All India Radio Summer Schedule

External Service

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) me (Middle East)pa (Pacific)va (Various Areas)

Arabic
0430-0500 15210me 15770me 17845me
0500-0530 15210me 15770me 17845me
1730-1800 9620me 11710me 13640me
1800-1900 9620me 11710me 13640me
1900-1945 9620me 11710me 13640me

Baluchi
1500-1600 6165as 7340as

Bengali
0300-0400 7420as
0400-0430 7420as
0800-0900 7420as
0900-1000 7420as
1000-1100 7420as
1445-1500 7420as
1500-1515 7420as
1600-1700 7420as
1700-1730 7420as

Burmese
1215-1300 11620as 11710as 15040as
1300-1315 11620as 11710as 15040as

Chinese
1145-1200 11840as 15795as 17705as
1200-1300 11840as 15795as 17705as
1300-1315 11840as 15795as 17705as

Dari
0300-0345 9835as 9910as 11735as
1315-1400 11670as
1400-1415 11670as

English
0000-0045 6055as 9705as 9950as 11670as 13605as
0000-0045 DRM 9950eu
1000-1100 7270as 13695pa 15020as 15410as 17510pa 17800as 17895pa
1330-1400 9690as 11620as 13710as
1400-1500 9690as 11620as 13710as
1745-1800 7400af 7550eu 9415af 9445af 11580af 11670as 11935af 13695af
1745-1800 DRM 9950eu
1800-1900 7400af 7550as 9415af 9445af 11580af 11670as 11935af 13695af
1800-1900 DRM 9950eu
1900-1945 7400af 7550eu 9415af 9445af 11580af 11670eu 11935af 13695af
1900-1945 DRM 9950eu
2045-2100 7550eu 9445eu 9910pa 11620pa 11670eu 11715pa
2045-2100 DRM 9950eu
2100-2200 7550eu 9445eu 9910pa 11620pa 11670eu 11715pa
2100-2200 DRM 9950eu
2200-2230 7550eu 9445eu 9910pa 11620pa 11670eu 11715pa
2200-2230 DRM 9950eu
2245-2300 6055as 9705as 9950as 11670as 13605as
2245-2300 DRM 11645as
2300-0000 6055as 9705as 9950as 11670as 13605as
2300-0000 DRM 11645as

French
1945-2000 9445af 9620af 13640af
2000-2030 9445af 9620af 13640af

Gujarati
0415-0430 15120af 17715af
0415-0430 DRM 15185af
1515-1600 11620af 13645af 15175af

Hindi
0315-0400 11840me 13695me 15120va 17715af
0315-0400 DRM 15185af
0400-0415 11840af 15120va 13695me 17715af
0400-0415 DRM 15185af
0430-0500 15120af 17715af
0430-0500 DRM 15185af
0500-0530 15120af 17715af
0500-0530 DRM 15185af
1615-1700 7410me 9950af 12025me 15120af 17670af
1700-1730 7410me 9950af 12025me 15120af 17670af
1945-2000 7550eu 11670eu
1945-2000 DRM 9950eu
2000-2045 7550eu 11670eu
2000-2045 DRM 9950eu
2300-0000 9910as 11740as 13795as
2300-0000 DRM 9950eu

Indonesian
0845-0900 15770as 17875as
0900-0945 15770as 17875as

Kannada
0215-0300 11985me 15120me

Malayalam
1730-1800 12025me
1800-1830 12025me

Nepali
0130-0200 3945as 7420as 9810as
0130-0200 DRM 11715as
0200-0230 3945as 7420as 9810as
0200-0230 DRM 11715as
0700-0800 7250as 7420as 9595as 11850as
1330-1400 3945as 4870as 7420as 11775as
1400-1430 3945as 4870as 7420as 11775as

Persian
0400-0430 15210as 15770as 17845as
1615-1700 9620as 11710as
1700-1730 9620as 11710as

Pushtu
0215-0300 9835as 9910as 11735as
1415-1500 11670as
1500-1530 11670as

Russian
1615-1700 9595eu 11620eu
1615-1700 DRM 15140eu
1700-1715 9595eu 11620eu
1700-1715 DRM 15140eu

Sindhi
0100-0200 5990as 7370as 9635as
1230-1300 6165as 7340as
1300-1400 6165as 7340as
1400-1500 6165as 7340as

Sinhala
0045-0100 7270as 11740as 11985as
0100-0115 7270as 11740as 11985as
1300-1400 7270as 9820as
1300-1400 DRM 15050as
1400-1500 7270as 9820as
1400-1500 DRM 15050as

Swahili
1515-1600 9950af 13605af 17670af
1600-1615 9950af 13605af 17670af

Tamil
0000-0045 7270as 9835as 9910as 11740as 11985as 13795as
1115-1200 7270as 13695as 15050as 15770as 17810as 17860as
1200-1215 7270as 13695as 15050as 15770as 17810as 17860as

Telugu
1215-1245 13695as 15770as 17810as

Thai
1115-1200 13645as 15410as 17740as

Tibetan
1215-1300 7420as 9575as 11775as
1300-1330 7420as 9575as 11775as

Urdu
0015-0100 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0100-0200 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0200-0300 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0300-0400 6155as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0530-0600 15210as 15770as 17845as 17845as (Haj season-Nov-Dec 12)
0830-0900 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as
0900-1000 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as
1000-1100 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as
1100-1130 7250as 7340as 9595as 11620as
1430-1500 3945as 6045as
1500-1600 3945as 6045as
1600-1700 3945as 6045as
1700-1735 3945as
1700-1800 6045as
1800-1900 6045as
1900-1930 6045as
(AIR/Jose Jacob VU2JOS, India/email: vu2jos@qsl.net Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)

Radio Pakistan Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: as (Asia) eu (Europe) va (Various Areas)

Balti
0445-0500 7465as
0500-0530 7465as

Bangla
0900-1000 11870as 15620as

Chinese
1200-1300 15700as 17725as

Dari
1445-1500 7510as
1500-1545 7510as

English
0905-0910 15725as 17720as
1100-1104 15725as 17720as

Farsi
1700-1800 7510va 9370va (As/Middle East)

Gujrati
1145-1200 9805as 11865as
1200-1215 9805as 11865as

Hindi
1045-1100 9805as 11865as
1100-1145 9805as 11865as

Nepali
1000-1030 11870as 15620as

Pushto
1345-1400 7510as
1400-1445 7510as

Sheena
0530-0600 7465as
0600-0615 7465as

Sinhala
1230-1300 11880as 15540as

Tamil
1300-1330 11880as 15540as

Urdu
0045-0100 15490as 17710as
0100-0200 15490as 17710as
0200-0215 15490as 17710as
0500-0600 15725va 17830va (As/Middle East)
0600-0700 15725va 17830va (As/Middle East)
0830-0900 15725eu 17720eu
0900-1000 15725eu 17720eu
1000-1100 15725eu 17720eu
1100-1104 15725eu 17720eu
1330-1400 15290va 17520va (As/Middle East)
1400-1500 15290va 17520va (As/Middle East)
1500-1530 15290va 17520va (As/Middle East)
1700-1800 11575va 15265va (As/Middle East)
(PBC - http://www.radio.gov.pk/externalservice)
photo via Yimber Gaviria)

Radio Sonder Grense Summer Schedule

South Africa

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 1012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
programming targeted to domestic audience

Afrikaans
0000-0100 3320
0100-0200 3320
0200-0300 3320
0300-0400 3320
0400-0500 3320
0500-0600 3320 7285
0600-0700 3320 7285
0700-0800 3320 7285
0800-0900 3320 9650
0900-1000 3320 9650
1000-1100 3320 9650
1100-1200 3320 9650
1200-1300 3320 9650
1300-1400 3320 9650
1400-1500 3320 9650
1500-1600 3320 9650
1600-1700 3320 9650
1700-1800 3320
1800-1900 3320
1900-2000 3320
2000-2100 3320
2100-2200 3320
2200-2300 3320
2300-0000 3320
(BCDX Top News 1059)

Streaming audio at: http://www.rsg.co.za/

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kHz time zones loc kW degr
3320 1700-0500 57NW MEY 100 275 Afr AFS SAB SNT
7285 0500-0800 57NW MEY 100 275 Afr AFS SAB SNT
9650 0800-1700 57NW MEY 100 275 Afr AFS SAB SNT
(Andreas Tschauder-D, A-DX March 28)
(BCDX Top News 1059/Wolfgang Bueschel)

International Radio Serbia A12 Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

Serbia/Bosnia - International Radio of Serbia, A-12

Albanian
1645-1700 EU 9640

Arabic
1430-1500 EU 9640

Chinese
1630-1645 EU 9640

English
0030-0100 NAM/EU 9685 tu-sa
1300-1330 EU 9640
1830-1900 EU 6100
2100-2130 EU 6100

French
1530-1600 EU 9640
2030-2100 EU 6100

German
1600-1630 EU 9640
2000-2030 EU 6100 su-fr

Greek
1715-1730 EU 9640

Hungarian
1700-1715 EU 9640

Italian
1730-1800 EU 9640

Russian
1500-1530 EU 9640
1800-1830 EU 6100

Serbian
0000-0030 NAM/EU 9685 daily
0030-0100 NAM/EU 9685 su,mo
0100-0130 NAM/EU 9685 mo-sa
1330-1400 EU 9640
1930-2000 EU 6100 su-fr
1930-2030 EU 6100 sa

Spanish
1400-1430 EU 9640
1900-1930 EU 6100
(International Radio of Serbia webpage at http://voiceofserbia.org/program-schedule via Alan Roe-UK;BrDXC-UK March 26. Updated by Jean-Michel Aubier-F)
(BCDX Top News 1059)

