Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Commando Solo active again on shortwave


Nato’s airborne radio station Commando Solo, broadcasting to Libyan forces and Libyan civilians, is active on shortwave again. Ehard Goddijn reports: “Just 1026 UTC May 31st 2011 tuned to 10404 kHz USB. They have new messages in English and Arabic right now.”

Later: “Transmission stopped at 1049 UTC. And the jamming 10 seconds later!! Probably transmission will start again at 1200 UTC and/or 1230 UTC.”
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

WEWN summer frequency update




WEWN
Effective to: 30 October 2011

All times UTC

English
0000-1000 11520 EWN 250 kW 085 deg to WeAF
1000-1200 9390 EWN 250 kW 355 deg to SoEaAS
1200-1400 13580 EWN 250 kW 355 deg to SoEaAS
1400-2000 15610 EWN 250 kW 040 deg to NE/ME
2000-2200 15610 EWN 250 kW 085 deg to WeAF
2200-2400 15610 EWN 250 kW 040 deg to NE/ME

Spanish
0000-1000 11870 EWN 250 kW 155 deg to SoAM
1000-1700 12050 EWN 250 kW 155 deg to SoAM
1700-2400 13830 EWN 250 kW 155 deg to SoAM

Spanish
0000-0500 5810 EWN 250 kW 220 deg to CeAM
0500-1300 7555 EWN 250 kW 220 deg to CeAM
1300-1800 11550 EWN 250 kW 220 deg to CeAM
1800-2400 12050 EWN 250 kW 220 deg to CeAM
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 31)
(DX Mix News 679 via Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany & Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria)

Radio Vertias Asia updates summer broadcast schedule



Philippines

Radio Veritas Asia http://www.rveritas-asia.org/

All times UTC

Bengali
0030-0057 11710 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS
1400-1427 11870 PUG 250 kW 300 deg to SoAS

Burmese
1130-1157 15450 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
2330-2357 9720 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS

Chin
1430-1457 9535 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS

Hindi
0030-0057 11850 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS
1330-1357 11870 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS

Hmong
1200-1227 11935 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS

Kachin
1230-1257 15225 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
2330-2357 9645 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS

Karen
0000-0027 11935 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
1200-1227 15225 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS

Khmer
1000-1027 11850 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS

Mandarin
1000-1157 9615 PUG 250 kW 355 deg to EaAS
2100-2257 6115 PUG 250 kW 350 deg to EaAS

Filipino
1500-1557 15280 SMG 250 kW 130 deg to NE/ME
2300-2327 9720 PUG 250 kW 331 deg to CeAS

Sinhala
0000-0027 9670 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS
0000-0027 11850 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS
1330-1357 9520 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS

Tamil
0030-0057 11935 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS
1400-1427 9520 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS

Telugu
0100-0127 15530 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS
1430-1457 9515 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoAS

Urdu
0100-0127 15280 PUG 250 kW 300 deg to SoAS
0100-0127 17860 PUG 250 kW 300 deg to SoAS
1430-1457 15260 SMG 250 kW 070 deg to SoAS

Vietnamese
0130-0227 15530 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
1030-1127 11850 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
1300-1327 11850 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
2330-2357 9670 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS

Zomi-Chin
0130-0157 15520 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
1430-1500 9620 PUG 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 31)
(DX Mix News 679 via Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany & Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria)

Radio Marti summer schedule

Effective to: 30 October 2011

All times UTC
Programming targeted to Central America

Spanish
0000-0100 6030ca 7365ca 11775ca
0100-0200 6030ca 7365ca 11775ca

0200-0300 6030ca 7365ca 11775ca
0300-0400 twhfas 6030ca 7405ca
0400-0500 twhfas 6030ca 7405ca
0500-0600 twhfas 6030ca 7405ca
0600-0700 twhfas 6030ca 7405ca
0700-0800 twhfas 5980ca 6030ca
0800-0900 twhfas 5980ca 6030ca
0900-1000 5980ca 6030ca 9805ca
1000-1100 5980ca 6030ca 9805ca
1100-1200 5980ca 6030ca 9805ca
1200-1300 6030ca 7405ca 9805ca
1300-1400 7405ca 11845ca 13820ca
1400-1500 11845ca 11930ca 13820ca
1500-1600 11845ca 11930ca 13820ca
1600-1700 11845ca 11930ca 13820ca
1700-1800 9565ca 11930ca 13820ca
1800-1900 9565ca 11930ca 13820ca
1900-2000 9565ca 11930ca 13820ca
2000-2100 9565ca 11930ca 13820ca
2100-2200 9565ca 11930ca 13820ca
2200-2300 6030ca 9565ca 11930ca
2300-0000 6030ca 9565ca 11930ca
(WRTH 2011/May update)

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Radio Netherlands Program Preview, May 27-June 2

The State We're In
Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected perspective.

This week: Image Busting

Aa Kuwaiti man is repulsed by western stereotypes and Muslim fanatics, so he made a comic book series based on Allah’s attributes. He tells Jonathan how it’s become a spectacular success, and made him enemies. A Cambodian singer explains how performing old rock ‘n roll songs helps keep her culture alive. And an African American photographer talks about challenging racial assumptions through his retrospective on “white people”.

First airing: Saturday 02:00 UTC

Earth beat
Marnie Chesterton and her team look at the footprint we’re leaving on our planet.

This week:

We go all arborophile, or tree hugger, as we celebrate the joys of tree. What we use them for, how to climb them, how to chuck them out of an aeroplane… In-tree-gued? Tune in to Earth Beat for more bad puns and all things tree.

First airing: Friday 03:00 UTC

Bridges With Africa
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa.

This week:

As troops from North Sudan take over the oil-rich region of Abiyei, we ask: Is Sudan on the brink of civil war?
Despite Alassane Ouattara's victory, thousands of refugees continue to flee Ivory Coast.
Music by Zita Zwoon

First airing: Friday 00:00 UTC

Africa in Progress
Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.

This week: Is education a good investment in Africa?

It is often said that a good education is a good investment. Are we receiving good quality education on the continent? How does public education compare to private education?

In this edition, we hear from those involved in the education sector in four African countries and find out whether it is only about books and pens, or something more.

First airing: Monday 18:00 UTC

South Asia Wired
Programme in which South Asians get to talk to each other, hosted by Dheera Sujan.

This week:

We look back on Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday on May 24, which was celebrated the world over. One of the least likely places for a celebration was India’s north eastern city of Shillong, where a 64-year-old fan has organised a Dylan fest every year since the early 1970s. This year’s edition was obviously very special.

And a report from The Hague where hundreds of Tamils from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and France gathered to demand arrest warrants for Sri Lanka's President Fonseka, his ministers and army generals, following the end of the Tamil war in 2009.

(There'll be a new edition of the programme on Thursday 2 June)

First airing: Thursday 14:00 UTC

Commonwealth Story
selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

Thi week:

Dinner for Three - by Shola Olowu-Asante from Nigeria. A desperate quest.

First airing: Tuesday 00:55 UTC

Global Perspective
Who says I can’t… is the motto of this year’s collaboration of international broadcasters, offering stories of defiance and perseverance.

This week: Who Says I Can’t have sex?

Broadcaster John Blades from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has a significant disability and he’ll be your guide on a journey through the uncharted waters of sexuality and the disabled. Just a warning: the programme contains material of an adult nature.

First airing: Monday 17:30 UTC

Hear the World
Listen to the world’s musical heartbeat on RNW. A brand new world music series hosted by Dheera Sujan.

This week:

Hear the World brings you music on a global scale. Tune in for Prattyush Banerjee, Boi Akih Group and Kiran Ahluwalia. And this week's new act from Africa is Sammukat.

First airing: Monday 00:00 UTC

RNW Classical
Classical concerts from the Royal Concertgebouw as well as studio recordings of Dutch performers, presented by Hans Haffmans.

Available 24 hours a day via our sister web station RNWclassical.com.

Radio Netherlands English Service to 30 October 2011

All times UTC

0959-1000 12065as 15110as

1000-1057 12065as 15110as

1359-1400 11835as

1400-1457 9800as 11835as

1759-1800 6020af 15495af

1800-1857 6020af 15495af

1859-1900 7425af 11610af

1900-1957 7425af 11615af 15495af

2000-2057 7425af 11615af
(R Netherlands)

DXParty Line to end on May 28-29


After 50 years, Popular Show for Shortwave Radio Listeners and DXers to End on Anniversaryu Date

(May 6, 2011 - by Ralph Kurtenbach) The “dah-di-dit” code tapping that opens the DX Partyline (DXPL) radio program for shortwave hobbyists will fall silent this month, moving the popular program to history’s pages.

