DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-39, March 14, 2000 edited by Glenn Hauser {Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only providing full credit be maintained at all stages. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without prior permission. BBCM items are copyright and may not be reproduced without permission} WORLD OF RADIO AND CONTINENT OF MEDIA SHORTWAVE-ONLY SCHEDULE AS OF MARCH 14, 2000 We have some additional times on RFPI, another time on WBCQ, and some changes on WWCR. Days and times strictly UT. Note: all WWCR and WBCQ times shift one UT hour earlier from April 2 on same frequencies. For latest updates see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio Wed 1730 COM RFPI 25930-USB Wed 2230 WOR WBCQ1 7415 Wed 2300 WOR RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 [NEW March-May] Thu 0700 WOR RFPI 6975 [NEW March-May] Thu 0930 COM RFPI 6975 Thu 1500 WOR RFPI 25930-USB [NEW March-May] Thu 2130 WOR WWCR 15685 [ex-9475 Dec-Feb] Fri 1030 WOR WWCR 7435 Fri 1900 COM RFPI 25930-USB Fri 1930 WOR RFPI 25930-USB Fri 2130 WOR WBCQ2 9340-CUSB [NEW from March 10] Sat 0300 COM RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 Sat 0330 WOR RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 Sat 0400 WOR WWCR 3215 Sat 1100 COM RFPI 6975 Sat 1130 WOR RFPI 6975 Sat 1230 WOR WWCR 15685 Sat 1730 COM RFPI 25930-USB Sat 1800 WOR RFPI 25930-USB Sun 0130 COM RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 Sun 0200 WOR RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0930 COM RFPI 6975 Sun 1000 WOR RFPI 6975 Sun 2300 WOR RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 Mon 0131 WOR WWCR 3215 [changing to 0100, by DST from April, 0000 UT] Mon 0601 WOR WWCR 3210 Mon 0700 WOR RFPI 6975 Mon 1500 WOR RFPI 25930-USB Tue 1200 WOR WWCR 15685 Tue 1900 WOR RFPI 25930-USB Tue 2000 COM RFPI 25930-USB Wed 0300 WOR RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 Wed 0400 COM RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 Wed 1100 WOR RFPI 6975 Wed 1200 COM RFPI 25930-USB 6975 ** AFGHANISTAN. 7073.21: I suspect this is Voice of Shari'ah with middle eastern sounding chants, and into talk at 1630. Unable to tell language on 11 March, but was much stronger the following day. Best heard using LSB. 7073.25 on the 12th, with what sounds like Russian at 1630 (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 11 and 12 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. A 24-hour strike of 600 journalists against ABC including R. Australia was scheduled to start at 1800 UT March 14 (RA via BBC Monitoring; The Age via John Figliozzi, swprograms) ** AUSTRIA. Correxion to item in DXLD 00-38: Both Hans-Joachim Koch and I messed up the frequency computation. His original report says 13720 minus 6145 = 7575 (NOT 7570). But it should be 13730 minus 6155 = 7575. Sorry, Glenn ** BOLIVIA. Alo amigos, Recebi una carta da Radio Mallku e extraio parte que espero seja de interesse de todos, desculpa ser no idioma original, mas acredito sera de facil compressao. RADIO EMISORA MALLKU, "La Voz de los Trabajadores Campesinos del Altiplano Sud" Radio Emisora Mallku tiene su resolución Administrativa de la Superientendencia de Telecomunicaciones de La Paz, Bolivia. Esta situada en la ciudad de Uyuni, Provincia Antonio Quijarro, Departamento de Potosi y es de propiedad de la Federación Regional Única de Trabajadores Campesinos del Altiplano Sud (FRUTCAS). Mi nombre es Erwin Freddy Mamani Machaca, responsable de la programación de Radio Mallku, trabajo ya dos años y diez meses, tengo 21 años, en el tiempo de mi trabajo es un placer recibir cartas de recepción de nuestra Radio. Nuestra emisora es una Radio Comunitaria y Sindical de los Trabajadores Campesinos de Todo el Sudoeste potosino que aglutina a cinco provincias "Antonio Quijarro, Nor Lipez, Daniel Campos, Enrique Baldivieso y Sud Lipéz", que las iniciales de cada una de las provincias se forman la palabra A.N.D.E.S., pero por existir otra Radio LOS ANDES en la ciudad de Tarija, hemos tenido que cambiar el nombre por Radio Emisora Mallku, que significa CONDOR y/o Presidente de las Autoridades Originacionarias que también los dicen "MALLKU". Nuestra programación es la sigiente: MAÑANAS [hora local] 06:00 a 06:30 Música Nacional 06:30 a 07:30 Noticias, Entrevistas, Música(Quechua) 07:30 a 08:00 Programa de Felicitación en Quechua TARDES 17:00 a 18:00 Programa de Felicitación y Música Cumbia en Castel 18:00 a 18:30 La hora de las Provincias (Entrevistas, Reportajes) 18:30 a 19:00 Programa Mujer 19:00 a 19:30 Informativo 19:30 a 