DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-018, February 10, 2001 edited by Glenn Hauser, wghauser@hotmail.com {Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. For restrixions and searchable 2001, 2000 contents archive see} http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Dxldmid.html CONTINENT OF MEDIA 01-02, February 2001, started airing on Feb 10. Summary, including lots of URLs, some not mentioned on the show: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldoradio/com0102.html WORLD OF RADIO ON WBCQ2: time has been changed Saturday evening from 0030 UT Sunday, to 0200 UT Sunday, on 9335-CUSB (Allan Weiner, WBCQ, Feb 9, DXLD) MUNDO RADIAL, nuestro informe DX mensual en español, comenzó su emisión de febrero el viernes 9 en WWCR 9475 a las 2215. Se repite cada semana hasta marzo. Además: Guión: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/mr0102.html Corriente: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/mr0102.ram Bajable: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/mr0102.rm ** AUSTRALIA: R. Australia`s revised weekend program schedule: Saturday (RA News every hour on the hour, except 2100) 0005 Feedback 0030 In Conversation-Rural 0105 Asia-Pacific 0130 Arts Talk 0205 Ockham`s Razor (followed by music) 0230 Earthbeat 0305 Rural Reporter 0332 Writers on Writing 0405 Pacific Focus-Environment 0430 Jazz Notes 0505 Pacific Focus-Sports 0530 Lingua Franca/Short Story 0605 Feedback 0630 Oz Sounds 0705 Asia Pacific 0730 In Conversation-Rural 0810 Grandstand Wrap 0830 Earthbeat 0905 The Science Show 1005 Pacific Review 1030 In Conversation-Science 1105 Asia Pacific 1130 Fine Music Australia 1205 The Spirit of Things 1305 The Science Show 1355 On This Day 1405 New Dimensions 1505 Melisma 1605 Melisma (continued) 1705 The Spirit of Things 1755 On This Day 1805 Open Learning 1905 Australia All Over 1930 RA News 1935 Australia All Over (continued) 2010 Australia All Over (continued) 2045 ABC News 2100 Australia All Over (continued) 2205 Correspondents` Report 2230 Writers on Writing 2257 Haywire 2305 Ockham`s Razor (followed by music) 2330 Innovations Sunday (RA News every hour on the hour) 0005 The Europeans 0105 Correspondents` Report 0130 Oz Sounds 0205 Margaret Throsby 0305 Feedback 0330 Ockham`s Razor (followed by music) 0355 Haywire (youth expressing themselves through radio--similar to CBC`s Out Front) 0405 Pacific Focus-Arts 0430 Arts Talk 0505 Pacific Focus-Business 0530 Fine Music Australia 0605 The Europeans 0705 Correspondents` Report 0730 In Conversation-Science 0810 Grandstand Wrap 0830 Innovations 0905 The National Interest 1005 Lingua Franca/Short Story 1030 Rural Reporter 1105 Correspondents' Report 1130 In Conversation-Rural 1205 Country Club 1305 Country Club (continued) 1405 Books and Writing 1505 Encounter 1555 On This Day 1605 The National Interest 1705 New Dimensions 1810 Pacific Beat 1910 Pacific Beat 1929 Sport 1937 Pacific Beat 2010 Pacific Beat 2029 Sport 2037 Pacific Beat 2106 AM 2130 Writers on Writing 2210 AM 2240 Australian Music Show 2310 Asia Pacific 2330 Earthbeat Weekdays (RA News every hour on the hour) 0010 AWAYE! (Mon.), The Science Show (Tue.), The National Interest (Wed.), Background Briefing (Thu.), Hindsight (Fri.) 0110 Asia Pacific 0130 "Report" programs--Health (Mon.), Law (Tue.), Religion (Wed.), Media (Thu.), The Sports Factor (Fri.) 0210 The World Today 0310 Sport 0320 Pacific Focus 0340 Australian Music Show (Mon.), Music Deli (Tue. and Fri.), Blacktracker (Wed.), Oz Country Style (Thu.) 0410 Margaret Throsby 0510 Pacific Beat 0530 Sport 0540 Pacific Beat 0610 Sport 0620 Pacific Focus 0640 (same as 0340) 0710 Pacific Beat 0730 Sport 0740 Pacific Beat 0810 PM 0910 Australia Talks Back 1005 Asia Pacific 1030 "Report" programs (same as 0130) 1105 Asia Pacific 1130 Sport 1135 Life Matters 1205 Late Night Live (Mon.-Thu.); Sound Quality (Fri.) 1310 Sport 1315 The Planet 1405 The Planet (continued) 1505 Asia Pacific 1530 "Report" programs (same as 0130) 1605 Margaret Throsby (Mon.), The Comfort Zone (Tue.), Verbatim (Wed.), Hindsight (Thu.), AWAYE! (Fri.) 1630 Earshot (Wed.) 1705 Australia Talks Back 1805 Pacific Review (Fri.) 1810 Pacific Beat (Mon.-Thu.), 1830 Writers on Writing (Fri.) 1905 Pacific Focus-Technology (Fri.) 1910 Pacific Beat (Mon.-Thu.) 1929 Sport (Mon.-Thu.) 1930 In Conversation-Science (Fri.) 1937 Pacific Beat (Mon.-Thu.) 2005 Pacific Review (Fri.) 2010 Pacific Beat (Mon.-Thu.) 2029 Sport (Mon.-Thu.) 2030 Oz Sounds (Fri.) 2037 Pacific Beat (Mon.-Thu.) 2105 Feedback (Fri.) 2106 AM (Mon.-Thu.) 2130 Earthbeat (Mon.), Innovations (Tue.), Arts Talk (Wed.), Rural Reporter (Thu.), Jazz Notes (Fri.) 2205 Asia Pacific (Fri.) 2210 AM (Mon.-Thu.) 2230 AM (Fri.) 2240 Music Deli (Mon. and Thu.), Blacktracker (Tue.), Oz Country Style (Wed.) 2305 Lingua Franca/Short Story (Fri.) 2310 Asia Pacific 2330 "Report" programs--Health (Mon.), Law (Tue.), Religion (Wed.), Media (Thu.), The Sports Factor (Fri.) (All subject to change) Source: Roger Broadbent, RA (via John A. Figliozzi, Volunteer Publicist, Radio Australia, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. I hear from Nigel Holmes of RA that Darwin may finally be reactivated by the end of February. Christian Voice seems to be having its own funding problems causing their delay (Chris Hambly, Victoria, Feb 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 5025, VL8K Katherine, ABC Radio, 1332 Feb 4 talk by man in English, 1335 ID as ABC Radio by man, and back to talk. 1338 female vocal with piano, classical style. Weak signal, in the clear, noisy. Not listed as on now. Special broadcast? (Dan Ziolkowski, WI, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** BELGIUM [non]. Did you catch RVI Sat Feb 3, to NAm at 2230 [13 MHz]? Started with feature in English, Music from Flanders with Paul Rands [sic]. But at 2237 lost English and went into other non- English. This continued rest of 23 minutes. At 2300 into another language. Guess what? 2305 UT English ID and what should have aired at 2230 ran instead! Ran until 2326, then in midst of a polka carrier dropped. All normal at 0400 on 11985 (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Subj: Radio Canada International Date: 2/8/01 4:42:11 PM Central Standard Time From: rci@montreal.radio-canada.ca (Radio Canada International) Technical Newsletter Dear Listener, Please find below a list of frequency changes made since the last mailing of our technical newsletter. Best Regards, RCI Internet Team ********************************************************************* Starting January 29th, 2001 21:00-21:29 