BC-DX 401 06 Jan 1999 AFGHANISTAN 7079v, Voice of

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BC-DX 401
06 Jan 1999
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AFGHANISTAN
7079v, Voice of Shariah, Kabul, 1300-1715 Jan 2, mostly relig
progr in the month of fasting, currently hrd in Pa/Da with good quality
sigs. Maybe the old tx given a clean up in the New Year. Ar at 1645 and
En 1700.
(Sarath Weerakoon-CLN 4S5SL UADX, via NU, Jan 2)
ALGERIA
1550 National Radio of SADR, nx in Ar, many mentions of Sahara,
Dec 1, 2220. (Sheigra Dxpedition to north west Sutherland, with Dave
Kenny, Graham Powell, Tony Rodgers, in BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
AUSTRALIA
0000-0100
0000-0100
0100-0200
0100-0700
0200-0300
0200-0700
0300-0400
0400-0500
0500-0600
0500-0600
0600-0800
0800-0900
0900-1100
0900-1200
1100-1200
1100-1230
1200-1400
1230-1330
1330-1430
1400-1430
1430-1700
1700-1800
1800-2000
2000-2100
2000-2100
2100-2130
2130-0000
2130-2200
2200-2300
2200-2300
2300-0000
2300-0000
Latest sked from Radio Australia:
En 9660 12080 15240 17715 17750 17795 21740
Vn 15415
En 9660 12080 15240 15415 17715 17750 17795 21740
Grandstand* 9660 12080 15240 17715 17750 Sat
En 9660 12080 15240 15415 15510 17715 17750 21725
Grandstand* 9660 12080 15240 17715 17750 Sun
En 9660 12080 15240 15415 15510 17750 21725
En 9660 12080 15240 15415 15510 17715 17750 21725
En 9660 12080 15240 15510 17715 21725
Khmer 15415 17750
En 9660 12080 15240 15415 15510 17715 17750 21725
En 5995 9580 9710 12080 15415 15510 17750 21725
En 6080 9580 11880 17750
Tok Pisin 5995 6020 9710 12080
En 6080 9580
Ch 9500 11880
En 5995 6020 6080 9580
Vn 9500 11880
Vn 9500 11660
En 5995 9580
En 5995 9500 9580 11660
En 5995 9500 9580 11880
En 6080 7240 9500 9580 9660 11880
En 9500 9580 9660 11880 12080
Tok Pisin 6080 7240 Su-Th
En 7240 9500 9660 11880 12080 17715 21740
BI 11695 15415
En 7240 9660 11880 12080 17715 21740
Ch 15240
En 17715 17795 21740
En 9660 12080 17715 17795 21740
Khmer 15240
*Grandstand is a weekend sports progr.
Radio Australia's Brandon site is also used to relay BBCWS from 2200-2300
on 9660 and 12080. (R. Australia/Ferguson-VA via NASWA, Jan 4)
CHILE
9635 Voz Cristiana, 1604 Jan 2, dialog in Sp between two males
chatting about their trips all over the Americas. Fair-good, //21500, which
is the choice, QRK 5.
(Nigro-URG, via NU, Dec 3)
CHINA
[TIBET] 1494.2 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, Dec 4, 0050, Ch sce, //3960,
4500.
1521
CRI Xinjiang, Dec 8, 1800, IS & ID's in Ch & Ru.
1593.3 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, Dec 4, 0030, Mongolian sce, //4980, 5060.
3990
Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, Dec 3, 1606, nx in Uighur, //4735.
(Sheigra Dxpedition BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
Just a note to say that I've made some additions to Radio China
http://www.swl.net/radiochina
In the "Times & Freqs" section is a first attempt to list all China's
Regional PBS stns http://www.swl.net/radiochina/notebook-index.html
and in "On the Drawingboard" is info on Hans's visit to RRI-Denpasar early
in Oct last year, with lots of photos and some RA audio clips
http://www.swl.net/radiochina/drawingboard.html
(Hans van den Boogert-TWN, Jan 3)
CLANDESTINE (Tibet). 7455, Voice of Tibet: is now on 7455, change in freq
because on Dec 17 7465 was co-channeled by RCI audio at 1230-1256, when it
suddenly went off the air a minute after VOT s-off. This was no RCI
operation, but surely China using RCI audio to jam VOT. However, not hrd
since then. The very next day VOT tested both 7465 & 7455, with the
intention of changing to 7455, since CH jammers take 5 days to a week to
change a jamming freq !
However, the next day and after, CH didn't cochannel VOT. VOT, however, chose to move to 7455. Probably will jump to
7465 if CH appears on 7455.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, via NU, Jan 3)
DIEGO GARCIA
Found in WRTH page # 174: The original population of approx.
3000 were repatriated to Mauritius. [Oh !!!! ]
FRANCE
738 RFI Paris, Dec 7, relay in En 1400-1500, followed by
Vietnamese from 1500. (Sheigra Dxpedition BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
GABON
12014.00
RFI in Port via Moyabi, 250 kW 125 degr, observed here
on odd channel, Dec 31, 1700-1800, //15530 Issoudun-F, apparently a typo
error on their relay site in Gabon. (WB, Dec 31)
GERMANY
Nothing like new DW Ukr sce on SW 5995 7155, 0530-0600 on Jan
2nd, 4th. Nothing on these channels at all. MW 999 Grigoriopol-MDA carries
DW Ru sce instead of promised Ukrainian. (Vladimir G.Titarev-UKR, Jan 4)
6015, Radio RSG via DTK-Juelich, *0900-1200* Jan 1, special New Year's
progr of this local FM stn with greetings and mx, some special anmts for
SWLs. Also asking for Rrs:
Radio RSG, D-42621 Solingen, Germany
e-mail: info@radiorsg.de
URL:
http://www.radiorsg.de/
(Harald Kuhl-D, via NU, Jan 3)
Their regular addr is shown on the website:
Radio RSG, Aleestrasse 1, D-42653 Solingen, Germany.
NU, Jan 3)
Programmtips
DLR Jan 08
DLR Jan 10
DLF Jan 14
DLF Jan 14
DLR Jan 17
DLF Jan 20
Wahrheit
DLF Jan 21
DLR Jan 22
DLR Jan 23
DLR Jan 26
DLF Jan 27
DLR Jan 31
(Jerry Berg-NY, via
Januar
1335-1400
1630-1700
0805-0810
0910-1030
0805-0900
1815-1900
Selbstmord in der DDR
Sportreportage in Deutschland
Kaiser Wilhelm auf Edison-Walze
Deutsche Bahn AG, Live in Leipzig Hbf
Reise durch den indonesischen Archipel
Das letzte Jahr der SED, die Partei der einzigen
1815-1900
1205-1230
1405-1600
1205-1230
0910-1030
1630-1700
Probleme beim Hauptstadt Werden.
Rot-Gruen, Streit Ausbau Frankfurter Flughafen
Hoyerswerda
Immo Zwangsversteigerungen in Berlin
Hoerer fragen - DLF auf dem Pruefstand
IOC und das Doping
GUAM
AWR is often heard here in DEN at 2100-2200 on 13720 with Jpn at
2100 and En (incl Wavescan on Suns) at 2130. Change from 15610 100 kW 345
degr.
(Erik Koie-DEN, Jan 39)
HUNGARY
540 When I was looking for Hof/Wuerzburg 520 I noticed on 517
kHz a strong signal //540 Kossuth R Budapest tx at Solt. Continuing
searching I found signals with decreasing strength every 23 kHz, so that
the spectrum looked like this 494 517 540 563 586. My first thought was
that there was a fault in the front end of my NRD535 as Budapest comes in
with about S9 +40 dB here in this part of Austria. I immediately tested
the same freqs with my Drake R8B - the same effect, but not so strong, Solt
is S9 +20 here. A further test a few days later on both and a Sony SW77
showed that the phenomenon still existed.
Sent an e-mail to R Budapest, and got the reply:
My name is Narancsik Mihaly, I'm working at the Quality Assurance Dept. of
Antenna Hungaria Co. - and received your e-mail from Magyar Radio.
Antenna Hungaria Co. transmits the progrs of Magyar R. Our txing stn at
Solt txs the progr of Kossuth R on 540. The peak carrier power is 2 MW,
which is Dynamic Carrier Controlled. Reacting on your observation, we
examined the problem and we found the reason of the trouble. The staff of
the txing stn at Solt repaired the defective unit during the night of Dec
5th.
(Hubert Gabler-AUT, in BDXC-UK Communication, Jan)
ICELAND
207
Reykjavik 189 has been very good and found a similar strong
signal on [back] 207 at 0800 on Dec 21 way over DLF so assume its the new
Eidar tx. -- Some American/Canadian MW audible - incl up on 1670 and 1690 but not so good as last year [1997]. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 24)
It is also still on MW 738 and 666.12, both missing from WRTH99.
Reykjavik on new 9260 Dec 24-25, extended Xmas sked, 2215-2300+ //9275,
11402, 13860, all RC USB. Not usually on 4 freqs at once. Icelandic talk,
classical and church mx, mass at 2341 check, still here at 0050 mx, gone at
0102 check. Next night, Dec 25 back to usual sked at 2300, only on 11402,
9275.
(Alexander PA via Hauser, Review of Internat Broadcasting, also via Cumbre
Dx, Dec 31)
INDIA
AIR Ranchi heard today (5th) at 1515-1546 with very strong signals
here on 4960 with slight modulation problem. At 1546 the stn s-off abruptly
after starting the 1546 progrs for a few seconds.
Just heard in today's nx that AIR and Doordarshan (TV) Engineering Staff
are going for 72 hr nationwide strike from tomorrow (6th) and this may
affect the normal txion of both radio and tv. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 5)
IRAN
Teheran moved this week on [even] 7285 right on top of DW-Wartch at
0030-0130 in Bengali replacing 6015. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 5)
1539 IRIB unknown site, Nov 30, 2318, Persian, //Bushehr 1503, Bandar
Abbas 1566, Dorud 927.
1188 presumedly IRIB Tehran provincial sce, talk in Persian, Pe mx, not
//Tehran Main progr.
Some Japanese DX sources say that IRIB Tehran have a plan of Japanese
progr.
I received an answer from IRIB as follows:
["your question about I.R.I.B Japanese program
IN THE NAME OF GOD
Dear Mr. Gaku Iwata
hello,
you had a question about I.R.I.B Japanese progr. Now, we haven't progr for
Japan. But, we have plan broadcast a program with Japanese language for
your country in near feature.
Thank you for your attention.
Your brothers in Iran wish to you a very, very happy new year.
IRIB.Frequency Control and Design Bureau, Majid Farahmandnia"]
(Gaku Iwata-JPN, Jan 3)
Also WRTH '99 on page #589 mentioned Japanese and Georgian language
sections as future plans, ed.
IRAQ
3900.2v, Rep. of Iraq Radio, 2200, have been hearing Baghdad arnd
this time daily since Dec 27 with Ar talk and ME mx. Reasonable strength,
but audio is highly variable, sometimes faint or none at all, sometimes
obliterated by a strong hum, sometimes adequate. Had been on exactly 3900
till Jan 2, when found to have slid up to 3900.2. Tnx original tip from
several European rptrs in DXW. (Hill-MA in NU, Jan 3)
2250-2339 Dec 30, traditional AR vocals, AR man. Pretty weak, and sporadic
ARO QRM.
(Krueger-FL in NU, Jan 3)
JAPAN
[and non JPN]
NHK New Year's Eve monitoring, today Dec 31, since
1100 til 1545 the usual NHK World Year End Hitparade is in progress.
Here are my observations, due to very limited information output of NHK
Tokyo, all monitored freqs, relay locations, power and azimuth are
estimated.
No relay observations on NHK via Montsinery-GUF this year, so far.
5975
9750
11705
PHL)
11710
11815
12045
13645
15590
17680
21630
21700
1100-1545 45444 G
0800-1600 45444 J
1400-1500 21221 CAN
NHK via Skelton
250 kW 070 degr
at 1200 NHK Yamata direct 300 290
NHK via Sackville
250 240 (QRM Tinang-
1200-1545
0900-1500
1300-1600
1100-1200
1100-1230
1300-1545
1300-1545
1100-1545
NHK
NHK
NHK
NHK
NHK
NHK
NHK
NHK
55555
21221
22222
55555
24222
35333
22222
32322
G
J
CLN
G
J
G
ASC
GAB
via
via
via
via
via
via
via
via
Woofferton
Yamata direct
Ekala
Woofferton
Yamata direct
Rampisham
Ascension
Moyabi
300
300
300
300
300
500
250
500
075
235
350
070
270
062
240
350
5975 only, BBC did interrupt with its own BBCWS IS and ID by mistake at
approx. 1458-1505, but later switched back and joined the NHK progr again.
Both UK outlets 11710 and 17680 still remaining on NHK progr during the
fault clearance. (WB, Dec 31)
1500 UT on 11705, R. Japan, NHK Warudo. Actually checked this as early as
1100 when found on 6110 instead of 6120 via CAN; did Sackville forget again
to retune the tx from last night's freq? Already going with super-rapid
talk and Jpn pop mx in annual frenzy pre-empting En. 1443 came "Auld Lang
Syne". 1445 a gong from Kyoto as things got more serious, "NHK Warudo" ID.
Chanting and gonging really got going at 1458. This year RCI did not
interrupt with its own IS by mistake. Respectful silence and 4-pip NHK
timesignal at 1500, violin solo perhaps by Midori whom I heard mentioned
earlier. Then interview with her. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jan 1)
JORDAN
11690
On Nov 4th at 1700 R Jordan announced that due to
maintenance work the stn would be closed from the 7th-19th Nov and would
resume txions on the 20th.
(BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
KUWAIT
1566 Cland - Al Mustaqbal (The Future), Nov 30, 1600, Ar mx, ID Iraqi National Accord, from CIA stn Kuwait [Harris 50 kW tx acc IRW].
1566 Cland - V o the Armed Forces -, Dec 7, 0023, Ar shouting, ID "Huna al
Iraq, Saut al-Quwwat al-Mossallah", from CIA stn Kuwait.
1575 Cland - Al Mustaqbal (The Future), Nov 30, 2215, Kurdish to 2230,
then Ar, very strong, from CIA stn Kuwait.
1575 Cland - V o the Armed Forces -, Dec 3, 1715, ID "Huna al Iraq, Saut
al-Quwwat al-Mossallah", from CIA stn Kuwait. (Sheigra Dxpedition BDXC-UK,
Communication, Jan)
Here is a rundown of the schedules most recently published by BBCM in May
1998 for bcs from Iraqi-oppostion radio stns 'The Future (Al-Mustaqbal)'
and 'Voice of the Armed Forces' operating in the range 1557-1584 kHz, which
also attracts jamming that is audible here in Europe. Other Iraqi
opposition groups may also use this tx, which is believed to be located in
Kuwait. Most bcs are in Ar and exact times of bcs by each stn may vary:
VoAF
1400-1500 1700-1800 2000-2100 2300-0000
The Future 1500-1700 1800-2000 2100-2300 0000-0020
The addr for the Iraqi National Accord, who operate The Future (AlMustaqbal) is:
Iraqi National Accord, P.O.Box 3124, London SW19 1RL, United Kingdom.
e-mail: ina@iraq-free.demon.co.uk
(BDXC-UK, Communication, Sept 1998)
1575 The Voice of the Military Forces and the Internal Security Forces:
I sent a RR and a cassette tape to the Iraqi National Accord office in
London. I received a hand-written letter 26 days later from Mr. H. Hmoud
that included the following: "We 'Iraqi National Accord' received with
thanks your letter dated July 9, 1998, concerning 'Voice of the Military
Forces and the Internal Security Forces'. The Iraqi National Accord for
years has its broadcasting stn 'Al Mustaqbal', which means 'The Future',
and it bcs directly to inside Iraq. Our friends and colleagues inside Iraq
who are listening to Al Mustaqbal bcing mention that they monitored 'Voice
of the Military Forces and the Internal Security Forces'. But our movement,
the Iraqi National Accord, has nothing to do with it, and unfortunately we
have no idea who is responsible for such a Voice."
(Burnell-CAN, Aug 10 via HDX, CRW, in BDXC-UK, Communication, Sept 1998)
MALAYSIA
A couple of domestic txions are putting out strong hxs in the
25mb at the moment, first noted on 18 Dec. R Malaysia Channel 1 in
Malaysian is heard here daily during local daytime on 11930 (2x5965) with
poor audio; much better is Channel 7/8 in BM at 0400-1300 and Suara Islam
at 1400-1600 on 12050 (2x6025) which sounds here like a 50 kW tx when
propagation is good. (Alan Davies-CBG, via Cumbre Dx, Dec 18)
MALI
7170 The CRI broadcast 0830-0857 is in Hausa, probably from the MLI
relay, believed to be in //with the regular satellite feed. Well heard here
in Melbourne-AUS.
(Bob Padula-AUS, Dec 30)
Regarding "CHN" on 7170 at 0830-0857, I was very intrigued to read that
neither Hans van den Boogert nor Sonny Ashimori could hear it, but that Bob
Padula could !
Many thanks to them for trying. As reported to you, it is still heard here,
but varies considerably from day to day, and I cannot identify language or
service.
However, I wonder if the BBCMS schedule of Dec 23 from CRI provides the
answer: 0830-0900 Hausa for AF (only on satellite). Could it be that 7170
is also being used via Mali ?
It would explain why HvdB and SA do not hear it but BP (where mid-summer in
Melbourne is known to produce unusual propagation [via northern SoAM path])
and I can hear it at Blackpool-UK. ORTM Bamako v7285 and Guinea 7125 have
both been received around this same time, as well as Nigeria 7255 although this is not so regular. So a path to West Africa is open. I've
scanned 49 & 31 mb for a possible //, but nothing is heard that resembles
7170.
My impression is that this 7170 signal does not originate anywhere in EUR
and ALB on air on v7270 at this same time is much better received. However,
CHN/TWN, Siberia & both Korea's are regularly heard on 7 MHz at this time.
I noted that you were not able to hear 7170 on the 24th. IF it is MLI,
perhaps WeAF has faded at your location further east than me ?
(Noel
Green-UK, Dec 30) [yes, 100 % same thoughts occured to me toooooo, ed]
Re: CRI in Hausa via Mali. CRI via Mali has extended its bc span recently,
and now opens at 1400 with En to AS on 15125 and 13685. 7170 continues to
be heard here quite well, big signal at 0830, then weakens by 0845. NIG
7255 also heard at this time, plus ALG/MTN on 7245 - latter audible until
around 1000. Is in Hausa, from announcers with a very strong Chinese
accent. May need to check the "usual" Hausa progr 1730-1757 on 15125 11970
(both Mali) 9760 7235 to see if the same.
7170 is obviously in Africa, and my original supposition of Mali remains
unchanged.!
Interestingly, CRI-Mali 9665 0100-0300 Spanish unheard here since 31 Dec
and may no longer be in use, or moved to another channel. [or the personell
has changed their time shift, when opening is now at 0830 and 1400 UTC ??,
ed]
Many African signals now noted here in Melbourne at 0200-0400 on 5, 6, 7,
and 9 MHz for our mid-summer midday mode - includes R. Botswana 7255 ,the
"cow bells", stn opening 0255; all Meyerton outlets audible, plus Sao Tome,
Botswana, etc!!
Weather here very hot - predicted 38 degr C for today Sun 3 Jan. (Bob
Padula-AUS, Jan 3)
NEW ZEALAND
9700 R NZL Internat Rangitaiki, 1059 countdown to New Year.
Speaker announcing 7 instead of 6 time pips because of leap seconds.
However, only 6 pips were played. At 1100 New Year announcement and New
year gathering reports from Auckland, Christchurch and other cities. SINPO
45444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 31)
PAKISTAN
Pakistan tell me they are restoring some of their former
"morning" txions, no details so far. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 24)
Noted Hindi on a new channel 9740 at 0030-0130 (on VoA En to SoAS too [via
KAV 250 105 degr]). Also a new En sce noted on 15455 at 0200-0230
announcing //channel 11980 but Ur on this 11980. Beng is also heard on
15455 (splashing FEBC on 15450) at 0100-0200. There may some more changes
from PAK as the normal scheduled channels are not heard. Anyone have the
new sked? (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 5)
PERU
6797.7 Ondas del Rio Mayo, Sp, male ann, musical progr (Peruvian
Cumbias), Comunicados: "Atencion Departamento de Cajamarca " time checks:
"son las siete de la noche con cuatro minutos, son las siete y cuatro
minutos en todo el pais" ID " en Ondas del Rio Mayo a esta hora de la noche
." 0003-0010, 33433 Jan 03. (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jan 4)
PHILIPPINES
11730 & 11890 Radio Pilipinas Tinang heard at 1730[-1930]
with En/Tagalog program, both 250 kW 283 degr; both have been very good
today. But no trace of 15190, not even a carrier traced, no propagation in
19 mb today. (WB, Dec 31)
RUSSIA
918 R Pomorye, Arkhangelsk, Dec 7, 1500-1510, ID "Govorit
Arkhangelsk, Radio Pomorye", //6160, local nx at 1510.
5930 R Murmansk, Dec 4, 1510, ID "Radiokompania Murmansk", local nx.
VoVTN Hanoi relays over Russian relays
5905 Krasnodar
0300-0400 En, Sp
500 kW 290
5940 Krasnodar
0100-0300 En, Vtn
500
315
7390 Moscow
2000-2130 Vtn, Ru
500
240
7440 Moscow
1800-2000 Vtn, En, Fr 240
240
9875 Petropavlovsk 0400-0500 Vtn
200
065
(Bob Padula EDXP, via BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
degr to CeAM
to NoAM
to EUR/NoAF
to EUR/NoAF
to ALS, CAN, WeUSA
All three freqs (7330 7310 9470) are continuing to carry R.Mayak progrs.
Noted today, 4\12 [typo, should read Jan 4 ?] at 0840 onwards. Also 6035
and 7330 were noted at 1540 with R. Mayak progrs. So, are there really any
changes as it was announced ?
(Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Jan 4)
Until New Years Eve, Mayak used two txs at the Popovka stn near St.
Petersburg, now only a single one and only until 1500 (or received the tx
hall again new instructions, Mikhail?). The canceled slots are 0300-0600
7440, 0630-1000 11630, 1030-1400 11785, 1430-1800 6045 [not to be confused
with Radio Rossii via GPR-1 Moscow 1930-2200] and 1830-2000 5990.
Obviously Arkhangelsk and Kovylkino continues with their usual business
(Arkhangelsk two txs 0300-0600 5950, 0300-1600 7330, 0630-1500 7310, 15301800 5990, 1630-2300 15215; Kovylkino one tx 0300-0500 5900, 0530-1300
9470, 1330-2200 6035).
Regarding Arkhangelsk, I would assume that they at Mayak just realized,
that it makes no difference, whether or not they have to pay the supposedly
modest rents for these modest power txs, especially as the MW (918 / 100
kW) and SW txs for R Arkhangelsk should provide enough heat [LW 234 there
has currently no customer and is herewith off air, as reported some months
ago by Pavel Mikhailov.] (Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 5)
"VOICE OF ROSSIA" World Russian Sce
0200-0400 7125 (Grigoriopol, 1000 kW, 320 degr)
7350 (Moscow, 1000 kW, 285 degr)
9850 [15470 since 06/03/99]
(Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 250 kW,
9890 (S.Petersburg, 800 kW, 270 degr) ,
12000 (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 250 kW,
12010 [15425 since 06/03/99]
12010 [15425 since 06/03/99]
12060 [12040 since 06/03/99]
13640 (Khabarovsk, 100 kW, 50 degr)
13665 [15520 since 06/03/99]
1300-1500
65 degr)
65 degr)
65 degr)
65 degr)
35 degr)
65 degr)
7170 [7315] (Vladivostok, 1000 kW, 225 degr)
9830 [9470] (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 250 kW, 180 degr)
12015 [15510] (Samara, 250 kW, 120 degr)
1600-1700
9470 [9830] (Moscow, 200 kW, 190 degr)
1800-1900
7310 (Moscow, 250 kW, 270 degr)
2000-2100
7185
7310
7320
7380
9450
9795
2100-2200
7310 (Moscow, 250 kW, 270 degr)
7320 (Moscow, 250 kW, 250 degr)
[7440] (Moscow, 200 kW, 240 degr)
(Moscow, 250 kW, 270 degr)
(Moscow, 250 kW, 250 degr)
[15465 since 06/03/99] (Ekaterinburg, 200 kW, 265 degr)
[9775] (Moscow, 250 kW, 270 degr)
(Ekaterinburg, 200 kW, 280 degr)
Radiostation "Tikhiy Okean" Vladivostok, in Ru
0815-0900 6020 (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 100 kW, 40 degr)
7490 usb (Khabarovsk, 80 kW, 65 degr)
9895 (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 200 kW, 180 degr)
10344 usb (Irkutsk, 250 kW, 85 degr)
17570 (Irkutsk, 1000 kW, 150 degr)
1900-1945
4810
7135
7345
9850
(Vladivostok, 100 kW, 140 degr)
(Khabarovsk, 100 kW, 40 degr)
Progr "Kamchatka Rybatskaya" Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Ru
2000-2100 Tue/Thur/Sat 7355 (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 100 kW, 245 degr)
12065 (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 250 kW, 65 degr)
(Nikolay Rudnev-RUS, via RUS DX, Jan 5)
SERBIA
1652 UNID - presumed Serbian pirate. Non-stop typical Serbian mx
to close 0004 UTC, no ID. (Sheigra Dxpedition BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
SLOVENIA
1566 A stn identifying as "R Ljubljana informata musica ..."
heard on Dec 3, 1449, not listed in WRTH or elsewhere. (Sheigra Dxpedition
BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
TINIAN
IBB / VoA / RFA organization is presently testing two 500 kW
units, which removed from Maxoqueira Portugal relay (ex 6 x 500 kW units).
The new VoA tx on Tinian Isl. may start conducting high power tests as
early as tomorrow, Tue, Jan 5, as follows: 0900-0930 UTC on 6095 & 13710,
0930-1000 on 7295 & 15115, 1000-1030 on 9785 & 17665, and 1030-1100 on
11895 & 21760. (Ferguson-VA, Jan 4)
They plan to use two fqys at a time, 295 degrees. (Jerry Berg-NY, Jan 4)
Acc tips from NU and Cumbre Dx
6095 13710
0900-0930
9785 17665
1000-1030
7295
11895
15115
21760
0930-1000
1030-1100
Report from Taiwan. Test from the relay just finished. I was in class most
of the time, but could sneak out every now and then to check reception.
7294.99 VoA Tinian, Jan 5, 0937-0943, "Talk to America" rerun, 45444
15115.0 VoA Tinian, Jan 5, 0937-0943, "Talk to America" rerun, 55544
11894.99 VoA Tinian, Jan 5, 1043-1059, non-stop mx. Off without any annt
45434
21759.97 VoA Tinian, Jan 5, 1043-1059, non-stop mx. Off without any annt
45434
15115 is clearly a winner. Never had such good reception of VoA.
Report from the Netherlands
15115 0945 Talk to America. First day of testing from this site. At 0947
the progr was suddenly interrupted and replaced by instrumental mx. Huge
signal ! SINPO 45544. Off the air at 0958 leaving Radio Cairo on clear
channel.
17665 0959 same instrumental mx as logged earlier on 15115. SINPO 44544
with 3.5 kHz bandwidth. When I used the 6.2 kHz filter, consideravle
sidesplash interference was noted from VoRUS in German from Samara on
17660.
9785 1004 instrumental mx, //to 17665. SINPO 44444.
11895 1031 same instrumental mx as logged earlier on 9785, 15115 and 17665
and //to much weaker 21760. SINPO 45544.
21760 1034 weak signal, parallel to 11895.
(Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jan 5)
Report from Germany
0901-0927 13710 SINPO
0930-0958 15115 SINPO
0959-1030 17665 SINPO
1031-1059 11895 SINPO
44433
44444
44433
44433
SINPO 21221.
// 6095 SINPO 23432
// 7295 SINPO 24432
// 9785 SINPO 3-44433
//21760
(Harald Kuhl-D, Jan 5)
THAILAND
1593 Nung Por Nor, Dec 9, 2305, talk in Thai, ID "Nung Por
Nor", not listed in WRTH on this freq. [but Sor Wor Tor at Ranong]
UKRAINE
A superb European opening tonight, but not a trace of RUI on any
of their NoAM or European listed freqs. Must be several weeks since I've
heard them. Not paying their power bills again? Perhaps to reduce energy
consumption, the txs were turned off? Regular blackouts were the norm when
I traveled there in Oct, 1997.
(Walter Salmaniw-CAN, in Cumbre Dx, Dec 29)
POSTPHONED til definite start on February 1st, 1999.
Deutsche Welle, Ukrainian language dept., 04 Jan 1999
[via Joerg Sajuk, Bavaria-Germany, Jan 4]
Nothing like DW in Ukrainian on SW 5995 7155 0530-0600 on Jan 2nd & 4th.
Nothing on these channels at all. MW 999 Grigoriopol carries DW/Russ
instead of promised Ukrainian.
(Vladimir G. Titarev-UKR, Jan 4)
Thank you for the information. The translation [should read transmission ?]
on 5995 and 7155 kHz will begin tomorrow. The program on this frequencies
and on 999 kHz will be DW/Ru until to the end of January. (Deutsche Welle,
Head of Technical Monitoring Div., Jan 5)
UK
Continuing the aspidistra topic, Andrew Tett adds a few words about
the late lamented MW facility at Crowborough. Mention was made of the book
called 'The Biggest Aspidistra in the World'. I remember, recording a BBC
R4 play of the same title in the early seventies. It was a kind of
'docudrama' about the wartime efforts of Sefton Delmar and friends and it
intrigued me, a pre-teen schoolboy, at the time. We recorded it on the old
Brookmans Park R4 freq of 908 kHz on a standard radio-cassette and so the
quality was not so good. I remember the daytime signal strength from
Crowborough on 809 was phenomenal in Surbiton rivalling the colossal R4
908 kHz signal. I was surprised that the tx was transported to Orfordness.
There are two txs on air at times from that site, 648 and 1296, and 1296
sounds ropey. I suspect 648 is relatively new as it has Dynamic Carrier
Modulation -- just watch your signal strength meter. (BDXC-UK,
Communication, Sept 1998)
In the sixties and seventies Crowborough 809 kHz heard on my Blaupunkt car
radio even during daytime in Paris-France like a powerhouse, and in
Frankfurt-Germany on great signal level to. (ed)
AFTER THE BATTLE No 75 (BLACK PROPAGANDA), by Mark Kenyon.
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"ASPIDISTRA" transmitter in Ashdown Forest near Crowborough.
The article summarises the fascinating story told by the late Sefton Delmer
in his 1962 book "Black Boomerang" (long out of print and now very hard to
track down). It is particularly well illustrated with good quality original
photographs of the studios and transmitters both as they were in the 1940s
and as are today. Many of the buildings where Delmer devised and created
his black propaganda stations such as "Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik"
(also known as "Atlantiksender"), "Gustav Siegfried Eins" and
"Soldatensender Calais", are still standing, although some are in quite a
sorry state. It came as a surprise to me that, even during wartime
conditions, the underground bunkers in Ashdown forest which housed the
massive "Aspidistra" transmitters were built with great style, the art deco
interiors reminiscent of 1930s Odeon cinemas.
After The Battle No 75, costs just œ3.88 to UK adresses, œ4.50 to Europe
(prices include postage) from
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Also of interest:
the following out-of-print books on broadcasting during WW II, are also
well worth obtaining if you can track them down:
BLACK BOOMERANG by Sefton Delmer,
published by Secker & Warburg in 1962. 320pp hardback.
THE BLACK GAME by Ellic Howe,
published by Michael Joseph, London 1982. 278pp hardback.
RADIO GOES TO WAR by Charles J Rollo,
published by Faber & Faber, London 1943. 246pp hardback.
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Not about clandestine radio, but about a broadcaster which was established
as a result of the war, this book charts the history of the British Forces
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(Dave Kenny, in BDXC-UK, Communication, Sep 1998)
"Hitler's Irish Voices" by David O'Donoghue is published by Beyond the Pale
Publications, P.O.Box 337, Belfast BT9 7BT, Northern Ireland.
e-mail: btpale@unite.co.uk
ISBN 1-900960-04-4, price œ7.95
(BDXC-UK, Communication, Jan)
----UNID
5875, 0231-0259* Dec 27, abrupt s-off, lots of talks by M&W
ancrs, probably in Farsi. I did not hear the word "Mojaheed" at any time.
SINPO 35443.
(Gabriel I. Barrera-ARG, via NU, Jan 3)
Its the BBC in Persian 0230-0330. tx Rampisham 500 kW 095 degr. Same tx
before in Spanish to SoAM on 5875 too, 0000-0130 two 500 txs at 227 and at
260 degr.
//at 0230-0330 Persian is Zyyi Cyprus island 7165 250 kW 77 degr, and from
the EAST via BBC Thailand relay 15380 250 kW at 305 degr too.
May you can catch that via the Pacific Ocean ???, ed.
USA
[non]
UNID 11500 Radio Free Asia presumed CIS site with test of
loop tape with En and Ru ID as follows: "This is Channel 4. Radio Free
Asia program channel 4."
This only lasted a few minutes and they were off
of the air by 1203. (Hans Johnson-USA, Jan 3)
The nearest in freq and time is RFA in Khmer 1200-1300 11510 and //9395
9930 11540 and 13750.
But VoR Moscow is using this channel 1300-1400 in Hindi to SoAS, via TJK
500 kW 155 degr. Also very strong here in Europe when monitored today Jan
5th. Any estimation ?
ed.
VATICAN
As from 1.1.98 Vatican Radio moved 5 kHz down on 13760 at 14501610 with En at 1550-1610 to SoAS. Other channels at this time are 9865
and 11640.
(Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 5)
VIETNAM
VoVTN observed on new 15110 *0900-1127*. 0900 Ch, 0930 BI, 1000
En, 1030 BI, 1100 Sp. all //12020. Spurious signals noted on 15100 and
15120. From 1130 they use 9840 and 12020. From 1300 7145 and 9840. (Pavel
Miroshnikov-RUS, Jan 2)
More on VoVTN: The current sked for the former 9840/12020 txions seems to
be 7145 & 9840 to EUR, 9840 & 12020 to EaAS, and 12020 & 15100 to SEA & AF.
7145 noted Dec 29 with Fr at 2030 and En at 2100, co-chan. VoTUR (also Fr,
and not sked for this freq) plus DW in Ru; was //9839.8. Vietnamese heard
daily at 0000-0100 on 12020 & 15100; also Sp at 2000. A separate sce,
Cambodian 0000 and Lao 0030, currently observed on 7285.2, but no trace of
former //9730. (Jones-PRG, via NU, Jan 3)
YEMEN
6135 Yemen RTV Corporation, Al Hiswah, 1515 Ar songs, annt. SINPO
24332. In //with San'a relay under DW Nauen on 9779.9. (Michiel SchaayHOL, Dec 31)
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ALBANIA
v12069.8 TWR Albania?
(Hans Johnson-USA, Jan 6)
En relig programming, but no ID.
Odd freq is an indicator, that the outlet is really coming from ALB and not
MCO. Last year in W97 TWR En was via Cerrik-ALB v9685 100 kW 310 degr.
(ed.)
I had a contribution from David French who is a TWR monitor. He had been
asked to monitor 12070 mornings and said it was fine. TWR is looking to add
another freq for their morning En bc as they did last year. Site not
specified but David assumed ALB and said that 12070 may well be on from 1st
Jan. (Michael Barraclough-UK, Dec 30)
v12069.87, TWR 0830-0856, lang En, weak but clearly in En. Simple "This is
Trans World Radio" ID at 0845, otherwise relig talk. Where is this from?
13342.
(H.v.d.Boogert-TWN, via DXW, Jan 1/6)
COSTA RICA
Thanks to RFPI Members' contributions, operation should be
more reliable now: has backup blowers for cooling units on 10 and 30 kW
txs; and some backup tubes, so if there are failures can be quickly
replaced. Also can change freq quickly to avoid interference if really
necessary rather than wait 5-6 weeks for crystals to be ground in US and
shipped. Another on-air fundraiser is coming up soon.
(James and Debra Latham, RFPI Mailbag Jan 1 via gh, Jan 6)
RFPI is about to put its audio on internet, says Weekly Update; listen for
annts. We have also noticed 15049 showing up sporadically in the 1800-2100
period again, and on Dec 31, 6975 was already on and audible here at 2131
check; on Jan 5, 15049 was testing in the morning. Sp programming is
supposed to be back in the 1200-1600 period.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, Jan 6)
IRAN
v9625.56 VoIRI 1335-1428*, lang Mandarin, nx read by a non-native
Mandarin announcer. 1411 history progr presented by a man and women who
were clearly from CHN. 1421 ID then nx headlines. 1425 s-off annt with
schedule, web and snail mail addr. 1428 IS. //11885 (24443), 15200
(14232), 15375 (24242), 9880 (111). 22442.
(H.v.d.Boogert-TWN, in DXW, Jan 2)
KIRIBATI
There is a discussion about operation of R Kiribati in 31 mb in
German newsgroup ADXB-OE NL. So here is a hot item from Cumbre DX:
Radio Kiribati Bill Reiher, Manager of Radio Kiribati, told Cumbre DX of
the latest happenings at his stn. The reason SW listeners have not heard
us recently is because our tx has been off and on for a few months. We have
a problem with a printed circuit board. We have ordered a replacement and
we should be on by the end of the year or early next year. This sce is for
Christmas Island. Sometimes, they are not happy with reception and we have
to switch freqs. So listeners should look for us on 9825 if they don't
hear us on 9810. We come on at 1830. From 2130-0000, we have schools bcs.
From 0000-0130, we have our nat sce, and then we s-off. At 0500 we sign
back on and operate until about 1000, it depends upon how many mx requests
we get from listeners. This tx is run by [the local] telecom and is an
interim sce. It is running at about 1 kW into a log-per ant pointed at
Christmas Isl. We are buying a new tx of 10 kW power that we hope to put
on the air next year. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright, via Christoph
Ratzer-AUT, Dec 17)
Item in Cumbre Lite #220:
9810 KIRIBATI R Kiribati 0555 NA-Atkins Nov-28-30
MOLDOVA
Fax in Sp from R. Moldova Internat asks for listener support
against increasing govt moves toward closing down the stn. To help keep
RMI on the air so that world public opinion will not be deprived of firsthand news about Moldova, please write to:
Mr. Petru Lucinschi, President of the Republic of Moldova,
Ave. Stefan Cel mare, 154 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Ministry of External Affairs 31 of August St., 80 Chisinau, Rep of Moldova
To contact RMI itself:
Radio Moldova Internacional Str. Miorita 1 277028 Chisinau, Rep of Moldova
Tel.: +373 2 723379 / 723385 Fax: +373 2 723307; Telex: 163210
(Iurie Moraru, Director of [Sp] Department, RMI,
via Ruben Guillermo Margenet-ARG, Jan 4 via Hauser)
PAKISTAN
Switched on to hear new RFA Tinian relay, but definitely not on
the first day freqs. So catched very strong Islamabad Urdu txions on
v15527.71 and v17835.22 around 0950. (WB, Jan 6)
TINIAN
(c.f. BC-DX #401) New Tinian SW relay site by IBB / VoA / RFA
organization:
These were tests at night to check for arcing in the antenna field. There
probably will be more, but not actually scheduled like these. At least so
far. (Ferguson-VA via NU, Jan 6)
TONGA
I heard on the news last night that the island of Tonga has been
hit by a cyclone with over 100 mph winds. The report said that over 70,000
people were left in the dark and every banana tree was stripped off the
island. Well, I guess we won't be hearing Radio Tonaga on SW in our
lifetime because their antenna was mounted to a banana tree.
With their main export gone, this may cripple the country for many years to
come. I heard Tonga 12 years ago and reported it to you. I had some help
from the FCC Monitoring Stn on Hawaii who DFed the signal and they let me
listen to it on the phone.
(Artie Bigley-KY, Dec 28, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING and WORLD OF
RADIO 971)
USA
WORLD OF RADIO on WGTG - We have cancelled, due to unreliability so
we could never be certain our show would air as scheduled. We do thank them
for the airtime provided in the past months.
CONTINENT OF MEDIA. A new edition for January has been produced and will
start airing soon on RFPI, and via
http://www.DXing.com
For topic summary see
http://www.angelire.com/ok/worldofradio/Com9901.html
It includes an expanded version of our 1998 Shortwave Year in Review, which
appeared in a shorter version on VOA Communications World Dec 26. (WoR by
Glenn Hauser-OK, Jan 6)
WMLK, 9465, unmistakable intonations of Elder Meyer barely audible at 1955
Jan 4 in heavy sideband splash from The Overcomer on 9475. Tnx for tip to
Hans Johnson, Cumbre, who found out they're back with only 20 kW, daytime
only. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 971, Jan 7)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 403
18 Jan 1999
________________________________________________________________________
AFGHANISTAN
Observed back on the air around 1515, good signal on 7079.9,
back Jan 12th after a few days being off the air. (Victor Goonetilleke
4S7VK UADX, Jan 13)
ALBANIA
1458
[Serbia Kosovo] New MW Relay of DW's Albanian and Serbian
progr via facilities of R Tirana in Durres Fllake with 500 kW will start on
Jan 17.
1458 Serb 2100-2115, Alb 2115-2130.
These progr are distributed via SW and satellite. This sce will be
reenforced and widespread into Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Vojvodina.
Due of restrictions by the present Serbian govt, DW lost all nine
independent rebroadcasting stns in autumn 1998.
DW Serbian bcs 135 mins daily, Alb section 100 mins daily. (DW, Jan 15)
ALGERIA
v11715.10 33333 & v15160.91 43333 RTA Bouchaoui 1600-1612 nx in
both Fr and then En, followed by En political comment. Strong splatter of
BSKSA 11708.22.
An UNID French lang stn noted around 2000-2200 on 7145 kHz 54554, ahead of
VoVTN co-ch. Seemingly RTA Bouchaoui registered 1800-2300 98 degr. (WB,
Jan 17)
ARGENTINA
v15344.94 RAE SP noticias from 2100 UTC 35443. Disturbed
ionosphere tonight Jan 17: very strong signals from far away stns like THA
9535, AIR 9910/9950, AFS 9510, MRC 9575/9690, GAB 9580 55555, ALG 7145, ASC
15400, EQA 15115/15550, ATN 15315, BOT 12080, UAE 9695, SIN-POR 9625 etc.
(WB, Jan 17)
BELGIUM
Mon-Fri
RTBF Brussels resuming SW txions 1 Feb 1999. In Fr to CeAF:
0400-0600 9490
0600-0810 17650
1100-1315 21565
1600-1810 13820
Sat
0530-0600 9490
0600-1100 17650
1100-1215 21565
1700-1910 13820
Sun
0530-0600 9490
0600-0915 17650
1200-1215 21565
1600-1810 13820.
Tx site DTK Deutsche Telekom Juelich, 100 kW, Azimuth 180 degr.
Reports to RTBF, Relations International, 1044 Brussels, Belgium.
e-mail relint.r@rtbf.be
(C.Vanoudheusden-BEL, Michael Barraclough-UK, Jan 17)
BRAZIL
6000 0705 R. Guaiba, P, much QRM, received in LSB. 22222
v6040.4 0710 RC Paranaense, P, ID, TA, adv, MPB, 24322.
11815 0728 R Brasil Central, P, ID, adv. (Enzio Gehrig-SPA, Jan 13)
R Globo in Port at 0830 the only 25 mb Brazilian stn monitored here on
11803.98.
(WB, Jan 16)
CHINA
684 kHz 800 kW RFI in French 1300-1400 to SoVTN and PHL via
Dongfang on the far most western tip of Chinese Hainando Isl.
Propagationwise an excellent location across the Chinese Sea to VTN, PHL,
but also CBG, LAO and even THA.
(RFI printed schedule; Uwe Volk-D, Jan 16)
The CPBS/CNR Minorities schedule has changed yet again.
0130 block now runs 0030-0330. The first hour (Tibetan)
11375 11710 12080, and is followed by Uighur and Kazakh
11630 & 15670. I've still to check 0530-0700, but 0500
The former 0000is observed on 8566
on 10260 11375
Mong on 9920 seems
to be gone. Kor is still hrd at 1000 on 8566 and 9920, but there's no trace
of any Minorities progr between 1100 and 1200.
(Jones-PRG, via NU, Jan 10)
9782.08, Qinghai PBS; Xining, 0558-0607, lang: Mandarin, instumental mx,
pips, ID and heavy promotion then for adverts on Qinghai PBS, because they
reach every corner of the country and greater Asia too (at least, that's
what they claim). Said QRGD more than 20 times in 4 mins. 0606 singing.
25232. (Hans van den Boogert-TWN, Jan 7)
Guangxi Foreign BS was noted on new 9820 at 1000, IS&IDs, opening, reports,
advts at 1013, SINPO 43443 with CW and RNW co-ch. (Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS,
Jan 12)
CRI in Jpn was received on 9855 from 0930 with strong co-ch VoA in Ru and
FLATTER, also PRC's jamming from 9845 (VoA Ch). (Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Jan
12)
In the past I had several e-mail addresses of the German dept of RCI in
Beijing. As it seemed they never received any message, I asked my e-mail
partner and friend who is living in Beijing to call the German dept and get
the latest valid addresses.
e-mail:
ger@box.cri.com.cn
web URL address: www.germany.com.cn
(Volker Willschrey-D, Jan 14)
CLANDESTINE
7000 Sudan Alliance Forces "Sawt Nedal al-Shab al Sudany"
with Ar. Quite strong signals 1640-1705, but suffered from even stronger
interference from telegraphy. Good ID in the clear at 1704. (Bjorn
Fransson-SWE, Jan 9)
From German Ham Radio Club DARC - Band Watch.
7000.0 Radio "Voice of Freedom and Renewal"
Radio against Sudanese govt. Heard on 8 Jan at 1620.
Internet addr see "Voice of the Sudan Alliance Forces".
7000.
Radio "Voice of the Sudan Alliance Forces"
Also Radio against Sudanese govt. Ar lang 1645-1715.
ID: "Sawt Nedal al-Shab al-Sudany al-Mosalah".
Addr: Sudan Alliance Forces,
37 Cassidy Street 228, Kingston, Ontario K7K 7B3, Canada.
tx location unknown.
http://www.safsudan.com
(Ulrich Bihlmayer DJ9KR, Jan 12)
5830
1800 Radio-ye Iran-e Fardi heard both days with good strength, but
splashed. Seemed to have the same progr both days as I recognized a song in
En at exactly the same time both days. Addr? www-site? (Bjorn FranssonSWE, Jan 8/9)
Clandestine radio stn from COL to COL
6239.8 Voz de la Resistencia 11031115, anthem followed by s-on ID in Sp. LA ballads and at 1113 "The
Internationale". Overall weak signal. Fading and gone by 1125. (MohrmannUSA, via Cumbre Dx, Jan 8)
4025 An UNID stn in Ar, Kurdish first observed on Nov 28. Was heard back
on Jan 8, s-on at 0325 with mx, 0330 Ar ID, prayer, ID in Kurdish, followed
by progr mainly in Ar, fade out around 0440 (s-off presumed at 0450). ID in
Ar "Sowt-o ittihadi Islami...Kurdistan" and in Kurdish "Dendzi ... shuju
... Kurdestana" & presumed result is: "Voice of the Patriotic Islamic Party
of Kurdistan". (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jan 10/16)
Two stns are heard daily of Iraq Communist Party
(or there are two Comm Parties as usually ...)
4000 Voice of Iraq Communist Party in Ar 1500-1604* & *1627-1700.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jan 10/16)
3900 & 4760 Voice of the People of Iraq in Ar & Kurdish: *0357-0500 (fade
out here), *1730-1830*. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jan 10/16)
Voice of the Communist Party of Iran is resuming its txions in Persian on
3870 & 4370 at *0428-0527*. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jan 10/16)
CONGO
6014.9 RTV Congolaise, Jan 13, approx 1800-1900, mostly Vernacular
talk with strong French accent, a lot of local melodies - weak and //5985.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Jan 15)
COSTA RICA
On Tue Jan 12 at 1901, James Latham announced a different freq
schedule for RFPI perhaps temporary for operational reasons due to current
board of advisors meeting?
6975 0000-0800 (no mention of -1200 on weekends, but maybe), 15050 18002330 (x2100-0300), 21460-usb 1400-0300 (x1200-0300). Continent of Media has
a new time, Tue at 2000 only and did appear Jan 13 at 2003, but it was
still the old Dec-Jan edition. Jan-Feb should start Jan 15. The RFPI
morning block in Sp seems to have come back only on Mon Jan 4; since then,
if heard at all, RFPI has been back with further repeats of En before 1600.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, U.S.A., Jan 14)
CROATIA
For Hrvatski Radio Zagreb e-mail addr, try
ird@hrt.hr
attn. Mr. Vladimir Lusic (head of Hrvatski radio Internat Relations Dept)
or simply program@hrt.hr.
Ivana.Matanic@hrt.hr (Ivana Matanic) (via Volker Willschrey-D, Jan 11)
DENMARK
This is to tell you that we now have our local radio stn, The
Voice Denmark's No. 1, on the Internet in RA. If you have a G2-player, hear
it on
http://www.voice.dk
- click up left 'On Air'.
Via satellite it is heard in EUR at 5 degr east, 11938 MHz, audio:
7.74/7.92 MHz. (Erik Koie-DEN, Jan 12)
Wrong address. Several reports from Germany for the first half of Dec have
been addressed to 'PTT, Tietgensgade 37, DK-1530 Copenhagen V'. This addr
belongs to our mailing sce, Post Denmark, so these letters have been very
much delayed.
This address is given in the German-language "Sender und Frequenzen"
handbook to get QSL's for the Kalundborg txs and was included some years
ago, as Radio Denmark did not verify reception reports. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jan
12)
Change in the R Denmark (and Norway) schedule as of Jan 1st. The txions are
beamed to AUS, but via the Canary Isls and SoAM. The beam is 250 degrs from
the Norwegian tx at Sveio near Haugesund: 0830 and 0930 13800 was changed
to 15735.
(Erik Koie / Radio Denmark, Jan 13)
ETHIOPIA
11800 R. Ethiopia, VoPeace, back again on this freq at 19002000 Jan 7 & 9 with Somali progr. IS at 1900, En ID by woman, "This is R
Ethiopia," and continued with "This is VoPeace bcing for Somalia from the
ext sce of R. Ethiopia." Talk by man in Somali/AR followed by prayer, talk
and songs for Ramadan. At 1959, anmt in Somali/Ar, then En, as "you've been
listening to a Somali progr produced by Voice of Peace from the ext sce of
R Ethiopia . . . We shall be on the air again tomorrow in the 25 & 31 mb
with progr produced by VoPeace". Eent off at 2001. //9560. (VaghjeeMauritius via NU, Jan 10)
GERMANY
5850 Sunrise Radio I started checking for these guys at 1000,
and I noticed that they have an En nxcast, focusing on nx of the subcontinent, and a weather forecast at this time. (Hans Johnson FL USA Jan
12-13)
Deutsche Welle's "DigiClock".
If you have always wanted to know what "three o'clock" is in Singhalese,
then you need no longer be deprived of this knowledge. The DW-online
editorial dept offers you a quite special sce: a clock which announces the
exact time in 45 languages -- and none of these is dialect ! As a tribute
to DW's bi-weekly Sanskrit broadcasts, the clock also speaks Sanskrit.
http://www.dwelle.de/english/headcrash/digiclock/
(DW-plus, Febr 1999)
11840 Came across of Good News Hour via DTK Juelich, US English relig
progr, addr in Texas was given. Sat only 1600-1700 to AF, 32322.
Also Suns only 0700-0800 in 260 degr to AUS, NZL on 13740, 25222. (WB, Jan
16/17)
HUNGARY
Special progr by Radio Budapest in Italian[!] language. Txions
every Wed
from Jan 13 til final day Feb 10, 1999, at 1948 and 2148 on 3975 7185 7285
to EUR. At 2348 on 11985 and 13685 to SoAM; at 2148 on 11985 to NoAM; at
0148 6120 and 9835 to NoAM; at 1148 on 17670 21560 and 25700 to AUS.
RR's to be send to: Florence DX, Casella Postale 5640, I-50127 Firenze,
Italy.
and/or
Radio Budapest, Brody Sandor ut. 5-7, H-1800 Budapest, Hungary.
information via web, URL:
http://www.intrasoft.it/italradio
(Florence DX via Morandotti, via Franco Probi, Radioincontro, Jan 14)
[Italian/English translation by your ed.]
INDIA
13620
13630
13695
13700
13710
13720
13770
13780
13795
10)
AIR updated B98 sked for 13 MHz channels:
0215-0300 Pu, 0300-0345 Da, 0400-0430 Pe, 0430-0500 1730-1945 Ar
(ME); 1945-2030 Fr NWAF
0100-0130 Myanmar
0315-0345 Hi EaAF
0130-0200 Tib, 1000-1100 En AUS, 1115-1215 Tam, 1215-1245 Telugu
1330-1500 En SoEaAS
1515-1615 Swa, 1615-1730 Hi EaAF
1615-1730 Hi ME
1745-1945 En, 1945-2030 Fr NoWeAF
0000-0045 Tam, 2300-0000 Hi SoEaAS (Jose Jacob-IND, via EDXP, Jan
IRAN
15111.5 VOIRI new freq? 1215 in It with a bit of splatter from
HCJB on 15115. //to 15084.2, which was better. (Hans Johnson FL, Jan 17)
Scheduled It 1200-1300 13600, v15084 and 15115.
KOREA D.P.R.
v11709.95 R Pyongyang in Ru 0700-0750 playing patriotic
songs. Fluttery signal 33433, //muffeled v13790.08. (WB, Jan 17)
KOREA Rep. of
RKI Seoul in Ru noted with fair signal on 5975 at 1130,
some co-ch Ute QRM and Tibet (tent.) on 5969v. (Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Jan
12)
WRTH '99: NO listing for AFKN under Korea, Rep.of. And also repetitions
of the internat schedule for RKI in the "Main" section. I too have
commented to them about separating the listing for overseas progrs from the
main entry, but to no avail.
(Martin Gallas Jacksonville, IL, Jan 11)
[UK] From Mon Jan 25 RKI Skelton relay 2000-2230 3970 will be replaced by
3980. Ge 2000 and En 2200 105 degr, Fr 2100-2200 175 degr. (Daniel Friese?D via ADXB-OE NL, Jan 17)
KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyz Radio on Dec 17 nx in Ru at 0200. On Dec 3: 0010-0025
nx in En, both on 4010 & 4050. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Dec 21/Jan 16)
MALAWI
v5993.2 MBC Radio One, Jan 13, 1655-1816*, mostly in Chichewa,
many ID's as "MBC Radio One" and "Internat Service", 1800 En nx and weather
- poor to fair past 1640 (again on this freq after some months of silence),
R ETH was on 5990.4 at this time, Vo the Broas Masses of Eritrea was on
7085 and 7175 only (no any signal on 6190).
MALI
CRI via Bamako-MLI, new schedule, updating B98:
0830-0857 Ha 7170
1400-1557 En 15125 13685 Asia
1600-1657 Ar 15125 13685
1700-1727 Sw 15725 11970
1730-1827 Ha 15125 11970
1830-1927 Ar 15530 13685
1930-1957 Po 15500 11975
2000-2127 En 15500 11975
2130-2227 Fr 15500 11975
2230-2257 Ch 15500 11975
2300-2357 Ch 11975
0000-0257 Sp 9665.
(Nagoya DX Circle / Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jan 10)
MOLDOVA
The pro-Russian separatist "Radio Pridnestrovya", Tiraspol is
operating now *0500-0600* & *1630-1800* in Ru (Mon-Fri 0530-0600, 1730-1800
in Ukr & Moldovian) on 1467. Announcing also bc times at 0600, 1400. Heard
with "Telephone type" sound/audio. At 0459-0500 hrs 2 txs are heard mixed
"R Rassia" & "Mayak" progrs. The programme of R Pridnestrovya is containing
no more "black hostile propaganda" vs. Chisinau, Moldova.
"The Pridnestrovian Moldovian Republic" as called itself has its own
parliament, president etc.
While R Moldova Internat (seems their bcs will be ceased soon) is using the
facilities of Bacau Galbeni Romania. The txs located in Moldovian territory
in Grigoriopol are owned by MCB Russia (MW 999 & 1467, SW 5 x 1000 kW). 999
is on the air: DW Ukr 0530-0600[from Feb 1], DW Ru 1600-1700, 1900-2000;
TWR in Ru, Ukr, Bjelorussian Mo-Fr 2000-2030 (some days til 2100), Ukr
daily 1830-1900. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jan 10/16)
MYANMAR
R Myanmar, 5986, fair at 1140 with local progr, heterodyne (due
to VoA Delano 5985) and RKI Seoul on 5975 were QRMing. (Feodor BrazhnikovRUS, Jan 12)
NEPAL
3229.8 Radio Nepal is back on its winter freq of 3229.8 kHz like
previous years for the winter. This has been on not more than a week now.
It would be interesting to know when winter starts in Nepal ! Replacing
7165 //5005. Observed in the evening. Weak signals, just a little stronger
than a heterodyne on RRI Bukkittinggi-INS.
Yet to check whether the daytime bc is still on 7165. 5005
freq still prevails. This winter freq of 3229.8 is weak and
from the 5 kW standby tx in Jawalakhel rather than Kumaltar
for 100 kW. Going by strength it can't be anywhere near 100
check this with the stn.
(Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK UADX, Jan 17)
the all season
appears to be
which is listed
kW. Need to
NETHERLANDS
Please inform me if you know the addr for send reports to
TSS-HOLLAND that bc on Jan 9 via Merlin Network One. (Gabriel Ivan BarreraARG, Jan 14)
Anyone can help?
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLS
DXers have been hearing test txions of the new IBB
- International Broadcasting Bureau relay stn at Tinian, the Northern
Marianas Islands. When it goes into regular sce, Tinian will be used
heavily by RFA. RFA has not received permission from the THA and PHL govts
to use VoA relays in those two countries, so, until now, RFA has had to
depend largely on leased SW facilities in the former USSR and in various
PAC isl locations. But VoA, especially its Mandarin sce, will also use the
Tinian isl site.
The six 500 kW Brown Boveri txs at Tinian have an interesting history. They
were used at the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty relay site at MaxoqueiraPOR, from 1991 to 1994 perhaps one of most short-lived SW sites ever. In
fact, the Maxoquera txs were installed just as VoA was constructing its new
site at Briech-MRC. The new nearby sites were used by VoA and RFE/RL to tx
to the same countries in the same langs at the same times. The end of the
Cold War, budget cuts, and the consolidation of VoA and RFE/RL engineering
operations, resulted in the closing of the Maxoquera site. Three of the txs
are now testing at Tinian, and three will come on line at a later this
year.
(Kim Elliott-USA in VoA CW, via TRS, Jan 11)
17665 Presumed VoA/Tinian here 0900-0913 and sent the same progr on 11895
0930-0943. Just mx played, no ID's at all. Very good reception, but fading.
(Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Jan 9)
Tinian broadcast schedule. The IBB tx stn on Tinian is scheduled to begin
bcs of VoA and RFA progrs from 0800 UTC Jan 15. This schedule of bcs from
the IBB Transmitting Station on Tinian Island is effective from 0800 UTC
Jan 15, 1999:
Time(UTC)
kHz
Org Lang
0800-1000 11995
VOA ENGL
0800-1000 13650
VOA ENGL
1000-1100 11995
VOA CHIN
1000-1100 13650
VOA CHIN
1100-1200
9860
RFA LAO
1100-1200 13790
RFA LAO
1200-1300 11825
VOA CHIN (* Khmer also heard)
1200-1300 13790
RFA KHME (* Chin also heard)
1300-1400 11825
VOA CHIN
1300-1400 15250
VOA CHIN
1400-1500 15260
RFA CANT (* Vietn
also heard)
1400-1500 15470
RFA VIET (* Cantonese also heard)
1500-1600 13735
RFA MAND
1500-1600 15215
RFA BURM
1600-1800 11850
RFA MAND
1600-1900 13735
RFA MAND
1800-2000 11790
RFA MAND
1900-2000 11740
RFA MAND
[* switch error til Jan 16]
Note that the stn will not be operating 2000-0800 while construction work
continues.
(Ferguson-VA direct and via NU, Jan 14)
Tinian is very strong and should be very well received in SoEaAS and CHN as
it is heard at super strength in IND and CLN-SLK one more hop away from
very detailed monitoring carried out so far. The stn had some operational
problems with wrong feeds on certain freqs, but now well into operations to
the sked for Radio Free Asia and VoA. Also with Tinian coming into
operation even though with only 2 of the 500 kW txs, VoA added 0800-1000
VoA Newsnow to AS/PAC. When all 5 txs are in operation SW reception should
be very good for VoA and RFA in Asia. Iranawila the 13th VoA relay stn
which has had more than its share of problems is expected to be operational
later this year. They have already conducted some tests of their antennas.
11995 / 13650 VoA, Jan 15, *0745-1058*. Carrier on and 0755 Yankee Doodle
IS and ID. 0800 Country Mx USA. Did a recheck at 0945 and found VoA Express
with Hootie and the Blowfish mx. Curiously enough both channels were not
//with 11995 running a split second behind 13650, so I wonder it the progr
was run from two different tape feeds. SINPO on both channels 45434.
13789.98 / 9859.99 RFA, Jan 15, *1059-1130, Scheduled Lao progr, although
it sounded a lot like Vietnamese to me and they also mentioned VTN a lot.
Had an ID in Lao and En mentioning "the following progr is in Lao" at 1129
then continued. SINPO 45544/44434. (Hans van den Boogert-TWN, in DXW, Jan
15)
As I write this at 0820 Jan 15, I am hearing great signals (SIO 444) on
both 13650 and 11995 carrying VoA En progr Country Music USA (not
//NewsNow).
(Richard E. Hankison-USA, Jan 15)
Around 1040 UTC VoA in Ch noted from Tinian on 11995 and 13650 SINPO 35553
herein.
TX break on 13650 at about 1045. (Martin Elbe-D, Jan 15; Michiel SchaayHOL, Jan 15)
No propagation into EUR at 1700-1800, Jan 15. ed.
Report of Jan 16, signal not very strong, all freqs 200 Hz down, XXXXX.98
kHz,
some languages changed compared to the published schedule, but seemingly
some control errors on the switch board occured. The schedule above show
the exact desire:
0800-1000 VoA Tinian 13650 25322 fluttery signal, both VoA Express progr.
11995 12321 QRM R Rossii 11990.
Sat/Suns RDP Sines-POR co-ch powerhouse.
1100-1200 RFA Tinian
progr.
9860 33433 QRM splatter RNW Wertachtal 9855. Laotian
//CIS 15660 17530.
13790 22322 QRM splatter Sveio Norway 13800.
Laotian
progr.
//CIS 15660 17530.
To handle audio peak signals:
Interestingly in order to handle power consumption of
PDM pulse
modulation on main power connect effectively, progr
audio feed
of 9860 is slowed behind by 3/4 second against 13790
feed.
Similar procedure is in use on RNW Bonaire isl relay.
1200-1300 RFA Tinian 11825 31321 QRM RUI Kiev co-ch. Khmer lang progr
instead of
VoA Chin. //CIS relays 9395 11510 11540.
Tinian 1/2 second behind CIS relays.
VoA Tinian 13790 35433 VoA Ch progr instead of RFA Khmer.
//9680 11965 12040 but all heavily jammed.
1300-1400 VoA Tinian 11825 31331 QRM RUI Kiev co-ch powerhouse. VoA
Chinese.
15250 25332 //9680 11965 12040 but all heavily jammed.
1400-1500 RFA Tinian 15260 35333 Vietnamese sce. //CIS 9365 15660.
15470 35333 Canton lang.
In EUR the 19 mb freqs fade-out around 1430 today Jan 17th.
(WB, Jan 16/17)
NORWAY
The next HFCC and ASBU will make be in the beginning of Feb in
Lisbon, to coordinate the summer schedules for 1999. Due to increased
sunspot activity most of us will be using new freq bands which have not
been used for a long time,. This means that we all need to find new freqs this will make the job more difficult for each of the coordinators. As was
the case in Tunis we will also coordinate with the Arab delegations.
Considering the little time we have at our disposal it won't be easy. But
we will all do our best to get a good result if possible".
(Olav Grimdalen-NOR, R Norway, via EDXP, Dec 15)
PAKISTAN
15427.74, 1216-1230*, Ch progr; M and W and some Ch mx. One
traditional-sounding song, then one Pop-like song. W again w/poss. ment of
"GMT" (sked??), then NA 1229. Progr off, but carrier remained on. Asian
sounding. (Dave Valko-USA, Jan 10)
Acc to Dave Valko one of the Islambad units ghostly approx. 2 kHz down.
Urdu ME sce 0430-0700 v15172.72 and 17555.20; 11725 not traced here.
Urdu WS 0800-1120 Jan 16th 15527.73 and 17835.12, Jan 17th 15527.73 and
17835.23.
Hindi 1130-1200 on 11995 only, no trace of 9510 and 13580.
Chinese sce 1200-1230 on v15427.73, typical PAK jingles.
Irani 1300-1345 15624.98, //11935.00.
Urdu ME sce 1330-1530 11570.13 15462.73, und Karachi 15172.78 jumping up
and down,
15172.60 ... .85. (WB, Jan 16)
ROMANIA
A home sce progr "Magyar - German" is heard 1900-2000 in German
on MW 1197 1323 1593. Not on 909 whre the progr was Romanian (cf. WRTH).
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, Dec 21/Jan 16)
RUSSIA
B98 season DW relay freq usage in Russia and Moldova:
Lang
START ENDE
UKRAINIAN 0530-0600
RUSSIAN
1600-1700
RUSSIAN
1900-2000
TURKISH
1700-1750
CHINESE
1000-1050
CHINESE
1330-1355
RUSSIAN
0000-0100
GERMAN
2200-0000
PERSIAN
1800-1850
RUSSIAN
1600-2000
PERSIAN
1800-1850
RUMANIAN 2000-2100
JAPANESE 1230-1300
CHINESE
1330-1355
URDU
1430-1515
HINDI
1515-1600
ENGLISH
1600-1645
GERMAN
1000-1200
GERMAN
1200-1400
GERMAN
1400-1600
GERMAN
1600-1800
GERMAN
1000-1200
GERMAN
1200-1400
GERMAN
2200-0000
CHINESE
1000-1050
RUSSIAN
2000-2200
GERMAN
1600-1800
GERMAN
1800-2000
GERMAN
1000-1200
FREQ
999
999
999
1170
5895
5895
5925
5925
5935
5945
5965
6000
7305
7305
7305
7305
7305
7315
7315
7315
7315
7340
7340
7375
7390
7395
7445
7445
9480
stn / site kW Azim
GRIGORIOPO 500 0ND
GRIGORIOPO 500 0ND
GRIGORIOPO 500 0ND
KRASNODAR
600 210
PETROPAVL. 200 263
PETROPAVL. 200 263
SAMARA
200 117
NOVOSIBIR. 1000 085
SAMARA
250 188
SAMARA
200 117
KRASNODAR
200 147
SAMARA
200 246
NOVOSIBIR. 500 085
NOVOSIBIR. 200 111
NOVOSIBIR. 500 195
NOVOSIBIR. 500 195
NOVOSIBIR. 500 195
NOVOSIBIR. 200 111
NOVOSIBIR. 200 111
SAMARA
250 140
SAMARA
250 140
PETROPAVL. 250 241
PETROPAVL. 250 241
NOVOSIBIR. 500 125
NOVOSIBIR. 200 111
IRKUTSK
100 083
MOSKVA
250 169
MOSKVA
250 169
NOVOSIBIR. 500 145
Target
URS
URS
URS
SEUR/ME
CHN
CHN
URS
FE
ME
URS
ME
EUR
FE
CHN
SAS
SAS
SAS
FE
FE
SAS
SAS
FE
FE
FE
CHN
RUS
ME
ME
SAS/SEAS
GERMAN
BENGALI
ENGLISH
ARABIC
GERMAN
GERMAN
RUSSIAN
RUSSIAN
ENGLISH
PERSIAN
Jan 14)
1200-1400
0100-0150
0200-0250
1300-1600
1000-1200
1200-1400
0000-0100
0000-0100
0900-0950
1000-1050
9480
9815
9815
9860
9900
9900
11975
12045
12055
15525
NOVOSIBIR. 500 145
NOVOSIBIR. 1000 180
SAMARA
250 140
KRASNODAR
500 188
IRKUTSK
250 110
IRKUTSK
250 110
VLADIVOST. 200 20
PETROPAVL. 250 263
IRKUTSK
250 110
SAMARA
200 188
SAS/SEAS
SAS
SAS
ME
FE
FE
US
RUS
SAS
ME
(DW via A.Volk-ADDX,
MW Krasnodar Tbilisskoye 1089 & SW 6005. 1600-1700 as follows: Sun, Mon VoR
in En; Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Islamskaya Volna in Ru & Ar. Sat Kala Aturaya in
Assyrian. All //9480.
On 1089, 6005 1800-1900 Mon Adygei R in Adygean, Ar, Tur; Fri Adygean R in
Adygean; Wed, Thu & Sun 1830-1900 Kabardino-Balkarskoye R in Kabardinian.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, Dec 21/Jan 16)
MW Krasnodar Tbilisskoye 1089 schedule: Mo-Fr 0400-0500, Mo-Fr 1500-1600 R
Kuban Krasnodar in Ru. Mo-Fr 1300-1400 R Adygea in Ru & Adygean. Daily
1400-1500 (Sa-Su 1300-1600) R Rassia. Daily 1700-1800 & 1900-2000 VoR in
Ar. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jan 11/16)
MW Krasnodar Tbilisskoye 1170, 1200 kW schedule: 1500-2030, 1500 VoR Tur,
1600 as MW 1089, 1700 DW in Tur, 1800 VoR in Ar, 1900 IBRA R in Tur, 1930
CRI Beijing in Tur, 2000 IBRA R in Ar. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jan 11/16)
RWANDA
Good signals from 1600 on 6055. There is a short nx bulletin in En
around 1605. Mostly in Fr at other times with lots of Afro mx. A real
pleasure to have this on the band as a regular signal. (Victor
Goonetilleke 4S7VK UADX, Jan 13)
SERBIA
"R Free KOSOVO" belongs to the Albanian Guerilla UCK. Started
broadcasting on Mon Jan 4th on FM channel from the Kosovan mountains.
(Thomas Schmid-Pristina, Kosovo, in German left wing and Green movement
newspaper "taz - tageszeitung", Jan 7; via Juergen Lohuis-D)
SEYCHELLES
9455 FEBA Mahe, 1900-1945, Ar prayer, his voice is
unmistakable, remainds me on his pray via former ELWA Monrovia outlet
11835, heard for decades in the 70s and 80s. (WB, Jan 17)
SINGAPORE
7245 Malay sce noted with opening at 2300, followed by nx and
mx progr. Good signal, but strong RL in Ru co-ch and severe PRC's jamming
on 7250 (against CBS-Taipei). (Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Jan 11)
SUDAN
5500 NF R Omdurman 1705 -1805 man and woman on news and
commentaries in Sudanese / Ar 1705-1730 with local mx intervals. At 1733
with progr 'Anadi Kehen' (an interview), 1745 mostly with mx progr then on
1800 with nx. NO clear ID Heard though on most times Sudan on progr
headlines has been heard. Good signal 44444 with antenna tuned properly.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Jan 13)
TADJIKISTAN
The half hour edition of Communications World will have a new
SW outlet, perhaps as early as this weekend. It's Dushanbe-TJK, site of
jamming txs in the former Soviet Union, but now home to strategically
placed SW txs for hire. Communications World will be bc, on a trial basis,
from Dushanbe Sun at 0930 on 15605. In addition to SoAS, this might be
audible elsewhere in AS, and perhaps even as far as EUR and AF.
(Kim Elliott-USA, VoA CW, via Kai Ludwig, Jan 9)
Kim Elliott's VOA Communications World which was to come over Dushanbe via
WRN arrangement 0930-1000 15605 as a complete 30 min edition didn't come
through Jan 17 due to feed problems. Dushanbe was on playing a continuous
RFA queue loop with piano melody.
[But not heard January 10! - looked out on 17605 instead of 15605 today Jan
17th,
my fault, ooohhh dear... ed]
Increased 24 hrs progr on 4635. Regularly heard often at 2200. On Dec 9 at
0230 progr in Ru ID "Radio Payk-i-Ajam". (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Dec 21/Jan 16)
4635, Tadjik R Dushanbe, Jan 10, 0017-0030, Vn, male speakers with agitated
talk and Tadjik folk mx, fair signal with some fading and QRM by UNID CW
stn. 33333
(Thomas Roth-D, via DXW, Jan 13)
TAIWAN
Radio Taipei Internat bcs live on Internet round the clock. Ge
0600, En 0700, Fr 1800, Ar 2000, Sp 2100. Asian langs at other times. The
VoAsia in En can be heard at 1400.
http://www.cbs.org.tw/english/index.html
(Jean-Michel Aubier-F, Jan 11)
[non?] 13750 A Chinese speaking stn on Jan 6 & 7 at 1000. On the 6th a
woman appeared to be reading a series of numbers but the signal too weak to
distinguish what was happening on the 7th. A clandestine operation? New
Star Broadcasting Station ?
(Noel Green-UK, Jan 6)
Yes, they're loud and clear on this channel here in TWN. Hum in the signal,
if you can detect that in Europe. (Hans van den Boogert-TWN, Jan 12)
TONGA
While I'm sure the Tongans have more to do at the moment than
getting back on SW, the lack of banana trees shouldn't affect their bcing
plans for the rest of our lifetimes. Banana "trees" are actually a very
hard-stemmed herb with a two year lifespan. The first year they grow very
fast to a height of around 3-5 meters. The second year the bananas grow and
the tree dies. (Don Moore, Iowa, responding to our 99-02 report)
Glenn: As far as Tonga goes, as I recall they were using an inverted V
antenna connected to a coconut tree for the SW sce on 5030 per several
reports that RN did on them during the last sesquidecade. Were they active
before the storm? If they were, they are no doubt off the air now. I wrote
this but was't expecting it to be printed. It was something I wrote tongue
in cheek.
(Artie Bigley, KY, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jan 14)
Considering the lifespan of banana 'trees', coconut would seem far more
likely as antenna mast. (via Glenn Hauser, OK, Jan 14)
UKRAINE
I checked RUI Kiev Sun Jan 10, En 2200-2300 on 4820 5905 6020
7205 and 7420. At the start of the DX Club progr at 2245 it was announced
that the high power Mykolayiv tx was currently off the air though no reason
was given.
I'm listening to Cairo on 9990 as I write this e-mail following the tip in
402, can't remember when I heard them with such clear modulation. Also your
mention of Sweden Calling Dxers brought back memories of the yellow
bulletins coming through each week but I think that they were blue before
they went yellow, this is going back to 1964 when I started, what a good
service to the DX community, as I remember you only had to contribute once
a year to stay on the mailing list. (Michael Barraclough-UK, Jan 12)
UK
RKI Seoul is now on 3980 (x3970) Ge 2000, Fr 2100 and En 2130 from
Skelton-UK.
(Jean-Michel Aubier-F, Jan 11; http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jm.aubier/
)
On Sun, January 3rd, European Klassic Rock more commonly known as EKR
Klassic spelled with a K ceased operation. EKR provided an adult rock
programming service on an analog audio subcarrier of the Astra satellite.
The brief EKR press release said that EKR closed due to a number of
factors, none specified. However, Mark points out that financial problems
may have been one of those factors. In Sep 1998, EKR began replacing blocks
of its own programming to other radio programming services which presumably
purchased that time. These include Solar Radio during the overnight hours,
and Radio Caroline from 10 am to 6 pm Suns.
Communications World listeners have discussed at length the pro's and con's
of radio via satellite. On the Astra system, you can deliver a high
fidelity signal throughout EUR. On the other hand, audio reception via an
Astra tv can be cumbersome. It's not as portable and cozy as terrestrial
radio. And, in most homes, persons who wish to use the Astra rx to watch tv
tend to overrule those who want to use the rx to listen to radio.
(Kim Elliott-USA in VoA CW, via TRS, Jan 11)
Maritimes / Coastals: As 1998 comes to an end, many famous maritime radio
stns closed down. Schevenigen (pronounced: Scave-en-in-gen) Radio PCH in
the Netherlands and Sydney Radio VIS in AUS closed at 2359 UTC on the 31st
of Dec 1998.
In the UK, Portishead Radio is also to close down, along with Rugby Radio
GBR. At one time, Portishead was the largest communication centre in the
world. To mark these closures, the Radio Officers Association will run two
special events. The first - a DX event - will take place throughout April.
It will be based on the old Commonwealth "Area" scheme, when ships sailing
under the British flag would relay their messages to Portishead via area
stns in CAN, NZL, AUS, HKG, SNG, IND, MAU, AFS and MLT.
Eighteen stns have been revived and will operate mainly CW - the operators
will accommodate all speeds and abilities of CW. Also during April, old
coastal radio stns around the coast of GB, IRL and the whole of EUR will
return to air for a special event. Twenty UK stns at sites from Lands End
to Wick will be on air as GB Zero and their old callsigns on the 10th and
11th of April. They will be joined by DAN, PCH, SAG, and many other stns
which have now closed. Special awards are available for both these events.
For further details contact David Barlow, G3PLE, whose addr is correct in
the current RSGB Yearbook, or see the web site at:
http://homepages.enterprise.net/dbarlow
(GB2RS News via Trevor Bates on Fidonet area shortwave via JKB, Jan 11)
International Marconi Day will be on the 24th of Apr 1999 to celebrate the
birth of Guglielmo (pronounced: Goo-li-el-mo) Marconi.
(GB2RS News via Trevor Bates on Fidonet area SW via JKB, Jan 11)
BBC-WS - German and Czech to be killed.
BBC plans to cut World Service broadcasts, newspaper reports:
URL:
http://www.nandotimes.com/noframes/story/0,2107,8416-14475-1026000,00.html
The BBC plans next month to announce large cuts in its World Sce, including
closing its Ge and Cz operations, the Sunday nxpaper the Observer said. The
plans will also bring yet more ire on the head of director-general John
Birt, already under attack for many of his strategies to modernize the BBC.
Despite repeated attempts it was not possible to contact anyone at the BBC
authorized to comment.
(http://www.nandotimes.com Jan 16)
USA
6458.5U, AFRTS relay, Jan 3, 2121-2127, it's still active, excellent
with American football 49'ers vs. Packers coverage. 4278.5U and 12689.5U
untraced.
(Krueger via DXW, Jan 13)
The Armed Forces Radio and TV Sce Broadcast Center (AFRTS-BC) provides 10
separate progr sces to our global audience via satellite. The SW signal is
being provided by the U.S. Navy to their ships at sea during an operational
exercise. They provide one or two of those sces randomly during the bc day.
There is no printed schedule available for these SW bcs, as we have no idea
which sces they will use at each hour. Often there are progr changes which
would make a printed schedule obsolete. We have our bc schedule; however,
with 10 sces, these large operational data base files are intended for
internal use.
Thanks for your E-mail and interest in AFRTS Charles Barker. (Mathias
Eisenkolb-D, Jan 14)
VoA Special English, times and freqs:
0030-0100 1197 1548 1575 7215 9890 11760 15185 15290 17735 17820 AF
EUR ME.
0130-0200 7405 9775 13740 LatAM.
1530-1600 1575 6110 9760 9845 12040 15460 AS.
1630-1700 13600 15445 17895 AF.
2130-2200 1548 9595 9760 EUR ME.
Spoken at a slower speed and with a vocabulary of 1500 words. VoA Special
English has been bcing for more than 39 years. Most Special English bc
begin with the nx followed by a four-minute report on science agriculture
development or the environment. This is followed by longer feature
programs. (Franco Probi-ITA, Radioincontro, Jan 11)
VIETNAM
v9839.78 VoVTN Hanoi En nx at 1600, co-ch disturbation by VoR
Persian. No // could be found here in EUR, VTN maybe on 7145 to SoAS. En
nx started at 2030 on both v9839.78 and 7145, latter underneath RTA
Bouchaoui co-ch. (WB, Jan 16/17)
YEMEN
6135 R Yemen, Jan 13, approx 1800-1900, Ar - good (En on 9780 only
at this time). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Jan 15)
AGDX and ADDX TO HAVE A JOINT MAGAZINE.
The following press release from AGDX is acknowledged to the Dec 1998
edition of EuroDX, the journal of the European DXC Council:
AGDX (Arbeitsgemeinschaft DX) e.V, the umbrella organisation of German
speaking radio listener clubs has published for the past 25 years the
monthly magazine "Weltweit Hoeren" (WWH). Commemorating such a silver
jubilee is not an east thing when at the same time the forthcoming years
will need to be covered adequately. This is a challenge, especially in
times which we all know to be difficult to mobilise energies for club
related affairs.
As that our long term serving chief editor Walter Eibl can no longer
balance his personal and professional duties and commitments with the
challenges of the regular production of our magazine, with maintaining the
level of standards we have set and we were known of. Recurring to publish
commercially was not a solution, and available funds from a membership
community which rather deceases, cannot justify such an approach.
Considering facts and many facets, it was finally decided to liaise with
the ADDX e.V for the joint production of the new magazine "Kurier mit
Weltweit Hoeren", starting Jan 1999.
This will also bring synergy from both organisations and serve the German
speaking DX scene with news sand information even better than in the last a joint effort for a point hobby. A joint announcement from the ADDX and
the AGDX will soon follow.
(Dr. Anton j. Kuchelmeister, AGDX President, via EDXP-AUS, Jan 11)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 404
27 Jan 1999
________________________________________________________________________
AFGANISTAN
Voice of Shariya heard here in Pa/Da: 0100-0400 & 1300-1630 on
NF 7079.6-7082.6 (43433), (x7199v). Nx in Ur, Ar and En 1630-1715.
(PanIview-BUL, Ivo Ivanov & Rumen Pankov, Jan 15)
ANGOLA
v11954.80 R Nacional, Por, 35433, //weak 4950 1830-1850.
(Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 6)
Vorgan schedule. Angolan grey cland VORGAN - a Voz Resistencia da Galo
Negro - operated by UNITA resumed bcs earlier this month as peace in the
south African nation shattered. SW listeners may try to follow the stn's
published schedule: 0700-0900 5950, 1200-1430 11830, 1900-2100 7100.
(Schedule courtesy of CRW Portugal contributor Rui Pires (CT1FAK), which
was originally published in "Luso-Americano.") An addr, unfortunately, is
lacking since UNITA has been isolated by the international community and
cannot legally maintain representative offices abroad. (Nick Grace C.,
Martin Schoech, in CRW, Jan 25)
ANTARCTIC
LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, a modern and new tx
of 10 kW power is now going to the Antarctic Territory. The new tx was
purchased in Atlanta, USA and is a CCA for SW, with this, will cover all
Antarctic Territory with its bcing progrs and may bc during 24 hrs if
necessary.
The old tx, was purchased in 1982 and only 2 times at day was permitted bc
up today. The new tx will bc on 6030, 11955 & 15475 and will be operated by
the own personal of Base Esperanza. Currently the tx is in Base Marambia,
and will go to Base Esperanza in the ice-breaker ship 'Almirante Irizar'.
The new tx will start its operations in next Feb 1999.
(Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Jan 20)
BELARUS
Vitiebsk Regional Radio was noted today on 7105 with own progrs
until 1645. Powerhouse S9+50db, much stronger then 6115, 7210 which were
not in //. At 1645 into Radio Stolitsa relay, the same as 6115 and 7210.
(Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Jan 19)
2338 Radio Mayak 1930 USB, nx in Ru with //only on MW. Also heard on Jan 16
at 0530, again with nx and parallel to 7400. (Pijpers via Cumbre Dx, Jan
15/16)
BELGIUM
[minor correction]
RTBF Brussels resuming SW txions 1 Feb 1999. In Fr to CeAF:
Mon-Fri 0400-0600 9490
0600-0810 17650
1100-1315 21565
1600-1810 13820
Sat
0530-0600 9490
0600-1100 17650
1100-1215 21565
1700-1810 13820
Sun
0530-0600 9490
0600-0915 17650
1200-1215 21565
1600-1810 13820.
Tx site DTK Deutsche Telekom Juelich, 100 kW, Azimuth 160 degr.
Reports to RTBF, Relations International, 1044 Brussels, Belgium.
e-mail relint.r@rtbf.be
(C.Vanoudheusden-BEL, Michael Barraclough-UK, Jan 17)
The evening broadcast on Saturdays ends at 1810 like all other days, not
1910.
The azimuth is 160, not 180 degrs.
RVI Brussels MW: MW 1512 from Febr 1st, 0600-0730 300 kW, from 0730 25 kW.
(Golfgids, Paul Brems-BEL, Jan 21)
BOLIVIA
v5927.1 Radiodifusora Mineria, 0930-1115, weak, first log for
me !
(Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 31/Jan 1)
4471.7 Radio Movima, Santa Ana, Jan 21, 0049-0113* Sp, Man announcer,
musical progr "Escala Musical" ID "...Radio Movima //Movima..
informacion", 34232.
(Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jan 24)
BOTSWANA / SAO TOME
VoA in En with "VoA News Now" on 15510 at 1100-1130.
Listed as Sao Tome and //to 17650 17750 both from BOT. Their current "VoA
Guide" shows non of these. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 15)
BRAZIL
9585 R CBN Globo Sao Paulo, propagation southwards down the
Atlantic coasts of AF and SoAM still continues to be quite good here around
0800. Many Brazilians well audible on 31 mb and have found the one using
9585, on air before 0900 two mornings this week. Paraguay also well audible
on v9737 next to the mighty DW 9735.
Conakry heard with Koran and tlks in vernac at 0810 on 7125, then into Fr
with lovely African rhythms 0820. Still traces of a signal as late as 0915.
Scheduled 0900-1500 in winter season, now 0800-1400 ?? ed.
BULGARIA
R. Bulgaria will stop bcing in Sp Mar 27 for
reports Mario Pace, YV4FCU on the YV2FSW DX net Jan 17.
organizations and colleagues to send letters of protest
management in order to save this service. (Jorge Garcia
Venezuela, via Hauser, Jan 21)
economic reasons,
We call upon all DX
to the station's
Rangel, Barinas,
CAMBODIA
v11940.36
National Voice of Cambodia, 0028-0037, Fr, ID, IS
follwing Thai progr, best 45544, signal going down to S=9. No chance to
hear a reliable signal at 1200, due to powerhouse BBC Kranji-SNG En by
Radio in Chinese on 11945 100 kW 25 degr. Strong splatter of 9+20 dB
signal. I can hardly follow the CBG progr, 1205-1217 En, ID, report about
"Anti Malaria progr", 1211 ID like "The Kingdom of Cambodia", 1213 CBG
song, 1217 Fr ID, QRG's, CBG press review, mx bridges. RX switched to lsb
mode. UNID CHN mainland stn on odd near 11945, with talks, like wanted
"jamming" disturbation against BBC lessons progr. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan
9)
Yesterday I tuned in to the VoCBG at midnight UTC. They had two mins of
dead air before they signed on and then one minute into the bc the tx broke
down! Those engineers over there must be quite frustrated. (Hans van den
Boogert-TWN, Jan 20)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP
It has now been confirmed that R MINURCA has been
off the air on 9900 since sometime in Dec '98. In an e-mail from David
Smith received today he says that the 20 kW Telefunken tx isn't working
anymore. They have no spares and it would cost more to repair and transport
than it would cost to buy a new compact unit. So they are currently looking
around for replacement equipment. However Radio Minurca remains on the air
on FM - and on a low power tx operating 0600-1600 9500, 1600-0600 5900. Has
this been heard by any DXer ??? The power must be very low. I believe that
the 20 kW Telefunken never ran more than a maximum of a couple of kW's. The
security council will decide in a couple of weeks if Minurca will be
extended until the end of the year. Furthermore Mr. Smith says that the
first dispatch of QSL cards were posted yesterday. I also understand that
the Danish engineer from ST Broadcast Sce is back in Denmark. Since
Christmas I think. (Stig Hartvig Nielsen in Hard-Core DX, via Cumbre Dx,
Jan 21)
CHILE
Vo Cristiana seems undecided where to operate on 25 mb around
0800+. Heard on air on 11745 mixing with TWN on Jan 9th. On Jan 11 it was
using 11714.1 and on Jan 15 back up to 11889.4. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 15)
CHINA
On 18 Jan I heard CRI Beijing in Ge at 1800 on 9710 //6950. The
txion was not audible on the parallel freq 9920. Did anyone else hear this
German progr on 9710 and is this a new freq for this program? (J. DamenNL, via Kai Ludwig, Jan 19)
v2897.95 UNID Ch talking stn, resumably harmonic(?), 0940-1100, //progr
1413 kHz, at 1100 two short / one long time pip. (Xinjian Urumqui?). Looked
out for RPDT2 Ngada on 2899.04, but nothing was heard. (Roland SchulzePHL, Jan 6)
4850 CNR Beijing, 1300-1400, Ch, ID, ahead of an Indian stn which IDed as
"This is All India Radio Kohima" ! by a short pause of CNR. (Roland
Schulze-PHL, Jan 9)
CNR Minorities sce (CNR4) introduced a new schedule on Jan 1st:
Kaz
0230-0327 15670 11630 11375 10260, 1400-1457 11630 10260 9390
8566 4970 4330
Mongolian 2330-0027 and 1100-1157 5420 4190, 1500-1557 9390 8566
Kor
1000-1057 9920 8566
Tibetan
0030-0127 12080 11710 11375 8566,
1200-1257 11740 9755 9565 9390 8566
(relayed on 6200 6130 6110 5995 5950 4820 via Lhasa)
Uighur
0130-0227 15670 11630 11375 10260,
1300-1357 11630 10260 9390 8566 (relayed on 4735 3990 v Urumqui)
(NDXC via EDXP, Jan 21)
China Radio Internat changes:
1600-1700 in Ar on 13681.0(44544), instead of nom. 13685.
1600-1700 in Ru on add NF 7250 under Vatican R.
In Sp to EUR - spurious signals: 2100-2300 7515v/7205v or +/-155v from nom
7360//6020.
(PanIview-BUL, Jan 15)
CUBA
RHC La Habana noted opening at 1100 on 11705 in Sp mixing with VoA
PHL En co-ch. RHC //11760. 11705 is audible on both sidebands so not the
SSB tx used at night ?
Radio Habana Cuba heard here in Sp to EUR/ME, 2100-2300 on NF
11705usb(44454), (x13660). From 2200 strong co-ch NHK via Sackville relay
//11760, 13680. 2000-2200 in Fr, En, Fr to Eu on NF 13720, but from 2100
on same is AWR in Jap/En to SoAs. (PanIview-BUL, Jan 15)
COLOMBIA
v6168.3 Voz de la Selva Reactivated and again using this ID.
Heard on Jan 16 1150-1200*. Canned ID sounding to my ears as "Voz de La
Selva, Voz Oriental." Left the air without anthem around 1200. I presume
that this is the tx nominally on 6170 and most recently IDing as Carocal
Colombia. (Hans Johnson-USA, in Cumbre Dx, Jan 16/17)
ECUADOR
3360 Radiodifusora Cultural Catolica Voz del Upano, Macas, 02540307*, Sp, female and male announcer, educational progr about malaria and
paludism, ID "HCVB7 Radio Difusora Cultural Catolica, Voz del Upano a
traves de la frecuencia de 3360 kHz onda corta banda internacional de 90
metros ... Voz del Upano, Ciudad de Macas, Moroni Santiago ... y la
direccion postal....al finalizar nuestra programacion, escuchemos el himno
nacional del Ecuador" (choral version), 34333. Listen again on Jan 16
until 0330 with educational program En lesson's. Very strong signal.
(Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jan 15/16)
ETHIOPIA
11800 Voice of Peace. Back again on this freq 1900-2000 with
Somalia progr. IS at 1900, En ID by woman 'This is R Ethiopia' and cont'd
with 'This is VoPeace bcing for Somali from the ext sce of R Ethiopia.'
Somali/Ar px followed. Closing annts in Somali, Ar and En 1959, off at
2001. Same progr also on 9560 and went off at same time. Good and clear on
11800 while 9560 was noisy.
(Mahendra Vaghjee, Mauritius, in EDXP, Jan 7/9)
FRANCE
From Jan 1 R. France Internat deleted some freqs
0400-0600 9550 Fr
0500-0600 9805 Fr
0500-0700 7280 9745 11685 Fr
0600-0700 6045 Fr
0700-0800 21620 Fr
1600-1700 11670 Rom, 15460, 17620 Fr
1600-1800 7315 9495 21685 Fr, 9845 Ar 1700-1800 7350 Ar
1800-2000 7135 9485 Fr
1900-2000 5995 6175 Fr
2000-2100 5915 7350 Fr
2100-2200 5945 Fr
Additfreqs from Jan 1:
0800-1000 21580 Fr.
0600-1200 11670 Fr
GABON
Current freqs and times of txions, all French, of Africa No. 1:
9580 at 0500-2300, 17630 at 0700-1600 and 15475 at 1600-2100. E-mail addr
is
africa@africa1.com
(Af. No. 1 website via JKB, Jan 18)
GERMANY
DTK news: Sunrise R in En and Indian langs now heard at new time
0755-1830 on 5850 (x0700-) to avoid WYFR in It til 0745.
Brother Stair in En, changes from Dec 23, 1998 (acc. schedule):
0000-0400 11660 AUS/NZL - deleted
0200-0400 5910 NoAM
- additional
0400-0500 9605 ALS
- deleted
0600-1000 13810 AUS/NZL, (x0500-1200)
0900-1500 5965 EUR
- deleted
1600-1800 13810 ME, ex1400-1800 same
1800-2000 6130 EUR
- additional
1800-2100 11925 ME
- deleted
2000-2200 11965 SoAF
- additional
2100-2400 12040 AUS/NZL - deleted
Rainbow Radio, of Grapeca / Ragpeha organization in Amharic via DTK Juelich
tx site. ID in Amharic: "Kestedamena rediyo ye selamena yewendimamach
dimtse".
0100-0200 Sat 6155 AM, 1000-1100 Sun 5910 EUR, 1600-1700 Thu 11840 AF
Addr P.O.B. 140 104, D-53056 Bonn, Germany. (BBCM via NU 1510, and via CRW)
Clandestine to ETH: 11725 [via DTK Juelich Germany], Voice of Oromo
Liberation, verified with a date-only ltr with the wrong fqy penned in
(9490) in 14 days for a rpt to Berlin from V/S Taye Teferra, Secretary, SBO
Committee Europe. The ltr gave the sked as "currently b/cing to EaAF and
the ME on 9930 (which was crossed out and 9490 penned in) kHz in the 31
("/25" was penned in next to it) mb 1600-1700 on Mons, Weds and Sats." This
must be an old sked, and an obvious form ltr. From the ltr: ". . . the aim
of the Voice of Oromo Liberation is to reach millions of Oromos living in
rural areas cut off from the rest of the world by a curtain of poverty,
illiteracy and above all colonial oppression." (D'Angelo-PA via NU, Jan 25)
31 mb freq belongs to the other VoOL outlet via Kiev Ukraine, formerly on
either 7570, 9490, or 9925, but now registered on 9980 100 kW, Mon/Wed/Sat
at 1600-1700 to zones 38, 39, 48 at 160 degrs. VoOL never heard here in
past months, no report appeared in the DX press so far. ed.
GUATEMALA
3300
first time !
R Cultural, 1110-1125, Sp, weak signal herad for the
(Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 24)
GUAM
Some freqs changes of
1500-1530 Malayalam NF 9355
1530-1600 Marathi
NF 9355
2100-2200 Jpn/En
NF 13720
AWR/KSDA Agat:
(x13720 to avoid AIR)
(x11980 to avoid BBC)
co-ch RHC, (x15610). (PanIview-BUL, Jan 15)
GUIANA Fr
v3289.9 Voice of Guyana, 0950-1005, pres. En, very weak.
Heard for the first time ! (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 4)
ICELAND
I've been listening to Iceland's two LW outlets and found they
were not carrying the same progr at 1835 on Jan 14. 189 had pop mx and 207
talk. I wonder if one - or both - are carrying the regional bcs listed by
the WRTH, but under Ch2 - FM 2 ? Unfortunately, 207 disappeared under DLF
Aholming and Kiev before 1900 and reception not good enough at 0810 today
Jan 15 to distinguish if that regional txion - listed in WRTH - was on air.
7735 (instead of 7535) Reykjavik 1855 with presume nx. Some freqs on 1857
and info by OPM and YL. Gongs at 1859 then ID "Utas Reykjavik". At 1918
with sport nx, closed 1930.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Jan 5)
INDONESIA
v3165.20 RDK Serang, 1105-1124*, active again !, local mx, 1105
ID "Radio Daerah Kabupaten Serang", TA, instrumental INS mx. Weak.
3985.2 RRI Surabaya, 1220-, end of "Warta Berita" relay from RRI Jakarta,
NA, very weak to get a positive ID. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 5)
4945.2 RRI Ambon, 1020-1032, again active, adts, popular mx, 1025 & 1032
ID. 23432
6070.83 RRI Jayapura, 1020-, female talks, mention many times "Indonesia",
covered by jamming. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 25)
IRAN
V0IR0I changes: 1100-1230 En odd 11832.3 instead of nominal 11830
1530-1630 Ru strange odd 9708.3 //9575, 9740.
2330-0230 Ar NF 7270 co-ch R.Tirana from 0000.
ITALY
9515 RAI Caltanisetta. The jamming(?) on 9515 was noted off on
the Jan 9th, and not heard since! [yes remarkable clear signal noted from
RAI now, ed]. The specific matter referenced seldom in the hobby press.
Like a jamming sound heard on this channel during our daytime at least for
the past 2 - 3 years. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 15; WB)
MADAGASCAR
15145 DW: I see that in a recent updated DW sked, an En txion
from DW is listed for this freq from RNW's Talata Volodny relay site at
0900-0950, 200 kW 245 degr to So&EaAF. This also appears in WRTH and PWBR,
although I don't recall seeing many specific references to it in the hobby
press. (Jerry Berg-USA, NU, Jan 17)
There are two more bcs of DW via RNW relays:
Bonaire toWeNoAM in En at 0300-0350 11750, and 0500-0550 11795 250 kW 320
degr.
In exchange RNW uses DW Wertachtal 9855 1130-1325 towards UK & IRL, and
also leased DTK Juelich 6045 100 kW at same time. (WB, Jan 18)
MALAWI
5993.2 MBC Radio One 1655-1816* mostly in Chichewa, many ID's as
"MBC Radio One" and "International Service", 1800 En nx and weather - poor
to fair past 1640 (again on this freq after some months of silence), R ETH
was on 5990.4 at this time, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea was on
7085 and 7175 only, no signal on 6190.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, also via Cumbre Dx, Jan 13)
MALAYSIA
11885 VoMalaysia 1230 another sick tx at Kajang is 11885
Mandarin 1030-1230 (exc. Cantonese 1100-1115), noted with distorted audio
at 1030, and inflicting severe splatter on R Australia 11880. Some days it
seems to have very intermittent audio with long periods of open carrier.
(Alan Davies-CBG, via Cumbre Dx, Jan 15)
MALI
7170 CRI, 2322, Talk in Ch lang by several announcers. Signal was
strong with a weaker parallel heard on 11975. Is this a new freq for CRI at
this time? I searched my electronic records and found no broadcasts
reported for CRI on 7170. Ralph Brandi found a 2230-2327 CRI Ch lang bc
listed in the 1999 WRTH. Txion was heard beyond 2327, however. (Costello in
DXW, Jan 14)
Very little information available, even "CRI Messenger" magazine and
included English section schedule prints out always OUTDATED schedules. CRI
Bamako is listed for Ch 2230-2357 on 11975, and also 2230-2327 on 15550.
Guess CRI Bamako changed to 7170 (to WeAF?) and 11975 at 2230-2357 now.
(ed.)
MAURITANIA
4845, ORTM, 2330-0000, almost all tlk by M and W. Even though
R. Kekchi was underneath, I thought I hrd this in Sp briefly at one point.
Played some of the lcl stringed mx that's almost identical to their IS.
Couldn't get an ID at ToH due to Kekchi fading up to equal lvl and mixing
w/Mauritania. Glad to see them back on at this time on this old freq.
(Dave Valko-USA, Jan 20)
MOROCCO
VoA via Briech Morocco relay, 1600-2200 old 15410 replaced by
15240.
(VoA Communications World by Kim Elliott, via JKB, Jan 16)
MOCAMBIQUE
v3210.1 R Mocambique, Por, 23332, 1630-1650.
NETHERLANDS
Address of Business Nieuws:
Business News 1395 AM, Postbus 74045, NL-1070 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(Klaus Elsebusch DL 3 EAY, Jan 23)
IBB Tinian relay. Yes TIN 1 and 2 are a second or
so apart. I think it is to reduce the draw of the power generators so that
both txs don't draw peaks at the same time. I observed this and I don't
think of any other reason.
Some Clubs are already categorising "Tinian Island" as a "country" for QSL
purposes. Is this logical, as the place is part of the US Commonwealth of
Northern Mariana Islands, a few km from the island of Saipan? Can a member
of the amateur radio community advise the status of Tinian Island for DXCC
award purposes? Now see this . . . . .
"Tinian Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, western
Pacific Ocean, formerly administered by the United States (1947-1986) as
part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and by
Japan (1919-1944) under a mandate of the League of Nations. Tinian is a
coral island about 16 km (10 mi) long and a little more than 6 km (4 mi)
wide. It is notable for its herds of wild cattle and its ancient ruins,
consisting of two rows of truncated pyramids built of masonry. Its
population (1990) is 2,118.
Following World War I the island, formerly a German[!] possession, became
one of the most heavily fortified Japanese bases in the Pacific. During
World War II, US forces invaded Tinian on July 23, 1944, and brought the
island under American control within a week. Tinian then became an
important base for air operations against Japan."
(MS Encarta 98 Encyclopedia; via EDXP, Jan 21)
NORWAY
I have rcvd a note dated Jan 7 from R. Norway Intl advising that
RR's will no longer be verified due to "tight economic budgets and
reduction of staff." The Technical Manager, Olav Grimdalen, is interested
in rpts, even though he cannot send out QSLs, and his addr is: Post-og
Teletilsynet, Box 524, Centrum, N-0105 Oslo, Norway.
(Bob Padula-OZ in EDXP via NU, Jan 25)
PAKISTAN
UNIDed 15625 VOSA?? Azeri type songs till 1335, then YL in
Persian with refs to IRN, then hymn, and s-off . Unclear ID at 1332 due to
signal low (sedaye bikurle batar??) 32333. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Jan 16)
No, is R PAK Islamabad, 11935 & 15624.98 Irani sce 1300-1345 nominal. ed.
15483 approx. R Pakistan 0100-0245 noted with Urdu 0100-0230 and En
dictation nx 0230-0245, good signal but awful whistle with CNR on 15480; En
0230-0245 also heard with poor modulation on 15240v, actually around 15238
on the 19th, 15239.5 on the 20th.
(Alan Davies-CBG, via Cumbre Dx, Jan 19/20)
PERU
6676 Radiodifusoras Paraton, Huarmaca, Jan 14, 0027-0048*, Sp, male
announcer, time checks and ID "... siete de la noche con treinta minutos en
Radiodifusoras Paraton ...", 23322, s-off with Nat Anthem. (Nicolas EramoARG, Jan 14)
6204.2 Radio Cusco, Cusco, Jan 21, 0152-0156, Sp, Man announcer, huaynos
and commts, time checks and ID "nueve minutos para llegar a las nueve de la
noche en Radio Cusco...", 34232. (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jan 24)
v6045.63
Dec 31)
R Santa Rosa, 0832-0855, weak, first log !
(Roland Schulze-PHL,
PHILIPPINES
11995 FEBC Manila 1307 in En with country mx programming.
C&W songs interspersed with what appears to be interviews with country
singers. Signal moderately erratic with QRM from signal on USB. Confirmed
by Dave Onley as "Country Crossroads" program via #swl in IRC. (Mark FineUSA, Jan 23)
PORTUGAL
9715, Jan 18, 2100 RDP, R Portugal on new freq with football,
just like a Brasilian stn. Match: Rio Ave-Porto. The following day only Ru
talk was on the freq. Again Portuguese and again football on Jan 21st at
the same time. New frequency?
(Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Jan 24)
Ru lang is DW Wertachtal 1600-2200. RDP Lisbon registered 0000-0430 100 kW
294 degr to zones 6-8 only, ed.
RUSSIA
Jan 26th, WalcuttD wrote:
Check this URL!
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990125/V000214-012599idx.html
From: Vladimir G.Titarev on Tue, Jan 26, 1999 2:27 AM
How to understand this...
last night news (RL/Russ):
"... RUS will start jamming against VOA,DW,BBC,...etc., in case they will
not pay licence in time (one month or so)..."
may be smth wrong with my ears or what?...
who could clear up. Tnx
(Vladimir G.Titarev-UKR, Jan 26)
Funny... I haven't heard this (I should check my ears..) but jamming will
cost much more then the licence fee income. Is there anybody to confirm
this news ?
(Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Jan 26)
6030 VoR Moscow, 1605-1628, Ge nxs, drama, "Oh' Tannenbaum ... ", 1628
"... alle Hoerer des Moskauer Rundfunks ...", 32332. Tx Moscow 50 kW 270
degr.
Got this from a Cumbretista asking for help with 7210. Any help would be
appreciated. Can't figure out 7210 at 1445-1500. Hearing a huge signal,
don't think lang is Ru. Strange thing, at 1500 I can hear in background VoR
IS while pres Minsk-Belarus is well over with 2+1 pips followed by a R.
Rossii ID (which by listening to Al Q. IS online, R. Rossii has 5+1 pips)
Does Programma Pershaya; Minsk share tx time with R. Rossii? R. Rossii, in
other words, already seems to be broadcing by 1430. (via Hans Johnson,
Cumbre Dx, Jan 23)
7210 2000-1600 zones 33,34 KHB 100 kW 020 degrees
KHB is Khabarovsk tx site in the Russian Far East.
daily.
Radio Rossii is heard strong here in Irkutsk on 7210 at 2000-1600.
(Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Jan 24)
"RUS-DX" # 66 - B
On this matter mentioned above, from monthly information bulletin of
Russian DX League.
Radio Rossii + local progrs in Ru
7210 - 100 kW - RV-914 - 2000-1600 - Khabarovsk (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS)
Voice of Russia, 7210 1617 in En - 30/11 - tr. Samara - 55454
Belarus - CIS Belorusskoe Radio, 7210 1230 in Belarusian - 27/12
(RUS-DX #66, Jan 21)
Here is the
sces:
4030 15
4040
5
4050 15
4485 15
4485 100
4520
2
4610 15
4795 50
4820 50
4825 50
4860 80
4895 50
5015 100
5290
5
5290 50
5930 50
5940 100
6060
5
6095
3
6125
5
6160 40
7140 50
7185
3
7200
5
7200 100
latest schedule for "regional" SW txs of Radio Rossii and local
RV-215
RV-865
RV-676
RV-147
RV-656
RV-667
RV-737
RV-44
RV-703
RV-725
RV-438
RV-700
RV-441
RV-1095
RV-98
RV-790
RV-1001
RV-1472
RV-1327
RV-297
RV-726
RV-1094
RV-1326
RV-729
switched off
2200-1800
switched off
0000-2000
switched off
1800-1400
switched off
2200-1800
0000-2000
2000-1600
2000-1600
0000-2000
switched off
0000-1600
2200-1800
0200-2200
1800-1400
2000-1600
0000-1600
0200-1600
0200-2200
2000-1600
switched off
0200-1600
2000-1600
Anadyr
Tura
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Yzykovo
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
Palana
Komsomolsk-na-Amure
Ulan-Ude
Khanty-Mansiysk
Yakutsk
Chita
Tumen
Tavrichanka
Perm
Krasnoyarsk
Monchegorsk
Arman
Blagoveschensk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Yoshkar-Ola
Arkhangelsk
Yakutsk
Perm
Yoshkar-Ola
Yakutsk
7210 100
RV-914 2000-1600
Khabarovsk
7320 100
RV-647 1800-1400
Arman
7345 50
RV-727 2000-1600
Yakutsk
9530 100
RV-646 1800-1400
Arman
9600 100
RV-645 1800-1400
Arman
11650
5
RV-1095 1605-2000
Perm
11840 15
RV-677 1800-1400
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
15165
5
RV-1326 1605-2200
Yoshkar-Ola
15200
3
RV-1094 switched off Perm
15235
3
RV-1472 1605-2000
Khanty-Mansiysk
15315
5
RV-1327 1605-2200
Yoshkar-Ola
(Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, vai RUS-DX, Jan 21)
QSL sent by Radio Petrozawodsk, in 41 days, all details card, MW 765 kHz,
heard in Finnish language at 1530 UTC on DX camp in Denmark. Address is
also different to WRTH.
Not Ul. Frunze 20, 185 630 Petrozawodsk, but replaced by
Pirogova 2, 185 630 Petrozawodsk, Karelia, Russia.
(Martin Elbe-D, Jan
26)
SEYCHELLES
FEBA Mahe heard on new 15460 (x15540) in Tagalog to ME workers
in the Gulf states, which includes many words and sentences in En too.
Giving an addr in Manila-PHL and scheulde 1000-1100, on Fri only acc to
sched. Ar followed at 1100.
SOLOMON ISL.
5020 SIBC Horiara, was not active on Jan 5th at 0900-1100.
But turned in Jan 6th at 1917, En relig progr, ID "... this is the Solomon
Island Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Happy Hours ... 20 minuts past six
o'clock ..". Annt active on 5020 and FM, but not on MW 535. Armchair
listening, S=9+40 dB ! (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 3/4)
SOMALIA
11204, R. Hargeisa, new freq, 1400-1630, in Somali, 1630 ID in
Ar. Fair and distorted audio. Did not hear on 7071, nor R. Mogadishu,
VoPeople 7060, while R. Holy Koran is still on 6900. (Vaghjee-MAU via NU,
Jan 24)
SOUTH AFRICA
9650 TWR, 1640-, IS, En ID, "You are tuned to the Internat
Voice of Trans World Radio", IS again, px in vernaculars. TX unknown.
[Relay via Meyerton-RSA. ed] 44544. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 5/6)
9650 1640-1655 zone 48
9650 1655-1730 zones 47,48
500 kW
500 kW
20 degr Somali
5 degr Juba/Shuw/Ar
TAHITI
15170 French Polynesia, RFO Tahiti. Fair at 1102 with Fr nx, into
talk progr with studio audience at 1105 after ID for 'Radio France d'outre
mer'.
(Matt Francis-AUS, EDXP, Jan 16)
15170, tent. RFO Tahiti, 0145 Jan 9 with a very poor signal of island mx
and Fr talk.
(Atkins-OCSP via NU, Jan 25)
TANZANIA
v11734.1 R Tanzania Zanzibar, 1850-1900, 33443.
TURKEY
Harmful interference on an Amateur Radio Freq in band 7 MHz by
"The Voice of Turkey", TUR. Again I have found "The Voice of Turkey" on an
exclusive amateur radio freq on Band 7. The last time the stn was heard was
on Dec 5, 1998 (only one day). I have already informed the German Telecoms.
and Aziz Sasa from TRAC, the Turkish Amateur Radio Club. Freq 7100, mode
A3E, date: 22 Jan, 1718-1925 and still lasting on.
VoTUR QSA: 5 (S9 + 65 dB) at a dipole, further observations: progr in Tur
lang //5980 9460 and 9560. Will you please monitor the stn / freq yourself
and inform you national telecoms. authorities. (Ulrich Bihlmayer-D, DJ9KR,
Jan 22)
UKRAINE
[KHAZAKHSTAN non] 11840 Radio Almaty 1202 (presumed) "Ave
Maria", sung by woman until 1208, then announcement by man:"your attention
please". "Top of the World" sung by woman until 1214. Another annt by man.
Signal fairly clear but weak and barely readable during annts. (Mark FineUSA, Jan 23)
That's NOT from Kazakhstan tx site ! Really from UKRAINE. Radio Almaty's
2nd progr "Shalkar" is relayed by Ukrainian txs during daytime on 11840,
and //9620, both via Kiev Ukraine 100 kW at 264 degrs. In exchange R Kievs
Ukrainian progrs are relayed by three mediumwave txs in Kazakhstan, see
items in WRTH under KAZ and UKR.
Relay of Kazakh Radio "Shalkar" program: (Kazakh, Russian and German)
0200-0400 5905 9600
0400-0500 9600
0500-0600 9600 11840
0600-0700 11840
0700-0900 9620 11840
1000-1600 9620 11840
(J. Sajuk, Bavaria, Germany - Ukraina DX-Monitoring-World-Ring - Oct 29,
1998)
Today 0900-1000 both txs were totally off. (Jan 24, ed)
Shut-downs in the Ukraine. Since Jan 17th, Klaus Lieberwirth misses the
usual txions of Radio Kazakhstan via Brovary on 9620 and 11840. I checked
this today at 1400 and found also no trace of them, so seemingly the txs
are indeed off.
Acc VoR "Klub DX" (via Andreas Erbe), Radio Ukraine uses for it's Romanian
bcs 1800-1830, 2030-2100 and 2200-2230 now 657 only. Seemingly this refers
to a shut-down of the 1431 tx at Kopani, which I assume to be silent like
the 1000 kW SW txs there. At least just in these moment I cannot hear the
1431 outlet anymore (which was otherwhise nearly unmistakable here). (Kai
Ludwig-D, Jan 26)
USA
I was tuning around the 19 mb this afternoon at 1900 and noticed
there was high freq audio splatter all over the band. I tracked the source
down to 15365. Does anyone know something about this stn and it's tx? They
should be notified about this problem since it's causing interference to
many stns on 19 meters.
(J W Schermerhorn, via Kai Ludwig, Jan 18)
?? registered is
IBB / VoA Greenville-A 15365
1830-2100 (-2130 Mon-Fri) Fr, En, Fr, Ha; 2100-2130 F, En
AFRTS/AFN is again much more active on its three USB relay freqs lately -often heard on two or three of them at once, 4278.5, 6458.5 and 12689.5. I
continue to suspect 6458.5 may not be at Key West, but Puerto Rico instead.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 973, Jan 21)
Freq changes of WSHB in En to EUR: 2200-0200 on NF 9385(45554) (x5850)
//5825 to NoAM.
(PanIview, Jan 15)
Wrong address of R KTBN in German handbook "Sender und Frequenzen 1999",
page 284 under USA: KTBN, P.O.B. 7040, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, U.S.A.
"Skinny" Johnny Mitchell of KTBN mentioned the correct address:
"Superpower KTBN SW Radio", P.O.B. 18147, Salt Lake City, UT 84118, U.S.A.
(Daniel H. Friese-D, Jan 25)
QSLs: WMDM 1690, letter in 50 days.
Addressed to P.O.Box 600, Lexington Park, MD 20653, U.S.A.
but addr on the letter head is:
Bay Media Network, Box 439, Leonhardtown, MD 20650, U.S.A.
Verie-signer is Stacy Reynolds, Program Director.
Website http://www.thebaynet.com
(Martin Elbe-D, Jan 26)
VANUATU
4960 R Vanuatu, 1048-1100, Pidgin, ID, time, internat mx, ahead
of VTN co-ch. Very strong S=9+30 dB ! Now very powerful signal again, like
some time ago !!
VIETNAM
15110 VoVTN Hanoi. New freq En 2335 //12020.
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jan 9)
And in En 1000-1030, followed by In 1030-1100, also //12020.
(Matt Francis-AUS, EDXP, Jan 15)
(c.f. BC-DX #403, correction) 7145 //frequ seems to be rather TRT Ankara
Turkey ahead, not RTA Algiers. VTN En nx started at 2030 on both v9839.78
and 7145, latter underneath TRT co-ch. (ed)
SOUTH ASIA RADIO GUIDE
The Internet edition of South Asia Radio Guide has been completely
redesigned, revised and updated. Have added the complete schedule of AIR
Delhi with its regional SW broadcast list, External Sces in language order
and a complete frequency order list of all AIR channels on SW.
Would appreciate your comments, suggestions and if possible some comments
in the GUESTBOOK col. This will encourage me in this effort to dx listeners
around the world.
Thank you for visiting SARG home page.
The URL of SOUTH ASIA RADIO GUIDE is:
http://www.angelfire.com/in/alokdg
(Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 24)
New WRTH web site. They finally are constructing a web-page. Let's wait
and see what it will have for us! The official Web site of the World
RadioTV Handbook is finally on its way! Both
http://www.wrth.com
and
http://www.wrth.co.uk
have been registered, and a single page is now on display at both URL's
advising that the Web site is under construction. Thanks to Tom Sundstrom
for advising us of this.
(via DXW, Jan 20)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 405
01 Feb 1999
________________________________________________________________________
AFGHANISTAN
v7079.1 ... 7078.63 Vo the Sharia. 1345-1530. Male talks,
mayne in Dari? Pure Quran singing progr, no instruments, talks on Islam.
1430 three time pips. 1446 politics on Talaban, Iraq, Sadam Hussein. 1500
three time pips, supposedly nx in Dari, reports til 1528, then Quran singer
again. S=7, 23432.
ALASKA
KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska - A99 schedule Mar 30 to Sep 28, 1999,
that means schedule change occurs always on Tues.
0800 9615
1100 9615
1400 9615
1700 11780
En
Ru
Ma Ch
Ru
0900 9615 Ru
1200 9615 Ma Ch
1500 9615 Ma Ch
(Printed schedule via
1000 9615 Ma Ch
1300 9615 En
1600 9615 Ma Ch
WWDXC/Michael Bethge-D, Jan 31)
AUSTRALIA
R Australia will conduct a test txion on Sun 14 Feb to evaluate
propagation of 21 MHz into SoEaAS during their local evenings. The test is
from the Shepparton txing facility, and will be on 21710 at 0900-1358. The
target areas are SoEaAS as well as Ce&WeEUR. QSLs for this txion will be
marked as "test txion".
(Richard Jary-AUS, Jan 26 via Hauser, Jan 29)
Test Txion. Sun 14th Feb 1999, Shepparton-VIC. 0900-1358 on 21710 bearing
329 degrs to SoEaAS, Ce&WeEUR. They are evaluating the 21 MHz bcs into the
early evening periods into SoEaAS. QSL requests to the normal addr, and
will be marked by return as "TEST TRANSMISSION". (Nigel Holmes RA, and John
Wright (ARDXC), in Cumbre Dx, Jan 28)
ASIA Freq Guide - current at 25 Oct, 1998
0000-0500 17750 S 100 329
0100-0500 15415 S 100 329
0600-0900 15415 S 100 329
0600-1100 17750 S 100 329
0900-1200
6080 S 100 005
0900-1100 11880 S 100 329
1400-1800
5995 S 100 334
1430-1700 11660* S 100 329
1430-2130 9500* S 100 329
* these bcs may be heard at a weak strength in EUR.
PAC Freq Guide to PNG, Solomon Isls, GUM and JPN
(also try En txions directed to AA on 329 and 339 degrs)
1800-2000 6080 S 7240 S 100 100 005 030
1800-2100 9660 S 100 030
2100-2200 7240 S 9660 B 100 10 030 010
2300-0800 9660 B 10 010
2100-0800 17715 S 100 030
0000-0800 15240 S 100 353
0200-0900 21725 S 100 355
0800-0900 5995 B 9710 S 10 100 010 353
0800-1200 9580 S 100 030
0900-1400 6080 S 100 005
1200-1400 6020 S 5995 B 100 10 030 010
1200-2100 9660 S 100 030
SoWe&SoCe
2000-2200
2100-0800
2300-0900
0800-1200
1200-2130
1700-2200
PAC, NoAM
12080 B 10
17715 S 100
12080 B 10
9580 S 100
9580 S 100
11880 S 100
080
030
080
030
070
065
2100-0200 21740 S 100 070
2200-0200 17795 S 100 050
0200-0900 15510 S 100 070
1200-2100 9660 S 100 030
1400-1800 5995 S 100 030
1800-2000 7240 S 100 030
RA's weekend sports progr "Grandstand" is bc on Sat 0100-0700 and Sun 02000700 into AS on 17750, the CePAC 17715, the SoWePAC 12080 and 17715.
(Nigel Holmes, Txion Manager, RA
Email: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
via Uwe Volk-D, Jan 29)
BHUTAN
5030 BBC Thimpu, 1315-1344, En progr, at 1317, "This is the Bhutan
Broadcast Sce", ID by female, nx til 1326, internat mx, splatter from VTN
5034.4 and co-ch QRM Fujian, 22432. No problem with Icom R70. (Roland
Schulze-PHL, Jan 16)
CAMBODIA
11940.358
National Voice of CBG, 0028-0035, Fr ID, IS,
followed by Thai progr, nice CBG mx, 45544. Also 1205-1220, En nx, anti
malaria report in CBG, 1214 CBG song, 1217 annts, IS, Fr ID, QRG's, signal
lowered to 23432. Poor modulation.
CHINA
The UNID stn on 5440 is not a clandestine stn but Xinjiang PBS
Kazakh Sce, (x4970) and in //with 4330 - this has been here since late last
year, and it s-off around
1650. Several Xinjiang PBS freqs seem to have been dropped recently, I've
now had the opportunity to check in our local afternoons here and it
confirms my observations made in our late evening/early morning period former Xinjiang freqs which used to be well audible in EUR (5060, 4735,
4500) are no longer traced. 3960, 3990, 4980, 5440 are still heard.
(Kernick in DXW, Jan 28)
RCI heard on 6550 at 1650 is most likely a feeder from Beijing to Xian.
This is a usual CHN freq, with CRI in Ch 1500-1600. Bill Westenhaver of RCI
confirms this is not Sackville, and that CHN occasionally uses SW instead
of satellite link. "The problem," said Westenhaver, "is that the Chinese
never tell us just when this is done, nor exactly why. If we knew the when
and where, we could QSL them." Meanwhile, I also note that Lebanon has been
absent from 6550 for quite some time. Does anyone know better?
(Sonny Ashimori-JPN in Cumbre Dx, Jan 23)
Voice of the Strait with reduced hrs.
Since the beginning of this year Voice of the Strait has dramatically
reduced it's bcing hrs. The two networks have been merged into one and the
daytime bc has been eliminated.
Bcing hrs are now as follows:
2055-0000 (morning bc) 0855-1800 (evening bc) 846 1269 4900 5050 6115 7280
9505 and 90.6 MHz are the ann freqs. Exact schedule unknown yet, but at
0855 s-on 9505 is used, while later in the evening 4900 and 5050 are used
(the later only came on late Jan).
Obviously not many people have noticed this, but it might show the start of
a change in attitude of the communist regime towards TWN.
On the other hand it may be even simply a cost cut. After all, SW awareness
is very low in TWN and Sw radio's were even being banned until the end of
martial law. With the proliferation of FM not many people are inclined to
tune into s ave. Also, the MW band is so full of TWNese stns that the only
two mainland stns audible in Taipei are 540 CNR 2 and 549 CNR Chinese
World.
Still an interesting development. - China Hua-yi Bcing Comp with new freq.
As a result of VoStrait dropping their long-time freq of 4940, China Hua-yi
Bcing Comp has immediately taken over this channel and is using it for it's
evening bc which ends at 1600 now. 4940 runs //to 4830, but this channel
was not observed until the end of Jan.
At last check CHN Hua-yi BC is still using 6185 for their mid-day bc which
starts at 0255 UTC. - There seems to be an increased activity on the dom SW
scene in CHN, apart from the two cases mentioned above. I encourage
everyone to observe and report new outlets / freqs or bcing times. In case
of doubt please first check fo all outlets of CNR 1, CNR 2, CNR Taiwan and
CNR Chinese World.
You can also check the Radio China web site (http://www.swl.net/radiochina)
and in the "Fun with Chinese" section you will find audio clips with IDs of
the following Chinese stns:
CHN National Radio, CRI, CHN Huayi Bcing Corpor, Fujian PBS, Gansu PBS,
Heilongjiang PBS, Jiangxi PBS, Voice of the Strait, Xinjiang PBS.
For people who are curious what mid-afternoon reception in TWN is like,
here a 49 mb bandscan done on Jan 28 0715-0745 (1515-1545 LT).
6015
6030
6055
6064
6070
6085
0715
0716
0717
0718
0719
0721
Jamming, probably against KBS Seoul which is in this freq.
CNR 1 //7504 SINPO 25333.
NSB Radio Tampa 1 //9595 SINPO 25333.
UNID music SINPO 15121.
R Pyongyang in Jpn //7580, 9650 SINPO 35344.
CBS TWNn in Mandarin with the variety network.
Jammed, but slightly. //11775 heavily jammed.
6115 0726 NSB R Tampa 2 //9760 Carpenters mx.
6125 0728 R Pyongyang in Ma Ch //7200, 9345 SINPO 35344.
6145 0730 R Japan in Jpn SINPO 35232.
6165 0732 R Japan in Jpn //6145 SINPO 35343.
6180 0733 CBS TWN, in Ma Ch with the variety network. //6085, jammed.
6250.33 0734 Pyongyang Bcing Sce with singing SINPO 34343.
6398.83 0737 Pyongyang Bcing Sce //6250.33 SINPO 33333.
See the Asian BCing Institute clandestine radio web page
http://www.246.ne.jp/~abi/chiclae1.htm
for interesting information on some of the former Chinese clandestines.
CLANDESTINE
[Iraq] 4760 VoIraqi People, "Saut'l Shaab'l Iraqi," 0422 Jan
24, in Ar, man with comments alt. with Ar songs, frequent IDs; good,
//3902.94 just fair. Both fading out fast after 0500 (no trace at 0510 on
both freqs, possibly s-off). And at 0455 Jan 26, both fair, this time on
3900 //4754.4. (Vladimir Titarev-UKR, in NU, Jan 31)
COSTA RICA
Joe Bernard announced this revised RFPI freq sched Jan 22 at
1900, repeated Jan 23 at 0300 just before COM:
6975 0000-0800 (weekends -1200); 15050 expanded to 1300-0300; 21460-USB
1200-0300.
RFPI's sporadic Sp noted back Wed Jan 27 at 1345 with RN transcription
reviewing 1998, both on 21460-USB and 15049 which had continuous audio
breakup problem. Then paz monologue by Willie Barrantes, and at 1530, the
nominal Mundo Radial time, another DX progr instead, Radio Enlace
transcription from RNW, which may or may not have included a DX nx segment
from us - but we'll never know as both freqs dumped off a couple mins
later. Sp again at 1330 check Jan 28.
BTW, he is announcing a diff addr for RFPI we've never heard given in En,
with a postal code attached to the box number: Apartado Postal 88-6150,
Santa Ana, CTR.
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 974, Jan 29/30)
CUBA
Clarification on the use of 11705. During our morning Sp
we operate for two hrs, 1100-1300 on that freq. We use standard
100 kW antenna beaming 137 degrs azimuth from Habana to target
SoAM. At 1300, R Japan starts to use the freq, when we sign off
channel.
lang progr
AM, with
area in
on that
At night our local time, 11705 is with our En lang progr, using USB with 12 dB carrier insertion, power is 30 kW PEP and the antenna is a rhombic
about 12 dB gain over a dipole and beaming to 037 degrs, but with sidelobes
that give some additional coverage.
This was formerly on 9830 0100-0500, and I decided to move it to the 11 mHz
band to benefit from the higher MUFs due to the increase of solar activity,
as the days are becoming longer 11705 SSB will work better and better
during the time frame from 0100-0500.
The 9830 0500-0700 is now done with a 10 kW SSB tx, also running on USB
with a -12 dB pilot carrier level. What your friend in the UK is listening
to is our 11705 morning Sp bc, that , as you see , is on AM !
The other
stn using that freq is not heard at all here or in the target area, so for
us the channel is perfectly useable.
(Arnie Coro CO 2 KK,
Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich, Host of Dxers Unlimited, RHC, Jan 26)
DENMARK
On Mon Febr 1st, R Denmark will change some freqs as follows:
WeNoAM 1930 and 2030 will 11635 be changed to 15705.
NZL 1930 9810 will be changed to 13650. (Erik Koie-DEN, Jan 28)
GERMANY
Deutschlandfunk/DeutschlandRadio Programm Tips fuer Februar:
DLR 05 1805-1900 Egon Erwin Kisch.
DLF 06 0805-0900 Die Deutsche Buecherei Leipzig.
DLF 06 1305-1500 Fotografische Streifzuege.
DLR 09 1515-1535 Auswanderer "Auf nach Uebersee".
DLF 10 2005-2100 Querkoepfe, Amateurkabarett, ex-DDR.
DLR 12 1335-1400 Entstehung von Volkseigentum.
DLF 13 0710-0750 Neuer Bahnhof, Berlin-Friedrichstrasse.
DLR 14 0805-0900 Mit der Eisenbahn durch China.
DLR 18 1805-1900 Deutsche Fremdenlegionaere. Bombentrichter, Bambusfalle.
DLR 19 1805-1900 Erinnerungen eines SS-Mannes.
DLR 19 2205-0100 100 Jahre Erich Kaestner.
DLR 20 1405-1600 Wolfsburg.
DLF 20 2205-0100 100 Jahre Erich Kaestner.
DLF 24 2005-2100 Querkoepfe, 100 Jahre Erich Kaestner.
DLR 26 2205-0100 Stalin, ueber Bitterfeld, Palast der Republik, DDR Funk.
DLF 27 2205-0100 Stalin, ueber Bitterfeld, Palast der Republik, DDR Funk.
DLF 27 0905-1000 Klassik Pop, Olivia Molina.
(Times in UTC, DLF- DLR)
Radio era at [former] R Bremen tx site ends. On Sun Jan 31 at 0900 the two
MW radio masts in Bremen Hollerland will be blasted. German Super Highway
A27 which passes the Hollerland site, will be fully closed during the
"Blown Up" time.
UHF tv and FM outlets moved to Telekom tower in Utbremen already in 1997.
SW outlet 6190 kHz of common SFB Berlin and R Bremen progrs shut down in
Oct 1996. Subsequently the Siemens Austria SW tx was taken over by then SWF
Baden Baden, now SWR and re-erected at SWF/SWR MW site Bodenseesender
Rohrdorf.
The Radio Bremen MW outlet moved away from the suburbs to new site Bremen
Oberneuland location in the meantime. (Mathias Eisenkolb-D, Jan 29)
6015 [on Jan 1st outlet], R. RSG via DTK, Solingen, sent nice QSL sheet,
computer generated but colorful, with photos of antennas, pix of
personalities, full-data (time shown as "0900-1200 GMT"), "QSL"; also
stickers and many travel brochures for the area. Says next SW txion will be
Jan 1, 2000. (Jerry Berg-MA, in NU, Jan 31)
Yes, the QSLs sent out recently, widely reported in DX press, ed.
HUNGARY
NoAm En outlet of R Budapest 0330-0400 now on 6020 & 9835, acc
to RVI radio World today. [supposedly Hung lang in 0230-0330 time slot on
same channels{?}, ed]
(RVI Radio World, Jan 31)
INDIA
[Andaman Islands]
4760, AIR Port Blair; Jan 23, 2325-2335, Hi, signing on with NA and local
ID at 2327; Indian mx and local ID again at 2330 followed by news. SINPO
45434.
If someone wants to hear a local ID from AIR Port Blair, I can recommend
listening to the station signing on at 2325. The stn annt is in Hi, however
the name of the Andaman Isls capital Port Blair was clearly to understand.
(Schnitzer-D in DXW, Jan 28)
4800 AIR Hyderabad, 1230-1245, Hi, ID nx, 44544. First time to observe with
such strong signal here. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 16)
[occupied Sikkim]
3390 AIR Gangtok, 1405-1440, vernac, supa mx, 1420 and 1430 ID, 1430 nx in
En, modulation carries strong growl tone. Best in usb mode. Slow mx from
Sikkim. 22332. Difficult reception, but no problem with Icom R70. (Roland
INDONESIA
v3583.1 UNID INS tsn, 1204-1340, Dangdut mx, no annt at all,
S=5-7, Varies 3582.99 ... 3583.02. No relay of RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita".
Best in lsb.
3985.8 RRI Surabaya 1130-1140, again active, IS, time pips, local mx,
1132, 22432. At same time heard also RRI Palu on 3960.2 with 44544 ! RRI
Pointianak on 3976 55544, s=9 +40 dB. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 12)
v4855.5...4855.7 RRI Palambang reactivated after long absence. 1055-1200.
At 1100 choir, 2 short / 1 long pips, "RRI Palambang ...". ID by male,
local progr til 1110. Best Sinpo was 24332, signal was weak. Suggest they
have a low power outlet, not nominal 10 kW as listed. At 1200 relay of RRI
Jakarta, //2899 2960 3204.1 3541.9 and many other INS QRG's. Best in LSB
mode to avoid the QRM from upper side. Palambang heard on R70 + amplifier
only, no signal except noise on Drake R8 could be traced. (Roland SchulzePHL, Jan 19)
9614.3 RRI
given, advt
9552.4 S=7,
dB. (Roland
Semarinda, 0150-0205, female tlks, telephone no in Semarinda
on cellular phone companies. At 0400 RRI Jakarta relay. //
9614.3 strong QRN S=2, 9705 S=9+20 dB, 11760 S=9, 15125 S=9 +20
11785 VoINS, En nx, local nx, asking for RR's, at 0845 QRGs given as active
// 9525, 15150. But only 11785 on air. S=9 +30 dB. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan
17)
LUXEMBOURG
[non]. Merlin Network One is carrying "The 208 Sound" at
various times between 1000 and 1800. Further checking revealed that the
progr is originating from Radio Luxembourg. See
http://www.nordrhein.de/home/s.konrad/radio/208/208-news.htm
The web site declares that RL is alive !
(Jim Frimmel, TX, Jan 26, WORLD OF RADIO 974, Jan 29)
The Jan MNO schedule shows "The 208 Sound" [208 refers to R. Lux's old
metric wavelength]: for one hour each at: Tue 1500, Wed 1700, Thu 1500, Sat
1000, Sun 1300.
(REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
Two of the MNO freqs in use at most of these times, continue to clash with
previous occupants, and nobody seems to care: 17630 with GAB, 21550 with
CHL, making them useless for MNO here. MNO has 21550 0700-1900; 17630 07001600. So try 9915 0700-1600, 13660 0800-1200, 13645 1200-1400, 13680 14001600, 6185 1600-1800, 3965 1700-1900. All these are for EUR or AF; The 208
Sound is not scheduled at any hour when MNO is bcing to NoAM at 2000-0600.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, Jan 30)
MAURITANIA
On the 28th. of Jan I listened to Mauritania drifting across
the freq band during the whole txion. At 0655 traced on 4839.8, then at
0725 just before fading out it was on 4838.4. So the drifting rate was
about 46,6 Hz/min. Because of fading out, I can't find out if R. Mauritanie
succeeded to superpose MLI on 4833.
(Erich Bergmann-D, Jan 29)
MONGOLIA
VoMongolia noted 26 Jan on 12085, 0900-0930 Jap, 0930-1000 unid
lang (?Mongolian), 1000-1010* Ch. Regularly a fair signal here. (Alan
Davies-CBG, Jan 26)
(Tinian-MRA) RFA's Vietnamese sce 1400-1500 on
15470 started to get jammed as of 23rd Jan. Took the Hanoi authorities just
about a week to find this and get their jammers on. The jamming is severe,
using no less that 3 txs. One is a badly humming carrier with a ripple as
well. Another open carrier and a third carrying Hanoi Dom Sce that is
carried on 5925 and 9875. Other RFA Vietnamese freqs are 9365, 9455 KHBI
Saipan, and 9930 KWHR. (Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, via DXW, Jan
25)
The following new VoA/RFA txions via Tinian, all SINPO 55544 ex. where
noted: VoA News Now in En, noted 22, 23 and 24 Jan, 0800-1000 11995 13750.
RFA Cambodian noted 23 Jan, 1200-1300 13790. RFA Vi noted 23 Jan, 1400-1500
15470. SINPO 42542 with strong het on USB, possibly VTN jamming? The same
effect noted intermittently on //13685.
(Alan Davies-CBG, Jan 26)
11995 VoA Tinian, tx open from 0743, heard til 0852. From 0745 maybe a
technician fault, switched in a Asiatic language til 0749, then progr
break, but tx still on. Very powerful signal without any QRM + QRN, S=9 +40
dB. 0758 VoA ID, IS. Jan 17 + 19.
11825 RFA Tinian, 1251-1310, Khmer progr, addr in Hong Kong was given at
1257: "...you have been listening R Free Asia in Khmer, ...", song in
Khmer. 1300 progr in Ma Ch, talks on TWN. 55555. S=9 +40-50 dB. (Roland
Schulze-PHL, Jan 15-17)
RUSSIA
Radio Stantsiya Tikhiy Okean has added a NEW schedule at 0130-0215
on 21750. First noticed on Jan 16. Hidekazu TORII informed me of UNID
RUSian stn at this time on the freq. Good signal. Location of tx site is
unknown. Lang Ru. ID as"Vy slushaeche Radiostantsiyu Tikhiy Okean iz
Vladivostoka". (Hironao OGUMA-JPN, Jan 16/30)
21750 registered at 0200-0400 to zones 44,50,51,55 via Novosibirsk 250 kW
125 degr. To EaCHN, KOR, PHL, PNG, EaAUS Queensland.
MW 1332 New stn "Munisipal'noe Radio Vladivostoka" can be heard here from
Oct 1998 to Jan on MW 1332, schedule is 2100-1400. Mainly Ru & western Pops
DJ. ID as "Munisipal'noe Radio Vladivostoka rabotaet ezhednevno chasov na
chastote 1332 kiro gerts." Lang Ru.
Mayak, 6020 & 9670, Komsomol'sk na Amure, Khabarovsk Kray, was QRTed from
Jan 1. Maybe it's because of lack of fund. (Hironao OGUMA-JPN, Jan 30)
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~MS8N-TKN/RUSSIA/rsflist.htm
QSL sent by Radio Petrozawodsk, in 41 days, all details card, MW 765 kHz,
heard in Finnish lang at 1530 on DX camp in Denmark. Address is also
different to WRTH.
Not Ul. Frunze 20, 185 630 Petrozawodsk, but replaced by Pirogova 2, 185
630 Petrozawodsk, Karelia, Russia. (Martin Elbe-D, Jan 26)
Local progr now 1510-1525 in Fin and 1525-1600 in Ru. (Mauno Ritola-FIN,
Jan 27)
From the Washington Post web site:
Mon, Jan 25, 1999. Russia may start jamming VoA and other foreign radio
bcs if they fail to obtain government licenses, officials said Monday.
Mikhail Seslavinsky, the chief of Russia's Federal TV and Radio Sce, warned
VOA, the BBC, Germany's DW and several other foreign bcs that they have
less than a month to apply for the licenses, the ITAR-Tass news agency
reported. Seslavinsky added that the threatened moves shouldn't be seen as
a return to the Soviet-style practice of jamming foreign bcs. He called on
all foreign bcs to follow the example of the American RL, which got a govt
license last summer.
(* Copyright 1999 The Associated Press, Jan 26)
Re: Jamming.
I am almost sure that news report about jamming was a RL editorial error.
The point is that some internat bcs - such as VOA, DW, BBC or RFI - are
also relayed via our local MW or FM txs on UNLICENCED BASIS. Approx one
month earlier the FSTR (Russian Federal Sce of TV/Radio Bcing, or "Russian
FCC") notified some Russian colleagues of these bcs about necessity to get
the licences for their bcing. Otherwise the FSTR will promulgate a decree
to stop these txions after one month. There were no any words about jamming
against VoA or DW !
I think that RL nx editor did not understand simply this situation in full.
By the way, this FSTR instruction is also for many Russian local MW/FM stns
which bc without any licence at present (for example, for more than 20 stns
in Moscow region). And one note for my Russian colleagues: please see the
latest edition of "Obshchaya Gazeta" for more details I would also like to
say that Russian authorities do not have any objections against any relays
of Internat bcs via local txs here in Russia.
