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BC-DX 914 30 May 2009
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ARGENTINA RAE Argentina goed op 15344.859 kHz, best in LSB, 1907 UT.
(Maurits Van Driessche, Belgilum, May 18, BDX via dxld May 23)
CHINA Some new registrations of former CHN mainland bc stations in 7100-
7200 kHz range.
6040 2150-1700 43NE,44NW HUH 50 263 141 Mongolian x7210
7205 1227-1800 42N URU 50 230 145 Uighur x7195
7205 2330-0257 42N URU 50 230 145 Uighur x7195
7255 1000-1805 43SW LHA 100 85 141 Tibetan x7125
7255 2050-0200 43SW LHA 100 85 141 Tibetan x7125
7260 0257-1205 42N URU 100 0 145 Chinese x7155
7295 0330-0530 42N URU 50 247 145 Kirghiz x7120
7295 1030-1230 42N URU 50 247 145 Kirghiz x7120
7420 2150-1700 43N HUH 50 263 141 Chinese x7165
7450 0900-1800 43SW LHA 100 85 141 Chinese x7170
7450 2000-0300 43SW LHA 100 85 141 Chinese x7170
(May 19)
ChiCom jamming sites.
Hunting for Firedrakes the morning of May 23: conditions depressed, Y and
did not find any between 8 and 19 MHz except: 14420 at 1316, good signal,
\\ weaker 15600.
Note: some of these Firedrakes are likely coming from EAST TURKISTAN sites
Kashi or Urumqi, but since SAFRT refuses to register their jammers with
HFCC, we can't be sure. It makes propagational sense for jammers targeting
east or central China to be sending from an appropriate skip distance in
west 'China'.
[later] We recently had a post in DXLD, from Keith? Listing a handful of
minor transmitter sites allegedly used ONLY for jamming.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld May 24)
I don't want to incite a "religious war" discussion on their jammer
locations.
BUT Firedrake and Echo like jammers are much WEAKER here on posts in
Europe, compared to the tremendous signals of the usual 500 kW BC beast
outlets from either Urumchi or Kashgar bc centers ... so I guess most
BCasting tx sites with more than five txs and curtain antennas
disposability in inner China are in use for the jamming purpose. Like
Nanning, Hainan, Kunming, Shijiazhuang, Lingshi, Xian, Geermu.
(wb, dxld May 24)
I think Glenn's point was that the Kashi and Urumqi broadcasting
facilities appear to be involved in the jamming as well, besides all the
other sites. And as earlier discussed the Continental-equipped plant near
Urumqi has clearly antennas aiming at southeast, to within China.
Let me add a particular observation I made today around 1630: 11540 had a
big echo mixture, with a huge signal level and the program audio transmit
at least four times. If no audio effects were in use this indicates that
at least four different transmitter sites were involved. (Victim: RFA in
Mandarin, here on air via Tinian 1500-1800.)
There were much more signals with Chinese programming on air, but I simply
did not feel like noting all of them down. I ended up wondering at any CRI
signal (like those in English and Russian that were booming in at local-
like levels) whether this is real program distribution or just jamming.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld May 24)
The jamming control has two main centers. The first is the main site on
Hainan Island in the south which also houses a large military base. But
all orders for jamming come from Beijing.
Three ministries are involved
1. Ministry Of Communications (MOC),
2. Ministry Of Culture/Propaganda (MOP), and
3. The Ministry Of The Armed Forces Of The People's Liberation Army
(MAFPLA).
The later is due to the fact that the military control all transmitter
sites in China even those used for civilian use.
The two stations involved for both monitoring stations the government
deems as un-friendly and to monitor the jamming is effective are China
National Radio near Tiananmen Square which was also once the home of CRI
until the mid 90s and China Radio International on Shijingshan Road in
Western Beijing on the 3rd Floor less than 20 meters from the live
broadcast studios and is guarded by the military 24/7. The only way to get
pass the guard to the live studio or master control is by holding an A
pass.
