Radio Netherlands Program Preview - April 6-11

Radio Netherlands Worldwide PROGRAMME PREVIEW Saturday 5 - Friday 11 April 2008

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.


SUNDAY 6 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):
1005 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
1405 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1500 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1900 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2000 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

*** Reloaded ***
Your chance to catch up with some of the highlights from recent programmes; the best, the most interesting or newsworthy, or sometimes the funniest, chosen by our producers and presented by Mindy Ran.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1930 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2030 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

Note that on Sunday we also run:

The State We're In:
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
0400 (Western N America 6165)

MONDAY 7 April
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1400 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1900 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2000 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

** Curious Orange ***
We'll take our insider-outsider theme a little bit further... and we'll look at integration in the Netherlands. Is there a lack of integration? And does this explain the popularity of politician Geert Wilders and his anti-Islamic stance?

We'll hear another political perspective from Ella Vogelaar. She's the new Minister of Integration and she wants to make some changes.

Also on the show, Sandesh Bhugaloo, a recent immigrant from Mauritius, will tell us what integration - or "inburgering" - is like from the inside.

And, finally, our political editor John Tyler, will tell us a bit about the integration of the next generation, that is, ending segregation in Holland's school system.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1930 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2030 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

Repeated:
Tuesday:
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
0400 (Western N America 6165)
Wednesday
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
Saturday
15:30 1000 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)

Note that on Monday we also run:

Documentary followed by Reloaded:
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
Earthbeat followed by Radio Books:
0400 (Western N America 6165)

TUESDAY 8 APRIL
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
0400 (Western N America 6165)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1900 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2000 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

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

We look at the little covered protests in Cameroon at the end of February. The official death toll was 40, but human rights organizations put the figure at well over 100. People continue to be arrested and tortured. Jonathan speaks with conflict correspondent, Eric Beauchemin, one of the few journalists to have visited Cameroon since the protests. We hear from a victim, human rights activists, and the country's most senior Catholic leader.

This week's theme is "Changing the System from Within", so we meet the Wall Street trader who quit his job and founded a resource for people who want to make money on the stock market and try to do some good while they're at it.

We report on the Bolivian migrants working in sweatshops in Argentina who have found an alternative way to work inside the textile industry.

And reporter Louise Williams tells the tale of the project that aims to change the eating habits of kids by changing the habits of their schools - from the inside.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1930 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2030 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

Note that on Tuesday we also run:

Network Europe:
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
Network Europe:
1500 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
Curious Orange:
0030 (Eastern N America 9845)
0130 (Central N America 9845)
0430 (Western N America 6165)

WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
0400 (Western N America 6165)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1900 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2000 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

*** Radio Books ***

Ruth Lasters - 'The Connector'

This modern fairy tale is by one of Belgium's most up-and-coming young writers. A man named Tony makes remarkably strong connections to everyone he meets. But when this becomes an uncontrollable compulsion and therapy is unable to help, Tony finds himself turning into a local tourist attraction.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1930 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2030 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

Repeated:
Thursday:
0030 (Eastern N America 9845)
0130 (Central N America 9845)
0430 (Western N America 6165)
Friday
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)

Note that on Wednesday we also run:

Curious Orange:
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
Network Europe:
1500 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
The State We're In Midweek Edition:
0030 (Eastern N America 9845)
0130 (Central N America 9845)
0430 (Western N America 6165)

THURSDAY 10 APRIL

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
0400 (Western N America 6165)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1900 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2000 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

*** Earthbeat ***

Vandana Shiva has a seed bank in the foothills of the Himalayas - where pulse, lentils, grains and rice seeds are stored in an effort to maintain the bio diversity of species threatened by extinction and by the non re-generating seeds forced onto Indian farmers by the giant seed corporations like Monsanto.

Thijs Westerbeek reports on latest developments in saline agriculture - where scientists are developing food crops that can be grown on coastal areas with high levels of salt in the soil.

And we hear of the secret story behind the vegetables we know and love - how much longer will they look the way they do now?

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2030 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

Repeated:
Friday
0030 (Eastern N America 9845)
0130 (Central N America 9845)
0430 (Western N America 6165)
Monday
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)

Note that on Thursday we also run:

Documentary:
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
Network Europe:
1500 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
Radio Books:
0030 (Eastern N America 9845)
0130 (Central N America 9845)
0430 (Western N America 6165)

FRIDAY 11 APRIL
11*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
0400 (Western N America 6165)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
1900 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2000 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

*** Network Europe ***

A Pan European team links up across the continent each week to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

The programme is a unique example of European co-operation, produced by the continent's leading international broadcasters, it reflects the diversity of European society and voices. Each week we drop in on specialists around Europe and catch up with our extensive network of correspondents for their unique take on the events shaping the week.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 15535)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)

*** Bridges with Africa ***
Lively discussion and thought-provoking reports about and from the African continent. We give the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and linking up with stations in Africa.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East/Central Africa 15535, West Africa 11660, 15335, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)
2030 (West Africa 17810, East Africa 5905, Southern Africa 7425)

Repeated:
Saturday
0030 (Eastern N America 9845)
0130 (Central N America 9845)
0430 (Western N America 6165)
Tuesday
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)

Note that on Friday we also run:

Radio Books:
1030 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
Network Europe:
1500 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)
Earthbeat:
0030 (Eastern N America 9845)
0130 (Central N America 9845)
0430 (Western N America 6165)
(R Netherlands)

Weekend relays on 9290 kHz

Thanks to Tom taylor for the following weekend relay information.

April 5th
Radio Joystick 09.00 - 10.00UTC

April 6th
Latvia Today 15.00 - 16.00UTC

Radio New Zealand International - A08 English schedule revision

The following is a repost of March 24, for the current Radio New Zealand schedule


Special thanks to Adrian Sainsbury, for this afternoons schedule revision. 11725, replaces 9615 from 0459-0658 UTC as indicated below in red.
Gayle Van Horn

Effective: 30 March 2008
All broadcast targeted to Pacific regions

All times UTC for Analogue and DRM broadcast

0000-0100 13840
0100-0200 13840
0200-0300 13840
0300-0400 13840
0400-0458 13840

0459-0500 11725 ex9615
0500-0600 11725 ex 9615
0600-0658 11725 ex 9615

0659-0700 7145
0700=0800 7145
0800-0900 7145
0900-1000 7145
1000-1058 7145

1059-1100 9655
1100-1200 9655
1200-1258 9655

1300-1400 6095
1400-1500 6095
1500-1550 6095

1551-1600 7145
1600-1700 7145
1700-1800 7145
1800-1850 7145

1851-1900 9615
1900-1950 9615

1951-2000 11725
2000-2050 11725

2051-2100 15720
2100-2200 15720
2200-2240 15720

2241-2300 13840
2300-0000 13840

DRM
0000-0100 15720
0100-0200 15720
0200-0300 15720
0300-0400 15720
0400-0458 15720

0459-0500 9890
0500-0600 9890
0600-0700 9890
0700-0758 9890

0759-0800 6095
0800-0900 6095
0900-1000 6095
1000-1100 6095
1100-1158 6095

1200-1550 NO DRM SERVICE

1551-1600 6095
1600-1700 6095
1700-1800 6095
1800-1850 6095

1851-1900 9890
1900-1935 9890

1936-2000 11675
2000-2050 11675

2051-2100 13840
2100-2200 13840
2200-2240 13840

2241-2300 15720
2300-0000 15720
(Source: R. NZ Intl via Adrian Sainsbury/Gayle Van Horn-Monitoring Times SW Guide)

Shiokaze - A08 Multilingual schedules

JAPAN [and non] A08 - JSR - Shiokaze/Sea Breeze

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008
All times UTC

Japanese, Korean, English and Chinese
1400-1430 6020 kHz
2030-2100 6045 kHz

Furusato no Kaze in Japanese
1430-1500 11775 kHz via CVC-Darwin
1600-1630 9780 kHz via Taiwan

Nippon no Kaze/Ilbon-e Baram in Korean
1500-1530 11690 kHz via CVC-Darwin
1700-1730 9820 kHz via Taiwan
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC-HQ Mar 28)
(Source: BC-DX #854, wb, Germany)

VOANews .com relaunches its website

The Voice of America has relaunched its website, VOANews.com, with a fresh new look. VOA Director Dan Austin says:
“We’ve spent many months learning what you like about our site and what you wish we should add. We’ve tested our new design with Internet users like you to see how well it works. Our new site brings to our portal page news headlines in five languages: click on the tab of the language you want and explore our worldwide news coverage. You also can access content in 40 other languages more easily by clicking the language you want to view. We also added tabs that take you directly to the content you view most. “
VOANews.com
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

DXing Lesotho by amateur radio

Here's one no longer on shortwave radio - Lesotho.

7P, LESOTHO. A Belgian/Southafrican DXpedition will be on the air from Katsdam in the Kingdom of Lesotho Mar 27th through Apr 3rd. OPs Filip, ON4AEO, Kath, ON7BK, Edwin, ZS5BBO, Janet, ZS5JAN, Gert, ZS6GC, Sid, ZS5AYC, Lucas, ZS6ACT, Tom,
ZS6TMO, Adele, ZR6AP, as well as YLs Steffi and Elna will try to distribute many bandspots on 160 to 10 m as 7P8FC and will also take an effort in the WPX contest. They will have eight radios and an amplifi er, Spiderbeams, verticals, a Hexbeam and
a “Battle Creek Special” for 160 and 80 m. Look for them on these frequencies: SSB 28.490, 24.930, 21.290, 18.136, 14.185, 7.063, 3.780, 1.845; RTTY 28.084, 24.924, 21.084, 18.104, 14.084, 7.040, 3.590; PSK 28.122, 24.922, 21.072, 18.102, 14.072,
7.038. QSL manager is ON4CJK, direct or via bureau. Find further news at www.7p8fc.be . [DXNL
1564 Mar 26, 2008]
(Source: QRZ? Hame Radio Corner/ODXA-Listening-In, April 2008)

May Dxpedition to Glorioso Islands

FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLANDS. Jean-Michel, F6AJA, editor of Les Nouvelles DX, informed OPDX on Monday last week that after many years of effort, the permission has f nally been received and an operation to Glorioso (Glorieuses) Islands will take place,
probably early May (possibly between May 5-9th) for some weeks. At the moment, operators mentioned are Pascal/F5PTM, Freddy/F5IRO, Stephane/F6KIN, David/F8CRS, Yves-Michel/ F5PRU and possibly 3 others. The team plans to have 3 or 4 stations on the air. They are currently looking for sponsors, and if you would like to help, please contact Didier, F5OGL.

