Ethiopia shortwave news

Ethiopia
5970 and 7210, Radio Fana verified with a full data green background transmitter card in 180 days from v/s Woldu Yemessel, General Manager. The response was sent by registered mail. Stamps on envelope featured the critically endangered Black Rhinoceros with the return address indicating it was from the "Radio Fana Share Company." (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer June 29)

8000 Radio Ethiopia (pres) / Ethiopian jamming on June 23 at 1528-1608 UT.34433 Afar?, Talk and Ethiopian pops music, ID at 1601 UTC, \\ 7175 kHz.(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium June 27)

9704.2 Radio Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 0755-0851, 24 Jun, Vernacular, songs, news (?) till 0804, music, talks; increasingly fluttery; SINPO 34443.(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 30)
(Source> WWDXC Top News/BC-DX #867 via wb, Germany)

Algeria MW registration changes

Ain Beida former 531 kHz 600 kW at ITU 35 49 N 07 19 E now newly replaced by Ain Beida 648 kHz 50 kW registration 35 49 12.34 N 07 19 04.66 E

Ain Beida former 531 kHz 600 kW, now replaced by ITU 35 44 N 07 20 E RTA F'kirina new Harris 531 kHz 600 kW MW units 35 44 10.15 N 07 19 07.05 E or 35 39 52.00 N 07 18 28.00 E
(ITU Geneve, June 24)

702 R. Algerienne, Laghouat, 2158-2210, 28 Jun, Arabic/regional program from Laghouat, several local IDs, freqs. announcement, TS, prayer; SINPO 55444; \\ 927 Timimoun.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Top News June 30)
(Source: WWDXC Top News-BC DX #867 via wb, Germany)

Radio Netherlands - Program Preview July 5-11

Radio Netherlands Worldwide PROGRAMME PREVIEW Saturday 5 July - Friday 11 July 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.
SATURDAY 5 JULY
*** The State We're In ***

Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected perspective

This week in TSWI, we ask what it means to be stateless. We talk to the lawyer for a prisoner in Guantánamo Bay.
And did you know that everyone has the legal right to a name? In some countries, like Somalia or Afghanistan, only a small percentage of births is registered. We look at why so many children officially don't exist, and what this means for their future.
Finally, bicycles: are they a two-wheel test of the human condition? Bicycling couriers tell how they often meet with danger and aggression on the road. That's this week, on The State We're In.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1006 (East/Central Asia 15510, East Asia 13820, Southeast Asia 11895, Far East 12065)
1406 (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 Week ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe Week satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1500 (South Asia 9345, 9890, 11835)

Note that on Saturday we also run repeats of:

Curious Orange: 1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
Earthbeat and Stories of the Twentieth Century:
0000 (Eastern N America 9845)
0100 (Central N America 9845)
0400 (Western N America 6165)

SUNDAY 6 JULY
*** 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 JULY
*** 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 ***

This week on Curious Orange, we take you backstage at Amsterdam's Paradiso concert hall, where we'll introduce you to this year's "Young Ones" - a group of 6 young up-and-coming Dutch bands. This week you'll hear from three of them: MakeBelieve, King Jack, and Sheriff of Hong Kong.
That's this week on Curious Orange.

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 JULY
*** 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 ***

This week in TSWI Midweek Edition, we ask what it means to be stateless. We talk to the lawyer for a prisoner in Guantánamo Bay.

Did you know that everyone has the legal right to a name? In some countries, like Somalia or Afghanistan, only a small percentage of births is registered. We look at why so many children officially don't exist, and what this means for their future.

And we play the Name Game, Chinese style. Common identical names are causing quite a headache in China. That's this week, on The State We're In.

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 JULY
*** 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)

*** Global Perspective ***

"Escape to New Zealand"

During the summer months we take a break from RadioBooks to present our annual Global Perspective series. Eight national and international broadcasters give their local perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is Escape.

Notable for its geographical isolation and clean environment New Zealand has long been a refuge for those wishing to escape the more populated parts of the planet and seeking a life that is less affected by the effects of global warming and the impact of global pollution. "Escape to New Zealand" is presented by Halina Ogonowska Coates of Radio New Zealand.

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 JULY
*** 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 ***

On this edition of Earthbeat we have a special report from Uganda. There is a tentative peace in Northern Uganda, after decades of fighting between the Lord's Resistance Army and the government. On the show this week, we look at aspects of life after the conflict.

Plus, the usual round-up of sustainable development news, all brought to you by host Marnie Chesterton.

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 JULY
*** 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're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and 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.

This week, we report on child labour in Sierra Leone and on corporate social responsibility in South Africa and beyond.

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)
(Source: R Netherlands)

RNW Spanish freq change on July 5

The RNW transmission in Spanish at 2359-0157 UTC via French Guiana will change frequency on 5 July to improve reception in South America. The current 9895 kHz will be replaced by 7325 kHz.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

RFE/RL to end broadcast to Romania

Just a few days after the BBC announced it is closing its Romanian service on 1 August, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has announced that it will do likewise, also on 1 August. However, unlike the BBC World Service, RFE/RL’s Romanian-language broadcasts to Moldova and the Transdniester region will continue.
The Romanian Service began experimental broadcasting on July 14, 1950, and was fully operational by May 1, 1951. For years, its broadcasts were a thorn in the side of Romania’s communist rulers who, according to a 2006 Romanian government report, may have been responsible for the deaths of three RFE/RL Romanian service directors.
In a 2006 address to Parliament, Romanian President Traian Basescu paid homage to the RFE/RL journalists who, he said, “fought with altruism and passion for the knowledge and utterance of the truth…Their unforgettable [Radio] Free Europe broadcasts were the moral conscience of Romanians.”
(Source: RFE/RL/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

China launches first Croatian-language website

Text of report in English
ZAGREB, July 3 (Hina) - The Chinese Embassy in Zagreb and China Radio International (CRI), the state-run radio network that has been broadcasting programmes in 48 languages for over 60 years, in Zagreb on Wednesday presented the Chinese government’s first Internet site in the Croatian language, which offers a lot of information about China and about relations between the two countries.
“As of today, you can get to know China also at http://croatian.cri.cn ,” CRI Deputy Director Ma Weigong said, adding that the newly-launched website would contribute to a better understanding between the two nations.
Chinese Ambassador Wu Lianqi took the opportunity to thank Croatia for the assistance it had provided after a disastrous earthquake recently hit China’s Sichuan province, claiming tens of thousands of lives.
(Source: HINA news agency, Zagreb, in English 0710 gmt 3 Jul 08 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Australia DX Report # 105, available for download

It has lots of news about frequency and schedule changes in the A08
transmission period!

It's 13 mins 18 secs, and is at

http://airm.edxp.org
Your ears will certainly prick up when you hear the new opening theme music!

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 Episode No. 105!