The program will end with broadcasts the weekend of May 28-29, exactly 50 years after it first aired on Radio Station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, on May 28, 1961. Program host Allen Graham’s surprise announcement came near the end of his April 30-May 1 show. He cited as one reason HCJB Global’s change of emphasis regarding direct shortwave broadcasts from Pifo, Ecuador, where HCJB terminated shortwave broadcasting in 2009 after nearly 58 years. Three years earlier the station had ceased English-language broadcasts.

Also contributing to the decision was the “global change in our ministry priorities as a mission and my increased involvement and work responsibilities in areas very different from those I had when I arrived in Quito as a producer in English Language Service in August 1993,” Graham said.

A former host now retired in Carrollton, Ga., Ken MacHarg referred to DXPL as offering a “beginner’s guide to DXing while at the same time maintaining a loyal audience among hobbyists with years of experience.”

Just after DXPL’s Morse code opening, the booming voice of the late Bob Beukema begins teaching basic principles with, “DX . . . a telegraph term meaning ‘distance.’” Former host Rich McVicar of Navarino, N.Y., considers “getting Bob Beukema to intro the program probably the smartest production thing I’ve ever done! What a voice, eh!”

As humble-start-to-wildly successful goes, DXPL’s beginnings started more humbly than most. The program was conceived to fill a calendar anomaly. At the time, the Party Line show kept missionaries in Ecuador in touch with kin back home in a way that former DXPL host Clayton Howard once characterized as “much like the old-fashioned party-line telephones that used to be popular in rural areas.”

Party Line aired on Mondays, and when a fifth Monday periodically occurred, it gave Hardy Hayes an opportunity to fill that slot. “His solution was to start a program for DXers,” continued Howard. “There were not many such programs on the air in 1961.”

Created out of necessity, the show was soon a hit. As programs go, DXPL offered engineering not elegance, facts not flash, and because HCJB Global is an international evangelical mission, DXPL offered the gospel. Along with a calendar of DX events, new developments and listings (called loggings) of station’s exotic programming to which the listeners themselves had tuned in, “Tips for Real Living” was a key component.

Asked about the short evangelistic segment’s contribution to DXPL, former host John Beck replied, “It was the program. Everything else was designed to attract the listener to the spiritual component.” Beck now works as an engineer with the Kansas City-based Bott Radio Network.

“This brief message was the only place where they (listeners) might be touched by the gospel and given an opportunity to respond to the saving message of Jesus Christ,” added MacHarg.

With involvement in DXPL for the last several years, Shelly Cochrane wrote that “from my home in Alaska, I’ve counted it a privilege to offer ‘Tips for Real Living’ to point our listeners to God’s promises for our lives.”

Hardy Hayes headed DXPL just briefly, turning the show over to Clayton Howard and his wife, Helen. The Howards (now both deceased) began what was to become a 20-plus-year stint hosting the show. A continent away, Beck, MacHarg and McVicar were mentored by Howard whose career training and radio work was in engineering.

“I know that Clayton … helped me with my Christian walk during the years of college,” wrote Beck. “had been an engineer moving towards radio production; I came as a radio producer moving towards engineering. So I feel that I was able to enhance the production values while depending upon the engineering expertise surrounding us at HCJB.”

Beck fondly recalls a letter from a Puerto Rican television technician who had never understood the subject of impedance (resistance) until it was explained on DXPL. Another letter came from a Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist who listened frequently. A syndicated overnight network program host, Ray Briem, called into DXPL, according to Beck.

McVicar added that there were “some memorable times on the air. A special thrill and challenge for me was scooping other DX programs when new stations came on the air from Latin America, especially Peru…. I would also do a lot of DXing from Quito and air clips of the stations that I could hear.”

It fell to Graham, however, to steer a course through celebrating shortwave radio’s golden past and a sea change of rapidly growing technologies since the Internet’s advent. And as HCJB Global’s emphasis has shifted to local radio and later the Internet, Graham continued providing a forum where DXers could not only listen but participate. E-mailed reports and audio clips became standard fare on the show.

When he set up his Facebook account, Graham soon topped a thousand friends, including some from DX Partyline. Ever fascinated with science, Graham’s interview on his April 30-May 1 program “pushed the envelope” of telecommunications yet again, as Brent Weeks described an HCJB-designed paper radio for receiving digital shortwave signals.

Hugely popular worldwide among radio aficionados, the DX Partyline is to join the telegraph and its younger cousin, the telephone party line, in the annals of communications history. Its presence on the shortwave bands will end; its fond recollections will last and last.

To listen to the program, tune in to HCJB Global-Australia’s international broadcast facility in Kununurra at the following times and frequencies on Saturday: 0800-0815 UTC on 11750 MHz; 1230 to 1245 UTC on 15400 MHz; and 1515-1530 UTC on 15340 MHz. To view the program schedule, visit http://www.hcjb.org.au/docs/A11_Schedule_HCJB_Australia_20110327-20111029.pdf.

Source: HCJB Global

Radio Nord Revival set for May 27-29

The Radio Nord Revival website has published details of its schedule for this coming weekend, 27-29 May:

Some specific programs during the Radio Nord Revival weekend which will be on the air 24/7 during the weekend of May 27-29 on MW 603 and 1512 kHz plus on SW at times which will be announced before regular transmissions start. Programmes are in Swedish unless otherwise noted and will contain lots of vintage Radio Nord-jingles and commercials, music from bygone years and recorded interviews with former Radio Nord staff. Also up-to-date newscasts will be heard every hour on the hour. All times UTC.

Friday, 27 May
0900-1600 Välkommen ombord (Welcome Aboard). Live from S/S Sankt Erik.
1730 Topp 20
1900 Favorit i repris. Original programme from Radio Nord.
2100 Radio Nord story by Ingemar Lindqvist. ( English)
2200 Recently discovered over-air recording made on 11June, 1962 by OM Tore Larsson, , Falköping
Saturday, 28 May

0200 Ron Baxley - Get together ( English)
0500 Radion i Sverige när Radio Nord kom (Ingemar Lindkvist).
0900-1600 Välkommen ombord (Welcome Aboard). Live from S/S Sankt Erik.
1000 Radio Nord veterans appearing.
1730 Topp 20
1900 Favorit i repris. Original programme from Radio Nord.
2100 Jack Kotschack on WOR, New York (English).
2200 Radio Nord story by Ingemar Lindqvist. (English).
Sunday, 29 May

0900-1600 Välkommen ombord (Welcome Aboard). Live from S/S Sankt Erik.
1730 Topp 20
1900 Favorit i repris. Original programme from Radio Nord.
2100 Radio Nord’s final hour as broadcast on 30 June, 1962 at the same time.

Please comment in the blog how you are receiving the signal. Reception reports can be sent to Ronny Forslund, Radio Nord Revival, Vita Huset, SE-17995 Svartsjö, Sweden and if you want a QSL card as verification please include some form of return postage.

You can also listen via web radio using one of these streams:

http://jvnf.org/radio/Radio_Nord_Revival.asx
http://jvnf.org/radio/Radio_Nord_Revival.m3u
http://jvnf.org/radio/Radio_Nord_Revival.pls
http://jvnf.org/radio/Radio_Nord_Revival.ram

The station will also be available on shortwave. The following frequencies have been coordinated by Ingemar Larsson of TERACOM. Power will be 10 kW and QTH is Sala, Sweden. An exact transmission schedule will be published prior to starting.