Presently, Glorioso is ranked 4th in “DX Magazine’s 2007 Most Wanted Countries World-Wide” in the mixed modes (EU 7th, Asia 9th and NA 4th). There is no Web page currently available for this operation, but details from the 2005/2006 planned operation Web page (which did not take place) states: “The Glorioso Archipelago consists of two coral islands: Grande Glorieuse (3 km in its larger diameter)
where the human installations are, and Ile du Lys (circular island, 600 metres in diameter) which is desert. The archipelago also includes two rock islets - Roches Vertes and l’Ile aux Crabes - as well as a sand bank more or less above water at high tide.

At the east and northeast of Grande Glorieuse are a series of dunes reaching a maximum elevation of 12 m. The islands and rocks are surrounded by a reef and a lagoon which is drained dry at low tide. The Glorioso islands are situated 220km northwest of Diego Suarez (Madagascar). The island became French territory in 1930. Around 1912, a French came from the Comoros and planted a fi ne coconut palm
plantation there. Exploited until 1958 by people from the Seychelles, it is currently abandoned. There are also fi laos. Fauna consists exclusively of a rather
large colony of terns. The meteorological service of the French colony in Madagascar installed on the island a rather primitive weather station in 1955 which was opened only during the hurricane season from October to April. Since 1960 the the station is
open all year round. The importance of this station is clear. It predicts cyclones for the North Madagascar and Comoros area. It ensures safe navigation on the Madagasca-Djibouti-Madagascar and Kenya- Mauritius-Kenya air and maritime routes. (From minister for the French overseas Web site)” ADDED NOTE: Jean-Michel, F6AJA, provides DXers with an interesting Web page that (probably) has the most complete QSL collection (28 different QSL) from Glorioso. Take a look at: tp://lesnouvellesdx. fr/galerie/galerie2.php?page=topten&pfx=FRG He still needs some cards for his collection: FR5ES/G, FR5HG/G and FR5KH/G. [Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
#849 March 9, 2008] FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLANDS

The expedition to the Glorioso Islands [425DXN 879] is expected to take place between 6 May and 6 June. The operators involved, including off site supporting
team members, are 5U5U, F5CQ, F5CW, F5CWU, F5IRO, F5OGL, F5PRU, F5PTM and TT8SS. Final dates, callsign and other information will be given in due course. The web site for the DXpedition is at http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/ [TNX F6AJA] [425 DX
News #881 March 21, 2008]
(Source: QRZ? Hame Radio Corner/ODXA-Listening-In, April 2008)
Map/UT Texas

Kosovo Added to CQ DX Awards Country List

Kosovo is being added to the list of countries and territories recognized for CQ DX awards effective Feb 17th 2008. This decision resently concerns “CQ DX Awards” only, but not WPX Contest (and other contests also of CQ-Magazin) because CQWW rules state that its country list is composed of those entities on the DXCC list and the WAE (Worked All Europe) award list. If the WAE Committee decides to add Kosovo to its list, it will automatically be added to the CQWW list. [DXNL 1564 Mar 26, 2008
(Source: QRZ? Ham Radio Corner/ODXA-Listening-In, April 2008)

A closer look at Voice of Greece online

Voice of Greece (ERT): http://www.ert.gr/en/

The Voice of Greece page is reached by selecting Radio and then International ERA Network from the above page. This leads to the first of two pages in the international English-language section, providing a brief Profi le of ERA International (the international radio arm of ERT; the acronyms aren’t deciphered on the website).

The other option is to click Contact, which provides you with three telephone numbers in
Greece – no email, no postal addresses, nada. For those interested in online radio, ERT appears
to broadcast all of its stations live on the internet – just click on LiveRadio from the main ERT page, and then select any of the tiny radio logos in the following pop-up window. The music on several of the domestic stations is delightful (to my ears).

For more English content, users would be best served by using the domestic ERT website, given above.

(Click/ODXA Listening-April 2008)

Radio Netherlands Historical Audio Archive

I recently came across a treasure on the internet.
Radio Nederland Wereldomroep has set up an Historical Audio Archive. This includes a few Eddie Startz recordings. Best of all is a Happy Station broadcast for 23rd December, 1956. This was a special show featuring the Sweet Sixteens in the Happy Station studio. The programme includes popular songs of the day, an interview with one of the singers about her stay in Australia and England, a greeting from another member of the group to her father onboard a Dutch ship, and several Dutch Christmas carols.

It is wonderfully evocative of an earlier era of shortwave broadcasting. Perhaps the easiest way to access the audio archive is to type “Eddy Startz and the Sweet Sixteens” into a search engine. (“Eddy” appears to be the Dutch form of “Eddie.”) As this is a developing archive, it will be interesting to see what appears later. It would certainly be good to have more Eddie Startz Happy Station recordings.” (Brian Kendall, UK, March World DX Club Contact)
Enter http://blogs.rnw.nl/haa into your browser, for the audio archives.
(Source: Click-ODXA Listening-In, April 2008)

Mega DXpeditions Honor Roll

Jari, OH2BU, has put together and maintained an interesting Excel spreadsheet over the last 12 years called - The “Mega DX Peditions Honor Roll”. This Honor Roll listing currently includes data of 114 DXpeditions that have worked 30,000 or more QSOs since 1979. This unique listing includes data on: - A summary on the DXpedition (dates, length, QSOs, stations. etc.) - Information on Logs, Web site, QSL routes and if it is in LoTW - List of operators of the DXpedition - QSO statistics per continents, modes and bands - Also continental, band and mode records. The whole purpose of this listing is to help future DXpeditions in planning their next operation, and to understand the possibilities in making QSOs to different continents and to optimize their efforts. If you are interested in the complete Excel spreadsheet (4 MB), contact Jari, OH2BU at: jari.jussila@oh2bu.pp.fi
[Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #849 March 9, 2008]
(Source: QRZ? Ham Radi Corner-ODXA Listening-In, April 2008)

Australian DX Report 92 available for download

A new edition, No. 92, of the AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine has been released.

It has lots of news about the A08 transmission period!

It's 13 mins 45 secs, and is at

http://airm.edxp.org/

The "AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT", is a free service of the ELECTRONIC DX PRESS
RADIO MONITORING ASSOCIATION and contains professionally compiled
information about world shortwave broadcasting, with monitoring research.

The site allows you to listen to the ADXR and other audio features directly (streaming audio) via your MP3 player, or via the site's embedded mini-player. Podcasts, full RSS/XML/Atom feeds, and free subscriptions are supported - full details are at the site.
Good listening to the Australian DX Report!

Bob Padula,
Melbourne

News from MV Baltic Radio

On the 6th of April 2008, at 1200 UTC on the channel of 6140 KHz, MV Baltic Radio is on the air from the transmitting station in Wertachtal. We will be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna). The power of the transmitter will be 100 000 Watts.

In our program we send information from Mecklenburg - Western Pomeranian and the Baltic Region. We introduce new CDs by young artists, and we will report on environmentally friendly energy supply. Last but not the last our series "Eine kleine Beat- Musik-A little beat music"-memories of the 60s & 70s.

More transmissions in April 2008:
2008-04-20; 6140 KHz; 12-13 UTC; European Music Radio in teamwork with MV Baltic Radio
2008-04-27; 6140 KHz; 12-13 UTC; Radio Gloria Int. in teamwork with MV Baltic Radio
++ Alle Termine und Informationen sind ohne Gewähr. ++

Impressum:
Herausgeber und Redaktion (V.i.S.d.P.): :
R&R Medienservice
Roland Rohde
Seestraße 17
19089 Göhren
Steuernummer: 090/263/05451

Telefon: ++49 (0)178 8953872
E-Mail: info@mvbalticradio.de
Internet: http://www.mvbalticradio.de/

(Source: Tom Taylor)

South Korea - KBS World Radio A08 Multilingual schedules

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008
All times UTC
Broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

Arabic

1900-2000 15365RMP

Chinese

1130-1230 6065 9770
1300-1400 1170 7275
2200-2300 7275
2300-2400 9805

English

0200-0300 9580
0230-0300 9560SAC
0800-0900 9570
1200-1300 9650SAC
1300-1400 9570 9770
1430-1500 9460drmWOF Fris only
1600-1700 9515
1800-1900 7275
2100-2130 3955SKN

French

1900-2000 6145SKN

German

2000-2100 3955SKN

Indonesian

1200-1300 9570
1400-1500 9570
2200-2300 9805

Japanese

0000-0100 11810
0200-0300 11810
0800-0900 7275
0900-1000 6155
1100-1200 7275
1200-1300 1170

Korean

0300-0400 11810
0700-0800 9870SKN
0900-1000 15160
0900-1100 7275 9570
1000-1100 1170
1200-1300 7275
1400-1500 9650
1600-1800 7275 9705
1700-1900 9515

Russian

1800-1900 15360RMP

Spanish

0100-0200 9580
0200-0230 9560SAC
0600-0630 6045SAC
1100-1200 11795SAC

Vietnamese

1230-1300 9770
1500-1530 9640
(KBS via ADDX Andreas Volk-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 26/BC-DX #853, wb, Germany)

IRRS A08 and 39 Dover Street schedules

Here are the schedule and frequency details for IRRS Shortwave, effective 4 April 2008. All times are in UTC and CET, at 150 kw.

Fri 7290, 1800-2000 UTC, 20:00-22:00 CET EU-AF
Sat 7290, 18:00-20:00 UTC, 20:00-2:00 CET EU-AF
Sun 7290, 18:00-20:00 UTC, 20:00-22:00 CET EU-AF
Sun 9510, 09:30-12:00 UTC, 11:30-14:00 CET EU
Daily 9825, 15:00-18:00 UTC, 17:00-20:00 CET AF

39 Dover Street can be heard on:
Fri 7290, 19:45 UTC, 21:45 CET (weekly prog.)
Sat 7290, 18:15 UTC, 20:15 CET (random repeat)
Sun 9510, 11:30 UTC, 13:30 CET (weekly prog.)
(Source: Stephen John James)

SW Radio Africa Frequency Change

New frequency details
A reminder that on Sunday, one of the frequencies that we are broadcasting on is changing.
We will still be on our normal frequency of 4880Khz, but our second frequency will be changing to 12035kHz.
So as from Sunday we'll be on 4880 and 12035kHz
Stay with SW radio Africa for all the election results and all the news you need to hear
(Source: Jose Miguel Romero/HCDX)

QSL Report Central

Station: - All India Radio Lucknow
Date: - 21-01-2008
Frequency: - 7105 kHz
Time: - 0740-0800 UTC

Description: - QSL Card. Verifies by V. P. Singh, Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy). Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram).

