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Monday, April 29, 2013

The Voice Asia - A13 Summer Schedule

Uzbekistan

CVC/The Voice Asia

Effective: 31 March - 27 October 2013

Target areas to Asia/broadcast daily

All times UTC

Hindi
0000-0400 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to India
0100-0400 9975 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg to South Asia
0400-1100 13630 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to India
1100-1400 9660 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to India
1400-2000 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg to India
(Balkan DX/29 Apr 2013)

Radio Belarus - A13 Summer Schedule

Effective: 31 March - 27 Octoebr 2013

Target areas as indicated/broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

All times UTC

Radio Belarus
1100-1400 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Belarussian
1400-1600 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Russian
1600-1800 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Polish
1705-1800 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu Polish
1800-1940 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu German
1800-1940 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu German
1940-2000 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu German Tue/Wed/Fri
1940-2000 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu German Tue/Wed/Fri
1940-2000 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu French Sat-Mon/Thu
1940-2000 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu French Sat-Mon/Thu
2000-2020 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu Spanish Sat-Mon
2000-2020 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Spanish Sat-Mon
2000-2020 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu English Tue-Fri
2000-2020 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu English Tue-Fri
2020-2200 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu English
2020-2200 11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu English
2200-2300 7255 MNS 125 kW / 252 deg to WeEu Russian
(Balkan DX/29 Apr 2013)

Bangla Betar - A13 Summer Schedule

Bangladesh

Radio Bangla Betar - A13 Summer Schedule

Effective: 31 March - 27 Oct 2013

Target areas as indicated/broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

All times UTC

1230-1300 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English
1315-1345 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali
1400-1430 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu
1515-1545 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi
1600-1630 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1630-1730 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla
1745-1900 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English
1915-2000 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla
(Balkan DX/29 Apr 2013)

Israeli A13 Summer Schedules

Israel

All times UTC

Kol Israel - A13 Summer Schedule

Effective from: 22 April - 27 October 2013

All target areas to Asia/broadcast days as indicated

Kol Israel
1400-1500 11595 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Fri/Sat
1400-1500 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Fri/Sat, ex 9985
1400-1530 11595 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Sun-Thu
1400-1530 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Sun-Thu, ex 9985

Israel, Radio Galei Zahal
0000-2400 6885 ISR 005 kW / non-dir to ISR Hebrew, but isn't 24h
0000-2400 15850 ISR 005 kW / non-dir to ISR Hebrew, but isn't 24h
(Balkan DX/29 Apr 2013)

FEBC Philippines- A13 Summer Schedule

Philippines, FEBC Manila - A13 Summer Schedule

Effective: 31 March - 27 October 2013

All target areas to Asia
Broadcast days/languages as indicated

All times UTC

0000-0015 9795 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmu

0000-0030 9405 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese

0000-0100 12055 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Lahu/Wa
0000-0100 12070 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese

0000-0100 15600 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Chin-Asho/Khumi-Karen

0000-0130 15435 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Shan/Tai-Lu/Maitei/Chin

0100-0130 15560 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Javanese

0630-0800 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese

0730-0900 15525 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese

0800-0830 15320 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Madurese M-Wed
0800-0830 15320 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg to SEAs Sasak Thu-Sun

0800-0900 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Hu/Mgolian

0830-0900 11820 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Banjar M/Wed/Fri
0830-0900 11820 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg to SEAs Gortalo Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun

0900-1000 15450 BOC 100 kW / 245 deg to SEAs Minangkabau
0900-1000 15580 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg to SEAs Makassarese/Buginese

0900-1400 9400 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese

0900-1700 9430 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese

1000-1030 15640 BOC 100 kW / 308 deg to SEAs Southern Bai

1030-1100 12095 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Tai-Lu

1000-1100 15580 BOC 100 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Sunda/Sasak

1100-1200 9795 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Lahu
1100-1200 9855 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Vietnamese

1100-1300 12095 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Hmg/Lao/Njua/Mien

1115-1200 15330 BOC 100 kW / 278 deg to SEAs Karen/M/Jingpho

1200-1300 7410 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer

1200-1330 9920 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Rade/Jarai/Roglai/Sedang/Koho

1200-1400 12020 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Rawang/Akha/Naga/Chin-Daai

1300-1330 11825 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to CeAs Tibetan

1300-1400 12095 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Hmg/Khmu

1330-1400 9890 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to CeAs Chinese-Yunnan

1400-1430 11750 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Lahu
1400-1430 15620 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Javanese

1400-1600 9345 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese

1430-1500 12085 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Uyghur

1500-1600 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian

2230-2400 9405 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Chinese

2300-2330 9365 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Iu Mien
2300-2330 9795 BOC 100 kW / 275 deg to SEAs M
2300-2330 12095 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Hmg

2300-2400 12070 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese
2330-2400 9795 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Lao

2330-2400 12055 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Palaung/Pale/Tai-Lu
2330-2400 15600 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs Burmese
(Balkan DX/29 Apr 2013)

Thursday, April 25, 2013

VOA Radiogram slated for April 27-28

Hello VOA Radiogram listeners,

Thank you for all the reception reports, screenshots, audio samples, etc, that you sent after the VOA Radiogram broadcasts on April 20 and 21.

Because of deadlines this week in my audience research job here at the US International Broadcasting Bureau, I have not yet been able to respond personally to your e-mails. But I will eventually.

It appears that the MFSK modes remain the most successful of all the modes we have tried. MFSK32 is a bit slow (about the speed that VOA Special English is spoken), but it rarely fails, and it can also be used to send images. It is probably time to think about receive-only software applications (app) for MFSK32, for PCs, tablets, and mobile devices.

