DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-96, July 26, 2000 edited by Glenn Hauser, wghauser@hotmail.com {Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only providing full credit be maintained at all stages and we are provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. See note about NU atop DXLD 00-95, i.a.} THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO Extra 34: see topic summary at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/worx34.html WORLD OF RADIO AND CONTINENT OF MEDIA SHORTWAVE-ONLY SCHEDULE AS OF JULY 26, 2000 Days and times strictly UT. RFPI announced July 17 that 6970 would be off the air up to three weeks for repairs and maintenance, but that 15049 would be on the air 24 hours. This schedule reflects that temporary situation. But July 18, USB returned on 21815, nominally 1200-0400! When 6970 return, it will presumably operate 0000-0800 (weekends -1200) as before, and 15049 cease 24 hour operation. Wed 2330 WOR WBCQ1 7415 Thu 0930 COM RFPI 15049 Thu 2030 WOR WWCR 15685 Fri 0930 WOR WWCR 7435 Fri 1900 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Fri 1930 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Fri 2030 WOR WBCQ2 9330-CUSB [irregular] Sat 0300 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sat 0330 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sat 0300 WOR WWCR 3215 Sat 1100 COM RFPI 15049 Sat 1130 WOR RFPI 15049 Sat 1130 WOR WWCR 15685 Sat 1730 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sat 1800 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 0130 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 0200 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 0230 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0628 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0930 COM RFPI 15049 Sun 1000 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 2300 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Mon 0026 WOR WWCR 9475 [may shift to Sun 2330*] Mon 0501 WOR WWCR 3210 Mon 0700 WOR RFPI 15049 Mon 1500 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Tue 1100 WOR WWCR 15685 Tue 1900 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Tue 2000 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Wed 0300 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Wed 0400 COM RFPI 15049 Wed 1100 WOR RFPI 15049 Wed 1200 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Wed 1730 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB *This change continues to be pending, and could occur at any time. ** ANGOLA [non]. Glenn, Sadly I have to inform you that the Radio Ecclésia transmissions via Radio Netherlands have stopped as of today. Due to technical problems in Angola, which are beyond the control of Radio Netherlands, the station has been unable to feed audio to us for the past few days. A previously-supplied standby programme has been transmitted on shortwave instead. Since the technical expert who helped to set up the audio feed is no longer in Angola, the decision has been taken to suspend the shortwave broadcasts until further notice. Everyone here at Radio Netherlands is disappointed that the broadcasts cannot continue. Radio Ecclésia continues to be audible on the Internet, but the programme that was being transmitted on shortwave was specially produced, and is not available to us by any other means. (Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, July 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So we may not see more logs like this: On 15175 via Holland, R. Ecclésia, July 23, 1931-1938, Portuguese, ``congresso que hoje termina ... insuficiência de alimentos,`` news, reports from correspondents, then headlines again, ID ``a radio para todos`` by woman, then talks about UNITA, correspondents, SINPO=24322 (Elmer Escoto, Honduras, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. First-hand news of a station reactivated: 5013 at 0200, R. Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, ID: ``Radio Copacabana e emissoras da cadeia da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, atenção para o top de 5 segundos!`` Then broadcast the program 'Falando de fe'; At 0205 began the program 'A Palavra Amiga do Bispo Macedo'. Listened to the station more than 40 minutes before getting an ID. This transmitter has a problem like R. Nacional del Paraguay had a while back [what?]