UTC: - A new frequency: 5860 kHz - Language: Arabic - Transmitter site: Hoerby, Sweden (55' 49'' North, 13' 44'' East) - Azimuth: 135' - Transmitter power: 350 kW - Target: Middle East ********************************************************************* Starting February 5th, 2001 15:00-15:59 UTC: - A new transmission - Language: English - Frequencies 15360 and 17820 kHz - Transmitter site: Flevo, Holland (52' 21'' North, 5' 27'' East) - Azimuth: 90' - Transmitter power: 500 kW - Target: India ===== http://www.rcinet.ca/horaires/techsche.htm (via John Norfolk, OKCOK, Feb 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHECHNYA [non]. USA/Russia: RFE/RL to start Chechen broadcasts | Excerpt from press release by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty(RFE/RL) on 8 February Washington, DC, 8 February: RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine has announced that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has begun the planning process for broadcasts in Avar, Chechen and Circassian to the peoples who speak those languages in the North Caucasus. Dine pointed out that RFE/RL has taken this step in response to a Congressional mandate contained in Public Law 106-553, which was passed and signed into law at the end of last year. So far, he said, no separate funds have been appropriated. Planning for new broadcasts is always a complicated task, Dine said, noting that RFE/RL managers and staff are currently involved in intensive discussions on how to set up such broadcasts, how to hire staff, and how to reach this new audience. Many of these peoples, Dine said, are already familiar with RFE/RL because of its broadcasts in the Russian language, but like the other nations to whom the station broadcasts, many of them clearly prefer to receive news and information in their own languages. Dine said that no date has been set for the launch of broadcasts in these three languages, He concluded by pointing out that these broadcasts like all those by RFE/RL will carry objective and balanced news and information. "Having access to such information," the RFE/RL president said, "is the foundation for building a free and democratic society"... Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty press release, Washington in English 8 Feb 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** CHECHNYA [non]. Thursday February 8 3:30 PM ET Radio Liberty firm on broadcasts in Chechen language, By Andrei Shukshin MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S.-funded Radio Liberty said Thursday it would go ahead with plans to broadcast in the Chechen language despite comments by a Russian minister that the move was politically motivated and a challenge to Moscow. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin invited Radio Liberty to Russia after the collapse of communism in 1991, but the station's extensive reporting of human suffering in Chechnya (news - web sites) and abuses by Russian troops have ignited animosity in Moscow. Paul Gobel, the communications director for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, said last year that Congress had mandated the Prague, Czech Republic-based station to start transmissions in Chechen and two other languages of Russia`s turbulent North Caucasus region. ``In fulfillment of our mandate, we have begun a process of exploring the possibilities of doing this,'' Gobel told Reuters by telephone. He said final decisions about the format, timing and staffing of such broadcasts had yet to be made because Congress had not allocated specific funds. Russian Media Minister Mikhail Lesin told Interfax news agency Thursday that the decision to start transmissions in Chechen was political and would encourage separatist feelings in the rebel region. ``Chechens know Russian, which is the main language in that territory, and to create such a special national autonomy on radio waves is, of course, wrong,'' Lesin said before leaving for Austria with Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites). ``Though small, it is a challenge. Why do it? It is absolutely unclear,'' he said. ``It is a very negative step which has very serious political motivation.'' Gobel said that reasoning sounded all too familiar. ``This statement unfortunately recalls statements that Soviet officials sometimes made about our broadcasts to the non-Russian republics of the Soviet Union.'' He said broadcasts in different languages were meant to give people a choice and asserted that reporting in Chechen would follow the station`s general editorial standards. Chechnya Still A Big Problem For Russia Sixteen months after Russian troops marched into Chechnya to re- install Moscow`s rule, the rebel region remains in the spotlight of Russian political and public life. Despite its overwhelming advantage in manpower and firepower, Moscow has failed to establish firm control over the territory, and its forces are the target of deadly guerrilla attacks. The operation in Chechnya has also soured Moscow`s relations with the West, which has criticized it as excessively brutal and has called for a peaceful settlement. Russia has imposed strict rules for reporting from the region. At the height of fighting last year, Russian forces arrested Radio Liberty front-line reporter Andrei Babitsky and later swapped him for Russian servicemen held by the rebels. Babitsky was eventually released, but had to go on trial and was convicted of having used a forged passport supplied by the people who held him. Russian officials, including Putin, have expressed anger at Babitsky`s reporting and questioned Radio Liberty`s editorial policies. Lesin returned to that theme, saying his ministry would check whether broadcasts in Chechen could be a threat to Russia`s national security. He promised to take action if Radio Liberty was found to have violated Russian law. Gobel said there was little the Russian authorities could do to prevent such broadcasts, which will be on shortwaves, except to start to make life difficult for people on the ground. (Reuters/Variety via Brock Whaley, DXLD) ** COSTA RICA. After quite an hiatus, a new Mailbag from RFPI started airing Feb 10. James Latham has been sidelined by a form of encephalitis, which reduced his vision and physical coördination, but he is recovering and was able to participate in the show, tho reading the letters was still a problem. This also explains why not much technical progress has taken place, besides the high winds commonly of 50 mph, gusts to 70, which have delayed raising the 7450 antenna to its optimum 200 foot height. The studio and office are