DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-098, July 14, 2001 {in above line only this was originally misnumbered 1-097} 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] ** BELARUS. Regional programs on 7105 SW (using both RS and Belarusian langs, which are similar): R Gomiel, Mon 1500-1540 (RS ID, "Gomielskoye oblastnoye [regional] radio" or mostly "Oblastnoye radio"); R Vitebsk, Tue 1500-1540 (BR ID, "U efiry Vitebsk); R Brest (Wed 1500-1540 (BR ID, "Havorit Brest). Period 1540-1600 is used by R Stalitsa. Other regional programs: Novoye Radio Mogiliov, Mon-Fri at 0340-0400 & Mon-Sat at 1500-1600 on 6190 & 7145 (also 7105 Thur only) (RS ID, "Novoye [new] Radio Mogiliov"). R Hrodna, Mon-Sat at 0340-0400 & 1500-1540 on 6040 & 7110 (also 7105 Fri only, and in Polish on Mon) (BR ID, "U efiry R Hrodna"). Period 1540-1600 (after Hrodna) is used by R Stalitsa. R Stalitsa, bcs on all BR1 (Belaruskaye Radio 1st progr) freqs which are not in use by other regional stns. Mon-Sat at 0340-0400 on 6010, 6070, 6080, 6115, 7145 (Sat), 7210 & 11960; and daily at 1500-1600 on 6010, 6040 (Sun), 6070, 6080, 6115, 6190 (Sun), 7105 (Sat & Sun), 7110 (Sun), 7145 (Sun) & 7210. RS ID "R Stalitsa"; BR ID, "U efiry radiostantsiya Stalitsa" [stalitsa = capital]. Almost all regional stns verify RRs. See http://listen.to/qip for more detailed QSL info. Bcs are one hour later in winter (Robert Petraitis, Lithuania, BDXC-UK, DXplorer Jul 9 via BC-DX via DXLD) ** CANADA. First woman to head CBC http://www.nationalpost.com/news/national/story.html?f=/stories/20010 713/617582.html Here's more on the new Chair of the CBC. 73- (Bill Westenhaver, DXLD) ** CANADA. I`d like to buy 540 kHz... From the July 12 allaccess radio web trade: The CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION drops plans to sell its transmitting towers and facilities after no buyer came forth willing to meet the CBC's price. The FINANCIAL POST reports that the CBC's 698 towers, 750 sites, and 2500 transmitters had attracted some interested parties, including TELEMEDIA's CANADIAN TOWER LTD., but that the public network did not get anybody to offer the kind of money for which they were looking (via Brock Whaley, DXLD) ** CANADA. To answer a question in an earlier DXLD, the two Quirks & Quarks airings on RCI on Saturdays are the same one, not one from each of the two different CBC airings Thursday & Saturday. I actually like this better; my Saturday is already more than fully occupied with stuff to listen to! Regards & 73, (Will Martin, MO, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. --- WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY JULY 15, 2001 --- THE SUNDAY EDITION: This week on The Sunday Edition, host Tina Srebotnjak talks with Antonia Maioni, who has taken over from historian Desmond Morton as the director of the McGill Institute for The Study of Canada. Bob Carty previews the big conference on climate change that begins in Bonn on Monday, and reprises his documentary on the changes the Arctic has experienced because of global warming. That's The Sunday Edition, right after the 9 a.m. news (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. CHAS LAWTHER'S STAND-UP DOCUMENTARIES: Chas Lawther drops by with another hilarious stand-up documentary this week. This time, "What Am I Worth?" It was almost tax time and a newspaper ad for RSPs prompted Chas to admit his ignorance and investigate the mysterious world of money. Recorded in front of a studio audience. Chas Lawther's Stand- up Documentary, Sunday morning at 11:30 (noon NT) on CBC Radio One. (via DXLD) MONDAY JULY 16: CONNECTIONS: Tonight on Connections, Moko Mokai: a documentary about activists in New Zealand who are scouring museum collections of the world, trying to repatriate some grisly souvenirs of colonialism: the severed, tattooed heads of Maori warriors. That's Connections, tonight at 7:30 (8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One (CBC Hotsheet via DXLD) On RCI 2330-2359 UT to the USA on 9755 13670 and 17695 kHz (Joe Buch, swprograms via DXLD) ** CHINA. According to "History of International Broadcasting", Volume 2, Harris sold ten 600 kW DX 600 txs to China in 1991-1996 (Olle Alm, Sweden, ARC MV-Eko, Jul 11, BC-DX via DXLD ** CHINA [non]. As the big moment approached shortly after 1400 UT July 13, the announcement of the venue for the 2008y Olympiad, I was tuned to CBC/RCI on 15305, and CRI on 17720 via Cuba. Fortunately, I was also tuned to CNN and ESPN which were, of course, on top of the story. Nothing in particular happened on CBC, at least not before I tuned over to CRI. The Cuban relay was, as usual, quite undermodulated and difficult to hear but the Chinese were detectably pleased with the choice of Beijing. Nothing was heard from Harry Wu or other Human Rights advocates who appeared on CNN. Our condolences also to Maryanne Kehoe, who waged a campaign against Beijing. But who knows, seven years from now, China might be ex-communist and actually treat its gigacitizen with respect... (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CONGO [Brazzaville]. 5985, R Congo, reception from this one has been very good Jul 3 and subsequent days on this essentially clear channel. Hrd from around 2100, very good at 2245 going from talk to hi-life, talk again 2258, En male vocal ("Louisiana") at 2300, off abruptly in mid-song at 2302*. In several checks it appears to s/off without any formal closing sequence. One day I believe they went off at 2317; on Jul 6 they s- off at 2300, again perfunctorily. Not there at this hour on Jul 7. 4765 is nostalgic, but this channel is much better. Also hrd with tone on at 0429, opened at 0430 and went right into programming, hi- life mx, ments. of Congo, good signal and at least equal to the co- channel Sp QRM (WYFR?); mainly hi-life mx. Pretty much by itself for a couple of minutes of seeming quiet at 0452, but then WYFR started up with a vengeance at 0455, ending things for Congo (Jerry Berg, MA, DXplorer, Jul 3/6/7 via BC-DX DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. En publicación del Diario "El Nuevo Herald" de Miami, Florida se anuncia lo siguiente con relación a algunas medidas que posiblemente tome la Casablanca con relación a las emisiones de Radio y TV Martí dirigidas a Cuba. Aumentar la potencia de Radio Martí para superar la interferencia que sufren sus transmisiones hacia Cuba, utilizando un sistema de antenas que Estados Unidos tiene en Belice. [OM 1530, 1580 ?? -gh] Reorganizar las transmisiones de TV Martí. La programación actual se difunde hacia Cuba de 3 a.m. a 8 a.m., de manera alterna por los canales UHF, 18, 50 y 64, y es bloqueada exitosamente por el gobierno cubano. El nuevo plan, que estaría listo para fines de año, prevé cambiar la programación para ``el horario estelar'' por los tres canales a la misma vez, en un intento de evitar la interferencia Cordiales 73's (D. Lawton, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** CYPRUS. Dear Wolfgang, Nice to get news about the possibility of having a VOA radio site in Cyprus. I was in Zygi a few days ago travelling along from Larnaca, Kiti to Zygi along the coast line. A very scenic route with small blocks of farms growing vegetables and a few nice houses been built. The road is now tarred as in the previous visit a few years back it was not. There is enough space but if it is to be built along the coast and inland. From the Larnaca side of the route as the BBC site is on the other side of Zygi. I am not sure if the local authorities are keen to have this site here after the trouble at the RAF Akrotiri site last week Cape Greco [in the extreme south-east of CYP] - I have never been there and not sure of enough space there too (Costa Constantinides, Cyprus, Jul 9, BC-DX via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 3879.58, R. La Voz del Napo, 2/07 1100-1140 44444 ID ``Bienvenidos a la Voz del Napo`` un alegre amanecer... un saludo a los amigos de Sánchez Martín... (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Chasqui DX via DXLD) Figured frequency was typo so delayed running the item, but it keeps appearing in various other bulletins, so I searched LA-DX under Napo and 3879, finding nothing; but these mentions came up in Dateline Bogotá, all referring to 3279 or vicinity a few years ago: (gh) H3279 COLOMBIA. Toquilla estéreo, Aquitania (Boyacá), Jan 5, 2200, with full canned ID, "Desde Aquitania, Boyacá, trasmite Toquilla estéreo, 1.640 kHz [= "uno punto seiscientos cuarenta"] amplitud modulada. Toquilla estéreo, puerta abierta de los Llanos Orientales". This is a hitherto unlisted and unknown "community" broadcaster, i. e. a "pirata", in local terms, audible thanks to Ecuadorian La V del Napo being off the air (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogotá 1997 via DXLD) 3280.2 (fq is approximate) PERU. Unid in Ayacucho, possibly Estación Wari, Jun. 29, 1014 to past 1100. Heavy QRM from La V del Napo, Ecuador, 3278.8 --- 3280.6 "Estación Wari, diferencia que se siente" and "Para el Perú, Estación Wari transmitiendo desde Ayacucho, capital [indo]americana" were two ID's heard July 12, between 1000 and 1040 when La Voz del Napo, Ecuador, 3279.8, was off the air. The HC stn had been off the night before, too, but the Peruvian was not strong enough to make it thru the local noise before an unexpected s/off @ 0100. - This is a long-awaited reactivation (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogotá 1996 via DXLD) 3280 ECUADOR. La Voz del Napo, carries a newscast from Teleamazonas at 0100, followed by a newsfeed from R. Oriental, unheard of late on 4779.8. The news programme starts at 0130 approx. and is being relayed by R. Francisco de Orellana (1030, H2060) and R. Interoceánica (4840), all of which are located in the same region of Ecuador, i.e. the provinces of Napo and Sucumbíos. The Ecuadorian La V del Napo, on 3280, always provides a nice and clear signal around 0100 when they relay a newscast from Teleamazonas, which is a TV channel in Quito. At 0130 they take a newsfeed from R Oriental, which used to be on 4779.8 (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogotá 1995 via DXLD) {3280! see DXLD 1-096, 1-099, just reactivated?} ** GEORGIA [non]. [rather Russia] v9489.79 R Sochi, Rep of Abkhazia, Sokhumi, 1430-1530, Ru with four ID's "Radio Sochi" at 1430 followed by a talk ... Krasnodar was heard with 43543 totally covering Sokhumi (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI Jun 29) cf. bcdx #528. Radio Sochi is not a program from Abkhazia, but the local program for the town Sochi in Russia's Krasnodar kray, located about 30 km from the Georgian (Abkhazian) border. The fact that the SW tx in Sokhum (please note the new spelling for this town, ex Sukhumi) relays this program, casts a light on the possible distribution way. Acc to latest local info, Radio Sochi is available only on the wired network in and around Sochi (not on the airwaves). Apparently, the wired network in Abkazia is connected with the Sochi net, and the program (carrying R Rossii/R Krasnodar/R Sochi) is reaching Sokhum this way where it is rebroadcast on MW & SW with own Abkhaz programming added (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, Jul 8) Yes, I once listened to this R Sochi portion and in fact it was like a correspondent's report from the town, talking about actualities for the past week. Also the ID was "v efire PROGRAMMA Radio Sochi". So maybe R Sochi should also be between ""'s; not a separate regional production at all but a programme segment by R Respubliki Abkhazii? (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Jul 9) I remember a report about a reply from R Sotchi about two or three years ago, probably in Cumbre DX. From my memory: They wrote that they are unable to confirm a RR, stating that "our colleagues at Sukhumi" rebroadcasts the FM outlet of R Sotchi without authorization. So the actual question is whether R Sotchi has really left FM or this FM outlet was simply considered as irrelevant when the circumstance, that R Sotchi no longer uses AM txs (I dimly remember statements that they once had txions via Tbilisskaya), was reported as "only on wired networks". Supposedly R Krasnodar uses also a tx at Sotchi on 71.93 MHz. Perhaps R Sotchi bcs are inserted there and all relays of R Rossii, R Krasnodar and R Sotchi by R Abkhazia are simply off-air relays (Ballempfang) of this 71.93 outlet? Perhaps the railway situation provides an interesting comparison also in this case: Reportedly there is no through traffic from Sukhumi to Sotchi, instead trains terminates on the borderline. In fact these trains between Sukhumi and the borderline represent the whole railway traffic in Abkhazia, which is herewith operated by just a single or probably two ancient electric locomotives and a few coaches (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Jul 8, BC-DX via DXLD) As I wrote in my previous message: a local source in Sochi reports that R Sochi is now on wired network only, not on FM or MW. 71.93 MHz in Sochi carries R Rossii & GTRK "Kuban" ("R Krasnodar"), not Sochinskaya GTRK ("R Sochi") anymore. Certainly Ballempfang would be an option, but the wired network would be an even more simple and effective method (no need for receiving equipment, extra feed line arrangements etc). (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, July 9, BC-DX via DXLD) This raises the next question: From where are/were the wired networks in Abkhazia fed. One would guess that the whole of Georgia used to receive the signals from Tbilisi; if so, some modifications were necessary. Scenario: "Somebody" connected the circuit, which feeds the wired network facility ("Drahtfunkamt", I have no idea how to call it properly in English) of Adler, through to Gagra. Any comments? If so the question would be of course who this "somebody" is, i.e. who ordered to establish such a connection, and of course how the Sochinskaya GTRK thinks about the rebroadcasts in Abkhazia today, provided that the statement "unauthorized relay" was authentic. By the way, is anything known about what the FM/TV txs in Abkhazia, which are supposed to still air Georgian Radio/TV (66.05, 68.45, R- 5), really carry now, if they are on air at all? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 9; all: BC-DX via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. DW 17875 (prob. Sackville) making noise all over the band, and a big problem even to BBC's only "Americas" fqcy at that time in the morning. 17875 had not a real good signal (for Sackville) and even a hum one day. The modulation and splash could be heard from 17600 (especially above 17680) up to about 18190. Readable spurs were on 17680, 17740, 17800, 17855, 17900, 17925, 17975, 18025, .050 .075 and 18100 to 18187 where a full sized spur sat with carrier & modulation. On 7/12 the station went off at 1427z and came back w/out splash a minute later but built up full splash & spurs in a few minutes. All-over-again at 1427utc. July 13th (today) they came up real nice on 17875, better that ever this month with a clean signal. Bears watching, especially to hear BBC after 14z (Bud Perkins, KA2HPU, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. Hi folks, I was the clown who forwarded the messages about the two Germany stations that were on the air, last year. Both sent out attractive QSL cards, and the Berlin Love Parade; well, the programming wasn't real good, but hey, each to their own (Johno Wright, ARDXC via DXLD) Hi John, no definite answer so far. Love Parade has been postponed from July 14th for a single week LATER, replaced now, and will happen on Saturday July 21! Nothing appeared on the website of Fritz Radio (Babelsberg), but we will check this next week again. See also http://www.fritz.de (Wolfgang Büschel, July 12, via John Wright, ARDXC via DXLD) I just received confirmation that the "Fritz" network of Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) will also this year use shortwave on the occasion of the "Love Parade" at Berlin. It is known only since recently after much trouble that the "Love Parade" will take place on July 21, and it remains to be seen if there will be another such event at Berlin in 2002. Like in the past year special programming called "Fritz-Loveradio", consisting on live DJ sets outside the live coverage on Saturday, will be broadcast from Friday (July 20) 1600 until Sunday (July 22) 1200. A shortwave schedule is not available yet, but I guess it will look similar to the one in last year, i.e. Europe will be served through the whole period and certain overseas targets at times. Related webpages are currently under construction at http://www.fritz.de/loveradio/ Perhaps it should be noted that published data about a special "Fritz-Loveradio" FM outlet at Berlin are no longer valid, instead this programming is carried on the whole "Fritz" FM network (including, but not limited to Berlin-Alexanderplatz 102.6) as well as the Astra DTH satellite system. "Fritz" is produced by ORB at Potsdam-Babelsberg under participation of Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), which discontinued its own youth program "Radio 4 U" years ago in favour of this cooperation with ORB. That's the reason why the public broadcasting institution of Brandenburg covers this event, not the Berlin-based SFB (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. The soldiers of the German forces unit, which operates the broadcast service called "Radio Andernach", maintain an unofficial website: http://www.der-wahnsinn-in-tueten.de, meaning "madness in bags"... Details about "Radio Andernach" outlets are available on http://www.der-wahnsinn-in-tueten.de/hitradio/standorte/index.html This source mentions three own Kosovo-based transmitters: 89.9 at "HitCity Suva Reka", 94.1 at "HitCity Orahovac" and 106.4 at, guess what, "HitCity Prizren". Local program production takes place at Suva Reka, the frequencies are shared with the radio project of the Swiss forces, called "Radio Casablanca". So "Radio Andernach" evidently no longer uses the facilities of Radio Prizren. Back in 1999 "Radio Andernach" personnel started a daily show on Radio Prizren, i.e. from the studio (a newspaper report included a picture of the announcer in a wretched shack with table, chairs and three MD441 mikes) and on the frequencies of Radio Prizren, including MW 1377, which was sometimes audible also in Germany until co-channel Lille started to operate 24 hours, of course blanking out Prizren completely. Some guys commented, the French mercifully hide the embarrassing "Radio Andernach" programming. By the way, a tiny 10 watts FM transmitter (107.0) is operational on the barracks at Andernach near Koblenz, where the studios and editorial offices of "Radio Andernach" are located (hence also the on-air name). Supposedly the main purpose of this transmitter is to allow the responsible officer to check produced programming without having to go into the barracks. Otherwise it carries just non-stop music, reportedly often interrupted by long periods of open carrier. (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Managed to hear a couple of good bursts from the Space Shuttle Atlantis at 0923 UT this morning on 259.7 MHz, twenty minutes after taking off from Kennedy. 73's (Graham Powell, UK, July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Voice of Africa, Libya's external service, heard back on 15415 kHz (ex-17725) from 1045 UT on 14th July. News in English at 1140 (mostly dominated by Gadaffi's visit to Zimbabwe), followed by French. Tony Rogers - Birmingham - UK AOR 7030+/LW The above information may only be reproduced if full credit is given to the original source, contributor AND to the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). (via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Some accumulated info on errors and screwups recently detected on SW: On July 7, '01 at 1225 UT, on 9515 kHz, RN Sincerely Yours ended, then some fill music, and then RTE Ireland until 1300. WRN ID announced R. Prague, which began and then at 1302 switched over to RN's special Jonathan Marks program. Documentary repeats followed. News & Sincerely Yours then began normally at 1430 UT. I think I'd blame Merlin and not RN for this, so maybe this should be "UK (non)" instead? (Will Martin, MO, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI, 15160, July 4 2025-2127+, looking for Algeria but no sign of them. Instead I hear a weak RNZI with English news features, weather report, local music; news at 2100, ID. Wiped out by very strong R. Nederland [Bonaire] signing on at 2127 on 15155 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA [and non]. 