Here is the tentative lineup of modes for April 27 and 28:

MFSK16 (preview of the program)
PSK63F (a slow but robust mode that we have not yet given a long test)
MFSK32 (VOA story with text plus image)
Thor 50x1 (for comparison with 50x2)
Thor 50x2 (because it was omitted last weekend)
MFSK64
MFSK128 (sent once)
MFSK128 (Flamp: sent twice)
MFSK128 (Flamp: sent 3 times) (if time)

If you don't already have it, please download Flamp from www.w1hkj.com . Flamp divides a text file into several blocks, each with a specific number of characters. If any block is received without the correct number of characters, that block is rejected. The missing block can be picked up during the repeat transmission. Flamp might be useful for those text transmissions that are received at about 90% or better copy, when occasional deep fades prevent 100% copy. In Flamp, under Configure, check both of the Auto sync boxes.

Your suggestions and ideas for future editions of VOA Radiogram are welcome.

I'll send another e-mail as the weekend approaches.

Thanks again and best regards,

Kim Andrew Elliott

radiogram@voanews.com

http://voaradiogram.net

Twitter: @VOARadiogram
(photo/VOA Radiogram)

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Clandestine Stations Summer Schedules

The following is a partial list of clandestine stations operating on shortwave radio

A13 Summer Schedules

All times UTC

Broadcast days as indicated

Radio Republica
0000-0200 9490 ISS 250 kW / 215 deg to Cuba Spanish

Radio Payem e-Doost
0230-0315 7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi till April 30?
0230-0315 11710 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi from May 1
1800-1845 5900 DHA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs Farsi from May 1
1800-1845 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi till April 30?

Denge Kurdistan
0300-1500 11510 KCH 250 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-1900 11510 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish

Radio Miraya
0300-0600 11560 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English/Arabic

Radio Okapi, currently inactive, maybe will be resumed from May 1
0400-0500 11690 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to CeAf French/Lingala

Radio Tamazuj
0400-0430 11650 SMG 200 kW / 145 deg to EaAf Arabic
0400-0430 15400 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Arabic
0400-0430 15500 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Arabic
1500-1530 15150 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Arabic
1500-1530 15725 SMG 200 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Arabic

MND Radio
0400-0455 5150 JNG 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
0400-0455 6360 CHC 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
0500-0550 4925 JNG 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
0500-0550 6550 CHC 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
0600-0635 6270 JNG 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
0600-0635 6480 CHC 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
0700-0735 5290 JNG 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
0700-0735 6435 CHC 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
1000-1050 4925 JNG 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
1000-1050 6550 CHC 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
1100-1150 6270 JNG 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
1100-1150 6480 CHC 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
1200-1255 5150 JNG 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean
1200-1255 6360 CHC 100 kW / n-dir to KRE Korean

EDC Sudan Radio Service Darfur Program
0400-0530 13720 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to NEAf Arabic
1600-1730 17745 WOF 300 kW / 135 deg to NEAf Arabic

Radio Damal, currently inactive, maybe will be resumed from May 1
0400-0700 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali
1830-1930 11980 WOF 300 kW / 122 deg to EaAf Somali
1930-2130 11980 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali

Radio Dabanga
0430-0600 11650 SMG 200 kW / 145 deg to EaAf Arabic
0430-0600 15400 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Arabic
0430-0600 15500 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Arabic
1530-1630 15150 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Arabic
1530-1630 15725 SMG 200 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Arabic

Voice of Justice
0600-0630 9677.5vSPK 010 kW / n-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat
1400-1430 9677.5vSPK 010 kW / n-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri

Radio Abkhazia (Apsua Radio)
0700-0800 9535 SUK 005 kW / n-dir to CeAs Abkhaz M/Wed/Fri
0800-0830v 9535 SUK 005 kW / n-dir to CeAs Russian M/Wed/Fri
But much to my surprise there was no broadcast April 10, 17 & 22

Radio ERGO
0830-0930 13685 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali

Voice of Talyshistan
0900-1000 9677.5vSPK 010 kW / n-dir to CeAs Talysh
1200-1300 9677.5vSPK 010 kW / n-dir to CeAs Talysh
1500-1600 9677.5vSPK 010 kW / n-dir to CeAs Talysh

Radio Free Kenyalang
0900-1000 15400 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Iban, ex 15360

Radio Free Sarawak
1100-1300 15420 TAI 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Iban till April 17
1100-1300 15430 TAI 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Iban from April 18

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo, Voice of Hope
1130-1200 11570 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmg
2230-2300 7530 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmg

Voice of Tibet
1200-1230 15607 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1230-1300 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1300-1330 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1300-1330 15607 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1330-1400 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1330-1400 15608 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese
1400-1430 15567 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1400-1430 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1430-1500 17535 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1530-1600 15485 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan
Changes between each frequencies vary from 3 to 5 min.

Que Me
1200-1230 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri

Khmer Post Radio
1200-1300 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer

Radio Free Chosun
1200-1400 11540 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean
1200-1400 15720 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean
2000-2100 7505 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean

Open Radio North Korea
1230-1430 11550 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean
1230-1430 15700 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean
2100-2200 7480 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean

Voice of Wilderness (BVB)
1300-1330 17650 NAU 250 kW / 048 deg to KRE Korean M-Sat
1300-1400 11860 TRM 250 kW / 045 deg to KRE Korean M-Sat
1300-1400 17650 NAU 250 kW / 048 deg to KRE Korean Sun
1300-1430 11860 TRM 250 kW / 045 deg to KRE Korean Sun
1900-2000 7375 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean M-Sat
1900-2030 7375 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean Sun

Nipp no Kaze
1300-1330 9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Korean
1500-1530 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean
1530-1600 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean

Furusato no Kaze
1330-1400 9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese
1430-1500 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese
1600-1630 9780 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to NEAs Japanese

JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze
1330-1430 6020 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE various Japanese M/Wed/Thu;
Chinese/Korean Tue; English Fri; Korean/Japanese Sat and Japanese/Korean Sun
2000-2100 6075 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE various Japanese M/Wed/Thu;
Chinese/Korean Tue; English Fri; Korean/Japanese Sat and Japanese/Korean Sun

North Korea Reform Radio
1400-1600 7590 TAC 200 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean, ex 1500-1700

