XM/SIRIUS regulatory approvals said to be in final phase; lawyers skeptical about positive
implications from Whole Foods/Wild Oats approval
By Nadia Damouni and Bhavna Kaul in New York
Published: August 27 2007 23:24 Last updated: August 27 2007 23:24
The two main regulatory approvals needed to clear the XM Satellite Radio Holdings and SIRIUS Satellite Radio merger are believed to be in their final phase, it is understood. It is also understood, however, that the process could still take several months.
Meanwhile, lawyers interviewed for this article are skeptical as to whether the recent green light given to Whole Foods and Wild Oats by anti-trust regulators has any positive implications for this transaction.
Read more from the Financial Times at:
Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f75b6fbe-538e-11dc-a4a2-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Hungarian radio station fires two for depicting gay official
Hungary: Radio station fires 2 for depicting gay official with Nazi pink triangle on Web site The Associated PressPublished: August 29, 2007
BUDAPEST, Hungary: A Hungarian radio station on Wednesday fired two staff members after a gay government official was depicted on its Web site standing outside the Auschwitz concentration camp wearing a pink triangle, the symbol used by the Nazis to label homosexual men.
The photo montage showing State Secretary Gabor Szetey with a pink triangle on his suit in front of Auschwitz's main gate appeared Wednesday morning on the Web site of Lanchid Radio. It was later removed.
Read more about this story at:
International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/29/europe/EU-GEN-Hungary-Gay-Official.php
BUDAPEST, Hungary: A Hungarian radio station on Wednesday fired two staff members after a gay government official was depicted on its Web site standing outside the Auschwitz concentration camp wearing a pink triangle, the symbol used by the Nazis to label homosexual men.
The photo montage showing State Secretary Gabor Szetey with a pink triangle on his suit in front of Auschwitz's main gate appeared Wednesday morning on the Web site of Lanchid Radio. It was later removed.
Read more about this story at:
International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/29/europe/EU-GEN-Hungary-Gay-Official.php
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Radio Salaam Shalom update
Monday 27 August 2007 11:00-11:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Gerry Northam reports from Radio Salaam Shalom, a Muslim-Jewish online radio station launched in Bristol earlier this year. He explores the reasons behind the project and asks whether the volunteer presenters are changing their perceptions of each other's faith and culture.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/nimrg/
(Fred Waterer/ODXA)
Gerry Northam reports from Radio Salaam Shalom, a Muslim-Jewish online radio station launched in Bristol earlier this year. He explores the reasons behind the project and asks whether the volunteer presenters are changing their perceptions of each other's faith and culture.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/nimrg/
(Fred Waterer/ODXA)
DXpedition to British Columbia
Hi, folks.
Just returned from a 4 day visit to Masset, and was able to DX for 3 mornings (ie Sat - Mon). The first morning was rather disappointing as I had erected a 1000' West BOG which was dead in the morning, so I had to use my permanent N/S 450' Beverage only. Went to track down the problem only to find that the BNC connector wasn't attached to the matching transformer! Ugggh!!!. The next morning was better, of course, with the 2 Beverages, but nothing very spectacular. This morning was the best with a really good opening on LW to Russia (just about all the Russian FE LW transmitters heard quite well), and at dawn, some Filipinos really started to come in, as did some Aussies. Interestingly, the best antenna for these turned out to be a short normal Beverage aimed to the W/SW which I erected last night. Here are a few highlights: Walt Salmaniw, BC
By the way, I used a WinRadio 313e and an AOR 7030+, with a NRD-535D as a back up.
999 PHILIPPINES DYSS Super Radyo, Aug 27 1349 - Wow, just checked this frequency to hear multiple IDs for 'Super Radio' in Tagalog. 'Media Awards 2007' Radio GMA Incorporated and Cebu mentioned. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1026 PHILIPPINES DZAR Soshine Radio, Aug 27 1323 - I'm hearing English religious discussion with an accent which sounds Filipino to me. Fades up to fair level, but then back in the mud. Filipinos are occasionally heard in Masset, so I'm not sure who else this could be (although 2 others are listed, but this fits best with the religious content). 999 heard a few minutes earlier is also likely a Filipino station. Later: Very nicely fading up at 13:30 to good levels, cochannel oriental speaker. Reading letters at 13:40, mentioning Typhoon Dodo (?). Mentions of NCR (?National Capital Region, Manila?). Yes! Philipines mentioned. Old Israel....must be a settlement in the Philippines. Best heard on my shorter European Beverage erected only last night. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1062 PHILIPPINES DZEC Eagle Broadcasting Corp., Aug 27 13:59 - Nice clear ID just before 13:59 as 'Dee Zee E C, Eagle Broadcasting' in Filipino. Good reception. An excellent opening today to this part of Asia! Still going strong at 14:11 with Spanish Eyes. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1161 CHINA , Aug 26 1258 - Nice reception with EZL music until 12:59, and then more traditional oriental music. No obvious time pips at 13:00, though. May have faded down at the critical moment! Seemingly in CC, but with at least one other co-channel. Tentative!. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1575 THAILAND VOA, Aug 26 1151 - Strong S9 signal with English commentary by American accented male about President Putin of Russia. I'm suspecting AFN Japan as VOA Thailand (heard an hour earlier) is listed as in Burmese at this time. Ah, at 11:59, 'This is the Voice of America signing off', so must have been VOA after all. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
4052.5 GUATEMALA Radio Verdad, Aug 27 0435 - Decent S6 to S7 signal with too much summer static crashes marring an otherwise decent program of religious music. Take away the crashes, and I think I'd be able to easily follow the broadcast. As it is, it's too difficult to tell even the language. Further listening reveals American accented preacher in English. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
4775 SWAZILAND TWR, Aug 27 0451 - English programming in the clear, and free of static for the most part at good levels, although S meter is only at S5. Insight for Tomorrow program. Strongest African on the air right now. Much stronger than the 90 meter Meyerton transmissions. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
4930 BOTSWANA VOA, Aug 27 0453 - Another good signal, but seems to suffer more from static crashes than does Swaziland. Go figure! English science program. Reading S7 to S8. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
6030 CANADA CFVP, Aug 27 0504 - Classic Radio 1060 ID with surprisingly good signal (S9) followed by Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown. Some summer static. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
6045 RUSSIA Voice of Russia World Service, Aug 25 1402 - English news about Polish opposition to US interceptor rockets. S7 signal with minimal adjacent splatter. Good overall. Transmitter in Vladivostok. // 7165 excellent (also Vlad.), 9745 poor/fair. Program is to Asia. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
By the way, I used a WinRadio 313e and an AOR 7030+, with a NRD-535D as a back up.
