A new episode, No. 123, of the AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine is now available.

It includes a propagation report, monitoring notes, schedule changes, B08 schedules, and news about international broadcasters.

It's 13 mins 45 secs, and is at

http://airm.edxp.org/

The "AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT", is a free service of the ELECTRONIC DX PRESS RADIO MONITORING ASSOCIATION and contains professionally compiled information about world shortwave broadcasting, with monitoring research.

The site allows you to listen to the ADXR and other audio features directly (streaming audio) via your MP3 player, or via the site's embedded mini-player. Podcasts, iTunes capability, full RSS/XML/Atom feeds, and free subscriptions are supported - full details are at the site.
Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 123!
Bob Padula,
Melbourne

More News on Shiokaze

Thanks to contributor Ron Howard, for the following update on Shiokaze
Gayle VH

Recently I have been corresponding with Shiokaze (via COMJAN), providing information about their transmission on 6020 (including an emailed audio clip of their reception) and the North Korean jamming that recently appeared there. Went on to suggest perhaps it was time to change to a new frequency again. Once I noticed they had in fact changed frequency, I inquired about it, as I couldn't immediately find them. Received this response:

Thank you very much for your information. We have changed the frequency 26th October because there was strong jamming from North Korea. Now we don't disclose the frequency number because of avoiding jamming from North Korea. So we would like ask you to search our frequency near 6020 khz. Maybe you can easily touch with new frequency. Sincerely yours, Sadaki MANABE (COMJAN Vice representative). (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Oct 31)

- - - - - Ron posted:
UTC time *sign-off

North Korea: (non). 5910, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (tentative). 1419-1430*, Oct 30. Since Oct 27 have been unable to locate Shiokaze. Only Vietnam in the clear on ex: 6020. Checked some former frequencies: 6015 (only very weak station there), 6005 (strong Russia with QRM from jamming of 6003) and 5985 (only Myanma R.), but no sign of Shiokaze. Today noted a woman announcer in Japanese with Shiokaze type piano music in the background. Heard clear mention of Tokyo, as with the usual Shiokaze ID, but somehow I was not hearing the distinct Shiokaze ID, or maybe I just missed it? Needs more work to confirm this (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

(QSL card courtesy of Ron Howard)

FRS-Holland set for November 2 broadcast

Hello SW Friends,

FRS-Holland will be on air next Sunday November 2nd 2008. The broadcast will start at 08.00 UTC/09.00 CET and close down will be at 12.00 UTC/13.00 CET. Of course we do hope propagation will be satisfactory that day. Programme line-up consists of FRS Magazine, German Service, FRS Goes DX and FRS Golden Show.
Ingredients....great music, DX News, letters, the day calendar for November 2nd, a radior retelated Internet item and an extract of a landbased pirate station of the past. Radio entertainment on a Sunday. Tune in...6220 kHz/ 48 metres.
That same day 15.00- 18.00 UTC/16.00- 20.00 CET will see a full repeat on the internet.
Check on your computer http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u.

All letters from the previous broadcast are handled coming your way very soon (with the brandnew QSL cards).

February 2007 we started a new series consisting of four different QSL cards called the FRS Transmitter Series. QSL #4 will be issued ifor next Sunday's broadcast. Edition 33 of FRS News is out now containing four A4 pages full of information and columns.
A copy can be obtained simply by sending 2 euro to our mailing address. Alternatively
you can get yourself a free digital copy provided you have MS Publisher on your computer. In that case just send us an e-mail.
73s, Peter V. (on behalf of the FRS staff)

a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format....

FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands

e-mail: frs.holland@hccnet.nl
e-mail: frs@frsholland.nl

Today the Voice of Russia is 79

Today the Voice of Russia radio station marks its birthday. It was 79 years ago that Moscow began broadcasting for other states. Within that period the Voice of Russia acquainted the world with life in Russia and provided comprehensive and unbiased information of what was happening in the country. According to the company’s First Deputy Chairman Andrei Davydenko, despite its considerable age the Voice of Russia is not aging, on the contrary, its broadcasts are as topical and up-to-date as ever. This pertains to latest trends in providing information and communication opportunities. The Voice of Russia is justly believed to be one of the world’s leaders in the field and a pioneer of domestic digital broadcasting. But the main achievement of the Voice of Russia, Andrei Davydenko says, is the fact it has helped listeners everywhere in the world to better understand Russia.
29.10.2008

http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=34337&cid=48&p=29.10.2008
(Fred Waterer/ODXA)

Voice of Turkey - B08 multilingual schedules

Voice of Turkey - B08

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009

All times UTC

Albanian

0700-0725 on 9665
1230-1255 on 11910

Arabic

1000-1155 on 11910 13690
1500-1655 on 6175 11810

Azeri

0800-0855 on 11835 15160
1500-1555 on 5965

Bosnian

1430-1455 on 9525
1900-1925 on 6055

Bulgarian

1200-1225 on 7105

Chinese

1200-1255 on 11750

Croatian

1700-1725 on 7180

Dari

(new) 1600-1625 on 7155

English

0100-0155 on 6165
0400-0455 on 6020 7240 + 7325 SAC 250 kW / 277 deg
1330-1425 on 11735 12035
1930-2025 on 6050
2130-2225 on 7180
2300-2355 on 5960

French

2030-2125 on 5990 6050

German

1230-1325 on 17700
1830-1925 on 7205

Georgian

0800-0855 on 9840

Greek

1130-1155 on 7295 9840
1530-1555 on 6185

Hungarian

1100-1125 on 13770

Italian

1730-1755 on 6185

Kazakh

1430-1455 on 9785

Kyrgyz

1430-1455 on 9655

Macedonian

0900-0925 on 11895

Pashto

1630-1725 on 7155

Persian

0930-1055 on 11795 17690
1330-1425 on 9585

Romanian

1000-1025 on 9560

Russian

1400-1455 on 7215
1800-1855 on 6135

Serbian

1630-1655 on 7170

Spanish

0200-0255 on 9790
1730-1825 on 7160

Tatar

1600-1625 on 6140

Turkish

0200-0355 on 7180
0500-0755 on 9700 9820
0800-0955 on 11925 11955 15350
1000-1355 on 11955 15350 15475
1400-1625 on 5980
1630-1955 on 5980 6120 6165 7190
2000-2155 on 5980 6120 6165

Turkmen

1500-1525 on 6065

Urdu

1300-1355 on 11985

Uyghur

(new)0100-0155 on 6000

Uzbek

1300-1325 on 11865
(DX Mix News #544 via wb, Germany; Alokesh Gupta, India; Rachel Baughn, MT)

Radio Netherlands Worldwide launches Arabic programming

Radio Netherlands Worldwide is today launching a daily Arabic radio programme called ‘Huna Amsterdam’ (Here’s Amsterdam. This young-sounding news and current affairs programme is aimed at a progressive audience looking for independent information. The radio broadcasts can be heard from now on throughout the Middle East and the Maghreb via shortwave, satellite and www.rnw.nl/hunaamsterdam.
The radio broadcasts will be launched officially on 15 November during a special debate that Radio Netherlands Worldwide is organising in Morocco (Rabat). The debate ‘Moroccan brats and disrespectful Dutch’ is about the media and the formation of reciprocal images in the Arabic and the Western world.
Migrant communities
The radio programme is aimed at the entire Middle East and the Maghreb, particularly focusing on Morocco, the Palestinian territories and Iraq. The editors of Huna Amsterdam will be bringing news, analysis and reports from the region and from the Netherlands/Europe as well as reporting from migrant communities. The Arabic desk at Radio Netherlands Worldwide also has a website: www.rnw.nl/hunaamsterdam.
Divide
Radio Netherlands Worldwide hopes the broadcasts will help close the divide between the Arabic and Western worlds. Director General Jan Hoek explains: “More than ever the two worlds seem to be talking simultaneously and at cross purposes, rather than with each other. The Arabic world is clearly in need of an independent moderate (Muslim) sound, one which encourages dialogue.”
Broadcast times and frequencies
Radio Netherlands Worldwide will broadcast the radio programme during the evening hours via shortwave, satellite, podcasts and audio streams on www.rnw.nl/hunaamsterdam. Radio Netherlands Worldwide will soon be adding broadcasts on mediumwave and via FM partners, who will take over parts of the programme. Here are the options for reception:

Iraq and the Gulf states: Mon-Fri 1900-2000 UTC on 11830 kHz
Other Middle East states: Daily 2000-2100 UTC on 7385 kHz
North Africa: Mon-Fri 2200-2300 UTC on 5970 kHz
The Arabic satellite channel Sawt Al Alam on Eutelsat Hotbird, Arabsat BADR4 and Nilesat 101: Daily 1900-2000 and 2200-2300 UTC.

Radio Netherlands used to broadcast in Arabic, but stopped after more than four decades in 1994. “We will build on our past knowledge, contacts and reputation. But our main target group is not our old audience. Today’s listeners are much younger,” says Jan Hoek.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

LJBC Libya, Voice of Africa - B08 multilingual schedules

Voice of Africa - B08 multilingual schedules

All times UTC

Swahili
1200-1357 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to CeAf
1200-1357 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf

English
1400-1557 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to CeAf
1400-1557 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf

French
1600-1657 on 15660 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to NoAf
1600-1657 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to CeAf
1700-1757 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to NoAf
1700-1757 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to CeAf

Hausa
1800-1857 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to NoAf
1800-1857 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to CeAf
1900-1957 on 11860 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to CeAf
1900-1957 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to NoAf

Arabic
2000-2057 on 7470 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to CeAf

(Source: DX Mix News #544 via wb, Germany, Alokesh Gupta, India; Rachel Baughn, MT)

Radio Albania B08 English service

Radio Tirana has released a last-minute frequency update at 0130-0145 UTC broadcast, from their recent release of the B08 schedules.
Gayle VH

Albania, Radio Tirana - B08 English service
Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009
All times UTC target areas: na (North America) eu (Europe)
Days: twhfas (Tuesday-Sunday)

0130-0145 twhfas 9345na (ex 7485na)
0245-0300 twhfas 7390na
0330-0400 twhfas 6110na
0430-0500 twhfas 6100na

1530-1600 mtwhfa 13720na
1945-2000 mtwhfa 7465eu 11645na
2100-2130 mtwhfa 7510eu 9345na
(Source: DX Mix News #544 via wb, Germany/Monitoring Times SW Guide-Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager)

Voice of Russia B08 North American revision

We have one revision for Voice of Russia's North American service in English. The following includes an added 7335 kHz at 0400-0500 and 0500-0600.
Gayle VH

Voice of Russia - English to North America
All times UTC

0400-0500 6155 6240 7150 7335 7350 9840 9855 12030
0500-0600 7150 7335 7350 9840 9855 12030
(Source: Elena Osipova/VOR; MT SW Guide-Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager)

Voice of Russia - B08 English service

Voice of Russia
Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009
English
All times UTC
target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East) na (North America) pa (Pacific)

0200-0300 6100na 6240na 7250na 12040na 13735na

0300-0400 6100na 6155na 6240na 7350na 12040na 13735na

0400-0500 6135na 6155na 6240na 7150na 7350na 9840na 9855na 12030na

0400-0500 DRM 15735as

0500-0600 6135na 7150na 7350na 9840na 9855na 12030na

0500-0600 DRM 15735as

0600-0700 17665pa 17805pa

0700-0800 DRM 11635eu

0700-0800 17665pa 17805pa

0800-0900 15195as 17665pa 17805pa

0900-1000 15195as 17665pa

0900-1000 DRM 13670eu

1500-1600 DRM 5905eu 9675eu

1500-1600 7350as 7260as 9660as

1600-1700 4965as/me 4975as/me 6130eu 7260as 7305as 7320eu 9470af/me

1700-1800 4975me 6175as 7125as 7320eu 9470af/me

1800-1900 4975me 6125as 7230af 7240eu 7270me 7320eu 7335af/as 11510af

1800-1900 Sat/Sun 6055eu 6175eu 6245eu

1900-2000 6175eu 7240eu 7290eu 7335af 11510af

2000-2100 6145eu 7240eu 7330eu

2100-2200 6145eu 7330eu
(Source: Elena Osipova/VOR; MT SW Guide-Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager)

Radio Cairo - B08 English service

Radio Cairo - B08 English service
Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009
All times UTC
target areas: eu (Europe) na (North America0 va (Various)

0000-0030 6850na
0200-0300 7535na
0300-0330 7535na
1215-1300 17835as
1300-1330 17835as
1600-1700 12170af
1700-1800 12170af
1900-2000 9310af
2000-2030 9310af
2115-2200 6255va
2200-2245 6255va
2300-0000 6850na
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India/Monitoring Times-SW Guide, Gayle Van Horn-Frequency Manager)

CVC International - B08 English service

Australia, CVC International (via Darwin)
Effective: 28 October 2008 - 29 March 2009
All times UTC targeted to Asia

0100-0200 7395as

0300-0400 11650as

0400-0500 11650as

0500-0600 15610as

0600-0700 15610as

0700-0800 15610as

0800-0900 15610as

0900-1000 15610as

1000-1100 15555as

1100-1200 15555as

1200-1300 13635as

1300-1400 13635as

1400-1500 13635as

1500-1600 13635as

1600-1700 13635as

1700-1800 13635as

1800-1900 13635as
(Source: CVC via Alokesh Gupta, India/Monitoring Times SW Guide, Gayle Van Horn-Frequency Manager)

Shortwave blog "bytes"

More news "bytes" from the world of shortwave radio.

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*

Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel log
Antarctica
15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza (presumed), 2055-2058*, 10/23/2008, Spanish. Frequently hear only a carrier on 15476. Today, heard pop music briefly peaking above the noise at 2055. This was followed by a woman talking at 2056. The signal fell below the noise soon thereafter, but the carrier was heard until 2058. Modulation was audible on USB and the USB side of DSB only. LRA36 is readable only once or twice per year here. A very tentative log today, but no doubt it was this station. Logged on the RX-340 and the 90' wire. (Jim Evans, TN)

Article covering SINPO and radio signal analysis at:
radio/ gadgets/ Greek ethnics
http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2008/02/sinpfemo-better-signal-tech-analysis-by.html
(Zacharias Liangas, (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki,Greece/Cumbre DX) Greece/Cumbre DX)

Adventist world Radio schedule is available at www.www.bclnews.it/
(BCLnews)

China
Xizang 7240 Xizang PBS 2200 with slithly overlaoded audio and some audio background buzz with talks by man in tibetan THis was on 19 but same as on 20 with neaerl samer heard in the start of thee plug in Tibetan program in the normally Chnese program in these freqs .What happens??? Lianags 19 and 20 OCt. http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/168 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece/Cumbre DX)

Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in French from Oct.16:
2000-2100 NF 7235 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, x12060 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21) (WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)

Ethiopia
6030 Radio Oromiya, Adama, Oromiya, *1550-1705, Oct 7 and 8, Oromo talk, Horn of Africa music. SINPO 24443 QRM Voice of China in Chinese, from *1700 also QRM from BBC, A'Seela, Oman, in Arabic.

8000.01 Ethiopian jammer relaying Home Service program, 1700-1703*, Oct 2, jingle, Amharic news (tent), SINPO 34333.(DSWCI DX Window/WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)

QSL fronm Radio Verdad
Guatemala
4052.5 On Oct 04, I received this message from the Director of R Verdad: "To all Friends of "Radio Truth": I send you my best wishes. Many may ask: What happen to "Radio Truth"? I
am sorry, but, because excess of work, it is now that I send you the official information.

On Monday, September 22, at 4:00 p, m. (Guatemala time), a desastrous lightning fell upon our SW transmitter antenna, despite having 3 lightning rods, with 3 tips each, the electric transformer lightning rod, and a well calibrated sparky devise inside of the transmitter, with a good grounding using number two copper wire. As a consequence, we got almost all power
transistors burned out and some smaller ones, on our outcome two modules.

So, we are off the air, and we don't know for how long. I though I had enough spare power transistors, but they were not enough. Our transistors are very strange, and difficult to find in all the world. They work on 600 volts. So, we'll have to ask them to be produced in the United States.

We appreciate our friends Magdiel Cruz, from Mexico, Dino Bloise, from Miami, and other friends, who have spread out this information. We expect the help of Christer Brunstroem, from Sweden, and HCJB also. We are grateful for the sympathy expressed by many "Dxers". Now, we have to ask God to help us, for coming back on the air. On the mean time, I invite you to tune our signal over Internet, on the following address:
http://www.radioverdad.org/
Edgar Amilcar Madrid, Manager and Director.
(Adalberto Marques de Azevedo, MG-Brazil, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15)

ICPO update (Islands, Castles & Portable Operations)
The Northern California DX Foundation, NCDXF, is now QRV on Twitter! Twitter users can follow NCDXF by going to http://twitter.com/NCDXF/ and clicking on the "Follow" link. We intend to use Twitter to keep DXers informed about NCDXF activities and related news.

If you're not really sure what Twitter is all about, just go to http://twitter.com/ to find out. Chances are pretty good that several of your ham buddies or other friends and family members are already active on Twitter. You might also want to look at some of the many free Twitter tools and related applications, such as Twhirl. www.twhirl.org/.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Tim Totten, N4GN
E-mail: n4gn@n4gn.com
Web: www.n4gn.com

KTMI station update
Main Station Record - KTMI
Permittee: Transformation Media International, NA
Call Sign: KTMI File Number: IHFCP-20050204
License/Renewal: Grant Date: 00/00/00 Expire Date: 00/00/00
CP/Pending Applications: IHFC/P-20050204 CP expires 10/3/08

Transmitter Location: SW cornerTotem Pole Rd & Mt Hope Dr.
Approx 7 miles East of Lebanon
Transmitter City: Lebanon, Oregon
Coordinates: 44 34 00 N Latitude 122 50 00 W Longitude
Tower Heights: 100 Meters OHAGL 100 Meters OHAMSL

Address: Transformation Media International, LP
Radio Station KTMI
240 2nd Ave. SW
Lebanon, OR 97321 USA

Transmitters: Power No. of
No. Model (KW) TXs Freq. Tol. Emission
1 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 1 0.0015% 9K00A3E
2 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 2 0.0015% 9K00A3E
3 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 3 0.0015% 9K00A3E
4 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 4 0.0015% 9K00A3E

Antennas: Gain Azimuth Beamwidth Elevation.
No. Model (dB) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg)
1 LPH20/23.8/21. 8.10 70 80.00 16.00
2 RH110/70/20 19.30 309 16.00 19.00
3 RH80/70/30 17.90 130 22.00 16.00
4 RH80/70/30 17.90 110 22.00 16.00
(FCC data; via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 20/WWDXC Top News, BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)

Kyrgyzstan log
4795.00 Kyrgyz Radio 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek, 2300-2315, Oct 11, Kyrgyz news, weather, 2307 musical interlude and talk, 34333 heard \\ 4010 (SINPO 45333).

6030 Radio Maranatha, Bishkek, *1445-1550, Oct 7, 8, 9 and 10, seems reactivated, heard again with rather good signal from test tones 1445 till R Oromiya, Ethiopia signs on *1550 UT. Often heard a choir singing, probably religious hymns. Always QRM from co-channel Voice of China \\
4460 and 5030 and utility noise. (Anker Petersen-DEN, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15; also Ritola and Savolainen in DXplorer)(WWDXC Top News BC DX #883 wb, Germany)

Logs with audio files:
Philippines:
9625 FEBC Manila 1314 : , while looking for CBC i heard this station , starting on 1308 with songs. On 1309 talks by OM in Hmong with amen too. Signal S7 max SINPO 3433 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece 21/10/8) http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/168

Sri Lanka
Oct 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) recently commenced a new radio service called Sandya Guwanviduliya (evening radio). This new service which starts everyday at 6:30 p.m. will broadcast discussions and documentary helpful for the rural farmers and community development programs. At present, SLBC's domestic FM network broadcasts
six regular programme channels on a nationwide basis.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, JPNpremium Oct 17)(WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)

Syria
Livestream in Arabic only.
Auf der Homepage von Radio Damaskus habe ich jetzt in der Tat auch einen
Livestream gefunden:
mms:\\63.243.163.195/radio1
(Wolfgang Thiele-D, A-DX Oct 19)
(WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)

QSL from Greenland
E-mail confirm 30gg, from OZN-372 khz Prins Christian Sund, Greenland
Dear Sir.
Thanks for your letter concerning our NDB OZN. The beacon is used flight navigation and is placed at the east side off south Greenland where the sound Prins Christian Sund is crossing the land.
The beacon is part of different communication system placed at the station which is placed 80 km from the nearest city and served by helicopter once a month. There is 4 peoble and 3 dogs at the station. A picture off the beacon antenne mast and house is incerted.
Sorry but we dont have QSL card.
Regard from
Poul Erik Hansen
Prins Christian Sund telestation
(Mauro Giroletti, Italy/playdx2003)

Shortwave Report ready for download
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (October 24) is up at the website www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59) (NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version posted up there {26.7MB} www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;) (Rachel Baughn/MT)

Radio Tanzania log
via receiver in Europe
Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar 11735 kHz. Heard at 1957 with ID as above in Swahili, 2000 heard with world news in English from Spice FM. ID's as Spice FM at 2003 and 2009. Clear channel, fair signal. (Hans Johnson Oct 23/Cumbre DX)

WYFR frequency change
Russia: Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in French from Oct.16: 2000-2100 new frequency 7235 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, ex 12060 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21) (Source: DX Mix News #543, wb, Germany)

Old Time Radio set for October 25 broadcast

Hello all Free Radio Friends!

Old Time Radio from Finland is planned to be on air with high power Saturday evening 25th Oct. and Sunday morning on 48 meters!

Reception reports are very welcome.
You can contact us during our transmission by phone call or sms messages to +358404655647 or 00358404655647.

E-mail address is: oldtime48@gmail.com
Messages will be read and answered later because there is no Internet connection to the broadcasting site.

Also address for letters:
SRS Deutschland
Old Time Radio
Postfach 101145
99801 Eisenach
Deutschland

73's
Old Time Radio team
(Cumbre DX)

The final word on Radio Netherlands closing North American service

The following reply via a posting on ODXA, is in response to the on going opinions and disdane from shortwave radio listeners on Radio Netherlands' decision to end their North American service. Shortwave Central hopes this finally puts an end to this dispute and DXers will move on. Radio Netherlands has not closed their entire shortwave service - only those targeted towards North America. Try tuning in other target areas.
Gayle Van Horn

A lot of people seem to have the idea that we have a level of "top management" that decides these things. In fact, that's not the way it works here. Jan Hoek is 'captain of the ship', but delegates all decisions about technical matters to those who understand them. The decision we eventually arrived at was reached through a meeting of minds in the Strategy department (which I work for), the Programme Distribution separtment, and the English department. It was discussed and evaluated extensively since summer 2007. No money-saving considerations were involved. We are not saving a cent on transmitter time, merely redirecting the transmissions to an area that will give us more listeners per dollar. The Bonaire transmitters will be used to boost our Spanish service, which gets feedback from South America many times larger than English to North America.

Shortwave to North America has been on the agenda for several years. Following the BBC's withdrawal seven years ago, all international broadcasters felt the effect. It was especially tough on RNW, since a lot of people used to discover us on 6165 when tuning across the 49 mb looking for the BBC, one of whose frequencies was 6175.

We battled on, but bigger broadcasters than us, notably Deutsche Welle, pulled out. The response to our North American shortwave broadcasts was reduced to a trickle. Even then, we decided to give it one last push, and asked regular listeners to let us know they were out there. By regular, I mean at least once a week, since our feature programmes are weekly. The response continued to be poor.

The problem with the responses we did get was that I recognised a lot of the names as SWL's and DXers who respond in a similar way to other international broadcasters when they announce cuts. Now, I'm not saying they never listen to us, but when it gets to the point that you know many of your listeners by name, you have to question just how many there are out there.

The business has changed dramatically in the last five years. Interactivity is the buzzword now - forums, online feedback etc. We still get a lot of feedback for our English programmes from Africa and Asia, but relatively little from North America. Most of the feedback we do get from North America comes via our website - in fact, over 50% of the page views are from North America.

We are not surprised by this trend - other international broadcasters have noticed the same thing. Perhaps you are not aware that the EBU has an international broadcasting group that meets twice a year, and the broadcasters share ideas and experiences with each other. So the idea that RNW should in some way be an exception doesn't hold water. The market has changed, and all the broadcasters - big and small - are affected. The only reason some stations haven't yet cut their North American shortwave services is that not all of them constantly evaluate what they do. We have to, as the Dutch government is demanding ever more information about how we spend the budget it gives us.

So in that sense, there's financial pressure to justify each activity, and if we can't justify it we have to stop it. But nobody put pressure on us to decide one thing or another. It was purely the result of a methodical analysis of the situation. I personally regret it, but from a professional level it was, in the end, inevitable. What I find pathetic is the attempts of some people (not anyone on this list) to claim, without any supporting evidence, that we are stupid, we don't know what we are doing, etc. On the contrary, we spent a lot of time making sure that we were not mistaken about the size of our North American shortwave audience. But at the end of the day, the facts are indisputable.
Andy. (Sennitt)

Andy,
I did not mean for that term to be applied to you. I assumed that the final decision was made at a level far higher than you. I work in an industry that is constantly under financial pressure and the employees are constantly describing all financial decisions as coming from bean counters. That is no excuse for what I did but it does explain where my mind happened to be.

I have always appreciated your honesty, integrity, and service to the hobby, and will continue to do so. I apologize for making you feel slighted or made to seem insignificant in any way.
Mark Coady
Editor, Your Reports/Listening In Magazine
Co-Moderator, ODXA Yahoogroup
Ontario DX Association

earlier post:
Media Network says that The State We're in is carried on local FM and sattelite, so I took a look. It's too bad we won't have the other good programs we're used to, but half a loaf, eh? They listed public radio station WGBH as carrying The State We're in for the Boston
Either their schedule is old, or Media Network was optimistic about who would carry the program. I'm not about to listen 24/7 for a week to see if I can find it, and no one else in New England is listed. If you live here, you're out of luck (Dan Malloy, KA1RDZ/Oct 20/ODXA)

The shortsightedness of this decision reveals the bean counters at Radio Netherlands to be totally lacking in their understanding of the small North American market for international radio. The idea of shortwave radio is that it serves a widely dispersed market cheaply.

