RAE launches listeners contest to August 17

RAE, the Foreign Service of the Argentine Public Radio, with the collaboration of the Radiolisteners Group of Argentina launches a contest for our audience in Argentina and in the world.

The requirement is to send us two reception reports: one on our Spanish-language program and the other on any of the other languages broadcasts (English, French, German, Italia, Portuguese and Japanese).

The contest began on August 3, 2009 and reception reports will have to cover any of our programs until 2359 hours of August 17, a date selected to pay homage to the most important national hero of Argentina, General San Martín. “The father of the country”, as we call him, died on August 17, 1850.

Reception reports must be sent by e-mail to rae@radionacional.gov.ar or by traditional mail to RAE, PO Box 555, post code: C1000WAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Reports will be accepted until September 30, 2009. All participants will receive a QSL cards. Among all who take part in the contest, there will be a prize draw for two Argentine music CD compilations. (Arnaldo Slaen, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

RAE website: www.radionacional.com.ar/

All times UTC

English
0200-0300 11710
1800-1900 mtwhf 9690, 15345

French
0300-0400 mtwhf 11710
2000-2100 mtwhf 9690, 15345

German
1700-1800 mtwhf 9690,15345
2100-2200 mtwhf 9690, 15345

Italian
1900-2000 mtwhf 9690, 15345

Portuguese
0000-0100 mtwhf 11710
1100-1200 mtwhf 6060, 11710

Spanish
0900-1000 mtwhf 6060,
1200-1300 mtwhf 11710
1300-1400 mtwhf 11710
2300-0000 mtwhf 6090, 11710

(Gayle Van Horn/Monitoring Times Frequency Manager)

New website for Benelux DX Club

Benelux DX Club, the Dutch-based DX club, has a new website with new features. Each month offers a free sample on the website, for August the focus is Tropical SW Report.
Check out the latest from Benelux at http://www.bdxc.nl/
(Han Hardonk/ptsw)

Media Broadcast additional updates on summer A09 schedules

Germany, France - Summer A-09 of Media Broadcast

Part 2 of 4

All times UTC


IBC Tamil Radio
0000-0100 7205 NAU 100 kW 103 deg to SoAs Tamil

Athmee Yatra He/Gospel For Asia (GFA)
0030-0130 9435 WER 250 kW 090 deg to SEAs South East Asian langs
1230-1500 15350 WER 250 kW 090 deg to SEAs South East Asian langs
1330-1530 15390 ISS 250 kW 075 deg to SEAs South East Asian langs
1530-1630 13750 WER 250 kW 090 deg to SEAs South East Asian langs
2330-0030 9680 WER 250 kW 075 deg to SEAs South East Asian langs

Radio Free Asia (RFA)
0100-0300 9885 WER 250 kW 075 deg to SEAs Tibetan

Radio Liberty (RL)
0030-0400 7280 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian Radio Farda
0400-0500 9635 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian Radio Farda
1400-1500 17670 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian Radio Farda
1600-1700 7340 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian Radio Farda
1800-1900 9855 WER 250 kW 090 deg to WeAs Persian Radio Farda
1600-1700 6060 WER 250 kW 060 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1400-1500 9510 WER 250 kW 075 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1500-1600 11810 WER 250 kW 090 deg to CeAs Avari/Chechen/Cherkassi
1500-1600 15565 WER 250 kW 090 deg to CeAs Azeri
1900-2000 9805 WER 250 kW 060 deg to CeAs Tatar Bashkir
1400-1500 13830 WER 250 kW 090 deg to CeAs Turkmen
1500-1600 7260 WER 250 kW 090 deg to CeAs Turkmen
1600-1700 7350 WER 250 kW 090 deg to CeAs Turkmen
1500-1600 7420 WER 250 kW 075 deg to CeAs Turkmen
1500-1700 9725 WER 125 kW 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1700-1900 6050 WER 250 kW 045 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1600-1700 6105 WER 250 kW 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1600-1700 7270 WER 250 kW 060 deg to EaEu Russian

Voice of America (VOA)
0230-0330 9695 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1600-1930 6040 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1700-1800 9760 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian
0500-0600 9770 NAU 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1400-1500 15130 NAU 250 kW 113 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1700-1800 11950 NAU 250 kW 113 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1430-1530 15380 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Pashto (Radio Ashna)
1530-1630 15380 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Dari (Radio Ashna)
1500-1530 12110 WER 250 kW 075 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1700-1800 9780 WER 250 kW 090 deg to SoAs Pashto (Deewa Radio)
1630-1700 15430 NAU 250 kW 140 deg to EaAf Somali
1730-1800 11905 NAU 250 kW 140 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 13870 WER 250 kW 150 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 12140 WER 250 kW 150 deg to EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 12140 WER 250 kW 150 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri
1800-1900 13870 NAU 250 kW 140 deg to EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 13870 NAU 250 kW 140 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri
0300-0330 5995 NAU 250 kW 155 deg to EaAf Arabic Hello Darfur
1900-1930 9650 WER 250 kW 150 deg to EaAf Arabic Hello Darfur
2030-2100 9815 NAU 250 kW 190 deg to CeAf Hausa Mon-Fri
2030-2100 9815 NAU 250 kW 190 deg to CeAf French Sat/Sun

CVC International
1400-2100 17770 JUL 100 kW 145 deg to WCAf English
1200-1600 11770 JUL 100 kW 060 deg to RUSS Russian
1600-1800 13640 JUL 100 kW 060 deg to RUSS Russian
1800-2000 11945 JUL 100 kW 060 deg to RUSS Russian

Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries (TOM)
1400-1600 6110 JUL 100 kW 290 deg to WeEu English
1400-1600 13810 NAU 100 kW 120 deg to WeAs English
1500-1600 17485 JUL 100 kW 160 deg to CeAf English
1900-2000 6175 WER 125 kW 300 deg to WeEu English