999 PHILIPPINES DYSS Super Radyo, Aug 27 1349 - Wow, just checked this frequency to hear multiple IDs for 'Super Radio' in Tagalog. 'Media Awards 2007' Radio GMA Incorporated and Cebu mentioned. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1026 PHILIPPINES DZAR Soshine Radio, Aug 27 1323 - I'm hearing English religious discussion with an accent which sounds Filipino to me. Fades up to fair level, but then back in the mud. Filipinos are occasionally heard in Masset, so I'm not sure who else this could be (although 2 others are listed, but this fits best with the religious content). 999 heard a few minutes earlier is also likely a Filipino station. Later: Very nicely fading up at 13:30 to good levels, cochannel oriental speaker. Reading letters at 13:40, mentioning Typhoon Dodo (?). Mentions of NCR (?National Capital Region, Manila?). Yes! Philipines mentioned. Old Israel....must be a settlement in the Philippines. Best heard on my shorter European Beverage erected only last night. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1062 PHILIPPINES DZEC Eagle Broadcasting Corp., Aug 27 13:59 - Nice clear ID just before 13:59 as 'Dee Zee E C, Eagle Broadcasting' in Filipino. Good reception. An excellent opening today to this part of Asia! Still going strong at 14:11 with Spanish Eyes. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1161 CHINA , Aug 26 1258 - Nice reception with EZL music until 12:59, and then more traditional oriental music. No obvious time pips at 13:00, though. May have faded down at the critical moment! Seemingly in CC, but with at least one other co-channel. Tentative!. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
1575 THAILAND VOA, Aug 26 1151 - Strong S9 signal with English commentary by American accented male about President Putin of Russia. I'm suspecting AFN Japan as VOA Thailand (heard an hour earlier) is listed as in Burmese at this time. Ah, at 11:59, 'This is the Voice of America signing off', so must have been VOA after all. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
4052.5 GUATEMALA Radio Verdad, Aug 27 0435 - Decent S6 to S7 signal with too much summer static crashes marring an otherwise decent program of religious music. Take away the crashes, and I think I'd be able to easily follow the broadcast. As it is, it's too difficult to tell even the language. Further listening reveals American accented preacher in English. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
4775 SWAZILAND TWR, Aug 27 0451 - English programming in the clear, and free of static for the most part at good levels, although S meter is only at S5. Insight for Tomorrow program. Strongest African on the air right now. Much stronger than the 90 meter Meyerton transmissions. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
4930 BOTSWANA VOA, Aug 27 0453 - Another good signal, but seems to suffer more from static crashes than does Swaziland. Go figure! English science program. Reading S7 to S8. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
6030 CANADA CFVP, Aug 27 0504 - Classic Radio 1060 ID with surprisingly good signal (S9) followed by Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown. Some summer static. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
6045 RUSSIA Voice of Russia World Service, Aug 25 1402 - English news about Polish opposition to US interceptor rockets. S7 signal with minimal adjacent splatter. Good overall. Transmitter in Vladivostok. // 7165 excellent (also Vlad.), 9745 poor/fair. Program is to Asia. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)
Weekly radio propagation report
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
20 - 26 August 2007
Solar activity was very low to low this period. An impulsive C2.0/sn
flare was observed at 24/0754 UTC from Region 969 (S05, L=187,
class/area, Cso/110 on 25 August).
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
normal levels the entire period.
Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to unsettled levels during most of the period. ACE solar wind data indicated a recurrent coronal hole wind stream occurred during 25 - 26 August. Late on 25 August, the field responded with unsettled to active conditions at all latitudes, while minor to major storm levels were observed at high latitudes mid-day on the 25th. A co-rotating interaction region (CIR) preceded the onset of the stream and was associated with a solar sector boundary shift (away [+] to toward [-]) as well as a short-lived density increase (peak 36.5 p/cc at 25/1115 UTC).
The CIR was also associated with increased IMF Bt (peak 10.3 nT at 25/1438 UTC) and increased IMF Bz variability (minimum -8.1 nT at 25/1135 UTC and maximum +8.3 nT at 25/1216 UTC). The recurrent wind stream commenced mid-day on 26 August and reached a peak of 519.7 km/sec at 26/2307 UTC, and was still rising at the close of the summary period.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
29 August - 24 September 2007
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 29 August - 10 September, and again on 24 September.
Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected during 29 August - 01 September. Activity is expected to increase to active to minor storm levels on 02 - 03 September due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels during 04 - 05 September. Unsettled to active conditions are expected during 06 - 07 September as another recurrent high-speed stream disturbs the field. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels through 21 September. Unsettled to active conditions are expected 22 - 24 September due to another recurrent high-speed stream
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# Issued 2007 Aug 28
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2007 Aug 29 70 8 3
2007 Aug 30 70 5 2
2007 Aug 31 70 5 2
2007 Sep 01 70 5 2
2007 Sep 02 70 10 4
2007 Sep 03 70 20 5
2007 Sep 04 65 8 3
2007 Sep 05 65 5 2
2007 Sep 06 65 15 4
2007 Sep 07 65 15 4
2007 Sep 08 65 5 2
2007 Sep 09 65 5 2
2007 Sep 10 65 5 2
2007 Sep 11 65 5 2
2007 Sep 12 65 8 3
2007 Sep 13 65 8 3
2007 Sep 14 65 5 2
2007 Sep 15 65 5 2
2007 Sep 16 65 5 2
2007 Sep 17 70 5 2
2007 Sep 18 70 8 3
2007 Sep 19 70 5 2
2007 Sep 20 70 5 2
2007 Sep 21 70 8 3
2007 Sep 22 70 10 4
2007 Sep 23 70 10 4
2007 Sep 24 70 10 4
(NOAA)
20 - 26 August 2007
Solar activity was very low to low this period. An impulsive C2.0/sn
flare was observed at 24/0754 UTC from Region 969 (S05, L=187,
class/area, Cso/110 on 25 August).
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
normal levels the entire period.
Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to unsettled levels during most of the period. ACE solar wind data indicated a recurrent coronal hole wind stream occurred during 25 - 26 August. Late on 25 August, the field responded with unsettled to active conditions at all latitudes, while minor to major storm levels were observed at high latitudes mid-day on the 25th. A co-rotating interaction region (CIR) preceded the onset of the stream and was associated with a solar sector boundary shift (away [+] to toward [-]) as well as a short-lived density increase (peak 36.5 p/cc at 25/1115 UTC).
The CIR was also associated with increased IMF Bt (peak 10.3 nT at 25/1438 UTC) and increased IMF Bz variability (minimum -8.1 nT at 25/1135 UTC and maximum +8.3 nT at 25/1216 UTC). The recurrent wind stream commenced mid-day on 26 August and reached a peak of 519.7 km/sec at 26/2307 UTC, and was still rising at the close of the summary period.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
29 August - 24 September 2007
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 29 August - 10 September, and again on 24 September.
Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected during 29 August - 01 September. Activity is expected to increase to active to minor storm levels on 02 - 03 September due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels during 04 - 05 September. Unsettled to active conditions are expected during 06 - 07 September as another recurrent high-speed stream disturbs the field. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels through 21 September. Unsettled to active conditions are expected 22 - 24 September due to another recurrent high-speed stream
Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2007 Aug 28 2024 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
# Product description and SEC contact on the Web
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2007 Aug 28
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2007 Aug 29 70 8 3
2007 Aug 30 70 5 2
2007 Aug 31 70 5 2
2007 Sep 01 70 5 2
2007 Sep 02 70 10 4
2007 Sep 03 70 20 5
2007 Sep 04 65 8 3
2007 Sep 05 65 5 2
2007 Sep 06 65 15 4
2007 Sep 07 65 15 4
2007 Sep 08 65 5 2
2007 Sep 09 65 5 2
2007 Sep 10 65 5 2
2007 Sep 11 65 5 2
2007 Sep 12 65 8 3
2007 Sep 13 65 8 3
2007 Sep 14 65 5 2
2007 Sep 15 65 5 2
2007 Sep 16 65 5 2
2007 Sep 17 70 5 2
2007 Sep 18 70 8 3
2007 Sep 19 70 5 2
2007 Sep 20 70 5 2
2007 Sep 21 70 8 3
2007 Sep 22 70 10 4
2007 Sep 23 70 10 4
2007 Sep 24 70 10 4
(NOAA)
Blog Logs - Bolivia & Brazil
All times UTC // parallel frequency
BOLIVIA
3310 Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 2230-2239, 16 Aug, Quechua language, messages (tent SINPO 33341 with utility QRM.
4650.9 Radio Sta Ana, Sta Ana del Yacuma, 2207-2215, 15 Aug, Spanish, talks, songs; 34342, muffled audio, utility QRM.
4690.4 Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2230-2238, 13 Aug, Spanish, light songs;SINPO 34332.
4716.6 Radio Yura, Yura, 2235-2246, 13 Aug, Quechua, talks, Indian dances and songs with SINPO 35332.
4796.3 Radio Mallku, Uyuni, 2244-2253, 13 Aug, Aymara/Spanish, talks, tunes;SINPO 44332. CODAR QRM.
5952.6 Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2218-2227, 12 Aug, Spanish, listener phone-in with SINPO 44433.
6105.5 Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 2234-2244, 11 Aug, Spanish, songs; SINPO 55433.
