DX LISTENING DIGEST 0-104, August 27, 2000
edited by Glenn Hauser, wghauser@hotmail.com
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THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO EXTRA 35: See topic summary at
https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/worx35.html
WOR on WWCR: For the past two weeks, the Sunday evening broadcast has
been at 0000 UT Monday on 9475. If this time sticks, from Sept the
frequency shifts to 3215.
COM on RFPI: Additional time is Monday 2200, repeated Tuesday 0600,
1400, as well as UT Thursday 0130.
** ARGENTINA. 15820.L Radio Diez, Buenos Aires; 0955-1004 fair on
26/AUG/2000. At 1000 news flash and meteorological report. Canned ID
was given as "Radio Diez, la radio más potente de Argentina."
(Takayuki Inoue Nózaki, Tokyo, Japan, Relámpago DX Logging via DXLD)
** BELARUS. This morning I heard Radio B.A. (Radyjo B.A.) from
Belorussia on 4795.5 kHz (DSB) from tune in at 0430 until 0450 sign
off. Language: Russian. GOOD DX, (Karel Honzík, the Czech Republic,
August 25, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA. [SEE ALSO SERBIA] R. ``Yugoslavia`` has left
11870 for English to NAm at 0000 and 0430. I started noticing them
getting QRMd by 11870 Havana in Spanish on UT August 15 (there was no
RY UT Sundays at 0000 [in English], but daily at 0430). No show
August 20 either (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA. Hello Glenn, Just a few words (but you
probably know it) to say that Radio Yugoslavia has stopped its
programme on SW. There's an official statement on the web site of the
station http://www.radioyu.org/ Best regards (Jean-Michel AUBIER,
ARCAY, FRANCE, August 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA. Hello, find enclosed an excerpt from the Media
Network Newsdesk http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/medianews.html The
mentioned Stubline site in Serbia is indeed off air since it was
smashed into pieces on May 30th 1999, see also story in WRTH 2000 on
page 56. I guess the way they are looking for could be an audio path
to Moscow... (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yugoslavia/Bosnia 23 August 2000: Radio Yugoslavia has been silent
since 20 August, when an official of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia
handed over an ultimatum to staff at the shortwave transmitting
station in Bjeljina, which is on Bosnian territory. The ultimatum
gave them 48 hours to suspend transmissions and leave the station. A
statement on Radio Yugoslavia`s Web site says that its staff at
Bjeljina had been threatened on several occasions. It adds that "we
will find ways to broadcast the truth to the world", suggesting that
its former shortwave site at Stubline in Serbia is no longer
operational. (Media Network via Kai Ludwig)
DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Doubt very much
that officials of Republika Srpska - who are sympathetic to Belgrade
- would close Radio Yugoslavia's SW transmitter site at Bjeljina;-
more likely that the NATO-led Sfor [Stabilsation force] in Bosnia has
taken this action. The Stubline SW transmitter near Belgrade
(formerly used on 7200 kHz) was of course a target of NATO's bombing
of Serbia. Perhaps R Yugoslavia could hire airtime from Deutsche
Telkom or Merlin !!. The above information may only be reproduced if
full credit is given to the original contributor AND to the British
DX Club (BDXC-UK). (Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK via DXLD)
Find enclosed a statement on http://www.radioyu.org/news.html which
is evidently the original and so far only source for the Bijeljina
story. The mentioned sites Mt Ovcar and Makis should be relays of the
microwave link from Beograd to Bijeljina; as well known this circuit
was disrupted during the war, resulting in emergency programmes fed
to Bijeljina through poor phone connections. The mentioned aid for
the Bosnian Serbs should refer to their broadcasts, which were
transmitted via Bijeljina a few years ago. (Kai Ludwig, Germany)
RADIO YUGOSLAVIA'S STATEMENT
The editorial panel of Radio Yugoslavia has announced that an envoy
in uniform of the commander of Republika Srpska Wolfgang Peritsch has
handed over an ultimatum to the employees in the transmission center
of Radio Yugoslavia in Bjeljina to leave the center within 48 hours
and suspend the broadcasting of the programme of this country's
state-run radio. The ultimatum was signed by Milorad Dodik, the head
of the puppet government of Republika Srpska and the authorized
person of the occupational administration - the OHR for Bijeljina.
This illegal, immoral and violent act followed a series of threats to
the employees in Radio Yugoslavia's transmission center in Bijeljina,
who have been exposed to constant pressures ever since the
installation of Dodik's puppet government. The violent act reflects
the attitude of the NATO countries' towards the media which are not
run by the NATO authorities. In the course of the aggression against
this country, Radio Yugoslavia's transmitters on Mt Ovcar, in Makis
and Stubline were bombed.
Following the bombing campaign, the aggression against Yugoslavia
continued, but by different means. Radio Yugoslavia is a state-run
radio station and we have never lied nor will we lie under such
threats. We will find ways to broadcast the truth to the world and we
call on our colleagues, naturally those who have not sided with the
enemies of this country, to support us. On this occasion, we remind
our brothers across the Drina river that Radio Yugoslavia aided their
fight for the creation of Republika Srpska in equipment and funds
with more than 200 thousand DM, and what FR Yugoslavia, whose name
our radio bears, suffered for the creation of Republika Srpska, is
best known by the citizens of Republika Srpska, both those living
here and those who are in Republika Srpska, said the statement from
the editorial panel of Radio Yugoslavia, signed by the director and
editor-in-chief Ivan Markovic. Radio Jugoslavija, Hilandarska 2/IV,
11000 Beograd (via Kai Ludwig, Germany, August 23, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Radio Yugoslavia protests order to close bureau
Radio Yugoslavia said on 18th August that it had been ordered to
close its office in the northeastern Bosnian town of Bijeljina by an
envoy sent by the international representative.
"The editorial board of Radio Yugoslavia stated that a uniformed
envoy of the Serb Republic`s commander Wolfgang Petritsch had
delivered an ultimatum to the employees of Radio Yugoslavia`s
broadcasting studio in Bijeljina, requesting them to leave the studio
within 24 hours or they would be forced to do so, and thus cease the
broadcasting of our country`s state radio," Serbian radio reported,
quoting a statement by Radio Yugoslavia editorial board director Ivan
Markovic.
He said the order showed NATO`s attitude to the media not under its
control, adding that a number of Radio Yugoslavia staff had been
threatened recently.
"We have never lied, nor will we lie even under such threats. We will
find a way of broadcasting the truth into the world, and we appeal to
our colleagues to stand by our side, which, of course, applies to
those who have not already sided with the enemies of this country,"
the statement said.
Source: Radio Belgrade, in Serbo-Croat 18 Aug 00 (via BBC Monitoring
via DXLD)
Bosnia-Hercegovina: Radio Yugoslavia staff leave studio, return to
Serbia | Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA
Bijeljina, 19th: Employees of the shortwave transmission centre of
Radio Yugoslavia in Hase near Bijeljina suspended their transmissions
and left the studio last night, after they received a demand to
evacuate the premises. Members of the MUP [Ministry of Internal
Affairs] of the [Bosnian] Serb Republic in charge of the security for
the building confirmed for SRNA that all employees had left for
Serbia, where they normally live... Source: SRNA news agency,
Bijeljina, in Serbo-Croat 1030 gmt 19 Aug 00 (via BBCM via DXLD)
Bosnia/Yugoslavia: Radio Yugoslavia broadcasting illegally from
Bosnian Serb Republic - IMC Text of report in English by Croatian
news agency HINA
Sarajevo, 20th August: The radio transmitter system belonging to
Radio Yugoslavia, located near Bijeljina in northern Bosnia-
Hercegovina, has been disconnected after the Independent Media
Commission (IMC) in Bosnia requested that its legal status be
defined, IMC spokeswoman Zinaida Babovic told HINA in Sarajevo on
Sunday [20th August]. She confirmed that the broadcasting of Radio
Yugoslavia programmes on shortwave had been discontinued on Saturday
following the disconnection of the transmitter system near Bijeljina.
Babovic said that during a regular check-up of programmes of the
Bosnia-Hercegovina electronic media IMC experts had established that
Radio Yugoslavia programmes were being illegally broadcast from a
location south of Bijeljina.
"We sent a request that the status of these transmitters and the
programmes that were broadcast via these transmitters be explained.