Radio Dabanga
1530-1725 13730 WER 500 kW 150 deg to EaAf Arabic

HCJB Global

1700-1800 6015 WER 100 kW non-dir to WeEu German

IBRA Radio

1730-1800 11985 JUL 100 kW 145 deg to EaAf Swahili
1730-1800 15600 ISS 100 kW 125 deg to EaAf Somali
1800-1900 13840 WER 250 kW 150 deg to CeAf Arabic/Sara Gambai/Zaghawa
2000-2030 9675 NAU 100 kW 210 deg to WeAf Hausa/Fr/Fulfulde/Bambara

Lutheran World Federation Voice of Gospel
1715-1800 11645 WER 250 kW 150 deg to WCAf Fulani
1830-1900 9655 ISS 250 kW 167 deg to WCAf Hausa

FEBA Radio
1900-1930 7230 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAs Arabic

Democratic Voice of Burma (DVOB)
2330-0030 9490 WER 125 kW 075 deg to SEAs Burmese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 7)

(wb, Germany)

DX Stamp Supplies August Specials

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Hope you find something you can use!
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Include a self-addressed-envelope for his current price list or request a price list via email at plumdx@msn.com . The prices represent Airmail rate to North America. Prices are subject to change without notice. No mimimum order via check, money order or credit card, but credit card orders under $ 15.00 will incur a $ 2.00 extra charge. Visa, MC, AMEX are accepted. Please include billing and shipping address for AMEX.

Don't forget the DX supplies include European Airmail envelopes (European Air Return and European Air Mailer). These envelopes are perfectly acceptable for mailing to ALL parts of the world, not just to Europe. Their size insures you that a 4"x6" DX QLSs will not come back to you folded which could happen if you used small U.S. sized airmail envelopes. Bill's European Air Return fits into a European Air Mailer without folding. These two envelopes and up to 5 QSL cards weigh less than one ounce. The European Air Return and 2 QSLs weigh less than 10 grams. All envelopes are sealed in plastic for protection. Envelopes are packed 100 per size per package. The 5-/50 Combo comes in one package.

I have used Bill's service for years and find his prices affordable and dependable. All stamps are enclosed within a glassine envelope, so no worries of stamps sticking to the letter, and you can enclose the stamps as is in the letter to the station.

Now you're set for the upcoming DX season! Recheck this blog regularly for Bill's monthly specials!
Gayle Van Horn

Blog Logs

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

Antartica
15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1820-1904, canciones latinoamericanas, identificación:"Desde Base Esperanza, transmite LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, por la frecuencia de 15476 kHz", "De Esperanza al mundo",locutora, comentario sobre los infartos en Argentina, menciona: "El
presidente de la Asociación Argentina de Cardiología".(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España/Cumbre DX)

Australia
Radio Symban, 2368.50. Not heard at all on August 5. Suspect off-the-air making adjustments (Ron Howard, CA)

2368.50, Radio Symban (presumed), 1253-1337, July 30. Best reception after my local sunrise, which was about 1311. Heard their Greek style music and singing. When I got home from the beach I immediately checked their website for audio, to see if it was the same type of music and singing I had just heard and it was, but I cannot confirm that it was parallel. Was unable to hear any announcements (maybe they didn’t have any?), only heard music and songs. Had tuned in earlier at 1204, to find the signal mostly below threshold level, but even then I could briefly make out some singing. David Sharp today measured this at 2368.486 (Ron Howard, CA)

Radio Symban Streaming Audio at: www.radiosymban.com.au/

Brazil
4865.04 Radio Missoes da Amazonia? 1047-1105+. Poor with what seemed to be Portuguese talk. Missoes has been reported on this frequency but weak here and couldn't pull much out. Slowly deteriorated after 1100, with no discernible 1100 UTC break. (Wilkins-CO)

11814.98 Radio Brasil Central 0005-0020. Live futebol with occasional brief ads inserted; 1 or 2 mentions of Rádio Brasil Central. Tuned out at 0020 with the score knotted at 2-2. Good signal. (John Wilkins, CO)

11915 Radio Gaucha(presumed) 0025-0030. Futebol game in progress with Portuguese play-by-play. Signal fair at best. (John Wilkins, CO)

China
Was actually able to hear CNR-1 on 9830 on August 5.Very weak, but clearly // 6030 at 1228. CNR-1 not heard on 4460, 5030 and 6175 (Ron Howard, CA)

10000 BPM Lintong 1329 Aug 3. "BPM" Morse Code ID's (10 of them), then lady with voice ID at 1329:40. The CW punched thru nicely but could not make out much of the voice. Fair under WWVH/WWV. (John Wilkins, CO)

Indonesia
Voice of Indonesia, 9524.89, 1049-1100. Noted music at tune in which sound like a local melody. After the tune a female comments in what sounds like English briefly, then more music. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

RRI Jakarta 9680, 1052-1100. Canned announcements and promos noted here in Indonesian language which are followed with live comment from a male. Overall, the signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Malaysia
6175, Suara Malaysia. Thanks to Sei-ichi Hasegawa of Japan for the timely tip that CNR-1 was also off-the-air on this additional frequency and that he was hearing Suara Malaysia in the clear. 1200, August 5, DJ in Bahasa Indonesia playing pop songs. Poor audio, 1300 two time pips and news. // 11884.48v till this frequency suddenly went off-the-air at 1220; also with poor audio.The Chinese Service on 6175 and 11884.48v ends right at 1200 and changes over to Bahasa Indonesia programming, but on 11884.48v it is just a filler audio feed till the transmitter is turned off, which varies from a few minutes to almost half an hour. Dan Sheedy first pointed out this change over in language at 1200. So many thanks to both Sei-ichi and Dan (Ron Howard, CA)

Malaysia/SarawakSarawak FM, 7130.50,August 5 clearly off-the-air. Was my reception yesterday their last on this frequency? Nothing heard on 7235 (future frequency?).

