Radio Netherlands Program Guide - May 30-June 5

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 30 May
*** The State We're In ***

ALONGSIDE KEN IN PRISON: Jonathan talks about the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa with Ledum Mitee, an Ogoni rights activist in Port Harcourt Nigeria. Ledum explains his memories of Ken's last days, and the personal cost he has paid in his campaign for environmental protection and justice.

ELLEN'S STORY: Ellen Szita was illiterate till she was 45 years old. Now, she's the author of a book and a campaigner for adult literacy - she talks to Jonathan Groubert about how she made that journey.

KURDISH WASH AND READ PROGRAMME: Correspondent Dorian Jones reports on a new initiative to help disadvantaged Kurdish refugees in Turkey - the Kelebek initiative allows women to bring their household washing into the centre and while the machines are running, they can attend literacy and language classes.

THE RIGHT TO READ IN ENGLISH: Shabnam Ramaswamy believes that the English language marks the dividing line between rich and poor in India. She talks to producer Dheera Sujan about the lessons learned from her illiterate grandmother, and the work she's doing now to bring her grandmother's dream to hundreds of children in a remote Indian village.

TIANANMEN SQUARE MEMORIES: Ying Chang was part of the seven-week protest which ended with the brutal 4 June massacre. She tells Jonathan what she remembers most, and what she wasn't allowed to see and talk about back then.

ERASING HISTORY: Karen Meirik reports from Beijing on how house demolitions there aren't just symptoms of an overheated economy or corruption, but the politically-motivated targets of a government punishing Beijing residents for their support of the 1989 protest.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600

SUNDAY 31 May
*** 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***

'White Patches Lost on the Plain' - by Sus van Elzen

Belgian journalist Sus van Elzen is interested in international politics. He's written about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and progress in China prior to the Beijing Olympics.

In his Radio Books story, a young woman leaves a crowded city to live in a small village. A handful of mostly elderly people are the only residents - but there are still secrets to uncover.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

MONDAY 1 June
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***

What happens when you scrape off the top 40cm of earth in Enkhuizen, Holland? You find 3000-year-old stuff, that's what. We'll take you to the site of the excavation.

We'll also take you to the Bijlmermeer - 12 years ago it was the site of a tragic plane crash, now it's the site of a culture-uniting art walk.

And, for a little more Dutch art, we'll take you all the way to Australia, for the opening of the "Intensely Dutch" exhibition!

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Radio Books (repeat from Sunday) ***

'White Patches Lost on the Plain' - by Sus van Elzen

Belgian journalist Sus van Elzen is interested in international politics. He's written about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and progress in China prior to the Beijing Olympics.

In his Radio Books story, a young woman leaves a crowded city to live in a small village. A handful of mostly elderly people are the only residents - but there are still secrets to uncover.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

TUESDAY 2 June
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

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

ALONGSIDE KEN IN PRISON: Jonathan talks about the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa with Ledum Mitee, an Ogoni rights activist in Port Harcourt Nigeria. Ledum explains his memories of Ken's last days, and the personal cost he has paid in his campaign for environmental protection and justice.

ELLEN'S STORY: Ellen Szita was illiterate till she was 45 years old. Now, she's the author of a book and a campaigner for adult literacy - she talks to Jonathan Groubert about how she made that journey.

KURDISH WASH AND READ PROGRAMME: Correspondent Dorian Jones reports on a new initiative to help disadvantaged Kurdish refugees in Turkey - the Kelebek initiative allows women to bring their household washing into the centre and while the machines are running, they can attend literacy and language classes.

THE RIGHT TO READ IN ENGLISH: Shabnam Ramaswamy believes that the English language marks the dividing line betwen rich and poor in India. She talks to producer Dheera Sujan about the lessons learned from her illiterate grandmother, and the work she's doing now to bring her grandmother's dream to hundreds of children in a remote Indian village.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Earthbeat (repeat from Thursday) ***

The tale of two cities with very different attitudes to traffic noise. Amsterdam, where the bicycle is king of the road, has dealt with noise by making sure that parking a car in the centre is so expensive you'd need to sell your car to do it.

Meanwhile in Mumbai, "I honk therefore I am" seems to be the drivers mantra. We hear about a campaign to change this. Plus, how to turn sunlight into fuel, and how to get gold from toxic sludge.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 3 June
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (repeat from Friday) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 4 June
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Earthbeat (primary programme) ***

The most edible of Dutch delicacies, the eel, is under threat. This mysterious fish travels thousands of miles to spawn in the Sargasso sea but lives most of its life in freshwater rivers and lakes in Europe. Stocks are declining at an alarming rate, and are 100th of what they were 20 years ago. So who's to blame and what's being done about it?

We follow fishermen as they release eels in an effort to restock. Conservation groups think that this isn't enough and the only way to keep this species from extinction is to keep it off the supermarket shelves.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Curious Orange (repeat programme) ***

What happens when you scrape off the top 40cm of earth in Enkhuizen, Holland? You find 3000-year-old stuff, that's what. We'll take you to the site of the excavation.

We'll also take you to the Bijlmermeer - 12 years ago it was the site of a tragic plane crash, now it's the site of a culture-uniting art walk.

And, for a little more Dutch art, we'll take you all the way to Australia, for the opening of the "Intensely Dutch" exhibition!

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 5 June
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (primary programme) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (repeat programme) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R Netherlands)

New Solar Cycle 24 Prediction

Courtesy of NASA Science News, Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA

An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots.

"If our prediction is correct, Solar Cycle 24 will have a peak sunspot number of 90, the lowest of any cycle since 1928 when Solar Cycle 16 peaked at 78," says panel chairman Doug Biesecker of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center.

It is tempting to describe such a cycle as "weak" or "mild," but that could give the wrong impression.

"Even a below-average cycle is capable of producing severe space weather," points out Biesecker. "The great geomagnetic storm of 1859, for instance, occurred during a solar cycle of about the same size we’re predicting for 2013."

The 1859 storm--known as the "Carrington Event" after astronomer Richard Carrington who witnessed the instigating solar flare--electrified transmission cables, set fires in telegraph offices, and produced Northern Lights so bright that people could read newspapers by their red and green glow. A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause $1 to 2 trillion in damages to society's high-tech infrastructure and require four to ten years for complete recovery. For comparison, Hurricane Katrina caused "only" $80 to 125 billion in damage.



Above: This plot of sunspot numbers shows the measured peak of the last solar cycle in blue and the predicted peak of the next solar cycle in red. Credit: NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center.

The latest forecast revises an earlier prediction issued in 2007. At that time, a sharply divided panel believed solar minimum would come in March 2008 followed by either a strong solar maximum in 2011 or a weak solar maximum in 2012. Competing models gave different answers, and researchers were eager for the sun to reveal which was correct.

"It turns out that none of our models were totally correct," says Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's lead representative on the panel. "The sun is behaving in an unexpected and very interesting way."

Researchers have known about the solar cycle since the mid-1800s. Graphs of sunspot numbers resemble a roller coaster, going up and down with an approximately 11-year period. At first glance, it looks like a regular pattern, but predicting the peaks and valleys has proven troublesome. Cycles vary in length from about 9 to 14 years. Some peaks are high, others low. The valleys are usually brief, lasting only a couple of years, but sometimes they stretch out much longer. In the 17th century the sun plunged into a 70-year period of spotlessness known as the Maunder Minimum that still baffles scientists.



Above: Yearly-averaged sunspot numbers from 1610 to 2008. Researchers believe upcoming Solar Cycle 24 will be similar to the cycle that peaked in 1928, marked by a red arrow. Credit: NASA/MSFC

Right now, the solar cycle is in a valley--the deepest of the past century. In 2008 and 2009, the sun set Space Age records for low sunspot counts, weak solar wind, and low solar irradiance. The sun has gone more than two years without a significant solar flare.

"In our professional careers, we've never seen anything quite like it," says Pesnell. "Solar minimum has lasted far beyond the date we predicted in 2007."

In recent months, however, the sun has begun to show timorous signs of life. Small sunspots and "proto-sunspots" are popping up with increasing frequency. Enormous currents of plasma on the sun’s surface ("zonal flows") are gaining strength and slowly drifting toward the sun’s equator. Radio astronomers have detected a tiny but significant uptick in solar radio emissions. All these things are precursors of an awakening Solar Cycle 24 and form the basis for the panel's new, almost unanimous forecast.

According to the forecast, the sun should remain generally calm for at least another year. From a research point of view, that's good news because solar minimum has proven to be more interesting than anyone imagined. Low solar activity has a profound effect on Earth’s atmosphere, allowing it to cool and contract. Space junk accumulates in Earth orbit because there is less aerodynamic drag. The becalmed solar wind whips up fewer magnetic storms around Earth's poles. Cosmic rays that are normally pushed back by solar wind instead intrude on the near-Earth environment. There are other side-effects, too, that can be studied only so long as the sun remains quiet.

Meanwhile, the sun pays little heed to human committees. There could be more surprises, panelists acknowledge, and more revisions to the forecast.

"Go ahead and mark your calendar for May 2013," says Pesnell. "But use a pencil."

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2009 May 26 1821 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 18 - 24 May 2009
Solar activity was very low. No flares were observed. New-cycle polarity Region 1017 (N18, L=184, class/area Bxo/020 on 14 May) was numbered on 13 May. It was inactive and simply-structured during the period and rotated off the disk on 24 May as spotless plage. New-cycle polarity Region 1018 (S33, L= 046, class/area, Bxo/030 on 23 May) was numbered on 23 May. The region decayed as spotless plage on 24 May. The region was inactive during its short lifespan.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

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

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels at all latitudes during most of the period. However, activity briefly increased to active levels at high latitudes on 22 May. ACE observations indicated the active period (22/1500 - 22/1800 UTC) was due to solar wind changes associated with a period of sustained southward IMF Bz (minimum - 4 nT) and a modest increase in velocities (approximately 370 km/sec).

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
27 May - 22 June 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal flux levels.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels through 02 June. Activity is expected to increase to mostly unsettled levels during 03 - 05 June with a chance for active levels at high latitudes on 04 June due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Mostly quiet conditions are expected during 06 - 09 June. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on 10 - 11 June due to a recurrent coronal hole wind stream. Mostly quiet conditions are expected during 12 -22 June.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
:Issued: 2009 May 26 1821 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC webcontact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2009 May 26

# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 May 27 70 5 2
2009 May 28 70 5 2
2009 May 29 70 5 2
2009 May 30 70 5 2
2009 May 31 70 5 2
2009 Jun 01 70 5 2
2009 Jun 02 70 5 2
2009 Jun 03 70 10 3
2009 Jun 04 70 10 4
2009 Jun 05 70 8 3
2009 Jun 06 71 5 2
2009 Jun 07 72 5 2
2009 Jun 08 72 5 2
2009 Jun 09 72 5 2
2009 Jun 10 72 8 3
2009 Jun 11 72 8 3
2009 Jun 12 72 5 2
2009 Jun 13 72 5 2
2009 Jun 14 72 5 2
2009 Jun 15 71 5 2
2009 Jun 16 71 5 2
2009 Jun 17 70 5 2
2009 Jun 18 70 5 2
2009 Jun 19 70 5 2
2009 Jun 20 70 5 2
2009 Jun 21 70 5 2
2009 Jun 22 70 5 2
(NOAA)

BBC Archive celebrates 150th anniversary of Big Ben

Today the BBC Archive is launching a new online collection celebrating the 150th anniversary of Big Ben, as part of its plans to open up parts of its extensive archives dating back to 1922. The new collection will enable the public to take advantage of the broadcaster’s unique access and ability to witness defining moments in history.
Sunday 31 May marks Big Ben’s official anniversary, and the BBC Archive has captured and preserved some of the fascinating events around Big Ben in its various broadcasts – from how the chimes were first recorded on New Year’s Eve in 1923, to Peter Duncan’s both daring and brave scaling of the clock face in Blue Peter in 1980, and BBC television’s Jim’ll Fix It venturing inside the tower in 1988.
The Big Ben collection also showcases some of the intriguing moments in the clock’s history, such as the times it fell silent and did not “bong” owing to repairs brought on by cold weather and redecoration.
The image gallery includes photographs of Richard Dimbleby reporting inside the clock face of Big Ben in 1949, first accredited female war correspondent Audrey Russell reporting from Westminster in 1954, and Daleks from Doctor Who crossing Westminster Bridge in 1964.
This collection is the latest in a series to be released online which explore the cultural and political developments that shaped the 20th century. The new collection goes live today (28 May 2009) and you can view the collection by going to www. bbc.co.uk/archive/bigben .
(Source: BBC Press Office/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
(photo/flickr)

HOT SPOT DXING- Monitoring North and South Korea on shortwave radio

Threats of War as North Korea Warns of Strike Against South Korea and U.S.

North Korea launches threats againist world powers as it reportedly test-fires third missile in two days.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a tirade Wednesday against world powers threatening to punish it for conducting its second nuclear test, saying it is not afraid of sanctions and calling South Korea's decision to join an operation to prevent the spread of weapons a declaration of war.

The North also has reportedly restarted its weapons-grade nuclear plant. It staged a rally in its capital, Pyongyang, on Tuesday to celebrate the test.
Additional story from Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522103,00.html

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North Korea Threatens Armed Strike, End to Armistice
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea threatened a military response to South Korean participation in a U.S.-led program to seize weapons of mass destruction, and said it will no longer abide by the 1952 armistice that ended the Korean War.
Additional story from Bloomberg.Com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awBTCPe7S2gw&refer=worldwide

North Korea launches additional missile in East Sea
SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea launched an additional short-range missile from its east coast Tuesday night, an official at the South Korean presidential office said Wednesday.

"The North appears to have launched a ground-to-ship missile into the East Sea shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday," the official said, asking not to be identified. Pyongyang had launched two short-range missiles from its east coast earlier Tuesday, following its supposed nuclear test the day before.

Officials here believe the missile launches are partly aimed at preventing South Korean and U.S. reconnaissance planes from nearing the communist state to verify its claimed nuclear test.
Additional story from YONHAPNEWS Agency http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/05/27/69/0301000000AEN20090527001300315F.HTML
North Korea on shortwave radio
Voice of Korea, Pyongyang, DPR North Korea began it’s A09 Summer Schedule on Sunday, 29 March 2009, 07:00 UTC. Announcements so far suggest that it will be exactly the same schedule as last year's. This year, however, will be the first time ever to completely synchronise the frequency change date with the international community. Up to now they usually changed frequencies twice a year on the first Mondays of May and November. Last year they just missed out one day when they effected the changes on Monday, October 27

North Korea, Voice of Korea - A09 English service
Effective to 27 October 2009

All times UTC
target areas: as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America) sa (South America) va (Various)

0100-0157 7140as 9345as 9730as 11735sa 13760sa 15180sa

0200-0257 13650as 15100as

0300-0357 7140as 9435as 9730as

1000-1057 11710sa 11735as 13650as 15180sa

1300-1357 9335na 11710na 13760eu 15245eu

1500-1557 9335na 11710na 13760eu 15245eu

1600-1657 9990va 11545va

1800-1857 13760eu 15245eu

1900-1957 7100af 9975va 11910af 11535va

2100-2157 13760eu 15245eu
(Arnulf Piote, Berlin, Germany/HCDX)

Voice of Korea - A09 multilingual services
All times UTC

Arabic
15:00 9990 11545 Near & Middle East; North Africa
17:00 9990 11545 Near & Middle East; North Africa

Chinese
00:00 13650 15100 Southeast Asia
02:00 7140 9345 9730 Northeast China
03:00 13650 15100 Southeast Asia
08:00 7140 9345 Northeast China
11:00 7140 9345 Northeast China
13:00 11735 13650 Southeast Asia
21:00 7180 9345 Northeast China
21:00 9975 11535 China
22:00 7180 9345 Northeast China
22:00 9975 11535 China

German
16:00 9325 12015 Europe
18:00 9325 12015 Europe
19:00 9325 12015 Europe

French
01:00 13650 15100 Southeast Asia
03:00 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America
11:00 11710 15180 Central & South America
11:00 11735 13650 Southeast Asia
14:00 13760 15245 Western Europe
14:00 9335 11710 North America
16:00 13760 15245 Western Europe
16:00 9335 11710 North America
18:00 7100 11910 South Africa
18:00 9975 11535 Near & Middle East; North Africa
20:00 13760 15245 Western Europe

Japanese
07:00 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan
08:00 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan
09:00 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan10:00 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan
11:00 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan
12:00 621 3250 6070 9650 11865 Japan
21:00 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan
22:00 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan
23:00 621 3250 9650 11865 Japan

Korean
00:00 (PBS) 7140 9345 9730 Northeast China
07:00 (PBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China
09:00 (KCBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China
09:00 (PBS) 13760 15245 Europe
09:00 (PBS) 9975 11735 Far Eastern Russia
10:00 (PBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China
12:00 (KCBS) 11710 15180 Central & South America
12:00 (KCBS) 11735 13650 Southeast Asia
12:00 (PBS) 7140 9345 Northeast China
13:00 (PBS) 9325 12015 Europe
14:00 (KCBS) 11735 13650 Southeast Asia
17:00 (KCBS) 13760 15245 Western Europe
17:00 (KCBS) 9335 11710 North America
20:00 (KCBS) 7100 11910 South Africa
20:00 (KCBS) 9325 12015 Europe
20:00 (KCBS) 9975 11535 Near & Middle East; North Africa
23:00 (KCBS) 7180 9345 Northeast China
23:00 (KCBS) 13760 15245 Western Europe
23:00 (KCBS) 9975 11535 China

Russian
07:00 13760 15245 Europe
07:00 9975 11735 Far Eastern Russia
08:00 13760 15245 Europe
08:00 9975 11735 Far Eastern Russia
14:00 9325 12015 Europe
15:00 9325 12015 Europe
17:00 9325 12015 Europe

Spanish
00:00 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America
02:00 11735 13760 15180 Central & South America
19:00 13760 15245 Western Europe
22:00 13760 15245 Western Europe

Data based on announcements and schedules of the Voice of Korea and own monitoring.

KCBS = Korean Central Broadcasting Station (Choson Jungang Pangsong)
PBS = Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Pyongyang Pangsong)
(Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany/HCDX)

South Korea, KBS World Radio - A09 English service
Effective to: 26 October 2009

All times UTC
target areas: eu (Europe) na (North America) sa (South America)

0200 0300 9580sa
0800 0900 9570as
1200 1300 9650na
1300 1400 9570na 9770as
1430 1500 DRM 9660eu
1600 1700 9515eu
1800 1900 7275eu
2100- 2130 3955eu
KBS World Radio with stream audio: http://rki.kbs.co.kr/english/

(Monitoring Times SW Guide)

KBS World Radio - A09 multilingual services
Effective to: 26 October 2009

Arabic
1900-2000 15365 (Rampisham) Middle East/Africa

Chinese
1130-1230 9770 Southeast Asia
1130-1230 6065 China
1300-1400 1170(MW),7275 Non Direction
2200-2300 7275 China
2300-2400 9805 Southeast Asia

French
1900-2000 6145 (Skelton) Europe

German
2000-2100 3955 (Skelton)Europe

Indonesian
1200-1300 9570 Southeast Asia
1400-1500 9570 Southeast Asia
1900-2000 102.6 (FM)Jakarta
2200-2300 9805 Southeast Asia

Japanese
0200-0300 11810 Japan
0800-0900 7275 Japan
0800-0900 6155 Japan
1100-1200 7275 Japan
1200-1300 1170 (MW) Japan
2400-0100 11810 Japan

Korean
0300-0400 11810 South America
0700-0800 9870 (Skelton)Europe
0900-1100 9570 Southeast Asia
0900-1100 7275 Non Direction
0900-1000 15160 Middle East/Africa 1000-1100 1170 (MW)Non Direction
1200-1300 7275 Non Direction
1400-1500 9650 (Sackville) North America
1600-1800 7275 Europe
1600-1800 9705 Middle East/Africa
1700-1900 9515 Europe

Russian
1100-1200 1170 (MW) Non Direction
1800-1900 15360 (Rampisham)Europe
2030-2100 738 (AM) Moscow

Spanish
0100-0200 9580 South America
0200-0230 9560 (Sackville) North America
0600-0700 6045 (Sackville)Europe
1100-1200 11795 (Sackville)South America

Vietnamese
1230-1300 9770 Southeast Asia
1430-1500 9640 Southeast Asia
(Alokesh Gupta, India)
KBS World Radio with stream audio: http://rki.kbs.co.kr/english/
Photos courtesy of US State Dept./World QSL Book)

Monitoring clandestine, Radio Free Chosun

11500, Radio Free Chosun, via Gavar, Armenia, 1320, May 23, talks in Korean, light music, ex 12125, 342x3. (Liangas)

"When I was taking part in the student movement of the 1980s, the most encouraging thing was broadcasts towards South Korea from North Korea. We used to use the broadcast contents for our educational and propaganda materials. Of course, due to that activism, which was a National Security Law violation, I went to prison in the early 1990s". Lee Kwang Baik, the President of Radio Free Chosun (RFC), a lesser-known SW radio broadcast NGO in South Korea, explained his experience of executing a 180-degree turn from pro-North Korea social activist into North Korean democratization activist to Daily NK on Monday. He confessed, "In the mid-1990s, for the first time, I figured out that North Korea was not an ideal society, but a dictatorship in which the regime abused people’s human rights in the extreme just to maintain the system". In light of which, Lee introduced RFC’s goal, "North Korea should develop its economy through democratization and opening and reform. RFC is a broadcasting company to help North Korean people achieve this and to speak as a proxy for the North Korean people’s position and sentiment, so we named the organization RFC; not "Radio Free North Korea", but "Radio Free Chosun"". Chosun is how North Koreans refer to their own country.

Below is extracts of a transcript of the interview with Lee Kwang Baik:

- There are four civilian radio broadcasters for North Korea and also two foreign radio broadcasts like RFA and VOA targeting North Korea. What is the difference between you and them?

There are three different points. First, RFC has a distinct purpose: "North Korea should develop its economy through democratization and reform and opening", and we are striving to help North Korean people achieve it. Second, RFC is a broadcaster in which everyone, wherever they come from, can join our activities. Presently, North Koreans, South Koreans and Chinese cooperate on our goals. Third, RFC transfers overseas information by way of drama, so that North Korean people can understand easily and get it vividly.

- What are RFC’s representative programs?

We have "Episodes and Truth" that lets North Korean people perceive the truth of current issues, and a drama "Virtual Court of Kim Jong Il", that shows how extreme a dictatorship North Korea has, how terribly people suffer under the Kim Jong Il regime, and other hidden stories of the dictator. Additionally, we have also comments and statements in order to suggest
better directions for North Korea’s future.

- How many North Korean people do you think listen to RFC? How far away can North Korean people listen to it? Are you monitoring the broadcasting situation?

According to the results of InterMedia’s examination in 2008, the rate of those who had listened to RFC was around five percent, but we presume around one or two percent of people are listening to it. However, I think even this rate is significant. The first aim of RFC is to raise the listener rate to two or three percent in a few years. It is short wave radio broadcasting, so everywhere on earth people can listen to it. As long as jamming by the North Korean regime does not exist, it can be heard all over the country.

- You must want a lot from the South Korean government.

The government needs to support radio broadcasting with medium-wave frequencies, which are more stable than short wave ones, in order to lead North Korea to change itself, and it has to do so strategically, because of course the North Korean issue is a highly significant issue for the future of the Korean Peninsula. The state-owned Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) airs programs for the North Korean people at medium-wave, but it has to focus not only on transferring information but on having an interest in changing North Korean society. (The Daily North Korea Post via Sælaen in DXplorer)
(DSWCI-DX Window 377)

ODXA switches to web-based newsletter

As we have promised in Listening In magazine over the past year, the Ontario DX Association has made the switch to web-based content.

Most of our Listening In columns are now posted on www.odxa.on.ca . A few, still remaining to be reformatted, will be added soon.

Our columns are now free downloads, as pdf documents.

Drop by for a visit. Send us your contributions...everyone is now welcome to do so. Send us your comments.

Harold Sellers
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Managing Editor, "Listening In"
Ontario DX Association
http://www.odxa.on.ca/

Uruguay's SODRE inactive again on shortwave

6125 kHz, Uruguay's sole active SW BC station SODRE, has now gone inactive again. The carrier was low modulated resulting in unusable readability as monitored since ends of last year. The station announcement noted that it was retired for repair, was made SODRE's Radioactividades program on Saturday May 23. SODRE authorities will keep at least this SW active. (Nigro in DXplorer/DSWCI-DX Window 377)

Spanish correspondence to SODRE may be directed to:

Radiodifusión Nacional
Casilla 1412
1100 Montevideo
Uruguay

Web: http://www.sodre.gub.uy/
(World QSL Book)

Fazlullah FM heard in the Swat Valley of Pakistan with Taleban messages

"Da paka army na ganda army da, da kafiran di dwee na sirf sar na di prekawol pakar balkai da dwee tukri tukri kol pakar di," (They are not the Pakistani Army, they are infidels, not only behead them but also chop their bodies up into little pieces), this is what Zuleikha, 52, heard on Fazlullah FM, after the military operation was launched in Swat; it was Maulana Shah Duran, a close-aide of Maulana Fazlullah, who delivered the speech.

"They call the police and army infidels and have given permission to everyone to kill them," says Zuleikha, who hails from the Khwazakhela Town of the Swat Valley. She migrated to Karachi a few days ago, as the law and order situation in the valley deteriorates. She is currently living with her daughter, who has been living in Qasbah Colony, Karachi for the last ten years.

uleikha reveals that Maulana Shah Duran, who was one of the three speakers on Fazlullah FM, would use abusive language when talking about government officials. The FM radio would broadcast programmes from 8:00 to 10:00 pm and rebroadcast them from seven to nine in the morning. The programme schedule was divided into three segments; the recitation of Holy Quran verses and their inferences, threats to opponents and a programme titled "Good News".

Many violent incidents started after Maulana Fazlullah established a FM radio station in Swat; he first used the station for the purpose of reciting and preaching Quranic verses, but later on, he and his accomplices used it to spread propaganda. This radio station was very popular among women, who traditionally stay at home in the Malakand division. On it, they could learn the Quran and the principles of Islam. "When I heard it for the first time, I found it very informative," the elderly woman, playing with her granddaughter´s locks said. The station would teach us Islamic rituals and other things, she added, however, she laments that later on, Maluana Fazlullah and Shah Durran started using abusive languages on the station. "Women would follow all the instructions he gave in the beginning and listened very carefully to the radio, however, it lost its attraction for them as soon as Durran started dictating what to do and what not to do," Zuleikha went on to say. "Even after the peace agreement was signed they continued dictating people."

Though the women lost interest in the Fazlullah FM and would only listen to the recitation and explanation of versus of the Holy Quran, the children had their own reasons to listen to the station. "I loved the way he used to talk about the policemen," said Alamzaib, 9, who is presently living in Banaras at his uncle´s home. "Maulana Shah Alam would call them chickens," he narrates the story with fun. "I would listen to the second part of their programme, which was usually hosted by one of the accomplices of Maulana Fazlullah." With a smile on his face, the child revealed that Taliban would issue instructions and would name the policemen who would be killed the next day. However, he adds that he abhors the Taliban, as one of their accomplices had slapped him while he was playing "gulli danda" with his friend. "Learn how to play with guns," the Taliban man advised him. He maintained that Shah Duran also did not like games and called them, "a waste of time".

Zainab, 24, has her own story of the Taliban and their radio to tell. "I listened to it because it was so funny; Shah Duran who has been the leading presenter on FM, in the recent days, would use abusive funny language." However, Zainab says Maulana Fazlullah does not appear on the radio anymore. The men of Swat were not interested in the religious sermons and would listen to the radio in the days of war to learn the new directives of Taliban, as going against them would cost them their lives. "They would abuse clean-shaven people in public and called them transgenders," said Jamal Khan, who hails from Kabal Town and has migrated to Karachi in the wake of the ongoing military operation. (Fawad Ali Shah, Karachi at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\05\18\story_18-5-2009_pg12_7 , via Liangas/DSWCI-DX Window 377)
(photo: flickr/Agadir Taghazout)

Radio Nacional Angola reactivated on 4950 kHz

From the latest DX Window, comes word that Radio Nacional Angola has reactivated their use of 4950 kHz, as indicated from the following log.
GVH




Angola
4949.76, Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1845-1950 UTC, May 23, Portuguese announcement to Afropop, 1900 time signal. News, reports and talk, not heard since Dec 2008! SINPO 35232, at times improving to 35333. Also tentatively heard at 2208-0045, May 16 and 22/23, football commentaries, talks and native songs by choir, SINPO 24333 heterodyne maybe from Radio Kashmir. (Méndez and Petersen)
(DSWCI-DX Window 377)

The Lost Voices of Tiananmen

James Miles has a unique insight into the way China works based on over 20 years' experience as a correspondent there.

He was the BBC's China correspondent in 1989 when he was eye-witness to the events leading up to the Tiananmen Square protests Miles describes what it was like to witness such a moment in history and why the crackdown was so brutal.

He considers how the Tiananmen Square massacre shaped the China we see now.

But most of all, how important the protests were for China. Were they an aberration which has been crushed forever? Or could those cries for democracy re-emerge as China grapples with the effects of the global economic crisis.

