DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-039, March 22, 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 [NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn] WORLD OF RADIO 1073: (stream) http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1073.ram (download) http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1073.rm (summary) http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1073.html ** AUSTRALIA. RA services hit by ATV closure: NEW Channel 7's Australian Television (ATV) was closed down this week because it was not commercially viable. The decision has implications for Radio Australia, which was using ATV`s Palapa Satellite feed to distribute its RA programs to rebroadcasters and direct to listeners. RA is now facing the prospect of finding another carrier for its services. ATV was originally the idea of ABC Managing Director, David Hill. The service, funded originally by the ABC and commercial sponsorship, started transmissions into Asia in the early 90s and in 1998 was bought by the Seven network. It continued to lose money, but Seven kept the station running when the Howard Government announced a tender for a $50 million, five-year subsidy for a new, fresher ATV. Seven has now pulled out of the tender process despite being the front-runner, leaving the tender process unresolved and the service shut down. The ABC was not invited to tender. At a recent speech ABC Chairman Donald McDonald praised RA`s ability to adapt to funding cuts, but did not give any hint of expecting the most recent developments. He said: "Radio Australia, the ABC's international service, is today better placed than ever to foster a dialogue and act as a bridge between us and our neighbours. In the past three years, Radio Australia has experienced what one might call a renaissance. Faced with funding challenges and increasing international competition, it has reinvented itself to be more responsive to the needs of contemporary audiences in our region, and make full use of existing and new technologies to reach them, whether they be short wave or satellite broadcasting, local relays and rebroadcasts or internet technology. Sourced from the AMT Newsletter (via Tim Gaynor, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, March 23, DXLD, but date of article not given) ** AUSTRALIA. Closure of international TV seen hitting Radio Australia | Text of report by Radio Australia on 21 March The federal opposition says the closure of Australia Television international [Australia Television] will harm the shortwave service, Radio Australia. Labor's communications spokesman, Stephen Smith, says Radio Australia uses the satellite that served the Asia-Pacific TV service, which is being closed by the Channel Seven television network. [Smith] Radio Australia currently piggybacks off Australian television international broadcasting. And as a consequence of Australian television international fading to black midnight Thursday [1300 gmt 22 March, if midnight southeastern Australian time], Radio Australia as we speak are now madly scurrying around trying to find alternate transmission arrangements for key areas in Asia and the Pacific such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. Source: Radio Australia, Melbourne, in English 0500 gmt 21 Mar 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Talks begin for relaunch of international TV service | Text of report by Radio Australia on 21 March The Australian government says it will be some months before Australia Television is back on air after a domestic television network decided to stop broadcasting the service into Asia. The office of the foreign affairs minister, Alexander Downer, says it has started preliminary talks with a company about running the service. The Seven Network says it is shutting down ATV because it is not commercially viable. Seven took over the operation of Australia Television from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation four years ago. The foreign minister's office says talks have begun with the company that was the government's second choice from the list of companies bidding to run the service. Source: Radio Australia, Melbourne, in English 1300 gmt 21 Mar 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6105, R Filadélfia, 2203 March 20, man in PP commenting their prgm: "...nossa programação a través de R. Filadélfia, Foz de Iguaçu...". The "Cultura" in the stn's name was not mentioned. Also gave telephone nr.: "0-operadora-1637207367" and spoke to their listeners in foreign countries, including Sweden and Philippines: "você que nos ouve de Paraguai, de Bolivia, de Suécia, Filipinas..." Gave address inviting listeners to write to the stn at R Filadélfia, Secretaria de Emissões, Rua General Osório 555, Franca, São Paulo, CEP 14 405 107 or Caixa 320, Franca, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. QRK 4, spoiled by splatter from 6110 BBC-Ascencion (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. RCI`S ``Week of Confusion`` schedule for March 25-31 only, English excerpted: A01(WEEK) SEASON FINAL SHORT-WAVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE Effective 25.03.01 (0900 UTC) to 01.04.01 (0900 UTC) RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL FREQU. UT (kHz) kW Azim TARGET PROGRAMS ---------- -------- --- ---- ------ -------- 00:00-00:57 XIA 11895 120 188 S.E. ASIA CBC(ENGLISH) 02:00-02:59 6040 100 212 AMERICAS 9755 100 240 " RCI(ENGLISH) 11865 250 176 " 11895 250 285 " 02:00-02:57 XIA 15260 120 258 INDIA RCI(ENGLISH) XIA 17860 120 258 " 05:00-05:29 13755 250 105 AFRICA WER 15330 500 150 " MDC 17740 50 330 " RCI(ENGLISH) SKN 6145 300 150 EUROPE SKN 7290 300 150 " 11710 250 73 " SKN 9595 300 110 EUROPE/M.EAST 05:30-05:59 13755 250 105 AFRICA WER 15330 500 150 " RCI(ENGLISH) MDC 17740 50 330 " 12:00-12:59 YAM 9660 100 270 ASIA CBC(ENGLISH) YAM 15190 300 235 " 13:00-15:59 9640 100 240 CARIB/EAST-USA 15305 250 240 " CBC(ENGLISH) 17710 100 189 " 15:00-15:57 XIA 15455 120 258 INDIA RCI(ENGLISH) XIA 17720 120 258 " 18:00-18:59 WOF 17820 300 128 AFRICA RMP 21570 300 189 " RCI(ENGLISH) SKN 13690 300 110 " 20:00-20:59 HBY 5995 300 260 EUROPE SKN 11690 300 110 " RCI(ENGLISH) 15325 250 60 " 17870 250 60 " 21570 250 60 " 22:00-22:29 9755 100 240 AMERICAS (MON-FRI) 13670 250 240 " 15305 250 176 " CBC(ENGLISH) 17880 100 176 " 17695 250 240 " 22:30-23:59 9755 100 240 USA/CENT.AMER 13670 250 240 " CBC(ENGLISH) 17695 250 240 " 23:00-23:29 5960 250 240 EAST NAM/S.AMER. (MON-FRI) 6040 100 212 " CBC(ENGLISH) 9755 250 240 " 11865 100 176 " 15305 250 189 " 23:00-00:59 5960 250 240 EAST USA CBC(ENGLISH) (SAT&SUN) 9755 100 240 " 23:30-00:59 5960 250 240 EAST USA CBC(ENGLISH) (MON-FRI) 9755 100 240 " RELAYS HBY: HOERBY, SWEDEN KIM: KIMJAE RELAY, KOREA MDC: MADGASCAR RMP: RAMPISHAM, ENGLAND RCI: Radio Canada International SKN: SKELTON RELAY, ENGLAND CBC: Canadian Broadcasting Corp. SNG: SINGAPORE RELAY, SINGAPORE RC: Radio Canada (national serv.) VIE: VIENNA RELAY, AUSTRIA WER: WERTACHTAL RELAY, GERMANY WOF: WOOFERTON RELAY, ENGLAND XIA: XIAN RELAY, CHINA YAM: YAMATA RELAY, JAPAN RCI ENGINEERING 15.03.2001 (via Ricky Leong, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This morning, we were e-mailed two additions to the [RCI A-01] sked: 1500-1559 UT in Russian adds 9920 kHz via Moscow (250 kW, 84 azimuth); 1800-1859 UT in English (to Africa) adds 15200 kHz via ``Armavir`` (100 kW, 188 azimuth). As far as I know, neither site has been used by RCI before, not even for special one-off broadcasts. Thought you'd like to know.... 73- (Bill Westenhaver, QU, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 6115.06, La Voz del Llano, 0952-1000 Mar 20, LA ballads, 1000 full canned ID. Strong signal with weak modulation (Mark Mohrmann, VT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Almost back on frequency (gh) ** COSTA RICA. RFPI`s 15049 was back with a nice signal when checked at 1250 UT March 22 until off around 1600. They may be keeping options open for the long-rumored move to 15065, but I am doubting they will ever do it; for one thing, Taiwan has expanded use of 15060. 