. SINPO 54434 (Célio Romais, Pôrto Alegre, Brasil, July 25, Associado do DX Clube do Brasil, translated by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. R. Nova Visão audible most nights on 11735, //9530 in Portuguese at 2400, with religion and music, mostly music. Relays Rádio Transmundial at this time. In early April they listed the above frequencies plus 5965 (also listed in Passport) but on 26 July UTC I could only hear Radio Havana under QRM (Liz Cameron, Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts, Detroit, MI, DX-440, 90' longwire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www.geocities.com/alera1/ ** BRAZIL/ROMANIA. I received an important note today from the Brazilian ambassador in Romania, Jerónimo Moscardo, who is also a radio listener and member of the Brazilian Radio Listening Committee. It says the Brazilian and Romanian governments signed an agreement this morning in Brasília, for technical and programming cooperation between Radiobrás and RRI. Radiobrás plans to increase the number of hours and languages broadcast on SW to Europe [from zero to what? - gh], and RRI plans to maintain its services in Spanish and Portuguese to Latin America. Starting next January, professionals at both stations are to undertake training at the other (Denis Zoqbi, July 25, radio-escutas, translated by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA/AUSTRALIA. Zhejiang radio programme beamed by Radio Australia | Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Hangzhou, 25th July: A Chinese broadcasting station has started to provide programmes for Radio Australia. The programmes by Zhejiang Broadcasting Station, known as "Zhejiang Today", are targeted at Chinese citizens and people of Chinese origin in southeast and north Asia. This is the first time a Chinese provincial-level broadcast station has offered programmes for Radio Australia. The programmes are scheduled to be beamed by Radio Australia once a month, on Sundays. The programmes were launched in early July. "Zhejiang Today" includes news, backgrounders and reports about common people's daily life, lasting 15 minutes every time. The programmes will introduce the changes that have taken place in Zhejiang, hometown of tens of thousands of people of Chinese origin. The programmes will also introduce Zhejiang's history, culture, custom, ecology, population, industry, investment, environment and foreign-invested enterprises. Earlier, Zhejiang Broadcasting Station opened news programmes in the United States, Japan and Canada. Source: Xinhua news agency, Beijing, in English 0839 gmt 25 Jul 00 (via BBC Monitoring via DXLD) Why doesn`t Xinhua give the exact dates, times and frequencies to hear it??? (gh) ** FINLAND. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Hello! SWR [Scandinavian Weekend Radio] will be back on the airwaves starting 4th August at 21.00 UTC 24 hours (full Saturday day in local time). Here is our frequency schedule: Time UTC+3 ******* 0000 - 0430 11690 kHz 0430 - 1200 11720 kHz 1200 - 1615 11690 kHz 1615 - 2400 11720 kHz Please visit our website after next weekend, I'll make next update in this week, there will be more info about next transmission, etc. Regards, Ville-Veikko Haikarainen Scandinavian Weekend Radio http://www.swradio.net (via Piet Pijpers, July 26, BDXC-UK via DXLD) Hmm, a month ago local time given as UT +2, I suppose by mistake (gh) ** INTERNATIONAL. Marathon Bach broadcast http://www.theglobeandmail.com/gam/Music/20000725/TAPEOP-2.html Sources: Wire services Tuesday, July 25, 2000 A 24-hour television marathon will be broadcast around the world Friday to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, the European Broadcasting Union said yesterday. About 400 musicians -- including six orchestras, seven ensembles, three choirs, and 40 soloists -- will participate in the 24 Hours of Bach, to be broadcast by the Eurovision network and its partners, the EBU said. The EBU said it expected 100 million viewers in 40 countries to tune in. Fifteen EBU members in Europe will transmit parts of the marathon, as will Eurovision partners including NHK in Japan and PBS in the United States. It will be shown in its entirety in France, Switzerland and Denmark, the EBU said. Several concerts to commemorate the composer's death will be broadcast live, including a performance of his Mass in B-minor in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany. It was in Leipzig that Bach spent most of his working years, from 1723. He died there at the age of 65 (via John Norfolk, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Look for more Bach specials, around July 28. WUOT has ``In the Footsteps of Bach`` starting at 1400 UT (gh, DXLD) ** KURDISTAN. IRAQ V of Iraqi