DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-159, October 26, 2001 edited by Glenn Hauser, wghauser@hotmail.com {Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. For restrixions and searchable 2001, 2000 contents archive see} http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Dxldmid.html Check the WOR websites: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ http://www.worldofradio.com [NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn] WORLD OF RADIO #1102: NEXT BROADCASTS on WWCR: UT Sat 0200 on 3215, UT Sun 0230 on 5070 NEXT BROADCASTS on RFPI: Sat 0730 on 15040; 1330, 1800 and 2400 on 15040, 21815-USB NEXT BROADCASTS on WRN: Sat 0800 to Eu/Af/As/Au; 1500 to NAm (STREAM) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1102.ram (DOWNLOAD) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1102.rm (SUMMARY) http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1102.html WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE October 28, 2001 It always pays to check all RFPI frequencies beyond their scheduled hours. Schedule shown is nominal, but it is not unusual for one transmitter to be down. For latest updates see our Anomaly alert page: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Anomaly.html Days and times here are strictly UT. ===================================================== Thu 0030 WOR WBCQ 7415 [first airing of each edition] Thu 0515 WOR WBCQ 7415 Thu 2128 WOR WWCR 15685 Fri 1030 WOR WWCR 9475 Fri 1900 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Fri 1930 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Fri 2215 MR WWCR 9475 Fri 2330 WOR Studio X, Momigno, Italy 1584 87.35 96.55 105.55 Sat 0100 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sat 0130 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sat 0300 WOR WWCR 3215 Sat 0700 COM RFPI 15040 7445 Sat 0730 WOR RFPI 15040 7445 Sat 0900 WOR WRN1 to Europe, Australia, NZ, WorldSpace AfriStar, AsiaStar Sat 0955 WOR WNQM Nashville TN 1300 Sat 1230 WOR WWCR 5070 [new] Sat 1300 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sat 1330 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sat 1500 WOR WRN to North America, also C-SPAN Audio, WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP Sat 1730 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sat 1800 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sat 1928 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 (week delay) Sat 2330 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sun 0000 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0530 COM RFPI 15040 7445 Sun 0600 WOR RFPI 15040 7445 Sun 0728 WOR WWCR 3210 Sun 1130 COM RFPI 15040 Sun 1200 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Mon 0100 WOR WWCR 3215 Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 (week delay) Mon 0600 WOR WWCR 3210 Tue 1200 WOR WWCR 15685 Tue 1900 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Tue 2000 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Wed 0100 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Wed 0200 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 7445 Wed 0700 WOR RFPI 15040 7445 Wed 0800 COM RFPI 15040 7445 Wed 1300 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Wed 1400 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15040 Internet: see Our Current Audio page for availability: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Webcasts at times shown are available from all stations except WBCQ, WWCR, WNQM, Studio X. http://www.wrn.org/live.html http://www.boinklabs.com/ifpi.html http://www.wpkn.org http://wsui.uiowa.edu COM and MR are produced monthly but broadcast weekly. ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. I hear Commando Solo here fairly well past 0030 UT on 8700-USB; grows faint around 0300 (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Better than usual, less interference, UT Sat Oct 27 at 0042 check with declamatory talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Our local newspaper printed a story today about the Commando Solo mission. This is of local interest since the 193rd flies out of Middletown, our local airport. Kudos to the reporter for mentioning both the frequency and time for the monitoring the relay transmission. Here's the link: http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/10040886535097158.xml (Scott Walker, New Cumberland, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN. Media round-up 26 October 2001 "Old" radio transmitters in Kabul said targeted in US bombing The US reportedly bombed "old" radio transmitters in Kabul on the evening of 25 October, Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel reported. At 0937 gmt on 26 October, Al-Jazeera's Kabul correspondent Taysir Alluni, in a live dispatch, said US forces had targeted old radio transmitters: "The latest news is that the US aircraft continued to bomb Kabul until less than an hour ago. A giant plane, we believe it to be a B- 52, threw several bombs on the Afghan capital one of which hit the warehouse of the International Red Cross. Before that, we were on a tour in the Afghan capital. The US bombing focused on old radio transmitters all through the night. They fired three missiles at them, one or two of which are believed to be cruise missiles that came from outside of Afghanistan. In addition, we visited a village and we saw for ourselves one of the destroyed homes where around eight people died and eight others were wounded and taken to hospitals." The correspondent had earlier reported at 0813 gmt on 26 October: "The bombing was accompanied by what we believe are cruise missiles that targeted areas outside Kabul, and also parts inside Kabul. One residential area, (?Makruryan), was attacked again. The part of the neighbourhood where some old radio transmitters are located was attacked this time. These transmitters have not been in use for more than 10 years. However, these were hit by what is believed to be cruise missiles, which inflicted heavy damage on the nearby buildings. Some houses were destroyed and Al-Jazeera took pictures of two girls that were killed, as well as a man who apparently was killed while going to work..." [At 0910 gmt on 26 October, Reuters reported from Kabul that the Radio Voice of Shari'ah's newly installed mobile radio transmitter with one-kilowatt capacity was destroyed by US bombing on 25 October. Two days earlier, Reuters said the Radio Voice of Shari'ah had resumed broadcasting via a mobile transmitter. The agency quoted "an Information Ministry official" it identified only as Nasiri as saying on the 24th that the Voice of Shari'ah had resumed broadcasts "via a mobile transmitter with a one-kilowatt capacity after its main transmitter in the eastern outskirts of Kabul was destroyed by bombs". "You can only hear it in Kabul and its programmes are for one hour in the afternoon. The programmes consist of religious hymns and news," Reuters quoted Nasiri as saying. The agency added no further details.] Kabul radio still unheard by BBC Monitoring... At 0130 gmt 26 October, Radio Voice of Shari'ah from Kabul in Pashto and Dari was inaudible on the usual 657, 1107, 7080 kHz frequencies for the whole duration of the news. It was impossible to ascertain whether the bulletin was actually broadcast. Balkh radio still heard by BBC Monitoring Radio Voice of Shari'ah of Balkh Province - the Taleban-controlled provincial radio station based in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif - signed on as scheduled at 0430 gmt on Friday 26 October for its afternoon transmission; however, reception deteriorated and was inaudible by 0630 gmt. Balkh radio was again heard signing on as scheduled at 1230 gmt. Balkh radio broadcast the following items in Pashto/Dari from 0430- 0630 gmt on 26 October: - Recitation and interpretation of verse from Koran, sermons, a religious quiz and singing. - 0500 gmt news in Pashto: The Taleban foiled an opposition offensive in Gospandi District of Sar-e Pol Province [located next to Balkh Province]. (Reception poor) The coordinator of the northern zone and the governor of Balkh Province received the chairman of Samangan's Province ulema council for a meeting yesterday. The chairman of the ulema council of the northern zone and the head of the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of Balkh Province held a meeting in a mosque in Balkh Province. The head of the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice chaired a meeting of imams of mosques. Various meetings of administrative and university officials. Danish group plans new radio station broadcasting to Afghanistan Glenn Hauser's DX Listening Digest e-mail newsletter on 25 October reported that a Danish group is planning to set up a new radio station broadcasting from Pakistan to Afghanistan from December. Following is text of the report by Stig Hartvig Nielsen from Denmark: [as in DXLD 1-158] US PsyOps broadcasts to Afghanistan continue Information Radio was again observed by BBC Monitoring broadcasting in Pashto and Dari on 8700 kHz from 0030 - 0219 gmt when the broadcast abruptly ceased. During a US Department of Defence press briefing on Thursday 25 October, Gen Richard B. Myers, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US was continuing PsyOps broadcasts to Afghanistan via Commando Solo aircraft. Myers said: "...Our campaign against terrorism continues. Much of yesterday's [Wednesday 24 October] efforts were again geared toward degrading Taleban forces arrayed against opposition forces... We also flew Commando Solo broadcast missions yesterday and conducted several leaflet drops as well. Principally, these were in the north and northeast regions of Afghanistan..." Interview with US PsyOps radio PR officer Lt Ed Shank, public affairs officer of the US 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), gave an interview to a DX journal on the frequencies used for US PsyOps broadcasts to Afghanistan. Commando Solo, the US Air Force's only airborne radio and TV broadcast mission, is assigned to the 193d SOW, the only Air National Guard unit assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command. The 193d operates its psychological operations mission from its base in Harrisburg International Airport, Pennsylvania. Following is text of the interview conducted by Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX Special on 24 October; published in Glenn Hauser's DX Listening Digest e-mail newsletter on 25 October: [as in DXLD 1-158] Compiled by Foreign Media Unit, BBC Monitoring Telephone +44 118 948 6261 e-mail: fmu@mon.bbc.co.uk Source: BBC Monitoring research, 26 Oct 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) Nice of them to quote us, but why not also CRW`s Turkmenistan theory/scoop? (gh, DXLD) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Once again, Friedman is on top of the situation. (Tom McNiff, VA, DX LISTENING DIGEST): October 26, 2001 FOREIGN AFFAIRS We Are