Bob Padula,
Melbourne

WYFR Family Radio A08 relays Part 1 - 2

USA(non) Summer A-08 Schedule of WYFR Family
Radio Relays.
Part 1 of 2:

Part 1 relays include: Armenia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, UAE, and Uzbekistan

All times UTC
to South Asia
0000-0100 on 15195 TSH 300 kW in Taiwan Hindi
0100-0200 on 15195 TSH 300 kW in Taiwan English
1200-1300 on 11560 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan Burmese
1230-1330 on 15340 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg Bengali
1300-1400 on 15670 WER 500 kW / 090 deg English
1300-1400 on 17715 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg Telugu
1300-1400 on 17630 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg Kannada
1300-1500 on 11560 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan English
1300-1500 on 15350 NAU 500 kW / 084 deg Bengali
1300-1500 on 15640 NAU 500 kW / 095 deg Marathi
1400-1500 on 7215 IRK 250 kW / 224 deg Nepali
1400-1500 on 9405 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Punjabi
1400-1500 on 9625 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg Tamil
1400-1500 on 9595 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg Marathi
1400-1500 on 12055 SAM 250 kW / 117 deg Gujarati
1400-1500 on 12075 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Kannada
1400-1500 on 13590 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Telugu
1400-1500 on 15370 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Telugu
1400-1500 on 15520 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg Hindi
1400-1500 on 17715 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg Tamil
1400-1600 on 7320 TCH 250 kW / 240 deg English
1400-1600 on 7510 TAC 200 kW / 131 deg Bengali
1400-1600 on 12065 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Urdu
1400-1600 on 15670 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Hindi
1400-1600 on 15715 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Kannada
1400-1700 on 5845 DB 100 kW / 137 deg Hindi
1500-1600 on 6280 TSH 300 kW in Taiwan English
1500-1600 on 9500 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg Urdu
1500-1600 on 11505 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg Punjabi
1500-1600 on 11560 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan Hindi
1500-1600 on 11655 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Marathi
1500-1600 on 12075 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Marathi
1500-1600 on 13665 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg Marathi
1500-1600 on 13820 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Urdu
1500-1600 on 13830 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Gujarati
1500-1600 on 13840 NAU 500 kW / 085 deg Punjabi
1500-1600 on 15520 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg English
1500-1700 on 15370 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Tamil
1600-1700 on 6280 TSH 300 kW in Taiwan Hindi
1600-1700 on 9735 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Punjabi
1600-1700 on 11505 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg Urdu
1600-1700 on 11630 ARM 250 kW / 110 deg Punjabi
1600-1700 on 11680 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Hindi
1600-1700 on 11850 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg English
1600-1700 on 12075 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Urdu
1600-1800 on 11730 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Punjabi
1700-1800 on 11680 WER 500 kW / 090 deg Nepali
1700-1800 on 11970 WER 500 kW / 075 deg Urdu

to East Asia
0800-0900 on 11895 TAI 100 kW in Taiwan Korean
0900-1100 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg English
1000-1100 on 7245 K/A 100 kW / 178 deg Japanese
1000-1200 on 7430 A-A 200 kW / 094 deg Chinese
1100-1200 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg Korean
1100-1500 on 6135 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg Chinese
1100-1500 on 9865 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg Chinese
1100-1500 on 11725 KHB 250 kW / 244 deg Chinese
1100-1500 on 12150 A-A 500 kW / 094 deg Chinese
1100-1600 on 9280 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan Chinese
1100-1600 on 6240 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Chinese
1200-1300 on 5970 K/A 250 kW / 213 deg Korean
2100-2200 on 7435 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Chinese
2100-2400 on 9280 HUW 300 kW in Taiwan Chinese
2200-2400 on 6230 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Chinese

to South East Asia
0000-0100 on 11630 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Vietnamese
0000-0100 on 11865 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Indonesian
0900-1100 on 9465 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan English
1000-1100 on 9900 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg English
1100-1200 on 9900 VLD 250 kW / 220 deg Ilocano
1100-1200 on 11520 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Tagalog
1100-1200 on 11550 TNN 250 kW in Taiwan Indonesian
1100-1300 on 13850 VLD 200 kW / 220 deg Tagalog
1200-1300 on 7460 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Vietnamese
1200-1300 on 9465 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg Cebuano
1200-1300 on 11520 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Indonesian
1200-1300 on 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg Vietnamese
1200-1300 on 15490 NVS 250 kW / 155 deg Indonesian
1200-1400 on 9615 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg Indonesian
1300-1400 on 11520 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg Burmese
1300-1400 on 11520 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan English
1300-1400 on 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg English
1300-1400 on 13810 A-A 500 kW / 121 deg English
1400-1500 on 9365 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg English
1400-1500 on 9585 PAO 100 kW in Taiwan Vietnamese
1400-1500 on 9615 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg English
1400-1500 on 13810 A-A 500 kW / 121 deg Indonesian
(Source: DX Mix News # 527 via Alokesh Gutpa, India & wb, Germany)

Relays Part 2 of 2
All times UTC

to West Europe
0400-0500 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg German
1700-1800 on 3955 WER 100 kW / non-dir German
1800-1900 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg English
1800-1900 on 7320 ARM 300 kW / 290 deg German
1800-1900 on 9615 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg Polish
1800-2000 on 11775 SKN 250 kW / 165 deg English
1900-2000 on 7320 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg German
1900-2100 on 12060 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg French
2000-2100 NF 11970 DHA 250 kW / 330 deg English, ex 1900-2000 on 11875
2000-2200 on 7430 KCH 500 kW / 309 deg English

to South Europe
1800-1900 on 9635 NAU 250 kW / 230 deg Spanish
1900-2000 on 7340 MSK 250 kW / 264 deg Spanish
1900-2000 on 9490 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg Italian
1900-2000 on 9635 NAU 250 kW / 230 deg Portuguese

to East Europe
1500-1700 on 9956vTNN 250 kW in Taiwan Russian
1700-1900 on 9495 TAC 200 kW / 311 deg Russian
1700-1900 on 9505 WER 500 kW / 060 deg Russian
1800-1900 on 7220 JUL 100 kW / 110 deg Romanian

to Middle East
1600-1700 on 11670 WER 500 kW / 105 deg Persian
1600-1700 on 13645 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic
1600-1800 on 7520 SMF 250 kW / 131 deg Persian
1600-1800 on 9925 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Turkish
1700-1800 on 11670 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic
1700-1800 on 11850 NAU 500 kW / 105 deg Persian
1700-1800 on 13700 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg Arabic
1700-1900 on 15760 WOF 250 kW / 102 deg Turkish
1800-1900 on 7240 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg Arabic
1800-1900 on 11855 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic
1800-1900 on 13720 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg Arabic
1800-1900 on 13780 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg English
1900-2000 on 7240 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg English
1900-2000 on 9495 WER 500 kW / 120 deg Arabic
1900-2000 on 15165 RMP 300 kW / 105 deg Arabic
2000-2100 on 9620 WER 125 kW / 120 deg Arabic

East Africa
1500-1600 on 15750 WER 500 kW / 150 deg English
1600-1700 on 9590 MDC 250 kW / 230 deg Swahili
1600-1700 on 11760 WER 500 kW / 135 deg English
1600-1700 on 15750 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Amharic
1600-1900 on 13630 NAU 500 kW / 145 deg English
1700-1800 on 9790 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg English
1700-1800 on 15750 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Swahili
1800-1900 on 5870 MDC 050 kW / 305 deg Swahili
1800-1900 on 13830 WER 500 kW / 135 deg Amharic
1800-1900 on 15750 WER 500 kW / 150 deg English
1900-2000 on 5930 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg Swahili
1900-2000 on 9775 DHA 250 kW / 210 deg English, new transmission
2000-2100 on 9635 DHA 250 kW / 210 deg English, new transmission

to North Africa
1800-1900 on 11600 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic
1900-2000 on 9590 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic
1900-2000 on 11970 DHA 250 kW / 285 deg French
2000-2100 on 5970 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic
2100-2200 on 5915 WER 500 kW / 150 deg Arabic

to North West Africa
1700-1800 on 13840 JUL 100 kW / 175 deg Arabic
2000-2100 on 11895 WER 100 kW / 195 deg French
2200-2300 on 5965 WER 500 kW / 195 deg French

to West Africa
1900-2000 on 11840 WER 500 kW / 210 deg French
2000-2200 on 6115 WER 500 kW / 210 deg Arabic
2000-2200 on 15195 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg English
2030-2130 on 11985 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg French
2200-2300 on 7115 WER 500 kW / 210 deg Arabic

to Central Africa
1600-1700 on 15705 WER 500 kW / 165 deg English
1700-1800 on 21680 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg English
1800-1900 on 13730 WER 500 kW / 165 deg English
1800-2000 on 7395 MDC 250 kW / 320 deg English
1830-1930 on 17585 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg French
2115-2315 on 11875 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg English