For example, we relay here at St.Petersburg four progrs on MW (828 RL/VoA,
1188 DW, 1260 BBC, 1440 RFI) and there were no any problems with these
txions by political reasons. Unfortunately, we do not have any SW txions of
these stns via our Popovka / St.Petersburg txing centre at present (for
targets such as SoEaEUR, western RUS or the ME). Maybe VoA will be able to
use our 200 kW SW txs sometime in the future?
SOMALIA
11204 R. Hargeisa [rather R Mogadishu, see below],
new freq, heard around 1530 with a fair signal thanks to tip from Mahendra
Vaghjee-MAU. Somali, progrs songs etc, the typical & characteristic horn of
AF mx. Somali is a beautiful mix of the Swahili and Ar langs. I remember
almost 25 years ago catching Radio Hargeisha on 11660. It was fascinating
to observe the lang at times sounding Swahili then Ar. And although I was
on a dom set without freq readout I knew I had caught R. Hargeisa !
Also another Somali with Quran chants heard on 6900 Jan 19, must surely be
Holy Quaran Radio, which appears on 7000 Jan 25. Their freq dial seems to
move in 100 kHz steps !
(Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, via DXW, Jan 25)
v11204.15 in USB mode
- no it's not Radio Hargeisa. I confused this stn
for R Hargeisa but in fact it really is RADIO MOGADISHU - Voice of The
People (V.O.P) s-on at 0400-0500 (and sometimes at 0500-0600). Again at
1100-2100 in diff AF langs as well in En at 2000-2015, the last progr is in
Swa at 2045 and went off after Recital of Koran and NA.
It also has a one hour txion 1600-1700 on 7060. While R Hargeisa was on
7071, although it is not being heard actually [1500-1900] and finally Radio
Holy Koran is on 6900 [1600-1758].
(Mahendra Vaghjee-MAU via Michael Schnitzer-D, Jan 31)
SWITZERLAND
SRI En noted 26 Jan around 1110 with weak but stable signal
on unlisted 9940. not the first time I've heard this freq. Most likely a
spur of strong 9540 via BBC Singapore, unless it's a product of my rx -second opinions welcome.
(Alan Davies-CBG, Jan 26)
TAHITI
15170, RFO Tahiti, 23 Jan, 0239, PAC Isl pop mx and talk in Fr by
a man. Good to hear Papeete at this time once again. I have been hearing
the stn in the wee hours of the morning (say 0700 or so) here in New
Jersey, USA. No doubt a solar flux of 178 helped.
(Costello in DXW, Jan 23)
TAIWAN
13680 [UNID site] Female voice in Ch noted *1502-1505, repeating
'Ge di shouyin zhan, xianzai wu bao, xianzai wu bao, guangbo quxiao,
guangbo quxiao' (as heard, i.e. 'All receiving stns, there are no reports
at present, txion cancelled'), then at 1505 'Qing tingzhi shouting, zaihui'
('Please stop listening, goodbye'). Possibly another TWN numbers stn (when
it has any numbers to send)? Mixing with weak Merlin Network One country
mx, CRI unid lang (?Ar) comes on the channel at 1600.
(Alan Davies-CBG, in Cumbre Dx, Jan 23)
v2897.95 UNID Ch talking stn, resumably hx of TWN stn, 0940-1100, //progr
1413, at 1100 two short / one long time pip. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 6)
No its BBC Taiwan, // 1413 and 1449.
If Mr. Schulze would have taken out a calculator and divided 2898 by two,
then he would have found 1449. Check what stn is on there //with 1413 and
you'll find the BCC from TWN, third AM progr from Kaohsiong and Taitung
respectively.
While I'm typing this is it 0900 and broad daylight and I can faintly hear
this hx. In an hour the sun will go down and maybe then I'll get some
better signal, maybe even a stn or two from PHL. (Hans van den Boogert-TWN,
Jan 27)
TAJIKISTAN
Communications World as a 30 minute block at last materialized
Suns 0930-1000 on 15605. This was the first time I was able to listen to
all three segments after the VoA News Now format came on. [very poor signal
here in EUR, ed]
As for us and many third world DXers/SWLs having it on WRN on demand is of
little use when we have to pay for a long telephone call and most internet
accounts are 5 hrs for the month at a fairly affordable price for the upper
income bracket people. A more realistic package costs about $50 and add to
that one's telephone ticking away ... no Sir unless and until toll free
internet access telephone lines become a reality, for most people the
internet is just a white elephant. This however much we highlight for most
people is unbelievable. If I were to do my listening via the Internet
radio, however fascinating and more versatile it is, would cost more than
my monthly salary. This I can do for a fraction of the cost on radio.
(Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, via DXW, Jan 25)
4635 Tajik R, Dushanbe, 1845-2010 late progr in Taj, ID, tlks, folklore.
Heard in // with 5800 and 7515 until they signed off at 1902. 44444.
(Petersen in Cumbre Dx, Jan 23)
VoA CW noted on 15605 via WRN London & Dushanbe, 24 Jan. Carrier on by
0915, groups of three hoot-like tones at 1 sec intervals repeated every 10
secs from approx 0920, progr from 0930-0959, another minute or so of hoots
then carrier off at 1000.
Rather disappointing reception here, weak with het from unid carrier (prob
Utility) on LSB and unintelligible during occasional long, deep fades; also
some local electrical noise, overall SINPO 23322. (Alan Davies-CBG in
Cumbre Dx, Jan 26)
UKRAINE
21510 RUI Kiev, 1249, Jan 23, in En with mx progr, hosted by
woman. Usual freq list read by man at 1256. Nice signal. (Fine in DXW, Jan
28)
Since Jan 17, Klaus Lieberwirth misses the usual txions of R Kazakhstan via
Brovary on 9620 and 11840. I checked this today at 1400 and found also no
trace of them, so seemingly the txs are indeed off. (Kai Ludwig-D, in DXW,
Jan 28)
UK
After some recent tests, Merlin moved definitely with KBS Seoul via
Skelton from 3970 to new 3980 (2000-2230), away from the harmful RFI
Issoudun powerhouse on 3965.
(Willi Stengel via K.Ludwig via DXW, Jan 28)
USA
{IRAN [non]} I am fluent in Persian, I am originally from IRN. That
Persian (Farsi) sce of R WWCR calls itself Radio Porseh. That means
Questions. In exact translation it is RADIO QUESTION INTERNATIONAL.
(P. Mohazzabi, Jan 21, WORLD OF RADIO 974, Jan 29)
No reception of this here since, 1100 Fri/Sat on 12160, just not
propagating as a rule. Sometimes fades in by 1245 as Sat Jan 23, when the
publicized London Radio Sce show has NOT been appearing. It appears it was
my mistake to put the Kurdish version on Tue instead of Thur; taking
another look at the WWCR schedule. In context along with M/W/F entries,
which T means Tue and which means Thur is obvious, but not when out of
context.
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 974, Jan 29)
WOR on WBCQ: Don't you believe that VOA CW has moved from Wed 2200 to Sun
2100 as PanIview reports; it was never VoA CW on Wed but that other DX
progr, which stays put. They also have WEWN confused with WSHB on 9385.
(BTW, if this should reach the guys at PanIview, please correct my addr
Box 1684, not 1634, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK 73702, U.S.A:, Jan 29)
WORLD OF RADIO MASTER SKED, SW ONLY, as of Jan 28, 1999.
Days and times strictly UT. For complete details on all our bcs and
publications see
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio
WORLD OF RADIO presents the latest nx about radio monitoring, primarily but
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TUE 1900 RFPI 15049,
WED 0300 RFPI 6975
WED 2200 WBCQ 7415
You are invited to be a
21460-USB
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21460-USB
regular weekly listener! Glenn Hauser, Jan 29.
Experimental Stations. Recent W1AW ARRL Bulletin (ARLB007) has announced
the FCC granting of Experimental Radio Service License to the ARRL to make
2-way radio tests between 5100 and 5450 using teletype and SSB modes. The
callsign WA2XSY was issued Jan 8, and among reasons given for "development"
of a new amateur frequency band is to fill the propagation "gap" between
3.5 and 7 MHz (and probably BCB on 40 meters as well).
(John Croft, Jr., K3NJ The Maryland Crofts are John K3NJ, Kathy KB3BPN,
John III and Carolyn.
http://patriot.net/~croft
Submissions swl@qth.net
via Heinz Paulitsch-AUT, Jan 29)
AFRTS progr 12689.5 from Key West-FL, and 6458.5 from Naval Computer and
Telecommunications Stn in Isabela, Puerto Rico. The signal originates from
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Stn, Key West, FL, at
12689.5 and Naval Computer and Telecommunications Stn, Puerto Rico at
6458.5.
From QSL letter: Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Stn, Key
West-FL, bcs with a 48 foot inverted cone antenna from Boca Chica-FL with 8
kW of power. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Stn, Puerto Rico bcs
with a ground-based, omnidir wire antenna with a 30 foot diameter. The
signal is bc at 10 kW from Isabela, Puerto Rico.
AFRTS SW radio txions have historically existed to provide AFRTS radio sce
to U.S. Navy vessels and outlying military posts receiving limited American
radio or tv through other means. The signals will be in existence for a
limited time until a new technology, which is currently being tested,
allows for reception of AFRTS via satellite. We are pleased that you have
received the AFRTS SW signal and thank you for your interest and
confirmation of the signal's quality.
(Wayne E. Eternicka, Bc Operations Specialist, via Willi H. Passmann, Jan
28)
VIETNAM
4960 VoVTN Hanoi 1510 woman talking in Vi, S3 level (Churchill
Jan 19)
4960.04 Hanoi Home Sce. Presumed 1030-1045. Noted both a man and woman in
possibly Vi lang comments which continue until 1035 when Vi mx is
presented. The signal was good. (Bolland Jan 26)
9840 VoTN Hanoi 1807. En, female voice. Nx about the relation between VTN
and US. ID "This is The Voice of Vietnam". Poor signal on this freq via
VTN, but very good on 7440 via RUS. SINPO 23222. (Mendez, all on Cumbre Dx,
Jan 23)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 406
10 Feb 1999
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ALBANIA
TWR Monte Carlo in Ru via Cerrik tx: 1900-1945 on NF 7325 (35433)
(x7330) to avoid VoR in Gr. (PanIview-BUL, Rumen Pankov-BUL, Ivo IvanovBUL, Feb 1)
ALGERIA
11715 R Algeria Internat, 1700, Feb 2, SINPO 33333. Sp world and
Arab nx by female voice. ID: "Buena escucha en compania de Radio Argelia
Internacional".
(Franco Probi-I, RADIOINCONTRO, Feb 9)
ASCENSION ISL
RTE Radio One in En via BBC relay: 1830-1900 (x1730) on
17885 (45544), 250 kW, 27 degr. (PanIview-BUL, Feb 1)
AUSTRIA
1476 MW Wien Bisamberg usually starts txions at 1700. But heard
today, Sun morning Feb 7th around 0900-1000, bcing progr Austria 1
(Classic/Culture).
Very special 1476 kHz QSL card available via:
ORF - Radio 1476
Rainer Rosenberg
Argentinierstrasse 30a
A-1041 Vienna, Austria
(Harald Suess-AUT, Feb 7)
BELGIUM
From March 28th: "Hier ist Bruessel" (German lang bcast of Radio
Vlaanderen Internationaal Brussels) will be shortened from 30 [Sats/Suns
only] to 15 mins, but in future will be on air DAILY again. (Paul BremsBEL, Feb 4)
New RTBF Internationaal Fr lang relay on SW cost 322.000 EURO per year in
total, renting costs of SW tx at DTK Juelich 247.000 EURO. The rest are
costs of personell at Brussels and feeder line circuit to Juelich-Germany.
(RVI Golfgids, Feb 6-7)
BOSNIA
[YUGOSLAVIA] R Yugoslavia via Bijeljina-Bosnia heard on new 11870
with Ru 1600-1630 off. Would seem to replace former 11835. (Noel Green-UK,
Feb 3)
R Yugoslavia has added a bc in It lang, part of a general expansion of its
internat bcs, now 15 hrs a day in 12 langs. The stn's Internet offerings
have also been expanded.
(VoA CW, Feb 6) [on MW or SW band ?, ed]
BRAZIL
After a very good day of FE reception on the Feb 2nd, Brazil was
again coming in well this morning - the 3rd. There was a signal on 6170 at
tune in 0810 at weak level playing rancho style mx but audio was
indistinct, and I could not positively identify the language. It faded
quickly by 0820. My guess is that it is Brazil and will try again to
confirm it. Also on 6010.2 there was a stn I at first thought Sp but then
became unsure ! This at 0800. Signal only weak and very indistinct due to
heterodynes from other(s) closer to 6010. [see under Mexico also]. The
Brazilians on 6000 and 6135 were both up to SIO 3+, but still nothing on
5990 or lower. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 3)
[6010 R Mil-MEX or R America Lima-PRU ??, 6170 Cultura Sao Paulo-B or
Caracol-CLM?, ed]
6105, Radio Cultura, 1103, Relig progr, probably from "Dios es Amor"
church, not in Po as could be expected but in Sp. It was a promo by man
ment. their wide audience in LatAM. Then followed man in Po with usual
relig stuff, which I didn't pay much attention.
(Nigro via Cumbre Dx, Jan 30)
6135 Radio Aparecida 0715-0740 stn promo, attractive folklore mx, fair
signal, but DW on 6140 too strong in the end. Parallel to very weak 5035.
(Pijpers, via Cumbre DX, Feb 4)
11705 Radio Nova Visao in Po at 2230. First time heard at this location.
ID, relig programming with frequent mention of "Jesus Cristo." On exact
freq rather than the split freq of 11704.3 reported in WRTH '99. (Treibel,
via Cumbre Dx, Jan 30)
11830 CBN Aranghera, Feb 4, 1455-1500, Por, nx and economic comments,
adverts ID's " estamos a presentando CBN Brasil" "CBN Aranghera", 35333.
(Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Feb 4)
11895 LBV Mundial, Rio Grande do Sul, Feb 4, 1420-1453, Por, sports
comments, adverts ID with musical jingle "LBV Mundial em la frecuencia da
11895 kHz" 45433.
BULGARIA
An UNID Bulgarian regional stn heard on 864, 0400-1000 UTC?
(Harald Suess-AUT, Feb 7)
WRTH lists Blagoevgrad 150 kW for decades, and 10 kW at Samuil. ed.
R Bulgaria in Ru to CeAs from Feb 1: 1500-1600 on NF 9485, Plovdiv 250 kW,
45 degr (x9385) to avoi bc of Radio 101 progrs on the frequency 94.3 MHz.
The duration of concessions for the area of Zagreb County and the city of
Zagreb is five years. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 9)
ERITREA
On 10th Jan Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea radio announced
the following new schedule for progrs in the Tigrigna language eff Mon 13th
Jan:
0300-0400 Mon-Fri, 0500-0600 Sat-Sun, 0930-1030 daily, 1200-1300 Sat-Sun,
1700-1800 daily. Carried on 945, 5000 and 7085 kHz. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 10)
ETHIOPIA
Radio Fana replacing 9335 by 6940 kHz, and //6210 kHz.
(Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
GERMANY/MOLDOVA/MONACO
DW - Deutsche Welle ceased using MW Monte Carlo 702 kHz, 600 kW, 245
degrees, acc DW programm magazine "DW radio" Febr 1997. French 1200-1300,
Arabic 1300-1600, German 1600-2000 UTC.
Additional Russian via MW Maiac, Moldova, 999 kHz, 1000 kW, 1600-1700,
1900-2000 UTC.
Additional Serbian language progr at 0730-0745 UTC on 6010 & 7190 kHz.
German changes: 1800-2200 UTC to OCE/SoEaAS, Trincomalee 7125 replacing
11765 kHz. Delete German via Juelich to ME: 9545 at 1600-1800, 21560 at
1000-1400.
Delete Juelich:
9770 kHz 1300 Bosnian, 1330 Croatian, 1400-1430 Macedonian.
11720 kHz 1430 Urdu, 1515-1600 Hindi.
17875 kHz 1000-1050 Persian.
Delete Nauen: 7255 kHz 0930-1030 Romanian.
Serbian via Juelich 1030-1100 7225 replacing 13790 kHz.
Japanese via Trincomalee-CLN 1230-1300 7225 replacing 11825 kHz.
(DW magazine) (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
DW to provide radio for German troops in Sarajevo. DW will provide
Bundeswehr soldiers with a comprehensive selection of information in the
Sarajevo area also during its follow-up mission. The Bundeswehr st "Radio
Andernach" will extend its radio progr, which now carries mainly
entertainment progrs, from 12 to 24 hours. The Bundeswehr has been provided
with satellite receiving equipment for this purpose. The start of
broadcasting in Sarajevo has been promised for mid-Jan and depends on the
allocation of a frequ by the govt of the Bosnian Federation. In the past,
DW cooperated with the Bundeswehr's "Desert Radio" during the Bundeswehr
operation in Somalia. At that time, DW set up a large satellite rx system
in the desert, thus providing the forces with a comprehensive selection of
radio and television progrs.
(DW press release, Jan 9, BBCM via AGDX)
Since New Year NDR tx Helpterberg MW 657 kHz ceased sce.
(Bruno Wiedemann, Frankfurt/Oder, Jan 15)
Yes, both Helpterberg 657 kHz and Putbus 729 kHz are off & silent since Jan
1st.
Comment and explanation of NDR Technical Departement: advice our listener
to tune in NDR 4th progr via MW Hamburg 972 kHz, at reduced power of 100 kW
(nominal 300 kW).
(NDR Hamburg, via Kai Ludwig, Jan 16)
Contact address of WDR Cologne Computer Club:
http://www.wdr.de/tv/Computer-Club/dk0wr.html
(WDR via Manfred May <manfred.may@wdr.de> , Jan 15)
INDIA
AIR launched a real time bc sce on the Internet on Jan 13,
providing news update in Hindi and English in addition to current affairs,
music drama, speeches, discussions and items from AIR archives.
This sevice is on http:
//air.kode.net
(Sarath Weerakoon-CLN, UADX, Jan 14)
AIR Shimla v3222.99 kHz at 1537 UTC, English news, in parallel to 3345,
3365 kHz, etc. AIR Mumbai 4840 kHz at 1535 UTC great instrumental folk mx,
strong signal. AIR Aizawl 5050 kHz at 1507 UTC, Hindi folk songs, female
announcement, 1515 presumed news, 15.30 male speaker with news in English,
parallel to 3345 kHz. Competing with Voice of the Strait on same channel.
INDONESIA
Radio Republik Indonesia, Ujung Pandang on 4753 kHz 1552 UTC
folk song, 1558 interval signal, presumed news by male speaker.
IRAN
IRIB Tehran changes: 1730-1930 in Bosnian, Alban,
9610, and 9720 (x6005 & x7140) kHz. Bosnian at 2130-2230
English addit new time 1100-1230 UTC 11875, 11930, 15260
VoPalestine Islamic Revolution in Arabic: 0400-0530 7115
x9670). At 1930 UTC on 7190 kHz.
Italian on 7145,
9720 (x6005).
kHz.
& 9610 (x5995 &
SEDAYE MOJAHED - MKO Mojahedine Khalq Organization
Here is the part from the interview given on Nov 17, 1996, with B. Moradi
Head of Public Relations Dept. of the Mojahedine Khalq Organization (MKO),
leaders are Maryam & Massoud Rajavi.
Q - There are several radio stations hostile to Iranian govt, which are
"yours", of MKO?
A - Our radio is called "Sedaye Mojahed" translated as "Voice of the
Crusadors".
Q - Do you have relations with similar radio sts as Sedaye Khargar, Sedaye
Hezbe Communiste Irana, or Denji Kurdestana Iran?
A - All are known for us.
Q - Where are your studio & txs located (based)?
A - In the border regions of Iran (with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and sea-Persian gulf).
Q - And exactly, I have your envelope marked by Iraqi mail service?
A - It is all, I can say.
Q - Number of txs?
A - Nine.
Q - On which wavelengths I can hear Sedaye Mojahed?
A - We have two progrs. "Main progr" on stabil frequencies 6020, 6175, 7070
kHz is on the air at 0300-0700 & 1500-2100 UTC. Some parts of this progr
are used in our "Operational progr" on 'moving' freqs in the range of +/-30
kHz, or 4450, 4650, 5150, 5450, 5750, 6450 kHz at 1700-2100 UTC.
Q - Why do you have 'moving' freqs?
A - To avoid the jammers of mullah's regime uses 30% of the total number of
its txs to jam SM and prevent reaching this voice to Iranian people. We
need your advice and help in our battle against the jamming. If you have
any idea, technical material on this subject we appreciate receiving it.
Contact via: Box 199, BG-1000 Sofia-C, Bulgaria.
Observations of Sedaye Mojahed in Persian:
Main progr 0257-0657 & 1457-2057 UTC on 6175, 7067, and probably on 7185
kHz [latter one is heavily jammed 24 hrs a day, WB]
Operat. progr 0254-0507 & 1654-2107 UTC on 4450, 4650, 5150, 5450, 5750,
6450, all varying +/-30 kHz. 1654-2107 UTC also on 9430 kHz. 0254-0507 also
on new 7225 (x9580, x9590) kHz. (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
On 7th Jan Voice of Mojahed, the radio st of the Mojahedin-e Khalq
Organization (MKO), announced the following new schedule for its
broadcasts, eff from 6th Jan:
1500-1700 UTC 6175 kHz, 1700-2100 UTC 5450, 5150, 4650, 4450, 3850 and 3550
kHz. 0300-0700 UTC repeat of 1700 bc on the same frequs. 0700-0900 UTC on
6175 kHz.
This radio st, which is hostile to the Iranian govt, bcs from txs in Iraq.
It should be noted that all frequs are changed constantly during
transmissions in an attempt to avoid jamming. (BBCM Monitoring Jan 7, via
AGDX)
"Denji Kurdestana Iraq" in Kurdish, "Sawto Kurdistan al Iraq" in Arabic
Thurs before 1400-1455 UTC 4070. Daily 0345-0600 & 1645-1930 UTC.
"Denji Gelli Kurdestana Iraq" in Arabic on 4110 kHz range 4095-4115 kHz,
daily 0330-past 0655, before 1345-1604, Thurs before 1345-1415 & 1457-1604
UTC.
[non Iran] Radios of Communist Parties of Iran & Kurdistan 3888 (38753895) & 4400 (4360-4405) kHz, jammed: Persian "Sedaye Hezbe Comm-e Iran"
0430-0530 & 1657-1757 UTC. Kurdish 1425-1529 Denji (approx Urdji) Irana. On
3945 (3930-3955), 4190 (4180-4230), 1330-1427 Surani Kurdish, 1430-1515
Kurdish "Denji Kurdestana Iran", 1530-1610 Persian "Sedaye Khargar".
Note: Denji / Sawto = Voice. Gelli / Shaab = People. Hezbe / Urdji? =
Party. Khargar = Worker. (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
IRAQ
IRAQ Opposition PUK radio announces Arabic schedule. Voice of the
People of Kurdistan was observed on 7th Jan, bc in Kurdish 0950-1115 UTC
followed by Arabic from 1115 UTC on 6009 kHz.
Voice of the People of Kurdistan, the radio st of the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK) led by Jalal Talabani, was heard in Arabic on 4119 kHz at
1500 UTC on 10th Jan with the following announcement: "The Voice of the
People of Kurdistan transmits its Arabic progrs at three different times:
The first begins at 1500 UTC, using a 75 mb SW frequ of 4010 kHz. The same
progrs are repeated the next day at the following times: The first begins
at 0400 UTC, using a 75 mb SW frequ of 4010 kHz and the second after the
Kurdish programmes, which begin at 1000 UTC on the 49 m SW frequ of 6020
kHz.
(BBC Monitoring Jan 7-10, via AGDX)
ITALY
IRRS Milan Fr-Sun 2300-2400 3985usb mode, "Cumbre Dx" relay Suns at
2330 UTC.
RAI Rome in English at 2200-2230 on new 6150, 9565, 11815 kHz.
(Paniview-BUL, Alan Roe in Contact, Jan 10)
JORDAN
Jordan Radio Amman in Arabic at 0600-0900 on 11810, 11835, and
15435 kHz. Latter bc spurious demodulated signals on 15245, 15270, 15600,
and 15625 kHz.
LIBYA
Maybe test transmissions from new tx site in Western Libya:
additional carrier tests observed on 6155, 7120, 9655, 9705, 11770, 11785,
and 11815 kHz, all from 0830-1100 UTC. (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
NETHERLANDS
From Jan 1st, 1997 new 'Talk Radio 1395' on 1395 kHz MW. (ex
JazzRadio progr, but still in Dutch Cable Networks available).
Address: Talk Radio, Postbus 345, 1200 AH Hilversum, Netherlands
(Paul Youngs in WDXC Contact, Juergen Lohuis-D, Jan 2)
PAKISTAN
Radio Pakistan Karachi Turkish 1700-1800 UTC on new v9513.8 kHz.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Radio stations in Papua New Guinea started broadcasting
24 hours a day on 6th Jan. During the overnight period from 1400-1930 UTC
(when the stations previously closed) txs on MW & SW - including those in
the TB now remain on the air. BBC Monitoring has observed the Karai Sce of the
National Broadc Corpor operating on 4890 kHz 1400-1930 UTC (when it would
normally have been off the air) several times over the past two weeks.
(RNMN via BBCM via AGDX, Jan 9)
RUSSIA/CIS
kHz.
Radio 3, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky new privat radio st on 855
Khabarovsk 1188 kHz with 10 kW, bc FEBC-Russia 0500-1200 UTC, via
Vladivostok 1296 kHz, 10 kW same progr, but at 0800-1100 UTC.
R Venets Moscow 1233 (x1071) kHz left the air due to financial reasons in
November.
Krasnoyarskoye Radio Gorod (R City), previously called like Radio Babushkin
Sunduk, is one of two Krasnoyarsk sts sharing the frequ 1332 kHz. Radio
Russkaya Volna (Russian Wave) is the other.
Radio Ussuriysk commercial st 2300-1200 UTC on 1503 kHz since November.
Address: ul. Kirova 28, RUS-692503 Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray. Tel. 241 - 3
26 64.
Stavropol 1557 kHz re-transmits BBC WS in Russian, full time relay.
(Igor Zhurkin-RUS, WDXC Contact Jan, also Vladimir Kovalenko, Dimitriy
Kuznetsov, Oleg Bulatov, Yuriy Prokopenko)
SAUDI ARABIA
Holy Quran px in Arabic 0600-0900 UTC additional 7150 & 9715
kHz, //9530 kHz. (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
BSKSA Riyadh in Arabic at 1040 UTC on v11818.6 kHz.
(Roland Schulze-PHL, DSWCI SWN Jan)
BSKSA Arabic to EUR 1200-1500 15230, 1700-1800 11910, 1800-2300 9870. Call
of Islam 1500-1700 11910. (Allen Dean, WDXC Contact Jan)
SOMALIA
Radio Mogadishu (pro-Aydid), Voice of the Masses of the Somali
Republic (Somali: Reediyo Moqdisho, Codka Shacabka ee Jamhuriyadda
Soomaaliya) was first heard on 19th July 1993. It broadcasts in support of
the Somali National Alliance (SNA), lead by Husayn Muhammad Aydid, who
succeeded his father Gen Muhammad Farah Aydid after his death in Aug 1996.
It described itself as "Voice of the Great Somali People" until April 1994
and then used the title "Voice of the Somali People" (Codka Ummad
Soomaaliyaeed"). The present name was adopted on 16th June 1995.
A separate station, which calls itself "Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the
Somali Republic", is controlled by Ali Mahdi Muhammad (Aydid's main rival
in Mogadishu).
6890-alt 6870 kHz. 0300-0500 Somali, 0900-1030 Multilingual, 1030-1110
Radio Panorama in Somali. 1300-1305 E nx, 1315-1320 Arabic, 1330-1335
Amharic, 1345-1350 Swahili, 1400-1410, 1530-1532, 1700-1740 Somali, 19451955 Somali, 2000-2005 E nx, 2015-2020 Arabic, 2030-2035 Amharic, 2045-2050
Swahili, 2100 signing off.
(BBCM via AGDX, Jan 14)
SOUTH AFRICA
Channel Africa in Portuguese 0400-0500 UTC replaced 7185 by
9695 kHz. (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
I had to make a change to Radio Sonder Grense's daytime frequency this
week, from 7185 kHz to 7270 kHz. A jammer [see under Iran] suddenly put in
an appearance in the late afternoons, and was causing a lot of damage.
Eastern sts propagate very well here in the afternoons, so I suspect it may
be coming from that direction. I've tried to identify the station on 7185
kHz now that RSG no longer uses that frequency, but I've had no success.
(via Colin Miller-CAN, Jan 16)
PROPAGATION TO SOUTHERN AFRICA
On Wed Jan 15 at 0400 UTC unusually good signals were noted from that area
on 60 and 90 mb, especially TWR Swaziland on 4775. Others noted included:
3306 ZWE, 3320 AFS, 3340 UGA (tent), 3356 BOT, 3396 ZWE, 4800 LSO, 4820
BOT.
(Colin Miller-CAN, Jan 16)
SRI LANKA
SLBC Velanda Sevauya, an amalgamation of the Sinhala Commercial
Sce and Sri Lankan FM
bc 24 h on 4870 & 6185 kHz since Nov 1st.
(Oliver Goonawardena-CLN, in WDXC Contact Jan)
SWEDEN
SR Stockholm in Swedish at 1100-1130 UTC addit 9865 kHz.
SWITZERLAND
From Januar 15th, 0505 UTC, daily TWR/ERF Christian window
program with folk music Radio Eviva via MW Beromuenster Gunzwil 1566 kHz,
also via Swiss PTT cable network and ASTRA satellite.
Schedule is 0505-0530 UTC starting with biblical impulses, music under the
title "Gruezi".
Scheduled at night 2000-2100 UTC. On Mons most important news magazine from
the Christian scene. On Tues Advisers progr "Impuls", experts and affected
persons on microphone. On Jan 21 "Coping with conflicts - or harmony, at
all costs".
Gospel songs, Country, Canzoni, Song Writer, and Oldies on Weds. "Forum" on
Thurs Economy, Church, Politics and Society in talk rounds. Classic mx on
Fris. On Sats presents Contemporary and Christian Literature Scene. On Suns
"Mosaic" progr, contributions around the Christian believing.
QSL address: ERF - Evangeliumsrundfunk Switzerland, Postfach, CH-8330
Pfaeffikon, Switzerland. (ERF D-Xpress, Jan 17)
TAJIKISTAN
At 1830 UTC Radio Tajikistan noted now on new QRG of 5800 kHz.
Signing off at 1900 UTC. Stronger than //QRG 4635 kHz.
(Matthias Gatzke-D, Jan 11)
TURKEY
TRT Ankara has reacted to the complaints of the Ham Radio
operators europeanwide concerning causing harmful interference by TRT
Ankara in 40 mb: delete 7100 kHz 0400-0800 UTC. Add 7300 kHz 325 degrees
0400-0500 English, add 6040 kHz 335 degrees 0500-0800 UTC Turkish. Both tx
Emirler 500 kW, HR4/4. Effective from Jan 27th. (TRT engineering via Uli
Bihlmayer DJ9KR via DF5SX, German BAPT [FCC Telekom] Jan 16)
Persian at 0930-1025 11795 replaced by 11715 kHz. (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
UAE
UAE R Dubai back on 13675 kHz since mid Dec, on 15395 kHz together
with QBS Qatar [0705-1305]! English at 1030, 1330, and 1600 UTC.
VoUAE Abu Dhabi in Arabic on new 9845 kHz at 1300-1800 UTC.
Also Abu Dhabi 7125 kHz noted here, observed from 1600-2300 UTC, but may be
used the whole night(?). On 1600-1800 UTC //6180, 11710 kHz.
(Paniview-BUL, Jan 10; WB Jan 12-18)
UKRAINE
Radio Briz, Sevastopol, 1476 kHz + FM, belongs to Ukrainian Navy.
Radio Vinnitsa local outlets on 1530 kHz. Radio Kharkhov 2nd progr, shared
with Radio Promin on 837 kHz. Radio Mazhor, Simferopol shares with R Promin
2nd px of Ukrainian Radio. Radio Liberty ceased to use relay at Lesnoy
since Nov 1st. In Dec the tx was used 1400-2200 UTC by R Delovaya (Business
Wave), then all transmissions were stopped.
Onix Radio Kharkhov 1539 kHz has reduced power. Radio DI Dnepropetrovsk on
1593 kHz (x1215)
Four local (oblast) stations are not shown in WRTH, 0410-0500, 1610-1700,
but Kharkhov observed at 1800-1900: 711 kHz Radio Donets, 837 Radio
Kharkhov 2nd px, 1071 Radio Dnepropetrovsk, 1530 R Vinnitsa.
(Igor Zhurkin-RUS, WDXC Contact Jan, also Vladimir Kovalenko, Dimitriy
Kuznetsov, Oleg Bulatov, Yuriy Prokopenko)
UNID STATIONS
1600-1700 7570 kHz - Somalia?
0300-0600 odd 6084 kHz Iraq? (Paniview-BUL, Jan 10)
A station noted on 4920 kHz in English during our late afternoons from
around 2045 UTC. Mentioned additional transmissions in the 41 and 31 mb.
Must be from Africa. Nothing listed in new WRTH. (Colin Miller-CAN, Jan 16)
UNITED KINGDOM & relays
BBC London changes:
German M-F 0600-0630 3980 Skelton (x3985), 1630-1700 6010-CYP (x5875).
Turkish 1600-1700 5875 Rampisham (x6020).
Persian & English WS 1615-1830 6095-OMA (x6090).
Continuing tests of RKI Seoul via Skelton 3970: Korean 1730, 1830-1930
Russian.
USA
VoA Slovak 1800-1830 7155 & 9645 Tangiers-MRC, replacing 7270 & 9735.
New schedule of RFE South Slavonic sce. 1700-2230 Serbian except Bosnian
1900-2000, Croatian 2230-2300, Music 1830-1900. 1700 1197 Munich (x1593),
7115 Pals, 7245 Woofferton. 1800-1900 1197. 1900-2000 1593 Holzkirchen.
2000 1593, 7155 9600 9690 all Tangiers. 2100 1593, 5955 7165 9680 all
Tangiers. 2200-2230 1593.
On 5085 kHz WGTG, McCaysville GA, at 0345 UTC, good to fair with religious
talk show, much better than last time. (For you mapheads, McCaysville is
on State Road 5, near the Tennessee line. It's about 100 miles North of
Atlanta.)
(BUENEMAN, MO-USA, via TFW, Jan 2)
9400U kHz, at 2145 UTC, WGTG Mckaysville, phone in on Generic versus patent
antibiotics. Detailed discussion about comparative advantages. I was
tempted to phone in since I'm also a microbiologist!
(Norrie, via DXW,
Jan 11)
MIAMI - During the past week, WRMI has added five hours of English talk
programming daily, Mon-Fri. These are syndicated dom radio progrs in the
U.S. which are interested in reaching an expanded international, as well as
national, radio audience. The new programs are "The Derry Brownfield Show"
1600-1700 UTC, "J.D. Live" with Jon Dougherty 2000-2100, "The Henry
Feinberg Show" fr 2100-2200, and "The Hour of the Time" with William Cooper
fr 2200-0000 UTC (all Mon-Fri 9955 kHz).
In addition, WRMI has added a new weekly progr called "The Voice of Reform"
with Tony Hernandez, UTC Weds 0200-0300 & 1400-1500 UTC 9955 kHz. This
progr is produced by the Florida chapter of the Reform Party, the political
party founded by former U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot.
The new programs are basically conservative in character, and deal with
agricultural, political, moral and religious issues. Views expressed are
not necessarily those of WRMI, which sells airtime to progrs with widely
divergent viewpoints. As a result of adding the new programs, WRMI's
schedule has been expanded as follows:
MON-FRI (local days in the Americas):
1100-1400 UTC Spanish
1400-1500 UTC Spanish/English
1500-1715 UTC English
1945-0200 UTC English
0200-0300 UTC (UTC Tues-Sat) Spanish/English
0300-0330 UTC (UTC Tues-Sat) Spanish
SAT:
2000-2100 UTC Spanish
0100-0415 UTC (UTC Sun)
SUN
1300-1500
2000-2130
2200-2230
0100-0300
1100-1400 UTC
2100-0100 UTC
Spanish
English
Spanish
UTC English
UTC English
UTC Portuguese
UTC (UTC Mon) English
1200-1300
1500-1700
2130-2200
2230-0100
0300-0415
UTC Spanish
UTC Spanish
UTC Spanish
UTC Spanish
UTC (UTC Mon) Spanish
WRMI has also scheduled special monthly bcs of Kiwi Radio from NZL (in
English) at 1000-1030 UTC Jan 25, Feb 23, and Mar 30, 1997. As a result of
the expanded sched, we have been able to add some addit airings of our
progrs Viva Miami, Wavescan and Con Frecuencia.
Viva Miami (in English) can now be heard Mon-Fri 1530-1600 UTC; UTC Tue-Fri
0115-0145; Sat 2100-2130 and 2200-2300; UTC Sun 0030-0100 and 2100-2130.
Viva Miami (in Spanish) is heard UTC Tue-Fri 0230-0300 and Sun 2330-0000
UTC.
The English-language DX progr "Wavescan" from Adventist World Radio is
currently bc Sat 2330-2345 UTC, Sun 1345-1400, UTC Mon 0200-0215, and Thur
& Fri 1500-1515 UTC.
The Spanish-language DX progr "Con Frecuencia," produced by Ruben Guillermo
Margenet, is aired UTC Sat 0230-0300, Sun 2130-2200, and UTC Mon 0000-0030.
(Jeff White, WRMI -- Radio Miami International, Jan 13)
UZBEKISTAN
VoRussia via Tashkent relay 13785 & 17860 at 1000-1300 UTC in
English. (Nikolay Rudnev-RUS, Dec 16)
BBCM-BBC MONITORING information primarily sourced to German AGDX umbrella
organization may not be further reproduced, except with BBC MONITORING
permission.
Extracts of items sourced to EDXP may be further reproduced, but only by
organizations or individuals which have on-going exchange arrangements with
EDXP.
vy73 de Wolfgang
DF5SX
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CompuServe 100523,3446
BC-DX 407
14 Feb 1999
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AFGHANISTAN
7078.42 ... 7078.70 Voice of Shariah Takhar, 1345-1421,
vernac, Quran prayer, mentioned "AFG", "Kabul", 1358 male talks in echo
effect, 1359 ID, bird calling sound, two different birds, one of them is a
cuckoo at 1400. Best signal was 34543, S=9+10 dB. Also a jamming stn found
on this freq range...
Noted on 7079.81, heavy HAM radio QRM, S=2 today Feb 13, ed.
ALBANIA
9945 TWR relay in Armenian 1600-1632 sign off. B98 freq with
//7395. Both signals fair with a slight edge to 9945. Progr mostly talk in
unknown language. Familiar TWR IS at s-off. (Treibel-USA via Cumbre Dx, Feb
9)
Both Cerrik-ALB, 100 kW 90 degr, on Sat/Sun only 1602-1617, ed.
R Tirana in Alb to EUR at 1500-1800 on odd 7272.00, //MW 1215 and 5985.08.
German at 1830-1857 on v6209.93 and 7105, //strong MW 1458. (WB, Feb 13)
ARGENTINA
Please note that 15820 is a freq in use from the Argentine LTA
stn. That is a army military stn, which takes the signal from any MW or FM
stn in Buenos Aires, and relays the signal in the direction of the
Antarctic Territory where there are some Argentine military bases. These
txions are made principally during soccer events. Of course, the MW or FM
stns of ARG nothing know about this. In the past they also used other freqs
for these relays. If the stns confirm reports, this is only by courtesy of
the stn signatory. According to a girl friend that returned from Base
Esperanza, from Sept 1998 the Base Esperanza does NOT receive any signal
from stns or TV or cable. Because of this, they are using the re-txions
through the LTA military stn.
(Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 12)
ARMENIA
Relig ministry radio progrs in German lang via ARIntercontinental.
1900 daily Stimme des Trostes (CH-Ebnat Kappel, Switzerland)
1915 Suns Arche Hamburg (Postfach 540407, D-22504 Hamburg, Germany)
Mons Radiofenster (Bibelcenter, D-58339 Breckerfeld, Germany;
common production center of Bibelcenter Breckerfeld and Brot zum Leben
Ennepetal).
(KiR, Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Feb 1)
BOSNIA
[Serbia] 6100 The Italian bc from R Yugoslavia Belgrade [via txs
on Bosnia territory] is at 1830-1900 on 6100. It's also available in Real
Audio on their Website.
(Andrew G. Sennitt-HOL, Feb 12)
BRAZIL
I've been busy monitoring Brazilian stns 0730+ during this current
period of very good reception from that area and I enclose the results. I
cannot ID them all so have had to assume they are as listed in WRTH
/Passport. The morning of the 27th was truly excellent and I could hear
stns in 60, 49, 31, 25, 19 & 16 mb. Quite amazing !
Reception on 49 mb is made difficult by the number of European stns using
it, and the spectrum of 5950 - 5990 is dreadful due to splash and splatter
from HOL, D and BEL. I used to hear 5970 and 5980 but cannot trace them
now. 11895 I heard it about one year ago - but cannot trace it currently.
Even on the good day of Jan 27th it was not audible. 15415, heard here last
year, is not audible either. And 15325 is not traced. If it is only 1 kW on
17815 they are operating very efficiently. Their signal was 35433 on the
27th at 0840 ! I've checked 17875 many times but it would seem not in use
around 0800. By the way some freqs deviate only by a few Hz , but I've put
'v' where this is noticed.
5970
5980
0830.
6000
6010
MEX.
Juelich using this channel for En relig progr -- enormous level.
No signal traced, horrendous splatter from 5970 and BEL 5985 until
R Guaiba Porto Alegre usually at 0800.
Three stns audible at low level by 0800. Sp speaker, maybe R Mil-
Others not IDied.
v6040.3 R Clube Paranaense Curitiba often audible at 0800.
6135.05 R Aparecida assumed, usually audible at 0800.
6150
R Record Sao Paulo irreg heard 0800 and in // with 9505 and
15134.9.
6180
clear channel, R Nac Amazonia seems to be using 11783v now.
v9505
R Record appears to open 0800 MOST days and audible past 0900.
9565
Assumed R Universo Tupi audible thro VoA Ar then clear but low
0830.
9585
Assume R CBN Globo SP opens 0800 some days, 0900 others.
9615
Assume R Cultura SP regularly heard on air at 0730 at fair to good
level.
v9630.1 R Aparecida regularly on air at 0730 at fair to good level.
v9645.1 R Bandeirantes SP audible thro VAT until 0800W and then co-ch with
CNR.
9665
Assumed R Marumby Flor. at 0845-0910 with splash / het from
Pyongyang-KRE varying up to 9666.2.
9675
Brazilian Port. at good level on air 0810 to sudden off 0818 and
not since.
R Cancao Nova has not been heard here in some time.
9725
Assume R Clube Paranaense Curitiba opens approx. 0800, fair level.
v11704.9 R Transmundial ID heard at 0858. Is audible around 0800 but unable
to confirm ID then due splash from RFI 11700 which goes off 0857.
v11725 R Novas de Paz Curitiba heard from 0900 when mixing with BBC-SNG.
v11783.3 R Nac da Amazonia heard with IS 0855 and s-on 0900.
v11785 R Guiaba Porto Alegre heard before 0800 mixing with EGY.
v11804 R Globo RJ heard on air before 0800 when mixing VoA Ar 11805 til
0830.
v11815 R Brasil Central Goiania heard on air before 0800.
11830 R CBN Anhanguera Goiania opens approx. 0800.
11895 A VERY weak signal detected several times but no ID possible 0830.
11915 R Gaucha Porto Alegre heard on air before 0800 when mixing with
TWN.
11925 R Bandeirantes SP heard before 0800 mixing with TUR.
v15134.9 R Record SP observed around 0830, very distorted audio. //9505
6150.
15445 RadioBras heard with IS 1155 and s-on 1200.
v17814.95 R Cultura SP heard on air 0745 til 1100 when SUI opens.
Radiobras with px in En for NA at 1200 on 15445 SIO 243 (Jan 31).
R Globo several days off the air until Feb 4. Feb 5 back on the air on
11800 (!), from Feb 6 back on 11805.
R Guaiba, Porto Alegre on 6000 2230 SIO 333 on Feb 3.
R Paranaese, Curitiba on 6040 2249 SIO 322 on Feb 3. (US C&W mx)
R Trans Mundial via Radio Nova Visao, Santa Maria on 11705 daily with good
signal. Until 2200 in Por, 2200-2230 Ge, 2230 Por again. Only slight cochannel interference by RHC appeared. (Uwe Volk-D, Feb 11)
6135 R Aparecida; Feb 4, 0715-0740, stn promo, attractive folklore mx,
fair signal, but DW on 6140 too strong in the end. Parallel to a very weak
5035. (Pijpers)
9630.10 R Aparecida; Feb 1, 0740-0750, Feb 1, songs, ID annts //5035.1,
34333 (Phillips)
11765 R Universo; Curitiba, Feb 5, 1922-1931, relig prog //9565, 34433
(Slaen)
11785 R Guaiba; Porto Alegre, Feb 5, 1900-1915, ann for "Capao da
Canoas", commentary about weather in tourist region of Rio Grande do Sul,
45544 (Slaen)
11830 CBN Anhanguera; Feb 4, 1455-1500, News and economic comments, ads.
ID's "estamos a presentando CBN Brasil" "CBN Anhanguera", 35333, (Eramo)
11895 LBV Mundial; Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Feb 4, 1420-1453,
Sports comments, ads, ID with musical jingle "LBV Mundial em la frecuencia
da 11895 kHz" 45433, (Eramo)
(all via DXW, Feb 10)
9615 R Cultura, Sao Paulo, Feb 10, 0842-0924, Por talk incl morning
sermon, songs - weak but clear, a lot of other Brazilian stns were also
observed at this time from very weak to almost fair signals on 9505, 9565,
9585, 9630, 9645, 9665, 9725, 11765, 11785 (best one), 11804, 11815, 11915,
11925 (there is one of the most my favourite long distant monitoring as all
stns can be heard at this time by long path "North EUR-EaAS-SoPAC-SoAM"
with the antenna beam between 40 and 50 degrs (no any propagation with
"short beam" of approx. 240-250 degr at this time.))
15325 R Gazeta, Sao Paulo, Feb 10, 0949-0957, Por morning sermon - weak but
clear, blocked by a powerful BBC signal at 0957-1014 and past 1014 - by
Chinese jammer from 15320.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 10)
CHILE
v11890.06
Voz Christiana in Sp and choir mx, S=3.
(WB, Feb 13)
CHINA
6065 CRI, Feb 10, 1600-1800, Ru - new freq and apparently too bad
choice - fair.
11948.5 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Feb 10, 1133 and later till closing at approx.
1545, Tibetan //6130 - poor to fair, moved from 11952. (Mikhail TimofeyevRUS, Feb 10)
CLANDESTINE STN
from ? to IRAN 6230
*1545 + 1630 I believe 6230 is a new freq of V of Mojahed. When I checked
it on Sat 30 Jan, I heard it very clearly in Persian //to 5750-40 and 465040. Although, the txions on 4 and 5 MHz were jammed, 6230 was not subject
to any jamming. Subsequent checks from 01 Feb-03 Feb, I noticed that 6230
is heavily jammed. Probably, the Iranians discovered this new channel after
a while. Another observation is V of Mojahed txions on 4 and 5 MHz
constantly shift freqs to avoid jamming but 6230 is virtually fixed and I
did not notice any attempt by the stn to move the freq. V of Mojahed has
previously used 6220 and I have seen some reports indicating that
Mojahedeen Khalq commenced using txs from CIS because the Iraqis have not
been able to provide the necessary technical support. This evening, I
noticed that jammers are on 6220. 6230 was clear with Ar mx and the
language sounds similar to Tu. I guess, it is Cairo in Tu 1600-1800.
(Sarath Weerakoon-SLK 4S5SL, UADX, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 4)
COSTA RICA
"BLICKWINKEL" laeuft im Original broadcast Donnerstag um 2330
& Freitag um 0730. Allerdings betraegt die Sendezeit nur 15 Min.
Eventuell wird sich dies aber in den naechsten Monaten noch aendern. Wobei
wir natuerlich auch darauf achten muessen, die Sendezeit in den jeweiligen
Sprachen dem Hoererstamm, der dieser Sprache maechtig ist gerecht zu
werden. Die meisten Hoerer sind nun mal leider nicht allzusehr der
deutschen Sprache zugetan bzw. mit ihr vertraut, sondern eher
englischsprachig. Sie koennen somit in Zukunft den Neuigkeiten aus CTR
lauschen. Schicken Sie dochmal einen Empfangsbericht! Schoene Gruesse vom
RFPI-Team aus dem 35 Grad warmen Costa Rica ins kalte Oesterreich. (RfPI
Sabine Kapuschinski-CTR, via Herbert Meixner-AUT, Feb 11)
Addr: Radio for Peace International, Apartado 88 (c/o Sabine Kapuschinski),
Santa Ana, Costa Rica.
e-mail adress
rfipcr@sol.racsa.co.cr
CROATIA
Croatian R Dom Sce First progr on SW:
1000-1800 13830
2100-2200 9860-J
0600-1730 9830
1600-2000 7525
0500-0800 7305
0800-1630 7185
0730-1630 and 2030-0500 6165
1800-2100 5890
Nx in Croatian on the hour; and 5 mins of En nx: 0705 (Sun 0805),
0905 (Sun 1005), rest daily: 1305, 2005, 2305.
URL: http://www.hrt.hr/oiv/hr_inoz_eng.html (Real Audio available)
(BBC Monitoring Feb 4 via WORLD OF RADIO 976, Feb 11)
CZECH REP
The tx and antenna facilities mentioned in BCDX 406 by OM
Rimantas Pleikys-LTU could be the Radio Metropolis equipment. They were on
the air with test txions in 1993(?) for a few weeks only. They had great
plans to serve all continents with progrs in Cz, En, Ge and Ru. In their
test progr they mention this tx site, which was leased by Ceske
Radiokommunice, as far as can remember. I still have a recording of this
test txn.
(Uwe Volk-D, Feb 11)
GEORGIA
189
I heard Georgia on LW 189 at 1915 on Jan 25th, //5040. Very
low, but definitely them. There was unusually no trace of either Iceland or
the RAI stn at Caltanisetta, which is often heard here. Heard also Van-TUR
in the background of Warsaw-POL 225 at same time. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 25)
GERMANY
1431
New youth radio progr "MegaRadio" has got the Sachsen
state licence, and will broadcast soon via MW Dresden Wilsdruff 1431. 24
hrs progr format.
(ORF Vienna Intermedia, via HjB, Jan 22)
I have been trying out if the DW has made some changeswith
antennas/azimuths on 6075 / 6140, as from Feb 1st. I note it's now Nauen on
6140 until 0950 via 010 degr. Then Juelich at 305 degr til 1800. This one
is now often stronger than 6075 which I note is non-dir from Wertachtal.
This one is also strong but only about equal with 6085 usually.
(Noel Green-UK, Feb 1)
Croatian R - Ext Sce on SW, all via DTK Juelich: 0000-0200 9925 AM, 02000600 6130 AM, 0600-1000 13820 AUS. In Croatian, but with Sp nx on the hour
in the first bc, En on the others. (BBC Monitoring Feb 4 via WORLD OF RADIO
976, Feb 11)
GERMANY/ITALY/LITHUANIA/RUSSIA
German lang broadcasts of "Universal Life" via R Belarus, Minsk has been
ceased from Jan 1999, ex Thurs&Fris 2000 on MW 1170.
Remaining broadcasts via Russian and DTK - Deutsche Telekom facilities:
0545-0600 daily Wachenbrunn-GER 1323
1030-1100 Sat
IRRS Milano-I
7120
1030-1130 Sun
IRRS Milano-I
7120
1300-1400 Sun
Sitkunai-LTU
9710
1330-1400 daily Astra satellite WRN3
1830-1900 Mon-Wed Juelich-GER
6010
1830-1900 Tue Sat VoRUS
1323 1386 5950 7300 7390 7360 9480 11980
1830-1900 Sun
Wachenbrunn-GER 1323
1900-1930 Wed
Bolschakovo-RUS 1386
2030-2100 Mon Thu IRRS Milano-I 3985
2200-2245 Fri Sat Wachenbrunn 1323
(KiR, Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Feb
1)
GREECE
In a letter of Dec 21, Dionisios Angelogiannis of ERT says he has
been overloaded with work and continues to be. In his new position, he
hopes to find some money to install the new VoA-donated txs in Avlis and
Thessaloniki. It is a big installation and the substructure in Avlis is not
good. New building has to be done, electrical supply has to be increased.
He was preparing new assignments for the next HFCC meeting in Lisbon.
(John Babbis, Maryland, Feb 5, WORLD OF RADIO 976, Feb 11)
v11594.83 and 9935.0
ERT Thessaloniki in Gr at 0755.
(WB, Feb 13)
INDONESIA
v15149.82 VoI Jakarta surprisingly strong at 1800-1900 in
German, but fade-out before 1900 when French starts. (WB, Feb 13)
11760 RRI Jakarta. 0225 In, no other dom sce outlets heard from INS on
this band at this time, Feb 4 (Tyson)
Craig notes Jakarta on 9630, 9680 and 9565 not heard at this time and
believed inactive at least for local morning period.
11785v Voice of Indonesia. *0030-0400* various languages, Sp 0030-0100; En
0100-0200; In 0200-0300, Ar 0300-0400* in // 9525 Feb 9. (Tyson-AUS via
EDXP, Feb 11)
4777.1 RRI Jakarta evening sce is NOT active in past two weeks.
KAZAKHSTAN
15250
I can add that today I heared R Kazakhstan with awful
humming tx from tune-in 0550 until past 0700. Perhaps this is the new
morning freq, and the afternoon channel is 11570. 11950 could not be heard
here. So Irkutsk DXer can update their excellent web site again. (Andreas
Erbe-D, Feb 8)
I also heard them today at 0700 onwards, in Kaz/Ru. No modulation problems
were noted, but heavy co-channel QRM from RRI Bucharest-ROU in Ar. 11950
was silent, on 11570 I heard a very weak UNID stn (not KAZ). (Nick
Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 10)
One more new freq of R Kaz. Observed today at 0015-0045 on 6230 in Ru and
Kaz with some distorted audio. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Feb 11)
Here is a new observed SW schedule of Kazakh R (Feb 10-11):
0000-0300 6230 7240
0300-0400 7240 13830
0400-0600 13830 15250
0600-0900 15250 17825
0900-1200 no transmion 1200-1400 15250 17825
1400-1500 11570 17825
1500-1800 9505 11570
Programs from Astana studio: 0000-0100 and 0700-0900, other time from
Almaty studio.
I can add that these two txs are located in the KAZ territory and you could
hear their signals on 9505 (2nd px) and 11950 (1st px) in the past. But now
there is a single px in Ru and Kaz on all freqs and with the ISs and ID
jingle in Kaz at the beginning of each hour. The signal level on all freqs
is more high than on 9505 and 11950 (I think the new aerials azimuth is
also in use). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 10)
Quick log on Feb 13:
15250 in Kazakh lang at 0730-0900 noted providing audio hum tone
distortion. S=3-4.
At 1230-1400 on 15250 and 17825, both S=2, QRM by RRI Tiganesti on
v15249.86 250 kW 292 degr; and VoUAE Abu Dhabi in Ar on co-ch 17825.
At 1520 and 1630 strong on 9505 S=4, and //11570.20, QRM of R PAK on latter
freq.
(WB, Feb 13)
KUWAIT
Latest schedule of R Kuwait.
Progr
Target CIRAF
Time
Freq
Main Ar (39 & 40)
0200-1305
6055
(6,7,8,27,28) 1800-2400
9855
(38)
1315-2130
9880
(6,10)
0000-0530 11675
(6,7,8,27,28) 1615-1800 11990
(6,7,8,27,28) 0930-1605 13620
(41)
0445-0930 15110
(41)
1315-1730 15110
(38)
0200-1305 15495
(37,46,47,48) 1800-2400 15495
(29, 30)
0400-0805 15505
(6,7,8,27,28) 1745-2300 15505
(37,46,47,48) 0815-1740 15505
(34,43,44,45) 0900-1505 17885
En
(6,7,8,27,28) 1800-2100 11990
General nx main Ar 0300,0400,0500,0730,1000,1300,1500,1700,1900,2100,2200
En (SW) 1830, 2057. (Website Ministry of Information via JKB, DXM WDXC-GER
Jan 99)
LUXEMBOURG
1440
R Luxembourg is bcing the following religious progrs in
Ge lang:
Sat 1830
Mw Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland
0400
Mw Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt, Germany
1845
Mw Werner Heukelbach
0415
Stimme des Trostes, CH-Ebnat Kappel, Switzerland
0445
Sun 0500
0515
Hilfsaktion Maertyrerkirche
0530
Mw Freundesdienst
0545
Mw Weg zur Freude, D-76232 Karlsruhe, Germany
0600
Mw Arche Hamburg, Postfach 540407, D-22504 Hamburg, Germany
Mon 1830
Mw Freundesdienst
0400
1845
Tue 1830
Mw Freundesdienst
0400
1845
Wed 1830
Mw Freundesdienst
0400
1845
Thu 1815
Mw Freundesdienst
1830
Lutherische Stunde, Postfach 1162, D-27367 Sottrum, Germany
0400
1845
0515
Rundfunkmission der Evang-meth Kirche, Postfach 311141, D-70471
Stuttgart
Fri 1830
Mw Freundesdienst
0400
1845
0515
Rundfunkmission der Evang-meth Kirche.
Also on FM 88,9; 93,3 and 97,0 MHz near the LUX/GER border, in Cologne,
Trier, Saarbruck region. Via satellit Astra 19,2 o East 11.391 GHz, stereo
carrier 7,38/7,56 MHz.
MALAYSIA
6175 Voice of Malaysia, Feb 10, 1638-1659, Ar, Ar mx and BM pop
songs, many ID's as "Huna Saut Malaysia" (past 1700 in Malay) poor, //9750
very good.
new 5005 RTM Sibu, is NOT more active on this freq since mid Jan.
MALI
v9632.96
(WB, Feb 13)
RTM Bamako in vernac at 0830 S=2,
and //11960.00, S=1.
MONGOLIA
4850 R. Ulaanbaatar, Feb 10, Mongolian, nx - poor to fair with
QRM from UZB and CHN (CNR-2) till 1309 when powerful RMayak came on the
freq of 4855.
NORTH MARIANA ISLS
Ref the following extract: "Some Clubs are already
categorising "Tinian Isl" as a "country" for QSL purposes. Is this logical,
as the place is part of the US Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Isls, a few
kms from the island of Saipan? Can a member of the amateur radio community
advise the status of Tinian Island for DXCC award purposes?"
I had the pleasure of visiting Saipan on business twice last year, in Feb
and in Oct, and am hoping for the opportunity to visit again.
The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Isls often referred to as "CNMI"
belongs to the US, but has its own immigration dept. Even U.S. citizens
must present their passports to customs officials upon entering Saipan (the
usual point of entry). Nevertheless, Americans are typically waved through,
but passport stamps can be requested and will be honored. (In my case, it
makes a nice and unusual souvenir!)
The island of Tinian lies just a few miles from Saipan. While it's a few
kms from Saipan, it is close enough that it looks like it is connected to
Saipan.
As for DXCC status of Tinian, it does not hold any of its own. All ham
radio contacts with CNMI count for the commonwealth, which has its own
amateur radio prefix, KH0. US-licensed hams may operate from any of the
commonwealth's islands solely on the authority of their home tickets.
They identify by adding the KH0 prefix to the ends of their calls. In my
case, I can sign WB9IHH/KH0. As the US is also allocated prefixes in the
blocks AA- AL, plus all of the K, N, and W series, I can legally change the
"KH0" to "AH0", NH0", or "WH0".
CNMI is also home to two SW outlets, FEBC (KHBI) and RFA. KHBI is on the
northern end of Saipan, where many World War II memorials have been
established. During my initial visit to Saipan in Feb 1998, I was treated
to a personally guided tour of the FEBC studios and tx site by Bob
Springer, KH0AF, who is the director of the relay site. The stn is truly
impressive, and Bob is a quite person to visit with.
That's more information that you asked for when you queried about Tinian's
DXCC status. But get me started talking about CNMI and I can go on for
pages!
(Jim Clary, WB9IHH / VQ9JC, Feb 9)
NUMBER STN
4880 UNID new spy stn heard here for the first time on this
QRG, 1915. Very weak S=2, EN: "... message No. 43 ... Alpha Romeo Sierra
Lima ...".
PAKISTAN
v3663.20-3663.10 Azad Kashmir, R Muzzaffarabad tentat.,
subcontinental mx, 1350 female annt, signal very weak, QRM and QRN, but
switched on at 1455 again. female annt "...Islamabad PAK ...". Rare stn
here in the PHL, and much QRM, is ham band covered.
Quick PAK log of Feb 13:
0500-0700 Ur WS to ME workers, 11750.00 (x11725), 15175.05, and 17555.19,
0800-1120 Ur / En WS to EUR and NE, 15530.05, 17835.20.
1200-1230 Chinese on 15430.05.
1300-1345 Persian 11935.00, heterodyne on 11936.37. 15625 couldn't traced
here, only poor carrier on 15624.00.
1330-1615 Ur WS to ME+AF, 11570.13, 15170.08, 15465.05.
1800-1845 Ar 7470.00 and 9329.98.
No trace of Ur WS 1700-1900 today, not on 11570 and not either 15335.
[but good propagation today, AIR 11620 very strong]
(WB, Feb 13)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2410 R Enga, Jan 21, 1202-1300* s-off, Pidgin, talks
over finance problems, bussiness report, rock mx. 34433 - 24432. En country
mx 1223-1252, then Pidgin again. before s-off ID and NA+choir. Not regular
active !
3217 R Southern Highlands, Jan 31, -1212*, regular active, ends with NA
1211-1212*. 34333
3315 R Manus, 1200-1205*, Jan 31, Pidgin, time annt, choir singer, birth
call in background, no NA ! 1202 progr ends, 1205 tx s-off. 35433.
3375 R Western Highlands, Jan 31/Feb 2, 1145-1151* / 1030-1100, Pidgin,
relig song, "Good night listeners ...", s-off no ID, no NA ! S-off time
regular around 1150, active again regularly. 1030-1100 Pidgin, time annts,
1100 three short / one long time pips. drum intervalls, ID and QRG's, local
mx band "The Blue Grashoppers". 45433 / 34543.
3395 R Eastern Highlands, 1058-1125, Feb 2, Pidgin, ID by male and wrong
time annt, two minutes difference compared to WWVH Hawaii. Talk about the
new school year 1999. nice south sea mx, IS native song without
instruments. 35443 S=9+20 dB.
4890 or 9675 NBC Port Moresby stns, NOT more active since Jan 19th, no
morning, no daytime, and no night progr noted here. (Roland Schulze-PHL,
Feb 2)
PERU
9504.6
R Tacna, Feb 10, 2254-2259, Sp talk on local items - but no
ID, blocked by R Veritas Asia carrier past 2256 (one more Peruvian stn - R
Victoria - was also noted at this time on 9721.4 with poor signal. (Mikhail
Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 10)
v5773.72, R. Panancial(?), 1044-1100, M at t/in w/ment of " .para todo el
Peru" and ending w/ID. 1051 live M again w/ment of Panancial, then canned
tlk by diff. M 1052-1055 w/ment of la sierra and corazon. Soft LA mx. 1057
live M anncr w/ID and ment of onda corta, another ID and tlk w/ment of
"Peru, Andina", and one more ID ending tlk at 1059. Back to mx. Voice audio
seemed a bit muffled. Kind of weak. Best hrd in the last 3 days though.
Thanks Jay Novello and others. (Dave Valko-USA, Feb 10)
PHILIPPINES
Eff Jan 1, RVA Manila bcs in Filipino (Tagalog) are now:
2230-2255 to HKG and TWN 6075
1500-1525 (1525-1555 Wed, Fri, & Sun) to ARS/ME 9670
Ru sces are:
0230-0255 to Khabarovsk 11805
0300-0325 to Yakutsk 11805
1430-1455 to Sverdlovsk 9660
1500-1555 to Novosibirsk 9660
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Feb 11))
ROMANIA
v9616.38
RRI Bucharest's multilingual morning sce using
unstable tx at 0600-0656, which is registered on 9625. //7105, 9510, and
11775. (WB, Feb 13)
RUSSIA
German lang religious txions via VoRUS.
dail 0545 1323 Universal Life, Haugerring 7, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany
Fax 0931-3903233, <http://www.universelles-leben.org>
Mon 1743 Mw Werner Heukelbach D-51702 Bergneustadt, Germany
1943 Mw Werner Heukelbach
Tue 1743 Mw Werner Heukelbach
1830 Universal Life
Wed
1843 Lutherische Stunde, Postfach 1162, D-27367 Sottrum, Germany
1900-1930 only on 1386 kHz Universal Life
Thur 1743 Mw Werner Heukelbach
Fri 1743 Mw Freundesdienst (til Feb 1999)
Sat 1743 Mw Freundesdienst (til Feb 1999)
1830 Universal Life
2200-2245 1323 Universal Life
Sun 1743 Mw Freundesdienst
1800 Universal Life
Werner Heukelbach Ministry is testing at 1743 UTC at first.
MIDXB is a weekly e-mail newsletter, but it's in Ru lang ONLY (KOI-8
encoding). For more information please check the following URLs:
http://www.poboxes.com/rts
- RTS general info
http://www.internews.ru/rts
- official releases and publications
http://www.radio.hobby.ru
- Russia's Club of DXers
(Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 9)
5905 (I presume that the 5095 was a typo). I question Sonny Ashimori's site
ID for RUI as Irkutsk. I have seen no evidence for some time now that RUI
is being relayed by txs in the Russian Federation. Gone, it appears, are
the days of lovely FE relays to west coast NoAM, etc. I suggest that all
freqs of RUI are indeed coming from UKR itself.
(Salmaniw-CAN in Cumbre Dx, Feb 12)
Walter must be right. I think I mistook it for a Russian tx on the same
freq 5905. Thanks, and sorry for the error. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, via Cumbre
Dx, Feb 12)
7175 Radiostantsiy Tikhy Okean, Vladivostok, FE, 0835-0900*, Ru reports,
0845 two time Ids were given! 0848 talk on US dollar, 0852 ID again, time
annt and telephone no. given. Greetings to shi sailors in Sardinia area in
the Mediterr sea ! "Doswidanija ..." and saxophone fade out mx .. at
0900*. S=9+20 dB / 45544. //17570 S=9+40 db, 45554. No signal traced on
ssb-mode 10344.
15105 R Tatarstan via Samara, 0520-0600*, Tatar lang, mixed with R Rossii
Ru items before 0520. Then Tatarstan... Kazan items. After ID in Ru at
0530, to Tatar lang segment again. 0557 harmonica mx, 0558 s-off and 0600*
tx switch-off. Audio muffeled. At 0515 rating was 34333, but fade down to
S=4-6 at 0600. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 2)
SAUDI ARABIA
progr, S=3.
(WB, Feb 13)
v12038.51
BSKSA Riyadh 2nd progr at 1830, Ar phone in
SOUTH AFRICA
new A99 Broadcast Schedule for TWR via Meyerton AFS
28 Mar 1999 - 31 October 1999
UTC
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
DAY
12
345
67
LANG
Tigrinya
Oromo
Amharic
1527-1542
1542-1557
1234567
1234567
Yao(FEBA)
Sena(FEBA)
FREQU
7215
7215
7215
PWR
250
250
250
AZI
5
5
5
TARGET AREA
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
7265
7265
250
250
19
19
Mozambique
Mozambique
1600-1630
1630-1700
1630-1700
1234567
1
234567
KiRundi
Borana
Oromo
9530
9530
9530
250
250
250
19
19
19
Burundi
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
1725-1830
1234567
Amharic
9530
250
19
Ethiopia
1630-1700
1234567
Tigrinya
11705
250
5
Eritrea
1640-1655
1657-1712
1657-1712
1657-1727
1234567
123
456
7
Somali
Shuwa
Juba
Arabic
9650
9650
9650
9650
500
500
500
500
20
5
5
5
Somali
Chad
Sudan
Sudan
1830-1900
1900-1930
1234567
1234567
Hausa
Kanuri
9800
9800
500
500
335
335
Nigeria
Nigeria
1830-1900
1900-1930
1930-2000
2000-2030
2030-2045
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
6
Fulfulde
Yoruba
Nupe
Twi
Ewe
9510
9510
9510
9510
9510
500
500
500
500
500
330
330
330
330
330
Sahel
Nigeria
Nigeria
Ghana
Ghana
1830-1900 1234567 Bambara
1900-1930 1234567 Baoule
1930-2000 1234567 French
2000-2015
67 French
(Michiel Schaay-HOL, Feb 10)
9685
9685
9685
9685
250
250
250
250
315
315
315
315
Ivory
Ivory
Ivory
Ivory
Coast
Coast
Coast
Coast
SUDAN
[tentat.]
9230, Voice of Free Eritrea, (Sudan ?), Feb 4, 15311559, Part of ID in Ar, ".al-Hurrah". Short fragments of "Horn of Africa"
mx with male reciting in rhytmic Ar with several random time-signals in
between. Eritrea mentioned several times. Male choir singing a patriotic
song, sounding a bit like the soccer kind. Sign off with an immediate
change of the guard: the Voice of Truth at 1600. Presumed. Poor signal.
9230, Voice of Truth, Feb 4, 1600-1633*, "Sawt al Haqq" ID, Talk in Ar by
two males taking turns reading; mx varying from the traditional Ar to short
bouts of shouting by a group of males, but also a more subtle sounding
children's choir. Sign off with ID "Sawt al Haqq, sawt al-harakat "
Presumed. Poor signal. (Pijpers, via DXW, Feb 10)
SWAZILAND
new A99 Broadcast Schedule for TWR via Manzini SWZ
28 Mar 1999 - 31 October 1999
UTC
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0345
0345-0400
0400-0430
0400-0430
0400-0430
0400-0430
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0705
0430-0720
0430-0735
0500-0730
0500-0720
0500-0705
0505-0730
0505-0720
DAY
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1 34 67
2 5
1234567
1234567
7
6
12345
12345
6
7
12345
6
LANG
FREQU PWR
Ndebele 3200 035
Swahili 5965 100
Shona
3240 025
Lomwe
4775 050
German
3200 025
German
4775 050
Chewa
6040 100
Tumbuka 6040 100
English 3200 025
Chewa
6040 100
English 4775 050
English 4775 050
English 4775 050
English 6100 050
English 6100 050
English 6100 050
English 9500 100
English 9500 100
AZI
003
5
003
003
233
313
5
5
233
5
233
233
233
233
233
233
5
5
TARGET AREA
Zimbabwe
East Africa
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
South Africa
Namibia
Malawi
Malawi
South Africa
Malawi
Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa
0505-0705
7 English 9500
1400-1415 1234567 Urdu
15330
1435-1440 12345
Portug
7315
1440-1510 1234567 Portug
7315
1510-1525 1234567 Makua
7315
1510-1555 1234567 Malagache7175
1525-1555 1234567 Lomwe
7315
1600-1630 1234567 SiSwati 1170
1600-1630 12345
Tshwa
4760
1600-1630 1 34567 Chewa
6135
1600-1630
2
Tumbuka 6135
1600-1630
7 Shangaan 4760
1600-1700
6
Portug
4760
1600-1830 1234567 English 9500
1630-1645 1234
Portug
4760
1630-1645
5 7 Shangaan 4760
1630-1658 1234567 Chewa
6135
1630-1700 1234567 Zulu
1170
1700-1715 123456
Tswana
3200
1700-1715 123456
Sotho
3200
1700-1715
7 Pedi
3200
1700-1800
67 Swahili 9585
1700-1815 12345
Swahili 9585
1715-2215 1234567 English 3200
1800-1815
67 Kimwani 9585
1800-1830 1234567 Ndebele 3240
1800-2045 1234567 English 1170
1830-1900 1234567 Shona
3240
1830-1845 1234567 Umbundu 6130
1845-1900 123
Chokwe
6130
1845-1900
4 6
Luchazi 6130
1845-1900
5
Portug
6130
1845-1915
7 Portug
6130
1900-1915 1234567 Ndau
3240
1900-1915
345
KiKongo 6130
1900-1915
6
Lunyaneka6130
1900-1930 1234567 Lingala 9525
1900-1915 12
7 Portug
6130
1915-1945 1234567 Portug
6130
1930-1945 1234567 French
9525
1945-2000 1234567 Kimbundu 6130
1945-2000
67 French
9525
2000-2005 12345
Portug
6130
(Michiel Schaay-HOL, Feb 10)
100
100
050
050
050
100
050
50
025
050
050
025
025
100
025
025
050
50
050
050
050
100
100
050
100
025
50
025
100
100
100
100
100
025
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
5
43
5
5
5
53
5
ND
3
5
5
3
3
5
3
3
5
ND
233
233
233
5
5
233
5
3
ND
3
313
313
313
313
313
3
313
313
343
313
313
343
313
343
313
Central Africa
Pakistan
Mozambique
Mozambique
N Mozambique
Madagascar
N Mozambique
Swaziland
Mozambique
Malawi
Malawi
Mozambique
Mozambique
East Africa
Mozambique
Mozambique
Malawi
Swaziland
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
East Africa
East Africa
South Africa
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Mozambique
Angola
Angola
D R Congo
Angola
Angola
D R Congo
Angola
D R Congo
Angola
TAIWAN
Here shows some exact sked of CHN and TWN:
CNR Taiwan: 0055-0615 0955-2405 549 765 1116 5090 6016 7620 9380 11100
11935 15710
0055-0615 11100 11935 15710
0955-1300 6015 7620 9380
1300-2300 5090 6015 7620
2300-2405 6015 7620 9380
CNR Chinese World: 2055-0105 0355-1805 684 927(X909) 1089 6790 9170 11000
15880
2055-2400 6790 9170
0000-0105 9170 11000
0355-1300 11000 15880
1300-1400 9170 11000
1400-1805 6790 9170
Voice of Strait: 2055-2400 0855-1800 846 1269 4900 5050 6115 7280 9505
2055-2400 4900 5050 6115
0855-1300 6115 7280 9505
1300-1800 4900 5050 6115
China Huayi BC: 0255-0600 0900-1600 6185 4940 4830 666
0255-0600 0900-1300 6185 4940
1300-1600 4940 4830
Voice of Pujiang: 1200-1600 3280 4950 5075
Voice of Jinling: 0155-0400 7215
1155-1600 5860 (always with noise)
Last, attached latest schedule of Radio Taipei Int'l (eff Jan,1999)
Any amendments would be welcomed to Miller (muller@tp.silker.net) in TWN.
CBS RADIO TAIPIE INT'L schedule as followed (eff Jan 01, 1999)
1. VARIETY NETWORK (in Ch)
747
900
927
1008
1098
1206
3335
6085
6180
7285
9280
9690
11775
11840
11970
15125
2200-0000
2200-0400,
0900-1800
0600-0900
1330-1900
0000-0600
0700-0200
0400-0200
0400-0900,
0700-1100
0100-0500
1400-1800
0400-0700,
0400-1800
0200-1000
0800-1100,
250kW
0900-1100, 1200-1800 300kW
N. China (11-12 VoAsia)
1200kW
M. China
600kW
S. China
300kW
S. China ( 10-13 WYFR )
100kW
S. China
100kW
M. China
300kW
S. China
1100-0000
100kW
N. China
100kW
M. China
100kW
N. China
100kW
S. China
1000-1800
300kW
N. China
100kW
N. China
100kW
NE. China
1500-1700
250kW
SEAs
2. NEWS NETWORK ( IN CH )
603
1008
1422
1521
6040
7105
7250
9610
9630
11725
11860
15125
5950
15440
0900-1600,
0900-1600,
2200-0300,
0900-1700
0900-0500
0400-0000
0900-0400
2200-0100,
2300-0500,
0400-1600,
2200-0000
2200-0100
1100-1200,
2200-0000
2100-0000 1000kW S. China
2100-0000
600kW S. China
0600-1600
50kW W. Taiwan
1200kW
N. China
100kW
S. China
300kW
M. China
100kW
N. China
0300-0600
250kW
N. China
0900-1800
300kW
M. China
2200-0000
100kW
M. China
100kW
SEAs
250kW
SEAs
1400-1500,2200-0000
eNAm.ANZ
eNAm
3. DIALECT NETWORK (in Amoy, Hakka, Cantonese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uighur)
1) Amoy (mainly
0000-0600
0800-1200
0200-0300
0300-0400
0500-0600
0800-0900
1000-1100
1300-1400
spoken in Taiwan, Fujian)
603
S. China
747
M. China
11550 11915
SEAs
11915
SEAs
11745
SEAs
11745
Aus.NZL
7130 11550 15345
SEAs
7130 11860
SEAs
2) Hakka (mainly spoken
0900-1500
1206
0000-0100
11745
0100-0200
15345
0200-0400
7130
0900-1000
15345
1400-1500
15345
in Taiwan, E. Guangdong, S. Fujian)
M. China
SEAs
SEAs
SEAs
SEAs
Aus.NZL
1500-1600
9610
Australia, NZL
3) Cantonese (spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong)
0000-0500
9690
S. China
0900-1400
9690
S. China
0100-0200
11550
SEAs
0500-0600
11915 15270 15345
SEAs
1000-1100
7445 9610 11915 15270 Aus,NZL,SEAs
1100-1200
15270
SEAs
1200-1300
9765
SEAs
1300-1400
9765 15345
SEAs
4) Mongolian :
Tibetan
:
Uighur
:
1000-1100
1100-1200
1200-1300
11905
11905
11905
Mongolia
Tibet
Xinjiang
4. EXTERNAL NETWORK :
English
0200-0300
0300-0400
Spanish
French
Germany
Russian
Arabic
Japanese
Indonesian
Vietnamese
Thai
Chinese
0700-0800
1200-1300
1300-1500
2200-2300
0100-0200
0400-0500
0600-0700
2000-2100
2300-0000
0700-0800
1800-1900
2000-2100
0600-0700
1800-1900
2100-2200
1305-1400
1705-1800
2000-2100
0100-0200
1100-1200
1400-1500
0405-0455
0800-0900
1100-1200
1200-1300
1500-1600
2300-0000
0600-0700
1400-1500
2200-2300
0100-0200
0400-0500
0700-0800
0900-1000
1200-1300
1900-2000
11740 9680 5950
NAm.CAm
11745 11825 15345
SEAs
5950 9680
NAm
11745 11825 15345 SEAs
5950
NAm
9610
Australia. NZL
15125 SEAs
9985 5810
EUR
11825 15215
SAm
11740
CAm
5950
NAm
11665
EUR
9690 11720
SAm
7520
EUR
17555 EUR
11665 EUR
9985
EUR
9955
EUR
15600 17750
EUR
15695 9610
EUR
9955
EUR
9630 11775
ME. NAf
15270 11745
Japan
7130 15345 Japan
7130 11745 Japan
585
S. Taiwan
7130 11550.11915
Indonesia
11550
Indonesia
15345
Indonesia
11745 15345
Vietnam
11745 15345
Vietnam
15270 15345
Thailand
11860 15270
Thailand
585 7445
Thailand
17845 15215 11845
SAm
5950 9680
NAm
7130 11825 15270 15345
SEAs
7130
SEAs
7445 11550 11745 11915
SEAs.NEAs
9610
Australia. NZL
11745 15270
SEAs.Japan
9955 15600 17750
EUR
5. Voice of Asia
English
1100-1200
585 900 7445
SeAs
Indonesian
Thai
Chinese
1200-1300
1600-1700
1500-1600
2300-0000
0300-0700
0700-1100
1100-1300
1300-1500
585 7445
585 7445
585 7445
585 7445
7285
9280
15125
7445 585
11860
11745
15270
15270
SEAs
Indonesia
Indonesia
Thailand
Thailand
S. China
N. China
SEAs
(Miller Liu-TWN, Feb 3)
TAJIKISTAN
4635.36, Tajik Radio; Feb 07, 0020, pretty flute mx with
central Asian flavor, bouncing back and forth between here and 4635.30, IS
and "Inja Dushanbe" twice at 0100. (Novello via DXW, Feb 10)
UKRAINE
LW & MW stns in Kyiv
207 500 1st progr of Nat R 0327-2300
549 500 2nd progr (Promin) 0200-0100 //71.3 MHz FM
612
10 BBCWS in Ukr, En & Ru 0400-0800, 1400-1800 & 2000-2200.
783 500 3rd progr (R Muz) 0327-2300 //72.68 MHz FM
1134
2 1st progr 0327-2300.
The Ukr 4th channel also broadcasts on 657 kHz from Tchernivtsi to Moldova
with Romanian progrs at 1800-1830, 2030-2100, 2200-2230. (unknown contrib
in WDXC-UK Contact, Feb '99)
UK
The BBC German Sce is to close, here is an extract from Mark Byford's
statement.
We have taken the decision to close our German language sce. The decision
has not been taken lightly, nor is it in any way a reflection on the team
who have worked very hard and enthusiastically to produce a highly
professional sce both here in London and Berlin. It is a decision based on
our overall priorities and recognition of a changing world around us. In
future, all our sces to WeEUR, incl Germany, will be focused on En. This
is in line with our overall strategy to provide an enhanced En offer in the
most developed countries of the world, targeting opinion formers and
decision makers.
On the back of the success of the breakfast progr The World Today for EUR,
introduced last year, we plan to establish a new Business Correspondent in
Frankfurt for the WS and a new correspondent in Berlin. Our online coverage
of German affairs will be enhanced. We aim to secure new FM rebroadcasting
deals in Leipzig and Thueringen to complement our FM presence in Berlin.
May I, on behalf of all the senior team across the WS, offer my
appreciation to all the Ge lang staff at what is a difficult and sensitive
time. They have always shown dedication, commitment and professionalism
which has continued throughout the recent period of uncertainty over the
future of the sce.
We will also rationalise some of our SW txion network and reduce costs in
the Hungarian, Thai, Czech and education sces to achieve better value. But,
to confirm, we are closing just one language sce and the money released
will be re-invested in WS developments. (Feb 12)
(c.f. BC-DX #406) {GERMANY non [tentat]} 6090, on checking a rpt from
Adrian Peterson that he was hearing a gospel stn in AR at 2100 ...
I guess, it's HCJB relay via UK. Scheduled 2100-2200 on 6085, 250 kW, 160
degr towards NoAF in Ar lang. Yesterday I catch the ID which sounded like
"Idh'a Til Akhbar min Mutekha min Britaniya". Postal addr in France was
given. The stn is on the air 2100-2230 on 6090, perhaps a new freq, due to
co-channel BR on 6085 and new s-off time.
Regarding Merlin and its failure to register with the HFCC or the ITU I too
find them to be an irritating cause of interference to Fr lang Africa No. 1
from Gabon on 17630 during U.S. East Coast mornings.
From a programming standpoint, I find Merlin to be a bland version of BBC's
R 2, with progrs obviously taped well in advance that contain mindless
chatter and boring mx available elsewhere, despite repeated on-air claims
to the contrary. It's sad that they feel the need to step on a well-known
internat broadcaster that has been using the same freqs for as long as I
can remember. (Mike Cooper, Atlanta, Feb 2, RIB, Feb 11)
Merlin 11985 also messes up the last hour of KWT in En at 2000 on 11990.
(Ivan Grishin-CAN, Ont, RIB, Feb 11)
URUGUAY
R Oriental, Montevideo on 11735 2143 SIO 242 on Feb 4. (call-in
px) 2204 px in Italian "Aqui Roma"(!) 2204-2220. It px also heard on Feb
5.
R Monte Carlo, Montevideo on 9595 2243 max. SIO 232 on Feb 4. Signal
varied between 1-2. Sport px.
Emisora Ciudad, Montevideo on 9650 2305 SIO 333 (football from Buenos
Aires).
(Uwe Vok-D, Feb 11)
USA
WORLD OF RADIO ON WBCQ: Due to WWCR cancelling our first bc Thur at
2130 on 9475, from Feb 10 we are doing a phone-feed only mins after
production is completed, Weds at 2200 on WBCQ 7415. (Glenn Hauser, Feb 10)
WWCR has been heard on 2390 and 3210 around 0800 for a few mornings at weak
to fair level but there is no trace at that time of WGTG which - acc to a
report in EDXP - was to move off 6890 and on to 3270. But maybe it isn't
bcing at that time ?
WBCQ's tx is fixed on 7415, I believe Noel is talking about WGTG.
Somebody referred to WBCQ being on 3270 and 6890. It's not WBCQ, but WGTG.
(Glenn Hauser-USA, Feb 11)
Winter B98 txion schedule of WGTG as of last revision 13 Jan 1999.
tx
UTC
frequency and mode (*) CIRAF Target Zones
1
1400-2300 9400
USB/AM 10, 61, 55
1
2300-0700 5085
USB/AM 10, 61, 55
2
2100-0300 6890
USB 3, 2, 1
2
0300-0700 3270
USB 3, 2, 1
(*) Most of the programming is changing over to the USB (upper side band)
mode. The singular exception is the relig progr airing primarily on Sat and
Sun. You will need a SSB-capable radio to listen to most of WGTG's
programming.
(WGTG website via JKB at DXM/WWDXC, Jan 20)
Heavy CHN jamming against RFA outlets
around 0730.
XXX 13760, KHBI 15665 and 17615
The newest Cumbre schedule, which went into effect at 0500 on 6 Feb 1999
WHRI ANGEL I (AMs/Carib)
Sat 0600
7315
Sat 0830 7315
(Sat 1830 9495 has been dropped)
Sat 2330
9495
WHRI ANGEL II (EUR/ME/AF/RUS/NoAM)
Sat 0600
5755
Sat 0830 5755
Sat 2300 5745
Sun 0400 5755
(Sun 0530 5755 has been dropped)
Sun 1400 6040 (time change)
(Sun 1830 13760 has been dropped, but see WHRA for other bcs on this freq
that may be audible for those in the Angel II target areas)
KWHR ANGEL III
Sat 0230 17510
Sun 1830 9930
(AS)
Sat 0600 17780
Sun 0430 17510
Sun 0600 17780
KWHR ANGEL IV (SoPAC)
Sat 0800 11565 (all Angel IV txions of Cumbre are on this freq)
Sat 1030 (NEW TRANSMISSION)
Sat 1230
Sun 1030
Sun 1300
(Sun 0730 has been dropped)
WHRA ANGEL V (AF/ME) (may also be audible for many WHRI listeners)
Fri 2305 13760 (time and freq change)
(Sat 0330 7465 has been dropped)
Sat 2330 13760 (time and freq change)
Sun 2330 13760 (time and freq
change)
The program may be heard on Real Audio whenever it is on SW the World
Harvest website
http://www.whr.org
Also, it is audible on demand at the Cumbre DX website
http://www.ralabs.com/cumbre
The postal addr for SW RR's:
World Harvest Radio, P.O.Box 12, South Bend IN 46624, U.S.A.
(Marie A. Lamb-USA, DXing with Cumbre, Feb 6)
VIETNAM
Here is an observed schedule of two main 100 kW VoVTN txs (Feb
10-11):
0830-0930 9840 12020
0930-1030 12020 15110
1130-1230 9840
12020
1230-1300 12020 15110
1300-1400 7145 9840
1400-1430 9840
12020
1430-1600 12020 15110
1600-2000 7145 9840 2000-2030 no
transmission
2030-2130 7145 9840
2130-2230 9840 12020 2230-2400 no
transmission
0000-0100 12020 15110
All langs as in WRTH (for 9840, 12020 or 15010). I also noted an unusual
strong Hanoi HS1 signal on 15471 //5925 and 9875 as a jammer for RFA in
Vietnamese at 1400-1500 (Feb 10).
v9839.78 S=3, and //7145.00 S=2, VoVTN Hanoi in En, bussiness report,
minister visit to AUS. 1300-1400 and also 1600-2000. (WB, Feb 13)
If you've been in the hobby as long as me, you'll remember the Barlow
Wadley XCR-30. It was a South African-made SW rx that was popular in the
70's, before the likes of Sony got into the market. But why am I telling
you this?
Now there's a whole Website devoted to it, and very impressive it is too.
If you're younger and want to know what DXing was like before they invented
digital readout, this is a great site to browse at
http://members.xoom.com/barlowwadley/
(Andy Sennitt-HOL, in DXW, Feb 10)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 407-C
14 Feb 1999
________________________________________________________________________
GERMANY
ex-GDR "Vlatava" clandestine station operations.
Hello, maybe you can help with this: I'am searching, on which freq in 1968
the "Vltava" clandestine was operational. Possibly you also know something
about the site? All I have at hand is the statement "Dresden area", which
of course immediately leads to Wilsdruff.
What I know for certain is, that during the occupation Wilsdruff had to
carry "Radio Berlin International" on 1358 kHz - officially; a Wilsdruff
engineer told me some years ago (unfortunately I did know about this
"Vltava" at this time, otherwhise I had of course asked), that the
feederline from Leipzig was bringing nothing but "Radio Volga[??]".
Any comments would be highly appreciated. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 4)
Hello Kai, here is some info on Vltava (Moldau) clandestine stn.
Inicial bars of Bedrich Smetana's symphonic poem "Vltava" (Moldau), which
was an IS of Vltava, sounded in the air for the first time in the night
towards Aug 21, 1968, when the occupation troops crossed borders of
Czechoslovakia. At first the stn played only mx with annts in Czech: "The
patriotic group of members of CSSR Central Commitee of the Communist Party,
the CSSR Govt and the CSSR Parliament has just asked the Warsaw Treaty
Allied Forces to enter our republic in order to defence the socialism. Stay
by your rxs and inform your neighbours!"
The frequency was on 1430 kHz. At that time the Dresden Wilsdruff tx on
1043 became silent. After heavy jamming against Vltava, it tried another
frequency - 1043 (Aug 24), but returned back to 1430 on the next day. At
that time the 1043 channel was occupied by a low power (reserve?) tx,
probably located in Dresden with usual DDR-programming on this channel.
Vltava became "famous" for its speakers with a heavy German accent.
Although grammatically correct, the pronounciation was terrible. With its
omnidir antenna the stn was perfectly audible in Bohemia. In Moravia and
Slovakia the reception was possible in the evening hrs only. The stn was on
the air usually at: 0530-0730, 1130-1330 and 1600-2400.
Radio Vltava never announced officially by whom it is operated, but it was
understood that either R Berlin Internat or Allied Forces Headquaters were
behind the "curtains". In the second half of Feb 1969 the Dresden tx
returned to its freq of 1043 and replaced its low power substitute. Vltava
was then aired by one of the RBI txs, still on 1430, using omnidir antenna.
Two weeks later the name "Vltava" disappeared and the stn started to
identify itself as "R Berlin International". Together with this change the
IS changed to the old German communist song called "Bruder, zur Sonne, zur
Freiheit!".
So it was the story of Radio Vltava. I hope it is still of some help to
you.
(Karel Honzik-CZE, Feb 4)
Karel wrote: "The freq was on 1430 kHz. At that time the Dresden Wilsdruff
tx on 1043 kHz became silent. After heavy jamming against Vltava, it tried
another freq - 1043 (Aug 24), but returned back to 1430 on the next day. At
that time the 1043 channel was occupied by a low power (reserve?) tx,
probably located in Dresden with usual DDR-programming on this channel."
There were originally two txs at the Wilsdruff site, some 10 kms west of
Dresden: The 250 kW main tx "SM4" and a 20 kW back-up unit, called "SM4E".
So it is quite clear, what happened: The 250 kW tx was retuned to 1430,
while the back-up tx took over the regular 1043 sce.
Since 1979, the 1431 channel belongs regularly to Wilsdruff. It is allowed
for 250 kW daytime and 150 kW nighttime, but was actually operated with the
20 kW tx, carrying "Berliner Rundfunk", while the 250 kW rig continued on
1044 with "Radio DDR". As there was no longer a back-up available, they had
for maintenance work then regular silence periods on one morning per week,
appr. from 8 to 12 AM.
In 1990, the 1431 channel was taked over by the new established
"Sachsenradio", shortly after this "Sachsenradio" moved into 1044, the now
so-called "Radio Aktuell" from Berlin was furthermore aired on 1431.
In 1991, 1431 was alongside with all other "Radio Aktuell" MWs shut down.
In the first six months of 1992, the new "Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk"
operated 1044 only with the 20 kW tx. This once again changed: From July
1992 until June 1993 the famous "Jugendradio DT64" was carried on 1044,
first using full 250 kW, in the last months on reduced power 150 kW as a
cost saving measurement (and also to avoid the quite frequent PA tube
failures; the first break-down happened just a half hour after the tx was
on July 1st 1992 switched on again).
Since
above
info"
ago a
it came to an bad end with DT64 (not only regarding 1044, also and
all regarding the program contents), 1044 was operated for the "MDR
all-nx progr just with the old 20 kW tx anymore. A couple of months
new solid-state tx took over these sce.
Just recently 1431 was assigned to a commercial stn, called "Mega-Radio",
but this doesn't mean, that there will be activities soon: These
broadcaster owns already at least Woebbelin 576, Burg 1575, Berlin 603 kHz.
Nobody knows, why and to what, as these stn never was going on the air
anywhere; I was told, it is just a P.O.Box at London.
Karel wrote: "Radio Vltava never announced officially by whom it is
operated, but it was understood that either Radio Berlin International or
Allied Forces Headquaters were behind the 'curtains'".
Or the Soldatensender / Freiheitssender "headquarter" at the radio school
Berlin-Gruenau (there was some fully equipped studios, which was in the
Fifties used as "gape-filler" from the move out of the Masurenallee
radiohouse in [British sector] West Berlin until the Nalepastrasse
radiohouse in [Soviet] East Berlin was ready).
In the second half of Feb 1969 the Dresden tx returned to its freq of 1043
and replaced its low power substitute. Vltava was then aired by one of the
RBI txs, still on 1430, using omnidir antenna at Berlin-Koepenick, I guess?
(Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 5)
While talking about the "Vltava" operation from 1968, I was just pointed to
special activities of GDR radio from appr. May 1981 until Sep 1982:
Editorial staff with knowledge of the Polish lang was withdrawn from their
usual work and needed to maintain silence about their special task. What
their colleagues was knowing: These task was to produce programming for
POL, officially "to tell the truth", and it happened in a shielded shack
right on the waterfront of the Spree river on the Nalepastrasse radio
areal, at least as far as it the editorial matters concerns. The uninvolved
staff didn't know anything about freqs; we are speculating about OIRT-FM
from the Frankfurt/Oder txs as a possibility, which would also explain, why
these operations remained widely unknown.
Regarding studios of Freiheitssender 904 / Soldatensender 935: Former GDR
radio staff is rather certain, that these stns were bcing, at least from a
particular time, not / no longer from Berlin-Gruenau but from Bestensee,
some 10 kms south of Koenigs Wusterhausen. There was a emergency production
facility, likely with subterranean studios.
Finally regarding "Vltava": At times, when Wilsdruff was carrying DT64 on
1044 kHz, some "official persons" of the at this time not yet Deutsche
Telekom but still Federal Post confirmed, that Wilsdruff did "special"
txions toward the CSSR, although they stated, these was regular RBI
programming. Well, this may be just a matter of opinion, as "Vltava" in
1969 indeed changed it's appearance into "R Berlin International",
meanwhile forcing me to assume, it was actually a RBI operation, herewith
produced at Berlin Nalepastrasse rather than secret locations.
Any comments would be highly appreciated. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 6)
After once again "thinking about it", it is quite clear to me, why the
engineers at Wilsdruff told me about "R Volga": These guys was advised,
that they had to retune the 250 kW tx for "R Berlin International", and
they heard no RBI ID's in the programming but the "Vltava" ones and
misunderstood it as "Volga", as they of course didn't know about the real
ID and had no knowledge of the Czech lang. Or was indeed also Radio Volga
carried on 1430 (if so, // 263 to serve the occupation troops)?
Possibly I will soon receive a script about Vltava, which is of course in
German. Please give me a hint, if it would be of interest for you. (Kai
Ludwig-D, Feb 9)
From my point of view (I grew up in Western GER, travelled to POL via GDR
first time in 1984 and several times a year since 1986. I had a lot of
political discussions with friends there already during this years) this is
a very interesting detail, but I am absolutely not astonished about:
As widely known today, officials in GDR where very frightened about the
ideas of 'Solidarnosc', even more than officials of Soviet Union. So it's
easy to understand that officials in GDR did not feel satisfied with
actions of Soviet Union, but felt they have to do something themself to
keep their position stable (without success, as we know today). There is
materail published now in GER about GDR activities against POL starting in
summer 1980, I have a book about this at home. This includes trials of
Honecker for a stronger politic against 'Solidarnosc' from Sovjet Union.
At the other hand I cannot remember to read (in books of memorial from both
official and oppositional persons) or hear from friends about this. I think
this activity was without great effect. A lot of people in poland tried to
ignore politics totally, but concentrated to manage daily live (and needed
a lot of energy to do so), those interested in politics very seldem
accepted official positions, even in case they have been party member.
So any bc being even neerer to ideology than official Warsaw publications
had no chance for any wider acceptance. I think that listener in POL have
not got the idea of such bc originating in GDR, but supposed it to be
'Russian'.
A political joke I heard in 1986 in POL, related to official tv nx, and
sure widely known in Poland during that time:
There are three kinds of nx in POL: - True nx, - unsecure nx, - false nx.
True nx are the sports nx, unsecure nx are the weather predictions, false
nx are the political nx.
I hope this gives some background on the situation. (Dr.-Ing. Joerg
Hertzer-D Feb 8)
Other clandestine operations from the GDR.
Beside the well-known operations Deutscher Soldatensender and Deutscher
Freiheitssender there were also some other clandestine operations from the
GDR. Vltava and the Polish progrs were mentioned, progrs for American
soldiers in West Berlin were in the news few years ago. But also SW
facilities in the GDR were in use for clandestine stns. All three I know
about started around the end of the 50s, and used not only GDR txs to reach
their target, but also others in Romania and/or Bulgaria. These were:
- the "Voice of the Truth" (Radiofonikos Stathmos i Foni tis
a station of the Greek communist party
Alithias),
- "Our Radio" (Bizim Radio), Turkish communist radio stn
- "Radio Iran-Messanger" (Radio Peyk-e Iran).
The last two were on the air still in the 80s, though I don_t know
they stopped using GDR txs.
Any information on these?
when
(Andreas Erbe-D, Feb 10)
BC-DX 408
23 Feb 1999
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The next version of BC-DX newsletter doesn't appear before March 20th.
Send your letters and data files furthermore to our address, please.
No correspondence can be led until March 20th.
Don't expect any reply to your mail.
Wolfgang Bueschel
DF5SX
ALBANIA
TWR in Persian via Cerrik 100 kW / 90 degr, 1700-1800 (Sat, Sun,
Mon till 1745) on new 9440 (43433), strong QRM Kol Israel 9435. (x9445)
//12089.8 also Cerrik.
(PanIview-BUL, Rumen Pankov-BUL, Ivo Ivanov-BUL, Feb 15)
6099.92
R-TV Shqiptar Progr-1, 0630-0645 Feb 17, very good with seeming
commercials, ALB woman DJ, phone calls, frequent references to Tirana.
Varying 6099.92-.95.
(Krueger-FL, via NU, Feb 21)
ANGOLA
4950 R Nac da Angola, Feb 12, 0459-0502, Por, nx progr, ID "Esta
e R Nac da Angola, da Luanda transmite R Nacional", 35433. (Nicolas EramoARG, Feb 14)
ANTARCTICA
"Good lord! It's HUGE here!" (Rippel-VA, 2352 Feb 18) Hrd at
S9 level, with some fading. My best ever rcpn of this stn. Nice slow
Argentinean mx, with all SP vocals at 2345. Male SP ancrs, long pauses
between songs. No ID at 0000, songs continuing. Seems as if the current
mid-latitude solar storm is helping very southern hemisphere SW stnssome
fading, but not nearly as bad as with northern latitude stns.
(Dan Henderson-MD, via NU, Feb 19)
They were about an S7 here; if them, better than I've hrd them in the past.
They just signed off at 0059 Feb 19 with no closing anmt. Wasn't in my
shack the whole time, so don't know if they ever IDed during the half hour
I listened. Will check out the recording later. (Sgrulletta-NY, via NU, Feb
19)
15475.8, tent., LRA36, Feb 16 with Sp ballad-type tunes (each one 3-4 min.)
and singing, but no anmts except perhaps briefly at 2300, and no IDs, from
2226 tune-in to 0000, when they abruptly left the air. Signal was 35433,
and strength slowly picked up during the time I was listening. (Dan
Greenall-ONT via Sellers-ONT, via NU, Feb 19)
15475.8
LRA36 R. Nac Arcangel is back on the air with test txions
("emision de prueba") 0003 accordion and other mx, IDs at 0035 and 0100
"Transmite LRA36, R Nac Arcangel San Gabriel. Esta es un emision de prueba.
En la frecuencia de 15475 kiloHertz en la banda de 19 metros con 10
kilovatios de potencia. Desde la base Esperanza, en la teritorio Antartico
Argentino "; fair to poor; thanks Jay Novello, swlchris on #swl.
(Ralph Brandi NJ, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 20)
AUSTRIA
Fuer alle Wiener und jene aus der Umgebung:
Das Wiener "Phonomuseum" (Mitteilungsblatt Nr. 114, Mollardgasse 8, A-1060
Wien) ladet in seiner neuesten Ausgabe zu einem Abend unter dem Motto
"Radio Nostalgie" ein.
Er findet am 5. Maerz 1999, im
Hause der Oesterreichischen Phonothek, Gumpendorferstrasse 95/2.Stock,
A-1060 Wien statt. Beginn ist 19 Uhr, Eintritt ist frei.
Fuer Sitzplaetze bittet man um Vorbestellung. (Tel: 01-5973669 Fr. Mag.
Hofer).
Prof. Karl Grell wird ueber den Wandel der Rundfunkunterhaltung von Einst
und Jetzt sprechen und mit Musikbeispielen deutlich machen, wie sehr sich
das Programm in den vergangenen 50 Jahren veraendert hat. Prof. Karl Grell
(Komponist, Arrangeur, Kapellmeister) war selbst viele Jahre als
Programmleiter im Oesterreichischen Rundfunk taetig, sodass hiermit ein am
Rundfunk unmittelbar Beteiligter sein Wissen weitergeben kann.
PS: Fuer uns Radiohoerer koennte dieser Vortrag sehr interessant werden,
auch was die Zukunftschancen des Radios betrifft. (Harald Suess-AUT, Feb
16)
BELARUS/LITHUANIA
JAMMING A WOULD-BE STATION ?
On Feb 13, 1999, Rimantas Pleikys, coordinator of the R Baltic Waves
project, found a stn operating on 6230/6235 and carrying distorted audio
txion of the 1st home sce progr of Belarussian Radio. The stn was on the
air throughout Feb 13, and continued the following day, Feb 14, with the
same jammer-like distorted (frequency modulated?) signal of Belarussian
Radio.
A couple of months ago, Rimantas Pleikys made preliminary tx tests for the
R Baltic Waves project, by transmitting test signal on 6235, a possible RBW
freq. R Baltic Waves is a project to bc radio progrs from LTU into BLR
reflecting views of Belarussian opposition movements, in contrast to
Lukashenko's official propaganda.
(Sigitas Zilionis, DX Editor, Feb 14)
dx@is.lt
I noted the jammer-like distorted signal a couple of times, (but not daily
!) including today, Feb 15 at 1400 onwards, on 6245v, but in both cases it
was the audio signal of the VoRUS in Ch with the fundamental freq of 6205.
Definitly not a spurious signal, the distorted audio has disapeared in a
few seconds earlier (at 1500) then the audio on 6205. Also today I heard
another Ch speaking stn on the background, seems the CHN authorities are
using VoR Chinese sce. to jam something. Acc to the nx, CHN has tried to
use RCI progrs as a jammer a few weeks back. (Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 16)
HFCC lists Novosibirsk tx site 6205, 1400-1500, 240 kw, at 110 deg.
3346 R Mayak relay Orsha, Feb 9, 1945-1950, Belarus, light classical mx,
talk, //2338 USB feeder, 44444 (Phillips, via DXW, Feb 17)
BRAZIL
3375.02 R Nac, Sao Gabriel, 1002-1026, Feb 8, Por, Ids, advt,
romantic mx, 1010 ID "R Nacional...", at 0126 again ID with call ! 23432
(Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 9)
CANADA
It seems to be "Canada Week" so far on 49 mb !
Amazing how condx constantly change on these lower bands around 0730/0830
at this time of the year.
6070 After a tip from Mike Barraclough I found CFRX Toronto audible 0800
when Sweden left 6065 on Feb 16+17. Fair level using LSB to avoid DW 6075.
Only annc CFRB, all talk incl "News every 30 min on CFRB". Wx sport
business etc. Still audible 0900+ but fading.
6130 CHNX Halifax using only USB (nothing on LSB) also well audible with
usual "Oldies 96" as well as wx. Annc as "-- a Maritime Broadcasting System
Station". Can still copy this one at 0910, one hour after sunrise.
6160 CKZN St Johns - I assume this one - surely not CKZU Vancouver ! - ID
as CBC only. Had progr from Channel Africa on "CBC Overnight" until 0800
when "Nx on the Hour from CBC Radio One". At 0805 "CBC Overnight" with
progr from DW. All in En. Not listed as active at this time. Still audible
but very low at 0900 when DW via ATG boomed in at s-on for En to OCE on
6160. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 17)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP
Good nx for those who didn't succed in picking up the
very weak signals from Radio Minurca late 1998. David Smith today informed
me that Radio Minurca will have a new and more powerful tx up and running
between now and the end of March - and it will run on 9900.
Btw - more nx from the CAR. I noticed Radio Centreafrique with a very
strong and clear signal Feb 17th on the new freq of 5035 at sign on 0430.
Previously they have always (well almost) been off channel !! (Stig
Hartvig Nielsen-DEN, Feb 18)
CHINA
Add changes of CRI in Ru, 1600-1700 on add 7120 (55544) over DW
in En, 1600-1800 on add 6065 under R Sweden. (PanIview-BUL, Feb 15)
MW DongFang 684 kHz, RFI Paris via CHN relay scheduled here in Fr 12001300. RS checked it in the PHL, at 1240 til 1305, but heard Ch progr in
progress only. ID was "Joung jang Guangbo Diantai..", five short / one long
time pips at 1300 UTC, very strong signal.
CHINA
[non] CLANDESTINE FROM CIS to TIBET.
web-site at http://www.voti.com
VoTibet has set up a new
VOT has set up a new web-site in addition to the present www.vot.org (which
offers VOTs daily 30 mins. progrs aired on SW to Tibet on real audio),
including an updated progr archive containing the last seven days progrs.
The new web-site provides more detailed information about VoTibets
activities, and in addition VoT is planning to offer a brief presentation
of the daily progr headlines in En text with link to the real audio sce. By
introducing the new web-site VoT aims to provide a better sce to the real
audio listeners as well as to the Tibet Support groups and others engaged
for Tibet worldwide. It is also VoTs hope that the new sce will encourage
more Support Groups and others to provide VoT with informed on Tibet
related news and events taking place in their country/region. For more
information contact please check out:
http://www.voti.com
or e-mail Voice of Tibet:
voti@online.no
(World Tibet News - Feb 4, via Mizuno Mitsuaki-JPN, via DXW, Feb 17)
ETHIOPIA
En progr of R ETH on both 9560.2 and 7165 kHz, disturbed
reception. The better one is 9560.2, QRM by RCI 9555 from Skelton-UK. Nx
at 1630. Announced addr:
R Ethiopia Ext Sces, P.O. Box 654, Addis Abeba, ETH. (Enzio Gehrig-E, Feb
18)
GERMANY
DW, Operational Schedule B-98 (Update Mar 1999)
Lang
START ENDE
additional
ALBANIAN 2115-2130
SERBIAN
2100-2115
change
ARABIC
CHINESE
FREQ
stn / site
kW
Azim Target
1458 DurresFllake 500 338
1458 DurresFllake 500 338
1300-1600 12015
1000-1050 9450
KRASNODAR
PETROPAVL.
500 188
200 263
antenna B, Kosovo,ALB
antenna B, SER, ALB
ME
CHN
(x 9860)
(x 5895)
CHINESE
CHINESE
CHINESE
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
GERMAN
GERMAN
GERMAN
GERMAN
GERMAN
GERMAN
INDONESIA
JAPANESE
PERSIAN
ROMANIAN
1000-1050
1330-1355
1330-1355
0200-0250
0900-0950
1000-1400
1000-1400
1000-1400
1400-1800
1600-2000
2200-0000
1100-1125
1230-1300
1800-1850
2000-2100
15610
9450
15610
12045
15470
12000
13810
15490
12055
9830
7340
11895
12055
7305
9470
NOVOSIBIR. 200 111
PETROPAVL. 200 263
NOVOSIBIR. 200 111
SAMARA
250 140
IRKUTSK
250 110
NOVOSIBIR. 200 111
NOVOSIBIR. 250 085
NOVOSIBIR. 1000 145
SAMARA
250 140
MOSCOW
250 169
NOVOSIBIR. 1000 085
TRINCOMALE 250 105
NOVOSIBIR. 500 085
KRASNODAR
200 147
SAMARA
250 245
CHN
(x 7390)
CHN
(x 5895)
CHN
(x 7305)
SAS
(x 9815)
SAS
(x12055)
FE
(x 7315)
FE
(xPetropavl-K.)
SAS/SEAS(x 9480)
SAS
(x 7315)
ME
(x 7445)
FE
(x 5925)
SEAS
(x11775)
FE
(x 7305)
ME
(x 5965)
EUR
(x 6000)
Delete
GERMAN
1000-1400 7340 PETROPAVL. 250 241 FE
RUSSIAN
1600-2000 5945 SAMARA
200 117 URS
(DW Plus magazine, March 1999, and previous schedules)
Brother Stair in En via Juelich, changes from Feb 4:
1330-1730 6010 to EUR - new time -, (x1500-1700), 1800-2000 deleted 6130
EUR.
1800-2000 addit 13810 (34333) SoAF, 160 degr.
Txions of AWR in Tu via Juelich not yet began: 0500-0530 5890 & 2100-2130
9470 via Juelich. 2130-2200 7105 via Forli (Italy). (PanIview-BUL, Feb
15)
AP item on Feb 17th, 15:23 (MEZ- CET) via
http://news.lycos.de/news/ge/textidx.asp?Text=/news/ge/Kultur/199902171523
MAW9819.htm
BBCWS En sce on FM via txs at Weimar and Erfurt in Thuringia state:
Weimar 96.2 MHz and Erfurt 106.6 MHz inaugurated on Wed 17th. Mote outlets
will follow, at Jena, Nordhausen and Ilmenau. (Martin Schoech-D, Feb 17)
GREECE
Addit px in Tu to Balkans of VoGRC, 1600-1610 792
co-ch RFA in Korean. (PanIview-BUL, Feb 15)
9375 and 7475
HONDURAS
3250.70 R Luz y Vida, San Luis, 1035-1107, Sp, relig progr,
with mx bridges, 1058 ID by male, and 1103 ID again, "R Luz y Vida, San
Luis... Los Andes ..". 14332. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 9)
INDONESIA
9860 RRI Jakarta. New freq with Programa Satu at 1100-1200
causing severe co channel to RFA Lao progr. Maybe x9680 or an error
reversing the 6 & the 8 digits at the tx site?
11760 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. 0225 Ins, no other Dom Sce outlets heard from
INS on this band at this time.
11785v VoINS, Cimanggis. *0030-0400* various langs, Sp 0030-0100; En 01000200; Ins 0200-0300 & Ar 0300-0400* in //with 9525. (Craig Tyson-AUS, Feb
4,9,12)
11860 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. "Warta Berita" at 1203 and local pops &
female talks at 1209. This was Programa Satu in //15125. Ch stn on the
same freq interfered with the signal. Programa Dua freqs were not heard
today. (Jembatan DX, Juichi Yamada-JPN, Feb 14)
9614.8 RRI Samarinda, 0630, S=9+20 on SPR-4, s-off at 0700, no QRM, no
QRN.
ITALY
VoHope German sce AWR (Adventist World Radio) 28 Mar-30 Oct 1999
SW Forli 0900-0930 7230 2,5 kW,
1200-1230 7230 2,5 kW
Addit SW Rimavska Sobota-SVK 1300-1330 7230 250 kW
1700-1730 7240 250 kW
RR's appreciated, especially 7240 freq. See also under Slovakia.
http://www.stimme-der-hoffnung.de/radio/kw/
Addr: AWR - Europe, C.P. 383, I-47100 Forli, Italy
STIMME DER HOFFNUNG, Am Elfengrund 66, D-64297 Darmstadt, Germany
tel +49 - 6151 95 44-65 fax +49 6151 95 44-70
e-mail: dxer@stimme-der-hoffnung.de
(Lothar Klepp-D, Feb 17)
KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakh Radio is noted today, on a new freq 6255 at 2000+ with
a progr in Kazakh lang, a lot of local songs, at 2045 nx bulletin and the
weather report.
Progrs from Astana studio: 0000-0100 and 0700-0900, other time from Almaty
studio.
I can add that these two txs are located in the KAZ territory and you could
hear their signals on 9505 (2nd px) and 11950 (1st px) in the past. But now
there is a single px in Ru and Kaz on all freqs and with the ISs and ID
jingle in Kazakh at the beginning of each hour. The signal level on all
freqs is more high than on 9505 and 11950 (I think the new aerials azimuth
is also in use). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW Feb 20)
In past 18 months a lot of the former Almaty SW txs were silent, so it
puzzeled me last year what happened on that former Alma Ata tx site. Also a
big foreign relay user of the SW site Alma Aty suffered by an extended long
break time.
Now their home sces are back, and
audio now. So, I suppose at least
antenna arrays refurbished or the
site near Astana and subsequently
back their originate gain ?? (ed,
even much stronger and with much clearer
either their feeder circuit and the
txs moved from Alma Ata to another tx
the antennas were rebuilt and have got
Feb 20)
6230, Kazak Radio, February 9, 2330, presumed the one with nonstop ranting
by man in a language I couldn't identify. 2342 switched over to a program
of regional pop mx some with a central Asian or Turkish flair annouced by
both M and W, on some occasions in Russian, sometimes in another language.
This continued straight through until 0300 carrier drop, with nothing
special at the top or bottom of any hour. This station has been heard by
Pritam Saini and others in #swl since about Feb 5. Finally caught the
signon of this one, at 0000 Feb 13, as per Timofeyev above (doesn't explain
why they were heard 2330 earlier in the week, though). Low modulation
today, but IS a couple of times, male and female announcement, then long
choral anthem. Circumstantial evidence, since no ID heard. (Novello)
LITHUANIA
We hope, that the Radio Baltic Waves will start bcing in May,
probably on 612, 40 kW (Vilnius), and //in the 6 MHz band, 50 kW, or 100
kW, on Sw (Sitkunai).
(Rimantas Pleikys, Radio Baltic Waves Coordinator via Pijpers, cia CDX, Feb
19,
also via Rimantas Pleikys and Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Feb 20)
MADAGASCAR
5590 ? I just heard a new Malagasy stn here at 1815 with
regional Malagasy songs. A few sounded like relig and also a Fr song sung
by Malagasy. Talk by man in Malagasy after every song many times the word.
"Malagasy" has been announced Couldn't copy what sounded like an ID at 1845
due to distorted audio and QRN. Stn then went off suddenly. It would be
interesting to know if this stn is running with a license then it would be
third stn after RTM (Radio National and AWR) otherwise it will be just like
R. TV Analamanga and R.Tsioka Vao (6075). Further observation would be
necessary if it still on the air. (Mahendra Vaghjee MAURITIUS, via Cumbre
Dx, Feb 20)
MALTA
Acc to their newest publication, the e-mail address of the Voice of
the Mediterranean in Valletta (Malta) has changed as follows:
vomradio@vom-malta.org.mt
Web-Side: www.vom-malta.org.mt
(Volker Willschrey-D, Feb 16)
MARIANA ISLANDS
R Free Asia has adjusted its sked for Ch programming from
the KHBI Saipan relay. Now noted on 9455 *2000-2100 (x9355), heavily jammed
by CNR Dom Sce co-channel and "[white?] noise". 9355 is still jammed with
CNR Dom Sce programming even though RFA has vacated that channel! (Bob
Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Feb 17)
MEXICO
6185 R Educacion, Mexico, Feb 11, 0714-0716, Sp, musical progr,
Sp and En ID and time check "Usted escucha R Educacion Onda Corta, una
quince tiempo de Mexico, siete quince Horario Universal Coordinado. You are
listen R Educacion Short Wave", 35433.
I have been keeping check on 6010 and, on the 7th, I could hear Sp more or
less on 6010 which suddenly built up in strength, pushing my S-meter up to
7, and gave several excellent clear ID's as R Mil "transmitiendo del Ciudad
de MEX". The same happened again on the 8 + 10th but slightly earlier. R
Educacion 6185 was peaking the meter over S=9 same time and R
Transcontinental 4800.7 was also up to S=7 on the 10th, both around 0820
with clear ID's. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 12)
Since Feb 10, Radio UNAM, XEYU on 9600, has begun testing; I have heard it
more or less 1400-2300 daily. I've found out that they are using 650 watts.
I hear a strong carrier, but voices are very low, retransmitting the signal
of their MW 860 stn. I hope you can pick it up. Reports can be sent to
Adolfo Prieto 133, Colonia del Valle, 03100 Mexico DF, to Ing. Gustavo
Carreno, technical department, but I don't know if they will answer.
(Hector Garcia Bojorge, Mexico DF, Feb 14 via Hauser)
I checked for this Feb 16-17: weak and wobbly carrier around 9600.2 is
presumably this, blocked by Vatican in Vietnamese (!) until 2402* when
could still detect carrier, but never any audio, as late as 0545. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, Feb 17)
Terry Krueger has nailed this one down: 9600.15, R. UNAM, 0628-0701* Feb
19, tnx Bojorge tip in DX-Window, definitely back on. Tune-in to non-stop
classical solo piano concerto till 0645, then man with, "Estamos sintonia
con R. UNAM . en un momento . sistema Mexicana . ." and contd. with
chatter, referencing local events, upcoming prgmng and the public
appearance schedule of "el Presidente de la Republica." Fill mx 0658, then
"El fin de transmision . radio ciudad nacional . XEUN-FM, 96.1
estereofonico . buenas noches," followed by orchestral NA from 0659. Clear
and very good. Didn't copy all of the closing ID, which, while it
referenced the FM (and at least in the past 9600 always relayed the MW 860
prgmng), I believe is independent of the FM. The 860 kHz MW channel is
pretty much toast here due to local WGUL co-channel, but 9600 used to be
parallel and 0700*. This one also used to be a really nice QSLer, with big
packages of schedule books, etc.
(Krueger-FL, via NU, Feb 19)
9600.1
Radio UNAM 0313 Tuned in to hear classical mx. Very weak signal.
Noise dropped and signal came up at the bottom of the hour - enough to hear
male and female announcers in Sp including three IDs; two for Radio UNAM
and one partial of Radio Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. What
luck! (Hankison, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 19)
MOLDOVA
From Feb 20, VoR will add a new MW freq for VoR bcs in Ru.
1548 at 2000-2100 towards SoEUR (BUL,YUG, etc.).
(Pavel Mikhailov-VoR via Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 19) [GrigoriopolPridnestrovye tx]
MW
MW 1548 from Grigoriopol/MDA was today indeed again on air with VoRUS, as
announced by Pavel Mikhailov (via Nick Pashkevich) 2000-2100 with the Ru
sce, but the tx was already operational before 2000, carrying a unid lang
sce. The signal on 1548 was weaker than on 999, likely these outlet uses a
directional array. By the way, I'am unsure, whether or not TWR from 2000 on
999 is (was) daily, but at least today there was no bc, at 2000 (after DW
Ru sce) the tx was switched off. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 20)
[VoR 1900-2000 Greek, 1930-2000 Slovak]
In the past 1548 was even much stronger here in CeEUR than 999.
It was the time as I just get occupied with the radio topic, but indeed I
remember that 1548 (which I at this time believed to originate from
Vinnytsa then...) was quite strong here. I cannot tell, whether or not it
was in those days (1993/94) even stronger than 999, as these channel was
still occupied by the dull Hoyerswerda outlet of Deutschlandradio with it's
low and tinny-sounding modulation, resulting in a fluttering mud of
Hoyerswerda,
Grigoriopol and the Kishinev-based jammer. However, I would suspect, both
transmitters was running full 1000 kW this time. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 21)
Here is the present B98 TWR schedule:
999 MW TWR via Grigoriopol 1830-1900 in Ukr. 2030-2045 We-Fr Ru, Tu Ukr,
2030-2100 Mo Bel. 2045-2100 We+Fr Ru, Tu+Th Ukr. (TWR schedule leaflet,
Oct 7, adapted by ed)
Yesterday Feb 20 first time logged RUS in Ru on 1548 kHz huge signal of
S9+40 coming from 60/240 deg to my QTH (last time i've checked this QRG/QRT
- Feb 17 - nothing but VoA KWT fair plus IRN deep background).
Judging on azi: Maiac (Gri-pol,MDA), and also Voronezh, Samara,
Yekaterinburg, Ufa (RUS) are on the beam-line. No comments yet. (Vladimir
G.Titarev-UKR, Feb 21)
Acc to the informatiom from the technical dept. of VoR 1548 kHz site is
Samara (?!), 250 kw. Today I sent an e-mail to my friend in Samara asking
him to check it out.
From Mar 28, 1999 TWR will use 999 kHz as follows:
1730-1800 daily in Ukr.
1900-1930 daily in Ukr,Ru,Bel.
(Nick Paskevich-RUS, Feb 21)
MONACO
TWR Monte Carlo in Rom heard from Feb 1: 1700-1745 addit 7190
(55555) //5840 via JUL/DTK. (PanIview-BUL, Feb 15)
MYANMAR
5986 R Myanmar 1458 to 1600* with progr of vocal pop mx, female
announcer En, En nx 1515, light orchestral mx with no annts to 1558, then
female announcer En and NA, 1600 carrier off. Steady S2. Audio modulation
disappeared from 1530.5 to 1538 on Feb 14. On Feb 16 very nice S3+ signal
1507 with light orchestral mx. This channel has heavy splash from BBC
Thailand on 6090. (Churchill, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 19)
NEPAL
5005.3 //3229.75, R Nepal, at 1700 Feb 21. As far as I can
remember, Nepal hasn't been off freq on the 5005 tx. I am sure some Nuers
can correct me on that! I think Roland Schulze-PHL observed that R Malaysia
in Sibu on 5005 has been off the air. I confirm that I too observed the stn
off from about late Jan.
(Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, Feb 21)
PAKISTAN
15465.04 R PAK Ur WS at 1500, //11570.13 (and KAZ underneath
11570.21), but no trace of Karachi 15170, due of Riyadh-ARS strong in Fr on
co-ch. Turkish 1700-1730 9769.98, and //poor 12015, latter underneath RFI
Moyabi in Port. Ur EUR sce 1700-1900 on 11570.13 and 15335.05, but latter
no propagating today to get positive ID. Ur progr form Islamabad to ME
workers 1800-1900 on 9475.04 even, suffers QRM by AWR Juelich in Armenian
co-ch. See monitoring list below. (WB, Feb 16)
11975.1 R Pakistan noted the last few nights with IS at 0228, typewriter
mx interval, and then sign on in En at 0230 with ID, freq annt and
dictation speed nx. //to 15485.1 but poor audio on both channels. (Johnson,
in Cumbre Dx, Feb 17)
Here is the monitoring list of Feb 14, 16, 20:
Urdu
0500-0700 11750.05 (API-1 100 kW 282 degr) S=0
retimed
15170.04 (API-5 250 kW 282 degr) S=3
17555.04 (API-6 250 kW 252 degr) WS to Gulf & ME. S=2
Urdu/E
0800-1120 15530.04 (API-5 250 kW 313 degr) 0800-1103 Urdu WS S=3-4
17835.18 (API-6 250 kW 313 degr) 1105-1120 slow speed nx.
S=2-3
Hindi
1100-1145 9510 could not be traced here in EUR,
11995 very, very poor, only fragments and pieces of
PAK mx could be heard, S=1-2,
13580.73K S=1-2, very, very poor, supposed to be PAK,
carrier measured, signal wandered 13580.6 ...
13580.86
within 20 minutes lapsed time.
Chinese 1200-1230 11895 15430.04 to CHN. S=3 (powerhouse BBC on 11895)
Mitali/Bangla 1200-1245 11975.00 15624.98 to BGD/IND. Both S=1 only.
Persian 1300-1345 11935.00 S=0-1 15624.96 to IRN. S=3
Urdu
1330-1530 11570.13 S=3 15465.06 S=3 15170K WS to Gulf & ME.
No trace on 15170 S=0, due BSKSA-ARS in French.
No trace of KAZ 11570 on Feb 20th anymore.
Russian 1500-1530 6060 9330(this now via 313 degr) to CIS and RUS.
Only S=2 on 9330.00.
English 1600-1630 11570.13 15465.06 15170K WS to Gulf & ME.
15325 17720 to Ea&SoEaAF.
No trace of 15170 15325 and 17720.
Turkish 1700-1730 12011.50K S=2
9769.98K S=4 (x13580K) to TUR.
Urdu
1700-1900 11570.11 S=4 15335.05 S=3 WS to WeEUR.
Arabic 1800-1845 7469.99 S=2 9329.98 S=3 to ME & NoAF.
Urdu
1800-1900 9475.00 Islamabad progr to Gulf & ME. S=1
French 1930-2000 11570.12 to WeEUR 9400.00 to No&WeAF.
on both carrier only, no audio progr today.
K = Karachi 50 kW, others Islamabad 100/250 kW.
(WB, Feb 14,16,20)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
4890 Karai Nat R, The Voice of Papua New Guinea. Active
again, last time heard on Jan 19. Checked every day since. Feb 7, 11201130*, relig progr in En, had badly tx problems, breaks in the midst of the
progr. 44333.
On Feb 8th, S=9 +30dB, at 1203 wrong time annt, "its nx time, 10 o'clock,
the National nx..". 45544. Also heard morning sce from 2040 onwards, progr
in En, internat nx, ""Sunshine breakfast show...". 35443.
9675 also active from Feb 6th again, 0945-1030. King Hussein Jordan nx,
weather report +32 degr in Port Moresby, +36 degr in Mt. Hagen...". S=9
+40dB. //4890 off this day.
3205 R Sandaun, Vanimo, 1020-1040, Feb 2, Pidgin, 45533.
3220 R Morobo, Lae, Kundu sce, 1000-1016, Feb 2, nx in En, "yesterday Feb
1, was the beginning of the school year in PNG", 34443.
3325 R North Solomons, Kieta, 1028-1053, Feb 6, Pidgin, "Sunrise studio",
33433.
(usually INS stn RRI Palang Karaya on top, but faded out that day.)
PNG monitoring list Feb '99 approx. 0930-1210 UTC
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
2410 R Enga, Wabag
+
3205 R Sandaun, Vanimo
+
+
+
+
+
regular night sce
3220 R Morobo, Lae
+
+
+
+
3235 R WesternNewBritain
+
+
+
+
+
3245 R Gulf, Kererna
3260 R Madang
+
3275 R SouthHighlands,Mendi+
+
+
3290 R Central, Boroko
3305 R Western, Daru
3315 R Manus, Lorengau
+
3325 R North Solomons,Kieta+
+
3335 R East Sepik, Wewak
+
+
+
+
3345 R Northern, Wewak
+
+
+
+
+
regular night sce
3355 R Simbu, Kundiawa
3365 R Milne Bay, Alotau
+
+
+
+
3375 R Western Highlands
+
+
3385 R East New Britain
3395 R Eastern Highlands
+
+
+
+
3905 R New Ireland,Kavieng +
+
+
+
4890 NBC Port Moresby
9675 NBC Port Moresby
6th
-
7th
+
+
8th (2000 UTC)
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
s-off 1210
+
-
3345 R Northern has reactivated. Heard at 1202 with several Ids in Pidgin
and En, NA and s-off. All PNGs were doing well and these were noted: 3205
3220 3235 3275 3325 3335 3345 3365 3375 3395.
No East New Britain or Madang, and of course no Western or Central.
(Dave Valko PA, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 21)
PERU
5678 R Illucan, Cutervo, Feb 9, 0229-0240, Sp, musical progr, ID
"emitiendo una voz amiga desde Cutervo, los que hacemos Radio Illucan",
33222,
5700 R Frecuencia San Ignacio, San Ignacio, Feb 12, 0106-0112, Sp relig
progr and mx, ID "R Frecuencia San Ignacio presento", 24332. (Nicolas
Eramo-ARG, Feb 14)
RUSSIA
One of those Mayak-DSB-outlets was audible here today on 5264 with
"Podmoskovnyie Vechera" IS at 0700. Quite a strong signal S3 at 0630.
(Andreas Erbe-D, Feb 14)
Radiostn. Tikhy Okean now found on new 17675 at 0815-0900 which presumably
replaces 17570. Very bad splash from powerhouse FNL 17670. [but Pori will
move to 17820 and 21670 in A99]
SAUDI ARABIA
(WB, Feb 14)
BSKSA Riyadh at 0650 and 0745
SEYCHELLES
Freqs changes of
new 15460 (x15540) 1000-1058
1145-1200
1200-1230
11818.51 and 11868.41.
FEBA Radio Internat:
Tagalog Fri only 1100-1130 Ar daily
Tsanga Sat/Sun
1145-1200 Nepali Mon/Tue
Tibetan daily
new 11665 (x11600) 1300-1330 Malayalam
(PanIview-BUL, Feb 15)
1330-1345 Tamil
SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone Bcing back on air. SLBS, following damage to
its offices and library of recordings, is now back on air, bcing local nx
once again. During the rebel occupation of Freetown, two staff members of
SLBS - a man and a woman - were killed. Some staff are still missing. Cyril
Juxon-Smith, the Officer in Charge of SLBS, reports that SLBS is appealing
for tapes and discs to replace something of what has been lost.
(http://www.oneworld.org/cba/
CBA / Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, Feb 16)
SLOVAKIA
AWR via Rimavska Sobota. Seemingly AWR will use the Rimavska
Sobota facilities in Slovakia again more extensive in the upcoming A99
season, especially also to cover EUR. Lothar Klepp of AWR's German section
("Stimme der Hoffnung") announced today, that their programming, which uses
on SW currently just the tiny Forli/Italia 2500 watts outlet, is to be
carried via Rimavska Sobota again, namely 1300-1330 on 7230 and 1700-1730
on 7240. They are interested in RR's, especially about 7240. Note: 7230
will also be on air from Forli for other slots, incl Ge 0900-0930 and 12001230. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 19)
SRI LANKA
15395 VoA Colombo, was off freq for a couple of months,
creating a heterodyne. It was corrected two weeks ago. 1400-1800 is the En
News Now sked here. These VoA Ekala txs will stop VoA relaying once the
Iranawila operation gets under way. The txs will then probably carry SLBC
to IND. They might also be available for relays to IND. In the meantime,
SLBC to SoEaAS and AUS at 1030-1130 uses 11835 and 17850, both 35 kW VoA
txs. Although the stn ancs 15120, it has long been off. En nx at 1045.
(Voctor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, Feb 21)
TAHITI
Today Feb 17 RFO Tahiti heard again on 15170 in progress bcing
France-Inter px, 24432, 0735-0750z. Also two ute stns heard. Mahina Radio
(FJA) daily on 8803 at 0740z bcing sea weather report in in USB. At 0731z
on 8867 Tahiti Control talking to LAN CHILE 38. (Enzio Gehrig-E, Feb 17)
15170, RFO Tahiti, 0435-0503, Feb 5, but regularly here most of time, weak
stn with South Sea mx, lang may be Tahitian, 0459 ID Polynesia by female
ann, from 0500 in Fr lang. Heard on Drake SPR-4 only, modified by R West,
but not on R-8A rx. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 9)
UKRAINE
9610 (registered to be from Kharkov-UKR) is puting out a 2nd
harmonic, noted Feb 14th on 19220 with SINPO 25532 around 1000. (Andreas
Erbe-D, Feb 14)
UNID
Unknown 7513.5 unIDed 2030 with operas similar to Vietns (not
//9840). After 2045 with man in Ru but signal faded out after 2054 so I
could not catch origin. QRG moving upwards to stop to 7515. (Zacharias
Liangas-GRC, Feb 15)
(spurious of 7390? VoVTN via Russia relay there, ed)
A NUMBER STN 4880 UNID new spy stn heard here for the first time on this
QRG, 1915. Very weak S=2, EN: " message No. 43 Alpha Romeo Sierra Lima .".
[c.f. BC-DX #407]
No, this one is not a new stn. 4880 is a well-known freq for the Israeli
number stns, E10 with its ENIGMA designator. The callsign mostly noted on
4880 ist ULX, but E10 often uses different callsigns on the same channel.
[on 11565 too?, ed] (Andreas Erbe-D, Feb 15)
UK
Addit px of BBC in Alb from Jan 25: 1100-1115 Mo-Fr 13745 (55555) and
15115 (55555).
Announcement of BBC World Service's Three Year Plan.
Yesterday afternoon (10 Feb 1999) Mark Byford, chief Executive BBCWS
announced to his staff the World Service's Three Year Plan which has the
endorsement of the BBC Board of Governors and the Foreign Office. A
transcript of the letter sent to BBC World Service staff summarising the
plan is given below.
Today I am able to announce the World Service's Three Year Plan, of which I
attach a summary version. The plan sets out our journey together for the
next three years, into the new millennium and the dawn of the digital age.
It will help to secure our position as the world's leading internat
broadcaster.
I am aware that delays in the launch of this plan have meant that many of
you have lived with uncertainty over the past few months. I am grateful for
the patience and understanding you have shown during this difficult time.
The plan now has the endorsement of the BBC Board of Governors and the
Foreign Office.
I want to stress that this plan is primarily about expansion and
development. From speaking to many of you around the building, I know that
you are all very aware of the huge challenges facing us. We must analyse
closely and carefully the explosion in new media technologies, the way our
audiences are changing in their profile and how they will access the World
Service in future; and we must ask how, in this exciting new world, we can
still be as relevant as possible and best fulfil our goal of being the
world's reference point. I am fully aware of the creative enthusiasm across
the WS for meeting these challenges.
We have ambitious plans for the Internet. We want to continue the drive to
improve all our programming. We will re-align our English offer to provide
increased flexibility for different markets and to position ourselves for
the emerging on-demand world of the future. We must take advantage of new
FM opportunities and exploit new technologies. Significant capital
investment over the next three years will be deployed to turn us from an
analogue to a digital programme making team.
The increased funding we will receive over the next three years, together
with our efficiency savings progr allows us to invest in new activities.
But, in order to undertake everything we believe necessary and to absorb
our rising costs, we have had to look very closely at the most effective
use of the Grant in Aid. This has forced some hard choices.
We have taken the decision to close our German language sce. The decision
has not been taken lightly, nor is it in any way a reflection on the team
who have worked very hard and enthusiastically to produce a highly
professional sce both here in London and Berlin. It is a decision based on
our overall priorities and recognition of a changing world around us. In
future, all our sces to Western EUR, including GER, will be focused on
English. This is in line with our overall strategy to provide an enhanced
English offer in the most developed countries of the world, targeting
opinion formers and decision makers.
On the back of the success of the breakfast programme "The World Today" for
EUR, introduced last year, we plan to establish a new Business
Correspondent in Frankfurt for the WS and a new correspondent in Berlin.
Our online coverage of German affairs will be enhanced. We aim to secure
new FM rebcing deals in Leipzig and Thueringen to complement our FM
presence in Berlin.
May I, on behalf of all the senior team across the World Service, offer my
appreciation to all the German language staff at what is a difficult and
sensitive time.
They have always shown dedication, commitment and professionalism which has
continued throughout the recent period of uncertainty over the future of
the sce.
We will also rationalise some of our SW txion network and reduce costs in
the Hungarian, Thai, Czech and education sces to achieve better value. But,
to confirm, we are closing just one language sce and the money released
will be re-invested in WS developments.
One of the many things that characterise the WS is that people here are
immensely dedicated to the principles and values that govern our bcing:
accuracy, independence, objectivity, fairness. Those principles will remain
the foundation of everything we do in the future.
The WS plan focuses on the next three years but it is positioned for the
start of a ten year journey. It is a dynamic and exciting vision. The WS
cannot stand still if it is to maintain its leading role as the world's
most trusted and respected internat broadcaster.
Our aim for the future is
content provider across a
reference point. It is my
expertise, dedication and
Ariel Feb 12)
for the WS, as a multi-media broadcaster and
wide range of languages, to be the world's
privilege to lead a team packed with talent,
professionalism to meet this goal. (Mark Byford,
USA
Freq changes of VoA
0600-0630 & 1400-1415 Alb addit 1215.
1800-1830 Amharic new 13675 co-ch Dubai (x7150).
1830-1900 Tigrina/Oromo & Sat/Sun En - same change.
2200-2230 Creole CeAM new 21485 (x15120).
0100-0230 Ur Pa Da new 9705 (x9505).
1700-1830 Por AF new 15545 (x15505).
0430-0500 Ser new 7125 over VoR En (x7130).
1200-1300 & 2300-2400 Sp SoAM deleted 12025.
2300-2400 Sp SoAM new 17875 (x15350).
2100-2200 Ukr new 7190 (x7180).
RFA Uighur 0100-0130 7485 (45444) //15405 not heard.
AFRTS
I heard your progr "Computer Update" via "Into Tomorrow Radio Network" in
SWE, and found it very interesting. Now I also enclose a copy of my report
of reception to the AFRTS Radio office in Washington DC. I hope it is of
interest for you. -Hello, The txion that you heard was one that is somewhat rare.
with AFRTS at March Air Force Base in California.
We checked
AFRTS - Armed Forecs Radio and Television Service - also called AFN, Armed
Forces Network. The sce is for the troops to listen to - for nx and
entertainment. It's to keep them in touch with their part of the world,
back home.
This is the official report from AFRTS, in response to your e-mail ...
The U.S. Navy provides SW txions of our programming when operationally
required, i.e., ships are on deployment, out of range of the INMARSAT
satellite. It is not a part of the AFRTS-BC scheme of things. This is just
a U.S. Navy thing ....
Your reception report is very interesting, since I have been a SWL'er for
many years. I wish I had caught that one. I realize the freq that you had
tuned-in to, was different than what we got in the above report from
California.
"Into Tomorrow" with Dave Graveline is a LIVE three hour bc on many stns in
the US. We are a network. Air time is Suns at 1906 (0206 PM Eastern
Time).
Following each bc we edit-out all the commercials, and reduce it to a one
hour progr for AFRTS to air on their five networks, the following weekend.
Each of their five networks offers the progr five times over the weekend starting on Fri.
So the bc that you caught on 12 Feb, 1999 at 2135 UTC was a tape that was
recorded LIVE on 7 Feb 1999. Then, that satellite txion was picked-up in
Key West-FL and re-broadcast as a SW txion from there.
Now that you know we exist, catch us on the internet. We provide LIVE
audio and video during the bc. Again, we are on the air at 0206 PM New
York City Time - which I believe is 1906 UTC - every Sunday !
UP
21
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07
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COMING TOPICS: Live Sunday broadcasts...
Feb - "Technology On The GO"
Feb - "Computer Update - The Mac"
Mar - "Gadgets & Gizmos"
Mar - "Y2K, the Law, and You"
Mar - "Small Office - Home Office"
Mar - "Internet Update"
Apr - "Car Audio & Security"
Send some e-mail questions for each of these shows, and enjoy each
excursion into tomorrow.
Steve Zeigler, Senior Producer
"Into Tomorrow" with Dave Graveline
www.graveline.com
steve@graveline.com
A R N - The Advanced Radio Network. "Into Tomorrow" with Dave Graveline.