5030, Sarawak FM had poor reception August 5, but was again in the clear with the continued absence of CNR-1 (Ron Howard, CA)

Mexico
XERTA, 4800, 0940-1050. Noted a very weak signal at tune in. Just ordinary music with Spanish comments heard. After 1030 however, noted a religious program of comments and religious music. Many mentions of "Dios" during comments.Finally
heard an ID at 1052 as XERTA, Mexico. Signal was good by then, eventhough it started out as threshold. (Chuck Bolland,FL)

Peru
La Voz de la Selva 4824.47, 0948, Nice lively Peruvian and Latin American pops, 0957
short canned ID by announcer dup, and immediately back to music.Beginning to fade
after 1005. Very short jingle by announcer at 1012. One ad and jingle at 1017, then back to more mx at 1018. Canned announcement at 1027 by lady annnouncer with mention of "la mejor musica ?? ". More announcemnts at 1047 but almost gone. Finally disappeared with last bits of mx hrd at 1051. All Tropical Bands signals seemed weak this morning. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)

USA
AFRTS via Pearl Harbor, HI, 10320USB, NPR programming with feature on the situation in Nigeria. News headlines at 1319. Good signal // 5765U, 12133.5USB and 7811USB, all good reception. (John Wilkins, CO)

KJES-The Lord's Ranch, 11714.95, 1428-1444+. Song "Ave Maria" to kid with ID at 1429:45,followed by the usual robokids in fine fette. Noted again after 1500 in Spanish. (John Wilkins, CO)

The Unfinished Story of Radio Broadcasting on Pitcairn Island

Special thanks to Adrian Peterson for sharing the following script from a recent Wave Scan program.

Gayle Van Horn

In our program last week, you heard two aspects of information about Pitcairn Island; the introductory story of the island and its people, and the early wireless years on the island. In that program, you heard about the early usage of wireless for communication with nearby shipping, and also the story of the radio station with the double callsign, VR6AY-PITC, which was in use for amateur communication and also for occasional relay broadcasts to the United States. Today, we continue with additional information in this interesting saga as we present the story of radio broadcasting on Pitcairn Island.

We go back to the epic year 1939. There was trouble over there in Europe, the ambitious American National Geographic Expedition to Pitcairn Island was cancelled, and the low power 60 watt shortwave transmitter VR6AY was still on the air, though not heard widely.

There was an amateur radio operator in New Zealand by the name of Nelson Dyett, with the callsign ZL2FR. He had married a Pitcairn girl and he volunteered to go out to isolated Pitcairn Island, to take his own amateur radio equipment, and install it on the island. This project was granted approval by the New Zealand navy.

Four men went to Pitcairn for this project, and they constructed a hut for use as the radio station and they installed all of the radio station equipment. This station was in use for communication with nearby shipping and with New Zealand, and it was known variously as a station operated by the British navy or the New Zealand navy. It was identified in radio magazines as VR6AY, the older licensed amateur callsign, and VR6AA, the amateur callsign that Dyett used on Pitcairn.

However, give three more years, and the New Zealand navy sent out additional radio equipment on a ship that broke down in mid ocean and had to be towed back to Auckland in New Zealand. A few weeks later, in May 1944, the vital radio equipment was delivered to Pitcairn, and a contingent of men constructed buildings and installed equipment, which included 2 transmitters, 2 receivers, 2 diesel generators, and a rhombic antenna system. This station was now noted on air under the callsign ZKG.

Later in the same year, the station was upgraded with additional equipment which included meteorological equipment for weather forecasting. When Pitcairn Radio was heard on air with weather information, the callsign was noted as ZBF.

As circumstances would have it, additional shortwave equipment from New Zealand was installed in 1952, and the callsign of Pitcairn Radio was changed to ZBP. Soon afterwards, plans were implemented for the use of station ZBP as a radio broadcasting station for coverage of nearby islands throughout the Pacific areas.

The prestigious World Radio TV Handbook listed the scheduling for the broadcast of this planned programming, though there are no known monitoring reports of any actual program broadcasts from ZBP.

However, in 1962, the radio station was again completely rebuilt, and plans were announced once again for the broadcast of radio programming for coverage of nearby Pacific islands; and once again, there are no known monitoring reports of any radio broadcasts from this station.

Well, in 1985, the station was once again upgraded, but this time no plans were announced for radio broadcasting. However, international radio monitors in New Zealand and the United States noted that they heard Pitcairn Radio, ZBP, with a musical identification signal and bird chirps, before moving into phone traffic to New Zealand.

In 1994, the station was closed in favor of satellite communication with New Zealand. An attempt was made to stage a final radio broadcast from the station, but the government authorities would not permit. So, Pitcairn Radio, with all of its varied forms of equipment and its usage of half a dozen callsigns over the years, quietly left the air, never to return.

However, there is yet more to this story. David Ricquish in New Zealand informs us that the New Zealand air Force installed a 50 watt mediumwave transmitter on the island in January 1978, and that it was on the air with general traffic for the South Pacific for just five days.

In addition, there was in reality, a series of test broadcasts radiated from Pitcairn Island as a preliminary to establishing a regular radio broadcasting service. At the end of the year 1961 and the early part of 1962, a series of test broadcasts was on the air from amateur station VR6AC, operated by Floyd McCoy. Programming consisted of re-broadcasts of the religious program, "Voice of Prophecy", taken from the large discs produced in Los Angeles, California. One listener in the United States was honored to receive a QSL letter from VR6AC verifying his reception of these broadcasts.

Then, four years later again, there was a repeat attempt at test broadcasts from VR6AC, and these were noted again in the United States. However, due to the difficult logistics that would be involved, no permanent radio broadcasting service was ever established on Pitcairn Island.

So, there really was radio broadcasting from Pitcairn Island, and it occurred on three separate occasions. Back in the year 1938, there was a short series of program broadcasts from station PITC as a relay to the NBC network in the United States via KKW at the RCA radio station located at Bolinas in California. Then, in 1961 and 1966, there were two additional attempts at radio broadcasting from the island with the launching of two series of test broadcasts from amateur station VR6AC.