Kurdistan heard on new 7135 1608-1933*. At the beginning were the programs in Kurdish, from 1800- in Arabic. The morning programs on 7135 noted from 0235, sometimes later (Robert Petraitis, Lithuania, July 7, BC-DX via DXLD) ** LIBYA. V. of Africa noted on new 17725 (x15435) with Ar progr at 1025. The nx in English and in French I monitored at this time: 0130- 0145, 1145-1200, 1730-1745, 2030-2045. First half of this 15 min for En, than follows Fr. The nx in Ar are bcing until nx in foreign langs, so if the stn has more information all nx last longer. The beginning of nx in En/Fr have late about 2-8 mins in that case (Robert Petraitis, Lithuania, July 13/20, BC-DX via DXLD) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. On Friday, July 28th, Viking celebrations in Newfoundland and Labrador will come to a head as thousands of people gather to witness the arrival of the Viking longboat Islendingur at the harbour in L'anse Aux Meadows. The Islendingur is an authentic replica of a Viking vessel. It's spent the last month travelling the same northern route the original explorers would have sailed to the New World a thousand years ago. CBC Radio will be in L'Anse Aux Meadows for the days leading up to the arrival ceremony. Jim Brown and Chris Norman will co-host our live Provincial Morning Show from Wednesday, July 26 to Friday, July 28th. We`ll have the complete story of the Viking discovery, the historic site and the modern-day people who are living the Viking life at the Norstead Encampment. We`ll also capture the excitement as this small community prepares to welcome a crowd that's estimated to grow as large as 10,000 people. We'll also tell the whole country about the event as we broadcast the arrival ceremony live to the CBC Radio Network. That starts at 2:30 Friday afternoon (NF time), July 28. [1700 UT plus hourly delays across the timezones; really 1705 after the news??] So join us for complete coverage of the event of the Millennium, here on CBC Radio 1. [Morning shows: 6-9:30 am NDT (4 different versions), 0830-1200 UT] (CBC St. John`s website via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. Central, long inactive, has been reactivated, heard on 3290 July 26 at *1900 in English, with ID, then //4890 (Chris Hambly, Victoria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERÚ. Hi all ppl. As some of you might know by now, the opposition parties in Perú are organizing a parade called "The 4 Suyos Parade" (La Marcha de los 4 Suyos) to protest against the Fujimori takeover ceremony. It's a 4-day-parade that will start on July 26th, just two days before the independence day (July 28th). As I was buying some donuts, I checked into the Caretas magazine and found out that a network has been set up to broadcast a program named "The Suyos decide the history" (Los Suyos deciden la historia). This px is announced to be broadcast since last week daily at 2 pm local time (1900 UT). The ad included the network members' names and frequencies. Following are the SW frequencies: Radio Santa Rosa 6045 Radio La Voz de la Selva (Loreto) 4825 Radio Sicuani (Sicuani - Cuzco) 4835 Radio Amauta (Huanta - Ayacucho) 4955 Radio Naylamp (Lambayeque) 4298?? (This frequency wasn't quite clear since the ad said 429.8OC, so I assume it was mistaken and it's actually 4298). Radio Madre de Dios (Madre de Dios) 4850 By the way, also the 4 Suyos program can also be heard through the internet at this URL: http://www.peruposible.org/radioweb/index_radio.html Perú Posible is one of the member parties of the political opposition, and the radio is part of its web site. I know maybe some of the outlets might be out of service, but it's worth the check. Expect extended coverage of these radio stations specially on July 28th (the Fujimori takeover). BTW, I won`t be able to check out these frequencies since I`ll take part on the parade. Saludos desde Perú, (Moisés Corilloclla, July 26, harc-core-dx via DXLD) Moisés: Thank you for this interesting info. Access to the frequency list is, however, slightly different than the url you mentioned: http://www.peruposible.org.pe/radioweb/index_radio.html This page opened, please click on "Las emisoras". 