The Story of Radio Broadcasting in Ceylon

Colombo Radio

In our program today, we present the second episode in the radio broadcasting scene on the island of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka as it is known these days. Our story covers the era from the mid 1920s up until the year 1939, an era in which the radio broadcasting station in Colombo was identified on air as Colombo Radio & Colombo Calling.
During the year 1925, plans were laid for the construction of a regular radio broadcasting station, complete with its own transmitter. As the first stage in the development of these plans, a new
studio was installed in the Central Telegraph Office building in Colombo.
In addition, the longwave transmitter at the Coastal Radio Station VPB, inland a short distance from Mt Lavinia, was modified so that it could be used also for radio program broadcasting. Three channels, all in the longwave band, were in use at this stage, all rated at 1½ kW, and these were: 130 kHz & 500 kHz for ship to shore communication, and 375 kHz for the new radio broadcasting service.
On December 16 of the same year, 1925, the new Colombo Radio was officially inaugurated by the British governor, Sir Hugh Clifford. At this stage, the total number of radio listener licenses in the Colombo area stood at just 176.
During the following year, an additional large studio was established in the University College Building, also in Colombo; and during the next year again, the entire studio function of Radio Colombo was transferred to the now very familiar Torrington Square. Actually, at that time, the large building at Torrington Square in the district known as Colombo 7, was located in an area known as Kumi Kele, Ant Forest. This building was constructed in the mid 1850s for use as an insane asylum, housing some 700 patients.
However, during this same time period, work commenced on establishing a radio transmission station at Welikada, out a little from what we might call Colombo proper. The first mediumwave transmitter for radio broadcasting in Ceylon was installed here, a unit rated at 1¾ kW. The original mediumwave channel was 600 kHz though this was changed to 700 kHz a few years later.
Then, in 1936, plans were announced for the construction of a much larger mediumwave transmitter, rated at 5 kW, together with upgraded studios in the building at Torrington Square. This new transmitter was designed and installed at the new facility at Welikada by the Divisional Radio Engineer, Mr. A. Navarasa.
The new double facility, studios and transmitter, were officially opened by the Minister for Communication, Major J. L. Kotelawala on June 6, 1937. The registered listener license figure now stood in excess of 5,000.
A large Receiver Station was installed in 1933 out from Colombo on Buller Road with what was described as directional antennas (diamond shaped rhombics, we would guess) and a powerful receiver. This facility was for the reception of incoming programming from the BBC Daventry, and also from All India Radio.
Around the same time, that is in 1934, experimental broadcasting on shortwave also took place, and initially several different shortwave channels were tested, before the frequency 6160 kHz was finally chosen. The transmitter was rated at just 500 watts, and the original intent was that listeners in the shadow areas of the mediumwave transmitter might be able to hear Colombo Radio on shortwave. However, there were occasions when Colombo Radio on shortwave, under the same callsign VPB, was heard further afield, in India, Australia and even in the distant United States.
It would seem obvious to us that the shortwave transmitter was co-sited with the mediumwave transmitter at Welikada, and the antenna system was a simple form of wire radiator. The “Transmitter Document Project” by Ludo Maes in Belgium confirms that the shortwave transmitter was indeed installed at Welikada, co-sited with the mediumwave facility.
Programming on shortwave was usually in parallel with mediumwave, though there were experimental occasions when the shortwave transmitter took over from mediumwave and was on the air on its own during daylight hours in an attempt to widen the coverage area. The identification signal for Colombo Radio on shortwave was described as bell music.
The last day for radio broadcasting on shortwave from VPB Colombo with ½ kW on 6160 kHz was May 31, 1939. The reason for the closure was that the reliable coverage area on shortwave was little more than on mediumwave. However, when the closure became known among international radio monitors in Australia, it was lamented in a radio a magazine of the time that this little station was one of the most reliable stations in the low frequency shortwave bands.
It was stated back then that the shortwave transmitter would be modified for use on mediumwave; however this intent was never implemented.
However, this little shortwave transmitter did not remain silent. In October 1939, Radio News in the United States reported that VPB was again heard on air. After these brief test broadcasts ended, the transmitter again went silent. But that is not the end of the story about this little shortwave transmitter, either.
At the end of the year 1939, there was thus only one radio broadcasting station on the air in Sri Lanka. It was the 5 kW mediumwave station on 700 kHz at Welikada, with the program feed from the Torrington Square studios in Colombo 7.
We plan to follow up on all of these matters in three week’s time.
(Wavescan/AWR/NWS162 via Adrian Peterson)

Radio Panorama 15: Early Cable Radio

The very earliest attempt at the transmission of concert music took place in the United States in the year 1876. At the time, occasional music programming was sent along commercial telegraph lines already in use in the eastern states. These music transmissions at this stage were purely experimental and they were intended solely for the wonder and the enjoyment of telegraph staff at various locations. As mentioned previously here in Wavescan, a short series of these music concerts was heard by a few members of the public who happened to be using the telephone lines at the right time.
Eight years later, Edward Bellamy included an item in a novel he wrote about the possibility of broadcasting music to subscribers in the comfort of their homes. The novel was entitled “Looking Backwards” and his forecast predicted that telephone music would one day be heard in every home on a 24 hour basis; cable radio, if you please.
The first commercial endeavor in this direction was launched by AT&T on September 20, 1890 in the eastern States. This new music venture was provided as a lunch time service, but it was plagued by technical problems and it was therefore not a success.
Still in the United States, the Televent Company in Detroit launched an experimental telephone music service in 1906 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The project never went much further than a few test transmissions over the already available telephone network. The Televent Company was dissolved three years later.
Another endeavor at telephone music in the United States was the Telephone Herald Service in Newark, New Jersey, which was inaugurated just a little more than a hundred years ago, on October 24, 1911. This project proved to be very popular, but it was not a financial success, and it was deleted soon after it began.
Over in Europe, the first experiment in providing music over the telephone lines took place in Paris in the year 1881. During the International Electrical Exhibition, music was piped in from local theaters as a public demonstration. Interestingly, two telephone lines were in use for the transmission of the music programming on each occasion, the earliest form of stereo music. Nine years later, the Theatrophone Company was organized in Paris, but this service did not last very long, either.
A very successful form of music by telephone was launched in Budapest, Hungary on February 15, 1893. It was Tivadar Puskas, with his Telefon Hirmondo Company, who inaugurated this service, providing news and entertainment. In 1925, he installed a radio broadcasting station to carry the same programming, which we would suggest was station MTI in Budapest, with 300 watts on 950 metres longwave, 315 kHz. The telephone music service was available in Hungary for a little over half a century, though it was finally discontinued during the year 1944.
Over in England, a similar service was instituted just two years after the successful inauguration of Telefon Hirmonodo in Hungary. The English Electrophone Company was launched in London in 1895, based upon the Theatrophone system in Paris. In fact, there were many occasions when the two systems interchanged their music programming.
The system in London grew over the years until it became available right throughout Great Britain. Interestingly, Queen Victoria was one of the appreciative patrons who was receiving the music programming over the telephone lines.
Soon after radio broadcasting began, and when radio stations were established throughout Great Britain, the music service from the Electrophone Company was discontinued. However, as an interesting aftermath, another form of program distribution via the telephone lines was introduced.
In the early days of radio broadcasting, many people in England found that the cost of buying a radio receiver was just too much. So a new system of program distribution was introduced. The local telephone office installed a radio receiver at the exchange, and then fed the programming into the telephone system. For a small fee, much less than the cost of buying a radio receiver, the people could listen to the radio programming in their homes, via the telephone line.
(Wavescan/AWR/NWS 162 via Adrian Peterson)