It should be added, that QSLs do exist for these brief bursts of radio broadcasting from this lonely and isolated volcanic outcrop in the South Pacific, known to us all as Pitcairn Island. Many QSL cards have been issued by Floyd McCoy for amateur QSO contacts from his station VR6AC. In addition, there were two printings of the QSL card issued for station PITC. The first card, with a known print run of 1500 copies, shows the callsign VR6A. The second printing gives the callsign as VR6AY and it is probable that a total of 1500 cards were printed in this batch also.

The VR6A & VR6AY QSL cards show the radio equipment in use and also a map of the Pacific showing the location of Pitcairn Island. These unique QSL cards command a very good price when sold on eBay. Back in the middle of last century, some of these cards were sold as tourist items to passengers on visiting ship. The cards are stamped with New Zealand postage stamps and they were cancelled with the Pitcairn Island cancellation.

Radio Stations on Lonely Pitcairn Island

1. First Wireless Transmitter
1922 Marconi Co donated 2 crystal receivers, and apparently small spark transmitter also

2. Second Wireless Transmitter
1926 Pr Robert Hare took 12 volt Ford coil ¼ kW spark transmitter, petrol generator to Pitcairn
3. Radio Station PITC – VR6A – VR6AY
1938 Mar 4 4 ½ tons equipment, 2 transmitters?, wire between trees, station activated heard USA
1939 Spring Transmitter shipped to NY2AE Panama for repair; VR6AY reactivated December

4. Projected National Geographic Station
1939 Sep 19 "Hamilton" to sail Frisco, shortwave equipment NG & UoV, broadcasts from Pitcairn
1939 "Hamilton" expedition postponed until after the war; ship did not leave USA

5. Nelson Dyett Navy Station – VR6AA & VR6AY
1939 Dec 20 Nelson Dyett ZL2FR equipment opened on Pitcairn as VR6AA, also VR6AY

6. New Zealand Navy Station – Navy
1945 Feb New buildings, new equipment, 2 transmitters activated

7. Western High Pacific Command Station – ZKG
1945 Oct Station taken over by Western High Pacific Command, with callsign as ZKG

8. Weather Station – ZBF
1951 Weather reports under callsign ZBF

9. New Zealand Government Station – ZBP
1952 New equipment from New Zealand installed, new callsign as ZBP
1962 Station completely rebuilt

10. Projected Pitcairn Island Broadcasting Station – ZBP
1954 WRTVHB entry, plans for ZBP as broadcasting station
196x Gordon Lee proposal for broadcast station on Pitcairn
1985 ZBP upgraded again
1994 Station dismantled, rhombic antenna removed
2005 Government assessment study recommends installation of local radio station

11. Amateur Broadcasting Station VR6AC
1961 WRTVHB report, programming from VR6AC
1966 VOP on air from VR6AC

12. New Zealand Air Force Station
1978 Jan 14 RNZAF station on air 50 w 1295 kHz , Jan 14 – 18 general traffic South Pacific

Pitcairn QSL Information
1938 Mar 1 Total of 1500 VR6A QSL cards taken to Pitcairn Island IDXA-TGC 4-38
1938 QSL received by Fisher, one of 1st, VR6A with Y added RN 7-38 54
1938 Aug 2nd batch of VR6AY cards ordered SH 22
1938 Oct 2nd batch of QSL cards arrive, 1st VR6AY; left over VR6A cards destroyed SH 23
1938 Nov Ship stopped at Pitcairn, delivered 500 reception reports RN 12-38 46
1939 QSL card shows Pitcairn Island and equipment RN 22-39 46
1945 Sep 6 Souvenir cards, postmarked this date at Pitcairn Island Copy
(NWS#20 via Adrian Peterson-AWR)

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World's Oldest QSL Card

As far as is known, the world's oldest radio card was printed in the year 1901, and it shows a photo of the radio inventor, Guglielmo Marconi. This card is quite small, measuring just 2¼ inches by 1½ inches; that is, less than one quarter the size of a regular postcard.

Marconi was born at Bologna in northern Italy on April 25, in the year 1874. His mother was an Irish heiress, and his father was an Italian businessman. It is said that young Marconi was fluent in both languages, Italian and English, without a trace of an accent in either language.

Quite early, Marconi became interested in the usage of electricity and he read all of the documents he could find about the exploits of others in the transmission of wireless signals without the usage of a conducting medium. He also studied under another Italian inventor who was making preliminary experiments with wireless transmission.

Initially, young Marconi conducted his own earliest wireless experiments indoors at the two storeyed family home in northern Italy. That was in the year 1894. Then, in the following mid year, Marconi transferred his experiments to an outdoor location on the family's large property in northern Italy. Here, he was able successfully to transmit a wireless signal for more than a mile, with a high hill lying in between the primitive transmitter and the equally primitive receiver. That was in 1895.

During the following year, the twenty two year old Marconi went to England where he presented successful demonstrations at several different locations before government and business leaders. He formed his own wireless company in England, and he then established two demonstration wireless stations on the island of Wight.

Quite soon afterwards, Marconi went back to Italy where he gave several successful demonstrations to high ranking officers in the Italian navy. Some of these demonstrations were made on navy vessels at sea. Then he went back to England again where he established a factory for making wireless equipment.

One of his great achievements was the transmission of a wireless signal from his huge wireless station located at Poldhu in Cornwall England, with reception across the Atlantic Ocean at Signal Hill, near St John's in Newfoundland. This wireless signal travelled 2,000 miles, and it circumnavigated a mountain of water 125 miles high, due to the curvature of the earth. We know today of course, that the signal across the Atlantic was reflected off the ionized layers of the ionosphere.

Marconi established several large wireless stations in Europe, Canada and the United States, and several other companies also established competing wireless stations in several different locations.

In 1909, at the young age of thirty five, Marconi won a shared Noble Peace Prize; and in the same year he was appointed a lifetime Senator in the Kingdom of Italy. Twenty years later, he received a hereditary title as a Marquess in the Kingdom of Italy.

In 1912, he lost the sight in one eye in an automobile accident; and he died at the age of 63 in the year 1937. At the time of his death on July 20, all radio stations throughout the world went silent for two minutes as a mark of respect for the man who is honored these days as the "Father of Radio".

