DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-042, March 26, 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] ** ALASKA. 11870, KNLS, Listed English on 11870 at 1300-1400 not audible here, probably entire A-01 season, due to another religious station on 11870. Too bad, because I enjoyed occasionally listening to KNLS. They have nice music segments and historical program segments about the US (Lee Silvi, Mentor OH, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11870? Actually the problem here is KNLS ensconcing itself in the super-splatter skirts of M. Angelica, WEWN 11875. Maybe KNLS tired of handling all those reception reports from the Lower 48, not its target area, anyway (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Voice of Australia faces Friday deadline | By ANNABEL CRABB Tuesday 27 March 2001 The ABC is negotiating last-minute measures to save Radio Australia from going off the air by Friday. The broadcaster's transmissions to a range of Asian and South Pacific countries were thrown into doubt last week when the Seven Network closed Australia Television International. Radio Australia had relied on a piggyback deal with Australia Television, using its satellite space to broadcast into countries such as Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Vietnam. A contract with the Indonesian operator SatelIndo expired yesterday, but the ABC negotiated an extension until Friday and hopes to sign another, more permanent contract by the end of the week. "We are on the air ... we will be on the air until Friday, and we're still negotiating," said Colin Knowles, the ABC's director of technology and distribution. It is believed that satellite fees cost more than $10 million a year - money the ABC will seek from the government as part of its Australia Television package. "It's all tied up with the government's vision about what it's doing with Australia Television," Mr Knowles said. He was confident that a long- term broadcast arrangement would be reached. A spokesman for Communications Minister Richard Alston said the government was "considering further options for the provision of an international television service, and we will consider if there's a need to support any new satellite delivery arrangements ... to ensure that Radio Australia continues to be received throughout the region". But Labor MP Kevin Rudd condemned the government's management of Radio Australia, including a halving of the broadcaster's budget in 1997. "Radio Australia represents an extraordinary catalogue of mismanagement by the government," he said. This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/2001/03/27/FFXHRE4ARKC.html (via Daniel Say, swprograms via DXLD) Not exactly off the air, as they have a few transmissions via Shepparton presumably not relying on the old circuit! (gh, DXLD): ** AUSTRALIA. RA / BBC / Christian Vision schedule, A-01 March 2001 [first we separate the RA Darwin listings, the first we have seen for comeback; also left in list below to show 13605 overlap! -gh] 13605 1100-1230 43,44 DRW 250 340 Chinese ABC ABC 15240 2200-2300 43,44,49,50,54 DRW 250 340 Chinese ABC ABC 15240 2300-2400 49,50,54 DRW 250 317 Khmer ABC ABC 15425 2130-2400 38,39,54 DRW 250 290 Indonesian ABC ABC 5995 0800-0900 51,56,64 BRN 10 010 ELP ABC ABC 5995 0900-1100 51,56,64 BRN 10 010 Tok Pisin ABC ABC 5995 1100-1400 51,56,64,65 BRN 10 010 ELP ABC ABC 5995 1400-1800 51,54E,56,64,65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 6020 0900-1100 51,56,65 SHP 100 030 Tok Pisin ABC ABC 6020 1100-1400 51,56,65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 6080 1400-1800 50,51E,54 SHP 100 334 ELP ABC ABC 6080 1800-2000 45,50,51,54E,56W,64 SHP 100 005 ELP ABC ABC 6080 2000-2100 51,54E,56W SHP 100 005 Tok Pisin ABC ABC 7240 1800-2000 51,54E,56,64,65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 7240 2000-2200 51,56,65S SHP 100 030 Tok Pisin ABC ABC 9430 1600-1900 18,27-29,49-51,54,55N SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 9475 1100-1230 43,44,50,54E,55 SHP 100 329 Chinese ABC ABC 9475 1230-1330 49,54,55 SHP 100 329 Vietnamese ABC ABC 9475 1330-1430 49,50,54,55 SHP 100 329 ADF ABC ABC 9475 1430-1700 41,49,50,54,55 SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 9580 0805-1100 2,6-8,51,55E,56,60-63,65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 9580 1100-2130 6-8,10,60-63 SHP 100 070 ELP ABC ABC 9655 1900-2130 18,27,28W,44,50,51,54,55N SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 9660 2100-2200 51,56,64,65 BRN 10 010 ELP ABC ABC 9660 2300-0800 51,56,61,65 BRN 10 010 ELP ABC ABC 9710 0700-0900 45,51,54E,55,56W,64,65W SHP 100 353 ELP ABC ABC 9710 0900-1100 45,51,54E,55,56,64,65 SHP 100 353 Tok Pisin ABC ABC 9815 1700-2100 45,51,56,61-65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 11650 1200-1700 51,56,61-65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 11660 1330-1430 49,50,54 SHP 100 329 ADF ABC ABC 11660 1430-1700 18,27,49,50,54 SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 11695 2130-2400 49,50,54 SHP 100 329 Indonesian ABC ABC 11880 0900-1000 49,50,51W,54,55N SHP 100 329 Indonesian ABC ABC 11880 1000-1100 43,44S,49,50,51W,54,55N SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 11880 1100-1230 43,44,49,50,54,55N SHP 100 329 Chinese ABC ABC 11880 1230-1330 49,50,54,55N SHP 100 329 Vietnamese ABC ABC 11880 1700-2200 6,56,60-63 SHP 100 065 ELP ABC ABC 12080 0900-1100 51,56,60-62 BRN 10 080 Tok Pisin ABC ABC 12080 1100-1200 51,56,60-62 BRN 10 080 ELP ABC ABC 12080 2000-2200 51,56,60-62 BRN 10 080 ELP ABC ABC 12080 2300-0900 51,56,60-62 BRN 10 080 ELP ABC ABC 13605 0800-1200 45,51,56,61-65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 13605 1100-1230 43,44 DRW 250 340 Chinese ABC ABC 15240 0000-0800 45,51,54E,55,64 SHP 100 353 ELP ABC ABC 15240 0700-0900 6-8,10,27,28,61-63 SHP 100 090 ELP ABC ABC 15240 2200-2300 43,44,49,50,54 DRW 250 340 Chinese ABC ABC 15240 2300-2400 49,50,54 DRW 250 317 Khmer ABC ABC 15415 0000-0100 44S,49 SHP 100 329 Vietnamese ABC ABC 15415 0100-0500 44S,49,50,54,55N SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 15415 0500-0600 49 SHP 100 329 Khmer ABC ABC 15415 0600-0900 44S,49,50,54,55N SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 15415 2130-2400 50S,51,54,55,58N SHP 100 353 Indonesian ABC ABC 15425 2130-2400 38,39,54 DRW 250 290 Indonesian ABC ABC 15515 0200-0700 6-8,10,61-63 SHP 100 070 ELP ABC ABC 17580 0000-0800 2,6,45,51,55,56,61-65 SHP 100 030 ELP & X ABC ABC 17715 2100-2400 2,6,45,51,55,56,61-65 SHP 100 030 ELP ABC ABC 17750 0000-0500 44,49,50,54,55N,58N SHP 100 329 ELP & X ABC ABC 17750 0500-0600 49 SHP 100 329 Khmer ABC ABC 17750 0600-0900 44,49,50,54,55N,58N SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 17750 0900-1000 50,51W,54,55N,58N SHP 100 329 Indonesian ABC ABC 17750 1000-1100 27,28,44,49,50,54,55N,58N SHP 100 329 ELP ABC ABC 17795 2200-0200 6-8,10,51E,56,61-65 SHP 100 050 ELP ABC ABC 21725 0100-0900 32-35,43-45,50,51,54,55,64,65 SHP 100 355 ELP ABC ABC 21740 2100-0100 6-8,10,11,56,60-63 SHP 100 070 ELP ABC ABC 21820 0900-1400 27-32,43,44,49,50,54,55 SHP 70 329 ELP ABC ABC 9660 2200-2300 51,56,61,65 BRN 10 010 BBC WS E BBC ABC 12080 2200-2300 51,56,60-62 BRN 10 080 BBC WS E BBC ABC 9715 1700-2100 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 English CVO CVI 11815 1700-1900 41,49,54 DRW 250 303 English CVO CVI 13730 1400-1700 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 English CVO CVI 13775 1000-1400 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 English CVO CVI 15400 1200-1700 41,49,54 DRW 250 303 English CVO CVI 17710 0700-1000 43,44,50 DRW 250 340 English CVO CVI 17730 1000-1200 41,49,54 DRW 250 303 English CVO CVI (via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. 