4409.7 Radio Eco, Reyes, 2237-2245, 20 Aug, Spanish, light songs; SINPO 25231.
6155.1 Radio Fides, La Paz, 2235-2249, 20 Aug, Spanish, newscast,
advertisements, talks on home politics; noisy carrier. SINPO 33432 with adajacent QRM.
(all Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 21/22)
Brazil (all in Portuguese)
6135 Radio Aparecida 0925-0933 Pleasant Brazilian pops, 0927 live male announcers program to canned announcements. Promo/ID and back to music at 0929. Fairly nice signal but QRM from equal strength Santa Cruz on 6134.8. // 9629.98 which was clear but weaker.
6080.15 R. Novas de Paz 0936-0946 Easy pleasant Brazilian music, to male announcer briefly between songs at 0938 but just too difficult to copy due to pres. HCJB QRM. 0940 M anncr returned, then back to more mx, and same M again at 0944. // much better 9515 although some fading.
6104.96 Radio Filadelfia (pres.) Talk by male announcer at 1016-1019. Not // 9625. Just too weak and presumably too late.
9645.24 Radio Bandeirantes 0951 just tlk by male and female in Portuguese while tuned in briefly, and unmistakable cat meowing SFX played very often as they have in the past. 0952 ads. Ment of Brasil. Fady. Off freq quite a bit. There was a signal on 11925.23, but it wasn't strong enough to get any reasonable audio. Quite a few Brazilians on the bands this morning.
9664.98 Radio Marumby. Heard male talking around 0947 on tune through. Came back at 0954 and caught canned ad followed by complete canned ID anmnt w/freqs by male announcer, then easy Brazilian pop song 0956.
9530.03 Radio Trans Mundial (pres.) 0959 Possible religious program. Music to male announcer. Fanfare then more talk by announcer over music. Possible canned ID. Announcement at 1002 by M w/several mentions of "kilohertz" and AM but just couldn't copy an ID. Different male announcer at 1004 over music. Will have to keep an ear on this freq to get an recording of the ID. (Dave Valko-USA, hcdx Aug 23)
Medium wave stations begin to be audible at around 2030-2100, and there's a handful of channels where Brazilian carriers are noted and which continue throughout the night, an ex. thereof being VEN stn Ondas del Mar in Puerto Cabello 1380 kHz at 0736 on 16 Aug still getting Braz QRM.
3325 Radio Mundial, Sao Paulo SP, 2232-2250, 16 Aug, A Voz do Brasil, middle of part 2, with "Jornal da Camara dos Deputados". SINPO 45332.
3365 Radio Cultura, Araraquara SP, 2235-2246, 12 Aug, songs. SINPO 35231. Slightly better on 15 Aug at 2215 during "A Voz do Brasil" really.
3385 Radio Guaruja, Guaruja SP, 2215-2221, 15 Aug, A Voz do Brasil; SINPO 13341 with utility QRM.
4775 Radio Congonhas, Congonhas MG, 2146-..., 12 Aug, ads. SINPO 25331.
4785 Radio Caiari, Pto Velho RO, 2232-2239, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil part 2. SINPO 25331. This is not co-channel. Radio Brasil in SP due to Beverage antenna bearing.
4805 Radio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus AM, 2144-2156, 12 Aug, football match report. SINPO 54333. CODAR QRM. Note: no Voz do Brasil news 2200-2300.
4815 Radio Difusora, Londrina PR, 2247-..., A Voz do Brasil part 2. SINPO 23341.
4825 Radio Educadora, Braganca PA, 2142-2203, 12 Aug, Pop music. SINPO 44332,
4845.2 Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus AM, 2142-2155, 11 Aug, football match report. SINPO 43342, QRM de MTN. Radio COT does not relay "A Voz do Brasil" Nacional newscast 2200-2300.
4865 Radio Alvorada (?), Londrina PR, 2132-..., 12 Aug, sermon followed by "momentos de oracao". SINPO 34342, QRM via Bolivia.
4885 Radio Club do Para, Belem PA, 0855-f/ou1020, 12 Aug, songs in program "Club Madrugada" SINPO 35444.
4885 Radio Club do Para, Belem PA, 2031-2048, 12 Aug, football match report and ads. SINPO 45332.
4915 Radio CBN Anhangueera (tent), Goiania GO, 2205-2214, 12 Aug, religious program. SINPO 43332, QRM via Brazil.
4915 Radio Difusora, Macapa AP, 2205-2215, 12 Aug, end of program from Associacao Espirita de Macapa, songs. SINPO 43332, QRM via Brazil.
4925 Radio Educacao Rural, Tefe AM, 2214-2225, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil part 1. SINPO 24331, QRM de UNID, possibly Indonesia and splatter via China on 4920.
4935 Radio Capixaba, Vitoria ES, 2211-2224, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil, part 1. SINPO 35332.
4985 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 2250-..., 13 Aug, A Voz do Brasil, end of 2nd part. SINPO 55444.
5035 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2205-2218, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil cnational newscast. SINPO 33432, QRM de UNID, possibly Brazil too, but also a bit of signal splatter.
5035 Radio Educacao Rural, Coari AM, 2223-2234, 15 Aug, A Voz do Brasil. SINPO 33342. QRM via Radio Aparecida, also with VdoB, but the both weren't synchronised.
6000 Radio Guaiba, Pto Alegre RS, 2219-2228, 12 Aug, talks. SINPO 24331, adajacent QRM.
QRM.
6010 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG, 2207-2219, 11 Aug, songs. SINPO 44433, het. with 6010.1, posibly Colombia.
6020 Radio Gaucha, Pto Alegre RS, 2104-2116, 11 Aug, advertisements, program "Gaucha Desporto"; 34332, adajacent QRM; no Voz do Brasil 2200-2300.
6040 Radio Club Paranaense, Curitiba PR, 2215-2225, 11 Aug, advertisements, football match report. SINPO 44433.
6150 R. Record, Sao Paulo SP, 2246-2256, 11 Aug, f/ball match rpt. SINPO 43432, QRM via China.
BOLIVIA
3310 Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 2230-2239, 16 Aug, Quechua language, messages (tent SINPO 33341 with utility QRM.
4650.9 Radio Sta Ana, Sta Ana del Yacuma, 2207-2215, 15 Aug, Spanish, talks, songs; 34342, muffled audio, utility QRM.
4690.4 Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2230-2238, 13 Aug, Spanish, light songs;SINPO 34332.
4716.6 Radio Yura, Yura, 2235-2246, 13 Aug, Quechua, talks, Indian dances and songs with SINPO 35332.
4796.3 Radio Mallku, Uyuni, 2244-2253, 13 Aug, Aymara/Spanish, talks, tunes;SINPO 44332. CODAR QRM.
5952.6 Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2218-2227, 12 Aug, Spanish, listener phone-in with SINPO 44433.
6105.5 Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 2234-2244, 11 Aug, Spanish, songs; SINPO 55433.
4409.7 Radio Eco, Reyes, 2237-2245, 20 Aug, Spanish, light songs; SINPO 25231.
6155.1 Radio Fides, La Paz, 2235-2249, 20 Aug, Spanish, newscast,
advertisements, talks on home politics; noisy carrier. SINPO 33432 with adajacent QRM.
(all Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 21/22)
Brazil (all in Portuguese)
6135 Radio Aparecida 0925-0933 Pleasant Brazilian pops, 0927 live male announcers program to canned announcements. Promo/ID and back to music at 0929. Fairly nice signal but QRM from equal strength Santa Cruz on 6134.8. // 9629.98 which was clear but weaker.
6080.15 R. Novas de Paz 0936-0946 Easy pleasant Brazilian music, to male announcer briefly between songs at 0938 but just too difficult to copy due to pres. HCJB QRM. 0940 M anncr returned, then back to more mx, and same M again at 0944. // much better 9515 although some fading.
6104.96 Radio Filadelfia (pres.) Talk by male announcer at 1016-1019. Not // 9625. Just too weak and presumably too late.
