Monday, October 31, 2011

Voice of Turkey - B11 Winter Schedule




Voice of Turkey - B11 Multilingual Schedule

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

Arabic
1000-1100 15245va (af/as)
1500-1600 9665va (af/as) 15200va (af/eu)
1930-2000 11955va (af/as)
2000-2030 11955va (af/as)

Azerbaijani
0800-0900 11835as
1630-1700 5965as
1700-1730 5965as

Bulgarian
1200-1230 7245eu

Chinese
1200-1300 11805as

Dari/Pushto
1600-1700 11680as
1700-1730 11680as

English
0400-0500 7240as 9655va (am/eu)
1330-1400 12035va (na/eu)
1400-1430 12035va (na/eu)
1730-1800 11735as
1800-1830 11735as
1930-2000 6050va (eu/na)
2000-2030 6050va (eu/na)
2130-2200 9610va (as/pa)
2200-2230 9610va (as/pa)
2300-0000 5960va (na/eu)

French
2030-2100 5970eu 6050va (af/eu)
2100-2130 5970eu

Georgian
1100-1200 9840as

German
1230-1300 17755eu
1300-1330 17755eu
1830-1900 7205va (eu/na)
1900-1930 7205va (eu/na)

Italian1500-1530 6185eu

Kazakh
1430-1500 9785as

Persian
0930-1000 11795as
1000-1100 11795as
1600-1700 9530as

Russian
1400-1500 9410va (as/eu)

Spanish
0200-0300 9410va (ca/sa) 9650va (af/as/eu)
1730-1800 9495va (af/eu)
1800-1830 9495va (af/eu)

Tatar
1100-1130 15360as

Turkish
0100-0200 6000as
0200-0300 6000as
0500-0600 9700va (eu/na) 9820as
0600-0700 9700va (eu/na) 9820as
0700-0800 11925as 15350va (eu/na) 15480va (af/as)
0800-0900 11925as 15350va (eu/na) 15480va (af/as)
0900-1000 11925as 15350va (eu/na) 15480va (af/as)
1000-1100 15350va (eu/na) 15480va (af/as)
1100-1200 15350va (eu/na) 15480va (af/as)
1200-1300 15350va (eu/na) 15480va (af/as)
1300-1400 15350va (eu/na)
1400-1500 11815va (eu/na)
1500-1600 11815va (eu/na)
1600-1700 11815va (eu/na)
1700-1800 5980eu 6120va (af/as)
1800-1900 5980eu 6120va (af/as)
1900-2000 5980eu 6120va (af/as)
2000-2100 5980eu 6120va (af/as)
2100-2200 5980eu 6120va (af/as)

Turkmen

1300-1330 11965va (as/me)

Urdu
1300-1400 11985as

Uyghur
0300-0400 9465as
1330-1400 13685as
1400-1430 13685as

Uzbek
1130-1200 13625as
(TRT/WWDXC Germany via Wolfgang Bueschel/BC-DX TopNews 10/17/BCL)

Voice of Russia - B11 Winter Schedule



Voice of Russia

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 24 March 2012
All times UTC

English
0000-0100 7250va (na/sa)
0100-0200 7250va (na/sa)
0200-0300 7250sa
0300-0400 7250sa 12040as
0400-0500 12040as
0600-0700 17805pa 21805pa
0600-0700 DRM 11635eu
0700-0800 17805va (as/pa) 21805va (as/pa)
0700-0800 DRM 11635eu
0800-0900 17805va (as/pa) 21805va (as/pa)
0800-0900 DRM 7325eu 11635eu
0900-1000 7205as 17805va (as/pa) 21805va (as/pa)
0900-1000 DRM 7325eu 11635eu
1000-1100 7205as
1100-1200 DRM 12000as
1100-1200 7205as 7260as 7350as 9560as 9670as
1200-1300 DRM 7325eu 7340as 12000as
1200-1300 7350as 9560as 11660as
1300-1400 DRM 7325eu 7340as 9675eu
1300-1400 7205as 7260as 9560as
1400-1500 DRM 7340as 9675eu
1400-1500 4975va (as/me) 7260as 7310as 11660as
1500-1600 DRM 7340as
1500-1600 4975va (as/me) 9470va (af/me) 9660as 9880as
1600-1700 DRM 6180as 7300eu
1600-1700 4975va (as/me) 9470me
1700-1800 DRM 7300eu
1700-1800 4975va (as/me) 7240as 7270va (af/eu/me) 7330eu 9880as
1800-1900 DRM 6145eu 7300eu
1800-1900 7270va (af/me) 7330eu 11985va (af/me) 12060eu
1900-2000 DRM 6040eu
1900-2000 7330eu
2000-2100 DRM 6040eu
2000-2100 7330eu
2100-2200 7300eu
2200-2300 7250va (eu/na/ca) 11830na
2300-0000 7250va (na/sa) 7290va (ca/na)
(Voice of Russia 10/28/2011)
Schedule is subject to change without prior notice
Website: http://www.wnglish.ruvr.ru/
Email: world@ruvr.ru

Radio Rossii - B11 Winter Schedule

Russia
Radio Rossii - Russian B11 Schedule
Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

Russian
0400-0500 9840eu (to western Europe)
0500-0600 9840eu (to western Europe)
0600-0700 9840eu (to western Europe)
0725-0800 12075eu (to western Europe)
0800-0900 12075eu (to western Europe)
0900-1000 12075eu (to western Europe)
1000-1100 12075eu (to western Europe)
1100-1200 12075eu (to western Europe)
1225-1300 7310eu (to western Europe)
1300-1400 7310eu (to western Europe)
1400-1500 7310eu (to western Europe)
1525-1600 5905eu (to western Europe)
1600-1700 5905eu (to western Europe)
1700-1800 5905eu (to western Europe)
1800-1900 5905eu (to western Europe)
1900-2000 5905eu (to western Europe)

* 1900-2000 on 5905 with strong co-channel Radio France Int'l in Russian
(R Bulgaria DX Mix News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30)
(Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Tartarstan Wave - B11 Winter Schedule


Russia
Tartarstan Wave - B11 Schedule

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

Tatar/Russian
0410-0500 15105as (to Far East)
0610-0700 9410eu (to Russia)
0700-0800 9860eu (to Russia)
0810-0900 11610eu (to Western Europe)
(DX Mix News 700 via Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Radio Tirana - B11 Winter schedule update

This is a revised version of Radio Tirana's winter schedule, from the earlier tentative post on October 25, 2011.

Albania

Radio Tirana - B11

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

Albanian Daily
0000-0100 7425 SHI 100 kW 310 deg to NoAM
0800-1000 7390 SHI 100 kW non-dir to WeEUR
0900-1000 1395vFLA 500 kW 033 deg to EaEUR
1500-1530 1458vFLA 500 kW non-dir to WeEUR

English Mon-Sat
1530-1600 13640 SHI 100 kW 310 deg to NoAM
2100-2130 7530 SHI 100 kW 300 deg to U.K.

German Mon-Sat
2031-2100 7465 SHI 100 kW 310 deg to Germany

Greek Mon-Sat
1645-1700 1458vFLA 500 kW non-dir to Greece

French Mon-Sat
1830-1900 7465 SHI 100 kW 310 deg to France

Italian Mon-Sat
1800-1830 6000 SHI 100 kW non-dir to Italy

Serbian Mon-Sat
2115-2130 1458vFLA 500 kW 004 deg to Serbia

Turkish Mon-Sat
1930-2000 1458vFLA 500 kW non-dir to Turkey
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30)
(DX Mix News 700 via Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Polish Radio downsizes shortwave service


Polish Radio External Service, according to their website (www.thenews.pl ) the only shortwave transmission for B11 Winter, is on 3955 kHz from 1800-1900 UTC via Sitkunai, Lithuania. This is sad as I was a semi-regular listener to their programs having grown to like them when the CBC's Overnight Service used to carry them at 4:30 AM (local).
(Mark Coady/ODXA via Cumbre)

China Radio International - B11 English schedule



China Radio International


Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

English
0000-0100 6005as 6020na 6180as 7350eu 7425as 9425as 9570na 11650as 11790as 11885as

0100-0200 6005na 6020na 6075as 6175as 7350eu 9410eu 9420as 9570na 9580na 11650as 11885as

0200-0300 11785as 13640as

0230-0300 15435as

0300-0400 6190na 9460as 9690na 9790na 13620as 15120as

0400-0500 6190na 9460as 13620as 15120as 17725as 17855as

0500-0600 5960na 6190na 7220af 7295af 9440af 11880as 15350as 15465as 17505va/(af/as) 17540as 17725as 17855as

0600-0700 6115na 11750af 11770as 11880as 13645as 15145as 15350as 15465as 17505va (af/as) 17540as 17710as

0700-0800 11785eu 11880as 13645as 15125va (af/as) 15350as 15465as 17540as 17490eu 17710as

0800-0900 9415as 11785eu 11880as 13350as 15465as 15625va (af/as) 17490eu 17540as

0900-1000 9415as 15210pa 15270eu 15350as 17490eu 17570eu 17690pa 17750as

1000-1100 5955as 7215as 11640as 13590as 13720as 15190as 15210pa 15350as 17490eu 17690as

1100-1200 5955as 5960na 9570as 11650as 11785as 11795as 13645as 13665eu 13590as 13720as 15110as 17490eu

1200-1300 5955as 7250as 9460as 9600as 9645as 9730as 9760pa 11650as 11690as 11760pa 12015as 13665eu 13790eu 13980as 17490eu

1300-1400 5955as 7300as 9570na 9655as 9730as 9765as 9870as 11760pa 11885na 11900pa 11980as 13670eu 13790eu 15230na

1400-1500 5955as 7300as 9460as 9700eu 9765as 9795eu 9870as 11665as 13675na 13740na 15230na 17630af

1500-1600 5955as 6095va (af/as) 7325as 7405as 9435eu 9525eu 9720va (af/as) 9785as 9870as 13740na 17630af

1600-1700 6060as 7235as 7255eu 7420af 7435af 9435eu 9570af 9875eu

1700-1800 6090as 6100eu 6140as 7205eu 7255eu 7410as 7420as 7425as 9570af 9600as 13685af