17865 via Sackville at 1530 had English as usual as checked March 25 (Joe Hanlon in Philadelphia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Austria International - Frequency Schedule 25th March 2001 to 27th October 2001 in English. ------------------------------------------------- 0130 - 0200 N. America 9870 and 17865* 0530 - 0600 Europe 6155 and 13730 1130 - 1200 Europe 6155 and 13730 1330 - 1400 Asia 21780 1330 - 1400 Europe 5945 and 6155 1530 - 1600 N. America 17865 via Sackville 1830 - 1900 Europe 5945 and 6155 2130 - 2200 Europe 5945 and 6155 [Monday to Friday Only] Mailing address: A-1040 Wien, Austria. e-mail: roi.service@orf.at website: http://roi.orf.at (Nick Sharpe, UK, World DX Club via Mike Barraclough, March 26, DXLD) *17865 at 0130? Surely not. Similar ambiguity in printed schedule I pointed out last season (gh, DXLD) I would assume that Nick is quoting from the printed schedule; have now seen your comment last season as to its confusing nature (Mike Barraclough, UK, DXLD) ORF A-01 SCHD RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL (ROI) Schedule for the Period Summer 2001: 25.03.2001 - 27.10.2001 Arabic 2005-2030 Fri+Sun Eu, NAf 5945, 6155 German 0000-0030 LAm 9870 0100-0130 NAm/E 9870 0400-0500 Eu 6155, 13730 0500-0530 Eu, NE 6155, 13730, 17870 0600-0630 Eu 13730 0700-0800 Eu 13730 0800-1100 Eu 6155, 13730 1200-1300 Eu 6155, 13730 1300-1330 Eu,As/Aus 6155, 13730, 21780 1400-1500 Eu 6155, 13730 1500-1600 Eu,NAm/W 13730, 17865C 1600-1730 Eu 6155, 13730 1800-1830 Eu 5945, 6155 1900-1930 Eu 5945, 6155 2000-2005 Eu 5945, 6155 2100-2130 Eu 5945, 6155 2200-2300 Eu 5945, 6155 2300-2330 Eu,LAm 5945, 6155, 13730 English 0130-0200 NAm/E 9870 0532-0600 Eu,NE 6155, 13730, 17870 1130-1200 Eu 6155, 13730 1330-1400 Eu,As/Aus 6155, 13730, 21780 1830-1900 Eu 5945, 6155 2130-2200 Eu 5945, 6155 Esperanto 2030-2100 Fri+Sun Eu 5945, 6155 French 0630-0700 Eu 13730 1100-1130 Eu 6155, 13730 1730-1800 Eu 6155, 13730 Spanish 0030-0100 LAm 9870 1930-2000 Eu 5945, 6155 2330-2400 Eu,LAm 5945, 6155, 13730 Eu = Europe NAm/E = North America/East NAm/W = North America/West LAm = Latin America NAf = North Africa NE = Near East As/Aus = Asia & Australia C = Relay RCI Sackville (ORF via WWDXC-Germany, Mike Bethge, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** CANADA. Monday March 26, same story as yesterday around 1400: RCI/CBC still using 13655, not 15305; and at 1340, CRI relay via Sackville on 13650 was beneath P`yongyang Spanish but only a subaudible het apart from it; by 1345 het gap had widened to audible; one could hear North Korea drifting around in real time. 1353, CRI in English was on top of 13650, and CRI via Cuba 9570 was running about a sesquisecond behind 13650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 17660, HCJB, March 25 2300-0000+; As suggested in DXLD this broadcast provides an opportunity to hear HCJB earlier (in Ohio) as the English broadcast to India was very strong in northeast Ohio. News at 2300, Musical Mailbag at 2310. Also there was no interference as sometimes occurs on to their 9745 broadcast to North America (Lee Silvi, Mentor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HCJB`s new English "to India" at 2300 on 17660 has news until 2309 and then the usual features... so here is another opportunity for DX Party Line listeners, Saturday at 2309 (unfortunately if listeners in South Asia want to hear it that is 4:39 am IST--too early for 'em and I really wonder if it propagates at all to that area...). (Joe Hanlon in Philadelphia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Radio France International was heard with a good signal at 1200 to Africa on 25820; it had news followed by David Page's Club 9516 show, monitored on March 25. At 1400, however, they had a full hour of English news, including Club 9516, on 17620 to the Middle East and Asia... is that full hour on Sundays only? I thought they had just cut back to a 30-minute program at this time... Heard RFI's new English timing at 0400 on 15155 3/26; heard at fair- to-good level despite HCJB splash from 15160 which forced me to tune on the LSB side in sync detector on the Drake SW8. Had sports features in final few minutes of this broadcast (Joe Hanlon in Philadelphia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GEORGIA. 11805.24, Georgian Radio, 0532 March 26, Woman giving schedule in English, followed by music until 0535. ID, music, then talk regarding the United Nations read by man until 0540. Interference from LSB station and other associated QRM, otherwise good signal with somewhat muddied audio (Mark J. Fine, VA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So English shifted one hour earlier? I checked at former time 0630 March 26 and VOA is still on 11805 now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) ** GREECE [and non]. FWIW, as of March 26, the IBB schedule shows these A-01 entries for ERT Kavala, in various languages; 355 degrees is the closest it can come toward NAm; the others for Asia/Australia: 9420 0000-0345 355 1300-2045 355 9425 2100-2245 355 11645 1200-1500 105 1500-1900 095 12105 0000-0345 355 1200-1300 355 1900-2045 355 2300-2345 355 15650 2100-2245 095 2300-2345 095 17520 0400-0800 095 21530 0400-0800 095 And the only entries for ERT as ERA5 via USA sites: 9775 1200-1500 DL 075 11900 0600-0800 DL 296 17565 2000-2200 GA 164 17705 1600-2200 DL 075 Last summer we had 15455 at 1200-1700 from Delano, leaving a gap at 1700-1800. Now we have 17705 coming on earlier than before at 1600, leaving a gap at 1500-1600 after 9775 which replaces 9690 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Based on last summer`s scheduling and/or customary shifts one hour earlier from B-00, look for Hellenes Around the World, Saturdays 1600-1700 on 17705; It`s All Greek to Me, Sundays 1800-1900 on 17705. English news to NAm should shift to 0200-0210 M-F on 9420, 12105 plus two Avlis non-IBB frequencies (John Babbis, making educated guesses as of March 21, paraphrased by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. R. Budapest might have anticipated a clash on 9570 with CRI Chinese via Cuba when Budapest now has English to North America at 0230. We confirm they do clash. Perhaps CRI has never bothered to register this relay which has been going for a couple of years already? At least Romania is no longer on 9570 at that time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Now that HCJB Spanish is not using 15140 kHz in late Midwest mornings, AIR New Delhi in Russian is booming in here loud and clear from 1615 to 1715 UT with its usual fare