Station: - Radio Canada International
Date: - 25-02-2008
Frequency: - 5840 kHz (via Horby relay, Sweden)
Time: - 0100-0157 UTC
Language: - English

Description: - Maple Leaf Mailbag Special QSL verified by Bill Westenhaver. "Rediscover the World" Radio Canada International is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2005. RCI broadcasts throughout the world via the Internet, analog and digital shortwave, and satellite. Its 300-hour weekly programming also airs on over 300 partner stations in 75 countries.

Station: - AWR Asia/Pacific
Date: - 10-02-2008
Frequency: - 15495 kHz (Germany)
Time: - 1230-1300 UTC
Language: - Bengali

Description: - QSL Card verified by Rhoen. Adventist World Radio QSL. The Voice of Hope http://www.awr.org/

Station: - Voice of Russia
Date: - 02-02-2008
Frequency: - 7280 kHz
Time: - 1530-1600 UTC
Language: - Bengali

Description: - We Talk To The Whole World.

Station: - Voice of Russia
Date: - 29-01-2008
Frequency: - 12090 kHz
Time: - 0430 UTC
Language: - English

Description: - 1703-2003. St. Petersburg is 300 years old.

Station: - Trans World Radio
Date :- 10-10-2007
Frequency:- 12085 kHz (KTWR, Guam)
Time: - 0130-0200 UTC

Description: - e-QSL verified by S. Franklin Abraham. T2F Dipole Antenna (middle part) for Remote Monitoring System, TWR – India, Kohima, Nagaland.

Station: - Trans World Radio
Date :- 10-11-2007
Frequency:- 882 kHz (Puttlam, Sri Lanka)
Time: - 1730-1800 UTC

Description: - e-QSL verified by S. Franklin Abraham. Trans World Radio MW (882 kHz) Tower Puttlam, Sri Lanka. 1999.

Receiver: - Grundig YB 400
Antenna: - Long Wire
Location: - 26N07 85E23
Regards & 73's
Mukesh Kumar
THE COSMOS CLUB
MISCOT-3, R-8, RAMNA
MUZAFFARPUR – 842002
BIHAR, INDIA

IBA ends most of its shortwave transmissions after 60 years

The Israel Broadcasting Authority has, after some 60 years, ended shortwave broadcasting as of 31 March 2008 except for Persian to Iran. The IBA says that, despite many complaints, its decision was made as a cost cutting measure. Emergency financial provision to continue one daily broadcast in Persian was made by the government.
Most other Kol Israel broadcasts may now be heard only via the Internet. However the transmissions in English via WRN continue. This includes Sirius Satellite Radio in the USA, Sky Digital in the UK, and Canal Satellite in France.
A new site has been set up for a live Internet audio and on-demand streaming of each day’s programming: www.intkolisrael.com.
The only remaining shortwave transmission is:
Persian to Iran: 1400-1530 UTC (Fri/Sat 1400-1500 UTC) on 13850 and 11605kHz.
There is also a new website for the domestic Reka Network, with news in English: www.iba.org.il/reka/
(Source: Israelradio.org/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Thales denies selling radio jamming equipment to China

French defence electronics firm Thales has denied accusations by human rights campaigners that it sold equipment to China that has helped Beijing jam radio broadcasts. French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy said in articles published in the past week that equipment sold by Thales was used to block foreign radio broadcasts into China, “particularly into areas such as Tibet”.
Media rights campaign group Reporters Without Borders has also said antennae manufactured by Thales is allowing China to interfere with radio broadcasts. Thales said a former subsidiary had indeed sold “standard shortwave radio broadcasting equipment to China” in 2002 but the equipment was designed for legal civil purposes.
“The equipment has been exclusively designed for general public radio broadcasting, and is identical with equipment installed in numerous countries worldwide,” Thales said in a statement. No other similar equipment was sold to China, it said.
(Source: Reuters/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Waddenzee set for broadcast at sea

Dutch commercial radio station Radio Waddenzee has comfirmed plans to broadcast from sea on 1-3 May 2008. The radio ship ‘Jenni Baynton’ will anchor close to the island of Griend between Harlingen and Terschelling. On Sat/Sun 2 and 3 May, the historic lifeboat Javazee will make a series of trips to carry visitors to the radio ship. Unfortunately, there are no spare places available as they have already been fully booked. Radio Waddenzee broadcasts on 1602 kHz with a power of around 1 kW.
(Source: Radio Waddenzee/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Related story:
Radio Waddenzee to become offshore broadcaster for three days

Lao National Radio external service available online

The external service of state broadcaster Lao National Radio has now made its English and Lao programmes available on its website at www.lnr.org.la.
The broadcaster has had some audio content available on its website for some time, however consisting of just specific news items in English, Lao, Hmong and French. This remains the case for the latter two languages, but now the entire English and Lao programmes for the current and previous few days are available on demand.
It’s not clear if the station still broadcasts on shortwave. Only their 97.25 MHz FM frequency is announced in the English programme, but the 7145 kHz shortwave frequency is still mentioned in their ‘About Us’ page.
(Source: Dave Kernick, Interval Signals Online/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Russian international radio starts broadcasting in CIS languages

The Voice of Russia radio company, which broadcasts worldwide in 37 languages, has started broadcasts in the languages of CIS states, ITAR-TASS reported on 3 April, quoting the company’s representative Yekaterina Yagunova.
According to her, there will be half-hour daily programmes in native languages broadcast to Yerevan (Armenia) on the 106 FM frequency, Chisinau (Moldova) on 103.2 FM, Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on 100.5 FM and Osh (Kyrgyzstan) on 102 FM.
The daily news and analytical programmes will be broadcast in Armenia, Moldova and Uzbekistan at 2000 local time and at 2300 in Kyrgyzstan. The broadcasts were made possible thanks to Voice of Russia’s partner broadcasters in these countries, Yagunova said.
ITAR-TASS also quoted Voice of Russia chairman, Armen Oganesyan, who said that the company expects to widen the scope of its broadcasts in the languages of other CIS countries, as well the Baltic states.
(Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in Russian 1213 gmt 3 Apr 08 via BBC Monitoring)
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Media Broadcast A08 schedules

MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK) A08

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008
All times UTC

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11995 1030-1100 28NE,29W 100 156 NAU 100 PRW Belarus/Ukraine
11915 1030-1059 27 300 216 WER 100 PRW Engl. London
13745 1100-1129 29 60 217 WER 100 PRW Russ. Moskau
13840 1100-1130 29S 90 217 WER 100 PRW Russ. Rostow
5975 1130-1159 28NW 40 805 WER 100 PRW WEUR
5965 1130-1159 28NW ND 926 WER 100 PRW WEUR
9525 1200-1300 27 300 217 WER 100 PRW Engl. London
7330 1200-1300 18 5 156 NAU 100 PRW Skandinav. Stockholm
11835 1300-1329 29 60 216 WER 100 PRW Russ. Moskau
13800 1300-1329 30N,31W 60 217 WER 500 PRW Russ. Omsk
11975 1330-1429 28NE,29W 60 217 WER 100 PRW Belarus/Minsk
9440 1330-1430 28NE,29W 70 216 JUL 100 PRW Belarus/Minsk
11955 1430-1500 29N 45 147 WER 100 PRW Russ. St.Petersb.
11755 1430-1459 29S 75 206 WER 100 PRW Ukraine Kiev
9440 1500-1529 29S 75 206 123456 WER 100 PRW Ukraine Donek
9440 1500-1530 29S 75 216 7 WER 100 PRW Ukraine Donek
11800 1500-1530 29S 75 208 WER 100 PRW Ukraine Kiev
5975 1530-1559 28NW 40 805 WER 100 PRW WEUR
9670*1530-1700 28NE,29W 44 145 MC 100 PRW Lit/Belarus/Ukraine
7265 1700-1759 27 300 206 WER 100 PRW Engl. London
7140 1700-1759 18 20 805 JUL 100 PRW Skandinav. Stockholm
6140 1800-1829 29S,30 75 206 WER 100 PRW Kasachstan
9695 1800-1830 38E,39 115 217 JUL 100 PRW Israel
6175 1830-1930 29S 75 146 WER 100 PRW Ukraine Kiev
6145 1830-1859 29S 75 201 WER 100 PRW Ukraine Donetsk
6050 1900-1930 29N 45 147 WER 100 PRW Russ. St.Petersb.
6135 1930-1959 28NW 40 805 WER 100 PRW WEUR
6110 1930-2000 28NW 130 805 JUL 100 PRW WEUR
7135 2100-2200 27S 220 146 NAU 250 PRW Frankr. Paris
5975 2100-2159 28NE,29W 55 141 WER 100 PRW Lit/Belarus/Ukraine
9640 0030-0045 41 90 216 1 WER 100 PAB India
15205 1400-1415 39N,40 90 216 7 NAU 100 PAB ME
15205 1400-1430 41 90 218 14 JUL 100 PAB India
15205 1415-1430 41 90 218 23567 JUL 100 PAB India C-Start
15205 1430-1445 41 90 216 1 NAU 100 PAB India
15205 1400-1415 29S,39N,40NW104 218 35 NAU 250 PAB Armenia
13830 1601-1631 39,40 100 218 5 JUL 100 PAB ME
13830 1601-1646 39,40 100 218 1 JUL 100 PAB ME
9515 1930-2015 37,38 150 200 1 WER 250 PAB NAF
9515 2000-2030 37,38 150 200 6 WER 250 PAB NAF
9515 1930-2030 37,38 150 200 7 WER 250 PAB NAF
9490 2330-0030 41,49 75 217 WER 125 DVB Myanmar (Burma)
15650 1700-1730 47E,48 135 217 7 WER 125 RMI EAF
5945 1300-1400 27,28 ND 976 1 JUL 100 RTR WEUR
5945 1100-1115 27,28 ND 926 1 WER 250 MWA WEUR
9655 1830-1859 46S,47SE 180 217 WER 500 LWF Nigeria/Cameroon
7320 0000-0100 41 105 216 WER 250 IBC Sri-Lanka WRN
6015*1700-1800 27W,28 45 147 ISS 100 HCJ WEUR
6140 1159-1259 27,28 ND 926 1 WER 100 MVB CEUR 1st Sun
6055 0900-0959 27,28 90 201 1 WER 100 CHW Hungaria
9585 1800-1859 28E,29 75 208 7 WER 125 CHW Rus w/Ukraine
6045 0900-1000 27E,28 ND 926 1 WER 100 HLR WEUR 1st Sun
6055 1030-1100 27,28 ND 926 17 WER 125 EMG WEUR
13710 1100-1130 19-26 20 216 7 NAU 250 EMG EEUR/sibiria
11955 1504-1533 29,30 70 146 7 NAU 250 EMG EEUR
15675 1830-1845 52,53 160 216 35 JUL 100 RRP CAF
13830 1700-1759 38E,39S,48 135 217 1346 WER 500 SBO EAF
11640 1630-1659 38E,39S,48 140 216 36 JUL 100 RHU EAF
13820 1700-1759 38E,39S,48 135 217 5 WER 125 ELF EAF
13820 1700-1759 38E,39S,48 135 217 146 WER 250 EFD EAF
15600 1730-1759 39S,47E,48 145 217 JUL 100 IBR EAF
9675 1900-2030 46N,46SE 210 216 NAU 100 IBR WAF
11915 1730-1800 47,48,52 155 217 JUL 100 IBR CAF/EAF
13840 1800-1859 47,48 150 200 WER 250 IBR Chad/Sudan North
6175 1900-2100 27,28W 300 206 WER 250 TOM UK,WEUR
13810 1400-1459 28,29W,38E,3115 217 JUL 100 TOM NE/ME/SEEUR
17485 1500-1559 46E,47,48W,5160 216 JUL 100 TOM NAF,CAF,SAF
6110 1400-1559 27,28W 290 805 7 0504-261008 JUL 100 TOM UK,WEUR
5945 0700-0815 27,28N 280 156 17 NAU 100 BVB WEUR
5945 0745-0815 27,28N 280 156 6 NAU 100 BVB WEUR
5945 1200-1230 27,28 ND 926 1 WER 40 BVB WEUR DRM
6130 1815-1830 28,29 55 141 24 WER 125 BVB EEUR
6130 1800-1845 28,29 55 141 5 WER 125 BVB EEUR
6130 1800-1830 28,29 55 141 36 WER 125 BVB EEUR
6130 1800-1845 28,29 55 141 7 WER 125 BVB EEUR
6130 1800-1929 28,29 55 141 1 WER 125 BVB EEUR
9430 1800-1859 39,40 120 216 1 WER 250 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
9430 1800-1830 39,40 120 216 7 WER 250 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
9430 1830-1859 39,40 120 216 6 WER 250 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
11830 1830-1959 46,47 160 216 1 JUL 100 BVB CAF (Nigeria)
11830 1931-2000 46,47 195 217 7 WER 125 BVB Togo/Benin/Nigeria
13710 1900-1930 52,53,57 165 216 1 NAU 500 BVB CAF,SAF
11635 0430-0530 48 135 218 7 WER 125 BVB EAF
11635 0430-0500 48 135 218 1 WER 125 BVB EAF
11635 0430-0530 39,40 120 218 2345 WER 250 BVB ME
11635 0430-0545 39,40 120 218 6 WER 250 BVB ME
13810 1600-1759 38S,39S,47,4145 216 234 NAU 100 BVB EAF
13810 1630-1759 38S,39S,47,4145 216 5 NAU 100 BVB EAF
13810 1630-1859 38S,39S,47,4145 216 6 NAU 100 BVB EAF
13810 1600-1830 38S,39S,47,4145 216 7 NAU 100 BVB EAF
13810 1600-1859 38S,39S,47,4145 216 1 NAU 100 BVB EAF
9430 1615-1729 39,40 120 216 246 WER 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
9430 1730-1759 39,40 120 216 1 3003-050408 WER 125 BVB NE/ME (ISR)
9430 1700-1759 39,40 120 216 1 0604-261008 WER 125 BVB NE/ME (ISR)
9430 1700-1729 39,40 120 216 35 WER 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
9430 1700-1759 39,40 120 216 7 WER 125 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
17535 0900-1000 38,39 135 217 6 WER 125 BVB NE (Egypt)
9635 2000-2030 38,39 150 200 5 WER 250 BVB NE (Egypt)
12140 1530-1730 39,40 100 217 JUL 100 BVB Iran
11875 1800-1859 39,40 105 216 135 JUL 100 BVB Iran
11875 1800-1830 39,40 105 216 246 JUL 100 BVB Iran
11875 1800-1815 39,40 105 216 7 JUL 100 BVB Iran
13590 1530-1845 39,40 115 217 1 3003-050408 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (ISR)
13590 1530-1815 39,40 115 217 1 0604-261008 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (ISR)
13590 1545-1615 39,40 115 217 6 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
13590 1545-1600 39,40 115 217 24 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
13590 1545-1800 39,40 115 217 3 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
13590 1545-1829 39,40 115 217 7 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
13590 1545-1645 39,40 115 217 5 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
13590 1730-1759 39,40 115 217 6 JUL 100 BVB NE/ME (Israel)
15680 1400-1459 41 95 218 17 NAU 250 BVB SAS,India,Pakistan
15680 1530-1559 40,41 90 218 17 JUL 100 BVB SAS,India,Pakistan
15680 1515-1559 40,41 90 218 3456 JUL 100 BVB SAS,India,Pakistan
13580 1625-1715 39,40 115 217 36 ISS 250 BVB Yemen
13580 1625-1729 39,40 115 217 245 ISS 250 BVB Yemen
15390 1500-1530 41 95 218 17 NAU 250 BVB SAS,India,Pakistan
15390 1500-1559 41 95 218 256 NAU 250 BVB India/West Bengal
15390 1530-1559 41 95 218 3 NAU 250 BVB India/West Bengal
15390 1515-1559 41 95 218 4 NAU 250 BVB India/West Bengal
9435 1800-1830 37NW 220 805 1 JUL 100 BVB Spain
17650 1530-1559 47,48 135 217 4 WER 100 BVB EAF
7255 2245-2330 49E 75 217 6 WER 250 BVB Vietnam
7255 2300-2330 49E 75 217 7 WER 250 BVB Vietnam
9655 0816-0846 27,28 280 156 7 3003-050408 NAU 40 BVB UK,WEUR DRMC-St
9815 0030-0045 41 75 216 17 WER 500 BVB SAS,India
9490 0030-0100 41 90 217 WER 500 BVB SAS,India
15470 1430-1529 47,48 145 217 123457 JUL 100 BVB Sudan
15470 1430-1544 47,48 145 217 6 JUL 100 BVB Sudan
15610 1200-1230 31S,42N 70 216 23456 NAU 250 BVB NW China
15750 1230-1329 41NW,42S,43S 75 217 WER 250 GFA
15495 1330-1459 41 90 217 WER 250 GFA
13860 1330-1429 41NE,43S,49N 75 217 WER 250 GFA SAS,E-India/Burma
13745 1430-1529 41NE,43S,49N 75 217 WER 250 GFA SAS,E-India/Burma
13750*1530-1630 40E,41NW 85 216 ISS 250 GFA SAS,W-India/Pakistan
9435 0030-0130 40E,41NW 90 217 WER 250 GFA SAS,W-India/Pakistan
9680 2330-0030 41NE,43S,49N 75 218 WER 250 GFA SAS,E-India/Burma
13840 1700-1800 37,38 175 217 JUL 100 YFR NAF
9925 1600-1759 39N,40W 115S217 JUL 100 YFR Turkey
9620 2000-2100 39,40 120 217 WER 125 YFR NE
11895 2000-2100 37,38,46,47 195 217 WER 100 YFR NWAF
3955 1700-1759 27,28 ND 926 WER 100 YFR WEUR
9635 1901-2001 37N 230 146 NAU 250 YFR Portugal
9635 1801-1901 37N 230 146 NAU 250 YFR Spain
15750 1500-1859 47,48 155 218 NAU 500 YFR EAF
11670 1600-1659 40 105 217 WER 500 YFR Iran
11850 1700-1759 40 105 216 NAU 500 YFR Iran
9505 1700-1900 29,30 65 216 NAU 500 YFR Russia
15715 1400-1459 41 90 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,India
15670 1300-1559 41 90 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,India
11680 1600-1759 41 90 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,India
15640 1300-1359 41 90 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,India
15370 1400-1559 41 95 218 NAU 500 YFR SAS,India
15690 1400-1459 41S 105 218 NAU 500 YFR SAS,India
13820 1500-1559 41 75 216 WER 500 YFR SAS,India
12075 1600-1659 41 75 216 NAU 500 YFR SAS,India
11785 1700-1759 41 75 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,India
15350 1300-1459 41E 75 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,Bangladesch
13830 1500-1559 41E 75 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,Bangladesch
13840 1500-1559 41 75 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,Bangladesch
11730 1600-1759 41E 75 217 WER 500 YFR SAS,Bangladesch
7220 1800-1859 28E 110 216 JUL 100 YFR Romania
13645 1600-1659 39 120 218 WER 500 YFR Saudi Arabia
13630 1600-1859 47,48 145 218 NAU 500 YFR EAF
11760 1600-1659 47,48 135 217 WER 500 YFR EAF
15705 1600-1659 46E,47,52N 165 217 WER 500 YFR CAF
11670 1700-1759 39 120 216 WER 500 YFR Saudi Arabia
11600 1800-1859 37E,38 150 217 WER 500 YFR Lybia,Egypt
11855 1800-1859 39 120 217 WER 500 YFR Saudi Arabia
13830 1800-1859 47E,48 135 218 WER 500 YFR EAF
13730 1800-1859 46E,47,52N 165 218 WER 500 YFR CAF
9590 1900-1959 37E,38 150 216 WER 500 YFR Lybia,Egypt
9495 1900-1959 39 120 217 WER 500 YFR Saudi Arabia
9610 1900-2200 46,47,52 180 218 WER 500 YFR Nigeria/Ghana
11610 1900-1959 46,47,52 180 217 WER 500 YFR Cameroon,Gabon
11840 1900-1959 37,46 210 217 WER 500 YFR WAF
5970 2000-2059 37E,38 150 216 WER 500 YFR Lybia,Egypt
9595 2000-2059 46E,47,52N 180 216 WER 500 YFR Cameroon,Gabon
6115 2000-2159 37,38W 210 216 WER 500 YFR Morocco,Algeria
5915 2100-2200 37E,38 150 216 WER 500 YFR Lybia,Egypt
9720 2100-2159 46E,47,52N 180 216 WER 500 YFR Nigeria/Ghana
7115 2200-2300 37,38W 210 216 WER 500 YFR Morocco,Algeria
7285 2200-2300 46S,47W 180 218 WER 500 YFR Nigeria/Ghana
5965 2200-2300 37,46 195 216 WER 500 YFR WAF
9925 2200-0300 11-16 240 216 WER 100 HRT SAM
9925 2300-0300 6-10 300 217 WER 100 HRT NAM East
9925 0100-0500 2-10 325 216 NAU 100 HRT NAM West
9470 0400-0700 55,59,60 240 216 WER 100 HRT NZL
11690 0600-1000 58,59,60 270 217 WER 125 HRT Australia