Democratic Voice of Burma
1430-1530 11560 DB 100 kW / 125 deg to SEAs Burmese
2330-0030 11595 DB 100 kW / 125 deg to SEAs Burmese

Radio Free North Korea
1430-1630 11570 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean, ex 1200-1400

Voice of Tigers
1530-1630 11550 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to CLN Tamil Sat

Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow
1600-1630 7550 KCH 100 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Farsi M/Fri not 1700-1730

Radio Xoriyo
1600-1630 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat
1600-1630 17870 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Somali M/Fri
Transmissis are jammed by Ethiopia with broadband DRM-like white noise

Radio Shorouq/Radio Sunrise
1600-1700 11610 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic M-Fri

Radio Dialogue FM
1600-1700 12105 MDC 250 kW / 265 deg to ZWE English/Sha/Ndebele

Voice of Martyrs
1600-1730 7515 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean

Dimtse Radio Erena
1700-1730 11560 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afar/Oromo

Voice of Oromo Liberati
1700-1800 13810 WER 100 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Oromo/Amharic Sun/Wed

Voice of Assenna
1700-1800 15245 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya M/Wed/Fri
Transmissis are jammed by Ethiopia with broadband DRM-like white noise

E-SAT Radio
1700-1800 15xxx*SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Amharic 1st/3rd M

*15355-15390 different frequencies in different days and different weeks. All frequencies are jammed by Ethiopia with broadband DRM-like white noise

SW Radio Africa
1700-1900 4880 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English

Radio EYSC - Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change
1730-1800 15310 WER 100 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Tue/Fri

Radio Voice of The People
1800-1900 9345 MDC 250 kW / 265 deg to ZWE English/Sha/Ndebele

Lutheran World Federati, Voice of Gospel (Sawtu Linjilia)
1830-1900 15315 WER 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulfulde

Sound of Hope
2200-2300 6280 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Fri/Sat
2200-2300 7105 TSH 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
2200-2300 9635 TSH 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
2300-2400 6280 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Fri/Sat
2300-2400 7310 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
0900-1100 9540 TSH 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat/Sun
0900-1100 11760 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat/Sun
1100-1300 7280 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1400 6030 TSH 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1400 6240 BAO 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1400 7310 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1400 11760 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
1400-1500 9450 PAO 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Chinese
1400-1500 11760 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
1500-1600 9450 PAO 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 11765 TSH 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
(DX Mix Nx 777 - 23 Apr 2013)

Monday, April 22, 2013

Focus on Cyprus Relay Station-Part 2

Focus on Africa: BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station Cyprus - Part 2

In this our second topic in the mini-series on the BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station, we pick up the story at the time of the transfer of the station, the shadowy Sharq al Adna, from the Royal Air Force Base near Jaffa in Palestine to a new location near Limassol on the island of Cyprus. This transfer took place during the era when events were heating up in the Middle East just before the British mandate over Palestine ended on May 14, 1948.

Initially, just two sites on Cyprus were chosen as the locations for the transferred Sharq al Adna radio station. The head office and studios were located at Polimia, or Polemydia, a suburban location in the northwest of Limassol the island capital. The transmitter base was located at Zygi some twenty miles to the east of Limassol on land beside a British navy base overlooking the Bay of Limassol.

The four shortwave transmitters at 7½ kW from Sharq al Adna in coastal Jaffa Palestine were re-installed at the Zygi transmitter base on Cyprus and test broadcasts from the new location began at low power in October 1948. A schedule of regular program broadcasting was introduced right at the beginning of the following month, November 1.

This re-introduced shortwave broadcasting service was on the air, still under the original slogan, Sharq al Adna, the Near East Arab Broadcasting Station. Programming at this stage was produced locally in both Arabic and English, though it was under the auspices of the Allied Command, Psychological Unit in England.

Strange as it may seem, not only were the equipment and the personnel transferred from one country to another, Palestine to Cyprus, but so also were the callsigns. In Palestine, so in Cyprus; the basic callsign for the entire station was ZJM, which was usually the identifier for the mediumwave outlet. On shortwave, the callsigns ranged from ZJM2 up to ZJM8, with the final numeric designator indicating the specific shortwave channel.

Quite soon afterwards a mediumwave transmitter was installed at Zygi with 7½ kW on 635 kHz. Then in the 1950s, a series of developmental projects was implemented on Cyprus to increase the broadcast coverage and reliability of programming from the Sharq al Adna radio station.

In 1953, a new 20 kW shortwave Marconi BD262 was installed at Zygi, with another similar model during the following year. In 1955, two additional Marconi shortwave transmitters BD260 at 7½ kW were installed, followed by two more at 20 kW just two years later.

At another location some distance away, an additional new transmitter station was under development. This new location was at Lady’s Mile on the other side of Limassol, some five miles distant from the capital city, on the south west coast of Cyprus. This tourist beach stretches some three or four miles and it was named Lady’s Mile, in honor of a horse, Lad. This horse was owned by an officer in the Royal Air Force who used to exercise it along the beachway.

Between the beach and a shallow salt lake inland, a new broadcasting station was constructed for Sharq al Adna with a 100 kW mediumwave transmitter. This facility was inaugurated on May 12, 1955 on 638 kHz.

Around this era, the political situation in Middle Eastern areas was changing and Egypt was moving towards taking over the Suez Canal. Active conflict broke out on October 29, 1956, though a cease fire was implemented a week later, on November 6.

To counter these aggressive moves, sudden changes were introduced at the Sharq al Adna radio station. On October 22, a British army officer arrived from England to take over the management of the station.

At 11:30 am, the British Foreign Office in London informed the BBC that it was taking over the station at 3:00 pm the same day. The name was changed from Sharq al Adna to the Voice of Britain, and announcers from the BBC Arabic Service were arriving in Cyprus to take over program production. This station was now relaying BBC programming for 4¾ hours daily.

After the Suez crisis was over, an attempt was made to turn the station into a commercial operation with on air advertising. This endeavor was only partly successful. Then, early in the following year, the station was offered to commercial interests in England but none were interested in investing funding in this project.

