Blog Logs - Clandestines

All times UTC *sign-on sign-off*

1550 MW, Polisario Front, Rabouni, near Tindouf, Algeria, *1701-2327, Feb 21, Arabic, program started immediately with prayer, music,..., Spanish programme 2302, 35443, then improving to 55544 as typical, even up here in Lisboa - and even better when observed from the SW coast. Also heard 0705, Feb 22, Arabic talks, music, 55444. (Gonçalves)

4557, Korean National Democratic Front, Haeju, 0920-0931, Feb 27, Korean, nationalistic music by female choir. SINPO 23332. (Bobrowiec)

4880, SW Radio Africa, Meyerton, 1739-1835, Feb 22 and 23, interview mentioning: We are part of Africa, Democratic Zimbabwe, people of Zimbabwe, national community, we do not want violence, stop the violence, leadership, political party, diplomatic community, election and political formation, NPZ, Robert Mugabe, democracy challenge, opposition, people of Zimbabwe know what they wanted, UNICEF, Jonathan, a man we can trust, President Mbeki, techno-fundamental sector, tension with political party; 32322 up to 1830 and 34422 afterwards. (Ashar and Bernardini)

5815, Belaruskaje Radyjo Racyja, via Sitkunai, Lithuania, *1530, Feb 16, Belarusian. Heavy splash sometimes, but also sometimes really good reception. (Björn Fransson). Cf. 7565 below. (Ed)

5955, Democratic Voice of Burma, via Wertachtal, *0030-0040, Feb 25, Burmese talk, report from a meeting, SINPO 44444. (Petersen)

6003, Echo of Hope, Gimpo, South Korea, 1420-1440, Mar 02, pop music, ann in Korean. Good signal sandwiched between 6000 and 6005 QRM; // to 3985 (good but QRM) and 6348 (good but heavily jammed). (Wilkins in DXplorer)

6100, Radio República, via Sackville, 0347-0357, Feb 22, political talk in Spanish, sound of rooster crowing, IDs, garbled audio due to jamming. (Howard)

6135, Radio República, via Rampisham, 2358-2400*, Feb 23, talks and ID. (Bernardini)

6300, National Radio of Sahara Arab Democratic Rep., Rabouni, 0711-0738, Feb 23, Arabic reciting, mentioning Allah and shariya, Arab hauntingly beautiful music, talks. 23232. (Bobrowiec and Hauser). Also heard 1955-2205, Feb 24, 25 and Mar 02, Arabic talks and songs, news bulletin, folkmusic, ID, 45444. (Bernardini and Romero)

7105, Sound of Hope, via Tanshui, Taiwan, 2231, Feb 14, Chinese talks, Mentioned "Tibet", SINPO 45544. (Grimm)

7390, Little Saigon Radio, Tainan, Taiwan, 1507-1530, Feb 22, talk on Pakistan, Aung San Suu-kyi and New York Times ended with jingle. After a song by male singer, OM talk on Cuba "Good bye": El Comandante, Mao, Stalin, Ho Chi-minh, Salvador Alende, Gorbachov – Perestroika and Castro. I heard one time pip before off, 34433. (Ashar)

7510, Radio Free North Korea. Look at: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/cho.dissidentradio/index.html . (CNN via Herkimer in DXplorer, Feb 27)

7565, Radio Racja, via Sitkunai, Lithuania (100, 040 degrees), *1530-1600, Feb 27 and 28, Belarusian news about Belarus and Minsk, ID's, songs, ex 5815, 55555. Scheduled until 1728. (Ivanov via Bueschel, Petersen)

9820, Voice of Democratic Eritrea International, via Wertachtal, *1700-1735, Th Feb 28, Tigrinya ann, news, talk, music from Horn of Africa, 1730 Arabic programme, not on 9620 as stated in one reference, 33333, QRM Voice of Russia in Arabic. (Petersen)

10250, Sound of Hope Radio International, via Taiwan, 1850-1908, Feb 27, Chinese, new frequency being jammed by "Fire Drake music" until 1900* and again from *1908. (Romero)

11530, Dengue Mezopotamya, via Moldova, 0930-0935, Feb 24, Kurdish talk, 45444. (Romero)

15675, Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instructions, via Meyerton, 1420-1430*, Sa Mar 01, English language lesson: "12 divided by 4 equals 3", 55545. (Petersen)
(DX Window #345 via Anker Petersen, Denmark)

Nigeria: Committee suggest more SW/MW stations

Inadequate funding has grounded the 32 FM radio stations initiated by the Free Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) nationwide in 2000. The stations were conceived by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to cater for the states that had not yet benefited from the national station policy.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that only 18 of the stations have been inaugurated while the 14 others were in limbo. The uncompleted stations include Harmony FM, Ilorin; Prime FM, Lokoja; Highland FM, Jos and Atlantic FM, Uyo. Others are Creek FM, Yenagoa; Paradise FM, Calabar; Charity FM, Asaba; Bronze FM, Benin and Jewel FM, Gombe.
Horizon FM, Dutse; Equity FM, Birnin Kebbi; Royal FM, Sokoto; Gift FM, Jalingo and Sunshine FM, Damaturu.
A report submitted by the Committee on the operations of the FRCN, however, stated that the 18 operational stations had no back-up transmitters. Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim, explained that some of those inaugurated stations were facing operational constraints. “Some of these stations are located in remote areas, far from state capitals, thus creating additional constraints, ‘’ he said.
Specifically, the five-man committee suggested to government, to review the FM stations, especially on the possibility of converting some to shortwave and mediumwave broadcasting. It said while the shortwave and mediumwave could render largely social services, the FM stations should be commercialised, to generate funds for FRCN operations. “FM stations, where appropriately cited and efficiently managed, should be profitable ventures, ‘’ the committee said.
(Source: Vanguard Online/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

VOA introduces shortwave for Urdu service

Starting 30th March the Voice of America (VOA) reintroduces 2 hrs of broadcasting on shortwave for its Urdu Service after it was discontinued from 28th January:
0100-0200 UTC on 7145 11805 kHz.
1400-1500 UTC on 9580 15255 kHz.
This will definitely improve reception in Northern and Eastern parts of India. The mediumwave channels 972 and 1539 kHz will continue to broadcast for 12 hours a day at 1400-0200 UTC.
(Source: DXAsia/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Best of the Best - Weekend DX Shows

You've heard the rest .... now try the best

Here's a reminder to our blog readers, of what's on the schedule for this weekend's DX shows on shortwave radio. The following listings are in the opinion of Shortwave Central and B'town Monitoring Post - the best of DX shows. You'll pick up plenty of news and the latest from the shortwave world. Enjoy! This is The Best of the Best - and it doesn't get any better!
Gayle & Larry Van Horn

Saturday evening into Sunday UTC

All times UTC

0015 DX Partyline, WRMI 9955
0020 Radio Waves, Radio Exterior de Espana 6055
0118 The Whole World on the Radio Dial, Radio Ukraine 7440
0140 DXers Unlimited, Radio Havana Cuba 6000, 6180
0230 DXing With Cumbre, WHRA 5850
0240 World Wide Friendship, KBS World radio 9560
0245 Ask WWCR, WWCR 5070
0300 Australian DX Report, WWCR 5070
0315 DX Partyline, WWCR 5070
0330 World Wide Friendship, KBS World Radio WRN (World Radio Network) via http://www.wrn.org/
0335 DXers Unlimited, Radio Havana Cuba 6000, 6180
0418 The Whole World on the Radio Dial, Radio Ukraine 7440
0420 DX Corner, Voice of Turkey 6020 (bi-weekly)
0500 DX Partyline, WRMI 9955
0530 DXers Unlimited, Radio Havana Cuba 6000, 6060, 6180, 9550, 11760
0930 Wavescan, WRMI 9955
0930 Radio Weather, WHRI 5835
1030 World Wide Friendship KBS World Radio WRN (World Radio Network) via www.wrn.org/
1045 Ask WWCR, WWCR 5070
1130 DX Partyline, WRMI 9955
1200 Wavescan, WRMI 9955
1230 Radio Weather, WHRA 13650
1330 DXing With Cumbre, WHRI 11785
1530 International Radio Report, CKUT montreal via http://www.ckut.ca/
1800 Ask WWCR, WWCR 12160
(Source: Media Programs/ODXA Listening-In/March 2008)