The request was forwarded with the mediation of the Office of the
High Representative and all we know is that the personnel who
maintained the transmitters decided to disconnect them after that,"
Babovic said. Serbian Radio-TV reported that the transmitters were
allegedly disconnected in a raid by armed persons wearing uniforms
but the information has not been confirmed by any independent source.
The shortwave transmitters of Radio Yugoslavia were constructed 16
years ago in the village of Jabanusa, three kilometres from
Bijeljina. The transmitters were reportedly used for broadcasting
programmes from a Belgrade studio for North and South Americas,
Africa, Asia and Australia. The transmitters had been operating all
the time since the signing of the Dayton peace agreement. Source:
HINA news agency, Zagreb, in English 1323 gmt 20 Aug 00 (via BBCM via
DXLD)
Bosnia/Yugoslavia: Closure of Radio Yugoslavia "rampant Nazism" -
minister Text of report by Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug
Belgrade, 19th August: Yugoslav Information Minister Goran Matic has
said that he was not surprised by the ultimatum of the international
community's high representative to Radio Yugoslavia, in which he
ordered the station to stop transmitting its programme from the
Bijeljina transmission centre "since Petritsch said in a statement to
`Vienna Kurier' that his dog was of Serbian nationality". "Wolfgang
Petritsch is a classic Nazi in every respect and he is implementing
an anti-Serb policy to a much greater degree that even Washington is
asking from him. His role in Rambouillet and during his term as
Austrian ambassador to our country is well-known," Matic stressed in
a statement to Radio Yugoslavia. "This is nothing but a joint game by
Petritsch, [Bosnian Serb Republic Prime Minister Milorad] Dodik, and
other well-known individuals entrenched in anti-Yugoslav and anti-
Serb positions.
That is why it is perhaps surprising that they have waited so long,
because there have been many other events which they could have used
to form their aggressor policy towards our country," Matic said. "I
expect Radio Yugoslavia to find in record time an alternative
solution to transmit its programmes on a shortwave frequency. I also
expect that the actions of Petritsch, Dodik and their mentors will be
defined as an attempt to smother the media and the truth, and as an
attempt to hide from the international public the truth about our
country and the aggressors activities and crimes," Minister Matic
stressed. He said that the moves were of limited influence and that
they appropriately demonstrated that these were undemocratic
activities and rampant nazism. "The Dayton Agreement is being
systematically violated. It is precisely [former High Representative
Carlos] Westendorp and Petritsch who removed the legally-elected Serb
Republic president [Nikola Poplasen]," Matic added.
"The Dayton Agreement and the Serb Republic's statehood are being
violated by a series of activities. They are primarily being violated
because the authorities of the Serb Republic are not only
illegitimate, they are also illegal, and thus make these violations
possible. Milorad Dodik is a hero in this respect. Dodik, together
with [former Bosnian Serb Republic President Biljana] Plavsic and
similar individuals, is conducting a policy that is not only against
the interests of the Serb people, but all of the Serb Republic's
citizens, and against all international standards and agreements
signed in Dayton and Paris," Minister Matic concluded. Source: Tanjug
news agency, Belgrade, in Serbo-Croat 1429 gmt 19 Aug 00 (via BBCM
via DXLD)
Bosnia/Yugoslavia: Radio Yugoslavia demands compensation from "NATO"
media | Excerpts from report by Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug
Belgrade, 19th August: In response to the ultimatum by the occupying
and puppet authorities of the [Bosnian] Serb Republic, who demanded a
stop to Radio Yugoslavia broadcasts from the transmission centre in
Bijeljina [northeastern Bosnia] under the threat of force by the
international stabilization forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina (Sfor [NATO-
led Stabilization Force]), Radio Yugoslavia's Director and Editor in
Chief Ivan Markovic has told Tanjug: "The chief of the so-called
independent commission for the freedom of the media in the Serb
Republic is Ambassador Ralph Johnson. He is directly responsible for
exercising these rights and he ordered [Bosnian Serb Prime Minister]
Milorad Dodik to close down Radio Yugoslavia's transmission centre in
Bijeljina. Dodik, of course, had no qualms about being the first to
sign the ultimatum together with Johnson, [High Representative]
Wolfgang Petritsch, and the UK and US ambassadors to Bosnia-
Hercegovina.
In addition to these 'officials', Helena Mandic, head of the
commission's legal department, also signed, probably to guarantee
that everything is legal. "But force and occupation can never be law
and legality. The betrayers of the Serb people and their bosses in
the Serb Republic at 1600 [1400 gmt] yesterday established an
incredible and widely-known fact, namely, that Radio Yugoslavia was
broadcasting its programme from a location six kilometres from
Bijeljina. They also said that their initial position was that the
broadcasts were illegal because Radio Yugoslavia's editorial offices
were in Belgrade and because the editorial policy was not defined by
NATO. That is why this Johnson-Petritsch commission ordered Dodik to
close down our transmitter.
Although they contacted us, they say that they do not know who owns
the transmitter. "Ladies and gentlemen good-for-nothings, you know as
well as we that since 24th November 1988, this location has been used
to transmit, in 14 languages, the programmes of the Yugoslav state
radio. It is also true that our editorial offices have been in
Belgrade since the liberation of Yugoslavia in 1945. Moreover, it is
true that we do not take orders from NATO. The transmitter is the
property of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Radio Yugoslavia
Federal Public Institution also owns the land on which the
transmitter is located, and Radio Yugoslavia got its frequency
licence from relevant bodies in the Serb Republic. True, that was
before Milorad Dodik betrayed the Serb Republic, Serbia and
Yugoslavia, but does that mean anything at all to you who kill,
destroy and plunder?... "We resolutely demand that the relevant state
bodies ensure that we are given compensation according to the
reciprocity principle, namely, from the media funded or owned by the
United States, Great Britain or other NATO administrations, including
Dodik's, that are located on our territory." Source: Tanjug news
agency, Belgrade, in Serbo-Croat 1652 gmt 19 Aug 00 (via BBCM via
DXLD)
Following news item was posted on the Radio Yugoslavia website.
"Extress" is a typo and must read "Express"; these satellites are the
successors of the Gorizont birds. Considering the usage of this
Russian satellite it appears indeed as an educated guess that Radio
Yugoslavia is working on shortwave transmissions via Russian sites.
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, Aug 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Serbian Radio and Television on Friday started to broadcast its
satellite programme for Europe.
The programme is aired via Extress 3A satellite. The reinforced and
expanded satellite programme can now be viewed in all European
countries, in North Africa and the Middle East as well as in parts of
Russia towards Europe. (via Ludwig, DXLD) see also SERBIA!
** CANADA. RCI will soon present some pre-recorded programs, not only
because of the summer season, but due to some days designated by
management as for reflection upon future autumn programming. The
station is studying the possibility of lengthening all 30-minute
broadcasts to one hour. Reaction from personnel has been positive so
far; for a long time, listeners have been asking for longer
broadcasts. But could quality be maintained? This question has not
been answered so far. Listener input may be the deciding factor. RCI
wants to maintain a certain ``sound``, so that whether morning or
evening, listeners feel they are in the same ``radiophonic universe``
(RCI August 13 in French, via Informations de Jean-Michel Aubier
translated by gh for DXLD)
** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Subject: [BDXC-UK] Radio Ndeke Luka. DX
Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). I found this on
http://www.hirondelle.org Has anyone actually heard this station
(presumably on shortwave)? (Tony Vaughan)
A radio for development and peace in Central Africa
Radio MINURCA had started transmitting its programs in Bangui
(Central African Republic) in July 1998. It went off the air on
February 1, 2000, when the United Nations finished its mission in
CAR. In 19 months, Radio MINURCA had become the most listened to and
the most credible radio in CAR and a great instrument to communicate
with the populations of the region (the two Congos, Sudan and Chad).
Aiming the survival of the radio, the United Nations approached the
Hirondelle Foundation. Radio NDEKE LUKA ("bird of luck" in Sango and
in Lingala) replaced Radio MINURCA on March 27, 2000.
Radio NDEKE LUKA will continue to act as a link between the UN, NGOs
and the population. Its aim is to transmit impartial, rigorous and
professional information on subjects like economical and social
development, security, good governance, peace and Human Rights. Its
programs will be mostly in French and Sango. Radio NDEKE LUCA will
also become a training centre for local journalists.
CAR is going through a political and economical crisis. It has
accepted thousands of refugees, for it is surrounded by countries at
war. Bangui has recently been the theatre of violent rioting.