9645.24 Radio Bandeirantes 0951 just tlk by male and female in Portuguese while tuned in briefly, and unmistakable cat meowing SFX played very often as they have in the past. 0952 ads. Ment of Brasil. Fady. Off freq quite a bit. There was a signal on 11925.23, but it wasn't strong enough to get any reasonable audio. Quite a few Brazilians on the bands this morning.
9664.98 Radio Marumby. Heard male talking around 0947 on tune through. Came back at 0954 and caught canned ad followed by complete canned ID anmnt w/freqs by male announcer, then easy Brazilian pop song 0956.
9530.03 Radio Trans Mundial (pres.) 0959 Possible religious program. Music to male announcer. Fanfare then more talk by announcer over music. Possible canned ID. Announcement at 1002 by M w/several mentions of "kilohertz" and AM but just couldn't copy an ID. Different male announcer at 1004 over music. Will have to keep an ear on this freq to get an recording of the ID. (Dave Valko-USA, hcdx Aug 23)
Medium wave stations begin to be audible at around 2030-2100, and there's a handful of channels where Brazilian carriers are noted and which continue throughout the night, an ex. thereof being VEN stn Ondas del Mar in Puerto Cabello 1380 kHz at 0736 on 16 Aug still getting Braz QRM.
3325 Radio Mundial, Sao Paulo SP, 2232-2250, 16 Aug, A Voz do Brasil, middle of part 2, with "Jornal da Camara dos Deputados". SINPO 45332.
3365 Radio Cultura, Araraquara SP, 2235-2246, 12 Aug, songs. SINPO 35231. Slightly better on 15 Aug at 2215 during "A Voz do Brasil" really.
3385 Radio Guaruja, Guaruja SP, 2215-2221, 15 Aug, A Voz do Brasil; SINPO 13341 with utility QRM.
4775 Radio Congonhas, Congonhas MG, 2146-..., 12 Aug, ads. SINPO 25331.
4785 Radio Caiari, Pto Velho RO, 2232-2239, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil part 2. SINPO 25331. This is not co-channel. Radio Brasil in SP due to Beverage antenna bearing.
4805 Radio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus AM, 2144-2156, 12 Aug, football match report. SINPO 54333. CODAR QRM. Note: no Voz do Brasil news 2200-2300.
4815 Radio Difusora, Londrina PR, 2247-..., A Voz do Brasil part 2. SINPO 23341.
4825 Radio Educadora, Braganca PA, 2142-2203, 12 Aug, Pop music. SINPO 44332,
4845.2 Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus AM, 2142-2155, 11 Aug, football match report. SINPO 43342, QRM de MTN. Radio COT does not relay "A Voz do Brasil" Nacional newscast 2200-2300.
4865 Radio Alvorada (?), Londrina PR, 2132-..., 12 Aug, sermon followed by "momentos de oracao". SINPO 34342, QRM via Bolivia.
4885 Radio Club do Para, Belem PA, 0855-f/ou1020, 12 Aug, songs in program "Club Madrugada" SINPO 35444.
4885 Radio Club do Para, Belem PA, 2031-2048, 12 Aug, football match report and ads. SINPO 45332.
4915 Radio CBN Anhangueera (tent), Goiania GO, 2205-2214, 12 Aug, religious program. SINPO 43332, QRM via Brazil.
4915 Radio Difusora, Macapa AP, 2205-2215, 12 Aug, end of program from Associacao Espirita de Macapa, songs. SINPO 43332, QRM via Brazil.
4925 Radio Educacao Rural, Tefe AM, 2214-2225, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil part 1. SINPO 24331, QRM de UNID, possibly Indonesia and splatter via China on 4920.
4935 Radio Capixaba, Vitoria ES, 2211-2224, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil, part 1. SINPO 35332.
4985 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 2250-..., 13 Aug, A Voz do Brasil, end of 2nd part. SINPO 55444.
5035 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2205-2218, 14 Aug, A Voz do Brasil cnational newscast. SINPO 33432, QRM de UNID, possibly Brazil too, but also a bit of signal splatter.
5035 Radio Educacao Rural, Coari AM, 2223-2234, 15 Aug, A Voz do Brasil. SINPO 33342. QRM via Radio Aparecida, also with VdoB, but the both weren't synchronised.
6000 Radio Guaiba, Pto Alegre RS, 2219-2228, 12 Aug, talks. SINPO 24331, adajacent QRM.
QRM.
6010 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG, 2207-2219, 11 Aug, songs. SINPO 44433, het. with 6010.1, posibly Colombia.
6020 Radio Gaucha, Pto Alegre RS, 2104-2116, 11 Aug, advertisements, program "Gaucha Desporto"; 34332, adajacent QRM; no Voz do Brasil 2200-2300.
6040 Radio Club Paranaense, Curitiba PR, 2215-2225, 11 Aug, advertisements, football match report. SINPO 44433.
6150 R. Record, Sao Paulo SP, 2246-2256, 11 Aug, f/ball match rpt. SINPO 43432, QRM via China.
9530 R. Transmundial, Sta Ma RS, 2145-2200*, 13 Aug, religious program to songs and e-mail info. Station slogan "TM - comunicando com a forca da palavra!", affilitated stns list; 44433.
9565 Radio Tupi, Curitiba PR, 2231-2246, 15 Aug, A Voz do Brasil with "Noticiario do Poder Judicial". SINPO 34433. Adajacent QRM.
9645.1 Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo SP, 2227-2233, 15 Aug, football news (so no Voz do Brasil). SINPO 42441. QRM via China RI 9640 in Castilian.
11735 R. Transmundial, Sta Ma RS, 1433-..., 12 Aug, religious lecture. SINPO 35343 and 2nd best 11 MHz B signal at 1445 on 15 Aug.
11784.8 Radio Guaiba, Pto Alegre RS, 2131-2143, 11 Aug, Advertisements to football match report. in Caxias do sul. SINPO 43443. Adajacent QRM.
11784.8 Radio Guaiba, Pto Alegre RS, 1439-1454, 15 Aug, Avertisements, announcements and newscast. SINPO 244432.
11804.8 Radio Globo, Rio de Jano RJ, 1430-1450, 15 Aug, program announcements. SINPO 34443 but deteriorating & was already vy. poor at 1450; QRM via Chinese jammer + UNID, probably RFA.
11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 2200-2223, 13 Aug, A Voz do Brasil part 1. SINPO 45444.
11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 1425-1515, 15 Aug, advertisements, sports news and announcements. Talks with SINPO 35443.
11830 Radio CBN Anhangueera, Goiania GO, 1433-1512, 15 Aug, prgr "CBN Mais Desporto", announcements, news. SINPO 34443, QRM de RUS (tent).
11855.1 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2135-2147, 11 Aug, songs in prgr "Pe na Estrada" SINPO 43442; // 5035, 6135 & 9630.
11925.1 Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo SP, 1436-1450, 15 Aug, program "Desporto Revista", advertisements. SINPO 333432.
11915.1 R. Guaiba, Porto Alegre RS, 2107-2114, 21 Aug, football news,
and advertisements. SINPO 442432.
(all Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22)
(Source: WWDXC Top News - BC-DX # 822)
9565 Radio Tupi, Curitiba PR, 2231-2246, 15 Aug, A Voz do Brasil with "Noticiario do Poder Judicial". SINPO 34433. Adajacent QRM.
9645.1 Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo SP, 2227-2233, 15 Aug, football news (so no Voz do Brasil). SINPO 42441. QRM via China RI 9640 in Castilian.
11735 R. Transmundial, Sta Ma RS, 1433-..., 12 Aug, religious lecture. SINPO 35343 and 2nd best 11 MHz B signal at 1445 on 15 Aug.
11784.8 Radio Guaiba, Pto Alegre RS, 2131-2143, 11 Aug, Advertisements to football match report. in Caxias do sul. SINPO 43443. Adajacent QRM.
