Radio Veritas Asia Summer Schedule

Philippines

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

Bengali
0030–0057 15.265
1400–1427 11.870


Chin
0130–0157 15.255
1430-1500 11.870

Filipino
2300-2327 9.720
1500-1553 15.350 (Via CVA)

Hindi
0030–0057 15.280
1330–1400 11.870

Hmong
1200–1227 11.935

Kachin
2330–2357 9.645
1230–1257 15.225

Karen
0000–0027 11.935
1200–1230 15.225

Khmer
1000–1030 11.850

Mandarin
2100–2257 6.115
1000–1157 11.945

Myanmar
2330–2357 9.720
1130–1157 15.450

Sinhala
0000–0027 11.855
0000–0027 15.460
1330–1400 9.520

Tamil
0030–0057 11.935
1400–1427 9.520

Telugu
0100–0127 15.530
1430–1500 11.750

Urdu
0100–0127 15.280
0100–0127 17.860
1430-1457 15.435

Vietnamese
2330–2357 9.670
0130–0230 15.530
1030–1127 11.850
1300–1327 11.850
(Ashik Rajshahi,Bangladesh/HCDX)

Deutsche Welle Summer Schedule

Germany

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

Broadcast daily unless other wise indicated
Target Areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) va (Various)

Amharic
1600-1657 9800af 11805af 15275af

Chinese
1300-1400 11965as 17770af

Dari
0830-0858 17710as
0830-0900 15640as
1330-1400 15275as 15595as 17860as

English
0400-0457 6180af 7240af 9470af 12045af
0500-0527 6075af
0500-0530 9470va 9800af 9850va
0530-0557 9800af
0530-0600 9850va
0600-0630 9470af 13780af 17820af
0630-0700 13780af 17820af
1900-1930 9735af 11800af
1900-1957 7365af
1930-2000 11800af
2000-2100 6150af 9490af 11800af
2100-2200 11800af 11830af 11865af

French
1200-1257 11800af 15275af 17810af
1200-1300 17820af 21780af 21840af
1700-1757 9735af
1700-1759 11810af 15275af
1700-1800 15620va

Hausa
0630-0700 12045af 15275af
1300-1400 15410af 17800af 21780af
1800-1857 9735af 15275af
1800-1900 21780af

Pashto
0800-0830 15640as 17710as
1400-1430 15275as 15595as 17860as

Portuguese
0530-0557 9470af
0530-0600 17800af
1930-1957 6150sa
1930-2000 11865af

Swahili
0300-0357 6180af
0300-0400 5925af 9470af 9800va
1000-1100 11800va 15410af 15515af
1500-1557 7265af 9770af 12070af

Urdu
1430-1457 15275as
1430-1500 13630as 15595as
(DW/Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India. Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)

HCJB Global Australia Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast days as indicated

Bahasa
0000-0030 mtwhf 15400as
1145-1200 15340as
1200-1230 mtwhfa 15340as
2345-0000 15400as

Bangla
1430-1445 m 15340as

Bhojpuri
1315-1330 m 15340as

Chattisghari
1430-1445 Sat/Sun 15340as

Dzongkha
1300-1315 f 15340as

English
0730-0800 11750as
0800-0830 11750as
1445-1500 15340as
1500-1530 15340as

Fujian
1030-1100 mtwhf 15400as
2300-2330 mtwhf 15525as

Gujarati
1430-1445 f 15340as

Hindi
1345-1400 15340as

Hmar
1315-1330 f 15340as

Japanese
2230-2300 Sat/Sun 15525as

Kuruk
1430-1445 w 15340as

Malay Bahasa
0000-0030 Sun 15400as
1200-1230 Sun 15340as

Malayalam
1315-1330 h 15340asw

Mandarin
1030-1100 Sat/Sun 15400as
1100-1130 mtwhf 15400as
2230-2300 mtwhf 15525as

Marathi
1315-1330 w 15340as

Marwari
1430-1445 t 15340as

Nepali
1300-1315 mtwh 15340as

Oriya
1300-1315 Sat 15340as

Punjabi
1300-1315 Sun 15340as

Rawang
0030-0100 15400as
1230-1300 15340as

Tamil
1315-1330 t 15340as

Telegu
1430-1445 h 15340as

Urdu
1315-1330 Sat 15340as
1400-1430 15340as
(A12 Derek Kickbush/HCJB Global Australia 3/22/2012) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times.

TDP station summer schedules

Transmitter Documentation Project

All times UTC

broadcast days as indicated

Radio Miraya (Clandestine)
English/Arabic
0300-0600 on 11560 SMF 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAf

Denge Mezopotamya (Clandestine)
Kurdish
0300-1500 on 11530 SMF 300 kW / 129 deg to WeAs Daily
1500-1900 on 11530 SMF 500 kW / 129 deg to WeAs Daily

TDP Radio
DRM
0700-0800 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Mon
0800-0900 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Tue
0900-1000 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Wed
1000-1100 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Thu
1100-1200 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Fri
1200-1300 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sat
1300-1400 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sun

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo
Hmong
1130-1200 on 11570 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Daily
2230-2300 on 7530 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAS Daily

Khmer Post Radio (Clandestine)
Khmer
1200-1300 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Wed/Thu/Fri

Khmer People Power Movement (Clandestine)
Khmer
1200-1300 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Sat/Sun

The Disco Palace
DRM
1530-1630 on 15775 ISS 100 kW / 079 deg to Asia Daily
2000-2100 on 17755 GUF 100 kW / 311 deg to NoAm Daily

Radio Xoriyo Ogadenia (Clandestine)
Somali
1600-1630 on 17870 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Mon/Fri

Voice of Asena (Clandestine)
Tigrinya
1700-1800 on 15245 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Mon/Fri

E-SAT Radio (Clandestine)
Amharic
1700-1800 on 15370 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Daily
(Ivo Ivanov/DX Re Mix # 723 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Tirana Summer Schedule

Albania

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC
broadcast days as indicated

Albanian Daily
0700-0800 on 7390 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
0801-0900 on 1395 FLA 500 kW / 033 deg to WeEu
0801-0900 on 7390 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu
1400-1530 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to WeEu
2300-2400 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm, but registered at 300 deg

English Tue-Sun
0130-0200 on 7425 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NoAm

English Mon-Sat
2000-2030 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to U.K.

German Mon-Sat
1931-2000 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to Germany

Greek Mon-Sat
1545-1600 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Greece

French Mon-Sat
1730-1800 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to France, but registered 1901-1930

Italian Mon-Sat
1700-1730 on 7465 SHI 100 kW / non-dir to Italy

Serbian Mon-Sat
2015-2030 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / 004 deg to Serbia

Turkish Mon-Sat
1830-1900 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to Turkey
(Ivo Ivanov/DX Re Mix # 723 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Netherlands Program Preview, March 23-29

Greetings from a sunny Hilversum. As spring is starting and the first tulips are in full bloom, preparations for our new summer schedule are in full swing.

The new schedule starts on Sunday 25 March 2012.

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

The real me
A 13-year-old street hawker in Kabul dreams of becoming a pilot. A Kurdish woman struggles with breast cancer and her culture’s punitive view of it. And a man in Denver talks about his 20 year struggle to beat sex addiction.

First airing: Saturday 02:00 UTC

Earth Beat
Marnie Chesterton and her team look at the footprint we’re leaving on our planet.

Things that turn up in the unlikeliest of places… Like sea salt full of prescription drugs, or pesticides in the Arctic. And the man searching the Amazon for a tribe he’s not allowed to contact. Foreign bodies, in all their forms.

First airing: Friday 03:00 UTC

South Asia Wired
Stories from South Asia.

Sri Lanka remains a country deeply divided along ethnic lines. It is therefore both surprising and refreshing to see the work of Dr Panagamuwa Bandara, an ethnic Sinhalese who grew up in Britain, but returned to Sri Lanka to work in a hospital in the north-west Tamil region. This week we hear from him about his work, the ethnic divide and the future prospects for his country.

(There'll be a new edition of the programme on Thursday 29 March)

Bridges With Africa
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa.

The trial of the ‘Zim 6’ - six Zimbabweans convicted for plotting to overthrow the Zimbabwean government because they were watching footage of the Arab Spring. We ask: is this a political trial to quiet down the opposition?
George Clooney, Madonna, Bono and Angelina Jolie. International, white celebrities fighting for African causes. We look at the negative sides to the Hollywood-style of campaigning.
Women in hip hop are rare. And especially female hip hop DJs. But DJ Zeyna from Senegal’s capital Dakar hopes to change that. Being the first female DJ graduating from the Hip Hop Academy in Dakar she dreams of changing ‘the game’.
We have music from South African jazz musician Kyle Shepherd who just released his third album South African History !X that pays an homage to the first inhabitants of South Africa, the Khoi Khoi and the San.
The majority of the vegetables used for consumption in Ghana’s capital Accra are grown right next to the city’s drainage. Many of these vegetables which are supposed to be healthy are also washed with this contaminated water. But people have found ways to make their vegs healthy.

First airing: Friday 00:00 UTC

Africa in Progress
Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.

What is African writing?
They say they write about life, and seek the truth, wherever they are. Sometimes, their books are judged not African enough. What challenges do young African writers in the diaspora face? How do they see their role in the age of internet? Listen to a round table discussion with three authors.

First airing: Monday 18:00 UTC

Commonwealth Story
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

Retirement - by Schachi Kaul (India). A daughter's view of her father's retirement.