of news and songs from the Indian movies. AIR uses on this frequency a 500 kW transmitter in Bangalore targeted to Russia at 335 degrees. AIR`s Russian ID is "Vseindijskoe Radio Deli" (Sergei Sosedkin, MI, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Literally, All India Radio...tho I would transliterate it Fseindiyskoye (gh) ** INDIA. Friends, Here are the latest changes of All India Radio SW. 7170 HS Delhi (ex 7110) at 0030-0040 7220 HS Delhi (ex 7110) at 0215-0400 9895 Panaji (ex 9700) at 1300-1500 Sinhala, 1530-1545 English 13645 Bangalore (ex 13630) at 1130-1200 Thai 13695 Bangalore (ex 13750) at 1745-2030 English/French 15770 (ex 15780) at 0430-0600 Arabic/Urdu 17510 (ex 17485) at 1000-1100 English ===== (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Instiute of Amateur Radio, Box 1555, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India; Tel. 91-40-3310287 vu2jos@india.com bcdxnet Sundays 0300 UTC 7085 kHz via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Hi Glenn, It appears to me that the WRN 1 North America schedule is based on local times in the United States. Although there were some program changes last Sunday, the schedule doesn`t shift by a hour (relative to UT) until next Sunday. To confirm this, at 1755-1805 CT, I just heard the end of RTE Ireland and the beginning of Radio Budapest. This would suggest that World of Radio will still be on at the same local time (and same UT time) this coming Saturday. P.S. However, BBC WS Americas stream feature programs have already shifted. I just verified Meridian at 1805 CT (was 1905 CT last week and will be 1905 CT again next week). (Kevin A. Kelly, MA, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Postcards from Beyond For more information contact: Dr. H. Paul Shuch, Executive Director (201) 641-1770, or email info@setileague.org For Immediate Release, Please LITTLE FERRY, NJ, March, 2001 -- Since early in the last century, amateur radio operators have observed a tradition of exchanging postal cards to commemorate their on-the-air contacts. So-called QSL cards (named for the International Morse Code signal for 'confirmation') are used as proof of successful radio contact with stations in rare and distant locations. Many operators in exotic lands employ the services of a QSL manager to distribute their much sought after cards. Now, as the world's radio hams prepare for the eventual reception of signals from civilizations in space, the question arises as to how those succeeding at the Search for Extra- Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) will ever receive a QSL card. The SETI League, Inc., a grass-roots, international body of radio hobbyists trying to accomplish the ultimate in long-distance communication, is pleased to announce that it will henceforth serve as QSL Manager for ET! In fact, to encourage amateur participation in the growing fields of radio astronomy and SETI, they are offering special cards to commemorate confirmed reception of a variety of extra-terrestrial signals: manmade, natural, and even alien. An image of the QSL card appears at http://www.setileague.org/photos/qslfront.jpg Any SETI enthusiast documenting radio reception of an artificial satellite, manned or unmanned space probe, natural astrophysical phenomenon, or Earth transmission bounced off the moon or another planet, is eligible to apply for a QSL Card from The SETI League, Inc. Reception must have been accomplished with equipment normally used for, or capable of being used for, radio astronomy. "Many amateurs have the capability to receive such signals," says SETI League executive director Dr. H. Paul Shuch, who is licensed as amateur radio operator N6TX. "We expect to send out many such cards. But the holy grail of SETI is a verified transmission from our cosmic companions. That QSL will be a rare one, but we stand ready to send it out when The Call is confirmed." Amateur radio astronomers seeking a QSL card should send reception reports (including date, time, frequency, coordinates, nature and origin of signal) to SETI League headquarters, along with a stamped, self-addressed business size envelope. QSL requests from outside the US should include two International Reply Coupons. Please state whether the signal received was natural, manmade, or alien (and be prepared to justify any claims of the latter). SETI scientists seek to determine through microwave and optical measurements whether humankind is alone in the universe. Since Congress terminated NASA's SETI funding in 1993, The SETI League and other scientific groups have been attempting to privatize the research. Experimenters interested in participating in the search for intelligent alien life, or citizens wishing to help support it, should email to join@setileague.org, check the SETI League Web site at http://www.setileague.org, send a fax to 1 (201) 641-1771, or contact The SETI League, Inc. membership hotline at 1 (800) TAU-SETI. Be sure to provide us with a postal address to which we will mail further information. The SETI League, Inc. is a membership-supported, non-profit [501(c)(3)], educational and scientific corporation dedicated to the electromagnetic Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Follow this link for full Rules and Regulations: http://www.setileague.org/awards/qslcard.htm (SETI League via DXLD) ** IRAN. I sent VOIRI a reception report in August, detailing my reception of three separate broadcasts. I did not send anything for return postage. The correct address is: VOIRI External Service, P.O. Box No. 19395-6767, Tehran, Iran. Approximately one sesquimonth later I received a package containing a partial data QSL card, another blank QSL card, a signed letter, three magazines, a short novel, a VOIRI broadcast schedule, a new reception report form, and several stickers. Their letter asked that in future reports, I provide personal details such as my "hobbies, occupation, religion, thoughts and ideas about life in general as well as other interesting things..." They also invited comments, suggestions and criticisms about VOIRI. Follow these hints and you should "earn" your VOIRI QSL! Best of luck to you. 73 (David M. Martin, Atlanta, March 25, swl@qth.net via DXLD) ** IRAN. For those who would like to keep track of VOIRI`s ever- increasing output, here are the new registrations, not all of which may actually be in use. If you have an unID on a certain frequency, check this list, all languages sic: 5955 1500 1600 30,31,40NE MAS 500 0 UZBAKI 5955 1600 1730 30,31,40NE MAS 500 0 TADJIKI 6005 0030 0130 39S,40S KAM 500 178 BENGALI 6015 1630 1730 40E,41W SIR 500 65 PUSHTU 6025 1630 2130 38,39 KAM 500 238 ARABIC 6035 1730 1830 30-32 KAM 500 58 RUSSIAN 6045 1930 2030 29,30 KAM 500 358 RUSSIAN 6150 1630 1730 40E,41W SIR 500 90 PUSHTU 6160 1630 1830 29S,40NW SIR 500 346 TURKI-AZ 6175 1630 1730 39NE,40NW ZAH 500 289 ARMENIAN 6200 1630 1730 29S,39NE,40NW MAS 500 0 ARMENIAN 6200 1730 0130 39,40 AHW 250 0 ARABIC 6220 1630 1830 29S,40NW SIR 500 346 TURKI-AZ 7105 1930 2030 27,28 KAM 500 298 FARSI 7115 1430 1530 41E,49W SIR 500 90 BENGALI 7115 1530 1630 41,49,54,55,59 KAM 500 109 ENGLISH 7115 1730 1830 29-31 KAM 100 15 RUSSIAN 