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Dieses Bulletin wird mit Einverstaendnis von Wolfgang DF5SX verteilt.
BC-DX 930 20 Sept 2009
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ALGERIA 6297.13 Radio Nacional de la RASD in Arabic at 1845 UT, Sept
18, S=8-9 signal.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 18)
ARMENIA 11505 Family Radio, via Yerevan, at 1520 UTC in Punjabi, Sept
13, with usual px. Good signal. 44332.
(Pedro Turner-POR CT2KET, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)
AUSTRALIA 11945 RA Shepparton, S=7-8 signal in Germany at 0755 UT, Sept
17. Scheduled 0700-1300 UT.
17820 CVC Darwin in Indonesian[?], sounds much strange compared to usual
BI/BM language. S=3-4 at 0815 UT, Sept 17.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)
A "Snapshot" of Deutsche Welle reception in Northern Australia. I have
just spent a week in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia on holiday. While
there, I had a listen to your transmissions to Oceania and the results are
attached.
Your transmissions were at convenient times to listen, mostly 0600-0800 am
and 0600-0800 pm local time. At times reception from Trincomalee and
Kigali was very impressive, much stronger than I ever here back in New
Zealand. Conversely, reception from Bonaire was not as good as in New
Zealand which is to be expected.
Sept 11-16, DWL German sce.
9855 kHz via Bonaire-ATN, 0800 / 0855 UT. Sinpo 45333.
15650 kHz via Trincomalee-CLN, 0800 / 0900 / 0955 UT. 55434 to 55444.
5905 kHz via Bonaire-ATN, 0900 / 0955 UT. 35332-3.
7330 kHz via Trincomalee-CLN, 2000 / 2100 / 2150 UT. 3-44333 to 55444.
China Radio International is very strong + and -5 kHz until
around 2155 UTC some days, other days it is not heard at all.
9875 kHz via Kigali-RRW, 2000 / 2100 / 2155 UT. 15231 / 55444 / 55434.
5955 kHz via Trincomalee-CLN, 2300 / 2350 UT. 15221 / Not heard
English Service 17525 kHz via Komsomolsk-RUS. 0000 / 0055 UT. 25231-2
(Barry Hartley-AUS Sony ICF SW7600W, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 18)
Radio Australia Celebrates 70.
In December, Radio Australia will be celebrating its 70th Anniversary!
RA wants its listeners both long-time and new to be an integral part
of the festivities. Here's how you can join in.
RA invites your personal written and audio contributions about your
relationship with Radio Australia. Your essay and/or statement should
include some or all of the following information:
How long have you been listening to Radio Australia?
How do you hear RA? - shortwave, the Internet, World Radio Network,
partner station, etc. (any or all of these and when/how)
Has this changed over the years as RA placed increasing emphasis on
delivery platforms other than shortwave?
What in your opinion sets Radio Australia apart from other international
broadcasters?
Has Radio Australia taught you things about Australia and its way of life
you would not otherwise have known?
What can Radio Australia do to ensure that you continue listening to our
broadcasts?
Have you have any anecdotes to tell us from your time as an RA listener?
(For instance, did you turn to RA for coverage of a specific event; do you
have fond memories of your favourite presenter, newsreader or programme?
It would be preferred if contributions were written or spoken in your own
style in a personally coherent, story-like, "conversational" form, and not
as a series of answers to the above questions. Those who are able and
willing to do so should feel encouraged to record their message and attach
it as a MP3 file along with the text of their message.
Occasionally, long-time listeners are moved to send RA "scanned"
attachments of ancient QSL cards, photographs or other "historical" bits
and pieces which makes them feel particularly and personally linked to RA.
Such material would be warmly welcomed.
RA will have a 70th Birthday website which will feature these written and
recorded contributions. Portions of the recorded contributions will also
be used on-air.
RA looks forward to contributions from our listeners in Asia, the Pacific
and around the world. Past and present RA listeners in the US, Canada,
Europe and Africa are warmly encouraged to participate as well.
Emails should be sent to:
<radioaustralia @ radioaustralia.net.au>
For those who still put pen to paper the postal address for contributions
is:
English Service 70th Birthday,
Radio Australia,
GPO Box 428G,
Melbourne, 3001,
Victoria, Australia.
(via John Figliozzi-USA, DXplorer Sept 18)
AUSTRIA 6090 Adventist World Radio via Moosbrunn, at 0405-0426* UT on
Sep 12, religious program in listed Farsi language with choir vocals. Id
by woman announcer at closedown. Fair to good.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
6155 and 13730 kHz from OE1 Moosbrunn were silent totally approx. 0600-
1400 UT Sept 15. They suffered current transformer failure recently too.
Heavy hum noted around 1405 UT today on 6155 kHz.
(wb)
ORF Moosbrunn off. ORF OE1 program on 6155 missed our European mornings
this week. Station answered as follows:
Repair and maintenance on the Mossbrunn antenna field on Sept 15 to 17.
kHz off time
6155 0615-1359 UT
13730 0615-1259 UT
17715 1200-1230 UT
Hier die Info vom ORF! Sie haben Revision!
Sehr geehrter Herr Marschal! Vielen Dank fuer Ihr E-Mail.
Wegen dringend notwendiger Wartungs- und Reparaturarbeiten an den Antennen
muessen von Dienstag 15. 9. bis Donnerstag 17.9. die Frequenzen 6155 kHz
in der Zeit von 0815 bis 1559, 13730 kHz in der Zeit von 0815 bis 1459,
17715 kHz in der Zeit von 1400 bis 1430 [all local time] abgeschalten
werden. Wir bitten um Verstaendnis.
Fuer Ihr Interesse an unserem Klassik- und Kulturprogramm OE1 bedanken wir
uns und verbleiben - mit freundlichen Gruessen
OE1 Service
E-Mail: <oe1.service @ orf.at> <http://oe1.orf.at >
Tel: +43/(0)1/501 70/371 Fax: +43/(0)1/501 01/18595
Schon gehoert? Sie koennen von fast allen OE1 Sendungen der letzten fuenf
Jahre beim Audioservice Kopien bestellen. Informationen finden Sie hier:
<http://oe1.orf.at/service/mitschnitte>
(Michael Marschal-AUT via Joachim Thiel-D, A-DX Sept 17)
BRAZIL 6090 Radio Bandeirantes, at 0250-0310 UT on Sep 8, audible with
Anguilla off the air with man and woman with Portuguese talks, ID at 0300
followed by music fanfare and another man hosting a pop music program.
Fair.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
CHAD 7120 ONRT, at 1927 UT on Sep 11. Still on at 2000 but gone when
checked again at 2011 UT. Sep 12, not heard until 1006 UT with Islamic
singing and then local language (may have been Fulfude). Good signal all
day in French and other languages. 1714 UT dead air and at 1802 UT another
station heard underneath (Arabic?). 1804 UT brief snatch of audio from
Chad but otherwise silence. Didn't check again until 2058 UT when the
transmitter off so sign-off is probably around 2000 UT.
(James MacDonell-NIG, dxld Sept 13)
7120 RNTchadienne, N'Djamena, Sept 14, first time heard here since past
days logs, with strong signal. Religious chant, at tune-in around 1645 UT.
YL annmt. with ID at 1653 UT, returning chant, over ToH. At 1702 UT ID as
Radio Chad. Still there at 1825 UT. 44343.
(Pedro Turner-POR CT2KET, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)
4904.72 [tent. N'djamena?] Sep. 16, Unid on closed at 1520 UTC. Very poor
readability: rather weak, QRN & strong Het from China 4905.0 kHz. So could
not gather essential hints from programming ...
(Vlad Titarev-UKR, DXplorer Sept 16)
(testing recently purchased Perseus)
Congrats Vlad to great Perseus rx. Probably N'djamena Chad ?
73 wolfy
Thanks, Victor/Wolfie. N'djamena is now on 7120 (will look tomorrow
when/if they change QRG). Perseus has many fantastic features and ... no
usual set of VFOs which we used to have at hand e.g. for convenient \\
check ... Evident "minus" for such sophisticated RX.
7100-7200 slot was left by HFCC members, now African outlets are easy as
never before:
(around 17-18z)
7110 ETH (Home Sce)
7120 Chad
7165 ETH (Ext)
7175 ERItrea
7200 Sudan
All coming fair-to-good. Plus 7100 KRE, 7135 BLR (very weak, looks like
real 'dx' - its dead zone in UKR though, wb.)
(Vlad Titarev-UKR, DXplorer Sept 16)
Re 7120 UTE interfering. 7117.0 (center) - F1B - 50 Bd, 1000 Hz shift, RUS
MIL Moscow, daily.
(Wolf DK2OM, Sept 12)
7119.95 RNT, 1910-2001*, Sept 18, Presumed with French talk. Instrumental
music. African tribal drum music. Abrupt sign off. Threshold signal at
1910 UT tune-in, improving to a weak but readable level by 1925 UT but in
noisy conditions.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 18)
Have been hearing 7120 kHz for a week at least from about 1600 UT
sometimes a bit earlier past 1730 UT. Today the 18th heard a clear ID at
1700 UT for Radio Chad in Arabic into news at 1700 UT preceded at 1659.30-
1700 UT with their drumbeats. SIO 333 some days 444 on Icom R71 with 40m
dipole.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, DXplorer Sept 18)
7120 also on air at 1955 UT Sept 18. wb.
CHINA 3900.00 Hulun Buir, at 1047 UT, Chinese, presumed with dialogue
between a man and a woman, brief music bridges. Much weaker than other
Chinese regionals. 8 Sept.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer Sept 12)
ECUADOR 4918.982 Radio Quito, Spanish, at 0855 UT, easy listening
Spanish ballads, ID by man as "Radio Quito, La Voz de la Capital," then
into more music. Full ID at 0900 UT, station promos/ads, then back to
music at 0903 UT. 10 Sept.