All Alone, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN So let me see if I've got this all straight now: Pakistan will allow us to use its bases Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays — provided we bomb only Taliban whose names begin with Omar and who don't have cousins in the Pakistani secret service. India is with us on Tuesdays and Fridays, provided it can shell Pakistani forces around Kashmir all other days. Egypt is with us on Sundays, provided we don't tell anyone and provided we never mention that we give the Egyptians $2 billion a year in aid. Yasir Arafat is with us only after 10 p.m. on weekdays, when Palestinians who have been dancing in the streets over the World Trade Center attack have gone to bed. The Northern Alliance is with us, provided we buy all its troops new sandals and give U.S. passports to the first 1,000 to reach Kabul... http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/opinion/26FRIE.html?ex=1005106515&ei=1&en=68bafb69da65ee72 (via McNiff, DXLD) ** ALASKA. To whom it may concern, For a number of days now I have been monitoring a strange signal on 5.8 MHz. I note that your spectrum monitor chart shows it clearly, as well as a number of other intermittent signals in the HF spectrum. Can you tell me if this signal is an ionosonde or other HAARP signal? And if so, are you willing to provide me with any technical details about this experiment? I am a radio amateur who is interested in unusual HF signals, and I am in contact with a large number of like-minded individuals worldwide. If you are interested, I can probably arrange for you to receive reception reports. The signal has been quite strong in western North America and around the Pacific Rim, but monitors in Europe have had little success receiving it. Thank you very much in advance for your consideration (Dave McAllister, VE7HUN Squamish, BC, Canada, Spooks list via Liz Cameron, via MARE Oct 25 via DXLD) (Mystery solved) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:13:14 -0700 Hi all, Here's my email to the HAARP folks from last night, and their response. More later, but I guess this should be my last post to Spooks on this topic as it doesn't appear to have anything to do with spies. Sure was fun 'investigating' this. What a great hobby. Dave From: webmaster webmaster@haarp.alaska.edu Subject: Re: Signal on 5.8 MHz Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 07:29:05 -0400 Dave, Thanks for your inquiry. There is a current research effort underway at the HAARP Observatory and 5.8 MHz is one of the frequencies being used by the HF transmitter. The research campaign, which is scheduled to end after today, is studying propagation of ELF signals in the magnetosphere, the region above the ionosphere. You are probably hearing the modulation on the 5.8 MHz carrier signal. These tones are converted into independent ELF signals at the same frequency (approximately 1 - 3 kHz). Although the primary purpose of the test is study of ELF propagation mechanisms, we are certainly interested in any technical details you can provide on the HF signal. Also, we would be happy to send you a QSL card to confirm your reception report if you like. I assume we can find your address in the callbook. Best wishes, (Webmaster, ibid.) ** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, English to NAm on 6115 and 7160 was missing a few days at 0145 and 0230; it returned UT Sat Oct 20 (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. RA Previews: UT Friday 2105: Feedback* - listener letters, features and news about RA. This week, the second part of the World Radio network story. WRN's Managing Director Karl Miosga and Director of Development Jeff Cohen pick up the story by describing the network's ongoing evolution. Having begun its service in English it then added French and German and is about to add a Russian stream to its distribution network. It's legally a broadcaster but provides its many partner stations with a world wide distribution network and a ready audience (via John Figliozzi, swprograms via DXLD) Repeats UT Sat 0005, 0605, Sun 0305 (gh) Feedback began with some RA programming changes due to DST starting in Vic UT Oct 28 at 1600: Australia All Over expands from two hours to three, UT Sat 1900-2200, instead of 2000-2200. Grandstand, covering silly ballgames, starting Sunday, airs both Sat and Sun 0110-0700 [on certain frequencies only]. A new daily commentary called Perspective appears M-F 0854 (Roger Broadbent, RA Feedback Oct 27, notes by gh for DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Austria International (ROI) has meanwhile the B01 schedule on its website. Shortwave: 0000-0100 13730 Latin America 0100-0200 9870 Latin America 0200-0300 7325 Eastern North America 0500-1800 13730 Europe, North Africa 0500-2300 6155 Europe, North Africa 0600-0700 17870 Middle East 1300-1400 17855 Asia and Australia 1600-1700 17865 Western North America [Sackville of course] 1800-2300 5945 Europe, North Africa (So they added a transmission towards the Middle East again but Africa remains "dark". 1100-1200 17815 and 1500-1600 17640 from an already distributed technical schedule do not appear on this list, so certainly are in fact outlets of Adventist World Radio or Merlin brokerage for some other broadcaster. -KL) ROI on mediumwave 1476: Daily 2100-2208, also Fridays 1830-1900, Saturdays 1600-1700 and 1730-1900, Sundays 1500-1600. Astra satellite: In the proprietary "Astra Digital Radio" - ADR - mode on 11.141 h, subcarrier 8.10 MHz, in DVB mode within the ORF bouquet on 12.692 h, symbol rate 22000, FEC 5/6, audio PID 173, both outlets labelled "ROI Wien". (Not mentioned is the second stream within the DVB bouquet, labelled as "ROI SAC", 1600-1700 containing the Sackville feed, otherwise paralleling "ROI Wien". I think there was recently some statements about the future of the ADR outlet but unfortunately I cannot remember the details. -KL] Programming notes: "Intermedia" Fri 1803, Sat 0303 (Astra only) and 2003, Sun 1730, "DX-Telegramm" Fri 1755, Sat 1755, Sun 1755. It resulted in quite much attention here in Germany when it was announced that ROI will also broadcast stuff from the ORF networks Ö3 and FM4, a circumstance which I think is of some interest when discussing international radio and its programming in general. In detail ROI will relay the Ö3 morning show "Ö3 Wecker" daily 0505- 0600. Following FM4 programmes will be relayed: Mondays "Salon Helga", Wednesdays "Lunapark", Fridays "Projekt X", each 2308-2400, so not on shortwave but on Astra only, where FM4 is available anyhow. "Intermedia" will also be carried on Radio 1476 (i.e. on MW 1476 only, not on actual ROI outlets) on Fridays at 1830. Regards, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ORF MW 1476: On printed schedule but Fri 1900-2000, Sat 18-2030, 22- 23, Sun 17-18, daily 2000-2030. Wolf Harranth's Intermedia Fri 1930, DX Telegram Sat 1755. ORF French And Mrs. Vera Bock's "Flash des Ondes" French DX px Mon 0730-0800, Sun 1200-1230 both 6155 13730 Astra STL, and Sun 1830-1900 5945 6155 Astra STL. 73 de (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Oct 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELGIUM [non non]. The last RVI shortwave broadcast from Wavre will be the RVI Dutch language broadcast at 20 to 21 UTC, October 27th, on 5910 and 9925 kilohertz. The last English broadcast will be that same day at 1730, also on 5910 and 9925. The French RTBF will continue via Wavre (Kim Elliott, DC, swprograms via DXLD) I see some SWL circles are getting all excited about this, apparently not reading DXLD or listening to WOR and unaware that Belgium will still be DXable direct on SW via RTBF -- but then, non-English really doesn`t count... (gh, DXLD) ** BELGIUM. from: http://www.rvi.be/uk/hoeontvang/world/index.htm RVi Radio World Sunday October 28 2001 SOUND Tom-Tom Interval Signal That was an old interval signal broadcast from Waver, south of Brussels, a very long time ago. When I was living in Africa in the sixties, that's the sound I was looking for on my first receiver, an old thing with valves, and a very approximate frequency read-out. I remember at 1 pm I had to look in the 11 m band for the main newscast from Brussels, from De Vriendschapsbode, La Voix de l'Amitié, as we then called ourselves. The Voice of Friendship. On Saturday VRT stopped all transmissions from Waver and on this occasion I would like you to listen to some very old recordings. As you might know, the shortwave transmissions of the Belgian radio corporation, when it was one national bilingual Dutch and French-language service, were primarily targeted at Belgians in the then Belgian Congo, and in the territories administered by Belgium under a League of Nations mandate (later the United Nations): Rwanda and Burundi. [actually known then as Ruanda-Urundi as any philatelist could tell you -gh] The interval signal you heard was a recording of an African tom-tom, a real lokole, used to transmit messages from village to village. In 1970, when the world service was celebrating its 25th anniversary, the BRT-RTBF produced a little record, which is in my possession. I found it by accident in an abandoned desk in the old radio building in 1977. I presume it was sent out to listeners who asked for it, as it was one of these old 45 single) in floppy plastic. There's a lot of noise, but I guess it's worth listening to, as it is a unique document. First, you'll hear an old interval signal, also a colonial souvenir, a kind of national hymn of the Belgian Congo. Then an announcement in French and Dutch, the announcement of a programme for missionaries, in the old days an important part of the audience, then the voice of Dorothy Flacon of the English-language programme. I've briefly known her when I arrived and she was about to leave the service. More announcements, also in Spanish, an announcement for a programme for seamen, and finally, announcements in the four African languages we used to broadcast programmes in: Kikongo, Tshiluba, Swahili and Lingala. The recording ends with a man saying in Lingala: Awa Bruxelles, Lolaka ya Bandeko: Here Brussels, the family voice; and a female voice adds: Emission Kati ya Baninga: our programme: amongst friends. Enjoy the recording. Frans Vossen (RVI Radio World Oct 28 script via John Norfolk, OK) The scripts are being posted on Fridays before the Sunday broadcasts; audio also ondemand from http://www.rvi.be but I am not sure just when new edition replace previous one (gh, DXLD) ** CANADA. Glenn, received this letter from RCI/CBC today:- In a message dated 26/10/01 4:26:28 AM E. Australia Standard Time, Com_Ott@cbc.ca writes: Mr. Tim Gaynor, Nerang, Gold Coast, Australia -- Dear Mr. Gaynor, On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank you for your letter of October 3 regarding the future of Radio Canada International (RCI). Please be assured that your comments have been fowarded to them. CBC/Radio-Canada is firmly