First airing: Tuesday 01:50 UTC

Global Perspective
Who says I can’t… is the motto of this year’s collaboration of international broadcasters, offering stories of defiance and perseverance.

Who says we can’t be gay, Muslim, and successful?

Elkader is a small town in the centre of the American Midwest. It’s not where you’d expect to find a gay couple starting an Algerian restaurant. But this town in Iowa was named after a 19th-century Algerian jihadist. WAMU radio takes us to Elkader to see how the residents have found their way through the Islamophobia debate.

First airing: Monday 17:30 UTC

Hear the World
The current series of European Jazz Stage has come to an end. But don’t despair, there’s plenty of good music to come. We’ve started a new series of Hear the World, hosted by Dheera Sujan.

Portuguese singer Lura kicks off the programme with catchy songs based on rhythms created by her Cape-Verdian ancestors.
Luis Melodia is a Brazilian singer who began mixing samba and bossanova with Western pop music in the 1960s and 70s.
Flamenco music by the Dutch Metropole Orchestra conducted by Vince Mendoza.
In our Dutch Delights slot this week it’s Christina Branco. She is Portuguese but has forged strong links with the Netherlands since the 1990s and initiated a fado revival.

First airing: Monday 01:00 UTC

RNW Classical
Classical concerts from the Royal Concertgebouw as well as studio recordings of Dutch performers, presented by Hans Haffmans.

Available 24 hours a day

English schedule to 25 March 2012
Targeted to Africa and Asia
1000-1057 12065as
1400-1457 12080as
1800-1900 11655af
1900-1957 11655af
1900-1959 11615af
1900-2000 7425af
2000-2057 7425af 11615af
(original Excel via Leo van der Woude, R Netherlands)

English schedule from 25 March 2012
Targeted to Africa and Asia

0959-1000 15110as
1000-1057 15110as
1359-1400 9800as
1400-1457 9800as
1859-1900 7425af 11615af 15495af
1900-2000 7425af 11615af 15495af
2000-2057 7425af 11615af 15495af
(R Netherlands/Jaisakthivel/ADXC Tirunelveli, India /www.adxc.wordpress.com via
Leo van der Woude) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times.

Polish Radio reminder

Polish Radio carries the following announcement on its English website: “From Sunday 25 March, the English Section of Polish Radio External Service is changing its broadcast times and the nature of its transmissions. As of Sunday, the English Section will NOT be available on Short Wave, ending almost 80 years of broadcasts on this spectrum. Many thanks to all our listeners who tuned in via these means over the years.

“However, the English Section is continuing ALL its transmissions via satellite and online, with podcasts also available via our RSS feed and through the iTunes platform. Additionally, the English Section of Polish Radio External Service is available in London on DAB Spectrum 1 daily at 1900 local time.

“Major changes are our LIVE transmission at the time of 1400 CEST (1200 UTC), with our main broadcast moving to 2000 CEST (1800 UTC). Our flagship production, News from Poland, will move to the time of 1400 CEST, with a second edition at 2000 CEST. All magazine premieres will also air at 2000 CEST.”

The new schedule is detailed on this page.
(Source: thenews.pl)

Adventist World Radio returns to Sri Lanka

Already, astute international radio monitors on all continents have become aware that Adventist World Radio is making a return visit to the island of Sri Lanka. For a period of nearly 40 years, AWR programming was on the air from the radio broadcasting service in Colombo Sri Lanka, beginning in the year 1950. Then when the shortwave station KSDA on the island of Guam became fully functional, the Asian programming from Adventist World Radio was transferred to this new station. After a quarter century absence from the radio broadcasting scene in Sri Lanka, AWR is now returning to this island once again, but this time from another station, the large shortwave station that was on the air previously with the programming of Deutsche Welle. This is the story.

It was back in the year 1950, at 8:30 am local time on Sunday morning October 1, 1950, that the first broadcast of the “Voice of Prophecy” radio program went on the air from the shortwave service of Radio Ceylon, as it was known in those days. During that era, the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon was on the air with just two shortwave transmitters, one at 100 kW and another at 7½ kW, both located at Ekala, a dozen miles north of the national capital, Colombo. This was the first Adventist broadcast from Radio Ceylon, and it was also the first syndicated Christian broadcast from this station.

As time went by, Radio Ceylon became the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, and the Adventist radio programming over this station was organized as the original Adventist World Radio in Asia, AWR-Asia. It was at the end of the year 1988, that the final AWR broadcasts ended over SLBC Colombo, in favor of AWR’s own shortwave station, KSDA Guam.

Beginning on Sunday March 25, AWR will again be heard from Sri Lanka, and this time, from the large Deutsche Welle station located near Trincomalee on the eastern coast of the island of Sri Lanka. It is intended that these broadcasts from this new AWR location will be on the air for a period of a little over three months, terminating at the end of June this year.

The reason for the temporary transfer of AWR programming from KSDA Guam to ex-Deutsche Welle Sri Lanka is so that technical personnel can perform antenna maintenance on Guam on curtain antennas 1 & 2, and also for the installation of an additional curtain antenna at the same location.

International radio monitors around the world are invited to submit reception reports on the temporary AWR usage of the Trincomalee shortwave station. A special QSL card honoring the temporary return of Adventist World Radio to Sri Lanka is under preparation, and this will be available only from the AWR address in Indianapolis in the United States. Reception reports via the postal system, together with a suitable form of return postage are preferred, though email reports will also be welcome.

It can also be remembered that the long time AWR DX program, “Radio Monitors International”, was “born” in the Torrington Square studios of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and the first broadcast went on the air on Sunday June 1, 1975. Thirty seven years later, and a few thousand scripts later, we are still on the air with the same DX program, though the title was modernized in more recent time to “Wavescan”. The scheduling for “Wavescan” beginning on Sunday March 25 is given below:-

Sundays 1200 - 1230 UTC Wertachtal Germany 17535 kHz 250 kW
1530 - 1600 Wertachtal Germany 15255 250
1600 - 1630 KSDA Guam 11750 & 15360 100
1630 - 1700 Trincomalee Sri Lanka 11740 125
2230 - 2300 Trincomalee Sri Lanka 9730 125

The AWR DX program, “Wavescan”, is researched and written in Indianapolis by Dr. Adrian. M. Peterson and it is recorded in the studios of Radio Miami International WRMI by Jeff White. The scheduling for “Wavescan” via WRMI for the new A12 broadcast period will be obtainable from the WRMI website. Two QSL cards are available for the broadcast of “Wavescan”, one from AWR and another from WRMI.

“Wavescan” is also on the air from shortwave station WWCR, and likewise, their new scheduling will be available from their website.

Sri Lanka, AWR Asia

Effective: 25 March - 30 June 2012

Burmese
0000-0030 11955as

Cantonese
2100-2200 Sun 11750as

English
1630-1700 11740as
2230-2300 9730as

Indonesian
1100-1130 15540as
2200-2230 9455as

Javanese
1130-1200 mwf 15540as
2200-2230 sth 9545as

Karen
0030-0100 11955as
1500-1530 15715as

Khmer
1300-1330 17635as
1330-1400 Sun 17635as

Lao
1330-1400 ha 17635as

Mandarin
1200-1300 15490as
1400-1500 12105as
2100-2200 mtwhfa 11750as

Marathi
1530-1600 7410as

Sudanese
1130-1200 stha 15540as
2200-2230 mwfa 9545as

Thai
1330-1400 mtwhfa 17635as

Urdu
1600-1630 11835as

Vietnamese
2300-0000 9730as
(Adrian Peterson/AWR & Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times

Adventist World Radio Summer Schedule

Adventist World Radio Stations - A12 Summer Skeds

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

Target Areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) va (Vartious)

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

*****************************************************
Austria, AWR Europe
Acholi
1800-1830 Sat 15325af

Afar
1430-1500 17605af

Arabic
1830-1900 11660af

Bari
1800-1830 m 15325af

Dinka
1800-1830 h 15325af

Dyula
2000-2030 11955af

English
1800-1830 w 15325af
2100-2130 11955af

Farsi
0330-0400 9505as
0400-0430 9505as
1630-1700 15150as
1700-1730 15150as

French
0430-0500 6155af
1930-2000 15220af
2030-2100 15155af

Hausa
1900-1930 11955af

Juba Arabic
1800-1830 t 15325af

Momo
1800-1830 Sun 15325af

Panjabi
0230-0300 9690as

Turkish
1500-1530 11880as

Urdu
0200-0230 9690as
1400-1430 15440as
1600-1630 15260as

Zande
1800-1830 f 15325af

*******************************************************
Germany, AWR Europe
Amharic
0330-0400 11610af

Arabic
0400-0500 15225va
0500-0600 15225va
0700-0800 15225af
1900-1930 9765af
1900-2000 11605af 15260af
2000-2100 11605af
Bangla
1230-1300 17535as

