HAPPY NEW YEAR BLOG READERS !!!!!

Czech pirate Radio Bila Hora annual New Years Eve programming

Our European blog readers, or those using a DX Tuner, should look for annual Czech pirate, Radio Bila Hora on shortwave 3333 kHz on December 31, 2008. Radio Bila Hora from the Czech Republic might be active from 1500 UTC on 3333 kHz on 31st of December 2008.

Details via 1. http://rbh.czechian.net/ .
Info via Martin Elbe on A-DX via Achim's blog

Although the station's website is in Czech, Google language tools can translate it from Czech into English (or whatever language you prefer).

I managed to log this station two years ago on 3333 kHz, but tried last year and nothing. So fingers crossed for this year.
(http://shortwavedx.blogspot.com/ )

New Years Eve/Day broadcast on shortwave

Thanks to shortwave radio, you can celebrate New Year's Eve as 2009 begins around the world - easy on the toasting, or you may forget where you are! This year we reprise our Monitoring Times 2006 feature, Happy New Year Around the World in 24 Hours. Follow the traditions from around the globe at www.monitoringtimes.com/Around-in-24-hrs.pdf

Wanna keep track of the time around the globe ? World Links at http://world.honda.com/link/ will keep you up to date by the second. Time and Date.Com http://www.timeanddate.com/ is a great companion website.

Beginning at 1100 on December 31, in New Zealand, DXers can follow the New Year as it arrives around the globe. This can be done via the Internet at www.rnzi.com and shortwave radio on 13660 kHz.

Radio Australia at 1330: 6020, 9560, 9580, 9590 www.abc.net.au/ra/

NHK/Radio Japan at 1400: 9875, 11705, 1178021560 www.nhk.or.jp/english/

Most of Africa at 2200, and Eastern Europe at 0000 UTC in the United Kingdom.

Additional programming may be found at www.doghousecharlie.com/seasonal-programs-2008/

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!

Blog Logs from South America

All times UTC

Bolivia
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba (p), 2257-2305, Dec 17, woman talking. SINPO 14331. (Mille)

4409.8, Radio Eco, Reyes, 2240-2300, Dec 12 and 17, Spanish ann, instrumental music, LA song, SINPO 24332. (Mille and Petersen)

4555, Radio Virgen de Remedios (pres.), Tupiza, 2354-0010, Dec 14, Spanish religious talks "tenemos en Cristo un solo cuerpo", religious music with that reverb from inside a Church alternating talks, mentioning “Cochabamba”, SINPO 22322. (Otávio)

4699.35, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2218-2330, Dec 11, 17 and 21, Spanish religious talk, hymns, SINPO 25332. (Mille and Petersen)

4716.70, Radio Yura, Yura, 2254-2350, Dec 09, 11 and 17, religious programme in Spanish, Andean songs, SINPO 24332 Utility QRM. (Mille, Otávio and Petersen)

5952.5, Radio Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 2248-2255, Dec 11, song and talks, SINPO 22332. (Mille)

Brazil
4754.91, Radio Imaculada Conceição, Campo Grande, MS (p), 2340-2350, Dec 11, Portuguese religious talk, SINPO 25232. (Petersen)

4805, Radio Dif. do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, 2145-2150, Dec 11, Portuguese talks, SINPO 14331. (Mille)

4825, Radio Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, 2155-2201, Dec 11, Portuguese talk, SINPO 23332 // 9675 (SINPO 34343). (Mille)

4865, Radio Alvorada, Londrina, PR, 2201-2206, Dec 11, Portuguese talks, QRM utility, SINPO 23332. (Mille)

4915, Radio Difusora Macapá, Macapá, AP, 0721-0729, Dec 19, programme of songs, Portuguese ann, 24322. (Méndez). Also heard at 2206-2209, Dec 11, talks, SINPO 33343. (Mille)

4915, Radio CBN Anhanguera, Goiania, GO, 2206-2209, Dec 11, Portuguese talks, SINPO 23332. (Mille)
4925.2, Radio Educação Rural, Tefé, AM, 2209-2212, Dec 11, talks in Portuguese, SINPO 14331. (Mille)

4935, Radio Capixaba, Vitoria, ES, 2212-2320, Dec 11 and 21, Portuguese talks, SINPO 35232. (Mille and Petersen

11804.7, Radio Globo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2132-2140, Dec 17, talks, mentions of "Brasil", SINPO 23332. (Mille)

11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiânia, GO, 1025-1051, Dec 18, Portuguese ID's, news, songs and talks, 34333. (Van Arnhem and Méndez). Also heard at 2142-2205, Dec 17, Portuguese talks, ID and frequency ann at 2200, SINPO 44344. (Mille)

11925.2, Radio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP, 2145-2150, Dec 17, talk in Portuguese, SINPO 34333 // 9645 (SINPO 22332). (Mille)

Peru
4746.9, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2215-2218, Dec 17, Spanish ann, huaynos, talk, SINPO 34332 QRM China 4750. (Mille, Petersen)

4775, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1048-1100, 2224-2232 and 0105-0125, Dec 14, 16 and 17, Spanish talks, canned promos, ID: "...Radio Tarma Internacional...", ann programme: "Sentimiento Latinoamericano" with Equadorian folk music, Chiley Bolivia, SINPO 22332 CODAR made it practically impossible for a better signal. (Bolland, Mille and Rodriguez)

4790.1, Radio Visión, Chiclayo, 0230-0240 and 0753-0804, Dec 19 and 23, Spanish religious talks, hymns, SINPO 33333 QRM Pakistan at 0230, weak at 0753: 15321. (Méndez and Petersen)

5059.2, La Voz de las Huarinjas, Huancabamba, 1140-1200, Dec 14, folkmusic, to give time: "...seis, seis de la mañana con 42 minutos La Voz de las Huarinjas les acompaña con la programacion de la mañana...", poor, bad modulation. (Rodriguez)

5120, Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba, 2243-2246, Dec 11, LA song and talk, SINPO 24332. (Mille)

Uruguay
6125, SODRE, Montevideo, 1200, Dec 13, carrier here under heavy QRN at my location, with weak modulation. It relays Radio Uruguay on 1050 MW. So, this is active again and appears to be the only SW working from Uruguay. As I have been told, the plans to keep the SW outlets from SODRE continue. But improved results are still not evident. Nothing heard on 9620. (Nigro in DXplorer)
(DSWCI/DX Window #367)

Blog Logs - Euro Pirate activity

All times UTC

3945: FRS Holland heard with FRS Magazine presented by Peter Verbruggen @ 0900. Also heard on 6220, not in parallel, but nothing heard on 6400 at this time. Splash from SSB station on 3950. SINPO 43443.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 1150 and Martin Scott talking about losing his phone. SINPO 44444.

5800: Radio Playback Int with Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" @ 0855. SINPO 34333.

5820: Orion Radio playing "Fly Robin Fly" @ 0858. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

5830: Free Radio Victoria playing rock n roll @ 1050. SINPO 34333.

6140: Radio Gloria via Werchatal heard with rock music @ 1310. SINPO 54444.

6200: Radio Doctor Tim with a weak signal @ 1045, splash from 6210. SINPO 23332.

6210: Misti Radio moved here @ 1015, playing Queen. Possibly a weaker station underneath. SINPO 33433.

6210: Radio Borderhunter playing "More Than A Feeling" @ 1035. Strong signal, good audio. SINPO 54444.

6220: FRS Holland with a promo for the FRS jingle CD @ 0905. SINPO 34433.

6240: Radio Friends Italy playing Hard Fi @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6240: Misti Radio heard briefly here @ 1010, on top of Friends Italy. SINPO 33433.

6260: Radio Boomerang playing "The Night Chicago Died" @ 0910, off a few minutes later. SINPO 54444.

6261: Radio Kakadu playing rock music @ 1405, talk in German. Whisle caused by station on 6260. SINPO 33333. Heard on 6266 @ 1415. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int with Harry Chapin's "I Am The Morning DJ" @ 0925. SINPO 34433.

6285: Dance Radio 992 with dance music @ 0910, jingle IDs. SINPO 44444.

6296: Radio Doctor Tim with German music and IDs @ 1005. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Shadowman with his usual strong signal. Heard @ 1022 playing OMD "Enola Gay" followed by ID. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with polka @ 1140, ID and hotline number at 1145. SINPO 34333.

6305: Unid station playing schlager @ 1040. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6325: Radio Quintus (tent) with schlager @ 1025. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Supersound playing Meatloaf @ 1305, followed by ID and giving out email address. SINPO 34333.

6400: FRS Holland with Paul Graham reading listeners' letters @ 1125. Strong signal, parallel with weaker 3945. SINPO 54444.

6425: Radio Pionier heard @ 1220 playing "Born in the USA." Quite a lot of fading. SINPO 34433.
(http://shortwavedx.blogspot.com/ )

January 2009 DX Stamp Service Specials

Dear DXer,
Another motherboard failure on the Dec. 18th! They replaced it and also put in a new power supply. I think that ought to do it!!

On Back Order: Bosnia, Turkey, Grenada, San Marino, Panama, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Netherlands.

In Stock Again: Guyana, Trinidad, Andorra and India.

Planned Price Increase on Euro envelopes, stateside envelopes, QSL albums and Pages CANCELLED!!!

Euro Countries: The Slovak Republic adopts the Euro currency Jan 1st 2009. Stamps in national currency will be valid until Dec. 31st 2009.

NEW Postal Rates:
Costa Rica now 170, up from 155
Brazil now 1,80 up from 1,55
Argentina now $4.50, up from $4,00
Denmark to 9,00Kr from 8,75 Jan 1st
Sweden to 12Kr from 11 kr Jan 1st
*Norway to 12Kr from 11kr Jan 1st

*DX FOREVER Stamps: No need to worry about Norway as I've been supplying their international "forever" stamp most of this year. Other countries using international "forever" stamps that I supply are: Belarus, Ukraine, Gibraltar, RSA, Aland, and Finland. In January, Belgium will join this group. I'll be ordering those!

many thanks for your orders this year! Hopefully sun spots will return and more dxing will be available in 2009.

Fingers Crossed! Hopefully the computer will stay working for many more months! I usually reply to emails within 24 hours. If I don't get to yours within 2 days, either resend or phone me. Mon-Fri I'll here from 10am-4pm. If you miss me when you call in the morning, I'm usually back by noon and definitely back by 4pm.

Happy New Year!!
& good dx,
Bill

JANUARY 2009 DX STAMP SPECIALS

2 Portugal (Azores/Madeira)-$2.80 3 Germany-$8.25 2 Italy-$3.00

3 Japan-$3.60 2 Spain (Canary/Balearic/Ceuta & Melilla)-$2.80 3 UK-$3.30

JANUARY 2009 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)

Looking for the very best source for DX supplies and world wide postage stamps ?

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.

Recheck this blog the first of every month for Bill's monthly specials!
Gayle Van Horn

New Years Eve broadcast from VOTN/RECH

The traditional New Year's Eve broadcast from East Coast Holland & Voice Of The Netherlands will start around 0100 UTC on 6210 kHz for the listeners outside of Europe.

Hotline is already open and you can send your sms greetings to 0031 625 426 740, this only open for SMS message, so send all your greetings to that number and later in the daytime we will go further with live programming on 6210 kHz. .

Hopefully, you will enjoy again the traditional New Year's Eve broadcasting.
Happy 2009.
(via swpirates/ http://shortwavedx.blogspot.com/ )

Snap Cracker Pop back on New Years Day

Greetings Snap Crackle Pop Fans;
I'm very happy to announce that the tradition continues. Once again, Paul Grant and I will hit the airwaves with a New Years Morning edition of Snap Crackle Pop. Tune in to CBC Radio One on Thursday, January 1, 2009, from six to eight-thirty AM for two-and-a-half-hours of vinyl and shellac shufflin' radio.We'll be spinning all three speeds - 33, 45 and 78 rpm - digging down deep to the roots of roots and popular music.

Because it'll be six in the morning, we'll start mellow with Canadian sax giant PJ Perry accompanied by Senator Tommy Banks on piano, moving into more jazz, some blues, a bit of folk and beyond.

The second hour perks up with a bit more blues, a dose of Calypso, some Fado, a few scarce, mid-50s Canadian rockabilly 78s, a touch of early Canadian C&W etc.

The last hour is actually only twenty-one minutes. Paul Grant and I call it the SCP trailer - a quick snapshot of the eclectic nature of this unique 'all records' radio show, featuring discs you may well not hear anywhere else (except on my CKUA radio show). From the stunning jazz vocals of Terri Thornton to some mean Merle Travis guitar pickin', we cover a lot of bases in the last twenty-one minutes of SCP.

All in all, it's gonna be a heckuva fun show as Paul and I celebrate the coming of a brand new year.

And, folks- thanks, always, for your excellent and entertaining e-mails, both to me and to the CBC. Your solid support is a big part of why Paul and I have continued to do this occasional Snap Crackle Poppin' thing since September 1996.
I'm including the link to CBC's 'Contact' page just in case the NY Morning show moves you to write again!
http://www.cbc.ca/contact /

Cheers and a big loud HAPPY NEW YEAR from Paul Grant and from me,

Roy Forbes
PS. If you'd like a weekly fix of tunes from my 'slightly cluttered basement' you can tune in every Monday evening (six PM, Mountain Time) to Roy's Record Room on the CKUA radio network - via your AM or FM radio if you're in Alberta, via your computer at www.CKUA.com if you're anywhere else in the world. I've put together a special Christmas RRR for Monday, Dec 22. It'd be nice to have you tune in.

Here's a link to the RRR section of the CKUA website for more info. And, feel free to let me know if you'd like to be on the RRR e-mail list.

http://www.ckua.com/programs/roysrecordroom/index.html

PPS. If you're at all partial to Mince Meat Tarts, click here

http://www.royforbes.ca/tart.html

PPPS. If you want to keep in touch with what I'm up to, check
http://www.royforbes.ca/dates.html
www.royforbes.ca
Roy Forbes,
Box 38724, Metro RPO,
North Vancouver, B.C.
V7M 3N1
CANADA
(Fred Waterer/ODXA)

Rhein-Main Radio Club plans special broadcast Dec. 30

Latvia
9290, Rhein-Main Radio Club (RMRC), via Ulbroka, will broadcast a special program on Tu Dec 30 at 1300-1400 in German and 1400-1500 in English. The program content is essentially advertisement for the RMRC. However, there will be (at least in the German part) an interview with Robert Kipp concerning R St. Helena Day 2008 and the Project. (Kipp-D, Dec 22)
(BC-DX 892/Top News)

Solomon Islands shortwave radio activity

All times UTC

Solomon Islands
9541.4, SIBC, Honiara. 0715 Dec 6, good clear signal with good sharp audio, English news followed by a commercial and a chat about Red Cross Day. Interference and het from Sound of Hope, Tanshui, Taiwan, which comes on at 0900. SIBC was swamped by their carrier coming on air at 0845, with Taiwan’s signal and audio tramping all over the Solomons, which has by then weakened a little. Can still separate them by tuning to 9541.4 on USB which gets rid of the het and virtually blocks out Taiwan. No sign of 5020. (Stevenson-OZ, EDXP)

9441.53, SIBC, excellent signal at 1000 Dec 1. News in Tok Pisin. (Ritola-Finland, DXplorer) “Our short waves have been down for few weeks now. One should be back and I think you can get it on 9545. The other, 5020 should be back this week. Cheers, Walter Nalangu, SIBC Honiara.” (Aardal-Norway, HCDX)

9541.54, SIBC, 2210 Nov 30. Good and clear in USB mode avoiding 9540 het, relaying Radio Australia news reports in English, running a fraction of a second behind RA-Brandon 12080. Rechecked at 2248 and found popular island and western vocals, commercials in English, at 2300 English ID, SW frequency announced as 9545, then SIBC Mid-Morning news in English. Tnx to ARDXC members for the tipoff. (Clark-NZ, NZ DX Times)

9541.50, SIBC, Honiara. Fair improving to good, local messages in English and later announcements in Pidgin. Announced frequency as 9545 just prior to “The World Today” from the BBC at 0600 Dec 1. (Lynneberg-NZ, DXT)

9541v, SIBC 0800-1200. English and Pidgin. BBC relayed from 1200. (Seager, ARDXC & Wright, HCDX via DXplorer Nov.30/08)

9541.5 SIBC .12/26 with very nice signal, by far best heard this season, from 0809 tune with English news by woman. Into feature program at 0810 that included what sounded like several political speeches and a woman narrator. Music program from 0840 with several pop Christmas vocals among other pop songs, man and woman announcers. Frequent recorded commercials heard. Co-ch QRM present after 0900, but not problematic. (Bruce Churchill/Cumbre DX)

9541, SIBC December-22. English 0712-0736 Male announcer and dominant lady with talk segment to talks on music. brief English pop music and solo male choir Pacific style music. Some het. SINPO 33433 (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brazil/Cumbre DX)

Solomon Islands amateur radio
H4 & H40, Solomon Islands and Temotu province Bernhard, DL2GAC, informs OPDX that
he will depart from Markdorf, Germany, on January 8th and arrive in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, on Saturday, January 10th. He is expected to stay until April 28th. Bernhard will be active as H44MS on SSB only but will focus on the 80 and 40 meter bands. He states, “I do collect U.S. counties. Additionally, I look for missing slots for my 5B-WAS, 5B-ITU-Zones, 5BWAZ and new IOTAs.” QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct after his return home.

ADDED NOTES: Bernhard states that Sigi/DK9FN (CW op) and Hermann/DL2NUD (an EME op) will join him at the end of February. Together they plan to do a 2-3 week operation to Temotu (H40). A flight to Lata, capital city of Temotu, is planned for March 2nd. Sigi/DK9FN will go back home on March 16th, and Hermann/DL2NUD will stay until April 9th.

[Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #887 December 7, 2008/ODXA-Listening In Jan. 2009]

Schedule updates from DX Mix News

All times UTC - // parallel frequency, NF (new frequency)

Albania
Frequency change of Radio Tirana in Albanian from Dec 22:
2130-2300 NF 7435 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm, x9345 \\ 6005 to WeEu
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 23)

Romania
Frequency changes of Radio Romania International:
0630-0656 NF 15560 GAL 300 kW / 100 deg to AUS, x15135#English
2030-2056 NF 6155 TIG 100 kW / 282 deg to SER, x5970 Serbian
#to avoid China Radio International in Spanish
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 23)

Russia
TDP changes:
Ginbot 7 Radio in Amharic from Dec.2:
1700-1730 NF 9880 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Tue/Thu/Sun, x12120
1700-1730 NF 11530 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Tue/Thu/Sun, x15350

Radio Xoriyo Ogadenia in Somali from Dec.10:
1700-1730 NF 9485 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Wed/Fri
1700-1730 NF 11720 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Wed/Fri
1400-1430 on 21585 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Tue/Sat, cancelled
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 23)
(DX Mix News # 553, wb, Germany)

Antarctica on 14.243 MHz to January 5, 2009

KC4, Antarctica - Dr. Helmuth Spieler W6KDX will be returning to work on the South Pole Telescope at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (IOTA AN-016, AA K-08, WAP USA-21) active to January 5, 2009. He hopes to re-activate KC4AAA in his spare time on SSB in the vicinity of 14.243 MHz.

Please direct any inquries to KC4AAA2008@gmail.com. QSL via K1IED. To learn about the exciting South Pole Telescope project, visit pole.uchicago.edu/ [K2ARB]
[ICPO Bulletin December 4, 2008/ODXA-Listening In, Jan 2009]

Palestine amateur radio DXpedition planned

E4, PALESTINE. It was announced this past week that an Italian team of 6 operators were granted a license during the period of January 1-11th (2009).
The team will use the callsign E44M and will be active on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and all the digital modes with a maximum power of 1KW. They will have 3 stations on the air active with beams, verticals and wire antennas. They state, “Even if early January is not a a good period for VHF, they will monitor 6 and 2 meters and try any contact.”