Additional information:
The Lost Voices of Tiananmen - Part One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/05/090519_lostvoices_tiananmen_one.shtml

The Lost Voices of Tiananmen - Part Two
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/05/090526_lostvoices_tiananmen_two.shtml (Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Chennai, India/HCDX/flickr)

Vatican Radio set to begin airing commercials

Vatican Radio is set to start airing commercials for the first time since it began broadcasting almost 80 years ago, officials said today. The station will run a series of “spots” advertising the services of Italian state-controlled energy provider, Enel, beginning on 6 July, the station’s director Father Federico Lombardi said.
“We are proud to have been chosen as the first advertiser on one of the world’s most widely broadcast radio stations,” Enel’s chairman Piero Gnudi, said speaking at Vatican newsconference.
Established in 1931, Vatican Radio currently broadcasts in some 47 languages, also through its website at http://www.vaticanradio.org/ .
Enel produces and sells electricity mostly in Europe, North and Latin America and it also a major distributor and vendor of natural gas in Italy.
(Source: Earth Times/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Vatican Radio - A09 English schedule

Effective to 25 October 2009

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

target areas: af Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East) na (North America)

0140-0200 5915as 7335as

0250-0300 6040na (via Sackville relay) 7305na

0300-0320 6040na (via Sackville relay) 7305na 9545as

0300-0330 7360af (via Madagascar relay) 9660af

0500-0530 4005eu 5965eu 7250eu 9660af
11625af 13765af

0630-0645 Mon-Sat. 4005eu 5965eu 7250eu 9645eu
11740eu 15595me

1130-1200 f 15565me 17765me

1530-1550 11850 (via Russia relay) 13765as 15235as

1615-1630 4005eu 5885eu 7250eu 9645eu 15595me

1730-1800 11625af 13765af 15570af

2000-2030 7365af 9755af 11625af
(Monitoring Times/SW Guide)

Deutsche Welle frequency changes

Via Rwanda, Singapore, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and USA relay sites

All times UTC / NF new frequency

Effective to: 26 Oct 2009

Deutsche Welle
0300-0400 NF 7240 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg, ex 9790 to CeAf in Swahili
0400-0530 NF 6180 SIN 250 kW / 150 deg, x 7430 to NCAf in English

0500-0530 NF 7430 RMP 500 kW / 180 deg, x 9440 to NCAf in English

1400-1600 NF 15510 RMP 500 kW / 062 deg, x15265 to RUSS in Russian
1600-1700 NF 11835 KIG 250 kW / 210 deg, x11625 to SoAf in French
1900-1930 NF 13650 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg, x15620 to SoAf in English
1930-2000 NF 13650 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg, x15620 to SoAf in Portuguese
2000-2100 NF 13650 TRM 250 kW / 255 deg, x15205 to SoAf in English

2200-2400 NF 9730 KIG 250 kW / 265 deg, x 9430 to CeAm in German
2200-2400 NF 17820 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg, add.freq.to SoAm in German, June 1
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26/DX Mix news #574 via wb, Germany)

Radio Veritas Asia - A09 summer schedule update

Philippines

All times UTC, targeted to Asia

Effective to 26 October 2009

Radio Veritas does not broadcast in English

Bengali
0030-0057 on 11945 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1400-1430 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs

Burmese
1130-1157 on 15450 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
2330-2357 on 9720 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs

Hindi
0030-0057 on 11710 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1330-1400 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs

Hmong
1200-1227 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs

Kachin
1230-1257 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
2330-2357 on 9645 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs

Karen
0000-0027 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
1200-1230 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs

Mandarin
1000-1157 on 9615 PUG 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs
2100-2257 on 6115 PUG 250 kW / 350 deg to SEAs

Filipino
1500-1530 on 9615 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to ME Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat
1500-1600 on 9615 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to ME Wed/Fri/Sun
2300-2327 on 9720 PUG 250 kW / 331 deg to CeAs

Russian
0130-0227 on 17830 PUG 250 kW / 000 deg to FE
1500-1600 on 9570 PUG 250 kW / 331 deg to CeAs

Sinhala
0000-0027 on 9865 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
0000-0027 on 11730 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1330-1400 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs

Tamil
0030-0057 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1400-1427 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs

Telugu
0100-0127 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs
1430-1457 on 9585 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs

Urdu
0100-0127 on 15280 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs
0100-0127 on 17860 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs
1430-1457 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs

Vietnamese
0130-0230 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
1030-1127 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
1300-1327 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
2330-2357 on 9670 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs

Zomi-Chin
0130-0200 on 15520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26/DX Mix News #574 via wb, Germany)

Correspondence to Radio Veritas Asia may be addressed to:

Headquarters:
P.O. Box 2642
Quezon City 1166
Phillippines

Transmitter Site:
Radio Veritas Asia
Palauig, Zambales
Philippines

Website with streaming audio:
http://www.rveritas-asia.org/

(addresses and website via World QSL Book)

Trans World Radio Africa frequency change

TWR Africa, United Arab Emirates relay via VT Communications

All times UTC

1800-1845 new freq 5940 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf, x9895 as follows:
1800-1815 in Tigrinya Mon-Wed 1800-1815 in Amharic Thu/Fri
1800-1830 in Tigre Sat 1800-1830 in Kunama Sun
1815-1845 in Tigrinya Mon-Fri 1830-1845 in Amharic Sun
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26/DX Mix News #574 via wb, Germany)

Blog Logs

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

Australia
9475 0902. Radio Australia (Shepparton).Studio interview via telephone, // 9580 kHz, in 9580 kHz at 0928. Strong interference from Radio Globo in São Paulo, with religious program of IPDA (which is much more to 9583 kHz, than in 9585). SINPO 25332. (Jorge Frietas/HCDX)

Bolivia
3309.92, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, 0932-0945. Spanish comments, signal was between threshold and nil.(Bolland)(DSWCI-DX Window 376)

4409.82, Radio Eco, Reyes, 0000-0213. Spanish programming and Andean flute music. SINPO 25222. (Mille, Petersen and Wilkner)(DSWCI-DX Window 376)

4699.34, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 0950-1000. Spanish talk, fair to good signal. (Wilkner)(DSWCI-DX Window 376)

4716.73, Radio Yura, Yura, 1015-1042. Usal excellent Bolivian music, fair to good signal. Early sign on at *0915 on May 09. (Wilkner) (DSWCI-DX Window 376)

4796.4, Radio Lipez, Uyuni, 1010. 02 and 05, but absent Apr 27 and 28. (Wilkner) (DSWCI-DX Window 376)

4834.93, Radio Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza, 2300-0030. Fair signal (Cf. Otávio in DX-Window no. 375), but not in the morning when the Peru dominates. (Wilkner) (DSWCI-DX Window 376)

5580.22, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos, 0000-0056. Bolivian music, deep fades. This one is on about 50% of the time. (Wilkner)(DSWCI-DX Window 376)

5952.48, Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2320. Music, talks, QRM Family Radio Worldwide on 5950. SIgnal poor/fair. (Bernardini)(DSWCI-DX Window 376)

Brazil
5050, Radio Cidade (tentative), Juiz de Fora, 1001-1011. Portuguese talks, news program about list of countries with people infected by vírus, Europe coming to a social crisis, "Manhã Legal" program ann, ID: "Rádio Cidade 1010 kHz", "Manhã Legal com Luiz Correa, um oferecimento CEMIG, a melhor energia", "bom dia Juiz de Fora!", sertanejo music. Many other mentions about "Rádio Cidade 1010 kHz", "Juiz de Fora", 24432. According to Lista de Emissoras OM/OT/OC - Brasil of DX Clube do Paraná (and WRTH 2009. Ed), 1010MW in Juiz de Fora is named: "R. Solar AM". (Otávio) (DSWCI-DX Window 376)

Bulgaria
7400, Radio Bulgaria, 2132-2145. Noted a program of news and commentary in English. Many mentions of Bulgaria. Signal was fair.(Chuck Bolland, FL).

Ethiopia
5980, Voice of Tigray Rev, 0300-0315. Tune-in to Horn of Africa music. Signal Weak in noisy conditions. Fair to good level on // 5950 - but mixing with a strong Radio Taiwan International via Okeechobee, FLorida. Nothing heard on 6170. (Brian Alexander, PA)

9561.11v, Voice of Peace & Democracy via Radio Ethiopia transmitter, 0359-0430.* Tune-in to opening ID announcements at 0359 & into talk in listed Tigrinya. Short breaks of local Horn of Africa music. In the clear with a good signal but constantly drifting. Signal drifted as high as 9562.24 by 0427. // 7165-weak signal and covered by noise jammer at 0400. Jammer probably after VOBME which sometimes uses this frequency. Voice of Peace and Democracy on the air Mon, Wed, Fri only. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Madagascar
7395, Radio Sweden relay, 2120-2130. Tuned in to three males in conversation in Swedish language. At 2128 music cuts into the conversation. Following this an ID in English. The announcement promises a half hour program in English which starts at 2131 with the news. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

5009.94, RTV Malagasy, 0308-0325, May 25, talk in listed Malagasy. Lite instrumental music. Weak in noisy conditions. Broadcasting in full AM mode. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Russia
5940, Radio Rossii, 0930-1000. Noted as signal faded in, as program of Russian comments between mae/female announcers. Signal fair, also noted on 5920, mixing with WBOH. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Slovakia
5990, IRRS, 0445-0531.* Tune-in to English religious talk. Religious music at 0525. Lite guitar music at 0527. Closing English IRRS ID announcements along with Milano, Italy address at 0530 sign off. Poor to fair with some adjacent channel splatter. Audio somewhat muffled. Mon-Thur ony. (Brian Alexander, PA)

South Africa
7410, BBC relay, 2136-2200. Male announcer in English language commentary, followed at 2141 with femaleannouncers' comments. Poor signal with splatter. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

BBC Worldwide launches new channels on You Tube

BBC Worldwide and YouTube have announced the renewal of their global partnership for BBC Worldwide YouTube channels and short-form videos. The extension ensures that the BBC’s most watched programming will remain available to YouTube’s massive online audience.

In addition, BBC Worldwide has launched its new YouTube channel Explore with BBC Worldwide
http://www.youtube.com/user/ BBCExplore with clips making their YouTube premiere from renowned BBC factual shows including ‘Amazon with Bruce Parry’ and the Louis Theroux series such as ‘Gambling in Las Vegas’. Other new clips include ‘The Race for Everest’ and ‘Extreme Dinosaurs’. The channel joins recently launched Food from BBC Worldwide http://www.youtube.com/bbcfood with clips from classic cookery programs.

In the coming weeks, BBC Worldwide will unveil dedicated channels for comedy and natural history clips and a US only channel
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Memorial Day Holiday Post

This weekend is America's Memorial Day Weekend. This is a time we gather to remember the brave American soldiers, sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsman who have sacrificed their lives for the United States. We thank those that have served and honor those that have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. We commerate their service, and thank these brave men and women.
Gayle and Larry Van Horn
Teak Publishing

Best of the Best: Sunday-Monday, shortwave DX radio programs

Ready for the Best of Best in weekend DX shows this holiday weekend on shortwave radio?

If you're tired of the rest - have you tried the Best ?


All times UTC

Sunday - May 24, 2009
0020 Radio Waves Radio Exterior de España 6055.0
0130 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7315.0, 7385.0
0135v DXers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba 6000.0, 6140.0
0145 Ask WWCR WWCR 5070.0
0200 Australian DX Report WWCR 5070.0
0215 DX Partyline WWCR 5070.0
0320 DX Corner Voice of Turkey 59750 ,7325.0 bi-weekly
0335 DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 6000.0, 6140.0
0400 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
0500 QSO WRMI 9955.0
0530v DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 6000.0, 6010.0, 6140.0, 9550.0, 11760.0
0830 Wavescan WRMI 9955.0
0945 Ask WWCR WWCR 5070.0
1000 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7385.0
1030 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
1430 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 11785.0
1500 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
2000 This Week in Amateur Radio International WBCQ 7415.0
2200 Piratesweek WBCQ 5110.0

Monday - May 25, 2009
0200 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7385.0
0330 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7315.0, 7385.0
0730 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 6170.0 bi-weekly
1130 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 9655.0 bi-weekly
1330 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 6170.0 bi-weekly
1500 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
1630 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 7285.0 bi-weekly

(Gayle Van Horn/Teak Publishing)

Radio Caroline broadcasting from Ross Revenge this weekend

The Radio Caroline website carries the following announcement: “We are pleased to announce that our programs for the Spring Holiday weekend (Whitsun) will once again be coming from the radio-ship Ross Revenge. Join us from 18:00 [1700 UTC] on Friday 22nd May until 18:00 [1700 UTC] on Monday 25th for another highly atmospheric broadcast from the ship that was our full-time home between 1983 and 1990. You can hear our regular team who all admit to enjoying broadcasts from Ross Revenge because of the special atmosphere felt by anyone entering the on-board studios.

Although our radio-ship is still ’stuck’ in a private berth at the Port of Tilbury in Essex we do hope her days of isolation will be ending very soon. Watch this space!”

All times UTC

Sunday May 24th

00:00 Bob Lawrence's Album Collection
02:00 Ross Restoration Crew
06:00 Calvary Chapel
10:00 Pat Edison
14:00 Dave Foster
18:00 TBA
21:00 Tom Lodge Jr.
23:00 Mark Dezzani

Monday May 25th

01:00 Ross Restoration Crew
04:00 Ross Restoration Crew
07:00 Cliff Osbourne
10:00 Dave Foster
14:00 Jim Richman
18:00 Roy Masters
20:00 Tom Lodge Jr.
21:00 Ray Copeland
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Caroline www.radiocaroline.co.uk/index_IE6.html#spring_holiday_schedule.html__0__0__0

Shortwave Blog 'Bytes'

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

Argentina's Radio Balurte logged
6214.47, Radio Baluarte, Puerto Iguazu, 1035-1043. "Portuñol"(Portuguese/Spanish mix). Religious program to talk. SINPO 24432.Station has not been reported heard since September 2008!(Arnaldo Slaen/DSWCW-DX Window 376)

Brazil's Radio Guarujá Paulista log and info
5045, Radio Guarujá Paulista, Guarujá, SP, 1001-1025. Portuguese relaying news program Jornal da Manhã of Radio Jovem Pan 620 MW of São Paulo, Spanish as Jovem Pan Sat" with some canned ID "Guarujá Paulista" on relaying. Bad audio when relaying but good when originated from their studio (checked later at 1045 when relaying was over). From 1024 splatter of 5035 Radio Aparecida, SINPO 43444. (Otávio). Also heard at 2026-2030, May 08, reactivated! (Azevedo). Tentatively heard on 5044.95 at 0230-0240, May 09, Portuguese talk, SINPO 15131. A very weak carrier was also heard at 0050 on May 10, but no audio. (Anker Petersen)

This station has been inactive again, but returned now to the air which is great news for lovers of the world of the tropical wave, because it is an excellent provider of QSLs. I know personally the owner (Mr. Orivaldo Rampazzo) who is a radio enthusiast. He had told me, that it was temporarily off the air. They had plans to return to the tropical waves ... and that actually occurred. I talked with Orivaldo Rampazzo, last night, May 08, by phone, and he gave me information on the return of the transmission on tropical waves. Transmission of 24 hours daily. Correct name: ZYG 850 Rádio Guarujá Paulista on 5045 kHz. They have no further connection with the network Globo Radio. Location of Transmitter: Guarujá, São Paulo, Latitude: -23 ° 59' 35 " Longitude -46° 15' 23". Power: 1 kW. Radio Guarujá Paulista also transmits on 1550 MW, but with a programming different from 5045. (Azevedo/DSWCI-DX Window 376)

Clandestine QSLing
Sound of Hope Radio Network verified with a full data Earphones/Microphone” card personal letter in 72 days from postal address P. O. Box 70456, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 from v/s Demi Yan, Listener Service Coordinator who apologized for the delay in replying. The letter indicated that the "Sound of Hope Radio Network is a non-profit station that produces comprehensive news and commentaries on or related to China and we broadcast to China through shortwave. We are the largest non-governmental shortwave broadcaster to China. Our mission is to provide mainland Chinese people with free, independent and objective information, which is most of the time unavailable due to the total monopoly of information by Chinese government. Due to the Communist government’s monopoly of the power and media, state-sponsored human rights violations go undeterred and many, many people suffered as a result.

Outstanding examples are underground churches and Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetans and many deprived people are being persecuted in very brutal and covered-up way. Our radio station strives to bring the exposure to such crimes in an effort to deter it and hope to the people in much need." (Rich D’Angelo/DSWCI-DX Window 376)

Ethiopian monitoring
6090, Amhara Regional State Radio, Addis Ababa, *0300. Ppening music, ID, web URL, good. (Bernardini). Also heard at 1815. Signal noted as best ever, since I started listening to this frequency on Apr 29. (Van Arnhem). An email reply from Amhara Regional State Radio, Bahirdar, Ethiopia: "heloo bjorn fransson.i am dereje moges radio director from amhara radio,bahirdar, Ethiopia.thank you for your feedback!He also wrote: "Dear our radio station is establish 12 years ago, for the first time it transmit for one hour a day. but now the transmittion time is nine hours a day. Our agency also have news paper and TV transmittion. the TV transmittion is by using etv transmiter one hour a day". His name is Dereje Moges.E-mail address: dereradio2000@yahoo.com. (Fransson/DSWCI-DX Window 376)

Germany - Media Broadcast adds another station to broadcast schedule
New station via Media Broadcast - Cheetah Radio in English:
1600-1700 11885 WER 125 kW 90 deg SoAs Sat. Very good signal here in Bulgaria.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 22/ DX Mix News # 573 via wb, Germany)

'Hot' transmitters keep AFN radio Naples off-air
NAPLES, Italy — American Forces Network radio in Naples remains out of commission while the U.S. Consulate and AFN officials lobby for Italian approval to use new transmitters.

The transmitters are atop Collina dei Camaldoli, Naples’ highest point, where numerous other radio, television and cell phone towers also are located.

The site is "hot [with electromagnetic field emissions], and there have been many complaints from residents in the area," according to Giuseppe D’Antonio, with Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambientale Campania, the regional equivalent of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

To follow more on this copyrighted article from Stars & Stripes go to:
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62770

Media Broadcast A09 schedule available online
As of 19 May, 2009, updated A09 schedules are available from:
http://www.media-oadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/A09_operational_190509.pdf
(Alokesh Gupta, India)

MV Baltic Radio summer schedule
Relay service summer schedule via Wertachtal, Germany
Freq: 6140
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International.
We wish you good listening and good reception!
(Tom Taylor)

Obversations on China monitoring
When checking the bands at 0020-0105, May 03, I experienced something strange: All the usually heard Chinese domestic transmitters were off! They were Beijing 4460, 5030, 11710, Ge'ermu 4800 (AIR Hyderabad was heard instead with 45434!), Shijiazhuang 7215, and Lhasa, Tibet on 4820, 4905, 4920, 5935, 6050, 7170 and 7240 ! Most of these were heard by me 24 hours earlier. But Urumqi, Xinjiang, were still on the air - and some even on the usual winterfrequencies: 3990, 4330, 4980, 6120, 5060 and 5960. What is happening ? (Petersen). At 0005-0110, May 10 and 13, Xinjiang was heard on 4330, 4500, 4980, 5060, 6120 and 7195, but Beijing-based stations and Lhasa again were off the air on 4460, 4800, 4820, 4905, 4920 and 5030 ! All were noted back on the air when checked at 1640 on May 03 and at 1715 on May 10. Is this a new morning schedule ? (Anker Petersen/DSWCI-DX Window 376)

7350, CNR-11 (Tibetan service), 1430-1500. Holy Tibet program, "China National Radio. China National Radio, welcome to our English program from Tibet." "Hello friends, now you are listening to the English program Holy Tibet." Program about agriculture, animal husbandry, Tibetan farmers, Tibetan music noted on // 6010. Both poor to fair. May 03 Repeat of last Sundays "Holy Tibet" program of Tibetan music and explanations about Tibetan Buddhist symbols. (Howard/DSWCI-DX Window 376)

Pirate, Yellow Rhino Radio QSLs
6925USB. Full data logo eQSL in a few hours for e-mail and MP3 file (Andrew Yoder,PA/Cumbre DX)

Radio Monaco News
Since May 04, news bulletins produced by Radio Monaco are broadcast on short wave by Monaco Radio (Naya). The frequencies are: 4363, 8728, 13146, 17260 kHz USB. It is a live relay at 0700 and 1100 for around three minutes. Radio Monaco is a local station from Monaco on FM 95.4 MHz for all Côte d’Azur, 98.2 MHz for Monaco and 103.2 MHz for Grasse area (France) where 95.4 MHz is not received. Location: Gildo Pastor Center, 7 rue du Gabian, MC- 98000, Monaco.

There are still Weather Reports made by Monaco Radio and Météo France. Same frequencies, time are: 0730, 0800, 0930, 1030, 1203, 1730. Location: Monaco Radio – Naya Sarl, 1 Chemin du Fort Antoine, MC- 98000, Monaco; info@naya.mc . The short wave transmitters are in FONTBONNE (near TWR’s one). (Ghibaudo/DSWCI-DX Window 376)

Media Broadcast schedule update

Media Broadcast GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK) A09

Effective to: 25 October 2009, operational DTK schedule of 19th May 2009

All times UTC

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3975 0400-0500 28 WER 250 ND 1234567 290309 241009 RBP
3975 1800-2000 28 WER 250 ND 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
3975 2100-2200 28 WER 250 ND 1234567 290309 241009 RBP

5935 0000-0100 41 NAU 100 103 1234567 160409 241009 WRN
5945 0700-0730 27,28N WER 100 300 1 290309 241009 BVB
5945 0700-0815 27,28N WER 100 300 7 290309 241009 BVB
5945 0745-0800 27,28N WER 100 300 6 290309 241009 BVB
5945 1100-1115 27,28 WER 250 ND 1 290309 241009 MWA
5945 1300-1400 27,28 JUL 100 ND 1 290309 241009 RTR
5945 1530-1559 28NW ISS 100 55 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
5955 0758-1000 WER 250 ND 7 010609 310809 RNW
5955 1000-1657 WER 250 ND 1234567 010609 310809 RNW
5955 1000-1657 WER 250 ND 1 290309 310509 RNW
5955 1000-1657 WER 250 ND 1 010909 241009 RNW
5955 1459-1657 WER 250 ND 234567 290309 310509 RNW
5955 1459-1657 WER 250 ND 234567 010909 241009 RNW
5965 1130-1159 28NW WER 100 ND 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
5975 1130-1159 28NW WER 100 40 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
5995 0300-0330 NAU 250 155 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
6015 1700-1759 27W,28 WER 100 ND 1234567 060409 241009 HCJ
6025 1000-1059 28 WER 250 ND 1234567 290309 241009 RBP
6025 1600-1700 28 WER 250 ND 1234567 290309 241009 RBP
6030 1930-2000 28NW WER 40 ND 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
6035 0559-0657 NAU 250 215 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
6035 0659-0757 NAU 250 186 234567 290309 241009 RNW
6035 0659-0800 NAU 250 186 1 290309 241009 RNW
6040 1600-1930 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
6045 0900-1000 27E,28 WER 100 ND 1 290309 241009 HLR
6050 1700-1859 29 WER 250 45 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
6050 1900-1930 29N WER 100 45 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
6055 0900-0959 27,28 WER 100 90 1 290309 241009 CHW
6055 1030-1100 27,28 WER 125 ND 1 7 290309 241009 EMG
6060 1600-1659 19;29 WER 250 60 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
6065 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
6105 0642-0750 27 NAU 100 285 1 290309 241009 TWR
6105 0657-0750 27 NAU 100 285 23456 290309 241009 TWR
6105 0712-0750 27 NAU 100 285 7 290309 241009 TWR
6105 1700-1759 29 WER 250 60 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
6110 1400-1559 27,28W JUL 100 290 1234567 290309 241009 TOM
6115 2000-2200 37,38W NAU 250 210 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
6120 0659-0757 WER 250 300 234567 290309 241009 RNW
6120 0659-0800 WER 250 300 1 290309 241009 RNW
6120 0759-1000 WER 250 255 23456 290309 241009 RNW
6125 0459-0557 NAU 250 243 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
6125 1959-2200 NAU 250 225 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
6130 0330-0400 27,28 WER 250 45 1234567 290309 241009 NHK
6130 0430-0500 27,28 WER 250 60 1234567 170409 241009 NHK
6130 1800-1830 28,29 WER 125 55 3 6 290309 241009 BVB
6130 1800-1845 28,29 WER 125 55 5 7 290309 241009 BVB
6130 1800-1859 28,29 WER 125 55 1 290309 241009 BVB
6130 1815-1830 28,29 WER 125 55 2 4 290309 241009 BVB
6135 1930-1959 28NW WER 100 40 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
6140 0900-1000 27,28 WER 100 ND 1 290309 241009 MVB
6140 1800-1829 29S,30 WER 100 75 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
6140 1830-1929 29S WER 100 75 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
6145 0500-0600 28E WER 100 120 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
6155 2100-2159 28NE,2 WER 100 55 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
6175 1830-1859 29S WER 100 75 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
6175 1900-2000 27,28W WER 125 300 1234567 290309 241009 TOM

7220 1357-1500 28,29, WER 100 60 1234567 290309 241009 TWR
7230 1900-1930 39N WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 FEB
7245 2100-2200 27S NAU 250 220 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
7260 1500-1559 30S WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
7265 1700-1759 27 WER 40 300 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
7270 0400-0430 39,40W WER 250 120 1234567 250409 241009 AWR
7270 1600-1659 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
7280 0030-0400 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
7330 1200-1300 18 NAU 100 5 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
7340 1600-1659 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
7350 1600-1659 30S WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
7420 1500-1559 30S WER 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 290309 241009 YFR

9430 1545-1659 39,40 JUL 100 115 2 4 290309 241009 BVB
9430 1615-1630 39,40 JUL 100 115 6 290309 241009 BVB
9430 1701-1800 39,40 WER 125 120 7 290309 241009 BVB
9430 1730-1759 39,40 WER 125 120 1 290309 241009 BVB
9430 1800-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 7 040409 241009 BVB
9430 1815-1845 39,40 WER 250 120 1 290309 241009 BVB
9430 1830-1859 39,40 WER 250 120 6 290309 241009 BVB
9435 0030-0130 40E,41 WER 250 90 1234567 250409 241009 GFA
9435 1800-1830 37NW JUL 100 220 1 290309 241009 BVB
9440 1330-1429 28NE,2 WER 100 60 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
9440 1500-1528 29S JUL 100 70 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
9440 1528-1559 29S,39 WER 100 90 23456 290309 241009 TWR
9440 1528-1559 28 WER 100 105 7 290309 241009 TWR
9445 1700-1729 39,40W WER 250 120 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
9490 0030-0100 41 WER 250 90 1234567 250409 241009 BVB
9490 2330-0030 41,49 WER 125 75 1234567 290309 241009 DVB
9505 1629-1700 30S,40 WER 100 90 1234567 290309 241009 TWR
9510 1400-1459 WER 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9515 1930-2015 37,38 WER 250 150 1 290309 241009 PAB
9515 1930-2030 37,38 WER 250 150 7 290309 241009 PAB
9525 1200-1300 27 WER 100 300 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
9565 1700-1859 29,30 NAU 250 65 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
9585 1800-1859 28E,29 WER 125 75 7 150409 241009 CHW
9590 1900-2000 37E,38 WER 250 150 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
9595 1159-1600 WER 100 300 1234567 040709 270709 RNW
9595 2000-2100 46E,47 WER 500 180 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
9610 1900-2200 46,47, WER 500 180 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
9635 0400-0500 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9635 1801-1901 37N NAU 250 230 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
9640 0030-0045 41 WER 100 90 1 290309 241009 PAB
9650 1900-1930 47 WER 250 150 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9655 1830-1859 46S,47 ISS 500 167 1234567 280409 241009 LWF
9670 1500-1530 30S WER 250 75 1234567 050409 241009 IBB
9670 1530-1700 28NE,2 WER 100 60 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
9680 2330-0030 41NE,4 WER 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 GFA
9695 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9695 1800-1830 38E,39 WER 100 120 1234567 150509 241009 PRW
9720 2100-2159 46E,47 WER 500 180 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
9725 1500-1659 29 WER 125 60 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9760 1700-1759 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9765 1900-2030 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
9770 0500-0600 39N,40 NAU 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9780 1700-1759 40E,41 WER 250 90 1234567 190409 241009 IBB
9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 1 290309 241009 AWR
9790 1200-1230 27,28 WER 250 300 1234567 290309 241009 NHK
9790 1700-1759 18 ISS 100 25 1234567 150409 241009 PRW
9805 1900-2000 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9815 0330-0400 48 WER 250 135 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
9815 2030-2100 46,47, NAU 250 190 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9845 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
9850 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 195 1234567 290309 241009 NHK
9855 1800-1859 40E,41 WER 250 90 1234567 190409 241009 IBB
9885 0100-0300 42,43 WER 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
9895 0459-0557 NAU 250 160 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
9895 0559-0657 NAU 250 226 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
9895 0757-1000 NAU 250 221 7 010609 310809 RNW
9895 1000-1657 27,28, WER 250 240 1 010909 241009 RNW
9895 1000-1657 27,28, WER 250 240 1 290309 310509 RNW
9895 1000-1657 27,28, WER 250 240 1234567 010609 310809 RNW
9895 1459-1657 27,28, WER 250 240 234567 010909 241009 RNW
9895 1459-1657 27,28, WER 250 240 234567 290309 310509 RNW
9895 1800-1859 28E WER 100 105 1234567 150409 241009 YFR
9895 2059-2127 NAU 250 320 1234567 010609 310809 RNW
9925 0100-0500 2,3,4, NAU 100 325 1234567 100509 241009 HRT
9925 2200-0300 11,12, WER 100 240 1234567 100509 241009 HRT
9925 2300-0300 6,7,8, WER 100 300 1234567 100509 241009 HRT

11600 1800-1859 37E,38 WER 250 150 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
11635 0430-0500 48 WER 125 135 1 290309 241009 BVB
11635 0430-0530 48 WER 125 135 7 290309 241009 BVB
11640 1630-1659 38E,39 NAU 100 145 3 6 290309 241009 RHU
11665 1659-1727 WER 500 120 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
11670 1600-1659 40 NAU 500 105 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
11680 1600-1659 41 WER 500 90 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
11750 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 180 1234567 290309 241009 NHK
11750 1430-1529 29S WER 100 75 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
11755 2000-2100 46E,47 WER 100 180 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
11760 1600-1630 47E,48 WER 500 135 1 3 5 030509 241009 RMI
11810 1500-1559 29SE WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
11830 1830-1959 46,47 WER 100 165 1 290309 241009 BVB
11830 1930-1959 46,47 WER 100 180 7 290309 241009 BVB
11830 1945-2015 46SW WER 125 210 23456 290309 241009 BVB
11835 1300-1329 29 WER 100 60 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
11840 1900-2000 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
11850 1700-1759 40 WER 500 105 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
11865 0430-0500 39,40 WER 250 120 2345 290309 241009 BVB
11865 0430-0545 39,40 WER 250 120 6 290309 241009 BVB
11885 1600-1659 41 WER 125 90 7 250409 241009 RMI
11885 1700-1759 39 WER 250 120 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
11905 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 23456 290309 241009 IBB
11915 1030-1059 27 WER 100 300 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
11915 1730-1800 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
11935 0659-0757 WER 250 240 234567 290309 241009 RNW
11935 0659-0800 WER 250 240 1 290309 241009 RNW
11950 1700-1759 39N,40 NAU 250 113 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
11955 1430-1459 29N WER 100 45 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
11955 1500-1529 29,30 NAU 250 87 7 050409 241009 EMG
11955 1530-1545 39, 40 WER 250 105 1 120409 241009 BVB
11970 1800-1815 39,40 NAU 100 105 7 290409 241009 BVB
11970 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 2 4 6 290409 241009 BVB
11970 1800-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 3 5 290409 241009 BVB
11970 1830-1859 39,40 NAU 100 105 1 290409 241009 BVB
11975 1330-1429 28NE,2 WER 100 60 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
11980 0700-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
11995 1030-1100 28NE,2 NAU 100 100 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
12010 0800-0900 37,38W WER 100 210 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
12140 1530-1730 39,40 JUL 100 100 1234567 290309 241009 BVB
12140 1800-1900 48 WER 250 150 1 7 290309 241009 IBB
12140 1800-1930 48 WER 250 150 23456 290309 241009 IBB