Bulgarian
0400-0430 6020eu
1600-1630 9830eu

English
1200-1230 17535as
1530-1600 smtwa 15255as

French
0800-0830 15140af
2000-2030 9765af 17610af

Fulfulde
1900-1930 15205af

Hindi
1530-1600 15290as

Ibo
1930-2000 15205af

Italian
0900-1000 Sun 9790eu

Kabyle
0800-0830 15225af
1730-1800 15170af

Mandarin
1300-1330 mtwhf 15320as
1330-1400 15320as
1400-1500 15320as

Nepali
1500-1530 15595as

Oromo
0300-0330 11610af
1730-1800 15155af

Panjabi
1500-1530 15255as

Somali
1630-1700 17575af

Tachelhit
0830-0900 15225af
1930-2000 9765af

Tibetan
1530-1600 hf 15255as

Tigrinya
0300-0330 6065af

Uyghur
1300-1330 Sat/Sun 15320as

Wolof
1900-1930 11945af

Yoruba
2030-2100 11755af

****************************************************
Guam, AWR Asia
Assamese
1330-1400 sw 15660as

Bangla
1300-1330 15215as

Burmese
1430-1500 15715as

Cantonese
1000-1100 Sun 12010as 17520as
2100-2200 Sun 15420as

Chin
1400-1430 11965as

English
1600-1630 11750as 15360as

Hindi
1530-1600 15605as

Hmong
1330-1400 hf 15660as

Ilocano
1030-1100 f 17550as
1030-1100 wh 17550as
1030-1100 Sun 17550as

Kachin
1300-1330 15445as

Kannada
1530-1600 11780as

Karen
1430-1500 12065as

Korean
1200-1300 9880as
2100-2200 11790as

Malay
1330-1400 mta 15660as

Malayalam
1530-1600 11870as

Mandarin
0000-0100 12025as 17880as
0100-0200 12025as 17880as
1000-1100 mtwhfa 12010as 17520as
1100-1200 11775as 12080as 12105as
1200-1300 9800as 12105as
1300-1400 12105as
1400-1500 13575as
2100-2200 mtwhfa 15420as
2200-2300 12120as 15215as
2300-0000 12120as 15370as

Mizo
1500-1530 15690as

Russian
0300-0330 17645eu
1330-1400 9720eu

Sinhalese
1400-1430 15165as

Tagalog
1030-1100 Sat 17550as
1030-1100 mt 17550as

Tamil
1500-1530 11870as

Telugu
1500-1530 11640as

********************************************************
Madagascar, AWR Africa
Malagasy
0230-0300 3215af
0300-0330 3215af
1430-1500 3215af
1500-1528 3215af

Vietnamese
1300-1400 17670as
********************************************************
South Africa, AWR Africa
English
1800-1830 3215af 3345af
1830-1900 11840af

Kiswahili
1700-1730 9600af

Masai
1730-1800 9600af

Vietnamese
0100-0200 Sat 15445as
(Claudius Dedio, Adrian Peterson/AWR & Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times

Transmitters in Bata, Equatorial Guinea repaired

All times UTC

Logs edited for clarity - *sign-on / sign-off*

5005, Rdif. de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, 1805, Mar 17. Afro accented Spanish talks, weak to fair. Band opening up to West Africa. Tonight quite good reception. (Goonetilleke). When checking 5005.07 at 2000, Mar 17, I only heard a weak carrier in much local noise. But on March 19 at 2020-2027* there was an African song and music – probably the national hymn before close down. SINPO 23332 with utility interference and interference from spurious Russian on 5001 kHz. Thank you for the tips, Victor! (Petersen). Also heard at *0453-0515, Mar 18, sign on with local African music. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. Nothing heard on 6250 kHz at various checks between 0500-0635. (Alexander in DXplorer)

15190.00, Pan American Broadcasting via Radio Africa, Bata, 1638-1700, Mar 18. Presumed with a strong but distorted signal. English religious talk. (Alexander in DXplorer). Also presumed heard at 1657-1856, Mar 18, with weak and fading signal in England - currently mixing with co-channel Radio Pilipinas. Has been audible since IRRS closed at 1657, with US and African sounding evangelists. Gospel of the Kingdom program heard starting at 1856. No ID yet though the programming, signal strength and poor audio quality are typical of Radio Africa. Same station was also tentatively heard here on Mar 02 from 1735 to abrupt close at 1755* and again Mar 16 around the same time. (Kenny)

And later at 0650-0835, Mar 18. Religious comments in English, and at the end of the program mentioned an address in USA, at 0700 a woman also with religious comments, reading a letter from Nairobi, Kenya, and a man mentioned "The Lord Jesus Christ." Some religious songs and at 0829 mention of a program: "The Voice of Trust". No IDs at hours and half hours. Fair modulation. SINPO 24322. (Méndez)

The re-appearance after a long OFF-time of both transmitters on the same day indicate, that a competent technician has visited Bata! (Petersen)
(Anker Petersen/DX Window 450)

Radio Canada International Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

Target Areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) ca (Central America) me (Middle East) sa (South America)

Broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

Arabic
0200-0229 5950af 7230me
0300-0329 5990me 7230me
1900-1929 15235af 15180me

English
0000-0057 11700as
1500-1529 DRM 17815as
1500-1557 11675as 15125as
1800-1859 9530af 11765af 17810af
2000-2100 15235af 15330af 17735af

French
1900-1959 11765af 13730af 15320af 17735af
2100-2159 9525af 15235af 17735af
2300-2329 9525af

Mandarin
0000-0059 9690as 12015as
1100-1159 9490as 9570as
1500-1529 11730as
1500-1559 6110as
2200-2259 9525as 9870as

Portuguese
2100-2129 Fri/Sat/Sun 15455ca 17860sa
2200-2229 Fri/Sat/Sun 17860sa
2300-2329 Fri/Sat/Sun 13760sa

Russian
1500-1529 15325eu
1600-1629 15325eu

Spanish
0000-0029 11990sa 13760ca
0100-0129 11990ca
2200-2229 11990sa 15455sa
2300-2329 11990sa 15455sa
(RCI-Bill Westenhaver via Jaisakthivel, Tirunelveli, India & Alokesh Gupta, New Dehi, India. Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)

KNLS Summer Schedule

USA, Anchor Point, Alaska

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated and targeted to Asia

Chinese
0800-0900 9655as
0900-1000 9655as
1000-1100 9655as
1100-1200 9610as
1300-1400 9655as 9920as
1400-1500 7355as
1500-1600 9920as
1600-1700 9920as
1700-1800 9920as

English
0800-0900 11870as
1000-1100 11870as
1200-1300 7355as 11870as
1400-1500 11765as

Russian
0900-1000 11870as
1100-1200 11870as
1500-1600 9655as
1600-1700 9655as
(Alexander Yegorov, Ukraine via BC0DX Mrch 1)
BCl/last updated March 5, 2012)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletin

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2012 Mar 19 1253 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 12 - 18 March 2012

Solar activity was at low to high levels during the period. Region 1429 (N17, L = 299, class/area Dkc/1270 on 07 March) produced the largest event of the period, an M7/1b x-ray flare at 13/1741 UTC. Associated with this event, were a 1400 sfu Tenflare, a Type II and a Type IV radio sweep, with an estimated shock velocity of 1366 km/s, and finally an asymmetric full-halo CME, visible in both LASCO C2 and C3 imagery. Plane-of-sky speed, as measured from LASCO imagery was 1375 km/s. The CME associated with this event was forecast to become geoeffective. As Region 1429 approached the west limb, finally rotating off on 16 March, Region 1432 (N14, L = 223, class/area Esi/100 on 15 March) became active and produced two M-class events. The largest was an M2/1n x-ray event at 14/1521 UTC.

A faint CME, visible in LASCO C2 imagery, was observed with a plane-of-sky speed of 392 km/s. On 15 March, a second M-class event, an M1/1f x-ray event at 15/0752 UTC, was also observed. A Type II radio sweep with an estimated shock velocity of 468 km/s was associated with this event. Both CME’s associated with the solar flares from Region 1432 were expected to arrive at Earth, but with such slow speeds and a coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS)
preceding them, very little effects were forecast. Finally, Region 1434 (S22, L = 205, class/area on 11 March) produced an M1/Sf x-ray event at 17/2039 UTC. Another Type II radio sweep with an estimated shock velocity of 1140 km/s was associated with this event. However,the associated CME with this event was not expected to become geoeffective. Aside from the M-class x-ray events, multiple C-class events were observed during the period. Many of the solar regions remained active as they evolved around the disk, but Region 1435 (S25, L = 220, class/area Dao/150 on 18 March) showed rapid growth towards the end of the summary period.

Two separate greater than 10 MeV proton events were observed during the summary period. The period began with the greater than 10 MeV proton flux above the 10 pfu threshold. This event was associated with the X5/3b x-ray flare observed on 07/0024 UTC. This event began on 07/0510 UTC, reached a maximum flux of 6530 pfu on 08/1115 UTC, and dropped below the 10 pfu threshold at 12/2050 UTC. The second event, began on 13 March and was associated the M7/1b x-ray event, mentioned earlier, from old Region 1429 (N18, L = 299). This greater than 10 MeV proton event began at 13/1810 UTC, reached a maximum flux of 469 pfu on 13/2045 UTC, and dropped below the 10 pfu threshold on 15/0620 UTC. A greater than 100 MeV proton event was also associated with the M7/1b x-ray event. This event began at 13/1810 UTC, reached a maximum flux of 1 pfu at 13/1905 UTC, and dropped below the 1 pfu threshold at 13/2255 UTC.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate to high levels for the entire summary period.

The geomagnetic field ranged from quiet to major storm periods with isolated severe storm periods observed at high latitudes. The summary period began at quiet levels, however midday on 12 March, a shock was observed by the ACE spacecraft with a Sudden Impulse of 96 nT, later observed by the Boulder magnetometer. This activity was due to the arrival of a CME associated with the 10 March M8 x-ray event from Region 1429. Measurements by the ACE spacecraft showed the solar wind speed increased from around 450 km/s to 775 km/s.