The Story of Radio Broadcasting in Sri Lanka

The Large Deutsche Welle Relay Station at Tricomalee

The picturesque and strategic harbor at Trincomalee is situated on the east coast of the island
of Sri Lanka, at around 1/3rd of the way down the total eastern coastline. The harbor is well attested in ancient times, and it was visited by the famous Italian explorer and traveler, Marco Polo, on his return visit from China in the year 1292.
The harbor was in use by the British Royal Navy as a submarine base during World War 2, acting as a guard point to the wide Bay of Bengal. There was also a British Royal Air Force base nearby.
On August 12, 1980, representatives from Deutsche Welle in Germany and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in Colombo signed a mutual agreement, whereby a large radio broadcasting station, mediumwave & shortwave, would be constructed at the former Royal Navy Base, a dozen miles north of Trincomalee Harbor. This original agreement provided for one mediumwave transmitter at 600 kW, three shortwave transmitters at 250 kW, and one communication transmitter at 10 kW. An additional clause provided for a doubling of the station’s broadcasting equipment, if needed.
The Trincomalee site is located in the community of Perkara and it was originally under consideration for use by Trans World Radio TWR, though they subsequently preferred to build their station north of Colombo, near the west coast of the island. The original concept on the part of Deutsche Welle was that the large Trincomalee-Perkara relay station would be a joint project between Deutsche Welle in Germany & Radio Tehran in Iran.
Throughout the development of the station, progress always seemed to be somewhat slow, due to the isolation of the area, and at times also to the incursions of local insurgents. Construction work on the 242 acre site at Perkara began in October 1982. Some of the old colonial buildings from the British days were modified and updated for use by the station, and several buildings were constructed new.
Local wildlife also played its part at various times in causing disruption at the station, with occasional elephant herds breaking through the perimeter fencing and tramping through the property. Then again, there were the occasional fights and adventures on the part of monkeys who enjoyed swinging through the wires in the curtain antenna systems. Crocodiles also ventured onto the station property on occasions.
Test broadcasts from the 1st shortwave transmitter were noted on December 1, 1984, and also from the 2nd shortwave transmitter a few weeks later, in early January 1985. In April, test broadcasts were noted from the mediumwave transmitter; and in mid year, the 3rd shortwave transmitter became airborne. Electric power was generated at the station itself.
The final configuration of the four broadcast transmitters was a little different from that which was originally envisaged. The 600 kW mediumwave transmitter became two at 300 kW, though the total output on 1548 kHz was dropped to 400 kW. The three shortwave transmitters at 250 kW each became two at 300 kW and one at 250 kW, though all were in use on air at 250 kW each. This electronic equipment was provided by the German electronics giant, Telefunken.
The original program feed was provided via Colombo, with 5 FM transmitters perched on top of Sri Lanka’s 2nd highest mountain, at Radella. In due course, the program feed from Germany was taken off satellite at Perkara.
Deutsche Welle Perkara-Trincomalee was ready for full service in October 1988, but this usage was postponed until the middle of the following year, due to a shortage of local trained staff. The three shortwave transmitters were heard at good level throughout Asia, and well beyond also. The mediumwave transmitter was also heard quite widely.
Multitudinous QSL cards have been issued in confirmation of wide coverage areas of Deutsche Welle Sri Lanka. According to one reference, the official Sri Lankan callsign for this mighty station was 4QQ, though no callsign was ever used on air.
There were times when the station was closed, and at times the staff was evacuated to safe locations when insurgents infiltrated the area. On those occasions, DW programming to the Trincomalee coverage areas was carried by Radio Veritas in the Philippines, and also by shortwave stations located in the southern countries of the former Soviet Union.
As is happening these days to so many important shortwave stations throughout the world, downsizing is now part of the picture. Deutsche Welle decided to close two of its major shortwave relay stations, Sines In Portugal & Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. At the end of October last year Deutsche Welle programming from the Trincomalee relay station came to an end, though some client programming remained on the air until the end of the year.
However at this stage, the noted Victor Goonetilleke in Colombo reported that the SLBC carried one program via the Trincomalee station, and this was a three hour broadcast in the Sinhala language beamed to the Middle East on 11750 kHz from 1530 - 1830 UTC.
Then Jose Jacob VU2JOS at Hyderabad in India noted a brief series of test broadcasts from the mediumwave transmitter on 1548 kHz, when a simple station announcement was given in several languages. That was earlier this year.
On January 1 earlier this year, the large international radio broadcasting station located at Perkara-Trincomalee was taken over by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. That was the end of an era; alas DW Sri Lanka is no more!
(Wavescan/AWR/Adrian Peterson/NWS163)

Radio Habana Cuba - A12 Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: am (Americas/Central & South) ca (Central America)eu (Europe) na (North America) sa (South America) va (Various Areas)

Arabic
2030-2100 17750eu

Creole
0000-0030 5040va

English
0100-0200 6000na 6050na
0200-0300 6000na 6050na
0300-0400 6000na 6050na
0400-0500 6000na 6050na
0500-0600 6010na 6050na 6060na 6125am
0600-0700 6010na 6050na 6060na 6125am
1900-2000 11760am
2300-0000 5040va

Esperanto
1500-1530 Sun 11760am
2230-2300 Sun 15370sa

French
0030-0100 5040va
1930-2000 17750eu
2000-2030 11760am
2230-2300 mtwhfa 15370sa

Portuguese
2000-2030 17750eu
2200-2300 15230sa
2330-0000 15370sa

Quechua
0000-0030 15370sa

Spanish
0000-0100 6060na 6120ca 9810ca 11680sa 11760am 15230sa 17705sa
0100-0200 5040va 6060na 6120ca 9810ca 11680sa 11760am 15230sa 17705sa
0200-0300 5040va 6060na 6120ca 9810ca 11680sa 11760am 15230sa 17705sa
0300-0400 5040va 6060na 6120ca 9810ca 11680sa 11760am 15230sa 17705sa
0400-0500 5040va 6060na 6120ca 9810ca 11760am
0500-0600 9810ca
1100-1200 6150am 9540ca 9550na 9850na 11690ca 11760am 11860na 15230sa 17730sa 17580sa
1200-1300 6150am 9540ca 9550na 9850na 11760am 11690ca 11860na 15230sa 17730sa 17580sa
1300-1400 6150am 9540ca 11750ca 11760am 11860na 11690ca 13780na 15230sa 15340na 17730sa 17580sa
1400-1500 6150am 9540ca 11750ca 11760am 13780na 15230sa 15340na 17730sa 17580sa
1400-1500 Sun 11690ca 13680ca 15340na 17590sa 17750sa
1500-1600 Sun 11690ca 13680ca 15340na 17590sa 17750sa
1600-1700 Sun 11690ca 13680ca 15340na 17590sa 17750sa
1700-1800 Sun 11690ca 13680ca 15340na 17590sa 17750sa
2100-2200 5040va 9710ca 17705sa 17750eu 17750sa
2200-2300 5040va 9710ca 9810ca 17705sa 17750eu
2200-2300 mtwhf 6000na 15140na
2300-0000 6120ca 9810ca 11680sa 17705sa
2300-0000 mtwhf 6000na 15140na
(Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany/HCDX via RHC/Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager, Monitoring Times)

The Troubled Triad: Titan, Titantic and Titanian

Next Wednesday, April 14, will be the 100th anniversary of one of the world’s most spectacular and heart-wrenching tragedies; 100 years to the very day, since the great passenger ship, the Titanic, struck an iceberg, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean south of the island of Newfoundland, with a massive loss of human life. This week here in Wavescan, and next week also, we memorialize this tragic event, particularly from a radio, or wireless point of view.
Let me read to you these several items of interest taken from an early publication, and we suggest that you listen carefully before you make a judgment:

She was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men. In her construction and maintenance were involved every science, profession and trade known to civilization.

Two brass bands, two orchestras, and a theatrical company entertained the passengers during waking hours; a corps of physicians attended to the temporal, and a corps of chaplains to the spiritual welfare of all on board.

From the bridge, engine-room, and a dozen places on her deck the ninety-two doors of nineteen water-tight compartments could be closed in half a minute by turning a lever. These doors would also close automatically in the presence of water. With nine compartments flooded the ship would still float, and so no known accident of the sea could possibly fill this many, (and thus) the great steamship was considered practically unsinkable.

Built of steel throughout, she was eight hundred feet long, of seventy thousand tons displacement, seventy-five thousand horse-power, and on her trial trip had steamed at a rate of twenty-five knots an hour.

Unsinkable - indestructible, she carried as few life boats as would satisfy the laws.

“Ice,” yelled the lookout; “ice ahead. Iceberg.”

Seventy-five thousand tons - dead-weight - rushing through the fog at the rate of fifty feet a second, had hurled its elf at an iceberg.

And so the story continues, with a huge loss of life during that notable April evening, with the
ship sinking quite quickly around midnight in the cold waters of the North Atlantic. It was her first, her maiden voyage, across that vast ocean separating Europe from North America. It sounds like the sinking of the Titanic, doesn’t it?
But no, that is not the case. The readings we just presented to you were taken from a novel, written by the American author, Morgan Robertson, in the year 1898, 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The name of the ship in Robertson’s novel, believe it or not, was “Titan”, almost the same name as the “Titanic” 14 years later. Robertson’s novel was named “The Wreck of the Titan”.
There is a strange coincidence linking the names of three different ships, each crossing the Atlantic, and each running into trouble in a massive field of icebergs in the North Atlantic during the month of April. You have just heard the story of the first ship, the fictitious “Titan” in the year 1898, at the time when the young Marconi was just developing his experimental wireless equipment.
The second ship in this triad of troubled ships with a similar name is the “Titanic”, which ran into the field of icebergs just before midnight exactly one hundred years ago, on Sunday April 14, and sank shortly after midnight, in the early hours of Monday April 15. This ship, the “Titanic” was carrying wireless equipment which was pressed into service in calling other ships to the rescue. We will present the details of that story here in Wavescan next week.
The third ship in this triad of troubled ships with a similar name was the “Titanian”, a cargo vessel traveling across the North Atlantic 23 years later, in April 1935. She was carrying coal from Newcastle in England for delivery in Canada.
The story about this ship, the “Titanian” has been embellished a little over the years, but the fact is that she was caught in the iceberg field and stalled, some distance out from Newfoundland. With the stearing gear damaged, she radioed ahead for assistance, and the tug boat “Imogene” was sent to the rescue.
All three ships had a similar name, “Titan”, “Titanic” & “Titanian”; and all three were damaged in collisions with icebergs in the North Atlantic; and all three during the month of April. The fictitious story of the “Titan” was during the era when wireless was under experimental development; the “Titanic” carried wireless equipment that was pressed into usage for the occasion; the “Titanian” used its radio equipment in calling for a tug to render assistance.
Quite remarkable. And like we said earlier, the story of the “Titanic” itself will be featured here in Wavescan next week.
(Wavescan via Adrian Peterson/NWS163)

Radio Netherlands Weekly Program Preview, April 6-12

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

This week: It ain’t over

A 101-year-old man on leaving his infant daughter on a neighbour’s doorstep during the Warsaw Uprising. And how an Ethiopian migrant worker escaped her brutal employer in Lebanon.

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:

Things that are going places. From rubber duckies sailing the ocean seas for a couple of decades, to the world’s most gruelling marathon and the first man to walk around the world, we’ll take you places you’ve never been.

First airing: Friday 03:00 UTC

SOuth Asia Wired
Stories from South Asia.

This week:

When East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971 a minority community called the Biharis were stranded as stateless refugees in camps on the outside of Dhaka. Thirty years on they still hope to return to Pakistan one day.

(There'll be a new edition of the program on Thursday 12 April)

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.