Consumer Electronics & Technology
http://www.graveline.com
(via Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Feb 20)
11954.88, WINB Red Lion; PA, *0001-0017 Feb 15, abruptly on w/ M ID and
referenced bcing to MEX, addr, then into oldie En gospel vocals. Excellent.
(Krueger, via DXW, Feb 17)
UZBEKISTAN
17685
into EUR.
(WB, Feb 14)
BBC London in Ur via Tashkent?, at 0805 fine signal
VIETNAM
5034.73v R Dai Teng Noi listed here. Hrd 1310-1330 Feb 20 with
what sounded to me to be the scheduled Hmong progr, but it HAS been 29
years(!). Hosted by male, fair-poor level. Very brief anmt at 1330, and
plug pulled abruptly as per sked. Very tentative. (Bryant-OK in NU, Feb 21)
15471 Hanoi 1, 1450 Feb 20, presumed the one as heard by Timofeyev Feb 10
(". unusually strong Hanoi HS1 signal on 15471 //5925 and 9875 as a jammer
for RFA in VT at 1400-1500," Cumbre). All talk, no fanfare at 1458
plugpull. Pretty good signal.
(Novello-NC in NU, Feb 21)
"SHORTWAVE GUIDE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA"
I am pleased to advise that this new hard-copy reference is planned for
worldwide publication on May 10, 1999, featuring SW bcing from the
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of the millennium. It brings together a a vast amount of information
unavailable in this format anywhere else.
PRICE To countries outside AUS (via economy air): ten US dollars (US$10),
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Treffen fuer Kurzwellenhoerer und DXer in Bremen und Umgebung.
Terminuebersicht fuer 1999 - (Informationsstand: 15.02.99)
Die Treffen finden normalerweise jeden 3. Sonnabend im Monat statt.
Ort: Gaststaette Buergerstuben, Alte Hafenstr. 14, Bremen-Vegesack.
(vom Bahnhof Vegesack aus gesehen hinter dem Parkhaus)
Zeit: normalerweise 16.30 Uhr LT
Termine 1999: 20. Feb, 20. Maerz, 17. Apr, 15. Mai, 19. Jun, 17. Jul, 21.
Aug, 18. Sep, Oktober: Seebergen!!! siehe unten!, 20. Nov, 18. Dez.
Wenn die Wirtsleute Urlaub machen oder unser Raum anderweitig belegt sein
sollte, werden die Treffen in privatem Rahmen durchgefuehrt. Naeheres wird
dann kurzfristig bekannt gegeben. Bitte beachtet auch entsprechende
Ankuendigungen in der Klubzeitschrift Kurier mit Weltweit Horen.
DX-Camp in Lilienthal-Seebergen - Vom 15. bis 17. Okt veranstalten die
Kurzwellenfreunde Bremen wieder ihr bekanntes und beliebtes DX-Camp in dem
alten Bauernhaus des Bruningshof an der Bergstrasse in Seebergen. Das Dorf
liegt voellig im Gruenen an einem Geestruecken nordoestlich von Bremen.
Bitte merkt Euch diesen Termin schon einmal vor. Wegen des Camps findet im
Okt kein DX-Treffen in Vegesack statt.
Info: Frank Helmbold @ HB2 Frank_Helmbold@hb2.maus.de
Tel. 04235-957581 (18-19h) Fax 04235-957582
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 409
06 May 1999
________________________________________________________________________
ALBANIA
disposal.
Tirana Ge
Tirana It
Tirana En
On May 3rd R Tirana Internat sce had only a single tx for its
single 7215.00 1730-1757, not //9570.
1800-1827 single 6109.95, not //7240.
1915 noted on v9515.
Albanian txs observed this morning May 4th:
v6100 off the air, only R Belarus progr heard here.
v7109.96 via Cerrik, R Tirana in Albanian 0600-0100 registered.
v7149.93 via Cerrik, seemingly 2nd progr of Home sce, reg 0800-1400.
v9584.92 via Cerrik, seemingly 1st progr of Home sce, reg 0800-1300.
(latter replacing 6100 in our EUR morning ??, plays a lot of Albanian
pop mx).
v6090.2 R Tirana in Albanian noted at 0200 on Apr 27th.
Albanian at 1700 on odd 6101.86 [when I checked 6100 for R YUG in Ru], lets
R Belarus on even 6100 in the clear. (WB, May 4th)
ANTIGUA
11985 New DW freq noted on Apr 25 in Ge 0600-0800. It sounded
like a relay, but made no announcement before closing. (Noel Green-UK, Apr
26)
[could be ATG relay, nominal 12000 in March, 11755 in A99, ed]
ASCENSION ISL
17650 R Japan NHK World noted on this new Freq, 0800-1000
seems x15220 via ASC relay. (WB, Apr 4)
BELARUS
6070
Belarus is noted here, //6100 6115 6165 7140 7145 and
7210. I can't trace anything on 5965, so maybe 6070 is a replacement for
this ? Voz Christiana-CHL dominates 6070 before 0700. (Noel Green-UK, Apr
30)
[and ext sce replaced 7105 by 11960 too, ed]
BOTSWANA
I checked where the VoA closing mx was coming from at 0700 on
9630 to find out it was Botswana relay ! I cannot recall hearing anything
from southern Africa as late as this before on 9 MHz. (Noel Green-UK, Apr
26)
CHINA
Some new freqs of China Radio Internat.
11650 15.00-16.00 & 17.00-18.00 in Russian
11650 20.00-21.00 in Mandarin to Af
11685 18.00-20.00 in Russian
11700 16.00-17.00 in Ru, co-ch R.Bulgaria in Bul & RFI in Fr
11740 18.00-19.00 in Farsi, co-ch FRA in Mandarin
11750 16.00-17.00 in Arabic to Af, co-ch R.Qatar in Ar
11750 20.00-21.00 in Mandarin to Af, co-ch R.Aigiers in Sp
11750 21.00-22.00 in Arabic to Af
11775 18.00-21.00 in Hu,Bul,Cz,Rom,Pol,Hu to Eu
11910 17.00-18.00 in En to Af, co-ch R.Georgia
11945 16.00-21.00 in Russian, co-ch RFA in Mandarin
13650 17.30-18.30 in Mandarin to Af, co-ch VOA In Az/Tu
13650 19.00-22.00 in En,Mand,Ar to Af, co-ch RCI in Fr/En
15165 17.30-18.30 in Mandarin to Af
15165 18.30-22.30 in Fr to Af, ex 11720 to avoid R.Bulgaria
15270 16.00-16.30 in Turkish to ME
15300 15.00-18.00 in Mand, Ru,Cantonese, co-ch RFI in Fr.
(PanIview-BUL, Apr 18)
CRI has made some changes in its freq schedule on May 2nd.
N 9870 1600-1657 En //9565 (ex 7190?)
N11720 1500-1527, 1530-1557 Pashto? (ex 11515?)
N11750 1500-1527 Persian (ex 9440?)
N11775 2200-2257 Sp //7360, 9640, N13650 (ex 6020 or 7120)
N11825 1730-2227 Mandarin/Fr //7800, 9820, 15165 (ex 7335)
N13650 2200-2257 Sp //7360, 9640, N11775 (ex 6020 or 7120)
N15300 1700-1757 En //7405, 9570, 11910 (ex 9710)
N15415 1500-2127 various* (ex 7235)
* 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800 Ru, 1900, 1930 Cz, 2000, 2030 Pol,
2100-2127 En. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, May 3-4)
CZECH REP
R Prague spur on 9624 at 0700+, and this presumably came from
their nominal 9880, it was so strong and clear I could copy easily ! (Noel
Green-UK, Apr 30)
ECUADOR
HCJB in German from Mar 28:
0430 11960 9885
0600 11875
1930 17795 21470
2100 17795 21470
(Ruediger Klaue, Director German Language Sce, via WE, Apr 25)
GERMANY
6140 Nauen old RBI unit with 100 kW at 350 degr 0600-2000. I've
been listening to DW quite often on 6140 and some interesting programmes.
They seem to fill in the times when English is not broadcast to elsewhere
with progrs recorded earlier -- repeats. I could never understand why they
wanted to put German on this frequ as well as 6075, and having English
there now makes much more sense. There is a break in Ge lang at 1330-1600.
Regular EUR sce in En at 2000-2050 is on single 11970 via Sines-POR, 250 kW
35 degr. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 26)
HUNGARY
R Budapest in German: Mo-Sa 1730-1800 3975 6025, 1930-2000 6025
7170; Suns 1700-1800 3975 6025; "Gruss & Knutsch" [light mx greetings
progr] also on Fris 1330-1430 6025 only. Suns 1200-1300 6025 7220. "Radio
E" Suns 1400-1430 6025.
In A99 season 6025 again on air, carrying daily 0300-2200 home sce relay
//Duna-TV via satellite. (RB via KL, Apr 25)
INDONESIA
RRI is again audible on v11784.9 with En at 0800-0900. I
couldn't hear this at all during the winter here in EUR. Other Asians are
NHK 11850, via SNG 11920 at 0800, FEBC-PHL in BI 12005 also from 0800. RFI
via Irkutsk 12025 0930-1030. DW via Kamchatskiy 12000 from 1000. RNI from
same site 12065 at 0930. NHK 12030 daily 0800-1030, and Tikhy Okean
Vladivostok is found on 12070 0715-0800. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 26)
IRAN
New freqs of VOIRO/for A-99 period (monitoring).
Arabic
0130-0730 NF13775; 0130-0430 NF13660;
0330-0430 NF11800. 0330-0530 NF13740,NF17610
0330-0530 NF9885,NF11730,NF13700 VOIPalest. Revolution
[NG heard 9670 also. 11730 is the strongest in Stuttgart]
0730-1030 NF21470. 1030-1630 NF13615;
1330-2130 NF13645; 1630-1730 NF9575,NF11765v.
1730-2130 NF9870,NF13730v. [v13730.3 is off, hetting co-ch ORF Moosbrunn !]
1830-2130 NF11815,NF11965. 2130-0130 NF7105,NF9785.
Armenian
0300-0330 NF11800//7235; 1630-1730 6005,6185,7235;
0930-1000 NF11660//11705,15260;
Azeri
0330-0530 NF13590//? new morning px
Bengali
0030-0130 NF9515 (under Spanish sce),NF11835,NF13640
1430-1530 NF9535,NF11665,NF11680//11875.
Bosnian/ Albanian/Italian
1730-2000 NF13720//7295,9610,11660.
Bosnian
0530-0630 NF15515,NF17565//15230;
2130-2230 irr NF9022,NF9515,NF11660//7285.
Chinese
1330-1430 NF15370,NF17580//11885;
2330-0030 NF17560,NF 21570.
English
0030-0130 NF9795,NF11970//9022;
1100-1230 NF13710,NF15430,NF21510//15255,17560;
1530-1630 NF11680,NF 15150//13605;
1930-2030 NF9880//9022; 2130-2230 NF11740,NF13745.
German
0730-0830 15084v,21770;
1730-1830 NF11680,NF11815,NF13685//9022. [co-ch RVI Juelich 13685]
French
0630-0730 NF17780,NF21470//21770;
1830-1930 NF11680,NF13685,NF13790,NF15130//9022;
2330-0030 NF9795,NF11970//9022.
Hausa
0530-0630 NF17600,NF21470//21810;
1930-2030 NF15210//11715, 2230-2330 NF9022//? new px.
Italian
0630-0730 NF17560//9022,15084v,17605;
1200-1300 NF17495//15084v,15115.
Kazakh
1500-1530 NF11850,NF15120v.
Malay
1230-1330 NF15120v,NF15590,NF17510,NF21510.
Pashto
0230-0330 NF11670//9525;
1230-1330 NF9505,NF9790,NF11855,NF13710.
Persian(Farsi)
0000-0400 NF11680//15365,15084v;
0930-1100 NF13695,NF15240//15084v,17780 till 1030;
1530-1730 NF15205//15084v; 1930-2130 NF9725//15084v.
Russian
1400-1500 NF15280//9735,11930,11960;
1530-1630 NF11770,NF11850, NF13690,NF15405//9740;
1730-1830 NF9625,NF11855//7115,7300;
1930-2030 NF9915 or 9916//7175,73O5.
Spanish
0030-0130 NF9515 (0ver Bengali sce),NF11730,NF13700,
[9515 and 11730 booming in, tremendous signals, ed]
0130-0230 NF9515,NF11730,NF13700,
0230-0330 NF13605; 0530-0630 NF17780//15260;
2030-2130 7260,9022.
Swahili
0330-0430 NF17590//13605,15320,15610.,
1000-1100 15560,17570; 1730-1830 NF15370//15320.
Turkish
0430-0600 NF15140//15365;
1600-1730 NF 9545,NF11815//9022.
Urdu
0130-0230 NF13640//9525,9590;
1330-1500 NF9790,NF11725,NF13710,NF15120//9525,11775
1630-1730 NF7140,NF7295,NF11740//9525v.
I do have a few more frequs to add to the schedule above, I think.
Their Persian sce appears to have been cut back -- 15365 which is
registered is not in use, and when v15084 is being used for the ext sce,
Persian is often difficult to find.
Heard with new Alban sce 0630-0728 17585 since at least Apr 28.
Their Italian sce 0630-0730 appears to be using two txs on 17560 which are
NOT in sync, causing a bad echo effect. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 30)
IRAQ / CLANDESTINES
Voice of Kurdestanian Iran in Ku is on the air 13001358 and 0227-0325 on NF3950, NF4100 (x4010, x4150). (Rumen Pankov-BUL,
Apr)
KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakh Radio again on the air daytime.
04.00-08.00 on 17825(45554). Also good reception evening:
17.00-21.00 on 6255 but some days with demodulated audio.
[heard on Apr 25/26, but changed again, see below, ed]
Kazakh R has again changed its SW schedule. Here is a new one: 2300-0300
and 1300-1700 on new 12115 (strange, but very good choice) with 1st progr
relay in Kazakh and Ru (instead of 2nd progr in Kazakh). Latest schedule
(0400-0800 17825, 1700-2100 6255) is deleted.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, May
3-4)
Presumed R Kaz'stan dom sce noted 3 and 4 May on 12115 around 0010-0200
fade-out. Good signal here, Ru/Kazakh pop mx and announcements, and LL each
day around 0050 (Kazakh with Ru explanations, I think). Frequent mentions
of Kazakhstan and Almatiy, ID on the hour also mentioning Kazakhstan. (Alan
Davies, Chiang Mai, THA, May 4)
LAOS
Luang Prabang is loud and clear locally on 705 only, and is on most
of the day except local afternoons and late evenings. No sign of anything
on HF, so it looks as though 6973v is definitely inactive. 705 relays
Vientiane at 0000-0030, 0500-0530 and 1200-1230, apparently using 6130 as
the source as it carries the intermittent background howling which has
recently appeared on 6130.
Phonsavan, Xieng Khuang Province appears now to be on AF only (ie the local
street loudspeaker system), no sign of them locally on listed 1215 or
anywhere else during visit 15-18 Apr. (Alan Davies, Luang Prabang, Laos,
Apr 20)
LEBANON
En
Persian
Turk
Ru
Ar
High Adventure World Network stn "VoHope" schedule on 11530:
1300-1500, 1600-1730, Sun En 1730-1800.
1530-1600, 1730-1800.
1800-1830.
Mo-Sa 1830-1900, daily 1900-2100.
2115-0500, 0515-1000, 1015-1300.
Suns only Armenian 1430-1500, Turk 1530-1600, Ukr 1600-1630.
Tu Th Sa Turk 1630-1700. Sa & Su Amharic 1700-1730.
IBRA Radio progrs
Ar
2100-2115, 0500-0515, 1000-1015.
Suns Tatar 1830-1845. Suns Ru 1845-1900.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, Apr)
MOROCCO
21515 VoA 1434 to 1459* in Albanian This entire period was given
over to people leaving messages and contact phone numbers to missing
personnel in the Kosova conflict. Their actual phoned in, recorded messages
were broadcast. One after another after another. There was no VOA
programming at all, other than a woman and man giving out a phone number
(in Germany) where people could leave these messages, to be included in
future broadcasts. It was very moving to listen to, even though I know no
Albanian. My view of the VoA has changed as a result of hearing this.
English ID at 1459 sign-off. Anyone know the tx site? (Grimley Apr 18)
Cumbre via Kai Ludwig: VoA Briech tx.
NEW ZEALAND
RNZI replaced 11740 by much better 11695 fr Mar 31, to avoid
RFA Chinese, heard at 17.51-19.50 45333. (PanIview-BUL; WB, Apr 26)
OMAN
New freqs of Radio Oman in Ar for A-99 period:
0200-0500 NF 15355(34334); 0500-0800 NF 17580(45544). (PanIview-BUL, Apr
18)
PAKISTAN
R PAK Turkish 1700-1730 is co-channel VoA on 9770, //11600.
Tamil 15465 1000-1030, Hi 15465 1100-1200, Ch 15465 1200-1230, Bangla 12001230 15625 17660. Irani 1300-1345 15625 17835. Ru 1515 7260. Ar 1800-1845
is co-ch with TWR from Cerrik-ALB now on 11635 (up from 11630 to avoid
VoR), //15735. Urdu 0500-0700 now with 250 kW on 21460, 17555 now with 100
kW (x11725). Islamabad progr in Ur 1800-1900 11600. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 30)
PALESTINE/SYRIA?
UNIDENTIFIED
At 1800 on MW 675 Ar speaking stn with nx
often mentioned "Palestine" ("Filistina"), it's not ARS, LBY, QAT.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, Apr)
[[ WRTH lists Ramallah city under 'Israel', not yet PALESTINE state now,
WB ]]
PHILIPPINES
Radio Veritas Asia Manila. SW Txion Schedule
28 Mar to 30 Oct 1999
Bengali
Hindi
Hmong
Indonesian
0100-0125 15335 250 300
1400-1425 9680 250 300
0130-0155 15335 250 300
1330-1355 9680 250 300
1000-1025 9555 250 280
2300-2325 11820 250 222
2300-2325 9505 250 222
1200-1225 9505 250 222
Kachin
0030-0055 9535 250 280
1230-1255 9670 250 280
Karen
0000-0025 9535 250 280
1200-1225 9670 250 280
Mandarin
2100-2255 6190 250 355
1000-1155 9520 250 331
Burmese
2330-2355 9535 250 280
1130-1155 9670 250 280
Filipino (EA) 2230-2255 6075 250 355
Filipino (ME) 1500-1525 9610 250 300
(Wed, Fri & 1525-1555 9610 250 300 Sun ext.)
Russian
0230-0325 11805 250 015
1430-1525 9660 250 330
Sinhala
0000-0025 11805 250 280
1330-1355 9660 250 280
Tamil
0030-0055 11805 250 280
1400-1425 9595 250 270
Telugu
0100-0125 15530 250 280
1430-1455 9595 250 280
Urdu
0200-0225 15335 250 300
1530-1555 9670 250 300
Vietnamese 2330-2355 9670 250 280
0130-0225 15530 250 280
1030-1125 11850 250 280
1300-1325 7265 250 280
Zomi-Chin 1530-1555 9525 250 280 (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat) (via AE, Apr 25)
QATAR
has come out from wherever it has been "hiding" and appeared on
17880 at s-on 0705. But co-channel with ARS Holy Quran from about 0900 !
(Noel Green-UK, Apr 30)
ROMANIA
11580 R Moldova Internat in Romanian 1130-1200 via Galbeni tx,
fine audio and strong signal today, could follow all details on bomb
attacks against Novi Sad-YUG.
(WB, Apr 26)
A progr called "Radio Neumarkt Aktuell" in German [minority] language was
heard 1800-2000 on 1197, 1593 kHz.
On Suns only, R Timishoara MW 630 is bcing 1300-1400 in Bulgarianpavlikyan, in Czech lang from 1330. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Apr 11)
RUSSIA
17795 Gene Scott in En via Samara to SoAsia, 1230-1700, 250 kW,
130 degr, zones 41 49 54 55 59. (Klaus Lieberwirth via AE, Mar 23)
31 mb - I am surprised to still be able to hear the Russian on 9600 listed
Magadan or Arman. It's been audible past 1100 some mornings and is
certainly the same stn I've been hearing all winter, with same signal
characteristics. Also traces of NSB Tokyo 9595, and s-off 9760 at 0800.
Also KNSL 9615 from 0800, VoGRC Delano 9770 from 0900, VoMalaysia 9750 0850
IS s-on at 0900 BI, NHK 9750 was dominating MLA in last winter. PNG 9675 soff at 0745. RRI is heard on 9630 //15125 around 0700+. RA Brandon 9660 til
0830. BBC Delano 6175 at 0630. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 26)
RUSSIA/GEORGIA
The non-registered tx on approx. 9489.8 is on the air
0325-0600, Sat 1100-1200, Mon-Sat 1405-1700. Reported progrs:
Abkhaz R in Abkhaz, Ru, Georg, Vernaculars 0325-0445, Sat 1100-1200, MonSat 1405-1445.
R Sochi in Ru 1445-1500 on-Sat, other times R Rossii. Since Mar 28 no R
Kuban sce anymore. At 1520 on exact 9490 is s-on another tx with same
progr of R Rossii -- both txions rumbling ! (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Apr)
Registered is 9490 VoR Krasnodar Armavir 1515-2100 zone 18, 100 kW, 325
degr. (WB)
SAUDI ARABIA
BSKSA Riyadh now in Fr 0800-1000 on new 21705, co-ch VoA
Udorn-THA in Ch. Their Gen Ar sce new 21505 v0830-1200, is very strong
here. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 26)
SERBIA
Some of the local radio stations are not on the air on MW (for
example Bor 981 ). The others relay RTSerbia progr, resp. Belgrade I
(7200.03, 684, 711, 1026, 1269) or Belgrade II (1008, 1440). Belgrade II
often relay progr I.
New progr was observed on Apr 11 on MW 693 (in WRTH as Negotin site, relay
Belgrade I) //96.1 MHz (in WRTH, as local Radio Smederevo). The program
consists nx on back hour in Serbian, and nx in En from xx.20 til xx.25th
minute of each hour, from local Belgrade sources only !
Each two nx items are with long pause in between.
It seems these are records by phone line or absent the relay stations. The
important news is, this station is bcing without any ID or IS (like a
secret service station ?) Reported 1100-1600 UTC.
Seldom local progr can be heard from R Nis 711.
Voivodina (autonomous area, south of Hungarian border, large population of
at least 40% Hungarian speaking nationals) Novi Sad 1269 relay from
Belgrade I 684. 1107 the same progr as usual progr earlier.
Montenegro / Crna Gora: Podgorica (x Titograd) I on 882 & 1503 as usual
progr earlier.
Kosovo: For
s o m e
months ago Pristina I and II (1413 & 1512) are n
o t heard anymore. Usual progrs in Albanian language on this channels
registered.
But Pristina III (549) in pure Serbian is on the air, and relays Belgrade I
(684).
The Serbian SW txs (except RTS Belgrade home sce relay on 7200.03) are
located in Bosnia i Hercegovina (in its province Republika Srpska, -- pro
Serbian part of BIH), at Bijeljina tx site. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Apr 11)
The ext sce of R YUG via txs in Bijeljina Bosnia is still off, further
checks of Ge 1630 [7215 and 9620] and Ru 1800 [6100 and 7165], both
services not heard. (WB, May 3rd, 1830 UTC)
Obviously the microwave link is once again down; however, they now get it,
in which way they can nevertheless broadcast: Both Ge at 2000 on 6100 and
En at 2100 on 6185 (scheduled // 6100 was not on air for whatever reason)
was feeded to Bijeljina through telephone connection, while the IS was
inserted at Bijeljina (it needs no knowledge of Ge to discern the keywords
"das waren die Nachrichten von Radio Jugoslawien"), likely simply as usual.
Possibly they use at Beograd just a phone rx, some noises during the Ge bc
indicated that; however, the En nx was opened with the usual jingle,
indicating a studio production, especially as a telephone hybrid certainly
belongs to the essential equipment of any radio studio. (Kai Ludwig, May
3rd)
Yes, R YUG Belgrade night progr on May 3rd on air again: R YUG Ge 20002017?? on single 6100.00 [not on 7230 !], exact freq of Bijeljina Bosnia tx
site.
French
2030-2048 s-off only 6185.00 [not on 6100]. audio undermodulated.
English 2100-2123 s-off only 6185.00 [not on 6100]. audio overmodulated.
[see also schedule of May 4th below.]
BUT with narrow bandwidth telephone line audio quality, all txions on 6100,
and later on 6185 were
very
d r e a d f u l ,
often difficult to understand any content of the text.
[in German: aber mit saumaessiger Telefonuebertragungs-Qualitaet].
At same time Serbian home sce RTS Belgrade Stubline 7200.03 surprisingly
had much better audio.
Obviously especially the En sce was an emergency radio progr, containing
pure nx reading only, like a progr of the Kurdish fraction in the ME
Kurdistan area.
This morning May 4th:
7200.03 still heard between 0500 and 0600 UTC, but off when checked 07001000 UTC range. But heard later at 1530 UTC again, on both 684 and 7200.03.
R YUG in En to AUS/PAC on single 7230 heard at new time 1930-1947, not on
//6100.
Today is back to better audio and easily to follow compared to dreadful
signal a day before.
Followed by long extended Serbian txion to AUS/PAC from 2000-2047, so
French sce on single 6185 belated today.
French started about 2050 til 2107 on 6185, also much better audio today.
Followed by En nx sce to EUR also on 6185 at 2108-2125.
Signal strength of the single outlet of Bijeljina tx estimated at about 50
kW of power only, that compared to well performing v7200.03 from Belgrade
direct with 100 kW of power at the same time. (WB, May 4th)
R YUG in Ru heard in Apr 1500 on 11870. (WB, Apr 10)
Serbs Listening in on NATO
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wprv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/secure050199.htm
(Hans Johnson, Apr)
Allied Voice 1003 kHz (Serbia)
Already known: Radio stn called "Allied Voice" bcs in Serbian from airplane
on 1003, 3 FM freqs and 1 TV ch 21 for people of Serbia, YUG. The plane
flies 6000 m (18000 ft) high and the MW tx has 10 kW.
I heard the stn for the first time yesterday, Apr 25, between 1000-1320 soff.
My location is Plzen in the Czech Rep, 90 km SW from Prague.
Yesterday I had a poor signal here in our house, in the middle of all that
noise of bigger town (170 000 people).
Today (Apr 26) I took my car, a Lowe HF-150 rx and 50 m of wire and drove
to the edge of the city. The noise was as strong as in our house so I drove
on, some 10 km north to the area of small villages and forests. When I
connected the wire to my rx, I could not believe my ears, the signal was so
good. I have been listening for more than 1 hour untill the s-off at
exactly 1400.
Acc to my observations, Allied Voice (Zayednichki Glas) is on the air daily
for 3-4 hrs (Apr 25: 1000-1320; Apr 26: 1030-1400). The progr consists of
anglo-american pop and rock with short comments (2-4 mins) every ca. 15
mins. The stn ID is (in Serbian) "Allied Voice", "Allied Voice of NATO",
"Radiostation of NATO forces" and similar modifications. Anti-Miloshevich
comments and propaganda are read by men and women with a strong American
accent (!). It seems they are Serbs living in the US already for many
years.
The signal is technically quite OK, propagation from airplane flying so
high above the ground is excellent, the signal has no fading at all (it is
early afternoon of our local time!). Although it has only 10 kW, its level
was practically the same as the one of Hrvatski Radio on 1134 kHz (600 kW).
The signal of Belgrade on 684 kHz (2000 kW, now maybe less) was poor with
long and deep fadings.
My location is ca.
hear the signal up
- (or car-) rx and
hear it (untill it
1000 km from Belgrade. I think that it is possible to
to 1500 km from Serbia. Leave your town with a portable
a role of wire and it is very probable that you will
is too late).
After all the txs are a bit funny. I think that accented speeches and
strong propaganda contents will hardly find massive audience, especially in
Serbia where people are now very sensitive of everything what is coming
from NATO countries that are destroying their country. It reminds me the
time in August 1968 when five countries of the Warsaw Pact occupied our
country (the then CSSR). Immediately after their entry the clandestine stn
called VLTAVA went on the air from Dresden, East Germany. Strong accent of
German speakers and communist propaganda did not find their listeners and
the stn remained only a source of jokes ...
(Karel Honzik, the Czech
Republic, Apr 26)
SPAIN
REE Madrid using 12035 again 0630-0900. New 15585 came on at 0700
and carried their Oceania sce //17770 til 0900, when 15585 obviously
changed to their European beam and replaced 12035. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 30)
TAJIKISTAN
5770 Dushanbe heard in Persian, Dari, Tajik, about 0200.
(RUS-DX via AE, Mar 23)
7515 replaced by summer freq 9905, //5800, approx. 1700-1830 s-off in
Tajik. (WB, Apr)
THAILAND
Incomplete sched of 'HSK9 R Thailand World Sce' monitored here
1-4 May. All txns exc. En 0530-0600 are carried by R Thailand's own txs on
both 9655 and 11905. At this loc, 9655 is usual very strong, 11905 very
weak. It's not uncommon for one of these 2 freqs to be off, however -pattern varies from day to day. Other freqs are via VoA Udon Thani. 9655
and/or 11905 are also occ. noted between Ext Sce txns (0200-0300, 04301100) with open carrier or rarely relaying R Thailand dom sce (e.g. 9655
noted rel. 1st Prgr at 0610 on 29 Apr, //7115).
Announced frequencies are usually incomplete or incorrect. Target areas
shown are as per announcements.
0000-0030 En 'News Hour': 9655, 9690, 11905 0030-0100 En-NAmE 'News Hour':
9655, 11905, 15395 0100-0200 Th-NAmE: 9655, 11905, 15395 0300-0330 En-NAmW
'News Magazine': 9655, 11905, 15395 0330-0430 Th-NAmW: 9655, 11905, 15395
0530-0600 En News & Features rel from BKK FM Sce: 15445 1100-1115 ViAs/Pac: 7260, 9655, 11905 1115-1130 Camb-As/Pac: 7260, 9655, 11905 11301145 Lao-As/Pac: 6030, 9655, 11905 1145-1200 Burm-As/Pac: 6030, 9655, 11905
1200-1215 Malay-As/Pac: 9655, 11805, 11905 1215-1230 Indon-As/Pac: 9655,
11805, 11905 1230-1300 En-As/Pac News & Features: 9605, 9885, 11905 13001315 Jap: 9655, 11850, 11905 1315-1330 Mandarin: 9655, 11850, 11905 13301400 Th: 9655, 11905, 11955 1400-1430 En 'V of Thailand' tourism
promos/features: 9655, 9830, tent. also 11905.
(Alan Davies, Chiang Mai-THA, May 4)
TUNISIA
RTT Tunis radio stn confirms no more directly. But QSL cards of
RTT txions are available via
ONT - Office Nationale de la Telediffusion, Mr. Abdesselem Slim
Cite Ennassim I, Borjel-1080, Tunis, Tunisia
or B.P. 399 Cedex, Tunis, Tunisia
(S&F Feb)
Absent of RTT SW Sfax txions in recent weeks puzzeled us up, Noel Green and
yours truly wondered if this is perhaps due to installation of their three
new txs to erect in coming months. RTT seems to operate only on weekends on
12005 and 17735. No 41 mb outlets, 11730 and 15450 sce could be heard.
(WB)
TURKEY
VoTUR add new prgrs in Macedonian & Bosnian, due to the war in YUG
and Kosovo crisis: 0800-0827 & 0830-0857 on 11690 (55555). In Bulg new
time 0630-0730 on NF7275(55555), ex1130 on 9555. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 18)
TURKMENISTAN A progr in Ru was heard (rare event) on Apr 10, 1930-2000 on
5015 kHz. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Apr 10)
USA
WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL MASTER SCHEDULE
of Glenn Hauser's Bcs, as of Apr 22, 1999
Local means time at the station.
For updates see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio
>>>>
See NEW
WoR Sat 1130-1200 12160 relay.
UT
CDT
LOCAL
PROGRAM STATION
FREQUENCY
WED
2100
WED
4:00p
WED
5:00p
WOR
WBCQ
7415
THU
1530
THU
10:30a
THU
9:30a
MR
RFPI
15049 21460-USB 101.3
FRI
1100
1400
1745
1900
1930
2115
FRI
6:00a
9:00a
12:45p
2:00p
2:30p
4:15p
FRI
12:00n
8:00a
7:45p
1:00p
1:30p
4:15p
WOR
MR
MR/REL
COM
WOR
MR
WRN-Internet
RFPI
RN
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
On-demand may start
15049 21460-USB 101.3
Astra-RNW2
15049 21460-USB 101.3
15049 21460-USB 101.3
15685
2255
5:55p
SAT
12:55a
MR/REL
RN
15315 11715 9895 Astra-RNW2
SAT
0055
7:55p
2:55a
MR/REL
RN
15315 9895 Astra-RNW2
0255
9:55p
4:55a
MR/REL
RN
9590 6165 Astra-RNW1
0300
0330
10:00p
10:30p
FRI
9:00p
9:30p
COM
WOR
RFPI
RFPI
6975 15049 101.3
6975 15049 101.3
0330
10:30p
SAT
4:30a
WOR
WRN
Astra 1B
1100
1130
1130
1600
SAT
2:55a
2:55a
WOR
WNQM-TN
3:00a
9:00a
WOR
WRN
4:55a
4:55a
WOR
WNQM-TN
[above reported at 1030/5:30 am instead
6:00a
5:00a
COM
RFPI
6:30a
5:30a
WOR
RFPI
6:30a
6:30a
WOR
WWCR
11:00a
5:00p
WOR
WRN
1730
1800
1830
12:30p
1:00p
1:30p
11:30a
12:00n
2:30p
COM
WOR
WOR
RFPI
RFPI
WPKN-CT
1300
Astra 1B
1300
July 11]
6975 101.3
6975 101.3
12160 [NEW]
Galaxy V, Astra 1B,
C-SPAN, KRVM-1280 OR,
WLIO-35 SAP OH
WGHR-100.7 GA
15049 21460-USB 101.3
15049 21460-USB 101.3
89.5 [week delay]
SUN
0130
0200
0229
8:30p
9:00p
9:29p
7:30p
8:00p
9:29p
COM
WOR
WOR
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
6975 15049 21460-USB 101.3
6975 15049 21460-USB 101.3
5070
0530
SUN
12:30a
SUN
6:30a
WOR
WRN
0630
0740
0930
0930
1000
1030
1835
2300
1:30a
2:40a
4:30a
4:30a
5:00a
5:30a
1:35p
6:00p
1:30a
2:40a
4:30a
3:30a
4:00a
11:30a
8:35p
5:00p
WOR
MR
WOR
COM
WOR
WOR
MR/REL
WOR
WWCR
WNQM-TN
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
WRN
RN
RFPI
Galaxy V, C-SPAN,
KRVM-1280 OR,
WLIO-35 SAP OH,
WGHR-100.7 GA
5070
1300
5070 [to be deleted]
6975 101.3
6975 101.3
Af/As/Pac satellites
Astra-RNW2
15049 21460-USB 101.3
2355
6:55p
MON
12:55a
MR/REL
RN
15315 11715 9895 Astra-RNW2
MON
0330
10:30p
SUN
10:30p
WOR
WSUI-IA
910 [week delay]
0755
0800
0955
0355
10:55p
MON
5:55a
MR/REL
RN
9590 6165 Astra-RNW1
0500
0700
0740
1400
1500
MON
12:00m
1:00a
2:40a
9:00a
10:00a
12:00m
1:00a
2:40a
8:00a
9:00a
WOR
WOR
MR
MR
WOR
WWCR
RFPI
WNQM-TN
RFPI
RFPI
3210
6975 15049 101.3
1300
15049 21460-USB 101.3
21460-USB 101.3 [irr.]
TUE
1230
1900
2000
TUE
7:30a
2:00p
3:00p
TUE
7:30a
1:00p
2:00p
WOR
WOR
COM
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
15685
15049 21460-USB 101.3
15049 21460-USB 101.3
2030
3:30p
3:30p
WOR
WWCR
15685
WED
0300
0400
10:00p
11:00p
9:00p
10:00p
WOR
COM
RFPI
RFPI
6975 15049 101.3
6975 15049 101.3
[irr. repeat default]
1200
WED
7:00a
WED
6:00a
COM
RFPI
21460-USB 101.3 [ditto]
NOTE: WOR is weekly; COM and MR approximately monthly but
aired weekly. MR serialized almost every week on RN Radio-Enlace.
MR times on RFPI extremely variable; WNQM times unconfirmed
lately. WRN times also relayed by many other FM stations and
cable systems.
UZBEKISTAN
R Tashkent address via Uzbek Airline bureau in FrankfurtGermany changed to another location just around the corner to Kaiserstr. 7,
seems the same zip code as before.
Email address for Radio Tashkent uzradio@online.ru
(WWDXC DXM Swopan Chakroborty, Calcutta, India, Apr 30)
Tashkent often very good on 17775 and found on //[also 7285] 9715 15290.
1200-1500 to SoAS. From Sept 27: 5975 7285 9715 15290. 0100-0330 7190 9375
9530 9715.
(Noel Green-UK, Apr 30)
VIETNAM
I heard VoVTN every 10 kHz in the 22 mb between 13660 and 13810
with a faulty tx causing this problem. In January similar VTN faulty tx
heard elsewhere in the Pacific but in the 19 mb, center frequency was 15110
kHz then. Later only VTN heard on 13740, En at 1600 1800 1900, and 2030.
The //frequency of 9729.2 varied down to 9727.5, but fortunately that odd
signal could easily separated from even 9730 signal.
9728.71 on May 4th.
VTN still using v12019.6 as heard around 1000. (WB, Edwin Southwell, Noel
Green, Apr)
VoVTN in En to NoAm via Armavir tx: 0300-0357 on NF 9830(55555), 500 kW /
290 degr.
After many months on 6386v, Yen Bai moved to new 6347v on 17 or 18 Apr,
first noted around 1015 on 18 Apr. Usual poor audio, the carrier is often
observed varying up and down several 10s of Hz every second or so, and +/approx 1 kHz between txions. There's obviously a further carrier problem
here as tuning the BFO around the channel produces more of a 'buzz' than
the usual clean 'whistle' you normally get from AM stns. Usual hours are
2330-2400, 0400-0600, 1000-1030v and 1200-1330v, also irreg 0935v-1000
relaying Hanoi 1.
What seems to be another VTN regional has appeared recently on 6451v, first
noted around 1215 on 16 Apr. Fair reception here at 0255-0500 and 1200approx 1330 with some utility QRM, tentatively also around 2245 when early
morning propagation is very poor. A tentative guess at deciphering the ID
is Thai Nguyen, Bac Thai Province. I have been assuming that longstanding
signal on 7156v is also Bac Thai, but as far as I can tell the 2 freqs are
never in //, though unfortunately the audio level on 7156 is so low, except
during relays of Hanoi, that it's often hard to distinguish anything that's
being transmitted let alone hear a positive ID. If it really is Thai Nguyen
on 6451 this is a little surprising, as I'm not aware of any listings of
this station between 6 and 7 MHz, but it's definitely not just a freq
change by one of the 'usual' VTN regionals as these are still heard at the
usual times and places. Another slight oddity is that the music on 6451
includes lots of vaguely Chinese-sounding and Western-type pop mx, unlike
the other regionals which carry only very distinctive local folk music.
However, a look at the map suggests that Bac Thai is quite close to Hanoi
and hence presumably a less 'remote' province than the other regionals
which might explain the less conservative musical taste. If it turns out
this isn't in fact coming from VTN, then SW China would be another
possibility.
(Alan Davies, Luang Prabang, Laos, Apr 20)
Finally got a clear ID for the sta on 7154-7156v at beginning of local prgr
at 0300 on 24 April (after nearly a year of trying), it's definitely Ha
Giang, not listed Thai Nguyen. Meanwhile I'm now convinced that Thai Nguyen
(Bac Thai Province) is the sta I've recently noted on 6451v at 0255-0500
and 1155-1400, also tentatively around 2245.
An additional transmission recently noted from Son La 4976v, which is
clearly audible at this favourable location during daytime at 0300-0500.
[Note to Bob: 9875 is definitely the replacement for 10060 (since around
Oct '98). 12035 only carries VoV2 at 0150v-1000 -- in previous seasons it
also carried Ext Sce later in the day, but I haven't checked this
recently.]
(Alan Davies, Luang Prabang, Laos, Apr 24)
Time for another end-of month summary of domestic stas on HF, current as of
27 Apr although some early morning txns before around 2315 not checkable in
past couple of weeks due to poor propagation:
4795-4796v
4960
5035
5595-5598v
5925
6165
6347v
6397v
6451v
6494-6496v
6695-6696v
7154-7156v
9875
12035
Son La
Hanoi 2
Hanoi Hmong
Lao Cai
Hanoi 1
Hanoi Hmong
Yen Bai
2200-2300, 0300-0500, 1200-1400
2200-1600
2200-2300, 0500-0600, 1200-1330
2230-2300, 0400-0600, 1000-1030, 1200-1330
2200-1600 (Fri -1700)
as 5035
2325-2400, 0400-0600, 1000-1030, 1200-1330,
irreg relay Hanoi 1 0935v-1000 (x-6386v).
Audio often very poor, carrier wobbles around
every second or so.
Lai Chau
2200-2300, 0400-0530, 0955v-1155v
Thai Nguyen c.2245, 0255-0500, 1155-1400 (T.N. is in Bac
Thai Province, signal is rather weak). First
5 mins of txn before the hour consist of same
piece of gentle orchestral music accompanied
by lah-lahing choir, followed by shorter
military-sounding piece played by band, then
ID mentioning Bac Thai and Thai Nguyen by
male then female anncr.
Cao Bang
0300-0500, 1200-1400 (I would expect there
also to be an early morning txn around 2300
but have never traced one). Carrier wobbles
up and down noticeably every 2-3 secs.
Lao Cai
as 5595-5598v, both freqs always noted in //
Ha Giang
2200(?)-0130, 0258-0500/0530/0600v, 0858-1425
relays Hanoi 1 exc. local prgrs 0300-0500,
1300-1425, possibly also around 2230. Low
to non-existent audio, especially during
local segments, only intelligible local ID
audible here is at 0300 following 2 mins of
Hanoi 1 relay at 0258-0300).
Hanoi 1
2200-1600 (Fri -1700)
Hanoi 2
0150v-1000
Partial sched of V of Vietnam Ext Sce noted here 25-27 April. Some txns
appear to have been deleted recently, esp to China (this is reflected in
announced schedule in Mandarin, so it's not just a case of untraced freq
changes). All txns now only heard on 1 or 2 HF freqs.
Although some txs may be used for jamming, these reductions also seem to
affect times of day when there's no obvious jamming aimed against foreign
stns broadcasting to VTN. Most freqs are slightly off channel, especially
9730 (recently noted around 9729v clashing badly with BBC WS Indonesian &
Burmese via SNG at 1300-1400).
I suspect that 13740 during the local evening at 1100-1130 and 1300-1400 is
via VTN rather than Russia judging by propagation and apparent absence of
satellite delay, but this needs to be checked. All txns last around 25 mins
except where indicated:
Cambodian:
Cantonese:
0000, 1200 and 1330 on 7285
1200 on 1242
1430 on 7285
1530 on 9840, 12020
English:
1000 on 9840, 12020
1100 on 7285
1230 on 9840, 12020
1330 on 9730, 13740
1400 and 1500 on 1242
French:
1300 on 9730, 13740
Indonesian: 0930 and 1030 on 0940, 12020
1430 on 1242, 9840, 12020
Japanese:
1200 and 1400 on 9840, 12020
Lao:
1230 on 7285
Mandarin:
0830 and 0900 on 9840, 12020
1330 on 1242
1500 on 7285
2200 on 7285 (announced but not checked)
Russian:
1130 on 9840, 12020
1300 on 7285
Spanish:
1100 on 9730, 13740
Thai:
1130 on 7285
1500 on 9840, 12020
Vietnamese: 1530-1630 on 1242
(Alan Davies, Chiang Mai, THA, Apr 25)
In 1998, I wrote and published an English language book "Jamming". This is
a comprehensive 164-page study, containing historical and technical review
of radio broadcasting jamming, covering facts and events from Cuba to North
Korea. The most detailed is description of the jamming system of the
former Soviet Union, including documents, photographs, jamming technology,
monitoring data and counter measures. Jamming was (and still is in some
countries) not only a form of the political censorship, but also a system
aimed to jam a military High Frequency communication circuits in the case
of war. Many of the former ionospheric and ground wave jammers in Russia
were preserved in order to use these facilities in the case of a military
necessity. Sincerely yours, Rimantas Pleikys, the Author
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Anhui Province Knowledge Contest
East China's Anhui Province is rich in natural and human resources.
Huangshan Mountain is the pride of the Anhui people. It's also one of
China's
best-known scenic wonders. In 1990, Huangshan Mountain was added into
UNESCO's "world cultural and natural heritage list".
Another revered mountain in Anhui is Jiuhua Mountain, one of four
mountains sacred to Buddhists in China. Tens of thousands of pilgrims and
other
visitors flock to the mountain every year to pay their respects to the four
mummified monks.
Anhui's industry has also quickly developed. The Meiling Group which
produces rerfrigerators is one of the country's 500 biggest enterprises. In
the past
decade, it exported nearly a quarter of its output to such foreign
countries as
Germany, France and the United States. Total export value reached 20
million
U.S. dollars.
China Radio International is now sponsoring a knowledge contest on the
province. Listeners who give correct answers to our questions can get a
gift from
CRI. We wish you a good luck.
1. What are the names of the two most famous mountains in Anhui?
i.
Huangshan and Jiuhua Mountains
ii. Huashan and Taihang Mountains
2. When was Huangshan added into UNESCO's world natural and cultural
heritage list?
i.
in 1996
ii. in 1990
iii. in 1993
3. How many mummies are kept in Jiuhua Mountain now?
i.
five
ii. four
iii. seven
4. Does the Meiling Group sell its products overseas?
i.
yes
ii. no
(The dealine of the contest is May 30, 1999)
to gh/WOR is given.
vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - e-mail 1005233446@compuserve.com
BC-DX 410
11 May 1999
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ALBANIA
Poor reception this morning, Sat 8th, surpressed high noon
propagation, low signal level in 41 mb, both R Tirana and TWR Shijak.
0600-1000 approx., v7109.96 R Tirana Cerrik, reading over and over refugee
addresses and phone/cellular numbers. 24332 in Stuttgart-GER.
0800-1400 approx., v7149.93 R Tirana Cerrik seemingly 2nd home progr
service. 34333 TWR Shijak v7385 in Slovak 1030-1100 Sats.
0800-1300 approx., v9584.92 R Tirana Cerrik, on May 3rd, v9585.03 on May
8th, v9583.93 on May 10th, seemingly 1st home progr service?, also reading
of refugee addresses and phone numbers were given. 33333
TWR Cerrik v9490 in Slovak 1030-1100 Sats, much stronger at same time.
(WB, May 2-10)
R Tirana's dom sce on Wed night was back more-or-less on channel on 6100
(had been on v6102 on Tue). Just after 1900 it had an interview in En with
a British aid worker about the refugee situation, with a passage-by-passage
translation into Albanian.
(Chris Greenway-UK, May 9)
ANTARCTIC
15475.8 LRA36 R Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel. The txion
expected for May 1/2 UTC was not on the air by technical problems at the
last minute. Because the strong Antarctic winds, one wire of the antenna
was cut. The txion will be make on the next weekend at the following time:
Sat 8 May *2330-0100* (-0100* Sun 9 May).
(Gabriel Ivan Barrera-Arg, May 2)
AUSTRALIA
Nigel Holmes explained some of RA's major freq changes for A-99
eff Mar 28:
SEAs/WEu 0900-1400 21820 is new, following the test on another 21 MHz freq
a few weeks ago. But is QRP to 70 kW, due to continuing problems at
Shepparton, for an indefinite period; not expected to make much difference
at a loss of less than 2 dB
CPac/NAm 1100-1400
be good in Nam.
9580 starts 2 hrs later than before, but should still
PNG/SWPac 0800-1200 13605 is resumed; 1200-1700 11650; 2100-0800 on 17580
(x17715) due to QRM.
Japan/PNG Grandstand, weekends 0200-0800 on 21725 (x15240), and does indeed
include AFL from ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/ra for new freq and program schedules.
(RA Feedback Mar 26 via GH)
RA's Feedback was missing without apology or explanation, when checked at
usual 0005 Sat Apr 10 on 21740; instead, AS-PAC, Sat edition. Via
J.Norfolk, new posted schedule shows Feedback shifted to 0030 by when I had
quit listening. Extracting all the Feedback times: Fri 2110, Sat 0030,
0610, Sun 0330. Also check out Media Report, UTC Thur 2330 etc.
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 985, Apr 14)
AUSTRIA
In response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Kosovo and in ALB,
the ORF (Austrian Bcing Corpor) is about to launch a new radio progr in cooperation with Radio Austria International. The new "ORF Neighbour in Need
radio programme" will begin bcing Mon, 26 Apr 1999, on MW 1476 and SW 5945.
For five hrs a day, from 2000-0100 CET , the "ORF Neighbour in Need radio
programme" will offer comprehensive information and sce bcs for EUR,
especially for Austria and for all the crisis regions in the Balkans
(Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo). The latest world nx
and other sce information will be bc in four langs (S-Cr, Alb, En and Ge).
In conjunction with the Red Cross, the sce will also include missing
persons announcements in S-Cr, Alb and En for those people driven out of
Kosovo. Appropriate mx will round out the progr. (ORF Website Apr 22)
MW Vienna Bisamberg 1476 power of usually 60 kW seemingly increased. In the
past ORF used this channel daytime with 600 kW, at night with 240 kW.
Powerful signal noted here in Stuttgart now, comparatively to Bolshakovo
1386, Sweden 1179 or Norway 1314 kHz, ed.
Since Mon, May 3rd, 1476 tx power output is 600 kW again. (Peter
Ungerboeck-AUT, May 10)
BELGIUM/GERMANY
important news from BEL: RTBF's Kosovo progr 2100-2200
7345, MW 621 kHz and FM in Belgium. French speaking Belgian RTBF will
broadcast a special progr named "Radio Balkans". It will be bc daily at
2100-2200 UTC in "La PremiŠre" (first national radio progr) on MW 621 and
FM and on SW 7345 to SoEaEUR (via DTK Juelich in Germany). The first 15
mins will be the nx in Fr; the rest of the progr will be in Fr and Albanian
and should form a link between Kosovo refugees in BEL and their families
and friends who stayed behind in the Balkan. (Paul Brems, RVI Golfgids,
May 1)
CAMBODIA
The following situation noted during visit late Nov 98 - late
Feb 99:
Nat R of Cambodia dom sce 2230-0800 and 1030-1500 on 740 and 918 (in //,
possibly with different directional patterns), carries nx in En at approx
0640-0655. Correct address is: General Dept of the National Radio of
Cambodia, Street No 106 (Preah Mokahsal Triamei Kossamak), Phnom Penh,
Kingdom of Cambodia, Tel (023) 226964.
Nat VoCambodia (Ext'l Sce) 0000-0115 and 1200-1315 on very distorted 1360
and 11940v, 15 min segments in En, Fr, Thai, Lao and Vn. One or both txs
often observed to go off air before end of txion, 11940 is the only HF bc
freq in the country still observed.
Battambang 1200-1410 on 999 (x1453) with local programming, addr is:
AM Radio Office, Street No 1, Battambang, Cambodia.
(the Battambang postal sce leaves a lot to be desired though).
Tx is a couple of km north of town, with 2 stayed masts on the Ea side of
the highway to Sispohon, good audio/modulation.
[Memories come back. I have been there in Dec 1972. It wasn't harmless to
reach the place then. It was war time in whole SoEaAS, not only in VTN, ed]
Sihanoukville x1255 kHz is inactive, although the presumed tx site still
exists with 2 stayed masts on a promontory high over the Gulf of Thailand,
about 2 km We of the town.
Phnom Penh 1300 kHz also inactive, P.P. Municipality Radio is now on FM 103
MHz only, 24h in Khmer, and is apparently also responsible for 97.5 MHz
'Love Radio' 24h mostly in English with occasional live relays of R
Australia news.
I was unable to trace Stung Treng 585 kHz, but not checked locally.
Altogether there are some 15 FM stas active in Phnom Penh, including the
BBC and RFI relays, and 1 each in Sihanoukville, Kompong Cham, Siem Reap
and Battambang (reportedly also in Pailin and possibly elsewhere). (Alan
Davies-LAO, Mar 15)
CANADA
RCI has added 15470 on their 2000-2130 broadcast; usually the best
reception here in mid-USA compared with the other freqs aired at that time.
At other times, 15325 is still better. They don't seem to have deleted any
of the other freqs listed in the printed sked. So they must have added a
transmitter? [//13650].
(Will Martin, MO, Apr 28, RIB via GH, May 6)
[RCI Woofferton 15150 has been suffering by co-ch RRI Jakarta, 1900-2159,
ed]
CROATIA
I believe that I heard Croatian Radio on 21475.2 at 1500. It was
very weak though. Can you confirm indeed they registered this channel, and
give any thoughts on what the tx site might be? (Hans Johnson-USA)
It's not from Juelich but their own facilities at Deanovec, which are
herewith used on a freq above 13 MHz for the first time, if I correct.
21475 is listet to be on air 1300-1800 through one of the two 10 kW txs.
(Kai Ludwig-D)
FRANCE
RFI's printed
6175 to WeEUR/Atlantic
degr; 17575 to USA/MEX
13640GUF & 15515GUF to
schedule shows "Meteo Marine" sce at 1130-1200 on
500 kW 270 degr; 15300 to WeAF 2x500 kW 155 & 204
500 kW 295 degr; 21645 to CeAM 500 kW 270 degr;
CeAM 500 280.
Portuguese to Brazil: 0930-1000 11670GUF, 2030-2100 15200GUF 17620GUF
2200-2230 17620GUF
CHN relays: Fr 0100-0200 17710, 1100-1200 11600, 1300-1400 MW [Dongfang
Hainandao Isl.?] 684, 1600-1700 MW Kunming-Yunnan 1296, and 6090. En 12001300 11600, 1400-1500 11910.
RFI Paris in English, A99 schedule:
1200-1300 9805Ce&EaEUR 15155Ce&EaEUR 15195NoEaEUR 15540We&CeAF via GAB
11600X-SoEaAS -- GUF relays deleted in A99.
1400-1500 17560ME/EaAF 11910X India,
X=Xian-CHN relay.
17680SoEaAS/India.
1600-1700 11615NoAF/ME 11995We&CeAF via GAB, 12015Ce&EaAF via GAB, 17850.
1600-1730! 15210Ce&EaAF 17605EaAF.
(RFI printed schedule, May 1)
GERMANY
15275 DW Wertachtal heard here on new freq (x15185) for Hausa
0700-0730 //on 13790 17860. [probably to avoid strong spurious signal of
VoIRIB v15183 (also on v14985, on both sides of fundamental v15084), ed]
(Noel Green-UK, May 4)
Acc to M. Fuhr, currently the AFN outlet at Bitburg on 1143 carrys mostly
special programming, not in //to the other AFN outlets on 873 and 1107. AFN
Bitburg covers the Spangdahlem air-base, which is now in use for the airraids on Serbia.
(Kai Ludwig-D, Apr 4)
VoTibet noted in Tibetan dialects 1225-1255 7455[TJK?] //and new 11580
[tentat Deutsche Telekom tx site Juelich-GER]. Addr: Wellhavensgat 1, N0166 Oslo, Norway.
e-mail : mail@vot.org Website: www.vot.org
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN, via NU / DXW, Apr)
1225-1255 11575 (x11580) (H. Johnson-USA, Apr)
5975 Europaradio via DTK Juelich, May 2, 1400-1600, Ge, En, Fr popmx,
local LUX commercials. Trying to sell CD's and a "Europaradio" membership
card. Strong signal, but not very stable. (Pijpers, via DXW, May 6) [Very
strong in Stuttgart SoGER]
R Rainbow, Voice of Peace and Brotherhood (Amharic: Kestedamena rediyo ye
selamena yewendimamach dimtse), transmitted via DTK Juelich, Germany:
Amharic 0100-0200 9855 Sat, 0900-1000 5995 Sun, 1600-1700 15105 Thur.
(DTK)
"Good News World" bcs in En via Juelich:
0700 13740 265 degr Sun
1000 5995 nd Sat
1300 15330 090 Sat
1700 11795 115 Sat
1600 15105 160 Sat
2300 9405 260 Sun
0100 9855 295 Sun
Addr: Good News World, P.O.Box 895, Fort Worth, TX 76101, USA
e-mail hope@goodnewsworld.org
(DTK)
GERMANY & ITALY
Merger talks are underway between Telecom Italia and
Deutsche Telekom. If the merger is completed, the merged companies would
have $64 billion in annual revenues and 350.000 employees. The Italian
group is fighting off a hostile bid from Olivetti, so this is a big deal in
the European telecommunications business.
(Financial Times via D'Angelo-PA in NU, Apr 25)
INDONESIA
9525, VoINS, 0814 Apr 24, En, //11785. Usually on 11785 at
0800-0900, then swaps to 9525. 11750 RRI Jakarta, inactive. 11785 RRI
Jakarta, has shifted to 11760 & 11860. Only used by VoINS now. (Foster-OZ
in NU, Apr 25)
Now the clock of RRI Jakarta is about 1 minute earlier, so nx on the hour
starts at 59 mins. The title of the military nx progr at 0730 was changed
from "Berita ABRI" to "Berita PNI". (Juichi Yamada-JPN, May 9)
IRAN
The new Alban sce of VoIRIB 0630-0727 heard on 15230 15260, //17585.
Bubble jammers still on this freq daily, -- must be for nearly ten years
now !
(Noel Green-UK, May 3-4)
JORDAN
R Jordan was noted on two new freqs 15290 1100-1300 (x15355),
13630 1300-1630 (x13620?). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Apr 27, also via CDx)
LAOS
Full sched for Lao Nat'l Radio on 576/6130 is 2200-0730, 09251455/1500v.
After many months on 4682/4683v, the regional stn at Sam Neua (Houa Phan
Provc) has moved to a new freq a fraction under 4653, first noted at 1035
on 27 March. Schedule is 2300-0130 and 1000-1230, incl. relay of Vientiane
Nat Sce nx at 0000-0030 and 1200-1230.
Still no trace recently of Luang Prabang on 6973, or anywhere near.
The radio scene in Vientiane looks like this:
Lao Nat Radio Nat Sce *2235-0730, 0930-1455/1500v on 576, 6130.
City Sce 2300-1100 on 702 (WRTH lists 1190), relays Nat Sce nx at 00000030.
FM Sce 2300-1505 on 103.7 MHz (WRTH lists 97.5).
Internat Sce on 1030 2330-0030 in Vi, Kh; 0500-0630 in Th, Fr, En; 11301400 in Th, Vi, Kh, Fr, En. That's it, apart from numerous Thai MW/FM stns
easily audible across the Mekong. (Alan Davies-LAO, Apr 10)
LITHUANIA
New HF transmitter. On Apr 1st, 1999, Lithuanian radio and tv
txing center started to use a brand new 100 kW "Continental Electronics"
418F type SW tx, installed at Sitkunai site (18 km No-We of Kaunas,
CeLithuania). A new vertical curtain HR 2/2/.5 type 12/9/7 MHz nonreversible antenna, with reflector, beamed at 260 degr, was erected in
order to improve the WeEuropean coverage.
Daily schedule on 9710 is as follows:
0900-0930 R Vilnius/Foreign Sce, in Lith, repeat of yesterday's progr.
0930-1000 in En, repeat of yesterday's program)
1000-1100 2nd dom progr, press review.
1100-1200 1st dom progr, nx and talk.
Suns only: 1200-1300 Universelles Leben (Religious, in German and EnglishUniversal Life)
Other planned new Sitkunai freqs in kHz, at various times:
9555 9790 11615 11625 12020.
Both - a new (100 kW, 260 deg) and an old 50 kW (9710 kHz, 260/80 deg) HF
txs could be leased to foreign broadcasters.
F.pl.: construction of HR 4/4/.5 type 310 degr antenna for the R Vilnius
NoAMcan Lith and En lang sces. Work to be finished until Nov 1999.
(Rimantas Pleikys-LTU, Apr 27 via GH's WoR)
Note no mention of 0030 bc on 9855, which is no doubt still via DTK
Juelich, Germany, despite some speculation otherwise. (Glenn Hauser-USA,
Apr 29)
MALAYSIA
The following dom freqs via Kajang noted 12-15 March: (RM=R MLA)
4845 RM Channel 6 Tamil 24h; rather low audio level.
5965 RM Channel 1 Malay 24h; audio rather poor, but somewhat improved
after several months of being nearly unintelligible, generally slightly off
freq (below channel), hx often noted on 11930.
6025 RM Channel 8/7 0400-1300 in Malay, Suara Islam 1400-1600 in Malay,
good audio, strong hx often noted on 12050.
6175
Suara Islam 1400-1600, good audio
7295 RM Ch 4 En 24h; good, but faint audio from Ext Sce and Suara Islam on
6175/9750 often heard in background.
9750
Suara Islam 1400-1600 good audio.
RM Sarawak, Kuching 4895 (2200-2330*, ?1000-1500), Sibu 6050 (2200-2345*,
?0900-1500, local prgr around 0900-1200) and Kuching 7270 (2200-0015*,
?1000-1500) regularly noted in //, reception best here just before 1500 soff. Also Kuching 7130 with distinctive RM Sarawak IS before 0100 s-on. All
other former Sarawak HF channels now inactive.
RM Sabah regularly heard *1030-1330 on approx 5979, I believe 4970 has been
inactive for at least a year or more. (Alan Davies-THA, Mar 15)
MYANMAR
Dem VoBurma, 1245-1345 17750; 1430-1455 17750 [via DTK JuelichGER]. //15600, 11850 and 5945. Activitsts for NCGUB, addr: P.O.Box 6720,
Skt. Olavs Plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway
Website: www.communique.no/dvb/ e-mail: dvb@sn.no
Burmese and portions of Shan/Karen/Kayan langs. ID in Burmese: Democratic
Myanmar a-Than.
(M. Francis-AUS, Apr 3 for CRW)
4725 R Myanmar minorities sce 0930-1330. Not recently noted continuing to
1430 -- in the past, this segment has appeared to contain adult education
prgrs with lots of En technical phrases on subjects like statistics.
5973 Myawaddy R Stn irregular, generally around 1100-1300 and 1430-1530.
Noted 14 Mar at 1430-1530.
5986v R Myanmar 0930-1600
7185
R Myanmar 0030-0230
9731v R Myanmar 0330-0830 (Sat/Sun 0245v-0830). The txion in Burmese
occasionally reported on 9730 around 1400 is from the BBC WS via Singapore
1345-1430, not R Myanmar.
R Myanmar is noted in En at 0200-0230, 0730-0830, 1500-1600. (Alan DaviesTHA, Mar 15)
Myawaddy Radio St noted on 5973 around 1305 on Fri 9 Apr and around 1435 on
Sun 4 Apr. Intended sched presumably remains 1100-1330, 1430- 1530 but I
estimate it's only on around 10% of the time -- Sunday 1430-1530 seems the
most reliable time each week, though it often goes off air early.
Minor change to R Myanmar Sat/Sun morning sched sees 7185 on at 0030-0300
(x-0230), // 9731 after the latter comes on around 0240-0250v. Noted Sun 4
Apr and Sat 10 Apr. The segment 0200-0300 is in En, with annct telling SW
listeners to retune to 31 mb just before 0300. (Alan Davies-LAO, Apr 10)
NETHERLANDS
LW 271 -- 400 m antenna towers of Delta Radio.
Today the Dutch govt gave permission to build two antenna towers 35 kms off
the coast of the Netherlands. The towers will be used by Delta Radio to
transmit their progrs to the UK, probably on LW 271. Earlier, Delta Radio
tried to get permission to build antenna towers in the Netherlands near the
town of Apeldoorn. This permssion was not given due to many protests of
people living in the neighborhood but also due to environmental reasons
because the antenna towers will be 400 (!!) meters in height. The govt has
no possibilities to stop the building of the towers in the North Sea, even
the sealife will suffer from the electromagnetic currents and the birds
from the towers.
(Max van Arnhem-HOL, Mar 9)
RUSSIA/INDIA
TWR is now heard on new 15580, 0000-0230 (x9825); 9400
1130/1145-1500 (x7420) in SoAS langs. (Jose Jacob-IND in EDXP, Apr-10)
15490 R Tikhiy Okean, Apr 25, 0715, opening of program with Ru annt as:
"Govorit Wladivostok" followed by usual organ IS and male speaker in Ru
with ID as: "Radio Stansya Tikhiy Okean" followed by short piece of mx and
at 0716 female speaker in Ru.
Parallels with much weaker 12055, 12070; 12055 = Komsomolsk-Amur, 24222;
12070 = Khabarovsk, 24222 ; 15490 = Irkutsk, 33333. (van Rooy-HOL, via DXW,
Apr 28)
R Tatarstan, sked via Samara 200 kW Mar 28-Oct 20: 0400-0500 11665 66 degr,
0600-0700 9690 57, and 0800-0900 11925 308. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, in RUS-DX,
Apr)
Special bcs of VoRussia on YUG/Kosovo conflict.
En EUR
Ru EUR
Ge
Fr EUR
S-Cr
1900-1920 12000 11980 7350
1920-1940 12000 11980 7350
1940-2000 12000 11980 7350
2000-2020 12000 11980 7350
0300-0430 9485 9440 1548
2020-2040 12000 11980 7350
2100-2230 12000 7350 1548
Alb
2040-2100 12000 11980 7350
Italian ceased. (Konstantin Gusev,
1548
1548
1548
1548
1548
1548
gusev@itep.ru )
SAUDI ARABIA
seems to have settled on v17759.8 for Gen Ar sce at around
0700 but a dreadful distorted signal. (Noel Green-UK, May 4)
SERBIA [non ] NATO bcs to Yugoslavia. In support of Operation Allied
Force, elements of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 193rd Special
Operations Wing have deployed to Germany. Two of the unit's "Commando Solo"
aircraft left Harrisburg Internat Airport Sat night [Mar 27], along with
one support aircraft.
Addit personnel and equipment will depart in a military airlift later this
week. In all, approx 100 members of the 193rd will take part in the
mission.
The "Commando Solo," which the 193rd flies, is a specially modified EC-130
turboprop aircraft. It serves as an airborne bcing platform, txing messages
over radio and tv freqs.
Previous deployments have been carried out in support of the Persian Gulf
War and during operations in Haiti and Bosnia.
(Steven Thomma and Richard Parker, of Knight Ridder, Washington, in
Harrisburg Patriot- News Mar 29 via P-mail from Brian Alexander, WoR via
GH, Apr 9)
(c.f. BC-DX #409 also)
Yugoslavia.
Question on whether anyone was still hearing Radio
Belgrade was the target for air strikes this evening (Fri May 8) for the
first time since last Sun. As on Sun, the raids targetted power facilities
and a BBC corespondent in Belgrade says the city is in darkness.
When I heard this news I tuned into 7200 at 2150 looking for R Beograd, and
found it was not there. The stn had been there on 7200 earlier this
evening, coming in strongly, as it had been since Mon May 3rd, being heard
consistently well on this freq in the evening, seemingly on full power.
Audio has also been good the last few days - noticeably better than on Mon;
this ties in with WB's observation. As Dave Kenny noted earlier this week,
the daytime signal on 7200 is poor here in southern England.
Despite loggings reported by WB, and via GH, of R YUG being back on the
air, I have had NO joy in hearing them in spot checks since Wed May 5th.
Has anyone else had any luck?.
The following is a summary sent by Wolfgang Bueschel following my question
on whether anyone was still hearing R YUG. However, the gist of it (which
ties up with his message last week) is that R.YUG's txions are still highly
erratic, but that the best freqs to try are 6100 in the first part of the
evening (up to around 2030) and then 6185. (Remember that R Tirana dom sce
is also on v6100 in the evening.) Meanwhile, I heard R Beograd dom sce back
on 7200.03 last night (Sat May 8) after Fri May 7th night's raids. However,
the audio was noticeably of "telephone" quality. (Chris Greenway-UK, May 9)
YES, RTS Stubline 7000.03 heard every day with acceptable audio, BUT due of
unknown circumstances, there are long lasting txion breaks during daytime
in the morning, highnoon, afternoon in CEST. On Mon 3rd morning off the
air, but came back later that day.
From May 4 til May 8: At 0430 progr still in progress but only til approx.
0700 UTC. Spot checks at 0800, 1000, 1400 revealed the stn was still off.
From approx. 1600 on air again, the whole evening, and supposedly night,
always //MW 684.
<... of Radio Yugoslavia [via Bijeljina BIH] being back on the air ...>
My monitoring of May 3rd and 4th, see BC-DX #409. Poor signal, not more
than 50 kW, as estimated here. R YUG NOT heard 5th til 7th.
R YUG Bijeljina BIH, observations May 8th: NOT Ar 1430, NOT Ru 1500, not
checked between 1530-1800, NOT Ru 1800, NOT En 1830, NOT Sp 1900 on air.
6100 1900-2001 UTC Serbian nx, and taped recorded reports via phone line.
Much better audio quality, very little buzz tone, seemingly not full power
of 500 kW, maybe half with 250 kW, as registered on regular schedule for
some txions already.
2001-2002
10 times IS interval signals.
2002-2017
Ge progr, nx only, IS 19 times. Signing off at 20.22:06.
Switched from 6100 to 6185 in the meantime.
6185 s-on 20.22:35, 4 x IS, 20.23:10 started in Fr lang, nx, 2032-2034 few
short audio breaks on feeder line, but tx was steady on air. End of Fr
txion at 2036, 12 times IS, 20.37:53 tx s-off.
6185 started again in En lang at 2100, nx til 21.21:40, end of En txion,
followed by 32 times IS.
21.25:03 Identification in Serbian, nx and life?/taped? reports til
22.12:10, foolowed by seven times IS, tx s-off 22.13:20 UTC.
Remarkable is NO service to AUS/PAC/NZL 7230/7220 in Serbian anymore today
!!!
I think 6185 will not work downunder in autumn/early winter there.
Ge txion on 6100 heard around 2005 UTC on May 10. (WB, May 8-10)
SPAIN
I've been trying to follow morning txions via REE Madrid:
[and completed by the FCC registrations, but NOT checked yet, ed]
Spanish to EUR 0500-0700 9730 11920. 0700-1700 15585, 9500 1200-1700, 7275
1700-2300.
12035 0700-1700 registered 60 degr, but heard on air at 0600-0855, but
different schedule given for weekdays weekend etc.
Sp
to EUR
Sp
En
Ge
Ru
ed]
PAC 0700-0900 260 degr via CLM & VEN 17770 & 21610, different progr
outlets.
ME from 0900 21610.
EUR
1800-1900 9655, 2000-2100 15285, 2100-2200 9700, 38 degr.
1730-1800 Mo&Thu only, 9665, 50 degr.
1700-1730 9500 [fr Sept 5th? not clear stated in printed schedule,
15150 [RRI co-ch here], 68 degr. (Noel Green-UK, May 4)
3210
5970
5970
5970
5990
6020
6055
6125
7170
7270
7270
7275
9500
9500
9500
9520
9540
9595
9595
9595
9620
9620
9630
9630
9655
9660
0100-0400
0100-0400
1100-1400
1400-1700
0100-0400
0100-0400
2300-0600
2300-0500
1900-2000
1900-2300
2100-2300
1700-2300
1200-1600
1200-1700
1700-1730
0900-1200
2300-0500
1900-2000
1900-2100
2100-2300
2300-0500
1000-1200
1100-1400
1900-2300
1800-1900
1000-1200
10,11,12N
12
10,11,12N
10,11,12N
7,8,10,11
7,8,10,11
4,6-11
12-16
37E,38-40,47,48
37,38W,46
37,38W,46
18,27,28
27,28W
27,28W
18,27,28
27,28W
4,6-11
37,38W,46
37,38W,46
37,38W,46
12-16
44,45,65
7,8,10,11
4,7-11
18,27,28
44,45,65 JPN
CRI
CRI
CRI
CRI
CRI
CRI
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
NOB
BEI
CRI
NOB
NOB
BEI
100
100
100
100
100
100
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
350
120
100
350
350
120
0
110
0
0
340
340
290
242
110
170
170
050
0
0
068
0
272
170
170
170
230
102
340
290
038
102
3-7
3-7
2-6
17
3-7
3-7
1-7
1-7
2-6
2-7
1
1-7
2-7
1
1-7
1
1-7
7
2-6
17
1-7
1-7
2-6
1-7
1-7
1-7
Sp
Sp
Sp
Sp
Sp
Sp
Fr/Sp/En
Sp
Fr
Ar/Sp
Ar/Sp
Sp
Sp
Sp
Ru[fr Sept 5th?]
Sp
Sp
En
Fr/En
Fr/En
Sp
Sp
Sp
Sp
En
Sp
9665
9665
9665
9665
9690
9690
9700
9710
9730
9765
9765
11680
11795
11795
11815
11815
11880
11880
11880
11890
11910
11920
11945
12035
13720
15110
15125
15150
15160
15170
15170
15205
15205
15215
15285
15285
15375
15375
15385
15480
15585
17560
17575
17665
17715
17755
17770
17770
17770
17845
17850
21570
21610
21610
21700
1700-2000 18,27,28W
NOB 350 0
1
Sp
1700-2000 18,27,28W
NOB 350 0
2-7
Sp
1730-1800 18,27,28
NOB 350 050 24
Ge
1800-1900 18,27,28
NOB 350 050 2-6
Fr
0200-0400 4,6-11
NOB 350 290 1-7
Rele [?]
0415-0445 4,6-11
NOB 350 290 3
Sefardi
2100-2200 18,27,28
NOB 350 038 1-7
En
0500-0700 18,27,28
NOB 350 050 1-7
Sp
0500-0700 18,27,28
NOB 350 050 1-7
Sp
0000-0100 10,11,12N
CRI 100 0
1-7
Sp
1400-2400 10,11,12N
CRI 100 0
1-7
Sp
2300-0200 12-16
NOB 250 230 1-7
Sp
0115-0145 10-14
NOB 350 248 3
Sefardi
1300-1800 7,8,10,11
CRI 100 340 1-7
Sp
1100-1400 12
CRI 100 110 2-6
Sp
1800-2400 7,8,10,11
CRI 100 340 1-7
Sp
0000-0100 12
CRI 100 110 12
Sp
0100-0400 12
CRI 100 110 1-7
Sp
2200-2400 12
CRI 100 110 1-7
Sp
0500-0700 38-40,47N
NOB 100 098 1-7
Sp
1200-1400 50,51,54E,64AUS/NZL/PHL/TWN XIA 120 138 1-7Sp
0500-0800 18,28,29
NOB 350 050 1-7
Sp
2300-0200 12-16
NOB 350 230 1-7
Sp
0700-1700 18,27-29
NOB 350 060 12-6 Sp
0900-1700 27,28W
NOB 350 0
1-7
Sp
1900-2300 4,7-11
NOB 350 302 1-7
Sp
1400-2200 daily 1800- 12 CRI 100 110 17/1-7Sp
1700-1730 18,27,28
NOB 350 068 1-7
Ru[til Sept 4th?]
2300-0500 12-16
NOB 350 242 1-7
Sp
1300-0100 7,8,10,11
CRI 100 340 1-7
Sp
1700-2400 46,47,52,57
NOB 350 161 1-7
Sp
1800-1900 18,27,28
NOB 350 050 1-7
Fr
2100-2200 18,27,28
NOB 350 050 1-7
Fr
0700-0900 50,55,58-60
NOB 350 260 1-7
Sp
2000-2100 18,27,28
NOB 350 038 1-6
En
2000-2100 18,27,28
NOB 350 038 7
Fr
1600-1700 46,47,52,57
NOB 350 161 2-7
Sp
1600-1700 Mon-Sat Guinea Equatorial special progr
2100-2300 46,47,52,57
NOB 350 161 1-7
Sp
2300-0600 4,6-11
NOB 350 290 1-7
Fr/Sp/En
0700-0900 50,55,58-60
NOB 350 260 1-7
Sp
0700-1700 18,27-29
NOB 250 060 1-7
Sp
1900-2200 38,39,47,48
NOB 350 110 1-7
Fr/Ar
2200-2400 38,39,47,48
NOB 350 110 1-7
Sp
0500-0700 38-40,47N
NOB 350 098 1-7
Sp
1700-2200 12-16
NOB 350 230 1-7
Sp
0900-2100 46,47,52,57
NOB 350 161 1-7
Sp
1600-1700 Mon-Sat Guinea Equatorial special progr
0700-0900 50,55,58-60 PAC/PNG/INS NOB 350 260 1-7Sp
1700-2100Sun-2300 46,47,52,57 NOB 350 161 2-7
Sp
1825-1855 37E,38-40,47,48 NOB 350 110 1-7
Sefardi
1800-2100 Sat -2200 10-14 NOB 350 248 1-7
Sp
1700-2200 7,8,10,11
CRI 100 340 1-7
Sp
0900-1700 12-16
NOB 350 230 1-7
Sp
0700-0900 50,55,58-60 PAC/PNG/INS NOB 350 260 1-7Sp
0900-1900 37E,38,39,47,48 NOB 350 110 1-7
Sp/Ar
1200-2200 10-14
NOB 350 248 1-7
Sp
(REE printed sched)
TAIWAN/USA
R Taipei Internat freq schedule A99, *WYFR-FL relay:
EUR
Ch 0000-0100 & 0300-0600 9610
1900-2000 9955 15600* 17750*
2200-2400 9610
Cantonese 0100-0200 7520*
En 2200-2300 11565* 15600*
Fr 0700-0800 7520*
1800-1900 17750* 2000-2100
9955
15600*
Ge 0600-0700 9985*
1800-1900 9955
2100-2200 11565* 15600*
Sp 2000-2100 15715*
2100-2200 9610
Ru 1305-1400 11745 15665*
1705-1800 9955
fax +886 2 2598 2294
e-mail cbs@cbs.org.tw
URL http:\\www.cbstaipei.org
(via Benno Klink-D, May 7)
R Taipei Int'l 15345 noted recently with strong spurs around 15331 and
15359. As the freq is on most of the day, causes QRM with numerous stns
incl BBC WS En 15360 via Kranji-SNG.
(Alan Davies-LAO, Apr 10)
TUNISIA
I noted some problems with RTT txs: only one was in use at +07001400 17735.2 and 1800-2230 [and mornings til 0700] 12004.6. There were not
any // freqs. (Mikhail Timofeyev, also via EDXP, Apr 13)
[There is a building project to erect three new txs on same Sfax location,
ed]
UKRAINE
1602 Radio Skyway - Luhansk , 24hrs sked, can be hrd in
Kremenchuk arnd 14...09 UTC, best in the daytime, coming through heavy QRM
in dark (YUG- 2 st, Spain at night, an unid Greek arnd 05-06). All progr in
Ru lang. Ads, games, and mostly Ru + En pops, non-stop at local night (mx
of 70s: Credence, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Abba, etc.) 1 kW nominal, but
recently reported as 0.5 kW. An exc. DX challenge.
(Vlad Titarev-UKR, Mar 7)
UNITED KINGDOM
LW 279
Isle of Man longwave licence award announced Mon
29/03/1999 - BY STEVE CONWAY.
The Isle of Man Communications Commission has announced today that it is
intended to grant a LW licence to the Isle of Man International
Broadcasting Company Limited (IoMIBC) subject to the approval of Tynwald,
the Isle of Man Government's Court of Government.
The stn is expected to broadcast under the callsign "MusicMann 279".
Chief Executive, Paul Rusling,and the Chairman of the Board, John RossBarnard expressed their great pleasure on hearing the news. "The founders,
particularly Paul Rusling, have worked hard for the last five years to
realise an inspired vision" said John Ross-Barnard.
In noting that the licence award remains subject to the approval of
Tynwald, IoMIBC confirmed that there would be no further comment until
after the conclusion of the procedure, expected towards the end of April.
The Communications Commission notes in its statement that the IoMIBC
proposals for the stn will create employment on the island, and generate
revenue for the govt.
One of the features of IoMIBC's application is the use of a new type of bc
antenna, which will result in the need for a much smaller tx-mast than
would otherwise be expected.
As well as being subject to the approval of Tynwald, the stn will have to
seek planning permission for it's proposed txion site.
CONWAY's COMMENT:
The award of the LW licence to Paul Rusling and his team marks the
successful conclusion of a 5 year campaign to establish a LW stn on the
island.
Newstide and its predecessors have covered this story since Oct 1994,
during which time events sometimes moved so slowly that it seemed as if the
whole project was just a pipe-dream.
Our initial exposure of the project came as a shock to the team who were
quietly working away and hoping to avoid publicity. Over the years as we
covered each development in the saga, we came to know more about the IoMIBC
proposals than it was possible to publish.
As fuller details emerge of the IoMIBC's plans over the next few months, I
think you will see that the winner of the licence has been chosen wisely.
Well done to the Isle of Man authorities for deciding to allow a LW stn on
the island!
What a contrast to the UK Radio Authority, who bent over backwards to
ensure that the UK would not get such a service of its own!
[http://www.newstide.com/]
Ray Woodward e-mail raymond@uplink.softnet.co.uk ]
Permission is hereby granted to reproduce the above information, provided
that full credit is given to the original contributor AND to the British DX
Club. (via Piet Pypers-HOL)
USA/CUBA
R Marti seems to be making some freq changes. Heard using 5890
0630 May 2nd, but not since. 7405 in //, both not on Mon UTC May 3rd either
[thats Sunday in the target], but again at 0600 on May 4th. Both with Cuban
jammers too, and I can hear jammers on 6030 but not Marti -- co-ch SWR
Muehlacker too strong. [Heard jammers on harmonic 12060 also, ed].
WBCQ 7415 on air 0630 taking what seemed phone calls about computing, May
2nd.
Radio Free Asia, eff 1999 Mar 1, complete sked:
0000-0100
Lao
7480 7550 11580 13820
0030-0130
Burmese
7520 7530 9400 11590* 13710
0100-0130
Uighur
7485 15405
0100-0200
Tibetan
7555 9570 11580 7470
0300-0700
Mandarin
15665 17615 11540 13820
1100-1200
Lao
9860* 13750 13790* 15660 15695* 17530
1200-1300
Khmer
9395 11510 11540 13750 13790* 15695*
1300-1400
Tibetan
11540 15385 11590* 7470
1400-1500
Cantonese
7550 9445 15260
1400-1500
Vietnamese 9365 9455 9930 11520 13685 15470* 15660
1500-1600
Burmese
9360 11590* 13820 15215*
1500-1600
Mandarin
11945 7540 9805 9445 9910 13735*
1500-1600
Tibetan
7495 11520* 7470M
1530-1630
Korean
7460 11565*
1600-1630
Mandarin
9445
1600-1700
Mandarin
7540 11945 9910 9805 13735*11850*
1630-1700
Mandarin
9445
1700-1800
Mandarin
9455 9805 9910 7540 11945 13735* 11850*
1800-1900
Mandarin
7455 7540 9355 9650 15510 13735* 11790*
1900-2000
Mandarin
7540 9355 9650 9775 9876 15510 11790*
11740*
2000-2100
Mandarin
9355 9875 15510 9775 7540 7455*
2100-2200
Mandarin
7540 9845 9355 15510 9650 9775
2200-2300
Cantonese
7555 9570 9845
2200-2300
Korean
7460 9395* 9455 9650 15510
2230-2330
Khmer
7520 9930 11510 11570* 17510
2300-2400
Mandarin
9650 15515 7540 9905 13820 9650
2300-2400
Tibetan
7415 7550 9875 5855M
2330-0030
Vietnamese 7455* 7515 9390 9780 9930 13720
*=new frequencies
(19-Mar/Kruger/EDXP/Padula-AUS via NASWA)
Some interesting VoA relays, from the IBB website:
0800-1000
En 11995 Tinian, Marianas
0800-1000
En 13650 Tinian, Marianas
0930-1000
En 15605 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
1000-1100
Ch 13650 Tinian, Marianas
1000-1200
1200-1400
1300-1400
1300-1500
Ch
7390 Novosibirsk, Russia
1600-2220
En 15240 Morocco
1800-1830
En 12025 Tinang, Philippines
1800-1830
En
6140 Udorn, Thailand
1800-1830
En
9615 Biblis, Germany
VIETNAM
Latest observed dom freqs, 14-15 March '99:
4796 2200-2300, 1200-1400. I'm 99% sure this is Son La, x-4740v.
4960
2200-1600 VoV2, Hanoi
5035
2200-2300, ?0500-?0600, 1200-1330 VoV Hmong, Hanoi
5597v 2230-2300, 1000-1030, 1200-1330 Lao Cai //6844v.
5925
2200-1600 (Fri 1700) VoV1, Hanoi
6165
as 5035, VoV Hmong
6386v 2325-2400, ?0400-0530, 1000-1030v (occasionally 0935v-1030v), 12001330v. Very distorted audio, relays Hanoi 0935-1000. Assume this and 6397
are Lai Cau (should that be Lai Chau?) and Yan Bai, but not sure which is
which.
6397v 2200-2300, 0955v-1125/1135v, very close to N Korean clandest stn
around 6399.
6496v 1200-1400 Cao Bang, recently observed with 'wobbly' carrier
fluctuating +/- several 10s of Hz every couple of seconds, poor audio.
6844v as 5597, Lao Cai. Over the past 5 months has lurched upwards in freq
at an average of over 1 kHz per day from the 6660-6680 kHz area.
7156v *2325-?0130, ?0300-?0500, 0900-1425. WRTH99 suggests Bac Thai.
Appears to relay VoV1 Hanoi throughout except for local segment around
1300-1425 (which is unintelligible here due to poor propagation and QRM).
9875
12035
2200-1600 (Fri 1700) VoV1 Hanoi. There is no txn break at 1400-1500.
0150v-1000 VoV2 Hanoi.
VoV1 also noted 1350v-1500 on 9930v, 13685v and 15470v (jamming RFA Vn).
(Alan Davies-THA, Mar 15)
After two days on 6825 (x-6846v), unpredictable Lao Cai moved yet again to
6689v, noted daily since Apr 3rd. (Alan Davies-LAO, Apr 10)
INDONESIA
A very comprehensive listing of all currently operating
Indonesian HF b/cers will be given in the 32-page "Shortwave Guide to South
East Asia" which is being prepared by Bob Padula. It will also include a
complete address list. The Frequency listing is based on actual
monitoring, with s/on and s/off times, for RRI (Domestic and External), and
non-RRI b/cers.
Regrettably, the Indonesian data contained in the WRTH99 is very old and
misleading, containing details of stns which have been inoperative for
several years, and appears to be merely a repeat of previous editions, with
no up-dating having been made. The Indonesian section in the new Guide
brings together lots of information about radio b/cing there, not available
elsewhere. There is an updated listing of all Provinces and Special
Regions, plus a useful glossary and English translation of Indonesian
words/phrases to assist in IDing local and regional HF b/cers.
Other coverage will include Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Vietnam. Planned release date
is May 10.
Price is A$10 (to Australian addresses), or US$10 (10 IRCs) elsewhere via
economy air. Orders received before Apr 30 will get a special voucher
redeemable for A$5 or US$5, for purchase of any "Padula Books" products.
Payment in Australian/US bills, cheque, money order, GIRO transfer, postal
order, for credit of "Bob Padula" or "Padula Books" (cheques must be in
Australian dollars and drawn on Australian banks).
Mail to: Bob Padula, 404 Mont Albert Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127,
Australia, bpadula@compuserve.com or bobpadula@bigpond.com.au (EDXP)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 411
15 May 1999
________________________________________________________________________
AUSTRALIA
New licensing law will require intl bcing sces txed from AUS to
obtain a content license as well as a txioning license so that secs are not
"contrary to national interests." (BBC Monitoring via DXPL)
This opens the door for continued planning of an HCJB tx site in WeAUS.
(DXPL via NU, May 9)
New licensing law -- a move that could see the re-opening of the US$32
million Cox Peninsula tx once used by RA. The tx, near Darwin, was closed
two years ago after big cuts in funding for the ABC, which runs RA. Some of
the world's biggest internat bcs are believed to be interested in using the
tx to bc to AS. A govt spokesman said RA would be allowed to use the tx
again by entering into a commercial agreement with any internat broadcaster
granted a licence to lease it. (ABU via EDXP, May 12)
The tentative registrations for Darwin for A99 are included in the ABU-HFC
consolidated file which was posted to hard-core-dx some weeks ago. They
are:
13605 1100-1700 21525 0000-1000 25725 1000-1400. (EDXP, May 12)
AZERBAIJAN
[Nagorni-Karabakh]
9677.5v, Voice of Justice: They are still
on, last check being at 0600-0630 Mar 6; but they are still completely
unreadable (having the same problem with modulation). I guess they are so
self-admiring that they never hear themselves or others--striking
persistence in heating the ionosphere, two years or more. Interesting if
any native Azerbaijans could catch one word of the whole of their 30 min.
progr. (Vladimir Titarev-UKR, Mar 7)
BELGIUM
Frequency change of RVI, 13745 changed by 13740 at 0600-0656,
1300-1600 (Suns) and 1600-1630. (Paul Brems-BEL, Apr 1)
CANADA
RCI Montreal in En/Fr
0500-0600 Mon-Fri on 7295, 9595, NF15330, NF15400 via BBC.
0500-0600 daily on 5995, 9755, NF11830 (listed in schedule 11930), NF 13755
via Sackville & on NF 6145 via Wertachtal.
1900-2000 in Fr on NF 15470 (listed in schedule 15265).
2000-2100 in En; 2100-2200 in En/Fr on NF 15470, NF 17570.
(listed in schedule 15265 and 17870).
Fr 2000-2200 15470 and 17570 the RCI' txions are mixed with those of MNO,
which are aired via Sackville on 17695 at the same time !!! (PanIview-BUL,
May 3)
CHINA
9870
11720
11750
11775
11825
13650
15300
15415
CRI Beijing changes from May 2 include the following:
1600-1657 En //9565 (x7190?)
1500-1527, 1530-1557 Pashto? (x11515?)
1500-1527 Persian (x9440?)
2200-2257 Sp //7360, 9640, N13650 (x6020 or 7120)
1730-2227 Mandarin/Fr //7800, 9820, 15165 (x7335)
2200-2257 Sp //7360, 9640, N11775 (x6020 or 7120)
1700-1757 En //7405, 9570, 11910 (x9710)
1500-2127 various* (x7235) 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800 Ru; 1900, 1930 Cz;
2000, 2030 Pol; 2100-2127 En.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, May 3/4)
En sces from May 2 are now listed:
0300-0400 9690(E) NAm 0400-0500 9730(G) 9560(C) Nam
0900-1100 15210(J) 11730(K) Spac
1200-1300 11675(K) 6950(B) 7265(B) Spac
1200-1300 9715(B) 11660(B) 11980(*) SEA
1300-1400 11660(B) 15180(X) 11980(*) SEA
1300-1400 11675(K) 11900(J) Spac
1300-1500 7405 WNAm
1400-1500 11825(X) 15110(U) Sas
1400-1600 13685(M) 15125(M) E and Saf
1500-1600 7160(X) 9785(J)
1600-1700 9870(B) W and Naf
1600-1700 9870(B1) 9565(J) E and Saf
1700-1800 9570(X) 7405(J) 11910(X)
1700-1800 9710(*) Eu
1900-2000 11750(B) 9440(B) 13650(K*) W and Naf
2000-2100 9440(B) W and Naf
2000-2130 11735(alt: 11975)(M) 15500(M) E and Saf
2000-2200 6950(B) 9535(U) Eu
2100-2130 15415(*) Eu
2200-2300 9880(T) Eu
Key: B=Beijing; M=Mali; X=Xian; E=Spain; K=Kunming; U=Urumqi; C=Canada
(Sackville); J=Jinhua; T=Taldom(Russia); *=test freq from unspecified site.
(EDXP)
CUBA
[CHINA non]
New CRI relays via Cuba on 5990 and 9570.
Further observations of the 5990, 9570 relays: Sat May 8 at 0035, 5990 was
on with Sp; but this time stayed on post 0100 with open carrier, and 9570
was not on, some proof that both are same tx; left a rx on 5990, and
finally at 0142, En audio came up!; 0200 into Ch still on 5990 instead of
9570 as previously, on this date allowing Romania to resume audibility at
0200 En on 9570 //11725. Then at 1157 9570 had OC, 1200 Ch, 1208 brief tx
break; Sat 2300 and 0000, 5990 with usual En, Sp. Sun May 9 0100 9570 was
missing.
(Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, May 14)
It's Cuba!
While listening to CRI [5990] at 2300-2355, there was a stn in Por on the
same freq, very much sounding like a mixing problem at the tx. I almost
fell off my chair when the RHC IS came on at 2329.
No doubt this means that the new CRI relay is in Cuba.
Will Arnie Coro, our friend in Havana, give us all the details on this
arrangement in an upcoming "DXers Unlimited"?
(Ivan Grishin-CAN, May 7,
via RoIB)
CRI on 9570 at 0100 En and 0200 Ch - I noticed it too; powerful signal, 40+
over S9 meter pinned ! Minor background presumed RRI in between speech
pauses.
(Bob Thomas, CT, May 6, RoIB)
Both May 8 & 9, 5990 was very good, although still starting a few mins
after 2300. Reception on 9570 at 1300 was fair-poor on May 8 & 9. (Ivan
Grishin, Ont.)
It's nowhere near so strong here, indicating a nearby site, and beamed up
the east coast; and combined with 5990 being designated for Caribbean,
which would be unlikely from as far away as Mali, the evidence for this
being Cuba is building up.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, May 7, 8-9, 14)
CYPRUS
[non] 15765, AWR, May 6, 0606-0623 song, then woman speaking in a
lang that resembles Ar (Arabic with a regional accent?), man talking,
several mentions of word "aleikum" (ah-LAY-koom), then short piece of
baroque style mx ... At 0620 there's a fanfare, and woman announces "AWR,
Box 1984, Nicosia, Cyprus", then hymns, 15521.
(Escoto via DXW May 12)
AWR via Slovakia relay is registered on 15735 in Ar 0500-0700 165 degr. ed
GEORGIA
[ABKHAZIA] R Republik Abkhazia: For all who are trying to get in
touch with them, it may be important to note that Sukhumi is now called
Sukhum, probably to emphasize their independence from Tbilisi ("Sukhumi"
sounds a bit Georgian, rather than Abkhaz or Ru). There is still strong
tension in Tbilisi-Sukhumi relations, despite the recently reported success
in peace negotiations. Other reports from the region tell it differently.
The clue to many failures in trying to mail to Sukhum is that snail mail is
going via Tbilisi. So I'd advise DXers who are still trying to get
something from RRA to write "Sukhumi" on the envelope, but use "Sukhum"
inside. Not a big deal, but may be helpful.
(Vladimir Titarev-UKR, Mar 7)
GERMANY
Start of Radio in Germany after WW II on May 13, 1945. Txion via
R Bremen 2nd progr on June 13, 1405 UTC.
Programmhinweis Sendereihe ueber DDR [SBZ] Rundfunk bei R Bremen-2.
[sic, DDR Rundfunk gab es erst ab Okt 1949, ed]
13. Juni R Bremen-2, 1605 Uhr MESZ: Am 13. Mai 1945 um 2000 Uhr meldete
sich der erste deutsche Nachkriegssender der sowjetisch besetzten Zone.
Alles ist provisorisch: Ein Tisch, ein Stuhl, ein Mikrophon in einer Ruine
direkt am Sendeturm in Berlin-Tegel. Tage spaeter sicherte eine ueber die
Truemmerberge verlegte sechs Kilometer lange Feldleitung die Uebertragung
aus dem ehemaligen Reichsrundfunkgebaeude in der Masurenallee. Das von
sowjetischen Offizieren kontrollierte Funkhaus lag im britischen Sektor,
die Sendetuerme im franzoesischen Sektor und die Kabelzentrale im
amerikanischen. Eine komplizierte Rundfunkgeschichte beginnt. Bis 1952
senden der Berliner Rundfunk und der Deutschlandsender aus der
Masurenallee. Radio Bremen strahlt jeweils sonntags 1605 Uhr MESZ eine
vierteilige Sendereihe von Karin Koebernick ueber "die Stimme des anderen
Deutschlands" aus. (via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, AGDX/Kurzwellenring-Sued,
May 11)
R Kharmonia, Iashi, Romania Sat 1600-1630, and NOREA R SWE-DEN Fri/Sat
1630-1645 both relig txions in Romanian via TWR via DTK Juelich on 5840,
115 degr.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, Mar 1)
Deutsche Telekom Relays via 100 kW txs in Juelich:
Hrvatski Informativni Centar (HIC) in Croatian:
2300-0100 9925 SoAm; O100-0500 9925 NoAm
0500-0700 13820 AUS; O700-0900 13820 NZ;
2000-2100 NF 13810 (relay Home Sce 1) SoAF (x9860).
Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministry/TOM/in English:
0200-0400 NF 9860 (45444) NoAm;
0600-1000 13810 (55544) AUS/NZ;
1600-1800 NF 13810 (55555) ME (x registered 6130);
1700-2100 NF 3965 (45554) Eu (x registered 3960).
Adventist
1600-1800
1800-1900
2000-2100
2100-2330
2130-2200
World Radio (AWR):
Bul/Rom NF 9875 (55555) (x9825/x9925);
Arm/Ru Sun,Tue,Thu 9475 (55544);
French/English NF 15560 (35433) (x9835);
Arabic/French NF 9490 (45554) (x5890);
Dyula NF 15560 (35433) (x9835).
Trans World Radio (TWR):
0645-0850 En Eu NF 6045 (45544);
1230-1315 YUG langs NF 9490 (55555).
High Adventure Ministry (HAM) - Voice of Hope:
0700-1100 En and other European langs 5975 (45454)
1330-1530 En and South Asian
langs 15715 (55555).
Das Wort Universelles Leben / The Word Universal Life:
1730-1800 Mon-Wed Ge Eu NF 6195 (55555) (x5890);
1830-1900 Thu Fr SoAf NF 11785 (54454) (x11735);
1730-1800 Sat Sp Eu NF 6195 (55555) (x5890).
1600-1630 Sun Fr SoAf NF 15105 (54555) (x11840);
1800-1830 Sun En CeAf NF 11830 (45554) (x11785);
1830-1900 Sun En SoAf NF 11785 (54454) (x9490).
Good News World R in En
0900-1000 Sat NF 5995 (45433) Eu (x5910);
1300-1400 Sat NF 15330 (55555) SoAs (x15385);
1600-1700 Sat NF 15105 (44544) SoAf (x12015);
1700-1800 Sat NF 11795 (55555) EaAf (x11605);
0100-0200 Sun 9855 (45554) NoAm;
0700-0800 Sun 13740 (45544) AUS/NZ;
2300-2400 Sun 9405 (55544) SoAm.
Addr:
Good News World, POBox 895, Fort Worth, TX 76101, USA
e-mail hope@goodnewsworld.org
Christliche Wissenschaft - Christian Science (WSHB) in Ge
0900-1000 Sun NF 5985 (45544) (x1800 Wed 5910).
Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese:
1245-1345 NF 17750 (45554) (x15330);
1430-1455 NF 17750 (55555) (x15635).
Sunrise R in En and Indian langs:
0600-2000 5850 (44544) (x0800-1830 same freq)
IBC Tamil Sce in Tamil:
0000-0100 NF 9355 (55555) (x registered x7150 & x7475).
Radio Rainbow
1600-1700 Thu
0100-0200 Sat
0900-1000 Sun
in Amharic:
NF 15105 (45454) EaAf (x11605).
9855 (45554) NoAm;
NF 5995 (45533) Eu (x5910).
Voice of Oromo Liberations in Oromo:
1700-1800 Thu,Fri,Sun NF 15715 (55555) EaAf (x11605).
Lutherian Hour in Fr
2000-2100 Sun 11695 (45544) NoAf.
Voice of Deliverance in En 0100-0130 Mon 9855 (45554) NoAm.
Voice of Orthodox in Ru 1500-1600 Wed 11900 (55544). (PanIview-BUL, May 3)
The address of the commercial station "Europaradio", txing on 5975 via
Juelich, on Suns only, 1400-1600: Europaradio, 11 Rue Stalingrad, L-4326
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
(Klaus Koehler-D, via DXW, May 12)
Deutsche Welle is considering the use of a Macedonian MW tx for bcs in
Albanian, Macedonian and Serbian. This was announced on the occasion of 30
years of DW bcing in Macedonian. Negotiations are to be held in the next
few weeks. The report mentioned the Ohrid tx site. This might mean the use
of 1242 (5 kW) or 1314 (10 kW).
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D; DW press release, May 11)
Deutsche Welle plant Anmietung von MW tx in Mazedonien.
[Laut WRTH 1999 stuenden in Ohrid die MW 1242 (5 kW) und 1314 (10 kW) zur
Verfuegung.]
Intendant Dieter Weirich: "Rolle der DW als 'internationale
Medienfeuerwehr' immer bedeutsamer" - 30 Jahre Mazedonisches Programm DWradio.
Die Deutsche Welle (DW) plant die Anmietung eines Mittelwellensenders in
Mazedonien zur Ausstrahlung ihrer Radioprogramme in Mazedonisch, Albanisch
und Serbisch. Das gab der Intendant des deutschen Auslandsrundfunks, Dieter
Weirich, am 11. Mai 1999 in Koeln bei einer Pressekonferenz aus Anlass des
30jaehrigen Bestehens des Mazedonischen Programms von DW-radio bekannt.
Danach betrage der Bekanntheitsgrad von DW-radio/Mazedonisch in diesem Land
35 %, die regelmaessige, woechentliche Hoererschaft zwoelf %.
Das Mazedonische Programm von DW-radio wird ganz oder in Teilen
wiederausgestrahlt, ueber Rebroadcasting mit 25 mazedon. Sendern, weitere
15 Sender uebernaehmen das Albanische Programm der DW. Sogar in Australien
uebernaehmen mehrere Radionetworks DW-radio/Mazedonisch fuer die dort
lebende mazedonische Bevoelkerung.
(DW press release, May 11, 92/99)
In diesem Zusammenhang zu sehen: Der Soldatensender Andernach wird seinen
MW-Sender nicht auf dem Balkan einsetzen, u.a. wegen Frequenzproblemen.
Geplant sind dort nun mobile KW-Einheiten mit bis zu 15 kW Leistung mit
eigenen Programmen, wobei ein spezielles Friedensprogramm mit
Zielrichtigung Beograd mit den Programmsprachen Serbo-Croatisch und Deutsch
in Ueberlegung ist. Derzeit sendet Andernach im Grossraum Sarajewo auf 97,7
MHz und 104,8 MHz ausschliesslich in Deutsch zur Versorgung der dort
eingesetzten SFOR-Truppen. Programm und Technik werden in der Regel von
Zeitsoldaten bewaeltigt, es gibt jedoch Einspielungen von DW und ARDAnstalten. (amid via WE, May 12)
HUNGARY
For A99, R Budapest plans to use 21560 and 21745 to AUS, in Hung,
1000-1100 (1100-1200 Suns). The 11 mb freq 25700 used in B98 1100-1200 Suns
will be deleted. Hung to SoAM 2200-2300 (Suns 2300-0000) will use 17565 and
15120.
(Marija Dobrowski, via EDXP, Mar 4)
German lang txions on MW Pecs 1350 at 1805 [1605 UTC?]: "Sie hoeren Radio
Fuenfkirchen...". DX publications given the wrong information 873 kHz, year
by year.
(Kai Ludwig/Andreas Erbe-D, Apr 5)
IRAN
IRIB Mashhad (QTH: IRIB Khorasson Centre, P.O.Box 555, Zip code
91735 Mashhad, Iran). Full data letter in 180 days by reg mail. Enclosed
with a greeting card, stn profile sheet, and "old" Schedule Guide. A
banknote of US$1.00 for reply cost was returned. (Takuji Sahara-JPN, via
Cumbre May 9)
Iran has extended the use of 13720 kHz now blocking out Cuba in the
evenings on that freq. At 2030 Iran is heard in an unknown [Albanian !]
lang, followed at 2130 in En. At 2130 they bc to SoEaAS and AUS on
announced (and well-heard) 11740 and 13745. They do not mention 13720 which
is also very strong here in Copenhagen. IRN stops on 13720 at 2225 UT, and
DW signs on 5 mins later (over the open carrier from IRN). (Erik Koeie-DEN,
May 12)
[registered for Alban 1830-1930, Bosnian 1930-2030, but heard Italian
instead //7295, 11660. Now Albanian 2030-2127 on 11660 and Zahedan tx
13720. ed]
ITALY
ITALIA 2 - La stazione RAI Radiodue di Milano transmitting via new
MW freq 693 kHz (x1035. Addr: RAI di Milano indirect via, RAI Lombardia,
C.so Sempione 27, I-20141 Milano, Italy. (Dario Monferini & Play DX, via
RI, Apr 1)
[strong signal here in SoGermany. Remainds me, that this channel was used
for decades by famous signal from VoGDR (former Deutschlandsender)
Wachenbrunn ex-GDR, 250 kW, all night and day signal, ed]
LITHUANIA
R Vilnius Sitkunai running 9555 with 100 kW 1330-1355 Lit,
1355-1425 Ru, 1425-1435 Bjelo. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, May 11)
New to the Radio Netherlands Real Radio E-zine this week is an article by
Bernd Trutenau about Lithuania's new 100kW SW tx. The article includes a
historical overview of bcing in Lithuania, and is illustrated with photos
taken by Bernd on a recent visit to the Sitkunai tx site. This is the first
of many specially commissioned features which Real Radio will be publishing
in the coming months. Check out http://www.rnw.nl/realradio
(via DXW, Andy Sennitt, May 12)
MALAYSIA
ABU SHORTWAVE COORDINATION GROUP TO MEET IN SEPTEMBER.
The ABU High Frequency Coordination Group (ABU-HFC) will meet in Kuala
Lumpur on Sep 07-10, 1999 to coordinate SW radio schedules for the B-99 and
A-2000 seasons. The meeting will be preceded on Sep 6 by a one-day workshop
on use of new data processing software developed by the ITU
Radiocommunication Bureau. The meeting and workshop are expected to be
attended by participants from all over the AS-PAC region, EUR, NoAF and
NoAM. Altogether the ABU-HFC group will address about 60 % of the world's
SW radio txons. In a typical coordination process, ABU-HFC participants
offer their SW schedules for the forthcoming bcing seasons for coordination
within the group. The bulk of the coordination activity takes place in a
face-to-face meeting of the participating broadcasters. The mutually
accepted results are then incorporated into a new and improved combined
schedule at the end of the meeting. The ABU-HFC is a group of SW radio
frequency managers supported by the ABU. It was set up in 1996. Today, it
coordinates three times as many daily txions as it did three years ago and
almost all major SW broadcasters participate in its work.
The A99 schedule coordination was prepared by the end of Februaries, with
32 broadcasters participating. This wad completed by e-mail and data
transfer was carried out was the Internet. The combined schedules were
posted on the ABU Website to facilitate easy access for participants. This
year, 47600 daily txions were projected, up 60 % on last yearns figures.
This resulted in higher levels of interference, and through the
coordination process a 23 % interference reduction was achieved. (ABU via
EDXP)
MARIANAS ISLANDS [Tinian] 21505 IBB 0905 En continuous mx incl country,
country-rock, banjo, blues, and some pop "oldies" such as "Feliz Navidad."
at 0943 a taped male ID, "This is a test txion from an IBB stn located on
the island of Tinian in the western PAC." Mx continued thereafter & same ID
was repeated at 0959. Good-excellent signal. (Famularo-JPN, via Cumbre, Mar
17)
Listeners may want to check out other freqs from the 13 Mhz band through 21
MHz, as I've recently come across other blocks of mx with strong signals,
but no ID. The txions usually cut out without any announcements but this
evening (JST) I finally got a clear ID.
(Famularo-JPN, via Cumbre, Mar 17)
NAMIBIA
On Mar 21, Namibia shifted fr summer to winter time, UTC+1 hr.
1000 UTC = 1100 local time. German sce via SW (Deutsches Hoerfunkprogramm):
Mon-Fri 1100-1200 7215. Daily 1700-2000 3290.
National Radio in En 2000-0459 3270 / 3290.
No time shift in RSA - South Africa. (Hans W. Lange-D, Mar 27)
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
In summer the new 100 kW MW stn will go on the air
at Bonaire by Trans World Radio - TWR. The new tx build by Canadian
company, Nautel NA-100, will replace an old 500 kW tx, operating at present
on 800 kHz since 1964. This was the first not European based facility by
TWR, founded 1954. In the European and Mediterranean area first own tx gone
on the air in the year 1959 via Tangier (Morocco), then 1960 via R Monte
Carlo (Monaco). But not only the tx will be replaced at Bonaire, the
antenna equipment will be too. Four antennas 130 meters in height will
replace the old five 186 meters antennas. Targets of MW bcs from Bonaire
are Ce- and So-AM, Caribbean and Cuba with three langs: En, Sp and Po,
further plans are bcs in Creole lang.
(Lothar Ruehl-D, ERF/TRF press release, Apr 8)
NORWAY
A special bc is scheduled to take place on 675 on Wed May 12th
1999 between 2000 and 2400. The txion will be carried from the new
Norwegian AM-site at R”st in Northern Norway, replacing the old tx on same
freq located in Bod”.
If everything goes well, the tx will be put on air during daytime on May
12th. At this time Bod” will be shut down. R”st will carry the normal progr
("Europakanalen" in parallell to for instance 1314 kHz Kvits”y) until 2000
UTC when a special prerecorded progr will be aired exclusively from R”st
until midnight when "Europakanalen" will be switched back. The timeslot
should give grey-zone propagation possibilities for northern EUR, so even
if the Dutch Radio Tien Gold txs on the same freq, some long distance DX
could be possible. Remember also that this new site is far better than
Bod”, regarding location. R”st is way out into the Atlantic Ocean, with
lots of seawater all around, and a brand new tx.
Up to date info will be available at
http://www.dxlc.com/
in a few days time, reporting on the progress and possible late changes.
(Bernt Erfjord, DX-Listeners' Club, May 6)
PHILIPPINES
IMF World Missions (California) plans to set up a stn in
Batangas, using the tropical bands, 31 and 19 mb from a site overlooking
the South China Sea (tropical band for the PHL, internat bands for CHN and
VTN).
(Cumbre via EDXP via NU, Apr 11)
9581a, DZRM (or other Mediumwave relay), May 4, 0835, Tagalog male talk
including En phrases such as, "Top Stories." Telephone interview with
female who mentioned, "Quezon City." Background mx was evident. This freq
has been used by Filipino bcs in the past. Fair-poor. (Famularo in DXW, May
12)
13315usb DZMM relay; Mar 18, 2305 in Tagalog with male news & ads. This is
the alternate freq to 13170usb, fair-poor. (Famularo in DXW, Mar 24)
PORTUGAL
A99 - RDP Lisbon Mon-Fri in Portuguese
EUR
0500-1200 15140 100
0500-1200 11960 100
0645-0800 11660 250
1600-1900 11860 100
13625 100
11800 100
Frequency Schedule
EaAS/Timor 1200-1400 17740 300
ME
1200-1400 21515 100
AF
1000-1155 17725 3OO
1600-1900 17680 3OO
RHOS 66/20
RHOS 81.5/19
HR
142/20
HR
144ø/22
kW LPV 30ø/11 dB
RH0S 52/20
HRS
55/18 via Pro-Funk Sines (DW site)
RHOS 52/20
RHOS 65/20
LPV
30/11
GUI/Capo Verde/Brazil 0600-2400 21655 100 RHOS 215/20
carries RDP Africa,
via Lisbon 101.5 FM only.
USA/CAN
2300-0200 11655 100 RHOS 310/20
9715 100 RHOS 294/18
0500-0700 15585 100 RHOS 310/19
VEN
Brazil
2300-0200 13700 100 RHOS 261/20
2300-0200 11840 100 RH0S 215/18
15295 100 RHOS 215/20
Brazil/CapoVerde/GUI 1000-1200 21725 100 RHOS 215/20
1600-1900 21780 100 RHOS 215/20
Sat-Sun in Portuguese
EUR
0700-2000 15555 1OO LPV
9780 1OO RHOS
0830-1000 11995 250 HRS
30/11
52/19
55/20 via Pro-Funk Sines (DW site)
EaAS/Timor 1000-1155 17740 100 RHOS 66/20
AF
0700-1700 17725 3OO HR
144/22
1700-2000 17680 3OO HR
144/22
GUI/Capo Verde/Brazil 0600-2400 21655 100 RHOS 215/20
carries RDP Africa.
USA/CAN
1200-2000 15200 100 RHOS 294/20
VEN
1200-2000 17745 100 RHOS 261/19
Brazil/CapoVerde/GUI 1200-2000 21800 100 RHOS 215/18
Mon-Fri in Tetum language to Indonesia.
EaAS/Timor 1100-1200 17740 3OO RHOS 66/20
(Carlos L.R.de Asuncao Goncalves-POR via NG, May 10)
RUSSIA
Apr 23, 1999 the chief of the Federal sce of Russia on tv and
radio bcing Mikhail Seslavinsky sent to the chiefs of leading Russia's TV
and radiocompanies his appeal with the estimation of barbarous bombardment
of the Belgrade tv. It tells:
"In the night from Apr 22 to 23 this year NATO forces inflicted a missilebombing strike on the state telebroadcasting company of YUG. Undoubtedly,
these antihuman acts have caused the most severe concern in all mass media
of Russia, especially radio and tv. It is no doubts, that the mass media of
any country can not be responsible for operating of the parties in armed
conflicts. The transformation of an electronic mass media of YUG in the
hostages of a situation, conscientious destruction of a telebroadcasting
complex, connected with it human victims is an obvious and provocative
challenge to all bcing community.
That fact is specially offensive, that the appeal with the request to
express the decisive protest against a capability of similar operating,
which I sent on Apr 9 this year together with the Chairman of the Russian
state bcing company "Voice of Russia " Armen Oganyesyan to the General
secretary of European Broadcasting Union Mr. Albert Scharf, has not
followed any response.
I invoke you to exhibit solidarity with your Yugoslavian colleagues and to
render them intellectual and, whenever possible, information support".
Schedule of the information progr "Balkans" prepared "by the VoRUS " 20mins progrs in En at 1900, Ru 1920, Ge 1940, Fr 2000, SerboCroatian 2020,
Alb 2040 on freqs 12000, 11980, 7350 on SWs and MW 1548. Another sources
indicate also 7320 and 9865. Addit translations on SerbCroatian 0300-0430
9485, 7440, 1548; and 2100-2230 12000, 7350, 1548.
Ru sce of the "VoRUS" is interested in RR's of this txion on all freqs very
much.
(fax: [+7 095] 9506116 or 2302828; e-mail: letters@vor.ru).
(NAT bulletin of 29.04.99 via RTS Center, also weekly electronic MIDXB)
VoRUS bc to Balkans: 1900-2100 by the way, 12000 from St.
Petersburg/Popovka, 200 kW, 215 degr. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 30)
R Rossii in St.Petersburg has changed its tx with more powerful and modern
one. Instead of former freq 873 kHz 150 kW in Olgino (20 kms northwest fr
St.Petersburg) now is used 801 kHz 600 kW in Popovka (30 kms south fr
St.Petersburg). On 801 kHz the progrs of TRK "St.Petersburg" were txed
before, however because of financial problems the company has refused this
tx. (Alexei Osipov-RUS, in MIDXB 109 via Vadim B. Alexeew)
I was informed by Mikhail Timofeyev, that from today (Apr 2nd) VoRUS has
further expanded it's special bcs about the Kosovo war. The complete
schedule is already available on
www.vor.ru/kosovo/
where they also in detail deal with the topic: 1900 En, 1920 Ru, 1940 Ge,
2000 Fr, 2020 S-Cr, 2040-2100 Alb on MW 1548, 7350, 11980 and 12000; 21002230 S-Cr on 1548, 7350 and 12000; 0300-0430 S-Cr on 1548, 7440 and 9485.
9485 and 12000 with 200 kW towards 215 degr from the Popovka site near St.
Peterburg, latter one was today skipping over eastern GER. 7350 and 11980
no real powerhouses but sufficient signals; by means of some audio
characteristics 11980 originates from the Tbilisskaya site, slight
overmodulation somewhere in the feed path present; 7350 with striking
narrow audio bandwith, could originate from Samara. MW 1548 as well-known
from Grigoriopol (Moldova-Pridnestrovye).
The 20 mins lang blocks are separated by a hand-over to the colleagues from
the following language staff and a gong. It is rather remarkably, that they
also speak straight to the NATO troops, including a affirmation, that 'our
bc company will continue to give you information, which you don't get from
your superiours'. (Kai Ludwig via RUS-DX, Apr 4)
St.Petersburg-Popovka
1900-2230 12000 200
1900-2230
9710 200
0300-0430
9485 200
as
kW
kW
kW
follows:
215 degr
215 degr
215 degr
Apr 2-Sep 4
Sep 5-Oct 30
Apr 2-Oct 30
9450 China Radio, txing via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, operates here at
*1200-1300*, power is 200 kW, which makes it well heard in AUS. Progrs are
in Ch and the freq is valid from Mar 28-Sep 4. The autumn/winter freq for
the last period was probably 5895. China Radio is a media ministry of the
Assemblies of God, and has been bcing over several radio stns for more than
30 years. The stn responded to my report on "Real Light Radio" sent to P.O.
Box 90337, Jianshaju, Hong Kong, with a sked all in Ch (not much help), but
then replied in En from their TWN "field" address at 21 Chang Chun Road,
7th Floor, Taipei 10413, Taiwan. Director Richard Adams can be contacted by
E-mail at readams@usa.net but stn staff can provide more specific details
at cradio@gcn.net.tw
(Foster-AUS, via NU 1522, Apr 14)
KALININGRAD - VoRUS has bcs on 1386 0900-1200 from Apr 9th. There is a 1200
kW well-known Bolshakovo's tx using 275 degr for this day txsion. It will
be very interesting to know about the possiblities of receiving this txion
on the Baltic coast of GER, POL, DEN or SWE. If you already heard this one
at this time, please send me a short opinion about it by e-mail:
pcd00342@mail.admiral.ru
This request is from the chief engineer of Bolshakovo's txing centre near
Kaliningrad and I will send all your comments directly to him. (Mikhail
Timofeyev-RUS, Apr 21)
7345 Yakutskoe R. Mar 10 -0930- 34433 Local px in Yakut lang.
(OGUMA Hironao-JPN, Mar 21)
Radiostantsiya Tikhiy Okean 0130-0215 is now on 21820 (x21750). First noted
on Apr 1. Good signal here. Acc to Mr. Takeshi Kanai & Oguma's monitor,
21750 has disappeared from Mar 29. (OGUMA Hironao-JPN, Apr 1)
SAUDI ARABIA
Bcing Sce of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - BSKSA
complete schedule for A99. Addr of Technical/Freq management:
P.O.Box 61718, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fax +966-1-404-1692
9555 1800-2300 37,38
RIY 500 295 Ar
9580 0300-0600 38E,39,48W
JED
50 000 Ar 2nd
9580 1700-2100 38E,39,48W
JED
50 000 Ar 2nd
9730 1500-1700 23-26,30-35,40,42-45 RIY 500 040 Turkistani
9870 1800-2300 27,28,37N
RIY 500 310 Ar
11710 1600-1800 38
JED
50 315 Koran
11745 1400-1600 40
RIY 500 040 Pe
11820 0300-0600 38
JED
50 315 Koran
11855 0600-1700 38E,39,48W
JED
50 000 Ar
11935 1800-2300 37,38
RIY 500 295 Koran
11950 1500-1800 40,41NW
JED
50 068 Ar
11950 1800-2100 40,41NW
JED
50 068 Koran
15170 0300-0600 19-23,29-31,40
RIY 500 355 Koran
15275 0400-0600 28S,39N
RIY 500 340 Tu
15275 1500-1800 37,38
RIY 500 295 Ar
15345 1200-1400 41N
RIY 500 070 Be
15345 1400-1500 41E
RIY 500 070 Ur
15380 0600-0900 39N
RIY 500 310 Koran
15435 0300-0600 40,41NW
JED
50 068 Koran
15435 1500-1800 27,28,37N
RIY 500 320 Ar
17560 1200-1500 40,41NW
JED
50 068 Ar
17560 1600-1800 46-48
RIY 500 270 Koran
17760 0400-0500 48E
RIY 500 175 Koran
17760 0500-0600 48S,52E,53
RIY 500 190 Swa
17760 0600-0900 38
JED
50 315 Koran
17760 1200-1600 38
JED
50 315 Koran
17775 1700-1800 46-48
RIY 500 250 Ar
17880 0900-1200 41,49,50,54
RIY 500 100 Koran
17895 0300-0600 24-26,30-35,40,42-45 RIY 500 040 Koran
21495 0600-0900 40,41NW
JED
50 068 Koran
21495 0900-1200 41,43-45,49,50
RIY 500 070 Koran
21505 0900-1200 37,38
RIY 500 295 Ar
21505 1200-1500 37,38
RIY 500 295 Ar
21670 1000-1200 54
RIY 500 100 Ins
21705 0800-1000 46,47
RIY 500 270 Fr
21705 1200-1500 27,28,37N
RIY 500 310 Ar
21705 1400-1600 46,47
RIY 500 270 Fr
(Marija Dobrowski via EDXP #120, Apr 8)
The Fr sce 0800-1000 on 21705 appears to originate from the Dom
Network, using spare tx capacity.
(Bob Padula-AUS, Apr 8)
SERBIA
R YUG in Ru was heard 1800 on 6100, //7165 is silent yet (for a
month or so). 2030 6185 Fr is seemingly regular.
If not sleeping deep into night I use to listen 1602 kHz AM, there are two
Serbs, one with RTSerbia. 1st prog 684 kHz is huge here. Not checked the
rest.
(Vladimir Titarev-UKR, May 10)
R Yugoslavia seems to have been moving around different servers in the past
week.
The URL http://www.radioyu.org doesn't always work. Tom Sundstrom advises
using the direct IP number which is
http://62.229.99.175
but if you still have problems, nx in En from the Serbian perspective is
also available on the Website of RTS - Radio Television Serbia. Go to
http://www.rts.co.yu
and click on the News button. (via DXW, Andy Sennitt, May 12)
SEYCHELLES
The Seychelles Govt has announced a reclamation project in
Mahe. Flat new land is to be created for housing and other development in
the bay, north east site of the island, where Far East Broadcasting
Authority - FEBA radio masts are situated. This may be affect FEBA bcing.
(FEBA Radio News via JKB/WWDXC in DXM 4/99)
SOUTH AFRICA
[to NIGERIA] 6205 R Kudirat 1900-2000. Nx followed at 1909
by ID (R Kudirat Nigeria, The Voice of Democracy) also announced //11540,
but actually on 11560. Into local lang at 1945. (SIO 433) Reasonable
signal, not so good modulation.
(David Howship-UK, in Cumbre, May 5)
SRI LANKA
13750 DW Trincomalee, new freq, Ins at *2200-2250* Apr 5; I
think this is first use of this band by Trincomalee. (Bob Padula-AUS, via
EDXP, Apr 11)
SWEDEN
Change in schedule from Teracom/Radio Sweden. Due to interfence
problems, we have made a freq change of our bc 1630-1700, ADD 7135 to zones
19,28E,29,30 Hoerby 500 kW 70 degr, delete 7170. (Magnus Nilsson,
Teracom/Radio Sweden, May 10)
TAJIKISTAN
[tentat. via Dushanbe] CLANDESTINE from CIS? to IRAN.
5830 Radio Tommorow's Iran Talks and instrumental mx. *1700-1730* in
Persian. ID "In Radyo-e Iran-e Farda." QRM from no moduration carrier
(Jamming ?) on same freq, very strong. (Satoshi Hasebe-JPN, via Cumbre, May
1)
7245 R Tajikistan 1645 in En with 15 min progr. ID, freq details and progr
details followed by nx in En. Reception was good here in NoIND. (Alok Das
Gupta-IND, Mar 16)
UK / NETHERLANDS
Extra txions of RNW towards WeEUR on Mon May 17th til
Fri 21st, most likely in Durch langauge. Parallel to the four txs at RNW
Flevopolder in Holland, RNW will use two txs at [Merlin] Skelton in
Northern England, target area will be France.
0500-[0557] via Skelton 5975; //all via Flevo: 5955, 7130 and 989.
0700-[0757] via Skelton 6015; //all via Flevo: 5955, 9895 and 11935.
(Paul Brems-BEL, RVI Golfgids, May 13)
[Obige Meldung ist wohl verstaendlicher, als die Angaben in ORF InterMedia
am 14.Mai]
If you're interested in SW nostalgia, I found a site that has an
illustrated history of the BBC Daventry txing stn. The article was
originally published in Practical Wireless magazine, but is now used with
permission at
http://www.daventry-index.co.uk/about/bbctx/BBC01.html
(DXW, Mar 3)
USA
R Marti had been booming in on 7405 until s-off 0900, and with Cuban
jamming. However, it was not on air today May 10, when tried around 0630 -but the jammers were !
I could hear similar jamming on 5890 & 6030, but no audio, and what sounds
very similar jamming mixing with RFI 9805 at 0730 and after they left the
air at 0800. Marti was heard on 9565 at 0900 on May 9, //7405.
On the higher bands I have been hearing such as ERT Athens 17700 [listed on
17705 0600-0800 250 kW 296 degr] for JPN INS AUS NZL PAC around 0630 mixing
with CNR-2. This is shown as via Delano-USA and presumably coming long
path. At same time, BBC is audible from same listed site on 6175, maybe
taking a slightly less long route. I found a nice sounding CNR-1 in FM mode
fr 0700 acting as a jammer on 21540 VoA. 21705 similar, but the lower
freqs were not propagating strongly enough to hear FM. (Noel Green-UK, May
10)
Cuban jamming of WRMI on 9955 kHz, what he doesn't realize is that the
jamming skips over much of the island, making it effective only in the
ground wave areas. In fact, we receive more letters from CUB than from any
other country in Latin America. We recently spent a week making telephone
calls to listeners in CUB and asking them about reception quality in their
area. We spoke with people from one end of the island to the other, and
reception was generally very good. Many people said the jamming was
audible, but did not make listening to the program difficult. One gentleman
on the western end of the island told us he listens to the news on the
Voice of the Foundation from 6-8 a.m. every day. Another listener in
eastern Cuba put the telephone up to his rx's speaker so we could hear how
WRMI was coming in at around 7 p.m. Eastern. The signal was excellent, and
there was absolutely no sign of jamming.
And finally, ask yourself this very logical question: If WRMI were NOT
being heard in Cuba -- a country with severe power shortages and frequent
blackouts -- do you really think the Cuban govt would spend so much
electricity trying to jam our freq?
Soviet jamming did not stop people from listening to VoA, Radio Liberty,
Deutsche Welle and the other stns, and Cuban jamming will not stop people
from listening to R Marti, WRMI, etc. If anything, it just calls attention
to the importance of the programming.
(White-USA, via Cumbre, Mar 18)
VIETNAM
The Voice of VTN finally has a proper official Website of its own
with current freqs for the Ext Sce. To access the schedule in all langs go
to
http://www.vov.org.vn/docs1/english/history/international.html
and click on the progr button, which actually leads to the freq schedule.
This site also functions as a Website for the VoV dom sces. There's an
overview in En at
http://www.vov.org.vn/docs1/english/index.html
but if you want to read the progr schedules for the different networks you
will need a Vietnamese font otherwise it displays as gibberish. (via DXW,
Andy Sennitt, May 12)
New edition of "Long and Medium Wave Stations in EUR, NoAF, and the ME"
The latest edition (publ date: 13 May 1999) of the publication "LW and MW
Stations in Europe, North Africa, and Middle East" is now available. It can
be obtained in two ways:
* electronically as a PDF file. Please visit my homepage to download for
free:
http://come.to/dxing
* as a paper publication at the modest price of BEF 300, USD 10, DEM 15 in
banknotes. Order your copy at: Herman Boel, Roklijf 10, B-9300 Aalst,
Belgium
Thanks to many collaborators this list is unique in its sort. It lists all
known stns in EUR, NoAF, and ME per frequency (with exact locations, power
output, txing times, and lots of other information), and per country (with
addresses and verification information).
Furthermore it is very up-to-date (unlike some other publications) and is
updated at least twice a year. All feedback (see feedback form in the
publication) is most welcome.
(73 Herman Boel-BEL, DXAntwerp,
http://gallery.uunet.be/hb/
Press release from DSWCI
The DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY (DBS)
edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen.
The DSWCI which counts about 400 experienced DX-ers in 45 countries all
over the world, has just published its annual TBS - Tropical Bands Survey
for the 27th year in a row. Since most of our members are devoting most of
their DX-ing on the exciting, dom bcing stns, not only on the tropical
bands (120, 90 and 60 mb), but also on the higher SW bands, the Club has
decided to expand this Survey to the full spectrum of 2200 - 22000 kHz. We
will now concentrate on stns bcing to a domestic audience or relaying such
bcs to expatriates abroad.
This new Survey is based upon many official sources and DX-bulletins. In
order to make the DBS reliable, each stnn frequency has been confirmed on
the air by our own monitors around the world and is marked with an A or B
in the list. To make this DBS up-to-date, most freqs which have not been
heard during the past year have been deleted.
Depending on this worldwide monitoring effort throughout the period May
1998 - April 1999, each entry is classified using the following codes for
their appearance on the freqs mentioned:
A: Regular.
B: Sporadic.
C: Likely inactive.
S: Seasonal changes.
The 44 pages A-4 size DBS is sold by the treasurer:
DSWCI, c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK-3500 Vaerloese, Denmark
for EUR 10, USD 12, DKK 75 or 14 IRC per issue with airmail delivery.
15% discount is given, if a DX Club orders a total of 20 copies or more.
Cash notes are accepted.
(Danish Shortwave Club International,
Anker Petersen anker.petersen@get2net.dk
Bent Nielsen
bentndx.elinh@post.tele.dk
May 9)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 412
23 May 1999
________________________________________________________________________
AUSTRIA
MW 1476 ORF Vienna Bisamberg MW tx bcing with reduced power of
60 kW at 1600-2000, and full power amplifier of 600 kW at 2000-2300.
(ROI Internat Hoererservice via Dr. Erwin Woellerdorfer-AUT, May 20)
CHINA
Today received from CRI English Section schedule (eff as of May 3)
indicates new testing freqs as follows: to EUR 1700-1800 9710; 2100-2130
15415.
To SoEaAS 1200-1400 11980, to We&NoAF 1900-2000 13650.
I checked 15415 May 11th and there was presumably no signal from CRI on the
freq (the selection is faulty anyway due to strong signal of Tripolis on
that freq here in Poland).
(Rybus-POL, via DXW, May 19)
[most probably these outlets originate from new antennas at Urumchi, Tibet
tx site,
in far western mainland China. This station used 41 and 31 mb antennas only
in the past two years, and has been silent for few months in last year,
seemingly to erect new additional antennas on 25, 22, and 19 mb on same
location. ed]
CRI Beijing in Vietnamese recently noted on MW 684 at 1600-1700, first
heard around 13 May. Presumably the new tx in [Dongfang coast on] Hainan
finally on air. Weak signal here compared to powerhouse 1296 in Yunnan,
impossible to determine whether this channel carries RFI earlier in evening
as per schedule due to QRM from Thai stns.
(Alan Davies-THA, May 22)
VoRUS Moscow in En recently heard at 1400-1500 on MW 1269, //15550 etc.
First noticed around 12 May. Presume this is relayed via CRI MW tx in
Yunnan for SoEaAS. Rather poor here under Thai stns. (Alan Davies-THA, May
22)
CONGO [KINSHASA] 7205 La Voix du Peuple, Lubumbashi, *0330 with a
patriotic song on the Congo, same song until 0359, then NA followed by more
songs. At 0411, ID in Fr as Lubumbashi, La Voix du Peuple, then day and
date and the name of ancr, followed by talk on "Le Combat" prgm to
commemorate the second anniversary to liberate the Congo. Also hrd at 1858
when Poland went off, until 1920 when covered by BBC. Good signal from here
when Congo is alone, but not hrd when another stn is on the freq. 2130*.
(Vaghjee-Mauritius, via NU, May 19 & 20)
COSTA RICA
15049 RFPI There have been two complaints from Portugal sent
to Control Nacional de Radio concerning RFPI operating near a marine freq.
The whole issue of RFPI's status and operation is a political matter in CTR
and the matter is out of the Control Nacional de Radio's hands. The
complaints have been forwarded to the ITU for review. Per Melvin Murrillo,
Director of Control Nacional de Radio.
(DIRECT Fleming, Cumbre Dx, May 18)
ERITREA/SUDAN
[CLANDESTINE to/from AF] The presidents of Sudan and
Eritrea signed a peace agreement on 2nd May in Qatar. It therefore seems
likely that the three Eritrean opposition stns hosted by Sudan (Voice of
Truth, Voice of Free Eritrea and Voice of Democratic Eritrea - all on 9230)
and the two Sudanese opposition stns hosted by Eritrea (Voice of Sudan and
Voice of Freedom and Renewal on 8000 and 7000 respectively) will cease
operations. (Greenway, British DX Club May 3 via Cumbre May 7)
ETHIOPIA
About exETLF SW txs in Addis Ababa.
I wonder whether the Ethiopian Government ever paid any compensation.
(V. Goonetilleke, Nov 22, 1998)
Several months ago I took note of the question, via Radio Netherlands
broadcast. I have published a thesis on international missionary
broadcasting and I think I am able to answer your question: After the
nationalization of the Radio Voice of the Gospel the Lutheran World
Federation claimed a compensation of about 8 Mio. US-Dollar which was, of
course, never paid.
About a decade later, however, when Ethiopia was plagued by famines an
agreement was reached. The Lutheran World Federation would receive about
600.000 US-Dollar over a period of three years, but would spend the money
within Ethiopia.
There is an English book on the Radio Voice of the Gospel:
Lundgren, Manfred: Procclaiming Christ to His World. The Experience of
Radio Voice of the Gospel 1957-1977, Geneva: Lutheran World Federation,
about 1983, about 300 pages worth reading, but no ISBN. (Dr. Hansjoerg
Biener-D, May 16)
FRANCE
Freq change of RFI in Se/Alb
0500-0600 on NF 11975 (55555) (x7280) //9805 (55555).
Additional prgr of RFI in Albanian Mon-Fri only.
1010-1030 on 11670 (55555) and 15155 (55555). (PanIview-BUL, May 17)
GEORGIA
A strange radio called itself "Radio Khara" in a language like
Georgian or Abkhaz or similar is on the air Mon & Thu only 1600-1632 on
4875, [Dusheti tx registered here]. Nx, playing western pop mx. Mailing
addr is given: "Shona Rustaveli Prospect" in (presumed) Tbilisi. (Rumen
Pankov-BUL, May 13)
GERMANY
0700-0800
1130-1200
1700-1800
1800-1900
1900-2000
Changes of DW:
in Cr(xGe)/Alb on add 9650 //7190, 11905;
in Bosn (xGe) on 9650, 11905;
in Cr/Alb on NF 7185 (x7125) //11905, 15470;
in Alb/Bosn(xGe) on 7125, 15470
in Ro on add 6140/ /7125, 9470, 11855. (PanIview-BUL, May 17)
RTI/TRT on DW monitoring receiving stn Bockhacken. On May 9th Mrs. Chiu
Bihui of R Taipei Internat and Mrs. Engin Asena and Ufuk Cecim of TRT
Ankara visited the Bockhacken monitoring station of DW Cologne. DW monitor
Herr W. Brennecke has been interviewed.
Report features of this visit may heard via R Taipei Internat on letterbox
progr May 21, at 1800, 9955.
Via TRT Ankara German sce DX progr on May 29th, 1730, 13790.
(Benno Klink-D, DG1EA, May 21)
GREECE
VoGRC has a new e-mail addr for RR's:
fonel@hol.gr
(or directly to engineer Mr. Dionisios Agelogiannis at
dangelogianis@ert.gr).
(Mizuno Mitsuaki-JPN, via Cumbre, Apr 14)
IRAN/IRAQ
Report on Kurdish radio scene:
VoPeople of Kurdistan now 0237-0515, 1437-1819, 1943-2050 on 6015 v7020
(x4060 / x6010).
VoIranian Kurdistan 0227-0339 & presumed 1300-1400, 3950 4100 (x4010,
x4150).
Vo the Worker, 1427-1517, 1627-1726 4100 (x4190).
There are four Communist Kurdish radio stations:
VoIranian Communist Party (pro-Chinese) 3870, 4370, presumed from Western
China.
Vo the Worker (pro Soviet) presumably from Iraq or Syria.
Vo Iraqi People (pro Chinese) 1700-1800 3905 4755.
Vo Iraqi Communist Party (pro Soviet) 1650-1800 4000.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, May 13)
6999.8a The Voice of the People of Kurdistan, The Voice of the Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan 0252 anthem, clear ID by man in Kurdish: "Ehra Dange
Gelli Kurdistana", twice. then talks by man who ment. Kurdistan. Q'ran
chants followed and then, local songs.
(Horacio Nigro-URG, in Cumbre Dx, May 15)
7000.3 VoPeople of Kurdistan, 1659, ID in Ar. Fair. SIO 433.
(Antonello Napolitano-I in Cumbre Dx, May 20)
JAPAN
[Ascension Isl/Gabon/Fr Guiana]
Some new freqs of R Japan NHK World Network:
0430-0700 in Ru, Sp, It, Swe, Ge, Fr to EUR on NF 15355 (44554) via Gabon
relay 500 kW / 350 degr. Till 0500 co-ch Oman (x12030).
0800-1000 in Jap on NF 17650 (55544) via ASC relay, but listed in schedule
17895 //NF 21550 via Gabon, 11710 via Woofferton.
1500-1600 in Jap on NF 21600 (45544) via FrGuiana. (PanIview-BUL, May 17)
LITHUANIA
The new 100 kW SW tx in Sitkunai is currently using 9555 to RUS
79ø and 9710 to WeEUR 259ø at the following times:
9710 100 259ø, Mon-Sat 0900-1200 Lithuanian R 1 in Lith. Exc 0930-1000 R
Vilnius in En, 1000-1030 R Vilnius in Lith.
Sun only 0900-1330 Lithuanian R 1/2 in Lith. Exc 0930-1000 R Vilnius in En,
1000-1030 R Vilnius in Lith. 1200-1300 Universelles Leben (Wuerzburg
Germany) in Ge, 1300-1330 in En.
9550 50 79ø, Mon-Fri 1330-1435: Lithuanian R 2 in Lith. Exc. 1355-1425 in
Ru, 1425-1435 in Belaru. Sat/Sun only 1330-1425 Lithuanian R 2 in Lith.
Exc. 1345-1415 in Ru, 1415-1425 in Belaru. Read the full story on RNW
website:
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/lithuania.html
(Bernd Trutenau-LTU, also via DXW, May 19)
Vilnius on 9555, I found it on May 12 active. Started with "Russian" type
tones at 1320 then stn opened 1330 with fanfare - ID? - then nx read by man
adn woman in Lith., commentary and talk followed nx. At 1355 clear ID was
given in Ru and woman read nx, which was followed by commentary and talk.
At 1425 another language which seemed to be announced as Belorussian sce
began. Nx was read by man until 1435 when tx closed. At 1430 VoA made a
'crash' start on 9555, presumably Udorn Thani in Pashto. (Noel Green-UK,
May 13)
On May 7, 1999, Lithuanian R expanded its presence on SW by adding about an
addit hour of bcs daily via Sitkunai SW stn in CeLTU. The freq is 9555
which hasn't been used by the Sitkunai stn for more than decade. Earlier
this year, the stn installed a new 100 kW Continental 418F tx which
replaced the old 50 kW unit on Apr 1, 1999. The new tx is now used for all
SW bcs originating from Sitkunai.
Bcsts before 1330 are beamed at 259 degr via newly installed curtain
antenna HR2/2/.5 (which is non-reversable), but after 1330 they are routed
to the old curtain antenna HR4/4/.5 and beamed at 79 degr (the old antenna
is reversable and can operate both at 79 and 259 degr). Because the old
antenna can not handle 100 kW of power, the output power of the tx is
reduced to 50 kW after 1330.