7450, 15049 and 21815-USB were all audible March 23 at 0220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RHC A-01 English: 2030-2130 13660-USB Eu, 13750 Roma 2230-2330 9550 Caribe 0100-0500 11705-USB Eu, 9820 Chicago, 6000 Washington 0500-0700 9830-USB Eu, 9550 New York, 9820 San Francisco A listing of transmitters gives this breakdown: at Bauta, 2 x 100 kw, 1 x 75 kW, 2 x 20 kW, 2 x 10 kW. At Bejucal, 3 x 50 kW, 1 x 100 kW. At Titán, 2 x 250 kW, and 1 x 250 kW planned (RHC via Volker Willschrey, excerpted from an inconvenient xls spreadsheet by gh for DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Currently, Radio Amanecer Internacional with 1 kW on 6025 kHz is audible at our location around sunset, before and after 0030 UT, though there is severe QRM from Radio Marti Greenville on 6030 kHz. Those who would like a QSL card from Radio Amanecer, processed in the Dominican Republic, are invited to send a valid reception report, past or present, to Adventist World Radio at Box 29235, Indianapolis, Indiana 46229 to arrive before April 22 (Dr Adrian M. Peterson, DX Editor - Wavescan, March 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. I'm sure there will be unanimous approval in this group of the following development as reported on our media newsdesk page at http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/medianews.html The German electronics giant Siemens has decided to pull out of experiments with powerline communications, for the time being at least. Siemens says it believes that the right conditions, particularly the regulatory framework, are not yet in place for such projects to be profitable. In addition to regulatory problems, there are also technical problems, such as noise on the line as electrical appliances are turned on and off. That can make a data connections fail or interfere with the datastream. Furthermore, different technical standards in different countries are also proving a major problem. Although Siemens is the only company to have decided to pull out, its explanation will give heart to opponents of PLC, which include international broadcasters and listeners who use shortwave (via Andy Sennitt, RN, Hard-Core-DX mailing list March 21 via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM/WATERS [and non]. Re: Any MIR-related activity logged? 3/22/01 Since the MIR will be making its final pass over New Zealand before falling into the South Pacific, it might be worth listening to RNZI during the next few hours. They are currently on 17675 and will be going to 15120 at about 0500 UT, followed by 11720 at 0706 UT. All frequencies are being heard quite well in the US this time of year. I've seen MIR pass over my area several hundred times during the past sesquidecade, so I feel a little sad about its demise. However we have the ISS now to maintain our presence in space for perhaps another decade or more (J W Schermerhorn, swl@qth.net via DXLD) Splashdown was around 0600 UT Friday, no big deal (gh, DXLD) Subject: [SWL] Monitoring 20 Meters. I will be monitoring the frequencies of 14.158 and 14.322 MHz usb from 0000 UTC until 0700 UTC. I will use a back up frequency for contact of 7.235 MHz lsb (Duane W8DBF Fischer, swl@qth.net via DXLD) Are you implying there is some MIR-related traffic on these frequencies, or just looking for personal contacts? (gh) ** IRAN [non]. March, 21st, 15690 starting at 1700. After days of monitoring, a positive ID at last: this is "Radio Voice Of Iran" via Grigoriopol` Moldova. ID as "Radio Sedaye Iran", songs, slogans and newsreports. Under a bubble jammer... (Silvain Domen, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Beginning March 25, the international radio service RAI is expected to go through some very dramatic changes. The usual program schedule is to be abandoned for a very strange, much