FMO's Frequency managing Organization
11980 0700-0800 37,38W 210 217 WER 100 AWR
11980 0800-0830 37,38W 210 217 WER 100 AWR
15260 0800-0900 37,38W 210 217 WER 100 AWR
9790 0900-1000 28W 180 216 1 NAU 100 AWR
11780 1730-1759 37,38W 210 217 WER 100 AWR
11730 1900-2030 37,38W 210 216 WER 100 AWR
15205 1900-1930 46SE,47W 200 216 JUL 100 AWR
15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W 165 217 WER 250 AWR
15260 1900-2000 37,38W 200 216 JUL 100 AWR
11755 2000-2100 46SE,47W 180 217 WER 100 AWR
9430 2030-2100 37,38W 210 216 NAU 125 AWR
9545 0300-0330 48 135 216 WER 250 AWR
5915 0300-0329 48 135 216 WER 250 AWR
9815 0330-0400 48 135 218 WER 250 AWR
9735 0400-0430 39,40W 120 216 WER 250 AWR
6185 0500-0600 28E 120 201 WER 100 AWR
15435 1200-1259 41NE 90 217 WER 250 AWR
15320 1300-1500 42,43W 70 218 NAU 250 AWR
15225 1500-1529 41N 90 217 WER 250 AWR
15160 1500-1529 41N 75 217 WER 250 AWR
15160 1530-1559 41N 90 217 WER 250 AWR
15225 1530-1559 41N 75 217 WER 250 AWR
17575*1630-1700 48 135 217 ISS 250 AWR
17575*1730-1759 48 135 217 ISS 250 AWR
11660 1700-1729 39,40W 120 217 WER 250 AWR
7345 1529-1600 28 105 206 7 WER 100 TWR Romania C-Start
5910 1807-1840 28 130 206 2605-010808 JUL 100 TWR Serbia C-St
6105 0642-0820 27 300 206 1 WER 100 TWR England C-Start
6105 0712-0750 27 300 206 7 WER 100 TWR England C-Start
6105 0657-0750 27 300 206 23456 WER 100 TWR England C-Start
9440 1529-1600 29S,39N,40 90 218 23456 WER 100 TWR Armenia C-Start
9505 1626-1659 30S,40 90 218 WER 100 TWR Iran C-Start
7220 1357-1500 28,29,30 60 216 WER 100 TWR Russia C-Start
6015 0459-0557 27S,37N,28SW220 146 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW
6120 0500-0557 28S 180 146 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW C-Start
9895 0459-0557 28S 140 216 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW
9895 0559-0757 27S,37N,28SW210 146 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW
9895 0759-1057 27S,37N,28SW210 216 17 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW
9895 0959-1057 27S,37N,28SW210 216 23456 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW
6035 0659-0757 18,27,28W 300 216 WER 100 RNW
9895 1557-1657 27S,37N,28SW210 146 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW C-St
6125 1959-2200 27S,37N,28SW210 146 3003-280608 NAU 250 RNW
5955 0557-0757 18,27,28W 0 926 WER 500 RNW C-Start
11935 0659-0757 27S,37N,28SW240 217 3003-280608 WER 250 RNW
6120 0759-1000 27S 255 215 23456 WER 250 RNW
5955 1057-1657 18,27,28W 0 930 17 3003-280608 WER 500 RNW C-Start
5955 1059-1157 18,27,28W 0 930 23456 3003-280608 WER 40 RNW DRM
5955 1157-1259 18,27,28W 0 930 23456 3003-280608 WER 40 RNW DRM C-St
5955 1259-1357 18,27,28W 0 930 23456 3003-280608 WER 40 RNW DRM
5955 1357-1457 18,27,28W 0 930 23456 3003-280608 WER 40 RNW DRM C-St
5955 1459-1657 18,27,28W 0 930 23456 3003-280608 WER 500 RNW
5955 1659-1757 18,27,28W 0 930 WER 40 RNW DRM
9895 1059-1459 27S,37N,28SW225 217 17 3003-280608 WER 250 RNW
9895 1459-1557 27S,37N,28SW225 217 WER 250 RNW
15335 1859-1957 46,47W 183 218 NAU 500 RNW
15535 1759-1957 47E,48,52E,5150 217 WER 500 RNW
15430 1400-1459 39,40 120 217 WER 125 VOR Israel rus
6145 2200-2300 39,40 105 216 WER 100 VOR Iraq arab
9480 0100-0200 8,9 300 217 WER 250 VOR NAM rus
9480 0200-0400 8,9 300 217 WER 250 VOR NAM engl
9725 1500-1659 29 50 218 JUL 100 IBB
7280 0030-0400 40 105 216 WER 250 IBB
6040 1630-1930 40 105 216 WER 250 IBB
7105 1800-1859 40 105 216 WER 250 IBB
9445 1600-1659 29,30 60 208 WER 250 IBB
9510 0200-0330 40 105 216 WER 250 IBB
9695 0230-0330 40 105 217 WER 250 IBB
9770 1600-1659 40 105 216 WER 250 IBB
9760 1700-1759 40 105 216 WER 250 IBB
9805 1900-2000 29,30 60 208 WER 250 IBB
9875 1800-1844 48 150 216 WER 250 IBB
9875 1845-1900 48 135 216 WER 250 IBB
9875 1900-1930 48 135 216 23456 WER 250 IBB
11975 0100-0300 42,43 75 218 WER 250 IBB
13815 1600-1659 30S 90 217 WER 250 IBB
13870 1730-1759 48 150 218 23456 WER 250 IBB
15565 1500-1559 29SE 60 217 WER 250 IBB
6050 1700-1859 28E,29 60 216 WER 250 IBB
9780 1700-1759 40E,41NW 150 216 WER 250 IBB
7115 1700-1759 29 60 201 WER 250 IBB
11780 1600-1630 40 105 217 WER 250 IBB
15115 1430-1629 40 105 217 WER 250 IBB
13725 1400-1600 30S 90 217 WER 250 IBB
17670 1400-1500 40 105 217 WER 250 IBB
11895 1600-1659 30S 75 217 WER 250 IBB
9460 0400-0500 40 105 217 WER 250 IBB
9520 1600-1659 29,30 60 218 WER 250 IBB
9825 0430-0500 19,20,28,29, 60 208 WER 500 NHK rus
15190 0830-0900 38,39,40 105 217 WER 500 NHK pers
17595 1300-1344 41 75 217 WER 500 NHK bengal
17595 1345-1515 41 90 217 WER 500 NHK diverse
7230 1900-1930 40 105 216 WER 250 FEB

Daily, - otherwise stated as
Day 1 = Sunday
Day 7 = Saturday
* changes
+ active on demand
# momentary not active

List of Broadcasters which are using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment

AWR Adventist World Radio
BCE Broadcasting Center Europe S.A.
CHW Christliche Wissenschaft
DTK Deutsche Telekom
DVB Democratic Voice of Burma
EFD Ethiopeans For Democracy
EMG Evangelische Missions Gemeinden in Deutschland
FEBA 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 (* new)
MWA Missionswerk Arche
MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
PAB Pan Am Broadcasting
PRW Polish Radio Warsaw
RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo)
RMI Radio Miami International
RNW Radio Netherlands World Service
RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie
RTR Radio Traumland (Belgien)
RWB Radio Waaberi (Somalia)
SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo
TOM The Overcomer Broadcast
TWR Trans World Radio
VOR Voice of Russia
WRN World Radio Network
YFR WYFR Family Radio

Sabine Gawol
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH
Bereich Koeln
OMB-12
Bastionstr. 11-19
52428 Juelich, Germany
E-Mail: sabine.gawol@media-broadcast.com
Internet: http://www.media-broadcast.com(
Media Broadcast via WWDXC Mike Bethge-D, transformed from PDF to Asciiformat, Mar 31)condensed by wb.
(Source: wb, Germany)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Apr 01 2324 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 24 - 30 March 2008

Solar activity was very low for most of the week with the exception of 25 March which saw a period of moderate levels due to an M1/1f flare from Region 989 (S12, L=206, class/area, Cso/80 on 29 March) at 1856 UTC. The event was accompanied by a type II radio sweep and a coronal mass ejection from the east limb. The remainder of the week’s activity consisted of occasional B-class flares from Region 987 (S07, L=260, class/area, Dai/170 on 27 March) and Region 988 (S09, L=234, class/area, Dso/300 on 26 March).

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 25, 27-29 March and reached very high levels on 30 March.

The geomagnetic field was initially quiet on 24-25 March and early on 26 March. However, beginning around 0400 UTC on the 26th solar wind measurements at ACE indicated the onset of a co-rotating interaction region which was subsequently followed by a high speed stream from about 26/1330 UTC and lasting through the remainder of the week. Geomagnetic activity peaked between 26/0600 UTC through 28/1500 UTC with mostly unsettled to active levels at mid-latitudes and mostly minor to major storm levels at high latitudes. The interplanetary magnetic field at ACE was enhanced between about 26/0400 UTC through about 27/0000 UTC with peak Bz values around -7 nT. Peak solar wind velocities were observed on the 28th with maximum values around 680 km/s. Geomagnetic activity declined to mostly quiet to unsettled levels from 28/1500 UTC through the end of the period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
02 - 28 April 2008
Solar activity is expected to be very low for most of the forecast interval. There is a chance for an increase in activity levels with the return of Region 987 (S06, L=262) on 19 April, and Region 988 (S06, L = 237) on 21 April, although it is more likely that these regions will decay on the backside before they return.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels for 06-12 April and for 23-27 April in response to expected recurrent geomagnetic activity.

The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet for 01-04 April. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels with a chance for some isolated storm periods for 05-09 April due to a coronal hole high speed stream. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected from 10-21 April, followed by an increase to unsettled to active levels with isolated storm periods for 22-25 April with the arrival of another recurrent high speed stream. Activity should decline to quiet to unsettled levels for the remainder of the period.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Apr 01 2324 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2008 Apr 01#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Apr 02 75 5 2
2008 Apr 03 75 5 2
2008 Apr 04 75 10 3
2008 Apr 05 70 15 5
2008 Apr 06 70 15 4
2008 Apr 07 70 10 3
2008 Apr 08 70 15 4
2008 Apr 09 70 15 4
2008 Apr 10 70 10 3
2008 Apr 11 70 10 3
2008 Apr 12 70 5 2
2008 Apr 13 70 5 2
2008 Apr 14 70 5 2
2008 Apr 15 70 5 2
2008 Apr 16 75 5 2
2008 Apr 17 75 5 2
2008 Apr 18 80 5 2
2008 Apr 19 80 5 2
2008 Apr 20 80 5 2
2008 Apr 21 75 5 2
2008 Apr 22 75 20 5
2008 Apr 23 75 25 5
2008 Apr 24 75 15 4
2008 Apr 25 75 10 3
2008 Apr 26 75 10 3
2008 Apr 27 75 5 2
2008 Apr 28 75 5 2
(NOAA)

Internet radio is the way ahead for listeners

Durgesh Gupta - Televisionpoint.com Mumbai

It is probably the best thing to happen to radio since FM, ask any audiophile on the Internet and they will insist Internet radio is the only way ahead.