11784.8 Radio Guaiba, Pto Alegre RS, 1439-1454, 15 Aug, Avertisements, announcements and newscast. SINPO 244432.
11804.8 Radio Globo, Rio de Jano RJ, 1430-1450, 15 Aug, program announcements. SINPO 34443 but deteriorating & was already vy. poor at 1450; QRM via Chinese jammer + UNID, probably RFA.
11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 2200-2223, 13 Aug, A Voz do Brasil part 1. SINPO 45444.
11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 1425-1515, 15 Aug, advertisements, sports news and announcements. Talks with SINPO 35443.
11830 Radio CBN Anhangueera, Goiania GO, 1433-1512, 15 Aug, prgr "CBN Mais Desporto", announcements, news. SINPO 34443, QRM de RUS (tent).
11855.1 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2135-2147, 11 Aug, songs in prgr "Pe na Estrada" SINPO 43442; // 5035, 6135 & 9630.
11925.1 Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo SP, 1436-1450, 15 Aug, program "Desporto Revista", advertisements. SINPO 333432.
11915.1 R. Guaiba, Porto Alegre RS, 2107-2114, 21 Aug, football news,
and advertisements. SINPO 442432.
(all Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22)
(Source: WWDXC Top News - BC-DX # 822)
Monday, August 27, 2007
Blog Logs - Australia
All times UTC - English unless otherwise stated // parallel frequency
2485 VL8K, Katherine VT, 1917-..., 15 Aug, English, talks; SINPO 25231; VL8A 6 VL8T not audible under QRN. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
2485 VL8K, Katherine VT, 1032 1050, 8/25/07, in EE. News headlines, agricultural report, short country song, agricultural report (including markets), football commentary. // 2310 VL8A (Alice Springs) very poor. (Taylor-WI)
4835 VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 2140-..., 12 Aug, E, chats, Austr. country music. SINPO 35231; worse on // 4910 VL8T. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
2485 VL8K, Katherine VT, 1917-..., 15 Aug, English, talks; SINPO 25231; VL8A 6 VL8T not audible under QRN. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
2485 VL8K, Katherine VT, 1032 1050, 8/25/07, in EE. News headlines, agricultural report, short country song, agricultural report (including markets), football commentary. // 2310 VL8A (Alice Springs) very poor. (Taylor-WI)
4835 VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 2140-..., 12 Aug, E, chats, Austr. country music. SINPO 35231; worse on // 4910 VL8T. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
4910 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 2132-2152, 16 Aug, English, ABC news cast till 2140, infos. weather forecast, songs; SINPO 44332 and deteriorating. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
6020 R. Australia, Shepperton VIC, 0933-1005, 12 Aug, Pidgin to PNG, news, radio theatre; SINPO 35433, vy. poor at 1000. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal).
2325 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 1851-1913, 21 Aug, English, songs, talks; SINPO 25231; // VL8K 2485 was a tiny better whereas VL8A 2310 was even worse. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
9580 R. Australia, SIO 333 1847. Announcer's text on Human Rights and the Cultureal Revolution worldwide. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)
9710 R. Australia, Shepperton VIC, 0950-1015, 22 Aug, Pidgin to Papua New Guinea, talks; SINPO 25432, so bad like a month ago. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 21/22)
(Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
6020 R. Australia, Shepperton VIC, 0933-1005, 12 Aug, Pidgin to PNG, news, radio theatre; SINPO 35433, vy. poor at 1000. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal).
2325 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 1851-1913, 21 Aug, English, songs, talks; SINPO 25231; // VL8K 2485 was a tiny better whereas VL8A 2310 was even worse. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
9580 R. Australia, SIO 333 1847. Announcer's text on Human Rights and the Cultureal Revolution worldwide. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)
9710 R. Australia, Shepperton VIC, 0950-1015, 22 Aug, Pidgin to Papua New Guinea, talks; SINPO 25432, so bad like a month ago. (Carlos Goncalves-Portugal, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 21/22)
(Carlos Goncalves-Portugal)
4910 VL8T Tennant Creek 1235-1255 Aug 16. Noted here instead of 2325. YL with last few minutes of nx, then wx at 1239; a few program notes and a promo for Australian of the Year balloting were followed at 1244 by a time check for "14 minutes past 10, 14 minutes past 8 in Western Australia;" the program "Night Life" followed, featuring a chat or interview between 2
men. Good signal. (John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 21
2485 VL8K Katherine 1150-1230 Aug 17. Not heard this day; checked 5025 but could not tell if there due to Rebelde's strong presence. Did not check on subsequent days.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 21)
(Source: WWDXC Top News-BC DX #822/ NASWA FlashSheet #291)
men. Good signal. (John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 21
2485 VL8K Katherine 1150-1230 Aug 17. Not heard this day; checked 5025 but could not tell if there due to Rebelde's strong presence. Did not check on subsequent days.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 21)
(Source: WWDXC Top News-BC DX #822/ NASWA FlashSheet #291)
UK's Radio Caroline denied license to test DRM
Rob Leighton of Radio Caroline writes: Back in May this year we started talking to Graham Warren, Head of Broadcast Technical Policy at Ofcom, with the intention of applying for a 12 month test & development licence to relay Caroline’s Satellite Service from the UK, using 1kW on either 41m or 49m shortwave.
We proposed carrying out research into the ruggedness of DRM reception when the signal was subjected to conditions of severe selective fading as found in and around the edge of a shortwave transmitter’s skip zone. We proposed using a 50/50 mix of DRM and AM, so that listeners with traditional AM shortwave receivers could listen to our AM programmes and be informed of what was happening when we switched to DRM mode, and how they could contribute data if they wished to be involved with the research findings. By proposing these tests we envisaged introducing Caroline to a substantial new audience of European shortwave listeners, whilst at the same time promoting the use of a new, efficient, high quality digital modulation technique and contributing to DRM’s global pool of knowledge. Listeners to our AM transmissions using traditional receivers would be fully aware of what we were doing at the AM/DRM switch-over, would be told how and when to decode our DRM signals, and from where to obtain the necessary software and equipment. We received a reply from Ofcom earlier this month, in which Mr Warren informed us that the particular aspect of research we had proposed had already been investigated, and that our licence request was therefore unsuccessful. Naturally we are disappointed, as the granting of the licence we requested should have resulted in a win-win situation for everyone.
But it’s understandable that Ofcom have little desire to grant a test & development licence to repeat aspects of research that have already been completed. We still have other confidential irons in the fire - Caroline has never liked the word ‘no’!
(Source: Rob Leighton, Radio Caroline/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
We proposed carrying out research into the ruggedness of DRM reception when the signal was subjected to conditions of severe selective fading as found in and around the edge of a shortwave transmitter’s skip zone. We proposed using a 50/50 mix of DRM and AM, so that listeners with traditional AM shortwave receivers could listen to our AM programmes and be informed of what was happening when we switched to DRM mode, and how they could contribute data if they wished to be involved with the research findings. By proposing these tests we envisaged introducing Caroline to a substantial new audience of European shortwave listeners, whilst at the same time promoting the use of a new, efficient, high quality digital modulation technique and contributing to DRM’s global pool of knowledge. Listeners to our AM transmissions using traditional receivers would be fully aware of what we were doing at the AM/DRM switch-over, would be told how and when to decode our DRM signals, and from where to obtain the necessary software and equipment. We received a reply from Ofcom earlier this month, in which Mr Warren informed us that the particular aspect of research we had proposed had already been investigated, and that our licence request was therefore unsuccessful. Naturally we are disappointed, as the granting of the licence we requested should have resulted in a win-win situation for everyone.
But it’s understandable that Ofcom have little desire to grant a test & development licence to repeat aspects of research that have already been completed. We still have other confidential irons in the fire - Caroline has never liked the word ‘no’!
(Source: Rob Leighton, Radio Caroline/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Shabelle Radio and US Embassy in Nairobi promote peace
Shabelle Media Network, an independent media house in Somalia, has begun broadcasting a peace promoting programme sponsored by the United States Embassy in Nairobi. The programme includes panel discussions about the promotion of peace-building by key figures such as clan elders, intellectuals, scholars and politicians. Shabelle Media Network already produces dramas to create peace and community well-being.