(David Sharp-NSW-USA, dxld Sept 12)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 5005 R Bata hrd from 0502 tune w/ nice S3 signal -
local dance mx, some C&W and ocnl man ancr in SS. Signal faded almost
instantaneously between 0530-31 in the middle of a C&W vocal - might have
been xmtr problem as this station has been hrd fairly well until 0600 as
of late - R Bata has an unstable xmtr on many nights with unpredictable
sig lvls. SINPO 34333 w/ QRM from WWV/WWVH, but overall one of the best
nights for R Bata - until 0530. To minimize the WWV QRM, I used the
Perseus filter offset by shifting the 3.8 KHz filter width up by 0.4 KHz
(Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Sept 18)
ERITREA 7165 at 0357 UT on Aug 26. VOBME Asmara vgood strength over co-
channel Ethiopia with tuning signal & idents in AA-type language.
Intermittent [ETH] jamming began 0358 UT. At 0505 UT retune, found station
in clear on 7175 kHz.
(Bryan Clark-NZL, NZL DX Times Sept)
ETHIOPIA 5950 on Sept 10, at 1635 UT. Qualified guess: Voice of Tigray
Revolution in Mekelle with very good reception S=4 !
(Bjoern Fransson-SWE, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 13)
7165 on Sept 10 at 1800 UT. Radio Ethiopia finished its French programme
with surprisingly good audibility. At 1801 UT started a programme from
Voice of Eritrea in Tigrinya. S=3-4.
QSL: Filmon Yohannes, <hizbawii @ googlemail.com>
replied with a non-data e-mail:
"Dear Sear Bjoern Fransson, thank you for your email, we appreciate for
taking your time to write us with all the information. I am not expert in
the techniques of FM Radio Transmission, but personally I was not aware
that Voice of Eritrea (VoE), can be somehow heard as far as in Sweden. As
you pointed out, VoE is transmitted or broadcasted from the heart of
Ethiopia. Although VoE primary listeners are in Eritrea, we don't mind
having few more listeners worldwide. We also have radio VoE online, on our
website Maihabar.org, for people that cannot access our program by normal
radio. VoE is broadcasted three times a week in two languages, Tigrinya
and Arabic. both are Eritrea's official languages."
(Bjoern Fransson-SWE, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 13)
This is quite interesting, but it's probably ERITREA [non] or ETHIOPIA
regarding SW:
<http://maihabar.org/?cat=7>
gives us the downloads of the programmes heard via Radio Ethiopia External
Service on Tue/Thu/Sat 1800-1835 UT, and these are quite similar to those
transmissions occasionally heard on 7175 kHz or last year 8000 kHz (and
likely similar operations on other frequencies).
(Thorsten Hallmann-D, dxld Sept 16)
The Voice of Eritrea program archives on the Maihabar.org web site are the
same program as noted via R. Ethiopia 7165 kHz on Saturday, Sept 19 at
0400-0430 UT. ID "Ezi Dimtsi Eritrea".
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, dxld Sept 19)
6890 Radio Fana, 2040-2101*, Sept 18, Euro-pop music. Vernacular talk. ID
at 2101 UT & off. Weak. Slightly stronger on \\ 6110 kHz.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 18)
7165.04v Voice of Peace & Democracy, via Radio Ethiopia transmitter,
*0358-0431*, Sept 18, sign on with Horn of Africa music. Opening ID
announcements at 0400 UT & talk in listed Tigrinya. Some Horn of Africa
music. Fair but slowly drifted up to 7165.21 kHz by sign off. This
frequency is usually stable. Listed \\ 9560 kHz not heard. Mon, Wed, Fri
only.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 18)
Sep 17 UT afternoon this channel of R Ethiopia was around 7165.30 kHz with
slow drift upwards. Listed 9560 kHz was off.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, DXplorer Sept 18)
7165 Radio Ethiopia, Geja Jawe; 1321z slow guitar strumming with vocals,
talk by M in E Afr lang. Fair at times, slow fades, still in 1503z with
anmts by W in E. Afr lang, brief reggae-type filler music, then anmts by M
in lang.
(Steven Wiseblood-TX-USA, dxld Sept 19)
FRANCE/FRENCH GUIANA/GERMANY DTK A09 Updated Schedule.
A09 DTK (Media Broadcast) Schedule has been updated on September 9:
<http://www.media-
broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/A09_operational_090909.pdf>
(Dragan Lekic-SRB, dxld Sept 13)
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK)
A09 period (29/03-24/10/2009), operational DTK schedule of 9th Sept 2009
frq startstop ciraf loc pow azi day from to broadc
3975 1800-2000 28 WER 250 ND 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
5905 0200-0300 12,14 GUF 250 215 1234567 2807-241009 YFR
5930 0000-0100 12,14 GUF 250 215 1234567 2807-241009 YFR
5930 2300-2357 12,14 GUF 250 215 1234567 3108-241009 YFR
5935 0000-0100 41 NAU 100 103 1234567 1604-241009 WRN
5945 0700-0730 27,28N WER 100 300 1 2903-241009 BVB
5945 0700-0815 27,28N WER 100 300 7 2903-241009 BVB
5945 1100-1115 27,28 WER 250 ND 1 2903-241009 MWA
5945 1300-1400 27,28 WER 125 ND 1 0706-241009 RTR
5945 1530-1559 28NW ISS 100 55 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
5955 1000-1657 18,27,28 WER 250 ND 1 0109-241009 RNW
5955 1459-1657 18,27,28 WER 250 ND 234567 3108-241009 RNW
5965 1130-1159 28NW WER 100 ND 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
5975 1130-1159 28NW WER 100 40 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
5995 0300-0330 47 NAU 250 155 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
6015 1700-1759 27W,28 WER 100 ND 1234567 0604-241009 HCJ
6030 1930-2000 28NW WER 40 ND 1234567 2903-241009 PRW DRM
6035 0559-0657 18,27,28 NAU 250 215 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
6035 0659-0757 27S,28S37NAU 250 186 234567 2903-241009 RNW
6035 0659-0800 27S,28S37NAU 250 186 1 2903-241009 RNW
6040 1600-1930 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
6045 0900-1000 27E,28 WER 100 ND 1 2903-241009 HLR
6050 1700-1859 29 WER 250 45 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
6050 1900-1930 29N WER 100 45 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
6055 0900-0959 27,28 WER 100 90 1 2903-241009 CHW
6055 1030-1100 27,28 WER 125 ND 17 2903-241009 EMG
6060 1600-1659 19;29 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
6065 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
6105 0642-0750 27 NAU 100 285 1 2903-241009 TWR
6105 0657-0750 27 NAU 100 285 23456 2903-241009 TWR
6105 0712-0750 27 NAU 100 285 7 2903-241009 TWR
6105 1700-1759 29 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
6110 1400-1559 27,28W JUL 100 290 1234567 2903-241009 TOM
6115 2000-2200 37,38W NAU 250 210 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
6120 0659-0757 27 WER 250 300 234567 2903-241009 RNW
6120 0659-0800 27 WER 250 300 1 2903-241009 RNW
6120 0759-1000 27S,28SW WER 250 255 23456 2903-241009 RNW
6120 1500-1559 30S WER 250 75 1234567 1009-241009 IBB
6125 0459-0557 18,27,28 NAU 250 243 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
6125 1959-2200 27S,37,28NAU 250 225 1234567 1508-241009 RNW
6130 0330-0400 27,28 WER 250 45 1234567 2903-241009 NHK
6130 0430-0500 27,28 WER 250 60 1234567 1704-241009 NHK
6130 1800-1815 28,29 WER 125 55 6 1007-241009 BVB
6130 1800-1815 28,29 WER 125 55 5 0406-241009 BVB
6130 1800-1830 28,29 WER 125 55 3 1007-241009 BVB
6130 1800-1845 28,29 WER 125 55 7 0406-241009 BVB
6130 1800-1859 28,29 WER 125 55 1 2903-241009 BVB
6135 1930-1959 28NW WER 100 40 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
6140 0900-1000 27,28 WER 100 ND 1 2903-241009 MVB
6140 1800-1829 29S,30 WER 100 75 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
6140 1830-1929 29S WER 100 75 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
6145 0500-0600 28E WER 100 120 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
6155 2100-2159 28NE,29W WER 100 55 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
6175 1830-1859 29S WER 100 75 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
7220 1357-1500 28,29,30 WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 TWR
7230 1900-1930 39N WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 FEB
7245 2100-2200 27S NAU 250 220 1234567 1508-241009 PRW
7260 1500-1559 30S WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
7265 1700-1759 27 WER 40 300 1234567 2903-241009 PRW DRM
7270 0400-0430 39,40W WER 250 120 1234567 2504-241009 AWR
7270 1600-1659 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
7280 0030-0400 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
7330 1200-1300 18 NAU 100 5 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
7350 1600-1659 30S WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
7360 2200-0100 12,13,15 GUF 250 170 1234567 2707-241009 YFR
7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 WER 100 330 1234567 0609-241009 HRT
7375 2200-0300 11,12,13 WER 100 240 1234567 0609-241009 HRT
7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 WER 100 300 1234567 0609-241009 HRT
7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
7425 2000-2100 44N,45E WER 250 45 1 0208-241009 BVB
9430 1545-1659 39,40 JUL 100 115 24 2903-241009 BVB
9430 1615-1630 39,40 JUL 100 115 6 2903-241009 BVB
9430 1701-1800 39,40 WER 125 120 7 2903-241009 BVB
9430 1730-1759 39,40 WER 125 120 1 2903-241009 BVB
9430 1759-1815 39,40 WER 125 120 1 0410-041009 BVB
9430 1800-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 7 0404-241009 BVB
9430 1815-1845 39,40 WER 250 120 1 2903-241009 BVB
9430 1830-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 6 2903-241009 BVB
9435 0030-0130 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 2504-241009 GFA
9435 1800-1830 37NW NAU 125 230 1 1608-241009 BVB
9440 1330-1429 28NE,29W WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
9440 1500-1528 29S JUL 100 70 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
9440 1528-1559 28 WER 100 105 7 2903-241009 TWR
9440 1528-1559 29S,39N WER 100 90 23456 2903-241009 TWR
9445 1700-1729 39,40W WER 250 120 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
9490 0030-0100 41 WER 250 90 1234567 2504-241009 BVB
9490 2330-0030 41,49 WER 125 75 1234567 2903-241009 DVB
9505 1629-1700 30S,40 WER 100 90 1234567 2903-241009 TWR
9510 1400-1459 30S WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9515 1930-2015 37,38 WER 250 150 1 2903-241009 PAB
9515 1930-2030 37,38 WER 250 150 7 2903-241009 PAB
9525 1200-1300 27 WER 100 300 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
9565 1700-1859 29,30 NAU 250 65 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
9585 1800-1859 28E,29 WER 125 75 7 1504-241009 CHW
9590 1900-2000 37E,38 WER 250 150 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
9595 2000-2100 46E,47,52WER 500 180 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
9610 1900-2200 46,47,52 WER 500 180 1234567 1508-241009 YFR
9635 0400-0500 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9635 1800-1859 37N WER 250 225 1234567 2908-241009 YFR
9640 0030-0045 41 WER 100 90 1 2903-241009 PAB
9650 1900-1930 47 WER 250 150 1234567 1508-241009 IBB
9655 1830-1859 46S,47SE ISS 500 167 1234567 2804-241009 LWF