1800-1900 6100eu 6165as 7405eu 13685af

1900-2000 7295as 7435af 9440as

2000-2100 5960eu 5985af 7285eu 7295as 7415eu 9440as 9600eu 11640af 13630af

2100-2130 11640af 13630af

2100-2200 5960eu 5690eu 7205af 7285eu 7405af 7415eu 9600eu

2200-2300 5915as

2300-0000 5915as 5990me 6040na 6145as 7350eu 7415as 9535as 11790as 11970va (eu/na)
(CRI 10/28/2011)

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Radio Romania International - B11 Winter Schedule

Radio Romania International - B11 Multilingual schedule

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 24 March 2012

All times UTC

Arabic
0730-0756 11710T 11990G 15155G 15330T
1500-1556 9655G 11730G 15280T 17540T

Aromanian
1530-1556 6125S
1730-1756 6015S
1930-1956 7345S

Chinese
0500-0526 15160T 17870T-DRM
1400-1426 9660T 11825T

English
0100-0156 6145G 7355G
0400-0456 6130T 7305T 11895G 15220G
0630-0656 7310T 9600G-DRM 17780G 21600T
1200-1256 15430G 15460T 17530T 17765G
1800-1830 5875-DRM via KVI-Norway 65 kW / 220 deg
1800-1856 9745T-DRM 11955T
2130-2156 6030G 7310T 7380G 9435T
2300-2356 6015G 7220G 7300T 9530T

French
0200-0256 5975G 7325G
0600-0626 7265G 9650G-DRM 9690T 11790T
1000-1056 15260G 17870G Suns only
1100-1156 15150T 15255G 17800G 17870T
1700-1756 9690T 11635T
1800-1856 7350G
2000-2056 7380G
2100-2126 6030G 7370G-DRM

German
0700-0726 9450T-DRM 11810T
1300-1356 15460T 17530T
1700-1730 5875-DRM via KVI-Norway 65 kW / 160 deg
1900-1956 7370T 9805T-DRM

Italian
1500-1526 9875S
1700-1726 7415S
1900-1926 7345S-DRM

Romanian
0100-0156 5910T 7345T
0200-0256 5910T 7345T
0500-0556 6145G 7220G
0800-0856 11730T 15370T Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
15430G 17775G
0900-0956 15380G 15430T Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
17745G 17775T
1000-1056 15380T 17780T Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
approx.1300-1356 7420S Saftica txion opens earlier or later too...
sometimes 1252 UT, or late at 1306 UT ...
1300-1456 15170G 17820G
1600-1656 9655G 11870G
1700-1756 5995G 7215G
1800-1856 5990G
1900-1956 5990G 7430G
2000-2056 5990G

Russian
0530-0556 6175T-DRM 7210T
1430-1456 11730T 15160T
1600-1656 7245T-DRM 9565T

Serbian
1630-1656 6025S
1830-1856 6030S
2030-2056 6010S

Spanish
0000-0056 7315G 9525G 13590T 15110T
0300-0356 9765G 11825T 11850G 13630T
2000-2056 7430T 9620T
2200-2256 13860T 15160T

Ukranian
1600-1626 6130S
1800-1826 6090S
2000-2026 5950S

G=Galbeni 2x300 kW, S=Saftica 1x100 kW, T=Tiganesti 3x300 kW.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14)
last update october 14, 2011
(BCL via Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Radio Netherlands - B11 Winter Schedule



Radio Netherlands Worldwide Multilingual Schedules

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

QRG Start Stop CIRAF Lang. Transmitter Beam kW Days (Sun=1)

6165 0000 0057 12 Spa Bonaire 210 250 1234567
6195 0000 0027 3,4,7E,8,9W,11N Nld Bonaire 350 250 1234567
6165 0100 0127 11,12N,13N Nld Bonaire 180 250 1234567
6165 0200 0257 10,11W Spa Bonaire 305 250 1234567
6165 0300 0327 12 Nld Bonaire 210 250 1234567
6165 0330 0357 3,4,7,8,11NW Nld Bonaire 335 250 1234567
6165 0400 0427 7S,8S,10,11W Nld Bonaire 305 250 1234567
5955 0600 0657 27S,36,37 Nld S. Maria di Galeria 266 250 1234567
6165 0600 0627 2,3,4,6,7,8,10N,11NW Nld Bonaire 315 250 1234567
9830 0600 0657 28S,38,39N Nld Wertachtal 120 500 1234567
9865 0600 0627 60 Nld Bonaire 230 300 1234567
9895 0600 0657 27S,28SW Nld Kichinev 280 300 1234567
9895 0600 0657 27S,28SW Nld Kichinev 280 300 1234567
5955 0700 0757 27,28W Nld Nauen 220 500 1234567
6120 0700 0757 28N Nld S. Maria di Galeria 4 250 1234567
9895 0700 0800 27S,28SW,37N Nld Nauen 220 500 1234567
5955 0800 1100 27,28 Nld Wertachtal ND 500 1234567
9895 0800 0900 27,28SW Nld Nauen 220 500 1234567
11935 0800 0900 36E,37 Nld S. Maria di Galeria 253 250 1 7
11935 0800 0857 36E,37 Nld S. Maria di Galeria 253 250 23456
15750 0800 0827 51,55,59 Nld Agingan Pt, Saipan 180 100 1234567
6035 0900 1100 28 Nld Issoudun 77 250 23456
6120 0900 1100 27S,37N Nld Wertachtal 240 500 23456
9895 0900 1100 27S,37N Nld S. Maria di Galeria 266 250 1 7
6020 0930 1000 12NE,13NW Nld Bonaire 110 250 23456
6020 0930 0957 12NE,13NW Nld Bonaire 110 250 1 7
12065 1000 1057 49 Eng Tinang 1 283 250 1234567
6165 1100 1127 8S,11 Spa Bonaire 315 250 1234567
7360 1100 1127 44,45 Nld Tinang 1 21 250 1234567
9795 1100 1200 54 Ind Tinang 1 200 250 1234567
15515 1100 1200 54 Ind Tinian Islands 256 250 1234567
15565 1100 1200 51W,54E Ind Agingan Pt, Saipan 225 100 1234567
6165 1130 1157 12N Spa Bonaire 210 250 1234567
6165 1200 1227 11S,12N Spa Bonaire 180 250 1234567
9795 1200 1227 49,50,54 Nld Tinian Islands 267 250 1234567
9810 1200 1227 10,11W Spa Bonaire 290 250 1234567
12065 1200 1227 41N,42,43,44,49 Nld Tinang 1 332 250 1234567
12065 1300 1327 41,49 Nld Tinang 1 283 250 1234567
12080 1300 1327 54,58 Nld Tinang 1 200 250 1234567
15255 1300 1327 41,49 Nld Dhabayya 85 500 1234567
12080 1400 1457 41 Eng Tinang 1 283 250 1234567
5955 1600 1757 18S,27,28,29W,39N Nld Wertachtal ND 500 1234567
9750 1600 1657 28S,38,39N Nld Nauen 143 500 1234567
9895 1600 1757 36E,37 Nld Wertachtal 240 500 1234567
11615 1630 1657 38E,39,48N Nld Madagascar 0 250 1234567
11655 1630 1657 47,48,52,53W,57N Nld Madagascar 300 250 1234567
11655 1700 1727 52,53W,57 Nld Madagascar 254 250 1234567
11655 1800 1957 48SW,52E,53W Eng Madagascar 300 250 1234567
7425 1900 2057 48SW,52E,53W Eng Madagascar 275 250 1234567
11615 1900 1959 46,47W Eng S. Maria di Galeria 199 250 1234567
11615 2000 2057 46,47W Eng Kigali 295 250 1234567
9365 2100 2200 51W,54E Ind Madagascar 85 250 1234567
9500 2100 2127 37,46 Nld S. Maria di Galeria 206 250 1234567
13700 2100 2127 46,47W Nld Bonaire 80 250 1234567
17605 2100 2127 12S,14,15W Nld Bonaire 170 250 1234567
6040 2200 2227 36E,37,46N Nld S. Maria di Galeria 234 250 1234567
15315 2200 2227 12S,14,16 Nld Bonaire 182 250 1234567
15540 2200 2227 12NE,13,15 Nld Bonaire 133 250 1234567
last update october 25, 2011)
(BCL)

Radio Bulgaria - B11 Winter Schedule

Radio Bulgaria - B11 Multilingual Schedule

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

Albanian
0630-0700 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Mon-Fri
0630-0700 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Mon-Fri
0700-0800 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Sat/Sun
0700-0800 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Sat/Sun
1700-1730 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
1700-1730 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU
2000-2100 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
2000-2100 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU

Bulgaria
0100-0200 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to NoAM
0100-0200 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to NoAM
0100-0200 on 7300 PLD 170 kW / 260 deg to SoAM
0100-0200 on 9400 PLD 170 kW / 245 deg to SoAM
0530-0600 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Mon-Fri
0530-0600 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Mon-Fri
0530-0600 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 115 deg to N&ME Mon-Fri
0530-0600 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 126 deg to N&ME Mon-Fri
0530-0600 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU Mon-Fri
0530-0600 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU Mon-Fri
0500-0600 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Sat/Sun
0500-0600 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Sat/Sun
0500-0600 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 115 deg to N&ME Sat/Sun
0500-0600 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 126 deg to N&ME Sat/Sun
0500-0600 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU Sat/Sun
0500-0600 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU Sat/Sun
1400-1500 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 078 deg to CeAS
1400-1500 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 030 deg to EaEU
1400-1500 on 11600 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
1400-1500 on 15600 PLD 300 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
1600-1700 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
1600-1700 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU
1600-1700 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 078 deg to CeAS
1600-1700 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 030 deg to EaEU
1600-1700 on 9700 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
1600-1700 on 15700 PLD 300 kW / 185 deg to SoAF
1900-2000 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
1900-2000 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU
2200-2300 on 6000 PLD 170 kW / 260 deg to SoEU
2200-2300 on 9400 PLD 170 kW / 245 deg to SoEU
DX MIX NEWS 0545-0600 Sun; 1445-1500 Sun; 1945-2000 Sun