Thus, the world's earliest wireless card, printed in England in the year 1901, is a very significant card to all radio historians. It was issued to honor Marconi way back then, when he was just twenty seven years old, and already making himself a name in the wireless and radio world.
(NWS#21 via Adrian Peterson-AWR)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2009 Aug 04 1901 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
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
27 July - 02 August 2009

Solar activity was very low. No flares were observed. The visible disk was spotless.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels during 27 - 30 July. Fluxes decreased to normal levels during the rest of the period.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels during 27 - 30 July. Activity increased to unsettled levels early on 31 July, but returned to quiet levels by midday. Quiet levels persisted during the rest of the period. ACE solar wind data indicated the unsettled conditions on 31 July were due to a coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS). Velocities increased from 329 to 431 km/sec during 31 July. Interplanetary magnetic field activity associated with the CH HSS included increased Bt (maximum 7 nT at 31/0614 UTC) and intermittent periods of southward Bz (minimum -7 nT at 21/0606 UTC).

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
05 - 31 August 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels during 21 - 22 August. Normal to moderate flux levels are expected during the rest of the period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels during 05 - 06 August due to a coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS). Field activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 07 - 08 August. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 09 - 10 August as another CH HSS disturbs the field. Quiet conditions are expected during 11 - 17 August. Field activity is expected to increase to active levels on 18 August with a chance
for minor storm levels due to a recurrent CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels on 19 August as the CH HSS subsides. Mostly quiet conditions are expected during 20 - 31 August.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2009 Aug 04 1901 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2009 Aug 04#

# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 Aug 05 68 7 3
2009 Aug 06 68 7 3
2009 Aug 07 68 5 2
2009 Aug 08 68 5 2
2009 Aug 09 68 7 3
2009 Aug 10 68 7 3
2009 Aug 11 68 5 2
2009 Aug 12 68 5 2
2009 Aug 13 68 5 2
2009 Aug 14 68 5 2
2009 Aug 15 68 5 2
2009 Aug 16 68 5 2
2009 Aug 17 68 5 2
2009 Aug 18 68 18 5
2009 Aug 19 68 8 3
2009 Aug 20 68 5 2
2009 Aug 21 68 5 2
2009 Aug 22 68 5 2
2009 Aug 23 68 5 2
2009 Aug 24 68 5 2
2009 Aug 25 68 5 2
2009 Aug 26 68 5 2
2009 Aug 27 68 5 2
2009 Aug 28 68 5 2
2009 Aug 29 68 5 2
2009 Aug 30 68 7 3
2009 Aug 31 68 5 2
(NOAA)

Radio Damascus on Asiasat 2

I received a letter and reception report for Radio Damascus from Mr. Aaron Tiu who is a listener in the Philippines.

The interesting thing is that he writes in his letter that he listens to Radio Damascus on the Asiasat 2 satellite. I was not aware that Radio Damascus is besides Hotbird, Arabsat and Nilesat also on Asiasat 2.

I asked my friends at Radio Damascus to check this out with the technical department. If this is true, it's great news as this gives an extra outlet to reach more listeners for Radio Damascus in the Asia region too. I am quite sure that not many persons are aware of this possibility to tune in to Radio Damascus.

I will also put the parameters to tune in to Radio Damascus on the Asiasat 2 satellite very soon on the unofficial Radio Damascus website at : http://www.radio-damascus.net/ .

Satellite: Asiasat 2 satellite at 100.5 E
Frequency: 3820
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27500
Provider Name: Arabsat/ ASBU Bouquet/ Mux

Channel Name: Radio Sout Al-Sha'ab (Voice of the People) A-pid: 1512

Radio Damascus uses the Sout Al-Sha'ab (Voice of the People) channel from 1600-2400 UTC.
Kris Janssen (Belgium)
Radio Damascus Listeners Club

http://www.radio-damascus.net/
http://www.syriaonline.sy/radio.php
http://radiodamascusenglish.podomatic.com/ (as a podcast)

http://www.radio-damascus-listeners-club.tk/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio_damascus
(Kris Janssen, Belgium/Cumbre DX)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC

Brazil's Radio Marie schedule and contact info
0900-0300 UTC; 0300-0900.
Postal address:
Qna 05 Lote 20, Brasilia DF, Brazil CEP 72110-050.
E-mail: radiomaria@radiomaria.org.br

China's Voice of Strait schedule
News Channel 2230-1600 on 9505, except Wednesday 0400-0955. Focus on China in English is at 1500-1525 Sunday only.
Entertainment channel 2230-1600 on 7280 except Wednesday 0400-1000.
Amoy channel 2230-1600 on 6115 except Wednesday 0400-1000.
China Huayi Broadcast Corporation schedule is now 2230-1300 on 6185 except
Wednesday 0400-1000. (Hiroshi via S. Hasegawa, Nagoya DX Circle/worlddx/Contact-DX News)

Congo's Radio Kazuhi increases airtime
Richard McDonald of Radio Kazuhi 6209.9 says that they have increased airtime, weekdays they are on the air 0530-1600 in French, 1600-2007 in Swahili, English and French. The English and Swahili programmes are often relays of the VOA satellite feed. Email addresses are radiokahuzi@sbcglobal.net for theUS offices, radiokahuzi@gmail.com for Richard in Bukavu, postal address: Richard McDonald, Radio Kahuzi, B.P. 42, Cyangugu, Rwanda. (Martin Elbe, Germany via Wolfgang Bueschel)

Station heard on 6210 July 2 via Global Tuners UK receiver from 1933 tune in to possible sign off at 2000, heavy utility interference after 1945 and splash from 6200 and/or 6195. Difficult copy but there were significant stretches of clear audio, mostly man in French, sounded like a call in program or possibly discussion. Female announcer and music 1958-2000 and no audio after 2000. (Bruce Churchill, Cumbre DX)

Voice of Greece retimes Greek in Style program
Voice of Greece now has a new time for the weekly Greek in Style program aired on Sunday's, 1306-1400 on 9420 and 15630. (Edwin Southwell/worldcontact/Contact DX News-Aug)

Kuwait to upgrade shortwave antenna system
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has awarded Thomson for the supply of a rotatable shortwave antenna system for their Kuwait station. The new system will enhance the coverage and flexibility and provide for reduction in maintenance and operating costs. Scope of supply includes design, delivery and installation of the rotatable shortwave antenna type HP-RCA 2/2 (High Performance Rotatable Curtain Array), including high band and low band antenna, rigid dipole, balun, foundation design and service works.