Those who are most prone to listen international radio are either doing it via the internet or shortwave - satellite radio's market penetration is not there yet. And forget CBC's overnight service who have them on for 55 minutes starting at 1:05 AM. Aside from shift workers and insomniacs, who else is up at that hour who is sober
enough to listen and comprehend the program?

It really is unfortunate as Radio Netherlands used to be a dominant player in international broadcasting. When the BBC abandoned North America, Radio Netherlands stepped right up to the plate and took over the BBC's former times and frequencies from Sackville for a while.

And about their listener survey they so proudly cite --- who on this list ever got contacted about their listening habits? It's fine to put a poll on the website but not everyone goes there but radio listeners do go to their radio dials. I just finished one of those week long radio surveys put on by BBM. Of course I only entered local AM and FM stations while I was in my car or at work. But I dutifully noted in the survey that when I am at home I listen to shortwave (Mark Coady,
Editor, Your Reports/Listening In/ODXA)

It was mentioned for several weeks (months) on their nightly broadcasts that they were interested in hearing about listener habits in North America. I did reply, but it was, like my replies to BBC and DW surveys, not the winner (Mick Delmage, Canada/ODXA)

Mark, I heard RNW appeal on a nightly basis for months and months for comments by listeners on their listening habits and use of shortwave. Can't understand how anyone who was a regular listener would miss that (John Figliozzi, NY/ODXA)

Blog Logs

All times UTC - // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*]

Angola
4949.71, Radio Nacional (presumed), 0239-0249, Oct 18. First time heard this DX season, in Portuguese, African high-life music and songs, fair-poor (R. Howard, CA)


Bhutan
6035, BBS, 1428-1438*, Oct 22, in English. Very pleasant young woman announcer with call-in show, mostly young girls calling in, pop music, mixing with PBS Yunnan (in Vietnamese). After BBS went off Yunnan had fair reception. Re-checked at 1456 but BBS had not returned (Ron Howard, CA)

6035, BBS, 1404-1416*, Oct 21, in English. A very nice surprise today to actually hear them with some decent modulation/audio, unfortunately PBS Yunnan (in Vietnamese) was about equal strength and mixing with BBS, clearly heard some of the news and one ID for "Bhutan Broadcasting Service" at the end of the news, 1416 the audio ended before they started their announcements. This is encouraging that their audio was better than it has been for the past month, if not for the China QRM it probably would have been fair reception (R. Howard, CA)

Bolivia
6155.30, Radio Fides, 0912-0930. Male with steady Spanish language comments. Heard the place name "Santa Cruz" often. Following the initial comments, the rest of the Spanish comments seemed to be political. Others join the commotion including a couple of females as the comments continued. Signal did not improve enough for ID, but remained poor. (C. Bolland, FL October 21, 2008)

5996.28,Radio Loyola,0125-0135. At tune in, noted a live scoccer game. Checked 6155.30 and they both sounded in parallel; so my doubts about 6155.30 are eliminated and 6155.30 is Bolivia. Here on 5996.28, signal was fair to poor. (Chuck Bolland,
FL October 23, 2008)

5952.54, Emisoras Pio XII, 0135-0145. Female/male in Spanish language conversation. There's a lot of splatter on this signal, but it's still at a fair level as the talk continues. However, station gone by 0150. But carrier still on the air. (Chuck Bolland, FL October 23, 2008)

6134.35, Radio Santa Cruz, 0927-0935 Noted a male in Spanish language news. Checked this just to make sure the above logging on 6155.30 wasn't actually this station Santa Cruz, and it wasn't. "5 en manana y 28 minutos". This was follow with music. Very good signal this morning. (C. Bolland, FL October 21, 2008)

4716.73, Radio Yura, 0151-0200. With music at tune in for a minute,then a female in Spanish Language comments. After a minute, music continues. Signal very good at this time. Best I have heard in a longtime.Conditions are excellent this evening. At 0202 female returns and gives ID as, "... Radio Yura...", then back to music. (Chuck Bolland, October 23, 2008)

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 0206-0215. Lots of noise on this band, but that's the statusquo usually, Noted a male and female in Spanish language conversation. Heard Bolivia mentioned often by both persons. Signal was just holding it's own with the noise, butstill better than usual.(Chuck Bolland, FL October 23, 2008)

Canada
6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060), 1417-1427 + 1444, Oct 22. With CNR-1 off the air here, was able to hear C&W songs, man and woman DJs, several IDs for Classic Country AM 1060, promo for winning prizes, traffic report, "the next traffic report in 15 minutes", poor to fair, jamming, perhaps against Ming Hui Radio? (R. Howard, CA)

China
4750, CNR-1, 1340-1402, Oct 21. Almost all the CNR-1 frequencies were not heard today. Heard under a fairly strong Bangladesh (RRI not heard at all), with Chinese programming, clearly parallel with 4800 (light QRM from assume AIR) and 7275 (fair). Thanks to Sei-ichi Hasegawa's tip that most of the CNR-1 frequencies are off the air (R. Howard, CA) see Malaysia/Sarawak

Djibouti
4780, Radio Djibouti (presumed), 0303-0333, Oct 18. First time I have been able to hear this on the west coast! An amazing night for African reception! Chanting (probably reciting from Qur'an), 0312-0331 long non-stop talking by man in what sounded like Arabic, music fanfare and more talking, poor to fair. Back in Dec. 1971, I also heard them on 4780, but from my location on the East coast and QSL'ed ORTF "Station de Djibouti" from the French Territory of the Afars and Issas (R. Howard, CA)

Indonesia
9680, RRI Jakarta, 1051-1100. With a male in Indonesian language comments, noted a program music and live comments. Signal remained at a good level during the listening period. (C. Bolland, FL October 21, 2008)

Malaysia/Sarawak
5030, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1250-1326 + 1352 +1423, Oct 21. With CNR-1 off the air here, Sarawak FM was doing very well, in vernacular, woman DJ with pop songs, several "RTM Kuala Lumpur" and many "Sarawak FM" IDs, ToH 2 pips, RTM news (news only was // 5964.93v Klasik Nasional FM), after the news a man DJ with music dedications, fair to good reception, at 1306 noted a strong open carrier turned on for about 10 seconds, a test by CNR-1? Parallel with 7130 (fair till after 1300, when started mixing with CNR-2/CBR) (R. Howard, CA)

Myanmar
5985.0, Myanma Radio, 1525-1540, Oct 22. Pop music, in vernacular before 1530 along with indigenous instrumental music, into English, ID with frequencies, news about the activities of various generals of the Department of Defense, item about the 16th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competition, weather (gives present conditions along with forecast though tomorrow evening and conditions for Myanmar waters), promo for the 16th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts competition, "Dear listeners, now you can hear the evening music program, Listening Pleasure", EZL songs, fair, best reception so far this DX season (R. Howard,CA)

Peru
4826.53, Radio Sicuani, 0022-0100. Noted a male in Spanish language comments here. He is joined by a second fella on the telephone. Later a female joins the group. As time progresses the signal begins to fade and by 0100 is practically gone due to fading. Still on the air however. Just too weak to copy. (C. Bolland, FL October 23, 2008)

Philippines
9615, Radio Veritas Asia, 1040-1050. Initially noted a male and female in Chinese language comments. Some music interspersed as an accent. At 1045, a second male comments. All the comments are probably religious? No interference noted from Firedrake which was expected though. Signal was good.(C. Bolland, FL October 21, 2008

Zambia
4965, CVC, 0253, Oct 18, in English. Christian preaching, at the end of sermon she asks listeners to call or write to Radio Christian Voice, fair-good, on Oct 19 conditions had returned to just average African reception, so Oct 18 reception was unique (R. Howard, CA)

6165, ZNBC/Radio 2, 0243, Oct 18. Heard their interval signal (the call of the African Fish Eagle was strong here (also on 5915) (FYI: the Fish Eagle is shown on their 10 Kwacha currency <>); 0343-0359 in English, Christian preacher with African sounding accent, he hoped people would show up for church tomorrow at 7:30 at Independence Avenue, near the Civic Center in Lusaka. Surprised to find this religious program here as it sounded more like a CVC type program, fair, at 0359 RN signed-on totally covering Zambia (R. Howard, CA)

Zimbabwe (non)
4828, R. Zimbabwe, 0242 + 0307 + 0318, Oct 18. No music heard tonight, only a strong open carrier, 3396 continues to be silent (R. Howard, CA)

Contributors:
Chuck Bolland, FL
Ron Howard, CA

Radio Veritas Asia - B08 multilingual schedule

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009
Radio Veritas Asia , Philippines
All times UTC
(station does not broadcast in English)


Bengali
0030–0057 11.945
1400–1430 11.870

Burmese
2330–2357 9.720
1130–1157 15.450

Filipino
2300-2327 9.720
1500–1530 9.615
1530-1600 9.615 (Wed/Fri/Sun ext)

Hindi
0030–0057 11.710
1330–1400 11.870

Hmong
1200–1227 11.935

Kachin
2330–2357 9.645
1230–1257 15.225

karen
0000–0027 11.935
1200–1230 15.225

Mandarin
2100–2257 6.115
1000–1157 9.615

Russian
0130–0230 17.830
1500–1600 9.570

Sinhala
0000–0027 11.730
0000–0027 9.865
1330–1400 9.520

Tamil
0030–0057 11.935
1400–1430 9.520

Telugu
0100–0127 15.530
1430–1457 9.520

Urdu
0100–0127 15.280
0100–0127 17.860
1430–1457 11.870

Vietnamese
2330–2357 9.670
0130–0230 15.530
1030–1127 11.850
1300–1327 11.850

Zomi-Chin
0130-0200 15.520
(Source:Ashik Eqbal Tokon,Rajshahi, Bangladesh/Cumbre DX)

Correspondence may be directed to;
Radio Veritas Asia
Headquarters:
P.O. Box 2642
Quezon City 1166
Phillippines

Transmitter Site:
Radio Veritas Asia
Palauig, Zambales
Philippines
(address via World QSL Book/Teak Publishing)

Radio Netherlands - Program Guide October 25-31, 2008

Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programs coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.

SATURDAY 25 October
*** The State We're In ***

This week on The State We're In, Afghanistan, Women, and Education. We begin with a look at the opportunities for women in Kabul. We meet one family that had to choose who will go to school, and who will stay home and work - the girls, or the boys?

Then, we look at the cultural devastation in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, and the ways in which Afghans are trying to keep their culture alive.

Then, we meet the Sahrawi women of Western Sahara. They've taken huge strides in providing education - but do they have jobs?

And, we meet a young Iranian woman who was denied a place in medical school because the government decided there needed to be more male doctors. So she sued the Iranian government. We'll hear what happened, this week on The State We're In.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1506 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1806 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
2006 Southern Africa 7120, West Africa 17810, 11655

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
2300 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1300 North America
2200 Asia

*** Network Europe Week ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe Week satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1404 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1904 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
1600 Benelux 1296

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
0400 Africa, Asia
1600 Europe

Note that on Saturday we also run repeats of:

Curious Orange:
1430 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1930 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Bridges with Africa:
0030 Europe (WRN)

Earthbeat:
1630 Benelux (MW 1296) and Europe (WRN)

SUNDAY 26 October
*** Network Europe Extra ***

Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1404 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1804 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
2004 West Africa 17810, 11655

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
2300 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1300 North America
1600 Europe
2200 Asia

*** Reloaded ***

Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1030 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1430 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
2030 West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
1630 Benelux 1296
2330 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1330 North America
1630 Europe
2230 Asia

Note that on Sunday we also run:

Bridges with Africa:
1500 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1600 Benelux (MW 1296)
1904 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Radio Books:
1530 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1600 Benelux (MW 1296)
1930 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Curious Orange:
0030 Europe (WRN)

MONDAY 27 October

*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1400 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1530 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1800 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
1904 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120
2000 West Africa 17810, 11655

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
2300 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
2200 Asia

*** Curious Orange ***

This week on Curious Orange we'll have segments from our live show at Expatica's "I'm not a tourist" Fair! We'll hear from Language Lady Joyce Goggin, Music Man Robbert Tilli, musician Lucky Fonz III, and even from the audience, with their Lost in Translation stories. Also on the show, we'll tell you a bit about the new Radio Netherlands Listener's Panel and how you can join it.

That's this week on Curious Orange.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1430 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
1930 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120
2030 West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
1630 Benelux 1296
2330 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1300 North America
1630 Europe
2230 Asia

Note that on Monday we also run:

Earthbeat:
1030 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1330 North America (WRN)
1500 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345

Network Europe live:
1600 Benelux (MW)

Network Europe Extra:
0400 Africa, Asia (WRN)
0500 North America (WRN)

Reloaded:
0030 Europe (WRN)
0530 North America (WRN)

TUESDAY 28 October
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1400 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1530 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1800 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
1904 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120
2000 West Africa 17810, 11655

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
2300 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
0400 Africa, Asia
0500 North America
2200 Asia

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***

This week on The State We're In, Midweek Edition, Afghanistan, Women, and Education. We begin with a look at the opportunities for women in Kabul. We meet one family that had to choose who will go to school, and who will stay home and work - the girls, or the boys?

Then, we look at the cultural devastation in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, and the ways in which Afghans are trying to keep their culture alive.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1430 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
2030 West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
1630 Benelux 1296
2330 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1300 North America
1630 Europe
2230 Asia

Note that on Tuesday we also run:

Bridges with Africa:
1030 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1330 North America (WRN)
1500 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1930 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Network Europe live:
1600 Benelux (MW)

Newsline:
0400 Africa, Asia (WRN)
0500 North America (WRN)

Curious Orange:
0030 Europe (WRN)
0530 North America (WRN)

WEDNESDAY 29 October
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1400 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1530 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1800 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
1904 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120
2000 West Africa 17810, 11655

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
2300 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
0400 Africa, Asia
0500 North America
2200 Asia

*** Radio Books ***

'Amandine, or a thousand letters of love'- by Ivo Michiels

The writing career of Ivo Michiels stretches back half a century. He made his literary debut just after World War II and is credited with introducing the modernistic novel into Flemish literature.
His haunting story 'Amandine' is about a Red Cross worker hopelessly in love with a train conductor.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1430 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
2030 West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
1630 Benelux 1296
2330 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1300 North America
1630 Europe
2230 Asia

Note that on Wednesday we also run:

Curious Orange:
1030 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1330 North America (WRN)
1530 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1930 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Network Europe live:
1600 Benelux (MW)

The State We're In - Midweek Edition:
0030 Europe (WRN)
0530 North America (WRN)

THURSDAY 30 October
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1400 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1530 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1800 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
1904 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120
2000 West Africa 17810, 11655

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
2300 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
0400 Africa, Asia
0500 North America
2200 Asia

*** Earthbeat ***

Earthbeat is an Energy special this week, focussing on some of the alternatives to fossil fuels. Delft technical university aims to plug itself into geothermal energy, effectively creating a giant radiator, with its hot water source two kilometres below the surface.

Thijs Westerbeek reports on tidal energy initiatives and we'll have the chart countdown of the unusual renewables that we've featured on this show. Remember solar trees?

That all on the next Earthbeat, with Marnie Chesterton.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1430 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
2030 West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
1630 Benelux 1296
2330 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1300 North America
1630 Europe
2230 Asia

Note that on Thursday we also run:

Network Europe Extra:
1030 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1330 North America (WRN)
1500 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1930 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Network Europe live:
1600 Benelux (MW)

Radio Books:
0030 Europe (WRN)
0530 North America (WRN)

FRIDAY 31 October
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1400 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1530 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1800 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 15535
1904 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120
2000 West Africa 17810, 11655

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
2300 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
0400 Africa, Asia
0500 North America
2200 Asia

*** Bridges with Africa ***

Lively discussion and thought-provoking reports about and from the African continent.

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1430 South Asia 11520, 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535
2030 West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425

Broadcast times on MW (UTC):
1630 Benelux 1296
2330 South Asia 1548

Broadcast times on WRN UTC:
1300 North America
1630 Europe
2230 Asia

Note that on Friday we also run:

Radio Books:
1030 East Asia 6040, Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia/China 9720
1330 North America (WRN)
1500 South Asia 12080, 5825, 15595, 9345
1930 East Africa 12045, East/Central Africa 11655, West Africa 11805, Central/Southern Africa 7120

Network Europe live:
1600 Benelux (MW)

Earthbeat:
0030 Europe (WRN)
0530 North America (WRN)
(R Netherlands)

SW Radio Africa frequency adjustment on October 26

With the start of the B08 shortwave broadcasting season on Sunday 26 October, SW Radio Africa, which broadcasts to Zimbabwe from studios in the United Kingdom, will change its shortwave frequency on the 25 meter band from 12035 to 11745 kHz. The parallel 60 mb frequency, 4880 kHz, will continue unchanged.
(Source: SW Radio Africa/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

The station broadcasts daily as:
1700-1800 UTC
1800-1900 UTC

Democratic Voice of Burma to change frequencies and increase airtime

Text of report by Norway-based Burmese Democratic Voice of Burma website, on 20 October
Dear listeners, beginning from Monday, 27 October, the daily radio programs of the Democratic Voice of Burma [DVB] will be increased by an hour while some current broadcasting frequencies will be changed.
The new extended broadcast will be aired from 1930 to 2030 Burma Standard Time [BST] [ 1300 to 1400 gmt] on shortwave 25 meter band with frequency 11880 KHz. The regular 0600 to 0700 BST morning programme will be changed to shortwave 49 meter band with frequency 5955 KHz while the regular 2100 to 2200 BST evening programme will be changed to shortwave 16 meter band with frequency 17495 KHz and shortwave 31 meter band with frequency 9415 KHz. These changes will take effect on 27 October.
Beginning from Monday, 27 October, DVB will broadcast three radio programmes daily - 0600 to 0700 BST programme on shortwave 49 meter band with frequency 5955 KHz, 1930 to 2030 BST programme on shortwave 25 meter band with frequency 11880 KHz and 2100 to 2200 BST programme on shortwave 16 meter band with frequency 17495 KHz and on shortwave 31 meter band with frequency 9415 KHz.
(Source: Democratic Voice of Burma website, Oslo, in Burmese 1430 gmt 20 Oct 08 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Netherlands - B08 multilingual schedule

The winter shortwave/mediumwave schedule of Radio Netherlands Worldwide in all languages, including relays of other stations via RNW facilities, is now online at http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/081026-rnw-shortwave-schedule . It takes effect on Sunday 26 October.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Turkey to begin Kurdish service in January

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the national broadcaster, TRT, will launch a channel in Kurdish in January, Today’s Zaman reports. He said the broadcasts would initially be for 12 hours a day and that broadcasting hours would be increased later. Mr Erdogan was speaking during a visit to the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, which has a large Kurdish population.
Although the government previously pledged to launch broadcasts in minority languages this month, no concrete steps have been taken to start these broadcasts. The plans include the allocation of one of TRT’s stations for broadcasts in Kurdish, Arabic and Farsi.
(Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Related story:
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/turkeys-kurds-perturbed-by-delay-of-promised-kurdish-broadcasting

Media Broadcast - B08 multilingual schedule

Media Broadcast operates transmitters in Germany, leased by shortwave stations, including clandestines and independent stations throughout the world. Located in northeast Germany, Media Broadcast, formerly known as T-Systems, is recognized as one of the leading transmission sites in Europe.

The following schedules represents those stations broadcasting during the B08 schedule period.
Gayle VH

Germany, Media Broadcast - B08 multilingual schedules
Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