shorter version. The editors (translators) of various language sections at RAI received this new schedule only a week ago. But prior to that, every editor was required to sign a statement that the schedule would be kept strictly confidential. However, it was possible to receive this new secret schedule and learn about people's mood at RAI`s External Service. The new schedule will have 6 geographic streams consisting of several short news bulletins (about 5 minutes long) in various languages combined together. For instance, RAI`s Americas Stream will have two broadcasts. The first one (2200-2250 UT) will contain news bulletins in Italian (2 editions), English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. The second broadcast (0325-0355 UT) will carry news in English, French, German, Spanish and Arabic. There will be no music whatsoever. This strange schedule is supposedly created by a director of RAI`s External Service who used to serve as an Italian diplomat in Paris. There, he listened to brief multi-language news broadcasts targeted at local immigrants. He liked the idea so much that he decided to implement it at RAI for the benefit of its overseas listeners. A new schedule means less hours of work for RAI`s personnel. All foreign language speakers are paid here by the hour, so people are angry and upset. The workers decided to fight back. It was agreed that starting March 25 all foreign broadcasters of RAI would sabotage a new schedule and instead follow their usual work routine. (The people at transmitters will not be participating in this typically Italian strike.) If the strike goes through, it will make for very interesting listening to RAI on March 25 (DX LISTENING DIGEST) We have this from only one source, unconfirmed, and April 1 is approaching, so consider that; however, it sounds like something that could happen at RAI... (gh) ** MEXICO. XERTA is again on air; they are testing transmitter now on the frequency of 4810 (but I have tuned it in on 4812 or 4813) and they moved antenna and transmitter to the building where the studio is. Its schedule of broadcasting is variable. They may open broadcasting officially in 8 or 10 days time, broadcasting 24 hours per day, and it is possible the name of Radio Transcontinental change to "La Estrella del Milenio" (Héctor García Bojorge, DF, Cumbre DX March 22 via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. For A-01 season, RN-Bonaire 50 kW has scheduled M-F DRM broadcasts, languages not specified, azimuths: 0530-0625 11655 50 WEu 0630-0755 15245 50 WEu 1730-1925 17880 350 ENAm 1930-2025 17880 80 WEu 2030-2125 15455 350 ENAm (Andy Sennitt, RN) So, adjacents, beware of the buzz (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1073, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. To the discussion I got this explanation from Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI: "We extended 15175 by one hour this week so as to avoid a collision with VOA 10-11 UT on 11720. All our problem as we change our schedule to coincide with our clocks when the Northern Hemisphere change freqs on March 25. From Sunday we will only use 15175 at 11-13 UT." Like at Noel Green's, 11720 also suffers from the Ukrainian QRM here in Copenhagen. 73, (Erik Koie, March 22, Electronic DX Press via DXLD) Fine, but I wish they would publish such variations in schedule. See also INTERNATIONAL VACUUM... (gh) ** PERÚ. 4886.71, Radio Virgen de Carmen (tentative), 1015-1030 Mar 20, Andean vocals, announcer in Vernacular with time checks, mention of "Huancavelica". Fair signal with hets on both sides (Mark Mohrmann, VT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. REE A01 English schedule 0000-0159 15385 America 0500-0559 6055 America 2000-2059 9595 (monday-friday) Africa 2000-2059 15290 (monday-friday) Europe 2100-2159 9595 (saturday-sunday) Africa 2100-2159 9840 (saturday-sunday) Europe I wonder about the different frequencies listed for Europe on weekdays vs. weekends -ds) (REE website via Daniel Sampson-WI, 3/22) Daniel Sampson, Arcadia, WI dsampson@triwest.net Prime Time Shortwave http://www.angelfire.com/wi2/shortwave/ (via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They did the same thing in previous seasons, just to confuse listeners; probably caused by high-priority deportes in Spanish. Note the 15385 again for NAm! As I recall they did this in summer 1999, but not in summer 2000, staying on 6055 instead (gh) ** UKRAINE. RUI A-01 English hours, all 100 kW: 2100 5905 SWEu, 7410 WEu, 9560 WEu, 11705 WEu, 11950 WEu, 13590 WEu/ENAm. 0000 5905 SWEu, 7320 Russia, 9640 Russia/N Kazakhstan, 13590 WEu/ENAm. 0300 7320 Russia, 7410 SEu, 9640 Russia/N Kazakhstan, 11840 S Kazakhstan, 13590 WEu/ENAm. 1100 15135 WEu/ENAm (Alexander Yegorov, RUI via Alokesh Gupta) 13590 should be best here, if actually on unlike last summer; and 15135 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1073, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. Clipped from World Beacon web site http://www.worldbeacon.net/ "Beginning the week of March 25th, the World Beacon will test a new transmitter site in the United Arab Eremites [sic]. We will be experimenting on a variety of frequencies in the 17 MHz band and seek your feedback on the quality of the reception in your area. When you hear the Beacon in the 17 MHz band, send your reception report to reception@worldbeacon.net We will be verifying reports with a limited edition QSL card that will make a great addition to any collection." 73 de (Pentti Lintujärvi, Helsinki, Finland, March 22, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** U S A. From: http://www.yellowstonepublicradio.org/program_highlights.html Friday, March 23, 7:00 p.m.: Utah Phillips tells the story of the radio, from the crystal set forward. That`s UT Saturday 0200, webcast available (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. We see a transmitter site named Furman for what must be WSHB, commonly located at Cypress Creek, South Carolina, for the UT Sunday 0200-0300 New (Dimensions) broadcast on 9430 to NAm. I cannot find Furman on my South Carolina map in road atlas; neither it nor Cypress Creek are in the index (gh) Perhaps a term like Wertachtal or Leszczynka? Wertachtal means just the valley of the Wertach river, no municipality [Germany, DW site]. Leszczynka is just the name of the field where the Polish shortwave station is situated, as far as I know next to the longwave transmitter which is listed as Raszyn (198 kHz). (Kai Ludwig, Germany) I then checked a large Rand McNally commercial atlas in the library, and indeed found Furman, South Carolina, a very small place in the southern corner of the state, in Hampton County, a few miles southeast of Estill, slightly larger, which may show on some maps, and southwest of the county seat, Hampton. And north of Savannah, Georgia. Now that I know where to look for it, Furman does also appear in my ordinary road atlas, although not in the very incomplete index. The commercial atlas still does not show any Cypress Creek, although there are Cypress - something-elses. So ``Furman`` is an improvement. I expect C.C. is indeed not a real populated town, just like Scott`s Corners, Maine for WCSN, WVHA, what is now WHRA. BTW, Furman is far too close for comfort to Walterboro, in the next county to the east (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [clandestine]. Oh, oh. Kentucky State Militia Radio was missing from 3260-USB, when checked around 0330 UT March 22, tho I had not checked at 0300. There were auroral conditions, but I would not expect this low frequency to be wiped out by those. Has anybody ever heard them on 12181? I have started monitoring it in the daytime just in case. Another frequency previously mentioned, 15745, is slightly blocked by WEWN –- scheduled 1000-2200 for A-01. Once again UT Friday 0330-0400 on 3260-USB, nothing heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 25910/FM, KKOB Albuquerque