There is at least 20 sites around China which are known for jamming. The
problem is trying to make a 100% confirmation as these sites are also used
for broadcasting. The only 2 I can 100% confirm is the one on Hainan
Island and one in Shunyi a suburb of Beijing which is used for ground
jamming.
Other sites known for jamming are:
Ho Hot - Inner Mongolia
Ningbo - between Huangzhou and Shanghai
Guangzhou - across from Hong Kong
Dandong - China/North Korean border
I always felt that since China does not make public any of it's
transmitter sites (one used for jamming) it would be interesting to send
reception reports for CNR and CRI and QSL FIREDRAKE. LOL Has anyone here
done that?
If you think in your part of the world FIREDRAKE is everywhere. You should
hear what's like in this area. Here in the ROC when listing to SW you get
the impression the only stations on SW are Chinese and FIREDRAKE which is
everywhere and I mean everywhere.
This week I interview someone from the VOA who told me that in the mid
1990s VOA was scheduled to have a meeting with people from CRI about
jamming. He told me the end result was CRI not showing up for the meeting.
You can hear the interview June 4th.
(Keith Perron-TWN, dxld May 24)
6 curtains are visible on the north-eastern corner of that area at
Dongfang Hainan.
<http://maps.live.de/LiveSearch.LocalLive?cp=18.89123842452519~108.6617481
7085269&style=h&lvl=17&dir=0&tilt=-90&alt=-1000>
and two directional MW masts on the northern side for 684 kHz MW service,
also 8 masts of the 603 kHz Foreign Service direction installation towards
Vietnam
BUT at different bc center some 4-5 kilometers away at
<http://maps.live.de/LiveSearch.LocalLive?cp=18.872011467112973~108.681907
6538086&style=h&lvl=17&dir=0&tilt=-90&alt=-1000>
18 52 19.93 N 108 40 49.02 E
22 huge SW curtain 8 x 4 antennas are visible.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 24)
Re: Dongfang Jammer station. I think there are at least three arrays at
Dongfang Gancheng. Even further to the North visible in MS Virtual Earth
is
18 54 15.4 N 108 39 40.9 E
I see 12 curtain antennas similar to those at Kashgar.
Apart from the large MW antenna farm on the coast I think there are two
sites for Chicom jamming. Interesting that the one which I found aims
North and North West. As stated previously, the MW site has a large 8 mast
array for 603 kHz and 2 masts for 684 kHz.
I've just noticed some more SW masts at 18 53 28.6 N 108 39 43.2 E
An extraordinary amounts of antennas in a large area certainly worth
detailed exploration?
(Dan Goldfarb-UK, SW TX site YG May 28)
The northern site
<http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=18.905129~108.659592
&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1>
18.905202132688917 N 108.66050362586978 E
18 54 18.73 N 108 39 37.81 E
not in G.E. of Apr 7, 2003 !
11 curtains on 12 masts, like in Kashgar and Quivican on Cuba island.
Seemingly put on a northerly area for transmissions to the No/NorthWest
and 280 degr direction, - in order to avoid unwanted spurious signal
trouble on the MW direction site backlobe-wise there.
6 curtains - 7 masts, seems the older installation. These are used some
years ago also - likely - for the ordinary CRI Foreign service,
and for transmissions to the Northern and NorthEastern direction at
18 52 19.93 N 108 40 49.02 E
22 huge SW curtain 8 x 4 antennas are visible.
all three sites are only 2 to 4 kilometers away of each other.
(wb, SW TX site YG May 28)
18000 kHz at 2345 UT, Taiwan, Sound of Hope. Fair in Chinese opera, FA/MA
very weak \\ 18320 Poor Apr 28.
(Kelvin Brayshaw-NZL, May NZ DX Times direct and via dxld)
Another one misled to think the jamming was the target (gh, dxld May 25)
CONGO D.R. 6209.989v Radio Kahuzi, 1718, presumed with conversation
between a man and woman in Afro dialect, into religious-themed African
music at 1721 UT, followed with talk by a woman in vernacular.