Call it by any name - Internet broadcasting, web radio, streaming jukeboxes, but the idea is much the same. Audiophiles from all over the world 'tune in' to various services via the Internet, where they can hear music from a million odd genres and hunt for underground music. And not just the same 30 songs over and over again, like FM radio. Here listeners can tap libraries of millions of songs that would never be even manage to be broadcasted on the airwaves otherwise, and this fact is probably what has struck a chord for music lovers.
More on this story from television.com at:
http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2008/newsfullstory.php?id=1207052067

WRMI - A08 English schedule

Effective: 31 March - 26 October 2008

All times UTC

0000-0100 9955am
0100-0200 twhfa 9955am
0100-0200 Sun/Mon 9955am
0200-0300 twhfa 9955am
0200-0300 Sun/Mon 9955am
0300-0400 9955am
0400-0500 9955am
0500-0600 9955am
0600-0700 9955am
0700-0800 9955am
0800-0900 9955am
0900-1000 9955am
1000-1100 9955am
1100-1200 9955am
1200-1300 9955am
1300-1400 9955am
1400-1500 9955na
1500-1600 9955na
1600-1700 9955am
1700-1800 9955am
1700-1730 Saturday 15650af (via German relay)
1800-1900 9955am
1900-2000 9955am
2000-2100 9955am
2100-2200 9955am
2200-2300 9955am
2300-0000 9955am
(Source: Jeff White/WRMI website: http://www.wrmi.net/schedule.php )

Blog Logs - pirate radio

This mornings first Blog Logs, focus on a sampling of logs from this weeks Free Radio Weekly newsletter. Looks like another active week from the pirate operators. Thanks guys.
Gayle Van Horn

All times UTC

Ann Hoffer Radio
23-Mar, 2025, 6925/USB; sio333 "Working Class Heroes", strumming a guitar live (Fansome)

Artificial Intelligence Radio
22-Mar, 1410, 6925.2; SIO 15332 AIR ID at 14:13 with what sounds like a techno music bed. (Ragnar-MI)

KNBS
(Belfast maildrop might work)
24-Mar, 2142-2211, 6925/USB; SINPO 44334 Cannabis Radio KNBS, Dare to be Stupid. Reading of QSl's sent out, Nazareth's Hair of the Dog, Cannabis Helper commercial, Audio sounded like it was on an old cassette with parts of the tape stretched, but overall it was a very good signal. (Ragnar-MI)

Kracker Radio
Kracker Radio International (krackerradio@pmlol.com ): 23-Mar, 1302-1337, 6925/USB; SIO=353, Mentioned Cmdr Bunny, Ragnar, Monkey Boy, Radio Redneck?, Cracker & played a few songs including White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane/Starship. (Pls QSL, Silvi,
Ohio)

Liquid Radio
24-Mar, 0005, 6925/AM; SINPO 45233 thump'n dance music, I'm waiting for you, Liquid Radio ID (Ragnar-MI)

Radio Azteca Radio
23-Mar, 1709-1712, 6925/USB; This official Radio Azteca QSL Whore got excited hearing this rebroadcast but it was gone in a couple minutes! : (Radio Azteca was one of my all time favorite pirates. (Silvi, Ohio)

Radio Conelrad
25-Mar, *2317:54-2322:19*, 6925/USB; On with ID and old Conelrad emergency announcement. Bluesy tune. SIO=353, off some if same transmitter as previous old programs. (Frodge-MI)

Radio Jamba International
(P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711): 23-Mar, 2302, 6950/USB; SIO, barely audible, woman laughing & occasio-nally saying Jamba! & a bit of music (Fansome)

Radio Yellow Rascal (tentative)
22-Mar, *2207-2222*, 6925/USB; SIO=242. Odd program consisting mostly of a sketch with two OMs covering a squirrel as a news event. After that, it went into some Firesign Theater material from I Think that We're All Bozos on this Bus. At 2219 they did mention Radio Yellow Rascal, but I am not sure if this was an ID or a slogan. So, I list this one as tentative ID. No address copied. (Zeller-OH)

Relaxation Radio
25-Mar, 2240, 6925/USB; ID and sign on, Good Night Sweetheart, Mr Sandman SIO 444. (Hertz)

Sycko Radio
(syckoradio@yahoo.com )
23-Mar, 0015-0059, 6925; SIO=454, Presumed Psycho Radio IDs, music, Played James Gang at 0033, sig dropped off drastically around 0042 but came back MUCH stronger at 0049 until 0059 QRT. (Pls QSL, Silvi, Ohio)

Voice of Juliet
(Box 293, Merlin, Ontario NOP 1W0, Canada)
25-Mar, 2115, 6925/USB; Juliet with program #5 I’m A Bitch by Alanis Morrisette, 1 Way Or Another Blondie. Juliet goes to the bar to pick up a guy, meets Austin Powers, Tarzan & Satan. SIO 444 (Hertz) 25-Mar, 2140-2154:12*, 6925/USB; "Every woman is a vessel"--in-depth and probing cmtry on coitus; msg from Satan; bits from Wizard of Oz; Show #5; Merlin drop; off w/Fever interval signal. SIO=3+54- (Frodge-MI)

WTCR 20th Century Radio
(P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711):
23-Mar, 0150-0202, 6925/USB; good/fair some fading, jazz-rock and blues-rock, nice program. (Hassig-IL) 23-Mar, 0212-0222, 3430/USB; sio222, very noisy, bluesy rock, Allman Brothers, "Blue Sky", ID at 2:22 (Fansome)
(Source: Free Radio Weekly #633 via Harold Frodge)

DX Stamp Supply - April specials

Dear DXers,

More news than usual this time:
Shipping Info: We have dropped UPS and now ship Priority Mail (USPS) via the Post Office. Since we were shipping less volume, UPS daily pickup fees increased. Shipping to your PO box is not a problem now. Adjusted shipping rates appear at the bottom. We should get to the PO about 2 or 3 times a week.

On Back Order: Guyana, Brazil, Ethiopia, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Italy.

Stamps back in stock: F. Poly, San Marino, Poland, and surprise: South Korea (thanks to a customer!)

March new postal rates:
Australia A$2.00
Greece 0,67 euro
Ireland 0,82 euro

April new postal rates:
UK 56p
Isle of Man 56p
Guernsey 53p
Jersey is not increasing their rate, will hold at 52p

March new prices:
Belgium $1.80
Germany $3.00 sorry, my $$ are weak against the euro as I reordered...
Croatia $2.20
Poland $2.50
F Poly $2.50
Ireland $1.70
South Korea $1.20

73 and good dx,
Bill

APRIL 2008 DX STAMP SPECIALS

3 UK-$3.60 2 France-$2.80 3 Japan-$3.60

APRIL 2008 DX SUPPLY SPECIALS

200/200 European Air Mailers & Returns $35

300/300 Stateside Mailers & Returns $23

2 Standard QSL Albums $40

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

Mint postage stamps of foreign countries can be purchased from Bill Plum's Airmail Postage and DX Supplies, 12 Glenn Road, Flemington, NJ 08822 USA.

Include a self-addressed-envelope for his current price list or request a price list via email at plumdx@msn.com. The prices represent Airmail rate to North America. Prices are subject to change without notice. No mimimum order via check, money order or credit card, but credit card orders under $ 15.00 will incur a $ 2.00 extra charge. Visa, MC, AMEX are accepted. Please include billing and shipping address for AMEX. Bill also has an email newsletter service of monthly specials, and email orders are welcomed!

Don't forget the DX supplies include European Airmail envelopes (European Air Return and European Air Mailer). These envelopes are perfectly acceptable for mailing to ALL parts of the world, not just to Europe. Their size insures you that a 4"x6" DX QLSs will not come back to you folded which could happen if you used small U.S. sized airmail envelopes. Bill's European Air Return fits into a European Air Mailer without folding. These two envelopes and up to 5 QSL cards weigh less than one ounce. The European Air Return and 2 QSLs weigh less than 10 grams. All envelopes are sealed in plastic for protection. Envelopes are packed 100 per size per package. The 5-/50 Combo comes in one package.

Eyeball cards, stateside QSLing nesting envelopes, QSL Card Albums and pages are also sold.

I have used Bill's service for years and find his prices affordable and dependable. All stamps are enclosed within a glassine envelope, so no worries of stamps sticking to the letter, and you can enclose the stamps as is in the letter to the station.
(Gayle Van Horn/Teak Publishing)

Lithuania A08 Sitkunia relay schedules

LITHUANIA Summer A-08 of Sitkunai Relays:
0630-0728 on 11670 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB in Italian
0800-0858 on 9710 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu R.Vilnius in Lith./English
1430-1528 on 6145 SIT 100 kW / 040 deg to EaEu VOIROI/IRIB in Russian
1530-1728 on 6145 SIT 100 kW / 040 deg to EaEu Radio Racja in Belarussian
1730-1828 on 6180 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB in German
1830-1928 on 7260 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB in French
1930-2028 on 7260 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB in English
2030-2128 on 6055 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu VOIROI/IRIB in Spanish
2130-2228 on 6055 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg to WeEu Mighty KBC in English
2300-2358 on 9875 SIT 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm R.Vilnius in Lith./English
0000-0058 on 11690 SIT 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm R.Vilnius in Lith./English
0200-0258 on 6110 SIT 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm Mighty KBC in English Sun
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Apr 1/wb, Germany)

Voice of America changes frequencies for Bengali and Hindi service

Effective April 4, 2008, VOA has adjusted their frequency for evening Bengali and Hindi services. The adjustments have been done to preserve continuity between winter and summer schedule.

All times UTC
1600-1700 Hindi on 7430 (used also in B07 - now replaces 7260)
1600-1700 Bengali on 7260 (used 7280 in B07 - now replaces 7430)
(Source: Alok Dasgupta via www.dxasia.info)

DXers Unlimited - midweek edition April 1-2

By Arnie Coro, CO2KK

Hi amigos radioaficionados !... You are certainly most welcome to the mid week edition of Dxers Unlimited, our station´s radio hobby program that is on the air twice weekly . I am Arnaldo, Arnie, Coro , radio amateur CO2KK and here is item one of today´s show: Scientists continue to try to forecast when the peak of solar cycle 24 is going to happen, and they are also trying hard to forecast the actual value of the period of maximum activity , that is the smoothed sunspot number for the six months that will be considered to be the most active of cycle 24. So far one only hears disagreements among the world´s most prestigious heliophycisists … and that difficult to pronounce word, is the one used to call the solar scientists… In the meantime , rumors are rumbling that already cycle 23, the present one has achieved the unique characteristic of been a very long cycle by all standards.