9670 1530-1659 28NE,29W WER 100 60 1234567 2707-241009 PRW
9680 2330-0030 41NE,43S WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 GFA
9695 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9695 1800-1830 38E,39 WER 100 120 1234567 1505-241009 PRW
9720 2100-2159 46E,47,52WER 500 180 1234567 1508-241009 YFR
9725 1500-1659 29 WER 125 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9760 1600-1659 40 WER 250 105 1234567 3006-241009 IBB
9760 1700-1759 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9765 1900-2030 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
9770 0500-0600 39N,40 NAU 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9780 1700-1759 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 1904-241009 IBB
9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 1 2903-241009 AWR
9790 1200-1230 27,28 WER 250 300 1234567 2903-241009 NHK
9790 1700-1759 18 ISS 100 25 1234567 1504-241009 PRW
9805 1900-2000 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9815 0330-0400 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
9815 2030-2100 46,47,48 WER 250 195 1234567 1508-241009 IBB
9845 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
9850 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 195 1234567 2903-241009 NHK
9885 0100-0300 42,43 WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
9895 0459-0557 28S NAU 250 160 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
9895 0559-0657 27S,37N28NAU 250 226 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
9895 1000-1657 27,28,37 WER 250 240 1 3108-241009 RNW
9895 1459-1657 27,28,37 WER 250 240 234567 3108-241009 RNW
9895 1800-1859 28E WER 100 105 1234567 1504-241009 YFR
11600 1800-1859 37E,38 WER 250 150 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
11635 0430-0500 48 WER 125 135 1 2903-241009 BVB
11635 0430-0530 48 WER 125 135 7 2903-241009 BVB
11640 1630-1659 38E,39,48NAU 100 145 36 2903-241009 RHU
11665 1659-1727 38E,39,48WER 500 120 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
11670 1600-1659 40 NAU 500 105 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
11680 1600-1659 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
11730 1600-1659 41 JUL 100 90 7 2006-241009 RMI
11750 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 180 1234567 2903-241009 NHK
11750 1430-1529 29S WER 100 75 1234567 2707-241009 PRW
11755 2000-2100 46E,47W WER 100 180 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
11760 1600-1630 47E,48 WER 500 135 135 0305-241009 RMI
11810 1500-1559 29SE WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
11830 1830-1959 46,47 JUL 100 160 1 1508-241009 BVB
11830 1930-1945 37W WER 100 225 2345 0308-241009 BVB
11830 1930-1959 46,47 JUL 100 175 7 1508-241009 BVB
11830 1930-2000 37W WER 100 225 6 0409-161009 BVB
11835 1300-1329 29 WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
11840 1900-2000 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
11850 1700-1759 40 WER 500 105 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
11865 0430-0500 39,40 WER 250 120 2345 2903-241009 BVB
11865 0430-0515 39,40 WER 250 120 6 1408-241009 BVB
11885 1700-1759 39 WER 250 120 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
11905 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 23456 2903-241009 IBB
11915 1030-1059 27 WER 100 300 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
11915 1730-1800 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
11935 0659-0757 27S,36,37WER 250 240 234567 2903-241009 RNW
11935 0659-0800 27S,36,37WER 250 240 1 2903-241009 RNW
11950 1700-1759 39N,40 NAU 250 113 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
11955 1430-1459 29N WER 100 45 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
11955 1500-1529 29,30 NAU 250 87 7 0504-241009 EMG
11955 1530-1545 39,40 WER 250 105 1 1204-241009 BVB
11970 1800-1815 39,40 NAU 100 105 7 2904-241009 BVB
11970 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 246 2904-241009 BVB
11970 1800-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 35 2904-241009 BVB
11970 1830-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 1 2904-241009 BVB
11975 1330-1429 28NE,29W WER 100 60 1234567 2707-241009 PRW
11980 0700-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
11995 1030-1100 28NE,29W NAU 100 100 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
12010 0800-0900 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
12110 1500-1529 30S WER 250 75 1234567 1206-241009 IBB
12140 1530-1730 39,40 JUL 100 100 1234567 2903-241009 BVB
12140 1800-1900 48 WER 250 150 17 2903-241009 IBB
12140 1800-1930 48 WER 250 150 23456 2903-241009 IBB
13580 1625-1715 39,40 ISS 250 115 2356 1206-241009 BVB
13580 1625-1729 39,40 ISS 250 115 4 1206-241009 BVB
13590 1530-1815 39,40 NAU 100 125 1 2903-241009 BVB
13590 1545-1600 39,40 NAU 100 125 24 2903-241009 BVB
13590 1545-1615 39,40 NAU 100 125 6 2903-241009 BVB
13590 1545-1620 39,40 NAU 100 125 3 2903-241009 BVB
13590 1545-1645 39,40 NAU 100 125 5 2903-241009 BVB
13590 1545-1829 39,40 NAU 100 125 7 2903-241009 BVB
13590 1700-1800 39,40 NAU 100 125 3 2903-241009 BVB
13590 1730-1759 39,40 NAU 100 125 6 2903-241009 BVB
13605 1400-1459 30S,40N WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
13645 1600-1659 39 WER 250 120 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
13660 1400-1459 41E WER 500 90 1234567 1006-241009 YFR
13690 1300-1329 30N,31W WER 500 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
13700 1459-1557 27S,37,28NAU 500 230 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
13700 1459-1557 28S,39W NAU 500 140 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
13710 1100-1130 19,20-26 NAU 250 20 7 2903-241009 EMG
13730 1529-1727 47,48W WER 500 150 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
13745 1100-1129 29 WER 100 60 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
13750 1530-1628 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 GFA
13790 1800-1859 46E,47W WER 500 180 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
13810 1400-1557 28,29W,38NAU 100 120 1234567 2903-241009 TOM
13810 1600-1759 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 245 2903-241009 BVB
13810 1600-1859 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 16 2903-241009 BVB
13810 1630-1759 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 3 2903-241009 BVB
13810 1630-1830 38S,39,47JUL 100 130 7 2903-241009 BVB
13820 1700-1759 38E,39,48WER 250 135 14 2903-241009 EFD
13820 1700-1759 38E,39,48NAU 125 145 5 2903-241009 ELF
13820 1700-1759 47E,48 NAU 500 140 7 2903-241009 ADM
13830 1400-1459 30S WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
13830 1500-1559 41E WER 500 75 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
13830 1600-1629 39,40 JUL 100 100 15 2903-241009 PAB
13830 1700-1759 38E,39,48JUL 125 130 14 2903-241009 SBO
13830 1730-1800 47E,48 JUL 100 130 6 2903-241009 RMI
13840 1100-1129 29S WER 100 90 1234567 2903-241009 PRW
13840 1700-1759 37,38 WER 100 180 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
13870 1730-1759 48 WER 250 150 23456 2903-241009 IBB
13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 23456 2903-241009 IBB
15130 1400-1458 39N,40 NAU 250 113 1234567 2707-241009 IBB
15160 1500-1529 41N ISS 250 80 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15160 1530-1559 41N ISS 250 80 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15190 0830-0900 38,39,40 WER 500 105 1234567 2903-241009 NHK
15205 1400-1430 41 NAU 100 95 1 2707-241009 PAB
15205 1415-1430 41 NAU 100 95 234567 2607-241009 PAB
15205 1430-1445 41 NAU 250 95 1 2707-241009 PAB
15205 1900-1930 46S NAU 125 215 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W WER 250 165 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15255 1300-1459 41E NAU 500 84 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15295 1500-1530 41 ISS 250 77 1 2208-241009 BVB
15295 1500-1559 41 ISS 250 77 3 0707-241009 BVB
15295 1500-1559 41 ISS 250 77 4 2207-241009 BVB
15295 1500-1559 41 ISS 250 77 56 2903-241009 BVB
15295 1515-1530 41 ISS 250 77 7 2208-241009 BVB
15295 1515-1559 41 ISS 250 77 2 0707-241009 BVB
15320 1300-1457 42,43W NAU 250 70 7 2304-241009 AWR
15320 1300-1459 42,43W NAU 250 70 1 2304-241009 AWR
15320 1300-1500 42,43W NAU 250 70 23456 2304-241009 AWR
15335 1500-1529 41N WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15335 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15335 1859-1957 46S NAU 500 183 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
15350 1230-1459 41 WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 GFA
15370 1500-1558 41 NAU 500 95 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
15380 1430-1629 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
15390 1330-1529 41N,43,49ISS 250 75 1234567 2903-241009 GFA
15430 1630-1659 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 3108-241009 IBB
15435 1200-1300 41NE WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
15495 1630-1729 47,48 WER 100 150 1234567 1504-241009 BVB
15495 1729-1745 47,48 WER 100 150 6 1504-241009 BVB
15535 1759-1957 48SW,52E WER 500 150 1234567 2903-241009 RNW
15565 1500-1559 29SE WER 250 90 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
15610 1200-1230 31S,42N NAU 250 70 23456 2903-241009 BVB
15670 1400-1559 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
15675 1830-1845 52,53 NAU 100 170 35 2903-241009 RRP
15680 1230-1330 40 WER 250 90 1234567 3006-241009 IBB
15680 1500-1515 41,49NW NAU 250 83 1 0504-241009 BVB
15680 1500-1530 40,41 JUL 100 90 2 0405-241009 BVB
15680 1500-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 3 2903-241009 BVB
15680 1500-1615 40,41 JUL 100 90 7 0407-241009 BVB
15680 1515-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 456 2903-241009 BVB
15680 1530-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 1 0205-241009 BVB
15690 1400-1459 41S WER 500 105 1234567 2707-241009 YFR
15715 1400-1500 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2104-241009 YFR
15715 1500-1559 41 WER 500 90 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
15750 1600-1759 47,48 NAU 500 155 1234567 2903-241009 YFR
17485 1500-1559 46E,47,48JUL 100 160 1234567 2903-241009 TOM
17535 0900-1000 38,39 WER 125 135 6 2903-241009 BVB
17575 1630-1659 48 WER 250 135 1234567 3108-241009 AWR
17575 1730-1759 48 WER 250 135 1234567 2903-241009 AWR
17670 1400-1459 40 WER 250 105 1234567 2903-241009 IBB
17805 1400-1459 41 WER 250 90 17 1804-241009 BVB
List of Broadcasters which are using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment
ADM internal name (not "Abu Dhabi Media Company")
AWR Adventist World Radio
BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting
CHW Christliche Wissenschaft
CVC Christian Vision
DVB Democratic Voice of Burma
EFD Ethiopeans For Democracy
ELF [I guess: ELF-RC Voice of Democratic Eritrea International,
<http://www.nharnet.com/Radio/radiopage.htm>
see WRTH, p492, wb.]
EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland
FEB FEBA Radio UK
GFA Gospel for Asia
HCJ Voice of the Andes
HLR Hamburger Lokalradio
HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija
IBB International Broadcast Bureau
IBR IBRA Radio Schweden
LWF Lutheran World Federation
MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio
MWA Missionswerk Arche
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
PAB Pan Am Broadcasting
PRW Polskie Radio Warsaw
RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo)
RMI Radio Miami International
RNW Radio Netherlands World Service
RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie
RTR Radio Traumland (Belgium)
SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo
TOM The Overcomer Ministry
TWR Trans World Radio
VOR Voice of Russia
WRN World Radio Network
YFR WYFR Family Radio
DTK MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom)
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH
Josef-Lammerting-Allee 8-10, 50933 Cologne, Germany
Internet: <www.media-broadcast.com>
Send your reception reports to
<QSL-Shortwave @ media-broadcast.com>
You can find the active MEDIA BROADCAST (DTK) schedule at
<www.media-broadcast.com/en/radio/kurzwelle.html>
(M&B/DTK Sept 9, 2009; via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)
GEORGIA [Abkhazia] 9495 at 0300 UT, Radio Abkhazia-Soxom, good in
Russian, music and talk, (has been lousy some days), but poor by 0335 UT.
Report sent in Russian, Aug 13.
(Ron Killick, Christchurch-NZL, NZL DX Times magazine Sept)
9494.756 kHz sio=253 \\ 9535 kHz sio=353, Radio Republik Abkhazia.
(Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX Sept 18)
GERMANY [Croatia non] Voice of Croatia via German sites to the Americas
has returned to 7375 kHz, ex-9925, for the 2200-0500 block including the
15-minute (less on Sats and Suns) English programs at 2215 and 0200 UT.
Heard with excellent signal at 0115 UT in Croatian, including lots of pop
mx, on UT-Sept 11.
(Joe Hanlon-NJ-USA, dxld Sept 14)
Frequency Change for Voice of Croatia. This evening in El Paso, Texas I
found The Voice of Croatia on 7375 kHz at 0100 UT. Croatian. This is
apparently the fall frequency change for Glas Hrvatske for North America
(previously 9925 kHz), though I cannot find any relevant shortwave
information on the website.
P.S. I just checked my Eton E1 and found Glas Hrvatske still broadcasting
(in Croatian) at 04:48 UTC on the same frequency.
(Philip David Smith-TX-USA, dxld Sept 14)
Only May 10 til Sept 5 on 9925 kHz. Croatian Radio never played a role on
the publicity campaign. Three txs in \\ at 0100-0300 UT.
This taken from Media & Broadcast DTK Germany schedule:
7375 0100-0500 2,3,4,5 WER 100 330 1234567 0609-241009 HRT
7375 2200-0300 11,12,13 WER 100 240 1234567 0609-241009 HRT
7375 2300-0300 6,7,8,9 WER 100 300 1234567 0609-241009 HRT
(wb)
11730 Cheetah Radio via Juelich (tent), at 1602-1633 UT on Sep 12, man
and woman with long talk in English about wind power, nuclear power and
the need to balance all interests. Apparent program ID and maybe even
station ID but uneven reception made it impossible to confirm. Fair signal
at peaks but very deep fades.
[later] 11730 Cheetah Radio via Juelich verified an electronic report
with an electronic reply from Bryne Edwards, Director of Media Operations,
Cheetah Radio in Carson City, Nevada in 4 hours telling me to expect a QSL
card by postal mail in a few weeks.
11730 kHz 1600-1659 UT to zone 41, 100kW at 90deg, Sats only, RMI
brokered.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
CVC site Juelich to be closed for ever on Oct 24th, 2009. 1959 to 2009,
already exact 50 years of SW, MW, and RTTY to Rwanda/Malta/Sines services.
Formerly DWL site 1959 til 1995, DTK / Media & Broadcast in 1996-2006
year.
James Serpell of Christian Vision announced that CVI has decided to cease
operations at its Julich, Germany transmitter site at the end of the A09
season. He cited as reasons for the closure financial considerations and
"the changing patterns of how people are using media."
(Jeff White, report on HFCC DR, Sept NASB Newsletter via dxld)
?? Ceasing its operations, but does that mean the Juelich will be totally
closed down, transmitters scrapped, dismantled or moved; sold to another
operator, or what?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Sept 17)
Christian Vision zieht sich aus Juelich zurueck.
Nach einem Bericht des Blogs Shortwave Central" wird sich Christian Vision
mit Ende der A09-Periode (25.10.2009) aus Juelich zurueckziehen. Gruende
seien finanziell und die veraenderte Nutzung der Medien durch die
Verbraucher.
Quelle:
<http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2009/09/christian-vision-to-cease-
operations-at.html>
(Michael Wlochinski-D, A-DX Sept 16)
Was heisst denn "ziehen sich zurueck" genau?
Meines Wissens sind die nicht Mieter, sondern haben in einem Anflug von
Groessenwahn den ganzen Krempel von damals noch T-Systems gekauft.
Selber genutzt haben sie die Anlage kaum, das ganze "operative Doing", wie
es so schoen im Managersprech heisst, wurde ja weiterhin von T-Systems
oder diesem Mediadingenskirchen-Nachfolger gemacht, die die Anlage
weiterhin an Bruder Treppe oder die Volksfront von Judaea vermieten.
Gruende seien finanziell und die veraenderte Nutzung der Medien durch die
Verbraucher. - Faellt denen aber frueh auf.
(Martin-Elbe-D <http://home.wolfsburg.de/elbe/>
(A-DX Sept 17)
Kai in dxld:
"There are still Wertachtal and Nauen, and if both sites run out of
capacity (something that indeed happens at peak hours) there are still
Issoudun and Fontbonne, run by companys of the group Media Broadcast
belongs to now."
Ja so wird es sein, die 18 Sendestunden taeglich werden sorgfaeltig auf
Nauen, Wertachtal und Issoudun verteilt werden koennen. CVC hatte ja nur
10 Stunden Richtung russisches Asien und Ukraine belegt.
(wb, A-DX Sept 17)
That's a shocker. Didn't CVC take a full operational control over Julich
facilities just two years ago?!
So the end is slated for Oct. 25, 2009? But Brother Stair will still be
on, right?
(Sergei Sosedkin-USA, dxld Sept 17)
And Sergei indeed asks the right question: The end of the A09 season is
not at yearend but already in less than five weeks.
CVC took over at Juelich only on New Year's Day 2008. And I understand
that the deal is different from Darwin and Calera de Tango in as far as
the actual operation was still done by Media Broadcast.
I fear that the most likely scenario is now a complete demolition of the
station. This would have happened anyway without the CVC deal which in
fact was a rescue action. If it now really happens: It could be that Media
Broadcast takes away the transmitters for spare parts, as they already did
at Zeewolde (Flevoland).
The background of all this is DW's retreat. They pulled out of Juelich
already in 1996, and it was understood that this would be the end of the
site. Instead it survived by selling airtime to other customers. Now
Wertachtal and Nauen had to survive the very same way. And selling enough
airtime to keep all three sites was just impossible.
Don't be concerned. There are still Wertachtal and Nauen, and if both
sites run out of capacity (something that indeed happens at peak hours)
there are still Issoudun and Fontbonne, run by companys of the group Media
Broadcast belongs to now. Maybe the original Juelich know-how could soon
be needed to save Issoudun as well.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Sept 17)
GUAM 11570 KTWR Agana Merizo, Sept 13 at 1440 UT, in Korean, with YL
annmt. Several hymns, and also some English feature, around 1505 UT. Close
down at 1515 UT. 35321.
(Pedro Turner-POR CT2KET, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)
INDONESIA 4749.93 RRI Makassar, 0955-1005, Noted a male in Indonesian
language comments over background music. At 1002 UT the Qu'ran is
presented. Signal was fair.
(Chuck Bolland-FL-USA, hcdx Sept 14)
9525 VoIndonesia, Jakarta, in Indonesian, Sept 14, at 1640 UT, with
romantic songs. 44433.
(Pedro Turner-POR CT2KET, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)
I heard RRI stations on the following frequencies in the period 1200-1300
UTC.
3325 Palangkaraya (presumed, buried by R. Bougainville, PNG).
3345 Ternate (presumed, heard when R. Northern PNG was absent).
3960 Palu, 3976 Pontianak, 3987 Manokwari, 3995 Kendari, 4750 Makassar and
4925 kHz Jambi (the strongest of the regional stations by far, it wasn't
as strong last year).
RRI Jakarta on 9680 kHz was very strong all day from opening at 2200 to
after 1300 UTC. During the middle of the day, it was the only station
audible on 31 meters. On Wed 16 Sept I tuned in to an English progamme at
0810 UTC called "KGI" which was celebrating 20 years on air. It ended at
0830 when Indonesian resumed.
This year I didn't hear RRI Nabire around 0800 UTC because of RNZI's
strong DRM transmission on 7285 kHz at that time.