Sunday evening into Monday UTC

All times UTC

0200 Radio Weather, WHRI 7490
0230 DXing With Cumbre 5850
0330 DXing With Cumbre WHRI 7315
0730 Mailbox, Radio New Zealand, 9765 (bi-weekly)
0930 Wavescan, WRMI 9955
1130 Mailbox, Radio New Zealand Internaitonal 13840 (bi-weekly)
1330 Ask WWCR, WWCR 15825
1330 Mailbox, Radio New Zealand International 5950 (bi-weekly)
1600 DX Partyline, WRMI 7385
1630 Mailbox, Radio New Zealand International 7145 (bi-weekly)
(Souce: Media Programs/ODXA Listening-In/March 2008)

DXers Unlimited - Weekend Edition March 22-23

Arnie Coro, CO2KK

Hi amigos radioaficionados around the world, and in space at this moment…welcome to the weekend edition of your favorite radio hobby rogram, the one and only covering the more than 83 different ways that yu and I enjoy playing with our radios… From the Canadian AM broadcast and Dxer trying to set a new record of stations heard on a very small ortable radio, to the Cuban newcomer to amateur radio that yesterday visited me to return the 2 meters band MOXON rectangle antenna that I snt to him so that he could go on the air the very same day that he ceived his amateur radio license… Si amigos, yes my friends, you can besure that people do enjoy this hobby a lot, and even when the going gets difficult, like the day our small fishing vessel that was taking us to the CO4 Dx expedition of 1965 ran aground and water started to come into the hull, instead of panicking, we simply used our ham radio equipment to call for help, as at that time we had no VHF Marine radio coverage in that area of the Cuban archipelago.

Radio brings in so many nice moments, that recalling some of them while spending a nice afternoon at our radio club becomes part of our lives… Now let me give you a nice example of how radio has help a lot of persons to live a better life. For people with poor vision or that are totally blind, amateur radio is a great hobby that makes possible for them to meet friends, participate in contests and share with others their ham radio experience… For highly qualified engineers and telecommunications technicians , the radio hobby makes possible to perform some very interesting experiments using the amateur band frequencies… some of those experiments have become classics, like the ones made by a group of retired professional

Radio broadcast engineers that fully documented the dramatic improvement in performance for vertical antenna systems provided by elevated radials… Amateur radio operators have even made some very important discoveries in the area of radio wave propagation, and experiments that were done by amateurs demonstrated the existence of what we now know as Trans Equatorial Scatter Ionospheric Propagation, or just TEP for short, a fascinating communications mode that so far has defied theoreticians …

Here is now one of the most popular sections of the program… The antenna topics segment, that today will be devoted to part II of low cost broadband antenna systems. During the mid week edition of the show, I gave a lot of information about the FAN DIPOLE, and of its three most popular versions, the one designed for coverage of the 3 to 10 megaHertz part of the short wave spectrum, the one for 6 to 18 megaHertz, certainly the most popular design according to your e-mail messages and letters, and the small compact FAN DIPOLE that works nicely from approximately 13 to 39 megaHertz. At the present moment, and as we are enjoying beautiful weather here in Havana, I am getting ready to re-install a slightly modified version of the 6 to 18 megaHertz FAN DIPOLE, this one is a little shorter than the standard model, due to the fact that the two supporting towers are a little bit too close to each other. Anyway, the antenna should perform well, something I expect to verify when it is up… By the way the latest analysis of solar activity by experts is telling us that we will again have to deal with an extended period of extremely low solar activity and absolutely quiet geomagnetic conditions…

Now, let´s move on to the second broadband antenna, that is perhaps better known and more popular among short wave listeners and professional HF communications systems, the TTFD or Tilted Terminated Folded Dipole , so well researched by L.B. Cebik, who is offering at his website a treasure chest of antenna related information… the URL is www.cebik.com , again slowly and in phonetics… Charlie, Echo, Bravo, India, Kilo, symbol for period, Charlie Oscar Mike…. Look for the information about the TTFD antenna, and you will find some very interesting comparisons between different lengths of these unique broadband antennas . The TTFD, as I have said here many times, is a compromise antenna system, a good choice if you can only install a single antenna and want to cover a wide frequency range.

For example, a 15 meters long TTFD will be a good choice if you want to monitor the HF bands from 6 to 30 megaHertz , and it will work quite well, with the help of a simple antenna tuner, for transmitting between the seven megaHertz or 40 meters amateur band and 29.7 the top end of the 10 meters ham band.

Now, one more important thing to take into consideration… a TTFD antenna that will be used only for receiving , can be made using 2 Watts non inductive resistors , that will have a total value of between 600 and 1000 ohms. After many experiments it was found that for receive only and QRP low power transmission up to 5 Watts , a very good approach is to place two large sized two watt carbon resistors of between 300 and 500 ohms in series to create a new equivalent resistor of between 600 and 1000 ohms. The two resistors can be placed inside a length of heat shrinking plastic tube, and then attached to a good quality insulator that will take the strain from the upper wires of the antenna… If you want to operate the TTFD with transmitters of more than five Watts, my suggestion is to search for high quality high power non inductive resistors in the 50 to 100 Watts power dissipation range…A pair of 50 watt non inductive 300 ohms resistors connected in series, will provide an excellent terminating resistor for transmitter in the 50 to 200 Watts input power, and I want you to know that 300 ohms non inductive resistors are about the easiest to find of this usually hard to find components.

You will also need to homebrew a balanced to unbalanced radio frequency broadband transformer, better known among radio engineers as a BALUN… balanced to unbalanced abbreviated…

The balun for the TTFD antenna needs to be either a 12 to 1 or a 16 to 1, according to experts.But I have achieved good results when using a 9 to 1 balun. As antenna ¨¨guru ¨¨ L.B. Cebik justly affirms, some radio hobby enthusiasts claim that the TTFD picks up less noise than a standard dipole or long wire, something that I fully back, especially in the case of the long wire antennas…The TTFD picks up less local noise than a long wire and a dipole.

I have written a set of step by step instructions on how to make your own TTFD, that can be sent via e-mail as a compact, rather

small attachment, so if you really want to test drive the TTFD antenna system for short wave reception, just send me an e-mail to arnie at rhc dot cu, and I will send you the computer file as a compact e-mail attachment…
………
Si amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis, this is the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited and here at the request of several listeners is information about the Radio Rebelde´s short wave broadcasts… Radio Rebelde is now only operating on 5025 kiloHertz with 50 kiloWatts and its Tropical Band high take off angle main lobe antenna. The daily morning and mid day transmissions are no longer on the air. So, again, for your information, Radio Rebelde´s only short wave outlet that is operational at this moment is on the 60 meters Tropical band , on 5025 kiloHertz and this transmitter is on the 24 hours, to provide primary sky wave service to all of the Cuban archipelago…

And another Cuban broadcast related news item, Radio Angulo, the Holguin provincial network is now with two ten kiloWatt transmitters, one on 740 kiloHertz and the other one on the long time 1110 kiloHertz. The new 740 kiloHertz relay of Radio Angulo is also a 24 hours operation and it is located in Sagua de Tanamo, a mountains region of the province, where the use of a lower frequency on the AM band should improve the coverage.

Now here is our next item here at the weekend edition of your favorite radio hobby program. Cuban radio amateurs are now involved in a revival of home construction of ham radio equipment, including receivers, transmitters, transceivers, antennas and station accessories. A national competition will award nice presents to the best entries on each category. Among the most popular entries are the ones focusing on the homebrewing of rigs for the 160 meters band, that are intended mainly for local communications. My own entry into the national event is going to be the DX-160, a simple, easy to build, rugged and reliable 160 meters band CW transmitter that also has a high efficiency screen grid controlled carrier modulator so that it can be used for local AM phone contacts. The original Arnie Coro´s DX-160 dates back to the 1960´s and I made many nice two way CW DX contacts on 160 meters using it… Now after many years of storage, the announcement of the home brewing competition, made me remember about that rig that is at this moment sitting on top of the main workbench undergoing a major overhaul !!!