Could only copy due to quiet conditions as signal was just above
threshold. 22 May.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld May 22)
Radio Kahuzi e-QSL. Hi Everyone. I emailed a reception report to Radio
Kahuzi and received the following reply today:
Hi David! Thank you for your DX Report, added encouragement for me to keep
on keeping on with the relay while recording.
Friday at 6:30 I ran to the studio to record the programs for the next day
Sat afternoon broadcast. I decided to also turn on the transmitters FM and
SW for simultaneous relay while recording the VOA programs in Swahili,
later a Christian program "Unshackled" at 7:30 in English and VOA in
English at 8:00, and finally VOA in French 8:30 to 10:00 Bukavu time.
I listened to our Swahili recording, which corresponds to your commentary;
from 7:21 to 7:23 the music in Swahili followed by a lady's voice stating
that you were listening to "Salam na Music kutoka Sauti ya America, hapa
Washington, D.C." This was their time of sharing correspondence with their
listeners. The "local dialect" or language was Swahili.
I must say I'm amazed ! as you are UT +10 or 8 hours ahead of us. So you
were listening around 3 AM, if I'm not mistaken!!! If so, More power to
you! You might consider putting your long wire in an oval, as our antenna
is a frequency loup \\ to the ground, shooting straight up for more power
back closer by us to Central Africa.
Your sunup would be possibly three hours away Usual skip signal from
Africa would come at what hour?
I will try harder to continue rebroadcasting week days 6:30 to 10:05
Bukavu Time UTC +2, as I record these same programs. Keep Looking UP! In
His Service, Richard & Kathy McDonald.
(via David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld)
= 1630-2005 UT. Seems quite a loose operation, 6210 (gh, dxld May 25)
CUBA/CHINA Chinese and Cuban officials have been discussing installing
four new 250 kW transmitters at one of the Radio Havan Cuba transmitter
sites, but not for Radio Havana broadcasts. So we may be able to hear CRI
relays even better or US broadcasts to Cuba even worse.
(Glenn Hauser, dxld via WDXC-UK Contact magazine May 27)
Quivican upgrading at 22 49 36.16 N 82 17 34.18 W
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=22+49+36.16+N+
+82+17+34.18+W&sll=51.316881,10.415039&sspn=20.602859,57.128906&ie=UTF8&t=
h&z=17>
ECUADOR Due to the construction of a new airport and due to financial
considerations, HCJB's shortwave ministry has been downsizing. This
process is now in its final phase. By April 1, 2010, all transmitters at
the Pifo transmission site will be shut down. They will maintain 49 metre
broadcasts to reach the Andean area and the headwaters of the Amazon River
Basin. This would be done from their high-power AM site. The number of
antennas at Pifo has declined from a total of 31 to 8 at the present time.
The site will eventually be closed entirely. At its peak, it had 12
transmitters and 31 antennas.
They have 3 _ 100 kW HC-100 transmitters. One will stay in Ecuador for
regional coverage as previously mentioned, but the other two will be
refurbished and moved to other locations.
All other transmitters will be dismantled and scrapped. One of these is a
50 kW unit.
(NASB Newsletter via dxld via WDXC-UK Contact May 27)
GERMANY "New station via Media Broadcast - Cheetah Radio in English:
1600-1700 on 11885 WER 125 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Sat. VG signal here in
BUL.
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 22)
11885 Cheetah Radio. Hello from New Zealand. I am pleased to report
reception of Cheetah Radio operating in English on 11885 kHz via Germany
from 1600 to 1630 UT on May 23rd. 2009. Overall rating fair-good. SINFO
rating 45353. SIO rating 453.
