Wavescan DX show to cease broadcast

I have received advice from Rhoen Catolico, Assistant Producer, Adventist World Radio-Asia, that the long-running weekly English language communications/media/DX Wavescan program will be closed down in May.

This is a consequence of a decision made by AWR Headquarters in the USA.

At present, AWR-Asia programming originates from studios in Singapore - from June, production will be moved to Indonesia. The Wavescan program is broadcast from KSDA in Guam, and via the Wertachtal (Germany) relay, for a target audience across Asia, the Indian sub-continent, and the Pacific. It is also rebroadcast over WRMI, in the USA.

Since Wavescan's inception some years ago, EDXP has provided major input each month via our Australian DX Report features, for 15 minutes.

During the month, Wavescan also includes features contributed from other members of the production team, including Japan, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

From June, this will mean that the only weekly media/communications/DX program on SW targeting Asia and the Pacific will be HCJB's DX Partyline, from Kununurra, Western Australia, which has a short version of the Australian DX Report each month of four minutes duration.

It is not known if AWR-HQ in the USA will produce any regular communications/media/DX type programs after May.
(Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)

Blog Logs - pirate radio activity

All times UTC

6925.03 USB North Sea Radio, 0119-0125*, 4/12. playing songs about pirates such as I'm the Worst Pirate in the World and IDs with Seagull sound effects, announced at 0125 "moving to 6935 for the western array" and then gone. good (Srebnick-NJ)

6925.05 USB WTCR, 0147-0148, 4/12. w/pop mx and IDs, fair (Srebnick-NJ/NASWA)

6925 Northwoods Radio, 0142 – 0155, 4/13/09. Two segued rock tunes, “Northwoods Radio”, manic laughing, off. Fair to good. (Taylor-WI/NASWA)

6925.0 MAC, 2110, Apr 18, English, The Beatles "I'll get by with a little help from my friends", "I have nothing to say (but thats Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band." "Hey Joe"
Fair. (Rohde/NASWA)

6925.0 USB The Voice of Spike, 1323-1347, Apr 18, English, Spike and his Wacky Wacketeers, The only station dedicated to "Spike Jones" music, 1347 off. Good. (Rohde/NASWA)

6925.0 USB Voice of Kaos, 0003, Apr 18, English, "Get Smart" theme and then Voice of Kaos ID , This is the Voice of Kaos, "walk this way, talk this way", Pat Benatar "Heart Breaker", "yes, it is true the Voice of Kaos is back and this is our Rock n Roll show", "Hot Blooded" Fair. [Also] 1303-1329, Apr 19, English, Way down in the noise I heard the "Get Smart" music and "This is the Voice of Kaos" 1303 still hearing you but unable to really tell what is going on. Tuned back in just in time for the "Get Smart" theme, signal much stronger..sorry got lured away by the Voice of Indonesia Poor.(Rohde/NASWA)

6925.0 USB, Weak Radio, 0220, Apr 18, English, 0220 Punk sounding music, 0221 female WEAK Radio ID, Back to the punk Fair. (Rohde/NASWA)

6950.0 Channel Z, 1444, Apr 19, English, This is a test tx with a 1.1 watt corsette transmitter, "Sweet Child O'Mine", "fox on the run", Suzzie Quatro, Channel Z ID, "Frankenstein"
Fair. (Rohde)

6925 WMPR 1424 ID "This is WMPR" 04/12 fair (Srebnick-NJ/HCDX)

6850 WBNY 1429-1443* with Easter program, explaining how USA monkeys celebrate Easter on Sunday but Canadian monkeys celebrate on Monday. 04/12 fair (Srebnick-NJ/HCDX)

6925.05 USB UNID 1740-1829* Green Eggs and Green Spaghetti Sauce,
St. Patrick's Easter Day, and other green stuff. 04/12 fair
(Srebnick-NJ/HCDX)

World QSL Book Review

Teak Publishing, owned by Larry and Gayle Van Horn, published its first book in 2007.

World QSL Book, by Gayle Van Horn, is a comprehensive resource and reference book on CD for any hobbyist who is interested in acquiring a verification of reception of almost any HF station, whether broadcast, utility, amateur radio, or unlicensed pirate or clandestine!
For those new to the hobby, the first 90 pages are devoted to the “how-to’s” of QSLing, drawn from Gayle’s 30 years of experience. This includes best general practices in logging, reporting, and mailing your report, and then it moves on to address specific recommended practices tailored to each global region.
How do you know where to send the report? Should you try to send a report in a language you don’t speak? What should you enclose in your report? How long should you wait for a reply? Should you send a second report? The book answers these common questions and much more. And lastly, Gayle addresses an often-neglected question: what do you do with your QSL cards and letters after they start to accumulate?
As to where to send the report, that is the subject of the remaining 430 or so pages. An astonishing amount of information is contained under logically-organized, easy to follow sections. Each station listing includes mailing address, plus email address, website, and whether the station provides streaming audio. And, being in pdf format, all links are active, so a click will take you directly there if you are connected to the internet.
World QSL Book is published in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) electronic format and is fully searchable and printable. It can be run on any computer platform and uses the Adobe Acrobat reader program (a free internet download). Navigation through the book is made simple by a very comprehensive Table of Contents. Although you cannot go immediately to a topic by clicking on it, if you keep Adobe Acrobat’s “Bookmarks” panel open, simply clicking on the desired page number “turns” right to it.
Are you looking for a specific station or country? Another way to navigate is by using Adobe’s search engine: Click on the binoculars, type in “Madagascar,” and a few seconds later, 26 entries pop up on the search panel. You can pick the one that looks like the one you want, or manually click through each entry.
World QSL Book is available from Teak Publishing, P.O. Box 297, Brasstown, NC 28902 USA teakpub@brmemc.net for $19.95 +$3 shipping in the US (check, money order or Pay Pal). It is also available at the same price from Grove Enterprises (800-438-8155; order@grove-ent.com ).
Reviewed by Rachel Baughn, Editor, Monitoring Times

Radio Netherlands - Program Preview April 18-24

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 week, beginning on Saturday.

SATURDAY 18 April
*** The State We're In ***

Is there a right to sell small arms? Mick Ranger, a British gun merchant says his work is perfectly legal and necessary. While Irish nun Sister Barbara Raftery says legality means nothing since she conducted a classroom experiment that had her students import and export lethal, legal weapons.

Is there a right to migrate? Reporter Shannon Young visits an illegal migrants centre in Mexico and meets people prepared to stop at nothing to reach the US. We report on how the global economic downtown is affecting the 200 million Chinese migrants who moved from the countryside to work in factories. And we meet Joyce, a Nigerian woman who came to Europe when she was promised a job as a waitress but ended up in one brothel after another.

Now that President Obama has lifted restrictions on travel to Cuba, we speak again with Marlene, who told us three months ago how much she missed her family. Now she can go home whenever she wants.

And did Allah make them funny? Azhar Usman and Preacher Moss are Americans, lecturers, community activists and, oh yeah, stand up comedians. Together they travel the world raising smiles and consciousness while confronting fear of Islam in the West with their own unique brand of inclusive comedy.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** 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. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.


Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600

SUNDAY 19 April
*** Network Europe Extra ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (primary programme) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is 'Islands'.

'Across the Water'

Fair Isle is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the British Isles. At times in the last century Fair Isle's population became so low that there was talk of evacuation. In 2005 the Fair Isle community of around 65 people advertised for a family to join them. After interest from all over the world, a hat-maker from upstate New York, his wife and their young son were the successful applicants.

Nick Rankin of the BBC World Service travelled across the water to talk to them and other incomers of different generations about creating a life on Fair island.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

MONDAY 20 April
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***

We're finally back from Afghanistan and we've got the first in a series of Afghan shows. This week we'll stick with the basics and "Define the Mission" - we'll tell you what the Dutch are doing there in the first place... how much longer they plan to stay and what politicians, civilians, and soldiers think about it.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Global Perspectives (repeat from Sunday) ***

Radio Books takes a break as we present our annual documentary exchange series featuring eight national and international broadcasters giving their perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is 'Islands'.

'Across the Water'

Fair Isle is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the British Isles. At times in the last century Fair Isle's population became so low that there was talk of evacuation. In 2005 the Fair Isle community of around 65 people advertised for a family to join them. After interest from all over the world, a hat-maker from upstate New York, his wife and their young son were the successful applicants.