560 kHz, "Radio 560 La Poderosa", 0510 UT 11 de Julio. Locutor con la hora local e identificación de la radio, seguido por un saludo a los radioescuchas de Costa Rica, toda centroamérica, italianos que han reportado por carta su sintonía, a los radioescuachas en Miami, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia .... Me parece interesante que una emisora de onda media en centroamérica anuncie al aire su escucha en el exterior (Humberto Molina, San Salvador, El Salvador, July 12, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Estimado Humberto: Es interesante, tienes toda la razón, y si fuera verdad que la escuchara alguien en Italia, mucho mejor. Yo he visto los "informes" que envía determinado "escucha", residente en Bolonia, Italia, a emisoras de AM, FM y OC en distintas partes del mundo. En Umeå, Suecia, vi su reporte, hace dos o tres lustros, a una FM local. El "QSL Manager", DXista él, vio que no tenía soporte alguno el informe y no lo verificó sino lo expuso al público en una revista como ejemplo de manejo truculento. Al visitar R María, en Bogotá, hace como tres años, supe que en cuanto se conociera a nivel mundial la dirección postal de la emisora, se recibió un "reporte" de Italia. Hace poco tiempo, gracias a ti, Humberto, pude averiguar la dirección de R María, la emisora de la familia, en Guatemala, y poco tiempo después veo reproducida en una conocida revista, una pegatina recibida por este "DXista". Desde que un conocido colega colombiano publicara la dirección de "La Poderosa", parece que ha vuelto a hacer de las suyas el italiano de marras, residente, como digo, en Bolonia. Hay que preguntarse si este italiano nos hace un favor o si nos pone en ridículo a todos los que ponemos todo nuestro empeño en rastrear, captar y reportar una emisora lejana. Quizás ambas cosas. Conviene recordar que a cualquiera que le harangueen para su cumpleaños (u otra celebración), le agrada escuchar todos los elogios, aun cuando no fueran del todo merecidos. Qué le vamos a hacer. (Henrik Klemetz, Suecia, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Y ¡lástima que en Italia existen varios diexistas verdaderos de ondas media y corta... (gh) Estimado Henrik, Acá en Brasil, en la ciudad de Itajubá, en el estado de Minas Gerais, el "diexista" italiano envió un informe de recepción que esta en la en entrada de la emissora: R. Universitaria - 1570 kHz. Estoy con la carta de agradecimento que Carlo Bellabarba ha enviado después de recibir la confirmación... Saludos desde Brasil. Para aquellos que desean conocer las "proezas" de Bellabarba, visiten: http://www.clandestineradio.com/martin/bellabar.html (Caio Fernandes Lopes, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Como opinión personal considero que duele un poco saber que este "diexista" reciba verificación a los reportes falsos que envía, ya que muchos de nosotros nos esmeramos en tomar cualquier detalle (comerciales, anuncios, saludos, etc) para enviar un verdadero reporte y después la emisora nunca contesta; hay que abonarle que tiene mucha suerte en recibir verificaciones (así sean de reportes falsos). Además yo he visto reportes a emisoras colombianas de muchos otros diexistas de otras latitudes que también dejan mucho que desear en cuanto a los detalles y que de todas formas las emisoras les ha verificado, ya que en esto a veces a las personas que trabajan en ellas les sorprende más recibir una carta de lugares lejanos que su contenido en sí. Sólo considero que no debe dársele importancia a las informaciones sobre las verificaciones que recibe Bellabarba, y continuar con la satifacción de practicar un bello hobby como es el que nos une, y atesorar las confirmaciones que recibamos ya que son fruto de un verdadero placer de escuchar la radio. Lamentable es también que un colega a quien admiro y respeto, que además me apoyó mucho cuando me iniciaba en nuestro hobby; utilice las páginas de su publicación para reportar las verificaciones de Bellabarba; pero sus razones tendrá, de todas formas respeto mucho su actitud, su opinión y su trabajo en el Diexismo (Rafael Rodriguez, Colombia, ibid.) Es una grande pena que acontezca todavía esto, en el 2001. Es una pena que se ponga en ridículo los grandes sacrificios que hacemos todos los DXistas en monitorear a horarios imposibles lo más seriamente posible el dial. Una menor pena (pero siempre pena es) que un italiano esté tan famoso por entender tan mal este maravilloso pasatiempo. Sí, Rafael, yo también tengo miedo que no sea sólo: será el caso más grande. ¿Qué hacer? ¿Cuáles medidas tomar? Me siento impotente a esto. Saludos Humberto, saludos Henrik, saludos Rafael, saludos Lista! (Francisco Luis Clemente, Italia, Radiorama/AIR, ibid.) ** NIGER. (I think it's really NGR this time!) La Voix du Sahel, Niamey, observed at 0941-1010 on 9705.4 in F w/chorus, tks, songs, jingle on the hour, rapidly weakening + adjacent QRM de LTU 9710 despite using different aerials, 24342. DSWCI's Anker Petersen, DNK, informed ETH does use 9704.2 [have been here for years, ed.], and I did manage to ID it following another obs. under better receiving condx; however, Niamey does use it too for I've hrd it there several times; in sum, both countries (NGR & ETH) wander about 9705v (Carlos L.R.Goncalves-POR, Jul 7, BC-DX via DXLD) ** PERU. 5486.76 , R Reina de la Silva, 1133, big ID through repetitive huaynos, fair to good signal for 60w, never heard this well before, catch it whilst you can. 5460.77, R Bolívar, 1140 lovely music "Peru ..Peru" and tentative Radio Bolívar at 11.45 , good signal (David Norrie, Auckland, New Zealand, 10th July, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERÚ. R. Unión, 6312.4v, July 7 0220-0630+, fair-good level with wobbly, drifting transmitter BUT good audio with no distortion for a change. Spanish talk by man over OA music. Anmts by M & W. ID. Spanish ballads/pops. After 0330 US pop music of the 50s/60s/70s (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POHNPEI. V6AH, 1449 kHz, Pohnpei sent an e-QSL in two days. This logging was a mystery to me as I heard the station from Cox Peninsula NT in mid May on the 500 meter beverage aimed at Africa. I sent them my logging which consisted of religious material and bible readings. I felt that it was more likely to be them than Radio Maldives, also on 1449 kHz, but signs off before 1912 (my logging time). And the Maldives are of the Islamic religion. The news from Pohnpei is that they are about to go 24 hr operation. The Engineer, Mr Hirosy Santos of Pohnpei Public Broadcasting Corporation, said they were awaiting their 'Virtuoso' automation system which is being shipped from Australia next week. Currently they operate 6 am - 10 pm local time (being UTC +11). This is another country for me as I've never heard Pohnpei before. Cheers (Chris Martin, Brisbane, Qsld., ARDXC via DXLD) ** POLAND. [c.f. BC-DX #528] Re the discussion about Poland and Tesla - whatever the merits (or otherwise) of the Tesla brand of SW txs, the Poles certainly have a VERY BIG problem on their hands. It seems unbelievable that their engineers should say the noise is "interference" from another broadcaster! I would guess that they did not want to admit the truth of the matter. It would be more interesting to know how many reception reports they receive and what their listeners have to say. I've just tuned their 1530 broadcast in Polish on 7285 & 6035, and the well known burbling noise appeared the moment their carrier did - I could not hear anything on either channel before they appeared. 