Last year while in Port Douglas I was able to hear RRI Sorong on 9743 kHz
around 0800 UTC, but this year there was a Chinese language station on the
frequency.
(Barry Hartley-AUS Sony ICF SW7600W, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 18)
IRELAND [non] /SOUTH AFRICA RTE will use these shortwave frequencies
to relay their coverage of the All-Ireland Finals this year:
Sun 6 September - All-Ireland Hurling Final from Croke Park, Dublin
Sun 20 September - All-Ireland Gaelic Fooball Final from Croke Park,
Dublin.
(both matches start ("throw-in") at 3.30pm Irish time (1430 UT)
from <http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/aif_radio.html>
(UT times added)
SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES FOR AFRICA
Both Finals throw in at 3.30pm Irish Time
Coverage area Frequencies Time (Irish) Time (UT)
Southern Africa 7265 kHz 2pm - 6pm 1300-1700 via Meyerton-AFS
East Africa 17505 kHz 2pm - 6pm 1300-1700 ??
West Africa 12050 kHz 3.30pm - 5.30pm 1430-1630 ??
These services are part of RTE's continued commitment to Irish people
overseas and, over the years, has proven especially popular with those in
geographically or technically isolated areas.
Full details of FM, Longwave 252, Satellite and Internet coverage are also
on this page:
<http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/aif_radio.html>
(Alan Pennington-UK, BrDXC-UK Sept 4)
ISRAEL 11595 Kol Yisrael, in Persian, Sept 13, at 1435 UT, with several
mentions to Mr. Amadhinejad. Not heard on 9985 kHz. 44433
(Pedro Turner-POR CT2KET, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)
Today Sept 15th only fair signals here in WeEUR. Not on 9985 kHz.
odd 11595.07 kHz at 1400 UT S=6 signal.
Two carriers on 13850.00 and 13849.91 kHz, bubble jammed by Iran
underneath, S=4-5 less strong.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 15)
Today lousy signals, no sunspots. Israelian Army Forces Radio Galei Zahal,
only tiny S=4-5 signal on odd 15778.28 kHz at 1145 UT.
and on Sept 14: 15785.54 at 1345 UT. Signal S=7-8 in southern Germany
(wb, dxld Sept 12/14)
15778.00 Galei Zahal, 1955-2005, Sept 12, slightly off nominal 15785 with
local pop music. Hebrew talk. \\ 6973 - both frequencies weak. And heard
the next day, Sept 13, at 2025 on 15785.47v with a slightly wobbly signal.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Sept 15)
15785.24 Galei Zahal with football discussion of Haifa vv Bayern Munich
match on Champions league, S=5-6 fair signal at 0810 UT, Sept 17.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)
15785.42 Galei Zahal, at 1600 UT, Sept 18, S=6 signal.
6973.00 Galei Zahal, S=6-7 signal at 1840 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 18)
JAPAN 3925 Radio Nikkei - 1, at 1051-1116 UT on Sep 12, Japanese vocals
with talk by a woman in Japanese. News after time pips at 1100 UT. Fair
with \\ 6055 kHz poor and 9595 kHz fair until 9600 kHz opened up swamping
channel.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
MALAYSIA RTM Kuching on 5030 kHz heard 1000 to after 1200 UTC, but
suffering terrible co-channel interference from (I presume) China.
Doing better was 7270 kHz around 1200 UTC with a strong signal. On 16 Sept
they had a listeners' phone in programme until 1230 UT when what sounded
like Koran chanting began. Occasional announcements as "Wai FM" in Malay.
On 7295 kHz Traxx FM Kuala Lumpur was well heard at 1230 UTC on 16 Sept
with a listeners "call in to win a prize" programme presented by a male
and female DJs.
(Barry Hartley-AUS Sony ICF SW7600W, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 18)
MEXICO 4800 XERTA - Radio Transcontinental America (presumed), at 0450-
0514 UT on Sep 12, man with talk in Spanish, possible ID at 0500 UT
followed by music and more talk. Very poor with heavy QRM from CODAR.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
6104.76 XEQM, Radio Merida, at 1040-1100 UT, Noted a male and female in
Spanish language conversation. At 1045 UT noted promos mentioning
"Candela". This was followed with music. Signal was fair to good as it
continued to fade in and out.
(Chuck Bolland-FL-USA, hcdx Sept 16)
6010.00 Radio Mil, 0953-1005, Sept 18, Spanish talk. Spanish ballads.
Ads, promos. ID at 0957 UT. Poor in noisy conditions.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 18)
NETHERLANDS Today one of my colleagues, Chris van Gelder, celebrated
exactly 30 years working for Radio Netherlands Worldwide. I grew up
listening to Chris's father, the late Harry van Gelder, who presented DX
Jukebox, the radio show that developed into Media Network. Harry first
worked for the station in 1953. These days, it's increasingly rare for
people to spend an entire career in one place, but between them Harry and
Chris have covered all but the first six years of RNW's existence - and
Chris will no doubt be here for a good few years yet. "It's a family
firm," he joked.
Meanwhile, an important report was published this week which reflects just
how much has changed here, even in the past few years:
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION REPORTS ON RNW'S PERFORMANCE 2004-2008.
An independent commission appointed by the supervisory board of Radio
Netherlands Worldwide to look into the performance of the organisation in
2004-2008 published its findings this week. It's the first time that such
a commission has carried out an appraisal of RNW's operations. Its
findings were largely positive, though a few specific matters were
highlighted as needing close attention.
The commission believes that, although cooperation with the Dutch domestic
public broadcasters has been strengthened in the past five years, still
more can be done. In particular, the commission recommends that the NOS
should be entirely responsible for the provision of news in Dutch, and
RNW's Dutch service should focus more on programming for specific target
groups such as expats, holidaymakers, truckers, merchant seamen and the
Dutch military abroad. On the other hand, the domestic broadcasters should
make better use of the international expertise among the RNW staff.
The commission was positive about RNW's approach to its services in
foreign languages. RNW differentiates itself from most other international
broadcasters by concentrating on themes such as human rights and press
freedom, and on targeting countries that have low ratings in these areas.
But the commission warned RNW to be careful not to spread its resources
too thinly across a large number of languages, target areas and target
groups. The commission says RNW needs to be clearer about how it makes its
strategic choices and chooses its priorities. It noted that RNW was in the
course of transforming itself from a radio station to a multimedial and
cross-medial organisation, and that shortwave is declining in importance
as a delivery platform.
Closer analysis of the effectiveness of RNW programmes carried by
approximately 3300 partner stations around the world was one of the
commission's recommendations. It recognised that carrying out detailed
listener surveys in all RNW's target areas is not practical as such
surveys would consume a disproportionate percentage of the organisation's
budget. But it says RNW needs to be clearer and more transparent about the
criteria that lead to decisions on the optimal distribution mix for each
target group.
RNW Director-General Jan Hoek is pleased with the generally positive
assessment, and especially welcomes the commission's suggestion that the
domestic broadcasters should make better use of RNW's international
expertise.
Mr Hoek said that RNW recognises that shortwave is less important overall
than it once was, but stressed that RNW intends to retain a shortwave
presence, which can be increased in emergency situations, and furthermore
shortwave is still needed to broadcast to target areas identified as being
of high importance [for English this means specifically Africa and South
Asia] where there are currently no better distribution platforms.
If you understand Dutch, you can access the full 116-page report online at
<http://sites.rnw.nl/overrnw/visitatierapport_rnw.pdf>
(Andy Sennitt-HOL, RNW MN Sept 10 via dxld)
3 comments so far 1 Mark September 10th, 2009 - 13:14 UTC If RNW targets
countries which lack human rights and press freedom, is the Internet
really a wise choice? After all, web usage is traceable. Has the
commission discussed this issue?
2 Andy Sennitt September 10th, 2009 - 13:21 UTC Generally speaking, we are
using the Internet to serve people in countries which do not have press
freedom issues. For those countries that do, we continue to use shortwave,
as pointed out by Mr Hoek. Chinese is an exception, but we are
specifically targeting Chinese-speaking people living outside China
itself. The commission's report is very detailed (116 pages). It's in
Dutch, but if you can understand it you'll find it at
<http://sites.rnw.nl/overrnw/visitatierapport_rnw.pdf>
3 Roy Sandgren September 10th, 2009 - 16:18 UTC Still multi band radio
receivers are selling great all over the world. The only way of getting
news is the small portible receivers of all broadcasting bands. More than
1 millions are selling every day.
(Media Network blog comments via dxld Sept 14)
NEW ZEALAND A-09 schedule of Radio New Zealand Internat. from Sept 8
1200-1550 no DRM service
1259-1550 6170 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
1551-1850 7285 RAN 050 kW 035 deg AM NE Pac, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Isl
1551-1850 6170 RAN 025 kW 035 deg DRM Cook Islands, Niue, Fiji, Samoa
1851-1950 9615 RAN 050 kW 035 deg AM NE Pac,Fiji, Samoa, Cook Isl
1851-1935 9890 RAN 025 kW 035 deg DRM Niue, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Isls
1936-1950 9890 RAN 025 kW 035 deg DRM Tonga
1951-2050 11725 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
1951-2050 11675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Solomon Isls Niue, Fiji,Samoa,Fiji
2051-2235 15720 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
2051-2235 13730 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Vanuatu, Fiji
2236-0458 15720 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
2236-0458 13730 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM All Pacific
0459-0658 11725 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
0459-0658 11675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM All Pacific
0659-1058 6170 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
0659-1158 7285 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM All Pacific
1059-1258 9655 RAN 050 kW 325 deg AM NWPac,Bougainville,PNG,Timor,Asia
(NZL DX Times magazine Sept 14) New 11675 service.
PALAU 11685 kHz Democratic Voice of Burma, at 1300 UT.
T8WH relay at Koror-PLW. WRTH 2009 page 496: ID "Democratic Myanmar a-
Than"
Moin, moin - kann einer unserer fliessend Shan, Karen oder Kachin
Sprechenden mir mal verklickern, was ich denn bei einer Ansage o.g.
Station hoeren muesste, also wie die ID lautet? SIO zwar 343-4, aber die
ID haette ich doch ganz gerne.
(Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX Sept 17)
PNG QSL of PNG station list by Roland Schulze Stuttgart-Germany in the
past.
heard QSL
2340 R West New Britain 16 Jan 82 19 Jul 82
2376 R Chimby (new Simbu) 01 Jan 82 13 Apr 82
2410 R Enga 25 May 86 03 Jul 86
2450 R Western Highlands 01 Jan 82 05 Aug 82
2468 R Popendetta(Northern) 01 Jan 82 12 May 82
3205 R West Sepik 29 Dec 81 23 Jul 82
3245 R Gulf 17 Feb 88 08 Mar 88
3260 R Madang 23 Jan 82 10 Apr 82
3275 R Southern Highlands 23 Dec 81 13 Mar 82
3290 R Central 16 Jan 77 09 Feb 77
3305 R Western 23 May 86 21 Jul 86
3322.5R North Solomon 29 Dec 81 06 Feb 82
3335 R East Sepik 26 Jan 77 01 Mar 77
3355 R Simbu (ex R Chimby) 13 Apr 88 30 Jul 88
3360 R Milne Bay 11 May 86 01 Mar 88!
3375 R Western Highlands 08 May 86 10 Jun 86
3385 R East New Britain 24 May 86 27 Jun 86
3395 R Eastern Highlands 26 May 86 03 Jul 86
3905 R New Ireland 18 Jan 82 30 Mar 82
3905 R Manus 26 Sep 77 24 Aug 78
3925 NBC Port Moresby 30 Jul 77 17 Aug 77
4890 NBC Port Moresby 3 QSL's (76, 76, 78)
3220 R Morobo, Lae - never tried.
3850 R Independent Mekamui, clandestine station, noted in July 17+18,
August 20+26+30, 2002, and QSL'ed via Sam Voron VK2BVS. See reprint in
dswci SWN #5, July 2009, page27.
(Roland Schulze-D, Sept 16)
PNG I heard stations on the following frequencies in the period 1000-
1300 UTC.
3205 kHz (irregular, not daily), 3220 kHz, 3260 kHz, 3275 kHz, 3290 kHz
(irregular, not daily), 3315 kHz, 3325 kHz (irregular, not daily), 3335
kHz, 3345 kHz (irregular, not daily), 3365 kHz, 3385 kHz and 3905 kHz
(irregular, not daily).
Radio Central on 3290 kHz (when it is there) seems to stop modulating
abruptly at any time, but the carrier can stay on for hours unmodulated.
I didn't hear the Catholic Radio Network on 4960 kHz or Radio Wantok Light
on 7325 kHz, a frequency now usually occupied by strong international
broadcasters.
While I was in Port Douglas-QL-AUS, I briefly listened to PNG stations in
the local morning, after I woke up, which was around 0600 to 0700 am local
time, 2000-2100 UTC. As it was already local daylight, conditions were
deteriorating rapidly.
So I heard these frequencies, which is only a brief snapshot.
3205, 3260, 3275, 3325 R Buka, 3335, and 3345 kHz R Northern Popondetta.
(Barry Hartley-AUS Sony ICF SW7600W, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 18)
PHILIPPINES 6170.4v PBS Radyo Magasin DZRM Quezon City, 0800-1300 UT.
The biggest surprise was hearing what was causing a heterodyne of about
400 Hz on RNZI, 6170 kHz from about 0900 UTC.
When RNZI closed at 1058, I heard music until 1100 UTC and the canned
announcement: "PBS, Philippines Broadcasting Service", D(call sign I
missed) and then speech in Tagalog and music that seemed to last some
days until after 1200 UTC. Best on 13 Sept.
By then, BBC and Voice of Vietnam on 6165 kHz and Suara Malaysia on 6175
kHz were overpowering PBS, so I couldn't tell if or when PBS closed.
After 1200 UTC, Asian medium wave stations begin to dominate the dial in
Northern Queensland. The two strongest seemed to be CNR 6 transmitters on
909 and 1089 kHz which were powerhouses.
(Barry Hartley-AUS Sony ICF SW7600W, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 18)
PORTUGAL 11850 RDP Lisbon via Sines relay site. Mon-Fri only, 0645-0800
UT, noted with powerhouse S=9+40dB signal at 0740 UT Sept 17. \\ 7240 kHz
from RDP site which is 2 seconds ahead of Sines signal.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17)
RUSSIA Re Zarya antenna. [c.f. TopNews #929] Just saw the discussion
quoted here, thus my comments at this place:
As already explained are references to "sunrise" antennas just a verbatim
translation of the Russian word zarya. The antennas are called such by
RTRS engineers themselves, so this is not just some dubbing from abroad
but indeed a valid term. See this gallery, including three photos of the
Zarya system at Krasny Bor:
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/materials.asp?view=6113>
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/data/foto_17c_rc11_x.jpg>
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/data/foto_17_rc11_8.jpg>
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/data/foto_17b_rc11_x.jpg>
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/data/foto_21_rc11_12.jpg>
Some other materials of interest:
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/info.asp>
Photo at bottom Russian PSV-10 transmitters for DW on 1188 kHz and BBC on
1260 kHz. Second from bottom Nautel XL-12 transmitter for Radio Mariya on
1053 kHz, for which a Tesla SRV-10 is the aux. Above Olgino site with FM
equipment and DSV-150 transmitter for 198 kHz.
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/info.asp?view=1548#>
Sixties and seventies main control room of Leningrad radio house, below 2
x LW/MW transmitters (including PA tube compartment), below SW transmitter
hall in the eighties. Eighties the two photos in a row show the LW/MW
transmitter hall and one of the SV 4+4 antennas at Bolshakovo in 2007.
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11797>
Antenna maintenance at Krasny Bor.
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/projects.asp?viewae46>
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11973>
Radio Teos on 1053 kHz, transmitter in the SW txer hall, antenna mounted
on a tower otherwise carrying shortwave curtains. (Juelich in Germany had
such a nested mediumwave operation, too, for the now defunct Truckradio on
702 kHz.)
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11771>
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11772>
Installation of transmission equipment in Vietnam, including shortwave
facilities and a Kvadrat directional MW antenna.
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11985>
TV equipment in 1963.
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=10320>
Olgino 873 kHz had been switched back from Vesti FM to Radio Rossii on Nov
12 2008 at 17:00 local time.
And a frequency change: Voice of Russian in Russian to Latin America 2300-
0300 UT moved from 7225 to 7330 kHz, effective Sept 6.
<http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=11974>
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Sept 14)
SLOVAKIA 15650 Miraya FM, at *1500-1530 UT on Sep 13, man with news in
English with multiple ID at 1510 UT followed by news headlines. After
another ID into Arabic program with opening ID followed by news. Fair with
some deep fades.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
SWAZILAND 4775 Trans World Radio _ Manzini, at 0452-0511 UT on Sep 10,
man announcer preaching in English language followed by choir vocals at
0455 UT as program ended. Easy listening music until station ID by a man
at 0459 UT. Choir vocals at 0500 UT. Fair.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
SWITZERLAND Some pictures at
<http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics/broadcast/beromuenster.html>
<http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics/broadcast/sottens.html>
<http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics/broadcast/prangins.html>
<http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics/broadcast/saviese.html>
<http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics/broadcast/ceneri.html>
<http://www.biennophone.ch/MW-Sender.htm>
<http://www.biennophone.ch/MW-Sender.htm#Beromuenster>
<http://www.biennophone.ch/MW-Sender.htm#Sottens>
<http://www.biennophone.ch/MW-Sender.htm#Saviese>
<http://www.biennophone.ch/MW-Sender.htm#Monte Ceneri-Cima>
TAIWAN 9280 Family Radio, in Chinese, Sept 13, at 1545 UTC, with YL
reading text over soft music, and (presumed) address. Very good. 45333
(Pedro Turner-POR CT2KET, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)
UK [non] English football in Chinese I can receive it well, on 12180
kHz at 1355 UT in Chinese. Not received on 13860 kHz. Manchester City v.s.
Arsenal??
On Sept 13. Started at 1055 UT on 12180 kHz of the same frequency
yesterday. Birmingham vs. Aston Villa?? I cannot receive it on 13860 kHz.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN NDXC, dxld Sept 12/13)
12180 at 1210 UT S=9+10dB in Germany. 13860 different DWL Sines in French
also S=9+10dB, but not Football in Mandarin.
(wb, dxld Sept 12)
IMG English Football to China. IMG is <http://www.imgworld.com>
The world's largest sports rights and distribution company. All future
matches will be on Tashkent 7485 kHz and here is the schedule in UT.
Saturday September 19th Arsenal v Wigan 1355 to 1600
Sunday September 20th Manchester Utd v Manchester City 1225 to 1430
Saturday September 26th Wigan v Chelsea 1355 to 1600
Sunday September 27th Sunderland v Wolves 1455 to 1700
Saturday October 3rd Manchester Utd v Sunderland 1625 to 1830
Sunday October 4th Chelsea v Liverpool 1455 to 1700
Saturday October 17th Aston Villa v Chelsea 1140 to 1345
Sunday October 18th Wigan v Manchester City 1455 to 1700
Saturday October 24th Spurs v Stoke 1355 to 1600
Sunday October 25th Liverpool v Manchester Utd 1455 to 1700
(WRN Sept 14, dxld)
UK A recent BBC1 One Show report about the Skelton transmitting station
and wartime radio is now on YouTube:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yu8DDBq3ws>
Comments from Russell Barnes:
<http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?p=271841>
(Mike Barraclough-UK, BrDXC-UK Sept 18)
USA 11715 KJES, at 1553-1600* UT on Sep 12, 20 repetitious chanting in
Spanish followed by a woman with ID at 1600 UT in Spanish just before
carrier was terminated. Good signal.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
15419.906 WBCQ USB mode, En, SIO 253 um 1940 UT ... Mitte Juli empfahl
ich noch, den im unteren Seitenband zu hoeren, um den Stoerungen zu
entgehen. Nun hat WBCQ auch auf dieser Frequenz auf USB mit Traeger
umgestellt.
(Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX Sept 17)
VIETNAM VOV-1 East sea service new freq on 9635 kHz.
I received VOV -1 on new frequency of 9635 kHz at +0730-1400 UT, co-
channel by BBC Rusian. \\ 7435 kHz (1200v* UT), 9530 kHz. On 7435 kHz seem
to service in the daytime (local time) now, investigating a schedule now.