NM; 2240-2310+ March 22, "News Radio 7-70 KKOB" Jim Valenucci (sp?) Show on remote w/group chit-chat & calls. "Traffic & weather together on the 7's". Ads/Bob Turner's Ford Country, Keller's Farm Store. VGood but scratchy. Lost @2257 tfc/wx break; seemed to be trying to re-link but no luck. Weak audio there after 2257 but covered even when apparently returned to remote site (Harold Frodge, MI, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO Broadcasting Schedule March 25 - October 28, 2001 Frequency Order --------------------------------------------------------------------- kHz kW Unit Location Language UT --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3215 50 RN-4 Madagascar French/Malagasy 0230 - 0330 3215 50 RN-4 Madagascar French/Malagasy 1530 - 1630 5840 100 DTK-1 Julich Bulgarian 0300 - 0400 5960 100 Sentech Meyerton English 0500 - 0530 5960 100 Sentech Meyerton English 1600 - 1630 6015 100 Sentech Meyerton English 0500 - 0530 6100 100 Sentech Meyerton English 1800 - 1830 6155 250 Sentech Meyerton Amharic 0330 - 0400 7165 300 ROI-2 Moosbrunn German/English 1500 - 1600 7170 250 Sentech Meyerton French/Yoruba 2000 - 2100 7230 300 ROI-2 Moosbrunn German 0700 - 0730 7230 2.5 AWR Forli Italian 0900 - 1000 7230 2.5 AWR Forli Italian 1100 - 1200 7230 250 Sentech Meyerton Fulani/Ibo 1900 - 2000 9385 100 KSDA4 Guam Arabic 1600 - 1800 9600 250 Sentech Meyerton Somali 0330 - 0400 9610 2.5 AWR Forli French 0630 - 0700 9610 2.5 AWR Forli Arabic 0700 - 0800 9610 2.5 AWR Forli German/English 0800 - 0900 9610 2.5 AWR Forli German/English 1200 - 1300 9640 2.5 AWR Forli French/Arabic 1300 - 1430 9725 100 KSDA2 Guam Korean 1200 - 1300 9740 100 KSDA4 Guam Korean 2000 - 2100 9745 500 Sentech Meyerton French/English 2000 - 2100 9745 100 DTK-2 Julich Arabic 2100 - 2300 9745 100 DTK-2 Julich French 2300 - 2330 9875 100 DTK-1 Julich Bulgarian 1600 - 1700 9875 100 DTK-1 Julich Romanian 1700 - 1800 11560 100 KSDA2 Guam English/Mongolian 1000 - 1100 11560 100 KSDA2 Guam Mandarin 1100 - 1200 11560 100 KSDA2 Guam Arabic 1600 - 1800 11625 100 KSDA1 Guam Vietnamese 1200 - 1300 11705 100 KSDA4 Guam English/Tagalog 1000 - 1100 11705 100 KSDA1 Guam Japanese/English 1300 - 1400 11710 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Amharic 0300 - 0330 11730 100 KSDA1 Guam Mandarin 2100 - 2200 11830 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Arabic 0500 - 0700 11850 100 KSDA1 Guam Tamil/Marathi 1500 - 1600 11850 100 KSDA1 Guam English 1600 - 1700 11850 100 KSDA1 Guam Indonesian/Javan 2200 - 2300 11880 100 DTK-1 Julich Italian 0900 - 1000 11890 100 KSDA2 Guam Nepali/Hindi 1500 - 1600 11930 100 KSDA2 Guam Burmese 1400 - 1500 11960 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Farsi 1630 - 1700 11965 100 KSDA1 Guam Farsi/English 1700 - 1800 11970 250 Sentech Meyerton Yoruba/English 0500 - 0600 11975 250 Sentech Meyerton Kiswahili/English 0400 - 0500 11980 100 KSDA1 Guam Mandarin 1000 - 1200 11980 100 KSDA2 Guam Japanese/English 1300 - 1400 11980 100 KSDA1 Guam Mandarin 1400 - 1500 11980 100 KSDA2 Guam Korean 2000 - 2100 11980 100 KSDA2 Guam Japanese/English 2100 - 2200 11980 100 KSDA2 Guam Mandarin 2200 - 2300 12010 100 KSDA1 Guam Mandarin 2300 - 2400 12020 250 Sentech Meyerton Oromo 1630 - 1700 12130 250 Sentech Meyerton Kiswahili/English 1700 - 1800 13840 100 KSDA3 Guam Tagalog/English 1700 - 1800 15115 250 Sentech Meyerton Afar/Tigrina 1500 - 1600 15115 250 Sentech Meyerton Amharic 1600 - 1630 15195 100 KSDA4 Guam Punjabi/Hindi 1500 - 1600 15195 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Dyula/French 2000 - 2100 15195 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn English 2100 - 2130 15215 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Farsi 0430 - 0500 15240 100 KSDA4 Guam Japanese/English 2100 - 2200 15265 100 KSDA3 Guam Mandarin 2100 - 2200 15320 100 KSDA3 Guam Vietnamese 2200 - 2400 15325 100 KSDA3 Guam Vietnamese 0000 - 0100 15330 100 KSDA3 Guam Indonesian/Javan 1100 - 1200 15330 100 KSDA3 Guam