The design of the new rotatable shortwave antenna is based on the Thomson rotatable curtain array 4/4. The 2/2 system is optimised for near distant coverage up to 4000 km in analogue AM or digital DRM modes and features highest flexibility (rotatable system), high antenna gain, cost-efficient operation and low life cycle costs due to easy maintainability. (Thompson Broadcast and Multimedia Radio News via Rachel Baughn/MT)

Pakistan schedule update
I have received a printed copy of Radio Pakistan's external and domestic services. There is no longer any listing for Peshawar or Quetta and so I assume the shortwave transmitters there are now definitely closed. Islamabad 100 kW is listed as carrying Regional Programme Rawalpindi-III on 4790 at 0045-0215 and 1445-1815, and on 7265 at 0900-1215. The same programme also via Rawalpindi (10kW) on 4790 at 0230-0425 and 1335-1430.

I think these timings will actually be 1 hour earlier due to DST. There are no longer programmes in Balti or Sheena listed, and of course their schedules never list the Kashmir clandestine transmissions. (Noel Green, Blackpool, DX Window) I have not heard Islamabad on 4790 since June 2008. (Anker Petersen, Denmark/worlddxclub/Contact-DX News)

Russia's Xradio Tambov QSL
Xradio Tambov, 11770 via Juelich, confirmed my reception report within 51 days with a detailed QSL card, $1 enclosed for return postage. Address: ul Polynkovskaya 156, 392028 Tambov, Russia, verification signer Protivzla Sergei Stepanov, Director. XRadio is a Russian rock station who also broadcast on the internet, schedule is 1200-1600 11770, 1600-1800 13640, 1800-2000 11945. (Patrick Robic, Austria, A-DX via Wolfgang Bueschel/worlddxclub-Contact
DX News)

Ecuador to nationalize radio and TV stations

On the heels of Chávez closing 34 stations, now the Ecuadorian President follows the route to socialism!! Whose next ? Do I dare speculate ?
Gayle Van Horn

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is seeking to take control of the country’s radio and television stations in a bid to stave off ‘irregularities.’ The president announced his decision on Monday due to the ‘corruption and mediocrity’ of ‘many’ Ecuadorian news outlets. However, the leftwing president has not indicated the nature of the ‘irregularities’ within Ecuador’s broadcasting community.
Correa’s decision comes two days after a similar measure was introduced in Venezuela, where the government ordered the closure of 34 radio stations, in the latest bid to rein in the country’s media. The Ecuadorian President has twice penalized opposition media since taking office in 2007.
(Source: Press TV/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
photo/flickr

Chávez tightens his grip and shuts down 34 radio stations

More than a dozen of 34 radio stations ordered shut by the Venezuelan government went off the air on Saturday, part of President Hugo Chávez’s drive to extend his socialist revolution to the media. The association of radio broadcasters said 13 stations had stopped transmitting, following an announcement Friday night by government broadcasting watchdog Conatel that 34 radio outlets would be closed because they failed to comply with regulations.
Chávez supporters say they are waging a “media war” against private news companies and have denounced in recent days what they say is a renewed offensive by privately owned domestic and international media to discredit Venezuela. Diosdado Cabello, the public works minister who also oversees Conatel, said some of the radio stations were shut because they did not have their broadcasting licences renewed and others transferred them illegally to new owners.
Conatel delivered an order to CNB radio in Caracas before dawn for its five stations to stop transmitting by 8 am, the station said on its website. At CNB’s headquarters in downtown Caracas, hundreds of CNB employees and government critics gathered to protest the shutdown. Some later marched to Conatel.CNB said it would continue to broadcast on its Internet site, www.cnb.com.ve.
“This government has turned into a mutilator of rights,” Juan Carlos Caldera, of the opposition political party Primero Justicia, said on Globovision TV. Antonio Ledezma, the opposition mayor of Caracas, called on Venezuelans to protest the move in the streets.
One of the stations to cease operations was Radio Bonita 1520 AM in the city of Guatire, 25 miles (40 km) from Caracas. “Fifteen years after my father died, they tell me (broadcasting) licences can’t be inherited, we’re shocked,” Felix Ali Obelmejia, director of Radio Bonita, told Globovision.
Another 120 radio stations were being investigated for administrative irregularities and the radio frequency of stations being shut down would be transferred to new community broadcasters, Cabello had said.
As part of his drive to remake Venezuela as a socialist country, Chávez has vastly expanded the number of publicly owned television and radio stations since he took office in 1999. Some are directly owned or financed by the government, while others are operated by cooperatives and community groups.
(Source: Reuter/ R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Related story at: Venezuela steps up control of television and radio
July 10th, 2009 - 14:54 UTC by Andy Sennitt
Venezuela is taking dozens of radio stations off the air and putting stricter rules on cable and satellite television, a minister said yesterday, as part of President Hugo Chávez’s battle with private media firms.
Disodado Cabello, the public works minister who also oversees Venezuela’s broadcasting watchdog, said 154 FM radio stations will be taken off the air and shifted into public hands in what he called “democratizing the airwaves.” He recently said 86 AM radio stations will also be hit as the government steps up efforts to turn Venezuela into a socialist society.
“The use of the radio-electric spectrum is one of the few areas where the revolution has not been felt,” Mr Cabello said in a presentation to legislators about the need for reform in the sector. President Chávez and his supporters describe their drive to broadcast a pro-government message as a “media war” with private news companies. Venezuela’s media is highly polarized with biased coverage the norm on both government and private networks.
The president has vastly expanded the number of publicly owned television and radio stations since he took office in 1999. Some are directly owned or financed by the government, while others are operated by cooperatives and community groups. In 2007 President Chávez did not renew the concession for a widely watched critical private TV station RCTV.
Mr Cabello also announced plans to apply Venezuelan broadcasting regulations to cable and satellite television stations that produced more than a third of their content in the oil-exporting nation. The new rules for subscription television seemed to be aimed specifically at RCTV, which now broadcasts only on cable. RCTV was Venezuela’s most popular television station, watched by millions because of its soap operas. The station was highly critical of President Chávez and played an active role in a failed coup against him in 2002.
(Source: Reuters)

The following stations were closed down by the government this weekend.
It would seem that the CNB Network, clearly oppositional to the government,
was closed for political reasons. As for the remainder, several other causes are possible.
More closures are expected soon.