All times UTC

frq start stop ciraf ant azi type day from to loc pow broad
9610 1000 1100 28W 350200 180 216 1 261008 280309 NAU 100 AWR
11720 1300 1329 42,43W 320100 70 216 17 261008 280309 NAU 250 AWR
11720 1300 1329 42,43W 320100 70 216 23456 261008 280309 NAU 250 AWR
11725 1330 1500 42,43W 320100 70 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 AWR
7280 0300 0330 48 230500 135 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
7315 0300 0330 48 211900 135 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
7315 0330 0400 48 211900 135 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
7245 0400 0430 39,40W 211900 120 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
6025 0500 0600 28E 212400 120 201 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
9595 0700 0800 37,38W 220400 210 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
11975 0800 0830 37,38W 221000 210 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
12010 0800 0830 37,38W 221100 210 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
12010 0830 0900 37,38W 221100 210 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
15495 1200 1230 41NE 211100 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
15495 1230 1259 41NE 211100 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
9665 1500 1530 41N 210400 90 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
11675 1500 1530 41N 211100 75 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
9665 1530 1600 41N 210400 90 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
11675 1530 1600 41N 211100 75 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
11905 1630 1659 48 231100 135 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
9445 1700 1730 39,40W 230500 120 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
9830 1730 1800 37,38W 220400 210 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
11795 1730 1800 48 230800 135 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 AWR
11760 1900 1930 37,38W 221300 210 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
11955 1900 2000 37,38W 130700 200 216 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 AWR
11760 1930 1959 37,38W 221300 210 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
9805 2000 2030 37,38W 221300 210 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 AWR
6195 1645 1800 39,40 211400 120 215 24 261008 280309 WER 100 BVB
6195 1715 1730 39,40 211400 120 215 6 261008 280309 WER 100 BVB
5945 0800 0900 27,28N 350100 280 156 1 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
5945 0800 0915 27,28N 350100 280 156 7 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
5945 0815 0915 27,28N 350100 280 156 6 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
9460 1630 1915 39,40 350200 130 216 1 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
9460 1645 1929 39,40 350200 130 216 7 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
9460 1645 1715 39,40 350200 130 216 6 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
9460 1830 1859 39,40 350200 130 216 6 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
9460 1645 1700 39,40 350200 130 216 24 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
7205 1800 1830 37NW 220700 240 216 1 261008 280309 WER 100 BVB
7210 1830 1859 39,40 110500 100 216 1 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
9460 1645 1745 39,40 350200 130 216 5 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
9460 1645 1720 39,40 350200 130 216 3 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
6015 1915 1930 28,29 221900 45 146 24 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
6015 1900 1945 28,29 221900 45 146 57 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
6015 1900 1930 28,29 221900 45 146 36 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
6015 1900 2000 28,29 221900 45 146 1 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
9470 1900 1945 39,40 211000 120 217 1 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
9470 1900 1930 39,40 211000 120 217 7 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
9470 1930 1959 39,40 211000 120 217 6 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
7210 1800 1830 39,40 110500 100 216 246 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
7260 1930 2000 46,47 220100 180 217 7 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
7245 1900 1929 52,53,57 340100 170 216 1 261008 280309 NAU 500 BVB
11635 0430 0530 48 231100 135 218 7 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
11635 0430 0500 48 231100 135 218 1 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
9615 0430 0530 39,40 231100 120 217 2345 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
9615 0430 0545 39,40 231100 120 217 6 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
7210 1800 1859 39,40 110500 100 216 35 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
7260 1830 2000 46,47 121100 155 216 1 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
9925 1530 1729 39,40 211900 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 BVB
12035 1530 1559 40,41 111000 90 217 17 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
6110 1800 1859 39,40 211400 120 216 1 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
6110 1800 1859 39,40 211400 120 216 7 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
17545 0900 1000 38,39 230700 135 217 6 261008 280309 WER 125 BVB
12035 1515 1559 40,41 111000 90 217 3456 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
13810 1600 1857 38S,39S,47,48 231000 135 217 1 010109 280309 WER 250 BVB
13810 1600 1859 38S,39S,47,48 231000 135 217 6 010109 280309 WER 250 BVB
13810 1600 1830 38S,39S,47,48 231000 135 217 7 010109 280309 WER 250 BVB
13810 1600 1759 38S,39S,47,48 231000 135 217 24 010109 280309 WER 250 BVB
13810 1630 1759 38S,39S,47,48 231000 135 217 3 010109 280309 WER 250 BVB
13810 1600 1759 38S,39S,47,48 231000 135 217 5 010109 280309 WER 250 BVB
9730 1600 1859 38S,39S,47,48 120900 140 216 16 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
9730 1600 1830 38S,39S,47,48 120900 140 216 7 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
9730 1600 1759 38S,39S,47,48 120900 140 216 2345 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
11895 1500 1530 41 310100 87 216 17 261008 280309 NAU 250 BVB
11895 1530 1556 41 310100 87 216 23 261008 280309 NAU 250 BVB
11895 1500 1556 41 310100 87 216 56 261008 280309 NAU 250 BVB
11895 1515 1556 41 310100 87 216 4 261008 280309 NAU 250 BVB
11695 1400 1459 41 310100 70 217 17 261008 280309 NAU 250 BVB
11970 1625 1715 39,40 211100 120 217 36 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
11970 1625 1729 39,40 211100 120 217 245 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
15565 1200 1230 31S,42N 330200 70 218 23456 261008 280309 NAU 250 BVB
17650 1530 1559 47,48 230700 135 217 4 261008 280309 WER 100 BVB
5935 0030 0045 41 222200 75 216 17 261008 290309 WER 250 BVB
6030 0030 0100 41 210800 90 217 1234567 261008 290309 WER 250 BVB
7255 2300 2330 49E 210800 75 215 7 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
7255 2245 2330 49E 210800 75 215 6 261008 280309 WER 250 BVB
11875 1630 1729 47,48 212000 150 217 123457 261008 280309 WER 100 BVB
7210 1800 1815 39,40 110500 100 216 7 261008 280309 JUL 100 BVB
9460 1800 1900 39,40 350200 130 216 3 261008 280309 NAU 100 BVB
11875 1630 1729 47,48 212000 150 217 6 261008 280309 WER 100 BVB
6055 1000 1059 27,28 210200 90 201 1 261008 280309 WER 100 CHW
5960 1900 1959 28E,29 222300 75 208 7 261008 280309 WER 100 CHW
3975 1500 1900 18,27,28,29 231700 ND 926 1234567 261008 280309 WER 200 DRM
3975 2000 2200 18,27,28,29 231700 ND 926 1234567 261008 280309 WER 200 DRM
5955 2330 0030 41,49 222100 75 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 125 DVB
11835 1700 1758 38E,39S,48 340100 145 216 146 261008 280309 NAU 250 EFD
11835 1700 1758 38E,39S,48 340100 145 216 5 261008 280309 NAU 125 ELF
6055 1130 1200 27,28 222600 ND 926 17 261008 280309 WER 125 EMG
11840 1200 1230 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 330100 35 216 7 261008 280309 NAU 250 EMG
9605 1600 1630 29,30 340101 65 146 7 261008 280309 NAU 250 EMG
7235 1900 1930 39N 211400 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 FEB
15520 1230 1330 41NE,42S,43SW 210500 75 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 GFA
13830 1330 1500 41 221400 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 GFA
12005 1430 1529 41NE,43S,49N 222100 75 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 GFA
11645 1530 1630 40E,41NW 220800 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 GFA
7215 0030 0130 40E,41NW 221200 90 217 1234567 261008 290309 WER 250 GFA
7200 2330 0030 41NE,43S,49N 210400 75 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 GFA
13750 1330 1429 41NE,43S,49N 340200 88 218 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 GFA
3955 1800 1859 27W,28 231700 ND 926 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 HCJ
6045 1000 1100 27E,28 222600 ND 926 1 261008 280309 WER 100 HLR
7375 2300 0400 11,12,13,14,15,16 210900 240 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 HRT
7375 0000 0400 7,8,9,10 210300 300 216 1234567 261008 290309 WER 100 HRT
7375 0200 0600 2,3,6,7,10 320100 325 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 125 HRT
9470 0500 0759 55,59,60 221300 240 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 HRT
11690 0600 1000 58,59,60 210600 270 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 125 HRT
9670 0100 0300 42,43 211000 75 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
7205 0230 0330 40 211700 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9495 0230 0330 40 210400 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
6105 0400 0500 28,29 221200 60 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
6120 0400 0600 29 222100 60 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9430 0400 0500 40 211000 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
15225 0500 0600 39N,40W 330200 105 156 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 IBB
17675 0600 0700 40 212200 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
13680 1230 1559 40 211000 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9565 1400 1500 40E,41NW 210400 75 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9595 1400 1500 30S 221200 75 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
12015 1400 1500 30S 222200 75 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9415 1600 1659 29 210401 60 201 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9520 1600 1700 29 220200 45 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
11605 1600 1700 29SE 222100 90 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
5850 1630 1930 40 210800 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
15620 1630 1700 48 231000 135 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9770 1700 1800 40 211000 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9485 1730 1800 48 211900 135 216 23456 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9540 1700 1829 40 111000 100 218 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 IBB
11905 1730 1800 48 212000 150 217 23456 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9485 1800 1900 48 330100 140 156 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 IBB
9595 1800 1859 40 210400 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
11905 1800 1859 48 231100 150 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9680 1830 1930 40 111000 100 218 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 IBB
12025 1830 1900 29SE 211100 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
9485 1900 1930 48 330100 140 156 23456 261008 280309 NAU 250 IBB
7165 2000 2200 29 220200 60 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
6040 2030 2100 47,48,52,53 330100 190 156 23456 261008 280309 NAU 250 IBB
6040 2030 2100 37,38,46,47 330100 190 156 17 261008 280309 NAU 250 IBB
9815 1900 1930 47,48W 230500 150 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
11885 1600 1629 29S,39N 212000 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBB
6045 0000 0100 41 211700 105 216 1234567 261008 290309 WER 250 IBC
9660 1730 1759 39S,47E,48 121100 140 216 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 IBR
9845 1900 2030 46N,46SE 220400 210 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 IBR
11645 1730 1759 47,48,52 130400 145 217 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 IBR
9470 1800 1859 47,48 211901 150 200 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 IBR
9800 1830 1859 46S,47SE 220400 180 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 LWF
6140 1300 1400 27,28 222600 ND 926 1 261008 280309 WER 100 MVB
6055 1200 1215 27,28 222600 ND 926 1 261008 280309 WER 250 MWA
5980 0430 0500 27,28 222300 60 208 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 NHK
15190 0830 0900 38-40 211100 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 NHK
15215 1300 1345 41 211100 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 NHK
15215 1345 1515 41 210500 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 NHK
6165 0030 0045 41 211400 90 216 1 261008 290309 WER 100 PAB
13645 1400 1415 39N,40 221800 90 217 7 261008 280309 WER 250 PAB
13645 1400 1430 41 221800 90 217 14 261008 280309 WER 100 PAB
13645 1415 1430 41 221800 90 217 23567 261008 280309 WER 100 PAB
13645 1430 1445 41 221800 90 217 1 261008 280309 WER 250 PAB
9850 1600 1630 39,40 120800 100 218 15 261008 280309 JUL 100 PAB
6020 1930 2015 37,38 212400 150 201 1 261008 280309 WER 250 PAB
6020 2000 2030 37,38 212400 150 201 6 261008 280309 WER 250 PAB
6020 1930 2030 37,38 212400 150 201 7 261008 280309 WER 250 PAB
7285 1130 1200 28NE,29W 350100 100 156 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 100 PRW
9445 1130 1200 27 211200 300 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
15520 1200 1230 29 221800 60 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
13840 1200 1230 29S 221400 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
5975 1230 1300 28NW 222400 40 805 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
5965 1230 1300 28NW 231500 ND 926 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
9450 1300 1400 27 231200 300 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
7325 1300 1400 18 350100 5 156 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 100 PRW
11840 1400 1430 29 220300 60 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
11675 1400 1429 30N,31W 220800 60 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 PRW
7180 1430 1530 28NE,29W 220200 60 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
6035 1430 1529 28NE,29W 222000 60 205 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
9790 1530 1600 29N 221900 45 146 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
9440 1600 1630 29S 222000 75 206 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
7170 1600 1630 29S 222300 75 208 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
7105 1630 1700 28NW 231500 ND 926 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
6140 1630 1800 28NE,29W 222500 55 201 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
6015 1800 1900 27 211800 300 206 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
7345 1800 1900 18 25 216 1234567 261008 280309 ISS 100 PRW
5935 1900 1930 29S,30 222200 75 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
9800 1900 1930 38E,39 210400 120 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
5935 1930 2030 29S 210200 75 201 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
5850 1930 2000 29S 222001 75 146 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
6135 2000 2030 29N 222300 45 208 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 PRW
9640 2030 2100 28NW 35 216 1234567 261008 280309 GUF 250 PRW
5970 2030 2100 28NW 140100 ND 926 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 PRW
9660 2200 2300 27S 40 216 1234567 261008 280309 GUF 250 PRW
6050 2200 2300 28NE,29W 222500 55 201 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 PRW
6000 1530 1630 29S 350100 97 156 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 100 PRW
9820 1630 1659 38E,39S,48 340100 145 216 36 261008 280309 NAU 100 RHU
9695 1600 1659 47E,48 110500 130 216 135 261008 280309 JUL 100 RMI
9680 1700 1730 47E,48 110500 130 216 7 261008 280309 JUL 100 RMI
9680 1730 1759 47E,48 110500 130 216 6 261008 280309 JUL 100 RMI
6110 1559 1657 27S,37N,28SW 310101 220 146 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 RNW
6120 0559 0657 27S,37N,28SW 310100 220 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 RNW
9895 0559 0658 28S,38,39N 340100 140 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 RNW
5955 0658 0758 27S 310100 220 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 RNW
5955 0758 0859 18,27,28W 231400 ND 930 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 RNW
5955 1100 1458 18,27,28W 231400 ND 930 1 261008 280309 WER 500 RNW
5955 1500 1557 18,27,28W 231400 ND 930 234567 261008 280309 WER 40 RNW
6010 1659 1757 27S,36,37 220100 240 215 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 RNW
6035 0759 0857 18,27,28W 211800 300 215 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 RNW
6120 0859 1100 27S 210900 255 215 23456 261008 280309 WER 250 RNW
9895 0658 0757 28S 211900 120 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 RNW
9895 1100 1557 27S,37N,28SW 221000 225 217 1 261008 280309 WER 250 RNW
11935 0757 0857 27S,36,37 220500 240 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 RNW
12045 1759 1957 47E,48,52E,53 230800 150 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 RNW
9750 1559 1657 27S,37N,28SW 320100 225 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 RNW
9760 1830 1845 52,53 130200 160 216 35 261008 280309 JUL 100 RRP
5965 1400 1500 27,28 140200 ND 976 1 261008 280309 JUL 100 RTR
11810 1700 1759 38E,39S,48 231100 135 217 1346 261008 280309 WER 500 SBO
13810 1400 1500 28,29W,38E,39 350200 120 156 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 100 TOM
17485 1500 1559 46E,47,48W,52 130300 160 216 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 TOM
6110 1400 1559 27,28W 140600 290 805 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 TOM
6175 2000 2100 27,28W 211800 300 206 1234567 010109 280309 WER 100 TOM
6175 2100 2200 27,28W 211800 300 206 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 TOM
3975 1900 2000 27,28 231700 ND 926 1234567 261008 280309 WER 125 TOM
5965 1627 1700 29S,39N 211700 90 216 23456 261008 280309 WER 100 TWR
6060 1727 1800 30S,40 211700 90 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 TWR
6105 0742 0920 27 210300 300 216 1 261008 280309 WER 100 TWR
6105 0812 0850 27 210300 300 216 7 261008 280309 WER 100 TWR
6105 0757 0850 27 210300 300 216 23456 261008 280309 WER 100 TWR
5965 1627 1700 28 211700 105 216 7 261008 280309 WER 100 TWR
7170 1457 1600 28-30 220600 60 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 TWR
6155 0200 0300 6,7,8,9 230600 300 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 VOR
6155 0300 0500 6,7,8,9 230600 300 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 VOR
13755 1500 1600 39,40 231100 120 218 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 VOR
6175 2300 2400 39,40 211400 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 125 VOR
3955 1600 1700 27,28 231700 ND 926 1234567 010109 280309 WER 100 YFR
5960 2000 2159 37,38W 220700 210 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 YFR
5945 2000 2100 39,40 211400 120 215 1234567 010109 280309 WER 125 YFR
5960 2200 2300 37,38W 220700 210 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 YFR
5970 1700 1900 29,30 310100 65 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 YFR
5970 2100 2200 37E,38 211700 150 216 1234567 010109 280309 WER 250 YFR
6010 2200 2300 37,46 220100 195 215 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
6050 1800 1859 28E 110400 100 206 1234567 261008 280309 JUL 100 YFR
6105 1700 1758 40 310100 105 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 500 YFR
6120 1800 1900 37N 320100 230 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 250 YFR
6175 1900 1959 39 211700 120 215 1234567 010109 280309 WER 250 YFR
7220 1800 1859 39 230500 120 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 250 YFR
7305 2100 2159 46E,47,52N 220100 180 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
7305 2200 2300 46S,47W 230500 180 215 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
9405 1600 1700 41 221200 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
9465 2000 2059 37E,38 230500 150 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 250 YFR
9465 1800 1859 46E,47W 340100 183 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 500 YFR
9465 1900 2000 46E,47W 340100 183 216 1234567 010109 280309 NAU 500 YFR
9500 1900 1959 37E,38 211900 150 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 YFR
9515 2000 2100 37,38,46,47 220400 195 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 100 YFR
9595 2000 2059 46E,47,52N 230500 165 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
9650 1600 1659 40 211000 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
9695 1900 1959 37,46 221000 210 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
9760 1600 1659 39 230500 120 216 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 YFR
9770 1800 1859 47E,48 231100 135 218 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
9770 1900 1959 46,47,52 231100 180 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
9480 1900 2200 46,47,52 231100 180 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
9845 1800 1859 37E,38 231300 150 146 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 YFR
9850 1700 1759 39 210400 120 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 250 YFR
9925 1700 1859 39N,40W 110200 115 217 1234567 010109 280309 JUL 100 YFR
11665 1800 1859 46E,47,52N 230800 165 218 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
11685 1700 1800 37,38 220500 180 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 100 YFR
11830 1500 1559 41 221800 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
11830 1500 1559 41 222200 90 216 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
11830 1600 1659 41 211100 90 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
11830 1700 1759 41 211000 90 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
11845 1600 1659 47,48 230800 135 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
11955 1600 1759 41E 221800 90 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
13660 1600 1757 47,48 330200 155 218 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 500 YFR
13660 1800 1900 47,48 330200 155 218 1234567 010109 280309 NAU 500 YFR
13700 1300 1400 41 212000 90 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
13700 1400 1559 41 212000 90 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
13820 1300 1459 41E 330200 84 218 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 500 YFR
13840 1400 1459 41S 211100 105 217 1234567 261008 280309 WER 500 YFR
13655 1500 1558 41SE 330200 95 218 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 500 YFR
15325 1600 1659 46E,47,52N 231000 165 217 1234567 010109 280309 WER 500 YFR
15770 1300 1459 41 340200 95 217 1234567 010109 280309 NAU 500 YFR
9800 1500 1559 41E 340100 95 216 1234567 261008 280309 NAU 500 YFR (Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)

List of Broadcasters which are using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment
AWR Adventist World Radio
BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting
CHW Christliche Wissenschaft
CVC Christian Vision
DVB Democratic Voice of Burma
EFD Ethiopeans For Democracy
ELF
EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland
FEB Feba Radio UK
GFA Gospel for Asia
HCJ Voice of the Andes
HLR Hamburger Lokalradio
HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija
IBB International Broadcast Bureau
IBR IBRA Radio Schweden
LWF Lutheran World Federation
MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio
MWA Missionswerk Arche
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
PAB Pan Am Broadcasting
PRW Polskie Radio Warsaw
RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo)
RMI Radio Miami International
RNW Radio Netherlands World Service
RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie
RTR Radio Traumland (Belgium)
SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo
TOM The Overcomer Ministry
TWR Trans World Radio
VOR Voice of Russia
WRN World Radio Network
YFR WYFR Family Radio
DTK MEDIA BROADCAST (Deutsche Telekom)
(Source: Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)

Iran, IRIB - B08 English service

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

All times UTC
target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America)

0130-0200 6120na 7160na

0200-0230 6120na 7160na

0500-0600 6120na 7160na

1030-1100 15460as 17660as

1100-1130 15460as 17660as

1400-1500 15460as 17660as

1530-1600 6160as 7330as

1600-1630 6160as 7330as

1900-2000 6160as 7330as

1930-2000 6010eu 7260eu 7320eu 9855af 11695af

2000-2030 6010eu 7260eu 7320eu 9855af 11695af

2300-0000 6010eu 7260eu 7320eu 9855af 11695af
(Source: Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India/Monitoring Times SW Guide, Gayle Van Horn-Frequency Manager)

Blog Logs - DXpedition to Parry Sound

I was near Parry Sound over the past weekend and had a couple of hours for DXing. Here's what I logged.

All times UTC

Canada
9625 CBC North Quebec at 1858 with this ID, phone numbers, announcements in Inuktitut and 1900 CBC News in English. (Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip
antenna)

Kuwait
11990 Radio Kuwait at 1815 ending program Islam: A Total System ofLife, ID. (Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Morocco
15345 RTV Marocaine at 1820 with Arabic music and talk by man. (Fair Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Gabon
15475 Africa Numero Un at 1818, French pop music and male DJ. (Very Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Portugal
11795 Deutsche Welle at 1904 with news, 1905 Newslink. (Fair with QRM Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Equatorial Guinea
15190 Radio Africa at 1906 Gospel preacher discussing sin, also at 2004 with another preacher. (Weak but in the clear Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Sao Tome
11720 Voice of America at 2059 ending program and shutting down with ID. This is only on Sat/Sun 2030-2100. (Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Tanzania (Zanzibar)
11735 Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar at 2031 with Arabic-style singing and music, woman announcer (Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Indonesia
11785 Voice of Indonesia at 2008 tune-in, playing gamelan music which continued non-stop to past 2031 when I tuned away. I was looking for their English programming. (Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

United Kingdom
11865 Deutsche Welle at 2016 with Newslink. (Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Nigeria
15120 Voice of Nigeria at 2019 with news analysis, discussing Nigerian economic development. (Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

New Zealand
15720 Radio NZ Intl at 2058, Bellbird interval signal, 2100 Radio National news. (Poor Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna)

Rwanda
15205 Deutsche Welle at 2106 with news. (Very Good Oct. 18 Harold Sellers, DXing near Parry Sound, Ontario with Eton E1 on whip antenna via ODXA)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Oct 21 2221 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
13 - 19 October 2008

Solar activity was very low. Region 1005 (N27, L = 117, class/area, Cro/070 on 12 October) was quiet and stable. Region 1006 (S26, L = 157, class/area, Axx/030 on 17 October) formed on the disk on 16 October and decayed to spotless plage by 18 October. Both Regions 1005 and 1006 exhibited new-cycle magnetic configuration.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels during 13 - 19 October.

Geomagnetic field activity was at predominately quiet to unsettled levels on 13 - 16 October. Active to isolated minor storm conditions were observed at high latitudes on 13 - 15 October.
Mostly quiet conditions prevailed from 17 - 19 October. ACE solar wind observations indicated that a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream disturbed the field during 13 - 16 October, with initial solar wind velocities at about 550 km/s. Speeds steadily decayed throughout the next seven days and ended the summary period near 300
km/s.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
22 October - 17 November 2008

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 22 - 28 October, 30 October - 06 November, and 08 - 15 November.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 22 - 27 October. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels during 28 - 31 October due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to mostly quiet
levels during 01 - 06 November as the high-speed stream subsides. Activity is expected to increase to minor storm levels with a chance for major storm periods on 07 November due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled to active levels on 08 - 09 November as the high-speed stream subsides. From 10 - 17 November, activity levels are expected to mostly quiet.



Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Oct 21 2222 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2008 Oct 21
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Oct 22 68 5 2
2008 Oct 23 68 5 2
2008 Oct 24 68 5 2
2008 Oct 25 68 5 2
2008 Oct 26 68 5 2
2008 Oct 27 68 5 2
2008 Oct 28 68 8 3
2008 Oct 29 68 12 3
2008 Oct 30 68 15 4
2008 Oct 31 68 10 3
2008 Nov 01 69 5 2
2008 Nov 02 69 5 2
2008 Nov 03 69 5 2
2008 Nov 04 70 5 2
2008 Nov 05 70 5 2
2008 Nov 06 70 5 2
2008 Nov 07 70 35 6
2008 Nov 08 70 15 4
2008 Nov 09 70 10 3
2008 Nov 10 70 5 2
2008 Nov 11 70 5 2
2008 Nov 12 70 5 2
2008 Nov 13 69 5 2
2008 Nov 14 69 5 2
2008 Nov 15 69 5 2
2008 Nov 16 68 5 2
2008 Nov 17 68 5 2
(NOAA)

Update on WRNO shortwave service

Thanks to Ron Howard for the latest update from WRNO in New Orleans.
Gayle VH


Email from Larry Thom (Chief Engineer WRNO) at 1700 UTC, Oct 21, 2008:

We are currently off the air but should be back on soon. Elcor (transmitter manafacturer) is making modifications to the oscillatorsections to give it more stability. Additionally, we are awaiting delievery of a Vacuum Variable Capacitor for final RF power output section of the transmitter. The transmitter was furnished with Jennings Glass type vacuum variables. We changed out all but two for the ceramic type before going on the air as they are more durable to high voltage arching, etc. which are encountered by all high power shortwave stations from time to time. Just the nature of the beast!

As luck would have it the one that wasn't replaced caused us a problem on 7.505 Mhz. At this point we are just working out the bugs that come along with the installation of a new transmitter, but having said that, we hope this will take care of most of the issues at hand and cause us less down time in the future.
Thanks, Larry
(Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA)

Radio Taiwan International B08 via TDF

France/ Taiwan
Winter B-08 schedule of Radio Taiwan International via TDF
All times UTC

0200-0258 on 9800 GUF 500 kW / 195 deg to SoAM Spanish
1400-1458 on 15430 ISS 500 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Russian
1600-1658 on 9785 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg to SoAS English, 11995 from March 1
1700-1758 on 6120 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to EaEU Russian, 9840 from March 1
1700-1758 on 11850 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to SoAF English, 15690 from March 1
1800-1858 on 3965 ISS 250 kW / 345 deg to WeEU English
1900-1958 on 9365 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to NoAF French, 11875 from March 1
2000-2058 on 3965 ISS 500 kW / 215 deg to SoEU Spanish
2100-2158 on 3965 ISS 250 kW / 050 deg to WeEU German
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21/DX Mix News #543 via wb, Germany)

Radio Canada International - B08 English service

Radio Canada International - B08 English service
Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009

All times UTC
target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) me (Middle East) na (North America) va (Various)

0000-0057 9880as

0005-0100 9755na

0100-0104 9755na

0100-0159 5840va (as/me) 6165as 7255as

0105-0200 twhfa 9755na

0200-0204 twhfa 9755na

1500-1557 9635as 11975as

1605-1700 9610as

1605-1700 DRM 9800na

1700-1800 9610as

1700-1800 DRM 9800na

1800-1804 9610as

1800-1804 DRM 9800na

1800-1859 7185af 11875af 13650af 15365af 17790af
(Source: Gérald Théorêt-Frequency Manager/RCI)

NHK World Radio Japan - B08 English service

NHK World Radio Japan - B08 English service

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009

All times UTC - target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America) pa (Pacific) va (Various)
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

0000-0020 5920eu (United Kingdom relay)
6145na (Canada relay)
6110na (Canada relay)
6120na (Canada relay)
11705na (Canada relay)
13650as 17810as

0500-0530 5975eu (United Kingdom relay)
0500-0530 6110na 9770af (France relay)
0500-0530 9875as 15325as 17810as

0900-0930 9625va 9825pa 11815as 15590as

1200-1230 6120na 9625va 9695as
1200-1230 17585eu (United Arab Emirates relay)

1310-1340 9875as

1400-1430 9875as 11705va
1400-1430 11780eu (United Kingdom relay)
1400-1430 21560eu (France relay)

2200-2230 13640va
(Source: NHK/Alokesh Gupta, India/Monitoring Times SW Guide-Gayle Van Horn Frequency Manager)

Bible Voice BC - B08 English service

United Kingdom, Bible Voice BC
Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

All times UTC
target areas: as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East)
broadcast days as indicated:
mtwhfas (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun)



0030-0100 fas 6030as
0700-0800 Sat 5945eu
0800-0815 Sat 5945eu
0800-0900 Sun 5945eu
0815-0900 f 5945eu
0900-0915 Sun 5945eu
1015-1045 Sun 5985as
1115-1130 mwhf 5950as
1115-1145 st 5950as
1115-1200 Sat 5950as
1145-1200 5950as
1400-1500 Sat/Sun 11695as
1500-1530 Sat 11895as
1530-1600 12035as
1630-1700 Sun 9460me
1645-1700 mwhfa 9460me
1700-1715 whfa 9460me
1700-1720 Tues 9460me
1700-1800 Sun 9460me
1715-1800 9460me
1730-1745 9460me
1800-1815 vl 9460me
1800-1830 9460me
1800-1900 Sat 6110me
1800-1900 Sun 9460me
1830-1900 9460me
1830-1900 Sun 6110me
1845-1900 9460me
1845-1900 Sun 7260af
1900-1915 Sun 9460me
1900-1920 Sun 6015eu
1900-1930 9460me
1900-1930 Sat 7245af 9470me
1900-1945 Sat 6015eu
1900-1945 Sun 9470me
1900-2000 Sun 7260af
1930-2000 9470me
(Source: BVB/Monitoring Times SW Guide, Gayle Van Horn-Frequency Manager)

Radio Romania International - B08 English service

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009
All times UTC - all broadcast daily
target areas: al (alternative frequency) as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America) pa (Pacific)

English
0100-0156 6145na 9515na

0400-0456 6115na 9515na 9690as 11895as

0630-0656 7180eu 9690eu 15135pa 17780pa

1300-1356 15105eu 17745eu

1800-1830 DRM 5875eu 5895al (via KVI 065 kW / 220 deg)

1800-1856 7215eu 9640eu

2130-2156 6030eu 6115na 7145na 9755na

2300-2356 6015eu 6115eu 7105na 9610na
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21/DX Mix News
#543 via wb, Germany/Monitoring Times SW Guide, Gayle Van Horn-Frequency Manager)

Trans World Radio - B08 English services

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

All times UTC
- broadcast days as indicated

Monaco, Trans World Radio-Europe (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
0745-0800 Sun 9800eu (Europe)

0800-0850 mtwhf 9800eu

0800-0900 Sun 9800eu

0815-0850 Sat 9800eu

0900-0920 Sun 9800eu

Germany, Trans World Radio-Europe (Wertachtal, Germany)
0745-0800 Sun 6105eu

0800-0850 mtwhf 6105eu

0800-0900 Sun 6105eu

0815-0850 Sat 6105eu

0900-0920 Sun 6105eu
(Source: TWR/Monitoring Times SW Guide/Gayle Van Horn-Frequency Manager)

TWR Announces New President
CARY, NC, October 21, 2008—International Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR) officially announced today the selection of Lauren Libby as its new president and CEO. The unanimous decision by TWR’s Board of Directors to elect Mr. Libby came after an exhaustive six-month search process. He succeeds David G. Tucker, who stepped down from his position earlier this year.
Libby, who currently serves as senior vice president and chief operating officer with The Navigators in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be commissioned by TWR on December 1. He will become the Mission’s fourth president.
“I am pleased and excited about the appointment of Lauren Libby as the president of TWR,” said Thomas J. Lowell, TWR’s chairman of the Board of Directors. “In my conversations with Lauren, I sense that he is a man with a passion for serving the Lord and that he has a strong interest in the people who serve in this ministry as well as those who support TWR. He brings to our organization significant knowledge of radio, experience in leadership of a mission organization and a strong desire to lead TWR into the future.”
Libby’s 30-plus years of experience primarily come from an extensive career with The Navigators. Most recently, he has served as a member of the U.S. Navigator National Executive Team—a six-member group responsible for corporate ministry decisions, the organization’s 1,500 field staff and finances for the U.S. Navigator corporation.
A member of the Board of Directors for the National Religious Broadcasters, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability and Northwestern College, Libby is also president and CEO of New Horizons Foundation –a public charity designed to help donors accomplish their giving objectives in education, research, humanitarian aid, religion and health-related areas. Additionally, he cofounded Educational Communications of Colorado Springs, which comprises 15 radio stations and 28 translators. Libby also served previously on the board of the Christian Stewardship Association.
A farmer’s son from northern Kansas, Libby holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Regis University. He and his wife, June, have one adult son.
When asked about his future with Trans World Radio, Libby remarked: “I’m looking forward to an exciting future with the Board of Directors, staff and donors of TWR. From a Christian media standpoint, TWR is positioned to touch most of the world with the good news of Jesus. That’s TWR’s calling: To go to the whole world with the gospel for the whole person.”
(Source: www.twr.org/news/trans_world_radio_announces_new_president )