(Ian Cattermole-NZL, excerpt of reception report via RMI, dxld May 25)
GERMANY/SWITZERLAND Radio Reveils Paroles de Vie via Nauen heard April
30 on 15675 at 1840 in French, talk, pop music, identification and off
1845 UT.
(Jorge Freitas-BRA, via WDXC-UK Contact May 27)
This is now their only shortwave broadcast, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1830-
1845. Their address is Chapons-des-Pres 4, 2022 Bevaix (NE), Switzerland.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, WDXC-UK Contact May 27)
INDIA After the Aila hit AIR Kolkata on 1008 kHz was noted back with
sign on at 0730 UTC. This channel was the last to recover. Vividh Bharati
was on from morning and Kolkata A 657 kHz appeared at 0200 UTC. This
evening I could log sw 4820 kHz under strong Chinese cochannel at 1655
UTC.
AIR Ext Sce mw transmitter at Mogra appears to be seriously hit and 594 or
1134 kHz have not been noted whole of today.
We are the lucky few in Kolkata with electricity and water. Aila snapped
my single stranded copper wire antenna. That is nothing when you consider
that 1200 trees and 638 electricity poles have been uprooted in the city .
The whole of tram service is suspended and will take some time to recover
because the overhead traction has been ripped off in many places. One
person lost his life from crashing tree just 25 m from where I live.
(Supratik Sanatani-IND, DXindia May 27)
1000 kW AIR MW transmitter on 594 kHz limps back after tropical storm
Aila.
Located at Mogra, Chinsurah some 50 km away from Kolkata is the 1000 kW
ext sce mw transmitter of All India. Ever since tropical storm Aila passed
over this location on 25th May 2009, the transmitter was silent. Only this
morning, 29th May did it come back at 0130 UTC with the Nepali sce. There
was - however - a transmitter noise and it is not clear if it is running
full power.
Tropical storm Aila killed some 100 persons in the state of West Bengal
India and in the city of Kolkata it uprooted some 1200 trees and 638
electricity poles. There is no news yet on damage to All India Radio
Installations.
(Supratik Sanatani-IND, dxld May 29)
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=+23%C2%B0+1%27
31.08%22N++88%C2%B021%2721.85%22E&sll=23.728941,120.300465&sspn=0.02813,0.
05579&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17>
Radio Kashmir Srinagar is now noted signing on at 0000 UTC on 4950 kHz.
They used to sign on at 0025 in Summer & at 0120 UT in Winter.
(Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DXindia May 28)
PHILIPPINES Summer A-09 of Radio Veritas Asia
Bengali
0030_0057 on 11945 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1400_1430 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs
Burmese
1130_1157 on 15450 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
2330_2357 on 9720 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
Hindi
0030_0057 on 11710 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1330_1400 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
Hmong
1200_1227 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
Kachin
1230_1257 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
2330_2357 on 9645 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
Karen
0000_0027 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
1200_1230 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
Mandarin
1000_1157 on 9615 PUG 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs
2100_2257 on 6115 PUG 250 kW / 350 deg to SEAs
Filipino
1500_1530 on 9615 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to ME Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat
1500-1600 on 9615 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to ME Wed/Fri/Sun
2300-2327 on 9720 PUG 250 kW / 331 deg to CeAs
Russian
0130_0227 on 17830 PUG 250 kW / 000 deg to FE
1500_1600 on 9570 PUG 250 kW / 331 deg to CeAs
Sinhala
0000_0027 on 9865 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
0000_0027 on 11730 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1330_1400 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
Tamil
0030_0057 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1400_1427 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
Telugu
0100_0127 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1430_1457 on 9585 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
Urdu
0100_0127 on 15280 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs
0100_0127 on 17860 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs
1430_1457 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs
Vietnamese
0130_0230 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
1030_1127 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
1300_1327 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
2330_2357 on 9670 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
Zomi-Chin
0130-0200 on 15520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and others] Band Scan for last fortnight
