Slovakia to close all shortwave Dec 31, 2010

6040, Radio Slovakia International, Rimavská Sobota, 0105-0130 UTC, Nov 29, English Letterbox (program) with extensive coverage of the decision, that its SW transmitters will close down on Dec 31, 2010, due to heavy costs of SW transmitters and very varying reception conditions on SW ! RSI will continue broadcasting on the internet and via satellite through other transmitters, 0127 ID’s in English/French/Spanish/Russian and German, 0130 Programme in Slovak, 55555. (Petersen)(DX Window 416)

RAE, Argentina may cease all shortwave services Dec. 31, 2010

this just in from DX Window 416

On November 18, Magdalena Arnoux from French service of RAE confirmed, that on Dec 31 the shortwave broadcast will stop. RAE will remain on Internet. She told, that many mails are already received on the special address dxrae2010@gmail.com . (Ghibaudo). Cf. DX-Window no. 415. So the days of RAE on shortwave seems limited! (Ed)

Beam Wireless - The Original Stations

nice nostalgic piece from the recent Wavescan program.

On previous occasions here in Wavescan, we have presented the story of several Beam Wireless Stations in England back in the 1920s & 1930s. These shortwave stations were located at ten different sites in England, including the major Beam Wireless Station at Rugby which was located in the center of the widest part of the English island.
However, each one of these Beam Wireless Stations in England corresponded on shortwave with another Beam Wireless Station in another part of the world. The original intent was for the construction of nine of these stations in nine different countries. However, as time went by, the list of projected stations was dropped down to six, and as it happened, only four were actually constructed.
In our program today, we take a look at each of these other worldwide Beam Wireless Stations in different countries in the chronological order in which they came into service.
We go first to Canada, where we find that their new Beam Wireless Station was opened for shortwave communication with England on October 25, 1926. The Canadian transmitter station was located at Drummondville Quebec, 30 miles east of Montreal; and the receiver station was located at Yamachiche, 25 miles north of the transmitter station at Drummondville.
The Canadian station communicated regularly with the Bridgewater receiver station in England, and return messages to Canada were broadcast from the transmitter station located at Bodmin. Two of the shortwave transmitters at Durmmondville were often noted on air back in that era with the broadcast of radio programming. The callsigns in use for these program relays were VE9DR & VE9DN.
The Canadian Marconi shortwave station at Drummondville & Yamachiche was in continuous usage for ¾ of a century, and it was finally closed in 2002 when communication by satellite and fibre optic cable became fully available.
The next country to activate a Beam Wireless Station was Australia, and their shortwave communication service was inaugurated at twin locations in Victoria on April 8 in the following year, 1927. The receiver station was located at Rockbank on the western edge of the state capital, Melbourne; and the transmitter station was located at Ballan, 35 mile west of Melbourne.
There were two shortwave transmitters at the AWA shortwave station near Ballan. These were rated at 20 kW each and they were on the air under the callsigns VIY & VIZ. It is also remembered that back in the 1930s, transmitter VIY carried a relay of the the programming on shortwave for VK3ME, and also for the mediumwave station 3LO.
The Australian Beam Wireless Station at Rockbank & Ballan communicated with the British Beam Wireless Station located at Grimsby & Winthorpe. The Australian station was closed in 1969.
Down under in South Africa, the twin Marconi stations were located at Milnerton and Kliphevel, and the shortwave communication service with England was opened on July 5, 1927. The receiver station was located at Milnerton, which is these days a suburb of Cape Town; and the transmitter station was located at Kliphevel, 35 miles north east of Cape Town.
The old English spelling for the transmitter location was Kliphevel, but these days, the location is given in Afrikaans as Klipheuwel. This station is still in use today under the callsign ZSC.
The 4th Beam Wireless Station during that old era was constructed in India, with the transmitter station located at Kirkee in suburban Pune (Poona), and the receiver station some distance away at Dhond. The shortwave service to England was officially opened on August 26, 1928 and the communicating station in England was the afore mentioned facility at Grimsby & Winthorpe.
The Marconi Beam Wireless Station in India was officially opened by Lord Irwin, and the first message from India to England was a greeting of loyalty to His Majesty King George 5. There were two transmitters at this station, both rated at 10 kW, and they were on the air under the callsigns VWY & VWZ.
Beginning in 1940, station VWY was on the air for a period of nearly three years with programming beamed to the Middle East in the French language. This programming was on the air under the title, Radio Francaise Libre d’Orient and it was noted always on the same shortwave channel, 9045 kHz.
Now, that’s the story of the four Beam Wireless Stations that were constructed by the Marconi company in four different countries for communication with England; Canada, Australia, South Africa & India. However, the British Wireless Commission recommended that a 5th station should be constructed in Australia, and according to the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper in the United States, the suggested location was at Canberra, the national capital.
However, in Australia, it was considered that the two AWA shortwave stations already on the air, Rockbank/Ballan in Victoria and Pennant Hills/La Perouse in New South Wales, were sufficient for regular communication with England and an additional station at Canberra was therefore not necessary. Interestingly though, a large shortwave station was subsequently constructed near Canberra, and this station also was noted on occasions with radio broadcast programming. But, that’s another story for another time, and you will hear about it in a soon coming edition of Wavescan.
(AWR Wavescan/NWS92 via Adrian Peterson)

Mullen: North Korea's Unpredictability Endangers Region

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON - The only thing predictable about the North Korean regime is its unpredictability, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a television broadcast today.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told CNN today that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il is trying to assure the transition of leadership to his son, Kim Jong-un. He implied that the sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan in March and the artillery strikes on Yeongpyeong Island on Nov. 23 are part of that process.

Mullen called the North Korean leader belligerent and dangerous.

"He is consistently destabilizing and is only predictable in his unpredictability," the admiral said. "He galvanizes everyone around with the potential that they could go to war with South Korea."

North Korea is on a path to develop nuclear weapons, and the artillery strikes on Yeongpyeong Island are latest sign of his continued belligerence, he said.

Kim Jong-il reportedly cited South Korea's recent military exercises with the United States as a reason for the artillery strike.

However, the Hoguk series of exercises that began earlier this month in South Korea and include 70,000 South Korean troops, have been long planned, Mullen said. Exercises built around the USS George Washington carrier battle group in the Yellow Sea began today. Both sets of exercises are built around deterrence, in response to the sinking of the Cheonan, which killed 46 South Korean sailors.

"It focuses on security in the Yellow Sea particularly in respect to submarine warfare," he said. "It is meant to send a very strong signal of deterrence and also to work with close allies in South Korea.

"I don't think this will be the last exercise," he added. "This is a part of the world that we've exercised in for decades and we will continue."

South Korea and the United States are focused on restraint and not letting the situation get out of control, the admiral said. "The South Koreans, so far, have responded that way," he said. "Nobody wants this thing to turn into a conflict."

China is also urging restraint and Chinese leaders probably are the only people who can exert influence on North Korea, Mullen said.

"The Chinese certainly were involved with the response at the United Nations after the sinking of the Cheonan," he said. "The North Koreans were taken aback by the strength of that response from China. We think it is important for the international community to lead, but in particular, China.

"It's a very dangerous area when [Kim] does this. It destabilizes the region, and China has as much to lose as anybody."
(Milcom Blogspot)

as requested, the following is a repost of our current winter B10 schedules for North and South Korea on shortwave.

North Korea - B10 shortwave schedules

Effective from: 01 November 2010 - 27 March 2011

All times UTC
broadcast daily - programs last 47 to 57 minutes

Voice of Korea

Arabic
1500-1557 9990va 11545va
1700-1757 9990va 11545va

Chinese
0000-0057 13650as 15100as
0200-0257 7220as 9345as 9730as
0300-0357 13650as 15100as
0800-0857 7220as 9345as
1100-1157 7220as 9345as
1300-1357 6185as 9850as
2100-2157 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as
2200-2257 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as

German
1600-1657 6285eu 9325eu
1800-1857 6285eu 9325eu
1900-1957 6285eu 9325eu

English
0100-0157 7220as 9345as 9730as 11735am 13760sa 15180sa
0200-0257 13650as 15100as
0300-0357 7220as 9345as 9730as
1000-1057 6185as 6285sa 9335sa 9850as
1300-1357 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1500-1557 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1600-1657 9990va 11545va
1800-1857 7570eu 12015eu
1900-1957 7210af 99975va 11535va 11910af
2100-2157 7570eu 12015eu

French
0100-0157 13650as 15100as
0300-0357 11735sa 13760sa 15180sa
1100-1157 6185as 6285sa 9335sa 9850as
1400-1457 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1600-1657 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1800-1857 7210af 9975va 11535va 11910af
2000-2057 7570eu 12015eu