The team includes the following 6 members: Simone/IZ0BTV, Bello/IZ0EGM, Giorgio/IZ4AKS, Cortesi/IZ4DPV, Pasquale/IZ8IYX and Vini/IK2CIO. Operations will
be focused on RTTY and the other digital modes, as well as the low bands and 30/17/12 meters. They plan to pay special attention to stations outside Europe when the propagation will allow it. Pilot stations will be announced later. More news will be available in the next few weeks. A Web page is now active at: www.dxcoffee.com/e44m/ [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #887 December 7, 2008/ODXA-Listening-In Jan 2009]

considering the ongoing conflict in this area, wonder if this DXpedition will actually occur. GVH

Australian and New Zealand DX newsletter offers

Through a special arrangement coordinated by our friends at the New Zealand Radio DX League, the Ontario DX Association is now able to offer the electronic versions of Australian DX News and New Zealand DX Times to our e-Listening In subscribers.
If you wish to receive the pdf versions of these monthly publications, all you have to do is e-mail me at listeningin@rogers.com . There is no additional cost to your ODXA membership.
This is a reciprocal agreement; members of the NZRDXL and the Australian Radio DX Club are being offered the opportunity to receive e-Listening In. ADXN and NZDXT will be e-mailed only to those of you who request them. They will be sent when they are received here at the ODXA, rather than including them in the e-LI mailing. You may subscribe and unsubscribe at any time.
We think you’ll find them to be interesting reading.
(ODXA-Listening In/Jan. 2009)

Old American radio books and magazines available online

Old American radio books and magazines can be accessed on the Internet in full PDF form at http://www.americanradiohistory.com/ There are about 100 Whites and Stevensons’ Logs, Radex issues from 1926 onwards, and Broadcasting Yearbooks from the 1940s and 1950’s.
(James Niven via Ray Crawford, December 20008 New Zealand DX Times. (ODXA-Target Listening/Jan 2009)

Blog Logs - Clandestines

All times UTC // parallel frequency

3912, Voice of the People, Goyang, 1343-1526, Dec 16, 19 and 21, Korean talks, occasional selection of vocal music, SINPO 13331 in France, // to 6517.98 and 6599.98, all three good in Colorado. (Mille, Ronda, and Wilkins in DXplorer)

5925, Radio Solh, via Dhabbaya, Unites Arab Emirates (500 kW, 45 degrees), 0200-0232, Dec 23, Middle East type music. Dari announcement, weak. (Bolland and Bueschel)

6003, Radio Echo of Hope, Gimpo, 1800-1900, Nov 18, Korean, longer programme today than listed in DBS, 22332 best in LSB // 6348 spoiled by jamming. SINPO 22332. (Schulze)

6100, Radio Voice of Kashmir, via AIR, India, 1445-1500, Dec 12, Kashmiri talk and local songs, heard best in USB due to noise on 6100. SINPO 32343. (Petersen)

6300, Radio Nacional Saharaui, Rabouni, 0802, Dec 13, still here with programme in Arabic with ID, then news. SINPO 24232.(Liangas)

7280, Sudan Radio Service, Dhabbaya, 0411-0415, Dec 09, Arabic talk referring to Sudan, ID: "Sudan Radio Service", "Arabía Sudanía...", musical segment, 34443. (Romero)

9560, Voice of Peace and Democrcy of Eritrea, Addis Ababa-Gedja, 0405-0410, Dec 09, Tigrinya talk, probably martial music. SINPO 34433. (Romero)

9880.00, Furusato no Kaze, via Darwin (p), 1450-1500*, Dec 11, Japanese talk, musical signature at close. SINPO 25222. (Petersen)

9950, Open Radio for North Korea via Gavar, Armenia (site not noted in letter) verified with a short QSL-letter in 20 days noting that they are issuing QSL letters instead of cards "as a result of printing difficulty" although they anticipate issuing cards in the near future. A copy of their current program schedule was also enclosed. (D’Angelo)

15180 Aso Radio International, via ?, *1600-1655, Dec 09, popped on at 1600 with drum/flute music, then a couple of ID's followed by a variety of talks in presumed Hausa, with an occasional selection of enjoyable West African music. Very good at tune-in but signal deteriorated after 1630 and was largely unreadable by 1655; think closedown may have occurred around that time. Went to the announced website http://www.asoradioonline.com/ and found out the station has been around for a long time on 93.5 FM. Wonder if there is any connection to the former "Radio Saa" that was on 15180 at this same time a couple of years ago? (Wilkins in DXplorer)

(DSWCI/DX Window 367)

ODXA changes in the works

In my December Sign-On column you read a brief announcement of changes coming in 2009 for me and for the ODXA.
Next summer (possibly August) my wife and I will be moving to BC to be nearer our two grown children and my wife's family. We are looking at the town of Salmon Arm in the interior of BC.
The ODXA Executive Committee has met and discussed how to deal with this change.
Fortunately, my interest in the ODXA and Listening-In hasn't diminished and the internet and e-mail allows editors to be anywhere in the world. But at the same time I'm going to take this opportunity to lessen my workload a bit and reduce the impact of editorial deadlines upon my life.
The Executive Committee has agreed to the following:
* as of June 2009 Listening In will cease publication as a magazine
* current columns will be posted to the ODXA website, where they can be viewed or downloaded free of charge
* the article-type columns will continue to be edited by me and formatted as they are now
* loggings-based columns will switch to on-line postings, i.e. The editors will upload the loggings and DX news to the website. They will format them as they
wish. They can update their columns mid-month if they wish.
* membership/subscription fees will be dropped as of June 2009
* members will be given the option of receiving a refund or donating the balance of their fee to the ODXA
* those who currently receive the print version of LI will be given the option of subscribing to a service whereby I will print and mail columns copied from the website, once per month, at a fee that is based upon copying and mailing costs
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* the website will carry announcements of new books and give advice on where to purchase them * we will stop attending hamfests; this will reduce Brian's workload
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If there is any question that you have and that I haven't answered, please write in. Moving on to other news, we are very happy to welcome Richard Cuff to our editorial team this month.
Rich is taking over the Click! column from Paul Guise, who retired last month.
Finally, as we enter 2009, I wish you a very Happy New Year.
73, Harold Sellers
(ODXA Jan 2009)

Winter schedule update from Voice of America, Part 1-2

All times UTC

USA [non] Winter B-08 - Voice of America
Part One of Two

Afaan Oromoo
1730-1800 9320 9485 9860 11675 11905 Mon-Fri

Albanian

0600-0630 6035
1700-1730 7235
1930-2000 7455

Amharic

1800-1900 9320 9485 9860 11675 11905

Arabic-Radio Sawa

0400-1645 990 1170 1548
1645-0400 990 1170 1431 1548

Arabic-Sudan

0300-0330 4960 9845 11855

Hello Darfur

1800-1830 4960 5880 9380
1900-1930 5880 9380

Azerbaijani

1830-1900 9625 9805 12025

Bangla

0130-0200 11500 15205
1600-1700 1575 7435 11500

Burmese

0000-0030 1575 7430 9325 12120
0130-0300 12110 15115 17780
1130-1230 11965 15550 17850
1430-1500 1575 9325 11965 12120
1500-1530 9325 11965 12120 Sat/Sun
1500-1530 1575
1530-1600 1575 9355 11560
1600-1630 9355 11560
2300-2400 7430 9325 12120

Cantonese

1300-1500 1170 7390 9705

Creole

1230-1300 11890 15390 Mon-Fri
1730-1800 15390 17565
2200-2230 11895 13725 15390

Croatian

0530-0600 6035
1930-1945 6135 7465

Dari-Radio Ashna

0130-0230 1296 7595 9335
1530-1630 1296 9335 9770 11575
1730-1800 1296 9335 9445 9770
1800-1830 1296 7595 9335 9445
1930-2030 1296 5750 7595

English to Europe, Middle East, North Africa

0100-0130 1593
1400-1500 9480 15205
1500-1600 9685 11765

English to Africa

0300-0400 909 1530 4930 6080 9885 15580
0400-0430 909 1530 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0430-0500 909 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0500-0600 909 4930 6080 9885 15580
0600-0700 909 1530 6080 9885 15580
1400-1500 4930 6080 15580 17715 17750
1500-1600 4930 6080 15580 17715 17895
1600-1700 909 1530 4930 6080 15580 17715 17895
1700-1800 6080 13710 15580
1700-1800 909 17895 Sat/Sun
1800-1830 6080 11975 13710 15580 17895
1800-1830 909 4930 Sat/Sun
1830-1900 909 4930 6080 11975 13710 15580 17895
1900-2000 909 4930 4940 6080 11975 13710 15580 17895
2000-2030 909 1530 4930 4940 6080 11975 13710
2030-2100 909 1530 4930 6080 11975 13710
2030-2100 4940 Sat/Sun
2100-2200 1530 6080 15580

English to Zimbabwe

1730-1800 909 4930 12080 15775 Mon-Fri

English to Afghanistan

2030-2130 1296 7595
2130-0030 1296 7405

English to Far East, South Asia, Oceania

0100-0200 7325 9435 11705
1100-1130 1575 Sat/Sun
1130-1200 1575
1200-1300 1170 9345 9640 11705 11730 15190
1300-1400 9345 9640 9760 11705
1400-1500 7125 9760 11885 12150
1500-1600 7125 9590 11525 12150 13735
2200-2300 5910 6105 7220 7425 7480 9490 11610
2230-2400 1575 Fri/Sat
2300-2400 6105 7220 7265 7480 9490 11610

Special English

0000-0030 1593
0030-0100 1575 1593 7405 9325 9620 9715 11695 12005
15185 15205 15290
0130-0200 1593 5960 7405 Tue-Sat
1500-1600 6140 7520 9760 15460
1600-1700 9345 13600 15445
1600-1700 1170 Mon-Fri
1900-2000 9785 12020
2230-2300 7230 9780 15445
2300-2330 1593 6180 7460 11840
2330-2400 1593 6180 7460 11655 11840 13640

French to Africa

0530-0600 1530 4960 6020 7265 9480 9505 Mon-Fri
0600-0630 4960 6020 7265 9480 9505 Mon-Fri
1830-1900 1530 9815 15225 17580
1900-2000 1530 15225 17580
2000-2030 9780 9815 12080 13735 15225
2030-2100 6040 9780 9815 12080 15225 Sat/Sun
2100-2130 9435 9680 9780 9815 Mon-Fri
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 22/DX Mix News #552)

USA [non] Winter B-08 - Voice of America

Part Two of Two

All times UTC

Georgian
1530-1600 9465 11790
1600-1630 11525 11885
1700-1800 12025 12120

Hausa
0500-0530 1530 4960 6045 9600
0700-0730 4960 11985 13775
1500-1530 7155 9450 11705
2030-2100 4940 6040 9780 12080 15185 Mon-Fri

Indonesian
0000-0030 9620 11805 15205
1130-1230 7255 9725 15165
1400-1500 11985 13605 Thu-Sat
2200-2400 9620 11805 15205

Khmer
1330-1430 1575 9325 11965
2200-2230 1575 6060 7260 13640

Kinyarwanda
0330-0430 7340 9540 11915

Kirundi
1600-1630 11750 12010 17785 Sat

Korean
1200-1500 1350 5890 7235 9555
1900-2100 648 6060 7135 7360

Kurdish
0500-0600 5945 9690 15225
1300-1400 11805 15530 17750
1400-1500 1593 11805 13740 15530
1700-1800 7550 9650 9815
2000-2100 1593

Lao
1230-1300 1575 9835 11930

Mandarin
0000-0200 7495 9545 11925 15385 17645 21580
0200-0300 11925 15385 17645 21580
0700-0800 9845 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
0800-0900 9845 11665 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
0900-1030 9845 9855 11665 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
1030-1100 9845 9855 11665 11700 11965 13650 13765 15515
1100-1200 1170 6160 9530 9805 11665 12040 15515
1200-1300 6040 6160 9530 9680 11920 12040
1300-1400 6040 6160 7295 9680 11920 11995 12040
1400-1500 6040 6105 7295 7525 9680 9825
2200-2300 6045 7440 9545 9755 9875 11655

Ndebele
1800-1830 909 4930 12080 15775 Mon-Fri

Pashto-Radio Ashna
0030-0130 1296 7595 9335
1430-1530 1296 9335 11840 12140
1630-1730 1296 9335 9770 11575
1830-1930 1296 5750 7595

Pashto-Deewa
1300-1500 7455 7495 9370 9565
1500-1900 5835 7455 7495 9370

Persian
0230-0330 7205 9495 9820
1530-1630 1593 9320 11705 11775
1630-1730 1593 5850 9320 9540
1730-1800 1593 5850 9495 9540
1800-1830 648 1593 5850 9495 9540
1830-1900 648 5850 9680 9960
1900-1930 5850 9680 9960
1930-2030 5860 9680 9925

Portuguese to Africa
1000-1030 17740 21590 Sat/Sun
1700-1730 1530 11775 15545 21495
1730-1800 1530 9435 9805 11775 21495
1800-1830 1530 5825 9805 21495 Mon-Fri

Shona
1700-1730 909 4930 12080 15775 Mon-Fri

Somali
1300-1400 13580 15620
1600-1630 1431 13580 15620
1630-1800 13580 15620

Spanish
0000-0100 5890 5940 9885
1230-1300 9885 13715 15590 Mon-Fri
1300-1400 9885 13715 15590

Swahili
0300-0330 7340 9440 Mon-Fri
1630-1730 9565 13870 15730

Tibetan
0000-0100 7255 7480 9645
0300-0400 15545 17860 21570
0400-0600 15545 17860
1400-1500 7255 9670 12105
1600-1700 7280 7560 11920

Tigrigna
1900-1930 9320 9485 9860 11675 11905 Mon-Fri

Turkish
0430-0500 7295 Mon-Fri
1145-1200 9555 15205 Mon-Fri
1930-2000 7235 9490 Mon-Fri

Ukrainian
2100-2115 5895 9715
2115-2130 5895 9715 Mon-Fri

Urdu-Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa
0100-0200 972 1539 9520 9820
1400-1500 972 1539 7440 9390
1500-0100 972 1539

Uzbek
1500-1530 801 6105 9530 11550 11695

Vietnamese
1300-1330 1575 9325 11695
1500-1600 1170 5955 9485 9725
2230-2330 6060 13640
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 23)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Dec 23 2251 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
15 - 21 December 2008

Solar activity was very low. The visible disk was spotless during the entire summary period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

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

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels at all latitudes during the period. Isolated unsettled activity was observed at high latitudes late on 17 December due to a brief excursion of southward Bz (-5 nT at 17/1400 UTC) as measured at ACE. During the summary period, ACE solar wind measurements varied between a high of 377 km/s at 17/0338 UTC to a low of 278 km/s at 21/1833 UTC. The Bz component of the IMF varied between a low of -6.8 nT at 17/0101 UTC to a high of +8.5 nT at 17/0255 UTC.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
24 December 2008 - 19 January 2009

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels.

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 - 06 January. Normal levels are expected 24 December - 01 January and again on 07 - 19 January.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 24 - 30 December. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 31 December - 02 January due to a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 03 - 17 January. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 18 - 19 January.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Dec 23 2252 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 Dec 23
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Dec 24 68 5 2
2008 Dec 25 68 5 2
2008 Dec 26 69 5 2
2008 Dec 27 70 5 2
2008 Dec 28 71 5 2
2008 Dec 29 71 5 2
2008 Dec 30 71 5 2
2008 Dec 31 71 8 3
2009 Jan 01 71 10 3
2009 Jan 02 71 10 3
2009 Jan 03 71 5 2
2009 Jan 04 71 5 2
2009 Jan 05 71 5 2
2009 Jan 06 70 5 2
2009 Jan 07 70 5 2
2009 Jan 08 69 5 2
2009 Jan 09 68 5 2
2009 Jan 10 68 5 2
2009 Jan 11 68 5 2
2009 Jan 12 68 5 2
2009 Jan 13 68 5 2
2009 Jan 14 68 5 2
2009 Jan 15 68 5 2
2009 Jan 16 68 5 2
2009 Jan 17 68 5 2
2009 Jan 18 68 10 3
2009 Jan 19 68 8 3
(NOAA)

Eletronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association to offer anniverary QSL

To commemorate the 13th birthday of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association on January 4, 2009, special QSLs are now being issued for all correct reception reports received up to the end of 2009 for "Radio EDXP" programs hosted by various international shortwave broadcasters.

The full color QSLs show Australian scenes and wildlife, and indicate the actual transmitter location and the name of the host broadcaster.

"Radio EDXP" is the EDXP's long-time broadcasting service, offering news reports and schedule updates about international broadcasting, propagation, and monitoring. The programs are known as the "Australian DX Report", and host broadcasters include:

Worldwide Christian Radio (WWCR) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Every week, on Sundays, at 0300-0315 and on Mondays at 1245-1300

The Voice of the Andes, HCJB, Quito, Ecuador, each month during the "DX Party Line" English program. The DXPL is broadcast over HCJB-Australia (Kunnunurra, Western Australia), WWCR, WRMI and IRRS (Slovakia)

World Harvest Radio International, T8WH Palau, WHRA Maine, and WHRI Indiana, monthly during the "DXing with Cumbre" English program

Adventist World Radio worldwide network, every month, during the "Wavescan" program, on weekends. This may be heard over transmitters in Guam, Germany, and WRMI.

Reports must include sufficient details for validation purposes, and indicate the date (UTC), time (UTC), frequency, quality of reception, and
interference effects, and should be sent to:

Radio EDXP, 404 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert, Victoria 3127, Australia

Return postage is mandatory - A$2 in mint Australian stamps (for Australian addresses), one IRC or US$1 elsewhere

E-QSLs
Radio EDXP electronic QSLs are also available and reports may be submitted either by Email, to bobpadula@mydesk.net.au or via the on-line Reception Report Template. You "pick up" your E-QSL at a special Website after you have received an E-mail notification from EDXP.

The Template is at http://edxp.org

Radio EDXP is also available via the Internet, with a new episode produced each week, and may be accesssed at http://airm.edxp.org

Background
Formed in January 1996, in Melbourne, Australia, the EDXP is a society to bring together relevant information about World Radio High Frequency Broadcasting, and Australian domestic broadcasting, in a structured and timely manner. Information is contributed by members or researched by the EDXP administration. Most members reside in Australia.

Special free guest membership is available at http://edxp.org

The EDXP pioneered the use of electronic mail in Australia for collaboration between members, and celebrates its 13th birthday on January 4, 2009, moving into its 14th year of continuous operations.

Good listening to Radio EDXP, nsd your reception reports would be appreciated!

Bob Padula
Melbourne
(Cumbre DX)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

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

Argentina RAE on 11710.8
Radio Nacional, General Pacheco, 11710.8, 0015-0030, 24 Dec, football ball match report for Argentina vs. Chile or so it seemed. SINPO 35432 but still a little bit worse than Brazil's 11765 observed at the same time. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX topnews Dec 24)


Audioclip: Radio Nacional Argentina via RAE
15345 KHz 20.30. Very good signal from the frequency of RAE (relay to Radio Nacional 870 KHz).
Audioclip available at:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/6177883.html
(Francesco/playdx2003)

Australian logs9690 Nippon no Kaze via Darwin 1509-1539* Dec 21. Presumed with talks in Korean. Long closing routine at 1525, including usual e-mail address info@rachi.go.jp and website http://www.rachi.go.jp/ Carrier off at 1530:10 UT. Good signal. (John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Dec 21)

12010 Radio Australia via Darwin, at 2240 UT on Dec 16. Listed English & beamed toward SE Asia. Lady announcer with music bumpers. Fair at best, but difficult to understand the talking.(Jerry Strawman-IA-USA, DXplorer Dec 21)

Bulgaria to begin new local station Jan 1
A new local station is starting on January the 1st, 2009. It is Radio Vidin (a city in NoWe Bulgaria). It is not clearl which waves/freqs will be in use. Info acc to the info of news of BNRadio on Dec 23rd. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 24)

Canada's CFRX back on
From the engineer himself: "CFRX is back on at 1000 watts and sounds great near field The transmitter having recently been repaired and retested at the Armstrong factory in Syracuse NY is running full out and very well. We will be getting an on site type approval of the transmitter by Industry Canada very soon."

China
Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, 0026-0040, 24 Dec, Mandarin, annoucements, light songs, TS at 0030 UT, more talks, presumably a newscast. SINPO 35433.(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX topnews Dec 24)

Costa Rican QSL
Radio Nacional de Espana Relay Station (5965 kHz) verified my reception report in Spanish with $2.00 by a PFC QSL card in Spanish after 39 days via express mail. QSL signer was Sr. S. Esquiol. The mailing address was:
Radio Nacional de Espana, Centro Emisor de Onda Corta, 500 Oeste Pali,
Cariari, Cariari de Pococi, Limon, Costa Rica.
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 17)

Ethiopia station news update
6889.92 Radio Fana, at 2035-2059* UT on Dec 18, Amharic talk. Local music. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. \\ 6110 kHz - good level but poor overall signal due to co-channel QRM. (Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Dec 18)

9556.04v Radio Ethiopia, 0703-0711, Dec 21, slightly off nom. 9560 kHz. On 9556.04 kHz at tune-in. Drifting up to 9556.32 kHz by 0710 UT. Vernacular talk. Local tribal music. Fair. Very weak on \\ 7165 kHz. (Brian Alexander-PA-USA, hcdx Dec 21)

An Amharic-speaker has translated the announcement that is being repeated on the new 6090 kHz station. It says the tests are from Amhara Regional State radio. The following schedule is announced: 0300-0600, 0900-1100 and 1400-1700 UT. I have confirmed these times to be correct. It is announcing three frequencies: 6090, 7264 (sic) and 9740. I have only heard 6090, which has good signal strength.

I've also heard the email address of being announced on 6090 (or it could be ). The tests on 6090 kHz are NOT in \\ with Amhara State radio which is heard on the listed 801 kHz MW. I can hear a total of 11 SW transmitters from Ethiopia at present:

5990v/7110/9704 Radio Ethiopia National Service.

7165/9560v Radio Ethiopia External Service (and anti-Eritrea clandestines).

6110/6890 Radio Fana (also heard on 1080 MW).

5950/5980 V. of Tigray Revolution (5980 is only heard for the early morning transmission, closing at 0530 UT).

Note: 5950 is much stronger than 5980, but has telephone-quality audio, supporting the theory that 5980 is from Mekele (where the studio is) but 5950 kHz is from Addis Ababa.

6030 R. Oromia (also heard on 1035 MW).

6090 The new Amhara State radio.

There are also unidentified Ethiopian MW stations on 684 and 1044 kHz. These are not in \\ with the National Service on 594/828/855/873/972 kHz. (Chris Greenway-KEN, - listening in Siaya District, western Kenya; BrDXC-UK and DXplorer Dec 23)

Germany: clandestinr station update
New schedule for two clannies to Ethiopia I'm not able to identify further (since I simply have lost track on all the organizations bombarding this region with shortwave broadcasts):

Something dubbed "Ethiopians for democracy" on Wed, Fri and Sun (perhaps aka. "Voice of Ethiopian Unity"?) and a certain "ELF" on Wed, both 1700- 1758 UT via Nauen (running 125 kW) on 11835 kHz.