The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) also increased from around 6 nT to 28 nT. As the effects of the CME continued, periods of major storms were observed with isolated sever storm levels at high latitudes from 12/0900-1500 UTC. From 13-14 March, quiet to active levels were recorded as effects from this CME event waned. On 15 March, another CME arrival was observed with another shock recorded by the ACE spacecraft, followed by a Sudden Impulse of 27 nT measured at the Boulder magnetometer. Solar wind measurements, as recorded by the ACE spacecraft, showed wind speeds around 800 km/s following the shock.

Once again, quiet to major storms were observed at mid latitudes with isolated periods at sever storm levels at high latitudes. For the remainder of the summary period, 16-18 March, solar wind speeds remained elevated, well above 500 km/s, in response to a CH HSS behind the CME arrival on 15 March. The combined effects of the CME and CH HSS produced quiet to active levels at mid latitudes with continued minor to major storm periods observed at high latitudes.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 19 March - 14 April 2012

Solar activity is expected to remain at low levels from 19 -26 March. On March 27, and then March 28, old Region 1430 (N22, L = 318) and Region 1429 (N18, L = 299) are expected to return, respectively. Even though these regions are on the far side of the solar disk, imagery supports that they are still active and producing CMEs. An increase to low to moderate levels is expected from 28 March - 11 April as both regions populate to front side of the solar disk. A return to predominantly low levels is expected to prevail for the remainder of the forecast period.

No proton events are forecast from 19 - 29 March. An increase to a slight chance for proton events is forecast from 30 March - 11 April as old Region 1429 populates the visible disk. A return to background proton flux levels is expected from 12 April - 14 April.

Electrons, greater than 2 MeV, are expected to be at high levels from 18-25 March. A decrease to normal to moderate levels is expected from 26 - 28 March. From 29 March - 03 April, a return to moderate to high levels is forecast. From 04 April, through the end of the forecast period, 14 April, a return to normal to moderate levels is expected.

The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to active levels on 19-20 March, in response to the arrival and lingering effects of a CME. Predominantly quiet levels are expected to prevail from 21-27 March. On 28 - 31 March, a CH HSS is expected to become geoeffective with quiet to active conditions expected. Quiet conditions are expected from 01 - 02 April. From 03 - 04 April, quiet to unsettled conditions are expected as another CH HSS moves into a geoeffective position. Predominantly quiet levels are expected to continue from 05 - 12 April. From 13-14 April, a CH HSS is expected to become geoeffective.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2012 Mar 19 1253 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2012-03-19
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2012 Mar 19 100 15 4
2012 Mar 20 105 10 3
2012 Mar 21 105 5 2
2012 Mar 22 100 5 2
2012 Mar 23 100 5 2
2012 Mar 24 100 5 2
2012 Mar 25 100 5 2
2012 Mar 26 100 5 2
2012 Mar 27 105 5 2
2012 Mar 28 115 10 3
2012 Mar 29 120 8 3
2012 Mar 30 130 8 3
2012 Mar 31 130 8 3
2012 Apr 01 130 5 2
2012 Apr 02 130 5 2
2012 Apr 03 135 8 3
2012 Apr 04 135 8 3
2012 Apr 05 135 5 2
2012 Apr 06 135 5 2
2012 Apr 07 130 5 2
2012 Apr 08 120 5 2
2012 Apr 09 115 5 2
2012 Apr 10 105 5 2
2012 Apr 11 100 5 2
2012 Apr 12 100 5 2
2012 Apr 13 100 15 4
2012 Apr 14 100 10 3
(NOAA)

Update on Polish Radio summer schedule

Yesterday's edition of "What's Up?" confirmed that Polish Radio, External Service, in English is dropped from shortwave from start of A-12 Season. Only available on Internet, satellite and via WRN from 25 March 2012.
Polish Radio can be heard in English on shortwave until Saturday, March 24 at 1800-1900 on 3955 via Skelton.
The HFCC lists only these transmissions remaining on shortwave during the A12 period from Polish Radio - all via Woofferton:

Belarusian 1630-1729 11630
Polish 1330-1459 15480 and 1530-1629 11640
Russian 1300-1329 15480 and 1730-1759 11960.

(HFCC/DK) (Roe via Gabrielli, Mar 19)

3955, Polish Radio, via Skelton, *1800-1810, Mar 19. Music to Polish ID, English ID. News about airport strike in Poland, and newly elected German President Joachim Gauck is welcome on his first visit abroad to Poland. SINPO 55555. (Petersen)

(Anker Peterson/DX Window 450)

Radio Netherlands Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

Target Areas: af (Africa) am (Americas), as (Asia) ca (Central America), eu (Europe), na (North America) sa (South America, va (Various).

Dutch
0000-0027 9445na
0000-0100 5955eu
0059-0100 6190ca
0100-0127 6190ca
0259-0300 6165na
0300-0327 6165na
0329-0357 6165sa
0359-0400 6165ca
0400-0427 6165ca
0459-0500 5955eu 6035eu 6165am 9790eu 9865pa 9895eu
0500-0527 6165am 9865pa
0500-0557 6035eu 9790eu
0500-0600 5955eu 9895eu
0557-0600 6035eu
0600-0657 6035eu
0600-0700 5955eu 9895eu
0657-0700 6035eu
0659-0700 11935va
0700-0800 5955eu 6035eu 9895eu 11935va
0759-0800 mtwhf 6120eu
0800-0900 Sat/Sun 9895eu
0800-0900 5955eu 6035eu
0800-0900 mtwhf 6035eu 6120eu
0900-1000 mtwhf 6120eu
0900-1000 5955eu
0900-1000 mtwhf 6035eu
0900-1000 Sat/Sun 9895eu
0929-0957 15750as
0929-0957 Sat/Sun 6020eu
0929-1000 mtwhf 6020eu
1000-1100 5955eu
1059-1100 7360as 9670as
1100-1127 7360as 9670as
1100-1200 5955eu
1200-1300 5955eu
1259-1300 9650as 12085as
1300-1327 9650as 12085as
1300-1400 5955eu
1400-1500 5955eu
1459-1500 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1500-1557 13700eu
1500-1600 5955eu 9895eu
1600-1657 5955eu 9895eu
1600-1700 5955eu
1659-1700 9445va 13730va 15710af 15720af
1700-1727 9445va 13730va 15710af 15720af
1700-1800 5955eu
1759-1800 17605af
1800-1900 5955eu 17605af
1900-1957 17605af
1900-2000 5955eu 11615af
2000-2100 5955eu
2059-2100 6020af 15315af 17605sa
2100-2127 6020af 15315af 17605sa
2100-2200 5955eu
2129-2157 17605af
2159-2200 15540sa
2200-2227 15540sa
2200-2300 5955eu
2259-2300 17605sa
2300-2327 17605sa
2300-0000 5955eu
2359-0000 9445na

English
0959-1000 15110as
1000-1057 15110as
1359-1400 9800as
1400-1457 9800as
1859-1900 7425af 11615af 15495af
1900-2000 7425af 11615af 15495af
2000-2057 7425af 11615af 15495af

Indonesian
1059-1100 9720as 9795as 15650as
1100-1157 9720as 9795as 15650as
2059-2100 9365as
2100-2157 9365as

Spanish
0000-0057 6165sa
0059-0100 6165ca
0100-0157 6165ca
1059-1100 9895am
1100-1127 9895am
1129-1157 6165sa
1159-1200 6165sa 9715ca
1200-1227 6165sa 9715ca
2300-0000 6165sa
(R Netherlands/Jaisakthivel/ADXC Tirunelveli, India http://www.adxc.wordpress.com/ via
Leo van der Woude) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times.

Monitoring Vietnam Coast Radio

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

logs edited for clarity

Vietnam
7906-USB and 8294-USB. Vietnam Coast Radio Station (VISHIPEL) (presumed). Thanks entirely to the timely tip from Sei-ichi Hasegawa (Japan) that I tuned in to this.

March 19 observed on 7906-USB, *1020-1025*, *1105-1110*, *1120-1125*. Actually ten minutes between the broadcasts of these five minute segments. In Vietnamese with assume marine weather. Today always ending with the same commercial ad (male/female) along with sound of phone ringing and young girl says “Hello”. Pulsating noise interference to 1123, 8294-USB not heard today.

March 20 on 7906-USB again with five minute segments. Ending with the same commercial. At 1220, found // 8294-USB for the first time, but this frequency did not run the commercial at the end of the marine weather, as heard on 7906-USB. Station went off at 1224, so the segments on 8294-USB are about one minute shorter and about eleven minutes between segments. Noted *1235-1239.*

Need to confirm the full schedule and exact transmitter sites of these broadcasts.

Per Sei-ichi, but not confirmed:

7906kHz
Ca Mau XVA, Vinh XVB, Hai Phong XVG, Mong Cai XVM,
Nha Trang XVN, Vung Tau XVR, Ho Chi Minh XVS, Da Nang XVT

8294kHz
Ho Chi Min Radio, Danang Radio, Hai Phong Radio

My MP3 audio of 8294-USB
http://www.box.com/s/a72c990ba7ebd08c2ec9

My MP3 audio of commercial ad on 7906-USB
http://www.box.com/s/bfe0eccd14fa37e90199

Very nice recording with some English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6pfFTqwY4&feature=related

Check the following site for reception updates
http://ani.atz.jp/FBDX/NowBBS/?res:7299

Website
www.vishipel.com.vn/ - click English.