Amazonas

* 1130 AM, Erasmo Núñez (renuncia del título por omisión de la solicitud de
transformación según el artículo 210). RADIO AMAZONAS

* 107,5 FM Orbita, Abel Cermeño.

Anzoátegui

* 970 AM, José Bringa, Barcelona. MUNDIAL 970

Bolívar

* Upata: Canal 7 TV, José David Natera.
* Ciudad Bolívar: 96,9 FM, Ramón Rafael Castro Mata.

Carabobo

* Valencia: 100,1 FM, Nelson Belfort Dividin.
* Puerto Cabello: 98,3 FM, Pedro Ezequiel Listuit.

Caracas

* CNB 102,3 FM, Rosa Rodríguez de Huescáfore.

Delta Amacuro

* Tucupita: 1270 AM, Socrates Hernandez. RADIO TUCIPITA

Falcón

* Punto Fijo: CNB 100,1, Nelson Belfort Dividin.
* Punto Fijo: 96,1 FM, Ramón Jesús Mendez (93,7)

Guárico

* 99,1 FM, Bernando José Donaire.

Mérida

* 106,3 FM, Rubén Antonio Chirinos.

Miranda

* 1520 AM, Guillermo Obel Mejías. RADIO BONITA "LA GUAPA"
* Emisora FM, Guillermo Obel Mejías.
* 1550 AM, Monseñor Bernando Heredia (extinción por fallecimiento). RADIO
METROPOLITANA
* 97,1 FM, Monseñor Bernando Heredia.
* 92,1 FM, Gabriel Robinson, Charallave.
* 1230 AM, Radio Barlovento, Caucagua. RADIO BARLOVENTO
* 96,9 FM, Carlos Herci, El Hatillo.

Nueva Esparta (Porlamar)

* 99,1 FM, Arturo Gil Escala.
* 92,9 FM, Ramón Borra Gómez.
* 1140 AM, Sucesión Pedro Sosa Guzmán. RADIO PORLAMAR

Portuguesa

* 1170 AM, Ramón Ramírez Meléndez, Acarigua. RADIO ACARIGUA

Sucre

* 103,3 FM, Luìs Salazar Núñez.
* 600 AM, Luís Salazar Núñez. RADIO SUCRE

Táchira

* 730 AM, Modesto Marchena. RADIO FRONTERA
MUY MUY TRISTE .... MUCHOS ANOS ATRAS FUES REGULAR EN LOS 4760 kHz
Comentario de Dario
* 94,5 FM, Arturo Álvarez Leal.

Vargas

* Canal 26 UHF, Catia La Mar.
* 106,9 FM, Alcides Delgado.

Zulia

* 105,1 FM, Guido Briceño.
* 102,1 FM, Luis Guillermo Gouvea.
* 1430 AM, Ciro Ávila Moreno, Ciudad Ojeda. RADIO REGIONAL? LISTED ON 1330 EN EL WRTH 2009.
* 1300 AM, Moisés Portillo, Santa Cruz de Mar. RADIO AMISTAD?

Source: Globovision. Slogans in capital letters have been added by yours truly.
(Henrik Klemetz/playdx)

Shortwave Radio vs the Iranian Mullahs and Their Nuclear Bomb

Written by Dr. Arash Irandoost
Saturday, 01 August 2009 12:09
Using Technology to Topple the Islamic Dictatorship of Iran Radio Neda: Could it be the voice of freedom for Iran?

In reaction to Islamic Republic's media crackdown, I have been discussing the merits of establishing shortwave radio broadcasting with media experts and those interested in over throwing the Islamic Dictatorship of Iran. The idea has received wide acceptance as a viable tool. I have decided to share it with the people of the world and ask them for their input and financial support, as they have been most generous and supportive allies of this pro-movement, absent and silent: many world leaders and international organizations.

Taken into consideration that the Islamic Republic has systematically attempted to cut off communication links to accomplish its inhumane and bloody massacre of the peaceful demonstrators who within the confines of the ever- restrictive Islamic Republic's laws rose up and demanded an accurate vote count, then, establishing reliable communication between Iran and the people of the world is essential and of outmost urgency.

Continued story from this copyrighted article at:
Right Side News: http://www.rightsidenews.com/200908015770/global-terrorism/short-wave-radio-vs-the-iranian-nuclear-bomb.html

Central African Republic begins website

Dave Kernick writes: The Central African Republic’s government-run broadcaster Radio Centrafrique now has an online presence at http://www.radiocentrafrique.org/. The website is in French, the country’s official language.

Although the site does not have a live audio stream it does offer an extensive audio archive, including news bulletins in French and the national language, Sango. The complete news archive, extending back to January 2008, can be accessed by clicking the appropriate language section of the laterally scrolling link near the top of the homepage. Other audio material can be accessed via the “Programmes” text box on the left-hand side.