13580 1625-1715 39,40 ISS 250 110 23 56 290309 241009 BVB
13580 1625-1729 39,40 ISS 250 110 4 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1530-1815 39,40 NAU 100 125 1 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1545-1600 39,40 NAU 100 125 2 4 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1545-1615 39,40 NAU 100 125 6 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1545-1620 39,40 NAU 100 125 3 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1545-1645 39,40 NAU 100 125 5 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1545-1829 39,40 NAU 100 125 7 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1700-1800 39,40 NAU 100 125 3 290309 241009 BVB
13590 1730-1759 39,40 NAU 100 125 6 290309 241009 BVB
13605 1400-1459 30S,40 WER 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
13645 1600-1659 39 WER 250 120 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
13690 1300-1329 30N,31 WER 500 60 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
13700 1159-1459 NAU 500 140 1234567 040709 270709 RNW
13700 1159-1459 NAU 500 230 1234567 040709 270709 RNW
13700 1459-1557 NAU 500 230 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
13700 1459-1557 NAU 500 140 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
13700 1557-1657 NAU 500 140 1234567 010609 310809 RNW
13700 1557-1657 NAU 500 230 1234567 010609 310809 RNW
13710 1100-1130 19,20, NAU 250 20 7 290309 241009 EMG
13730 1529-1727 WER 500 150 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
13745 1100-1129 29 WER 100 60 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
13750 1530-1628 40E,41 WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 GFA
13790 1800-1859 46E,47 WER 500 180 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
13810 1400-1557 28,29W NAU 100 120 1234567 290309 241009 TOM
13810 1600-1759 38S,39 JUL 100 130 2 45 290309 241009 BVB
13810 1600-1859 38S,39 JUL 100 130 1 6 290309 241009 BVB
13810 1630-1759 38S,39 JUL 100 130 3 290309 241009 BVB
13810 1630-1830 38S,39 JUL 100 130 7 290309 241009 BVB
13820 1700-1759 38E,39 NAU 125 145 5 290309 241009 ELF
13820 1700-1759 47E,48 NAU 500 140 7 290309 241009 ADM
13820 1700-1759 38E,39 WER 250 135 1 4 290309 241009 EFD
13830 1400-1459 WER 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
13830 1500-1559 41E WER 500 75 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
13830 1600-1629 39,40 JUL 100 100 1 5 290309 241009 PAB
13830 1700-1759 38E,39 JUL 125 130 1 4 290309 241009 SBO
13830 1730-1800 47E,48 JUL 100 130 6 290309 241009 RMI
13840 1100-1129 29S WER 100 90 1234567 290309 241009 PRW
13840 1700-1759 37,38 WER 100 180 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
13870 1730-1759 48 WER 250 150 23456 290309 241009 IBB
13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 23456 290309 241009 IBB

15130 1400-1458 39N,40 NAU 250 113 1234567 270409 241009 IBB
15160 1500-1529 41N ISS 250 80 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15160 1530-1559 41N ISS 250 80 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15160 1600-1659 47,48 WER 250 150 1234567 290309 241009 RBP
15190 0830-0900 38,39, WER 500 105 1234567 290309 241009 NHK
15205 1400-1415 39N,40 NAU 250 95 7 290309 241009 PAB
15205 1400-1430 41 NAU 100 95 1 290309 241009 PAB
15205 1415-1430 41 NAU 100 95 234567 290309 241009 PAB
15205 1430-1445 41 NAU 250 95 1 290309 241009 PAB
15205 1900-1930 46S NAU 125 215 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15205 1930-2000 46SE,4 WER 250 165 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15255 1300-1459 41E NAU 500 84 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15295 1500-1530 41 ISS 250 77 1 7 290309 241009 BVB
15295 1500-1559 41 ISS 250 77 56 290309 241009 BVB
15295 1515-1559 41 ISS 250 77 4 290309 241009 BVB
15295 1530-1559 41 ISS 250 77 23 290309 241009 BVB
15320 1300-1457 42,43W NAU 250 70 7 230409 241009 AWR
15320 1300-1459 42,43W NAU 250 70 1 230409 241009 AWR
15320 1300-1500 42,43W NAU 250 70 23456 230409 241009 AWR
15335 1500-1529 41N WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15335 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15335 1859-1957 NAU 500 183 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
15350 1230-1459 41 WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 GFA
15370 1500-1558 41 NAU 500 95 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
15380 1430-1629 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
15390 1330-1529 41NE,4 ISS 250 75 1234567 290309 241009 GFA
15430 1630-1659 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
15435 1200-1300 41NE WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
15495 1630-1729 47,48 WER 100 150 1234567 150409 241009 BVB
15495 1729-1745 47,48 WER 100 150 6 150409 241009 BVB
15535 1759-1957 WER 500 150 1234567 290309 241009 RNW
15565 1500-1559 29SE WER 250 90 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
15610 1200-1230 31S,42 NAU 250 70 23456 290309 241009 BVB
15670 1400-1559 41 WER 500 90 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
15675 1830-1845 52,53 NAU 100 170 3 5 290309 241009 RRP
15680 1500-1515 41,49N NAU 250 83 1 050409 241009 BVB
15680 1500-1530 40,41 JUL 100 90 2 040509 241009 BVB
15680 1500-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 7 020509 241009 BVB
15680 1500-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 3 290309 241009 BVB
15680 1515-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 456 290309 241009 BVB
15680 1530-1559 40,41 JUL 100 90 1 020509 241009 BVB
15690 1400-1459 41S WER 500 105 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
15715 1400-1500 41 WER 500 90 1234567 210409 241009 YFR
15715 1500-1559 41 WER 500 90 1234567 290309 241009 YFR
15750 1600-1759 47,48 NAU 500 155 1234567 290309 241009 YFR

17485 1500-1559 46E,47 JUL 100 160 1234567 290309 241009 TOM
17535 0900-1000 38,39 WER 125 135 6 290309 241009 BVB
17575 1630-1659 48 WER 250 135 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
17575 1730-1759 48 WER 250 135 1234567 290309 241009 AWR
17670 1400-1459 40 WER 250 105 1234567 290309 241009 IBB
17805 1400-1459 41 WER 250 90 1 7 180409 241009 BVB

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

Michael Puetz
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH
Order Management & Backoffice
Josef-Lammerting-Allee 8-10
D-50933 Cologne Germany

Please send your inquiries and reception reports to:
E-Mail:
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(M&B via Michael Bethge WWDXC Bad Homburg, condensed and sorted by BC-DX
TopNews May 19/WWDXC/BC-913 via wb, Germany)

Plan for VOA Park slowed

The downward economy and a slumping housing market could delay a 10-year, $20 million plan to improve the Voice of America Park.

Real estate transfer fee collections are expected to come in at about $300,000 this year - about half of what Butler County MetroParks anticipated.

That means grading work on the 20-plus athletic fields at the park could be put off for at least another year.
"It doesn't look like we have the dollars to make it happen," said MetroParks Executive Director Jonathan Granville. "Because of factors that are beyond our control, things may take a little longer than we'd like."

additional detailed story at:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090519/NEWS01/905200357/1055/NEWS/Plans+for+VOA+Park+slowed

Blog Logs

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

Argentina
11710.64v, RAE. 0159-0226.
English service. Station interval signal to time pips signal. Additional IS to station identification. Program segment talking about tango music, played some selections. Newscast. Signal poor-fair (Ron Howard, CA)

Australia
15515, Radio Australia(Shepparton) 0228-0233 + 0320. Probably on at their scheduled *0200, as not heard before 0200; conversation about agricultural economic issues; fair; // 15240 (via the same site). Nothing heard on 15560 (Ron Howardl CA)

Bolivia
6134.78, Radio Santa Cruz, 1015-1030. Male/female host with lesson segment,possibly Spanish. Although the signal was fairly good, I could pull out the significance of the comments. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

Canada
6159.96, CKZN Newfoundland (presumed). 0301-0305. Both Newfoundland and Vancouver with the same Radio One newscast and assume because of the long distance between the stations, there was a strong echo (out of sync). Noted 0304 they both started their own programming. Vancouver stronger signal (Ron Howard, CA)

China
Scan for Firedrakes: 7000-19000, from 1344 to 1428.

8400 // 9000 // 13970 Firedrake (Chinese music jamming), all with good signals.

A non-parallel Firedrake on 11300 till 1400*, did not re-start again. Very weak station in Chinese heard after 1400, positive not CNR-1 jamming (not // 5030), so perhaps SOH.

During the 1400-1405 absence of Firedrake, heard weak stations on 8400 and 9000, but nothing heard on 13970 during the gap.

At 1428 noted Firedrake on 15600 (// 8400, 9000 & 13970), had been absent pre-1400. Some of the Firedrakes certainly are no longer 24 hour operations (Ron Howard, CA)

6937 Yunnan PBS 1156-1214. Talk in lang to 1200, then possible news. Regional music followed at 1210. Fair but starting to fade. (John Wilkins, CO)

Diego Garcia
4319USB, AFRTS/AFN 1411-1416. ABC News, Air Force Network News with public-service announcement for the military. Signal noted as ver poor reception, but clearly // 10320USB Pearl Harbor.(Ron Howard, CA)

Equatorial Guinea
15190, Radio Africa, 2245-2304.* Fairly clear English religious talk with very little distortion but closing announcements at 2302 with very distorted, barely intelligible “Radio Africa” IDs along with contact information. (Brian Alexander, PA)

India
9425, All India Radio-Bengaluru - National Channel, 1435-1500. English service. Easy-listening music to interview with surgeon from New Delhi hospital. Additional PSA about eating disorders. These programs in English on Mon., Wed. and Fri. are primarily public service oriented with talks about health issues, education, etc. 1500 into Hindi. May 19 (Tue.) during this time period was in Hindi (Ron Howard, CA)

Indonesia
9524.96, Voice of Indonesia, 1501-1517. English service with news, Today in History and News and Events. Station IDs, running past their normal 1501.* Still going at tune-out at 1517 (Ron Howard, CA)

9525, Voice of Indonesia, 1053-1101. Islamic style music at tune-in to announcers' English comments. Station ID at 1100 as "Voice of Indonesia ...9525 15125 11785 ... suggestion ... mail address ... P.O. Box 1157 Jakarta, Indonesia ..." Then off the air by 1101. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

3987.04 RRI Manokwari 1156-1240. Song-of-the Cocnut Island interval signal to Jakarta network news, back to local studio at 1227 with a short vocal selection. Dulcimer-like interval signal at 1230, then ten-minute talk segment. Generally fair. Has been irregular in recent weeks. (John Wilkins, CO)

4605v RRI Serui, Has not been heard here in many months. Last logged here in May 2008John WIlkins, CO)

Israel
15785.01, Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, 2040-2110. Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Good level but slightly distorted audio. Weak // 6973.00. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Madagascar
6134.93 Radio Madagaskira 1307. Presumed with vocal music. Poor and getting poorer. (John Wilkins, CO)

Malaysia
5964.91v, Klasik Nasional FM via RTM, 1336-1358 + 1404. They are completely back to normal broadcasting today. Only Klasik Nasional FM audio heard here; in vernacular with DJ playing pop songs; IDs; fair. Very nice! Poor after 1400 with heavy QRM (CRI).

6049.60v, Asyik FM, 1336-1400, May 18. They are completely back to normal broadcasting today with only Asyik FM audio here. Heard in vernacular with DJ playing pop songs; singing “Asyik FM” jingle; 1400 switches over to become R. Suara Islam; reciting from the Qur’an. Signal fair. Nice to have things back to normal again (Ron Howard, CA)

Malaysia/Sarawak
7270.01 Limbang FM(p) 1230-1302. Droning indigenous vocals to 1245, then middle-of-the-road Malay vocals, 1+1 pips at 1300, mixing with Nei Menggu's 5+1 pips and into presumed news. Fair signal. (John Wilkins, CO)

(and non). Sarawak FM via RTM. A check on May 18 found no sign of Sarawak FM under CNR-1 on 5030. Alan Davies says “5030 is still on, but listening is difficult because the audio level is very low” and also “I'm now in Kuching [May 18], where 7130 kHz has just been switched off as far as I can tell, not changed to another frequency.” I believe I heard 7130 on their last day there (March 30), as the next day there was no sign of them at all.

7270.0, Wai FM, 1412-1432. In vernacular with pop songs and on-air phone calls; IDs; into their usual program of indigenous chanting/singing. Signal covered at 1432 by strong CNR-1 program echo-jamming (//5030), which is against Taiwan that is scheduled for 1435 sign-on.Above average Malaysian propagation today! (Ron Howard, CA)

Oman
15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 1428-1500. Tune-in to lite instrumental music. Gongs/chimes at 1430 followed by their theme music & English news at 1431-1439. Theme music and ID at 1439. US pop & Euro-pop music at 1440-1500. Very weak but occasional peaks up to a weak but readable level. Lost in noise at 1500. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Papua New Guinea
3325, Radio Bougainville (presumed) 1328-1402.* DJ playing pop songs (Phil Collins, Another Day in Paradise, George Michael, Never Gonna Dance Again. Progtram off with choral anthem. Signal poor, mixing with RRI. Clearly they now have added about 50 minutes to their broadcasting day (ex: about 1312*). I note in DX-Window No. 376 that Anker Petersen indicates the name as “Radio Buka, Kubu (Ex R Bougainville)”, but I wonder if that is correct. Mark Wolfsbauer’s blog entry for Sept. 21, 2008 http://aboganinbougainville.blogspot.com/ say he has a program on “Radio Bougainville (call sign is Voice of the Sun Rise), which as it happens is just across the field from my house”, in Buka (Ron Howard, CA)

Singapore
6035 BBC via Kranji 1300. Noted with BBC world news in Bahasa Indonesia. Fair. (John Wilkins, CO)

Sudan
(non) via Slovakia, 15650, Miraya 101 FM, 1458-1525. Tune-in to Euro-pop music. Several “Miraya 101 FM” IDs at 1501 followed by English news. Arabic talk at 1510. Afro-pop music at 1514. Weak but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Syria
9330, Radio Damascus, 2110-2200. Tune-in to English news. Local music. Commentary. News headlines at 2158. National anthem at 2159. Spanish at 2200. Fair to good level butthe usual very poor audio with hum & low modulation. 12085 not heard. (Brian Alexander, PA)

National Hurricane Center's Sets On-The-Air Station Test

Special Bulletin 7 ARLX007 from ARRL Headquarters, Newington CT May 19, 2009

The annual WX4NHC On-the-Air Station Test from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami takes place Saturday, May 30, 1300-2100 UTC.

"The purpose of this annual Station Test is to test all of our radio equipment, computers and antennas using as many modes and frequencies as possible. This is not a contest or simulated hurricane exercise.

New equipment and software will be tested, and we will also conduct some operator training," said WX4NHC Assistant Amateur Radio Volunteer Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R. Ripoll said that WX4NHC also will be testing new computers and software, as well as conducting operator
training. "NHC Director Bill Read, KB5FYA, will be at WX4NHC, making contacts," he said. WX4NHC will be on the air on HF, VHF and UHF, plus 2 and 30 meter APRS.

Suggested SSB frequencies are 3.950, 7.268, 14.325, 21.325 and 28.525 MHz, ±QRM; WX4NHC reports that they will mostly be on 14.325 MHz and will make announcements when they change frequencies. WX4NHC also will be on the VoIP Hurricane Net 1700-1900 UTC (IRLP node 9219/EchoLink WX-TALK Conference) and on South Florida area VHF/UHF repeaters and simplex; APRS and e-mail will also be monitored.

Stations working WX4NHC exchange call sign, signal report, location and name plus a brief weather report, such as "sunny," "rain" or "cloudy." Non-hams may submit their actual weather using the On-Line Hurricane Report Form. QSL to WD4R and include a self-addressed,stamped envelope. Do not send cards to the NHC. Due to security measures, no visitors will be allowed at NHC during the test.
(via Free Radio Network post/MARE #529 via Harold Frodge, MI)

Amateur radio special event schedules

5H - Win, DK9IP will be active as 5H2WK from Arusha, Tanzania from 28 May to 5 June. He will operate holiday style, with some activity being planned during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX MM0NDX]

8Q - Giulio, IW3HVB will be active holiday style as 8Q7GP from the Maldives (AS-013) from 26 May to 4 June. He will be running 100 watts to a multiband vertical antenna, with planned SSB and PSK31 activity mainly on 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
IW3HVB]

9A - Neno/9A5AN and Tom/9A2AA will be active from several different IOCA islands in IOTA group EU-170 between 24 May and 13 June. On 24-29 May they will be joined by Livio/9A3KS, while on 5-13 June they will be joined by Tibor/HA3HP. [TNX 9A2AA]

BY - Mee/BD4TQ, Meng/BD4TT (YL operator) and Dale/BA4TB, along with Rene/DL2JRM, will be active from Dayang Shan Island (AS-137) on 22-24 May. They plan to operate homecall/5 on all bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home calls. [TNX BA4TB]

EI - Robert/GI0NCA, Rudo/OM5FM and Vlado/OM7CA will be active as EI/homecall from Aranmore Island (EU-121) on 25-29 May, They plan to operate CW, RTTY and SSB on 80-10 metres from the local lighthouse (ARLHS IRE-02). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OM7CA]

F - Special callsign TM100C will be activated between 21 May and 4 June to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first flight of aviation pioneers Gaston and Rene Caudron. QSL via F1RR. [TNX F8REF]

F - Once again (for the 58th year) the Association des Radioamateurs de la Sarthe will activate special event station TM6ACO for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This year's operations will take place from 31 May to 14 June. QSL via F6KFI. Further information at
http://asso.proxiland.fr/aras72/ [TNX F5TJC]

G - Members of the Southport & District Amateur Radio Club (http://www.sadarc.org.uk/) will be operating special event station GB5BOO at the Best of Ormskirk Festival on 30 May. During the event they will raise money for MapAction (http://www.mapaction.org/ ), and they
would appreciate as many contacts as possible to raise public awareness of this charity. [TNX G7LFC]

H4 - Mike, KM9D (H44MY) and Jan, KF4TUG (H44TO) are now lying to anchor at Lever Harbour, New Georgia Island (OC-149) and "searching for an adequate operating location". QSL via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily DX]

HA - Laci, HA0HW will be active as SV8/HA0HW and J48HW from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 28 May to 6 June, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on various bands, with an emphasis on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 6 metres. QSL via HA0HW, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]

I - Nuccio, I0YKN reports he will be active as IY0GM until 20 July. The special callsign celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in physiscs awarded to Guglielmo Marconi. QSL via I0YKN.

I - Mauri, IZ5OVP will be active as IA5/IZ5OVP from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 24-25 May. QSL via home call. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]

I - Look for IK4GLV/4, IK4JPR/4, IK4RUX/4, IZ4CCO/4 and IZ4ISX/4 to be active from Scanno di Piallazza (EU-155, IIA FE-001) on 31 May and 1 June. They will operate CW and SSB on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4RUX]

OH0 - Uwe/DL6NDK, Iris/DL6LI and Ralf/DL9GTI will be active from the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 23-29 May. They plan to operate mainly CW on 80-2 metres, with some PSK31 by DL6LI. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DXNL]

OZ - Flemming, OZ5FM and Jakob, OZ7AEI will be active as homecall/p from the lighthouse of Vorupoere Mole Fyr (ARLHS DEN-235) on Vendsyssel-Thy Island (EU-171, DIA NJ-001) on 29 May. They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB starting around 19 UTC. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]

PA - Special callsign PA08DWN will be aired on 30 May from Maassluis, near Rotterdam. Operations will take place from the radio shack of the "Elbe", a tugboat that is being restorated to serve as a museumship. Expect CW only operations to take place between 8 and 15 UTC. QSL via PA3ALM. [TNX PA9HR]

SV - Dick, PA3DEU will operate as SV8/PA3DEU from Alonissos Island (EU-072) from 25 May to 7 June. Look for him around the QRP frequencies, as he will be running 5 watts only. [TNX PA3DEU]

TA - Karl, WA2KBZ is active as TA0/WA2KBZ from Buyukada, near Istanbul (not IOTA) until 17 June. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX News]

DX News ... Good to Know
GEOPARKS WEEKEND ---> A number of stations will be active for the Geoparks Communication Weekend (23-24 May). Besides GB6GEO [425DXN 941], announced participating stations from Europe include CS8GEO (Portugal), DD0D, DK0GEO and DR9VARUS (Germany), EI2GEO (Ireland), GB1GEO (Scotland), GB2MAC (Northern Ireland), GB5GEO (Wales), YP2GEO (Romania). Geopark stations will operate around 3680, 7080, 14180, 21180 and 28480 kHz. The CS Silver Fox (YO2KAR) offers an award for working
"geo-stations" between 23 May and 30 December. Please e-mail cssilverfox@yahoo.com for further information. [TNX G3VOF and N2YO]

QSL A71BU ---> This is the brand new callsign of Juma Al Kuwari (A71EM and A92GT), whose QSL manager is NI5DX. The cards for A71BU will need to be designed and ordered, so plase allow 6-8 weeks before the first QSLs are sent out. Also please note that EA7FTR is still the QSL manager for either A71EM and A92GT. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]

WPX CONTEST CERTIFICATES ---> CQ WPX Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD, announced on 17 May that all those who took part in the WPX Contest (SSB and CW) for 2007-08 can now download electronic versions of their participation certificates in PDF format. Please visit http://www.cqwpx.com/blog/ for further information.
(Dave Raycroft/ODXA)

Radio Gloria International set for Sunday broadcast

Date 24 May 2009

Time 0900 to 1000 UTC

Channel 6140 KHz

Radio Gloria International, will be broadcasting over the transmitting station in Wertachtal Germany.

The transmitter power will be 100 000 Watts, and we will be using a non-directional

antenna system (Quadrant antenna).
(Tom Taylor)

RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary

Radio New Zealand International airs New Radio Heritage Documentary
AFRS Mosquito Network June 01 2009

Join us on June 01 2009 when the Radio Heritage Foundation airs a new radio heritage documentary on the Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] Mailbox program.

You can listen via shortwave or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of frequencies and times and audio download at www.rnzi.com .

The program features the story of the six stations of the famous AFRS Mosquito Network during World War II, and how they got their name.

American Expeditionary Stations in Noumea, Munda, Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo, Bougainville and Auckland all went on air in 1944, some 65 years ago, and were staffed by professional broadcasters drawn from American radio stations.

Featuring top Hollywood and music show stars, the stations entertained hundreds of thousands of Allied troops, and introduced structured radio broadcasting to the Solomon Islands and [now]
Vanuatu for the first time.

Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation on this journey back to 1944, details about the special four station off-air network broadcast, and the music of forces favorite GI Jill who joins the program.

This new Radio Heritage documentary on RNZI complements three new stories about the Mosquito Network just released at www.radioheritage.net.

You'll read more about the stations and their place in Pacific radio heritage in AFRS Guadalcanal, AFRS Radio City and AFRS Mosquito Bites.

The stories are based on interviews with surviving Mosquito Network personnel and extensive research by Martin Hadlow, former manager of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service.

June 01 2009, be listening to Mailbox on Radio New Zealand International for AFRS Mosquito Network, the new radio heritage documentary from the Radio Heritage Foundation.
(Dario Monferini/playdx2003)

Radio Cairo schedule update

Egypt, Radio Cairo A-09

Effective to 26 October 2009

All times UTC

0700-1100 on 15790 ABZ 100 kW / 250 deg to WeAf Arabic GS
1015-1215 on 15170 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Arabic
1215-1330 on 17835 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English
1230-1400 on 15710 ABS 250 kW / 106 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1300-1600 on 15080 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Arabic
1330-1530 on 15800 ABZ 100 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Farsi
1430-1600 on 12170 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Pashto
1500-1600 on 9250 ABZ 250 kW / 050 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1500-1600 on 15255 ABS 250 kW / 330 deg to EaEu Albanian
1530-1730 on 17810 ABZ 100 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili
1600-1700 on 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Afar
1600-1800 on 6270 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Urdu
1600-1800 on 12170 ABZ 150 kW / 195 deg to CSAf English
1700-1900 on 6860 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to N/ME Turkish
1700-2300 on 9250 ABZ 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAf Ar R.Waadi e Nile
1700-1730 on 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Somali
1730-1900 on 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 6255 ABS 250 kW / 330 deg to WeEu Italian
1800-2100 on 9990 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Hausa
1900-2000 on 6255 ABS 250 kW / 330 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000 on 6860 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian
1900-2030 on 11510 ABZ 100 kW / 250 deg to WeAf English
1900-2400 on 6290 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic GS
1900-0030 on 11540 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to CEAf Arabic R.Vo Arabs
2000-2115 on 6255 ABS 250 kW / 330 deg to WeEu French
2000-2200 on 6860 ABZ 250 kW / 110 deg to AUS Arabic
2030-2230 on 9280 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf French
2115-2245 on 6255 ABS 250 kW / 330 deg to WeEu English
2215-2330 on 9360 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Portuguese
2300-0030 on 11590 ABZ 250 kW / 330 deg to NEAm English
2330-0045 on 9250 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to SoAm Arabic
2330-0045 on 9360 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to CeAm Arabic
0000-0700 on 6290 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to NoAm Arabic GS
0030-0430 on 11590 ABZ 250 kW / 330 deg to NEAm Arabic
0045-0200 on 7540 ABZ 250 kW / 315 deg to NoAm Spanish
0045-0200 on 9360 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to CeAm Spanish
0045-0200 on 9915 ABS 250 kW / 252 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0330 on 7540 ABZ 250 kW / 315 deg to NoAm English
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 22/DX Mix News # 573 via wb, Germany)

Radio Netherlands Program Guide May 24-29

SUNDAY 24 May
*** 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Radio Books (primary program) ***

'Who Drank Hector Hernandez?' - by Dimitri Verhust

Our series of Dutch and Flemish short stories in English translations returns after a short break. We begin with a reprise of the first story broadcast almost two years ago.

The reason is to celebrate author Dimitri Verhulst who just won the highest Dutch literary honour - the Libris Prize - for his latest novel. A sardonic history of the world, the book was praised for its unparalleled use of language and ironic sense of humour.

Both qualities are abundant in his story "Who Drank Hector Hernandez?" It's about a Belgian man who wins a holiday in Cuba where he is faced with a most unusual request.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

MONDAY 25 May
*** Curious Orange (primary program) ***

The Dutch need donors... sperm donors, that is. We'll tell you why Dutch men are, erm, holding back.

We'll also take you to the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, where, 40 years ago, John and Yoko held their bed-in for peace.

And we'll tour a 250-year-old Dutch house... in New York.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Radio Books (repeat from Sunday) ***

'Who Drank Hector Hernandez?' - by Dimitri Verhust

Our series of Dutch and Flemish short stories in English translations returns after a short break. We begin with a reprise of the first story broadcast almost two years ago.

The reason is to celebrate author Dimitri Verhulst who just won the highest Dutch literary honour - the Libris Prize - for his latest novel. A sardonic history of the world, the book was praised for its unparalleled use of language and ironic sense of humour.

Both qualities are abundant in his story "Who Drank Hector Hernandez?" It's about a Belgian man who wins a holiday in Cuba where he is faced with a most unusual request.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

TUESDAY 26 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

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

Jonathan talks with Nirmala Rajasingam, a Sri Lankan woman living in London. Nirmala joined the Tamil Tigers over 20 years ago to protect the rights of her Tamil community, but became disillusioned with the organisation and its brutal repression. She tells Jonathan about her life as a Tiger, the murder of her sister by Tamils, and her hopes for the future of Sri Lanka.

Dr Neva Bartholomew was doing the job she loved, working as a primary care physician, serving families she knew personally - until the red tape of US health insurance companies forced her out of the field.

Commentary: When Kannan Arunasalam learned his statue of the elephant-headed god, Ganesh, was likely taken from a temple in the war-ravaged north of Sri Lanka, he vowed to return it. But now that the war is over conditions are still too fragile so the statue sits in his apartment, for now.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Earthbeat (repeat from Thursday) ***

Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories of the people trying to make that footprint lighter.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 27 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (repeat from Friday) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (primary program) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 28 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Earthbeat (primary program) ***

Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories of the people trying to make that footprint lighter.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Curious Orange (repeat program) ***

The Dutch need donors... sperm donors, that is. We'll tell you why Dutch men are, erm, holding back.

We'll also take you to the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, where, 40 years ago, John and Yoko held their bed-in for peace.

And we'll tour a 250-year-old Dutch house... in New York.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 29 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (primary program) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (repeat programme) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R. Netherlands)

Radio Belarus A09 schedule update

Radio Belarus

Effective to 26 October 2009

All times UTC

Belarussian
1100-1400 on 7210 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg
1100-1400 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg

Russian
1400-1600 on 7210 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg
1400-1600 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg
2200-2300 on 7210 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg
2200-2300 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg
2200-2300 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg

Polish
1600-1800 on 7210 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg
1705-1800 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg
1600-1800 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg

German
1800-2000 on 7210 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg
1800-2000 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg
1800-2000 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg

English
2000-2200 on 7210 MNS 075 kW / 270 deg
2000-2200 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 252 deg
2000-2200 on 7390 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg

Belarussian Belorusskoe Radio HS-1
0400-0700 on 11930 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg
1500-1700 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 22/DX Mix News 573 via wb, Germany)

RTI to increase North American transmissions

Starting June 15th,2009 Radio Taiwan International will add two more frequencies for listeners in North America.

0200 to 0300 UTC on 9680 kHz to the Midwest
0500 to 0600 UTC on 5950 kHz to the West Coast.

http://english.rti.org.tw/Content/WhatsNewSingle.aspx?ContentID=79276
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi)

Brazil ready to evaluate the DRM standard while deciding its digital radio future

This major breakthrough for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) was announced during the 25th ABERT Broadcasting Congress in Brasilia, Brazil (19-21 May).

Seven experts representing the DRM Consortium (from BBC, Digidia, Dolby, Fraunhofer IIS, TDF, and Thomson Grass Valley) were invited to this congress and made well received presentations in the plenum. In addition, DRM in the AM bands with multimedia elements Slideshow and Journaline, DRM+ with 5.1 Surround Sound, and DRM/AM simulcasting were demonstrated during the 3 days of the congress, while live transmissions from Chile, Ecuador and French Guyana could be listened to on the latest generation of DRM receivers.

During the opening session of the congress on May 19th, the Brazilian Minister of Communications Helio Costa announced an upcoming public consultation period of 180 days. The aim of this consultation is to choose the most adequate digital radio system fulfilling all broadcast requirements of Brazil.

DRM has confirmed throughout the congress, attended by 1500 participants, its readiness and willingness to lead this evaluation, together with Brazilian partners and the general support of the Brazilian authorities. The preparation of these trials has already started during the congress.