Thus it was that the British government announced surreptitiously in the House of Lords that they had “bought” the station, even though in reality the government already owned the station. On March 31, 1957, the Voice of Britain on Cyprus was turned over to the BBC, and the station then became the BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station, the name that it still carries to this day.

Next time, we plan to present the interesting story of the development of this large relay station on the island of Cyprus into a giant facility of electronic outreach on behalf of the BBC London.

(AWR Wavescan/NWS 214 via Adrian Peterson)

Focus on Cyprus Relay Station - Part 1

Focus on Africa: BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station Cyprus - Part 1

In our program today, we present the first episode in a mini-series regarding the fascinating history of the BBC Eastern Relay Station on the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. In this, another presentation under the title Focus on Africa, we begin at the beginning, which takes us back to the coastal areas of Palestine under the old British Mandate.

On the central Mediterranean coast lies the very ancient city of Jaffa, which is described as one of the oldest cities upon planet Earth. These days, Jaffa is quite modern and it is an integral part of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa metroplex.

Ancient Jaffa is noted with several interesting references in the Holy Bible, including for example: King David & his conquests, King Solomon receiving the Cedars of Lebanon for the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and Jonah and the whale with his epic voyage in the eastern Mediterranean.

Jaffa is also mentioned in an ancient Egyptian letter from the year 1440 BC, glorifying the conquest by Pharaoh Thutmose 3, who was the adoptive brother of the well known Biblical patriarch Moses. To obtain the conquest of the city, the pharaoh hid armed Egyptian soldiers in large baskets filled with gifts for the governor of Jaffa.

During the latter stages of the British Mandate over Palestine, an air force base was established on land near Jaffa that was leased from the local authorities. During the year 1941, a surreptitious radio broadcasting station was established in this air force base using RAF equipment and it was launched under the identification slogan, Freedom Broadcasting Station.

Initially, the programming from this new shortwave station was beamed to the Balkan countries in eastern Europe, though programming in the Arabic language was added soon afterwards, with the identification announcement in Arabic as Sharq al Adna, and in English as the Near East Broadcasting Station. At full strength, Sharq al Adna in Jaffa was on the air with 4 transmitters at 7½ kW each.

During its 8 year history at this location in coastal Palestine, the shadowy Sharq al Adna was regularly on the air with the 4 transmitters in parallel under the general callsign ZJM. All of its international shortwave channels were heard far and wide, in Europe, North America & the South Pacific, and these channels were:-

ZJM4 6135 kHz ZJM5 6170 kHz ZJM6 6790 kHz

ZJM7 11750 ZJM8 9650

The local shortwave channel, shown as ZJM3 on 3320 kHz, was at times listed as in use, but there are no known loggings of this channel in the DX publications of the era.

The two mediumwave transmitters in Palestine during this era, with 20 kW each on 677 kHz & 574 kHz, were also allocated callsigns in the same ZJM sequence, as ZJM & ZJM2. However, these two broadcast transmitters were not part of the Sharq al Adna facility. The studios for the two mediumwave transmitters of this Palestine Broadcasting Service were in Jerusalem, and the transmitters were installed at Ramallah, on the downward slopes towards the Jordan River.

Most of the programming for Sharq al Adna in coastal Jaffa was in the Arabic language, though some was in English, and occasionally some was in Hindustani for the benefit of Indian soldiers on duty in the area. The identification signal was a short melody on a harp.

During the Palestine era, this station was always under the control of the British government, though it theoretically changed hands a few times. To the casual listener, Sharq al Adna was a mystery station with interesting programs; and to the dedicated international radio monitor, this Near East Broadcasting Station was a clandestine operation on behalf of the British government.

In 1945 after the end of World War II the legal status of Sharq al Adna was changed and it began to operate as a commercial radio broadcasting station, and it was noted on air with advertisements in the Arabic language.

The British Mandate over Palestine was scheduled to end at midnight on May 14, 1948. In preparation for the Palestine areas to declare their own independence amidst the turmoil and bitter fighting of that era, the British staged their withdrawal in what historians describe as their typical style, with “pomp and circumstance”. In advance, the technical equipment and personnel associated with the shortwave radio station, Sharq al Adna, were readied and withdrawn from Jaffa on the Palestine coast and transferred to a new location on the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, just 70 miles off shore.

During the Palestine era, a colorful QSL Certificate was issued by Sharq al Adna from its official address in Jerusalem. The first known edition of this QSL sheet contained a printing error, showing the spelling of Palestine without the first E, that is Palstine. A second printing of this same QSL Certificate made a correction, as shown on page 72 of Jerome Berg’s authoritative shortwave history “Broadcasting - 1945 to Today”, and the word Palestine is spelled correctly.

When “Freedom at Midnight” occurred, not in India but rather in the Middle East, on May 14, 1948, radio station Sharq al Adna was no longer in Jaffa, it was already under installation on Cyprus. And that’s our story next time in this sequence of topics on the BBC Eastern Relay Station.

(AWR-Wavescan/NWS 208 via Adrian Peterson)

The First Wireless Newspaper

Previously here in Wavescan, we presented the story of medium wave and shortwave radio broadcasting on Catalina Island, just off the coast of southern California at Los Angeles. This week, we present another part of this same story, this time, “The World’s 1^st Wireless Newspaper”.

Catalina Island is shaped almost like the big hand of a clock, pointing towards 11:00 o’clock. The island is twenty two miles long, eight miles wide, and just twenty miles off the California coast at Los Angeles. The total population on the island is around 4,000, and the main town on the island is Avalon with 3,000 residents.

One of the major problems on Catalina is a shortage of fresh water and there have been times when it was necessary to import water into the island by ship, and dispense it locally by horse drawn wagon. A moderately sized desalination plant valued at $3 million was installed at Pebbly Beach in 1991 and this supplies 132,000 gallons of fresh water each day, processed from the salt water in the nearby ocean.