41 metre band

7320 kHz: 0600-0900, 1100-1600
7360 kHz: 0600-1600
7485 kHz: 0400-2000
31 metre band

9340 kHz: 0400-2000
9930 kHz: 0400-2000
9940 kHz: 0400-2000
(Source: radionordrevival.blogspot.com)
R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Radio Canada International revises summer schedule


Arabic
0200-0300 5950 SMG 100 kW 114 deg to NE/ME
0300-0400 7230 SMG 100 kW 114 deg to NE/ME
1900-2000 15180 RMP 500 kW 115 deg to NE/ME
1900-2000 15235 SAC 250 kW 073 deg to NoCeAF

Chinese
0000-0100 9690 KIM 100 kW 225 deg to EaAS
0000-0100 12015 PHT 250 kW 349 deg to EaAS
1100-1200 9490 PHT 250 kW 332 deg to EaAS
1100-1200 9570 KIM 100 kW 225 deg to EaAS
1500-1600 6110 YAM 300 kW 290 deg to EaAS
1500-1600 11730 YAM 250 kW 240 deg to EaAS
2200-2300 9525 KIM 100 kW 225 deg to EaAS
2200-2300 9870 KIM 100 kW 305 deg to EaAS

English
0000-0100 11700 KUN 150 kW 177 deg to SoEaAS
1500-1600 11675 KUN 500 kW 283 deg to SoAF
1500-1600 15125 URU 500 kW 212 deg to SoAF
1800-1900 9530 KAS 100 kW 239 deg to EaAF
1800-1900 11765 SKN 300 kW 160 deg to EaAF
1800-1900 17810 SKN 250 kW 175 deg to NoCeAF
2000-2100 15235 SAC 250 kW 073 deg to CeAF
2000-2100 15330 SAC 250 kW 073 deg to CeAF
2000-2100 17735 SAC 250 kW 105 deg to NEAf
2100-2200 9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NoAm DRM

French
1900-2000 11765 KAS 100 kW 239 deg to EaAF
1900-2000 13730 SMG 250 kW 199 deg to CeAF
1900-2000 15320 SKN 250 kW 175 deg to NWAf
1900-2000 17735 SAC 250 kW 105 deg to NWAf
2100-2200 9525 SMG 100 kW 184 deg to CeAF
2100-2200 15235 SAC 250 kW 073 deg to NoCeAF
2100-2200 15330 SAC 250 kW 105 deg to CeAF
2100-2200 17735 SAC 250 kW 105 deg to CeAF
2300-2330 9525 KIM 100 kW 225 deg to SoEaAS

Portuguese Fri-Sun
2100-2200 15455 SAC 250 kW 163 deg to SoEaAM
2100-2300 17860 SAC 250 kW 163 deg to SoEaAM
2300-2400 13760 SAC 250 kW 163 deg to SoEaAM

Russian
1500-1530 15325 RMP 250 kW 062 deg to EaEUR
1600-1630 15325 RMP 250 kW 062 deg to EaEUR

Spanish
2200-0100 11990 SAC 250 kW 176 deg to SoAM
2200-2400 15455 SAC 250 kW 176 deg to SoAM
0000-0100 13760 SAC 250 kW 240 deg to CeAM
0100-0200 11990 SAC 250 kW 212 deg to CeAM
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 23)
(DX Mix News 678via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Friday, May 20, 2011

Radio Netherlands Weekly Program Preview


May 27 - June 3, 2011

The State We're In
Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected perspective.

This week: Call me an optimist!


An Australian man recounts how he’s saved 160 people from committing suicide by offering them a cup of tea.
Carol Hrdlicka explains why, 35 years after her husband’s plane was downed in Vietnam, she’s still looking for him.
A young widow eventually gets the one thing she wanted when her Air Force husband crashed: his wedding ring.
An Indonesian man who survived the extermination of his village by Dutch colonial forces explains why he still wants compensation from the Dutch government, 70 years on.
And producer Anik See wants to return a wallet she found, no matter how fate tries to stop her.

First airing: Saturday 02:00 UTC

Earth Beat
Marnie Chesterton and her team look at the footprint we’re leaving on our planet.

This week: All about war

From an eco-warrior prepared to go all the way to keep the planet clean and green, to why creating compost on an army base in Iraq can be a bit of a bummer. Plus, restoring the Iraqi Marshlands after Saddam, and visiting the front line, nearly 100 years later. Fighting talk from the front line.

First airing: Friday 03:00 UTC

Bridges With Africa
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa.

This week:

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo seeks the arrest of Gaddafi, his son and head of intelligence. But should the ICC be trying the case of should it be left to the African Union?
Paying tribute to Olympic medal-winning marathon runner Samuel Wanjiru.
Just as people thought Ivory Coast's difficulties were over, the country faces growing refugee problems.
Music by Blick Bassy.

First airing: Friday 00:00 UTC

Africa in Progress
Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.

Africa in Progress (AIP) is produced by Radio Netherlands Africa, in partnership with local radio stations in Africa.

First airing: Monday 18:00 UTC

South Asia Wires
Programme in which South Asians get to talk to each other, hosted by Dheera Sujan.

This week:

A report on the dance of the Devadasis, an Indian dance and art form that’s almost forgotten. But it’s being kept alive by an Amsterdam dance teacher.

And for any years, West Bengal in India remained the only place in the world that was ruled by a democratically elected communist party. The Marxist Communist Party came to power in 1977 and stayed in power ever since – until last week, that is, when the communists were defeated by the opposition Trinamool Congress party. We have a report from West Bengal on what this shift in power means for the state and its people.

(There'll be a new edition of the programme on Thursday 26 May)

First airing: Thursday 14:00 UTC

Commonwealth Story
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

This week:

Grandma makes meatballs - by Iona Massey (Australia). An international food fest.

First airing: Tuesday 00:55 UTC

Global Perspective
Who says I can’t… is the motto of this year’s collaboration of international broadcasters, offering stories of defiance and perseverance.

This week: Who says I can’t squat?

Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Dheera Sujan visits Sanne, Tom and Bo – three Dutch squatters. She hears their struggle to build – and keep – their home amid the new anti-squat laws in the Netherlands.

First airing: Monday 17:30 UTC

Hear the World
Listen to the world’s musical heartbeat on RNW. A brand new world music series hosted by Dheera Sujan.

RNW Classical
lassical concerts from the Royal Concertgebouw as well as studio recordings of Dutch performers, presented by Hans Haffmans.

Available 24 hours a day via our sister web station RNWclassical.com.

Radio Netherlands English Service

All times UTC

0959-1000 12065as 15110as

1000-1057 12065as 15110as

1359-1400 11835as

1400-1457 9800as 11835as

1759-1800 6020af 15495af

1800-1857 6020af 15495af

1859-1900 7425af 11610af

1900-1957 7425af 15495af

2000-2057 7425af 11610af
(R Netherlands)

NASB Releases Shortwave Survey Results

NASB Releases Results of Shortwave Survey at 2011 Annual Meeting

Around 1300 shortwave listeners from around the globe took part in the NASB shortwave listener survey between May of 2010 and May of 2011, and the results of the survey were announced at the 2011 NASB annual meeting on May 14th. In the conference center of Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas, anchored off the coast of CocoCay in the Bahamas, Dr. Jerry Plummer of WWCR announced the results for the first time. Jerry is the administrator of the survey, which was posted online at the NASB website, www.shortwave.org, with links on other shortwave and DX websites.

Most of the respondents were located in North America and Europe, with significant numbers from Asia and Oceania as well. Nearly half of those who responded were also amateur radio operators. Around 97 percent were male. Not surprisingly, most listeners who took the survey listen to shortwave stations for news and commentary, and many listen for cultural programs as well. Around 7 percent listen for religious programming of a variety of faiths. The number one shortwave station in the poll was the BBC. Full results of the survey will be published in the next NASB Newsletter, which will also be on the NASB website, www.shortwave.org.

The NASB meeting took place on the Majesty of the Seas May 13 to 16, sailing from Miami to CocoCay and Nassau in the Bahamas, then returning to Miami. Twenty-one persons from the United States, France, England and Finland participated, including representatives of NASB member stations, associate member organizations and DX clubs. It was the first time the NASB has ever held its annual meeting on a cruise ship. In addition to the meetings, delegates were able to enjoy a variety of entertainment onboard the ship, a private beach resort in the Bahamas, and a sightseeing tour of Nassau, capital of the Bahamas.

The meeting began May 13th with a presentation sent especially for the meeting by Chinese shortwave listener and language teacher Cui Litang, who explained about Chinese jamming of shortwave signals and Internet sites, as well as about his use of shortwave station language programs for teaching English in China. John Wineman of HCJB's Global Technology Center in Indiana showed the new Pappradio DRM receiver housed in a small external hard drive box.

On May 14th, Risto Vahakainu of the Finnish DX Association told particpants about his country in northern Europe and the special challenges and opportunities of doing shortwave and mediumwave DXing there. He presented a video produced by his club about DXing in the Arctic at the very northernmost part of Finland, where mediumwave stations from North America can often be heard using so-called beverage antennas stretching up to one kilometer through the forests of northern Finland. For a totally different venue, Jerome Hirigoyen of TDF -- Telediffusion de France -- told about his company's shortwave sites and other installations, including the large relay station in exotic Montsinery, French Guiana, where a number of 500-kilowatt transmitters are located, reaching nearly all of the Americas and West Africa as well.