3220 Ecuador HCJB Pifo 1000 - strong signal
3260 Papua New Guinea Radio Madang, Madang 0910; 1030
3290 Papua New Guinea Radio Central, Boroko 0910; 1025
3315 Papua New Guinea Radio Manus, Lorengau 0910; 1030
3325 Papua New Guinea Radio Buka, Kuba 0910; 1035
3335 Papua New Guinea Radio East Sepik, Wewak 0910; 1030; 0915
3340 Honduras Radio Misiones Internacionales Comayagueela 1030, 0000
3385 Papua New Guinea Radio East New Britain Rabaul 1000, 1050
4409.8 Bolivia, Radio Eco, Reyes 0000 best in lsb
4451.2 Bolivia, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma.
4990 [Unid] Suriname, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo "possibly" 0900
carrier no audio
6019.65 Peru Radio Victoria Lima 1000
6155.2 Bolivia Radio Fides 1000
6195.8 Peru Radio Cusco 1100, 0000
(Bob Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer May 26)
PORTUGAL/RUSSIA/RWANDA/SRI LANKA/UAE/U.K./USA
DWL in English to NE/ME/EaAF
6180 0400-0530 Sines instead of 7430 kHz Sines from May 20.
7430 0500-0530 Rampisham instead of 9440 kHz Skelton from May 20.
9735 2100-2157 Sines.
DWL in French to AF from May 20
11835 1600-1657 Kigali instead of 11625 kHz
DWL in German to LatinAmerica from May 20
0000-0200 9430 Kigali
2200-2400 9730 Kigali instead of 9430 kHz.
17820 HRI Furman-SC-USA 250 kW at 152deg from June 1st.
DWL in Persian via Samara-RUS from May 15
0230-0300 5990 Armavir
7400 Samara
9790 9845 Samara til Sept 5
9790 9845 Novosibirsk from Sept 6
13800 Samara.
DWL in Portugese and English to AF from May 20
13650 1900-2000 Trincomalee instead of 15620 kHz. En/Po
13650 2000-2100 Trincomalee instead of 15205 kHz. En
DWL in Russian to Russia from May 15
15510 1400-1600 Rampisham instead of 15265 kHz.
DWL in Swahili to EaAF from May 15
7240 0300-0400 Al Dhabayya instead of 9790 kHz.
(DWL May 20)
RUSSIA 12110 - 12112 kHz spurious signal. Of Voice of Russia Moscow
outlet in English to Europe 12040 kHz via SRP site near Moscow, scheduled
1500-2300 UT. Very distorted audio like final stage tube failure,
seemingly combined 4 x 50 kW units at 200 kW in total.
\\ transmission on 12070 kHz via different Taldom Moscow site is 2 seconds
ahead.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 27)
RWANDA/SINGAPORE/SRI LANKA/UAE/UK/USA
Frequency changes of Deutsche Welle:
0300-0400 NF 7240 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg, ex 9790 to CeAf in Swahili
0400-0530 NF 6180 SIN 250 kW / 150 deg, x 7430 to NCAf in English
0500-0530 NF 7430 RMP 500 kW / 180 deg, x 9440 to NCAf in English
1400-1600 NF 15510 RMP 500 kW / 062 deg, x15265 to RUSS in Russian
1600-1700 NF 11835 KIG 250 kW / 210 deg, x11625 to SoAf in French
1900-1930 NF 13650 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg, x15620 to SoAf in English
1930-2000 NF 13650 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg, x15620 to SoAf in Portuguese
2000-2100 NF 13650 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg, x15205 to SoAf in English
2200-2400 NF 9730 KIG 250 kW / 265 deg, x 9430 to CeAm in German
2200-2400 NF 17820 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg, add.freq.to SoAm in German, June
1
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26)
SAUDI ARABIA 30410 kHz BSKSA, 2 x 15205 via E skip, 1655-1718 UT May
19, volatile reception but good peaks.