This week:

Could northern Mali become the 57th country in Africa?
As the African Union beefs up the quests for Joseph Kony, we hear from Jacob Acaye – the Ugandan boy featured on the KONY2012 campaign.
Music from a Rwandan up-and-coming star, marking the 18th anniversary of the country’s massacre.

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.

This week: Is China good for Africa?

In this edition we take stock of our relationship with the red dragon. One thing is sure: China is in Africa to stay, and it’s up to all to shape this relationship in a way that is beneficial to everybody.

Our guest is a leading expert who looks at facts and tries to dismiss myths about China’s engagement in Africa.

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.

This week:

Swallow dive - by Melissa Madore, Canada. A moving story of loneliness and death.

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.

This week: Who says I can’t die… or live?

Bun Chai, who is paralysed from the neck down, made a public appeal to the Hong Kong government for the right to end his life… and in the process found a way to live. We hear Bun Chai’s story from Radio Television Hong Kong.

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.

This week:

Guitarist Yamando Costa from Brazil is hailed as one of the world’s best guitarists.
French 10-man band Babylon Circus plays energetic and fast music, in an adventurous mix of ska, French chansons, punk and Balkan music.
Dutch Delight of the week is Giga Vôo, with Portuguese singer Magda Mendes.
Pablo Ziegler, an Argentinian nuevo tango pianist, and the Metropole Orchestra bring up the rear of the show in a dazzling mix of tango, jazz and classical music.

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

Streaming audio www.radionetherlands.nl/

English to Asia and Africa - effective to: 28 October 2012
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

Radio Free Asia announces new QSL card series

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces a new series of QSL cards recognizing the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) relay sites used for RFA programming. RFA currently uses, and confirms broadcasts from the following IBB sites: Biblis, Iranawilla, Kuwait, Lampertheim, Saipan and Tinian. The first card of this series is from IBB's Tinian relay site.

In this picture, you are facing north from Tinian's Tower 16, part of antenna 305L, overlooking the antenna fields. The transmitter is at the upper right side of the picture and above it you can see the Island of Saipan to the north of Tinian. This is RFa's 45th QSL overall; it will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports for April - July 2012.



RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcast news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcast in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham) and Uyghur.

RFA strives for accuracy, balance and fairness in it's editorial content. As a 'surrogate' broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press, these countries lack. RFA broadcast only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcast comprise news of specific local interest.

More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org.

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reporta. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help the station to evaluate the signal strength and quality of their transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception reports submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL Reports link) not only from DXers, but also from the 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 USA

Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.

Radio Free Asia - A12 summer schedule

ffective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
all programming targeted to Asia

Burmese (4 hours daily)
0030-0130 12115, 15700, 17835
1230-1330 7390, 9335, 13675
1330-1400 7390, 9335, 12140
1400-1430 7390, 9335
1630-1730 9945

Cantonese (2 hours daily)
1400-1430 9605
1430-1500 7280, 9605
2200-2300 9720, 11785

Khmer (2 hours daily)
1230-1330 12140, 15145
2230-2330 5840, 13740

Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1700 648, 5820, 7210, 7455
1700-1800 648, 5820, 9975
1800-1900 648, 5820, 7465
2100-2200 648, 7460 9385 11945

Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 15545, 15690
1100-1200 9325, 15120

Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0400 13785, 15120, 15615, 15635, 17485, 17855, 21595, 21650
0400-0500 13760, 15615, 15635, 15660, 17615, 17855, 21480, 21580
0500-0600 13760, 15615, 15635, 15660, 17615, 17855, 21580, 21710
0600-0700 13760, 15615, 15635, 17495, 17615, 17855, 21720
1500-1600 9455, 9905, 11540, 11965, 12005, 13640, 13675
1600-1630 5855, 9455, 9905, 11540, 11870, 12005, 13675
1630-1700 5855, 9725, 9905, 11550, 11610, 11870, 13675
1700-1800 5855, 7280, 9355, 9455, 9540, 9905, 11695, 13780
1800-1900 7280, 7355, 9355, 9455, 9540, 9690, 11540, 13780
1900-2000 1098, 5855, 7260, 7355, 7435, 9355, 9455, 9875, 9905, 11785, 13780
2000-2100 1098, 5855, 6140, 7260, 7355, 7435, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11785
2100-2200 1098, 5855, 6140, 7355, 7435, 9455, 9905
2300-2400 7540, 9535, 11760, 11785, 15430, 15585

Tibetan (10 hours daily)
0100-0200 9680, 9885, 11695, 17505, 17730
0200-0300 9885, 11695, 11745, 17610, 17730
0600-0700 17510, 17765, 21500, 21690
1000-1100 13680, 15435, 17495
1100-1200 7470, 13830, 15670, 17495
1200-1400 7470, 11605, 13795, 13830, 15670
1500-1600 9370, 11585, 11795, 11835
2200-2300 7505, 9815, 9880
2300-2315 7505, 9805, 9815, 9875
2315-2400 7505, 9805, 9875, 9900

Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0130 9350, 9400, 11895, 11945, 17640
0130-0200 9350, 9400, 11895, 11945, 17635
1600-1700 9370, 9555, 9975, 11590

Vietnamese (2.5 hours daily)
0000-0030 7445, 11605, 13730, 15570
1400-1430 1503, 9715, 11605, 12075, 13640
1430-1500 9715, 11605, 12075, 13640
2300-2330 1503
2330-2400 1503, 7520, 11605, 13730, 15570
(Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Trirunelveli, India, For A12 www.adxc.wordpress.com via AJ Janitschek 3/24/12)

Voice of America, English summer schedule

Effective April 2012 -- November 2012

Frequencies starting with:
4 = 75 Meter Band 5 = 49 Meter Band
6 = 49 Meter Band 7 = 41 Meter Band
9 = 31 Meter Band 11 = 25 Meter Band
13 = 22 Meter Band 15 = 19 Meter Band
17 = 16 Meter Band 21 = 13 Meter Band

USA, Voice of America - A12 English

All times UTC

English to Europe, Middle East and North Africa
0100-0130 Daily 1593
1500-1600 Daily 13570 15530
2000-2100 M-F 7485 9480

English to Africa
0300-0400 Daily 909 1530 4930 6080 9855 15580
0400-0430 Daily 909 1530 4930 4960 6080 9855 12025 15580
0430-0500 Daily 909 4930 4960 6080 12025 15580
0500-0600 Daily 909 4930 6080 12025 15580
0600-0700 Daily 909 1530 6080 12025 15580
1400-1500 Daily 4930 6080 12080 15580 17530
1500-1600 Daily 4930 6080 12080 15580 17895
1600-1700 Daily 909 1530 4930 6080 15580
1700-1800 Daily 6080 12015 15580 17895
1800-1830 Daily 6080 9850 12015 15580
1800-1830 Sat. and Sun. 909 4930
1830-1900 Daily 4930 6080 9850 12015 15580
1830-1900 Sat.and Sun. 909
1900-1930 Daily 909 4930 4940 6080 9850 15580 17895
1930-2000 Daily 909 4930 4940 6080 15580
2000-2030 Daily 909 1530 4930 4940 6080 15580
2030-2100 Daily 909 1530 4930 6080 15580
2030-2100 Sat. and Sun. 4940
2100-2200 Daily1530 6080 15580

English to Far East Asia, South Asia and Oceania
0100-0200 Daily 7430 9780 11705
1100-1200 Sat. and Sun. 1575
1200-1300 Daily 1170 7575 9510 12075 12150
1300-1400 Sat. and Sun. 7575 9510 9610 12150
1400-1500 Mon. – Fri. 7540 7575 12150
1500-1600 Daily 7540 7575 12150
2200-2300 Sun – Thurs. 5895 5915 7480 7575 12150
2230-2400 Fri. and Sat. 1575
2300-2400 Daily 5895 5910 7575 12150

English to Afghanistan
0000-0030 Daily 1296 7555
2030-2400 Daily 1296 7555

Special English
0000-0030 Daily 1593
0030-0100 Daily 1575 1593 7430 9715 9780 11725 12005 15205 15290 17820
0130-0200 Tues. – Sat. 1593 7465 9820
1500-1600 Daily 6140 7465 7520 9485 9760
1600-1700 Daily 12080 13570 15470
1600-1700 Mon. – Fri. 1170
1900-2000 Daily 7485 9490
2230-2300 Daily 7460 9570 11840 15340
2300-2400 Daily 1593 7460 9570 11840 15340
(VOA website)

Radio Canada International to leave shortwave

RCI News
April 4, 2012

Spending cuts announced last week in Canada's latest federal budget have reached Radio Canada International. Speaking to employees at RCI's headquarters in Montreal on Wednesday, RCI director Helene Parent declared that two out of three RCI employees---about 40 people---will lose their jobs by the end of July. RCI's Russian and Portugueuse sections will be closed along with the English and French-language newsrooms. All shortwave broadcasts will cease as well. RCI will continue to exist solely on the Internet in five languages---English, French, Arabic, Spanish and Mandarin.

http://www.rcinet.ca/english/news/15_56_27_2012-04-04-rci-slashed/

Following this decision, CBC/Radio-Canada will be closing its shortwave transmission site in Sackville, New Brunswick.
(Mike Terry/Cumbre DX)

Update on Voice of Russia summer schedule

Special thanks to Wolfgang Bueschel, for forwarding the complete Voice of Russia summer schedule this afternoon. The English portion was posted earlier this morning (see below).
Gayle Van Horn

Effective: 25 March-01 September / 02 September-27 October 2012.