Radio Ndeke Luka, c/o PNUD, Av. de l'Indépendance, BP 872, Bangui
(CAR)
The above information may only be reproduced if full credit is given
to the original contributor AND to the British DX Club (BDXC-UK).
(via Tony Vaughan, August 24, BDXC-UK via DXLD)
** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. The Hirondelle foundation tells Cumbre
DX that a shortwave transmitter is en route to their latest station
in Bangui, Radio Ndeke Luka. It is planned to operate it on Radio
MINURCA's old frequencies of 5900 and 9900. As for the equipment used
by Radio MINURCA, it was shipped by the UN to Sierra Leone some
months ago [No word from the UN yet on how it is being used-Johnson]
(via Johnson Cumbre DX Aug 22 via DXLD)
** CHINA [non]. Falun Dafa Radio: 12150 kHz 2220-till c/down 2304
utc, August 22. Mentioning Falun Gong and Falun Dafa lots of times,
with soft Chinese music in the background. SINPO-35333 (Silvain
Domen, Belgium, August 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Same frequency where Que Huong Radio tested briefly, from Tajikistan?
And a new time for FDR, besides 1400-1500 (gh)
** COLOMBIA. Bandscan of SW frequencies here by Yimber Gaviria from
Cali or Popayán:
4885 Ondas del Meta, Villavicencio, after many checks, no signals
here, only Brasil heard.
4895 Colombia Stereo, Melgar site?, No signals from them lately, but
heard on FM 95.1 in Popayán August 6
4975 Aug 11 Ondas del Orteguaza, Florencia, +2300-0000*, SIO 454,
ballads in Spanish
5020 Aug 11 Ecos del Atrato, Quibdo, 0210- 343, religious program,
also at 2330 SIO 342, best on LSB, ending program La Botánica y su
Salud, ID. Ecos del Atrato is another affiliate of R@adionet [sic]
which broadcasts news 24 hours, heard at 2332 relaying Bogotá 850,
//Cali 700, Medellín 590 mixed with Panamá
5955 Aug 16 La Voz de los Centauros, Villavicencio, 1120- 555!,
Panorama de Caracol (programa de noticias)
5975 Radio Macarena, Villavicencio, no signals from them
6035 Aug 10 La Voz del Guaviare, SJ del Guaviare, 2158- 242, ID+TC,
also Aug 11 at 0215 343 with boleros; Aug 16 at 1125 relaying RCN
news from Bogotá 770
6115 Aug 10 La Voz del Llano, Villavicencio, 2201- 343, local news
9635 Aug 10 Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 2208-2210,
343, nonstop Colombian music, still here!
CLANDESTINE/COLOMBIA
6261 Aug 14 Voz de la Resistencia - Bloque Oriental, 1132- 433, with
Noti Enfoque Voz de la Resistencia (Yimber Gaviria, Cali, Colombia,
translated by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CONGO DR. Radio Kahuzi: HCJB tells Cumbre DX that while the 1 kW
transmitter going to this station is capable of tropical bands
operation, the station will mostly like use its old frequency
[reported as both 6120 and 6210-Johnson] as fixed-tuned radios have
previously been distributed in the area. Kahuzi's old shortwave
transmitter as 100 watts and built in the USA (DIRECT via Johnson
Copyright Cumbre DX Aug 17 via DXLD)
** COSTA RICA. Radio Fides launches its web page, will begin SW
transmissions. (CRU) TIAC, Radio Fides, the oldest Catholic station
in CR and one of the oldest in the New World, has opened a website at
http://www.radiofides.co.cr and seems to be ready to start broadcasts
on SW. Visitors may learn the history of the station, read its
schedule and see photos of the station and its personnel. Its
programs may be heard via Real Audio. Radio Fides says it covers 85
percent of the nation from its FM transmitter on Irazú volcano, with
repeaters on Cerro la Muerte in the south, Santa Elena in the
Guanacaste area, Palmira, and in Zarcero in the San Carlos area.
It ranks sixth among all CR stations in listenership; it is supported
by advertising. TIAC broadcasts on AM and FM. The website mentions
TIAC International on 9955 kHz, which would be new since it has not
been on SW for many decades. An inquiry about this to the station has
not been answered; E-mail is available thru the website. Director is
Fr. William Lizano Arias. TIAC Radio Fides 1040 AM (10,000 watts) and
93.1 FM. Address: Curia Metropolitana, 2o piso, or Apartado 5097, San
José (Radio Católica al Dia # 74 via Michael Dorner, adapted by
Nicolás Eramo via radioescutas Aug 26 translated by gh for DXLD)
Yes, found on the above website, but what about all the Cuban
jamming, and incidentally, WRMI? or does it have a deal with WRMI?:
``Radio Fides tiene sus siglas Internacionales TIAC, 9955 KC``
(gh, DXLD)
Glenn -- No deal with Radio Fides. They're obviously crazy to choose
9955, unless they were assigned that freq by the government or
something. That would be a clear conflict. I'll see what I can find
out about it (Jeff White, WRMI, August 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. Dear Friends and Listeners,
As you may know, RFPI's "Progressive News Network" has been produced
entirely by a dedicated team of volunteers and interns. We have
successfully been able to maintain these broadcasts, nearly without
interruption, since June 1999 largely due to a steady flow of these
indispensable assistants.
However, beginning next week, our remaining volunteers are scheduled
to depart leaving us without the resources necessary to continue
producing the newscast. Therefore, we have taken the decision to
suspend PNN until a new pool of volunteers is found.
If you would like to join us in Costa Rica as a volunteer for a 3
month period or more, please contact us via e-mail: info@rpfi.org for
details.
RFPI is deeply committed to bringing you some of the best in
alternative news from around the world and will do so again as soon
as humanly possible.
In the meantime, we are pleased to announce that RFPI will be
broadcasting "Freespeech Radio News" weekly on Friday, 2200 UTC
(repeats UTC Saturday, 0130 and 0600.) This half-hour newscast is
produced by Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship, a team of over 40
freelance reporters in 14 U.S. states and four continents who are
boycotting the Pacifica Network News for censoring legitimate news
stories. These reporters are risking their livelihoods and need your
support. For more information, please visit their web page:
http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/news
We have been very moved by your thoughtful and positive comments
about PNN over the past year while making it clear that such a
service fills a great need. We'll make very effort to continue this
service as soon as possible. Yours in Peace, The Team at RFPI
Radio For Peace International, P.O. Box 88-6150, Santa Ana, Costa
Rica, Central America
PH: +506/249-1821 Fax: +506/249-1095 e-mail: info@rfpi.org
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(RFPI August 17 via DXLD)
** COSTA RICA. Had not checked DGS spurs for a sesquiweek or so, but
STILL there, as bad as ever, UT Sun Aug 27 around 0235 but
frequencies have shifted slightly, worst at 11170-11186, 8265-8277
and also audible around 6805, 12635. These are all related to 9725 as
previously reported. The Adventists must be chortling upon having
unloaded this pile of crap upon the Doctor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. To mark an anniversary, Radio Rebelde announced it was
launching a new edition of its web site http://www3.cuba.cu/RRebelde/
with a more attractive format, offering breaking national, sports,
cultural and recreational news and editorials. Source: Radio Rebelde,
Havana, in Spanish 1000 gmt 22 Aug 00 (BBC Monitoring via DXLD)
** CUBA. An unfortunate E-mail from RHC received August 17 indicates
the station cannot broadcast in Creole for the time being. These
broadcasts have been replaced by French, now totaling eight
broadcasts per day (Informations, Jean-Michel Aubier, via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. R. Nacional, Malabo, 6249.35, August 19 2220-
2302* Spanish and vernacular talk, ID, local Af folk music, s/off
with NA. Good. Down slightly from 6250 and on air one hour later than
scheduled 2200*. Looking for LAm clandestines but only found this
(Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. Radio Ethiopia has made its presence in the net, with
help of some firm called Jonathan DeFabritis Publishing & Consulting,
at: https://www.angelfire.com/biz/radioethiopia/ 73 de PUL (Pentti
Lintujärvi, Helsinki, Finland, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
Includes some audio files like month-old English news from TV, not
radio (gh)
** GUYANA. GBC reactivated on 3289.74, August 20 at 0230-0345+,
English DJ chatter, local pops, some US pops by *Nsync and others. ID
as V. of Guyana, mentions of GBC Radio; fair. Also heard at 0650
check (Brian Alexander, PA, back from the Drum & Bugle Corps circuit,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUYANA. Voice of Guyana was heard this Sunday morning on 3290 kHz
(drifting to 3289.8 kHz) from 0850 UTC to 0945 UTC in English with
sports reports (cricket) and a variety of mostly male vocal EZL music
and country western with a male announcer briefly between songs;
weather report; clear ID as ``This is the Voice of Guyana`` at 0930
and into Indian sub-continental music. A strong signal at times, but
poor modulation and noisy. Nothing heard on listed parallel frequency
of 5950 kHz (Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, ODXA Aug 20 via DXLD)
** HONDURAS. 4960 HRET: Per Larry Basinger of WJCR USA, who just
returned from a trip to Honduras. This station is off the air due to
lack of funds. There is simply not enough money to pay both a staff
and keep their generator running. A solar project put in last year
does not provide enough power to run the station. Funding comes
through donations collected in the United States, but these donations
have been much less than expected. Ironically, the station has two
working transmitters, a 1 kW and 500 watts back-up, both fed into a
dipole strung over the studio building (via Johnson Cumbre DX Aug 23
via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Hi Glenn, I thought others would
like to know about Bill Snyder's new site now that things are heating
up with Debby lurking off of the East Coast.
