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Argentina's Radio Balurte logged
6214.47, Radio Baluarte, Puerto Iguazu, 1035-1043. "Portuñol"(Portuguese/Spanish mix). Religious program to talk. SINPO 24432.Station has not been reported heard since September 2008!(Arnaldo Slaen/DSWCW-DX Window 376)
Brazil's Radio Guarujá Paulista log and info
5045, Radio Guarujá Paulista, Guarujá, SP, 1001-1025. Portuguese relaying news program Jornal da Manhã of Radio Jovem Pan 620 MW of São Paulo, Spanish as Jovem Pan Sat" with some canned ID "Guarujá Paulista" on relaying. Bad audio when relaying but good when originated from their studio (checked later at 1045 when relaying was over). From 1024 splatter of 5035 Radio Aparecida, SINPO 43444. (Otávio). Also heard at 2026-2030, May 08, reactivated! (Azevedo). Tentatively heard on 5044.95 at 0230-0240, May 09, Portuguese talk, SINPO 15131. A very weak carrier was also heard at 0050 on May 10, but no audio. (Anker Petersen)
This station has been inactive again, but returned now to the air which is great news for lovers of the world of the tropical wave, because it is an excellent provider of QSLs. I know personally the owner (Mr. Orivaldo Rampazzo) who is a radio enthusiast. He had told me, that it was temporarily off the air. They had plans to return to the tropical waves ... and that actually occurred. I talked with Orivaldo Rampazzo, last night, May 08, by phone, and he gave me information on the return of the transmission on tropical waves. Transmission of 24 hours daily. Correct name: ZYG 850 Rádio Guarujá Paulista on 5045 kHz. They have no further connection with the network Globo Radio. Location of Transmitter: Guarujá, São Paulo, Latitude: -23 ° 59' 35 " Longitude -46° 15' 23". Power: 1 kW. Radio Guarujá Paulista also transmits on 1550 MW, but with a programming different from 5045. (Azevedo/DSWCI-DX Window 376)
Clandestine QSLing
Sound of Hope Radio Network verified with a full data Earphones/Microphone” card personal letter in 72 days from postal address P. O. Box 70456, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 from v/s Demi Yan, Listener Service Coordinator who apologized for the delay in replying. The letter indicated that the "Sound of Hope Radio Network is a non-profit station that produces comprehensive news and commentaries on or related to China and we broadcast to China through shortwave. We are the largest non-governmental shortwave broadcaster to China. Our mission is to provide mainland Chinese people with free, independent and objective information, which is most of the time unavailable due to the total monopoly of information by Chinese government. Due to the Communist government’s monopoly of the power and media, state-sponsored human rights violations go undeterred and many, many people suffered as a result.
Outstanding examples are underground churches and Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetans and many deprived people are being persecuted in very brutal and covered-up way. Our radio station strives to bring the exposure to such crimes in an effort to deter it and hope to the people in much need." (Rich D’Angelo/DSWCI-DX Window 376)
Ethiopian monitoring
6090, Amhara Regional State Radio, Addis Ababa, *0300. Ppening music, ID, web URL, good. (Bernardini). Also heard at 1815. Signal noted as best ever, since I started listening to this frequency on Apr 29. (Van Arnhem). An email reply from Amhara Regional State Radio, Bahirdar, Ethiopia: "heloo bjorn fransson.i am dereje moges radio director from amhara radio,bahirdar, Ethiopia.thank you for your feedback!He also wrote: "Dear our radio station is establish 12 years ago, for the first time it transmit for one hour a day. but now the transmittion time is nine hours a day. Our agency also have news paper and TV transmittion. the TV transmittion is by using etv transmiter one hour a day". His name is Dereje Moges.E-mail address: dereradio2000@yahoo.com. (Fransson/DSWCI-DX Window 376)
Germany - Media Broadcast adds another station to broadcast schedule
New station via Media Broadcast - Cheetah Radio in English:
1600-1700 11885 WER 125 kW 90 deg SoAs Sat. Very good signal here in Bulgaria.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 22/ DX Mix News # 573 via wb, Germany)
'Hot' transmitters keep AFN radio Naples off-air
NAPLES, Italy — American Forces Network radio in Naples remains out of commission while the U.S. Consulate and AFN officials lobby for Italian approval to use new transmitters.
The transmitters are atop Collina dei Camaldoli, Naples’ highest point, where numerous other radio, television and cell phone towers also are located.
The site is "hot [with electromagnetic field emissions], and there have been many complaints from residents in the area," according to Giuseppe D’Antonio, with Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambientale Campania, the regional equivalent of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
To follow more on this copyrighted article from Stars & Stripes go to:
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62770
Media Broadcast A09 schedule available online
As of 19 May, 2009, updated A09 schedules are available from:
http://www.media-oadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/A09_operational_190509.pdf
(Alokesh Gupta, India)
MV Baltic Radio summer schedule
Relay service summer schedule via Wertachtal, Germany
Freq: 6140
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)
Obversations on China monitoring
When checking the bands at 0020-0105, May 03, I experienced something strange: All the usually heard Chinese domestic transmitters were off! They were Beijing 4460, 5030, 11710, Ge'ermu 4800 (AIR Hyderabad was heard instead with 45434!), Shijiazhuang 7215, and Lhasa, Tibet on 4820, 4905, 4920, 5935, 6050, 7170 and 7240 ! Most of these were heard by me 24 hours earlier. But Urumqi, Xinjiang, were still on the air - and some even on the usual winterfrequencies: 3990, 4330, 4980, 6120, 5060 and 5960. What is happening ? (Petersen). At 0005-0110, May 10 and 13, Xinjiang was heard on 4330, 4500, 4980, 5060, 6120 and 7195, but Beijing-based stations and Lhasa again were off the air on 4460, 4800, 4820, 4905, 4920 and 5030 ! All were noted back on the air when checked at 1640 on May 03 and at 1715 on May 10. Is this a new morning schedule ? (Anker Petersen/DSWCI-DX Window 376)
7350, CNR-11 (Tibetan service), 1430-1500. Holy Tibet program, "China National Radio. China National Radio, welcome to our English program from Tibet." "Hello friends, now you are listening to the English program Holy Tibet." Program about agriculture, animal husbandry, Tibetan farmers, Tibetan music noted on // 6010. Both poor to fair. May 03 Repeat of last Sundays "Holy Tibet" program of Tibetan music and explanations about Tibetan Buddhist symbols. (Howard/DSWCI-DX Window 376)
Pirate, Yellow Rhino Radio QSLs
6925USB. Full data logo eQSL in a few hours for e-mail and MP3 file (Andrew Yoder,PA/Cumbre DX)
Radio Monaco News
Since May 04, news bulletins produced by Radio Monaco are broadcast on short wave by Monaco Radio (Naya). The frequencies are: 4363, 8728, 13146, 17260 kHz USB. It is a live relay at 0700 and 1100 for around three minutes. Radio Monaco is a local station from Monaco on FM 95.4 MHz for all Côte d’Azur, 98.2 MHz for Monaco and 103.2 MHz for Grasse area (France) where 95.4 MHz is not received. Location: Gildo Pastor Center, 7 rue du Gabian, MC- 98000, Monaco.
There are still Weather Reports made by Monaco Radio and Météo France. Same frequencies, time are: 0730, 0800, 0930, 1030, 1203, 1730. Location: Monaco Radio – Naya Sarl, 1 Chemin du Fort Antoine, MC- 98000, Monaco; info@naya.mc . The short wave transmitters are in FONTBONNE (near TWR’s one). (Ghibaudo/DSWCI-DX Window 376)