7120 0330 0530 39 AHW 250 0 S-A 7125 1930 2030 28E,29 KAM 100 340 RUSSIAN 7130 0230 0330 40E,41W SIR 500 75 PUSHTU 7155 0230 0430 39,40 ZAH 500 0 ARABIC 7165 1600 1730 28S,39N KAM 500 289 TURKI-ES 7175 1900 1930 38,39 KAM 100 265 EBRI 7180 0100 0230 30,31,40NE MAS 500 0 TADJIKI 7180 0230 0300 30,31,40NE MAS 500 0 UZBAKI 7180 1230 1330 40E,41W MAS 500 0 No.Br 7180 1330 1500 30,40E MAS 500 0 DARI 7195 1630 1730 40E,41W AHW 250 84 PUSHTU 7205 1730 1830 30-32,40NE AHW 250 26 RUSSIAN 7230 1630 1730 29S,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 ARMENIAN 7230 1930 2030 28,29 SIR 500 320 RUSSIAN 7245 0330 0530 39 SIR 500 295 S-A 7255 1630 1730 40E,41W KAM 100 110 PUSHTU 7270 1330 1430 39S,40,41N ZAH 500 0 URDU 7270 1430 1530 40E,41W ZAH 500 0 PUSHTU 7270 1530 1730 40E,41W ZAH 500 0 URDU 7275 0130 0300 39-41 ZAH 250 0 FARSI 7295 1730 1830 28S SIR 500 313 BOSSNI 7295 1830 1930 28S SIR 500 295 ALBANI 7295 1930 2000 28,29 SIR 500 295 ITALY 7305 1730 1830 29-31 SIR 500 5 RUSSIAN 9515 0030 0130 12S,13S,14N,15N KAM 500 259 SPANISH 9525 0130 0230 40E,41W SIR 500 80 URDU 9525 1430 1530 41E,49W KAM 500 94 BENGALI 9525 1600 1730 28S,39N KAM 500 298 TURKI-ES 9535 0330 0530 39 SIR 500 282 S-A 9535 2030 2130 28S ZAH 500 289 ALBANI 9545 1730 1830 28S KAM 500 298 BOSSNI 9545 1830 1930 28S KAM 500 298 ALBANI 9560 0130 0230 8-11 KAM 500 325 SPANISH 9560 2330 0030 8,10,11 KAM 500 325 FRENCH 9565 1330 1500 40E,41W SIR 500 102 URDU 9570 0030 0130 41E,49W KAM 500 94 BENGALI 280801 281001 9570 1830 1930 28S ZAH 500 289 ALBANI 9570 2130 2230 41,49,54,55,59 SIR 500 115 ENGLISH 9580 0300 0430 30,40E MAS 500 0 DARI 9605 0230 0330 40E,41W KAM 500 94 PUSHTU 9610 0330 0430 38,39 KAM 500 250 S-F 9610 1730 1830 28S KAM 500 298 BOSSNI 9610 1830 1930 28S KAM 500 298 ALBANI 9625 1630 1730 40E,41W KAM 100 95 PUSHTU 9630 0930 1000 29S,39NE,40NW KAM 500 0 ARMENIAN 9630 1230 1330 40E,41W MAS 500 0 PUSHTU 9635 1530 1630 41,49,54,55,59 SIR 500 105 ENGLISH 9655 0030 0230 10S,11,12N SIR 500 304 SPANISH 9655 1730 1830 39S,47,48,52,53 MAS 500 210 SAWAHILI 9660 2130 2230 28S SIR 500 310 BOSSNI 9665 1330 1500 39S,40,41W ZAH 500 0 URDU 9685 0330 0530 39 KAM 500 0 S-A 9705 1830 0230 39,48,53 MAS 500 210 ARABIC 9720 1500 1530 41 SIR 500 95 HINDI 9740 1430 1530 39,40 AHW 250 0 BENGALI 9740 1530 1630 30-32,40NE SIR 500 17 RUSSIAN 9745 1900 1930 38,39 KAM 100 265 EBRI 9755 1530 1630 30-32,40NE SIR 500 40 RUSSIAN 9765 1630 1730 27,28 KAM 500 304 FARSI 9775 1930 2030 55,59 KAM 500 110 FARSI 9790 0230 0630 39S KAM 500 178 ARABIC 9790 1230 1330 40E,41W ZAH 500 0 PUSHTU 9810 0130 0230 8,11,12N KAM 500 304 SPANISH 9810 2130 2230 28S ZAH 500 289 BOSSNI 9830 0430 0500 38E,39 KAM 100 258 EBRI*No.Br 9835 0030 0130 8,9,10E,11N KAM 500 325 ENGLISH 9860 1330 2130 38,39 KAM 500 250 ARABIC 9890 0030 0130 41E,49W SIR 500 90 BENGALI 280801 281001 9900 1930 2030 29 SIR 500 349 RUSSIAN 11660 0530 1100 39,40 AHW 250 0 No.Br [?] 11660 1330 1430 39,40 AHW 250 0 URDU 11660 1730 1830 28S ZAH 500 289 BOSSNI 11660 1930 2000 28,29 ZAH 500 289 ITALY 11660 2030 2130 28S KAM 100 302 ALBANI 11660 2130 2230 28S KAM 100 302 BOSSNI 11670 1330 1430 42-44 KAM 500 64 CHINA 11670 1930 2030 27 KAM 500 304 ENGLISH 11675 1530 1630 30-32,40NE SIR 500 30 RUSSIAN 11680 0030 0130 41E,49W KAM 500 94 BENGALI 250301 280801 11680 1730 1830 27,28 SIR 500 320 GERMANY 11680 1830 1930 27,28 SIR 500 320 FRENCH 11700 0930 1000 29S,39NE,40NW KAM 500 298 ARMENIAN 11705 1530 1630 30-32,40NE KAM 500 58 RUSSIAN 11705 2100 2130 45 SIR 500 60 JAPANESE 11710 2130 0130 4,7-10 SIR 500 340 ARABIC 11740 1630 2130 37-39 MAS 500 270 ARABIC 11740 2130 0230 38,39 MAS 500 270 No.Br 11750 1300 1400 30,31,40NE KAM 500 58 KAZAKI 11750 2330 0030 42-44 KAM 500 64 CHINA 280801 281001 11765 0230 0330 40E,41W AHW 250 84 PUSHTU 11765 1730 1830 27,28 KAM 500 304 GERMANY 11765 2030 2130 27,28,37 KAM 500 289 SPANISH 11775 1500 1530 41 KAM 500 109 HINDI 11775 1530 1630 41,49,54 KAM 500 94 ENGLISH 11820 1530 1630 30-32 SIR 500 18 RUSSIAN 11840 1630 2130 27,28 KAM 500 304 ARABIC 11850 1500 1530 30,31,40NE AHW 250 26 No.Br 11855 1930 2000 28 KAM 500 298 ITALY 11860 0300 0330 29S,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 ARMENIAN 11860 1830 1930 27,28 KAM 500 304 FRENCH 11870 0330 0430 38,39 KAM 100 258 S-F 11870 1230 1330 40E,41W KAM 500 118 PUSHTU 11875 1930 2030 39,46,47,52 SIR 500 255 HUSA 11880 0130 0230 40E,41W KAM 500 94 URDU 11890 1500 1530 41 SIR 500 113 HINDI 11900 0130 0230 30,31,40NE SIR 500 30 KAZAKI 11900 1830 1930 46,47 SIR 500 263 FRENCH 11910 1330 1500 40E,41W KAM 500 118 No.Br 11925 1530 1630 30-32,40NE AHW 250 26 RUSSIAN 11930 1400 1500 30E,31,32W SIR 500 30 RUSSIAN 11935 0230 0430 38,39,47,48 KAM 500 238 ARABIC 11950 1330 1500 40E,41W KAM 500 118 URDU 11960 1400 1500 29,30 KAM 500 358 RUSSIAN 11965 0030 0130 41E,49W SIR 500 90 BENGALI 250301 280801 11970 0030 0130 10S,11S,12S KAM 500 304 ENGLISH 11970 2330 0030 8,11,12N KAM 500 304 FRENCH 11985 0430 0500 38E,39 KAM 100 258 EBRI* No.Br 11995 1430 1530 41E,49W SIR 500 102 BENGALI 11995 1730 1830 39S,48,52,53 SIR 500 223 SAWAHILI 13605 1330 1500 40E,41W KAM 500 94 URDU 13635 1530 1630 29 SIR 500 338 RUSSIAN 13635 2100 2130 45 SIR 500 65 JAPANESE 13640 0130 0230 40E,41W AHW 250 84 URDU 13665 1730 1830 27,28 SIR 500 322 GERMANY 13665 1830 1930 27,28 SIR 500 310 FRENCH 13675 1030 1530 39S,40S KAM 500 178 ARABIC 13695 0930 1100 39-41 MAS 500 0 FARSI 13710 0330 0530 29S,40NE SIR 500 338 TURKI-AZ 13730 0230 0330 12-15 KAM 500 280 SPANISH 13730 1830 1930 27,28 SIR 500 304 FRENCH 13730 1930 2030 27,28 SIR 500 313 ENGLISH 13745 2130 2230 41,49,54,55,59 KAM 500 110 ENGLISH 13750 1500 1530 41 KAM 500 118 HINDI 13755 0030 0230 10,11 SIR 500 328 SPANISH 13755 1300 1400 30,31,40NE SIR 500 30 KAZAKI 13770 0130 0230 30,31,40NE SIR 500 18 KAZAKI 13785 1230 1330 40E,41W AHW 250 84 PUSHTU 13785 1330 1500 40E,41W AHW 250 84 URDU 15115 0930 1100 42-44 KAM 500 64 FARSI 15125 0430 1630 39 MAS 500 210 ARABIC 15150 0230 1630 38,39 MAS 500 270 ARABIC 15165 0230 0300 41 SIR 500 102 HINDI 15190 1400 1500 28E,29 KAM 500 298 RUSSIAN 15200 1230 1330 49,54 SIR 500 115 MELAU 15215 0730 1200 39-41 ZAH 500 0 FARSI 15235 0530 0630 28S KAM 500 298 BOSSNI 15235 0630 0730 28S KAM 100 298 ALBANI 15235 1200 1300 28,29 KAM 500 298 ITALY 15235 1300 1330 45 SIR 500 65 JAPANESE 15260 0330 0430 39S,48,52,53 SIR 500 235 SAWAHILI 15260 0430 0600 28S,39N KAM 500 289 TURKI-ES 15260 0930 1000 29S,39NE,40NW SIR 500 322 ARMENIAN 15290 1400 1500 29,30E,31,32W SIR 500 5 RUSSIAN 15315 1930 2030 39,46,47,52 SIR 500 248 HUSA 15340 1300 1400 30,31,40NE SIR 250 40 KAZAKI 15365 0430 0600 28S,39N ZAH 500 289 TURKI-ES 15370 1330 1430 42-44 KAM 500 64 CHINA 15385 1100 1230 41W ZAH 500 0 ENGLISH 15420 1330 1500 40E,41W KAM 100 90 URDU 15430 1100 1230 41W AHW 250 84 ENGLISH 15490 2330 0030 42-44 SIR 500 75 CHINA 15510 0530 0630 28S SIR 500 295 BOSSNI 15555 1300 1330 45 SIR 500 60 JAPANESE 15570 1330 1430 42-44 SIR 500 53 CHINA 15570 2330 0030 42-44 KAM 500 64 CHINA 250301 280801 15570 2330 0030 42-44 SIR 500 68 CHINA 280801 281001 15585 1100 1230 40E,41NW KAM 500 94 ENGLISH 15585 1230 1330 49,54 KAM 500 109 MELAU 15595 0330 0430 39S,48,52,53 SIR 500 223 SAWAHILI 17555 1230 1330 49,54 SIR 500 