committed to the future of our international radio service. We are determined to continue strenghtening its program content for RCI is an integral part of CBC/Radio-Canada's public service mandate. In efforts to continue providing high-quality programming to our international audience, we have undertaken the reorganization of some of RCI's functions, which so far has resulted in freeing up sufficient resources to allow us to re-institute the production and broadcast of original newscasts on weekends. Furthermore, the number of weekly hours dedicated to programs broadcast in Arabic and Russian will be increased, ensuring better coverage of the current international crisis. These changes are part of the new RCI fall schedule that went on air October 13. The broadcast of theme programs is also now in preparation. The increase in broadcast of additional Arabic and Russian programs will start October 20, with original weekend newscasts resuming at the end of this month. As a result of the reorganization, RCI support and distribution services will become a part of CBC/Radio-Canada's existing services. This integration is to be completed by December 2001 and will relieve RCI of responsibilities that were in fact duplication of functions already carried out by other components. RCI is recognized around the world and in Canada as a leader in international broadcasting. It was important that we take necessary steps to ensure that RCI can live up to the challenges of a modern international broadcasting system. By maximizing RCI's limited resources, we ensure their continued broadcast of Canada's voice both at home and abroad. Once again, thank you for your letter, and for your support for Radio Canada International. Sincerely, (Sheila Gervais, Acting Director of Communications, via Tim Gaynor, Oct 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Party line (gh, DXLD) ** CANADA. from http://www.cbc.ca/onair/jhtml/newsitem.jhtml?ID=1929 A CELEBRATION OF LISTER SINCLAIR - A CBC RADIO ONE NETWORK SPECIAL ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 29 AT 8 P.M. CBC Radio One presents A CELEBRATION OF LISTER SINCLAIR, a two-hour network special airing from 8 to10 p.m. (8:30 NT) on Monday, October 29th. Recorded in Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio with friends, family and fans in attendance, the program is a celebration of Lister Sinclair's many passions and careers, of his erudition and humility, his talent and humour and his generosity of spirit over more than 50 years at CBC. Adrienne Clarkson, now Governor General of Canada, shared her experience of listening to Lister as a young broadcaster: "I learned from Lister, with his encyclopedic knowledge, how you could speak directly to television audiences, how you could treat them as intelligent human beings, and it had a deep effect on me." Michael Holroyd, biographer of George Bernard Shaw, said, "All authors fear the vacuous interviewer (who asks), 'What is your book about?' and in my case, 'Who is Bernard Shaw?' Lister stands at the other extreme, someone who stimulates and frees the mind." Sinclair and the CBC share a long history. In the early days of CBC Radio, Sinclair performed in, wrote and directed hundreds of dramas. He moved to television to become one of the first producer/ hosts of The Nature of Things. He produced many television dramas, documentaries and human affairs shows, was a frequent guest panelist on Front Page Challenge, appeared on Telescope, Horizon, Festival, Court of Opinion, Wayne and Shuster and Morningside. For a man of so many passions and so much knowledge, it was perhaps not surprising that he found his true broadcast home most recently as the host of Ideas on CBC Radio One. Along the way, he has inspired and taught many of the people who are making radio and television, doing science and making music today. A CELEBRATION OF LISTER SINCLAIR is hosted by his friend and former colleague Don Harron. Special guests who pay tribute to Sinclair include author Pierre Berton, actor Barry Morse, pianists Gloria Saarinen and Anton Kuerti, and broadcaster Patrick Watson. -30- (via Ricky Leong, DXLD) ** CANADA. Toronto pirate TV station takes blow [Star Ray TV, ch 15] from http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2001/pb2001-109.htm Mandatory Order issued pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the Broadcasting Act concerning the operation of an unlicensed undertaking at Toronto, Ontario Background Pursuant to Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2001-8, the Commission called Mr. Jan Pachul to appear before it at a public hearing in the National Capital Region commencing 19 September 2001 so that it might "enquire into, hear and determine" whether a mandatory order should be issued requiring Mr. Pachul to cease and desist operating a broadcasting undertaking at the above location, or anywhere else in Canada, except in compliance with the Broadcasting Act (the Act). [...] Mr. Jan Pachul of the City of Toronto, is hereby ordered to cease and desist carrying on a broadcasting undertaking at Toronto, or anywhere else in Canada, except in compliance with the Broadcasting Act. This order to take effect on 15 November 2001. The Commission will file this mandatory order with the Federal Court. As set out in subsection 13(1) of the Broadcasting Act, the Commission's mandatory order will then become an order of the Federal Court and will be enforceable in the same manner as an order of the Court. According to the Federal Court Rules, anyone who disobeys an order of the Court may be found guilty of contempt of court (via Ricky Leong, Oct 26, DXLD) ** CHINA. 25250, Jiangsu PBS, 5 x 5050 (presumed), 1235 Oct 26, audible last few mornings with very short opening, only about 10-15 minutes of peak audio at weak level, from 1230 to 1245. Perhaps this is also audible in Europe. Definite Chinese language program. Only audible on one of 4 SW antennas that I use, a 24 meter dipole, which is resonant at around 2 wavelengths on this freq. I was also able to get a het on presumed fundamental 5050 which was weaker and had QRM from co-channel LA 2 way traffic. Unable to match due to very low signal strength on fundamental (David Hodgson, TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. All times UTC Frequency kHz China Radio International, English from 28 October 2001 North America (East Coast) [see notes below] 0100-0200 on 9580 from Cuba relay & 9790 from Canada relay 0300-0400 on 9690 from Spain relay 0400-0500 on 9560 from Canada relay & 9730 from French Guiana relay 1300-1400 on 9570 from Cuba relay 1300-1400 on 1120 AM in Washington DC 2300-0000 on 5990 from Cuba relay & 13680 from Canada relay North America (West Coast) 0300-0400 on 9690 from Spain relay 0400-0500 on 9560 from Canada relay & 9730 from French Guiana relay 1300-1500 on 7405 Europe 2000-2200 on 5965 & 9840 2200-2300 on 7175 from Russia relay 2300-2330 on 558 AM in London Southeast Asia 1200-1300 on 9730 & 11980 & 1341 AM 1300-1400 on 11980 & 15180 & 1341 AM South Asia 1200-1300 on 1188 AM 1400-1500 on 9700, 11675 & 15110 1500-1600 on 7160 & 9785 South Pacific 0900-1100 on 11730 & 15210 1200-1300 on 9760, 11760 & 15415 1300-1400 on 11760 & 11900 East & South Africa 1400-1600 on 13685 from Mali relay & 15125 from Mali relay 1600-1700 on 7190 & 13650 1700-1800 on 7150, 9570, 9695 & 11910 2000-2130 on 13640 from Mali relay & 15125 from Mali relay West & North Africa 1600-1700 on 7190 & 13650 1700-1800 on 9570 & 9695 1900-2000 on 9440, 9585 & 13790 2000-2100 on 9440 (The Messenger, Nov.-Dec.2001, China Radio International via Michael Murray, World DX Club via Mike Barraclough, DXLD} CRI has never been able to get its RCI relay schedule right, after years and years. The 9560 broadcast ALWAYS runs at 0500 in the winter, 0400 in the summer. And what about the Cuban relay we have been hearing for months at 1400-1600 on 17720 (and just reconfirmed at 1530 check Oct 26)? Is it being canceled for B-01 or continues to be overlooked? In view of this, one can only wonder how many other errors and omissions are in CRI`s own publication of its own schedule! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. EL TIEMPO - CARIBE http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/25-10-2001/cari121428.html Las emisoras locales son otras damnificadas, en Riohacha De las tres emisoras locales de la ciudad, dos cumplieron ayer 72 horas fuera del aire, después de que a sus equipos de transmisión los alcanzaran las lenguas de fuego que botaba el tramo del gasoducto Ballenas-costa Caribe, al altura del kilómetro 1 de la vía Riohacha- Maicao, cuando explotó en la madrugada del domingo. Las estaciones de transmisión de Radio Almirante y Ondas de Riohacha están a 200 metros de la estación de Promigás que se incendió. Y, según los bomberos de Riohacha, los 250 grados centígrados que expulsaba la llama de 100 metros de altura, se irradiaron hasta 250 metros a la redonda. Cada emisora afronta pérdidas materiales de 90 millones de pesos. Sin incluir el lucro cesante, pues sus administraciones tienen compromisos con concesionarios, trabajadores y anunciantes. El periodista Hugo Leones, director Radio Almirante, dijo que "esperamos que venga alguien del Comité municipal de emergencias, porque hemos denunciado ésto ante las autoridades y hasta el momento no hemos tenido ninguna respuesta. Las emisoras están apagadas, van a seguir apagadas porque no tenemos recursos. Estamos en la olla y sin ningún apoyo". 73 de (Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, Oct 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. After testing a few days, RFPI has decided to stay on 15040, ex-15045, ex-15050, ex-15049, but it will not be 24h, with a break from 1000 to 1200 or 1300. This anticipates the revival of higher powered transmitter on 7445. Hoped to have it on Friday night, but a full-bore test for a couple of hours last week burned out a fibreglass insulator on the new antenna, which still has to be replaced with a bigger insulator. Hope to have this running by early next week, but probably not before 0300 or 0400 UT, while 15040 is still propagating. Then 7 MHz will run 3 or 4 hours into the night. 21815-USB remains on air from morning into evening. Internet streaming direct from RFPI is about to be tested, and will probably run only from 2200 to 1300 or 1400 UT, when bandwidth is available. Programming: despite DST change in US, Democracy Now in Exile will still run M-F at 1600-1800 UT, repeated 6, 12 and 18 hours later. (followed by Freespeech Radio News except at 1800). Between the Lines, a media review show from WPKN, is now being carried as needed, such as Fri Oct 26 at 2030, etc. http://www.wpkn.org/news/btl.html Those who would like to join Friends of RFPI, may do so with Visa or Mastercard M-F 1500-2300 UT via 1-800-413-7695 (James Latham and Joe Bernard, RFPI Mailbag Oct 26 first airing at 2000 UT, notes by gh for DXLD) ** CROATIA. Hola Glenn. Mi nombre, Martin Herrera Jiménez de Tizayuca, México. Disculpa las molestias pero quisiera me informe la dirección elecrtrónica o postal de la Voz de Croacia pues tengo varios informes de recepción de esa emisora y en sus espacios de los 9925 kHz no dicen. También si tú sabes si están verificando los reportes de recepción con QSL. Por otra parte me gustaría que el próximo encuentro DX en Jalapa, Veracruz, asistas. Saludos y hasta pronto. Atentamente, (Martín Herrera Jiménez, Zempazuchitl 69, Tizayuca, Hgo, CP 43800, Mexico mnhajz@hotmail.