(Joe Olig, S C [Sauk City?] WI, DXLD)
Re: Hurricane List. Hi, Joe. My apology for the delay in contacting
you. Recently, my ISP folded, and forwarding is not occurring as
planned. Until it gets its own domain name and hosting server, you
may access the Hurricane Frequencies page at
http://aa6kc.home.mindspring.com/ Thanks! (Bill Snyder, AA6KC, Aug
21, via Joe Olig; also noted by John Norfolk, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND [non]. Hello. In DXLD 0-103, August 17, 2000:
"The live commentaries will also be available on RTE's website at
http://www.rte/gaa " wrong link ? (J. A. Salvado, Portugal, August
19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) or not yet working? (gh)
It's not working for me just now either. I'll try to get another way
in to that Gaelic Athletic Association [GAA, hence "gaa"] site...
I actually tried it at a time when there was live Gaelic Football
commentary going out on RTE's domestic radio and TV services. That
particular URL came to me in hard-copy by p-mail from RTE, and I
took it to mean that it would be active on the two dates of the
All-Ireland Gaelic Hurling & Football SW relays. For sure, it is not
working today while a Semi-Final of one of those particular
competitions is being aired.
Anyway, the URL looks a bit truncated, and so I would recommend that
anyone who wants live Internet coverage would be well advised to try
these routes instead:
1. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/radiofinals.html
-click on the link "RTE Radio 1 Live Listen Here" at the appropriate
times on the appointed dates, else it should be carrying Radio 1
stream round the clock.
2. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/index.html
-click on the button "Radio: All-Irelands"
3. http://www.rte.ie
-the RTE homepage, where there are links to streaming of all RTE`s
radio channels. The appropriate one for the particular sports
commentaries in question will be "Radio 1". Hope this helps, (Finbarr
O'Driscoll.....Ireland, Aug 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND [non]. Wolfgang Büschel speculates on sites for September
sports specials as in DXLD 0-103, based on previous years:
NoAM 13720 [Sackville-CAN 250 kW 277 kW ?] [also co-channel RL
Persian 1400-1500 via Lampertheim 100 kW 92 degrs]
AF 17810 [ASC 250 085 degrs ?]
AUS/AS 15360 [Kranji-SNG 125/250 kW 135 degrs ?]
Ce&So AM 15240 [Sackville ? / Antigua ? / Bonaire ?] {WSHB? gh}
SoEaAS 15270 [Kranji-SNG 125/250 kW 13 degrs ?] (BC-DX via DXLD)
** ISRAËl. In a few weeks, the http://www.israelradio.org website
should be getting 0400 UTC (midnight Eastern) and 1900 UTC (3 PM
Eastern) English broadcasts on the web- which would make all the
English Israel Radio broadcasts available on the web, some on demand
and some live.... (Doni Rosenzweig, Aug 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As of Sept 3, 2000, the Kol Israel English 1400 UTC broadcast will be
moved to 1600 UTC (that's noon ET instead of 10 AM) both locally in
Israel on Reshet Alef, and via shortwave. The frequencies should be
available soon.
While am at it - from the Jerusalem Post "Radio Damascus Invades
Airwaves" - Since Reshet Dalet Arabic programming isn't on 738 -
Radio Damascus Arabic programming decided to take the opportunity to
take its place...
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/08/24/LatestNews/LatestNews.11317.html
(Daniel Rosenzweig, August 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAËL. High-power Arabic transmitter still off the air
Israel Radio`s Arabic channel - Network D - has been unheard on its
main mediumwave 738 kHz frequency since the closure of the Zoran
transmitter on 17th August over radiation fears. The Arabic service
continues to be observed on shortwave frequencies 9815 and 12140 kHz
as well as on its lower-powered 50-kW mediumwave outlet on 1026 kHz.
The Israeli newspaper ``Ha`aretz`` reported on 21st August that
agreement had been reached to resume transmissions from the Zoran
station for a three month period with one seventh of the station`s
usual output power of 1,200 kW. (Source: BBC Monitoring research in
English 21 Aug 00 via DXLD)
** ITALY. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). RAI Roma
again off 846 and 1332 since August 14. RAI Notturno Italiano is
again broadcast on Milan 900, Rome SW 6060, Naples 657 and Montecarlo
702. The above information may only be reproduced if full credit is
given to the original contributor AND to the British DX Club (BDXC-
UK). Good listening, (Stefano Valianti, Aug 17, BDXC-UK via DXLD)
** ITALY. See http://www.awr.org/argenta/argenta-news.html
AWR ARGENTA BROADCAST STATION
Adventist World Radio is working toward setting up a broadcast
station in Argenta, Italy. Negotiations are currently underway to
obtain a permit to build the station.
The groups which will be reached from the new station are those
located in the 10/40 window that are not being reached from Guam nor
from leased facilities. These areas include the Middle East, north
Africa, and central and Indo-Asia.
Don Jacobsen announced the Permit Approval at the GC Session 2000 in
Toronto, Canada, on July 8, 2000.
Here are some of the realities that make the Italy station compulsory
- and urgent - for the Advent Movement... (from the website) There
are sixty-two countries either in or touched by the 10/40 window. Of
the six billion people on earth, four billion of them live in those
countries.
Ninety seven percent of the unevangelized peoples of the world live
in the 10/40 window. Half of them live on less than $1.40 per day.
Of the world's 50 largest unevangelized megacities on earth, all 50
are in the 10/40 window.
Every major non-Christian religion was founded within the 10/40
window and is headquartered there. Hundreds of millions of people
living there have never heard the name of Jesus - not even once.
There are 500,000 villages in India without a single Christian. Of
the 100 most widely-spoken languages in the world, 18 are spoken in
India.
For the first time in history God has given to this generation the
ability to present Christ to this part of the world.
The groups which will be reached from the new station are those
located in the 10/40 window that are not being reached from Guam nor
from leased facilities. These areas include the Middle East, north
Africa, and central and Indo-Asia. (Guam is able to broadcast to
approximately 2/5 of that area. The Italian facility will broadcast
to the other three fifths.)
The languages we will be adding are: Azeri, Bhojpuri, Bundeli,
Berber, Chattisgarhi, Dar, Fulani, Gujarati, Ibo, Kurdish, Kashmiri,
Pashtu, Sindhi, and Tibetan. (This is besides the ones which we
currently broadcast into that area: Arabic, Armenian, Farsi, French,
Dyula, Hindi, Mandarin, Georgian, Haussa, Nepali, Uighir, Yoruba,
Punjabi, Urdu, and English.)
In addition, it provides us the security that we will be able to
choose to broadcast to areas during prime time, at our discretion and
we will not have to work around the schedules of those leased
transmitter sites on which we are buying air time. We will also be
able to continue to broadcast to areas where leased facilities no
longer provide service. Radio is the only way the gospel can be taken
to most of the countries within reach of the Italian station. (via
Mike Terry, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
A Tibetan who has been converted to Seventh Day Adventism (if any) is
no longer a real Tibetan, etc., etc. Just what they need -- more
cultural genocide (gh)
** KURDISTAN. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Both
"Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan" and "Voice of the People of Kurdistan"
were heard well on SW on 21st August. "Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan" was
heard at tune-in 1803 on 4085 kHz with songs and talk in Arabic. ID
heard as "Huna sawt kurdistan al-iraqi". News in Kurdish at 1830.