now totally solar-powered and the wind generator makes different noises when certain speeds occur. The antenna is now at the 85-foot level, and needs some further tuning before it is hoisted to the top of the tower. Winds permitting, the crew may be back to do it this weekend. The new antenna is pointed off the east coast of the USA, on a line through central Europe, from Scandinavia to North Africa. This puts west coast USA outside the main lobe, so signal will not be so strong in AZ, NV, OR, WA and CA, but should be adequate, while reception in the Midwest and east coast should be much better, a 10 to 12 dB improvement. Due to a power outage, RFPI was off the air Friday afternoon, and until about 0200 UT Saturday Feb 10, but was able to proceed with taping the Mailbag thanks to solar/wind power. Programming changes are in the works behind the scenes, however, and starting Monday, Feb 12 is a new show, Live Wire Independent News, which will air Mon-Thu 1730, companion to the weekly Freespeech Radio News Fridays at 1730, all repeated 6 and 12 hours later. Global Community Forum will return with live call-ins in the next few weeks, phone system permitting. RFPI needs a 4CX-35000 (? Not at all sure of the number; ask them if you might be able to help) transmitting tube, dud or out of service, to be rebuilt. The change from 7480 to 7450 resulted from a number of reception reports complaining of too much interference from WJCR 7490 and Greece-7475, as well as something on 7480 itself (RFPI Mailbag Feb 10, notes by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) RFPI is very pleased to announce that beginning this week and continuing throughout this month, we will be bringing you Live Wire Independent News. The Live Wire Independent News pilot is created by the National Radio Project (NRP) -- producers of the popular weekly series Making Contact, and live specials, such as UnConventional Coverage and World Trade Watch. For more information, please see the listing below Live Wire Independent News is a daily pilot program available weekdays Feb 5th -- March 2, 2001 featuring fresh, lively, newsworthy stories not often heard in mass media. Live Wire is tapping into a network of radio journalists across the country and around the globe, reporting on events and issues percolating at the local level, as well as covering major events and policy decisions. Produced by the National Radio Project. Mon - Thu: 1730 Recent features: In the southern Serbian community of Bujanovac, there have been more heavy attacks on Serbian security forces by Albanian extremists. The effects of deregulation of power utilities are being felt through the Western United States. Britain and the United States continue to hold out as the last members of the once broad and powerful Gulf War Coalition. Homelessness is on the rise nationwide, especially among women, children, and low-income working families. One year ago this week the far-right Freedom Party joined the Austrian government as an equal coalition partner after winning nearly a third of that country's votes. (RFPI Weekly Update via DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Radio Cristal Internacional, Santo Domingo, 5008.85 kHz, 2328-2340 Feb 9, ID first as "La Voz de la Esperanza" and after "Radio Cristal Internacional", news, mx, good signal, SIO 343 (Daniele Canonica, Switzerland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Lion Ajoy - VU2JHM, President of Bangalore Amateur Radio Club, a long time friend of the Rotarians of Amateur Radio has sent us, via Chris VK2UW further on the Amateur Radio Emergency Service in India with regard the devastating earthquake of Gujarat. Getting volunteer Amateur Radio Operators into the region was a major problem, finance and air ticketing in particular. 3 days later Bangalore itself had a mild tremor and Hams got reports of damage, help required etc.; meanwhile the Commissioner for Health, Government of Karnataka along with medical personnel and Dr. Venkatesh VU2COC moved to Ahmedabad and to Pathan. By the 2nd February A total of 18 Amateur (Ham) Radio Operators from Karnataka were doing emergency communications such as movement of Doctors, Medical and Relief materials, inquiring and giving information of health of individual/family from remote places where there are phones still not working. This has become an practical exam showing the VU capability, preparedness in Disaster Management and anticipate that the Government and Non-Governmental organisation will support them by establishing, equipping, training such emergency Search and Rescue teams for such forecoming [sic] disasters as a part of our preparedness to face such unwanted calamities. The Government of India has empowered every District in the Country with special provisions to utilise Amateur (Ham) Radio Service when such a natural calamities such as earthquakes, floods, cyclones and wide spread fire which causes failure of normal telecommunication facilities, the Government of Karnataka is yet to frame and constitute provisions to utilise this service. [sic] (This is Lion Ajoy - VU2JHM, President of Bangalore Amateur Radio Club, Post Box # 5053, GPO, Bangalore-560001 reporting on QNEWS....) (VK4BB, WIA Australia VK4 Q News February 11 [posted February 9] via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore was last reported regularly in 1999 in May, Aug, Sep and Oct. Due to propagation conditions at local mid day their frequency of 6040 has never been reported to my knowledge (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Feb 4, Cumbre DX via DXLD) AIR Jeypore was NOT struck by the cyclone in October 1999 as widely thought by DX-ers. Even before the cyclone it was off air due lack of some spares. I know the engineer personally who was working there then, who was since transferred. He tells that it can be put on the air in a couple of hours, if they get that valve. It is a Continental Tx and AIR does not have those particular valves (and interest!). So it has been off air for many, many months now. It is STILL off air now (Jose Jacob, India, Feb 4 via Anker Petersen, ibid.) ** JAPAN. Dear Radio Friends, Throughout most of my career as a university professor of architecture, I have been fortunate to serve as a conduit between the culture/history/geography of Japan and that of the West. In 1976-77, I served as a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar to Japan, spending a year traveling throughout Japan to study the ancient rural and urban Zen-based architectures of the 13th through 19th Century. Since that time, I have lectured and written extensively