Voice of Oromo Liberation (if it's them) Thu, Tue, Sun 1600-1700 UT via Juelich has been moved to 11760 kHz as of Dec 4.

Greenland heard on again on 3815
2105-2214* Dec 16+17, KNR, Tasiilaq (USB only) Greenlandic / Danish Greenlandic ann, songs, 2200 jingle, news in Danish (pres), song at close - back on ordinary schedule! 14232 - 12231 deep fades and CWQRM. The latest news in Danish can also be heard at www.knr.gl/index.php?id=1855. (Anker Petersen-DEN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 18)

Romanian frequency changes
Radio Romania International:
0630-0656 NF 15560 GAL 300 kW / 100 deg to AUS, x15135#English
2030-2056 NF 6155 TIG 100 kW / 282 deg to SER, x5970 Serbian
#to avoid China Radio International in Spanish
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 23)
(BC-DX 892/Top News)

2008 Clandestine Activity Survey

During the year 2008 the activity of political clandestine stations broadcasting on shortwave has dropped by 5.3 % to 1251 Weekly Broadcastin Hours (WBHs). This is the result of the latest Clandestine Activity Suvey, which has been published annually since 1986.

The activity of clandestine stations broadcasting to target areas on the Asian continent has decreased by 2.6 % to 915 WBHs. Activity to target areas on the American continent has remained unchanged at 215 WBHs. The activity to target areas on the African continent, where volatility has always been very high in recent years, has decreased by 27.5 % to 121 WBHs.

The most active target area worldwide is now - for the first time in the history of the CAS - North Korea with 245 WBHs (+49 when compared with last year), followed by China P.R. with 224 WBHs (-16) and Cuba with 215 WBHs (unchanged).

The number of different target areas active worldwide has decreased from 18 to 17, with Senegal dropping from the list of active targets. On the other hand, no new or reactivated target areas have been reported over the past 12 months.
(Mathias Kropf-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 21/BC-DX 892/Top News)

Upcoming relays on shortwave

All times UTC

Sunday - December 28, 2008
Radio Gloria International
1300 - 1400 6140 kHz
The transmissions of Radio Gloria will be broadcast over the transmitting station Wertachtal in Germany. The transmitter power will be 100 000 Watts, and we will
be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna).

Tuesday - December 30th
RMRC
13.00 -15.00 9290 kHz
(Tom Taylor)

Holiday Wishes to Blog Readers

While I take a few days off for the Christmas holidays, I'd like to wish all our worldwide blog readers, of all faiths, my warmest holiday wishes. I hope the coming days are spent with friends and loved-ones in the spirit of the season.
To our men and women serving around the globe in the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy and Marines, my warmest blessings of the season. We thank you for your service and know that until you return home, you and your families remain in our thoughts and prayers every day.
To all I wish a wondrous holiday season!

In thanking our soldiers, here's a great idea called, Send a Soldier a Thank You Card for Free Xerox is hosting a "Thank You" to the troops. Visit Let's Say Thanks in Support of our Troops at
http://letssaythanks.com/Home1280.html to pick out a thank you card. Xerox will print the card and send it to a Soldier serving in Iraq. You will not be able to choose the recipient, but all cards will go to our service members.
Gayle Van Horn

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
(This schedule was accurate for 2007) This annual tradition continues on the BBC World Service as well as the domestic Radio 4 and Radio 3. Tune in on Christmas Eve, as follows:
1500 UT – Radio 4 / World Service live webcast / Europe SW / US public radio webcast including
0100 UT Christmas Day – Americas XM BBCWS;
1400 UT – BBC Radio 3; 2300 UT – Vermont Public Radio

The Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth
Another annual tradition, lasting just about ten minutes, but a highlight from year to year is Queen Elizabeth's Christmas message. Last year's air times include December 25th at 1505 UTC. You can also expect to hear the program Radio 4, and recent editions have been available via podcast from the royals' own website at www.royal.gov.uk
(NASWA/Easy Listening, Dec. 2008

BBC 1500 UTC: 5975, 6040, 6190, 6195, 9410, 9740, 9855, 9860, 11915, 12095, 15400, 21470.
(Programming Matters/Dec MT 2008)

More Christmas shows from Finland and Netherlands

Finland
5980, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, again this year plans a Christmas program on Dec 25 from 0700-1900 UTC.
Schedule:
49 mb: 0700-1500 on 5980, 1500-1700 on 6170 and 1700-1900 on 5980.
25 mb: 0700-0800 on 11690, 0800-1400 on 11720, 1400-1700 on 11690 and 1700-1900 on 11720.
(DX Window 366)

Free Radio Service -Holland plans December 28 broadcast
Netherlands/ Lithuania
Schedule for FRS-Holland special broadcast on Dec 28:
0800-1300 on 6220 (via unknown location)
0800-2200 on 6400 (a few hundred watts via unknown location) and 1430-1530 on 9700 (alternative 9710) via Sitkunai, Lithuania (100 kW), possibly repeating the DX Show. Correct reception reports are verified with our QSL-card. Address: P. O. Box 2702, NL-6049 ZG Herten, The Netherlands. At least one IRC to cover the QSL postage will be appreciated. (Verbruggen/DX Window 366)

Radio Sweden adds two "Christmas" frequencies for English to Europe Radio Sweden carries the following announcement on its website: “During the period between Christmas and New Year’s days, our English programme to Europe at 2130 UTC can be heard on the additional frequencies of 1179 and 5850 kHz.” These frequencies normally carry relays of the Swedish domestic service.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Christmas broadcast from Sweden and Netherlands

SAQ TRANSMISSION ON CHRISTMAS EVE DECEMBER 24TH 2008

There will be, as before, a transmission with the Alexanderson 200 kW alternator on VLF 17.2 kHz from Grimeton Radio/SAQ on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, 24th 2008 December. The message transmission will take place at 0800 UT and will be repeated at 0830 UT. The transmitter will be tuned up from around 0730 UT. There will be no activity on amateur radio frequencies with the call SK6SAQ this time.

QSL-reports are kindly received:
- E-mail to: info@alexander.n.se
- or fax to: +46-340-674195
- or via: SM bureau
- or direct by mail to: Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner,
Radiostationen, Grimeton 72
S-430 16 ROLFSTORP
S W E D E N

Also read our web site: http://www.alexander.n.se/
Yours (Lars Kalland SM6NM (via Steve Whitt, MWC)


Radio Netherlands
WEDNESDAY 24 December

*** 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 ***
'The Little Impostor' - by Fouad Laroui

This season Radio Books highlights work from the diverse immigrant community of the Netherlands and Belgium. Fouad Laroui was born in Morocco, attended university in Paris and now teaches and writes in Amsterdam.

Identity is an important theme in Laroui's work and certainly in his Radio Books story. At a French Lyceum in Casablanca, all the boys are going home for Christmas holidays except Mehdi. What must he do to experience a French-style family Christmas?


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 25 December
*** 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 ***
As the year draws to a close, Earthbeat takes a look back at some of the most memorable stories of the year. Listeners get a second chance to hear tales of pirates from Somalia, malaria in Burma and back here in the Netherlands, meet the people who are redesigning our vegetables. How on earth, where on earth and why on earth?

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)
(R Netherlands)

Pirate Radio Hall of Fame Christmas broadcast

Paul Rowley has sent transmission details of his one hour documentary about Radio Caroline North, The Other Radio Caroline A number of BBC local stations are planning to broadcast it over the Christmas and New Year period.

BBC Tees Wednesday December 24, 1700
BBC Radio Leicester Friday December 26, 1800
BBC Radio Cumbria Saturday December 27, 1400
BBC WM Sunday December 28, 1800
BBC Radio Stoke Wednesday Dec 31, 1700
BBC Tees Wednesday Dec 31, 1800 (rpt.)
BBC Radio Manchester Wednesday Dec 31, 2000 (plus other repeats)
BBC Radio Northampton Thursday January 1, 1100
BBC Radio Lancashire Thursday January 1, 1500
BBC Radio Merseyside Thursday January 1, 1700
BBC Radio Sheffield Thursday January 1, 1800
BBC Radio Norfolk Thursday January 1, 1800
BBC Radio Leicester Thursday January 1, 1800 (repeat)
BBC Radio Jersey Friday January 2, 1800

The programme will also run on the seven stations across BBC East on Sunday January 4 at 2300 as part of Pirate Radio Skues on BBC Radio Norfolk, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Three Counties Radio, BBC Radio Northampton, BBC Essex, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

Updates to the site include an expanded selection of audio clips on
Christmas in International Waters:
http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/
(Mike Barraclough/World DX)

DSWCI Grand Christmas Tour with Cancer and Capricorn Contest

DSWCI Grand Christmas Tour with Cancer and Capricorn Contest - 19 December 2008 - 04 January 2009

Anker Petersen informs that Danish Shortwave Club International has announced " DSWCI Grand Christmas Tour with Cancer and Capricorn Contest".

Details & contest form can be downloaded from :
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/DSWCCONTEST2008.pdf

Further details from :
Danish Shortwave Club International
Tavleager 31, DK-2670 Greve, Denmark
http://www.dswci.org/
(Alokesh Gupta, India & Rachel Baughn, MT)

The Mighty KBC Radio set for special Christmas broadcast

"Old Dutch Rocker" Eric van Willegen, who runs The Mighty KBC Radio, has hired a 100 kW
shortwave transmitter in Lithuania to blast 1960s rock’n’roll all over Europe this Christmas.
“Let the kids listen to their I-Pods” Eric insists “We’re running a real radio station playing
real 60s Rock’n’Roll for those of us used to twiddling with the knobs, and if there’s a bit of
hiss and whistle included, well that’s all part of the experience!”
The Mighty KBC Radio will be heard on Christmas and Boxing Day (25 and 26 December) from 1000-1530 UTC on 9770 kHz , and again at 2130-2230 UTC on 6055 kHz with tapes of the legendary Wolfman Jack Show. The full details are on www.kbcradio.eu.
Related story on Wolfman Jack
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/wolfman-jack-is-back
(Tom Taylor/R Netherlands Weblog)

Christmas on the radio following the crash of 1929

The Old Time Radio website, Radio Days, provided this audio from December, 1929 - two months after the famous stock market crash. Given the current economic situation, I thought it was somewhat poignant to share again as we approach Christmas Eve, 79 years later.
It features the KHJ Radio performers singing Christmas songs. Radio Days provided this explanation:

"In 1929, Los Angeles radio station, KHJ, was owned and operated by Cadillac dealer, Don Lee. As a Christmas gift to his staff, he provided a specially-prepared Brunswick disc which featured various KHJ performers singing Christmas songs as a part of the disc. This file is a clip - a little over 4 minutes of that recording and provides some nice Christmas background reminiscent of the times."

to hear this historic radio audio
http://www.radioearth.com/KHJ1929.html

To learn more about the Radio Days website of nostalgic radio programs visit
http://www.otr.com/index.shtml

Father Christmas gets his own radio station in France

RNW’s Rob Kievit writes: French radio authority CSA has issued a Restricted Service Licence to Father Christmas. Until 31 December 2008, “la Radio du Père Noël” can be heard with a 50W transmitter on 107.9 MHz in the Marne area in the East of Paris. The Father Christmas radio station is run by the Bleu Pomme foundation, a Paris-based audio and radio marketing company.

The format is mainly music with a Christmas connection. There’s a lot of variety, though, with styles ranging from traditionals via gospels to jazz. Even 1980s dance music presented by a DJ is part of the line-up. From time to time commercials are heard. The station has webstreams in various formats on its website, as well as its own online player.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Christmas programming from WRMI

All times UTC on 9955 kHz
Viva Miami – A series of short 7-minute Viva Miami segments with Christmas music from throughout the Caribbean and Latin America will air during the entire month of December, UTC Tuesday-Saturday, in English at 0107 and Spanish at 0152.

Radio Prague – Our relays of Radio Prague will include many features about Christmas in the Czech Republic in the days around December 25. The English relay is daily (7 days a week) at 1000-1030 and 1500-1530 UTC, plus UTC Tuesday-Saturday at 0300-0330 and 0700-0730.
Cuban Programs – WRMI airs many programs from Cuban exile organizations in Miami, which will include many special Christmas features around the holiday period. All of these are in Spanish, except for the Voice of the Center for Human Rights and Democracy Brigade 2506, which is in English, aired Sundays at 1600-1615 UTC. Check December 28 for Christmas specials.

Trova Libre – This is a musical program in Spanish (mostly Cuban music), which will have a special Christmas edition on UTC December 22 and 29 at 0000-0030.

Religious Programs – WRMI airs many religious programs in English and Spanish, which will air Christmas specials during the holiday period. Maravillosas Palabras de Vida, a Spanish program from the Salvation Army, will have Christmas music from the Salvation Army brass band, UTC Mondays at 0100-0115
(Jeff White, WRMI/Programming Matters, Dec. MT 2008)

Blog Logs - pirate radio

Another look at what DXers are hearing from pirate operators during this holiday season
Gayle VH

All times UTC

Channel Z:
6925, 12/20, *1625-1645+ Nice midday signal with S7 peaks. On with B-52s “Channel Z.” A wide variety of Christmas music, including reggae, the Ramones, Patti Smith Group, etc. Faded out at very end. E-mail add & BRS add given for reports (Yoder,PA)

Northwoods Radio
6925USB, 12/20, *1526-1623 Great signal. Loon calls & IDs, into Christmas show. Missed most of it because I had to go, but I recorded it (Yoder,PA)

WBNY
6210USB, 12/21, 1348-1408+ Great S7 signal. Parody Christmas music and lots of sound clips from movies, Rocky & Bullwinkle, etc. AC/DC parody “These are a few of My Fave Things,” “Santa Thing,” etc. (Yoder,PA)

WBNY
6210USB, 12/21, 2101+ Repeat show with weak signal (Yoder,PA)
(Andrew Yoder/Cumbre DX)

Northwoods Radio
6925 USB, 1620-1626*, 12-20-08 comedy program about radio, according to a posting on the Free Radio Network it was called "Fessenden's Follies", ID and Loon calls at sign off. SIO: 232 [Lobdell-MA]

Channel Z
6925 AM, 1627-1710, 12-20-08 A rare one here, but heard withn nice AM signal, playing Christmas tunes such as "Mary's Boy Child" by Boney M., IDs, Blue Ridge Summit drop. SIO: 333 [Lobdell-MA]

Gospel For Antarctica,
6240 AM, 1519-1540+, 12-21-08, A new one for me. Rock music, IDs and the Stoneham, MA drop announced. SIO: 232 [Lobdell-MA]

NOEL
6950 AM, 1845-1856, 12-21-08 Christmas music such as "Winter Wonderland", frequent singing NOEL IDs. SIO: 232 [Lobdell-MA]

WBNY
6210 USB, 2150-2205, 12-21-08. Very funny show featuring a call in show with the only caller being Jay "Bozo" Smilkstein. An actual phone call between Jay & ?? Was used in the show. Jay was lamenting about his lack of money, run ins with the Mt. Kisco police and the need for a root canal. Well done Commander Bunny. SOIO: 343. [Lobdell-MA]
(Chris Lobdell, MA/SW-pirates)

4th Wellenforum Christmas Contest 2008

4th Wellenforum Christmas Contest 2008
21 December 2008 - 04 January 2009

Here are the rules:

1. Contest period:
from 21. Dec 2008 to 4. Jan 2009.

2. Stations
During the contest you have to receive BC stations on long- and medium wave.

3. Participation Conditions
Participation is free and independent from a listener club membership. Newcomers can also participate as well as medium wave specialists. Like the last wellenforum contest, participation is via an online form. You can find the form on http://www.contest.wavetalk.org/ . Please follow the registration hints. Every station has to be heard at least for 10 minutes. Notes on the
programme heard have to be logged as detailed as possible to really identify the station (no empty phrases like “music”, “news” etc.).

4. Points
Every bc station log on long wave and medium wave is counting. Logs without a clear identification will count one third of the points that you can get for this station. Points for a log are depending on the CIRAF zone of the station. This is based on the publication ”EDXC RADIO Countries” that we will provide.

Scoring scheme:
Station logged from the CIRAF zone of the place of reception 10 points Station logged from a CIRAF zone bordering the zone were your place is 20 points. Station from the rest 30points

Example:
Your place is in Germany. Your CIRAF zone is 28. All stations from this zone are 10 points worth. Stations from CIRAF zones bordering zone 28 are 20 points worth (bordering zones are 18, 27, 29, 37, 38 and 39). The rest is 30 points worth.

5. Award:
Every participant will receive a participation certificate showing individual score and ranking prompt after the contest has finished.

73, Friedhelm Wittlieb
Contest Manager
QTH: Lünen / NRW (near Dortmund)
Grundig Satellit 700 with regenerative loop antenna member of the addx and medium wave circle uk
http://www.wittlieb-online.de/
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)

Falkland Islands Radio Service begins Internet streaming

Just saw this message from “rob4aluk”on the Digital Spy website:
“A friend from the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic emailed me to say that the Falkland Islands Radio Service (FIRS) has started to broadcast on the Internet for 6 hours per day (from 1000 GMT). Their stream URL is :
http://asx.abacast.com/falkland_isla…io-live-24.asx
I’ve been told that its a direct link up with their 530kHz mediumwave signal so the audio is not that hot but might be of interest to those who would like to listen to a local service in a UK overseas territory.”
Indeed, I am listening to it as I type this, and it appears to be an off-air relay with some fading. To my ears, it sounds like one of the FM transmitters rather than mediumwave. The stream is only 32 kbps, but the audio quality is quite good. The schedule through 8 January 2009 is available on the FIRS website at
http://www.firs.co.fk/schedule.php
(Andy Sennitt/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Site requires a log in/password to initiate audio

Southern Sudan: new radio station to launch in early 2009

A group of private investors with close links to the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) have invested in a new radio station that will have wider reach than the existing broadcasters. Based in Juba, the new Voice of the People (VoP) will, according to its proprietors, deal mainly with developmental issues. “It will be the voice of the people of Southern Sudan and will mainly focus on the developmental challenges facing the Southern Sudanese people and ways of overcoming this. As a result, we shall be hiring professionals from all walks of life from Africa, but mainly from Southern Sudan,” says 31 year old, Benjamin Bol Yei, a shareholder of the soon to be launched station.
Cyprien Hiniolwa, an engineer who works for the United Nations and who is in charge of setting up VoP, says that the new radio station will be able to relay its content to a radius of 360 kilometres in Southern Sudan. “There is no other indigenous radio station that currently has this reach. All the radio stations currently on air serve small radiuses of about five kilometers and that is mainly in the towns of Rumbek and Juba,” he says, adding that having its content available online will enable VoP to reach an even larger audience.
VoP also plans to set up a TV station. Currently, the only Southern Sudanese TV Station, Southern Sudan TV (SSTV), is wholly owned by the government and is yet to become fully operational. Although already on air, it is currently just replaying advertisements telling what it will offer.