On May 15th, there was a slide presentation about the NASB's two member stations in Florida -- veteran broadcaster WYFR in Okeechobee and relative newcomer WRMI, Radio Miami International, in Miami. Michel Penneroux, chairman of the DRM Consortium's Commercial Committee, explained the difficulties and delays involved with the mass production of low-cost DRM digital shortwave receivers, and he presented an investment plan for producing a large number of such receivers within a 12- to 18-month period. Rex Morgan, senior producer for Latin America for World Christian Broadcasting, talked about his efforts to reach Latin American listeners from Miami via shortwave and other media, and Kok Hai Tan from the same organization presented a timely video about the progress of World Christian Broadcasting's new shortwave station being built in Madagascar and where it will reach with programs in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages, including transmissions to India.

Finally, at the NASB business meeting, two new members were elected to the board of directors. George Ross, frequency manager of KTWR in Guam, was elected to replace Bill Damick, also of Trans World Radio, whose term was ending. And Charles Caudill, President of World Christian Broadcasting, was elected to replace David Creel of Far East Broadcasting Company, whose term also ended this year.

Others attending the NASB meeting included Arto Mujunen, a Finnish DXer who works at the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau monitoring office in Helsinki; Michael Murray, a British DXer who is a former secretary general of the European DX Council; Dino Bloise of Miami, who produces a syndicated Spanish-language DX program called "Frecuencia al Dia;" Brady Murray, operations manager of WWCR in Nashville; and Terry Borders and Ed Mathis of the Catholic shortwave station WEWN in Birmingham, Alabama. A number of spouses also took part in the cruise. The meeting was organized by Jeff and Thais White of WRMI in Miami.

Next year's NASB annual meeting will take place at the headquarters of Radio Free Asia in Washington, DC on May 10th and 11th, 2012. And just before concluding this year's meeting, the NASB board accepted an invitation by WEWN in Birmingham to host the 2013 NASB annual meeting.
(WYFR)

Radio New Zealand has budget frozen

Wellington[NZ]

New Zealand's international shortwave broadcaster, Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] has again had its annual budget frozen in the latest government budget for FY 2011-12 announced here today.

This is the third year in a row that RNZI's budget has been capped at NZ$1.9m [US$1.5m) but the buying power in US dollars has actually increased by almost 20% because of the stronger New Zealand currency.

The budget is forecast to stay the same in future years through to 2015, so the good news is that core shortwave services to the Pacific continue to be funded, but the bad news is that increased wages, costs and inflation [around 2-4% in the coming few years] will effectively put greater pressure on the broadcaster.

Again, no funding is provided for a replacement of the 21 year old 100kW analog transmitter, but RNZI must achieve 99% transmission service on both this and the more recent 100kW digital capable transmitter.

To reduce costs, RNZI often cuts the power down to 50kW on both transmitters, whilst making sure it also delivers daily news bulletins able to be rebroadcast by a minimum of 17 Pacific region radio stations.

Currently, RNZI provides FM quality news bulletins and its flagship 'Dateline Pacific' program to some 19 Pacific stations, and rebroadcasts by the BBC Pacific program stream reach another 11 local stations across the Pacific region.

In addition, RNZI provides live audio feeds, podcasts and audio on demand news, current affairs and other programs from its website www.rnzi.com.

RNZI also continues to provide emergency tsunami, earthquake and cyclone warnings for much of the region between French Polynesia and the Solomon Islands and also works with New Zealand and Australian aid programs to upgrade the shortwave broadcasting capacity of local broadcasters such as VBTC Vanuatu and SIBC Solomon Islands.

The budget freeze is in the context of government budget expenditure reaching 8.4% of GDP this year because of the world economic climate and the massive economic and social cost of the Christchurch earthquake in February. All government agencies have had budgets frozen or reduced for FY 2011-2012.
(Radio Heritage)

Deutsche Welle announces major shortwave cuts

Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) today announced major changes in its methods of distribution. From the start of the winter transmission period B11, daily output on shortwave will be reduced from the current 260 hours to 55 hours. The remaining shortwave broadcasts will be directed to Africa and parts of Asia. As a result of these cuts, the shortwave relay stations in Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and Sines (Portugal) will be closed. Here follows the full official DW press release in English:

Starting July 1, 2011, Deutsche Welle (DW) will be making major changes in how and when its radio programming is broadcast in Asia and Europe, as well as German radio programming as a whole. The measures will ensure the further development of Germany’s international broadcaster to a truly multimedia organization.

As stipulated in the organization’s strategic plan for 2010-2013, DW will focus on modern modules that can be integrated into partner’s FM line-ups as well as being offered as stand-alone, on-demand services for the Internet and mobile devices. DW will thereby increase the cooperation with its partners throughout the world. With the exception of Africa and parts of Asia, linear shortwave broadcasts will be discontinued due to limited usage. The resources that have been saved will be reinvested in projects for the future – especially in the development of television services with regional languages and content, as well as an increase in online and mobile services.

DW will aim to use its available resources to offer two TV channels per region. This will give viewers the opportunity to choose between a channel with predominantly German programming and a channel with a focus on one of the regional languages – English, Spanish or Arabic.

In the future, DW will work with partner stations in Central and Southeast Europe to broadcast regional TV magazines and produce online services – each in the regional language. Starting July 1, 2011, the FM services for Bulgarian, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian and Romanian will be reduced and eventually discontinued.

The frequencies that were purchased or rented in Sofia, Bucharest, Pristina and Tirana will be returned, as well as the corresponding licences. The FM broadcasts for Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian will be reduced. In the future, these services will focus on selected partnerships with local FM stations. A service in Romani will be maintained for the time being. For Ukraine, DW is currently examining whether or not an agreement can be made with a partner to broadcast a reduced amount of FM radio programming that has been tailored to fit their needs. Radio programming for Hindi will be discontinued on July 1.

Reduction of shortwave

On November 1, 2011, DW will be discontinuing the shortwave broadcast for German, Russian, Farsi and Indonesian. For English, the shortwave broadcast will be limited to Africa. The broadcasting times for Chinese programming will be reduced from 120 minutes to 60 minutes. For these languages, DW will also be increasing the online and mobile services as well as video-on-demand and audio-on-demand. The portfolio will also include audio productions for rebroadcast by partners (when applicable).

Starting in November, DW will only be broadcasting radio programming via shortwave in the following languages: Amharic, Chinese, Dari, English and French for Africa, Hausa, Kiswahili, Pashtu, Portuguese for Africa and Urdu.

Closing of relay stations

The shortwave programme currently broadcasts 260 hours daily with DW’s own or rented relay stations – with the new focus on Africa and regions in Asia that will be reduced to just 55 at the beginning of the winter season. Only the relay station in Kigali (Rwanda) will be needed for shortwave broadcasts in Africa. The stations in Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) und Sines (Portugal) can no longer be used to capacity. The financial operation is no longer possible and the relay stations will stop being used on November 1, 2011 and closed at the next possible point in time.

With the reduction of rental prices and the closing of the two relay stations, DW will be able to save resources that can be reinvested in the further development of its services.

Development of FM broadcasts with partners

DW will continue to expand its network of FM partners in Africa. The radio production for Hausa, Kiswahili, French and Portuguese for Africa will be optimized for FM broadcasts step by step. DW will also produce a regional radio magazine daily in English, to be rebroadcast by partners in Africa.

Audio content in Arabic will be created for the Middle East and North Africa and distributed online, via mobile or rebroadcast by partners. DW will focus on FM partnerships for Bengali, Urdu, Dari/Pashtu und Indonesian for South Asia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A decision will be made about the future of these partnerships in accordance with the budget situation and following the evaluation results.

Strategic plan for 2010 to 2013

The German Bundestag approved DW’s strategic plan in April 2011 with an overwhelming majority. The core of the plan is the multimedia orientation of the broadcaster, the focus on major tasks and target regions with regards to the budgetary issues. The new strategic direction ensures that DW is prepared for the changing conditions of international media markets:

Services for certain languages and regions will be reinforced to secure DW’s competitive position in the future.

The focus for the coming years will be on Sub-Sahara Africa, the Middle East, Iran and North Africa, South Asia and Afghanistan, Russia and Latin America. Due to the limited budget, the development of services will only be possible when activities are reduced somewhere else. In the area of television, DW will work more closely together with the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF and develop regionalized TV programming with selected partners.

For many areas around the world, it will be necessary to further develop online and mobile services in order to reach DW’s target audience better: Individuals who are interested in diverse perspectives and use a large amount and variety of media resources. That especially includes opinion leaders and future opinion leaders as well as people who lobby for democracy, freedom and progress in authoritarian countries and thereby strengthen the civil society.

(Source: Deutsche Welle/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Predictor of May 21 Judgement Day ready

The California evangelical broadcaster predicting that Judgment Day will come on Saturday says he expects to stay close to a TV or radio to hear news of the unfolding apocalypse. Harold Camping, 89, is the head of Christian radio network Family Stations Inc, heard on 66 US stations and affiliates from Taiwan to Russia.