Vietnamese 1200 - 1300 15345 250 Sentech Meyerton Ibo/Hausa 0530 - 0630 15385 100 KSDA3 Guam English/Bangla 1300 - 1400 15450 100 KSDA3 Guam Mandarin 1000 - 1100 15460 100 KSDA3 Guam Vietnamese 1600 - 1700 15460 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Amharic/Tigrina 1700 - 1800 15585 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Arabic 1800 - 2000 15615 100 KSDA4 Guam Mandarin 1100 - 1500 15620 100 DTK-2 Julich Arabic 0700 - 0900 15620 100 DTK-2 Julich French 0900 - 0930 15620 250 Sentech Meyerton Somali 1630 - 1700 15675 100 KSDA3 Guam Telegu/Kanada 1500 - 1600 17560 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Afar 1500 - 1530 17660 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn English/Urdu 1530 - 1630 17635 100 KSDA4 Guam Mandarin 0000 - 0200 17635 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn English/Urdu 0330 - 0430 17635 100 KSDA4 Guam Mandarin 2200 - 2400 17650 2.5 AWR Forli Arabic 1000 - 1100 17665 100 KSDA3 Guam Mandarin 0200 - 0400 17720 100 KSDA3 Guam Sinhala/English 1400 - 1500 17780 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn Dyula 0730 - 0800 17780 300 ROI-1 Moosbrunn French/English 0800 - 0900 =================================================================== ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO Broadcasting Schedule March 25-October 28, 2001 Time Order - Half Hour Time Blocks --------------------------------------------------------------------- UT Frequencies --------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 17635 0030 17635 0100 15325 17635 0130 15325 17635 0200 17665 0230 3215 17665 0300 3215 5840 11710 17635 17665 0330 3215 5840 6155 9600 17635 17665 0400 11975 0430 11975 15215 0500 5960 6015 11830 11970 0530 11830 11970 15345 0600 11830 15345 0630 9610 11830 0700 7230 9610 15620 0730 9610 15620 17780 0800 9610 15620 17780 0830 9610 15620 17780 0900 7230 11880 15620 0930 7230 11880 1000 11560 11705 11980 15450 17650 1030 11560 11705 11980 15450 17650 1100 7230 11560 11980 15330 15615 1130 7230 11560 11980 15330 15615 1200 9610 9725 11625 15330 15615 1230 9610 9725 11625 15330 15615 1300 9640 11705 11980 15385 15615 1330 9640 11705 11980 15385 15615 1400 9640 11930 11980 15615 17720 1430 11930 11980 15615 17720 1500 7165 11850 11890 15115 15195 15675 17560 1530 3215 7165 11850 11890 15115 15195 15675 17660 1600 3215 5960 9385 9875 11560 11850 15115 15460 17660 1630 3215 9385 9875 11560 11850 11960 12020 15460 15620 1700 9385 9875 11560 11965 12130 13840 15460 1730 9385 9875 11560 11965 12130 13840 1800 6100 15585 1830 15585 1900 7230 15585 1930 7230 15585 2000 7170 9740 9745 11980 15195 2030 7170 9740 9745 11980 15195 2100 9745 11730 11980 15195 15240 15265 2130 9745 11730 11980 15240 15265 2200 9745 11850 11980 15320 17635 2230 9745 11850 11980 15320 17635 2300 9745 12010 15320 17635 2330 12010 15320 17635 ========================================================= (via Adrian Peterson, AWR, March 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN/ITALY. Vatican Radio appeals for more time to adapt transmitters | Excerpt from report in English by Italian news agency ANSA database Rome, 21 March: Vatican Radio today begged for time to adapt its allegedly dangerous transmitters to Italian norms but Environment Minister Willer Bordon said he would pull the plug in a matter of days if electromagnetic pollution levels stay the same. In a letter to Milan daily Corriere della Sera, Vatican Radio chief Federico Lombardi claimed that delays in adjusting the transmitters were the fault of Italian technicians. He called for Bordon's two-week deadline, issued last week, to be extended. But in a letter to Rome daily La Repubblica, Bordon pointed out that "the electromagnetic waves produced by Vatican Radio have repeatedly breached the limits set by Italian law". "If further breaches of the law are shown in a few days' time, I will order power company Enel to suspend the supply of electrical power to Vatican Radio." Lombardi reiterated