Catalina enjoys a mild sub-tropical climate and the island attracts one million tourists and vacationers each year. Naturalists tell us that there are fifteen unique animals and plants on the island, including the Catalina Fox and the Orange Tip Butterfly.

In ancient times, historians tell us, the island was inhabited by 2,500 native dwellers, known as the Tongvu people. The island was discovered in 1542 by the Portuguese explorer, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing for Spain; and eighty years later it was rediscovered by the Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino who gave it the name, Santa Catalina Island.

Catalina has been visited by Russians from Siberia, Aleuts from Alaska, and many traders from various Pacific locations. In the 1830s, the last of the native population migrated across the intervening channel to California.

Then, in 1846, the then Mexican governor granted the island to private owners. The island has since known many owners, including William Wrigley of chewing gum fame.

It was in 1864 that Pigeon Post was introduced between Catalina Island and the Californian mainland, and it took ¾ hour for messages to be delivered in either direction. Some thirty five years later, when the Pigeon Post was discontinued, it took ten days for the postal service to deliver stamped mail.

In 1901, Robert Marriott, Chief Engineer for the Pacific & Continental Wireless Telegraph & Telephone Co designed two sets of wireless transmitters and receivers and had them manufactured in Denver Colorado. Each wireless transmitter was rated at 2 kW.

During the following year, one set was installed at Avalon on Catalina Island with its own power generator, and another set was installed twenty six miles distant on the mainland at San Pedro, Los Angeles. Initially, the wireless station at Avalon was identified with the callsign A, and the San Pedro station was identified with the callsign G.

On Catalina, the city office was located in a small building on Ocean Avenue, the same location where the historic Chimes Tower now stands. Western Union telegraph lines connected the city office to the wireless station on the north edge of Avalon Bay.

Test transmissions between the two wireless stations, A & G, began on June 28, 1902, and the first official message from Avalon was directed to the president of the United States, President Theodore Roosevelt on August 23.

On July 4, 1910, the Avalon wireless station received the Morse messages from station TG in San Francisco, describing a boxing match in Nevada. A copy of the Morse message was recorded onto tin foil, and this recording is honored as the world’s first recording of an off-air wireless message.

Ten years later, voice equipment was installed at the Avalon wireless station and a new radio telephone service was inaugurated between Catalina and the Californian mainland on July 1, 1920, a world first. The Avalon transmitter was allocated the callsign KUXV, and it is understood that the transmitter frequency was initially somewhere within what became the standard mediumwave band, though subsequently it was moved onto what was technically a shortwave channel, just above the standard mediumwave band.

However, because radio monitors could tune in to these conversations on home made radio receivers, a submarine cable was laid three years later and the radio telephone service was discontinued.

The enterprising Los Angeles Times entered into a publishing arrangement, the first in the world, whereby news was transmitted by Morse Code from Los Angeles to Avalon, and then printed locally for sale. These news dispatches were transmitted by wireless beginning daily around 4:00 am, and by 7:00 am, local citizens in Avalon were buying a printed version at three cents a copy. The paper version of the Los Angeles Times arrived by boat in Avalon several hours later in the afternoon.

This, the world’s first wireless newspaper was named appropriately “The Wireless Newspaper”, and the first edition was printed in Avalon on Wednesday March 25, 1903, exactly 110 years ago tomorrow. The news information in this single sheet stated, for example, that rain in Los Angeles had caused the worst tie up of street cars (or trams) in the history of the city; and Professor Fleming in London described his newly developed multiple system of wireless telegraphy.

This historic and picturesque wireless station on Catalina Island was perched on a hillside overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It was featured on several tourist postcards, in both black & white and in color. This wireless/radio station was in use for a total of twenty one years, and even though it is long since gone, it is memorialized in both the history of Catalina Island, and also in the developmental history of wireless in California and throughout the world as the first ever wireless station erected for commercial operation.

(AWR Wavescan via Adrian Peterson)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

:Issued: 2013 Apr 22 0431 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
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 15 - 21 April 2013

Solar activity was at low levels during the period. The first half of the period (15 - 18 April) was dominated with mostly low-level C-class activity from Regions 1719 (N11, L=077, class/area Eki/290 on 12 April) and 1723 (S18, L=001, lass/area Dai/200 on 17 April). The largest event during this time frame was a long duration C6 at 18/1823 UTC from Region 1719. Associated with the event was a Type II signature with an estimated plane-of-sky speed of 1273 km/s and a coronal mass ejection (CME) observed off the west limb. The remainder of the period (19 - 21 April) witnessed the rapid emergence on the disk of Region 1726 (N12, L=326, class/area Ekc/260 on 21 April). During this time frame, Region 1726 produced a total of 20 C-class flares. The largest flare was a C4/Sf at 21/1838 UTC. At the time of this report, Region 1726 was continuing its growth phase and maintaining its complex beta-gamma-delta magnetic configuration. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. However, the greater than 10 MeV proton flux increased slightly above background levels beginning at about 21/1005 UTC and peaked at about 3 pfu at 21/1640 UTC. The enhancement was likely triggered by activity beyond the west limb from old Region 1719 (N11, L=077). 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels. 

Geomagnetic field activity was at predominately quiet levels with an isolated unsettled reading observed during the period 15/1800 - 2100 UTC. The period began under the waning influence of a weak CME. Solar wind speeds were at mostly nominal levels, beginning the period near 450 km/s and exhibited a steady decline to end the period at about 285 km/s. Total interplanetary magnetic field (IMF)
readings ranged from a high of 12 nT early on 15 April, declined to 4 nT by early on 16 April and varied between 4 - 6 nT for the remainder of the period. The Bz component of the IMF ranged from +11 nT early on 15 April and declined to about +5 nT by midday on 15 April. Through the remainder of the period, Bz did not vary much beyond +/-4 nT. The Phi angle was in a negative (toward) orientation through early on 16 April and switched to a predominately positive (away) orientation  through about 20/1900 UTC when it became variable through the remainder of the period. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 22 April - 18 May 2013

Solar activity is expected to be at predominately low levels through the outlook period. A chance for M-class activity and a slight chance for x-class activity exists due to active regions that currently populate the visible disk and active regions due to rotate onto the disk throughout the outlook period. 