to West Central Africa
1800-1900 on 13790 WER 500 kW / 180 deg English
1900-2000 on 9685 DHA 250 kW / 260 deg English
1900-2000 on 11610 WER 500 kW / 180 deg French
1900-2000 on 11865 NAU 500 kW / 187 deg English
1900-2200 on 9610 WER 500 kW / 180 deg English
2000-2100 on 9595 WER 500 kW / 180 deg French
2000-2100 on 9485 DHA 250 kW / 260 deg English, new transmission
2100-2200 on 9720 WER 500 kW / 180 deg French
2200-2300 on 7285 WER 500 kW / 180 deg English

to South Africa
0500-0600 on 9525 MDC 050 kW / 280 deg Portuguese
1600-1700 on 21680 ASC 250 kW / 100 deg Portuguese
1800-1900 on 6180 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg English, new transmission
1800-1900 on 9845 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg English
1900-2000 on 3955 MEY 100 kW / 076 deg Portuguese, new transmission
1900-2000 on 6100 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg English, new transmission
1900-2100 on 3230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg English
1900-2100 on 6020 MDC 050 kW / 255 deg English
(Source: DX Mix News # 528 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Jul 01 2024 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
23 - 29 June 2008

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

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels during 23 - 24, 27, and 29 June.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels until late on 24 June when activity increased to unsettled levels. A further increase to active levels occurred during 25 - 26 June with minor to major storm levels at high latitudes. Activity decreased to quiet to unsettled levels for the remainder of the period. ACE solar wind measurements indicated a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) occurred during 24 - 25 June in advance of a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream (HSS). The CIR was associated with increased proton densities (peak 20 p/cc at 24/2251 UTC), a solar sector boundary crossing (toward (-) to away (+)), and changes in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). IMF changes included increased Bt (peak 15 nT at 25/1710 UTC) and intermittent periods of southward Bz (minimum -10 nT at 25/1735 UTC). The HSS commenced on 25 June, reached a peak velocity of 686 km/sec at 26/1846 UTC, then began to gradually subside on 28 June. Solar wind velocities decreased to a low of 470 km/sec by the end of the period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
02 - 28 July 2008

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 reach high levels during 13 - 21 July.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels during 02 - 11 July. Activity is expected to increase to active levels during 12 - 13 July with storm levels possible at high latitudes due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels during 14 - 17 July as the high-speed stream gradually subsides. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 18 - 21 July. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 22 - 24 July due to recurrence. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 25 - 28 July.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Jul 01 2024 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 Jul 01
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Jul 02 66 5 2
2008 Jul 03 66 8 3
2008 Jul 04 66 12 3
2008 Jul 05 66 10 3
2008 Jul 06 66 5 2
2008 Jul 07 66 5 2
2008 Jul 08 66 5 2
2008 Jul 09 66 5 2
2008 Jul 10 66 5 2
2008 Jul 11 66 10 3
2008 Jul 12 66 15 4
2008 Jul 13 66 15 4
2008 Jul 14 66 10 3
2008 Jul 15 66 10 3
2008 Jul 16 66 8 3
2008 Jul 17 66 10 3
2008 Jul 18 66 5 2
2008 Jul 19 66 5 2
2008 Jul 20 66 5 2
2008 Jul 21 66 5 2
2008 Jul 22 66 10 3
2008 Jul 23 66 10 3
2008 Jul 24 66 8 3
2008 Jul 25 66 5 2
2008 Jul 26 66 5 2
2008 Jul 27 66 5 2
2008 Jul 28 66 5 2
(NOAA)

DX Quiz - 2008 from Ardic DX Club

ADXC - India

In 2008 the Ardic DX Club celebrates its 10th anniversary. For ten years it has been the primary source of information for dxing enthusiasts all over the Tamil Nadu, India.

In order to celebrate this event, a quiz is being organised. The quiz is open to anyone, regardless of location or club membership. The quiz does not solely deal with Tamil Dxing, but covers very different radio aspects. Answering following 18 questions you can show your radio knowledge.

No quiz without prizes of course. You wish to contribute a prize? Please contact me! And to make the contest interesting to everybody, a few prizes will be given randomly to entrants. So if the questions look hard, participate anyway.

Schedule
Quiz starts from 1 July 2008
Last date for the entry 30 August 2008

Quiz Questions are in
www.dxquiz.blogspot.com

Contact
T. Jaisakthivel
Ardic DX Club
59, Annai Sathya Nagar
Arumbakkam
Chennai - 600 106
Tamil Nadu
India

If you have any questions on the contest, please write to us at:
ardicdxclub (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) in. Please carefully read the rules and conditions before sending any questions.

Special QSL
Along with quiz answers you have to submit at least 3 reception reports on any AIR (All India Radio) transmissions from any location in any mode. The correct reception reports will get the special limited edition of World Smallest QSL card, Special 75th week Radio World Sticker and the AIR pennant. Participants must send one New IRC to the club address for that QSL. Indian listener must send Rs.10/- mint stamps for return QSL. Those who are do not want the QSL, they are also participate without any condition.
(Source: T. Jaisakthivel)

Media Broadcast expands email contacts for QSLing

Hobbyist corresponding with Media Broadcast, (formerly known as DTK-T Systems) now have an expanded list of email addresses for sending reception reports.

Please send future reception reports to the following contacts:

Walter Brodowsky - Walter.Brodowsky@media-broadcast.com
Behling, Volker - Volker.Behling@media-broadcast.com
Puetz, Michael - Michael.Puetz@media-broadcast.com
Gawol, Sabine - Sabine.Gawol@media-broadcast.com

Also, we have a mailbox now especially for incoming reception reports.

QSL-SHORTWAVE@media-broadcast.com

Your future reception reports are still highly appreciated.
(Source: Walter Brodowsky)

List of Broadcasters which are using Media Broadcast technical equipment

Adventist World Radio
Broadcasting Center Europe S.A.
Christliche Wissenschaft
Deutsche Telekom
Democratic Voice of Burma
Ethiopeans For Democracy
Evangelische Missions Gemeinden in Deutschland
Feba Radio UK
Gospel For Asia
Voice of the Andes
Hamburger Lokalradio
Hrvratska Radio Televizija
International Broadcast Bureau
IBRA Radio Sweden
Lutheran World Federation (* new)
Missionswerk Arche
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio
Nippon Hoso Kyokai
Pan Am Broadcasting
Polish Radio Warsaw
Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo)
Radio Miami International
Radio Netherlands World Service
Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie
Radio Traumland (Belgien)
Radio Waaberi (Somalia)
Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo
The Overcomer Broadcast
Trans World Radio
Voice of Russia
World Radio Network
WYFR Family Radio

Postal address:
Media Broadcast GmbH
Bereich Koeln
OMB-12
Bastionstr. 11-19
52428 Juelich, Germany

Website: http://www.media-broadcast.com/

Radio Free Asia A08 schedule

USA [non] A-08 RFA Daily Broadcast Frequencies.

All times in UTC.