The DRM Consortium will contribute to the selection of the best digital radio solution for Brazil. The open, global DRM Digital Radio Mondiale standard was recently officially chosen by India and Russia for their radio broadcasting bands.
(Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India/HCDX)

RTM Malaysia schedule update

RTM Kuching (Stapok) has cancelled its 7200 kHz authorization, which was incorrectly assigned this slot, but not used, in the extended amateur radio band for A09 as a replacement for 7130. The transmitter on 7130 has been closed down due to technical limitations, and broadcasts previously carried by it are now only on VHF and MF.

Current RTM transmissions are scheduled:

All times UTC

5030 Stapok 2200-1600 local (times vary)
5965 Kajang 24 hrs Malay
6050 Sibu 2200-1600 local (times vary)
6100 Kajang 1300-1500 Asian dialects (external service)
6175 Kajang 0300-0600 English (Voice of Islam (external service)
6175 Kajang 0600-0830 English (external service)
6175 Kajang 1200-1830 Indonesian/Malay (external service)
7270 Stapok 2200-1600 local (times vary)
7295 Kajang 24 hrs English
9750 Kajang 0300-0600 English (Voice of Islam) (external service)
9750 Kajang 0600-0830 English (external service)
9750 Kajang 1200-1800 Indonesian/Malay (external service)
11885 Kajang 1200-1300 Mandarin
15295 Kajang 0300-0600 English (Voice of Islam) (external service)
15295 Kajang 0600-0830 English (external service)
15295 Kajang 1200-1300 Mandarin
15295 Kajang 1600-1800 Arabic, Malay (external service)
(Bob Padula, Australia/Cumbre DX)

Blog Logs - pirate radio

The latest monitoring from the bizarre world of pirate and free radio.

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

US Pirates
All Aboard
6924.9, 2312.+ Repeating slogan as, “all aboard, all aboard” then whistling. Then repeating “attention, attention” and a 5-digit block of numbers, followed by “authenticate, authenticate,” more whistling and additional “All aboard” and off. Also heard later in the evening. Please QSL (Andew Yoder,PA/FRW 692)

Barnyard Radio
6925USB, 0000-0005* *0007-0058* SIO 242. Another typical lengthy broadcast from this station, running nearly an hour. Clucking chickens and other animal noises frequently. Sketch about chickens and donkeys. Various pop/country tunes about animals. Heard no address announced on this program. (George Zeller, OH/FRW 692)

Calling Marco Radio via WEAK
6925USB, 0325-0338:29*, *0339:41-0343+, 6925USB. Message and hard rock tunes,
nothing Top-40. Station ID in Italian and frequenct English IDs by announcer, including repeated Marco. Off with IDs by male/female announcers. QSL via FRN or email as callingmarcoradio@gmail.com. Station off for little over a minutes then back with woman saying "Marco-can you hear me" and repeating Marco, then hard rock tune. SIO 3+53 (Harold Frodge, MI/FRW 691)

Captain Morgan
6925AM, 2339-2346. Rolling, Stones tune to Twilight Zone theme Fair signal quality. 6925AM, 0030. Big static crashes here tonight, 0035 Captain Morgan email given Poor signal. (Rohde/NASWA Flashsheet 382).

KFUDD
6950, 2210-2211.+ Good Signal. Song tune, No More Rabbits by some one sounding like Elmer Fudd. Station ID as "KFUDD, the Voice of the Human Revolution," with announcer Ossie Fudd. (Greg Majewski CT/FRW 691)

MAC Shortwave
6850AM, 0036-0140+ Good signal show with Pat Benatar, Derik and the Dominos by announcer named Mike. ID followed by "the station that Paul Starr never listens to. " Next show was done by Ultraman. Played old stuff by Elvis and others. (Greg Majewski CT/FRW 692)

Radio Cinco De Mayo
6925USB, 0007. SINPO 24322 Spanish speaking operator into a Mexican rap song. Was able to understand ID as, "Radio Cinco de Mayo," into more Mexican music (Ragnar-MI) Station email radiocincodemayo@gmail.com (FRW 691)

Radio Pigmeat International
6925AM, 0005, SINPO 34323 RPI ID. Tunes, You Really Got Me and What I Like About You. signal dove at 0013 (Ragnar, MI/FRW 692)

Radio XXP
6925USB, 0054-0102. "I drink your rum boys," Station ID as 0055 "Radio Station XXP" at 0055 and "this is radio station, pirate radio station XXP." This is the first broadcast from this pirate operator. Off at 0102. Fair signal. Also noted on 1336, May 16. Whip It tune to "XXP" ID at 1337. Modulation seems to be off a bit, best tune at 6.925.015. Mention that this is the second broadcast of this operator, the first was last night Fair signal. (Rohde/NASWA Flashsheet 382)

Sycko Radio
6924.3USB, 0140-0220.+ Tuned in to “A mind-control experiment from inside your own head,” repeating over a droning sound. Nice weird show with repeating phrases, speeding up and slowing down kids' records, and electronic music/effects. Big signal, peaking up around S9+10. Think one song was by Kraftwerk. This show would really freak people out if it was aired outside the pirate bands! Please QSL (Andew Yoder,PA/Cumbre DX)

The Crooked Man/Mouth od Mohammad Radio
6950.50AM, 1518-1556*. Music, followed by an ID repeated four times. "The Crooked Man is Calling. " Radio skit, Why do Catholics Cross Themselves. Music tune, Hey and I Am the Walrus. Long ramble about getting brain cancer and tumors from injections. About 1533 ID was repeated a half dozen times, then the broadcast switched to "Mouth of Mohammad Radio." Music tune, Islam's Not for Me, Put a Bomb in Your Shoe, 50 Ways to Kill Bin Laden & other snappy tunes. SIO 252 to 151. Weak signal plus local noise made difficult reception. Carrier ended at about 1556. (Hunsicker, PA/FRW 691)

WBNY
6925AM 19:00. SINPO 24222. WBNY Pat Murphy tribute show. Clips of Pat's interview, Monkey songs, etc. 6925AM, 2300-2328. SINPO 34333. WBNY repeat of the Pat Murphy tribute show. Giunney Gatoraid, Cows with Guns. (Ragnar,MI/FRW 692)

Whispery Wolf
6925USB, 0135-0140. SINPO 35343, must have missed the ID trippy instrumental music as described by Ragnar. Possible ID at 0140 - off ? Fair signal quality. (Rohde/FRW 382)

Wind Up Radio
6925AM, 0550-0648. This is a log from a remote radio, as I am unable to receive him here, I'll let you guess why. "Ohio", "lets go smoke some pot", "Ohio", Moody Blues tune at 0616. Station ID at 0621 as "Wind Up Radio" Signal fair. (Rohde, OH/FRW 691)

Woverine Radio
6925USB, 0115utc.Signal fair-poor with static, Big Band/jazz/swing tunes, followed by Baby It's You, Walkin After Midnite. Station off suddenly at 0126, on again at 0132. Tunes, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Puttin On The Ritz, Minnie The Moocher, Alexanders Ragtime Band. (Hassig, IL/FRW 692)

Euro-Pirates
Antonio Radio
6265, 0855. Station with 60's tune Hey Mr. Tambourine Man. SINPO 34333. (swdxblogspot)

Bogusman
3945, 1040. Back on the airplaying alternative music and talking about answering emails. According to message only using 20W. High noise level on 75m at home so better on DX Web Tuner. SINPO 34333. (via Bedford DX tuner) Heard again at home, 2135 still going strong, reading listeners' emails. SINPO 44333 (swdxblogspot)

Britain Radio via LHH
4025, 1710. Music from Stevie Wonder song ending the show, before Stewart Ross took over for Laser Hot Hits at 1715. SINPO 34333. (swdxblogspot)

European Music Radio
6140, 908. Station via Wertachtal, Germany with David Bowie's Jean Genie at 0908. Good signal. SINPO 44444. (swdxblogspot)

Free Radio Victoria
3890, 2220. Oldies music show with fair signal. SINPO 34333. (sxdxblogspot).

Grensstad Radio
6310, 0855. Station coming in well, playing an Elton John song. Signed off a few minutes later. SINPO 44433. (swdxblogspot)

Laser Hot Hits
4025, 1820 with the Anorak Hour and Part 2 of the Laser 558 story. Signal strong tonight, peaking at S9+20dB. SINPO 54444. (swdxblogspot)

Misti Radio
6240, Station heard at 0930 with weak signal, just above noise level. SINPO 24332. (swdxblogspot)

Monte Carlo Radio
6325, 0958. Station playing Tina Turner followed by ID. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333. (swdxblogspot)

Mystery Radio
6220AM, 2257-2309. Poor signal due to local noise. Pop music with CW and voice ID, signal lost in the noise. (Greg Majewski, CT/FRW 692)

Radio Altrex
6280, 0810. Station playing polka music, QRM from utility noise. SINPO 23432. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Borderhunter
6210, Dutch version of the song Camouflage at 0900, ID at 0910. SINPO 44444. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Continental
3905, 2040. Station with email address, playing Dutch music. SINPO 34333. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Dutchwing
6415, 0935. Program playing French songs to station ID at 0955. SINPO 34333. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Moonlight
6304, 1005. Rock n' roll music during weak signal and fair peaks. SINPO 24332. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Mustang
6289, 0925. Dutch songs. SINPO 34433. (swsdxblogspot)

Radio Piepzender
3905, 1840. Dutch songs with fair-good signal. SINPO 44333. (swblogspot)

Radio Playback
6870, 2045. presumed this station with an American program about Frank Sinantra. SINPO 43433. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Ramona
6524, 0857. Station ID and music oldies. Noted SSB interference. SINPO 33333. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Shadow
6401, 2050. Playing the RNI theme, followed by another instrumental tune. Good signal, some utility QRM. ID at 2158. SINPO 43433. (swdxblogspot)

Radio Suzuki
6205, 0805. Station playing rock music. Weak signal. SINPO 24332. (swdxblogspot)

Skyline International
3900, 1750. Polk music with fair signal. SINPO 34333.(swdxblogspot)

Sonnet Radio
6309, 2113. Playing a song by the Dandy Warhols, Swedish DJ. Good signal tonight. SINPO 44444. (swsdxblogspot)

Spider Radio
6925USB, 2050. Oldies music program with weak signal. SINPO 24332. (swdxblogspot)

Telestar South
5805, 2045, Good signal, playing the song "Eloise" and talking about the 60s. SINPO 44444, peaking at S9+10dB. (swdxblogspot)


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Special thanks to the gang at Free Radio Weekly and ukdxer for his permission to include his Euro-pirate logs and QSL photos from his QSL Gallery.
Gayle Van Horn

North American pirates primarily use 6925 kHz, plus or minus 40 kHz. Pirates are also frequently reported active on 4000-4050, 5400, 7500, 8000 and 9290-9320 kHz frequency ranges. You may also hear pirate activity on 13900, 15800 and 21800 kHz.

European pirate activity is best for the North American audience from 2100-0200 UTC on Saturday afternoons, and 0600-0800 UTC on Sunday morning. The 'Euros' prefer 3900-3950; 6200-6878 kHz range for broadcasting. The higher frequencies may find them near the lower end of the 13 meter band and 15055-15080 kHz, between 1300-1800 UTC on weekends.

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Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

Issued: 2009 May 19 1721 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html




Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
11 - 17 May 2009

Solar activity was very low. No flares were observed. New-cycle polarity Region 1017 (N18, L=184, class/area Bxo/020 on 14 May) was numbered on 13 May. It was inactive and simply-structured during the 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 period.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels at all latitudes during most of the period. However, activity briefly increased to active levels late on 14 May. ACE observations indicated the active
period (14/1800 - 14/2100 UTC) was due to solar wind changes associated with a solar sector boundary crossing (SSBC). Solar wind changes included a period of sustained southward IMF Bz (minimum - 8 nT), increased IMF Bt (maximum +8 nT), and a modest increase in velocities (approximately 340 to 400 km/sec).

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
20 May - 15 June 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal flux levels.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels through 02 June. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels during 03 - 05 June with a chance for minor storm levels at high latitudes due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Mostly quiet conditions are expected during 06 - 15 June.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2009 May 19 1721 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html



# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2009 May 19
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 May 20 73 5 2
2009 May 21 73 5 2
2009 May 22 72 5 2
2009 May 23 70 5 2
2009 May 24 70 5 2
2009 May 25 70 5 2
2009 May 26 70 5 2
2009 May 27 70 5 2
2009 May 28 70 5 2
2009 May 29 70 5 2
2009 May 30 70 5 2
2009 May 31 70 5 2
2009 Jun 01 70 5 2
2009 Jun 02 70 5 2
2009 Jun 03 70 10 3
2009 Jun 04 70 15 4
2009 Jun 05 72 8 3
2009 Jun 06 72 5 2
2009 Jun 07 72 5 2
2009 Jun 08 74 5 2
2009 Jun 09 74 5 2
2009 Jun 10 74 8 3
2009 Jun 11 74 5 2
2009 Jun 12 74 5 2
2009 Jun 13 74 5 2
2009 Jun 14 73 5 2
2009 Jun 15 73 5 2
(NOAA)

The Best of the Best shortwave DX radio programs

You've heard the rest - now listen to the best. The following DX programs on shortwave radio offer news, frequency updates, the latest on propagation, satellite services, amateur radio, internet news and the latest from the shortwave broadcasting scene.

If you're tired of the rest - have you tried the Best ?

All times UTC

Saturday
0000 Allan Weiner's Worldwide WBCQ 5110.0, 7415.0
0015 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
0130 Wavescan WRMI 9955.0
0235 DX Program Radio Bulgaria 9700.0, 11700.0
0245 DXers Special Supplement R.A.E. 11710.0
0730 Wavescan WRMI 9955.0
0800 DX Partyline HCJB 11750.0
0830 DX Partyline IRRS 9510.0
1000 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
1210 World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio 9650.0
1250 DX Corner Voice of Turkey 15450.0 bi-weekly
1445 DX Partyline HCJB 15425.0
1830 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 11785.0
1945 DX Partyline IRRS 7290.0
2055v DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 11760.0, 17660.0
2220 DX Corner Voice of Turkey 9830.0 bi-weekly
2330 DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 13790.0

Sunday
0020 Radio Waves Radio Exterior de España 6055.0
0130 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7315.0, 7385.0
0135v DXers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba 6000.0, 6140.0
0145 Ask WWCR WWCR 5070.0
0200 Australian DX Report WWCR 5070.0
0215 DX Partyline WWCR 5070.0
0320 DX Corner Voice of Turkey 59750 ,7325.0 bi-weekly
0335 DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 6000.0, 6140.0
0400 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
0500 QSO WRMI 9955.0
0530v DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 6000.0, 6010.0, 6140.0, 9550.0, 11760.0
0830 Wavescan WRMI 9955.0
0945 Ask WWCR WWCR 5070.0
1000 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7385.0
1030 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
1430 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 11785.0
1500 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
2000 This Week in Amateur Radio International WBCQ 7415.0
2200 Piratesweek WBCQ 5110.0

Monday
0200 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7385.0
0330 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7315.0, 7385.0
0730 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 6170.0 bi-weekly
1130 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 9655.0 bi-weekly
1330 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 6170.0 bi-weekly
1500 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
1630 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 7285.0 bi-weekly

Tuesday
0015 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
0025 Radio Waves Radio Exterior de España 6055.0
0330 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 15720.0 bi-weekly
0530 Wavescan WRMI 9955.0
1130 Wavescan WRMI 9955 .0
1500 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
2055v DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 11760.0, 17660.0
2100 QSO WBCQ 7415.0
2335v DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 13790.0

Wednesday
0000 Pirates Cove WBCQ 7415.0
0100 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
0135v DXers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba 6000.0, 6140.0
0335v DXers Unlimited Radio Habana Cuba 6000.0, 6140.0
0530v DXers Unlimited Radio Havana 6000.0, 6010.0 , 6140.0, 9550.0 ,11760.0
1130 Wavescan WRMI 9955.0
1500 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0

Thursday
0015 DX Partyline WRMI 9955 .0
0245 DXers Special Supplement RAE 11710.0
1225 Multimedia Polish Radio 9525.0

Friday
0030 International Radio Report WBCQ 5110.0
1245 DX Partyline HCJB 15400.0
1430 Wavescan WRMI 9955 .0
1515 DX Partyline WRMI 9955.0
2035 Mailbox Radio New Zealand International 11725.0 bi-weekly
2140 DX Program Radio Bulgaria 5900.0, 7400.0
2335 DX Program Radio Bulgaria 9700.0 , 11700.0
(Gayle Van Horn)

Blog Logs

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

Australia
11840 Radio Australia (Darwin), 2235-2240. English. Man/female announcers to station field reporters with business news. Weather at 2240. Poor signal. Much better parallel signal from Shepparton on 15560. (Jim Evans, TN)

Bangladesh
7250, Bangladesh Betar, Domestic Services Relay, 0215-0245. Initially, a hum like sound was there on this new frequency. Later the sound was not heard louder i.e. it became possible to hear the audio with some fading. Perhaps it still was there at 0310, but it had disappea ed at 0319. Slight QRM from a weaker radio station on 7240 in Bengali. On Apr 24, from 0200, the signal was very weak and again the hum sound was there. (Sharma via Chakroborty in HCDX/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Bolivia
5952.5, Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2206-2222. Spanish as "Radio Pio XII cumple 50 años", "En esta primera parte de nuestro programa", "Cochabamba, Oruro, el departamento de Potosí", "continuamos con la actualidad de nuestros municipios", SINPO 23322. (Méndez/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

4834.9, Radio Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza, 2312-0018; 0315-0356.* New frequency, ex 4554.3, Spanish religious ceremony with that reverb from inside of a church; finally, after the religious ceremony, a definitive ID by male at 0014: "Radio Virgen de Remedios". Also noted with ann: "stay escuchando Informe Católico Mundial", "jo soy Católico mas no demasiado", 0335 religious music "stay escuchando Radio Católica Mundial". Sometimes much noise but getting stronger 24322, at peaks 34333. (Otávio). The relations of this wandering station to the WEWN by the slogan "Radio Católica Mundial" were already mentioned in DBS-8 when it was heard in February 2006 on 4733. (Ed). I heard a weak carrier 0000-0100, Apr 27, strong CODAR QRM. (Wilkner/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Brazil
11780 Radio Nacional de Amazonia (Brasilia), 2246-2300,Portuguese. Talk by man and woman with occasional short musical bridges. Multiple identifications by man at 2300. Good signal with slightly annoying fading. Parallel noted on 6185 with poor signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

Chad
6165, RT chad, N'Djaména, 1950-1958. Now again heard here, ex 4905, with the evening program in French, SINPO 34433. (Schulze). Also heard in the morning at 0454-0459 with nice group highlife vocals until strong carrier followed by R Netherlands IS from Bonaire covered frequency wiping out further reception. Fair. (D'Angelo/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Ecuador
6050, HCJB, La Voz de los Andes, Pifo, 0417-0501*. Spanish relioious talk and hymns,
"No te desvíes del camino, en instantes volvemos". "Más allá de la meta, con Duval Rueda", time signal at 0430, "Saludos desde HCJB". At 0500: "Volveremos a las 1300 horas, que Dios los bendiga", national anthem, SINPO 44444. (Méndez/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Ethiopia
6090.04, Amhara Regional State Radio, Geja Dera (presumed), *0258-0310. Litevmusic, some few announcements in Amharic (presumed), IDing something as "Amhara Radio", also giving internet addresses twice, local music. SINPO 44433 with University Network, Anguilla underneath broadcasting religious preaching in English. AWR, The Voice of Hope signs on in Farsi at *0330. (Petersen and Wiespointner). Also heard fading in 1623-1755, with Amharic talks, best heard after 1700, ID: "..... Amhara Radio....", website www.amma.gov.et, music from Horn of Africa, SINPO 35433. (Schulze). Also tentatively heard 1750-1803, with Horn of African music under BBC (heard in Dari and Pashto *1700-1800* via Oman, and from *1800-1900* in Dari via Thailand). Only audible in USB due to heavy DRM QRM from 6085, 31442. (Petersen/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

7110, Radio Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 1930-1933. Local song, SINPO 44343. (Mille). Also heard at 0314-0345, discussion in Amharic, segment of Horn of Africa vocals and an interview, 0330 ID, news and Horn of Africa vocals. Good signal. (D'Angelo/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Equatorial Guinea
5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 2000-2303*. Talks in Spanish, Afropop and songs in English, 2036 ann in French, songs, 2100 ID:"Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial", talk about prevention of Malaria, 2110 news from Equatorial Guinea: "Tiempo de noticiario en Radio Bata", "22 horas 13 minutos en toda la Guinea Ecuatorial, 1 hora menos Tiempo Universal", "Noticias de fuera de casa", international news noted // 6250. 2130 Afropop, closing with National Hymn, 35433. (Bernardini, Méndez and Mille). Also heard at *0500-0520, Apr 18, opening with African songs, 35433. (Méndez/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Guam
13362USB, AFRTS (Barrigada), 0414-0422. English. Usual AFN programming with news, job hunting tips, a few good words about the Navy Seals, and Health Matters from the NIH. Identification by man at 0422. Rather poor signal, but steady and readable. Parallels noted from Hawaii (10320 - good signal) and from Key West (5446.5 - very good, 12133.5 - moderate).(Jim Evans, TN)

Mali
5995 RTV du Mali, 0635-0700. Knock your socks off signal from Mali. Great selection of tribal tunes with female DJ in French. Plenty of drums and wind instruments in the music, most of which sounded rustic as if it was recorded remotely, on site. Others though, were obviously professionally-produced studio recordings. Regardless, this did not diminish their entertainment value. All music in vernaculars, not French. Frequent "Radio Mali" ID's. Formal ID at 0700 by male announcer in French as, "ici Radio Mali...?...Banako...?" and he gave the frequency. (Bruce Barker-PA)

Mauritania
4845, Radio Mauritanie 0650-0725. Tuned-in to om talking in Arabic. Musical bridges between what seemed to be different topics. Frequent "Salam's" and "Mohammed" mention several times. ID at 0658. Rechecked at 0720 Music from a stringed instrument, sounding very much like a sitar, was being played. Fair signal, but the audio and carrier dropped off at 0725 and no further sign of the transmission could be detected after several rechecks. (Bruce Barker-PA)

México
6185, Radio Educación, México D. F., 0115. Station ID and addresses in English and Spanish, Jazz program, signal fair/good. (Bernardini). Also heard at 0407-0752 with songs and music, commented in between, 0602 ID: "Radio Educación, donde está siempre la radio", "Radio Educación.. Colonia del Valle, México D. F.". "Relieves, tema de actualidad, escúchenos todos los días por 1060 AM", "En Radio Educación estamos en donde se siente la radio", SINPO 34333. (Méndez/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

6009.97, Radio Mil, Mexico City, 0835-0903. Local Spanish ballads to Spanish announcements. ID at 0900. Fair signal and in the clear with no sign of Brazil or Colombia.(Brian Alexander, PA)

North Korea
3980, KCBS Pyongyang, Kanggye, 0925-0935. Bback on the air, elation female choral music, elation male and female choral music, SINPO 24422 // 3960. (Otávio/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

4405, Voice of Korea, Kujang, 0939-0955 Classic elation music and Japanese talks until 0955 when turned to a silent, but carrier still on. QRM consisted of a alternating quicks turn on/turn off signal condition (when turn on it sounds like RTTY or birdies); it runs all day long on 4405, despite could been followed well the VOK content. What could be this QRM? 31432. (Otávio/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Peru
4790.00, Radio Visión, Chiclayo, 0220-0445. Religious talk in Spanish, "La Voz de la Salvación", SINPO 25322. (Méndez and Mille). Also heard at *0920-0938, sign on time for today. Noted a canned ID as ".Radio Vision... trenta kilohertz ... Peru" which included Peruvian huaynos music then the stations indicative data such as frequency and schedule. At 0922, regular music is presented. Signal was fair to good. Don't know where the "trenta" came from in the above ID? (Bolland/DSWCI/DX Window #375)

Sri Lanka
11905, SLBC Colombo-Ekala *0020-0050. English. Interval signal at sign-on, followed by choral-like vocal music. Brief Hindi-like music at 0024 then lady announcer with solid ID "This is the (English....?) service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.." and freq announcment. Various music selections followed with station IDs and time pips (5+1) signal at 0030 & 0045. First positive ID I've ever logged for this station. Signal fair, checked // 7190 per T. Krueger tip but only AOR chatter noted. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Uganda
4976, UBC/Radio Uganda (tentative) 0415+ Strong S9 carrier on, but either no audio or very little audio present. I notched out the het from 4975, listened for about 10 minutes, began recording, just in case the audio would appear later. Nothing. In the past, I’ve heard Radio Uganda with a weak signal with audio present, not strong with no audio. I guess this was Radio Uganda and not a utility? (Andrew Yoder,PA/Cumbre DX)

Malaysia monitoring observations

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

Malaysia
Seems to intend to change their schedule, but I am not sure just what they are doing. In the past I believe the schedule was Klasik Nasional (KN) FM was 24 hours a day only on 5964.91. Asyik FM was on 6049.60 from 0500 to 1400, then into Radio Suara Islam/Voice of Islam program from 1400 to 1700*.

Heard the following on May 16:
5964.91, from 1347 to 1400, clearly heard with two audio feeds: one was KN FM, which is normally heard here. Mixing with the audio of Asyik FM, which has not been heard here before. BOTH audios parallel with the two audios on 6049.60. Both stations in vernacular and playing music.

1400-1516, heavy interference here from China Radio International (in Korean from 1400 to 1457 and after 1500 in Russian). Occasionally I could clearly hear KN FM programming under the QRM. Think the audio feed for Asyik FM ended at 1400, but hard to be sure. Believe KN FM was the only one here from 1400 to 1516 tune out, but am not positive.

6049.60, from 1347 to 1400, clearly heard with two audio feeds: one was KN FM, which was heard here for the first time yesterday. Mixing with the audio of Asyik FM, which is normally here till 1400. BOTH audios parallel with the two audios on 5964.91

1400-1516, Asyik FM audio feed ended at 1400. KN FM was in the clear; RTM news; coverage of the Pakistan vs. S. Korea (Asian Cup field hockey) sports event; again with RTM news and sports news.

Perhaps (just a guess) they intend for KN FM to follow the Asyik FM programming at 1400 on 6049.60, as replacement for the former Radio Suara Islam program. Unable to predict what they intend to do with KN FM on 5964.91. What would happen to Radio Suara Islam programming? Move to another frequency? Needs more monitoring.

Their websites, which are not in English:
http://klasiknasional.dapat.fm/ only lists FM frequencies.
http://www.asyikfm.my/ frequency shown is from many years ago (ex: 6025).

(Ron Howard, CA)

Hi Ron,
Yes it seems there is a switching/feed mix-up at the moment on the two remaining domestic frequencies from Kajang. Audio from Klasik Nasional and Asyik FM is heard mixed together on both 5965v and 6050v at the moment. I'll try to check what is happening at 1400-1700 (when Voice of Islam is scheduled on 6050).
(Alan Davies, visiting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/via Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Additional Malaysian logs:
6049.60v, Suara Islam program via RTM, Kajang, 1529-1545. Vernacular ID: "Radio Suara Islam, Kuala Lumpur"; Monday educational segment starts and ends with singing "Malaysia"
jingle; gives information about a university professor; light songs, 1545 talk about Islam.
(Ron Howard/DSWCI/DX Window # 376)

7295, Malaysia, Traxx FM via RTM(presumed). English 0943 reggae music, male/female talks returning reggae music, 0951 again OM and YL followed by hip hop music, 0956 pop sounding like Alanis Morisette, YL talks, 1000 time pips, OM talks returning pop music until 1004. SINPO 24422. (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil/Cumbre DXl

7270.01, Limbang FM, via RTM Kuching, Sarawak, 1322-1425. Vocals to 1330, then talk till 1400, Limbang FM ID and local news, another Limbang ID at 1407, more vocals, including a touching Malay remake of Skeeter Davis' tune End of the World. Good signal, slowly losing steam after 1400. (Wilkins via DXplorer/DSWCI/DX Window # 376)

Radio Netherlands Program Guide, May 17 - 22

SUNDAY 17 May
*** 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (primary programme) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is Islands.

'Islands of Security'

In South Africa's not so distant past the word 'island' would have conjured up Robben Island off Cape Town, the prison of Nelson Mandela during apartheid. But in a country of very high levels of violent crime, other 'islands' are springing up inland - the gated and guarded residential estates which are becoming a refuge for the wealthy.

SAFM radio producer Sibahle Malinga visits Dainfern security estate in Johannesburg's northern suburbs - protected by a high electrified double fence and armed guards. She also visits the nearby township of Diepsloot to find out how its residents feel about being outside the fence.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

MONDAY 18 May
*** Curious Orange (primary program) ***

This week on Curious Orange... it's the NL-NY 400 party!
What's that mean?

It means that 400 years ago, Henry Hudson landed a Dutch ship on the shores of what is now New York City... and New Amsterdam was born! Now, 400 years later, we are celebrating the little bits of Dutchness that have lingered on in New York.

Ok... guess we'll find out what those little bits are this week on Curious Orange!

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (repeat from Sunday) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is Islands.

'Death Diminishes Me'

When John Donne hopefully asserted "no man is an island," he couldn't have foreseen the agony of isolation suffered by those living with the HIV virus. Add feelings of guilt, abandonment, anger and the wearing effects of a serious illness and the sufferer can feel not so much like an island as an abandoned leper colony.

Radio New Zealand producer Gareth Watkins talks with several men who have been living with HIV for more than twenty years. They are movingly honest about their experiences, their lost lovers and friends, their isolation and hope - in the documentary 'Death Diminishes Me'.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

TUESDAY 19 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

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

GAY PRIDE IN MOSCOW: The mayor of Moscow has banned the gay pride march for the 4th year in a row. But its organizer Nikolai Alekseev, says he'll march anyway. He believes Russia's constitution entitles him to the same rights as everyone else.

YOUNG RUSSIA: Evgeney Nacanov of the right wing organization "Young Russia" believes that gay people have no place in Russian society and that marches, such as the one Nikolai organized, should be stopped.

We look at the right to a divorce with the following stories:

FORCED INTO MARRIAGE, REFUSED A DIVORCE: Sameer is Indian, gay and married because of overwhelming pressure. He knew within weeks that he had to get a divorce, but convincing his wife was another story.

KHUL: Khul is an ancient Islamic form of divorce controversially re-introduced in Egypt in 2000. Prof. Mulki al Sharmani, and Nariman tell Jonathan Groubert how it works, and the consequences of divorce in a conservative society.

COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE: Maury White used to be ashamed of admitting he was a divorce attorney, but now that he's changed to Collaborative Law, he feels passionate and proud of his job - he tells Jonathan Groubert why.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Earthbeat (repeat from Thursday) ***

On this week's show we look at dead zones. They sound like a bad thing, and they are: massive areas of the sea where oxygen levels are so low that marine life faces a tough choice; swim away or die. And guess who's to blame? Yup, it's us. So what did we do, how bad is the problem, and what can we do about it?