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) He`s wondering if they have an E-mail address for reports in Spanish, and if they are currently QSLing. I looked thru the HRT website and was lucky to find something in English, let alone Spanish. Any help? (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. R. Progreso has two transmitters: One from ``la Provincia de Ciego de Ávila desde la calidad [sic] de Chamgas`` on 890 kHz (80 kW) and the other from ``la Ciudad de la Habana`` on 640 kHz (50 kW). They started transmissions on the 15th of December 1929. They are on air 24 hours. V/s: Reina Cepero Montenegro, Sp. Promoción, Relaciones Públicas. Address: Radio Progreso, Infanta Nr. 105, Ciudad de la Habana, CP 10300, Cuba (info from station via Björn Fransson, ARC Sept 24 via Radio Nuevo Mundo via DXLD) ? Only two transmitters? (gh) ** CZECH REPUBLIC. Topolná 270 is indeed back on. I still lively remember how 270 was scheduled to be switched off permanently by the end of 1993, how surprised I was to find the transmitter on again New Year`s Day 1994, how one deadline was set after another until they finally decided to keep 270 indefinitely on air with 750 kW between 4 AM and midnight (instead of 24 hours with 1500 kW like was the case until 1993). I also dimly remember that there is a backup transmitter at Litovel but no substitute was thrown in this time, making me somewhat distrustful. However, probably the Litovel stand-by is no longer ready, like the old 100 kW transmitter at Königs Wusterhausen which is no longer available, too, after being used only a couple of years ago on 261 and 153 during extensive reconstruction works at Burg and Mudau-Donebach, respectively (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Excerpt from the German "Mobi's Guestbook" bulletin board (http://www.guestbook.de/yasg.cgi?X=227349): Date: 2001-10-26/20:34 AFN BE KENNER (no email / no homepage ) wrote: ..Fast ein wenig OFF-Topic, aber wen es interessiert (c) Stars&Stripes, 24. Okt. 2001 Closing of U.S. base at Bad Aibling is postponed for two years: The secretive Bad Aibling spy base scheduled to close next year has received orders to stay open a little longer. The closure was postponed for two years to help fight America`s newest war, according to military officials in the United States. "We basically couldn`t get it done in time," said Lt. Col. Ken McClellan, an official spokesman for the office of the secretary of defense. McClellan said the C-17s that were on tap to fly out all the military intelligence equipment sitting on the base were diverted to the humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Pilots in the big birds currently haul four loads of rations there daily --- as much as 68,000 individual rations. To date, they have dropped about 782,000 rations since the effort began on Oct. 7, according to U.S. Air Forces in Europe officials at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The crews, originating from Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina and McChord Air Force Base in Washington state, have a full plate already with the humanitarian drops, said Air Force officials. "Adding on to the current mission would affect all the parts to the mission," said Air Force Capt. Elizabeth Ortiz, an official spokeswoman for USAFE. She said the air crews already average about 15 hours of flight time each day for the effort, not including ground time before and after each mission. "That`s exactly the airlift used to close Bad Aibling," McClellan said. He said the base might also be used in the war effort. Officials at the Office of the Secretary of Defense have suggested that Bad Aibling Station is also being used in the war effort, saying that it remains a valued asset for the Department of Defense. They wouldn`t say how it is being used or how much. The base is home to about 1,500 Americans and 140 local national employees, according to Eric Griffin, the chief of staff at the base. The military had planned to begin closing the base in 2002, with closure in 2003. [end] --- When Bad Aibling was discussed a while ago one guy brought up another large antenna farm south from Augsburg, asking what this is. I told him, also that insiders use to call this facility Wertachtal. Another note from Germany: The media authority of Sachsen-Anhalt will soon officially release a invitation of tenders for Burg 261, and there is gossip that "Project 89.0 Digital" considers to get in. This station runs a Modern Rock format and is in fact the second network of the Halle-based Hitradio Brocken (until recently "Hitradio Antenne Sachsen-Anhalt", widely known as "the station with the long name"), claiming to be a DAB service (hence the name) but also using FM Brocken 89.0 to reach a true audience (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUYANA. GBC pay strike continues | Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) news agency Georgetown, Guyana, 25 October: Workers of the state-run Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) remained on strike for a second straight day on Thursday, this time because of management's refusal to resume wage talks. A senior GBC official, who did not want to be quoted, confirmed that Acting General, Manager Ossie Goodman and Chairman of the Board, Prem Misir, did not turn up for a meeting involving the chief labour officer and senior officials of the union to hammer out the terms of resumption. The strike was continuing although President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday assured a delegation of the workers that he would ask the auditor general to audit the accounts of the GBC. Acting General Secretary of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) Franklyn Wilson tied the issue of alleged corruption to the need to resume wage negotiations and the streamlining of salary scales. "The financial situation and discrepancies are just a part of the whole that would have amounted to the workers deciding to down tools," Wilson told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). With one of the three radio channels already indefinitely closed as a result of a directive of the board of directors on Wednesday, the Voice of Guyana (VoG) and 98.1 FM were expected to cease regular programming from 4 p.m. (Caribbean Time) on Thursday [25 October]. Earlier in the day, newscasts were recycled and only music and some advertisements were being played. The GBC is said to be losing at least 700,000 Guyana dollars (3645.83 US dollars) daily since the strike began. Up to late Thursday, there were no clear indications whether terms of resumption would be signed but management was expected to write the CCWU expressing concern about the accusation that GBC was foot- dragging in the talks on wage and working conditions. A delegation of executives from the Guyana Press Association (GPA) met with the striking workers outside Broadcasting House, the studio complex, and expressed solidarity. "To see professionals sitting on the street when they should be at their place of employ and the management seems not to care in the least tells us something of the management's views of journalists and reporters on this country," Harris said. The GPA's executive is expected to shortly deliberate on the situation facing the workers and possibly meet with management of the GBC, the holding company of the state monopoly on radio in Guyana. The GBC's acting general manager has deemed the strike illegal as management did not receive notice of an industrial dispute or a strike ultimatum. Source: Caribbean Media Corporation news agency, Bridgetown, in English 2040 gmt 25 Oct 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) [what about SW 3290v? on the air or off, VOA/BBC only or not? -gh] Guyana: GBC's Radio Roraima closed Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) news agency Georgetown, Guyana, 25 October: Authorities have taken a decision to close down one of the three radio channels operated by the state- owned Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), a statement has said. "The marketing and programme departments will be making necessary adjustments as a result of the closure and will be liaising with clients over the next 48 hours," GBC said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, suspension of the operations of Radio Roraima "with immediate effect", followed a review of its viability due to the financial state of the corporation. GBC is the holding company for Radio Roraima, Voice of Guyana and 98.1 Hot FM. The GBC said the future of Radio Roraima would be constantly under review but no mention was made of the four full-time announcers and one audio control operator who manned the station. The decision was taken by the Board of Directors even as President Bharrat Jagdeo informed striking workers of the lone radio station here that the Auditor General had been asked to conduct a special audit of GBC's accounts. A board member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, noted that Radio Roraima accounted for less than 10 per cent of GBC's revenue. About 40 announcers, reporters, operators and clerical staff on Wednesday [24 October] picketed outside the GBC's studios and the Office of the President, claiming that there were financial irregularities. Acting General Manager of GBC, Ossie Goodman, in a statement deemed the protest an illegal withdrawal of labour which "clearly showed that the workers abandoned their posts." The protest resulted in the disruption of regular programming and at one time during Wednesday, Radio Roraima and Voice of Guyana could hardly be heard. The workers are not expected to return to their jobs Thursday, until their trade union get a commitment from management that wage negotiations would begin immediately. Source: Caribbean Media Corporation news agency, Bridgetown, in English 1658 gmt 25 Oct 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** HAITI. Radio 4VEH, which is non-commercial, supported by donations mainly from the US and Canada, broadcasts 18 hours a day in French and Creole on 840 kHz with religious and educational programming as well as news, sports and public service announcements. A second station, Horizon 94.7, broadcasts 17 hours/day in French and English with a music-based programming. Sat., June 2, 2001, ``The Evangelistic Voice of Haiti`` officially inaugurated its new 9020 sq.ft. broadcast center in a ceremony which coincided with the