Full report from Ratio Magazine Kenya
http://www.ratio-magazine.com/20081223355/EAC-Regional/Southern-Sudan-New-Radio-Station-to-be-Launched-in-Early-2009.html
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Another round of logs tonight for our readers...this time from the pirate chasers of Free Radio Weekly. Don't forget to check for more pirates on shortwave (6220, 6924-6950 AM/USB) during the Christmas and New Year holidays as many operators gear up for special programming.
Gayle Van Horn

All times UTC

Captain Morgan Radio
(presumed)6924.2/USB. 12/13, 0030-46; SINPO 25322; Magic Carpet Ride, Captain Morgans trademark Twilight Zone Theme & Captain Morgan song, twilight zone, signal slowly faded down to 6924.0 but improved in strength over time (Ragnar-MI)

Mac Shortwave
macshortwave@yahoo.com
12/6, 2103-2120, 6950.5/AM. Interval signal to station ID with email address by female announcer with British accent, into "A Pirates Life For Me"; 2107 (obscure) vocal song, continuing with the Ultraman Christmas Special. Hello to FRN, Ragnar & anyone listening. ID :10 Jingle Bells Vocal, :12 Jimmy Durante's Frostie the Snowman, :15 outtro for music by young boy, with email and another round of hellos as above. :17 Holly Jolly Christmas & :18 ID Christmas on MAC, into Silver & Gold, :20 audio from Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer animation Misfits still going at :46 recheck w/Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas tune. SIO 444 but fading gradually to 343+ by 2120. (Zichi-MI)

Mystery Radio

12/13, 2142-2215+, 6220/AM; poor with utility QRM. Show of dance music with female artists. Just caught the CW ID. Conditions were poor. (Majewski CT)

WTCR 20th Century Radio

P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711

Per a FRN postt here is a "test" mailbox at morbius@nyms.net. -- HF):12/14, *0126-0225*, 6925/U; sign-on with ID and email address which I didn't catch; songs and ID's throughout program, heard CCR, Rolling Stones amongst others. Gave Belfast drop at end of program for QSLs. Signal S4 to S9+5 with QSB. (McArdle, OK)

(Source: FRW # 671)

Additional pirate logs

6225, 12/14, 0530+ US-sounding AM or FM relay, bit of mx, complete ad, then off. I guess it was a ship-to-shore guy goofing around? (Yoder,PA)

Euro-pirate

6305, 12/13, 2145 Heard carrier and some pop music. I tuned a bit, trying to center on the carrier and found the next one on 6307. It was an announcement of “This is Radio ----, broadcasting on...” Just as I was getting the computer program up to record it, it went off the air. Man! I think the two stations were QSOing. The second sounded like a Dutch DJ...maybe Boomerang? (Yoder,PA/Cumbre DX)

Blog Logs

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

Belgium
9970, RTBF International. 1215-1225. Male/female announcers alternating the introduction of soft rock tunes. Only fair and deep fading. (B Barker)

Chile
6070 CVC/La Voz, 1010-1020. Tuned-in as First Noel in Spanish. Non-stop music until tune-out. (B. Barker)

China
3303 USB, Zhoushan Maritime Meteorological Radio, *1400-1412*, Dec 5, IS (Kenny G instrumental music, Forever in Love, woman in Chinese with assume the maritime weather conditions, poor/QRN. Current website is http://220.189.205.5/, where I find no schedule or reference to SW. The only reference to 3303 I can find is at their former website www.zshyqx.com/js3.asp , with a reference to: SSB to receive high-powered radio (frequency 3303). (R Howard)

4830, Huayi BC. Answered calls with traditional greeting: "Ni Hao" [pronounced: Nee HaOW]), 5+1 pips, man starts talking and quickly signed off, fair, heard every day with decent signal, on from *1200. (R Howard)

9530, Firedrake, 1516, Dec 4, strong signal, // 6105 and 9000.(R Howard)

Diego Garcia
4319 USB, AFRTS, 1436-1449, Dec 4, Dr. Joy Browne call- in program, Department of Defense sponsored announcement by McGruff the Crime Dog about the dangers of online chat rooms, many PSAs, ABC news, "This is AFN", somewhat surprised to hear this just about every day with a nice steady signal. (R. Howard)

Equatorial Guinea
5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 2145-2258*, Dec 5, Spanish talk. Wide variety of Afro-pop, Euro-pop & US pop music. Sign off with national anthem at 2255. Fair signal. (B. Alexander)

Ethiopia
9704.1, Radio Ethiopia, (presumed) 2036-2100, With tune in, noted steady music.The music was basically solid, mello Jazz tunes all from the same group it seemed.At 2057 two females begin comments in unident language until 2059 when a male joins with possible station ID and URL. This is followed by national anthem to 2059+. At 2100 dead air heard and then off. Signal was fair during broadcast. This is suppose to be the domestic service on 9704 kHz. I couldn't identify the language and the QRM was overwhelming, so this is possibly correct from what I heard? (C Bolland)

India
4970, AIR Shillong, 1601-1613, Dec 4. Program of Johnny Mathis Christmas songs, ID for the Northeast Service of AIR, ad in vernacular, fair. Yesterday they also played a lot of Christmas music (R. Howard)

Iran7205 VOIRI(tentative) Sirjan. Russian 2009-2020 male talks alternating short music. SINPO 23332 (L. Bobrowiec)

Mali
9635, RTV du Mali, 0820-0830. First time heard this QTH. Nice tribal music, lots of drums and singing in vernaculars. ID at 0829, then station off. Listed until 1800 so I don't know if the band noise swallowed the signal or they just pulled the plug, which seems unlikely since they supposedly just signed on at 0800. (B. Barker)

5995, RTVM, 2330-0059+. French talk. Rustic African tribal music. Covered by Radio France Int at their 0059 sign on. On late tonight. Mali usually signs off at 2400. Fair signal. (B. Alexander)

5995, RTVM, 0750-0800*. French talk. Local string music. Rustic tribal music. Sign off with flute interval signal. (B. Alexander)

9635, RTVM, *0800-0845. Sign on with flute interval signal and opening French announcements at 0801 followed by local music. Mostly continuous local African tribal music and local guitar music. Occasional French ID announcements. French talk at 0830. Poor to fair. Weak // 7284.58 - on at approximately 0755. (B. Alexander)

Mauritania
7245, Radio Mauritania, *0830-0845. Abrupt sign on with local chants. Local string music. Arabic talk. Good. (B. Alexander)

Myanmar
5770, Myanmar Defense Forces BS via Taunggyi, 1526-1528*. Vernacular text to pop songs, indigenous instrumental music at sign-off, poor to fair. The spoken audio is typically lower that the level of the music they play (R. Howard)

Peru
5939.22, Radio Melodia, (presumed) 1040-1050, Noted a very weak signal here but only the carrier. Can't pull out any audio due to the surrounding boomers. So reporting this for the continuity. (C. Bolland)

Pridnestrovia
Radio PMR 1432-1445. Tuned in to English news in progress by man, with lengthy items on South Ossetia, area archaeological mounds, and the Russian Orthodox Church; ended at 1443 with sked and address. Into French at 1444 with "Ici Tiraspol..." very good signal. (J. Wilkins)

Russia
9435, Voice of Russia (or Rossii) (tentative). 0930-1040 Noted a program of Russian comments from individuals. Heard an ID in Russian which I missed. I wasn't recording at the time and am typing this from my recollection. At 0945 possibly a long discourse from the Russian President. After the hour news and conversation between females. Signal stayed at poor level. This broadcast isn't listed in any of my references during the 0900 to 1100 hours. There's other broadcasts earlier and later however. (C. Bolland)

Solomon Islands
9541, SIBC Honiara. 0640 Pacifc music selections (sounded like some Papuan music, like a slow reggae) and announcers talks to canned announcements. Mentions of “Solomon”, 0655 English pop music, 0700-0702 news. Degrading SINPO 33433 (L. Bobrowiec)

Thailand
9535 Radio Thailand heard at 2006 with GM program, some pop music then sign-off station ID and freqs in English. Nice S4 signals here in Kabul, even though aimed at Europe. (A Muick)

Contributors
Brian Alexaner, PA
Bruce Barker, PA
Chuck Bolland, FL
Lucio Bobrowiec, Brazil/playdx2003
Ron Howard, CA
Al Muick, Afghanistan
John Wilkins, CO

Radio Prague releases 2009 QSL card series

Ready to add to your QSL card collection? Radio Prague from the Czech Republic, has released their series of QSL cards for 2009, featuring Czech Locomotives. For additional photos and information, consult their website at
www.radio.cz
Gayle Van Horn

China bans broadcasters websites

China appears to have banned a number of foreign websites, including the BBC’s Chinese language news site and Voice of America in Chinese, BBC News reports. The sites had been unblocked after journalists attending the Beijing Olympics complained that the government was censoring sites deemed sensitive.
The BBC expressed disappointment at the apparent reinstatement of the ban. But a Chinese government spokesman told journalists that some sites contained content that violated Chinese law. Among the other sites blocked are Asiaweek, Reporters Without Borders and some Hong Kong and Taiwan sites.
China imposes strict controls on the dissemination of information through the web, employing teams of people to remove sensitive content, police bloggers and remove access to certain sites.
(Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Voice of Russia transmitter relay schedules

Thanks to regular MT contributor Frank Hillton for sending in the latest relay schedules from Voice of Russia.
Gayle Van Horn

Effective: 26 October 2008-28 March 2009
All times UTC

kHz/ Time/ Power




Moscow, Russia
5900.0 0000-0300 500
5905.0 DRM 1400-1600 35
5985.0 1500-2000 200
6000.0 1630-1800 250
6130.0 1600-2200 200
6145.0 1600-2200 250
7105.0 1600-1630 250
7135.0 1300-1600 250
7155.0 1700-1900 250
7170.0 0000-0400 500
7170.0 2000-2200 250
7195.0 1700-2100 250
7230.0 1600-2100 500
7240.0 1800-2200 250
7260.0 0200-0400 500
7270.0 1500-1900 250
7290.0 1800-2200 250
7305.0 1800-2100 250
7310.0 1800-2200 250
7320.0 1600-1900 250
7330.0 0000-0300 500
7330.0 1700-2200 250
9470.0 1500-1800 500
9675.0DRM 1500-1800 35
9840.0 1500-1700 200
11630.0(15460.0) 1300-1500 250
11635.0DRM 0700-0900 35
12025.0 1200-1600 500
12055.0 1300-1530 500
13600.0 1300-1500 250
13760.0DRM 0900-1400 35

Saint Petersburg, Russia
5910.0 1500-1800 200
5920.0 1600-1900 200
5920.0 1900-2100 400
5920 2100-2230 200
5935.0 1500-1800 400
6000.0 1800-1900 200
6045.0 1700-2000 200
6060.0 1800-2000 400
6125.0 1500-1700 200
6170.0 1800-2100 200
6195.0 0100-0300 500
7130.0 1700-1800 400
7240.0 2600-1800 200

Kaliningrad, Russia
5950.0 1800-2200 160
5975.0 1630-1900 160
7285.0 1600-2300 160
7340.0 2000-2300 160
9435.0 0700-1500 160
9720.0 1000-1100 160

Samara, Russia
5900.0 1400-1700 250
5940.0 1500-1700 250
5940.0 1800-2300 250
6000.0 2000-2230 200
6020.0 (9480.0) 1500-1800 250
6025.0 1800-1845 200
6030.0 2100-2200 250
6155.0 1845-2000 200
6175.0 1700-1800 200
6185.0 1300-1700 250
7155.0 1900-2000 250
7290.0 1600-1800 250
9695.0 (13810) 1200-1300 250
9900.0 1300-1500 250

Krasnodar, Russia
5925.0 1500-1800 100
5945.0(7210.0) 0100-0300 500
6005.0 1500-1800 100
6035.0 1700-1900 500
6055.0 1800-1900 500
6140.0 1900-2100 100
6175.0 1800-2000 100
7105.0 1800-1900 100
7150.0 0200-0600 500
7300.0 1700-2000 250
11975.0(15450.0) 1300-1500 250
15540.0 1000-1100 250

Novosibirsk, Russia
5925.0 1900-2200 500
5940.0 1200-1400 100
5945.0 1400-1800 500
5975.0 1900-2100 500
6105.0 1600-1700 500
6170.0 1200-1300 500
7280.0 1500-1600 500
7305.0 1200-1400 200
7305.0 1400-1700 100
7320.0 1100-1200 100

Irkutsk, Russia
5920.0(9495.0) 1000-1400 100
5965.0 2000-2200 250
5995.0 1500-1900 100
6125.0 1700-1900 250
7265.0 1000-1100 250
9800.0 1300-1500 500
17805.0 0600-0900 250

Chita, Russia
6140.0 1200-1300 500
7295.0 1700-1900 500
7335.0 1800-2000 500
7350.0 1200-1600 500
15195.0 0800-1000 500

Vladivistok, Russia
5930.0 1100-1500 100
7260.0 1300-1700 500
7265.0 1200-1300 250
7330.0 1100-1500 500
9855.0 0400-0600 250
12040.0 0200-0400 250
13735.0 0200-0400 250

Khabarovsk, Russia
6115.0 1100-1500 100
7155.0 1200-1500 100

Komsomolsk na Amure, Russia
6005.0 1300-1500 250
13665.0 0200-0500 250
15735.0 DRM 0200-0600 90
17665.0 0600-1000 250

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
6180.0 1200-1400 250
7125.0 1600-1900 250
9840.0 0400-0600 250
12030.0 0200-0400 250

Gavar, Armenia
6235.0 1800-2000 500
7250.0 0200-0400 500
11510.0 1700-2000 500

Grigoriopol, Moldovia
6240.0 0000-0500 500
6245.0 1800-1900 500
7125.0 2300-0600 500
7420.0 1900-2100 500

Orzu, Tajikistan
5920.0 2100-2300 500
6135.0 0000-0300 500
9475.0 0200-0400 500
9820.0 1600-2000 500
11660.0 1200-1400 500
15755.0 0800-1000 500

Yangi-Yul, Tajikistan
4965.0 1300-1500 100
4965.0 1600-1700 100
4975.0 1300-1500 100
4975.0 1600-2000 100
5830.0 1800-1900 200
5830.0 1930-2000 200
7345.0 1500-2100 100
9885.0 1300-1530 100
9885.0 1600-1700 100

Xian, China

9660.0 1500-1600 100
S. Maria di Galeria, Vatican State
7350 0200-0600 250

Montsinery, French Guiana
7335.0 0200-0600 250 [reported as 0400-0600 instead]
11605.0 0000-0100 250
13630.0 0100-0300 350

Wertachtal, Germany
6155.0 0200-0500 250
6175.0 2300-2400 125
13755.0 1500-1600 125
(Frank Hillton, SC)

Radio Netherlands - Program Guide December 20-26

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 20 December
*** The State We're In ***
We ask if there's a right to a functioning government, with a look at the total collapse of government services in Zimbabwe, and the not as dangerous but still confusing political situation in Belgium.

Then, the right to reproduce: we hear about a doctor forced to offer reproductive therapy to a teenager, against her better judgement. We hear from a woman who was forced to have an abortion in China, and an essay about the challenges of infertility.

And we discuss the protection of children's rights with two South African women who run a home for abused young people.

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 21 December
*** 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 22 December
*** 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 it's a special festive holiday edition of Curious Orange. Robbert Tilli from the Music Center of the Netherlands will be in the studio with us and he'll share his favourite Dutch musicians from 2008 and preview a few of next year's big acts.

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 23 December
*** 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 ***

We ask if there's a right to a functioning government, with a look at the total collapse of government services in Zimbabwe, and the not as dangerous but still confusing political situation in Belgium.

Then, the right to reproduce: we hear about a doctor forced to offer reproductive therapy to a teenager, against her better judgement. We hear from a woman who was forced to have an abortion in China, and an essay about the challenges of infertility.

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 24 December
*** 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 ***
'The Little Impostor' - by Fouad Laroui

This season Radio Books highlights work from the diverse immigrant community of the Netherlands and Belgium. Fouad Laroui was born in Morocco, attended university in Paris and now teaches and writes in Amsterdam.

Identity is an important theme in Laroui's work and certainly in his Radio Books story. At a French Lyceum in Casablanca, all the boys are going home for Christmas holidays except Mehdi. What must he do to experience a French-style family Christmas?

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 25 December
*** 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 ***

As the year draws to a close, Earthbeat takes a look back at some of the most memorable stories of the year. Listeners get a second chance to hear tales of pirates from Somalia, malaria in Burma and back here in the Netherlands, meet the people who are redesigning our vegetables. How on earth, where on earth and why on earth?

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 26 December
*** 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)

Christmas Time on European Music Radio - 21st of December 2008

All times UTC

6140 - 1300 to 1330 Paul Graham (Christmas oldie program)
1330 to 1355 Colin King with the Jackie History (part 4)
1355 to 1400 Tom Taylor - EMR up date
9290 khz - 1400 to 1500 Mike Taylor with the Christmas Mail Box

EMR schedule for January - February and March 2009 is:
January - 13.00 to 13.30 Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 5)
February - 13.00 to 13.30 Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 6)
March - 13.00 to 14.00 Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 7)

Happy Christmas to all our Listeners from European Music Radio !
(Mike and Tom Taylor - Paul Graham - Colin King and all the staff of EMR)

Australian DX Report's Christmas episode available for download

The latest episode, No. 130, of the professionally compiled weekly AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine contains detailed monitoring research from Melbourne, schedule changes, and news about international broadcasters.

This is the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EPISODE - it's 14 mins 18 secs, and may be downloaded from http://airm.edxp.org/

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. 130!

Bob Padula,
Melbourne, Australia

Radio Free Asia online QSLing announcement

Hello friends:

Just a short note to let you know that the server used for our automated reception report system is currently undergoing maintenance and should return to service within a week.

In the meantime, please feel free to email your reception reports to us at qsl@rfa.org or send them by regular postage to:

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Thank you for your patience and understanding. Best wishes to one and all for the holidays. 73s. AJ
AJ Janitschek
Radio Free Asia

Weekend relays on 9290 kHz

All times UTC

Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz

Saturday December 20
Latvia Today 10.00- 11.00

Sunday December 21
Latvia Today 13.00 -14.00
EMR 14.00 -15.00
(Tome Taylor)

Broadcasters pledge to uphold broadcast standards

The representatives of international broadcasters - BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, Radio France Internationale, Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the Voice of America – who met in Paris on Thursday , recognized the important contribution the Declaration has made to promoting a better-informed world.

The meeting, at Radio France Internationale, noted the importance of Article 19 of the Declaration, which states, "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

They said that their organizations must continue to maintain the highest journalistic standards of accuracy, objectivity and truth in upholding the Declaration.

They noted that some governments have been implicated in harassing, detaining, expelling, threatening or - in extreme cases - killing journalists, committed as they are to freedom and information. They also expressed, with regret, the efforts by some governments to contravene the Declaration by interfering with international broadcasts through deliberate blocking of transmitters ("jamming") and blocking of websites.

The broadcasters underlined the continued determination of their broadcast organizations to overcome these obstacles in order to reach the largest possible audiences worldwide, through traditional means - radio and television - as well as the Internet and other emerging digital media.

These new media, they noted, offer unprecedented opportunities for interaction across national borders and between diverse groups of people, in keeping with the spirit of the Declaration, which enshrines the right to "receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

Alain de Pouzilhac, CEO of Radio France Internationale said "Our meeting in Paris was very constructive and I am delighted that the five major international broadcasters share the same desire to broadcast objective and impartial news broadcasts to all publics."

The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 134 million people. Programs are produced in 45 languages.

Max Digital Media Newswire
http://www.medianewsline.com/news/119/ARTICLE/3657/2008-12-11.html
(Source: Jisakthivel, Chennai, India)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC

Audio clip of RBU Moscow Time Signal station
66.66 KHz
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/6071005.html
(Francesco/playdx2003)

Indonesia on 4750
4750, RRI Makassar, 1010-1046, Starting out the signal was very poor. Noted a female in brief Indonesian language comments followed by the reciting of the Qu'ran by a male. This lasted until 1018 when the female returned. Music and talk continued until 1045 when female went into steady comments. Signal improved slightly during the period to a very poor to a poor level
CODAR. (Chuck Bolland, December 16, 2008)

Logs from Kenai, Alaska
North Korea, 12/17, 0037, 13760. Korean vocal music. SINPO 24332.

South Africa, 12/15/08 at 0257 UTC Channel Africa 6120, SINPO 34343. Voice announcement in several languages and time interval at 0258 (Jerry Brookman)

BBC WS 12/17, 0030, 15360 Summary of world news. SINPO 35544.

Update on Poland's DRM service
Polish Radio DRM External Service. Schedule from 15 December at 1800-1900 , 6015.0 WER 040 kW / 300 deg to Europe in English DRM. (ex 6015) WER 100 kW / 300 deg in AM
2030-2100 new freq 3975.0 WER 040 kW / non-dir to WeEu in German DRM. ( ex 5970 JUL 100 kW / non-directional. (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria via Frank Hillton)

Voice of Malaysia internatet radio services
Here is the listing of the internet radio services from the Voice of Malaysia after goting to their site http:// rtm.gov.my and registering :
http://bkj-station1.jaring.my/vom1
http://bkj-station1.jaring.my/vom2

These are the external services from Malaysia . Full schedule is listed in the page:
http://202.190.233.9/vom/schedule.htm (from the VoM `s site )

From little observations I have found in the previous month :

ON the VoM1 channel, English service can be heard in the 07-0830 time followed by the Malay and the Indonesian program passing the 1230 time

ON VoM2 I found the Chinese program ending on 1230 instead of the scheduled 1200 on 1600-1700 carries the Arabic sce and the Malaysian service on 1700- 1800 being in contrast to what is shown in the schedule page (1530-1700 for Arab service and 1700-1900 for Malay ) This also is verified to my older SW observation.(Zicharias Liangas, Greece/Cumbre DX)

New additional unregistered frequency of BBC WS in English:
1500-1600 on 9855 UNID tx. Very good reception here in BUL
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15/DX Mix News # 551)

Peruvian logs
4775, Radio Tarma, 1048-1100 Intially noted a male in Spanish language comments followed immediately with music. Signal was poor and CODAR made it practically impossible for a better signal. At 1051, canned promos heard. (Chuck Bolland, FL December 16, 2008)

Peru, 4857.45, Radio La Hora, 1052-1100 At tune in, noted Spanish ballads. Time mentioned during music by a female. Noted a pattern with the music when the machine would get stuck on a track and keep repeating. I've had this experience with my CD player in my truck whenever the CD is slightly damaged and gets stuck and keeps repeating. At 1058 a couple of ADs noted.
At 1100 ID given as, "...Radio La Hora ..." canned followed by a second canned ID with a different person. Live comments from a male at 1101 then more canned stuff. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL December 16, 2008)

Radio Liberty broadcasts partially resume in Kygyzstan

Text of report by privately-owned Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website
Bishkek, 17 December: Radio Azattyk (Liberty) resumed its broadcast on the territory of Kyrgyzstan on the short wave on 16 December.
Azattyk programmes are aired by means of HotBird and AsiaSat satellites as well as with the help of local partners - private radio companies Almaz, Salam, Most, Parlament and L-W. However, a short waveband does not cover all the territory of Kyrgyzstan as it used to be when broadcast was on the technical base of the Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation [NTRBC]. Radio Azattyk now can air only in Kyrgyzstan’s north, and the south is not covered.
Azattyk is pessimistic about the prospects for resuming cooperation with the NTRBC.
(Source: AKIpress news agency website, Bishkek, in Russian 0415 gmt 17 Dec 08 via BBC Monitoring)
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Dec 16 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
08 - 14 December 2008

Solar activity was very low during 08 - 10 December with no flare activity observed. Activity increased to low levels on 11 December by virtue of an isolated low-level C-class flare from Region 1009 (S25, L = 146, class/area Dso/050 on 10 December). Region 1009 emerged on 10 December as a simply-structured spot group. It departed the visible disk early on 13 December. Activity decreased to very low levels during 12 - 14 December with no flare activity observed. A filament disappearance (location N50W15) occurred between 12/0600 - 0800 UTC and was associated with a slow CME off
the northwest limb based on SOHO/LASCO C2 data.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels during 08 - 10 December.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels at all latitudes during most of the period. ACE solar wind measurements indicated a subsiding coronal hole high-speed stream was in progress at the start of the period. Velocities gradually decreased from 532 to 314 km/sec during 08 - 10 December. A solar sector boundary crossing (away (+) to toward (-)) occurred late on 10 December associated with minor increases in velocity, plasma density, and IMF total field intensity.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
17 December 2008 - 12 January 2009

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels.