He previously made a failed prediction that Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 1994. But this time, despite having numerous skeptics even among mainstream churches, the broadcaster trained as a civil engineer says he is sure about his May 21 pronouncement. Like his last prediction, Mr Camping said this one is based on his reading of the Bible and a timeline that dates back to ancient events, such as the Biblical flood survived by Noah.

His organization and allies have posted about 2,200 billboards around the United States warning of a 21 May judgment day, said spokesman Tom Evans. Dozens of followers crossed the United States in caravans of recreational vehicles to spread the news.

As for Mr Camping, his precise plans are uncertain, but the broadcaster from Alameda, in northern California, intends to be with his wife that day. “I’ll probably try to be very near a TV or a radio or something,” Mr Camping told Reuters. “Because I’ll be interested in what’s happening on the other side of the world as this begins.”

Mr Camping said an earthquake will shake the Earth, and that true believers will be swept to heaven, while others will remain behind for the world’s destruction in the coming months. “We know without any shadow of a doubt it is going to happen,” he said.

Mr Camping’s prediction of a specific date for the apocalypse puts him outside the Christian mainstream, said university professors who study end-times belief. But his contention that the souls of believers will leave their bodies and enter heaven in a rapture is a central tenet within many Christian churches in America.

“Christian believers who follow the rapture doctrine might be very surprised to learn it is entirely an invention, an innovation in Christian teaching, since the 19th century,” said Stephen O’Leary, a communication professor at the University of Southern California, and an expert on millennial belief. The idea can be traced back to John Nelson Darby, a Christian evangelist active in England and Ireland, he said.

Barbara Rossing, professor of New Testament at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, is the author of a book called “The Rapture Exposed.” “There’s an enormous end-times prophecy industry; video games, board games, books and evangelists on TV and radio … they gain a huge following, and it’s very appealing to people,” Ms Rossing said.
(Source: Reuters/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

U.S. made "mistake abandoning shortwave broadcast " to Central Asia

Paul Goble, director of the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, believes the US has erred in cutting shortwave broadcasts to countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Mr Goble was speaking at a discussion of the likelihood that the so-called “Arab Spring” of democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa might spread to the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union.

In response to a question from Representative Steve Cohen about the influence of radio programming beamed into the countries by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mr Goble said the US made a mistake abandoning shortwave broadcasts in favour of FM stations licensed by the repressive regimes in Central Asia. He said the stations practice self-censorship in order to retain their licences, defeating their purpose.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Nord revival soon on medium wave

The Radio Nord revival weblog says: We have now received permission for 2.5 kW on MW 1512 kHz from Kvarnberget (Stockholm) and also on the original Radio Nord channel, 603 kHz, from Sala (the same location as the shortwave transmitter). As for short wave the frequencies have not yet been determined but we will most likely be in the 41 and 31 metre band.

SW frequencies will be announced as soon as they are cleared and power will be 10 kW. We will also be running a test towards North America in night time and hope you will be able to hear us over there. As usual you can also hear us on web radio, now with improved webstreams.

On May 27 official transmissions will start from the former ice-breaker and museum ship s/s S:t Erik and there will be a lot of live transmissions from the ship. We are also planning a small Radio Nord exhibition on board and the plan is to build a studio with vintage equipment of the same type that was used by Radio Nord. Everybody is welcome to join us the weekend of May 27-29 on board the S.t Erik!
(Source: radionordrevival.blogspot.com/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Saudi Arabia summer schedule



Effective to: 30 October 2011


All times UTC

First General Program

Arabic
0600-0855 17730 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
0600-0855 17740 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR
0900-1155 15490 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR
0900-1155 17805 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1200-1455 17705 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR
1200-1455 21505 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1700-1755 15225 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1700-1755 15435 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR
1800-2255 9555 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1800-2255 9870 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR

Call of Islam

Arabic
1500-1700 15225 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1500-1700 15435 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR

Second Program
Arabic

0300-0555 9580 JED 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME
0600-1655 11855 JED 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME
1700-2155 9580 JED 050 kW non-dir to NE/ME

Holy Qu'ran

Arabic
0300-0555 15170 RIY 500 kW 355 deg to WeAS
0300-0755 17895 RIY 500 kW 040 deg to CeAS
0300-0955 9715vRIY ??? unregistered to NE/ME {9714.989}
0600-0855 15380 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to NE/ME
0900-1155 11935 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to NE/ME
0900-1155 17570 RIY 500 kW 070 deg to SoEaAS
0900-1155 17615 RIY 500 kW 100 deg to SoEaAS
1000-1655 11785vRIY ??? unregistered to NE/ME
1200-1355 15380 RIY 500 kW 310 deg to NE/ME
1200-1355 17625 RIY 500 kW 100 deg to SoEaAS
1200-1455 17895 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1300-1555 17615 RIY 500 kW 190 deg to CeSoAF
1500-1755 13710 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1600-1755 15205 RIY 500 kW 320 deg to WeEUR
1600-1755 17560 RIY 500 kW 270 deg to WeCeAF
1800-2255 11820 RIY 500 kW 320 deg to WeEUR
1800-2255 11915 RIY 500 kW 295 deg to NoEaAF
1800-2255 11930 RIY 500 kW 270 deg to WeCeAF

External Service
0400-0655 15285 RIY 500 kW 190 deg to CeSoAF Swahili
0800-0955 17785 RIY 500 kW 270 deg to WeCeAF French
0900-1155 21670 RIY 500 kW 100 deg to SEAS Indonesian
0930-1225 15250 RIY 500 kW 250 deg to WeCeAF English
1200-1455 13775 RIY 500 kW 070 deg to SoAS Urdu
1200-1455 15120 RIY 500 kW 070 deg to SoAS Bengali
1400-1755 17660 RIY 500 kW 270 deg to WeCeAF French
1500-1755 7240 RIY 500 kW 040 deg to WeAS Farsi
1500-1755 9885 RIY 500 kW 040 deg to CeAS Turkmen/Uzbek/Tajik
1800-2055 9675 RIY 500 kW 340 deg to NE/ME Turkish
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
(DX Mix News 677 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Tunisia summer schedule


RT Tunisia
Effective to: 30 October 2011

All times UTC
0300-0610 9725 SFA 250 kW 100 deg to NE/ME
0300-0610 12005 SFA 500 kW 100 deg to NE/ME
0400-0630 7275 SFA 500 kW 340 deg to WeEUR
0700-0830 7335 SFA 500 kW 265 deg to NoAF
1600-2110 9725 SFA 250 kW 100 deg to NE/ME
1600-2110 12005 SFA 500 kW 100 deg to NE/ME
1800-2210 7225 SFA 500 kW 340 deg to WeEUR
2000-0010 7345 SFA 500 kW 265 deg to NoAF
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
(DX Mix News 677 via Ivao Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Voice of Nigeria summer schedule



Effective to: 30 October 2011

All times UTC


500-0700 15120*IKO 250 kW 007 deg to NoAF English
0700-0800 15120 IKO 250 kW 007 deg to NoAF French
0800-0900 9690 IKO 250 kW 248 deg to WeCeAF Hausa
0900-1500 9690#IKO 250 kW 248 deg to WeCeAF English
1500-1600 15120 IKO 250 kW 007 deg to NoAF English
1600-1730 9690&IKO 250 kW 248 deg to WeAF Swahili/Yoruba/Igbo
1730-1800 15120 IKO 250 kW 007 deg to NoAF Arabic
1800-1900 15120 IKO 250 kW 007 deg to NoAF English
1900-2100 7255+IKO 250 kW 248 deg to WeAF English/French
2100-2300 7255^IKO 250 kW 248 deg to WeAF Fulfulde/Hausa

* co-ch CRI in Chinese
# co-ch AIR in English from 1330.
& co-ch RRI in Romanian till 1655.
+ co-ch Radio Belarus in German/English and CRI in Turkish/Russian.
^ co-ch Radio Belarus in English/Russian
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
(DX Mix News 677 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Radio Kuwait summer schedule




Kuwait

Effective to: 30 October 2011


All times UTC
0200-0900 5960#KBD 250 kW non-dir to NE/ME Arabic General Service
0500-0900 15515*KBD 250 kW 059 deg to EaAS Arabic Holy Qura'n sce
0800-1000 7250 KBD 500 kW non-dir to WeAS Farsi
0930-1600 11630^KBD 250 kW 230 deg to CeAF Arabic Holy Qura'n sce
1000-1500 21540+KBD 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR Arabic General Service
1100-1600 9750!KBD 300 kW 275 deg to NoEaAF Arabic General Service
1600-2200 6080@KBD 500 kW non-dir to NE/ME Arabic General Service
1700-2100 13650 KBD 500 kW 350 deg to NoAM Arabic General Service
1800-2100 15540 KBD 500 kW 310 deg to WeEUR English

# co-ch Radio Japan NHK in Japanese till 0500.
* co-ch BBC in Hausa 0630-0700.
^ co-ch CNR in Kazakh/Chinese
+ co-ch REE in Spanish
! co-ch Radio Japan NHK in Japanese and VOR in DRM from 1300.
@ co-ch Radio Minsk HS-1 and VOA in English from 1700.