20:00 Comentarios, Radiogramas, Música, Agropecuaria Actualmente después de la Otorgación de la "Licencia de Funcionamiento", en fecha 29 de septiembre estamos trabajando en la frecuencia de 4.795 KHz (r4.796,6 Ed.), banda de 60 metros. La radio tiene su consejo de Administración: Froilán Condori PRESIDENTE, German Carme y Flaviana Porco Titulares; René Mamani y Francisco Quisbert Suplentes, quienes ejecutan las determinaciones del comité Ejecutivo de la Federación de Campesinos "FRUTCAS", y el consejo tiene una duración de un año calendario y su cambio esta previsto en el mes de abril del 2000. Uyuni es caracterizada por el intenso frio casi todo el año, centro Ferroviario y ahora centro de gran promoción Turística, por su majestoso Gran Salar de Uyuni (10.200 kilometros cuadrados de deserto de sal y hay un hotel enteramente de sal inclusive sus muebles), Lagunas verde, Colorada, Azul, Hedionda, los Gueiser y muchos outros. El Turista lo vive de pasión y se llevan gran recuerdo de Bolivia. RADIO EMISORA MALLKU CASILLA Nº16 TELEF. 0693-2145 UYUNI - Depto. POTOSI - BOLIVIA (via Rogildo Fontenelle Aragao, Cochabamba - Bolivia Membro do DX CLUBE DO BRASIL via radio-escutas Mar 13 via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. R. Bulgaria A-00 in English: 0200-0300 9400 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 to NoAm 1100-1200 15700 P500/306, 17500 P250/292 to WeEu 1900-2000 9400 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 to WeEu 2100-2200 9400 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 to WeEu 2300-2400 9400 P500/306, 11700 P500/306 to NoAm (Observer, Bulgaria, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6070, CFRX never ceases to amaze me with its powerful signal. Heard at 1004, with sports report, then ID at 1005 as "Toronto's news station, 1010 CFRB". Good to very good, especially using USB to avoid a cochannel on 6069.5 (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 11 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6069.5 being Papua? Het also a problem here (gh, OK) ** CONGO DR [non]. Rebel leader Bemba's radio reportedly no longer on shortwave; Text of report by Abdurazak Mukenge: "Because of the presence of rebels at the National Consultations, Rwanda disarms suspicious elements of the Congolese Rally for Democracy, Uganda silences Radio-Liberte," published by Congolese newspaper `Le Palmares' on 7th March; subheading as published Radio Liberte no longer broadcasting on shortwave In relation to the rebel delegation's participation in the Kinshasa national consultations, Radio Liberte, which belongs to Jean-Pierre Bemba's movement, has stopped transmitting on shortwave. It was reported that this propaganda instrument was banned by the Ugandan minister in charge of information. But it was mainly because the United Nations did not give a favourable answer to the request formulated by the MLC to be given a wavelength. It was Adele Lutsove, the general secretary in charge of information within the MLC, who filed the request. On the issue of sharing the airwaves for broadcasting on shortwave, the United Nations grants permission only for requests filed by officially recognized governments. As can be see, things are not going very well between the allied Congolese rebellion and their masters on the concept of peace and the process to achieve it. The "lost sons" are ready to come back within the government's fold but have their hands tied. Utterances by Mrs Oda Nyangi and Mrs Adele Lutsove on the Voice of America last Friday, 3rd March, are very revealing. They strongly criticized the behaviour of the two branches of the RCD "which are using dictatorial methods to manage the city under their control". Source: `Le Palmares', Kinshasa, in French 7 Mar 00 (BBC Monitoring March 14, excerpted by gh; this refers to the station on 15725-USB, evidently originating in Uganda, and which several have reported hearing *since* March 7! - DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECH REPUBLIC. R. Prague programmes: Mon Spotlight, magazine Tue Talking Point, a look at issues Wed Ten Years After, demise of Iron Curtain Thu Economic Report, business news Fri Living Czech, Czech language [lessons?] Mailbox, listeners` letters Sat The Arts, cultural scene Saturday Music Sun From the Weeklies, from the periodicals Letter from Prague, from a personal view Czech Literature (via Nick Sharpe, March World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. HCJB A-00 in English: 0000 0400 9745 100 351 N. Amer. (E) 0000 1530 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S. Pac. 