SM Radio International to broadcast September 10

The Shortwave Service Facebook page is showing another two hour broadcast from SM Radio International, which will again come via the 100kW transmitter at Gavar in Armenia.

This will take place on Saturday 10at 1800-2000 UTC, on 11845 kHz.
(Alan/BDXC).

New religious shortwave station set for the end of 2011

On their Facebook page, the Stinson Family write: “We are praising the Lord! We just saw God provide the money to start a shortwave radio station at our home base! This radio station will have a worldwide reach. We will be broadcasting in multiple languages to reach the unreached with the Gospel! Please help us pray as Spring City Baptist Church and Independent Baptist Media endeavour to get the station on the air by the end of 2011!” According to their website, The Stinson Family are based in Lebanon, VA.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Netherlands offers contest to Facebook Fans

To celebrate [almost] 3,000 pals here on Facebook, we are giving away 3 prize packs containing:

an RNW T-shirt, RNW USB stick + RNW key ring.

All you have to do is send an email marked '3000' to letters@rnw.nl incl: your name/postal address, T-shirt size (S M L XL XXL) + the answers to 5 questions (closing date: 00.05 UTC Tuesday 28 December). The questions are listed below .

1)What rather Dutch mode of transport features in the main photo on this RNW web story?
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/frantic-2018-holland-belgium-world-cup-bid-day

2)What is the name of the award-winning producer of South Asia Wired?
http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioprogramme/south-asia-wired

3)Which song won the first EH40 World Pop Contest?
http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/2010-world-pop-contest-result

4)What is the name of RNW’s new website about sex and relationships?
http://www.lovematters.info/

5)Which animals have been benefitting from microfinance thanks to Ms Goodall?
http://www.rnw.nl/english/dossier/microfinance

Good Luck!
(Source: Yimber Gaviria, Colombia)

Radio Free Asia post schedule and QSLs on Facebook

A few months ago, Radio Free Asia (RFA) started a new social network service on Facebook where DXers, and others, can access our latest broadcast schedules, frequency data, and information about our current, and past, QSL cards. We encourage everyone with a Facebook account to join us online at RFA QSL.
RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. If you have a smart phone, feel free to use this QR tag to access the automated reception report system and submit your reception reports to the web site. Many smartphones already come with a QR code reader, but if you need a code scanner/reader, try this source: www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-software/ .

You also have the option of using the following Microsoft Tag from your smartphone. The free mobile app for your smartphone is available at http://gettag.mobi/ .

Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org , and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:
Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.
RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at http://www.rfa.org/ .
Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(A.J. Janitschek/RFA)

Facebook a hit with ham radio operators

CQ COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PRESS RELEASE

(CQ Facebook "Fans" Top 3500 Mark - Majority Under Age 45)

Richard Moseson/W2VU, Editor of CQ Amateur Radio, reports on July 30th: "More than 3,500 Facebook users have signed up as 'fans' of CQ magazine on the popular internet social networking site. Plus, they represent a considerably younger group of ham radio operators than organized ham radio has been reaching through traditional means. 'According to Facebook's own demographics, the majority of CQ's fans on the site are age 45 or younger,' according to CQ Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU. 'This is significant because it means we have opened up an important avenue of communication with these younger hams by making the effort to go where they 'hang out,' rather than expecting them to find us. This is essential if we are going to make sure that younger hams are connected to the main- stream of the hobby.'
Facebook statistics also show that CQ's fans are drawn from all over the world, with more than 20 countries represented and members in the U.S. accounting for only a little more than one-third of CQ's Facebook fans.
CQ Amateur Radio magazine http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/ is the world's leading independent amateur radio publication, with readers in over 100 countries. CQ sponsors more than a dozen amateur radio contests and operating awards, including the world's most popular participation sport, the CQ World Wide DX Contest, which has drawn more than 10,000 competitors
in each of the past two years. Thousands of additional stations participated but did not submit logs. CQ is a publication of CQ Communications, Inc., which also publishes Popular Communications , CQ VHF and WorldRadio Online magazines."

(Ohio/Penn 970)