Language /UTC kHz location kW target area remarks

Arabic
1600-1700 12110 12110 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1600-1700 12065 12065 St. Petersburg 400 NE / ME
1600-1700 5925 5925 Novosibirsk 250 ME
1600-1700 7325 7325 Krasnodar 100 NE / ME
1600-2100 12110 12110 Dushanbe-TJK 500 All AF
1600-2100 12060 12060 St. Petersburg 200 All AF

1700-1800 11795 11795 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1700-1800 12065 12065 St. Petersburg 400 NE / ME
1700-1800 12110 12110 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1700-1800 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
1700-1800 5925 5925 Novosibirsk 250 ME
1700-1800 7305 7305 Krasnodar 100 NE / ME
1700-1800 9345 9345 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME

1800-1900 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
1800-1900 12110 12110 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1800-1900 7305 7305 Krasnodar 100 NE / ME
1800-1900 9345 9345 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME

1900-2000 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
1900-2000 12110 12110 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1900-2000 7315 7315 Novosibirsk 250 ME
1900-2000 9345 9345 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1900-2000 9900 9900 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME

2000-2100 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
2000-2100 12110 12110 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
2000-2100 7315 7315 Novosibirsk 250 ME
2000-2100 9895 9895 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME

Chechen
0500-0600 171 171 1200 Krasnodar Caucasus (CIS)
0500-0600 657 657 50 Groznyy Caucasus (CIS)
1200-1300 657 657 50 Groznyy Caucasus (CIS)
1200-1300 171 171 1200 Krasnodar Caucasus (CIS)
2000-2100 657 657 50 Groznyy Caucasus (CIS)

Chinese
1000-1100 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia
1000-1100 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia
1100-1200 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia
1100-1200 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia
1200-1300 801 801 Kruchina Chita 600 Asia
1200-1300 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia
1200-1300 1080 1080 Irkutsk 500 Asia
1200-1300 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia
1300-1400 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia
1300-1400 9560 9560 Vladivostok 250 Asia

Dari, Pashto
1200-1400 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1200-1400 15510 15510 Samara 250 NE / ME
1200-1400 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1200-1400 648 648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME

English
0000-0200 9800 9800 Krasnodar 500 NoAM
0000-0200 9665 9665 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 NoAM
0100-0300 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
0100-0300 648 648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
0100-0300 972 972 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
0200-0400 15425 15425 Petr.-Kamchatsky 250 NoAM
0300-0400 972 972 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
0300-0400 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
0300-0400 648 648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
0300-0400 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
0400-0500 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
0400-0500 15760 15760 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
0400-0600 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
0400-0600 13775 13775 Petr.-Kamchatsky 250 NoAM

0600-0700 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 PAC/AUS/NZL
0600-0800 11830 11830 Moscow 40 EUR 1st ch stream DRM
0600-0800 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
0700-0800 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 PAC/AUS/NZL
0700-0900 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 Asia
0800-0900 9850 9850 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
0800-0900 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
0800-0900 11830 11830 Moscow 40 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
0800-0900 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 PAC/AUS/NZL
0900-1000 15170 15170 Kruchina Chita 500 SoEaAS
0900-1000 9560 9560 Vladivostok 250 Asia
0900-1000 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 Asia
0900-1000 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 PAC/AUS/NZL
0900-1000 9850 9850 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
0900-1000 11830 11830 Moscow 40 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1000-1100 15170 15170 Kruchina Chita 500 SoEaAS
1000-1100 11500 11500 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1000-1100 9560 9560 Vladivostok 250 Asia
1100-1200 9560 9560 Vladivostok 250 SoEaAS
1100-1200 12065 12065 Kruchina Chita 500 SoEaAS
1100-1200 12030 12030 Novosibirsk 40 Asia digital broadcasting DRM
1100-1200 11500 11500 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia

1200-1300 11500 11500 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1200-1300 12030 12030 Novosibirsk 40 Asia digital broadcasting DRM
1200-1300 9445 9445 Irkutsk 15 Asia digital broadcasting DRM
1200-1300 9850 9850 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1200-1300 9560 9560 Vladivostok 250 SoEaAS
1200-1400 972 972 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
1300-1400 12095 12095 Moscow 40 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1300-1400 9850 9850 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1300-1400 12065 12065 Kruchina Chita 500 SoEaAS
1400-1500 11500 11500 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1400-1500 1251 1251 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1400-1500 11840 11840 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 250 SoEaAS
1400-1500 648 648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
1400-1500 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 Asia
1400-1500 9560 9560 Vladivostok 250 SoEaAS
1400-1500 12095 12095 Moscow 40 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1400-1500 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1500-1600 9560 9560 Vladivostok 250 SoEaAS
1500-1600 15640 15640 Moscow 200 ME
1500-1600 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1500-1600 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1500-1600 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 Asia
1500-1600 11840 11840 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 250 SoEaAS
1500-1600 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1500-1600 1251 1251 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1600-1700 7370 7370 Krasnodar 15 EUR digital broadcasting DRM
1600-1700 6070 6070 Novosibirsk 40 Asia digital broadcasting DRM
1600-1700 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 Asia
1600-1700 1251 1251 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1600-1700 11985 11985 Moscow 500 ME
1600-1700 7285 7285 Moscow 250 ME
1600-1700 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1700-1800 648 648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
1700-1800 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1700-1800 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1700-1800 7285 7285 Moscow 250 ME
1700-1800 11985 11985 Moscow 500 ME
1700-1800 12040 12040 Moscow 200 EUR
1700-1800 7370 7370 Krasnodar 15 EUR digital broadcasting DRM
1700-1800 7285 7285 Moscow 250 All AF
1700-1800 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1700-1800 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 Asia
1700-1800 1251 1251 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1700-1800 11985 11985 Moscow 500 All AF

1800-1900 7370 7370 Krasnodar 15 EUR digital broadcasting DRM
1800-1900 9880 9880 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM
1800-1900 12040 12040 Moscow 200 EUR
1800-1900 4975 4975 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1800-1900 9900 9900 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
1800-1900 648 648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
1800-1900 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1800-1900 9900 9900 Gavar-ARM 500 All AF
1900-2100 6155 6155 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1900-2100 12040 12040 Moscow 200 EUR
2200-2300 9800 9800 Krasnodar 500 NoAM
2300-2400 9665 9665 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 NoAM
2300-2400 9800 9800 Krasnodar 500 NoAM

French
1600-1700 11635 11635 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 All AF
1600-1700 12000 12000 Moscow 250 EUR
1600-1700 9745 9745 Kruchina Chita 500 All AF
1600-1700 9900 9900 Gavar-ARM 500 All AF
1700-1800 12030 12030 Moscow 250 All AF
1700-1800 12000 12000 Moscow 250 EUR
1700-1800 12030 12030 Moscow 250 EUR
1700-1800 12000 12000 Moscow 250 All AF
1700-1800 11635 11635 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 All AF
1700-1800 9745 9745 Kruchina Chita 500 All AF
1700-1800 9900 9900 Gavar-ARM 500 All AF
1800-1900 15465 15465 Moscow 250 All AF
1800-1900 12050 12050 Saint Petersburg 200 All AF
1800-1900 12000 12000 Moscow 250 All AF
1800-1900 12030 12030 Moscow 250 All AF
1800-1900 12030 12030 Moscow 250 EUR
1800-1900 12050 12050 Saint Petersburg 200 EUR
1800-1900 15465 15465 Moscow 250 EUR
1800-1900 12000 12000 Moscow 250 EUR
1800-1900 11635 11635 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 All AF
1800-1900 9880 9880 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1900-2000 15465 15465 Moscow 250 EUR
1900-2000 12050 12050 Saint Petersburg 200 EUR
1900-2000 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1900-2000 12000 12000 Moscow 250 EUR
1900-2000 12000 12000 Moscow 250 All AF
1900-2000 12050 12050 Saint Petersburg 200 All AF
1900-2000 15465 15465 Moscow 250 All AF
1900-2000 11635 11635 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 All AF
2000-2100 11635 11635 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 All AF
2000-2100 12000 12000 Moscow 250 All AF

German
0900-1000 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
0900-1000 11830 11830 Moscow 40 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM
0900-1000 1431 1431 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
0900-1000 693 693 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
0900-1000 630 630 Braunschweig-GER 100 EUR
0900-1000 9850 9850 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM
1000-1200 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1000-1200 1431 1431 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1000-1200 558 558 Monte Ceneri-Cima-SUI 200 EUR
1000-1200 630 630 Braunschweig-GER 100 EUR
1000-1200 693 693 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
1000-1200 9850 9850 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM

1500-1700 12095 12095 Moscow 40 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1500-1700 12010 12010 Samara 250 EUR
1500-1700 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1500-1700 1431 1431 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1500-1700 558 558 Monte Ceneri-Cima-SUI 200 EUR
1500-1700 693 693 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
1500-1700 6155 6155 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1500-1700 630 630 Braunschweig-GER 100 EUR
1700-1800 12010 12010 Samara 250 EUR
1700-1800 1431 1431 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1700-1800 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1700-1800 6155 6155 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM
1700-1800 630 630 Braunschweig-GER 100 EUR
1700-1800 9880 9880 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM
1800-1900 1431 1431 Dresden-GER 250 EUR
1800-1900 1323 1323 Wachenbrunn-GER 1000 EUR
1800-1900 12010 12010 Samara 250 EUR
1800-1900 558 558 Monte Ceneri-Cima-SUI 200 EUR
1800-1900 693 693 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
1800-1900 630 630 Braunschweig-GER 100 EUR

Hindi
1300-1400 11500 11500 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1300-1400 9445 9445 Irkutsk Asia 15 digital broadcasting DRM
1300-1400 9670 9670 Dushanbe-TJK 100 Asia
1500-1600 9445 9445 Irkutsk Asia 15 digital broadcasting DRM
1500-1600 9670 9670 Dushanbe-TJK 100 Asia
1500-1600 9745 9745 Kruchina Chita 500 Asia
1500-1600 972 972 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 Asia