Homebrewing ham radio equipment is a lot of fun, I can assure you, and all two way contacts made with radios that you have built yourself have a very special significance… it seems like they sound a lot better than expensive commercially built rigs !!!

Try it, and you will certainly agree with me !!!

And now as always at the end of the program here is Arnie Coro´s Dxers Unlimited´s HF plus low band VHF propagation update and forecast… Solar activity is and will continue to be at very low levels as we pass trough the equinox … so, don´t expect much DX, because the ionosphere is in totally flat state…

We may have short openings on 12 and 10 meters, and that´s about all for higher bands DX… while at the same time, local noise levels continue to increase as the summer thunderstorm season approaches… See you all at the mid week edition of the show, Tuesday and Wednesday UTC days , and don´t forget to send your signal reports, comments about the program and radio hobby related questions to arnie at rhc dot cu, or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parellel frequency

Brazil
4915 ZYF360 Radio Macapa; 0331-0338+, 20-Mar; male announcer in Portuguese with
camp'o tunes to station ID spot at 0332 with three mentions of "Radio Macapa." SIO=433, swiper QRM. (Harold Frodge,MI/Cumbre DX)

Canada
6160 CKZN (St. John's), 1153-1202, 3/21/2008, English. Man and woman talking. CBC news by man at 1200. Poor signal with interference from Chinese language broadcast and at least one other station (SINPO 22332). (Jim Evans, TN)

Radio Canada International. 17765 2145 Portuguese {444] March 15 Announer duo with program comments. Brasil mentioned often. Station ID as, "Voice of Canada" at 2150. //15305 [232]. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)

Chad
4905 Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (N’djamena). 0510-0520. Good Friday, 2008. French. Afropop with a killer signal. VG-Exc. (Joe Wood, TN).

China
5030 CNR-1 (Beijing), 1238-1240, 3/21/2008, Chinese. Man and woman talking. Poor but readable signal (SINPO 23322). (Jim Evans, TN)

Costa Rica
Radio Exterior Espana Relay. 17850 2140 Spanish 333 March 15 Announcers program report to sports event, possibly soccer game. (Stewart MacKenzie,CA)

Dominican Republic
5009.78, Radio Cristal Internacional, Santo Domingo, 2312-0002*, March 20-21, LA music. Spanish ballads. Steel drum music. Spanish announcements. Call letters and "Radio Cristal Internacional" IDs at 2356 & 0000. Good signal strength but modulation could be a little stronger. No sign of Madagascar but they were heard 1½ hours later. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Gabon
4777 RTV Gabonaise (Moyabi). 0520-0528. Good Friday, 2008. French. lady announcer with ID and announcements, dead air for about one minute, and back into patter and Afro pop music. Good. (Joe Wood, TN).

India
9445 All India Radio via Bangalore. 2132-2142. 20 Mar 08. Rare log at my QTH. Sub continual music. Poor. (Joe Wood, TN).

Indonesia
3325 RRI Palangkaraya, 1204-1223, 3/21/2008, Bahasa. Two stations of approximately equal strength were noted on this frequency. One with talk in Bahasa, the other with talk in what appeared to be Pidgin. One is assumed to be RRI Palangkaraya, and the other Radio Bougainville (PNG). Both signals were weak but readable. Neither made the expected change to music. Both were audible with fading until the final plunge below noise level at 1223. (Jim Evans, TN)

3344.85 RRI Ternate, 1201-1230, 3/21/2008, Bahasa. A collision of weak signals on/around 3345 this morning. Station with talk in Bahasa on 3344.85 (Ternate) mixing with talk in Pidgin from Radio Northern (PNG) on 3345. Ternate's signal was weaker most of the time, but occasionally peaked equal to that of Radio Northern. Similar situation noted on 3325. (Jim Evans, TN)

Kuwait
11990 Radio Kuwait (Kabd). 2044-2100*. 20 Mar 08. English. OM with pop music program and news. Several IDs, skeds and freq announcements. Mentions of North America service. S/off with “You’ve been listening to Radio Kuwait,” National anthem, and “This is Radio Kuwait.” S7/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN)

Madagascar
5010 Radio Madagasikara; 0314-0327+, 20-Mar, lady announcer in local language. English pop tunes--not Western versions. Station ID at 0317+ as "Radio Madagasikara" and by male announcer at 0325+ as "Radio Madagascar." SIO=353 (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

5010, RTV Malagasy, 0135-0210, March 21, an eclectic mix of local music, ballads, local children’s chorus, Euro-pop music. Fair to good. Suppressed carrier USB. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Monaco
7335 TWR, 0659-0700, 3/21/2008, Czech (per schedule). Heard TWR IS at threshold under CHU. Opening theme music and announcement, then faded away. Very poor signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

Mongolia
7470 Radio Free Asia (Ulaanbaatar), 1140-1155, 3/21/2008, Tibetan. Talk by man and woman. Poor signal, but enough to temporarily overcome the Chinese musical jammer. Faded back down below the music by 1155. (Jim Evans, TN)

New Zealand
Radio Nwe Zealand International. 17675 2158 English 433 March 15 Announcer with pop music. QRM via CVC-Chile via 17680.(Stewart MacKenzie, CA)

Nigeria
4770 Radio Nigeria (Kaduna). 0532-0544. Good Friday, 2008. English/Vern. US pop music including numbers by Tina Turner. Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).

Netherlands Antilles
Radio Netherlands International via Bonaire relay. 17895 2127 Dutch 444 March 15 Announcer talking about John Wayne and Roy Rogers. Music vocals 2134. //17810 [333]Bonaire, 15315 [333]Bonaire, 11655 [232]Madagascar. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)

Peru
Peru, 5460.44, Radio Emisora Bolivar, 2344-0010, Barely audible with music and chatter. Signal drops into the noise regularly. By 2355, signal is starting to improve where the fading has ceased and copy is solid, although still very weak. Music is still the main commodity being presented at 2357. At 0006 a male in Spanish comments. Signal was poor during listening period. (Chuck Bolland, FL March 20, 2008)

Swaziland
4775 Trans-World Radio; 0339-0344+, 20-Mar; Interval signal to "this is Trans-World Swaziland" repeated in English to a local language. Program sign-on at 0340. Don't know the local language, but did hear the word "fornicate"! SIO=3+23-, swiper QRM, much better in SSB. (Harold Frodge,MI/Cumbre DX)

Zambia
5915, ZNBC-Radio 1, Lusaka, 0243-0310, March 21, Fish Eagle interval signal. Choral National Anthem at 0250. Local drums & vernacular talk at 0252. Local religious music at 0257. Good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6165, ZNBC-Radio 2, Lusaka, 0243-0252, March 21, Fish Eagle IS. Instrumental National Anthem at 0250. Very weak under Radio Netherland. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Radio Gloria set for Sunday broadcast

Date 23rd of March 2008
Time 1300 to 1400 UTC
6140 KHz

The transmissions of Radio Gloria will be broadcast over the transmitting station Wertachtal in Germany. The transmitter power will be 100 000 Watts, and we will be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna).