Frequencies 6080, 15515 and 21540 kHz are unregistered in HFCC!
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
(DX Mix News 677 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Kol Israel frequency update


Israel
All times UTC

1400-1525 new freq 15760 ISR 250 kW 090 deg to WeAS, ex 11595#
Sun-Thu // 13850 ISR 250 kW 090 deg to WeAS
1400-1500 new freq 15760 ISR 250 kW 090 deg to WeAS, ex 11595#
Fri/Sat // 13850 ISR 250 kW 090 deg to WeAS
# to avoid VOA in Tibetan.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
(DX Mix News 677 via Iva Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2011 May 17 1420 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 09 - 15 May 2011
Solar activity was at very low to low levels with isolated B and C-class flares observed. Two CMEs on the earthward side of the sun were observed during the period. The first CME was associated with a C5 x-ray event at 09/2059 UTC from a region rounding the NE limb. It appeared to be the return of old Region 1193 (N17, L=266). This event produced a partial-halo CME with an estimated plane-of-sky velocity of 1225 km/s, based on SOHO/LASCO imagery. The second CME was associated with a B8 x-ray event at 11/0243 UTC, likely associated with a filament eruption between Region 1205 (N14, L=036, class/area Bxo/010 on 03 May) and Region 1207 (N24, L=007, class/area Bxo/020 on 05 May). Associated with the second CME was a Type II radio sweep (632 km/s). Based on SOHO/LASCO imagery, the estimated plane-of-sky velocity was 420 km/s. The rest of the disk was populated with numerous small, magnetically simple spot groups.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels on 09 May and at moderate levels 10 - 15 May.

Geomagnetic activity ranged from quiet to active levels during the period. Activity was at quiet levels on 09 May. Levels increased to quiet to unsettled, with isolated active periods on 10 - 11 May. This increase in activity was associated with the onset of a CH HSS. Activity decreased to quiet levels from 12 - 13 May before increasing to unsettled to active conditions midday on 14 May with the onset of another CH HSS. Conditions were mostly quiet to unsettled on 15 May as weak HSS effects continued.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 18 May - 13 June 2011
Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels through the forecast period. There is a slight chance for isolated periods of moderate levels due to the possible emergence of new regions as well as the return of old regions.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate to high flux levels during 18 - 20 May, normal to moderate flux levels on 21 - 26 May and back to moderate to high flux levels 27 - 29 May. This forecast is based on anticipated recurrent CH HSS influences.

Geomagnetic activity is expected to be at predominately quiet to unsettled levels on 17 May due to continued recurrent CH HSS effects. Activity is expected to decrease to mostly quiet levels during 18 - 25 May. The field is expected to be under the influence of a recurrent negative polarity CH HSS during 26 - 30 May. During this period, quiet to unsettled levels are expected, with isolated active periods on 27 May. Mostly quiet conditions are forecasted to return 31 May - 5 June, before another CH HSS is expected to return. Mostly quiet to unsettled conditions are expected 6 - 7 June from this small feature, before returning to quiet conditions 8 - 10 June. Mostly unsettled to active conditions are expected to return 11 - 13 June as HSS effects from the CH we are currently under the influence of should return.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
:Issued: 2011 May 17 1420 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 2011-05-17
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 May 18 100 5 2
2011 May 19 105 5 2
2011 May 20 110 5 2
2011 May 21 110 5 2
2011 May 22 110 5 2
2011 May 23 110 5 2
2011 May 24 110 5 2
2011 May 25 110 5 2
2011 May 26 110 12 3
2011 May 27 110 22 5
2011 May 28 110 18 5
2011 May 29 110 18 5
2011 May 30 110 15 3
2011 May 31 105 8 3
2011 Jun 01 105 5 2
2011 Jun 02 105 5 2
2011 Jun 03 105 5 2
2011 Jun 04 105 5 2
2011 Jun 05 105 5 2
2011 Jun 06 100 8 3
2011 Jun 07 95 8 3
2011 Jun 08 90 5 2
2011 Jun 09 90 5 2
2011 Jun 10 90 5 2
2011 Jun 11 95 12 4
2011 Jun 12 95 12 4
2011 Jun 13 92 8 3
(NOAA)

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Shortwave Is NOT Dead !



My readers know that I have ben saying for years that shortwave radio is NOT dead!

It is true: In recent time, several major shortwave stations have left the air permanently, some have curtailed their programming significantly, and others have announced the possibility that changes may be coming soon. However, let us emphasize quite vigorously, shortwave radio broadcasting is far from dead.
Just ask the High Frequency Managers of the many different shortwave organizations how hard it is still, to obtain an open slot in the shortwave radio spectrum in order to give reliable coverage to a desired world area; and just ask the QSL Manager of the many shortwave stations how difficult it is to keep up with the many QSL requests that come in from all parts of the world by email and through the regular postal system.
For example, at the AWR office in Indianapolis, we are about 300 reports in arrears, though all will be processed in due course.
The noted radio columnist, Jerry Dexter, makes a significant statement in the April issue of the American radio journal, Popular Communications. He states: For once, there are no SWBC stations to report as just closed (or about to be).
On the other hand, he continues, there is some good news to report, and he then provides a list containing new positive developments in the shortwave radio world. Here are some of the items of positive development contained in his list:-

* Radio Zambia has returned to shortwave with 100 kW on 5925 kHz & 6162 kHz.
* Saudi Arabia plans to activate around mid-year four new shortwave transmitters at 250 kW at the Al Khurmra site near Jeddah, and each is capable of analog or DRM digital transmission.
* Radio Damascus in Syria plans to renovate and re-activate its older shortwave transmitters.
* Both Radio Nederland & Radio Australia have recently taken out a relay for their programming via the
Kranji shortwave site. (It would be our observation that this is not the BBC site, but the previous site for Radio Singapore International.)
* Radio Canada International is now heard on relay via the VOA-IBB site at Tinang in the Philippines.

* News from other sources regarding positive shortwave developments:-
Work on the new shortwave station in Madagascar is nearing completion. According to word from World Christian Broadcasting, the facility has been completed, and all that is necessary is to install the three new shortwave transmitters at 100kW each. We understand that the three transmitters have been manufactured, and the new owners are simply awaiting income from potential donors.
Bangladesh plans to active a new 250 kW shortwave transmitter at their Kabirpur site north of Dhaka in September with the usage of existing antennas. The new rotatable antenna system will be brought into use next year.
HCJB Global in Australia is currently transferring their shortwave equipment from the temporary site near the Kununurra Dam, to the adjacent permanent location.
According to the NASWA journal, Radio Algeria is activating shortwave transmitters at 250 kW at two sites within their own country, Ourgla & Bechar.
And in addition, we should mention, as was included in our program last week, that Adventist World Radio is planning to install a 5th curtain antenna at shortwave station KSDA on the island of Guam in order to improve coverage into the northern areas of Eastern Asia.
Two shortwave stations are currently celebrating significant anniversaries, giving every indication that they plan to remain on air. Radio Nepal is celebrating 61 years, and Adventist World Radio is celebrating 40 years.
We should remember also that a new HCJB organization is planning to erect a new shortwave station in Ecuador to replace the longtime and venerable HCJB that was closed recently due to the new construction of a new airport nearby. The new HCJB plans the use of two shortwave transmitters, one at 10 kW & one at 100 kW.
The wide spread advertising for many different models of shortwave radio receivers made by Grundig, and other manufacturers also, indicates that there is still a major market worldwide for these highly valued analog items.
Interestingly, the April issue of Popular Communications shows a photo of two different models of radio receivers made by Sangean. The case for each is made of clear plastic, and the statement is made that these are the only radio receivers that are permitted for use by inmates in American prisons.
On the QSL card scene, Radio Free Asia announces that their 36th QSL card is now available; this new card commemorates their 15th anniversary.
Mukesh Kumar in India issues an email bulletin periodically in which he lists the details of recent QSL cards that he has received. His recent bulletin lists 25 cards from 17 different shortwave radio stations in 17 countries of Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and the South Pacific.
And, we might mention, the new 40th anniversary QSL card from Adventist World Radio is now available.
(AWR Wavescan/NWS # 116 via Adrian Peterson)

Taliban on Twitter, as Afghan rebels enter Internet age


The Taliban once banned all television, music and cinema in Afghanistan, but now they are fighting their war via Twitter, the online messaging network that revolutionised global communication. The Islamist extremists sent out their first tweet in English on 12 May claiming ‘enemy attacked in Khak-e-Safid’, with a link to their website for more details about rebel fighters killing “at least 6 puppet police”.