English
0000-0100 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to NoAM
0000-0100 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to NoAM
0300-0400 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to NoAM
0300-0400 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to NoAM
0730-0800 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
0730-0800 on 9400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
1830-1900 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
1830-1900 on 9700 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
2200-2300 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
2200-2300 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
DX MIX NEWS 2230-2240 Fri; 0030-0040 Sat; 0330-0340 Sat; 0740-0750 Sun

French
0200-0300 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to NoAM
0200-0300 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to NoAM
0700-0730 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
0700-0730 on 9400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
1800-1830 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
1800-1830 on 9700 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
2100-2200 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
2100-2200 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
DX MIX NEWS 2130-2140 Tue; 0230-0240 Wed; 2130-2140 Sun; 0230-0240 Mon

German
0630-0700 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
0630-0700 on 9400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
1730-1800 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
1730-1800 on 9700 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
2000-2100 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 306 deg to WeEU
2000-2100 on 7400 PLD 300 kW / 295 deg to WeEU
DX MIX NEWS 2050-2100 Tue; 0650-0700 Thu; 2020-2030 Sat

Greek
0600-0630 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Mon-Fri
0600-0630 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Mon-Fri
0600-0700 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Sat/Sun
0600-0700 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Sat/Sun
1730-1800 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
1730-1800 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU
2100-2200 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
2100-2200 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU

Russian
0400-0430 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 030 deg to EaEU
0400-0430 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 078 deg to CeAS
1500-1600 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 078 deg to CeAS
1500-1600 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 030 deg to EaEU
1900-2000 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 078 deg to CeAS
1900-2000 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 030 deg to EaEU
DX MIX NEWS 1540-1600 Sat; 1940-2000 Sat; 0410-0430 Sun

Serbian
0700-0730 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Mon-Fri
0700-0730 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Mon-Fri
0800-0900 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU Sat/Sun
0800-0900 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU Sat/Sun
1800-1830 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
1800-1830 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU
2200-2300 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
2200-2300 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU

Spanish
0000-0100 on 7300 PLD 170 kW / 260 deg to SoAM
0000-0100 on 9400 PLD 170 kW / 245 deg to SoAM
0200-0300 on 7300 PLD 170 kW / 260 deg to SoAM
0200-0300 on 9400 PLD 170 kW / 245 deg to SoAM
0700-0730 on 7300 PLD 170 kW / 260 deg to SoEU
0700-0730 on 9800 PLD 170 kW / 245 deg to SoEU
1730-1800 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 260 deg to SoEU
1730-1800 on 9400 PLD 170 kW / 245 deg to SoEU
2100-2200 on 6000 PLD 170 kW / 260 deg to SoEU
2100-2200 on 9400 PLD 170 kW / 245 deg to SoEU
DX MIX NEWS 1750-1800 Sun; 2120-2130 Sun; 0020-0030 Mon; 0220-0230 Mon

Turkish
0600-0630 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 115 deg to N&ME
0600-0630 on 7400 PLD 170 kW / 126 deg to N&ME
1830-1900 on 747 PET 300 kW / non-dir to SEEU
1830-1900 on 1224 VDN 300 kW / 205 deg to SEEU
1830-1900 on 5900 PLD 170 kW / 078 deg to N&ME

MW: PET=Petritch (G.C. 41N28/023E19) 1 x 300 kW
VDN=Vidin (G.C. 43N50/022E43) 1 x 300 kW

SW: PLD=Plovdiv (G.C. 42N23/024E52) 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW

ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P.O.Box 900, 1000 Sofia.
Tel.: +359 2 933 66 33; fax.: +359 2 865 05 60; Website: www.bnr.bg
(DX MIX NEWS & BCL)

Harold Camping retires as head of Family Radio

For nearly 53 years Harold Camping has been a prominent figure in Christian broadcasting. On Monday The Christian Post was exclusively told that the 90-year-old was no longer able to lead his Family Radio ministry, and would be retiring.

During the last several years the Family Radio network has suffered operating losses and two of their stations, WKDN in Philadelphia and WFSI in Annapolis, Maryland covering the Washington, DC area, are being sold, tentatively to CBS. On Monday, Family Radio began soliciting donations to offset those losses, even though the broadcasting outlets currently owned by the company are potentially worth hundreds of millions
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Radio Taiwan International - B11 Winter Schedule



Radio Taiwan International


Effective: 30 October 2011 - 24 March 2012

All times UTC

Mandarin Days area kHz Site kW
0000-0200 daily NEm 860 WBGR N/A
0000-0100 daily CHN 1422 TWN 50
0000-0300 daily CHN 9660 TWN 100
0200-0300 daily CeAM 9680 WYFR 100
0300-0400 daily NEm 5950 WYFR 100
0300-0800 6,7 CHN 1557 TWN 300
0400-0500 daily NwA 6875 WYFR 100
0400-0500 daily CHN 1008 TWN 600
0400-0600 daily CHN 11885 TWN 100
0400-0600 daily CHN 11665 TWN 100
0400-0600 daily SeA 15245 TWN 250
0400-0700 dailySacramento1210 KEBR N/A
1000-1100 daily CHN 6105 TWN 100
1000-1100 daily CHN 1422 TWN 50
1000-1500 daily CHN 6085 TWN 300
1000-1200 daily CHN 1503 TWN 600
1000-1400 daily CHN 9780 TWN 100
1000-1400 daily CHN 6150 TWN 100
1000-1700 daily CHN 11665 TWN 300
1000-1700 daily CHN 612 (ex603) TWN 500
1000-1700 daily CHN 7385 TWN 100
1000-1700 daily CHN 1008 TWN 600
1100-1300 daily CHN 11710 TWN 300
1100-1700 daily CHN 9680 TWN 100
1300-1330 daily CHN 1503 TWN 600
1300-1400 daily SeA 15265 TWN 250
1300-1500 daily SeA 7445 TWN 100
1400-1500 Daily CHN 7270 TWN 300
1300-1700 daily CHN 1098 TWN 300
1400-1800 daily CHN 6075, 6145 TWN 100
1500-1700 daily CHN 7365 TWN 300
1600-1700 daily CHN 1503 TWN 600
2200-2400 daily CHN 11710 TWN 300
2200-2400 daily CHN 11885 TWN 100
2200-2400 daily CHN 6105 TWN 100
2200-2400 daily SeA 11635 TWN 100
2200-2400 daily CHN 6150 TWN 100
2300-2400 daily CHN 9685 TWN 100
2300-2400 daily CHN 1206new TWN 100
2300-2400 daily CHN 7270 TWN 100

Hokkein Days Area kHz Site kW
0100-0200 Daily TWN 1422 deleted TWN 50
0500-0600 Daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
0500-0600 Daily CHN 1008 TWN 600
0900-1000 Daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
1000-1100 Daily CHN 15465 TWN 100
1200-1300 Daily CHN 1206 TWN 100
1200-1300 Daily SeA 11715 TWN 250
1300-1400 Daily CHN 11625 TWN 100

Hakka Days Area kHz Site kW
0200-0230 Daily CHN 1422 TWN 50
0230-0300 daily NwA 15440 WYFR 100
0230-0300 daily NEm 860 WYFR N/A
0430-0500 daily SeA 15320 TWN 100
0730-0800 daily NwA 1210 WYFR N/A
1030-1100 daily SeA 15270, 11625 TWN 100
1230-1300 daily NeA 6105, 11915 TWN 100/250
1530-1600 daily SeA 11550 TWN 100

Cantonese Days Area kHz Site kW
0200-0230 daily NwA 15440 WYFR 100
0200-0230 daily NEm 860 WYFR N/A
0400-0430 daily SeA 15320 TWN 100
0700-0730 daily NwA 1210 WYFR N/A
0900-1000 6,? SeA 15465 TWN 100
1000-1030 daily SeA 15270, 11625 TWN 100
1200-1230 daily CHN 11915, 6105 TWN 250/100
1500-1530 daily SeA 11550 TWN 250
1500-1600 weekendSeA 7380 TWN 100

English Days Area kHz Site kW
0100-0200 daily SAs 11875 TWN 250
0200-0300 daily NEm 5950 WYFR 100
0200-0300 daily CNm 9680 WYFR 100
0230-0300 Daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
0300-0400 daily NwA 6875 WYFR 100
0300-0400 daily SeA 15320 TWN 100
0500-0600 daily NwA 6875 WYFR 100
1100-1200 daily SeA 11715, 7445 TWN 250/100
1100-1200 daily SeA 1359addit TWN 600
1600-1700 daily CHN, SAs 9435 TWN 100
1600-1700 daily SAs 12055 Issoudun 500
1700-1800 daily CAf 15690 Issoudun 500
[wrong entry in RTI_XLS file]
1800-1900 daily Weu, ENG3965 Issoudun 500

French Days Area kHz Site kW
1900-2000 daily AF/wAF 11875 Issoudun 500
1900-2000 daily wEu 9895 Al Dhabbaya-UAE 250
[wrong entry as Skelton Cumbria in RTI_XLS file]

Spanish Days Area kHz Site kW
0200-0300 daily SAm 9355 WYFR 100
0400-0500 daily CAm 6890 WYFR 100
0600-0700 daily NwA 6875 WYFR 100
2000-2100 daily WEu 3965 Issoudun 250
2300-2400 daily SAm 11885 WYFR 100
0200-0300 daily SAm 11995 Montsinery500

German Days Area kHz Site kW
1900-2000 daily Eu 3955 Skelton 250
[RTI xls file: 6185, seems wrong entry due Vatican Radio]
2100-2200 daily wEU 3965 Issoudun 250

Russian Days Area kHz Site kW
1100-1200 daily NeA 11985 TWN 100
1400-1430 daily Moscow 738 Moscow N/A
1400-1500 daily CeRUS 15225 Issoudun 500
1700-1800 daily Moscow 7465 Issoudun 500
[RTI alternate frequencies 6120ISS 9840ISS,but latter HoA UAE now]

Japanese Days Area kHz Site kW
0800-0900 daily NeA 11605 TWN 250
1100-1200 daily NeA 9735 TWN 250
1300-1400 daily NeA 9735 TWN 250