Good listening
73s
Tom

SW Radio Africa to use additional frequencies next week

From 24-29 March, the week leading up to the elections in Zimbabwe, SW Radio Africa will be broadcasting on 4880kHz, 7125kHz and 6150kHz at 1700-1900 UTC, and at 1800-1900 UTC also on 12035kHz. From Sunday 30 March, the frequencies will be 4880 and 12035 kHz.
(Source: SW Radio Africa/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Israel Radio spares Farsi shortwave broadcast

Text of report in English by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 21 March
With highly appropriate Purim timing, the Israel Broadcasting Authority has saved the Jews of Persia… as an audience. Four million shekels have been allocated in the IBA’s budget to spare Israel Radio’s budget-threatened shortwave Farsi broadcasts, which are widely listened to in Iran, and are regarded as a crucial bridge to the Jewish community there.
But the radio respite has not been extended to the IBA’s other foreign-language broadcasts, including English, which will no longer be available to radio listeners outside Israel after the end of this month. The broadcasts will continue in Israel on the Reka channel, available on mediumwave and FM, but the shortwave broadcasts will cease, silencing Israel Radio’s English, Amharic, French, Spanish, Yiddish and other foreign language overseas transmissions for the first time in decades. Would-be listeners will henceforth only be able to hear the programs via the Internet.
“It’s terribly sad. We’re shutting ourselves off from vast, passionate audiences,” one veteran Israel Radio English staffer told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. “The whole French Jewish community, the whole Latin American Spanish-speaking community, Ethiopian Jews - we’re cutting them all off.”
In Britain, the Post was told, concerned listeners apprised of the imminent move protested to the new Israeli ambassador, Ron Prosor, who said the matter was out of his hands.
Menashe Amir, the veteran director of the Persian broadcasts, hailed the Farsi-language respite as a case of salvaging victory from the jaws of defeat in the realm of Israeli public relations. “We could not have afforded another defeat in regards to Iran,” he said.
The shortwave Persian broadcasts had been going out since 1958, serving not only as a cultural lifeline to Iran’s Jewish community, but as a credible news source for Iranian Muslims too, said Amir. “Our broadcasts aim to give information about Israel, and to explain the Israeli position toward the Palestinian issue and peace process, to the Iranians, who face vast, poisonous propaganda from the Iranian regime against Israel,” he said. “The broadcasts also constitute great support and encouragement to the Jews in Iran, strengthening their position in the Persian community.”
IBA spokeswoman Linda Bar said Chairman Moshe Gavish had stepped in with the funding to save the Persian broadcasts precisely because of that vital role. Amir said Israel Radio’s Farsi broadcasts were widely regarded in Iran as a non-biased and accurate counterpoint to the government-controlled news agencies there. “In [prime minister Yitzhak] Shamir’s time,” he recalled, “the IBA went on strike for two months. A joke came about that [Ayatollah] Khomene’i had told Shamir, ‘We’ll pay the workers’ salary demands. Just bring back Israel Radio in Persian. We want to know what’s going on in Iran!’”
As regards the other languages, Bar noted earlier this week that the IBA was not mandated to provide shortwave broadcasts under the Broadcasting Law. For many years, such broadcasts were co-funded by the Foreign Ministry and the Jewish Agency, which gradually dropped out of the partnership.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post website, Jerusalem, in English 21 Mar 08 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media network Weblog)

Polish Radio signs agreement with Israel Broadcasting Authority

Polish Radio and the Israel Broadcasting Authority have signed a letter of intent defining cooperation between the two countries’ major public broadcasters. A year ago Polish Radio’s External Service launched a daily half hour programme in Hebrew presenting news from Poland and covering current developments in Polish-Israeli and Polish-Jewish relations. Since a few months ago, due to growing interest, the Polish Radio offering is additionally being rebroadcast on FM in Israel .
This success gave rise to an idea of extending the scope of the service and to direct the flow of information both ways through cooperation with public broadcasters in Israel. The main area of cooperation with IBA will be the exchange of Polish and Israeli staff, mainly journalists who will be visiting each other’s country and compiling programmes on what they have learned
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Voice of Turkey radio begins broadcast to Afghanistan

Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia
The Voice of Turkey Radio will start broadcasting programmes for Afghanistan on 21 March. The radio will broadcast in Dari, Farsi and Pashto dialects and for Uzbeks living in Afghanistan. The programme will be broadcast between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Turkish local time [1600-1700 gmt]. The Voice of Turkey Radio is now broadcasting in 29 different languages.
Meanwhile, Afghan President Hamid Karzai sent a message to Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressing his pleasure with the radio’s broadcasting for his country.
(Source: Anatolia news agency, Ankara, in English 1047 gmt 20 Mar 08 via BBC Monitoring)
Update 21 March: Thanks to Mustafa Cankurt for providing the transmission details: 1600-1700 UTC on 9705 KHz. This broadcast will also be repeated via Internet and Turksat 2 A and Eutelsat Hotbird 6 at 0530-0630 UTC.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Netherlands Program Preview - March 22-28

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

SATURDAY 22 MARCH
*** The State We're In ***
This week in The State We're In, the Dalai Lama has claimed that China has been conducting 'cultural genocide' against the people of Tibet. But is it true? And what does 'cultural genocide' mean anyway? Is it a legal term? We ask an International Lawyer and Tibetans what they think.

Plus Zimbabwe goes to the polls next week. Is Robert Mugabe likely to win yet again despite being accused of being one of Africa's most despotic leaders, correspondent Harm van Dam reports from Harare. Plus a Zimbabwean refugee in South Africa tells us why she fled the country.

In our focus on surveillance, we meet the artist who found himself being so ineptly investigated by the American authorities that he decided to do it himself. And we meet a woman from former East Germany who discovered that she was being spied on by her own husband.

Finally, The State We're In's Paddy Maguire reports from One World Film Festival in Prague where dissidents, directors and dissident directors use the moving picture to promote human rights.

These stories and many more in this week's The State We're In.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1004 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1204 (Eastern N America 11675)
1804 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2004 (West Africa 11655)

Note that on Saturday we also run repeats of:

Reloaded on SW: 1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
Curious Orange: 1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
Earthbeat and Stories of the Twentieth Century: 1900 and 1930 respectively (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)

SUNDAY 23 MARCH
*** Documentary ***
'Once Upon a Time in Western Europe'

The Cowboy tradition is associated with the New World, the Open Range and the Wild West. But even in Europe, some people just feel it in their souls. There's a thriving community of would-be-cowboys and Indians who get together and keep the traditions alive. Hear the stories of a Dutch cowboy and a Belgian Indian hobbyist in 'Once Upon a Time in Western Europe'.

*** Reloaded ***

Here's your chance to catch up with some of the highlights from recent programmes; the best, the most interesting or newsworthy, or sometimes the funniest, chosen by our producers and presented by Mindy Ran.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)
2000 (West Africa 11655)

Repeated: Saturday 1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)

MONDAY 24 MARCH
*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)

*** Curious Orange ***
This week on Curious Orange:

As fewer and fewer Dutch practice Christianity, more and more churches are lying empty. Reporter Eric Hesen asks what should be done with the often beautiful - but often empty - buildings. Also on the theme of religion, we take a look at the image of Muslim women in Holland - and it might just surprise you.

Political Editor John Tyler will be in with headlines from The Hague and, of course, Robbert Tilli will drop by with your weekly Dutch music fix; this week he'll tell us about 'King Jack'.

That's this week on Curious Orange.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1830 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)
2000 (West Africa 11655)

Repeated:
Wednesday
1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Saturday
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)

TUESDAY 25 MARCH
*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
This week in The State We're - Midweek Edition, the Dalai Lama has claimed that China has been conducting 'cultural genocide' against the people of Tibet. But is it true? And what does 'cultural genocide' mean anyway? Is it a legal term? We ask an international lawyer and Tibetans what they think.

Plus Zimbabwe goes to the polls next week. Is Robert Mugabe likely to win yet again despite being accused of being one of Africa's most despotic leaders, correspondent Harm van Dam reports from Harare. Plus a Zimbabwean refugee in South Africa tells us why she fled the country.

In our focus on surveillance, we meet the artist who found himself being so ineptly investigated by the American authorities that he decided to do it himself. And we meet a woman from former East Germany who discovered that she was being spied on by her own husband.

That's what's in this week's The State We're In - Midweek Edition.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH
*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)

*** Radio Books ***
Naima Albdiouni - 'Ice-creams at Easter'

These days it's difficult to turn on the television or radio or read a newspaper without being confronted with something to do with Islam and its current impact on western life. It seems to be monopolising as well as polarising the political environment. But what about the impact of westernisation on Muslim countries and the counter force of radical Islam?