station`s 51st anniversary. Located a half mile from its former site, 4VEH sits on 2.5 acres of land donated for the ministry. The air- conditioned complex houses six control rooms, equipped with computers for automated broadcasts, administrative and staff offices, news room, program and music library, technical department, staff lounge, a 27x27 recording studio and, on the second floor, and auditorium and kitchen. New address to the US: P O Box 24638, West Palm Beach, FL 33416 or omscap@maf.org (``4VEH Today`` via Björn Fransson, ARC Sept 24 via Radio Nuevo Mundo via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND [non]. Hi Glenn, Here is the final result of my query about the Brunei delivery. TNT is an Australian based International courier company like FedEx (Mark Nicholls, NZDXT) [TNT also operates in USA --gh] DX NZ is an alternative mail handler to NZ Post and generally a bit cheaper. They accept international mail and process it through TNT. TNT then take to various sort centres around the world for final delivery into the country addressed. Due to the events of September 11 and the shut down of air services this mail was sent to Brunei for sort. Regarding the stamp issue: DX are unable to state New Zealand on their stamp; this is copyrighted to NZ Post. The DX stamp indicates that the article has been revenued but to enter into an overseas postal system it needs to show an official postage stamp hence the Brunei postmark. Regardless of all this, it`s a cheaper service; the time frame is meant to be the same or better. Who knows, maybe this month`s newsletter will have franking marks from Iceland!!! Regards (Mike, ProCopy Ltd, NZDXT printer, Oct 25 via Nicholls, DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. According to a personal letter dated Sept. 13, 2001 from Evaristo Mercado P., Director, Radio Miskut, they are now operating without problem on 5770 kHz and 104 MHz FM at 1200-0000 GMT. 3 kW amplifier has not been installed, because it causes interference to telephones and TV around 50 sq.m. They are now looking for a new transmitter site at suburban area. They also operate radio stations in Sandy Bay Norte (10 watts on FM) and Waspan (110 watts on 1680 kHz), thanks to help from Dr. John Freeman (Tetsuya Hirahara, Japan, Radio Nuevo Mundo Oct 7 via WORLD OF RADIO 1102, DXLD) ** NORWAY. UKE Senderen in Norway is drifting a bit. For the past couple of hours it has been on 7215.05 kHz, but around 1244 UTC it suddenly drifted upwards to approx 7215.12 kHz - but not stable for long. A couple of minutes later it was on 7215.15 kHz. Signal remains fair-strong during daytime here in Denmark - but modulation/ processing is poor, and it's often difficult to understand the talk. BTW: I've never hear them ID as "UKE Senderen" but they ID very often as "Studenter-radioen" Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Denmark http://www.radionyt.com Oct 25, hard-core-dx via DXLD) Thanks for this info, Stig. This morning around 0700 UT I heard a weak music station around 7215,04. I suppose it was UKE-Senderen. 73, (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands, Oct 25, hard-core-dx via DXLD) Heard a carrier on 7215.08 at around 0600 this morning. Nothing more, here in Victoria, BC, Canada (Walt Salmaniw, Oct 26, hard-core-dx via DXLD) Heard in Arctic Norway 1150 km away from Trondheim with reasonable strength and OK modulation on Oct 14, identifies with "Studentradioen"; listeners not familiar with the Nordic languages please note that accent is placed on the first e and the a. From the Northernmost DX-er in the world (Bjarne Mjelde, P.O.Box 58, N-9981 Berlevag, Norway N71 Lat, E30 Long, Receivers: AOR AR7030+, K+D KWZ- 30, Palstar R30, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** POLAND. Re DXLD 1-158: The Radio Racja schedule is the current one, i.e. from Sunday all transmission will be one UT hour later. 612 is no Poland-based transmitter but Radio Baltic Waves at Vilnius. And Radio Racja is in the Bialystok area on FM, so the MW and SW outlets are meant for Belarus` (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. The Konstantinogradovka site is evidently the one usually listed as Komsomol`sk, containing high power LW/MW transmitters as well as some shortwave capacity. On the shortwave side perhaps not only Voice of Russia is affected but also foreign broadcasters, although I cannot remember any such transmissions at present (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Tomsk. Regional radio identifying itself as Radio Tomsk uses only LW transmitter in neighboring region of Novosibirsk. Here is the new schedule effective October 28. Weekdays: 0010-0100, 0110- 0200, 0510-0600, 1110-1200, 1310-1400. Saturday: 0110-0200, 0310- 0400. Sunday: 0510-0600. 10 minutes at the beginning of each hours carry Radio Rossii news. Also Radio Rossii is relayed at other times. Address: Radio Tomsk, Dom radio, ul. Pushkina, 19, Tomsk-3, 634003, Russia (Vladimir Kovalenko, Tomsk, Russia, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What LW frequency?? (gh, DXLD) ** ST. KITTS & NEVIS. Radio Paradise was indeed scheduled to change from 830 to 820 kHz late August or September, but I don`t know when the actual shift took place. Please note that the name of the station is Radio Paradise and not TBN. TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) is only the name of an audio feed of a US TV-channel which Radio Paradise carry at local nighttime. So TBN is the name of a programme - not the whole radio station. The name of the radio station remains Radio Paradise. In order to hear Radio Paradise's own programming try at these times: M-F 11-19 UT, Sat 11-21 UT and Sun 11-2 UT. The transmitter is at St. Kitts but the local offices and studios are on the island of Nevis. These and other up-to-date information can be found in the 2002 edition of the World Radio TV Handbook, where I've supplied details on radio stations in the English speaking part of the Caribbean [Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Denmark in reply to Jean Burnell`s report and several e-mail queries, NRC IDXD Oct 27 via DXLD] ** SWITZERLAND. Altho the Merlin schedule had an SRI relay via Singapore still showing for B-01, no such broadcast appears on SRI`s own printed schedules just received. Full schedules have already appeared, but let me point out the 1930-2030 hour in English for Africa, which ought to be fairly well received here in the winter off the back of beams from Sottens 13660, Jülich 15485, even French Guiana 17660 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. CONCURSO DE LEMA DE CBS-RADIO TAIPEI INTERNACIONAL Estimado/a amigo/a: Últimamente usted debe estar muy ocupado en participar en los concursos realizados por CBS-RTI y contento por tener la oportunidad de ser premiado. Estamos conscientes de que muchos de nuestros oyentes poseen una magnífica habilidad creativa. Por ello, quisieramos aprovechar su genio solicitándoles un eslogan o lema para CBS-RTI. La fecha límite de recepción de las participaciones será el 30 de noviembre del año corriente. Los tres mejores recibirán un premio especial de la emisora y todos los demás participantes podrán participar en el sorteo de radio receptores, relojes, y otros premios en secreto. No esperen más y envién ya su obra a la siguiente dirección: CBS- RADIO TAIPEI INTERNACIONAL P.O.BOX 24-38, TAIPEI, TAIWAN 106, REPUBLICA DE CHINA También aceptaremos su participación a través del correo electrónico: cbs@c... [truncated by yahoogroups, but fairly obvious –gh] SECCION ESPANOLA DE RADIO TAIPEI INTERNACIONAL --- visítenos en : http://www.cbs.org.tw DIRECCION: P.O. BOX 24-38, TAIPEI, TAIWAN 106 R.O.C. "Rogamos a nuestros oyentes que cuando nos envien mensajes electrónicos, indiquen todas las veces su nombre, apellido y dirección completos; de lo contrario, nuestra computadora no puede identificarles. Muchas gracias". (vía Nicolás Éramo, Argentina, Oct 26, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** THAILAND. MW DXers might be interested in some information from various Thai-language websites concerning MW transmitter powers. The Public Relations Department has installed some new transmitters at its high-power regional Radio Thailand locations during the 1990s, which are less powerful than the units they replaced. Possibly in some cases the old transmitter is still in use but on reduced power. The list below shows the current power, (old power -- which still appears to be the authorised power) and the transmitter type when known: 531 Maha Sarakham 10 (50) 639 Nakhon Si Thammarat 10 (20) KK 13-78S (possibly that's a Public Relations Dept homebrew from their workshop at Khon Kaen) 648 Khon Kaen 25 (55) 729 Nakhon Ratchasima 25 (55) 909 Surin 25 (50) Nautel 30 XL 1341 Ubon Ratchathani 25 (50) Nautel ND-25 1368 Nan 25 (50) Nautel AMPFET ND-25, in service since April 1995 1476 Chiang Mai 50 (100). A new 50 kW tx replaced the old Harris 100 kW unit in 1996. The transmitter is located at the studio and FM transmitter site of Radio Thailand Lamphun, Ban Pratu Khong, Muang District, Lamphun Province, where there's also a 10 kW unit of RT Chiang Mai on 639 kHz which at present seems to relay Bangkok for most or all of the day. 1476 carries Network 2 of RT Chiang Mai for hilltribes in N Thailand in Thai and various other languages. There are probably others not mentioned in the lists I have seen, which only cover four of the Public Relations Department's eight regions. The power listings for 531, 648 and 729 in PRD Region 1 may be a bit less reliable than the rest. Except for Radio Thailand, most other MW stations in Thailand are operating at 5 kW (below 900 kHz) or 10 kW (above 900 kHz). Presumably these power reductions are to save energy, or to help solve receiver overloading problems in the big cities where many transmitter sites are clustered. There are a few exceptions in Bangkok, including 792 10 kW, 1161 20 kW, and of course 1575 500/1000 kW near Ayutthaya. A couple of registered 1 kW allocations on 1485 and 1584 appear to be unused at the moment, and there are also a number of frequencies allocated to 1 kW mobile stations operated by the Army in various provinces, mostly in remote or border regions. Personally I've never heard any of these, and it's quite possible that these mobile stations are either imaginary, or gathering dust and cobwebs in army bases. Regards from Malaysia (Alan Davies, Oct 23, Freeze! DX Forums via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Re Omega-polis, DXLD 1-158 and previously: Between 1300 and 1700 I left my radio most of the time on 17299: Not any broadcast relays, however; the frequency was hardly idle for more than 10 minutes at once. Instead there was lots of phone traffic from seamen calling their families; some of the wives also allowed the children to speak with daddy. Powerful signal here all the way until 1700, one sesquihour after local sunset. The German "Spezialfrequenzliste" publication mentions 2695 and 13158 as voice frequencies for Sevastopol` Radio. 