Vietnamese Days Area kHz Site kW
0000-0030 daily SeA 11655 TWN 250
0900-1000 daily SeA 15270 TWN 100
1100-1200 daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
1200-1300 daily SeA 11765 TWN 100
1200-1300 daily SeAS 1359addit TWN 600
1300-1400 daily CHN,TWN 1206 TWN 100
1400-1500 daily SeA 9625 TWN 250
2330-2400 daily SeA 11655 TWN 250

Thai Days Area kHz Site kW
1300-1500 daily CHN,TWN 1422 TWN 50
1400-1500 daily SeA 11635 TWN 100
1500-1600 daily SeA 7555 TWN 100
1500-1600 daily SeA 1503 TWN 600
2200-2300 daily SeA 1503 TWN 600
2200-2400 daily SeA 7445 TWN 100
2300-2400 daily SeA 1422 TWN 50

Indonesian Days Area kHz Site kW
0300-0400 daily TWN 1206addit TWN 50
0300-0500 daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
1000-1100 daily SeA 11520 TWN 100
1000-1100 daily SeA 11550 TWN 250
1200-1300 daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
1200-1300 daily SeA 11625 TWN 100
1400-1500 daily SeA 11875 TWN 250

Code for Area and Countries
Af -Africa CHN-China
CAm-Central America RUS-Russia
Eu -Europe TWN-Taiwan
NAm-North America
NEm-North East America
ME -Middle East
SAm-South America
SAs-South Asia
SeA-South East Asia

Relayed via:
WYFR, USA; Al Dhabbaya-UAE; Skelton, UK;
Issoudun France, Montsinery French Guiana; Moscow Russia.

AM
KEBAR AM 1210 kHz, Sacramento CA, USA
Mandarin: 2000-2300, Cantonese/Hakka: 2300-2400, local time
WBGR 860 EST DST Mandarin A 2000-2100, Mandarin B 2100-2200,
Cantonese/Hakka 2200-2400

(CBS-RTI Radio Taiwan International, via ADDX Andreas Volk-Munich-D Oct 16, transformed via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)
last update october 16, 2011
(BCL)

Radio Thailand - B11 Winter Schedule


Radio Thailand - B11 Multilingual Schedules

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

0000-0030 English 13745 US-East *Live
0030-0100 English 13745 US-West *Live
0100-0200 Thai 13745 US-West
0200-0230 English 15275 US-East
0230-0330 Thai 15275 US-East
0530-0600 English 12015 Eastern Europe/Russia *Live
1000-1100 Thai 12040 MLA/INS/PAC/SoEaAS additional <<<<<
1000-1100 Thai 17630 Middle East
1030-1100 Thai 1575 SoEaAS
1100-1130 Thai 1575 SoEaAS Mon-Fri only
1100-1115 Vietnamese 7255 Asia-Pacific
1115-1130 Khmer 7255 Asia-Pacific
1130-1145 Lao 7235 Asia-Pacific
1145-1200 Burmese 7235 Asia-Pacific
1200-1230 Thai 1575 SoEaAS Mon-Fri only
1200-1215 Malaysian 11870 Asia-Pacific
1230-1300 English 9720 Asia-Pacific
1300-1315 Japanese 7465 Asia-Pacific
1315-1330 Mandarin 7465 Asia-Pacific
1330-1400 Thai 7465 Asia-Pacific
1400-1430 English 9725 Asia-Pacific
1800-1900 Thai 9680 Europe
1900-2000 English 9680 Europe
2000-2015 German 9535 Europe
2030-2045 English 9535 Europe
2045-2115 Thai 9535 Europe
2230-2400 Thai 1575 SoEaAS Sun-Thur only.

Radio Thailand, World Services (HSK9)
Public Relations Department
Royal Thai Government
236 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road
Din Daeng
Bangkok 10400
Thailand

Email: english@hsk9.org
Website: www.hsk9.org/
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 17)
(Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany & Alokesh Gupta, India))

VOIRI Iran - B11 Winter Schedule


Iran, VOIRI - B11 (tentative) Multilingual Schedule

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 24 March 2012

All times UTC

tentative

Albanian
0630-0727 13810 15500
1830-1927 6085 9760
2030-2127 6165 9760

Arabic
0230-0527 7350 9740 9895 "Al-Quds TV"
0530-0827 13690 15735 17820
0830-1027 13740 13790 15735 17820
1030-1427 13790 13800 15735 17670
1430-1627 9830 17670
1630-1727 9830
1630-0227 6065
1630-0327 3985
1730-2027 7335

Armenian
0300-0327 5915 7300
0930-0957 11820 15220
1630-1727 5915 7435

Azeri
0330-0527 6200
1430-1657 6200

Bengali
0030-0127 5915 6100
1430-1527 7320 9730 11805 [5910 alternat.]

Bosnian
0530-0627 13760 15500
[S-Cr] 1730-1827 6030 9850
2130-2227 5950 9710

Chinese
1200-1257 13825 15150 15360 15525
2330-0027 5955 6110 7380

Dari
0300-0627 9805 11860
0830-1157 15545
0830-1427 13840
1200-1457 11640

English
0130-0227 7230 7365 "Voice of Justice"
1030-1127 21575 21695
1530-1627 13785 15525
1930-2027 6010 6115SIT 7320 11670 15450

French
0630-0727 17560 17865
1830-1927 6065 6115SIT 7380 15345 [9565 alternat.]

German
0730-0827 15085 17690
1730-1827 6205 7425
tentatively SIT either 5915/5990/6115 or 7420 kHz.

Hausa
0600-0657 17810
1830-1927 11965 13730

Hebrew
0430-0457 9755 11870
1200-1227 13740 15515

Hindi
0230-0257 9510 11710
1430-1527 11700 13750

Italian
0630-0727 9770SIT 13650 15085
1930-1957 5890 7215

Japanese
1330-1427 9585 9625
2100-2157 6145 7200

Kazakh
0130-0227 7205 7265
1530-1627 7380 9850

Kurdish
0430-0527 7370 9610 Sorrani dialect. Winter time.
1330-1627 5920 Kirmanji dialect

Malay
1230-1327 17720 21630
2230-2327 7380 9675

Pashto
0230-0327 5950 6095
0730-0827 13720 15440
1230-1327 7225 9725
1430-1527 5985-m Mashhad progr via Sirjan site.
1630-1727 6005 7345

Russian
0300-0327 7370 9510
0500-0527 12025 13680 17680 21600
1430-1527 7285 7420SIT 9685 11860
1700-1757 3965 6090 [5925 alternat.]
1800-1857 6130 7305
1930-2027 4005 7205 <<< see 75 mb out-of-band

Spanish
0030-0227 6010 7345 [6110 alternat.]
0230-0327 6010 [6110 alternat.]
0530-0627 13710 15330
2030-2127 6055SIT 6200 9630

Swahili
0400-0457 13680 15260
0830-0927 21510 21640
1730-1827 9830 11715

Tajik
0100-0227 5950 7300
1600-1727 5955 5995 [5945 alternat.]

Turkish
0430-0557 6085 7360
1600-1727 6175 7315

Urdu
0130-0227 3965 6100 6185
1300-1427 9715 11685 11720
1530-1727 6115m Mashhad program via Sirjan site.

Uzbek
0230-0257 6175 7300
1500-1557 6070 7215 [5945 alternat.]

Saut Falestin
"Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution"
Aarabic 0330-0427 7295 9500 [6165 alternat.]

Additional alternates
Various 1500-2100 7410 towards all Europe DRM mode
Various 1630-1930 7355 towards RUS/CIS
Various 2100-0500 7440 towards all Europe DRM mode

Tentative SIT = Sitkunai relays in Lithuania. Latter schedule not updated yet, shows still A-11 table:
IRIB German service site shows still the summer schedule, but somebody of the listener sent a comment with new winter channels.

IRIB English website updated.
only B-09 schedule

IRIB French
IRIB Russian
IRIB Spanish

And huge worldwide Satellite Network on various satellites
(IRIB via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14/Wolfgang Bueschel)
last update october 14, 2011
(BCL)

Radio Tirana - B11 Winter Schedule


Albania, Radio Tirania - B11 (tentative) Multilingual Schedule

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 24 March 2012

All times UTC

7390 0800-0900 100 n-d 1234567 ALBANIAN (ex 0730-)
1395 0901-1000 500 033 1234567 ALBANIAN
7390 0901-1000 100 n-d 1234567 ALBANIAN
1458 1500-1530 500 n-d 1234567 ALBANIAN (ex -1630)
7425 0000-0100 100 310 1234567 ALBANIAN (ex -0130)

13640 1530-1600 100 310 .234567 ENGLISH
7530 2100-2130 100 300 .234567 ENGLISH
7465 1830-1900 100 310 .234567 FRENCH
7465 2031-2100 100 310 .234567 GERMAN
1458 1645-1700 500 n-d .234567 GREEK
6000 1800-1830 100 n-d .234567 ITALIAN
1458 2115-2130 500 004 .234567 SERBIAN
1458 1930-2000 500 n-d .234567 TURKISH

Delete:
6130 0000-0130 100 300 1234567 ALBANIAN
9895 2100-2130 100 310 .234567 ENGLISH
7440 0330-0400 100 310 1.34567 ENGLISH
1458 1901-1929 500 338 .234567 GERMAN
(Radio Tirana, via Drita Cico-ALB, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 18)
(BCL)

Monday, October 24, 2011

Musharraf to VOA: Karzai Statement "Preposterous"



Washington, D.C. — October 24, 2011 —

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has told a popular Voice of America TV program he just can’t understand what was behind a controversial statement made by Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday.

Mr. Musharraf, who appeared on Monday’s edition of The Platform, a co-production of VOA and the Pakistani cable network, Express 24/7, was questioned about President Karzai’s recent statement that “Afghanistan will side with Pakistan," if ever there is a war between Pakistan and the United States.

Mr. Musharraf described the statement as “preposterous,” saying, “I just don’t understand...I think this must be crazy, I don’t agree with this statement at all.”