73, (Henrik Klemetz, July 26, hard-core-dx via DXLD) An interesting note here is that most of the stations are religious. Of the stations in Moisés` list, four are Catholic run (Santa Rosa, LV Selva, Sicuani, and Madre de Dios) and Radio Amauta is Evangelical (Baptist, as I recall). Several of the other stations mentioned on the website as mentioned in Henrik Klemetz's post (e.g. Radio Marañón in Jaen) are also Catholic. A religious affiliation (especially with the Catholic Church) usually makes stations safer from official reprisals. Perhaps some other Catholic stations will decide to carry this as well. Others that come to mind are Radio Horizonte 5010 and Radio Quillabamba 5025 (Don Moore, IA, July 26, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** PERÚ. > Also I have been trying to figure out what ``Pbro.`` in the address abbreviates. ``Polítburo`` is all that comes to mind and that seems a tad unlikely (gh) It means "Presbítero" (accent on the i), i.e. the title of priest, e.g. "Pbro. Fulano de Tal." You may remember me (vaguely) from 22 to 11 years ago. I have been attending to other stuff in life, but one of these days I hope to get back into the swing of things, DX-wise... I am thrilled that you are still taking care of business for the airwaves! Cheers, (Richard Stoller, State College, PA, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. V. of Philippines heard on 11720 until 1930* July 26 (Chris Hambly, Victoria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) *1730-? ** RUSSIA. Some clues suggest that after the shut down of Radio Rossii on longwave 261 and 2 x 250 kW shortwave, the Taldom site, situated about 100 km north from Moscow, is completely off air at present for whatever reason. Nick Pashkevich reports that the 153 channel from Taldom is also silent since a couple of days. Regarding shortwave some "Moscow" outlets are currently operated from St. Petersburg - Popovka instead, namely 1200-1300 17570, 1900-2100 12060 and 2200-2300 9880. 17570 is VoR Vietnamese, Mikhail Timofeyev pointed out that it is the first transmission from Popovka into this area for many years. 12060 is Voice of the Mediterranean and finally 9880 CRI English. 9880 is known as originating from Taldom; I guess it shared the transmitter with 12060 and 17570 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ST. HELENA [non]. Dear Tony, I would be extremely interested to know the current whereabouts of your station and do you have any plans to broadcast as usually done in October... this year? Best Regards, (Baiju Prabhakar, Dubai, July 18 to Tony Leo) No more SW-bcast, sorry! (John Ekwall, July 24, reply to Baiju and via him, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA. Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the People of the Somali Republic (Somali: Raadiyo Muqdisho, idaacada codka shacabka ee jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya) was first heard on 19th July 1993. It broadcasts in support of the Somali National Alliance (SNA), lead by Husayn Muhammad Aydid, who succeeded his father Gen Muhammad Farah Aydid after his death in August 1996. Two other stations have also identified themselves as Radio Mogadishu: 1) Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the Somali Republic (pro Ali Mahdi) - currently inactive 2) Radio Mogadishu, Voice of Somali Pacification (pro Uthman Ato) - current status not known. (On 1st May 2000, the Somali newspaper 'Ayaamaha' reported that Radio Mogadishu Voice of the People of the Somali Republic and Radio Mogadishu Voice of Somali Pacification were holding talks with a view to merging.) Daily in Somali on 6750v USB+carrier and FM 100.5: 0300-0500, 0900- 1300, 1500-1900 including news at 1700-1715 and 1848-1854 (© BBC Monitoring July 26 condensed for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. Radio Simba is a private commercial station. News summaries are broadcast on the hour. Multilingual in Luganda and English [wouldn`t that be merely bilingual? gh] Address: P O Box 31564, Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256 41 543 672 Fax: +256 41 543 671 E-mail: feedback@simba.fm Web Site: http://www.simba.fm Delivery Methods: Terrestrial, Internet 24 hours on 97.3 FM and live audio via http://www.simba.fm including 1100-1200 Sat Weekly News Review [in English?] (© BBC Monitoring July 26 via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. New radio station - Radio Nostalgia-Kiev | Text of "DX Club" report via Voice of Russia web site on 24th July Kherson Regional Radio appears on 648 kHz at 0310-0330; 0510-0530; 1240-1300; 1510-1530 and 1700-1730 gmt. It broadcasts in Ukrainian. The station broadcasts in Russian only on Sundays between 1510 and 1530 gmt. In addition, some of its commercials, which go out at 1712 and 1719 gmt, are in Russian, too. There is a new radio station in Kiev, Radio Nostalgia - Kiev, broadcasting on 99.0 MHz from 0300-2300 gmt. Kiev's Radio