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 20 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (repeat from Friday) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (primary program) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 21 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Earthbeat (primary program) ***

Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories of the people trying to make that footprint lighter.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Curious Orange (repeat program) ***

This week on Curious Orange... it's the NL-NY 400 party!
What's that mean?

It means that 400 years ago, Henry Hudson landed a Dutch ship on the shores of what is now New York City... and New Amsterdam was born! Now, 400 years later, we are celebrating the little bits of Dutchness that have lingered on in New York.

Ok... guess we'll find out what those little bits are this week on Curious Orange!

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 22 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (primary program) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (repeat program) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R Netherlands)

British DX Club releases A09 schedules

British DX Club

Broadcasts in English

The A09 (Summer 2009) is now available.

Broadcasts in English is compiled by BDXC's Dave Kenny and Tony Rogers and includes details of all known international broadcasts in English on shortwave and mediumwave for the current schedule period, as well selected domestic English-language broadcasts on short wave.

The 32-page booklet is in a handy time order throughout and covers all target areas worldwide. Transmitter sites are included where possible along with schedules for DX and Media Programmes, Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) services in English and World Radio Network European services in English. This edition also includes an hour-by-hour guide to external services in English which are available online.

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Radio Netherlands slated for additional frequency June 1

French Guiana
Additional frequency of Radio Netherlands Worldwide in Spanish

Effective 01 June 2009
2300-2357 on 9495 GUF 250 kW / 196 deg to South America
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May /DX Mix News # 572 via Alokesh Gupta & wb, Germany)

NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave schedule update

Slovakia - NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave

All times UTC

Effective from 01 May 2009

EGR
1800-2000 English on 7290 RSO 150 kW / 060 deg Eu/ME/NoAf Fri-Sun, x1800-2100
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May /DX Mix news # 572 via Alokesh Gupta & wb, Germany)

Voice of Oromia Liberation Front schedule update

Clandestine - Voice of Oromia Liberation Front

All times UTC

Oromo
1600-1630 on 11760 WER 500 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Sun/Tue/Thu, xJUL 100 kW
1600-1630 on 11975 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Sun/Tue/Thu, del May 3
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15/DX Mix News # 572 via Alokesh Gupta & wb, Germany)

Radio Prague - A09 schedule update

Czech Republic - Radio Prague A09

All times UTC

Czech
0130-0157 on 6200 7345
0230-0257 on 7345 9870
0830-0857 on 11600 15710
0930-0957 on 9880 21745
1100-1127 on 11665 15710
1230-1257 on 6055 7345
1530-1557 on 5930 17485
1730-1757 on 5930 17485
1930-1957 on 5930 11600
2100-2127 on 9410 11600
2330-2357 on 7345 9440

English
0000-0027 on 7345 9440
0100-0127 on 6200 7345
0300-0327 on 7345 9870
0330-0357 on 6080 SAC
0330-0357 on 9445 11600
0700-0727 on 9880 11600
0900-0927 on 9880 21745
0900-0927 on 9955 RMI
1030-1057 on 9880 11665
1300-1327 on 13580 17540
1330-1357 on 9850 WOF Fri/Sat in DRM
1400-1427 on 9955 RMI
1600-1627 on 5930 17485
1700-1727 on 5930 17485
2000-2027 on 5930 11600
2130-2157 on 9410 11600
2230-2257 on 7345 9415

German
0630-0657 on 5930 7345
1000-1027 on 6055 9880
1200-1227 on 6055 7345
1300-1327 on 9850 WOF Fri/Sat in DRM
1500-1527 on 5930
1630-1657 on 11700 SIN in DRM{?? I guess still in AM mode, wb.}

French
0600-0627 on 5930 7345
0730-0757 on 9880 11600
1330-1357 on 13580 17540
1630-1657 on 5930 17485
1830-1857 on 5930 13580
2200-2227 on 7345 9415

Russian
0400-0427 on 9445 11600
1130-1157 on 11665 15710
1430-1457 on 7345 13580
1630-1657 on 5930 17485
1800-1827 on 5840 DB

Spanish
0000-0027 on 7275 ASC
0030-0057 on 7345 9440
0200-0227 on 6200 7345
0430-0457 on 9955 RMI
0800-0827 on 11600 15710
0930-0957 on 9955 RMI
1400-1427 on 11625 13580
1800-1827 on 5930 13580
1900-1927 on 5930 13580
2030-2057 on 5930 11600
2300-2327 on 7345 9415
2330-2357 on 11730 SAC

ASC=Ascension Island; DB= Dushanbe, Tajikistan; RMI=WRMI, USA;
SAC=Sackville, Canada; SIN=Sines, Portugal; WOF=Woofferton, U.K.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15/DX Mix News # 572 via Alokesh Gupta, wb, Germany)

Radio France International updates schedule

All times UTC (NF - new frequency)

Effective from April 28 and May 3, 2009
0400-0500 NF 9790 ISS 500 kW / 120 deg to ECAf in French, x11700 \\ 7265
0500-0530 NF 11995 ISS 500 kW / 135 deg to CSAf in English,x15160 \\ 13680
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May /DX Mix News # 572 via Alokesh Gupta & wb, Germany)

VT Communications schedule changes

Via : Ascension Island/ South Africa/ United Kingdon/ United Arab Emirates

Effective from 11 May 2009 - VT Communications

All times UTC

SW Radio Africa
1700-1900 on 4880 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English
1700-1900 on 12035 RMP 500 kW / 140 deg to SoAf English, deleted

WYFR Family Radio
1800-1900 on 9465 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg to CeAf English, deleted
1800-1900 on 11875 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf Igbo, xEnglish
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15/DX Mix News # 572 via wb, Germany & wb, Germany)

Amateur radio special event schedules

DX News # 941

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

4J - The Federation of Radio Sports of Azerbaijan is organizing an expedition to Nagorno Karabakh from 28 May to 1 June. The team will operate as 4K3K and 4J0K, including activity during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL for both calls via RW6HS. [TNX 4J5T]

5B - John/5B4AIS, Paul/DH9VA, Stelios/SV1AAU, John/SV1GE, Chris/SV2DGH, Takis/SV2FWV and Sakis/SV2HNC will be active as C4SV from Cyprus (AS-004) on 23-29 May. They plan to be QRV on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY. QSL via SV2DGH. [TNX SV2DGH]

DL - Thomas, DH1TS will be active as DH1TS/p from Amrum Island (EU-042) on 20-28 May. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX http://www.rsgbiota.org/]

E7 - The Akademski Radio Klub (E74EBL) will operate special event call E709WRC on 17-24 May for the World Rafting Championship to be held in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina. QSL via E77E. [TNX E77E]

EI - Stan, EI6DX (UA1OUT) will be active as EJ6DX from Inis Mor, Aran Islands (EU-006) on 22-24 May and again from 29 May to 1 June (including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest on 40 metres). QSL via RX3RC, direct or bureau. Updates will be available at http://www.ei6dx.com/ [TNX EI6DX]

F - A few special event stations are or will be active from French department 59 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of radioactivity pioneer and Nobel laureate Pierre Curie: TM6RPC (until 22 May, QSL via F8KOT), TM8RPC (until 24 May, QSL via F6KTN), TM2RPC (23 May-5 June, QSL via F6BDM), TM5RPC (25 May-8 June, QSL via F8KGS). [TNX
F8REF]

FO - Les (SP3DOI), Jan (SP3CYY), Wojciech (SP9PT), Jozef (SP9-31029) and Michel/FO5QB will be active from the Austral and Marquesas Islands between late September and late October: 29/09-12/10 TX5SPA (requested call) Tubuai (OC-152), AustralIsls 16/10-22/10 TX5SPM (requested call) Marquesas Isls (OC-027) They will have three stations and will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and Possibly PSK31 on 160-10 metres, with an emphasis on
working Europe on the low bands. QSL for both calls via SP9PT. The web site for the expedition is at http://fo2009sp.pl/ [TNX SP9PT]

FR/G - The long-awaited DXpedition to Glorioso (AF-011) is now expected to take place in July. Three or four military radio amateurs, along with two film-makers from the Defence Press Service, will be on the island on 9-28 July. The team (including F5PRU, F5IRO, F5TLN, and maybe F4EGS or F5RQQ) will be active with three stations on 160-6 metres on as many
modes as possible. Callsign to be announced, QSL via F5OGL. A log search will be available and updated on a daily basis at http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/ [TNX F6AJA]

G - John, M0XIG and Tony, 2E0SBS will operate special event station GB2CT on 21-23 May from the site of the optical telegraph at Chalton, Hampshire (England). The Chalton Shutter Telegraph was one of a number that operated as a communication link for the British Admiralty between London and Plymouth. QSL via M0XIG, direct or bureau.

G - Promoting geological heritage to the general public, special station GB6GEO will be on the air on 23-24 May from "Kent's Cavern", England's oldest "home" situated in the English Riviera Torbay). QSL via G3VOF. Details on this event, as well on the relevant certificate, can
be found at http://www.qrz.com/ under GB6GEO. [TNX G3VOF]

GJ - Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG are active as MJ/homecall from Jersey (EU-013) until 27 May. They will operate RTTY, PSK and SSB on 80-6 metres. QSLs via DL7AFS, bureau preferred. Their website is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DXNL]

HB0 - Tina, DL5YL and Fred, DL5YM will be active as HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein from 20 June to 2 July. They will operate holiday style on the HF bands mainly CW, possibly with some RTTY. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL5YM]

HV - A group of operators from ARI Saronno (namely I2OGV, I2RFJ, I2ZBX, IK2DJV and IZ2LSC) will be active from HV5PUL, the amateur radio station at the Pontifical Lateran University (Vatican City), on 1, 3 and 4 June. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL to HV5PUL (see qrz.com). [TNX IW0DJB]

I - IW2MZX, IZ2AJE, IZ2GLU and IZ2GMT will be active as IF9E from Levanzo Island (EU-054, IIA TP-009) on 21-24 May. They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via IZ2GLU, direct and bureau. [TNX IZ2GMT]

I - Special callsign II6AN will be aired from 27 May to 10 June to celebrate the 60th anniversary of ARI Ancona. Expect activity on the HF, VHF, UFH and SHF bands SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via IK6VXO. [TNX I6GFX]

J6 - John, W5JON will be active on 160-6 metres as J68JA from St. Lucia (NA-108) on 20-30 October, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via W5JON. [TNX W5JON].

KL - Don, N6IC will be active as N6IC/KL7 from Douglas Island (NA-041) during a family visit on 21-30 May. QSL via home call. [TNX http://www.rsgbiota.org/]

OH0 - DJ7JC, DJ9IE, DK3QZ, DL1EKC and PA0R will be active as OH0/homecall (QSL via home calls, direct or bureau) from the Aland Islands (EU-002) from 24 May to 3 June, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as OH0EC (QSL via DL1EKC, direct or bureau). Look for them on 30, 17 and 12 metres CW outside the WPX event. [TNX DL1EKC]

ON - Kurt, ON4CB and Francois, ON4LO will be active from Lillo lighthouse (ARLHS BEL-028) on 23-24 May. They plan to operate SSB on 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via bureau. [TNX ON4LO]

OZ - Harry/PA1H and Nico/PA7PA will be active as OZ/homecall from Lango Island, off Langeland Island (EU-172) from 25 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. They will operate SSB and digital modes on 10-160 metres, with some activity on the VHF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX PA1H]

SV - Michael, DF3IS will be active as J48IS from Thassos Island (EU-174) on 19-25 May. QSL via home call, bureau or direct. [TNX DXNL]

SV - The White Tower DX Team (www.whitetowerdxt.com) will be active as SY2WT from Posidhion Lighthouse (ARLHS GRE-111) on 22-31 May, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via SV2FPU, direct or bureau. [TNX SV2FPU]

SV5 - Darren, G0TSM will be active holiday style as SV5/G0TSM from Kos Island (EU-001) from 20 May to 3 June. He will focus on 6 and 12 metres (SSB and CW), running 100 watts to a 3-element yagi for 6m and a quad loop for 12m. QSL via home call. [TNX G0TSM]

TA - TA0U, TA1FR, TA1HZ, TA2DJ, TA2JN and TA2RX will be active as TC2009UC on 16-20 May. The special callsign celebrates the final match of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup football (soccer) tournament to be played in Instanbul on 20 May. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX TA1HZ]

TA - Special callsign TC2ATAM will be activated on 17-19 May to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's arrival to Samsun, the city where he initiated the War of Independence. Main activity will be on 20-40 metres. QSL via TA1KB. [TNX TA1HZ]

TA - Ondra (OK1CDJ), Frantisek (OK1DF), Zdenek (OK1FIA), Pavel (OK1MU) and Slavek (OK1TN) will be active as TC098A from Kara Ada (AS-098) on 17-22 May. They will operate SSB and CW on 10-40 metres, and possibly via ES on the VHF bands. They plan to be on the air for about 16-18 hours a day with two stations. QSL via OK2GZ, direct or bureau. Further
information can be found at http://www.okdxf.eu/expedice/tc098a/en/ [TNX OK1MU]

TK - Eva, HA3FRE and Tomi, HA4DX will be active as TK/homecall from Ersa, Corsica (EU-014) on 16-23 May. They plan to operate mainly on 30 and 40 metres CW during their evenings and nights. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]

TK - Enrico, I4GAD will be sailing in the TK waters between 17 and 23 May. He hopes to be able to operate as TK/I4GAD from the main island (EU-014) and either the Cerbicales (EU-100) and the Sanguinaires (EU-104) islands. Activity will be for a few hours only, mainly CW. [TNX I4GAD]

TZ - Ed/W0SD, Arliss/W7XU and possibly others will be active as TZ6EI from Mali from 26 June to 5 July. Their primary focus will be 6 metres on 50103 kHz, with some HF operation planned for late night non-Sporadic E hours. "Please just send us your RST/RS signal report", they say, "we do not need your grid square". Due to the lack of an internet connection
no on-line logs are planned. QSL via W7XU. [TNX W0SD]

UR - Crisna, IZ3GWJ says he will be active as UT/IZ3GWJ from Ternopil, Ukraine until 30 May. He plans to concentrate on 20, 10 and 6 metres (locator KN29).

UR - Special event station EM5UCC will be active on all bands and modes on 20-25 May for the 19th Conference of the Ukrainian Contest Club that will be held in Kiev. QSL via UY5ZZ. [TNX UY5ZZ]

V3 - Terry, W6WTG (V31UR) and Sharon, N2OWL (V31WL) have postponed their July trip to Caye Caulker [425DXN 915]. New dates to be decided.

VE - Dick/VE1AI, Frank/VE1FHW, Ella/VE1PEI, Scott/VE1QD, Gary/VE1RGB and Ken/VY2RU will be active from Brier Island (NA-127, CIsA NS-011) on 22-25 May. [TNX VY2RU]

VK9N - A group of operators from the Hellenic Amateur Radio Association of Australia will be active as VK9AAA from Norfolk Island (OC-005) on 22-29 July, IOTA Contest included. They plan to be active with multiple stations on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via W3HNK. Further information can be found at http://vk9aaa.blogspot.com/ [TNX NG3K]

YB - YB7IM and others will be active as YE7M from Payung Payungan, Laut Cecil Islands (OC-268) on 22-24 May. They plan to operate SSB (7080, 14260, 18150, 21260 and 28360 kHz) and CW (7023, 14040, 18098, 21040 and 28040 kHz). QSL via YB7KNV.

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Steve, 9M6DXX (G4JVG) will operate as FK/G4JVG from Noumea (OC-032) from 22 May until 3 June, and as G4JVG/VK4 from North Stradbroke Island (OC-137) on 7-9 June. Both operations will be holiday style while celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with Eva, 9M6EVA. Activity will be SSB only, using 100 watts to 'fishing rod' verticals on
40, 20, 17 and perhaps 15 metres. QSL both operations via M0URX, direct or bureau. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX 9M6DXX]
(Dave Raycroft/DX News # 941/ODXA)

EMR relay set for May 17 broadcast

EMR

Date 17th of May 2009

Time 09.00 to 09.30 UTC

Channel 6140 kHz

Progra: Tom Taylor with music and EMR updates

EMR Internet steaming service

The EMR Internet steaming service is now back on and will continue until 2100 UTC on Monday the 18th of May.

EMR Internet program repeat times:

0900 - 1200 - 1500 - 1800 and 2000 UTC
(Tom Taylor)

Scientists Predict Solar Cycle 24 to Peak in 2013

Courtesy of the The ARRL Letter Vol. 28, No. 19 May 15, 2009

At the annual Space Weather Workshop held in Boulder, Colorado last month , an international panel of experts led by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) predicted that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with 90 sunspots per day on average. If the prediction proves true, Solar Cycle 24 will be the weakest cycle since Solar Cycle 16, which peaked with 78 daily sunspots in 1928, and ninth weakest since the 1750s, when numbered cycles began.

The panel predicted that the lowest sunspot number between cycles -- the solar minimum -- occurred in December 2008, marking the end of Solar Cycle 23 and the start of Solar Cycle 24. If December's prediction holds up , at 12 years and seven months Solar Cycle 23 will be the longest since 1823 and the third longest since 1755. Solar cycles span 11 years on average, from minimum to minimum.

An unusually long, deep lull in sunspots led the panel to revise its 2007 prediction that the next cycle of solar storms would start in March 2008 and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012. The persistence of a quiet sun also led the panel to a consensus that Solar Cycle 24 will be what they called "moderately weak."

Although the peak is still four years away, a new active period of Earth-threatening solar storms will be the weakest since 1928. Despite the prediction, the scientists said that Earth is still vulnerable to a severe solar storm. Solar storms are eruptions of energy and matter that escape from the Sun and may head toward Earth, where even a weak storm can damage satellites and power grids, disrupting communications, the electric power supply and GPS. A single strong blast of "solar wind" can threaten national security, transportation, financial services and otheressential functions.

The most common measure of a solar cycle's intensity is the number of sunspots -- Earth-sized blotches on the sun marking areas of heightened magnetic activity. The more sunspots there are, the more likely it is that solar storms will occur, but a major storm can occur at any time.
"As with hurricanes, whether a cycle is active or weak refers to the number of storms, but everyone needs to remember it only takes one powerful storm to cause huge problems," said NOAA scientist Doug Biesecker, who chaired the panel. "The strongest solar storm on record occurred in 1859 during another below-average cycle." The 1859 storm shorted out telegraph wires, causing fires in North America and Europe and sent readings of Earth's magnetic field soaring. It also producednorthern lights so bright that people read newspapers by their light, he said.

Biesecker cited a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences that found if a storm that severe occurred today, it could cause $1-2 trillion in damages the first year and require four to 10 years for recovery, compared to the $80-125 billion of damage that resulted from Hurricane Katrina.

The Space Weather Prediction Center is part of the National Weather Service and is one of the nine National Centers for Environmental Prediction. It is the nation's official source of space weather alerts, watches and warnings. SWPC provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events that impact satellites, power grids, communications, navigation and many other technological systems.

Australian DX Report # 151 available for download

The 151st Episode of the Australian DX Report is now available - a weekly audio news magazine with news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, monitoring notes and schedule updates.

It's 15 mins, and may be downloaded from the Website of the Australian Internet Radio Service, at 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.

The ADXR is compiled from the resources of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association.

Your comments and feedback are particularly important!

You can also hear the episodes on-air, via WWCR Nashville, every Sunday at 0200-0215 on 5070 and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825. The WWCR release is also available as streaming-audio, live, from http://wwcr.com/

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 151!
(Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)

*FLASH FLASH FLASH*

From Lars Kalland/SM6NM

The *planned* transmission with the Alexanderson alternator on 17.2 kHz at
Grimeton Radio/SAQ at Tuesday 19 May is *moved to Wednesday 20 May* at the
same times, 07:00 UTC and 07:30 UTC.

Blog Logs

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

Antarctica
LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 15476, 1855-1912. Canciones, identificación: "Transmite LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, en la frecuencia de 15476 kHz desde Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina", comentarios, locutora, "De Esperanza al mundo, un contraste entre... y la belleza de nuestros paisajes", SINPO 24322. (Manuel Méndez, Spain/Cumbre DX)

Bolivia
Radio Fides, 6155.25, 1018-1030. Weak signal here with a male in Spanish language comments. The station on 6155 KHz in Chinese is covering Fides somewhat. Poor signal quality (Chuck Bolland,Fl).

Radio Mosoj Chaski, 3309.92, 0932-0945. Spanish program comments male in Spanish comments at tune in. The signal was between threshold and nil during this period. (Chuck Bolland, May 12, 2009

Radio Mosoj Chaski, 3309.92, 0932-0945. Announcers' Spanish comments at tune-in. Signal was between threshold and nil during this period. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Radio Santa Cruz, 6134,74, 0916-0930, Haven't heard this well enough to report in recent days, but with music and Spanish comments, noted a fair signal here today from Radio Santa Cruz. Had to notch out the Brazilian located on 6135 KHz however. At 0920 after some music, a male comments mentioning "Santa Cruz" often. A recheck at 1017 produced a good signal. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Brazil
Radio Difusora Do Amazona, (presumed). 4805.00, 0950-1000. Noticed a male in Portuguese comments conversing with a second male on the telephone. Heard the phrase, "Radio Nacional" mentioned by the man using the telephone. Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

Radio Educadora, (pres) 3375.12, 0940-0950, Music as signal fades, then drops away. Signal was threshold to poor. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Radio Itataia (presumed) 5970, 0935-0945. Male/female announcers in Portuguese with conversation. Splatter for fair signal (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Radio Bandeirantes (presumed) 6089.92, 0946-0955. Portuguese comments to phone conversations. Station commercial for fair-good signal. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Radio Bandeirantes (presumed), 6089.95, 0246-0301 + 0312-0332. Conversation in Portuguese. Signal poor-fair with Anguilla off-the-air and also off the next day (Ron Howard, CA).

Radio Aparecida (presumed) 6135, 0952-1000. Music at tune-in to Portuguese comments and commercials. Poor signal quality. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

China
PBS Nei Menqqu, 7105, 1412. Fair to good reception, in Chinese; // 9520. (Ron Howard, CA).

PBS-2 Sichuan 7225 from 1504 to past 1535. Traditional Chinese music. Fair signal // 6060 with 1516*. Different on May 13: 7225 with 1516* and 6060 with 1515*. Certainly their sign-off schedule is in a state of flux. (Ron Howard, CA).

CNR-1 7420. Program echo-jamming of BBC, 1416. Strong jamming, // 5030. Was looking for PBS Nei Menqqu on their new frequency, but no hope of reception (Ron Howard,CA)

Equatorial Guinea
Radio Africa, 15190, 1905-1950. Male/female announcers, comentarios religiosos en inglés, canciones religiosas en inglés. SINPO 44444. (Manuel Méndez, Spain/playdx2003)

India
All India Radio-Bengaluru - National Channel, 9425, 1431-1501. English news. National Channel ID to pop song. Segment of talking about what to look for regarding depression in children. Public-service announcement warning about children becoming addicted to video games. This is consistent with the Mon., Wed. and Fri. schedule for this English program. At 1501 into sub-continent music and Hindi (Ron Howard,CA).

Nigeria
Radio Nigeria (presumed) Kaduna, 6089.93, 0312-0332. Non-stop music, mixing with Brazil, which was steadily improving. Anguilla off-the-air and also off the next day (Ron Howard, CA)

Papua New Guinea
Radio Bougainville (presumed) 3325, 1339-1401* Needs more monitoring, but possibly a permanent change in their sign-off time. Heard under RRI Palangkaraya with pop songs in English; ToH seemed to give frequencies; choral anthem (not the instrumental National Anthem I heard May 10). Reception weaker today, hence no positive ID (Ron Howard, CA).

Russia
Radio Rossii, 5920, 0901-0920, At tune in, announcer in Russian with news. Frequency in parallel with 5940 (poor) and 7320 (fair). Although WBOH is mixing here with Rossii, WBOH is barely audible while Rossii is at a fair level. Rossii improves to a good by 1000 UTC. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

Voice of Russia, Khabarovsk, 7300, 1003-1015. Announcers' steady Chinese language comments until 1007 when Russian music presented (male singing in Russian). Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

Radio Rossii via Yakutsk. 7200. Good news! Their transmitter is fixed. May 12 again noted the recently heard rapid pulsating sound that ended at 1500, which is their sign-off time, so had to be their transmitter. Sure enough, heard May 13, from 1408 to 1417 with fair to good reception and good audio; clearly // to a weaker 7140 (Ron Howard, CA).

Tibet
PBS Xizanq, 7255, 1413. New frequency; assume in Tibetan with call-in show, // 6200. Nothing heard on ex: 7125.

PBS Xizanq, 7450, 1419, May 12. New frequency in Chinese // 5935. Nothing heard on ex: 7170 (Ron Howard, CA).

Radio Heritage Foundation releases guide on Antarctica

The Radio Heritage Foundation has now released an introductory guide to broadcasting in Antarctica at its global website http://www.radioheritage.net/ and with some four stations at McMurdo Station alone, it seems 'global warming' is now unfreezing the Antarctic radio dial.

'Antarctic Radio Unfreezes' journeys back to AFRS radio station WASA 600 AM at McMurdo and traces broadcasting through the American Forces Antarctic Network [AFAN] on shortwave 6012 through to today's Ice FM 104.5.....where old vinyls have kept on spinning for a new audience.

Local 'pirate' station 88.7 FM is heard whilst cruising around Mactown, and along the ice highway linking McMurdo with New Zealand's nearby Scott Base, techno music from Radio Scott Base 97.0 FM can blast away the icicles.

Even deep down at the South Pole, it's KOLD 87.5 FM and across the continent, stations as diverse as Radio W.I.L.K.E.S, LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Soberamia FM, and Radio Ker 98.0 FM keep scientists and support staff entertained and informed through the seasons of snow and ice.

This well illustrated article at http://www.radioheritage.net/ helps shine the light on little known radio stations across the entire 'ice' and may even result in more stations being discovered. Not all stations mentioned may still be on the air.

With all kinds of music coming from over 10 radio stations, volunteer DJ's, a Wells Fargo Bank ATM, increasing numbers of adventure travellers, cafes, and more trappings of 'civilization' the Antarctic of today is very different from when explorers barely a century ago first stepped ashore.

For a fascinating and unique look at radio broadcasting in the Antarctic, we warmly recommend your visiting 'Antarctic Radio Unfreezes' today at http://www.radioheritage.net/ .

Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture and radio heritage across the Pacific. We welcome donations, volunteers and materials to help us protect our radio heritage past for generations in the future. Global website:
http://www.radioheritage.net/ .
(Dario Monferini/playdx2003)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty open new headquarters

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty today officially opened its new highly secured headquarters in Prague. “Security was our number-one consideration,” Steven Simmons, a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, said at a ceremony.
The move was partly sparked by heightened Czech fears of terrorism following the attacks of 11 September, 2001. RFE/RL has in recent years reduced its activities in Central and Eastern Europe to focus on Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. The radio station with more than 1,000 journalists and correspondents broadcasts in 28 languages and has developed a range of websites.
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who worked at RFE/RL for nine years during communism and the post-Soviet transition, praised the radio for its efforts “to ensure there is a free press where the free flow of ideas is restricted.”
RFE/RL, founded by the United States during the Cold War in the 1950s, moved to Prague from Munich, Germany in 1995, settling down in the former Czechoslovak parliament building at the top of the central Wenceslas Square. After 9/11, Czech authorities decided to move the radio station out of the centre to a brand new headquarters that the station itself describes as one of the best-protected buildings in Europe.
(Source: AFP/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Related story at:
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/first-broadcast-from-new-rferl-headquarters

Radio and TV Marti to downsize

The Miami Herald says that Radio and TV Martí will lay off 20 percent of their workforce in a shake-up aimed at retooling the anti-Castro stations in the face of a steep federal budget cut. In its funding request to Congress, the agency that oversees the Miami-based Radio and TV Martí submitted a budget that allocates $2.4 million less to the controversial broadcasts.
The stations will change formats in response to the proposed budget cut. Radio Martí will go to an all-news format, and TV Martí will have a five-minute news update every half hour, with other shows in between.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Full story at Miami Herald:
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1045353.html

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2009 May 12 2121 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
04 - 10 May 2009

Solar activity was very low. No flares were observed during 04 - 07 May. Four B1 X-ray flares were observed during 08 - 10 May. 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 during the period.

Geomagnetic field activity was at predominantly quiet levels during 02 - 06 May. Field activity increased to quiet to active levels during 07 - 08 May, with isolated minor storm periods observed at high latitudes, due to the influence of a coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS). ACE solar wind velocities increased from 414 km/s at 07/1803 UTC to a high of 527 km/s at 08/1136 UTC. During this period, the Bz component of the IMF varied between -5 nT and +5 nT. Field activity decreased to predominantly quiet levels on 09 - 10 May, and solar wind velocities gradually decreased to 415 km/s at the end of the forecast period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
13 May - 08 June 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal flux levels.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels through 14 May. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on 15 May, due to a recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to predominantly quiet levels during 16 May - 02 June. Quiet to active conditions, with isolated major storm levels possible at high latitudes, are expected during 02 - 04 June, due to a recurrent CH HSS. Predominantly quiet conditions are expected durivng 05 -v 08 June.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2009 May 12 2121 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Issued 2009 May 12
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 May 13 73 5 2
2009 May 14 73 5 2
2009 May 15 73 8 3
2009 May 16 73 5 2
2009 May 17 73 5 2
2009 May 18 73 5 2
2009 May 19 72 5 2
2009 May 20 72 5 2
2009 May 21 70 5 2
2009 May 22 70 5 2
2009 May 23 70 5 2
2009 May 24 70 5 2
2009 May 25 70 5 2
2009 May 26 70 5 2
2009 May 27 70 5 2
2009 May 28 70 5 2
2009 May 29 70 5 2
2009 May 30 70 5 2
2009 May 31 70 5 2
2009 Jun 01 70 5 2
2009 Jun 02 70 10 3
2009 Jun 03 70 8 3
2009 Jun 04 70 10 4
2009 Jun 05 72 8 3
2009 Jun 06 72 5 2
2009 Jun 07 72 5 2
2009 Jun 08 73 5 2
(NOAA)

A09 schedules available for download at WRTH

WRTH is pleased to announce that the summer 'A' season schedules file is available for download from the WRTH website at: http://www.wrth.com/ and follow the links.

The file contains schedules for over 230 international and clandestine/target broadcasters. The schedules file is in PDF format (you will require the free Acrobat reader (v6 or above) available from http://www.adobe.com/ to read the file.

The file is 102 pages long and is 355kb in size.

We hope you find this a useful accompaniment to the printed WRTH.
Regards
WRTH editorial Team
WRTH Website: http://www.wrth.com/

IRRS updates program schedule

Dear listeners,
IRRS-Shortwave schedule has been updated effective May 1, 2009. We slightly reduced our Fri, Sat and Sun evening broadcasts by one hour, now ending one hour earlier at 2000 UTC (2200 CET) on 7290 kHz.