The programme started on 15 August. Abdimalik Yusuf, Chief Executive Officer of Shabelle Media Network said “Shabelle has always played a vital role in peace promotion in war-torn Somalia since it was founded in 2002.” He said the radio play “Qomamo” (Regrettable) which was aired through Shabelle Radio, guided millions of Somali militiamen to a new life by abandoning the life of violence and the wild loyalty to warlordism.
“After we aired Qomamo for over a year and half, the young men on the streets with the guns began to realize that they were being used by warlords and they dropped the guns they were using for killing” Said Abdimaalik. He is confident that this new programme will help Somalis think more about peace and security.
(Source: Shabelle Media Network/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
The programme started on 15 August. Abdimalik Yusuf, Chief Executive Officer of Shabelle Media Network said “Shabelle has always played a vital role in peace promotion in war-torn Somalia since it was founded in 2002.” He said the radio play “Qomamo” (Regrettable) which was aired through Shabelle Radio, guided millions of Somali militiamen to a new life by abandoning the life of violence and the wild loyalty to warlordism.
“After we aired Qomamo for over a year and half, the young men on the streets with the guns began to realize that they were being used by warlords and they dropped the guns they were using for killing” Said Abdimaalik. He is confident that this new programme will help Somalis think more about peace and security.
(Source: Shabelle Media Network/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
French to reform international broadcasting
Le Figaro reports that, under the auspices of the Elysee, the French government intends to settle the tricky issue of foreign radio and television broadcasting by the end of the year. 300 million euros are spent each year to finance the various uncoordinated entities which make it up. One year after the launch of the international news channel France 24, says the newspaper, the need to reconfigure this loose conglomeration has never been so great, both in terms of strategy and costs.
At this stage the formation of a holding company overseeing TV5, France 24, and Radio France Internationale (RFI) is said to hold the state’s attention. This would give the state some time to study the case of RFI, which is to be modernized. While the presence in Africa and the Middle East remains strategic, its broadcasting in Europe deserves to be rethought by favouring associations with local radio stations and the use of the Internet, says Le Figaro.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
At this stage the formation of a holding company overseeing TV5, France 24, and Radio France Internationale (RFI) is said to hold the state’s attention. This would give the state some time to study the case of RFI, which is to be modernized. While the presence in Africa and the Middle East remains strategic, its broadcasting in Europe deserves to be rethought by favouring associations with local radio stations and the use of the Internet, says Le Figaro.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Al - Jazeera English plans more autonomy over regional news
August 27th, 2007 - 14:26 UTC by Andy
The Qatar-based international satellite TV news channel Al-Jazeera English (AJE) is preparing to give its three broadcast centres outside Doha (Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington) more autonomy over regional news agendas later this year, according to AJE managing director Nigel Parsons.
His remarks were reported on 27 August by Content Asia, an Asia-based information resource aimed at the entertainment industry (http://www.contentasia.tv/ ). He was speaking on the sidelines of the recent Global Brand Forum in Singapore.
Parsons said centralized control in Doha for AJE’s first six months on air meant other broadcast centres had not been used as effectively as they could be. “We were terrified of creating four channels instead of one,” the report quoted him as saying.
AJE continues to be monitored in Singapore “to see if we are safe to unleash on the local population,” Parsons added. AJE has secured distribution in Malaysia and Indonesia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand, but is still waiting for a broadcasting licence in India, the Content Asia report noted.
(Source: BBC Monitoring research 27 Aug 07/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
The Qatar-based international satellite TV news channel Al-Jazeera English (AJE) is preparing to give its three broadcast centres outside Doha (Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington) more autonomy over regional news agendas later this year, according to AJE managing director Nigel Parsons.
His remarks were reported on 27 August by Content Asia, an Asia-based information resource aimed at the entertainment industry (http://www.contentasia.tv/ ). He was speaking on the sidelines of the recent Global Brand Forum in Singapore.
Parsons said centralized control in Doha for AJE’s first six months on air meant other broadcast centres had not been used as effectively as they could be. “We were terrified of creating four channels instead of one,” the report quoted him as saying.
AJE continues to be monitored in Singapore “to see if we are safe to unleash on the local population,” Parsons added. AJE has secured distribution in Malaysia and Indonesia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand, but is still waiting for a broadcasting licence in India, the Content Asia report noted.
(Source: BBC Monitoring research 27 Aug 07/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Radio may survive this, too
Broadcasters hope MP3s and satellite radio won't kill terrestrial market
August 26, 2007
With all these new gadgets for listening to music -- from MP3s to state-of-the-art cell phones and laptops, not to mention satellite radio -- it's a wonder anyone is listening to good old-fashioned terrestrial radio.
One theory says that so many listeners are spending money on newfangled technology that the ones left tuning in to terrestrial radio are doing so only because they can't afford the new toys.
Read more from the Baltimore Sun at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-al.eye26aug26,0,7435523.story
August 26, 2007
With all these new gadgets for listening to music -- from MP3s to state-of-the-art cell phones and laptops, not to mention satellite radio -- it's a wonder anyone is listening to good old-fashioned terrestrial radio.
One theory says that so many listeners are spending money on newfangled technology that the ones left tuning in to terrestrial radio are doing so only because they can't afford the new toys.
Read more from the Baltimore Sun at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-al.eye26aug26,0,7435523.story
New Ryan Seacrst radio program launches in U.K.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in nearly 15 years, an American DJ will be syndicated throughout the U.K. and on London radio. Premiere Radio Networks and GCap's One Network announced today the launch of The Entertainment Edge with Ryan Seacrest on U.K. radio waves. The custom show will air on Capital 95.8 FM on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon on GCap's regional One Network, and will feature interviews with today's celebrities coupled with CHR chart topping songs.
Read more at:
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAM02827082007-1.htm
Read more at:
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAM02827082007-1.htm
Ryan Seacrest photo/CNN
Sunday, August 26, 2007
DXers Unlimited - August 25-26
Radio Havana Cuba
Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited’s weekend edition for 25-26 August 2007
By Arnie Coro CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados around the world and in orbiting planet Earth…welcome to the weekend edition of your favorite radio hobby program that you are picking up under rather difficult propagation conditions due to a combination of very low solar activity and the effects of a disturbing high speed solar wind impacting into the Earth’s magnetosphere… But, if you stay up late, your lack of sleep will be rewarded by much better propagation conditions than those prevailing during your local daylight hours, as we are still in the summer, when that happens due to the high temperatures reached by the ionosphere in the sunlit hemisphere… Item two:
Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited’s weekend edition for 25-26 August 2007
By Arnie Coro CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados around the world and in orbiting planet Earth…welcome to the weekend edition of your favorite radio hobby program that you are picking up under rather difficult propagation conditions due to a combination of very low solar activity and the effects of a disturbing high speed solar wind impacting into the Earth’s magnetosphere… But, if you stay up late, your lack of sleep will be rewarded by much better propagation conditions than those prevailing during your local daylight hours, as we are still in the summer, when that happens due to the high temperatures reached by the ionosphere in the sunlit hemisphere… Item two:
Despite the poor propagation there are small windows when somewhat better HF conditions make possible picking up DX stations. For example, Friday morning, while testing my new fan dipole that was provisionally installed at just 3 meters, that’s about 10 feet above my reinforced concrete roof, I tried to check in on the 14245 kilohertz DX net, and despite the high noise level, and also high ionospheric absorption about an hour before local noon, I was able to work a station in California and another one in Arizona, where it was much earlier in the morning, so their reception of my signals was much better.