Zet broadcasts on 70.4 and 104.6 MHz [no details of time]. Source: Voice of Russia web site, Moscow, in Russian 24 Jul 00 (via BBC Monitoring via DXLD) ** U S A. * THE DUST BOWL, FRIDAY 7/28: This Friday afternoon, tune in during "All Things Considered" to hear "Voices from the Dust Bowl," the latest installment of NPR`s "Lost and Found Sound." The episode is narrated by Charles Todd, hired by the Library of Congress to record interviews with farm workers who had traveled to California in the 1930s. Originally from Oklahoma and Arkansas, these farm workers migrated westward in search of a better life. Songs, poems, camp council meetings, square dances, and storytelling are included in this recording. Workers also tell Todd why they left their homes, about conditions along the way, and about life in the government camps. (KOSU Newsletter) L&FS normally occupies some or all of the segment 2035-2100 UT Fridays, but not every week, repeated 2-hourly (gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Here is some information I just got on this. A damn shame, considering the age of this station. (Michael C. McCarty, OH, DXLD) QUESTION? Are you folks folding up as of August 1st? Please tell me this is not true. This info is posted on an Old Time Radio newsgroup (McCarty to WMAQ via DXLD) thanks very much for your note. i hope this e-mail helps to answer your questions. here's the deal: when viacom bought infinity/cbs, it became necessary for the company to divest itself of a chicago frequency. the company decided to sell the lower powered 1160 frequency and move wscr radio to 670 am. The old format and call letters of wmaq will be retired. the decision is recent enough that some specific decisions have yet to be made. these include both personnel decisions and programming plans. We don't, for example, have a decision yet on "when radio was". please stay tuned. i can tell you that pat cassidy will be a morning anchor along with felicia middlebrooks on 780 am. i can also tell you the last day of wmaq programming-- monday, july 31-- will be filled with tributes to the history of that storied radio station (tom laporte, WBBM webmaster, July 25, reply to McCarty, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The Gods of Arbitron have opened their search page that lists progams, slogans, and personality names submitted to them for ratings credit. Enter the calls and am or fm, and if the station is half way with it, an updated list will be yours. It could help ID a program name, slogan, or jock. http://ares.arbitron.com/stationinfo/ (Brock Whaley, WH6SZ, Now in Atlanta GA, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Here`s something else that could be an identification aid, i.a.: Archived TV News Theme Music "What would a local news broadcast be without its rousing Action News! theme song" July 23's (Sun.) Weekend All Things Considered had this interesting segment (there was radio reference too). "TV News Themes -- What would a local news broadcast be without its rousing Action News! theme song? Host David Wright speaks with 24-year-old Byron Graziano of New York City, who collects local news themes for his web site, the TV News Music Museum. http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/7612/ (5:30)" Alas, ATC seems to have encoded the whole hour for every story segment, so you'll have to speed ahead to find July 23's show at http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=07/23/2000&PrgID=6 If that's asking for trouble, go directly to the TV News Theme Music Museum and listen to classic news themes from Chicago, NY, LA, Philly, and more: http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/7612/ (Chet Copeland, NY, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn, have you talked to Frantz about the use of 9580 and 3270 for tx#3? This is a disaster. 9580 has been in use by RA for NA directly or defacto since radio was invented. Namibia will probably lose because of the tropical band assignment, unless Frantz comes to his senses (Tom Sundstrom, NJ) I E-mailed him about Australia as given in previous issue. As for 3270, WGTG used that before, and I seem to recall that even Namibia could not be persuaded to object because of the distance, etc. (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, Namibia is a nice show on the east coast in all but the summer, but the signal is admittedly weak at best most of the time. I just don't remember if he was on 3270 before; I'd have to dig out the WRTHs. BTW you should have heard him ranting about PCs and porn being