Bcsts of Lithuanian R starting at 1330 are meant for listeners in RUS and
BLR, therefore the majority of the programming is not in Lith lang.
(Sigitas Zilionis, direct and via Anker Petersen DXW, May 17-19)
You can send comments about this progr to the following e-mail addr:
riplei@lrs.lt
About the reception quality here at St.Petersburg: there was too poor
reception with portable rx in use only yesterday at 1415-1430 because of
strong local electric noise (at 1430 blocked by VoA Pashto via Udon Thani)
at my home. But Alexey Osipov told me that he heard the signal with almost
good level till 1430 with Russian made old tube rx in use...
(Mikhail Timofeyev thanks to Alexey Osipov/St.Petersburg DX Club, May 19)
[at least for the progr to nearby Belarus I would recommend a pure fountain
antenna
on 49 mb instead, ed]
MW STATIONS
some new MW txs are heard here, but not listed in WRTH '99:
1116 Hungary, at 2200 in Hungarian, //MW 540.
1215 Iran, home sce 2, 1628 vernac, 1630 in Persian.
1431 Ireland, 2230 nx in En & Irish.
1467 Saudi Arabia, main progr, 2235, //1440 1521. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, May
13)
NETH ANTILLES
On May 12 at 2230-2325, RVI Brussels outlet to NoAM via
Bonaire relay on 15565 350 degr, suffered an audio mixture signal of R
Nederland txion in Sp on 11715 to SoAM 170 degr. (RVI Golfgids, May 22)
21590, R Netherlands; 1950-2025*, "Weekend" En magazine px w/features on
skinheads in Prague, Turkish Army & roller bladers in Paris; IS back @2027
w/IDs in Dutch.
This freq isn't on their latest sked. (Harold Frodge-MI, via Cumbre Dx, May
15)
Yes, daily RNW En sce to WeAF [and big signal in EUR too, in our night],
missed in their printed schedule:
2030-2125 WeAF
BON 15315 080 degr, BON 17605 080 degr
2030-2125 Ce&WeAF BON 21590 090 degr
NORWAY
New MW stn Roest 675 kHz, in Norwegian and En. When co-channel
Lopik Dutch stn blank out with MW frame aerial: 2230 UTC SINPO 33543.
(Martin Elbe-D, DD9MW, May 21)
PAKISTAN
Freq changes of R Pakistan
1515-1545 Ru NF 7260 + tx noise, (x6060) //9330 (45554).
1800-1845 Ar NF 15735 (45544) (x9330) //11635 (43433). (PanIview-BUL, May
17)
QATAR
New schedule of QBS Qatar Al Khaisah in Ar fr Apr 24:
0245-0706 11785, 0707-1306 17880, 1307-1706 11820, 1707-2130 17895.
all //9570v. (PanIview-BUL, May 17)
ROMANIA
R Bucharest announced on its nx sce in Romanian, that longwave
Bod near Brasov 153 kHz ceased service recently, because the main power
bill wasn't paid.
(Erich Bergmann-D, May 17)
RRI Bucharest En lang bcs has been monitored as follows: 0200-0300 NoAM
9570 11725 11740, AS 11810 17735. 0400-0500 NoAM 9570 11740, AS 11810
17735. 0600-0656 NoAM 11725 11940. 0640-0655 EUR nx sce 9625 11840 11885
15270. 0700-0800 AF 15340 17745. 1300-1400 EUR/NoAM 9690 15390 15445 17720.
1730-1756 EUR/AF 15380 17735 17865. 2100-2156 9570 11725 11840 15180. 23002356 9570 11810 11830 15105. (WB, MB, Ivan Grishin and others, May)
[Moldova] R Moldova Internat via Galbeni-ROU in A99:
0200-0225 Sp 9400 LatAM, 1100-1125 Sp 11580 LatAM,.1930-1955 Sp 7520 Spain,
2100-2125 Sp 7520 Spain, 0230-0300 Ro 7520 USA & CAN, 0300-0325 En 7520 USA
& CAN, 0330-0355 Ru 7520 RUS, 0400-0425 En 7520 USA & CAN, 1130-1200 Ro
11580 USA & CAN [but also WeEUR], 1800-1825 Ru 7520 RUS, 1900-1925 Fr 7520
France, 2000-2025 Fr 7520 France, 2030-2055 En 7520 UK, 2130-2155 En 7520
UK.
(Yurie Moraru, director of RMI departement, via Ruben Guillermo Margenet /
RI, May 20)
RRI Bucharest Spanish sce DX progr "Club de Oyentes de RRI"/"Rincon
Diexista" every Sun 1800 11830, 15380; at 2200 15270, 15365; every Mon
0000 11830, 15105, 15340, 17375; at 0300 11810, 11970. (Ruben Guillermo
Margenet via RI, May 21)
RUSSIA
Radiostn "Atlantika" will bc for sailors and fishermen in Ru via
its "personal" txs in Murmansk. The following freqs will be in use:
4429 6510 13093 17266 all usb mode. (Ozerov RUS DX via Klepov, Apr 9)
Formerly, the stn was on the air 0100-0200 Wed Sat Sun, 0810-0910 Tue Wed
Fri Sat, 1200-1300. (Klepov RUS-DX, Apr 9)
The VoR Moscow En bc specifically addresses its messages at NATO soldiers
asking them to question their campaign. Part of their appeal to servicemen
on the website reads:
"Neither the NATO leaders nor President Clinton are likely to be worried if
this Easter happens to be the last in your lives. They don't care if your
missiles and bombs turn Easter into a nightmare and spell death for men,
women and children of YUG. Use your brains" (Barraclough, British DX Club
via Rodgers Apr 6)
Hi, today [17th] I received
13: Bad news was four weeks
of VoR "DX Klub" DX program
in hospital -- may blessing
a letter from Rumen Pankov in Sofia-BUL of May
ago, Pavel Mikhailov - the editor and presenter
- my DX friend since 70s with heart attack is
for him for his returning on the DX stage.
That's why his "DX Club" in VoRussia Russian sce is absent still for four
weeks now.
(ed, May 17)
RCI now is using two RUS relays, as of May 10. The
12075 Irkutsk Ru 100 kW, 066 degr; 2300-2325 11640
degr). These are the first regularly-scheduled use
though some have been used for special bcs before.
Cumbre Dx, May 21)
GPR-1 Moscow schedule til Sept 4:
RRossii
5905 1530-2100 100 000
5940 1430-2100 100 240
7440 0430-1500 100 000
9845 1830-2100 250 310
11980 0100-0400 250 265
13705 0530-1800 250 310
15590 1700-2000 500 245
VoR Moscow
9450 2300-0200 1000 270
9470 2300-0200 1000 265
9710 1500-2100 250 270
9810 2300-0200 250 275
schedule is 2200-2259
Chita Ch 250 kW, 194
of RUS relays by RCI,
(Westenhaver-CAN, in
5910
6205
9720
11735
12020
15455
17660
0100-0400
0100-0500
0430-1400
1730-2100
0100-0500
0430-0700
0730-1700
100
100
100
250
250
250
250
000
240
240
265
310
265
265
9450
9480
9775
9860
1600-2000
1500-2000
1700-2100
2300-0200
250
250
250
500
270
275
250
250
9865
12030
12065
12070
13615
17570
1700-2100
1500-1900
1730-1900
1400-1700
1300-1600
1200-1600
500
200
200
200
500
250
270
250
190
190
115
100
Ibra Radio 12015 2000-2100
11630
12060
12070
12070
15460
1500-2000
1600-1900
0000-0300
1900-1700
1200-1600
250
250
500
500
500
260
250
280
275
135
200 190 12020 2000-2100
250 240
VoVTN Hanoi 12030 1900-2030 200 250 12070 1700-1900
500 275
CRI Beijing
9880 2200-2300 250 275 En
12035 1830-1930 250 190 Ar
BBC London
12045 1700-1800
VOMedit Malta 12060 1900-2100
DW Cologne
15540 1600-2000
250 115
250 250
250 170
GPR-2 St.Petersburg schedule til Sept 4:
VoR Moscow
7390 1730-2000 400 215
7390
7440 1700-1900 400 222
9480
9720 1700-2100 400 268
9810
11985 1500-1700 400 147
12000
15595 1730-1800 400 147
15595
17580 1500-1600 400 147
RRossii
7445 1730-2100
CRI Beijing
400 147
2300-0200
0000-0300
1500-2000
1600-1900
1830-1900
9845 0100-0600
268
268
215
215
147
400 147
15595 1800-1830 400 147 Persian
17580 1600-1700 400 147 Ar
GPR-2 Kaliningrad schedule til Sept 4:
VoR Moscow
7310 1500-1900 120 245
7330 1500-1900
R Nederland
800
800
400
200
400
120 205
5835 2030-2130 240 (205 and 245 degr) Dutch
TCR-4 Armavir (Krasnodar) schedule til Sept 4:
VoR Moscow
7305 1500-1900 100 160
9640 1700-1900
9830 2300-0200 500 290
11675 1700-2100
12030 0000-0200 500 290
12060 2300-0200
15485 1500-2100 500 295
15535 1600-2000
17610 1300-1400 500 110
VOR/Adygejskoe R/Kabarbino-Balkarskoe R
RRossii 9490 1530-2100 100 325
12025 0100-0800 100 105
500
500
500
250
190
315
260
280
7325 1500-1900 100 190
12015 0830-1500
100 105
VoVTN Hanoi 7250 0100-0300 500 315
9830 0300-0400
500 290
DW Cologne 11705 1700-1750 200 145
17715 1300-1600 500 190
15525 0800-0830
500 105
Yekaterinburg RC schedule til Sept 4:
VoR Moscow
11745 1700-2000 200 263
11930 1700-2100
200 281
15350 1600-2000
200 263
15455 1600-2000
200 263
GPR-10 Irkutsk schedule til Sept 4:
VoR Moscow
9900 1000-1400 250 110
15470 1000-1100
15490 0600-0700 500 152
15490 0800-0900
15580 1200-1400 250 125
21790 0500-0900
250 110
500 152
250 152
RRossii 7220 2100-1700
200 050
RRossii 9655 1030-1500 100 063
15475 2230-1000 100 063
9805 1900-2200
100 063
Radio Station Tikhiy Okean, Vladivostok
10344 0715-0800 250 083 usb mode
12065 1800-1845
15490 0715-0800 500 152
500 152
BBC London 9890 2200-2300
250 125
DW Cologne 7395 1900-2100 100 083
15470 0900-0945 250 110
13720 1000-1400
250 110
RFI Paris
12025 1100-1300
12025 0930-1030
15535 2300-0100
500 152
500 180
15580 0030-0200
250 227
500 180
R Nederland 13710 0930-1130 250 152
TWR
9400 1130-1600 250 227
VoA
7150 2200-2300 250 152
GPR-11 Novosibirsk schedule til Sept 4:
VoR Moscow
11640 1130-1300 200 111
13685 1130-1230
15535 1000-1100 200 111
15550 1330-1600
17665 1000-1200 500 085
DW Cologne 9875
12045 0100-0150
13690 2200-2400
15605 1330-1355
17845 1000-1400
1430-1645 500 195
500 180
500 125
200 111
500 145
RFI Paris 12045 2200-2300 200 111
VoA 11990 1300-1500
11795
12055
15490
15610
2200-2400
1230-1300
1000-1400
1000-1050
200 111
500 180
500
500
200
200
085
085
111
111
12075 1200-1300
500 125
12025 1400-1900
500 248
12055 2200-2300
500 200
200 111
TCR-12 Chita schedule til Sept 4:
VoR Moscow
11845 1200-1300 500 197
RRossii 4860 1900-1500 80 nondir
BBC London 11640 1300-1530 500 200
Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RC schedule til
VoR Moscow
7340 1200-1300 100 244
9790
15455 0100-0300 200 064
15520
17630 0200-0500 250 064
17690
21755 0100-0300 100 064
VoVTN Hanoi
17595 0400-0500 100 064
Sept 4:
1200-1300
0100-0300
0100-0500
250 244
100 064
250 064
R Nederland
5930 1330-1425
12065 1330-1425
250 244
250 244
12065 0930-1125
RVI Brussels 9865 1200-1230
250 244
250 244
Kamchatka Rybatskaya
7300 1900-2000 100 244
12050 1900-2000
[all VoR, VoVTN, KR Radio, 064 degr
towards Alaska, WeCAN, WeUSA from Pacific side]
100 064
Vatican Radio 7340 1315-1345 100 244 in Japanese[!]
[and direct //13765 15500]
DW Cologne 9450 1000-1050
12000 1400-1800 100 244
TWR
9450 1200-1300
200 263
200 263
9450 1330-1355
12045 0000-0100
200 263
250 263
VoA 12065 2130-2200 250 244
VoRUS relayed via SW txs of MDA, ARM and TJK. 28/03/99-30/10/99.
via Moldova
7125 0000-0500 1000 310
7180 (01/08-30/10) 0000-0500 1000 310
9665 (28/03-30/07) 0000-0500 1000 295
via Armenia
9965 2300-0200 1000 258
15735 1930-2100 1000 258
via Tajikistan
4730 1300-1600 100 180
4975 1300-1600 100 ND
9975 1500-1900 200 235
17495 0700-0900 1000 117
11510 1600-1900 1000 190
4940 1300-1600 100 ND
9945 0100-0200 1000 265
11500 1300-1400 1000 152
(Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, May 10)
SERBIA
Serbian radios - from time to time are on the air, the progr is
consisting of half-truths and full lies. They are hostile vs. the Bulgarian
minority in Eastern Serbia. I finally hope that the Air Force will stopping
with the usual communist dictator (supported by ex-USSR states). On May
2nd, fr 1945 til May 3rd 1645 no any Serbian (& Vojvodinan, Kosovan) radio
was on the air. Now they aired the central radio progr from Belgrade a
couple of hours daily. Annt: "Radio Televizije Srbije, Radio Beograd, Radio
Novi Sad, Radio Prishtina i udrozeni stanice srbije". Heard here using 684
711 1026 1062 1107 1269 1440 1485, and 7200.03. MW 549 is not on air - is
bombed maybe.
In Montenegro - Crna Gora - local stations are still on the air. Annt when
the central radio progr from Podgorica 882 kHz is on air: "Radio Crna Gora
i obstinsko radio stanice".
(combined, Rumen Pankov-BUL, Josef Gaupmann-AUT, May 13)
[Serbia non] Since Mar 27 special air craft of Pennsylvania Air National
Guard's 193rd Special Operations Wing, Commando Solo modified EC-130
Turboprop, fly on the Hungarian airspace and broadcast the NATO voice
towards ex-YUG target: daily 1600-2000. FM 92.5 MHz deleted, still on air
MW 1003 (10 kW), FM 102.5 and 106.4 MHz, also on TV ch 21.
1003 kHz could be heard in the Czech Rep, Vienna-AUT and Ljubljana-Slovenia
also.
(Josef Gaupmann and Harald Suess-AUT, May 16/19)
Just checked the R Yugoslavia website and they now omit the NoAM sce. Here
is what they show: 1800-1830 6100 Ru to RUS/Moscow. 1830-1900 7230 Se to
AUS. 1900-1930 7220 Sp to Spain. 1930-2000 6100 Se to EUR. 2000-2030
6100 Ge to WeEUR. 2030-2100 6185 Fr to WeEUR. 2100-2130 6185 En to WeEUR.
2130-2200 6185 Se to WeEUR.
(Ivan Grishin, May 13, REVIEW OF INTERNAT BROADCASTING, via GH, May 19;
Latest RYUG schedule per website May 2-Sep 5 also via Kenny British DX Club
via Rogers, May 18)
SOUTH AFRICA
Amateur Radio Mirror is bc Mons 1800 on 3215 via Sentech,
and 7082 on amateur radio. Suns 0800 on 7082 in 40 m amateur band, also
via Sentech on 9750 and 21530. On Sun the 16th of May the normal Amateur
Radio Mirror International newscast by the SARL at 0800-0900 on 9750 and
21530 will be repeated at 1500 on 21530. This is because part of the progr
will be to celebrate World Telecom Day.
ZS6SARL on 21530 via Sentech Meyerton, RSA.
sarlnews@intekom.co.za
and
sarl@intekom.co.za
Mail addr: P.O.Box 1842, Hillcrest 3650, South Africa
(Klaus Koehler-D, Harald Kuhl-D, DL1ABJ, May 16)
SRI LANKA/USA
Here are the actual REGISTRATIONS for the new IBB Iranawila
relay on Sri Lanka Island. The project is much belated. The original test
plan dates for November 1997 (!). The list given below shows up to four txs
in use in parallel.
The station didn't carry tests with the regular progr, except of some rare
tone tests.
At present a lot of the listed transmissions are coming from different IBB
sites in periode A99, like from Ekala-CLN, Biblis-D, Briech-MRC, KavallaGRC, Lampertheim-D, Pals-E, Poro-PHL, Tinang-PHL, Udorn Thani-THA, or
Woofferton-G.
Voice
5955
6120
7130
7140
7235
7265
9505
9590
9605
9720
15185
15245
of America
1330-1500 KHME
1500-1600 VIET
2200-2230 KHME
0030-0100 HIND
0300-0430 FARS
0200-0230 DARI
2330-0000 BURM
1600-1700 BANG
1800-2100 ARAB
1130-1230 BURM
1330-1430 URDU
1500-1545 UZBE
073
073
073
356
332
356
057
033
299
057
340
340
Radio Liberty
7155 0430-0630 PERS 332
9615 1600-1700 PERS 334
9660 0200-0400 UZBK 340
9715 0000-0100 KYRG 356
11815 0600-0800 RUSS 356
11855 1100-1200 KAZK 332
11925 1900-2000 TABA 340
15340 1500-1600 KYRG 356
15355 1300-1400 UZBK 340
(IBB via Uwe Volk, May 15)
6035
7115
7130
7215
7255
7275
9535
9595
9680
11875
15205
0100-0130
0100-0300
2230-2330
1400-1800
0400-0600
0130-0200
1230-1330
1800-1900
1700-1900
0800-1000
1300-1400
URDU
ENGL
VIET
ENGL
ARAB
PASH
LAO
TURK
FARS
RUSS
RUSS
356
334
073
356
310
356
065
310
340
356
356
7245
9625
9680
9745
11825
11875
15205
15355
15370
2100-0000
2300-0000
1600-1700
0100-0200
1700-1800
1000-1100
1100-1300
1200-1300
1400-1500
RUSS
KAZK
TUKM
KAZK
UZBK
RUSS
RUSS
KYRG
TUKM
356
340
340
348
340
356
356
332
340
TAJIKISTAN
[CLANDESTINE from CIS to IRN] Radio Iran of Tomorrow.
You may like to know that there is now a web site site
www.ri-ot.com
for the stn with audio. RIoT bcs every day 1700-1730 on 5830.
(A.Khatarmi, via Cumbre Dx, May 21)
[most likely via Dushanbe-TJK, ed]
Dem Voice of Burma in Burmese via Dushanbe-TJK:
1245-1345 NF 15600.2 //1775O DTK, 5945 A1maty.
1430-1455 NF 15605.0 //17750 DTK, 11850 KVI Norway, 5945 Almaty.
(PanIview-BUL, May 17)
THAILAND
Or Sor (Dusit Palace) Station noted 18 May at 0330 s-on, into
usual weekday morning sequence of En lang nursery rhymes and children's
songs performed by Singaporean or Malaysian-sounding choir. This stn has a
very eclectic taste in mx, especially compared to the usual content of Thai
dom stns. The King of Thailand is well known to be a jazz enthusiast, which
probably explains the large amount of jazz played. Fair on approx 6149.5,
but //1332 and 104 MHz probably give useful reception over a larger radius,
especially in the evening when the channel is swamped by SNG on 6150. Usual
sched remains 0330-0500 and 0900-1200 Tues-Sat and 0230-0500 Sun, but
occasional minor variations often noted. (Alan Davies-THA, May 22)
TURKEY
5960
5980
6070*
6115
6135
6195
7170
7190
7220*
7270
7275
9445
9460
9460
9515
9525
9555
9555*
9560
9615*
9630*
9655*
9670
9675
9700
11655
11660*
11680
11690
11690
11765*
11795
11795
11835
11860
11860
11865
11885*
11910
11910
11910
11930
11930
11955
11960
13640
TWR Ankara A99 schedule - eff 28 Mar
1600-0400 38E,39,40W
1600-0400 18,27,28,37
1530-1630 29S,30S,39N,40-43
1700-1800 29,30,40-44
1800-1900 27,28,37N
1600-1700 29S,30S,39N,40,42
2030-2130 30S,39-41,49S,54,55,58-60
2200-2300 17,18,27,28W,37N
1700-2200 37,38,46
0300-0400 38E,39,40W
0630-0730 28
2100-0700 3SE,4,5,7-11,18,27,28
0700-2100 27,28
2100-0700 8,9,11-14,18,27,28W,37
1400-1600 38E,39,40W
1630-1700 28
0100-0200 29E,30,40,41N,42
1130-1230 28S
1600-2200 29S,30S,39-41,49,54,55,58-60
1730-1830 18,27,28
1030-1130 38NE,39N,40W
1430-1530 28S
1930-2030 37,38,46
1700-1800 19-26,29,30
1930-2030 27,28
0300-0400 2-5,6E,7,9,10,18,27,28W
0400-0900 29SE,39NE,40W
0730-0800 28
0800-0830 28
0830-0900 28
1830-1930 18S,27,28W,37N
0830-0930 39NE,40NW
1800-1900 29,30
0700-0830 29SE,30SW,40NW
1330-1400 28
1500-1600 29S,30-32,39N,40,42-44
1400-1500 29S,30S,39N,40,41N
2200-0400 3-11,18,27,28
0400-0700 18,27,28
1130-1230 28
1900-2200 18,27,28
0930-1030 28E
1030-1130 28S
0400-1600 38E,39,40W,48N
1600-1700 29,30,39E,40-44
2200-2300 5S,8E,9,11N,27,28W
to 31 Oct 1999.
CAK 250 Tu
CAK 250 Tu
EMR 500 Turkmen
EMR 500 Uzb
CAK 500 Bosn
EMR 500 Georg
EMR 500 En
EMR 500 En
EMR 500 Tu
EMR 500 En
EMR 500 Bulg
CAK 500 Tu
CAK 500 Tu
CAK 500 Tu
CAK 250 Ar
EMR 500 Mac
EMR 500 Uzb
EMR 500 Bulg
EMR 500 Tu
EMR 500 USB mode Ge
CAK 250 Gr
EMR 250 Gr
CAK 500 Fr
CAK 500 Ru
EMR 500 Fr
EMR 500 En
EMR 500 Tu
EMR 500 Alb
EMR 500 Mac
EMR 500 Bosn
EMR 500 USB mode En
CAK 250 Pe
EMR 500 Tatar
CAK 250 Azerb
EMR 250 Se
EMR 500 Kaz
EMR 500 Azerb
EMR 500 Tu
CAK 250 Tu
CAK 250 Alb
EMR 500 USB mode Tu
CAK 250 Rum
CAK 500 Gr
CAK 250 Tu
CAK 500 Kyrgyz
EMR 500 En
13655
13665*
13695
13760
13790
15190
15210*
15325
15350
15385
15405*
15430*
15450
15475*
17560*
17600
17690*
17705*
17705*
17715
17760*
17830
17860
21550
21715
21715
21715
21715
1300-1600
1930-2030
1830-1930
0900-1100
1730-1830
1400-1600
1230-1400
2200-0100
0700-1600
1600-1630
0930-1030
1000-1500
1300-1400
1330-1430
1230-1330
0400-0900
0400-0700
0700-0830
0830-0930
1200-1300
1330-1430
1230-1330
0900-1100
1100-1200
0100-0300
0300-0400
0400-1000
1000-1300
39-41,49,54,55,58N,59N
27,28W
27,28W
38E,39N
18S,27,28W
37,38,46N
29SE,39E,40
40E,41E,49,54,55,58N,59
18,27,28,37N
27,28
27,28
38,39W
Fris only
19-22,29,30
27,28
30,39E,40,41,49,54,55,58N
29SE,39E,40
30,40,42
29SE,40
40,41N
40,41N,49,54,55
27,28
18,27,28W
37,38W
30-32,40N,42-44,64
40E,41E,49,54,58N
40E,41E,49,54W,58N
40E,41S,54,58N
40,41,49,54,55,58N,59N
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
CAK
EMR
CAK
EMR
EMR
CAK
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
EMR
500
500
500
500
500
500
250
500
500
500
500
250
500
500
500
500
500
500
250
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
Tu
USB mode Fr
En
Ar
Ge
Ar
Pe
Tu
Tu
Cr
Hu
Tu
Ru
till 140899 Ge
En
Tu
Tu
Azerb
P
Ur
fr 150899 Ge
En
Ar
Ch
Tu
En
Tu
Tu
* marked freqs are not functional now, due to temporary tx problems.
(TRT via Benno Klink DG1EA, May 19)
UK
LIVE COVERAGE OF WORLD CUP CRICKET.
Avid and prospective cricket fans can hear daily live commentary of this
year's World Cup cricket matches by clicking on the BBC Cricket web site at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cricket
Play begins daily at 0945 and continues to completion around 1830. In
addition, listeners able to hear the BBC Asia/PAC stream on SW can hear
live commentary 0945-1700 daily on 15310, and from 1700 to close of play on
9510.
R Australia is supplying live commentary of Australia's matches on SW as
well. Here on the east coast of NoAM, 11650 has been audible from just
after local sunrise until around 1330 fade out. And R New Zealand Internat
is also offering live commentary of New Zealand's matches. Coverage on
those dates will start at 0935 on 9700 and continue after 1100 on 6100. The
latter freq will have considerable difficulty propagating to the east coast
of NoAM. It could be audible in western sections of North America until
about an hour after local sunrise.
The schedule of matches, which continue into mid-June, is available from
the BBC Cricket web site listed above. (John Figliozzi-USA, via EDXP, May
16)
Merlin Network One remaining schedule.
Some nights ago I noted a unusual silence on 3985 and dropped MNO a line.
The answer was: "Unfortunately we no longer use 3985 for as many hours as
before.
The current schedule reads, here are these remains:
EUR 0400-0500 3985, 0500-0600 6045, 0600-0700 6110, 0700-1600 9915, 16002000 6175, 2000-2200 17695(via Sackville-CAN back to EUR).
NoAM 2200-2400 11985, 0000-0200 9600, 0200-0400 9795.
...and that's all, undoubtly a rather heavy cut-back and actually no good
sign. For EUR listeners the shut down of 3985 (away from these
insignificant single hour in the morning) is a severe loss, as it cuts off
all nightshift workers and other night-birds without a satellite dish, who
looks for other mx selections than these dull AC mash across the FM band.
(Kai Ludwig, May 20; Kenny via Rodgers)
RNW Skelton 6015 kHz test, 0700-0757, signal was S=5 +40 dB. BUT //Flevo
outlet on 5955 is a little bit stronger: S=5 +50 dB. In same category S=5
+50 dB also DW 6075, BR 6085 at same time. S=5 +40 dB: Skelton 6015,
Juelich Voice of Hope 5975, Juelich TWR 6045, DW 6140, ORF 6155. (WB, May
19)
RNW Skelton 5975 kHz test, 0500-0557, signal was S=5 +30 dB. BUT //Flevo
outlet on 5955 is a little bit stronger: S=5 +50 dB. In same signal
strength category at this time S=5 +50 dB, also ORF Vienna Moosbrunn 6155.
For comparison, all same strength category S=5 +30 dBalso BBC
Rampisham+Skelton 6195.
S=5 +10 dB: Hoerby-SWE 6065, BR Munich Ismaning 6085, DW 6075, DLR Britz
6005.
These outlets via Merlin Skelton were operating between May 17th and 21th
only as a test.
(WB, Kai Ludwig-D, May 19-21)
BBC in Alb addit progrs now on the air Mon-Fri:
1000-1030 (Sat/Sun -1015) 13745, 15555, 1767O
1315-1345 (Sat/Sun -1330) 11680, 13670, 15115. (PanIview-BUL, May 17)
USA
[CUBA non] I checked R Marti's new 21500 via Delano around 2150 May
15 - and Cuban bubble jamming had already attacked it. However, due to
larger skip distances on higher bands, I expect Cuba cannot skywave-jam
this; should have used this band long ago, but IBB can only be dragged
kicking and screaming into 13 mb ! I'm not really complaining, since that
means less QRM to other stns. (Glenn Hauser, OK, May 19)
Apparently AFRTS is now actively promoting its SW sces for the first time
in many years, and even promises to verify them. In the FAQ on the new AFN
Balkans Website (the home page title of which says 'welcome to AFN
Bavaria') I found this:
Are any AFN/AFRTS radio signals available on the SW bands?
Yes!
Freqs of all worldwide AFN stns are listed at the Internet site:
http://www.afrts.osd.mil
The U.S. Navy also provides the AFRTS radio signals on High Frequency Upper
Side Band from Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Stn, Key
West, Florida at 12689.5 and at Puerto Rico too at 6458.5. This is a
temporary condition intended for ships at sea. However, we have had RR's
from FIN to JPN indicating good reception. All RR's and requests for QSL
cards (reception verification reply cards) will be answered by Navy Media
Center, at
e-mail eternika@mediacen.navy.mil
http://www.afneurope.army.mil/Balkans/
(Andy Sennitt via DXW, May 19)
Some changes of VoA: 1300-1315 Alb 17895 (x17740) //9625, 11680, 15205;
1400-1500 Alb 17610 (x17740) //11680, 21515; 2200-2215 Serb 7235, 9760,
(x7140, x9575) //11820. (PanIview-BUL, May 17)
UZBEKISTAN
On July 1st, 1999 R Tashkent celebrates its 5th anniversary of
German lang bcs. At present on the air 1935-2030 5025 5035 5060 9540
9545(x7105) 11905.
R Tashkent addr via Uzbek Airline bureau in Frankfurt-GER changed to
another location just around the corner: Radio Tashkent, c/o Uzbekistan
Airways, Kaiserstr. 7, D-60311 Frankfurt Main, Germany. (Dr. Hansjoerg
Biener-D, May 16)
E-mail addr for Radio Tashkent (Radio Tashkent International, Ozbekiston,
700049 Toshkent shahar, Xorazm Kochasi 47, Ozbekiston Teleradio
Kompaniyasi, Respublika Radiosi)
uzradio@online.ru
(WWDXC DXM Swopan Chakroborty, Calcutta, India, Apr
30)
9430 TWR India via Tashkent. NF now in use for morning pxs to Indian subcontinent, *0000-0030, 200 kW 130 degr. (Dobrowski via EDXP, May 17)
VATICAN CITY
Schedule of R Vaticana to all continents via
http://www.wrn.org/vatican-radio/freq/freq.htm
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, May 20) [see also under Russia]
VIETNAM
12019.55 VoVTN 1022 talk
chant like. 1028 Female gives song
to open carrier. *1030 in language
Poor signal, in the clear.
(Dan Ziolkowski-WI, Cumbre Dx, May
by man in En. 1025 Vocal tune by female,
title (not understood), ID and goodbye
with clear ID to female talk. //9840.
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ALBANIA
TWR in Persian via Cerrik-ALB 1635-1750 on v9474.93 & 12089.94,
100 kW, 90 degr.
R Tirana monitoring:
Alb 1400-1700 5985.07 & 7269.71 both 50 kW nondir;
1900-2200 7295 100 kW 350 degr;
2300-0500 6100 & 7269.92, both via Cerrik 100 305.
Ital 1800-1830 6109.96 via Shijak 100 nondir, 7239.92 via Cerrik nondir.
En
1915-1930 9509.9 via Cerrik 100 305;
but //7180 covered by Woofferton.
2130-2200 7160.14 via Shijak 100 310, & 9634.84 Cerrik 100 305.
Turk 2000-2015 6115 via Shijak, 100 120. (WB, May 29)
BELGIUM
1512
Starting from Jun 13, RVI extend the MW Wolvertem schedule
in Dutch to WeEUR by one hour. RVI "Dak van de wereld" in Dutch of 1800
and 2000 UTC, repeat at 2300-2400 UTC, 300 kW.
[RNW Wolvertem relay in English in between at 2030-2230.]
0600-0700 N WAV 200 137 13740 SE Europe (x13745)
1600-1630 N WAV 200 197 13740 SW Europe (x13745)
1300-1600 Suns only Sport WAV 200 197 13740 SW EUR (x13745)
In July during the bicycle race "Tour de France" special live coverage
commentaries in Dutch at 1300-1600 UTC on 9925 and 13740. (RVI Golfgids
Paul Brems-BEL, May 27)
CLANDESTINE
"VOPeople of Kurdistan" noted today at 1655 on 7000.8 in Ar
with freq mentiones of Kurdistan. This is not the Sudanese stn at this
time.
(Victor G.Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, May 22)
COLOMBIA
[CLANDESTINE] R Patria Libre, on May 20, RCN and Caracol
networks, and the daily "El Tiempo" newspaper, quoted a Colombian army
press release saying that the army had busted an ELN "communications
center," including tx, studio equipment, tapes, coax cable, antenna wire
and batteries, in the vicinity of the little town of Santa Ana, located in
a mountainous area of NoWe Antioquia Dept, in an area controlled during the
past 15 years by the Carlos Alirio Buitrago guerilla front, which, in midMay, was forced to disperse following an army onslaught. One day later, AFP
in another cable, identified the tx site as that of R Patria Libre, the ELN
radio stn which was set up by the Spanish priest Manuel Perez, who was the
organization's leader at that time.
(Henrik Klemetz-SWE, via NU, May 23)
COSTA RICA
5954.1 R Casino is the stn here, reactivated after a couple
of years off the air. As before, tx coming on shortly after 1000 but
running just an open carrier until 1033. 1033, presumed anthem heard then
straight into an ID by man in Sp and other opening annts. Weak and still in
the QRM sandwich between R Cultural on 5955 and WYFR on 5950. Casino played
mostly vocal mx, but once again fading to just a carrier shortly before
1100. I wonder if this is still their rated 1 kW tx that first came on in
1945? Very nice to have them back, I thought they were gone for good.
(Hans Johnson via Cumbre Dx, May 15) [though not propagating towards EUR
that time, ed]
ECUADOR
[see the freq difference]
HCJB Quito frequ changes from Tue June 8th:
En sce to EUR 0700-0900 11950 replaced by 11735, 500 kW, 34 degr.
Ru 0330-0430 & Ge 0430-0500 11960 replaced by 11865, 500 kW, 34 degr.
[to avoid VoA Kavalla on 11965 250 kW, 95 degr]
(HCJB DXPL, May 29; Ruediger Klaue, Director German Lang, May 28)
HCJB will be changing two of our freqs to EUR as of 8 June 1999. I would
appreciate your help in "getting the word out" to our valuable listening
friends in EUR. The changes are as follows En 0700-0900, we will begin
using 11730 kHz as of 8 June 1999.
Dropping 11950 Ru and Ge 0330-0500, we will begin using 11865 as of 8 June
1999, dropping 11960. Although the original freqs were providing a good
signal into EUR, apparently our long path was causing interference in the
SoPAC and we feel it is best if we change these freq. (Allen Graham,
Producer, The DX Partyline HCJB, May 30)
ERITREA
VOBMasses of Eritria. Interesting freq usage with 7100 being so
close to ETH on 7110, and 7170.5 next to ETH 7165 !
Two different sces at this time of 1655 UTC. 7100 gives fair to good
reception. 7170 spoilt here by VOA s-on at 1658 on 7170 co-ch itself. 7170
carried at 1650 a talk by a lady in what sounded very much like En. It is
hard sometimes to tell with the heavy accent, but the amnesics was more a
European type than Afro.
ETHIOPIA
R Ethiopia home sce doing nicely on 5990.45 (Malawi just a
heterodyne on 5993.4) at 1700 Sunday when VoA is not on this freq
Sats/Suns. //7110 and 9704.1 Amharic progrs. Best of the three is
9704.1.(Victor G.Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, May 22)
7110 R Ethiopia, *0259-0306 May 30, IS followed by opening ID and anmts by
man, short mx bridge and another man with nx. Poor-fair. (D'Angelo-PA in
NU, May 30)
FINLAND
R Finland commenced a NEW sce to SoAS 0000-0015 15250 & 11995 in
Finnish, daily, as of May 24. (Craig Tyson-AUS, via EDXP May 24)
GEORGIA
v9489.76 Abkhaz R Sukhumi played a Russian folk song, mens
chorus, most likely R Rossii relay at 0535. (WB, May 30)
GERMANY/ALBANIA
1593 VoA/RFE MW Holzkirchen now non-stop 1700-0330.
Also extended txion schedule on VoA/RFE via ALB-Durres MW 1458 kHz.
(Uwe Volk-D, May 25)
PLC-Versuche in Herrenberg. Auf der DARC-Homepage gibt es die ersten
Ergebnisse ueber die PLC-Versuche in Herrenberg als Real-Audio-File. Als
Beispiel wurde die Frequenz 4927 kHz eingestellt und Demodulation in SSB,
AM und FM demonstriert. Ueber Geraetschaften und Antennen wurden keine
Aussagen gemacht, aber im naechsten Heft der CQ DL soll ein Artikel
darueber stehen.
Hoert Euch die Stoerungen unter
http://www.darc.de
(links steht die Menue-Leiste, Navigation zu CQ DL, Download der .ra File
beim Zugriffszaehler) am besten selbst an. Fazit: DX [Amateurfunk und SWL
auf Kurzwelle] scheint so unmoeglich zu werden. (Jan Balzer-D, May 27)
GUINEA
R Conakry, QSL rcvd in 29 days for $2 and a postcard, v/s Monsieur
Boubacar Yacine Diallo, Directeur General/ORTG. Addr on envelope: Ministere
de la Communication, Republique de Guinee, Direction General de L'Office de
Radiodiffusion Television Guineee (ORTG), B.P. 391, Conakry, Guinea, Tel.
+224 451408, FAX +224 451408.
(Enzo Gehrig-Spain via NU, May 23)
INDIA
Most dom SW outlets carry World Cup Cricket. 22nd May 1600-1700+,
4960 Port Blair, 4920 Chennai, 5040 Jeypore, all carrying Cricket ball by
ball commentaries. This will continue for the next one month. (Victor
G.Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, May 22)
INDONESIA
11760.05, RRI Jakarta-Cimanggis, May 21, 1458-1513, female
speaker in BI with mention of Indonesia Barat followed in the same minute
by SCI. At 1500 female speaker with "warta berita" with news about Timor,
YUG and ISR, reports from Bali and Surabaya until 1512: then "Love Ambon"
with choir, at 1513 ID as"Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia national programa
satu", freq annt. Best in USB to avoid QRM R Finland on 11755.
(van Rooy-HOL, via DXW May 25)
ITALY
21520 - 21535 - 21710
RAI 1938-1942 Filler mx to 1942, then OMs
with live commentary from the European Cup Winners Cup Final (soccer) from
Birmingham-UK. These freqs are normally used Suns only to relay live soccer
from Italy, signing off at 1700. So both the day and the time are unusual
here. Look for a 'repeat performance' of this tx on Wed May 26, when the
European Champions Cup Final is played in Barcelona.
(John Grimley ON-CAN, via Cumbre, May 19)
JAPAN
21610 - 17825 R Japan 0300-0400 En nx 0311, Hello from Tokyo with
Mari Kishi and John Hamlin. Email at
hello@intl.nhk.or.jp
Trivia - I met Maria Kishi, John Hamlin and Murray Johnson when I was in
Tokyo last Feb 1999 at the NHK Broadcast Centre. I was given a brief tour
of R Japan and NHK World TV by Ms Kishi. This was arranged before arriving
in Tokyo by using the email addr above. Acc to Ms Kishi, R Japan, "had just
gone digital". This had caused much upheaval as the producers had been
deskilled and had to adapt to get the new equipment to do its tricks, while
maintaining transparency to the listeners. They were running the digital
technology in parallel with the analog technology. It is in with the DAT
recorders and the phasing out of the reel to reel analogue recorders. Mari
Kishi is much shorter than she sounds. John Hamlin is more Canadian than he
sounds. Murray Johnson is an Australian. He is the English Section's Sumo
wrestling expert. (Lindsay Allen-AUS, via Cumbre, May 23)
KAZAKHSTAN
Kazak R SW sked is confirmed at 2300-0300 4545 & 12115, 03001300 4545, and 1300-1700 4545 & 12115. (BBC Monitoring, via NU, May 23)
Kazakh R 1st and 2nd progrs have merged and the sce has been renamed
Kazakhstan RV (radioveshchaniye - Radio Broadcasting). Carries progrs in
Ge, Uighur, Korean, Azeri, Turkish and Tatar, buth these are unconfirmed.
2300-1700 on MW & FM.
("Communication" British DX Club, June '99)
6180 R Almaty, 0200 May 27, IS, NA, brief ID by man, then talks in vernac.
Q'ran chants afterwords. Very good signal on clear channel. (Nigro-Uruguay,
via NU, May 30)
MACEDONIA
On May 26th DW signed a contract with MRD - Makedonska
Radiodifuzija. Deutsche Welle (DW) radio progrs to Macedonia target and
neighbouring states will be transmitted via 1.000 kW MW tx Skopje I in
Macedonia on 810 kHz. At present the 100 kW tx Skopje II on 1314 kHz is in
use by DW already. The MW audience is much wider in the Balkan states in
comparision with SW. Weekly audience of foreign radio stns: DW 12 %, BBC 9
%, VoA 1 %. Macedonian, Albanian and Serbian progrs will be fed via
satellite HOTBIRD 5. Macedonian is rebroadcast by 25 progr stations world
wide amongst few in Australia, Albanian by further 15 stations. (DW via Kai
Ludwig-D, May 28)
Aid for Macedonia. On the occasion of the anniversary of 30 years DW
Macedonian language programme, DW announced financial help in future to
modernize the MRD MW tx center at Skopje in Ovce Pole. (Martina Bertram DW,
May 27)
MEXICO
MEXICAN NATIONAL DX MEETING: Once again this year, WRMI is
handling the internat publicity for the Fifth National Meeting of Mexican
DXers, which will take place Jul 30-Aug 2 in the mountain city of Orizaba,
in Veracruz State -- a few hours by bus or car west of the port city of
Veracruz. This will be an excellent opportunity for DXers and SW listeners
from throughout MEX and other countries to get together and discuss their
hobby with others.
Most of the Mexican DXers speak at least a little En, and they warmly
welcome their DXing colleagues from NoAM, EUR, LatAM and anywhere else to
attend their annual meeting. Last year, SW bcs and listeners from several
countries attended the Mexican National DX Meeting, and many of the
seminars were bilingual. For complete details, you can write, call or fax
us at WRMI, or you can e-mail us at: wrmi@compuserve.com
(Jeff White-USA, Mar 20)
MOLDOVA
7125 VoRUS 0425 female and male talks on computer problems and
its solving (esp. on Millenium); 0428 jingle and mx. Some people at VoR say
tx site is Kishinev/Chisinau, some people say it is Grigoriopol.
Verified an e-mail-RR within 9d by card and progr schedule. v/s not given
but tx site stated as Kishinev (Chisinau). (Elsebusch-D, May 26)
VoR uses the Grigoriopol site, which is located inside Pridnestrovye, the
area of Moldova which has been annexed by Russian seperatists. It is the
only SWBC site in Moldova, which explains why Radio Moldova Internat is
obliged to use a tx in Romania !
[see item under Romania too]
The Russians often register tx sites under the name of a nearby (or even
not so nearby) city. This also applies to the HFCC registrations. I asked
Mr. Titov, Chief of the Main Centre for the Control of Broadcasting
Networks, about this a few years ago, and he confirmed that many of the
listed sites are not where the lists say they are !
The locations mentioned in WRTH have been researched by Olle Alm and a team
of Russian DXers over many years, involving much travel and studying of
maps. While they are still not 100% accurate, they are probably
considerably more so than the lists used by the people who verify the QSLs!
Sites used to relay foreign bcs such as Radio Netherlands [and BBC,
VoA/RL/IBB, DW, TWR, RFI, RVI, CRI, RVAT, MLT] are generally correct as the
client stations usually inspect the facilities before contracts are signed.
(Andy Sennitt-HOL, via Cumbre, May 28)
NEPAL
On the night of the Nepalese General Election, (I missed the date
unfortunately,20th May??) not written in the log book, but R.Nepal
transmitted all night without closing at 1715 and was even noted on 5005.4
at 0000 UTC with very good signals. I didn't hear the // 7164 although it
should have been operational. So if anyone heard NPL all night on 5005.4
then I can confirm it !
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
TWR Bonaire. The new "Trans World Radio" magazine
says that TWR Bonaire will turn off their 500 kW 800 kHz tx later this
year. It will be replaced by a 100 kW solid-state tx (manufacturer unknown,
but Continental likely, see item below) and a 4-tower directional array, to
cover primary target areas of Cuba, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and
the Amazon region. The reason is to reduce operating costs, as the 500-kW
rig uses LOTS of electricity.
(Glen Kippel KF6LXI, via HCDX, May 25)
[... and difficult to get spare parts and valves, ed]
In summer the new 100 kW MW stn will go on the air at Bonaire by Trans
World Radio - TWR. The new tx build by Canadian company, Nautel NA-100,
will replace an old 500 kW tx, operating at present on 800 kHz since 1964.
This was the first not European based facility by TWR, founded 1954. In the
European and Mediterranean area first own tx gone on the air in the year
1959 via Tangier (Morocco), then 1960 via R Monte Carlo (Monaco). But not
only the tx will be replaced at Bonaire, the antenna equipment will be too.
Four antennas 130 meters in height will replace the old five 186 meters
antennas. Targets of MW bcs from Bonaire are Ce- and So-AM, Caribbean and
Cuba with three langs: En, Sp and Po, further plans are bcs in Creole lang.
(Lothar Ruehl-D, ERF/TRF press release, Apr 8)
NEW ZEALAND
17675 RNZI Rangitaiki, May 24, 2132-2137, En nx by male
speaker, ID: "From Radio New Zealand International, this is mailbag",
female speaker reading letters. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, May 25)
Mailbag is every 2nd week Mon 2135, Wed 1735, Thu 0305, and Fri 1930.
PAKISTAN
Radio Pakistan's A-99 [respectively Z-99] schedule
fr May 3-Sep 4th has now arrived and is:
Hindi
0100-0130 7155 9740
Urdu WS 0100-0215 15485 17895 WS to So&SoEaAS
Bangla 0130-0200 11930 15455
Assami 0200-0230 11930 15455
English 0230-0245 15485 17660K 17895 slow speed nx bulletin to So&SoEaAS
to India 9640.
Gujrati 0330-0400 17555 (API-1 100 kW 233 degr) to EaAF
Urdu
0500-0700 15175.19 (API-5 250 kW 282 degr)
17555.04 (API-1 100 kW 282 degr)
21460.13 (API-6 250 kW 252 degr) WS to Gulf & ME.
[17555 badly QRM by KOL Israel French 0500-0517 only, ed]
Urdu/E
0800-1120 15530.18 (API-5 250 kW 313 degr) 0800-1103 Urdu WS
Indonesian 0900-0930 15405 17535K to INS MLA BRU TZA.
Tamil
1000-1030 15464.96 17535K to SoIND and S-L.
Hindi
1100-1200 9510 11995.04 15465K.
Chinese 1200-1230 11895 15465 to CHN.
Bangla 1200-1230 11975 15625 to BGD/IND.
Persian 1300-1345 11935 15625 to IRN.
Urdu
Turki
Russian
English
1330-1530 11570 15465.19 17510.88K WS to Gulf & ME.
1430-1500 6075 7260(both via 270 degr) to AFG and CeAS.
1500-1530 7260 9330(both via 313 degr) to CIS and RUS.
1600-1630 11570 15465.19 17510K WS to Gulf & ME.
15320 17720.03 to Ea&SoEaAF.
1615-1630 E slow speed nx bulletin.
Turkish 1700-1730 11600.04 13580 (x9770) to TUR.
Urdu
1700-1900 11570 15335.19 WS to WeEUR.
Arabic 1800-1845 11640(x11635 to avoid TWR) 15735 to ME & NoAF.
Urdu
1800-1900 11600.04 Islamabad progr to Gulf & ME.
French 1930-2000 11570 to WeEUR, 15335 to ME/NoWeAF.
K = Karachi 50 kW, others Islamabad 100/250 kW.
[no trace of Ru 9330, and Tu 13580, ed]
Home sces
API1 100 kW
API2 100 kW
6060 1350-1358 Balti nx
7200 regional news 0330-0430 Balti 0445-0545 Sheena
7195 home sce fr Islamabad: 1300 Urdu nx; 1304-1316,
1323-1600 Pushto, regional news 1316-1323 Pushto
API3 100 kW
API4 100 kW
7310 1615-1700 Aaina (Islamabad progr)
5045 home sce fr Islamabad, 1420-1428 Sheena nx.
7110 0600 Urdu nx 0604-0800 Rawalpindi progr incl.
0700-0704 Punjabi nx, 0800-1115 Islamabad progr
incl. Sindhi nx 0800-0804, Pushto nx 0900-0904,
Urdu nx 1000-1004, E nx at 1100-1104.
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto are regional nx.
Link services from Islamabad API-7 10 kW
API7 10 kW 6070 0200-0215 Urdu nx comm, 0215-0225 Urdu editorials.
0230-0245 link for slow speed nx bulletin.
0300-0310 En nx.
9645 0400-0404 Urdu nx, 0500-0504 E nx, 0600-0604 Urdu.
11835 0900-0930 Indonesian link, 1000-1004 Urdu nx
1100-1104 E nx
9645 1200-1210 Urdu nx & comm, 1230-1300 Kashmiri,
1300-1302 Urdu nx headlines.
1400-1414 E nx & commercial nx, 1500 Urdu nx & comm
1515-1530 Urdu newsreel.
7230 1600-1630 E nx comm, link for ME slow speed
bulletin, 1700-1715 Urdu nx/Pasmanzar.
API8 100 kW
Rawalpindi III, 68 degr.
4790 0045-0435(Fri -0345), 1230-1330, 1345-1815.
7265 0800-1215 (Fri 0930-1215)
Regional sces
Quetta
10 5025 0045-0404(Fri-0345) & 1200-1805.
7155 0600-1145(Fri 0400-0820 & 1000-1145).
Peshawar 10 6140 1100-1400.
During World Cup Cricket in the UK, API-6 250 kW is being used on 17835 to
bc commentaries from approx. 1000 to approx. 1930, depending upon state of
play. This appears to be meant for Gulf & ME area. So, 17835, 11895 & 11570
are inactive when commentaries are bc.
Heard today on 17835.10 with separate Kricket progr at 0930.
[33333 due to Romania? on 17840]. (WB, May 30)
ROMANIA
[MOLDOVA] I just checked out Radio Moldova Internat from
11580. The power-grid hum problem was meanwhile again fixed, so the
modulation is no longer buried but it is still all but no pleasant
listening due to strong non-linear distortion, seemingly already on
feeder line. Also the tx still have it's other diseases, showing in
background hiss and repeated trips. (Kai Ludwig-D, May 29)
1100 on
program
the
a
RRI Bucharest - currently 2100-2157 on 9570 11810(x11725) 11840 and 15180.
At 1300-1357 En on 15445, not 15405. (Michael Barraclough-UK, May 29; WB)
RUSSIA
VOA Irkutsk noted 7150 with Mandarin *2200-2300*, but severe cochannel QRM AIR GOS up to that stn s-off 2245*. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, May
22)
Angarsk - The new "Radio Sed'moy Etazh" (the Seventh Floor Radio) stn
began bcing recently on freq 1242, which was earlier used by Angara Radio.
The stn addr: Angarsk-27, P.O.Box 1131, phone (395 18) 6-17-34, e-mail:
monsta@chat.ru.
Test program was aired on Mar 24, 1999.
(Fyodor Brazhnikov in MIDXB N 110, May 23)
9825 & 12065, R/S Tikhiy Okean, *1800 May 12, 9825 SINPO 44444, 12065 SINPO
33433, in Ru; IS and opening anmt. (Oguma Hironao-Japan via Vostochnoe
Radio/JA-DX)
21820 R/S Tikhiy Okean, *0132 Apr 25, SINPO 45444, in Ru; IS, opening ID
as "Rabotaet Radiostantsiya Tikhiy Okean. Vy slushaeche programmu <Na
rodnom beregu>." "Vash priyomnik nastroen na volnu radiostantsii Tikhogo
Okeana."
(Oguma Hironao-JPN via Vostochnoe Radio/JA-DX, via NU, May 30)
SERBIA
Both Belgrade HF txs 684 and 7200 were off from May 25th, from
approx. 1000 UTC time of NATO's bomb attack on the tx centre. (HCJB DXPL,
May 29)
Radio Beograd on MW 684 severely damaged. Yesterday afternoon [May 25th],
the main MW TX site of R Beograd south of Belgrade suffered heavy damage
and has been off the air since. No stand-in txion has been noted yet. As a
precise damage report is very difficult to come by, I don't know whether
the mast itself was damaged or just the TX bulding, or both.
(Igor F. Pifat YT1MM, yt1mm@net.yu via HCDX, May 26)
A very short piece of tv report from Belgrade tx site was shown in German
tv, a tx building and a large [in diameter] professional dish antenna, both
heavily damaged. On the other hand, the nearby antenna tower mast was
[looked like] undamaged.
(WB, May 29)
[May 27th] MW 684 kHz seems to be silent for two days now, no main power
anymore for the Continental 2000 kW unit ?
That's quite obvious, as a loss of main power in big parts of Serbia was
reported; amongst other things a big coal plant near Belgrade (at
Obrenovac, if I remember correct) was destroyed.
On May 24th at 2300 UTC MW 684 was on air (as ever //7200.03, performing
Serbian folk mx), although evidently running just a fraction of 2000 kWs.
But yesterday tonight both 684 and 7200 was silent, while R Yugoslavia
continued to bc. At least 7200 is still off air right now (May 26th at 1410
UTC). (Kai Ludwig-D, May 26)
On May 28th from 2200 UTC, RT Srbje local stns on MW 1440, 981 and 1062 has
been observed near Nuremberg-Germany. (Erich Bergmann-D, May 28)
Tx Stubline in Serbia has been destroyed. SW 7200, MW 684, 1107 and 1269
are off the air at present. On May 28th, MW 1503 kHz was still on, the
latter freq is used by two tx sites: 1 x Studio B from Belgrade and 1 x
Radio Podgorica in Ulcinj - on Montenegro state.
(Harald Suess-AUT, May 29)
The Radio Yugoslavia Website seems to have settled down at
http://62.229.99.175
following reports from Washington that the US Govt has no intention of
applying its Yugoslav trade embargo to the Internet. New since Sunday is a
page of photos from Tanjug showing, amongst other things, internal and
external devastation to the RTS building following the NATO attack. (Andy
Sennitt-HOL, in DXW, May 25)
That's the situation right now: The RTS main MW tx at Belgrade on 684 is
off air since the main power facilities was getting their "smack", and
Stubline on 7200 too. R YUG is on the air acc their limited schedule, see
BC-DX #412.
About the freedom of speech: At the request of Germany and under NATO
pressure, the EUTELSAT satellite organization decided to kick RTS off from
it's bird on 10ø East. This decision still needs to be confirmed by the
companies behind EUTELSAT, but these are mainly the state-owned telecom
organizations of various NATO members, including Deutsche Telekom-Germany.
RTS is a popular source for pictures at foreign TV stns (at least the
German ones), maybe that's the primary motive for particular guys to force
it off satellite. (Kai Ludwig-D, May 24)
SOUTH AFRICA
This is the A99 SW schedule from Meyerton Radio
Station at Bloemendal. Last updated on the 22 May 1999 at 0500 UTC.
UTC
UTC
from to
0000-0530
0244-0330
0258-0325
0258-0355
0300-0600
0300-0600
0300-0400
0300-0330
0330-0400
0330-0400
0358-0430
0358-0455
0400-0430
0428-0455
0429-0500
0429-0500
0430-0500
0430-0455
0458-0555
0500-0530
0500-0530
0530-0800
0558-0655
Freq. Antenna Power
in khz bearing in kw
3320
290
100
6050
20
500
6150
19
250
5955
20
500
3255 Omni
100
6190
15
100
7135
19
250
6015
5
250
7215
5
250
9690
32
250
9610
5
250
5955
20
500
9690
19
250
9525
5
250
6135
32
250
7205
335
500
3390
76
100
3345
76
100
11720
335
500
5960
275
100
6015
5
100
7185
290
100
15215
320
500
Studio Remarks
RSG SABC Afrikaans sce
BBC
En Swahili
CHAF
Swahili
CHAF
En Fr
BBC-W
BBC-W
RFI
Fr
AWR
En
TWR
AWR
Somali
BBC
Swahili
CHAF
En Fr
AWR
Swahili
CHAF
Fr
BBC
Por
BBC
Por
BBC
Por
CHAF
Por
CHAF
En Por
AWR
AWR
RSG
CHAF
En Por
0600-1700
0600-1700
0600-0615
0659-0730
0800-0900
0800-1630
0800-0900
6190
11940
11735
17695
9750
9650
21530
Omni
15
320
350
Omni
290
19
100
100
500
500
100
100
250
BBC-W
BBC-W
TWR
BBC
SARL
RSG
SARL
1258-1455
1258-1455
1258-1455
1458-1525
1458-1555
1527-1557
1540-1555
1558-1655
1558-1655
1600-1700
1628-1655
1630-0530
1630-1700
1630-1700
1640-1655
1657-1712
1658-1755
1659-1900
1700-2200
1700-2200
1700-1800
1712-1728
1730-1800
1729-1745
11900
21530
17860
15150
17770
7265
9500
11900
6150
9535
3345
3320
15620
11705
9650
9650
17860
15420
3255
6190
12130
9650
9670
9520
5
328
19
19
20
19
19
19
20
19
76
290
32
5
20
5
335
19
Omni
15
19
5
19
335
100
250
250
250
500
250
250
250
500
250
100
100
250
250
500
500
500
250
100
100
250
500
250
500
CHAF
CHAF
CHAF
CHAF
CHAF
TWR
TWR
CHAF
CHAF
TWR
CHAF
RSG
AWR
TWR
TWR
TWR
CHAF
BBC
BBC-W
BBC-W
AWR
TWR
TWR
BBC
Fr
Sundays only
Sundays only
Sat&Sun only En
Sat&Sun only En
Sat&Sun only En
Swah
En Fr
Fri & Sun only
Swah Fr
En Por
Por
Somali
En
En
Por
Swah En
Suns only
Por
1729-1745 6070
1730-1745 3390
1745-1800 7230
1758-1855 17870
32
76
20
320
500
100
500
500
BBC
BBC
BBC
CHAF
Por
Por
Swahili
En Fr
1800-1815 9670
19
250
TWR
Sat only
1800-1830 9670
19
250
TWR
Mon-Fri
1800-1900 3215 Omni
100
SARL
Mons only
1800-1830 5960
275
100
AWR
1800-1830 6100
5
100
AWR
1800-1830 7230
76
250
BBC Fr
1835-2005 9700
315
250
TWR Mon,Sat&Sun to 2015
1830-2030 9510
330
500
TWR Sat only until 2045
1830-1930 9800
335
500
TWR
1900-2000 11560
330
250
WRN
1900-2000 6205
328
250
WRN
2000-2030 9745
32
500
AWR Fr
2005-2020 9695
315
250
TWR Mon+Sat+Sun only
2030-2045 9510
330
500
TWR Sat only
2030-2100 3390
76
100
BBC
2030-2100 7205
328
250
BBC Por
http://home.mweb.co.za/an/andre46/
(Comments to Andre du Toit.
adutoit@mweb.co.za May 23)
SARL - Addrs for South African Radio League. Apparently there is some
confusion about the addr for RR's to the SARL - South African Radio League.
I confirmed the following addrs this morning with SARL:
Snail-mail reports go to:
P.O.Box 1842, Hillcrest 3650, Rep of South Africa
E-mail reports can be sent to:
sarlnews@intekom.co.za
(Kathy Otto Sentech (Pty) Ltd South Africa, May 23)
TAJIKISTAN
5800 Tajik Radio, 1745-1810 Apr 24, SINPO 33333, Tajik lang,
local mx. Nx at 1800. (Oguma Hironao-JPN, via Vostochnoe Radio/JA-DX, via
NU, May 30)
[parallel also on summer freq 9905, WB]
R Tajikistan, V/S Mr. Ramazonov Nasrullo, Foreign Relations, En reply
seeking US$5 to cover the cost of reply; IRCs not exchangeable there.
(Panzeri-Italy in Play-DX, via NU, May 30)
THAILAND
VOA Udorn noted 7190 NF Mandarin *2200-2300*, and in Indonesian
7225.
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, May 22)
UAE
Dubai started to use 11725 since Sun the 23rd 0200 onwards, causing
severe interference to VoA Udorn to SoAS. Also on 11725 is Romania in En
0200 onwards to 0255, again co-ch to VoA. Very poor freq coordination I
must say ! !
11978 UAE Radio & TV, Dubai, around 1700-2121 May 27; strong.
(Vladimir Titarev-UKR, via NU May 30)
UK
Merlin Network One made its last 24 hour SW bc on Friday. It is now on
the air Mon-Fri 1600-1700 on 6175 via Skelton. (Michael Barraclough-UK, May
29)
USA
R Marti is now heard on air 0600 on [not print out] 11660, 9805
[under RFI], and 7405, all jammed, and jamming also audible on 6030. They
are off on Monday mornings UTC, but the Cuban jammers are still heard on
air ! (Noel Green, May 25)
Jammers heard too on Sun May 30.
Latest R Marti schedule til Oct '99, all progrs are bc on MW 1180 50/100 kW
tx at Marathon Key, Florida. SW freqs are from the VoA txing stns at
Greenville-NC, and Delano-CA.
R Marti is off-air Mons 0300-0900 for tx maintenance[?]. All bcs are in Sp.
Daily
0000-0300 1180 6030 7365 11660 15330
Tue-Sun 0300-0400 1180 6030 7365 7405 11660
Tue-Sun 0400-0700 1180 6030 7405 9805 11660
Tue-Sun 0700-0900 1180 5890 6030 7405 9805
Daily
0900-1200 1180 5890 6030 9565 9805
Daily
1200-1300 1180 5890 6030 7405 9565 9805 13820
Daily
1300-1400 1180 7405 9565 13630 13820
Daily
1400-1700 1180 11815 11930 13630 13820
Daily
1700-2100 1180 9825 11930 13630 13820
Daily
2100-2200 1180 9825 11930 13820 21500
Daily
2200-2300 1180 6030 11930 13820 15330
Daily
2300-2400 1180 6030 7405 13820 15330
("Communication" British DX Club, June '99)
UZBEKISTAN
9430 TWR India, Tashkent, 0000-0030 Indian langs. The UZB
outlets are intriguing, being subject to deep fading, very similar to our
summer Midday Asian propagation mode. Possibly, this is long-path txion,
via EUR, the NoAtlantic, NoAM, with signals arriving here from the north
east.
9375 9530 R Tashkent *0100-0300+, with En 0100-0130. 9715 R Tashkent
0200-0300, with Pashto 0200-0230. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, May 25)
VATICAN CITY
A99 Vatican Radio - EUR 1st progr
0230 ALBANIAN
93.3 1530-CD 4005 5880
0245 SLOVENIAN 93.3 1530-CD 4005 5880
0300 CROATIAN
93.3 1530-CD 4005 5880
0315 CZECH
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880
0330 SLOVAK
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880
0345 HUNGARIAN 93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880
0400 POLISH
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880 7250-B
0420 GERMAN
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880 7250-B
0440 FRENCH
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-MN 7250-MN
0500 ENGLISH
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-MN 7250-MN
0520 ITALIAN
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-MN 7250-B
0530 MASS IN
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-MN 7250-B 9645-MN
LATIN
11740-LM 15595-E
0600 IT/FR/EN Mo-Sa 93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-MN 7250-B
9645-MN 11740-LM 15595-E
0610 ROUMANIAN LITURGY Sun 93.3 1530-CD 7250-C 9645-C
0645 ARABIC Mo-Sa 93.3 1530 5880-MN 9645-FG 11740-HI 15595-E
0730 MASS IN ITALIAN Sun 93.3 105 527 1530 7250-A
0830 ORIENTAL LITURGY Sun 93.3 1530-BC 11740-CD 15595-E 17550-D
0900 PAPAL AUDIENCE Wed 105 527 5880
1000 IT/FR/EN Mo-Sa 93.3 105 527 1530 5880 9645-MN 11740-MN
15595-E 21850-FG
1000 ANGELUS Sun 93.3 105 527 1530 5880 9645-MN 11740-MN+C
15595-E 21850-FG+CD
1015 ITALIAN Sun 93.3 105 527 1530 5880
1030 FRENCH Sat 93.3 11740-LM
1050 SPANISH Sat 93.3 11740-LM
1200 ITALIAN
93.3 105 527 1530 5880 9645-MN 11740-MN
15595-E 21850-FG
1300 SP/PORT
93.3 1530 9645-L 11740-L
1400 GE/POLISH 93.3 1530 5880 9645-B 11740-A
1430
1430
1500
1530
1600
1630
1645
1700
1715
1730
1745
1800
1820
1840
1900
1920
1930
1950
2010
2030
2045
2100
2130
2210
MUSIC exc.Fris 93.3 105 527 1530 5880 7250-A 9645-MN
ITALIAN
Fri 93.3 105 527 1530 5880 7250-A 9645-MN
VESPERS
93.3 105 527 1530 5880 7250-A 9645-MN
ITALIAN
93.3 105 527 1530 5880 7250-A 9645-MN
FR/EN
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880 7250-MN 9645-MN
15595-E
ALBANIAN
93.3 1530-CD 4005 5880 7250-D
SLOVENIAN 93.3 1530-CD 4005 5880 7250-B
CROATIAN
93.3 1530-CD 4005 5880 7250-B
HUNGARIAN 93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880-B 7250-B
CZECH
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880-B 7250-B
SLOVAK
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880-B 7250-B
POLISH
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880-B 7250-A 9645-B
GERMAN
93.3 1530-AB 4005 5880-B 7250-A 9645-B
ROSARY
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-NA 7250-A
9645-MN 11625-E
ITALIAN
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-NA
ESPERANTO Sun 93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-NA
FRENCH
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-NA 7250-MN 9645-MN
ENGLISH
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-NA 7250-MN 9645-MN
SPANISH
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-L 7250-L 9645-L
PORTUGUESE 93.3 1530 L 4005 5880-L 7250-L 9645-L
ARABIC
93.3 1530
4005 5880-GH 7250-G 9645-HI
ITALIAN
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-MN
ITALIAN
93.3 105 527 1530 4005 5880-MN
MUSIC
93.3 105 527 1530
A99 Vatican Radio - EUR 2nd progr
0210 ARMENIAN
7345-D 9645-D
0230 RUSSIAN
6185-B 7345-C 9645-CD
0300 UKRAINIAN 6185-C 7345-C
0320 BYELORUS
6185-B 7345-B
0340 LITHUAN
6185-B 7345-B
0400 LATVIAN
6185-B 7345-B
0420 RUMANIAN
1611 6185-CD 7345-CD
0440 BULGARIAN 1611 6185-CD 7345-CD
0500 SCANDINAV 1611 7345-A 9645-A
0615 UKRAINIAN LITURGY Sun 96.3 1611 9770-C 11740-C
1230 RUSSIAN
96.3 15595-BC 17550-BC
1550 ARMENIAN
1611 11715-D 15185-D
1610 RUSSIAN
96.3 1611 9585-C 11715-B 15185-CD
1640 UKRAINIAN 96.3 1611 9585-C 11715-C
1700 BYELORUS
96.3 1611 9585-B 11715-B
1720 LITHUANIAN 96.3 1611 9585-B 11715-B
1740 LATVIAN
96.3 1611 9585-B 11715-B
1800 RUMANIAN
96.3 1611 6185-CD 7365-CD
1820 BULGARIAN 96.3 1611 6185-CD 7365-CD
1840 ROSARY
96.3 1611 6185-CD 7250-A
1900 SCANDINAV 96.3 1611 7250-A 9645-A
1920 ESPERANTO 03/04/99 96.3 1611 7250-A 9645-A
1920 PHILIPPINE Fri 96.3 1611
2000 RUSSIAN
96.3 7305-BC 9585-BC
A99 Vatican Radio - Africa progr
0240 FRENCH
103.8 9660-F
0310 ENGLISH
103.8 9660-F
0340 SWAHILI
103.8 9660-F 11625-F
0400 ARABIC
96.3 9645-E 11715-E
0405 AMHARIC/TIGR 103.8 9660-F 11625-F
0430 FRENCH
103.8 9660-G 11625-FG
0500 ENGLISH
103.8 9660-G 11625-FG 15570-F
0530 MASS IN LATIN 93.3 105 1530 15595-E
0530 PORTUGUESE 103.8 11625-HI 13765-G 15570-FG
0600 IT/FR/EN
93.3 105 1530 15595-E
0600
0630
0645
1000
1000
1130
1200
1530
1550
1610
1620
1635
1700
1730
1800
1840
1900
2000
2030
2045
FRENCH
103.8 11625-HI 13765-H 15570-G
ENGLISH
103.8 11625-HI 13765-H 15570-G
ARABIC Mo-Sa 93.3 1530 9645-FG 11740-HI 15595-E
IT/FR/EN Mo-Sa 93.3 105 1530 15595-E 21850-FG
ANGELUS Sun 93.3 1530 15595-E 21850-FG+CD
MASS IN EN Fri 103.8 15595-DE 17550-D
ITALIAN
93.3 105 1530 15595-E 21850-FG
ARABIC
96.3 11625-E 15595-E
MASS IN EN Sat 103.8 12065 13765-D 15500-D
SWAHILI exc.Sat 103.8 15570-F 17550-F
SOMALI Sat 103.8 15570-F 17550-F
AMHARIC/TIGR 103.8 15570-F 17550-F
FRENCH
103.8 15570-F 17550-FG
ENGLISH
103.8 13765-G 15570-F 17550-FG
PORTUGUESE 103.8 13765-I 15570-FG 17550-G
ROSARY
103.8 1530 1611 9660-G 11625-E+HI 13765-I
SPANISH Sat 103.8 9660-G 11625-HI
ENGLISH
103.8 9660-G 11625-H 13765-HI
FRENCH
103.8 9660-G 11625-H 13765-HI
ARABIC
93.3 1530 7250-G 9645-HI
A99 Vatican Radio - Americas progr
0030 PORTUGUESE 96.3 7305-I 9605-IL
0100 SPANISH
96.3 7305-I 9605-IL 11910-L
0145 SPANISH
96.3 7305-I 9605-IL 11910-L
0230 FRENCH
96.3 7305-M 9605-MN
0250 ENGLISH
96.3 7305-M 9605-MN
0315 SPANISH
96.3 7305-M 9605-MN
1100 PORTUGUESE Mo-Sa 96.3 21850-I
1130 SPANISH
Mo-Sa 96.3 21850-I
A99 Vatican Radio - Asia, Australia & New Zealand progr
0040 HINDI TAMIL MALAY ENGLISH 103.8 7335-D 9650-D
Change to sked is that since 3rd May CVA to SoAS replaced
7335 0040-0200 with 12055. Excellent signals here in SoAS.
0400
0530
0600
0645
1000
1000
1130
1200
1230
1230
1315
ARABIC
96.3 9645-E 11715-E
MASS IN LATIN 93.3 105 1530 15595-E
IT/FR/EN Mo-Sa 93.3 105 1530 15595-E
ARABIC
Mo-Sa 93.3 1530 15595-E
IT/FR/EN Mo-Sa 93.3 105 1530 15595-E
ANGELUS Sun
93.3 1530 15595-E 21850-CD
MASS IN EN Fri 103.8 15595-DE 17550-D
ITALIAN
93.3 105 1530 15595-E
CHINESE
exc.Sat 103.8 6020 15500-CD 17630-CD
MASS IN CHINESE Sat 103.8 6020 15500-CD 17630-CD
JAPANESE
103.8 7340 13765-BC 15500-BC
[7340 1315-1345 via Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy relay
in FE Russia, 100 kW 244 degr ]
1345 ENGLISH
103.8 15500-C 17550-C
1405 VIETNAMESE 103.8 13765-D 15500-D
1450 HINDI TAMIL MALAY ENGLISH 103.8 12065 13765-D 15500-D
1530 ARABIC
96.3 11625-E 15595-E
1550 MASS IN EN Sat 103.8 12065 13765-D 15500-D
1600 FR/EN
93.3 105 1530 15595-E
1840 ROSARY
93.3 105 1530 11625-E
2130 JAPANESE
103.8 9585-BC 11830-BC
2200 CHINESE
103.8 7305-C 9600-C 11830-CD
2245 ENGLISH
103.8 9600-C+D11830-C+D
2315 VIETNAMESE 103.8 7305-D 9600-D
(R Vaticana web page, schedule created 19 Mar 99)
VIETNAM
5035 R Dai Tieng Noi, May 19, 2202, Hanoi Hmong Sce, female
speaker in Hmong followed at 2204 by Hmong songs by woman. Heard for first
time //6165, under Chad at 2210 with male followed by more Hmong vocals at
2212 and on 5035 mixing with Brazil.
5035 = 23333; 6165 = 22332.
9729.6 VoVTN Hanoi, May 21, 1315, Female speaker in Fr with mentions of
VTN and Hanoi after short piano tune. //stronger 13740.05. Hetting 9730
SLBC Colombo.
9729.6 = 34333; 13740.05 = 44444. (van Rooy-HOL, via DXW May 25)
SHORTWAVE LISTENERS CLUB SAAR
Pf. 1230, D-66585 Merchweiler (Saar), Germany
DAS 26. INTERNATIONALE SWLCS-DX-CAMP, DAS LETZTE IN DIESEM JAHRTAUSEND,
FINDET IN DER ZEIT VOM 30. JULI BIS EINSCHLIESSLICH 1. AUGUST 1999 IN
MERCHWEILER IM HERZEN DES SAARLANDES STATT.
An diesen drei Tagen werden auf dem Gelaende in der Dorfstrasse 13, in
einem Zeltlager die Moeglichkeiten des weltweiten Rundfunkempfanges
vorgefuehrt. Hier kann man, sowohl mit einfachsten Radios, als auch mit
modernsten Empfaengern, Rundfunksendungen aus nahezu allen Laendern dieser
Erde empfangen. Ungefaehr 50 Laender strahlen auch Programme in deutscher
Sprache aus, die oftmals ohne groesseren Aufwand hier zu hoeren sind.
Dieses letzte SWLCS-DX-CAMP in diesem Jahrtausend bietet noch eine ganze
Menge mehr, so z.B.
Radio- und TV-Satellitenempfang - digital und analog . ComputerFunkfernschreiben . Fax auf Kurzwelle . Wettermeldungen per Funk und
Computer . METEOSAT-Direktempfang . Tropenbandempfang . Free Radio Inforamtionszelt . Empfaengerausstellung - auch Oldies . CB-Funk . PacketRadio . QSL-Karten-, Diplom- und Wimpelschau . SWLCS-Clubservice .
Diplomabteilung des SWLCS . Tonbandring des SWLCS . Informationsmaterial
der internationalen Rundfunkdienste . Newcomer-Betreuung . Tombola .
umfangreiche Antennenanlage
Am Samstag, dem 31. Juli 1999 findet um 2000h Ortszeit auf dem DXCampgelaende eine Mitgliederversammlung des ERSTEN HOERERKLUB VON RADIO
SLOWAKEI INTERNATIONAL statt.
Auch die SWLCS-CB-Sonderstation "Radio Mike Null" (RM0) ist an den drei DXCamp-Tagen "on the air". Saemtliche Verbindungen werden mit einer
attraktiven Sonder-Qsl-Karte bestaetigt. Auf Wunsch erfolgt auch eine
Einweisung von CB-Funkmobilen ueber RM0 auf Kanal 30 (27.305 kHz in FM).
Natuerlich gibt es auch in diesem Jahr eine schoene Teilnehmerurkunde.
Uebernachten ist kein Problem - entweder kann in einem der Zelte oder in
einer der nahegelegenen Pensionen bzw. Hotels die Nacht (Naechte) verbracht
werden. Selbstverstaendlich kann man sein eigenes Zelt mitbringen;
kostenlose Stellplaetze sind genuegend vorhanden. Natuerlich ist auch fuer
das leibliche Wohl auf dem Gelaende gesorgt.
Wir moechten mit unserem nunmehr 26. Internationalen DX-Camp ganz besonders
die bereits bestehenden Kontakte unter den Kurzwellenhoerern foerdern und
vertiefen, die Bevoelkerung auf dieses schoene Hobby aufmerksam machen und
nicht zuletzt die hervorragende Zusammenarbeit mit den Rundfunkstationen im
In-und Ausland verdeutlichen. Jedermann ist herzlichst eingeladen.
Also - Treffpunkt am 30., 31. Juli und 1. August 1999 beim 26.
Internationalen DX-Camp, dem letzten Camp des SWLCS-Kurzwellenhoererklub
Saar in diesem Jahrtausend in MERCHWEILER, IM HERZEN DES SAARLANDES !
E-Mail Adresse von Peter Hell:
p_hell@ur.pils.de
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 414
07 Jun 1999
________________________________________________________________________
AFGHANISTAN
7070v (7085 alt.), Takhar R, it bcs in support of the antiTaleban Northern Alliance led by Ahmad Shah Masud. It was controlled by
Taleban forces Aug 9-Oct 17, 1998 when it IDed as R Voice of Shari'ah of
Takhar Provc. Prior to Aug 9 it bc in support of Borhanoddin Rabbani, the
former president of AFG, who was ousted from Kabul by Taleban forces in
late Sep 1996. Daily in Da/Pa 1300-1415, 0130-0245 (repeat of previous
afternoon bc). (BBC Monitoring, via NU, Jun 7)
ALBANIA
R Tirana monitoring:
Alb
1400-1700 5985.07 & 7269.71 both 50 kW nondir;
1900-2200 7295 100 kW 350 degr;
0300-0800 6100 & 7269.92, both via Cerrik 100 305.
0800-1300 9584.92 Cerrik 100 310.
1300-1700 Albanian off the air. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 5)
Ital 1800-1830 6109.96 via Shijak 100 nondir, 7239.92 via Cerrik nondir.
En
1915-1930 9509.93 via Cerrik 100 305, badly co-ch TWR Meyerton-RSA.;
But //7180 covered by VoA Woofferton 300 kW 105 degr
in Kosovian Albanian.
2130-2200 7160.14 via Shijak 100 310, & 9634.84 Cerrik 100 305.
Greek 1830-1845 6109.93 via Shijak 100 non-dir.
Turk 2000-2015 6115 via Shijak, 100 120;
//7155.16 via Cerrik, 50 non-dir. (WB, Jun 1)
IBB
VoA
VoA
VoA
VoA
txion schedule, A-99 summer, eff
MW Durres 1395 500 kW. 0330-0400
MW Durres 1458 500 kW 0530-0600
MW Durres 1458 500 kW 1430-1445
MW Durres 1458 500 kW 1600-1700
Mar 28, 1999
Serb, 0430-0500 Croa 330 degr.
Serb 338 degr.
& 1830-1900 Alban 030 degr.
S-Cr 338 degr. (IBB schedule)
ARMENIA
IBB txion schedule, A-99 summer, eff Mar 28, 1999
VoA Kamo 12025 500 kW 100 degr. 1400-1500 Tibetan. (IBB schedule)
BELGIUM
1512 *ONLY* on Jun 13th, RVI extend the MW Wolvertem schedule in
Dutch to WeEUR by one hour. RVI "Dak van de wereld" in Dutch of 1800 and
2000 UTC, repeat at 2230-2330 UTC, 300 kW.
[RNW Wolvertem relay in English in between at 2030-2230.]
0600-0700 N WAV 200 137 13740 SE Europe (x13745)
1600-1630 N WAV 200 197 13740 SW Europe (x13745)
1300-1600 Suns only Sport WAV 200 197 13740 SW EUR (x13745)
On July *3rd to 25th*, during the bicycle race "Tour de France" special
live coverage commentaries in Dutch at 1300-1600 UTC on 9925 and 13740.
(RVI Golfgids Paul Brems-BEL, May 27/Jun 1)
Sorry Wolfgang, the extension on 1512 kHz at 2230-2330 UTC is
*ONLY* on 13th June 1999 because of the (European and national)
elections ! (Paul Brems-BEL, Jun 1)
BHUTAN
BBS was received with good signal and Malaysia co-channel on 5030
in En at 1315: nx, reports; UN Calling Asia; mx progr.
(Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Irkutsk, EaRUS, May 27)
BULGARIA
RFE MW Vidin 1224 2200-0330 S-Cr 500 kW 205 degr. (IBB schedule)
New telephone no. of R Bulgaria German sce (Bd. Dragan Zankov 4, BG-1040
Sofia, Bulgaria) +359 - 2 - 98524 - 660. (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Jun 3)
CANADA/INDONESIA
I spoke with the CBC's freq manager's secretary about
15150 at 1900-2100, and told her how RCI was clashing with the VoINS. She
told me she would look into this problem and speak to Mr. Hendro Martono,
the director of the English sce, VOI.
She had no intentions of moving to a different freq, but I indeed told her
that they are also bcing to AS and AF at that same time.
(Gordon Hein, Jr., Alcester SD, May 17, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING)
[15150 CBC via Woofferton-UK relay, 1900-2200. Not via Skelton as
registered, ed]
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP
9900 Radio MINURCA. We are now back on this freq
with 1 kW of power. (Smith, via Cumbre, May 31)
CHAD
Big signal from Ndjamena 6165 2130-2205* with long NAnthem at s-off.
(Bob Padula-AUS, May 30)
CHILE
Voz Cristiana, Santiago: annts at 2115 gave 21550 6070 11745 17680
as being in use, May-29 (Nozaki-JPN via EDXP, May 31)
Extremely good signals here in Melbourne on NF 6070 in period 0600-0800+,
May-31.
(Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 31)
CUBA
CRI confirms Cuba freq. I (finally!) received a response from the
CRI Beijing engineering dept, for an email inquiry I sent about 1 week ago,
asking about the relay frequs that have been reported by various DX'ers.
"Dear Maryanne Kehoe, The two freqs are testing via Cuba, we hope you send
comments on the reception and programmings. Sincerely, English Sce".
(Maryanne Kehoe-USA, via Cumbre May 26)
CRI relay at 2300 on 5990 is still intermittent, missing entirely some
days and sometimes having mixing problems when they are on.
(Ivan Grishin, Ont., May 25, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 3)
CYPRUS
17720 BBC tested from Zyyi-CYP end of May for a replacement of
15285 in Pashto at 0745-0945 ON FRI ONLY. (Alok Das Gupta-IND, via DXW,
Jun 2)
GEORGIA
Re new stn in Georgia (in BC-DX 412): If this is real, the first
word of the street name in the addr should be Shota. Shota Rustaveli and
the national epic of Georgia go together. The name of the epic usually
comes out as "The wearer of the tiger's skin," or something with the same
meaning. (Campbell-UK, in NU, May 30)
A strange radio called itself "Radio Khara" in a language like Georgian or
Abkhaz or similar is on the air Mon & Thu only 1600-1632 on 4875, [Dusheti
tx registered here]. Nx, playing western pop mx. Mailing addr is given:
"Shona Rustaveli Prospect" in (presumed) Tbilisi. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, May
13)
GERMANY
Grand Collecting Convention and Radio Market on MW 801 & SW 6085
tx site [Munich] Ismaning of the Bayerische Rundfunk [and VoA 1197 & ex
AFN Munich 1106].
On the occassion of the 50th anniversary of the Bayerische Rundfunk, and 20
years of GFGFe.V. - Club of the Friends of Historical Radio Technique -,
the convention, market and sightseeing view will include
* Sunday June 13, 1999
* 1000-1400 LT Radio Market - historical antique radios, shellac records
and spare parts.
* 1130-1530 LT Sightseeing program.
* Special Radio progr of historical recordings on local MW tx 585 kHz,
* to be heard on the tx site only.
* Lecture report. Construction LORENZ company 100 kW MW tx Ismaning in
1938/1939.
* Lecture report. Start of FM radio in Germany 50 years ago at Ismaning tx
site.
* Sightseeing program. LORENZ company 100 kW MW tx Ismaning of 1938/1939.
* Sightseeing program. TESLA Prague company 100 kW SW tx Ismaning of 1942.
[used for VoA/RIAS Berlin relays between 1945 and the mid Eighties.
Especially for RIAS 6005 kHz outlet true north to cover the ex-GDR
at 0325-1540, and VoA 75 mb 3980 outlet at 1600-2400, ed]
* Sightseeing program. First FM broadcasting tx in Germany of Rhode&Schwarz
company
* Sightseeing program. Most modern transistorized 100 kW MW tx Ismaning.
* Sightseeing program. DAB tx, Digital Audio Broadcasting.
* Popular Bavarian Beer Tent and local restaurants.
Information, description, route map, hotel rooms etc. on internet page
http://home.t-online.de/home/br.ochsenkopf/
Address: Senderanlage Ismaning (tx site), BR HA Senderbetrieb,
Senderstrasse 57
D-85737 Ismaning, Germany.
phone: +49 89 96 00-215 (from Germany 089-96 00-215).
Route by car:
take the A9 / E45 super highway Munich-Nuremberg and vv,
to exit no. 71, at Garching Sued, 14 kms north of Munich.
Follow national road B471 to Ismaning Nord,
then take B388 towards Moosinning/Erding,
but even after 9 and a half kilometers at Zengermoos
leave the B388 rightwards in direction of Brennermuehle
and straight to the BR tx site tall towers.
(thanks to a tip of Christoph Ratzer-AUT, OE2CRM, Jun 3;
and DARC CQ-DL June, page 478)
Programmhinweise auf Sendungen des DLF Koeln und DLR Berlin:
04 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 Befreiung von Auschwitz.
04 Jun 1715 DLF Kakao, eine suedamerikanische Versuchung.
05 Jun 0705 DLF Versenkung Fluechtlingsschiff 'Wilhelm Gustloff'.
07 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 - Gruppe Ulbricht landet in Berlin.
08 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 - Selbstmord Hitlers.
08 Jun 1715 DLF Cuba - Kreolen, Mestizen und anderen Anderen.
09 Jun 1705 DLR Tagebuecher Victor Klemperer, 3. Teil.
10 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 - Parteineugruendungen in der SBZ.
11 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 - Die Potsdamer Konferenz.
12 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 - Hauptkriegsverbrecherprozess Nuernberg.
14 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 - Gruendung der SED.
14 Jun 1235 DLR Munitionssucher in der Nordsee in den 50er Jahren.
15 Jun 0705 DLF 1945 - Demontagepolitik in Deutschland.
15 Jun 1715 DLF 24 Stunden Teheran.
16 Jun 1905 DLF Leipziger Kabarettlandschaft.
17 Jun 1705 DLR So liebte ich den verhassten Feind.
18 Jun 1810 DLF Tourismus - Japaner in Deutschland.
21 Jun 0250 & 1010 DLR Buna Patent fuer IG Farben.
23 Jun 0250 & 1010 DLR 1954 - Miss Europa Christel Schaack.
23 Jun 0705 DLF 1948 - Gruendung des NWDR Hamburg.
24 Jun 0705 DLF 1948 - Hunger in Deutschland.
25 Jun 1705 DLR Timbuktu - La Mysterieuse.
26 Jun 0705 DLF 1948 - Beginn der Berliner Blockade.
26 Jun 1305-1500 DLR Live aus KoeWu. Wiege des deutschen Rundfunks.
28 Jun 1205 DLR Mexikanische Hassliebeslieder.
29 Jun 1105 DLR Selbstmord - Spaetaussiedler in Lahr.
(in UTC; DLF/DLR June 1999)
IBB txion schedule, A-99 summer, eff Mar 28, 1999.
RFE MW Munich Ismaning 1197 300 kW 115 degr.
1600-1700 & 2200-0330 S-Cr.
VoA MW Munich Ismaning 1197
150 kW
non-dir.
0700-1500 En.
VoA MW Munich Ismaning 1197 300 kW 065 degr.
0330-0400 & 1900-1930 Czec, 0400-0415, 1700-1730, 1945-2000 Slvk.
0415-0430, 0500-0700, 1800-1900 & 1930-1945 En.
2000-2200 Poli.
VoA MW Munich Ismaning 1197 300 kW 115 degr.
0430-0500 & 1730-1800, 1500-1530 Bosn Mo-Fr, 1530-1600 En.
RFE MW Holzkirchen 1593 150 kW non-dir.
1700-1930, 2000-2100, 2130-2200 S-Cr.
VoA MW Holzkirchen 1593 150 kW non-dir.
1930-2000 & 2100-2130 Serb. (IBB schedule)
DTK Juelich broadcasts.
HAM / The Voice of Hope in En and Indian langs extended broadcasts to SoAS:
1330-1630 15715 100 kW 090 degr.
Radio Europe from Luxembourg, Suns only 1400-1600 5975 (45544).
(Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov in PanIview-BUL, Jun 5)
GREECE
V of GRC at 0000-0350 to NoAM is on 12105 (x15630 Athens 100 kW
323 degr), but still //11645, 9420, 7450. (Joe Hanlon, PA, June 1, WORLD OF
RADIO 991, Jun 3)
HUNGARY
R Budapest in German at 1930 replaced 7170 by 3975, //6025.
(TWR ERF DX Mix, May 8)
German lang txions on MW Pecs 1350 at 1605 UTC. "Sie hoeren Radio
Fuenfkirchen...".
Observed at Wolfsburg on the following freqs, all Pecs progr in German:
873, 1116, 1188 und 1350.
(Martin Elbe-D, DD9MW, Dec 12, 1998; correspondence Jun 7; comments by ed)
[873 is registered for Pecs a n d Budapest Lakihegy both 20 kW. Radio
Fuenfkirchen/Pecs on 1350 10 kW. In WRTH '99 page 457 the following more
Hungarian MW stn listed 540, 810, 873, 1188, 1251, 1350, 1485, 1602.]
INDIA
AIR WS in En to AUS/NZL now on 15020 at 1000-1100 (x15050 x15040).
INDONESIA
11760 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. Local pops until 1400, then ID
by female as "RRI Programa Nasional Satu Jakarta" and "Sandiwara Radio"
(radio play). //4777.1 & 9565. (Yamada Jembatan DX May 26)
11860 RRI Jakarta 2159-2202, IS followed by ID and nx read by a male
speaker in BI.
(Antonello Napolitano-I, via Cumbre May 21)
11760 RRI, with nxreel-style progr from 1030 tune-in May 25, fair till
Cuba carrier blot at 1038. National progr, //to, but delayed slightly
from, the stronger 15125 channel.
15149.85 VoINS, 1857 May 24 with closing annt in Sp, and a complete "Love
Ambon" to 1900 when German progr started. (Ward-ONT, via NU, May 31)
IRAN
v15117.36 off freq Zahedan at 1200-1300 in Italian, //15084.19
Kamalabad, and new 17495 Sirjan. (WB, Jun 4)
ITALY
Voice of Mediterranean txion on Suns via Santa Palombara-Italy
11770 in En retimed to 0800-0900 (x0930). (Edwin Southwell-UK, in DSWCI
SWN June)
New Sunday schedule of VoM Valetta-MLT: 0700 It, 0800 En, 0900 Maltese,
1000 Fr, 1100-1200 German, on usual 11770, and //via UNID site 9815
(55555).
JAPAN
On the occassion of 64th anniversary of NHK R Japan an hour long
live bcast is arranged between 0700-0800 on 11890 15590 kHz in BENGALI on
4th June, HINDI on 5th June and URDU on 6th June. In Bengali live b'cast
will be aired from Calcutta.
(Alok Das Gupta-IND, Jun 1)
KOREA Rep. of
7550 RKI Seoul 0900-0930 Ko, s-on, ID, nx. Very strong
signal, audio has some hum in it as usual. Very strong spurs (with good,
clear audio) heard every 50 kHz: 7400, 7450, 7500, 7600, 7650, 7700...
Weaker spurs with more distorted audio heard on 7425, 7475, 7525, 7575,
7625, 7675, etc. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, via Cumbre May 31)
KUWAIT
VoA MW Kuwait 1548 600 kW 2200-0030, 0100-0300 En 323 degr.
0030-0100 SpecEn 323. 2100-2200 SpecEn 080.
0300-0400, 1700-1900 Pers 016.
0400-0600, 1900-2100 Ar 323.
1400-1700 En 080
(IBB schedule)
LATVIA
Radio Liberty MW Riga 576 0300-0400, 1500-1630, 1900-2030 450 kW non-dir
Belorussian
0300-0400 576 6065 7295
9635
9750
1500-1630 576 7295 9610 11725 15565
1900-2030 576 6105 9535
9750 11865 (IBB schedule)
MACEDONIA
[Kosovo-Serbia] Radio 21: An independent Albanian-lang stn, R
21, plans to bc from a refugee camp near Skopje, Macedonia. They were a
web-only stn operating from Pristina. They were raided just before the
NATO bombing started, and the staff fled. They have uploaded some audio to
their website at
http://www.radio21.net
and they are now fund raising for equipment that will permit them to
commence bcing from a mobile studio at the refugee camp. Projected start
date is Jun 16 with a special global bc on FM, satellite, the internet "and
maybe SW." (RNMN)
Presumably would be a relay via someone else's SW xmtr. (Jerry Berg-NY, in
NU, May 31)
MALAYSIA
R Malaysia Sarawak was heard on 5030 with fair signal after
Bhutan signed off at 1400. There were nx in local lang, followed by mx
progr with western and local pops at 1408, also jingles & IDs as "Radio
Malaysia Sarawak/Radio Malaysia Kuching/RTM".
(Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Irkutsk, EaRUS, May 27)
NEW ZEALAND
ZLXA: Will be issuing a special QSL commemorating the
increase of 1602 MW from 1 to 2.5 kW on June 19, and are seeking rpts for
listening before and after that date. [Not sure if QSL is for rpts on 1602
only--JB]
They now have a website:
http://www.radioreading.org/rrs.htm
(Clark-NZ via RNMN)
Sked given on website [which I have converted to UTC from NZ time, which is
UTC+12]: 3935, 24 hrs; 7290 2000-1000 Mon-Fri, 2000-0500 Sat and 0130-0600
Sun; and 5960, when in use, same times as 7290. (Jerry Berg-NY, in NU, May
31)
NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS
VoA Agingan Point, Saipan (xKHBI), 100 kW 190 degr.
9355 1100-1300 En 240 degr INS
9355 1300-1400 En 285 SoAS
11660 0900-1000 Ru 340 RUS
11660 1000-1100 En 310 CHN
13820 1800-1900 En 300 SoAS
15665 0900-1100 En 300 CHN
(IBB schedule)
RFA via KHBI 17615, Mandarin 0615-0630, reg 0300-0700.
(Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 31)
VoA Tinian Isl,
9545 1200-1300
11765 1300-1400
13610 0800-1000
13625 1300-1400
15240 1000-1300
near Saipan, 500 kW.
Ch 303 degr CHN
9545
Ch 303 CHN
11775
En 280 EaAS
13610
Ch 295 CHN
15150
En 317 EaAS
15260
RFA Tinian Isl, near
Ca
1400-1500 13670
Ma
0300-0700 13670
1500-1800 13690
1800-2200 11740
2300-0000 15430
Burm 0030-0130 13770
Kor 1530-1600 11855
Vn
1400-1500 9635
Lao 1100-1200 9545
1300-1400
0800-1000
1000-1100
0800-1000
1000-1100
Ko
En
Ch
En
Ch
325
325
304
295
303
KRE/KOR
EaAS
CHN
EaAS
CHN
Saipan, 500 kW.
289
2200-2300 15430 287
2200-2300 15485
304
0300-0700 13760 304
0300-0700 15150
309
1600-1800 11795 319
1800-2000 11955
319
1800-2200 13695 309
2000-2200 11700
319
279
Khme 1200-1300 15185 279
279
Uigh 1200-1300 9545 313
279
2330-0030 11805 279
280
1100-1200 15185 279 (IBB schedule)
292
313
313
313
PAKISTAN
17895.14 R Pakistan 0231 Supposed slow-speed En nx, read by
woman (was actually read pretty fast for slow speed nx) until 0244. ID:
"Gen Overseas Sce of R Pakistan" and short tone, then dead air at 0245.
Signal strength erratic at times, but gaining strength at 0240. Noted
//15485.22. (Mark Fine-USA, May 31)
PHILIPPINES
VoA in Burmese on a new channel Poro-PHL 15225 (x7220) 50 kW
264 degr at 1130-1230 //11850 9720. (Alok Das Gupta-IND, Jun 1)
QATAR
The latest QBS monitored scheduled is:
0243 with IS, at 0245 progr - v0703 11785.
v0707-v1305 17880. v1307-v1705 11820. v1707-2130 c-down on 17895.
//9570.1 also with IS 0243, fade-out approx. 0300, back again around 18002130, registered 0245-2130.
(Ray Merrall in DSWCI SWN June)
ROMANIA
VoA MW Lugoj Boldur 756 0330-0400 & 2100-2130 Serb, 0430-0500 Croat,
400 kW 190 degr. (IBB schedule)
The Galbeni outlet of Romania Actualitati (1st Romanian home sce) on 15105
presents currently the same useless kind of signal, which used to be
typical for Radio Moldova Internat: A dreadful hum, which almost completely
buries the progr audio. Perhaps the usage of the two 120 kW txs (a power
level, which reminds me to Chinese equipment) there was changed: Radio
Moldova is now carried through the one in better shape, while the faulty
one is now used for the less important home sce relay instead. // 11790
(registered as Tiganesti, but it should actually originate from Saftica
instead) has still a somewhat low modulation depht, but this has already
improved, compared to the very low audio a while ago. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jun
4)
[the faulty one used on 17850 in Z98 season, ed]
RUSSIA
VoA Usseriysk MW 648 1000 kW 230 degr 1300-1400 Kor.
VoA Irkutsk
7150 1000 kW 152 degr 2200-2300 Ch.
VoA Novosibirsk 11990 200 kW 111 degr 1300-1500 Ch.
VoA P-K
12065 250 kW 244 degr 2130-2200 Kor.
P-K - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-RUS.
(IBB schedule)
4795 Buryatskoe R 0820-0830 35333-2 Buryat talk until 0830, then Ru talk
with very bad audio. //LW 279 kHz.
5290 Krasnoyarskoe R 2210- 34333 Ru. Local progr followed IS. Opening
annt as "Govorit Krasnoyarsk. Krasnoyarskoe vremya 6 chasov 10 minut.
Dovroe utoro.". Then weather forecast. //LW 216 kHz.
(Hironao Oguma (Mongolia) Japan Premium via Iwata, via Cumbre May 28)
From May 10 RCI Montreal in Ru to FE on second freq: 2200-2300 NF Irkutsk
12075 (45544), 100 kW 066 degr. //13710 (45554) via Kimje-KOR 250 305.
Also 2300-2325 Chita Atamanowka 11640 250 kW 195? degr Chinese. (Kai Ludwig
via NTT June)
R Mariya in Pol via Samara-RUS now retimed: 1500-1930 12010 (55555) and
1930-2200 7400 (55555). (Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov in PanIview-BUL, Jun 5)
SERBIA
It is a disaster on radio scene in YUG these days. More and more
txs went off the air after they were destroyed or heavily damaged by NATO
bombing. During the last week the following txs were not audible (I heard
them before): Belgrade 684, 7200 [silened since May 25]. Novi Sad 1107,
1269. The only tx from YUG/Voyvodina I hear is Sid on 1323. It relays
Belgrade 1. Of course I cannot hear all possible YUG txs in my location so
maybe some other ones are on the air (what our Italian or Greek friends
could confirm?).
(Karel Honzik-CZE, in HCDX via Lamb, via Cumbre, Jun 3)
MW Cacak/Bor 981
The only Serbian MW stn bcing 1st home sce progr of
Belgrade, suffering by QRM, noted here in Upper Austria.
All other Serbian MW stns couldn't traced here so far: 684 711 1008 1440
1503 etc.
From Montenegro state Podgorica 882 [and five more low power local stns on
common channel] and Ulcinj 1503. (Harald Suess-AUT, May 31)
Central progr RT Srbje [without location, Belgrade not mentioned], heard
yesterday Jun 1st
after 2200 UTC on 981, 1062, 1440, and also via Novi Sad 1107. High power
Belgrade 684 kHz still off the air. (Erich Bergmann-D, Jun 2)
At 0655 UTC on May 30th, two NATO missiles hit the txing site of RT Srbje
at Stubline, near Belgrade. According to the stn's Website "There were no
casualties but material damage incurred is massive".
Another bomb reportedly hit the Mt. Avala txing complex, which amongst
other things houses the 2000 kW MW tx operating on 684, plus high power FM
txs for Beograd 1, 2 and 3. [...] The attack on RTS was followed by a
further attack on Mt. Avala at 0050 on April 25 which struck the power stn
supplying power to the txs. [...] At 2030 on April 30th, a further NATO
attack completely destroyed the mast on Mt. Avala. Constructed in 1965, the
195 metre mast was considered as an exceptional architectural masterpiece
and a symbol of Belgrade.
The satellite earth stn "Jugoslavija" in Ivanjica was also hit in a NATO
attack. All three uplink antennas (Jugoslavia 1, 2 and 3) were destroyed.
The first, which is 32 meters in diameter, was built in 1973 and was used
for communications with AF, AS as well as with No&SoAM. The second came
into operation in 1983 with the goal of providing telecommunications links
with No&SoAM, AF and the ME, while the third dish (13 m in diameter) was
used for telecommunications links with 15 European countries.
(R Nederland web page, via Kai Ludwig, Jun 5)
SINGAPORE
11920 R Japan Kranji relay 0909-0917 male talk in Jpn, mx
bridge. ID at 0915. //11710 Woofferton, 17650 Ascension, 21550 Moyabi.
(Mark Veldhuis-HOL, via Cumbre May 29)
13735 Swiss R Int. relay 1206-1216, Ge progr. Nx by man, 1210 progr "Swiss
Info ...". Very strong signal 45554. (Takeshi Kanai-JPN, via Cumbre May 25)
[1100-1330, 250 kW 025 degr to zones 44,45 JPN, KRE/KOR, EaCHN, ed]
SOUTH AFRICA
[c.f. BC-DX 413]
More freq changes for Channel Africa arrived:
UTC
UTC Freq. Antenna Power
from to in khz bearing in kw
0259-0330 6050
20
500
0258-0355 5955
20
500
1258-1455 11720
5
100
1600-1700 9670
19
250
1730-1800 9665
19
250
1800-1815 9665
19
250
1800-1830 9665
19
250
1835-2005 9700
315
250
2005-2020 9700
315
250
2030-2045 9510
330
500
Studio
BBC
CHAF
CHAF
TWR
TWR
TWR
TWR
TWR
TWR
TWR
Remarks
En Swahili (x from 0244)
En Fr
(x6035)
Sat&Sun only En (x11900)
(x9535)
(x9670)
Sat only (x9670)
Mon-Fri (x9670)
Mon,Sat&Sun to 2020
Mon+Sat+Sun only (x9695)
Sat only (deleted)
New, additional:
2030-2100 6135
32
250
BBC Por
2030-2100 9745
5
250
AWR
adutoit@mweb.co.za
May 29)
See the latest SENTECH update below. The two "WRN" txs at 1900-2000 on 6205
and 11560 are obviously R Kudirat-NIG, which in an open (?) secret is fed
from London studios via WRN satellite facilities - but according to this
has just been deleted. Is anyone still hearing them?? Nothing audible here
June 2 at 1900 on 11560 but that's inconclusive (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 991, Jun 3)
Both not included on schedule, but still *ON AIR* today Jun 2nd
1900-2000 11560
330
250
WRN - vailed operation of R Kudirat.
1900-2000 6205
328
250
WRN
Clandestine from RSA to NIG, R Kudirat deleted from schedule, but still
heard as of Jun 2. Thanks also to reports from several DXers including
Fathi-EGY, Vaghjee-MAU, and Das Gupta-IND. This one is still on 6205 and
11560 from 1900-2000. Perhaps just deleted from Meyerton schedule to try
and hide the tx site? (Hans Johnson-USA in Cumbre, Jun 2)
The SENTECH schedule you published last week showed 6205 and 11560 19002000 from the WRN studios as deleted. These are the Radio Kurdirat freq.
However the stn is still on the air, noted again 5th June with good signals
on both freqs.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, Jun 5)
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka BC Corp has retimed their evening txion to IND in
Hindi at 1330-1530 (x1510-1630) 11905 7190. (Alok Das Gupta-IND, Jun 1)
Clandestine (Sri Lanka). Voice of the Tigers: They have been on for a few
months, 7460 at 0100-0230, 7382 at 1400-1530, all Tamil and unjammed.
Probably 1-2 kW located in the north of the country. (Victor GoonetillekeSri Lanka 4S7VK UADX, via RNMN)
SWEDEN
Radio Sweden txions valid until 30th Oct 1999:
En
1130-1200 18960 305 21810 280 NoAM.
1230-1300 17895 055 21810 085 AS AUS.
1330-1400 9435 100 17505 085 AS AUS; 15240 305 NoAM.
1730-1800 6065 140-240 wide beam, exc. Sun, EUR.
1730-1800 9590 220 Suns only, EUR.
1930-2000 1179 060 & 270 6065 140-240, EUR.
2130-2200 1179 060 & 270 6065 140-240 9430 180, EUR.
0130-0200 13625 100, AS AUS.
0230-0300 9495 290, NoAM
0330-0400 9495 320 12060 320 WeNoAM.
Ge
1830-1900 Mo-Sa, 1830-1930 Sun only,
1179 060 & 270 6065 140-240, EUR.
Swe
0400-0600
0400-0700
0500-0600
0600-0700
1000-1010
Mo-Fr 6065 140-240, EUR.
Mo-Fr 17505 (fr Sept 13625) 130 ME/AF.
Mo-Fr 9490 220 SWEUR 17505 130 ME/AF.
Mo-Fr 9490 220 SWEUR.
Mo-Fr 6065 180, 9490 140-240 EUR; 21810 180 AF.
0600-0800 Sat
6065 140-240, EUR; 17505 175 AF.
1000-1030 Sat+Su 6065 180, 9490 140-240 EUR; 21810 180 AF.
0700-0900 Sun
6065 140-240, EUR; 17505 175 AF.
daily
0000-0030 13625 235 Canary Isl, Madeira, Northern SoAM.
0100-0130 13625 085 AS/AUS;
13625 275 Canary Isl, Madeira, SoAM.
0200-0230 9495 290 NoAM.
0300-0330 9495 305 12060 305 WeNoAM.
0400-0430 9495 320 (alternate 12060 305) WeNoAM.
1030-1040 21800 085 Mo-Fr AS/AUS (-1100 Sa/Su).
1030-1040 18960 290 NoAM; 21810 265 Canary Isl, Madeira, SoAM.
1200-1230 17870 055 EaAS NZL.
1200-1230 18960 305 (alternate 21810 280) NoAM.
1300-1330 17870 085 AS/AUS.
1400-1430 15240 305 NoAM; 17525 085 AS AUS, ME.
1445-1610 6065 140-240 EUR; 18960 305 NoAM.
1500-1530 13860 085 EaEUR.
1545-1610 13860 135 ME/AF; 17485 220 SWEUR/WeAF/Brazil.
1800-1830 6065 140-240 EUR; 13770 085 ME/AF;
17505 220 SWEUR/WeAF/Brazil.
2000-2100 6065 140-240 EUR; 9450 220 SWEUR/WeAF.
2100-2130 6065 140-240 EUR; 9430 220 SWEUR/WeAF.
Est
1430-1445
1179 060/270 Estonia; Tallin 103.5 MHz.
1600-1615
1630-1645
1700-1715
1179 060/270 6065 055-070 Estonia.
6065 055-070 Estonia.
1179 060/270 6065 055-070 Estonia.
Latv 1615-1630
1645-1700
1715-1730
1179 060/270 Latvia.
6065 085 Latvia.
1179 060/270; 6065 140-240 Latvia.
Ru
1200-1230 17895 055 EaRUS.
1300-1330 15240 085 EurRUS.
1630-1700 1179 060/270; 7170 085 Eur&CeRUS.
1900-1930 9590 070 EaRUS.
1900-1930 1179 060/270; 6065 100 EurRUS; Mo-Sa only.
MW 1179 kHz bcing 0345-0600 and from 1400-2230. Best reception in No&CeEUR,
Baltic states, and UK&IRL. Local FM in Stiockholm 89.6 MHz.
Addr: S-105 10 Stockholm, Sweden. e-mail: info@rs.sr.re
http://www.sr.se/rs & real audio: radiosweden.com (Direct, Jun 4)
TAIWAN
Clandestine from TAIWAN? to CHINA. 15388 New Star Bcing Stn 1132,
usual s-on routine and into Ch numbers. Quite strong. Can't understand why
no one else hasn't heard this before. (Dave Valko-USA, via Cumbre May 28)
TAJIKISTAN
Tajik Radio, V/S Mr. Ramazonov Nasrullo, Foreign Relations,
Engl reply seeking US$5 to cover the cost of reply; IRCs not exchangeable
there.
(Panzeri-Italy in Play-DX, via NU, May 31)
TANZANIA
7280 R Tanzania, in Swah around 1900 May 27 to 2100*; high-life
Afropop mostly, 2045 man with nx, into religious sce, 2057 choral, 2100
sked, 2100:40 NA, two min. of OC, 2104:30 off. SINPO 32322. //5050.06
stronger and clearer until 2054 when CHN appears with IS; this freq also soff at 2104:30. 7280 also hrd with abrupt s-on at 1756 May 29, nice signal
despite noticeable splatter from Spain and UZB.
(Vladimir Titarev-UKR, via NU, May 31)
UKRAINE
Recent changes in RUI schedule valid from May 24: 6090 replaced
by two freqs: 9560 1700-0100, 9620 0200-1600. Tx in 6020 will work as
follows: 0000-0800 omni-dir, 0900-2300 beam 242 degr. WS is going to
organize Real audio txion on Internet.
(From Alexander Egorov, author of RUI DX progr by phone
via Sergey Kolesov-UKR, via Cumbre, Jun 3)
RUI Kiev schedule from May 24
kHz
UTC
Azimut Zones CIRAF
5905 1700-0200 254
27S, 37N
6020 0600-2000 242
28
6020 2100-0500 ND
18-20, 27-30
6130 0600-1600 254
27S, 37N
9560 1700-0100 254
27S, 37N
9620 0200-1600 264
27, 28
9945 2200-0400 238
13, 14, 15, 37, 46
11840 0400-1700 090
29, 30
21520 0500-1200 096
30, 40, 41, 54, 55, 58, 59
(Alexandr Egorov, Kiev, Ukraine, via RUS-DX, May 31)
RUI Kiev's new 9620 (replacing former 6090 during daytime) performs
reasonably here in EaGER, resulting in the Ukraine now during the day
audible on two SW channels instead of a single 11840 one, which is stronger
although beamed into Kazakhstan instead CeEUR (90 degr). 6020 and 6130
still get's almost completely lost in daytime suppression, especially the
latter one channel is a rather ridiculous choice, operational from 06001600 and aimed at zones 27S and 37N, where it will hardly arrive,
considering that it not even reaches the savage EaGER. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jun
4)
UK
RL Skelton 15105 300 kW 095 degr 1600-1700 Ukr.
15245 300 kW 090 degr 1500-1600 Azerbaijani.
(IBB schedule)
Merlin Network One made its last 24 hr [SW] broadcast May 28. It is now
only on the air Mon-Fri 1600-1700 on 6175 via Skelton. (Mike Barraclough,
England, May 29, via GH)
It'll be interesting to see how and if Eric Wiltsher explains the drastic
cuts to SW from MNO -- he's been such a promoter, tho always regarded SW as
secondary. (Hauser)
I've checked the 1600 6175 Mon-Fri bc and it is Roy Masters "Foundation of
Human Understanding" which according to the Jaybee Newsline, which is a
telephone based information sce, has a paid contract with MNO. The
satellite sce is apparently continuing and they are talking about putting
the network out on the internet.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, Jun 1, WORLD OF RADIO 991, via GH)
Extensive R Northsea-Story in Englisch:
http://www.guernsey.net/~bebridel/rniradio.html
History of BBC relay station Daventry:
http://www.daventry-index.co.uk/about/bbctx/bbc1.html
(Hans-Friedrich Dumrese-D, Jun 7)
USA
17625.95 KVOH 0026 Sp religion, ID in En @ 0030 "This is KVOH, Los
Angeles, California, bcing on the 16 mb on a freq of 17.775 MHz", //17775,
also heard (much stronger) by Jim Miles in OK; spur or new freq?
(Ralph Brandi-USA, via Cumbre May 22)
[Spurious signal likely, should be also symmetric on approx. 17925.
Registered 17775 1400-0500 50 kW 100 degr to zones 10-12. ed]
7555 KJES Radio, Lord's Ranch, New Mexico, May 31, 0159-0232, test bc
towards WeCAN in En with utility-like announcer giving addr, then long Hail
Marys, and again addr given. 45343. (Escoto, Sennitt, via DXW, Jun 2)
World of Radio BACK on Thurs. WWCR has switched our 2030 time on 15685
from Tues back to Thurs, as of May 27. This will make the first airing on
WOR more timely again. WoR on WWCR is now:
Thur 2030 15685, Sat 1130 12160, Sun 0230 5070, 0630 5070, Mon 0501 3210,
Tue 1230 15685.
(WoR by Glenn Hauser, Jun 3)
Following a tip by Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX via WoR tuned into presumed WWBS
Macon Georgia on 11900 1040 June 5th, continuous Southern evangelist, poor
strength and interference from DW on 11905, monitored for 15 mins and
signal was fading up, checked again at 1150 and only a carrier detectable.
Hans says is operating Sats/Suns 1000-1200.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, Jun 5)
R Taipei-TWN Internat in Ge & En via WYFR Florida txs: 2100-2300 17750
replaced by 11565 (45544), //15600 (35433). (Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov in
PanIview-BUL, Jun 5)
RFE/RL/R Free Iraq in Ar, A99 schedule:
0200-0400 6140 (55544), 7255 (55544), 9730 (45444), 9865 (55555).
1500-1700 6185 co-ch VoIRIB Tehran in Armen fr 1630.
12025 co-ch RFI Paris in Ar fr 1600.
11805 (55544), 15160 (55555).
RFE/RL/R Free Iran in Pe, A99 schedule:
0430-0630 7155 co-ch VoMedit Malta via Rome fr 0500.
11945 under strong UAE R AD in Ar.
9510 (45544), 12015 (55555).
1500-1700 9615 (55555), 13665 (55555), 15495 (55555).
11785 strong QRM Rep of IRQ R on 11787.
Log of RFA monitoring by Christoph Ratzer-AUT during holiday tour to
northern Thailand, Laos, May 01-20, 1999.
7470 1300-1400 Tibetan *** *** 32332 QRM China.
7470 2300-0000 Tibetan *** *** 34333
7540 1500-2200 Mandar *** *** no signal
7540 2300-0000 Mandar *** *** no signal
9365 2300-0000 Tibetan *** *** 32332 jamming
9455 1400-1500 Vietn
SAI 285 22332
9545 1100-1200 Lao
TIN 279 45444
9635 1400-1500 Canton TIN 287 23222
9875 2300-0000 Tibetan HOL 077 33333 QRM CHN
9905 1500-1800 Mandar HBN 318 23222
9910 2300-0000 Mandar HBN 318 45444
9920 2300-0000 Tibetan *** *** no signal
11500 1400-1500 Canton *** *** no signal
11510 1400-1500 Vietn
*** *** 44444
11510 1500-1600 Tibetan *** *** 44444
11530 1500-1600 Burmese *** *** no signal
11540 2330-0030 Vietn
*** *** 44444
11560 2330-0030 Vietn
*** *** 44444
11580 2330-0030 Vietn
*** *** 32332 QRM VTN
11590 1300-1400 Tibetan *** *** 22332 QRM CHN
11590 1500-1600 Burmese *** *** 44444
11750 1500-1600 Burmese TIN 280 34333
11765 1500-1600 Mandar TIN 309 32332 QRM CHN
11785 2300-0000 Mandar NLS 285 only DW in German
11945 1500-2000 Mandar SAI 300 22332 QRM CHN
13690 1500-1800 Mandar TIN 295 22332 QRM CHN
13720 2330-0030 Vietn
SAI 285 22332 jamming
13750 1100-1200 Lao
HBN 270 no signal
13820 1500-1600 Burmese *** *** 44444
13830 1300-1400 Tibetan *** *** no signal
15185 1100-1200 Lao
TIN 280 34333
15510 1500-2000 Mandar DL 311 32332 QRM CHN
15515 2300-0000 Mandar DL 311 15331
15560 1100-1200 Lao
*** *** no signal
15560 2330-0030 Vietn
HBN 270 23222
15680 1500-2200 Mandar *** *** 45444 (!)
15680 2300-0000 Mandar *** *** 44333
15695 2300-0000 Tibetan *** *** 34333
17805 1100-1200 Lao
*** *** 34333
17855 1300-1400 Tibetan HOL 077 34333
QRM CHN: other txion from CHN on same freq.
(Christoph Ratzer-AUT, OE2CRM, Jun 3)
UZBEKISTAN
[neither clandestine nor Muslim, hjb]
Dear Sir, One information for your DX nx bulletin 06/99.
"Jiban Tarango" ["Wave Of Life"], the only one Bengali clandestine [see
CLEAR UP below] stn is now bcing its religious (Islamic [sic]) progr on
15470 from 1330-1355. Acc to stn director right now they are not verifying
RR until they get permission from IBRA headquarter in Sweden.
Contact addr in India is
Jiban Tarango (in Engl "Wave Of Life"), P.O.Box 16057, Calcutta-700017,
India.
Phone +91 33 5623060
e-mail: hassan@cal.vsnl.net.in
Or directly to their (IBRA) headquarter in Sweden
IBRA RADIO, BOX-4033, S-14104 HUDDINGE, SWEDEN
Phone +46 8 6089680 e-mail ibra@ibra.se e-mail hq@ibra.se
(Swopan Chakroborty, Calcutta-IND, via WWDXC DX Magazine, May 29)
[Tashkent 15470 240 kW, 130 degr, 1330-1400 to zones 41 PAK IND BGD, 49
SoEaAS,
54 INS MLA SNG.]
Jiban Tarango currently bc 1330-1400 UTC via Tashkent 15470 is neither a
clandestine nor a Muslim progr. In spite of their frequent references to
the Quran and Muslim traditions these progrs are of Christian origin and
sponsored by the bcing ministry of the Swedish pentecostal movement, IBRARadio.
They have been
15470 is their
is use, mostly
(Dr. Hansjoerg
on the air since May 1995 via a 240 kW tx in Tashkent-UZB.
usual summer freq, while in winter a freq in the 7 MHz range
7400.
Biener-D, Jun 7)
VIETNAM/RUSSIA
This En progr schedule just in from the VoVTN Hanoi;
currently heard at 1700-1728 on 12070 via RUS; 1800-1828, 1900-1928, 20302058 on 13740.
(Edwin Southwell-UK, May 30, via WoR by GH)
Daily: News and Current Affairs,
followed Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri by Press Review.
Final items are:
Mon - Vietnam Land and People.
Tue - Vietnam Culture and Sports.
Wed - Letter Box & Talk of the Week.
Thu - Vietnam Economy; Business Forum.
Fri - Rural Vietnam.
Sat - Weekly Review; Historical Events; Music.
Sun - Sunday Show. (VoVTN via Edwin Southwell, WORLD OF RADIO 991, Jun 3)
DX - Camp Doebriach Austria 1999
(10.-31. Juli 1999)
Auch dieses Jahr wird dieses traditionsreiche Hobbytreffen am Kaerntner
Millstaetter See stattfinden. Dieses DX-Camp ist fuer alle Freunde des
Rundfunkfernempfangs, von der Lang- Mittel- und Kurzwelle, ueber UKW- und
TV-DX bis hin zu Amateurfunk und Satellitenempfang interessant, einfach f r
jeden, der im Kreise Gleichgesinnter Hobbyferien machen moechte.
Naehere Informationen habe ich unter
http://www.elitas.com/adxboe
zusammengestellt. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT, Jun 3)
An alle,
Das zweite RMRC DX Campo findet vom Fr 20.08. bis So 22.08.99 statt.
Naehere Informationen gehen in den naechsten Wochen raus.
Informationen auch via E-Mail:
eahl@mainz-online.de
oder telefon 06131-362397. Gruss Eberhard Ahl, May 24
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 415
15 Jun 1999
________________________________________________________________________
ALBANIA
v7149.92 [0800-1400] carrying R Tirana's home sce 2nd progr in
Alb 35443, and at same time 1100-1200 the other home sce 1st progr on
v9585.04 [0800-1300] which carried phone talks between Albania and Germany,
latter 45444. (WB, Jun 12)
v14220 ALB's 2 x 7110 harmonic was causing a het to HK3JBR in Bogota,
ZL4NR in NZL, AL7HX in Alaska, from 0700-0800. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 7)
ALGERIA
RTA Algiers ext sce bcs til Oct 24, 1999:
7245 0300-0500, 0800-1500, 1800-2200 Ar, 0500-0800 & 1500-1800 Tamazight
11715 1500-1600, 1800-2200 Fr, 1600-1700 En, 1700-1800 Sp.
11750 0300-0500 Ar, 0500-2200 Fr.
15160 1400-1600, 1800-2100 Fr, 1600-1700 En, 1700-1800 Sp.
100 kW., exc 11750 which is 50 kW only.
RTA, 21 Blvd. des Martyrs, Algiers, Algeria.
(RTA progr leaflet, via Conexion Digital, Jun 7)
ARGENTINA
15345.03 RAE Buenos Aires in Sp carrying letterbox and rumba
mx at 2300-2400. 35333. (WB, Jun 11)
AUSTRALIA
11650 New freq in // with adjoining R Australia outlet on
11660. Strong signal in Seattle area (S-9 compared to S-7 for 11660 on a
very stingy S-meter). Tx site of new 11650 unknown to me at present. Progr
was in En at 1530, ID as "Across Australia, this is R National" at 1600.
(Wally Treibel-USA, in Cumbre Jun 7)
R Australia relays their dom network, Radio National, at times. (Hans
Johnson, Cumbre)
BELGIUM
RVI Brussels, two freq changes eff Mon 14 June 1999:
1730-1800 En and 1800-1859 Du to SoEaEUR and ME East via DTK Juelich: move
from 13685 to 13670 to avoid interference from VOIRI in Ge & Fr, CRI in Ar
to NoAF.
Suns 1000-1056 Du to AF via Wavre: move from 21505 to 21630 to avoid
interference from BSKSA Riyadh-ARS. (eff 20 June). Abu Dhabi on 21630
registered til 1000, but left the air usually at 1004 !
(RVI Golfgids,
Paul Brems-BEL, Jun 11)
CHINA
CRI Beijing is heard with a new (? not included on my latest sched)
Fr sce at 1300-1357 on 17880. The beginning of the txion is blocked by
Qatar so not yet known where they are aiming for. Could it be their BamakoMLI relay into Africa? There is a co-channel with QAT on 17880 between
1200-1300 (after ARS goes off), but have been unable to identify whether
CRI or not. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 7)
CRI Beijing ext sce in Sp
0000-0057 7160, 17720
0100-0157 9665, 17720
0200-0257 13685-GUF, 17720
0300-0357 9560-CAN, 15765?
[15765 should rather read 11765 Brazilia relay ?, ed]
2100-2157 6020, 7360
2200-2257 6020, 7360
2300-2357 7160, 11650
CRI Beijing ext sce in En
1200-1300 11980 SoEaAS
1300-1400 11980 SoEaAS
1700-1800 9710 EUR
1900-2000 13650 NoEaAF
2100-2130 15145 EUR
China Radio International, English Service, Beijing 100040,
P.R. of China. E-mail: crieng@cri.com.cn
(CRI progr leaflet, via Conexion Digital, Jun 7)
CRI noted 15165 *1030 NF for Khmer //9440 (poor); good at s-on but hammered
after 1100 by REE/15170 slop. IDS from co-ch KTWR heard weakly underneath
at 1057 (they're sked *1100 in Ins). (Bob Hill-USA, via EDXP Jun 3)
Changes of CRI from May 3:
1400-1430 in Tu & 1500-1530 in Farsi NF 11750, ex 11515
1500-1900 in Ru NF 15415 over LJB, ex 7235
1600-1700 in Ar NF 17880, ex 13685? //17580
1600-1700 in En NF 9870, ex 7190 //9565
1700-1800 in En NF 15300 co-ch RFI, ex 9710 //11910
1730-2230 in Mandarin/Fr NF 11825 co-ch VOA, ex 7335
1900-2100 in Cz/Pol NF 15415 over LJB, ex 7235
2100-2130 in En NF 15415 over LJB, ex 7235.
New schedule of CRI in Sp
2100-2300 on NF 11775, ex 6020 //7360 to Eu
2200-2300 on NF 9640, NF 13650 to Eu (no announced!)
2300-2400 on NF 11880, ex 7160 //11650 to SoAm
0000-0100 on NF 11880, NF 17720, ex 7160, 11650 to SoAm
0100-0200 on NF 17720, ex 11650 //9665 to SoAm
0200-0300 on NF 17720, ex 11650 //13685 to SoAm
0300-0400 on 9560, 11765 to SoAm.
(PanIview-BUL, Jun 5)
CUBA
Radio Habana Cuba txions in Sp:
0000-0200 5965, 9505, 9820, 11760, 11875, 15230
0200-0500 5965, 9505, 9550, 11760, 11875, 15230
1100-1200 6000
1200-1400 6000, 9550
1400-1500 6000
2100-2300 11760, 13660, 13680
R Habana Cuba, Apartado 6240, La Habana, Cuba.
E-mail: radiohc@mailinfocom.etecsa.cu
(RHC e-mail file, via Conexion Digital, Jun 7)
HUNGARY
R Budapest ext sce in En
0100-0130 9560 NoAM
0230-0300 9840 NoAM
1900-1930 6025 7170 EUR
2100-2130 6025 EUR
2130-2200 3975 EUR
Radio Budapest, Brody Sandor 5-7, H-1800 Budapest, Hungary.
(RB via Conexion Digital, Jun 7)
GERMANY
Yesterday afternoon the DW radiohouse at Cologne suffered a
complete main power failure, resulting in a loss of all txs for nearly 12
hrs until this morning. The main power switching facilities in the
buildings basement catched fire after a short-circuit of a switch, which is
responsible for changing between power grid and emergency generating sets.
Nobody was injured, there is no summary about the caused damage so far.
(via Ostdeutscher Rundfunk [East German Radio] Brandenburg) (Kai Ludwig-D,
Jun 5)
UNIVERSAL LIFE schedule for En txions is now
Tue 2100 1323 [VoR] Wachenbrunn-D, to EUR.
Sat 1630 15105-JUL ISR LEB ETH.
Sun 0100 9495-JUL IND.
1300 9710-Sitkunai Lithuania, to EUR.
1300 9955-WRMI Miami FL, to NoAM.
1600 15105-JUL CeAF.
1830 11785-JUL SoAF.
(Sergey Kolesov-UKR, British WDXC Contact June)
There is also a txion at 1800 Suns on 11830-JUL beamed to CeAF. (Klaus
Koehler-D)
DW is noted with Fr at 1700-1800 up on 7195-RRW (x listed 7185) to avoid
extended sce to YUG / ALB on 7185. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 7)
HRT Zagreb-Croatia was heard using 9470 on air at 0615-0700, in //13820-JUL
on Jun 3&4. A test? HRT direct with a different px via Deanovec on 5945
7365 & 9830.
(Noel Green-UK, Jun 7)
HRT Croatian Radio Zagreb, was having trouble with its sce to NZL 0500-0700
on 13820 (via DTK Juelich) due to unreliable propagation. Following a
series of test txions on 9470, it moved to that freq on Jun 8th. It plans
to return to 13820 in early Sept. The sce to AUS 0700-0900 continues on
13820 and noted here in Melbourne with super strong signals.
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP Jun 8)
R Bremen sendet auf der Mittelwelle 936 jetzt fast ausschliesslich das
Programm "Funkhaus Europa" //zu 103.3 MHz (WDR Langenberg). Funkhaus
Europa ist ein kosmopolitisches Radioprogramm mit Programmsegmenten vom
WDR, von Radio Bremen und SFB 4 Multikulti. Weiterhin sind hier sonntags
von 1005-1100 MESZ Programme der DW (Radio E), der BBC in En und von RTBF
in Fr, sowie Mo-Fr von 1800-1830 MESZ die Programme "Europe Today" von der
BBC und von 1830-1900 MESZ der DW in Fr zu hoeren. (Juergen Lohuis-D, Jun
13)
INDIA
All India Radio schedule eff 28 Mar-31 Oct 99
Arabic
Baluchi
Bengali
Burmese
Chinese
Dari
ENGLISH
French
Gujarati
Hindi
Indones
Nepali
Persian
Punjabi
Pushtu
Russian
Sindhi
Sinhala
Swahili
Tamil
0430-0530
1500-1600
0300-0430
0100-0130
1145-1315
0300-0345
1315-1415
1000-1100
1330-1500
1745-1945
2045-2230
2245-0045
1945-2030
0415-0430
0315-0415
0430-0530
1615-1730
1945-2045
2300-2400
0845-0945
0130-0227
0700-0800
1330-1430
0400-0430
1230-1430
0215-0300
1415-1530
1615-1715
0100-0200
1230-1500
0045-0115
1515-1615
0000-0045
0115-0330
1115-1215
AS 13620 15050
1730-1945 AS 9910
13620
AS 1071 6165 9620 11585
0800-1100 1445-1515 1600-1730 AS 1134
AS 9950 13630 1215-1315 AS 11620 11710 15475
AS 11840 15050
17705
AS 9910
11735
11895
AS 7140
9910
AS/AU 11585 11735 13700 15020 17387 17840
AS 9545
11620
13710
EU/AF 7410 9635 9950 11620 11935 13780 15075 15200
AU/EU 7150 7410 9650 9910 9950 11620 11715
AS 7410 9705 9950 11620 13625
AF 9910 13620 13780
AF 15075 17387
1515-1600 AF 11620 15175
AF/AS 13695 15075 15180 17387
AF 15075 17387
AF/AS 7410 9950 12040 13720 13770
EU 7410 9950 11620
AS 9910 11740 13795
AS 15050 17387
AS 594 3945 6045 9810 11715
AS 7250 9595 11850
AS 1134 3945 4860 6045 11695
AS 13620 15050
1615-1730 AS 7265 9910 11585
AS 702
AS 9910 11735 11895 13620
AS 7140 9910
AS 11620 15140
AS 1071 5990 7125 11790
AS 1071 6165 9620 11585
AS 1053
1300-1500 AS 1053 9700 15020
AF 9950 13720
AS 1053 4790 9835 9910 11740 13795
AS 1053
1100-1115 AS 1053
AS 1053 13700 15075 15770 17595 17860
1215-1300
1215-1245
1115-1200
0130-0200
1215-1330
Urdu
0015-0100
0100-0200
0200-0430
0830-1130
1430-1600
1600-1930
(AIR Web Page - via
Telugu
Thai
Tibetan
AS 1053
1500-1530 AS 1053
AS 13700 15770 17595
AS 13630 15340 17895
AS 9565 13700 17585
AS 1134 9565 11695
AS 702 1071 6155 9595
AS 702 6155 9595 11620
AS 702 1071 6155 9595 11620
AS 702 1071 9595 11620
AS 702 4860 6045
AS 702 1071 4860 6045
British WDXC June CONTACT Magazine)
[Andaman Isl.]
4760 AIR Port Blair *2325 Ending "Song of India" and s-on
with "Vande Mataram" and annts; into droning instrumental featuring tabla
and tanpura. Pips at 2330 and followed with presumed news relay in unknown
language, then seemed En from 2335 with numerous references to PAK. Weak
amid horrendous static. (Bob Hill-USA, June 11)
IRAN
21570 VoIRI 2330, have added a another channel for their Ch sce in
file: //21485 and 17560. Both 13 mb channels were fair though 17560 was
severely splashed from both sides. (Paul Ormandy-NZL, via Cumbre Jun 6)
KAZAKHSTAN
An addition to info of Mikhail Timofeyev on Kazakh R 6255 at
1800-2200 with progr from studios in Astana.
Astana is the new capital of Kazakhstan, known previously as Akmola.
Akmola was known previously as Tselinograd, and Tselinograd was known
previously as Akmolinsk. So funny ?
Yes, Astana is the 4th name of this city. Meanwhile, Astana is the 4th
capital of Kazakhstan !
The first was Orenburg (now in the Russian federation), the second was Kzyl
Orda, the third Alma Ata. (Daniyar Smagulov-Alma Ata KAZ, British WDXC
Contact June)
12115 R Astana/Almaty[?] Kazakh light mx songs noted between 2300-2400,
strong signal 45444. (WB, Jun 11)
12115 R Almaty 0000-0030
which sounded like it was
followed by male & female
Maroti-NY, via Cumbre Jun
KOREA D.P.R. of
(WB, Jun 11)
IS twice, then either a jingle or signature tune
sung in En. Male mentioned Almaty and Alma Ata,
alternating talk with mx bridges. (George
9)
R Pyongyang in Sp on v13650.07 at 2330, 22222.
The Asian Broadcast Institute has just put our an excellent multi-media
presentation on the numbers stns of the NoKorea. Check it out at:
http://www.246.ne.jp/~abi/ransu/ransu-e.htm
(via Johnson Cumbre, Jun 10)
KUWAIT
R Kuwait has a different address to that given in PtWBR and the
WRTH. New address is
Ministry of Information, Engineering Affairs, Dept. of Frequencies
P.O.Box 967, Safat 130010, Kuwait.
(Edwin Southwell-UK, British WDXC Contact June)
LAOS
4640.7 Houa Phan (presumed) I believe they are here now (x4653).
Heard at 1130 with weak talk, but got a bit better just after Wyoming
sunrise at 1137 when they had instrumental mx. Sure sounded parallel to
Lao National Radio on 6130 for the nx after 1200. (Hans Johnson-USA, via
Cumbre Jun 10)
LEBANON
11530 High Adventure R, The Voice of Hope, Marjayoun, 6 kW, QSLl full data, 39 days for 2 IRC, sent RR to Cyprus addr and the stn reply
via ISR according to the radio stn this is the addr: P.O.Box 77, Metulla,
Israel, via e-mail
radio98@hotmail.com
(Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jun 8)
VoHope stn manager Gary Hull had this to say about their new tx. We
conducted our first audio test with progr material Thur [Jun 10] on 6280 at
10 kW from Marjayoun. Test only lasted 10 mins. We need to finish the
cooling system and do final checks on all systems. Hopefully if all goes
well we will begin bcing a normal schedule of progrs this week, perhaps as
early as Tues.
We are looking for RRs. They would be of great help as we set up for the
future. We particularly need to know if there is any co-channel
interference.
After we are sure 6280 is working flawlessly we will try to change to 11515
0800-1600. This might come several weeks down the line. (DIRECT Johnson
Cumbre DX Copyright, Jun 13)
MONGOLIA
19440 VoMongolia 1500-1530 En bc is being heard here on the 2nd
hx of 9720. (Ian Wadman, British WDXC Contact June)
9720 VoMongolia opening in En, after an IS at 1459, with an ID as "This is
the Voice of Mongolia". Only poor to fair, and best on LSB as there is
another carrier on 9720.2. Listed and announced parallel of 12015 barely
audible.
(Walter Salmaniw-CAN, via Cumbre Jun 6)
NETHERLANDS
["KOSOVO"]
Radio 21 relay via Flevo.
As from Fri 11th June, a RNs tx in Flevo is carrying two hours of
programming from Radio 21, the exiled Albanian-language stn from Pristina,
capital of Kosovo. The txions are arranged in cooperation with Press Now,
an organization set up to support the independent media in the former YUG.
The tx will be on the air at 1827-2025 on 9495 beamed to EaEUR. RN is *not*
responsible for the content of these progrs. (Andy Sennitt, swprograms, std
disclaimer via Hauser Review of International Broadcasting, Jun 12)
Netherlands has reached an agreement with the Pristina stn "in exile,"
Radio 21, to bc two hours a day in Alb on SW from the RN Flevo tx site.
These txions have been arranged through the Amsterdam-based "Press Now," a
grouping of organizations which actively support the independent media in
the Balkans, [see
http://www.dds.nl/~pressnow/index.htm
Bcs are scheduled at 1830-2025 on 9495, beamed to SoEaEUR. The sce is
intended for the hundreds of thousands of Kosovar refugees in the region
who are in desperate need of information as they make plans for an eventual
return home. The first txion was on Fri, Jun 11. RN is not responsible for
the content of the R. 21 progrs, which are prepared by R. 21 journalists
and sent to RN over a modem link. Radio 21 was on the air from Pristina
for more than a year as a web-only stn, having been refused a bc license by
the Serbian authorities. On the night of Mar 23, 1999, their premises were
destroyed by the Serbs, and the staff of R. 21 were among the first to flee
the country. A limited sce has resumed on the web at
http://www.radio21.net
but this SW sce means that R. 21 can now reach many more people.
Memories Of the Millennium.
RNMN is launching a contest to find the most popular "Memory of the
Millennium", a stn which won't make it into the next century but which
stands out as a major contributor for this century nearly gone. Stns like
WNYW New York, or the virtual stn NDXE that never was. Or what about KYOI,
Radio South Atlantic, Radio Moscow, or Radio Berlin International?
Ideas are welcome to
media@rnw.nl
The winner will be selected in Sept and will receive a great new book about
radio history.
That's it for the moment, Jonathan Marks, Diana Janssen and Andy Sennitt
(RNMN News Update, direct, also via Klaus Koehler, also via NU)
OMAN
6020
9735
11890
15140
17590
(This
Latest sked for R Oman, Muscat, all pxs in Ar
0300-0500
7230 1600-1800, 2200-0000
9575 1400-1600
1800-2200, 0000-0300
11805 1800-1900
1800-2200
13620 0500-0600
13640 0600-1400
0900-1600
15355 0200-0300
15375 1600-1800
0600-0900 (BBCM, via EDXP Jun 02)
shows 24-hr broadcasts now on HF. - Bob Padula EDXP)
PAKISTAN
Some corrections to Radio Pakistan's A-99 [respectively Z-99]
schedule
fr May 3-Sep 4th [full schedule see BC-DX #413]:
Urdu
0500-0700 15175.19 (API-5 250 kW 282 degr)
17555.04 (API-1 100 kW 282 degr)
21460.13 (API-6 250 kW 252 degr) WS to Gulf & ME.
[17555 badly QRM by KOL Israel French 0500-0517 only, ed]
Turki
Russian 1500-1530 7260 9330(both via 313 degr) to CIS and RUS.
POLAND
9540 Came across of very disturbed signal of R Polonia in Ru
1100-1127, I think nobody will understand just a single word when listening
to this terrible signal. This txion is directed at 72 degr north-east, so
maybe I get only a disturbed signal here in GER from the back lobe. Much
better audio on //7250. (WB, Jun 12)
R Polonia sked eff 28 Mar-30 Oct, 1999
Belaruss
1630-1655
Czech
ENGLISH
1130-1155 7285 6050
1330-1425 7275
7285 6165
1700-1755 7180 6035
2030-2055
(xmo) 1000-1025 7285 6015
(xsu) 1600-1625
1200-1255 11820 9525 7270 6095
1700-1755 9525 7285 6000
1930-2025 9525 7285 6095 6035
Esperanto 1330-1355 7285 7225
1800-1825 7205
German
1130-1155 9525 6095
1400-1425 7285
Lithuan
1300-1325 7305 6095
1500-1525 7180
Polish
1030-1055 7285 6015
1100-1125 7285
1530-1625 7285 6035
2100-2155 7270
Russian
1100-1125 9540 7305
1300-1325 9525
1430-1455 7275 6095
1800-1825 7180
1900-1925 7215 7270 6095 6035
Slovak
(mo) 1000-1025 7285 6015
(su) 1600-1625
Ukrainian 1430-1455 7285 6110
1500-1525 7205
1530-1555 7180 6095
1630-1655 7180
1830-1855 7270 7205 6035 6000 2030-2055 7270
(Andrew Baransky - British WDXC June CONTACT Magazine)
RUSSIA
5995
7285 6085
7215 6095
6095
6095
6035
7270
6095 6035
7285
6000
7215 6095
6095
6035
6095
Voice of Russia in Sp to LatAM til Oct 31, 1999:
0000-0100
7125, 7390, 9450a, 9470,
9480, 9665b, 9810a, 9830,
9860, 9965, 11500, 12010b, 12030b, 12060, 12070b
0100-0200 7390, 9450a, 9470,
9810a, 9830, 9860, 9945, 9965,
11500, 12010b 12030b 12060.
a - freqs til Jul 31 only, b - til Sep 5th.