Nick Rankin of the BBC World Service travelled across the water to talk to them and other incomers of different generations about creating a life on Fair island.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** 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. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

TUESDAY 21 April
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***

Is there a right to sell small arms? Mick Ranger, a British gun merchant says his work is perfectly legal and necessary. While Irish nun Sister Barbara Raftery says legality means nothing since she conducted a classroom experiment that had her students import and export lethal, legal weapons.

Is there a right to migrate? Reporter Shannon Young visits an illegal migrants centre in Mexico and meets people prepared to stop at nothing to reach the US. We report on how the global economic downtown is affecting the 200 million Chinese migrants who moved from the countryside to work in factories. And we meet Joyce, a Nigerian woman who came to Europe when she was promised a job as a waitress but ended up in one brothel after another.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Earthbeat (repeat from Thursday) ***

This week on the show we take a look at the houses of the future, choc full of sustainable quirks and environmentally friendly initiatives. And we compare two very different projects, one of which looks like an entirely normal house, the other which looks like an igloo. Which begs the question, does an environmental housing project need to wear its colours so ostentatiously.

Plus we hear from a woman who worked, aged 12, in the sweatshops of Bangladesh, who now fights for a fare wage for garment makers in her country.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 22 April
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (repeat from Friday) ***

This week on Bridges With Africa we have a brand new feature: video on your radio! We continue our coverage of the Probo Koala toxic waste saga. We show you South Africa through the eyes of Zimbabwean refugees. And we have Mali superstars Amadou & Mariam on the show.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***

Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 23 April
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Earthbeat (primary programme) ***

We take a look at so-called blue-energy. Did you know that you can extract energy just from the difference between salt and fresh water? The Dutch island of Ameland is piloting a scheme to do just that, as part of an effort to be fossil fuel free. Also on the show, we hear about the glorious flamingos of Mumbai, their pink feathers an incongruous sight against the background of encroaching industry.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Curious Orange (repeat programme) ***

We're finally back from Afghanistan and we've got the first in a series of Afghan shows. This week we'll stick with the basics and "Define the Mission" - we'll tell you what the Dutch are doing there in the first place... how much longer they plan to stay and what politicians, civilians, and soldiers think about it.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 24 April
*** Network Europe ***

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.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Bridges with Africa (primary programme) ***

This week, Bridges With Africa takes you underground! Mining - a blessing for the continent, or a curse? We have stories from Mozambique and Guinea.

And 15 years ago, Liberian women got together for peace. We talk to one of their leaders, Etweeda Cooper. We have music from Sao Tomé and a video on the radio clip from Madagascar.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Reloaded (repeat programme) ***

Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1300 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R Netherlands)

WRN confirms involvement in getting Radio Mada on shortwave

London-based TV and radio transmission company WRN has confirmed in its newsletter that it recently arranged a series of special, one-off shortwave broadcasts for Radio Mada Internationale, a clandestine station which supports the deposed Madagascan president Marc Ravalomanana.
WRN was contacted on 17 March by followers of the deposed president who had aspirations to broadcast into Madagascar on shortwave. At the time, Radio Mada existed purely as an idea, however, under WRN’s guidance, the station was launched and broadcasting on shortwave within 24 hours. Transmissions are believed to have continued until 6 April, but possibly not daily.

The station was an initiative of Tiako I Madagasikara (I Love Madagascar, TIM), a political party in Madagascar founded by a group of individuals on July 3, 2002. It is now the largest party in the National Assembly of Madagascar with 106 of 127 seats, after the parliamentary election held on September 23, 2007.
(Source: WRN/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Pakistan to improve shortwave reception

Pakkstan’s Parliamentary Secretary for Information Azeem Daultana, has told parliament that that Radio Pakistan is broadcasting external services programs in seven languages and steps are being taken to improve shortwave transmission for world and external services.
(Source: South Asian News Agency/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC

All India Radio on 9425
9425, AIR Bengaluru - National Channel, 1431-1440, April 15. In English; news bulletin; ID seemed to be: “This is the National Channel of A.I.R. on 191.6m, 1566 khz., 246.9m, 1215 kHz., and on shortwave 9425 kHz. and 9470 kHz., in the 31m band”; program “Vivdh”(?) with talk about “Leadership in Education”. This is the regular program in English that I have recently been hearing at this time and seems to only be in English every other day, but needs more monitoring to confirm. Unable to hear them on 9470 (Ron Howard, CA)

British DX Club updates
The following updates have been made for BDXC DX Program, Africa, South Asia & Middle East guides.
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~bdxc/articles.html
(Alokesh Gupta, India)

Beacon Traffic monitored
Used my SONY-2010 in am mode with no filters, but my usual array of ALA100s. As Phil succinctly pointed out, the noise for this CLE was horrific. It reminded me of when I first started listening to BCNs about 11 years ago. Locals were spread over more than 20 khz. Canadians, when found, were the strongest of the bunch that could be heard for about 10 khz. W/O filters, it was very difficult seeing around all the local trees here on the middle coast. Could probably do a lot better without all the thunderstorms. A winter retry would be most interesting.

Ended up with 53 of 2,070 previously heard. In spite of ringing ears had fun remembering the days w/o filters and a high tech radio.

20090410 1732 353 DV IA Davenport
20090410 1733 356 PI IL Peoria
20090410 1735 365 MRJ WI Mineral Point
20090410 1738 375 CCY IA Charles City
20090410 1741 379 OW MN Owatonna
20090410 1743 382 AL IA Waterloo
20090410 1744 389 EN WI Kenosha
20090410 1713 200 HXF WI Hartford
20090410 1713 203 PVB WI Platteville
20090410 1748 206 IIB IA Independence
20090410 1750 417 IY IA Charles City
20090410 1716 230 HPT IA Hampton
20090410 1717 236 DEH IA Decorah
20090410 1718 245 FS SD Sioux Falls
20090410 1904 248 WG MB Winnipeg
20090410 1721 251 PRO IA Perry
20090410 1720 252 BOZ IL Sterling
20090410 1722 260 OLZ IA Oelwein
20090410 1913 269 BEX IA Bloomfield
20090410 1712 275 RF IL Rockford
20090410 1711 278 XWY IA West Union
20090410 1920 290 TVK IA Centerville
20090410 1726 293 CJJ IA Cresco
20090410 1726 302 EAG WI Eagle Grove
20090410 1728 323 EBS IA Webster
20090410 1729 329 AAA IL Lincoln
20090410 1752 332 HK IL Chicago
20090410 1729 341 DB IA Dubuque
20090410 1731 341 PRG IL Paris
20090411 0115 344 UNU WI Juneau
20090411 0134 332 QT ON Thunder Bay
20090411 0140 346 YXL ON Sioux Lookout
20090411 0143 356 IUL IN La Porte
20090411 1128 371 TZT IA Belle Plaine
20090411 1037 382 YPL ON Pickle Lake
20090411 1131 385 HYX MI Saginaw
20090411 0117 391 DDP PR San Juan
20090411 0122 400 MS WI Madison
20090411 1040 400 QQ BC Comox
20090411 1138 403 AXA IA Algona
20090411 1136 407 AQ WI Appleton
20090411 1136 407 BNW IA Boone
20090411 1148 410 MK WI Milwaukee
20090411 1139 412 CMY WI Sparta
20090411 0128 420 FQ MN Fairmont
20090411 1144 517 FN IA Clinton
20090411 1042 218 RL ON Red Lake
20090411 1049 245 YZE ON Gore Bay
20090411 1057 248 GGI IA Grinnell
20090411 1047 242 GM WI Milwaukee
20090411 1100 257 PEA IA Pella
20090411 1112 278 CRZ IA Corning
20090411 0058 280 PT ON Pelee Island
(Dave/MARE #524)

New video available at You Tube
A video with Bill Whitacre, who many will remember as our former North American Secretary, explaining how to listen to sounds recorded by the IBB Remote Monitoring System has been posted to YouTube.

IBB operates a network of over 70 remote monitoring systems [RMSs] in order to determine and demonstrate the audibility of its own and others' broadcasts.

Each RMS consists of an antenna, a radio and a computer attached to the internet. A simple text file script is used by the computer to collect and encode sound samples and bandscan information from the radio.

