All times UTCAntarctica McMurdo Station on until Feb. 18
Antarctic Station On the Air Until February 18 (Feb 2, 2009) -- KC4USV, the Amateur Radio station at McMurdo Station on Ross Island in Antarctica is now on the air. According to Bill Erhardt, K7MT, who is stationed at McMurdo, the station boasts a new transceiver, amplifier and antenna. "We set up the equipment on January 19, tested it and went on the air," Erhardt said. "The station will be in operation on Sundays on 14.243 MHz,starting at 0001 UTC. We had a nice pile up last Sunday with US hams on the East Coast and in the Midwest." Erhardt leaves McMurdo on February 18 and is unsure if the station will be on the air over the Antarctic winter.
(Harold Frodge/Tip Sheet-MARE)
Audio link to Malaysia
Radio Television Malaysia Sabah
http://www.rtmsabah.gov.my/sabah_fm.asx
Correspondence address: 2, 4km, Tuaran Road, beg Berkunci 2022, 88614 Kota Kinabaqlu,Malaysia
(WRTH)
Audio link
CROSS Med - La Garde - France.
Call on 2182 KHz and gale warnings on 1696 KHz 20.01 UTC
audiclip available here:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/6470075.html
(Francesco)
Australia-CVC International in Chinese from March 1:
1200-1600 on 13685 DRW 250 kW / 340 deg to China, ex 1200-1800
(DX Mix News #559)
Bank 69 changes station name
The station formerely known as Bank 69 has been renamed to Connection Radio and has new email address: connectionradio@gmail.com Station continues to operate on 6991 kHz.
(Peter Kemenes/playdx2003)
Burkina Faso
Radiodiffusion du Burkina (5030 kHz) sent me a PFC QSL card via E-mail in word format after 5 months for my reception report in French. I asked Mr. Pascal Goba, Chef des Programmes by E-mail whether my S-mail reception report arrived. The answer was no, then I resent it via E-mail attached word format PFC (in French). He pasted his signature on the PFC and returned to me, then I could have a complete QSL from Burkina Faso via E-mail. I thanked very much to Mr. Pascal Goba.
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 31/BCDX/Top news BCDX # 898)
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
2215-2245 on 6180 CYP 250 kW / 314 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun
2215-2245 on 7210 CYP 300 kW / 314 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun
2215-2245 on 9760 CYP 250 kW / 315 deg to SEEu Greek Fri-Sun
(Ivo Ivanov/DX Mix News #559)
Manx Radio set for Saturday 60's show
Manx Radio's Carnaby Street, will be remembering Radio Caroline and broadcasting live from the Pirates of the Irish Sea exhibition, with special guests, on Saturday 14th February 8.30 to
10.30, listeners on the island can join them there from 9.00.
Carnaby Street is available on Manx Radio Listen Again, just been listening to last Saturdays show, fast moving presentation and lots of 60s adverts and Caroline promos aired.
www.manxradio.com/listen.aspx
(Mike Barraclough, UK/worlddxclub)
Germany
Changes of Bible Voice Broadcasting Network via Media Broadcast:
1945-2015 on 7260 WER 125 kW / 210 deg to WeAf Mon-Fri English, new addit.
2000-2100 NF 5955 NAU 250 kW / 048 deg to EaAs Sunday Korean*, ex 7265 WER
*CMI Voice of Wilderness
CMI Voice of Wilderness (via VT Communications relay)
1200-1300 on 9320 DB 300 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean
1300-1400 on 9830 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean
1400-1500 on 9965 T8WH100 kW / 318 deg to KRE Korean
2000-2100 NF 5955 NAU 250 kW / 048 deg to KRE Korean Sun, ex 7265
(DX Mix News #559)
JSWC New Mailing Address
Headquarters of Japan Shortwave Club has moved from Sendai, northern Japan, to Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture near Tokyo.
The new mailing address is:
P. O. Box 44
Kamakura, Kanagawa, 248-8691 Japan
E-mail address: jswchq@live.jp
Kamamura is a medieval city located 50 km south from Tokyo, which is now applying for the nomination of "World Heritage".
(Takahito Akabayashi, Japan)
(RUS-DX 187)
Myanmar fades in at sunrise
9730.84, Myanma Radio Yangon, 1205-1220. I've been sitting on this frequency for the last hour, since 1100, and thought I heard a very, very weak signal earlier? However, at 1205 a definite signal started to fade in with a female in unknown language comments. She continued talking during the listening period while the signal continued to improve from threshold to
poor. At about 1213, background music was heard briefly with a second female commenting over music. Finally at 1215 steady music is heard and by then the signal is almost at a fair level here. (Chuck Bolland,FL/Feb. 10)
Radio Movies-The Trailer of The Boat That Rocked
The boat radios in UK during the '60. The new Richard Curtis Movie.
The trailer is available on youtube or here:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/6454592.html
(Francesco/playdx2003)
Radio Serbia enhances internet audio stream
Instead of mono 64 kbps, Radio Serbia is using stereo 112 kbps, capable of 10, 000 listeners.
Tune in at; http://74.53.35.106:12000/listen.pls
English program down load at: www.glassrbije.org/emisije/engleska.mp3
Serbian radio & TV to go digital by 2015
By 17 June 2015 Serbia should have changed from analogue to digital broadcasting of radio and television programmes. The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society has held the first round table about topics that will be included in the Strategy and Action Plan for a faster transition to the digital system, which should be prepared by summer 2009. By 17 June 2015 Serbia should have changed from analogue to digital broadcasting of radio and television programmes. The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society has held the first round table about topics that will be included in the Strategy and Action Plan for a faster transition to the digital system, which should be prepared by summer 2009.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Sri Lanka defends selective use of BBC programming on SLBC
Sri Lanka’s government today defended selective use of BBC programming on state radio stations. Yesterday the BBC said it would no longer provide FM radio programming to the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).
SLBC Chairman Hudson Samarasinghe said he had received no formal notice of the suspension, which the BBC said would remain until its programmes were aired without what it called interference. But he said SLBC had the right to do as it wished after paying for programming from outside sources.
“This is the voice of the nation,” Samarasinghe told Reuters. “I don’t have the freedom to air the voice of Prabhakaran who wants to divide the country.” He was referring to BBC broadcasts in November that included Tamil Tigers leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran’s annual address, which state media are prohibited from broadcasting.
(Source: Reuters/ R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Voice of Russia on DRM
DRM
Voice of Russia
7325 kHz 10.00-13.00
6105 kHz : 20.00-23.00
http://kaliningrad.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=10564
(Vikror Rutkovsky, Ekaterinburg / "open_dx"/RUS_DX 187)
WRTH UPDATE #1
is now available at http://www.wrth.org/files/WRTHB08UpdateFEB2009.pdf
(Photo Mc Murdo St/NSF)