113 MELAU 17560 0630 0730 28,29 KAM 500 295 ITALY 280801 281001 17560 0630 0730 28,29 SIR 500 310 ITALY 250301 280801 17570 0330 0430 39S,48,52,53 KAM 500 203 SAWAHILI 17570 0630 0730 27,28 KAM 500 304 FRENCH 250301 280801 17570 1000 1100 39S,48,52,53 KAM 500 203 SAWAHILI 17590 0530 0630 27,28,37 KAM 500 304 SPANISH 17590 0630 0730 27,28 KAM 500 304 FRENCH 17590 0730 0830 27,28 SIR 500 322 GERMANY 17600 0530 0630 39,46,47,52 SIR 500 260 HUSA 17600 2330 0030 42-44 SIR 500 68 CHINA 250301 280801 17605 0630 0730 28,29 SIR 500 295 ITALY 17605 1200 1300 28,29 SIR 500 295 ITALY 17605 1330 1430 42-44 SIR 500 75 CHINA 17610 0330 0530 39,47,48,52 SIR 500 233 ARABIC 17620 1230 1330 49,54 KAM 500 105 No.Br 17635 0230 0300 41 SIR 500 95 HINDI 17680 0530 0630 28S SIR 500 310 BOSSNI 17680 0630 0730 28S KAM 100 298 ALBANI 250301 280801 17680 0630 0730 28S SIR 500 310 ALBANI 280801 281001 17780 1000 1100 39S,48,52,53 SIR 500 226 SAWAHILI 17785 0530 0630 27,28,37 KAM 500 289 SPANISH 17785 0930 1000 27,28 KAM 500 304 FARSI 17800 0330 0430 39S,47,48,52,53 MAS 500 210 SAWAHILI 17805 1330 1430 42-44 SIR 500 65 CHINA 17875 1230 1330 49,54 KAM 500 105 MELAU 21470 1100 1230 41 SIR 500 95 ENGLISH 21520 0930 1230 41,49,54,55,59 SIR 500 115 ARABIC 21545 0930 1230 41,49,54,55,59 SIR 500 120 ARABIC 21645 0530 0630 39,46,47,52 SIR 500 263 HUSA 21645 0630 0730 39,46,47 SIR 500 263 FRENCH 21655 0930 1230 39,47,48 SIR 500 245 ARABIC 21730 1100 1230 41,49,54 SIR 500 107 ENGLISH 21775 0630 0730 27,28 SIR 500 313 FRENCH 280801 281001 21810 0530 0630 39,46,47,52 SIR 500 270 HUSA (via Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. See IRELAND below. Checking again for VOIRI March 26 at 2010 on 13730, only a very weak and fadey signal here, completely unusable, contrary to reports yesterday from ENAm. Just another example of the drastic disadvantage we face in CNAm for high-latitude paths (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND [non]. Looking for Iran on 13730, March 26 at 1832, I heard nothing of it, but instead BBC WS on 13725, Outlook, echoed on 17840. 13725 at 1830 is supposed to be RTE via Sackville, so Merlin owes another client a refund for yet another feed mixup. Still the same at 1842; very poor 21630 Ascension had something else, so presumably actually RTE. Yet Merlin continues to expand despite its poor track record of merely doing its job. New clients must not be aware of this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 8000, JJY, March 26 0947, Morse code ID at 0949. SINPO: 33333. Sorry to see them leaving SW (David Hodgson, Nashville TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. English effective from 25.03.01 Europe 08.00-09.00 on 13670 16.00-17.00 on 6150 19.00-20.00 on 7275 21.00-22.00 on 15575 21.00-21.30 on 3975 Skelton, UK relay North America 02.00-03.00 on 15575 11.30-12.00 on 9650 Sackville, Canada relay South America 02.00-03.00 on 11725 & 11810 Asia 13.00-14.00 on 9570 Middle East & Africa 16.00-17.00 on 9515 & 9870 China 02.00-03.00 on 7275 Non Directional 08.00-09.00 on 9570 13.00-14.00 on 13670 16.00-17.00 on 5975 19.00-20.00 on 5975 (RKI website via Michael Murray, World DX Club, via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. Yes, RKI in English was heard as usual at 1130 on March 25 on 9650 with Multiwave Feedback; interesting as to what happens on April 1, but if they do stay on 9650 at 1130, a higher band will indeed be required to maintain a good signal especially at midsummer (Joe Hanlon in Philadelphia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. 9875, No change in time or frequency for Radio Vilnius in English at 0047 27 March, with very good signal (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. EUROPIRATE: 15069.94 Alfa Lima International was heard in AM, but seems LSB was strongest from tune-in at 2358 UT 24 March through past 0700 with mostly music and the occasional ID in English. Peaked strangely at 0431 with almost a good signal, but this lasted only some 2 to 3 minutes before fading to poor. No ID during this time frame. Played music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show at 0441. Asking for reports, so I sent them a .rm attachment. They responded that tonight they had had very few responses, so thanked me for my input. Did hear them a couple of weeks ago around UT 1730 with much better reception. No signs of Radio Nova, nor FRS of Holland on 9290 or 9295 around the same time (Walt Salmaniw, 25 March 2001, Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. All this week, the playlist of WQXR 96.3 FM in New York includes music by Dutch composers, or featuring Dutch performers/conductors. It's part of the Dutch Music Week organized by Radio Netherlands and MuziekGroep Nederland. You can find more information and a detailed list of pieces to be played on WQXR on the special Web site at http://www.dutch-music-week.com/ If you live outside the New York area, you can listen online at http://www.wqxr.com/listen.html (Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, March 26, swprograms via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. Subject: New Programs & Frequencies Greetings! I try to listen to Radio Nederland at late-night and early-morning hours when I become wakeful, and had a hard time finding where you were Sunday. Because On Target hasn't arrived here yet, I had no idea what freqs you changed to at 1430 UT, since every one was different and the signal was weak enough that bandscanning didn't disclose any of them to me. But I just now went to the library and used the public-access computer there and now have a list of RN programs and frequencies from Glenn Hauser's DX Listening Digest (#1- 040). But this morning (26 March, during the 0930 UT Asia/Pacific/Far East broadcast) I discovered that you are airing programs in a different sequence, and it doesn't agree with what that list shows. Instead of Euroquest at 1030 UT and Newsline with a cut-off-early version at 1100 UT, you aired a full Newsline & Press Review at 1030 UT and then Euroquest at 1100 UT. This is annoying if it is an intentional change, since reception deteriorates during this 2-hour block and I often fall asleep again around 1100 UT. I'd far rather hear Research File immediately followed by Euroquest, as it has been and as the schedule shows. Then, at 1430, after hearing those frequencies announced at the 1130 UT cutoff of that broadcast, but missing the 9890 kHz reference and only hearing 11835 and 12075 kHz mentioned, I tried to listen again. 