A slight chance for a 10 MeV proton event at geosynchronous orbit is possible due to active regions that currently populate the visible disk and active regions due to rotate onto the disk throughout the outlook period. 

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate to high levels from 24 April - 02 May in the wake of a coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Normal to moderate levels will predominate from 03 - 18 May. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on 22 April in response to a possible glancing blow from the 18 April CME. Mostly unsettled to active levels with isolated minor storm periods are possible from 23 - 26 April due to recurrent (CH HSS) effects. Predominately quiet levels are expected from 27 April - 18 May.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt

:Issued: 2013 Apr 22 0431 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC website: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2013-04-22
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2013 Apr 22     110           8          3
2013 Apr 23     120          12          4
2013 Apr 24     115          12          4
2013 Apr 25     120          15          4
2013 Apr 26     110          12          4
2013 Apr 27     110           5          2
2013 Apr 28     110           5          2
2013 Apr 29     115           5          2
2013 Apr 30     115           5          2
2013 May 01     120           5          2
2013 May 02     125           5          2
2013 May 03     125           5          2
2013 May 04     125           5          2
2013 May 05     125           5          2
2013 May 06     120           5          2
2013 May 07     115           5          2
2013 May 08     115           5          2
2013 May 09     120           5          2
2013 May 10     120           5          2
2013 May 11     120           5          2
2013 May 12     115           5          2
2013 May 13     115           5          2
2013 May 14     110           5          2
2013 May 15     110           5          2
2013 May 16     105           5          2
2013 May 17     105           5          2
2013 May 18     105           5          2

(NOAA)

Summer schedule updates

Transmitters via: Botswana, Kuwait, Tinian Mariana Islands, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

IBB changes in A-13 summer season

All times UTC

Voice of America
0100-0200 15205 UDO 250 kW 292 deg to SoAS English, ex11705
1300-1400 13690 IRA 250 kW 340 deg to WeAS Pashto Deewa Radio,ex11590
1400-1500 9850 BIB 100 kW 105 deg to WeAS Kurdish, ex15130
1400-1500 13690 LAM 100 kW 093 deg to WeAS Pashto Deewa Radio,ex11590
1400-1500 17870 IRA 250 kW 299 deg to WeAS Kurdish, ex15525
1500-1600 13690 UDO 250 kW 300 deg to WeAS Pashto Deewa Radio,ex11590
1700-1800 7365 BIB 100 kW 105 deg to WeAS Kurdish, ex15130 WER
1800-1830 13630 IRA 250 kW 255 deg to CeSoAF Port Mo-Fr,ex17530 GB
1900-2100 9490 UDO 250 kW 038 deg to EaAS Korean, ex6060
2130-2200 12005 BOT 100 kW 350 deg to WeAF Bambara Mo-Fr,ex15255 ASC

Radio Liberty
0500-0700 17780 KWT 250 kW 035 deg to CeRUS Russian, ex17810
1900-2000 7475 UDO 250 kW 335 deg to EaEUR Russian, ex 5920 BIB

Radio Free Asia
0200-0300 21520 TIN 250 kW 295 deg to CeAS Tibetan Wed, ex17620
0200-0300 21530 TIN 250 kW 295 deg to CeAS Tibetan Thu, ex17620
0200-0300 21540 TIN 250 kW 295 deg to CeAS Tibetan Fri, ex17620
0200-0300 21550 TIN 250 kW 295 deg to CeAS Tibetan Sat, ex17620
0200-0300 21560 TIN 250 kW 295 deg to CeAS Tibetan Sun, ex17620
0200-0300 21570 TIN 250 kW 295 deg to CeAS Tibetan Mon, ex17620
0200-0300 21580 TIN 250 kW 295 deg to CeAS Tibetan Tue, ex17620
1400-1500 9720 TIN 250 kW 270 deg to SoEaAS Vietnamese, ex9715
1500-1600 11870 KWT 250 kW 078 deg to CeAS Tibetan, ex11835
1500-1700 5830 TIN 250 kW 325 deg to EaAS Korean, ex5820
2330-2400 13730 TIN 250 kW 280 deg to SoEaAS Vietnamese, ex13570
(WWDXC/Top News 1112)

(DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 16)

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

EWTN-WEWN A13 Summer Schedule

Effective: 31 March - 27 October 2013

Broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

All times UTC

English
0000-0100 11520af
0100-0200 11520af
0200-0300 11520af
0300-0400 11520af
0400-0500 11520af
0500-0600 11520af
0600-0700 11520af
0700-0800 11520af
0800-0900 11520af
0900-1000 11520as
1000-1100 11520as
1100-1200 11520as
1200-1300 11520as
1300-1400 15610va (eu, me)
1400-1500 15610va (eu, me)
1500-1600 15610va (eu, me)
1600-1700 15610va (eu, me)
1700-1800 15610va (eu, me)
1800-1900 15610va (eu, me)
1900-2000 15610va (eu, me)
2000-2100 15610va (eu, me)
2100-2200 15610va (eu, me)
2200-2300 15610va (eu, me)
2300-0000 15610va (eu, me)

Spanish
0000-0100 5810ca 11870sa
0100-0200 5810ca 11870sa
0200-0300 5810ca 11870sa
0300-0400 5810ca 11870sa
0400-0500 5810ca 11870sa
0500-0600 7555ca 11870sa
0600-0700 7555ca 11870sa
0700-0800 7555ca 11870sa
0800-0900 7555ca 11870sa
0900-1000 7555ca 11870sa
1000-1100 7555ca 12050sa
1100-1200 7555ca 12050sa
1200-1300 7555ca 12050sa
1300-1400 11550ca 12050sa
1400-1500 11550ca 12050sa
1500-1600 11550ca 12050sa
1600-1700 11550ca 12050sa
1700-1800 11550ca 13830sa
1800-1900 12050ca 13830sa
1900-2000 12050ca 13830sa
2000-2100 12050ca 13830sa
2100-2200 12050ca 13830sa
2200-2300 12050ca 13830sa
2300-0000 12050ca 13830sa
(EWTN online 17 Apr 2013 - contact gtapley@ewtn.com)