(Tim Bucknall, Mellieha Bay Hotel, Malta, harmonics May 25)
TAIWAN RTI - Paochung. Perhaps partial image of RTI site Paochung on
Terra Server at
23 43 36 N 120 18 02 E
Some masts seen, but not a great recent image.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TX site YG May 29)
Congrats. TWN PAO Pao-Chung / Bau Jong coordinates.
Probably I could count dimly 17-18 masts.
TWO more masts also visible separately on the southerly side across the
fence:
close to 23 43 16.16 N 120 17 57.34 E
about 80 - 85 meters in distance of each other.
Seemingly the 6145 6230 6240 / 7280 7435 7445 kHz antenna,
350degrees to ... true north ?
Site Pao-Chung / Bau Jong used in the past for
AWR 15445
CBS1 11635
CBS2 7445 9415 11520 11635 15270 15320 15465 15525
CBSDN 11635 15175 15270 15320 15465 15525 15580 15610
Hmong Lao 15260
LittleSaigon 7280
Moj Them 15260
RA 15335
RFI 9650 11875
RTI 7445 9415 11520 11635 15270 15320 15465 15610
YFR 6230 6240 7435 9280 9465 9585 11520 11630 11865
(wb, SW TX site YG May 29)
UAE Frequency change of TWR Africa via VT Communications:
1800-1845 NF 5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf, x9895 as follows:
1800-1815 in Tigrinya Mon-Wed 1800-1815 in Amharic Thu/Fri
1800-1830 in Tigre Sat 1800-1830 in Kunama Sun
1815-1845 in Tigrinya Mon-Fri 1830-1845 in Amharic Sun
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26)
USA At the NASB AGM The Association gave a special award for lifetime
achievement in shortwave broadcasting to George Woodard, former director
of engineering for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and the U.S.
International Broadcasting Bureau.
Text of Letter of Recommendation for George Woodard from Kevin Klose and
Mike Starling.
The following is the text of the letter from Kevin Klose and Mike Starling
of National Public Radio, dated April 7, 2009, recommending George Woodard
for the achievement award which was presented by the NASB Board of
Directors at the 2009 annual meeting in Nashville.
We write to commend to you and your Board of Directors the career in
shortwave radio of George W. Woodard, an innovative electronics engineer
and broadcast executive from the American heartland, whose life
achievements range from theoretical and practical engineering advances of
transmitter performance; to visionary leadership of the U.S. government's
international civilian radio services, one of the most important strategic
broadcast systems in history.
George has devoted his life to serving humanity through the power of
broadcast, with two complementary goals:
a) improved efficiency and reliability for radio transmitters of many
types;
b) improved transmission strategies to reach peoples around the globe who
are denied rights of self-government. Practical engineer and spirited
idealist, George has made notable contributions to the electronics
industry and to global democracy.
Drawn to radio as a kid, George matriculated at Texas Tech, won a prized
job as an undergraduate teaching assistant, and earned a B.S. in
electrical engineering in 1962.
Upon graduation, he joined Continental Electronics, one of the world's
leading manufacturers of advanced radio transmitters. In the period 1962-
85, under the tutelage of legendary radio engineer J. O. Weldon, founder
of Continental, George was an important designer in high power radio,
radar, communications and broadcast transmitter projects. He was Project
Development Engineer for 100kW and 250kW shortwave transmitters; Senior
Design Engineer for 2MW medium wave transmitters (later deployed across
the Middle East); and Principal Development Engineer in AM stereo,
responsible for much of the design of Continental's AM stereo exciter.