"Fishing vessel safety information
Vietnam Coast Radio Stations broadcast sea weather forecast, sea disaster forecast to all fishing vessels on the frequency 7906 kHz, 8294 kHz as follows:

Sea weather forecast: daily broadcast in every 15 minutes Morning: from 05h20 to 09h20. Afternoon: from 17h20 to 21h20

Sea disaster forecast: broadcast in every 15 minutes,24/24 in the case of storms, tropical storms.

In addition, Vietnam Coast Radio Stations broadcast safety information guide to fishing vessels fishing in the sea such as channel guidance, floating dangerous
obstacles, dangerous waters .. In the case of a storm, tropical storms dangerous sea, Vietnam Coast Radio Stations broadcast on all Vietnam waters to call and
guide vessels to safety storm shelter.”

www.vishipel.com.vn/Index.aspx?page=service&tab=dc click English.

Search of the web found
www.jica.go.jp/english/operations/evaluation/oda_loan/post/2004/pdf/2-33_full.pdf
(Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Hamburger Lokalradio slated for Sunday broadcast

Michael Kittner, from Hamburger Local Radio sent me an e-mail to let me know that this Stations will be on air Sunday 25th of March with a special transmission on 7265kHz, 1 kW power.



The time schedule will be:

05:00 to 08:00 UTC 7265
11:00 to 12:00 UTC 7265
14:00 to 17:00 UTC 7265

Reception reports will be very appreciated and they have a special QSL card for this transmission.

The e-mail address: m.kittner@freenet.de
(Manuel Mendez/HCDX)

Radio New Zealand A12 Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

all programming targeted to various Pacific regions

AM
oooo-0100 15720pa
0100-0200 15720pa
0200-0300 15720pa
0300-0400 15720pa
0400-0458 15720pa
0459-0500 11725pa
0500-0600 11725pa
0600-0700 11725pa
0700-0758 11725pa
0759-0800 6170pa
0800-0900 6170pa
0900-1000 6170pa
1000-1058 6170pa
1059-1100 9655pa
1100-1200 9655pa
1200-1258 9655pa
1300-1400 6170pa
1400-1500 6170pa
1500-1550 6170pa
1551-1600 7285pa
1600-1650 7285pa
1651-1700 9615pa
1700-1800 9615pa
1800-1850 9615pa
1851-1900 11725pa
1900-2000 11725pa
2000-2100 11725pa
2100-2150 11725pa
2151-2200 15720pa
2200-2300 15720pa
2300-0000 15720pa

DRM
0000-0100 17675pa
0100-0200 17675pa
0200-0300 17675pa
0300-0400 17675pa
0400-0458 17675pa
0459-0500 11675pa
0500-0600 11675pa
0600-0650 11675pa
0651-0700 11675pa
0700-0758 11675pa
0759-0800 7285pa
0800-0900 7285pa
0900-1000 7285pa
1000-1100 7285pa
1100-1158 7285pa
No Service 1200-1550
1551-1600 6170pa
1600-1650 6170pa
1651-1700 9890pa
1700-1750 9890pa
1751-1800 9890pa
1800-1836 9890pa
1837-1850 11675pa
1850-1900 15720pa
1900-1950 15720pa
1951-2000 15720pa
2000-2050 15720pa
2051-2100 15720pa
2100-2150 15720pa
2151-2200 17675pa
2200-2300 17675pa
2300-0000 17675pa
(RNZI/Adrian Sainsbury 3/20/2012)

Blog Logs

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

logs edited for clarity

Bahrain
9745, Radio Bahrain, 2335-2355. Carrier + USB. Local Middle Eastern style music. Indigenous vocals. Arabic talk. Weak. Poor signal with adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Bolivia
5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, Llalagua, 1015. All alone on with fair signal but deep in a sea of static and ambient noise at 1014 - 1035 tune-out. Same two-man morning 'noticiero' in Spanish previously noted in February. Male announcer's alternate items with musical stingers in-between. Frequent time checks and mentions of Llallagua, Oruro, Bolivia, etc. (Ralph Perry, IL/Cumbre DX)

5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, 0125-0150, Spanish talk. Spanish pop music. Bolivian music. Weak but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Bonaire
6165, Radio Netherlands relay, 1130, Spanish. Interval signal to ID. Station sign-on to news and headlines. Fair signal quality. (Harold Sellers, BC Canada)

Brazil
4879.79v, Radio Roraima, 0315-0404.* Brazilian ballads. Portuguese announcements. ID. Sign off with National anthem. Their usual wobbly, unstable carrier. Some distortion but readable. Was on 4879.79 at tune-in, drifting up to 4879.88 by sign off. (Brian Alexander, PA)

4880.18v, Radio Roraima, 0310-0402.* Brazilian ballads. Portuguese announcements. ID at 0319. Closing announcements at 0357. National anthem at 0358. Not quite as distorted tonight and actually able to copy program details, but still a wobbly, unstable carrier. And still way off nom 4875. Was on 4880.13 at 0310 and drifted up to 4880.18 by sign off. Also heard 4 ½ hours later at 0833, but just a blob of noise at that time. March 15. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6070 Radio Capital 0843-0855. Portuguese programming with audience but couldn't really tell if religious in nature. Talked with different people including child. Mentions of Brasil. Mentions of "a Voz de ??" with many many AM frequencies and stations - including at least one shortwave frequency. Sao Paulo given, so apparently stations in the network. Full Radio Capital ID announcements with frequencies, then promo. Time check by lady then into pleasant middle-of-the road Brazilian music. Live announcements and possible station ID and "Bon Dia." Mixing a little wITH CFRB. Glad to finally get this one. (Dave Valko, PA/HCDX)

9564.87, Super Rádio Deus é Amor, 0315-0325. Usual emotional Portuguese preacher. // 11764.98 - both frequencies weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)

China
6115, Voice of Strait noted in passing at 1007, noted // 4940, but later at 1044 NOT // 6115 much stronger signal (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Djibouti
4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0330. Sign on with national anthem and Arabic talk. Local chants at 0301:30. Arabic talk at 0311. Some indigenous music. Weak in thunderstorm static. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Equatorial Guinea
5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0453-0515. Sign on with local African music. Spanish talk. National anthem at 0508. Afro-pop music. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. Nothing heard on 6250 at various checks between 0500-0635. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Ethiopia
9705, Radio Ethiopia, *0258-0315. Sign on with interval signal and opening announcements. National anthem at 0259 followed by talk in Amharic. Horn of Africa music. Poor and weak signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Eritrea
7205, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Program 1, 0305-0330. Horn of Africa music. Vernacular talk. Poor to fair with some amateur radio interference. (Brian Alexander, PA)

7175, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Program 2, 0305-0330. Horn of Africa music. Vernacular talk. Poor to fair with amateur radio interference. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Libya
11600, Radio Télévision Libye - Radio Libye, *1636-1806.* Sign on with French talk. Lite instrumental music. IDs. French pop ballads. Fair to good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Madagascar
5010.00, Radio Madagasikara, 0224-0245. Carrier + USB. Tune-in to Afro-pop music. Twent five second interval signal at 0228 followed by choral national nthem. Opening ID announcements at 0231. Malagasy talk. Sounds of chickens and roosters. Local Afro-pop music. Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Mali
9635, RTVM, 0820-0850, vernacular talk. Some rustic tribal music. Fair to good signal strength but very weak modulation. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Micronesia
4755.44, PMA-The Cross Radio, 0914-0925. Syndicated Christian religious program “Walk in the Word” (Box 5368, Elgin, IL 60121) 0925-0959 contemporary Christian songs Station ID at 0959 and time check. Into another at 1000. Edited MP3 audio posted at www.box.com/s/64kjcprhv7292gzvo36l (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Nigeria
9690, Voice of Nigeria, 0820-0910. Talk in listed Hausa. Some local music. Into English programming at 0900 with news. IDs. Fair signal but slight hum in audio. (Brian Alexander, PA)

North Korea
6285, Voice of Korea, 1137 French. Choral music to station ID and news. (Harold Sellers, BC Canada).