Italian
1700-1800 9880 9880 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1700-1800 6155 6155 Kaliningrad 15 EUR 1st ch stream MIDI format DRM
1700-1800 12050 12050 Saint Petersburg 200 EUR
1700-1800 15465 15465 Moscow 250 EUR
1700-1800 558 558 Monte Ceneri-Cima-SUI 200 EUR
2130-2230 1548 1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR

Japanese
1200-1300 720 720 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1000 Asia
1200-1300 7340 7340 Petr-Kamchatka Asia 250
1200-1300 7235 7235 Irkutsk 100 Asia
1300-1400 720 720 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1000 Asia
1300-1400 7235 7235 Irkutsk 100 Asia
1300-1400 7340 7340 Petr-Kamchatka Asia 250

Kurdish
0500-0600 15760 15760 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1500-1600 5925 5925 Novosibirsk 250 ME

Mongolian
1300-1330 801 801 Kruchina Chita 600 AS exc.Su
1300-1330 1080 1080 Irkutsk 500 AS exc.Su
1300-1330 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 AS exc.Su
1330-1400 801 801 Kruchina Chita 600 AS exc.Su
1330-1400 1080 1080 Irkutsk 500 AS exc.Su
1330-1400 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 AS exc.Su

Persian
1500-1700 1377 1377 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
1500-1700 12015 12015 Samara 250 NE / ME
1500-1700 9345 9345 Dushanbe-TJK 100 NE / ME
1500-1700 648 648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 NE / ME
1500-1700 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME

Polish
1700-1800 693 693 Oranienburg-GER 250 EUR
1700-1800 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 EUR
1700-1800 9615 9615 Samara 250 EUR

Portuguese
2100-2200 5920 5920 Krasnodar 200 EUR

Russian GR
0000-0100 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
0000-0200 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CeAS (CIS)
0000-0100 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
0000-0100 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
0000-0100 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucas.CISspec.sce Chechen/Russ lang
0100-0200 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 Caucasus (CIS)
0100-0300 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
0100-0200 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
0100-0300 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
0100-0300 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
0100-0200 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
0200-0300 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
0200-0600 11965 11965 Moscow 250 CeAS (CIS)
0200-0600 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500CeAS (CIS)
0200-0300 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 Caucasus (CIS)
0200-0300 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
0200-0300 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
0300-0400 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
0300-0400 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
0400-0500 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
0400-0500 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
0400-0500 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
0500-0600 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)

0600-1200 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
0600-1200 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
0600-1200 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
0600-1300 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CeAS (CIS)

1200-1300 12085 12085 Novosibirsk 250 PAC/AUS/NZL
1200-1300 13870 13870 St. Petersburg 200 Caucasus (CIS)
1200-1300 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
1200-1300 9745 9745 Kruchina Chita 500 Asia
1200-1300 12085 12085 Novosibirsk 250 SoEaAS
1200-1400 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1200-1400 13870 13870 St. Petersburg 200 ME
1300-1500 5925 5925 Novosibirsk 250 Middle Asia (CIS)
1300-1400 9745 9745 Kruchina Chita 500 Asia
1300-1400 9465 9465 Irkutsk 250 SoEaAS
1300-1400 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
1300-1400 9465 9465 Irkutsk 250 PAC/AUS/NZL
1300-1400 13870 13870 St. Petersburg 200 Caucasus (CIS)
1300-1500 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CeAS (CIS)
1300-1500 11860 11860 Moscow 250 CeAS (CIS)
1300-1400 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
1300-1400 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
1400-1500 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1400-1500 9900 9900 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
1400-1500 13870 13870 St. Petersburg 200 ME
1400-1500 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
1400-1500 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
1400-1500 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
1400-1500 13870 13870 St. Petersburg 200 Caucasus (CIS)
1400-1500 7285 7285 Moscow 250 Caucasus (CIS)
1500-1600 12015 12015 Samara 250 CeAS (CIS)
1500-1600 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CeAS (CIS)
1500-1600 1026 1026 Novosibirsk 500 Middle Asia (CIS)
1500-1600 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1500-1600 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Baltic States
1500-1600 1215 1215 Kaliningrad 1200 Baltic States
1500-1600 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
1500-1600 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
1500-1600 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
1500-1600 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
1500-1600 7285 7285 Moscow 250 Caucasus (CIS)
1500-1700 9615 9615 Samara 250 Belarus (CIS)
1500-1600 9900 9900 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
1500-1600 9615 9615 Samara 250 Baltic States
1600-2000 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
1600-2000 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
1600-1700 9615 9615 Samara 250 Baltic States
1600-1700 7310 7310 Moscow 250 The Baltic States
1600-1700 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
1600-1700 1215 1215 Kaliningrad 1200 Baltic States
1600-1700 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Baltic States
1600-2000 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
1600-1700 15640 15640 Moscow 200 ME
1600-2000 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS)
1600-1800 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CeAS (CIS)
1600-1800 1026 1026 Novosibirsk 500 Middle Asia (CIS)
1600-1800 11730 11730 Irkutsk 100 CeAS (CIS)
1600-1800 12015 12015 Samara 250 CeAS (CIS)
1600-1700 11730 11730 Irkutsk 100 NE / ME
1600-1700 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1600-1700 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 NE / ME
1600-1700 11730 11730 Irkutsk 100 Asia
1700-1800 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1700-1800 1215 1215 Kaliningrad 1200 Baltic States
1700-1800 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 NE / ME
1700-1800 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
1700-1800 15640 15640 Moscow 200 ME
1700-1800 12015 12015 Samara 250 Asia
1700-1800 11730 11730 Irkutsk 100 Asia
1700-1800 12015 12015 Samara 250 ME
1700-1800 11730 11730 Irkutsk 100 NE / ME
1700-1800 1494 1494 St.Petersburg 600 Baltic States

1800-1900 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Baltic States
1800-1900 1215 1215 Kaliningrad 1200 Baltic States
1800-2100 801 801 500 Dushanbe-TJK CeAS (CIS)
1800-1900 1494 1494 St.Petersburg 600 Baltic States
1800-2100 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Belorussia (CIS)
1800-2100 1026 1026 Novosibirsk 500 Middle Asia (CIS)
1800-2000 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
1800-2000 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 NE / ME
1800-2000 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
1800-2000 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 NE / ME
1900-2100 1215 1215 Kaliningrad 1200 Baltic States
1900-2100 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Baltic States
2000-2200 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
2000-2200 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
2000-2100 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
2000-2200 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 NE / ME
2100-2300 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus (CIS)
2100-2300 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)
2100-2300 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CeAS (CIS)
2200-2300 801 801 Dushanbe-TJK 500 NE / ME
2200-2300 1395 1395 Gavar-ARM 500 NE / ME
2300-2400 657 657 Groznyy 50 Caucasus (CIS)

Serbo-Croatian
1500-1700 1548 1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
1500-1700 6155 6155 DRM Kaliningrad 15 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM
1500-1700 12030 12030 Moscow 250 EUR
1500-1700 12095 12095 Moscow 40 EUR 2nd ch stream MIDI format DRM
2000-2130 1548 1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR
2000-2130 9470 9470 Samara 250 EUR

Spanish
2000-2100 5920 5920 Krasnodar 200 EUR

Turkish
0100-0300 1377 1377 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
0300-0500 1350 1350 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
1300-1400 1350 1350 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
1400-1500 11985 11985 Moscow 500 ME
1400-1500 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 NE / ME
1400-1500 1350 1350 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME
1400-1500 7325 7325 Krasnodar 100 NE / ME
1500-1600 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 NE / ME
1500-1600 7325 7325 Krasnodar 100 NE / ME
1500-1600 11985 11985 Moscow 500 ME
2100-2230 1314 1314 Gavar-ARM 1000 NE / ME

Urdu
1400-1500 1503 1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 Asia
1400-1500 9445 9445 Irkutsk 15 Asia digital broadcasting DRM
1400-1500 9670 9670 Dushanbe-TJK 100 Asia
1400-1500 972 972 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 Asia
1400-1500 9745 9745 Kruchina Chita 500 Asia

Vietnamese
1200-1300 12065 12065 Kruchina Chita 500 SoEaAS
(Voice of Russia, via Vadim Alexeew-RUS, DXing.ru. Google translated and transformed from xls to txt file format by wb., wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, March 29) (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

VOA and RFA to cover elections from Burma

Washington, D.C. – As Burmese voters go to the polls on April 1, the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) will provide wall-to-wall coverage of a society that until recently has lacked electoral freedom.

“In a place where approximately one in four adults tune in to broadcasts from RFA and VOA, we know our broadcasts play a vital role providing unbiased coverage of these elections,” said Michael Meehan, a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all U.S. international broadcasting.

VOA and RFA will provide broadcast and on-line coverage, including analysis and reaction to the process, the results, and the impact on the nation and its people. The multimedia programming includes election previews, reaction from exiles and other features.

The election comes at a key moment for the people of Burma: President Thein Sein has been making reforms, including freeing political prisoners, easing press restrictions, and engaging with opposition leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA has dispatched correspondent Daniel Schearf to Burma to file election coverage from Kawhmu outside Rangoon, where Suu Kyi, a life-long activist on behalf of democracy, is seeking one of 48 parliamentary seats. VOA Burmese reporter Kyaw Kyaw Thien also is headed to Burma to cover the election and the post-election climate.