7285 is quite strong, but the broadcast is only just intelligible. 7215 in Czech at 1700 is better, but the noise is audible in the background (Noel R. Green, UK, Jul 8) I can just say something about the German sce: Of course they receive lots of listener complaints. The editorial staff is well aware of the problem and does not hesitate from discussing it on air. They also ensured that all letters about this matter will be translated in detail and sent to the transmitter site. That's of course all they can do (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Jul 8) The RRs go to R Polonia, but Polish Radio is not in charge of the tx site (they ONLY rent airtime) - it is operated by Polish Telecom (TPSA). So they don't receive such reports directly. After our talks I am quite certain that the engineers do tell the truth, the problem can't be so big that they wouldn't be able to solve it, and TPSA (the former state owned telecom operator) is now a company which knows market economy and would not risk to offer their customers such a bad sce. They are doing high investments in other fields (telephone, internet, FM txs). Of course I listened myself in Warsaw, and really the audio sounds quite a bit different than what we hear through skywave. Because of the groundwave there is no fading and the "noise-part" sounds much weaker than by skywave. If you are not familiar with the reception in the distance, it DOES sound like background-QRM, believe me. This "noise-part", BTW, is "roaring" in a similar way as noted by skywave, and the link with the water cooling system is really quite obvious. But it also doesn't make the diagnosis and the solution easier I think when your txs need to be on the air every day... (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, Jul 10, BCDX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Just my two cents on the 9665/11750 discussion: Evidently these are the summer counterparts for 7180/7125. In the previous years 7180 was always replaced by 9665 while 7125 was kept during the summer season. Both outlets indeed used to originate from Grigoriopol`; however, after the ice disaster on this site one of them was relocated to Tbilisskaya, the site site in Russia which is usually listed as either Armavir or Krasnodar (in fact the facilities are located in between these towns). So this needs further checks. Anyway it seems to be quite unlikely that both originate from Tbilisskaya; if I remember correctly, this site has only a single curtain antenna pair (low/high frequencies) for this beam heading (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. The Voice of Russia Space Quiz originally had a deadline for submission of entries of April 15 with an announcement of the winners due on June 15. Then they slipped the schedule to a June 15 submission deadline with a July 15 announcement date. I just checked the VOR web site and now I see they have done it again. The new due date is September 1 with an announcement date of September 30. How am I going to take advantage of the prize, an all expense paid trip to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome? Will I ever be able to make use of Richard Cuff's free round of golf at the Moscow Country Club? Maybe they play ice golf using international orange balls. So if all the protesters of the BBC's shabby treatment of NA and ANZAC listeners want a new crusade, how about a mass protest of the VOR's jerking around its contest entrants. (~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-., Joe Buch Opinion Former and Decision Maker -*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^, swprograms July 14 via DXLD) One might assume the reason for extending and reëxtending the deadline be an embarrassing dearth of entries (gh, DXLD) ** UGANDA. 7195 R Uganda S-on at 0300 and as it is a Sunday they open the program with a gospel song then ID and SW & MW freq given by man in English then followed by half an hour religious program presented by Church of Uganda with partnership with Religious Section of R Uganda. The program was mainly of Gospel songs and in between a few lines of Bible. At 0332 African mx. Good signal but heavy QRM from a ham who spoil the nice program of R Uganda! Also checked at different time 1300 poor and hardly noticeable 1500- 1630 (then covered by IRN) and audible again at around 1730 but reception was much better at 1900 when Uganda is alone on that freq. (Mahendra Vaghjee, Mauritius, DXplorer Jul 8 via BC-DX via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Glenn, Checking Radio Ukraine International's 1000 kW tx via Mykolaiv to North America. July 13, 2001 12040 kHz 0002 UT S9 to S9 +37 dB, no QRM 0032 UT S9 +11 dB to S9 +40 dB, no QRM 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, VA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. You may recall that IBB/VOA conducted tests on MW 1314 from Abu Dhabi (DHA = Dhabayya-UAE) earlier this year. Apparently, according to my sources, these tests on 1314 came to nothing: no coverage in target areas. However, recent interest in the Middle East by the IBB may cause some changes to the MW band in the next few years from two places Cyprus [see also under Cyprus ABOVE, ed.] and Djibouti (Steve Whitt via MWC e-mail news 23.05.01, ARC MV-Eko, Jul 11, via BC-DX via DXLD) Shortwave tests via Abu Dhabi seem to have been more successful and have resulted in some relays, a.o. RCI (Olle Alm, Sweden, Jul 11, BCDX via DXLD) ** U K. 15475 Salama R is a Woofferton, UK outlet, according to Luanda Monitoring of today. That seems 250 or 300 kW at 170 degrees, acc to A-01 Merlin schedule, all AF outlets are 250 kW power only, but VoA has Fr and Ar outlets of 300 kW at 170 degrees. The RUS and CIS/CeAS Woofferton outlets at 57 degrees etc. have 300 kW of power. 