# new transmissions.
Burmese now additional +2 hrs, Tibetan +2 hrs, Khmer +1 hr.

Burmese (6 hours daily)
0030-0130 13820IRA, 13865TIN, 17835SAI
0300-0400#11605IRA, 17830TIN
1230-1330 9320IRA, 9455TIN, 13675TIN
1330-1400 9320TIN, 9475TIN, 11540TIN
1400-1430 9320TIN, 11540TIN
1630-1730# 7505TIN, 9305IRA
1730-1830# 7505IRA, 9300TIN

Cantonese (2 hours daily)
1400-1500 7280TIN, 11595SAI
2200-2300 9355SAI, 11715TIN, 11785TIN

Khmer (3 hours daily)
1130-1230# 9455TIN, 12140TIN
in summer season only, til Aug 2 after national elections.
1230-1330 9320IRA, 9455TIN, 12140TIN-2x, 13675TIN, 15525IRA
2230-2330 7580IRA, 13740TIN

Cambodia Future elections
* Parliamentary - July 27, 2008
Past elections
* Parliamentary - July 27, 2003
* Parliamentary - July 26, 1998

Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1600 1350 , 5870IRA, 7210IRK, 7490TIN
1600-1630 7490IRA
1600-1700 1350 , 5870IRA, 7210IRK
1630-1700 7490TIN
1700-1800 1350 , 5870TIN, 7465TIN, 9370IRA
1800-1900 1350 , 5870TIN, 7210TIN, 7465TIN
2100-2200 1350 , 7460 , 9385TIN, 9770TIN, 12075SAI

Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 15545TIN, 15690IRA
1100-1200 9355SAI, 15560IRA

Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0600 13760SAI, 15130TIN, 15635IRK, 15680TIN,
17615TIN, 17880SAI, 21550TIN, 21690TIN
0600-0700 13760SAI, 15165TIN, 15635IRK, 15680TIN,
17615TIN, 17880SAI, 21550TIN
1500-1600 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11540TIN, 12005TIN, 12025SAI,
13675TIN, 15495TIN
1600-1700 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11540TIN, 11795 , 12025SAI,
13675TIN, 15530TIN
1700-1800 7260TIN, 7280TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9540TIN, 9905PAL,
11540TIN, 11795 , 13625TIN
1800-1900 7280TIN, 7355TWN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9540TIN, 9865TIN,
11540SAI, 11700 , 13625TIN
1900-2000 1098TWN, 7260TIN, 7355TWN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9850TIN,
9865TIN, 9905PAL, 11700 , 11785TIN, 13625TIN, 15510TIN
2000-2100 1098TWN, 7260TIN, 7355TWN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9850TIN,
9905PAL, 11700 , 11740TIN, 11785TIN, 13625TIN
2100-2200 1098TWN, 7105TIN, 7355TWN, 9850TIN, 9905PAL, 11740TIN,
11935TIN, 13625TIN
2300-0000 7540 , 11760TIN, 11785TIN, 15430TIN, 15485SAI, 15585TIN

Tibetan (10 hours daily)
0100-0300 9365KWT, 11695UAE, 11975WER, 15225TIN, 17730
0600-0700 17510 , 17780KWT, 21500TIN, 21690UAE
1000-1100#15460LAM, 17750KWT, 21510KWT
1100-1200 7470 , 13830 , 15375UAE, 17750KWT
1200-1400 7470 , 11590KWT, 11605TIN, 13830 , 15375UAE
1500-1600 9370 , 11550KWT, 11585TIN, 11795UAE
2200-2300# 5865TIN, 7500TIN, 9880LAM
2300-0000 7470 , 7500KWT, 9805UAE, 9875TIN

Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0200 9350 , 9490BIB, 11895UAE, 11945UAE, 17640TIN
1600-1700 9350IRA, 9370 , 9555UAE, 11750IRA

Vietnamese (2 hours daily)
1400-1500 9455SAI, 9715TIN, 11605TWN, 11680TIN, 12140IRA
2330-0030 7525IRA, 11580 , 11605TWN, 13740SAI, 15535VLD, 15560TIN
(Radio Free Asia website, via Gordon Brown-UK, NWDXC April 4;
updated June 23)
(Source: WWDXC-Top News/BC-DX 866 via wb, Germany)

RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org , and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to: Reception Reports, Radio Free Asia, 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036 United States of America. Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.

Blog Logs - Peru

All times UTC

3329.7, Radio Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 2248-0059, Jun 14 and 15, Spanish talks, lively Indian pops repertoire, advs, 34242. (Gonçalves and Groppazzi)

4484, Radio Frecuencia VH, Celendín, 0151-0200, Jun 15, Spanish conversation, bridge music. (Jensen)

4746.9, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2242-0122, Jun 07, 12, 14, 15, Quechua and Spanish talks, Indian songs, Andean pop songs, 24332. (DXC, Gonçalves, Groppazzi, Jensen and Slaen)

4774.96, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 2234-0156, Jun 14, 15 and 18, Spanish talk, beautiful Andean music, ID at 0156: “OCX4J 1510 kHz onda media, OCX4W 4775 kHz en onda tropical banda de 60 metros en amplitidud modulada ... 99.3 ... frecuencia modulada estereo transmite Radio Tarma desde Tarma, Perú, en América del Sur”, 25232. (Groppazzi, Jensen and Petersen). Also heard at 1009-1020, Jun 17, Spanish comments over music, ID; noise, both natural and man made, weak. (Bolland)

4790.07, Radio Visión, Chiclayo, 2245-0025, 0520-0533 and 0813-fade out 0915, Jun 14, 15 and 18, Spanish religious talks, ID: "...por Radio Vision y este programa de la Iglesia Pentecostal....", huaynos, hymns, 25333, but from *2345 QRM from R Pakistan and 21332, Pakistan faded out later! (DXC, Gonçalves, Groppazzi, Méndez, Petersen and Slaen)

4824.47, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 0030-0209, Jun 15, Spanish talk, songs, ID, sports live, 12332 only audible in LSB due to heterodyne from Brazil. (DXC, Groppazzi and Jensen)

4826.6, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, 0148-0150, Jun 15, modern Latin rhythms and ann in Spanish, weaker than the above, but the heterodyne was noticable. (Jensen)

4940, Radio San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, 2225-2235, Jun 12, Spanish, ballads, talks, 15331. (Gonçalves)

4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2215-0015, Jun 07, 12, 16, 17 and 18, Quechua and Spanish religious talks, ID, Indian songs, 35442. (Gonçalves, Groppazzi, Petersen and Slaen)

4991, Radio Manantial, Chilca, Huancan, Huancayo, 2217-2351, Jun 12 and 14, Spanish and Quechoa talks, Huayno music and songs, ID twice, heterodyne, 24332. (DXC, Gonçalves and Groppazzi)

5120.24, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, 2254-0214, Jun 14, Spanish, music, talks, advs, sport live, 24332. (Gonçalves and Groppazzi)

5470.3, Radio San Nicolás, San Nicolás, 2306-2317, Jun 14, Spanish, Indian music, talks mentioning San Nicolás, 24332. (Gonçalves and Groppazzi)

5486.70, La Reyna de la Selva, Chachapoyas (t), 2340-2350, Jun 18, Spanish talk, music, 15211. (Petersen)

5939.3, Radio Melodía, Arequipa, 2222-2232, Jun 16, Spanish talks, songs, 15331, heterodyne with Brazil 5940. (Gonçalves)

6019.5, Radio Victoria, Lima, 2203-2310 and 0605-0857, Jun 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21 and 22, Spanish/Portuguese preaching, religious program: "La Voz de la Liberación", 35433 // 9720. (Bolland, Bredahl Jorgensen, Gonçalves, Groppazzi, Méndez and Wilkner)

6047.22, Radio Santa Rosa, Lima, 2225-2400, Jun 07 and 17, Spanish talk, catholic songs, 24332. (Petersen and Slaen)

6173.86, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0010-0100, Jun 15, 17 and 18, Spanish talks, jingle, mentioned Argentina, Andean songs, ID, 25332. (DXC and Petersen)

6535.8, La Voz del Rondero, Huancabamba, 2336, Jun 14, Spanish, LA music and talks, 24332. (Groppazzi)

9720, Radio Victoria, Lima, 2214-2226 and 0550-0605, Jun 12, 14 and 21, Spanish religious programme: "La Voz de la Liberación", ann and music, 34333 // 6019.5. (Gonçalves, Groppazzi and Méndez)

(Source: SWCI/DX Window # 353 via Anker Petersen, Denmark)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Today's pirate logs are a sampling from Free Radio Weekly's last two editions.
Gayle VH