11835 was barely understandable with WYFR on 11830 kHz, and that station played loud music that splattered 11835 kHz into oblivion *just* as I was trying to hear the sign-on frequency list *both* times they gave it! Curses! (12075 was unreadable here at all at this time.) Tomorrow I will try 9890 kHz. What amazed me about this frequency choice of 11835 is that it is only 5 kHz off powerhouse WYFR, while 11840, 11845, 11850, & 11855 kHz were all clear and not interfered-with at all, at least at that time. I would think that even in the target area, WYFR would interfere with RN's intended listeners. Wouldn't RN be better off a channel or two higher? Is there other stuff audible over there that makes this a poor suggestion? Of course, I'm not in the target area, so what I want makes no difference to RN (or to anyone but me, sadly :-). But I always figure that if I'm happy, at least *some* other people are happy for the same reasons... Maybe specious reasoning, but it works some of the time... Regards, (William Martin, Saint Louis, Missouri, March 26, to letters@rnw.nl and cc to DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Hi Glenn! Regarding Andy Sennitt's message about RN's DRM tests in A01, I noticed that listeners may be able to gauge how bad DRM interference might be. (I've heard/read that it can be quite bad.) A DRM test is scheduled Bonaire, weekdays on 17880 from 1930 to 2025 UT, Bonaire, 50 kW, 80 deg. to Europe. I know that 10 kHz away is RCI English from Sackville from 1900 to 2000 UT, on 17870, 250 kW, 60 deg., also to Europe. Regards, (Ricky Leong, QB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. I checked the 1400 Radio Romania English broadcast and was announced, and heard on, 15250 and 17735 as in the schedule in DXLD 1-041. Can also confirm the 1700 broadcast on 11740 15365 15380 and 17805. I sent the A01 schedule in DXLD 1-033 to Arthur Ward to update the World DX Club database and he pointed out it was the winter one! (Mike Barraclough, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. Glenn, As per DXLD 1-041 and R. Romania Int. Yes, I received the schedule in the postal mail. I double checked the frequencies and other info I typed before sending the email. After seeing the 0640-0700 UT 15365, 11365 kHz [sic] in DXLD 1-041 I checked the frequencies again. They match the schedule I received. R. Romania Int`l March 26, 2001 *0200-0233 UTC 11940 kHz SINPO 55554. "Newsreel", "Focus", "Romanian by Radio" and "Sunday Studio". Even though SINPO is very good the audio was over modulated causing muffling and difficulties, at times, understanding what was said (Kraig Krist, VA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. I heard V of Russia at 0100 sign on March 26 on NF 9665. Very good reception (Ivan Grishin, Ont., DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not bad here either, English (gh, OK) ** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia has altered the English to North America schedule on their website; the only alteration is to change the * and ** annotations to the same time periods as on the other schedules as you had assumed (Mike Barraclough, UK, March 26, DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. Radio Slovakia International English is now 0100-0130 N. America 5930 C. America 7230 S. America 9440 0700-0730 Australia 9440 15460 17550 1630-1700 Western Europe 5920 6055 7345 1830-1900 Western Europe 5920 6055 7345 (Nick Sharpe, UK, World DX Club, via Mike Barraclough, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. From complete Meyerton A-01 schedule: RADIO LUSOFONIA 1800-1915* on 3345 Various languages to Southern Africa * Saturdays 1800-1900; Sundays 1800-1915. [American gospel huxters in English only, per previous reports; on lower band for winter] SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE, in English: Sun 0800-0900 9750 SAf, 21560 C/EAf; 1800-1900 Mondays on 3215 to SAf [ham radio organisation] (Kathy Otto, Terrestrial Planning, Sentech (Pty) Ltd., March 26, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** SOUTH AMERICA. Starting with this issue, R. Corsario Internacional is listed under VENEZUELA, its reported location, q.v. (gh) ** THAILAND. IBB website as of March 26 shows this for Udorn, RTG in English with azimuths: 0000-0030 9690 256 0030-0100 15395 006 0300-0330 15395 038 0530-0600 21795 321 1230-1300 9885 132 1400-1430 9830 132 1900-2000 7160 329 2045-2100 9680 321 We are not certain if this really be an updated A-01 schedule, since there is no listing for 13695 at 0030 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. 13590, Pretty good reception on this frequency in English for Radio Ukraine International at 0041 tune-in 27 March, except for the ever present "space zapper" pulsatile intruder, which is heard here as well as many other areas from 60 to 12 meters. No parallels audible today, nor do I expect any to be normally audible at this early evening hour. Perhaps the latter 0300 transmissions will yield more parallels (Volodya Salmaniw, Victoria BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. R. Ukraine Int`l, March 26, 2001 0000 UT 5905 S5 to S9, but misleading as audio was very weak. 7320 not heard. 9640 barely heard due to QRM from R. Bandeirantes, Brazil on 9645. 13590 barely heard, maybe S 1/2 0030 UT 5905 same. 7320 same. 9640 same. 13590 S3 to S5. March 27, 2001 0000 UT 5905 barely hear ident signal due to UNID on 5905 kHz causing QRM. If I tune the NRD-545's passband shift control -2.15 kHz I can eliminate the QRM on 5905 kHz and hear RUI. I might use PBS for DXing, but not casual listening. The S meter reading might not be accurate at this point. 7320 not heard, warbler type jammer on 7315 kHz. 9640 S5, but QRM from R. Bandeirantes, Brazil on 9645. 13590 S5 to S9 +11 dB 0030 UT 5905 same. 7320 same. 9640 same. 13590 S7 to S9 +13 dB. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, VA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BBC R4: After hearing that announcement at the end of A World in Your Ear, I went looking through the April schedules and found an airing on Friday 6 April at 1330-1400 BST. That's normally the Feedback slot, so I guess Feedback is going to be preempted once every few weeks. The Sunday 8 April schedule isn't posted yet, but I'd expect a repeat at 2000-2030 BST. The vacated slot, Saturday 2000-2100 BST, will be Archive Hour for at least the next couple of weeks. 73's, - (Kevin A. Kelly, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So they are also cutting it from an hour to half an hour? (gh) ** U K. To: on.air.magazine@bbc.co.uk, writeon@bbc.co.uk Subject: Wrong schedules in March On Air On Air Magazine staff: I buy On Air in order to get accurate BBC World Service radio schedules and information. I was quite disappointed to discover yesterday (Sunday, 25 March) that the last week of March's schedules are wrong, despite your printing those specific March days in the headings for the Weekend and daily listings. If you had simply stated that the magazine was only effective through 24 March and referred readers to the April issue for the next week and the next month, it would have been fine. (Irritating, but fine.) But to simply state the schedule would be such-and-so, and then to discover that it was not, is quite unprofessional and simply sloppy work. Please aim to do better when the schedule next changes in the fall. Luckily, I *had* the April issue, and could refer to it for the new program times, though this did cause me to miss Assignment Sunday evening. What about those people all across the world who did NOT have the April issue and were relying on March to be right all the way to the end of the month? (William Martin, St. Louis, MO USA, March 26, to BBC, cc DXLD) ** U K [non]. Confirmed usual BBC via WYFR relay seasonal switch from 