Monday, April 15, 2013

Voice of Turkey - A13 Summer Schedule

Turkey

Voice of Turkey

Effective: 31 March 2013 - 26 October 2013

All times UTC

kHz UTC tx kW deg language target
7260 0000-0200 EMR 500 72 TURKISH AS
9770 0100-0200 EMR 500 290 SPANISH NoWeAF/AMs/SoEUR
9870 0100-0200 EMR 500 270 SPANISH AMs/SoEUR
9465 0200-0300 EMR 500 72 UYGHUR AS
6165 0300-0400 EMR 250 138 ENGLISH AS
9515 0300-0400 EMR 500 325 ENGLISH AMs/EUR
6040 0400-0600 EMR 500 138 TURKISH AS
11980 0400-0600 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM

11750 0600-0900 EMR 500 97 TURKISH AS
11955 0600-1155 EMR 250 150 TURKISH AF/AS
13635 0600-1300 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM
11730 0700-0800 EMR 500 95 AZERBAIJAN AS
11795 0830-1000 EMR 500 95 PERSIAN AS
11750 0900-1000 EMR 500 150 ARABIC AF/AS
9855 1000-1030 EMR 500 32 TATAR AS
9655 1000-1100 EMR 500 72 GEORGIAN AS
13650 1030-1100 EMR 500 72 UZBEK AS
7210 1100-1130 EMR 250 290 BULGARIAN EUR
15240 1100-1200 EMR 500 62 CHINESE AS
13760 1130-1230 EMR 500 310 GERMAN EUR

11825 1200-1230 EMR 500 90 TURKMEN AS
13710 1200-1300 EMR 500 92 URDU AS
11700 1230-1330 EMR 250 72 UYGHUR AS
15450 1230-1330 EMR 500 310 ENGLISH EUR/AM
11965 1300-1400 EMR 500 20 RUSSIAN AS/EUR
9840 1300-1600 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM
11880 1330-1400 EMR 500 62 KAZAKH AS
9540 1400-1500 EMR 250 150 ARABIC AF/AS
9610 1400-1425 EMR 500 290 ITALIAN EUR
17770 1400-1500 EMR 500 252 ARABIC AF/SoEUR
9765 1500-1600 EMR 250 105 PERSIAN AS
11765 1500-1630 EMR 500 92 DARI-PASHTO AS
9530 1530-1630 EMR 500 95 AZERBAIJAN AS
5960 1600-2100 EMR 500 150 TURKISH AF/AS
9460 1600-2100 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR
15520 1630-1730 EMR 500 95 ENGLISH AS
11930 1630-1730 EMR 500 270 SPANISH AF/EUR
7360 1730-1930 EMR 500 190 FRENCH AF
11835 1730-1830 EMR 500 310 GERMAN EUR

9785 1830-1930 EMR 500 310 ENGLISH EUR
9535 1930-2030 EMR 500 247 FRENCH NoAF/CeAF/WeAF
9635 1930-2030 EMR 500 300 FRENCH EUR
7205 2030-2130 EMR 500 105 ENGLISH AS/AUS/NZL
9830 2200-2300 EMR 500 310 ENGLISH AMs/EUR
(TRT xls transformed to frequ sorted form file by wb.
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)
(WWDXC Top News 1108)

Radio Veritas - A13 Summer Schedule

Philippines

Radio Veritas

Effective: 31 March - 26 October 2013

All services targed to Asia

All times UTC

Bengali
0030–0057 15265
1400–1427 11870

Chin
0130–0157 15255
1430-1500 11870

Filipino
1500-1553 15320 CVA SMG
2300-2327 15355

Hindi
0030–0057 15280
1330–1400 11870

Hmong
1200–1227 11935

Kachin
1230–1257 15225
2330-2357 9645

Karen
0000–0027 11935
1200–1230 15225

Khmer
1000–1030 11850

Mandarin
1000-1157 11945
1100-1157 11945
2100–2200 6115
2200-2257 6115

Myanmar
1130-1157 15450
2330–2357 9720

Sinhala
0000–0027 15460
1330–1400 9520

Tamil
0030–0057 11855
1400–1427 9520

Telugu
0100–0127 15530
1430–1500 11750

Urdu
0100–0127 15280 17860
1430-1457 15330 CVA SMG

Vietnamese
0130–0230 15530
1030–1127 11850
1300–1327 11850
2330–2357 9670
(RVA Technical Dept. Ashik Eqbal Tokon Rajshahi, Bangladesh)

Voice of Greece- A13 Summer Schedule

Greece

Voice of Greece

Effective: 31 March - 26 October 2013

All times UTC

UTC Avlis1/f/az Avlis2f/az Avlis3f/az
0000-0100 15650/226 7475/285 9420/323
0100-0200 15650/226 7475/285 9420/323
0200-0300 15650/226 *7475/285 9420/323
0300-0400 *15650/226 15630/285 9420/323
0400-0500 11645/182 15630/285 9420/323
0500-0600 11645/182 15630/285 9420/323
0600-0700 11645/182 15630/285 9420/323
0700-0800 11645/182 15630/285 9420/323
0800-0900 SILENT
0900-1000 SILENT
1000-1100 SILENT
1100-1200 SILENT
1200-1300 #9935/285 15630/285 9420/323
1300-1400 #9935/285 *15630/285 9420/323
1400-1500 #9935/285 15650/105 9420/323
1500-1600 #9935/285 15650/105 9420/323
1600-1700 *#9935/285 15650/105 9420/323
1700-1800 #7450/323 15650/105 9420/323
1800-1900 #7450/323 *15650/105 9420/323
1900-2000 #7450/323 15630/285 9420/323
2000-2100 #7450/323 15630/285 9420/323
2100-2200 #7450/323 15630/285 9420/323
2200-2300 *#7450/323 15630/285 9420/323
2300-2400 15650/226 15630/285 9420/323
*Transmission ends 10 minutes earlier