The twenty meter band was open for short skip from Havana to Northern Florida, possibly via a sporadic E cloud and to the west coast of North America via typical F2 layer propagation. The fan dipole is showing a 1.8 to 1 standing wave ratio, possibly due to its close proximity to ground…The antenna is fed with 50 ohms coaxial cable using a one to one balun, or balanced to unbalanced broadband transformer at the feed point. I would had preferred to feed this antenna with a 350 to 400 ohms impedance open wire balanced line, but this wasn’t possible because the way the open wire line had to be routed into the shack…
The twenty meter band was open for short skip from Havana to Northern Florida, possibly via a sporadic E cloud and to the west coast of North America via typical F2 layer propagation. The fan dipole is showing a 1.8 to 1 standing wave ratio, possibly due to its close proximity to ground…The antenna is fed with 50 ohms coaxial cable using a one to one balun, or balanced to unbalanced broadband transformer at the feed point. I would had preferred to feed this antenna with a 350 to 400 ohms impedance open wire balanced line, but this wasn’t possible because the way the open wire line had to be routed into the shack…
Tests at the low height above the roof show that the antenna works between 10 megaHertz and 29.6 megaHertz, something that was expected after modeling the antenna using the Japanese freeware MMANA antenna modeling software…This antenna is also a good performer for listening to international short wave broadcast stations operating on the 31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 13 and 11 meter bands. So my new coaxial cable fed fan dipole provides nice reception on seven of the international shortwave broadcast bands, and the possibility of transmitting and receiving on the 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meter amateur bands. Efficiency on 30 meters is down by about maybe 2 dB from a reference dipole, while on the 10 meters band it is up by almost the same 2dB as compared to a half wave dipole cut for the 10 meters band.
This antenna is used with my wide range PI network antenna coupler or tuning unit, which provides a one to one standing wave ratio all over the antenna’s operating range.
Of course those losses are higher with the coaxial cable down lead than with the open wire line, but in actual practice it is difficult to tell the difference between the two feed lines. The antenna is made using six wires of identical length, each exactly 5 meters long… one of them is placed horizontally and the other two spread upwards and downwards from the feed point, so that when they reach the end, they are separated by 1 and a quarter meters from the center horizontal wire…
This antenna is used with my wide range PI network antenna coupler or tuning unit, which provides a one to one standing wave ratio all over the antenna’s operating range.
Of course those losses are higher with the coaxial cable down lead than with the open wire line, but in actual practice it is difficult to tell the difference between the two feed lines. The antenna is made using six wires of identical length, each exactly 5 meters long… one of them is placed horizontally and the other two spread upwards and downwards from the feed point, so that when they reach the end, they are separated by 1 and a quarter meters from the center horizontal wire…
The name of the antenna is a FAN BROADBAND DIPOLE, and ideally it should be fed with an optimized 350 to 400 ohms open wire transmission line…It is a nice general purpose antenna for amateur radio and short wave listening that can be built at low cost and can be installed when only about 12 meters or horizontal space is available, and even less if you install it as a sloper, that is with the antenna tilted at an angle between 20 and 45 degrees.
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Si amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis, you are listening to the weekend edition of Radio Havana Cuba’s Dxers Unlimited. I am Arnie Coro, radio amateur CO2KK and here is item three of today’s program…more radio experiments with the parts recycled from inside discarded compact fluorescent light bulbs. I have just successfully tested two of the power transistors removed from a lamp that broke down when a friend was cleaning it…
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Si amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis, you are listening to the weekend edition of Radio Havana Cuba’s Dxers Unlimited. I am Arnie Coro, radio amateur CO2KK and here is item three of today’s program…more radio experiments with the parts recycled from inside discarded compact fluorescent light bulbs. I have just successfully tested two of the power transistors removed from a lamp that broke down when a friend was cleaning it…
Both transistors tested OK and I already used one to replace the series pass power transistor in an old power supply that was built many years ago. It is used now to power an ancient laptop computer that no longer runs from its battery, and the power transistor was damaged when the two output terminal wires touched with each other causing a short circuit, something that in the case of this very old design of simple DC regulated power supply was not taken into consideration… So, I thought that maybe the transistor removed from the damaged lamp could work there, and sure, it works quite well, as both its voltage and current ratings are well above the requirements of the circuit. Now I have two other similar transistors ready to replace the audio output pair of a friend’s amplifier that was destroyed also by a short circuit of the output terminals!!!
Another possible application of the recycled power transistors removed from the small printed circuit boards inside the compact fluorescent energy saver lamps is as radio frequency amplifiers for low frequency amateur radio transmitters, maybe up to the 80 meters band, but not higher because the transition frequency, that is the frequency at which amplification by the device equals to one, for these transistors is no higher than 20 megaHertz or so…The typical accepted ratio for RF amplifier transistors is that they should have a transition frequency of at least ten times the frequency that they are going to operate as an amplifier.
Sure my friends, just by recycling electronics equipment you will be able to have a nice stock of parts that will cost you nothing and provide a lot of options for building new circuits.
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You are listening to Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers Unlimited and I invite you to send your signal reports and comments about this and other Radio Havana Cuba programs to my e-mail address: arnie@rhc.cu and VIA AIR MAIL, send your postcards and letters to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, and Havana, Cuba…
Another possible application of the recycled power transistors removed from the small printed circuit boards inside the compact fluorescent energy saver lamps is as radio frequency amplifiers for low frequency amateur radio transmitters, maybe up to the 80 meters band, but not higher because the transition frequency, that is the frequency at which amplification by the device equals to one, for these transistors is no higher than 20 megaHertz or so…The typical accepted ratio for RF amplifier transistors is that they should have a transition frequency of at least ten times the frequency that they are going to operate as an amplifier.
Sure my friends, just by recycling electronics equipment you will be able to have a nice stock of parts that will cost you nothing and provide a lot of options for building new circuits.
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You are listening to Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers Unlimited and I invite you to send your signal reports and comments about this and other Radio Havana Cuba programs to my e-mail address: arnie@rhc.cu and VIA AIR MAIL, send your postcards and letters to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, and Havana, Cuba…
Now here is our next item… its la numero uno, the most popular section of Dxers Unlimited… YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, and Arnie answers them… Today’s question was sent by listener
Randolph from Vancouver, Canada. Randy as he signs his e-mail tells me that he listens to our 6000 kilohertz program from 05 to 07 hours UTC, but he says that he is also able to pick our 11760 kilohertz English broadcast during his local early afternoon hours. Randy wants to know if would be possible to make a compact antenna for the 6000 kilohertz frequency because he calculated the size of a half wave dipole and came up with a total length of 23.83 meters that is a bit more than 78 feet, and he says that there is not enough space available for such a long
antenna at his QTH.
Randolph from Vancouver, Canada. Randy as he signs his e-mail tells me that he listens to our 6000 kilohertz program from 05 to 07 hours UTC, but he says that he is also able to pick our 11760 kilohertz English broadcast during his local early afternoon hours. Randy wants to know if would be possible to make a compact antenna for the 6000 kilohertz frequency because he calculated the size of a half wave dipole and came up with a total length of 23.83 meters that is a bit more than 78 feet, and he says that there is not enough space available for such a long
antenna at his QTH.
Well amigo Randy, you can make a much shorter antenna and still have it resonate on 6.000 megaHertz, something easily achieved with the use of two loading coils that are inserted at points halfway between each leg of the dipole. I have already sent you a very easy to work with computer program that will allow you to calculate how to build your two coils, using easily available materials. Many radio amateurs around the world use such compact inductively loaded antennas, especially popular among the designers of Yagi type beam antennas capable of working on the three most popular higher frequency ham bands, 20, 15 and 10 meters. Those Yagi beam antennas use four coils on each element, that are part of wave traps used to isolate part of the antenna so that it will operate on three bands. Amigo Randy, you can also add another pair of wire element in pararell with the main six megaHertz band antenna, so a nice combination dual band or tri band antenna can be built at very low cost, and let me tell you that these antennas are pretty effective.
AH… before I forget… if you want to resonate the antenna exactly to a center operating frequency, then you will need at least an instrument known as a grid dip meter , in order to be able to actually measure the frequency at which the antenna resonates, after you install the two loading coils. My experience with the software program I use to calculate the coils is that it produces very accurate results, but if you really want to have the antenna tuned to an exact frequency of resonance, then the use of at least a grid dip meter is essential.