It's this that the young Flemish writer Naima Albdiouni has focused on in her short story 'Ice-creams at Easter'. It's a portrait of a few inhabitants of the Moroccan city Agadir, a city which was totally destroyed in an earthquake in 1960 and subsequently rebuilt with more than just a nod to its western neighbours.

The story takes place as Morocco prepares itself for a visit by the Sheik of Qatar, but not everyone is excited with his arrival as progress and tradition confront each other head on.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

Repeated:
Friday 1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

THURSDAY 27 MARCH
*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)

*** Earthbeat ***
On Earthbeat this week we go from the ghoulish to the futuristic to the simply practical...

New Delhi is still reeling from the uncovering of a kidney stealing racket responsible for exploiting the poorest of the poor for their organs to sell at a huge profit to rich westeners. Earthbeat talks to some of the people involved and examines the issue's multi-faceted ethical dilemmas.

And we look at the different sides of a possible super fast mode of transport - Europe to Australia in just a few hours? But at what price to our planet?

And sustainable fishing, one man in Holland who's doing his bit for the fishing industry, but going back to the romantic idea of fishing.


Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

Repeated:
Monday
1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Saturday
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

FRIDAY 28 MARCH*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)

*** Network Europe ***

A Pan European team links up across the continent each week to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

The programme is a unique example of European co-operation, produced by the continent's leading international broadcasters, it reflects the diversity of European society and voices. Each week we drop in on specialists around Europe and catch up with our extensive network of correspondents for their unique take on the events shaping the week.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

Repeated:
Monday
1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Saturday
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

Radio Caroline 44th Anniversary this weekend

SPECIAL EVENT !!

March 22 (9290 relay)
Radio City 10.00 -11.00UTC, also on 945AM from 20.00 -21.00UTC
RMRC from Frankfurt 16.00 -18.00UTC

March 23 (9290 relay)
Q103 - 13.00 -14.00UTC
Latvia Today 14.00 -15.00UTC
Radio Caroline 15.00 -18.00UTC www.radiocaroline.co.uk

Radio Caroline (test transmission) on 945kHz with a power of 20kw Starting 23rd of March 21.00UTC until 24th of March 04.00UTC. QSL cards will be available for the 945kHz and 9290Khz relays more info www.radiocaroline.co.uk

Good listening 73s
Tom

Voice of Turkey - A08 Multilingual schedules

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008
Broadcast daily - target areas as indicated

All times UTC
LANGUAGE FREQ BAND TIME(UTC) SITE POWER

Europe
Albanian 9700 31 0600-0630 CAK 250
Albanian 11875 25 1130-1200 EMR 250
Bosnian 9655 31 1330-1400 CAK 500
Bosnian 5980 49 1800-1830 CAK 250
Bulgarian 7210 41 1100-1130 EMR 250
Croatian-Serbian 9605 31 1600-1630 EMR 500
English 5975 49 0300-0400 EMR 500
English 15450 19 1230-1330 EMR 500
English 9785 31 1830-1930 EMR 500
English 6195 49 2200-2300 EMR 500
French 5980 49 1930-2030 EMR 500
German 13760 22 1130-1230 EMR 500
German 11835 25 1730-1830 EMR 500
Greek 9840 31 1030-1100 EMR 500
Greek 6050 49 1430-1500 CAK 250
Hungarian 13770 22 1000-1030 EMR 500
Italian 9610 31 1630-1700 EMR 500
Macedonian 11690 25 0800-0830 CAK 250
Rumanian 9560 31 0900-0930 CAK 250
Russian 13660 22 1300-1400 EMR 500
Russian 9840 31 1700-1800 EMR 500
Spanish 9770 31 0100-0200 EMR 500
Spanish 11925 25 1630-1730 EMR 500
Turkish 11680 25 1300-1530 EMR 500
Turkish 9460 31 1530-2100 CAK 500
Turkish 11980 25 0400-0700 EMR 500
Turkish 13675 22 0700-1300 EMR 500

America
English 5975 49 0300-0400 EMR 500
English (*)7325 41 0300-0359 SAC 250
English 6195 49 2200-2300 EMR 500
Spanish 9770 31 0100-0200 EMR 500
Turkish 9460 31 1530-2100 CAK 500

Australia
English 13685 22 1230-1330 EMR 500
English 7170 41 2030-2130 EMR 500
Turkish 15390 19 0900-1300 EMR 500
Turkish 7150 41 1530-1900 EMR 500

Asia
Arabic 11690 25 0900-1100 EMR 500
Arabic 15520 19 0900-1100 EMR 500
Arabic 9755 31 1400-1600 EMR 500
Azerbaijani 11730 25 0700-0800 CAK 250
Azerbaijani 13760 22 0700-0800 EMR 500
Azerbaijani 7150 41 1400-1500 EMR 500
Chinese 17715 16 1100-1200 EMR 500
Dari-Uzbek-Peshtu 11730 25 1500-1600 EMR 500
English 7265 41 0300-0400 EMR 500
English 13685 22 1230-1330 EMR 500
English 7170 41 2030-2130 EMR 500
Georgian 9760 31 0700-0800 EMR 500
Greek 7295 41 1030-1100 CAK 250
Kazakh 9690 31 1330-1400 EMR 500
Kyrgyz 9575 31 1330-1400 CAK 500
Persian 11795 25 0830-1000 CAK 500
Persian 15220 19 0830-1000 EMR 500
Persian 11940 25 1230-1330 CAK 500
Russian 13660 22 1300-1400 EMR 500
Russian 9840 31 1700-1800 EMR 500
Tatar 9855 31 1500-1530 CAK 500
Turkish 6040 49 0400-0700 EMR 500
Turkish 11750 25 0700-0900 EMR 500
Turkish 11955 25 0700-1300 CAK 250
Turkish 7260 41 0100-0300 EMR 500
Turkish 15390 19 0900-1300 EMR 500
Turkish 7150 41 1530-1900 EMR 500
Turkish 6120 49 1530-2100 EMR 500
Turkish 5960 49 1530-2100 CAK 500
Turkmen 11935 25 1400-1430 EMR 500
Urdu 13710 22 1200-1300 EMR 500
Uzbek 11795 25 1200-1230 EMR 500

Africa
Arabic 11690 25 0900-1100 EMR 500
Arabic 15285 19 1400-1600 EMR 500
Arabic 9755 31 1400-1600 EMR 500
English 7265 41 0300-0400 EMR 500
French 9535 31 1930-2030 EMR 500
Turkish 11955 25 0700-1300 CAK 250
Turkish 5960 49 1530-2100 CAK 500

(*)VOT Transmission from Canada - Sackville Transmitter Site
TURKISH TIME : UTC + 3
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Taiwan International - A08 Multilingual schedules

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008

All times UTC
Mandarin
0000-0500 daily CHN 11885 TWN 100
0000-0500 daily CHN 11640 TWN 100
0000-0400 daily CHN 15245 TWN 100
0000-0300 daily CHN 9660 TWN 100
0200-0500 daily CHN 15290 TWN 250
0400-0500 daily CHN 1008 TWN 600
0400-0500 daily SeA 15320 TWN 100
0400-0500 daily NwAm 5950 WYFR 100
0400-0500 daily CAm 9680 WYFR 100
0400-0600 daily CHN 15270 TWN 100
0900-1000 daily SeA 11635,15525,11520 TWN 100
0900-1100 daily CHN 9415 TWN 100
0900-1400 daily CHN 6150 TWN 100
0900-1500 daily CHN 6085 TWN 300
0900-1100 daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
0900-1600 daily CHN 11665 TWN 300
0900-1600 daily CHN 603 TWN 1000
0900-1800 daily CHN 7185 TWN 100
0900-1800 daily CHN 1008 TWN 600
1000-1200 daily CHN 1503 TWN 600
1000-1400 daily CHN 9780 TWN 100
1100-1800 daily CHN 9680 TWN 100
1100-1300 daily CHN 11710 TWN 100
1200-1300 daily SeA 15465 TWN 100
1300-1330 daily CHN 1503 TWN 600
1300-1400 daily SeA 15265 TWN 250
1300-1500 daily SeA 7445 TWN 100
1300-1800 daily CHN 1098 TWN 300
1400-1800 daily CHN 6145/7130 TWN 100
1600-1700 daily CHN 1503 TWN 600
1600-1800 daily CHN 7365 TWN 300
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 NeAm 5950 WYFR 100
2200-2400 daily NwAm 15440 WYFR 100
2200-2400 daily CHN 6150 TWN 100
2300-2400 daily CHN 15245 TWN 100