9590 to 11865, March 26 at 1402. And as usual, this has crossmod/splatter problems from supersignal WEWN on 11875. When will BBC and other broadcasters ever catch on that they should stay further away from WEWN? Then tuned to 17840 to see if Antigua relay is still coming up later than scheduled *1400. Yes, did not come on until 1404:40 as the news was ending, in time for the 1405 feature. So it ought to appear in BBC schedules as starting at 1405, but never does. April BBC On Air still had not arrived here March 26 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. Glenn: Do you know what BBC did to its 17840 channel? After 16 UT I hear another, much weaker transmitter of BBCWS which is ahead of the main one. Speech is still intelligible but quality really suffers, if you ask me. Sorry if I sound too picky (Sergei Sosedkin, MI, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nullo modo: at 1600 Sackville is supposed to take over from Antigua. Would not be the first time they have overlapped (gh, DXLD) ** UNITED NATIONS [non]. English shortwave broadcast to Africa from UN Radio is announced as 1730-1745 on 6125 15265 17580. Confirmed on 17580 March 26th but could not confirm 15265 due to strong China Radio International (Mike Barraclough, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UK sites except as below (gh) UNITED NATIONS RADIO A-01 via SENTECH only: 1700-1715 6125 French to Madagascar; 1700-1720 21490 French/Portuguese to Central Africa; 1725-1745 6125 Portuguese/English to Southern Africa, all Monday to Friday (via Kathy Otto, SENTECH, March 26, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** U S A. Voice of America frequency schedule Effective 0800 UTC, March 25, 2001, through 0800 UTC, 28 October 2001. All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz). 1 MegaHertz (MHz) is equal to 1000 kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz. e.g.: 17705 kHz --> 16.9 meters Abbreviations: All programs/frequencies are on daily unless noted otherwise. & - Monday only * - Monday through Friday = - Monday through Saturday < - Tuesday through Friday / - Tuesday and Friday only # - Tuesday through Saturday % - Tuesday through Sunday ~ - Thursday only > - Friday and Saturday @ - Saturday only $ - Saturday and Sunday " - Sunday only + - Sunday and Monday ^ - Sunday through Thursday ! - Sunday through Friday Contact B/EOF for further information or specific frequency recommendations for your location. We also appreciate any comments on the quality of program reception. Steve Bratcher Afan Oromo 1845-1900* 11690 13730 15525 Albanian 0500-0530 1215 6130 7180 1600-1630 9660 11905 15245 1830-1900 1458 9840 11960 15280 Amharic 1800-1830 11690 13730 15525 Arabic 0400-0600 1260 1548 5965 7255 9865 11670 15380 0730-0830 9660 9715 9765 11805 11820 11995 1700-1800 1260 6040 7105 11690 1800-1900 1260 6040 7105 9505 11750 11825 15545 1900-2000 1260 1548 6040 7105 9505 11750 11825 15545 15 2000-2100 1260 1548 6040 6160 7105 9505 9620 11825 11895 15545 Azerbaijani 1730-1800 11770 15135 15170 Bangla 0130-0200 11805 15210 17805 1600-1700 1575 7280 9590 11965 Bosnian 1500-1530* 1197 2130-2200 792 1197 Burmese 1130-1200 1575 9720 11850 15225 1430-1500 1575 5955 7155 9720 2330-2400 6185 9505 11840 15220 Cantonese 1500-1700 1143 6030 7255 13640 Chinese 0000-0100 7190 9545 11830 11925 15150 15195 17765 0100-0200 9545 11830 11925 15150 15195 17765 0200-0300 9545 11830 11925 15195 17765 0700-0800 12010 13610 13760 15160 15250 17855 21540 21705 0800-0900 12010 13760 15160 15250 17855 21540 21705 0900-1000 11825 11895 12010 13760 15160 15250 15665 17855 1000-1100 11825 11895 12010 13610 13760 15160 15250 15260 15665 17855 1100-1200 1143 6110 11785 11825 11965 11990 12040 15250 1200-1230 6110 9545 11785 11825 11965 12040 15250 1230-1300 6110 9545 11785 11825 11965 12040 15250 1300-1330 6110 9845 11765 11785 11805 11825 11965 11990 12040 13745 1330-1400 1143 6110 9845 11765 11785 11805 11825 11965 11990 12040 13745 1400-1500 6110 9585 9845 11805 11965 11990 12040 2200-2300 7150 7190 7200 9510 9545 11925 13775 Creole 1230-1300* 9525 9670 11925 1730-1800 15385 17565 21540 2200-2230 11895 13740 21485 Croatian 0430-0500 756 792 1197 1395 6130 7185 7210 1830-1900 1197 7175 9670 15170 Dari 0200-0230 9505 9685 15185 1515-1600 7235 9770 15440 English to Europe, Middle East and North Africa 0000-0030 1260 1548 0100-0300 1548 0400-0430 792 9530 11965 15205 0430-0500 9530 11965 15205 0500-0530 792 1197 9530 11965 15205 0530-0600 792 9530 11965 15205 0600-0700 792 1197 1260 9530 9680 11805 11965 15205 0700-1400 1197 1400-1500 1197 1548 15255 1500-1530 1260 1548 9700 15205 15255 1530-1600 1197 1260 1548 9700 15205 15255 1600-1700 1260 1548 9700 15205 15255 1700-1730 9700 9760 15255 1730-1800 1197 9700 9760 15255 1800-1830 1197 9760 9770 1830-1900 9760 9770 1900-2000 6160 9760 9770 2000-2100 1197 6095 9760 9770 2100-2200 1260 1548 6040 6095 9530 9760 2200-2230 1548 2230-2400 1260 1548 English to Africa 0300-0330 909 1530 5855 6080 7105 7275 7290 7340 9575 9885 17895 0330-0400 909 1530 5855 6080 7105 7275 7290 9575 9885 17895 0400-0430 909 1530 4960 5855 6080 7275 7290 9575 9885 17895 0430-0500 909 4960 5855 6080 7275 7290 9575 17895 0500-0600 909 5970 6035 6080 7195 12080 13670 0600-0630 909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7195 11995 12080 13670 0630-0700$ 909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7195 11995 12080 13670 1600-1700 909 1530 6035 13605 13710 15225 15410 1700-1730 909 11920 12040 15240 15445 17895 1730-1800 909* 15410 15455 17895 1800-1830 909 6035 7415 11975 15410 15580 17895 1830-1900 909 6035 7415 11690$ 11975 13730$ 15410 15525$ 15580 17895 1900-2000 909 4950 6035 7375 7415 11975 15410 15445 15580 2000-2030 909 1530 4950 6035 7375 7415 11855 11975 15410 15445 15580 17745 17895 2030-2100 909 1530 4950$ 6035 7375 7415 11975 15410 15445 15580 17745 17895 2100-2200 909 1530 6035 7375 7415 11975 15410 15445 15580 17895 2200-2230* 909 1530 6035 7340 7375 7415 11975 English to Caribbean and Latin America 0000-0100# 5995 6130 7405 9455 9775 11695 13740 0100-0130# 5995 6130 7405 9455 9775 13740 0130-0200# 5995 6130 9455 0200-0400 1530 1580 0400-0500+ 1530 1580 1000-1100 6165 7370 9590 English to Far East Asia, South Asia and Oceania 0000-0030 1575 7215 9770 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820 0100-0300 7115 9635 11705 11725 11820 13650 15250 17740 17820 0800-1000 11930 13610 15150 1000-1100 9770 15240 15425 1100-1130 1575$ 6160 9645 9760 9770 15160 15240 15425 1130-1200 6160 9645 9760 9770 15160 15240 15425 1200-1230 1143 6160 9645 9760 15160 15240 15425 1230-1300 6160 9645 9760 15160 15240 15425 1300-1400 6160 9645 9760 15160 15425 1400-1500 1143 6160 7125 9645 9760 15160 15425 1500-1600 7125 9645 1600-1700 6160 7125 9645 9760 1700-1800 1143* 1575* 5990* 6045* 6160 7125 7215* 9550* 9645 9770* 9785* 1900-2000 9525 11805 15180 2100-2200 9705 11870 15185 17740 17820 2200-2230 7215 9705 9770 11760 15185 15290 15305 17740 17820 2230-2400 1575> 7215 9705 9770 11760 15185 15290 15305 17740 17820 English - Border Crossings 1900-2000* 9550 9840 11780 11970 12015 13725 15235 English-Special 0030-0100 (Middle East and Asia) 1548 1575 