Mr. Musharraf, who appeared on the program with former U.S. Senator Bob Graham, took a series of questions from a live studio audience in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Asked what it would take to bring peace to Afghanistan, Mr. Musharraf called for a more inclusive government in Kabul, one that includes more ethnic Pashtuns in key leadership positions. “I’m afraid we have to have a balanced Pashtun-dominated government in Afghanistan, whatever it takes, because Pashtuns have always ruled Afghanistan, we cannot ignore their presence.”

Senator Graham and President Musharraf also discussed the U.S. Pakistan relationship, and both said the two countries had many common interests. Mr. Graham said the two would have to work at improving “day-to-day” relations.

Mr. Musharraf said ties between Washington and Islamabad were perhaps at their “lowest ebb,” and both he and Senator Graham said the U.S. use of drones to strike at terrorist targets had added to the strains.

The joint VOA / Express 24/7 program, which is broadcast on cable in Pakistan Monday and Tuesday evenings, offers viewers a chance to submit their own questions to U.S. and Pakistani newsmakers, who also take questions from program hosts as well as the studio audience in Lahore.

For highlights and links to the show, visit The Platform’s Facebook page or visit the VOA Urdu language webpage at www.voanews.com. For more information about this release, email Kyle King in Washington at kking@voanew.com .

The Voice of America is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of about 123 million people. Programs are produced in 44 languages and are intended exclusively for audiences outside of the United States.
(VOA)

Radio Free Asia - B11 Multilingual Schedules



Special thanks to A.J. Janitschek for sending Shortwave Central the first release of the RFA winter schedule.

All programming targeted to Asia
RFA does not broadcast in English

Effective: 30 October 2011 0800 UTC) - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

Burmese
0030-0130 12115 15700 17835
1230-1400 7245 11795 12105
1400-1430 11795 12105
1630-1730 7245

Cantonese
1400-1500 6025 7470
2200-2300 7250 9780 11775

Khmer
1230-1330 13810 15160
2230-2330 5790 11850

Korean
1500-1700 648 5855 7210 9385
1700-1900 648 5855 9385
2100-2200 648 7460 9385 11995

Lao
0000-0100 15690 17770
1100-1200 9325 15120

Mandarin
0300-0700 11980 13710 15150 15665 17880 21540
1500-1600 6025 7445 9790 9905 11945 13725
1600-1700 6020 7415 7445 9455 9905 11945 13725
1700-1800 6020 7415 7445 9355 9455 9905 11945 13670
1800-1900 6025 7385 7415 7445 9355 9455 9905 11790 11945 13670
1900-2000 1098 5860 6025 6095 7385 9355 9455 9875 9905 11790 11945
2000-2100 1098 5860 6025 6095 7355 7495 9355 9455 9875 11900 11945
2100-2200 1098 6025 6095 7355 7495 9355 9455 9875 11900 11945
2300-2400 7540 9585 9825 11775 11975 15550

Tibetan
0100-0300 7470 9670 11695 15220 17730
0600-0700 17515 17715 21490 21695
1000-1100 9690 15140 17750
1100-1200 7470 9350 11590 15375
1200-1400 7470 9350 11590 13625 15375
1500-1600 5780 9955 11625 11905
2200-2300 6005 7470 9835
2300-2400 6010 7470 7550 9875

Uyghur
0100-0200 7480 9480 9645 9690 17850
1600-1700 7285 7470 9725 12080

Vietnamese
0000-0030 5885 11605 11965 15135
1400-1430 1503 7245 9455 9990 11605 12130 13735
1430-1500 7245 9455 9990 11605 12130 13735
2300-2330 1503
2330-2400 1503 5885 11605 11965 15135
(A.J. Janitschek/Radio Free Asia)

Postal contact:
Radio Free Asia
2025 M Street, NW
Washington DC 20036
United States of America

Monitoring Libya on shortwave


Libya
11600 kHz. Radio Télévision Libye, Tripolis Libye today Oct 24. Transmitter at Sabrata on air very late at 16.06.15 UTC. More than fair signal noted in Genua Italy and Finland Europe, S=9+15dBm. Program on same muffeled audio quality like yesterday, today measured and noted bandwidth like - three different audio levels, best is 1000 Hertz tone from the
transmitter site, followed by "Russian Waltz" music wide of 4.4 kHz, and annoying spoken part quality of small 3.11 kHz.

Suffered by 11600 kHz co-channel CRI from Baoji-CHN in Swahili to Africa from 1700-1757 UT.

And also hit by some "fade out" heavy splash from 11590 kHz Radio Pakistan Islamabad which appeared from 1721 UT onwards. SDR radio notch cut function of 11585 to 11599 kHz portion upgraded to worth listening.

Identification in French and Russian Waltz music started at 16.07:23 UT. For audio quality comparision I recorded some piece of VoRussia Grigoriopol in French on 11635 kHz at 16.54 UT in between.

At 16.55 UT a African vernac folk song played from Sahel zone.

At 17.11:20 UT modern West African like rumba music played, with singer in French language.

Anncmt ID in French logged at 1729 and 1747 UT. Much talk on Libye Revolution, as well as Revolution Francaise at Paris Bastille.

Russian waltz music played til late 18.03:45 UTC.
TX OFF today Oct 24 at 18.04:14 UTC.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 24)
(Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany/HCDX)

Dear DX-friends,
I listened to Libya this afternoon( Oct 24) at 1610-1735 UTC on 11600.00 kHz which had a broadcast in French with SINPO 35433 - 45443 and S up to 9+30 dB, but a very muffled voice audio. Their audio of music was perfect: Vienna waltzes and light instrumental music which was often played! They had frequent, new ID's: " Radio Libye, Tripoli" and "Ici Radio Télévision Libye, Tripoli". This obviously has replaced the former Gaddafi names "Libyan Jamahariyah Broadcasting Corporation" and the external service "Voice of Africa". Mostly talks on the same time schedule as former Voice of Africa in French about the revolution and future democracy in Libya, about the obduction of the corpse of Muammar Gaddafi, the declaration of military victory of Libya in Benghazi and the democratic election yesterday in Tunisia and about developments in Syria. All was very different content to what was heard on the Voice of Africa! Slight interference from *1700 from China Radio International, Baoji in Swahili, then SINPO 54443.

Best 73,
(Anker Petersen, Denmark/HCDX)

FEBA Radio - B11 Schedules

Via: Armenia, Ascension Island, Austria, Russia, Rwanda, UAE and Uzbekistan

FEBA Radio is a division of Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC).

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012
Days/1234567 Languages kHz/ transmitter site

All times UTC

North India, Nepal, Tibet
0000-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7485 TAC
0030-0045 s..w... HINDI 7485 TAC
0030-0045 .mt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 7485 TAC
0030-0045 ....tfs BANGLA 7485 TAC
0045-0100 smtwtfs HINDI 7485 TAC
1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 DHA
1430-1445 smtwtfs URDU 9650 DHA
1445-1500 ...wtfs KASHMIRI 9650 DHA
1445-1500 smt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 9650 DHA
1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7485 TAC

Pakistan, Afghanistan
0200-0230 s...... URDU 7315 DHA
0200-0215 .mtwtfs URDU 7315 DHA
0215-0230 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7315 DHA
0230-0300 smtwtfs DARI 6125 DHA
0300-0315 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 6125 DHA
1400-1430 smtwtfs URDU 7230 NVS
1430-1500 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7230 NVS
1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 9400 ERV
1530-1600 smtwtfs PASHTO 9400 ERV

Middle East
0800-0830 smtwtfs ARABIC 15220 MOS
1800-1930 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 KIG

Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan
1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 12125 ERV
1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 12125 ERV
1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 ERV
1600-1630 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 11875 KIG
1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9850 DHA
1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9850 DHA
1700-1730 smtwtfs OROMINYA 9630 KIG rather 9595<<
1730-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 9630 KIG rather 9595<<
1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 6180 DHA
1730-1800 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 7510 ERV
1830-1845 smtwtfs FRENCH Ce+WeAF 15250 ASC
2145-2215 smt.tfs HASSINYA/PULAAR(WeAF) 11985 ASC

Transmitter Site Codes:
ASC Ascension Island
DHA Al Dhabayya UAE
ERV Yerevan Gavar Armenia
KIG Kigali Rwanda
MOS Moosbrunn Austria
NVS Novosibirsk Russia
TAC Tashkent Uzbekistan. Day 1 = Sunday (ITU Convention)
(Alokesh Gupta-IND VU3BSE, DXindia and JPNpremium Oct 21)
(Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Trans World Radio Asia - KTWR B-11 Schedule



Guam - KTWR

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

To China
Cantonese 1400-1430 Mon-Fri 9955 / 31
Various 1400-1430 Sun 9955 / 31
Various 1330-1400 Sat 9910 / 31
Mandarin 1100-1230 Daily 9910 / 31
Mandarin 1200-1300 Daily 9975 / 31
Mandarin 1300-1400 Sun-Fri 9975 / 31
Mandarin 1415-1500 Mon-Fri 9975 / 31
Mandarin 1100-1200 Daily 13765 / 22
Mandarin 0930-1100 Daily 12105 / 25
Mandarin 1500-1600 Daily 12105 / 25
Mandarin 1015-1100 Mon-Fri 13750 / 22
Various 1200-1215 Daily 11580 / 25

To Korea
Korean 1345-1500 Mon-Fri 11580 / 25
Korean 1345-1430 Sun 11580 / 25
Korean 1345-1445 Sat 11580 / 25

To South Asia
English 1500-1535 Tu,We,Sa-Su 15200 / 25
English 1500-1525 Mo,Th,Fr 15200 / 25

To South Pacific
English 0830-0910 Mon-Sat 11840 / 25

To Southeast Asia
English 0820-0900 Sun-Fri 15170 / 19

To Indonesia
Balinese 0900-0915 Daily 15200 / 19
Indonesian 0945-1030 Daily 15200 / 19
Madurese 0915-0945 Daily 15200 / 19
Sundanese 1030-1100 Daily 15200 / 19
Various 1230-1300 Daily 15170 / 19
Various 1430-1500 Daily 15170 / 19
Burmese 1200-1245 Mon-Fri 13765 / 22
Burmese 1200-1300 Sat-Sun 13765 / 22
Sgaw Karen 1300-1330 Daily 9585 / 31

To Vietnam
Vietnamese 1100-1130 Daily 11580 / 25
Vietnamese 1300-1330 Mon-Fri 11580 / 25

To South Asia
Kokborok 1230-1300 Mon-Fri 15240 / 19
Kokborok 1245-1300 Sun 15240 / 19
Santhali 1300-1315 Daily 15240 / 19
Mus/Beng 1315-1330 Daily 15240 / 19
Assamese 1330-1400 Mon-Fri 15150 / 19
Santhali 1330-1345 Sun 15150 / 19
Manipuri 1345-1400 Sun 15150 / 19

Website: http://www.twr.asia/
Email: ktwrfreq@guam.twr.org

Postal Contact:
Trans World Radio - Guam
P.O Box 8780
Agat
Guam 96928 USA
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

Voice of Greece - B11 Schedule



Voice of Greece (ERA-5) is the External Service of the public broadcaster Eliniki Radiofonia Teleorassi (ERT). Some programs are relays of ERT's multilingual channel Radio Filia.