Radio Sweden - B08 English schedule

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009

All times UTC
0230-0300 6010na (via Canada) 11550va (via Madagascar)
0330-0400 6010na (via Canada)
1330-1400 7465va
1430-1500 9400va
1530-1600 9360va
2030-2100 9895va (via Madagascar)
2130-2200 7395va (via Madagascar)
2230-2300 5850va
RS - Radio Sweden (External Service)
(www.sr.se )
(Aleksandr Diadischev, Dniprorudne, Ukraine/ www.bclnews.it/ )

Romania, Radio Romania International - B08 multilingual schedule

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

Arabic
0730-0756 on 11710 11905 15155 15330
1500-1556 on 9655 11730 11880 15235

Aromanian
1530-1556 on 6105
1730-1756 on 6015
1930-1956 on 6110

Chinese
0500-0526 on 15160 17870
1400-1426 on 9660 12005

French
0200-0256 on 5975 9515
0600-0626 on 7170 9610
1100-1156 on 15150 15255 17790 17845
1700-1756 on 7135 9690
2100-2126 on 6030 7120

German
0700-0726 on 7175 9690
1200-1256 on 9690 11940
1700-1730 on 5875 DRM via KVI-Norway 65 kW / 160 deg
1900-1956 on 7125 9525

Italian
1500-1526 on 7160
1700-1726 on 9855
1900-1926 on 6180

Romanian
0100-0156 on 5910 9640
0200-0256 on 5910 9640
0500-0556 on 6055 7220 new transmision
0800-0856 on 11730 15370 15430 17775 Sunday "Curierul romanesc"
0900-0956 on 15380 15430 17745 17775 Sunday "Curierul romanesc"
1000-1056 on 15260 15380 17780 17825 Sunday "Curierul romanesc"
1300-1356 on 9610 11940 15170
1400-1456 on 9610 11940 15170
1600-1656 on 9700 11870
1700-1756 on 7335 9595
1800-1856 on 7140 9590
1900-1956 on 7140 9590
2000-2056 on 7125 9565 new transmission

Russian
0530-0556 on 6175 7210
1430-1456 on 9535 11905
1600-1656 on 6025 7190

Serbian
1630-1656 on 6025
1830-1856 on 7130
2030-2056 on 5970

Spanish
0000-0056 on 5960 9525 9665 11960
0300-0356 on 6140 9635 9765 11825
2000-2056 on 7140 9620
2200-2256 on 6070 9575

Ukranian
1600-1626 on 6130
1800-1826 on 7160
2000-2026 on 5960
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21/DX Mix News #543 via wb, Germany)

Radio Romania International plans new DRM frequency for winter

Radio Romania International announces on its website that its 30-minute DRM English transmission through the World Radio Network from a transmitter in Norway, and beamed to the UK, will be broadcast at 1800-1830 UTC on the new winter frequency of 5895 kHz from 26 October (currently 1700-1730 UTC on 7460 kHz).
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Illegal radio stations increase in Taiwan

Taiwan’s National Communication Commission (NCC) has recently stepped up its clampdown on unlicensed radio stations around the country, but admitted this would only serve to temporarily reduce the number of such stations. Chen Chuan-ping, director of the NCC Northern Regional Regulatory Department, said today that the crackdown has resulted in halving the number of illegal radio stations in Taiwan to around 50. However, based on past experience, the number would soon bounce back to 100, he added.
Unlicensed radio has existed in Taiwan for years, with many stations being accused of disrupting frequency assignment, airing exaggerated commercials for so-called medical cures and making false claims about a cure-all drug. According to NCC statistics, the government has cracked down on 330 underground radio stations over the past two years. However, some of them have set up again in other locations, therefore, the number has remained at around 100, NCC officials said.
Chen said it takes two to three weeks to prepare for a raid on an underground radio station. First, the transmitter must be located, then it must be determined what the station is broadcasting, before a search warrant can be sought, he explained. The whole process takes even longer if the station is in a remote area, he said.
Under the Telecommunications Act, persons found operating unlicensed radio stations that cause interference may be subject to fines of up to NT$600,000 (US$18,400) and imprisonment of up to two years. In a raid, the equipment and devices used by an underground station are also confiscated, Chen said.
He added that increased raids on such stations are only part of efforts to root out underground radio broadcasting, and that the measures include assisting illegal operators to become legal. In order to address this problem, the NCC has decided to open a new bandwidth to accommodate more than 40 private stations.
(Source: Taiwan News/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Australian Broadcasting Corporation defends program cuts

The Managing Director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Mark Scott, says the quality and diversity of its Radio National service will continue despite the axing of several programmes, ABC News reports. On Wednesday the ABC released its 2009 Radio National schedule, confirming that eight specialist programmes would not be returning. The programmes are the Media Report, Religion Report, Sports Factor, Perspective, The Ark, In Conversation, Radio Eye and Street Stories.
Earlier today, the Senate supported a motion from the opposition Greens party calling on ABC management to explain why the programmes have been axed. Mr Scott has defended the decision, saying the changes will not diminish the quality of Radio National’s output. “We are doing nothing to change the fundamental foundation of Radio National’s success in delivering high quality distinctive programming to the Australian people. There are new ideas, new specialist programmes that we need to develop and put to air.”
(Source: Asia-Pacifc Broadcasting Union/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

BBC World Service launches news program

BBC World Service is launching a special English-language news and current affairs programme - broadcast from the region and tailored for the region. From Monday 20 October, Evening Report will bring audiences in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - as well as South Asian diaspora audiences, wherever they are - half an hour of daily news and information, covering key regional developments and the most relevant global stories.
Broadcast live every weekday evening from the BBC Delhi bureau, Evening Report’s regular presenter will be Tinku Ray, a highly experienced and accomplished broadcaster and reporter. “This is a fresh way of telling the region what’s happening across South Asia,” Tinku says. “It’s always exciting to be the launch presenter of a new and ambitious programme, and I want our millions of listeners to share in that excitement.”
Evening Report brings its South Asian audiences news and analysis of the day’s political, business and sports developments as well as human interest stories reflecting the diversity and vibrancy of the region. News Editor, BBC World Service, Andrew Whitehead, says: “The BBC has a fantastic network of reporters across South Asia, and Evening Report will be using them to provide our listeners with up-to-the-minute news coverage and analysis of the region and beyond. This will be a lively, engaging programme - from South Asia, for South Asia.”
In its first week on air, Evening Report will feature interviews with key decision makers and political leaders across the region, among them Nepal’s new President, Ram Baran Yadav. Presenter Tinku Ray will also be reporting from India’s space centre. There are plans for Evening Report to be anchored from capital cities across the region.
Evening Report will be broadcast on shortwave across the region, on Worldspace satellite, via BBC Global News channel covering South and East Asia, and on FM in following locations: Bangladesh: Dhaka 100 FM Nepal: Kathmandu 103 FM Sri Lanka: via SLBC - Anuradhapura, Batticoloa and Tricomalee 99.6 FM, Colombo 95.6 and 96.4 FM, Galle 90.8 FM, Gampaha 96.4 FM, Kandy 96.4 FM, Matara 98.4 and 90.8 FM, Nuwara Eliya 100.2 FM.
Evening Report will be broadcast at 1400-1430 UTC, and is also available online.
(Source: BBC World Service Press Office/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Sweden - B08 multilingual schedule

Radio Sweden

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009
All times UTC - target areas & broadcast days as indicated

Arabic to Middle East

1730-1800 7465 125° (Monday-Friday)

Assyrian/Aramaic to Middle East

1600-1630 9360 125° (Thursday-Friday)

Belarusian to Europe (Saturday-Tuesday)
1830-1900 6065 (100°)
2100-2130 5840 (100°)

English to Europe, Africa and the Middle East (daily)

1430-1500 9400 (70°)
1530-1600 9360 (125°)
1730-1800 1179
1830-1900 1179
2000-2030 1179
2030-2100 9895 (320°) via Madagascar
2130-2200 7395 (280°) via Madagascar
2230-2300 5850 (140°-240°) + 1179

English to Asia and the Pacific (daily)

0230-0300 11550 (50°) via Madagascar
1330-1400 7465 (40°)
1430-1500 9400 (70°)

English to North America (daily)

0230-0300 6010 (268°) via Canada
0330-0400 6010 (277°) via Canada

Farsi to Middle East
1600-1630 9360 110° (Wednesday-Friday)

Kurdish to Middle East
1630-1700 9360 140° (Monday-Friday)

Romanian to Middle East and Southern Europe
2130-2200 5840 145° (Saturday-Sunday)
2200-2300 5840 145° (Saturday-Sunday)
2300-0000 1179 (Saturday)

Russian to Europe and Asia (daily)
1400-1430 9530 (55°)

Russian to Europe (daily)
1500-1530 5850 (55°)
1730-1800 6065 (70°)
1930-2000 6065 (70°) + 1179
2030-2100 5850 (85°) + 1179

Swedish to Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Monday-Friday:

0500-0600 P1 9490 (125°)
0600-0800 P1 6065 (140°-240°)
1400-1430 RS 9490 (125°)
1500-1530 RS 9360 (125°)
1645-1715 P1 5865 (140°-240°)
1700-1730 RS 7475 (70°) + 7465 (140°)
1800-1830 RS 5865 (140°-240°)
1900-1930 RS 5865 (140°-240°) + 7465 (220°)
2000-2030 RS 5850 (140°-240°) + 9895 (320°) via Madagascar
2100-2130 RS 7395 (280°) via Madagascar
2100-2200 P1 5850 (140°-240°)
2200-2230 RS 5850 (140°-240°)

Saturday:
1400-1430 RS 9490 (125°)
1500-1530 RS 9360 (125°)
1645-1715 P1 5865 (140°-240°)
1700-1730 RS 7475 (70°) + 7465 (140°)
1800-1830 RS 5865 (140°-240°)
1900-1930 RS 5865 (140°-240°) + 7465 (220°)
2000-2030 RS 5850 (140°-240°) + 9895 (320°) via Madagascar
2100-2130 RS 7395 (280°) via Madagascar
2100-2200 P1 5850 (140°-240°)
2200-2230 RS 5850 (140°-240°)

Sunday:

1400-1430 RS 9490 (125°)
1500-1530 RS 9365 (125°)
1645-1700 P1 5865 (140°-240°)
1700-1730 RS 7475 (70°) + 7465 (140°)
1800-1830 RS 5865 (140°-240°)
1900-1930 RS 5865 (140°-240°) + 7465 (220°)
2000-2030 RS 5850 (140°-240°) + 9895 (320°) via Madagascar
2100-2130 RS 7395 (280°) via Madagascar
2100-2200 P1 5850 (140°-240°)
2200-2230 RS 5850 (140°-240°)

Swedish to East Asia

1200-1215 RS 7420 (40°) Monday-Friday
1200-1230 RS 7420 (40°) Saturday-Sunday
1315-1330 RS 7465 (40°) Monday-Friday

Swedish to South-Eastern Asia and Australia
0200-0230 RS 11550 (50°) daily via Madagascar
1215-1230 RS 11550 (70°) Monday-Friday
1300-1315 RS 11675 (80°) Monday-Friday
1300-1330 RS 11675 (80°) Saturday-Sunday
1400-1430 RS 9400 (70°) + 11540 (95°) daily

Swedish to South America

0000-0030 RS 9490 (163°) via Canada
0030-0100 RS 6100 (227°) via Canada

Swedish to North America
0200-0230 RS 6010 (240°) via Canada
0300-0330 RS 6010 (277°) via Canada

Swedish to Europe on 1179 kHz (Soelvesborg, Sweden, 600 kW)
Daily:

0455-0700 P1
1645-1730 P1
1800-1830 RS (P4 on Sundays)
1900-1930 RS
2100-2200 P1
2200-2230 RS

P1 - Swedish Radio 1st channel
P4 - Swedish Radio 4th channel (Sport)
RS - Radio Sweden (External Service)
(www.sr.se/ )
(Aleksandr Diadischev, Dniprorudne, Ukraine/ www.bclnews.it/ )

Shortwave blog bytes

More news "bytes" from the world of shortwave radio

Argentina
From October 19th, the local time in Argentina will be modified in some Provincies and the country will have two local times.UTC = -3Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis,La Pampa, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur.UTC = -2 Jujuy, Formosa, Chaco, Tucuman, Santiago del Estero, Misiones, Cordoba, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Entre Riosand Buenos Aires. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera/playdx2003)

Listen to my new audio clip of RAE Argentina, on 15345 KHz in French language with interval signal. www.hb9gce.ch/RAE_20081015_2000_15345.mp3
(Stumpf Carl Andreas/HCDX)

Australian DX Report - episode 121
A new episode, no. 121, of the AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine is now available.

It includes a propagation report, monitoring notes, schedule changes, advance B08 schedules, and news about international broadcasters.

It's 13 mins 20 secs, and is at
http://airm.edxp.org/

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Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 121!
(Bob Padula, Australia)

Bolivia
6075, Radio Causauki Coca, (presumed)1008-1015. Very noisy this morning, but noted a male in Spanish language comments here until 1015 when the noise over powers the signal. Perhaps an earlier logging would have produced better results? (Chuck Bolland, October 16, 2008)

China
7105 PBS Nei Menggu, Hohhot, heard 17 Oct. at 23.40. Mandarin commentary and soft music, 23.59 with a deep-voiced OM annxer with full ID, mentioning Hohhot and Nei Menggu and suddenly off at 23.59:30. BBC in English to Cyprus popped up on the hour at 00.00. According to EiBi, these guys are supposed to be on until 0600. Strange, but definitely heard. Went and sifted through their website for email addies and found these two: imbs@tom.com and imbs@163.com . Sent an email report off to both of them, and nothing was bounced so they may both be good. I will post if I get any replies. Lots of things happening this Thursday/Friday, so not as much time for DX as I had hoped.(Albert Muick, Afghanistan/HCX)

Europe on shortwave
Here are my most recent logs for October 2008. All times are UTC, and Frequencies in kHz. All are English, unless specified otherwise...

October 4, 12:00-12:59 UTC Polish Radio English 9525, SINPO 45334 NEWS, Europe East, Chart Show (Polish Pop Scene)
October 12, 1200-1259 UTC Polish Radio English 9525, SINPO 55445 NEWS, Europe
East, In-Touch (Listener Letters)
October 12, 1300-1327 UTC Radio Prague, Czech Republic 13580, SINPO 55545
October 12, 2200-2255UTC Radio Romania International 9790, SINPO 55545

Note: Polish Radio is an excellent verifier for correct reports, even to listeners outside of Europe! E-Mail reports to: english.section@polishradio.pl
(Tim Marecki, FL/ptsw)

60 Meter Band-Scan
5040 All India Radio (AIR) Jeypore Tlk in Indian lang. at 1143.
5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram Same as above.
5005 Radio Nepal(??) Decent carrier at 1144 but lcl noise was right on top.
4990 AIR Itanagar M tlk in Indian lang. at 1144.
4970 AIR Shillong?? Strong carrier and only poss. audio at 1144.
4940 AIR Guwahati Indian mx at 1145.
4920 Xizang PBS Strong at 1146.
4905 Xizang PBS //4920 at 1146.
4869.93 RRI Wamena Mx at 1146.
4835 AIR Gangtok?? Fairly weak carrier at 1147 but a signal here.
4810 AIR Bhopal?? Just a carrier here as well at 1147.
4795 UNID. A carrier here at 1147 but may be nothing.
4975 UNID. Carrier at 1148.
4760 AIR Pt. Blair?? Sounded like vcl mx at 1148.
4965 AIR Shimla?? Carrier at 1155.
(Dave Valko, PA/12 Oct 08/Cumbre DX)

Indonesia
9525, Voice of Indonesia, 1003-1015 A welcomed return to this frequency (9525.00 KHz). At tune in, noted a few minutes of World News. This was presented by a female in the English Language. At about 1007, she gives ID as, "you are listening to ... from the Voice of Indonesia". At 1016, canned promos and ID ending the news. Although the program was in the English language, there just wasn't enough fidelity with the signal to get any type of copy. At 1024 the female gives ID and URL for VOI.

The signal was poor with a lot of fading type noise during the period. Note: Checked back at 1055 and found that they had moved up to 9525.95 KHz vice 9525 KHz which they were using at 1000 UTC. This caused me to wonder? What was the reason? Was the shift due to a malfunction or were they trying to get away from interference? At 1100 Romania takes over 9525 KHz with their strong signal. I can still hear Indonesia, but only weakly. Chuck Bolland, FL October 18, 2008)

9680, RRI Jakarta Programa Lima, 1019-1030. General conversation program here. At tune in, noted two females and a male in Indonesian language coversation. The girls seemed to be having fun judging from the tone and laughter of the talking. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL October 18, 2008)

Romania
9790 After month and more with sound only one "bou-u-u-u", finally is rising good signal of RRI in Russian, noted on Oct 8 at 1350 UT on 9790 kHz and on Oct 10th at 0450 on 9555 kHz giving the details of contest with (!) final date for taking part Sept 30th, 2008 under the title "Danube" /Donau.

BTW on Sundays in last 10 minutes of their prgrs there is a DX program in Russian.(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 12)

Checked the schedule of the new 100 kW Continental transmitter unit at very old Romanian shortwave site at Saftica [former Radio Espana Independiente site during Franco dictatorship] too, tonight Oct 14th:

7210 kHz noted RRI in Ukrainian at 1500-1527 UT, powerful here in Germany 54444, and superb audio quality, never heard on this former limited 20/50 kW units in the past.

Break between 15.27:10 and 15.28:25 UT.

6135 kHz noted RRI in Serbian at 1530-1557 UT, powerhouse S=9+10 dB on 6135
kHz.

9620 kHz transmitter is on the air at 1600 UT, powerful S=9+20 dB signal, BUT NO audio feed of the Italian service.

So I guess 2nd step of shortwave modernization at Romanian sites Galbeni, Saftica has been completed.And Tiganesti 300 kW Continental site will follow soon, and will be ready on Oct 26th, when B-08 winter schedule starts.

Google Earth imagery: Saftica site
ROU Saftica site, old Espana Independiente 20/50 kW
44°38'16.00"N 26°04'27.85"E
4 curtains in G.E. visible, and also additional revolving antenna like
Swedish Algon.
(wb, Germany/HCDX)

Polish Radio - B08 English service

Polish Radio - B08 English

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009

All times UTC

1300-1330 9450eu 7325eu

1800-1830 6015eu 7345eu

(Szefs Slawomir, Polish Radio/Monitoring Times SW Guide-Gayle Van Horn Frequency Manager)

Adventist World Radio - B08 multilingual service

All times UTC

Site Start Stop Language Service Area kHz m kW Days

SDA 0000 0030 Burmese Myanmar 17635 16 100 1234567
SDA 0000 0200 Mandarin NE-China 12035 25 100 1234567
SDA 0000 0200 Mandarin C/N-China 17880 16 100 1234567
SDA 0030 0100 Karen Myanmar, Thailand, China 17635 16 100 1234567
SDA 0100 0200 Mandarin S-China 17635 16 100 1234567
TAI 0100 0200 Vietnamese Vietnam 15445 19 100 7
MOS 0200 0230 Urdu Pakistan 5970 49 300 1234567
MOS 0230 0300 Panjabi Pakistan 5970 49 300 1234567
MDC 0230 0330 Malagasy Madagascar 3215 90 50 1234567
WER 0300 0330 Tigrinya Eritrea 7315 41 250 1234567
SDA 0300 0330 Russian E-Russia 17645 16 100 1234567
WER 0300 0330 Oromo S-Ethiopia 7280 41 250 1234567
WER 0330 0400 Amharic Ethiopia 7315 41 250 1234567
MOS 0330 0430 Farsi Iran 6095 49 300 1234567
WER 0400 0430 Arabic Iraq, Arab Peninsula 7425 41 250 1234567
MOS 0430 0500 French Morocco, Algeria 6045 49 300 1234567
WER 0500 0600 Bulgarian Bulgaria 6025 49 100 1234567
WER 0700 0800 Arabic Morocco, Algeria 9595 31 100 1234567
WER 0800 0830 Kabyle Morocco, Algeria 11975 25 100 1234567
WER 0800 0830 French Morocco, Algeria 12010 25 100 1234567
WER 0830 0900 Tachelhit Morocco, Algeria 12010 25 100 1234567
NAU 1000 1100 Italian Italy 9610 31 100 1
SDA 1000 1100 Mandarin C/N-China 11995 25 100 1234567
SDA 1000 1100 Mandarin S-China 15260 19 100 1234567
SDA 1030 1100 Ilonggo Philippines 11870 25 100 45
SDA 1030 1100 Cebuano Philippines 11870 25 100 67
SDA 1030 1100 Ilocano Philippines 11870 25 100 1
SDA 1030 1100 Tagalog Philippines 11870 25 100 23
SDA 1030 1100 Mongolian N-China, Mongolia 11730 25 100 1234567
SDA 1100 1200 Mandarin S-China 12120 25 100 1234567
SDA 1100 1130 Indonesian W-Indonesia 11840 25 100 1234567
SDA 1100 1200 Mandarin NE-China 11730 25 100 1234567
SDA 1100 1200 Mandarin C/N-China 11825 25 100 1234567
SDA 1130 1200 English Indonesia, Malaysia 15260 19 100 1234567
SDA 1200 1300 Mandarin C/N-China 11825 25 100 1234567
SDA 1200 1300 Korean Korea 9800 31 100 1234567
SDA 1200 1300 Mandarin NE-China 9875 31 100 1234567
WER 1200 1230 English NE-India, Bangladesh 15495 19 250 1234567
SDA 1200 1300 Mandarin S-China 12120 25 100 1234567
WER 1230 1300 Bangla NE-India, Bangladesh 15495 19 250 1234567
SDA 1300 1330 Bangla Bangladesh 15660 19 100 1234567
SDA 1300 1330 Japanese Japan 11980 25 100 1234567
SDA 1300 1330 Japanese W-Japan 11935 25 100 1234567
SDA 1300 1400 Mandarin C/N-China 9615 31 100 1234567
NAU 1300 1330 Mandarin W-China 11720 25 250 23456
NAU 1300 1330 Uighur W-China 11720 25 250 1 7
MDC 1300 1400 Vietnamese Vietnam 17670 16 250 1234567
SDA 1330 1400 Russian E-Russia 9510 31 100 1234567
SDA 1330 1400 Thai Cambodia, Vietnam, Thai, Laos 11935 25 100 2 4 6
SDA 1330 1400 English Cambodia, Vietnam, Thai, Laos 11935 25 100 5 7
NAU 1330 1500 Mandarin W-China 11725 25 250 1234567
SDA 1330 1400 Assamese NE-India 15660 19 100 1 4
SDA 1330 1400 English Bangladesh 15660 19 100 23567
SDA 1330 1400 Khmer Cambodia, Vietnam, Thai, Laos 11935 25 100 1 3
SDA 1400 1500 Mandarin C/N-China 9810 31 100 1234567
SDA 1400 1430 Chin Myanmar 11940 25 100 1234567
SDA 1400 1500 Mandarin S-China 9635 31 100 1234567
MOS 1400 1430 Urdu Pakistan 15440 19 300 1234567
SDA 1400 1430 Sinhalese Sri Lanka 15255 19 100 1234567
MDC 1430 1530 Malagasy Madagascar 3215 90 50 1234567
SDA 1430 1500 Karen Myanmar, Thailand, China 11940 25 100 1234567
MOS 1430 1500 Afar Djibouti, NE-Ethiopia, Somalia 17610 16 300 1234567
SDA 1430 1500 Burmese Myanmar 11770 25 100 1234567
SDA 1500 1530 Telugu S-India 9355 31 100 1234567
WER 1500 1530 Panjabi N-India 9665 31 250 1234567
SDA 1500 1530 English S-India 12105 25 100 1234567
SDA 1500 1530 Mizo NE-India 11610 25 100 1234567
MOS 1500 1530 Turkish Turkey 15160 19 300 1234567
WER 1500 1530 Nepali Nepal 11675 25 250 1234567
SDA 1500 1530 Tamil S-India 11985 25 100 1234567
SDA 1530 1600 Marathi C-India 11935 25 100 1234567
SDA 1530 1600 Malayalam S-India 11985 25 100 1234567
WER 1530 1600 English Nepal, Tibet 11675 25 250 1234567
SDA 1530 1600 Kannada S-India 11690 25 100 1234567
SDA 1530 1600 Hindi C-India 12105 25 100 1234567
WER 1530 1600 Hindi N-India 9665 31 250 1234567
SDA 1600 1630 Urdu N-India 11980 25 100 1234567
SDA 1600 1630 English C-India 9585 31 100 1234567
SDA 1600 1630 English S-India 11690 25 100 1234567
MOS 1600 1630 Urdu Pakistan 11910 25 300 1234567
MOS 1630 1730 Farsi Iran 9830 31 300 1234567
WER 1630 1700 Somali Somalia 11905 25 250 1234567
SDA 1630 1700 English N-India 11980 25 100 1234567
SDA 1700 1730 Ilonggo ME 9980 31 100 45
WER 1700 1730 Arabic Iraq, Arab Peninsula 9445 31 250 1234567
MEY 1700 1730 Kiswahili Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda 11925 25 250 1234567
SDA 1700 1730 Cebuano ME 9980 31 100 67
SDA 1700 1730 Ilocano ME 9980 31 100 1
SDA 1700 1730 Tagalog ME 9980 31 100 23
SDA 1700 1730 Hindi ME 11795 25 100 1234567
SDA 1730 1800 Tamil ME 11695 25 100 1234567
WER 1730 1800 Oromo S-Ethiopia 11795 25 250 1234567
MEY 1730 1800 Masai Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda 11925 25 250 1234567
WER 1730 1800 Kabyle Morocco, Algeria 9830 31 100 1234567
SDA 1730 1800 English ME 9980 31 100 1234567
MOS 1800 1830 Moru S-Sudan 9825 31 300 1
MOS 1800 1830 Dinka S-Sudan 9825 31 300 5
MOS 1800 1830 Acholi S-Sudan 9825 31 300 7
MOS 1800 1830 Bari S-Sudan 9825 31 300 2
MOS 1800 1830 Juba Arabic S-Sudan 9825 31 300 3
MOS 1800 1830 Zande S-Sudan 9825 31 300 6
MOS 1800 1830 Col English S-Sudan 9825 31 300 4
MEY 1800 1830 English E-Africa 11830 25 250 1234567
MEY 1800 1830 English Botswana, S.-Africa, Zimbabwe 3345 90 100 1234567
MEY 1800 1830 English SW-Africa 3215 90 100 1234567
MOS 1830 1900 Arabic Libya 9605 31 300 1234567
MEY 1900 1930 Fulfulde Cameroon, Ghana, (Senegal) 15240 19 250 1234567
MOS 1900 1930 Hausa Nigeria 9535 31 300 1234567
WER 1900 1930 Arabic Morocco, Algeria 11760 25 100 1234567
JUL 1900 2000 Arabic Morocco, Algeria 11955 25 100 1234567
WER 1930 2000 Tachelhit Morocco, Algeria 11760 25 100 1234567
MEY 1930 2000 Ibo E-Nigeria 11750 25 250 1234567
MOS 1930 2000 French C-Africa 9535 31 300 1234567
MOS 2000 2030 Dyula Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali 9770 31 300 1234567
MEY 2000 2030 French Cameroon, Niger 11845 25 250 1234567
WER 2000 2030 French Morocco, Algeria 9805 31 100 1234567
MOS 2030 2100 French W-Africa 9805 31 300 1234567
MEY 2030 2100 Yoruba Nigeria 11845 25 250 1234567
MOS 2100 2130 English W-Africa 9830 31 300 1234567
SDA 2100 2200 Mandarin C/N-China 5985 49 100 1234567
SDA 2100 2200 Korean Korea 6000 49 100 1234567
SDA 2100 2130 Japanese W-Japan 11960 25 100 1234567
SDA 2100 2130 Japanese Japan 11980 25 100 1234567
SDA 2130 2200 English W-Japan, S-China 9625 31 100 1234567
SDA 2200 2300 Mandarin C/N-China 11895 25 100 1234567
SDA 2200 2300 Mandarin NE-China 11685 25 100 1234567
SDA 2200 2230 Indonesian W-Indonesia 11965 25 100 1234567
SDA 2200 2230 Indonesian W-Indonesia 11850 25 100 1234567
SDA 2230 2300 English W-Indonesia 15320 19 100 1234567
SDA 2300 2400 Mandarin C/N-China 15370 19 100 1234567
SDA 2300 2400 Mandarin NE-China 11700 25 100 1234567
SDA 2300 2400 Vietnamese Vietnam 15320 19 100 1234567