All times UTC 8sign-on sing-off // parallel frequency

MAC Shortwave
6850AM 6/22 0040-0110 An excellent signal (S9 to +10). Show with songs by Jackson Brown, Eric Clapton and others. Johnny Guitarman was announcer. (G. Majewski CT)
6850AM 6/22 2338-0000 An excellent signal (+10 to + 20 over S9). Heard Niel Young, Moody Blues and Jefferson Starship. (G. Majewski CT)

Northwoods Radio Northwoodsradio@yahoo.com
6925USB *2132-2146* 6/15/08 SIO=242-. Odd program of mostly novelty music. Squealing noises at times and some garbled talk. No ID until the close, when they gave an ID with their slogan of broadcasting from the Great Lakes. Generally poor intelligibility. No address heard. (Zeller-OH)

Radio Maple Leaf
6925USB 6/22 2340-0015 (presumed per entry at HFUnderground) There was a break in the middle, so I'm not sure if I heard 1 or 2 stations. Lots of music by Blue Rodeo, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, making me wonder if this is from Canada. 40 meters has been quite noisy lately,
and had to use my transceiver's filtering just to hear anything. Announcements by OM. PSE QSL (will reimburse). (J. Miller, MI)

Real Pirate Radio
6925USB, 2140-2202*, 17-June; Beatles’ & other pop tunes & bits; "This is real pirate radio." Off with "Vote Vegetarian...this is Ed Wynn for RPR." Peaks at SIO=353 but very fady & mainly at QRN level. (H. Frodge-MI)
6925USB 2153-2200*. 17 June 08. English. Mentions of Cdr. Bunny and his presidential campaign. Partial ID and slogan-“Vote Vegetarian”. Very
faint. (J. Wood, TN).

The Crystal Ship
5385 and 6700. 6/23 0151 Both pretty bad in Greenback. (Wood TN).
5385.5 AM 0258-0330+ 6/23/08 SIO=433/232. Program of classic rock including Age of Aquarius from Hair, the Turtles Happy Together, Green Tambourine, Henry the 8th with Herman's Hermits, and similar tunes. IDs by male/female,less political material than usual. Announced // on 6700 was nothing but a het here. Eventually faded out. (G. Zeller-OH)

WBNY
6955USB 0219-0227. 20 June 08. English. Replay of the Commander’s Presidents’ Day show. Talk of Cdr. Bunny’s run for President. Fair. (J. Wood, TN).
(Source: Free Radio Weekly # 645 & 646 via Ed Kusalik and Greg Majewski)

Radio Netherlands - Program Preview June 30-July 4

27 MONDAY 30 JUNE
Curious Orange [primary programme]
It's a radio show, it's a website, it's a lifestyle. It's Curious Orange -
30 minutes of Dutchness on Radio Netherlands Worldwide

This week on Curious Orange... it's the second part of our series on classical music, the Dutch way.
The host of our Live from the Concertgebouw series Hans Haffmans will, once again, tell us all about the classical music tradition here in Holland. This week we'll hear about contemporary classical music and the festival tradition here in the Netherlands.

That's this week on Curious Orange.

27 MONDAY 30 JUNE
Earthbeat (repeat programme)
Dheera Sujan looks at the footprint we're leaving on our planet

Earthbeat this week looks at why there's a desperate need for naval escorts to take food into Somalia. We hear of a technology that sucks up oil seepage from shipwrecks. We look at the deadly cost of malaria and discover why medicines for this disease that claims millions of lives every year have been so slow to come on the market, and we hear of the treatment of malaria in Myanmar.

27 TUESDAY 1 JULY
The State We're In, Midweek Report
Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected perspective

This week in TSWI, reporter Jonah Engle tells host Jonathan Groubert about how African American victims of crime in Newark, New Jersey have so little faith in law enforcement and so great a fear of retribution, that they have simply stopped reporting crimes, even murders, to the police.

We look at the right to clean air. Scientists from the Dutch National Institute of Public Health and the Environment tell Jonathan exactly what clean air is and why, when and how it gets polluted. A denizen of Bankok tells us that she loves walks walking so much, she's willing to ignore the pollution, as well as the furrowed brows of the middle classes. And a Dutch SUV owner explains why he feels he has the right to pollute the air if he wants to.

Finally, there's peace in Northern Uganda after decades of war, but not all of the fighters, most of the children, have returned home, often for fear of retribution. But as Journalist Pieternel Gruppen tells Jonathan, radio is now being used to convince them to come out of the bush and home to their communties.

27 TUESDAY 1 JULY
Bridges with Africa [repeat programme]
Lively discussion and thought-provoking reports about and from the African continent.

In this week's program: there's one topic we cannot afford to let go: Zimbabwe. What has happened between the first round of elections in March and today? What's life like in the country? And is there a way out? Or are there no answers to Zimbabwe's depening crisis?
And in stark contrast, we have a celebration. 40 years of the Radio Netherlands Training Centre. To mark the occasion, we brought together three formidable journalists, from Uganda, Nigeria and Mozambique. They go head to head in our Big Round Table on media and development.

And to cap it all, we have new music from one of Mali's most talented singer/songwriters.

27 WEDNESDAY 2 JULY
Global Perspective (primary programme)

'Living with the Water Wolf' - by Vivien Jones

During the summer months we take a break from RadioBooks to present our annual Global Perspective series. Eight national and international broadcasters give their local perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is Escape.

Over two thousand years ago the Dutch began digging simple ditches to drain water from their boggy ground. With this small act they embarked on millennia of attempting to escape what the 17th century Dutch poet Vondel called "the water wolf." Dutch efforts to escape the threat posed by water on land which is mainly below sea level continue today. "Living with the Water Wolf" is presented by Michele Ernsting.

27 WEDNESDAY 2 JULY
Curious Orange (repeat programme)
It's a radio show, it's a website, it's a lifestyle. It's Curious Orange -
30 minutes of Dutchness on Radio Netherlands Worldwide.

This week on Curious Orange... it's the second part of our series on classical music, the Dutch way.
The host of our Live from the Concertgebouw series Hans Haffmans will, once again, tell us all about the classical music tradition here in Holland. This week we'll hear about contemporary classical music and the festival tradition here in the Netherlands.

That's this week on Curious Orange.

27 THURSDAY 3 JULY
Earthbeat (primary programme)
Dheera Sujan looks at the footprint we're leaving on our planet

Earthbeat this week [ more info later ]

Network Europe Extra (repeat programme)
Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.

27 FRIDAY 4 JULY
Bridges with Africa [new programme]
Lively discussion and thought-provoking reports about and from the African continent.

In this week's program: [ more info later ]

Global perspective [Repeat of Wednesday)

'Living with the Water Wolf' - by Vivien Jones

During the summer months we take a break from RadioBooks to present our annual Global Perspective series. Eight national and international broadcasters give their local perspective on a topic of global interest. This year the theme is Escape.