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 - 06 January.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 17 - 21 December. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 22 - 24 December due to a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 25 - 30 December. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 31 December - 02 January due to another recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 03 - 12 January.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Dec 16 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 Dec 16
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Dec 17 68 5 2
2008 Dec 18 68 5 2
2008 Dec 19 68 5 2
2008 Dec 20 68 5 2
2008 Dec 21 68 5 2
2008 Dec 22 68 10 3
2008 Dec 23 68 8 3
2008 Dec 24 68 8 3
2008 Dec 25 68 5 2
2008 Dec 26 69 5 2
2008 Dec 27 70 5 2
2008 Dec 28 70 5 2
2008 Dec 29 70 5 2
2008 Dec 30 70 5 2
2008 Dec 31 70 8 3
2009 Jan 01 70 10 3
2009 Jan 02 70 10 3
2009 Jan 03 70 5 2
2009 Jan 04 70 5 2
2009 Jan 05 70 5 2
2009 Jan 06 70 5 2
2009 Jan 07 70 5 2
2009 Jan 08 70 5 2
2009 Jan 09 69 5 2
2009 Jan 10 69 5 2
2009 Jan 11 69 5 2
2009 Jan 12 68 5 2
(NOAA)

Old Time Radio Show Catalog , a great website for nostalgic radio buffs

OTRCAT.com, is dedicated to the preservation of the golden era of old time radio. This terrific site offers vast resources about nostalgic radio shows. Some of the catagories include; Adventure, Detective, Drama, Mystery-Horror, Soaps, Sports, Westerns and much more.

As well as hear thousands of old time radio episodes online, visitors to OTRCAT.com can stream or download full episodes in Mp3 format as well as read detailed descriptions of the performers and series broadcast in the era (1920's – 1959). In the 'daily downloads', there are the broadcasts of the day throughout history (from the last 50-70+years).
(Source: Jon/ORTCAT)
Old Time Radio Show Catalog http://www.otrcat.com/

Don't miss this one blog readers - it's a keeper if you're a nostalgic radio fan!
Gayle Van Horn

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - B08 schedule

All times UTC

Avari, Chechen

0400-0500 on 5885 15625
Cherkessi(x20m.) 1600-1700 on 9725 11605

Belorussian

0400-0600 on 612 6105 6120
1600-1800 on 612 9415 9865
1800-2000 on 612 6105 9865
2000-2200 on 612 7165 7220

Dari

0330-0430 on 1296 9335 12140 15335
Free Afghanistan 0530-0630 on 1296 12140 17530 19010
0730-0830 on 1296 12140 17530 19010
0930-1030 on 1296 12140 17530 19010
1130-1230 on 1296 9335 9990 12140
1330-1430 on 1296 9335 12140

Georgian

0500-0600 on 9725 15265 17495
1130-1145 on 15265 15460 17495 17515 Mon-Fri
1400-1500 on 15120 15265
1800-1900 on 9525 9620 9780
2000-2045 on 9565 9590 9840 Mon-Fri
2000-2100 on 9565 9590 9840 Sat/Sun

Kazakh

0100-0200 on 7235 9790
1300-1400 on 12005 15120

Pashto

0230-0330 on 1296 9335 12140 15335
Free Afghanistan 0430-0530 on 1296 12140 15335 19010
0630-0730 on 1296 12140 17530 19010
0830-0930 on 1296 12140 17530 19010
1030-1130 on 1296 9990 12140 19010
1230-1330 on 1296 9335 9990 12140

Persian

0030-0200 on 1575 5860 6115 7145

Farda

0200-0230 on 1575 5860 6115 9520
0230-0300 on 1575 6115 9520 15690
0300-0400 on 1575 5925 9520 15690
0400-0500 on 1575 9430 9585 15690
0500-0600 on 1575 9585 12015 15690
0600-0830 on 1575 9585 15690 17675
0830-1230 on 1575 5860 15690 21715
1230-1400 on 1575 5860 13680 15690
1400-1530 on 1575 11750 13680 15410
1530-1600 on 1575 11750 11840 13680
1600-1700 on 1575 7520 7580 11840
1700-1800 on 1575 7520 7580 9785
1800-1900 on 1575 7520 7580 9595
1900-2000 on 1575 7580 9335 9570
2000-2130 on 1575 7485 7580 9335
2130-0030 on 1575

Moldovian

0500-0600 on 5890 Mon-Fri
1600-1630 on 6120 Sat/Sun
1700-1730 on 6135 Mon-Fri
1900-1930 on 6135 Mon-Fri

Russian

0400-0500 on 5940 7305 9520 17770
0500-0600 on 7305 7345 9520 17770
0600-0700 on 9520 9535 15250 17770
0700-0800 on 9520 12015 15250 15285
0900-1100 on 7220 9520 15130
1300-1400 on 9715 13660 15130
1400-1500 on 7225 9715 15130
1500-1600 on 7220 7270 11805 11870
1600-1700 on 7220 7305 9520 11805
1700-1800 on 7220 7305 9520 9725
1800-2000 on 6150 7220 7350 9650
2000-2100 on 6150 9520
2100-2200 on 6105 7335 7425

Tajik

0100-0300 on 7275 11795
0300-0400 on 9760 11795
1400-1500 on 7595 9695
1500-1700 on 7260 9695

Tatar Bashkir

0400-0500 on 5920 7220
0600-0700 on 9680
1600-1630 on 5895 7380
1700-1730 on 5895 7380
2000-2100 on 5895

Turkmen

0200-0300 on 864 7295 12015
0300-0400 on 5955 12015
1400-1500 on 6055 9445
1500-1530 on 6055 9835
1530-1600 on 864 6055 9835
1600-1800 on 5820 9625

Uzbek

0200-0400 on 9680 12025 15590
1400-1500 on 9595 11715 12015
1500-1530 on 864
1600-1700 on 6060 7550 9760
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15/ DX Mix News #551)

Deutsche Welle and BBC adjust DRM schedules

All times UTC (NF - new frequency)

Norway/ Portugal/ United Kingdom
Changes of Deutsche Welle in DRM from Nov. 11 and Dec.10:
0500-0600 on 3995 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu, cancelled >>> now BBC
0600-0700 on 3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu, cancelled >>> now BBC
0700-0800 NF 5990 SKN 100 kW 150 deg to WeEu, 0800-1000 NF 9610 SIN 090 kW 045 deg to WeEu, new additional transmission
1600-1800 on 3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu,cancelled >>> now BBC
2100-2200 on 3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu,cancelled >>> now BBC
2200-2300 on 3995 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu,cancelled >>> now BBC

Frequency change & additional transmission of BBC in DRM mode from Dec. 10:
0500-0600 NF 3995 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu,x6195 KVI 035 kW 190 deg
0600-0700 NF 3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu,x6195 KVI 035 kW 190 deg
0700-0800 on 6195 KVI 035 kW 190 deg to WeEu,cancelled
1500-1700 NF 5790 WOF 100 kW 172 deg to WeEu,new additional transmission
1600-1800 NF 3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu,new additional transmission
2100-2200 NF 3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu,new additional transmission
2200-2300 NF 3995 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu,new additional transmission
(DX Mix News #551 wb, Germany)

Ye Ethiopia Adera Dimtse Radio programming

Ye Ethiopia Adera Dimtse Radio
http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&title=ye_ethiopia_adera_dimtse_r
adio&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Tedla Asfaw

The December 10 program of "Ye Ethiopia Adera Dimts" program , posted on ecadf is worth listening. It brought respected voices of the people that includes Eng. Hailu Shawel a popularly elected opposition leader, Obang Metho and Tamagen, activists from the Diaspora on its program.

I hope this young radio will continue to entertain voices that will make real differences in Ethiopia and avoid the trap of being the voice of any party. The name "Adera" in Ethiopia has a big connotation. One of the saying in Ethiopia in Amharic, "Ye Tesete Adera Ke Mitefa Ye Woledute Yitfa" shows, promise/Adera given to someone has much more value even than once own child and never to be abandoned at any circumstance.

Radios who are the voices of parties and other independent radios like "Adera" have big job of mobilizing Ethiopians to battle the TPLF racist thugs on all fronts and they should be supported and encouraged by the public.

Let us all promise to focus on the real enemy, TPLF, and bring freedom to our people by respecting our differences. The next Monday (Dec. 15) rally in D.C. organized by different radio stations to call for unconditional release of Teddy Afro is an initiative which has a full support of Ethiopians and let us come out in force, snow or rain, and show Ethiopian Unity for foes and
friends. Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e

Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
(Zacharias Lianges, Greece/Cumbre DX)

Passport to World Band Radio 2009 Review

For 25 years Passport to World Band Radio has been the # 1 selling guide to the shortwave listening hobby. This year's 25th, 2009 edition proves once again why PTWBR remains a favorite among the beginner and seasoned hobbyist.

This year, well-known DXer, Henrik Klemetz brings readers an excellent in depth feature entitled, Colombia: Bandits, Ballads and Broadcasts. This interesting feature, delves into the under belly of Colombia, a country dominated by Marxist guerrillas and outlaws to peasants and landowners, all coexisting in a divided country of wealth and extreme poverty.

New to the shortwave hobby ? Getting Started guides the newbie from Finding Stations to The Right Radio, a brief primer of tips on how to chose a radio to fit your listening needs. Now that you're ready to do some band scanning, consult the Best Times and Frequencies for 2009. By following the meter bands you'll have a good idea when and where to tune. Ten of the Best: 2009's Top Shows present the best of the best in shortwave programming from Radio Taipei International to News and Reports at China Radio International.

How to Choose a World Band Radio cuts through the clutter to bring readers a concise and unbiased focus on portable and table top receivers to fit any budget. Active Antennas for 2009 guides the hobbyist through the multitude of available antennas to fit your needs to enhance listening.

Readers will find the hour-by-hour guide to world band programs in What's On Tonight, an informative synopsis of the best shortwave programs on the air. Addresses Plus, a staple DXers have come to depend on, has updated the by-country guide of station addresses, websites and more, followed by Worldwide Broadcasts in English 2009. This is where you will find time and frequencies sorted by-country.

Passport's Blue Pages sets the standard for band scanning. Arranged by-frequency from 2310-26000 kHz, including station name/location, modes, alternative frequencies, power, network information and more to enhance your monitoring.

Passport to World Band Radio continues to produce an excellent source for hobbyist. It remains an authoritative guide for beginner or seasoned shortwave enthusiasts. Every listening-post should have PTWBR.

Passport to World Band Radio 2009 (BK-18-09) is available from Grove Enterprises at www.grove-ent.com or 1-800-438-8155 for $ 22.95 + S/H.
review by Gayle Van Horn/Monitoring Times

Blog Logs - pirate radio

All times UTC

The following pirate logs represent a sampling of stations being logged by the pirate chasers from Free Radio Weekly.

Captain Morgan
12/6, 2152-2217, 6926.1/USB. Pop tunes cut short and Twilight Zone theme. Feature on early radio commercials. SIO=454. ID per Twilight Zone theme & FRN posts--never heard an ID. (Frodge-MI) 12/6, 2155-2230, 6926/USB. SINPO 35434 Tuned in to the Captains twilight zone theme music then electronic music, Rawhide!, Talk about radio and the power of commercial jingles, played the very 1st jingle ever a quartet singing about Wheaties. many twilight zone theme & Captain Morgan clips. (Ragnar-MI)

Dit Dah Radio
6925 USB, 1554-1602*, 11-27-08 Morse Code IDs. Vocal music from the '40's, 50's by lady announcer, program suddenly. No voice announcements SIO: 333 [Lobdell-MA)

Gospel Radio for America/Antarctica
Box 146 Stoneham, MA 02180)12/7, 1401-1419:19*, 6925.1/AM; I heard "America" but have seen this reported as "Antarctica". Obscure rock tunes including Pearl Jam. Lost in Space bit. QSL via FRN posts or Stoneham drop. SIO=2+52+. Overmod made copy tough. (Frodge-MI)

James Bond Radio
6925USB 11/22 1755-1800 SIO=141/242. Some audio tunes from James Bond movies, including an ID of "James Bond" by announcer at 1758. Poorly copied due to very weak signal. (G. Zeller, OH)

Northwoods Radio
6925USB 11/26 2025 Northwoods Radio broadcasting freedom from the Great Lakes, northwoodsradio@yahoo.com . Spirit of the Wild and Fred Bear by Ted Nugent (Hertz)

Rodent Revolution Reinforcement Team
6925USB 11/25 0245 to 0255 Steve Miller Song For Our Ancestors Rodent Revolution Reinforcement Team calling all monkey boys find all the small shiny objects your paws can hold and build a gigantic shrine to Cmdr Bunny (Hertz)

Sycko Radio
6925USB 11/30 2130-2150+ Good Signal. Right after WMR started Mr. Turkey and comedy Christmas Carols, Then gave a Psycho Radio identification. A show of Psycho's usual madness. (Majewski CT)

Voice of Prozac
thevoiceofprozac@yaho.com
12/6, 1704-1730:13*, 6954.88/AM. Mix of comedy bits and very blue Xmas tunes. Many IDs; QSL via voiceofprozac@yaho.com . Strong with some distortion, but easily copied. (Frodge-MI)

WBNY
6925 USB, 1926-1940+ 11-29-08 Assuming this was WBNY as Commander Bunny was lamenting about the assassination attempt on his life on election day and how the election was stolen by the Obama Camp. Said keep your Bumper Stickers on for the 2012 election as he will run again! SIO: 333 [Lobdell-MA]

We Monkey Radio (WMR)
6925USB 11/30 2122-2129* Good Signal. Started with WMR identification followed by short songs. The announcer said "We Keep the songs short so monkey not lose interest". Had a banana break and then signed off. (Majewski CT)

Wolverine Radio
6925 kHz USB, 11/25, 0118-0159. Tunes of Born to be wild, Purple Haze, You Wear it Well, Little Red Riding Hood, Pleasant Valley Sunday and the Youngbloods tune Get Together. SINPO=25343. Intermittent machine-gun QRM after 0130. (John Poet- Mid Michigan)
(Source: FRW 668, 669, 670)

additional log
6925USB Wolverine Radio. 0246-0310. 13 Dec 08. English. ID at 0252 as “Wolverine Radio.” Music from the 1970’s thru the 1990’s featuring the Hollies, The Police, Steely Dan, CCR and many others. Very good signal strength but lousy propagation. Poor. (Wood, TN).

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Radio Netherlands - Program Guide Dec. 13-19

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

SATURDAY 13 December
*** The State We're In ***

We look at the rights to what happens to your body with a look at organ donation. Some are arguing for 'presumed consent' laws that mean organs can be taken from a deceased person, unless they opt-out while they're alive.

Then we'll ask if there's a right to wear whatever you want, with a Kenyan MP fighting for the right to wear traditional clothes in Parliament. Then, a look at dress codes in Indian schools, and we hear about the struggles facing a Saudi fashion designer for men and women.

And, the survivors of the Sichuan earthquake in China are facing a cold winter without adequate housing. We'll look at their right to be warm, and who's responsible for it.

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 14 December
*** 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 15 December
*** 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 ***

Bicycle! Bicycle! Here in Holland biking is, well, the way to go. There are more than 18 million bikes for only 16.3 million people. Which is lovely on a sunny day in the park, but can make for some interesting issues. This week we'll look at bicycle parking, stolen bicycles, the most common bicycle accidents (ouch!), and much more.

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 16 December
*** 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 ***

We look at the rights to what happens to your body with a look at organ donation. Some are arguing for 'presumed consent' laws that mean organs can be taken from a deceased person, unless they opt-out while they're alive.

Then we'll ask if there's a right to wear whatever you want, with a Kenyan MP fighting for the right to wear traditional clothes in Parliament. Then, a look at dress codes in Indian schools, and we hear about the struggles facing a Saudi fashion designer for men and women.

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 17 December
*** 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 ***
'Returning' - by Rashid Novaire

This season Radio Books highlights work from the diverse immigrant community of the Netherlands and Belgium. Rashid Novaire was born in Amsterdam to a Dutch mother and a Moroccan father. He made his literary debut at the age of nineteen with a collection of short stories and won the El-Hizjra Literature Prize.

In his short story 'Returning', a merchant of the Dutch East India Company hovers on the border between superstition and truth during a voyage to the African Gold Coast.

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 18 December
*** Newsline ***
Te 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 ***

As the festive season approaches, Earthbeat decides to celebrate, green-style. Carbon-neutral fairy lights, ethical Christmas presents and just how many food miles are in that festive dinner? All that plus, the closest thing we could find to an ecological pantomime. Big party, small footprint, coming up on Earthbeat.

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 19 December
*** 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)

Weekend relays on 9290 kHz

December 14, 2008
Latvia Today, 1300-1400 UTC on 9290 kHz
(Tom Taylor)

Radio and TV Marti launche redesigned website

Radio and TV Martí launched this week a newly redesigned version of its Spanish language website, www.martinoticias.com, giving users a full spectrum of media offerings including live streaming radio and television programming. The site features more Web stories, including audio and video, allowing up to nine stories to be viewed and giving users a better idea of the full scope of the news from Cuba, Latin America and the rest of the world. The site incorporates RSS feeds, and in the near future, will provide visitors the ability to subscribe to receive e-mails of news stories in their areas of interest.
“For anyone who wants to know what’s going in Cuba today, this is the place to come,” said Pedro Roig, director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and TV Martí. “We want to enhance our Internet and digital media capacity and make it a priority. Our goal is to reach as many as possible, which is very difficult in Cuba.”
Other features of the site include a 24-hour news ticker, offering the latest headlines, as well as special feature news stories. According to Roig, Radio and TV Martí hope to further augment its Internet presence, possibly with a presence on social media sites YouTube and Facebook.
(Source: Broadcasting Board of Governors/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radyo Pilipinas - B08 English service

Philipines

Radyo Pilipinas

Effective: 26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009
All times UTC

0200-0300 11880as 15285as 17710as

0300-0330 11880as 15285as 17710as

(Source: Ricardo G. Lorenzo/Gayle Van Horn-Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times SW Guide)

Zimbabwe gets vital news from VOA during crisis

Daily radio program 'Studio 7' broadcasts in English, Shona, and Ndebele

WASHINGTON, December 9, 2008 - The Voice of America (VOA) is providing Zimbabweans with vital information on health, politics and international developments during the crisis that led President Bush today to join those calling for the country's leader to step down.

"The VOA's Studio 7, broadcasting in English, Shona and Ndebele, has long played a critical role in informing the people of Zimbabwe about what is happening in their country," said VOA Executive Editor Steve Redisch. "The country's escalating crisis, and the worldwide attention to it, make accurate news and information more important than ever for Zimbabweans," he said.

In recent months, Studio 7, a daily radio program that has been on the air since 2003, has reported in detail on the humanitarian crisis that intensified as the death toll from a cholera epidemic climbed to over 600, largely as a result of a lack of water treatment and broken sewage pipes.

Several weeks ago, Studio 7 reported on the virtual closure of the state hospital system in Harare and other cities shortly before the cholera epidemic. In addition, Studio 7 has interviewed local health experts and international officials daily. Discussion segments allow listeners to voice concerns about the country, which has few basic commodities, soaring unemployment and sky-high inflation.

In recent days, Studio 7 brought listeners interviews with former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, both members of a delegation dispatched to Zimbabwe by the international organization of eminent persons known as the Elders. The group was barred from entering Zimbabwe by the government.

Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis - along with the refusal of President Robert Mugabe to adhere to a power-sharing agreement with designated Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai - has prompted a growing chorus of international figures to call for Mugabe to leave.

Studio 7 is funded through a grant from USAID to VOA.