17299 is not listed, so I guess there should be more and/or other alternative/nighttime frequencies where broadcast relays could appear (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Taranivka is indeed the home of the three 100 kW shortwave transmitters listed under Khar`kiv. Actually I am bit surprised how they point out that they would "be in breach of contract" when not being able to transmit BBC (612 with 10 kW, by the way), since the same would apply for Ukrainske Radio, too, of course. It also seems that Taranivka houses the main Khar`kiv TV and FM transmitters, too (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. I have received some additional information that may interest BBC fans on listening tips as of 28th October: It appears 15190 is simultaneously directed towards South America as well as the Caribbean / North America from 1100 to 1700 UT using two Antigua transmitters. However, it appears comparatively lower power is also being planned in both instances than was used on 15220. 6135 from 04 to 06 UT is shown as Delano. 9525 from 01 to 04 UT is shown as Okeechobee, beamed WNW. 9915 from 00 to 03 UT originates at the UK and targets South America, but it should reach North America as well. Hope this info helps. (--Richard Cuff, Oct 25, swprograms via DXLD) This agrees with what we previously reported (gh, DXLD) Both beams for 15190 show 125 kW. Please keep in mind the BBC considers this sensitive information; don't ask me why, though. However, my earlier comment -- that this reflects reduced power -- is not correct. This is also the power shown for 15220 in the A-01 / July schedule; that schedule, like the new one, shows the 19m frequency (currently 15220, will be 15190) simultaneously beamed SSW and WNW. You'd think they'd want the info published, but given the apparent fractious relationship between the BBC and Merlin, irrational behavior is to be expected (—Richard Cuff, ibid.) ** U K [non]. BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | BBC executive arrested in Hong Kong (p2 of 3) [40]Low Graphics Friday, 26 October, 2001, 23:28 GMT 00:28 UK BBC executive arrested in Hong Kong Investigators in Hong Kong have arrested 12 people, including a senior executive of the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, over bribery charges amounting to $1.6 million. The Hong Kong anti-corruption unit said the BBC executive, Jeff Taylor, and two other company directors are suspected of accepting illegal commissions in connection with orders for toys and watches, which the BBC placed in Hong Kong. All those arrested have been released on bail. The BBC confirmed the investigation and said it was cooperating with the Hong Kong authorities (via Daniel Say, Oct 26, swprograms via DXLD) ** U S A. Bessie Wash, Executive Director of Pacifica has been fired (Any Goodman, Democracy, Now in Exile, Oct 25, WBIX via gh, DXLD) Wash was blamed for most of Pacifica`s bitter conflict with local stations, especially WBAI. Nothing yet on the http://www.pacifica.org website about this, tho a new press release asserts that no Pacifica station is for sale: http://www.pacifica.org/info/releases/pfkf_10_25.html (Glenn Hauser, Oct 25, DXLD) From http://www.savepacifica.net : New Pacifica board chair fires executive director Bessie Wash, agrees to court-supervised mediation. October 24, 2001: Pacifica's board chair, former Los Angeles city councilman Robert Farrell, tonight announced he has fired Executive Director Bessie Wash. Wash, formerly station manager of Pacifica station WPFW, was named executive director by a board then controlled by former chair Mary Frances Berry. She has presided over a total deterioration of the network and its finances. Wash, formerly station manager of Pacifica station WPFW, was named executive director by a board then controlled by former chair Mary Frances Berry. She has presided over a total deterioration of the network and its finances, including the banning of Pacifica's only remaining nationwide program, "Democracy Now," the "mainstreaming" of the once alternative daily Pacifica Network News, now the target of a boycott and a strike, the "Christmas Coup" at WBAI in New York, which resulted in dozens of staff members being fired and banned, and the expenditure of an estimated two million dollars on legal fees, public relations firms, and security services. Farrell has also agreed to a two and a half year old demand from KPFA's staff and community for mediation of the dispute which began in April, 1999 with the firings of popular KPFA station manager Nicole Sawaya and long-time Pacifica national affairs correspondent Larry Bensky. The mediation, under court supervision as part of four pending lawsuits on behalf of listeners, national, and local advisory board members, is scheduled to take place November 1 in San Francisco. A report published in today's San Francisco Chronicle says that Farrell, fellow board member Wendell Johns, and newly appointed board member former D.C. mayor Marion Barry will represent Pacifica. KPFA news report (mp3) : http://www.savepacifica.net/audio/20011025_kpfanews.mp3 Confusion In Pacifica National Hierarchy After Ouster of Executive Director October 25, 2001: Did she jump or was she pushed? Complete confusion reigns in the already chaotic national board and management of Pacifica today, as the board vice-chair, Ken Ford, denied on WBAI in New York that executive director Bessie Wash had been fired. According to Ford, Wash "resigned" yesterday, and had planned her resignation for some time. Another board member, dissident Pete Bramson, said yesterday that board chair Robert Farrell had told him on the telephone that he had ousted Wash. "The exact quote was 'I asked her to leave,'" Bramson said. Ford also announced that he and other national board members will soon be in New York to try and resolve the situation at WBAI, where dozens of staff and volunteers have been fired and banned since the "Christmas Coup" last year. Ford denied that he advocated the sale of WBAI and KPFA, Pacifica stations on the commercial FM band. He was quoted in the San Francisco Examiner this week as saying that the sale of those stations in order to buy less expensive stations for a national black radio network "is just common sense." In the Examiner article available online at http://www.savepacifica.net/media/200110023_sfexaminer.html Ford called advocates of Pacifica's return to free speech community radio "zealots" and said there were "parallels (between local activists) and al Queda, the terrorists who bombed New York." Outraged WBAI supporters have denounced Ford's remarks and demanded his resignation from the Pacifica board. The complete Pacifica Campaign response is online at http://www.pacificacampaign.org/alert1024.asp. Meanwhile, some of the plaintiffs and clients in the lawsuits against Pacifica confirmed that they will enter into mediated settlement discussions with the board and its lawyers in the Bay Area Nov 1. Both sides have accepted retired California Supreme Court Associate Justice Edward A. Panelli, through a private mediation firm, JAMS (Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services), as mediator. The announcement was signed by David Adelson, Peter Bramson, Leslie Cagan, Sherry Gendelman, Barbara Lubin, Miguel Maldonado, Tomas Moran, Robbie Osman and Carol Spooner (Save Pacifica website via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. BOOK REVIEW Daniel Schorr reporting: Stories and comments from an old pro --- By Richard Buell, Globe Correspondent, 10/26/2001 The index for this book ought to have an entry for ''SOB.'' People in high places are telling Daniel Schorr that's what he is. Lyndon Johnson called from the White House in the middle of the night to say so, and was neither the first nor the last.... http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/299/living/Daniel_Schorr_reporting_Stories_and_comments_from_an_old_pro+.shtml And an interview with Schorr, on TV and radio news: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/299/living/A_look_at_TV_news_now_and_then+.shtml (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Hi Glenn. I asked the folks in Washington if I was OK to do QSLing for the whole VOA/IBB system. The answer was yes. So, I am free to handle reports for any site. The address is: John Vodenik, IBB/VOA Delano Transmitting Station, 11015 Melcher Road, Delano, CA 93215. Talk to you soon, 73, (John Vodenik, CA, Oct 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) John, Very good. I am just wondering if you have, or have access to all the program logs of all the language services in order to check accuracy of details? (Glenn to John) Hi Glenn. No, I don't have access to the logs as such. All I have is the frequency schedules and maybe the program schedule. Like a lot of things, it is on the honor system (John Vodenik, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Note: we don`t normally track the very frequent changes in VOA language frequencies as any season progresses, but here is the B- 01 point of departure (gh) Voice of America Broadcast schedule. Schedule effective 0800 UTC, 29 October 2001 through 0800 UTC, 31 March 2002 Notes: All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz). 1 MegaHertz (MHz) is equal to 1000 kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz. e.g.: 17705 kHz --> 16.9 meters Abbreviations: All programs/frequencies are on daily unless noted otherwise. & - Monday only * - Monday through Friday = - Monday through Saturday < - Tuesday through Friday / - Tuesday and Friday only # - Tuesday through Saturday % - Tuesday through Sunday ~ - Thursday only > - Friday and Saturday @ - Saturday only $ - Saturday and Sunday " - Sunday only + - Sunday and Monday ^ - Sunday through Thursday ! - Sunday through Friday Afan Oromo 1845-1900* 13675 15160 17640 Albanian 0600-0630 1215 6030 6125 9635 1700-1730 5970 9705 11905 1930-2000 1458 7115 9600 9680 Amharic 1800-1830 13675 15160 17640 Arabic 0400-0500 1260 1548 5965 7115 9665 11670 11865 15160 0500-0530 1260 1548 5965 7115 9665 11670 11865 15160 15705 17855 0530-0600 1260 1548 5965 7115 9665 11670 11865 15160 0730-0830 6045 7170 9565 9615 11805 15165 15235 15440 17875 1100-1130 15165 15235 17895 1400-1430 11690 13735 15265 1500-1530 1548 11950 13735 15120 15265 1600-1630 1548 11950 13735 15120 1700-1800 1260 7105 11855 12035 1800-1900 1260 7180 7205 9530 9770 11825 11905 11960 1900-2000 1260 1548 6040 7195 7205 9530 9615 11825 11905 17740 2000-2100 1260 1548 6040 6060 6160 7195 7305 9530 9650 11825 11905 17745 Armenian 1600-1630 9815 11760 15370 Azerbaijani 1830-1900 6170 9645 9695 Bangla 0130-0200 11805 15210 17780 1600-1700 1575 7280 9855 11895 15265 Bosnian 1600-1630* 1197 2230-2300 792 1197 Burmese 1130-1200 1575 6100 9890 11850 15205 1430-1500 1575 5955 9720 11930 2330-2400 6185 7260 9865 Cantonese 1300-1330 9355 11865 15330 1330-1400 1143 