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 25 March 2012

All times UTC

Frequency/Azimuth Area

0000-0100 7475/285 15630/285 9420/323 Greek
0100-0200 7475/285 15630/285 9420/323 Greek
0200-0300 7475/285 7450/260 9420/323 Greek
0300-0400 7475/285 7450/260 9420/323 Greek
1600-1700 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 Greek
1700-1800 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 Greek
1800-1850 7450/323 ERT3 15650/105 9420/323 Greek
1900-2000 7450/323 ERT3 15650/105 9420/323 Greek
2000-2100 7450/323 ERT3 15650/105 9420/323 Greek
2100-2200 7450/323 ERT3 15650/105 9420/323 Greek
2200-2300 7450/323 ERT3 15650/105 9420/323 Greek
2300-2400 7475/285 15630/285 9420/323 Greek

Shortwave - Macedonia Radio Station

Freq/Azimuth Area
1600-1650 9935/285 Greek - Europe
1600-2250 7450/323 Greek - Europe

Live Audio on Internet: www.ert.gr/

Note : Due to impending crisis, ERT decided to restrict HF broadcast hours. The broadcast hours temporarily will be 1600 to 0400 GMT.
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

TDP Multi Station B11 Schedules


Based in Belguim, the following stations use Transmitter Documentation Project (TDP)as a broker to air programs with political or religious background.

Effective: 30 October 2011 - 24 March 2012

All times UTC

PROGRAM TIME (UTC)FREQ(kHz)AM/DRM DAYS LANG TARGET AREA

Radio Miraya 0300-0600 9940 AM mtwtfss Arab/Eng Africa
Denge Mezopotamya 0400-1500 11530 AM mtwtfss Kurdish Middle East
Denge Mezopotamya 1500-2000 7540 AM mtwtfss Kurdish Middle East
TDPradio 0700-0800 6015 DRM m------ English Europe
TDPradio 0800-0900 6015 DRM -t----- English Europe
TDPradio 0900-1000 6015 DRM --w---- English Europe
TDPradio 1000-1100 6015 DRM ---t--- English Europe
TDPradio 1100-1200 6015 DRM ----f-- English Europe
TDPradio 1200-1300 6015 DRM -----s- English Europe
TDPradio 1300-1400 6015 DRM ------s English Europe
The Khmer Post Radio 1200-1300 9960 AM --wtf-- Khmer Asia
KPPM Radio 1200-1300 9960 AM -----ss Khmer Asia
Radio Democracia 1200-1300 21555 AM ------s Amharic Africa
The Disco Palace 1530-1630 12115 DRM mtwtfss English Asia/Middle East
Voice Of Asena 1700-1800 15360 AM m-w-f-- Tigrinya Africa
ESAT Radio 1700-1800 15370 AM mtwtfss Amharic Africa
Gunaz Radio 1730-1830 7610 AM mtwtfss Azeri Middle East
Dmetse Tewahedo 1830-1930 15370 AM -----s- Amharic Africa
The Disco Palace 2000-2100 17755 DRM mtwtfss English North America
Suab Xaa Moo Zoo 2230-2300 7530 AM mtwtfss Hmong Asia
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

Reception reports may be sent to:

TDP
c/o Ludo Maes
P.O. Box 1
2310 Rijkevorsel
BELGIUM

Tel : +32 33 14 78 00
Mob : +32 477 477 800
Fax : +32 33 14 12 12
E-mail : info@transmitter.org

Web: www.broadcast.be

RAI MW Time Signals Can be Decoded

Courtesy of our friend Patrick Lindecker, F6CTE - developer of Multipsk and the UDXF newsgroup.

"For information, Paolo (IZ1MLL) made a list of RAI frequencies. Normally each RAI transmitter transmits at the end of each hour a time signal (decodable with Clock the companion of Multipsk located in the Multipsk package):"

The updated situation of the italian RAI transmitters divided by frequency (kHz) and power (kW) is the following:

567 Bologna (60 kW), Caltanissetta (20)
657 Pisa (2x55), Napoli (50), Bolzano (25)
693 Potenza (20)
819 Trieste (20)
846 Roma (50)
873 Taranto (1)
900 Milano (600)
936 Venezia (12), Trapani (10)
999 Volpiano/Torino (50), Perugia (25), Rimini (6), Capo Vaticano (2)
1035 Pescara (10), Lecce (2)
1062 Cagliari (60), Catania (20), Ancona (10), Trento (2)
1107 Roma (6)
1116 Cuneo (20), Palermo (10), Bari (5), Aosta (2)
1143 Sassari (10)
1314 Matera (2)
1431 Foggia (2)
1449 Squinzano (50), Biella/Belluno/Bressanone/Brunico/Como/Sondrio (2), Cortina (1)
1575 Portofino/Genova (50), Gorizia (2), Campobasso/Nuoro (1)
1584 Terni (2)

Thanks Patrick for sharing this information with the rest of the radio community.

WBCQ moving frequencies

Alan Wiener announced on his Friday night show that starting today, WBCQ will be moving from 7415.0 kHz to 7490.0 kHz at the request of the FCC.

The reason he gave is that the Civil Air Patrol is starting a new HF service, and will be utilizing 7416.0 kHz as one of its frequencies for this service.

Actually CAP has been using 7416.0 in the Southwest Region for quite some time now. It is part of their relatively new HF ALE Region networks that they established earlier this year. 7416.0 is part of the CAP SWR Net 6 family of frequencies. The complete list of known Southwest Region Net 6 freqs includes 4512.0 4627.0 7416.0 10550.0 12183.0 14457.0 16333.0 22872.0 26617.0 (ALE/USB). You can find their (CAP)nationwide Net 9 ALE net freqs on the Milcom blog at click here.

There will be a big list of several hundred active and current US Gov/Mil HF freqs in my December 2011 MT Milcom column to play with so don't miss that issue.

More soon and 73 de Larry

Saturday, October 22, 2011

BBC Radio 4 May Go Dark Soon?

From the ARRL Contest Update from 12 Oct 2011:

Long may it wave...but not much longer. The transmissions of BBC's station Radio 4 on 198 kHz emanate from a pair of meter-high "valves" that are irreplaceable. Once the remaining store of the big bottles is gone, the broadcasts may well go dark. On the air since 1926 and serving areas out of range of FM stations, transmission moved to 200 kHz in 1934 and then to 198 kHz where it can be found today. (Thanks, Tomas NW7US)

Winter shortwave schedules to begin October 30

Winter shortwave schedules will be effective October 30, 2011. In the coming days, I will be posting various broadcast schedules to assist in your radio monitoring. Don't forget to check back often.
GVH

EMR and RGI set for Sunday broadcast

EMR / RGI Schedule for this Sunday

European Music Radio and Radio Gloria International are set for their Sunday broadcast on the following schedule.

Date 23rd of October 2011 Date 23rd of October 2011

Time: 0800 to 0900 UTC and 0900-1000 UTC

Frequency: 9480 kHz and 6005 kHz + www.shortwaveservice.com

Repeat EMR Programs:

0800 Tom Taylor program at 1300-1400 UTC
08.30 Mike Taylor program on 6140 kHz at 1500-1600 UTC and www.Coloradio.org

Please send all European Music Radio reception reports to: studio@emr.org.uk

Please send all Radio Gloria International to: radiogloria@aol.com

NEW EMR Postal Address:
European Music Radio,
c/o M.V. Baltic Radio,
Seestraße 17,
D-19089 Göhren,
Germany
(Tom Taylor)

Radio Netherlands Program Preview, October 22-27



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

This week: Above and beyond

Like the Wall Street overseer who got fired for investigating insider trading, the Kenyan man who got blinded in the US Embassy attack and later climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, and an Australian man whose blood donations have saved over two million babies...

First airing: Saturday 02:00 UTC

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

This week: Simple life

We head back to the land, to the simple life. But is it really that simple? From killing your own deer for meat and clothing, to growing things in a cramped slum, or foraging in the forest, we examine how to get the most out of the land around us, and what it takes.

South Asia Wired
Stories from South Asia.

This week: A silent epidemic

A silent epidemic is claiming India’s young – people like Shafiq Sheikh who had his tongue and a part of his cheek removed. In his last few months, Shafiq couldn’t eat or speak and was in horrible pain. He was in his early 20s and had for years chewed gutka, a paan substitute ubiquitous in India. India has the highest rate of oral cancer in the world and it’s caused by what for many Indians is their favourite mouth freshener.

(There'll be a new edition of the programme on Thursday 27 October 2011)

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

This week:

Kenya invades Somalia – what’s the plan?
A doctor’s strike in paradise – what’s happening in Ghana?
True rap and cool melodies – it’s SMOD from Mali!
The ICC’s chief prosecutor is leaving soon – what’s he leaving behind?

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

This week: Passion is key to success for Afro jazz diva

Passion for music is the key to Dudu Manhenga’s success as an Afro jazz diva. Dudu sings about love and unity.