The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 134 million people. Programs are produced in 45 languages.
(VOA)

BBC and Deutsche Welle new DRM services airs ahead of schedule

The BBC and Deutsche Welle (DW) today launched the new Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) digital radio channel for Europe that was scheduled to begin early next year. The channel is an 18-hour daily broadcast of the best international programmes in English from BBC World Service and DW. It also brings to the audience all the advantages of the DRM digital radio including near-FM quality audio, text messages, Journaline and an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG).
This first ever joint BBC-DW DRM radio channel has been launched using six transmitters, which are used in pairs, to cover much of Western Europe. The signal covers France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and other neighbouring countries.
The broadcast can be heard from 0500-2300 UTC on shortwave and on 1296* mediumwave. DRM digital radios can automatically tune into the best frequency using information carried with the broadcasts. The channel has a rich mix of programmes offering global news and current affairs, in-depth analysis, documentaries, cultural programmes and sports including English Premiership football and German Bundesliga.
BBC World Service is represented on the channel with flagship news and current affairs programmes such as Newshour, The World Today and Europe Today as well as Sportsworld, Science in Action and Digital Planet. DW is putting Newslink, Money Talks, Living Planet, World of Music and Eurovox on the schedule.
Erik Bettermann, Director General at Deutsche Welle, said: “This project creates a great opportunity for two of the world’s most-established broadcasters to work together. Along with the BBC, Deutsche Welle will be able to offer first-class content on an innovative platform and reintroduce listeners to DRM technology. This new channel will show European audiences the benefits of good cooperation.”
Nigel Chapman, Director BBC World Service, said: “I welcome the opportunity to reach the new audiences that the coverage from this new DRM service will bring, free of the interference and in an audio quality only available on FM and other digital services. It is also an opportunity for other broadcasters to embrace the benefits that this new technology can bring.”
Ruxandra Obreja, Chair of the DRM Consortium and Controller Business Development, BBC World Service, added: “This exciting new DRM digital radio channel for Europe will give audiences a chance to listen to the best of BBC and DW in clear digital quality. We are looking forward to the response in the region, crucial for this economical and versatile system’s future. We hope that the channel content will stimulate the production and marketing of commercial DRM receivers leading to the graduation of long-distance radio broadcasting into the new digital era.”
(Source: DRM Consortium press release)
* 1296 kHz actually carries RNW programmes in AM mode from 0900-1100 and 1600-1700 UTC, including Euranet at 1600-1630 UTC. RNW is not involved in the BBC/DW project.
A flyer in PDF format with programme details is available on the official DRM website (R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Dec 09 2151 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html



Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
01 - 07 December 2008

Solar activity was very low through the period. No flares were observed. The visible disk was spotless.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 01 - 05 December and at high levels on 06 - 07 December.

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels on 01 - 03 December. From 04 - 07 December, activity increased to unsettled to active levels, with isolated minor to major storm periods observed at high latitudes. This period of activity was due to a recurrent coronal hole that rotated into a geoeffective position. By midday on 07 December, activity decayed to mostly quiet levels and remained so through the balance of the summary period. The period began with ACE solar wind velocities at about 290 km/s. These velocities persisted through early on 03 December when wind speed gradually increased to about 325 km/s by midday on the 03rd. Velocities continued to increase through the period and reached a maximum of 570 km/s at
07/0748 UTC. During this timeframe, the Bz component of the IMF varied from a high of +8 nT (05/1746 UTC) to a low of -8 nT (05/2128 UTC) with a Bt max of 11 nT (05/2019 UTC), all associated with the coronal hole high speed stream. The summary period ended with solar
wind velocity near 500 km/s.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
10 December 2008 - 05 January 2009

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels.

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 10 - 12 December and 02 - 05 January. Normal levels are expected during 13 December - 01 January.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels on 10 - 12 December. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on 13 December due to a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 14 - 21 December. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels on 22 - 24 December due to another recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 25 - 30
December. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels on 31 December - 02 January due to another recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 03 - 05 January.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Dec 09 2152 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 Dec 09
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Dec 10 70 5 2
2008 Dec 11 70 5 2
2008 Dec 12 70 5 2
2008 Dec 13 70 8 3
2008 Dec 14 70 5 2
2008 Dec 15 70 5 2
2008 Dec 16 70 5 2
2008 Dec 17 70 5 2
2008 Dec 18 70 5 2
2008 Dec 19 70 5 2
2008 Dec 20 70 5 2
2008 Dec 21 70 5 2
2008 Dec 22 70 10 3
2008 Dec 23 70 8 3
2008 Dec 24 70 8 3
2008 Dec 25 70 5 2
2008 Dec 26 70 5 2
2008 Dec 27 70 5 2
2008 Dec 28 70 5 2
2008 Dec 29 70 5 2
2008 Dec 30 70 5 2
2008 Dec 31 70 8 3
2009 Jan 01 70 15 4
2009 Jan 02 70 10 3
2009 Jan 03 70 5 2
2009 Jan 04 70 5 2
2009 Jan 05 70 5 2
(NOAA)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

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

Argentina RNA log
5945v, Argentina, RNA. On Dec 5 in Spanish at 0832-0843 UT, news program "na camara, medidas economicas anti-crisis", weather report (temp. 13oC), sports. Distorted, sounded better mainly on 5945 but moved till around 5950, SINPO 43433. (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec-Brazil, JPNpremium Dec 6)

Armenia on 4810 and 1395
Observed 28-30 Nov: on 4810 and 1395 kHz Foreign Service in Unid Caucasian language: 1530 interval signal to national anthrm, news to 1545 UT, when 4810 kHz is closed down, but in the middle of sentence on 1395 kHz goes on program in in Russian, exactly bad Russian till 1600 UT when program in Armenian is with news.(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8)

Ascension Island QSLs
Trans World Radio Africa relay, 11985 kHz. Full data card (except the site), personal letter, program schedules in four months via the Swaziland address. Card signed by L.Stavropoulos (DX Secretary). The letter says that the location is not given due to the sensitive nature of the broadcast. Whatever ... but the enclosed schedule identifies the site as Ascension Island. (Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Nov 31)

Australia
2310 VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 1909-1950, 29 Nov, talks, phone- ins (the usual menu, at least at the time this & the other two 120 m band VL outlets are audible), newscast at 1930, more talks; 15231, but much better on the following day, 30 Nov, at 1950.

2325 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 1910-1940, 29 Nov, prgr content cf. \\ 2310 VL8A; 15231, but better on 30 Nov at 1950.

2485 VL8K, Katherine RT, 1912-1942, 29 Nov, prgr cf. \\ 2310 VL8A; 15231, but even worse than VL8T, and then much better on 30 Nov at 1950.

4835 VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 2135-2146, 29 Nov, newscast, talks afterwards; SINPO 24321.

6020 R. Australia, Shepparton VIC, 1130-1215, 01 Dec, English to the Pacific, reports, news, talks; SINPO 35433. SIgnal very poor at 1200 under adjacent DRM QRM. (all Aussie logs via Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2)

Chad on 6165
6165 RD. Natle. Tchadienne, Gredia, 0955-1244, 01 Dec, French, tribal songs, then light music & songs, chatter. SINPO 25442. It is only some time after the end of this observation time that TCD gets QRM. It is silent on 4905.(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2

Clandestine VO Revolution and VO the Iranian Communist inactive
Iran [non] Both stations are not on air since approx Nov 7th, (please see Syria). On Nov 30th, was reactivated one forgotten station VO the Struggle of Iranian Kurdistan, noted on Sun from 1355 (other days from 1427) UT to 1526 UT on 4270 kHz with demodulated sound.(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8)

Eritrea
(Unid-tentative) from Horn of Africa station is on 7220 kHz last some days in the mornings (+0350-0430+ UTC) and in the evenings at +1430- 1800* at least. Strong signal here in St. Petersburg - but it is to difficult to hear any clear ID... Dec 8

[later] 7220 *1355-, 1755-1801* UT. ERI Voice of the Broad Masses (tent.), Dec 9, opening with IS and short OM ann under CRI empty carrier (but blocked by CRI music from 1358), also at 1755 with final news bulletin by YL and choral NA at 1759 (tx off at 1802) - fair-poor (ex.
7100?); it seems, according to the opening IS was their Program 1 signals. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXplorer Dec 8/9)

Interview with Germany's Deutsche Welle Director
Iterview with Erik Bettermann, published Nov 19:
www.faz.net/s/Rub475F682E3FC24868A8A5276D4FB916D7/Doc~ECBE36E2A1CC
447BEA7EE79B560E77912~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html

Greece's pirate Radio Makedonia shut down
Now the frequency MW 1386 kHz is used by ERA-RSM 2nd program with main freq 1044 kHz. Some of the prgrs on both freqs are relaying on 9935 kHz. Observed on Dec 2nd. Due to the political reasons[sic, ERT never on air Tuesdays due of maintenance !] Radio Filia was not on the air 0700-1000 UT in En, Fr, Sp on 12105 and in Greek on 9420 kHz on same day. When are the prgrs in Ge and Ru please and which freq is using in B-08? (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8)

Latest Trans World Radio newsletter now available
via www.twrafrica.org/newsletter2.asp

Lost & Found - a listener from Eritrea
www.twrafrica.org/letters.asp?type=19

The Story of Tinas, a listener from Zimbabwe
www.twrafrica.org/0168.asp (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 28)
Palau
12130 T8WH World Harvest Radio., heard at 1026 UT on 06 Dec in English with Christian light pop music. Fair to good sigs but beat to death by R. Free Afghanistan on 12140 kHz which was splattering a lot. (Albert Muick-AFG/HCDX Dec 6)

Sri Lanka in English
SLBC English as was observed 28-30 November: Mon-Sat *0100- 0433*, Sun *0030-0530* heard on 9770 kHz and an also 6005 and 15745 kHz. The times on Sun 0030-0100 and 0430-0530 are evangelic programs in English, compiled in US ministries.(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8)

Syria
I am trying oftenly since Oct 30th, to catch Radio Damascus on shortwaves 9330 or 12085 kHz, but always there are no any signals at 1700- 2000 and 2100-2315 UT. Rather their Foreign Service is cancelled maybe? But the MW broadcasts to Israel are on the air on 783 kHz: 1700-1830 Hebrew, 1830-1900 Russian.(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8)

Yemen on 9780
Yemen Radio & TV Corp., San'a, 1812-1825, 07 Dec, English, news, western songs, feature about the Koran, Arabic music; 43343, adjacent QRM, mainly until 1830. Weak audio, very hard to read. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8)
(Source: WWDXC Top News/BC-DX 890)

BBC World Service available worldwide on Nokia mobile phones

For the first time, the BBC’s English and Arabic international news channels are now part of Nokia’s Internet Radio application on mobile phones, following an agreement between BBC World Service and Nokia. From today, three audio channels – BBC World Service in English, BBC World Service’s 24-hour rolling news in English, and BBC Arabic – will be available on the latest Nokia mobile phone models as part of their preloaded Internet Radio application. All three channels will be available for live streaming 24 hours a day.
Ruxandra Obreja, Controller, BBC World Service Business Development, said: “I believe this is an innovative agreement, getting BBC exposure on one of the latest digital platforms, giving listeners from across the globe access to our distinctive and compelling content in English and Arabic.”
Karl Kathuria, Head of Digital Delivery, BBC World Service, added: “For delivery over the Internet Radio platform, we are providing an MP3-format stream that can be picked up via Wi-Fi or through a mobile data connection, mirroring our online offer in these languages. This is the first time we’ve made our live 24-hour audio streams available specifically for a mobile platform, as part of our commitment to a multi-format strategy.”
The Nokia Internet Radio application can be downloaded to various Nokia device models for free from nokia.com/internetradio and is also preloaded in selected Nokia S60 3rd edition devices.
(Source: BBC World Service Publicity/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Canada's CHU moving to 7850 kHz

After seventy years of broadcasting Canada’s official time, NRC’s shortwave station CHU will move the transmission frequency for the 7335 KHz transmitter to 7850 KHz. The change goes into effect on 01 January 2009 at 00:00 UTC.
CHU is a part of NRC’s system for disseminating official time throughout Canada, broadcasting 24 hours a day from a location approximately 15 km south-west of downtown Ottawa. Listeners hear tones to mark the seconds, voice to announce the time in French and English, and digital data to set computers.
The atomic clocks at CHU are part of the ensemble of clocks in the time and frequency research laboratories in Ottawa, at the National Research Council Canada. The NRC clocks are used in conjunction with clocks in the time laboratories of other countries to construct the internationally accepted scale of time, UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which is now the reference for official time used by all countries. UTC is the modern implementation of Greenwich Mean Time.
“Coincidentally, this frequency change comes at a time when NRC is investing resources to refurbish the aging transmitters at CHU in order to provide clear, dependable shortwave services as part of NRC’s mandate to disseminate time to all Canadians.” said Raymond Pelletier, Technical Officer at the NRC-Institute for National Measurement Standards, who oversees the CHU facility. “The shortwave time service is especially beneficial for those in remote locations where there is limited access to internet and telephone communication. CHU also provides a back up against failure of other services.”
In April 2007, the International Telecommunications Union re-allocated the 7300-7350 KHz band from a fixed service to a broadcasting service. Since then, interference on the 7335 KHz frequency has come from many information broadcasters around the world.
CHU listeners in Canada and around the world who have for so long considered the 7335 KHz frequency exclusively for time signals, are very vocal about this interference. We have heard from amateur radio operators, watchmakers, astronomers, and navigators who use the tones and voice signals. As well, comments were received from those who use the carrier as a calibration source at a distance for their equipment.
To give notice to users, CHU will broadcast an announcement in both English and French. More information about CHU can be found at:
http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/time_services/shortwave_broadcasts_e.html
Comments about the CHU change can be sent by e-mail to radio.chu@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca .
(Source: National Research Council Canada /Comminique 09 Dec. 2008)

Radio New Zealand International - B08 English schedule revisions

Radio New Zealand International

Effective from: 17 Nov. 2008
All times UTC
target areas: as (Asia) pa (Pacific)


English
0000-0100 15720pa
0100-0200 15720pa
0200-0300 15720pa
0300-0400 15720pa
0400-0458 15720pa
0459-0500 11725pa
0500-0600 11725pa
0600-0658 11725pa
0659-0700 9765pa
0700-0800 9765pa
0800-0900 9765pa
0900-1000 9765pa
1000-1058 9765pa
1059-1100 13660pa
1100-1200 13660pa
1200-1258 13660pa
1259-1300 6170pa
1300-1400 6170pa
1400-1500 6170pa
1500-1550 6170pa
1551-1600 7145pa
1600-1650 7145pa
1651-1700 9765as
1700-1750 9765as
1751-1800 9765pa
1800-1850 9765pa
1851-1900 11725pa
1900-1935 11725pa
1936-1950 11725pa
1951-2000 11725pa
2000-2050 11725pa
2051-2100 17675pa
2100-2200 17675pa
2200-2235 17675pa
2236-2300 15720pa
2300-0000 15720pa

DRM
0000-0100 17675pa
0100-0200 17675pa
0200-0300 17675pa
0300-0400 17675pa
0400-0458 17675pa
0459-0500 11675pa
0500-0600 11675pa
0600-0658 11675pa
0659-0700 9870pa
0700-0800 9870pa
0800-0900 9870pa
0900-1000 9870pa
1000-1058 9870pa
1059-1100 9870pa
1100-1158 9870pa
1400-1430 Sat 9750pa
1551-1600 6170pa
1600-1650 6170pa
1651-1700 9890pa
1700-1750 9890pa
1751-1800 9890pa
1800-1850 9890pa
1851-1900 9890pa
1900-1935 9890pa
1936-1950 11675pa
1951-2000 13730pa
2000-2050 13730pa
2051-2200 15720pa
2200-2235 15720pa
2236-2300 17675pa
2300-0000 17675pa
(Source: DX Mix News, Ivo Ivanov, via WWDXC/BC-DX Top News/DX Mix
News #548)

HCJB Global - B08 English schedule

Australia, HCJB Global
26 October 2008 - 28 March 2009

All times UTC
Target areas: as (Asia) pa (Pacific)

0000-0030 15410as 15525as
0100-0200 15410as
0200-0300 15410as
0730-0800 11750pa
0800-0900 11750pa
0900-0930 11750pa
1030-1100 15400as
1100-1200 15400as
1200-1300 15400as 15540as
1300-1330 15540as
1330-1400 15435as
1400-1430 15400as 15425as
1500-1530 15425as
2200-2300 15525as
2300-0000 15525as
(Source: Gayle Van Horn/Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times SW Guide

Blog Logs

Today's shortwave BLOG LOGS, represent a portion of additional logs recently cut from my SWBC Logs column in Monitoring Times, due to space constraints. Contributions are always welcome for the magazine or blog, and may be directed to my above email address. Thanks very much to the contributors for your kind words and support.

All times UTC, frequencies in kHz, English unless otherwise indicated // parallel frequencies.
* sign-on - sign-off *

Angola
Radio Nacional 4950, 0212-0233. Portuguese text to continuous Portuguese music ballads thru 0230. No ID or station announcement noted. Signal poor-weak. (S Barbour, NH)

Bolivia
Radio Yura 4716.7, 2347-0002. Spanish. Announcers text and talk to station ID at 0000. Signal poor but improving. Subsequent log at 0113-0118 (S Barbour, NH)

Brazil
Radio Anhanguera 6080, 0015-0030. Station noted under HCJB with Portuguese comments and Bras music. Siganl poor with mixing noted. (C Bolland, FL)

Radio Bandeirantes 6089.95, 0105-0120. Station from São Paulo, observing Anguilla off the air leaving this station in the clear. Portuguese talk to station ads, jingles and sound effects. Fair signal. Noted also on // 9645.29 very weak. (B Alexander, PA)

Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicais 4845, 0958-1010. Caught their national anthem to 0958 to 1000. This was immediately followed with a canned ID as "...Radio.....Ondas Tropicais..., then into music. Signal quality fair. (C Bolland, FL).

Radio Senado Brasilia, 5990, 0937-1000. Portuguese text from announcers for signal at tune-in. Signal was a total mess by 1000 with 5985 WYFR signal splatter. )S Barbour, NH).

Colombia
LV Guaviare 6035, 0250-0303.* Local romantic musical ballads to Spanish talks. Closing statio ID announcement at 0259. National anthem at 0301 amid poor-fair signal quality. Fair-poor signal with weak co-channel QRM from BBC World Service. (B Alexander, PA).

Cuba
Radio Nacional de Venezuela 6060, 1100. Program Politics and the Environment noted in Spanish/English. SIO 353. (B. Fraser, ME)

Djibouti
Radio Djibouti 4780, *0301-0325. Sign-on with brief national anthem followed by opening Arabic announcements. Holy Koran recitations to Arabic announcemensts and Horn of Africa style music at 0324. Signal poor to fair. (B Alexander, PA).

Equatorial Guinea
Radio Africa 15190, 1120-1125. English religious programming. Fair level but muffled and distorted audio. Also heard at 2045 with somewhat distorted and muffled audio. (B Alexander, PA).

Radio Nacional 6250, *0524-0540. Station sign-on with Spanish announcements into hi0life music. "Radio Malabo" identification at 0530. Signal fair-good. (B Alexander, PA).

Honduras
HRMI Comayaguela, 3340, 0911-0917. Spanish/English. Male announcer's English religious text. Lady announcer's Spanish translation amid poor-fair signal quality. (S Barbour, NH)
3340, 0508-0528 in Spanish/English with religious services and scriptures. (J Woods, TN).

Liberia
ELWA, Monrovia 6070, 2240-2302.* Gospel music to announcements at 2300. National anthem at 2302 amid poor signal quality with occasional weak co-channel QRM from CFRX and mixing with Chile-CVC at their 2300 sign-on. (B Alexander, PA).

Mauritania
Radio Mauritania 7245, *0852-0905. Arabic service including talk and announcements noted with low modulation. (B Alexander, PA).

Mexico
XERTA Radio Transcontinental 4800, 0530-0621. Spanish. Continuous music during the entire reception with the exception of an ID at 0616. Music appears to havebeen before a live audience performance including English tunes. Poor signal quality. (J Wood, TN).

Niger
LV du Sahel 9705, 2101-2155.* Station audible after Ethiopia 9704.2 signed off. French talk and text to U.S. R&B tunes and French ballads. Phone chat to local drums at 1147. Flute melody at 2149 and Koran at 2151-2155. Signal weak but readable. (B Alexander, PA).

Nigeria
Radio Nigeria, Ikorodu, 15120, 1818-1838. Announcers talk to children's choir music. Station ID to time check into newcast. Signal poor-fair. (S Barbour, NH).

Voice of Nigeria 15120, 2050. report on fruit and vegetable harvest. Station off at 2100. (B Fraser, ME).

Papua New Guinea
Radio East New Britain 3385, 1104-1116. Announcer with continous talk. Signal weak but clear until large hetrodyne at 1116. (S Barbour, NH)

Peru
Radio Cultural (presumed) 4955, 0011-0020. Spanish. Announcer presents music tunes and talk during weak-poor signal quality. (S Barbour, NH)

Radio Huanta 2000, 4746.9, 0052-0111. Announcers Spanish banter which sounded like a call-in program. Program announcements at 0058 to bits of Quecha music. Back to announcers at 0102, and still going at tune-out. Signal poor-weak. (S Barbour, NH)

Radio Libertad Junin (presumed) 5039.3, *1030-1038. Spanish. Lengthy music ballad at signal (may have been a national anthem). Sign-on announcement followed by music at 1035, then signal rapidly deteriorating under band noise and my local sunrise. (S Barbour, NH).

Radio Sicuani, Sicuani 4826.4, 0910-0921. Spanish text and talk to Quecha music. Signal poor under relentless CODAR interference. (S Barbour, NH)

Radio Tarma 4755.05, 0030-0045. Very weak signal here with a male announcer in steady Spanish text. Plenty of QRM observed. (C Bolland, FL)

Radio Vision 4790.05, 0905-0915. Peruvian folk music to Spanish comments. Station ID at 0912. Poor signal quality. (B Alexander, PA).

Turkey
Voice of Turkey 5960, 2300. Station sign-on ID to info. World news and press reviews. SIO 454. (B Fraser, ME)

Uganda
UBC Kampala, 4975.9, 2144-2205. Continous Afro pops tunes, hammered by CODAR interference, Signal fair otherwise,. (S Barbour, NH).

Zanzibar
RTZ 11735, 1940-2059.* East African music to lady announcer speaking in Swahili. Signal pips to 2000, followed by English newscast from Spice FM beginning with "it's 11:00 East African time." Ten-minute commentary to more music and Koran at 2055. Program closedown announcement at 2058 followed by anthem. Very enjoyable and a good signal building up to very good by 2058. (J Wilkins, CO).