The move into the English language on Twitter is the latest sign that the Taliban are embracing modern technology in the propaganda battle that runs alongside the guerrilla war of ambushes, suicide bombings and mine explosions. When they ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, almost all electronic products were outlawed as un-Islamic. Photographs of living things were illegal, and ownership of a video player could lead to a public lashing.

Today, they send out text messages and emails, release videos of attacks on US-led international troops, and run a website that evades repeated efforts to close it down. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan joined Twitter about six months ago,” Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told the media, using the group’s name from its time in power. “We did it because we know Twitter is a popular social network in the West, and we want to make our voice heard. They used to hear only one-sided news about us from the invaders, but now they can know the reality.”

Mujahid said that an official Taliban page on Facebook had been shut down by the company earlier this year, but supporters still host personal pages passing on news and information. “We regard modern technology including the Internet as a blessing of God,” he said, declining to explain the Taliban’s change of attitude since they were toppled for sheltering Al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks.

The Taliban’s Twitter feed @alemarahweb, a reference to Islamic statehood, sends out several messages every day, mostly in the Pashto language, and is followed by 4,200 people with the number growing rapidly since English was introduced.

The NATO-led coalition force in Afghanistan on Saturday used its own Twitter feed to post a response saying: “What’s that? Taliban’s tweeting in English? Lies are lies no matter the language.” Bizarrely, the Taliban’s Twitter account follows tweets sent out by a British soldiers’ charity, as well as a carpet-weaving development programme and a site linked to Islamist militants in the Caucasus.

“The Taliban have now discovered the magical power of media technology and are widely using it in their favour and to attract new recruits,” said Mohammad Zia Bomia, director of the Kabul-based Mahal News agency. Its sophisticated website, currently at http://alemarah-iea.net, has for years been posting information in Pashto, Dari, Arabic, Urdu and English - though many of the claimed attacks and death tolls are exaggerated or untrue.

Videos on the site show alleged coalition atrocities and footage of Taliban attacks accompanied by background music and gunfire. The Taliban also say they broadcast Internet radio programmes for two hours a day in some regions, despite low web access in the country.

The Afghan intelligence agency (NDS) concedes it has struggled to act against the Taliban’s Internet presence, saying that the insurgents’ technology experts are based outside the country. “We have been trying to track them and prevent their propaganda activities as they are against our national interest and constitution,” NDS spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said. “Unfortunately they are almost all based outside Afghanistan soil,” he said, in a veiled reference to neighbouring Pakistan.
(Source: AFP/R Netherlands media Network Weblog)

Australia's ABC faces budget crisis

The Australian reports that the ABC’s news division is facing a budget crisis after a plan to cut international reporting costs failed and a string of international disasters led to a blowout in costs. Digital channel ABC News 24 - funded from existing resources - has exacerbated the problem, with staff claiming it is a drain on the strained news budget.

“News 24 is cutting a large hole in the international budget,” an ABC source told media. “Every time a correspondent uses a satellite phone or a satellite link to talk to News 24, the charges go back to the international division.”
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/news-not-good-as-abc-faces-budget-crisis/story-e6frg996-1226056355604

Five in a Row: BBC Middle East Relay Station: Perim Island



Two weeks back, we began a short series of topics here in Wavescan in which we are presenting the story of the five BBC relay stations in the Arabian coastal areas, one after the other. The
first topic was on the story of the BBC East Africa Relay Station located at Berbera in Somalia. Here now is the second topic in this series, the story of the BBC Middle East Relay Station, located on the island of Perim, at the mouth of the gulf that is labeled in current maps and in the Bible as the Red Sea.
The very small Perim Island is a volcanic outcrop just five square miles in area. The highest point is just a small hill at 200 feet above sea level, and vegetation on the island is very sparse. There is no fresh water on the island, and every item needed by people living on the island must be imported from wherever it is available.
This small isolated island never had a significant local population in ancient times, and even to this day, the only local inhabitants are a few fishermen who use the island as a base for their fishing enterprises. However, when the island has been used as a base for various purposes, the population of imported personnel has sometimes stood quite high.
Perim Island was occupied by the Portuguese in 1513, and subsequently by the French, and then the British. During the 1800s, a lighthouse was erected on the island, and this was around the time that the island served as a coaling station for ships traversing the Suez Canal.
In the year 1872, the Eastern Telegraph Company established a cable station on Perim Island for connection with England, Africa, India and ultimately Australia. This cable station was later taken over by C&W, Cable & Wireless, or as it was known in the Arabic language, the “Lightning & No Wire Company”. A spark wireless station was installed at this facility nearly a century ago and this was on the air under the callsign BVQ.
On July 1, 1960, the two Somalilands, British & Italian, achieved independence and they united into the one Somalia. As mentioned in our program two weeks ago, it became necessary for the BBC soon afterwards to close their rather new East Africa Relay Station located at Berbera due to political differences between England and the new Somalia.
During the year 1964, the equipment from Berbera in Somalia was transferred across the waters and re-installed on the island of Perim, a distance of some 200 miles. While this station was under re-installation, security personnel repulsed a terrorist attack which fortunately inflicted very little damage.
This BBC relay station was again co-sited with an old C&W cable station, this time on the island of Perim, and it was installed and operated by DWS, the British Diplomatic Wireless Service. The BBC station on Perim Island operated on the same mediumwave channel as in Berbera Somalia, 701 kHz.
The power output of this mediumwave station on Perim has been listed variously as 10 kW, 100 kW or 400 kW. One listing shows the power as 1.5 megawatts, but this is probably the total power generated at the station for all purposes on the island.
This re-sited BBC relay station was re-inaugurated as the BBC Middle East Relay Station in the earlier part of the year 1965, probably during the month of April or May. BBC Perim was heard in Australia & New Zealand around local dawn, and this would suggest that the actual power output was 100 kW; 10 kW would not propagate too well to the South Pacific, and 400 kW would require the generation of too much electricity locally on a small island where everything is imported.
As was the case with the station when it was at Berbera, the re-located station on Perim took an off air relay from the BBC transmitters on shortwave in England. This programming was in mainly Arabic & English. No programming was produced locally.
However, changing political circumstances also plagued this radio station at its new location. The two Yemens, North & South, were united politically, though not always very amicably, and the island of Perim was handed over by the British government to this new entity. It became necessary to again close, and move.
During the year 1966, the population on Perim Island was at its all time high, with some 600 people living there. These resident foreigners were serving with the BBC, the leftover of the old C&W cable station, supportive business and social operations, and armed service personnel. In addition, many local people from the nearby coastline of Yemen were resident on the island, as local employees, and also as local opportunists.
During this era on Perim, the 3rd station in a row was already under construction at another location in the Arabian coastal areas. Another island, the island of Masirah on the eastern edge of the Saudi peninsula, had been chosen for a larger new mediumwave station. The BBC MIddle East Relay Station on Perim Island closed during the year 1966 in favor of the much larger and newer station on the Island of Masirah after less than two years of service at the mouth of the Red Sea.
Three weeks from now, we are planning to present the 3rd BBC station in a row, the much larger mediumwave station on the island of Masirah.
(AWE Wavescan/NWS # 116 via Adrian Peterson)

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Radio Netherlands Program Preview Guide

May 14 - 19

Ringing birds, equipping animals with transmitters - scientists do it all the time. I've always wondered: what happens to all this junk when these animals are eaten by preditors? But this is not all the rubbish animals are eating. Join this week's Earth Beat to find out more.


The State We're In
This week: Not in my backyard

A Palestinian villager leads a peaceful protest against Israeli tanks and wins. A Ugandan ex-officer throws eggs at his president to make a point. And a Somali bride lays down her law to both her parents and husband. What is possibly the last Holocaust trial has concluded. A victim tells us if he feels justice has, or even can be, done. Squatting has been make illegal in Holland. Squatters tell us they’re not going down without a fight.