on subjects related to Japan. I am also a life-long radio enthusiast, having found unending pleasure in using broadcast radio as a window on the cultures of the world. In recent years, I have specialized in listening to broadcasting from the Pacific and East Asia, especially of course, Japan. While some of these broadcasts are available on shortwave and now, the Internet, my primary means of listening to Japanese radio in the past decade has been listening to long-distance medium wave broadcasts from my summer home located on the Canadian/US border, north of Seattle. In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that the primary professional reference for worldwide radio, the World Radio and TV Handbook, was woefully inadequate and inaccurate in its coverage of Japanese broadcast radio. In January 2000, it appeared to me that the information available on the Internet had matured to the point that a much more accurate list of Japanese medium wave stations might be developed directly from various Japanese sources. The major difficulty in accomplishing this, of course, was the fact that virtually all websites of Japanese radio networks are written exclusively in the Japanese ideography called "kanji." Although I read a limited number of kanji, this year-long project would not have been possible without the extensive assistance of my former student and close friend, Professor Takazi Okuda of Nihon National University. Several Japanese students studying in the United States have also contributed to this effort. Professor Okuda and I are pleased to present this list for the use of broadcast professionals in the West as well as radio enthusiasts around the world. We believe that it the most complete and accurate list yet published. The list is based on and cross-checked with a number of primary sources. The most important of these are the websites of the various commercial broadcasting networks and a recently web-published official listing of all transmitter sites in Japan. The latter, I might add, did not contain call letter or ownership information but did contain geographic coordinates. Finally, the efforts of a number of Japanese DXers to translate and publish lists of Japanese stations have also been very useful. The listing is currently offered in two forms: The Comprehensive Listing of Japanese Medium Wave Stations in Japan is 34 pages in length and contains three lists: the basic data sorted by frequency, sorted by location and a third listing of the commercial stations sorted by broadcaster. The Abridged Listing of Japanese Medium Wave Stations in Japan is 7 pages in length and contains a by-frequency- only sort of the 300 or so stations in Japan that operate on 300 watts or more. The lowest power (100 watt) repeater stations are noted collectively on the appropriate frequency. This listing is offered without restriction for any non-commercial use by the international community of radio enthusiasts. Clubs and individuals are invited to link to the site below, or to place the two pdf document on their own web pages. Currently, these two documents are offered only in 8.5 x 11 inch format. I hope to put up pdf documents in the international size very soon. The two documents may be found on my university web site at http://bryant.ceat.okstate.edu/RADIO1.HTM The files are quite small, since there are no graphics involved. Also, the cover sheet of each document is largely blank, so don`t panic when it appears that you have downloaded a blank document (John Bryant, OK, NRC International DX Digest Feb 9 via DXLD (A real labor! Thanks for all the work, John! Jim Renfrew, IDXD ed.) ** KURDISTAN [non]. CLANDESTINE from ? to IRAQ: 9450, Radio Bopeshawa 'local' heard as this in Kurdish just before 1600* on Feb 5. Programming that day had been in Arabic, as it was on Wednesday. Audio quality is variable - some good, some not. Music, for instance, sounds overmodulated. Signal strength good. But Turkey is again splashing badly for most of the time. At 1516 the address in London was read out - first in Arabic then English. I have listened to it on tape but it is distorted badly. Last Friday I thought the first three numbers sounded 222 - now I'm not sure of the first and third. It might be PO Box 22366, London SE5. The ID in Arabic sounds like "Itha'at al-Amin." (Noël Green, England, Feb 2, 5, 7, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Same ID heard in Arabic. I don`t know a word for forward in Arabic sounding like this. That doesn`t mean there isn't one, just that I don`t know one. Female announcer in Arabic gives schedule as 6-7 PM (1500-1600) on 9450 and gives program preview. Too weak by 1600 to hear the ID that Noël has heard. Also noted by Martin in CA just before 1600*, but weak there as well. Please note the some of the contact information put out by BBCMS [sic] on this one is wrong. The phone number listed was disconnected when I tried it on Feb 8th and judging from the address Noël is hearing, I believe the contact address is wrong as well (Hans Johnson, AZ, Feb 5/7/8, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Radio Bopeshawa: Thanks Noel`s tip that they give canned ID and contact information at about 15 minutes into the broadcast. I tuned in again today and had the best reception yet- Their ID in Arabic is Itha`at ela Al-Amam Radio Forward, ela (to) al (the) Amam (front). Postal address is PO Box 22266, London SE5, United Kingdom (Hans Johnson, AZ, Feb 9, Cumbre DX Special via DXLD) ** LITHUANIA. Vilnius QSL: 9735 kHz f/d 'flag/logo on a spirograph blue' card in 40 days. I realize this is not exactly a 'rare' QSL now, especially for those of you in Europe and even the NA; east coast. But, I have been after Lithuania proper QSL since forever. I was never able to hear Radio Centras on 9400 kHz when they were on, nor RV on 9710 kHz. And RV has always been heard here via the former USSR transmitters or lately, Jülich, Germany. Anyway, C/V# 218! (Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP/ FOØPAM, Feb 10, hard-core-dx via DXLD) Now on 9875 direct at 0000 Lithuanian, 0030 English (gh) ** MALAYSIA. Another couple of frequencies from Kajang may be missing, as well as 4845. In the past few days, I have been unable to trace 6025 (formerly carried domestic services 0400-1300 and Voice of Islam in Malay 1400-1700) and 9750 (Indonesian 2200-2400 & 0900-1400, Voice of Islam 1400-1700, and other external service languages at times). 6175 is still on during local afternoon and evening with external service programming and Voice of Islam in Malay at 1400-1700, although I can't confirm the 2200-2400 Indonesian release (propagation is very poor at this time of the morning). Reception is difficult due to shallow modulation and distorted audio. 