George also was an independent consultant, and authored research papers
and presented them at international electronics conferences and in
scientific publications, including:
"Some Transmitter Performance Criteria for AM Stereo," presented at N.A.B.
conference, 1982;
"Theory, Simulation, and Measurement of AM Broadcast Transmitter Operating
Program Efficiency," presented at the I.R.E.E. conference, Sydney,
Australia, 1982; "Simulating Typical Program Modulation for Measurements
of Operating Efficiency and Modulation Capability of AM Broadcast
Transmitters," The Radio and Electronic Engineer, Vol. 53, No. 9, pp 325-
328, September 1983;
"Method and Apparatus for quasi-Analog Reconstructions of Amplitude and
Frequency Varying Analog Input Signals," U.S. Patent No. 4,724,420,
(Patent to: G. W. Woodard; Assignee: Varian), US Patent Office, Feb. 9,
1988;
"The Importance of High Modulation Indices for Short-wave Broadcasting,"
presented at National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (N.A.S.B.)
conference, May 2000.
George's chapter "AM Transmitters," in the NAB Engineering Handbook
(Editions 7-9) is among the best known industry-wide current narratives of
the history and engineering principles of AM broadcast transmission.
His career in public service broadcasting began in 1985, when he became
engineering vice president at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc.,
(RFE/RL) the private, non-profit radio service then based in Munich,
Germany. He took charge of one of broadcasting's most complex,
transmission networks, with high-power SW and MW stations located in
Western Europe, Africa, and Asia, broadcasting to the peoples of the
Soviet bloc.
With the decades-long Cold War entering its final phase, George initiated
significant consolidation and network upgrading projects to improve
coverage, hold down operating costs, and prepare for the historic moment
when the Soviet bloc's jamming of Western radio services might cease,
signaling the beginning of a hopeful new era of international cooperation.
Fittingly, on the night of Nov. 21, 1988, George received a call at home
in Munich, that his network operators were reporting all Soviet and some
East European jamming of RFE/RL transmissions had suddenly ceased: "The
skies are clear, the jamming has ended." A long, costly era of electronic
conflict had ended. George turned the page.
Working with colleagues at the U.S. Government's own external broadcast
service, Voice of America, headquartered in Washington, DC, he began the
complex effort to reshape U.S. international transmission capacities for
the post-Cold War era. His leadership was recognized as essential to the
mission of all U.S. international civilian broadcasting, and in 1995, he
became Director of Engineering for the U.S. Government's International
Broadcasting Bureau, with overall responsibility for the networks
supporting VOA, RFE/RL, Radio Free Asia and Radio Marti. While leading
modernization and embracing the internet era, George continued advocating
the promise of high-powered SW as an economic and social essential in the
mix of international broadcast services today.
Once jamming ended in 1988, Radio Liberty's Soviet listenership spiked to
a weekly reach of nearly 35 million people, the largest audience to
Western broadcasters, according to analysts at the time. This substantial
listening continued through the next decade, and as the post-Soviet era
took firmer hold in international relations, George knew he had completed
his mission: inspired by the visions of freedom and self-government that
had been transmitted to the closed lands of the Warsaw Pact via SW
broadcasters of the Atlantic Alliance, much of Eastern Europe had
successfully made the transition to multi-party, democratic self-rule.
While Russia would continue monopolistic political control, the peoples of
the former USSR were learning about democracy every day via the unjammed
signals of U.S. and Western broadcasters. It was time for George to return
to his roots.
In 2000, Continental Electronics proudly announced the appointment of
George as its new Director of Engineering. Declared the company's CEO:
"George is.internationally known and highly respected... (He).brings a
tremendous level of knowledge and leadership ability to our engineering
staff." For the next three years, George led Continental Electronics'
research and development programs, overseeing the design, production and
implementation of all domestic and international customer installations.
Retired in 2003, he continues his active life in the broadcasting dialogue
and research, as his articles and commentaries in Radio World attest.
Writing in 2005, George advocated anew for AM bandwidth restriction to
compensate for poor h-f response bandwidth in the majority of AM radio
receivers. Forthright, direct, and challenging convention, he declared,
"As long as analog AM exists, I think the discussion.is valid."