250 kW are the IBB-VoA txs and later joined by additional Marconi? txs, when Skelton Cumbria also increased by new 300 kW units too. http://193.81.2.21/RMS_Data/Scripts/2001_07_12/LUAN/RMS_Script_LUAN_0 10712_1954.TXT Regards and 73s de (Wolfgang DF5SX wwdxc-germany via John Wright, ARDXC via DXLD) Salama R 15475 Woofferton 300 kW ?? New religious broadcaster to West Africa. On 6 July 2001 Salama Radio started bcing to W Africa. Fr, En, Ar, Hausa, and Fulfulde are announced as the first langs to come on the air with other langs understood by at least ten million people to follow. Dr Jacob Abdalla, Pres of Harvestime Ministries, suggests that "Salama Radio has a potential audience of about 300 million in sub-saharan Africa, and there is a tremendous opportunity here for Christian ministries and organisations to reach these people with the message of hope and salvation in various ways including Bible teaching, radio drama, gospel music, and educational progrs." According to the web site "original materials will be secured from local producers, ministries, churches, non-governmental organisations, and international organisations, thereby giving the station both a local and international perspective. Salama Radio will bring Christian News from around the world to and from the region as well as bc vibrant and good mix of gospel programs from Bible based ministries. Salama Radio will allow Christian commercials while maintaining the central point of evangelisation." With regard to the last sentence it is surprising that in March 2001, Margaret Perera accepted to serve as Salama Radio's first International Director on a voluntary basis. Currently, the stn is heard 1900-2000 UT on Woofferton 15475 kHz. Ultimately, it wants to be on the air round the clock using the txion facilities of Merlin Communications. "Salama Radio will generate the desire to listen and Merlin will make it heard using its state of the art txion facilities in strategic locations around the world." Dr. Jacob Abdalla - President, Harvestime Ministries; Ian Howden- Simpson - National Director, Harvestime Ministries; Margaret Perera - International Director, Salama Radio. The Studio, PO Box 126, Chessington, Surrey KT9 2WJ, United Kingdom. Tel/Fax: +44 [0] 208 395 7425 E-mail: admin@salamaradio.org URL: http://www.harvestime.org.uk A google search did not reveal any additional information on Dr. Jacob Abdalla, but judging from the language of the website http://www.harvestime.org.uk his ministry is charismatic or pentecostal (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, July 13, BC-DX via DXLD) ** U K. BBC appoints an agnostic as head of religious programmes The Independent - United Kingdom, Jul 12, 2001 BY DAVID LISTER MEDIA AND CULTURE EDITOR A DECISION by the BBC to appoint an agnostic as its head of religious programming could drive the church away from mainstream broadcasting, critics warned yesterday. Alan Bookbinder, who describes himself as an "open-hearted agnostic", was named yesterday as the successor to the Rev Ernie Rea as the head of religion and ethics. A BBC veteran with a Jewish father and Catholic mother, he is the first non-Christian to hold the post since it was created in 1933. The choice was welcomed by the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. But the million-strong Evangelical Alliance said it might drive the church to alternative forms of communication such as niche channels. Joel Edwards, the general director of the alliance, said: "He is not an active member of any faith community ... Would the BBC appoint a head of sport who knows nothing about football? I think not." Mark Thompson, the BBC's director of television, said: "The BBC has a role to play in provoking debate about these issues as well as holding a mirror to our multifaith society." A spokeswoman said Mr Bookbinder, who moves from the BBC science department this month, would work "to develop an editorial strategy which reflects spiritual life in the UK". All Material Subject to Copyright (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U K. This article comes from ZENIT, a Catholic news service, so its slant reflects that, but the news it conveys fits with the topic of this list, so I thought I'd send it on. (--Dan Barriball, swprograms via DXLD) Agnostic to Oversee BBC´s Programming on Religion Predecessor Accused Media Outlet of "Dancing to a Secular Tune" LONDON, JULY 12, 2001 (Zenit.org).- British Broadcasting Corporation has appointed a self-proclaimed agnostic to oversee its programming on religion and ethics, the Times reported. Alan Bookbinder describes himself as ``an open-hearted, open-minded agnostic`` and is the son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. He is the first nonbeliever in the post. The last holder, the Reverend Ernest Rea, quit last December, accusing BBC of sidelining religion and ``dancing to a secular tune.`` Bookbinder, a program-maker responsible for award-winning series such as "The Human Body and Brain Story," acknowledged that he was not an active member of any faith. ``I don`t rule it out happening one day, but I have not had personal experience of God, of an absolute or a sublime being,`` he said, according to the Times. Bookbinder, 45, said he was looking forward to meeting religious leaders to discuss their worries that BBC`s commitment to religious broadcasting had slipped: "It does seem that there is a perception, which I would challenge, that the BBC has somehow wavered in its commitment. I don`t see that." Some senior Anglicans expressed doubts. John Barton, archdeacon of Aston, said the implications of an agnostic being appointed to the post were "quite extraordinary." He said: "To be committed to that job you need to believe not only in the validity of the subject but also in its supreme importance. God cannot be treated as one manager among many at the executive board table." But a spokesman for the Anglican Church, the Reverend Jonathan Jennings, said the church was keeping an open mind and was "moderately relaxed" about Bookbinder`s appointment. He would be judged on his output and "whether adventurous religious programming would be properly scheduled rather than going to the 11 p.m. slot." Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said: ``We welcome the fact that the BBC has chosen someone who is actively engaged in a spiritual search and may well give religious broadcasting a place in the mainstream of public debate. An unconventional choice may be precisely what religion needs if it {is} to regain its force in a secular age.`` Jim McDonnell, head of the Catholic Communications Center, said he would give Bookbinder ``the benefit of the doubt at this stage.`` Bookbinder has worked on programs with religious and ethical as well as scientific themes, and dealt with ethical issues as chief adviser in the BBC Editorial Policy Unit. "I am a passionate believer that spiritual and ethical issues are central to people`s lives," he said, adding that the marriage of his parents -- both of whom had a firm belief in their own religions -- meant that ``from an early age I had experience of some of the tensions that strong faith throws up.