RFA’s reporters on the ground include one attached to Suu Kyi’s campaign. This weekend, RFA will be in Naypyitaw, the Burmese capital, as the votes are counted — and with Suu Kyi as she awaits results. RFA Burmese has provided coverage of candidates, government officials and opposition leaders in the run-up to the vote.
(Leticia King/VOA)

ARLHS Spring Lites QSO Party and Contest

March 31 - April 8 2012

The weather in the Northern hemisphere has warmed up. Spring is here, and already there are quite a few ARLHS members activating light beacons around the world. With the band conditions improving almost daily, this could be the best lighthouse event in several years. You won't want to miss it!

Complete rules and operating guidelines can be found on line at http://arlhs.com/SL-2012-guidelines.html

Be sure to see the list of prizes, awards, and certificates.

And: The ARLHS memorial club station, W7QF, will be monitoring 14.270 and 7270 kHz to offer a Certificate of Achievement to anyone who works us during the contest week.
(Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society)

Radio Netherlands Program Preview, March 30-April 5

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

This week: Taking the reins

William Browder on the outrageous theft of his investment fund by Russian authorities and the virtual assassination of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky. A woman suffering from cancer discovers she has no health insurance and takes to lying to get what she needs. And a Kuwaiti man, repulsed by western stereotypes and Muslim fanatics, makes superheroes based on Allah’s attributes. He tells Jonathan how it became a spectacular success that made him enemies.

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: Fighting talk

It’s all about war. From restoring the Iraqi Marshlands after Saddam to why creating compost on an army base in Iraq can be a bit of a bummer. Plus, visiting the front line, nearly 100 years later.

First airing: Friday 03:00 UTC

South Asia Wired
Stories from South Asia.

This week:

In India's Maoist corridor, violence is committed on a daily basis - much of it sanctioned by the state. Our reporter visits a place where journalists are not welcome, to talk to the families of people who died in police custody.

(There'll be a new edition of the programme on Thursday 5 April)

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.

This week:

We have an exclusive interview with José Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on the massacre in Duékoué (Ivory Coast) one year ago this week. At least 800 people were killed, shortly after the town fell to troops loyal to President Alassane Ouattara.
Our West Africa correspondent Bram Posthumus travelled to Duékoué and made a report on the state of the town one year after the killings.
We have music from Guinea’s music legend Ba Cissoko. He speaks to us about the role of musicians in politics and about his favourite neighbourhood in the capital Conakry.
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.

This week: A socialist drive-in cinema in Tanzania

Was it a capitalist, or was it a socialist venture? In any case, it was a lot of fun. In the 1960s, Tanzania opened its own open air, drive-in cinema. The country was experimenting with socialism, so this cinema in Dar es Salaam can be seen, perhaps, as the first socialist drive-in on the planet.

With historian Laura Fair we look at this unusual project in the context of the immense popularity of cinema in Africa in the 1960s, and Tanzania’s push for development after independence.

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.

This week: From dark - by Karen Jennings, South Africa. The hell and horror of illegal mining.

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

This week: Who says I can’t fish?

Around one billion people in the world rely on fish as their primary source of protein, but fishermen in many parts of the world are having greater restrictions put on their fishing because of concerns about the level of fish stocks and the marine environment. The BBC World Service introduces us to Fred Normandale, one of the few remaining fishermen in the small town of Scarborough in the North East of England.

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.

This week:

A veteran of Ghanaian music, 75-year-old singer-guitarist Ibo Taylor appears with his young band Bonze Concoma.
Amsterdam’s popular Afrogroove formation Mdungu mixes traditional West African music with Western funk, jazz and rock.
In this week’s Dutch Delights spot it’s the New Cool Collective. This band feels at home everywhere and incorporates a wide range of styles, including Cuban and African.
And to end the show, there’s the Havana Cultura project by British DJ Giles Petersen and Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca.

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

Streaming audio www.netherlands.nl/

Radio Netherlands Worldwide English Service
Effective from: 25 March 2012 - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

English 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.

Voice of Russia, English Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East) pa (Pacific) va (various)

English

0000-0100 9665va (na/ca) 9800va (na/sa)
0100-0200 9665va (na/ca) 9800va (na/sa)
0200-0300 9665va (na/ca) 15425na
0300-0400 9665va (na/ca) 15425na
0400-0500 13775na 15760me
0500-0600 13755na
0600-0700 21800pa
0600-0700 DRM 11830eu
0700-0800 21800va (as/pa)
0700-0800 DRM 11830eu
0800-0900 21800va (as/pa)
0800-0900 DRM 9850eu 11830eu
0900-1000 9560as 15170as 21800va (as/pa)
0900-1000 DRM 9850eu 11830eu
1000-1100 9560as 11500as 15170as
1100-1200 9560as 11500as 12065as
1100-1200 DRM 12030as
1200-1300 DRM 9445as 12030as
1200-1300 9560as 11500as
1200-1300 DRM 9850eu
1300-1400 12065as
1300-1400 DRM 9850eu 12095eu
1400-1500 4975va (as/me) 9560as 11500as 11840as
1400-1500 DRM 12095eu
1500-1600 4975va (as/me) 9560as 11840as 15640me
1600-1700 DRM 6070as 7370eu
1600-1700 4975as 7285me 11985me
1700-1800 4975va (as/me) 7285va (af/me) 11985af 12040eu
1700-1800 DRM 7370eu
1800-1900 4975me 9900va (af/me) 12040eu
1800-1900 DRM 7370eu 9880eu
1900-2000 12040eu
1900-2000 DRM 6155eu
2000-2100 12040eu
2000-2100 DRM 6155eu
2100-2200 DRM 6155eu
2200-2300 9800va (ca/na)
2300-0000 9665va (ca/na) 9800va (na/sa)
(Elena Osipova/VOR 3/30/12) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager, Monitoring Times.

Radio Taiwan International Summer English Schedule

Effective from: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC
target areas as indicated

English

to Europe
1800-1900 6155

to North America
0200-0300 5950 East Coast
0200-0300 9680 Midwest
0300-0400 5950 West Coast
0500-0600 5950 West Coast

to Philippines
0100-0200 11875
1100-1200 9465

to Africa
1700-1800 15690

to South Asia
1600-1700 9440, 15485

to Southeast Asia
0300-0400 15320
1100-1200 7445
(Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tirunelveli, India, For A12 www.adxc.wordpress.com via http://english.rti.org.tw

NHK Radio Japan Summer Schedule

Schedule is reported as 'Tentative'

Not yet released: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/all_201203.pdf

Transmitters via: Armenia, Bonaire, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Lithuania, Madagascar, Palau, Russia, Singapore, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas and relay sites as indicated

Arabic
0600-0630 ME 11975iss
2015-2145 ME MW1350yer 89.3+107.2 MHz in Palestine

Bengali
1300-1345 swAS 11685sng

Burmese
1030-1100 seAS 11740sng
1430-1500 seAS 11740sng
2340-2400 seAS 13650 delete

Chinese
0900-0930 AS 6090
0930-1000 AS 6090
1200-1230 AS 6090
1300-1330 AS/seAS 6190 9455delete
1430-1500 AS 6190
1530-1600 AS 6190 delete
1600-1630 seAS 9720
2230-2250 AS 9560
2240-2300 seAS 13650 delete
2340-2400 AS 15195 delete
2340-2400 seAS 17810 delete

English
0500-0530 AF/EU 5975wof 11970iss
0500-0530 NoAM 6110sac
1000-1030 OC/Hawaii 9625 9695sng
1000-1030 seAS 9605 delete
1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode, 100kW 105degr
1200-1230 NoAM 6120sac
1200-1230 seAS 9695sng
1300-1330 AS 15735uzb
1400-1430 seAS 11705pal
1400-1430 AS 15735uzb
1400-1430 EU/AF 21560iss delete
1800-1830 AF 15720mdg NEW

French
0530-0600 AF 11730iss 13840mdg
1230-1300 AF 17690mdg delete
2030-2100 AF 11850mdg new time

Hindi
0130 0200 swAS 11740uzb
1430-1515 swAS 15745mdg

Indonesian
0945-1030 seAS 6140sng
1315-1400 seAS 11705pal
2300-2400 seAS 17810 extended time

Japanese
0000-0100 AS 11910
0000-0100 seAS 13680
0000-0200 AS 15415
0100-0700 AS 15195
0100-0500 ME/ceAS 17560
0200-0300 seAS 11780sng
0200-0400 SoAM 11935bon
0200-0500 CeAM 5960sac
0200-0500 soeaEUR/NE/ME/ceAS 11680wer
0200-1000 AS 15325
0300-0500 seAS 17810
0500-0800 ME/ceAS 17700
0500-0900 seAS 17585
0700-0800 AS 6165
0700-1700 AS 9750
0800-0900 ceAM 5970bon
0800-1200 ME/ceAS 17895
0800-1000 seAS 11740sng
0800-1000 AF 15290iss
0900-1000 ce/soAM 9795sac
0900-1700 seAS 11815
1000-1200 AS 15590
1200-1400 AS 15460
1200-1500 ME/ceAS 17660
1300-1500 no/ceAM 11655sac
1400-1600 AS 17670
1500-1700 AF/swAS/SoAS 12045sng
1500-1700 soEU/AF 17735iss
1500-1700 ME/ceAS 17765
1600-2000 ceAS/ME/NE 13710
1700-1900 AS 6035 7225
1700-1900 soAM 9835
1700-1900 soEU/AF 11945iss
1700-1900 ceAS/ME/NE 11995
1700-1900 noeaAF/NE/ME/ceAS 15445wer
1900-2100 seAS 9560
1900-2100 CeAS/ME/NE 11910
1900-2200 CeAS/ME/NE 11670 11965
2000-2100 OC 9625
2000-2330 ceAS/ME/NE 11725
2100-2200 seAS 9560
2100-2200 AS 11910
2200-2300 NE/ME 9620wer
2200-2330 seAS 13680
2200-2400 soAM 15265bon
2200-0100 AS 11855
2255-2400 seAS 13650
2330-2400 ceAS/ME/NE 15415