0000 0700 15115 50 330 N. America 0400 0700 9745 100 325 N Amer. (W) 0700 0900 15150 250 34 Europe 0700 1100 11755 100 228 S. Pacific 1100 1630 12005 50 43 Caribbean 1100 1630 15115 100 160/353 N/S America 1900 2200 17660 100 41 Europe (HCJB via Wolfgang Bueschel; gh excerpted English for DX LISTENING DIGEST; note that 15115 will clash with New Zealand after 1100, planned to be used until 1206) ** GREECE. Answering my query about whether VOG ever plays non-Greek music: I have just been checking the English broadcast [1900-1925 on 7475, 9375], local news items with, to me, very annoying string version of Eleanor Rigby between items; the musical bridge is hardly Greek! (Mike Barraclough, March World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** HUNGARY. R. Budapest A-00 in English, from March 26: 1900-1930 Eu 6025 9750 kHz 2100-2130 Eu 6025 kHz 2130-2200 Eu 3975 kHz 0100-0130 NAm 9560 kHz 0230-0300 NAm 9835 kHz (R. Budapest via Hans-Joachim Koch; gh excerpted English only; no sign of planned Spanish; DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR [non?] CLANDESTINE 5101.30 (tent) Voice of Jammu Kashmir Freedom. Sign on at 1300 with ?vocal national anthem, talk, and in Qur`an readings at 1302. Lots of static crashes making reception difficult. At 1401:30 appeared to go into English until 1406, when there was more music (Salmaniw, 11 March). The following day, reception was much better. Nice clear signal heard at tune-in at 1337. Retuned at 1400, but English was not heard until 1415. Snippets of English heard then "President of the national parliament", "relations between the two countries". Mentions of Kashmir. Fading by 1421. Still in English at 1424, but by 1429 not in English anymore. Possible national anthem at 1430 and sign off (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 12 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15355, R. Sultanate of Oman March 11 0245-0405+: English at 0300-0400; tune-in at 0245 with ME music. Big Ben chimes at 0300, followed by English religious talk and introduction to Koran. Koran recitations in Arabic, and English translations with commentary of the verses recited. Time pips at 0315, ID and 10 minutes o English news by woman to 0325. Promos for upcoming FM programs followed by ``Good Morning, Oman`` English program with local pops, US pops, list of local events and a lot of chatter by all female studio staff. Back to Arabic programming after 0400. Very good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15355, Radio Sultanate of Oman with pop music, and talk by a woman in English at 0342. Good reception. (Salmaniw, 11 March). 15140 heard in English at 1451, interviewing Julie, club manager at Club Olympus. British accented. Good reception. (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 11 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 4890. One of the great pleasures of DXing on the Pacific coast is the fun of listening to these distant regional stations at armchair level! Superb reception in English at 0912 with "City Hall" program, describing the emergencies hospitals face, stabbings, shootings, etc. Then on to "Greening and Cleaning", with Port Moresby's garbage collection schedule. All in all, a very enlightening program offering a glimpse of local life in PNG. (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 11 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SA`UDI ARABIA. 15435: A very interesting situation here at 1659 + Tuned in at that time to hear two Arabic stations. The dominant one is Voice of Africa in Libya, while the other is Saudi Arabia with Big Ben-like gongs at 1700 and every 15 minutes. They both went into the Holy Qur`an... fascinating to listen as they battle it out. Saudi Arabia occasionally almost equaled the Libyan. There was no English until 1726, when I could definitely hear snippets of English from the Saudi. "Delegation, institution, proclaim..." Back into Arabic at 1730. So I can confirm some English from Saudi Arabia, and unlike the past, this is not due to a studio error. English again might have been heard at 1738. Maybe a bilingual program? (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 12 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.14: SIBC with very good reception, parallel to mediumwave 1035. At 0941, long long spot about goods available at Golden Star Trading Corporation in Honiara... toilet freshener, Sunlight soap, orange and coconut juice, price only $8.20. You look by yourself and you buy them. All sizes. Buy twenty five, you get one free." At 0956, song from