YouTube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI9IPVTCGUE

Webpage:
http://monitor.ibb.gov/rms/
(Mike Barraclough/UK, World DX Club)

Clandestine changes frequency
5910, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, ex: 6120, *1400-1430*, April 15. In Korean with piano music in the background; fair to good reception; another clear frequency for them. This is a good solution to their problem of jamming by N. Korea. Just change frequency before any jamming is used against them. Most listeners know by now that they stay in the 49m band during this time period, so it is not difficult to re-locate them. They were on 6120 for about 2 weeks (Ron Howard, CA)

European Music Radio 33rd Birthday progtram
Time 0900 to 1000 UTC

Date 19th of April 2009

Frequency 6140 kHz

0900 to 0920 Tom Taylor

0920 to 1000 Mike Taylor (Mail Box program)
(Tome Taylor)

Reactivated stations
Another tidbit courtesy of Don Jensen and the NASWA Yahoo Group:

From Raphael Rodriguez, Colombia, reporting in PlayDX:

Two new or reactivated stations in Huancabamba, Peru:
La Voz de las Huarinjas reactivated on 5059, hrd 2350 and signing off at 0204*
Radio Nueva Super Sensacion now on 6536, 0050-0120*
(Mary Coady/ODXA)

Peruvian logs
6195.77, Radio Cusco,(presumed) 0038-0100, Part two: Noted a male in Spanish language comments. Can't recognize what the comments are referring? He could be discribing a sporting event or a religious revival? The noise is just a little stronger than Cusco's signal. most of the time. At 0055 music heard At 0057 noted a canned ID from a female as: "...Radio Cusco ..." during the music which continued.Heavy duty QRM on the hour at 0100 blocks Cusco completely. (Chuck Bolland, FL April 17, 2009)

6195.77, Radio Cusco, 0034-0100, Noted a male in Spanish language comments. Signal was very poor/threshold. Frequency is measured to the nearest Cycle. More will follow. (Chuck Bolland, FL April 17, 2009)

6019.30, Radio Victoria, 0834-0845, With a male in live Spanish comments giving time as "seis hora ... en matina ...", as he continues to talk until 0837 when canned promos heard. With the time, believe he was saying how long before six o'clock? Promos continue until 0840, then male with live talk again. So far the signal is good.(Chuck Bolland, April 17, 2009)

6019.40, Radio Victoria, 2319-2330 Setting on this freq prior to 2319 with only the carrier audible, at 2319 the audio popped in with a female in Spanish comments. She's shortly joined by a male. This continues to 2330 and beyond.Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, FL April 16, 2009)

Pirate traffic
6925USB Northwoods Radio/North Sea Radio. 2337-0035*. 11 April. EG. The reception was plagued by heavy static and poor propagation at tune in. Luckily, both improved greatly as the program progressed. ID by Mr. Savage at 2337 followed by The Delaware Destroyers featuring Mr. Thorogood with “I Drink Alone.” From 2345 until approximately 2353, it sounded like an IS loop with many calls from the Loon, “Thus Spake Zarathustra,” IDs, email address of rthwoodsradio@yahoo.com, and the first part of “Heavy Metal” sang by Mr. Hagar. At 2354, the call of the Loon was replaced by the cry of a seagull, Mr. Savage was promoted to Capt. Savage, and the station became North Sea Radio. The music then consisted entirely of songs with pirate themes. All in all, it was a very well produced program, and the music on the North Sea Radio portion was very nice indeed. (Wood)

9625USB WEAK Radio / Radio First Termer (?) Iraq w/70s pop music including "Spill the Wine" a Steppenwolf tune and somewhat out of genre "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straights. Lots of
local noise making reception poor, SIO 3+32+ ID and address at s/off as weakradio@gmail.com but IDs in the midst of the program were something like Radio First Termer Iraq. 0154-0230* 2/April
(MARE # 524)

Radio Havana World of Stamps Contest
The following letter is received by RHC. They are running the Philatelic contest. Here is the
details for that contest.

Dear friend:
Thanks for getting in touch with us on March 20th last. In fact, your message was forwarded immediately to our General Director for due consideration.

We invite you to listen to Radio Havana Cuba's broadcasts and to visit our webpage (http://www.radiohc.cu/ ) because we'd welcome your comments and suggestions about them.

Attached you'll find some information on the philatelic contest we're running in case you want to
participate.

With kindest regards,
Lourdes López
Head of Correspondence Dept.

“THE WORLD OF STAMPS” CONTEST 2009

“The World of Stamps” show invites all listeners of Radio Havana Cuba to answer the annual philatelic question, which this time is dedicated to the “50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.”

WHAT’S YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE STAMPS ISSUED IN CUBA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD?

Contest deadline is December 31st, 2009.

Every participant will be awarded a prize, consisting in a Cuban stamp series issued as of 1959.

Send your essay to: Radio Havana Cuba, P. O. Box 6240, Havana Cuba

E-mail: radiohc@enet.cu
(Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Chennai, India)

Radio Heritage Foundation contest
In case you've missed our earlier message, remember to enter our Easter competition before it closes this Sunday, April 19!

You could win the classic pirate Radio Hauraki CD 'Fresh Pacific Wind' by answering a simple question about radio in Fiji.......

We'll also be back shortly with another new competition, again celebrating 50 years of statehood for Hawaii...and with a great prize!

Just released in the UK, Australia and New Zealand is the new pirate radio movie 'The Boat That Rocked', a comedy about the British pirate radio scene in the early 1960's. It's coming your way soon too.

It's produced by New Zealander Tim Bevan, who was just 8 years old when Radio Hauraki burst onto the Kiwi airwaves in 1966....and to celebrate the movie and it's Kiwi connection, we've got a copy of the original CD 'A Fresh Pacific Wind - Radio Hauraki 1966-1970' as the prize in our Easter 2009 competition!

To enter this new competition simply answer this question:

What was the callsign of the Fiji Broadcasting Company station that began broadcasting in 1935?

You'll find the answer at www.radioheritage.net/story6.asp on the global website of the Radio Heritage Foundation: http://www.radioheritage.net/.

Email your answer to info@radioheritage.net with "Fresh Pacific Wind" in the subject line and to reach us no later than midnight Sunday, April 19 2009.

The competition is open worldwide, the judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into and by entering the competition you agree to us entering your email address onto our mailing list.

Somalia on shortwave
On Sam Voron's website
https://sites.google.com/site/somaliahamradio /
Among other interesting stuff, there's a mention of new Somali sw station Radio Hage.
Info says it operates from Galkayo with 1.25 kW on 3980 and 6915 at 0900-1000 and 0300-0500 UT.

Direct links about Radio Hage;

https://sites.google.com/site/somaliahamradio/somalia-short-wave-radio-broadcasts

https://sites.google.com/site/somaliahamradio/radio-hage-somalia
(Jari Savolainen,Kuusankoski,Finland/Cumbre DX)

Special CD Offer
A special offer to thank you for your ongoing support, and to make sure you get your own copy of this fantastic CD, during the competition period only, you can make a donation of NZ$40 [in NZ] or US$35 [worldwide] using your creditcard at the Paypal donation button at http://www.radioheritage.net/ and we'll airmail your CD as a thank you!

Usually, the CD costs NZ$49.95 or US$39.95 but we'd like to make our own Easter gift to you with this special offer. Your donation must be received by midnight, Sunday April 19 2009 to be eligible. We'll also send you 5 free Art of Radio Japan postcards! Donations in NZ are
also tax deductible.

For more information about the CD see www.radioheritage.net/shop6.asp and don't forget to enter the 'Fresh Pacific Wind Competition' as well. Our thanks to supporter David Miller for donating a copy of his CD as our competition prize.

To enter the Easter 2009: Fresh Pacific Wind Competition, simply visit http://www.radioheritage.net/ and email your answer to the question above to reach us at info@radioheritage.net no later than midnight, Sunday April 19 2009. And, don't forget our special offer of the CD to make sure of your own personal copy.....your donation must also reach us by Sunday, April 19 2009. (Dario Monferini, Italy/playdx2003)

Utility and amateur radio traffic
3485/U WSY70 New York Radio, volmet; 2339, 14-Apr; ID @2340 (Frodge-MI)

6660/U CHU Ottawa ON, Canada; 2043, 14-Apr; Time station, 2 x 3330. //3330 & 7850; 14670 not heard. 6660 covered by periodic ute bursts. (Frodge-MI)

6855/AM W/SS 5d #s; 2104, 14-Apr (Frodge-MI)

7887/AM W/SS 5d #s; 2036, 14-Apr; strong (Frodge-MI)

9031/U U.S. Military?; 2055, 14-Apr; 2-way w/alpha-numeric msg; one side was Pipeline, other sounded like Condor. (Frodge-MI)