Site: JUL = Jülich NAU = Nauen Days: 1 = Sunday 5 = Thursday
MDC = Madagascar SDA = Agat 2 = Monday 6 = Friday
MEY = Meyerton TAI = Taipei 3 = Tuesday 7 = Saturday
MOS = Moosbrunn WER = Wertachtal 4 = Wednesday
(Source: Roberto Scaglione, Italy http://www.bclnews.i/ t http://www.studiodx.net/ )

Deutsche Welle - B08 English service

Germany, Deutsche Welle - B08 English service
Effective: 26 Oct. 2008 - 28 March 2009

Target Areas: af (Africa) as (Asia)
All times UTC - broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

0000-0057
7265as (Trincomale)

0000-0058
9785as (Trincomale)

0000-0100
15595as (Petropavlovsk)

0300-0358
9800as (Trincomale)

0300-0359
3810as (Dhabayya)

0400-0457
5945af (Sines)

0400-0458
15600af (Trincomale)

0400-0459
905af (Wooferton)

0400-0500
6180af (Kigali)

0500-0530
6180af (Kigali)
7285af (Rampisham)
9755af (Kigali)
12045af (Kigali)
15600af (Dhabayya)

0600-0629
5945af (Wooferton)
7240af (Sines)

0600-0630
12045af (Kigali)

0900-1000
17710as (Trincomale)
21840as (Trincomale)

1600-1658
5965as (Trincomale)
9560as (Trincomale)

1600-1700
9560as (Trincomale)

1900-1929
11690af (Meyerton)

1900-1930
9735af (Kigali)
13780af (Trincomale)
15275af (Sines)

2000-2057
9735af (Kigali)

2000-2058
13780af (Trincomale)

2000-2059
9545af (Wooferton)
15275af (Dhabayya)

2100-2157
13780af (Trincomale)

2100-2159
7280af (Sines)

2100-2200
9545af (Trincomale)
11690af (Kigali)

schedule subject to adjustments
(Source: DW Radio/Monitoring Times SW Guide-Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager)

FEBA Radio - B08 multilingual schedule

FEBA Radio B08 - multilingual schedule

Effective: 26th October 2008 - 29th March 2009

All times UTC
Tx Site Codes - ARM Armavir Russia MEY Meyerton S.Africa
ASC Ascension Island MOS Moosbrunn Austria
DHA Dhabayya NVS Novosibirsk Russia
ERV Yerevan Armenia TAC Tashkent Uzbekistan
KIG Kigali Rwanda WER Wertachtal Germany

Day 1 = Sunday (ITU Convention)

NORTH INDIA, NEPAL, TIBET - B08 winter Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
0015-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7370 41 TAC
0030-0045 s..w... HINDI 7370 41 TAC
0030-0045 .mt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 7370 41 TAC
0030-0045 ....tfs BANGLA 7370 41 TAC
0045-0100 smtwtfs HINDI 7370 41 TAC
1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 19 DHA
1430-1445 smtwtfs URDU 12045 25 DHA
1445-1500 ...wtfs KASHMIRI 12045 25 DHA
1445-1500 smt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 12045 25 DHA
1430-1500 smtwtfs HINDI 7370 41 TAC
1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7370 41 TAC

SOUTH INDIA - B08 winter Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
0030-0100 smtwtfs TAMIL 5885 49 ERV
0130-0200 s...tf. TELUGU 6140 49 DHA
0145-0200 .mtw..s MIXED LANGUAGES 6140 49 DHA
1400-1430 s...... ENGLISH 12045 25 DHA
1400-1415 .mtwtfs MALAYALAM 12045 25 DHA
1415-1430 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 12045 25 DHA

PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN - B08 winter Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
0200-0300 s...... URDU 7120 41 DHA
0200-0230 .mtwtfs URDU 7120 41 DHA
0230-0300 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7120 41 DHA
0200-0230 smtwtfs PASHTO 6125 49 DHA
0230-0300 smtwtfs DARI 6125 49 DHA
1400-1445 smtwtfs URDU 7150 41 NVS
1445-1500 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7150 41 NVS
1430-1500 smtwtfs PASHTO 7250 41 ARM
1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 7250 41 ARM
1530-1545 smtwtfs HAZARAGI 7250 41 ARM
1545-1600 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7250 41 ARM

AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN - B08 winter Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
1545-1600 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY
1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY
1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 12125 25 MEY
1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY
1600-1630 smtwtfs AFAR 11875 25 KIG
1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9850 31 DHA
1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9850 31 DHA
1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 11785 25 KIG
1730-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 11785 25 KIG
1700-1730 smtwtfs OROMINYA 6180 49 DHA
1830-1900 smtwtfs FRENCH (Cent+West Af) 7160 41 MEY
2145-2215 ....tf. HASSINYA/PULAAR (WAf) 11985 25 ASC

MIDDLE EAST - B08 winter Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
1900-1930 smtwtfs ARABIC 7235 41 WER
1900-2030 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 31 KIG

Schedule Engineer, FEBA Radio, Ivy Arch Road, WORTHING BN14 8BX, UK.
Website: www.febaradio.info/ B08bs01 dated 14.10.08 rww

(Richard Whittington/FEBA Radio)

KNLS Alaska - B08 multilingual schedule

KNLS Anchor Point, Alaska

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009

All times UTC

0800-0900 Mandarin 7355
0800-0900 English 9615
0900-1000 Mandarin 7355
0900-1000 Russian 6150
1000-1100 English 6150
1000-1100 Mandarin 7355
1100-1200 Russian 6150
1100-1200 Mandarin 7355
1200-1300 English 6150
1200-1300 English 6915
1300-1400 Mandarin 6890
1300-1400 Mandarin 7355
1400-1500 English 6150
1400-1500 Mandarin 7355
1500-1600 Russian 6150
1500-1600 Mandarin 7355
1600-1700 Russian 6150
1600-1700 Mandarin 6915
1700-1800 Russian 6150
1700-1800 Mandarin 6915
(schedule from KNLS Russian web site at www.knls.net/rus/schedule.htm )
(via Aleksandr Diadischev, Dniprorudne, Ukraine/www.bclnews.it/ Monitoring Times SW Guide-Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager)

Radio Bulgaria - B08 English service

Radio Bulgaria - B08 English service

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N28/023E19): 747 kHz, 300 kW / non-dir
Vidin (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1224 kHz, 300 kW / 205 deg
SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW
S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 020 kW
V=Varna (G.C: 43N09/027E52): 2 x 100 kW

All times UTC

English
english@bnr.bg
0000-0100 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
0300-0400 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
0730-0800 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
1230-1300 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306
1830-1900 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
2200-2300 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
(Source: R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct
14/DX Mix News #542 via wb, Germany/Monitoring Times SW
Guide-Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager)

Radio Bulgaria - B08 multilingual schedule

Radio Bulgaria - B08 multilingual schedule

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N28/023E19): 747 kHz, 300 kW / non-dir
Vidin (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1224 kHz, 300 kW / 205 deg
SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW
S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 020 kW
V=Varna (G.C: 43N09/027E52): 2 x 100 kW

All times UTC

Albanian
albanian@bnr.bg
0630-0700 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
0700-0800 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
1200-1230 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248
1700-1730 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747
2000-2100 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747

Bulgarian
bulgarian@bnr.bg
0100-0200 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
0100-0200 -daily- South America 7200 P170/245, 7300 P170/258
0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
0530-0600 Mon-Fri East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030
0530-0600 Mon-Fri West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
0500-0600 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
0500-0600 Sat/Sun East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030
0500-0600 Sat/Sun West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
1100-1130 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248
1100-1130 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030
1100-1130 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306
1300-1500 -daily- Balkans 1224
1300-1500 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306
1600-1700 -daily- Balkans 1224
1600-1700 -daily- Middle East 7200 P300/115
1600-1700 -daily- East Europe 7200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030
1600-1700 -daily- West Europe 7400 P300/295
1600-1700 -daily- South Africa 15700 P300/185
1900-2000 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747
1900-2100 -daily- West Europe 5900 P170/330
1900-2100 -daily- Middle East 6000 P170/115

French
french@bnr.bg
0200-0300 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
0700-0730 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
1200-1230 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306
1800-1830 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
2100-2200 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295

German
german@bnr.bg
0630-0700 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
1130-1200 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306
1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
2000-2100 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295

Greek
greek@bnr.bg
0600-0630 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
0600-0700 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
1130-1200 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248
1730-1800 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747
2100-2200 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747

Russian
russian@bnr.bg
0000-0100 -daily- Central Asia 6200 P170/045
0400-0500 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224
0600-0630 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030
1130-1200 -daily- East Europe 11600 S100/030, 13600 S100/030
1500-1600 -daily- East Europe 7200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224
1500-1600 -daily- Central Asia 7200 P170/045
1700-1730 -daily- East Europe 7200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030
1900-2000 -daily- East Europe 6200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030

Serbian
serbian@nbnr.bg
0700-0730 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
0800-0900 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224
1230-1300 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248
1800-1830 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747
2200-2300 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747

Spanish
spanish@bnr.bg
0000-0100 -daily- South America 7200 P170/245, 7300 P170/258
0200-0300 -daily- South America 7200 P170/245, 7300 P170/258
0200-0300 -daily- Central America 7300 P170/295
0700-0730 -daily- South Europe 7200 P170/258, 7300 P170/260
1200-1230 -daily- South Europe 13600 P170/260, 15600 P170/260
1730-1800 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 7200 P170/258
2230-2330 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 7200 P170/258

Turkish
turkish@bnr.bg
0600-0630 -daily- Middle East 6100 P170/115, 7300 P170/140
1100-1130 -daily- Middle East 6100 P170/115, 7300 P170/140
1830-1900 -daily- Middle East 6000 P170/115, 1224, 747

Radio Varna
2200-0400 Sun-Mon Black Sea 6000 V100/ND

DX MIX in Bulgarian:
1445-1500 Sun on 1224 11700 15700
2045-2100 Sun on 5900 6000

DX MIX in Russian:
1545-1600 Sat on 1224 7200 7400
1715-1730 Sat on 7200 7400
1945-2000 Sat on 6200 7400
0045-0100 Sun on 6200
0445-0500 Sun on 1224 5900 7400
0615-0630 Sun on 5900 7400
1145-1200 Sun on 11600 13600
0615-0630 Mon on 5900 7400
1145-1200 Wed on 11600 13600
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14/DX Mix #542 via wb, Germany)

European Music Radio to broadcast October 19

EMR – 19th of October 2008 with Radio Jackie

Time Programme Channel

1229 to 1259 UTC - Paul Graham - 6140 khz

1300 to 1400 UTC - The Radio Jackie History - 9290 khz

Part 2 with Colin King

The Radio Jackie book can be bought from http://www.jackiebooks.com/

The price in the UK is £10 + postage & packing.
(Source: Tom Taylor)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel fequency *sign-on sign-off*

Argentina
11710.67v, RAE, 0118-0138, Oct 15. Japanese, played some nice tango music, several "R-A-E" IDs spelled out and one "RAE Buenos Aires" ID. Time tips 0130 (2+1 pips), mostly fair. Seemed to have a slight drift. I listened to this as the sun was going down over the Pacific Ocean (R. Howard, CA)

Australia
2325 ABC Northern Territory Service (Tennant Creek), 1202-1220, 10/8/2008, English. Pop instrumental music with announcements by man or woman at approximately three minute intervals. Poor signal (SINPO 24222), above the noise most of the time. Parallels noted on 2310 (Alice Springs, weaker signal) and 2485 (Katherine, much weaker signal, barely audible). My first log of these stations. (J. Evans, TN)

Bolivia
6075, Radio Causauki Coca, (presumed)1008-1015. Very noisy this morning, but noted a male in Spanish language comments here until 1015 when the noise over powers the signal. Perhaps an earlier logging would have produced better results? (C. Bolland, FL October 16, 2008)

5952.51, Emisoras Pio XII, 0145-0235. Turning in a good report on this station. Initially noted two males in conversation using the Spanish language. At 0152, probably just for a break, music is presented. After one tune, the comments continue. On the hour, an ID by a female. Caught a couple of words such as "Bolivia & Americani" then back to more talk. Signal began to fail from a good at 0145 to a poor by 0215. Checked back at 0234 and station was still hanging in there with a fair level. (Chuck Bolland, October 16, 2008)

6134.81, Radio Santa Cruz, 0220-0230. At tune in, noted a female in Spanish language comments. It turns out that she is talking with a second woman and this is a telephone conversation. So we're listening to, it seems, a telephone call in program. Signal was fair. (C. Bolland, FL October 16, 2008)

Canada
6160, CKZU/CBC Radio One (presumed) via Vancouver/Richmond, 0235-0247, Oct 15. Live election coverage results, fair. Recently I have heard CKZN (Newfoundland) under Vancouver, but not tonight (R. Howard, CA)

China
5050 Guangxi PBS 1159. Soft Chinese instrumental music. Slow instrumental signature melody at 1200 by two lady announcers to presumed news. Good signal this morning but already fading at this time. Was noted as early as 1050. (D. Valko, PA/Cumbre DX 12 Oct.)

6035 Yunnan PBS (presumed). Finally in the clear at 1201 after huge signal on 6040 went off. Talk in Asian language by lady announcer. Sounded like Chinese, male joined in shortly after. Music at 1207. More talk by announcers going towards 1230. There appeared to be another station underneath. Dare I mention Bhutan??!! (D Valko, PA/Cumbre DX (12 Oct.)

Clandestine
3912 Voice of the People (Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) (presumed), 1118-1135, 10/13/2008. Korean music followed at 1125 by talk by man in Korean. Poor signal with little amateur radio interference (SINPO 23222). Signal degraded over time and was gone by 1135.Parallel noted on 6518 occasionally peaking above noise level. Nothing heard on other llisted parallel (6600). (J. Evans, TN)

India
4895 All India Radio-Kurseong (presumed) 1142 end of pleasant local male vocal song to male/female announcers briefly in Indian languagw, then into more Arabic-sounding song but the audio level of the song was much too low and never did come back up. Decent strength. (D. Valko, PA/Cumbre DX (12 Oct.)

Iran
7235, Voice of Justice, 0303-0315. A program of English with news and commentary about Iran and the USA. "This is the Voice of Justice, live from Iran. It is now time for US foreign policy." Female gives opinions and comments on US policy. Signal was good.(C. Bolland, FL October 16, 2008)

Liberia

6070 ELWA. Sounded like an English religious program by host from 2050. Some music, mentions of Liberia at 2100 and possible address during brief announcement. Music bridge, then different male with station ID to more vocalmusic. Into US religious program with host and religious music. Another locally produced program at 2133 with mentions of "from Liberia." Still going at 2214.Kind of weak with some QRM. Thanks Brian Alexander tip. (D. Valko, PA/Cumbre DX (11 Oct.)

Pirate

6925USB. Balls to the Wall Radio. 2308-2330*. 13 Oct 08. English. First log of this station. Good show featuring music by ZZ Top, Golden Earring,Foghat, and others. Several ID.s Some fading and static. Also, QRM from Spanish speaking stations with yells and whistles. Lost signal at 2330 after announcer gave test count. No sign-off announcement or address copied. Fair. (J. Wood, TN).

Sao Tome
6080, Voice of America, 0217-0220. Heard the Wednesday debate between the two candidates. This broadcast was a second or two behind the TV broadcast. Shortwave signal could have been better since it was being covered with some noise. (C. Bolland, FL October 16, 2008

Vanautu
7260 Radio Vanuatu (tentative). Talk by male announcer at 1010 start. Soft music, almost LA-sounding ballad at 1015. Male announcer at 1017. Brief music bridge, then feature with the announcer interview and a south Pacific-sounding language. Studio male nnouncer returned at 1029. Talk by different announcer at 1030. Vietnamese after 1100 maybe VOA Thailand?? (D Valko, PA/Cumbre DX (10 Oct.)

Zambia

6165, ZNBC/Radio 2, 0248-0256, Oct 15. Clear Fish Eagle interval signal to instrumental anthem. African high-life music and songs, lost to strong QRM at 0256. Not often that they hold up this well to the QRM (R. Howard, CA)

Zimbabwe

4828, Radio Zimbabwe (presumed), 0150-0204, Oct 15. Non-stop African high-life music and songs, mostly fair, at times almost good.Have recently checked this again for an ID, but seems they continue to be without any. So far this season not a whisper from 3396 (R. Howard, CA)

Contributors:
Chuck Bolland, FL
Jim Evans, TN
Ron Howard, CA
Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX
Joe Wood, TN

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Oct 14 2021 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
06 - 12 October 2008

Solar activity was very low. No flares were observed. New-cycle polarity Region 1005 (N26, L = 119, class/area Cro/070 on 12 October) emerged on 11 October and was quiet and stable during the rest of the period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels during 06 - 10 October and 12 October.

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels during 06 - 10 October. Activity increased to as high as severe storm levels on 11 October. Activity decreased to active levels on 12 October with minor storm levels observed at high latitudes. ACE solar wind observations indicated a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) disturbed the field during 11 - 12 October. A co-rotating interaction region (CIR) was observed on 11 October in advance of the CH HSS. Solar wind changes associated with the CIR included a plasma density increase (peak 40 p/cc at 11/0648 UTC), increased IMF Bt (peak 16 nT at 11/0729 UTC), and periods of sustained southwar IMF Bz (minimum -14 nT at 11/0729 UTC). The velocity increase associated with CH HSS began early on 11 October and continued into 12 October with a peak velocity of 598 km/sec observed at 12/0432 UTC.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
15 October - 10 November 2008
Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 15 October, 30 October - 06 November, and 08 - 10 November.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 15 - 27 October. Activity is expected to increase to active levels during 28 - 29 October due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels during 30 - 31 October as the high-speed stream subsides. Quiet conditions are expected during 01 - 06 November. Activity is expected to increase to minor to major storm levels on 07 November due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to active levels on 08 November and then decrease to unsettled levels during 09 - 10 November as the high-speed stream
subsides.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Oct 14 2022 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#

# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2008 Oct 14
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Oct 15 73 5 2
2008 Oct 16 75 5 2
2008 Oct 17 75 5 2
2008 Oct 18 75 5 2
2008 Oct 19 75 5 2
2008 Oct 20 75 5 2
2008 Oct 21 73 5 2
2008 Oct 22 73 5 2
2008 Oct 23 73 5 2
2008 Oct 24 73 5 2
2008 Oct 25 73 5 2
2008 Oct 26 73 5 2
2008 Oct 27 71 5 2
2008 Oct 28 69 10 3
2008 Oct 29 67 12 4
2008 Oct 30 67 15 4
2008 Oct 31 67 10 3
2008 Nov 01 67 5 2
2008 Nov 02 67 5 2
2008 Nov 03 67 5 2
2008 Nov 04 67 5 2
2008 Nov 05 69 5 2
2008 Nov 06 69 5 2
2008 Nov 07 71 35 6
2008 Nov 08 71 15 4
2008 Nov 09 71 10 3
2008 Nov 10 72 5 2
(NOAA)

Shortwave Blog Bytes

This afternoon begins a new post, Shortwave Blog Bytes. I'll be posting new bytes or "bites of news" as they become available. Information may include a single internet link, a new email address, station news, or a QSL bit. Other "bytes" may include a logging observation or an audio link. In other words, Shortwave Blog Bytes will be an assortment of brief news items from the ever changing world of shortwave radio.

Thanks to all our blog readers. That includes those that contribute, send in blog comments - as well as those readers that prefer to lurk and "read-only." Numbers from the Stat Counter continue to stagger us, and Larry and I thank one and all of our blog readers.

Now ... on to Shortwave Blog Bytes !
Gayle Van Horn

Today I listened to this short announcement of Saudi Radio in Arabic language at:
www.hb9gce.ch/Saudi%20Radio_20081014_102836_17615.mp3
(Stumpf Carl Andreas HB9GCE, Switzerland/playdx2003)

Greetings from Kabul,
In case anyone thinks the life of a broadcast engineer is easy, have a look at this short video in the forwarded message below. This is from the Society of Broadcast Engineers listserver. The gentleman is racking in the high power circuit breaker on a Harris DX transmitter series. We don't know the result of what happened to him, but I assure you it can't be good. It killed the monitor camera as well.