Over two thousand years ago the Dutch began digging simple ditches to drain water from their boggy ground. With this small act they embarked on millennia of attempting to escape what the 17th century Dutch poet Vondel called "the water wolf." Dutch efforts to escape the threat posed by water on land which is mainly below sea level continue today. "Living with the Water Wolf" is presented by Michele Ernsting.
(Source: R Netherlands)

Firedrake Jammer on the Loose Again in Asia

Amateur Radio operators throughout the United States have reported hearing an intruder signal -- dubbed Firedrake -- on 20 meters. ARRL Field and Regulatory Correspondent Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, said he has received reports from Intruder Watch monitors in Texas, Montana, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Colorado, Washington, Nevada and Pennsylvania hearing the jammer on 14.010 and 14.070 MHz. Hams in IARU Region 1 have heard the jammer on 14.000, 14.005, 14.010, 14.030, 14.050, 14.050 and 14.090; Uli Bihlmayer, DJ9KR, Assistant Monitoring Coordinator for Region 1 (IARUMS) said he has had reports of hearing the jammer on three frequencies at the same time.
Skolaut said he heard it on 14.070 at 1500 EDT on June 6 from ARRL HQ, but has not confirmed Firedrake on any other frequencies. "We have reported the jammer to the FCC's High Frequency Direction Finding (HFDF) facility in Columbia, Maryland. They have also heard the jammer and have sent a harmful interference report to the Chinese government," Skolaut said. The FCC has no authority to make intruder stations outside the US stop transmitting on Amateur Radio frequencies; such situations typically are dealt with through diplomatic channels.
"All three IARU regions are coordinating efforts to collect observations and forward them to the proper authorities to follow up on this," Skolaut said. "As you probably remember, this jamming occurred almost two years ago and was primarily heard on 14.260 and 18.160 MHz."
W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, said the jammer is interfering with PSK transmission on 14.070 MHz at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station. "It is sounding clear now, but when the jamming was present, signals peaked around S9 + 5-10 dB, depending on antenna orientation. Weak PSK31 signals -- normally copyable -- were obliterated, with only strong PSK31 signals making it through. So while operating PSK31 was still doable, the interference/jamming greatly curtailed casual operating," Carcia said.
According to Bihlmayer, the jammer (whom Region 1 monitors have dubbed Firedrake) plays oriental-type music and originates from the Chinese government in an attempt to block out the Sound of Hope short wave broadcasts. The Sound of Hope refers to itself as "a Chinese language media network providing an alternative to China's state controlled media with news and cultural programming. Radio Free China (RFC) is Sound of Hope's project to reach listeners in Mainland China with programming beyond the control of China's omnipresent blockade of free information."
Information on the Intruder Watch program can be found in the June 2007 issue of QST.
(Source: ARRL)

Nigeria's FRCN Director-General claims lack of funds affects output

The Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, (FRCN), Ben Egbuna, has said that paucity of funds and obsolete equipment remain the major factors militating against it. Fielding questions from newsmen in Bauchi, Egbuna regretted that the Corporation was still faced with the problem of obsolete equipment. He said, “As it is now, we have transmitters that are as old as 40 years which are also analogue while everything in the world has gone digital.”
The FRCN boss also lamented that the lack of the modern broadcast equipment have negatively affected the services of the Corporation adding that this can be noted in its poor revenue generation capacity because, according to him, no advertiser will want to place his advert in a not too stable broadcast. However, he said the Corporation has done its best to stay above board, pointing out that a few new pieces of modern broadcast equipment have been procured and installed.
He added that the problems faced by the Corporation was that, “our men here are still learning how to manage the equipment. As soon as they are done, our broadcast quality will definitely improve.”
On the FRCN Zonal Stations in Ibadan and Enugu, the Director-General declared that, “these are dead because of lack funds to replace the equipment that has gone completely bad. The only shortwave station still on air is Kaduna, that too is down for now due to damage to the transmitter by a rainstorm, but our engineers are right now there trying to fix it and very soon it will come back on air.”
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Related stories:
Radio Nigeria acquires new transmitter
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/radio-nigeria-acquires-new-transmitters

SW and MW still a priority for Radio Nigeria Kaduna
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/sw-and-mw-still-a-priority-for-radio-nigeria-kaduna

Voice of Zimbabwe claims it reaches a "global audience"

The Zimbabwean newspaper Sunday Mail claims that Voice of Zimbabwe, the county’s world radio station [sic] appears to be reaching all parts of the globe judging by the correspondence it is receiving from countries as far apart as Brazil and India. The newspaper says the station, which broadcasts on shortwave in the 60 metre band (evenings) and 49 metre band (daytime), is also providing Zimbabweans in Binga and other outlying areas that cannot receive FM broadcasts, with a radio service.
The paper quotes Voice of Zimbabwe station manager Shadreck Mupeni as saying last week that letters have been received from as far afield as Brazil, Japan, India, Australia, Poland and Greece. Many of them, he claims, are from listeners who have expressed an interest in visiting Zimbabwe, with some of them asking the station to broadcast programmes and advertisements about the country’s tourist attractions. “The letters received recently have all been positive. They have confirmed the signal quality is good.”
Voice of Zimbabwe began broadcasting to the world from Gweru on May 25 2007. It is Zimbabwe’s first international broadcast station and currently broadcasts news and news analysis programmes from 6pm to 9pm (1600-1900 UTC). From June 30, it will be broadcasting a repeat of these programmes from 6am to 9am (0400-0700 UTC). During the rest of the day and evening the station broadcasts local music, which has turned out to be a boon for Zimbabweans not only in Binga and Mutoko but anywhere else, if they have a radio that receives shortwave transmissions.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Continued full story at The Sunday Mail
http://www1.sundaymail.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=815&cat=1

Blog Logs - Bolivia

All times UTC

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, 2250-0125, Jun 15, 17 and 18, Quechoa talks, choral singing, only audible in USB due to utility QRM, 32332. (Gonçalves, Petersen and Ronda)

4409.86, Radio Eco, Reyes, 0032-0110, Jun 15 and 19, Spanish talks, music, 33333. (Groppazzi and Wilkner)

4451.2, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana del Yacuma, 2215-2226, Jun 16, Spanish religious talks, 13341, utility QRM. (Gonçalves)

4699.36, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2219-0120, Jun 07, 14, 16 and 18, Spanish talk, Andean songs, IDs, 25332. (DXC, Groppazzi, Petersen and Slaen)

4716.69, Radio Yura, Yura, 2302-0138, Jun 14, 15 and 16, Spanish and Quechoa ann, Huaynos, sporadic utility QRM, 24332. (DXC, Gonçalves, Groppazzi, Jensen and Petersen)

4732, Radio Universitaria, Cobija, Pando, 0100 under rtty and 1000-1030, Jun 18 and 19. (Wilkner)

4781.55, Radio Tacana, Tumupasa, Inturralde, La Paz, 2235-0015, Jun 07, 12 and 15, Spanish talks, long piece with a single flute was played, Indian songs, 23332. Only audible in USB due to strong utility noise. (DXC, Gonçalves and Slaen)

4795.02, Radio Mallku, Uyuni (t), 0020-0035, Jun 15, Spanish talk, music, 15222. (DXC)

4865, Radio Logos, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 2122-2200, Jun 14 and 15, Spanish religious talks and music, 24241. (Gonçalves and Groppazzi)

5580.31, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos (t), 2335-0110, Jun 17 and 19, Spanish talk, Bolivian music, 15221. (Petersen and Wilkner)

5952.43, Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2259-0215, Jun 14, 17, 18 and 24, Quechoa and Spanish dedications and talk, mentioned Cochabamba, conversation, 33433. QRM Clandestine R República until 0200*. (Bolland, Groppazzi and Petersen)

6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 0050-0125, Jun 15, Spanish talks, ID and LA ballads, 33443. (DXC, Jensen and Ronda). Also heard at 1010-1045, Jun 17 and 21, IDs by locutor. (Wilkner)

6155.2, Radio Fides, La Paz, 2143-2154, Jun 15, Spanish, football match report, 24321. (Gonçalves)

9624.6, Radio Fides, La Paz, 2225, Jun 14, Spanish, songs, 13441, QRM from Canada 9625 (still not in good shape). (Gonçalves)
(Source: DSWCI/DX Window #353 via Anker Petersen, Denmark)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2008 Jun 24 2323 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
16 - 22 June 2008