Japanese
0700-0757 3250as 7580as 9650as
0800-0857 3250as 7580as 9650as
0900-0957 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1000-1057 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1100-1157 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1200-1257 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
2100-2157 3250as 7580as 9650as
2200-2257 3250as 7580as 9650as
2300-2357 3250as 7580as 9650as

Russian
0700-0757 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
0800-0857 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245as
1400-1457 6285eu 9325eu
1500-1557 6285eu 9325eu
1700-1757 6285eu 9325eu

Spanish
0000-0057 11735sa 13760sa 15180sa
0200-0257 11735sa 13760sa 15180sa
1900-1957 7570eu 12015eu
2200-2257 7570eu 12015eu
(Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany)

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
Korean
0000-0057 7220as 9345as 9730as
0700-0757 7220as 9345as
0900-0957 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
1000-1057 7220as 9345as
1200-1257 7220as 9345as
1300-1357 6285eu 9325eu
(Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany)

Korean Central BS
Korean
0900-0957 9345as
1200-1257 6185as 6285sa 9335sa 9850as
1400-1457 6185as 9850as
1700-1757 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
2000-2057 6285eu 7210af 9325eu 9975va 11535va 11910af
2300-2357 7235as 7570eu 9345as 9975as 11535as 12015eu
(Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany)

South Korea - B10 schedules

KBS World

Effective: 31 October 2010

All times UTC

Arabic
1800-1900 WRN ME/Africa
2000-2100 9430 (Sines) ME/Africa

Chinese
1130-1230 9770 SE Asia
1130-1230 6065 China
1300-1400 1170(MW),7275 Non Direction
2300-2400 9805 SE Asia
2200-2300 7275 China

English 1
0000-0100 1440(Marnach) Europe
0200-0300 9580 S.America
0800-0900 9570 SE Asia
1200-1300 9650(Sackville) N.America
1300-1400 9570 SE Asia
1600-1700 9640 SE Asia
1600-1700 9515 Europe
1800-1900 7275 Europe

English 2
0930-1000 WRN Europe
1100-1130 9760(DRM)Sat Europe
2200-2230 3955(Skelton) Europe
2300-2330 WRN Europe

French
2100-2200 3955 (Skelton) Europe
2100-2200 6165 (Issoudun) Africa (from Dec. 1)

German
2000-2100 3955 (Skelton) Europe

Indonesian
1200-1300 9570 SE Asia
1400-1500 9570 SE Asia
1900-2000 102.6 Jakarta
2200-2300 9805 SE Asia

Japanese
0100-0200 9580 Japan
0200-0300 11810 Japan
0800-0900 7275 Japan
0800-0900 6155 Japan
1000-1100 9805 Japan
1100-1300 1170(MW) Japan

Korean 1
1600-1800 7275 Europe
1700-1900 9515 Europe
0900-1100 7275 Non Direction
1600-1800 9705 Middle East/Africa

Korean 2
0300-0400 11810 S.America
0700-0800 6045(Skelton) Europe
0900-1100 9570 SE Asia
0900-1000 15160 ME/Africa
1000-1100 1170 (MW) Non Direction
1200-1300 7275 Non Direction
1400-1500 9650(Sackville) N.America

Russian
1800-1900 7235(Rampisham) Europe
2030-2100 738 Moscow

Spanish
0100-0200 11810 S.America
0200-0230 9560(Sackville) North America
0600-0700 6045(Sackville) Europe
1100-1200 11795(Sackville) South America

Vietnamese
0100-0200 9565 Southeast Asia
1030-1130 9770 Southeast Asia
1500-1600 9640 Southeast Asia
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

December Specials from DX Stamp Service

Dear Customer,

Ever popular specials appear below.

Stamps on back order: Kuwait, Serbia, French Polynesia, PR China, South Africa, Mongolia.

Countries in stock again: El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Luxembourg, Falklands.

New Prices: Macedonia now $2.40, Kazakhstan now $2.50 and Uzbekistan now $2.00

GOOD NEWS: Netherlands and Falkland Islands join the list of countries issuing "airmail letter/forever" stamps. I just have a few more Netherlands 95c stamps remaining and then I'll hit the new ones.

Airmail Letter/Forever stamps we stock: Aland, Belarus, Belgium, Falklands, Finland, Gibraltar, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa, Ukraine. With these stamps, if postal rates increase, these forever stams will cover the new rate. They work just like our "forever" stamps, just on an international basis. Hopefully more will join this group in 2011.

73 and good dx,
bill

William Plum
12 Glenn Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
908 788 1020
fax 908 782 2612
plumdx@msn.com


December 2010 DX STAMP SPECIALS

2 Sweden-$4.00 3 UK (Eng., Scot., Wales, N. Ire.)-$3.90 3 Germany-$8.25

2 Spain-$3.00 2 New Zealand-$3.20 2 Canada-$2.00 3 Japan-$3.60

December 2010 DX SUPPLY SPECIALS

200/200 European Air Mailers & Returns $35

200/200 Stateside Mailers & Returns $16

2 Standard QSL Albums $40

Shipping charges extra on supply specials

PRIORITY MAIL Shipping Rates for Supplies

Orders under $16.00 add $6.50, Orders from $16.00 to $40.00 add $9.00, Orders from $41.00 to $100.00 add $13.00, Orders from $101.00 to $150.00 add $18.00, orders over $150.00 add 12%. When ordering supplies AND stamps, use supply total to figure shipping costs. Stamps “ride free” when you order supplies. Shipments to Canada ship at a greater cost. (04/2008)

Shortwave Blog Bytes

All times UTC

Alaska's tallest structure demolished in explosion:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8653754.stm
The end of the Loran mast. (Dave Thorpe, BrDXC-UK ng Nov 16)

BABCOCK/VTC expand sites
Via Ascension Island and United Kingdom
Despite what you might think there are improvements made even now.

At BAB Woofferton in the last five years we have two new multi-freq antennas erected covering five different bearings each and covering up to five freq bands each replacing two single band antennas on small slewable bearings. There have been four senders removed and replaced which are AM/AMC and DRM capable and thus still keeping 10 on site.

Many more satellite dishes have been installed and as such many more feeds available. The off-site sending of feeds has risen.

BAB Skelton has had one tx replaced by a AM AMC and DRM unit. BAB Ascension has had four txs replaced by new.

So we are not static or reducing!
(Dave Porter-UK, SW TXsite Nov 22)

China on 4220
Qinghai People's Broadcasting Station, at 2313-2340 UT fade out Nov 22. Mix of Tibetan talk by man and woman with some indigenous vocals and flutes. Poor to fair but rapidly fading at tune out. (Rich D'Angelo/FCDX-PA-USA DXplorer Nov 21/23

Honduras on 3250
Radio Luz y Vida, 0354-0357.* Nov 23. Male announcer with Spanish talk prior to closedown ID and announcements followed by orchestra national anthem. Fair.(Rich D'Angelo/FCDX-PA-USA DXplorer Nov 21/23)

Russia's Club DX program
Schedule of "Club DX" on the Voice of Russia. Now the program on air on the following schedule:
On Sundays and Tuesdays at 2247 UT 612, 630, 648, 693, 999, 1026, 1143,
1170, 1314, 1323, and 1431 kHz; on Thursdays at 1946 UT 648, 801, 1026,
1143, 1170, 1323, 1413, 1494, 1503, 5940, 6155, 7230, 7305, and 7325 kHz.
(Alexander Djadichev-RUS, open_dx, MIDXB Nov 23)
(excerpts from BCDX/BC-DX #991 Top News via wb, Germany)

(photo: courtesy VTC)

Cancelled transmissions from Voice of Russia

Effective from: 15 November 2010

All times UTC

1600-1200 17650 DB 500 kW 120 deg to SoEaAS in Ru/Ru/En/En/En/Ru 1200-1600 12025 SAM 250 kW 117 deg to CeAS in Ru
1300-1700 11630 DB 500 kW 100 deg to SoAS in Hi/Ur/Hi/En
1700-2000 7400 DB 500 kW 070 deg to NE/ME in Ar
1700-2200 12035 SAM 250 kW 117 deg to CeAS in Ru
2100-2300 5920 DB 500 kW 300 deg to SoEUR in Sp/Port
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22) (BCDX-BC-DX # 991 Top News)

International Radio Serbia, updated B10 schedule

Effective: 25 November 2010

All times UTC

0100-0130 6190 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg NoCeAM SERBIAN MON-SAT
0100-0200 6190 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg NoCeAM SERBIAN SUN
0130-0200 6190 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg NoCeAM ENGLISH MON-SAT
0200-0230 6190 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg NoCeAM SERBIAN WED
1100-1400 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR SERBIAN
1400-1430 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR ENGLISH
1430-1500 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR SERBIAN
1500-1530 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR SPANISH
1530-1600 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR ARABIC
1600-1630 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR RUSSIAN
1630-1700 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR FRENCH
1700-1730 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR GERMAN
1730-1745 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR MANDARIN
1745-1800 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR ALBANIAN
1800-1815 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR HUNGARIAN
1815-1830 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR GREEK
1830-1900 9505 BEO 010 kW 310&130 deg EUR ITALIAN
1900-1930 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR RUSSIAN
1930-2000 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR ENGLISH
2000-2030 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR SPANISH
2030-2100 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR SERBIAN SUN-FRI
2030-2130 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR SERBIAN SAT
2100-2130 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR GERMAN SUN-FRI
2130-2200 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR FRENCH
2200-2230 6100 BIJ 250 kW 310 deg WeEUR ENGLISH

BIJ Jabanusa near Bijeljina, Bosnia [YABANUSHA, BEE-YEL-YINA]
BEO Stubline near Belgrade, Serbia [STUBLINEH]
(Dragan Lekic-SRB, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 26)
(BCDX/BC-DX # 991-Top News)

Pirate radio activity

It's catch-up time from Free Radio Weekly newsletters. The following logs are a sampling of what pirate radio chasers have logged in recent weeks.