Racking in a circuit breaker
The link below is one of the 'holy
*' moments no one ever wishes to participate in. At first glance the event appears to be part of the DX series of 200 kW transmitters. Maybe someone else can tell for sure. The CB's handles 1,200 amps (if memory serves). Each 200 kW TX can be combined for higher power ratings, I've seen 600 kW but I know there is at least one 1 MW in the Philippines. The guy is racking in a CB home when *something happened*, wish I knew more....
http://radiomagonline.com/Unknown_location_Arc_Flash_while_racking_a_breaker.wmv
(Al Muick, Afghanistan/HCDX)

Broadcasting in Peru
Saludos cordiales,
Interesante listado con todas las emisoras de FM, MW y Onda Corta con frecuencias, potencia, nombre de la concesionaria, dirección de la planta y los estudios, de las Estaciones de Radiodifusión Sonora a Nivel Nacional del Perú:

(translation):
Warm greetings,
Interesting listing with all the transmitters of FM, MW and shortwave with frequencies, power, name of the concessionaire, direction of the plant and the studies, the Sonorous Broadcasting stations at National Level of Peru:
www.mtc.gob.pe/portal/comunicacion/concesion/radiodifusion/sonora.pdf
(Jose Miguel Romero, Spain/HCDX)

Zanzibar 11735
From a DXer... Zanzibar Tanzania 11735 is back on air since Oct 8th.
(wb, Germany/HCDX)

Interval Signals Online
The Interval Signals Online website is now "back in business" and fully functioning after last week's hosting problems, with the 5000th audio clip being recently uploaded. Latest additions include a revamped and updated Yemen page, with clips of four Republic of Yemen Radio regional stations, and two new private stations in Oman. Website: www.intervalsignals.net/
(Dave Kernick/HCDX)

Firedrake

Have found this link which explains how Firedrake is distributed within China, also included are links to a studio quality CD. www.satdirectory.com/firedrake.html

(Paul/HCDX)

Tanzania

[non] Lutheran Radio Centre. Pulling up some details on this one via their website. Thanks WRTH for the address ... seems like skedule is 0300-0400UTC , 6110; 1700-1800 UTC, 9475 All in Swahili via Trans World Radio-Swaziland. Local shortwave is still listed as planned. (Hans Johnson/Cumbre DX)

Belarus KGB returns seized equipment to radio journalist

The Committee for State Security (KGB) in Belarus has returned the seized equipment to journalists working for Radio Racyja, journalist Syarhey Budkin told BelaPAN. The equipment included, among other things, four computers, a studio switchboard, two voice recorders, and a cassette recorder.
“A KGB officer just phoned our colleague yesterday and said that the equipment might be collected,” Mr Budkin said. “He went there in the afternoon and picked everything up. They didn’t explain or say anything to him or offer any apologies.”
The equipment was seized after the KGB started massive raids on more than 20 addresses in Minsk, Brest, Vitsyebsk, Homyel, Hrodna, Navapolatsk and other cities in Belarus on 27 and 28 March. The raids targeted the homes and offices of journalists deemed to be working for Polish-based TV Belarus (BelSat), Radio Racyja, and European Radio for Belarus, as well as other foreign and non-state Belarusian media outlets.
The searches were conducted in connection with criminal proceedings instituted in 2005 over the online dissemination of animated cartoons allegedly defamatory to Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
The KGB’s move was condemned by the United States, the European Union, as well as by the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders.
(Source: Naviny.by/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Tirana multilingual B08 schedule

My apologies to our blog readers. I posted the following upcoming schedule, and listed it as Radio Bulgaria - actually, this schedule is Albania's Radio Tirana. With so many schedules coming in, stations news and more, it's easy to get things mixed up, so bare with us - it's that crazy time of the year!
Gayle Van Horn

Albania, Radio Tirana - B08 Multilingual schedule

Effective: 26 October 2008

All times UTC


Albanian
(daily)
0000-0130 on 6110 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to NoAm
0000-0130 on 7485 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
0730-0900 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / 338 deg to WeEu
0730-0900 on 7360 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
0901-1000 on 1395 FLA 500 kW / 033 deg to WeEu
0901-1000 on 7360 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
1500-1630 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2130-2300 on 6005 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2130-2300 on 7510 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to NoAm

German
(Monday - Saturday)
1905-1935 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / 338 deg to Germany
2031-2100 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Germany

Greek
(Monday - Saturday)
1645-1700 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Greece

French
(Monday - Saturday)
1830-1900 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France
2001-2030 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France

Italian
(Monday - Saturday)
1800-1830 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to Italy
2001-2030 on 6120 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to Italy

Correxion in B-08 of Radio Tirana in Italian Mon-Sat:2001-2030 new freq 6155 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg to Italy, ex reg. 6120(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14/DX Mix News #542 via wb, Germany)

Serbian
(Monday - Saturday)
1900-1915 on 6010 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Serbia
2115-2130 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / 004 deg to Serbia

Turkish
(Monday - Saturday)
1630-1645 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Turkey
(DX Mix News/bclnews)

Radio New Zealand International breaks in transmission

Radio New Zealand International carries the following announcement on its website: On Sunday 19 October we will be off-air between 1000-1600 NZDT (2100-0300 UTC Sat) This is to allow engineers to make adjustments to the antenna system.
From 19-25 October there are also some frequency changes:
2051-2235 UTC on 17675 AM & 15720 DRM
2236-0458 UTC on 15720 AM & 17675 DRM
(Source: Radio New Zealand International website/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Nigerian minister says switch to digital broadcasting imperitive

The Nigerian Minister of Communication and Information, John Odey, has said that it is imperative for Nigeria to switch over to digital broadcasting if the nation does not want to become a dumping ground for analogue equipment from other countries. The Minister said this at the inauguration of the presidential committee on the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in Nigeria.
Odey, who was represented by the Minister of State for Communication, Alhaji Dasuki Nakande, noted that the nation cannot afford to be left behind in the switchover when the nation consider the drastic consequences of not switching over to digital. According to him, “the government is fully aware that Nigeria cannot afford to be left behind in view of the drastic consequences on our broadcast industry and the overall information sector. If we do not follow the trend, our country will become a dumping ground for analogue equipment apart from losing other benefits associated with digitalisation.”
He continued, “Your task, distinguished personages, is to deliberate on the implications of digitalisation and provide government with policy framework for the implementation of the process.”
Alhaji Nakande, stressed the need for the committee to come up with a policy framework, that the country will adopt. The policy framework will be complied with by various broadcast stations. “So that Nigeria will have a unified transmission across the country,” he said.
(Source: Vanguard Online/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

DRM website introduces seperate section on DRM+

The official website of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) has introduced a section devoted to DRM+, the Consortium’s project to extend the DRM standard to higher frequencies. The initiative began with a vote at the 2005 General Assembly to begin the design, verification and testing of the parameters needed to allow DRM to operate in the broadcasting bands between 30 and 120 MHz; primarily Band I and Band II. The new section features a downloadable presentation of DRM+ in a PDF file.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Website: www.drm.org/drm-the-system/drm/

New Zealand's Radio DX League celebrates 60th anniversary

October 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the birth of the New Zealand Radio DX League (NZRDXL), and to mark the occasion a special 48-page anniversary supplement to the club’s excellent magazine DX Times has been produced. While shortwave listening has declined in many parts of the world, and a lot of listeners’ clubs have disappeared, the NZRDXL has survived, though its current membership of around 200 is less than a tenth of what it was at its peak.
The late Arthur Cushen was probably the highest profile member of the club, through his work on Radio New Zealand International and our own Media Network programme. One of the highlights of my career was the opportunity to spend some time with Arthur and his devoted wife Ralda when they attended an EDXC Conference, the first time they had travelled to Europe.
The special supplement, which contains a history of Radio New Zealand International and a reproduction of the very first issue of DX Times in October 1948, is available for everyone to download in a PDF file. There are two versions, one standard quality and one high quality, which can be downloaded here.
Our warmest greetings to our friends on the other side of the globe, and here’s to many more birthdays.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Wayne Pederson Named New President of HCJB Global

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Wayne Pederson will become HCJB Global's new president Nov. 1, the international missions organization announced today. Wayne PedersonPederson, now vice president of Moody Broadcasting, will replace David Johnson, who stepped down in June after serving for seven years. Dr. James D. Allen has been serving as acting president.
Pederson is the seventh person to serve as HCJB Global's president. He has been a member of the board of directors of HCJB Global for two-and-a-half years. He also has worked with the ministry to raise money for key projects, including the launch of its satellite ministry in Latin America and Russia. "The board is delighted that Wayne has accepted the call to become HCJB Global's president. With his combination of godly character, seasoned leadership skills and passion for HCJB Global and its mission, he is uniquely equipped to serve as our president," said John Baugus, chairman of the board for HCJB Global.
"Wayne Pederson has a great heart for missions, and he is intimately acquainted with HCJB Global," said Glen Adams, the HCJB board member who headed the search team that selected Pederson. "He is an exceptional leader with many years of experience in Christian broadcasting.
"Further, he comes to us at an important time in the life if our ministry, and he brings a vision that will challenge all of us as we join together in the coming months and years to be the 'voice and hands of Jesus,'" Adams said.
"I have a passion to see people come to Jesus," Pederson said. "My focus has been on using the media to accomplish that. However, as I grow older, God has sensitized my heart to the physical needs of people worldwide.
"By combining HCJB Global Voice with HCJB Global Hands, we can demonstrate the love of Christ in very practical ways. That kind of caring opens the door for us to share the great spiritual truth that God cares not only for people's eternal salvation, but for their welfare in this life," Pederson said.
A native of Minnesota, Pederson has a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota and a master of theology from Free Lutheran Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. He and his wife Norma live in Chicago and have two married children.
Prior to joining Moody Broadcasting as manager of WMBI, Pederson was executive director of Christian Music Broadcasters, president of the Mission America Coalition and president and chairman of the National Religious Broadcasters. From 1967 to 2002, he held various positions at Northwestern College, rising to the level of executive vice president for radio.
(Source : HCJB Global via Alokesh Gupta, India & Rachel Baughn))

Staying Current on QSLing Trends

One factor in successful QSLing is staying current on verification trends. By knowing who or what is current in station news and QSLing trends, you can successfully achieve your station or country goals. Keep a sharp eye on this column, as well as hobby publications, club bulletins, email newsgroups, and on-line newsletters or blogs. Reading news and columns regularly-and the more the better, will provide information that could result in a verification.
Pay attention to details such as enclosures, and the use of currency, mint postage stamps or IRC's. Beware of upcoming holidays or special events and DX Test. A list of active verification signers is a good idea, as long as they remain active as station personnel can change. Current affairs and the world political scene, can effect changes or new stations including clandestines, may abruptly sign-on.
Be alert to special transmissions that occur only once, or for a brief duration. Any of these can produce a once in a lifetime opportunity. A new transmitter, or testing a new frequency is an added opportunity for verifications. Sometimes a QSL will be specially designed for the transmitter site. When reporting a new site, request that the site be specifically noted on the verification.
Some broadcasters carry special programming that is targeted to particular areas. Last Day Transmissions can produce special QSLs. Watch too for DX programs that offer their own cards. Finally, consider sending a reception report to a recently reactivated station. This presents an excellent opportunity for the station to reestablish contact with its listening audience.
The key to successful QSLing is staying current and sharing your results with the global radio hobbyists.
(Source: Gayle Van Horn-QSL Report/Monitoring Times)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*

Argentina
15344.83v. Radio Nacional, 2244-2333, Oct 11, Lve sports coverage of the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification fútbol game (Argentina vs Uruguay, which for them was a very important match), Argentina won! Nice to hear the very excited crowd at the stadium after winning, switched back to the studio for scores of other games and upcoming schedules, very slight drifting, good reception with a strong signal (R. Howard, CA)

Australia
6230, VNW, 1035-1045. Noted a male in English language weather reports for Australia's surrounding ocean area. One in particular was "Queensland" which was mentioned. Signal was good this morning and caught the ID as, "End of transmission from VNW". This station seems to come on the air on the hour and on the half hour all in USB Mode. At about 1055 a transmission commences where the parallel freqs are listed as 2056, 4149, 6230, 8113, 12362, 16528. Didn't get a chance go check them out yet. Signal was better this morning compared to yesterday (Oct 12, 2008) Waited around for the hourly transmission and as predicted, this station came on the air at 1100 with weather, but no ID at that time. It'll probably be mentioned at the end of the weather. The tranmission sounds like it's computer generated. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)

Bolivia

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 0934-0945, At tune in, noted music.Signal was barely audible. After a selection of music, a male comments in Spanish. I think there was a female commenting too, but audio was so.(C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)

Bulgaria
13800 Radio Bulgaria. Bulgarian to the Middle East heard at sign-on 1500 at 10.10.2008. Brief news and into some pretty good hard rock. Excellent guitar work! Only fair sigs tho with some serious QSB at intervals. Wonder how many Bulgarian speakers live in the Middle East? (A Muick, AFG)

Clandestine
6020, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, Japan,*1400-1430*, Oct 10, in nglish, "Today's News Flash", "Today's News on North Korean Issues" and "Today's Editorial". No French segment!Friday is still the best bet to catch English here, but is not a sure bet. Vietnam is steadily getting stronger against Shiokaze, by 1415 about equal strength, unable to hear any jamming (R. Howard, CA)

6100 Radio Sedayee Khashmir. Heard full ID at 0230 into announcer's talk in Urdu with traditional music. Transmitter faulted off several times but usually came back within a second or so. They also lost audio for about 20 seconds. This is upposedly a tiny little division of AIR in Delhi. (A Muick, AFG)

Croatia
3984.84 odd [re Kai's comment] Croatian Radio in 75 mb is not very strong these days, compared to powerful 100 kW signal on both 6165 and 9830 kHz channels daytime. S=8 at 2215 UT Oct 10th.Whether the fountain like 75 mb antenna is not very effective to cover central Europe too, or they produce only a strong signal 'CLOSE TO' the transmitter site on the balkans. I guess the old 10 kW unit of the early 90ties is in use in 75 mb during nighttime 2130-0600 UT, in B-08 2130-0700 UT, because of the inaccuracy of approx. 160 Hertz less.On Oct 9th at 2230 UT the transmitter at Deanovec was switched ON and OFF never-ending, and signal was so POOR, like missing final stage booster that night.(wb, Oct 10)

Germany
13810 (via Nauen), Brother Stair heard bumping his gums about US politics and the antichrist at 1450 on 10 Oct. According to EIBI, this is beamed to the Middle East. I wonder how many listeners this maniac has over here. He sounds his best during deep QSB. Unfortunately the signal was quite strong but for the deep QSB. At 1458 he involved the FEMA and said that there would soon be martial law in the USA. This was about all I could take and tuned ou. (A Muick, AFG)

India
4775, All India Radio-Imphal, 1520-1539, Oct 10. News in vernacular, 1530 "The news at nine" in English. Am glad to finally have positive confirmation that the station I have recently been hearing here is in fact AIR. Noted // 4760 (AIR Port Blair – weak, but clear), 4970 (AIR Shillong – fair with about a 3-4 second delay), 4990 (AIR Itanagar –weak, but clear) and 9425 (AIR Bengaluru/Bangalore – good reception) (R. Howard, CA)

Indonesia
4605.05, RRI Serui, 1004-1010. Signal is threshold so far.Noted a female in comments. Difficult at this time to hear even the language being spoken. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)

4925, RRI-Jambi (presumed), 1426-1450, Oct 9. Bahasa Indonesian . DJ playing pop subcontinent music and songs, with on-air calls ("Hello, hello …"). Interference from some type of data transmission, poor, but the best reception so far this DX season. Thanks again to Tony Ashar for providing the solid ID for this station (R. Howard, CA)

Malaysia
11884.71, Voice of Malaysia (Suara Malaysia) via RTM,1213-1230*, Oct 11. Chinese, pop music, news, ID "Voice of Malaysia", fair, but audio continues to be less than perfect, light CODAR QRM (R. Howard, CA)

(Sarawak) 7130, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1250-1315, Oct 11. Vernacular, pop music, time tips 1300 to RTM news (news // 5964.92 Klasik Nasional FM), after the news played what sounded like a patriotic song (Klasik Nasional went to their usual choral anthem after the news),back to pop music. Signal fair till the sudden sign-on of CNR-2/CBR with "English Evening" already in progress at 1302, both about the same strength, not often I hear Sarawak this well (R. Howard,CA)

Mauritania
4845, 2232-2300. Radio Mauritanie, Nouakchott.Arabic news script at tune-in with brief instrumental musical bridges between items. Continued news reporting format to 2251. Announcer duo's chat segment to 2253. Contemporary Arabic vocals (SINPO 43244). French announcement similar to a commercial format with jingle. PSA with Motown background music, followed by Arabic rapid-fire delivery item. Two male announcers chat to brief French station ID at 2300 with pop background music. Instrumentals to Arabic segments from announcer to tune-out at 2310. (G Van Horn, NC)

Moldova/Pridnestrovye
6040, 2310-2315 Rafio PMR. Feature on Moldovian cities to musical bridge. Closing station info with ID and mentions of Transdneister Moldovian Republic. Postal address to email address, and "thanks for listening, goodbye." Additional station promo including broadcast hours and frequencies. Station interval signal to French station ID at 2315. Opening programming announcements by lady announcer. (SIO 434) as French service continued. (G Van Horn, NC)

Papua New Guinea
3365, Radio Milne Bay, 1236-1246*, Oct 11. English, relay on NBC programming. Pop songs, on-air calls with music dedications, gives phone numbers and NBC email address, suddenly off.Do not often hear this one (R. Howard, CA)

Peru
4826.5, Radio Sicuani, 1015-1030. Noted a male in steady Spanish language comments.I think he's talking with a female, but because of CODAR and regular noise, the copy is difficult. Signal was threshold. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)

5025, Radio Quillabamba, 1025-1035. Radio Rebelde is dominating this frequency, but Radio Quillabamba can be heard under Rebelde with music until 1030, then Spanish language comments by a male. Rebelde is in news also at this time. Quillabamba was poor. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)

Philippines
11720 Radio Pilipinas, heard with Tagalog to the Middle East on 5th October. What's helpful with the Tagalog language is that they work so many English words into it. Other than that, my neighbor in the guesthouse is a great Filipino guy and I can always get him to translate. Surprisingly, only a fair signal, perhaps because of the weird opening to Europe at the time. Made me wish for some Red Horse ale. (A Muick, AFG)

Portugal
11905 RdP International, heard at 1649 October 5th in Portuguese with a football game and 2 very excited sportscasters. This is supposedly a 75 degree beam according to AOKI, which leaves me an extremely side lobe or off the back, but signal strength was excelent and no QRM. Definitely not longpath DX either as no heavy flutter or echo. (A Muick, AFG)

Romania
11735 Radio Romania Int'l heard in English at 1714 on Oct. 5 with a hearty signal despite WYFR on 11730 to the Middle East trying to do the mashed potatoes all over them. RRI was upposedly at 307 degrees to Europe according to AOKI. Again, I seem to have caught the back lobe. interesting talk about Romanian refusing to wear seat belts and new smoking regulations that were introduced. I can relate as a cigar smoker....I am banned from nearly everywhere in the US and some European countries now. I also remember the Italian T-shirts that came out with a seat belt imprint on them so it would look like the person is wearing one to the average passerby and traffic cameras, LOL. (A Muick, AFG)

United Kingdom
177000, 1538-1605 Radio Solh/Radio Peace (Kabul, Afghanistan via Rampisham, UK relay). Arabic style vocals and instrumental music for weak signal (SIO 222). Signal peaks intermittently during same music format. By 1559, signal peaked briefly at S5, only to fade rapidly. Male announcer's presumed Dari/Pashto text almost buried in the noise. Did observe an obvious "echo-effect" for one brief announcement, perhaps an ID ? Music format resumed after announcement, barely audible to 1605. (G Van Horn, NC)

Vietnam
4739.53v, Radio TV. Son La (presumed), 1348-1400*, Oct 10. Vietnamese. Indigenous music and singing/chanting. Audio quality varies from day to day. Today was somewhat mushy, fair-poor. (R.Howard, CA)

Contributors:
Chuck Bolland, FL
W. Bueschel, Germany
Ron Howard, CA
Albert Muick, Kabul, Afghanistan/HCDX
Gayle Van Horn, NC

Sri Broadcasting Corporation begins new radio service

The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) recently commenced a new radio service called Sandya Guwanviduliya (evening radio). This new service which starts everyday at 6.30 pm will broadcast discussions and documentary helpful for the rural farmers and community development programs. At present, SLBC’s domestic FM network broadcasts six regular programme channels on a nationwide basis.
(Source: Colombo Page/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Updates on Britain's 'Big L'

Big L now an internet-only station

Big L, the British commercial station that until recently was using a mediumwave transmitter in the Netherlands (1395 kHz), has become an Internet-only station. Its satellite signal, which had fed audio to the mediumwave transmitter and made the station available across the UK and Ireland on the Sky platform, has been replaced by a test tone for the past 24 hours.
Presenter Mike Read, who is believed to have been working on the station for many months without being paid, was heard to say this morning on its remaining outlet, the Internet stream, that ‘the plug has been pulled’ on the satellite feed. Other presenters have left the station in recent months claiming not to have received a pay check.
It remains to be seen whether Big L, which has been in financial difficulties for most of its existence since its launch in 2005, will attempt to continue as an Internet station, or close completely. There are constant rumours about possible new owners, but the reality of the situation is that now is not a good time to invest in commercial radio unless you have deep pockets. Another UK radio company, Laser Radio, recently filed for bankruptcy, though its stations are still on the air.

Big L to be taken over by a 'newly formed company"
Struggling UK broadcaster Big L announced on air this morning that it is to become part of a ”newly formed company.” The name of the new company was not disclosed, but it was described as one which is expanding, and appears to involve a group that currently holds FM licences in the UK. Details of what exactly will happen, and when, are still sketchy, but presenter Mike Read said that some Big L programmes will be on FM (Cheltenham, Gloucester and Swindon were mentioned), and the plan is to “build up the brand”.
Big L will make use of a new studio facility currently under construction (location unknown), but some programmes will continue to come from the station’s present studio in Frinton-on-Sea. The station may reappear on Sky channel 0190, but if this is no longer possible there is another Sky channel that will become available in January. No decision has been made about the future of 1395 kHz, but that remains an option. The station has so far not issued an official statement.
(Source: Mike Read show on Big L)
Update 1700 UTC: Ray Woodward reports that channel 0190 has now been removed from the Sky EPG.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

BBC reinforces Russian online output, changes radio schedules

BBC World Service has announced changes which will further reinforce its Russian-language output. The main thrust of the reprioritised investment is placed on strengthening the website, bbcrussian.com, which has become the key method for delivery of all BBC content in Russian. The website is having a significant impact in Russia where it is easier to access than the BBC radio services, and where demand for online news is growing and becoming increasingly sophisticated.
In August 2008, at the height of the conflict between Russia and Georgia, the number of unique users of the website increased dramatically to nearly three million, and many of these new users have remained with the site in September. The audience is also accessing other platforms online: in August 2008, traffic to online audio content doubled while demand for video jumped six-fold to nearly 2,300,000 views. Use of news from BBC Russian via wireless handheld devices also more than doubled. Use of forums and interactive traffic has also grown and during the recent conflict was at record levels.
Head of BBC Russian, Sarah Gibson, explains that the BBC wanted to improve its Russian-language offer to serve audiences whose media consumption habits are changing rapidly. She says: “Our aim is to deliver a fresher, more relevant service for our audiences in Russia and the wider post-Soviet market – a trusted, high quality website with the kinds of features the audience expects, and news and current affairs programmes at key times of day, available online as well as through more traditional radio platforms.
“It’s clear that audiences like our multiplatform offer more and more, and our challenge now is to improve this offer and to give audiences more formats that they enjoy and engage with. That is why we are focusing resources where they will have most impact.”
Resources are being focused to enable the BBC to improve its rolling 24/7 news offer on bbcrussian.com. The BBC will also increase the number of high-quality video reports, underpinned with original journalism from Russia. These, too, will be updated 24/7. The BBC is also strengthening resources for bbcrussian.com during the morning peak periods and is increasing the resources for interactivity round the clock.
Reprioritisation also means boosting the Learn English section of bbcrussian.com – a tool which helps millions of Russian- speakers to master English in a simple and engaging manner. The BBC Russian radio also changes, with re-focusing of resources on peak listening times and with more investment in flagship news and current affairs programmes.
Key daily radio programmes on shortwave and mediumwave will be expanded to make up a simpler schedule tailored for peak morning and evening drive-time audiences. The flagship morning weekday news and current affairs programme, Utro na BBC, will be increased by half an hour, to three-and-a-half hours each day.
The afternoon weekday drive time news and current affairs sequence, Vecher na BBC – which includes the hour-long BBSeva hosted by Seva Novgorodsev – will be increased, by one hour, to four hours each day. New weekend editions of Vecher na BBC will be launched, on both Saturday and Sunday, to take the place of current short updates.
There will be changes elsewhere in the radio schedule to fund these improvements. The production of some short news bulletins, which were designed for Russian FM partners, will cease as the BBC no longer has these agreements. Longer format feature programming will cease; their themes and issues will be incorporated into mainstream news and current affairs content.
The reprioritisation also enables the BBC to develop extra newsgathering resources in Russia, resulting in increased reporting and analysis of Russian affairs. The BBC will also increase the current affairs reporting of British cultural and social affairs, as well as reporting on the former Soviet Union, for all programmes and platforms.
Sarah Gibson sums up: “We believe that a fuller multimedia news offer will strengthen the impact of BBC Russian and that, as a result of these changes, BBC Russian will become the most trusted and influential international news provider in Russia, serving audiences in the global Russian-speaking community, across borders and platforms.”
(Source: BBC World Service Publicity/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

International Callsign Handbook Now Available

This blog is supported and sponsored by Teak Publishing, and the sale of its radio hobby publications. We appreciate your support by purchasing our publications that keeps our radio blogs operational.

Teak Publishing is proud to announce the release their second eBook – International Callsign Handbook, 2nd edition, by Gayle and Larry Van Horn.

Radio hobbyists interested in receiving and identifying radio stations in the HF/VHF/UHF radio spectrums now have a new whopping 1414 page CD-ROM publication to aid them.

International Callsign Handbook is a concise world directory of various types of radio station identifications covering the military, government, maritime, aeronautical, and fixed radio stations on CD-ROM. Thousands of callsigns and other types of identifiers have been collected from our own personal log book, official sources and dedicated hobbyists who contributed their material.

The 12 chapters of this new eBook cover the following subjects:

● Chapter 1 – Introductory material

● Chapter 2 – Extensive lists of resource information useful in interpreting the individual entries for each identification listed in the book. We have included sections on U.S. Navy ship/squadron classifications; U.S. Coast Guard cutter designators; a massive list of abbreviations and acronyms that appear in the book; a comprehensive country abbreviation list; and the latest Table of Allocations of International Callsigns from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

● Chapter 3 – Special chapter devoted to monitoring ACARS communications. For the aviation buff, we have included an extensive list of the abbreviations and a sample message type used by aircraft when communicating using this digital radio system.

● Chapter 4 – Comprehensive lists of internationally assigned callsigns.

● Chapter 5 – Worldwide listing of airline callsigns and ICAO codes.

● Chapter 6 – Covers the new field of decoding ICAO24 codes from aircraft. Our list in this edition will primarily cover military aircraft.

● Chapter 7 – Provides a large sample of military Selcal codes that have been recently decoded by on-the-air monitoring.

● Chapter 8 – Civilian Marine Vessel Callsigns.

● Chapter 9 – Introductory material on monitoring the marine GMDSS frequencies with coastal and ship MMSI identifications.

● Chapter 10 This chapter covers the new and exciting field of Automatic Link Establishment or ALE monitoring in the HF radio spectrum and includes a very large list of ALE addresses.

● Chapter 11 – The largest chapter in this book is an extensive listing of Tactical Callsign and Code Words. This chapter covers government and military tactical calls and selected code words for services and agencies worldwide.

● Chapter 12 – is a collection of U.S. military call words that change, usually on a daily basis. The call words presented in this chapter are usually used by various elements of the Strategic Forces such as airborne command post, TACAMO aircraft, GEP or ground entry point stations, and other units worldwide.