Fair signal, peaking nicely around 1830-1900. Also heard with good
reception on // 7135 from 1825 tune-in, although blocked by Voice of
Russia at 1900. 4085 heard through till sign-off at 1932.
"Voice of the People of Kurdistan" heard with a strong signal on 6995
from tune-in 1850, initially in Kurdish, then news in Arabic at 1900.
ID as "sawt sha'b kurdistan". Also heard on // 4060 but much weaker.
Receiver: AOR AR7030+/longwire The above information may only be
reproduced if full credit is given to the original contributor AND to
the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). (Tony Rogers - Birmingham, UK, BDXC-UK
via DXLD)
** LATVIA [and non]. Radio Caroline was transmitted today on 1296
[UK] until sudden audio cut-off inmidst song at 1800, so the
announced broadcast time of 0500-1900 was neither UTC nor CET but
actually BST instead... There was some hype about this channel but
prior to 1700 the transmitter delivered just a faint carrier into
eastern Germany instead of serving whole Europe as claimed in
advance; of course that's exactly what was to expect, not to discuss
that the border of Europe is not marked by the Oder and Neiße rivers
but the Ural mountains instead.
Regarding 5935 from Latvia it seems the sign on and off times were
0900 and 1900, respectively. Frequency announcements did not mention
the shortwave channel at all; it seems there was a lack in internal
communication. There were frequent transmission breaks and all checks
between 1500 and 1800 showed negative results at all; in addition the
signal appeared as rather weak also considering the daytime
suppression, suggesting an output of clearly less than 100 kW. It is
evident that the guys at the Riga-Ulbroka site had rather severe
problems with their transmitter, the very limited usage of this unit
since Radio Latvia closed its foreign service was certainly not
helpful for keeping it in a stable shape. But at least the Latvian
shortwave is not dead like the Estonian one (Kai Ludwig, Germany,
August 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MÉXICO. R. Mil, 6010, printed SW program schedule effective 1 June
2000 shows: Encuentro DX at following times and days strictly
converted to UT: Fri 2330, Sat 0500, 1330, 2200, Sun 1400, 2230, Mon
0400. Only the Sat 0500 broadcast of this is shown as simulcast on
XEOY 1000 kHz. A few other programs noted: M-F 1100-1400 Noticiario
Enfoque, 1800-1900 second edition of same. UT Wed 0100-0200 Grandeza
Mexicana. UT Fri 0100-0200 Diálogos al Desnudo; Sat 1500-1510
Pláticas del Presidente Zedillo. UT Mon 0300-0400 La Hora Nacional
[When DST goes off at Octoberend, these UTs shift one hour later]
(via Takeshi Sejimo, Radio Nuevo Mundo Aug 6 via DXLD)
** OMAN - Radio Oman in Arabic noted on August 21:
0200-0400 on odd 15364.0, instead of registered 15355
0400-0600 on odd 17599.0, instead of registered 17590
(Observer, Bulgaria via DXLD)
** OMAN/THAILAND/et al. Thomcast awarded transmitter contract for BBC
relay | Excerpts from report by press release by Thomcast on 5th
August
Paris, 5th August: Thomcast today announced that it has been selected
by Merlin Communications International Ltd, a leading provider of
global telecommunications systems, as the AM radio transmitter
supplier for the new BBC World Service Al Ashkharah station in Oman.
Thomcast will supply two mediumwave S7 HP transmitters series of
800kW nominal carrier power each, three shortwave TSW 2250
transmitters of 250kW nominal carrier power each and one rotatable
Alliss shortwave antenna to Merlin Communications International Ltd.
Thomcast will also provide services such as testing, on-site
installation, commissioning, and on-site training. The future Al
Ashkharah station, which is owned by the BBC World Service, is and
will be totally integrated by Merlin Communications International
Ltd. This station, located in the desert, is a replacement for the
Masirah relay station in Oman, which will be closed by 2002.
The Merlin Communications International Ltd contract also includes
the installation of one TSW 2250 shortwave transmitter of 250kW
nominal carrier power at the existing BBC relay station in Nakhon
Sawan, Thailand, as an extension to the four Thomcast transmitters
already installed and in operation since 1996...
Guided by our participation in the Digitale Radio Mondiale [DRM]
consortium, Thomcast radio products are designed for easy migration
from analogue to digital. The BBC transmitter will be the tenth
superpower S7HP transmitter installed in two years following
installations in France, Germany, Monte Carlo, Poland, Cyprus, Sri
Lanka, Korea and China. With this order, the total installed
transmitting power in the world with Thomcast most recent full solid
state families will be over 16,000 kilowatts... Contact: Thomcast
S.A. Caroline Godard Marketing & Communications Manager phone: +33 1
34 90 36 87 Fax: +33 1 34 90 32 27 E-Mail:
caroline.godard@thomcast.thomson-csf.com Source: Thomcast press
release, Paris, in English 5 Aug 00 (via BBC Monitoring via DXLD)
** PAKISTAN/INDIA. Radio news channel to counter Indian "propaganda"
Text of report by Pakistani newspaper `Ausaf` on 17th August
Islamabad: The director-general of the Pakistan Broadcasting
Corporation (PBC), Syed Anwar Mehmood, has stated that Radio Pakistan
will very soon start a separate channel for news. This news channel
will be dedicated to countering Indian propaganda. The station will
present news, current affairs and sports programmes. This channel
will start functioning in November and will also be heard on the
Internet. It will have a separate transmitter, and will be broadcast
on shortwave and mediumwave.
In a special interview with `Ausaf`, the PBC director-general said
that Radio Pakistan is responding to Indian propaganda in a very
effective way. In order to counter India propaganda, it has launched
services in five different Indian languages, including Nepalese,
Singhalese and Asamese. It has also increased the duration of PBC`s
Bengali and Hindi services.
The director-general further said that Radio Pakistan is very
aggressive in countering the enemy`s propaganda. In fact, Radio
Pakistan has put new life into the freedom movement in Indian-
occupied Kashmir. "We know that our position on Kashmir is right and
we talk about the right things. Therefore, we have special sentiments
when we do our programmes. The enemy may have innumerable resources,
but its cause is wrong. We are presenting the position of Pakistan
before the world in a very effective way." He also told `Ausaf` that
Radio Pakistan has programmes in 16 foreign languages.
The people are returning to the programmes of Radio Pakistan although
it has not made any particular changes to its traditional programmes.
The number of people who listen to Radio Pakistan is 10 million. He
said that Radio Pakistan has attracted youth by starting FM 101.
Source: `Ausaf`, Islamabad, in Urdu 17 Aug 00 (via BBCM via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. This a.m. from 09-10 a full hour program
broadcast on 9675 and not on 4890 with nx of a national magazine to
be published to promote Papua New Guinea. Interview by female ann. of
PNG Prime Minister which was a bit difficult to hear as he is a soft
spoken gentlemen. Talks of how they would promote the magazine for
the silver jubilee as they call it. That would be independence day
which falls the same day the Olympics is to start 15 Sept which is
interesting... The mag will be called from what I could tell, "City
Soon" to promote Port Moresby. I reviewed my recording a number of
times and that is the best I can figure. There is to be televised
weekly program as well. The gal doing the interview mentioned that
the next issue out in Dec will feature the Silver Jubilee
celebration. A list of subscribers will be listed in the magazine
plus a number of local businesses. I have attached a sound file and
maybe you can get the name of the mag (Bob Montgomery, August 26, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Also sounded to me like City Soon, tho that does not make much sense.