Please check our current frequency and program schedules at:
http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW_A09.html

http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW-program-schedule.html

Your help and support is greatly appreciated to keep our station alive. We are 100% member and listener supported station. If you wish to support our initiatives on Shortwave and online please check the following link:
http://www.nexus.org/FundRaising/index.html

You can also contribute by listening and sending comments to our programs to:
reports @nexus.org or writing directly to any of our programmer that you can hear on the air via IRRS, IPAR and European Gospel Radio. Your comments, not just bare reception
reports, are most valuable to keep us on the air and help us selecting the best programs for you to hear on the airwaves.
Thank you and stay tuned,
Ron Norton
(Tom Taylor)

Blog Logs

A nice selections from recent monitoring. Best of DX to one and all.
GVH

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

Bolivia
Radio Fides, La Paz, 6155.26, 0040-0203*, Andean music. ID at 0105. Spanish announcements. Ads. ID at 0201 and Spanish talk over lite instrumental music to 0203 sign off. Poor signal with adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Brazil
Radio Aparecida, (presumed) 6135, 0952-1000. Noted music for a minute at tune in, then a few live Portuguese comments followed by commercials. Poor signal. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Radio Bandeirantes (presumed) 6089.92, 0946-0955. Noted announcer's Portuguese comments, joined by a second male via telephone or a remote location feed.Commericals noted at 0948.Signal was fair to good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 11815, 2020-2025. Escuchada el 30 de abril en portugués a locutor con comentarios con referencias a Brasil, segmento musical, cuñas publicitarias, SINPO 23442. (Burjasot (Valencia)España/playdx2003)

Radio Cidade (tentative) 5050, Juiz de Fora. Portuguese 1001 announcers' talks, news program about list of countries with people infected by vírus, Europe coming to a social crisis. Announcers' “Manhã Legal” program announcements, ID “Radio Cidade 1010 kilohertz”, “Manhã Legal com Luiz Correa, um oferecimento CEMIG, a melhor energia”, 1010 “bom dia Juiz de Fora!”, 1011 sertanejo music. Many other mentions about “Radio Cidade 1010 kilohertz”,“Juiz de Fora”. In May 02 I heard the same announcements on 5050 kHz. According Lista de Emissoras OM/OT/OC - Brasil of DX Clube do Paraná, 1010kHz of Juiz de Fora have the nomination as “Radio Solar AM”. SINPO 24432 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil/playdx2003)

Radio Difusora de Cáceres (presumed),5055, MT. Portuguse text to 0938 music maybe religious, 0941-0949 religious talks by male “espírito santo”. Very weak SINPO 14421 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil/playdx2003)

Radio Guarujá Paulista, Guarujá-SP. 5045, Portuguese 1001-1025 relaying news program Jornal da Manhã of Radio Jovem Pan 620 KHz of São Paulo-SP as "Jovem Pan Sat" with some canned ID "Guarujá Paulista" on relaying. Bad audio when relaying but good when originated from their studio (checked later at 1045 when relaying was over). From 1024 splatter of 5035 R. Aparecida, until 1024, SINPO 43444.(Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec/HCDX)

Radio Itatania (tentative) 5970, 0935-0945. Portuguese language conversation with signal splatter observed. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Super Radio Deus e Amor, 11765.02, 0255-0310, usual Portuguese preacher. Several IDs at 0259 & religious music.Back to preacher at 0303. Fair. Weak on // 9565.03. (Brian Alexander, PA)

China
Voice of Minorities, Beijing, 7410, 1007-1013. Korean news to music and male announcer. SINPO 24232 // 9785 with SINPO 24332(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

3950, China, PBS Xinjiang (tentative), Urumqui. 3950, Chinese 0008-0014 male and female talks. SINPO 24332 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil/playdx2003)

PBS Xinjiang(tentative), Urumqui. 3930, May 05 Uighur(schedule) 0025-0031 male and female talks, alternating short instrumental music. Strong QRM sounding like a car motor, SINPO 31332 (Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil/playdx2003)

Ecuador
HCJB Pifo, 6080, 0932. Quecha. M announcer's Quecha text and religous talk. Poor signal quality // 3220-fair. (Scott Barbour, NH)

Equatorial Guinea
Radio Nac-Bata, 5005, 2250-2303*, Spanish talk. Afro-pop music. Sign off with national anthem. Very poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Germany
15675 04/30 1840 (D) GERMANY, Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie, 15675, French from Nauem, with 100 kW. Two announcers talks to pop music at 1945. Station ID into a religious broadcast, see link www.radioreveil.ch/ .(JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil/cumbredx)

Indonesia
Voice of Indonesia, 11784.96v, 1410. Fair, with a hum and well above the QRM. In assume Malay language. Same frequency on May 8 from 1410 to 1503*. Signal almost fair, in Malay with IDs in English, usual English segment at 1501 with their program schedule (Ron Howard, CA)

Mali
RTV du Mali 5995, 0730-0800*. Tuned in as during announcer's French text. Piano bridge at 0733 leading into another program, perhaps commentary. Piano music returned at 0738 to close the show. Padded with the piano until 0740. Long French talk until 0758 when sign-off announcement was heard, telling listeners to tune to 9635 kHz for more Radio Mali. At 0759 Waltzing Matilda came on as Radio Australia launched its Pacific service. Could still hear Radio Mali under Matilda until 0800.* (Bruce Barker, PA)

Mauritania
Radio Mauritanie 4845, 0700-0715. Arabic text with station ID at 0700, followed by additional talk until tune-out at 0715. Signal was poor to fair. (Barker, PA)

Nigeria
Voice of Nigeria 9690, *0800-0820 Tuned in to hear sign-on announcement in Hausa language. Immediately into News of Nigeria, followed at 0815 by VON interval signal, birds calling and chirping with flutes and drums. Then into more Hausa with News of Africa. Several countries mentioned as news continued at tune-out. Fair signal. (Bruce Barker, PA)

Papua New Guinea
Radio Bougainville, 3325, 1311-1401*,Running past their usual sign-off of about 1312in English. Public-service announcements with information about a meeting in Port Moresby,followed by mostly non-stop songs in English and Tok Pisin, some were religious. Station ID at 1359 as; “National Broadcasting Corporation, the Voice of Papua New Guinea” with long list of frequencies and PNG national anthem. Signal weak,started out well on top on RRI Palangkaraya, with RRI slowly improving (Ron Howard, CA)

Peru
Radio Vision 4790, 0715-0730. Tuned in to preacher in Spanish. Poor signal but lots of "Hallelujahs" could be heard. Still preaching at 0730 tune-out. (Bruce Barker, PA)

Sudan
SRTC, 7200, *0239-0320+. Abrupt sign on with Qur`an. Arabic talk at 0253. Possible radio-drama. “Huna Omdurman” IDs. Commericials and announcements, and chirping birds signal. Fair to good but occasional HAM QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)

USA
KNLS Anchors Point, Alaska. 7355, 0946-10000. Lady announcer in Russian with announcements until 0949. Religious music and additional brief comments in Russian, continuing to 1000. Fair signal, deteriorating from fair to threshold by 1000.* (Chuck Bolland, FL)

WINB Red Lion, Red Lion, 9265, 2323-2330. Escuchada el 30 de abril en español a locutor con comentarios religiosos, “La Palabra de Dios”, emisión en paralelo por Internet mms://winb.mntts.com :8181, en realidad se trata de una emisión de Family Radio, emitiendo de lunes a viernes de 2300 a 0000, según plan de programación en www.winb.com/schedule.htm SINPO 24432.(Burjasot (Valencia) España/playdx2003)

Uzbekistan
CVC Tashkent, 11800, 0135-0152. "CVC Newsroom" at tune-in reguarding the Swine Flu, Pakistan & Taliban clashes.Contemporary religous pops and listener request via Moscow. CVC promos. Signal poor-fair listening in LSB.
(Scott Barbour, NH)

Grimeton Radio/SAQ Planned Transmissions - 2009

Courtesy of Lars Kalland SM6NM, via Ary Boender and the UDXF gang (thanks):-

There will hopefully be transmissions with the Alexanderson alternator on 17.2 kHz, CW (A1A) at the following dates and times during 2009:

1) Tuesday, May 19 2009 at 07:00 and 07:30 UTC.

There will be a transmission to celebrate the Japanese VLF-station Josami Radio/JND when it will be nominated to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Milestone and also celebrate its start 80 years ago. The radio station is now a museum. No reports required and no QSL-cards are given.

2) Sunday, May 24 2009 at 10:55 UTC.

A transmission will take place to celebrate the First Swedish Coast Radio Station and 100 years of Karlskrona Radio/SAA. The station is still working on military frequencies. No reports required and no QSL-cards are given.

3) Sunday, June 28 at 09:00 and 12:00 UTC.

The annual transmission on "Alexander Day". The station is open to visitors. We are glad to receive reports and will exchange QSL-cards.

4) Saturday, October 24 at 09:00 UTC.

As last year we will transmit on United Nations Day. No reports required and no QSL-cards are given.

5) Thursday, December 24, Christmas Eve at 08:00 UTC.

The Christmas transmission as before. The stations is open to visitors. We are glad to receive reports and will exchange QSL-cards.

We will start tuning up some 30 minutes before message. Also read our web site: http://www.alexander.n.se.

QSL-reports are, when indicated, kindly received via:

- 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 SWEDEN

Yours,

Lars Kalland SM6NM

QSL Blog Report

Today is the first edition of QSL Blog Report. The following QSLs are those recently excluded from my QSL Report column in Monitoring Times (http://www.monitoringtimes.com/) for space constraints. Your QSL info and contributions are always welcome for the magazine or the Shortwave Central blog.

To learn more about the fine art of world QSLing with insider information, tips, websites, email addresses, plus much more, purchase World QSL Book on CD-Rom from Teak Publising at the above email address.
Gayle Van Horn

Australia
Australia Broadcasting Corporation/ ABC Darwin Radio, 2310, 2325, 2485 kHz. Full data verification on ABC letterhead, signed by Laila Soares-Administration Officer. (David Shannon, IN)




Egypt
Radio Cairo 6255 kHz. Full data QSL card signed by Eng. Fouad Alfeky, plus letter and program schedule. Received for an e-report to: englishprog@ertu.org and niveenl@hotmail.com (Artur Fernandez Llorella, Catalonia, Spain/playdx2003)

Euro-Pirate
Radio Blue Star via Wertachtal, Germany 6140 kHz. Full data QSL received in 16 weeks. (Artur Fernandez llorella, Catalonia, Spain/playdx2003).

Libya
Voice of Africa, 17725 kHz. No QSL, but received in 57 days a packet including brochures Libyan Air Lines, The General Centre of Directed Broadcasting, and souvenir CD of tourist attractions in Libya. (Harold Woering, MA).

Russia
Voice of Russia 7430 kHz. Special QSL card and schedule in 11 weeks. (Artur Fernandez llorella, Catalonia, Spain/playdx2003)

South Korea
Nicely stamped envelope from South Korea with a personal letter in English from Kim Seong Min, the Representative of the FNK Network. Also received information about FNK, plus a business card. Email: mini6195@hanmail.net. Address of the envelope as: FNK, Yang Cheon, P. O. Box 92, Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gy, Seoul, SOuth Korea. (Bjorn Fransson, Sweden/HCDX)

Stars and Stripes focus on how US troops use radio in Afghanistan

United States troops have set up transmitters across the province in eastern Afghanistan, hired local employees for the stations and developed a process to put out information updates on incidents such as roadside bomb explosions. Major Herb Skinner, the 1-40 executive officer, said the system is key to combating Taliban misinformation that often blames coalition forces for civilian deaths caused by its own attacks.

Read on this from First With the Truth article at:
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62487

(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

WRMI to produce AWR Wavescan DX program

An update from my post on May 5

WRMI (from Miami, Florida) has announced that the Adventist World Radio DX program, “Wavescan,” will be produced and distributed from its studios in Miami as of June, 2009.
WRMI has broadcast “Wavescan” since its inception. For the past three years, the programme has been produced at the AWR studio in Singapore. However, that studio is being closed in June. As of the 7 June program, “Wavescan” will be written each week by Dr Adrian Peterson, AWR International Relations Coordinator in Indianapolis, Indiana, and produced at WRMI in MIami. WRMI will also distribute the programme to the various stations in the AWR network around the globe.

“We are very happy to be working with Adrian and AWR on the production of Wavescan,” said WRMI General Manager Jeff White. “Our association actually goes back about 25 years now, when Adrian was producing the predecessor of Wavescan - Radio Monitors International - at the AWR studios in Puna, India, and we were rebroadcasting the programme to the Americas on
Radio Earth, where I was the programme producer.” Adrian Peterson will be entirely in charge of the content of the programme, but segments of regional DX news will continue to come from “Wavescan” correspondents in several Asian countries.

“We are glad to play a small part in the new version of Wavescan,” said Jeff White, “and we hope the programme will be around for many years to come.”

As of 7 June, 2009, WRMI will be broadcasting Wavescan at the following days and times - all on 9955 kHz:
■0830 UTC Sunday
■2130 UTC Sunday
■1530 UTC Monday *
■0015 UTC Tuesday
■0500 UTC Tuesday
■1130 UTC Tuesday
■1130 UTC Wednesday
■1430 UTC Friday *
■0130 UTC Saturday
■0730 UTC Saturday
* These transmissions are specifically beamed to North America. The others are beamed to the Caribbean and Latin America, but may be audible in North America also. In addition, “Wavescan” will continue to be broadcast over the other stations in the AWR network.
(Source: WRMI/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Netherlands Program Guide - May 9-15

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 9 May
*** The State We're In ***

We go to Pakistan's Swat Valley where we ask if it's worth making peace with the Taliban, at the expense of women's rights. Naheed Mustafah is a Canadian journalist with family roots in the Swat Valley. She presents taped interviews she did with girls who are determined to stay in school despite the threats, and their principal who stands behind them. And we meet Yasmeen Hassan, a Pakistani lawyer who argues that the cost of maintaining an unjust peace with the Taliban is too great to bear, not only for women and girls, but also for international security.

Is there a right to primary care? Edna Adan Ismail built a hospital that gives free care to women in one of the world's least developed country's: Somaliland. She tells Jonathan Groubert about the struggle to get it built and how keeping it going is a full time job in itself. And we meet Jabulani Nyathi, who is doubly unfortunate. He's needed kidney dialysis for 20 years and lives in Bulaweyo in Zimbabwe where not one dialysis machine is available. He tells us about his experience of having to make a long, gruelling journey every week to keep him alive.

Plus this year's World Press Photo winner Anthony Suau tells us the story behind his award-winning shot and how it depicts America's economic decline as a war zone.

And in our dilemma segment, Jann McClary tells us how, as a lowly prop assistant on a film set, she took on a big Hollywood film director and won.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600

SUNDAY 10 May
*** 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (primary program) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is 'Islands'.

'Islands of Security'

In South Africa's not so distant past the word 'island' would have conjured up Robben Island off Cape Town, the prison of Nelson Mandela during apartheid. But in a country of very high levels of violent crime, other 'islands' are springing up inland - the gated and guarded residential estates which are becoming a refuge for the wealthy.

SAFM radio producer Sibahle Malinga visits Dainfern security estate in Johannesburg's northern suburbs - protected by a high electrified double fence and armed guards. She also visits the nearby township of Diepsloot to find out how its residents feel about being outside the fence.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

MONDAY 11 May
*** Curious Orange (primary program) ***

It's the fourth - and last - part in our Dutch in Afghanistan series: When the going gets tough.

In our last days on Kamp Holland, a rocket attack killed one soldier and wounded six others. We'll hear more about that from a soldier's perspective - how they deal with the death of a colleague and what happens when they don't. We'll also hear from the soldiers who prepare the bodies and the social worker whose job it is to tell the families back home what's happened. Finally, we'll hear from one Dutch family who lost their son in Afghanistan.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (repeat from Sunday) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is 'Islands'.

'Islands of Security'

In South Africa's not so distant past the word 'island' would have conjured up Robben Island off Cape Town, the prison of Nelson Mandela during apartheid. But in a country of very high levels of violent crime, other 'islands' are springing up inland - the gated and guarded residential estates which are becoming a refuge for the wealthy.

SAFM radio producer Sibahle Malinga visits Dainfern security estate in Johannesburg's northern suburbs - protected by a high electrified double fence and armed guards. She also visits the nearby township of Diepsloot to find out how its residents feel about being outside the fence.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

TUESDAY 12 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

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

We go to Pakistan's Swat valley where we ask if it's worth making peace with the Taleban, at the expense of women's rights. Naheed Mustafah is a Canadian journalist with family roots in the Swat valley. She presents taped interviews she did with girls who are determined to stay in school despite the threats, and their principal who stands behind them.
And we meet Yasmeen Hassan, a Pakistani lawyer who argues that the cost of maintaining an unjust peace with the Taliban is too great to bear, not only for women and girls, but also for international security.

Is there a right to primary care? Edna Adan Ismail built a hospital that gives free care to women in one of the world's least developed country's: Somaliland. She tells Jonathan Groubert about the struggle to get it built and how keeping it going is a full time job in itself.
And we meet Jabulani Nyathi, who is doubly unfortunate. He's needed kidney dialysis for 20 years and lives in Bulaweyo in Zimbabwe where not one dialysis machine is available. He tells us about his experience of having to make a long, gruelling journey every week to keep him alive.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Earthbeat (repeat from Thursday) ***

Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories of the people trying to make that footprint lighter.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 13 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (repeat from Friday) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 14 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm


*** Earthbeat (primary programme) ***

Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories of the people trying to make that footprint lighter.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Curious Orange (repeat program) ***

It's the fourth - and last - part in our Dutch in Afghanistan series: When the going gets tough.

In our last days on Kamp Holland, a rocket attack killed one soldier and wounded six others. We'll hear more about that from a soldier's perspective - how they deal with the death of a colleague and what happens when they don't. We'll also hear from the soldiers who prepare the bodies and the social worker who's job it is to tell the families back home what's happened. Finally, we'll hear from one Dutch family who lost their son in Afghanistan.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 15 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (primary programme) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (repeat programme) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R Netherlands)

Summer schedule update from Iran's VOIRI

All times UTC

effective to 25 October 2009

Iran A-09 schedule - VOIROI / IRIB

Albanian
0630-0727 on 13810 15235
1830-1927 on 9545 9570
2030-2127 on 9535 11830

Arabic
0230-0327 on 6025 11665(x 11655)
0230-0527 on 7350 "Al-Quds TV"
0330-0427 on 9610 11875 "Voice of Palestine"
0330-0527 on 6025 6175 11665(x 11655)
0530-0827 on 13790 13800 15150
0830-1027 on 9885 13800 15150
1030-1427 on 13790 13800 15150
1430-1627 on 15150
1630-2027 on 7350 "Al-Quds TV"
1630-0227 on 6025

Armenian
0300-0327 on 7255 12025
0930-0957 on 9695 15260
1630-1727 on 7230 9780

Azeri
0330-0527 on 13710
1430-1657 on 6000 6035

Bengali
0030-0127 on 5950 7325
0830-0927 on 11705
1430-1527 on 6130 9520 12085

Bosnian
0530-0627 on 13750 15235
1730-1827 on 7295 9860
2130-2227 on 7305 9810

Chinese
1200-1257 on 13735 15190 17635 17670
2330-0027 on 11740 11970 13715

Dari
0300-0627 on 11910 13740
0830-1157 on 9940 11975 13720
1200-1427 on 9940 13720

English
0130-0227 on 7235 9495 "Voice of Justice"
1030-1127 on 15600 17660
1530-1627 on 7305 9600
1930-2027 on *5945 6205 7205 9800 9925

German
0730-0827 on 15085 15430
1730-1827 on *6180 9940 15085

French
0630-0727 on 13750 15430
1830-1927 on *5945 9940 13755 15085

Hausa
0600-0657 on 17810 17870
1830-1927 on 7370 9925

Hebrew
0430-0457 on 9610 11875
1200-1227 on 13685 15240

Hindi
0230-0257 on 15165 17635
1430-1527 on 11955 13700

Indonesian
1230-1327 on 15200 17560
2230-2327 on 5945 7310

Italian
0630-0727 on *9770 13620 15085
1930-1957 on 5910 7380

Japanese
1330-1427 on 13755 15555
2100-2157 on 9670 11765

Kazakh
0130-0227 on 7360 9790
1300-1357 on 11665 13765

Kurdish
0330-0427 on 7255 9905 Sorrani dialect
1330-1627 on 5990 Kirmanji dialect

Pashto
0230-0327 on 7360 9605
0730-0827 on 11990 15440
1230-1327 on 6175 9790 11730
1430-1527 on 5890
1630-1727 on 6010 7200

Russian
0300-0327 on 9650 11925
0500-0527 on 9855 13750 17595 17655
1430-1527 on *6145 7360 9580 9900
1700-1757 on 3985 7210
1800-1857 on 6205 7235
1930-2027 on 3985 7370

Spanish
0030-0227 on 9655 9905
0230-0327 on 9905
0530-0627 on 15530 17785
2030-2127 on *6055 7300 9800

Swahili
0400-0457 on 15265 15340
0830-0927 on 15240 17660
1730-1827 on 7360 9655

Tajik
0100-0227 on 6175 7285
1600-1727 on 5945 5955 6180

Turkish
0430-0557 on 11685 13640
1600-1727 on 7370 9870

Urdu
0130-0227 on 7325 9480 9845
1300-1427 on 6000 9665 11695
1530-1727 on 5890

Uzbek
0230-0257 on 9740 11945
1500-1557 on 5945 9680
*via Sitkunai, Lithuania
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)
(DX Mix news # 571 via wb, Germany/Alokesh Gupta, India/Rachel Baughn/MT)

Frequency changes from China National Radio

Effective from 06 May 2009 in the 41 meterband

All times UTC (NF/new frequency)

Chinese PBS Xinjianq
0300-1200 NF 7260 URU 100 kW / non-dir, x7155

Chinese CNR-2
2200-1700 on 7150 HUH 050 kW / 052 deg, deleted

Chinese PBS Nei Menqqu
2200-1700 NF 7420 HUH 050 kW / 263 deg, x7165

Chinese PBS Xizanq
0900-1800 NF 7450 LHA 100 kW / 085 deg, x7170
2000-0300 NF 7450 LHA 100 kW / 085 deg, x7170

Kyrgyz PBS Xinjianq
0330-0530 NF 7295 URU 050 kW / 247 deg, x7120
1030-1230 NF 7295 URU 050 kW / 247 deg, x7120

Mongolian PBS Nei Menqqu
2200-1700 NF 6040 HUH 050 kW / 263 deg, x7210

Tibetan PBS Xizanq
1000-1800 NF 7255 LHA 100 kW / 085 deg, x7125
2100-0200 NF 7255 LHA 100 kW / 085 deg, x7125

Uyghur PBS Xinjianq
1230-1800 NF 7205 URU 050 kW / 230 deg, x7195
2330-0300 NF 7205 URU 050 kW / 230 deg, x7195
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)
(DX Mix news # 571 via wb, Germany, Alokesh Gupta, India, Rachel Baughn, MT)

Frequency changes from Radio Romania International

Effective from 03 May 2009

Radio Romania International

All times UTC (NF/ new frequency)

0100-0156 NF 6080 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm, x 9560 @ French
0530-0556 NF 17760 TIG 300 kW / 097 deg to AUS , x17770# English
0900-0956 NF 15240 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu, x15250& Romanian Sun
1000-1056 NF 15240 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu, x15250& French
1400-1456 NF 9810 GAL 300 kW / 140 deg to N/ME, x 9605* Arabic
1730-1756 NF 6125 TIG 100 kW / 270 deg to SEEu, x 6105^ Serbian
1930-1956 NF 6125 TIG 100 kW / 270 deg to SEEu, x 6145! Serbian
2030-2056 NF 9690 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to NoAm, x15465 English
@ to avoid China Radio International in Chinese
# to avoid Radio Liberty in Georgian
& to avoid BDKSA in English, Voice of America in Chinese+Chinese Mx Jammer
* to avoid BBC in Chinese+Chinese Mx Jammer
^ to avoid Radio Liberty in Belarussian
! to avoid KBS World Radio in French
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6)
(DX Mix News # 571 via wb, Germany/Alokesh Gupta, India/Rachel Baughn,MT)

Blog Logs - Asia

The following additional logs were excluded from my Broadcast Logs column in Monitoring Times magazine at www.monitoringtimes.com/ for space contraints. Special thanks to the contributors. Submissions for the magazine or blog are always welcomed at the above email address.
Gayle Van Horn

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

Australia
ABC Northern Territory Service (Alice Springs) 2310, 1204-1215. Pop music tunes to announcer chat. Poor signal noted with fading // 2325 slightly weaker // 2485 barely there (Bolland).

Bangladesh
Bangladesh Betar 7250, *1228-1235. Flute interval signal and muffled talk at 1230. Could not make out any additional details due to audio quality, low modulation and amateur radio interference. An overall very poor signal quality (Alexander).

Bhutan
BBS (presumed) 6035, 1402-1418. Heard in English with usual BBS musical bridge, but lost to PBS Yunnan when they started playing the traditional Chinese music (Howard).

China
Central People's Broadcasting Station 4750, 2350-2359. Weak signal quality during Chinese comments to 2355. Signal very poor (Bolland).

Central People's Broadcasting Station (presumed) 9675, 0945-0955. Chinese comments over music program for fair signal quality (Bolland).

China Huayi broadcasting Company (Fuzhou) 4830, 1224-1229. Chinese programming, poor but steady signal quality. Station heard on subsequent recheck at threshold level (Evans).

China National Radio 1 (Beijng) 5030, 1216-1218. Chinese from male/female announcer duo. Poor signal with fading. Appeared to be in parallel with weak signal on 5945 kHz (Evans).

China National Radio 1, 7185, 1349. Used as jamming against Taiwan, the echo was not apparent; clearly // 5030 (Howard).

China National Radio 1 9680, 1349-1353. Fair reception, heard with echo (they were operating more than one jamming transmitter and out of synch, causing an echo). Parallel on 5030; several other stations under them with poor reception, one in Chinese (possibly Taiwan, intended for the jamming) and perhaps the other was RRI-Jakarta (Howard).

China National Radio 2/China Business Radio 9810, 1158-1210. Chinese chat to local pop music. English ID as, "China Business Radio" at 1201 and back to Chinese talk. Fair signal, much weaker on // 6090, 7245, 7315 and 7375 (Alexander).

Voice of Pujiang (Shanghai) 4950, 1226-1236. Programming of Chinese music for threshold level signal. Heard the next day with announcer's Chinese text and similar quality signal (Evans).

Voice of the Strait (Fuzhou) 4900, 1222-1227. Chinese programming including occasional Chinese musical bridges, joined by lady announcer at 1223. Continued Chinese music at 1225. Poor signal noted with some fading. Noted on next-day recheck at 1223-1230 with pop music and lady announcer's presentations (Evans).

Clandestine-Shiokaze Sea Breeze 5985, *1400-1403. Before their sign-on observed strong jamming (pulsating noise, assume from North Korea). Mixing with Myanmar, after sign-on signal was a mess with jamming and Myanmar and Shiokaze mixing together - seemed to be in Japanese (Howard).

Indonesia
RRI-Jakarta (presumed) 9680, 1130-1150. Pop music program to 1137, followed by announcer's Indonesian comments. Noted interference from co-channel station in Chinese, possibly from Taiwan (Bolland).

RRI-Jakarta 9680. Kang Guru Indonesia program with random checking between 0800-0822. Only carrier at 0800 and below threshold level. Heard in English at 0820 talking about next week's programming. Clear mention of Kang Guru and giving the usual end of program announcements. Signal very poor and only able to catch a few words (Howard).

RRI-Kendari (presumed) (Kendari) 3995.04, 1245-1251. Bahasa service for station announcements. Observed threshold level signal, up and down in noise with amateur radio interference (Evans).

RRI-Manokwari (Manokwari) 3987.05, 1136-1204. Bahasa service including pop music tunes to brief announcements at 1159 followed by the station's Song of the Coconut Island interval signal. Newscast at 1200. Signal quality poor initially, improving to good after 1155 (Evans).

Voice of Indonesia, 9525, 1122-1130. Language lessons at tune-in until 1123. Assume this program in Chinese. Program comments over background music. Signal of fair quality (Bolland)

Japan
NHK/Radio Japan 9690, 0950-1000. Female announcer's Indonesian text for presumed newscast to 0954. Fair signal quality (Bolland).

NHK/Radio Japan 9710, 0955-1005. Steady musical interval signal mixing with Radio Australia's Tok Pisin broadcast. Station identification at 1000, followed by newscast. Signal fair despite sharing this frequency with Radio Australia (Bolland).

Laos
Lao National Radio 6130, 1415-1427. Two lady announcer's French conversation, which agrees with their program schedule. English lesson as Functioning in Business followed by Sport Analyze program for Friday and Saturday.Observed interference from assumed China's PSS Xizang from Tibet (Howard).

Northern Marianas Islands
Radio Liberty relay 9520, 0915-0930. News and commentary in Russian. Signal very good (Bolland).

Myanmar
Myanma Radio-Minorities and Educational Service, 5915, 1425-1512.* Vernacular segments of reading long list of numbers and segment on "Psychological testing, part one" and "how well did you do?" Back to vernacular text. At sign-off the usual brief selection of indegenous instrumnetal music. Stations' sign-off times vary considerably day-to-day, but about 1512 is a frequent time for them to sign-off. Station mixing with China Radio International (Howard).

Myanma Radio 5985, 1404-1414. Station mixing with Shiokaze, both about equal strength, but with no jamming observed. Myanmar Defense Forces BS on 5770 fair in Vernacular language with indegenous singing. Signal was poor (Howard).

Myanma Radio 5985, 1450-1536. Programming in vernacular in presumed Burmese songs. Noted in English at 1530 into news (ceremonies held in Yangon attended by Minister of Information. Several mentions of "Myanma Radio and Television." Station ID as, "this news comes to you from Yangon, Myanma Radio" followed by mention of "the weather news issued at 7 pm." Noted the ansence of their usual slogans and patriotic pep talk but instead went straight into their music program. (Howard).

Myanmar Defense Forces BS via Taunggyi 5770, 1431-1445. In vernacular with easy-listening pop songs and ballads. Signal almost fair. Seemed to be a very weak station under this one (Howard).

Myanmar Defense Forces BS via Taunggyi 5770, 1513. Noted earlier report this was in USB, today noted signal in conventional DSB mode. Could hear all three in AM, LSB and USB. Programming in vernacular service with a fair signal quality (Howard).

North Korea
Korean Central BS (presumed) 9665, 0938-0950. Korean service including program segments and martial march music, interspersed with announcer's comments. Poor signal quality. (Bolland).

Voice of Korea, 9650, 0930-0940. Announcer's Japanese program comments to choral style music. Fair signal quality (Bolland).