Papua New Guinea
3260, NBC Madang, 0935-1000. News in English on PNG People’s Labor Party 10th anniversary, schedule of events for the visit to PNG by religious leader, etc. Signal poor-fair // 3205 NBC Sandaun (poor-fair), 3305 NBC Western (poor-fair) and 3365 NBC Milne Bay (poor) not // after 1000. This was the longest news program in English that I have heard from PNG and perhaps due to the upcoming elections. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

3325, NBC Bougainville, 1000-1005. Tok Pisin with the news - seemed // 3205 NBC Sandaun and 3305 NBC Western. No RRI interference after 1005 NBC Sandaun not // (local ID). Signal weak. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

3385, NBC East New Britain back on the air after being off for a while, 1127-1237.* (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Russia
6010, "Radio Rossii Kamchatka"/GTRK Kamchatka, via the Yelizovo transmitter site on the Kamchatka peninsula,0710. Start of their local and regional programming. Used new chimes theme music at 0710, 0729 and 0740. Interviews at 0730 to 0737 local “Kamchatka” news. More interviews and some phone calls. Tuned out at 0750. Scheduled till 0800 - fair-good reception. Edited MP3 audio posted at www.box.com/s/hn1zh1iq8gztidgqf3xr (Ron Howard,CA/Cumbre DX)

South Korea
6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1 (presumed), 0945-1002. Cmpletely in the clear of any jamming. In Korean with pips at 1000 UTC. Signal poor-fair with some adjacent interference. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Sri Lanka
7575, Voice of America relay, 1212 English. News reports by female hostess to station ID. (Harold Sellers, BC Canada)

11905, SLBC, *0020-0045. Sign on with local drums. National anthem at 0021 followed by more local drums and local music. Opening Hindi announcements at 0025. Religious recitations at 0026 and Hindi vocals. Hindi talk at 0030 and subcontinental music. Fair and very weak // 7189.77 - with amateur radio interference. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Taiwan
9694.91 Radio Taiwan International, 1143. End of Jazz song, program name announced followed by talk and bits of English. COntest announcement to 1158 station ID. (Dave Valko, PA/HCDX)

Taiwan
6220, WYFR/Family Radio relay,1113, Burmese. Hymns and religious talks. Family Radio theme music to ID. (Harold Sellers, BC Canada)

Zambia
5915, ZNBC, *0241-0255. Sign on with Fish Eagle interval signal. Choral national anthem at 0247. Local music and vernacular talk at 0249. Poor and weak signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
　

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2012 Mar 13 1539 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 05 - 11 March 2012

Solar activity ranged from low to high levels during the period. Activity was at high levels during 05 - 07 and 09 - 10 March due mostly to a series of long-duration major flares from Region 1429 (N18, L=301, class/area Dkc/1270 on 07 March) which included an X1/2b at 05/0409Z, an X5/3b at 07/0024Z, an M6 at 09/0353Z, and an M8 at 10/1744Z. All four flares were associated with Earth-directed CMEs. Region 1429 was large and magnetically complex during the period, exhibiting a beta-gamma-delta configuration with multiple deltas. It appeared to slowly decay during 09 - 10 March, but retained much of its magnetic complexity. Region 1430 (N20, L=315, class/area Dai/200 on 07 March) produced an X1/Sf at 07/0114Z during a period of rapid development. Region 1430 appeared to be in a gradual decay phase during 08 - 10 March.

The period began with a greater than 10 MeV proton enhancement in progress. This increase from normal backgrounds was associated with a long-duration M2/1n flare that occurred prior to the period and sourced from Region 1429. The flux enhancement continued until the onset of greater than 100 MeV and greater than 10 MeV events early on 07 March associated with the X5/3b flare at 07/0024Z. The greater than 100 MeV event began at 07/0405Z, reached a maximum of 69 pfu at 07/1525Z, and ended at 10/1650Z. Also, a greater than 10 MeV event
began at 07/0510Z, reached a maximum of 6530 pfu at 08/1115Z, and was in progress at the close of the period.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to high levels during 05 - 06 March. Flux readings were unreliable during 07 - 09 March due to proton contamination. Fluxes were at moderate to high levels on 10 and 11 March.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to severe storm levels during the period. Quiet to unsettled levels occurred during 05 - 06 March with brief minor storm periods observed at high latitudes. Activity increased to unsettled to major storm levels on 07 March following a geomagnetic sudden impulse (SI) at 07/0427Z. The SI measured 20 nT at the Boulder magnetometer. This enhanced activity was due to a CME arrival associated with the X1/2b flare on 05 March. Quiet to minor storm levels occurred on 08 March, with major storm periods at high latitudes, as another CME, associated with the X5/3b on 07 March, impacted the geomagnetic field with an SI, as measured by the Boulder magnetometer of 59 nT, at 08/1105Z. Activity increased to quiet to severe storm levels on 09 March due to
sustained southward IMF Bz combined with increased IMF Bt as CME effects persisted. Activity decreased to quiet to minor storm levels with major storm periods at high latitudes on 10 March as CME effects gradually subsided. A return to quiet levels was observed on 11 March.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 14 March - 09 April 2012

Solar activity is expected to be at low levels during 14 - 16 March with a chance for M-class activity from Region 1429. Activity is expected to decrease to predominantly background levels during 17 - 27 March, following the departure of Region 1429 on 15 March. An increase to low levels with a slight chance for M-class activity is expected from 28 March through the end of forecast period, as Region 1430 returns on 28 March and Region 1429 returns on 29 March.

A chance exists for another proton event from 14 - 16 March, as Region 1429, rotates off the visible disk. No events are expected until Region 1429 returns on 29 March, when a slight chance for another event from this proton producing region exists through the end of the forecast period.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate to high levels during 14 - 19 March and 29 March - 03 April. Normal to moderate flux levels are expected during 20-28 March and 04 - 07 April.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at predominantly quiet levels from 14 - 16 March. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to active levels during 17 - 18 March due to recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream effects. Activity is expected to decrease to mostly quiet levels during 19 - 27 March. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected during 28 - 31 March as another coronal hole high speed stream becomes geoeffective. A return to quiet levels is expected
from 01- 02 April. Another increase to quiet to unsettled levels is expected on 03 - 04 April as a coronal hole high speed stream becomes geoeffective. A return to predominantly quiet levels is
expected to prevail for the remainder of the period.

Issued: 2012 Mar 13 1539 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2012-03-13
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2012 Mar 14 115 5 2
2012 Mar 15 110 5 2
2012 Mar 16 105 5 2
2012 Mar 17 105 15 3
2012 Mar 18 105 10 3
2012 Mar 19 105 5 2
2012 Mar 20 110 5 2
2012 Mar 21 110 5 2
2012 Mar 22 110 5 2
2012 Mar 23 110 5 2
2012 Mar 24 105 5 2
2012 Mar 25 105 5 2
2012 Mar 26 105 5 2
2012 Mar 27 105 5 2
2012 Mar 28 110 10 3
2012 Mar 29 115 8 3
2012 Mar 30 125 8 3
2012 Mar 31 130 8 3
2012 Apr 01 130 5 2
2012 Apr 02 130 5 2
2012 Apr 03 130 8 3
2012 Apr 04 130 8 3
2012 Apr 05 130 5 2
2012 Apr 06 125 5 2
2012 Apr 07 125 5 2
2012 Apr 08 125 5 2
2012 Apr 09 120 5 2
(NOAA)

Radio St Helena to go off the air this year

One of the remotest islands on earth, St Helena in the South Atlantic, will experience big changes in its media this year. Radio St Helena, which operates on 1548 kHz mediumwave and for some years broadcast a special once-a-year programme on shortwave via a transmitter of Cable and Wireless, will be closing down. Its parent company, St Helena News Media Services, is being dissolved, and the final edition of its newspaper the St Helena Herald was published on 9 March 2012.

In its place, a new government-funded company called the St Helena Broadcasting Corporation (SHBC) has been set up, and will operate three FM radio stations on the island, one of which will be a relay of the BBC World Service. The intention is that SHBC will become self-sustainable within three years. It officially became operational in February, and will also publish a weekly newspaper to replace the Herald. The first edition will be published later this month, but the radio stations are not expected to go on air until the summer. Until then, Radio St Helena will continue operating.

The other current station on the island, Saint FM that started operating in 2005, was invited to become part of the new organisation, but station manager Mike Olsson subsequently pulled out of discussions. Saint FM provides a 24-hour community service on FM, and is also broadcast on Ascension Island, the Falkland Islands and Tristan da Cunha. Its internet stream enables Saints around the world to keep in touch with their families on the island. Former Radio St Helena station manager Tony Leo can be heard on Saint FM every Wednesday at 1500-1700 UTC. Saint FM also publishes a weekly newspaper, the St Helena Independent.

The resident population of St Helena, who are entitled to hold UK passports but have no automatic right of residence in the UK, is currently just over 4,000, but this is being boosted by the arrival of personnel from the company building the island’s first airport, which is due to open in 2015. It’s expected that the number of tourists per year will rise from the current level of under 1,000 to 30-50,000.
(Andy Sennitt/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Voice of Nigeria launches new shortwave station

Nigerian Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday officially commissioned the new shortwave station of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) at Lugbe, a suburb of the capital city, Abuja. At the event, VON Director General Mallam Abubakar Jijjiwa said the organization would need two additional super-power transmitters and two more antennas to compete favourably with its counterparts around the world.

Mr Jijiwa said the ‘state of the art’ transmitting station, equipped with DRM-capable 250 kW Thomcast AG transmitters and rotating antennas, is the first of its kind in Sub-Sahara Africa. Monday’s commissioning makes Voice of Nigeria the second shortwave station in Africa and the seventh in the world with rotating antennas.

Mallam Jijiwa hinted that Voice of Nigeria would soon establish an international television station as part of the station’s mandate to project Africa’s view to the world.

On Monday, the Voice of Nigeria commissioned an ultra-modern digital studio in Abuja, as part of efforts to enhance its broadcast. The new studio, commissioned by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, is named after Mrs Stella Bassey, a seasoned broadcaster and former Deputy Director, Programmes of the Voice of Nigeria.

Commending Voice of Nigeria for its quality broadcasting, Mr Maku urged the radio station not to relent in its efforts to maintain world class broadcast standards. Director General Mallam Abubakar Jijiwa said the station had a culture of rewarding hard work. He said the studio was named after Stella Bassey because of her immense contributions to the corporation and the country in the area of broadcasting.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Voice of America winter schedule update

Schedule should be effective to 25 March when the summer schedules begin.