Hokkien
0000-0100 daily SeA 11875 TWN 250
0500-0600 daily CHN 1008,1422 TWN 600/50
1100-1200 daily CHN 1206 TWN 100
1200-1300 daily NeA 11715 TWN 250
1300-1400 daily SeA 15465 TWN 100
1300-1400 daily SeA 11635 TWN 100
2100-2200 daily NeAm 13690 WYFR 100

Cantonese
0000-0030 daily NeAm 5950 WYFR 100
0100-0130 daily SeA 15290 TWN 250
0100-0130 daily NwAm 15440 WYFR 100
0100-0130 daily NeAm 5950 WYFR 100
0200-0230 dialy SeA 15440 TWN 100
0200-0230 dialy TWN 1422 TWN 50
0300-0330 dialy SeA 15610 TWN 100
0500-0530 daily SeA 15320 TWN 100
0500-0530 daily cNAm 9680 WYFR 100
0500-0530 daily NwAm 5950 WYFR 100
0700~0730 daily Sacramento 1210 WYFR 0.5
1000-1030 daily SeA 15270 TWN 100
1000-1030 daily SeA 11635 TWN 100
1200-1230 daily SeA 11915 TWN 250
1200-1230 daily CHN 6105 TWN 100
1500-1530 daily CHN 11550 TWN 250

Hakka
0030-0100 daily NeAm 5950 WYFR 100
0130-0200 daily SeA 15290 TWN 250
0130-0200 daily NwAm 15440 WYFR 100
0130-0200 daily NeAm 5950 WYFR 100
0230-0300 dialy SeA 15440 TWN 100
0230-0300 dialy TWN 1422 TWN 50
0330-0400 dialy SeA 15610 TWN 100
0530-0600 daily SeA 15320 TWN 100
0530-0600 daily cNAm 9680 WYFR 100
0530-0600 daily NwAm 5950 WYFR 100
0730~0800 daily Sacramento 1210 WYFR 0.5
1030-1100 daily SeA 15270 TWN 100
1030-1100 daily SeA 11635 TWN 100
1230-1300 daily SeA 11915 TWN 250
1230-1300 daily CHN 6105 TWN 100
1530-1600 daily CHN 11550 TWN 250

French
0700-0800 daily Eu 7780 WYFR 100
1900-2000 daily wEu 6045 Rampisham 250
1900-2000 daily Af 11755 Issoudun 500
2000-2100 daily Eu 18930 WYFR 100
2000-2100 daily NeAm 13690 WYFR 100

Spanish
0200-0300 daily SAm 15215,17845 WYFR 100
0200-0300 daily SAm 9800 Montsinery 500
0400-0500 daily CAm 11855 WYFR 100
0600-0700 daily CAm 5950 WYFR 100
2000-2100 daily Eu 3965 Issoudun 250
2300-2400 daily SAm 15190,17725 WYFR 100

German
0600-0700 daily Eu 7780 WYFR 100
1900-2000 daily Eu 6185 Skelton 250
2000-2100 daily Eu 15600 WYFR 100
2100-2200 daily WEU 3965 Issoudun 250

Russian
1100-1200 daily WRUS 11985 TWN 100
1400-1500 daily CRUS 15225 Issoudan 500
1700-1800 daily WRUS 11705 Issoudan 500

Japanese
0800-0930 daily NeA 11605 TWN 250
1100-1400 daily NeA 9735 TWN 250

Vietnamese
0000-0100 daily SeA 11655 TWN 100
0900-1000 daily SeA 15270 TWN 100
1100-1200 daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
1300-1400 daily CHN 1206 TWN 100
1400-1500 daily SeA 11550 TWN 250

Thai
1300-1400 daily TWN 1422 TWN 50
1400-1500 daily CHN 747 TWN 250
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 TWN 1422 TWN 50

Indonesian
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,SeA 1422,11635 TWN 100
1400-1500 daily SeA 11875 TWN 250

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

AM
KEBAR AM 1210 kHz, Sacramento CA, USA
Mandarin: 2000-2300, Cantonese: 2300-2400, local time
DRM English stream: 9750kHz, Friday UTC 1500-1600 via Rampisham, UK
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)

Easter weekend broadcasts from Radio Caroline

Easter 2008 aboard the Ross Revenge

The entire weekend will be hosted by presenters from our second ship, Mi Amigo who all served on board between 1977 and 1980.

This special birthday broadcast starts at 6 a.m. on Good Friday and runs until midnight on Easter Monday. You'll be able to watch some of the action via on-board webcams.

There'll be some additional ways to listen this Easter too. You'll be able to tune in via our friends at Radio Mi Amigo where a special stream will be dedicated entirely to Caroline. They will also be replacing some their regular programmes with ours. Just go to www.radiomiamigo.eu Caroline will also be available on 9290khz shortwave from Latvia between 15:00-18:00 on Easter Sunday afternoon.

Please do not attempt to visit Ross Revenge this Easter. We hope to move the ship to a more accessible location soon and look forward to seeing you then.

All times UTC

Easter Programme Schedule

Good Friday, March 21

00:00 – Non Stop Caroline
06:00 – Ad Roberts
08:00 – Roger Mathews
10:00 – Martin Fisher
12:00 – Mike Stevens
14:00 – Brian Martin
16:00 – Dick Verheul
18:00 – Bob Lawrence
21:00 – Cliff Osbourne

Saturday, March 22

00:00 – Dick Verheul
03:00 – Jeremy Chartham
06:00 – Roger Mathews
09:00 – Bob Lawrence
12:00 – Cliff Osbourne
15:00 – Cloggie Time with Ad, Dick, & Kees
18:00 – Mike Stevens
21:00 – Martin Fisher

Easter Sunday, March 23

00:00 – Brian Martin
03:00 – Jeremy Chartham
06:00 – Calvary Chapel
10:00 – Roger Mathews
12:00 – Ad Roberts
15:00 – Martin Fisher
18:00 – Dick Verheul
21:00 – Mike Stevens

Easter Monday, March 24

00:00 – Martin Fisher
03:00 – Jeremy Chartham
06:00 – Cliff Osbourne
09:00 – Brian Martin
12:00 – Martin Fisher
15:00 – Bob Lawrence
18:00 – Roger Mathews
21:00 – Mike Stevens


Easter Relays information refer to: http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/easter_relays.asp
(Source: Radio Caroline http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/)

Trans World Radio India - A08 Multilingual schedules

Revised from earlier post

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008
Broadcast days as indicated