Maybe you can find some reference to it in print on the web? BTW,
everyone, please don`t send me huge audio or visual files without
asking first. Tnx (gh)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Sept 16th is the Silver Jubilee Celebration for
Papua New Guinea as it is their Independence Day. I have been
following this for some time and they have a line of events starting
on the 15th of Sept. Lately, 9675 has been used more or at least has
been readable here in the N.E. part of the US. This might be worth
checking during this period of time. (Bob Montgomery, PA, hard-core-
dx August 26 via DXLD)
** PERÚ. NEW FREQ. r4880.5 R. Comas, Comas, Lima, August 19, 0130,
Spanish 73 (Rogildo Fontenelle Aragão, Cochabamba, Bolivia, Sony
2001D - LW 30m, hard core dx via DXLD)
** PERÚ. 4881.2 Radio Comas, Comas, 0329 -0455* Aug 21, Spanish,
Musical Program Cumbias and Salsa Music, ID "Radio Comas" "Radio
Comas 1300 kiloherz Amplitud Modula 4880 nueva señal en Onda Corta a
todos los oyentes del interior que nos escriban informándonos cómo
nos reciben escríbanos a Av. Estados Unidos 327, Urbanización...
...recibirán un recuerdo de la emisora ..." The s/off of Radio Comas
Television was at 0455 with announce of address and then National
Anthem; SIO 333 (Nicolás Eramo, Argentina, Aug 21, Cumbre DX Special
via DXLD)
** PERÚ. Radio Comas has a web site at
http://homepages.go.com/homepages/r/a/d/radio_cantogrande/ eMail:
rtcomas@protelsa.com.pe Probably been there for a long time, but I
just like to draw your attention to it, as the station has recently
been logged on the 60 meter band. No mention of the new fqy on the
web site, though (Pentti Lintujärvi, Helsinki, Finland, August 27,
hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** PORTUGAL. RDP International, Radio Portugal in Portuguese to No Am
from August 12: 1200-2000 Sat & Sun on NF 15180 strong co-ch BBC in
Arabic til 1800 and BBC in French 1800-1830, ex 15610 (Observer,
Bulgaria via DXLD)
** ROMANIA - Radio Romania International in English noted on August
21: 0400-0456 on NF 15100.0 (35443), instead of registered 15105.0
(Observer, Bulgaria via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Mari Republic radio station frequencies
Text of "DX Club" report via Voice of Russia web site on 21st August
Russia, Mari Republic, Yoshkar-Ola: Local programmes of Radio Mari
can be heard from 1410 gmt to 1500 gmt on new frequencies - 6125 kHz
and also on 7200 kHz. There is a news bulletin on the hour. The radio
broadcasts on the new frequency probably using a transmitter in
Samara. Source: Voice of Russia web site, Moscow, in Russian 21 Aug
00 (via BBCM via DXLD)
** SERBIA. Radio Yugoslavia to launch special Internet programme
Text of report by Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug
Belgrade, 20th August: As of Monday, 21st August, Radio Yugoslavia
will start broadcasting a special programme on the Internet, the
radio station said today. The programme will be broadcast in all 14
languages in which the regular Radio Yugoslavia programmes are
broadcast. Radio Yugoslavia`s Internet address is:
http://www.radioyu.org The statement adds that with the help of the
Yugoslav government, the radio`s programme will again be available
worldwide as of 1st September. Source: Tanjug news agency, Belgrade,
in Serbo-Croat 1722 gmt 20 Aug 00 (via BBCM via DXLD) SEE ALSO BOSNIA
** SOMALIA. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Radio
Mogadishu, Voice of the People of the Somali Republic heard at 1740
on 6750 usb on 18th August with typical Horn of Africa-type music,
announcement in Somali, Qur`an at 1745, talk, further music and songs
interspersed with announcements, "Raadiyo Muqdisho" ID heard. Fair
reception through to 1850 but then blocked by utility QRM (scheduled
sign-off 1900).. Receiver: AOR AR7030+/longwire The above information
may only be reproduced if full credit is given to the original
contributor AND to the British DX Club (BDXC-UK) (Tony Rogers -
Birmingham, UK, BDXC-UK via DXLD)
** SOMALIA. Radio Galkayo is now up to 300 watts and has settled on
the following schedule: 7120 1000-1200 Somali, 1200-1215 English.
6990 1600-1700 Somali, 1700-1715 English. Both new freqs, ex 7012.
The station is moving into its own building [it was in the police
station] and is erecting new towers and antennas (DIRECT via Johnson
Copyright Cumbre DX Aug 16 via DXLD) but see below
6805 Radio Mogadishu [Aideed] now here, heard at 1100 tune in
till 1145* in Somali. Also heard again at *1500 (Sam Voron, Somalia,
Aug 14, Cumbre DX via DXLD) but see below
7530 Radio Hargeisa easily heard here in Galkayo [No times
given] (Sam Voron, Somalia, Aug 14, Cumbre DX via DXLD) see below
** SOMALIA. Sam Voron checks in with another excellent report from
Somalia!
6750 Radio Mogadishu [Aideed] is back here, ex 6805. The station
is heard at 0400-0500, 0900-1100, and 1500-1900. All programming is
in Somali; there is no longer any foreign language service. This is
the strongest of the Radio Mogadishu stations. News in Somali at
1850, Qur`an at 1857, anthem at 1859. Full ID as Radio Mogadishu,
Voice of the People and the Somali Republic. Note Aideed is
considered president of the Somali Republic by his own faction,
hence the ID mentioning 'Somali Republic'. This station is not on the
air every day. No one can tell us the exact reason. Communications
between clans is not trusted and if you enquire you arouse
suspicions.
6790 Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the People, heard at *1500, but
difficult to hear due to some echo effect on the audio [Sam reports
this as Musa Said Yalahow's station. This station was reported in the
Somali press via BBCM/Hauser DXLD as operating in the 25 mb band and
known as the The People's Voice. I wonder if Sam is referring to
Uthman Ali Ato's Radio Mogadishu, which has been operating in this
range as of late. Clarification as soon as we have it -Johnson]
6985 Radio Galkayo has now settled here for all its
transmissions, ex 7012 [sic], 6990. The station has erected a new
inverted V antenna. Power is still 300 watts as the parts ordered by
Cumbre haven't yet arrived. The English program is going well and the
training and enthusiasm for this service will ensure it continues
when I leave. *1000-1215* and *1600-1715*, English at 1200 and 1700.
7020 Radio Banaadir now here, ex 7214. Heard at 1040 till 1100*
on Aug 18 and 19. Also trying in the local evening, but the frequency
is blocked by jamming.
7530 Radio Hargeisa is heard here at 1800* on Aug 18 and 0400*
Aug 19 using USB + carrier. The modulation is very low, however.
(Sam Voron, Somalia, via Johnson Cumbre DX Aug 19 via DXLD)
** TINIAN. In addition to the delays due to satellite routing, there
are other sources of delay within a transmitting station. The new
facility on Tinian, for instance, has some digital audio delay units
that delay the audio for some transmitters, so that if multiple
transmitters are running the same programming, the audio (modulation)
peaks do not occur on the transmitters at the same time. At least in
theory, that is the way it works. This is the same thing done at
Bonaire, where two parallel frequencies may be a second or two apart,
too long to be confused with satellite delays (gh, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TURKEY. Hi Glenn, This is the latest from Voice of Turkey. Best
regards (George Poppin, August 24, SF CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DEAR MR. POPPIN,
A FEW YEARS AGO WE USED TO GET MAIL FROM YOU AT THE VOICE OF TURKEY
AND I PERSONALLY ENJOYED READING YOUR LETTERS, HOWEVER, THE
COMMUNICATIONS HAVE STOPPED AND I HAVE WONDERED IF IT WAS BECAUSE OUR
TRANSMISSION TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES IS FAR FROM
DESIRABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT WE MAY NOW BE HEARD ON THE
INTERNET PROVIDED THE LISTENER HAS A VOICE CARD. THE TRT HOMEPAGE IN
ENGLISH SHOULD BE CONSULTED AT HTTP://WWW.TRT.NET.TR I WOULD
APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD PASS THE WORD AROUND THAT WE ARE BROADCASTING
ON THE INTERNET FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN TRANSMISSION OF
OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN OVERCOME ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM OUR
LISTENERS IN THE MID-WEST AND WESTERN COAST STATES. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION. YOURS TRULY, (RESHIDE MORALI, VOT
Letterbox Program, August 22, via George Poppin, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hunting around for this audio link, which turned out to be off the
page to the right, I learnt that ABD is the abbr. for USA in Turkish:
Amerika Birlesik Devletleri. Unfortunately, the internet feed often
dropped out for congestion or went to noise for several seconds. And
the NOW language displayed English at 1330 UT, when Bulgarian was
actually to be heard. The accompanying time schedule is one hour off,
still showing winter UT timings! How long will it take them to notice
this? Far too many SW stations just don`t get DST. But it`s nice to
have VOT webcasting too! (Glenn Hauser, OK, August 26, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UNITED NATIONS [non]. From QNEWS August 27th SHORT WAVE AND
SCANNER NEWS
UNITED NATIONS - ON THE AIR AGAIN. After a 15-year pause, the United
Nations is reviving daily radio newscasts in the organisation`s six
official languages. A pilot project authorised by the General
Assembly this year provides 15 minutes a day of news and current
affairs. The project is far from the high point of UN Radio in the
1950s and 1960s, when it broadcast up to six hours daily in 33
languages. But if the pilot programs proves popular among UN member
states, it could lead to a return of more comprehensive daily
programming. UN Radio is currently discussing rebroadcast agreements
with radio executives in several former Soviet states. In most of
Africa, it plans to transmit programs via shortwave. Elsewhere, it
will make its programs available via satellite, FTP or the UN Radio
web site. Fifteen years after the UN suspended newscasts, the world
has experienced a telecommunications revolution. But radio is still
considered the best way to reach the broadest number of people
worldwide. http://www.un.org/av/radio (via Robin L. Harwood,
Newstead, Tasmania, August 25, swl@qth.net and swprograms via DXLD)
I could not find the above text hunting around the above site August
26, and I wonder if it is really a new announcement, as UN Radio had
such a plan a couple of years ago and nothing has come of it (gh)
** U S A. Dear DX Friends, I noted KBLI-1620 in Blackfoot, ID very
strong with a talk show and ID at 2300 EDT last night 8/23. On the
hour the announcer IDed for affiliates KICN and KECN only, then SRN
News. I suspect it might have been running 10 kW. 73, (Larry Godwin,
Missoula, MT, NRC-AM via DXLD)
** U S A. 1620 kHz - KBLI - ID, Blackfoot, now on the air with talk,
IDs for 690-KECN-Blackfoot/Pacatello & 1260-KICN-Idaho Falls/Rexburg.