Voice of America

All times UTC

Afaan Oromoo
1730-1800 on 9320 9485 9860 11905 13625 Mon-Fri

Albanian
0600-0630 on 5945
1700-1730 on 7235
1930-2000 on 7235

Amharic
1530-1600 on 1431 Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on 9320 9485 9860 11905 13625

Arabic to North Africa "Radio Sawa"
0400-1645 on 990 1170 1548
1645-0400 on 990 1170 1431 1548

Arabic to Sudan "Afia Darfur"
0300-0330 on 5885 7275 9845
1800-1830 on 9805 11615 11975
1900-1930 on 9780 9815 11975

Azeri
1830-1900 on 6040 7315 9440

Bangla
1600-1700 on 1575 7405 9915

Burmese
0000-0030 on 1575 7430 9325 12120
0130-0300 on 12120 15115 17780
1130-1230 on 11965 15555 17850
1430-1500 on 1575 9325 11965 12120
1500-1530 on 9325 11965 12120
1500-1530 on 1575 Sat/Sun
1530-1600 on 1575 9355 11560
1600-1630 on 9355 11560
2300-0000 on 7430 9325 12120

Cantonese
1300-1500 on 1170 7390 9705

Chinese
0000-0100 on 7495 9545 11925 15125 15385 17645
0900-1000 on 9845 11720 11855 12120 13650 13765 15670 21590
1000-1100 on 9530 9845 11720 12120 13650 13765 15670 21590
1100-1200 on 9530 9825 11720 12045 13650 15670
1200-1300 on 6045 9530 9825 11635 12045 15110
1300-1400 on 6045 7295 7525 9530 9825 11635 12045
1400-1500 on 6105 7295 7525 9390 9785 9825
2200-2300 on 6045 7440 9545 9755 9875 11925

Dari "Radio Ashna"
0130-0230 on 1296 7560 9335
1530-1630 on 1296 9770 9975 12140
1730-1830 on 1296 5780 7560 9440
1930-2030 on 1296 5780 7560

English to Europe, Middle East, and North Africa
0100-0130 on 1593
0130-0200 on 1593 Tue-Sat
1500-1600 on 11840 13570
2000-2100 on 7470 9480 Mon-Fri

English to Africa
0300-0400 on 909 1530 4930 6080 9885 15580
0400-0430 on 909 1530 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0430-0500 on 909 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0500-0600 on 909 4930 6080 9885 15580
0600-0700 on 909 1530 6080 9885 15580
1400-1500 on 4930 6080 15580 17650 17715
1500-1600 on 4930 6080 15580 17715 17895
1600-1700 on 909 1530 4930 6080 15580 17895
1700-1800 on 6080 13635 15580 17895
1800-1830 on 6080 13635 15580
1800-1830 on 909 4930 Sat/Sun
1830-1900 on 909 4930 6080 13635 15580
1900-2000 on 909 4930 4940 6080 15580
2000-2030 on 909 1530 4930 4940 6080 15580
2030-2100 on 909 1530 4930 6080 15580
2030-2100 on 4940 Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on 1530 6080 15580

English to Sudan " South Sudan in Focus"
1630-1700 on 9790 11905 13635 Mon-Fri

English to Zimbabwe "Studio 7"
1730-1800 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Mon-Thu
1810-1820 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Fri
1720-1740 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Fri-Sun
1840-1850 on 909 12080 15775 Fri

English to Afghanistan
2030-0030 on 1296 7560

English to Far East Asia, South Asia and Oceania
0030-0100 on 1575 6170 9325 9490 9715 11695 11730 15185 15205 15290
0100-0200 on 7325 9435 11705
1100-1200 on 1575 Sat/Sun
1200-1300 on 1170 7575 9640 11700 11750 12150
1300-1400 on 7575 9640 9760 11700 12150 Sat/Sun
1400-1500 on 7575 9760 12150 Mon-Fri
1500-1600 on 7575 9930 12150
2200-2300 on 5840 7365 7425 7570 11860 Sun-Thu
2230-2400 on 1575 Fri/Sat
2300-2400 on 5840 5895 7365 7460 7480 7570 9490 11840 11860

English-Special
0000-0030 on 1593
0030-0100 on 1575 1593 6170 9325 9490 9715 11695 11730 12005 15185
15205 15290
0130-0200 on 1593 5960 7465 Tue-Sat
1500-1600 on 6140 7465 7520 9760 9945
1600-1700 on 9395 13600 15470
1600-1700 on 1170 Mon-Fri
1900-2000 on 7480 9590
2230-2300 on 5810 7545 9570

French to Africa
0530-0600 on 1530 4960 6020 9480 12060 Mon-Fri
0600-0630 on 4960 6020 9480 12060 Mon-Fri
1100-1130 on 11915 13735 15620 17850 Sat
1830-1900 on 1530 15225 15620
1900-2000 on 1530 12080 15225
2000-2030 on 9780 9815 12080 15225 15620
2030-2100 on 9775 9815 12080 15225 Sat/Sun
2100-2130 on 9435 9680 9780 9815 Mon-Fri

Georgian
1600-1700 on 7390 11840
1700-1800 on 9760 11840

Hausa
0500-0530 on 1530 4960 6020 6035
0700-0730 on 4960 12070 13780 17680
1500-1530 on 9780 11860 17650
2030-2100 on 4940 6035 9690 11860 11885 Mon-Fri

Khmer
1330-1430 on 1575 9325 11965
2200-2230 on 1575 6060 7260 9435

Kinyarwanda/Kirundi
0330-0430 on 7340 9400 9540
1600-1630 on 11750 13740 15730 Sat

Korean
1200-1500 on 1188 5890 7235 9555
1900-2100 on 648 5835 6060 7420

Kurdish
0500-0600 on 7390 9690 9760
1400-1500 on 1593 11840 11880 13580
1700-1800 on 7480 9655 11820
2000-2100 on 1593

Laotian
1230-1300 on 1575 9810 11965

Ndebele to Zimbabwe "Studio 7"
1800-1830 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Mon-Thu
1820-1830 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Fri
1850-1900 on 909 12080 15775 Fri
1740-1800 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Fri-Sun

Pashto "Radio Ashna"
0030-0130 on 1296 5925 7560
1430-1530 on 1296 9335 12140 13835
1630-1730 on 1296 9770 9975 12140
1830-1930 on 1296 5780 7560

Pashto "Deewa Radio"
0100-0400 on 621 9370 9380 11895
1300-1500 on 621 7455 7495 9370 9565
1500-1900 on 621 5835 7455 7495 9370

Persian
0230-0330 on 7265 9440 9495

Portuguese to Africa
1000-1030 on 11915 17850 Sat/Sun
1630-1700 on 9880 15670 17655 Fri
1700-1800 on 1530 9880 15670 17655
1800-1830 on 1530 9880 15670 17655 Mon-Fri

Shona to Zimbabwe "Studio 7"
1700-1730 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Mon-Thu
1800-1810 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Fri
1830-1840 on 909 12080 15775 Fri
1700-1720 on 909 4930 12080 15775 Fri-Sun

Somali
0330-0400 on 11780 13745 15620
1300-1400 on 13580 15620
1600-1630 on 1431 13580 15620 Sat/Sun
1630-1800 on 13580 15620

Spanish
0030-0200 on 5890 9885 12000 Tue-Sat
1300-1400 on 9885 13750 15590

Spanish "Radio Marti"
0000-0300 on 1080 6030 7365 9825
0300-0400 on 1080 6030 7365 7405
0400-0500 on 1080 6030 7365 7405 Tue-Sun
0500-0700 on 1080
0700-1000 on 1080 5980 6030 Tue-Sun
1000-1100 on 1080 5980 6030
1100-1200 on 1080 5745 5980 6030
1200-1300 on 1080 5745 5980 7405
1300-1400 on 1080 5745 7405 11930
1400-2000 on 1080 11930 13820 15330
2000-2200 on 1080 9565 11930 13820
2200-2400 on 1080 6030 7405 9565

Swahili
1630-1730 on 13740 15265 15730

Tibetan
0000-0100 on 5980 7255 9645
0300-0600 on 15560 17860 21570
1400-1500 on 7255 7280 9315 9670
1600-1700 on 7530 7560 11920

Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 9320 9485 9860 11905 13625 Mon-Fri

Urdu "Radio Aap ki Dunyaa"
0100-0200 on 972 1539 9520 12020
1400-1500 on 972 1539 7480 11675
1500-0100 on 972 1539

Uzbek
1500-1530 on 801 5930 6105 9575 11640

Vietnamese
1300-1330 on 1575
1500-1600 on 1170
(Ivo Ivanov)
(DX Re Mix # 720 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

International Radio Serbia schedule update

Frequency change of International Radio Serbia from Feb.26:

All times UTC / NF new frequency

1400-1430 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in English
1430-1500 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Serbian
1500-1530 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Spanish
1530-1600 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Arabic
1600-1630 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Russian
1630-1700 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in French
1700-1730 NF 9640*BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in German
1730-1745 NF 9640*BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Chinese
1745-1800 NF 9640*BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Albahian
1800-1815 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Hungarian
1815-1830 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Greek
1830-1900 NF 9640 BEO 010 kW / 310/130 to WeEu, ex 9635 in Italian
* co-ch 1700-1800 Radio Liberty in Russian Caucasus Echo
Good reception on March 1 and very very poor on March 2!
(DX Re Mix # 720 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

March specials from DX Stamp Service

A great source for your mint postage stamps and supplies for QSLing the world

Dear Customer,

Stamps on Back Order: NOTHING!!!!