9355 11865 15330 1500-1700 1143 6030 7255 13625 Chinese 0000-0100 6045 7190 9545 11925 15395 17765 0100-0200 7190 9545 11925 15395 17765 0200-0300 11925 15395 17765 0700-0800 11855 11965 12010 13615 13650 13760 15515 0800-0900 11855 11965 12010 13650 13760 15515 0900-1000 9845 11855 11965 12010 13650 13760 15515 15665 1000-1100 9845 11855 11965 12010 13615 13650 13760 15515 15665 1100-1200 1143 6160 9530 9680 11785 11965 12040 15500 1200-1300 6160 9530 9680 11785 11965 11995 12040 15500 1300-1400 6160 7390 9680 9790 11765 12040 15500 1400-1500 6160 7390 9680 9790 11785 15500 2200-2300 5905 6025 6045 7140 9545 11925 15395 Creole 1230-1300* 9525 11890 15265 1730-1800 15385 17565 21540 2200-2230 9525 9670 21540 Croatian 0530-0600 756 792 1197 1395 6180 7165 9615 1930-2000 1197 6050 6170 7245 Dari 0200-0230 6170 9705 9750 1045-1100 13660 15215 17665 1215-1230 13605 15705 1530-1630 7260 11770 15705 1900-1930 7260 9575 11865 English to Europe, Middle East and North Africa 0000-0030 1260 1548 5995 6015 6105 7265 0030-0100 5995 6015 6105 7265 0100-0300 1548 5995 6015 6105 7255 0400-0500 7170 15205 0500-0530 792 7170 9700 11825 15205 0530-0600 7170 9700 11825 15205 0600-0630 792 1197 1260 5995 7170 11825 11915 11930 12025 15205 15335 0630-0700 792 1260 5995 7170 11825 11915 11930 12025 15205 15335 0700-0730 1197 11915 12025 15335 0730-0830 1197 0830-0930 1197 15165 15235 17875 0930-1100 1197 15165 15235 17895 1100-1200 1197 1200-1400 1197 15170 15260 17630 1400-1500 1197 1548 15205 1500-1530 1197 1260 9575 15205 1530-1600 1197 1260 1548 9575 11955 13735 15120 15205 15265 1600-1630 1260 9575 15205 1630-1700 1197 1260 1548 9575 11950 13735 15120 15205 1700-1800 6040 9760 15205 1800-1830 6040 9760 9840 1830-1900 1197 6040 9760 9840 1900-1930 1197 9690 9760 1930-2000 9690 9760 2000-2030 1197 6095 9690 9760 2030-2100 4950$ 6095 9690 9760 2100-2200 1197 1260 1548 6040 6095 6160 7140 9530 9595 9760 2200-2230 15486160 7290 9530 9880 2230-2400 1260 1548 6160 7290 9530 9880 English to Africa 0300-0330 909 1530 4960* 6035 6080 7105 7290 7340 7415 9575 9885 17895 0330-0400 909 1530 6035 6080 7105 7290 7415 9575 9885 0400-0430 909 1530 6080 7290 7415 9575 9775 9885 0430-0500 909 6080 7290 7415 9575 9775 0500-0600 909 5970 6035 6080 7295 9775 11835 13710 0600-0630 909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7295 11835 11995 13710 0630-0700$ 909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7295 11835 11995 13710 1600-1700 909 1530 6035 13710 15240 15485 17715 17895 1700-1730 909 13710 15240 15445 17895 1730-1800 909* 13710 15240 15445 17895 1800-1830 909 6035 11975 13710 15240 15580 15410 17895 1830-1900$ 13675 15160 17640 1900-2000 909 4950 6035 7415 11975 13710 15240 15580 17895 2000-2030 909 1530 4950 6035 7415 11855 11975 13710 15240 15580 17885 17895 2030-2100 909 1530 6035 7415 11975 13710 15240 15580 17885 17895 2100-2200 909 1530 6035 7415 11975 13710 15240 15580 17895 2200-2230* 909 1530 6035 7415 11655 11975 13710 English to Caribbean and Latin America 0000-0100# 5995 6130 7405 9455 9775 11695 13790 0100-0130# 5995 6130 7405 9455 9775 13790 0130-0200# 5995 6130 9455 0200-0400 1530 1580 0400-0500+ 1530 1580 1000-1100 5745 7370 9590 English to Far East Asia, South Asia and Oceania 0000-0030 1575 7215 9890 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820 0100-0300 7115 7200 9850 11705 11820 15250 15300 17740 17820 0800-1000 11995 13615 15150 1000-1100 5985 11720 15250 15425 1100-1130 1575$ 5985 6110 9645 9760 11705 11720 15250 15425 1130-1200 5985 6110 9645 9760 11705 11720 15250 15425 1200-1230 1143 6110 9645 9760 11705 11715 15250 15425 1230-1300 6110 9645 9760 11705 11715 15250 15425 1300-1400 6110 9645 9760 11705 15425 1400-1500 1143 6110 7125 9645 9760 11705 15395 15425 1500-1600 7125 9645 15395 1600-1700 1143 6110 7125 9645 9760 15395 1700-1800 1143* 1575* 5990* 6045* 6110 7125 9525* 9645 9670* 9795* 11955* 12005* 15255* 15395 1900-2000 9525 11870 15180 2100-2200 9670 11870 15185 17735 17820 2200-2230 7215 9770 9890 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 17820 2230-2400 1575 7215 9770 9890 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 17820 English - Border Crossings 1900-2000* 5965 9840 11720 11970 13725 15205 15410 English-Special 0030-0100 (Middle East and Asia) 1548 1575 7215 9890 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820 0130-0200# (Caribbean and Latin America) 7405 9775 13740 0700-0730@ 6873 1400-1430" 18275 1500-1530 (Asia) 1575$ 6110 9760 9795 12040 15460 1530-1600 (Asia) 1575 6110 9760 9795 12040 15460 1600-1700 (Africa) 13600 15445 17640 1900-1930 (Middle East and Asia) 5965* 9785 9840* 11720* 11970* 12015 13640 13725* 15205* 15410* 1930-2000 (Middle East and Asia) 5965* 9840* 11720* 11970* 13725* 15205* 15410* 1930-2000 (Europe) 792 9785 12015 13640 2300-2330 (East & South Asia) 6045 7140 9545 11925 15395 2330-2400 (East & South Asia) 6045 7130 7140 9545 9620 11805 11925 13745 15205 15395 Farsi 0300-0400 1548 7200 9435 15705 17855 0400-0430 7200 9435 15705 17855 1130-1200 15165 15235 17895 1230-1300 13605 15705 1430-1500 11690 13735 15265 1700-1800 1548 6160 9680 11835 1800-1900 972 1548 6160 9680 11835 French 0530-0600* 1530 4960 5890 6120 7265 7370 9480 9505 11655 13695 15375 0600-0630* 4960 5890 6120 7265 7370 9480 9505 11655 13695 15375 1830-2000 1530 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 17580 21485 2000-2030 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 21485 2030-2100$ 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 21485 2100-2130* 5985 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 17755 21485 Georgian 1530-1600 9770 11850 13670 Hausa 0500-0530 1530 4960 6120 7105 9885 1500-1530 7135 9810 11680 2030-2100* 4950 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 21485 Hindi 0030-0100 6090 7175 9505 1630-1700 6060 9815 15130 1730-1800 11975 13680 15130 Indonesian 1130-1230 7215 7255 9720 11930 15160 2200-2330 7130 9620 11805 15205 Khmer 1330-1430 1575 5955 9720 11930 2200-2230 1575 6060 7260 9535 13745 Kinyarwanda/Kirunda 0330-0400 7340 9585 11915 0400-0430 5995 7340 9585 11915 Korean 1300-1400 648 5985 7235 9555 11895 2130-2200 6060 7110 15470 Kurdish 1600-1700 6160 7290 15115 Laotian 1230-1300 1575 6030 7215 11930 Macedonian 2030-2100* 1197 Pashto 0130-0200 6170 9705 9750 1030-1045 13660 15215 17665 1200-1215 13605 15705 1430-1530 11770 11990 15705 1830-1900 7270 9505 11865 Portuguese 0430-0500 1530 5890 5975 5995 6125 7145 7370 9480 9675 1700-1730 1530 7290 11775 13600 15545 1730-1800 909$ 1530 7290 9815 11775 13600 15545 17785 21485 1800-1830* 1530 7290 9815 11775 13600 15545 17785 21485 Russian 1400-1500 7255 9615 11895 11945 15130 15370 1800-1900 6105 7220 9520 9660 9725 11770 1900-2000 6105 7220 9505 9520 9660 11770 Serbian 0630-0700 1188 1197 1458 6035 6125 7115 1800-1830 792 1188 1197 6115 9695 11750 2030-2100 792 1593 7180 9600 9625 2200-2230 756 1188 1197 1593 7195 9540 9655 Spanish 0100-0200 1530 1580 1130-1200 * 9535 11890 15265 1200-1230 9480 11890 13715 15265 15390 17875 2300-2400 9480 12010 13715 15265 15510 17565 Swahili 1630-1700 15580 17580 17705 21480 1700-1730* 15580 17580 17705 21480 Tibetan 0000-0100 6015 7200 7255 9555 0400-0600 15585 17630 17770 21560 1400-1500 6015 7290 11790 12040 Tigrigna 1830-1845* 13675 15160 17640 Turkish 1900-1930 792 6160 9770 11875 Ukrainian 0500-0600 9695 2100-2130 7190 9565 11875 Urdu 0100-0130 6170 9705 9750 1330-1430 9510 11715 15320 1700-1730 11975 13680 15130 Uzbek 1500-1530 7295 9745 11850 Vietnamese 1300-1330 1143 1575 9720 9890 15145 1500-1600 5955 7150 9725 9780 2230-2330 6060 7260 9535 13745 (voa.gov via John Norfolk, OKCOK, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Checked the wbcq.net website Oct 26 hoping for display of new timeshifted schedule, confirmation of WOR for B-01 -- nope. But I do see that they are trying 7415 at a previously unused time, 10 am- noon M-F, 1400-1600 UT (so now shifted to 1500-1700?) for Larry Nichols Show, as Brother Scare takes over 17495 at the same time (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. When Glenn Hauser was stationed in San Antonio around 1971, he heard WKIZ-1500 [Key West FL] with a midnight sign-off. As best I can recall, that's the only definite logging of them outside South Florida and Jamaica that I've seen reported. One of their towers blew down in March of '93, and I think they've been U1 ever since. If so, it hasn't helped anyone to log them. KAZ, may you be the first! (Steve Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** U S A. Glenn: You may wish to mention this on your program. (Donna Ring, DXLD) Subject: e-mail emergency alert system (fwd) I thought this was so important I would share it with every blind person on my e-mail list, and with everyone I know in our industry who might be able and willing to pass the information on to any blind persons with whom they come into contact. Suffice it to say, even though the setup is a little difficult with JFW, I did it. W. Nick Dotson (via Linda Ward via Ring) Hi, listers, This sounds like a great new service. The Emergency Email Network has been established to deliver emergency weather alerts and other emergency information of an official nature; that is, originating with your state and/or local emergency services office; via email. As blind people we've complained for years about not having access to the emergency weather bulletins at the bottom of a television screen ... here's one option which, while not perfect (you do have to be on your computer to receive these notices in a timely manner) nonetheless will make this information available to us in an accessible format. To sign up, go to the URL below and select your state; in the next screen, select your county. You'll next be presented with a signup dialog that asks for your email address, county name, and ZIP code. You'll also be given the opportunity to select exactly what kind of emergency information you want to receive ... weather, power outages, sources of emergency supplies, etc. It couldn't be easier. http://www.emergencyemailnetwork.com (via Ring, etc.) Actually it could be easier, since when I checked Oct 26 I was first forwarded to their new URL: http://66.54.188.98/ And then when I clicked on Oklahoma (and several other states), it said .....Add Service is Currently Unavailable..... Oh, well, try later (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. There is a pirate which is spoofing Steve Anderson's United Patriot Radio. They call themselves United Militia Bingo Radio. I have heard them on both 6900 and 6925. I heard them once on a weekend when Steve Anderson was still running. Remember, he did not operate weekends. Wednesday night I heard them on 6900, but we were having a thunder storm, and I could not copy them. Last night, between 01:00 and 02:00 they were on 6925. Samples of Steve's voice, mixed in with other things, very funny. They even gave an e-mail address, though I do not know if it is valid or not: yhwhradio6925@yahoo.com Those few reports we