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This is the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited and here is item five … DX tips for radio amateurs, that can make very good use of them if you happen to live in North America and the Caribbean and do stay awake well into the late evening… Yes, these tips are particularly effective starting at around midnight your local time, I repeat if you live anywhere in North America and the Caribbean…
AH… before I forget… if you want to resonate the antenna exactly to a center operating frequency, then you will need at least an instrument known as a grid dip meter , in order to be able to actually measure the frequency at which the antenna resonates, after you install the two loading coils. My experience with the software program I use to calculate the coils is that it produces very accurate results, but if you really want to have the antenna tuned to an exact frequency of resonance, then the use of at least a grid dip meter is essential.
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This is the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited and here is item five … DX tips for radio amateurs, that can make very good use of them if you happen to live in North America and the Caribbean and do stay awake well into the late evening… Yes, these tips are particularly effective starting at around midnight your local time, I repeat if you live anywhere in North America and the Caribbean…
Propagation along the darkness path to your west and southwest will provide some nice contacts for radio amateurs and possibilities of monitoring for short wave listeners into Australia, New Zealand, Japan and many of the Pacific islands. Several high power broadcast transmitting stations will provide nice “beacons” to tell you how the band conditions are behaving at any given moment. Transmitters in the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea equipped with big antennas will be the first ones to be heard and the last ones to fade out, while lower power amateur radio stations will be start to be heard when the opening improves and disappear when propagation starts to drop…
At this time of the year and stage of the solar cycle, it is certainly nice to stay up late, because your chances of working or hearing DX increase many times as compared to daytime operation.
And now amigos as always at the end of the show, here is Arnie Coro’s Dxers' Unlimited’s propagation update and forecast… Just one sunspot group and it is certainly a small and of simple structure, so the daily sunspot number is the rock bottom 12, a bit higher than during the previous several days with zero sunspot count. The proton density of the solar wind has increased quite a bit, and that may trigger geomagnetic disturbances at high latitudes. The general description for short wave propagation conditions can be resumed with one single word: POOR, because of the combination of very low solar activity and the incoming high speed solar wind with high proton density…
And now amigos as always at the end of the show, here is Arnie Coro’s Dxers' Unlimited’s propagation update and forecast… Just one sunspot group and it is certainly a small and of simple structure, so the daily sunspot number is the rock bottom 12, a bit higher than during the previous several days with zero sunspot count. The proton density of the solar wind has increased quite a bit, and that may trigger geomagnetic disturbances at high latitudes. The general description for short wave propagation conditions can be resumed with one single word: POOR, because of the combination of very low solar activity and the incoming high speed solar wind with high proton density…
Don’t expect Sporadic E openings, because the season has now, for all practical purposes arrived to its end… Tune in for the mid week edition of Dxers Unlimited next Tuesday and Wednesday UTC days amigos, and don’t forget to send your signal reports, comments about the show and radio hobby related questions to arnie@rhc.cu or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Egypt to adjust time September 7
Winter time starts September 7
"Egypt will start its wintertime as of Friday, September 7," Cabinet
Spokesman Magdi Radi announced Wednesday 22/8/2007. This means that Egyptians will set their clocks one hour backward.
Egypt operates Daylight-Saving Time between the last Friday in April and the last Thursday in September when the clocks are a 3 hours ahead of UTC.
The date will change a little bit this year because of Ramadan, the Holy Muslims fasting month due to start Thursday, September 13.
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous Aug 23
(Source: WB, Germany/HCDX)
"Egypt will start its wintertime as of Friday, September 7," Cabinet
Spokesman Magdi Radi announced Wednesday 22/8/2007. This means that Egyptians will set their clocks one hour backward.
Egypt operates Daylight-Saving Time between the last Friday in April and the last Thursday in September when the clocks are a 3 hours ahead of UTC.
The date will change a little bit this year because of Ramadan, the Holy Muslims fasting month due to start Thursday, September 13.
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous Aug 23
(Source: WB, Germany/HCDX)
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Jeremy Paxman likens BBC to Stalin's Russia
Jeremy Paxman said working with the BBC was like living in Stalin's Russia last night as he launched a scathing attack on his employer. In Full: Jeremy Paxman's MacTaggart Lecture. The Newsnight presenter accused the corporation of staking its future on "one five-year plan, one resoundingly empty slogan after anotherHe said management initiatives such as One BBC, Making it Happen and Creative Futures all "blur into one great vacuous blur".
"I can't even recall what the current one is," Paxman said during the landmark MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh television festival.
"I can't even recall what the current one is," Paxman said during the landmark MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh television festival.
Read more at Telegraph co.uk:
Costas On the Radio
Costas On the Radio, is now heard on over 160 stations via Premiere Radio. This weekend you can hear an interview with comedian/actor/writer/producer Billy Crystal and Costas will also discuss the price of NFL glory, including the risks professional football players take by stepping on the field and whether the union is abandoning its retired players in need. Plus, he’ll look back at a memorable interview with beloved Yankees Announcer Phil Rizzuto, who passed away last week at age 89.
Costas on the Radio
Premiere Radio Network
Agreements reached in royalty fees
SoundExchange has reached an agreement with the Digital Media Association whose members include large music webcasters, to cap royalty fees at $50,000 per webcaster per year. The groups are still negotiating to set the rates for each play of a song, the two groups said. The new rates were set by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) of the Library of Congress in early March and went into effect May 1, retroactive to the start of last year. The first payments under the new rates were due July 15 (read more - Computer World)
Don't interfer with what listerners enjoy
By Bud Walters
Imagine turning on your home or car radio to your favorite channel on the FM dial only to find fuzz or interference. Radio is reliable — fuzz or interference is not supposed to happen, and there is good reason it usually doesn't.
The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates radio stations, has protections in place to prevent interference on FM channels. But believe it or not, some in Congress are challenging these protections and advocating for their erosion. This proposed legislation would repeal critical parts of the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act, a bill that allowed the FCC to license low-power FM stations while instituting precautions designed to prevent interference with existing, full power FM broadcasters. As a result of this law, more than 700 low-power FM stations have received licenses, with over 100 more requests pending.
Read more from The Tennesseean at
:http://www.Tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/OPINION01/708230409/1007
Imagine turning on your home or car radio to your favorite channel on the FM dial only to find fuzz or interference. Radio is reliable — fuzz or interference is not supposed to happen, and there is good reason it usually doesn't.
The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates radio stations, has protections in place to prevent interference on FM channels. But believe it or not, some in Congress are challenging these protections and advocating for their erosion. This proposed legislation would repeal critical parts of the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act, a bill that allowed the FCC to license low-power FM stations while instituting precautions designed to prevent interference with existing, full power FM broadcasters. As a result of this law, more than 700 low-power FM stations have received licenses, with over 100 more requests pending.
Read more from The Tennesseean at
:http://www.Tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/OPINION01/708230409/1007
Clear Channel hits more snags sellings stations
Meena ThiruvengadamExpress-News Business Writer
The nation's largest radio broadcaster is having trouble unloading some of the nearly 400 stations it has made deals to sell. Less than month after terminating an agreement to sell 46 stations to a Chicago buyer, Clear Channel Communications Inc. is in Bexar County District Court suing another would-be buyer.
The nation's largest radio broadcaster is having trouble unloading some of the nearly 400 stations it has made deals to sell. Less than month after terminating an agreement to sell 46 stations to a Chicago buyer, Clear Channel Communications Inc. is in Bexar County District Court suing another would-be buyer.
The San Antonio-based broadcaster claims Frequency LLC, which in April struck a $452 million deal to buy 187 Clear Channel stations, is in breach of its contract. Clear Channel also is suing Frequency consultant Jeffrey D. Warshaw for attempting to renegotiate the deal price.
Read more at: My SA.Com page via San Antonio Expresshttp://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA082507.02D.CCU_sale_trouble.2acec6e.html
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