(Jorge Aloy-ARG, via Conexion Digital, Jun 7)
SAUDI ARABIA
4790.4 BSKSA Riyadh, 1810-2005, I first thought this was
Azad Kashmir R on extended sce due to the fighting, but soon realised that
the language was Ar. Mostly talks with frequent mention of Saudi Arabia,
martial mx, no clear ID was heard, but it must have been them on a new
channel. 25232 (Anker Petersen-DEN, via Cumbre Jun 6)
[I think that is BSKSA 2nd progr half harmonic of v9580, which I heard
almost daily on Greek Rhodes isl during holiday in 1987, ed]
SERBIA
The Belgrade tx site, housing the 684 tx, was hit by two NATO
missiles 0655 May 30th. The stns website says that there were no casualties
but material dammage incurred is massive. (Radio Netherlands Real Radio
website)
Re Stubline WOR 991. BBCM heard 7200 go off the air at the precise moment
that the Stubline site was bombed at 1108 UTC on 25th May - and the RTS dom
sce has not been subsequently been heard on SW at all. Hope this clarifies
the situation.
(Dave Kenny (BBCM) via GH SW DX report, Jun 7)
NATO Radio TV _ EC-130 airplane txions
Alb. 2139 UTC En nx. SINPO 33543.
_ on new MW 1270;
2040 UTC in
EC-130 airplane on 1003 kHz 1940 UTC, 33443. Long lasting and deep fadings.
Annts in Serbian , ID's as "NATO Radio Televizije" and US pops. Fade away
around 2008, c-down ?
Anyone knows the address of the stn ? (Martin Elbe-D, Jun 10)
Some informations about Allied Voice / EC130E aircraft:
http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Military_Affairs/air_national/193fact.html
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/kosovo-int.html
(Kurt Brandstetter-AUT, Jun 12)
Yugoslav forces have apparently thwarted some NATO air attacks because at
times allied pilots speak to each other and to ground-based air controllers
over open communications systems according to NATO officials and US
intelligence reports.
Although the bombing campaign against Yugoslavia is the most
technologically sophisticated in history- with the largest percentage of
precision guided bombs ever- some NATO countries' aircraft do not carry
secure communications equipment. Their governments were either unwilling or
unable on short notice to equip their planes with secure radio gear
compatible with US aircraft and other up-to-date planes in the 19 member
alliance.
"All the NATO aircraft aren't equipped with the same kind of equipment we
have" said an Air Force official. When the planes without secure
communication take part in operations pilots in other planes must speak on
unsecured radio frequencies that NATO knows are being monitored by Yugoslav
forces as well as civilian radio enthusiasts, said communications experts.
"If you have 20 aircraft flying together but some who don't have secure
communications no one can use it" said one NATO aviator.
Following NATO practice the conversations are in English. As a result
Yugoslav forces are using English speaking civilians, many of them English
teachers, to listen in on and translate unencrypted voice communications
between NATO ground controllers and some of the NATO warplanes taking off
each day. In some cases Yugoslav forces have apparently known the target
and timing of a NATO attack and the direction in which the planes were
flying.
One US pilot reported that each time he used the code word for a specific
SA6 ground-to-air anti aircraft missile site the missile was immediately
hidden and he was unable to strike it as a target. This happened twice and
suggested to analysts that Yugoslav forces also have access to NATO code
words for specific targets.
"Communications is truly the weak link in this chain of operation" said
Bruce Lambert a defence analyst and communications specialist at DFI
International, a defence consulting firm in Washington. Lambert and other
experts say that the lack of communications inter operability has posed a
problem in Operation Allied Force because the duration of the air war has
given Yugoslav forces time to figure out the patterns and to decade the
pilot chatter they are hearing every day.
Aircraft from NATO's most advanced military countries- the United States,
Britain, France and others, have equipment in the cockpit of their fighter
jets that allows them to scramble communications and to receive secure
target and other data from AWACS and other surveillance aircraft whose job
is to survey the skies and ground. But newer alliance partners do not. Also
the United States does not want to share all its capabilities with other
nations, even allies.
The NATO operation faces another challenge, ever more sophisticated
hobbyists who collect and then disperse, via the Internet, military radio
frequencies and the takeoff of NATO jets headed out for bombing runs each
day from bases in Italy, England, Germany and elsewhere. "They stand at the
end of runways, look at the tail wing numbers and call me" said John Pike,
an intelligence expert at the Federation of American Scientists whose Web
site includes a detailed description of the types and squadrons aircraft
belong to.
About a week into the war Lt. Col Ed Worley, an Air Force public affair
officer at the Pentagon, received a call from a retired military officer
saying that, using his radio equipment, he had heard NATO pilots talking
about operations and was worried that it could compromise war planes.
Worley recalled that he was ey. "shocked and dismayed" so he called the Air
Force operations centre. "Our operations folks said that we have to talk in
the clear all the time" he said.
(Washington Post, May 1st, originally summarised on WoR via British WDXC
Contact June)
MW listening in Belgrade, first week of June 1999.
Dragan Stankovic reports: On Sun, May 30th NATO destroyed R Belgrade's MW
tx located at Stubline. The tx on Mw 684 was one of the strongest in EUR,
with a power of 2000 kW. Since other tx sites have also been hit during the
course of the bombing campaign, it's now very difficult to listen in to
radio txions from Serbia on MW. Among the rare stns I've noticed still
operative on MW is R Jagodina 1440 with a power of 20 kW. This tx which
previously used to carry the local radio stn, now relays the progrs of RT
Srbje Belgrade.
(RN website via Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 13)
SWEDEN
ARNE SKOOG passed away.
Radio Sweden is sorry to tell the DX community that Arne Skoog, the founder
of Sweden Calling DXers, and a key figure in the founding of the Swedish DX
Federation and the European DX Council, passed away on Mon Jun 7. (Maryanne
Kehoe-USA, Jun 9)
Arne was 86. The June 15th edition of MediaScan (the successor to Sweden
Calling DXers) will be a tribute to Arne Skoog.
Addr: S-105 10 Stockholm, Sweden. e-mail: info@rs.sr.re
http://www.sr.se/rs & real audio: radiosweden.com
George Wood:
George.Wood@rs.sr.se
We Third World DXers are grateful to this man than any other I am sure. If
not for him we would not have been in contact. It was Sweden Calling DXers
that turned us into DXers. We may otherwise have been casual SWLs and our
interest would not even have developed. His vision was our outlet to the
International DX Scene, and the platform where we came into contact with
the rest of the world.
What launched the Ceylonese SWL Club in 1966 and our entry into the
International DX Press was Arne and SCDX. Through SCDX we were heard all
over the world. Many lasting friendships built and information that we
could not get otherwise brought to us. Frankly a great part of the
internationalized hobby owes it to Arne's vision.
I am thankful that I was able to meet Arne in 1984 when George Wood invited
me as Guest of honour to the EDXC 1984. Today as we say good bye to a
great man who has meant so much to us DXers, I am happy I was able to touch
the hand that brought so many of us to gether. A good life has come to an
end. I am richer for having been touched by him.
(Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, Jun 9)
I donot know how to express my feeling about the sad demise of Arne Skoog,
the DX father of all of us. It is really a shocking news for the DXers in
SoAS and to the world DX community. The three names we could not forget
Arthur Cushen, Arne Skoog and Harry van Gelder.
In the late 60's when there was no electronic bulletins like today, we had
to depend on the famous SCDX - the only source to know some DX news. We,
the DXers, were known to each other through the SCDX. Still I can well
recollect all those famous DXer's names heard over the SCDX. If we missed
the b'cast then there was the printed version of SCDX - I still have some
old issues of SCDX.
After seeing the printed version of SCDX I got the idea of starting a DX
bulletins under the banner 'Radio DX Club of India'. Later, in 1973 four
Indian clubs merged together and formed 'INDIAN DX CLUB INTERNATIONAL'. At
that time the only publicity or contact we got were from SCDX and DX Juke
Box. Most of the members of the club got in touch with us through these two
programs. We also depended heavily on the heard DX news from SCDX as this
was the only source of station news we got while DX Juke Box programs
contained more feature type programs.
The DX news from South Asia were known to the whole world through SCDX and
everyone came to know the radio scene in this part of the world through our
contributions in the programs.
I'm very unfortunate that I could not meet him during my visit to Stockholm
in 1979 but still usual New Year Greetings Card were exchanged.
We were very indebted to Arne for the immense help for the DX community and
without his program we were not the same as at present.
If I can still remember correctly he mentioned in his last SCDX program
mentioned that one 'wood'(Skoog means in Swedish wood) will be replaced by
another Wood (George).
We will really miss you Arne. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 9)
UKRAINE
9620 has now a powerful signal [44554] of RUI Kiev tx into CeEUR
around 1100-1200, in Ukr, 264 degr to zones 27 & 28. //6130 & 11840. At
same time RUI carried the En sce to AUS/NZL on single 21520 only. At 1155
heard mentioning the full RUI En schedule in length to all continents and
many channels, but unfortunately this schedule suspended in mid April due
lack of main power budget. (WB, Jun 12)
UK
HCJB via Merlin Communications tx
500 kW / 85 degr in Ru and Ukr to CeAs now on the air:
1600-1730 NF 11760 co-ch VoINS til 1630 (x12015)
1800-1900 Ru, Geor, Tatar, Ukr 11780 is deleted !
Job rotation. Eric Wiltshire in an interview by Dr. Kim Elliot on CW VoA:
I spoke to the Head of MNO, Eric Wiltshire. Eric says he is leaving the
Merlin organization. His progr the Media Zoo, which focuses on satellite
bcing, will continue until June 30th. Eric says MNO continues 24 hrs a day
on satellite, and the MNO SW schedule will soon expand again, but only for
progr-makers who pay for the time.
(Kai Ludwig, Jun 9)
USA
WYFR is running different programming to EUR at 2000 on 17750 and
15695. I contacted the Okeechobee site who say that if the response is
favourable it will continue.
(David Ansell, British BDXC-UK)
UNIDentified stn using 7394.35 on air at 0600 until fade-out c0730. Low
level and hum in audio. WRNO New Orleans ? On Jun 7th hat TOM (Brother
Stair) in //with WBCQ 7415, which left air at 0616.
[Those concerned about the once mediocre WRNO should note some B.S. weak
with breakups on 7395 at 1110 check Jun 9, //WWCR 7435, presumably this.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, Jun 10)]
Other stns from the AMs on this band are:
6975 RfPI Costa Rica until fade out c0800. On Mon Jun 7 had edition #991 of
WoR from Glenn Hauser and //15048.95.
7315 WHRI in En (different to 5745).
7335 CHU Ottawa (USB only) and audible up until c0900.
7355 WYFR strong in En.
7370 VoA via GR in Fr.
7405 R Marti _ not on air Mons UTC at 0600 _ but Cuban jammers are.
7415 WBCQ "The Planet" s-off seems variable. On Jun 6th still going 0700
with technical talk/phone in show when pirate stn "Laser Hot Hits" hit the
air on 7414.88.
7425 Catholic stn WEWN in Sp.
7490 WJCR with Christian songs.
7510 KTBN _ not on air Mon Jun 7th until c0730.
7520 WYFR Italian 0600, and relaying R Taipei Internat - TWN in Fr from
0700.
UNIDentified supposed to be US stn heard carrying En [relig?] progr
observed on v13647.48 at 2340, and some breaks in between, hetting
Pyongyang on v13650.07. At same time WJCR couldn't observed on usual 13595,
so unfortunately the stn may drifted upwards[?].
(WB, Jun 11)
Freqs changes of VoA
1800-1900
1830-1900
1730-1800
0130-0200
1600-1700
1130-1230
0430-0500
1830-2100
1430-1500
0330-0430
1300-1400
1700-1800
0330-0400
1200-1230
2300-2400
1630-1730
1630-1730
0000-0100
Amh daily, 1830-1900 Tigr/Oromo M-F,
En Sa/Su all NF 15525, x15435 to avoid LJB;
Azeri NF 15135, x13650 to avoid CRI;
Bang NF 17805, x9760;
Bang NF 11965, x5955;
Bur NF 11850, x11910;
Cron NF 6125, NF 7185, x6050, 7180.
Fr/Ha NF 21485, x15365;
Geor NF 11780, NF 15245, NF 15455;
Kinyarwanda NF 9805 co-ch R.Marti, x5970;
Kor NF 11765, x9545 to avoid DW.
Ru NF 9615, x11815 to avoid VOIROI;
Ser NF 7115, x7125 to avoid VOR;
Sp NF 11925, NF 15360, x11945, 15265;
Sp NF 17890, x11960;
Swa NF 11665, x11695, re-x11765
Swa NF 15555 co-ch RDP Sat/Sun, x7290
Tibetan NF 11690, x6095
Some changes of RFE/RL:
1100-1200 Kaz NF 11870, ex 11855 to avoid BSKSA
1600-1700 Geo NF 11670, NF 15380, NF 17745
1700-1800 Geo 9790, 11925, 15135 deleted all
1800-1900 Geo NF 11665, NF 13635, NF 15115
1900-2000 Geo 7190, 9725, 9785 deleted all
1800-1900 Ser add NF 9625, NF 11895, NF 12045 //1593
1900-1930 Sern add NF 7285, NF 9625, NF 11895 //1593
1830-1930 Ukr 7285, 9625, 11895 deleted all
1800-1900 Aze NF 9615, ex 11815 to avoid VOIROI
1800-1900 Turkm NF 7260, ex 7155 to avoid R.Jordan
1900-2000 Ru NF 9725, ex 9660 and deleted 7245
1900-2000 Tatar-Bashkir NF 7150, ex 9860 to avoid CRI
2200-0100 Ru on add NF 5975 demodulated audio
2200-0330 Ser add 1197, 1458, 1593 //1224 till 0300 plus 6130, 9650, 11730
till 2400.
15695 RFA *0100-0200* New freq for Tibetan; announces "RFA Channel 4" at
s-off. Muffled, distorted audio; quite strong with polar flutter. Site said
to be Dushanbe-TJK.
(Bob Hill-USA, Jun 12) [Scheduled is also 17730 from CeAS.]
4278.5 AFTRS 0459, //6485.5 (Puerto Rico) and 12689.5 (Key West) Usual
nx, short features. Ads against drunk drivers ("We and the Armed Forces
take care of our own"), anti-snuff, Commerce Dept for business abroad. Ad
for AFTRS on balance of sports - "Policy of AFRTS Radio to give balance to
our sports - something for everyone"(First time I have heard any mention of
AFRTS on any bc I have heard, although there are frequent Armed Forces ads.
(Don Nelson-USA, via Cumbre Jun 8)
A-99 schedule of "Wavescan" //via KSDA & Forli:
0930-1000 old 7230 (23332) via Forli;
1000-1030 NF 11560 (34433), x11660;
1030-1100 old 11795 (34533);
1230-1300 NF 11800 (45554) via Forli, x7230;
1230-1300 NF 15330 (34433), x15225;
1330-1400 NF 11705 (44433), x11660.
1330-1400 NF 11750 (43443) , x15225;
1430-1500 NF
9355 (35443), x11980 to avoid CRI;
1530-1600 NF 11930 (55544), x11625.
1600-1630 NF
9355 (55544), x11750 to avoid RFA;
1730-1800 NF 11560 (55444), x11565;
1730-1800 NF 11965 (55544), x9355;
2130-2200 NF 15550 (45433), x13720;
2330-2400 old 11775 (34433). Please note: "Wavescan" not aired via
Meyerton, Rimavska Sobota and Juelich txs !
UZBEKISTAN
R Tashkent dom sce noted on rarely heard 9540, Uzbek, 22002230 parallel 4850, Jun 8. Also on 9715 9530 9375 opening at 0100 in En,
Central Asia Mode.
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP Jun 9) [2130-2200 En on both 9540 & 9545, ed]
VIETNAM
4796 Son La (presumed) woman in Viet. 1242 S2 but poor
modulation. Some type of local mx at 1243.
5597 Lao Cai w/ local mx - man singing or chanting, no inst 1212 decent S2
lvl. //6689 also at S2. Retuned 5597 at 1217 but had shifted to 5595, still
with local mx as before. 5595 drifted up to 5595.5 at 1221.
7155 Ha Giang (presumed) w/ S2 carrier but no copyable audio hrd at 1302.
Drifted to 7154.6 after 1302. (Churchill, via Cumbre Jun 6)
YUGOSLAVIA
R YUG progr schedule period to 1330 UTC 5th Sept 1999.
New Internet Website at
http://www.radioyu.org
and the old one is no longer valid.
Time UTC
Language Zones
Target Area
1800-1830 RUSSIAN
28ne,29,30n RUSSIA/Mos.
1830-1900 SERBIAN
55s,58,59
AUSTRALIA
1900-1930 SPANISH
37nw
SPAIN
1930-2000 SERBIAN
27,28w
EUROPE
2000-2030 GERMAN
27,28w
EUROPE/w
2030-2100 FRENCH
27,28w
EUROPE/w
2100-2130 ENGLISH
27,28w
EUROPE/w
2130-2200 SERBIAN
27,28w
EUROPE/w
(R YUG Belgrade via website via JKB, Jun 99)
kHz
6100
7230
7220
6100
6100
6185
6185
6185
kW
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
Azim.
040
100
265
310
310
310
310
310
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Im Juli oder August erscheint mal wieder eine neue Auflage der FMLIST vom
UKW/TV-Arbeitskreis der AGDX. Die Liste enthaelt nicht nur Sender aus
Mitteleuropa sondern auch aus vielen anderen europaeischen und
Mittelmeerlaendern. Naehere Info bekommt man entweder bei: HansJuergen.Kuhlo@telekom.de
oder Ulrich_Onken@fr.maus.de
(bei dieser Adresse beachten: VornameUnterstrichNachname, nicht Punkt oder
Leerzeichen).
(Frank Helmbold-D, UKW&TV AK, Jun 8)
Die meiner Meinung nach beste UKW-Uebersicht (oeff.-rechtl. und
kommerziell) ist
"Hoerfunk- und Fernsehsender in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland".
Da ist auáer UKW noch L-M-K und TV drin. Bei TV z.B. A L L E deutschen
Fernsehfuellsender mit Offset und Hauptstrahlrichtung in Grad. Mit Listen
nach Rundfunkanstalten, Kanaelen/Frequenzen und Sendernetzkarten. Die '99
Ausgabe ist gerade erschienen oder erscheint in Kuerze.
"HOERFUNK- UND FERNSEHSENDER IN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND"
Zusammengestellt von der Mess- und Empfangsstation Wittsmoor. Herausgegeben
vom NDR Hamburg, Anstalt oeffentlichen Rechts. Die Senderlisten sind gegen
Einsendung eines Verrechnungsschecks von 30,- DM an folgende Adresse zu
beziehen:
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Rothenbaumchaussee 132-134
Abt. Sendertechnik
D-20149 Hamburg
Inhalt
Seite
Erl„uterungen 3, Fernsehsender 5, Fernseh-Kanalbezeichnungen 6,
Fernsehs. nach Rundfunkanstalten geordnet 7, Sender des 1. FS-Progr. 7,
Sender des 2. FS-Progr. 49, Send. des 3. FS-Progr. 88, Send. d.
Gaststreitkraefte 133, Send. d. kommerziellen Veranstalter 136,
Fernsehsender nach Kanaelen geordnet 143, UKW-Sender 289, UKWKanalbezeichnungen Frequenzbereich II 290, UKW-Sender in BRD nach
Rundfunkanstalten geordnet 291, Kommerzielle Veranst. nach Bundeslaendern
geord. 305, UKW-Sender nach Standorten geord. 319, UKW in D nach Frequ.
geordn. 339, Kurzwellensender 359, Kurzwellensender in BRD 360, LW- und MWSender 365, LW- und MW-Sender in BRD 366, Statistik 369 Anzahl d. H”rfunku. Fernsehsender in BRD 370, Karten d. Sendernetze 373, 1. TV-Progr 375, 2.
TV-Progr 377, 3. TV-Progr 379, RTL u. RTL2 381, Sat 1 383, Pro7 DSF Kabel
1 Vox 385, 1. UKW-Progr. d. ARD 387, 2. UKW-Progr. d. ARD 389, 3. UKWProgr. d. ARD 391, 4. UKW-Progr. d. ARD 393, 5. UKW-Progr. d. ARD 395, DLF
DLR 397, Gastarbeiterprogr. u. andere Dienste 399, Landesweite kommerz.
Veranst. (UKW) 401, Landesweite kommerz. Veranst. (UKW) in Rheinl.-Pfalz u.
Saarl. 403, Lokale komm. Veranst. UKW in Bad.-Wuerttemberg 405, Lokale
komm. Veranst. UKW in Bayern 407, Lokale komm. Veranst. UKW in Nordrh.Westf. 409, Verkehrsrundfunksender u. Bereiche 411, LW u. MW -Sender 413.
(Torsten Preische Bischofswerda, Jun 8)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 416
22 Jun 1999
________________________________________________________________________
ALBANIA
R Tirana Cerrik in Alb noted at 1615 on 5985.08. Registered 14001700 50 kW non-dir. (WB, Jun 20)
ARGENTINA
RAE Radiodifusion Argentina al Exterior & LRA1 Radio Nacional
Buenos Aires, are bcing all Tues (local time), at 2300-0100 (0100 Wed) up
to the end of this year, the 'Ciclo de Recitales en Vivo', that is to say
Life Recital's Cycle with only folkore mx 'in life' from different
argentine singers. At this time, you will hear the LRA1 through the RAE
freqs of 15345, 11710 & 9690, in //to MW 870 of Radio Nacional and its LRA
network freqs. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Jun 15)
AUSTRALIA
Current freq schedule A99 of R Australia.
Asia
0000-0500 17750 S 100 329
0100-0500 15415 S
0600-0800 15415 S 100 329
0600-0800 17750 S
0830-1100 17750 S 100 329
0900-1400 21820 S
0900-1100 11880 S 100 329
1400-1800
5995 S
1430-1700 11660* S 100 329
1430-2130
9500* S
* these bcs may be heard at a weak strength in EUR.
Pacific, PNG, Solomon Isls, Guam and Japan
(also try En txions directed to AS on 329 and 339
1800-2000 6080 S 100 005
7240 S 100 030
1800-2100 9660 S 100 030
2100-2200 7240 S 100 030
9660 B 10 010
2300-0800 9660 B
10 010
2100-0800 17580
0000-0800 15240 S 100 353
0200-0900 21725
0800-0900 5995 B
10 010
9710 S 100 353
0800-1200 13605 S 100 030
1100-1400 6020 S 100 030
5995 B 10 010
1200-1700 17750 S 100 030
1700-2100 9660
So-We&So-Ce Pac
2000-2200 12080
2100-0800 17580
2300-0900 12080
0800-1200 13605
1700-2100 9660
1400-1800 6180
1800-2000 7240
Ocean,
B
10
S 100
B
10
S 100
S 100
S 100
S 100
NoAM
080
030
080
030
030
030
030
2100-0200
2200-0200
0200-0900
1200-1700
1100-2130
1700-2200
21740
17795
15510
11650
9580
11880
100
100
100
100
100
329
329
329
334
329
degrs)
S
S
100 030
100 355
S
100 030
S
S
S
S
S
S
100
100
100
100
100
100
070
050
070
030
070
065
R Australia's weekend sports progr, Grandstand is bc on Sat from 0200-0800
and Sun from 0300-0800 into Asia 17750, the CePac on 17580, the SoWePac on
12080 and 17580 kHz and into PNG, the WePac and JPN 9660, 17580 and 21725.
"TX Site, Power and Bearing" refers to the tx site associated with the
indicated bc. Tx sites are Shepparton, Victoria (S) and Brandon, Queensland
(B). Tx power is either 100 or 10 kW. Txion bearings are in degrs. (RA
website via JKB WWDXC DX Magazine, May 99)
The 6 MHz band is very interesting from our mid-morning until early
afternoon, with Voz Cristiana, Santiago-CHL on 6070 audible continuously
from fade-in at around 2200 until past 1200! That's more than 14 contiguous
hours! The propagation (short) path is southerly from Santiago, just
grazing the northern Antarctic region, then northerly into Melbourne. Path
length is about 7300 km, with a lot of it in darkness for all of those 14
hrs. Other 6 MHz signals at our local noon as at Jun 17 (0200 UTC) included
Marti 6030, DW Wertachtal 6040, REE 6055, DW Wertachtal 6075, BR Munich
Ismaning 6085, and DW Wertachtal 6100. Other unusual signals on 6 MHz
during our daytime included Radio Clube do Paranense, Curitiba 6040 2230-
2300 and VOA-Kavalla 6035 *0100-0130* Urdu. We are just into the period of
the year when daylight hrs in Melbourne are minimum - sunrise Jun 16 was
2130, and sunset was 0700. That gives only 9hrs 30mins of daylight! The
strongest of the morning Brazilians is R Aparecida on 6135, audible from as
early as 2100 to well past 2300. Matt Francis in Canberra-AUS also notes
Brazilians on 9 and 11 MHz in the same time period.
9530
9615
9645
9725
11780
11805
11815
11915
R Nova Visao, Santa Maria. Light mx, 2140-2200*
R Cultura, Sao Paulo. Very weak at 2130 tune-in and gone by 2200
R Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo. Best of all Brazilians on 31mb, 2140-2210
R Clube Paranaense, Curitiba. Very weak with soccer commentary 2130,
only possible due to clear frequency.
R Nacional de Amazonia, Brasilia, good 2150-2215
R Globo, Rio de Janeiro, good from 2145, until blocked at 2200
by VOA-Phil in Ins.
R Brasil Central, Goiania. Good 2130-2215+
R Gaucha, Porto Alegra. Good 2130, blocked at 2200 by
DW Wertachtal in Ins. (Bob Padula-AUS EDXP, Jun 18)
BELGIUM
RVI Dutch via two txs in // at 0600-0700:
Loc kW deg QRG target
WAV 200 163 5985 S Europe (France, SoGER, SUI, AUT, NoItaly, NoSpain)
WAV 100 32 5985 N Europe (NoGER, Scandinavia)
WAV 200 137 13745 SE Europe (Medit area, NE)
(RVI Golfgids Jun 16, via Paul Brems)
BULGARIA
For two weeks now, the DX progrs of R Bulgaria in En (featuring
ham radio and bc tips) and in Ge (some items translated also in Fr & Sp
sces of R BUL) are with new progr content and please if you have a bit
spare time - listen to. These are test DX progrs waiting for listeners
opinions. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jun 16)
CAMBODIA
11939v Nat Voice of CBG, 1200 carrier only; 1202 - opening mx
with ID and sked, followed by non stop pop songs; SIO 322.
(Fedor Brazhnikov-RUS, va Cumbre, Jun 15)
COSTA RICA
Notes from RFPI Mailbag June 11 with Joe Bernard and James
Latham: internet problems continue; can't keep online for more than 15 mins
at a time, preventing uploading of audio files to site, but two of the new
Progressive News shows are there.
Starting next week, besides 2200, PNN will be repeated at 0130 Tue-Sat. As
Universidad de la Paz grows, it is expected that they will have new highspeed internet access by end of year.
21460 has been off for a
haven't had time to work
is running at full power
still working on getting
lately.
(Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF
week or more; not believed a serious problem, but
on it. The other freqs are working well. FM 101.3
covering the Central Valley. Sorry, VISTA is late,
it out. RFPI E-mail weekly previews not received
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 17)
CUBA Eff Jun 16, from 2000-2200 RHC European Fr & En txions move from 13720
to 13750. AM tx 50 kW, antenna 4x4/0.5 CCIR standard curtain, azimuth 050
degrs. The txion was previously on 13720 but have experienced
incompatibility with Iran, so we decided to move.
Eff Jun 16 RHC txion in Fr & En to EUR using the SSB modulation system will
run from 2000-2200 freq 13660, tx 20 kW PEP, antenna rhombic 13 dB gain 10
degrs take off angle, azimuth 41 degrs.
Send reception reports directly to me at:
arnie@radiohc.org
Arnie Coro CO2KK, host of Dxers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba
e-mail arnie@radiohc.org e-mail inforhc@mail.infocom.etecsa.cu
Postal addr: Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich, La Torre no.127,
entre 35 y 37, Nuevo Vedado, Plaza Ciudad Habana, 10600 CUBA.
(Arnaldo Coro CO2KK, RHC, Jun 14)
CYPRUS
I can add that BBC WS no more use 6180 at 1800-2000, Limassol Zyyi
250 kW 007 degr to EaEUR. First noted on June 13th. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS,
via KL, Jun 17)
ETHIOPIA/GERMANY
BBCM reported that Voice of Oromo Liberation audio is
available on their website, but there was a typo. Correct URL is:
http://www.visafric.com/Dimtsi_hafash.htm
(Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 17)
[SW outlets via DTK Juelich-GER, ed]
FM
long distance FM reception noted on Jun 5th & 6th in BUL, 1000-1800:
69.47 MHz R Peterburg (St. Petersburg), approx. 2000 kms away !
68.50 & 68.63 GTRK Tatarstan.
69.80 Armenian R Yerevan 2nd progr, //1395.
88.60 Sawto Shaab, Syria (Voice of People).
67.70 Syria home sce 2nd progr on OIRT band range !
It was not an image freq !
Also heard several stns from RUS, UKR, ISR, EaTUR, IRN etc.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jun 16)
GERMANY
DW is noted using 21715 for Ar at 1300-1555, x21705 Wertachtal
500 kW 120 degr, where ARS Ar is heard. //13790 Sines-POR, 15535-WER 17785NAU&WER and, I think, a poor 17715 Krasnodar Armavir-RUS. (Noel Green-UK,
Jun 16)
Since the merger of the German public broadcasters SWF and SDR their SW
freqs Muehlacker 6030 and Rohrdorf 7265 have been bcing the popular mx
progr SWR 3. The only exception is SWR-International, a progr about the
problems and achievements of second and third generation immigrants in
Germany. It is bc on Sats and Suns 1600-1700 on 6030 while 7265 continues
with SWR-3-programming. Beside this progr there are only short splits when
6030 and 7265 carry different annts of regional concern. (At times there
are rumours surfacing in the non-German-speaking international DX scene
that SWR 7265 would change to 6190. This might have been a
misunderstanding. Some time ago the SIEMENS-Austria tx formerly operated by
Radio Bremen 6190 was moved to Rohrdorf and replaced the old tx of 7265.)
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener D-Amberg, Jun 19)
Acc to an item in todays press, Deutsche Telekom will allow the
construction of a new hotel on the grounds of the closed [ex-GDR main]
Ruegen Radio maritime station at Glowe.
(Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 16)
(Bayern) Der seit Jahren angekuendigte Wechsel der Mittelwellensender Hof
und Wuerzburg von 520 auf 729 scheint binnen kurzem bevorzustehen. Kai
Ludwig hatte Anfang des Jahres den Wechsel des Wuerzburger Senders fuer
Maerz angekuendigt. In einem Gespraech am 13.6.1999 wurde Dr. Hansjoerg
Biener ein solcher Termin bestaetigt, doch habe es Probleme mit den
Bauteilen gegeben. Der Bayerische Rundfunk betreibt fuer sein
Nachrichtenradio B5 aktuell in Hof und Wuerzburg zwei Kleinsender (je 200
Watt) auf der Frequenz 520, die unterhalb des eigentlichen
Mittelwellenbereiches liegt und von vielen Radios (zum Beispiel dem Grundig
Satellit 700) nicht empfangen werden kann. Diese beiden Sender sind der
Rest von einst zahlreichen Fuellsendern auf dieser ungewoehnlichen
Frequenz, deren Nutzung auf die unmittelbare Nachkriegszeit zurueckgeht.
Seit 1998 werden sie im World Radio TV Handbook faelschlich auf 801
gelistet.
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Jun 14)
Von Mittwoch, 16. bis Sonntag, 20.6.1999 wird der in Stuttgart ausgetragene
evangelische Kirchentag von einem speziellen Veranstaltungs-Radio "EventRadio" begleitet. Gesendet wird auf der UKW-Frequenz 96.0 MHz mit einer
Leistung von 200 Watt (Standort: DTK-Turm Stuttgart Frauenkopf).
Veranstaltungs-Radios zu Kirchentagen gab es schon oefter: 1998 ging
"Hitradio Katholikentag" auf UKW 95,8 MHz zum Kirchentag in Mainz auf
Sendung.
Quelle: http://www.fortunecity.de/wolkenkratzer/vigurs/51/meldungen.htm
(Christian Bruelhart-D, Jun 18)
"Event-Radio" 96.0 MHz, 200 Watt, 24 hrs. Kirchentagsradio: Infos, Gebete,
Musik. Fuenf Redakteure senden live vom Studio auf dem Stuttgarter
Killesberg, Messezentrum. Leiter ist der 45-jaehriger baptistischer
Theologe Guenter Mahler. Traeger des Kirchentagsradios ist die
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evangelischer Rundfunk.
Ueberall gleichzeitig koennen die Kirchentagsbesucher zwar immer noch nicht
sein. Doch die Frequenz UKW 96.0 MHz und spezielle Kopfhoerer mit
integriertem Empfangsteil bringen sie diesem Wunsch ein Stueck naeher. Rund
um die Uhr stroemen Andachten, Veranstaltungstips, Interviews und sogar
Weltnachrichten in die Ohrmuscheln der bummelnden Glaeubigen. Oldies aus
den 70er, 80er und 90er Jahren plaetschern zwischendrin und die ganzen
Naechte hindurch.
Das "Event-Radio" feiert auf dem Kirchentag Premiere. Nach dem
Abschlussgottesdienst am Sonntag abend herrscht dann wieder Stille auf UKW
96.0. [eher ein Rauschen mit akustischen Fetzen von SWR Weinbiet 95.9 und
Hornisgrinde 96.2, ed]
Hoerbar im Autoradio noch noerdlich von Tuebingen, also suedlich 40 km
ausserhalb Stuttgart. Der Sender strahlt vom Stuttgarter DTK-Fernmeldeturm
am Frauenkopf. Der am gleichen Standort befindliche DLR Berlin 1 kW Sender
kommt deutlich staerker herein.
(ed, Jun 16)
GUAM
KSDA is heard using both 11560 and 11965, 100 kW 300 degr, at 1700
in Persian and 1730-1800 En. BUT they are NOT in sync. 11560 is slightly
'behind' 11965 - although signal characteristics are the same. 12130 from
Meyerton-RSA has a different En progr at 1730. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 16)
[KSDA may protect their Diesel engine power supply circuit against sync
peak level electricity consumption, like RN Bonaire is doing, ed]
IRAN
VoIRI Tehran found using Kamalabad v11735.62 [x11635?] - that freq
appears to come up most days - for Ar from circa 1630 and //to better
13645. Still traces of signal at 1750+. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 16)
1730-1830 noted on 9870 9885 13645 13730(x13660) (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS,
Mar 30)
Bosnian (S-Cr) progr 2130-2230 up on odd Zahedan 9517.3, 500 kW 289 degr.
(Erich Bergmann-D, Jun 17)
Acc to e-mail from Mr Jalalian Naser of the VoIRI, they want a RR to hear
the following Ch progr. This is to decide the freq of Jpn progr which will
be bc from this summer.
1330-1430 Ch 15370 17580 17630 15200 11885. (JpnSWC Jun 13, via Cumbre)
IRIB's usual e-mail address is NOT functioning at present
iribworld@irib.com
For undefined time replaced by
kezemi@irib.com
(Klaus Koehler-D, Jun 17)
VOIRI in Fr 0300-0725 17780 21470 (x15250 x21810) and 21770.
1830-1927 9022 11680 11900 13685 13790 15130.
2330-0027 9022 9795 11970. (Cees Vanoudheusden-HOL, Jun 20)
IRELAND
RTE has started a Mon-Fri sce in Alb lang for refugees staying in
the country and via the Athlone sender using 612 MW at 1830-1930. As well
as playing lots of Albanian mx, they are also rebroadcasting progs from
other overseas broadcasters, such as DW and BBC. At 1902 on Jun 15th it
seemed strange to hear the ID "Ju flet Londra" (BBC) on this freq. Their
Radio 2 continues via 1278 MW & FM during this time.
KOREA Rep.of
RKI Seoul bcs in ten diff langs on a total of 24 freqs
targeting 9 directions: EUR, NoAM, SoAM, SoEaAS, ME & AF, AUS, CHN, JPN and
Non-Dir. Latest A99 schedule.
Europe
Korean 1
Korean 2
Arabic
English 1
English 2
French
German
Spanish
1700-1900
0700-0800
1600-1700
1900-2000
2100-2130
1700-1800
1800-1900
2000-2100
7550
9535
7275
7275
6480
7275
7275
6480
0900-1100 13670
7550
Russian
1800-1900 15360
7550
1900-2000 6480 7550 15575
2100-2200 15575
0800-0900 13670
2100-2130 3970
1900-2000 6145
6480
2000-2100 6145 7550 15575
7275
1600-1700 6150
NoAM
Korean 1 2300-0100 15575
Korean nx sce 1100-1130 6145 9650
English 2 1030-1100 11715
Korean 2 0300-0430 15575
English 1 0200-0300 15575
Spanish 0100-0200 15575
SoAM
Korean 2
0100-0200 11810
0300-0400 11725 11810
0900-1000 7550
Korean nx sce 1100-1130 9580
En 1 0200-0300 11725 11810
Spanish 1 0100-0200 11725
1000-1100 7550 9580
Spanish 2 1000-1030 11715
SoEaAS
Korean 2
Chinese
Ins
2100-2200
2200-2300
2300-2400
1330-1430
9640
En 1 1230-1330 9570 13670
9640
9640
1130-1230 9570 13670
9570 13670
ME & AF
English 1 1600-1700 9515 9870
Fr
1700-1800 9515 9870
Spanish 1 1800-1900 9515 9870
Arabic
1900-2000 9515
Russian
1500-1600 9515
AUS PAC
Korean 1
0900-1100 9570
China
Korean 2
English 1
Chinese
Ins
0100-0200
0200-0300
2200-2300
2300-2400
7275
7275
7275
7275
Japan
Japanese 0000-0100 11810
1900-2000 9870
2000-2100 9870
2100-2200 9870
En 0800-0900 9570
0300-0400 7275
1200-1300 7285
1130-1230 6055
1300-1400 7285
0800-0900 5975 7275 9640
1200-1300 5975 6135 1170MW
1400-1500 5975 7275
Non Direction
Korean 1 1700-1900 5975
2300-0100 5975
0900-1100 5975 7275
Korean 2 2100-2200 5975
1000-1100 1170MW
Korean News Service 1100-1130 9640
English 1600-1700 5975
1900-2000 5975
1230-1330 9640
Ins
1130-1230 9640
Chinese 2200-2300 5975
1300-1400 5975 6135 1170MW
Russian 2000-2100 5975
1100-1200 5975 6135
1100-1200 7275 1170MW.
(RKI website via JKB WWDXC DX Magazine, Jun 99)
LEBANON
We are at this moment listening to the new SW tx from VoHope in
LEB. Here are the details: 15 Jun, 2125, freq 6279.5, SINPO 44444, lang Ar,
//to 11530. Station ID in En at 2130 announcing P.O.Box in Limassol-CYP.
(Ludo Maes-BEL, Jun 15)
High Adventure Radio, 6280 is once again on air.
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, Jun 17)
Good sigs here in Melbourne 6279.5 //11530, 2230-2300 Ar.
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP Jun 16)
[Marie Lamb told 11530 to be replaced by 11515]
6280 High Adventure R back on air on Jun 15th, 1800-2200 En progr, on
11530 is usual progr. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jun 16)
MACEDONIA
DW is building a new 1200 kW tx for MW 810 to replace the
present 133 kW old tx unit located in Ovchje Polje site, near Skopje. This
tx will be used for home sce & DW progrs in Alb, Mac, Bos & Se sces. Taken
from the interview with technical director of Macedonian Radio, heard on DW
radio in Macedonian lang., May 20th.
MALI
CRI via Mali relay:
0830-0900 7170 Hausa
1600-1700 15125 13685 Ar
1730-1830 11970 9890 Ha
1930-2000 15500 11975 Por
2130-2230 15500 11975 Fr
2300-0000 11975 7170 Ch.
1400-1600
1700-1730
1830-1930
2000-2130
2230-2300
(NDXC via
15125 13685 En
15125 11970 Swa
15530 13685 Ar
15500 11975 En
15500 11975 Ch
EPXP #122 May 12)
MOLDOVA
R Moldova Internat A99 schedule valid to 30 Oct.
0200-0225 Sp 9400
1100-1125 Sp 11580 Am(Latin)
1930-1955 Sp 7520
2100-2125 Sp 7520 Spain
0230-0300 Ro 7520
0300-0325 En 7520 USA & CAN
0330-0355 Ru 7520
1800-1825 Ru 7520 RUS
0400-0425 En 7520
1130-1200 Ro 11580 USA & CAN
1900-1925 Fr 7520
2000-2025 Fr 7520 France
2030-2055 En 7520
2130-2155 En 7520 UK
(Ruben Guillermo Margenet via Franco Probi in RI 117/99, 20 May 1999)
PAKISTAN
Some freq changes of R Pakistan:
1330-1530 Ur v17516 (x17535) //15465.
1600-1630 En v17511 (x17535) [*today measured 17507.56, ed]
//15319.95 15465 17719.97.
1700-1730 Tu 13580 (x9770 to avoid VoA), //11600.
1800-1845 Ar 11640 (x11635 to avoid TWR ALB)
(PanIview - Rumen Pankov-BUL & Ivo Ivanov-BUL, Jun 16)
[*today Jun 21 measured to the nearest 10 Hz, ed]
ROMANIA
Radio Romania International A99 schedule
SPANISH E/ARG 0000-0100 11830 15105 15340 17735
MEX 0300-0400 11810
E 1800-1900 9625 11840 15380
E/ARG 2200-2300 15270 15365
PORTUGUESE POR/B 2200-2300 11970 15180 15335 17745
B 0100-0200 15340 17735
ITALIAN I 1400-1430 9510
I 1500-1530 756 9750
I 2000-2030 756 9510
ENGLISH
USA/J/NZL 0200-0300 9510 9570 11725 11740 11810 17735
USA/IND 0400-0500 9570 11740 11810 17735
USA/CAN 0600-0700 11725 11940
wEu 0641-0655 9625 11840 11885 15270
Af 0700-0800 15340 17745
wEu/CAN 1300-1400 9690 15390 15445 17720
wEu 1700-1800 15270 15380 17735 17865
wEu/nEu 2100-2200 9570 11810 11840 15180
wEu/NAm 2300-0000 9570 11810 11830 15105
DX Mailbag on Sats, Listener's Letterbox on Thurs.
FRENCH CAN 0500-0600 9605 11725
wEu 0615-0628 9625 11840 11885 15270
wEu/Maghreb 1100-1200 11940 15250 15390 17815
wEu 1500-1600 15340 15390 17805 17815
wEu 2000-2100 7195 9530 9750
GERMAN wEu/cEu 0628-0641 9625 11840 11885 15270
wEu/cEu 1200-1300 11775 15390 15405 17805
wEu/cEu 1600-1700 11775 15195 17805
wEu/cEu 1900-2000 9570 11840 11940 15405
ROMANIAN USA/CAN 0000-0200 9510 11940
AUS 0500-0600 15250 17745
wEu 0600-0615 9625 11840 11885 15270
0900-1000*Sun only 15380 17735 17745 17790 21480 not checked yet
1000-1100*Sun only 15250 15380 17735 17745 17790 not checked yet
wEu/cEu 1100-1300 9530 11970 15340
ISR 1600-1700 15270 17840
wEu 1700-1900 11940 15405
wEu/cEu 2100-2200 9650 11775
LAm 2300-0000 15270 15365
Romania Actualitati dom sce relay 2300
ARMANEASHTI cEu 1800-1830 756
cEu 2030-2100 756
11725
HUNGARIAN HNG 0600-0630 5965
HNG 2030-2100 630 7180 9725
SERBIAN YUG 1700-1730 756
YUG 1900-1930 756 11775
7145
GREEK GRC 1730-1800 756 11775
GRC 1930-2000 756 11775
RUSSIAN FE 1300-1400 11905 15405 17745
wRUS 1500-1600 11970 15365
wRUS 1900-2000 7205 9550
UKRAINIAN UKR 0530-0600 5965
UKR 1600-1630 756 5970
BULGARIAN BUL 0500-0530 5965
BUL 1630-1700 756 5955
TURKISH TUR 1530-1600 756
TUR 1830-1900 756 9750
9550
PERSIAN to IRN ceased service.
Replaced by CHINESE progr to EaAS, BUT blind entry.
1430-1500 no freqs print out
2000-2030 no freqs print out [2000 UTC is too late in CHN !]
ARABIC Maghreb/EGY 0700-0800 15250 15380 17720 17840
Maghreb/EGY 1400-1500 15365 15380 17535 17745
* for Seamen, Suns only, but not included in printed schedule.
(RRI printed schedule, via Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jun 16)
RUSSIA
Now Pavel Mikhaylov - presenter of famous "DX Klub" progr of in Ru
via R Rossii Moscow -is recovering at home after heart attack in the end of
April. Let's hope to hear his outstanding programme in near future, May 30.
A big joy and hope for our friend ! Last edition of his "DX Klub" progr
was no.453 of Apr 18, 1999. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jun 16)
R Rossii is heard using 11735 1730-2000. Is this GPR-1 Moscow 250 kW at 263
degr, which uses 17660 until 1700 ? GPR-1 Moscow 100 kW at 000 degr listed
1530-2100 on 5905 doesn"t seem to be there - only RUI-UKR. Other freqs
audible at 1730 are 5940 7360 7445 9490 & 13705. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 16)
Different schedule direct from Russia: 1730-1800 7355,7445,11735
1800-1900 4895,5905,5930,5940,7355,7445,9490,11735
1830-1900 9845
1900-2000 5905,5930,5940,7355,7445,9490,9805,9845,11735
2000-2100 5905,5930,5940,7355,7445,9490,9805,9845,11735
(Konstantin Gusev, Moscow-RUS, Jun 13)
1700-1800
1800-1900
1900-2000
2000-2100
5940
5940
5940
5905
9490
6160
7355
5940
13705
7355 7445 9490 11735
7445 9490 9845 11735
7355 7445 9845 11735 11880
Moscow Islamic Centre - "Islamskaya Volna". MW 1494 St.P.; 1089 & 1170
Krasnodar Armavir; 612 Moscow. 1500-1600 Tue-Fri, irreg 612 1089 1170 1494
9730, Ar & Tatar.First heard May 1992, as "Rukhi Miras" ("Spiritual
Heritage"). (BBCM, Jun 16)
SERBIA
R Yugoslavia seems to have En daily 6185 via Bijeljina-BIH only at
2100-2120, but I hav'nt checked out the whole of their schedule. I'm
hearing an En lang nxcast on MW 1440 until 2105 when the tx goes off.
However, it depends when LUX signs-off whether it's heard or not. Sometimes
their anthem starts at circa 2100-2102, sometimes they stay on later than
2105. The En is very well spoken but no ID yet heard. Could it be the YUG
stn listed on 1440? [or from NE/ME states, ed ?]
RTS dom sce, at 0800 on Jun 13 the ONLY on air were 711, 1008 and carrier
on 684. All other MW stns were silent. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jun 16)
[BOSNIA] 6185 R YUG, 2100-*2120* in En with nx, ID, 2119 IS, end tx at
2120, poor reception and needs USB due to others using this and other
nearby freqs.
(John Kecskes-AUS, Jun 13)
7230 R YUG Belgrade via Bosnian tx site Bijeljina in Sp to SoEUR 19001925v (x7220 to avoid RL in Ru). (PanIview - Rumen Pankov-BUL & Ivo
Ivanov-BUL, Jun 16)
SEYCHELLES
To avoid VoIRI-IRN in Bengali, FEBA Mahe found using new 11695
(x11665) at 1515-1630 and until 1700 Fri/Sun. Langs listed as Azeri,
Persian, Hazaragi (Kazakh?) and Dari, with En on Suns 1630. (Noel GreenUK, Jun 16)
SOUTH AFRICA
9665 TWR Amharic and En annts, 250 kW 019 degr, 1730-1830
(Sat -1815), playing EaAF mx, (x9670). (Erich Bergmann-D, Jun 17)
SWEDEN
Greetings, Glenn. Just returned from a week in Italy and saw the
nx about the death of Arne Skoog. This is sadly ironic, because just two
days before that, I had a ham radio contact with a stn in Stockholm.
The operator also used to work for R Sweden, and knew Arne, as I did. We
brought up the subject, and both wondered how he was doing.
Arne was a radio amateur in addition to being a pioneer DXer. In fact, he
was a founder of the R Sweden ham stn, which is still in operation. His
other hobby was completely non-radio-related: building and playing violins,
a key instrument in traditional Swedish folk mx. I had the privilege of
working with Arne when I presented Sweden Calling DXers for just under two
years back in the '66-'67. Arne was a quiet, very traditionally-minded man,
who appreciated and lived simple values. His support for SW as the classic
and vital medium for internat bcing will surely prove to be far-sighted.
Arne did his own thinking, and did not allow himself to be distracted or
beguiled by buzzwords and fads. We could use a few more people like that.
He will be well remembered in our 'logbook'.
Respects to a 'silent key'.
(Bob Zanotti, with Bob Thomann, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun
17)
R Sweden is sorry to tell the DX community that Arne Skoog, the man who
founded "Sweden Calling DXers" (the program that became "MediaScan") more
than 50 years ago, has passed away.
Arne died last Mon, June 7th, in his beloved home province of Jaemtland. He
was 86.
SW radio became a mass medium during the Second World War, and afterwards
there many hobbysts, known as DXers, who explored the world over the
airwaves, the web-surfers of that time. But there was precious little
information to help them find their way. Back in 1948, Arne Skoog was a
young engineer here at R Sweden, and he convinced management that it would
be a service to our growing audience to provide a regular news magazine
about their hobby.
Originally, the information in the program was based on Arne's own
extensive listening, but soon listeners began writing in with news from
their own monitoring. That material went into the progrs, and everyone who
contributed went on the mailing list to receive a newsletter based on the
scripts. An early example of interactivity, and a fore-runner of the many
e-mail mailing lists today, like this one.
Arne was also very instrumental in the organization of clubs for listeners,
both here in Sweden and in EUR. In today's program Claes Englund, a
longtime friend of Arne's, and a former chairman of the Swedish DX
Alliance, and an early Secretary General of the European DX Council, tells
us about Arne's importance in the growth of the SW listening hobby.
Claes says that when Arne started, their were two DX clubs in Sweden. Soon
there were more than 70. The Swedish DX Parliaments became the model for
the later European DX Council conferences, bringing together broadcasters
with their listeners.
Arne Skoog retired in 1978, when this program celebrated its 30th
anniversary. But he stayed in contact with us and the hobby. Arne was
highly critical when satellite bcing started here in the 80's, and
management decided to change this progr into a general media magazine,
shifting the focus away from SW.
In connection with the program's 45th anniversary, in 1993, I asked Arne,
about his objections. You can hear his comments in today's progr. He was
highly critical of the shift away from SW, and underlined the limitations
of satellites and satellite bcing in a manner that management at the time
failed to grasp. While some may have objected to Arne's public criticism of
R Sweden, his powerful comments were based on love for radio and the stn.
History has shown that Arne was more right than wrong.
And, engineer at heart, Arne was not against the advance of technology.
When personal computers arrived on the desktop, Arne enthusiastically
embraced the new technology. He heartily approved of Internet broadcasting.
Arne saw the parallels between the growth of the Internet and the radio
hobby, and he once told Claes Englund that DXers are "Ether-surfers".
We've received many e-mails from members of the DX community
feelings about Arne's passing. We'd like to thank all of you
written. You've confirmed our belief that a giant has passed
stage. You can find some of these condolences on our website
verison of this newletter at:
sharing their
who have
from the
in the online
http://www.sr.se/rs/media/scdx.htm
You will be able to find RealAudio links to today's progr. We're also
encouraging listeners to use our Internet discussion forum, Talkback to
share their feelings about Arne and his role as a DX pioneer. You can find
Radio Sweden Talkback at:
http://www.deja.com/~radiosweden
(Radio Sweden SCDX #2315, Jun 15)
UKRAINE
Most evenings since May 27 I have been hearing RUI Kiev on 17715
at 2100 in En, signal weak but in the clear, probably beamed east, so could
possibly be audible in WeNA. I can't believe no one has heard this, but so
far I haven't heard any other reports of it. (Peter Hallam, Northern
Ireland, WORLD OF RADIO 993, Jun 17)
On Jun 14, RUI was heard in En 2100-2200 9560 with a readable signal.
//17715 was extremely poor. The only listed freq for RUI's 0300 broadcast,
9620, was covered by Spain.
(Ivan Grishin, Ont., WORLD OF RADIO 993, Jun 17)
UNID
11555 1605 VERY weak En relig sermon, noted on //15160 21605.
Discovered while band scanning. Have no idea who this is, (and so far no
else does either!) stn's SIO=242. No breaks for an ID noted at 1630, sermon
continued up to fade-out at 1640. Subsequent checks to no avail later in
the days, or subsequent days. Anyone have any idea?! Would love to include
it in M.T., but I'm baffled! (Gayle VanHorn-NY Jun 15, Cumbre Jun 18)
UK
On Jun 11 Country Music R was heard on 7325 at 2000-2100 presumed via
Merlin facility. CMR is known to bc via Astra satellite as analogue on tv
CNBC tr 50 / 10.729 GHz, VP and subcarriers stereo 7.38, 7.56 MHz and
digital on tr 51 & 83, freq of 12.070,5 GHz. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jun 16)
Test TX. Experimental radio test txion from London tonight Fri 11th June,
2100-2200. One hour test of new radio stn "Indigo Blue", underground dance
mx from secret location in London. Pirate radio presentation style by Lunar
Princess. The SW freqs are: 6140 7325 9505. You can also hear the txion
on Analogue Sky channel 58. This is one of the Sky Box Office freqs but
tune the audio to 7.38 and 7.56 for stereo reception of the show. Listen
and contact me with comments. Lee - special collectors QSL for furthest
Indigoer.
indigoblue@ginger.com
I would say it was almost certainly via Merlin capacity - given the freqs
listed, fortunately I didn't hear it myself. (Ray Woodward via British DX
Club, Jun 15)
USA
I have been listening to the txion at 1800-1830 indicated on the IBB
sched as "RL" ind the "KO" language on Biblis-D 5965, 100 kW 105 degr,
Briech-MRC 9745 & 15280 both 250 kW 59 degr. Also via MW 1458-Durres
Fllake-ALB, 500 kW 030 degr. I think it announces as R Free Europe (not RL)
and in Shqiptar language and to Kosovo which I interpret as RFE Albanian
sce to Kosovo. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 16) [RL-5 is the feeder circuit call
only]
I've been hearing R Marti up on new 21500 around 2100, which I see is via
Delano-CA, signal is quite good some nights, with Cuban jammers too. (Noel
Green-UK, Jun 16
7240 lsb mode, ANARC SWL Ham Net for latest in SWL, MW, LW, DX tips is
heard on every Sun 1500 (1000 a.m. EaT). Contribution via Internet Relay
Chat (IRC) channel #SWL while the net is in progress. Or:
http://www.trsc.com/Radio/SWL_NET/swl_net.html
WHRA to change frequencies !
Beginning Mon Jun 21, 1999 at 2300 time WHRA
will replace 7385 by 7580. This freq change affects all progrs 2300-0500
Mon-Fri.
For more information see our web site at
www.whr.org
or email us at whr@lesea.com
Phone +1 219-291-8200 (WHRI, Joe Brashier-USA, Jun 15)
Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott is taking some time off, so he has graciously
invited me to put this week's edition of "Dxing with Cumbre" on the WRN in
place of his usual 30-min version of VOA's "Communications World." Our
thanks to Dr. Elliott for this invitation. Here is where the half-hour
version may be heard, according to the CW schedule posted at
http://www.trsc.com/cw/cw_schedule.html
Half-hour edition bc on SW (Satellite feed provided by WRN)
Sun 0200-0230 5070 (WWCR)
Sun 2000-2030 7415 (WBCQ)
Mon 0530-0600 3210 (WWCR)
Thu 1230-1300 15685 (WWCR)
Half-hour edition via satellite and internet. The half-hour edition of CW
is available on demand in Real Audio format from:
http://wrn.org/ondemand/communicationsworld.html
and
http://www.voa.gov
Via satellite:
WRN: World Radio Network
EUR
Sat 0830-0900
and
W0KIE: W0KIE Satellite Radio Network
WRN1, Astra 1B, 19 degr East, tr 22 (VH1),
11.538 GHz, v-pol, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz;
and WRN2, Eutelsat Hot Bird, 13 degrs east,
10.933 GHz (horizontal), audio subcarrier 7.74 MHz
on Quantum 24 TV. Also via WRN affiliates in EUR:
http://wrn.org/europe.html
AF/ME/EaEUR
Sun 0400-0430
Sun 0830-0900
AS
Sun 0400-0420
Sun 0830-0900
WRN1, Intelsat 707, 1 degr west, 3.9115 GHz,
right-hand circular-pol, symbol rate 8.022 Mbaud,
FEC 3/4, MPEG2. From the menu select audio stream
"WRN1" and listen to the left channel for WRN1.
Also on Multichoice, channel 51, to SoAF.
WRN2 (as above, exc listen to the right channel
for WRN2).
WRN1, AsiaSat-2, 100.5 degrs east, 4.000 Ghz, v-pol,
MPEG2 DVB, symbol rate 28.125 Mbaud, FEC 3/4.
Select "WRN" from audio menu and listen to left audio
channel for WRN1. Also on Usen cable radio in JPN.
WRN2 (as above, except listen to the right channel
for WRN2).
NoAM
Sat 0230-0400
WRN2, Galaxy 5, 125 degrs west, tr 6 (TBS),
3.820 GHz, v-pol, audio subcarrier 6.2 MHz.
Also available as Internet audio stream:
http://wrn.org/live.html
Sun 1400-1430
WRN1 (as above exc audio subcarrier 6.8 MHz).
Also available as Internet audio stream:
http://wrn.org/live.html
Fri 0200-0230
W0KIE Satellite Radio Network, GE-1, 103 degrs west,
3.94 GHz, v-pol, audio subcarrier 5.7 MHz
narrow band (4DTV-W1-951). Also in Real Audio from
http://www.w0kie.com
Reception reports welcome at cw@voa.gov
The regular Cumbre SW bcs on World Harvest Radio will be available as
usual; the latest schedule is at
http://www.whr.org
(Marie Lamb-USA, Jun 16)
VATICAN STATE
[SANTA MARIA DI GALERIA]
Enclosed please find the reply of R Vatican with respect to status and
location of the txing site of Sta.Maria di Galeria. The conclusion to be
drawn appears to be that Vatican City and its exclave St.Maria di Galeria
should be considered not as one but as two radio countries (examples would
be Angola/Cabinda or Russia/Kaliningrad). It follows that certain radio
country lists should be amended accordingly.
(Glantschnig hard-core-dx via Hauser Review of International Broadcasting
Jun 12)
Dear Mister Glantschnig, The txing site of Santa Maria di Galeria belongs
to the Holy See, although it is not part of Vatican City. It is indeed an
exclave - extra-territorial area - of the Vatican and therefore is not
under the jurisdiction of the Italian State. (Ibid.)
I suggested this to the NASWA Country List Committee several years ago.
They felt that the territories were too close to be considered different
countries, even though they are distinct places.
(Moore hard-core-dx via Hauser Review of International Broadcasting Jun 12,
via Cumbre Dx, Jun 18)
VIETNAM
La Voz de VTN Hanoi in Sp:
0000-0100 9830 1100-1130 12020 13740
(Conexion Digital-ARG Jun 14)
2000-2030 9730
13740
6383v Yen Bai B.S. *1200-1330* Talk & mx. Vn ID as "Day la dai phat thanh
Yen Bai.", "...cua dai phat thanh Yen Bai." SINPO=33333. QRM from Utility
Fax stn. Schedule as follows by monitoring : *1200-1230 Local lang (MiaoYao group Lang.) 1230-1300 Vn (Northern dialect) 1300-1330* Vn (Standard).
6497v Cao Bang B.S. *1200-1400* Talk & mx. Vn ID as "Day la dai phat thanh
Cao Bang.", "...cua dai phat thanh Cao Bang." SINPO=34333. Freq is stroll
incessantly from beginning to end. Schedule as follows by monitoring :
*1200-1215 Local lang (Miao-Yao group Lang.) 1215-1230 Vn (Northern
dialect) 1230-1300 Vn (Standard) 1300-1400* Vn (Standard).
6689v (reactive) R.TV. Lao Cai *1000-1330* Talk & mx. Vn ID as "Day la dai
phat thanh truyen hinh Lao Cai.", "...cua dai phat thanh truyen hinh Lao
Cai." SINPO=44333. //freq is 5595v, state of SINPO=34333. Schedule as
follows by monitoring *1000-1030 Vn (Standard) 1030-1100 Local lang (Tai
group lang) (1100-1200 txion stoppage) *1200-1230 Vn (Northern dialect)
1230-1300 Local lang (Miao-Yao group lang) 1300-1330* Vn (Standard).
(Satoshi Hasebe-JPN, via Cumbre, Jun 8/9/10)
6689.7 Lao Cai Bcing Stn (tent) here now, ex 6695v? A Vnse stn here at
1200, but can't hear listed //5595v or find it on a search of the area.
(Hans Johnson-USA, via Cumbre Jun 18)
v9839.75 VoVTN Hanoi 1025 Talk by a man to male vocal mx. 1027* woman says
a few words to open carrier. Lang listed as En, but too weak to tell. *1030
mx to man with sign on, then female speaks. Listed as Ins. //12019.7 same
quality, very weak but in the clear.
(Dan Ziolkowski-USA, via Cumbre Jun 15)
PLC Power Line Communication, discussion in English:
http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,37215,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.h
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Suedwestrundfunk bietet der Kurzwellenring-Sued
wieder eine Senderfuehrung an. Dieses Mal geht es um den Mittel- und
Kurzwellenstandort Muehlacker. Die Mitarbeiterschaft des SWR Muehlacker
ermoeglichen einen Senderbesuch. Das ist um so freundlicher, als der Sender
wochenends nicht besetzt ist. Termin ist Samstag, der 24. Juli, ab 1330 Uhr
Ortszeit MESZ. Da der SWR 10 Tage vorher eine Liste der Teilnehmenden
braucht, moegen Interessenten moeglichst schnell in ihren Terminkalender
schauen und sich anmelden.
Kontaktanschrift: Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Wittelsbacherstr. 21, D-92224
Amberg.
Tel 09621-87468
e-mail: Hansjoerg.Biener@asamnet.de
Der Kurzwellenring-Sued hat in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder
Senderfuehrungen organisiert, so zum Dillberg, nach Rohrdorf und zum
Langenberg (zusammen mit KWFR). Neben dem Projekt Muehlacker wurden bzw.
werden die Projekte Ismaning und Frankfurt/Hoher Meissner verfolgt. (Dr.
Hansjoerg Biener-D, Jun 14)
HOBBY CONVENTION on Radio & TV exhibition in Berlin.
Ein Hobbytreffen anlaesslich der IFA '99 findet am Samstag,
dem 28.8.99, statt. Um 1600 LT treffen sich die Freunde der
ultrakurzen Wellen, um 1800 LT stossen die anderen DX'er dazu.
Veranstaltungsort ist voraussichtlich wieder das Preussische Landwirtshaus,
Flatowallee 23, 14055 Berlin-Charlottenburg, unmittelbar am
Olympiastadion (S-Bahn). Radio Oesterreich International wird den
Termin wahrscheinlich wieder mit einem Hoerertreffen verbinden.
Das Lokal verfuegt auch ueber einen Biergarten - hoffen wir also
auf sommerliches Wetter !
Weitere Informationen zu dem Treffen werden in Kuerze in Kurier mit
WWH veroeffentlicht werden. Man kann sich aber auch direkt an den
Organisator wenden:
Thomas Kubaczewski, Flatowallee 16/916, D-14055 Berlin, Germany.
Tel. 030 3043078, Fax 030 3046371.
(Frank Helmbold-D, Jun 19)
Vom 24. Juni bis 27. Juni findet ja wieder das Sommer-DX-Camp im "Kull-Haus
am Grossen Parsick" in der Naehe Krefeld/Duisburg statt. (Naturfreundehaus
an einem toten Rheinarm, sehr idyllisch gelegen!) Wir haben noch Plaetze
frei; aber auch Tagesbesucher (empfohlen: Samstag!) sind herzlich
willkommen!
Wer Interesse hat, bekommt von mir per Snailmail oder Fax eine
Anfahrtskizze und auch weitere Infos, falls gewuenscht. Anfragen an
untenstehende Mailadresse bitte moeglichst bis Dienstag, 22.06.!
Oder einfach abends 18-21 MESZ anrufen! (Ulrich Schnelle-D, Jun 19)
Extracts of items sourced to EDXP may be further reproduced but
to gh/WOR is given.
This file is put together on a voluntary basis and is also included
in our WWDXC WWW homepage-German AGDX Club-direct address:
BC-DX 417
02 Jul 1999
________________________________________________________________________
ALBANIA
On Jun 23 UT 0130, R Tirana's two NoAM freqs, 6115 and 7160, were
both very strong, but so severely distorted that I could not make out what
was being said except for the frequent references to "Kosova". I seem to
recall R Tirana being off the air for a few days a month or two ago.
Apparently their tx woes are not over.
(Ivan Grishin, Ont.CAN, WORLD OF RADIO 994, Jun 23)
ANTIGUA
Joe Hanlon notes that 5975 has been closing much earlier than
scheduled 0700, at 0400. However, here's what I found when checking at 0400
Jun 28: 5975 went off, but came back on, indicating a change of antenna, or
perhaps even of tx site; it had been Antigua throughout. 6175 was already
off and stayed vacant. 6185, however, was still on with the usual Mexican
clash.
(Glenn Hauser-USA, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 28)
Registered BBC/Merlin Antigua site:
5975 2100-0500 6-8,10,11 ATG 250 160 degr towards SoAM
5975 0500-0800 6-8,10,11 ATG 250 290 degr towards WeNoAM
ASCENSION ISL
BBC S. Atlantic Relay Stn w/ Merlin One Communications
letterhead and f/d letter signed by Nicola Nicholls, tx engineer in 75 days
- included full stn technical info on separate sheet. (Bruce Churchill-USA,
via Cumbre Dx, Jun 24)
BHUTAN
Web connection seen as boon for Bhutan.
Govt hopes Internet access will help foster growth in commerce and
education.
THIMPHU, Bhutan -- The secluded Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a country
without a road to the outside world 40 years ago, Tuesday logged onto the
information super highway after a traditional Buddhist ceremony of monks'
chants and auspicious offerings.
Queen Ashi Dorgi Wangmo Wangchuk hit a keyboard command releasing an image
on terminal screens of unfolding scarves to open Druk Net -- Bhutan's
Internet service provider -- and sent an e-mail greeting to Bhutanese
students and missions abroad.
Guests at the ceremony, including diplomats visiting to attend King Jigme
Singye Wangchuk's silver jubilee celebrations Wednesday, were given a five
ngultrum (12 U.S. cents) banknote, and a bag of fruit and nuts to foster an
auspicious start for Bhutan's latest link with the outside world.
Bhutan's first domestic television broadcaster also goes on air Wednesday
to coincide with celebrations of King Jigme Singye Wangchuk's 25 years on
the throne.
The advent of television and the Internet to this poor country, where per
capita gross domestic product is just $520 per annum, mark the latest stage
in King Jigme's policy of modernization. It comes a month after the
country, which has one telephone line per 100 people, hooked up to a fully
digitalized telephone network.
Internet hailed as boon for Bhutan
There has been a debate within Bhutan over the potential impact of
television on a traditional agrarian society, steeped in Buddhist beliefs
and locked away from the rest of the world by high mountains, but the king
believed the people were ready.
The decision earned him a new nickname: "His Majesty, Light of the Cyber
Age."
"It seems now the timing is right for our society to welcome Internet and
information technology given the progress made in information technology
infrastructure and the education of our people," the queen, one of King
Jigme's four wives, said in her inauguration speech.
Druk Net was a collaboration between Bhutan, the United Nations Development
Program and the Canadian-based International Development Research Center.
Ministry of Communications officials hope Bhutan will have up to 500
Internet users by year-end, with access available from all parts of this
mountainous country of 700,000 people.
The government hopes this will promote commerce and education and help a
policy of decentralization so that faster decision-making can be done at
the local level.
The Web site for Druk Net is
http://www.druknet.net.bt
and there is an information site on
http://www.nic.bt
http://www5.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2268577,00.html?chkpt=h
pqs014
(Reuters Jun 1, 1999, via Don Moore CA, Jun 13)
CAMBODIA
Nat'l Radio of CBG seems to have been experimenting with its use
of MW freqs. Noted from 1-10 June with nat'l prgr on 918 kHz only
(previously 740 & 918), with 740 coming on only at 0000-0110v and 12001310v to carry ext sce Nat'l Voice of Cambodia, //11940v. Since aprrox 10
Jun, nat'l sce has been on 740 kHz only, with nothing observed on 918.
Usual hrs are 2230-0800/0810v, 1030-1500. Nx in En is carried some days
(?Mon-Fri) at approx. 0755-0810. Not sure that ext sce MW freq 1360 in
Phnom Penh is really still active -- they're still announcing it. (Alan
Davies-THA, Jun 23)
CHILE
[non]. On this week's Radio-Enlace on R. Nederland, Miguel Angel
Morales, Radios Cooperativa de Chile, reported from California that the Sp
numbers stn on 11485 at 0500 is from USA to agents in Chile. (Glenn HauserUSA, WoR, Jun 28)
CHINA
Observed sched for 684 kHz, presumably via new facility at
Dongfang, Hainan Prov, is 1300-1400 RFI Fr, 1400-1700 CRI Vi. No sign of
RFI Fr as per RFI schedule. There are indications that the same tx is used
to relay V of Russia Vi on 603 at 1200-1255. The tx on 603 goes off
abruptly before the end of the VoR progr, then open carrier with similar
strength appears on 684 a couple of mins later, then into RFI audio on the
hour.
Some new dom freqs noted in Jun (at least they're new to me):
CNR2 on 11670 and 15285 -- seem to be on all local daytime from before 0000
to past 1100.
Xizang/Tibet PBS in Tibetan noted on 6130, around 1445 on 20 Mar among
other occasions, //4035 & 6200. All three freqs are strong, though the
modulation can be a bit feeble at times. (Alan Davies-THA, Jun 23)
COSTA RICA
On this week's RFPI Mailbag, James Latham asserted he was now
"motivated" to finish fixing the 21460-USB tx, which needed a new cooling
fan. Sure enough, when we checked after 1800 UT Sun Jun 27, it was back on.
However, later in the afternoon, 15049 was down. More from the Mailbag:
electricity has been installed to the top of the mountain to the south of
RFPI, which blocks its radiation toward the south. RFPI expects to have txs
up there in 6-8 months allowing better reception southwards.
(Glenn Hauser-USA, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 28)
CUBA
The commie dentro-cubanos have attacked another Miami R stn with
heavy bubble jamming: Voz Cristiana, txed from CHL on 21500, as noted
before and after 1700 Jun 21, burying VC underneath but no trace of jamming
on VC's //21550 which is always stronger here, aimed at MEX.
Actually, tho I find their programming of no interest whatsoever, I'd be
surprised if VC has any political content of concern to the dentro-cubanos.
I suspect this is another instance of running jammers far beyond the
necessary h r s [24 hrs daily ?, ed] on a given freq, i.e. 2100-2200 with
R. Marti, Delano, on 21500, as previously reported. The Cuban commies are
bringing not only shame upon themselves for being so lacking in selfconfidence that they feel jamming is necessary - but also derision for
being so incompetent in carrying it out. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 994)
ECUADOR
9885
HCJB is looking out for another 31 mb freq to Europe, Ge
at 0430-0500 time range only.
Checked the 31 mb today:
9885 Co-ch SRI Montsinery-GUF medium signal level, til 0430 and from 0500
UTC also VoA Botswana fair level. Should resulting in a signal mess in the
Americas.
[PanIview-BUL mentioned co-ch VOIROI in Ar at same time, but not audible
here in Stuttgart, ed]
Monitoring shows the following compensation channel
Ranking
kHz
1st
9775 (best frequ here in Europe !)
2nd
9890/9895
3rd
9600/9605
4th
9710
5th
9870
6th-9th
9365, 9385, 9390, 9395.
9525/9530 free channels, but very strong RL/RFE stations on nearby
channels of 9520 and 9535.
9600/9605 Minor QRM by 9610[SRI Juelich ?] and Kavalla 9595.
BUT RCI Skelton England Relay 9595 s-on with IS already at 0458.
SRI Berne (via Juelich ?) to SoEaEUR 0400-0630 on 9610 kHz !
(x13635 ??)
9650 free channel, but Pori-Helsinki-FIN 9655 powerhouse signal.
9710 free channel, but WYFR in the Americas on both side channels
9705 and 9715 heard.
9720 R Victoria, Lima Peru in Sp on 9721.7.
Daily guest.
9765 HCJB in Jpn at same time.
9775 BEST channel. Very minor QRM by Yemen v9779.79.
9870 free channel, but UNID stn in Romanian on 9875 s-on at 0458.
9890/ 9895 totally free channels. Cairo-EGY on 9900 c-down at 0430
BUT RNW Flevoland starts interval signal already at 0456 !!
Flevo should crash-start at 0500.
(HCJB via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Jun 21, report by WB, Jun 27)
EGYPT
For a while I've noted R Cairo NoAM sce at 2300 on 9900 for first
txion knocked out by 9895. The second for WeNoAM at 0200 on 9475 is usually
audible for me but continues with that trademark garbled audio on speech
and mx; mx often overmasks voice overs. Same old same old that's been
going on for years despite complaints from listeners. I've sent my share of
scoldings. Now and then a clean txion is heard but it doesn't last long.
Very next day or so. (Bob Thomas-CT, Jun 24, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING)
ETHIOPIA
6210 Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 0350-0416, local lang Amharic,
female announcer, mx progr, ID by man "...Radio Fana...", SINPO 24332.
(Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jun 20)
Clandestine Ethiopia. R Rainbow, Voice of Peace and Brotherhood (Amharic,
"Kestedamena rediyo ye selamena yewendimamach dimtse"), was first hrd in
Sep 1997, although it may have begun bcing some months earlier. The stn is
reportedly operated by an ETHian opposition group called Research and
Action Group for Peace in ETH and the Horn of Africa (RAGPEHA). It bcs via
hired SW txs in Juelich-GER.
0100-0200 Sat 9855 to NoAM, 0900-1000 Sun 5995 to EUR,
and 1600-1700 Thurs 15105 to ETH/EaAF. (BBC Monitoring, via NU, Jun 20)
GERMANY/SWITZERLAND
9610 DTK Juelich relay. When looking out for another
HCJB freq for Ge at 0430-0500 replacing present 9885, came across of SRI Fr
outlet at 0430 on 9610, seemingly replacing scheduled 13635 to SoEaEUR, 100
kW 100 degr, 0400 En, Fr 0430, 0500 Ge, 0515 Fr, 0530 En, 0600-0630 It.
(WB, Jun 27)
DW Radiohouse. Reading about the power failure in the DW radiohouse, I am
wondering if this will escalate the moving of employees to the new HQ
(Berlin?). Another report I read somewhere said building engineers have
said that the place is full of asbestos, these recent problems not a good
sign, IMO, if DW is expecting to sell the building or get another tenant
for it! (Maryanne Kehoe-USA, Jun 19)
DW changes:
0600-0800 Ge NF 11985-ANT relay, (x9690) to avoid RRI.
1500-1550 Brasilian NF 17695 (45544) not listed in sked.
DTK Juelich news:
Add times of Brother Stair in En from May 28:
1400-1600 EUR Daily NF 6010 (34433).
0400-0600 NoAm Sat/Sun NF 9425 (45444).
0200-0400 NoAm 9860 is deleted.
New time of Universal Life in En to SoAS.
0100-0130 Sun NF 9495 (55544), (x1300-1330 on 15330).
Good News World Radio in En heard from Jun 6:
0900-1000 Sun NF 13800 (45544). (PanIview-BUL, Jun 16)
DTK - Deutsche Telekom, Juelich, May 31, 1999
Operational Schedule A-99 (Mar 28 - Oct 30)
A99DTK05.txt
Freq
9490
9490
17580
17580
17580
21540
21540
startstop
0300-0459
0430-0459
0500-0712
0500-0959
0500-0806
1000-1206
1000-1117
ciraf zone
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
ant
306
306
303
303
303
301
301
azi
160
160
160
160
160
160
160
typ
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
day
23456
17
23456
7
1
23456
7
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
21540
17800
17800
7345
1057-1117
1500-1712
1557-1712
2057-2159
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
28
301
303
303
104
160
160
160
115
3
3
3
5
1
123456
7
1234567
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB 030599-
5975
5985
11785
5900
17750
17750
1100-1559
0900-0959
1830-1859
1000-1500
1245-1345
1430-1455
28
28
52,53,57
28
41,49
41,49,50
401
104
306
404
108
109
ND
115
160
060
080
080
25
5
3
15
3
3
1234567
1
5
23456
1234567
1234567
ERL 020599CHW
RRP (x11735)
Digital test DTK
DVB
DVB
9855
13740
13800
5995
15330
15105
11795
9405
0100-0159
0700-0759
0900-0959
0900-0959
1300-1359
1600-1659
1700-1759
2300-2359
7,8,9
55,58,59
55,58,59
27,28
41,49
38,47,52,53,57
39,40
12,13,14
105
106
208
401
109
302
105
110
295
265
260
ND
090
160
130
260
3
3
3
25
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
7
7
7
7
1
GNW
GNW
GNW
GNW
GNW
GNW
GNW
GNW
(RRA)
-230599
300599(RRA)
(RRA)
5975 0700-1059 27,28
15715 1325-1529 40,41
15715 1325-1629 40,41
406 290 15
110 090 3
110 090 3
1234567 VOH
1234567 VOH
-300499
1234567 VOH 010599-
9925
9925
13820
13820
13810
9925
0100-0259
0300-0459
0500-0659
0700-0859
2000-2059
2300-0059
6-10
2-10
55,59,60
58,59,60
38,39,52,53,57
11-16
112
104
202
208
306
202
300
325
230
270
160
230
3
3
3
3
3
3
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
11695
9855
5850
5850
2000-2059
0000-0100
0600-1100
1100-1959
37,38
8,9
27,28
27,28
405
104
105
406
175
295
295
290
13
3
3
15
1
1234567
1234567
1234567
LHL
LRT
SUN
SUN
9860
9425
13810
6010
13810
3965
0200-0359
0400-0559
0600-0959
1400-1559
1600-1759
1700-2059
7-9
6,7,10
55,56,58,59,60
27,28
29,38,39
27,28
212
119
206
212
208
403
305
310
250
305
100
ND
3
3
3
3
3
25
1234567
17
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
TOM
-300499
TOM 010599TOM
TOM 010599TOM 140499TOM
9495
15105
6195
6195
11830
11785
0100-0129
1600-1629
1730-1759
1730-1759
1800-1829
1830-1859
41
47,48,52,53
27,28
27,37N
46,47
52,53,57
110
302
401
405
306
306
090
160
ND
215
160
160
3
3
25
13
3
3
1
1
234
7
1
1
UNL
UNL
UNL 100499UNL
UNL 290399UNL
9855 0100-013O 8,9
11900 1500-1559 28,29
105 295 3
202 060 3
2
4
VOD
-310599
VOO 140499-
6140
6045
5960
5910
9770
21510
111
401
401
401
105
301
1234567
1234567
1234567
123456
1234567
7
DWL
DWL
DWL
DWL
DWL
DWL
0600-1900
1027-1225
1900-1959
1800-1859
1300-1659
1800-1859
27,28
27,28
27,28
27,28
27,28
52,53,57
120
ND
ND
ND
130
160
3
25
25
25
3
3
140499(RNW)
(VRT)
(VRT)
010499(VRT)
13685 1730-1859 28,29,38,39
103 115 3
1234567 VRT 140499-
5840 0300-0359 28,29,38,39
104 115 5
1234567 AWR
7230
15620
9875
9475
15560
9490
15560
0800-0859
0700-0929
1600-1759
1800-1859
2000-2059
2100-2329
2130-2159
28,38
37,46
28,29,38,39
29,30,39,40
37,38,46
37,38,46
37,38,46
104
308
104
110
308
406
308
145
200
115
100
200
200
200
5
3
5
3
3
15
3
17
1234567
1234567
135
1234567
1234567
1234567
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
13635
17685
15545
15315
15220
17640
9885
15220
17580
9885
21750
13685
21770
17670
21720
13770
9885
0355-0630
0555-0815
0555-0815
0955-1230
1625-1815
1625-1815
1725-1930
1825-2130
1825-2130
0025-0545
0555-0815
0825-1030
1055-1330
1355-1615
1625-1815
1825-2130
2155-2400
28SE,29
37S,38W,46
37S,38
37N
28,38E,39
38,39
18,28,29W
47,52,53,57
37S,38W,46
8,10,11,12N
47,52,53,57
55,58-60
29,30,40,41,49,50
29,30,40,41
38,39,48
38,48,53
13-16
208
307
302
308
102
107
308
302
307
102
301
202
207
207
106
106
112
100
200
160
210
115
115
040
160
200
295
160
240
080
080
145
145
240
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
1234567
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
6045 0645-0850 27,28
401
9490 1230-1315 28, 38N, 39N
104
5840 1600-1645 28,29,39
211
* changes
** active on demand
(DTK via Volker Knuetel-D WWDXC, Jun
ND 25
130 5
110 3
(SOT)**
(SOT)**
(SOT)**
(SOT)**
(SOT)**
(SOT)**
(SOT)**
(SOT)**
1234567 TWR
1234567 TWR 0104991234567 TWR 140499-
18)
AWR
Adventist World Radio
CHW
Christliche Wissenschaft (WSHB Christian Science)
DTK
Deutsche Telekom
DVB
Democratic Voice of Burma
DWL
Deutsche Welle
ERL
Europa Radio Luxembourg
GNW
Good News World Radio (RRA - Radio Rainbow in Amharic)
HAM
High Adventure Ministry
HIC
Hrvatski Informativni Centar
HRT
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija Croatia
LHL
L'Heure Lutherienne
LRT
Radio Vilnius (Lithuania)
RNW
Radio Nederland Wereldomroep
RRP
? (The Word Universal Life in Fr to SoAF ?)
RTB
Radio Television Belge de la communaute Francaise (R.T.B.F.)
RTE
Radio Telefis Eireann
SRI
Swiss Radio International [SOT = Sottens-SUI tx site]
SUN
Sunrise Radio (England)
TOM
The Overcomer Ministry (Brother Stair)
TWR
Trans World Radio
UNL
Universelles Leben
UNR
UN-Radio
VOH
Voice of Hope
VOD
Voice of Deleverance
VOL
Voice of Oromo Liberation (SBO - Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo)
VOO
Voix de l'Orthodoxie
VRT/RVI
Radio Vlaanderen International
WRN
World Radio Network
QSL card via DTK Juelich Transmitter Stn, in 22 days. V/S Walter Brodowsky,
Technical Advisor for SWBC Stn-Juelich.
Address for direct rpts: Deutsche Telekom AG, Rundfunksendestelle Juelich,
Merscher Hoehe, D-52428 Juelich, Germany.
Fax +49 2461 697 372 c/o Walter Brodowsky.
(Kusalik-CAN, Jan.
Edited, corrections and comments by your ed, acc PanIview-BUL information).
Vailed transmissions of IBC and VOL missed in this schedule.
Tamil sce via WRN organization.
9355 0000-0059 41
111 090 3
1234567 WRN (IBC) (x7475)
VOL
Voice of Oromo Liberation (SBO - Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo)
15715 1700-1759 38,39,48
104 125 3
156
VOL (x11605)
(WB, Jun 28)
PLC Power Line Communication Problem. Interesting file:
http://www.elektroniknet.de/funkschau/aktion/kongress99/powerline/vorschau.
htm
(Olaf Haenssler-D, Jun 29)
Programm Tips DeutschlandFunk - DeutschlandRadio - Juli 1999
DLF 01 Jul 0705 Die Gruendung der DDR
DLF 02 Jul 0705 Sowjetische Internierungslager in der DDR
DLR 04 Jul 1630 Hoerspielregisseure der Nachriegszeit
DLF 06 Jul 1715 Entnazifizierung nach 1945
DLF 07 Jul 0705 Todesurteil in der DDR
DLR 09 Jul 0250 u. 1010 Spion Richard Sorge wird gehenkt
DLF 10 Jul 0705 Interzonenhandel BRD - DDR
DLR 11 Jul 0705 Dorfleben auf der Insel Bali
DLF 13 Jul 0705 Junge Gemeinde in der DDR
DLR 15 Jul 1105 Amt Neuhaus zu Niedersachen zurueck
DLR 18 Jul 0705 Sandinos in Nicaragua
DLR 19 Jul 0250 u. 1010 Sandinistas in Nicaragua
DLF 20 Jul 0705 Tod Stalins 1953
DLF 21 Jul 0705 Aufstand 17. Juni 1953
DLF 22 Jul 0705 Deutschland Fussballweltmeister 1954
DLR 22 Jul 1105 Umweltbundesamt Berlin 1974
DLF 25 Jul 1805 Alte Schellack-Platten
DLF 26 Jul 0705 Jugendweihe DDR 1955
DLR 27 Jul 0250 u. 1010 Comet 1 - erstes Duesenverkehrsflugzeug
DLF 27 Jul 1715 MS Voelkerfreundschaft
(DLF/DLR, July 99)
261
New LW antenna for RadioRopa 261 Burg near Magdeburg, ex GDR tx
center.
On German super highway on the way to German HAM Radio exhibition and
convention, and also on the hotel room in Friedrichshafen near Swiss border
I was surprised to hear RadioRopa 261 from Northern Germany on medium
signal level. (ed)
LW Burg 261 is using the former ex783 kHz antenna of GDR era.
The 324-m-mast has been rebuilt for LW use. The tx container is placed
direct on the foot base of the mast.
The exact txion time of RADIOROPA 2.6.1 (spelling as created by the stn) on
LW 261 is from 0555-0008 CET (0355-2208 UTC, outside the DST one hour
later) with crash start and abrupt cut off respectively, while the progr
continues overnight on satellite. As well-known, own programming is
produced at Magdeburg in a little studio, housed in the office rooms of the
"ADN" news agency. From there the stuff is feeded through a ISDN circuit to
Luxembourg, where an automatic server system handles all switchings between
jingles, mx and satellite take-overs. The herewith created program signal
is transmitted via the "Astra" satellite system in the German "ADR" system.
At the Burg site the LW 261 signal is aired through a 324 metres tall mast,
erected in 1953, which was originally designed for the 2 x 250 txs on then
782, from 1978: 783 kHz 1000 kW "RW 1000" type Made in USSR unit, and now
modified for longwave operations. The new semiconductor tx is not housed in
the tx halls but in a container straight under the mast, the ADR signal is
catched by a dish in usual small size (maybe some 90 cm), which is mounted
on one of the containers walls.
By the way, the original 200 kW Tesla LW tx is now in use for remote
control applications, i.e. for utility sces. These should be the only rig,
which remained inside the tx halls, as the MW units (two Funkwerk Koepenick
250 kW and a single USSR-made 1000 kW txs) was a couple of years ago
dismantled; the 20 kW outlet of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, in the end on 531
kHz, was operated by a ancient mobile tx in trailers, radiating through a
triangle dipole array.
For your information, after the original "Radioropa" was withdrawn from LW
in favour of the new created RADIOROPA 2.6.1 sce, it was renamed into
"oldie.fm"; I think there is no need for further explanations about the new
program format. Recently the well-known conglomerat at Daun selled the
former "Radioropa" to the Leipzig-based "Radio PSR". In concistency
"oldie.fm" since May 31th resides in the Radio PSR radiohouse, no longer in
own rooms. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 28)
A chance to get a separate QSL of both, MW BR Hof and Wuerzburg !
MW BR5 progr 520 kHz tx Hof 200 W, NEW freq 729 kHz tx Wuerzburg 200 W.
729 Zufaellig entdeckte ich letzten Samstag ein BR Signal auf MW 729. Es
sieht also so aus, als wuerde der schon laenger angekuendigte
Frequenzwechsel weg von 520 kHz jetzt wirklich wahr. Offenbar hat man mit
einem der beiden low power tx's Wuerzburg und Hof angefangen, denn 520 kHz
kann immer noch (jetzt deutlich schwaecher) empfangen werden. Ich tippe,
dass Wuerzburg jetzt auf 729 kHz sendet, denn dieses Signal kommt hier
gerinfuegig staerker an. Ich kann B5 jetzt auf 729, //520 empfangen, 729
kommt etwas staerker (oder besser: etwas weniger schwach) an. (Uwe Volk-D,
Jun 28)
e-mail from Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich:
Vielen Dank fuer Ihre e-mail und Ihr Interesse an unserer MW 520 kHz.
Sie haben richtig beobachtet, die Frequenzumstellung von 520 auf 729 kHz
hat bereits Ihre Testphase erreicht. Offizieller Umstellungstermin ist
jedoch der 1. Juli 1999. Der Sender Wuerzburg ist damit der erste Sender an
dem die Frequenzaenderung vorgenommen wurde.
mfg Ines Bergmoser, Technische Information des BR.
Also 520 kHz Sender Hof 200 W, 729 kHz Sender Wuerzburg 200 W
(Uwe Volk-D, Jun 30)
Der seit Jahren in BR-Frequenzlisten angekuendigte Wechsel der MW Sender
Hof und Wuerzburg von 520 auf 729 kHz duerfte binnen kurzem vollzogen
werden. Kai Ludwig hatte Anfang des Jahres den Wechsel des Wuerzburger
Senders fuer Maerz 1999 angekuendigt. In einem Gespraech am 13.6.1999 wurde
Dr. Hansjoerg Biener ein solcher Termin bestaetigt, doch habe es Probleme
mit den Bauteilen gegeben.
Nun kann das Nachrichtenradio B5 aktuell des Bayerischen Rundfunks
tatsaechlich auf beiden Frequenzen gehoert werden. Damit ergibt sich fuer
alle, die sich dafuer die interessieren, die wahrscheinlich kurzzeitige
Chance die bisher auf Gleichwelle sendenden BR-Sender Wuerzburg und Hof
getrennt bestaetigt zu bekommen.
Der Bayerische Rundfunk betreibt bisher in Hof und Wuerzburg zwei
Kleinsender (je 200 Watt) auf der Frequenz 520 kHz, die unterhalb des
eigentlichen MW Bereiches liegt und von vielen Radios (zum Beispiel dem
Grundig Satellit 700) nicht empfangen werden kann. Diese beiden Sender sind
der Rest von einst zahlreichen Fuellsendern auf dieser ungewoehnlichen
Frequenz, deren Nutzung auf die unmittelbare Nachkriegszeit zurueckgeht.
Seit 1998 werden sie im World Radio TV Handbook faelschlich auf 801 kHz
gelistet.
GUAM
15330 KTWR Nice QSL on high quality Kodak photo paper of KTWR's
recently completed Log periodic antenna to CHN durring it's final stage of
contruction. Partial info on sticker on back, signed by Kathy Greggowski.
Was accompanied by a bc schedule, a small book on Christian Doctrine and a
hand written letter from Mrs. Greggowski on KWTR stationary congratulating
on reception from Wisconsin. Received in 41 days, typed letter and $2
enclosed (Jon Oldenburg-USA, via Cumbre, Jun 24)
GUIANA French
5054.90 2330 RFO Matoury-GUF fade in at 2230 / 33222 in
Fr. ID at 2338: Ici la Radiodiffusion Guyane. (Mathias Eisenkolb-D, Jun 28)
INDIA
A new and updated version with all A99 schedule has been uploaded
in SOUTH ASIA RADIO GUIDE home pages. The following pages are available:
1.
2.
3.
4.
English lang bcast as heard in SoAS.
Vernacular bcast of SoAS.
A complete Frequency Database in 4 parts.
A separate pages on Reg, Ext and Nx hookup schedule of AIR Delhi.
(Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 21)
IRAN
New info of VOIROI prgrs:
Voice of Islamic Revolution of Iraq in Ar:
0330-0530 9670 9885 11730 13700.
Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution in Ar:
0330-0430 11800 13660 (under strong BBC in Ar).
Ar WS
0330-0530 13740 13775 NF15185 NF17610.
1330-2130 9885 (x1630-2130).
1630-2130 NF 11735 (x13730 to avoid ORF).
Other langs sces:
0630-0730 Alb NF17585 NF15230 add px.
1500-1530 Hi 7150 9830 co-ch HRT Zagreb, 11775.
1500-1530 Kaz add NF13645 co-ch Ar sce.
0230-0330 Pa add NF13605 co-ch Sp sce.
1630-1730 Ur NF7195 (x7140). (PanIview-BUL, Jun 16)
IRELAND
I have had mail from John P. Kelly, Project Co-Ordinator of RTE's
Albanian Language Radio Sce on MW. Here are a few quotes:
"We are now txing on all 2FM MW txs from 1900 BST to approx 2045 with the
intention of being on air until 2100 by the end of the week. Right now, we
are using one half an hour from BBC WS and similar from DW in Cologne.
Three evenings per week, we are using a fifteen minute segment from SR in
Sweden. We are almost ready to go with a BBC En lang series, supported by
the Language Support Unit of the Irish Refugee Agency.
Besides this, we are playing quite a bit of Alb mx and, where possible
recording and txing the voices of the refugees in the reception centres
(greetings, birthdays, local colour etc.). We have received a number of
requests for children's programming and we are sourcing this. (There are)
plans also to do some background on the areas in which the centres are
located (in Ireland)."
Mr. Kelly's reference to "all 2 FM MW txs" means that RTE is using not only
Athlone and Cork as I stated before now, but also Dublin 1278 10 kW. The
latter would be in indistinguishable to me at my location due to masking by
much closer Cork, same freq, same power. The fact that I reported the progr
was sometimes longer than the announced 90 mins is confirmed and the
promise of two hrs is excellent.
For those who might be confused by "BST", translate as Irish / British
Summmer Time, one hour ahead of UT. So, the Kosovar refugees in IRL can
expect programming 1800-2000 UT shortly. So, summary: RTE Albanian Language
Radio Sce:
Weekdays 1800-1930 (but up to 1945 noted; 2000 UT imminent) Freqs: 612
Athlone tx, 100 kW; //1278 Cork tx, 10 kW; 1278 Dublin tx, 10 kW.
(Finbarr O'Driscoll, Ireland / 24 June '99, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING)
ISRAEL
KOL Israel Hebrew progr 'Reshet Bet' addit on 17535 from 1900(2115 ?).
(HCJB DXPL, Jun 26)
Progr
9390
15615
17545
schedule Apr 2 - Sep 13, from Sep 14 one hour later.
1900-2115
11585 1800-0300
11590 0330-0455 & 1600-1755
0000-2400
15640 2000-0500
15650 1800-1845
0500-1855
tv ch 1 nx at 1800-1850. (KOL)
KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakh R on June 28 at 1548 on 12115, O=3 in German.
Annt and advert, also local //FM 101 MHz. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Jun 29)
LAOS
Just back in Thailand after a month in southern Laos, which is one
of the few remaining corners of SoEaAS with no practical Internet access.
Great place for listening to the radio though, especially on the FM band.
Stns from SNG, MLA, CBG, INS, THA and tentatively Brunei comeing in well
most days, with the BBC on 88.9 MHz via Singapore often giving better
daytime reception than on HF.
Lao Nat'l Radio Vientiane 6130 is sounding rather unwell at the moment. Off
air altogether 13-21 Jun, now back but with very shallow and muffled audio
at 2200-0730, 0925-1500, //576. The extent of the problem seems to vary,
but usually this channel is now more or less unintelligible, e.g. at check
0530 on 28 June. At least the persistent background howl has been cured.
This freq is used as the feed for 25-30 min nx bulletins from Vientiane to
provincial stns at 0000, 0500 and 1200. These relays are rather sporadic
these days, as the regionals continue with local progrs (usu Lao mx) when
reception on 6130 is poor or non-existent.
Luang Prabang has returned to SW, varying around 6970.5-6972. First noted
25 May at 1215 with rather weak signal, then silent for several days but
strong and regular since 31 May at approx 2200-0700 and 1025-1400.
Sam Neua, Houa Phan Province, has moved to 4641v (x-4653v), first noted 24
May. Usual hrs are approx 2300-0130, 1015-1230.
Pakse 1370 (WRTH lists 1350) noted daily 24 May-14 June at 2200-1400. The
tx site still appears to have a couple of HF arrays identical to those at
Luang Prabang, but nothing to be heard from Pakse on SW of course. This stn
often inadvertently relays R Singapore Int'l in En 6150 at 1200-1225 -obviously using an insufficiently selective rx to pick up Vientiane 6130 so
that the 2 stns are heard with roughly equal volume.
Savannakhet 585 (WRTH lists 1430) is a bit less regular, noted frequently
14-26 June at 2200-1230v but off for several days around 18 Jun. The tx
site, right next to the Mekong, has a more efficient-looking antenna for MW
than Pakse and Luang Prabang. I suspect that the power may be closer to 1020 kW than the 3 kW listed in WRTH.
(Alan Davies-THA, Jun 23)
LEBANON
New tx for Voice of Hope in LEB on the air. We are at this moment
listening to the new SW tx from Voice of Hope in LEB. Here are the details:
Date: 15 June 99 Time: 2125, 6279.5, SINPO 44444, Ar lang, // 11530,
Station ID in En at 2130 announcing P.O.Box in Limassol, Cyprus. (Ludo
Maes-BEL, Jun 15)
11514.8 Voice of Hope 1740 En prayer by female speaker, gospel song, Bible
reading by male speaker. Testing their new tx on this new freq. Distorted
modulation, but the level of degradation was varying from slight to severe.
SINPO 34333 at best.
(Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jun 28)
MALAYSIA
R Malaysia ch6 in Tamil noted with usual hum on 4845 around
1945-2045 on 6 June. I have seen this freq listed as 2200-1600, but it
still seems to be on 24 hrs and is regularly noted staying on past 1600. In
the small hrs of the local morning it is a very prominent signal, as it's
the only bcing tx in So/SoEa/EaAS on 60 metres at that time, as far as I
know. (Alan Davies-THA, Jun 23)
MONACO
TWR uses now 9515 (x9490) for its bc in Romanian 1600-1645. Heard
on June 26 at 1630 with progr from NOREA Radio. Via Monte Carlo 500 kW 65
degr (re-x9445).
PERU
9721.7 Radio Victoria, Lima, ID in Sp, heard today at 0425-0500 in
EUR. Interference by REE IS from 0457 on 9730. SINPO: 24433.
(Erich Bergmann-D, Jun 25) [heard today Jun 27 too, ed]
PHILIPPINES
FEBC has introduced a new sce for Filipinos abroad, at 03000400 on 15450 in Tagalog (with the usual mixture of En words and phrases),
usually a blend of pop mx and rlg prayers, sermons etc. Noted 11 Jun
around 0315-0335, among other occasions. En to S Asia on 15450 seems to be
cut back to 1 hr at 0100-0200. (Alan Davies-THA, Jun 23)
ROMANIA
RRI Bucharest European sce in Romanian on 15105 heard again
performing a broad band terrible signal quality today. Also accompanied by
two spurious signals on
+/-75 kHz = 15030/15180. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Jun 21)
Same distorted signal noted today at 1100 UTC on center freq v15104.82, and
parallel distorted signals 53 kHz away on centered 15052.65 [6.3 kHz wide]
and 15157.90 [4.4 kHz wide] kHz. (WB, Jun 27)
RUSSIA/POLAND
7400 R Maryja via Samara tx site, full-data E-mail in 42
days, V/S Fr. Jacek Cydzik CSsR. Addr: Anna.Kabulska@radiomaryja.pl
(Korinek-RSA, via NU, Jun 20)
R Rossii is heard using 11735 1730-2000. Is this GPR-1 Moscow 250 kW at 263
degr, which uses 17660 until 1700 ?
Indeed: GPR-1. Moscow -04/09/99 11735 1730-2100 250 kW 265 degr, RRossii.
Other freqs audible at 1730 are 5940 Chkalovskaya 100 kW / 240 degr to
Belarus, between 1400 and 1430 retuned from 9720 into this channel.
7360 Rudnev gives also 7355 instead [yes Jun 27 at 1810: on both 7355 &
11735], Samara 100 kW / 128 degr 1730-2100, before this using 7365 13301700, 11655 0930-1300, 12065 0530-0900 and 7305 0100-0500.
7445 Popovka near St. Petersburg towards Caucasus
9490 Tbilisskaya 1530-2100, 100 kW towards northern Russia (325 degr), same
tx than until 1500 on 12015.
13705 GPR-1 Kurovskaya? Taldom? Lesnoy? 250 kW towards 310 degr.
(Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 27)
9530 R Rossii, Magadan, Jun 14 1700 s-on-1730 34333 Ru. Nx from Moscow. //
9600(22332), 5940(44433).
11840 R Rossii, Sakhalin, Jun 14 1800-1815 33433 Ru. Nx. Morning
gymnastics. // LW 279, also good reception here.
11840 R Sakhalin Jun 17 0158-0300 33433-22332 QRM NHK R Japan. Sakhalin's
MW stn produced by Sakhalinskoe R can be heard on SW. Weather forecast,
local nx etc. ID at 0259 "Prodolzhenie programmy Radio Sakhalin slushaeche
diapazone srednikh voln na chastote 531 kHz. 14 chasov." (Hironao OGUMAJPN, Jun 20)
"RUS/GEO/AZE ?" 15635 Tamil Bcing Corp, a new Tamil lang stn, "may start
up anytime this week." They will operate at 1230-1330 in Tamil to IND and
SLK. This is not the same as IBC. It is based in London and uses txs in the
CIS. Background rpts say that it is more favourable to the Sri Lankan govt,
and they carry some nx from SLBC. They are already on TV in Europe. They
have a website:
http://www.tbc-london.com
(Victor G. Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, via RNMN Jun 24)
Nothing posted on the site yet except their E-mail addr, which is
tamil@ibc-london.com
(Jerry Berg-USA, via NU, Jun 27)
ST. HELENA
R. St. Helena: It has been almost 8 months since the 1998 RSH
Day, and rpts are still trickling in, although a total count reveals that
this amounts to just 50% of the previous year's rpts. They are still in the
process of compiling an acknowledgement ltr, and QSLs are about to be
posted. The drawings for the lottery and the competition are still to take
place. Stn Mngr Tony Leo said on June 15 that C&W has agreed to host a
final txion, which will take place at 1900-2400 UTC, Sat, Oct 23.
(Ekwall-Sweden, via NU, Jun 20)
R St Helena Day 1999
We have just been informed that a final(?) txion on SW (with support from
the Cable & Wireless PLC) will take place on Sat 23 Oct between 1900-2400
on 11092.5. More information to be found on the web-page. I will release
this information on Gotland at the NatWest Games (Island Games) next week
to the present media. Please, look on
www.sthelena.se
for more infos about the games and news.
(John Ekwall [SMTP:john.ekwall@mailbox.swipnet.se]
SERBIA/SAUDI ARABIA
MW 1440 UNID stn.
I'm hearing an En lang nxcast on MW 1440 until 2105 when the tx goes off.
However, it depends when LUX signs-off whether it's heard or not. Sometimes
their anthem starts at circa 2100-2102, sometimes they stay on later than
2105. The En is very well spoken but no ID yet heard.
Could it be the YUG stn listed on 1440? [or from NE/ME states, ed ?]
QTH Kremenchuk-UKR (33Ea/49No). Checked at 1900 with ext.omni antenna, too
much QRN.
ARS
dominates S9+10dB.
RFI
(Moscow/SPb - slightly echoing) S9+.
UNID S9+ (continuous playing of classic opera, seemed Russian, not sure
yet).
Loop dir'd to YUG gave nothing (Moscow RFI on top).
2106-2235 UTC, ARS dominates, "below" it - YUG hrd clearly (nx/polit
review at the beginning of the hour, classical mx. Combined ID during nx:
"Radio Belgrade Pervy(1) program, Radio Novia Sad i Radio Pristina); later
only R.Belgrade ID hrd. Distorted slightly (M=4/3) Nothing more been hrd.
Missed to mention: YUG - no word in lang other than Serb (2106-2235 UTC),
so observed by Noel UNID/engl is still a puzzle.
(Vladimir G.Titarev-UKR, Jun 20/21)
I just checked it out: This doesn't sound like YUG. As the Marnach carrier
was cut off at appr. 2104, the Jagodina tx became audible with nx and
correspondent reports in Serbian, i.e. the usual RTS stuff, but no En nx.
Furthermore it didn't s-off; I would guess, it is operational daily 24 hrs
as RTS always used to do.
[or from NE/ME states, ed ?]
Possibly it was ARS Saudi Arabia. Acc to the WRTH, BSKSA operates it's
foreign lang progr in Fr (as well-known, these partly now also on SW) and
En until 2100, which could also mean, that the progr actually closes with a
final newscast at 2100. Maybe the 1440 outlet from Dammam no longer carries
the Gen Ar progr (// 1521 and others as well as SW) but now the Foreign
Language Program instead. But that's of course just pure speculation.
By the way, as Marnach was running the silent carrier after the anthem, a
clear appearence of the Luxembourg Effect was audible with echoing DLF
programming. Evidently the mixing signals originated from both Donebach-153
and Heusweiler-1422, as the echo suited to the delay, which 1422 is behind
153.
The 1422 channel from the Saarlaendischer Rundfunk tx uses to be at night
clear better than the various Deutsche Telekom txs here. 756 uses to suffer
from Lugoj-ROU, 1269 is no longer wiped out by Novi Sad, but still rather
weak due to the gain reduction in southern direction. But rather
interesting was tonight the result on 549: DLF just underneath another stn.
First of course I assumed it is Radio Mayak but was rather amazed to found
it not //1143, where the Bolshakovo 150 kW outlet uses to dominate the
channel in eastern GER clear above the AFN txs, also not Slovenia //918. It
turned out to be R Ukraine //1242! In the same moment there was no sign of
it on previously nearly unmistakable 1377, also 1404 had just France. So I
wonder about the current state of the Ukrainian MW bcs, especially
considering the heavily reduced SW txions? (Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 21)
MW 1440 ? ARS is // Main AR 1521, 900,...
Possibly just on this particular evening the En and Fr lang programming was
due to a switching error at Dammam not only aired on modest power 1098 but
also on 1440, which comes in quite often here as well as 1512 does. 900
becomes just occassionally around sunset audible and is otherwhise buried
under Milano, but 1521 is here almost regular, quite easy to catch also
with a car radio and so on. Otherwhise these channel just belongs to
Urumqui and Kazan here, away from SVK of course.
Moscow 1440 still carries RFI 2100 s.off. Both SPb & MSK tx's been heard very slight phase shift (echoing). I guess, the signal is feeded through
the international circuits to Moscow and from there via landline to St.
Petersburg, resulting in these minor delay. These txs are not so regular
audible here, nevertheless I remember some rather surprised and confused
"RFI heard on 1440?!" reports back when these outlets was new and the
origin not yet known. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 25)
Latest: ethnic confrontation at RTV Pristina.
Radio Television Serbia reported that on June 24th a group of ethnic
Albanians tried to force their way into the building of RTS Pristina, but
were prevented from doing so by KFOR.
The group was made up of former employees of RTS Pristina, whom RTS claims
walked out of their jobs in 1990. KFOR was informed about the incident so
that further violence was prevented. The attackers smashed the glass doors
to the building and threatened the employees who were at their working
places.
The incident was hardly unexpected. In 1990, following the break-up of the
Federal Rep of Yugoslavia, the government-controlled RTS Pristina ended
most of its bcs in Albanian. The authorities feared that the bcs would be
used to promote the cause of seperatism. The remaining, mostly nx, progrs
are merely translations of material prepared in Serbian.
Monitoring by RNMN correspondent Karel Honzik in the Czech Rep indicates
that the high power MW tx of R Pristina on 1413 is off the air. On March
29th he reported: "My monitoring brought negative results during the last
few days (I heard the stn for the last time some two weeks ago)"
(www.rnw.nl)
(via Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 26) [only MW Pristina 549 kHz is on air, Rumen
Pankov-BUL]
1269 NATO Radio to YUG. Josef Gaupmann in Vienna heard NATO Radio on MW
1269 this morning. Stn announced also a FM freq. Word progr this time
rather in Albanian lang interspersed by instrumental mx. 1269 kHz is the
former RTS Novi Sad freq, the tx hardware equipment destroyed in air force
attacks in Apr/May this year. (Harald Suess-AUT, Jun 27)
RTS Back on satellite - but who's watching ?
Dragan Stankovic reports: "The satellite channel of Serbian state
broadcaster RTS has resumed satellite bcs to EUR. As of Jun 23, RTS SAT is
available via the AMOS satellite (4 degr West), but only in digital MPEG-2.
The freq is 11.421 GHz/Hor (Symbol rate 3440 and FEC). There is no nx
whether RTS SAT will also be available via an analogue transponder.
Ironically, the fact that RTS is now back on satellite will however not
increase its viewership in Serbia which has been significantly reduced
following NATO bombardments which destroyed the majority of its transmitter
sites. An estimated 10-15 per cent of the population own satellite dishes,
but only a very small minority (certainly not more than a few thousand)
have the necessary digital reception equipment to receive the satellite
sce. The same is the case with Serbian expatriates throughout EUR, many of
whom bought analogue satellite reception systems exclusively for tuning in
to RTS SAT. Now, in order to continue receiving RTS, they will have to pay
a little less than 1.000 DM - the cost of a free-to-air digital rx.
Previously, RTS SAT was previously available in analogue via the EUTELSAT
II F2 satellite (7 degrs East) before EUTELSAT member states, under
pressure from NATO, decided to switch off the channel".
Update June 28th: The RTS Website carries the following annt: Radio TV of
Serbia continue to bc progr via satelite "amos 1" 4 degrs west (04§ W),
receiving freq 11.421 GHz horizontal polarisation 3.440 MHz band, code
ratio 3/4. Unfortunately, this satellite signal can be seen only in AM. We
are trying to proceed cooperation with EUTELSAT, but at this moment all our
effort are inefficienct. We will inform you about all future changes on
this site". (sic).
Updated nx coverage is available on the web stn of radio stn Beograd 202
which is operated by RTS. Listeners in Belgrade can tune in-to the stn on a
secondary tx bcing on 1503 kHz. (RNW via Kai Ludwig, Jun 28)
MINISTER VUCIC CALLS RFE/RL 'ILLEGAL.'
Aleksandar Vucic is the Serbian minister of information and one of the
fathers of last fall's repressive media law, which banned rebcing of most
foreign progrs, including those of RFE/RL. He recently said in Belgrade
that RFE/RL bcs continue to be "illegal" and that the govt of Serbia has
not given a permit for it to bc.
"That they have a strong FM signal again is not surprising, since NATO
cleaned out the radio airwaves over Serbia by targeting our txs," Vucic
noted. To reporters' questions about whether govt agencies will try to
obstruct the freqs on which those radio stns are bcing, Vucic answered, "We
have obstructed them the whole time."
(Patrick Moore-CZE, Jun22; via RFE/RL BALKAN REPORT, Copyright (c) 1999.
RFE/RL, Inc.)
NEWS BROADCASTS ONLINE
Listen to nx for the South Slavic region daily at RFE/RL's 24 hrs LIVE Bc
Studio on the RFE/RL Web site:
http://www.rferl.org/realaudio/index.html
SOUTH AFRICA
As from today Channel Africa will change the freq of 6150 to
9525. This is in the time slot 1558-1655. The full schedule is available at
http://home.mweb.co.za/an/andre46
(Andre du Toit-RSA via Mathias Eisenkolb-D, Jun 29)
SRI LANKA
11905 SLBC in Colombo closed down today at 1850 with the
NatAnthem, this time is much later than the scheduled 1530. SINPO at 1830
54444.
SWAZILAND
Freq change of TWR Manzini in Swahili:
1702-1747 (Sat/Sun till 1802) NF9790, (x9620, re-x9585).
Jun 16)
TAIWAN
Radio Taipei
und August Flugtickets
gewinnen sind. Genaues
(Wiederholung samstags
(Juergen Lohuis-D, Jun
THAILAND
9535
Thailand, World
Government, 236
(via Cumbre Dx,
(PanIview-BUL,
Internat hat angekuendigt, dass in den Monaten Juli
von EVA AIR und CHINA AIRLINES nach Taipei zu
ist in den Briefkastensendungen freitags
0600 UTC) zu erfahren.
26)
QSL, sked for 127 d v/s Amporn Samosorn, Chief. QTH: Radio
Service, Public Relations Department, Roayal Thai
Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Din Daeng, Bangkok 10320, Thailand.
Jun 24)
R Thailand dom sce on 7115 now reverted to signing-on early in the morning,
presumably 2200, after several months of coming on air around 0200v.
Possibly due to the disappearance of strong signal in Slav lang previously
on 7115 around this time, probably R YUG to NoAM. (Alan Davies-THA, Jun 23)
UKRAINE
Most evenings since May 27 I have been hearing RUI Kiev on 17715
at 2100 in En, signal weak but in the clear, probably beamed east, so could
possibly be audible in WeNA. I can't believe no one has heard this, but so
far I haven't heard any other reports of it. (Peter Hallam, Northern
Ireland, WORLD OF RADIO 993, Jun 17)
On Jun 14, RUI was heard in En 2100-2200 9560 with a readable signal.
//17715 was extremely poor. The only listed freq for RUI's 0300 broadcast,
9620, was covered by Spain. (Ivan Grishin, Ont., WORLD OF RADIO 993, Jun
17)
Comment about above item in BC-DX #416:
Very like to a third harmonic[!!] of 5905 which in use at 1700-0200 with
254 degrees.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Jun 22)
UK
BBC WS En to SoAS on 17790 now noted daily at 0530-0600, thus filling
a long-standing gap. This segment appears to be via THA. (Alan Davies-THA,
Jun 23)
[registered is Zyyi-CYP 250 kW 107 degr.]
USA
WORLD OF RADIO SHORTWAVE-ONLY SCHEDULE AS OF JUNE 28
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0700
1230
1900
0300
1100
WBCQ
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
RFPI
7415
15685 [NEW as of late May]
21460-USB 15049
15049 6975
15049 6975
12160
21460-USB 15049
21460-USB 15049 6975
5070
5070
15049 6975
21460-USB 15049
3210
15049 6975
15685
21460-USB 15049
21460-USB 15049 6975
15049 [NEW; temporary?]
NOTE: RFPI's 21460-USB is inactive but nominal times are shown.
For full details on all our bcs and publications see
(World of Radio SW Schedule, by GH, Jun 25)
WAVESCAN 1999 DX CONTEST -- "World's Largest QSL Collections." The details
of the 1999 AWR "Wavescan" DX Contest have been announced. In brief, you
are asked to submit one reception report on an AWR txion and also indicate
how large your QSL collection is, who in your country holds large QSL
collections, past and present, what is your longest wait for a QSL, etc.
The world winner will receive a bronze medallion and a copy of a book by
some guy named Berg; other winners will receive PWBR or WRTH, and there are
other awards as well. Entries must be postmarked in Sep 1999 and received
before the end of Oct.
(Adrian Peterson-USA, AWR Wavescan, direct and via NU, Jun 20)
7580
Last week you received an item on a frequency change for WHRA, that
change was from 7385 to 7580. It affected all progrs 2300-0500 DAILY ! All
7 days per week.
(Joe Brashier-USA WHRI, Jun 21)
Awful anti-Semitic rhetoric can be heard on some stns, such as WGTG 5085
Tues and Wed at 9 pm EDT. In fact, some of the exact wording heard there
was also associated with the recent synagogue bombings in California.
(Loren Cox, KY, Jun 19, RoIB, Jun 23)
Bandscanning on the analog ICF-5900W, came across SSB on 12180 at 2022 Jun
24. Was wacky paranoid call-in talkshow typical of WGTG, which was missing
from 9400 - and a couple days ago when 9400 was on I couldn't find any
second freq. 12180 is USB only, no carrier, and as a matter of fact this
show was //WWCR on 12160; how convenient.
Dave Frantz told me some months ago he planned to use 12 MHz; since I no
longer have any personal interest in WGTG, haven't really kept up with
developments there, but this one is news to me. Confirmed at 2100 as
"Genesis Communications Network on WGTG, McCaysvile, Georgia" GCN with a
Minnesota address. By this time 12160 was no longer //.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 28)
VIETNAM
Lai Chau recently moved from long-standing 6397v to 6382.5v, and
has also changed its hrs -- now heard at approx ?2200-2400, 0400-0530,
1155v-1355v. This could be a deliberate change of freq to allow a later
evening bc while avoiding the strong NoKorean stn on 6398v.
Yen Bai now returned to 6387v (x-6347v) at approx 2325-2400, 0400-0600,
0955v-1030, 1200-1330v. Modulation varies between poor and awful.
Occasionally appears to be temporarily off-air or back on 6347v -- needs
more investigation. (Alan Davies-THA, Jun 23)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 418
12 Jul 1999
________________________________________________________________________
ALASKA
KNLS plans to add a second 100 kW tx and antenna, but not before
next summer. The new unit will be used during the same time prime-time hrs.
RFA continues to bc via the stn, but is slowly reducing its hrs as the new
sites in the PAC are taking over more of the load. All this per KNLS.
(DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Jul 6)
ALBANIA
Freq change of TWR in Polish via Cerrik: 0515-0530 NF 9779.8v
strong co-ch R Sann'a in Ar and RDP/R Portugal in Port. (x9765v) //7385.1
via Shijak.
(OBSERVER-BUL Ivo Ivanov, Jul 3)
ARMENIA
17525.2 R Free Asia *0030-0130* Burmese txion heard here
evenings since Jun 28; weak and echoey with variable audio. Tx location
per ABI Web site.
(Bob Hill-USA, Jul 4)
BELARUS
Belorussian R Minsk is heard on 6260, noted at 1930 with fair
signal, still on at 2015 with //6115. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Jul 3)
BELGIUM
Starting 3rd Jul 1999, and for the next 3 weeks, RVI has addit
daily txions because of the "Tour de France": 1300-1600 on 9925 and 13740
for So&SoWeEUR.
On Thur 8th Jul 1999, the last hour of RNW via RVI Wolvertem MW 1512 will
experimentally be txed via a dipole antenna which may improve reception at
long distances (but may cause fading at shorter distances). So, RVI's
progrs until 2027 and RNW's first hour at 2027-2125 will be txed via the
usual antenna; RNW's second hour at 2125-2230 will be via the dipole
antenna. The switch at 2125 will take 15 seconds. Reports (comparing
reception before and after 2125) can be sent to info@rvi.be and to
nfp@rnw.nl
(Paul Brems-BEL, RVI, Jul 1)
Antenna test RR of Herbert Meixner in the far eastern Austria near
Austrian-Slovakian border reported:
RX NRD 535DG and ARA 30 antenna. Speach audio response was a little bit
clearer, when the dipol antenna was used. Equal signal strength and
fadings. Strong thunderstorm QRM and some interfering co-channel Italian
stations. 0=3/4. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Jul 8)
BRAZIL
15265 RadioBras ceased SW txs to EUR
On the annual meeting 1999 of Austrian SW Club
Vienna freq planner Mr. Ernst Vranka announced
sce.
(bm, and via Cristoph Ratzer-AUT, OE2 CRM, Jul
?
ADXBOE in April 99, ORF
ceasing of RadioBras' German
8)
BURKINA FASO
TWR Burkina SW site planned. As part of a joint project with
HCJB, TWR is also seeking permission to set up a new SW txion facility in
Burkina Faso which would improve reception in WeAF. An HCJB supporter has
already donated funds for a 100 kW tx. (TWR NoCarolina, Jun 30 via BBCM,
exerpted for WORLD OF RADIO 995, Jul 8)
CHILE
R
0000-0100
0100-1100
1100-1200
1200-1300
1300-1400
1400-2000
2000-2100
Voz Cristiana, current sked daily
6070 11745 15375 & 21550
6070 11690 11745 & 15375
6070 11690 15375 & 21500
9635 11690 15375 & 21500
9635 15375 21500 & 21550
9635 17680 21500 & 21550
6070 17680 21500 & 21550
2100-0000 6070 11745 17680 & 21550
(BBC Monitoring vi NU, Jul 4)
CHINA
Some freq changes of CRI Beijing 1400-1457 En, 1900-2157 En,En,Ar
NF 15360 (45554); 1730-1827 Mandarin Ch NF 13765 co-ch Vatican R. 17301827 Mandarin Ch; 1830-2227 Fr NF 11760 (45554), but strong co-ch R Georgia
1930-2100 in En/Ge/Ru ! 1800-2157 Ge,Ge,En,En NF 7590 very weak signal
here. 1830-1927 Ar; 1930-1957 Tu; 2000-2157 En NF 13675, under strong
signal of UAE R Dubai in Ar till 2050 !
CLANDESTINE
[Colombia]
6170v, LV de la Resistencia, very good recpt in
local morning hrs on June 8 & 11. (Gaviria-CLM, Conexion Digital, Jul 4)
6210v R Patria Libre, 2225-2230* May 26, revolutionary mx, very poor.
(Gaviria-CLM, Conexion Digital, Jul 4)
La Voz de la Resistencia del Bloque Oriental, FARC-EP clandestine, heard
Mar 11 until closing just after 1200 on 6170 [probably rounded from 6168.3
where Rafael Rodriguez has measured it and where we hear traces of it].
Gave sked as 1130 and 2130 on this frequency, 1700-1800 on "VHF 7735". And
read communique which admits that the three American missionaries whose
bodies were dumped in Venezuela were executed by Commander Guildardo's
Tenth Front, without consulting higher FARC authority. They had entered
into Cubas indian territory without permission. It is not FARC policy to
disappear Colombians or people of other nationalities. Those seeking to
enter FARC territory should identify themselves and seek permission in
order to avoid any further such lamentable incidents. Nor is it FARC policy
to turn over their combatants to other states, but Cmdr. Galdardo will be
punished according to FARC law.
(via Jorge Garcia Rangel, Venezuela, MUNDO RADIAL, in gh's summary
translation
I suppose that news agencies have picked up this development? But I haven't
seen or heard it.) (G.Hauser SW Report via HCDX, CRW Mar 19)
FARC clandestine La Voz de la Resistencia del Bloque Oriental presumed on
6168.3, bits of mx and talk audible around 1145 Mar 16, but fading into
daylight; a bigger problem is the mixing product of R Marti on 6170, from
the two superpower signals on 5890 and 6030, 140 kHz apart, which lasts
until 1200*.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, MUNDO RADIAL) (G.Hauser SW Report via HCDX, CRW Mar 19)
[from/to BOUGAINVILLE] 3850 R Independence Bougainville had been off, but
was noted in Sydney a few days ago, 0930 s-on until 1050 off early from
usual 1100. Still 6 watts and the only SW stn operating from the island at
the moment.
(Sam Voron-AUS, via Cumbre, Jun 30)
[from SOMALIA to ERITREA/ETH]
Sam Voron is planning a new radio progr
over RFree Somalia. This bc would be a peace progr to halt the fighting
between Eritrea and ETH. The project is in the early stages, but the goal
is to obtain sufficient funding and expertise to bc a two hour daily progr,
possibly on 7100. More details as we have them. As for RFree Somalia, it
continues to operate just two hrs a day (1000-1200) as the local population
is the only source of funding of fuel to run the stn's generator.
(DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Jul 2 Copyright)
CUBA
RHC's En sce on 9820 and 9830usb appears subject to deliberate QRM
from a "twittering" noise - not quite the same as their jamming of R Marti
- but not traced on 9550. All three go off at 0700. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 8)
DENMARK
yfrekvenser_pa_langbolge. It's about the Danish stn in
Kalundborg, txing on 243. The power of this tx is 300 kW. I am working at
that stn, so I know - A college and I keep the stn running every day.
For you to know: we are running 3 AEG-Telefunken txs in N+1 combination,
one of this txs is a 2-freq-tx for LW and MW. Type 4040, the other two are
of type 4004 and 4008.
Best regards, and 73's from
OZ4NT Niels-Jorgen Traelle Kalundborg Denmark
e-mail :njt@image.dk
(via Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 8)
EGYPT
R Cairo is heard well on 29th Jun at 2330-0030 on 9900 surpassing
the signals from R Netherlands on 9895 - both are NOT beamed to SoAS. (Alok
Dasgupta-IND, Jul 5)
FINLAND
R Finland is to add at least two langs: Mari and Udmurt, which
are spoken in the former USSR. Both these langs are from the Finno-Ugric
group of langs. Progrs will commence this Autumn in conjunction with an
organisation concerned with the Finno-Ugric minority in the ex-USSR.
(Communications World Jul 03, via Mick Ogrizek via EDXP)
These two langs have approx a half-million speakers each in Russia alone.
(Mick Ogrizek, EDXP Jul 6)
GERMANY
Freq change of SRI Berne via DTK Juelich: 0400-0630 NF 9610
(55555) to SoEaEUR (x13635). (OBSERVER-BUL Ivo Ivanov, Jul 3)
Changed freq Jun 9, all other remaining technical parameters the same.
11785 Thurs only 1830-1859 zones 52,53,57, 160 degr, RRP (x11735)
RRP call bcing organization:"Radio Reveil-Paroles de Vie" from CH-2022
Bevaix, Switzerland. (DTK Juelich, Jul 5)
I heard a very weak signal in dead zone some 350 kms SoEa of Juelich,
definite txion in French language. (wb, Jul 1)
Acc Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich technical dept MW Wuerzburg 729 now
operating on increased power 500 watts. It is expected that the Hof tx
(like the Wuerzburg one a ancient 1 kW unit, running on reduced power 200
watts) will retuned from 520 into 729 in three or four weeks. (Michael
Fuhr-D, Jul 4)
6085 Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Leipzig via BR Ismaning SW txr 2250 in
German, featuring the terrible railway accident at Langenweddingen back in
the Sixties, followed by "Dreilaendernotizen" shortly before the hour and
nx. Eff from July 1st Bayerischer Rundfunk has upgraded it's SW sce and
advertises the new progr arrangement on 6085 as "new shortwave".
It consists on their "B 5 aktuell" news network together with a selection
of indeed interesting progrs from another FM network, called
"Bayern2Radio". The "Bayern 1" network, which until now was carried on SW
most of the day, is now taken just two hours on weekdays for a current
affairs magazine. It's quite obvious, that Bayerischer Rundfunk count's
it's SW tx not only as a toy. Of special interest for DXers should be, that
6085 carries as overnight sce 2200-0400 now the all-news network of
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) at Leipzig, called "MDR info" (that's the ID
you will hear), hence another public stn from Germany is present on SW for
the very first time.
[MDR Leipzig had a SW relay 9730 in pre-GDR era between 1947-1949, using
SFR Paris tx type on Wiederau facilities with 12/50 kW of power only, ed]
Certainly it will be a completely new experience for them to receive RRs
from overseas. Regarding e-mail it should be the best idea to addr it
directly to their technical dept, <techhot@mdr.de>
By the way, the tx of what some jokers call "Bavarias foreign service" is
no tiny one but a 500 kW Telefunken S4005 model (another joker: "Little
Wertachtal"). For my knowledge the lowest possible output power of these
rigs is 125 kW (refer also to Radio Netherlands on 9860 via Wertachtal),
hence 6085 should be more powerful than just 100 kW. I dimly remember, that
somewhere 250 kW was mentioned.. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 5)
[6085 powerful 500 kW SW tx in PSD modulation was erected in 1982. From
1946-1977 10 kW homebrewed 10 kW unit was in use. Nov 1978-1982 50/75/100
kW units rent from USIA-VoA during daytime, still 10 kW at night. ExReichspost SW txs, made in Czechoslovakia by RadioSlavia-Tesla, Marconi
type. wb]
AFN Frankfurt MW 873 kHz to close?
It is rumoured, that AFN could leave 873 at Frankfurt at the end of this
year. Known for certain are so far just mysterious annts of the responsible
"LPR" authority about a further MW channel at Hesse for commercial bcs,
forcing speculations, if this means the reallocation of a former GDR freq
into Hesse (namely 1089, which was used since 1987 from Wachenbrunn and
Burg to replace the not synchronized and therefore badly working co-channel
operation with Wilsdruff on 1044). On the other hand the US Army will
widely leave the "Rhein-Main" area and just stay at Wiesbaden and Hanau,
where either 50 watts FM txs or low power MW txs on either 1107, 1143 or
1485 are planned, hence a shut down of 873 seems to be not as inconceivable
as it appears in the first moment (by the way, since the BBC killed it's
German sce nothing is inconceivable for me anymore).
AFN Frankfurt 873 kHz, Mr. Smith at AFN Frankfurt bcasting house on the
phone line:
"No Comment. Wait for our Press Releases". (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 4/10)
As a completion regarding the Burg site: The described 324 metres tall
mast, which now functions as antenna for LW 261 kHz, was imported together
with the 1000 kW MW tx from the USSR, i.e. erected specially to boost 783
from 250[Koepenick tx] to 1000 kW in July 1978.
(Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 2)
The ARRT antenna installation on the 324 metres tall mast of 1978
dismantelled in 1996. And replaced by few vertical rhombic aerials around
the mast for LW 261 usage. wb
DTK Juelich schedule changed.
Operational schedule of July 1st, 1999
freq
9490
9490
17580
17580
17580
21540
21540
21540
17800
17800
7345
5975
5985
13720
11785
5900
17750
17750
9855
13800
5995
15330
star-stop
0300-0459
0430-0459
0500-0712
0500-0959
0500-0806
1000-1206
1000-1117
1057-1117
1500-1712
1557-1712
2057-2159
1100-1559
0900-0959
0557-0659
1830-1859
1000-1500
1245-1345
1430-1455
0100-0159
0900-0959
0900-0959
1300-1359
ciraf zones
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
47,48,52,53
28
28
28
18
52,53,57
28
41,49
41,49,50
7,8,9
55,58,59
27,28
41,49
ant
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306
303
303
303
301
301
301
303
303
104
401
104
308
306
404
108
109
105
208
401
109
azi
160
160
160
160
160
160
160
160
160
160
115
ND
115
020
160
060
080
080
295
260
ND
090
day
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17
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7
1
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7
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RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
RTB
ERL
CHW
RNW*
RRP
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DVB
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GNW
GNW
GNW
15105
11795
9405
5975
15715
15715
9925
9925
9470
13820
13820
13810
9925
11695
9855
9855
5850
5850
9860
9425
13810
6010
13810
3965
9495
15105
6195
6195
11830
11785
11900
6140
6045
5960
5910
9770
21510
13685
13670
5840
7230
15620
9875
9475
15560
9490
15560
9610
9610
17685
15545
15315
15220
17640
9885
15220
17580
9885
21750
13685
21770
17670
21720
13770
1600-1659 38,47,52,53,57302
1700-1759 39,40
105
2300-2359 12,13,14
110
0700-1059 27,28
406
1325-1529 40,41
110
1325-1629 40,41
110
0100-0259 6-10
112
0300-0459 2-10
104
0500-0659 55,59,60
202
0500-0659 55,59,60
202
0700-0859 58,59,60
208
2000-2059 38,39,52,53,57306
2300-0059 11-16
202
2000-2059 37,38
405
0000-0100 8,9
104
0000-0100 8,9
105
0600-1100 27,28
105
1100-1959 27,28
406
0200-0359 7-9
212
0400-0559 6,7,10
212
0600-0959 55,56,58,59,60206
1400-1559 27,28
212
1600-1759 29,38,39
208
1700-2059 27,28
403
0100-0129 41
110
1600-1629 47,48,52,53
302
1730-1759 27,28
401
1730-1759 27,37N
405
1800-1829 46,47
306
1830-1859 52,53,57
306
1500-1559 28,29
202
0600-1900 27,28
111
1027-1225 27,28
401
1900-1959 27,28
401
1800-1859 27,28
401
1300-1659 27,28
105
1800-1859 52,53,57
301
1730-1859 28,29,38,39
103
1730-1859 28,29,38,39
103
0300-0359 28,29,38,39
104
0800-0859 28,38
104
0700-0929 37,46
308
1600-1759 28,29,38,39
104
1800-1859 29,30,39,40
110
2000-2059 37,38,46
308
2100-2329 37,38,46
406
2130-2159 37,38,46
308
0355-0400 28SE,29
211
0400-0630 28SE,29
104
0555-0815 37S,38W,46
307
0555-0815 37S,38
302
0955-1230 37N
308
1625-1815 28,38E,39
102
1625-1815 38,39
107
1725-1930 18,28,29W
308
1825-2130 47,52,53,57
302
1825-2130 37S,38W,46
307
0025-0545 8,10,11,12N
102
0555-0815 47,52,53,57
301
0825-1030 55,58-60
202
1055-133029,30,40,414950207
1355-1615 29,30,40,41
207
1625-1815 38,39,48
106
1825-2130 38,48,53
106
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260
290
090
090
300
325
230
230
270
160
230
175
295
295
295
290
305
320
250
305
100
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160
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215
160
160
060
120
ND
ND
ND
130
160
115
115
115
145
200
115
100
200
200
200
110
115
200
160
210
115
115
040
160
200
295
160
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080
080
145
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GNW
GNW
VOH
VOH
VOH
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
LHL
LRT*
LRT*
SUN
SUN
TOM
TOM*
TOM
TOM
TOM
TOM
UNL
UNL
UNL
UNL
UNL
UNL
VOO
DWL
DWL (RNW)
DWL (VRT)
DWL (VRT)
DWL
DWL (VRT)
VRT*
VRT*
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
AWR
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI
SRI (SOT)**
SRI (SOT)**
SRI (SOT)**
SRI (SOT)**
SRI (SOT)**
SRI (SOT)**
SRI (SOT)**
9885 2155-2400 13-16
112 240
6045 0645-0850 27,28
401 ND
9490 1230-1315 28,38N,39N
104 130
5840 1600-1645 28,29,39
211 110
*
changes
** active on demand
AWR Adventist World Radio
RRP Radio R‚veil Paroles de Vie,
RTB Radio Television Belge de la
DVB Dem. Voice of Burma
DWL Deutsche Welle
ERL Europaradio Luxembourg
GNW Good News World Radio
HIC Hrvatska Informativni Centar
LHL L_heure Lutherienne
LRT Radio Vilnius Litauen
RNW Radio Nederland Wereldomroep
(DTK Jul 5)
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1234567
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2803-311099
2803-311099
0104-311099
1404-311099
SRI (SOT)**
TWR
TWR
TWR
CHW Christliche Wissenschaft
CH-2022 Bevaix, Switzerland.
communaute Francaise
SRI Swiss Radio International
SUN Sunrise Radio
TOM The Overcomer Ministry
TWR Trans World Radio
UNL Universal Life
VOH High Adventure Ministry (ex HAM)
VOO Voix de L_Orthodoxie
VRT Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (ex RVI)
I received word from a well-placed source, that DW plans to use in B99
again it's 25740 channel. It needed the hint of these source for me to
realize that these is a regular DW channel, as I was still growing up when
they stopped using 11 metres.
GUAM
Freq change of KSDA Agat: 2300-2330 Cant daily, 2330-2400 in
Shanghainese, Mon-Fri & in Uighur Sat/Sun NF 17870 (45554) (x17865).
GUINEA
ORTG stn addr:
Ministere de la Communication, Republique de Guinee, Direction General de
l'Office de Radiodiffusion Television Guinee (ORTG), B.P. 391, Conakry,
Guinea.
Tel/fax +224 451408. v/s is Monsieur Boubacar Yacine Diallo, Directeur
General ORTG.
(Enzio Gehrig in Communication BDXC-UK, July 1999)
HUNGARY
R Budapest heard using new 17810 in //21560 104 degr for their
Hung sce to AUS at 1000-1100 (-1200 Sun). No trace of their scheduled 9735.
(Noel Green-UK, Jul 8)
[from Apr 14, 9735 replaced by 17810, ed]
INDIA
R Kashmir: Union Minister of Information & Bcing Pramod Mahajan
has said that R Kashmir Srinagar will be "further strengthened to counter
PAK propaganda."
(DH News Svc, India via Vaghjee-Mauritius via NU, Jul 4)
IRAN
VOIRI Tehran noted on new 9725 with Persian 2100-2130* //7130
(Bob Padula, EDXP, Jun 25)
Acc to IRIB web page, VOIRI is going to initiate Jpn progr starting Wed Jul
21, 1300-1300 on 15200 & 17630. Progr will be on Mon Wed Sat, and repeated
on Sun Tue and Thur. In the past few months it has been widely speculated
here that IRN would start Jpn sce, but it seems finally materialized.
Currently at 1330, both freqs are well heard (SINPO 45444-45433) here with
Chinese lang progr. (Toshi Ohtake-JPN, in EDXP Jul 6)
IRELAND
[non] Latest sked for RTE Dublin: 1000-1030 11740-SNG AS/AUS;
1830-1900 17885-ASC AF; 1830-1900 Mon-Fri 12160-WWCR EUR/AM/AF, 1900-1930
Sat/Sun 12160-WWCR EUR/AF/AM. (BBCM, via EDXP, Jun 23)
RTE's daily nx bulletin on SW has been extended to CeAM on 6155 [ATG? -wb]
at 0130 [tx site?? -gh]. The freq for AF has been changed to 21630-ASC at
1830. Services to NoAM on 12160 (at 1830) and to SoEaAS, incl AUS on 11740-
SNG at 1000 continue unchanged.
[WWCR and Merlin/Singapore, respectively -gh]
Depending on conditions these freqs should be receivable beyond the target
areas.
(J. Hayde, RTE, Jun 30, WORLD OF RADIO 995, Jul 8)
MALTA
The new schedule for the Voice of the Mediterranean had an error
for timings of bcs on 7155. The corrected schedule for bcs on 7155 is as
follows:
7155 via RAI Rome, Mon-Sat: 0500-0530 It, 0530-0600 En, 0600-0630 Ar.
(Erik Koie-DEN, via EDXP, Jul 8)
KAZAKHSTAN
Almaty started their Ge progr today, Mon Jul 5, at 1742
12115. Haven't heard En yet. (Erik Koeie-DEN, Jul 5)
KIRIBATI
9810 R Kiribati is back on. After several months in which the
stn was off the air awaiting spares, the audience on Christmas Isl started
complaining, particularly as there was a parliamentary session coming up.
R Kiribati is carried over a tx of the Kiribati PTT. There are actually two
1 kW txs available for sce, and in light of the listener complaints, the
PTT pressed the remaining tx into sce for R Kiribati. However, the tx was
only available to R Kiribati outside of normal business hrs. But it was
used from 0530-0930 for the Christmas Isls.
The arrangement worked well and R Kiribati has since gotten its spares for
the other tx. The bottom line is that it will now take two txs failures to
knock R Kiribati off the air. The stn will only operate from 0530-0930 if
on the back up. If their regular tx is available, then they will be on from
1830-2130 and 0000-0130 in addition to the above-mentioned bcs.