`` (via Barriball, swprograms via DXLD) At last the BBC does something right! I have long maintained that only an agnostic can **objectively** cover religion, or rather a variety of religions. Despite its seeming ecumenism, I have found BBC WS religious programming heavily biased, accepting the assumption that belief -- of some kind -- is the norm; and the default BBC religion is, of course, Church of England (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U K. Having just heard this week's edition of Write On on the BBC World Service, I come away ever so much more amazed and more deeply frustrated. The entirety of this program was devoted to a discussion of alternative digital delivery technologies with questions about them posed by listeners and the program's host to John Sykes, the World Service's transmission manager. There were several open references –- again -- to the decision to end shortwave to North America and Australasia. There was even -– finally -- an expressed understanding of the principal arguments raised by aggrieved listeners -- the fact that FM and Internet do not afford listeners the same degree of access to World Service programming that shortwave alone currently provides there. (OK, those reading and answering the letters understand it; but what about the management levels who spawned this outrage?) The feelings of amazement and frustration come from the fact that the discussion clearly shows that not one of these alternative delivery methods is ready for broad use, let alone ready to replace what has been withdrawn by the BBC. Mr. Sykes pointed out one or more problems plaguing all of them -- lack of compatible standards, lack of available receivers, affordability, difficulties the BBC encounters in gaining permission from the third party owners of transmission means, etc. Yet the BBC pledges to persist in its policy -- even apparently in the face of the facts I heard tonight and the thousands of listeners who have written to tell it that it has erred. Amazing and frustrating, indeed (John A. Figliozzi, NY, July 14, swprograms via DXLD) It shows what I have heard informally myself that BBC World Service staff, who have some idea of how people use and listen to radio, realise that this decision is wrong. I think that this programme should be valuable to the Coalition: you can quote the BBC's own transmissions manager as supporting your arguments. I got a letter from Mark Byford this morning in response to my previously posted letter I sent to various MP's which had been forwarded to him by Peter Ainsworth, Shadow Media Secretary. Just a run through of the usual arguments, which I am sure are on the BBCWS word processor, with the 300,000 unique shortwave listeners line. He does invite me to listen to the World Service via the website and through re- broadcasting partnerships at the end so guess at that point his secretaries had forgotten that the letter was from the UK when putting that standard paragraph in. The names of the members of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee should be decided next week; there has already been some controversy as the previous chairman, who was independent minded and has not had government posts, has been replaced on the list to be put to MPs by Chris Smith, former Culture, Media and Sport Secretary. However, objections have been raised to this, a motion to reinstate the previous chairman tabled and MP's have a free vote as to Committee chairmen and members. This is the committee that quizzes Byford each year. Another line of approach, since Greg Dyke seems to be backing the management line, could be the BBC Boards of Governors (Mike Barraclough, swprograms via DXLD) Dear Mr White, We regret that neither this department nor the Director himself can enter into discussion about the cuts; they came into effect on 1st July and there are no plans to reverse them. A review of the situation is to take place in a year's time. In the meantime, we can assure you that Mark Byford has actually read all the letters and emails sent to him personally and has also been informed by us in regular reports of all the issues and suggestions which have been raised by North American listeners in the letters, emails and telephone calls received by this department. Where correspondents have received our standard reply, any further correspondence received by us (whether direct, or forwarded from the Director's office, the FCO, BBC Governors or MPs) is cross-referenced as far as possible to ensure that a duplicate reply is not sent. BBC World Service makes every attempt to ensure that listeners who write receive information related to their enquiries, but we are not bound by the guidelines which apply to the domestic information service of the BBC, and are not required to respond to every comment received (we do not have the resources to do so). Regards (Audience Relations BBC World Service (via Geoff White, swprograms via DXLD) ** UK. Some accumulated info on errors and screwups recently detected on SW: At 2232 UT on July 7, '01, the BBC's weekend half-hour "From Our Own Correspondent" (12095 kHz) sounded VERY familiar to me. I checked my tape of last week's broadcast and it was the same one! I then listened again later in the evening to the 0132 UT Sunday airing and it was a new and different one for that week. On UT Friday July 13 '01 the 0300 UT hour on 5975 kHz had the BBC Middle East/CIS stream instead of the Americas one. Screwed people who were counting on the 0345 airing of that episode of "Off The Shelf" especially since it was a continuing story over the week. Later on that same day (local morning), on 17840 kHz, Omnibus started at 1405 UT as had been announced a few minutes before, but then at 1410 or so, it was rudely interrupted mid-sentence and they cut over to the Moscow Olympic-city-award announcement in progress. Pretty sloppy and unprofessional! They knew when it would be happening, and could have cleanly pre-empted Omnibus in its entirety, even though the worship of sports shown by this is wrong to begin with! (Will Martin, MO, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. Interesting that no one else seems to have picked up on our previous item that the BBC relays on 25m to ``Mexico`` have moved from Delano to Okeechobee. On July 13 I found 11810 carrier already on at 2356, and kept listening. BBC WS audio came up about 2359:30 but there was *no* ``via WYFR`` announcement as they used to run at *1259 and 1559* on 11865/9590. If it really be WYFR now, perhaps they have not yet had the chance to fix up a new announcement. I have not caught any other transition times yet, but did note 11835 still going after 0300, when WYFR usage ends, so suspect it still be Delano in that period. I expect that WYFR wanted to maintain the deal of 3 hours per day so its broadcasts via UK could continue in exchange (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On a quite separate item is it technically 'legal' for Radio Netherlands/Nederland to jump onto BBC shortwave frequencies, as I assume fresh allocations would have to be negotiated for, and presumably RN would have to give up some frequencies in exchange - I'm no expert but would this not take at least