7215 9770 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820 0130-0200# (Caribbean and Latin America) 7405 9775 13740 1500-1530 (Asia) 1575$ 6160 9590 9760 9845 12040 15550 1530-1600 (Asia) 1575 6160 9590 9760 9845 12040 15550 1600-1700 (Africa) 13600 15445 17895 1900-2000 (Middle East and Asia) 1197 7260 9680 13690 2300-2330 (East & South Asia) 7190 7200 9545 11925 15775 2330-2400 (East & South Asia) 7190 7200 7225 7260 9545 11805 11925 13735 13775 15205 Farsi 0300-0400 1548 9835 11985 17855 0400-0430 9835 11985 17855 1700-1800 792 1548 9680 11835 15145 1800-1900 1548 9680 11835 15145 French 0530-0600* 1530 4960 6045 7265 7370 9480 9505 9650 11750 11855 13705 0600-0630* 4960 6045 7265 7370 9480 9505 9650 11750 11855 13705 1830-2000 1530 7340 9780 9815 12080 17785 17800 21485 2000-2030 7340 9780 9815 11905 12080 21485 2030-2100$ 7340 9780 9815 11905 12080 21485 2100-2130* 5985 7340 9780 9815 11905 12080 17755 21485 Georgian 1430-1500 11780 15245 15455 Hausa 0500-0530 1530 4960 6045 7415 9480 9885 1500-1530 7135 9540 11990 2030-2100* 4950 7340 9780 9815 11905 12080 21485 Hindi 0030-0100 7140 7275 9760 1600-1700 7235 9665 15195 Indonesian 1130-1230 7260 9700 9890 12010 15320 2200-2330 7225 9535 9620 11805 15205 Khmer 1330-1430 1575 5955 7155 9720 2200-2230 1575 6060 7130 7260 13735 Kinyarwanda/Kirunda 0330-0400 7180 7340 9895 0400-0430 6120 7180 7340 9895 Korean 1300-1400 648 7235 7290 9545 12010 2130-2200 6060 7125 15470 Kurdish 1600-1700 11975 15355 15545 Laotian 1230-1300 1575 6030 7230 11930 Pashto 0130-0200 9505 9685 15185 1430-1515 7235 9555 17870 Portuguese 0430-0500 1530 5970 5980 6035 6145 7370 7415 9480 9675 1700-1730 1530 6035 7375 9780 1730-1800 909$ 1530 6035 7290 7375 9780 9815 13600 17785 21485 1800-1830* 1530 7290 7375 9780 9815 13600 17785 21485 Russian 1300-1400 7220 9520 11775 11895 15130 15215 1700-1800 6105 7220 9520 9615 11805 15370 1800-1900 6105 7220 9520 9615 11770 11885 Serbian 0530-0600 1188 1197 1458 6130 7180 9585 1700-1730 792 1188 1197 7115 13700 15170 1930-2000 792 1188 1593 9705 11875 15280 2100-2130 756 1188 1197 1593 7210 9720 11670 Spanish 0100-0200 1530 1580 1200-1230 7370 11890 11925 13770 15360 15390 17875 2200-2215& 15170 17565 21685 2300-2400 9515 9670 13750 15350 17890 Swahili 1630-1700 12080 13670 15555 17785 1700-1730* 12080 13670 15555 17785 Tibetan 0000-0100 7200 7255 9510 11690 0400-0600 15265 15490 17770 21560 1400-1500 6030 7195 7265 11705 11975 Tigrigna 1830-1845* 11690 13730 15525 Turkish 1800-1900 792 9595 11925 13650 Ukrainian 0400-0500 7245 9560 11895 2000-2100 9595 11875 15255 Urdu 0100-0130 9585 9685 15185 1330-1430 9505 156190 17870 Uzbek 1500-1545 7110 15185 15355 Vietnamese 1300-1330 1143 1575 5955 7215 9505 1500-1600 5955 6120 7195 9780 2230-2330 6060 7130 7260 13735 (VOA web site via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 10000, WWV, 0937 Mar 26, transmitter splattering all the way down to 9900 and up to 10025 (David Hodgson, TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Just as I expected, contrary to FCC A-01 authorizations, WWFV is still using 3270, noted at 0240 check March 26, in AM mode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. Radio Corsario International Information. I received this E-Mail from the station today and thought I would pass it on to you guys.... [14540 at 0330-0400] Thanks for your reception report, it is very important to us. The information provided is correct, the broadcast of March 16 did included the songs mentioned in your report, the time, mode and frequency were also correct. Regarding your recording, it will be nice if you can send it to us in a WAV file to our address radiocorsario@yahoo.com We will truly appreciate your gesture. We are using the eQSLcc service to reply with a QSL to reception reports, if you like, please register at eQSL.cc at http://www.eQSL.cc and make a log entry for this report and we will create the corresponding eQSL entry in our log. If you don't like to use eQSL.cc, please let us know, and we will create a e-mail card also, but it will not be as nice as the one from eQSL. Please note that our new e-mail address is radiocorsario@yahoo.com 73/DX Radio Corsario Internacional (via Alexander Ash, Bloomington, IL, March 23, FRN Grapevine via Ash, DXLD) Got my eQSL for this station. Location is given as Maracaibo, Venezuela. No power is given. Heard them again this weekend. The announcer mentioned that they had been heard in Venezuela, Italy and the USA (Alex, Bloomington, IL, March 26, ibid. via DXLD) See previous entries under SOUTH AMERICA (gh) ** VIETNAM. Hello Glenn, I note with interest the increasing use of overseas relays for VOV. This confirms my discussion with the Director, VOV of some time ago, when he indicated that this was the best way to go, rather than persevere with antiquated, low power facilities in VTN, with (quote) "unreliable propagation into our target areas". I will be sending out some details of the SW HS transmissions shortly, based on my monitoring in Thailand last week, and I note that txer efficiency has deteriorated quite considerably. The txers and antennas on 7210 and 6020 are badly maintained, putting out strong spurious radiations on +/- 15 KHz (i.e., 7195, 7225, 6005, 6135). 9875 is a "daytime only" outlet, *0200-1000*, which is rarely, if ever, heard outside of the Asian region, though it is a huge signal in the area! I believe it to be one of the External Service txers used at other times. Several regional outlets have vanished, probably conked out. There are six SW outlets in use simultaneously carrying domestic Services in the period 0300-1000 (5925 5975 6020 7210 9530 and 9875). The new rural outlet on 4795 gets out strongly *2200-0100 and *1000-1400+ - freq is slightly up from 4795 and I suspect that the txer was formerly used in the 6 MHz range. Note that programming on the domestic SW outlets is very variable, almost random, carrying a mix of National Networks 1 and 2, regional, and local services at different times, with no precise schedule as far as I could determine. At sign/on (2200), 5925 and 5975 are in chain with one network, 6020 7210 9530 with the other network. Hmong Network on 5035 and 6165 is noted *2200-2300*, *1200-1400* and *0500-0600*. Regards, (Bob Padula, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. Voice of Vietnam website has this undated schedule up for English shortwave broadcasts: 0100-0130 NE America 9525 0230-0300 NE America 9525 0330-0400 Central America 9795 1000-1030 SE Asia 9840 12020 1100-1130 SE Asia 7285 1230-1300 SE Asia 9840 12020 1330-1400 Europe 9730 13740 1600-1630 Europe 9730 13740 1700-1730 Europe 12070 (this will be the Russian relay) 1800-1830, 1900-1930 and 2030-2100 Europe 9730 13740 2330-0000 SE Asia 9840 12020 I have checked the 1800, 1900 and 2030 European broadcasts this evening and they are as listed above (Mike Barraclough, England, March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FROM OTTAWA, issued March 21: in the auroral zone, geomagnetic activity most unsettled April 1, and a lesser peak April 9; most quiet March 29, almost as quiet April 4, 7, 12 (NRCAN GSC via DXLD) Solar flux has exceeded 200 recently! (gh) ###