All times UTC
UTC Freq Lang Days Site Power
Start Stop

0015 0030 12085 Bengali Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
0030 0100 12085 Bhojpuri Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
0045 0130 12085 Hindi Sun Novosibirsk 250
0045 0100 12085 Dzonka Sat Novosibirsk 250
0100 0130 12085 Nepali Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
0100 0115 12085 Nepali Sat Novosibirsk 250
0115 0130 12085 Hindi Sat Novosibirsk 250
1300 1315 11930 Garhwali Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1315 1330 11930 Dogri Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1315 1430 11930 Hindi Sat/Sun Novosibirsk 250
1330 1345 11930 Hindi Mon Novosibirsk 250
1330 1400 11930 Hindi Tues/Wed Novosibirsk 250
1330 1415 11930 Hindi Thurs/Fri Novosibirsk 250
1345 1400 11930 Tibetan Mon Novosibirsk 250
1400 1415 11930 Braj Bhasa Mon/Tues Novosibirsk 250
1400 1415 11930 Kashmiri Wed Novosibirsk 250
1415 1430 11930 Bhojpuri Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1430 1445 11930 Hindi Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1430 1500 11930 Punjabi Sat/Sun Novosibirsk 250
1445 1515 11930 Punjabi Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1500 1515 11930 Marwari Sat/Sun Novosibirsk 250
1515 1545 11930 Hindi Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Gujarati Mon Irkutsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Dhodiya Tues/Wed Irkutsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Maithili Thurs/Fri Irkutsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Santhali Sat Irkutsk 250
1245 1315 9415 Urdu Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1245 1300 9415 Kui Sat Irkutsk 250
1300 1315 9415 Ho Sat Irkutsk 250
1315 1330 9415 Marwari Sun Irkutsk 250
1315 1345 9415 M.Bengali Mon/Tues Irkutsk 250
1315 1345 9415 Punjabi Wed Irkutsk 250
1315 1330 9415 Mewari Thurs/Fri Irkutsk 250
1315 1330 9415 Bengali Sat Irkutsk 250
1330 1345 9415 Bondo Sun Irkutsk 250
1330 1345 9415 Dzonka Thurs/Fri/Sat Irkutsk 250
1345 1400 9415 Bundeli Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1345 1415 9415 Maithili Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1400 1415 9415 Oriya Sat Irkutsk 250
1400 1415 9415 Bundeli Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1415 1430 9415 Kumaoni Sun Irkutsk 250
1415 1430 9415 Magahi Mon Irkutsk 250
1415 1430 9415 Mundari Tues/Wed Irkutsk 250
1415 1430 9415 Kuruk Thurs/Fri/Sat Irkutsk 250
1430 1445 9415 Sadri Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1430 1500 9415 Sindhi Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1445 1500 9415 Chodri Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1500 1515 9415 Bhili Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1500 1530 9415 Kutchi Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1515 1530 9415 Monchi Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1530 1545 9415 Awadhi Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1530 1545 9415 Gamit Mon-Wed Irkutsk 250
1530 1545 9415 Vasavi Thurs/Fri Irkutsk 250
1545 1600 9415 Haryanvi Sun Irkutsk 250
1545 1600 9415 Urdu Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1545 1600 9415 Hindi Sat Irkutsk 250
1600 1615 11955 Pashto Daily Samara 250
1615 1630 11955 Pashto Mon-Fri Samara 250
1615 1630 11955 Dari Sun Samara 250

Reports to :
Trans World Radio - India
L - 15, Green Park
New Delhi - 110016
India.
Email : info@twr.in
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)

Spain's Radio Exterior Espana - A08 English schedule

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008
All times UTC

0000-0100 daily 6055na
2000-2100 Mon-Fri 9665eu 11625af
2100-2200 Sat/Sun 9840eu
(Source: Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequencies

Albania
5960 China Radio International, 2122, 18-Mar; Male/female in English discussion of extra
marital affairs (AND! there are over 1.2 billion Chinese folks!). SIO=333; //7285, SIO=444-, also via Albania. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

Anguilla
11775 University Network (p); 1506-1514+, 14-Mar; Rev. Barbi with Bible lesson--waited for something profound to write down, but alas, nothing came. SIO=4+54-, //11870 via Costa Rica, SIO=252+ (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

Ascension Island
9525, Cotton Tree News via Ascension, 0734-0738, March 18, news in English (items about the "Love One Another Campaign" and the building developments at the Freetown YMCA, which should be completed in a few months), IDs "This is CTN, Freetown" and "CTN – now the news in local languages", fair (Ron Howard, CA)

17830 BBC relay. 1855. 15 March 08. English. YL with item on the British House of Lords debating a bill dealing with carbon batteries. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).

Australia
9590 Radio Australia; 1445, 14-Mar; English feature on Vietnam era protests. SIO=3+33+, bubbler jammer--against who? //9475, SIO= 353. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

Bolivia
4716.68, Radio Yura, 0050-0115, March 17, Spanish talk. Wide variety of Spanish pops/ballads. Rustic local music. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Canada
9625 Radio Canada Intternational; 1443, 14-Mar; In-depth English discussion on hog production in Manitoba. SIO=544, weak warble QRM. (Harold Frodge, MI)

5835-Voice of Vietnam relay, 6345-China Radio International, Sackville leapfrogging spurs, 0130-0145+, March 16, Spur of 6175-Voice of Vietnam leapfrogging over 6005-China Radio Int and landing on 5835. Spur of 6005-China Radio Int leapfrogging over 6175-Voice of Vietnam and landing on 6345. 170 kHz intervals. Spurs weak but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)

China
4905 (Tibet) Xizang PBS (Lhasa), 1204-1225, 3/18/2008, Tibetan. Talk by man and woman. Poor but readable signal (SINPO 24222). Deteriorating significantly by 1225 Parallel 4920 noted with weaker signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

7110 CNR-1 (Shijiazhuang), 1232-1235, 3/18/2008, Chinese. Talk by woman. Upbeat traditional music with the sounds of children talking. Good signal (SINPO 34333). // 7290 (Beijing) noted with much weaker signal. (Jim Evans, TN)

4900 Voice of the Strait (Fuzhou), 1257-1300, 3/17/2008, Chinese. Talk by woman. Time pips on the hour followed by talk by man. Very poor signal, barely above the noise. (Jim Evans, TN)

4950 Voice of Pujiang (Shanghai), 1235-1237, 3/17/2008, Chinese. Talk by man. Very poor signal, occasionally peaking above noise level. (Jim Evans, TN)

Costa Rica
15125 Radio Espana; 1918-1924+, 18-Mar; Male/female announcers in Spanish with world
news features; IDd as RE at 1924+ instead of REdE. SIO=322; need LSB to minimize excessive SS Bible thumpage from 15130 Family Radio. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

Cuba
11680 Radio Nacional de Venezuela; 1506, 14-Mar; English news de Venezuela; mentioned the Minister of Internal Power & Justice & Minister of Energy & Popular Power. Spanish/English ID at 1512 into English news de Hugo. SIO=4+54 (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

15290 Radio Nacional de Venezuela; 1906, 18-Mar; Spanish ID y noticias de Hugo. SIO SIO=4+54 (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

Cyprus
9760, Cyprus BC Corp, Limassol, *2215-2245*,March 16 sign on with Greek music. Greek opening announcements. Radio-drama. Greek folk music. Sign off with Greek music. Very good at sign on but slowly deteriorated to a weak signal by sign off. // 7210-mixing with a somewhat stronger China Radio Int. // 6180-weak under Brazil. Fri, Sat, Sun only. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Ethiopia
5950, Voice of Tigrey Revolution, Mekele, 0350-0420, March 17, tune-in to Horn of Africa music. Amharic talk at 0401. Surprisingly stronger than co-channel Radio Taiwan Int.via Okeechobee, Florida. Weaker on // 6170. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Guam
11690, AWR-Voice of Hope, *1530-1545, March 15, opening English ID announcements & into religious programming. Very weak. Lost in noise at 1545. Looking for Jordan but still off the air. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Indonesia
11784.87v, Voice of Indonesia, 1703-1714, March 19, in Spanish, mostly talking, several IDs, fair, 9526v not heard at this time, but was heard earlier, about 1000, so today they must have changed frequencies at some point (Ron Howard, CA)

4790 RRI Fak Fak, 1200-1210, 3/17/2008, Bahasa. Interval signal tune, Song of the Coconut Islands) followed by talk by man. Poor signal (SINPO 24222). Other Indonesian carriers noted today, but only Fak-Fak and Makassar (4750) had sufficient audio to understand program content. (Jim Evans, TN)

Israel
6973 Galei Zahal; 2215-2236+, 18-Mar; Announcer in Hebrew to English pop tunes and
taking phone calls, "Shalom". Announcer sounds like an Israeli Barry White. SIO=343, occasional ute clattter. No hint of them on recently reported 5000. (Harold Frodge,MI/Cumbre DX)