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Broadcasting/Radio Zimbabwe. Observed a weak signal here with steady hi-life music. Heard comments about 0050, but not clear. Heard more comments at 0103. © Bolland, FL)

Contributors:
Brian Alexander, PA
Scott Barbour, NH
Chuck Bolland, FL
Bob Fraser, ME
John Wilkins, CO
Joe Wood, TN

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC // parallel frequencu

Audio clip from Radio Jordan
This morning I recorded this audioclip of Radio Jordan on 11810 KHz at 0700 UTC at: www.hb9gce.ch/Radio%20Jordan_20081208_065101_11810.mp3 (HB9GCE, Andy Stumpf Carl Andreas/playdx2003)

Bolivian logs
6155.26, Radio Fides, 1028-1035 With a male in Spanish comments briefly followed my typical music. Signal was poor to fair. (Chuck Bolland,FL December 7, 2008)

6134.82, Radio Santa Cruz, 1031-1040 Just talking here with a male and female in Spanish language comments. Noted an ID by the female. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL December 7, 2008)

China logs
3303 USB, Zhoushan Maritime Meteorological Radio, *1400-1412*, Dec 5, IS (Kenny G instrumental music - "Forever in Love"), woman in Chinese with assume the maritime weather conditions, poor/QRN. After hearing them on Sept 29 and 30, I never heard them again until today. Their current website is <>, where I find no schedule or reference to SW. The only reference to 3303 I can find is at their former website , with a reference to: SSB to receive high-powered radio (frequency 3303).

4830, China Huayi BC, 1551-1600*, Dec 4, in Chinese with call-in program (answered calls with traditional greeting: "Ni Hao" [pronounced: Nee HaOW]), 5+1 pips, man starts talking and quickly signed off, fair, heard every day with decent signal, on from *1200.

9530, Firedrake, 1516, Dec 4, strong signal, // 6105 and 9000 (Ron (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)

Five new audio bits
Delta Rado Dutch pirate 6310 KHz
Radio Euromust Dutch pirate 1655 KHz
Radio Marti 15330 KHz
Voice of Malaysia 15295 Khz
Caz Radio Netherlands 828 Khz
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/
(Francesco/HCDX)

France frequency update
Frequency change of Radio France International in Hausa from Dec. 8:
0600-0630 new freq 6135 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg, x6170 // 7220
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8/DX Mix News #550)

India Zee News ties up with Voice of America
One of the biggest public broadcasters in the US.
According to the company, Voice of America is expected to give Zee News an advantage over its competitors by providing it unprecedented access to the US market. The alliance will help Zee News in featuring stories of Indian interest from all across America.
Zee News will air a five-minute daily segment named America LIVE, which will be a part of the 8 a.m. news bulletin. In addition, Zee News will also telecast relevant stories in the afternoon (2:00 p.m.) and prime time news bulletin News Top 10.
(Source: www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/12/04/stories/2008120451621800.htm/ Sakthivel, India)

Peru log
6173.9, Tawantinsuyo, 1021-1030 Noted a very weak, threshold signal here with a person in comments. (Chuck Bolland, FL December 7, 2008)

RFE/RL protests removal from Kyrgyz airwaves
of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website on 7 December Bishkek: In an indication that Kyrgyzstan’s brief experiment with pluralism may be ending, authorities in this Central Asian country confirmed on Friday that RFE/RL radio and television broadcasts have been taken off the air.
“The suspension, which began on October 8, was initially portrayed as a payment dispute, but we have since traced the payments and confirmed deposit and receipt,” said RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin. “Ten weeks have passed. Our programmes remain off the air. Kyrgyz officials have refused to meet with us to resolve the situation. Frankly, we expected more from a country trying to prove its reformist credentials in the region.”
Melis Eshimkanov, director of state-owned UTRK, gave his first public acknowledgement of RFE/RL’s situation yesterday in remarks to Reuters after announcing the suspension of the BBC’s local service, also on contractual grounds. UTRK is the only nationwide Kyrgyz-language broadcaster in Kyrgyzstan, and has long aired RFE/RL radio broadcasts and prime-time television programmes.
The original suspension of RFE/RL programming coincided with local elections in Kyrgyzstan on October 5, which exposed political turmoil in the country and galvanized public criticism against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev for concentrating power.
RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, known in Kyrgyzstan as Radio Azattyk, broadcasts three hours of radio programming a day and produces two weekly prime-time television news shows, “Inconvenient Questions” and the youth-oriented “Azattyk Plus”. The Service is extremely popular in Kyrgyzstan - recent surveys by Intermedia show that 40 per cent of all Kyrgyz adults either listened to Kyrgyz Service radio broadcasts or watched its television shows at least once a week.
(Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, Washington, D.C., in English 0000 gmt 7 Dec 08 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands media Network Weblog)

Romania frequency update
Frequency changes or Radio Romania International to WeEu:
1100-1156 new freq 11970 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg, x17845 \\ 15150 15255 17790
1200-1256 new freq 11970*TIG 300 kW / 307 deg, x11940 \\ 9690
1300-1356 new freq 11970 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg, x17745 \\ 15105
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8/DX Mix News #550)

Solomon Islands active on 9541.53
SIBC Honiara 9541.53, 0645-0710. Dec 1 Pop music and island tunes to ID at 0700 and into news read by male/female. Very weak signal about an hour before Honiara sunset, occasionally dropping back into the noise. Hopefully the signal will improve in the next hour. Thanks to Craig Seager for tip. SIBC is reportedly drifting from 9450 to 9452 kHz. Good to find them on 31 meters again! (Atkins-WA) bI checked my Perseus files this morning, and SIBC did indeed improve in strength to fair by their 0800 ID & newscast. (Guy Atkins, Puyallup, WA USA/HCDX)

You Tube video clip from movie The Boat That Rocked
Trailer for the forthcoming movie set around 60's pirate radio is now
on YouTube:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQc3lO4JDs&fmt=18
(Mike Barraclough, UK/worlddxclub)

New December specials from DX Stamp Service

Santa and I are joining forces to increase your buying power!

Send in $100 to establish an account or add to an existing one and Santa will add $10 to make it $110.
Send in $150, Santa adds $15 to make it $165.
And, if you are REALLY good, send in $200 and Santa will add $25 to make it $225.
This Offer ONLY valid via Check or Money Order, No credit cards.
Checks MUST be received by Dec 31, 2008

Holiday $avings Do it NOW! and let your $$ grow. Also, take advantage of our super December specials listed below!!

Merry Christmas
and 73,
Bill and Santa

DX Stamp Service is repeating the November specials for December! Now is a great opportunity to take advantage of these specials one more month. Thanks to Bill Plum for a great service throughout the year.
Gayle Van Horn

Dear DXer,
Below are December's specials. We've added Germany AND lowered the price of our UK special. Below are updated prices for stamps from Asia. We have replenished a number of them over the past few months and needed to increase several prices.

On Back Order: Guyana, Trinidad/Tobago
Back In Stock: Qatar and New Caledonia

ASIA price increases:
India-$1.50
Macao-$1.50
Sri Lanka-$1.50
Israel-$1.50
Malaysia-$1.50
Bahrain-$1.50
Thailand-$1.50
Brunei-$1.50
China PRC-$1.50
Pakistan-$1.50
China Taiwan-$1.50
Philippines-$1.50
United Arab Emirates-$1.50
Qatar-$2.00
Saudi Arabia-$1.50
Hong Kong-$1.50
Singapore-$1.50

Rate Increase: Last month, we forgot to mention that Israel's postal rate increased and is now 4,50 NS

*******Price Increases Set for January 2009**********

The following prices will increase:
European Air Mailers and Air Returns
Stateside Mailers and Returns
QSL Card Albums
QSL Card Album Pages

If you need ANY of these in the coming months, buy NOW while they are on SPECIAL!!!

DECEMBER 2008 DX STAMP SPECIALS

3 Germany-$8.25 2 Italy-$3.00 3 Japan-$3.60 3 UK-$3.30

DECEMBER 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.

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.

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. If you're looking for the best in stamp servies for your overseas mail, contact Bill the Stamp Guy!
Gayle Van Horn

FEBA Radio -B08 multilingual schedule update

U.K.[non] Winter B-08 of FEBA Radio

West & Central Africa
1830-1900 on 7160 MEY 100 kW / 345 deg smtwtfs French
2145-2215 on 11985 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg ....tf. Hassinya

Middle East
0800-0830 on 15220 MOS 300 kW / 115 deg smtwtfs Arabic
1900-1930 on 7235 WER 250 kW / 105 deg smtwtfs Arabic
1900-2030 on 9550 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg smtwtfs Arabic

East Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan
1545-1600 on 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg smtwtfs Amharic
1600-1630 on 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg s...tfs Amharic
1600-1630 on 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg .mtw... Guragena
1630-1700 on 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg smtwtfs Amharic
1600-1630 on 11875 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg smtwtfs Afar
1630-1700 on 9850 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg smtw... Tigrinya
1630-1700 on 9850 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg ....tfs Amharic
1700-1730 on 11655 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg smtwtfs Somali
1730-1800 on 11655 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg smtwtfs Tigrinya
1700-1730 on 6180 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg smtwtfs Orominya

Pakistan, Afghanistan
0200-0300 on 7120 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg s...... Urdu
0200-0230 on 7120 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg .mtwtfs Urdu
0230-0300 on 7120 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg .mtwtfs Various
0200-0230 on 6125 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg smtwtfs Pashto
0230-0300 on 6125 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg smtwtfs Dari
1400-1445 on 7150 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg smtwtfs Urdu
1445-1500 on 7150 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg smtwtfs Various
1430-1500 on 7250 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg smtwtfs Pashto
1500-1530 on 7250 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg smtwtfs Dari
1530-1545 on 7250 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg smtwtfs Hazaragi
1545-1600 on 7250 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg smtwtfs Various

North India, Nepal, Tibet
0015-0030 on 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg smtwtfs Bangla
0030-0045 on 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg s..w... Hindi
0030-0045 on 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg .mt.... Various
0030-0045 on 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg ....tfs Bangla
0045-0100 on 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg smtwtfs Hindi
1200-1230 on 15215 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg smtwtfs Tibetan
1430-1445 on 12045 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg smtwtfs Urdu
1445-1500 on 12045 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg ...wtfs Kashmiri
1445-1500 on 12045 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg smt.... Various
1430-1500 on 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg smtwtfs Hindi
1500-1530 on 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg smtwtfs Bangla

South India
0030-0100 on 5885 ERV 100 kW / 125 deg smtwtfs Tamil
0130-0200 on 6140 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg s...tf. Telugu
0145-0200 on 6140 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg .mtw..s Various
1400-1430 on 12045 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg s...... English
1400-1415 on 12045 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg .mtwtfs Malayalam
1415-1430 on 12045 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg .mtwtfs Various

Transmitters sites
ARM=Armavir, Russia ASC=Ascension Island
DHA=Al-Dhabayya, UAE ERV=Yerevan, Armenia
KIG=Kigali, Rwanda MEY=Meyerton, RSA
MOS=Moosbrunn, Austria NVS=Novosibirsk, Russia
TAC=Tashkent, Uzbekistan WER=Wertachtal, Germany
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8/DX Mix News #550)

RDP International/Radio Portugal B08 schedule

Portugal
Operational B-08 schedule of RDP Internacional/Radio Portugal

All times UTC

West Europe Mon-Fri
0600-0655 on 7130 LIS 300 kW / 045 deg
0700-1300 on 9815 LIS 300 kW / 045 deg
0745-0900 on 11660 SIN 250 kW / 055 deg
1700-2000 on 9455 LIS 300 kW / 045 deg

West Europe Sat/Sun
0800-1155 on 12020 LIS 300 kW / 045 deg
1200-1455 on 11885 LIS 300 kW / 045 deg
0930-1100 on 9815 SIN 250 kW / 055 deg
1500-1655 on 11635 LIS 300 kW / 045 deg
1700-2100 on 9455 LIS 300 kW / 045 deg

Middle East/India Mon-Fri
1400-1600 on 15690 LIS 100 kW / 082 deg

Sao Tome/Principe/Angola/Mocambique Mon-Fri
1100-1300 on 17745 LIS 300 kW / 144 deg
1700-2000 on 13720 LIS 300 kW / 144 deg

Sao Tome/Principe/Angola/Mocambique Sat/Sun
0800-1455 on 17590 LIS 100 kW / 144 deg
1500-1655 on 15520 LIS 100 kW / 144 deg
1700-2100 on 13720 LIS 300 kW / 144 deg

Brasil/Cabo Verde/Guinea Bisau Mon-Fri
1100-1300 on 21655 LIS 300 kW / 226 deg
1700-2000 on 15465 LIS 300 kW / 226 deg

Brasil/Cabo Verde/Guinea Bisau Sat/Sun
0800-1055 on 15555 LIS 300 kW / 226 deg
1100-1655 on 21655 LIS 300 kW / 226 deg
1700-2100 on 15465 LIS 300 kW / 226 deg

South America/Brasil Tue-Sat
0000-0300 on 11655 LIS 300 kW / 226 deg

Venezuela Tue-Sat
0000-0300 on 9855 LIS 100 kW / 261 deg

USA/Canada Tue-Sat
0000-0300 on 9455 LIS 300 kW / 300 deg

USA/Canada Sat/Sun
1300-1655 on 15560 LIS 300 kW / 300 deg
1700-1855 on 17825 LIS 300 kW / 300 deg
1900-2100 on 12040 LIS 300 kW / 300 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8/DX Mix News #550)

winter schedule changes from Media Broadcast

Germany
Media Broadcast changes:

All times UTC
NF (new frequency)

WYFR Family Radio
from Nov. 21/25
1600-1800 NF 11955 NAU 500 kW / 115 deg to EaAf in Amharic/Swahili,x13660
1700-1800 NF 9885%WER 250 kW / 060 deg to RUSS in Russian, x5970&NAU
1800-1900 NF 7180#WER 250 kW / 060 deg to RUSS in Russian, x5970*NAU
& to avoid China Radio International in German and Ukrainian Radio HS-1
* to avoid China Radio International in French and Ukrainian Radio HS-1
# co-ch China Radio International in French via CER/ALB!!!
% co-ch Trans World Radio Africa in Tigrinya Sat-Thu

Voice of Oromia Liberation Front
in Oromo to EaAf from Dec. 4:
1600-1700 NF 11760 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Sun/Tue/Thu, x9695 WER
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 8/DX Mix news #550)

WAY TO GO GUYS

Navy wins 7th straight over Army - 34-0



Yahoo! News
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GO NAVY ...... BEAT ARMY !!!!!!!!!

This Navy wife has just one thing to say about tomorrows annual gridiron rivals

GO NAVY ............ BEAT ARMY



Here is a message to all you grunts from the crew of the USS Nassau, click here to view. www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=11847

And another video message from the Navy Combat Systems Engineers, click here to view. www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=11865

Scandinavian Weekend Radio set for December 6 broadcast

Dear listeners,

Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, Finland. will be broadcasting their first weekend of the month broadcast, this December 6. The broadcast will be 24 hours of action from 21 hours UTC on 1602 kHz MW, 6170/5980 kHz and 11720/11690 kHz.

Check our program, time and frequencytables from www.swradio.net . Lot of more information there as well.

+358 40 995559 call and send your SMS's
info@swradio.net send your e-mails here. Letters and reports for QSL's (add 2 euros/2 IRC's) write to:

SWR reports
P.O.Box 99
FI-34801 VIRRAT
FINLAND

Alpo Heinonen
Scandinavian Weekend Radio

Get ready for weekend relays

Thanks to Tom Taylor for the following info on this weekends relays.
Gayle VH

All times UTC

9290 kHz
December 6
Radio Joystick 0900-1000
Latvia Today 1000-1100
RWI 1100-1200
Radio Casblanca 1200-1300

December 7
Latvia Today 1300-1400


MV Baltic Radio will be broadcasting Dec, 7 on 6140 kHz at 1300, from the transmitting station in Wertachtal, Germany. The station will be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna).

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC

Audio clip of HCJB Australia
Noted on at 13.30, 15540 KHz in English language. The audioclip is available here:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/6003454.html
(Francesco, Spain/playdx2003)

Bolivia's Radio Fides log
6155.25, Radio Fides, 1030-1045. From tune in, noted steady news presented by various males in Spanish Language. At 1032, a series of ads or promos presented. One thing I like about Bolivian Radio Stations, especially those on shortwave, is the fact that they all are a few hertz off frequency.As far as I can tell, that's the case with each station. I suppose this maybe an intentional condition that they possibly feel allows their station to be heard by their listeners or possibly their transmitter is not precise enough to tune down to the nearest Hertz easily? Regardless, it makes tuning in Bolivian stations a lot easier especially if one has a good notch filter on his receiver. Getting back to Radio Fides, the talk continued during the period while the signal faded from a fair to poor. (Chuck Bolland, FL December 2, 2008)

More on Deutsche Welle
DWL German service main frequency towards Europe 6075 kHz is now used again by Sines Portugal site at 1700-2400 UT [instead of poor reception from Al Dhabbaya UAE 20-23 UT], also in \\ co-ch to Balkan, NE & ME via Woofferton England at 1800-2000 UT too. wb, Germany)

QSL from Radio Ukraine International
Full data QSL card in 22 days, 7510 kHz. Sent to address in WRTH. (Harold Woering-Easthampton, MA)

Update on Radio Dabanga
13800 Radio Dabanga with signal S5 in parallel to 7315 with signal S9!! With Horn of Africa songs ID on 0511 then with news mixed with short tune in-between news feeds. Mention to Omdurman and Sudan. Language: local On 3rd 7315 had a delay of ca 0.7 ec. On 3r with signals S7 (33323) for 13800 // S5 (35334 ) for 7315 but now 13800 had the delay. On 4th with S5, SINPO 35343 for 13800 delayed over // 7315 on S9 SINPO 43534 with 1 kHz tone. (Zacharias Liangas, Greece/Cumbre DX)

Blog Logs

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


Bolivia
6134.79, Radio Santa Cruz, 0958-1020. Initially noted a program of Bolivian music which continued through the hour mark. At about 1005, a series of promos and ID's heard, all of them canned; then at about 1010, back to music. Signal was good. (C. Bolland, FL)

Ethiopa
6889.93, Radio Fana, 2030-2059*. Nov 30. Local music. Amharic announcements. Poor to fair. // 6110 - good level but with co-channel QRM. (B. Alexander, PA)

7110, Radio Ethiopia, 2035-2101*, Nov 30. Amharic talk. Euro-pop ballads. US pop ballads. Sign off with national anthem at 2059. Fair signal with weak co-channel QRM. // 9704.19 - poor with QRM from 9705.(B. Alexander, PA)

Indonesia
4976.02, RRI Pontianak, (presumed)1058-1105. At tune in noticed music in progress. Gotta make this a "presume" since no break on the hour or comments during the period. Signal was poor. (C. Bolland, FL)


Nigeria
6089.85, Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, 2045-2157. Nov 30, Vernacular talk. Some local African music. Poor with adjacent channel DRM splatter. Completel. Covered by Anguilla 6090 at their 2157 sign on. (B. Alexander, PA)

Tibet
6200, Xizang PBS Lhasa, 1630-1700, Dec 3. "Holy Tibet" English program, news (tells number of students attending school, government money being spent to remodel the monasteries, etc.), segment "Tourism of Tibet", finally heard with decent audio at their sign-off: "Okay, that's all for today's program. Hope you had a good time listening to Holy Tibet program. Also if you have anything to tell us, you can contact us at:
China Tibet People's Broadcasting Station
No. 41 Beijing [sounded like "Zhonglu"?]
zip code 8850
Thank you for joining me", "This is China Tibet Broadcast Company calling Tibet. Holy Tibet will take you to visit the roof of the world. Holy Tibet is the window into the world of Tibet". (R. Howard, CA)

Laos
4412.6 Sam Neua from 1100 recording start with decent carrier but no real audio until 1125 when hrd some type of Laotian music program fading in and running to 1200 with male announcer. At 1200 intro instrumental music followed by male announcer with what sounded like news program with actualities, etc. from 1201.5 to 1214. Female/male announcers at 1214 to 1229. Woman announcer 1229-1230. Strong but not overwhelming CODAR QRM, but otherwise low noise llevels. SINPO 23442. Signal improved slightly from 1125 to 1230 end of recording.(B Churchill, CA)

Mongolia
7260, Mongolia, Mongolian Radio, Ulaanbaatar. November-30 Mongolian(sch) 0855-0859 YL talks and short instr. music between. SINPO 23432. (L. Bobrowiec, Brazil)

North Korea
2850 KCBS Pyongyang, 1315, 12/02/08. Typical NK-style communist opera with female vocals, not // to 3250/3320 which were also audible at this time. Fair to good but fading rapidly by 1330 recheck. (M. Schiefelbein, MO)

3250/3320 PBS Pyongyang, 1319, 12/02/08. Presumed Korean. Female and male announcers with a rather impassioned-sounding diatribe. Both frequencies were parallel to each other, but not the same program as 2850. 3250 weaker than 3320, both mostly poor. (M. Schiefelbein, MO)

9665.56 KCBS Pyongyang, 2327, 12/02/08. More revolutionary opera, which aside from the source is actually fairly pleasant to listen to, seemed to flow from piece to piece without any announcer commentary. Best in USB due to a big het from something right on 9665, but unsure what - several possibilities listed. First time heard here at this hour. Poor. (M. Schiefelbein, MO)