26348/FM Saginaw MI, WNEM-TV studio/mobile relay; 2008-2020+, 13-Apr; Brief messages from obviously mobile dude with estimates of time to return & lamenting MSU basketball loss; occasional bits from WNEM-TV Saginaw including; Great Lakes Loons baseball promo, WNEM.com spot and WNEM-TV weather. TV spots //1250 WNEM Bridgeport MI which
carries WNEM-TV audio. Good copy. 1st studio relay I've heard in ages; guessing this is new as never heard before. (Frodge-MI) (MARE # 524)

Blog Logs - Clandestine

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

4880, SW Radio Africa, via Meyerton, 1715-1845. News, interview and talks in English, SINPO 33333. Utility QRM, but no trace of jamming. (Korinek in DXplorer, Mille and Sommer)

4885, Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, via Al-Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, 0242-0300. Kurdish announcement and songs, SINPO 33443 QRM R Clube do Pará. (Petersen)

5895, Radio Mada Internationale. Scheduled daily 0400-0430 and 1700-1730. The station supports the deposed president Marc Ravalomanana, but apparently not connected with the domestic station called Radio Mada that has been on the air since 1995. There are also broadcasts every three hours from 0300 on the website at http://www.radiovazogasy.com/ . The station is an initative of Tiako I Madagasikara (I Love Madagascar, TIM) which is a political party in Madagascar founded by a group of individuals on Jul 03, 2002 to support President Marc Ravalomanana, website: http://www.tim-sfv.ch/ . It is now the largest party in the National Assembly of Madagascar with 106 of 127 seats, after the parliamentary election held on September 23, 2007. (Berg and Sennitt in DXplorer).

6220, Al Quds TV (so far of unknown origin ) may be the same, as I found described in some old newsletters of "El Dial" published in the Dec 1991 issue: "Al-Quds R, now appears on 5910,
in parallel with 630 and 702 MW at 0600-1100 and 1300-1730. It is suspected that the transmitter is in Syria and confirming P.O. Box 5092, Damascus (Syria). Is operated by Ahmed Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberartion of Palestine (PFLP) and was heard for the first time in July 88. They say that recently changed to 580 or 5990". Publiced in Jan 1992: "Confirms Al-Quds Radio in 5910, ann 5900 and 5990 in Arabic 0600-1100 and 1300-1700, with segments in the 0800 Hebrew, Russian and English at 0845 to 0915.". Publiced in Feb 1992: "Al-Quds R verified with QSL in 60 days and complete data from: P.O. Box 5092, Damascus, Syria". (Romero, Mar 19)

6300, National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic, Rabouni, 1900. Arabic talk, SINPO 35333. (Petersen in Dakar, Senegal). Also heard in Europe at 1725-2059. Hasanía Arabic talks, IDs, annonced broadcasts on internet, local folk music, 45544. (Boc16, Mille and Romero)

6600, Voice of the People, Gimpo, South Korea, 1810-1813. Korean, SINPO 23332. (Mille)

7550, Open Radio North Korea, via Gavar, Armenia, 2110-2120. Korean ann, pop melodies, SINPO 24432. (Romero)

9490, Democratic Voice of Burma via Wertachtal verified an electronic report with a full data e-mail attachment in 121 days from Media Broadcast from v/s Michael Puetz. The reply noted, "Please send your answer and reception reports to QSL-Shortwave@media-broadcast.com. You can find the active MEDIA BROADCAST (DTK) schedule at www.media-broadcast.com/en/radio/kurzwelle.html ". (D’Angelo, Mar 22)

9830, Radio Dabanga, via Wertachtal, Germany, additional frequency since Mar 03 scheduled daily at 0430-0527 to the Darfur region of Sudan in parallel with 7315 and 13800. (Sennitt via Zacharias, Mar 04). Heard in Spain at 0525-0527, Mar 05, Arabic close down ann, ID: "Radio Dabanga" and interval signal, 35443. (Romero). But in Denmark not even a carrier was audible on 9830. (Petersen)

9880, Furusato no Kaze, via Darwin, Australia, *1430-1459.* Interval signal to Japanese talk, chimes in background with man speaking at 1452. Choral music at 1453, announcement and web address at 1455, fair. (Ronda)

9930, Xi Wang Zhi Sheng (= Sound of Hope), via Palau, 1327-1330. Chant-like music in Chinese, fair-poor. (Ronda)

15350, Radio Bilal, via Samara, Russia (p), 1700-1800, Su, Amharic, ex 9610. Broker TDP. (Gupta). Heard 1710-1730. Amharic talk in a very noisy band, 25132, blog http://ethio-bilal-radio.blogspot.com/ . (Petersen and Romero)

15650, Miraya FM, via Rimavska Sobota, *1500-1525. Group singing opening followed by time pips at 1501 (!), ID, opening ann and news in English. Arabic programming commenced at 1512. Poor to fair with plenty of noise. (D'Angelo)

17550, Voice of Tibet, via Madagascar, *1400-1427. News and commentary in Tibetan (presumed). Signal was good. (Bolland)
(DSWCI/DX Window # 373 via A Petersen)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2009 Apr 14 1946 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
06 - 12 April 2009

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

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels 11 - 12 April.

The summary period began with solar wind speeds at about 400 km/s. Velocities slowly decreased to about 300 km/s by late on 08 April. At about 08/2015 UTC, solar wind speeds indicated a fairly sharp rise in velocity to about 475 km/s by 09/0300 UTC. From that time
forward, wind speeds gradually increased to near 570 km/s by 11/1700 UTC and subsequently, speeds gradually decreased to about 500 km/s by the end of the summary period. From late on 08 April to late on 09 April, the Bz component of the IMF varied between +7 to -7 nT.
Otherwise, Bz did not vary much beyond +/- 3 nT. This increase in wind speed and IMF variability was due to a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to unsettled periods at middle latitudes, while high latitudes observed
quiet to active conditions with the one isolated minor storm period observed midday on 11 April. The period ended with quiet levels across all latitudes.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
15 April - 11 May 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to increase to high levels during 08 - 12 May. Normal flux levels are expected during the rest of the period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels through 20 April. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels during 21 - 22 April due to a recurrent coronal
hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 23 April to 05 May. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels during 06 - 09 May with active levels possible on the 6th, all due to another recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to mostly quiet levels during 10 - 11 May.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
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# Issued 2009 Apr 14
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 Apr 15 70 5 2
2009 Apr 16 70 5 2
2009 Apr 17 70 8 3
2009 Apr 18 70 5 2
2009 Apr 19 70 5 2
2009 Apr 20 70 5 2
2009 Apr 21 70 8 3
2009 Apr 22 70 8 3
2009 Apr 23 72 5 2
2009 Apr 24 72 5 2
2009 Apr 25 72 5 2
2009 Apr 26 72 5 2
2009 Apr 27 72 5 2
2009 Apr 28 72 5 2
2009 Apr 29 72 5 2
2009 Apr 30 70 5 2
2009 May 01 70 5 2
2009 May 02 70 5 2
2009 May 03 70 5 2
2009 May 04 70 5 2
2009 May 05 70 5 2
2009 May 06 70 15 4
2009 May 07 70 8 3
2009 May 08 70 8 3
2009 May 09 70 8 3
2009 May 10 70 5 2
2009 May 11 70 5 2
(NOAA)

MV Baltic Radio - new time slots for summer broadcast

Summer 2009

The new time slot for the MV Baltic Radio relay service will be 0900 - 1000 UTC

(11-12 CEST) on 6140 KHz.

This schedule will be active until the last Sunday of October 2009.

MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009

1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio

2nd Sunday – Bluestar Radio

3rd Sunday – European Music Radio

4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
(Tom Taylor)

Blog Logs

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

Australia

4910.00, ABC, 0839-0841, Tuned in while news was being presented. "ABC News ..." announced by a female. This was followedwith more news. Signal dropped off the air at 0841 exactly. I guess theyhad forgotten to turn off the transmitter earlier when they're scheduled tocease transmission at 0830? Signal was good while active. (Chuck Bolland,April 14, 2009)

Bhutan

6035, BBS, Sangaygang, 0008, Apr 05. Slow monk music, fair/good. (Bernardini). Also noted at 1342-1425, Apr 05, in scheduled Dzongkha (p) with live phone calls; played some pop songs; gave out phone number to call in to the show; after 1400 adjacent QRM; into what seemed to be English; 10 minute talk before the start of the news with the usual BBS musical bridges between items; back to phone calls and pop songs in English. Today had just the one male announcer doing all the calls and reading the news. Best reception before 1400. (Ron Howard/DX Window 374 )

Bolivia

4409.83, Radio Eco, Reyes, 0000-0030, Apr 04 and 05; 0130 pulsating signal here, makes Spanish talk difficult to copy. This pulsation noted for last year; of local origin-Utility also present ?. (Wilkner). Also heard 0150-0200, Apr 12, Spanish talk, weak, but no pulsation signal, 15221. (Petersen/DX WIndow # 374)

4716.70, Radio Yura, Yura, 2305-0204v*, Apr 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 07, Bolivian music, Spanish ann and talks, at 0201 Ave Maria, short Andean music, carrier off at 0210, 25332. Also *1000-1030 with varied sign on times. (Bernardini, Bolland, Mille, Petersen and Wilkner/DX Window # 374)

6134.79, Radio Santa Cruz, 0948-1000, At tune in, notice a female inSpanish language conversing with a male. Santa Cruz's signal is very weak atthis time. There's definitely a propagation problem lately between Santa Cruz andmy receiver? I haven't been able to really receive a good signal from them inmore than a month. This station began to fade to nil during the period, thenreturn just for a few moments. (Chuck Bolland, April 14, 2009)

6155.27, Radio Fides, 0955-1000, Noted a fair signal here with amale in steady Spanish language comments. He mentions "Santa Cruz" acouple of times during his comments. In my opinion, this station was theweaker station on the band previously, but today they are better thanthe others from Bolivia. This guy must have a "Deadline to meet", becausehis talking at a mile a minute. At 0958 canned ADs noted. Signalwas poor. (Chuck Bolland, April 14, 2009)

6134.76, Radio Santa Cruz, 1037-1045, Checked this earlier at1000, but conditions there were poor and heard only the carrier. At 1037the signal is at a fair level and audio is a little better than before. At tune in,noted a series of canned ADs. At about 1042 a male in long comments whilethe signal begins to disappear somewhat from a fair to threshold. (ChuckBolland, April 11, 2009)

6155.21, Radio Fides, 1044-1055, At tune in, noted a male in Spanish comments. At 1045 music presented with a male singing whileaccompanied by an acoustic guitar. At 1048, canned ADs or promos.The signal all of the sudden, has dropped from a fair to a threshod.(Chuck Bolland, April 11, 2009)

Brazil

9818.90 Radio Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, 2009, Apr 02, 1953-2010, Apr 02, Portuguese religious program with sermon in the church, also choral singing, 32432, QRM VOA 9815. (Beryozkin and Timofeyev). Also heard at *0859-0919, Apr 05, opening ann, ID: "Radio Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brasil, bon día", religious talk, 24322. (Méndez/DX Window # 374)

Canada

6069.98, CFRX, Toronto, 0335-0403, Apr 03, English, many reports on various subjects (Canadian soldiers, Ontario and Toronto news, Taliban, etc.) with mention of CFRB at 0358, 0400 news, strong signal, but fair only, due to DW on 6075, best in LSB. (Timofeyev in DXplorer/DX Window # 374)

9625, CBC Northern Québec Service, Sackville, NB, 1900-1920, Apr 02, English ann, then news in Inuktitut language after short musical pause including conversation and song in English at 1907, good with slight splashes from 9620 (CRI), 45433. (Beryozkin and Timofeyev/DXWindow # 374)

China

6010, CNR-11 (Tibetan Service), 1430-1500, Apr 08, "Holy Tibet" English program; starts with the usual canned ID: "ChinaNational Radio", "China National Radio", "Welcome to our English program from Tibet"; several IDs for the "Holy Tibet" program; segment "Eyes On Tibet"; interesting coverage of the March 28, 2009 celebration to mark Tibet's first Serfs Emancipation Day; CCTV 9 coverage at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/28/content_11088017.htm . DX Window # 374)

6065, China Business Radio, Beijing, 1345-1400, Apr 08, "English Evening" program; very interesting segment of "StudioClassroom Worldwide" about the explorer Mike Horn and his adventures in his "Pangaea" sailboat; // 6155, 7245 (best reception), 7265, 7335, 7375 and 9820. They have complied with the new regulations and have abandoned 7130, 7140 and 7150; "English Evening" ID by Timothy before pips at 1400. (Howard/DX Window # 374)

5030.00, China National Radio One, (pres) 1050-1100,Noted a male and female in Chinese language comments which soundedlike news. Each person comments briefly, then the other person commentsabout the same length of time. At 1058, music and promo together.Signal was fair to poor with lots of clutter underneath China's signal.Time ticks on the hour followed with ID. Sorry don't understandChinese enough to copy details. (Chuck Bolland, April 14, 2009

Colombia

5910.07, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 2212-0202 and 0530-0705, Mar 31, Apr 01, 02, 03, 04 and 08, Colombian, Argentine and Spanish songs, Spanish ID: "Marfil Estereo", time ann, religious talks like on "La Voz de tu Conciencia", 33343 with splashes from both sides, best in USB. (Bernardini, Beryozkin, Méndez and Timofeyev/DX Window # 374)

6009.8, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, Puerto Lleras, 2350-0057, Apr 01, 02 and 03, Spanish religious talk, 2358 ann with ID, then orchestral and guitar music, good-fair with one or two stations on the same channel, also heterodyne. (Bernardini and Timofeyev/DX Window # 374)

Ecuador

3279.9, La Voz del Napo, Tena, 0218-0238, Apr 03, Spanish talks, orchestral music, fair, QRM from Russian pirates near 3280 and CW on 3282. (Timofeyev). Also heard at 0956-1016, Apr 06, rustic Latin vocals with ann in Spanish, 1000 ID accompanied by flute music, more Latin vocals and an over-modulated spiritual talk with light instrumental music in the background. Poor to fair. (Rich D'Angelo/DX Window # 374)

4815, Radio Buen Pastor, 1010-1040, At tune in, noted steadylocal type popular music. Did not hear any comments until 1015 with acanned ID by a female and a male in Spanish, then back to music. Againat 1032, a male comments in Spanish which was live. This is followed bycanned ADS or promos using the echo effect most of the time. Back to music at 1035. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, April, 11, 2009)

Greenland

3815 USB, KNR, Tasiilaq, 2041-2111*, Apr 02 and 06, Greenlandic talks and pop songs, 2100 news in Danish, e.g. "... et hundrede kilometer nord for...", 2109 KNR news jingle and closed with a Greenlandic pop song. Strong signal one hour earlier (in UTC) due to Greenlandic Summertime, 33333 QRM whisteling tone. (Beryozkin, Petersen and Timofeyev/DX Window # 374)

India

4850, AIR Kohima (presumed), 1428-1433* and 1456-1518, Apr 05. Surprised to hear this one, as this transmitter is usually only used for special occasions. Playing pop songs in English ("Shadow Dreams", etc.) and off. Re-checked later to hear program in assume Hindi with dedications (reading list of names) for subcontinent songs; "Bridge Over Troubled Water" instrumental till switched over to the network news in scheduled Hindi at 1515. (Ron Howard/DX Window # 374)

Mali

5995 MALI RTV du Mali Apr 15 0618-0645. Tuned-in to fabulous tribal music featuring great vocal gymnastics and lots of drums. The next songs featured guitars and drums that swept past BoH until 0639 when a high-energy anncr came on, introducing more vocals. Signal was decent and was audible over local lightning crashes. Music continued until tune-out at 0645. (Bruce Barker-PA)

Mauritania

4845 Radio Mauritanie Apr. 15 0730-0745 Stringed instruments playing pleasant African music until 0740 when an OM comes on with talk in AA until tune out at 0745. Fair signal with lousy local weather. (Bruce Barker-PA)

Myanmar

5985.0, Myanma R, Nay Pyi Taw, 1320-1340, Apr 02, songs in Burmese and English, pop- and rap-type music, ann, news in English 1530-1535, 44444, QRM CRI 5990. (Beryozkin). Also heard at 1530-1545, Apr 10, in English, full ID, news (Prime Minister General Thein Sein and other top generals of the State Peace and Development Council left today for Pattaya, in Thailand, to attend the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] summit, etc.). Back in 1968, while I was stationed at U-Tapao/Sattahip, I had the good fortune to visit nearby Pattaya and enjoy the magnificent beach there. Weather, followed by music program. (Howard). The generals and other international top leaders later had to be evacuated by helicopter due to riots at the ASEAN Conference in Pattaya! (Ed) (DX Window # 374)

Peru

6019.30, Radio Victoria, 0838-0850, Noted a male in Spanish languagepresenting news it seemed. Victoria's signal was good, but it was being knockedaround by Radio Marti's signal on 6030 kHz with splatter. At 0844 cannedpromos. (Chuck Bolland, April 15, 2009)