The tail end of cycle 23 has produced about the worst propagation conditions on the HF bands remembered since the very low activity cycle that took place during the first years of World War Two…

Second news item: The contest ionosphere booster effect worked once again, and participants of the CQ Radio Amateur Magazine world prefixes contest observed with big surprise how stations on the 10 meters band could be worked during the contest, when just a few days before and with higher solar activity 10 meters was totally dead. Sure, contests generate a lot of activity on the amateur bands , and that activity in turns makes possible two way contacts on frequencies that are little used during the solar minimum years. To me, the presence of 10 meter band stations during the WPX contest period didn´t produce a big surprise amigos, that was something that I was expecting …

Item three: A barebones ultra simple amateur radio station under test at CO2KK , my ham radio station , has so far made possible several nice DX contacts… The design philosophy of the barebones station was to keep the parts count to a minimum, while not compromising its performance. The group of Cuban radio amateurs that came together to work on the project agreed that the simple station must be reaching at least 10 watts , with a receiver sensitivity of one microvolt… The station is to be used by beginners, that will be told how to install an efficient 40 meters band antenna too… With the parts locally available, the designers have done a good job, having to face the difficulties derived from the lack of some specialized components, cleverly replaced by recycled parts…

Stay right on this frequency or world wide web connection

ss Dxers Unlimited continues in just a few seconds after a short

station ID
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This is Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the program is Dxers Unlimited and now, let´s continue with the description of the ultra simple amateur radio station. This is a modular station, with the transmitter, receiver and power supply modules built and tested

Individually, before putting the station together. The best approach is to start by building and testing the power supply, then moving to the receiver, and finally assembling the transmitter.

The modular construction allows the builder to test upgrades to a specific module, be it the transmitter, the receiver or the power supply.

You can even build separate modules, for example two or three different transmitter configurations, that can be powered from the same supply… by means of a simple interconnecting set of cable.

My favorite modular station setup at this moment uses the single band approach, to keep things simple and easy … The decision regarding which band should be selected for best all around operation moves very much in favor of 40 meters, with 20 meters in my opinion a good second choice .

40 meters is normally open for DX during local evenings, when most radio amateurs have time to operate, and at the present phase of the solar cycle, 20 meters dies down just around sunset.

The receiver of this modular station is a rather straightforward design, without any fancy additions, in order to use the least possible number of parts. A single conversion superheterodyne receiver with an intermediate frequency between 2 and 5 megaHertz seems to be the most reliable and easy to build design.

The availability of low cost quartz crystals used for computer clocks and other applications that have required mass production of crystals of the same operating frequency, lends itself to the homebrewing of some excellent bandpass ladder type crystal filters that show an excellent performance. Adding a simple audio filter module further enhances the performance of the receiver.

The first transmitter used in the modular station was originally designed for CW operation only, but the second one had capability to operate on double sideband too. A third upgrade now in operation is capable of single sideband voice operation too.

Finally the power supply can be connected to the domestic home power lines, and it also has the capability to act as an interphase with full reverse polarity and overvoltage protection when connected to a car, boat or any other 12 to 14 volts direct current system that may be available.

No, this is not a miniature , compact ham radio transmitter-receiver… it is in fact a very rugged, reliable, easy to fix in case of breakdowns radio station that is capable of providing excellent performance for both fixed and portable operation, and it is specially suited for deployment during emergencies.

Maybe in the future, I will upgrade this design to a two band station, keeping in mind that it is a very useful radio to have at hand during the hurricane season here, because it is very economical on the batteries, and has a much lower number of electronic components that may break down , as compared to a factory built multiband transceiver.

Your comments , with ideas on how to improve Arnie Coro´s Emergency Portable Amateur Station are most welcome amigos, send them to inforhc at enet dot cu, again inforhc at enet dot cu or Via Air Mail to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

……
You are listening to the mid week program of Dxers Unlimited, when solar activity is moving down again, as the three sunspot active regions continue to move across the solar disc and no new sunspots are in sight… Now here is our next section of the program, it´s the Technical Topics, the number three most popular among listeners, after ASK ARNIE, la numero uno

And the HF propagation update and forecast that is always in second place according to your e-mail message and letters…

Today´s technical topic will be dealing with the repair of solid state amateur radio transceivers, something that is becoming more and more difficult, and almost next to impossible as manufacturers continue to use more and more surface mounted devices … As a matter of fact, the repair of practically all of the amateur radio transceivers built after 1990 or so, is only possible by sending the equipment to the original manufacturer´s authorized dealerships, and even in that case, many are returned to their owners not repaired or even more damaged than when they were sent to be fixed. My personal opinion is that the only way to fix the latest models of amateur radio transceivers is by changing complete circuit boards, and essentially sending to the trash can the boards that are removed. Transceivers built earlier in the days of solid state devices history, are much easier to repair, especially if you have previous knowledge of similar breakdowns… as for example, the typical receiver failure of very poor sensitivity, that can usually be traced to a bad front end active device, like the dual gate MOSFET used for the RF amplifier stage of rigs like the Kenwood TS520, 820 and 830 , just to give you an example. The MOSFET devices , even when protected by internal diodes, fail after a nearby lightning strike, that doesn´t necessarily has to be right next to your property.

Loss of receiver sensitivity is quite evident, and replacing the MOSFET is a quite straightforward repair job, except that nowadays the exact replacement parts are becoming quite difficult to find… Amigos, let me add that homebrewing your receivers, transmitters and transceivers , as well as amateur station accessories is not only a very nice aspect of our hobby, but it also provides immunization against expensive equipment breakdowns that simply can´t be repaired !!!
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Now, here is nice news for the VHF and UHF radio amateur enthusiasts, station T42UJC, a special even station will be on the air on six and two meters plus 70 centimeters, from atop a 12 story high building very near the northern coast of Cuba . The special event station will also be active on the 20 meters HF band. Here is now the announcement sent by CO2OJ, Oscar Morales Junior, who will be in charge of this interesting ham radio activity, Oscar tell me ..Our VHF Group will activate an special station (T42UJC) from april 3 to april 5. The station will be here in Habana, in a 12 floor building, just in front of the Ave. Malecon, a little more than 50 meters from the shore with more than 120 degrees free view over the Golf. T42UJC will be active on 6m, 2m and 70 cms ssb. 100 watts in 6 and 2m and 25w in 70 cms. Vertical antemna in 6m, a 12 elements yagi in 2m and a 17 elements yagi in 70 cms. Will be active also in 40m and 20m. In 20m mostly in RTTY and PSK31. So there you are, a good chance to add a new prefix to your collection, and for many of the newcomers to amateur radio, working Cuba on 6 and 2 meters is also very nice too… So be on the lookout for T42UJC, from April 3 to April 5, and send your QSL requests to T42UJC Post Office Box One, Havana, Cuba…

And now amigos as always at the end of the program when I am here in Havana and can make the solar optical and radio observations here is Arnie Coro´s exclusive and not copyrighted HF plus low band VHF propagation update and forecast… Solar flux now moving down again, and the period of better HF propagation is just coming to an end… Sunspot count now below 20 and the solar flux again below 80 units, so the daytime maximum useable frequency curve will again show a very slow rise and will be reaching a much smaller peak… I expect some nice tropospheric ducting across the Gulf of Mexico during the next several days, an excellent opportunity for radio amateurs in Mexico and the South of the USA to work the special event VHF and UHF station T42UJC starting Thursday and until Saturday.

I hope to have have enjoyed this program and will be listening to our weekend edition Saturday and Sunday UTC days amigos …And don´t forget to provide me with your valuable opinions about the program , any radio hobby related questions you may have for our ASK ARNIE section of the show, and your QSL requests… send mail to inforhc at enet dot cu, or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba , Havana, Cuba

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency

Argentina
6059.95, Radio Nacional, 1040-1100, Steady Spanish language comments from various persons. Many mentions of Buenos Aires, and Nacional during comments. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, March 28, 2008)

Bolivia
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 1012-1025 Noted a female in Spanish language comments until 1013 when music is presented. At 1017, female gives live ID during comments which I missed, but probably Radio Mosoj Chaski. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, March 28, 2008)

China
9810, CNR-2/China Business Radio, 1100-1135, March 26, Chinese talk. English ID at 1125. Fair to good signal. // 7375-mixing with Costa Rica’s University Network. // 7335-mixing with a weak CHU. Also heard on // 7130, 7245, 9820, 6090 - all weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)

5030, CPBS Beijing, 1039-1046, Mar 27, Mandarin. Presumed ad string with various announcers and musical bits; occasionally overtaken by 5025-Rebelde splatter; poor-fair. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Colombia
(harmonic), 3200.13, Colombia Mia, 0945-1012+ Noted steady music typical of Colombia.Signal was originally at a fair level but by the hour had dropped to threshold. This station was originally I'd by Bjorn Maim, back in January 2005, as a harmonic from 1600 KHz. The station being located at Crepe, Department of Antioquia, Colombia. Between 1000 to 1005 a female comments in Spanish Language. Comments could be religious from the way they sound. At 1008 singing is heard from a female accompanied by piano. Signal stayed at poor. (Chuck Bolland, March 28, 2008)

Dominican Republic
5009.78, Radio Cristal Internacional, 2300-0003*, March 25-26, Heard here again but with a weaker signal and more noisy conditions. Spanish talk. Spanish romantic ballads. ID at 0001. Weak/poor at tune-in. Signal improved in strength by sign off but an overall poor signal due to noisy conditions. Still with low modulation. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Ecuador
4909.18 Radio Chaskis 1013 end of anmnt by M at t/in then into pleasant HC mx. 1018 nice canned ID/promo by 2 men "?? R. Chaskis del norte su nuevo radio. Las.4910 khz.musica por ?? Ecuatoriana", and back to mx. Some nice flutes. Studio M host returned at 1023. A song at 1043 mentioned Otavalo. Still readable at 1100. Fair signal and clear except for local QRN. (Dave Valko/Cumbre DX 29 March)

Eritrea
7100 Voice of the Broad Masses 1 (Asmara), 0413-0425, 3/26/2008, Tigrinya. Talk by man. A few bars of Horn of Africa style music at 0422 followed by talk by different man. Good signal (SINPO 33333). VOBM 2 was noted at the same time on 7175 with slightly weaker signal and the same program format, but not in parallel. (Jim Evans, TN)

Ethiopia
7110 Radio Ethiopia (Gedja), 0356-0410, 3/26/2008, Amharic.Man and woman talking. IS / theme at 0400 followed by apparent news. Talk by man at 0403 with an ccasional few bars of Horn of Africa style music. Good signal (SINPO 33333). (Jim Evans, TN)