A log periodic antenna continues to beam the signal to Christmas Isl, but
listeners there need a sensitive set to pick it up. Many thanks to Bill
Reiher of Radio Kiribati and Mr. Enota of Kiribati PTT for this
information. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Jul 2 Copyright)
KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyz R addr: Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek, 4010
e-mail verification received after 3 months to a paper reception report
from Nargis Atakanova, English Service, of behalf of Bayma Sutenova, VicePresident.
e-mail addr: trk@kyrnet.kg
Postal addr: Kyrgyz Radio, Jash Gvardia blvd. 63, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
(Pentii Lintujarvi in Communication BDXC-UK, July 1999)
LAOS
Luang Prabang has recently moved up slightly to around 6972.
Ominously, it has been off air on a number of occasions in the past few
days (e.g. evenings of 3 and 5 July and around 0500 on 6 July), and the
audio, while still fairly good by SoEaASan dom SW standards, has
deteriorated noticeably recently - catch it while you can. Noted 0015 on 8
July with strong signal, local mx progr replacing relay of news from
inactive Vientiane 6130. (Alan Davies-THA, Jul 8)
LEBANON
v11515 VoH Per Gary Hull, stn manager- "We found the [new] tx to
be working fine except for the automatic switch for freq change and the
lack of VSWR protection. For this reason we are waiting for new parts to
arrive before we begin daily switching between 6280 and 11515. For the past
week we have been running continuously on 11515 at 10 kW." (DIRECT Johnson
Cumbre DX Copyright Jul 3)
LIBYA
VoAfrica has now settled(!) with their En nx bcast at 0125-0130 on
15435 and received well here in SoAS. But there is some variations by one
or two mins. On 1st-3rd Jul they were at 0125-0130, but on 4th Jul they
started at 0127 and ended at 0132.
(Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jul 5)
MADAGASCAR
5009.5 R Madagasikara 2256 on extended sked with bouncy,
Caribbean-flavor pop songs and high-energy DJ in Malagasy; no break
observed across the hour and no spoken ID caught. (Bob Hill-USA, Jun 26)
MALAYSIA
SHORWAVE COORDINATION GROUP TO MEET IN SEPTEMBER.
The Asia-PAC High Freqy Coordination group (ABU-HFC) will meet in Kuala
Lumpur in Sept, to coordinate schedules for the B99 (winter) and A00
(summer) seasons. The meeting will be preceded by a one-day workshop on the
use of a new data processing system. Participants are expected from the
Asia-PAC region, EUR, NoAF and NoAM. This group will look after about 60%
of the world's SW txions. The bulk of the coordination activity occurs in
face-to-face meetings of participating bcs. Mutually accepted results are
then incorporated into a new and improved combined schedule at the end of
the meeting.
This should not be confused with the "HFCC/ASBU" (High Frequency
Coordination Conference / Arab States Bcing Union) which is an accredited
committee within the ITU, which will be meeting in Vienna late in Aug 1999
to prepare the B99 coordinated schedule.
There are some problems with coordination of the work of each group: for
example, R Australia requirements are submitted to the ABU-HFC, but tend
not to take into account freq requirements of HFCC/ASBU members for relays
in the Asia-PAC region on R Australia channels. One glaring example for the
present period is the simultaneous use of 17580 by both R Australia
Shepparton and RNW Khabarovsk for bcs to the SAME target area ! The RA
usage was planned via the ABU-HFC process, whereas the RNW allocation was
via the HFCC/ASBU group. (EDXP, Bob Padula-AUS, Jun 30)
MEXICO
9705 R MEX Internat 0400 male speaker with freq and time annt in
En. Sp annt at 0406 and into En again with long boaring talk. At 0421,
speaker promises to verify RR's with their latest QSL card. ID at 0428. At
0431 into Sp with female speaker. SINPO 33333 at best, but often only
32322. RMI was suffering interference from a 800 Hz tone or heterodyne,
but as the recording was made automatically, I could not establish whether
RMI or the interfering signal was txing off freq, or another stn was simply
sending out a test tone. VOA was dominating this channel when re-checked at
0459.
(Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 3)
MOLDOVA
TWR expands MW bcs via Moldova. The US-based international
Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR) has announced that from 2nd
Aug it will start hiring airtime on a 1000 kW MW tx in Grigoriopol,
Moldova. It will be used mainly for bcing to the Balkans [no frequency
given, of course].
(TWR North Carolina June 30 via BBC Monitoring, exerpted for WORLD OF RADIO
995)
[freq either 999 or 1548 kHz, wb]
MONACO
Freq change of TWR in Romanian eff Jun 10 1600-1645 NF 9515
(54554) over RAI 1 (x9490), //5840 DTK. Future change in Bulg, eff Aug 2:
1815-1830 (Sat till 1845) NF 1548 via Pridnestrovye-Moldova, ex 1394.8 via
Albania.
NETHERLAND/KOSOVO-METOHIJA
Radio 21 Pristina in Alb now is on the air via
R Nederland's Flevo 500 kW, 113 deg. to SoEaEu. First noted Jun 11 18282025 9495 (55555). Studio located in Skopje capital of Macedonia. Nx in En
(6-7 min) at 2015 ! (OBSERVER-BUL Ivo Ivanov, Jul 3)
PAKISTAN
Changes in R Pakistan's A-99 schedule, May 3-Sep 4th:
R PAK has shifted to nominal 17510 for Urdu WS 1330-1530 and En nx & slow
speed nx sce, all to Gulf & ME 1600-1630 from 17535 to avoid QRM. Tx
Karachi APK-3 but subject to freq deviation and //11570 v15465.19. World
Cup Cricket has finished, by the way, so all sces are operating as per
schedule now.
Hindi
0100-0130
Urdu WS 0100-0215
Bangla 0130-0200
Assami 0200-0230
English 0230-0245
So&SoEaAS
7155 9740
15485.22 17895.14 WS to So&SoEaAS
11930 15455
11930 15455
15485.22 17660K 17895.14 slow speed nx bulletin to
to India 9640.
Urdu
0500-0700 15175.21 (API-5 250
17554.96 (API-1 100
21460.13 (API-6 250
[17555 badly QRM by KOL Israel French
Urdu/E
kW 282 degr)
kW 282 degr)
kW 252 degr) WS to Gulf & ME.
0500-0517 only, ed]
0800-1120 15530.18 (API-5 250 kW 313 degr) 0800-1103 Urdu WS
Indonesian 0900-0930 15405 17535K to INS MLA BRU TZA.
Tamil
1000-1030 15464.96 17535K to SoIND and S-L.
Hindi
1100-1200 9510 11995.04 15465K.
Chinese 1200-1230 11895 15465 to CHN.
Bangla 1200-1230 11975 15625 to BGD/IND.
Persian 1300-1345 11935 15624.95 to IRN.
Urdu
Turki
Russian
English
1330-1530 11570.07 15465.19 v17510.05K WS Gulf & ME.
1500-1530 7260 9329.98(both via 313 degr) to CIS and RUS.
1600-1630 11570.06 15465.18 17510.4K WS Gulf & ME.
15319.95 17719.97/17720.03 to Ea&SoEaAF.
1615-1630 E slow speed nx bulletin.
Turkish 1700-1730 11600.04 13580 (x9770) to TUR.
Urdu
1700-1900 11570.06 15335.19 WS to WeEUR.
Arabic 1800-1845 11640(x11635 to avoid TWR) 15734.97 to ME & NoAF.
Urdu
1800-1900 11600 Islamabad progr to Gulf & ME.
French 1930-2000 11570.06 to WeEUR, 15335.19 to ME/NoWeAF.
K = Karachi 50 kW, others Islamabad 100/250 kW. (Noel Green-UK, May 24)
PHILIPPINES
R Pilipinas, bcs daily as follows: Tagalog & En at 0230-0330
11885 15120 & 15270. 0330-0400 13770 15330 & 17730. In En 1730-1930 11720
15190 & 17720.
Addr: R Pilipinas, Philippine Broadcasting Sce, 4th Floor, Media Centre,
Visayas Ave., Diliman, Quezon City 1103, Philippines. (BBC Monitoring, via
NU, Jul 4)
POLAND
on LONGWAVE.
Today Polish R Raszyn on LW did the same procedure than yesterday: Until
noon using 225, then retuning into 198, early in the evening moving back
into 225. Again 198 was clear stronger than 225, possibly the antenna was
designed especially for the 198 freq. It's most likely the first national
LW sce with freq changes. Could it be the case, that Poland got a hint,
they should use 198 to avoid a permanent loss of the allocation?
1200-1500 on LW 198 kHz, remaining time span on LW 225. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul
6)
It turned out, that radios with analogue tuning has the advantage, that one
notice unexpected changes in the LW band occupation, which remains
undiscovered while using a PLL rig with stn presets. I was just alerted by
Helmut Senger from Hoyerswerda, that the Raszyn tx of Polish Radio moved
from 225 into 198, where it was already bcing until the antenna mast at
Gombin collapsed in 1991, leaving Raszyn as only LW facility in Poland.
Interestingly the signal on 198 is stronger than it was on 225; the
hierarchy of strong LW signals here in Elsterwerda, some 50 km north from
Dresden, now reads as
1. Zehlendorf-177, 2. Burg-261, 3. Raszyn-198, 4. Donebach-153,
5. Topolna-270.
So the question is of course about the tx power. Raszyn was listed in WRTH
1994 on 198 with 200 kW but in WRTH 1999 on 225 with 600 kW instead. Maybe
600 kW are the current power on 198 and until now 225 was on the air with
just 200 kW.
I should add, that there is also another possibility: The new LW facility,
which was here and there reported as under planning, was meanwhile
constructed. So far I consider, that I cannot remember any reports
regarding this, hence I assume that still Raszyn does the job, possibly
after some upgrade. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 5)
[LW 225 kHz from 1995]: Reconstruction work on new LW tx mast for 225 kHz
starts with 75 kW, later to be increased to 2000 kW at Gombin will commence
in Aug '97, and operational in Dec '97. The mast will be 646 metres high,
like its predecessor.
Previously used mast collapsed in a thunderstorm in August 1991.
(HCJB Quito DXPL Dec 16, 1995)
[LW 225 kHz from 1996]: Reconstruction of Gabin Konstantynow LW 225 kHz
radio mast in question. A campaign is under way which is based on false
information. Protest will be considered which has been made by an
association which does not wish to consent to the reconstruction of the
mast. A propaganda campaign is being conducted in some media, based on
completely unverified information. That the mast is being to maintain
contact with military submarines, and that there are some Soviet agents
circling around this. There is no proof that the mast is harmful to health.
The mast is harmless.
The previous Gabin longwave mast collapsed in a thunderstorm in August
1991.
(Polish Radio 1, Mar 29, 1996, via BBCMS, AGDX)
The aerial of the LW transmitter at Gombin near Plock can built up again.
The Country Constitution Court has rejected a complaint for this one
applied for to the farmers living around the plant. Putting into operation
of the transmitter is now provided for 1998. Since collapse of the 646
metres high aerial in Gombin in August 1991, due to faulty replacement
method of a stretch cable, the 225 kHz outlet was alternatively bc via
Warsaw Raczyn tx with 600 kW. Raczyn is originally registered for 198 kHz
channel, which will be in use again from 1998. (Polskie Radio Warsaw, via
Andreas Erbe-D, Sept 3, 1996)
World's tallest radio mast can be rebuilt. The Supreme Administrative Court
has decided that the radio mast in Konstantynow near Gabin [which was the
tallest structure in the world] can be rebuilt according to the present
plan. The court rejected a complaint by people living in the vicinity of
Gabin against the decision by the environment minister, who gave a positive
opinion of the project to rebuild the radio mast situated near their homes.
The inhabitants say the mast caused many illnesses...
[The 646-metre-high mast, used to broadcast programmes of Polish radio
channel one on 225 kHz, collapsed on 8th August 1991. The accident was
found to have been caused by negligence during repair work. Attempts to
rebuild the mast have been blocked by opposition from local residents.]
(BBCM via AGDX, Polish Radio 1, Sept 2, 1996)
LW mast reportedly crucial to "Polish raison d'etat".
The Supreme Administrative Court [NSA] in Lodz has overturned the decision
of the [central city of Plock] governor regarding the reconstruction of the
[LW] radio mast in Konstantynow near Gabin [central Poland]. The
reconstruction work has been stopped. The decision of the NSA is final...
The residents of the villages surrounding Konstantynow took the case to
court to have the decision on the mast reconstruction overturned. They
believe that the mast represented a health hazard. Tests conducted by the
occupational health institute from Sosnowiec [Silesia] did not confirm
that. Earlier a similar complaint was dismissed by the NSA in Warsaw.
Some time ago the 600-metre high mast in Konstantynow near Gabin was said
to be the highest in Europe. It collapsed five years ago as a result of
negligence during maintenance work. Before the disaster the first progr
could be heard all over Poland and almost throughout entire Europe. Today
two-thirds of the Poles receive it without disturbance.
Next year the old mast in Raszyn [near Warsaw], which took over the
functions of the Konstantynow mast, will have to undergo maintenance work.
This may result in a break in transmission of the first progr. The people
who support the mast reconstruction stress that the first progr enables the
radio to fulfil its mission, as 70 per cent of Poles listen to it.
For Poland, the whole country and the Polish raison d'etat the first progr,
a progr which would be bc by a single tx and on a single freq, should be
reinstated. This progr should enjoy the same conditions as the national
commercial stations do.
Most Poles want LW bcs to continue.
Three-quarters of Poles support the reconstruction of the Gabin [LW] radio
mast, Polish radio said on 11th Oct, quoting a poll by the OBOP polling
institute. More than 70 per cent of Poles do not want to see a halt to
Polish Radio First Programme LW bcs which would occur if the decision on
the reconstruction of the mast was withdrawn, the radio added.
(BBCM via AGDX, Oct 18, 1996)
The chairman of the board of Polish Radio has said that currently there are
a dozen or so proposals for resiting the [LW] mast that was once located in
Gabin [about 100 km west of Warsaw]. The most likely site for the new mast
is the area round Belchatow [central Poland]...
The Polish radio chairman said that it is planned to eventually have 60 of
VHF txs so that reception of the first progr is possible everywhere in
Poland in the so-called high [European] VHF band, 87 - 108 MHz. (Polish
Radio I Dec 6, 1996, BBCM via AGDX)
[LW 225 kHz from 1997]: Polish Radio's new LW masts likely to go ahead.
The Polish Radio new bcing centre can be built near Solec Kujawski,
Bydgoszcz Province [northern Poland], in the coming year. Official
procedures preceding the start of the construction can be completed still
this summer. The odds are that residents of the Solec commune approved the
construction of the two over-300-m high Polish Radio masts for the first
channel in the referendum on Sunday. The channel's scope was reduced after
the fall of a 650-m mast at Konstantynowo near Gabin in 1991. The scope of
the new txs will be smaller than that guaranteed by the mast near Gabin.
The Polish Radio first channel will be heard well in Poland and in
Lithuania, Belarus and most likely in Germany and Austria. The investment's
cost is put at about 15.5m US dollars. (BBCM via AGDX, May 26, 1997)
New Radio Tower. A new AM Poland Radio I Program broadcast tower will be
erected near Solec Kujawski, following a local referendum just completed to
approve it's construction. The local population is hoping that many jobs
will be created to erect and operate the tower. The new tower is a
replacement for a fallen steel mast, which crumbled to the ground several
years ago, as a result of errors in maintenance. Since the replacement is
not going to be as tall as the original, it's signal strength will be
weaker.
(DONOSY - LIBERAL DIGEST May 27, ISSN 0867-6860. Contact Barbara Klimas at
bw641@freenet.carleton.ca - via Joerg Hertzer-D, Jun 9, 1997)
Polish Radio to change freqs during maintenance. In spite of the
maintenance work on the [radio] mast in Raszyn [central Poland], announced
for late Sept, the First Programme of the radio will be audible throughout
the country. Polish Telecommunications SA has informed Polish Radio that on
24th Sept 1997 it is starting maintenance work on the mast of the LW txion
centre at Raszyn. The work is to go on for eight weeks. In view of the fact
that Polish Telecommunications SA has not completed the construction of the
LW mast at Konstantynow, near Gabin, the decision to shut down the Raszyn
stn means that Polish Radio will not be able to transmit the most popular
radio progr, the First Progr on LW.
During the maintenance work on the mast at Raszyn, the First Programme will
be txed on the freqs of all of the existing First Progrs VHF tx, on MW
freqs of Radio Bis, the lower VHF range of the 2nd Progr and the upper VHF
range of Radio Bis [formerly Polish Radio 4th Progr].
In view of the inability to implement the act on the reconstruction of the
mast at Konstantynow, the board of Polish Radio SA has undertaken the
construction of its own txing stn for the First Progr. Thanks to the
attitude of the residents and the authorities of Solec Kujawski, work is to
begin there in the near future which will ensure good reception of the
First Progr, which is so very necessary for all the residents of our
country and also the most popular radio progr. (BBCM via AGDX, Aug 22,
1997)
On Sept 24th, 1997, maintenance work on the [radio] mast in the LW txion
centre at Raszyn [central Poland] will start. The work is to go on for
eight weeks. In view of the fact that Polish Telecommunications SA has not
completed the construction of the LW mast at Konstantynow, near Gabin, the
decision to shut down the Raszyn stn means that Polish Radio will not be
able to transmit the most popular radio progr, the First Progr on LW 225
kHz.
In view of the inability to implement the act on the reconstruction of the
mast at Konstantynow, the board of Polish Radio SA has undertaken the
construction of its own txing stn for the First Progr. Thanks to the
attitude of the residents and the authorities of Solec Kujawski, work is to
begin there in the near future which will ensure good reception of the
First Progr, which is so very necessary for all the residents of our
country and also the most popular radio progr. (BBCM via AGDX, Aug 22,
1997)
Polish radio must reorganize to meet competition.
The need to compete and the resultant constant need for modernized
technology, mean that the years ahead may be critical ones for Polish
Radio, member of the Polish Radio board of directors, writes in
'Rzeczpospolita'. These difficulties, in the author's opinion, are
augmented by the urgent need for independent construction of a [LW] tx stn
to bc the First Programme. (BBCM via AGDX, Oct 22, 1997)
[LW 225 kHz from 1998]: The Raszyn LW tx on 225 is back on air since a
couple of days. The MW carries still PR 1 //225, at night they are now off.
(Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 25, 1998)
After four months of repairs to the LW radio mast at Raszyn in central
Poland, the first progr of Polish radio returned to the air on 26th Jan,
Polish radio reported. The chairman of the board of Polish radio, Krzysztof
Michalski, said that for a week Radio One could be received on LW, MW and
VHF. Monitoring research confirmed that Polish Radio 1 was available on the
normal 225 kHz freq. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 26, 1998)
Polish Radio to build new LW 225 kHz txion centre.
The Polish Radio LW tx centre near Solec Kujawski [central Poland] will be
ready within 13 months. This afternoon [7th Apr] Polish Radio president
Krzysztof Michalski was presented with the final official planning
permission for building the transmission centre. Two 300-metre masts will
be erected at a former military training ground 7 km from Solec. For
several weeks now, Polish Radio has been building a power line and an
access road for the future centre. [Michalski:] ... I think that in about a
year's time good quality txions of the Polish Radio First Progr will reach
not only all of Poland but also a significant part of EUR. (Polish Radio,
via BBCM, via AGDX, Apr 7, 1998)
ROMANIA
Summer A-99 schedule of Radio Romania Internat. Bucharest.
Ar: 0700-0756 NF 17720, NF 17840,
17535, //15380, 17745.
//15250, 15380 1400-1456 NF 15365, NF
Aromanian (Armaneashti): 1800-1826 NF 11725S,
Bulg: 0500-0526 5965S; 1630-1656
//756;
2030-2056 756.
756, 5955S.
En: 0200-0256 NF 11725, //9510, 9570, 11740, 11810, 17735 0400-0456 9570,
11740, 11810, 17735 0600-0656 NF 11725, //11940 0641-0654 NF 15270,
//9625, 11840, 11885 0700-0756 15340, 17745 1300-1356 NF 15445, NF 17720,
//9690, 15390 1700-1756 NF 15270, NF 17865, //15380, 17735 2100-2156 NF
15180, //9570, 11810, 11840 2300-2356 NF 11725, NF 15105, //9570, 11810,
11830.
Persian: 1430-1456 NF 15180, NF 17720 2000-2026 NF 15180, NF 17720.
Fr: 0500-0556 NF 9605, NF 11725 0615-0628 NF 15270, //9625, 11840, 11885
1100-1156 17815, //11940, 15250, 15390 1500-1556 17815, //15340, 15380,
17805 2000-2056 NF 9530, NF 9750, //7195.
Ge: 0628-0641 NF 15270, //9625, 11840, 11885 1200-1256 NF 15405, NF 17805,
//11775, 15390 1600-1656 NF 15195, NF 17805, //11775 1900-1956 NF 11840,
NF 15405, //9570, 11940
Gr: 1730-1756 and 1930-1956 NF 11775S,
//756.
Hung: 0600-0626 5965S 2030-2056 NF 7180, NF 9725S,
It: 1400-1426 NF 9510S; 1500-1526 NF 9750S,
//756.
//630.
//756 2000-2026 NF 9510S,
Por: 0100-0156 15340, 17735 2200-2256 NF 15180, NF 15335,
//11970, 17745.
Rom: 0000-0156 9510, 9570, 17735 0500-0556 15250, 17745 0602-0615 NF 15270,
//9625, 11840, 11885 0800-0856 NF 17865, NF 21480, //15370, 17790, 17805
Sun 0900-0956 NF 17840, NF 21490, //15340, 17745, 17790 Sun 1000-1056 NF
17805, NF 21480, //15380, 15390, 17735 Sun 1100-1256 NF 9530S, 11970,
15340 1600-1656 NF 15270, NF 17840 1700-1856 NF 15405,
NF 9650, //11775 2300-2356 NF 15270, //15365.
//11940 2100-2156
Ru: 1300-1356 NF 11905S, NF 15405, NF 17745 1500-1556 NF 15365,
1900-1956 NF 9550, //7205.
Se: 1700-1726 NF 7145S, //756; 1900-1926 NF 11775S, //756.
//11970
Sp: 0000-0056 NF 15105, //11830, 15340, 17735 0300-0356 11810, 11970 18001856 NF 11840, //15380 2200-2256 NF 15270, //15365.
Tu: 1530-1556 NF 9550S,
//756;
1830-1856 NF 9750S,
//756.
Ukr: 0530-0556 5965S; 1600-1626 756, 5970S.
S=Saftica/Tiganesti tx power 50 kW. Relay HS1 (Romania Aktualitati) via
Galbeni txs: 9690v 1700-0800; 11790v 0800-2000; 15105v 0800-1700 all three
buzzy and demodulated audio signal ! (OBSERVER-BUL Ivo Ivanov, Jul 3)
RUSSIA
R Mariya in Pol via Samara tx: 1930-2200 NF 7380 (45433) (x7400).
11925 Tatar R, Samara 0835 sounds like literary reading in Tatar. Ru lang
lesson, when re-checked at 0850. ID at 0856. SINPO 45444.
11665 Tatar R, Samara 0400 s-on with female ID. SINPO 33333.
(Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 3 / 4)
SERBIA
Radio YUG back on full schedule. Evidently R Yugoslavia is back
on full schedule with two txs after a restoration of the studio-tx-link to
the Bijeljina site. Noted them tonight in Ge at 2000 on 6100 no longer with
a emergency nx bulletin per phone patch but with a full half hour progr
(nx, press review, even again "sights in YUG"), feeded through regular bc
circuit and closing with a refer to the next edition tomorrow at 1630 on
7215 and 9620. After some IS a piece of mx was played to fill the gape
until the start of the Fr sce at 2030, for which the second tx also camed
up on 6185... in a word: Business as usual. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 6)
R Yugoslavia's NoAM sce is back, heard UTC Wed Jul 7 at 0000 on 9580 in En,
and on //11850 but the latter is mixed with China (Mali?) in Portuguese.
(Joe Hanlon, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 995, Jul 8)
We were hearing it too, but 11850 was not among the freqs listed at the
beginning. Same old same old soporific style but nice jingles. Also found
En back at 0430 on same two, but this time 11850 was clear, 9580 weaker and
side-splashed.
(Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 8)
SRI LANKA
R Japan via Ekala relay is playing havoc with 'off' freq in all
their txions viz. 11887 (actual 11890) at 0130-0300 & 0630-0800; 11877
(11880) 1400-1500 and 12042 (12045) 1500-1700, thus disturbing not only
their progrs but also to those adjacent channels. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jul
5)
[IBB IRANAWILA test ?] UNID 15130, noted at 0804 with non stop
instrumental mx. Test? Same unid txion was noted last week at appr. 08201030.
(Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, via Cumbre Jul 8) [only RL 11875 is scheduled 08001000]
SWITZERLAND
SRI 9610 via DTK Juelich-GER seems a poor choice 0400-0630.
Tremendous splash from DW 9615 0500-0545 En, and co-ch BBC ASC in Fr 06000630.
A SWL friend tells me that he heard a comment during a recent SRI En txion
that they intend resuming their former European sces from start of the
winter schedule due to a large number of complaints received. (Noel GreenUK, Jul 8)
TAIWAN
In the German letterbox progr July 2nd/3rd Radio Taipei Internat
mentioned an addit txion in Ge starting Jul 6 at 1900-2000 on Taiwan tx
11775.
From this date two progr hrs will be produced. The first half is bc at
1800-1900 on 9955 and at 2100-2200 on 15600 and 17750 kHz via WYFR relay.
The 2nd half is at 1900-2000 on 11775 and at 0600-0700 on 9985 WYFR. (Erik
Koie-DEN, Juergen Lohuis-D, Jul 3)
THAILAND
7195 R Thailand, Udon Thani 1900 s-on and En nx, first day on
new freq. Tip for this freq change came from Mikhail Timofeyev. Booming in
with SINPO 55544.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Jul 2; Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 4)
R Thailand dom sce 6070 noted 7 Jul at various times around 0200-0500
//891, 7115, with separate programming at times on 4830 only. Previously
for many months, 4830 and 6070 (also 92.5 FM in Bangkok) were always noted
in parallel, separating at times from 891 and 7115. 891 and all 3 HF freqs
often carry the same prgr for extended periods, esp. in local early
morning and late afternoon/early evening.
(Alan Davies, Khon Kaen-THA, Jul 8)
TURKEY
Freq change of VoTUR in En to EUR: 1230-1325 NF 15225 strong, but
low audio, (x17830). Txion in Hung BACK the air: 0930-1025 15405 (55555).
First noted June 15. (OBSERVER-BUL Ivo Ivanov, Jul 3)
UK
Freq changes of BBC in Alb: 1000-1030 Mon-Fri (Sat/Sun til 1015) NF
15190 (x15555) to avoid RDP R Portugal in Port. Also deleted 13745. 13151345 Mon-Fri (Sat/Sun til 1330) deleted 13670. (OBSERVER-BUL Ivo Ivanov,
Jul 3)
[non] Direct QSL cards from then BBC, now Merlin relay sites Oman,
Seychelles, Cyprus, Singapore. Addr:
BBC East Mediterranean Relay, Box 209, Limassol, Cyprus.
BBC Far Eastern Relay, Box 434, Singapore
BBC Indian Ocean Relay Station, Grand Anse, Mahe, Seychelles
British Eastern Relay Station, Masirah Island, Sultanate of Oman;
or Box 3716, Ruwi Post Office, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
(Martin Elbe-D, Jul 4)
BBC Oman QSL letter. Addr: BBC Oman; B.E.R.S.; P.O.Box 6898; 112 Ruwi;
Masirah Island; Oman. No return postage. In 44 days. V/s QSL-letter is
David Plater (A45XJ/G4MZY),
D. Plater via Email: <dPlater@gto.net.om>
Middle East Lazy-DX-Network
Sat/Sun from 1400 UTC on ham radio band 14184 kHz. (Feb 99)
Virgin R will begin operations on HF via Skelton from 2100, Fri Jul 2, all
250 kW, as follows:
Fri 2100-2300 6140 (114 degr)
Fri 2100-0100 7325 & 9720 (both 150)
Fri 2300-0100 6015 (114); and Sat 1300-1700 7130 (150), 9750 (175) &
12035 (105). (Merlin Communications, via Ferguson-VA via NU and direct, Jul
4)
Checked on today's afternoon, best freq is 12035, barely heard on 9750 and
unaudible on 7130. No Virgin R ID was heard, but DJ mentioned CMR ("here on
CMR"). What it could be ? My first guess was Country Music R, but what
they playing is not country music but endless rap style songs. (Nikolai
Pashkevich-RUS, Jul 3)
I had no opportunity to listen to last night txs, but what MNO right now
carries is not Virgin R. Noted on 12035 with 1258 crash start into MNO ID,
then straight into mx selections with somewhat hard to understand DJ talks
(evidently these stuff was produced without consideration of a SW txion),
so I cannot for sure tell about the progr producer. 12035 is excellent,
//9750 considerably weaker and no sign of a signal on 7130, either there is
just no one or a weak one is buried under the ever present local noise
here. I will drop MNO a line to find out about their current SW bcs; looks
like these could be indeed regular now. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 3)
Hrd from *2059 Jul 2, opening with long combined Merlin Comm./Merlin
Network One ID, then into an introductory anmt by man ment. "Country Music
Radio (presumably the CMR that has bc via MNO in the past) and what
appeared to be the "Flat Earth" prgm with gal host "Luna" and I believe
sponsored by Levi's (tho no ads as such hrd).
Occasional anmts in En, MC/MNO IDs on the hr., but mostly rock mx. "Luna"
joined by Paul Thomas at 2100, but same format cont'd. I listened on and
off to 2300 and never hrd any mention of Virgin R, and this was not //to
the Virgin R website audio.
9720 was decent at the start and built quickly into a very good signal.
7325 was weak to begin with but usable later.
6140 was the weakest of the three. Nothing hrd on 6015 at 2300 -- they
stayed on at least 9720 and 7325 past 2300; not sure of 6140. Also hrd at
*1259 Jul 3 on 9750 and 12035, the latter better but neither very good. I
think the 1300 prgm this was a repeat of the Jul 2 2100 progr. (Jerry BergMA via NU, Jul 4)
12035 1345-1500+ Jul 3, mainly with horrible industrial techno/rave mx
incl. Chemical Brothers, etc. Both listed //7130 & 9750 were blocked. Poor
signal, improving to fair arnd 1430. (Martin-OZ, via NU, Jul 4)
Last night Merlin Network One was once again on SW, noted at 2340 on
powerhouse 6015 and somewhat less strong 7325 and 9720. The 49 mb channel
was pounding like it did as the BBC was bcing in German for the very last
time and indeed it looks like not only the freq but also the aerial is the
same than at this time (a HR 4/2/0.5 aiming at 102 degrees, operated with
+12 degrs slew).
The on-air annt was still a little bit unclear, but now I'am rather certain
about the origin of the programming, which MNO now carries Fri/Sat 21000100 and Sat 1300-1700 also on SW: Looks like it are these people, who did
a test txion via MNO on June 11th, at this time identifying as "Indigo
Blue". Anyway these stuff evidently has nothing to do with Virgin Radio.
Visit to Radio Northsea RSL off Clacton on Sea.
David Morris is hoping to organize a a visit to the Radio Northsea RSL off
Clacton on Sea, there may also a possibility to visit the Radio Caroline
RSL off Southend on Sea later in the day. If interested please ring David
Morris on +44 1202 631868.
(DX Diary, Communication BDXC-UK, July 1999)
USA
Addit changes of IBB:
VoA 0530-0630 in Fr to AF Mon-Fri NF 11855 (x11875); 0130-0230 in
Pashto/Dari NF 9505 (x9585); 1130-1230 in Burmese NF 15225 (x7220); 22002215 in Serb addit 1458-ALB.
RFE/RL 1700-1800 in Ukr NF 15380 (x15265); 1800-1830 in Kosovian-Alb addit
1458-ALB; 1900-1930 in Kosovian-Alb addit 792-GRC; 1900-1930 in KosovianAlb NF 7175 (x7180) 1900-2000 in Ru NF 7115 (x7245); 2215-2400 in Se addit
1458-ALB.
"DXing with Cumbre" changes acc edition #176 / June 9: add Sun 1400 15105
tx#1, add Sun 2300 5745 tx#2, add Sun 2200 9495 tx#1, del Sat 0800 11565
tx#4.
Also ann: del Sun 1605 17650, but heard June 13, 20, 27 !
Freq change of WHRA 5 from June 21, acc edition #177:
2300-0500 D a i l y NF 7580 (55555), ex7385. (OBSERVER-BUL Ivo Ivanov,
Jul 3)
WSHB heard using 18915 (x18910) from 1600 after a tip from John Stewart-UK.
RL's Ar sce 1500-1700 heard on new 9825[-KAV from Jun 23rd]. //heard are
15160 & very loud 11850, but no trace of listed 12025-KAV. ID sounds "Idha
til Iraq al Hurr min Prague". They give an Internet address at
www.iraqsurr.org
Woofferton outlet replaced by Briech-Morocco from May 9th.
RLIQ 1500-1600 KAV
6185 108 04/02-10/30/1999
RLIQ 1600-1700 KAV
6185 108 03/28-10/30/1999
RLIQ 1500-1700 KAV
9825 104 06/23-10/30/1999
RLIQ 1500-1600 LAM 11805 108 04/02-10/30/1999
RLIQ 1600-1700 LAM 11805 108 03/28-10/30/1999
RLIQ 1500-1600 KAV 12025 104 04/02-06/22/1999
RLIQ 1600-1700 KAV 12025 104 03/28-06/22/1999
RLIQ 1500-1600 WOF 15160 102 04/02-05/08/1999
RLIQ 1600-1700 WOF 15160 102 03/28-05/08/1999
RLIQ 1500-1700 MOR 15160 005 05/09-10/30/1999 (Noel Green-UK, Jul 8)
Fundamental Broadcasting Network in NoCarolina will soon have the USA's
newest SW stn on the air. Officials at FBN tell Cumbre DX that they have
installed and tested an Armstrong 50 kW tx. The stn still has to conduct
some further tests, but hopes to be on the air with progrs in a couple of
weeks. Primary target will be EUR, although the initial bcs will probably
occur in the local evening. Programming will be a relay of the FBN
(Christian).
Cumbre DX readers may recall that Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Idaho,
acquired KGEI's 250 kW tx some years back. Chapel officials tell Cumbre DX
that they have no plans for this tx, preferring to concentrate on their FM
translator network instead. Sadly, this once fine tx sits in pieces, sans
antenna, in a potato hut in Idaho. [A potato hut is a half-buried barn used
for storing potatoes.]
WCJR 13595 has been off about a month. The final in the old RCA tx was
going so they kept reducing the power. When it got to 5 kW they shut it
off. It did always operate on freq, though.
[There were some reports of a drifting stn in this range several weeks ago.
v13643 around 2100, wb].
This tx is to be replaced by a 50 kW Continental. When it returns to the
air, there is a possibility that it will be used in the 7 MHz range at
night for Sp to LatAM.
The tx on 7490 was converted to a similar Continental about 10 weeks ago.
It is running at about 25 kW right now. As far as the RCA txs go, one is
"junk." The plan for the other is to convert it linear modulation and use
it as a 30 kW back up. All this per the stn.
UZBEKISTAN
On Jul 1st, R Tashkent is bcing German sce since five years.
Please great the staff of R Tashkent on the occasion of this anniversary.
Direct addr: Radio Taschkent, 49 Khorezm Street, 700047 Taschkent,
Uzbekistan.
In Germany: Radio Taschkent c/o Uzbekistan Airways, Kaiserstr. 7, D-60311
Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
e-mail <uzradio@online.ru>
Radio Tashkent, new sked as at Jul 3rd:
1200-1230 En, 1230-1300 Ur, 1300-1330 Hi, 1330-1400 En, 1400-1430 Ur, 14301500 Hi, all 7285 9715 15295 17775.
1520-1550 Da, 1550-1630 Uz, 1630-1700 Pe, 1700-1730 Ar; 1700-1730 Tu 9540.
1730-1830 Uz, 1830-1900 Pe, 1900-1930 Ar, all 6190 7285 9540 9545 9715.
1935-2030 Ge 5025 5035 5060 9540 9545 11905.
2030-2100 En 9540 9545. 2130-2200 En 7105 9540.
2330-0000 MandCh, 0000-0030 Ui, 5060.
0100-0130 En, 0230-0330 Uz 7190 9375 9530 9715.
0130-0200 Da, 0200-0230 Pa 7190 9715.
0600-0630 Tu 15200. (BBCM via EDXP, Jul 8)
VIETNAM
13740 VoVTN *0000 Coming on with opening annt that included
mention of VTN; continued with man and woman swapping the mike in Vn,
occasionally pausing for short bridges of Oriental orchestral mx. Into
interview or discussion at 0015. Lousy signal at s-on, then gradually
improved a bit. This channel recently reported as new by Timofeyev, who
says it's the Dom Sce //9730. (Bob Hill-USA, Jun 26)
Domestic Broadacsting Survey.
This booklet is the replacement for the former TBS - DSWCI Tropical
Broadcasting Survey.
It covers all domestic bcs from 2200 to 22.000 kHz. It's produced by the
Danish SW Club International, and compiled by Anker Petersen.
It's 44 pages A4, and may be ordered through
Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK-3500 Vaerloese, Denmark.
Price is DKr 75, DEM 20, 14 IRC's, œ 7, incl of airmail postage.
(Nx of the world, Communication BDXC-UK, July 1999)
Convention on great Berlin Radio and TV Exhibition - Aug 28, 1999.
Wegen moeglicher Kollision mit dem Bundesligafussballspiel im
Olympiastadion wurde das Treffen der ORF KW Hoerer und der AGDX
Arbeitskreis UKW/TV/Sat-Dxer vom Preussischen Landwirtshaus am
Olympiastadion in das Fernsehzentrum des SFB verlegt. Die Absicht, das
Treffen am selben Ort und auch zeitlich zusammenhaengend stattfinden zu
lassen, waere dann nicht mehr gegeben gewesen, wenn das UKW-DXer Treffen
dort verblieben waere.
Thomas Kubaczewski und Frank Helmbold haben den Treffpunkt wie folgt
geaendert:
Treffen der AGDX Arbeitskreis UKW/TV/Sat-Dxer
Sonnabend/Samstag, 28. August 1999
1600-1800 MESZ (1400-1600 UTC)
bredow Bistro, Hotel am Studio
Kaiserdamm 80/81, Ecke Soorstrasse
Berlin-Charlottenburg
anschliessend
Treffen der ORF KW Hoerer- und Hobbytreffen
(ORF Vienna listener meeting)
Sonnabend/Samstag, 28. August 1999
ab 1800 MESZ (from 1600 UTC)
Fersehzentrum des SFB Berlin (SFB Berlin TV center)
Sitzungssaal 14. Obergeschoss (14th floor)
Masurenallee 20
Berlin-Charlottenburg
(TK, Jul 3/8)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 419
19 Jul 1999
________________________________________________________________________
AUSTRALIA
9500 Fine signal of Feedback progr RA Shepparton noted on Fri
fr 2105, //11880. Feature of RA's Khmer progr and dom sce progr relays in
Cambodia.
(WB, Jul 16)
BELARUS
6080, R Stolitsa
ID with FM freq mentioned,
Byelorussian R. Seemed to
1600, Kiev HS maybe?
(Crawford-RUS, via NU, Jul
reg progr, 1500+ Jun 27, electric mx mix, 1540
//7210 & 6070. At 1600 IDed as 3rd progr of
be another Slav underneath, vibraphone IS at
12)
CHINA/RUSSIA
Radio France Internat noted on 11600 at 1200-1300 in
Cambodian instead of En via Xian in China. The //15155 continues with En
programming. Any wrong feed to the tx? (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jul 11)
RFI
RUS
RFI
RFI
is scheduled in Lao 1100-1200, Cambodian 1200-1300 12025 via Irkutsk500 kW 180 degr.
in Fr via Beijing-CHN 1100-1200 120 kW 217 degr.
in En via Xian-CHN
1200-1300 120 kW 188 degr.
7200 UNID Chinese dom stn signing on at 2100, carrier on from about 2052.
Free channel now due RTS Stubline-YUG is off after air strike attack.
CRI En strong on 15415 at 2100-2200, signal well above co-ch Libya
yesterday.
(WB, Jul 16)
CRI changes. For about three weeks from mid June CRI was using a number of
addit freqs, apparently on a trial basis. Freqs noted are 12045, 13675,
13765, 15110 (addit txions), 15310, 15360. The Urumqi txers normally using
7265 and 9860 (from 1900) were temporarily redeployed during this period
and replaced by much weaker Beijing units. Two addit txs in use appear to
have been from Urumqi as well (TDP lists 4 x 100 kW that have not been
heard before). From about 8 July all is back to normal from Urumqi.
From mid June the two txs at Xian West, normally using 7800 and 9820 to EUR
and 9457 to SoAS, EaAF, have been off the air. 7800 is covered by Xian East
and 9820 has been replaced by 11760 from an unknown site.
The 7800 tx has a loud howl on the carrier, the same kind that used to be
heard on one of the Kharkiv (UKR) txs. The same tx can be heard on 9535 at
1500, 15180 at 0900 15260 at 1200 and 11915 at 1000. In the case of Kharkiv
the howl seems to come from the parallelling of two txers. Krasnodar used
to have a similar problem from its opening in 1967 until the mid 90's.
Modern information has revealed that the Krasnodar howl was generated when
four 100 kW units were operated in parallel. With only two txs in parallel
the problem did not appear. (Olle Alm-SWE, Jul 14)
7200 Since the Belgrade-YUG Stubline tx on 7200 is off and destroyed now,
due of NATO air raides, I can hear an UNID Chinese dom stn on 7200, carrier
still on at about 2050-2059 with fadings, then into opening procedure at
2100 UTC. Any idea? (WB, Jul 16)
7200 is CNR-2 from the Beijing main HS tx centre (x7770). This freq change
was made quite a while ago. The beam is towards NoWeCHN, which produces a
rather good signal here during darkness. (Olle Alm-SWE, Jul 17)
At same time CRI in En 15415 ahead of Libya yesterday ! Featuring Tibet
landscape and culture. 43443 (WB)
This is from one of the high power txs in Urumqi. This txion was introduced
(then on 7235) last Spring. During warmup at 1457 and at times also during
later progr breaks this tx sometime leaks an off air signal picked up on
9730. At 1457 BBC Vn can be heard, and later an Ar speaking stn. So 9730
(7780 in the winter period) is also used as feeder. The new 7590 in // with
6950 is no doubt another feeder for Urumqi. (Olle Alm-SWE, Jul 17)
CUBA/VIETNAM
The director-general of VoVTN, Tran Mai Hanh, visited RHC
July 12. RHC director Milagro Hernandez Cuba welcomed Tran, who is also a
member of the Central Committee of Vietnam's Communist Party. [so, maybe
VoVTN via RHC relays are next]
(RHC website July 12 via BBC Monitoring, exerpted by Hauser, Jul 15)
DENMARK
R Norway / Denmark change. A minor freq change was made this
morning for the bc to RUS, SoEaEUR and the ME 0300-0455: 9475 was changed 5
down to 9470 kHz.
Our web-page has been corrected:
http://www.dr.dk/rdk/a99e.htm
(Erik Koie-DEN, Radio Denmark / ehk@dr.dk Jul 14)
ECUADOR
RICH McVICAR: The following article was mostly written in early 1997, a
few months after my family and I left Ecuador. Before it was finished, I
lost it and soon forgot all about it in the business of moving from Maine
to New York state and starting a new job. I recently stumbled across an old
floppy backup disk on which the article appeared and finally finished it.
I'm sending it to various clubs and individuals. Please feel free to use it
in your newsletter/bulletin if you believe it would be of some interest.
Not SW, but very interesting. Paul Ormandy has posted it on his webpage,
which is
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/3216/HCJB-690.htm
GEORGIA
[ABKHAZIA] 9489.75, Abkhaz Radio, operates daily at 0325-0800,
1030-1130 and 1400-1700; carries R Sochi nx in Ru daily at 0445-0500 and
Tue-Sat at 1445-1500, and R Kuban from Krasnodar irregularly on Sat at
0600-0700. When not carrying its own progrs, Abkhaz Radio relays R Russia
from Moscow, R Kuban from Krasnodar or R Sochi. The timing of these relays,
as with all progr on Abkhaz R, is subject to change.
Addr: Aidgylara Street 34, Sukhumi 384900, Rep. of Abkhazia, via Russia.
(BBC Monitoring, via NU, Jul 12)
GERMANY
NOSTALGIE Webseite des KWRS - Kurzwellenring Sued.
Hallo OM's hier ein Gruss aus Suedafrika, die Nostalgieseite des KWRS ist
nach wie vor zu finden auf
http://home.pix.za/pa/pak02372/kwrs.htm
jetzt mit einigen Tondokumenten versehen.
Alles Gute, Gerhard Marz P.O.B. 706, ZA-2128 RIVONIA, Rep South Africa
Tel. +27 82 5747 354
FAX +27 12 352 5346
http://www.marzinfo-cape.co.za
(Jul 17)
15715 heard opening at 1700-1759 off. Language not familiar to me but
clearly mentions "Oromo" and "Ethiopia" with mx from Horn of Africa. My
guess is that its VOL - Voice of Oromo Liberation (SBO - Sagalee Bilisummaa
Oromoo) in the DTK list as you indicate, and heard Thurs 8th, Fri 9th of
July.
[scheduled Suns at 140 degr to zones 38 LBY-EGY, 39 NE-ME, 48 EaAF. ed]
UNID on 15105 heard on air at 1635 on Fri Jul 9th mixing with BucharestROU. This also sounded Horn of Africa type lang and music. I presume it may
also be via Juelich but can't see a listing for a Friday. This and ROU both
went off 1700. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 10)
[scheduled Sats 1600-1700 at 160 degr to zones 38 LBY-EGY, 47 CeAF, 52 GABCOG-ZAI-AGL, 53 TZA-MWI-MOZ, 57 NMB-RSA-BOT, supposedly GNW - Good News
World Radio;
but on Sun at 130/160 degr Universal Life progr instead.
RRA - Radio Rainbow in Amharic on Thur at 140 degr to zone 48 EaAF:
Organization: GRAPECA / RAGPEHA, addr: P.O.Box 140104, D-53056 Bonn,
Germany
ID in Amharic: Kestedamena rediyo ye selamena yewendimamach dimtse.
(BBCM, via NU, via CRW31)]
RNW heard 0600-0700 in Du on former Merlin freq 13720. Assume is Juelich in
use July/Aug only and instead of listed 13655 in schedule. //are 5955FLE
210 degr, 9895FLE 127 degr, 11935FLE 191 degr. [13720 (x13655) is Juelich
relay at 20 degr, 100 kW.]
Missed Sunrise Radio 5850 via DTK since Jul 1st ?
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, Jul 16)
5850 Sunrise Radio untraced, open carrier on 6110, one of their ex-freqs,
I believe. Or has the contract with 'Sunrise' simply come to an end and not
been renewed ?
(Woodward British DX Club Jul 11 via Rogers via Cumbre)
Closure of AFN Frankfurt at the end of 1999.
We have been informed that there has been an article in the newspaper
"Frankfurter Rundschau" on the closure of AFN Frankfurt at the end of this
year and its move to Mannheim or Karlsruhe.
Unfortunately, we have not read the original article. Therefore we should
be interested in any information on this subject.
Are you able to confirm that AFN will leave Frankfurt, and can you give us
any more details? What will happen to the transmitter installations on AM
and FM?
We should be very thankful for your reply.
(Michael Bethge Chief editor of "DX MAGAZINE" WDXC, Jul 7)
AFN is considering a move. However, plans are not firm. We can not project
when or if we will move. If we had to guess, we'd say in two years,
certainly not by the end of 1999. Keep in mind that a contract has not been
signed, money has not been allocated and we still have not agreed to move
anywhere!
Regards, George Smith, Jul 7
Smith, George Civ, HQ AFN-Europe, INTERNET:cinfo@afn.frankfurt.army.mil
From Arctic News Desk:
LW 153 & 177 will carry DLF-progrs in the future and
LW 207 & 261 will carry the DLR Berlin txions.
(Mobi radio news, via Arctic News Desk, Jul 14)
Die Webseiten des Kurzwellenring-Sued sind ab sofort unter der neuen
Webadresse
http://www.kwrs.de
zu finden.
Die von Dr. Hansjoerg Biener zusammengestellten aktuellen Informationen
haben
nun die Adresse
http://www.kwrs.de/aktuell.html
(Georg Einfalt-D, Jul 16)
IRAN
15200 VOIRI Japanese test bc 1318-1328 45444-44433. Interview to
Japanese persons who live in IRN. Good signal. //17620 also good condition.
Thanks for Shiraishi via Japan Premium express Jul 12. (Takeshi Kanai-JPN
Jul 13, in Cumbre)
IRELAND/UK/USA
Finally remembered to check RTE's new relay to CeAM on
6155 UT Mon July 12: *0129:45 amidst ad for Mazda, then Irish Mirror and
its sports coverage. Then ID as "Radio One, just after half past 6" so
presumably delayed from 1730 like on WWCR. Still no info on site for this
one, but signal was good with rolling fades; could be DTK [no, see below].
Three mins of news by woman, concluding at 0133 with "News again at 7" -not for the megalisteners to this freq -- are they oblivious of their SW
audience? Another Irish Mirror ad, car insurance country-wide by phoning
617-9950, timecheck for 25:7, into weather summary, and 0137 sports nx,
whence I departed. Off a bit before 0200 but I wasn't listening in time in
case there was some switching error to give us a clue on relay site.
The new RTE Overseas Sce on 6155 at 0130 daily to CeAM is coming from
Rampisham-England (Merlin) acc to mail received from Julie Hayde (RTE,
Dublin).
By the way, your recent posting on DX report omitted to say that the same
sce via WWCR 12160, goes out at 1900 Sat & Sun. The 1830 slot is Mon-Fri.
(Finbarr O'Driscoll-IRL, 12 Jul '99, WORLD OF RADIO 996, JUl 15)
ISRAEL
17615 KOL Israel in En to EUR/NoAM 1355-1430 replaced 17535 by
new 17615, due of RRI Bucharest in Ar on former channel. //still 15650. IBB
Iranawila-CLN test in Tibetan on next door 17620 too. (WB, Jul 17)
KOL Israel Jerusalem; a few minor changes: En 0400-0415 now 9435, 15655
(x15650, x11605) and 17535. En 1400-1430 15650 and 17615 (x17535).
(RVI Radio World Jul 18, via C.Vanoudheusden-HOL)
KOSOVO
Im Kosovo sind nun etliche Lokalstationen wieder bzw neu on air
gegangen. Neu soll ein Radio CAKOVA z.B. sein. Details noch nicht bekannt.
Waehrend der Kriegshandlungen sind alle Lokalstationen geschlossen worden
oder sie mussten das serbische Zentralprogramm uebernehmen. (Harald SuessAUT, Jul 15)
LIBYA
Heard regularly Sats: "Voice of Africa" 15415 0=3-4 at 1130-1230.
1130-1145 En, 1145-1200 Fr, 1200-1230 Ar, from 1230 tent local sces.
(Dr. Woellersdorfer-AUT, Jul 17)
MALI
11975 CRI Bamako relay in Fr at 2130 is one and a half seconds
behind direct 11760 and 11825 txions. (WB, Jul 16)
MALTA
VoM Valetta heard in En from 1900 on 12060 via RUS relay on Jul
8th. Follows VoRUS in Ar. Also in Ar on 7155 via Rome St.Palombara-ITA
relay, mixing with RL in Persian, both close at 0630. Have not heard VoM
beyond this time as yet.
MOLDOVA
On July 14, the German TWR section "Evangeliumsrundfunk" at
Wetzlar spread out a press release, which emphasized 1548 as the freq,
which will be used for extended TWR sces via Grigoriopol from Aug 2nd. In
the beginning they will air two hrs of programming in Bulg, Rom and gipsy
langs per day, later also bcs in Mac and Se are planned. It is stated, that
TWR could secure for exclusive rights to air Christian programming via
Grigoriopol and has a precedence over other bcs to expand it's txion times
[means VoR can anytime drived away from 1548 on TWR request like from 1386
on any interested bcs request I guess -kl].
For the 1548 channel these press release also mentions a power of 1000 kW
(claiming it to be the most powerful MW tx in these region, although it is
one amongst other 1 MW outlets there at best), which I guess could mean
that full power operation was arranged with "the Russians"; somebody
mentioned 1548 as currently running on just 250 kW a while ago, although
prior to the Kosovo war and VoR special sce, so maybe these is meanwhile
out-dated. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 15)
Trans World Radio weitet Programme fuer Osteuropa aus.
Grigoriopol/Wien (lo). Die weltweit groesste christliche Radiomission Trans
World Radio (TWR) weitet ihre Programme fuer den Balkan aus. Wie der
Direktor von TWR-Europa, Werner Kroemer (Wien) mitteilte, werden vom 2.
August an christliche Sendungen ueber den staerksten Mittelwellensender der
Region aus Grigoriopol in Moldavien auf MW 1548 ausgestrahlt. Mit der 1000
kW starken Station erreiche TWR vor allem Bulgarien, Rumaenien und
Jugoslawien mit einer potentiellen Hoererschaft von 56 Mill Menschen. So
sollen ab August zunaechst zwei Stunden taeglich abends Programme in
Rumaenisch, Bulgarisch sowie in den Zigeunersprachen Romani und Kalderesch
ausgestrahlt werden. Spaeter sind auch Programme in Mazedonisch und
Serbisch geplant. TWR konnte sich das Exklusivrecht auf die Ausstrahlung
christlicher Programme sichern und hat Vorrang bei der Ausweitung der
Sendezeiten vor anderen Programmanbietern.
Bereits seit Dezember 1996 sendet TWR russische, weissrussische und
ukrainische Programme ueber einen kleineren Mittelwellensender von 500 kW
Leistung auf MW 999 ebenfalls von Grigoriopol nahe der Hauptstadt Chisinai.
Dort werden auch Programme ausgestrahlt, die beim Evangeliums-Rundfunk in
Wetzlar entstehen.
Fragen beantwortet die Leiterin der ERF-OEffentlichkeitsarbeit,
Frau Annette E. Gerling, Tel. +49 (0) 64 41 - 9 57 - 2 29.
(INTERNET:bauscher@erf.de Jul 14)
NETHERLANDS
1224 Q Radio is approx. two weeks off, due of repairing and
maintenance work on the stn. (Juergen Lohuis-D, Jul 12)
675 will probably change owner very soon. (BE)
828 will change to Classic Rock during the autumn. (BE)
1332 Hoppa R has been testing on this freq from a tx at Alphen a/d Rijn, 30
kms
from Utrecht (Ruud Voss in EuroLog)
1485 Haagstad R has been heard testing with very low power in Hindustani.
(Kotalampi's webpage; all via Arctic News Desk, Jul 14)
PAKISTAN
Changes in R Pakistan's A-99 schedule, May 3-Sep 4th:
The Islamabad progr to Gulf & IRN 1800-1900 found on new 15174.98 with no
trace of signal on former 11600. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 8, WB, Jul 14)
POLAND
Tests have been been reported on LW 198 in connection with a
major freq reshuffle and tx upgrade planned for this autumn. On Sept 1st,
the 1000 kW LW tx at Solec Kujawski (near Bydgoszcz) will be inaugurated on
LW 225. It will replace the 600 kW back-up tx in Raszyn near Warsaw, which
has been working on LW 225 since the collapse of the Gabin (Konstantynow)
mast in 1991. Polskie Radio is planning to use Raszyn on LW 198 during
daytime for one of its progrs after Sept. (Bernd Trutenau-LTU, Jul 16)
MW 936 The Polish P3 has been heard testing on this freq?!
(Horst Rauch-D, via BE, in Arctic News Desk, Jul 14)
PORTUGAL
UNID from Cumbre #251:
21800, 1751-2002 s-off, mostly mx - seemed to be Ce or SoAmerican style mx
- many instrumentals. First heard Jul 10, then again on Jul 11 just before
1600.
(Lee Silvi-USA, in Cumbre Jul 11)
21800 Undoubtedly RDP Lisbon in rather Portugues than Sp. Is scheduled here
Sat/Sun only, that's why Jul 10th and 11th noted on air.
Scheduled and registered
21800 1200-2000 zones 12 to 15, 100 kW 215 degr.
QATAR
17895 QBS Doha, 1950-2108 Jul 5, continuous mx until 2000 5+1
time pips and brief talk, followed by mix of talks and mx for the next
hour. 5+1 time pips and ID at 2100, followed by world nx. Nice signal.
(Richard D'Angelo-PA USA, via NU, Jul 12)
17895 Came accross signing off procedure playing NatAnthem at 2121-2124.
35322
(WB, Jul 16)
RUSSIA
VOICE OF RUSSIA 70TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO FORUM.
VoRUS is holding a Radio Forum to mark the stns 70th Anniversary. The
questions are listed below:
1. How did you first come to hear about the VoRUS, formerly R Moscow?
2. What's your assessment of the VoRUS as a source of information
about political, economic and cultural life in Russia?
3. What's your overall impression of Russia from listening to
our broadcasts?
Answers to <letters@vor.ru>
or Voice of Russia, 25 Pyatnitskaya Street, Moscow, Russia 113326.
(Maryanne Kehoe-USA, via Cumbre, Jul 15)
SERBIA/BOSNIA
6270 R YUG Belgrade in Fr via Bijeljina-BHI 2130-2200
produces a spurious mixture signal of 85/170 kHz away, nominal 6100 and
6185 kHz. (WB, Jul 16)
Heard on three rxs, AOR7030, Kenwood R-1000, and Sony ICF2010.
R YUG had some Orthodox church mx during the last ten mins of the En txion
at 0000 July 14. More such mx progrs from Belgrade would be welcome. They
also gave out the e-mail addr: <radioyu@bits.net> and website address:
beograd.com/radioyu (which is outdated -- it redirects you to their current
site:
http://www.radioyu.org
I also noted some new jingles on RY last night. On UT Suns 0000-0030 9580,
11850 there is no En, but Serbian, more musical respite with folk mx
instead of all the talk.
(Ivan Grishin-CAN, July 14, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 15)
11850 R YUG back on air in En to WCNA. Excellent reception in the clear,
but 9580 is only fair to good, with adjacent splatter from VOA with
Daybreak Africa on 9575, I believe from Greenville. Same style as before.
(Walter Salmaniw-CAN in Cumbre, Jul 13)
9580 R YUG 0007 Female announcer in En lang with details on Russia's roles
in reconstruction of Bosnia. Various time frames where given on the
reconstruction of various bridges and railways. (Jon Oldenburg-USA in
Cumbre, Jun 7)
R YUG in Sp to Americas, 2300-2330 on 9605 and 9680.
(Jorge Garcia Rangel via Radioincontro, Jul 16)
SOMALIA
6690 R Mogadishu 1735 male speaker in unident lang, folk mx and
talks again. At 1800 tune and female speaker in En, anthem, at 1802 male
speaker with world nx in En, a.o. about Palestinian leader Yaser Arafat,
the situation in Congo and Colombia. 1808 pop songs. SINPO 35232 at first,
but improving to a solid 35333.
SOUTH AFRICA
6135 BBC Meyerton in Port 250 kW in 36 degr, noted here on
clear channel at 2045. Fluttery signal, at best on upper sideband, 6140 is
free at this time slot. (WB, Jul 16)
SRI LANKA
IBB (VoA/RL) Iranawila relay site in Sri Lanka.
Proof of performance test schedule. 4 x 500 kW Marconi-UK txs.
The IBB Relay stn in Sri Lanka will start a one week PoP (proof of
performance) test - on the 17th and finishing on the 24th July. This will
be the first scheduled bcs from the stn. IBB is interested in reception
reports. After the tests are over, the stn will revert to nighttime (local)
operation for a few months. Txions will be plain AM (no enhanced carrier
modes) from [Marconi] 500 kW txs via HRS 4/4/0.5 or HRS 4/6/0.5 antennas.
(Jim Watson-SLN, Jul 14)
0000 July 17 to 0800 July 24
SRI LANKA VOA A couple of frequency changes made to the test schedule for
the new IBB Transmitting Station at Iranawila, Sri Lanka:
Time
0000-0100
0000-0100
0100-0200
0100-0200
0200-0300
0200-0300
0300-0330
0300-0400
0400-0500
0400-0500
0500-0600
0500-0600
0600-0700
0600-0700
0700-0800
0700-0800
0800-0900
0800-0900
0900-1000
0900-1000
1000-1100
1000-1100
1100-1200
1100-1200
1200-1300
1200-1300
1300-1400
1300-1400
1400-1500
1400-1500
1500-1600
1500-1600
1600-1700
1600-1700
1700-1800
1700-1800
1900-2000
2000-2100
Freq
6010
15565
7115
15460
7115
15115
11695
15115
6090
17740
11695
17740
6170
17740
7275
13620
7275
12040
9770
17740
9790
15445
13760
17650
9515
21555
13685
17650
7215
15480
6120
13755
7215
9555
7215
17795
9680
21815
Azi
25
291
25
20
33
41
33
25
356
318
25
25
299
20
25
33
334
25
340
41
255
41
4
41
291
267
4
20
25
20
73
73
25
33
25
310
73
73
Lang
Tib
En
En
Ch
En
Ch
Amh
En
En
En
Tib
Tib
En
En
En
Ch
En
En
En
Ch
En
Ch
En
Ch
En
En
Ch
Ch
En
Tib
Vn
Vn
En
Bang
En
En
En
En
Time
Freq
Azi
0000-0100 15115 ! 25
0000-0100 17650
25
0100-0200 15175 ! 4
0100-0200 17650
41
0200-0300 11695
4
0200-0300 15520 ! 20
0300-0400
6090 255
0330-0400 11695 275
0400-0500 13770 267
0500-0600
6065 247
0500-0600 15460
25
0600-0700
6065 286
0600-0700
9770 348
0700-0800
6065 356
0700-0800
9770
25
0800-0900
6170! 340
0800-0900
9790
4
0900-1000
7275
4
0900-1000 11695
25
1000-1100
6170 332
1000-1100 11695
49
1100-1130 13795 255
1100-1200 17650
20
1130-1230 13795
49
1200-1300
9535
12
1230-1330 13795
73
1300-1400 13760
49
1330-1400
9890
73
1400-1500 13685
25
1400-1500 17620
25
1500-1600
7215
25
1500-1600 17640 310
1600-1700
7215 291
1600-1700 21815 255
1700-1800
7215 291
1700-1800 21535 255
1900-2000 15520
73
(df, Jul 13)
Local addr for the Iranawila stn:
Lang
Tib <<<
Tib
Ch <<<
Ch
Ch
Ch <<<
En
En
En
En
Tib
En
En
En
En
En <<<
En
En
En
En
En
En
Ch
Burm
En
Vn
Kor
En
Tib
Tib
En
En
En
En
En
En
En
Intl B/Cing Bureau, Sri Lanka Transmitting Stn,
c/o U.S. Embassy, 210 Galle Rd., Colombo 3, Sri Lanka.
(Dan Ferguson-VA via NU, Jul 15)
IBB US Iranawila tests, RR of July 17th at Stuttgart-Germany.
Not a tremendous event -- especially on our summer propagation conditions -, like the inauguration of IBB Tinian-MRA island was.
My rush RR from centre EUR, though our region I S N ' T the main target
of these test txions. All the bcs have fluttery signals and deep fading
periodes, I guess the signals hopps on some secondary paths around the
world.
In comparision to the DW Trincomalee operation on 21 MHz, reception of such
long distance broadcasts is best at 0400-0700 UTC in our summer. Best
reception in EUR on higher bands like 25 to 13 mb, on bearings of 290-310
degrs.
Best and s t r o n g e s t
signals were on the broadcasts at 0400-0500
17740, and 1500-1600 on 17640.
Nevertheless I think somebody is interested to hear how it gets to
Stuttgart-Germany.
0330-0400 UTC En 15115
23222, interview on Palestine, 11695 nil.
0400 UTC En 17740 S=3 at 318 degr.
The s t r o n g e s t
station on 16 mb, above of the signal strength of
mostly powerful BBC Zyyi-CYP txion on 17640 at 0400-0700 UTC. But poor
fluttery.
Signal fraction of a second behind //7170-WOF and 11965-KAV outlets.
13770 SINPO 15221, deep fading and fluttery.
0500 UTC Tibetan 11695 nil, 15460 11221, 17740 15221, all 025 degrs.
0600 UTC En 17740 25222.
0700 UTC Ch 13620 15221.
0800 UTC all nil.
0900 UTC Ch/En lessons "I'm a VoA reporter ..." 17740 25222
deep fadings, 9770 & 11695 both nil.
1000 UTC Ch 15445 13111, poor signal, below readable level.
QRM of nearby CRI on 15440. 9790 & 11695 both nil.
1100 UTC
but both
Ch 17650
powerful
En 13795 1-25221, 13760 25222 a little bit better,
deep fadings.
22222 badly splatter QRM by VoR Moscow 17660, which is right
on 265 degrs towards Germany.
13795 stopped En txion at 11.29:37 UTC, switched towards Burma, not
readable signal, but guess it was on air at about 11.29:54, Burmese progr
content not understandable, so S=0-1.
1229 UTC Burm 13795 still S=0-1.
Then 1230 into Vietn, same level S=1-2, fragments of Vn lang discovered.
En 21555 S=25332, nx at 1230, medium level fadings.
Signal strength on same level like Voz Christiana Chile 21500 at same time.
But nevertheless much stronger stns on band, like REE, UAE, ARS, and even
SSB outlet from HCJB Quito on 21455usb.
9515 & 9535 nil.
1300 UTC Ch 13685 23222, 17650 23222 but QRM splatter RUS 17660.
Kor 13760 25211.
1400 UTC Tibetan 17620 21221 QRM side splatter of KOL Israel 1355-1430 on
new 17615 (which moved here from 17535 due of RRI Ar QRM). //13685 25222,
15480 22222 side band splash.
1500 UTC En 17640 45444 s t r o n g e s t
signal of this first day test
serie here in EUR. //7215 24222. Heard CW by Kim Elliott featuring this
Iranawila test serie.
Vietn 13755 25332 (sounds really like back antenna loop reception), //6120
nil.
1600 UTC En 21815 25222, on 18th: 35322-3, still fluttering signal.
9555 nil.
Bangla
1700 UTC En 7215 underneath, suffering hum noise from R Tirana German
language transmission on co-channel 7215.04, SINPO 31221. Parallel En 17795
310 degr 35322, featuring Kennedy aircraft rescue action on NoEaUSA coast.
21535 25222 had two transmission breaks for two seconds each at 17.56:48
and 17.58:36 UTC.
1900 UTC En 21815 nil.
15520 22222, suffering by an other UTE? carrier nearby on 15520.08.
9680 23332 program content readable.
Yes I copy that, good operations, no problems of modulation etc.
Just an occasional one/two seconds breaks on a txer. (Wolfgang DF5SX, Jul
17)
Thanks for the reports. No real problems noted with the operations. Freq
selections have been pretty excellent ! COL 7115 and evening 1400 7215
shows a massive improvement, naturally! Other than the 6 and 7 MHz freqs
the higher band ones are not really getting to me with the full sky wave.
Over here in Sri Lanka where IRA is about 75-80
the best to get a good sky wave. On low freqs I
0100 when it is 7 a.m. here on 6 and 7 MHz. The
7 MHz by VOA before 1100 is most welcome as the
than any IND and SLN dom sce reception.
kms from my QTH, it is not
do get the sky waves after
daytime first use of 6 and
6 and 7 MHz VOA is stronger
21 MHz gives us an echo. There is a possibility that we might just hear a
long and short path although more likely the difference between the sky and
grund wave. These tests will be over and if the VOA/IBB is satisfied they
will accept the station from the Marconi contractors. The operational
schedule will not be this one although there will be much of it in it.
(G.Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, Jul 17)
...not a tremendous event
Ohhhh, not so on late afternoon, I nearly felled from my bed while tuning
into 17640 at 1555: Iranawila was booming in.
...All the broadcasts have fluttery signals and deep fading periodes.
...only the noticeable fading of roughly 0.5...1 Hz somewhat reduced
the fun, SINPO 55534. Further results:
1315 - 17650 SIO 343 (splash from powerhouse GPR-1 R Rossii 17660)
1415 - Both 17620 and 15480 S=1-2
1605 - 21815 S=2
1700 - 17795 SIO 453 (signal behaviour like on 17640 prior to
1600, but weaker);
21535 blocked by local noise peak right now (KL)
GVG:
21 MHz gives us an echo.
KL:
The same uses Nauen to do here, some 130 kms away.
Also Wertachtal frequently presents heavily echoing signals
on 13 metres.
GVG:
There is a possibility that we might just hear a
long and short path although more likely the difference
between the sky and ground wave.
KL:
Propagation expert Wolfram Hess thinks that in these cases
of echoing 13 metres signals from nearby txs inside their dead
zone the first signal is a backscatter instead of regular
F layer refraction and the second one the usual longpath
skywave.
(G.Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, and Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 17)
13760 11:02 En nx, acc to proof performance test schedule. SINPO 25332.
Multipath reception echo.
13795 11:02 En nx, acc to proof performance test schedule. SINPO 25332.
17650 11:08 Ch talk acc to proof performance test schedule. SINPO 33443 at
best, but mostly 32442.
21555 12:36 Press Conference USA in Proof of Performance Test Schedule.
SINPO 55544.
Reception on 21555 was much stronger here, than in the Stuttgart area. I
must add that I used a T2FD for these observations. With my MK-1 longwire,
their signal on 21555 was weaker (S3) and much more noise and fading was
noted. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 17)
I heard Iranawila 1700-1800 on 7215 with a good but fluttery signal, on
17795 with a good and not so fluttery signal and on 21535 with a weak
signal. The txers went off at 1800.
(Olle Alm-SWE, Jul 17)
For your information. I am going to try to hear it here in Copenhagen.
Tonight on its first day of bcing, I heard it at 1910 on 9680 with 35344
and on 15520 with 34344.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, Jul 17)
15310 One of the UNID entries describes unidentified instrumental mx. I
should be able to shed some light on this, I work at the new VOA facility
in Sri Lanka and we have recently been conducting some system tests, using
15310 and bcing the VOA 'house music' channel. 500 kW tx'r - 4x6 antenna
0300-1000. (Jim Watson-SLN, Marconi, Jul 10)
From Marconi Communications, VOA (Sri Lanka) Project Site Office,
Negombo, Sri Lanka.
I am currently employed as a contractor at the IBB (VOA) Relay station in
Sri Lanka as the engineer responsible for the control room, antennas and
towers. Next week, we will start a one week PoP (proof of performance) test
- starting on the 17th and finishing on the 24th July. This will be the
first scheduled broadcasts from the station. If anyone is interested in
tuning into these tests, I can e-mail them a schedule. I have approval from
the IBB to pass this on and they are obviously very interested in any
feedback from listeners. After the tests are over, the station will revert
to nighttime (local) operation for a few months.
Transmissions will be plain AM (no enhanced carrier modes) from 500kW
transmitters via HRS 4/4/0.5 or HRS 4/6/0.5 antennas. Most of the
transmissions are directed at 49, 356 and 255-275 degrees.
I am not an employee of the IBB/VOA, this mailing is offered just in the
hope that it may be of interset to fellow SWL'ers. Any reports would be
gratefully appreciated and I'll pass them on to the IBB as they come in
(unless requested not to).
Best Regards Jim Watson-SLN.
------------------------------------------Marconi Communications,
VOA (Sri Lanka) Project Site Office,
P.O. Box 14,
Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Fax : + 94 32 54584
Tel : + 94 71 770542
------------------------------------------(Kurt Brandstetter-AUT, Jul 14)
SWAZILAND
Malagache progr noted on the new 9585 (x7175) 100 kW 53 degr,
at 1510-1525 from TWR and 1525-1555 from FEBA (from the same tx in SWZ).
Signature tune of TWR noted just before 1510 and Signature tune of FEBA
Radio noted at 1525.
TAIWAN
Happened across an annt from RTI via WYFR 5950 at 0714 Jul 14,
that three freqs are off for technical reasons until mid-July (all of them
from TWN itself), 11745 at 0300, 9610 at 1200, 15125 at 1400.
UKRAINE
Acc to the official transliteration scheme, adopted by the
Ukrainian Legal Terminology Commission, the capital should be spelt Kyiv in
En. The name of the country is Ukraine, not The Ukraine. The combinations
ya, ye, yi yu should be written this way only at the beginning of words,
otherwise as ia, ie, i, iu (hence yi become i only). iy and yy should be
written ii and yi, respectively. More information from:
http://rada.kiev.ua/translit.htm
(web-page found by Bernd Trutenau-LTU, in Arctic News Desk, Jul 14)
UK
BBC Mandarin heard on unlisted 11870 in //15285SNG and tent. 9605NAKTHA (mixing UAE Abu Dhabi), only jamming audible on 11640 and no
propagation on listed 6055YAM-JPN. 11870 audible 1300 until co-ch R YUG
came on channel at 1500 in Ru. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 9)
Replaced 11640 via Chita-RUS relay by 11870 ? [ed]
Scheduled 1300-1530 500 kW at 195 degr, to zones 43 WeCHN-TIB & 44 EaCHN &
KOR/KRE.
VIRGIN RADIO, London; on Fri and Sat 1300-1700 9750 and 12035; 1300-1430
15235.
(RVI Radio World Jul 18, via C.Vanoudheusden-HOL)
ISLE OF MAN [non].
http://www.longwaveradio.com
Isle of Man Internat Broadcasting Comp Ltd plans not only LW 279 but also
per the website on the page showing LW coverage map, satellite, shortwave,
and internet:
"Reception will also be possible over most of EUR by satellite and at
certain times of day further afield into the ME and former Soviet Union on
SW. We also propose bcing to NoAM on SW. The radio stn's txions will be
available on the Internet."
No doubt the SW will not be from Man itself, but Merlin, DTK, etc.
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 996, Jul 15)
USA
7465 WRMI
Following up on a tip that originated with DXPL which
appeared in Review of International Broadcasting, I asked Jeff White about
their new test freq. Here is what he had to say: We should be on 7465
tonight (Tues night) at 0330-0500 with En programming. The plan is to stay
with this schedule for at least the next few weeks. If it works well, we'll
probably expand the use of 7465 to an hour earlier sometime in the near
future. (WRMI Jeff White via Johnson, Jul 13)
The AFRTS/AFN SSB relays have been going for almost a year, and we've never
seen a progr schedule for them. AFRTS has declined to provide any, since it
seems that any one of 5 different progr streams might be on SW, apparently
chosen at whim or upon request by target vessels. So we need monitoring
observations of exactly what has been heard, whether 2-hour talk or mx
shows, or 1-minute bits, in case the info be repeatable.
July 14 Wed at 0715 all three freqs were on and //12689.5, 6478.5 and
4258.5 with Paul Harvey noon playback (Ed Baxter subbing), without all the
commercials so ended at 0727 when The Ocean Report appeared. Then until
1259 was The Law Show with wacky cases, on 12689.5 only.
lawshow@wamc.org
If a lot of people will monitor these freqs and keep track of what's on
when, we can construct a partial schedule. Every little bit helps.
WRMI has just started testing on a new freq!
7465 daily at 0330-0500, to NAm, expected to be expanded.
(Jeff White, WRMI, on HCJB DX Partyline July 11 via Hauser, Jul 15)
Well, poorly timed announcement, as no such test occurred that same UT day,
As The World Czeched. Instead stayed on 9955, evidently on the NW antenna
as the signal was fair rather than non amid the Cuban commie jamming, but
with some bilingual gospel huxters rather than R. Prague relay at 0330 -what has become of that, which was supposed to be 7 dpw in En at that hour?
S-off at 0400 was generic for 9955, no mention of 7465.
Anyhow, 7465 was clear and unjammed. So Jeff has finally taken our advice
to get a new freq and hope the dentro-cubano commie jammers don't follow.
Remains to be seen if he will also keep fuera-cubano Sp programming off it
to give the jammers no excuse to follow except spite. Nor next night, UT
July 12, when stayed on 9955 in Sp past 0430. Nor July 13 (Glenn Hauser,
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 15)
7465 Radio Miami Internat Miami, FL 0330 no signal from WRMI yet, but
jamming already noted. At 0331 WRMI came on with ID and addr. SINPO 33443.
WRMI's new 7465 finally started UT Wed July 14: tune-in at 0329 to find
open carrier, and 9955 already off; 0330 ID giving the new freq to NoAM,
and into "Word of Spirit Radio Broadcast". At 0415 recheck another wacky
preacher was in progress. At least there was no jamming -- yet. We hold
faint hope that this will carry some decent programming on weekends, such
as Wavescan, Viva Miami. The xoom WRMI website July 15 had everything but a
program schedule.
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 996, which includes a tape of the historic
first "7465" announcement, Jul 15)
Last Friday's Al Weiner Worldwide on WBCQ 7415, UT Sat July 10 spent the
last half hour from 0030 with a taped report following a visit to the
navy's super-power VLF station NAA in Cutler, Maine. The key word here is
*BIG*. Mainly operates on 24 kHz. So AWWW can be sort of a media program.
End of maritime Morse in NoAM. RealAudio clip (7:30) of NPR "All Things
Considered" (7/14) feature on end of Morse shore stations in North America:
Previous link for NPR Morse story doesn't seem to work ... try this, and
scroll down to the Morse story:
http://programs.npr.org/npr2/PrgDisp.cfm?PrgDate=07/14/1999&PrgID=2
If THAT doesn't work for you, you'll have to navigate through the site.
Try:
http://programs.npr.org
(Al Quaglieri-USA, Jul 15)
WRNO I was finally able to talk with Ashton Hardy (station counsel) and
find out what was really happening here. WRNO had a fire in Dec that
destroyed their main tx, that's why they aren't on 15 MHz. No one was hurt
as the tx was unattended at the time. In fact, a call from the FCC about
WRNO splattering all over the 19 mb is what prompted the engineer to drive
out to the site. The remaining tx is operating on low power but is confined
to the 7 MHz range. The stn, once for sale, has been taken off the market
until the old tx can be fixed (Hardy believes it is beyond repair) or a new
one is bought. They are waiting for the insurance claim to be settled. Once
another tx is obtained, the stn will be for sale again. (DIRECT Johnson
Cumbre DX Copyright Jul 6)
I am a contestant for the title of Ms. Georgia Achievement 1999 of the Miss
American Achievement program. My pageant bio includes a mention of my
involvement in the shortwave radio hobby. The URL for my bio is below. MAA
is strictly a mail-in program, so if you know other outstanding girls and
women, encourage them to take a look at the main site of
http://www.coronationinc.com
and have them consider entering for 2000. (Maryanne Kehoe-USA, in Cumbre
Jul 11)
Wow, COOL! Good luck, Maryanne! (Cumbre Ed.)
VIETNAM
Yen Bai has changed freq again to 6393 (x6387v).
I have been unable to trace Thai Nguyen (last heard in early Apr on 6451v)
for several months -- presumably it's now inactive, although at the best of
times it was far weaker than the other VTN regionals.
A check of VTN regionals noted just after 1200 on 15 July:
4796 Son La, varies around 4795-4796. 5596 Lao Cai, //6689, varies around
5595-5598.
6382 Lai Chau, recently varying around 6382-6383. Clear ID at 1200 s-on this and Yen Bai are easy to confuse as they have more or less swapped
freqs over the last few months.
Audio from Lai Chau is usually much better, and the sta opens with a long
piece of gentle, repetitive music played on strings and woodwind starting
around 5 mins before the hour.
6393 Yen Bai, usual very poor modulation. 6689 Lao Cai, //5596. Appeared to
be off air for a few days this week, back with poor audio on 14 July but
clear as a bell on the 15th.
7155 Ha Giang, apparently relaying Hanoi 1 but as usual hard to hear much
due to the very shallow modulation. Varies 7154-7156. (Alan Davies-THA,
Jul 16)
Long and Medium Wave Stations in Europe, North Africa, and Middle East.
The latest edition (publication date: 17 July 1999) of the publication
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Main changes in the new edition are:
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All feedback (see feedback form in the publication) is most welcome and
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RICHARD A. D'ANGELO...a review:
On The Shortwave, 1923-1945: Broadcast Listening in the Pioneer Days of
Radio by Jerome S. Berg. ISBN 0-7864-0506-6. McFarland & Co., Inc.
Every once in a while, a special book arrives in the bookstores that is a
"must have" for the radio-monitoring enthusiast. 'On The Shortwaves, 19231945: Broadcast Listening in the Pioneer Days of Radio' by Jerome S. Berg
is just such a book.
Written by "Jerry" Berg, a current member of the North American Shortwave
Association's ("NASWA") Executive Council, past NASWA Log Report editor and
lifelong shortwave listener, the book covers shortwave broadcasting and
early shortwave broadcast listening.
Jerry is also well known for his work as Chair of the Committee to Preserve
Radio Verifications ("CPRV"), which is a committee of the Association of
North American Radio Clubs ("ANARC").
Shortly after founding the CPRV, Jerry's committee work expanded into
general research into the early days of radio broadcasting and listening.
This combination lead him to putting pen to paper and developing a book
that captures the thrill and excitement of the early days of radio
broadcasting, radio listening and DXing. The book is the product of
extensive scholarly research into the history of medium wave and shortwave
radio broadcasting and listening and the events surrounding that period. I
can highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the early days of
radio and shortwave radio in particular.
On The Shortwaves, 1923-1945 begins with a review of broadcasting's roots
and the growth of medium wave DXing, which was the foundation for the
future development of shortwave DXing. The first "wireless" experiments and
the efforts of experimenters and inventors such as Marconi, De Forest, and
Armstrong are detailed. The story moves into shortwave broadcasting and
shortwave DXing through World War II. There are numerous references to the
popular radio literature of the 1920-1940 time period, such as, Hugo
Gernsback's "Radio News" and "Short Wave Craft" magazines and the everpopular "Radex" magazine. There are numerous QSL illustrations taken from
the archives of the CPRV collection. In his book, author Berg has conveyed
the flavor of the mystery and the magic of shortwave radio's early years.
The book is divided into eleven chapters plus endnotes, a reading list and
an index. The chapters are entitled:
1/
Broadcasting Roots,
2/
Distance,
3/
The Arrival of Shortwave,
4/
Stations of the 1930s,
5/
Shortwave Broadcasting in the United States,
6/
Reception,
7/
The Popular Shortwave Press,
8/
Organizing,
9/
Verifications,
10/ Stations and Voices of War,
11/ Listening in Wartime.
The book was written to appeal to those with an interest in shortwave
broadcast history and the early days of DXing. The early days of the
listening hobby were quite different from today's environment.
Consequently, the book provides an intriguing contrast between DXing at the
close of the millennium and the early DXing movement.
The book covers numerous topics in its eleven chapters. Readers will enjoy
coverage of the radio personalities during the early days of radio
broadcasting. There is extensive discussion about frequency utilization and
interference, early short wave literature, receivers, antennas, set
building, early shortwave broadcasters in the United States and around the
world, the birth of the Voice of America, clubs, government and private
monitoring, broadcasting during World War II, clandestine radio and
listening during wartime.
Collectors of vintage radio equipment will find the material on receivers
particularly interesting as well as the many reproductions of radio
advertising from that time frame. Today's hobby club members will find the
chapter devoted to the formation and emergence of the early radio club's
very interesting. The Newark News Radio Club, the National Radio Club and
the International Short Wave Club were the pioneer organizations in the
sharing of DX news and information. Clearly, On The Shortwaves, 1923-1945
extensively covers the growth and development of this fascinating medium
like no other work before it.
Over the years, numerous DX'ers and shortwave listeners, myself included,
have gotten to know Jerry Berg. As Chair of the CPRV and an avid fan of
radio history, Jerry has accumulated a wealth of radio broadcasting
history, both medium wave and shortwave. Often at radio gatherings,
hobbyists get to listen to Jerry telling stories from the early days of
radio broadcasting while leafing through one of the many CPRV albums of QSL
cards and letters from the early days. These discussions usually perk one's
interest in the subject matter.
Thankfully, he took the time to put together this terrific book which
captures so much of the flavour of that time period from a listeners
perspective. What sets this book apart from any other books written about
the early days of radio broadcasting is that a radio hobbyist, with the
insight of a true radio hobbyist, has written this one.
On The Shortwaves, 1923-1945: Broadcast Listening in the Pioneer Days of
Radio By Jerome S. Berg is a 272 page, hardbound (7 x 10 inch) book, which
includes 157 photographs and illustrations. It is available direct from the
publisher (McFarland & Co., Inc., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640, USA) for
US$42.50 plus US$4.00 shipping and handling in the United States and
US$6.00 elsewhere.
Also, orders may be placed by telephone (1-800-253-2187) or FAX (1-336-2465018) or through the publishers' website
<http://www.mcfarlandpub.com>
Orders can be charged to VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, or Discover cards.
The book is available via other Internet booksellers, e.g.
<http://www.amazon.com>
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<http://www.waterstones.com>
(via WDXC, July 99)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 420
30 Jul 1999
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AUSTRALIA
A presentation was made on the objectives and purpose of R
Australia by Mr Jean-Gabriel Manguy, Network Manager, at the ASIAPAC-21
Conference in Malaysia during April. He discussed and elaborated on these
key points.
RA celebrates its 60th birthday this year. It is now a media organisation
operating within Asia and the PAC, rather than just a broadcaster operating
from Melbourne. Its current charter is to provide radio and on-line
services of interest to and about the Asia PAC region.
It works with other media organisations in the region to make progrs of
interest and relevance to local audiences. Increasingly, it works with
educational institutions and non-governmental organisations to develop
progr content for radio and in-line sces.
Mechanisms for delivery of its sces include progrs on compact disc for
rebroadcast, live satellite relays via the Palapa C2 facility, live bcing
on the Internet in Web audio or text files, cassette, and SW.
Six langs are currently used - En, Ins, Mand, Vn, Cambodian, and Tok Pisin.
RA also prepares special feature progrs for audiences through partner stns
in CBG, VTN, PNG, the PAC, CHN and INS. There are over 76 partner stns in
the region offering RA progr material bcing 330 hrs a week in 20 countries.
(ABU, via EDXP, Jul 22)
Here's part of a message I received from Nigel Holmes of RA. VL8K at
Katherine has been off-air for about a week because of a tx failure so
that's why 2485 and 5025 haven't been heard. The sce should be back on air
by tomorrow (Tue 27 July). Please let me know if your DXers hear it at
about the usual strength.
The site has one 100 kW Continental tx and a TCI omni-directional broadband
dipole aerial (2.2 - 5.5 MHz). The tx is operated at 50 kW carrier and 75 %
maximum modulation. 50 kW is the maximum allowed for a dom HF sce and the
reduced modulation gives a good fade protection margin for for listeners
within the intended reception area which is a radius of 450 km from the tx.
The other two sces at Alice Springs (VL8A) and Tennant Creek (VL8T) are
identical in design. All three sites are operated by remote control & have
been very reliable. The Continental txs are very reliable, especially when
operated at half power! (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, via Cumbre Jul 27)
AUSTRIA
Meine Sendung ueber die UNISPACE III fuer Radio 1476 steht, das
heisst besser - sie laeuft, Mon 26. 7. bis Fr 30. 7., jeweils ab etwa 1825
MESZ [1625 UTC] - "Radio 1476 Horizontal". (Nicht von der anfaenglichen
Musik beirren lassen, die Sendung kommt bestimmt!)
(Michael Jensen, Jul
20)
Kurzwellen stoeren Netz ... [OIRT 4 m band ? ed]
Manche Kabel-Anschluesse in Vorarlberg wurden durch Kurzwellensender
gestoert. Jetzt gibt es eine Loesung.
Oestliche Kurzwellensender haben in den letzten Wochen Internet-Nutzer in
Vorarlberg im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes gestoert: Cablecom-Kunden im Raum
zwischen Hohenems und Hoechst klagten immer wieder ueber extrem schlechte
Qualitaet des Internet-Zugangs. Sorgfaeltige Messungen haben nun gezeigt,
dass die Kurzwellensender an sogenannten "offenen Steckdosen_ von Kabel-TVAnschluessen auf derselben Frequenz wie der "Rueckkanal_ des Internet
eingestrahlt hat. Dadurch war keine Uebertragung mehr moeglich, erklaert
Cablecom-Geschaeftsfuehrer Bruno Steiger.
Cablecom wird nun auf eigene Kosten in jedem betroffenen Haushalt auf
eigene Kosten einen Filter anbringen, der die Aufnahme des Stoersignals
verhindert. Ausserdem werden saemtliche Hausinstallationen ueberprueft. Da
diese Woche zudem eine neue Lichtwellenleiter-Strecke zwischen dem Provider
Teleport im Medienhaus in Schwarzach und Hoechst in Betrieb genommen wird,
wird sich die Uebertragungsqualitaet zusaetzlich verbessern. (Vorarlberger
Nachrichten, Jul 26; via http://www.vol.at
(Kommentarlose Weiterleitung)
BANGALDESH
9550 R Bangladesh; Kabirpur, Jul 25, 1559-1603, IS, male
speaker in UNID lang, chants. At re-check 1630 clear mention of Bangladesh,
followed by beautiful song with female vocals. Ar 1600-1630, Be 1630-1730.
22432 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 26)
BELARUS
11960 1500-1600 relayed progrs: Mon - Radio Gomel, Tue - Radio
Vitebsk, Wed - Radio Brest, Thur - Radio Mogilev, Fri - Radio Grodno,
Sat/Sun - Radio Stolitsa Minsk.
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, "Club DX" # 456 / VORussia, Jul 23)
I hear the 6080 progr also on 6115 and 7210. In Klingenfuss 6080 and 6115
are listed under Stolitsa R, 7210 is listed under R Minsk. The 7210 is the
strongest with S9+10-20 and excellent modulation. (Kjell-Ingvar KarlssonSWE, Jul 27)
BELGIUM
On July 8th we did an experiment with a Belgian antenna. As you
may know, Radio Netherlands and Radio Vlaanderen Internat exchange airtime.
This means that Radio Netherlands uses 1512 MW, a tx which is located in
Flanders. At 2125 on Thurs we explained about a simple test with an
alternative antenna, at 2127 the switch was made, and then we asked whether
listeners could hear the difference. Phone, fax or e-mail we said.
Frankly, we were not prepared for the level of response via the phone. The
answering machine was blocked for more than an hour and half (1 am local
time) and the RN reception desk saw all ten phone lines light up suddenly.
We're pleased to say that several hundred people got through and that the
reactions are useful in determining whether we should switch from the
current vertical to the horizontal dipole antenna tested on Thurs.
We have never doubted that people are out there, but we were all amazed and
gratified at the level of this response. (media RNW, Jul 12)
BRAZIL
R Nacional do Brasil's ext sce (En 1800-1920, Ge 1930-2050) has
been missing from 15265 for at least 6 weeks now. Extensive search for a
new freq has brought no success, so I guess that either their tx is once
again out of order or the sce has been cancelled at all. Does anybody know
more?
(Matthias Gatzke-D, Jul 16, WORLD OF RADIO 997, Jul 22)
In the wake of reports that RNB's European sce is closing down, I have been
checking for the NoAM sce, and not hearing it, either - En 1200-1320
supposed to be on 15445. Jul 20 at 1227 check I heard nothing but FEBA on
15445 with IS, and into Nepali(?). After 1300 FEBA clashes with something
else, presumably Romania.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 997, Jul 22)
Full translation by gh: The problem is that the president has extinguished
RadioBras, which was responsible for the txs. Until it is decided which
govt agency becomes legally responsible for them, the txions, even if they
continue, will be precarious. Hug.]
(Luiz Cruz, Brazil, July 19, radioescutas. WORLD OF RADIO 997, Jul 22)
BULGARIA
R Varna MW 981 and several BUL FM txs is on the air at 0600 with
nx for holiday-makers on the Black Sea coast in En, Ge & Ru.
The other stations on Black Sea coast are
Radio Glarus-BUL.
Holiday radio-TUR.
Holiday Radio Constanta Mamaia-ROU. (PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 15)
CANADA
6030 CFVP I hadn't heard this one in a few days so I rang Ken
Pasolli at the stn. He explained that a recent storm had knocked their AM
outlet off the air. While they quickly fixed the AM, he didn't think to
even check the SW nor can they monitor the latter from their downtown
studios. Ken thought that the SW was most likely off the air and that they
would go out and take a look in the next day or two.
CHILE
Voz Cristiana has been audible since June 6 on 5675, //6070 in the
daytime (Emilio P. Povrzenic-ARG, DX via Radio Nuevo Mundo, via GH)
6070 plus 5675 equals 11745, which I think is another VC freq, so this
would be a difference mixing product. (Glenn Hauser-USA, Jul 27)
CHINA/RUSSIA
120 kW txers. Some time ago I received an extract from one
of your nxletters where Kai Ludwig commented on the Romanian 120 kW txers
that this power level reminded him of Chinese equipment.
Well, this unusual level originally is a Soviet invention. The first 120 kW
txer was the famed RV-96 in Moscow, which started testing in Nov 1937. It
consisted of two parallel 60 kW units and was designed by Aleksandr Mints,
the father of Soviet high power bcing. Apparently it was produced by the
Komintern factory, which from the 60's onwards brought the USSR to the top
of the power league with txers of up to 2500 kW.
RV-96 was moved to Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) upon the Nazi attack on the
USSR, but apparently was moved back to Moscow after the war. Two more txers
of the same model were built in Irkutsk and Komsomolsk, respectively.
During and after WWII three 60 kW units were built in St. Petersburg.
The oldest (oldest judging from the antenna tower designs) SW stn in the
Moscow area, Noginsk, was using 120 kW txers into the early 90s. The Lesnoy
stn also had 120 kW txers. The known 120 kW unit was part of a group of
seven txers with the same operating characteristics, and most likely the
whole group consisted of 120 kW units built in the early 50's. These
disappeared in the late 80's and were replaced by additional 250 kW units.
The inside and outside of the Lesnoy stn is featured on the RNW first CIS
QSL card from 1993. The txer shown, RV-193, disappeared early in 1993, and
may have been the last one ot the 120 kW group.
The old Irkutsk txers went off the air around 1974 when the new Angarsk
super power site was in full operation. There were two FS units at the old
site and an educated guess is that one was the 120 kW unit from around
1940. The second one could have been of a similar type. In the early 90's
Khabarovsk still had four 120 kW units in operation. The fate of the 120 kW
unit built at Komsomolsk is not known.
I would guess that the Russian 120 kW design was exported to China before
links were cut off in 1956. It is difficult to determine how many 120 kW
txers are actually operating in China, since the Chinese are not very open
about their real facilities. Anyhow, it appears that many of their oldest
txers are of this kind, with listings for the Beijing, Baoding, Xi'an and
Kunming sites. (Olle Alm-SWE, Jul 11)
Your UNID Chinese on 7200 2059+ is possibly CNR-2, noted here in Melbourne
reliably. s-on is 2058. VOA-Phils also on 7200 s-on 2200, also in Chinese
! (Bob Padula-AUS, Jul 21)
R China Internat on new channel 9685 1800-1900 & 1900-2000 in Ge lang S=5,
but progr a little bit delayed [Urumqi tx site?] compared to //6950. (x9710
due of co-ch VoR).
(Frank Kreuzinger-D, Jul 26)
CRI noted 26 Jul on new 9685 replacing much QRMed 9710 with the German
txion at 1800-2000, still from the Urumqi site. At 1957 the txer as usual
switched to 9535 for the En txion. Before 2000 9535 had utility noise on
both sides. This turned out to be from a RTTY txer on the lower side of the
7590 feeder. When the IS started at 2000 the system switched to the
satellite link. (Olle Alm-SWE, Jul 27)
CRI R Beijing in Tamil now uses 15210 (x9457) and 11575 at 1400-1500.
CRI in En powerful signal at 1700-1800 on 15300, probably via Urumqi ?
(WB, Jul 29)
CRI has made some adjustments to its summer schedule, and bcs from GUF
relay, at Montsinery, are as follows: 0200-0257 Sp 13685, 0300-0357
Mandarin, and En 0400-0457 on 970 [9730 ? ed].
Txions from the Sackville-CAN relay: 0300-0357 Sp, and 0400-0457 En on
9560.
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jul 29)
[TAIWAN non]
Jamming has been intensified against CBS sces for the
Chinese Mainland. Interference is now broad-banded, extending to 10 kHz
either side of nominal carrier freqs. Channels observed in Melbourne with
severe disruption are 7250 9630 and 7105 (News Network), and 9690
(Cantonese network). (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jul 29)
CLANDESTINE
fr/to ANGOLA 7100 In response to Mocanu's question, I
really heard Voice of Broad Masses of Eritrea from 1747- since I received a
QSL from them. On the other hand, I have checked my log on 20 Nov 1998:
1658-1740 VORGAN. (clearly identified).
(Sergey Kolesov-UKR, in Cumbre, Jul 9)
COLOMBIA
[Clandestine] 6168.3 VOZ DE LA RESISTENCIA, Bloque Oriental de
Colombia. 1130. 44444 (Yimber Gaviria-CLM, Conex 13, Jul 15)
CUBA
Bubble jamming against non-Marti Voz Cristiana, 21500, has resumed,
noted both around 1300 and when VC was clearly audible underneath at 1909
Jul 19. Just to be sure R Marti hadn't sneaked in here, the 21500 bc was
indeed //21550. WYFR on 21525, not far from Cuba, was quite weak by
comparison, but beamed to NoAF?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 22)
ECUADOR
15140 HCJB Pifo, Jul 25, 2238-2250, Booming in with lovely
Andean mx, short annt and ID by female in Sp. At 2247 promo or advt,
followed by romantic song with male vocals. Very pleasant listening with
6.4 kHz filter and some treble and bass adjustments, using AOR AR7030's
sync detector. 44444 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 26)
EGYPT
R Cairo new 1500-1530 9780 Azeri. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Jul 14)
ERITREA/SUDAN
CLANDESTINE (to Sudan) 7999.9, Voice of Sudan, 1700-1757*
Jul 17, with progr of politics and mx in Ar and stn anmt before s-off. At
the same time a strong mx jammer playing HoA-type songs on 8000.0 (USB
only) tried to make listening to the Voice of Sudan difficult. The mx
jammer left 8000U at 1803. And also the Sudan Natl Bcing Corp. used 8000.0
(full AM) for bcing its dom sec till 1759* (much to my surprise, following
a news bltn they ran an ad spot for a U.S. oil company). So currently three
different stns are using 8000 at the same time. Instead of ending their
long time radio war following a recent peace agreement between Eritrea and
Sudan, seemingly it is getting even more intensified. (Harald Kuhl-D, via
NU Jul 20)
CLANDESTINE from SUDAN to ERITREA?, 8020, UNID Voice of Dem Eritrea?, 15271531, Ar: Chants, ID unfortunetely only partly copied and S/OFF at 1531.
Fair.
SIO 343 (Antonello Napolitano-ITA, in Cumbre, Jul 15)
5500 Voice of the Tigre Revolution 1713 with id and mx, most mx had Ar
influence, but also some "western" type of mx. (Patrik Willfoer, Cumbre,
Jul 13)
ETHIOPIA
11800 Voice of Peace, 1059-1107, R Ethiopia's IS and ID in En
as "Voice of Peace" followed by a progr in Somali which started with MX,
ID, freq annt, and Quran recitals. At 1105 talk and songs. Fair/Good. SIO
353.
(Antonello Napolitano-ITA, in Cumbre, Jul 18)
9704.2 R Ethiopia Gedja, Jul 25, 1454-1501, ETHian popmx, male speaker in
vernac, IS, ID, chime, talk. 24332 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 26)
GERMANY
LW 153 DLF Donebach was off during daytime hours for maintenance
some days in July. Noted off on Jul 19/20/21 til 1600 UTC. Maintenance work
at Donebach on 153, today Jul 19. Radio Romania Actualitati via tx Bod
Romania (near Brasov/Kronstadt) noted instead, SINPO 15442 at 0800. (Erich
Bergmann-D, and other contributors, Jul 21)
5850 Sunrise R via DTK Juelich, tells me that they have been off SW for
about a week. They are having "problems with the txions" and "we're trying
to sort it out." They could not say when or even if they would be back on
SW.
Overcomer Ministry now using 13810 via Juelich 0600-0959 to CIRAF 55 56 58
59 60 (=AUS/NZL), beamed 250 degr (long path into AUS). Super strong sigs
here in Melbourne and perilously close to Croatian R on 13820, also via
Juelich, 0500-0659 to CIRAF 55 59 60 (230 degrs), and 0700-0859 CIRAF 58 59
60 (270 degrs). (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jul 22)
9355 IBC R London, via DTK Juelich. 0000-0030. Inicio de emisiones en Tamil
con ID, musica asiatica y luego un largo comentario por locutor. 34433.
(Marcelo Cornachioni-ARG, Conex 13, Jul 20)
[no, not print out in latest DTK schedule. Its rather bc via Kamo-Armenia
tx ?, ed]
We have been informed that there has been an article in the newspaper
"Frankfurter Rundschau" on the closure of AFN Frankfurt at the end of this
year and its move to Mannheim or Karlsruhe. Unfortunately, we have not read
the original article. Therefore we should be interested in any information
on this subject.
Are you able to confirm that AFN will leave Frankfurt, and can you give us
any more details? What will happen to the tx installations on AM and FM?
We should be very thankful for your reply. Yours sincerely,
Michael Bethge Chief editor of "DX MAGAZINE", Jul 4.
Here's all the information presently available. We'll continue to maintain
our radio txs in Frankfurt [MW 873, 150 kW] and on the Feldberg, north of
the city [FM 98.7 MHz 60 kW].
(Roger Williams AFN Europe Public Affairs Officer. Jul 22)
American Forces Network Europe, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, for
over 30 years, [and more 24 years at Hoechst Castle near Frankfurt from
1945 onwards, ed] will relocate to a new location, possibly as early as the
fall of 2000, an AFN official confirmed Wednesday. The most likely scenario
has AFN headquarters moving south to Mannheim, which is about an hour's
drive from Frankfurt, while the local affiliate, AFN Frankfurt, would
relocate north to Hanau, said Roger Williams, an AFN spokesman.
Last Friday, AFN formally submitted its plan to U.S. Army Europe, the 26th
and 104th Area Support Groups, and the Army Broadcasting Service in
Washington D.C., the network's parent organization. Moving AFN out of
Frankfurt makes sense because, aside from Rhein-Main Air Base, which won't
be around much longer anyway [facilities should move to Ramstein Pfalz Air
Base soon, ed], the U.S. military has already vacated the metropolis.
Williams emphasized the pending move is mostly about cuttings costs and
bring AFN physically closer to the audience it serves. "We are inconvenient
for the customers," Williams said, "and we are away from the flag poles of
the major commands."
While Mannheim is the leading candidate to get AFN, it's not the only
suitor. Another prime location is the European Stars and Stripes compound
in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Williams said. AFN has asked the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to conduct a site survey to determine the costs of
upgrading the facilities in Mannheim, in particular Coleman Barracks, and
Griesheim-Darmstadt. Officials have also looked at sites in Wiesbaden and
Kaiserslautern. But, said Williams, "all indicators are pointing to (the
Mannheim) location right now."
The move should occur sometime during fiscal 2001, which begins in Oct
2000. Williams said there are currently 61 civilian and military personnel
assigned to the headquarters staff and another 17 people who work for the
Frankfurt affiliate. "I heard they want to be closer to the troops," said
Klaus Berg, the general director of Hessischer Rundfunk, a German public
radio and television stn. The stn is adjacent to the two-story AFN complex
in the Dornbusch section of Frankfurt. In the past, when Frankfurt was home
to 5th Corps, the Frankfurt Army Regional Medical Center and the 3rd
Armored Division headquarters, the community was bustling. Across the
street from the AFN stn, for example, was a post exchange and commissary.
Today, if an AFN employee needs to renew their ID card, they need to travel
to Wiesbaden or Heidelberg to make it happen. "They seem to fell a little
bit isolated, because everything but the Air Force went away," Berg said.
"They are an island." Berg, members of his staff and tens of thousands of
other Germans grew up listening to AFN-Frankfurt. In fact, Berg, who is now
61, said he learned to speak English by listening to AFN and the British
Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC.
Calling them good neighbors and colleagues, Berg said he regrets their
decision to leave but he understands the reasons behind it. ""They are very
familiar with Frankfurt," Berg said, "and Frankfurt is very familiar with
them."
(KEVIN DOUGHERTY, AFN staff writer. Jul 22)
MW tx tests in northeastern Germany.
Acc the "LRZ" media authority of German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Deutsche Telekom has announced upcoming tx tests on MW freqs, which was
abandoned in the last years and now designated for commercial bcs.
The tests should start at the end of July and last through the whole Aug.
They will start with the Woebbelin site south from Schwerin on both 576 and
999, then during the Aug one after another Rostock 558, Neubrandenburg 657,
Putbus 1017 (instead of previous 729 channel) and Greifswald (as announced,
not Putbus) 531 will be tested.
Last week, Power-Radio signed the contract with Deutsche Telekom and it is
said that they already establish their studios, so it looks rather good
that they will indeed start bcing on Greifswald-531, Rostock-558,
Neubrandenburg-657 and Woebbelin-999 on Sep 9th as announced.
Regarding "MEGA Radio", which holds the licence for Woebbelin-576 and
Putbus-1017, the "LRZ" authority now treats them like if they were already
on the air. These bcer recently announced, that it will start as soon as
possible after the tx tests, maybe "already" in August. However, so far
nobody has seen any studios etc., so literally nobody is believing in these
statement. Looks like "LRZ" just tolerate this situation because there are
no other interests for the freqs so far. ("LRZ" via Michael Fuhr-D, Jul 19)
GUAM
Changes of KTWR Agana in En fr Mar 28:
1430-1600 Mon-Fri & 1430-1630 Sat & Sun on 15330.
Pacific DX report is on Mon new 1545-1600 (x1615-1630).
Freq changes of AWR Ksda Agat Guam:
1400-1600 Sinh/En/Telugu/Marathi on NF 9355 (x11980).
2300-2330 Cantonese, 2330-2400 Shanghainese Mon-Fri, 2330-2400 Uighur
Sat/Sun NF 17870 (45544) (x17865).
1600-1630 Wavescan Suns on 9355 heard. (PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 15)
HONDURAS
I asked Jeff White about the status of R Copan. Here is what he
had to say: There are no real plans at the moment to reactivate R Copan,
but our engineer was in Honduras recently and talked to the authorities
about possibly reactivating it at some point in the future, and they didn't
seem to have any problem with that. So we'll see what happens. (DIRECT
Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Jul 13)
INDIA
All India Radio's PANAJI tx is now using its operation beyond 1730.
Although scheduled in A99 period but only in the first week of Jul they are
using this tx site beyond 1730.
9635 1745-1945 GOS-IV
9705 2245-0045 GOS-I
11715 2045-2230 GOS-V
11740 0000-0045 Ta, 2300-2400 Hi.
Still slight problem is there with modulation. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jul 25)
A new and updated version with all A99 schedule has been uploaded in SOUTH
ASIA RADIO GUIDE home pages. The following pages are available:
1. En lang b'cast as heard in SoAS.
2. Vernacular b'cast of SoAS.
3. A complete Frequency Database in 4 parts.
4. A separate pages on Regional, External and News hookup schedule
of ALL INDIA RADIO.
The URL is :
e-mail alokdg@vsnl.com
alokdg@radiolink.net
SARG Home page :http://www.angelfire.com/in/alokdg
All India R En nx in the GOS at 1800 on 15075 11620 9950 7410. Nx about the
Kashmiri issue. (Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, Jul 12)
PRIVATE SECTOR ENTRY INTO FM-RADIO CLEARED IN INDIA.
On 7th July '99 govt of India cleared the entry of the private sector into
FM radio bcing. Govt expects that with this decision nearly 150 FM channels
will be set up in the country which will more than double the FM network.
Currently FM txion covers 17% of the country's area & 21% of the
population. The salient features of this policy are:
* Govt to grant 10 year licences to private operators for setting up
of 150 new FM channels in 40 cities outside of the All India Radio
network.
* Pvt operators can avail 12 FM channels in four metro's ,while in
36 other townships the number of new channels will range from 2-8.
* An applicant will be permitted only one licence per centre.
* Apart from private commercial broadcasters, licences would be
granted to NGO's, educational institutions & community radio's.
* No foreign participation allowed.
* Private FM broadcasters cannot cover news & current affairs.They can
cover areas like music, entertainment, education, business, capital
market, airline, railway & bus schedules ,traffic,sports & weather.
* Capital adequacy norms for pvt operators-Rs 3 crore for capital
investment & Rs 2 crore for working capital per station.
* Licences issued will be non-transferable.
* Channel's identity must include frequency also.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, Jul 24)
IRAN
what appears to be announced as the Azeri sce is heard at sign on
1630 on 7170. Their schedule says Azeri 1630-1830 on 7170 too ! It opens
with usual electronic piano IS, three chimes, ID and usually a non-vocal
rendition of the anthem. What is interesting is, that there is much mention
of Tabriz, and one of their ID's seemed to be "Tabriz Radio...", although I
will admit that my Azeri is not very fluent !
Their schedule indicates "Zahedan" adjacent to their Pushto services, so
may mean that at least some if it originates there, but I cannot get good
enough signals to copy clearly. I seem to remember someone reported the
group of services using 7180 also came from a regional centre. This is only
clearly audible here from about 1555-1629 in an UNIDentified language,
schedule shows Tajik. No clear ID yet heard. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 24)
Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS mentioned Mashhad 7180 Uz 1530-1600, Tajik 1600-1730.
[ed]
This schedule shows sces bc by the VoIRI from its studios at Mashhad, the
capital of Khorasan province in NoEaIRN, for listeners in CeAS. The MW tx
on 720 is at Tayyebad, also in Khorasan province. The Tajik bcs at 0330 &
1600 may be in standard Persian.
Stn ID in Persian: "Inja Mashhad ast, Seda-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran,
markaz-e Khorasan". ("This is Mashhad, the Voice of the Islamic Republic of
Iran, Khorasan centre."). Addr: P.O.B. 555, Mashhad, Iran.
7180 720; 0100-0300 Dari. 0300-0330 Uz. 0330-0500 Taj. 1330-1530 Ur. 15301600 Uz. 1600-1730 Taj. (BBCM via AGDX, Oct 1998)
17620 VoIRI is currently testing in Jpn, tnx to tip from Hideyuki Watanabe
hrd *1300-1326* Jul 17, good signal, //15200; two progrs, "Sekai no Jyosei"
(The World's Women) and "Kon'nichi no Iran" (Today's Iran). ID in JP is
"Iran Kokuei-Hoso, Kokusai Rajio," which means "Iran Natl Broadcast, Intl
Radio." The official txion will commence on Wed, Jul 21, and will be aired
on Mon, Wed & Sat, rebc on Sun, Tues & Thurs. "The request and opinion will
be welcomed to FAX 0098-21-205-3273, voice 0098-21-205-3227 or 216-2627.
Send rpts to P.O. Box 19395-6767 Tehran, Iran." (TIN-JPN, via NU, Jul 20)
The test txion was composed of annts for the establishment about the progrs
in Jpn and two programs incl "Sekai no Jyosei" (The Worlds' Women)and
"Kon'nichi no Iran" (Today's Iran), and all programming was hosted by a
female Jpn. Her name was not mentioned on the air. The stn name is
identified in Jpn as "Iran Kokuei-Hoso, Kokusai Rajio" which means "Iran
National Broadcast, International Radio". According to the stn ID, the new
Jpn sce is established for the purpose of promoting the mutual
understanding and friendly relations between Iranian and Japanese people,
that have maintained a long history since a long time ago. Regular
programming will include nat and internat nxcasts, social and cultural
topics, at 1300-1330 on Mon, Wed, and Sat, and will rebc on Sun, Tue and
Thur. Requests and opinions welcomed to FAX: 0098-21-205-327 3, TEL: 009821-205-3227 or 216-2627.
Send reports to PO Box 395-6767, Tehran, Iran. (Takayuki Inoue Nozaki,
EDXP, Jul 22)
IRAQ
Since July 4th Voice of Mojahed on new 9350 and from June 6th on
7450. Together with IRN jammers now "wandering" 4700-4950, 7000-7100, 74007500, 9300-9400 plus more six freqs out of BC and amteur radio bands at
0200-0500 and 1400-1800.
(PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 15)
CLANDESTINE from IRAQ? to IRAQ The Voice of the People of Kurdistan, the
Voice of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (a Kurdish party) (presumed) on
7000v (between 6999 and 7001). *1950-2030 in Ku. Revolutionary song, Koran,
Kurdish talks and mx. SINPO=34333. //freq is 4062v (between 4061 and 4063),
not QSY ! SINPO=23332. IDed "Ehra Dange Gelli Kurdistana." in Kurdish.
(Satoshi Hasebe-JPN, via Cumbre, Jul 18)
Baghdad is now heard regularly on powerhouse 9685 between about 1600 and
about 1900 (varies). 11786.98 was found in //but very poor around 1830 on
July 20.
And a heterodyne to the BBC on 7160 turned into a transmission same day as
it gradually faded up and drifted up to 7162 and was IDed as Baghdad also
and in //. This was still going at 2000. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 24)
Iraq irregularly on 11785 in Ge from 1930-2100. O=3-4, bad modulation.
Addr: Radio Iraq International, Postbox 8145, 12222 Bagdad Irak.
(Dr. E. Woellersdorfer-AUT, Jul 19)
CLANDESTINE IRAQ/KURDISTAN
Voice of Kurdishtan at 1730 on 4060.5 //7000
fair signals. Maybe the 7000 gets into EUR for any Kurds who care to
listen? Voice of the Iraqui Kurdistan heard on 4085.2 at the same time
almost equal in strength.
(Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, Jul 10)
JORDAN
DST in Joran started on July 1st. In En now 1000-1630 on 11960 (1
hour earlier). (PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 15)
KOSOVO
R Pristina wieder teilweise auf Sendung. Nach einer einmonatigen
Pause ist am Mittwoch nachmittag der Rundfunksender R Pristina wieder
teilweise auf Sendung gegangen. Der UN-Verwalter Bernard Kouchner
erklaerte, die UNO und die Organisation fuer Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit
in Europa (OSZE) wollten "allen eine neue Art von Informationen" zur
Verfuegung stellen und "so mit Ihnen einen Dialog eroeffnen".
Kouchners franzoesische Ansprache wurde ins Albanische, Serbische und
Tuerkische uebersetzt. Seiner Rede folgte eine 15minuetige
Nachrichtensendung, die UN-Mitarbeiter vorbereitet hatten. In den kommenden
Tagen soll R Pristina pro Tag eine Stunde Programm in drei Sprachen
bringen. Uebergangsweise wurde die Franzoesin Mirjana Cerovic zur
internationalen Direktorin des Senders bestellt. (AFP, via Benno Klink-D,
Jul 28)
LIBERIA
I haven't heard of any log of R Liberia Internat recently, so it
might be of interest to you to note that the stn is on the air.
5100 R Liberia Internat, 11 Jul, 2045-2130 weak but stable, 2045 relig
talk (in African En) about compassion, 2100 ID/drums, national nx,
extensive coverage of each item e.g. appeals of Pres Taylor, educational
system / Christian academies, ID/drums, 2115 non-stop WeAFcan mx, 2130 ID.
(Dr. Hansj”rg Biener-D, Jul 12)
LUXEMBOURG/GERMANY
Hallo, hier aktuelle Infos zum Europaradio:
Europaradio on tour. Von Mitte Juli bis Sept ist Europaradio (So 1100-1600
auf KW 5975 kHz) mit der Wunschbox unterwegs. Auf Camping- und
Marktplaetzen, Stadtfesten oder Einkaufszentren kann man dem Team begegnen,
wird angesprochen und ist mit etwas Glueck in der Wunschbox. Die Termine
gibt's im Radio oder koennen per Fax 00352/575354 erfragt werden. Neu im
Programmplan ist TOP-3, die Luxemburgische Hitparade. Hier wird Musik aus
Luxemburg der 50er bis 90er Jahre praesentiert.
Moderator soll ein Kuenstler aus Luxemburg sein. Vorsitzender und
Programmdirektor von Europaradio ist Jean Paul Heinen, der im Okt 1995 den
erfolgreichen Privatsender Radio Tele Europa (RTE) gruendete. Programmchef
ist Stephan Kues. Der 22-jaehrige sammelte erste Radioerfahrungen beim
Offenen Kanal Saarland als Moderator und Tontechniker.
Das Programmschema von Europaradio: 25. Jul; 16-18 Uhr MESZ "Wunschbox on
Tour" 01. Aug; 16-17 Uhr "Wort aus Musik"; 17-18 Uhr "Top Charts" 08. Aug;
16-18 Uhr "Wunschbox on Tour" 15. Aug; 16-18 Uhr "Luxemburg mal anders Eine Reise durch Luxemburg" 22. Aug; 16-18 Uhr "Wunschbox on Tour" 29. Aug;
16-17 Uhr "Zum Todestag von Lady Di"; 17-18 Uhr "Europamagazin". Zur
Sonnenfinsternis im Aug werden fuer Empfangsberichte spezielle QSL-Karten
ausgestellt.
Die Anschrift lautet: Europaradio, Postfach 212, L-4003 Esch/Alzette.
(Quelle: RADIO JOURNAL - www.radiojournal.de)
Auf die Sonder-QSL duerfen wir gespannt sein !
(Klaus Koehler-D, Jul 22)
MALAYSIA
R Malaysia Sarawak, SW freqs. It was received with QSL-letter
from Yusof Ally, Dir of Bcing.
Station
Kuching
Kuching
Kuching
Kuching
Kuching
Kuching
kHz
7145
4895
7160
7130
5030
7270
Reg stn
and
RTM Sibu
5005
Reg stn
RTM Miri
6050
3385
LT (UTC +8)
0600-2400
0600-0900 1200-1300
0600-0900 1300-2400
0600-0800 1200-1400
0600-0800 1200-1400
0600-0900 1200-1300
1800-2300
1800-2300
1800-2300
1800-2300
Dialect Used
BM
Iban
Ch/En
Bidayuh
Bidayuh
Iban
0600-0900 1200-1300 1800-2300 Iban
0600-0900
1100-1200
6060 1200-1300
1300-1800
1800-2300
(Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Jul 29)
Iban
local Miri
Iban
Kenyan
Iban
MAURITANIA
On Jul 21, 2020 tent Mauritania on 4831.74, playing AF mx,
signal weak, defint. not Bamako-MLI. (Christoph; Erich Bergmann-D, Jul 21)
MOLDOVA
TWR in Bulg Aug 2 - Sept 5:
1815-1830 Sun-Fri, 1815-1845 Sat only NF Grigoriopol 1548 (x1395-ALB).
TWR in Bulg Sept 6 - Oct 30:
1800-1830 Sun-Fri, 1800-1845 Sat only NF Grigoriopol 1548.
TWR in Romanian Aug 2 - Oct 30:
1830-1845 Sun-Fri NF Grigoriopol 1548 (x1395-ALB). (PanIview Rumen PankovBUL, Jul 15)
MOROCCO
15345 King Hassan II funeral, RTV Marocaine Nador 1555 Ar live
report from the funeral of King Hassan II. Reporter often mentions Maghreb,
Hassan and Allah. Crowd shouting on the background while reporter seemed to
be getting more emotional. SINPO 54444.(Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 25)
NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO
Radio 21 from Flevoland.
We've received a steady trickle of RRs on the txions of the Kosovo stn
Radio 21 via our Flevo tx site. Most of these reports ask us to QSL the
txion. However, as we have announced on the air and on our Website, this is
not possible. Radio Netherlands only verifies reports on its own progrs,
regardless of where they are txed from. Similarly, when other organizations
(e.g. Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal) use Radio Netherlands txs, they
verify their own progrs, not us.
In the case of Radio 21, this is a humanitarian operation and we have
merely provided technical facilities. We strongly urge you *not* to bother
Radio 21 with RRs. They know they are being received in the Balkans and
have no interest in reception elsewhere. This is essentially a temporary
dom bc, not an internat one. Apart from making progrs, Radio 21 personnel
are busy trying to re-establish a base in their home city of Pristina, and
this must take priority. (media RNW, Jul 12)
NIUE Isl.
"... A month earlier I was in Niue, a PAC Isl nation with the
population of a very small town. ... Tiny Niue had a radio stn which
operated in equally laid back style. Officially Radio Niue started bcing at
6 am but that depended on the announcer getting out of bed in time - some
mornings it would be 6.15 or even 6.30. In the week before my visit there
was a day when it was 7.30 before without any opening music or prior
warning, Radio Niue suddenly squawked into life. 'Yes, yes, I know you
think I've really overslept this morning,' were the opening words. 'But
actually I've been talking to you, playing records, bcing the nx, for the
last hour and a half. It's just that I forgot to turn on the tx.'"
(from Planet Talk/Lonely Planet Publications, Nr. 39/1999, Hawthorn/AUS,
via Dieter Krumbach-D, DL5NFZ, Jul 29)
PAKISTAN
R Pakistan replaced v17555 by 17835 at 0500-0700 in Urdu to
NE&ME. This is to avoid ISR in French, which is active on that freq at
0500, and also to avoid a loud and noisy UTE on about 17551. Tx is API-1
Islamabad 100 kW 282 degr. Turk sce at 1700-1730 left 11600 but no trace on
15 MHz so far, may be co-ch with something else. But 13580 continues. (Noel
Green-UK, Jul 24)
[13579.94 on Jul 26; 11640.00 to avoid KOL 11605?, and 13579.96 on Jul 29,
ed]
15485.1 R Pakistan 0230 ID En to SoAS. Female announcer. Fair signal.
15625
R Pakistan 1213 in Be to SoAS. Mx then female and male anncrs.
Fair to Good signal long path. In the clear. (Bill Thomas-USA, Cumbre, Jul
19/21)
AZAD KASHMIR
AKR going strong 4790.4 and Muzaffarabad on 3662 with diff
progrs.
(Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK UADX, Jul 12)
PORTUGAL
RDP special progr to AF 21655 ceased? Missed since Jul 17.
From Jul 19, 1600-1900 RDP usual Port progr //21780 17680 13625 11860
11800.
(Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Jul 21)
RUSSIA
"DX Club" the famous progr of VoRUS in Russian is back on the air.
Stopped in April, when Pavel Mikhailov suffered a heart attack.
Heard again on July 7th at 1540 on 15490, but the editor and presenter was
Vadim Alexeev. He said that Pavel is recovering at home and will be back in
the future on Pyatnitskaya studio. May blessing for him ! (PanIview Rumen
Pankov-BUL, Jul 15)
VoRussia. Ru sce, DX-progr.
1340 Sun 693 1323 9945 15510
2040 Sun 612
693 1215 9865
0140 Mon 7125 9480 12070 15455
1540 Wed 648 15490 17580
15525
12070
17565 17660 17690 21755
(RUS-DX Anatoly Klepov-RUS, Jul 18)
SAUDI ARABIA
Riyadh 0600-0900 replaced 15380 by 15355. Now bad co-ch NHK
Gabon in Ge and Fr. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Jul 21)
SERBIA
I was just hearing RTS Belrade Stubline again on 684 at 2030 on 20
July.
Not particularly strong and most likely a provisional arrangement. News
programme // 1107.
(Olle Alm-SWE, Jul 20; P. Ungerboeck-AUT, Jul 21; W. Herzog-AUT, Jul 22)
RTS Beograd noted yesterday Jul 22, from 1900, //1107, and weak 1296 and
1440.
On 837 a Hungarian lang progr tent from R Novi Sad in Voivodina Serbia.
(Erich Bergmann-D, Jul 22)
[nothing heard of RTS on SW //7200, ed]
B92
Radio stn B92 is back on air !
dictatorship restrictions.
But suffering still limitations by the
Hallo! Die Tageszeitung "taz" meldet am 29.07.99: B92 sendet unter neuem
Namen.
Der populaere unabhaengige Belgrader Lokalsender "Radio B92" hat nach mehr
als vier Monaten gestern sein Programm unter neuem Namen und auf neuer
Frequenz wiederaufgenommen. Der Sender nennt sich jetzt "B2-92". Zunaechst
wird nur Musik gespielt, die Politik- und Informationsprogramme sollen ab
naechster Woche wieder zu hoeren sein. Jugoslawische Behoerden hatten nur
Stunden nach Beginn der Nato-Luftangriffe gegen Jugoslawien den
regimekritischen Sender geschlossen. (Juergen Lohuis-D, Jul 29)
Ist aber, da die Zensurgesetze nicht aufgehoben sind "gleichgeschaltet".
(Josef Haas-AUT, Jul 29)
SEYCHELLES
FEBA Radio moved their 11885 to 11640 (since BBC left this
channel) at 1300-1330 in Malayalam & 1330-1345 in Tamil. (Alok DasguptaIND, Jul 25)
[see also 11640/11870 under UK, ed]
SRI LANKA
R Japan Ekala (Sri Lanka). Relay tx has rectified the problem
on Jul 6 by changing the faulty synthesizer, as per e-mail message received
from Mr. Koichi Komada, Assistant Manager Progrs, Internat Bcing & Planning
Dept, NHK. Mr. Komada is in charge of overseas relay txs of R Japan.
(Kanwarjit Sandhu, EDXP, Jul 22)
TAHITI
15170 RFO Tahiti Papetee. 0540-0550. Musica local. Anuncios en
polinesio. 24432 (Arnaldo Slaen-ARG, Conex 13, Jul 10)
[??, widely reported that "RFO station gone for ever", ed]
TAIWAN
MERLIN Comm Internat Limited signs exclusive agreement with the
CBS of Taiwan.
On Tue 13th July 1999 in Taipei, Taiwan, Merlin Comm Internat Ltd signed an
exclusive agreement with the CBS of TWN to market and broker its facilities
globally. Merlin already has an exchange agreement with CBS where air time
is exchanged between Taiwan and the UK.
However, this agreement means that Merlin has the exclusive right to market
CBS' extensive facilities around the world. CBS has some 41 txs, both SW
and MW, based in TWN with excellent sces into all the Asia Pacific regions.
CBS and R Taipei Internat progrs are bc via a txion system connecting the
South and North of Taiwan. CBS own nine txion sites across TWN, with
sixteen Mw txs and twenty five SW txs which transmit programming into IndoCHN, Mainland CHN and all over the Asia Pacific region. (Merlin
Communications website via Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
I wasn't aware CBS had ANY facilities outside Taiwan -- at least not txs.
See also the related story under USA [non] below! I think the following
story is saying that CSPS will no longer use KHBI, and in effect is being
replaced by CBS facilities -- NOT that Saipan stn ownership will be taken
over by Merlin from RFA in August! But R Taipei Int'l (never mentioned by
this name) will get relays into EUR from UKOGBANI. Haven't the Chinese
people enough problems -- and religions -- already without being bombarded
with wacky CS propaganda? Why should Merlin care? (Hauser-USA, Jul 22)
MERLIN Comm Ltd signs exchange SW deal with Herald Bcing Syndicate, Inc &
Central Bcing System of Taiwan.
Merlin Comm Internat is pleased to announce the signing of a one year
contract with Herald Bcing Syndicate Inc. (HBS) to provide SW audio txion
of The Christian Science Publishing Society's (TCSPS) progrs into SoCHN,
Beijing and IND for three hrs a day. The deal is part of an exchange with
Central Bcing System of Taiwan (CBS), the major broadcaster in TWN.
Herald programming will be transferred via the internet from TCSPS's
studios in Boston, USA, to Merlin's London control centre at Bush House.
The signal will then be uplinked via Merlin's GDS satellite onto CBS' tx in
Taipei for rebc into AS and IND. "We look forward to a long, successful
relationship with Merlin in bcing in the Pacific Rim," says Catherine
Aitken-Smith, Director, Internat Bcing for HBS.
Three hrs of CBS programming in En, Ge and Mandarin will be transferred
from their studio in TWN via the internet into the Merlin London Control
Centre and then onto Merlin's GDS satellite. The SW signal will then be
txed from Merlin's site in Cumbria, in the NoWe of England into WeEUR, GER
and EaEUR.
HBS bcs from the island of Saipan on a SW stn owned by R Free Asia until
Aug of 1999, when Merlin ommunications will take over these bcs.
Merlin has conducted business in over 100 countries worldwide and txs over
1000 hrs of both SW and MW per day. Outside the UK staff are permanently
located in ASC Isl, ATG, CYP, OMA, SEY, SNG and THA.
(Merlin Comm website Jul 22 via Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING)
R Taipeh Internat in Ge from Aug 1st:
0600-0700 9985 via WYFR USA (repeat of 2nd progr hour of previous day).
1800-1900 9955 direct (1st progr hour).
1900-2000 on new 6100 via Merlin-UK relay (2nd progr hour).
2100-2200 11565 and 15600 via WYFR USA (repeat of 1st progr hour).
(Willi Stengel-D, Jul 24)
TAJIKISTAN
Radio Iran of Tomorrow in Persian heard 1700-1730 on 3rd hx
17490 (from nominal 5830), Dushanbe 200 kW non-dir. (PanIview Rumen PankovBUL, Jul 15)
THAILAND
9885 R Thailand 1230-1300 En 1230 R Thailand's evening nx. 1244
a page from Thai history. 1249 nx in perspective on National Language day
in honour of the King of Thailand. 1257 world nx updates. 1300 tx sw-off.
(Lindsay Allen-AUS, Cumbre, Jul 17)
TUNISIA
RTT Tunis verified 963 by letter and detailed card after 127 days
against 2 IRCs, addr: Le Chef de Service du Controle de la Recepcion de
l'Office National de la Telediffusion O.N.T. Cite Ennassim I - Bourjel - BP
399 / 1080 Tunis, Tunisia.
Tel +216 1 801 177
e-mail: Ont.@ati.tn
Fax: +216 1 781 927
V/s ist Abdesselem Slim
(Enzio Gehrig-SPA, Jul 27)
TURKEY
VoTUR in En 1230-1325 on new 15225 (x17830) due to BBC Asian
stream.
In Tu 1900-2200 11910 in usb mode, 54554. That's is the single freq of
VoTUR active in USB mode ! (PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 15)
UNIDENTIFIED
21505 UNID stn in various times between 0300-0600. No any
ID, only light orchestral non-stop mx. Observed on July 13, 14, 15th.
Comment: either further Marconi tests on Iranawila IBB relay station on Sri
Lanka island,
or more function tests on Chinese Urumqi SW station, this time on 13 mb,
see bc-dx #419 tx test items under China and Sri Lanka. (ed, Jul 25)
UNID stn without any ID is heard daily, s-on varies around 1810 til 1957 on
6800. Each day on different freq in 6760-6830 range. The progr is
consisting of Kurdish patriotic and folk songs. Same sounds can be heard
via Voice of the Patriotic Islamic Iranian Kurdistan in Arabic, Persian and
Kurdish operating on 4025 at 0227-0327.
UK
Merlin Network 1 with techno mx progr was heard on Jul 10, 1300-1700
15235.
BBC changes Pa 0745-0945 only on Fris, new 17720 (x15585), reg is Zyyi-CYP
300 kW 77 degr.
Alban 1000-1030 (Sat/Sun -1015) new 15190 (x15555) & 13745, ?RMP 500 kW 95
degr. 1315-1345 (Sat/Sun -1330) delete 13670. (PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL,
Jul 15)
Swinging Radio England heard this night at about 0130. Co-ch QRM by India
and Iran. Weak signal at 2155, freq drift v1565.94 from exact 1565.96 ten
minutes before. SINPO 22342.
(Martin Elbe-D, Jul 19/20)
BBC Monitoring celebrates its 60th anniversary on 26th Aug.
A web site has been set up at
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/bbcfsu
which looks at BBCM over this period. The site is still very much "under
construction", but already contains some interesting photos and articles.
(Chris Greenway British DX Club via Rogers, in Cumbre, Jul 19)
BBC Mandarin noted opening on 11870[-RUS] at 1300 on 25 July, seems to be
via CIS tx judging by sign-on routine (opem carrier for at least 10 mins
before the hour, then abruptly into progr a few secs before 1300), //9605,
15285 etc. Nothing heard on 11640 during the past few days, so presume
this is indeed replacing that freq.
Replaced 11640 via Chita-RUS relay by 11870 ? [ed]
Scheduled 1300-1530 500 kW at 195 degr, to zones 43 WeCHN-TIB & 44 EaCHN &
KOR/KRE.
A minor change for BBC Thai sce, recently heard at 1235-1300 on 7135 and
9605 (used to sign on at 1230). Not all of the Thai stns relaying the BBC
seem to be aware of this change -- R Thailand 837 in Bangkok noted with 5
stray mins of BBC WS En 'Waveguide' at 1230 on 25 July before sudden switch
to Thai at 1235. (Alan Davies-THA, Jul 26)
Merlin Internat - new schedule - all progrs in En to EUR:
0000-0100 Sat Global Sound Kitchen 6015 7325 9720
1300-1700 Sat Global Sound Kitchen 9750 12035 15235
1600-1700 Mon-Fri Roy Masters 6175
2100-2300 Fri Global Sound Kitchen 6140 7325 9720
2300-0000 Fri Global Sound Kitchen 6015 7325 9720. (BBCM via EDXP, Jul 28)
Address of R Caroline
mail@radiocaroline.co.uk
(Piet Pypers-HOL, Jul 28)
Another address
Caroline Support Group, 426 Archway Road, London N6 4JH, United Kingdom.
(Harald Kuhl-D, Jul 28)
Seit heute sendet Radio Caroline mal wieder mit RSL-Lizenz. Frequenz 1503,
die Ross Revenge liegt bei Southend on Sea. Die Lizenz gilt vom 26.7. bis
zum 22.8., Sendeleistung 1 Watt. Heute frueh kam um 0430 noch sehr schwach
etwas unter R Stoke, um 0440 war Caroline aber endgueltig weggefadet.
Muesste etwas frueher eigentlich ganz ordentlich gehen. Und Radio Stoke ist
so freundlich, laengere Wortbeitraege zu senden, da laesst sich dann ganz
gut die Popmusik von Caroline ausmachen. (Martin Elbe-D, Jul 26)
Gestern haben mich drei Listenteilnehmer angemailt und gefragt, ob ich eine
Adresse von RCaroline haette, und ob die denn bestaetigen.
Zuerst die gute Nachricht: RCaroline best„tigt die RSL-Aktionen ziemlich
sicher; ich habe 1584, 1503 und 1278 von verschiedenen Standorten
bestaetigt. Problematischer ist die Adresse...
Nicht, dass es daran mangelt, im Gegenteil: Ich habe zuviele und weiss
nicht, welche denn jetzt die erfolgversprechendste ist. Frueher sagte
Caroline die Adresse
P.O.Box 963, London SW28
an, ueber die Adresse habe ich 2 QSL-Briefe vom Radio Engineer Steve
Masters bekommen (Jan 1995 und Sept 1995). Dann gibt es als weitere
Moeglichkeit die
Caroline Support Group, 426 Archway Road, London N6 4JH.
Einer der Bootsleute ist
Andre Hardy, erreichbar ueber 70 Dumergue Road, Queensborough, Isle of
Sheppey, Kent.
Dann gibt es noch den Caroline-Devotionalienhandel,
R Caroline Sales, 148 Grange Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9PR.
Von dort gab es eine QSL ueber 1278, Aug 1997, verie-signer John Knight.
Am besten ist es wohl, abzuwarten, welche Adresse jetzt angegeben wird.
Oder ein e-mail an
mail@radiocaroline.co.uk
schicken. (Martin Elbe-D, Jul 27)
USA
WORLD OF RADIO 1000.
Please don't delay any longer if you were going to send us a cassette
recorded greeting, criticism, historical reminiscense or memorable
broadcast excerpt for our 1000th numbered progr. Assuming Extra 30 is
released in the meantime, 1000 would start the week of August 18, and we
would like to prepare it a bit ahead of time rather than at usual last
minute; possibly another Extra will be inserted delaying 1000 to August 25+
(Glenn Hauser, Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, U.S.A.)
WORLD OF RADIO SHORTWAVE-ONLY SCHEDULE AS OF JULY 27
Days and times strictly UTC
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sun
Sun
Sun
Sun
Sun
Mon
Mon
Tue
Tue
Wed
Wed
2100
2030
1930
0330
1130
1130
1930
1800
0200
0230
0630
1000
2300
0501
0700
1230
1900
0300
1100
WBCQ
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
RFPI
7415
15685
21460-USB 15049
15049 6975
15049 6975
12160
12160 [NEW]
21460-USB 15049
21460-USB 15049 6975
5070
5070
15049 6975
21460-USB 15049
3210
15049 6975
15685
21460-USB 15049
21460-USB 15049 6975
15049 [NEW; temporary?]
For complete details on all WOR and Continent of Media broadcasts
see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio
(GH, Jul 27)
In the last few minutes of AWWW July 24 on WBCQ, Al said there is a new
"hacker's program" Tue 8 pm EDT or UT Wed 0000, a telecommunications info
progr, "Off the Hook" which we will really like. He loves having Brother
Stair take up any vacant times, including M-F 5-5:30 pm, I thought he said,
but I hope this was a slip and WoR is not affected Wed.
WBCQ Al Weiner had this to say about his stn:
Things are great at WBCQ, our time is mostly sold and we are running some
great alternative progrs. We have purchased our 2nd tx, a Collins, and will
have pictures of it on our web site soon. As soon as we get our
construction permit from the FCC, we will start. This tx is tunable and we
will use it with a bi-directional (EUR-NoAM) rhombic. WBCQ II may be on as
early as the fall. We also have a 60 kW SSB tx on site. We will to some
testing on SSB, but that is a year or two away. We saw a need for transgender and homosexual programming. Elaine did some work and found a great
progr, Gender Talk, which we put on the air gratis. Unfortunately, Randi
Steele, our former operations manager proceeded to persistently call the
progr and tell them that they should not be on WBCQ. Gender Talk preferred
not to get in the middle of something and cancelled after only one week.
Sadly, Randi apparently called every homosexual program in NoAM and told
them not to go on WBCQ. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Jul 8)
WGTG
I've heard Dave Frantz's hosting a half hour infomercial on the
virtues of SSB as well as spots on how listeners will need SSB radios if
there is a collapse, whether it is Y2K, chemical/biological/nuclear
warfare, or space aliens. Heard the infomercial at 1330 on Jul 9.
WGTG has also given American Dissident Voices a new lease on life.
Apparently, even the National Alliance has finally lost patience with
WRNO's non-signal. Heard in progress at 0310 Sun on 6890U with William
Pierce. Checked on the National Alliance website and found that WGTG was
listed as of a July 6th update at 7 and 10 PM Eastern Sats on 6890 (2300
Sat and 0300 Sun). So perhaps the first week for ADV here and probably
linked to the stn's willingness to carry Ernst Zundel's Another Voice of
Freedom (last heard at 2200 Sun on 6890). National Alliance website listing
for ADV via WRNO out of date, still listing 15420. (Hans Johnson-USA,
Cumbre, Jul 9)
KAIJ
Bill Smith and Hans Johnson recently spoke with KAIJ's chief
engineer, Fred Bithell. Here is what Fred had to say. The stn was off for a
year to "get parts", but is now on 5810 from 0000-1400 and 13815 from 14000000 using a a 100 kW Continental into a log-per double-bay providing 24.2
dB gain array. The original tx, a 50 kW GE, is off for the air for the
moment but there are plans to rebuilt it. Those wanting a QSL card need to
write the station that txts the progr, not Los Angeles. Fred checks all the
300 reception reports he receives a week. (Smith and Johnson in Cumbre Jul
21)
VIETNAM
13740 VoVTN Hanoi, Jul 25, 1607-1612, En sce with "Sunday show",
hosted by male and female speaker. Audio on LSB stronger than on USB.
//v9730. 44444.
(Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 26)
Aktuelle BC-DX Informationen in deutscher Sprache in der Homepage des KWRS:
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 421
07 Aug 1999
________________________________________________________________________
SOLAR ECLIPSE
Don't forget the clips on the Aug 11th, not that you are
likely to with all the mentions on TV and in the newspapers ! There will
be some interesting effects of both mediumwaves and the lower shortwave
bands, especially 6, 7 and 9 MHz. If you get the chance, please listen and
let us know the results of what you have heard. A special report will be
compiled next.