that the risks to public health had not been proven, but Bordon said caution was justified because of the cases of leukaemia registered in the area around the transmitters... Source: ANSA news agency database, Rome, in English 1050 gmt 21 Mar 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. President accused of inciting hatred against the media | Text of report in English by Venezuela Online News web site on 19 March President Hugo Chávez undermines and insults much of the local media in an effort to impose the official line in the dissemination of news, Venezuelan journalists have charged. The presented a report to the press freedom committee of the Inter-American Press Association holding its semi-annual meeting in Fortaleza, Brazil. Luisa Chiossone, secretary-general of the Venezuelan Journalists' Group, said Chávez "holds the press up to public derision and incites collective hate against certain publications, publishers, editors, reporters and columnists". Meanwhile, in Washington DC, the non-government Committee for the Protection of Journalists named Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Cuba as Latin American countries where journalists' lives were in danger because of government actions. [In a similar report, the Venezuelan newspaper El Observador web site on 19 March said Chiossone's statement had made specific mention of the cases of the weekly La Razón, whose owner, Pablo López Ulacio faces criminal charges, and journalists Perla Lara and Xiomara Marrero, "who have been harassed and faced charges" after reporting irregularities in the legislative council of eastern Sucre State.] Source: Venezuela Online News web site, Caracas, in English 19 Mar 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) So the alliance with R. Habana Cuba is well-founded! And Aló, Presidente may not be such an innocent exercise (gh) ** VENEZUELA. Whether Ecos del Torbes or not, the unID Venezuelan heard by Mohrmann on 4830.03 (DXLD 1038) must have carried an "AM Center es noticia" newscast and/or promos for this new network, whose flagship is RQ910AM, in Caracas. In sports, they sponsor baseball team Tiburones de La Guaira. One of the slogans used says, "El Circuito AM Center marca en el dial la diferencia". On Aug 20, 2000, Björn Olsson, of Umeå Kortvågsklubb, Sweden, was tuned to Manzanares 1580, in Venezuela, and happened to record some of the 22 affiliates of a network, unknown at the time, which must have been Circuito AM Center. The only affiliate mentioned in the town of San Cristóbal was R Táchira (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4830.03 Unidentified: Henrik Klemetz has correctly identified the ID heard as "El Circuito AM Center marca en el dial la diferencia" referring to the Venezuelan network with RQ910AM as the flagship station. It is still not clear that the programming was coming from Ecos del Torbes (Mark Mohrmann, VT, Mar 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) José M Valdés R, YV5LIX, reports in a mail Mar 23 that R Táchira is on 4830 while 4980 is silent for the time being (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6304.1-4 Peru? 1030-1115 March 22. The carrier was wavering, audio was only coming through on upper sideband. It had the qualities of a spur or harmonic. I checked the 49 meter band with another receiver and did not find a match. I think it maybe the 5th or 6th harmonic of a Peruvian MW station. I did hear at one point clearly "Lima Peru". I see on Mark Morhmann's website, that R Unión located in Lima, Peru is listed as a spur on 6301, so this is a possibility. The signal strength was actually fairly good. It peaked noticeably around 1050-1105, which is right for the Peruvian dawn. Program content consisted of SS dialogue till about 1055. Then Latin pop mx, (not Andean folk) ID @ 1100, which I couldn't make out, then more mx including a romantic ballad sung by a woman (David Hodgson, TN, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ###