KNLS International - B09 multilingual schedule

KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska

Effective 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

All times UTC
Target Areas: as (Asia) eu (Europe)

schedule subject to changes

Chinese
0800-0900 7355.0as
0900-1000 7355.0as
1000-1100 7355.0as
1100-1200 7355.0as
1300-1400 7355.0as
1400-1500 7355.0as
1500-1600 7355.0as
1600-1700 6915.0as
1700-1800 6915.0as

English
0800-0900 9615.0as 6150.0al
1000-1100 6150.0as
1200-1300 6150a.0as 6915.0as
1400-1500 6890.0as

Russian
0900-1000 6150eu
1100-1200 6150.0eu
1500-1600 6890.0eu
1600-1700 6890.0eu
1700-1800 6890.0eu
(KNLS/Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager/Monitoring Times)

Australia, CVC International - B09 English

Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

daily unless otherwise indicated

All times UTC - programming targeted to Asia

English
0930-1000 15535.0
1000-1100 15535.0
1100-1200 15535.0
1200-1230 15535.0

1230-1300 13635.0
1300-1400 13635.0
1400-1500 13635.0
1500-1600 13635.0
1600-1700 13635.0
1700-1800 13635.0
1800-1830 13635.0
(CVC/Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager/Monitoring Times)

Radio Slovakia International - B09 English schedule

Blog Editor's Note:
The shortwave broadcast schedule published below is a portion of the full schedule for this station. A complete schedule that includes all broadcasting languages, is now available as an exclusive service to subscribers of Monitoring Times electronic magazine -- MTXpress.

This e-zine eliminates the hassles of slow or non-postal delivery, torn print issues, and the higher cost of print magazines. You get a monthly electronic Adobe pdf file in full color, completely searchable and that can be printed. It is also easy to store and read. Sight-impaired subscribers to MTXpress can have issues read to them using the Jaws Adobe plugin. Now our new MTXtra Shortwave Broadcast Guide includes all foreign language broadcasts on shortwave in the same format that we use in the monthly printed MT English Shortwave Guide.

MT breaks the schedules down by hour, station and by frequency, plus MT is the only shortwave schedule service that updates schedule information monthly. Now you can get MTXpress and the new comprehensive MTXtra Shortwave Broadcast Guide each month for a yearly price of $19.95US worldwide. No matter where you live, MTXpress and the new MTXtra guide has the shortwave information and schedules you want at a very affordable price. To get more information on MTXpress/MTXtra or to order, go to www.grove-ent.com/page81.html.

Radio Slovakia International B09 (partial)

Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

Target Areas: as/pa (Asia/Pacific) eu (Europe) sa (South America)
daily unless otherwise indicated

All times UTC

English
0100-0130 7230.0na 9440.0sa
0700-0730 13715.0as/pa 15460.0as/pa
1730-1800 5915.0eu 6055.0eu
1930-2000 5915.0eu 7345.0eu
(Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager/Monitoring Times

Radio Cairo - B09 English schedule

Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

Target Areas: af (Africa) al (alternative frequency) as (Asia) na (North America)
daily unless otherwise indicated

All times UTC

English
0200-0300 7540.0na
0300-0330 7540.0na
1215-1300 17870.0as
1300-1330 17870.0as
1600-1700 12170.0af 13660.0al
1700-1800 12170.0af 13660.0al
1900-2000 11510.0af
2000-2130 11510.0af
2115-2200 6270.0eu
2200-2245 6270.0eu
2300-0000 7580.0na
(Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager/Monitoring Times)

Radio Bulgaria - B09 English/Spanish schedules

Blog Editor's Note:
The shortwave broadcast schedule published below is a portion of the full schedule for this station. A complete schedule that includes all broadcasting languages, is now available as an exclusive service to subscribers of Monitoring Times electronic magazine -- MTXpress.

This e-zine eliminates the hassles of slow or non-postal delivery, torn print issues, and the higher cost of print magazines. You get a monthly electronic Adobe pdf file in full color, completely searchable and that can be printed. It is also easy to store and read. Sight-impaired subscribers to MTXpress can have issues read to them using the Jaws Adobe plugin. Now our new MTXtra Shortwave Broadcast Guide includes all foreign language broadcasts on shortwave in the same format that we use in the monthly printed MT English Shortwave Guide.

MT breaks the schedules down by hour, station and by frequency, plus MT is the only shortwave schedule service that updates schedule information monthly. Now you can get MTXpress and the new comprehensive MTXtra Shortwave Broadcast Guide each month for a yearly price of $19.95US worldwide. No matter where you live, MTXpress and the new MTXtra guide has the shortwave information and schedules you want at a very affordable price. To get more information on MTXpress/MTXtra or to order, go to www.grove-ent.com/page81.html.
Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times.

Radio Bulgaria - B09 (partial)
Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

All times UTC

English
0000-0100 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
0300-0400 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
0730-0800 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
1830-1900 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
1830-1900 -daily- West Europe 9700 S020/306 DRM
2200-2300 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295
e-mail: english@bnr.bg

Spanish
0000-0100 -daily- South America 7300 P170/258, 9400 P170/245
0200-0300 -daily- South America 7300 P170/258, 9400 P170/245
0200-0300 -daily- Central America 7300 P170/295
0700-0730 -daily- South Europe 6200 P170/258, 7300 P170/260
1730-1800 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 9400 P170/258
2230-2330 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 9400 P170/258
email: spanish@bnr.bg

Transmitters sites:
SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW
S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 020 kW(DRM)
(DX Mix News # 593 via wb, Germany)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

New Spaceweather Update

Posted Tuesday October 20, 2009 at www.nz4o.com/nz4o4.htm
(Thomas Giella, FL)

Solar Terrestrial Activity Report
http://www.solen.info/solar/

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2009 Oct 20 1951 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
12 - 18 October 2009

Solar activity was very low. Isolated eruptive activity was observed in a plage region near S28W01 on 16 October. EIT wave activity and weak X-ray enhancements were associated with these eruptions. At around 17/1900 UTC, this plage region (near S28W14) produced a
two-ribbon flare. An associated faint, slow-moving (around 230 km/sec), Earth-directed partial halo CME was associated with this flare. 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 normal levels during the period. Geomagnetic field activity was at predominantly quiet levels during the period. Isolated unsettled periods were observed at mid-latitudes early on 16 October. The period began with ACE solar wind velocities at 419 km/s, before reaching a peak of 431 km/s at 12/0114 UTC, and decreasing to 292 km/s at 15/0345 UTC. A second velocity peak reached 439 km/s at 16/0015 UTC and ended the period around 291 km/s. Interplanetary magnetic field activity showed
intermittent periods of southward Bz during the period (minimum -5 nT at 15/1641 UTC). Bt reached a maximum of 11 nT at 15/1033 UTC. Density reached a maximum of 16 p/cc at 15/0912 UTC.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
21 October - 16 November 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 be at normal levels through the period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at predominantly quiet levels during 21-23 October. Quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active to minor storm conditions at high latitudes, are expected on 24-25 October, due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Predominantly quiet levels are expected for the rest of the period.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2009 Oct 20 1951 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2009 Oct 20
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 Oct 21 72 5 2
2009 Oct 22 72 5 2
2009 Oct 23 72 5 2
2009 Oct 24 72 8 3
2009 Oct 25 72 8 4
2009 Oct 26 72 5 2
2009 Oct 27 72 5 2
2009 Oct 28 72 5 2
2009 Oct 29 72 5 2
2009 Oct 30 72 5 2
2009 Oct 31 70 5 2
2009 Nov 01 70 5 2
2009 Nov 02 69 5 2
2009 Nov 03 69 5 2
2009 Nov 04 69 5 2
2009 Nov 05 69 5 2
2009 Nov 06 70 5 2
2009 Nov 07 70 5 2
2009 Nov 08 70 5 2
2009 Nov 09 70 5 2
2009 Nov 10 70 5 2
2009 Nov 11 70 5 2
2009 Nov 12 70 5 2
2009 Nov 13 70 5 2
2009 Nov 14 70 5 2
2009 Nov 15 72 5 2
2009 Nov 16 72 5 2
(NOAA)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC // parallel frequency

Australian DX Report 173
Episode # 173 of the Australian DX Report audio news magazine includes propagation research analysis of current spectrum occupancy in the 7 MHz band.

There are also other features, news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, a solar activity report, monitoring notes, new schedules for the B09 season, extracts from schedules, and schedule updates.

It's 14 mins duration, and may be accessed from http://airm.edxp.org/

You may download/listen to/save the episodes as an MP3 file on your laptop/desktop, set up a Podcast, or receive/save it on your Mobile Phone or other portable internet-enabled digital device.

You may also subscribe via the site's RSS/Atom feed - full details are at the site. The shows are very popular - in the four weeks to October 11, 2009, there have been 672 downloads by subscribers, 1416 site visitors, and 1 episode hits. The episodes are also available on-air, over WWCR Nashville, 0200-0215 on Sundays, on 5070, and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825, and via WWCR's streaming audio (live) at http://www.wwcr.com/

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 173, and enjoy the music!
(Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)

BBC cancels all Turksh programming
0400-0430 6145 CYP 9435 MOS Mon-Fri
0800-0900 7375 CYP 17870 RMP Sun
1500-1530 3990 CYP 11615 MOS 13580 SKN Sat/Sun
1500-1550 3990 CYP 11615 MOS 13580 SKN Mon-Fri
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1/DX Mix news 592)

China monitoring
5030, China National Radio, 1054-1105. Steady stream of Mandarin comments by male/female. Station ID at 1054, and mention of "FM." Signal was fair and noted parallel signal on 6175 kHz. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

6175, China National Radio, 1054-1105. Same programming noted, with a steady stream
of Mandarin comments from male/female. Occasionally canned promos or commercials heard. These breaks make the listening more interesting even though the language isn't understood. Time ticks at 1059, followed by canned ID and comments over chimes and music. Splatter interference begins from 6180 kHz, making for difficult listening at 1100. Orignally however, the signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

China Radio International adjust frequency
CRI via Albanian relay in French from Sept 3
1800-1957 (new freq) 9480 CER 150 kW 310 deg to WeEUR, x9455 to avoid Radio Free Asia FA+jammer (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1/DX Mix News 592)

EMR announcement to listeners
EMR would like to apologise for the problems you may have experienced tuning in to our regular third Sunday of the month” transmissions on 6140 KHz at 0900 UTC on Sunday, October 18th 2009. Listeners who attempted to tune in to EMR via the internet at the same time would have also only heard our 24 hour automated service at the same time.

The lack of our regular 6140 kHz broadcast programs on the internet at 0900 was our mistake,and we would like to apologise to you if you tried to hear the broadcast shows between 0900 and 1000 that morning. This was a scheduling error on the internet broadcast computer system. The other scheduled repeats of the 6140 broadcast programme were available on the internet as scheduled.

The lack of programs from EMR between 0900 and 0915 was beyond our control, as was the abrupt start and end to our transmission. We are currently in discussions with our broadcast facility partner to understand what exactly went wrong and will make an announcement in our next scheduled broadcast on November 15th at 1000 UTC on 6140 kHz.
All the best Mike and Tom Taylor

Farewell to broadcasting site after nearly 60 years
www.hcjb.org.uk/global-news/farewell-to-broadcasting-site-after-nearly-60-years.html
(Alokesh Gupta, India)

Lithuania's Mighty KBC cancelled
All transmissions
2130-2228 6055 SIT 100 kW 259 deg to WeEu Daily, from Sept 30
0200-0258 6110 SIT 100 kW 310 deg to NoAm Sunday from Sept 27
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1/DX Mix News 592)

Radio broadcasters targeted by Honduran government
The interim leader in Honduras has threatened to put broadcasters off the air. New rules have been put in place to restrict broadcasters which, in the government’s eyes, might "attack national security." The restrictions follow the closure of two stations by self-proclaimed President Micheletti, who also confiscated equipment from the broadcasters. He has said they will remain shut down until their owners front the local courts. The two broadcasters targeted had backed the return of exiled president, Jose Zelaya.
Source: http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/552961/cs/1/
(Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)

Radio Bulgaria launches new website
Radio Bulgaria has launched its new website. Unfortunately the URLs have changed, and there is no redirecting. The English website is now at http://bnr.bg/sites/en/Pages/default.aspx
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Heritage Documentary
RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary
'Surviving Tsunamis'
Radio in the Pacific Ring of Fire

Join us from Monday October 19 2009 when we air our new radio heritage documentary about surviving tsunamis in the South Pacific on the next Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] Mailbox program.

You can listen directly via shortwave or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of broadcast frequencies and times in your area and audio download at www.rnzi.com/ .

The recent tsunamis in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga brought forward brave dedication to duty from several radio stations, and the program includes an interview with the morning DJ at KKHJ-FM in Pago Pago who was trapped in the studios as the waves smashed into the
ground floor of her building.

However, as the program explains, it's by pure luck that the radio station studios in Pago Pago and Apia weren't swept out to sea, their buildings being totally exposed to the Pacific.

Across the Pacific, other radio station studios and facilities are at sea level and wouldn't stand a chance if the wrong tsunami hit in the wrong place.

Both Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands also had major earthquakes and tsunami warnings within hours. Radio everywhere is an extremely fragile lifeline.

The program also looks at the problem of most local Pacific radio stations broadcasting in local languages. Yet local economies increasingly depend on tourists. When emergency strikes, tourists are told to listen to the local radio for instructions.

In Samoa, the only two English speaking stations were no longer broadcasting live, and hundreds of tourists had no idea what was happening, as the only live broadcast they could hear was completely in Samoan.

Just how fragile the broadcasting infrastructure is and how vulnerable local residents and tourists alike can be in an earthquake, tsunami or cyclone in the Pacific Ring of Fire is
discussed.

Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation as we celebrate the bravery of Pacific broadcasters and warn of the dangers facing the islands in future natural disasters.

A full list of AM radio stations broadcasting in the Pacific is available free in the Pacific Asian Log AM Radio Guide at www.radioheritage.net/, where you'll also learn more about broadcasting in these beautiful but vulnerable islands in features from our Island Radio Pacific Style series.

RNZI's Mailbox program from Monday October 19 2009, via shortwave and audio on demand with full times and schedules online at www.rnzi.com/.
(HCDX)

Trans World Radio Africa launches new web site
TWR-Africa announces its newly revitalized Web site at www.twrafrica.org/ The first phase of the site officially went live this morning. Phase two should follow within the next ten days and will include: National partner pages, a link to TWR.org, a flash photo gallery and an archive of past articles.Visit www.twrafrica.org/ to find out how God is ministering through radio in
Africa. (Source: TWR/Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Oromia monitoring
Ethiopia, 6030, Radio Oromia, *0321. This definitely is their new schedule. Xylophone interval signal mixing with Calgary, Canada (CFVP). Clearly heard at 0329, talking for about four minutes, but then lost to Calgary for about five minutes. Picked up again with talking, 0344 seemed to be Horn of Africa music and then back to talking. Finally lost about 0350. Better reception today (oct 19) than two weeks ago on Monday, but still a challenge due to the constant C&W music from Calgary (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Radio Serbia's additional transmission
2130-2158 7230 BIJ 250 kW 100 deg to Australia. Good reception in Bulgaria
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1/DX Mix News 592)

TDP schedule changes
Russia:
Addis Dimts Radio in Amharic, new station
1200-1300 21525 SAM 250 kW 188 deg to EaAf Sun
Radio Bilal in Amharic
1730-1800 NF 17775 SAM 250 kW 188 deg to EaAf Sun, x1700-1800 15350
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 16/DX Mix News 592)

Voice of Turkey adjustments
Effective to 25 October 2009
Arabic
1500-1555 11660 CAK 500 kW 252 deg, additional freq \\ 9665 kHz.

Tatar
1100-1125 15360 EMR 500 kW 072 deg, x1100-1155 same freq

Uyghur
1500-1555 11620 EMR 500 kW 072 deg, x1400-1455 same freq

Uzbek
1130-1155 11865 EMR 500 kW 072 deg, x1100-1155 same freq
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 16)

Voice of Vietnam adds two new frequencies
VOV HS-1
2250-1200 NF 7435 HAN 050 kW non-dir in Vietnamese
2150-1500 NF 9635 HAN 050 kW non-dir in Vietnamese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1)

Radio Vlaandren confirms end of shortwave

RVI has officialy confirmed that it is dropping its shortwave transmissions. The final shortwave broadcast will be on Saturday 24 October. RVi has been broadcasting a limited shortwave service to expats in southern Europe, but replies to a recent listeners’ questionnaire showed a declining audience for this service in favour of satellite and Internet, and the costs of using shortwave can no longer be jusitified.
(Source: RVi website/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

and our earlier post from this blog October 9, 2009
This afternoon I received confirmation from Els Vandeperre, that Radio Vlaanderen International plans to leave shortwave on October 24. Located in Brussels, Belgium, RVI broadcast in Dutch, and these last few weeks present a chance to verify RVI before their final day of broadcasting.
Gayle Van Horn

All times UTC
Dutch - targeted to Europe
0700-0800 13685
0800-0900 9790
1800-1900 5960
1900-2000 6040

Website: http://www.rvi.be/

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We have uploaded new trial issues of DSWCI publications. Amongst them are the latest DX Window (No. 387 of 14th October 2009) and the September/October issue of Shortwave News.

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Media Broadcast - B09 schedule

Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

Via: Austria/ French Guiana/ Germany

Media Broadcast GmbH Cologne (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK)

All times UTC

freq startstop ciraf loc pow azi bca day from to
3975 1800-2000 28 WER 250 ND YFR 1234567
5850 1630-1930 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
5910 1645-1800 39,40 WER 100 120 BVB 2 4
5910 1715-1730 39,40 WER 100 120 BVB 6
5915 2000-2100 44N,45E WER 250 45 BVB 1
5930 0200-0300 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567
5945 0800-0830 27,28N NAU 125 280 BVB 1
5945 0800-0845 27,28N NAU 125 280 BVB 7
5955 0658-0858 27S,28SWNAU 500 220 RNW 1234567
5955 1100-1459 18,27,28WER 250 ND RNW 1
5960 1900-1959 28E,29 WER 100 75 CHW 7
5960 2000-2200 37,38W NAU 250 210 YFR 1234567
5960 2200-2300 37,38W NAU 250 210 YFR 1234567
5965 1726-1759 30S,40 WER 100 105 TWR 1234567
5965 1800-1859 29,30 WER 250 60 YFR 1234567
5980 0430-0500 27,28 WER 500 60 NHK 1234567
5980 1626-1659 28 WER 100 105 TWR 7
5980 1626-1659 29S,39N WER 100 90 TWR 23456
6010 1659-1757 27,36,37WER 500 240 RNW 1234567
6020 1930-2015 37,38 WER 250 150 PAB 1
6020 1930-2030 37,38 WER 250 150 PAB 7
6025 0500-0600 28E WER 100 120 AWR 1234567
6030 0030-0100 41 WER 250 90 BVB 1234567
6030 1900-1915 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 5
6030 1900-1915 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 6 251009-051109
6030 1900-1930 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 3
6030 1900-1945 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 6 061109-270310
6030 1900-2000 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 1
6030 1930-1945 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 7
6040 2030-2100 47,48-53NAU 250 190 IBB 1 7
6045 1000-1100 27E,28 WER 100 ND HLR 1
6050 1800-1859 28E WER 100 90 YFR 1234567
6055 1000-1059 27,28 WER 100 90 CHW 1
6055 1130-1200 27,28 WER 125 ND EMG 1 7
6055 1200-1215 27,28 WER 250 ND MWA 1
6105 0400-0500 28,29 WER 250 60 IBB 1234567
6105 0742-0850 27 NAU 100 285 TWR 1
6105 0757-0850 27 NAU 100 285 TWR 23456
6105 0812-0850 27 NAU 100 285 TWR 7
6105 1700-1800 40 NAU 500 105 YFR 1234567
6110 1400-1559 27,28W MOS 100 ND TOM 1234567
6110 1559-1657 27,37,28NAU 500 220 RNW 1234567
6110 1800-1859 39,40 WER 125 120 BVB 7
6110 1830-1859 39,40 WER 125 120 BVB 1
6120 0400-0600 29 WER 250 55 IBB 1234567
6120 0559-0658 27,37,28NAU 500 210 RNW 1234567
6120 0759-0859 27,37,28WER 250 300 RNW 23456
6120 0759-0900 27,37,28WER 250 300 RNW 1 7
6120 0859-1100 27S,28SWWER 250 255 RNW 23456
6120 1802-1902 37N NAU 250 230 YFR 1234567
6130 0330-0400 27,28 WER 500 45 NHK 1234567
6140 1000-1100 27,28 WER 100 ND MVB 1
6140 1800-1900 27W,28 ISS 100 60 HCJ 1234567
6180 1400-1500 27,28 MOS 100 ND RTR 1
7200 2330-0030 41,43,49ISS 250 75 GFA 1234567
7205 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
7215 0030-0130 40E,41NWWER 250 90 GFA 1234567
7220 1600-1700 29,30,31WER 250 55 IBB 1234567
7220 2000-2200 29 WER 250 55 IBB 1234567
7235 1900-1930 39N WER 250 105 FEB 1234567
7305 2100-2159 46,47-52WER 500 180 YFR 1234567
7315 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567
7315 0330-0359 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567
7315 1457-1530 28,29,30WER 100 60 TWR 2
7315 1457-1600 28,29,30WER 100 60 TWR 1 34567
7315 1530-1600 28,29,30WER 100 60 TWR 2
7335 0200-0600 6,7,8 GUF 250 318 VOR 1234567
7360 2200-0100 12,13,15GUF 500 170 YFR 1234567
7365 1800-1815 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 7
7365 1800-1829 37NW WER 100 240 BVB 1
7365 1800-1830 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 2 4 6
7365 1800-1859 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 3 5
7365 1830-1859 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 1
7370 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567
7375 0000-0400 7,8,9,10WER 100 300 HRT 1234567 261009-280310
7375 0200-0600 2,3,6-10WER 125 325 HRT 1234567
7375 2300-0400 11,12-16WER 100 240 HRT 1234567 261009-270310
7390 0000-0100 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567
7410 0430-0500 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 2345
7410 0430-0515 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 6
7425 0400-0429 39,40W WER 250 120 AWR 1234567
7440 2330-0030 41,49 WER 125 75 DVB 1234567
9405 1600-1700 41 WER 500 90 YFR 1234567
9410 1530-1545 39,40 WER 250 105 BVB 1
9430 0400-0500 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
9430 1600-1659 39 WER 250 120 YFR 1234567
9445 1700-1729 39,40W WER 250 120 AWR 1234567
9460 1630-1915 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 1
9460 1645-1700 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 2 4
9460 1645-1715 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 6
9460 1645-1720 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 3
9460 1645-1745 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 5
9460 1645-1900 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 7
9460 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 3
9460 1830-1859 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 6
9465 1600-1629 29S WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
9465 1800-1859 46E,47W NAU 500 183 YFR 1234567
9465 2200-2300 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567
9465 2300-2357 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567
9470 1900-1959 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 7
9470 1915-1945 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 1
9470 1930-1959 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 6
9480 1900-2200 46,47,52NAU 500 185 YFR 1234567
9485 1600-1700 29 NAU 250 103 IBB 1234567
9485 1730-1800 48 WER 250 135 IBB 23456
9485 1800-1859 48 NAU 250 140 IBB 1234567
9485 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 IBB 23456
9495 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
9495 1830-1859 29SE WER 250 90 IBB 1234567
9500 1900-2000 37E,38 WER 250 150 YFR 1234567
9510 1830-1915 46E,47 WER 125 180 BVB 1
9510 1930-2000 46,47 WER 125 180 BVB 7
9540 1730-1830 40 NAU 125 100 IBB 1234567
9565 1400-1500 40E,41NWWER 250 75 IBB 1234567
9595 1400-1459 30S WER 250 60 IBB 1234567
9595 1730-1800 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
9595 1800-1900 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
9595 2000-2059 46,47-52WER 500 180 YFR 1234567
9605 1600-1630 29,30 WER 250 60 EMG 7
9610 1000-1100 28W NAU 100 180 AWR 1
9630 1700-1758 58W NAU 500 160 YFR 1234567 271009-270310
9650 1600-1659 41 WER 125 90 RMI 7
9660 1730-1759 47E,48 NAU 125 140 RMI 6
9670 0100-0300 42,43 WER 250 75 IBB 1234567
9680 1830-1929 40 WER 100 105 IBB 1234567
9685 1626-1659 29S,39N WER 100 90 TWR 23456
9695 1900-1959 37,46 WER 500 210 YFR 1234567
9730 1600-1759 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 2 45
9730 1600-1830 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 1 6
9730 1630-1759 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 3
9730 1630-1830 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 7
9750 1559-1657 27,37,28NAU 500 225 RNW 1234567
9760 1831-1846 52,53 WER 100 165 RRP 3 5
9770 1530-1759 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
9790 1200-1230 27,28 WER 500 300 NHK 1234567
9790 1600-1700 29 WER 250 45 IBB 1234567
9800 1830-1859 46S,47SEWER 500 180 LWF 1234567
9805 1800-1830 47,48 WER 250 150 IBB 1234567
9805 2000-2030 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
9815 1900-1930 47E,48W WER 250 150 IBB 1234567
9820 1630-1659 38,39-48WER 100 135 RHU 3 6
9830 0559-0657 28,38,39WER 500 120 RNW 1234567
9845 1800-1859 37E,38 WER 250 150 YFR 1234567
9850 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 195 NHK 1234567
9850 1700-1759 39 WER 250 120 YFR 1234567
9880 0100-0300 12,14,16GUF 250 195 VOR 1234567
9880 1600-1659 40 NAU 500 108 YFR 1234567
9885 1700-1759 29,30 WER 250 60 YFR 1234567
9895 1100-1557 27,37,28WER 250 240 RNW 1
9925 1630-1829 39,40 WER 100 105 BVB 1234567
11605 0000-0100 12,13 GUF 250 181 VOR 1234567
11610 1500-1559 41E NAU 500 84 YFR 1234567
11645 1530-1629 40E,41NWWER 250 90 GFA 1234567
11655 1629-1727 47,48-53WER 500 150 RNW 1234567
11675 1500-1530 41N WER 250 75 AWR 1234567
11675 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 AWR 1234567
11675 1800-1900 48 WER 250 150 IBB 1234567
11685 1700-1759 37,38 WER 125 180 YFR 1234567
11705 2030-2100 46,47 NAU 250 190 IBB 23456
11720 1300-1329 42,43W NAU 250 70 AWR 23456
11720 1300-1329 42,43W NAU 250 70 AWR 1 7
11725 1330-1459 42,43W NAU 250 70 AWR 1234567
11750 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 180 NHK 1234567
11760 1900-1930 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
11760 1930-1959 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
11790 1500-1529 30,31 WER 250 75 IBB 1234567
11795 0500-0530 48 WER 125 135 BVB 7
11795 1730-1759 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567
11805 1600-1629 47E,48 WER 500 135 RMI 1 3 5
11810 1700-1758 38,39,48ISS 100 126 SBO 1 4
11830 1700-1759 47E,48 NAU 500 145 ADM 7
11830 1701-1759 38E,-48 NAU 250 145 EFD 1 4
11830 1701-1759 38E,-48 NAU 125 145 ELF 5
11840 1200-1230 19,20-26NAU 250 20 EMG 7
11860 1500-1529 41N WER 250 90 AWR 1234567
11875 1630-1729 47,48 WER 100 150 BVB 1234567
11875 1729-1745 47,48 NAU 100 153 BVB 6
11880 1515-1530 41 NAU 250 87 BVB 7
11900 1600-1629 39,40 WER 100 90 PAB 1
11905 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 AWR 1234567
11905 1730-1800 48 WER 250 150 IBB 23456
11935 1500-1557 41SE NAU 500 94 YFR 1234567
11955 1600-1758 47,48 WER 500 150 YFR 1234567
11955 1900-1935 37,38W NAU 125 215 AWR 1234567
11955 1935-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 AWR 1234567
11970 1655-1715 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 23 56
11970 1655-1729 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 4
11975 0700-0800 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
11975 0800-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
12005 1330-1529 41,43,49WER 250 75 GFA 1234567
12010 0800-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
12010 0830-0900 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567
12015 1400-1459 30S WER 250 75 IBB 1234567
12035 1500-1515 41,49NW WER 250 90 BVB 1
12035 1515-1615 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 5
12035 1530-1545 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 7
12035 1530-1559 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 3
12035 1530-1559 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 1
12035 1530-1559 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 4 6
12045 1759-1957 47,48-53WER 500 150 RNW 1234567
13605 1400-1459 30S,40N WER 250 75 YFR 1234567
13645 1400-1430 41 NAU 125 85 PAB 1
13645 1415-1430 41 NAU 125 85 PAB 234567
13645 1430-1445 41 NAU 250 85 PAB 1
13655 1400-1559 41 WER 500 90 YFR 1234567
13680 1230-1559 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
13700 1400-1557 41 NAU 500 95 YFR 1234567
13730 1400-1459 41 WER 250 90 BVB 7
13730 1430-1458 41 WER 250 90 BVB 1
13740 1400-1459 39N,40W WER 250 105 IBB 1234567
13740 1529-1627 47,48-53WER 500 150 RNW 1234567
13810 1400-1600 28,29-39NAU 100 129 TOM 1234567
13820 1300-1457 41E NAU 500 84 YFR 1234567
15190 0830-0900 38-40 WER 500 105 NHK 1234567
15285 1230-1459 41 WER 250 90 GFA 1234567
15325 1400-1459 41E WER 500 90 YFR 1234567
15495 1200-1230 41NE NAU 250 85 AWR 1234567
15495 1230-1259 41NE NAU 250 85 AWR 1234567
15525 0500-0600 39N,40W NAU 250 105 IBB 1234567
15565 1200-1230 31S,42N NAU 250 70 BVB 23456
15620 1630-1700 48 WER 250 135 IBB 1234567
15750 1200-1300 49E NAU 500 80 YFR 1234567 271009-270310
17485 1500-1559 46,47-52WER 100 180 TOM 1234567
17545 0900-1000 38,39 WER 125 135 BVB 6
17575 1630-1659 48 ISS 250 125 AWR 1234567
17670 1400-1459 41S WER 500 105 YFR 1234567
17675 0600-0700 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567