Philippines
Radio Pilipinas/VOP 15285, 0211-0251. English service. Dateline and Today in Philippines History programs. Station identification as; "Radio Pilipinas Overseas Service, the Voice of the Philippines." Update Mindanao program. Observed signal as mostly fair, but with moderately strong hum noted (Howard).

Radio Veritas Asia 9615, 1120-1135+. Observed religious music at tune-in to 1122. Brief announcers' Chinese comments followed by extended Chinese discourse (religious sermon ?). Signal experienced fading while remaining at a fair level (Bolland).

Singapore
Radio Netherlands (Kranji) 6120, 2303-2310. Bahasa service from announcer duo. Poor signal quality // 9525 (Tinang) noted with a slightly better signal quality (Evans).

Sri Lanka
Radio Free Afghanistan-Radio Azadi 9990, 1120-1331.* Talk in unidentified language. Brief instrumnetal music breaks and "Radio Azadi" identifications. Program interviews and phone chats. Reception poor at tune-in, gradually improving to good at 1135-1215. Signal poor-weak in noisy conditions by 1300 (Alexander).

Taiwan
Radio Taiwan International 7185, 1130-1145+. Male/female announcers' Chinese comments. Station // 9680 where Taiwan has been interfering with Indonesia. Signal on 7185 very good, signal on 9680 poor (Bolland).

Thailand
Radio Thailand 15275, 0218-0231. Good reception in English for the "Global News" and "Take on Thailand" about going to temples and monasteries to take meditation classes. Chimes signal and into Thai service (Howard).

Radio Thailand 12095, 0058-0105. Caught close of English broadcast with theme music, gongs, English ID and anthem. Thai service commencing at 0102. Signal surprisingly good, strong signal (Alexander).

Vietnam
Voice of Vietnam (Son Tay) 9840, 2333-2340. English news read by male/female announcers. Station identification at 2340. Signal obseved as weak with slight improvement by 2340 (Evans).
Contributors
Brian Alexander, PA
Chuck Bolland, FL
Jim Evans, TN
Ron Howard, CA

Radio Free Asia Begins New QSL Card Series

May 2009
Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces a new QSL series celebrating musical instruments of Asia. The first card in the series shows a two stringed dutar. The dutar is a traditional musical instrument which is plucked by Uyghurs and either strummed or plucked by peoples of other nations. The dutar is considered one of the most common and popular instruments of the Turkmen people.
The dutar pictured on this QSL belongs to one of RFA’s Uyghur broadcasters and continually provides much joy and entertainment. The dutar is a pear-shaped lute characterized by its long neck and two strings; some versions have 4-strings. The dutar is primarily found in Central and South Asia. The dutar’s name comes from the Persian word for "two strings." At the hands of 15th century shepherds, the strings were made from gut but with the coming of the Silk Road, the strings were then made from twisted silk. Today, dutars use silk or nylon strings. This card will be used to confirm all valid reception reports from May 1 – June 30, 2009.

Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timly news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese,
Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur.

RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As mentioned on the front of the QSL card, as a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org. RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener.
RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by emails to qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:

Reception Reports Radio Free Asia

2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300

Washington DC 20036

United States of America

Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(Al Janitschek/RFA)

"Wavescan" DX program to continue from new location

The final edition of AWR’s DX program "Wavescan" produced in Singapore is scheduled for broadcast on May 31, 2009, with the usual scheduled repeats during the first few days into June. Beginning in the first week of June, "Wavescan" will be written and produced in the United States for broadcast worldwide.

In the new arrangement, the scripts for "Wavescan" will be researched and written in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the program will be assembled and produced in the Miami, Florida, studios of shortwave station WRMI/Radio Miami International. QSL cards acknowledging the reception of "Wavescan" will be available from both WRMI and Adventist World Radio.
At the end of May, AWR’s Singapore office and studio will be transferred to nearby Batam Island, Indonesia. This move will achieve considerable cost savings for AWR.

Many long-time listeners will remember that the original AWR DX program, "Radio Monitors International," was produced in the Poona (Pune), India, studios of Adventist World Radio and broadcast on the domestic and international shortwave services of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Beginning in 1984, North American coverage was achieved through the services of Jeff White and his original Radio Earth/Radio Discovery service. "Radio Monitors International" became "Wavescan," and Radio Earth/Radio Discovery became Radio Miami International/WRMI.

The new presentations of "Wavescan" will be very similar to the earlier editions as produced in Singapore. Each edition will include a station profile on an important or a little-known shortwave station from a historical perspective. There will also be other features from the fascinating world of international radio broadcasting, as well as regular bulletins of DX news. It is intended that the regular DX bulletins from Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines and Australia will be included as usual in these new broadcasts of "Wavescan."

Other radio entities are welcome to re-broadcast "Wavescan," archive the programs on Internet websites, and reprint items and articles from the scripts and archive the scripts, with the usual attribution to AWR "Wavescan" and to Radio Miami International/WRMI.

As was announced in "Wavescan" earlier, the annual worldwide listener contest during the month of June will continue as planned. Listeners are invited to prepare a list and give details and photocopies of 5 QSLs from silent shortwave stations; to submit 3 reception reports on AWR transmissions; and, where possible, to submit 3 suitable radio cards to the “Wavescan” address in Indianapolis.

Adventist World Radio would like to express appreciation to AWR assistant program director Rhoen Catolico for his splendid work on the production of "Wavescan" during the past three years and to wish him every success with his endeavors as he returns to his homeland in the Philippines. We would also like to express our appreciation to Jeff White at WRMI for mutual co-operation in the areas of international radio broadcasting over the past quarter century, and we are grateful for this new relationship in the production and distribution of the program in his station in Miami.

Jeff White is currently the president of NASB, the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters USA, in addition to his management responsibilities at WRMI. Adrian Peterson is DX editor for Adventist World Radio and a Board Member for NASB, the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters USA.

The address is:
Adventist World Radio
Box 29235
Indianapolis, Indiana 46229
USA
adrian@awr.org
(Adrian Peterson/AWR)

Blog Logs - Africa

Today's edition of Blog Logs, focuses on what DXers are monitoring from Africa. The following logs have been excluded from my Broadcast Logs column in Monitoring Times magazine for space constraints.
Special thanks to all the contributors.
Gayle Van Horn

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

Chad
RN Tchadienne (N'Djamena), 4904.97, *0429-0440. Sign-on eith Balafon interval signal. National anthem at 0430 followed by opening French ID announcement. Afro-pop music and local tribal music at 0432. Signal poor in noisy conditions. I do not usually hear an interval signal. (Alexander).

RN Tchadienne (N'Djamena), 4905, 0536-0600. French newscast covering Cameroon. Station identification at -542 into local indigenous music, followed by unknown langauge. (Wood)

RN Tchadienne (N'Djamena), 4905, 0539-0550. Nice S9 signal quality though hampered by fades. Discussion of African countries withC had and Benin mentioned. Hip-hop music at 0547. Signal fair-good. (Wood).

Egypt
Radio Wadi El Nile, 9250, 2257-2300.* Tune-in the Holy Qu’ran recitations, followed by Arabic announcements. Closing music and off the air for fair signal quality. (Alexander).

Eritrea
VOBME, 7175, *0355-0407. Program 2. Interval signal to talk at 0400. Signal weak, covered by noise jammers at approximately 0405. (Alexander).

VOBME, 7165, *0356-0410. Station sign-on with interval signal initially on 7175 kHz at 0355, but moved to 7165 at 0356. Talk by announcer at 0400. Horn of Africa music at 0406. Signal fair-good until covered by noise jammer at 0409. (Alexander).

VOBME, 7209.98, *0355-0420. Station sign-on with interval signal to talk at 0400. Brieg breaks of Horn of Africa music. Tribal chants at 0413, followed by local rustic music. Signal fair-good. Alexander).

Ethiopia
Radio Ethiopia, 7110, *0259-0320. Station sign-on with electronic keyboard interval signal. Amharic talk at 0300. Horn of Africa music at 0304. Signal fair-good. Observed very weak on // 5989.33, 9704.18. (Alexander).

Radio Ethiopia, 7110, 0416-0449. Amharic service. Announcer with program format sounding like a "man on the street" interviews to electric versions of Horn of Africa music. Signal. fair (Wood).

Radio Ethiopia, 9559.51v, *0659-0720. Sign-on with electronic keyboard interval signal. Talk at 0700. Horn of Africa music at 0704. Signal very poor amid noisy conditions. Signal constantly drifting between 9559.25 - 9559.67 during this period. Threshold signal on // 7165.(Alexander).

Radio Fana (tentative) (Addis Ababa). Amharic. Horn of Africa music with promos from station announcer. Newscast at 0500 with mentions of Addis Ababa during poor signal quality. (Wood).

Voice of Tigray Rev., 5980, *0255-0310. Station sign-on with interval signal. Talk at 0300 to Horn of Africa music at 0301. Signal weak but readable. Parall on 5950 poor, mixing with Okeechobee, Florida. (Alexander).

Equatorial Guinea
Radio Africa, 15190, 1130-1150. Presumed this station with English religious programming. Signal poor with low modulation. Some signal peaks up to a fair level at times. (Alexander).

Radio Nacional, Malabo 6250, *0527-0640. Abrupt sign-on with continous local African music. Spanish announcements at 0603 to possible news at 0609. Mentions of "Malabo" and "Radio Malabo" identifications. Poor-fair signal with occasional RTTY interference. (Alexander).

Radio Nacional, Malabo 6250, 1950-2011.* Spanish text to local African tribal music and Afro-pops tunes. Abrupt sign-off mid-song. Signal poor in noisy conditions. (Alexander).

Guinea
Radio Conakry, 7125, 0620-0645. Tentative on this station with Afro-pop music to local tribal music. French announcements. Good-strong carrier but weak modulation. (Alexander).

Libya
Voice of Africa 17725, 1445-1500. Noted program in English covering political news and commentaries. Station ID at 1450 as, "Voice of Africa," with background music. (Bolland).

Voice of Africa 21695, 1455-1515. English talk about local geography. Station identification to item on Libyan politics. Afro-pop music. Signal weak, beter on // 17725. (Alexander).

Madagascar
RTV Malagasy via Antananarivo, 5010, *0250-0330. Abrupt sign-on with local pop music. Euro-pop tunes to station interval signal. National anthem at 0258. Brief Malagasy announcement at 0301 to local music. Signal fair-good, reduced carrier on USB. (Alexander).

RTV Malagasy via Antananarivo, 5010, (presumed) 0331-0348. Still on frequency and in USB + carrier mode. Non-stop music of African hi-life, ballads and pop tune Manic Monday. Signal poor-fair. (Howard).

RTV Malagasy via Antananarivo, 6134.92, 1445-1525. Thanks to DXer John Wikins this station was on this freq. Heard in conventional DSB mode after the sign-off with 5010.0 (only in USB + carrier mode), with a delay of several seconds on 6134.92. Both days noted similar reception. Signal on 6134.92 fading out and most shortly after 1500, while 5010.0 continued to improve after 1450. (Howard).

Clandestine-Voice of Tibet via Madagascar relay, 17550, 1400-1427. Came on the abruptly at 1400. During the half hour, noted a series of news and commentary segments in presumed Tibetan. Signal good. (Bolland).

Mali
RTVM, 9635, *0800-0820. Sign-on with opening French identification announcements and flute interval signal. Vernacular talk at 0801. Signal fair. Very weak on // 7284.58 (Alexander).

Nigeria
Radio Nigeria (Kaduna) 4770, 0532. Barely above the threshold with Afro-pop music during poor signals. (Wood).

Voice of Nigeria, 9690, *0758-0810. Opening theme music to vernacular talk and tribal music at 0759. Vernacular talk at 0800. Radio drama to station ID. Signal very good. (Alexander).

Seychelles
BBC relay, 6005, 0220-0230. Two male's conversing to news and program features. Noted "BBC" mentioned often. Signal was poor. (Bolland).

South Africa
Channel Africa, 17770, 1502-1515. Female announcer's English comments during fair signal quality. (Bolland).

Swaziland
Trans World Radio via Manzini, 4775, 0410-0415. Baraque Christian music, hampered by sweeper interference. Poor signal quality. (Wood).

Tunisia
RTV Tunisienne (Sfax) 7275, 0501-0510. Arabic newscast with musical interludes between items. Talk of Iran. (Wood).

Uganda
UBC, 4975.97, 2120-2130.* Continuous African hi-life music. Station abruptly “pulled the plug” at 2130. Signal poor-fair. (Alexander).

Zambia
CVC via Lusaka, 4960, 0415-0424. Vernacular announcement to contemporary Christian music. Signal fair. (Wood).

Zanzibar
Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar. English Spice FM newscast. Into Swahili talk at 1811. Local pop music. Signal not as strong as usual but audio much better. Clear and clean audio without the distortion or wobble. (Alexander).

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe BC (Gweru) (presumed) 4828, 0427-0440. Vernacular text to non-stop local pop music. Poor signal with heavy CODA interference. First time anything other than a carrier heard on 4845 so far this year. (Evans).

Contributors:
Brian Alexander, PA
Chuck Bolland, FL
Jim Evans, TN
Ron Howard, CA
Joe Wood, TN

Lao National Radio website up and running

Just checked to find out that Lao National Radio website is back :

http://www.lnr.org.la/

Related webpage of Ministry of Information & Culture with links for provincial radio stations :

http://www.culturalprofiles.net/Laos/Units/142.html
(Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Taiwan International announces "Jade Mountain Competition"

Details at:
htttp://www.rti.org.tw/big5/2009Activity/2009jadevote/e_index.aspx

PRIZES:
Grand prize (2): digital camera
First prize (13): digital radio
Second prize (30): backpack with Jade Mountain logo
Third prize (50): T-shirt featuring the Formosan Black Bear
Consolation prize (100): heat-proof water bottle or cowboy hat with Jade
Mountain logo
Additional prize (3): a souvenir each for the three language services that
receive most entries

Mail to P.O. Box 123-199, Taipei, 11199, Taiwan
Email to : rti@rti.org.tw
(Alokesh Gupta ,New Delhi, India )

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2009 May 05 1951 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
27 April - 03 May 2009

Solar activity was very low. Region 1016 (S08, L=106, class/area, Cao/020 on 29 April) formed on the disk and decayed into spotless plage by 01 May. As the region approached the west limb, it produced a B2 x-ray flare at 01/0858 UTC.

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 quiet levels during the entire period. ACE observations indicated no significant activity in the solar wind during the period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
06 May - 01 June 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to increase to high levels during 08 - 11 May. Normal flux levels are expected during the rest of the period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels during 06 - 09 May, with active conditions possible on 06 May, due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to predominantly quiet levels during 10 May - 01 June.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2009 May 05 1952 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html

# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2009 May 05
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 May 06 70 12 4
2009 May 07 70 8 3
2009 May 08 70 8 3
2009 May 09 70 8 3
2009 May 10 70 5 2
2009 May 11 70 5 2
2009 May 12 70 5 2
2009 May 13 70 5 2
2009 May 14 70 5 2
2009 May 15 70 8 3
2009 May 16 70 5 2
2009 May 17 70 5 2
2009 May 18 70 5 2
2009 May 19 70 5 2
2009 May 20 70 5 2
2009 May 21 70 5 2
2009 May 22 70 5 2
2009 May 23 70 5 2
2009 May 24 70 5 2
2009 May 25 70 5 2
2009 May 26 70 5 2
2009 May 27 70 5 2
2009 May 28 70 5 2
2009 May 29 70 5 2
2009 May 30 70 5 2
2009 May 31 70 5 2
2009 Jun 01 70 5 2
(NOAA)

Australian DX Report # 149 available for download

The latest episode, No. 149, of the Australian DX Report, a weekly audio news magazine with news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, monitoring notes and schedule updates, is now available.

It's 16 mins 5 secs, and may be downloaded from the Website of the Australian Internet Radio Service, at 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.

The ADXR is compiled from the resources of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association.

Your comments and feedback are particularly important!

You can also hear the episodes on-air, via WWCR Nashville, every Sunday at 0200-0215 on 5070 and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825. The WWCR release is also available as streaming-audio, live, from http://wwcr.com

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 149!

Bob Padula,
Melbourne

UK's Monitoring Monthly ends publication

Pat Carty, Ops Normal editor of Monitoring Monthly has posted in the magazine's Yahoo group at 6.09 p.m. today (April 30) that he has spoken to Kevin Nice, the magazine's editor and publisher, who has confirmed that Monitoring Monthly has ceased publication and that a letter is in the post to subscribers explaining the situation.

The magazine covered radio monitoring in all its aspects and featured some very informative articles and columns, it's demise is a sad loss to the radio monitoring hobby.
(Mike Barraclough/worlddxclub)

China Radio International - A09 schedule updates

All times UTC

As of 26 April 2009
All relay transmissions of China Radio International - via Bonaire, Montsinery-GUF, Meyerton-AFS, and Santiago-CHL ceased now.

a = additional, d = delete, - according to A-08 summer schedule

0000-0057 Cambodian 11990nnn, 9765nnn, 684dof
Cantonese 17495bei, 11820xia
Chinese 13655xia, 13580bei, 12035xia, a11975kun, 11930sac,
11900bei, 11780jin, d11650uru, 9435kun, d7160kun,
a5960sac
English 15125bei, 13750bei, 11885xia, a11790xia,
11730kun(0030-), 9570cer, 7415kas, 7350kas, a6180kas,
6075kas, 6020cer
Hakka 15100jin, 9610kun, 9550kun, 9460kun, d6140kun
Mongolian 11875bei, 9470xia
Portuguese d11850guf, 9710kas, 9560bei
Russian 7405huh, 5990huh, 5905kas, 1521
Spanish 15120hab, 9800kas, d9745bon, 9590kas, 5990hab
Vietnamese 13770xia, 11770bei, d9665kun, 603dof
0100-0157 Amoy 17495bei, 15425xia, 15100bei, 11980kun, 11945kun,
9610kun, 9550kun, 9460kun
Chinese-EA 15160jin, 13655xia
Chinese 15140xia, 11650uru, a9560kas
English 15785xia, 15125bei, 11870kas, 11730kun(-0130),
9790sac, 9580hab, 9570cer, a9535kas, a9470uru,
9410kas, a7415kas, a6175kas, 6075kas, 6020cer
6080sac[DRM]
Hakka 15140xia, 13580bei, 11650uru
Russian 13600xia, 5905kas, 1521
Spanish 9710kas, 9665bra, 9595kas
Urdu 9695kas, 7240kas
0130-0227 Nepalese 13780kun, 11860kun
0200-0227 Pashto 15435xia, 11870kas, 9765kas
0200-0257 Amoy addit a17495bei, a15425xia
Bengali 11640kun, 9655kun
Chinese-EA 15160jin, 13655xia
Chinese 11695bei, a9825kas, 9815kas, 9690E, 9580hab, 9570cer,
a6065kas(0230-), 6020cer
English 15435fr0227, 13640kas, 11770kas, 9550kas
Hakka 17495bei, 15425xia
Russian 17615xia, 5915kas, a963por-FIN
Spanish 9710kas, 9595kas
Tamil 15260kas, 13600kas, d11650kas
Urdu 11650kas, 9450kas
0230-0327 Nepalese 13780kun, 11730kun
0300-0357 Chinese 17540bei, 15230xia, 15160jin, 15130bei, 9570cer,
a9450kas, 6020cer
English 15785xia, 15120bei, 15110kas, 13750bei, 11770kas,
9790hab, 9690E, a738msk
Hindi 15350kas, 15210kas, 13720kas, 11640kas
Spanish 9560sac, 9665bra
Russian 17710jin, 15435uru, 15425xia, a5915kas, a963por-FIN
Tamil 13730kas, 13600kun
0400-0457 Cantonese 15230xia, 15160jin, 9790hab
Chinese 15170kas, 15130bei, 13640kas
English 17855bei, 17730xia, 15785xia, 15120bei, 13750bei,
6080sac, 6020sac
Hakka 17710bei, 17540kas, 17505xia, 15350kas
Russian 15665kas, 15445kas, 15425xia, a5905kas
Vietnamese 17740xia, 11650kun, 684dof, 603dof
0500-0557 Cantonese 15230xia, 15170jin
Chinese 15785xia, 15130bei, 15120bei
English 17855bei, 17730xia, 17540kas, 17505kas, 15465kas,
15350uru, 11895kas, 11710cer, 9560sac, 6190sac,
6020sac
German 15245uru
Russian 15665kas, 15445kas
Vietnamese 17740xia, 11640kun, 684dof, 603dof
0500-0657 Arabic 17485kas, 11775cer, 9590cer, 9515cer
0600-0657 Chinese-EA 15230xia, 15170jin
Chinese 17740xia, 17650kas, 17615kun, 15785xia, 15120bei
English 17710bei, 17540kas, 17505kas, 15465kas, 15350kas,
15140kas, 13660xia, 11895kas, 11870kas, 11710cer,
1215fla
German 17720kas, 15245uru
Italian 17515kas
0600-0757 French 17865kas
Spanish 17680kas
0700-0757 Cantonese 15230xia, 11640jin
Chaozhou 17560xia, 15145xia
Chinese a71830kas, 17740xia, 17650kas, a17615kun,
d13610bei, 11785cer
English 17710bei, 17540kas, 17490kas, a15625kas, 15465kas,
15350kas, a15125kas, 13710cer, 13660xia, 11895kas,
1215fla
0800-0857 Chinese-EA 15230xia, 11640jin
Chinese a17830kas, 17650kas, 17560xia, 15565xia, 11785cer,
9880bei
English 17540kas, 17490kas, a15625kas, 15465kas, 15350kas,
15125cer, 13710cer, 11895kas, 11620xia
Hausa 7295bko
Russian 15665kas, 15335kas
0830-0927 Indonesian 17735kun, 15135kun
0900-0957 Chinese 17670kun, 17560xia, 17540bei, 17530xia, 17500kas,
15565xia, 15525uru, 15440kun, 15250kun, 13620xia,
11980kun, 9880bei, 7430jin
English 17750kas, 17690jin, 17570uru, 17490kas, a15625kas,
15350kas, 15270kas, 15210kun, 11620xia
Romanian 9440cer, 7285cer
Russian 15665kas, 15335kas
0930-1027 Malay 17680kun, 15135kun
1000-1057 Cantonese 17670kun, 15440kun
Chinese 17650kas, 17540bei, a17530xia, a17500kas, a15535uru,
a15525uru, a15250kun, a13850bei, a11980kun, a9890xia,
9880bei, a6040sac
English 17690jin, 17490kas, 15350kas, 15210kun, 15190kas,
13720xia, 13620xia, 13590bei, 11635bei, 11610xia,
6040sac
Hakka 17530xia, 17500kas, 15525uru, 15250kun, 13850bei,
11980kun, 9890xia
Hungarian 15220kas, 13685kas
Japanese 11620xia, 7325jin
Russian 11935szg, 9725huh, 7390huh, 1323uru, 1116, 963huh
1030-1127 Cambodian 17680kun, 15160nnn, 684dof
Indonesian 17605kun, 15135kun
1100-1157 Bulgarian 7220cer
Cantonese 13580kun, 9645bei, 9590kun, 9540bei, a603dof
Chaozhou 11875kun, 9440kun
Chinese 17650kas, 15440kun, 13755kas, d13610kas,
a12070xia(-1130), 11750bei, 7435bei
Czech 15225kas, 13685kas
English 17490kas, 13720xia, 13650cer, 13645kas, a13610kas,
13590bei, 11795kas, 11750sac, 11660kas, 11650uru,
a6060bei(-1130), 6040sac, 5955bei 1269yun
Esperanto 15110uru, 11635uru
Japanese 11620xia, 7325jin, 1044 Changzhou Henglin
Korean 13620xia, 1323cah, a1017 Changzhou Henglin
Mongolian 11610xia, 7390huh
Portuguese d9870sgo
Russian 11935szg, 9890bei, 9725huh, 1521uru, 1323lha, 1116,
963huh
Vietnamese 17530xia, 11600xia, 9550bei, 1296yun
1130-1157 Burmese 11780kun, 9880kun, 1269yun
Filipino 12110kun, a12070xia, 7390jin, 1341 Huadu Guangdong
1130-1227 Thai 9785xia, 7360kun
1158-1400 Chinese a11790bei, a9665bei - news radio
1200-1227 Filipino 17505xia, 12110kun
1200-1257 Cantonese a11850sac, a9570hab
Cambodian d17680xia, 11680nnn, 9440kun
Chinese a17650kas, d15440sgo, 15110uru, 13755kas, 13610kas,
d11855sac, d11640xia, 9855bei, d9570hab, 9540kun,
7440nnn, a7390bei
English 17490kas, 13790uru, 13650cer, 13645kas, 11980kun,
11760kun, 11690xia, 11660kas, 11650uru, 9760kun,
9730kun, a9645bei, 9600kun, 9460kas, 5955bei,
1341 Huadu Guangdong, 1269yun, 1188, 684dof
French d17650kas, 15205kas
Japanese 11620xia, 7325jin, 1044
Korean 13620xia, 1323cah, 1017
Mongolian 5990huh, 5915huh, 100.9ula, 103.7Darkhan
Russian 17575szg, 13600xia, 11935szg, 9685uru, 7400kas,
6100bei, 1521uru, 1323lha, 963huh
Serbian 7345cer
Vietnamese d11990kun, 11600xia, 9550bei, 1296yun
1230-1327 Laotian 9785kun, 7360kun
Malay 15600kun, 11955kun
1300-1327 Burmese 11780kun, 9880kun, 1188
1300-1357 Bengali 11610kun, 9600xia, 9490kun
Chinese 13670uru, a13650uru, 9855bei, 9540kun, 7440nnn,
7205bei
English d15440sgo, 15260sac, 13790uru, 13755kas, d13630bko,
13610kas, 11980xia, 11760kun, 11665xia, 11660kas,
d11640bko, 9870xia, 9765xia, 9760kun, 9730bei,
9650sac, 9570hab, 5955bei,
1341 Huadu Guangdong, 684dof
Esperanto 11650xia, 9440nnn
French a17880bko, 13710kas, 13685bko
Hindi 11675uru, 9635kas, 1422kas
Japanese 7325jin, 7215xia, 1044
Korean 13620xia, 1323cah, 1017
Mongolian 7285bei, 6100bei, 100.9ula, 103.7Darkhan
Russian 13600xia, 9675szg, 7400kas, 5990huh, 5915huh,
1521uru, 1323lha, 963huh
Vietnamese d11990kun, 9685xia, 9550bei, 1296yun, 603dof
1330-1357 Burmese 11780kun, 9880kun, 1188
1330-1427 Indonesian 11955kun, 9535kun
Thai 9785xia, 7360kun, 1080
1400-1457 Amoy 11650xia, 9655kas
Bengali 11610kun, 9490kun, 1269yun
Cambodian 9880nnn, 6055kun, 684dof
Chinese 15220sac, a11780xia(-1127), 11610uru, 9730kas,
a7400xia(-1127), 7210bei, a6040xia
English 17630bko, 13790uru, 13740hab, 13710kas, 13685bko,
d13610kas, d11775kas, 11765uru, 11675uru, a11665xia,
d11660kas, 9870xia, 9765xia, d9560kas,
a7325bei(-1430), 5955bei, 1422kas
Japanese 7430jin, 7395xia, 1044
Korean 5965xia, 1017
Mongolian 5990huh, 5915huh
Nepalese 7445kun, 7425kun, 1269yun
Russian 9525szg, 7330xia, 5905kas, 1521uru, 1323lha,
963por-FIN
Sinhalese d15145kun, 11900jin, 7265kas 1188
Tamil 13600kas, 11685kas, d9665kun
Urdu a11660kun, d9610kas, 9435kas, d7285kas, 1422kas
Vietnamese 12010xia, 9550bei, 684dof, 603dof
1400-1557 French 13760cer, 11920cer
1430-1457 Filipino 12110kun, 11695xia, a7325xia, 1341
1430-1527 Laotian 9675kun, 7360kun, 1080
1500-1527 Pashto 11880kun, 9665kas
Persian 11700kun, a9620kas, 9570uru
1500-1557 Albanian 1215fla
Bengali 9690kun, 9610kun
Chinese 15220sac, 13755kas, 13680kas, 9560kas,
7360kun(1530-), 7265kas, 7255bei, 5910bei
English 17630bko, 13740hab, 13685bko, 13640kas, 11965kas,
9870xia, 9800jin, a9720uru, a9600kas(1530-),
7405uru, 7325bei, d6100mey, a6095kas, 5955bei,
1323lha, 1188
Hindi 7235kas, 7225uru, 1323lha, 1269yun
Japanese 9585xia, 7220jin, 1044
Nepalese 7250xia, 7215kun
Russian 13860szg, 11790uru, 9880xia, 5990huh, 5965bei,
5915huh, 5905kas, 1521uru, 1323cah, 963por-FIN
Tamil 11800kas , 9490kas
Turkish 9565cer, 7345cer
Urdu 9435kas, 7285kas, 1422kas
Vietnamese 9550bei, d9455kun, 684dof, 603dof
1530-1557 Pashto 11880kun, 9665kas, 9570uru
1600-1657 Arabic 17880bko, 15125bko, 13790kas, 12065spb, 11725cer,
9555cer
Bulgarian 1458fla
Chinese a7335szg, 7220kas
English 13760kas, 11965kas, 11940kas, 11900jin, a11650xia,
9760jin, 9570kun, a7420kas, a7235uru, 6180kas,
a6145xia, d6100mey, a6060kun, 1323lha, 1080,
a963por-FIN
Esperanto 1215fla
Hakka 11825xia, 9770uru
Hindi d9690kun, 7395uru, 7235kas, 5915kas, 1422kas,
1269yun, 1188
Russian 13860szg, 13655uru, 11875uru, 5905kas, 1521uru
Swahili 7245xia, 5985bei
Turkish 7325kun, 6165uru
Vietnamese d11990xia, a9550bei, 7315kun, d6010xia, 684dof,
603dof
1600-1757 French 11690kas
German 7380cer, 5970cer
1630-1727 Hausa 9665kun, 9620kas
1700-1757 Arabic 13790kas, 11725cer, 9555cer
Cantonese 9770kas, 9435uru
English 13760kas, d11940kas, 11900jin, 9695bei, 9570kun,
7420kas, a7410kas, 7335bei, 7315jin, 7265kun,
a7235bei, 6165xia, a6140kas, d6100mey, 1323, 1080
Esperanto 11650xia
Italian 1458fla
Romanian 1215fla, a963por-FIN
Russian 13655uru, 11875uru, 9470xia, 7450xia, d7105uru,
5905kas, 1521uru
Swahili 15125bko, 13645bko, 11600xia, 5985bei
1730-1827 Chinese 11660szg, 9745kun, 9685uru, 7385uru, 7315kun
Hausa 13645bko(1800-), 11640bko(1800-), 9685kun, 9450kas
1800-1827 Persian 9670bei, 7415bei, 7245spb-RUS
1800-1857 Chaozhou 13700uru, 11895xia
Chinese d6100mey
English 13760kas, d11940kas, 9600bei, a7265xia(-1830),
6030bei, a6020xia(-1830)
Italian 7435jin, 7340kas
Russian 9765szg, 9555xia, 9535iss, 7205uru, 5905kas, 1521uru
1800-1957 French 11695cer, 9455cer, 6055cer, 5970cer
German 11775kas, 11650uru, 7395kas, 1440-LUX, a963por-FIN
1830-1857 Bulgarian 9695jin, 7265xia, 6020szg
Persian 9670bei, 7415bei
1830-1927 Arabic 13685bko, 11640bko, 9470msk-RUS
1830-2027 French 9645kun, 7350kun
1900-1927 Czech 9515bei, 7415xia
Hungarian 9560uru, 7440jin, 1458fla(-2000)
Romanian 7305iss, 6090uru
1900-1957 Albanian 7385kas, 6020szg
Cantonese 11895kas, 7235szg
English 9435kun, 7295uru, a7285xia
Portuguese 13630bko/11640bko fr1930, a9765bei, 9620kas, 9535xia,
7405xia, 7335jin, 5985bei
Russian 9525bei, 7245xia, 6110xia, 5905kas, 1521
Turkish 9655kun, 7255kun, 7225msk-RUS(1930-),
1170arm-RUS(1930-)
1930-1957 Czech 7415uru, 7305iss
Romanian 7440jin, 6090uru
1930-2027 Esperanto 9745uru, 7265kas
2000-2027 Serbian 7390xia, 7355kas, 7325uru
2000-2057 Chinese 9865kun, 7440xia, 7335uru, 7305xia, 7245kas
English 13630bko, 11640bko, 9600kas, 9490xia, 9440kun,
7415kas, a7315kun(-2030), 7295uru, 7285cer, 5985bei,
5960cer
French 1440-LUX, a963por-FIN
Polish 7305uru, 6145iss-F, 6020szg
Romanian 1548gri-MDA
Russian 9525bei, 7255xia
2000-2157 Arabic 7235cer, 6185cer, 6100xia
2030-2057 Bulgarian 9720uru, 7315kun
Hungarian 9585kas, 7390jin
2030-2127 Italian 7345kas, 7265uru
Polish 1458fla
2030-2227 French 11660kas, 9430uru, 7320sam-RUS(-2127)
2100-2127 Albanian 6145iss-F
English 13630bko, 11640bko, a9490xia
Serbian a7445kun, 7410jin, 7325xia
2100-2157 English 9600kas, 7415kas, 7325bei, 7285cer, a7225uru,
a7205xia, 6135bei, 5960cer, 1440-LUX, a963por-FIN
Korean 7290xia, 1323, 1017
Portuguese d17640sgo
Serbian 1215fla
Spanish 9640kas, 7335szg
2130-2157 Hungarian 7445xia, 6145iss-F
English a7365uru, a7325xia
2130-2227 Czech 1458fla
French 13630bko, 11975bko
2200-2257 Chinese 9675bei, 9460kun, 7430jin, 7395uru, 7325kun, 7265kun,
7220kun, 7215kun, 6140kun, 5975kas
English 9590bei, 7360msk-RUS
Esperanto 9860kas, 7315kas
Japanese 13640jin, 9535xia
Korean 7290xia, 1323, 1017
Portuguese 9685kas, 9410kas, a7260uru, 6175cer
Spanish 13700sac, 9640kas, 9490bei, 7335szg, 7250uru, 7210cer
2230-2257 Chinese 15505bko, 11975bko
2300-2357 Cambodian a11990nnn, 9765nnn, 684dof
Cantonese 15100jin, 11945kun, d11650kun, 9460kun, 7325kun,
6140kun
Chinese 11975bko, 11900bei, 7370uru, 7330kun, 7295bko
English 11840sac, a11790xia, 11690bei, 9610kun, 7410kas,
a7350kas, 6145sac, 5990hab, 5915kas
Japanese 13640jin, 11680xia
Mongolian 12085xia, 9810xia
Portuguese 13650hab, 9560bei
Russian 7405huh, 5990huh, 5905kas
Spanish 13700sac, 9800kas, 9590kas, 7250uru, 7210cer, 6175cer
Vietnamese 11620bei, 7220xia, 603dof
2330-0030 Sinhalese 7260kas, 6100kun
(CRI list of A-08 NDXC-JPN, updated by wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 26)
(WWDXC/BC-DX # 910 wb, Germany)