Papua New Guinea
7325, Papua New Guinea, Wantok Radio Light(tent), Port Moresby. November-30 0819 Folk music, 0823 female talks then male, 0825 faded out. Very weak, SINPO 23322. (L. Bobrowiec, Brazil)

Peru
4826.46, Radio Sichuan, 1021-1040. Mainly heard Spanish comments from both a male and female during the period. Some music heard, but only as a "bridge" so to speak. Signal was fair to threshold during the period. By 1040, it was evident that the signal was fading out for the morning. (C. Bolland, FL)

4835.45. Radio Maranon, 1115-1120. Surprised that this is still readable because of the late time, but noted a female in Spanish language followed by a male. This signal is cycling in and out as it fades into the noise trying to hold on for just a few more moments. Unfortunately that doesn't happen as it fades down to nothing. (C. huck Bolland, FL)

4790, Radio Visión, Chiclayo. November-30 SS 0802-0809. Folk music with male talks at the mid and between songs. 23322 (L. Bobrowiec, Brazil)

Solomon Islands
9541.55 SIBC, Honiara. Reactivated here - hasn't been traced on 5020v of late. BBC "World Today" relay 0600, followed by ID 0630 "This is the National Service of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation.", followed by string of adverts in English. Local reggae-flavoured song after that. Quite strong here, 29/11.(C Seager, Australia)

USA
Radio Marti, 6300, 2202-2205, November 24. Excellent signal with women reading news in Spanish, ending her segment with". . . Radio Marti." Included a few words in English mentioning Wall Street from a speech by a man. Off suddenly at 2205—before I had a chance to check parallel frequencies, 6030 was on when I checked a few seconds later, but signal was only good, and jamming was present. Punch-up error for 6030? At 2357 recheck, a weak Radio Nacional de la RASD was on 6300. (W. Craighead)

Contributors
Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brazil/playdx2003
Chuck Bolland, FL
Bruce Churchill, CA/Cumbre DX
Wendel Craighead, KS
Ron Howard, CA
M. Schiefelbein, MO/Cumbre DX
Craig Seager, Australia/HCDX

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC

Australia
HCA erecting new antennas and transmitter house till April 2009, see report on HCJB Australia Newsletter. Dec 2008 issue is now available for dowload from this link:
www.hcjb.org.au/docs/131_Aus_Dec08.pdf
(Alokesh Gupta-IN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 26)


Bahrain
9745USB Radio Bahrain at 1852 UT. Middle Eastern vocal, brief announcement in Arabic by woman, then enthusiastic man and woman swapping mic in what sounded like ads. Into another vocal at 1855 UT with local instruments featuring heavy drums. Seemed pips at 1900 UT followed by talk, but too fady and noisy to read. This one seems to operate on an extremely irregular sked, to say the least. (Bob Hill-MA-USA, DXplorer Nov 25)

Bulgaria
Regarding warbling transmitter unit at Padarsko. The problem was so quickled solved. Please check frequencies:
15700 1100-1500
7200 1600-1700
7400 1730-1900
2000-2300
0000-0400
0530-0600
0630-0800 UTC.
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, Nov 26)

Ecuador
HCJB now uses 15280 kHz to Europe in the DRM Mode with 4 kW and a Rhombic Antenna. Time 1100-1300 UTC. Bitrate is only 14.78 kBit, but audio is very good for that low bitrate. For proper decoding a SNR of 10- 12 dB is needed.

Program lineup includes
Musica del Ecuador at 1100-1130. News programming in Spanish 1130-1200. Low German 1200-1230. German 1230-1300 UT.

Poland/Germany
Polskie Radio, English service. Thursday Multimedia entry missed on website, but is really on air, checked Nov 27.

Thursday 1330 UT Polish R "Multimedia": 7325nau 9450wer Satellite is really on air! under different headline ?

www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/ramowka/?id=10

see also Fri 0830 UT via satellite. First airing Wed 1825 UT shortwave / 2055 UT satellite.

Sweden
GRIMETON RADIO / SAQ TRANSMISSION.
There will be a transmission with the Alexanderson alternator on 17.2 kHz on Dec 6, 2008 at 1045 UTC. The reason for the extra transmission is the opening of a new "Alexanderson Institute" at Campus Learning Centre in Varberg, the near by city.

We do not require any QSL-reports this time and will not verify.
Regards. SM6NM/Lars

P.S. We still intend to continue with our annual transmission on Christmas Eve (morning), Dec 24, at 08:00 UTC with tuning up from 07:30 UTC. D.S. (Lars Kalland-SWE; via Mike Terry-UK, BrDXC-UK Nov 29)
(Source: WWDXC Top News/BC-DX #889 via wb, Germany)

American DX Report

Adventist World Radio - AWR Wavescan - DX Program

* USA: Currently, there is a concerted effort on the part of radio afficianados to rescue the high powered “Voice of America” international shortwave station located near Delano in California. If their efforts are successful, this station will not be demolished, but instead it will be preserved for possible use in the future, as coming political and international events may suggest. This VOA station near the American Pacific coast was constructed towards the end of World War 2, and over the years it has been modernized and updated as newer equipment has become available. The coverage area for VOA Delano has been the many countries on the Pacific rim and also Latin America. You can read about the rescue efforts that have already been implemented by checking their website at radionational.org and also by entering VOA Delano into Youtube.

* Canada: The 1 kW shortwave station located near Toronto in Ontario has recently been renovated and re-activated. With a new transmitter and a new antenna system, this station CFRX can be heard again on its familiar channel 6070 kHz, with a relay from the parent mediumwave station, CFRB on 1010 kHz. However, monitoring observations at our location in Indianapolis, 550 miles southwest of Toronto, indicate that the new antenna system is apparently oriented more for Canadian coverage rather than omni-directional coverage as it was in years gone by. The signal in Indiana is quite poor and unreliable, though it can be heard occasionally with a readable signal.

* New Guinea: Adventist World Radio has contributed half of the funds required for establishing an FM station at the Pacific Adventist University in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Although the Seventh-day Adventist denomination has been on the air on multiple occasions from the radio stations throughout Papua New Guinea, this new 1 kW FM station is the first Adventist owned radio station in this country. The university campus is located at Boroko, on the edge of Port Moresby, and the target date for the initial test broadcasts from this new radio station has been some time during this month of November.

* India: Jose Jacob, VU2JOS in Hyderabad, reported on November 16 that AIR Port Blair was noted on 4765 kHz instead of the usual 4760 kHz, thus enabling listeners to tune in AIR Leh which was previously co-channel with Port Blair.

* Indonesia: The BBC Monitoring Service reports that there are sixty two radio stations on the air on the holiday island of Bali. Because of this congestion on the radio dial, the licensing authorities state that no channels are available for new radio stations on Bali.

* Namibia: BBC Monitoring also reports that NBC, The Namibia Broadcasting Commission is heavily in debt, to the amount of $250 million. The management of NBC in Windhoek is appealing to their government for financial aid in order to survive.

* Thailand: A report from Andy Sennitt via Jerry Berg states that the BBC relay station located in northern Thailand was taken off the air at the end of the first week in November due to local flooding. Some of the BBC programming was transferred to the Radio Netherlands relay station located on the island of Madagascar.

* Romania: According to Alokesh Gupta in India via Cumbre DX, Romania issued a new postage stamp and also a new coin on November 1 to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of radio broadcasting in their country.

*Australia: A report in the October issue of the Australian DX News states that HCJB Australia has received approval to construct a new shortwave station on an adjoining property at Kununurra at the top of Western Australia. It is intended that all of the transmission facilities located on the original property will ultimately be transferred to the adjacent new location.

* Australia: The same issue of ADXN also states that the transmitter facilities of Radio Netherlands at Flevo in Holland are in the process of being dismantled, though it is not known yet as to what will happen to all of this equipment and the transmitter building.

* USA: And now an interesting old item of news as our final item in this edition of American DX Report; and we take you to Chicago Illinois, on the edge of the Great Lakes. Back three quarters of a century ago, the mediumwave station WLS in Chicago reported that they received a total of 1,051,041 letters from listeners in the year 1934.
(Source: Dr. Adrian M. Peterson/Adventist World Radio
DX Editor Box 29235
adrian@awr.org
Indianapolis, Indiana 46229 USA
(National Online Project)

weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Dec 02 2351 UTC
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
24 - 30 November 2008

Solar activity was very low through the period. No flares were observed. The visible disk was spotless.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

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

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels on 24 November. On 25 and 26 November, activity increased to quiet to active levels, with isolated minor storm periods at high latitudes observed on the 25th. This period of activity was due to a recurrent coronal hole that rotated into a geoeffective position. By early on 27 November, activity decayed to quiet levels and remained so through the balance of the summary period. The period began with ACE solar wind
velocities at about 270 km/s. These velocities persisted through late on 24 November when wind speed jumped abruptly to about 600 km/s by midday on the 25th. During this timeframe, the Bz component of the IMF varied from a high of +18 nT (25/0543Z) to a low of -15
nT (25/0406Z) with a Bt max of 24 nT (25/0342Z), all associated with the onset of the coronal high speed stream. Wind speeds reached a maximum of 658 km/s by late on 26 November and gradually decayed to, and ended the period at about 360 km/s.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
03 - 29 December 2008

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels.

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 03 December and 06 - 12
December.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels on 03 December. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels during 04 - 06 December due to a recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 07 - 21 December. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels on 22 - 24 December due to another recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 25 - 29 December.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Dec 02 2352 UTC
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# Issued 2008 Dec 02
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Dec 03 70 5 2
2008 Dec 04 70 8 3
2008 Dec 05 70 15 4
2008 Dec 06 70 10 3
2008 Dec 07 70 5 2
2008 Dec 08 70 5 2
2008 Dec 09 70 5 2
2008 Dec 10 69 5 2
2008 Dec 11 69 5 2
2008 Dec 12 68 5 2
2008 Dec 13 68 5 2
2008 Dec 14 68 5 2
2008 Dec 15 68 5 2
2008 Dec 16 68 5 2
2008 Dec 17 68 5 2
2008 Dec 18 68 5 2
2008 Dec 19 68 5 2
2008 Dec 20 68 5 2
2008 Dec 21 68 5 2
2008 Dec 22 68 10 3
2008 Dec 23 68 8 3
2008 Dec 24 68 8 3
2008 Dec 25 68 5 2
2008 Dec 26 69 5 2
2008 Dec 27 69 5 2
2008 Dec 28 69 5 2
2008 Dec 29 70 5 2
(NOAA)

Kyrgyz national broadcaster suspends Radio Liberty programs

Text of report by privately-owned Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website
Bishkek, 2 December: The Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Broadcasting corporation [NTRC; main state-owned television and radio broadcaster] has stopped allocating radio waves to Radio Azattyk [Radio Liberty Kyrgyz Service] and Azattyk television programmes have ceased to exist on the channel [of the national television].
The state television and radio broadcaster stopped allocating the waves to the radio immediately after local elections [in October 2008].
Earlier, the NTRC director-general, Melis Eshimkanov, said that the denial of rebroadcasting was connected with non-performance of contractual financial commitments by Azattyk. On its part, the radio said at that time that it had paid off the debt to the NTRC in full.
Radio Azattyk programmes are currently being rebroadcast to Bishkek and [northern] Chuy Region by Radio Almaz and to [southern] Batken [Region] by Radio Salam [privately owned radio broadcasters]. Local radio stations in Karakol [town in northern Issyk-Kul Region] are deciding the question of rebroadcasting Radio Azattyk [to the region]. In the meantime, [southern] Osh and Dzhalal-Abad regions have no opportunities to rebroadcast Radio Azattyk programmes at the moment.
Radio Azattyk has refrained from making any comments on this to the AKIpress news agency.
Top officials of the international network of Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe from Prague are expected to arrive this week to settle this issue.
(Source: AKIpress news agency website, Bishkek, in Russian 1156 gmt 2 Dec 08 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

International Radio Serbia - B08 Multilingual schedules

All times UTC

International Radio Serbia - English B08
1400-1428 on 7200 BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu
1930-1958 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1930-1958 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2200-2228 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
2200-2228 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu
0100-0128 on 6190 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm Mon-Sat
0200-0228 on 6190 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm
*co-ch 1500-1800 Radio Bulgaria in Russian/Bulgarian/Russian/Spanish
#co-ch 1900-2230 China Radio Int.in Russian/Arabic/Arabic/Chinese
(Ivo Ivanov/DX Mix News #549 via Alokesh Gupta, wb, Germany)

International Radio Serbia - Multilingual B08
1100-1358 on 7200 BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Serbian
1430-1458 on 7200 BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Serbian
1500-1528 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Spanish
1530-1558 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Arabic
1600-1628 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Russian
1630-1658 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu French
1700-1728 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu German
1730-1743 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Chinese
1745-1758 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Albanian
1800-1813 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Hungarian
1815-1828 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Greek
1830-1858 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Italian
1900-1928 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Russian
1900-1928 on 7200 BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Russian
2000-2028 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Spanish
2000-2028 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Spanish
2030-2058 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Serbian Sun-Fri
2030-2058 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Serbian Sun-Fri
2030-2128 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Serbian Sat
2030-2128 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Serbian Sat
2100-2128 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu German Sun-Fri
2100-2128 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu German Sun-Fri
2130-2158 on 6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French
2130-2158 on 7200*BEO 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu French
0030-0058 on 6190 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm Serbian Mon-Sat
0030-0128 on 6190 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm Serbian Sun
*co-ch 1500-1800 Radio Bulgaria in Russian/Bulgarian/Russian/Spanish
1930-2000 China Radio Int.in Romanaian
2030-2230 China Radio Int.in French
#co-ch 1900-2230 China Radio Int.in Russian/Arabic/Arabic/Chinese
(Ivo Ivanov/DX Mix News #549 via Alokesh Gupta, wb, Germany)

VT Communications Relays Frequency Updates

United Kingdom (non)
Frequency updates - VT Communications Relays

All times UTC

Star Radio/Cotton Tree News
0700-0800 new frequency 11875 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to CeAf English/French/Local,x 9525

FEBA Radio
1700-1730 new frequency 11655 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Somali, ex 11785
1730-1800 new frequency 11655 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Tigrinya, ex 11785
(Source: Ivo Ivanov/DX Mix News 549 via Alokesh Gupta & wb, Germany)

Iran, VOIRI/IRIB Winter B08 Multilingual Schedule

All times UTC

Albania

0630-0727 on 13810 15235
1830-1927 on 6100 7165
2030-2127 on 6100 9740

Arabic

0230-0527 on 6065 7350 9895
0330-0427 on 7250 9505 "Voice of Palestine"
0530-0827 on 13790 13800 15545
0830-1027 on 9895 13800 15545
1030-1427 on 13790 13800 15545
1430-1627 on 15545
1630-0227 on 6065

Armenian

0300-0327 on 7255 7295
0930-0957 on 9695 15260
1630-1727 on 6185 7230

Azeri

0330-0527 on 9865
1430-1657 on 6200

Bengali

0030-0127 on 5905 6185
0830-0927 on 11705
1430-1527 on 5910 7330 7380

Bosnian

0530-0627 on 13760 15235
1730-1827 on 5945 7295
2130-2227 on 5950 9710

Chinese

1200-1257 on 9895 11670 13645 15150
2330-0027 on 7130 7325 9635

Dari

0300-0627 on 9875 13740
0830-1427 on 9940 13720
1430-1457 on 9940

English

0130-0227 on 6120 7160 "Voice of Justice"
1030-1127 on 15460 17660
1530-1627 on 6160 7330
1930-2027 on 6010 #6115 7320 9855 11695

German

0730-0827 on 15085 17590
1730-1827 on #6180 6205 7380

French

0630-0727 on 13600 15425
1830-1927 on #6115 6180 7380 9565

Hausa

0600-0657 on 15435 17810
1830-1927 on 5950 7335

Hebrew

0430-0457 on 9820 11925
1200-1227 on 13740 15390

Hindi

0230-0257 on 13725 15165
1430-1527 on 7360 9710

Indonesian

1230-1327 on 15200 17570
2230-2327 on 5945 7255

Italian

0630-0727 on #9770 13620 15085
1930-1957 on 5890 7380

Japanese

1330-1427 on 7380 9905
2100-2157 on 6145 7260

Kazakh

0130-0227 on 7105 7265
1300-1357 on 9660 11750

Kurdish

0330-0427 on 3945 6145 Sorrani dialect
1330-1427 on 5990 Kirmanji dialect
1430-1527 on 5990 Sorrani dialect
1530-1627 on 5990 Kirmanji dialect

Pashto

0230-0327 on 6095 6140
0730-0827 on 11990 15440
1230-1327 on 6200 7170
1430-1527 on 5890
1630-1727 on 6005 6015

Russian

0300-0327 on 6040 7125
0500-0527 on 12025 15530 17680 17780
1430-1527 on #3960 7165 9575 9735
1700-1757 on 3985 7170
1800-1857 on 6035 7305
1930-2027 on 3985 7205

Spanish

0030-0227 on 7225 9680
0230-0327 on 7225
0530-0627 on 13710 15320
2030-2127 on #6055 7130 7350

Swahili

0400-0457 on 13640 15260, ex 0330-0427
0830-0927 on 15240 17660
1730-1827 on 6130 7345

Tajik

0100-0227 on 5955 6175
1600-1727 on 5945 5955

Turkish

0430-0557 on 12060 13750
1600-1727 on 7125 7310

Urdu

0130-0227 on 3945 6010 6190
1300-1427 on 6175 9790 9835
1530-1727 on 5890

Uzbek

0230-0257 on 6040 6175
1500-1557 on 5945 7215
# Sitkunai, Lithuania
(Ivo Ivanov/DX Mix News #549 via Alokesh Gupta, Germany & wb, Germany)

ZNBC seeks funds to upgrade transmitters

The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) is scouting for funds to purchase high capacity transmitters to replace the smaller ones in order to improve transmission of the station’s signal in the country. The high capacity transmitters will be installed in all the 72 districts in the country. ZNBC Public Relations Manager Miriam Tonga said the upgrading of transmitters from 100 W to 5 kW would improve the quality of radio signal in rural areas.
Ms Tonga, who could not disclose how much funds are required, stated that the national broadcaster was committed to improving the quality of both radio and television transmission in the country.

She was responding to concerns raised by Kalomo Central Member of Parliament, Request Muntanga, who bemoaned the poor radio reception in his area. Mr Muntanga said people in Kalomo district were unable to listen to news and update themselves with current affairs programmes because of the poor radio reception being experienced in the area.
According to Mr Muntanga, there is poor reception in the morning from about 1100 hours to 1830 hours in the evenings. He attributed the poor reception to a small ZNBC transmitter at Senkobo which only covers 10 km.
Meanwhile, ZNBC is it preparing to move to digital before the year 2015. Ms Tonga said broadcasting institutions the world over were on alert for the migration to digital systems before the June 17, 2015 deadline set by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She disclosed that the ZNBC would soon embark on a countrywide drive to educate the Zambian people on the effects of migrating to the digital system.
(Source: ZNBC/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC // parallel frequency

Abkhazia
9494.74 Abkhazia Radio Sukhum in Russian, easily readable this morning. S=3-4 at 0630 UT. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 19/20)

Abkhazian Radio Sukhumi at 0500-0600 UT on usual 9494.74 kHz, but today also on \\ program with same power level 9535.00 kHz. Latter window gap is open between 5-6 UT. Co-channel REE Noblejas leaves 0500, and RL Biblis in Russian appears from 0600 UT.

At 0700 UT only 9494.74 was still in progress in Russian language, but 9535 tx was OFF.(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 24)

Angola
4949.7 RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos, 1823-1904, 15 Nov, relay of our RDPi- Radio Portugal for f/ball match rpt. FC Porto vs. Vitoria de Guimaraes, and then news at 1900; SINPO 35332.(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 17)

Belarus
7110 BR-1, Hrodna, 1309-..., 15 Nov, Bielorussian (presumably, but terribly poor to differenciate between that & Russian), weather report to announcements. SINPO 15331.(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 17)

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Ecuador
Frequency & time change of HCJB Global in Sp/German in DRM:
1100-1300 NF 15280 QUI 004 kW 035 deg to WeEu from Nov.21
0830-1030 11625 QUI 004 kW 035 deg to WeEu till Nov.20
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 24)

Germany/ Thailand
Frequency change for Voice of America:
1530-1600 NF 9465 LAM 100 kW 092 deg, x9605 in Georgian
1600-1700 NF 7435 UDO 250 kW 305 deg, x7180 in Bangla
1830-1900 NF 9625 LAM 100 kW 102 deg, x9750 in Azeri
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 24)

India
Website of All India Radio, High Power Transmitter at Malad, Mumbai
www.airhptmalad.com/

All India Radio - Main Website
http://www.allindiaradio.org/

Kazakhstan (Russia/France)
7435 Voice of Orthodox heard on Nov 21st
at 1530-1600 UT in Russian.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22)
7435 1530-1600 to zones 29,30 Almaty 200kW 312degr

Kyrgrz Republic
4010 1410 24/10 Kyrguzskoe radio-1 Kyrgyz (Krasnaya
Rechka, 100 kW) SINPO 35443
4795 0156 25/10 Kyrguzskoe radio-1 Kyrgyz (Krasnaya Rechka, 15 kW) 35443
(Alexander Berazkin-RUS, RUSdx Nov 23)
(Source: WWDXC Top News/BC-DX #888 via wb, Germany; Dario Monferini/playdx2003)