Earth Beat
This week: Wild things

From bees in search of pastures new, to plastic eating albatrosses and a visit to the world’s very first sustainable sea farm. It’s seaweed for all and more.

Bridges With Africa
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa.

This week:

* The cost of piracy off Somalia soars to 12 billion US dollars.
* Dutch football coaches work their magic on African football.
* The music collective Dub Colossus taking the world by storm.

Africa in Progress
Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.

This week: Tips from a young peace advisor

What exactly does it take to bring about peace in a situation of conflict? There are certain tools that can be used to bring people together. Patrick Zadi Zadi is a young peace advisor who’s worked in many African countries, including his native Ivory Coast and Sudan where he works now.

In this interview, he tells us about the lessons he’s learnt so far. But first, what does a peace advisor do?

South Asia Wired
Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.

This week: Tips from a young peace advisor

What exactly does it take to bring about peace in a situation of conflict? There are certain tools that can be used to bring people together. Patrick Zadi Zadi is a young peace advisor who’s worked in many African countries, including his native Ivory Coast and Sudan where he works now.

In this interview, he tells us about the lessons he’s learnt so far. But first, what does a peace advisor do?

Commonwealth Story
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

This week:

The first hello - by Anuradha Kumar from India. The promise of a village telephone

Global Perspective
Who says I can’t… is the motto of this year’s collaboration of international broadcasters, offering stories of defiance and perseverance.

This week:

Lesego Mangwanyane of SAFM radio in Johannesburg explores the role of sangomas, traditional healers in contemporary South African life, and wonders anxiously if she herself is destined to be one.

First airing: Monday 17:30 UTC

Hear the World
Listen to the world’s musical heartbeat on RNW. A brand new world music series hosted by Dheera Sujan.

this week:

Two divas with an imposing presence, whose songs are performed with incredible intensity and expression. Monacheb Ulchieva from Uzbekistan and Xavina Yanatu from Greece.

First airing: Monday 00:00 UTC

RNW Classical
Classical concerts from the Royal Concertgebouw as well as studio recordings of Dutch performers, presented by Hans Haffmans.

Available 24 hours a day via our sister web station RNWclassical.com.

Radio Netherlands English service
Effective to: 30 October 2011

All times UTC
Target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia)

0959-1000 12065as 15110as

1000-1057 12065as 15110as

1359-1400 11835as

1400-1457 9800as 11835as

1759-1800 6020af 15495af

1800-1857 6020af 15495af

1859-1900 7425af 11610af

1900-1957 7425af 15495af

2000-2057 7425af 11610af
(R Netherlands)

Britain offers broadcasting support to Libyan rebels


In talks yesterday with Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil, British Prime Minister David Cameron invited the rebels to open an office in London, their first in a foreign country. Among the subjects discussed, it was agreed that Britain will help the rebels set up what is variously described in different press reports as an ‘independent radio station,’ a ‘public radio station’ and an ‘independent broadcasting service’.

Details of what exactly was proposed are sketchy. The official statement merely says “We will also provide new support to improve the National Transitional Council’s public broadcasting capacities.” This could mean a lot of things, and I suspect that at this stage nothing definite has been agreed. It could cover technical as well as editorial and adminstrative support.

Bearing in mind that the rebels are already running their own radio and TV stations, it is to be hoped that the British have offered professional help in running the existing stations rather than setting up something entirely new. Mistakes were made in Afghanistan and Iraq where too many stations were set up from scratch by well-meaning parties, and they ended up competing with each other.
(Source: various press reports/official statement/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Ethiopia state broadcaster goes live online


Live audio and video streams are now available from state broadcaster Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) from a new bilingual Amharic/English website at www.ertagov.com, which diverts from the organization’s old erta.gov.et web address. The streams available are:

Ethiopian Television (ETV)
Radio Ethiopia National Service
Radio Ethiopia FM Addis 97.1.
The website also offers an on-demand video archive of ETV’s news bulletins in English and Amharic.

Radio Ethiopia National Service is on the air at 0300-2100 UTC daily, broadcasting on 93.2 MHz FM in Addis Ababa and on 594, 684, 828, 855. 873, 891, 972 kHz mediumwave and 5990, 7110 and 9705 kHz shortwave. Programming is in Amharic, English, Oromo, Tigrinya and other official languages, with the various language segments separated by the station’s xylophone-like interval signal. An English programme is observed at 1200-1300 UTC daily, at the end of which they announce that they will be on air in English again at 1600-1700 on 989 kHz mediumwave and 31 and 41 metres shortwave (presumably this refers to the External Service on 9560 and 7165 kHz).

FM Addis 97.1 is on the air round the clock in the capital, with music and information presented in local languages.
(Source: Dave Kernick, Interval Signals Online/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

KFBS Saipan closed down April 30

There have been questions in the past couple of weeks about the current status of religious broadcaster FEBC’s shortwave station KFBS on Saipan. Now we have the answer: Oleg Cherny, FEBC Russia’s chief engineer, has confirmed in a letter that KFBS ended transmissions on 30 April.
(Source: Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine via Alokesh Gupta on Twitter/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Andy Sennitt adds: This decision appears to have been taken at short notice. The FEBC Russian Ministries website now says “With stations in Moscow, St Petersburg, Khabarovsk and Ussuriysk, as well as satellite and internet service…” The first edition of Update for 2011 makes no mention of the closure. However, Saipan has been removed from the list of sites in the online schedule. The current HFCC schedule for FEBC stations is at http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A11&broadc=FEC
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2011 May 10 1749 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 02 - 08 May 2011

Solar activity began the week at low levels with a C1 x-ray event at 1352 UTC on 02 May from Region 1199 (N18, L=188, class/area Dso/210 on 01 May), after rotating around the west limb. Activity continued at low levels with another C1 x-ray event at 1052 UTC on 03 May from Region 1204 (N17, L=47, class/area Cao/130 on 03 May). Activity decreased to very low levels, with only isolated B-class events occurring throughout the remainder of the summary period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels during most of the summary period.

Geomagnetic field activity began the week ranging between unsettled to active conditions at mid latitudes, and minor to severe conditions at high latitudes on 02 May, due to a favorably positioned coronal hole. The high speed stream effects began prior to the summary period (29 April) and persisted through 02 May with solar wind speeds in excess of 640 km/s, and intermittent periods of negative Bz. Conditions began to subside on 03 May, settling to predominately quiet conditions with predominately positive Bz, before solar wind speeds decreased to background velocities near 400 km/s on 04 May. Conditions remained mostly quiet at all latitudes for the remainder of the summary period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 11 May - 06 June 2011

Solar activity is expected to be very low to low. There is a chance for isolated periods of moderate levels due to the possible emergence of new regions, the return of old Region 1195 on 13 May, as well as Regions 1199 and 1202 on 14 May.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels 11-19 May due to multiple coronal hole high-speed streams. Normal to moderate levels are expected to be predominate from 20-27 May, before elevated wind speeds from another recurrent coronal hole should produce high levels from 28 May until 02 June. Moderate or lower conditions should persist from 03 June until the end of the outlook period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be unsettled to active 11-13 May due to coronal hole high-speed stream effects. Conditions are expected to subside for a day or so before increasing back to mostly unsettled conditions 15-17 May with another coronal hole coming into a favorable position to impact Earth. Conditions are forecasted to be predominately quiet 18-26 May, bar any transient activity, before the next recurrent coronal hole is expected on or around 26 May. Active to minor strorm conditions are possible 27-29 May due to the coronal hole, and lesser effects in the form of mostly unsettled to acive conditions should persist 30-31 May.
Mostly quiet conditions are expected 01-05 Jun before the currently geo-effective coronal hole returns to produce unsettled conditions on 06 June.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 May 10 1749 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 2011-05-10
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 May 11 105 12 3
2011 May 12 105 15 3
2011 May 13 105 8 3
2011 May 14 105 5 2
2011 May 15 100 8 3
2011 May 16 100 8 3
2011 May 17 100 8 3
2011 May 18 100 5 2
2011 May 19 105 5 2
2011 May 20 110 5 2
2011 May 21 110 5 2
2011 May 22 110 5 2
2011 May 23 110 5 2
2011 May 24 110 5 2
2011 May 25 110 5 2
2011 May 26 110 12 3
2011 May 27 110 22 5
2011 May 28 110 18 4
2011 May 29 110 18 4
2011 May 30 110 15 3
2011 May 31 105 8 3
2011 Jun 01 105 5 2
2011 Jun 02 105 5 2
2011 Jun 03 105 5 2
2011 Jun 04 105 5 2
2011 Jun 05 105 5 2
2011 Jun 06 105 8 3
(NOAA)