Initially broadcasting from a converted truck in the then French territory of Oubangi-Chari (or Ubangi-Shari, part of French Equatorial Africa), the station has been on the air since December 1958. No information on Radio Centrafrique’s current broadcasting frequencies was found on the website, however according to the current edition of the World Radio TV Handbook the station broadcasts on 1440 kHz mediumwave and 106.9 MHz FM, and irregularly on 7220 kHz shortwave.
(Source: Dave Kernick/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Central African Rep, RDTV Centrafricaine
All times UTC
0600-0700 French/Sango 7220
0700-0800 French/Sango 7220
0800-0900 French/Sango 7220
0900-1000 French/Sango 7220
1000-1100 French/Sango 7220
1100-1200 French/Sango 7220
1200-1300 French/Sango 7220
1300-1400 French/Sango 7220
1400-1500 French/Sango 7220
1500-1600 French/Sango 7220
1600-1630 French/Sango 7220
(Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times Frequency Manager)

Australian DX Report #162 available for download

Episode No. 162 of the Australian DX Report audio news magazine includes a propagation research analysis of current spectrum occupancy of African transmitters in the 6 MHz bands, during the 2000-2200 time window, as monitored here in Melbourne during our sunrise period.

There's aso a summary of monitoring research in the 7 MHz band, between 2300 and 0030, corresponding to the Melbourne mid-morning window.

A special feature is a DX report from Rob Wagner, of Melbourne, who visited Central Victoria recently, at a field monitoring site deep in the rugged Cobaw Ranges.

There are also features, news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, monitoring notes, new schedules, extracts from schedules, and schedule updates.

It's 15 mins duration, and may be accessed or downloaded from http://airm.edxp.org

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 162 and enjoy the musical breaks!
(Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)

Zimbabwe broadcasting infrastructure needs a revamp

A Zimbabwean cabinet minister said this week that the cost of repairing equipment at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings is about $US10 million. Information and Publicity minister, Webster Shamu told Parliament that the equipment was now obsolete and in dire need of a revamp.
“The transmitters have been in operation for about 34 years instead of eight, which has significantly affected transmission. The equipment needs to be revitalized due to old age. Almost all the transmitters in the country have outlived their lifespan and need to be revamped,” he said. “About US$4 million is required to revive the radio network while US$5million is required for our television network.”
Mr Shamu said he was hopeful the equipment will be revamped before the end of the year. ZBH has borne the brunt of a shortage of foreign currency over the years. This has seen it fail to either maintain or procure new infrastructure much to the detriment of broadcasting quality. Consequently, most rural areas and a number of urban areas, particularly in the southern region have over the years failed to access programming.
(Source: IT News Africa/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Special shortwave transmission planned for conference

Jeff White of WRMI/NASB writes: In conjunction with the HFCC/ASBU B09 Coordination Conference in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, several special shortwave transmissions are planned.
Radio Netherlands’ relay station in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles will carry out special DRM transmissions on 9710 kHz on Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21, between 1700-2100 UTC. This transmission will use 120 kW DRM at 350 degrees on a HR 1/1/0.5 antenna.
From Santiago, Chile, CVC La Voz will carry out a special DRM transmission on Friday, August 21 from 1700-2200 UTC on 17640 kHz. The antenna will be directed to Mexico, but should provide good coverage of the Dominican Republic as well.
We are waiting on details of special DRM transmissions from TDF in Montsinery, French Guiana; CBC in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada; and one other possible location.
We are also planning to conduct special tropical band transmissions from the conference in conjunction with the inauguration of a new radio station in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Telecommunications Institute, INDOTEL, has authorized provisional transmissions by Radio Discovery (Radio Descubrimiento in Spanish) from the Dreams Punta Cana Resort on the east coast of the Dominican Republic with low power (100 watts) on the frequency of 4730 kHz in a combination of three different modes: standard AM amplitude modulated, single sideband (SSB), and WinDRM, which is a form of DRM transmission used by amateur radio operators.
In order to decode the WinDRM transmissions, a listener must connect his receiver audio output to a computer with the WinDRM software installed. WinDRM can be downloaded free of charge at http://n1su.com/wind rm/download.html.
The broadcasts on 4730 kHz will take place throughout the week of the HFCC/ASBU B09 Conference from August 17-21 during various daytime and nighttime hours. The antenna used will be a half-wave dipole. Special QSL cards will be available for reports on the 4730 kHz transmission. Details will be announced on the air. After the HFCC/ASBU Conference, Radio Discovery will move to Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, and will resume transmissions from there in the near future.
(R Network Media Network Weblog)

Canada's Opposition Leader Condemns Closure of RCI's Ukrainian Service

Thought you might want to know that Canada’s Opposition Leader, Michael Ignatief, met with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) on July 31, 2009.

In a press release the UCC wrote about his reaction to the closing of the Ukrainian Service at Radio Canada International:

“The Liberal Leader expressed dismay about funding cuts to Radio Canada International which resulted in the cancellation of broadcasting in the Ukrainian language. "It is unfortunate that Ukraine was singled out. This flies in the face of Canada's commitment to the democratic development of Ukraine. In a country where many parts of the population have access only to Russian media, this will deprive many Ukrainians who listened to this broadcast of a valuable source of independent information," said Michael Ignatieff.”

Rceei Ahkshin of Radio Canada International Action Committee (RCI Action
Committee) via Facebook
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi)

MV Baltic Radio slated for Sunday broadcast

MV Baltic Radio is on next Sunday the 2nd of August 2009 at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.

M.V.Baltic information
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International

We wish you good listening and good reception!

(Tom Taylor)

Abkhaz Radio heard on 9535 kHz

ABKHAZIA (autonomous Republic)

Georgia Abkhaz Radio, Sukhumi noted June 13 opening at new 0245 UTC, under Radio Exterior de Espana, on 9535 parallel to 9495. Closed at 0300, 9495 continued till 0530. 9495 also observed at 1100-1125 and 1400-1600. Own programs except Radio Rossii relay 0500-0530 and 1435-1600.

On July 22 I heard them at 1500-1700 on 9495 with Radio Rossii Dubl 4 and 1700-1715 with own news programme in Abkhaz and Russian, a repeat of the 1100 news. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, BDXC-UK Communication)
(Mike Barraclough, UK/worlddxclub/Contact-Aug 09)