The International Callsign Handbook is published in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) electronic format and is fully searchable/printable. It can be run on any computer platform and uses the Adobe Acrobat reader program (a free Internet download).

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The book is written by MT QSL Report columnist Gayle Van Horn, W4GVH, and Larry Van Horn, N5FPW, MT's Assistant Editor/Milcom columnist. If you want to identify who you are hearing on your radio, then this book should be on your radio shack shelf.

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Weekend relays on 9290 kHz

Latvia

Saturday October 11th
Latvia Today 1000-1100 UTC
Radio Casablanca 1100-1200 UTC

Sunday October 12th
Latvia Today 1300-1400 UTC
Good Listening 73s (Tom Taylor, UK/HCDX)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Oct 09 1511 UTC
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
29 September - 05 October 2008

Solar activity was very low. No flares were detected. The visible solar disk remained spotless through most of the period, however, Region 1003 (S23, L=222, class/area Axx/010 on 04 Oct) was numbered on 04 October. This region quickly decayed to spotless plage on 05
October.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels 03 - 05 October.

The geomagnetic field was at quiet levels 29 September through the end of the day on 30 September with solar wind speed values measured at the ACE spacecraft around 350 km/s. Activity levels increased to quiet to unsettled conditions through 01 October. This increase was due to a Co-rotating Interaction Region (CIR) with solar wind velocities near 500 km/s and the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) Bz component ranging between +/- 7 nT. Geomagnetic field activity increased to quiet to active conditions on 02 October as a coronal hole high speed stream rotated into a geoeffective position. Quiet to active conditions were observed through early 04 October when the geomagnetic activity increased to unsettled to minor storm levels.
Solar wind speed values during this period also increased to around 750 km/s with the IMF Bz ranging between +/- 8 nT. Soon after the peak of the geomagnetic activity, levels slowly declined to quiet to unsettled for the remainder of 04 October, then mostly quiet conditions on 05 October. Wind velocities also began gradually decreasing, and ended the period below 500 km/s.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
08 October - 03 November 2008

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 08 - 11 October, 13 - 15 October, and 30 October - 03 November.

The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels on 08 - 10 October. A coronal hole high speed stream is expected to become geoeffective on 11 - 13 October increasing activity to quiet to unsettled levels with active conditions possible on 12 October. For 14 - 27 October activity levels are expected to decrease to quiet conditions. Another coronal hole high speed stream is expected to become geoeffective on 28 - 31 October increasing activity to quiet to unsettled levels with active conditions expected on 28 - 29 October. Quiet conditions are expected 01 - 03 November as the coronal hole rotates out of a geoeffective position.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Oct 08 67 5 2
2008 Oct 09 67 5 2
2008 Oct 10 67 5 2
2008 Oct 11 67 10 3
2008 Oct 12 67 15 4
2008 Oct 13 67 10 3
2008 Oct 14 67 5 2
2008 Oct 15 67 7 2
2008 Oct 16 67 5 2
2008 Oct 17 67 5 2
2008 Oct 18 67 5 2
2008 Oct 19 67 5 2
2008 Oct 20 67 5 2
2008 Oct 21 67 5 2
2008 Oct 22 67 5 2
2008 Oct 23 67 5 2
2008 Oct 24 67 5 2
2008 Oct 25 67 5 2
2008 Oct 26 67 5 2
2008 Oct 27 67 5 2
2008 Oct 28 67 15 4
2008 Oct 29 67 12 4
2008 Oct 30 67 10 3
2008 Oct 31 67 10 3
2008 Nov 01 67 5 2
2008 Nov 02 67 5 2
2008 Nov 03 67 5 2
(NOAA)

RAE Argentina logged again on shortwave

Argentina
RAE now is active again on 15345 kHz, frequency checked by my DX friend, Norberto Pugliese at 2254 UTC. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, DXplorer Oct 8)

15345.17, RAE, 2154, Oct 8, they are back on the air again with a fair signal, loop of interval signal and RAE ID, had been off since late August (Ron Howard, Monterey,CA, Etón E1)

Since Monday Aug 25th RAE was OFF on shortwave, only on Internet stream as
presence. wb, Germany) (Source: WWDXC Top News/BC-DX #881 via wb, Germany)

Gayle VH: This is one to keep an eye on, keep us informed as you hear RAE active on shortwave.

Review of Domestic Broadcast Survey 10

With DX season upon is, time for a refocus on one of the best reference aids for radio hobbyists. Let me know how you do on your DXing!

The Danish Shortwave Listener's Club International, an active club of worldwide radio listeners from 33 countries, have released their 10th edition of Domestic Broadcast Survey.

The 10th edition, edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen, is divided into four parts. Part 1 covers all active shortwave stations broadcasting on 2300-5700 kHz. Part 2 includes Domestic stations on international shortwave bands above 5700 kHz broadcasting to a domestic listening audience. Part 3, is all Active Clandestine shortwave stations including schedules and identification information. Part 4 list all the frequencies deleted between 2 and 30 MHz which have not been reported during the past five years, but may possibly reappear.

The new Survey as with past editions, is based on sources that include DX bulletins, current schedules and actual monitoring from radio hobbyists. Listings are in an easy to follow by-frequency format sorted by frequency, kW, country, station operating schedules, parallel frequencies and operating program format. Active stations are noted as A (Regular), B (Irregular), C (Sporadic) or D (Likely Inactive).

The Last Log column is listed on the right side, and indicates when the last month and year the station was reported prior to the publication's deadline this year.

The 35 page edition is available by email as a PDF format (about 175 kB). A limited number are available in printed format. All buyers of the DBS-10 will be given a username and password to the monthly updates on the tropical bands published as Tropical Bands Monitor on the clubs website at www.dswci.org. The similar data from 2005-2007 is available from www.dswci.org/tbm to anyone.

Funds should be addressed to: Bent Nielsen-Treasurer, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, Denmark. Email edition: DKK 40.00 or USD 9.00; Euro 5.00 or GBP 4.00 or SEK 50.00 or 5 IRCs. Printed edition: DK 80.00 or USD 17.00 or EUR 11.00 or GBP 8.00 or SEK 105.00 or 9 IRCs. Additional payment information for cash notes may be obtained at www.dswci.org/

The Domestic Broadcast Survey 10th edition remains an excellent source for hobbyist that follow closely the changing world of shortwave radio. This fine publication has been a part of my reference library in printed and PDF format for many years and I highly recommend it to all. It is accurate, timely and valuable as a reference aid.
Review ed by Gayle Van Horn/Monitoring Times

A closer look at Africa on shortwave

The following logs, represent what hobbyist are hearing from shortwave stations in Africa. Thanks to the blog contributors. Have you sent yours in yet ?
Gayle VH

All times UTC // parallel freqency *sing-on sign-off*

Ascension Islands
BBCWS relay 7160, 0338. English, (SIO 333) Oct 4. Lady announcer with program interviews. Noted relay on 6145, 0347 with segment on Italy's use of Euros within the country. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)



Chad
RNT 4904.97, 2220-2232*, Oct 2, Afro-pop music. French announcements. Sign off with national anthem but pulled plug midway thru anthem. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Equatorial Guinea
Radio Nacional (Malabo) 6250, *0502-0525,Oct 3. Sign on with brief 10 or 15 second Spanish announcement followed by national anthem. Hi-life music at 0504. Spanish announcements. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Radio Africa 15190, 2240-2251*, Oct 2. English religious programming. Radio Africa ID announcement at 2248 with email address, and postal address in Accra, Ghana. Good. Strong. Very weak WYFR heard underneath. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Ethiopia
Radio Ethiopia 9704.19, 2005-2102*, Sept 27. Horn of Africa music to Amharic talk. Phone talk to closing announcements and national anthem at 2100. Fair but some adjacent channel splatter. Better on // 7110.06. Weak on // 5990.04v. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Liberia
ELWA (Monrovia) 6070, 2240-2300*, Oct 2. Religious music. Closing announcement at 2258 followed by national anthem at 2259. Weak signal, poor with adjacent channel splatter. Mixing briefly with CVC Chile at their 2300 sign on. (Brian Alexander, PA)


Libya
Voice of Africa 17725, 1322-1336, Sept 29. Service listed as Swahili.Announcer with talk between Arabic music bits. Lady announcer with station ID at 1328 followed by music and another ID at 1334. Signal poor-fair. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Madagascar
RTV Malagasy Antananarivo 5010, 0242-0305, Sept 22. Vernacular. Pop-like and reggae music with announcer between selections through 0300. "Whistling" program intro followed by announcer talk. Signal poor-fair in reduced carrier USB. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Nigeria
Voice of Nigeria 15120, 1835-1850. 03 OC 08. English. Announcer in heavily African accented English talking about Africa, Nigeria and tribal factions. ID at 1844 followed by public service announcements. Another ID by lady announcer at 1845 as, “You’re listening to Voice of Nigeria,” and into indigenous music.Signal S5/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).


Radio Nigeria (Kaduna) 6089.9, 2151-2200, Sept 28. Listed Hausa. Male announcer with lengthy talk. Sounded like a speech of sorts to short, Koran-like vocal bits at 2153. More speech into studio announcer at 2200 when signal immediately crushed by co-channel Caribbean Beacon.Signal poor-fair using USB to avoid DRM hash. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Zambia
ZNBC Lusaka 5915, 0244-0307, Sept 29. Vernacular. Fish Eagle interval signl to natioal anthem at 0250, followed by sign-on announcements and music. Signal poor with occasional 5920-WBOH splatter. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // paralle frequency *sign-on sign-off*

Australia
11650, Radio Australia, 2100-2108. World news lasting until 2105, the financial crisis mentioned often. Signal was weak and there was loads of interference present. Chuck Bolland, FL October 1, 2008

Bolivia
6075 Radio Kausachun Coca Nice Bolivian folk music at 1004 tune-in. Another song started at 1010. Then canned promo announcements at 1012 by two announcers with ID, FM freq 9?.? (possibly 90.5), MW could only copy "amplitud modulada" and SW as "6,075 onda corta banda internacional de 49 metros", possibly transmission times, another clear ID, then program shouted. Fairly strong with moderate fading and some co-channel QRM. Glad to get this one. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX 3 October)

Canada
6069.95 CFRB 1718. End of political report with CFRX ID at end. Traffic report to ad block with promo ID as, "we need to talk. Pick up the phone and call 416-872-1010, toll free 0-800-561-CFRB.now here are the ?? on news-talk 10-10 CFRB" at 1023. Fairly strong but modulation only abt 25%. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX 3 Oct.)

China
6165, CNR-6, 1307-1401, Oct 7. Scheduled for Hakka. Ballads and traditional songs, fair-poor, QRM from VOV (Voice of Vietnam)from about 1335-1400*and also adjacent splatter, // 9170 (fair) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

3303 (USB), Zhoushan Maritime Meteorological Radio,checked Oct 1, 1400-1412 but heard nothing, Oct 2 checked from 1100-1112 and 1400-1412, but still heard nothing. Believe they musthave changed their schedule again, but I do not have a clue as to when they are now on the air. Do not think it was poor propagation, as I was hearing Changjiang Maritime Security Information Center both days (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

8794 (USB), Changjiang Maritime Security Information Center (presumed). Random checking between *1347-1425*, Oct 1 & 2, in Chinese, repetitive interval signal (easy-listening orchestra music). Reading some type of lists (assume it's the water traffic information for the Changjian River, a.k.a. Yangtze River), short musical bridges between lists,read by different women announcers, before sign-off a series of about 19 pips, poor-fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Czech Republic
11600, Radio Prague, 2045-2100, Noted a program of Spanish languages features and conversation. Generally the signal was fair, but there was fading which degraded the quality. (Chuck Bolland,FL October 1, 2008)

Guatemala
4052 Radio Verdad. They have ordered the transistors they need from the USA and hope to have them within 10 to 12 days. This news via Dr. Madrid. (Hans Johnson Oct 8/Cumbre DX)

Indonesia
11785.97v, Voice of Indonesia. 1327, Oct 7, in English. Weak, best in USB, QRM 11785.0. At 1438 assume Malay with fair signal, light CODAR interference. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

11785.94, Voice of Indonesia. 1445-1520*, Oct 2, English, checking for their usual 11784.83v and heard nothing there. Open carrier on 11785.94 caught my attention, was below threshold level, steadily improving, by 1458 could hear English and several VOI IDs. English news at 1500 , I expected the usual 1501 sign-off, but was surprised when they completed the news and went into Today in History, Indonesian Wonders, etc., fair by the time they suddenly went off, moderate CODAR QRM. As Mauno Ritola has recently commented on, seems that VOI is in a constant state of flux; we never know exactly where they will be or what language we will hear (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Israel
15785.03 Galei Zahal Program of local instruments at 1734 and vocal music hosted by male announcer in Hebrew. Canned announcements including clear ID by lady announcer. Music bridge, then 1800 fanfare and tone denoting 1800, and apparent news brief by announcer. Station jingle at 1802 with mention of "the sounds.". Fair at best with a lot of fading. 6973 also in but too early. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX 3 Oct.)

Laos
6130, Lao National Radio, 1411-1436, Oct 7. News in Laotian,three-four minutes of no audio, finally into "Hello. I am Elizabeth Moore. Welcome to Functioning in Business" (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA,Etón E1)

Malaysia
5964.93, Klasik Nasional FM via RTM, 1301-1317, Oct 1, in vernacular, news (mid-way through the news: "Radio RTM Kuala Lumpur"), a regular feature now after the news at 1310 is a long version of a choral Anthem followed by singing station jingle ("Klasik Nasional"), pop songs, fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Peru
4835.49, Radio Maranon, 1014-1030 Tune in this frequency earlier and only heard the carrier, the audio didn't fade in until 1014 with a male in Spanish language comments. Still weak, so not able to catch substance of his comments. At 1016, hear a femalein there talking too. At 1018 Huaynos music presented. Signal remain threshold.(Chuck Bolland, FL October 4, 2008)

4826.45, Radio Sicuani, 1022-1030 Noted a male in Spanish language comments which continue for the period. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, October 4, 2008)

Romania
11735 Radio Romania International. Close of English program at 1729 on financial news, then ID "This is R. Romania International broadcasting from Bucharest." Jazz music bridge, then arts program. Good signal with slight het QRM from 11734.9 (Zanzibar??). (Dave Valko, PA.Cumbre DX 3 Oct.)

Russia
5920, Kamchatka Radio via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka. Local programming from 0710-0800, Oct 8, pre-0710 and post-0800 had Radio Rossii programming, ID: "programa Kamchatka Radio", interviews, news, more interviews, countless mentions of "Kamchatka", 0730 + 0737:"This is Kamchatka." Time pips at 0800 (5+1)mostly fair, WBOH not much of a
problem (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, Etón E1)

Thailand
15275, Radio Thailand, *0200-0230, Oct 8. Signal chimes to, "This is HSK9 Radio Thailand." National news with extensive reporting on the unrest in the country, Royal family news, globalnews, BoH into Thai, nice to hear this again with good reception,broadcasting to west North America. Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

USA
15530, Voice of America, 1400-1500. Tuned in while the news in English was being presented. Plenty of ID's as "VOA News ..." after segments of news. AOKI says this is relayed via Germany. Signal was fair.(Chuck Bolland, FL September 29, 2008)

Vatican State
11625, Vatican Radio, 2054-2100 Noted a male and female in French language comments and news. At 2056, some kind of choral singing heard. Sounded like religious chanting. At 2057,the usual Italian NA head briefly. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland,FL October 1, 2008)

Vietnam
6165, Voice of Vietnam (presumed), 1335-1400*, Oct 7. Indigenous chanting/singing (similar to heard via Son La on 4739.57v),in vernacular. First noticed fading in under CNR-6 about 1335 and improving till almost equal with China by sign-off; Oct 6 VOV was much stronger than China by sign-off. Have seen reports of AIR here, but I have not hear them yet (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

NEXUS IRRS Shortwave, B08 schedule

NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave from Milan, Italy - B08 English service

Effective 26 October 2008

All times UTC
0530-0600 mtwh 5990 non-directional targeted to Europe, Middle East, North Africa (EGR)
0600-0630 mtwh 5990 non-directional targeted to Europe, Middle East, North Africa (EGR)

1030-1100 Sunday 9510 non-directional targeted to Europe, Middle East, North Africa (EGR)
1100-1200 Sunday 9510 non-directional targeted to Europe, Middle East, North Africa (EGR)
1200-1300 Sunday 9510 non-directional targeted to Europe, Middle East, North Africa (EGR)

1400-1430 Sunday 15725 targeted to India and South Asia (EGR)

1500-1600 Daily 15650 targeted to Sudan and East Africa - English/Arabic (MIR)
1600-1700 Daily 15650 targeted to Sudan and East Africa - English/Arabic (MIR)
1700-1800 Daily 15650 targeted to Sudan and East Africa - English/Arabic (MIR)

1900-2000 Fri-Sunday 7290 targeted to Europe, Middle East, North Africa (EGR)
2000-2100 Fri-Sunday 7290 targeted to Europe, Middle East, North Africa (EGR)

EGR: European Gospel Radio
MIR: Sudan, Miraya FM Radio
(Source: Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times Frequency Manager, SW Guide)

Additional frequency released for Voice of Wilderness

// parallel frequency

Tajikistan
Additional frequency for Voice of Wilderness in Korean:
1300-1400UTC 9330 DB 100 kW 070 deg to NoKorea from Oct. 1 \\ 11640 IRK
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News #541 via wb, Germany)

Frequency change for VOA in Bangla

Philippines/ Thailand
Frequency change for Voice of America in Bangla:

// parallel frequency

1600-1700UTC, new freq 9320 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg, x11835 \\ 7260 UDO 250 kW / 288 deg + MW 1575
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News #541 via wb, Germany)

Croatian Radio, B08 Croatian schedule

Croatian Radio HS-1 - B08 Croatian service

Effective: 26 October 2008

All times UTC

0558-0857 on 6165 DEA 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu/NoAf
0858-1457 on 9830 DEA 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu/NoAf
1458-2157 on 6165 DEA 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu/NoAf
2158-0557 on 3985vDEA 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu/NoAf
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News #541 via wb, Germany)

KBS World Radio to offer Korean lessons in ten languages

KBS World Radio will launch a multilingual Korean language lesson programme (MKLLP) in ten languages on air and on its website simultaneously on 9 October, Korean Language Day. The 10 foreign languages are English, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Vietnamese and Indonesian.
The free Korean language lesson service targets KBS World Radio’s listeners around the globe, foreigners residing in Korea, members of multicultural families in Korea and second and third generations of overseas Korean residents.
The MKLLP, comprising 20 lessons on 250 pages, is a guide for foreigners wishing to learn Korean through situational dialogue taking place in a variety of settings, including airports, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, department stores and tourist attractions in Korea.
All vocabulary and conversations are accompanied by Romanized pronunciation guides and translations in ten target foreign languages. Each lesson also comes with `Cultural Tips,’ a segment that introduces information about daily life in Korea.
(Source: Korea Times/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Voice of Vietnam launches H'Mong language service

The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) yesterday launchef a radio broadcast in the H’Mong ethnic minority language, Vietnam News Agency reported. The radio broadcast is being carried out by the Northern West correspondent centre of VOV, which also celebrated its 10th founding anniversary yesterday.
The H’Mong language broadcast is to provide folk music and news to more than 800,000 H’Mong ethnic people mostly living in mountainous regions of northern Vietnam, said Vu Van Hien, General Director of Voice of Vietnam. The Northern West correspondent centre of VOV now broadcasts in the three ethnic minority languages of Thai, Dao and H’Mong every day, thus providing news and music for most minority people living in the north-west of the country.
(Source: Vietnam News Agency/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

BBC launches world news bulletins on American PBS network

Richard Porter writes in the BBC News Editors’ blog: On Wednesday evening [last week], TV viewers in the US began to see something new from BBC World News; two bulletins of the best international news from the BBC, more tailored to a US audience and free to air through the American PBS network.
It’s the start of a new partnership between us and KCET, the Southern California public television station, with a simple aim. To offer American viewers something they can’t get anywhere else.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Full story at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/10/something_new.html

Cancelled transmissions from WYFR

Ascension Island/ Rwanda/ South Africa/ UAE/ United Kingdom
Cancelled transmissions of WYFR Family Radio via VT Communications

Effective October 6, 2008
All times UTC

0400-0500 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu German
1230-1330 on 15340 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs Bengali
1600-1700 on 17545 ASC 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAf Portuguese
1800-1900 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu English
1800-1900 on 13780 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg to ME English
1800-2000 on 11775 SKN 250 kW / 165 deg to WeEu English
1900-2000 on 11970 DHA 250 kW / 285 deg to NoAf French
1900-2000 on 15165 SKN 250 kW / 105 deg to ME Arabic
2000-2100 on 3230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English
2000-2100 on 9485 DHA 250 kW / 260 deg to WCAf English
2000-2100 on 11970 DHA 250 kW / 330 deg to WeEu English
2030-2130 on 11985 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf French
2115-2315 on 11875 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf English
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News #541 via wb, Germany)

Germany/ Russia -New transmission of WYFR Family in unidentified language:
1400-1500 on 6180 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg to CeAs from Oct.6
1400-1500 on 13600 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs from Oct.7
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News #541 via wb, Germany)

DX News from World DX Club

World DX Club - Contact - October DX News via Mike Barraclough

Abkhazia
Apsua Radio heard in Russian at 9494.8 at 1400 with,identification "Apsua Radio" and "Radio Abchasiya Respublika ", news headlines followed by folk music, SINPO 23432. (Patrick Robic,Austria, A-DX via Wolfgang Bueschel)
Heard in Russian on 9494.8 1530-1600 September 6 in Russian with strong signal, heard earlier at 0400-0515 on 9495.6, two different transmitters in use?
On September 8 they were on 9494.8 morning and afternoon. On September 9 they were on 9495.6, this transmitter has a modulator problem and a wobbling audio signal. Sign off was 0806. (Wolfgang Bueschel)
September 15 and 16 in Northern Bulgaria I observed shortwave broadcasts on 9495 at 0400-0600 and 0700-0800 with own programmes in Abkhaz, relay Radio Rossii 0600-0700. At 1100-1130 there were programmes with news in Abkha & Russian. At 1354 sign-on on 9495, 1400-1500 Abkhaz Radio, 1500-1559 pop music programme of Vesti FM, closed at 1600. (Rumen Pankov via Wolfgang Bueschel)
E-mail reply from Apsua Radio which, translated from Russian, reads, in part: "Good evening, Don Jensen. We have received your letter. Thank you for the fact that responded to our radio broadcasting. We are very pleased to hear from you that information. Yes, indeed, you listened Abkhaz radio. We get lots of (mail) from different countries as Canada, Italy, Greece, Holland and other countries. Our editorial staff will write more to you on the radio programme Abkhazia Apsua Radio."