Generally on top w/Eastern Beverage at 0200-0300 EDT 8/25. Thanks to
Larry for the tip. (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, hcdx etc via DXLD)
** U S A. ***TEST STATION FOR NAB CONVENTION*** SAN FRANCISCO IBOC:
AM STATION APPLICATION FOR EXPERIMENTAL STATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING
BPEX-20000728ABM NEW 124967 LUCENT DIGITAL RADIO, INC.
1700 KHZ SAN FRANCISCO, CA (via Fred Vobbe)
To conduct IBOC AM DEMO during NAB Radio Convention on 1700 kHz.
The NAB Radio Show will be held September 20-23 in San Francisco.
I would think the station will be testing shortly before then, and
for sure during those days (Larry Godwin, MT, IRCA DX Monitor via
DXLD)
** U S A. I happened to be listening to Fine Arts Radio
International, http://www.kxms.org Thursday August 17 at 2101 UT when
the Joplin-originated classical music hour played the Indonesian
national anthem in honor of that country`s national day. Perhaps this
is a daily or regular NA feature spot? It was performed by the Band
of the Coldstream Guards, a recording I recall encountering before.
The trouble with the few NA albums is that they all start to sound
alike, played by the same instrumentation, with same arranger? I had
not realized the Indo NA starts off almost like Boomer Sooner,
instantly recognizable to any Oklahomanite, even a denouncer of
stupid ballgames. The KXMS announcer was determined to say ``Yava``
and ``Yakarta``, overcompensating. If the Dutch had to spell these
with DJ, it should be pretty clear that the Indonesian J is like the
English J (not to be confused with another city, Yogyakarta, which
really is spelt and pronounced in Indo with the Y sound, and which
the Dutch spelled just with a J in each spot, Jogjakarta). Strangely
enough, for an international broadcaster, KXMS gives times in UT
minus 5! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Dear Glenn, Just a note to remind you that "The Scream of
the Butterfly" will begin its second year on WRMI, 7385 kHz, this
Labor Day weekend. (Sunday, 9/3/00, 0400 UTC). While this still puts
me approximately 1000 shows behind your Hank Aaron-esque pace, I'm
very pleased that we've been able to continue the program. Universal
Radio continues its sponsorship, and I am very grateful to Fred
Osterman for that. Jeff White of WRMI has also been most supportive
and helpful. My modest success shows there is room on shortwave for
alternative programming, and I believe that is encouraging news for
the future of the medium. Thanks to you, also, for your previous
mentions of The Scream on your fine program. I really appreciate it.
73s, (JohnnyRockin' The Scream of the Butterfly, August 24, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[Please note the dates of the following items concerning AFN on SW as
we catch up on this quickly changing story]
** U S A. Glenn, The AFN schedule information provided is incomplete
or misleading or both. The day/eve column is perplexing as to where
is it day or evening, target location, transmitter, or who knows. The
columns present the day/eve frequencies as mutually exclusive and
that is not the case for 6458.5 and 12689.5. And then there is 4278.5
which still can be heard but does not appear in any part of the
table.
When I monitored 10940.5, 16847.5 was not heard. When 16847.5
was heard 10940.5 was not heard. Could that be an experiment or
a fubar event? Links for background: http://afneurope.army.mil/
http://afneurope.army.mil/Program/afnradio.htm
(Pete Costello, Aug 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Diego Garcia -presumed- 12579U, AFN/AFRTS, 21 Aug, 2314, Rock and
Roll songs in the background with very heavy utility QRM in the
foreground. Program content was parallel to 12689.5 USB. The 4993U,
10940.5U and 16847.5U AFN frequencies reported to be Sigonella,
Sicily were not heard at my New Jersey, USA listening post at this
time (Pete Costello, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Hi Glen, I can't confirm the correctness of the AFRTS
frequency schedule in DXLD 0-103 you took from my report to A-DX. I
took the informations from NPR`s homepage. After I made a reception
report about their tx on 6458,5 kHz I missed an address to send it to
and I visited AFRTS's homepage under http://www.afrts.osd.mil But
their frequency schedule differs from NPR`s schedule. I don't know
which schedule is correct but both schedules are out-of-date and do
not reflect the actual situation. I heard Sigonella, Italy day AND
night on 10940,5 kHz but I haven't ever heard anything on 4993,0 kHz.
6458,5 kHz has also been heard on Aug 17 at around 0400 with S=9 but
heavy QRM from a RTTY-station on 6458,0 kHz not in // with 10940,5
kHz. According to the "Spezial Frequenzliste 2000/01" (Special
Frequency List 2000/01) Marine Toulon is using 6458 kHz in RTTY-mode.
AFRTS lists 6458,5 kHz to be used from Puerto Rico day and night.
Acc. to AFRTS 12689,5 kHz should be used by Key West day and night
but hasn't been heard so far. Ciao, 73 (Manfred Reiff, Germany,
August 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Glenn, re the various comments in DXLD 0-103
about current AFRTS/NPR SW USB transmissions: this morning, Sat 19
Aug at 0650 UT, there were three signals audible at my location in
the Irish South-West. They were 10940.5 // 6458.5 and also 12689.5
kHz with different programming.
10940.5 was by far the strongest, as it has been for some time this
side of the Atlantic, helping one to believe that it is indeed coming
from Sicily as published heretofore. Now, if I were to go by info
that I saw two weeks ago on the AFRTS website, or indeed NPR`s
website at this time of writing, and bending the parameters about
day/night a bit, I would be unable to say for sure whether the 6458.5
was coming from Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico or from Key West,
Florida. However, the AFRTS website has altered details lately, and
now one is to believe that 6458.5 is exclusively RR, Puerto Rico, day
and night. Key West, FL is assigned the frequency of 12689.5 USB day
and night. Definitely, none of that would contradict what I heard
this morning.
Also, Glenn, you mentioned two frequencies that you had heard in use,
and which do not appear in either the AFRTS or NPR websites, namely
6847.5 and 16847.5 USB. I will tentatively suggest that those
transmissions came from Maine, as it is the last remaining proposed
US Naval HF location which has not yet been associated with any
frequency. Time will tell.
By the way, the AFRTS website makes no mention of frequencies for
Guam or Iceland, whereas the NPR website is not so shy. You have
already published those details. Also NPR says "10940" for Sicily,
which we know is careless. It should of course read "10940.5".