9635 kHz s.on at 2145 UT on Sept 15, and \\ 9530 2200-2300 UT.
<http://www.mediacat-blog.jp/usr/hiroshi/9635_0915_2200.gif>
The new freq. schedule of VOV-1.
9635 *2145-1500*
7435 *2250-1200*
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, dxld Sept 16)
Current schedule of VOV-1
5975 2145-1700 UT
7210 2145-1700
9530 2145-1700
*7435 2250-1200
*9635 2145-1500
* two frequencies on 7435 and 9635 kHz that began newly is regarded as
East Sea Broadcasting Service.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, dxld Sept 17)
ZAMBIA 4965 CVC Christian Vision, at 0256-0405 UT on Sep 12, Christian
pop music to 0300 UT ID followed by English religious program. Another ID
at 0400 UT followed by news. Poor with noisy conditions.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Sept 13)
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DRM Schedule of DRM broadcasts short waves. Part two of two:
1000-1400 9545 MOS 040 kW 300 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1059-1158 7285 RAN 050 kW 325 deg to Pac RNZI English
1100-1200 9760 WOF 060 kW 102 deg to WeEu NHK English/Russian Fri
1100-1200 12080 BRN 005 kW 080 deg to Pac Radio Australia English
1100-1200 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Thu
1200-1300 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Fri
1200-1300 9445 IRK 015 kW 234 deg to IND VOR Russian
1200-1300 9730 KLG 015 kW 220 deg to WeEu VOR Russian
1200-1400 5995 BRN 005 kW 010 deg to PNG Radio Australia English
1300-1327 9850 WOF 060 kW 102 deg to WeEu Radio Prague German Fri/Sat
1300-1400 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Sat
1300-1400 9445 IRK 015 kW 234 deg to IND VOR Hindi
1300-1400 9750 MSK 035 kW 265 deg to WeEu VOR Russian
1330-1357 9850 WOF 060 kW 102 deg to WeEu Radio Prague English Fri/Sat
1400-1430 7320 SMG 125 kW 350 deg to WeEu Vatican Radio German/Polish
1400-1430 9660 WOF 060 kW 102 deg to WeEu RNZI English Sat
1400-1500 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music Sun
1400-1500 9445 IRK 015 kW 234 deg to IND VOR English
1400-1500 9750 MSK 035 kW 265 deg to WeEu VOR English
1400-1600 15640 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1400-1700 5790 WOF 100 kW 114 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1430-1500 9660 WOF 060 kW 102 deg to WeEu RNZI English Fri
1500-1600 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEu TDP Radio Dance Music
1500-1600 9445 IRK 015 kW 234 deg to IND VOR Hindi
1500-1600 9750 MSK 035 kW 265 deg to WeEu VOR German
1500-1700 11705 QUI 005 kW 131 deg to BRA HCJB Portuguese
1505-1705 9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NoAm RCI English
1530-1600 9400 SOF 020 kW 030 deg to RUS Radio Bulgaria Russian
1551-1750 6170 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to Pac RNZI English
1600-1700 7460 KVI 035 kW 160 deg to CeEu RRI German
1600-1700 11810 SIN 090 kW 035 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1600-1700 9880 KLG 015 kW 220 deg to WeEu VOR French
1600-1800 9810 MSK 035 kW 265 deg to WeEu VOR German
1615-1630 6095 JUN 050 kW 060 deg to WeEu MW Heukelbach German
1630-1700 9400 SOF 020 kW 306 deg to WeEu Radio Bulgaria German
1630-1700 6095 JUN 050 kW 060 deg to WeEu Radio Freundesdienst German
1700-1730 9400 SOF 020 kW 306 deg to WeEu Radio Bulgaria French
1700-1730 7460 KVI 035 kW 160 deg to NoEu RRI English
1700-1800 7265 WER 040 kW 300 deg to NoEu Polish Radio English
1700-1800 9535 TIG 090 kW 307 deg to WeEu RRI English
1700-1800 9880 KLG 015 kW 220 deg to WeEu VOR Italian
1700-1900 9960 KVI 040 kW 190 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1700-1900 5790 SKN 100 kW 105 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1705-1905 9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NoAm RCI French
1730-1800 9400 SOF 020 kW 306 deg to WeEu Radio Bulgaria English
1745-2230 9950 DEL 050 kW 312 deg to WeEu AIR various
1751-1850 7285 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to Pac RNZI English
1800-1900 9775 TIG 090 kW 307 deg to WeEu RRI German
1800-2000 17640 SGO 015 kW 045 deg to BRA CVC Portuguese Sun-Thu
1800-2100 9880 KLG 015 kW 220 deg to WeEu VOR French
1851-1950 9890 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to Pac RNZI English
1900-2100 5875 KVI 040 kW 190 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1900-2100 3995 SKN 100 kW 120 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
1930-2000 6030 WER 040 kW non-dir to CeEu Polish Radio German
1945-2030 9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NoAm Vatican Radio English
1951-2050 9890 RAN 050 kW 035 deg to Pac RNZI English
2000-2100 15280 QUI 005 kW 325 deg to WeEu HCJB Spanish
2051-2235 15720 RAN 050 kW 325 deg to Pac RNZI English
2100-2200 9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NoAm RCI English
2100-2200 3995 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu BBC/DW various
2100-2200 5790 SKN 100 kW 105 deg to WeEu BBC/DW English
2100-2200 15280 QUI 005 kW 325 deg to WeEu HCJB German
2200-0300 11675 KBD 120 kW 350 deg to NoAm Radio Kuwait Arabic
2200-2000 3965 ISS 001 kW 065 deg to FRA RFI French
2236-0458 13730 RAN 050 kW 000 deg to Pac RNZI English
2300-2345 9755 SMG 125 kW 300 deg to NoAm Vatican Radio English
2300-2400 9790 SAC 070 kW 227 deg to NoAm TDP Radio Dance Music
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9535-9540-9545, unexpected strong DRM signal when little
else was propagating on 31m, Sept 14 at 0510; in fact by the meter it was
stronger than the best AM signal, 9630 REE Costa Rica. I made quite sure
of the center frequency 9540, and there is nothing on the DRM DX schedule
<http://www.drm-dx.de/> to account for this! There are some entries on
9535, 9545 at other times.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Sept 15)
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Anker Petersen, Chairman of Danish Shortwave Clubs International, in
Shortwave News - February 2009: "2009 Shortwave Frequency Guide ... the
current schedule and language is available at each frequency in time
order. - 2009 Super Frequency List on CD: This modern tool is very easy to
use on a PC using Microsoft Windows and has excellent search functions for
specific frequencies, countries, stations, languages, call signs and times
- or any combination thereof!"
Harald Kuhl, Buchbesprechungen editor of Radio-Kurier Weltweit Hoeren,
Germany - January 2009: "2009/2010 Guide to Utility Radio Stations ... Der
Autor hat sich schon frueh mit der systematischen Beobachtung digitaler
Uebertragungsverfahren im Kurzwellenbereich befasst und ist auf diesem
Gebiet ein weltweit bei Amateuren sowie Profis anerkannter Spezialist.
Bildschirmfotos dekodierter Funksprueche aus aller Welt erlauben einen
Blick in die sonst oft verschlossene Welt der professionellen Funkdienste
auf Kurzwelle."
Nils Schiffhauer DK8OK, Radio Editor, Germany, in Radio-Kurier Weltweit
Hoeren - January 2009: "WAVECOM W-CODE ... Die Top-Loesung. Der Code-
Knacker der Profis. Besonders spannend sind die phasenmodulierten Signale,
hier wiederum das aus der Militaertechnik uebernommene Software-Konzept
der STANAG-Modems mit ihren Varianten, die viele primaer auf den
Hobbymarkt fokussierenden Dekoder vor unloesbare Aufgaben stellen.
Wo die Faehigkeiten dieser Dekoder wegfaden, uebernimmt WAVECOM: die
Kombination Perseus/WAVECOM bringt dem Ohr unhoerbare STANAG-Signale
selbst noch aus Neukaledonien auf den Bildschirm. Die Zusammenarbeit mit
einem Software-Defined Radio wie dem PERSEUS ist besonders instruktiv und
wegen der digitalen Weitergabe ohne mehrfache Konvertierung hocheffizient.
W-CODE erweitert Ohren und Augen des Kurzwellenhoerers um absolut
professionelle Dekodier- und Analyseinstrumente und damit durch viele neue
faszinierende Empfaenge. Die Software definiert die oberste
Leistungsklasse."
Best wishes, Joerg Klingenfuss
Klingenfuss Publications - Klingenfuss Radio Monitoring
Hagenloher Str. 14, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany
Phone +49 7071 62830 Fax +49 7071 600849
<www.klingenfuss.org> <info @ klingenfuss.org>
(Sept 19)
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NASB SPONSORS HFCC/ASBU B09 CONFERENCE IN PUNTA CANA
The High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC), held in conjunction
with the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), took place at the Dreams
Punta Cana Resort in Punta Cana, on the east coast of the Dominican
Republic, from August 17 to 22. Just over 100 delegates attended from
nearly 40 countries, plus about 28 family members and about a dozen
Dominican broadcasters from local and national radio stations.
It was hoped that the participation would be about percent more, but the
world economic crisis has greatly affected many shortwave station budgets,
so some stations were unable to send representatives, and others were
forced to send fewer representatives than they normally send.
Nevertheless, the overall turnout was considered a success given the
current economic conditions. There were large delegations from China,
Russia, Iran, the FCC and the IBB in the United States, and VT
Communications from the UK, among others.
The NASB was the organizer and main sponsor of the conference, with the
government regulatory entity Dominican Telecommunications Institute
(INDOTEL) as co-sponsor. NASB associate members International Broadcasting
Bureau (IBB) and Continental Electronics sponsored the conference's coffee
breaks during the week. Thomson Radio Broadcast sponsored the closing
reception, and VT Communications provided the conference name tags. Both
Thomson and VT Communications are also NASB associate members.