some weeks to re- allocate, not days! and what if the BBC wanted to return to SW for North America and Australasia? (Roger Parsons, Hinckley, Leics., BDXC-UK via DXLD) I don't believe the BBC have any "BBC frequencies" anymore. When the BBC sold off their transmitters they also parted with their respective licences and also the negotiation rights for frequency changes. This is why Merlin is/was able to transmit Merlin Network One, Virgin? Sound Kitchen, Radio Nationaal 1296, Radio Korea and even Radio Caroline for one day! The access to the SW sites over the pond, Sackville and Delano I believe were partially financed by airtime swaps with Radio Canada and VOA using Woofferton and Skelton. In fact this inward traffic had reduced considerably in recent years as the USA have virtually stopped using SW to Europe; I can't remember anyone complaining. So, yes, it seems that the owners of the transmitters are free to organise their frequencies as they wish and carry broadcasts from any programme provider they wish. The upside is that stations that relay the BBC on domestic frequencies do have to pay the BBC for the privilege, which could turn a loss making form of programme delivery into a more profitable one and with better reception. Sadly, some people in rural areas will lose the BBC W/S completely until satellite radio kicks in or they use the internet. Regards (Andy Cadier, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U K. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Radio 4's Archive Hour this Saturday (14 July @ 2000 BST) features the unique service provided by British local radio stations. The above information may only be reproduced if full credit is given to the original source, contributor AND to the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). (via DXLD) ** U S A. WWCR aired the same endlessly-repeated "New Horizons" program at 0130 UT on July 8, '01! This was even after they read part of my e-mail about it on the previous "Ask WWCR" program and said that the problem had been fixed!!!! (They called me "Martin" instead of "William" for some reason on that. :-) (Will Martin, MO, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Some changes of Voice of America: Armenian to Armenia new language 1500-1530 on 13720, 15410, 17810 Creole to Caribbean via Greenville 1130-1200 M-F NF 15360, ex 11925 English to Africa via Botswana: 0300-0400 D a i l y NF 5855, ex 6115 0400-0500 D a i l y NF 5855, ex 7265 2200-2230 Mon to Fri NF 5855, ex 7340 (Observer, Bulgaria, July 13, via DXLD) ** U S A. WCLV explains the 7-station frequency switcheroo in Cleveland: http://www.wclv.com/new_detail.jsp?id=110 WBKC 1460 IN PAINESVILLE TO RE-BROADCAST CLASSICAL PROGRAMMING FROM WCLV http://www.wclv.com/new_detail.jsp?id=104 (via gh, DXLD) ** U S A. WWKB-1520 Buffalo: Ron, There is a posting on the New York Radio Message Board saying that the format change has been delayed for two weeks. I wonder how much 70's music I'll actually hear on WWKB since they also carry Buffalo Bisons AAA baseball (Kent Plourde, Bristol, CT, July 11, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** U S A. KAXW-1660 Merced, "La Rancherita" is strong here in the daytime, and last night they completely eliminated KXOL. Their TOH ID at 1000:30 PLT today was in Spanish only. They are running 21.1 to 21.8 Hz high and varying from moment to moment. Brand new and already at least two FCC violations (Albert Lehr, Livermore, CA, Allied A- 2515 receiver, homebrew external sync detector, frequency measurement system, Two 35 ft. Ewe antennas, IRCA via DXLD) KAXW 1660 Merced, Radio Rancherita, was loud and clear last night, well over any QRM, totally dominant with S9+20 dB signal. Best X-Bander yet heard here in Hawaii (Chuck Boehnke, Keaau, Hawaii, Drake R8B and 300 foot "Kahuna" Dipole, http://www.flex.com/~ccb IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A [clandestine]. United Patriot Radio: Jammed/Heckled 7/13/01 Tonight while listening to UPR as I have been doing, I noticed some attempted jamming, around 0210-0225Z, with what sounded like ham recordings from 75 meters. It never strapped Steve since he has upped his signal to a solid KW+. Then the really strange thing happened. Upon sign off of UPR after "Onward Christian Soldiers" @ 0300Z. When the carrier dropped, someone of a much weaker signal played "They're coming to take me away" in its entirety! Then nothing! It was not the same as the jamming signal...it had weenie audio. The tape jamming was much louder! Is there now a concerted effort to jam UPR? If so, you're gonna need a hell of alot more snot to take Steve oot. He has got a strapping signal here in Southern Central Virginia! (Rafman, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Subject: United Patriot Radio moves to 6880 tonight! From: "Rafman©" rafman2u@yahoo.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 02:22:53 GMT United Patriot Radio is on 6880 tonight 0210Z. He said he would move if jamming continued & made good cause the Militia Hour is strapping in on 6880. Steve is talking about the idiocy of starving yourself to death over IRS Taxation! Like he points out, the government would look at it as 1 less person to have to care about, starve away! No jamming as of yet! Subject: More Re: United Patriot Radio moves to 6880 tonight! Reply-To: "Rafman©" From: "Rafman©" rafman2u@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 02:43:14 GMT Interesting that FSK/AMTOR type jamming has now started at 0230Z & continues with even a second parallel signal at same time @0235Z!!! Drowning out UPR considerably at times here is Northern Central Carolina! On past 0240Z! Then off! Rafman Subject: Re: More Re: United Patriot Radio moves to 6880 tonight! From: "Tom Sevart" n2uhc@yahoo.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 05:03:33 -0500 An FSK/AMTOR signal? There are RTTY or other type data signals all over the HF bands. Did you ever think about who may be jamming who here? It's possible that UPR is interfering with legitimate frequency users. 6880 is a USN/MARS frequency. Tom (all via John Norfolk, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. R. Tashkent, 15295, July 7 *1200-1230 IS, ID, English news, commentary, local pop music, \\ 17775, both fair-good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ++++ Re: Bob Padula {August 20, 2001: Remarks by two individuals removed, upon threat of legal action by Bob Padula; see DXLD 1-112} ... Yikes! Flak-jacket now securely fastened! (Craig Seager, ARDXC via DXLD) Well folks, seen the movie Pearl Harbour? It does feature a nice big old Collins, looks like a 10 kw set; nice set of HROs as well. The action scenes, very good, I think something like the ending of 1097. Simply nothing more to add to 1097. Hard hats on...bombs falling (Johno Wright, ARDXC via DXLD) OK, enough; our purpose is not to continue bashing Bob. We wish him the best (gh, DXLD) ###