have seen of Steve Anderson's having been heard might actually be this pirate, though if you listen a bit, it is obvious that this is not coming from Anderson himself. Signal is fair, not nearly as strong as UPR itself, and, at least last night, it was in AM, and very good audio quality (Tim Hendel, AL, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [clandestine]. Officials `doing everything` to track down ex-militia member Steve Anderson --- By Carol Coffey Although they are still following leads and tips, law enforcement officials say that ex-militia member Steve Anderson remains at large. A detective with the Kentucky State Police and the supervisor of Kentucky`s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms say they are still doggedly working Anderson`s case, but have yet to apprehend the man who just over a week ago, riddled a Bell County Sheriff`s Deputy`s car. Carl Valisko, the supervisor of the Kentucky office of the ATF, said officials are ``doing everything we can`` to work with the London and Harlan Kentucky State Police posts to track down Anderson. As a part of that joint effort, the KSP and the ATF have announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Anderson. The ``ATF announced the issuance of a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of ATF Fugitive Stephen Howard Anderson,`` a wanted poster and release say. The ATF released a statement late last week saying the reward was being offered. ``On Sunday, Oct. 14, Stephen Howard Anderson, a 54-year-old white male from Pulaski County, fired multiple gunshots at a Bell County Deputy Sheriff after fleeing from a traffic stop in Bell County. Anderson`s abandoned vehicle was recovered near Middlesboro. A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of a large amount of ammunition and several pipe bombs,`` the release reads. ``As a result of the search of Anderson`s vehicle and a subsequent search of Anderson`s residence in Pulaski County, federal explosives charges have been filed against Anderson in U.S District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky. ATF is assisting the Kentucky State Police in the investigation,`` the release continued. ``Anderson is still at large and is considered armed and dangerous.`` Anderson is still considered armed and dangerous by law enforcement officials. Although there is no new information on Anderson, some new information was learned last week about the deputy Anderson allegedly fired at earlier this week. The 17-year-old girlfriend of a sheriff`s deputy who was involved in a shoot-out in Bell County was in the deputy`s cruiser when Anderson allegedly opened fire on it, Sheriff Harold Harbin said. The girl, who was injured by shards of glass as the cruiser was shot up, was treated at a hospital and released. Deputy Scott Elder, 25, was taking his girlfriend home before his shift began at 8 p.m. Sunday. On the way, Elder stopped Anderson, who another motorist said had been driving erratically and had no lights on U.S. 25E near Middlesboro. During the stop, police said Anderson became angry and eventually pulled an automatic weapon on Elder. Harbin said Elder yelled to his girlfriend to lie on the floorboard while he ran behind the patrol car. Harbin said no action would be taken against Elder because he was off duty when he was taking his girlfriend home. After the shoot-out, police said Anderson drove his truck into the mountains, where cruisers couldn`t follow. Federal, state and local law enforcement officials executed a federal search warrant Tuesday at Anderson`s home. The ATF has not officially released any information about what items were seized from Anderson`s home, but it apparently took officers several hours to clear the scene. Story created Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 9:53 AM (Somerset Commonwealth Journal via DXLD) This is the only Anderson story we could find on Oct 26 in this or the Lexington paper since last Saturday (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. KIPM ALERT! KIPM ALERT! KIPM ALERT! I have it on good authority that this weekend KIPM t/x Friday night into early morning hours local... TWO new shows... one is a sci-fi show (He Who Evolved). The other is more of a surreal show (Pirate Jesus). Frequencies of 6900 – 6955 SSB look to be the current operating range and will be determined by milcom/ute use of the band. There is also a NEW quick and dirty KIPM homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/KIPM Tune in and check out original programming and send in your reception reports. Only the highest quality QSL cards are sent. Acs (A C Smith, DX-398 Users yahoogroup Oct 26 via DXLD) Yes, telling Hallowe`en story, on 6925-USB, from 2335 UT tune-in Oct 26, 2351 ID as Illuminati Prima Materia, into another story with dramatic music. Very good signal. 2353 Control Voice returning controls of SW receivers to us, derived from Outer Limits, robovoice K-I-P-M ID. Prima is with a long I. Correspondence encouraged, P O Box 69, Elkorn, Nebraska 68022. Elkorn spelt without the H that I put in previously. Just as KIPM was finishing around 2359, another signal with continuous heavy music started on 6928-USB, and that turned out to be KIPM too with a different show (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Jeff Kadet notes in DXLD feeds from Ground Zero on C-band Telstar 5, transponder 8. This is actually ABC-TV's primary "News One" channel for feeding news packages and live events to affiliates. I've not seen any particularly lengthy live feeds from Ground Zero on this transponder. However, similar feeds can be seen on Fox news feed channel T6/10 and on one of CBS-TV's digital news feed transponders. By the way, Monitoring Times Satellite Radio Guide editor Robert Smathers and others speculate that the ABC-TV feed on T5/8 will soon be going digital (Mike Cooper, GA, Oct 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** URUGUAY [and non]. 6155: El canal multitudinario con un habitante original (Casos y Cosas del Monitoreo Diario y la Propagación: complemento informativo sobre la audibilidadd de Banda Oriental y Radio Sarandí del Yí, Uruguay) El colega H. Nigro, de Montevideo en NU junio vía Radio Nuevo Mundo de julio 2001, comenta que Radio Sarandí del Yí estaría fuera del aire (sólo de noche) ya que quiso sintonizarla la noche del 16 de junio y se encontró con Fides como emisora ganadora del canal, en los 6155 kcs. (Aquí es audible como Radio Sarandí del Yí cuando emite encuentros deportivos --de día o de noche-- y como Banda Oriental cuando abre la transmisión a las 0133 emitiendo un programa de música folklórica uruguaya). La noche del 16 de junio fue precisamente una de las 13 noches de ese mes en que Banda Oriental o R. Sarandí del Yí no fueron audibles. Aquí, la situación difiere, ya que R. Fides (cuando es audible de noche --no siempre--, en junio fue audible apenas 9 noches) es una de las perdedoras en ese canal cuando emite Banda Oriental porque desde julio a las 0130 entra en escena R. Australia en inglés, siendo entonces cuando desde las 0133 Banda Oriental abre la transmisión y son *tres* las emisoras audibles en los 6155 kcs sin heterodinos (cosa notable, por la lejanía de las tres, pienso) y la ganadora pasa a ser Banda Oriental, más potente que las otras dos por la cercanía aunque con algo de QSB producido --supongo-- por el choque o la mezcla de las tres ondas etéreas. Banda Oriental, con la originalidad de no identificarse como Radio o Emisora o Difusora, como nada (al menos en su apertura cuando dice la voz femininia: ``Señores oyentes, a partir de este momento CWA155 Banda Oriental inicia su transnmisión...``)., ¿qué es? (Emilio Pedro Porvzenic Nawosat, Villa Diego, SF, Argentina, Latinoamérica DX, Aug, via Radio Nuevo Mundo via DXLD) No es la tercera Australia, sino Irlanda através de Inglaterra para América Norte, desde hace mucho, y no a partir de junio (G. Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. Publicado el miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2001 en El Nuevo Herald Una suspensión pende sobre Globovisión PASCAL FLETCHER / Reuters CARACAS -- Editores y periodistas acusaron ayer al presidente, Hugo Chávez, de iniciar una venganza política contra una televisora privada de noticias, después que ordenó una investigación por reportar supuestas falsedades.Analistas y diplomáticos extranjeros dijeron que la investigación a Globovisión, que puede terminar en una multa o hasta el retiro de su concesión, parece la acción más decidida que el gobernante ha tomado hasta el momento para intentar acallar a la oposición en los medios de comunicación. Globovisión, la estación líder de noticias en Venezuela, dijo el lunes que el ente regulador estatal de las telecomunicaciones, Conatel, le informó que estaba bajo investigación según normas que penalizarían a la estación por transmitir noticias ``falsas, engañosas o tendenciosas''.``Se nota que hay una intención política tras esta averiguación administrativa. Creo que efectivamente es muy peligroso'', dijo el director del vespertino opositor TalCual, Teodoro Petkoff. Petkoff, cuyo diario frecuentemente critica a Chávez y a su gobierno, dijo que la investigación oficial fue iniciada justo después de que el mes pasado Chávez amenazó públicamente al canal Globovisión y a su presidente, Alberto Ravell.El 4 de octubre, poco antes de partir a una gira internacional de la que aún no ha regresado, Chávez reprendió en un discurso televisado a Globovisión por supuestamente provocar un paro de taxistas en Caracas, al reportar que nueve chóferes fueron asesinados por delincuentes en una sola noche. La Policía dijo después que sólo un taxista había sido asesinado. Chávez, quien se encuentra actualmente de visita en Londres, llamó a Ravell y al canal ``enemigos de la revolución'' y anunció una investigación.``Les tengo que recordar que esa concesión yo pudiera en cualquier momento revocarla'', afirmó. Los adversarios políticos de Chávez no demoraron en condenar el procedimiento contra Globovisión. El partido opositor Acción Democrática (AD) denunció lo que calificó de una ``nueva agresión contra la libertad de expresión''. Un diplomático, que pidió no ser identificado, afirmó que la medida ``es política. Si Globovisión fuera más amigable hacia el Presidente, esto no estuviera pasando''. (via Oscar, FL, DXLD) ** YUGOSLAVIA. I`ve found RY English to NAm missing a couple of days from 11870, as of Oct 20. Returned UT Sun Oct 21 0000 in native language, and 0430 English; no show from either UT Monday (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Remembered to check 11870 Oct 26 at 0455 just before closing, and it was on the air this date, as announcess was giving new B-01 English schedule. Caught the NAm portion for sure, and as expected like last winter: 0100 (exc UT Sun) ENAm 7115; 0200 daily WNAm 7130. The previous English frequencies sounded familiar too, including 6100, 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###