List of Broadcasters which are using Media Broadcast technical equipment

ADM Ethiopia Adera Dimtse Radio
www.ecadforum.com/YE_ETHIOPIA_ADERA_DIMTSE.html
www.ecadfm.com/
ecadf@ecadforum.com
info@ecadforum.com
AWR Adventist World Radio
BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting
CHW Christliche Wissenschaft
CVC Christian Vision
DVB Democratic Voice of Burma
EFD Ethiopeans For Democracy
ELF VO Eritrean People
EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland
FEB FEBA Radio UK
GFA Gospel for Asia
HCJ Voice of the Andes
HLR Hamburger Lokalradio
HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija
IBB International Broadcast Bureau
IBR IBRA Radio Sweden
LWF Lutheran World Federation
MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio
MWA Missionswerk Arche
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
PAB Pan Am Broadcasting
PRW Polskie Radio Warsaw
RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo)
RMI Radio Miami International
RNW Radio Netherlands World Service
RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie
RTR Radio Traumland (Belgium)
SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo
TOM The Overcomer Ministry
TWR Trans World Radio
VOR Voice of Russia
YFR WYFR Family Radio
DTK MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom)
(M&B Media Broadcast, via ADDX Andreas Volk-D, WWDXC BC-DX TopNews Oct 20 via wb, Germany)

Voice of Africa - B09 multilingual schedule

Libya
Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

All times UTC

Swahili
1200-1357 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1200-1357 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf

English
1400-1557 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1400-1557 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf

French
1600-1657 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1600-1657 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1700-1757 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1700-1757 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf

Hausa
1800-1857 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1800-1857 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1900-1957 on 11860 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1900-1957 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
(DX Mix News 595 Via Jaisakthivel Chennai, India)

Radio Tirana - B09 multilingual schedule

Albania

Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

All times UTC

6000 1800--1830 100 0 .234567 Italian ex 300 degr antenna
6040 1900--1915 100 0 .234567 SER / Croatian
6100 0430-- 0500 100 300 1.34567 English
6110 0000--0130 100 300 1234567 Albanian
6150 0330--0400 100 300 1.34567 English
6155 2001--2030 100 300 .234567 Italian
6165 2130--2300 100 0 1234567 Albanian
7390 0730--1000 100 0 1234567 Albanian
7425 0000--0130 100 310 1.34567 English
7425 0245--0300 100 310 1.34567 English
7435 2130--2300 100 310 1234567 Albanian
7465 1830--1900 100 310 .234567 French
7465 1945--2000 100 300 .234567 English
7465 2001--2030 100 0 .234567 French ex. 310 degr antenna
7465 2031--2100 100 310 .234567 German
7520 2100--2130 100 300 .234567 English
9895 2100--2130 100 310 .234567 English
11635 1945--2000 100 310 .234567 English
13640 1530--1600 100 310 .234567 English
(Tibor Szilagyi Vai Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)

Radio Free Asia B09 multilingual schedule

Radio Free Asia

(RFA does not broadcast in English)

Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

All times UTC

daily unless otherwise indicated, all programming targeted to Asia

Burmese (4 hours daily)
0030-0130 13710, 13815, 15700
1230-1330 11795, 12105, 15700
1330-1400 9670, 11795, 13855
1400-1430 11795, 13855
1630-1730 7505

Cantonese (2 hours daily)
1400-1500 5810, 7280
2200-2300 9570, 11740, 11775

Khmer (2 hours daily)
1230-1330 13725, 15160
2230-2330 9355, 11850

Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1700 1350, 5860, 7210, 9385
1700-1900 1350, 5860, 9385
2100-2200 1350, 7460, 9385, 12075

Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 11830, 15535
1100-1200 9355, 15120

Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0600 11980, 13710, 15150, 15665, 17615, 17880, 21540
0600-0700 11980, 13710, 15150, 15665, 17615, 17880
1500-1600 5810, 7445, 9440, 9905, 11945, 13725
1600-1700 5810, 7415, 7445, 9455, 9905, 11945, 13725
1700-1800 5810, 7415, 7445, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11945, 13670
1800-1900 5810, 7385, 7415, 7445, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11790, 11945,13670
1900-2000 1098, 5810, 5990, 6095, 7385, 9355, 9455, 9875, 9905, 11790, 11945
2000-2100 1098, 5810, 5990, 6095, 7355, 7495, 9355, 9455, 9875, 11900, 11945
2100-2200 1098, 5810, 6095, 7355, 7495, 9355, 9455, 9875, 11945, 13745
2300-0000 7540, 11775, 11975, 15265, 15430, 15550

Tibetan (10 hours daily)
0100-0300 7470, 9670, 11695, 15220, 17730
0600-0700 17515, 17715, 21500, 21695
1000-1100 9690, 15140, 17750
1100-1200 7470, 11540, 11590, 15375
1200-1400 7470, 11540, 11590, 13625, 15375
1500-1530 7530, 9410, 11500, 15145
1530-1600 7470, 7530, 11500, 15145
2200-2300 5820, 7470, 9835
2300-0000 6010, 7470, 7550, 9875

Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0200 7480, 9480, 9645, 9690, 13605
1600-1700 7470, 7510, 11720, 11730

Vietnamese (2.5 hours daily)
0000-0030 5855, 11605, 11965, 15135
1400-1430 1503, 5855, 7515, 9990, 11605, 12130, 13865, 15195
1430-1500 5855, 7515, 9990, 11605, 12130, 13865, 15195
2300-2330 1359
2330-0000 1359, 5855, 11605, 11965, 15135
(Via AJ Janitschek, Radio Free Asia)

AIR External Service Celebrates 70th Anniversary

Written by Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India

The External Services Division of All India Radio, India’s cultural ambassador to the world, celebrated its 70th anniversary a couple of weeks back, on October 1. The external broadcasts were started on October 1, 1939 by the then British Government of India to counter the propaganda of the Nazis directed at the Afghan people.
The first broadcasts from the new AIR External Services Division were in the Pushto language and beamed to Afghanistan, and also to the then North West Frontier Province. These days the North West Frontier Province forms a part of the neighboring country of Pakistan. Soon afterwards, additional broadcasts were started in several other languages
Dari, Persian & Arabic to the West
Burmese, Japanese, Chinese, Malay & French to the East
English for wide area coverage
These days, the External Services from All India Radio are on the air in 27 languages (16 foreign and 11 Indian languages) with a total program output of 70 & 1/4 hours per day. The foreign language broadcasts are radiated on both mediumwave and shortwave and they are beamed mainly to the countries of the Middle East and several areas of Asia. The External Service programming in Indian languages is intended mainly for expatriate Indians working in the many countries in the same areas.
The external service with the longest duration each day is the Urdu Service for coverage in
Pakistan round the clock on internet radio, and on shortwave & mediumwave for 12 & 1/4 hrs daily. English broadcasts to various parts of the world, under the title “General Overseas Service”, are on the air for 8 & 1/4 hours each day.
During the Haj season, when many pilgrims are making a journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, All India Radio presents a special series of broadcasts in the Urdu language beamed to Saudi Arabia. In addition, the External Services of AIR is broadcasting to Europe in the new broadcasting mode DRM (Digital Radio Mondial).
The programming of the External Services Division of All India Radio is broadcast on shortwave from the high power transmitters installed at 8 different locations throughout India and they range in power up to 500 kW. On mediumwave, the programming is carried from high powered transmitters at three different locations: Jalandhar, Kolkata and Tuticorin. Some of these mediumwave transmitters are rated at super power, right up to 1,000 kW output. The shortwave programming is beamed to different areas of the world, except not to the Americas, although All India Radio is often heard in the Americas by many radio hobbyists.
Each of the language services is a composite program, presenting news, commentaries, press reviews, talks on matters of general and cultural interest, as well as occasional feature programs and documentaries. Indian music is very popular, traditional Indian style as well as cinema tunes. Most of the external service programming originates in the New Broadcasting House located in Delhi, though 8 regional studios throughout India also contribute programming from their regional areas.
The External Services Division of AIR has been a vital link between India and the rest of the world, especially with those countries where there are Indian emigrants and people of Indian origin. It projects the Indian point of view on matters of national and international importance and demonstrates our way of life through its various programs.
Beautiful QSL cards are issued to the radio hobbyists from time to time by AIR in New Delhi for reception reports of their broadcasts. These are very much sought after by international radio hobbyists.
With the wide choices available today in the international media scene like Internet and TV, it is true that the number of listeners for shortwave broadcasting has diminished in recent time. Because of this, together with the high cost of running shortwave facilities and also the changes in political equations, many countries have been prompted to curtail or even completely abandon their External Service broadcasts. However it is still business as usual for All India Radio’s External Services.
We here at Wavescan congratulate All India Radio on the important occasion of the 70th anniversary of their External Services Division.
(NWS 34 via Adrian Peterson/AWR)