Indonesia
11784.87, Voice of Indonesia, 1650-1802+, March 26, tune-in to Arabic programming with talk & local music. English ID at 1700 and Spanish programming at 1701 with news, talk & local music. English ID at 1800 & into German programming. In the clear with a fair to good signal. Was on 9525.98 at 1130. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Laos
LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, 1416-1430, March 29, in English andassume Laotian: "Hi, I am Max. Hello my name is Kathy. Welcome to NewDynamic English", "New Dynamic English is a basic English languagecourse and an introduction to American people and culture", segmentsin English followed by assume Laotian translation, per http://www.dyned.com/voa/ndeprog.shtml this was the first in theseries. At http://www.dyned.com/voa/schedule.shtml noted:"Listeners in Burma can listen to New Dynamic English on Saturdayevenings Rangoon time, 1430-1455 GMT/UTC", via VOA(?) but nofrequencies given and not sure how current this website is. Fair-poor,lost at 1430 to QRM from 6135 (Ron Howard, CA)

Malaysia
7295, Traxx FM, 1109-1120, Mar 27, English. lady announcer with the end of newscast. Pop and ballad music with an animated DJ at 1119; poor. (Scott Barbour-NH)

7295, Traxx FM, via RTM, 1106-1130, With a male in English language news and sports news until 1110. At that time a female begins with comments. Later at 1115, music is heard. It sounds like live singing by a female. By the half hour, the noise had build to a crescendo making it almost imposssible to listen. (Chuck Bolland, March 28, 2008)

6049.64 Asyik FM via Kajang 1225-1241 Mar 27. Vocal music to 1230, then male announcer took a few phone calls in unk language. Call to Prayer at 1233 was followed at 1236 a jingle and more short phone calls; finally some more music at 1239 Good signal. (John Wilkins-CO)

(Sarawak) 7270 Limbang FM via Kuching 1235-1325 Mar 27. Uninterrupted chanting to 1259, then one minute of "IS" (repetitive mx on local instrument); familiar 2 pips at 1300, then news in Bahasa Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur; nx ended at 1310 with "...RTM Kuala Lumpur...," then right into more mx; OM/YL chat in lang at 1314; slow "Limbang FM" jingle at 1315, followed by a spoken ID by YL and more chat, interspersed with music to 1325 tuneout. First time I've noted Limbang here; differs from WRTH times for Wai/Limbang relays. Not sure whether the pre-1300 chanting segment was Limbang or Wai - have heard the chanting program previously from Wai. Good signal with no other station detected on the frequency.

(Sarawak)6049.63 RTM, 1153-1200 Hrd signal on own rx butcouldn't get any audio because of 6050 QRM. On the Prunedale CA web rx,hrd soft Asian Pop mx pgm hosted by M in SE Asian dialect , "RTM" jinglejust before 1200 ToH, then W w/nx. Good but also a little QRM from6050. (Dave Valko 31 March/HCDX)

6049.64, Asyik FM via RTM, 1347-1400, March 29, invernacular, DJ with pop songs, on-air phone calls, sounds of roosterand donkey followed by "Asyik FM" singing jingle, fair with light het,best in LSB (Ron Howard, CA)

6049.64, Suara Islam/Voice of Islam via RTM, 1400-1405,March 29, in vernacular, 2 pips, starts program with choral Anthem,full ID with frequencies, ID "Suara Islam FM", fair with light het,best in LSB (Ron Howard, CA)

(Sarawak) 7130, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1316-1345, March 29, invernacular, DJ with pop songs, IDs, fair reception, // 5030 clearlyheard under CNR-1 (Ron Howard, CA,)

Mauritania
7245, Radio Mauritania, *0840-0850, March 26, abruptly on after signing off on 4845 at 0830. Arabic talk. Noted Middle-East type music at 0904 check. Good. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Peru
3329.61, Ondas Del Huallaga, 1020-1030, With QRM from CHU, noted music and Spanish Language comments from a male. At about 1028, notice canned comments from a male. Signal was poor during period. (Chuck Bolland, March 28, 2008)

5039.17, Radio Libertad, 1034-1040 As usual the signal is threshold, but heard a male in Spanish language comments during this brief listening period until 1035 when music is resented. (Chuck Bolland, March 28, 2008)

Pirate
6925USB Conelrad Radio (p). 2330-2334. 25 March 08. English. Mx from the 1940-1960 era including: “…Boogie,” “Fujiama Mama,” and “Counter Spy” by Bob Newhart. Off at 2334 in mid song. S5/Poor. (Joe Wood, TN).

6925USB Radio Caroline. 2316-0015+. 28-29 Mar 08. English. Presumedrelay of this station. It is also my first log of the station. Rock music fromAerosmith, Jefferson Starship, David Bowie, and many others that were lesswell known. Several IDs as “Radio Caroline,” and one at 2333 as “TheLegend Lives One-Radio Caroline.” The programming changed over to a BluesShow with Mr. Charles at 2400. Both segments were great. All of the TC were insynch with GMT, so this was either a live feed to a relay station, or somebodytook a great deal of care to match up a recording to the times, or RadioCaroline is now broadcasting on 6925 from the UK. The signal was a great dealstronger and better than any other Europirates I have heard, so I think it wasa relay of some kind, but one never knows….. Fair to Good. (Joe Wood, TN).

6925USB Victory Radio. *0135-0153*. 29 Mar 08. English. First log ofthis station. OM announcer with several mentions of the University of Texas(the other, UT) basketball team. Music by “The Austin Lounge Lizards.” Also, “The Eyes of Texas” at s/on. There was a polka and ments ofnightspots in Austin where Bob Wills is still the King. Off with ID andUnreadable QSL ancmts. Poor. (Joe Wood, TN).

Russia
Radio Rossii changes in frequencies: 5920 viaPetropavlovsk-Kamchatka (ex: 6075), not as good here, on top of QRM;parallel with: 5940 via Magadan (ex: 5935), fair, better here, butsome QRM from 5935; 7200 via Yakutsk (fair) and 7320 via Magadan(fair); 0928-0941, March 30, Russian programming (Ron Howard, CA)

Singapore
6120, Radio Singapore Int'l, 1120-1130, Mar 27, listed Malay. Announcer at tune-in to music , followed by two announcers' talk with one being on a remote. ID in passing at 1129; filler music until crushed by co-channel carrier; for whom I have no clue; fair; //7235-weak under ARO. (Scott Barbour-NH)

9740, BBC Kranji, 1207-1217, Mar 27, English. Reports regarding UK Commision on integrating refugees into UK society; fair in ECCS-LSB. (Scott Barbour-NH)

South Korea
(to North Korea) 6003 Echo of Hope Seemed like OC at 1053,then Cuba 6000 came on at nearly destroying the signal. Could definitelyhear mx under Cuba at 1058 and past 1100 though. Signal had an Asian"feel". On KG6YPI's Web rx in Prunedale CA, heard at 1126 in USB w/livelychoral mx which sounded similar to what I had on my own rx. In AM, Cubadominated. W in CH-like dialect at 1127-1130, then soft vcl mx, then Wcontinued at 1134. Buzzing (jamming??) started at 1139 w/freq changingat 1142 and ended at 1146 but started again a minute later. //3985 and6348. 6348 heavily jammed. 6348 was best here in Dunlo, but 6003 was beston the CA Web rx. (Dave Valko 31 March/HCDX)

Sri Lanka
9990, RFE/RL-R. Azadi Iranawila, 1140-1158, Mar 27, listed Dari/English. Two announcers talk. English talk about Taliban at 1147 with Dari translation; wiped out by 9985-WWCR sign-on at 1158; poor.(Scott Barbour-NH)

Taiwan
9630, presumed North Korea Reform Radio Hu Wei, 1218-1230*, Mar 27, Korean. Announcer at tune-in, Musical bits followed by music at 1229 and sign-off Announcement sign-off. Poor signal deteriorating by sign-off. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Venezuela
15290 Radio Nacional 1935-1955* Mar 25. Interview with Ministro de Comunicaciones e Información to 1944; then talk program "Temas sobre el Capete[?]"; ID's as "Radio Nacional de Venezuela" and "Canal Internacional de La Voz de la República bolivariana de Venezuela en el Exterior"; off at 1955 without fanfare after 2 reps of interval signal. Very strong. Is this the new xmtr from Guarico State or still via Cuba? (John Wilkins-CO)

Yemen
9780.05 Republic of Yemen Radio (San'a), 2136-2155, 3/28/2008, Arabic. Upbeat traditional music with man singing. Poor to moderate signal with fading (SINPO 34322). Faded down badly by 2150. (Jim Evans, TN)

KFBS Saipan - A08 Multilingual schedule

Effective: 30 March - 26 October 2008
Time(UTC) Freq Language and day - Su M Tu W Th F Sa

0900-1330 11650 Russian
1330-1345 11650 Udmurt(Su,Tu),Tatar(M),Mari(W),Uzbek(Th),Kazakh(F,Sa)
1345-1400 11650 Udmurt(Su),Tatar(M,Tu),Chuvash(W),Ossetic(Th),Kyrghiz(F,Sa)
1400-1530 9465 Russian
1530-1545 9465 Russian(Su,M,W,Th,F,Sa),Ukrainian(Tu,)
1545-1600 9465 Russian(Su,W, Th,Sa),Ukrainian(M,Tu,F,)
0800-1415 11580 Mandarin(Chinese)
1000-1030 15580 Sasak
1030-1130 15580 Indonesian
1230-1300 11850 Gorontalo(Th, F, Sa, Su)
1230-1300 11850 Madura(M,Tu, W)
1300-1400 9920 Vietnamese
2230-2300 12090 Vietnamese

Note: Saipan local time is 10 hours ahead of Universal Time Co-ordinate (UTC).
The Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC)operates one station on Saipan.
KFBS, an international shortwave station, broadcasts in 16 languages to areas including South East Asia,Indo-China,China and the Commonwealth
of Independent States.

FEBC Radio International
Radio Station KFBS
PO Box 500209
SAIPAN MP 96950
USA
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)

KTWR to celebrate 30th anniversary

Pacific Daily News
life@guampdn.com
11:40 a.m., March 31 - Radio station KTWR will hold its 30th anniversary celebration with a fiesta at the station from 3 to 5 p.m. on April 12. On April 13, author and international Christian speaker Woodrow Kroll will speak. His "Back to the Bible" broadcasts are heard daily on about 1,000 radio stations in the U.S. and another 100 stations in Canada. KTWR shortwave radio station broadcasts to Asia and the South Pacific and in more than 70 countries. The public is welcome on these days.
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080331/LIFESTYLE/80331013/1024

(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)