The solar eclipse will sweep from west to east starting in Newfoundland-CAN
at approx. 0930 UTC, through the Scilly Isles and Cornwall-UK at 1010, at
Paris 1025, at Stuttgart 1034 [center will be just 1200 metres north of my
house, next to Stuttgart tv tower, ed], at 1045 south of Vienna, at 1100
east of Timishoara-ROU, at 1112 near Varna-BUL and Constanta-ROU on Black
Sea, at 1120 at Turkish northern coastline on Black Sea, at 1200 north of
Kuwait in SoWeIRN, and finally ending in the Indian Ocean west of Bombay at
1230 UTC, by when it will by sunset across India.
Partial eclipses will be visible - ranging from 20% across the Arctic and
Sahara to Somalia; 60% in NoSWE&FIN and the Medit coast in MRC, ALG, TUN,
LBY; 80% on the line between NoScotland, Oslo, Bornholm, Kaliningrad,
Caspian Sea in the North, and Gijon, Andorra, Sicilia, Rhodes, ISR, OMA, in
the South.
Look out for unusual reception, especially on MW, and SW 49 41 and perhaps
31 mb during period 0830-120 UTC. It will be worth listening a couple of
hours before and after the event - and do report all the results for
publication in the various newsgroups and newsletters. The solar eclipse
will also be of interest to DXers as the area of darkness (and even partial
darkness) is likely to result in some unusual, temporary, reception
conditions, particularly on the given bands see below. So. even its cloudy
on the day, do take time to switch the radio on and have a tune around.
Have a tape recorder running to catch any IDs.
Conditions are likely to change rapidly as the eclipse moves at some 2000
miles per hour.
(Tony Rodgers-UK, Communication BDXC-UK, Aug)
Solar Eclipse Monitoring !
Just to tell you guys that the upcoming Solar Eclipse will give you an
opportunity to have a go at some experiments. I had a bit of a piece on
this in yesterdays RN Media Network. I mean I recorded it for the show, but
I do not know whether it went on the air. Basically what I want you to try
is.
When a solar eclipse takes place for a little while, even as little as 5
mins there is a decrease in solar radiation falling on that portion of the
ionosphere that is in darkness. At a superficial level one might think that
these few mins would be too short a time to have any effect on the
ionosphere. This is not the case.
In 1980 when there was an eclipse over central India at 3.30 in the
afternoon down here in the tropics I had dramatic results. Indian MW stns
and low freq stns started to propagate for a few mins. They started to buzz
in like MW stns do at sun down and reached a peak just a few mins after the
peak in the eclipse.
A few steps.
1. Find details of the eclipse path. I am sure some WWW sites would give
that.
2. If you are within about 2000 kms of the zone in eclipse, you can select
some stns known to operate at the time on the other side of the zone. The
idea is to see that the sky wave will bounce off the ionosphere and get to
you as a single hop.
3. If you are within the zone you could expect much more. Just work out the
possibility for you, yourself.
4. Look for stns as low in frequency as possible, either stns that are not
usually heard at the time of the eclipse on other days or are so weak that
you could clearly see a difference on the eclipse time.
5 If you are somewhat far away from the eclipse zone look for signals that
would be taking the first or the last hop via the eclipse zone.
6. Make sure your selected stns are monitored a couple of days before and
after the eclipse at the time of the eclipse, to make it a scientific test.
7. If you are a Amateur Radio Operator / Ham operator you can go one step
further. Find some ham stns with whom you can establish two way
communications bouncing your signals via the eclipse zone.
I assure you that you will find amazing results. as I did in 1980 and a few
years later. You do not have to be in the total eclipse zone. You can take
part in this where ever you are. Good luck and enjoy the experiment.
(G. Victor A. Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, UADX, Aug 6)
These may be of interest to those who want to DX the upcoming eclipse of
the sun; researchers are looking for your DX logs.
http://www.wdc.rl.ac.uk/ionosondes/eclipse/PUST.html
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast04aug99_1.htm
(Nick Hall-CAN, Aug 5)
In connection with the solar eclipse next week, Teracom AB and R Sweden
have some special activities and will have special extra txions on 6065,
from 0830-1200. This will be on air on the 10th, 11th and on the 12th of
Aug. This in order to be able to have some reference material as well as
data from the solar eclipse itself.
Progrs will be both in Swe and En. Schedule as follows 0830-0900 P1(Swe)
0900-1100 Lunchbreak (En) 1100-1200 P1 (Sweh). Reports can be sent to R
Sweden direct or to
mni@teracom.se
(Magnus Nilsson-SWE Teracom, Aug 5)
ALGERIA
New schedule for R Algiers
Ch 1 - Ar
0300-0500 11750, 0800-1500 7245, 1800-2200 7245
Ch 2 - Kabyle 0500-0800 and 1500-1800 on 7245.
Ch 3 - Fr
0500-2100 11750, 1400-1600 and 1800-1900 on 15160.
(BBCM via EDXP, Aug 4)
AUSTRALIA
VNG Possible closure?
VNG may have to close in mid 1999 as
the National Standards Commission, who provide operating funds, is thinking
of pulling the plug on funding.
VNG is the Australian time signal stn currently operating on 2500, 5000,
8638, 12984 and 16000 from Llandilo near Sydney N.S.W Australia. The stn
was re-established during 1988 by the VNG users consortium, who with much
effort and financial sacrifice by volunteers, moved facilities from
Lyndhurst Victoria to it's present site at Llandilo. The VNG users
consortium would like to see the stn survive as it provides a low cost time
sce which is easy to access via SW.
Right now might be the time to obtain a QSL and possibly a letter of
support to:
Dr Marion Leiba, Honorary Secretary, C/O VNG users consortium,
GPO BOX 1090,Canberra ACT 2601 Australia. (Tim Gaynor-AUS, via Cumbre Jul
29)
Special R Australia QSL cards available on the occasion of 60th anniversary
of R Australia on Dec 20, 1999.
Acc of a telephone interview by "Feedback" Moderator Roger Broadbent with
John Wright of Australian Radio DX-Club and RA's QSL-Manager:
all RRs of RA's English broadcasts between Aug 1st, and Dec 20th, 1999 will
be verified using old QSL motives, like The Bell Bird, The Kookaburra, The
Koala and The Sydney Opera House. About 200 QSL cards are on stock.
Verification cards will reach the listenership within eight weeks.
(source Radio Australia, "Feedback", 30/31 Jul; via Gregor Link-D, Jul 31)
BELGIUM
RTBF is doing tests with their old (1952) 100 kW tx in Wavre to
see whether it is still reliable, in case the new govt would ask / allow
them to start SW txions for SoEUR. The tests should continue at least until
the end of Aug, on Tues and Thurs at *about* 0800-1400 on 9925 using a
rhombic antenna at 167 degrs in direction of Corsika/Sardegna, and further
south to CeAF the original target for that antenna built up in 1952.
The tests are a relay of the 1st progr "La Premiere". So at 1000-1205
from Wavre is //with 21540 from DTK Juelich.
9925
RVI outlets during solar eclipse: RVI midday outlet to EUR 1100-1300 on
5985 & 11780, when eclipse center is in Romania. Via Tashkent-UZB at 12001400 on 17685.
(Paul Brems-BEL, RVI Golfgids, Aug 5)
BRAZIL
R Nac do Brasil (Radiobras) is the Ext sce of the state
broadcaster, R Nac do Brasil. The schedule is based on monitoring research
and information published by Radiobras. The bcs to AF have not been
confirmed.
0115-0215 Po 11780
0415-0515 Po 11765
0700-0800 Po
9745
1000-1120 Sp
9745
1200-1320 En 15445
1330-1450 Sp 15445
1630-1750 Po 15265
1800-1920 En 15265
1930-2050 Ge 15265
1800-1920 Po 17750
1920-0000 Po 17750 Su
(BBCM via NASWA)
The problem is that the president has extinguished RadioBras, which was
responsible for the txs. Until it is decided which govt agency becomes
legally responsible for them, the txions, even if they continue, will be
precarious.
(19-Jul/Cruz-BRZ/Radioescutas/World of Radio/Hauser, Jul 22)
BULGARIA
R Free Europe S-Cr overnight sce via the Bulgarian Vidin MW tx
on 1224 is two full seconds behind //Munich-1197 and Holzkirchen-1593,
making me wonder how tricky the feed path is. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 1)
CANADA
A check on 49 mb this morning at 0615 revealed CHNX Halifax
audible on 6130usb, and still traced at 0700. Nothing from CAN on 6160 or
6070, but Voz Cristiana-CHL good on the latter. Others from over the
Atlantic were: 6185 R Educacion-MEX fair at 0640/0700. BBC 6175 presumably
still Delano, and behind 9410, weak and not moving the S-meter. 6090Anguilla fair in //WWCR 5935 with Dr. Gene Scott & Co. n sync so resumably
both are simultaneously fed. ORF via SAC relay 6015 in En at 0630 fair
good. 5950 R Taipei Internat via Okeechobee-FL in Sp. KAIJ Denton-TX 5810
with En relig past 0700 at weak level, plus every present WEWN 5825 and
WHRI 5745. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 30)
CHAD
6165 Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne, 2205-2215 nx in Fr, then
3 pieces of local pop mx with lively male announcer in Fr. Before the last
track he gave an ID and said that they were going to close down in a few
mins, 2224 brief c-down annt and NA.
(Michael Barraclough-UK, Jul 28)
CHILE
Voz Cristiana is the stn that the DX-er heard on Aug 1st between
0400-0500 on 15375, in Sp. Yesterday, I heard this stn on some freqs 6070
11745... on same time.
(Claudio Morales-ARG, Aug 3; Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 1)
CHINA
13650 CRI Urumqi Spanish *2200-2257*.
13750 Chinese clandestine(?) / numbers stn Mandarin 2200-2300. (B.PadulaAUS EDXP, Aug 6)
I am unsure of the txer site, but the bc of CRI to AF is heard well here in
the UK in En on its new freq of 15305 between 1700-1800 with fair signals,
good audio and has been quite regular of late. Possibly via Spain, Mali or
China itself.
(Karl Kruger-UK via EDXP, Jul 29)
15300/15305/15415 are all from powerful Urumqi tx site, which started in
1996-1998 via antenna facilities on 7, 9 and 13 MHz only. But well known DX
community noticed a break in service last autumn and also in June this
year. So seemingly new antenna farms erected there for usage on 25 and 19
mb, ed.
Here is my late - but rather uncomplete - monitoring report of RCI txions
heard from mainland CHN.
COLOMBIA
The new addr for the updated version of "Dateline Bogota"
covering my entire period in Bogota, 1993-1998, is
http://www.algonet.se/~ahk/Dateline.htm
There is also a "primer" on Peruvian geography which has not been published
elsewhere. I'm about to include a number of pictures in the near future.
(Henrik Klemetz-SWE, in NU Aug 4)
CUBA
China installs two communication bases in Cuba. "The txions of CRI
are now originating from Havana on 9570", asserted an internal report from
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The FCC located CRI's tx at 22.56N/82.23W, near the town of Bejucal,
southeast of the city of Havana. I could have told them it would be south
of Havana, but at least they got some DF practice. On a high frequency band
identifying themselves falsely as "OPEC21", a US C130 military plane
flight_, stated the report. OPEC like most of these oil-related callsigns
is a tanker. More likely a KC-10 than a C-130 fitted for refueling.
In Lourdes, province of Havana, that Russia has continued to operate since
the disappearance of the Soviet Union and for which Cuba receives $200
million annually.
All of this tends to explain some of the Morse numbers that Camillo
Castillo is hearing in Panama. While signals sound Cuban, formats are more
Russian.
(Hugh Stegman-USA, via A.Erbe-D, Jul 31)
I am hearing R Rebelde on a new freq 9600, opening at various times between
0958 & 1001.
The opening annts mention a txion for Cubans in CeAM and the Caribbean. The
signal here is good but there is something co-channel (A Russian stn?) as
well as sideband splash from NSB JPN 9595. After 1100 there is sideband
splash from WYFR and BBC on 9605 but R Rebelde can still be heard. (Barry
Hartley Auckland, NEW ZEALAND, Aug 4)
FINLAND
R Finland Helsinki, has several daily sces to AUS and AS, acc to
this new schedule:
0000-0015 Fi 11995 and 15250.
0600-0630 Fi, 0630-0700 En 15250 and 21670.
0830-0900 Ru 17820 and 21670.
1100-1150 Fi, and 1150-1200 Swe 21465.
1150-1200 Swe 21465.
2130-2230 Fi 9865 and 11845. (EDXP-AUS, Jul 27)
FRANCE
RFI Paris, has
txions to Asia from the
1200-1300 9830 Mand.
1400-1500 15195 Vn.
(EDXP-AUS, Jul 27)
made some alterations to its summer schedule, and
Yamata-JPN relay:
1030-1200 11890 Fr.
0930-1030 15195 Mand.
1030-1200 15215 Fr
2300-0030 17710 Fr
RFI is heard on air at 0530-0557 sudden off in Ar lang, using 5925 7135.
Their schedule shows only Fr at this time. Also, Alban lang is heard on air
0550-0557 off on 9805 11975. Possibly a late addition as both are shown Fr
lang only. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 30)
GABON
21550 Today Aug 1st, I heard NHK Radio Japan in Jpn lang on the
strange freq of 21550 at the time span 1130-1200. Most likely a NHK R1 Jpn
lang relay.
My present NHK printed schedule shows the Gabon relay to the ME at 08001000 only. From which relay site and in what time span the progr is on
transmission ? ed
21550 NHK on short wave via Moyabi facilities.
Thanks for your e-mail. The Japanese R1 program you heard on Aug 1st on
21550 was a special Summer progr that we broadcasted from 0900-1155
especially on that day. As you have pointed out, usually the progr ends at
1000, but on Aug 1, the progr was extended to 2:55 hrs.
R Japan will bc several other special progrs this summer, from 1-19 Aug. If
you are interested, information on our special progrs can be found on our
web site
http://www.nhk.or.jp/rjnet/
Lastly, our latest broadcast schedule does not include the special progrs.
We hope you'll keep tuning into our programs. With kind regards, Radio
Japan
(Mr. Koichi KOMADA, NHK RJ, Aug 1/2; e-mail info@intl.nhk.or.jp)
GERMANY
DW will cease the Greek language sce at the end of this year acc
to saving plan of DW chief Dieter Weirich. The final decision will be made
by the competent board this month [August].
Mass media in Greece is widely against the plan, and a "cry for help"
campaign started mainly in the Greek print press media. DW's Greek progr
started in Apr 1964, and DW's Greek sce played a similar role to overcoming
the dictatorship in Greek in the seventies. as the BBC did against Hitler
Germany in the forties. DW Greek sce was a "speaking tube" and a
"historical voice" of the Greek resistance against the military
dictatorship.
Today DW's Greek sce is bcing 50 mins daily, relayed by 43 greek radio
stations, and is content of the govt radio stn ERA. 57 % of the Greek
population listens to the progr at least once a year. Via satellite and
internet the DW Greek sce is distributed to greek speaking local radio
stations in Florida, Australia, Cyprus, Canada and London-UK.
The Greeks are annoyed, because the remainig eight DW lang progrs to the
Balkan are not concerned, the only one is Greek lang sce which will be
ceased. Especially the Turkish progr will remain -- at the doubled
transmission time. (Stuttgarter Zeitung, Jul 29)
GUINEA ECUATORIAL
5003.9 R Nac de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, 0535-0600,
Aug 1, Sp, male annr, ID "Esta es Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial,
estacion de la region continental, inicia sus programas diversos en onda
corta de 60 metros, frecuencia de 5005 kilociclos por segundo y en FM
Stereo en 98.3 megahertzios, estimados radiooyentes, Buenos Dias, le
saludamos cordialmente en esta primera emision de la manana,
correspondiente a la jornada del domingo dia 1 de agosto de 1999..." also
Id as "Radio Bata", 34443
(Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Aug 1)
GUINEA French
CRI relay over the FrGUF facility. The corrected schedule
is:
0200-0257 Sp 13685, 0300-0357 Ma, 0400-0457 En, both on 9720; 9720 is new,
replacing original 9730. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Aug 5)
INDIA
All stns of AIR will be operating round the clock from Oct-05 to
Oct-07 for bcing the results of the Indian elections. The process actually
starts on Sep-04, continuing on Sep-04, Sep-11, Sep-24, and Oct-01. Many
AIR stns on the tropical bands will remain on air all night, allowing
propagation on freqs not normally heard outside of Asia. (Jose Jacob-IND,
via EDXP-AUS, Jul 18)
Private sector entry into FM Radio cleared, finally.
The Indian federal cabinet has cleared the entry of the private sector into
FM radio bcing in addition to the FM sces of the state-run All India Radio.
It decided to grant 10-year licenses to private operators in 40 cities
across the country.
New Delhi expects with this decision nearly 150 FM channels will be set up
in the country. Currently, FM txion covers 17 per cent of the country's
area and 21 per cent of the population. Besides private commercial bcers,
licenses would be granted to non-profit and non-govt organisations (NGO),
educational institutions and for community radio stations.
No foreign participation has been allowed. Entry into the sector would be
granted to only 100 per cent Indian companies and other entities with no
foreign equity involvement.
In another significant restriction, the govt has decided that private FM
bcers cannot cover nx[!] and current affairs. Private FM stns would however
be able to focus on mx, entertainment, education and information on
subjects like business, the capital market, local market nx, airline,
railway and bus schedules, traffic, sports and the weather.
The annual license fee would differ from city to city. In smaller cities,
it would be between Rs 1 to 2 million, while in the metros and bigger
cities it is likely to be around Rs 12.5 million.
BBC Monitoring via Commonwealth Bcing Assoc, Jul 31
http://www.oneworld.org/cba/
INDONESIA
4925 RRI Jambi, Jul 30 2156-2201, Sound of a bird (I guess
they use this as their local IS?). At 2157 mx, followed by annt and local
ID by female speaker in Ins. At 2159 SCI IS, then Jakarta nx relay with
male speaker. 34343 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 31)
The VoINS En sce, is reaching our shores again on 15150, 2000-2100. It
would be a good signal except that there is QRM from the Skelton relay of
RCI on the same freq also in En! In fact one can listen to two progrs at
once but this gets a little confusing after a while! (Karl Kruger-UK, via
EDXP Jul 29)
IRAN
v15314.8 Found IRIB here with garbled audio, this may be a spur.
Though HFCC registration says 1530-1630, Persian on both 15205 and 15084
are really on air at 1630-1730. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 30)
The recently introduced Jpn sce from VOIRI (1300-1330 15200 and 17630) is
not on the air on Fris. There are three Jpnese anns presenting these
features - Ms. Mika Nakamura, Ms. Keiko Anada, and Ms. Atsuko Kuroki. On
Fris, special bcs feature Iranian mx progr for listeners in JPN. The stn is
asking for RR's on cassette, which will be returned with recordings of
Iranian mx. (Koji Yamada, Tokko, JPN, via EDXP, Aug )
Both freqs give excellent signals here in Tokyo-JPN. (Koji Yamad, EDXP Jul
27)
IRAQ
Clandestine to Iran 11785v, Voice of the Movement of the Mojahedin
of Iranian Baluchestan (Pe "Jonbesh-e Mojahedin-e Baluchestan Iran-e
Tabari"), bcs daily in Baluchi and Ar 1200-1300, and carries progrs hostile
to the Iranian govt and is believed to operate from txs in Iraq. A Baghdad
P.O.Box has been ancd as an address.
The stn was first observed on Mar 2, 1987. In Oct 1993 the stn anncd that
it bcs in the 19 and 21 mbs, previous freqs incl 15340 11970 9545 7250 &
7180.
(BBC M via NU, Aug 4)
ISRAEL
As of Aug 10 the following three 1400 UTC freqs will be changing:
(x17615) 17620, (x11605) 15210, (x9435) 13750.
(rec.radio.shortwave via Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 3)
ITALY
New AWR-QSL in 1999, which shows a pencil drawing by Albert Minaj
in Florence Italy, of the present low powered AWR tx site at Forli, 1 x 2.5
kW Collins tx, and Hy Grain rotable log periodic antenna. (Klaus Koehler-D,
Aug 6)
JORDAN
New schedule for R Jordan Amman
Ar sce 6105 1530-0200, 7155 1530-2200, 9630 0330-0600, 9830 1800-2200,
11810 0400-1300, 11835 0600-1030, 11930 2200-0200, 13630 1300-1530, 15290
1030-1200, 15435 0000-0800.
[11690?] En sce 1000-1630 (BBCM, via EDXP Aug 4)
KOREA REP
The Jpnese sce of RKI/Radio Korea announced on Aug 4 at 0820
that Typhoon Olga (Korean name) or Typhoon No.7 (Japanese name) which hit
the nation on Aug 2nd damaged some of the antennas of Radio Korea. The
Jpnese sce on 6135 is now using a temporary antenna. Some of the other lang
sces on that freq are also using temporary alternative antennas. Work is
underway to repair the damage as quickly as possible to restore full sce.
9368 houses were submerged or washed away, leaving 24041 persons homeless
in many places in SoKOR, incl the capital at Seoul.
(Koji Yamada-JPN, via EDXP, Aug 5)
LITHUANIA
Lithuanian LT is different from the time in neighbouring
countries like Latvia, Estonia, Belarus. Central European Time (CET =
UTC+1, +2 in summer) is used in Lithuania. (Sergey Ovchinnikov-LTU, VoR
progr "Club DX #458", Aug 1)
MEXICO
R Mexico Internat in French bc yesterday at 0430 on 9705, after
the En progr, a Fr nx bulletin.
1200-1600 5985 9705
1800-2300 5985 9705
2300-0500 9705 (Su/Mo -0400)
En 1400-1430; 1500-1530; 2200-2230; 2300-2330; 0300-0330 (Tue-Sun in UTC);
0400-0430 (Tue-Sat). Fr 1530-1600 (Wed, Fri, Sun); 2330-0000 (Wed, Fri,
Mon), 0430-0500 (Tue, Thu, Sat). Music progrs on remaining days of French
progr.
The rest of the progr is in Spanish.
http://www.telecommex.com/imer/rmi.html
(Erich Bergmann-D, Aug 3/5)
MOLDOVA
7520 R Moldova Internat 2013 ID in Fr "Vous ecoutez Radio
Moldavie Internationale" and continuing with talk. Modulation tonight was
improved from completely unreadable due to loud buzzing noise to distorted
though 100% readable. Strong signals.
(Michael Barraclough-UK, Aug 3)
MONACO
702 New AWR progrs via MW Monaco, from 2000 s-on in Fr, 2030 in
Ar til 2130 s-off. 0=4-5. (Dr.Erwin Woellersdorfer-AUT, Aug 4)
New QSL card of TWR branch in Wetzlar Germany will be issued in Sept this
year. ERF/TWR which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
Der ERF wird aus Anlaá seines Jubilaeums "40 Jahre ERF" eine Sonder-QSL
herausgeben. Diese bildet das Funkhaus in Wetzlar aus der Vogelperspektive
ab und traegt den Schriftzug "Sonder-QSL-Karte zum Jubilaeum 40 Jahre ERF".
Ausgegeben wird diese ab Anfang September.
(Klaus Koehler-D, Aug 6)
NEW ZEALAND
Join me for the "South Pacific DX Report" on R New Zealand
Internat, HCJB, AWR, and NZ's Radio Reading Service - ZLXA. Full details
available from the South Pacific DX Resource web-site:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/3216
Or you can listen to RNZI's "Mailbox" here:
http://www.audionet.co.nz/ranz.html
(Paul Ormandy-NZL, Aug 6)
PAKISTAN
The Turk sce 1700-1730 has shifted to 11640 (x11600), //13580. A
nice clear channel when FEBA-SEY goes-off, but they stay on Suns in Oromo
lang.
To summarise Pakistan's changes:
0500-0700 API-1 17835 (x17555) 282
degr.
1800-1900 API-4 15175 (x11600) 260
1700-1730 API-1
11640 (11600) 282
R Pakistan's slow speed En nx at 0230 is currently missing on 15485 &
17895, although these freqs are well heard until around 0215 with the WS in
Ur. Has the En bulletin been dropped? (Barry Hartley-NZL, Aug 4)
PHILIPPINES
FEBC Manila has adjusted its freq usage for local morning
bcs, now noted as follows: 9405 Ma *2200, 9780 Ins *2230, 9805 Lao *2230,
9860 Cambodian 2230. (Bob Padula, Aug-04)
POLAND
225 Radio Polonia Multi Media Show announced last week that the
new LW tx expected to be operational on Sept 4th.
TEST transmissions to be carried out Aug 13-15 or 15-18th.
(Sheila Hughes-UK in BDXC-UK Communication, Jul 18)
PORTUGAL/INDONESIA
Eff from Aug 2, 1999, RDP R Portugal Lisbon introduced
expanded txs directed to Portuguese Timor-INS, and AUS, incl the use of
high powered relay txions from facilities in TWN.
The details are as follows:
1000-1400 daily 17740-POR 300 kW 60 degr, 2100-2300 daily on 17600-POR 300
kW 60 degr, 1000-1100 daily 11550-TWN 250 kW 205 degr, 2200-2300 daily on
11550-TWN, 250 kW 205 degr.
Txions include segments in Tetum (spoken in Port-Timor), Ins and Port.
As monitored here in Melbourne, there is a two second delay on bcs from
Taiwan, as compared with direct txions from POR, suggesting a double
satellite link. Signal strength is superb on 11550 and 17760, but variable
on 17740. This sce is also available directly via Satellite (Asiasat) and
via RealAudio on the Internet.
(Bob Padula-AUS EDXP, Aug 6)
QATAR
11785 QBS Doha *0240-0319 Jul 27, open carrier until IS at 0242,
followed by opening anmts and ID at 0244. Fair-good signal. (Richard
D'Angelo-PA, in NU)
RUSSIA
9450 China Radio (True Light Stn) via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy,
full-data personal ltr in one month, v/s Richard E. Adams, Director. Addr:
21 Chang Chun Rd., 7th floor, Taipei-TWN 10413. (Korinek-RSA, via NU Aug 4)
SERBIA
R YUG Belgrade via Bijeljina-BIH facilities, 1630-1700 Ge replaced
7215 by 11870, //9620. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Aug 3)
SRI LANKA
11905 SLBC heard playing SLK National Anthem at 0020 UTC, when
opening Hindi sce to SoAS, scheduled 0030-0430. (WB, Aug 1)
SUDAN
8000 There seem to be two stns here. Monitored 1640-1800, AM mess
with heterodyne, 8000 USB continuous Horn of Africa style mx with
occasional breaks, no annts.
7999.8 LSB the AOR 7030 sorted out another stn with talks in Ar or Ar
influenced language, occas bursts of patriotic style mx and Qu'ran at 1740,
went off 1755, couldn't get an ID, other stn stopped playing mx, but left
the carrier on. Opposition VoSudan with accompanying jamming? (Mike
Barraclough-UK, Jul 27)
TAIWAN/UK/USA
RTI via UK on 6175.
R Taipeh Internat in Ge from Aug 1st:
0600-0700 9985 via WYFR USA (repeat of 2nd progr hour of previous day).
1800-1900 9955 direct (1st progr hour).
1900-2000 on new 6175 (not 6100, KL) via Merlin-UK relay (2nd progr hour).
2100-2200 11565 and 15600 via WYFR USA (repeat of 1st progr hour).
R Taipei Internat Ge sce via Merlin Skelton was meanwhile announced as
1900-2000 on 6100, but just the usual mixture of BIH (carrying Belgrade)
and ALB was present there, so I roamed across the 49 mb and found these RTI
txion actually on 6175, excellent signal but indeed carrying merely a
Internet stream from TWN. The progr was from the previous day, at the end
they announced what one will hear on Sunday. And these in a rather poor
audio quality, it's a disappointment. I haven't seen a schedule for the
announced further two hrs of RTI programming in En and Mandarin
respectively so far, at least 6175 was cut off at 2000 and nothing found
after that on another 49 mb channel.
(Willi Stengel-D, Jul 24; Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 2)
High powered facilities in TWN are also being used from Aug 2 for relays of
bcs from the Herald Broadcasting Syndicate (USA), which uses KHBI Saipan
and WSHB. Networking is managed by the Merlin organisation. This is part of
an agreement where R Taipei Internat txions are relayed by Merlin
facilities in the UK, from the Skelton site, for EUR.
Details of the HBS broadcasts from Taiwan facilities are as follows:
0900-1000 11725 FE and NoCHN, 1000-1100 11840 SoCHN, 1300-1400 11725 IND.
These txions are multi-lingual, incl En; the schedule is initial, and may
be changed due to interference and/or propagation requirements.
The use of relay facilities in Taiwan for RDP and HBS suggests that a new
addit tx has been brought on line, but this is speculative only at this
stage. Family Radio USA, has used a relay facility in TWN for many years
for augmented coverage of IND and CHN, using up to three txs
simultaneously. This is part of an existing reciprocal agreement where R
Taipei Internat progrs are relayed over WFYR Florida for improved reception
in the Americas and EUR. (Bob Padula-AUS EDXP, Aug 6)
TURKEY
TRT Ankara is back with the first Ge txion of the day at new time
1130-1230.
Emiler tx site 17760 500 kW. Urgent, RRs appreciated. (Benno Klink-D,
DG1EA, Aug 4)
UGANDA
5026 R Uganda Kampala, Jul 30, 2055-2100*, Reggue mx, male
speaker in vernac (talk was undermodulated). Piece of native mx, at 2059
followed by NA. Then off. USB to avoid 5025, Benin. 44343, but after NA
started, a strong RTTY freq was heard.
(Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 31)
UK
Freq 15585 reported at 1700-1730 is, of course "Ju Flet Londra", their
Albanian sce //6050 & 11955. I missed it on their schedule !
15360 is heard carrying the Persian sce at 1615-1715 in //6195-SKN?, 11835NAK? 17870-RMP?. I cannot hear listed 6095-OMA due co-ch POL. 15360 is
delayed behind 6195 and this freq was initially listed for RMP to broadcast
HCJB to CeAS [but HCJB cancelled this sce so far; ed], but BBC now
presumably via one of the overseas relays. Incidentally, 15360 does not
carry the preceding sce in Pashto 1530-1615, also on 6195 11835 17870.
Finn wins in Inn draw !
The "Olde Leatherne Bottel" at Lewknor, Oxfordshire, was the venue for a
gathering on Tue Jul 6th, at the request of WRTH Editor David Bobbett, to
witness the WRTH 1999 Questionaire prize draw. The warm evening in early
July saw a group of eight assembled to enjoy the Brakspear's ales, and of
course see who would be receiving a brand new JRC NRD 545 courtesy of the
WRTH !
Each copy of the 1999 WRTH contained a questionaire card, and all those
returned were now in a large WRTH "bin" awaiting the draw, made by BBCWS
Waveguide presenter Richard Lambley, and a lucky DXer in Finland will soon
be tweaking the knobs of the NRD 545. Five runners-up were also drawn to
receive copies of the 2000 WRTH.
(Alan Pennington-UK in BDXC-UK Communication Aug)
MERLIN expands SW. Since Jul 2nd Merlin Network One has added SW freqs on
Fris 2100-0100 and Sats 1300-1700 as follows, all via Skelton-Cumbria-UK
250 kW:
Fri 2100-2300 6140 7325 9720.
Fri 2300-0100 6015 7325 9720.
Sat 1300-1700 9750 12035 15235 (repeat of the previous day). Progr is
backed by Virgin R initially is IDed as "Flat Earth R" but now IDs as "The
Global Sound Kitchen". Presumably Virgin/Levis were also behind the "Indigo
Blue" test.
(Dave Kenny-UK in BDXC-UK Communication Aug)
R Northsea International as RSL: RNI on 1575.47, heard from 2205 with SINPO
34443, Aug 5.
Latest RSL stn R Northsea Internat comes in with fair reception at 2045 on
1575.47. Yesterday they were on 1575.48. This half kHz-offset makes it
possible to dig this one out under Italy and Spain, despite the extreme low
power of 1 Watt ERP.
http://www.btinternet.com/~rni/
The Snail Mail Address is
73a Connaught Avenue, Frinton on Sea, Essex CO13 9DD, Great Britain
Tel: +44 [0] 1255 - 672531
e-mail rni@btinternet.com
(Martin Elbe-D, Aug 5)
USA
After 57 years in service for the first time the "Voice of America"
was dumb last Wed. A technical failure stopped all progrs of the US govt
stn. The progr break lasted between seven mins and three hrs. (VoA via
_dpa via Benno Klink DG1EA, Aug 4)
The Web site has changed.
Some friends and long time visitors to this Web site may be aware we have
been struggling with medical problems in 1998 and 1999. This year alone,
between Feb and Jun, we were hospitalized six times for more than two dozen
days, and our attention span has severely waned as we continue to recover
from surgeries, physical- and most recently prescription drug-related
incidents.
The bottom line is that for many months we have had a problem keeping our
own TRS Consultants Web site information up to date. After the second
hospital stay in June of 8 days to untangle the drug medications' very
severe interactions, we finally made the decision to toss in the towel and
reduce our Web site to something of a portal.
Rather than let our site become stale, fill with broken links and fail to
recognize new Web sites -- something that is distasteful to us -- we made
arrangements to hand off most of the media links and some of the reference
material to the recast Radio Netherlands' Media Network pages. Other links
and material were picked up by Dave Kirby, N1DK, and this includes
information on the ANARC SWL Net, the IRC EFnet #swl chat channel, ham
radio, manufacturers and vendors.
The "mind_ material and photographs, financial and political links have
been removed altogether. Some of the latter have been moved to Paul
Lannuier's Web site.
The changes took effect on Aug 1.
The action to reduce our Web site to a few pages allows us to continue to
write for Radio and Communications, do research for Radio Netherlands'
Media Network and work on the Web sites we currently maintain. Links to all
of what we continue to do are available on the home page. If you link to
our Web site, please check your link and adjust it accordingly.
In 1995 we were among the first to the 'net -- evolving from the Pinelands
RBBS telephone BBS of the 1980's -- but we are not alone any longer.
Additional factors leading to our decision are the many newer Web sites now
available for listeners, scanner enthusiasts and amateur radio operators.
Over the years we've covered a lot of them in Baudwalking that appears in
Radio and Communications. And over the years we have compiled broadcasting
and media links for Radio Netherlands.
We are sorry that we are not able to inform everyone of this significant
change in our Web site. The Web has grown exponentially these past years
and the notification task is overwhelming. It is also impossible to thank
everyone who has contributed to our Web site data, but I do appreciate it.
For those of you who have us on a mailing list of some kind, I would
appreciate continuing to receive the e-mail. I do read it, and I continue
to be interested in shortwave listening. I admit to not finding anything
new or different lately; rather than clutter the mail with something
repetitive, I say nothing.
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From Radio Miami International
Miami (Jul 24, 1999) - One of the most colorful bcs in Cuban exile radio
died last night. Diego Medina, producer of "The Voice of Alpha 66" and
Vice-Secretary General of the exile group Alpha 66, died of complications
resulting from the flu.
He was a medical doctor each weekday morning, with two clinics in Miami.
Many of his patients had been seeing him since he practiced medicine in
Cuba before the revolution. And each afternoon, he went to a small radio
studio at the offices of Alpha 66 in Miami's Little Havana area to spend
hours producing a daily one-hour radio progr for bc to Cuba.
Over the years, the Voice of Alpha 66 was heard on AM radio stns in Miami,
as well as on SW stns audible in Cuba, including WHRI, WRMI and for a brief
time on WRNO.
Dr. Medina was not a professional radio announcer or producer, but he
strongly felt that one of the best ways to promote freedom in his homeland
was through radio progrs that could educate the population about democracy
and free enterprise. Therefore, he worked tirelessly, five days each week,
producing one hour of programming each day in a very rudimentary studio.
Often the programs dealt with the anniversaries of important historical
events in Cuba, interviews with former political prisoners, or discussions
with economists about the Cuban economy. His wife, Sara Martinez Castro, is
a poet, and her works were featured regularly in the program. Even Medina's
13-year-old daughter recorded short messages to the Cuban people (which she
wrote herself) which were included in the show.
Other Alpha 66 personnel participated regularly in Dr. Medina's progrs,
most notably Andres Nazario Sargen, Secretary General of the organization.
For decades, the two were inseparable partners and the two main leaders of
the exile group. While Alpha 66 has often been portrayed as one of the most
militant anti-Castro organizations in the U.S. (Medina said it was
prohibited to even mention the organization's name on the U.S. Government
station Radio Marti), Diego Medina is remembered by friends in Miami as a
kind, gentle man who spoke eloquently on behalf of the Alpha organization
and the Cuban exile community.
"He was a very devoted general practice medical doctor," said Jeff White,
general manager of R Miami Internat, which transmitted Medina's progrs on
several stns for nearly a decade. "He was one of those charismatic people
who was well-liked by everybody. And no matter whether you agreed with his
politics or not, I've never seen anyone devote more time and effort to a
radio progr. He was absolutely convinced about the power of shortwave radio
to influence opinions. He would come into our office frequently and ask
about RRs we might have received recently from listeners in Cuba."
Dr. Medina's radio progr production dates back more than two decades. He
began by producing progrs and bcing them on vacant SW freqs using a small
military surplus tx which he put in his van, and a retractable antenna on
top of the van. He would drive it around to locations in the Everglades on
the outskirts of Miami where he would then bc the progrs on SW freqs like
6666 (because of the obvious relationship to Alpha 66).
"I'm not even sure whether he knew this was against the regulations in the
beginning," said Jeff White. But eventually the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) discovered where the txions were coming from, and they
sent U.S. marshalls out one night to bust the stn. "I remember Diego
relating the story," said White. "He had finished txing a progr, put the
antenna down and was ready to leave. All of a sudden, dozens of federal
marshalls with heavy weapons surrounded his van and told him to come out
with his hands up. They quickly handcuffed him and asked where all of the
other people were.
"'What other people?' asked Medina. 'There's nobody else here but me.' They
showed him papers indicating that the federal govt was suing his van for
illegal radio bcs coming out of it. They didn't even know who was doing the
bcs. So they impounded the van, although I think they eventually returned
it to him without the tx."
After a few of these scrapes with the FCC, Alpha decided it would be better
to buy airtime on officially-licensed stns. R Miami Internat, in its role
as an airtime broker, found them time on various stns over the years. The
Voice of Alpha 66 was on WHRI in Indiana during most of the 1990's, until
late 1998. Afterwards, Medina continued producing progrs for local AM radio
in Miami, and recently on WRMI as well.
Medina's devotion to his radio progrs was evident through the last day of
his life. "Diego came into our office on Friday evening looking really
ill," said Jeff White. "He said he had not slept the previous night due to
a bad case of the flu. But he spent Fri afternoon and early evening
recording radio progrs with Andres Nazario, to the point where he could
hardly speak. The next morning I got a call from our engineer Kiko
Espinosa, who was also a good friend of Diego's, saying that Diego had died
only about three or four hours after leaving our office. I was shocked, and
I realized that he had devoted the last bit of energy he had to the cause
that he felt so strongly about."
(Jeff White FL, via Cumbre Jul 24)
In QST 7/99 (Clubzeitschrift der ARRL, USA) ist ein Testbericht zum AR7000B
erschienen. Ich zitiere den Schluesselsatz: The AR7000B falls slightly
short of the performance benchmarks set by some of the other tabletop
receivers currently available in the AOR line. Damit bleibt dem AR5000
seine Position als bester Breitbandempfaenger im Amateurfunkbereich also
erhalten. Von Boger kam kuerzlich eine Presseinfo, nach der der
Empfangsbereich des AR5000 mittels Konverter auf bis zu 5 GHz erweitert
werden soll.
(Harald Kuhl-D, Jul 31)
ZANZIBAR
The following information may be of interest to those who have
written RR's in the past to Radio Tanzania Zanzibar and who did not receive
an answer.
During my five-day visit to Zanzibar, I had the opportunity to visit the
radio stn and exchange information and ideas with RTZ staff, especially Ali
Bakari Muombwa and Khalid Hassan Rajab. The latter is the chief of the SW
radio txer and speaks very good En (he has attended training courses in the
US).
Mr Ali Bakari Muombwa, a friendly 25-year old employee, is handling all
incoming correspondence, including foreign mail. Ali's problem is that he
does not read, speak or write En well enough to read or answer letters from
foreign listeners. He has to have all En letters translated into Swahili !
This explains why most RRs remain unanswered -- Ali simply does not
understand them. In certain cases, Mr. Khalid Hassan Rajab has answered
rpts, even though this does not fall into his area of responsibility. So
don't be disappointed if you don't get an answer from RTZ. The employees I
have met are extremely nice, they make very little money (about $30 per
month), and they do what they can, but they receive far more foreign mail
than they can handle.
RTZ employs more than 150 people, including 18 announcers and 10
technicians. The stn bcs 8 hrs a day on 11734 using a 50 kW Chinese made
txer and a rhombic antenna directed towards Oman, where a large number of
Zanzibar nationals reside. A parallel progr is bc during 18 hrs daily on
585 MW, using a Harris txer, also 50 kw. All bcs are in Swahili, incl a
rebc of a 30 min DW nx progr which is txed by satellite directly from
Cologne to Zanzibar three times a day.
En bcs are planned for the future. Also, the stn has plans to bc in FM
stereo if they can get the funding from the Tanzanian govt. The bc house is
impressive, and was built in 1993 with financial and technical help from
CHN.
Mr. Rajab was nice enough to show me around on a Sat morning, where I also
had the occasion to speak with the stn director and with Mr. Abulrahman M.
Said, the Chief Engineer. I also had the opportunity to visit the studios
and be present during the recording of a bc. RTZ has four studios with
relatively modern Swiss Studio equipment.
The highlight of my stay in Zanzibar was a visit to Ali Bakari's village of
Makunduchi, where Ali's family prepared a big welcoming lunch for us. We
also took part in the festivities of the annual Makwa Kogwa festival which
is the celebration of the New Year by the people of Makunduchi. An
interesting part of the festival is the traditional fight between
youngsters from North and South Makunduchi, who literally beat the hell out
of each other using banana stems. The purpose of the fight is to alleviate
pent-up aggressions and to end conflicts among hostile families. It's
really an odd sight to watch! After two hours of fighting, the conflicting
parties bury the hatchet and drink and dance together until the wee morning
hrs. The festival was being filmed by reporters from the National
Geographic Society, so some of you may get to see it on TV sooner or later.
It is well worth watching.
So much for this. Those of you who mailed me RRs to handcarry to RTZ should
receive an answer shortly. Mr. Rajab was nice enough to sign off on them
(after carefully reading each and every one of them), and I have personally
mailed all letters on Jul 24 from Zanzibar Town. (Enzio Gehrig, Spain,
direct, in A-DX, HC-DX, via NU)
RT Zanzibar 11734 verified by a handwritten comment on my report. Original
report was from Jan 1, 1996, a f/up was brought to the stn by OM Enzio
Gehrig. Tnx Enzio!
(Willi Passmann-D, Aug 3)
EDXC Conference 1999.
After negociations between the DSWCI - Danish Short Wave Club Internat and
the EDXC, I'm happy to announce that the EDXC Conference 1999 will be
organised in Copenhagen during the weekend 05-07 Nov.
The EDXC protocol normally puts up a voting on arranging the annual
conference, but as we are running out of time with this project and there
are no other candidates, I think that we can accept this without
comprehensive voting. Comments from the EDXC member clubs as well as from
individual DXers are of course most welcome. As we are in a hurry now, I'll
declare the case closed on Friday morning the 6th of Aug, so send in your
comments quickly.
Here follows a short summary of the conference details:
Copenhagen was proposed to the DSWCI as the conference venue because its
good location and transport facilities, and also because there is an active
group of DXers in the city itself.
The conference venue is Hotel Eremitage, about 11 kms north of Copenhagen,
with good connections to the city center. The hotel fee for one night is
515 DKK single room and 740 DKK double room incl breakfast. The banquet
dinner fee is 195 DKK. Otherwise no conference fee will be charged, but
when participating the excursions everybody must pay the entrance fees and
transports.
The
Fri
Sat
Sat
preliminary
evening:
morning:
afternoon:
Sat evening:
Sun morning:
meeting agenda:
unofficial gettogether at the hotel.
excursions and lunch on your own.
the EDXC annual meeting
additional programme items (videos, talks on actual
DX matters etc; your ideas are welcome.
the EDXC banquet dinner.
excursions.
The excursions are not yet fixed, but possible targets include the new
Telemuseum and the Radiohouse.
Like you can see, this will not be one of the big
heaps of fine items, talks, excursions and so on,
DXers in Copenhagen during that weekend, enjoying
talk about their hobby, learn new things and have
greetings and hope to see you in Copenhagen!
(Risto Vahakainu EDXC SG, Aug 3)
EDXC conferences with
but we hope to see many
a meeting where they can
a nice time. Best
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 422 SPECIAL
14 Aug 1999
________________________________________________________________________
SOLAR ECLIPSE REPORT
Unusal reception of radio broadcasting stations compared to usual
monitoring conditions at Stuttgart-Germany, same place, same daytime, same
band scans etc.
Despite we had unfortunately locally heavy rain fall and cloudy sky, the
eclipse occured here at 1033 UTC and lasted 2 mins and 17 seconds in real
quiet DARKNESS. Center route of the eclipse shadow was just 800 metres
north of my house.
Locally temperature degree degenerated by 4.5 centigrade from about 18 to
13.5 within a duration of 10 minutes between 1023 and 1035 UTC, in 500
metres above sea level.
* -- SHORTWAVE
Primarily no exciting to report from the 49 mb conditions during solar
eclipse.
Teracom tests of R Sweden 6065 came in very strong - as usual - S=9+60 dB.
BBCWS on special solar eclipse test to NoAM via Rampisham 7325 heard here
with 55555 S=5+40 dB. [details see under United Kingdom]
Increased signal strength receiving conditions from about 0915 til 1045
UTC, especially in the 41 and 31 mbs, and two exceptions in 25 mb like RKICAN 11715 and WWCR 12160, latter one normally unheard here at this time
slot.
Generally more exiting unusual signals monitored from the west, the
American continent like CAN, USA, CUB, CTR and ATN, than came in from South
and EastEUR. No increase in signal strength from VoT-TUR and ERT-GRC
outlets.
Stns from So&EaEUR to report at stronger level:
7230, RAI 7240, HRV 7365 at 1000-1100.
ALB 7150, BLR 7210, AWR
RXs AOR7030, Kenwood R-1000, Sony ICF 2010, Yaesu FRT-7700 antenna tuner.
7325 0910 11-8 G
9565 0911
9455 0949
9605 0950
9625 0952
9690
9725
9700
9805
0954
0955
0956
0957
9820 0958
7415 0959
7175 1010
BBCWS via Rampisham
En WS progr //12095
55555
special solar eclipse
transmission towards NoAM
progr on symbols in NoIRL.
11-8 USA R Marti Greenville
Sp,Cuban jamming co-channel 33333
increasing signals from 0930.
11-8 USA WSHB
Port relig progr to Brazil
35333
increased from 0951 UTC.
11-8 USA WYFR Okeechobee
44333
11-8 USA WYFR Okeechobee
Fr progr at 1008 UTC.
43433
QRM by RUI Kiev on 9620.
11-8 ATG DW Antigua
Ge progr //6075
44433
11-8 CTR AWR Alajuela !!!!
Sp, at 1007 ID/addr given
34333
11-8 USA ERT via Delano-CA
ERT IS 0956, Nx ID 1007 UTC. 25332
11-8 CUB Cuban jammers
jamming//9565 against RMarti 45444
against R Marti
//9955 agains WRMI Miami.
Seemingly on air 24 hours !
11-8 ATN RNW Bonaire
En, eclipse report at 1007
44444
11-8 USA ?Tentativelly WBCQ ? Typically US American mx
22222
of the forties and fifties.
11-8 I
RAI Caltanisetta
It, "Oh sole mio"over & over 34433
short tx breaks, secondly.
7120 1011 11-8 I
IRRS Milano
7440 1012 11-8 RUS R Rossii Moscow
11715 1013 11-8 CAN RKI Sackville relay
12160 1016 11-8 USA WWCR Nashville
9745 1030 11-8 CYP BBC Zyyi
9585 1040 11-8 ALB R Tirana
Ge commentary, very strong
55444
Ru, towards true North at
35333
000 degrees to Russian Arctic.
Sp progr
45444
En sermon prayer
45444
English by Radio lang course 44444
325 degress til 1200 UTC.
Albanian,camp meeting report 55555
* -- LONG- and MEDIUMWAVE
RX Sony ICF 2010 battery driven, no main power supply used.
MARTENS MW loop antenna, built-in antenna amplifier off.
Surprisingly no unforeseen reception condition changes occured.
Usual LW log at noon.
Reception signal strength given by 1 to 10 shining diodes display on the
Sony ICF 2010 signal strength scale.
Explanation: 1 = very poor, 10 = very strong, local radio station.
153 D
10
183 D
10
243 DEN 5
162 F
198 G
252 ALG
6
3
7
Usual MW log at noon.
531 SUI 9
549 D
603 F
7
621 BEL
666 D
9
675 HOL
747 HOL 6
756 D
828 D
7
837 F
972 D
1
1017 D
1197 D
6
1278 F
1539 D
6
6
6
6
9
8
9
8
171 CIS mixture just 4
207 D
9
216 MCO
261 D
9
270 CZE
557
639
711
765
873
1107
1287
6
7
177 D
234 LUX
7
8
SUI 7
576 D
10
593 D
10
CZE 7
648 G/SVN 7 poor mixture
D
10
720 D
2
729 D
6
SUI 7
783 D
3
801 D
7
D
8
882 D
5
900 I
4
D 1-6 fluttery
1143 D
10
CZE 1
1323 D
7
1422 D
6
Surprisingly unforeseen reception conditions changed between 1025 and 1107
UTC.
540 BEL 3
630 TUN 2
693 I
6
1035 I
6
1098 SVK 10 !
1116 I
8
1125#HRV 10 ! 1224 BUL! 5
1233 CZE 10 ! 1251 HOL 4
1269 D
7
1278 F
10
1287 CZE 9
1305 I
4
1314 ROU! 6 in Hung.
1323%D
10 ! 1395 HOL 5
1404 ROU! seemingly Sighet 4 1440 LUX 7
1449 MDA! 2 seemingly Chinsinau Moldova,
but carrying same progr as ROU 1458 !
1458 ROU! Constanta 5
1512 BEL RVI Wolvertem 3, daytime 25kW of power only!
1557 Nice-F and ?Osijek-HRV? mixture, fluttery signal 7-8.
1575 I
4
1602 HNG and YUG 7, many UNID's in Hungarian and S-Cr language.
# HRV Zagreb Deanovec on 1125 only, 55555, no signal on //1134 Zadar !
% VoRussia Wachenbrunn increased from usual 34333 to 55555.
55555 for Nitra-SVK, Melnik-CZE and Litomysl-CZE like a local radio stn !
During solar eclipse no increased reception occured on both 1197-VoA Munich
and 1422-DLF Heusweiler, due of strong ground wave signal dominating here
and usually blows out the sky wave signal. (WB, Aug 11)
The 97.3% Partial Eclipse at my location in South Wales provided some very
good reception on the upper part of MW. Full details, graphs, recordings
etc appear in the Eclipse section.
Why not join the Online DX Chat Room Suns from 1800. Details on the Online
DX Logbook Homepage at:
www.dxsheigra.freeserve.co.uk
or
www.bigfoot.com/~odxl
(Graham Powell-UK, Aug 11)
1584
1224
1449
1449
Turkish R London, 0915 Turkish mx and songs. 34333
Spain, 0920 Spanish male and female speakers. 24222
RAI Due, 0929 advts in Italian with RAI tune. 34333
unid UK, 1027 En male and female speakers, not //198,
so BBC Cambridhire best gues here. 34333
900 RAI Uno, 1031 Italian male speaker. 34333
1503 BBC Stoke (presumed), 1031 nx by male. 34333
1521 UK stn, 1032 nonstop popmx. 44444
1584 BBC Nothingham, presumed, 1036 male and female speakers in En mixed
with others, heard earlier around 0930 also. 33333
1098 Slovakia, 1039 male speaker in Slovakian. 44444
After eclipse all above frequenties empty again.
(Karl van Rooy-HOL, Aug 11)
891 kHz during eclipse.
The discussions in the last few weeks had made me curious to the influence
of the solar eclipse on MW propagation. I happen to live in the area where
we had a total eclipse (SW Germany, 40 km SW of Karlsruhe), so I decided to
do some experiment myself. Report below.
I myself was away to watch the event, but I had my receiver and
taperecorder set up to run for a few periods. I was lucky enough to see at
least something through the clouds. Only the few mins where the eclipse was
total (1031-1033), the sky was so thickly covered with clouds that we could
not see anything. It still got pretty dark.
Back to MW reception. I monitored MW 891. At my QTH (40 km SW of
Karlsruhe), I can normally receive Hulsberg, Netherlands, 20 kW, very
weakly during the day on this freq. Distance about 300 km, direction NW.
These are the results of my four reception periods:
0930-0935 Reception weak as usual (Only partly readable).
1000-1010 Reception still weak, eclipse already about 50-70%.
1025-1040 Reception very clear. (O= 3/4). Reports of eclipse visibility in
NoFrance and
S. Germany (apparently the French had more luck). Detoriation in reception
already noticeable direclty after peak of event. During latter part of
period (1035-1040) a French speaking stn in the background. I can only
think this to be ALG. However, normally this channnel carries Ar. Anyone
has an explanation or alternative ?
1050-1105 Reception still fair at start. Fr background stn gone. Reception
collapsed between 1053-1055 (i.e. 20 mins after local peak of eclipse),
returning to normal levels.
(Aart Rouw-D, Aug 11)
Eclipse radio log
1010
1575v G
1017
1557
F
1030
1566 HOL
1037
1575
I
1030
1593 ROU
1043
1602
I
by Uwe Volk-D, near Hannover, Aug 11:
RNI(Beatles:Here comes the sun) 24332
R. Bleue Nice
23332
Polka-Pirat (1031 c/d)
44444
RAI (RNI nil!)
45433
RTR
35333
RAI Bozen (local Live Report BZ) 43433
1047
1056
1102
1110
1640
864
891
1152
HOL
F
HOL
ROU
Polka-Pirat
R. Bleue Paris
Radio 5 Hulsberg
RTR Cluj
44444
24332
35333
22222 (UV)
Eclipse report by KL. Yesterday I did the due trip, no matter that it
needed to start the journey already the day before, directly from the
workplace. At Erfurt a shunting accident resulted in a two hrs delay of the
Warszawa - Frankfurt train, nevertheless I did my planned visit at
Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt, where they currently also install new
digital studios, it is currently under discussion, whether or not the
cultural progr HR 2 maintains to bc from the current analogue studios
instead. And they have of course also a canteen...
From Frankfurt I continued to Karlsruhe, the ICE train was not too heavily
occupied, while we passengers received word that the traffic on the
highways was virtually collapsed; who knows, how many drivers didn't manage
to reach the annularity zone in time. I could also take a quick look at
both the Biblis and Lampertheim facilities of IBB, which are not as
impressive than other SW tx sites but anyway a couple of masts are
significant.
The decision to favour Karlsruhe proved as first price, properly in time
the clouds opened, while I could on 576 kHz (not due to conviction, it was
just a known SWR freq for me, contrary to the local FM scale) listen to the
reports from Stuttgart and elsewhere, where it simply becamed dark and that
was it.
Following are my observations alongside with the ones from Michael Fuhr,
who drove to a meadow out of Wiesbaden, while I was inside the city of
Karlsruhe, resulting in less favourable MW reception situation:
1005: The first skywave signals appeared, especially Wavre 1512, which
sounded like running full 300 kW instead of usual daytime power of just 25
kW.
Seldom heard stns during daytime monitored at Wiesbaden: Virgin on 1215,
TDF Lille-F 1377, Wavre-BEL 1512 suggests using full power of 300 instead
of nominal 25 kW.
1023: British local stns appeared like Fame 1512, County Gold 1476 or
Breeze AM 1359 and 1431, all strong UK stns like BBC 909, Virgin 1215, Talk
Radio 1053 and 1089, and also BEL & HOL stns Business Nieuws 1395, had
tremendous signals like a strong local tx.
1025: Further signals from the UK, BEL and HOL faded in, I noted at
Karlsruhe especially the Talk-R. network on 1089, Flevo on 1008 and Lopik
on 1395, while Michael had actually all high power outlets alongside with
some local stations (1359, 1431, 1476, 1521). At Wiesbaden also Power 612
from Kiel and DLF Neum nster 1269 from northern Germany becamed audible.
1029: No big changes noted by yours truly, who his attention from now fully
concentrated to the real event, as the light was meanwhile of a striking
dim kind and the blue of the sky changed into a weird violet. At Wiesbaden
the Spains appeared (especially on 1080 and 1602), while the UK, BEL and
HOL txs becamed weaker. The ERF/TWR Mainflingen tx on 1539, just 30 km
away, started to suffer from fading, Spanish signals appeared underneath.
1034: Fade-in at Wiesbaden for signals from Italia (1035, 1332, 1575),
France (1206) and the CZE (1233 and 1287).
1039: At Karlsruhe both the above mentioned signals as well as the CZE txs
on 954, 1233 and 1287 are audible.
1042: The stns from the west are widely disappeared, instead ones from the
east comes in; I had no time to figure it out further as I was concerned to
get my train, at Wiesbaden namely Thessaloniki-GRC on 1044 and Domzale-SVN
on 918 was identified.
1048: At Wiesbaden the last signals from the east flashed through, slowly
the usual daytime conditions come back. (Kai Ludwig-D, Michael Fuhr-D, Aug
11)
Special eclipse radio recordings of IBB - VoA Vienna monitoring on RMS
systeMm via:
http://193.81.2.21/sounds/vien/ecli/catalog.html
(Peter Ungerboeck-AUT, Aug 11)
to gh/WOR is given.
FROM: Wolfgang W. Bueschel, 100523,3446
TO:
M. Fuhr, INTERNET:fuhrM@t-online.de
Joerg Klingenfuss, 101550,514
DATE: 12.08.1999 23:15
Re:
Copy of: BC-DX #422
Solar Eclipse special
---------- Forwarded Message ---------From: Wolfgang W. Bueschel, 100523,3446
DATE: 12.08.99 21:41
RE:
Copy of: BC-DX #422
Solar Eclipse special
SOLAR ECLIPSE REPORT - Aug 11, 1999
band scans etc.
quiet DARKNESS.
Center route of the eclipse shadow was just 800 metres north of my house.
* -- SHORTWAVE
eclipse.
UTC, especially in the 41 and 31 mbs, and two exceptions in 25 mb like
RKI-CAN 11715 and WWCR 12160, latter one normally unheard here at this
time slot.
American continent like CAN, USA, CUB, CTR and ATN, than came in from
South and EastEUR.
No increase in signal strength from VoT-TUR and ERT-GRC outlets.
Stns from So&EaEUR to report at stronger level:
ALB 7150, BLR 7210, AWR 7230, RAI 7240, HRV 7365 at 1000-1100.
7325 0910 11-8 G
BBCWS via Rampisham
En WS progr //12095
55555
9565 0911 11-8 USA R Marti Greenville
9455 0949 11-8 USA
9605 0950 11-8 USA
9625 0952 11-8 USA
9690
9725
9770
9805
0954
0955
0956
0957
11-8
11-8
11-8
11-8
ATG
CTR
USA
CUB
9820 0958 11-8 ATN
7415 0959 11-8 USA
7175 1010 11-8 I
7120 1011 11-8 I
7440 1012 11-8 RUS
11715 1013 11-8 CAN
12160 1016 11-8 USA
9745 1030 11-8 CYP
9585 1040 11-8 ALB
WSHB
35333
WYFR Okeechobee
44333
WYFR Okeechobee
43433
DW Antigua
Ge progr //6075
44433
AWR Alajuela !!!!
34333
ERT via Delano-CA
ERT IS 0956, Nx ID 1007 UTC. 25332
Cuban jammers
against R Marti
//9955 against WRMI Miami.
RNW Bonaire
44444
?Tentativelly WBCQ ? Typically US American mx
22222
RAI Caltanisetta
IRRS Milano
55444
R Rossii Moscow
35333
RKI Sackville relay Sp progr
45444
WWCR Nashville
En sermon prayer
45444
BBC Zyyi
R Tirana
153 D
10
183 D
10
243 DEN 5
162 F
198 G
252 ALG
6
3
7
531 SUI 9
549 D
603 F
7
621 BEL
666 D
9
675 HOL
747 HOL 6
756 D
828 D
7
837 F
972 D
1
1017 D
1197 D
6
1278 F
1539 D
6
6
6
6
9
8
9
8
207 D
9
216 MCO
261 D
9
270 CZE
557
639
711
765
873
1107
1287
6
7
177 D
234 LUX
7
8
SUI 7
576 D
10
593 D
10
CZE 7
D
10
720 D
2
729 D
6
SUI 7
783 D
3
801 D
7
D
8
882 D
5
900 I
4
D 1-6 fluttery
1143 D
10
CZE 1
1323 D
7
1422 D
6
Surprisingly unforeseen reception conditions
changed between 1025 and 1107 UTC.
540 BEL 3
630 TUN 2
693 I
6
1116 I
8
1125#HRV 10 ! 1224 BUL! 5
1269 D
7
1278 F
10
1287 CZE 9
1323%D
10 ! 1395 HOL 5
1449 MDA! 2 seemingly Chisinau Moldova,
1035 I
6
1233 CZE 10 !
1305 I
4
1098 SVK 10 !
1251 HOL 4
1458
1512
1557
1575
1602
ROU! Constanta 5
BEL RVI Wolvertem 3, daytime 25kW of power only!
Nice-F and ?Osijek-HRV? mixture, fluttery signal 7-8.
I
4
HNG and YUG 7, many UNID's in Hungarian and S-Cr language.
During solar eclipse no increased reception occured on both 1197-VoA
Munich and 1422-DLF Heusweiler, due of strong ground wave signal
dominating here and usually blows out the sky wave signal.
(WB, Aug 11)
BC-DX 422
14 Aug 1999
________________________________________________________________________
band scans etc.
quiet DARKNESS. Center route of the eclipse shadow was just 800 metres
north of my house.
* -- SHORTWAVE
eclipse.
UTC, especially in the 41 and 31 mbs, and two exceptions in 25 mb like RKICAN 11715 and WWCR 12160, latter one normally unheard here at this time
slot.
American continent like CAN, USA, CUB, CTR and ATN, than came in from South
and EastEUR. No increase in signal strength from VoT-TUR and ERT-GRC
outlets.
Stns from So&EaEUR to report at stronger level: ALB 7150, BLR 7210, AWR
7230, RAI 7240, HRV 7365 at 1000-1100.
7325 0910 11-8 G
BBCWS via Rampisham
En WS progr //12095
55555
9565 0911 11-8 USA R Marti Greenville
9455 0949 11-8 USA WSHB
35333
9605 0950 11-8 USA WYFR Okeechobee
44333
9625 0952 11-8 USA WYFR Okeechobee
43433
9690 0954 11-8 ATG DW Antigua
Ge progr //6075
44433
9725 0955 11-8 CTR AWR Alajuela !!!!
34333
9700 0956 11-8 USA ERT via Delano-CA
ERT IS 0956, Nx ID 1007 UTC. 25332
9805 0957 11-8 CUB Cuban jammers
against R Marti
//9955 agains WRMI Miami.
9820 0958 11-8 ATN RNW Bonaire
44444
7415 0959 11-8 USA ?Tentativelly WBCQ ? Typically US American mx
22222
7175 1010 11-8 I
RAI Caltanisetta
7120 1011 11-8 I
IRRS Milano
55444
7440 1012 11-8 RUS R Rossii Moscow
35333
11715 1013 11-8 CAN RKI Sackville relay
12160 1016 11-8 USA WWCR Nashville
9745 1030 11-8 CYP BBC Zyyi
9585 1040 11-8 ALB R Tirana
Sp progr
45444
En sermon prayer
45444
153 D
10
183 D
10
243 DEN 5
162 F
198 G
252 ALG
6
3
7
531 SUI 9
549 D
603 F
7
621 BEL
666 D
9
675 HOL
747 HOL 6
756 D
828 D
7
837 F
972 D
1
1017 D
1197 D
6
1278 F
1539 D
6
6
6
6
9
8
9
8
207 D
9
216 MCO
261 D
9
270 CZE
557
639
711
765
873
1107
1287
6
7
177 D
234 LUX
7
8
SUI 7
576 D
10
593 D
10
CZE 7
D
10
720 D
2
729 D
6
SUI 7
783 D
3
801 D
7
D
8
882 D
5
900 I
4
D 1-6 fluttery
1143 D
10
CZE 1
1323 D
7
1422 D
6
Surprisingly unforeseen reception conditions changed between 1025 and 1107
UTC.
540 BEL 3
630 TUN 2
693 I
6
1035 I
6
1098 SVK 10 !
1116 I
8
1125#HRV 10 ! 1224 BUL! 5
1233 CZE 10 ! 1251 HOL 4
1269 D
7
1278 F
10
1287 CZE 9
1305 I
4
1323%D
10 ! 1395 HOL 5
1449 MDA! 2 seemingly Chinsinau Moldova,
1458 ROU! Constanta 5
1512 BEL RVI Wolvertem 3, daytime 25kW of power only!
1557 Nice-F and ?Osijek-HRV? mixture, fluttery signal 7-8.
1575 I
4
1602 HNG and YUG 7, many UNID's in Hungarian and S-Cr language.
During solar eclipse no increased reception occured on both 1197-VoA Munich
and 1422-DLF Heusweiler, due of strong ground wave signal dominating here
and usually blows out the sky wave signal. (WB, Aug 11)
The 97.3% Partial Eclipse at my location in South Wales provided some very
good reception on the upper part of MW. Full details, graphs, recordings
etc appear in the Eclipse section.
Why not join the Online DX Chat Room Suns from 1800. Details on the Online
DX Logbook Homepage at:
www.dxsheigra.freeserve.co.uk
www.bigfoot.com/~odxl
(Graham Powell-UK, Aug 11)
or
1584
1224
1449
1449
Turkish R London, 0915 Turkish mx and songs. 34333
Spain, 0920 Spanish male and female speakers. 24222
RAI Due, 0929 advts in Italian with RAI tune. 34333
unid UK, 1027 En male and female speakers, not //198,
so BBC Cambridhire best gues here. 34333
900 RAI Uno, 1031 Italian male speaker. 34333
1503 BBC Stoke (presumed), 1031 nx by male. 34333
1521 UK stn, 1032 nonstop popmx. 44444
1584 BBC Nothingham, presumed, 1036 male and female speakers in En mixed
with others, heard earlier around 0930 also. 33333
1098 Slovakia, 1039 male speaker in Slovakian. 44444
After eclipse all above frequenties empty again.
(Karl van Rooy-HOL, Aug 11)
891 kHz during eclipse.
The discussions in the last few weeks had made me curious to the influence
of the solar eclipse on MW propagation. I happen to live in the area where
we had a total eclipse (SW Germany, 40 km SW of Karlsruhe), so I decided to
do some experiment myself. Report below.
I myself was away to watch the event, but I had my receiver and
taperecorder set up to run for a few periods. I was lucky enough to see at
least something through the clouds. Only the few mins where the eclipse was
total (1031-1033), the sky was so thickly covered with clouds that we could
not see anything. It still got pretty dark.
Back to MW reception. I monitored MW 891. At my QTH (40 km SW of
Karlsruhe), I can normally receive Hulsberg, Netherlands, 20 kW, very
weakly during the day on this freq. Distance about 300 km, direction NW.
These are the results of my four reception periods:
0930-0935 Reception weak as usual (Only partly readable).
1000-1010 Reception still weak, eclipse already about 50-70%.
1025-1040 Reception very clear. (O= 3/4). Reports of eclipse visibility in
NoFrance and
S. Germany (apparently the French had more luck). Detoriation in reception
already noticeable direclty after peak of event. During latter part of
period (1035-1040) a French speaking stn in the background. I can only
think this to be ALG. However, normally this channnel carries Ar. Anyone
has an explanation or alternative ?
1050-1105 Reception still fair at start. Fr background stn gone. Reception
collapsed between 1053-1055 (i.e. 20 mins after local peak of eclipse),
returning to normal levels.
(Aart Rouw-D, Aug 11)
Eclipse radio log
1010
1575v G
1017
1557
F
1030
1566 HOL
1037
1575
I
1030
1593 ROU
1043
1602
I
1047
1640 HOL
1056
864
F
1102
891 HOL
1110
1152 ROU
by Uwe Volk-D, near Hannover, Aug 11:
RNI(Beatles:Here comes the sun) 24332
R. Bleue Nice
23332
Polka-Pirat (1031 c/d)
44444
RAI (RNI nil!)
45433
RTR
35333
RAI Bozen (local Live Report BZ) 43433
Polka-Pirat
44444
R. Bleue Paris
24332
Radio 5 Hulsberg
35333
RTR Cluj
22222 (UV)
Eclipse report by KL. Yesterday I did the due trip, no matter that it
needed to start the journey already the day before, directly from the
workplace. At Erfurt a shunting accident resulted in a two hrs delay of the
Warszawa - Frankfurt train, nevertheless I did my planned visit at
Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt, where they currently also install new
digital studios, it is currently under discussion, whether or not the
cultural progr HR 2 maintains to bc from the current analogue studios
instead. And they have of course also a canteen...
From Frankfurt I continued to Karlsruhe, the ICE train was not too heavily
occupied, while we passengers received word that the traffic on the
highways was virtually collapsed; who knows, how many drivers didn't manage
to reach the annularity zone in time. I could also take a quick look at
both the Biblis and Lampertheim facilities of IBB, which are not as
impressive than other SW tx sites but anyway a couple of masts are
significant.
The decision to favour Karlsruhe proved as first price, properly in time
the clouds opened, while I could on 576 kHz (not due to conviction, it was
just a known SWR freq for me, contrary to the local FM scale) listen to the
reports from Stuttgart and elsewhere, where it simply becamed dark and that
was it.
Following are my observations alongside with the ones from Michael Fuhr,
who drove to a meadow out of Wiesbaden, while I was inside the city of
Karlsruhe, resulting in less favourable MW reception situation:
1005: The first skywave signals appeared, especially Wavre 1512, which
sounded like running full 300 kW instead of usual daytime power of just 25
kW.
Seldom heard stns during daytime monitored at Wiesbaden: Virgin on 1215,
TDF Lille-F 1377, Wavre-BEL 1512 suggests using full power of 300 instead
of nominal 25 kW.
1023: British local stns appeared like Fame 1512, County Gold 1476 or
Breeze AM 1359 and 1431, all strong UK stns like BBC 909, Virgin 1215, Talk
Radio 1053 and 1089, and also BEL & HOL stns Business Nieuws 1395, had
tremendous signals like a strong local tx.
1025: Further signals from the UK, BEL and HOL faded in, I noted at
Karlsruhe especially the Talk-R. network on 1089, Flevo on 1008 and Lopik
on 1395, while Michael had actually all high power outlets alongside with
some local stations (1359, 1431, 1476, 1521). At Wiesbaden also Power 612
from Kiel and DLF Neum nster 1269 from northern Germany becamed audible.
1029: No big changes noted by yours truly, who his attention from now fully
concentrated to the real event, as the light was meanwhile of a striking
dim kind and the blue of the sky changed into a weird violet. At Wiesbaden
the Spains appeared (especially on 1080 and 1602), while the UK, BEL and
HOL txs becamed weaker. The ERF/TWR Mainflingen tx on 1539, just 30 km
away, started to suffer from fading, Spanish signals appeared underneath.
1034: Fade-in at Wiesbaden for signals from Italia (1035, 1332, 1575),
France (1206) and the CZE (1233 and 1287).
1039: At Karlsruhe both the above mentioned signals as well as the CZE txs
on 954, 1233 and 1287 are audible.
1042: The stns from the west are widely disappeared, instead ones from the
east comes in; I had no time to figure it out further as I was concerned to
get my train, at Wiesbaden namely Thessaloniki-GRC on 1044 and Domzale-SVN
on 918 was identified.
1048: At Wiesbaden the last signals from the east flashed through, slowly
the usual daytime conditions come back. (Kai Ludwig-D, Michael Fuhr-D, Aug
11)
Special eclipse radio recordings of IBB - VoA Vienna monitoring on RMS
systeMm via:
http://193.81.2.21/sounds/vien/ecli/catalog.html
(Peter Ungerboeck-AUT, Aug 11)
ANTIGUA
[GERMANY non] Tuning in for a BBC WS Prom Concert, Bartok's
Concerto for Orchestra, Sun Aug 8 at 1510 on what would have been the best
freq 17840, found a heavy mix with something in Portuguese, almost as loud
as BBC, which had not been there two weeks before. Kept mentioning
"Alemanha", first in Luso, after 1531 in Brazilian accent, so pretty sure
it's R Deutsche Welle; also had its characteristic audio processing sound.
At first I thought BBC had its wires crossed, with two feeds at once, since
there was no discernable subaudible heterodyne -- meaning virtually zerobeat freqs, but BBC has no Portuguese scheduled at this hour [and DW
either, ed], and the Port signal faded independently of BBC audio. It was
gone by 1600. What genius thought this freq could be shared by BBC and DW
without harm?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 9)
Seemingly a mixture product originating from ATG:
17680 1500-1550 zones 13 ATG 250 160 DW
17730 1400-1700 1-4,6-10 ATG 250 300 DW
17765 1400-1700 12-16
ATG 250 160 DW
17840 1400-1700 11SW,12
ATG 125 205 BBC
17840 1400-1700 6-8,10,11 ATG 125 300 BBC
AUSTRIA
Private radio on MW will be possible according to the Austrian
National Assembly. Old txs as Graz, Dorbirn, Wien-Bisamberg, Linz,
Innsbruck and Scharnitz can soon be reactivated. A long list of txs still
existing[? ed] are presented.
Freqs to be used are planned as follows: 585 630 774 891 963 1026 1125 1143
1314 1458 1485 1548 and 1602. (Radio-redaktion via BE, via MV-Eko and OA,
Aug 10)
CHINA/FRANCE
RFI via Xian is now using 11955 (x11910), //17680 at 14001457 in En to SoAS to avoid SLBC Colomo (who retimed their Hindi b'cat at
1330-1530 instead of 1510-1630). Noted slight het on this channel as
they're on 11954. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Aug 8)
In BC-DX 421 it was reported that CRI En to AF had been heard on 15305
1700-1800 with a
good signal. At that time I still only hear them on the previously used
15300 (from Urumqi tx site, the txer then going to 9685 Ge). (Olle Alm-SWE,
Aug 9)
Hopefully I'll have done an extensive CRI Urumqi monitoring report next
week, ed.
Observed sched for MW 684, presumably via new facility at Dongfang, Hainan
Prov, is 1300-1400 RFI Fr, 1400-1700 CRI Vn. No sign of RFI French as per
RFI schedule. There are indications that the same tx is used to relay V of
Russia Vn on 603 at 1200-1255. The tx on 603 goes off abruptly before the
end of the VoR progr, then open carrier with similar strength appears on
684 a couple of minutes later, then into RFI audio on the hour.
(Alan Davies-THA, Jun 23)
Russian documents use the denomination "KD" for the 603 tx. K stands for
Kitai in Russian language for China (as Cathay in old English), and D could
stand for Dongfang. The antenna is called "SV1A", where SV means MW and the
A signifies an azimuth from 180 degrs upwards. This tx has been around for
several years and was used by the Russians on 603 already in 1995. A recent
report mentions a power of 800 kW. ERP or tx power?
(Olle Alm-SWE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
4900 Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, Aug 8, 2123-2130, Male and female talk
in presumed Mandarin. 24342, //5050, which was stronger but had QRM from
Togo on 5047.
(Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 11)
DENMARK
DSWCI AGM 2000. Danish SW Club Internat annual general meeting
and DX-Camp in coming year will be held May 12-14, 2000 at same place,
Scout Camp in Vejers Strand, Denmark. (Harald Kuhl-DEN, Aug 9)
ECUADOR
Changes from Aug 16th, 1999: HCJB Ge to SoAM 2230-2330 11980
(x11955 suffered interference to/from BBC SNG), 100 kW. Txion time will
change from Oct 31 to 2300-2400. "The time change for the release will most
likely happen at the end of Oct when we start the new season." [DG]
HCJB English to AUS/PAC 0700-1100 11755 (x15115). DXPL here Sat 0909-1000.
(Douglas Weber, HCJB Freq Manag., Klaus Koehler-D, Aug 7)
FRANCE
1044 Radio Bleue has started a 1 kW tx each, in Mulhouse, and on
1197 at St. Prieuc. (Horst Rauch via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
GERMANY
1143 AFN Karlsruhe closed down its tx in June 1999. (Radio
Redaktion, DE via BE, Horst Rauch-D via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
1485 AFN Wuerzburg is now bcing on this freq with 250 watts (x1143).
729 BRF Wuerzburg and Hof are both bcing on this freq now (x520, [see
below]).
Wuerzburg has increased to 500 W. (Horst Rauch-D, via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug
10)
The following txs will be outsourced acc to NRW Nord-Rhein Westfalen Govt.
702 Siegen, Herford and Kleve 5 kW, Aachen 3 kW. 972 Bonn 5 kW and
Langenberg 5 kW.
612 The stn will be renamed on Sept 9 at 0709 to POWER MW and will start
bcing on Schwerin [Woebbelin] 999 with 20 kW, Rostock [Dietrichshagen] 558
with 20 kW, Greifswald 531 with 10 kW and Neubrandenburg 657 with 10 kW.
576 Mega Radio's General Manager Horst Bork has informed German newspapers
about a later start of the txions. The stn was scheduled to start in Aug,
but now the start has been postponed towards the end of 1999.
693 It is rumoured that IFA (The International Radio & TV Show) in Berlin
will use 693 for special txions during the fair. This fair is held at the
end of Aug and early Sept this year. (Radio Redaktion, DE via BE, via MVEko, Aug 10)
BRF still active on 520 on 9 Aug. 729 and 520 carry the B5 information
progr, not //801. From midnight this sce relays MDR-Info (783 and others).
520 still active on Aug 10.
GUIANA Fr
CHINA [non]. CRI: the schedule of the relay over GUF facility
is: 0200-0257 Sp 13685; 0300-0357 Mandarin, En 0400- 0457 both on 9720;
9720 is new, replacing original 9730. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, via GH WoR)
So it was, Chinese checked at 0341 UT Aug 9 on 9720; has adjacent from
9715, and hard to tell here why they moved. However, at 0448 recheck found
En back/still on 9730, but with a BIG problem: two audio feeds of the same
progr at same level about 2 seconds apart!
Unlistenable, at least in speech; furthermore, RCI relay on 9560 had
exactly the same problem so it was somewhere between CHN and the western
hemisphere. Isn't it about time this old SW medium got its act together? At
the very least, wasn't anyone monitoring at either site? Of course not. If
nothing else, they should have dumped feed and run fill mx/apologies.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 9)
HUNGARY
873 Pecs / Radio F nfkirchen
only just nx progr, now magazine reports
The stn reported last winter on MW 1350.
and 1350 MW, ed]
(Markus Weidner-D in Prague-CZE in July,
in German extended its sce, not
are carried between 1600 and 1800.
[seemingly a network of both 873
via Michael Fuhr-D, Aug 12)
IRAQ
7161 - Mother of Battles Radio. s-on at 1600 with Ar mx, followed
immediately by Recital of Koran, then mx; ID at 1606 by woman in Ar as
"Idha'at umm al-ma'arik, Idha atu kul al-arab", then songs and talks mainly
on Sadaam Hussein and America. 1850 Recital of Koran followed by military
mx, probably NA; time pips, short annt and went off at 1900. Poor and very
noisy reception Aug 5 and 6.
(Mahendra Vaghjee, Mauritius, WORLD OF RADIO 999, Aug 9; and NU Aug 8)
ISRAEL
23170.0 KOL Israel on 2nd hx (2x11585) at 1900 n Hebrew SINPO
24432.
(Harald Kuhl-D, Aug 10)
JORDAN
15485 [seemingly a spurious of fundamental 15435]
R Jordan, *0259-0402+ Aug 4, 5+1 time pips, M&W with Ar talk, lots of Ar
mx, IDed by a Tunisian buddy, Ezzie Mufti, at 0400. He says the ID
translates to "the govt stn in Amman." Excellent signal. //11935 not hrd.
This is Ar to NoAM and EUR. En at 1000-1630 on 11690 never hrd here ! See
http://www.jrtv.com
(Talbot-CAN in NU, Aug 8)
KAZAKHSTAN
I read somewhere in July that test conducted by VOTibet on a
2nd freq on 15680 at 1225-1255 time slot. (July 99)
LEBANON
6279.94 King of Hope, 0221-0228, Ar mx & at 0225 began a
jamming, at 0234 continue the mx. SINPO: 25442. (Gabriel I. Barraera-ARG,
TFW, Jul 29)
LIBYA
Libya has been absent from 15395 and 15435 evenings and nights for
some time now. Only 15415 ist still active. I have not been able to trace
any replacement freqs.
I was not able to determine if 15395 was a separate third txer (x11815) or
an intermodulation product of 15415 + 15435. The signal on 15395 was
consistent, though weaker than on the other two freqs.
15415 VoAfrica nx in En 2330 (from 2325?), in Fr 2335-2345, then in Ar.
Libya constantly referred to only as The Great Jamahiriya (al-Jamahiriya
al-Kabir). 15395 and 15435 still silent. (Olle Alm-SWE, Aug 9/10)
LUXEMBOURG
R Luxembourg 1440 will cease its MW bcs & lease the tx to
other broadcasters. (Arctic, via DX Monitor, Aug 7)
MONACO
702 RMC is using this freq early mornings[? see below] for AWR
progrs in Ar & Fr. (Euro Log via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
AWR via RMC Monaco 702, from 2000 s-on in Fr, 2030-2130 s-off in Ar. 0=4-5.
AWR tested MW Gibraltar and Forli already, but not satisfied. AWR Arabic
also via DTK Juelich relay. (Dr. Erwin Woellersdorfer-AUT, Uwe Volk-D, Aug
7)
MONGOLIA
4850 Mongolyn R, Aug 1 1300-1400. Local mx DJ. ID at 1356
simply as Mongolyn Radio" and 1400 as "Mongolyn Radio yarizh bayna
Ulaanbaatard XX tsag". Nx at 1400. In Mongolian lang. (Hironao Oguma-JPN,
Aug 8)
NETHERLANDS
585 There will be a 5 kW tx operating from Lopik between Aug
25-31, 1999, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of R Veronica's off-shore
operations. Progrs will be a mix of old and new progr, all done by former
DJs of R Veronica.
675 Arrow Classic Rock is likely to take over this stn.
(Radio Redaktion, DE via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
1035 R National-AM is the ID for the new 10 kW tx from Limburg. Not on the
air yet, but 1999 is said to be the starting year ! Helmut Slawik, a radio
pioneer, is the owner.
1224 This tx is still off the air. Repair or run out of money ?
(Wian Stienstra-HOL via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
1224 Q-Radio still off the air on Aug 8th after more than 3 weeks.
(BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
(I saw a report somewhere that they would be off for a couple of weeks for
repairs - OA)
1332 "Today FM" will lease this freq from the present owner. The tx is
located at Lopikerkapel. Testing started already June 11. Not heard in
Scandinavia yet.
(Hard-core DX via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
1395 Business Nieuws bcs on weekdays 1000-1800. At other times JFK-radio
is realyed from FM. (No night operations)
1485 Haagstad R in Alphen is bcing partly in Hindi ! The power will be
increased to 1.2 kW. Addr: Beeklaan 162, NL-2562 AP 's-Gravenhage, The
Netherlands.
1557 Max R will begin txions shortly from Amsterdam with the power of 5
kW. The format will be pop-mx. (EuroLog via BE, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
POLAND
198 & 225 During a recent trip to the island of ™land I heard the
two txs very well, 225 in the mornings and 198 in the afternoons. 198 had
slight interference by the UK and RUS. The new 225 tx is located at Solec
Kujawski, near Bydgoszcz and will have a power of 1000 kW when in full
operation in Sept 1999. The 198 tx will be the old Raszyn using 600 kW
(x225). (BE + Hard-core DX, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
Poland 198 has been much stronger than the Russian even in Harnosand-SWE.
225 will conduct some tests in Aug and start officially on 4 Sept. The
silent periods on 225 are needed for measurement purposes.
(Station via Bernd Trutenau-LTU, via MV-Eko, Aug 10)
RUSSIA
4427 + 4543 freq modulated spurious signals from 4485 Ufa (+/-58
kHz), R Rossii prgr 0000-. (Olle Alm-SWE, Aug 11)
9490 R Rossii Krasnodar, Jul 24, 1700, SINPO 24332, Ru nx progr called
"VESTI".
Sakhalin's MW stn "Radio Sakhalin" disappeared from 11840-usb. Only R
Rossii was relayed from late July to early Aug. R Sakhalin relay could be
heard 0100-0300 June-July here.
(Hironao Oguma-JPN, Aug 8)
The bcing company "Mayak" celebrated 35 anniversary on Aug 1. Its IS
(melody of famous "Podmoskovniye vechera" composed by Soloviev-Sedoy) is
brought in Guiness Book of Records as the most long-term used.
"Mayak" editor-in-chief Eugenie Pavlov: "Mayak" covers territory from Brest
up to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, it can be heard in BLR, broadcasting in KAZ and
UKR is restored. Besides radiostn has active bcing in Internet. Since two
years "Mayak" progrs are relayed by American stns. Stn is ready to bc in a
digital mode. The listeners of "Mayak" - people from 14 till 55 years old.
(Russian Bureau of News)
Remark: Still absolutely recently stn had no even its own Internet-page there was a site of one of the "Mayak" employees. However it was really
"Mayak" signal as content in a digital test bc.
It is also necessary to mark that "Mayak" has appeared to be a unique
radiostn in RUS practically nothing lost in numerous transformations which
were taken place in the bcing scene in RUS after 1985. Our congratulations
to the first round-the-clock information & music radiostn in our country.
(Radio & TV News, Aug 8; via Vadim B. Alexeew-RUS)
The new stn "Sodeistviye" has appeared on the air since June 21 on freq
1539 in Moscow and 684 in St-P at 0330-1130 daily. Addr: 127427 Moscow,
p.o. 15. Phone in Moscow: (095) 215-15-80. Since Aug 2 the stn has
temporarily suspended bcing in connection with registration of the license.
(MIDXB 118/123, via Radio & TV News, Aug 8; Vadim B. Alexeew-RUS)
TYUMEN
TV & Radio Comp "Region Tyumen" is bcing on new 1485 and on SW
freqs 4820 and 6095 in full. The powerful tx in Khanty-Mansiysk on 225 bcs
only R Rossii, and on 891 txions from Tyumen are only 0000-0200 and then
switches to "Mayak" progrs.
("Club DX" 457, VoRUS, Radio & TV News, Aug 8; via Vadim B. Alexeew-RUS)
SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY
v17759.78 BSKSA Riyadh HQ in Ar at 1200-1600 bcing
terrible audio signal, poor before 1330, 23332, then increased signal
strength. (x11708.3)
Heavy QRM to new TRT German sce 1130-1230 on even 17760. (WB, Aug 7)
SOLOMON ISLANDS
5020 SIBC, Aug 8, 0940-1005 good signal. Pidgin talk. En
nx at 1000 produced not by RA but SIBC. ID as "This is Solomon Islands
Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Hapi Isle, Honiara". (Hironao Oguma-JPN,
Aug 8)
SUDAN
I have been following the situation around 8000 kHz for the past
couple of days (Aug 1-5) and now can present a good picture about what is
happening there.
Anti-Sudan clandestine VoSudan starts its daily bc seemingly at 1600 (at
least it did on Aug 5) on 7999.85 in full AM. Until 1700 it bcs in a
vernac, and from 1700-1800 in Ar.
Full ID is normally hrd at 1700. Two more stns are active on exactly
8000.0, one starting around 1600 and the other around 1630. As it seems, it
varies from day to day which of the two starts its jamming activities
first. In USB there is a strong stn playing just local mx without any
anmts. It is active most days, but not every day. And in full AM the dom
sce of SDN is bc with a full ID at 1700, followed by nx in Ar. All three
stns leave 8000 around 1800, starting with the VoSudan. I also checked 9230
and 8020 several times without tracing any signal.
I suspect that the tx now is used for jamming the Voice of Sudan. In a
nxltr seemingly related to the former anti-Eritran clandestines on 9230 I
found some background info concerning the peace treaty between Eritrea and
Sudan. Part of the treaty was to "refrain from disseminating defamatory
propaganda through the media." I suspect this is related to the clandestine
bcers of the two sides, and might have been the reason why it's now silent
on 9230. The VoSudan, for unknown reasons, obviously decided to keep on.
And what we now hear on 8000 each day is the reaction of the Sudanese to
it. (Harald Kuhl-D, Aug 8)
TAIWAN/UK
On Mon Aug. 9, in Radio Taipei's German Letterbox progr 1925 on
6175, they mentioned that the En Sce now also is bc via Merlin at 1800-1900
on 3955. But I haven't checked it yet.
Listened to the Letterbox once again, and probably they say PROG and not
Trog before the @ - sent them another email to prog@cbs.org.tw - and it did
not come back.
(Erik Koie-DEN, Aug 11/12)
TAJIKISTAN
5800 Tajik R, Aug 5, 1700, good signal. Tajik lang. nx, ID as
"Injo Dushanbe". Tajik's 4635 was very poor. (Hironao Oguma-JPN, Aug 8)
TURKMENISTAN
On 19 July, Pres Saparmurad Niyazov renamed Chardzhou
Turkmenabad, Interfax reported. He said he took this step to ensure that
the names in the country reflect its rebirth.
(PG in RFE/RL Newsline 21/7 1999, via Bernd Trutenau-LTU, via MV-Eko, Aug
10)
QSL Turkmenistan. Last Friday I received a QSL letter from Turkmen R after
6 weeks.
Veriesigner is Mr. Kakali Karaev, the Chief of technical dept.
Addr: TURKMEN RADIO, K. Karaev, Chief of Technical Department,
Mahtumkuli kocesi 89, 744000 Ashgabat, TURKMENISTAN.
(Guido Schotmans-BEL, DX-Antwerp via Bernd Trutenau-LTU, via MV-Eko, Aug
10)
UNID
17490, uninterrupted taped En songs and mx at 1430-1525 Aug 7;
signal was very good, no anmts made during this period. It seems they
played the same 15-20 mins tape again and again.
No, the above UNID reported earlier on 8th Aug is IBC-Tamil via DTK
Juelich[see below] at 1430-1525.
On 10th noted Tamil at 1430-1525 on 17490 but abruptly ended at 1525 and
the tx s-off immediately.
They've also tested on 8th Aug evening at 1130-1225 on 15495 - may be
they've also started that txion also.
DTK Juelich says that IBC-Tamil on 17490 is not from their site.
TODAY'S (11th) observation on 17490:
1430-1455 D.V. Burma parallel to 11850 (NOR).
1455-1428 CARRIER ONLY (same beam and power) without any break. 1428-1525
IBC-Tamil.
From where it is coming ? NOR/MERLIN/CIS????
(Alok Dasgupta-IND, direct and via NU, Aug 8/11)
Also IBC Tamil 0000-0030 9355, most likely via Kamo-ARM in CIS, ed.
UK
Merlin will put 7325 kHz on the air from Rampisham, just north of the
path of totality, August 10 & 11 at 0900-1100, 500 kW, 285 degr, 4x4
curtain. Program probably BBCWS, but could be MNO or whatever. The NASA
page you listed now has those details.
(Dan Ferguson-USA, via Cumbre Aug 8)
1575.48 R North Sea Internat is a RSL-stn heard Aug 5 at 2045 by Martin
Elbe-D. It was also heard at 0330 on Aug 7 by HM. Quite good signal
strength, but poor modulation.
Radio Northsea International logges
Thanks to Martin Elbe for tip about RNI 1575,47. Station was today logged
here in Finland on 1575,4. Can this really be 1 Watt? Relatively nice
reception with old Beatles-mx & jingles etc. Acc to Radio Authority home
page this stn is on the air until 30th Aug 1999.
(Jorma Mantyla-FIN, Aug 7)
That's an interesting question. I also have my doubts when it comes to some
RSL-activities. Even if the tx-location onboard a ship enhances Signal
Strengths very much, they are sometimes that good, that I doubt, that they
obey the one Watt limit. Was so with Caroline on 1584, 1503 and 1278. The
Big L on 1134 was audible here daily under the megawatter from Croatia. And
now RNI. Acc. to dutch DXer Piet Pijpers, RNI was even heard by Jean
Burnell in Newfoundland!! Congrats, Jean! Terrific log! First-time ever,
that a RSL made it to NoAM.
However, keep in mind, that one Watt does not mean, that they have to use a
one Watt tx, it's just the ERP. AFAIK the RSLs are using tx-powers of 20-50
Watts. The antenna system is restricted to a maximum height of 10m, and
that should result in one Watt of ERP only, as the antenna is much to short
for the wavelength. Perhaps somebody with a deeper insight into the
license-conditions can help.
Anyway, a very interesting DX-target. For more information on the current
RNI-bcs as well as some nice photos of the ship have a look under
http://www.btinternet.com/~rni/
BTW, does anybody know the address to Radio England?
Swinging Radio England, P.O. Box 201, HORNCHURCH Essex
(Martin Elbe-D, Aug 7/8)
RM12 6LZ
R Caroline is due to start SW txions on 5935 next Sat acc to somebody from
the stn who e-mailed to me some days ago. Those who can get it first e-mail
me to
lmaillog@nexo.es
(Luis Maillo-SPA, Aug 9)
This will probably be via Merlin-UK. Good for enjoying the progr, but not
really DX.
(Guido Schotmans-BEL, Aug 10)
R Caroline 1503 / 1 W) answered in 11 days, QSL card and diverse souvenir
catalogues.
V/s ist John Knight.
Radio Caroline Sales,
(Uwe Volk-D, Aug 7)
148, Grange Road,
Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9PR, ENGLAND
1503 txions are live from the radio ship, Ross revenge Moored at Southend
with a power of 1 watt. (Ruud Vos-HOL, Aug 6)
Has anybody heard anything from the Swinging Radio England RSL on 1566 ?
Looks like they are really using only 1 kW while nobody has heard them
apparently.
I heard them here in Sweden on 1565.85 a few weeks ago (between 2100 and
2200 on the 19th Jul to be precise). Really strange to see two British stns
off freq! Good for us Dxers, but I doubt that Radio Authority will like it.
Their rules for medium wave RSLs state: "The maximum permissible departure
of the carrier freq from the assigned freq shall be +10 Hz." Hmmm. BTW,
does anybody know the address to Radio England?
(Hans Johansson-SWE, Aug 8)
BBC World Service heard on air today on both Orfordness 648 and 1296,
interestingly carrying different progrs in English. Signal strength equal
which is strange at this afternoon time 1300. (Michael Fuhr-D, Aug 12)
USA
Tho it supposedly started a few weeks ago, Aug 11 was the first
chance I had to check out "Off the Hook" on WBCQ, UT Wed 0000 on 7415 -only to find a series of fiascos: Al Weiner promo tape of prime time
available M-F 5:30-7 pm EDT; phone 207-985-7547 or
wbcq@gwi.net
mx instead of talk; 0005 op announced that OTH had a technical delay;
0008:30 supposed to join it late, but it was music with IDs as "Star 99.9",
DJ reading love note to Jennifer from Silly Goose; 0011 WBCQ op announced
it wasn't OTH, but kept with the wrong feed anyway, and 0015 another Star
99.9 ID which per the old FM Atlas XVII is WEZN Bridgeport CT.
0018 cut to talk program, maybe really OTH, about what it's like in prison.
At 0021 audio started fading into noise, and was nothing but noise by 0024
when WBCQ finally dumped out of it with another apology, replay of AW time
for sale promo, 0026 WBCQ playing own music fill with Verve and rock music
fill continued until B.S. at 0100.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 11)
RFE/Radio Liberty, Woofferton; Persian sce, 11785; Apr 1, 1999; 1621-1638;
verification letter v/s David Walcutt, Broadcast Operations Liaison; 62
days; leaflet included received from 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20036, USA; En report in postcard sent to Vinohradska 1,
11000 Prague 1, Czech Rep.
(SAS via Laporan-DX (Indonesia) 07/08-99 - July 1999 / CRW 032)
DXing with Cumbre, we have two new txions via WHRA.
Freqs are in kHz; times are UTC. Programs are approx. 30 mins long.
WHRI ANGEL I (AM/CAR)
Sat 0500 7315
0730
Sun 1400 15105
2230
9495
WHRI ANGEL II (EUR/ME/AF/RUS/NoAM)
Sat 0500 5745
0730 5745
1430
Sun 0300 5745
0430 5745
6040
KWHR ANGEL III (AS)
Sat 0300 17510
0600
Sun 0000 17510
0600
7315
17780
17780
1830
1800
13760
17510
KWHR ANGEL IV (SoPAC)
Sun 1000 11565
Sun 1300
WHRA ANGEL V (AF/ME) (may also be audible for many WHRI listeners)
Fri 2200 17650
Sat 0130 7580
Sat 0830 11565 (new)
Sat 1600 17650 (1603 start time acc to WHR web site)
Sat 2130 17650
Sun 0830 11565 (new) Sun 2230 17650
The progr may be heard on Real Audio whenever it is on SW
at the World Harvest website
http://www.whr.org
Also, it is audible on demand at the Cumbre DX website; the URL for it is
http://www.cumbredx.org
The postal addr for SW RR's:
World Harvest Radio, P.O. Box 12, South Bend IN 46624, U.S.A.
(Marie Lamb-USA, DXing with Cumbre, Aug 11)
UZBEKISTAN
4850 Uzbek R (presumed), Aug 1, 1400, SINPO 32332 Uzbek lang.
IS and nx. (Hironao Oguma-JPN, Aug 8)
VATICAN CITY
Vatican R will run a TEST TRANSMISSION tO IND 12-16 Aug on
17515 at 1450-1610 (En 1550-1610), //12065 13765. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Aug
8)
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Nordic DX Championship 1999
Registrations for NorDX '99 - the Nordic DX Championship 1999 - now
commences. DX'ers in the Nordic countries and abroad should take advantage
of the different possibilities of payment methods.
NorDX '99 will take place Oct 15th-17th 1999 and the championship is open
to DX'ers living in Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
DX'ers living outside the Nordic countries are welcome to take part in the
listening as well, but will be ranked separately, and will not be in the
running for the main prizes. All non-nordic DX'ers will however compete for
separate prizes.
NorDX '99 is arranged by Dansk DX Lytter Klub (Danish DX Listeners Club)
which is the largest DX club for Danish DX'ers and short wave listeners.
The organizing committee consists of Bjarke Vestesen and Stig Hartvig
Nielsen.
Some 20-25 radio stns on MW and SW from all corners of the world will be on
the list of stns to be chased by the participants during the contest
weekend. The idea of the competition is to hear as many of the stns as
possible - and to log as many progr details as possible according to the
rules of the competition.
The competition fee is DKK 100 and must be received no later than Oct 1st
1999. Payments received after this date will be processed but on the
competitors own risk; no fees will be refunded. The fee is the same for
Nordic DX'ers as well as for non-Nordic DX'ers.
Methods of payment:
DX'ers in Finland: 80 FIM to Suur-Helsingin DX-Kuuntelijat at the
bank giro account 800011-1794205 at Leonia Bank.
DX'ers in Sweden: 120 SEK to "postgirokonto" 24 52 74 - 6 (Malm”
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DX'ers in Norway: 110 NOK to "gironummer" 3095 22 05001 (DX Listeners Club
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DX'ers in Denmark: 100 DKK in cash or by cheque to NorDX 99, Box 48, 5200
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any major currency (= 15 US $, 10 œ, 27 DM, 90 FF, 26000 lire etc.) or 19
International Reply Coupons. In cash to: NorDX 99, Box 48, DK-5200 Odense
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The organizers wish all participants the best of luck with the listening.
Bjarke Vestesen and Stig Hartvig Nielsen, DDXLK.
EDXC CONFERENCE 1999
We have the pleasure of announcing that the annual Conference of the
European DX Council will this year be held in Copenhagen, Denmark at the
weekend 05-07 November. The venue will be Hotel Eremitage, a very nice
conference hotel situated 11 kms north of the city and well reachable with
commuter trains and buses. The conference will be organized together by the
Danish Short Wave Club International and the EDXC headquarters.
The conference programme is under construction, but the preliminary agenda
is as follows:
Friday, the 5th of November
19.00 An informal get-together meeting in the hotel lobby.
Saturday, the 6th of November
10.00 Excursions in the city, possible targets are the new Telemuseum and
the Radio House.
13.00 Lunch on your own.
14.00 The meeting session with EDXC Annual Meeting followed by discussions,
presentations, competitions and other additional items.
19.00 The EDXC Banquet Dinner.
Sunday, the 7th of November
10.00 Programme not yet fixed, a possibility for another excursion etc.
12.00 Conclusion of the conference.
As you see most of the programme concentrates on Saturday, so you can even
visit this meeting on daily basis then. But we hope that as many as
possible choose to stay from Friday to Sunday, as we have been able to
organize rather cheap prices from the hotel: one night in single room 515
DKK or one night in double room 370 DKK/per person. This is with the
condition that everybody with hotel reservation is requested to participate
in the Banquet Dinner plus afternoon coffee costing 260 DKK.
We haven't fixed the conference fee yet, as it depends a bit on the number
of participants and also on what conference facilities we are going to
need, but this will be 200 DKK as a maximum (hopefully clearly less than
that).
Those of you who receive the Euro DX magazine, please note that the
information above differs from that published in Euro DX. This is the
current information, and should any changes appear, it will be updated in
the edxc e-mail list.
All hotel reservations must be made to the hotel on Friday 5th of September
at the latest, and they are binding. We suggest that before the reservation
you contact secretary general Risto V„h„kainu on e-mail
risto.vahakainu@helsinki.fi
telephone office +358-9-191 23133 or GSM +358-50-529 2909,
fax +358-9-191 22180 or write to EDXC, Box 214, 00101 Helsinki.
And please, take your contact soon!
If you want to know more about the hotel, they have web pages at
www.hotel-eremitage.dk
Reservations and private questions to
risto.vahakainu@helsinki.fi
Suggestions, proposals, public comments etc. to
edxc@kotalampi.com
Hope to see you in Copengahen! Best 73's
Risto Vahakainu, Secretary General, European DX Council
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 424
21 Aug 1999
________________________________________________________________________
The recent total eclipse on Aug 16 attracted much
interest by radio monitor in EUR, particularly, for DXers in Germany. In
the newsletters many observations and reports, interesting materials could
be read. The data indicated that local enhanced propagation on MW occurred
around the period of totality, but signal strengths returned to their
normal state shortly afterwards. Unusual effects were also noted of SW
txions originating from places lying in the shadow path. (EDXP, Aug 19)
UK 7325 BBC WS via Woofferton with special Eclipse txion. Extremely weak
at 0900 tune-in but able to confirm WS programming via parallel checks by
0905. By 0915, signal was almost readable. By my definition, it was at a
fair and readable level at 0935. Reception continued to gradually improve
until peaking around 0955. But within 10 more mins, audibility had fallen
away sharply. At 1025 there was the barest sign of a carrier. Here are my
SINPO ratings for 7325:
0900 14321
0915 24331
0935 24342
0945 34342
0955 34343
1005 13341
I was surprised that we could experience a little of the 'eclipse
excitement' so far away!
(Bryan Clark-NZL, in Cumbre, Aug 11)
And this report from Joe Buch: I observed the solar eclipse of Aug 11,
1999 and its effect on HF propagation from Ocean View, Delaware. More than
30dB of enhancement was seen on the NoAtlantic path which generally
followed the line of totality.
The rx was a Collins type R-390A tuned to the special BBC Rampisham UK
txion on 7325 beamed 285 degrs. The 8 kHz IF bandwidth filter and the
medium AGC time constant was used for all observations. The receive antenna
was a random wire about 100 feet long suspended about 6 feet over a salt
water marsh and worked against a 6 foot ground stake in the swamp. My
observations extended from 0929 to 1030. All reported times are UTC. During
the observation period the sun was rising at this location and some of the
observed signal enhancement may be due to the usual sunrise enhancement
effect. This effect is believed due to ionospheric tilt as the F layer
transitions from its nighttime to daytime height. I was unable to observe
the test txion on 10 Aug so I am not sure how much of the observed effect
to attribute to the sunrise effect.
At the start of observations (0929) the BBC signal was near the atmospheric
noise level but quite intelligible. The carrier level meter indicated 0 dB
until 0937 when the signal abruptly jumped up to oscillate between 10 and
20 dB. The signal scintillated between these limits with about a 1/2 second
periodicity.
The signal continued at this level until 0956 when the carrier level meter
rose to oscillate between 20 and 30 dB. By 0958 the signal had once again
dropped to the 10-20 dB range. It returned to 20-30 dB at 1000. Another
reduction to the 10-20 dB range occurred at 1003 but it was back to 20-30
dB by 1004. At 1005 it returned to 10-20 dB and stayed there until 1006:30
when it jumped back up to 20-30 dB. It stayed at this level until 1008. By
1010 it had declined to 0-10 dB and stayed there until 1014 when it dropped
to zero.
By 1030 the signal had fallen into the atmospheric background noise and was
barely intelligible. (Joe Buch-USA, in Cumbre Aug 11)
Eclipse and radio.
Last Thurs, I took a drive to Brunehamel, a tiny little village in NoFrance
with my family to see the total eclipse. Weather condition where far from
good. The sky was totally covered until 10 mins before totality took place.
So we where lucky to see the corona and even the protuberances.
At home I had set up the timer of my AOR rx to watch MW 918, R Slovenija 1
from Ljubljana during the eclipse. I expected some propagation on that
particular path. Here are the results: Radio Slovenia was fading in at
1034. The signal reached a maximum between 1037 and 1039. The stn was faded
out again at 1042. They were playing a record with the appropriate name
'suddenly'. When comparing this reception period with the maps published on
various sites, I must conclude that reflection was only taking place in the
zone of totality.
But, in France I was also doing a quick check of some freqs on my car
radio. I was surprised to hear Milano on 900 and Genova on 1575. Reflection
points of these stns could absolutely not be situated in the totality zone
while I myself was there. Strange effect.
(Guido Schotmans-BEL, Aug 14)
90 meter band
Due to relatively good conditions on lower freqs I yesterday took a special
look at the 90mb from 2130-2330. Apart from the usual ones like Botswana
(3356), Ghana (3366) and RSA (3320) I could listen to the following stns
during that period:
3245.1 R Clube de Varginha (presumed), Brasil, Aug 16, 2250-2310, Po, LA
pop songs, OM talking with echo effects. 23322
3264.7 RRI Gorontalo, Aug 16, 2135-2140, BI, OM talking, excellent signal.
4 4 4 2 3-4
3277.1 R Mozambique, Beira; Aug 16, 2140-2208, Po, slow romantic songs, nx
at 2200, Maputo often mentioned, ID: "Radio Nacional", NA and c-d at 2208.
33222
As far as I know R Mozambique was active here until some years ago. May be
a reactivation.
3325 RRI Palangkaraya; Aug 16, 2215-2225, BI, political information,
President Habibie often mentioned. 43323
3345 RRI Ternate; Aug 16, 2130-2135, BI, OM talking, stn fading out. 24322
3374.9 R Nac de Angola, Aug 16, 2210-2215, Po, OM talking, ID.
(Michael Schnitzer-D, Aug 17)
23222.
ARMENIA
[tent] 17490 UNID at 1430 in NU 1538 is IBC-Tamil, seemingly
via Julich, 1430-1525. On Aug 10 noted Tamil at 1430-1525 on 15490, ended
abruptly at 1525 and immediate s-off. They also tested Aug 8 at 1130-1225
on 15495; maybe they've begun that xmsn also. -- But . . . DTK Juelich
says that IBC-Tamil on 17490 is not from their site.
On Aug 11, Dem. Voice of Burma hrd at 1430-1455, //11850 (Norway); 14551428 carrier only (same beam and power) without any break; 1428-1525 IBCTamil. So where is this coming
from? (Dasgupta-IND, via NU, Aug 15) [IBC seemingly via Kamo-ARM tx site,
ed]
AUSTRALIA
It seems like VL8K, Katherine, is back on 2485. Heard at 2000
Aug 16 //to 2310 VL8A, Alice Springs that was much stronger. At this time
however, no sign of VL8T Tennant Creek on 2325. Is that may be taken out of
operation now for some time.
(Jan Edh-SWE, Aug 16)
2310 VL8A-Alice Springs, 1113-1135 Aug 14, progr of American R&B with some
reggae, ABC nx at 1130, "This is the ABC nx" at 1135, YL with ad. Poorfair. This is //VL8K-Katherine on 2485.
VL8T-2325 (alt. 3315) not heard. 3315 there with local sounding lang,
aboriginal/Pidgin? Is this TEABBA? Fair.
2485 VL8K-Katherine, 1150-1210+ Aug 14, R&B with reggae, Rugby scores at
1203, more mx, //VL8A-Alice on 2310. Poor-fair. (Talbot-CAN, via NU, Aug
15)
2485 Yes, I confirm from Brazil. Hrd here too at 2055. 2310 was much
weaker. This morning impressive signal from 5020 Solomon at 1000. There
must be a storm around or something. There were also incredible signals
from INS 4875 4753 4925, which is not so common here.
(Rocco Cotroneo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 17)
Indeed 2325 has been off since 2485 came back on, around two weeks now.
(Paul Ormandy-NZL, Aug 17)
2325 noted back on last night in // 2310 and 2485. (Paul Ormandy-NZL, Aug
20)
AZERBAIJAN
9165 VoAzerbaijan heard at 1430 in Azeri, 1600 Ar, 1700 Ru,
1800 En, //MW 1296. Home sce 2 at 1700 on Jul 19th, IS, ID & nx in Azeri on
MW 1476. This freq usually dominated by R Briz-UKR & Vienna-AUT. (Rumen
Pankov-BUL, Jul 27)
BELGIUM
9925 On Sept 3 RVI will start an extra greeting progr in Dutch
to Belgian military personell in Kosovo. Every Fri night at 1900-1930, 200
kW.
[Scheduled 197 degr towards SWEUR, but should likely switch to 163 degr,
ed].
Maintenance work on the SoAM antenna started this week at RNW Bonaire relay
site, lasting til begin of Sept. RVI outlet via Bonaire daily at 1200 on
17690 will use another SW antenna during this work, this antenna in
direction of 170 degrs may or may not increase signals on secondary target
No&CeAM.
Please report to RVI, when the reception quality will increase in your
target. RVI, B-1043 Brussels, Belgium. Fax +32 2 741 46 89.
e-mail info@rvi.be
(Paul Brems, RVI Golfgids, Aug 14)
BENIN
7210.3v [tent.] I heard Cotonou on Aug 7th and 13th on air at
0615. BLR 7210 was not so strong as usual but still a "problem". I could
hear "rap" mx followed by typical African type dance mx and some speech
which sounded to be in French. Signal was fairly good, but faded by about
0645. Heard since, but mostly only a "whine" HF of BLR with voice on Aug
11.
NIG 7255 is regularly audible same time and Guinea "through" BBC Ar on
7125. But there is no trace of any signal on clear 7220 - reported some
time agao as CAF by I think Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS - so either not on air at
0615 or not propagating.
On Aug 13 HF of 7210 was good strength on 7210.3v at 0610, but bad
splash/hum from BLR. MX heard until 0617 when a xylophone like instrument
was heard followed by a female voice in French. Concluded at 0631 when Af
style singing began. Stn fading by 0645 when mx still audible. I think this
must be Benin, but hearing an ID will be very difficult with BLR on air.
(Noel Green-UK, Aug 12)
CHILE
15375.20 Voz Cristiana, 1200-1210 34443-33443, ID, relig progr. On
freq annt, it was said only 6070 & 9635. 15375 and the other was not
announced.
(Takeshi Kanai-JPN, via Cumbre Aug 9)
CHINA
Schedule of China Radio International (CRI). CRI uses relay stns in
Canada[CAN], France[f = Issoudun], FrGuiana [GUF = Montsinery], Russia [RUS
various], Spain [REE] and Mali [m]. CRI's Mali relay stn freqs are marked
(m). CRI's Urumqi tx site freqs are marked [u].
Some bcs are also relayed locally in various Chinese cities. In the Beijing
area these relays are on MW 1251 and 91.5 MHz VHF/FM.
0000-0030 HAKKA As 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015 9870 9457
7335 6550 6140 5250
0000-0100 RUSSIAN As 9725 7110 1521
0000-0100 SPANISH Am 17720 15120-m 11880 5990-m
0030-0100 CHAOZHOU As 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015 9870
9457 7335 6550 6140 5250
0030-0100 PORTUGUESE Am 15420 11650
0000-0100 RUSSIAN As 1521
0100-0200 SPANISH Am 17720 9665-m[v9668.22] 5250
0200-0300
0200-0300
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0400-0500
0400-0500
CHINESE-STD Am 15435 9690-REE
SPANISH Am 17720 13685-GUF
ENGLISH Am 9690-REE
CHINESE-STD Am 9730-GUF, heard on 9720-GUF instead
RUSSIAN As 17755 15435 11755 [x15110], heard on 15110
SPANISH Am 11765-b[v11768.1]yes! 9560-CAN
ENGLISH Am 9720-GUF 9560-CAN, heard on 9730-GUF instead
CHINESE-STD Am 11715-m 9710-m
0830-0857 HAUSA Af 7170-m
0830-0930 INDONESIAN As 17735 15135 8660
0900-1000 CHINESE-STD As 17785 15440 15180 12015 11700 11685
11650 9945 9550 6010 5250
0900-1000 ENGLISH Au 15210 11730
0930-1530 JAPANESE As 9855 7190 1044
0930-1030 MALAY As 17680 15135 8660
1000-1100 CANTONESE AsAu 15440 11915 11650
1000-1100 CHINESE-STD As 17785 12015 11685 6010 5250
1000-1100 ENGLISH Au 15210 11730
1000-1100 RUSSIAN As 9725 9695 7820 7110 5145 1323 1116 963
1030-1130 CAMBODIAN As 15165 9440 6550 1080
1030-1130 INDONESIAN As 15135 11445 8660
1100-1200
1100-1130
1100-1300
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1230
CANTONESE As 17785 11685 7335
ESPERANTO As 9535 7170
KOREAN As 5965 1017
MONGOLIAN As 5850 5145
RUSSIAN As 9725 7820 7110 1521 1323 1314 1116 963
VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
BURMESE As 11825 9880 6550 1269 1188
TAGALOG/ENGLISH As 11700 8660 1341
THAI As 9785 7360 6010
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1400
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1230
1200-1300
CAMBODIAN As 9870 9440 6550 1080
CANTONESE 15125
CHINESE-STD As 17785 15260 11685 9440[fr 1258]
ENGLISH AsAu 11980 11675 11660 9715 7265 6950 1341
MONGOLIAN As 5850 5145 4883 4815 1314
RUSSIAN As 1521 1323 963
TAGALOG/ENGLISH As 12110 11700 8660 1341
VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
1230-1330 LAOTIAN As 7360 6010
1230-1330 MALAY As 15135 11445 8660
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1500
1300-1500
1300-1400
1330-1400
1330-1430
1330-1430
BURMESE As 11780 9880 6550 1269
ENGLISH AsAu 15180 11980 11900 11675 11660 7405 1341
KOREAN As 5965 1017
RUSSIAN As 7820 5850 5145 4883 4815 1521 1323 1314 963
VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
BURMESE As 11780 9880 6550 1269
INDONESIAN As 15135 11445 8660
THAI As 7360 6010
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1430
1400-1430
1400-1430
1400-1500
1430-1530
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
AMOY As 11685 11650 9715 7335
CAMBODIAN As 9440 6550
ENGLISH As Am 15125-m 15110-u 13685-m 11825 7405
RUSSIAN As 1521 1323 963
SINHALESE As 11980 11900 9900
TAMIL As 11575 9457
TURKISH Eu 15165-u 11750
VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
LAOTIAN As 7360 6590 6010
SINHALESE As 11980 11900 9900
TAMIL As 15165-u 11575 9457
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1600
1530-1600
1530-1600
BENGALI As 11825 11810 8660 5220 1188
CHINESE-STD As 15300 9457 6550
ENGLISH As Am 15125-m 13685-m 9785 7160
HINDI As 11675 9615-u 7590
NEPALI As 9535 7215 1269
PASHTO As 11880 11720-u 9570-u[fr 1530?]
PERSIAN ME 11750-u 9570-u 9440
RUSSIAN Eu As 15415-u[x7235] 11650 9730 4883 4815 1521 1323
VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250
BENGALI As 11825 11810 8660 5220 1188
NEPALI As 9535 7215 1269
1600-1700 ARABIC ME 17580-r[St.P.] [x17880 in M99?] 15490
15125-m 13685-m 11750
1600-1700 ENGLISH Af 9870[x7190] 9565
1600-1700 HAKKA As 11825 9900
1600-1700 HINDI As 11980 11675 9615-u 8660 7265-u 1269
1600-1700 RUSSIAN Eu 15415-u 15300-u 11945 11835-u 11700 9860
9730 1521
1600-1630 SWAHILI Af 11600 9457 5250
1600-1630 TURKISH Eu 15270 11685 6550
1600-1630 URDU As 7590 7160 5220 1323
1600-1700 VIETNAMESE As 7360 6010
1630-1700 SWAHILI Af 11600 9457 5250
1700-1800 CANTONESE AfAs 11675 9900 7590-fee 7265-u
1700-1800 ENGLISH Af 15300-u[x9710] 11910 9570 7405 5220
1700-1800 RUSSIAN Eu As 15415-u 11945 11835-u 11650 9860 9795
9730 9365 6950 1521 1323
1700-1730 SWAHILI Af 15125-m 11970-m 9457 5250
1730-1830 CHINESE-STD EuME 15165 13650 11825[x7335] 11760[x9820]
7800 5250
1730-1800 HAUSA Af 11970-m 9890-m
1800-1900 GERMAN Eu 9685-u[x9710] 7590-fee 6950
1800-1830 HAUSA Af 11970-m 9890-m 7405
1800-1830 HUNGARIAN Eu 11775-u 9860 7265-u
1800-1830 PERSIAN ME 15595-r[St.P.] 11740 9550-u
1800-1900 RUSSIAN Eu As 15415-u 11945 11685 9795 9730
9535-f[Issoudun] 9365 1521
1830-1930 ARABIC ME 15530-m 13685-m 12035-r[Kurovskaya]
1830-1900 BULGARIAN Eu 11775 9860 7265-u
1830-1930 FRENCH Eu Af 15165 11825[x7335] 11760[x9820] 7800 5250
1830-1900 ITALIAN Eu 9965 7405
1830-1900 PERSIAN ME 11740 9785 9550-u
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-1930
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2030
1930-2000
1930-2000
ALBANIAN Eu 9965 7265-u
CANTONESE Eu 9730 7255
CZECH Eu 15415-u[x7235] 11775
ENGLISH MEAf 13650 11750[terrible audio] 9440
GERMAN Eu 9685-u[x9710] 7590-fee 6950
PORTUGUESE Eu Af 9535 7180
ROMANIAN Eu 9860-u 7305-f[Issoudun]
RUSSIAN Eu As 11945 11685 9795 9365 1521 1323 1116
TURKISH Eu 9785 7405
ALBANIAN Eu 9965 7405
CZECH Eu 15415-u 7305-f[Issoundun]
FRENCH Eu Af 15165 11825 11760[x9820] 7800 5250
PORTUGUESE Eu Af 15500-m 11975-m 7265-u
ROMANIAN Eu 11775 9860-u
2000-2100 CHINESE-STD EuMEAf 13650 11750[terrible audio] 11650
9730 9???[x9710] 7660 7185
2000-2100 ENGLISH EuMEAf 15500-m 11975-m[11735 in M99?]
9535-u 9440 7590-fee 6950
2000-2030 ESPERANTO Eu 9965 7405
2000-2030 POLISH Eu 15415-u[x7235] 11775 6150-f[Issoudun]
2000-2100 RUSSIAN Eu As 11945 9795 7255
2000-2030 SERBO-CROAT Eu 9860-u 9365 7265-u
2030-2100 BULGARIAN Eu 9860-u 6150-f[Issoudun]
2030-2130 FRENCH Eu Af 15165 12010-r[Samara] 11825
11760[x9820] 7800 5250
2030-2100 HUNGARIAN Eu 11775 9365
2030-2100 ITALIAN Eu 9965 7265-u
2030-2100 POLISH Eu 15415-u 7405
2100-2130 ALBANIAN Eu 6150-f[Issoudun]
2100-2200 ARABIC EuME 11750[terrible audio] 9765-u 7260
2100-2200 ENGLISH Eu Af 15500-m (-2130) 15415-u[-2130]
11975-m (-2130)[x11735 in M99?] 9535-u 7590-fee 6950
2100-2130 ITALIAN Eu 9965 9365
2100-2130 SERBO-CROAT Eu 9860-u 7405
2100-2200 SPANISH Eu 11775 7360
2130-2230 FRENCH Eu Af 15500-m 15165 11975-m 11825 11760[x9820]
7800 5250
2130-2200 HUNGARIAN Eu 13650-u 6150-f[Issoudun]
2200-2300
2200-2230
2200-2300
2230-2300
2230-2330
2230-2300
2300-0000
2300-0000
2330-0000
2300-2400
ENGLISH Eu 9880-r[Taldom]
PORTUGUESE Am 11700 11650
SPANISH Eu 13650-u 11775 9640-u 7360
CHINESE-STD Af 15500-m 15300 11975-m 9535
CHINESE-STD As Am 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015
9870 9457 7335 6550 6140 5250
ESPERANTO Am 11700 9860
RUSSIAN As 9725 7110
SPANISH Am 11880 11650
CANTONESE As 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015 9870
9457 7335 6550 6140 5250
CHINESE-STD Af 11975-m 7170-m
Addr: China Radio International, 16A Shijing Street, Beijing, China 100039
Tel: +86-10-6609-2274/6609-2760 Fax: +86-10-6851-3174/5 URL:
http://www.cri.cngb.com/maineng.htm Email: crieng@mail.cri.cngb.com
(Noel Green-UK, Olle Alm-SWE, Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, NDXC-JPN,
PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL, Observerer Ivo Ivanov-BUL, WB, Aug 18)
ECUADOR
[tent] 4814.37 Recently I have heard a Sp stn closing around
0300, no anthem. Any idea someone? [Gert ...]
This would fit to R El Buen Pastor, Saraguro (Loja) EQA.
2200-0305v in Saraguiro (Quechua; ID: "R. Alli Michic");
0100 Sp; Op: Asociacion Cristiana de Indigenos Saraguros
info was taken from the Tropical Band List (TBL). (Willi
15)
Sked: 1200-1500,
1400-1600, 2300(x483o.2). This
Passmann-D, Aug
Last night I heard at 0230 very weak talks on 4814.37, but to weak to Id
alas enough.
(Ruud Vos-HOL, Aug 16)
3285.3 UNID stn; Aug 16, 2230-2250, OM talking, signal too weak for IDing
the language, traces of mx after 2235. La Voz del Rio Tarqui from Ecuador
is listed here. Normally however it's too early for fade in from EQA in
central EUR at around 2230. On the other hand there was a Kp index
increasing from 4 to 5 at this time. May be a subject for specialists of SW
propagation. (Michael Schnitzer-D, Karl van Rooy-HOL, Aug 17)
Spectacular reception conditions on that day.
I would say that that was a special night, indeed, as I noted in a previous
message. EQA at 2230 is not impossible, in general. Just think that here in
Rio de Janeiro, the same day, Ancash 4991 faded in at 2155 with incredible
signal, that means well one hour and a half before their local sunset!!
Really weird, never happened to me.
"Daylight" skips may happen more easily on the east, both here and in EUR,
ie you can hear IND or INS well after their sunrise. But very seldom this
happens on the sunset side of the path. This rule works here in LA too,
never mind you're just 2.000 km away from Peru. Fade in times are usually
the same as in EUR or NA. This is how propagation "should" work. (Rocco
Cotroneo-Brazil, Aug 18)
Last night here in Holland I heard at 0230 and 4814.37 in LSB mode presumed
R El Buen Pastor from EQA, but I am not 100% sure of that because no good
ID was heard alas enough so far. Can anyone confirm my reception, posible
DX'ers in the U.S.A., wich stn it really was I heard? When I tune in, music
is better to hear then the talks of the presenter, but the signal strength
stays so far to weak to ID. (Ruud Vos-HOL, Aug 18)
FINLAND
[non]. Low-key American-accented world news in En at 1035 Aug 19
on 6160 soon went into news of FIN; good with some side-splash from VoA
6165. Does YLE R Finland know or care that they have SW relays in Canada?
They, and other CBC overnight clients might as well list CKZU Vancouver,
which this was, and CKZN Newfoundland timings and freqs amongst their
txions, but as far as I know not a single one of them does.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 19)
GEORGIA
4875 R "KHARA" seems to be from Georgia to autonomy Rep of
Adzharia [Batumi], heard Jul 22 with clear signal with nx (mainly about
Georgia) & pop-songs by Joe Cocker 1600-1635. Sam progr was repeated at
0400 on Jul 23, all on 4875. In mailing addr given words were: "Shota
Rustaveli prospekt ... Zhezhaya ... Zhapa". 5040 is inactive since presumed
Mar 1999.
Home sce heard Jul 21 1700-1800 on LW 189. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 27)
GERMANY
9855 Good News World R, verified with a full-data card showing
an old telegraph key with an illegible verie signer and a short ltr from
Robert Mawire, President; in 22 days. They also sent a sked and Mawire's
book, "Top Secrets Revealed," which was the subject of most of my RR of
their bc. Although the card does not indicate the tx location, the sked
does mention "Join us by listening to our SW Global B/C that airs once a
week from Deutsche Telekom out of Juelich, Germany." Is on Sun UTC 01000159 via Juelich.
Addr: Good News World Radio, P.O.Box 895, Ft. Worth, TX 76101, U.S.A.
hope@goodnewsworld.org
http://www.goodnewsworld.org
(D'Angelo-PA via NU, Aug 15)
Some years ago there were reports of a muzak sce in the Moscow area on 380
kHz. I heard nothing of the sort in the vicinity. (RUS-DX, Aug 15)
The group of the Soviet Forces in Germany used to operate such a sce. If I
correct the freq was 390, unfortunately I cannot surely remember for the
moment. These stn was known as "Radio D", as it was bcing just mx with a
morse "D" in between. The tx was situated on the extensive quarters near
Jueterbog, some 50 kms south from Berlin. It is said, that the purpose of
"Radio D" was to feed the speaker installations at the barracks. Mind you,
these "Radio D" was not to confuse with R Volga, the regular soviet forces
radiostn, which was bcing from Potsdam radiohouse and using GDR post txs
(started 1945 at Koenigs Wusterhausen, since the Sixties then at Burg) on
263/261 kHz. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 18)
DW Sacking. The German Foreign Radio sce will dismiss 745 jobs, amongst
them are 163 on the fixed job list, remaining are freelancer, prepensionists, lost jobs. At present DW
has 1700 jobs on the fixed pay list.
Budget shortings on R DW Cologne by 89 Mill. DeutschMarks in five fiscal
years. Dropping down from 635 in 1999, to 581 in 2000, 563 in 2001, 546 in
2003.
DW plans to cease progrs towards Czech R, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, JPN
and Sp to LatAM. And will consequently reduce bcing time for Alban,
Bosnian, Croat, Serb and Macedon lang progrs. (@dpa, via NewsBote and
Stuttgarter Zeitung, Aug 16)
Heard on DW's "Newslink" at 2125 Aug-16:
Catastrophic budget cuts, at an unprecedented level in public bcsting
according to DW's Director General Dieter Weirich, will force major
reductions in DW's sces if enacted in October. Some details:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Elimination of six foreign lang sces.
Reduced bc time for up to ten other language sces.
Elimination of DW's monthly internat radio/TV program guide.
No participation for DW in Hanover's Expo 2000, as had been planned.
Elimination of DW's monitoring sce.
Elimination of DW radio's En lang nx dept.
(In future, nx would be taken from DW TV)
Elimination of 160 full time jobs and 300 freelance journalists with
200 jobs coming open due to attrition not to be filled.
(DW currently employs 1700)
These cuts will force greater reliance on the Internet for sces to
developed countries. Efforts will still be made to expand these sces while
preserving and focusing sces on SW for less developed areas not accessible
via Internet.
Report said that journalists union voiced shock at the size of the cuts -especially in as much as they are being proposed by a Social
Democrat[&Green Movement] Govt which made unemployment a major focus of the
recent German elections. Demonstrations are planned for next month in
Berlin to protest the cuts. Weirich is quoted as saying he has little hope
that the cuts can be avoided when they come up for approval by the govt in
Oct.
(John Figliozzi- USA via EDXP, Aug 19)
DW plans to cut half a dozen lang sces: Sp to LAm, Cz, Slovk, Hung, Slovn
and Jpn. Port to Brazil would remain only via Internet. This is not
definitive, but there is a great possibility that this happens. It is not a
reason of savings, they say, just a different behaviour of the cultural and
informative politics toward other countries. This politics intends not to
favour overseas sces to areas / countries where information markets are
private and exist without being under state control.
(Commentary in DW's Sp px as understood by Horacio Nigro, Aug-17).
Deutsche Welle streicht wegen Sparetats 745 Arbeitsplaetze.
Koeln (dpa) - Die Deutsche Welle muss wegen der von der Regierung
beschlossenen Etatkuerzung an ihren Standorten Koeln und Berlin 745
Arbeitsplaetze streichen. Dies kuendigte der Intendant des deutschen
Auslandssenders, Dieter Weirich, in einem am Montag veroeffentlichten Brief
an die Mitarbeiter der Anstalt an.
163 fest angestellten Mitarbeitern muesse betriebsbedingt gekuendigt
werden, berichtete Weirich, der von einem einmaligen Vorgang in der
Geschichte des oeffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks sprach. Zahlreiche
Auslandsprogramme sollen eingestellt oder reduziert werden.
Nach Weirichs Worten werden ausserdem 332 freie Mitarbeiter sowie 20
"Fristvertraegler" ihren Arbeitsplatz verlieren. Weitere 54 Kollegen sollen
vorzeitig in den Ruhestand gehen. Darueber hinaus sollen nach Darstellung
des Intendanten 176 Planstellen nicht mehr besetzt werden. Die Deutsche
Welle (DW), die Hoerfunk und Fernsehen fuer das Ausland macht, hat derzeit
knapp 1700 feste Mitarbeiter.
Nach Angaben Weirichs liegt der von der deutschen Regierung verfuegte
Haushaltsansatz fuer das Jahr 2000 mit 581 Mill Mark um 54 Mill Mark
niedriger als die 635 Mill Mark, auf die man sich Anfang Mai in Gespraechen
geeinigt habe. Nach der von Medien-Staatsminister Michael Naumann
mitgelieferten mittelfristigen Finanzplanung bis zum Jahre 2003 werde der
DW-Haushalt weiter dramatisch reduziert: 2001 sollen 563 Mill Mark zur
Verfuegung stehen. Fuer 2003 seien insgesamt 546 Mill DM vorgesehen, "was
insgesamt ein Minus von 89 Mill ergibt".
"Es ist bitter, dass die DW fuer die Erhoehung von Kultur-Subventionen im
Inland bluten muss und die Aussendarstellung Deutschlands dadurch
empfindlich beeintraechtigt wird", erklaerte Weirich. Aus dem Brief des
Intendanten geht hervor, dass die DW ihre Programme fuer Tschechien, die
Slowakei, Ungarn, Slowenien, Japan und Spanisch fuer Lateinamerika
einstellen will. Die Sendezeiten im albanischen, bosnischen, kroatischen,
serbischen und mazedonischen Programm werden reduziert.
Beim deutschen Hoerfunkprogramm werde eine programmlicher Schulterschluss
mit dem DLR und den in der ARD zusammengeschlossenen oeffentlichenrechtlichen Sendern angestrebt. Weirich sprach sich fuer eine technische
und programmliche Kooperation mit den Auslandssendern VoA, BBC, RFI, RFE,
RL und RNW aus.
Bei ihrem TV-Programm werde die DW Kurs auf eine Zusammenarbeit mit ARD und
dem Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehen (ZDF) nehmen. Endgueltige Entscheidungen
ueber die Sparmassnahmen bei der DW werden die Aufsichtsgremien des Senders
auf einer Klausurtagung am 6. Okt beschliessen.
"Die oeffentlich aufgestellte Behauptung, wir muessten sparen wie alle
anderen auch, ist falsch", betonte Weirich. "Wir werden nachweisbar
staerker belastet als andere Institutionen". Weirich schlug in seinem Brief
den Gewerkschaften den Abschluss eines Beschaeftigungspaktes vor, mit dem
allen von den Kuerzungen persoenlich betroffenen Mitarbeitern geholfen
werden solle.
Den Festangestellten soll durch eine Transfer- oder
Beschaeftigungsgesellschaft der Weg in eine neue Beschaeftigung erleichtert
werden. Fuer freie Mitarbeiter sollen Fortbildungs- und
Umschulungsmoeglichkeiten geschaffen werden.
(@dpa, via NewsBote and Stuttgarter Zeitung, Aug 16)
Auslandsfernsehen mit ARD und ZDF ?
Bei der Neuordnung des bisher von der
muessen ARD und ZDF, nach Ansicht der
werden. Die TV Programme der DW seien
fuehrende Wirtschaftsnation auf dauer
DW betriebenen Auslandsfernsehens
Mainzer Staatskanzlei, eingebunden
derart bescheiden, dass sich eine
damit nicht zufrieden geben koenne.
Die Laender und der Bund muessten mit der Zielsetzung einer
staatsvertraglichen Regelung zusammenarbeiten. Die ARD hat sich
zurueckhaltend zu Absichten geaeussert, einen gemeinsamen deutschsprachigen
Auslandskanal von ARD, ZDF und DW zu schaffen. Die ARD koenne nicht
Lueckenbuesser spielen, wenn die Bundesregierung der DW nicht genuegend
Geld zukommen lasse.
Hintergrund der Bemuehungen um einen Auslandskanal sind die
Haushaltskuerzungen des Bundes bei der DW. Es ist auch "ein begrenzter
Einsatz von Rundfunkgebuehren" fuer einen genau definierten Programmauftrag
des Auslandsfernsehens nicht ausgeschlossen. (dpa, Aug 11)
INDONESIA
3905 RRI Banda Aceh verified with a nice typed letter in Ins
for an Ins-lang RR. v/s Parmono Prawira, Technical Director.
(Mika Makelainen-FIN, in Cumbre Aug 13)
IRAQ
7161 Mother of Battles Radio *1600 with an Ar mx followed
immediately by Recital of Koran, mx after Koran Recital, ID at 1606 by
woman in Ar as Idha'at umm al-ma'arik, Idha atu kul al-arab, then songs and
talks mainly on Sadaam Hussein and America.
Time pips short annt and went off at 1900. Poor and very Noisy reception.
(Mahendra Vaghjee-Mauritius, via Cumbre Aug 5-6)
ISRAEL
Regarding yesterday's (Taes Aug 10) freq change: Due to problems
using 15210 and 13750 the old freqs of 11605 and 9435 are not changing.
17615 has changed to 17620 as previously mentioned. (Rosenzweig-USA, Cumbre
via Lamb, Aug 11)
JAPAN
YAESU, which is now part of the Japanese "STANDARD" firm, has
dropped the FRG-100 and apparently is out of the business of making SW rxs.
Of course, they started much of the improvement in tabletop SW rxs with the
FRG-7, so this is not a joyous development. (Larry Magne-USA, via NU Aug
15)
JORDAN
15485 R Jordan *0259-0402+ 5+1 time pips, man and woman with Ar
talk, lots of Ar mx, IDed by a Tunisian buddy Ezzie Mufti at 0400, he says
the ID translates to "the govt stn in Amman. Excellent signal. //11935 not
heard. This is Ar to NoAM and EUR. En 1000-1630 11690. http://www.jrtv.com
(Joe Talbot-USA, in Cumbre Aug 4)
KAZAKHSTAN
12115 Kazakh R, 1620 Aug 11 with Ru type mx and songs. At
1624 with man as ID? "Herrim de turkmen de Akhana", at 1626 with man and
woman under part of Exuinox mx possibly with nx then again with light mx
and at 1546 with presume nx and ID as "Kazakh radio" under electronic mx
possibly Equinox. Then light mx and hymn. 1700*. Starts as poor signal
(24333) but better as time passes (up to good). (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Aug
11)
LATVIA/UK
5935 I am listening to strong signals from R Caroline on 5935.
Nobody seems to be sure about the location of the tx. Merlin and DTK Julich
are suggested.
DJ just said "...from somewhere in the middle of EUR. Where? I don't
know...".
(Mark Verldhuis-HOL, Aug 14)
SW 5935 is syncronous with satellite outlete via ASTRA 1C, tr 35, 10994
MHz, 7,38 MHz mono. S=9+5 dB in Hannover. (Uwe Volk-D, Mathias Kropf-D, Aug
14)
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of R Veronica's off-shore operations,
RV's progr was also relayed by SW on 5935, most likely via the Latvian tx
at Ulbroka, which was taken out of regular service in this July, and put
into mothsballed recently.
RR's report from Western EUR indicate that the signal strength level was
not so high as the Skelton or Juelich txs usual output on 49 mb. Bc time
between approx. 0900 and 2101, on Sat 14th only. (Kai Ludwig-D, Horst
Weise-D, and others, Aug 15)
At daytime only O=2-3, at 1445 also deep fading. (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Aug
14)
In Wolfsgburg S9+35, in Oberhausen S=9+40 dB.
Here in Bremen signal S=9+5 dB and O=5. R Caroline on SW 5935 cut off at
21.01:18 UTC.
(Mathias Eisenkolb-D, Aug 14)
I just read, that Riga-Ulbroka 5935 was last Sat already at 0830 on air
with R Caroline programming, sign off was anyway at 2100. There are hints,
that they will use 5935 regularly on weekends now. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 18)
R Caroline bcs now noted on 5935 2030 tune-in, to sign off at 2100, but not
with the abrupt carrier cut, which is significant for Merlin or Juelich.
Instead the silent carrier remained on for a half minute or so, also the
audio/modulation style was different. Furthermore, considering the freq, I
assume that this txion originates from the Ulbroka tx in Latvia; in other
words, seemingly this tx, which no longer carried own foreign sce, was
rented to the Caroline operators (Kai Ludwig, Aug-14)
I've just heard that R Latvia Int'l has made its last SW txion. This was
announced during Sat night's txion, 31st July, in En 1900-1930 on 5935.
They said that they would now only be on internet, but no details given as
to site. So we have lost another SW sce [see above] this week, along with
RadioBras as you recently mentioned on World of Radio.
(Edwin Southwell, World of Radio 999 via Hauser Aug 9)
MAURITANIA
If you're all talking about the "slewer" on or about 4827/8/9,
I did ID an Ar as R Mauritania last night. Was variable between 4828.24 to
4828.73 and s-off with the Mauritanian anthem at approx. 0100 UTC. (Mark
J. Fine-USA, Aug 19)
On two occasions over the last two weeks, I have heard a stn in Ar (or
similar) lang on a freq of about 4827. (Last time 4827.7).
One time, typical Islamic chants were heard. Reception time around 22002400. I have no stn in my lists that would give a fit to this. Any ideas?
I heard it too, but hadn't enough time to listen. Just a wild guess: could
it be Mauritania drifting again? Drifting from 4845 to 4827 is that not a
to big diffrence?
But I have no solution for the unid alas enough on this moment.
(Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Ruud Vos-HOL, Aug 15)
I can confirm that Mauretania drifted that much (and more) in the past
already: Drift -4800 (4825 in 10/96, 4835 in 1/99). Just look in the TBL. I
heard Mauritania last night (around 0315) on 4845 sharp.
Mark Veldhuis wrote: So it is not Mauritania, any suggestions people out
there? It is really a strange UNID ! (Ruud Vos-HOL, Aug 16)
On 60 mb my medium level antenna and AOR7030 heard two stns around 2000,
today Mauritania heard on exact 4845.0 in French lang., and Kamo-ARM
v4809.98 in En and annt of their schedule and freqs at 2016. No signal on
4827.7, but strange carrier on approx. 4828.12.
4827.7 would also fit to half harmonic of 9655, ed. Heard CNR1 from
Beijing on 9655 in Chinese 1958-2300, no Ar stn here. (WB, Aug 17)
NETHERLANDS
585 There will be a 5 kW tx operating from Lopik between Aug
25-31, 1999, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of R Veronica's off-shore
operations. Progrs will be a mix of old and new progr, all done by former
DJs of R Veronica.
(585 should read 1224: carrier was noted on 12/08, 1600; tapeloop of
"sounds of water and seabirds" on 13/08, 1600, SIO 555; location: Lopik;
Juul Geleick, one of the participants, expects some tests with music on
18/08)
Address / reception reports 1224 R Veronica:
It happens that one of the participants of this special bc, Juul Geleick,
happens to be a ham (PE0GJG) "so I know what you mean", he wrote, when I
asked him for an addr.
Snail-mail:
TROS
Ter att. Juul Geleick
Postbus 28333
1202 LJ Hilversum
The Netherlands
"e-mail is OK too", Juul writes:
juul.geleick@tros.nl
Test on Aug 13: 1 kW was used. Plans are 5 kW, but Juul hints in an e-mail
that it could be as much as 10 kW. (Piet Pijpers-HOL, Aug 15)
1332 "Today FM" will lease this freq from the present owner. The tx is
located at Lopikerkapel. Testing started already June 11. Not heard in
Scandinavia yet.
(Still *testing* this one, today being 15/08: SIO 555 during the daytime,
at night "murdered" by RAI. Not IDing as "AM 1332" since some time, just
non-stop popmx)
1485 Haagstad R Alphen is bcing partly in Hindi ! The power will be
increased to 1.2kW. Addr: Beeklaan 162, NL-2562 AP 's-Gravenhage, The
Netherlands.
(Not bcing from Alphen, but from Leidschendam: nice photograph of antenna
on cover of Dutch DX bulletin, August issue. First sentence should read:
"Haagstad Radio is broadcasting partly in Dutch". Stn is iniative of the
"Hindoestaanse Omroepstichting" (Hindoestaanse Bcing Corpor). (Piet
Pijpers-HOL, Aug 15)
R Veronica tx on 1224 on test now at 2130. Regular Aug 22-31. (Martin ElbeD, Aug 18)
Signal strength in Bremen 43443. (Mathias Eisenkolb-D, Aug 19)
After several attempts the signal finally made it to my antenna:
R Nortsea Int 1575.4, 2230 time annt in UTC+1, ID, 2258 the well known
Jingle, later song "Black night"; 23422 when audible at all, signal faded
in for 2-3 mins within every 20 mins period. So they are still on. (Willi
Passmann-D, Aug 16)
R Northsea International at 0532 on 1575.4 with 0=3, surpressing RAI Italy.
0543 tx breakdown, 0545 return with "man of action", 0548 tx breakdown
again, around 0600 return with nx & weather, then fade out.
Maybe the tx
explanation,
while others
they are off
is in bad condition and it can't be fixed. This could be an
why some listeners close to the tx site received no signal,
more far away get the signal. There might be periods, where
the air due tx problems.
By the way: R Caroline on Sat Aug 14 did only announce SW 5935 and ASTRA
Satellite. No mentioning of 1503 Southend-on-sea. Later in the progr they
announced that there are temporary problems with the 1503 tx. Sun Aug 15
they announced 1503 again. It seems, that also Caroline was off the air on
1503 temporary. (Uwe Volk-D, Aug 18)
PERU
Hi tropical bands hunters and conditions watchers,
there were excellent conditions on this european morning (Aug 18, around
0400) to Lima area on tropical bands.
R del Pacifico 4975.15 - I think I never heard such a good signal of this
stn before. Listening on AR7030 with SYNCHRO and a 5 kHz filter - a strong
signal and no QRM brought me a very nice recording with several IDs.
I was allerted by an unusually good signal of another stn from Lima - R
Comas TV on 3270.5 which is on one of my rx's memories that I have been
scanning. Contrary - R Cora Lima, 4914.4, was inaudible - it seems this stn
is now only irregularly on, at least at this time. Other LA stns in the 60
+ 90 mb were not exceptionally good, I noted only slightly improved
signals. Maybe this message would allert those fellow DXers in America
that DX at around 1000 for LA signals. Sent off at 0525. (Karel Honzik-CZE,
Aug 18)
PHILIPPINES
On a German mailing list, I read that Kim Elliot announced
that the VOA relay stn at Poro-PHL, will close at the end of Sept 1999.
Most off the txions will be taken over by Saipan (xKHBI) or Tinian in the
Marianas [and new THA & SLK facilities too]. It was said that the high
powered Tinang-PHL will stay on the air.
(Uwe Volk-D, Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 15)
Some years ago IBB/VoA let out a press release, that the PHL govt urged
getting back the Poro ownership to erect a most modern sea side resort on
the northern coast line. But German Dxer Antonio Mateo explained in an email, that the PHLs plans to erect something like a industrial parque
there. Poro is the harbour area of the costal town San Fernando, in Prov.
La Union, North Luzon.
It is uncertain what will happen to the
operational schedule shows two tx sides
contains the MW stn and the more modern
antennas, on the other hand PHX belongs
seemingly simple rhombic antennas. ed.
high power 1000 kW MW stn.
at Poro, like PHP and PHX.
50/100 kW units along with
to the ancient 35 kW units
The IBB
PHP
dipol
and
Zur Nachricht ueber das Schliessen von Poro faellt mir mein naechster
Urlaub auf den PHL ein. (Ich habe Bekannte dort). Poro ist das Hafengebiet
der Kuestenstadt San Fernando Prov. La Union in Nord-Luzon. Wenn wir ans
Meer fahren, sieht man geradeaus die Sendeanlagen. Welch ein Traum fuer
DXer :-))
In San Fernando wohnen auch meine Bekannten. Wir haben mal versucht mit
einem "Tricycle" (eine Art von "Motorradtaxi") zur Station zu fahren. Es
ging nur bis zum Hauptportal. Dort reichte es nur fuer ein paar Fotos, die
Wachleute waren 1. sehr unfreundlich, 2. verstaendlicherweise nicht
besonders ueber meine Neugierde begeistert. Meine Bekannten erzaehlten
schon im letzten Jahr, dass dort so etwas wie ein Industriepark entstehen
soll. Mit so einem schnellen Abschalten haette ich nicht gerechnet.
Ich werde mal ueber meine Bekannten erfragen, ob man offiziell mit
Genehmigung eine letzte Besichtigung machen koennte. Wuerde es Sinn machen,
einen netten Kontakt mit den Verantwortlichen der VoA (Wer ??) herzustellen
für eine Besichtigung?
(Antonio Mateo-D, Aug 17)
VOA - The seven SW txs and associated antennas at Poro will be taken out
of sce by Sep 30. (Dan Ferguson-VA, via NU Aug 15)
They are 35-100 kW. The million watt MW tx at Poro will stay in sce, and
Tinang will likewise stay on. Tinian (which has 3 txs now in operation, 3
more coming this winter) will pick up some of the slack. (VOA CommWorld,
via NU Aug 15)
The seven SW txs and associated antennas at Poro will be taken out of sce
by Sep 30.
(Craig Tyson-AUS, Aug 19)
The million watt MW txer at Poro will stay in sce, and Tinang will likewise
stay on. Tinian (which has three txers now in operation, three more coming
this winter) will pick up some of the slack. (Communications World via NU,
via EDXP, Aug 19)
Frequency Schedule Report
Tue Jul 13, 1999
FREQ B_TIM E_TIMB_CODE NET LANG ST AZI DAYS
1143 1100-1200 VOA R
CHIN PHP 332
1143 1200-1230 VOA P
ENGL PHP 332
1143 1230-1330 VOA S
VIET PHP 262
1143 1330-1400 VOA R
CHIN PHP 332
1143 1400-1500 VOA P
ENGL PHP 332
1143 1500-1700 VOA T
CANT PHP 332
1143 1700-1800 VOA P
ENGL PHP 332 12345
5955
5985
6060
6060
6110
6110
1230-1330
1330-1500
2200-2230
2230-2330
1500-1600
1600-1800
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
S
S
T
T
C
P
VIET
KHME
KHME
VIET
ENGL
ENGL
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
280
260
280
280
260
260
03/28-10/30/1999
B_DATE END DATE
6120
6185
7130
7130
7200
9525
9535
9555
9720
9890
1500-1600
1330-1500
2200-2230
2230-2330
2200-2300
1900-2000
1230-1300
1230-1330
1130-1230
1130-1230
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
S
S
T
T
R
P
T
S
S
T
VIET
KHME
KHME
VIET
CHIN
ENGL
LAO
VIET
BURM
INDO
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
264
280
255
255
330
137
290
255
290
036
11715
11720
11805
11830
11830
11990
13770
15225
15305
15330
1200-1330
1000-1200
1230-1500
0000-0200
0200-0300
1100-1230
0330-0400
1130-1230
2200-0000
0330-0400
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
PBS
VOA
VOA
PBS
P
P
R
R
R
R
PBS
S
P
PBS
ENGL
ENGL
CHIN
CHIN
CHIN
CHIN
FIEE
BURM
ENGL
FIEE
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
137
137
350
330
330
350
232
264
137
034
17730
17820
17820
17820
17820
21540
0330-0400
0000-0030
0030-0100
0100-0300
2200-0000
0700-0900
PBS
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
PBS
P
C
P
P
R
FIEE
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
CHIN
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
045
034
034
260
034
350
7150
7175
7215
7215
7215
7220
1700-1800
1330-1500
0030-0100
1230-1330
2200-0030
1130-1230
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
P
S
C
S
P
S
ENGL
KHME
ENGL
VIET
ENGL
BURM
PHX
PHX
PHX
PHX
PHX
PHX
285 12345
285
285
285
285
285
15180
15185
15185
15205
15425
15425
1900-2000
0030-0100
2100-0030
2200-2330
1000-1500
1100-1500
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
P
C
P
S
P
P
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
INDO
ENGL
ENGL
PHX
PHX
PHX
PHX
PHX
PHX
285
285
285
212
285
212
5955
5955
5955
6025
6030
6045
6110
6160
6160
6160
6160
7170
7195
7195
7230
7230
7260
7260
7290
1500-1600
1600-1700
1700-1800
2200-2300
1500-1700
1700-1800
1100-1500
1100-1300
1300-1500
1500-1600
1600-1800
1700-1800
1400-1500
1500-1600
1230-1300
2000-2200
2200-2230
2230-2330
1300-1400
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
RL
VOA
VOA
VOA
S
S
C
R
T
P
R
P
P
C
P
P
R1
S
T
RL-1
T
T
T
VIET
BANG
ENGL
CHIN
CANT
ENGL
CHIN
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
TIBE
VIET
LAO
RU
KHME
VIET
KORE
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
275
275
332 12345
332
332
021 12345
332
200
270
270
270
150
332
270
275
021
270
270
021
9505 2330-0000 VOA S
BURM PHT 270
06/30-10/30
04/01-10/30
05/30-10/30
06/30-10/30
04/01-10/30
03/28-10/30
03/28-05/29
03/28-04/18
03/28-04/18
03/28-10/30
9510
9545
9545
9590
9590
9620
9760
9760
9760
9760
9770
9770
9770
9770
9770
9845
9845
2200-2300
0000-0300
2200-2300
1500-1600
1600-1700
2200-2330
1100-1500
1100-1500
1500-1600
1600-1700
0000-0030
0030-0100
1700-1800
1700-1800
2200-0000
1300-1500
1500-1600
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
R
R
R
C
S
S
P
P
C
P
P
C
P
P
P
R
C
CHIN
CHIN
CHIN
ENGL
BANG
INDO
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
CHIN
ENGL
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
332
332
332
283
283
200
270
021
270
270
270
270
021 12345
270 12345
270
349
349
11705
11720
11730
11760
11760
11760
11775
11805
11805
11825
11840
11850
11860
11860
11860
11870
11870
11870
11885
11885
11910
11925
11925
11930
11930
1400-1500
1730-1930
0000-0100
0000-0030
0030-0100
2200-0000
0100-0300
0130-0200
2200-2330
0900-1400
2330-0000
1130-1230
0700-0800
0800-1000
1000-1100
1700-1800
1900-2000
2100-2200
0230-0330
1700-1800
1130-1230
0000-0300
2200-2300
0800-1000
1230-1300
VOA
PBS
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
RL
VOA
RL
VOA
VOA
VOA
PBS
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
R1
PBS
R1
P
C
P
R
S
S
R
S
S
RL-1
RL-1
RL-1
P
P
P
PBS
C
S
R
R
RL-1
T
TIBE
ENGL
TIBE
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
CHIN
BANG
INDO
CHIN
BURM
BURM
RU
RUSS
RU
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
FIEE
ENGL
BURM
CHIN
CHIN
RUSS
LAO
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
315
283
283
200
200
200
332
283
200
349
270
283
021
021
021
200 12345
150
150
283
021 12345
283
349
349
349
283
11965
11965
11970
12010
12010
12010
12040
12040
1100-1500
1600-1700
1900-2000
0700-1100
1130-1230
1300-1400
1100-1500
1500-1600
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
R
S
C
R
T
T
R
C
CHIN
BANG
ENGL
CHIN
INDO
KORE
CHIN
ENGL
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
332
283
315 12345
332
200
021
332
332
15120
15160
15160
15160
15190
15195
15210
15235
15250
15270
15290
0230-0330
0700-1100
1100-1500
2330-0000
1730-1930
0000-0300
0130-0200
1900-2000
0700-1300
0230-0330
2200-0100
PBS
VOA
VOA
VOA
PBS
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
PBS
VOA
PBS
R
P
S
PBS
R
S
C
R
PBS
P
FIEE
CHIN
ENGL
BURM
ENGL
CHIN
BANG
ENGL
CHIN
FIEE
ENGL
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
315
349
349
270
283
332
283
021 12345
332
283
349
03/28-10/30
03/28-10/30
03/28-04/18
04/18-10/30
03/28-10/30
03/28-04/18
03/28-04/17
07/02-10/30
04/19-10/30
04/19-10/30
07/02-10/30
07/02-10/30
07/02-10/30
04/19-10/30
15410
15445
17720
17735
17735
17740
17765
17805
17855
1600-1700
0800-1000
1730-1930
0030-0100
2100-0030
0100-0300
0000-0300
0130-0200
0700-1100
VOA
VOA
PBS
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
VOA
B
RL-1
PBS
C
P
P
R
S
R
ENGL
RUSS
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
CHIN
BANG
CHIN
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
PHT
270
349
283
150
150
270
349
283
349
05/10-10/30
04/19-10/30
(IBB schedule)
PORTUGAL
RDP is no longer feeding 21655 with RDP Africa FM. As from Jul
19, 21655 is beamed 215 degr to Brazil, Guinee & Cabo Verde and rescheduled as follows: Mon-Fri 1000-1200 //21725 to same target areas and
1600-1900 //21780 to same target areas. On Sat/Sun 0700-2000 //21800 to
same terget areas.
The Portuguese Foreign Ministry instructed the RDPI to provide extended
periods and better Timor Portuguese coverage, which began on Aug 2nd and is
planned to last three months. Not only for the forthcoming election period.
A new recently introduced FE relay of RDPI, is active via Taiwan, all
beamed to TMP, INS & AUS, also all via satellite:
1000-1300 17740 via POR, the first hour is in both Por & Tetum langs.
1000-1100 11550 via TWN.
2200-2300 new 17600, + via TWN 11550.
At 1100, when the TWN relay on 11550 s-off progr suddenly changes to RDP
Antena 1 relay and later joins RDPI normal progr which is to AF 142 degr
17725, EUR 30 degr 15140, 52 degr 11960, and B/CPV/GNB 215 degr 21655 and
21725.
(Carlos de Assuncao Goncalves-POR via Noel Green-UK, Aug 12/16)
I've tried 11550 at 1100 but it isn't propagating yet. Maybe it is at 2200
- not yet tried. (Noel Green-UK, Aug 12)
QATAR
11785 QBS Doha. 0245-0350. 26 de Jun. ID. Charla. Coran.
Interferencia de R Deutsche Welle a partir de las 0300 UTC. 33443.
(Marcelo Cornachioni-ARG, via Conex, Aug 16)
RUSSIA
Our Centre of B/Cing & Radio Communications No. 2 (former GPR-2)
will carry out two special test txions for one of our clients this weekend.
The sked: Sat Aug 21, 1930-2000 7330 & 12040; and Sun Aug 22, 1000-1030
15230 & 17610. Power 200 kW; antennas, curtain. The freqs on 7 & 15 MHz
are to WeEUR, and on 12 and 17 MHz to Ce&SoEaEUR.
We suppose it will be also possible to hear our sigs in some other parts of
the world, such as NoWeAF, SoAM or AUS. We will relay a progr of our local
FM radio stn called R Gardarika (69.05 and 102.4 MHz here in St.P).
We will be very glad to receive any RRs or any other technical comments
about these txions from various parts of the world. We are especially
interested in comments regarding the audio/modulation quality of our txs.
Please send your reports BY E-MAIL ONLY to the following addr:
pcd00342@mail.admiral.ru
Unfortunately, we will be able to verify your reports ONLY BY E-MAIL with a
R Gardarika QSL ltr in En as a MS Word 97 file. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, and
via NU, Aug 17)
From July 4 Ru sce of "The Voice of Russia" reactivated "Club DX" progr. It
bcs acc to former schedule:
Sun 1340 - 693 1323 9945 15510 15525
Repeats of above txion:
Sun 2040 - 612 693 1215 9865 12070
Mon 0140 - 7125 9480 12070 15455 17565 17660 17690 21755
Wed 1540 - 648 15490 17580
(RTVN, Jul 4)
SOMALIA
Hargeisa has moved from 7071 to 7074 1500-1900 Very poor
reception.
R Holy Koran 6900 1600-1900.
R Mogadishu Voice of Somali Pacification 6859v (was on 6820-6815-6844)
1600-1900.
R Mogadishu Voice of the People in Somali, 7088 (was 0n 7060) 1600-1700.
R Mogadishu Voice of the People 6690v in Somali-En-Ar 1500-1900 also at
0400 in
Somali (was last heard on Aug 8 and probably haschanged freq).
(Mahendra Vaghjee-Mauritius, in Cumbre Aug 13)
SOUTH AFRICA
12130 NF AWR 1702 Aug 11, OM and YL in African (presume)
lang having mixes with Portuguese (Lilongo heard) then a song played with
guitars only. Again the two persons continue relig progr. New tune in on
1755 with progr in En. Closed down with AWR ID in En, Ge, Fr. Strong 54544.
Which is the txion point.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Aug 11)
Via Meyerton-RSA 250 kW 019 degr towards zones 39 47 49 52 53.
RSA Meyerton test txions. For the next few Sats there will be a test txion
for Radio Paralelo 27 from Meyerton Radio stn at Bloemendal. It will be on
a 100 kW at 76 degr from 1400-1600, the test frequency for Sat will be
7270.
Then on the 21 or 22 or 23 Aug, depending on the weather will be a txion
about baseball and amateur mx. I do not have more detail at this stage. It
will be on 11900 from 0400-0500, and then on 15355 from 0500-0800. Both
will be a 250 kW tx on 007 degrs.
(Andre du Toit-RSA, Aug 18)
RSA 7270, R. Paralelo 27. The stn name "R. Paralelo 27" rings a bell, but
I am drawing a blank on just what it is. Help? (Jerry Berg-USA, Aug 19)
I remember me, that Radio Paralelo 27 was already on SW relay via Swazi
Commercial Radio in the early 90ties. (Harald Kuhl-D, Aug 20)
SRI LANKA
13685 15480 & 17620 VoA Iranawila relay, full-data ltr from
Marconi Communication System, Inc., Sri Lanka office, in 17 days, V/S J.
Watson.
Addr: P.O.Box No. 14, Negombo, Sri Lanka. (Juichi Yamada-JPN via NU, Aug
17)
SWEDEN
RSI noted using 6065 (ann FM 89.6 only) in Swedish at 0830-0900
then En 0900-1100. The En progr is from a Water Festival and consists of nx
and interviews and mx. Noted since at least Aug 10th, and still on as I
write Aug 12th. The progr is called "Lunch Break" and carries En nx from
World R Switzerland at 0900 and 1000.
(Noel Green-UK, Aug 12) [Something to do with test txions on the solar
eclipse ??, ed]
UK/TAIWAN
Regarding item on WoR concerning R Taipei Internat relayed via
Merlin U.K. I have located the En bc and have been listening in for the
past week or so.
Excellent reception on 3955 1800-1900. Unfortunately there is slight
distortion on the audio (as is the case with Ge on 6175 kHz at 1900). Could
be due to a feed via Internet rather than by satellite.
(Alan F. Holder, Isle of Wight, U.K., Aug 13, WORLD OF RADIO Extra 31, Aug
19)
BBC WS Waveguide. This month: children's radio habits and projects which
are addressing their listening needs. 15 min from Aug 21. AE Sat 1730, Sun
0045, 0905, 2105; Af Sun 1045; As Sat 0005, Sun 0645, 1230, Mon 0905.
(BBC On Air via Chris Hambly, with additional info from BBC Press
Office via gh, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 19)
From Aug 18-29 RSL R Maniac-Rompford London on air MW 1602. (Ruud Vos-HOL,
Aug 19)
USA
13596.21 WJCR Upton-KY, 1300 Aug 14, Christian relig songs and ID.
Are US relig SW stns exempt from freq precision regulation? (Joe NovelloNC, via NU, Aug 15)
9790 WTJC
I talked with Dave Robinson of WTJC (call letters tentative),
the new religious b/cer from Newport, NC, that is to operate with 50 kW
beamed "to Canada." This afternoon [Tue] it got the official approval from
the FCC, and was to begin testing from 0000 UTC Wed (Tue night EST), on
9790. It will test intermittently on that freq for at least the next week.
The stn is a conservative evangelical relig stn, but, unlike most others,
won't be selling airtime. The call letters, if formally approved, will
stand for "Working Til Jesus Comes." No public addr as of yet, but one
will be announced. (Magne-PA, via NU, Aug 17)
Thanks, Larry. I believe this is the one whose website is
<http://www.worthwhile.com/fbn/default.htm> Their FAQ says, "SHORTWAVE
STATION--We are currently OFF Shortwave, but closer than before. Lord
willing will return in 1999." (Jerry Berg-USA, in NU, Aug 18)
WTJC "Working Till Jesus Comes" is what the call may be for the new
Fundamental Bcing Stn in NoCarolina (A TV stn already has WFBN). The stn
plans to have progrs in Ru, Ch, Sp, and Fr in addition to En. All this per
David Robinson, Chief Engineer.
(DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Aug 12)
9725
WTJC Mr. Robinson had plenty of nx during my weekly Thur morning
call to FBN. Here is what he had to say: 9725 will be our freq for the
summer season, when we will be on 0400-1600. We will be using a freq in the
6 MHz range for the winter season on the same schedule and we should have
that freq after the HFCC conference week. We will awaiting a crystal for
the tx.
We plan to start tests on Sat night, Aug 21st (UTC Sun) if it arrives in
time. These will be tests with tones only and at low power _ 18 kW. We want
to "cook_ everything in slowly and we will operate this way for a week,
slowly bringing up the power and modulation. If all goes well, we will then
start running progrs.
We are expecting RR's and we are working on QSL cards. We are asking for an
SASE with each report which can be mailed to:
Missionary Baptist Church, 520 Roberts Rd, Newport, NC 28570, U.S.A.
Reports can also be emailed to
fbn@clis.com
(DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Aug 19)
VIETNAM
6382.5 Lai Chau following up on a tip that this one was on 6397,
I found what I believe is Lai Chau on 6382.5 as noted by Davies in midJuly. 1206 alternating talk by man and woman in Vn, but not // to either
Hanoi outlet. 1207 brief interlude then talk by woman. By 1216 they were
playing vocals. The only thing I am hearing around 6397 is a very strong
NoKRE 6398. (Hans Johnson-USA, via Cumbre, Aug 7)
ZANZIBAR
[Tanzania] Zanzibar to get new SW tx. PR China is giving V of
Tanzania Zanzibar a new SW tx worth $600K, expected to arrive in Nov 1999,
ready for installation.
(VOT-Z Aug 13 via BBC M, excerpted by gh for WORLD OF RADIO Extra 31, Aug
19)
Hallo Hobbyfreunde!
Ich moechte noch einmal auf unser Hobbytreffen zur IFA '99 in Berlin
hinweisen:
Datum:
Thema:
Zeit:
Ort:
28.08.1999
UKW/TV/Sat-DX'er-Treffen
16.00 Uhr Ortszeit (1400 UTC)
Bistro Bredow im Hotel am Studio,
Berlin-Charlottenburg, Kaiserdamm 80/81 (Ecke Soorstrasse)
Thema:
Zeit:
Ort:
Grosses Hoerertreffen unter Beteiligung von ROEI
18.00 Uhr Ortszeit (1600 UTC)
Sitzungssaal des im 14. Obergeschoss des SFB-Funkhauses,
Masurenallee 20, Berlin-Charlottenburg
Wer aus dem hier angesprochenen Kreis teilnehmen moechte, wird gebeten sich
baldmoeglichst bei mir zu melden. Das soll vor allem dazu dienen, dass ich
weiss, nach wem ich dort Ausschau halten muss, bzw. mit wem ich rechnen
kann.
Eine Ausgabe von REFLEXION wird als Erkennungzeichen dienen. Ich habe vor,
von 16 Uhr bis kurz nach 20 Uhr teilzunehmen. Ich fahre noch am selben
Abend
wieder zurueck. vy 73, Frank Helmbold, Aug 16
Moeglichkeiten der Rueckmeldung:
Telefon: 04235-957581
Fax: 957582
eMail:
frank_helmbold@hb2.maus.de (Leerung 2mal taeglich)
helmbold.f@stn-atlas.de (Leerung nur Mo-Fr)
to gh/WOR is given.
BC-DX 425
[issued sections A/B/C]
25 Aug 1999
________________________________________________________________________
I was fascinated to read of the Eclipse loggings,
and obviously there was an effect noticed, particularly at the top end of
MW band. I didn't expect much to happen - if anything - as the sun was
covered for only a short time, but obviously it doen't take long for the D
layer to be affected ! A most interesting and useful exercise, I think.
ECLIPSE - Here as promised the observation made during the solar eclipse
on Aug 11th. The expected effect was noted only during the totality stage.
At my location (Deva, western Romania) that lasted for only 2 mins 11 secs.
Understandably I could receive only one radio stn during that time - CHAD
7120 RN Tchadienne N'djamena 1101 in Fr with talk on legal matters,
possibly legal counselling, several mentions of Chad, faded in at about
1105. SINPO 35343. Never heard this stn during daytime, and was also a
"first time" on this freq. (Cristian Mocanu-ROU, Cumbre Aug 11)
ALBANIA
TWR Polish 0515-0530 via Cerrik-ALB 9765 replaced by 9780.04, fluttey signal, //Shijak 7385.06 steady 55555. (WB, Aug 21)
[ALBANIA/IRAN/UK] FEBA Radio in Azeri. Those tests [via TWR Albania relay]
are in fact complete now. The Rep of Azerbaijan does not have a significant
audience for SW bcs, and our primary audience is in the Iranian provinces
of East and West Azerbaijan. We did arrange to set up some in-country
monitoring. (Peter Philips-UK, FEBA, via hjb, Aug 18)
ARMENIA
"IBC-Tamil is seemingly via the Kamo tx site". [c.f. bc-dx #424]
This item is wrong. Progr originating from RNW Madagascar relay site, see
under MADAGASCAR.
R Netherlands web-site 20th Aug says Tamil-Oli Radio, IBC Tamil and Voice
of Democratic Burma now being carried via the RN Madagascar relay.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, WDXC, Aug 21, ed)
UNID in En on Jul 17th 1600-1615 on LW 234, seems to be VoArmenia. Home sce
2 heard 1600-1815 on LW 234, //MW 1395 & blocked by TWR ALB at 1830 (Mon,
Tue 1815). TWR Armenia is heard daily 1700-1705 in En followed by Persian
at 1705. On Jul 17 1800-1805 in En, than in Kurdish. All on MW 864, Kamo
1000 kW. Switched at 1830 on 1350, there on Fris 1930-2000 En progr. (Rumen
Pankov on Black Sea coast-BUL, Jul 24)
BELGIUM
RTBF Brussels the French community Radio stn on test til end of
Aug.
Towards SoEUR via Wavre, every Tue and Thur 0800-1400 on 9925. Suns 10001205 via wavre also on 9925.
Schedule Mon-Fri: 0300-0500 9490. 0500-0711 17580. 1000-1200 21540.
1500-1700 17800.
Sat: 0430-0500 9490. 0500-0900 17580. 0900-1116 21540. 1600-1711 17800.
Sun: 0430-0400 9490. 0500-0800 17580. 1100-1116 21540. 1500-1711 17800.
(Dr. Woellersdorfer-AUT, Aug 20)
BENIN
7210.2 tentat Benin continues to be heard on air before 0600 to
fade around 0645. Still no ID copied due to QRM by BLR. (Noel Green-UK, Aug
20)
BRAZIL
6010.2 came up with Brazil at 0635 with talk and then mx. On Aug
19 it was on 6010.17 with speech and mx. Positive Brazilian Por but very
weak and no ID heard, another stn was similarly very weak on 6010 - maybe R
Mil-MEX but unable to copy even the lang of this one.
6090.0 Brazil dominating the freq at 0615 on Aug 18th and seemed //to 9645
(mixing VAT). No ID heard but tent. R Bandeirantes. On Aug 20th Sp [6089.95
Radio Esperanza-CHL ? ed] talk and relig songs was dominating this freq perhaps Dr. Scott was taking a rest !
The UNID under RAI 6060 was audible when Brazil was being heard on 6010.2,
6040.4 [R. Clube Paranaense] and 6090, so I suggest 6060 is also the
Brazilian listed on there.
(Noel Green-UK, Aug 18-20)
6080.01, CBN Anhanguera 0904 Aug 20, surprised to find this one here
instead of Novas de Paz. Also ARG 6059.98 R Nac, at 0856, s-on with Nat
Anthem, 0900 six pips into local nx with M&W ancrs. Mixing with a weak stn
causing bad het, also lots of QRN and QSB. Fair-poor signal.
6104.95, tent. R. Cultura, 0923, 0943 fade-out. [Noel, your unmodulated
carrier on 6105, low to fair level, and rapid fading characteristics.]
(Mark Mohrmann-VT, NU, Aug 20)
BULGARIA
For holiday-makers on the Black Sea coast: R Varna MW 981 and
FM's: Mon-Sat 0610-0655 features En 0610, Ge 0625, Ru 0640.
R "Glarus Mix" Burgas 92.8 FM, also with nx in Ge daily at 0600, En 0615
(exc Suns).
(Rumen Pankov on Black Sea coast-BUL, Jul 24)
CANADA
6130.03 CHNX, 0438-0530 oldies progr in En, surprisingly strong,
ID as "Oldies 96," USB only. (Harald Kuhl-D, NU, Aug 21)
Logged on Aug 22 from home - a CBC stn on 6160. Jazz program from 07260759, then nx. ID as CBC as well as R1. Can't work out if Vancouver or St.
Johns. Haven't heard either from AUS before, though geographically I would
think Vancouver. Phone number at one stage given with area code 780 which
may or may not help. Anybody know anything about these stns that could help
with the above info? I have QSLed Vancouver when on a trip to Canada
(logged from Banff) 2 years ago but I would like to do so from this side of
the Pacific. St. Johns would be better! (Richard Jary-AUS, hcdx Aug 24)
CHINA
Schedule of China Radio International (CRI) changes according
monitoring observations by Olle Alm. See also item under CUBA. CUB=RHCUB
relay.
Freqs like 5220, 5250, 6550, 8660 are of course feeders. They are beamed to
Xian, Kunming, etc. When the 7590 feeder to Urumqi was activated the txer
had a loud buzz, so they quickly made a switch with 9860, where the nasty
buzz has been since then. The feeders are always active as standby, but
they are rarely used on the air.
Last winter I heard off air feeds on a few occasions (on 7800, 9820) with
very unclean and distorted audio. The utility QRM on the feeder frequency
was even stronger on the relaying tx than it was for direct reception here
of the feeder. Received feeder audio often leaks through the audio
switching system at Xian and Urumqi during the pauses between progrs.
As noted by others, some txions on 11750 via Baoding has badly distorted
audio - in fact it can even be hard to identify the lang. The audio is
more like a jammer. The last few evenings txions on 9965 have also had a
technical problem with the txer freq wobbling. This one is also from
Baoding. In fact, they are having problems all the time with their ancient
txers. (Olle Alm-SWE, Aug 22)
A few amendments to the CRI schedule of BC-DX #424:
0000-0030 HAKKA As 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015 9870 9457
7335 6550 6140 5250
0000-0100 RUSSIAN As 9725 7110 1521
0000-0100 SPANISH Am 17720 15120-m 11880 5990-m
0030-0100 CHAOZHOU As 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015 9870
9457 7335 6550 6140 5250
0030-0100 PORTUGUESE Am 15420 11650
0000-0100 RUSSIAN As 1521
0100-0200 SPANISH Am 17720 9665-m[v9668.22] 5250
Addit 0100-0200 ENGLISH No&CeAm 9570-CUB
0200-0300 CHINESE-STD Am 15435 9690-REE
Addit 0200-0300 CHINESE-STD No&CeAm 9570-CUB
0200-0300 SPANISH Am 17720 13685-GUF
0300-0400 ENGLISH Am 9690-REE
Change 0300-0400 CHINESE-STD Am 9730-GUF but heard on 9720-GUF instead.
Change 0300-0400 RUSSIAN As 17755 15435 15120 [x15110].
0300-0400 SPANISH Am 11765-b[v11768.1]yes! 9560-CAN
Change 0400-0500 ENGLISH Am 9560-CAN, 9720-GUF but heard on 9730-GUF
instead.
Change 0400-0500 CHINESE-STD Am 11715-m 9710-m, no signal of CRI-Mali noted
so far.
0830-0857 HAUSA Af 7170-m
0830-0930 INDONESIAN As 17735 15135 8660
0900-1000 CHINESE-STD As 17785 15440 15180 12015 11700 11685
11650 9945 9550 6010 5250
0900-1000 ENGLISH Au 15210 11730
0930-1530 JAPANESE As 9855 7190 1044
0930-1030 MALAY As 17680 15135 8660
1000-1100 CANTONESE AsAu 15440 11915 11650
1000-1100 CHINESE-STD As 17785 12015 11685 6010 5250
1000-1100 ENGLISH Au 15210 11730
1000-1100 RUSSIAN As 9725 9695 7820 7110 5145 1323 1116 963
1030-1130 CAMBODIAN As 15165 9440 6550 1080
1030-1130 INDONESIAN As 15135 11445 8660
1100-1200
1100-1130
1100-1300
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1230
CANTONESE As 17785 11685 7335
KOREAN As 5965 1017
RUSSIAN As 9725 7820 7110 1521 1323 1314 1116 963
VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
BURMESE As 11825 9880 6550 1269 1188
THAI As 9785 7360 6010
1200-1300 CAMBODIAN As 9870 9440 6550 1080
1200-1300 CANTONESE 15125
1200-1400 CHINESE-STD As 17785 15260 11685 9440[fr 1258]
Chnage 1200-1300 ENGLISH AsAu 11980 11675 11660 9715 7265 6950 1341 1188
1200-1300 MONGOLIAN As 5850 5145 4883 4815 1314
1200-1300 RUSSIAN As 1521 1323 963
1200-1230 TAGALOG/ENGLISH As 12110 11700 8660 1341
1200-1300 VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
1230-1330 LAOTIAN As 7360 6010
1230-1330 MALAY As 15135 11445 8660
1300-1330 BURMESE As 11780 9880 6550 1269
Change 1300-1400 ENGLISH AsAu 15180 11980 11900 11675 11660 9945 7405 1341
1300-1400 ESPERANTO As 11840 11600
1300-1500 KOREAN As 5965 1017
1300-1500 RUSSIAN As 7820 5850 5145 4883 4815 1521 1323 1314 963
1300-1400 VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
1330-1400 BURMESE As 11780 9880 6550 1269
1330-1430 INDONESIAN As 15135 11445 8660
1330-1430 THAI As 7360 6010
1400-1500 AMOY As 11685 11650 9715 7335
1400-1500 CAMBODIAN As 9440 6550
1400-1500 ENGLISH As Am 15125-m 15110-u 13685-m 11825 7405
1400-1500 MONGOLIAN As 4883 4815
1400-1500 RUSSIAN As 1521 1323 963
1400-1430 SINHALESE As 11980 11900 9900
Change 1400-1430 TAMIL As 11575 [9457 off]
1400-1430 TURKISH Eu 15165-u 11750
1400-1500 VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250 1296
1430-1530 LAOTIAN As 7360 6590 6010
1430-1500 SINHALESE As 11980 11900 9900
1430-1500 TAGALOG/ENGLISH As 12110 8660 1341
Change 1430-1500 TAMIL As addit15210 15165-u 11575 [9457 off]
1500-1530 BENGALI As 11825 11810 8660 5220 1188
Change 1500-1600 CHINESE-STD As 15300 addit9460 [9457 off] 6550
1500-1600 ENGLISH As Am 15125-m 13685-m 9785 7160
1500-1600 HINDI As 11675 9615-u 7590
1500-1530 NEPALI As 9535 7215 1269
1500-1600 PASHTO As 11880 11720-u 9570-u[fr 1530?]
1500-1530 PERSIAN ME 11750-u 9570-u 9440
1500-1600 RUSSIAN Eu As 15415-u[x7235] 11650 9730 4883 4815 1521 1323
1500-1600 VIETNAMESE As 9550 7245 5250
1530-1600 BENGALI As 11825 11810 8660 5220 1188
1530-1600 NEPALI As 9535 7215 1269
1600-1700 ARABIC ME 17580-r[St.P.] [x17880 in M99?] 15490
15125-m 13685-m 11750
1600-1700 ENGLISH Af 9870[x7190] 9565
1600-1700 HAKKA As 11825 9900
Change 1600-1700 HINDI As [11980inactive] 11675 9615-u 8660 7265-u 1269
1600-1700 RUSSIAN Eu 15415-u 15300-u 11945 11835-u 11700 9860
9730 1521
Change 1600-1630 SWAHILI Af 11600 [9457 off] 5250
1600-1630 TURKISH Eu 15270 11685 6550
1600-1630 URDU As 7590 7160 5220 1323
1600-1700 VIETNAMESE As 7360 6010
Change 1630-1700 SWAHILI Af 11600 [9457 off] 5250
1700-1800 CANTONESE AfAs 11675 9900 7590-fee 7265-u
1700-1800 ENGLISH EuAf 15300-u[x9710] 11910 9570 7405 5220
1700-1800 RUSSIAN Eu As 15415-u 11945 11835-u 11650 9860 9795
9730 9365 6950 1521 1323
Change 1700-1730 SWAHILI Af 15125-m 11970-m [9457 off] 5250
1730-1830 CHINESE-STD EuME 15165 13650 11825[x7335] 11760[x9820]
7800 5250
1730-1800 HAUSA Af 11970-m 9890-m
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1830
1800-1830
1800-1900
1830-1930
1830-1900
1830-1930
1830-1900
1830-1900
GERMAN Eu 9685-u[x9710] 7590-fee 6950
HAUSA Af 11970-m 9890-m 7405
HUNGARIAN Eu 11775-u 9860 7265-u
PERSIAN ME 15595-r[St.P.] 11740 9550-u
RUSSIAN Eu As 15415-u 11945 11685 9795 9730
9535-f[Issoudun] 9365 1521
ARABIC ME 15530-m 13685-m 12035-r[Kurovskaya]
BULGARIAN Eu 11775 9860 7265-u
FRENCH Eu Af 15165 11825[x7335] 11760[x9820] 7800 5250
ITALIAN Eu 9965 7405
PERSIAN ME 11740 9785 9550-u
1900-1930 ALBANIAN Eu 9965 7265-u
1900-2000 CANTONESE Eu 9730 7255
1900-1930 CZECH Eu 15415-u[x7235] 11775
Change 1900-2000 ENGLISH MEAf 13650 11750[terrible audio] 9440 6165
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-1930
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2030
1930-2000
1930-2000
GERMAN Eu 9685-u[x9710] 7590-fee 6950
PORTUGUESE Eu Af 9535 7180
ROMANIAN Eu 9860-u 7305-f[Issoudun]
RUSSIAN Eu As 11945 11685 9795 9365 1521 1323 1116
TURKISH Eu 9785 7405
ALBANIAN Eu 9965 7405
CZECH Eu 15415-u 7305-f[Issoundun]
FRENCH Eu Af 15165 11825 11760[x9820] 7800 5250
PORTUGUESE Eu Af 15500-m 11975-m 7265-u
ROMANIAN Eu 11775 9860-u
2000-2100 CHINESE-STD EuMEAf 13650 11750[terrible audio] 11650
9730 9???[x9710] 7660 7185
Change 2000-2100 ENGLISH EuMEAf 15500-m 11735-m
9535-u 9440 7590-fee 6950
2000-2030 ESPERANTO Eu 9965 7405
2000-2030 POLISH Eu 15415-u[x7235] 11775 6150-f[Issoudun]
2000-2100 RUSSIAN Eu As 11945 9795 7255
2000-2030 SERBO-CROAT Eu 9860-u 9365 7265-u
2030-2100 BULGARIAN Eu 9860-u 6150-f[Issoudun]
2030-2130 FRENCH Eu Af 15165 12010-r[Samara] 11825
11760[x9820] 7800 5250
2030-2100 HUNGARIAN Eu 11775 9365
2030-2100 ITALIAN Eu 9965 7265-u
2030-2100 POLISH Eu 15415-u 7405
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
Change
2100-2130
2100-2130
2100-2200
2130-2230
ALBANIAN Eu 6150-f[Issoudun]
ARABIC EuME 11750[terrible audio] 9765-u 7260
ENGLISH Eu Af 15500-m (-2130) 15415-u[-2130]
11735-m (-2130) 9535-u 7590-fee 6950
ITALIAN Eu 9965 9365
SERBO-CROAT Eu 9860-u 7405
SPANISH Eu 11775 7360
FRENCH Eu Af 15500-m 15165 11975-m 11825 11760[x9820]
7800 5250
2130-2200 HUNGARIAN Eu 13650-u 6150-f[Issoudun]
2200-2300
2200-2230
2200-2300
2230-2300
2230-2330
ENGLISH Eu 9880-r[Taldom]
PORTUGUESE Am 11700 11650
SPANISH Eu 13650-u 11775 9640-u 7360
CHINESE-STD Af 15500-m 15300 11975-m 9535
CHINESE-STD As Am 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015
9870 9457 7335 6550 6140 5250
2230-2300 ESPERANTO Am 11700 9860
2300-0000 RUSSIAN As 9725 7110
2300-0000 SPANISH Am 11880 11650
2330-0000 CANTONESE As 15400 15260 15135 15100 12065 12015 9870
9457 7335 6550 6140 5250
2300-2400 CHINESE-STD Af 11975-m 7170-m
(Noel Green-UK, Olle Alm-SWE, Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, NDXC-JPN,
PanIview Rumen Pankov-BUL, Observerer Ivo Ivanov-BUL, WB, Aug 18/Aug22)
CONGO [Dem.Rep.of] 15245 RTNC Kinshasa up now !!! 1751-1804, 33433
stronger than usual due to geomagnetic activity k=5. (Mike Dawson-UK, hcdx,
Aug 20)
15244.4 RTNC-R TV Nat Congolaise, Kinshasa. 1808-1821. Fr lang, nx. 23212
(Claudio Morales-ARG, Jul 24)
CONGO
[Rep.of] 5985 Radio DiffusionTV Congolaise heard at 2105 in Fr
with nx Congo was mentioned few times as well as an annt as "Radiodiffusion
Congolese". The signal was fair but the stn is only audible Suns when the
VoA doesn't use the channel.
(Zeljko Crncic-HRV, Cumbre Aug 8)
COSTA RICA
5054.6 R Faro del Caribe, San Jose, 0948-0958, Sp, relig
progr "Amanecer con Dios" ID "desde San Jose Costa Rica transmite .... Faro
del Caribe ... frecuencia modulada estereo ....." SINPO 24332. (Nicolas
Eramo-ARG, Aug 19)
CUBA
5995 CRI relay, 2305-2315, En nx; poor. (Vashek Korinek-RSA, NU,
Aug 20)
9570 CRI relay, 0120-0210, noting an evening txion as well, with En at
tune-in and into CH at 0200. Fair-good, and, after 0203, QRMed by Romania.
(Terry Kruger-FL, NU, Aug 18)
[both observed also here in EUR, ed]
ECUADOR
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(Paul Ormandy-NZL, hcdx, Aug 23)
ETHIOPIA
5990.5 R Ethiopia Gedja, Aug 22, 1728-1740, female speaker in
vernac, mx bridges. At 1737 male speaker. 24443. //7110 and 9704.2. Also
heard with almost same signal strength, but more interference. (Mark
Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 23)
GERMANY
R Liberty Persian left 7155 Lampertheim tx, due Vo Medit
Malta/Rome co-ch. 0430-0630 now on real new 13610, 100 kW 92 degr. And
//12015 also Lampertheim 96 degr, and //Kavalla 9510, 11945 250 095, latter
one satellite feed delay behind Lampertheim.
But IBB scheduled strange 11975 (x7155) freq from Aug 15 schedule onwards.
(Noel Green-UK, Aug 15; WB, Aug 21)
9855 R Rainbow, Juelich via Deutsche Telekom. 0117-0158. Txion in Amharic
lang. 34333
(Claudio Morales-ARG, Jul 24)
The German "Radio-Redaktion" news sce today denied a previous report about
a move of AFN Wuerzburg into 1485, instead these tx still uses 1143. The
Wuerzburg, Schweinfurt, Bad Kissingen and Wildflecken txs on these channel
now carries own programming from AFN Wuerzburg, no longer the "AM Power
Network" from Frankfurt, in some certain regions resulting in a horrible
mess on 1143. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 24)
Heard on DW's "Newslink" at 2125 Aug 16:
Catastrophic budget cuts, at an unprecedented level in public bcing acc to
DW's Dir Gen Dieter Weirich, will force major reductions in DW's sces if
enacted in Oct. Some details:
1. Elimination of six foreign lang sces.
2. Reduced bc time for up to ten other lang sces.
3. Elimination of DW's monthly internat radio/TV progr guide.
4. No participation for DW in Hanover's Expo 2000, as had been planned.
5. Elimination of DW's monitoring sce.
6. Elimination of DW radio's En lang nx dept.
(In future, news would be taken from DW tv.)
7. Elimination of 160 full time jobs and 300 freelance journalists with 200
jobs
coming open due to attrition not to be filled. (DW's currently employs
1700.)
These cuts will force greater reliance on the Internet for sces to
developed countries. Efforts will still be made to expand these sces while
preserving and focusing sces on SW for less developed areas not accessible
via Internet. Report said that journalists union voiced shock at the size
of the cuts -- especially in as much as they are being proposed by a Social
Democrat govt which made unemployment a major focus of the recent German
elections. Demonstrations are planned for next month in Berlin to protest
the cuts.
Weirich is quoted as saying he has little hope that the cuts can be avoided
when they come up for approval by the govt in Oct.
(John Figliozzi via Harold Sellers via Marie Lamb, in Cumbre, Aug 20)
Some addit details on the DW cutbacks from the 0300 Newsdesk progr Aug 17
UTC.
Six sces to be closed: Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Japanese,
Spanish.
Eleven sces to be reduced: Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian,
Macedonian, French, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Farsi, Indonesian.
The planned Ukr sce will not get off the ground. Internet sces will be
expanded and SW will concentrate on countries where information is not
freely available.
DW had already planned to cancel the Greek sce on SW[sic], a move that was
getting a lot of criticism in Greece. (Harold Sellers ODXA via Marie Lamb,
Cumbre Aug 20)
DW is carrying it's Greek sce since a couple of years on satellite only, if
I correct it was taken off SW together with some other European lang sces,
namely Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish, which all after a
episode as satellite-only sces are meanwhile down the toilet. (Kai LudwigD, Aug 22)
DW plans to cut half a dozen language sces: Sp to LatAM, Cz, Slk, Hung, Sln
and Jpn. Por to Brazil would remain only via Internet. This is not
definitive, but there is a great possibility that this happens. It is is
not a reason of savings, they say, just a different behavior of the
cultural and informative politics toward other countries. This politics
intends not to favor overseas sces to areas/countries where information
markets are private and exist without being under state control.
(Comm in DW's Sp progr, Nigro-URG, Aug 17)
GUINEA
7125.0 Guinea was heard at 0555 with their Guitar like IS playing
the same notes over and over at good level, but co-channel BBC Ar dominated
with their IS from 0558. Guinea was heard to start with what seemed Koran
and a vernacular language.
GUINEA EQUAT
R Africa Malabo on 15184.91 last night, Aug 22 from 21402145 in En with ID's, schedule, and addrs, 24333. They said they
occasionally use this freq.
(Don Phillips-UK, hcdx Aug 23)
INDIA
4960 AIR-Ranchi, noted back on SW with new 50 kW tx after several
tests: 0025-0406 (or 0430) & 1130-1741. On Aug 16 hrd an UNID AIR stn on
6170 around 0900-0940, but not hrd on Aug 17. Maybe it is Ranchi; in the
past they tested on 3305, 6140 & 7125.
REVISED election schedule in IND is as follows: Voting will now be on Sep
5, 11, 18, 25 & Oct 3. The counting and results will start on Oct 6. So
watch for round the clock txions by all AIR stns on SW for at least three
days beginning Oct 6.
(Jose Jacob-IND, EDXP, Aug 16)
4760 AIR Port Blair, scheduled starting at 2325, heard at about 2335 with
nx in Vernac.
(WB, Aug 23)
ISRAEL
6898 Galei Zahal (Israel Defense Forces R) is back and on this
freq. First heard around 0100 and IDed at 2300. Pop mx progrs as noted in
the past. Very strong signal, but sounds like USB + carrier. (Dave ValkoUSA, Cumbre Aug 22)
JAPAN
[non]
11900 UNID via SENTECH [sic, more likely via Moyabi-GAB,
ed], from fade in at 0410-0500 Aug 21, live sports coverage in Jpn. From
0500, contd. on 15335 [sic, should read 15355], where NHK World R Japan
already was bcing in SP, [and Ru 0430-0500].
(Harald Kuhl-D, NU, Aug 22)
NHK R Japan special live coverage. Football or baseball on special freqs:
9610 Skelton-UK? 0400-0410, wrong connection?, QRM by SRI Juelich co-ch,
from 0411 switched then to 7230-UK. //0400-0500 11900-GAB?.
From 0500-0600 11910-GAB?[co-ch TRT?], and also 5985-UK, 7230-UK, 15355GAB.
Regulaer: NHK RJ via GAB 9515, 0230-0430, Persian, Jpn and Arabic also.
6110 via Sackville had regular En progr. (WB, Aug 21; Harald Kuhl-D, NU,
Aug 22)
Radio Japan contact:
info@intl.nhk.or.jp
http://www.nhk.or.jp/rjnet/
LIBERIA
5100 Weak signal, seemingly Liberian Comm Network, AF mx at
2330-2345, but difficult to follow progr details. (WB, Aug 23)
MADAGASCAR
R Netherlands web-site 20th Aug says Tamil-Oli Radio, IBC
Tamil and Voice of Democratic Burma now being carried via the RN Madagascar
relay. Schedule is
1128-1228 17495 Tamil-Oli Radio
1429-1455 17550 Voice of Democratic Burma
1458-1525 17490 IBC Tamil.
All 50kw at 055 degrees. (Mike Barraclough-UK, WDXC, Aug 21)
Tamil Oli is a new one, perhaps related to the Tamil Broadc Corpor
mentioned on RNMN several weeks back? Of course, Dem Burma and IBC Tamil
are long-established and both are considered to be clandestines. I also
seem to remember a DXer [Alok Dasgupta-IND, ed] reporting some of these a
few weeks back, but they weren't sure of the site. Perhaps this was their
tests he heard. (Hans Johnson-USA, Cumbre, Aug 23)
IBC Tamil 17490 via RNW Madagascar relay.
17490 UNID at 1430 in NU 1538 is IBC-Tamil, seemingly via Julich, 14301525.
On Aug 10 noted Tamil at 1430-1525 on 15490, ended abruptly at 1525 and
immediate s-off.
They also tested Aug 8 at 1130-1225 on 15495; maybe they've begun that
txion also.
Be carefully, these 1130 broadcast is not IBC Tamil, see below.
But . . . DTK Juelich says that IBC-Tamil on 17490 is not from their site.
On Aug 11, Dem. Voice of Burma hrd at 1430-1455, //11850 (Norway);
1455-1428 carrier only (same beam and power) without any break;
1428-1525 IBC- Tamil. So where is this coming from? (Dasgupta-IND, via NU,
Aug 15)
It's from RNW's Madagascar facilities. Since Fri they do following txions
regular, per sked on their website:
1128-1228 on 17495 Tamil-Oli Radio; that's another London-based Tamil stn,
which until now was bcing on the European Astra direct-to-home satellite
system only; 1429-1455 on 17550 Democ Voice of Burma; 1458-1525 on 17490
IBC Tamil.
These originates not from the rather old 300 kW Philips txs, which are
already busy with own RNW programming at this times (1130-1325 on 17580 and
21480, 1430-1625 on 9890 and 15590), instead these bcs are aired towards 55
degrs with a power of 50 kW, so it is quite obvious that this is the new 50
kW tx, which is in use by AWR on 3215.
(Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 23)
5009.5 RTV Malagasy Antananarivo, Aug 22, 1743-1801, talk by several males
in Malagasy. At 1747 instrumental song, followed by house-mx! Then short
annt and nice Afropop. Nice signal at first, 34444. But after approx 1750
getting weaker with more fading.
MALI
RTVM Bamako heard with WeAF mx on v4835.18 and 5995 at 2345-2359.
(WB, Aug 23)
NEPAL
5005.3 R Nepal Khumaltar, Aug 21, 1653, presuemd this one with
very weak signal on almost clear channel. Mx, female talk, followed by male
chants.
NETHERLANDS
1224 R Veronica.
Dutch commercial bc Veronica may become an offshore bc again - but only for
10 days! To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Dutch Broadcasting Act
that outlawed offshore radio, the Dutch Radio Authority (Commissariaat voor
de Media) has given a licence to a group of former Veronica employees. From
Aug 22nd-31st they will re-create the sound of the offshore days.
Talks are being held with the HMG (Holland Media Group) to get permission
to use the name R Veronica. After the offshore stn closed in 1974, Veronica
operated as a public bc from Dec 1975 onward. But a few years ago R
Veronica went commercial again, this time on land, and is now a part of the
Holland Media Group.
Several former Veronica deejays and technicians have been asked to take
part in this special event. NOZEMA, which regulates the tx sites in
Holland, has stated that a power of up to 5 kW will be allowed for the
project, but it is not yet certain what power will actually be used. What
is certain is the freq - 1224 MW has been assigned for this operation.
Plans call for progrs to be commercial with nx bulletins. Some of the
progrs will be tapes of original bcs, and there will be also old
commercials, or commercials made in the old style to make the stn's sound
authentic. It's intended to use studios in two locations. One is the Hotel
Laapershoek in Hilversum, where the old Veronica studios were located. The
other location is onboard the MV Norderney, the former Veronica
transmitting vessel, which is still in Leeuwarden harbour and is nowadays
used as a party ship. (RNW, Jul 15)
1224 Veronica on-the-air: 0450-0459 IS, 0459 ID, frequency annt, from 0500
regular progr. SINPO max. 34333, long fading -periods, no interferency by
Vidin-BUL ! (Uwe Volk-D, A-DX, Aug 21)
Weak modulation, obviously no Optimod in use. (Martin Elbe-D, A-DX, Aug 21)
R Veronica is on the air on 1224 with an excellent signal in SWE from local
sunset. Old nice singles and studio-live progrs with a lot of good old mx.
(Bengt Ericson-SWE, hcdx, Aug 21)
Friday evening 2130, 1224 nonstop mx, no annts, strong signal. Is this a
test of R Veronica? (Max van Arnhem-HOL, hcdx, Aug 20)
I heard R Veronica on 1224 this morning (Aug 23) even here in the western
part of the Czech Rep, some 700 kms from the radio ship [from Nozema Lopik
5 kW tx instead, see below]. Weak signal fighting with Vidin-BUL after
0400, improved at around 0430 into quite nice signal when BUL started
fading out thanks to the daylight progressing from the east. Heard oldies
with traditional jingles (Veronica Veronica - Veronica Veronica ...),
unfortunately faded out at 0500 too as the full daylight came to WeEUR.
Nice experience, did not expect to hear it so well. (Karel Honzik-CZE, hcdx
Aug 23)
But FYI, they don't transmit from a ship, although that was the original
plan. The studio's are in a Hotel in Hilversum, and they use a 5 kW tx at
Lopik. The project is very succesfull.
In a Dutch radio newsgroup, almost everyone writes about and, and people
plead for actions like in 1974 ("Veronica blijft als U at wilt - Veronica
stays if you want"). It's radio 'from the heart' , as people write, not
from the computers that are used now, with DJ's who record all their text
in advance. It is not sure yet if the famous last hour of 1974 will be rebc
next Sat at 1700 LT, when the last hour of the 1224 project will start.
Apparently, it is a number for asking questions. Probably, RRs can go
better to Juul Geleick's the earlier mentioned e-mail or snail-mail
address.
veronica@www.com
R Veronica fax number. During the txions of R Veronica, the following fax
number was mentioned: + 31 35 628 43 60
(Guido Schotmans-BEL hcdx; Martin Elbe-D, A-DX, Aug 22
1485 Haagstad Radio. Yes, today Aug 20 around 1700 Haagstad R could be
received with a weak signal on 1485 with severe co-channel interferece by
AFN Bavaria and SWR Baden-Baden. Because this channel is a "merrygoround"
channel of many lowpower stns, there is a steady coming and going of the
stns. I still look for this magic filter to seperate all this stations.
(Uwe Volk-D, hcdx, Aug 20)
On 1485 a new stn from Holland is now active: Haagstad R from Den Haag, a
Hindo stn, tx power is 1 kW. Please report to HCDX when your log this stn,
I like to know how far the signals will reach. (Ruud Vos-HOL, hcdx, Aug 21)
NETHERLAND ANTILLES
[BELGIUM {non}] RVI En to NoAM 2230 on 15565 via
relay has had some problems with the link. Sun Aug 8, severe audio
breakups. Ditto Mon and Tue. Minor breakups Wed Aug 11, my local days. No
such problems at 0400 on 15565.
Feeder woes continue - NoAM sce of RVI, breakups, open carrier, then mx
filler with joined-in-progress close or just OC until near hourtop. This is
2230 En on 15565 out of Bonaire. Today had OC during the slot. OK at 0400.
Usual features; slight 15560 splatter.
(Bob Thomas, CT, Aug 12/14, WORLD OF RADIO Extra 31)
NIGERIA
6049.92 this channel is splashed by 6055 until about 0558.
"talking drum" IS heard and at 0600 the annt "The time is 7 o'clock.
is the National Sce of R Nigeria. The nx presented by ...". Heard on
18/19/20th at weak to fair level, fading c0630. I assume this is the
tx.
Then
This
Aug
Ibadan
There is no trace of Kaduna 6090, which should be audible when Ibadan is,
so it would seem to be currently inactive. (Noel Green-UK, Aug 20)
PARAGUAY
Aug 21)
At 0430 still Paraguay carrier on 9737.51, but no Audio !
(WB,
PORTUGAL
Extension of 2200 UTC outlet. RDPi Lisbon, a new recently
introduced FE relay of RDPi, is active via Taiwan, all beamed to TMP, INS &
AUS, also all via satellite:
1000-1300 17740 via POR, the first hour is in both Por & Tetum langs.
1000-1100 11550 via TWN.
2100!-2300 new 17600 direct from Lisbon. 2100-2200 RDPi in both Por &
Tetum,
2200!-2300 new via TWN 11550. On both freqs 2200-2300 in Por only, carrying
RDP Antenna 1 progr, no Tetum lang section.
(Carlos de Assuncao Goncalves-POR via Noel Green-UK, Aug 20)
11550 R Portugal Intl via TWN, *1000-1030, s-on with IS, into Tetum lang
with interview (via phone line to Jakarta) with teacher, talking about the
current political change in Dili. Fairly good at times.
Also *2200-2259*, s-on with short IS (orch. melody after time notes), into
vocal selections by a group, variety progr, anmts by YL in Port. After
2230, into Tetum, with interviews and political discussions. ID, freqs and
choral IS at s-off.
(Kusalik-CAN, NU, Aug 21)
RDP via CBS Taipei-TWN was heard at 2250 with songs and final annt.
SIO=333. CBS jingle with ID at 2300, then pause (no carrier due to
switching) followed by RTI in Korean.
(Fedor Brazhnikov, Ea.RUS, Aug 23)
RUSSIA
Check our web-site to see the map of LW/MW/SW txing sites of GPR10,
http://www.irkutsk.com/radio (Fedor Brazhnikov-RUS, Aug 23)
6160.0 a difficult channel until RNW Bonaire goes off 6165 at 0626 (ORF
6155 stays on of course !) but R Rossii is heard from 0630 //12045. I
assume the Arkhangel stn. No trace of the Canadian heard earlier this year.
VoVTN Hanoi En progr on loud powerhouse 9830 from Krasnodar Armavir relay
0300-0400, really 500 kW, when at 0349 Deanovec co-channel started Croatian
folk mx. (WB, Aug 21)
Centre of B/Cing & Radio Communications No. 2 (former GPR-2) two special
test txions for one of their clients, sked: Sat Aug 21, 1930-2000 7330 &
12040; Sun Aug 22, 1000-1030 15230 & 17610. Power 200 kW; antennas,
curtain. The freqs on 7 & 15 MHz are to WeEUR, and on 12 and 17 MHz to
Ce&SoEaEUR. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS)
Special bc of R Gardarika via GPR-2 was heard here (EaRUS, ITU zone 32) at
1000-1030: SIO=232 on both 17610 and 15230. Strong QRM from KSDA on 15225
was noted.
(Fedor Brazhnikov-RUS, Aug 22)
7330 R Gardarika 1950 in Ru, concluding special test txion with greetings
also to Cumbre DX, ID, mx bridge, TS and audio cut off, both here and on
//12040 excellent.
17610 R Gardarika *1000 in Ru, ID and mention of both SW freqs, not as good
as on previous evening, //15230 even weaker. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 22)
RR St.P. 15230 & 17610. Sorry I wasn't present at home, when the test took
place yesterday 1000-1030. But I checked the freqs today Aug 23: both 15230
and 17610 and adjacent channels 15235 and 17615 are all free.
15225 is used by KSDA Guam in Chinese in this time slot, but signal level
only S=2, poor signal. 17605 is always used by China National R1 progr in
Ch, 2230-1300, but also with poor signal level here in CeEurope. (WB, Aug
23)
Tonight R Gardarika came in excellent here on
precisely after the last time signal beep the
switched off some 15 seconds later, the 12040
later, no doubt all these was done by a human
than automatically by a computer system.
both 7330 and 12040,
audio was cut and the txs
one two or three seconds
through a control desk rather
They was sending most or even all of you (unfortunately I had difficulties
to follow with my bad Russian, but for sure I heard amongst others EDXP,
Kim Elliot, IBB Monitoring and ROI Intermedia) compliments, I guess with
thanks for announcing these special test txion, which of course makes me
wonder who's programming will possibly carried through the Popovka txs
soon. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 23)
R Gardarika St.P. progr test via SW 7330 and 12040, on 21 Aug 1999,
19.18:30 til 20.00:21 UTC. 19.18:30 tx s-on, on both 7330 and 12040.
19.18:42 test tone procedure on both freqs.
Band situation: 41 mb 7330, all three channels 7325, 7330, and 7335 are
totally free channels. Powerhouse signal, S=9+50 dB, no fading. No QRM by
another stn.
25 mb 12040 and 12045 are free channels. 12035 used by CRI via Moscow
Kurovskaya, from 1918-1930, CRI progr ended 19.26:30, but silent carrier
still on air til 1930. From 1930 no QRM by another stn. Powerhouse signal,
S=9+40 dB, slight minor signal fadings.
Progr 1930 Organ mx started. R Gardarika, Leningradskaya..., started nx in
Ru lang.
Olga Zadonka on microphone. Item from New York Times. 1936 "Baltica"
products.
1938 Reporter Andreij Garshkov. 1939 Leningradskoye weather report. 1940
Organ mx. 19.40:45 Poet and Drama talks, on writer Pushkin etc. 1946 Song
and guitar mx in Ru lang.
1949 trumpet mx, Poet Anatoly Styrnoyom[?]. 1950-1955 Report of Michael
...?, on sculpturs, ballet, ceramic in Peterburga.
1956-1958 Thanks to the following organizations:
R HCJB Quito, Ecuador. RNW. Wolf Harranth of ORF InterMedia. Kim Elliott,
VoA CW, Numero Uno, New York. DX Express Australia. Cumbre DX. IBB - Golos
America.
1958 addresses were given. e-mail, snail mail, and fax number, all in Ru
lang.
1959 flute mx, time pips at 19.59:56 ... 20.00:00 UTC.
Tx s-off: 20.00:17 12040.
20.00:21 7330. (WB, Aug 21)
7330, 12040, R Gardarika, 1930-2000, clear recption here on both freqs,
with ID, talk by woman, followed by nx and rpts, then a song and, before
2000*, ID, addr and name of engineer and journalist, time pips and off.
(Mahendra Vaghjee-Mauritius, NU, Aug 22)
7330.0, 1940-2000* Aug 21, RS talks, songs, musical inserts, lengthy talks
about some restoration work in St.Pt.; towards the end, HCJB, VOA, IBB and
NU were mentioned, contact details; good. //12040, which was very good.
(Vashek Korinek-RSA, NU, Aug 22)
12040, *1930-2000* Aug 21, s-on with IS, followed by progr notes,
interviews/discussions with very short musical breaks, many clips and
interviews aired. At s-off gave ID (with musical background), off with
orch. melody. (Ed Kusalik-CAN, NU, Aug 22)
Also hrd with good signal at *1000-1030* Aug 22 in Ru 15230 & 17610;
different progr than on previous day. (Harald Kuhl-D, NU, Aug 22)
R Rossii in Ru noted in 60 mb on 4820 Khanty Mansiysk [QRM CNR Xizang-CHN]
and 4895 Tyumen at 2312-2326. (WB, Aug 23)
11925 UNID Ru stn, txion via Samara tx site 0800-0900, 44444, weather
report, but not R Rossii progr. (WB. Aug 24)
R Rossii schedule. Sep 05 - Oct 29, 1999
GPR-1 (Moscow, 250 kW, 310 deg)
0100-0400 7370
0430-1100 12070
1130-1600 13705
[on 6205 very strong 0100-0500, ed]
GPR-2 (St.Petersburg, 400 kW, 147 deg)
0100-0600 7405
0630-1600 12045
1630-2100
1630-2100
7345
TCR-4 (Krasnodar, 100 kW, 107 deg + 327 deg)
0100-0800 12025 (107 deg)
0830-1500 12015 (107 deg)
1530-2100 5965 (327 deg)
(Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Aug 22)
"Voice of Russia",
World Russian Sce. SW Sep 05-Oct 29, 1999.
0100-0300
7125 (Moldova, 500 kW, 310 deg)
7300 (Moscow, 500 kW, 285 deg)
9480 (S.Petersburg, 800 kW, 268 deg)
13790 (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 200 kW, 064 deg)
15425 (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 250 kW, 035 deg)
17660 (Vladivostok, 500 kW, 050 deg)
0200-0300
15465 (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 250 kW, 064 deg.)
1200-1300
15460 (Moscow, 500 kW, 135 deg)
1200-1400
9945 (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 250 kW, 180 deg)
15525 (Vladivostok, 500 kW, 228 deg)
17610 (Samara, 250 kW, 140 deg)
1500-1600
7130 (St.Petersburg, 400 kW, 147 deg)
9675 (Samara, 200 kW, 225 deg)
9845
1700-1800
7330 (Kaliningrad, 120 kW, 205 deg)
9865 (Moscow, 500 kW, 270 deg)
1900-2000
7420 (Ekaterinburg, 200 kW, 263 deg)
9865 (Moscow, 500 kW, 270 deg)
9890 (Samara, 250 kW, 284 deg)
1920-1940
7350 (Samara, 200 kW, 246 deg)
9490 (Samara, 200 kW, 246 deg)
9710 (St.Petersburg, 200 kW, 215 deg)
2000-2100
9865 (Moscow, 500 kW, 270 deg)
12070 (Moscow, 500 kW, 275 deg)
(Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, RUS-Dx, Aug 22)
Russian
4040
4795
4820
4825
4895
regional SW stns, active as of Aug 20:
5 RV-865 2100-1700 Tura
50 RV-44
2100-1700 Uland-Ude
50 RV-703 2300-1900 Khanty-Mansiysk
50 RV-725 1900-1500 Yakutsk
50 RV-700 2300-1900 Tyumen
5290
5290
5930
5940
6060
6095
6125
6160
50
5
50
100
5
3
5
40
RV-98
RV-1095
RV-790
RV-1001
RV-1472
RV-1327
RV-297
2100-1700
2300-1500
0100-2100
1700-1300
1900-1500
2300-1500
0100-1500
0100-2100
Krasnoyarsk
Perm
Monchegorsk
Arman
Blagoveschensk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Yoshkar-Ola
Arkhangelsk
7140
7200
7200
7210
7320
7345
9530
9600
50
5
100
100
100
50
100
100
RV-726
RV-1326
RV-729
RV-914
RV-647
RV-727
RV-646
RV-645
1900-1500
0100-1600
1900-1500
1900-1500
1700-1300
1900-1500
1700-1300
1700-1300
Yakutsk
Yoshkar-Ola
Yakutsk
Khabarovsk
Arman
Yakutsk
Arman
Arman
11650
11840
15165
15235
15395
5
15
5
3
5
RV-1095
RV-677
RV-1326
RV-1472
-
1505-2100
1700-1300
1605-2100
1505-1900
1505-2100
Perm
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk [ceased sce recently]
Yoshkar-Ola
Khanty-Mansiysk
Yoshkar-Ola
22 txs / 14 regions.
All txions are one hour later in winter season Nov-Mar.
All regional stns relay R Rossii, when they don't carry their own progrs.
Inactive regional SW stns, as of Aug 20:
4030
15 RV-215 Anadyr
4050
15 RV-676 Yuzno-Sakhalinsk
4485
15 RV-147 2300-1900 Yazykovo
4485 100 RV-656 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
4520
2 RV-667 1700-1300 Palana
4610
15 RV-737 Komsomolsk-Amur
4860
80 RV-438 1900-1500 Chita
5015 100 RV-441 Tavrichanka (Vladivostok)
7185 / 15200
3 RV-1094 Perm
ROMANIA
v15104.3 R Romania, 1158, found with ID by man. Drifting. Guess
this was the stn I had on 15104.3v earlier. (Dave Valko-USA, Cumbre 15 Aug)
No more R Vakantsa (R Holiday- Ferienfunk) on MW 1458. Only heard Jul 22 on
FM 100.1 Constanta in Rom lang 0600-0700. 1458, 855, 153 kHz etc. with
progr "Romania Aktualitata".
(Rumen Pankov on Black Sea coast-BUL, Jul 24)
SERBIA
today heard very extreme opinion of R YUG Belgrade En to NoAM
0430-0500 from Bijeljina-BIH on 9580 and 11850. Like Eastern block RMoscow
or GDR progr in the past.
(WB, Aug 21)
Many Serbian local radio stns are back on MW stage, carrying their own
progrs, especially in Vojvodina province.
666
684
837
936
945
981
1107
1584
1602
R Sombor (infrequent relay of R B-2-92 noted)
R Beograd 1, much weaker signal now, formerly with 2000 kW on air.
R Novi Sad in Hungar
R (Srem) Ruma
tent. R Smederova
tent. R Cacak
R Beograd 1 (//684) much stronger here.
R Pancevo
R Vrsac, second progr. (//anncd frequ 94,7 MHz).
Earlier audible R stns like R Kragujevac 1026, R Sabac 702, R Sumadia 792
or Zrenjanin 1467 couldn't be heard. Zrenjanin strong on 103,6 MHz.
On FM 105,6 VoA towards Serbia very, very strong, SINPO 55555, tx location
seemingly nearby Temeschburg-ROU [or near Szeged-HNG]. Progrs of VOA, BBC
and DW in Serbian. In between Common Network progrs from Bosnia. ID is like
"Radio Zazin".
(Erich Bergmann-D, on visit to Temeschburg-Romania, bordering to Serbia,
Aug 22)
SOUTH AFRICA
11720 Very good RSA Channel Africa from 0458-0558, IS, ID
in both Por/En. (WB, Aug 20/21)
Then on the 21 or 22 or 23 Aug, depending on the weather will be a txion
about baseball and amateur mx. I do not have more detail at this stage. It
will be on 11900 from 0400-0500, and then on 15355 from 0500-0800. Both
will be a 250 kW tx on 007 degrs.
NEW time, 7270, R. Paralelo 27: "For the next few Saturdays" there will be
a test txion for this stn via Meyerton, 100 kw, 76 degrees, really on 12001400. This is from Meyerton Radio Stn (Bloemendal) which is plus minus 70
kms south of Johannesburg.
The QSL address for R Paralelo 27 is: P.O.Box 1267, Rosettenville 2130,
Rep. of South Africa. E-mail: lusonet@hotmail.com
They were relayed on SW over Swazi Commercial Radio in the early 90s. See
WRTH up to 1992. (Harald Kuhl-D, Aug 21)
The stn name "R Paralelo 27" rings a bell, but I am drawing a blank on just
what it is. Help? (Jerry Berg-USA, in NU, Aug 22)
I seem to recall that R Paralelo 27 is/was a RSA stn bcing in Port which at
one time used the tx of Swaziland Commercial R on 6155. (Tony Jones-PRG in
NU, Aug 22)
R Paralelo 27 is from Swaziland. I think it was a progr carried on 6155 in
the past. (Sheryl Paszkiewicz-USA, NU, Aug 22)
R Pararelo 27 is/was a prgm for the large Portuguese community in Southern
Africa. Its name comes from the geographical position of the stn, i.e. on
the 27th parallel south of the equator. It used to be b/c via Swazi
Commercial R, mainly on 6155, and I have not hrd it for a few years (but
then I was never looking for it either). I also thought that it was
replaced by R Cidade. I only had an opportunity to check on Aug 21 on 7270
and on Aug 22 on 15355 at 0700, but nothing was hrd.
I am rather surprised that this stn should be reveiving, especially as the
local Portuguese community bcing on MW and FM seems to be petering out. On
the other hand, the choice of the freqs would seem to indicate that the
tions could be intended for neighbouring countries, or even further afield.
(Vashek Korinek-RSA, NU, Aug 22)
TAIWAN
Herald Broadcasting Network Syndicate: The new relay via TWN noted
here in Tokyo at 0900 on 11725, powerful excellent signal; at 1000 on 11840
is excellent signal; at 1300 on 11725 is poor signal. (Koji Yamada-JPN,
EDXP Aug 7)
TAJIKISTAN
[tent.?]
UNID 15695 at 0240, really Tibetan language, BUT
RFA Tibetan scheduled til 0200 only !? May be repeat of 0200-0300 via
Dushanbe-TJK. (WB, Aug 21)
THAILAND
R Thailand. Sked eff Mar 28, 1999. THAILAND: R. Thailand
On SW 9655 and 11905 transmitted from Bang Phun, Pathum Thani, CeTHA, and
relayed over txs in Ban Dung, Udon Thani, NoEaTHA, on freqs shared with the
VoA, as below:
0000-0030
0100-0200
0330-0430
1100-1115
1130-1145
1200-1215
1230-1300
1315-1330
1400-1430
1900-2000
2015-2030
2045-2115
En
Thai
Thai
Vn
Lao
Malay
En
Ma
En
En
Fr
Thai
EUR-AF
EaUSA
WeUSA
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
EUR
EUR
EUR
9690
15395
15395
7260
6030
11805
9885
11850
9830
7195
9680
9680
0030-0100
0300-0330
0530-0600
1115-1130
1145-1200
1215-1230
1300-1315
1330-1400
1800-1900
2000-2015
2030-2045
En
En
En
Khmer
Burms
Ins
Jpn
Thai
Thai
Ge
En
EaUSA
WeUSA
EUR
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
AS/PAC
ME
EUR
EUR
15395
15395
15445
7260
6040
11805
11850
11955
9680
9680
9680
Radio Thailand, World Service, Public Relations Department,
Royal Thai Government, 236 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road,
Din Daeng, Bangkok 10320, Thailand.
website http://www.radiothailand.com
email:
amporn@radiothailand.com
(Sergey Kolesov-RUS, in WDXC CONTACT Magazine, July 1999)
TURKEY
5980 TRT Ankara 1600-0400 250 kW, this tx also sending terrible
unclean signals in 50 mb, spread widely on 5964.6 - 5995.12 kHz.
Many SW txs are not in good shape due of budget money deficits. Turkish
PTT is at present on process to hand over the two SW tx sites to TRT
organization. (WB, Aug 23)
13640 VoTUR 2200 En s-on, nx with in depth reporting on the earthquake
there that day; om reading nx was quite upset and you could hear it in his
voice at nx end when he stated he could not go on with the nxcast. good
signal as usual.
(Bill Bergadano-USA, Cumbre, Aug 17)
Nx in En/Fr/Ge daily at 0603, 0903, 1103, 1403, 1603, 1903 by TRT-3 on FM
only, Istanbul 92.0, and nationwide others.
R Foreks, Istanbul 95.3 FM relays BBCWS En and BBC Turkish, local adverts.
CNN Radio Istanbul 105.7 MHz with CNN nx on every hour.
Radio "XL" 100.2 FM with ID & nx in En. "Oxygent" R 95.9 FM in En only &
pop mx.
No traces of TPRadio on 7370-75 kHz. (Rumen Pankov on Black Sea coast-BUL,
Jul 24)
UK
BBC Monitoring celebrates its 60th anniversary on 26th August. A web
site has been set up at
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/bbcfsu
which looks at BBCMS over this period. The site is still very much under
construction but already contains some interesting photos and articles.
(Chris Greenway-UK, BDXC-UK, via WDXC Contact Aug)
Here is the schedule for the new R Taipei Internat (CBS) relays via Merlin
SW txs in the UK, Skelton 250 kW: 1800-1900 En 3955, 1900-2000 Ge 6175,
2300-0000 Mandarin 3975.
(Dave Kenny-UK British DX Club, Aug 13)
R Taipei Internat relayed via Merlin U.K. I have located the En bc and
have been listening in for the past week or so. Excellent reception on
3955, 1800-1900. Unfortunately there is slight distortion on the audio (as
is the case with German on 6175 at 1900 [and Chinese new3975 at 2300-2400
too, ed]). Could be due to a feed via Internet rather than by satellite.
(Alan F. Holder-UK, Aug 13, WORLD OF RADIO Extra 31)
3975 R Taipei Internat via Skelton 2300 in Mandarin with nx, excellent
signal but as well-known unsatisfactory audio quality due to using just a
Internet stream as circuit from TWN. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 22; ed, Aug 23)
USA
6175 BBC Delano is also daily guest at 0600, and was coming dualpath on the 20th. And BBC ASC is now "all over" DLR Berlin Britz 6005
around 0600 most mornings.
Jonny Rockin of The Scream of the Butterfly.
How good to hear from you! You will be pleased to know that I just sent out
your QSL yesterday, so you should be receiving it soon.
The item on "DX Partyline" which you heard was that I am going to be doing
my show on WRMI, Radio Miami Internat, beginning next month. Eventually, I
hope to be doing the show every week, but for this first month we will be
on Sun, Sept 5, at 0400 The progr will be carried by WRMI's NoAmerican sce
on 7465. This may be a difficult DX catch for you, as the antenna beam is
317 degrs, but the power is 50 kW, so there might be a chance to listen is
you are up that early.
Hopefully we will be on every other week commencing in Oct. The airtime
will advance one hour UTC after Daylight Savings Time ends here in the U.S.
The first progr affected by the time change would be the Oct 31 (UTC) show.
There is more information about our show at the Scream of the Butterfly
webpage. It is located at:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Garage/9861
On WRMI Miami 7465, but also via SWRS
http://listen.to/swrs
(Klaus Koehler-D, A-DX, Aug 23)
v13596.21 WJCR 1300 Christian relig songs and ID. Are US religious SW
stns exempt from freq precision regulation? (Jay Novello-USA, Cumbre Aug
14)
17735 VoA 2340-2346 En Communications World letters segment. A listener
stated that he could not listen around the clock for the three parts of CW.
I am sure he is not the only one to lament the VoA's strange schedule
strategy. Which is the point of this logging.
e-mail address cw@voa.gov. (Lindsay Allen-AUS, Cumbre Aug 7)
9725 WTJC his hrs are 0200-1400, not 0400-1600 as I wrote the other day.
Untraced here so far, I guess he is still waiting on his crystal. (Hans
Johnson-USA, Cumbre Aug 22)
WTJC had planned to use 9790 (Thanks Magne via Lamb) but a last minute freq
conflict forced them to move to 9725. (Robinson FBN via Hans Johnson,
Cumbre, Aug 20)
6890
Today at 0423 I copied in 6890 one emition in AM, En lang. The US
stn WGTG transmits on 6890. (Ross Lockley-UK, hcdx, Aug 23)
Note that the Jew-hating 'Yahweh' preacher with his retired military cohort
have disappeared from WGTG (5085 - sometimes SSB). Claims those who call
themselves Jews not the real Jews: instead it's us Euros who really are.
The manifesto left by the synagogue burners in CA word for word with the
utterances heard on this program. Haven't checked to see if still on the
nut-case radio net on sat (G7/14 7.70)
(Loren Cox-USA, Aug 8, REVIEW OF INTERNATNIONAL BROADCASTING)
VIETNAM
6165 VoVTN Hanoi, HS, presumably Hmong sce, 2240-2300* in a
vernac with very nice slow local songs and instr mx, anmts; good. (Vacek
Korinek-RSA, Aug 20)
to gh/WOR is given.
A-DX -- Information on German spoken A-DX Mailing List read under
http://www.ratzer.at
BC-DX 426
[issued sections A/B]
30 Aug 1999
________________________________________________________________________
ALBANIA
Terrible buzzy obermodulated signal, even after end of En txion
at 0200 on both v6114.98 & 7159.97, regular En sce 0145-0200. Alban sce
2300-0500 heard at 0220 on v7269.93, //6090.14. (WB, Aug 25)
ARMENIA
The town Kamo which houses the country's large SW/LW/MW txing
site was renamed Gavar already some time ago. (Bernd Trutenau-LTU, Aug 25)
UNID in En on Jul 17th 1600-1615 on LW 234, seems to be VoArmenia. Home sce
2 heard 1600-1815 on LW 234, //MW 1395 & blocked by TWR ALB at 1830 (Mon,
Tue 1815). (RP-BUL)
This morning I noted VoArmenia s-on at 0058 on 1395 // 234.
Azerbaijan on
the other hand has been inactive on its LW channel 216 for a long time now.
(Olle Alm-SWE, Aug 27)
AUSTRALIA
EDXP ASIALINK.
How often have you wanted to quickly call up the latest external schedule
of your favourite SW broadcaster, without having to waste time and money
trying to remember the URL?
The EDXP AsiaLink may be your answer!
It's a menu-driven listing of current URLs for Ext Sce schedules of various
internat bcers in AS, the FE, the Indian sub-continent, the ME, and the
PAC.
Unlike some other lists, AsiaLink does not consist of empty "shells", nor
of old, non-working, or outdated links !
You may visit the EDXP AsiaLink at:
http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/asialink.html
It may also called up from the signpost in the EDXP Web site at:
http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/edxp.html
AsiaLink was created, researched and compiled by Mick Ogrizek, Ballan,
Victoria, Australia, for the EDXP. (Bob Padula EDXP, Aug 27)
BHUTAN
5030 Bhutan Broadcing Sce has a clear channel right now as MLA is
off and CHN isn't using the freq. It's also making it to Wyoming almost
daily just after 1200 with exotic mx and male announcer, albeit with a weak
signal. The tx is drifting slightly and slowly, but is always within a few
hundred Hz of 5050. I was stuck on this one for about a week and finally
asked Richard Lam in Singapore to help. (Hans Johnson-USA, Cumbre Aug)
5030.0 just now. It is indeed the Bhutan Broadcing Sce. En is at 1315
with the nx. 1325 Govt tender notices and other annt incl notice of a
landslide which is affecting the highway between Phuntsoling and another
town. 1330 "Bhutan This week" with mainly development topics. Pop songs
at 1345 before s-off at 1400. Reception was poor due to heavy splash from
RRI Pekanbaru on 5040. (Richard Lam-SNG, Cumbre Aug)
BRAZIL
Stn on 9565 & 6060 now iIDs as "Radio Tupi", not R Universo; hrd
Aug 11 at 0628 nx ID, long Port nxcast, 0655 mx; next day from 0100 new ID
& relig sermon; still anncg old callsigns ZYE727 & 726, but new ID is
"Radio Tupi de ...", followed by a long name which was unreadable.
Stn on 6175 is R Nac da Amazonia, *not* Rio as mentioned on WOR recently;
hrd Aug 19 from 2300 Port nx & ID, when BBC was off for about 7 mins; later
mixed w/BBC until Amazonia s-off at 2400*; //11780 much stronger.
R Nova Visao 11705, from 2330 Por relig progr from R Transmundial until
2400 R Japan s-on. Also hrd w/very weak s-on //9529.9, Aug 16.
Sistema LBV, Pto Alegre, on 11895.2, from 0100 Por relig progr to 0400 RFE
s-on; fair since Aug 10. (Ernie Behr-CAN, hcdx Aug 23)
BURMA
Just returned to THA after four interesting but exhausting weeks in
Burma (if the junta who currently rule the place want to call it Myanmar,
I'm going to stick to calling it Burma).
Current observed sched for R Myanmar, as of Aug 99.
Main sce in Burmese and En (SS=Sat/Sun and certain holidays):
0030-0245 7185
0245-0300 SS 7185 9731
0300-0330 SS 9731
0330-0830 9731
0930-1600 5986
And at the same times on 576v and FM 104.0 in Rangoon (Yangon).
576 is on channel during daytime, but is often noted around 573-575 during
local evenings.
Minorities sce 0930-1330 on 4725.
I believe that all other radio bcasting stns in the country are now
inactive. Even in the second city, Mandalay, the FM and daytime MW bands
are empty, exc for weak 576v and a few distant CHN and THA stns. In
practice, quite a few local people said they refused to listen to the govtcontrolled Myanmar R, relying instead on foreign stns. Telling people I
came from England occasionally brought the immediate response, 'ah, BBC' !
I have not heard the rather mysterious Myawaddy stn on 5973 for several
months, and it was irregular even then, and there is no sign of a Burmese
stn on the listed MW freq of 1440. I am not sure where this stn was located
-- there is a town called Myawaddy, which I have not visited, just across
from the Thai border post at Mae Sot; on the other hand, the Burmese
military also operates a Myawaddy TV Stn which appears to be based in
Rangoon.
(Alan Davies-THA, Aug 28)
CANADA
CHNX Halifax on 6130 usb mode, from 0630 pop mx & ID; good, clear
sig Aug 12; I wonder if this is still 50 watts. (Ernie Behr-CAN, hcdx Aug
23)
Logged on Aug 22 from home - a CBC stn on 6160. Jazz progr from 0726-0759,
then nx. ID as CBC as well as Radio 1. Can't work out if Vancouver or St.
Johns. Haven't heard either from Australia before, though geographically I
would think Vancouver. Phone number at one stage given with area code 780
which may or may not help. Anybody know anything about these stns that
could help with the above info? I have QSLed Vancouver when on a trip to
CAN (logged from Banff) 2 years ago but I would like to do so from this
side of the PAC. St.Johns would be better ! (Richard Jary-AUS, Aug 22)
I suggest this is CBC Vancouver. The 780 area code is for Edmonton,
Alberta, which is just the phone for the progr. At that time, had it been
the Newfoundland tx, it should have been carrying the overnight sce via
WRN, not a local Canadian progr.
(Walt Salmaniw, temporarilly located on the beautiful Queen Charlotte Isls
in northern B.C, hcdx, Aug 24)
Suspect that you heard CBC Vancouver. On Sat night LT they have a blues mx
progr around that time called, not surprisingly "Saturday Night Blues". The
host of this progr was (and is suspect still is Holger Peterson from
Edmonton, Alberta) and Edmonton has a new 780 area code. Newfoundland would
be into the CBC Overnight service at this time.
(John Fisher, hcdx, Aug 25)
CBC R 1 is relayed on 6160 most evenings during the time you mentioned.
It's obviously strong here via ground wave (I am about 100 miles from the
stn). I can't figure out their schedule; they seem to be on-again, offagain. Right now (1645), for example, 6160 is silent. I enjoy CBC progrs,
and have gotten to rely on 6160 as being more listenable than 690 (the
local outlet in Vancouver, which seems to always be under noise. It makes
me wonder how long 6160 and 690 will last, with the reports of CBC AM
outlets in eastern Canada moving to FM. This past weekend I was
vacationing in the Olympic Mountains as was surprised to hear CBC Radio 1
on FM -- so QSL 6160 while you can.
(John MacDonald Poulsbo, WA, USA, hcdx, Aug 25)
This would be Vancouver, relaying CBU-690, CBC Radio 1 in Vancouver.
Contrary to info in WRTH, the St. John's Newfoundland station (CKZN) does
NOT relay CBN-640 (which is also Radio 1). I have this info from the best
possible authority: Jean Burnell in St. John's. (Dave Clark, hcdx, Willi
Passmann-D, Aug 25)
CKZN 6160 St. John's carries a progr feed from CFGB-FM, 89.5 MHz, site
listed by CBC as Happy Valley-Goose Bay (that's in Labrador, the mainland
part of the province of Newfoundland). CFGB-FM is in fact a CBC Radio 1
outlet, so when CKZN is airing local progrs, such as in the morning, one
would hear local nx and weather for Labrador because the studio origination
is from the Labrador stn (not from CBN Radio 1 in St. John's, which is the
point I was making before). Hope that clarifies. (Dave Clark, hcdx Aug 27)
While in Maine this July, I listened to 6160 - Newfoundland with a CBC 1
progr, (Jazz one night no less), with Labrador weather reports, and a good
s-off at 0400 (some nights it was 0500). It was easy to also pick up CBC 1
on 1070.
At my normal listening post in Oregon, I can almost always hear 6160
Vancouver mornings and evenings - often with a CBC 1 feed but with
Vancouver traffic reports and weather. Both are due to the local feeds.
Both appear to have CBC 1 on at some times. So, CBC 1 as a differentiator
for Vancouver... I don't think so. Your experience may vary.
(Don Nelson Beaverton, OR, USA, hcdx, Aug 28)
CHINA
CNR Minorities Sce (CNR4) appears to have changed its timings
again, reverting to 60 min lang segments rather than 30 mins, incl Tibetan
at 1200-1300 on 11375, 12080 and 15670 (and probably others), and a
sequence of 3 more langs at 1300-1600 on 10260, 11375 and 15670, followed
by a couple of mins of CNR2 until that network too signs off at around
1602.
Xizang (Tibet) PBS continues to suffer from very shallow modulation on most
of its freqs -- the following channels were noted active in Aug 99:
Tibetan 576 4035 5950 6130 6200 11949.
Ch 5240 5935
The following freqs may also be on air, but could not be confirmed due to
feeble audio and/or QRM: 4820, 5995, 7170. (Alan Davies-THA, Aug 28)
7494 unid Ch speaking stn, daily since first logged Aug 22. Fades in
before 1400, a bit choppy carrier, varies 7493.9-7494.1 with occasional
short tx breaks. Signal strength almost same as CNR 7504. Around 1500
commercials block, which sometimes starts 1455 and may last until 1515.
After that usually lady-dj with phone-in progr and soft Ch/western songs.
Pulls the plug suddenly after 1600 time pips and annt. Pips are five long,
one short high. I heard only once a possible id after commercials (if not
part of the spot). It goes somehow "Er too xinxi (or chintsi or similar
word) kuangpo tientai juang qu kulanien hang jao, tien tang, hanchow".
Found no parallel freqs. Any ideas ?
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, hcdx Aug 26)
Would fit as a jamming stn against RFA, but not listed here in summer
season. In winter schedule sometimes Dushanbe 7495 with Ch RFree Asia 500
kW here, and addit Chinese jamming stn, carrying any regular CNR progr.
ed.
Xinxi should be jingji, which means commmercial. Local commercial channels
are sometimes used as jamming audio sources.
I listened to the txion from 1510-1600 today and heard two IDs at 1534, but
I cannot make out the location name. It is something like Dijizhou. There
was a heterodyne on the higher side from a signal on a frequency higher
than 7495. Perhaps some kind of clandestine. Their signal was also gone
when the Chinese signed off right after 1600.
RFI on 11955 (1400-1500) is still beamed by the "howl" txer at Xian. The
noise, which you can also hear on 7800 evenings, is incredibly loud. (Olle
Alm-SWE, Aug 27)
COSTA RICA
RfPI in En noted at around 0127-0155 on v15048.93 and 6975.
(WB, Aug 24)
For those who may be wondering, as I have been, what the current antenna
azimuths of RFPI freqs are, James Latham told me Aug 26:
6975 330 degrs.
15049 340 degrs, broad beam covering most of NoAM.
21460-usb towards NoAF/Medit, so OK is now off to the side
(yes, it has been quite poor here, lately).
(Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 26)
CUBA
v11705 in usb mode (x13605) RHC in En, fine signal 44444, //6000,
9820.
Great reception night from Cuba. Sp progr on power house 11760, //9505,
9550, 11930, 11970.
And also CRI Beijing via RHC relay 9570 in En 0100-0157, Ch 0200-0257 via
RHC facilities, 44444. //REE relay 9690 at 0200. CRI En also via CUB
2300-2357 on new5990, though weak signal in EUR.
24 hrs Jamming against R Marti heard here around 0100 on 6030 7315 7365
9825 9955 11815 13620. (WB, Aug 24/26)
CZECH REP
Prague noted with spurs 54 kHz either side of 7345 -- on 7291
and 7399. Very distorted but IDed by IS at 0628. (Noel Green-UK, Aug 2122)
GERMANY
History of Radio in Germany and link list to radio scene of
German public right broadcaster. Unter URL
http://www.ARD75JahreRadio.de
gibt es Interessantes zur Rundfunkgeschichte und eine gute Linksammlung zum
Thema "Rundfunk". (Thomas Arnold-D, A-DX, Aug 27)
More on DW pending cuts. Acc to the Polish Section of DW (22nd of Aug),
the landslide cuts in DW radio sces will touch the Polish sce in the way of
axing one of three daily progrs i.e. the one bc at 1200 on 7170 and 9735.
(Kris Rybus-POL, Aug 22 via Hauser)
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QSLs for internet bcs, will wonders never cease ? (Richard Jary-AUS, Cumbre
Aug 27)
GUAM
9355 KSDA 1559 En, full
(Antonello Napolitano-I, Cumbre
Yes, heard AWR Wavescan on this
registered 11980 or 17510. (WB,
ID and address. Good. SIO 454.
Aug 19)
channel Sun 1430-1500, either move fr
Aug 29)
HONDURAS
4819.2 "Este es HRVC, La Voz de Evangelica ..." was the ID
heard on Aug 24 at 0559. Relig mx & tlks. Signal still traced as late as
0650 fade.
INDONESIA
3152v the UNID here has been heard all summer. It does carry
RRI nx at 1200 and 1300. Signals are strong, but distorted. I also asked
Lam for help on this one. (Hans Johnson-USA) Heard another pirate [amatir]
on 3152.2 today, but the modulation is too lousy to get any positive ID.
(Richard Lam-SNG, Cumbre Aug 27)
ISRAEL
usb mode 6898 Israel military radio stn Galei Zahal heard all
night, great signal 454444. Most likely sce aimed towards ISR military
personal on aid sce in Istanbul Turkey to rescue Turkish people which
suffered during recent terrible earthquake in Northern Turkey. (WB, Aug 24)
Galei Zahal 6898usb 1730 talk in Hebrew by man on LBN and Kosovo, 1800 ID,
then nx, and after that pop mx; 1830 nx in brief and ID. (Mahendra
Vaghjee-MAU, Cumbre Aug 22)
0440 Fair signal with reports etc in
Aug 24)
Hebrew. (Ian Cattermole-NZL, Cumbre
2256-2304 Pop/Rock mx progr with live man DJ. Fanfare with time ticks at
top of the hour, into pres nx in Hebrew with mention of Israeli and Tel
Aviv. End of 2 min nx with clear ID, jingle, and back to mx. Very strong
like in the Spring.
(Dave Valko-USA, Cumbre Aug 22)
12197 -- is also operating on this freqy in the daytime, while 6898 is
used at night. I assume that special SW outlet is aimed for the very
effective Israeli aid and medical forces group at the Istanbul,,Turkey,
earthquake disaster zone.
(via Kenny, British DX Club, Cumbre, Aug 27)
12197 at 1454 on S=9 signal level. (Dr. Erwin Woellersdorfer-AUT A-DX)
SINPO 35444 in Vienna-AUT. Hebrew language. (Kurt Brandstetter-AUT A-DX)
In Bremen 45544 or 4 / 9+10 dB. (Mathias Eisenkolb-D A-DX)
On 12197 Galei Zahal in USB mode. 1000-1100 SINPO 34343. (Herbert MeixnerAUT A-DX)
Addr: galatz@glz.co.il
Difficult to get a positive QSL on Galei Zahal's SW outlets. No problem for
getting MW QSL. (Martin Elbe-D, A-DX, all Aug 27)
Following various reports I checked last night (around 2330) Galei Zahal on
6898: It's indeed booming into Germany with main progr //1287, which is a
quite regular guest here at night. Modulation seems to be USB with reduced
carrier, I guess it's a military utility tx, by means of the signal level
with a power of not less than 10 kW.
Back in 1995 there was the funny story, that a numbers stn tx on 8127 was
putting audio from the nearby 1287 tx on the air while running without
modulation ("open carrier", if there would be a carrier on SSB...).
However, the 6898 txion has full audio level, so it looks like these sender
carries the radio progr intentionally, also considering the AM-compatible
mode. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 27)
[but both txions missed on Aug 28th and 29th already, ed]
Usually comes and goes quickly in a few days. (gh, Aug 26)
ISR will switch from summer time back to regular (winter) time. All KOL ISR
txions will be bc one hour later in UTC. (HCJB DXPL, Aug 28)
LAOS
Vientiane 6130 has recently been on air very sporadically with poor
modulation and limited hrs - on some days it doesn't seem to make an
appearance at all. Even when it's on, the regionals at Houa Phan and Luang
Prabang don't seem to be relaying the national nx bulletins any more at
0000 and 1200. Houa Phan has been on 4658v (x4641v) since late Jul or
early Aug. (Alan Davies-THA, Aug 28)
MADAGASCAR [RNW tx to SRI LANKA]
17490 IBC 1532 nx headlines in Tamil
lang, a few adverts progr. Good signal. (Swopan Chakroborty-IND, Aug 20)
DX Information from the British DX Club.
RNWs web-site 20th Aug says Tamil-Oli R, IBC Tamil and VoDem Burma now
being carried via the RNW MDG relay. Schedule is 1128-1228 17495 TamilOli R. 1429-1455 17550 VoDem Burma. 1458-1525 17490 IBC Tamil. All 50 kW
at 055 degrs.
TRT (Tamil Radio & TV), which operates Tamil Oli R, is licensed by the
Radio Authority and their addr: 727 London Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 6AU,
United Kingdom.
E-mail: info@trt.net
I managed to get into the web site but it didn't add much.
(Dave Kenny-UK, via British DX Club, Aug 25)
MALAWI
MBC Blantyre Malawi, 1730-1804 on 5993, SIO 252. Progr in Af
vernac, from 1758 in En. At 1804 RAI Rome came on air 5990. (Hans-Joachim
Brustmann-D, A-DX Aug 26)
MALI
11975 CRI Beijing via Bamako-MLI relay 2300-2357 in St-Ch, strong
signal here, // much weaker 7170. (WB, Aug 26)
PAKISTAN
Urdu sce to ME workers 0400-0600 noted here in EUR on 15175.19
and 17835.02, bot suffering signals. Much better on //21460.14.
Ur WS to EUR 0800-1120 on medium leveled 15530.18 and 17835.1.
Persian 1300-1345 very weak signal on both 11935 even, 15624.96.
Ur ME workers sce 1330-1530 on 11570.07 and 15465.18 only, no trace on
15170.
(WB, Aug 26/29)
R PAK appears to have dropped the En Slow Speed Bulletin 1105-1120 or 16151630 either, all txs off by 1618 on Aug 24. [also dropped in 0200-0245
Range, ed]
Turkish 1700-1730 has moved up 5 kHz to 11645 to avoid FEBA.
POLAND
On Aug 26th new LW tx at Solec 225 is on air again, //Raszyn 198.
Last night Aug 25/26 replace unit at Raszyn was still on air on 225 kHz.
Today at 1545 I heard for the very first time the new LW tx of Polish R at
Solec Kujawski on 225, slightly stronger than //Raszyn 198 and somewhat
more punchy modulation, evidently Solec uses sound processing equipment on
restrained adjustments.
RUSSIA
VoVTN via Armavir Krasnodar relay noted on 7250 at 0100-0300 in
Vietn, and ? 0130-0200 En in between. The En sce via same relay site at
0300-0400 on 9830.
(WB, Aug 24)
11925 UNID Ru stn, txion via Samara tx site 0800-0900, 44444, weather
report, but not R. Rossii progr. (WB, Aug 24) It's Tatar R. R Tatarstan
from Kazan, also 0400-0500 on 11665, and 0600-0700 on 9690. (Kai Ludwig-D,
Aug 27)
R Rossii in Ru on OOB freq 6205 0100-0500, very strong here in Stuttgart.
(WB, Aug 25)
Voice of Russia, A99 MW schedule.
Some entries have been amended by the ed. acc information of previous
seasons.
kHz
kW
UTC
tx location
585 1200 1000-1400 Belogorsk-na-Amure. 1100-1200 Ch Khabarovsk progr.
1000-1100, 1200-1400 Ch.
612
40 1500-1600 Kurkino Moscow. 1900-2000, 2100-2200 Ru.
&1900-2200
630 500 1200-1400 Komsomolsk-na-Amure. 1200-1300 Jpn Khabarovsk progr.
1300-1400 Jpn Moscow progr.
648 1000 1000-1300 Ussuriysk. 1800-1845 Tikhiy Okean.
1000-1200 Kor/Ch Khabarovsk progr, 1200-1300 Kor,
720 1000 1100-1400 Yuzno-Sakhalinsk. 1200-1300 Jpn Khabarovsk progr.
1300-1400 Jpn Moscow progr.
801 1200 1000-1400 Atamanovka. 1100-1130 Ch Khabarovsk progr.
1000-1100 Ch, 1130-1230 Mong. 1230-1400 Ch.
1080 1000 1130-1400 Angarsk. 1130-1230 Mong. 1230-1400 Ch.
1089 1200 1500-1700 Tbilisskaya Krasnodar. Mon/Sun 1500-1600 En. 1600-1700
Ar.
&1800-1900 Ar.
1143 150 1600-1900 Bolshakovo Kaliningrad. 1600-1700, 1800-1900 Pol,
1700-1800 En.
1170 600 1400-1600 Tbilisskaya Krasnodar. 1400-1500 Tu, Mon/Sun 1500-1600
En.
&1700-1900 Ar.
1215 1200 1500-1900 Bolshakovo Kaliningrad. 1900-2000, 2100-2200 Ru.
1251 600 1000-1400 Ussuriysk. 1100-1200 Ch Khabarovsk progr.
1000-1100, 1200-1400 Ch.
1386 1200 0900-1200 Bolshakovo Kaliningrad. 1900-2000 En.
&1500-2000
1494 1200 1700-2100 Popovka St.Petersburg.
1600-1700, 1700-1800ecl.Tu/Fr/Su, 1800-2100 En.
1700-1800 Tu/Fr Fi. 1730-1800 Sun Swe, Tue Norw.
Remaining txion hrs on 693, 1143, 1215, 1323, 1386 are German broadcasts.
[CIS/China/Germany] Voice of Russia, A99 MW schedule
kHz
kW
UTC
tx location
603 ?200 1200-1300 Zhuhai, Guangdong, (Kwangtung) CHN. Vn to VTN.
648 1000 1300-1700 Orzu, TJK. 1400-1500 Da/Pa, 1600-1700 En.
693
5 0300-2100 Berlin GER. 0300-0900, 1400-1500, 2000-2100 En
1200-1400, 1900-2000 Ru.
972 1000 1300-1600 Orzu, TJK. 1300-1400 Da, 1400-1445 Be,
1445-1500 Nep, 1500-1600 En.
Asgabat, TKM. 1300-1400 Da/Pa, 1400-1500 En. [??]
Kunming, Yunnan CHN. 1300-1400 Hi, 1400-1500 En
En
Gavar, ARM, [exKamo renamed recently!].
1600-1900 Ar, 1900-2000 Ru.
1323 1000 0500-1600 Wachenbrunn GER. 0500-0900, 1400-1500, 2000-2100 En
150 1600-2100 1200-1400, 1900-2000 Ru, 1800-1900 Fr.
1548 1000 0300-0430 Grigoriopol-MLD [Pridnestrovye]. 1920-1940 Ru.
&1500-2230 all R Mayak progr.
[?former schedule 1500 Alb, 1600 S-Cr, 1700 It, 1800 S-Cr, 1900
Gr.]
Islamskaya Volna 1500-1600 Sat/Sun 612 1089 1170 1494.
1125 1000 1300-1500
1269 200 1300-1500
&1700-1800
1314 1000 1600-2000
About CHN tx MW sites for
information is on hand in
Dxers like Olle Alm, Alan
Institute in JPN have put
Foreign Sces. Concerning that matter very little
the usual handbooks and via ITU Geneve. But keen
Davies, or the NagoyaDXC and Asian Broadc.
together some material.
DW had an entry in their B98 schedule, and RFI Paris is using that for VTN
coverage in Fr at 1300-1400 too:
684 800 kW 189 degr at Dongfang Hainandao Island [easily found on all maps,
the southernmost tropical island of China] across the sea to VTN & LAO.
And Alan Davies reported last month, that the MW 603 VoR 1200-1300 outlet
had the same characteristics. I suppose that 603, 684 and 1341 are on the
same location, at least province. Entries in WRTH are:
603 CRI, DS, Zhuhai, Guangdong, (Kwangtung). VoR 1200-1300 Vn.
684 800 kW 189 degr at Dongfang Hainandao Isl, RFI relay 1300-1400 Fr.
1080 CRI, YN, means Kunming, Yunnan province, 200 kW
1269 CRI, YN, means Kunming, Yunnan province, 200 kW, VoR 1700-1800 En.
1296 CRI, YN, means Kunming, Yunnan province, 300 kW, RFI 1500-1600 Vn.
1341 CRI, FS, Zhuhai, Guangdong, (Kwangtung). 100 kW
(WRTH 1999)
SAUDI ARABIA
BSKSA Riyadh in Ar still on odd freq 11818.06 at 0500-0600.
(WB, Aug 26)
9563.22
V.O.the Iraqi People (tent.) 23.08:50* Talk by man in MEern lang
at tune-in, abruptly off. Fairly strong signal but weak audio. (Dave Valko,
Cumbre Aug 20)
SOUTH AFRICA
Meyerton schedule A99.
This is the SW schedule from Meyerton Radio Stn. (Bloemendal)
Last updated on the 22 May 1999 at 0500 UTC.
UTC
UTC Freq. Antenna Power
from to in khz bearing in kw
0000-0530 3320
290
100
0244-0330 6050
20
500
0258-0325 6150
19
250
0258-0355 6035
20
500
0300-0600 3255 Omni
100
0300-0600 6190
15
100
0300-0400 7135
19
250
0300-0330 6015
5
250
0330-0400 7215
5
250
0330-0400 9690
32
250
0358-0430 9610
5
250
0358-0455 5955
20
500
Studio Remarks
RSG SABC Afrikaans sce
BBC
En Swa
CHAF
Swa
CHAF
En Fr (x5955)
BBC
WS
BBC
WS
RFI
Fr
AWR
En
TWR
AWR
Som
BBC
Swa
CHAF
En Fr
0400-0430 9690
0428-0455 9525
0429-0500 6135
0429-0500 7205
0430-0500 3390
0430-0455 3345
0430-0455 5955
0458-0555 11720
19
5
32
335
76
76
76
335
250
250
250
500
100
100
100
500
AWR
CHAF
BBC
BBC
BBC
CHAF
CHAF
CHAF
Swa
Fr
Por
Por
Por
Por
Por
En Por [strong in EUR !]
0500-0530 5960
0500-0530 6015
0530-0800 7185
0558-0655 15215
275
5
290
320
100
100
100
500
AWR
AWR
RSG
CHAF
En Por
0600-1700
0600-1700
0600-0615
0659-0730
0800-0900
0800-1630
0800-0900
6190
11940
11735
17695
9750
9650
21530
Omni
15
320
350
Omni
290
19
100
100
500
500
100
100
250
BBC
BBC
TWR
BBC
SARL
RSG
SARL
WS
WS
1258-1455
1258-1455
1258-1455
1458-1525
1458-1555
1527-1557
1540-1555
1558-1655
1558-1655
11720
21530
17860
15150
17770
7265
9500
11900
9525
5
328
19
19
20
19
19
19
20
100
250
250
250
500
250
250
250
500
CHAF
CHAF
CHAF
CHAF
CHAF
TWR
TWR
CHAF
CHAF
En (x11900)
Sat&Sun only En
Sat&Sun only En
Swah
(x15545)
En Fr (x17870)
1600-1700
1628-1655
1630-0530
1630-1700
1630-1700
1640-1655
1657-1712
1658-1755
1659-1900
1700-2200
1700-2200
1700-1800
1712-1728
1730-1800
1729-1745
1729-1745
1730-1745
1745-1800
1758-1855
9535
3345
3320
15620
11705
9650
9650
17860
15420
3255
6190
12130
9650
9670
9520
6070
3390
7230
17870
19
76
290
32
5
20
5
335
19
Omni
15
19
5
19
335
32
76
20
320
250
100
100
250
250
500
500
500
250
100
100
250
500
250
500
500
100
500
500
TWR
CHAF
RSG
AWR
TWR
TWR
TWR
CHAF
BBC
BBC
BBC
AWR
TWR
TWR
BBC
BBC
BBC
BBC
CHAF
1800-1815 9670
1800-1830 9670
1800-1900 3215
1800-1830 5960
1800-1830 6100
1800-1830 7230
1835-2005 9700
1830-2030 9510
1830-1930 9800
1900-2000 11560
1900-2000 6205
19
19
Omni
275
5
76
315
330
335
330
328
250
250
100
100
100
250
250
500
500
250
250
TWR
Sat only
TWR
Mon-Fri
SARL
Mons only
AWR
AWR
BBC Fr
TWR Mon,Sat&Sun to 2015
TWR Sat only until 2045
TWR
WRN
WRN
Fr
Suns only
Suns only
Fri & Sun only
Swah Fr
En Por (x6150)
Por
Som
En Por
En
WS
WS
Swah En
Suns only
Por
Por
Por
Swa
En Fr
2000-2030 9745
32
500
AWR Fr
2005-2020 9695
315
250
TWR Mon+Sat+Sun only
2030-2045 9510
330
500
TWR Sat only
2030-2100 3390
76
100
BBC
2030-2100 7205
328
250
BBC Por
adutoit@mweb.co.za May 23)
Channel Africa
Sentech
URL: http://www.channelafrica.org (schedule Aug 29)
URL: http://www.sentech.co.za
[NIGERIA non] Radio Kudirat. Organization: United Democratic Front of
Nigeria (UDFN)
Addr: UDFN, P.O.Box 9663, London SE1 3ZD, United Kingdom
E-mail radio@udfn.com
Lang: En, ID: This is R Kudirat, Nigeria. 6204 (Klaus Koehler-D, Aug 7 in
A-DX)
1920-1959* 6205 11560 via Meyerton-RSA. (Anker Petersen-DNK Aug 1 in CDX
254, via CRW)
SUDAN
8000 and UNID 6990 has moved to 6950 and 6970 1602-1803v. This
leaves Sudan alone on 8000 nevertheless the reception of Sudan has remained
unchanged.
(Mahendra Vaghjee-MAU, Aug 20/21)
6950 heard with African style mx, many drums, but without annts of any kind
between 0130-0400. Those times are roughly my local sunset to sunrise in
EaAF. Average SINPO 23332 under disturbed geo condx. (Bill Smith-USA,
Cumbre Aug 23-24)
SWAZILAND
9500 I could hear a signal very low on air 0555-0605, possibly
TWR Manzini SWZ in En 100 kW 005 degr. But no so good enough to be sure.
3239.95 TWR Mpangela Range, 1849. Tx does not seem to be very stable.
Last time I heard them they were on 3240.1, now 3239.95. A-capella song and
male talk in vernac lang. 23332 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 23)
TURKMENISTAN
Last night I was checking Turkmenistan 279 and 5015, and
found that despite that both are located at Ashgabat, 279 has a very long
satellite delay compared to 5015, so apparently there are two different
sites.
279
The "Iney" LW site at Pervomayskiy (First of May) village was opened
in 1966 and is located 10 kms south of Ashgabat. It has a 257 m antenna
mast. The first SW txer was opened in 1946, and the first high power (50
kW) SW txer in 1961 (encyclopedia info via Bernd Trutenau).
5015
The SW site is likely to be located in the outskirts of Ashgabat,
just like other older SW sites in the former USSR. The 257 m mast is the
standard for ARRT-1 antennas used on low freqs. The ARRT antenna,
consisting of a supporting mast and a cage of vertical radiator wires, is
supposed to suppress the skywave. ARRT means antenna with controlled
current feed and the type was widely used for key LW-MW txs in the former
USSR.
(Olle Alm-SWE, Aug 27)
UNID
7215 an UNID stn was heard playing European style MOR mx at 0620
with annts in lang I didn't recognize. Signal low with rapid fading
characteristics and faded out by 0640. Namibia is reported using 7215 &
7165 but not at 0620. Has Namibia extended use of these freqs ? Traces of
signal on 7215 noted same time on Aug 24+25, but didn't improve.
[RRI Tiganesti-ROU in Rom lang registered here at 2000-0600 100 266. ed]
unID 6146.7v, hrd only Aug 4 from 0100 w/non-stop AF hilife mx, no annts,
drifting down to 6145.9 by 0200 f-out; vy unusual time for an African, and
never hrd again.
(Ernie Behr-CAN, hcdx Aug 23)
When checked the disappeared ISR army stn on 6898 I heard an UNID stn from
horn of AF on exact 6898.00 at around 1730, talks in AF vernac. (WB, Aug
29)
UK
The material published on the occasion of "60 Years of BBC Monitoring"
can now be found at:
http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk/jubilee/
Fascinating story. (Harald Kuhl-D, A-DX, Aug 28)
Wanted: New DX Corner Writer.
The editorial staff at Current are seeking a new DX specialist to write DX
Corner, a very popular section of Current. Anyone interested is invited to
submit a DX Corner feature with a maximum of 400 words. A photo and a
biographical sketch including experience as a DXer should also be included.
Applicants are encouraged to check previous issues of Current for an idea
of the style and content required. All applications should be sent to:
The Editor, Current, AWR Newbold Office
St. Marks Road, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4AN
United Kingdom
(Current July 1999)
Unid stn 12020, hrd daily at *2100-2220* Ar relig progr, not Islamic, annct
Marseille addr in Fr at 2228; vy strong since Aug 1.
HCJB 12020 via the Skelton UK relay site. Ar from 2100-2230, 250 kW 165
degr.
(Ernie Behr-CAN via GH, Aug 23; Mark Veldhuis, Aug 27)
We are bcing our first Ginger Media Group radiodocumentary on Fri 27th Aug
called "For the Journey Ahead". This is produced by G One, Ginger's
independent radio production company. The Executive Producer is Claire
Marshall and is a venture with Jonathon Porritt and Sarah Parkin's Forum
For the Future. This documentary has been produced by Forum for the Future
scholar, Rebekkah Gilbertson and is fronted by Pamela McCall of the WSce.
Txion takes place on MNO, satellite and SW 2000 UTC 27th Aug, repeated 1200
UTC 28th Aug. The progr is funded by BP Amoco, hence the name. SW freqs:
Fri 27th Aug 2000-2100 7325, Sat 28th Aug 1200-1300 12035. (Dave KennyUK, British DX Club, Aug 24)
USA
Big congratulation to Glenn Hauser at Enid, Ohio in the United States
for his 1000th DX program "World of Radio", he aired on Aug 26th after two
decades of WoR.
No small feed at all to be able 1000 progrs. Significant milestone to
mention for a fellow colleague, which reached in his radio career. Its
fully appreciated in terms of creativity in bringing us news. Is one of the
best sources available on the radio scene. Keep up the good work on
interesting and informative editions, thanks for your activity and
accuracy.
At the beginning WoR started on WRNO New Orleans, remainds me on personal
reflections to a smooth pleasant voice. Also thanks go back to the early RN
DX Juke Box and Sp language progrs on the same stn, Ian Mac Farland's RCI
progr, David's DX progr via ORF Vienna.
And to mention printed publications back in the seventies, RIB - Review of
Internat Broadc, DXD - DX Digest, and providing us with pretty good
articles in Monitoring Times too.
Use to another 1000 "World of Radio" progrs yet to come. I hope to hear any
more.
I hope both of us will be around for many more years. 73 Wolfy DF5SX
(ed; and comments on special edition of WoR by GH, Aug 26)
World of Radio SW-only schedule as of Aug 27
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sun
Sun
Sun
Sun
Sun
Mon
Mon
Tue
Tue
Wed
Wed
2100
2030
1930
0330
1130
1130
1800
0200
0230
0630
1000
2300
0500
0700
1230
1900
0300
1100
WBCQ
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
WWCR
RFPI
RFPI
RFPI
7415
15685
21460-USB 15049
15049 6975
15049 6975
12160
21460-USB 15049
21460-USB 15049
5070
5070
15049 6975
21460-USB 15049
3210
15049 6975
15685
21460-USB 15049
15049 6975
15049
6975
6975
For full schedules of WOR on all stns, and of all our other bcs, Continent
of Media, and Mundo Radial, see
WORLD OF RADIO 1000. This commemorative edition includes greetings, some
taped, from listeners and colleagues, fun and serious, see
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Wor1000.html
for summary; Audio stored at
http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/
Glenn Hauser Interview on CKUT.
For those who may have missed it, I have the interview with Glenn Hauser on
The International Radio Report with Sheldon Harvey and Bill Westenhaver via
CKUT recorded Sun Aug 22, 1999 posted on my web page in Real Audio. This
was regarding Glenns 1000th broadcast of World of Radio.
http://www.n1dk.com
(Dave Kirby N1DK)
Glenn Hauser Interview on RFPI Mailbag, the week of Aug 27:
Fri 2030, Sat 0430, 1230, 1830, Sun 0230, 1030, Tue 1930, Wed 0330, 1130,
Wed 1700, Thu 0100, 0900. On 6975 0000-0800 (-1200 Sat/Sun/Mon);
15049 24 hrs; 21460-USB 1200-0300.
Also will be archived on the RFPI website like all Mailbags:
http://www.rfpi.org/webcast.html
Glenn Hauser Interview on VOA CW, week of Aug 28, see
http://www.trsc.com/cw
for extensive schedule. On VOA itself this will be on the "B" segment;
included via WWCR Sun 0200 on 5070, Mon 0530 on 3210, Thu 1230 on 15685.
Archived at
http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/
CONTINENT OF MEDIA 99-06. A new edition was produced and sent to RFPI and
http://www.DXing.com
Aug 24 and should become available early in Sept. For topic summary see
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Com9906.html
(GH, Aug 27)
Radio Free Iraq. Organization : RFE/RL. Addr: R Free Iraq, RFE/RL, 1201
Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., 20036, U.S.A.
Website www.rferl.org/bd/iq/
E-mail
iraq@rferl.org
ID: 1855- 11965. (A. Slaen-ARG via Jul 9 Con Dig 13, via CRW)
RFE/RL/R Free Iraq in Ar, A99 schedule (RFIQ):
0200-0400 6140 (55544), 7255 (55544), 9730 (45444), 9865 (55555).
1500-1700 6185 co-ch VoIRIB Tehran in Armen fr 1630.
12025 co-ch RFI Paris in Ar fr 1600.
11805 (55544), 15160 (55555).
RFE/RL/R Free Iran in Pe, A99 schedule (RFIN):
0430-0630 ex7155 Lampertheim co-ch VoMedit Malta via Rome fr 0500,
replaced by 13610 Lampertheim 100 96 degr.
11945KAV under strong UAE R AD in Ar.
9510KAV (45544), 12015Lampertheim 100 108 (55555). KAV 250 95
degr
1500-1700 9615 (55555), 13665 (55555), 15495 (55555).
11785 strong QRM Rep of IRQ R on 11787.
(Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov in PanIview-BUL, Jun 5; RFIN update Aug 20)
v13596.21 WJCR 1300 Christian relig songs and ID. Are US relig SW stns
exempt from freq precision regulation? (Jay Novello-USA, Cumbre Aug 14)
But at night WJCR Upton Kentucky was on odd 7489.92 too, 0225 reading relig
sermon in En "Son of God ...". WBCQ Kennebunk at same time on even 7490.
(WB, Aug 25)
AFRTS feeder still on air. Variable progr times, in daytime 12 MHz tx, at
EUR night both tx heard, from about 0100 only on 6 MHz tx.
AFRTS QTH: Key-West FL, 12689.50 usb-feeder, 0018, O: 2-3. //6458.50 usb
(QTH: Naval computer and utility stn Puerto Rico) UTE QRM rtty. (Dr.Erwin
Woellersdorfer-AUT, Aug 23)
WRMI new 7465 heard 0600-0700 (when beginning to fade) with Brother Stair,
WRMI ID at 0701. (Noel Green-UK, Aug 25)
Revived scedule at
http://members.xoom.com/wrmi
shows addit times for 7465, which I could barely confirm in the afternoon:
Mo-Fr 2100-2200 and Tue-Sat 0100-0200, both for Republic R Internat; also,
on UTC Mon only, after 7465 at 0330-0400, goes back to 9955 at 0400-0500
for La Nueva Voz de Cuba.
R Prague relays are still on the schedule, tho we can't hear them, daily
at 0200-0330 on 9955 in Sp, Cz and En respectively.
(Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 26)
Heard WGTG today Aug 25 around 1925, as I recall, on new 12170-usb mode,
//9400. Previously had been on 12180-USB, tested on Aug 2nd. (GH, Aug 25)
At 12170 USB - 2100 UTC I could listen to it here in Germany with 45444.
(Mathias Eisenkolb-D, hcdx Aug 27)
What I heard in 6890?
fading and in unknown
so much fading as the
Montgomery, hcdx, Aug
Sorry, that sure did not sound like WGTG to me. Much
lang. Variety of mx last night. I would not expect
stn is less than 1000 miles from my location. (Bob
25)
What I heard in 6890 ? First I believed was one bcing signal with progr
devoted to HAMS. The speacker talked about "ARRL, IC 706, Short Wave
DX...", "Remember: you can acces the world with 100 Watts". A LOT of olds
QSOs was transmited I belive like pratical examples of HAM action. (Uwe
Volk-D, Aug 23)
I'm surprised how many people seem to forget that WGTG uses 6890. (Glenn
Hauser, Aug 25)
That's true... thanks for bringing the forgotten station back to mind.
(Willi Passmann-D, Aug 25)
One reason why many SWLs seems to forget WGTG might be, because WGTG simply
ignores any listeners letters and RR's. Nobody there really cares about the
listenership and because of this reason any postage or IRC spent for WGTG
can be seen as wasted money !
World of Radio is definitely the only reason to tune in 6890. So, Glenn,
let us know, how you communicate with this stn, please. (Uwe Volk-D, Aug
25)
I pulled WOR off WGTG at the end of last year, despite the time being
donated, since they were extremely unreliable in airing it as scheduled. Email
wgtg@ellijay.com
no longer works, nor does website
http://www.wgtg.com
so I have no idea how to contact them now, webwise. (Glenn Hauser, hardcore-dx, Aug 26)
9725 - WTJC his hrs are 0200-1400, not 0400-1600 as I wrote the other day.
Untraced here so far, I guess he is still waiting on his crystal. (Hans
Johnson-USA, Cumbre Aug 22)
That's the new Fundamental Broadcing Network stn in Newport, NoCarolina,
expected to start testing imminently. Seems I have been hearing longtime
occupant of this freq, TIAWR during some of this span including open
carriers which I had assumed were TIAWR wasting watts; will they not avoid
clashing? (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 26)
9725.15, WTJC? Steady open carrier here, S9+10-20db, as I write this,
0445-0540 Aug 28. Tone came on at 0531, still there. (Jerry Berg-USA, NU,
Aug 28)
WTJC: "Construction has begun on a new SW stn near Morehead City, NC. It
is operated by the same church which holds the license for WOTJ-FM 90.7 in
the same town, and it is located nearly across the road from the Natl
Weather Svc office in Newport. Further information will be posted here as
it becomes available."
(GTTysonIV, Tarkus@skantech.com in rec.radio.shortwave)
Is this fellow a little behind the curve, or does he know more than we do?
(NU 1541, Aug 29)
VIETNAM
I've not been able to trace Lao Cai, last heard on 6689v, for
many weeks. I suspect this tx is now inactive, although the freq has
varied wildly over the 6.6-6.85 MHz range over the past year. //5596v is
still on air.
(Alan Davies-THA, Don Muang Airport, Aug 28)
ZIMBABWE
4828 ZBC Gweru, 1804-1814, Male speaker in En with nx and
"VoZimbabwe" IOD, at 1809 main points of the nx. Drums, TC and "Radio 4"
ID. Then lovely song in vernac lang, followed by vernac annts. Haven't seen
any reports of them here recently, is this a reactivation? 44444 (Mark
to gh/WOR is given.
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(Sep 1)
SOLAR ECLIPSE 11th August 1999
A feature on the "Today" progr on BBC R4 on Aug 9th, which was also
generated quite a lot of interest. A request was made on behalf of the
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton for members of the public to help
them study the effect of the eclipse on the ionosphere.
They specifically asked people throughout the country to listen to 639 kHz
on the day of the eclipse to see if the Spanish network on that freq faded
in during the eclipse.
For those who wish to send eclipse radio observations to the Chilton lab,
the address is:
Dr. Chris Davis
Ionospheric Monitoring Group
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Chilton Oxon OX11 0QX
United Kingdom
(British DXC Communnication, Sep 99)
Unter der URL
HTTP://www.vfo-magazin.de
ist die schriftliche Zusammenfassung eines Versuches waehrend der Sofi am
11. Aug. auf LW, samt Tabellen und Plan abgedruckt. (Herbert Meixner-AUT,
Aug 30)
AUSTRALIA
EDITORIAL. My friend Chris Hambly passes on the news that the
"Southern Cross DX Club" has closed down. That Club was based in Adelaide,
So-AUS, and it is understood that membership, across AUS and overseas, was
over 100 at the time of cessation. It appears that there were insufficient
candidates to form a Committee at the Annual General Meeting held on Aug
27. The question of distribution of assets is being examined in terms of
statutory requirements.
Thus, it now seems that there is only one listening Club remaining in AUS,
with a membership of about 130.
From the above, the future of organised radio monitoring groups in AUS
looks very bleak. Over the past two years, other Australian national groups
which folded were: DXers Calling, the South Pacific Union of DXers, and Oz
DX.
HIGH SUNPOT ACTIVITY. Daily sunspot counts have been exceeding 160 during
late Aug, a level which had been predicted for mid-2000 !
Here in
Melbourne, HF reception on 21 MHz is now noted for the full 24 hrs, with
some signals being propagated over almost darkness paths !
A study of the 21 MHz band between 2100 and 2200 (0700 and 0800 our AUS
local time) on Aug 30 revealed this occupancy:
21455
21500
Sp
21590
21645
21740
HCJB Quito-EQA SSB txion En 21470 HCJB Quito-EQA, Ge
Voz Cristiana, Santiago-CHL, Sp
21550 Voz Cristiana, Santiago-CHL,
RN-Bonaire, Dutch
21610 NHK-Yamata-JPN, En
RFI-Montsinery-GUF, Sp
21655 RDP-Lisbon-POR, Portuguese
RA-Shepparton-AUS, En
(Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Aug 31)
BELGIUM
Mon-Fri
17800
RTBF Brussels test via old 100 kW tx of 1952.
0300-0500 9490, 0500-0711 17580, 1000-1200 21540, 1500-1700
Sat
17800
0430-0500 9490,
0500-0900 17580,
0900-1116 21540, 1600-1711
Sun
0430-0400 9490, 0500-0800 17580,
17800
(RFTB via Dr.E.Woellersdorfer-AUT, Aug 19)
1100-1116 21540, 1500-1711
CAMBODIA
Nat'l Voice of Cambodia has definitely been active over the past
few months. Noted at 0100 on 3 Sep on approx 11940.1 with opening annt of
Vietnamese sce, sounding quite good -- SINPO 45443 here, modulation only
so-so but much improved compared with some past occasions. (Alan Davies,
Chiang Mai, Thailand, Sep 3)
11940.3 National Radio of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia.
Verie-s: Kem Yan. QSL card, transfer pictures, program schemes.
0000-0015 and 1200-1215 En,
0015-0030 and 1215-1230 Fr
0030-0045 and 1230-1245 Th,
0045-0100 and 1245-1300 Lao
0100-0115 and 1300-1315 Vn.
(Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Arnaldo Slaen-ARG, ConexionDigital, Sep 2)
CANADA/AUSTRIA
From HFCC conference: In new B99 [winter] season ORF
Vienna will introduce a new morning sce towards WeNoAM at 1600-1700, using
RCI Sackville-CAN facilities.
At 0000-0300 ORF will remain on 7325, from Moosbrunn-AUT of course.
(Ernst Vranka-ORF interviewed by Wolf Harranth-ORF, Sep 3)
CHINA
15550 CRI Beijing. 1206. Comment in Mandarin. 32423.
(Victor Castano-URG, ConexionDigital, Aug 10) [though RUS registered here]
7225 CRI in Mandarin is on this Nfq at 2000-2058. First noted Aug 30.
(Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Cumbre Aug 30)
CONGO, Dem. Rep. of
v15244.4 RTV Nat. Congolaise Kinshasa, 1829, Nice
signal, before they pulled the plug a few seconds after I started
listening. Heard Afro mx nd piece of male annt in Fr. 34444. (Mark
RTNC Kinshasa. Has anyone received recent a QSL from RTNC Kinshasa-15244 ?
Is the postal sce working in this country? And a correct address please,
with a v/s possible?
(Ruud Vos-HOL, Sep 2)
COSTA RICA
6105
R Universidad de CTR "La Voz Cultural de la Universidad
de Costa Rica" now ID'ed on 6105 and heard closing v0608 on Aug 29,30,31.
On latter it was best at about 343. But the CRT carrier appears to stay
after 0615. And now heard Brazil co-ch here and it seems //to 4825, but
both are weak at 0600+, to fade by 0640. It seems a particularly good day
for LA Aug 31. (Noel Green-UK, Aug 31)
6105 0601 R Universidad IS, ID in Sp, light orchestral mx, s-off and full
ID mentioning La Voz Cultural over operatic mx and off 0608. Not possible
prior to 0601 due to DW on 6100. Thanks to Noel Green for tipping me off
about this one.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, Cumbre Sep 1+2)
CUBA
0700.
RHC in En lang. Check 13660 SSB mode 2000-2200,
9830 SSB mode 0500-
13660 runs 20 kW to old KN20 (GDR) tx which is kept in "like new" shape,
actually better than new due to modifications !!!
9830 runs 10 kW to Siemens (FRG) tx of 1961 vintage, also working very
nicely.
We are going to do some freq changes and also use different antennas at the
next B99 schedule.
R Rebelde is operating now on 5025 with 10 kW and Tropical Band antenna
during our local evening hrs. Also R Rebelde is using 9600 and 6140 from
1000-1300.
9600 beaming to CeAM 100 kW and curtain array 2 X 4 on 6140 to Caribbean,
50 kW dipole.
6140 freq starts at 1100, on air til 1300. 9600 1000-1300.
Ro Rebelde is also bcing a new progr - exclusively on SW - not // to the AM
network or 5025. It's name is VENTANA REBELDE and it goes on the air at
0300-0400, 6120 50 kW and beaming to CeAM with 2 X 4 Curtain Array at 230
degrs. The engineering dept of R Rebelde is receiving very nice reports
from their new SW bcs.
Reports can be sent via AIR MAIL to
Radio Rebelde ONDAS CORTAS, P.O.Box 6277, La Habana, CUBA 10600
Via Fax reports can be sent too, but I don't have their fax number at hand
now, so will send it to you later. They also have e-mail. I can also
receive any reports for them and relay them locally, as I talk to their
engineering staff very often about their SW bcs and I am also doing the
freq management for them. So reports can be sent also via e-mail to
arnie@radiohc.org
(Arnie Coro CO2KK, Host of Dxers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba, Aug 30)
RHC and R Rebelde schedule 2 May - 30 Oct 1999.
Broadcast Schedule eff May 2, 1999 at 0000 UTC.
This schedule is subject-change at anytime due-variations in
Propagation conditions, and channel allocation incompatiblities
En to EUR
2030-2130 13715 100 041 degr EUR
13660 20 037 degr EUR
13 dB
13 dB usb
En to NoAM/EUR
0100-0500 6000
9820
0100-0500 13705
0500-0700 9820
9550
9830
17
15
13
15
10
10
250
100
20
100
100
10
En to THE CARIBBEAN
010
348
037
315
020
041
degr
degr
degr
degr
degr
degr
EaUSA
CeUSA
EUR
WeUSA
EaUSA
EUR
dB
dB
dB usb
dB
dB
dB usb
2230-2330
Fr to EUR
2000-2030
2000-2030
2130-2200
2130-2200
9550 100 115 degr CAR
13660 20 037 degr
13750 100 041 degr
13660 20 037 degr
13750 100 041 degr
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
3 dB
13
13
13
13
Sp to AMs
1100-1400 6000 50 nondir vertical
6
1200-1400 955O 100 090/270 degr MEX
6
1100-1500 11760 100 160/340 DND dipole 0
1100-1300 11705 100 127 degr VEN
13
1200-1400 15250 100 172 degr SoAM
15
dB usb
dB
dB usb
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
Sp to EUR
2100-2300 13705 10 037 degr EUR/GEO
2100-2300 11760 100 053 degr SPA
2100-2300 13680 100 053 degr SPA
13 dB usb
13 dB
15 dB
Sp to AMs
0000-0500 5965
0000-0100 6000
0000-0500 9505
0200-0500 9550
0000-0100 9820
0000-0500 11760
11875
11970
0000-0500 15230
15
17
15
13
15
0
19
13
19
50
250
50
100
100
100
250
100
250
270 degr MEX
010 degr EaUSA
230 degr CeAM
020 degr EaUSA
348 degr CeUSA
160/340 degr DND
170 degr CHL
127 degr VEN
160 degr ARG
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
db
dB
dB
Po to EUR
2000-2100 11760 100 053 degr POR
13680 100 053 degr POR
13 dB
17 dB
Po to Atlantic Coast SoAM
2200-2230 15340 50 156 degr BZL
2300-2330 15340 50 156 degr BZL
2300-2400 15230 250 160 degr BZL/ARG
15 dB
15 dB
19 dB
Fr to THE CARIBBEAN
2230-2300 9550 100 115 degr CAR
2330-2400 9550 100 115 degr CAR
Fr to NoAM
0030-0100 9550 100 020 degr EaUSA
0130-0200 9550 100 020 degr EaUSA
Creole to THE CARIBBEAN
2130-2200 9550 100 115 degr CAR
3 dB
3 dB
10 dB
10 dB
3 dB
Creole to NoAM
0000-0030 9550 100 020 degr EaUSA
0100-0130 9550 100 020 degr EaUSA
10 dB
10 dB
Guarani to Atlantic Coast SoAM
2230-2300 15340 50 156 degr BZL/ARG
2330-2400 15340 50 156 degr BZL/ARG
15 dB
15 dB
Quechua to Atlantic Coast SoAM
2330-2400 15340 50 156 degr BZL/ARG
15 dB
Special Esperanto weekend bcs
1500-1530 11760 100 160/340 DND dipole 0 dB
1930-2000 13750 100 041 degr EUR
2200-2230 13750 100 041 degr EUR
2330-2400 9505 50 230 degr CeAM
11760 100 127 degr VEN
11760 100 160/340 degr DND
0700-0730 9820 100 315 degr WeUSA
13
13
15
13
0
15
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
Spanish, Radio Rebelde & AM Network
1100-1300 6140 50 115 degr CAR dipole
0 dB
1000-1300 9600 100 230 degr MEX
15 dB
local evenings+ 5025 10 tropical band ant 0 dB
[+ 0000-0500 ? , ed]
Spanish, Radio Rebelde special program "Ventana Rebelde"
which is NOT IN PARARELL with other R Rebelde progr on 5025 and AM MW
Network.
0300-0400 6120 50 230 degr CeAM
15 dB
The engineering dept of Radio Rebelde is receiving very nice reports from
their new SW bcs. Reports can be sent via AIR MAIL to:
Radio Rebelde ONDAS CORTAS, P.O.BOX 6277, Habana 10600, CUBA.
This will have some changes for B99 period soon.
Please send your reception reports, QSL requests, and comments about the
programs, the address given below.
RADIO HABANA CUBA
EMISORA DE ONDAS CORTAS
INSTITUTO CUBANO DE RADIO Y TELEVISION - ICRT ESTUDIOS: INFANTA NO 105 ESQ A 25, CENTRO HABANA, HABANA, CUBA
DIRECCION POSTAL:
RADIO HABANA CUBA, P.O.BOX 6240, HABANA 10600, CUBA
PHONE-FAX-E-MAIL
PHONE +53 - 7 - 814243
FAX
+53 - 7 - 812927
E-MAIL
General correspondence to:
cartas@radiohc.org
radiohc@mail.infocom.etecsa.cu
Technical and engineering: inforhc@mail.infocom.etecsa.cu
DX programs: arnie@radiohc.org
Arnie Coro CO2KK, Host of Dxers Unlimited, Radio Habana Cuba.
(info from Arnaldo Coro, and amendments of previous Z98 summer schedule by
WB, Sep 2)
I checked on Turkey 11655. Very faint. I heard splatter and on 11650 AM I
heard audio. However, to understand it I had to go to usb. There was R
Havana in En. I had to retune to 11650.4. It wasn't strong enough to be an
active freq so it was an image or their tx is really pumping away. It may
be a stray from their 11705 USB ??
(Bob Thomas, CT, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 2)
5990-CUB 2300-2357 Contrary to the report in BC-DX that CRI's En relay at
2300 was heard on 5995, at least on Aug 26 I am still hearing it on 5990;
almost inaudible amid noise at start, but up to poor reception by 2355
closing annt, which *still* says nothing about any brc in En at 2300. It
always takes forever for CRI's own new schedule info to reach their own
announcers / continuity production. This is surely Cuba, as previously
established, not Mali.
BROADCASTING, Sep 2)

BC-DX 401 06 Jan 1999 AFGHANISTAN 7079v, Voice of

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