Radio Broadcasting in the Bermuda Triangle

One of the fascinating rewards as a result of intense, in-depth research into the history of wireless and radio, particularly international shortwave radio, is the discovery of unexpected and yet very interesting additional information, details of which we were previously unaware.
Take for example, the information we presented a few weeks ago about the shortwave station G2NM, that was a fore-runner to the BBC Empire Service from Daventry in England. In researching this information, we discovered that the event that triggered Gerald Marcuse into commencing the broadcast of his own preliminary “Empire Broadcasts” was the fact that he made contact with an amateur radio operator on the island of Bermuda who re-broadcast the radio contacts and occasional music programs from England for the further benefit of radio listeners in the Caribbean.
So, we decided to take a look at the historic radio scene in Bermuda, and we discovered lots of interesting information, too much in fact, for one program here in Wavescan. On this occasion then, we look at the early wireless scene in Bermuda. First though, some interesting information about Bermuda itself.
The British dependency of Bermuda is made up of more than 300 islands with a total area of just 21 square miles, though only 20 islands are inhabited. These islands are the most northerly coral atoll in the world and they lie midway between eastern Canada and the Caribbean islands, nearly 700 miles out in the Atlantic from New York City. Another claim to fame is that the Bermuda Islands form the fifth smallest country in the world.
The Bermuda islands lay virtually undiscovered and uninhabited for centuries though it is known that survivors from occasional shipwrecks did spend at least a short while on the islands before departing again for the Americas or their return to Europe. In the year 1505, the Spanish explorer Captain Juan de Bermudez discovered the islands and charted them for the first time.
The first permanent settlers on Bermuda came again, from a shipwreck. The ship “Sea Venture” was carrying colonists from England to North America and the ship was destroyed in a storm near Bermuda. Most of the survivors left later for the Americas, though two remained on the main island. Five years later, a boat load of passengers from England established the first deliberate attempt at colonizing the islands.
The total population these days is around 60,000, though 100,000 tourists flock to the islands each year. Their capital city is Hamilton which is located on the main island, Bermuda.
Another claim to fame for these isolated islands in the Atlantic, is the well known story about the Bermuda Triangle. According to the theory behind these legends, an inordinate number of ships and airplanes have mysteriously disappeared in the triangular area formed by Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Florida peninsula.
However, one historian has researched a large number of these disappearances and in his book he provides a logical explanation for each incident. In addition, he also states that the number of apparently strange disappearances in the so-called Bermuda Triangle is in about the same statistical ratio as elsewhere in the world, when the total flow of shipping and aircraft is taken into account.
Now for the radio scene in Bermuda! The first known wireless station was established by the British Royal Navy somewhere around the year 1913 and it was on the air under the irregular callsign QWC. During the following year, 1914, the English government bought a large property on Somerset Island and constructed a large wireless listening station with very tall towers. By this time, the station callsign was regularized according to the latest international prefixes and it identified on air with the callsign BZR.
In January 1932, a new communication radio station was inaugurated in Hamilton Bermuda under the callsign VRT with a transmitter power rated at 1.5 kW. This new communication station was noted by shortwave listeners in the United States in contact with station WNB at Lawrenceville New Jersey and with the new passenger liner “Monarch of Bermuda” under the callsign GMBJ. Three months later, the primary callsign for the maritime station in Bermuda was changed to ZFA, with subsidiary callsigns ZFB and ZFD, depending on which shortwave channel was in use.
The callsign for the maritime station in Bermuda subsequently became ZBM, and in more recent time, this was changed to ZBR, which is the current callsign. This station can sometimes be heard with weather reports on 2582 kHz; and yes, they do verify by letter.
In addition, there have been at least three other major communication stations located in Bermuda. The United States established both an Air Force Base and a Navy Base in Bermuda during World War 2; the callsign for the Air Force Base was AFJ, and for the navy it was NWU. Interestingly, the Canadian Navy established their own base in Bermuda back in 1963 and their communication radio station was licensed with a Canadian callsign, CZB. The Canadian facility was closed 30 years later, in 1993.
OK, now that’s as far as we can go today with the radio story in Bermuda. Next week, we are planning to present the story of mediumwave broadcasting in Bermuda, and that’s really very interesting also.
(Wavescan NWS 34 via Adrian Peterson/AWR)

RTA Algeria - B09 schedule

Via France/ Algeria

RTA Algeria

All times UTC

Holy Qu'ran in Arabic via TDF
0400-0457 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till Feb.27
0400-0457 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from Feb.28
0500-0557 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf
0500-0557 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf
0600-0657 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till Feb.27
0600-0657 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from Feb.28
1800-1857 on 9390 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf
1900-1957 on 7455 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf
1900-1957 on 9390 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf
2000-2057 on 7455 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf
2000-2057 on 7455 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf
DX Mix News #594 via Jaisakhivel, India)

Czech Republic, Radio Prague - B09 English schedule

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MT breaks the schedules down by hour, station and by frequency, plus MT is the only shortwave schedule service that updates schedule information monthly. Now you can get MTXpress and the new comprehensive MTXtra Shortwave Broadcast Guide each month for a yearly price of $19.95US worldwide. No matter where you live, MTXpress and the new MTXtra guide has the shortwave information and schedules you want at a very affordable price. To get more information on MTXpress/MTXtra or to order, go to www.grove-ent.com/page81.html.
Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times

Czech Republic, Radio Prague

Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

English
All times UTC
target areas: as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America) me (Middle East) pa (Pacific)

0100-0127 6200na 7355na

0200-0227 6200na 7355na

0400-0427 6200na 7345na

0430-0457 9855af/as

0800-0827 7345eu 9860eu

1000-1029 9955sa 15700as 21745af

1130-1157 11640eu 17545af/me

1330-1357 fa DRM 9850eu

1400-1429 11600as 13580na

1500-1527 9955na

1700-1727 5930eu 15710af

1800-1827 5930eu 9400as/pa

2100-2127 5930na/eu 9430as/pa

2230-2257 5930na 7355af

2330-2357 5930na 7355af
(R Prague)

Shortwave Central Poll Results - October 18, 2009

From our latest Shortwave Cental Blog poll. And the question was:

What is your favorite topic from Shortwave Central ?