4790.00, Radio Vision, 0920-0938, Sine on time for today. Noted acanned ID as "...Radio Vision... trenta Kilohertz ... Peru." by a male which included Huaynos music then the stations indicative data such as frequencyand schedule. At 0922, regular music is presented. Signal was fair to good.Don't know where the "trenta" came from in the above ID? (Chuck Bolland, April 14, 2009)

4824.50, La Voz de La Selva, 1020-1035, Nice signal here with Huaynos andPopular music presented. Between tunes, a male comments in Spanish. Also, ancanned AD and ID between tunes. At 1026 a series of canned promos and ADs.Signal was fair to good. (Chuck Bolland, April 14, 2009)

5039.15, Radio Libertad, 1043-1050 Noted a male inSpanish language comments before the music. Generally,Huaynos music was presented. Noted the male and femalecheering on the musicans who are playing the music ... "vamos", "Arriva"with words like those. At 1048 canned comments, which soundedlike promo. More music and comments. From all the yelling andcheering, it seems like this station is having a party this morning.At 1050 a "real" live person comments. Signal is poor by now.(Chuck Bolland, April 14, 2009)

6019.30, Radio Victoria, 0845-0859, Had a clear signal here withno QRM until 0859. Initially noted two males in Religious Spanish commentspreaching off each other's comments. At 0852, a female comments andbegins crying over the air while she is comforted by another male. Finally,about 0854 a male gives TC and other information, mentioning Peru,but I didn't hear Victoria mentioned. At 0859, Radio Australia comes onthe air blocking Victoria's fair signal. (Chuck Bolland, April 11, 2009)

Russia

5940.00, Radio Rossii, Magadan, 0848-0905, Noted a male in commentarytype talk in the Russian language. Lots of splatter here created by WWCR'sgibberish on 5935 KHz. At 0854, a female joins in briefly with a couple ofcomments. At 0857 she continues until the hour. Just before the hour,a canned ID by a male in Russian. I didn't catch it exactly, but it sound like "... Radio "Ya-key"..." On the hour time ticks followed by news andmore ID's like the above. Signal was fair. I looked for some possibleword in the WRTH that might correspond to the above sound, but did notrecognize any. (Chuck Bolland, April 14, 2009)

Somalia

7145.03, R Hargeisa, Somaliland, 1630-1900v*, Mar 31, Apr 01, 02, 03, 04, 08 and 09, Somali talk, reports and songs with string instrument, hymn at 1659, ID as Hargeisha and Somalia at 1700, Horn of Africa music, news with several mentions of Hargesia and Somalia, National Anthem at close, QRM from radio amateurs, 44534 deterioating to 22222. (Bernardini, Liangas, Mille, Petersen, Rajeesh, Robic and Romero). But no trace of R Hargeisa at s/on at listed 0330. (Kuhl in DXplorer/DX Window # 374)

Uganda

4750, Dunamis Broadcasting, Mukono (tent.), 1745-1810, Apr 02, mostly pop songs, 1806 ann in unidentified language, weak, blocked by some utility station in USB in Balkan-like language at 1758-1802, 15221. (Beryozkin and Timofeyev/DX Window # 374)

Belarus reduces hours on shortwave

I have checked the Belarusian home service channels in 49 and 41 metrebands at various times, since I noted them off on Apr 01. The stations seem to have reduced their schedules considerably from 0400-2200 during B08 to 1500v-2100 in the present A09 period. Their sign on times have been observed as follows in April:
*1430: BR1 in Brest 6010, Hrodna 6040, BR2 in Hrodna 7265, BR1 Hrodna 7280 (ex 7110).
*1440: BR1 in Brest 6070, Minsk 6080,
*1500: BR1 in Minsk 6115, Mahilioú 6190, Mahilioú 7135 (ex 7145). (Petersen)
(DSWCI/DX Window # 374)

VOA boost signal into North Korea

Voice of America has boosted its radio broadcasts into North Korea this year by transmitting from Seoul with support from a South Korean president who has taken a hard-line stance against the reclusive communist regime.President Lee Myung-bak's administration is allowing the U.S. government-funded broadcaster to use ransmission equipment in South Korea to send its dispatches into the North for the first time since the 1970s.

That makes the signal much clearer than VOA's long-running shortwave broadcasts from far-flung stations in the Philippines, Thailand and the South Pacific island of Saipan. Moreover, it's an AM signal, so listening in doesn't require a shortwave radio.

"Radio can play a big role in changing people," said Kim Dae-sung, who fled the North in 2000 and is now a reporter at Free North Korea Radio, a shortwave radio broadcaster in Seoul. "Even if it's simply news, it's something that North Koreans have never heard of."

Still, the move could be seen as yet more provocative policymaking by a government already at loggerheads with the North over Lee's tough policy on Pyongyang, and comes at a time of heightened regional tensions over North Korea's plans to launch a rocket early next month. Nuclear envoys from South Korea and Japan flew to Washington for talks Friday with top U.S. diplomats about North Korea.

"North Korea will see this as meaning that the South's government is trying to overthrow the regime by uniting strength with U.S. hard-liners," said Paik Hak-soon, an analyst at the private Sejong Institute think tank outside Seoul.

Information control buttresses North Korea's autocratic rule. Radios in the country come with prefixed channels that receive only government signals brimming with propaganda and praise for leader Kim Jong Il.

But some listen to outside broadcasts using radios smuggled in from China or by removing the frequency jammers on their state-issued radios, despite the risk of harsh punishment, including incarceration in North Korea's notoriously grim political prison camps.

VOA, founded in 1942 with a broadcast in German, now has programs in 45 languages. During the Cold War, it targeted listeners in totalitarian states. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, it has focused on countries where radio and TV news is government-controlled and outside news sources are banned.

Since Jan. 1, VOA has been using the antenna facilities of the Far East Broadcasting Company-Korea, a Christian evangelical radio station, for half of its three-hour nighttime broadcast into the North. The antenna is only 40 miles (65 kilometers) from the border.

"I think it's getting deeper into the North in better quality," said Park Se-kyung, head of the Northeast Asian Broadcasting Institute, an association of radio experts monitoring broadcasts in the region.

The broadcast is mainly news, with a focus on North Korea, such as its ongoing nuclear standoff with the United States and other nations.

South Korea prohibited VOA from broadcasting from its soil for carrying a 1973 report on the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung, then a leading South Korean dissident. The authoritarian Seoul government at the time is widely believed to have been behind the abduction.

Upon becoming president of democratic South Korea in 1998, Kim ushered in a "sunshine policy" toward the North that called for cooperation and engagement. The warming of relations won him the Nobel Peace Prize.

But President Lee has taken a far tougher line on North Korea since taking office in February 2008, a stance that has opened the way for VOA to resume transmissions from the South.

Some radio experts say VOA's arrangement with the Christian station violates a South Korean ban on broadcasters relaying foreign signals.

But Kim Jung-tae, an official with the Korea Communications Commission, justifies his agency's decision to allow the VOA broadcast on the grounds that local networks are allowed to fill up to 20 percent of their airtime with foreign programming.

Joan Mower, VOA's public relations director in Washington, D.C., described the project as "a routine arrangement, similar to thousands of other arrangements VOA has worldwide."

Broadcasting via South Korea helps VOA "expand its reach to audiences inside North Korea," she said by e-mail.

Reporters Without Borders announced this week that the France-based media watchdog group and the European Union will support three Seoul-based radio stations targeting North Korea, including Free North Korea Radio, with about 400 million won ($290,000).

"These radios are one of the few hopes to create a real evolution in the country. Without that, the North Koreans don't know what is going on in the world and they don't know even what is going on in their own country," said Vincent Brossel of Reporters Without Borders.

North Korea condemns such broadcasts as "U.S. psychological warfare" and often jams the signals. So far, it has not interfered with VOA's new AM broadcast, said radio expert Park. Doing so requires more equipment than blocking shortwave signals, and the fact that North Korea isn't doing so may indicate the North is struggling economically, he said.

Park said he supports the broadcasts.

"North Korean people have the right to information," he said. "Providing correct information to people in a closed nation is what democratic nations should do."

Associated Press writer Kwang-tae Kim contributed to this report.
(by Voice of America: http://www.voanews.com/ Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

Report on South Korea's war of words to North Korea

The small operations in South Korea aim to be voices of change by airing information to counter Pyongyang's propaganda and by passing messages from friends and relatives to North Koreans.
By John M. Glionna
April 12, 2009

Reporting from Seoul -- They were just a jumble of conversations overhead on a train. But for South Korean radio station founder Young Howard, they represented breaking news from a hostile, inaccessible land.