Solar activity was very low. No flares were detected. Region 999 (S02, L=206, class/area Hsx/020 on 17 June) was the only spotted region on the disk during the summary period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels during 16 - 19 June and 22 June.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to active levels on 16 June. Activity decreased to quiet to unsettled levels during 17 - 19 June. Activity increased to quiet to active levels on 20 June. Activity decreased to mostly quiet levels for the rest of the period. ACE solar wind measurements indicated a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream occurred during the period. Velocities increased through early 17 June with a peak of 784 km/sec detected at 17/0248
UTC, then gradually decreased through 19 June. Another brief increase in velocities occurred from late 19 June into early 20 June with a peak of 613 km/sec detected at 20/1032 UTC. The velocity increase was accompanied by increased IMF Bt (peak 9 nT at 19/2340 UTC), periods of enhanced southward IMF Bz (minimum -8 nT at 20/0222 UTC), and a minor increase in proton densities. Velocities gradually decreased for the rest of the period and reached a minimum of 408 km/sec by the close of the period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
25 June - 21 July 2008

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 reach high levels during 25 June and 13 - 21 July.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels during 25 June - 11 July. Activity is expected to increase to active levels during 12 - 13 July due to a recurrent coronal hole high- speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels during 14 - 17 July as the high-speed stream gradually subsides. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels for the rest of the period.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2008 Jun 24 2323 UTC
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2008 Jun 24
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2008 Jun 25 65 8 3
2008 Jun 26 65 8 3
2008 Jun 27 65 8 3
2008 Jun 28 65 5 2
2008 Jun 29 65 5 2
2008 Jun 30 65 5 2
2008 Jul 01 65 5 2
2008 Jul 02 65 5 2
2008 Jul 03 65 8 3
2008 Jul 04 65 10 3
2008 Jul 05 65 8 3
2008 Jul 06 65 5 2
2008 Jul 07 65 5 2
2008 Jul 08 65 5 2
2008 Jul 09 65 5 2
2008 Jul 10 65 5 2
2008 Jul 11 65 10 3
2008 Jul 12 65 15 4
2008 Jul 13 65 15 4
2008 Jul 14 65 10 3
2008 Jul 15 65 10 3
2008 Jul 16 65 8 3
2008 Jul 17 65 10 3
2008 Jul 18 65 5 2
2008 Jul 19 65 5 2
2008 Jul 20 65 5 2
2008 Jul 21 65 5 2
(NOAA)

FEBA Radio - A08 summer multilingual schedule

U.K.(non) Summer A-08 schedule of FEBA Radio

All times UTC

Target Areas: North India, Nepal, Tibet
0015-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA 7375 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
0030-0045 s..w... HINDI 7375 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
0030-0045 .mt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 7375 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
0030-0045 ....tfs BANGLA 7375 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
0045-0100 smtwtfs HINDI 7375 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg
1430-1445 smtwtfs URDU 12025 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg
1445-1500 ...wtfs KASHMIRI 12025 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg
1445-1500 smt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 12025 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg
1430-1500 smtwtfs HINDI 9540 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA 7370 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg

Target Areas: South India
0030-0100 smtwtfs TAMIL 7225 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg
0130-0200 s...tf. TELUGU 9725 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg
0145-0200 .mtw..s MIXED LANGUAGES 9725 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg
1400-1430 s...... ENGLISH 12025 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg
1400-1415 .mtwtfs MALAYALAM 12025 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg
1415-1430 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 12025 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg

Target Areas: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran
0200-0300 s...... URDU 12035 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg
0200-0230 .mtwtfs URDU 12035 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg
0230-0300 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 12035 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg
0200-0230 smtwtfs PASHTO 9725 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg
0230-0300 smtwtfs DARI 9725 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg
1400-1445 smtwtfs URDU 9500 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg
1445-1500 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 9500 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg
1430-1500 smtwtfs PASHTO 9830 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg
1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 9830 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg
1530-1545 smtwtfs HAZARAGI 9830 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg
1545-1600 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 9830 ARM 200 kW / 104 deg
1515-1530 s....fs BALUCHI 9840 ARM 100 kW / 147 deg
1530-1600 smtwtfs PERSIAN 9840 ARM 100 kW / 147 deg

Target Areas: Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan
1530-1545 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg
1545-1600 smtwtfs MAKONDE 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg
1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg
1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg
1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg
1600-1630 smtwtfs AFAR 11655 ARM 300 kW / 188 deg
1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9865 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg
1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9865 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg
1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 9865 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg
1730-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 9865 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg
1700-1730 smtwtfs OROMINYA 6180 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg
1830-1900 smtwtfs FRENCH to WeAf 7255 MEY 100 kW / 345 deg
2145-2215 ....tf. HASSINYA/PULAAR to WCAf 11985 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg

Target Area: Middle East
0800-0845 smtwtfs ARABIC 15280 MOS 300 kW / 115 deg
1900-1930 smtwtfs ARABIC 7230 WER 250 kW / 105 deg
1900-2030 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg
(Source: DX Mix News #526 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

Voice of Turkey frequency changes

Voice of Turkey

All times UTC

Effective 21 June 2008

1530-1555 on 9690*CAK 250 kW / 313 deg in Serbian >> new transmission
1600-1605 on 9605 EMR 500 kW / 290 deg in Croatian, ex Serbian
*co-ch CRI in Burmese + Voice of Nigeria in Yoruba
(Source: DX Mix News #526 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

Voice of Russia frequency changes

Voice of Russia

All times UTC
Effective 15 June 2008
1600-1800 new freq 13670 MSK 250 kW / 169 deg, ex 13730*in Arabic
1700-1800 new freq 13750 S.P 200 kW / 215 deg, ex 15465 in Italian
1700-1800 on 15465 MSK 250 kW / 250 deg, additional frequency French
1830-1900 on 7130 S.P 400 kW / 147 deg, cancelled in Arabic
*to avoid Radio Austria Int. in German till 1700
(source: DX Mix News #526 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

BBC World Service to close Romanian service

BBC World Service is to close its Romanian language service. The news and current affairs service is proposing to cease broadcasting on 1 August 2008 after 68 years of broadcasting. BBC Romanian broadcasts for almost four hours a day on radio and also runs a complementary website. It is the last of the BBC’s non-English language services specifically aimed at countries that are EU member states.

The change follows a review of BBC World Service’s language service portfolio after its overall funding levels, for the three-year funding period between 2008/09 and 2010/11, were agreed with the UK Government in October 2007. This will be BBC World Service’s only language service closure during this current funding period.

The BBC says this decision, which has been endorsed by the BBC Trust and the FCO, comes after consideration of audience need to continue broadcasts, the changing media landscape in Romania and the declining impact of the service. The changes are also made within the context of the very tight financial framework in which BBC World Service operates.

BBC World Service’s funding settlement gave increased resources for new projects, such as television services for BBC Arabic and BBC Persian. But it also imposed a tough savings target of around 3 per cent per annum to meet rising costs of existing services.

The BBC points out that, over the past decade, the World Service has made continuing efficiency savings of, on average, 2.7 per cent annually which accumulates to £46 million. The scale of the competition in radio and all media has intensified since Romania acceded to the EU in 2007. In addition, mergers have meant that several major FM network partner stations which previously carried BBC Romanian output no longer do so.

These FM partnerships are critical in a country where direct listening to the BBC via shortwave is neither popular nor cost-effective. This has led to a significant drop in audience (currently under 3% of the local radio market in Romania), which could not be countered by the presence of the BBC’s limited number of FM relays.

The BBC says that broadcasts in Romanian for the Republic of Moldova will also cease, as the Moldovan side of the operation cannot be sustained without the infrastructure of BBC Romanian. Romania will continue to be served by other BBC Global News services in English, such as BBC World Service radio, BBC World News television, and online.
The BBC’s five local FM relays (four in Romania and one in the Republic of Moldova), which currently broadcast a mixture of Romanian and English programmes, will broadcast English programmes exclusively (plus Russian and Ukrainian in Moldova), subject to agreement with local regulators.

The closure will affect 46 staff (30 in Bucharest in Romania; four in Chisinau in Moldova and 12 in London) and will save £1.3 million per annum.