Korean
0915-0945 AS 6160 delete
1130-1200 AS 6090
1230-1300 AS 6190
1330-1400 AS 6190
1400-1430 AS 6190
1500-1530 AS 6190 delete
2200-2230 AS 9560

Persian
0400-0430 ME 11730uzb
1430-1500 ME 13680iss 88.0MHz Kabul
1630-1700 ME MW927tjk

Portuguese
0900-0930 soAM 6130chl
0930-1000 soAM 6195chl
2130-2200 soAM 11880chl

Russian
0330-0400 EU MW738msk MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 6165sit
0530-0600 AS 11760
0800-0830 AS 6165
1100-1130 AS 6090
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1600-1630 EU MW738msk MW927tjk

Spanish
0400-0430 soAM 6195bon
0500-0530 ceAM 6080bon
0930-1000 cesoAM 6080bon

Swahili
0315-0400 AF 7395mdg
1729-1800 AF 13730mdg

Thai
1130-1200 seAS 11740sng
1230-1300 seAs 9685sng
2300-2320 seAS 13650 delete

Urdu
1515-1600 swAS 13870dhb MW927tjk

Vietnamese
1100-1130 seAS 9695sng
1300-1330 seAS 11740sng
2320-2340 seAS 13650 delete

Relay codes:
bon Bonaire, Neth Antilles
chl Santiago, Chile
dhb Al Dhabayya, UAE
iss Issoudun, France
mdg Madagascar
msk Moscow, Russia
pal KHBN Palau
sac Sackville, Canada
sit Sitkunai, Lithuania
sng Kranji, Singapore
tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan
uzb Tashkent, Uzbekistan
wer Wertachtal, Germany
wof Woofferton UK
yer Gavar Yerevan, Armenia
(NHK Radio Japan, transformed by wb wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 21/Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany/HCDX)

Radio Free Asia Summer Schedule

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
all programming targeted to Asia

Burmese (4 hours daily)
0030-0130 12115, 15700, 17835
1230-1330 7390, 9335, 13675
1330-1400 7390, 9335, 12140
1400-1430 7390, 9335
1630-1730 9945




Cantonese (2 hours daily)
1400-1430 9605
1430-1500 7280, 9605
2200-2300 9720, 11785

Khmer (2 hours daily)
1230-1330 12140, 15145
2230-2330 5840, 13740

Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1700 648, 5820, 7210, 7455
1700-1800 648, 5820, 9975
1800-1900 648, 5820, 7465
2100-2200 648, 7460 9385 11945

Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 15545, 15690
1100-1200 9325, 15120

Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0400 13785, 15120, 15615, 15635, 17485, 17855, 21595, 21650
0400-0500 13760, 15615, 15635, 15660, 17615, 17855, 21480, 21580
0500-0600 13760, 15615, 15635, 15660, 17615, 17855, 21580, 21710
0600-0700 13760, 15615, 15635, 17495, 17615, 17855, 21720
1500-1600 9455, 9905, 11540, 11965, 12005, 13640, 13675
1600-1630 5855, 9455, 9905, 11540, 11870, 12005, 13675
1630-1700 5855, 9725, 9905, 11550, 11610, 11870, 13675
1700-1800 5855, 7280, 9355, 9455, 9540, 9905, 11695, 13780
1800-1900 7280, 7355, 9355, 9455, 9540, 9690, 11540, 13780
1900-2000 1098, 5855, 7260, 7355, 7435, 9355, 9455, 9875, 9905, 11785, 13780
2000-2100 1098, 5855, 6140, 7260, 7355, 7435, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11785
2100-2200 1098, 5855, 6140, 7355, 7435, 9455, 9905
2300-2400 7540, 9535, 11760, 11785, 15430, 15585

Tibetan (10 hours daily)
0100-0200 9680, 9885, 11695, 17505, 17730
0200-0300 9885, 11695, 11745, 17610, 17730
0600-0700 17510, 17765, 21500, 21690
1000-1100 13680, 15435, 17495
1100-1200 7470, 13830, 15670, 17495
1200-1400 7470, 11605, 13795, 13830, 15670
1500-1600 9370, 11585, 11795, 11835
2200-2300 7505, 9815, 9880
2300-2315 7505, 9805, 9815, 9875
2315-2400 7505, 9805, 9875, 9900

Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0130 9350, 9400, 11895, 11945, 17640
0130-0200 9350, 9400, 11895, 11945, 17635
1600-1700 9370, 9555, 9975, 11590

Vietnamese (2.5 hours daily)
0000-0030 7445, 11605, 13730, 15570
1400-1430 1503, 9715, 11605, 12075, 13640
1430-1500 9715, 11605, 12075, 13640
2300-2330 1503
2330-2400 1503, 7520, 11605, 13730, 15570
(Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Trirunelveli, India, For A12 www.adxc.wordpress.com Via AJ Janitschek)

MT March 2012 Air Show issue now available for Kindle

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Weekend Euro special programming

Dear Listeners,

E.M.R. Radio Gloria and HH Lokalradio are on the air this Sunday the 25th of March 2012

Station Name Time Slot Channels Relay station

HH Lokalradio 05.00 to 08.00 7265 kHz via MVBR

Radio Gloria 08.00 to 10.00 9480 kHz via MVBR
Radio Gloria 09.00 to 10.00 6140 kHz via Media
Radio Gloria 09.00 to 10.00 6005 kHz via Radio 700

E.M.R. 10.00 to 11.00 9480 kHz via MVBR

HH Lokalradio 11.00 to 12.00 7265 kHz via MVBR

Radio Gloria 12.00 to 14.00 9480 kHz via MVBR

HH Lokalradio 14.00 to 18.00 7265 kHz via MVBR

All Reception reports to HH Lokalradio: m.kittner@freenet.de

All Reception reports to Radio Gloria: radiogloria@aol.com

All Reception reports to E.M.R: studio@emr.org.uk

EMR Internet repeats on Sunday and Monday

Program repeats are at the following times: 10:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00 UTC

Please visit http://www.emr.org.uk/ and click on the “EMR internet radio” button

which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).
(Tom Taylor)

Trans World Radio Africa Summer Schedule

Via Swaziland and South Africa

Effective: 25 March - 28 October 2012

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
all programming targeted to Africa

Amharic
1630-1645 mt 9500af
1700-1715 Sun 9500af
1700-1730 mtwhfa 9500af
1730-1800 Sat 9500af

Chewa
0400-0445 Sat/Sun 5995af

Chokwe
1820-1835 6130af

English
0255-0300 Sun 3200af
0300-0325 Sun 3200af
0430-0500 mtwhf 3200af
0500-0600 3200af 9500af
0600-0700 3200af 9500af
0602-0700 6120af
0700-0800 3200af 6120af 9500af
1400-1455 4760af
1525-1555 Sat/Sun 4760af
1700-1800 3200af
1800-1900 3200af 9500af
1900-2000 3200af
2000-2030 Sat 3200af

Fiote
1905-1920 f 6130af

French
1440-1500 Sat 9585af
1500-1525 Sat 9585af
1935-1950 9450af
1950-2000 Sat 9450af
2000-2020 Sat 9450af

German
0400-0430 mtwhf 3200af 4775af
0400-0500 Sat/Sun 3200af 4775af

Hadiya
1645-1700 fa 9500af

Kambaata
1630-1645 fa 9500af

KiKongo
1850-1900 stwhf 6130af
1900-1905 smwhf 6130af

Kimbubdu
1950-2000 6130af
2000-2005 6130af

Kirundi
1557-1600 mtwhf 15105af
1600-1627 mtwhf 15105af

Kuanyama
1905-1920 Sun 6130af

Lingala
1905-1935 9940af

Lomwe
0342-0357 4775af
1510-1555 7315af

Luchazi
1905-1920 w 6130af

Lunyaneka
1905-1920 Sat 6130af

Luvale
1850-1900 m 6130af
1900-1905 m 6130af
1905-1920 h 6130af

Makhuwa
1355-1400 Sat 7315af

Makua
1455-1500 7315af
1500-1510 7315af

Malagasy
1455-1500 mtwhfs 9585af
1500-1525 mtwhfs 9585af

Ndau
0325-0340 3240af
1600-1630 Sat 3200af
1615-1645 Sun 3200af
1645-1700 3200af

Ndebele
0255-0300 mtwhf 3200af
0300-0310 Sat 3200af
0300-0325 mtwhf 3200af
1455-1500 4760af
1500-1525 4760af
1525-1555 mtwhf 4760af

Oromo
1630-1700 wh 9500af
1645-1700 smt 9500af
1715-1745 Sun 9500af
1730-1800 mtwhf 9500af

Portuguese
1355-1400 Sun 7315af
1400-1425 Sun 7315af
1425-1455 7315af
1630-1645 mf 3200af
1850-1900 Sat 6130af
1900-1905 Sat 6130af
1905-1920 mt 6130af
2005-2020 Sun 6130af

Shangaan
1545-1600 Sun 3200af
1600-1615 Sun 3200af
1630-1645 twfa 3200af
1920-1950 6130af

Shona
0255-0300 3240af
0300-0325 3240af
1555-1600 4760af
1600-1625 4760af

Swahili
1700-1745 9475af
1745-1800 Sat/Sun 9475af
1800-1815 Sat/Sun 9475af

Tshwa
1600-1630 mtwhf 3200af

Umbundu
1750-1800 mtwhf 6130af
1800-1820 mtwhf 6130af
1835-1850 6130af

Urdu
1400-1415 15360af
(TWR via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India) Reformatted by Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager-Monitoring Times)