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

GBS
3910LSB, 2230-2248.* Playing disco era tunes, pauses every once in a while to let the hams talk, then starts up again. One ham said it was VE9ZL. At one point he broke in and said, "GBS, GBS" (Griffith B'casting System?) S9 signal. (Frodge-MI)

Hunk-a-Junk Radio
hunkajunk6925@gmail.com
6925 USB, *2225-2248.* SIO 242/242. Apparently new station with odd program. Started out with children's hot dog music - sort of like Hot Dog Radio. Went into old time ads, including Chevrolet and Old Spice deodorant. Take Me Out to the Ball Game tune, into Abbott and Costello's Who's on First routine. A variety of standup comics made up the latter portion of the show. Gave numerous ID's with addresses, but it was hard to tell if it was Hunk a Junk Radio, or Hunk a Dunk Radio. Actual ID appears to be Hunk a Dunk Radio. Address is therefore hunkadunk6925@gmail.com. Male announcer appeared to realize that people were having trouble copying the ID, so he gave the ID numerous times. It was still hard to copy. (Zeller-OH) [Per QSL posted on the FRN, it's Junk, not Dunk.]

KARR Mobile Radio
6940USB, 2352-0105 Program of Heavy Rock Music from Iron Maiden /Death Metal Music to others. ID's as 'This is KARR..Mobile Radio" at 2358,0008,0013, 0033 and 0059 hours. Great audio and signal hit peaks of S4 to S6 at times. Posted logging on FRN as well. Would appreciate a QSL for this broadcast, which can be sent to: ekusalik@telusplanet.net Many thanks for this broadcast from 'KARR..Mobile Radio' (SIO 444/3 Kusalik-ALB)

Marine Corp Birthday Radio
6899.34/AM, 2249-2307.+ Sgt. Buster Balz with Sousa marches, Marine Hymn and excerpts from Full Metal Jacket. SIO=342.+ Cleanest in USB. Some interference after 2300 and may have been co-channel. (Frodge-MI)

Northwoods Radio
6925 USB, 2312. Noisy, Id as Jackpine Savage right now, sounds like a telephone skit following ID. SIO 232. (Fansome, PA) 9925 USB, 2300-2336.* S9. Big Bucks( Sir Mix Alot parody). Said you have to mail in a reception report no emails. Biggest Deer call in from Bucko. Music to 2336, signal fading, with another station in there. (Finn-PA)

Radio Junk
6799.73 AM, 2148-2201.+. Operatic music. Brief announcement at 2200. Too weak to copy and back into music. Weak with occasional male/females in Englich and CW. Sounds like two different CWs. ID per tip from Tim Tromp & FRN posts. Near impossible copy...junk. (Frodge-MI)

Radio Yellowknife
6932.45 AM, 2306-2314.+ Blues-gospel and hard rock. SIO 353. Cleanest in LSB, but announcements weak due to mushy audio. ID per FRN posts. (Frodge-MI)

Random Radio
6925USB, 0254-0256.* I stumbled onto with vocal music, sound like sorta 1940's showtune. Lyrics like Whooo Ja Hoodey, male announces Random Radio Halloween Special. Another Halloween shot to hell. Said was going to play two more tunes, then said that, no, "that is the end of the tape." Mentioned they would do another Halloween special next year, "Bye," and off at 0256. Signal very strong, SIO 454. Please QSL. I heard the broadcast on a battery powered portable, + long wire, while camping near Jerome Arizona. (Barton-AZ)

Thinking Man Radio
6925USB, 2315. Signal S7 max, S6 noise floor. Songs, Play That Funky Music and I'm a Believer from the Monkees. Email: thinkingmanradio@gmail.com . (Hassig-IL)

Turkey Breast Radio
turkeybreastradio@gmail.com
6925 USB, 1732-1749. Music tune, Workin in a Coal Mine. ID, "you are tuned to Turkey Breast Radio." Music tune, Fallin in Love to "we hope you eat plenty of turkey." TBR 2010 broadcast. (Finn-PA)
(FRW 770/771/772)

In the market for a transmitter ?

Shortwave Transmitter for Sale

NASB member KVOH, La Voz de Restauración, in California is selling a 50-kilowatt shortwave transmitter. It is an RCA BHF-100B which is around 40 years old. It was originally used by HCJB and went to KVOH about 15 years ago. It is currently configured to operate on two frequencies: 9975 and 17775 kHz. The location is Simi Valley, California – about an hour north of Los Angeles. The transmitter weighs 24,000 pounds. Those who would like more technical details may contact the station's engineer, Jim Shossner, at +1-805-581-5398 or Pastor Rene Molina at +1-323-445-5428. (Veraliz Cuellar, KVOH,
vcuellar@restauracion.com ).
(NASB/Nov- News 10)

Blog Logs

Just received these logs from Danish Shortwave Club editor, Anker Petersen. We appreciate Anker and playdx2003.
Gayle Van Horn

This is what I heard the past few days here in Skovlunde where the winter is approaching tonight with snow and frost. My receiver is the usual AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire.

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

Angola
4949.76, 2330-2340. Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos (presumed). Excited Portuguese talk. Very weak carrier, SINPO 15111. (AP-DNK)

China
5050, 2315-2340. Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning. Chinese announcement with frequent jingles, announced FM-channel, ID's: "BBR." Chinese opera music. SINPO 35333. (AP-DNK).

Clandestines
3931.07, 0208-0235. Radio Voice of Kurdistan, Sulaimaniya, No. Iraq. Kurdish talk and Iranian jamming. SINPO 42442 (AP-DNK)

3970.00, *0226-0233. Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, Salah A-Din, No. Iraq. Kurdish ID: "Era dengi kurdistani Irana" after trumpet interval signal. Jamming started on 3975 at 0230, but at 0231 jumped to 3970. SINPO 42442 // 4890 (AP-DNK)

4870, *0230-0240. Radio Voice of Kashmir, Kingsway, India. Kashmiri announcement. Songs, with strong CODAR interference. SINPO 21221. (AP-DNK)

4870, 1445-1510*. Radio Voice of Kashmir, Kingsway, India. Kashmiri talk, mentioning Copenhagen, Pashto, Sindhi, Pakistan, Indian song, 1507 ID: "Radio Sedayee Kashmir", abrupt sign off. (AP-DNK)

Mauritania
7245.00, 2320-2330. Radio Mauritanie, Nouakchott. Arabic songs and announcement. Here instead of 4845. SINPO 53443. Splashes from Voice of Russia in English (9+30 dB) (AP-DNK)

Swaziland
3200, *0255-0305. TWR, Mpangela Ranch. Interval signal to English religious conversation in programme No. 3024. Utility interferebce. SINPO 43433. (AP-DNK)

3240, *0255-0305, TWR, Mpangela Ranch. Interval signal to Shona announcement. African hymn. SINPO 45434. (AP-DNK)

Shortwave Blog Bytes

A few "bytes" of news from the world of shortwave radio. Plenty of frequency adjustments included from the B10 season period.

All times UTC

Hot Tip. This came in right after I posted this edition of SW Blog Bytes, so this is a quick addition. Kim Il Young Without Borders is planning many special transmissions during Saturday, November 27, 2010 on the 48 meter band. Frequencies include 6310, and alternative freqs as 6205, 6210, 6265, 6305 or 9290 kHz. Posted from HCDX by Dick at radiospaceshuttle@hotmail.com Sounds like this is a European pirate and will need various times to check these frequencies.

Clandestine changes frequency
Via Russia and Tajikstan transmitters. Winter B-10 of clandestine Radyo e Rahoye Iran. Broadcast in Farsi, 1630-1700 new frequency 5825 (via Armenia) 100 kW 104 deg to WeAS Mon/Wed/Fri,ex 5840 in A10
(DX Mix News 652)

Deutsche Welle adjust English frequency
In English from Nov.17:
2100-2200 new freq 12070 KIG 250 kW 295 deg to WeAF, ex 11865
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22/DX Mix News 652)

IBB adjustments
Radio Liberty in Avari/Chechen/Cherkassian
0400-0500 new frequency 15230 IRA 250 kW 316 deg to CeAS, ex 15205

Radio Mashaal in Pashto
1100-1200 new frequency 15715 IRA 250 kW 340 deg to SoAS, ex 13580
(DX Mix News 652)

Kuwait changes Arabic frequency
1600-2200 new freq 6080*KBD 500 kW non-dir to NE/Middle East, ex6050.
*co-ch Belarussian Radio HS in Belarussian + VOA in English.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22/DX Mix News 652)

Overcomer Ministries adds transmissions
Via Germany and US transmitters: Additional transmission for Brother Stair, The
Overcomer Ministry in English from Nov. 18, 2010.
1300-1400 11680 WER 250 kW 090 deg to South Asia
1300-1400 17765 NAU 250 kW 070 deg to East Asia
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22/DX Mix News 652)

Radio Free Asia changes freqs
1100-1400 new freq 9435 DB 200 kW 125 deg to CeAS,ex11540 DB in Tibetan
2200-2300 new freq 7505 TIN 250 kW 280 deg to EaAS,ex11740*KWT in Canton.
* to avoid CNR in Chinese.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22/DX Mix 652)

Voice of Tibet frequency update
Clandestine, Voice of Tibet has updated as follows:
Via United Arab Emirates transmitter in Tibetan via BABCOCK (ex DTK-T Systems) at 1330-1400 new frequency 13755 kHz. Targeted to Central Asia, ex 15430 kHz. (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22/DX Mix News 652)

FRS Holland ready for Sunday broadcast

On the 28th November we will feature the period 1988- 1997. Mind you: the schedule is different from October's broadcast!
Here's the schedule:

08.52- 15.00 UTC 7600//5800 kHz
08.59- 11.00 UTC 6005 kHz
11.00- 15.00 UTC 5980 kHz

That means no silence on 6005 between 11.00-12.00 UTC but instead we continue for the remaining 4 hours on 5980 (with the same power!). In this way we avoid 6015 splatter in the afternoon hours. The November 28th broadcast will be again streamed between 14:52- 21:00 UTC/ 15:52- 22:00 CET via http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u

The period 1998- 2010 will be featured in Part 3 and that won't take place in December but on Sunday January 16th 2011.

If you feel you want to be part of the celebrations with your personal FRS memories: you can still do so as we can include that in our January 2011 broadcast. For this final Anniversary broadcast we only accept contributions via mail. Of course we have special QSLs for the three broadcasts...one based on the 80s, one on the 90s and one on the 00s. The three different QSLs together form the FRS 30th Anniversary QSL Series.

Hope to have your company next Sunday ..it will be great fun November 28th 2010: 30 Years of FRS-Holland on SW!
73s, on behalf of the FRS staff (Peter V., Jan van Dijk, Paul Graham, Dave Scott, Brian & Bobby Speed)

a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format....

FRS-Holland
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e-mail: frs.holland@hccnet.nl
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Radio Netherlands Weekly Program Guide

Radio Netherlands Worldwide PROGRAMME PREVIEW Sunday 28 November - Friday 2 December

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 coming week, beginning on Saturday.

*** The State We're In ***

"The Kindness of Strangers"

Australian angel: For almost 50 years, Don Ritchie has lived across the street from Australia's most notorious suicide spot, known locally as "The Gap", near Sydney. From his bedroom window, Don can see people as they're considering jumping. So he walks over to them, and gently asks them if they'd like a cup of tea back at his home. To date, Don has saved at least 160 lives.

The unkindness of strangers: Sarah Wali has divided her life between the US and Egypt. When she moved there permanently, her family back in the US warned her: the harassment of women is unbearable. But Sarah made it her mission to live in Cairo.

Harass map: Rebecca Chiao helps harassed women fight back -- in a high tech way. Here's how it works: a woman gets harassed on the streets of Cairo. She then sends a text message to Rebecca's site, HarassMap.org, describing where and how she was harassed. Her report then becomes a dot on the virtual map, allowing other women to avoid the troubled spots of the city.

Found and lost: Anik See once found a wallet lying in a snowbank in Calgary, Canada. She thought she'd do the right thing and return it to the nearest police station. But the police thought she'd stolen the wallet. Then they thought it was hers. It took her two days to sort the mess out.

No bull: Jonathan recently interviewed an ex-bullfighter, Alvaro Munera who now fights for animal rights. Listener Alexander Fiske-Harrison contacted us to make the case that bullfighting can be acceptable. He tells Jonathan what it was like getting into the ring with a bull and delivering the tiro de gracia himself.

*** Earth Beat ***
Marnie Chesterton and her team look at the footprint we're leaving on our planet

"Coping with the growth of megacities"

As world leaders gather in Cancun for another climate change summit, we look at the most pressing issues facing the world's biggest urban centres.

From air quality in Beijing, to traffic management in Delhi - we examine what life is like for the people who live there. And we ask what role megacities play in the drive to cut carbon emissions.

*** Africa in Progress ***

In their work, nurses throughout the world need to cope with realities they were not trained to deal with.

In this edition, a German nurse and anthropologist takes a cross-cultural look at nursing, following her fascinating work experience in an African hospital. During her stay, she asked many questions.

How are nurses influenced by tradition? How are they perceived by their patients and society? How do they deal with the challenges of modern medicine?

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

This week:
* Four years of pain - Ireland faces an uphill struggle
* German retreat - Conscription is ditched to save money
* Half a million for an imaginary asteroid! It's money for nothing and your virtual kicks for free
* Clarinets in Kinshasa - we hear from Congo´s symphony orchestra

*** Network Europe Extra ***

Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.

This week: It's music, music and more music!

* Clarinets in Kinshasa: it's Congo's symphony orchestra
* The Right Bank: Poland's symphony orchestra gets a new home on the Vistula river
* And on the other Right Bank: move over Mona Lisa, the Louvre hosts soloists, too

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1530 South Asia 11835, 15745

***European Jazz Stage/World Music***

The South African band Bongo Maffin plays kwaito music, the party and dance music of the black youth from the townships. It is an urban sound in which house, rap, hiphop, reggae, gospel and R&B are mixed with different South African styles.

For decades, Oliver Mutkudzi with his backing group The Black Spirits has been one of Zimbabwe's most popular artists. You can hear a wonderful mixture of Zimbabwean and South African styles as well as Western pop in his dance grooves.

Hosted by Dheera Sujan.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under its chief conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in the French-Spanish connection in music. With music by Ravel, De Falla and Debussy.
Hosted by Hans Haffmans.

*** Bridges with Africa***

Lively discussion and thought-provoking reports about and from the African continent

This week on Bridges With Africa...
* A highway through Tanzania's Serengeti wildlife reserve - good idea or not?
* Sex with AIDS - we report on World AIDS Day
* Pan-African music from Moroccan master Majid Bekkas

*** Commonwealth Story ***

Grandma makes meatballs, by Iona Massey from Australia.

An international food fest. Read by Federay Holmes.

Radio Netherlands B10 English schedule

Effective: 31 October 2010 - 27 March 2011
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: af (Africa) am (Americas) as (Asia) ca (Central America) eu (Europe) na (North America)pa (Pacific)
sa (South America) va (various areas)

All times UTC
1000-1057 9720as 12065as
1400-1500 12080as 15595va
1500-1557 15595as
1800-1857 6020af 11655af
1900-1957 7425af 9895af 11615af 11655af
2000-2057 5935af 7425af 11655af
(R Netherlands/Leo van der Wounde)

WRN Program Schedule

Sunday, November 28 2010: A Prairie Home Companion

Coming to you this week from the Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, a live broadcast performance of "A Prairie Home Companion". With special guests, the youthful and prodigious cutting edge of Bluegrass, The Punch Brothers and veteran stand-up comedian and best friend forever to public radio, Paula Poundstone. Also on the show, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

In Africa and Europe: 1100 UTC / 1200 CET / 1300 CAT

Saturday, November 27 and Sunday, November 28 2010: Asia Calling

Developed to reflect the lives and reality of citizens across the region, "Asia Calling" is a weekly radio programme from Indonesia’s Radio News Agency KBR68H.

This week on "Asia Calling"

Interview with Aung San Suu Kyi: On November 13, just one week after Burma’s military junta claimed a victory in a sham election, the Burmese government released democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The world-renowned politician and activist has been under house arrest since she won the last elections in 1990. Ever since her release she has kept a tireless schedule; meeting with diplomats, party members, and journalists, giving a speech to thousands in front of her political party’s headquarters. She has also just met with her youngest son Kim Aris -- the first time she has seen him in ten years. She met with journalist Danielle Bernstein in Rangoon to talk about what’s been on her mind since her release.

Indonesian military torturers go unpunished: As many of our listeners will recall a graphic video showing the torture of two Papuan farmer's by Indonesian soldiers, was released on the internet last month, just weeks before a visit to Indonesia by US President Barack Obama. Despite promises from Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that the case would be thoroughly investigated and the soldiers responsible prosecuted, investigations into the incident have apparently stopped. As Katie Hamann reports, further testimony detailing the shocking abuse has also emerged in recent weeks. There's a warning that this report contains graphic descriptions of torture.

A Gentleman from Bekasi: A person who changes their sex will draw comment in any community anywhere in the world, especially when that person is a child. Yet when a teenager from the Indonesian city of Bekasi received surgery to become a boy, it was done with the full support of the community. Bekasi, on the island of Java, is a highly conservative Islamic society where religious conflicts are common. And where 14 year old Priya Jati met our reporter Mohammad Irham.

Asia’s biggest child killer preventable: Pneumonia is the biggest killer of children under five in the developing world, and most of those deaths occur in Asia. The highest numbers are in India followed by China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia. And yet all the deaths of these children are preventable, treatable and curable. Jasvinder Sehgal’s report begins in a Pediatric Hospital in the city of Jaipur in western India.

These stories and much more this week on "Asia Calling".

In North America: 2230 ET / 1930 PT
In Europe: 2100 UTC / 2200 CET
In Africa and Asia 1200 UTC / 1300 CET / 1400 CAT

Sunday, November 28 2010: Radio Australia

From dreaming to depression, addiction to artificial intelligence, consciousness to coma, psychoanalysis to psychopathy, free will to forgetting - "All in the Mind" explores the human condition through the mind's eye.

This week: Cultural chemistry (Part 2). Our caffeinated culture - how much is too much? 80% of the world consumes it, coffee bean aficionados relish it, but is caffeine the pick me up we think it is? Radio Australia wants your coffee stories! There's a newly launched Audioboo channel for your feedback & conversations. Think of it as social media meets radio talkback!

Tuesday, November 30 2010: Radio Australia

This week on "Rural Reporter": A community rallies to help a farmer in need; ABC reporters go searching for good bugs in a broccoli crop; and discover that hydroponic herbs and vegetables are the way to go when you live in a remote community. Up in Queensland the mango season is getting into full swing, while volunteers head bush in South Australia to help with an animal survey.

In North America: 1530 ET / 1230 PT

In Europe: 0830 UTC / 0930 CET

Sunday, November 28 2010: Radio Guangdong

Radio Guangdong, established in October 1949, is a leading radio group in south China. Radio Guangdong programmes cover political, economic, social and cultural issues; programmes about Guangdong, programmes about Guangdong people and programmes linking Guangdong with the world.

This week on “Asian Games Live”, Jeff Ruffolo will be talking with Mr. Ioannis Daras, the President of the European union of sport press, and Mr. Sandeep Nakai, a journalist from India, about the closing of the Guangzhou Asian Games and how they feel after two weeks of intense competitions.

In “News of the Week”: Friendship and Warmth at the Asian Games’ closing ceremony / Taiwan High-tech Park opens at Songshan Lake Development Zone / China Airshow concludes with big deals.

In North America: Sat 1200 ET / 0900 PT
Sun 2030 ET / 1730 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: Sat 0115 UTC / 0315 CAT
Sat 1700 UTC / 1900 CAT
Sat 2045 UTC / 2245 CAT
Sun 0900 UTC / 1100 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: Sat 0115 UTC / 1215 AEDT
Sat 1700 UTC / 0400 (Sun) AEDT
Sat 2045 UTC / 0745 (Sun) AEDT
Sun 0900 UTC / 2000 AEDT

In Europe: Sat 2045 UTC / 2145 CET

Radio Netherlands - Sunday, November 28 2010: Radio Netherlands

In "The State We're In", Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected perspective.

Australian angel: For almost 50 years, Don Ritchie has lived across the street from Australia’s most notorious suicide spot, known locally as “The Gap”, near Sydney. From his bedroom window, Don can see people as they’re considering jumping. So he walks over to them, and gently asks them if they’d like a cup of tea back at his home. To date, Don has saved at least 160 lives.

The unkindness of strangers: Sarah Wali has divided her life between the US and Egypt. When she moved there permanently, her family back in the US warned her: the harassment of women is unbearable. But Sarah made it her mission to live in Cairo.

Harass map: Rebecca Chiao helps harassed women fight back - in a high tech way. Here’s how it works: a woman gets harassed on the streets of Cairo. She then sends a text message to Rebecca’s site, HarassMap.org, describing where and how she was harassed. Her report then becomes a dot on the virtual map, allowing other women to avoid the troubled spots of the city.

Found and lost: Anik See once found a wallet lying in a snowbank in Calgary, Canada. She thought she’d do the right thing and return it to the nearest police station. But the police thought she’d stolen the wallet. Then they thought it was hers. It took her two days to sort the mess out.

No bull: Jonathan recently interviewed an ex-bullfighter, Alvaro Munera who now fights for animal rights. Listener Alexander Fiske-Harrison contacted RNW to make the case that bullfighting can be acceptable. He tells Jonathan what it was like getting into the ring with a bull and delivering the tiro de gracia himself.

Sunday, November 28 and Monday, November 29 2010: Radio Netherlands

In "Network Europe Extra" a pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Amongst this week's topics: Clarinets in Kinshasa: it's Congo's symphony orchestra / The Right Bank: Poland's symphony orchestra gets a new home on the Vistula river / And on the other Right Bank: move over Mona Lisa, the Louvre hosts soloists, too.

Friday, November 26 2010: Radio Netherlands

In "Earth Beat", Marnie Chesterton looks at the footprint we are leaving on our planet and runs stories from the people trying to make that footprint lighter.

Coping with the growth of megacities. As world leaders gather in Cancun for another climate change summit, EarthBeat looks at the most pressing issues facing the world’s biggest urban centres.

From air quality in Beijing, to traffic management in Delhi – examine what life is like for the people who live there. And what role do megacities play in the drive to cut carbon emissions?

Radio Netherlands broadcast times:
In North America: 0800 ET / 0500 PT
1800 ET / 0300 PT
0000 ET / 2100 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: 1000 UTC / 1200 CAT
2200 UTC / 0000 CAT
0400 UTC / 0600 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: 1000 UTC / 2100 AEDT
2200 UTC / 0900 AEDT
0500 UTC / 1600 AEDT

In Europe: 1930 UTC / 2030 CET 1400 UTC / 1500 CET
0030 UTC / 0130 CET

Sunday, November 28 and Monday, November 29 2010: Radio New Zealand International

RNZI is New Zealand's only shortwave station, broadcasting to the Island nations of the Pacific. Its broadcasts range from Papua New Guinea in the west across to French Polynesia in the east, covering all South Pacific countries in between.

In North America: Mon - Fri 1200 ET / 0900 PT

Sun 1530 ET / 1230 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: Sun 0100 UTC / 0300 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: Sun 0100 UTC / 1200 AEDT

In Europe: Sat 1500 UTC / 1600 CET
Sun 0530 UTC / 0630 CET

Sunday, November 28 and Monday, November 29 2010: Radio Romania International

“Inside Romania” looks at the biggest web technology event in East Europe hosted by Bucharest on November 3rd and 4th. And don’t miss “All that Jazz” and the regular lesson of Romanian language in “Romanian without Tears”.

Monday, November 29 and Tuesday, November 30 2010: Radio Romania International

"Pro Memoria" brings a feature on the assassinates perpetrated in Jilava. In November 1940, 2 months after the instatement of Antonescu’s legionnaire regime, a group of legionnaires killed 64 high-ranking officers and members of the Romanian inter-war political elite.

Radio Romania International broadcast times:

In North America: 0600 ET / 0300 PT
1000 ET / 0700 PT
1730 ET / 1430 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: 1230 UTC / 1430 CAT
0530 UTC / 0730 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: 1230 UTC / 2330 AEDT
0530 UTC / 1630 AEDT

In Europe: Mon - Fri 0500 UTC / 0600 CET 2000 UTC / 2100 CET

Sunday, November 28 and Monday, November 29 2010: RTE Ireland

"Saturday View" puts the political world in context. Each week Rachael English picks the most important stories, sniffs the political winds and fills Studio 5 and often regional studios with newsmakers, their critics and opponents for lively debate.

While the main focus is on the Dáil and the home stories, the outside world is not forgotten and the big international stories are regularly discussed.

In North America: 1400 ET / 1100 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: 0330 UTC / 0530 CAT
1930 UTC / 2130 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: 0330 UTC / 1430 AEDT
1930 UTC / Mon 0630 AEDT

In Europe: 1900 UTC / 2000 CET

Wednesday, December 3 2010: RTE Ireland

"This Week" gives you an in-depth look at events making the news in the past seven days. Tune in to hear Irish views and commentaries.

In North America: 2100 ET / 1800 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: 0330 UTC / 0530 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: 0330 UTC / 1430 AEDT

WRN via the Internet

WRN's website, www.wrn.org provides information about all our partner broadcasters plus links to their websites.

The website hosts an extensive range of archived, on-demand programmes and you can also listen to WRN’s North America stream live 24/7.

RealGuide Directories

You can also access WRN's North American internet streams by choosing one of the following RealGuide Directories:

Europe: http://europe.real.com/guide/home/

United Kingdom: http://uk.real.com/guide/home/

Brazil: http://brazil.real.com/guide/news/

Latin America: http://latam.real.com/guide/news/

Spain: http://spain.real.com/guide/news/

Italy: http://italy.real.com/guide/home/

WindowsMedia Radio Tuner

Please click on the web link below, following the link to Internet Radio and clicking on the genre News and Talk.

http://www.windowsmedia.com/mediaguide/radio

Engineers Install Additional SW Station in Central African Republic

Imagine living in a country where you can’t access the Internet, watch television, read the newspaper or even receive mail. Except in Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), that’s what life is like for most of the country’s 4.5 million residents. Their lifeline to the rest of the world? Radio.

People in C.A.R., a country about the size of Texas, depend on radio broadcasts to keep them informed. Almost every village has a radio, and some have more than one. The sets are affordable, costing as little as US$6, usually coming from countries such as Nigeria and Niger.

The radios typically have FM, shortwave and medium-wave bands. Until 2005 there were only six private FM stations and one governmental shortwave station in this country where villagers have a life expectancy of just 44 years. It was then that Integrated Community Development International (ICDI), a partner of HCJB Global, was granted permission to open the country’s first privately owned shortwave radio station, Radio ICDI.

In early 2006 the ministry acquired an eight-acre tract of land on the plateau above the town of Boali. A road to the transmitter site was built, and electricity was installed. Equipment was transported in large shipping containers, and eventually one of the 20-foot-long metal containers was converted into a studio and transmitter building.

A year later a team from HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., spent three weeks
at the broadcast site, installed the first shortwave radio station. They also put in two satellite downlinks that provided access to the Internet and made it possible to receive French language Christian programming from Trans World Radio, another HCJB Global partner. Recently HCJB Global engineers returned to C.A.R. to put in two additional regional shortwave radio stations in Boali, similar to the station installed in 2007. One of the new stations will help extend the broadcast hours of the existing ICDI station into the nighttime. Each station only works well during a portion of each day because of how shortwave signals travel through the atmosphere.

The new ICDI radio stations will provide more programming opportunities for broadcasting the gospel across C.A.R. in Sango (the country’s trade language), French and various tribal dialects. Additional hours will also increase the opportunity to air more community development programs on AIDS prevention, orphan care, well-water repair programs and many other relevant humanitarian topics.

Curt Bender, manager of broadcast services at HCJB Global in Elkhart, said, “I want to give
the Lord recognition for sustaining our team through two difficult installations in the past three years and to praise Him for the success.” For more information on HCJB, visit: http://www.icdinternational.org/ . The website indicates that at least one of the stations is operating on 6.030 MHz.

Going from High in the Andes to Down Under

HCJB Global (written by Ralph Kurtenbach)

Work begins with handshakes all around for the volunteer crew at HCJB Global-Australia’s international broadcast facility in Kununurra. It was not always so, according to engineer Steve Sutherland who will move to the remote town in Western Australia after recently wrapping up nearly two decades as an engineer and manager at Radio Station HCJB’s former shortwave site at Pifo, Ecuador.

Except for his university years and career start in the U.S., Sutherland’s home since childhood has always been South America. While greetings there vary, most often they involve a personal touch—a kiss on the cheek, an embrace perhaps, and at minimum a handshake. So it was that Sutherland’s six months of tower work at Kununurra in 2008 carried with it a social ritual many Westerners may consider genteel, effusive or even time-wasting. The blond, blue-eyed engineer’s spoken English reveals just a hint of a Southern lilt, but he brings to Australia as well a bit of Latin America in the form of a handshake.

“I told the guys, ‘I’m sorry [but] this is my culture. I have to shake your hands,’” Sutherland recounted with a smile. “Within a couple of months, they were shaking each others’ hands without me instigating it. And we just had a real good time getting the work done.”

Broadcasting from Australia began on a 200-acre farm in 2003. Now on adjacent property, the
Kununurra crew has begun developing a full-time transmission site, allowing for high-gain antennas. “We were able to raise six towers (in 2008), and this year we’re hoping to put up
another four and the antennas strung up between them,” Sutherland continued. “We are hoping—if God allows—to be on the air [from the new site] in Kununurra.” Sutherland’s wife,
Kathy, and children, Jonathan, 9, and Carolyn, 7, will accompany him to Australia while their daughter Elizabeth will stay in Ecuador to study at HCJB Global’s Christian Center of Comunications in Quito. Their oldest daughter, Christina, is a recent graduate of Asbury
University in Kentucky and will be teaching.

Programs go out in 21 languages, airing a total of 105 hours per week. Languages include
English, Mandarin, Japanese, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Chhattisgarhi, Indonesian (Bahasa), Kuruk, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Marathi, Marwari, Telegu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Malay (Bahasa), Rawang, Min Nan Chinese (Fujian), Eastern Panjabi and Hmar. The antenna arrays on the new site will increase the reach of these broadcasts. While Ecuador’s high-altitude transmitter site carried its own unique challenges (electrical arcing on antennas, for example), the steppe climate in Kununurra presents different ones. The rains come each December and January, softening the ground of the antenna fields. “Actually, during a real wet year, you cannot get to the transmitter site itself,” he said. “We’re going to have to find a way to get out there to keep the equipment running.” Winds come with the dry season in the Andes, but not like Sutherland will see at Kununurra. He said when designing equipment, engineers must “think about 200 km/h (120 mph) winds.”

Sutherland hosted a steady stream of working volunteers at Pifo, with Ecuadorian staff as his stable work force. The Australia project will differ in that “we have (volunteers helping) for anything from a couple of days to three months,” he related. “Most of the people who are volunteers are either retired or approaching retirement age,” Sutherland explained. “They bring a lot of good experience … different experiences.” He said of the ad hoc tower crew that “they have a heart to do all they can to get God’s Word out.”
(NASB Newsletter/Nov News-10

Shortwave 'will continue to play major role' in Pacific

from Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union website via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia

Shortwave radio is likely to continue to play a major role in the Pacific for many years, the Chief Executive of Radio New Zealand, Peter Cavanagh, has said.

In an interview with ABU News, he said advances in technology were helping Radio New Zealand International reach more people and provide a more technically robust signal. But many people still depended on shortwave.

“We currently broadcast to the Pacific using both analogue and digital (DRM) shortwave transmitters. Most of our local partner stations are now using our digital transmission to provide a higher quality and more reliable signal for re-broadcast to their own audiences. But many individuals and those living on the more remote islands are still very much dependent on analogue receivers – particularly in times of crisis such as the cyclone season – and it’s likely that analogue shortwave will continue to play a major role in the region for many more years to come.”

Around 20 Pacific radio stations relay RNZI material daily, and individual shortwave listeners and Internet users across the world tune in directly to RNZI content. Mr Cavanagh said RNZI had been one of the first broadcasters in the region to adopt online broadcasting and provided a comprehensive archive of Pacific news and information.

“While reliable Internet connections in the Pacific are still not widely available, we’re aware that there’s a significant and growing online audience for RNZI’s programmes and services,”
he said.

Visit RNZI at http://www.rnzi.com/
(NASB Newsletter/Nov News-10)

Madagascar World Voice Update

by Dick Brackett
reprinted from World Christian Broadcasting Newsletter

I guess you could say that progress can be a matter of perspective and viewpoint. To a rabbit, a 100-yard dash takes just a few seconds, whereas to a turtle it may be a day's journey. That's how we view our progress in Madagascar. We have made huge strides and accomplished much. But there is still much to do.

Several unexpected setbacks have not deterred our progress in Madagascar, just caused us to miss a few deadlines. In spite of adverse weather, governmental upheaval and slow shipping, engineer Kevin Chambers and his crew of eager Malagasy workmen have managed to complete a monumental amount of work.

Buildings have been constructed, all four towers are firmly in place, diesel-powered generators are fully functional and three array antennas have been installed. The three transmitters have been built, tested and crated and are awaiting the final shipment to Madagascar from the port in Houston, Texas.

Our engineer, Kevin Chambers, has shown great ingenuity. A complicated, yet amazing simple system of counter-weights has been installed that will help to keep the array antennas balanced as they are installed. Using a network of pulleys, wires and sandbags, the system allows the antennas to give with the winds, then return to their original position.

Upon completion of the station, several new language services will be added to the daily broadcast schedule. Many hours of new programming have already been recorded in Arabic, English for African cultures, Spanish and Portuguese. These languages will join the English, Mandarin Chinese and Russian programs already being broadcast from [NASB member station KNLS in] Anchor Point, Alaska, giving us effective coverage of the world's population.
(NASB Newsletter/Nov News-10)

Tuning In: Ears to Our World

Inspired by his boyhood experience with shortwave radio, Thomas Witherspoon has brought the world to the remotest schools from Cameroon to Haiti

“This is the sound of renewable education!” says Thomas Witherspoon, 37, founder of Ears to Our World, as he picks up a small portable radio and quickly cranks its handle, producing a high-pitched, wobbly whine. Inside, a dynamo charges the radio’s battery. Witherspoon has taken his love of shortwave radio and filtered it through his experience in the corporate world, devising a strategy to help the most people for the least money. ETOW distributes wind-up radios to isolated villages across Africa and into Belize and Romania, providing listeners with vital information. His radios are also proving to be disaster-relief heroes in earthquake-devastated Haiti.

Additional story at WSJ website: http://magazine.wsj.com/hunter/donate/tuning-in/

Voice of America B10 schedule adjustments

Transmitters via Botswana, Germany, Kuwait, Philippines, Sao Tome, Saipan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

languages and target areas as indicated
All times UTC

Voice of America
0130-0230 5925 BIB 100 kW 105 deg to WeAS, deleted in Persian
0130-0230 7215 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAS, deleted in Persian
0130-0230 9495 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAS, deleted in Persian
0230-0330 new freq 7205 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAS,new time in Persian
0230-0330 new freq 9495 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAS,new time in Persian
0230-0330 new freq 9745 IRA 250 kW 324 deg to WeAS,new time in Persian
0300-0330 7340 BOT 100 kW 010 deg to EaCeAF, deleted in Swahili Mo-Fr
0300-0330 9440 SAO 100 kW 100 deg to EaCeAF, deleted in Swahili Mo-Fr
1200-1300 new freq 11700 UDO 250 kW 030 deg to EaAS,ex11705$in English
1300-1400 new freq 11700 UDO 250 kW 030 deg to EaAS,ex11705 in English Sa/Su
1400-1500 new freq 13735 WER 250 kW 105 deg to WeAS,ex13710#in Kurdish
1600-1700 new freq 11850 PHT 250 kW 283 deg to SoAS,ex6000$in Bengali
1700-1730 9565 BOT 100 kW 350 deg to EaCeAF, deleted in Swahili
1700-1730 13740 BOT 100 kW 010 deg to EaCeAF, deleted in Swahili
1700-1730 15730 SAO 100 kW 100 deg to EaCeAF, deleted in Swahili
2000-2100 new freq 7470 IRA 250 kW 316 deg to NE/ME,ex9420^in English Mo-Fr
2030-0030 new freq 7560 KWT 250 kW 070 deg to AFG ,ex7405&in English
2200-2300 new freq 7365 PTH 250 kW 021 deg to EaAS,ex7220*in English Su-Th
2300-2400 new freq 7365 PTH 250 kW 021 deg to EaAS,ex7220*in English
2200-2300 new freq 11860 SAI 100 kW 300 deg to EaAS,ex9490 in English Su-Th
2300-2400 new freq 11860 SAI 100 kW 300 deg to EaAS,ex9490+in English
2200-0030 new freq 9895 UDO 250 kW 156 deg to SEAS,ex9620=in Indonesian

& to avoid China National Radio in Chinese 11710
# to avoid All India Radio in English
$ to avoid Voice of Russia in Serbian
^ to avoid ERA in Greek
& to avoid China R Int'l in Polish/English/Chinese/Russian
* to avoid China R Int'l in Chinese/Vietnamese
+ to avoid Radio Republica in Spanish
= to avoid Radio Japan NHK in Japanese and Radio Exterior Espana in Spanish
(DX Mix News 652 via Iva Ivanov, Bulgaira & Wolfgang Bueschal, Germany)

TDP - B10 station schedules

Stations brokered via TDP (Transmitter Documentation Project) in Belgium.

Transmitters via Bonaire, France, Russia, Taiwan and Ukraine

All times UTC

Denge Mezopotamya (Clandestine)

Kurdish:
0500-1500 11530 SMF 300 kW 129 deg to WeAS Daily
1500-1900 7540 SMF 500 kW 129 deg to WeAS Daily
1900-2100 7540 SMF 300 kW 129 deg to WeAS Daily

TDP Radio

DRM:
0700-0800 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Mon
0800-0900 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Tue
0900-1000 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Wed
1000-1100 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Thu
1100-1200 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Fri
1200-1300 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Sat
1300-1400 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Sun
2100-2200 15755 BON 100 kW 320 deg to NoAM Daily,ex1900-2000 B09

Radio Democracia (Clandestine)

Amharic
0900-1000 21555 SAM 250 kW 188 deg to EaAF Sun

La Voix de Djibouti (Clandestine)

Somali+News in Arabic and French:
1200-1300 21525 UNIDtransmitter/SAM? to EaAF Thu

The Disco Palace

DRM
1400-1500 6015 ISS 035 kW 060 deg to WeEUR Daily
2000-2100 15755 BON 100 kW 320 deg to NoAM Daily

Voice of Asena (Clandestine)

Tigrinya
1730-1800 9605 SAM 250 kW 188deg to EaAF Mo/Fr,exMon/Wed/Fri B09

Voice of Meselna Delina (Clandestine)

Tigrinya
1730-1800 9605 SAM 250 kW 188 deg to EaAF Tue/Thu/Sat

Radio Bilal (Clandestine)

Amharic
1800-1830 9345 SAM 250 kW 188 deg to EaAF Daily,ex1800-1900 B09

Suaab Xaa Moo Zoo (Clandestine)

Hmong
2230-2300 7530 TAI 100 kW 250 deg to SoEaAS Daily.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 22)
(DX Mix News # 652 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria and Wolfgang Bueschal, Germany)

Indian broadcast staff plan second strike

Employees of India’s national broadcasters, Doordarshan (DDI) and All India Radio (AIR), are planning a second strike following a two-day stoppage this week. They are demanding the repeal of the Prasar Bharati Act, which they say gives the broadcasters autonomy only in day-to-day matters, without financial viability, the Business Standard reports. Prasar Bharati, the national broadcasting corporation, oversees the two organisations.

“There is no money to upgrade infrastructure at Prasar Bharati. Our office buildings are in shambles. Prasar Bharati is not financially viable. We want to function as independent media units but under the government,” S Anilkumar, Chairman of the National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan Employees, said.

The federation described the strike on Tuesday and Wednesday as a resounding success, saying 1,700 of DDI’s 1,800 stations had gone off the air. Official sources said the operations of DDI and AIR were “badly affected”, the Hindustan Times reports.

DDI’s Director General, Aruna Sharma, told the Press Trust of India that four regional centres stopped operating during the strike but that the News channel and the Asian Games telecast continued to air as usual.

The federation said the next strike would last for three days from 13 December.
(Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Polish Radio and TV under one banner ?

The head of Poland’s National Broadcasting Council, Jan Dworak has voiced that he would like to merge public broadcasters TVP and Polskie Radio. “Maybe one day we will see the creation of one giant public broadcaster, which would combine radio and television,” Dworak told the business daily, Puls Biznesu.

The daily writes that as head of the National Broadcasting Council, Jan Dworak wants to create a joint TV and radio council which would also act as a programming and supervisory board. According to Mr Dworak, the board would comprise of representatives from the world of Polish culture, artists’ associations, clerics, media bosses, but would also have room for “a few” politicians.
(Source: Polskie Radio/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Hot Spot DX - North Korea Attacks South Korea. Tensions High on the Peninsula

North Korea Fires at South - North Korea shoots dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island, military officials say, setting buildings on fire and causing injuries; South Korea returns fire and scrambles fighter jets.

Yonhap News Agency - (URGENT) N. Korea's military command vows "merciless" military strike against S Korea.

AP Press Report - N Korea fires artillery onto S Korean island, 1 dead
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101123/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_clash
(Milcom Monitoring Post)

Fox News
North Korea shoots dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near their disputed border, killing at least two people and injuring 16 others, prompting Seoul to return fire and scramble fighter jets.