5965 (24h domestic sce Radio Satu in Malay) is still on, but slightly off channel and with mediocre audio, as has been the case for several years. 15295 also seems to be active, but it's a very weak signal here. The external service frequencies 6100 and 11885 (the latter carrying Chinese 1030-1230) are still reasonably good, but the only channel still giving really good reception here is domestic RTM Radio 4, 24h in English on 7295. Regards, (Alan Davies, Hat Yai, Thailand, Feb 9, Electronic DX Press via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 2390, Radio Huayacocotla 0030-0050 Feb 9, Mix of Mexican polkas, ranchera music. Listener greetings with long lists of names. Two IDs in passing. Fair with some deep fades (Don Moore, IA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONACO [non]. MONACO. Here are some more details for TWR/RMC transmitters: The SW transmitters and aerials are near the Mount AGEL some 20 km from Monaco, the MW aerial (for 702 kHz) is just near the SW aerials in Col de la Madone. But note that even if the land is very close to Monaco, they are in FRANCE in the territory of the City of Peille. The soil is French, even the owner is a franco-monégasque society Monte Carlo Radiodiffusion a company part of the RMC Network. The LW (218 kHz) and an other MW (1467 kHz) are in Roumoules in the French departement of Alpes de Haute Provence, some 150 km of Monaco just under Digne. So all the transmitters and aerials are in France, but most DX-clubs accept the Mont Agel site as Monaco, maybe because it is very close to the Principality, but note that there is no extra-territoriality as with Vatican Radio in Santa Maria di Galleria. Mont Agel is also a French military base, so it will remain in France. Addresses of the RMC/TWR sites: - Monte Carlo Radiodiffusion, Route du Mont Agel, F-06440 PEILLE, France Fax: +33493412908 - Monte Carlo Radiodiffusion, Les Saintes Maries, F-04500 ROUMOULES, France; no FAX available (Ghibaudo, DSWCI Feb via Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 4850, Khakh Tangher/Blue Sky Radio, well heard daily from 0100 till 0700(?) and 0900-1500 with music programs and relay of news from MR at the top of almost each hour. At the top of the hour: MR - TS, TC, news (5-6 mins.), followed by Khakh Tangher/Blue Sky Radio ID and music program (Fyodor Brazhnikov, Irkutsk, Russia, Feb 4-8, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** NAMIBIA. 7214.9, NBC had been providing good reception during the 0400 hour. This was a good time to catch them as they had English during the week at this time. The program is "The World at Six," with various short segments of news, weather, and of course, plenty of great ads for cigs and other stuff. No NBC ID heard, just IDing as The World at Six. But who else is going to have a talk about the National Society for Human Rights in Namibia or a weather report for Namibia. UT Sat was Afrikaans programming at this time. The channel is clear and the signal was pretty good, but it has been missing in the last few days. Perhaps a transmitter fault or a new frequency that I haven't been able to trace yet (Hans Johnson, AZ, Feb 1-7, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Stateline, this week from OETA is indeed about digital TV, the expense and problems facing OETA and other stations in converting to it. One more airing is scheduled Sunday at 1700 UT, but will probably rerun in subsequent weeks. [I have yet to watch it straight through.] The one-hour show is also sold on home video for $22.95 including S&H, check or MO to OETA Foundation, P O Box 14190, Oklahoma City OK 73113; 1-800-879-6382 if using credit card (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PARAGUAY. Estimados amigos, aquí les transcribo un articulo que apareció hoy día en el diario Asunceno ABC Color: DEVUELVEN RADIO ENCARNACIÓN A SUS PROPIETARIOS VERDADEROS ENCARNACION (De nuestra redacción regional). Luego de 43 años, la planta transmisora de Radio Encarnación fue entregada a sus originales propietarios. Durante más de cuatro décadas el medio de comunicación estuvo a manos de la Antelco. La dictadura stronista despojó del medio de comunicación a su director propietario, ya fallecido, Carlos Madelaire. Ayer, en horas de la mañana, un oficial de justicia entregó el predio a Bienvenida Kriskovich viuda de Madelaire, presidenta de la Compañía Paraguaya de Radiodifusión S.A., quien estuvo acompañada de su hijo Carlos Paz y el abogado Mario Cáceres. Ante la ausencia de representantes de Antelco se tuvo que proceder al corte de la cadena del portón del predio. El ente hace cinco años recurrió a todas las artimañas jurídicas para impedir la legítima restitución del inmueble. En un emotivo acto, el representante de la justicia y la secretaria del juzgado en lo civil del 2.o turno procedieron a la entrega del predio ubicado sobre la Ruta I Mcal. López a la entrada a esta ciudad. El lugar originalmente era de tres hectáreas; de parte de ella se apropió indebidamente la Municipalidad de esta ciudad y atravesada por la ruta Mcal. López. La dueña de la planta expresó, emocionada, que luego de muchos años la lucha por la devolución de su propiedad culminó con un fallo favorable de la justicia. La afectada lamentó en la ocasión la ausencia de representantes de la Antelco, que fue la entidad que les despojó de su bien por tantas décadas. Dijo que dicha institución debería tener un gesto de nobleza ante esta situación. La decisión por la cual se resolvió la resolución del bien a los Madelaire fue firmada en diciembre de 1999 por el juez en lo civil Miguel Vargas. Posteriormente, la misma fue apelada por Antelco y la Cámara de Apelaciones de la tercera circunscripción decidió dar la razón al juez Vargas. Nuevamente la medida tuvo una nueva apelación; que hizo que el caso llegase hasta el máximo ámbito, la Corte Suprema de Justicia, que también dio por acertada la resolución del juez Vargas. La planta transmisora fue devuelta con los equipos de transmisión totalmente descompuestos y desmantelados. ABC 7 de febrero 2000 Cabe mencionar que R. Encarnación hace meses si no es ya más que un año esta fuera del aire, por un conflicto que se originó entre los empleados y los que manejaban la radio por cuestiones laborales. Saludos desde Paraguay, Levi P. Iversen (Conexión Digital via VGA) A R. Encarnación era facilmente captada no Brasil, durante o dia na QRG de 11940. O OM Pedro Machado de Lorena possui confirmação desta