Some months ago, George again added his own clear, forthright voice to an
important discussion among broadcasters about the efficacy of SW in the
Internet age. The issue at hand is the shift in strategy that emphasizes
local placement on indigenous FM stations via satellite delivery and
vigorous Internet streaming accompanied by large reductions in SW
transmission. Pointing to numerous examples of local authorities in post-
Soviet countries shutting down FM stations that carry Western broadcasts,
George urged preservation of viable 'stand-off' transmission resources -
shortwave stations. Calling on the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors to
"enhance and expand" its shortwave capacity, George Woodard made a
profoundly accurate statement: "The U.S. government can afford shortwave
radio."
Now a resident of McKinney, TX, where he lives with his wife, Christina
(Tina), George is an exemplary figure in our broadcast history. We hope
you and your colleagues will take the earliest opportunity to recognize
and publicly honor his contributions to our nation's radio industry and
our democracy's ideals. George W. Woodard is an outstanding practitioner
and advocate of shortwave radio - and he has delivered the proof of its
importance in our world today - and tomorrow.
Very truly yours,
Kevin Klose President Emeritus, National Public Radio (NPR); Former
President, RFE/RL; Former Director, U.S. International Broadcasting Mike
Starling Chief Technical Officer & Director, National Public Radio (NPR)
Labs
(NASB Newsletter)
VIETNAM VOV Inaugurates its NEW radio house.
Along with the inauguration of its new radio house at 58 Quan Su street,
Hanoi, the Voice of Vietnam started terrestrial broadcasting of its
television channel and traffic information radio channel. At the event,
which coincided with activities to celebrate the 119th birthday of late
President Ho Chi Minh, the Hanoi Municipal People's Committee mounted a
plaque reading 'Project in Celebration of 1000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi'.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, VOV Deputy Director General Le Dinh
Dao emphasized that the new modern building marks a new era for VOV during
the country's process of integration, industrialization and modernization
and lays the foundations for VOV staff to improve their working style.
Meanwhile, National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien commended VOV
for its accessible, concise and in-depth news programmes and its effective
efforts to preserve national cultural identities as well as to refute
distortions and wrong allegations by reactionary forces.
The new radio channel, with 100 cameras placed around Hanoi, can provide
people, especially road users, with information about traffic congestion
and accidents in the city.
VOV now has five radio channels, a TV channel, a news website, and a
newspaper, which cover all political, cultural and social events inside
and outside the country.
Its short wave, medium wave and FM programmes, with a total airtime of 218
hours per day, currently reach 99 percent of the country's population.
from
<http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/VOV-inaugurates-its-new-radio-
house/20095/104429.vov>
(via Arnaldo Slaen-ARG, hcdx / dxld May 25)
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News from DSWCI DX Window, May 27.
The eldest member of the DSWCI Editorial Staff, Noel R. Green (75), would
like to hand over World News to someone else - if anyone is willing to do
it. Noel took over this job 30 years ago and has developed it to its high
standard today. The first many years were editing on a typewriter
contributions on paper from listeners and shortwave radiostations, later
mostly replaced by searching the internet for complete schedules of
international broadcasters. Noel thinks there may be someone who can bring
new ideas and a fresh approach to the job. He has to take things a little
more slowly these days, so he would also like more free time to do what
has to be done for himself. I hope that somebody is ready to take over
this important, unpaid job as soon as possible.
Editor of the Clandestine List.
When Anker Petersen in year 2000 took over the Clandestine List from Finn
Krone, it became a part of the annual Domestic Broadcasting Survey (DBS).
At that time there were still many covert broadcasts made by opposition
groups and transmitted from radiostations at secret locations. Nowadays
most of these have disappeared, but are replaced by many target broadcasts
produced by opposition groups living in exile who lease air time on
international broadcasting stations. It is an interesting, but
timerequiring job to follow all the frequent changes. Anker no more has
time to do that job besides being editor of the DBS, the Tropical Bands
Monitor, the DX-Window and being Chairman of the DSWCI. If anybody is
willing to take over editing the Clandestine List, maybe entirely on the
DSWCI website, please contact Anker Petersen at DSWCI.
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