5000, Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, 2130-2220, March 17, Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Ballads. Canned announcements.Barely audible but improving. // 6973-but with a slight delay. Thanks to tip from Roland Schulze & Anker Petersen. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Japan
5006 JG2XA Tokyo 1322 Mar 12. CW ID's with "JG2XA" and other Morse text struggling, unsuccessfully, to rise above the noise level. (John Wilkins,CO)

Libya
21695, Voice of Africa, 1515-1600*, March 17, noted back on the air after being off the past several days. English programming with local pop music. IDs. Program at 1521 about local geography. News at 1528. Readings from the Green Book at 1536. Good. Strong. Weak // 17725. But by sign off 17725 was strong and 21695 was weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Lithuania
6040 new freq for The Mighty KBC, 0150-0200, March 16, pop music, ID. Weak. Poor in noise plus QRM from Brazil on 6039.63. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Madagascar
7120 Radio Sweden; 2130-2140+, 18-Mar; Chris Boswell with English ID and Swedish Radio News--much on China Olympics/Tibet. SIO=3+33, QRM is co-channel, but weaker. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

11610 Voice of the (Zimbabwe) People (t); 1753-1755*, 17-Mar; Two announcers with discussion in English. "VOTP identification and sign-off. SIO=332, QRM was music jammer, sounding like an orchestra tuning up--seemed like a few second bit repeated. Jammer continued past 1800. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

5010, RTV Malagasy, 2345-0045+, March 16-17, Irregular lately. Wide variety of local pop music, local ballads, and Euro-pop music. Remakes of US pop music. Very little talk. Fair. Suppressed carrier USB. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Myanmar
5040.59 Raido Myanmar(p) 1326-1334 Mar 12. Instrumental mxusic to 1329, then female announcer with brief announcement to talk segment in unknown language at 1330. Generally under the local noise level with just occasional words and phrases punching through. (John Wilkins, CO)

Netherlands Antilles
15315 Radio Netherlands relay via Bonaire. 1908-1930. 15 March 08.English. Mixed bag of programming consisting of bits on the cultural importance of gold in India and the spa industry throughout Europe and North America. s9/VG. (Joe Wood, TN).

Nigeria
7255 La Voix du Nigeria; 2126, 18-Mar; M in French with station ID and world news. IO=4+44-, on/off tone QRM. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

Papua New Guinea
3225 Radio Bouganville (Buka)(presumed), 1216-1230, 3/16/2008, Pidgin. Man talking, possibly joined by second man. Religious sounding music. Very poor signal with fading. Have been hearing a carrier on this frequency for the past week, but no extractable audio until today. (Jim Evans, TN)

3905 Radio New Ireland (Kavieng), 1226-1236, 3/17/2008, Pidgin (?). Island pop music with short announcments by woman. Moderate signal (SINPO 32333). The only PNG with a decent signal this morning. (Jim Evans, TN)

3275 Radio Southern Highlands (Mendi) (presumed), 1219-1230, 3/16/2008, Pidgin. Slow religious sounding music followed by talk by woman. Poor signal, at noise threshold, in generally good PNG reception conditions. (Jim Evans, TN)

Pirate
6925USB Wolverine Radio. 0145-0230. 16 March 08. English. Wolverine Radio playing Neil Young, David Bowie and a whole bunch more that I could not identify. Male announcer mentioned that some of the music was from a Swiss band. IDs at 0204 and 0212. Faint signal-close to unreadable.(Joe Wood, TN).

6700 The Crystal Ship. 2336-0010. 11-12 Mar 08. English. The Crystal Ship opening with choral music followed by a block of Jackson Brown tunes. ID at 0009. Muffled audio. Fair. (Joe Wood, TN)

Portugal
7280 Deutsche Welle relay; 2125, 18-Mar; ID as "DW Radio." Male/female in English with world news features. SIO=322 (Frodge-MI)

15275 Deutsche Welle relay; 1908-1915+, 18-Mar; News Link, English world news features and many station IDs. SIO=454-, fady (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

17825 RDP International (Lisbon)1848-1854. 15 March 08. Portuguese. Male announcer with a program featuring classical guitar and folk music. S7/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).

Russia
7320, GTRK Magadan, 0710-0720, March 19, in Russian, their local programming, perhaps scheduled "latest news", singing jingle (assume station jingle), bothered here by local noise, needs better conditions to attempt ID, // 5935 (poor, mixing with WWCR). Pre-0710 and post-0720 had Radio Rossii programming, // 6075. ID for R. Rossii at 0710, just before change over to their local programming. Website http://www.magtrk.ru/otp.htm (Ron Howard, CA)

USA
6890 KNLS (Anchor Point, Alaska), 1300-1303, 3/16/2008, Chinese. Interval signal (multiple) followed by talk by man and religious music. Poor signal (SINPO 24222) with rather low audio. (Jim Evans, TN)

21695, WHRI, Cypress Creek, SC, 1445-1505+, March 15, New frequency? Punch-up error? Spur? English religious programming. ID at 1500. Weak but readable. // 9840. No sign of Libya. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Zimbabwe
(non). 12035 new freq for SW Radio Africa, 1800-1840, March 17, via U.K? English talk about upcoming Zimbabwe elections. IDs. Gave contact information. Afro-pop music. "The Hidden Story" program at 1814 about Zimbabwe politics. Strong. Very good signal. Announced they are currently testing on 12035 daily at 1800-1900 and will be moving from 7125 to 12035 for the 1700-1900 time period starting March 30.(Brian Alexander, PA)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletin

:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Mar 18 2354 UTC
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# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html


Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
10 - 16 March 2008

Solar activity was very low. The disk was spotless during most of the period. however, Region 985 (S10, L = 201, class/area Bxo/090 on 10 March) emerged near the west limb on 10 March. It produced three subflares on 11 March, the largest of which was a B5/Sf at 11/0557 UTC. Region 985 departed the west limb on 11 March.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels throughout the period.

The geomagnetic field was at quiet to active levels throughout the period. However, occasional minor to severe storm periods were observed at high latitudes. ACE solar wind measurements indicated a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream was in progress during the entire period. A peak velocity of 735 km/sec was detected at 11/0457 UTC. Velocities slowly decreased during the rest of the period with a low of 535 km/sec detected on 16 March. IMF Bz varied + 5 nT throughout the period. IMF Bt reached a peak of 6 nT at 10/0655 UTC.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
19 March - 14 April 2008
Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during most of the period. However, the flux may drop to normal levels on 26 March and 05 April.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 19 - 24 March. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels on 25 March as a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream begins to disturb the field. A further increase to minor storm levels is expected during 26 - 28 March as coronal hole effects persist.

Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels on 29 March as the high-speed stream subsides. Quiet conditions are expected during 30 March - 03 April. Another recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream is forecast to disturb the field during 04 - 09 April with active conditions expected during most of the period. However, minor storm levels are expected on 05 April. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels during 10 - 11 April as the high-speed stream subsides. Quiet conditions are forecast for the rest of the period.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Mar 18 2354 UTC
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2008 Mar 18#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Mar 19 70 5 2
2008 Mar 20 70 5 2
2008 Mar 21 70 5 2
2008 Mar 22 70 5 2
2008 Mar 23 70 5 2
2008 Mar 24 70 5 2
2008 Mar 25 70 10 3
2008 Mar 26 70 20 5
2008 Mar 27 70 25 5
2008 Mar 28 70 20 5
2008 Mar 29 70 8 3
2008 Mar 30 70 5 2
2008 Mar 31 70 5 2
2008 Apr 01 70 5 2
2008 Apr 02 70 5 2
2008 Apr 03 70 5 2
2008 Apr 04 70 15 4
2008 Apr 05 70 25 5
2008 Apr 06 70 15 4
2008 Apr 07 70 10 3
2008 Apr 08 70 15 4
2008 Apr 09 70 15 4
2008 Apr 10 70 12 3
2008 Apr 11 70 10 3
2008 Apr 12 70 5 2
2008 Apr 13 70 5 2
2008 Apr 14 70 5 2
(NOAA)