China schedule updates - A09 multilingual

All times UTC

China National Radio (CNR) A-09
FM 106.1 MHz / Shortwave SW 1955-1735 (not Tue 0600-0850) 17890 572 0000-1000 (=17725)
17725 723 1000-1200 (=7290)
17605 572 0030-1000 (=11710)
17595 723 0100-1230 (=6125)
17580 725 2330-0900 (=11925)
17565 572 0100-0900 (=9830)
17550 572 0100-1030 (=9845)
15550 572 0000-1100 (=7345)
15480 572 0100-1300 (=5945)
15390 725 0200-0500 0700-0900 1000-1100
15380 572 2300-1100 (=7275)
15370 723 0100-1100
13700 725 0200-0500 0700-0900 1000-1100
13610 954 2300-1300 (=9810)
12055 725 0200-0500 0700-0900 1000-1100
12045 572 2300-1200 (=9860)
11960 572 0000-0900 (=6175)
11925 725 1955-2330 0900-1735 (=17580)
11760 723 0000-1200 (=7365)
11750 723 2200-1000 (=7305)
11720 723 2330-1100 (=9710)
11710 572 1955-0030 1000-1735 (=17605)
11630 725 0200-0500 0700-0900 1000-1100 (=6180)
9900 572 1955-2300 (=12045)
9890 725 1955-2400 (=13700)
9860 572 1200-1735 (=9900)
9845 572 1955-0100 1030-1735 (=17550)
9830 572 1955-0100 0900-1735
9810 954 1955-2300 1300-1730 (=13610)
9710 723 1955-2330 1100-1735 (=11720)
9675 572 2300-1000 (=5030)
9655 725 1955-2400 (=CNR8/15390)
9645 572 2330-1100 (=4460)
9630 916 2300-1200 (=6080)
9630 725 1200-1400 (=CNR8)
9500 723 1955-1735
9455 725 1955-2400 (=CNR8/12055)
9420 725 1200-1400 (=CNR8/15390)
7365 723 1200-1735 (=7215)
7345 572 1955-2400 1100-1735 (=7345)
7305 723 1955-2200 1000-1735 (=11750)
7290 572 1955-2400 1100-1735 (=17890)
7275 572 1955-2300 1100-1735 (=15380)
7230 594 1955-1735 off
7215 723 1955-2400 (=11760)
6180 725 1955-2400 1200-1400 (=11630)
6175 572 1955-2400 0900-1735 (=11960)
6125 723 1955-2300 1230-1735 (=17595)
6080 916 1955-2300 1200-1735 (=9630)
6030 572 1955-1735
5945 572 1955-0100 1300-1735 (=15480)
5030 572 1955-2300 1000-1735 (=9675)
4800 916 1955-1735
4750 2021 1955-1735
4460 572 1955-2330 1100-1735 (=9645)

China National Radio (CNR2)
English National Business Radio
FM 96.6 / Shortwave 2055-1600 (not Wed 0600-0855) UT
17625 491 0000-1000 (=9515)
15540b 0100-1100 not Tue 0600-0900 (=11740)
15500 491 0100-1000 (=6155)
15270 491 0200-0900 (=9775)
12080 724 0200-1000 (=9755)
11915 724 0030-1000 (=7335)
11845 594 0000-1100 (=9820)
11835 594 0000-1300 (=7425)
11800 491 2300-1200 (=7375)
11740b 2100-0100 1100-1600 (=15540)
11670 491 2330-1200 (=6065)
11685 724 0200-0400 0500-0800 (=7350)
11660 594 0100-0900 (=7315)
11610 491 2300-1300 (=7370)
11660 594 0100-1100 (=7315) off
9820 594 2100-0100 1100-1600 (=11845)
9810 724 0100-1230 (=7265)
9775 491 2100-0200 0900-1600 (=15270)
9755 724 2100-0200 1000-1600 (=12080)
9720 722 0000-1000
9620 491 2300-1300 (=7245)
9515 491 2100-2400 1000-1600 (=17625)
7425 594 2100-2400 1300-1600 (=11835)
7375 491 2100-2300 1030-1600 (=6040)
7370 491 2100-2300 1100-1600 (=11610)
7335 724 2100-0030 1000-1600 (=11915)
7315 594 2100-0100 1100-1600 off
7265 724 1230-1600 (=7255)
7255 724 2100-0100 (=9810)
7245 491 2100-2300 1300-1600 (=9620)
6155 491 2100-0100 1000-1600 (=15500)
6065 491 2100-2330 1200-1600 (=11670)
6040 491 2100-2300 (=11800)

site QH 916 100kW
9570gm 0100-1000 (=6090)
7220gm 2300-1300 (=3985)
6190gm 2100-2300 (=7220)
6090gm 2100-0100 1000-1600 (=9570)
3985gm 1300-1600 (=6190)

China National Radio (CNR5)
Taiwan Sce 1st px, Voice of Zhonghua
Tx site 491 0055-0615, 0955-0005 UTC

0055-0615 11935 11620 9685
0955-0005 9410(0955-2200) / 9665(2200-0005) 7620 5925

China National Radio (CNR6, Voice of Shenzhou)
Tx site 491 2055-0105, 0355-1805 (not Thur 0605-0955) UTC
15710 0355-1100 / 9170 2055-0105 1100-1805
11905 0355-0900 / 6165 2055-0105 0900-1805

China National Radio (CNR8, Voice of Minorities)
Uighur
0000-0100 15670 11810 11630 9890 9655 9455 1422 1143
0600-0700 15415= 11780= 15390+ 13700+ 12055+ 11630+ 1422 1143 (13670 11885
9560 7275 XJ)
0800-0900 15415 15390 13700 12055 11780 11630 1422 1143
1100-1200 11720 9690 13700 12055 11630 9420 1422 1143
1500-1600 9645 7120 9890 9630 9420 6145 1143 (7195 6120 4980 3990 XJ)

Kazakh
0100-0200 15670 15390 11810 11630 9890 9455 1422 1143
0500-0600 15415 11780 15390 13700 12055 11630 1422 1143 (9470 7340 XJ)
0900-1000 15415 11780 15390 13700 12055 11630 1422 1143
1300-1400 9890 9645 9630 9420 7120 6180 1422 1143
1400-1500 9645 7120 9890 9630 9420 6180 1143 (6015 4330 XJ)

Korean
2200-2300 5975 5955 1143
0200-0300 9610 7250 1143
0400-0500 9610 9440 1143
1000-1100 9785 7410 1143 1017 (1206 HL)

Mongolian
2300-2400 7445 5955 1143
0300-0400 11815 9610 1143 (9750 7270 7210 NM)
0700-0800 11815= 9610= 1143 (9510 7230 XJ)
1200-1300 9610 5955 1143
1600-1700 9645 7120 9890 9645 9630 9420 6145 1143 (6190 4500 XJ)
+ not Tue / = not Wed

China National Radio (CNR11, Tibetan)
2155-1605 not Wed 0600-0855 105.7 FM (Lhasa), 1098 MW (Beijing)
6010 2155-2400 1030-1605
7350 0900-1605
7360 2155-2400
9480 2155-0100 0800-1605
9530 0000-1030
11685 0000-0900
15570 0100-0800

Tibet People's Broadcasting station XZDT

Chinese 2000-1800 UTC (not Tue 0600-1000)
2230-2300 0030-0100 1030-1100 relay of CNR1
11950(290d) 0158-0857 / 7240(290d) 2000-0157 0858-1800
11860(085d) 0200-0857 / 7170(085d) 2000-0157 0858-1800
6050 (nd) 5935 CNR1(085d) 4820(nd) 2000-1800

Tibetan 2100-1805 UTC (not Tue 0600-1000)
2300-2357 0400-0457 1300-1357 relay of CNR8
0700 1630UTC .in English "Holy Tibet
9490(085d) 0200-1000 / 7125 CNR1(085d) 2100-0200 1000-1805
9580(290d) 0200-0930 / 7385 (290d) 2100-0200 0930-1805
6200 CNR1(nd) 6130 (290d) 6110 (220d) 5240 (nd) 4920 (nd) 4905 (nd)

Sichuan PBS (SCBS)
1st px Chinese 9740 12015 kHz (off the air October 8-)
2nd px Chinese, Yui, Tibetan 7225 6060 kHz (2155-1700)

Voice of Pujiang
1155-1600 5075 4950 3280 FM 97.7

Qing Hai People's Broadcasting Station (QHBS)
Chunese 9780(0230-0900)/6145 4750 2200-1600 (not Tue 0600-0855)
QHEBS Radio 1413AM, 107.5FM 2255-1600

QINGHAI Traffic & Music Broadcasting Station
Chinese 1377AM, 97.2FM 2255-1500
Tibetan (Amdo dialect) 9850 (0230-0830)/5990/4220 2250-1600 (0800-0900
relay CNR8)

Yushu People's Broadcasting Station
6075 kHz Tibetan 2255-0100, 1025-1230 UTC (1135-1230 relay CNR1) off

Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Gannan People's Broadcasting Station
2220-0100, 0950-1400 UTC Tibetan / Chinese 5970 3990 (2300, 1300 relay
CNR8)

Nei Menggu Radio Station
Chinese Service MHz 89.0 675/765/1494/ 2150-1605 (Tue not 0600-0850)
9520 2150-1605 Azi. 36
7165 2150-1605 Azi.263
7105 2150-1605 Azi. 52

Mongolian Service 1098/1395/1458, MHz 95.9 2150-1605
9750 2150-1605 Azi. 36
7210 2150-1605 Azi.263
7270 2150-1605 Azi. 52
Trafic 105.6 2150-1600:
Economy: 101.4
Music Radio: 93.6
102.8 3kW
91.9

Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station (XJBS)

Uighur
2330-1800 (not Tue 0800-1100)
13670 0200-1200 7195 2330-0200 1200-1800
11885 0300-1200 4980 2330-0300 1200-1800
9560 0300-1200 6120 2330-0300 1200-1800
7275 0300-1200 3990 2330-0300 1200-1800

Chinese Service
2330-1800 (not Tue 0800-1100)
11770 0300-1200 5060 2330-0300 1200-1800
9600 0300-1200 7310 2330-0300 1200-1800
7155 0300-1200 3950 2330-0300 1200-1800
5960 2330-1800

Kazakh
0000-1800 (not Tue Thur 0800-1100)
9470 0300-1200 6015 0000-0300 1200-1800
7340 0300-1200 4330 0000-0300 1200-1800

Mongolian
0000-0330 0530-1030 (Tue Thur -0800) 1230-1800
6190 0000-0330 1230-1800 9510 0530-1030
7230 0000-0330 0530-1030 4500 1230-1800

Kyrgyz
0330-0530 1030 (Tue Thur 1100-)-1230
9705 0330-0530 1030-1210 4500 1210-1230
7120 0330-0530 1030-1230 6190 1210-1230

The People's Radio Station of YunNan (YNDT)
6937 2255-0300 0630-0830 1055-1500
6035 2230-0130 0945-1415

Guangxi Foreign Broadcasting Station (GXFBS)
9820 5050 2300-0100 1000-1200 1400-1600 Vietnamese
1200-1430 Cantonese

Voice of Jinling
5860 1345-1605 Chinese 50kW 161deg Nanjing
0100-1600 (April 10, 2009)

SARFT Sites used for Int'l MW and Int'l and domestic SW:
CAH Changchun: 1017kHz
DOF Dongfang: 603/684kHz 600kW
HDN Huadian: 1323 kHz 600kW
HDU Huadu: 1341kHz
HEI Heilongjiang Province: (*) 1323kHz
xxx Heihe: unk freq 100kW
HNL Changzhou, Henglin: 1044 kHz 1000kW
HTB Hutubi: 1521 kHz 500kW
KAS Kashgar: 1422 kHz 600kW
KUN Kunming: 1080/1296kHz
LHA Lhasa: 1323kHz
NEI Nei Menggu Aut. Reg.: (*) 963kHz
xxx Shuangyashan: unk freq 200kW
XJG Xinjiang Uighur Aut. Reg.: (*) 1323kHz
XUW Xuanwei: 1188/1269kHz 600kW
(*) Exact location unknown

SW (approximate transmitter numbers)
BEI Beijing, three sites: Doudian (G.C. 39N38 116E05) 4x150,
6x500kW; Matoucun 12x100kW; Shuangqiao 8x100, 6x150kW
GEM Golmud: 4x100kW
HUH Hohhot (Bikeqi): 3x100kW
JIN Jinhua: 3x500kW
KAS Kashgar (Saibagh): 4x100, 8x500kW
KUN Kunming (Anning): 4x100, 4x150, 4x500kW
LHA Lhasa: 13x100kW
LIN Lingshi: 6x100kW
NNN Nanning: 2x15, 3x100, 1x150kW
SZG Shijiazhuang, two sites: Nanpozhuang 2x500kW; Huikou: 6x100kW
URU Urumqi, Hutubi: 9x100, 8x500kW
XIA Xi'an, three sites: Xianyang 4x150, 6x500kW; Baoji, Sifangshan:
6x100kW; Baoji, Xinjie 1x150kW

For Beijing, Shijiazhuang and Xi'an shortwave, it is possible to identify specific sites for almost all frequencies as follows:
BEI 150/500kW CRI from Doudian
BEI 100kW CNR-1 from Matoucun
BEI 100/150kW CNR-2, CNR-5, CNR-6, CNR-8 from Shuangqiao
SZG 500kW CRI from Nanpozhuang
SZG 100kW CNR from Huikou
XIA 500kW CRI from Xianyang
XIA 500kW RCI from Xianyang
XIA 150kW CNR-2 all from Xianyang except 9820kHz
XIA 100kW CNR-1 and CNR-8 from Baoji, Sifangshan
XIA 150kW CNR-2 9820 kHz only from Baoji, Xinjie
XIA 150kW CRI from Baoji, Xinjie
XIA 150kW VOR from Baoji, Xinjie
(Nagoya DX Circle Japan Apr 10)
(WWDXC/BC-DX # 910 wb, Germany)

New shortwave station in Somalia

On Sam Voron's website https://sites.google.com/site/somaliahamradio/ among other interesting stuff, there is a mention of new Somali SW station Radio Hage. Info says it operates from Galkayo with 1.25 kW on 3980 and 6915 at 0900-1000 and 0300-0500 (UTC). Direct links about Radio Hage: https://sites.google.com/site/somaliahamradio/somalia-short-wave-radio-broadcasts and http://sites.google.com/site/somaliahamradio/radio-hage-somalia . (Savolainen in DXplorer, Apr 16)

The e-mail address of Radio Hage is: radiohagesom@gmail.com . An impressive list of active radiostations in Somalia as of Apr 2009, edited by Australian radio amateur Sam Voron. This unruly country has a size bigger than Spain and Portugal together, but only a population of about 7 million. There are just two stations on shortwave, but 50 on FM as follows from NW: Autonomous Somaliland: 3, Puntland: 19, Galmudug: 1, Central Somalia: 5, Mogadishu area: 18, South Somalia: 2 and SW Somalia: 2.

I tried to catch Radio Hage on 6915 at 0344-0348, Apr 26, but only WYFR, Okeechobee, was heard with bible quotations in English, 35343. (Petersen)

7145, Radio Hargeisa, Somaliland, 1605-1901*, Apr 20 and 25, Somali news, political reports, music from Horn of Africa, 1700 ID, news mentioning Somalia, Oman, Nigeria, London, Israel, Tehran and Switzerland, ex 7120.1, 35433. (Petersen, Schulze and Wiespointner). They sent me a partly detailed card (time missing) from the Bergheim/Germany address in three weeks for return postage and a recording on CD. According to v/s Baldur Drobnica, there still is no direct postal route available into Somaliland. (Kuhl in DXplorer, Apr 25)

(DX Window # 375 via Anker Petersen)

Radio Netherlands - Program Guide May 2-8

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 2 May
*** The State We're In ***

The show marks World Press Freedom Day by looking at the Right to Press Freedom. We speak with Gafaar Monro who left Darfur to report on Darfur at Radio Dabanga, which broadcasts radio news via shortwave to Darfur and is headquartered here at Radio Netherlands.

We also speak with Afghan journalism student Parvez Kambaksh who was sentenced to death for downloading an article on women's rights. We hear about China's unique way of restricting foreign press from getting their stories: they invite them to lunch. And we talk to Hollman Morris, a crusading Colombian television journalist. Death threats and family problems are the subject of the documentary 'Unwanted Witness'.

We bring together bloggers from Israel, Syria and Iran for a frank discussion on the state of free speech in the Middle East. And award winning writer Nino Ricci talks about the legacy of banning writers - will they attain immortality in the way of Dante and Plato, or will they simply be silenced forever and disappear?

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600

SUNDAY 3 May
*** 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (primary programme) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is 'Islands'.

'Traffic Islands: Dividing Lines'

Not all islands are idyllic vacation destinations in the Mediterranean or remote rugged landscapes off northern coasts. Some islands are surrounded by traffic whizzing by in the midst of urban or rural streetscapes.

Soundprint Media Center producer Gemma Hooley visited three such self-contained environments in the United States - each with a very different story: one concerning scientific research, another about homelessness and one exploring the depths of loss and remembrance.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

MONDAY 4 May
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***

It's part three of our Dutch in Afghanistan series - 'On-Base, But Off-Duty'.

We'll take you for breakfast at the Afghan bakery, a portable lunch on the road, and, a little later on, a (non-alcoholic!) drink at Echo's bar. And then there's the weekend with salsa lessons on Friday, and sleep-ins on Sunday, followed by church or maybe the bazaar if you prefer shopping.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (repeat from Sunday) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is 'Islands'.

'Traffic Islands: Dividing Lines'

Not all islands are idyllic vacation destinations in the Mediterranean or remote rugged landscapes off northern coasts. Some islands are surrounded by traffic whizzing by in the midst of urban or rural streetscapes.

Soundprint Media Center producer Gemma Hooley visited three such self-contained environments in the United States - each with a very different story: one concerning scientific research, another about homelessness and one exploring the depths of loss and remembrance.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** 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 satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

TUESDAY 5 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

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

The show marks World Press Freedom Day by looking at the Right to Press Freedom. We speak with Gafaar Monro who left Darfur to report on Darfur at Radio Dabanga, which broadcasts radio news via shortwave to Darfur and is headquartered here at Radio Netherlands.

We also speak with Afghan journalism student Parvez Kambaksh who was sentenced to death for downloading an article on women's rights. We hear about China's unique way of restricting foreign press from getting their stories: they invite them to lunch. And we talk to Hollman Morris, a crusading Colombian television journalist. Death threats and family problems are the subject of the documentary 'Unwanted Witness'.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Earthbeat (repeat from Thursday) ***

On this week's show we look at dead zones. They sound like a bad thing, and they are: massive areas of the sea where oxygen levels are so low that marine life faces a tough choice; swim away or die. And guess who's to blame? Yup, it's us. So what did we do, how bad is the problem, and what can we do about it?

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 6 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm


*** Bridges with Africa (repeat from Friday) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (primary program) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 7 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Earthbeat (primary program) ***

Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories of the people trying to make that footprint lighter.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Curious Orange (repeat program) ***

It's part three of our Dutch in Afghanistan series - On-Base, But Off-Duty.

We'll take you for breakfast at the Afghan bakery, a portable lunch on the road, and, a little later on, a (non-alcoholic!) drink at Echo's bar. And then there's the weekend with salsa lessons on Friday, and sleep-ins on Sunday, followed by church or maybe the bazaar if you prefer shopping.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 8 May
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (primary program) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are 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 and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (repeat programme) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(Radio Netherlands)

International Radio of Serbia facing financial problems

Here is the English text of a union's appeal for the survival of the International Radio of Serbia (formerly Radio Yugoslavia). The text is available in 11 languages at: http://www.glassrbije.org/ap/en/content/survival-radio-yugoslavia-called-question

The Trade Union of Radio Yugoslavia (International Radio Serbia) hereby wants to inform the public of the very difficult situation which employees in this media house have faced 73 years after its foundation. The reason for such a situation is not only the undefined status of our house, but also the irregular financing of its activities, which includes the issue of employees' salaries.

Although there is a 2009 budget rebalance ahead, Radio Yugoslavia has not received any official information from the Ministry of Culture on the amount of this year's budget installment intended for the activities of our house. The financing of Radio Yugoslavia being defined in the budget under the entry subsidies, employees rightly fear that there will be a lump sum reduction of an annual installment, which will threaten the functioning and future of our house. After the previously adopted 2009 budget, monthly funds for Radio Yugoslavia were reduced by 12% compared with last year's monthly budget installment, which led to a reduction of employees' salaries to the same extent early this year. On the other hand, the irregular transfer of funds has threatened programme functioning, due to unsettled debts for electricity, satellite, internet, telephones, etc. If the financing of Radio Yugoslavia is not precisely defined in the budget of the Republic of Serbia and the total annual installment is reduced by another 20% judging by the announced Ministry's measures, employees in Radio Yugoslavia fear with much reason that the future of our media house and the existence of their families as well will be seriously threatened.

We expect the competent institutions of the Republic of Serbia and above all the Ministry of Culture and Minister Nebojsa Bradi´c to take the problem we have faced seriously and to offer a solution to the future financing of Radio Yugoslavia as soon as possible, which solution would not differ to the financing of employees in the Ministry of Culture. If not, employees in Radio Yugoslavia will be compelled to radicalize their battle for the survival of their radio.

The Trade Union hereby appeals to its colleagues in Serbia and abroad and to listeners to support the efforts of Radio Yugoslavia to preserve one of the oldest radio stations in the world. You can send your e-mails of support to the address radioju@sbb.rs. (Cobisi, Apr 25)
(DX Window # 375 via Anker Petersen)

Update on Antarctica's Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel

On Apr 11, I sent an e-mail to LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, and on Apr 14 I received this reply (translated from Spanish by Ed):

"Hello Manuel, we at the Esperanza Base, Argentina Antarctica, are often off the air due to weather. This is a very cold, temperatures are often below zero and strong winds, sometimes exceeding 150 or 200 km per hour, then that is difficul to go on the air. Our station is technically operated this year by Mr. Mario Gallardo assisted by four young guys... From Monday to Friday between 1800 and 2100 Sandra Fernandez and I, Ofelia Bottazziare, are in the studio and the general supervision is Mr Gustavo Gomez. We are the southernmost Radio station in the world. Sincerely LRA Team 36". Their e-mail address is: lra36@infovia.com.ar and you can even request songs, promising to be put on the air. Here it is heard best between 1840 and 1930. (Méndez)

15476, LRA 36, R Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, *1800-2010, Apr 14 and 17, opening ann: "Transmite LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, por 15476 kHz, banda de 19 metros transmitiendo desde Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina", many songs, ann: "Muy buenas tardes queridos oyentes, aquí empieza nuestro programa de Esperanza al mundo" and at 1845: "Seguimos con las noticias internacionales", news, earthquakes in Afghanistan and Chile. 1859: "Pasamos a la segunda hora, para que el mundo conozca Argentina a través de la radio, Radio Arcángel San Gabriel, de Esperanza al mundo, de lunes a viernes de 15 a 18 horas, para todo el mundo por la frecuencia de 15476 kHz". "Vamos a conocer todo sobre la música folclórica argentina", 15322 - 24332. (Méndez and Mille)

Yes, there is no such place as "San Gabriel" in the Argentine sector of Antarctica. The location is Base Esperanza, the largest of several Argentine Army bases on the Antarctic Peninsula (others include Base San Martin, Base Gen. Belgrano, etc.). I think, perhaps, the Archangel Gabriel is a patron saint of the Argentine military. Because the base -- albeit small and barren -- is a stopping off point for various Antarctic cruise ships, and their passengers are welcome ashore, Esperanza is an odd mixture of scientific work and tourism. It has a permanent population of only about 55. There is a school for the 22 children among them. Because there are quite a number of visitors, there are lots of great photos on line including great panorama views that one can both pan and zoom to get great detail! One also can find a map of the various buildings. Using it for comparison with the panoramic photos on other sites, (gigapan.org and others) one easily can see, close up, the exterior of R(adio) Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, and its antenna tower, some distance away from the "station" on a rocky bit of high ground. It is quite interesting. (Jensen in HCDX, Apr 28)
(DX Window # 375 via Anker Petersen)

Blog Logs - Peru

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

Broadcast in Spanish unless otherwise indicated

Peru
3329.61, Ondas Del Huallaga, 1102-1108. Have a good carrier here, but the audio is questionable. Announcer's audio is so weak, I can't distinguish any details. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

4746.90, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, Huanta 1040-1050. Male/female's conversations. Music on at 1044. Signal very ppor.(Chuck Bolland, FL)

4746.9, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2224-2235. Spanish talk, SINPO 14321. (Méndez) (DX Window # 375)

4746.81, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, Huanta 1045-1055. Only fading in periodically, noted a male announcer with comments. Signal remained threshold during the period. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

4774.85, Radio Tarma, 1050-1100. Here again, noted a male with Spanish comments, however, a second gent is joining in. Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

4774.96, Radio Tarma, 1030-1040. Threshold signal here under CODAR with music.At about 1035, the signal began to fade in better for a second or two, then drop back down. By 1037,the signal was solid and starting to creep towards a fair level.(Chuck Bolland, FL)

4775, Radio Tarma, 1002-1010. Spanish melodies along with comments from announcer. Signal poor with noise. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

4790.00, Radio Vision, Chiclayo, 0920-0940, Tuned in to nice Peruvian huaynos music with an ID by a male over the music. Significantly muffled to make details difficult to pull out. This format continued with talking over the music periodically during the time period. I noticed drifting of the signal from 4790.03 to 4790.00 then to 4790.07 kHz and back. Promos at 0936 to station ID. Signal fair to threshold by 0933. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

4790.1, Radio Vision, Chiclayo, 1010+. Noted religious programming at tune-in. SINPO 25332. (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

4824.50, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 1020-1035. Huaynos and popular music with comments in Spanish. Also, a canned commercial and ID between tunes. Series of "canned" promos at 1026 . Signal fair to good. (Chuck Bolland, FL/DX Window #375)

4826.49, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (presumed), 0125-0135. Spanish talk, SINPO 25232. (Anker Petersen/DX Window # 375)

4826.5, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani 1005. Spanish/Quecha announcements including, " la oportunidad de ingresar a Policia Nacional... SINPO 35333. (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina).

4826.50, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani 0920-0930. Comments to music presentations of Peruvian huaynos style. CODAR was broadcasting on the freq too while Sicuani was at a poor level.(Chuck Bolland,FL)

4826.50, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani 1040-1045. Male/female duo with ta