emissora. Para obter tal êxito aproveitou uma viagem que fez à Foz do Iguaçú para entrar em contato telefônico com o diretor da emissora e remeter "by bus" seu reporte de recepção !!! (Ed., @-TIVIDADE DX, Boletim Eletrônico do DXCB Numero 5 - 9 de Fevereiro de 2001 - Ano 1, via radioescutas via DXLD) ** ROMANYSTAN. Hungary`s first independent gypsy radio station, called Radio C, begins broadcasting on Sunday. The new radio`s editor-in-chief Gyoergy Kerenyi hopes it will help to break the isolation of the large gypsy population and bring about its "emancipation". The radio, based in the capital Budapest, hopes to reach the 100,000- strong gypsy community in and around Budapest. Hungarian television said Radio C has recruited an initial staff of 40 talented young Roma, as they are also known. They say they want to show their community what they call "a way out" of their current difficult position and to make their life more "liveable". Full story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1155000/1155818.stm (Andrew Ross, BDXC-UK Feb 10 via DXLD) WTFK? Initial frequency is 88.8 MHz (gh) ** RUSSIA. VOR English at 0400 no longer on 9475, as I wrote several weeks ago, but from 0500. At 0400 is active on 7125, 7180, 12010, 15445, 15470, 15595; at *0200 on 7180, 9765 [Vatican], 15470 (Bob Thomas, CT, Feb 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 4850, R Tyumen, Feb 4 0420-0500*, drifted here from 4895 with R Rossii program // stronger 4820. At 0510 back on ordinary 4895 with poor modulation and disappeared shortly after. Next night drifted to 4920. 25323 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 6060, Blagoveshchensk is active again. I heard them with local programming after Radio Rossii`s news at 2110-2200, 2210-2300, 0910-1000, 1010-1100. I cannot check their mid-day broadcast because of poor propagation (Fyodor Brazhnikov, Irkutsk, Russia, Feb 5-8, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** SICILY. Subject: Niscemi Sicili * 6847khz * QSL Followup I have received a few e-mails regarding the QSL I received from Niscemi so I am posting this to try answer all of your inquiries at once. I originally sent reports to Naval Media Center Washington for 6847.5 (August 13, 2000) and 16847 (August 14, 2000). For both I received letters back stating neither was a published / authorized frequency for AFN. So I set out and sent reports for both frequencies to NAVCOMTELSTA Sigonella and NCTS Diego Garcia. Apparently one of them (I presume Sigonella) forwarded my report to Niscemi. My full data typewritten QSL has a return address of PSC812, Box 3290, NRTF Niscemi, FPO AE 09627-3290. In part it states, "This signal originated from Naval Radio Transmitter Facility Niscemi, Sicily". Regarding the locations of Niscemi and Sigonella, I spent an hour on the Internet last night and came up with the following which leads me to believe Niscemi is about 75 kilometers from Sigonella: Niscemi is located 80 kilometers west of Catania, and it appears to be a few kilometers northeast of Gela, which is on the Southwest coast of Sicily. Sigonella is located about 7 kilometers southwest of Catania, and 5 km from the East Coast of Sicily. It is in the Valley of Catania near Motta, Sicily. After searching several different Internet sites I finally found the following: Niscemi is at 37N 6' 16" and 14E 6' 25" Sigonella is at 37N 24' 07.92" and 14E 55' 20.64" I hope this answers all of your e-mails regarding my QSL, etc. (I have not yet received any verification for 16847usb on August 14) (Lee Silvi, Mentor, Ohio, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I confirm all, `cause I live south of Sigonella, in Scicli, 36?44'N, -14?44'E. But the NATO facility in Sicily is in Sigonella (and time ago were in Comiso base). Perhaps in Niscemi is only the antenna or radio relay. Airport, base and command are in Sigonella. Regards, (Salvo Miccichè, Sicily, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** SWEDEN [non]. R. Sweden via Sackville on 9560 at 0230 in English: only fair. I get direct 9495 a lot better with minor splash from side. My woe with 9560 is splatter from CRI in Chinese via 9570 Cuba. They really *push* the mod! I checked it UT Feb 1 at 0230, and CRI went off at 0237, returned at 0238 with reduced mod, but peaks still hit 9560. There is other QRM to 9560; a part is 9550 in Spanish from RHC, but mostly to blame is 9570 CRI (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENIN DIGEST) ** SWITZERLAND. No SRI Jan 31 on 9885; the parallels were active, at 2330 on 11660; 0100, 0230 and 0400 on 9905. At 0300 and 0400 I clearly heard VOA on 9885. Feb 1 at 2330, 9885 was running but had an echo! 2.5 seconds apart. Echo still there at 0030 German, less severe echo for English at 0100; also at 0230. Even though at 0400 SRI was heavily QRMed by co-channel VOA [Botswana], I still heard echo on 9885. Sounds more like a technical problem than propagation. Parallel 9905 was clean despite some 9900 Cairo at 0030, etc. 11660 was OK at 2330 (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Propagation could not account for a delay as long as 2.5 seconds. I suspect they were running two sites, the original one and the substitute not aware that the original one was back the next night. Don`t they have E-mail, phones or fax to keep in touch?? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. CBS: I took a look at the newly added CBS-RTI activity on 15060. In the morning I heard them until 0603, when they signed off after announcing two sets of frequencies. At 0900 they reopened and then were heard until at least 1600, when they had faded out or closed. The program seemed to be the pop channel \\ 6280 and 11870 (except when the latter two had religious programs). During most of the day I heard two different programs, the other one evidently being the news channel on 6040, 7105, 7175, 9630. The jamming in periods makes program identification impossible. The two channels were partially simulcasting. There was also activity (including a third channel) on 9690, 9610, 6085 (covered by jamming), 3335, but listed 11725 seems to be off (Olle Alm, Sweden, Feb 4, Cumbre DX via DXLD) WYFR via Taiwan was also logged here in Sept. 2000 at 0029 (George Maroti, NY, Cumbre DX editor via DXLD) CBS 15060 has also been putting a very good signal into here mornings roughly in the 1200-1500 period. Would certainly pose a problem for RPFI if it were actually to go to 15065 and during this time period, as it occasionally does on 15049 (gh, OK, Feb 10, DXLD) ** UKRAINE. 