Weekly maintenance every Monday at 0800-1400 UT
Daily maintenance at 0800-1200 UT

SW-MACEDONIA RADIO STATION ERA3 Greece Time: UTC+3hrs
Time UTC f/az Main Coverage Area
1200-1650 9935/285 Europe
1700-2250 7450/323 Europe

e-mail: bcharalabopoulos@yahoo.gr

URL Live Audio Internet: http://www.ert.gr
(Babis Charalampopoulos-GRC via John Babbis-USA,
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews/Wolfgang Buesche, germany direct)
(WWDXC Top News 1110 via W. Bueschel, Germany)

Radio 700 - A13 Summer Schedule

Germany

Radio 700

Effective: 31 March - 26 October 2013

programming in German and various languages, targeted to Europe

All times UTC
0000-0100 3985
0100-0200 3985
0200-0300 3985
0300-0400 3985
0400-0500 3985
0500-0600 3985
0600-0700 3985 7310
0700-0800 3985 7310
0800-0900 mtwhfa 6005
0800-0900 3985 7310
0900-1000 mtwhfa 6005
0900-1000 3985 7310
1000-1100 3985 7310
1015-1100 6005
1100-1200 3985 6005 7310
1200-1300 3985 6005 7310
1300-1400 3985 6005 7310
1400-1500 3985 6005 7310
1500-1600 3985 6005 7310
1600-1700 3985
1645-1700 6005
1700-1800 3985
1800-1900 3985
1900-2000 3985
2000-2100 3985
2100-2200 3985
2200-2300 3985
2300-0000 3985
(BCL/Martin Elbe, Germany)

Radio Cairo - A13 Summer Schedule

Egypt

Effective: 31 March - 26 October 2013

All times UTC
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

0200-0700 on 13850 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to NoAM Arabic
0400-0600 on 15610 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili
0700-1100 on 17510 ABZ 100 kW / 250 deg to WeAf Arabic General Service
1015-1215 on 17830 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Arabic
1215-1330 on 17870 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English
1230-1400 on 15710 ABS 250 kW / 106 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1300-1600 on 15535 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Arabic
1330-1400 on 17725 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Dari
1330-1530 on 15040 ABZ 100 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Farsi
1400-1600 on 15545 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 15065
1500-1600 on 13580 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Albanian
1500-1600 on 15160 ABS 250 kW / 061 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1530-1730 on 17840 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili
1600-1700 on 13680 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Bosnian
1600-1700 on 15450 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Afar
1600-1800 on 15735 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Urdu
1600-1800 on 15345 ABS 150 kW / 196 deg to CSAf English
1700-1730 on 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Somali
1700-1900 on 9280 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to N/ME Turkish
1730-1900 on 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 9490 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Italian
1800-2100 on 15710 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Hausa
1845-2000 on 17625 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to WeAf Fulfulde
1900-2000 on 12050 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000 on 9685 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian
1900-2030 on 15290 ABZ 250 kW / 250 deg to WeAf English
1900-2400 on 9305 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service
1900-0030 on 11540 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to CEAf Arabic R.Voice of Arabs
2000-2115 on 12050 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French
2000-2200 on 15225 ABZ 250 kW / 110 deg to AUS Arabic
2030-2230 on 15210 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf French
2115-2245 on 11890 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English
2215-2330 on 15480 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Portuguese
2300-0030 on 9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm English
2330-0045 on 15480 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Arabic
2330-0045 on 13855 ABS 250 kW / 286 deg to CeAm Arabic
0000-0700 on 9305 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
0030-0430 on 9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to NEAm Arabic
0045-0200 on 9315 ABZ 250 kW / 330 deg to NoAm Spanish
0045-0200 on 13620 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to SoAm Spanish
0045-0200 on 13855 ABS 250 kW / 286 deg to CeAm Spanish
0200-0330 on 9315 ABZ 250 kW / 330 deg to NoAm English
(DX MIX NEWS)
(BCL update 05 Apr 2013)
(BC/http://www.bclnews.it/a13schedules/cairo.htm) 15 April 2013)

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Radio Pakistan Summer Schedule

Radio Pakistan

Effective: 31 March - 26 October 2013

All times UTC

0045-0215 11580 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu
0045-0215 17710 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu
0500-0700 15725 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu, ex 15100
0500-0700 17830 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu, ex 17835
0830-1105 15725#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, ex 15100
0830-1105 17720#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1200-1300 15730 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15700
1200-1300 17720 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese
1330-1530 15235 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
1330-1530 17520 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
1700-1900 11570*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1700-1900 15265*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
# incl.English news bulletin 0900-0910 and 1100-1105
* incl.English news bulletin 1700-1710
(Bulgaria DX)

Radio Marti A13 Summer Schedule

USA, Radio Marti - A13 Summer Schedule

Effective: 31 March - 26 October 2013

All times UTC

Spanish to Central America
0000-0100 6030ca 7365ca
0100-0200 6030ca 7365ca
0200-0300 6030ca 7365ca
0300-0400 6030ca 7365ca
0400-0500 6030ca 7405ca
0500-0600 6030ca 7405ca
0600-0700 6030ca 7405ca
0700-0800 5980ca 6030ca
0800-0900 5980ca 6030ca
0900-1000 5980ca 6030ca
1000-1100 6030ca 9805ca
1100-1200 7405ca 9805ca
1200-1300 7405ca 9805ca
1300-1400 7405ca 13820ca
1400-1500 11930ca 13820ca
1500-1600 11930ca 13820ca
1600-1700 11930ca 13820ca
1700-1800 11930ca 13820ca
1800-1900 11930ca 13820ca
1900-2000 11930ca 13820ca
2000-2100 9565ca 11930ca
2100-2200 9565ca 11930ca
2200-2300 9565ca 11930ca
2300-0000 9565ca 11930ca
(DX Mx/WWDXC Top Newx 1111) 10 Apr 2013