our sisters of church of Mulawesa (?sp). At 1000, into English with the news from the SIBC. Population of Guadalcanal wants to stop or limit the internal migration to their island. Mentions of Commonwealth Day, with the theme being, communications challenges. There is a serious lack of parking facilities in Honiara city. Tree planting areas are being used for car parks instead. "You are listening to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation in Honiara", at 1004. No mentions of the Happy Isles during the 30 minutes or so monitored. Superb reception, versus the previous evening when nothing was heard (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 12 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note frequency almost 1 kHz low; has this been the case before? If not, might be sign that the expected new transmitter is in use (gh, DXLD) ** TURKEY. TRT, Operational Schedule A-00, 26 March to 29 October 2000, daily, ``DSB`` u.o.s.: Freq. Band From To CIRAF ZONES Site Power (kHz) (m) UTC UTC kW 6155 49 0300 0400 38E,39,40W EMR 500 7190 41 2200 2300 17,18,27,28W,37N EMR 500 9525 31 2030 2130 30S,39-41,49S,54,55,58-60 EMR 500 9785 31 1830 1930 18,27,28 EMR 500 11655 25 0300 0400 2-7,10,18,27,28W EMR 500 [NAm] 11765 25 1830 1930 18S,27,28W,37N EMR 500 USB 13640 22 2200 2300 5S,8E,9,11N,27,28W EMR 500 [NAm] 17830 16 1230 1330 18,27,28W EMR 500 21540 13 1230 1330 30S,40,41,49,54,55,58-60 EMR 500 21715 13 0300 0400 40E,41,49,54W,58N EMR 500 And the new Spanish service, if it actually happens, supposedly also effective March 26: 15150 19 1630 1700 27S,28,37 EMR 500 (TRT via Wolfgang Bueschel, exerpted by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) V of Turkey in SPANISH ! First noted March 2: 1730-1755 11670 (54554) over SLBC in Sinhala (Observer, Bulgaria via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. 9870; Finally, a useful signal from Radio Ukraine International in English at 0400. Excellent reception, with parallels being 11825 (fair), 9610 (poor to fair), 9600 (fair except for het), and 6020 (poor). 9870 has to be 1000 kW if located in Ukraine. I don't think this is a relay, as they used to do long ago with their far eastern relays to the west coast. One can hear a mild polar flutter on their frequencies. This frequency should continue to propagate well as long as the MUF is high enough, and they don't change their schedule at the end of the month! (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 11 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I would like to have included the signal on 26.470 MHz, from radio station WJFP in Fort Pierce FL, in this list [of 25 Plus activity] but it`s not been heard on air since January (Alan Roberts, March CIDX Messenger, probably as of mid-February, via DXLD) Indeed absent from 26470 (and 25910) when WFLA 25870 was booming in at 2246 check March 14 (gh, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. 4960: Superb reception, at 0936 too of Radio Vanuatu, in Bislama with religious sermon. "Help most northern part of Vanuatu. Help most southern part of Vanuatu. Help most eastern part of Vanuatu. Help most western part of Vanuatu. Invite Holy Spirit, you come. Bless the nation. Direct this nation... Alleluia..." Carrier on, but no programming when rechecked after 1000 (Walt Salmaniw, Grayland WA, 12 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. Polisario radio on shortwave National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (Arabic: al- idha'at al-wataniyah li al-jumhuriyah al-arabiyah al-sahrawiyah al- dimuqratiyah) is currently being heard by BBC Monitoring on a new shortwave frequency, 7470 kHz. The shortwave frequency is heard in parallel with the radio's current mediumwave channel of 1540 kHz. The radio broadcasts daily from 0700-0800 and 1800-2300 gmt in Arabic and from 2300-2359 gmt in Spanish. News bulletins have been confirmed at 1900, 2000 and 2200 gmt in Arabic and at 2305 gmt in Spanish. National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic supports the Polisario Front, hostile to Moroccan policy on Western Sahara. The radio has been observed regularly since 1979 on mediumwave. A shortwave frequency has only been heard irregularly in the past. According to the radio's web site, it broadcasts from Bir Lehlu in a Polisario- controlled part of Western Sahara, about 200 km south west of Tindouf, Algeria - although this has not been confirmed. Source: Monitoring research 12-14 Mar 00 ((c) BBC Monitoring March 14, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) How about some DF, BBCM? (gh) ###