With her Shona and Ndebele parentage, Dudu unites Zimbabwe’s once polarised ethnic groups in her music. Her career stems from early encounters with musicians like Dorothy Masuka, who came from her neighbourhood in the country’s second capital Bulawayo.

With other popular Southern African musicians Dudu promotes music skills among women.

First airing: Monday 18:00 UTC

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

This week: Something from nothing - by Barbara Jenkins from Trinidad & Tobago. A sweepstake sensation.

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 fish?

Around one billion people in the world rely on fish as their primary source of protein, but fishermen in many parts of the world are having greater restrictions put on their fishing because of concerns about the level of fish stocks and the marine environment. The BBC World Service introduces us to Fred Normandale, one of the few remaining fishermen in the small town of Scarborough in the North East of England.

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:

Afel Bocoum and his band Alkibar from Mali sing about social issues in their country as well as about nature.

Bringing in a bit of swing from Brazil, the Edu Miranda Trio presents a jazzy mix of Portuguese fado and Brazilian rhythms.

Despite the Balkan sound of their music, Tarhana is a Dutch-based band. They take in a wide range of regional influences, from Turkey to Tajikistan.

The unmistakably Greek voice of Elena Nena Venetsanou ends this edition with songs full of melancholy and tragedy.

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

Streaming audio www.radionetherlands.nl/

Radio Netherlands English service
Effective to: 29 October 2011

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)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Blog Logs

* Sign-on/ Sign-off* // Parallel frequency

All times UTC

Logs edited for clarity

Afghanistan
6102, Radio Afghanistan, Kabul, 1534-1550. English ID, and headlines of the news. SINPO 34433. (Van Arnhem/DXW439)

Argentina
6060, Radio Nacional, General Pacheco, Buenos Aires, 0019. Male/female speakers in Spanish with news program and mentions of Argentina. Clash with Super Radio. Good signal.(Bell/DXW439)


Armenia
4810, Voice of Armenia, Noratus, Gavar, 1805. Arabic news with good signal. (Bernardini/DXW439)

Bangladesh
4750, Bangladesh Betar, Khabirpur, 1358. Subcontinent music, distinctive bagpipes (marching band?) to 1405 “Assalamu alaikum Bangladesh Betar.” Into the news in assumed Bengali. Poor signal, no trace of Indonesia's RRI Makassar at this time, only interference from China's CNR1. Edited MP3 audio http://www.box.net/shared/7pano3kjo58utge6gpkl . (Howard/DXW439)

Bolivia
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, 0935-0945. Local music, ID in Quechua at 0940. Long commentary, fair reception. (Wlodarski). Also heard at 0000, in Bogotá. (Rodriguez/DXW439)

4699.35v, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta (presumed), 2310-2345. Spanish talk, but very weak, SINPO 15111. (Petersen). Also tentatively heard slowly drifting at 0912-1020 fading out, Spanish long talks. (Wilkner/DXW439)

6134.80, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 0034-0140. Nice songs, commercials, and Spanish discussion. Male tenor with romantic song. Signed off at 0113*, fair. (Bell, Bernardini and Bolland). Also heard at 1007-1020, Spanish comments on a crowded frequency here with a Korean clandestine, that has been here the last month or so. (Bolland/DXW439)

Brazil
4915, Radio Daqui, Goiânia, GO, 2314-0003.* Brief Portuguese talks and IDs between pop music selections. A few time checks, periodic advertisement strings and jingles. Carrier cut mid-song during a romantic vocal. Poor to fair. (D’Angelo). Also heard at 0911-0923, Portuguese announcer and music. (Wilkner/DXW439)

4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goiânia, GO, 0043. Male/female singers in lively pop duet. Brief announcement in Portuguese to more pop music for fair signal. (Bell). Also heard 0701-0712, Brazilian songs, SINPO 24222. (Méndez/DXW439)

9564.91, Super Radio Deus é Amor, Curitiba, PR, 0015-0157. Two male pastors noted in Portuguese with shouting and cheering. Good signal on // 11765. (Bell and Bernardini). Also heard at 0606-0805, in Portuguese with religious program. Station ID at 0655 and address. Full station ID 0705 with frequencies, 0802 ID and popular song. SINPO 35433. (Van Arnhem, Méndez and Wagai/DXW439)

9819.76 Radio Nove de Julho 0106-0113. Male announcer with religious talk in Portuguese. Lots of "Espiritu Santu", etc.. Fair signal but a strong carrier came on at 0113 on 9820 wiping out 9deJ. (John, WIlkins, CO/Cumbre DX)

11815, Raido Brasil Central, Goiânia, GO, 1918-2305. Folk songs with harmonies to Portuguese time check, ID and jingles. weak signal with fading. (Bell and Bernardini. Also heard at 0904-0916, with Brazilian songs, and comments, at 0906: "Bom día, 6 y 6, Brasil Central", SINPO 33433. (Méndez/DXW439)

Canada
6165..034, Voice of Vietnam relay, 0125-0128. Music at tune-in followed by female announcer's talk in English and gives ID as the "Voice of Vietnam ..." Doesn't mention whether or not this is a relay. Signal was very good suggesting it was a relay from somewhere in North America, probably Canada? Both EIBI and AOKI database says it's via Sackville. On the half hour the program changes to Vietnamese language. Overall the signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Chad
6164.96, RNT, 2200-2229*, French talk. Afro-pop music.National anthem at 2228. Poor to fair with some adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander-PA)

China
4940, Voice of Strait, Fuzhou, 1500-1530. Signal pips to station ID: “This is Voice of Strait, Focus on China.” Events of the past week include: major story about the killing of Chinese sailors on the Mekong River, Russian Prime Minister Putin had a two day visit to China, ten year anniversary of signing China-Russian Treaty on Good Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation. Music bridges between items, 1516 “Voice of Strait, Focus on China.” Mailing address, edited MP3 audio posted at http://www.box.net/shared/bdlyu4zvsvxkut6gsov1 . (Howard/DXW439)

9170, CNR6, Beijing 491, 1349-1352. Slow music with talk in Chinese by man and woman. Poor but steady signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

9410, CNR5, Beijing 491, 1351-1353. Talk in Chinese by man and woman. Very weak, threshold level signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

12010 CRI, Baoji-Xinjie 722, 1402-1405. Talk by man and woman in Vietnamese. Poor but steady signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

Clandestine
9950, Furusato no Kaze, via Taiwan (presumed), *1330-1357.* Usual talks in Japanese with a one-song musical break at 1347. At 1351 a list of names was read, all with Japanese surnames. Closedown routine at 1353 with e-mail address and schedule. Abrupt sign off. Good signal. (Wilkins in DXplorer/DXW439)

17745, Sudan Radio Service, via Sines, Portugal, 1535-1540. African pop song to public servicde announcement at 1540 in English about pollution, the environment, recycling, how to do compost. “A healthy environment means a healthy living for all”, “Conserve the environment. A message from Sudan Radio Service”, back to music. SIgnal quality mostly fair. MP3 audio at http://www.box.net/shared/k6s8n1j7d883df8bg1x4 (Howard/DXW439)

Colombia
5909.94, Alcaraván Raido, Lomalinda, 0445-0610. Latin American music, "Llaneras", ID: "El Alcaraván compañero", "En su dial Alcaraván Radio, 1530 AM y 5910 kHz onda corta, desde Colombia Alcaraván Radio", SINPO 34333. (Méndez). Also heard at 1116-1136, with variety of Latin music, canned ID's. Three-minute prayer break at 1121. Still fair but slowly deteriorating. (Wilkins in DXplorer). Also heard at 2303-0042, march music, ID at 2305, local ballad songs. Good signal. (Bernardini and Wlodarski/DXW439)

Eritrea
9720.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0303-0315. Vernacular talk. Horn of Africa music. Weak. // 9820.03 - fair. // 7130.03 - weak. // 7174.99 - fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)

India
6155.020, All India Radio, Delhi, 0120-0130. Noted a good signal here with a program of local type music in possibly the Urdu language? Noted parallel signal on 5010.00 kHz but very weak. 6155 was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Indonesia
4749.987, RRI Makassar, 1005-1015. At tune noted male in Indonesian with comments. Believe a female was also commenting during this time. At 1007 music commenced as the signal was threshold.(Chuck Bolland, FL)

3325 RRI Palangkaraya 1240-1325. Long indigeneous vocal numbers, followed by long blocks of phone calls taken by female announcer who giggled a lot. Peaked around 1315 at an amazing S9+25 dB. Very glad they're back on the air, with their good signal and very eclectic programming. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX)

Japan
3945, Radio Nikkei 2, Chiba-Nagara, 0828-0838. English ballad selections, but by the accent, seems by a Japanese female singer. No signal of Raido Vanuatu underneath, SINPO 34433 (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiecs, Brazil/Cumbre DX)

Madagascar
5010, Radio Madagasikara, 0213-0300. Carrier + USB. Still on this frequency. Tune-in to Afro-pop music. Interval signal followed by national anthem at 0228. Lite instrumental music and Malagasy talk at 0230. Afro-pop music. African choral music. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Mexico
6009.96 Radio Mil 1209-1232. D.F. ads, CDT (UTC-6) time check, then back to news-talk, with long phone calls - sounded like correspondents' reports or maybe short interviews. More ads at 1232. Generally fair, with an occasional good peak. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX)

6184.98 Radio Educación 1017-105. Segued marimba tunes, no announcements until 1031 ID. Mentions of 1060 AM with 100,000 watts, website www.radioeducacion.edu.mx , and 6185 SW. More non-stop marimba music followed to 1059, at which time a strong CH-lang station came onto 6185.Excellant signal. (John WIlkins, CO/Cumbre DX)

Micronesia
4755.47 The Cross Radio 1240-1335.+ Religious music - interspersed with occasional inspirational messages. Signal fair at tune-in, poor by 1330. Guess they once again "forgot" to turn off the shortwave transmitter. (John WIlkins, CO/CUmbre DX)