NASB President Jeff White was the conference chairman. He was assisted by
a staff including his wife Thais (NASB Assistant Secretary-Treasurer),
Johanna Silva (who also worked on our NASB HFCC Conference Committee in
Mexico City in 05), Adriana Brito (who is from Venezuela but is the
granddaughter of famous Dominican baritone singer Eduardo Brito, for whom
the National Theater is named in Santo Domingo), Pedro Estrella of Radio
Discovery in Santo Domingo, and WRMI studio operator Javier Garcia from
Miami.
The NASB sent WRMI's chief engineer Jose Raul Mena from Miami to Punta
Cana for nearly a week before the conference began in order to help set up
the Internet connections and other technical arrangements for the meeting
together with the HFCC's technical guru Vladislav Cip, who manages all of
the data processing for the conference, producing the collision lists,
etc. After most of the delegates end their coordination work each day at
around 5:00 pm, you can still find Vladislav working in his data
processing cubicle until nearly midnight, or sometimes even later.
Well-known Dominican broadcaster Rodolfo Espinal _ who originally
suggested having an HFCC in Punta Cana _ assisted the NASB conference
committee and worked as a liaison between the NASB and INDOTEL, the
Dominican Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Tourism. NASB Board members
Brady Murray and Glen Tapley; George Ross of member station KTWR in Guam;
Jerry Plummer of member station WWCR in Nashville; and Terry Borders of
member station WEWN were also present and were part of the FCC delegation
headed by Tom Lucey. Other members of the U.S. delegation included Dave
Hultsman of Continental Electronics; John White of Thomson Radio
Broadcast; and Russ Erickson and Duane Williams of the IBB, as well as
Arto Mujunen of the IBB's Helsinki office.
The speakers at the opening session of the HFCC/ASBU Conference included
Jeff White, President of the NASB; Rodolfo Espinal, who delivered a
message from the President of INDOTEL; Dr. Virgilio Cedano, the Dominican
Republic's Vice-Minister of Tourism in charge of the Eastern Region, which
includes Punta Cana and is the most rapidly-growing tourist area in the
country; and HFCC Chairman Oldrich Cip.
The conference delegates spent five days coordinating their frequency
schedules for the B09 season, which begins in October of this year and
goes until March of 10. The usual negotiations took place between the
various country delegations to try to reduce interference from one station
to another.
There was some discussion about the future of shortwave on a worldwide
scale. James Serpell of Christian Vision announced that CVI has decided to
cease operations at its Julich, Germany transmitter site at the end of the
A09 season. He cited as reasons for the closure financial considerations
and "the changing patterns of how people are using media."
HFCC Chairman Oldrich Cip noted that although many large international
broadcasters have reduced or eliminated their shortwave broadcasts due to
budget cuts and in favor of new media such as the Internet, the shortwave
bands are still crowded, and there is no danger of shortwave broadcasts
disappearing in the near future. So worldwide frequency coordination is
still very much needed.
At the Plenary Session on Friday morning, it was announced that the
deadline for the collections of B09 season operation data is October 5,
and that the tentative location for the A10 HFCC/ASBU conference is Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia at the beginning of February 10. Jakarta, Indonesia was
the other possibility for the B10 conference, but some people were
concerned about safety in the wake of the recent bombings of two tourist
hotels in Jakarta. So far, there are no volunteers to host the B10
Conference in August of next year.
Also at the Plenary, the Group of Experts mentioned that a layman's guide
to the new HFCC collision lists would be available on the HFCC website
within the coming weeks. There was some discussion about the advisability
of including schedule information from non-members in the HFCC/ASBU
frequency lists. Some of these schedules include a lot of "wood" (i.e.
listings for transmissions that are not actually on the air), and there
was concern that these stations would be getting a "free ride" from the
HFCC since they would be getting their schedules included in the
coordinated lists, but they are not paying membership fees to the HFCC.
As non-members, they would not take part in the coordination conferences,
so there would be no way to negotiate with them at the conferences
regarding any collisions that they might be causing or involved in. In
effect, they would be notifying everyone else that they plan to use
certain frequencies at certain times, and it would be up to the HFCC/ASBU
members to avoid these frequencies at these times, which is not the spirit
of frequency coordination. This situation will continue to be discussed,
but for the moment it was decided that a text list of non-members'
schedule requirements would be distributed to members during the
conferences.
The Group of Experts also mentioned that there is a new HFCC language code
list, and that members should be encouraged to include language
information and the design frequency of their antennas in their
requirements. They also discussed developing a list of specific Internet
requirements for future conferences, in view of certain limitations on the
hotel Internet systems at this and other previous conferences.
Continuing with items discussed at the Plenary, it was reported that an
audit of the HFCC budget by Bernd Friedewald showed that all but one
member had paid their membership fees, and the financial report was
approved by the membership. One new application had been received for
associate membership in the HFCC by the BBC. Oldrich Cip noted that the
BBC had been among the original members of the HFCC in the early 1980's,
but it had been basically replaced in more recent years by VT
Communications, which took over the former BBC shortwave transmitter
sites. Now the HFCC rules permit associate members, and it seemed quite
appropriate that the BBC should become an associate member.
A half-day forum about DRM Digital Radio Mondiale took place on the
afternoon of August 21 , and many Dominican national broadcasters
participated in that event. There were presentations by DRM Consortium
board members Horst Scholz from Deutsche Welle and Ludo Maes of TDP, and
from DRM Commercial Committee Chairman Michel Penneroux from TDF in France
("DRM _ A Strong Reference for Digital Radio in the Dominican Republic").
Speakers also included Geoff Spells of VT Communications ("An overview of
the International Technical and Regulatory Situation") and Antonio Reyes
of Christian Vision in Santiago, Chile ("Experiencia de CVC Chile
Utilizando el Formato DRM en sus Transmisiones de Onda Corta").
Special DRM transmissions were directed to Punta Cana for the event from
Radio Netherlands in Bonaire, CVC in Chile, TDF in French Guiana and Radio
Canada in Sackville, New Brunswick. The new Uniwave consumer DRM receiver
was demonstrated, and all of these special transmissions were picked up,
along with a DRM broadcast from Vatican Radio as well. Well-known
Dominican broadcaster Teo Veras attended the forum, and he expressed the
hope that at least one large Dominican broadcasting organization might
initiate a shortwave service in the foreseeable future. Anyone who would
like a copy of the PowerPoint presentations by Michel Penneroux, Geoff
Spells and Antonio Reyes at the DRM workshop should send an e-mail to Jeff
White at
<radiomiami9 @ cs.com>
and we will be glad to send them to you.
Conference participants also had time to enjoy a bit of the local
atmosphere in Punta Cana, the most popular tourist area of the Dominican
Republic. The conference hotel has one of the longest free- form swimming
pools in the Caribbean, as well as an attractive beach. There were
optional tours on Wednesday to Cap Cana, currently the largest residential
and tourism development in the Caribbean; and Thursday to Punta Cana
Resort, which was the first tourism development in the Punta Cana area in
the 1970's and owner of the Punta Cana International Airport _ the world's
first privately-owned international airport.
At the Punta Cana Resort, the tour passed by the homes of celebrities such
as Oscar de la Renta and Julio Iglesias. At Cap Cana, the group was met
personally by Ellis Perez, Cap Cana's Vice President for Communications
and Public Relations, who was formerly the Dominican Republic's Minister
of Tourism and for many years a broadcaster at Radio Universal, one of the
country's major radio stations.
On Saturday, August 22, there was an optional bus tour to the Dominican
capital city of Santo Domingo. About half of the conference delegates
participated. The tour visited the old colonial zone of Santo Domingo
where the oldest cathedral in the New World is located, the Columbus
Lighthouse where the remains of Christopher Columbus are believed to lie,
and it included lunch in a well-known restaurant that's inside a natural
cave.
The HFCC/ASBU B09 Conference officially ended on Saturday evening back at
the Dreams Punta Cana Resort with a reception and group dinner sponsored
by Thomson Radio Broadcast. The open-air reception was held at the edge of
the beach, and it included a Latin trio playing live music. The dinner was
held in the Bordeaux restaurant with a second- floor view of the beach at
night, and the menu included cream of corn soup, black angus tenderloin
and a chocolate dessert with vanilla ice cream.
(Jeff White-FL-USA WRMI, Sept NASB Newsletter direct and via dxld)
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Einladung !
Der Rhein-Main-Radio-Club laed ein
zum Herbst DX-Camp 28.9. - 4.10.2009 im Naturfreundehaus Langenselbold.
Die ersten Tage wie immer fuer die Freaks zum Hoeren bei Freibier und
gutem Rotwein.
Fr. und Sa. sind Vortraege vorgesehen mit Bildern von
M. Rippich ueber seine Besuche bei Rundfunkstationen in aller Welt.
R. Kipp ueber das Neueste aus St. Helena.
H.-J. Brustmann (RHCI) ueber "Radiohoeren gestern und heute" und am Sa.
abend wird u.a. der vom RMRC und der ADDX gemeinsam herausgegebene neue
QSL-Kalender 2010 vorgestellt.
Freitag vormittag Besuch der Frankfurter Boerse.
Abends dann wieder das kalte und warme Buffet.
Dazu noch eine technische Sensation:
Wir haben von der Fa. Reuter Elektronik dankenswerterweise ihren neuesten
DSP-High-End Empfaenger RDR54C1 zu Testzwecken zur Verfuegung gestellt
bekommen und sind sehr gespannt, ihn mit dem Perseus und anderen Receivern
vergleichen zu koennen.
Und noch was:
Das DX Camp wird erstmals live im Internet uebertragen. Jeder kann sich
also einkicken (auf unserer Homepage, <www.rmrc.de> RMRC Webcam), am DX-
Camp teilnehmen und live im Chat Fragen stellen und mit den Teilnehmern
Kontakt aufnehmen.
Und als Gast erwarten wir: Udo Deutscher (UKW-TV Arbeitskreis),
moeglichgerweise Herrn Burkhard Reuter (Reuter Elektronik / RDR54C1) u.a.
Eingeladen sind alle DXer und Radiofreaks, vorausgesetzt sie bringen gute
Laune mit.
Anmeldung bitte bei mir direkt oder auf der HP <www.rmrc.de>
Harald Gabler
RMRC Vorstand
<www.rmrc.de>
Rhein-Main-Radio-Club, Frankfurt
(via A-DX Sept 13)
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vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX
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