BBC World Service Director Nigel Chapman said: “Like the other European services we closed three years ago, BBC Romanian had its roots in the Second World War. It has served its audiences with distinction through the Communist era to the present day. The contribution of all BBC Romanian staff has been immense: serving Romanians with innovation and commitment for 68 years.

“The quality of the current output is of the highest standard. But Europe has changed, fundamentally, since the early nineties; and with the rapidly declining audiences in Romania we can no longer justify continuing the service. It is widely acknowledged that BBC Romanian’s presence has contributed to the building of freedoms now enjoyed by Romania’s citizens. We believe this will be a lasting legacy.”

He added: “This was a tough decision but one that is right to ensure BBC World Service continues to put its limited resources where it is most needed. I know that BBC Romanian is full of talented broadcasters and we will do all we can to ensure that the staff in it are treated fairly and sensitively in terms of financial compensation both in and outside the UK. We will strongly support their efforts to find alternative employment.”

This change has been approved by the BBC Trust. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, has also given his approval as he is required to do under the terms of the BBC’s Charter and BBC World Service’s agreement with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
(Source: BBC World Service press office/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

A Standing Offer to Shortwave Broadcasters From Monitoring Times

Monitoring Times is a monthly magazine about radio. You, as a broadcaster, ARE radio. In a sense, advertising your station and getting people to listen to it is what you are all about. Our English Language Shortwave Guide section in each month's Monitoring Times is like a phone directory, showing people how to find you. To be sure the information we provide about your station will be accurate, send us your updated frequency list and schedule on a regular basis.

To be sure your information is correct and to keep current with what listeners are hearing and saying, you should also receive Monitoring Times. As long as your station's English language broadcasts are listed in the Shortwave Guide section, you are eligible for a free subscription to the electronic edition of the magazine, called MT Express. Just let us know the name of your station, the contact person and the e-mail address to which we should send notification that the next issue of MT Express is available for download. Send this to us at: editor@monitoringtimes.com.

To test out how it works, you can download a sample issue of MT in pdf format right now at www.monitoringtimes.com/MT/html/free_issue.html . You may choose to download the low or high resolution magazine (large or smaller file size).

All we ask is that you place Monitoring Times on your media list to receive schedules, updated and programming and industry news. You may send any information to Rachel Baughn, MT Editor (editor@monitoringtimes.com ) for distribution, or you may send schedules directly to Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager (gaylevanhorn@monitoringtimes.com ).
Station program producers who find items in MT that might be of use in their programs are welcome to quote from these items as long as they give credit to Monitoring Times.
(Source: NASB June 2008)

Grove Enterprises Catalog

We are often asked where you can buy shortwave receivers, books and other items in the U.S. Grove Enterprises, which publishes Monitoring Times magazine, is one of the major mail-order providers of shortwave radios and related items in North America. In their current catalog, you will find scanners, receivers, WINRADIO PC-based receivers, antennas, tuners, preamps, filters, multicouplers, speakers, test equipment, books and software. You can download a copy of their current catalog at: http://www.grove-ent.com/html/printed_catalog.html

(Source: NASB June 2008)

Celestrial Radio - offshore broadcasting with a difference

Celestial Radio is a radio station broadcasting from a crystal ship, The Celeste, its surface coated in sixty thousand mirror tiles. During July, the Celeste will anchor in the harbours of Margate and Folkestone in southern England from where it will broadcast, on 87.7FM, a specially recorded soundtrack.
Inspired by the legendary final broadcast in 1974 from the Mi Amigo, one of Radio Caroline’s ships, as well as the last, ill-fated voyage across the Atlantic by conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, Celestial Radio seeks answers to life’s big questions, making audible the invisible.
Taking as its theme ‘Aspirations, Hopes and Dreams’ the soundtrack has been made in response to the coastal landscape of Kent and the history of painters, poets, writers and other visionary thinkers who have populated the landscape at different times.
Celestial Radio has already visited Whitstable Harbour, and is due to visit Margate Harbour from 5–8 July and Folkestone Harbour from 19–20 July, during the Folkestone Triennial.

read the full story at artdaily.org
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=24871

Radio Free Asia Releases Second Radio Pioneer QSL Card

(News release from Radio Free Asia)

April 2008 Radio Free Asia is proud to announce the release of its 21st QSL card honoring German physicist and radio pioneer, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz (1857 - 1894). Hertz was the first to broadcast and receive radio waves. He demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves by building equipment that not only produced radio waves, but also detected them. His experiments with electromagnetic waves led to the development of the wireless telegraph and the radio. His name is also used for radio and electrical frequencies: hertz (Hz). The QSL card will be issued for all valid RFA reception reports from April 1 – June 30, 2008. This is the second in our series of QSL cards honoring radio pioneers. Future QSL cards will include other radio pioneers like Nikola Tesla, Reginald Fessenden, and others.

More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at http://www.rfa.org/ . RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org , and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to: Reception Reports, Radio Free Asia, 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036 United States of America. Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(Source: NASB June 2008)

TDP Radio - Worldwide Radio

NASB associate member TDP Radio brings you the best dance and trance mixes of the moment by talented DJ's worldwide. You can tune in every Saturday to our digital radio broadcasts in DRM as follows:

To Europe from 4 to 6 PM Central European Time (1400-1600 UTC) on 6015 kHz.
To North America from 12 to 2 PM Eastern Daylight Time (1600-1800 UTC) on 11900 kHz.
Or you can listen to our 24 hour Internet radio station. TDP Radio is an official affiliate member of the DRM Consortium (www.drm.org). DRM is the new digital standard for worldwide radio broadcasting.

TDP Radio is looking for new talent. You can contact our program manager Daniel Versmissen for more information. If you have any questions regarding TDP Radio, feel free to contact one of our staff members:
Program Manager: Daniel Versmissen (daniel@tdpradio.com )
Technical Manager: Ludo Maes (ludo@tdpradio.com )

Mail: TDPRadio
P.O. Box 1
2310 Rijkevorsel
Belgium
Phone: +32-33-147800
Fax: +32-33-141212
(Source: NASB June 2008)

DRM has new website

News release from Fanny Podworny, Communications and PR Assistant, DRM Consortium

The Digital Radio Mondiale website http://www.drm.org/ has, as of May, a dynamic new look. While it remains the most comprehensive and accurate source of information about the DRM standard and global digital radio, the site now has a more user-friendly feel with exciting improvements in design, content and navigation.

The new website http://www.drm.org/ now has:

- An improved look and feel – Enhanced graphics and the homepage “DRM a Unique Global Solution” provide Internet visitors with a better user experience.

- Clearer navigation – Web pages work in intuitive and consistent ways, making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for and know where they are within the website.

- A more logical structure – The website is clearly targeted at three groups - listeners, broadcasters and manufacturers.

- A wealth of information – DRM broadcast schedules; receivers on the market; the latest on DRM+; technical downloads, and more.

Click and view the new DRM website on http://www.drm.org/ .
(Source: NASB June 2008)

IRRS adds DX Party Line to program line-up

Dear listeners,

Just a short message to inform you that we recently added a new program to our Shortwave and Internet streaming schedule devoted to shortwave listening and communication, as follows:

- DX Party Line, produced by Allen Graham at HCJB, the Voice of the Andes in Quito, Ecuador, aired via IRRS-Shortwave every Saturday evening at 20:45-21:00 CET (1845-1900 UTC, summer) on 7290 kHz, and:

DX Party Line is aired on behalf of IPAR (International Public Access Radio) via our new 150 kW antenna beam to Europe, Middle East and Africa. We welcome comments and reception reports, that we will gladly forward to the producer for verification. Please email: reports (at) nexus (dot) org.

Our latest frequency and program schedules are available online at :

http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/
(Source: Ron Norton/IRRS via Alokesh Gupta, India)