U.S. Condemns North Korean Attack on South
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/23/condemns-north-korean-attack-south/

North Korea nuke revelations stir U.S. policy worry
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/11/22/north-korea-nuke-revelations-stir-policy-worry/

North Korea - B10 shortwave schedules

Effective from: 01 November 2010 - 27 March 2011

All times UTC
broadcast daily - programs last 47 to 57 minutes

Voice of Korea

Arabic
1500-1557 9990va 11545va
1700-1757 9990va 11545va

Chinese
0000-0057 13650as 15100as
0200-0257 7220as 9345as 9730as
0300-0357 13650as 15100as
0800-0857 7220as 9345as
1100-1157 7220as 9345as
1300-1357 6185as 9850as
2100-2157 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as
2200-2257 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as

German
1600-1657 6285eu 9325eu
1800-1857 6285eu 9325eu
1900-1957 6285eu 9325eu

English
0100-0157 7220as 9345as 9730as 11735am 13760sa 15180sa
0200-0257 13650as 15100as
0300-0357 7220as 9345as 9730as
1000-1057 6185as 6285sa 9335sa 9850as
1300-1357 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1500-1557 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1600-1657 9990va 11545va
1800-1857 7570eu 12015eu
1900-1957 7210af 99975va 11535va 11910af
2100-2157 7570eu 12015eu

French
0100-0157 13650as 15100as
0300-0357 11735sa 13760sa 15180sa
1100-1157 6185as 6285sa 9335sa 9850as
1400-1457 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1600-1657 7570eu 9335na 11710na 12015eu
1800-1857 7210af 9975va 11535va 11910af
2000-2057 7570eu 12015eu

Japanese
0700-0757 3250as 7580as 9650as
0800-0857 3250as 7580as 9650as
0900-0957 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1000-1057 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1100-1157 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
1200-1257 3250as 6070as 7580as 9650as
2100-2157 3250as 7580as 9650as
2200-2257 3250as 7580as 9650as
2300-2357 3250as 7580as 9650as

Russian
0700-0757 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
0800-0857 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245as
1400-1457 6285eu 9325eu
1500-1557 6285eu 9325eu
1700-1757 6285eu 9325eu

Spanish
0000-0057 11735sa 13760sa 15180sa
0200-0257 11735sa 13760sa 15180sa
1900-1957 7570eu 12015eu
2200-2257 7570eu 12015eu
(Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany)

South Korea, KBS World - B10 English schedule

Effective: 31 October 2010 - 27 March 2011
broadcast daily, target areas as indicated

All times UTC

English
0200-0300 9580sa
0800-0900 9570as
1100-1130 DRM/Sat 9760eu
1200-1300 9650na
1300-1400 9570as
1600-1700 9640as 9515eu
1800-1900 7275eu
2200-2230 3955eu
(Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager/Monitoring Times)

South Korea, KBS World - B10 Non-English

Effective: 31 October 2010 - 27 March 2011
broadcast daily, target areas as indicated

Arabic
1800-1900 WRN ME/Africa
2000-2100 9430 (Sines) ME/Africa

Chinese
1130-1230 9770 SE Asia
1130-1230 6065 China
1300-1400 1170(MW),7275 Non Direction
2300-2400 9805 SE Asia
2200-2300 7275 China

French
2100-2200 3955 (Skelton) Europe
2100-2200 6165 (Issoudun) Africa (from Dec. 1)

German
2000-2100 3955 (Skelton) Europe

Indonesian
1200-1300 9570 SE Asia
1400-1500 9570 SE Asia
1900-2000 102.6 Jakarta
2200-2300 9805 SE Asia

Japanese
0100-0200 9580 Japan
0200-0300 11810 Japan
0800-0900 7275 Japan
0800-0900 6155 Japan
1000-1100 9805 Japan
1100-1300 1170(MW) Japan

Korean 1
1600-1800 7275 Europe
1700-1900 9515 Europe
0900-1100 7275 Non Direction
1600-1800 9705 Middle East/Africa

Korean 2
0300-0400 11810 S.America
0700-0800 6045(Skelton) Europe
0900-1100 9570 SE Asia
0900-1000 15160 ME/Africa
1000-1100 1170 (MW) Non Direction
1200-1300 7275 Non Direction
1400-1500 9650(Sackville) N.America

Russian
1800-1900 7235(Rampisham) Europe
2030-2100 738 Moscow

Spanish
0100-0200 11810 S.America
0200-0230 9560(Sackville) North America
0600-0700 6045(Sackville) Europe
1100-1200 11795(Sackville) South America

Vietnamese
0100-0200 9565 Southeast Asia
1030-1130 9770 Southeast Asia
1500-1600 9640 Southeast Asia
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

Vatican Radio - B10 English schedule

Vatican Radio

Effective: 31 October 2010 - 27 March 2011

Broadcast days as indicated. Target areas: af (Africa) As (Asia) am (Americas) eu (Europe) va (various areas)



All times UTC


English
0140-0200 5895va 7335va

0250-0300 6040am 7305am

0300-0320 15460as

0300-0330 7360af 9660af

0300-0330 DRM 9660af

0500-0530 7360af 9660af 11625af

0600-0620 Mon-Sat 4005eu 7250eu

0600-0630 Mon-Sat 5965eu

0630-0700 7360af 9660af 11625af

0730-0745 Mon-Fri 5965eu 7250eu 9645eu

0730-0745 Mon-Sat 4005eu 11740eu 15595eu

1100-1130 Sun 7250eu

1530-1550 Sun-Fri 7585as 11850as 13765as

1530-1558 Sat 7585as 11850as 13765as

1715-1730 4005eu 5885eu 7250eu 7290eu 9645eu

1730-1800 9755af 11625af 13765af

2000-2030 7365af 9755af 11625af

2045-2100 DRM 9800am

2050-2100 4005eu 5885eu 7250eu

2100-2120 4005eu 5885eu 7250eu

2100-2130 DRM 9800am

2300-2330 DRM 7370am
(PTSW)

Radio Free Sarawak goes on the air, via shortwave

Radio Free Sarawak, aimed as an alternative voice for Sarawakians, went on air November 15. In an e-mail to FMT, the Bruno Manser Foundation, said that the new alternative radio station will have two daily broadcasts on shortwave, presumably in Iban and Bahasa Malaysia. 'It aims at Sarawak's rural communities who lack access to independent media,' stated the e-mail. It is an open secret that the media in Sarawak are strictly controlled by the state government under Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and logging companies who own and control all major media outlets in the state.
The transmission details of Radio Free Sarawak are as follows:

1st transmission: 0630-0730 local time (GMT +8) on 7590 kHz (short wave)
2nd transmission: 1800-1900 local time (GMT +8) on 15680 kHz (short wave).
(Kim Elliott & Arnaldo Slaen, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Radio Netherlands Media Network blog post:

Radio Free Sarawak goes on the Air

Radio Free Sarawak, aimed as an alternative voice for Sarawakians, went on air this morning. In an e-mail to Free Malaysia Today, the Bruno Manser Foundation, said that the new alternative radio station will have two daily broadcasts on shortwave, presumably in Iban and Bahasa Malaysia. “It aims at Sarawak’s rural communities who lack access to independent media,” stated the e-mail.

It is an open secret that the media in Sarawak are strictly controlled by the state government under Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and logging companies who own and control all major media outlets in the state.

The transmission details of Radio Free Sarawak are as follows:

1st transmission: 0630-0730 local time (2230-2330 UTC) on 7590 kHz
2nd transmission: 1800-1900 local time (1000-1100 UTC) on 15680 kHz

The e-mail had also attached a message from the producers of Radio Free Sarawak. Below is the message;

“Please send the details to all your Sarawak friends so that they know the existence of the radio-which will become an alternative news source to the Sarawakians, especially to those who stay in the interior. The folks in the interior have been fed with a monotonous one-sided views from the ruling parties - if at all they can receive the TV and radio transmissions. So they need another avenue - and Radio Free Sarawak intends to fill in this gap.”
(Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/ )

Logging
7590 Radio Free Sarawak
Heard then as well,on the 19th, but at 2238 UTC, with a great signal, about S5-S6 level. Male announcer with commentary talks in Bahasa Malaysia about Malaysia and India, and the social injustices in Malaysia. Mention of a 2002 conference in Kuching. This was apparent interview over a phone linefrom the studio. At 2243 the audio disappeared, no fade -out just disappeared. Signal came back on at 2249 ( studio link down?) By 2252, the signal was again becoming quite unstable and I was hearing two signal paths from about2256 to about 2310. At first I thought it was interference, but it was the same speaker with a delay of a few micro-seconds. (long and short paths). Unfortunately the signal slowly deteriorated to almost poor by 2314. Did manage to catch bit's of the ID at 23:29 and off at 2330 hours. Best heard on the trap-sloper, then switched to the 150 foot longwire for quieter conditions. Did get about five minutes of recording time on a new digital recorder, but I hoping to catch them at their sign-on (the best chance). Will keep-on trying.
(Edward Kusalik in Daysland, Alberta, Canada/Cumbre DX)