Since receiving this I have had several more email interchanges with the sender with information that they hope to have an English service, but, unfortunately, not any time soon. The report was sent via registered mail to the several mail drops in Russia which I found in on-line searches. I don't know which one of them actually got through to the station in Sukhumi. Email reply came from apsuaradio1@mail.ru. Dan Henderson has also now had a reply from that address in 4 days. All my emails translated into Russian using Google translate which I also used to translate the replies. (Don Jensen, Wisconsin, NASWA Yahoo Group)

Bahrain
Radio Bahrain heard on 6010 September 8, techno instrumental music from 1838, co-channel to Belarus, lady in English and disco song at 1852. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria via Wolfgang Bueschel)
Liberia
ELWA heard on 6070 August 26 on 6070 from 2235 with gospel songs, sign-off at 2300 with Liberian National Anthem. Aoki says it's only 1 kW. (Bob Hill, Massachusetts, DXplorer via Wolfgang Bueschel)Heard in Denmark September 2 2225 to 2301 off, talks in English and hymns, SINPO 33323, interference from Deutsche Welle on 6075. (Anker Petersen, Dxplorer via Wolfgang Bueschel)Schedule of ELWA on 6070 is 0530-0800, 1730-2300 with 1 kW. (AnkerPetersen, DX Window)

Pridnestrovye
Radio PMR Pridnestrovye observed on 7370 while band scanning on September 9 at 1400, ex 12135. Rolling programme of English, French and German. English to Europe at 1400, 1445, 1530 and 1615. French 1415, 1500, 1545, 1630. German 1430, 1515, 1600, 1645.
Monday to Friday. No change to North American service, still noted on 6040 September 15. (Edwin Southwell)
Heard here in English 1400 to 1415 September 23 on 7370, the entire programme was on the Republic of South Ossetia celebrating the eighteenth anniversary of its declaration of state sovereignty and recognition of this by Russia. Excellent reception. (Mike Barraclough)

Uganda
Radio Dunamis is active again on 4750, heard 1745 fade in-1830 off , August 17, 20, 25 and September 01, active again. English religious program with preacher and a religious choir, some identifications in between, signs off with a choir. (Anker Petersen,Denmark, Roland Schulze, Germany, DX Window)

Ukraine
Radio Ukraine International has a new schedule for English: To Europe: 1900-2000 7490, 2100-2200 5840, 0500-0600 7420, 0900-1000 and 1100-1200 9950. To North America: 0000-0100 and 0300-0400 on 7440. They have a new QSL card for reports of RUI and the domestic service. (Edwin Southwell)
(Source: Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX)

Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation to commission new shortwave antennas

Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) will soon commission new short wave antennas for both Radio One and Radio Two. The installation by a South African contractor at Shorthorn in Lusaka started in July. ZNBC Director General Joseph Salasini accompanied by the Director of Programmes Maxwell N’gandu and Public Relations Manager Mirriam Tonga visited the site where the antennas have been installed. He said ZNBC will be more consistent in reaching out to the general public, particularly in outlying parts of the country, once the antennas are operational.
Mr. Salasini thanked government for funding the project through its budgetary support to the corporation. And ZNBC Principal Engineer for Planning and Development Frank Mushota said the new antennas will boost reception for both radio channels. The new antennas are able to withstand all weather patterns and seasonal changes without affecting the quality of radio reception.
(Source: ZNBC)
Andy Sennitt adds: According to the 2008 edition of the World Radio TV Handbook Radio 1 is on the air at 0245-0515 and 1555-2205 UTC on 4910 kHz and 0515-1555 UTC on 5915 kHz. Radio 2 is listed at 0245-2205 UTC on 6165 kHz. Both transmitters are 100 kW.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

New US broadcast to Darfur reported

A new US broadcast in Arabic to the Darfur region has been heard by shortwave listeners. It is not branded VOA, which has not had an Arabic service since Radio Sawa was created in 2002. Nor is it branded as Radio Sawa.
The schedule is:
0300-0330 UTC on 4960, 5995, 11635 kHz
1800-1830 UTC on 4960, 9650, 11635 kHz
1900-1930 UTC on 5880, 9650, 11635 kHz
Listeners have been noting Radio Sawa (not normally on shortwave) and Radio Free Iraq at some of the the above times and frequencies, rather than the Darfur broadcast, perhaps due to switching problems.
(Source: KimAndrewElliott.com)
Update 2015 UTC: Kim Andrew Elliott adds: I have been informed that the name of the broadcast is “Affia Darfur,” translated roughly as “Hi, Darfur” in Sudanese colloquial Arabic.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

BBC's Indian Ocean relay station marks 20th anniversary

The BBC’s Indian Ocean relay station is commemorating 20 years of transmissions from Grand Anse, Mahé, in the Seychelles. Launched in October 1988, and currently run on behalf of BBC World Service by VT Communications, the station is transmitting BBC World Service programmes on shortwave to an estimated audience of up to nine million listeners across East Africa.
The BBC Indian Ocean relay station in the Seychelles broadcasts BBC World Service in a range of languages including the BBC’s English-language output for Africa as well as programmes in Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Somali and French. It brings the BBC’s radio output to audiences in countries such as Burundi, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Nigel Fry, Head, Transmission and Distribution, BBC World Service, says: “The BBC Indian Ocean relay station constitutes the backbone of the BBC’s shortwave broadcasts to East Africa. In many areas of the countries it covers, the shortwave broadcasts relayed by the station are the only way in which audiences can get BBC news and information.”
To commemorate the anniversary, VT Communications will be holding a series of events in the Seychelles. These include an Open Day exhibition on Monday 6 October, which will highlight the history, operations and the safety aspects of the station.
(Source: BBC World Service Publicity/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Taiwan International one-day schedule adjustment

On 10 October, Radio Taiwan International will broadcast live coverage of the 97th national day celebrations at 0200-0300 UTC on 15320 kHz to Southeast Asia. Listeners in other parts of the world can hear a webcast of the live coverage. This special coverage means that RTI’s English broadcast to North America from 0200-0300 UTC on 5950 kHz will be cancelled on 10 October.
(Source: RTI website/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Mighty KBC frequency change

Lithuania
Frequency change of Mighty KBC Radio in English from Oct. 5
0200-0258 new freq 6145 SIT 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm, x6110, Sunday only (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News #541 via wb, germany)

Hungarian Radio B08 schedule

Hungarian Radio, via Media Broadcast, Germany

B08 - Hungarian service

All times UTC

0100-0200 on 5980 WER 250 kW / 300 deg to NoAm
0200-0300 on 6145 WER 250 kW / 300 deg to NoAm
0500-0830 on 6145 WER 250 kW / non-dir to WeEu Sun
1100-1200 on 3975 WER 250 kW / non-dir to WeEu
1200-1300 on 17690 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to AUS
1500-1800 on 3975 WER 250 kW / non-dir to WeEu
1900-2000 on 3975 WER 250 kW / non-dir to WeEu
1900-2000 on 9845 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to AUS (alt.9895)
2100-2200 on 3975 WER 250 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2100-2200 on 5970 WER 250 kW / 300 deg to NoAm
2300-2400 on 6025 WER 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu Sat/Sun
2300-2400 on 9665 WER 250 kW / 240 deg to SoAm
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News # 541 via wb, Germany)

Correction for B-08 schedule of Hungarian Radio in Hungarian:
0200-0300 NF 5995 JBR 250 kW / 306 deg to NoAm, x6135
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News #541 via wb, Germany)

Voice of America ends four language services

The Voice of America (VOA) ceased is radio broadcasts in Hindi, Bosnian, Serbian, and Macedonian on 30 September 2008, using available resources to reach audiences in those markets through television and the Internet. No VOA language service will be shut down and no jobs will be lost.
VOA also is discontinuing its 30-minute Russian weekly television programme and will deliver text, audio, and video content to Russia’s fast-growing Internet market. VOA will be accessible through digital devices, including mobile Internet devices, cell phones that receive text and multimedia messages, and MP3 players. VOA’s Russian radio broadcasts ended in July 2008.
The change in VOA Russian’s programme delivery reflects the crackdown on independent media and freedom of speech in Russia. Russian government pressure has forced almost all VOA local radio and television affiliates to drop VOA and other international broadcasts. Shortwave radio listenership also has continued to decline throughout the country, with fewer than 2% of Russians using this medium weekly.
“We owe great thanks to the VOA radio journalists who have broadcast to these countries over the years,” said VOA Director Danforth Austin.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) will continue radio broadcasting to Russia, Bosnia, Macedonia, and Serbia.
(Source: VOA/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

New DRM transmissions from HCJB Global

Ecuador
New transmission of HCJB Global in DRM from Oct. 1:
0830-0930 NF 11625 OUI 004 kW / 043 deg to WeEu in Spanish Mon-Fri
0900-1030 NF 11625 OUI 004 kW / 043 deg to WeEu in German Sat/Sun
0930-1030 NF 11625 OUI 004 kW / 043 deg to WeEu in German Mon-Fri
1500-1700 NF 11705 OUI 004 kW / 131 deg to SoAm in Portuguese

Cancelled transmissions from Oct. 1:
2000-2200 on 15360 OUI 004 kW / 035 deg to WeEu in German
2300-0100 on 11795 OUI 004 kW / 110 deg to SoAm in Portuguese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7/DX Mix News # 541 via wb, Germany)

QSL Report Central - the best from the vault

With a new month here, and the DX season improving, another edition of QSL Report Central is under way. Todays selection are contributions cut for space constraints from my QSL Report column in Monitoring Times. Thanks as always to the contributors and blog readers. Enjoy!
Gayle Van Horn

Armenia
Voice of Russia relay 7250 relay. Full data card, unsigned for English broadcast. Received in 42 days for an English report. Website: www.vor.ru/world.html (Tom Banks, TX)


Australia
HCJB Global 15405 kHz. Full data, color native plant scenery card unsigned. Received in 72 days for an English report. Website: www.hcjb.org/ (Frank Hillton, SC)



China
Radio Canada International relay via Kuming,China, 11700 kHz. Full data Maple Leaf special card, signed by Bill Westenhaven. Received in 32 days for an English report. Website: www.rcinet.ca/ (J.L. Arcenaux, LA)


Madagascar
Radio Netherlands 11835 kHz via Madagascar relay. Full data Dutch Morning card, unsigned, plus program schedule. Received in 56 days for an English report and one IRC. Website: www.radionetherlands.nl/ (Sam Wright, MS)

Sri Lanka
NHK/World Radio Japan, 11890 via Sri Lanka relay. Full data station logo card unsigned, plus station sticker and schedule. Received in 76 days. Website: www.nhk.or.jp/english/ (Rod Pearson, FL)


Syria
Radio Damascus, 12085 kHz. Full data color station logo card, signed by Station Director. Received in 56 days for a Spanish follow-up report and two IRCs. Station website: www.rtv.gov.sy/ (Tom Banks,TX)

Singapore
NHK/World Radio Japan, 11780 kHz via SIigapore relay. Full data color, Day in Autumn card, unsigned.Received in 58 days for an English report and one IRC. Website: www.nhk.or.jp/english/ (GVH, NC)

South Africa
Channel Africa, 17770 kHz. Full data verification letter via Sentech, signed by Kathy Otto. Verification for frequency via Meyerton, SOuth Africa. Website: www.channelafrica.org (Sam Wright, MS)

Taiwan
Radio Taiwan International, 11600 kHz. Full data color scenery card with illigible initials, plus two station stickers. Received in 36 days for an English report. Website: http://english.rti.org.tw/ (Rod Pearson, FL)

Turkey
Voice of Turkey, 6195, 9620 kHz. Two full data cards of Turkish folk art, unsigned, plus station sticker.Received in 64 days for an English report. Website: www.trt,net.tr/ (J.L. Arcenaux, LA)

All India Radio begins regular DRM tests to Europe

Long time DRM Member All India Radio started regular DRM tests on 2nd of October from Khampur, Delhi (India) into Europe. The broadcast is at 1745-2230 UTC on 9950 kHz. More information in the DRM Live Broadcast Schedule.
(Source: DRM Consortium/R netherlands Media Network Weblog)

BBC to launch six new You Tube channels

BBC Global News has extended its relationship with YouTube, by signing an agreement to add six BBC video news channels in Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Persian and Urdu to its existing BBC World News channel. In what is the first multi-language deal by a major international news broadcaster with YouTube, users will have access to high quality, independent and impartial news clips produced by the BBC World Service in six languages.
Video news stories will run each day across the different language Channels and each channel will be branded and tailored to its specific audience. The videos will also be fully discoverable via Google Video search. The six new language channels are set to launch by the end of this year.
(Source: BBC World News Press Office/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Russian opposition leaders ask US not to cut Russia-language broadcast

Three leading figures of the Russian opposition are calling on Washington to reverse its decision to reduce Radio Liberty’s Russian-language broadcasts next year, lest Russian citizens, at a time when Moscow has established “practically complete control” over domestic radio and television, lose a vital source of “objective information.”
In a letter to the US State Department, the foreign affairs committees and the Helsinki Commission of the Congress, and presidential candidates John McCain and Barak Obama, the three – Vladimir Bukovsky, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Boris Nemtsov – say that reducing such broadcasts from abroad would make their struggle for freedom that much more difficult.
The Voice of America ended Russian-language radio broadcasting earlier this summer not only as part of a general cost-cutting effort but because the affiliates in Russia on which its programming was broadcast increasingly refused, under pressure from the Russian government, to carry VOA programmes.
Read the full story from GeorgianDaily.com
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*

Anguilla
11775 Caribbean Beacon. 1322-1326. 04 Oct 08. English. Typical University Network programming with Gospel music being played under contact information announcements. The announcer kept referring to “Pastor Scott.” After the promos, it was back into the late Dr. Scott and his message. S9/Very good. (Joe Wood, TN).

Antarctica
15476v LRA 36 trying at 1858, nothing but presumed ANO on 15475. (Hans Johnson Oct 5, via remote receiver in Europe/Cumbre DX)

Australia
13635 CVC (Darwin). 1330. 04 Oct 08. English. Male/female announcers with contemporary Christian music and many IDs. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood,TN).

Austria
13730 Radio Austria International. (Moosbrun). 1325-1417. 04 Oct 08. German.
Very nicely done program of classical music with male announcer. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood,
TN).

Bhutan
6035 BBS 1253-1259 Sep 30. Presumed with regional music, covered by BBC at 1259. Has been very poor in recent weeks. (John Wilkins-CO)

China
5075, Shanghai PBS/Voice of Pujiang, 1320-1351, Oct 5 and 6,has changed back to their winter frequency (ex: 9705), fair, last heard here around April, noted the usual // 4950 (fair) and 3280 (weak) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

6035, PBS Yunnan, 1241-1252, Oct 5. Traditional Chinese music, well on top of BBS/Bhutan, just a month ago BBS was much better, // to spur on 6043, by 1401 BBS in English was weak and still under Yunnan; Oct 6 no BBS at all heard after 1401, only Yunnan (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Clandestine
11690 Nippon no Kaze(p) *1500-1530* Oct 4. Long opening routine, followed by Korean talks; closing anmt at 1525, mentioning e-mail address info@rachi.go.jp (same as Furusato no Kaze) and website www.rachi.go.jp. Could not make out any ID's - the Korean ID's must not sound anything like they do in JP. Good signal from Darwin transmitter.(John Wilkins-CO)

Ecuador
11690 HCJB (Quito). 1310-1320. 04 Oct 08. Spanish. Inspirational talkvand music with OM announcer. S5/Poor. //11960 Good. (Joe Wood, TN).

Equatorial Guinea
15190 Radio Africa missing when checking at 1100.(Hans Johnson Oct 5, via remote receiver in Europe/Cumbre DX)

Honduras
3250.04 Radio Luz y Vida 1131-1146 Oct 1. Spanish religious chat to vocal music. Station ID. Good signal. (John Wilkins-CO)

Indonesia
3325 RRI Palangkaraya 1313-1325+ Sep 30. Indigeneous mx with man speaking occasionally in local language. All talk after 1330. Good signal but noisy band today. (John Wilkins-CO)

3976.05 RRI Pontianak 1215-1301 Sep 29. Jakarta news to 1225, then local program of chat. Phone interviews to music bridges and ads. Good signal with spotty ham QRM, which increased after 1300. (John Wilkins-CO)

3995.03 RRI Kendari 1310-1326+ Oct 5. Jakarta news just ending, followed by a local program of segued Indo vocals with no announcements. Good signal daily now for several weeks. (John Wilkins-CO)

4604.94 RRI Serui. Have not gotten any audio in many weeks, just a weak carrier on their old frequency of 4604.94. Used to be one of the best low-band Indos. (John Wilkins-CO)

India
4920, AIR Chennai, 1415-1431, Oct 5. Vernacular, ads,subcontinent songs, BoH ID for A.I.R., almost fair, totally dominating Tibet (// 4905) on this frequency. Normally Tibet has better reception; Oct 6 Tibet well heard at 1348 with very weak AIR under them (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Laos
6130, Lao National Radio, 1415-1435, Oct 6, recently they have not aired their usual 1415-1430 programming, but had played indigenous music instead. Today had exceptionally good reception, very strong signal (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Myanmar
9730.77, Myanma R., 1440-1458, Oct 5. Vernacular and English, continues to provide a lot of educational programming, spelling words in English, lesson in business English ("The goods under consideration are inferior goods … If more buyers enter a market the cost … the demand will rise", etc.), mostly poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Nigeria
15120 Voice of Nigeria (Ikorodu). 1835-1850. 03 OC 08. English. Announcer in heavily African accented English talking about Africa, Nigeria and tribal factions. ID at 1844 followed by PSAs. Another ID by YL at 1845 as “You’re listening to Voice of Nigeria,” and into indigenous music. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).

Papua New Guinea
3334.97 R. East Sepik 1253-1308 Oct 5. Pop vocals to lady announcer's item to brief anthem at 1258, followed by filler music. A couple of ads or announcements, a bit more music, then carrier cut in mid-song at 1308. Good signal.(John Wilkins-CO)

3385 Radio East New Britain 1223-1250+ Oct 3. Lady announcer playing pop and island vocals. Program still going good at 1315. Seemed to be in English before 1300 and in Pidgin after but am not sure, since even the English was heavily Pidgin-accented. (John Wilkins-CO)

Peru
4826.48, Radio Sicuani, 1018-1030. Noted a male in Spanish language comments. Suspect this was news, since heard place names from other countries. At 1029. Time check followed by ads and/or promos. Signal was steady but remained poor. (Chuck Bolland, October 5, 2008)

4835.48, Radio Maranon, 0132-0200. Noted a female in Spanish comments with a male. Don't know the significance of this exchange since the signal is rather poor. But a recent notation for this station says that their signoff is at 0230, so there's plenty of time left to provide an answer maybe? It was unusual in its' tonal quality which made it seem significant. After a few minutes a third male begins comments at 0136 which is followed by a brief promo and then Huaynos music. Unfortunately, the assumption that this station would remain readable to 0230 UTC was erroneous. The signal faded into the noise and could barely be heard much after 0145, but the carrier was still on the air at 0200 UTC That being all I could hear, I dropped it leaving the above question unanswered. I hope it doesn't keep me awake tonight, worrying about it? (Chuck Bolland, October 5, 2008)

Pirate
6925USB Northwoods Radio. 1338-1409+. 04 Oct 08. Novelty music and ID at 1339 as “Broadcasting Freedom from the Great Lakes” by announcer, followed by the call of the Loon. Audio clips from WNIS AM 790 in Norfolk, Virginia featuring an interview with JTA. Good. (Joe Wood, TN).

Russia
5920, Radio Rossii, (Petro-Kam),1031-1040. Two males discussing current topics in Russian language over the telephone. Evendently this isa "Call In" program. At 1039, a female calls in on the phone. Signal is fair with WBOH under Rossii's signal barely audible. Rossii was good. (Chuck Bolland, October 5, 2008)\

Vanuatu
7260 Radio Vanuatu 0621 Got them! Christian program in English, decent signal was able to get a number of details from it. 0628 local announcer who gave time check and ID as Radio Vanuatu. 0630 talk by woman. Clear channel, some static crashes but much better signal than when trying at 0730 or 0845 on previous days. Thanks David's Radio Heritage Foundation tip. (Johnson Oct 6/via remote receiver in Australia/Cumbre DX)

Shortwave broadcasters ready for B08 winter schedules

After what seemed at times, like endless last minute frequency changes and adjustments from international broadcasters, we shift now to prepare for a new period of schedule adjustments.

Beginning on October 26, 2008, most shortwave stations will adjust their schedules to reflect the B08 Winter changes. Over the coming weeks, as schedules become available, Shortwave Central will post the B08 schedules, as well as frequency revisions.

While some broadcasters continue to drop various language services and target areas, there remains plenty to hear on shortwave radio. The prime DX season nears - and Shortwave Central will keep you informed.
Gayle Van Horn

Radio New Zealand - B08 English service

New Zealand

Effective: 27 October, 2008

All times UTC - all broadcast targeted to Pacific regions

0000-0100 15720
0100-0200 15720
0200-0300 15720
0300-0400 15720
0400-0458 15720

0459-0500 11725
0500-0600 11725
0600-0658 11725

0659-0700 9765
0700-0800 9765
0800-0900 9765
0900-1000 9765
1000-1058 9765

1059-1100 13840
1100-1200 13840
1200-1258 13840

1300-1400 6170
1400-1500 6170
1500-1550 6170

1551-1600 7145
1600-1650 7145

1651-1700 9765
1700-1750 9765

1751-1800 11725
1800-1900 11725
1900-1950 11725

1951-2000 17675
2000-2100 17675
2100-2200 17675
2200-2235 17675

2236-2300 15720
2300-0000 15720

DRM
0000-0100 17675
0100-0200 17675
0200-0300 17675
0300-0400 17675
0400-0458 17675

0459-0500 15720
0500-0600 15720
0600-0658 15720

0659-0700 9870
0700-0800 9870
0800-0900 9870
0900-1000 9870
1000-1100 9870
1100-1158 9870

1200-1550 no service

1551-1600 6170
1600-1650 6170

1651-1700 9890
1700-1750 9890

1751-1800 11675
1800-1900 11675
1900-1950 11675

1951-2000 15720
2000-2100 15720
2100-2200 15720
2200-2235 15720

2236-2300 17675
2300-0000 17675
(Source: Gayle Van Horn/MT SW Guide via Adrian Sainsbury/R NZ Intl)

The Future of SW Radio in the Pacific

Radio New Zealand is celebrating 60 years of international shortwave broadcasting and as part of their observances, they have an informative program by David Riquish, regarding the future of SW radio in the Pacific (audio at http://www.radionz.co.nz/specialfeatures/RNZI60) , which I heard on September 30, on 15720. I found the second half of the program to be the most interesting, as David was talking to a Frequency Manager.

Found out that they no longer need reception reports from listeners, as they have remote monitoring receivers on various island that they can tune in via the Internet/computer to hear firsthand how their signal is heard and they will be adding even more of these monitoring receivers to different new locations in the Pacific. They also are part of the partnership with IBB, a branch of VOA, which provides access to even more remote controlled receivers in even more distant locations around the world.

The comment was made that SW was still needed for maybe 15-20 years in the Pacific, until the Internet is more firmly established. The observation was made that "crisis radio" was still very much needed in the event local radio stations went off due to cyclones. Overall an excellent presentation!
Ron Howard
Monterey/Asilomar Beach, CA

Radio St. Helena set for test transmissions

Dear Radio Clubs and DXers everywhere,

Radio St. Helena TEST Transmission on either 03. or 04. October 2008

On either 03. October or 04. October starting at the earliest at 18:00 UTC, Radio St. Helena will broadcast a TEST transmission on 11092.5 KHz in USB. It is assumed that the TEST will last for one hour. It is assumed that the antenna will be aimed at Europe. As is usual for TEST transmissions, Radio St. Helena will NOT issue QSL cards. However, RSH would be interested in short emails describing the audio quality of the various parts of the broadcast (music, presenters voices, interviews).
Thank-you and good listening,
Robert Kipp
(Mark Nicholls via HCDX/bclnews.it)

Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age

Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age.

As of Sept. 27, 2008, the sun had been blank, i.e., had no visible sunspots, on 200 days of the year. To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go back to 1954, three years before the launch of Sputnik, when the sun was blank 241 times.

FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/30sep_blankyear.htm?list1066509

This is what a spotless sun looks like.

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Sep 30 2121 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
22 - 28 September 2008

Solar activity was very low. No flares were detected. The visible disk was spotless during most of the period. However, Region 1002 (N25, L = 076, class/area Dso/030 on 22 September), a new
cycle-polarity spot group; emerged on 22 September, then decayed to
plage on 24 September.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels during the period.

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels during the period. ACE solar wind measurements indicated minor changes during the period. Velocities ranged from 245 - 395 km/sec during the period. IMF Bt ranged from 01 - 07 nT and Bz ranged from -07 nT to
+07 nT during the period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
01 - 27 October 2008

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 02 - 14 October.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at active to minor storm levels on 01 October due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS). Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels during 02 - 05 October as the CH HSS subsides. Quiet conditions are expected during 06 - 11 October. Activity is expected to increase to active levels on 12 October due to a recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels on 13 October as the CH HSS subsides. Quiet conditions are expected during 14 - 27 October.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Sep 30 2122 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html

# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2008 Sep 30
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Oct 01 67 25 5
2008 Oct 02 67 10 3
2008 Oct 03 67 8 3
2008 Oct 04 67 8 3
2008 Oct 05 67 8 3
2008 Oct 06 67 5 2
2008 Oct 07 67 5 2
2008 Oct 08 67 5 2
2008 Oct 09 67 5 2
2008 Oct 10 67 5 2
2008 Oct 11 67 5 2
2008 Oct 12 67 15 4
2008 Oct 13 67 8 3
2008 Oct 14 67 5 2
2008 Oct 15 67 7 2
2008 Oct 16 67 5 2
2008 Oct 17 67 5 2
2008 Oct 18 67 5 2
2008 Oct 19 67 5 2
2008 Oct 20 67 5 2
2008 Oct 21 67 5 2
2008 Oct 22 67 5 2
2008 Oct 23 67 5 2
2008 Oct 24 67 5 2
2008 Oct 25 67 5 2
2008 Oct 26 67 5 2
2008 Oct 27 67 5 2
(NOAA)

October Specials from DX Stamp Service

Dear DXer,

Recent postal increases:
Australia from A$2.00 to A$2.05
Portugal from 0,75 euro to 0,80 euro
India from 15r to 25r

On Back Order: New Caledonia, Guyana, and Qatar
Back in stock: Ethiopia and Thailand

**NEW ITEMS via email**

If you are a QSL Manager, we can order a self inking rubber stamp for your QSLing chores. Request list with sample image.

Eyeball card samples now viewable on a pdf file. We usually include sample cards with outgoing envelope and qsl album orders. If you are interested in pricing and viewing samples, request file. Eyeball cards are business card size.
73 and good dx,
Bill

October DX specials are:

OCTOBER 2008 DX STAMP SPECIALS

2 Italy-$3.00 3 UK-$3.60 3 Japan-$3.60 LEBANON-$2.50

OCTOBER 2008 DX SUPPLY SPECIALS

200/200 European Air Mailers & Returns $35

2 Standard QSL Albums $40

300/300 Stateside Mailers & Returns $23

Shipping charges extra on supply specials

PRIORITY MAIL Shipping Rates for Supplies

Orders under $16.00 add $6.50, Orders from $16.00 to $40.00 add $9.00, Orders from $41.00 to $100.00 add $13.00, Orders from $101.00 to $150.00 add $18.00, orders over $150.00 add 12%. When ordering supplies AND stamps, use supply total to figure shipping costs. Stamps “ride free” when you order supplies. Shipments to Canada ship at a greater cost. (04/2008)
(Bill Plum)

Mint postage stamps of foreign countries can be purchased from Bill Plum's Airmail Postage and DX Supplies, 12 Glenn Road, Flemington, NJ 08822 USA. Include a self-addressed-envelope for his current price list or request a price list via email at plumdx@msn.com . The prices represent Airmail rate to North America. Prices are subject to change without notice. No mimimum order via check, money order or credit card, but credit card orders under $ 15.00 will incur a $ 2.00 extra charge. Visa, MC, AMEX are accepted. Please include billing and shipping address for AMEX. Bill also has an email newsletter service of monthly specials, and email orders are welcomed!

Don't forget the DX supplies include European Airmail envelopes (European Air Return and European Air Mailer). These envelopes are perfectly acceptable for mailing to ALL parts of the world, not just to Europe. Their size insures you that a 4"x6" DX QLSs will not come back to you folded which could happen if you used small U.S. sized airmail envelopes. Bill's European Air Return fits into a European Air Mailer without folding. These two envelopes and up to 5 QSL cards weigh less than one ounce. The European Air Return and 2 QSLs weigh less than 10 grams. All envelopes are sealed in plastic for protection. Envelopes are packed 100 per size per package. The 5-/50 Combo comes in one package.

Eyeball cards, stateside QSLing nesting envelopes, QSL Card Albums and pages are also sold.

I have used Bill's service for years and find his prices affordable and dependable. All stamps are enclosed within a glassine envelope, so no worries of stamps sticking to the letter, and you can enclose the stamps as is in the letter to the station.

Now you're set for the DX season! Recheck this blog regularly for Bill's monthly specials!