When North Korea recently defied international calls for restraint and launched a rocket, purportedly to put a satellite in orbit, it wasn't long before a covert correspondent there was on her cellphone to editors in Seoul.

People were celebrating a colossal success, she whispered. "If we have starved, it has been in sacrifice of this glory," she quoted the train passengers as saying. "The Americans cannot dismiss North Korea's new weapon."

Howard knew differently: U.S. intelligence reports said the rocket never made it into orbit. Within hours, Open Radio for North Korea was broadcasting its own report to listeners across the border.

"News out of Pyongyang violates the basics of journalism," he said. "We tell the other side of the story."

Howard's station is among half a dozen Seoul-based operations that each day dispatch news and opinions into North Korea. Some, like Open Radio, are the work of concerned outsiders. Others are run by defectors, many of whom use pseudonyms because they know vengeful officials could persecute family and friends left behind.

Most are small shops with a few reporters, editors and newsreaders. They broadcast only a few hours each day over fragile shortwave radio bands, operating on shoestring budgets with private donations.

Considering the shortage of radios in North Korea and the penalty for owning one, the broadcasters don't know how many people actually hear their voices. For Howard, it's like putting a message in a bottle and tossing it out to sea.

"We don't expect any answers," said the 40-year-old father of three who was born in Busan, South Korea. "We're just putting information out there in the hope that people's loved ones will hear."

By far the most popular program for Howard's station is "Unsent Letters," which broadcasts messages from outsiders seeking to get word to friends and family in North Korea.

It's an electronic bulletin board of sorts. Often the missives are sentimental reminiscences, bits and pieces of memory, raw emotion.

One recent installment told of two South Korean fishermen who family members say were kidnapped by the North Koreans in the 1970s, never to be heard from again. The announcer asked for details of the men, then played a popular song called "Memory of a Drink" in remembrance.

Another message came from a woman looking for word of her father, who she says was kidnapped 37 years ago. She says she grew up thinking he died in a shipping accident. But in 2005 she got word that he was alive in North Korea.

She says she hopes to meet him one day.

"If it is true that he is alive, he would be in old age," she says. "Poor Daddy! Seventy-two years old!"

Experts are divided on the role the radio stations play in the lives of North Koreans. Some call them tools of change, while others say their operators are frustrated defectors shouting into the wind.

"They might not be able to bring the kind of change that, say, subversive radio played in Eastern Europe in the 1970s, but they have an effect," said Andrei Lankov, a professor specializing in North Korean history at Seoul's Kookmin University.

Others dismiss the dispatches as a stream of invective against North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his minions.

"You have to look at the origin of a lot of these refugee broadcasters," said Brian Myers, an assistant professor at Dongseo University in Busan and an expert on the North's propaganda.

"What somebody from the poorest part of North Korea says is not relevant to the elite in Pyongyang," he said. "It's like if someone from Appalachia fled the U.S. and began broadcasting their opinions into the U.S. from Canada. I don't think they do a very sophisticated job."(LA Times)
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

Radio Veritas - windows to the world

By HERN. P. ZENAROSA
April 13, 2009, 6:32pm

After 40 years of having been in the service of the country, mention of Radio Veritas today still conjures of a restrictive communication facility through which official statements of the Catholic church are issued.

That may be true but Radio Veritas is not just a communication outlet of the country's Catholic church: It is the only continental short wave radio station of the Catholic church that opens its windows to the world.

To be sure, Radio Veritas has a long history that started in 1969 when its first regular overseas broadcast began.

But probably more compelling were the ideals and circumstances that inspired and brought about its fulfillment.

All this will be discussed when a symposium on "Catholic Radio Broadcasting in Asia" is held Wednesday starting at 8 in the morning at the Pope Paul VI Auditorium, Radio Veritas Asia Compound in Fairview Park, Quezon City.

Fr. Roberto Ebisa, svd, Radio Veritas Asia general manager, said participants in the convocation are eminent persons who have been involved or related to the development of Radio Veritas Asia from the start and to what it is today.

Significantly, the establishment of Radio Veritas was the result of a common aspiration of no less than the Vatican, the German government and the Catholic Bishops of Germany, and Catholic Bishops of the Philippines led at the time by Rufino Cardinal Santos, among others.

"The German government provided since 1962 on my initiative and at the special request of Cardinal Agagianian, the special Papal delegate, with the approval of then Federal Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer, a total of 13.5 million German marks for the establishment of the Church station Radio Veritas in Manila," Msgr. Wilhem Wissing of the Catholic Bishops
Conference of Germany, said.

It must be mentioned that the decision to establish Radio Veritas in Manila was a consequential reaction to the threat of communism that at the time was spreading in Asian countries such as China, North Korea, Burma, and North Vietnam.

It is said that Cardinal Santos took up the idea of Radio Veritas because as the only Catholic country in Asia - and being at the doorsteps of China - it was in the best position to spread Catholic faith and thus prevent the spread of communism in the region.

News and information released through Radio Veritas are heard in Asian countries and around the world in various languages - assuredly demonstrating its importance as a pervasive influence in the intensification of the Catholic faith.

"The advent of the Internet that allows webcasting, news streaming, and podcasting," according to Fr. Ebisa who has been RadioVeritas' general manager since 2007, "has led to many changes in the listening habits of radio listeners," - and so did in the new episode of Radio Veritas history: The launch of digital recording and broadcast automation and the creation of the Information System Office.

Participating in tomorrow's symposium include Bishop Berdardino C. Cortez, D.D., chairman, commission on social communications and mass media, CBCP; Sr. Angela Liu, MMB, coordinator, Mandarin service (China); Rev. Fr. Sebastian Perianan, Ph. D., Rector, St. Peter's Seminary of Banglore, India; Rev. Fr. John La Raw, Kachin service (Myanmar); Dr. Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, president, St. John's University of Bangkok, Thailand; Ms. Irmgard Icking, MISSIO-Aachen, Germany; and Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, D.D., president, Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Vatican City, Rome.

http://mb.com.ph/articles/202260/radio-veritas-windows-world
(Zacharias Lianges, Greece/HCDX)

Blog Logs - Africa

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

Benin
7210, ORTB, Cotonou (tentatvie), 0620, Weak signal. QRM at 2225. (Petersen in Dakar, Senegal)

Chad
4905, RNT, N’Djamena, 1800-2130. Advertisements in French, Afropop, news, SiNPO 34333. (Boc16,Mille). Not heard lately. (Anker Petersen)

Djibouti
4780, Radiodiffusion du Djibouti, Arta, 0346-0415 and 1825-2103. Nice Horn of
Africa vocals, 0359 ID, talked in Arabic prior to music bridge at 0400. News and discussion program. Afropop and 2100 national anthem // 1539 MW. 34433. (D'Angelo, Boc16, Mille and Romero)

Egypt
9250, Radio Wadi El Nile, Abu Zaabal, 2120-2124. Arabic talks, referring to Sudan, ID, music, SINPO 45444. (Romero)

Equatorial Guinea
5005, Radiodifusion de Guinea Equatorial, Bata, 2122-2128. Spanish talk, SINPO 23332. (Mille)

Eritrea
5100.00, Radio Bana, Asmara, *0354-0415 fade out. Carrier on, repeated music with drum.
0400 sign-on, Vernacular talk, Horn of Africa song, SINPO 25232. (Jensen via NASWA, and Petersen)

Ethiopia
6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa. Conversation in Amharic, into Horn of Africa vocals, fair. (Ronda)

7110, Radio Ethiopía, Addis Ababa, 1652-1845. Still here, vernacular talks, local folk muusic.
SINPO 23442. (Bernardini, Romero)

9704, Radio Ethiopía, Addis Ababa, 1840-1846. African Vernacular, probably Oromo, piano,
SINPO 34443. (Romero)

Gabon
9580, Africa No. 1, Moyabi, 2120. Afropop songs, many in French; studio chatter in French, fair. (Ronda)

Madagascar
5009.8, Radio Nasionaly, Ambohidrano, 1555-1915.* Local pop tunes, Malagasy nouncement ID as "Radio Madagasikara", they also tried to send a speech by someone, but the audio was distorted. SINPO 24322. (Boc 16, Méndez, Mille and Savolainen in DXplorer). Also heard at 0302-0322. (D'Angelo)

Mauritania
4845, Radio Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 0625. Call to Prayer - heard at the same time outdoor from the local Minaret in Saint-Louis (!), 45434. No other SW stations audible at this hour on 90 and 60 mb! Also heard at 1835-1910 and 2206-2215 in Vernacular /Arabic, 35443 - SINPOn 55555. (Petersen in Dakar and Saint-Louis, Senegal). Also heard at 0524-0537 and 2052-0050, Mar 06 and 22-25, long Arabic vocal, talks. Good signal with fluttery conditions. (D'Angelo, Boc16 and Ronda)

Rwanda
6055, Radio Rwanda, Kigali, 2051-2100.* Vernacular, song by W.Huston, talk with mention of "Radio Rwanda" and some song in the background - almost good with slight fading, weak IRIB signal on the same channel. (Timofeyev in HCDX)

Sudan
7200, Sudan Radio and TV Corporation, Omdurman, 0409-0427.* Arabic discussion by various men with frequent mentions of "Sudan". Instrumental music ended program at 0424 followed by news items but carrier cut at 0427 and never returned this night. Fair. (D'Angelo).