Station News 39 (38%)

Broadcast Schedules 51 (50%)

Blog Logs 8 (7%)

QSLing Tips & Information 37 (36%)

Clandestine/Pirate 24 (23%)

Amateur Radio 14 (13%)

Hot Spot DXing 17 (16%)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes" 10 (9%)

Shortwave Media Programming 18 (17%)

I Like the Mix 22 (21%)

101 responses

Thank to all who took our toll. Standby for another poll shortly for the world's leading shortwave hobby internet site.

Radio Netherlands Program Guide - October 19-23

MONDAY 19 OCTOBER

*** Curious Orange (primary program) ***

Michel Walraven and Ashleigh Elson are your guides to modern-day Holland.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1540 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1540 Europe
1740 Europe
2240 Asia, North America, Safm

*** 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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

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

*** 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):
1700 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** 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):
1500 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530
1900 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Euro Hit 40 ***

Europe's No.1 chart Show.

*** Classic Dox ***

'Ode to Josephine'

Producer Dheera Sujan takes a personal journey back to her childhood in India with her 'memories of a parallel mother'. Josephine Fernandez was her ayah (nanny) and as she shares the smells, sounds and tastes of childhood with her sister, she also hunts for a fish curry recipe to help pass the memories on to her own daughter.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America, Africa, Asia
1200 North America

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

We return to the 2006 North Sea Jazz Festival. With the Marcus Miller septet, soul singer Bettye Lavette and Larry Coryell's trio, it can't come as a surprise that this show rocks. All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

Phenomenal performances by Dutch top orchestras.
Listen to music of love and death, with songs by Mahler, and Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde'. After the break it's Brahms' Symphony No 1 in c minor, Op. 68.

The concert is hosted as usual by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008 The poetic side of early 20th-century music comes to the fore in this concert. Debussy, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky and Scriabin are performed by the Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra. Your host this week is Hans Haffmans - on his own, for a change.

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER
*** 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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

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

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

This week, now that President Obama is ending the policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for gay service people in the US military, we take a historical overview on the right to be in uniform but out of the closet. With yet more Islamist bombings in Somalia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, we speak to a rabbi about how he treats the "others", his Muslim neighbours, after surviving the 7 July 2005 bombings in London.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):

1030 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1430 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1530 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1030 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1530 Europe
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America

*** Classic Dox ***

'The Girl at the Window'

Producer Anna Yeadell searches for the artist of a painting which hangs on her wall. She has admired it since she first saw it in her grandparents' house. Her quest leads her to Germany and a poignant meeting with 90-year-old artist Ursula Pusch-Wennrich who has her own remarkable story to tell.

*** 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 21 OCTOBER
*** 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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

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

*** Reloaded (primary program) ***

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1515 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1945 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Classic Dox ***

'Cycling with Frits'

Producer David Swatling discovered a cassette tape made for him years ago by Dutch friend and photographer Frits de Ridder. A musical bicycle journey to the Amsterdam countryside turns into an audio meditation on art and photography, AIDS and activism, and most of all - friendship.
*** Newsline ***

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 22 OCTOBER
*** 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.

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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

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

*** Earthbeat (primary programme) ***

On next week's Earthbeat we talk to the winner of a 500,000 euro prize for green innovation, whose new design for wind turbines could soon be seen on a roof top near you. "As long as they have a pitched roof we can put one of the Ridgeblades on top and it will generate electricity that will save carbon emissions and should hopefully earn them money as well." Dean Gregory, the inventor of the Ridgeblade, making money out of thin air on next week's program.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1545 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1540 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Classic Dox ***

'Short Circuit'

Producer Michele Ernsting explores the neurological condition of synaesthesia - which literally means 'a crossing of the senses'. When she hears words, she sees colours. To better understand her condition, she talks with experts as well as two artists who use their work to translate the complex landscapes of their minds.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC)
04.30 North America

*** 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 23 OCTOBER
*** 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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

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

*** Bridges with Africa (primary program) ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children

and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0430 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America

*** Classic Dox ***

'Family Mystery, Family Myths'

Producer Jonathan Groubert travels from Holland to the United States, England and Poland in search of the truth behind his family's emigration from Europe to America at the turn of the twentieth century. He discovers some unexpected truths behind the family myths he grew up hearing.

*** 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)

HCJB Global Australia - B09 English schedule

The shortwave broadcast schedule published below is a portion of the full schedule for this station. A complete schedule that includes all broadcasting languages, is now available as an exclusive service to subscribers of Monitoring Times electronic magazine -- MTXpress.

This e-zine eliminates the hassles of slow or non-postal delivery, torn print issues, and the higher cost of print magazines. You get a monthly electronic Adobe pdf file in full color, completely searchable and that can be printed. It is also easy to store and read. Sight-impaired subscribers to MTXpress can have issues read to them using the Jaws Adobe plugin. Now our new MTXtra Shortwave Broadcast Guide includes all foreign language broadcasts on shortwave in the same format that we use in the monthly printed MT English Shortwave Guide.

MT breaks the schedules down by hour, station and by frequency, plus MT is the only shortwave schedule service that updates schedule information monthly. Now you can get MTXpress and the new comprehensive MTXtra Shortwave Broadcast Guide each month for a yearly price of $19.95US worldwide. No matter where you live, MTXpress and the new MTXtra guide has the shortwave information and schedules you want at a very affordable price. To get more information on MTXpress/MTXtra or to order, go to www.grove-ent.com/page81.html .
Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times.

HCJB Global Australia
Effective: 25 October 2009 - 28 March 2010

All times UTC

English

0000-0030 15525as (Asia)
0100-0200 15400as
0200-0300 15400as
0730-0800 11750as
0800-0900 11750pa (Pacific)
0900-0930 11750pa
1030-1100 15400as
1100-1200 15400as
1145-1200 15340as
1200-1300 15400as
1300-1400 15340as 15400as
1400-1430 15400as
1500-1530 15340as
2200-2300 15525as
2345-0000 15400as
(Alokesh Gupta, India)
www.hcjb.org/