9385 and 13590: Every once in a while, RUI can be heard reasonably well on the west coast of North America. Tonight, RUI was heard at good levels on 9385 in Ukrainian at 0550. The rarely heard parallel of 13590 (which I recall was once at 1000 Kw from Mykolayiv) was heard very weakly. Program was about religion in Ukraine, in Ukrainian. Program ended by 0600 with 9385 going off the air at that time. 13590 seemed to continue, but I could not hear the usual interval signal at the top of the hour. Presumably the English transmission at 0400 should have been well heard. Too bad the 1000 kW plans have been sidelined for now. When they did use that power in other years, that transmitter was quite regular, even here on the west coast, often at good to even very good levels. The 100 kW sender on 9385 probably propagates decently maybe 10% of the time in our local evenings (Volodya Salmaniw, Victoria, BC 9 February 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I found an interesting piece in The New Republic on the controversy over low-powered FM in the US, and particularly on how NPR worked to limit, or kill, the move to licence low-powered FM. The URL is: http://www.tnr.com/021201/wildman021201.html 73- (Bill Westenhaver, Canada, Feb 9; also via Chet Copeland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The end of Classical WNIB Chicago: A staff announcer just stated at 1000 CST Saturday that this was the last Saturday "Morning Song," and tomorrow morning would be the last edition of that program, implying that the takeover of WNIB by Bonneville would occur on late Sunday/Monday. This is the first indication I have noticed of the exact date. I will try to make a tape of the changeover. [Later:] The announcer of the Saturday afternoon program "Those were the days," which plays radio programs from the 40's-50's, has just stated that they are scheduled to switch over to Bonneville at midnight Monday morning, and that they were told by Bonneville that the new format would _not_ be classical, although they did not specify what the new format would be. A new link from the Bonneville studios to the transmitter on the Standard Oil(Amoco) building has been prepared. I will tape from 2330 CST Sunday through the signoff of the classical format, and forward it to you. 73 de (KB9NXD Michael A. Mathis, IL, Feb 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I keep checking the website http://www.wnib.com and have never seen a single word about the sale and imminent demise. The program previews ran out in January (gh, DXLD) [later: website gone by Sat evening] ** U S A. Jay Melnick of Denver wrote me with a tip about the Colorado Public Radio`s attempt to assemble a two-station network. I then found out more from CPR`s website: http://www.cpr.org/html/2channel_full.htm We`ve already heard part of this story concerning their new AM outlet, but the new element is that CPR is trying to purchase KUNC 91.5 Greeley (and its various translators) from the University of Northern Colorado to carry the news/talk service in parallel with the AM. The CPR release makes this look like a done deal. But is it? According to the front page of http://www.kunc.org/, yesterday (2/9) the UNC Board of Trustees postponed its vote on the sale to allow for consideration of a competing offer from KUNC staff and supporters. Personally my reactions are very mixed. Certainly, the NPR talk programming is long overdue in Denver. However, KUNC`s midday and evening "Diverse Music" format is very eclectic and interesting, and I`m not aware of any comparable programming on Denver airwaves. (Kevin Kelly, PublicRadioFan.com Feb 10 via DXLD) ** U S A. Recebi, carta full data confirmando recepção do Q link em 26450 kHz, da WLW 700 kHz Cincinnati Ohio USA. A confirmação veio após um follow up. Na carta eles informam que transmitem com uma antena omnidirecional de 5/8 de onda e com uma potencia de 70 watts. V/S Gary Barnett, 1111 ST Gregory, Cincinnati Ohio 45202 USA (Dinan Rogério Honório de Oliveira - Iracemápolis-SP, @-TIVIDADE DX Boletim Eletrônico do DXCB Numero 5 - 9 de Fevereiro de 2001 - Ano 1, via radioescutas via DXLD) ** U S A. I was thinking that the same transmitter is used on 9335 and 17495, since the schedules did not overlap, but now it appears that they do overlap, so you will have 3 frequencies going at the same time? (gh) There are 3 transmitters and 2 antennas (Allan Weiner, NY, via Elayne Star, ME, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Flowers, Candy, Hearts, Cupid & His Arrow; ah yes, it`s Valentine's day this Wednesday and so we`re celebrating with songs that have those items as subjects. We will be live on WBCQ, so the show will not be available on the net until sometime on Sunday afternoon. Join us for some Classic Oldies and Doo-Wops at 8 PM Eastern [Saturday] on WBCQ/7415kHz. Next week we'll continue the doo- wops as we present "Time Capsule Show Favorites". The TCS ran on WFUV in NY from 1963 to 1978, but I only discovered it in 1967 after they had paid their dues. These are hard core R&B Group sounds I first heard, and in some cases, the only place I ever heard, songs like "Sitting By My Window" by the 5 Tinos and "The Bells Ring Out" by the L'Cap-Tans. – ("Big Steve" Coletti, DKOS Feb 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Dear Mr. Hauser, I just want to let fans know that ``Marion's Attic" will be broadcasted each week on Saturdays, 7 PM (0000 Sunday) on 17.495 Mc, WBCQ-3 in addition to my regular broadcast, Saturdays at 9 PM on 7.415 Mc. I am so excited to be part of Mr. Weiner`s first Saturday on WBCQ-3 and am looking forward to hear from many new radio fans (Marion Webster, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17495 cut off the air around 2050 UT Sat (gh, OK, DXLD) Hello Glenn: Wow, what a horrible day! The power is out in the town of Monticello, Maine. I would think it`s attributed to winds in Monticello which are at this moment 41 mph. The noise is incredible and there are branches all over the yard. Of course, we have no idea when the power will be back on. Sooo sorry! Stay tuned! Regards, Elayne Star, WBCQ, Kennebunk, Feb 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now in Monticello: Westerly winds will continue the remainder of the afternoon into the evening with sustained speeds of 30 to 40 mph and wind gusts in excess of 60 mph. Drivers of high profile vehicles should be alert for the strong winds...particularly on roads exposed to westerly cross winds. Be alert for debris and downed trees...branches or power lines. Temperatures will continue to drop over the region...and wind chill equivalent temperatures will be 20 to 40 below zero by 8 pm. Forecast as of 3:51 pm EST on February 10, 2001: Wind chill warning tonight into Sunday for wind chills of 55 to 65 below zero... Tonight Very windy with dangerously cold wind chills. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Any localized accumulation less than an inch. Lows zero to 5 below. West wind 25 to 35 mph. Gusts to around 60 mph possible during the evening. Chance of snow 30 percent (unID source via Elayne Star, WBCQ, DXLD) ** U S A. Spectrum, UT Sun 0400 on 5070 WWCR, is begging for suggestions and mail. One would think a show running six or seven years can rely on the archives and updating past interviews (those still alive), past subjects (certainly have been a lot of changes!) So, I don`t buy the well is dry (Bob Thomas, CT, Feb 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Winterfest is the largest gathering of listeners to the radio spectrum -- longwave, mediumwave, shortwave (broadcast, utilities, pirates), VHF/UHF, FM, scanners, television and satellites -- in the United States, perhaps the world. About 225 persons from Europe, Asia, North America and South America attend each year. Held near Philadelphia, it's a nice way to break out of the doldrums of the northern hemisphere. If you get your registration into Fest HQ by February 12th, you will be entered into a special drawing at the Fest for a portable [Drake] shortwave radio. Details on http://go.to/winterfest Apparently return airfares from the UK start at £200! (Mike Terry, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. 9650, Em. Ciudad de Montevideo. Hrd them very faint from my own city (!) circa 0230 Feb 9 and with unid co-channel QRM. ID taken from parallel MW1370: "Esta transmisión llega a todo el mundo por CXA42 en 9650 KHz y por Internet carnaval.com". So this means they are simulcasted via Internet through http://www.elcarnaval.com (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. After recent protests, Vietnam is clamping down on ethnic minorities in its Central Highlands region [BBC Feb 8] I did some quick scanning to see if Vietnam had perhaps responded to the situation through increased jamming. As usual, Radio Free Asia was jammed, but the effort remains rather lackadaisical. Some frequencies are allowed through, while others are left clear. 9930 and 9920 are rarely both jammed; usually one is open. Nor does the jamming seem to react to changes very quickly. For instance, RFA was on 9455 at 1430, while Vietnam was jamming away on 9450 at dead air till 1500*. Radio Australia`s Asia Pacific program had a great feature on these protests on Feb 8th. Historian David Mar [sic, as heard] from the Australian National University, suspected that Christian religious groups may have sparked or aided the demonstrations. He added that while missionaries have difficulty reaching the Highlands, they do use radio broadcasts quite effectively to this region as well as to minorities in the north of Vietnam. The AFP correspondent in Hanoi, Steve Kirby, added that the development of protestant religion in the Highlands was a relatively new thing and it appeared to be quite linked to religious broadcasts in minority languages from the Philippines by protestant groups. [He did not name a station, but since Radio Veritas is Catholic, I assume that he was referring to FEBC. You may recall that Cumbre ran an item a few weeks back about an FEBC press release detailing jamming of its Hmong broadcasts to Vietnam.] FEBC transmits most of the minority language broadcasts on 7480 at about 1145-1300, according to their website. The FEBC website also has a feature where one can listen to recent sound samples of their broadcasts as recorded by the IBB`s remote monitoring system (RMS). I listened to the cuts available, which were from Feb 7th and the days prior. I listened to not only 7480, but other FEBC frequencies as well and I could not detect any jamming. So, in spite of protests that some believe shortwave radio may have played a role in, Vietnam does not yet appear to have expanded its effort to jam government-backed, religious, or exile group broadcasts (Hans Johnson, Feb 8, Cumbre DX Special via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. I have received today this nice QSL: TANZANIA -ZANZIBAR The voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar full QSL (designed and donated by Guido Schotmans, thanks Guido!) and personal letter from Mr. Ali Bakari Moumbwa, P. O. Box 2068, Zanzibar-Tanzania. He says that he isn`t the responsible to reception report, but the chief engineer of the SW transmitter is Mr. Khalid Hassan. 73, (Daniele ;-) Canonica, Switzerland, Feb 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) INTRUDER WATCH: Today we look at some unusual Intruders, many from the African continent. TANZANIA: Missionaries on 7005 and 7020 kHz. Arusha agricultural estate in Kigoma on 7022.5 kHz. The Tanzania Electricity Supply Company on 7045 kHz. Tanzanian military can be found on 7078 kHz along with a safari company 7096 kHz. SOMALIA. Mercenary Armies in Somalia in the 15 Meter band, 21055, 21080, 21090, 21122, 21144, and 21150 kHz. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF the CONGO. Catholic mission stations in French from around 1800 UTC. 14010, 14025, 14040, 14050, 14330, 14335, 21000, 21053, 21055, 21056, 21060, 21090, 21105, 21143, 21146, 21150, 21310, 21350, 21420, 21430, 21450. LEBANON. A number of family nets between 21000 and 21140 kHz. Mostly kids talking to their families. One is on 21380 kHz with operators Norma from Kinshasha and Marie from Lebanon. A similar net between Lebanon and D. R. Congo can be found on 21430 kHz (VK4BB, WIA Australia VK4 Q News February 11 [posted February 9] via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BUILDING NEW SW SITE Glen[n], I am wondering if you could possibly help me by putting this on the air and on your sites. I am building a shortwave radio site and would like to aquire some volunteers to help with keeping an eye on what stations are comming over in their part of the world. I need volunteers as follows: 1 from Europe (all EU countries) 2 from Asia (Russia, India 2 from Far East (N&S Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Siberia) 2 from Pacific (Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand) 2 from North America (all US states) 2 from Central and Southern America (all areas South of Mexico) So in total, I need 11. Please could all interested people email me on dcharries@hotmail.com as soon as possible please. Cheers (DXDave, Bristol, England, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###