put on your PC without knowledge... obviously he never heard about firewalls and something called Cookie Pal (all of $20) that allows complete control (Tom Sundstrom, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And WGTG`s recent html E-mail posting contained a vbs virus, affecting Outlook Express only(?) per an alarmed thread on hard-core- dx (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Subject: NRP/RFPI coverage of presidential conventions | Hi Glenn, RFPI plans to carry the following series from the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Coverage of the Republican convention airs 0000 - 0100 August 1 thru Aug 5 (8 - 9 pm Eastern July 31 - Aug 4) and from the Democratic Convention UTC 0000 - 0100 Aug 15 - 19 (8 - 9 pm Eastern Aug 14 - 18) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Are you seeking fresh, innovative coverage of the upcoming Republican and Democratic conventions? "UnConventional Coverage 2000" brings you live in-depth explorations, beyond the "political horserace." Jobs, housing, access to health care, education, prisons, campaign finance reform, and democracy will be among the topics covered from an independent non-partisan perspective. The series will be hosted by nationally syndicated columnist Norman Solomon, and veteran radio journalist Elizabeth Robinson. "UnConventional Coverage 2000" will include 2 special commentaries from Andrei Codrescu, well known author and commentator on "All Things Considered." The UnConventional Coverage team will be interviewing a wide range of thinkers and doers. While broadcasting from Philadelphia and Los Angeles, the programs will use local stories to illuminate core national issues. unconventional@radioproject.org / 510-251-1077 The National Radio Project heightens public consciousness, broadens public debate on critical social issues, and encourages civic participation by giving voice to diverse perspectives and opinions not often heard in the mass media. The National Radio Project produces a half-hour weekly public affairs series called Making Contact, as well as special programs like UnConventional Coverage, World Trade Watch, and Inside Capital. Radio For Peace International, PO Box 88-6150, Santa Ana, Costa Rica, Central America info@rfpi.org http://www.rfpi.org On-demand RealAudio: http://www.rfpi.org/webcast.html Live Webcast (MP3 format): http://www.boinklabs.com/ifpi.html (Joe Bernard, RFPI, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ALGERIA [to WeSahara]. Clandestine R Nac de la RASD (name in Sp) first I heard on new 7450. The stn noted on air *1803-0003*. A progr in Sp was 1803-1903, than follows progr in Ar. The second Sp progr 2300-2400 is cancelled, Ar at this time. If anybody want to know more about this stn and the latest events in WeSahara please visit to these web sites: http://web.jet.es/rasd and http://www.arso.org/index.htm (Robert Petraitis, Lithuania, July 19, BC-DX via DXLD) ** YEMEN [non?] Re: 9900. I've checked this several times in the past week, and always find Voice of the Arabs - it's there 0900-1600 UT. Regards, (Dave Kernick, UK, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In the dark recesses of my brain, I seem to recall that this has happened once before. I think it was something to do with special programming for the Gulf Cooperation Council. I'll try to take a listen tomorrow (Andy Sennitt, July 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, several stations in countries members of the GCC take turns originating special progamming relayed by all the others. Maybe there is an Arabic website somewhere with all the details? (gh, DXLD) Sorry for the delay in checking and replying, my ISP has been having problems the last few days. I checked this the other night and there was an Arabic speaking station that signed off at 1100 with a national anthem (presumed) but at very low level. Too weak to make out anything said, though I have the anthem on tape and will try and match it to something. Tonight the signal is strong at 1007 UT, but it sounds like German or Dutch - definitely not Arabic and not in parallel to 11980. Be interesting to see if it holds up to 1100 at this strength, when I will be able to either make out an ID or drop it onto the computer (Richard (80km north of Sydney, Australia) Jary, July 26, hard-core-dx via DXLD) Maybe special SUNDAY relay transmissions of R Aden on those days ?, despite Harald Kuhl told us, that only R Cairo-EGY program were heard at this time span (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX via DXLD) ###