Myanmar
5985.83 Raido Myanma 1252-1330. Usual program of vocal music, hosted by female announcer, followed by presumed news at 1330. Fairly good signal for many days now, with no interference until the *1329 sign-on of strong Shiokaze on 5985. Hopefully, Shiokaze is about ready for one of their periodic moves to another freq, which would leave RM in the clear. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX)

Niger
9704.99, LV du Sahel, *0500-0515. Test tone at 0459:37. Sign on at 0500:10 with choral national anthem. Ten second flute interval signal at 0502 and into talk in unidentified language. Qur`an at 0503-0507. Talk at 0507. Indigenous vocals. Poor, mixing with Radio Ethiopia 9705. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Peru
4746.965, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, 1020-1030. Noted female in Spanish with comments with mentions of "Peru" during here comments. She continues to talk as the signal remains at a fair level. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

4774.963, Radio Tarma, 1007-1015. Noted the usual morning format of middle-of-the-road style ranchero music. Canned IDs noted between and during the tunes. Signal was at a poor level. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

4824.45 La Voz de la Selva 1044-1054. Presumed with vocal music to male announcer in Spanish (I think). Fair signal but underneath the S-9 band noise. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX)

5039.207, Radio Libertad, 1000-1015. Sounded like the station was just opening to the day's programming with a tune that sounded very nationalistic. After the music, canned ID by a male. So after a few moments of waiting, it seemed to be correct that this was the opening of the day's programming. At 1004 UTC, ordinary popular music was heard. Signal remained at a fair level. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Russia
12055, TWR India, Irkutsk, 1411-1416. Talk by man in Kharia (per schedule). Choir music with a slight subcontinent sound. Poor signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

12065, Voice of Russia, Chita-Atamanovka, 1357-1400.* Classical Russian music. Closing announcements in English by man (ID, schedule, internet address). Poor signal. Audio gone at 1400 followed by carrier soon thereafter. (Jim Evans, TN)

Uganda
4976, Radio Uganda, Kampala, 0408-0415. Talk by man in what sounded like English. Very weak signal, only occasionally peaking above the noise. Much weaker than Zimbabwe on 4828kHz. (Jim Evans, TN)

Zimbabwe
4828, Zimbabwe BC, Gweru, 0406-0415. Ballad music. Talk by man in what appeared to be English. Weak signal in noise from passing storms. CODAR interference was also present. Faded down into the noise after 0415.(Jim Evans, TN)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2011 Oct 18 1802 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 10 - 16 October 2011

Solar activity was low. Activity for the period consisted of numerous C-class flares. The primary contributors were Region 1319 (N11, L=051, class/area Eki/280 on 16 October) and 1314 (N25, L=056, class/area Cho/370 on 12 October). The background solar flux levels and sunspot numbers stayed elevated throughout the week due to the number of active regions on the disk, but most of these were stable and were not flare productive.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at background levels throughout the period.

The geomagnetic field was mostly quiet during the week. A brief substorm interval was observed at high latitudes early on 12 October. There was a modest increase to quiet to unsettled levels
with some isolated active periods at high latitudes on 15-16 October. Solar wind observations from the ACE spacecraft indicated an increase in solar wind velocity on 15-16 October which had
signatures consistent with a coronal hole driven high speed solar wind stream.


Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 19 October - 14 November 2011

Solar activity is expected to be predominantly low with a chance for an isolated M-class event for 19 October - 01 November due to the number of active regions as well as the return of old Region 1302 (N12, L=280, class/area Fkc/1300 on 24 September), which produced two X-class flares and numerious M-class flares during its previous disk transit. Though initially very active, old Region 1302 decayed and became much less flare productive by the time it exited the solar disk on 05 October. As of the issue date of this report (18 October) old Region 1302 was just beginning to rotate onto the solar disk and appears to be a likely source for occasional C-class flares and may pose a slight threat for M-class flares. Solar activity is expected to decline to very low to low levels for the remainder of the interval from 02-14 November. As always during this time of the cycle there is also a chance for unexpected flux emergence which could elevate solar activity levels.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at background levels for most of the outlook interval with the exception of 28 October - 01 November when an increase to high levels is expected due to recurrence.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be quiet for 19-27 October, generally unsettled for 28-30 October, quiet for 31 October - 02 November, unsettled for 03-05 November, quiet for 06-10 November, unsettled for 11-13 November, and quiet for 14 November. The increases to unsettled levels are expected due to recurrence from coronal hole driven high speed solar wind streams.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 Oct 18 1802 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 2011-10-18
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 Oct 19 155 5 2
2011 Oct 20 155 5 2
2011 Oct 21 150 5 2
2011 Oct 22 145 5 2
2011 Oct 23 140 5 2
2011 Oct 24 140 5 2
2011 Oct 25 135 5 2
2011 Oct 26 135 5 2
2011 Oct 27 135 5 2
2011 Oct 28 135 8 3
2011 Oct 29 130 8 3
2011 Oct 30 130 8 3
2011 Oct 31 130 5 2
2011 Nov 01 130 5 2
2011 Nov 02 130 5 2
2011 Nov 03 130 8 3
2011 Nov 04 125 8 3
2011 Nov 05 125 8 3
2011 Nov 06 125 5 2
2011 Nov 07 130 5 2
2011 Nov 08 135 5 2
2011 Nov 09 135 5 2
2011 Nov 10 135 5 2
2011 Nov 11 135 8 3
2011 Nov 12 140 8 3
2011 Nov 13 145 8 3
2011 Nov 14 145 5 2
(NOAA)

Radio Nacional de Angola to build new shortwave transmitter

Radio Nacional de Angola in the eastern Moxico province will build a new shortwave transmitter with an output of 25 kW, granted on Oct 14, 2011, in Luena, by the board president, Pedro Cabral.



According to the official, work has taken place in Luena for some time and will be installed in High-Luena district within a circle of 500 meters... Radio Nacional de Angola had a shortwave transmitter in Moxico until the early 80's, when it left the air for technical reasons. Read more at http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/ (in Spanish) . (Angola Pres, via Slaen Oct 16)
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Monday, October 17, 2011

QSL Report Central

special thanks to to Mukesh Kumar for sending in his recent QSLs.

Station: - Free Radio Service Holland
Date :- 27-02-2011
Frequency:- 6185 kHz
Time: - 1300-1330 UTC
Description: - 1980 – 30th Anniversary – 2010. QSL # 3 The 2000s.

Station: - Radio Romania International
Date: - 09-04-2011
Frequency: - 11895 kHz
Time: - 0300-0400 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - The (Old) Saint Elefterie Church.

Station: - Radio Bulgaria
Date: - 25-112010
Frequency: - 5900 kHz
Time: - 0000-0100 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Old Nessebar.

Station: - Radio Taiwan International
Date: - 01-05-2011
Frequency: - 15485 kHz
Time: - 1600-1700 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Taichng Park.

Station: - NHK World Radio Japan
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 15745 kHz
Time: - 1430-1515 UTC
Language: - Hindi
Description: - “Children performing Kabki” (Fukui Prefecture).

Station: - Deutsche Welle
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 1548 kHz (Trincomalee)
Time: - 1530-1600 UTC
Language: - Bengali
Description: - Stuttgart.

Station: - Voice of Russia
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 9670 kHz
Time: - 1500-1600 UTC
Language: - Hindi
Description: - The Voice of Russia 80, All the roads lead to VOR headquarters on Pyatnitskaya street.

Station: - Radio Canada International
Date: - 04-09-2011
Frequency: - 11675 kHz (via Kunming relay, China)
Time: - 1500-1557 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Maple Leaf Mailbag Special QSL verified by Bill Westenhaver. “Rediscover the World” Radio Canada International is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2005. RCI broadcasts throughout the world via the Internet, analog and digital shortwave, and
satellite. Its 300-hour weekly programming also airs on over 300 partner stations in 75 countries.

Station: - China Radio International
Date: - 03-09-2011
Frequency: - 9600 kHz
Time: - 1830-1855 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - The Great Family of the Chinese Nation – Daur ethnic minority group.


Station: - Voice of Vietnam
Date: - 03-09-2011
Frequency: - 7280 kHz
Time: - 1900-1927 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - TNVN Verification Card.

Station: - All India Radio (Bhopal)
Date: - 25-03-2011
Frequency: - 4810 kHz
Time: - 1515-1530 UTC
Description: - QSL Card. Verifies by Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy). Frieze of dancers from bhoga-mandapa, Konarak.

Station: - All India Radio (Bangalore)
Date: - 17-02-2011
Frequency: - 13770 kHz
Time: - 1615-1645 UTC
Description: - QSL Card. Verifies by Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy). Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri.

Station: - All India Radio (Shimla)
Date: - 09-09-2011
Frequency: - 4965 kHz
Time: - 0040-0100 UTC
Description: - QSL Letter. Verifies by Sunil Bhatia, Director (Engineering), Prasar Bharati, Broadcasting Corporation of India, All India Radio Shimla - 171004

Station: - Radio Netherlands
Date: - 03-09-2011
Frequency: - 15495 kHz (Wertachtal)
Time: - 1900-1930 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Photograph of Hard Rock Café, Terras.

Station: - Radio Netherlands
Date: - 04-09-2011
Frequency: - 11835 kHz (Madagascar)
Time: - 1430-1500 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Photograph of Flower Field.

Station: - Radio Netherlands
Date: - 06-09-2011
Frequency: - 9800 kHz (Trincomalee)
Time: - 1400-1430 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Twister Collection.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 07-04-2011
Frequency: - 15725kHz
Time: - 1400-1500 UTC
Language: - Urdu
Description: - Assignments editors discuss the latest story developments in the VOA newsroom in Washington, D.C.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 02-04-2011
Frequency: - 9780 kHz
Time: - 0100-0200 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 02-04-2011
Frequency: - 9780 kHz
Time: - 0100-0200 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 12150 kHz
Time: - 1500-1600 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 28-02-2011
Frequency: - 7405 kHz
Time: - 1600-1700 UTC
Language: - Bengali
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - HCJB Global Australia
Date :- 05-09-2011
Frequency:- 15340 kHz (Transmitting from Kununurra in the northwest of Australia)
Time: - 1515-1530 UTC
Language:- English
Description: - e-QSL. Promenade Melbourn.
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