New prices, rates, etc.

We are dropping Armenia, less than 10 sold last year. Their new rate is in the $3.00+ range as well.

Costa Rica now 385c up from 350c
Sri Lanka now 85r up from 50r. New selling price is $2.00
Colombia new selling price $3.75
Honduras new selling price $1.75

Computer printer not working at the moment, either bad cable or bad USB port. Unable to print the labels I stick on the stamp envelopes to identify, but so far seems many have figured out country names like Deutschland, Espana and UK (no name just a silhouette of Queen Elizabeth). Any problems, just contact me. Spain also covers Melilla and Ceuta, Canary and Balearic Islands. UK covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. France covers Corsica, Reunion, Mayotte, French Guiana and the French islands in the Caribbean.

73 and good dx in March,
bill

March 2012 DX STAMP SPECIALS

3 Germany-$3.90 3 Italy-$8.25

2 Spain-$3.00 2 Canada-$2.20 3 Japan-$3.90


March 2012 DX SUPPLY SPECIALS

200/200 European Air Mailers & Returns $37

200/200 Stateside Mailers & Returns $16

2 Standard QSL Albums $40

2 Deluxe QSL Albums $60


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)

To order Bill's current price list, send an email to: plumdx@msn.com

Special 50th anniversary QSL card from WINB

WINB is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012 and we have a new QSL card. The card features a vintage view of our control room.

Anyone sending us an audio reception report will receive this new verification.

Reports can be emailed to me at winb40th@yahoo.com .
73s
Hans Johnson
WINB Frequency Manager

BBG set to drop Tibetan and Cantonese services from VOA

BBG Ready to Drop the Axe on Cantonese and Tibetan Services

By Ann Noonan
March 5, 2012 6:00 A.M.
In December 2011, the Broadcasting Board of Governors issued a proclamation in observance of Voice of America’s 70th anniversary of Mandarin and Cantonese Services, boasting: “Mandarin and Cantonese language services have been key components of U.S. international broadcasting for all these 70 years and have brought news to China where the free flow of information is restricted.” A copy of their proclamation is available on the BBG website.

On December 6, with bipartisan support from senators and congressmen who signed a resolution to keep VOA China alive, the VOA China Branch celebrated its 70th anniversary at a festive reception in the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill. Attendees also celebrated the exemplary work of both the VOA Mandarin and Cantonese Services in bringing news and information to the people of China over the past decades.

Additional story at National Review:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292542/bbg-ready-drop-ax-cantonese-and-tibetan-services-ann-noonan

Radio Netherlands Program Preview, March 2-9

The State We're In
Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected perspective.

Sounds like Home

An Aboriginal soprano decides to write an opera for her people - and discovers her own family history. A composer travels to Cyprus and Palestine to unite broken communities with music, and one of TSWI’s producers rediscovers her Spanish roots - a little too late.

First airing: Saturday 02:00 UTC

Earth Beat
Marnie Chesterton and her team look at the footprint we’re leaving on our planet.

This week on Earth Beat, we’re doing a big spring clean. From what garbage tells us about ourselves to why a winter thaw might not be a good thing in some parts of the world, we emerge from the long, dark winter with some of the sounds and rituals of spring.

First airing: Friday 03:00 UTC

South Asia Wired
Stories from South Asia.

This week on South Asia Wired, two amazing doctors in India are working to fill in the holes left by government neglect. We visit the busiest heart hospital in the world which subsidizes life saving surgeries to the poor and still manages to be a good business model, and we hear of a doctor struggling to provide an illegal painkiller for people who are literally dying from pain: morphine has been banned in India for so long that generations of doctors have never seen a morphine tablet.

First airing: Thursday 10:00 UTC

Bridges With Africa
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa.

Somalia: The most dangerous place in Africa to work as a journalist. We ask who’s behind the latest round of attacks on the media
Continuing our special series on Africans in the Netherlands: She came to the Netherlands as a refugee fleeing violence in Eritrea. Now she’s a successful lawyer. We speak to Domenica Ghidei about her new life
Jazzy horns and multiple guitars. The father of Ghanaian High Life, Ebo Taylor talks to us about his upcoming album
All this and more on Bridges With Africa, brought to you by Radio Netherlands Worldwide and your local radio station

First airing: Friday 00:00 UTC

Africa in Progress
Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.

Medical tourism and the quality of medical care in Africa

In this edition, we discuss why an increasing number of Africans are shying away from hospitals at home and travel out of the continent for medical treatment, mainly in India. This phenomenon is known as medical tourism. Now Indian hospitals are setting up branches in Africa. Will this trend improve the poor state of health care in Africa?

First airing: Monday 19:00 UTC

Commonwealth Story
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

The Beast that Came from the Sea by Lani Young ( Samoa).
A natural disaster and a mother's tragic loss. Read by Nadine Marshall.

First airing: Tuesday 01:50 UTC

Global Perspective
Who says I can’t… is the motto of this year’s collaboration of international broadcasters, offering stories of defiance and perseverance.

THE TOO HARD BASKET is the next program in our Global Perspective series "Who Says I Can't".

The subject of disability and sexuality has been widely ignored by the media and society at large. Broadcaster John Blades has a significant disability and he'll be your guide on a journey through the uncharted waters of sexuality and the disabled. Fragments from John's own life story are sprinkled throughout the program.

First airing: Monday 17:30 UTC

Hear the World
Dheera Sujan takes you on a musical tour across the globe.

Medan Taplak is a Belgian DJ with Turkish roots. His party band plays a range of Balkan beats, Western rhythms and electronic sounds.
Staf Benda Bilili from Congo issued their debut album in 2009. The band from the slums of Kinshasa took many venues by storm.
Quatre Etoiles, also from Congo, was formed in Paris in 1982.
And our Dutch Delight this week is nine-man band Mdungu, described by critics as ‘perhaps the best African band in the Netherlands’.

First airing: Monday 01:00 UTC

RNW Classical
Classical concerts from the Royal Concertgebouw as well as studio recordings of Dutch performers, presented by Hans Haffmans.

Available 24 hours a day via RNWclassical.com

Radio Netherlands 24 streaming audio at www.radionetherlands.nl/

English service - all times UTC

1000-1057 12065as
1400-1457 12080as
1800-1900 11655af
1900-1957 11655af
1900-1959 11615af
1900-2000 7425af
2000-2057 7425af 11615af
(original Excel via Leo van der Woude, R Netherlands. Reformatted from BCL post by GVH)

Two new Myanmar stations reported on shortwave

This morning I received word of another new station being broadcast from Myanmar. Thanks to Babul Gupta for reporting the following
Gayle Van Horn

On 27th February, 2012 we had a strike which prevented me from my daily office going schedule, so it allowed me to observe two new Radio Stations in Myanmar at intervals throughout the day. Here is the first station ID given in Burmese as " Rakhine Athan Lwin Thana " RAKHIN BROADCASTING STATION - broadcasting only in minority languages three times daily:-

All times UTC

Rakhin Broadcasting Station

Morning

2330-0030 Chin 7110 kHz ( SINPO = 44444 )

0030-0130 Kachin 7110 kHz ( SINPO = 44444 )

0130-0230 La 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 44333 )

0230-0330 Po 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 44333 )

Afternoon

0530-0630 Geba 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )

0630-0730 Kokang 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )

0730-0830 Karen 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )

0830-0930 Shan 9590 kHz

Evening

1030-1130 Kayah 7345 kHz ( SINPO = 33222 )

1130-1230 Gekho 7345 kHz ( SINPO = 33222 )

1230-1330 Mon 7345 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )


Thazin Broadcasting Station

Yesterday 21st Feb 2012, I was listening to new Myanmar station on 7110 kHz and heard the sign off announcement in Burmese given as “ We like to wish our listeners of Thazin Broadcasting Station a happy and peaceful life. Dear listeners you have just heard our Thazin Broadcasting Station evening transmission from 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on MW 639 kHz and 7.11 MHz. Our Thazin Broadcasting Station broadcast in the morning from 6.00 a.m. to 8.00 a.m., in the afternoon 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and in the evening 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on MW 639 kHz, beside this we are also broadcasting once at 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and at 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on MW 639 kHz. Also we are broadcasting three times daily in the morning at 6.00 a.m. to 8.00 a.m. on SW 6.03 MHz, in the afternoon at 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on SW 9.4 MHz and in the evening 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on SW 7.11 MHz. We are thankful to all listeners for listening to this broadcast and wish them a happy and peaceful life “

According to above announcement the schedule will be as follows:

Morning transmission
2330 to 0130 hrs UTC on 639 kHz
2300 to 0130 hrs UTC on 6030 kHz

Afternoon transmission
O430 to 0630 hrs UTC on 639 kHz
O430 to 0630 hrs UTC on 9460 kHz

Evening transmission
1030 to 1430 hrs UTC on 639 kHz
1030 to 1430 hrs UTC on 7110 kHz

Here's the audio file of announcement ...
http://www.box.com/files#/files/0/f/0/1/f_1623080622/0/comment

This recording was done this morning between two frequency first was 7110 kHz and the second was 639 kHz
http://www.box.com/files#/files/0/f/0/1/f_1623084440/0/comment

Babul Gupta
babulgupta@gmail.com
http://www.babulgupta.com/

Via Indian DX Club International FB group
http://www.facebook.com/groups/idxci/
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)