Zambia
5915, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, Lusaka, *0247-0257. Familiar Fisheagle interval signal, followed by national anthem at 0250 before noise and co-channel QRM from BBC at *0257.20, Poor.
(D'Angelo).
(DSWCI/DX Window # 373 via A Petersen)

Pirate radio monitoring

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

Euro-Pirate
6870, Radio Playback International, 2215-2230, April 5. Techno-pop and Oldies music. Canned ID at 2226. Weak signal but fair level on peaks. (Brian Alexander, PA)

USA Pirates
6925 USB, Voice of Doom, 0215-0224*, April 5, Constant talk by man. Too weak to understand what he was talking about but did catch an ID at sign off. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6925USB, Blue Ridge Radio, 2330-2345, April 4. Bluegrass music to ID. Weak signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6923.47 USB, KPR, *0231-0250, April 5. Sign on with Mr Sandman song. “KPR, we rock the Rockies” IDs. Music by The Beatles, Shangri-La’s, Ritchie Valens, Beach Boys & others.
Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6925 USB, Dead Cat Radio, *0643-0734*, April 5. sign on with “Lonely Boy” song. Pop/rock music by Eagles, Ted Nugent, Belinda Carlisle and others. Cat meowing & ID at 0734 sign off. Strong, Very good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6925USB, Blue Ridge Radio 2330-2348, SINPO 34433 Sign on with ID and banjo music.
reported that he is broadcasting from the Blue ridge mountains of Virginia and gave email address of blueridgeradio@gmail.com (Ragnar, MI/FRW #687)

6925USB, Barnyard Radio 2252-0037 3/29-30/09 SIO=222-. Very lengthy bcst lasting almost two hours. Announcer said that he was getting drunk, and it sounded like he was as time
went by. Also IDed as the Tijuana Donkey Show. Considerable profane talk directed at Jennifer and other women. The announcer was not happy with these women. Program of rock and punk rock music with the drunken profane rants by the announcer. Occasional cows moo and sheep baa noises. Gave only one clear ID at 0022 in almost two hours of broadcasting. Kidney Stone Cowboy segment. Anouncer went on and on with his profane remarks, but he was apparently too drunk to give an address. (Zeller-OH/FRW # 686)

6925USB, Gypsy Radio 0009-0020, Lots of static crashes here tonight, Accordion music Id & gmail address but lost in noise here, Mention of his wife Olga, accordion music with male vocals continue, Roll out the Barrel, 0019 hard ID This is Radio Gypsy, good bye for now. Poor (Rohde, OH/FRW # 687)

Liquid Radio
6925USB, Liquid Radio 0009-0020. Lots of static crashes here tonight, Accordion music ID and gmail address but lost in noise here, Mention of his wife Olga, accordion music with male vocals continue, Roll out the Barrel, 0019 hard ID This is Radio Gypsy, good bye for now. Poor (Rohde-OH/FRW #687)

6925AM, MAC Shortwave, SIO=454, 2157-2243*, Johnny Guitarman Show, (Silvi, Ohio)
MAC- 6924.8 AM 2157-2254* 3/28/09 SIO=242. Some classical music at sign-on into old Radio
Prague interval signal as usual. Nick Danger Firesign Theater sketch and a prgm of rock music
including Van Morrison and other artists. Usual address of macshortwave@yahoo.com . A Pirate's Life's for Me song and USA national anthem by band at QRT. (George Zeller,OH/FRW #686)

6975.2AM Radio Free Euphoria (presumed) *?2325-2330. Rock tune. SIO=3+52 at 1st & took a dive at 2330. ID per FRN posts. (Frodge-MI/FRW #686) Free Radio Euphoria 6875 AM 23:36- 03/08/09 SINPO 24322 Jay Clips from WBCQ. RFE ID from Capt. Ganja at 23:37. country song. monologue from Ganja saying hello to everyone and saying that Moe was the inspiration for the new show. (Ragnar, MI/FRW #686)

6925USB, Radio Ga Ga 1247-1302*. We Must Party Now, rap music, Radio GaGa song, Bad Boy. Noted 1302 test transmission radio GaGa, several times, off at 1302. Fair signal quality. (Rohde, OH/FRW # 687)

6925USB, Thinking Man Radio *2314-2334*, Many IDs, music, discussing his thoughts, (Silvi, Ohio) Thinking Man Radio, 3-28-09, 6.925USB, 2316-2335*, SIO 242. Heard Head East, Aerosmith, "Pretty Woman" and "Mr. Roboto." thanks for fast e-qsl. (McArdle-OK/FRW #686)

6925, 1625-1643. WBNY Radio. SIO=353, Easter show (Silvi, Ohio) *2006-2050*, 6924.9AM. SIO=232-. Commander Bunny Easter special program. Peter Rabbit and Peter Cottontail songs. Commander Bunny explains why we have eggs at Easter. Segment of shopping with Al Fansome at the Mall. Announcer's explanation of why repts must include return postage
or else there will be no QSL. Rolling Stones' Jumping Jack Flash toward the end. Belfast
address. (George Zeller, OH/FRW # 687)

Changes from Radio Joystick
As DJ Charlie Prince is moving to the south german spa town Kreuznach (Rhineland-Palatinate)
on 9th of April 2009 the address of RADIO JOYSTICK is changing also
(eff. 2009-04-09)

RADIO JOYSTICK
Postfach (Post Office Box) 23 31
55512 Bad Kreuznach
ALLEMAGNE

Last but not least: Everyone who writes in via snail mail will receive on of the very new RADIO JOYSTICK all-weather-stickers, 7 x 5 cm small, 4coloured, showing the movie set "Popeye Village" on Malta - and the new address!

(DJ Charlie Prince
Radio Joystick
Postfach 23 31
55512 Bad Kreuznach, ALLEMAGNE
Fax: +49 1212 511301202 Cell.: +49 179 3615394
http://www.myspace.com/djchapri http://www.radiojoystick.de/
(HCDX)

Pirate documentary online
Part One of the documentary When Pirates Ruled the Airwaves is now available for listen again
or download in two separate files. Covers the radio scene before the offshore pirates and ends with the shooting of Reg Calvert.

Much of the documentary consists of recent interviews with Tony Prince, Paul Burnett, Roger Day, Johnnie Walker, Dick Palmer, Emperor Rosko and Tony Blackburn so some fresh perspectives of the era.

Part Two will talk about 1967, into the 70's, 80's and beyond.

http://www.smoothradiolondon.co.uk/presenters-shows/smooth-documentaries-gfl6/listen-again-smooth-documentaries/ycnjzzsg/
(Mike Barraclough, UK/worldxclub)

RTV Tunisia - A09 Arabic schedule

RTV Tunisia
Effective: 29 March - 25 October 2009

All times UTC

Arabic
0200-0500 9725 SFA 250 kW 100 deg to N/ME
0200-0500 12005 SFA 500 kW 100 deg to N/ME

0400-0800 7275 SFA 500 kW 340 deg to WeEu
0400-0800 7335 SFA 500 kW 265 deg to NoAf

1600-2100 9725 SFA 250 kW 100 deg to N/ME
1600-2100 12005 SFA 500 kW 100 deg to N/ME

1600-2400 7225 SFA 500 kW 340 deg to WeEu
1700-2400 7345 SFA 500 kW 265 deg to NoAf
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 13/DX Mix news # 568via wb, Germany)

Correspondence to Radiodiffusion Télévision Tunisienne may be directed to:
71 Avenue La Liberté
TN-1070mTunia
Tunisia

* Streaming and on-demand audio: www.radiotunis.com/news.html
(World QSL Book)