Finally, URLs for reference:
AFRTS: http://www.afrts.osd.mil/afnonradio/html/satnet.htm
NPR: http://www.npr.org/worldwide/shortwave.html
[Finbarr O'Driscoll.....Ireland, August 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST]
** U S A [non?]. Glenn, on checking, AFRTS was very strong and clear
into Ireland, Sunday 20 Aug 2230 UT, on one of those unpublished
frequencies that you mentioned in recent DXLD: 6847.5 kHz USB. At
2235 -"This is Air Force Radio News" and at 2300 -"CNN News". A note
from me to NPR elicited no info about source of 6847.5... I await
with bated breath a reply from AFRTS itself, rather than the more
prompt but yet proxy NPR. However the discrepancy between NPR and
AFRTS websites` SW info was acknowledged by NPR with a promise of
update in a few days. NPR says that the info published was supplied
by "AFRTS HQ in California". [Finbarr O'Driscoll.....Ireland, Aug 22,
DX LISTENING DIGEST]
** U S A [and non]. Glenn, here is the latest extraction [this mail
24 Aug] from NPR's web page re AFRTS sites and frequencies. NPR has
made some corrections, as I predicted. There are interesting
additions, but the whole story is not revealed yet:
==
Location / Band / Daytime / Evening
Key West, FL / USB / 12689.5 / 12689.5 kHz
RR, Puerto Rico / USB / 6458.5 / 6458.5 kHz
Sigonella, Sicily / USB / 4993 / 10940 kHz
Guam (Barrigada) / USB / 13362.0 / 5765.0 kHz
Diego García / USB / 12579.0 / 4319.0 kHz
Keflavík, Iceland / USB / 10320.0 / 6350.0 kHz
Pearl Harbor, HA (Lualualei) USB 6350 kHz 10320 kHz
==
Again, 10940 USB appears for Sicily, whereas 10940.5 kHz USB has been
confirmable by monitoring; and 6847.5 kHz USB gets no mention, though
it also is confirmable here in Ireland. I am not forgetting that
16847.5 USB kHz, mentioned earlier by yourself, is also unlisted as
yet. I haven't heard the latter myself, nor many more on the listing.
Other SWLs in far flung places will help put the jigsaw-puzzle
together no doubt [Finbarr O'Driscoll.....Ireland, DX LISTENING
DIGEST]
** U S A [non]. Glenn: Heard your WOR broadcast last weekend &
appreciated the headsup about the new AFN broadcasts. On 21 Aug UTC I
heard 6847.5 at 0130, 10320 at 0300 and 6350 at 0600. I've heard
10320 most frequently here after local sunset.
Noted yesterday that NPR made additions to the frequency information
on their website. They've added Pearl Harbor, HI with 6350 during
"daytime" & 10320 during "evening." They have not indicated where
6847.5 and 16847.5 are broadcast from. 73s (Bill Wilkins,
Springfield, MO, August 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. A summary of logs reported from around the world
follows: (read in fixed width font)
FREQ tx? NoAM ME/AF EUROPE AUS/NZL
4278.5 FL 0440 0710
4319 DG 0000-0200 1200-1230 1630-1800 0030-0100 2020-2130
4993 IT 0300 1900-0000
5765.0 GM 1200 1700-2045 fade-out 1930
6350 HA 1008-1220 0600-1230
6350 IC sce rather via Hawaii.
6458.5 PR 0440 0300 0535 0640 0710
6847.5 IT 0200-0300 0600-0800 1500-2300
10320 IC sce rather via Hawaii.
10320 HA 0200 0440 0200-0400 0400-0600
10940.5 IT 1900-0500 0300 0400-1300, 1800 0716,
2130-2200
2000-2130 2354
12579 DG 1245 2137 0200-1200 2000
12689.5 FL 0440 1051 0400 0640 0715
13362.5 GM 1330 0530
14000 IT (irregl) 1045-1320
16847.5 IT 0100 0500 1625-2200
DG = Diego Garcia
FL = Saddlebunch Keys, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area
Master Station, Key West, Florida
GM = Guam Barrigada
HA = Pearl Harbor Lualualei, HA
IC = Keflavik, Iceland
IT = Sigonella, Sicily, Italy
PR = Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Roosevelt Roads,
Puerto Rico.
Now if someone with propagation theory wants to tie this to the
sites (Richard Jary, Australia, Aug 19; updated by ed. Wolfgang
Büschel, BC DX August 25 via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. In addition to my Navy friend who has been
passing along info on the Navy AFN HF program to ye ole chief, a
public source with even more station/frequency information has
stepped forward - National Public Radio. Here is the latest station
and frequency information from that source at URL:
http://www.npr.org/worldwide/shortwave.html
All transmission in the USB mode and all frequencies in kHz.
Location Daytime Evening
Key West, FL 12689.5 12689.5
RR, Puerto Rico 6458.5 6458.5
Sigonella, Sicily 4993.0 10940.0 [sic]
Barrigada, Guam 13362.0 5765.0
Diego Garcia 12579.0 4319.0
Keflavik, Iceland 10320.0 6350.0
Lualualei [sic], HI 6350.0 10320.0
[We checked the NPR SW website again August 27 and found the above
listing still posted, having straightened out the KW/RR usage,
dropping the .5 from 10940.5 and showing Pearl Harbor instead of
Lualualei -gh]
NPR has an email address and telephone number if you have any
questions about these broadcasts, at worldwide@npr.org or call + 1
202 414 2026.
The Hawaii transmitters come as a mild surprise as Navy Telecom
officials I talked to gave no indication that this site would be
used. There are still several other frequencies being heard that have
not been tied to sites at this point. Not sure if this is testing of
new freqs for the existing network or some new sites will show up.
Again as a reminder according to Navy officials radio buffs can
submit a short wave reception report and request a QSL verification
card by sending your request directly to Navy Uplink Reception at
email address QSL@mediacen.navy.mil
73 all and good hunting from the staff of Monitoring Times magazine.
(Larry Van Horn, MT Assistant Editor-Fed File/Milcom/Scan
Logs/Service Search Columnist, Monitoring Times Magazine August 24
via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. Attached is URL for my amazon.com review of the
AFRTS book 'Brass Button Broadcasters'. A highly recommended book for
anyone who's ever listened to AFRTS anywhere in the world. 73s (David
Ricquish, NZ via Paul Ormandy, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1563110865/qid%3D966479829/103-2587033-0354245
Brass Button Broadcasters, August 11, 2000
Reviewer: David Ricquish from Wellington, New Zealand
American Forces Radio is as well known to non-US military listeners
as it is to the folks who serve, whether they're tuned to FEN Tokyo,
AFN Frankfurt or WASA McMurdo, Antarctica. For many years I've
searched for weak signals in the middle of the night from radio
stations in Saigon, Kunsan, Naha and other outposts of the AFRTS
network. As a DXer, just hearing these rare signals as far away as
New Zealand has been a real thrill. Sometimes I've received cards and
letters from the stations, and I've wanted to know more about them,
and the audiences they serve. This is the only book I know which
tells the human side of the 60 year old story of military radio with
music. Tracing the emergence from Alaska to the Pacific's Mosquito
Network of WWII to Europe and Operation Desert Shield, and with some
132 countries where broadcasts have taken place, this book is a must
for the collection of any Shortwave Radio fan. Great photos of
people, towers, transmitter sites and studios, including WVTX Iwo
Jima, this book fills in a lot of knowledge gaps and provides useful
history written in an entertaining style. Nothing boring here if you
like radio, and the story of how radio reaches the serving men and
women and keeps them in touch with home, even in these days of the
Internet and streaming audio (David Ricquish, amazon.com via DXLD)
** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. Hi - I sent a reception report to WSTA, P.O.
Box 1340, St, Thomas, VI 00804, by post with a S.A.S.E. This was for
their webcast, the URL is http://www.wsta.vi/ but they do not list
any E-mail! 43 days later received in the S.A.S.E. a full-data
"Certificate of Reception", decal and baseball schedule. Signer is
Peter E. (O'Malley?), Prgm. Dir. Only QSL from U.S. Virgin Islands
other than hams. Webcast #4 QSLd (Bill Flynn, OR, August 26, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. CLANDESTINE from MADAGASCAR to ZIMBABWE 7215 Voice
of the People: The address for VOP is P.O. Box CY 3093, Causeway,
Harare, Zimbabwe (Marks RNMN via Johnson, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ###