DX LISTENING DIGEST 0-132, November 3, 2000 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 resposted in its entirety without permission. For restrixions and searchable 2000 contents archive see} http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Dxldmid.html WORLD OF RADIO HOMEPAGES: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ http://www.angelfire.com/nm/wor/ (backup and audio) WORLD OF RADIO LATEST AUDIO. Thanks to everyone for their feedback. We understand that this does not work with WebTV, and for those with slow connexions. However, thanks to a tip from Dave Kirby, we have set up a stream option in addition to the download: http://www.angelfire.com/nm/wor/wor1056.ram ** AFGHANISTAN. 7083.1v, Voice of Shari'ah audio Oct 30 only, usually just a drifting het. 1527 music, 1530 English by woman, then news by man with lots on Israeli-Palestinian situation. ID at 1538, music at 1542. Tough, with a drifty transmitter, ARO's talking right on top, and occasional jamming apparently aimed at Voice of Mojahed (Hans Johnson, Big Island Hawaii DX-edition, Cumbre DX Special via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. RA transmitters are not capable of conversion to digital transmission. The ones at Darwin are, but RA no longer has access to them (Nigel Holmes, RA Transmision Manager, on Feedback Nov 3 via DXLD) ** BANGADESH. 9550, Radio Bangladesh heard a few times with their 1645-1715 Voice of Islam broadcast. Not heard at 1230. // 7185 heard a few times, but never noted 15520. Still having transmitter problems with a loud howl on 9550. Islamic teaching programs in English (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX Special via DXLD) ** CANADA. New lineup of CBC weekend programs carried by RCI and/or CBC Northern: THIS MORNING TONIGHT A one hour segment from yesterday's THIS MORNING program. 1200 UTC Saturday to Asia on 6150 and 11730 kHz via Yamata Japan. THE HOUSE After the news at 1300 UTC Saturday on 9640, 13655 and 17710 kHz to the USA and the Caribbean. To Southeast Asia at 2200 UTC Saturday via Yamata, Japan. On 9625 kHz via CBC North Quebec after the news at 1400 UTC. [not 11655 as in original] BASIC BLACK After the news at 1400 UTC Saturday on 9640, 13655 and 17710 kHz to the USA and the Caribbean. On CBC North Quebec after the news at 1500 UTC Saturday on 9625 kHz. [not 11655 as in original] QUIRKS AND QUARKS On CBC North Quebec after the news at 1700 UTC Saturday on 9625 kHz. On RCI to the USA after the news at 0000 UTC Sunday on 5960 and 9755 kHz. To Asia after the news at 1200 UTC Monday on 6150 and 11730 kHz via Yamata, Japan. DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA On CBC North Quebec after the news at 1800 UTC Saturday on 9625 kHz. This is the first hour of a three hour program. For the remainder of the program, check Internet audio links. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND 2300 UTC Saturday to the USA on 5960 and 9755 kHz. MADLY OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS 2330 UTC Saturday to the USA on 5960 and 9755 kHz. THE SUNDAY EDITION After the 1300 UTC news Sunday on RCI 9640, 13655, 17710 kHz to the USA and the Caribbean. Also on CBC North Quebec 9625 kHz starting after the news at 1400 UTC. TAPESTRY After the 2200 UTC Sunday news via Yamata Japan to Southeast Asia on 11705 kHz. The program may also be heard live via the Internet at 1908 UTC via Montreal or Toronto and 2308 UTC via Vancouver. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND 2300 UTC Sunday on RCI to the Americas on 5960 and 9755 kHz. INSIDE TRACK 2330 UTC Sunday on 5960 and 9755 kHz to the USA. GLOBAL VILLAGE 1200 UTC Sunday to Asia via Yamata Japan on 6150 and 11730 kHz. 0000 UTC Monday on 5960 and 9755 kHz to the USA. (excerpted from this week`s previews compiled from CBC Hotsheets by Joe Buch for swprograms, via DXLD) See also VIETNAM [non] below ** CHINA [non]. Seems CRI goes off 9570 towards end of a month [English at 0100]. Must have to put another yüan in the Cuban machine? I`m sure they`ll be back on, start of Nov. Were active Sat 10/28; active with het Sun 10/29; no show Mon 10/30, permitting RRI reception at 0200 (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. A reminder as we are posting this edition, that the monthly Scandinavian Weekend Radio 24h broadcast has just started at 2200 on 11720 with a six-hour aim toward NAm; see previous DXLDs (gh) ** FRANCE. RFI English hour confirmed 1400 on 17620 and 17680 Oct 29; of course, not to NAm (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. We ran a report last week from David Ansell of Horsham, Sussex, that he had received a strong second harmonic signal from Deutsche Welle [pron: "Doytcher Veller"] on 20 metres, 14260 kHz. Richard Davis, G3TDL, tells us that he has carried out extensive tests on this apparent spurious signal and he has found that it is caused by front-end overload which occurs in many modern receivers. Use of an attenuator or an old valve AR88 receiver completely removed the signal. It is therefore not a harmonic, but an internally- generated product. With the autumn changes in HF broadcasting schedules, Deutsche Welle has now changed frequency from 7130 to 9725 kHz. The Deutsche Welle English programme continues to be broadcast at 2000 UTC daily. Please forward any comments on these items to Gordon Adams, G3LEQ, via e-mail at gb2rs@cwctv.net or by voice mail and fax to 01 565 634 560 (RSGB via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** GOA. AIR Goa 250 kW replaced 12045 by strong 12025 at 1615-1830, lovely Indian female singer, Hindi & Malayalam. 44554. Oct 29 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. 4832.1, Radio Litoral is now signing on 1200v, ex 1300v. Also on this frequency up from nominal 4830. Popped on today at 1219, opening announcements by woman along with ID. Then into Christian- sounding Spanish music till canned ID at 1229 (Hans Johnson, BIHI, Nov 1-2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Heard in Salzburg: VOI Jakarta in English on ODD v11783.xx from 2000 (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, A-DX Oct 30 via DXLD) [Beware of Baghdad on even 11787.00] (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX editor via DXLD) ** ISRAËL. I hear Kol Israël in English 1700-1729 on 11605 and 17545, not 17535 as in Nov MT p 43. 17535 is not in English (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VIETNAM, below! ** JAPAN. The NHK SSB outlets of 3373.5, 3607.5, and 6005 are heard daily prior to 1300. There are some outlets on 3970, but this range is a real mess. I cannot hear Nagoya, but I can hear Sapporo after 1300. 3259 Fukuoka isn't used as much, but was heard at equal strength when Dave Valko [also on DXpedition to BIHI] found it around 1200 on Nov 2. I did not have any success hearing NHK outlets at other times and/or other frequencies (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** JORDAN. R. Jordan`s NAm service in English coming in well now on 17680 Nov 2 at 1630 interviewing a Palestinian who is anti-Zionist (but not anti-Jewish!). After a music break, had news in English at 1700, at the same time Israël began English on 17545, but Jordan`s signal was much better, despite an undercurrent co-channel presumably Chile, which had the upper hand before 1730. Can`t say yet if this situation be typical, but if Jordan would get a clear frequency it would really outshine Israël. Next day Fri Nov 3, at 1620 YL DJ was acknowledging mail, mentioned this SW frequency schedule; heavy subaudible het flutter presumably caused by Chile. This is where a directional antenna helps. Checking the website http://www.jrtv.com/radio/english_radio.htm we find English programs during these two hours (exact times not specified, and layout confusing, so may not be accurate; and/or outdated). Times here converted to UT by subtracting 2 hours: 1530 Sat Friends Abroad Sun Listener`s Choice Mon Eco Watch Tue Speak Out Wed Melody Time Thu The Mix Fri Friday Special 1545 Mon Jordan Ancient Cultures Tue Jordan Weekly 1600 daily News Summary 16++ Sat Jordan Ancient Cultures Sun Listener`s Choice Mon Listener`s Choice Tue Country Music, Speak Out Wed Latin Beat Thu Dream Concert Fri Friday Special 1700 daily News Bulletin, Date with a Star (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR [non]. CLANDESTINE from PAKISTAN to INDIA. 5101, Voice of Jammu and Kashmir Freedom (I think that is the right ID). As first noted by Richard Lam, English is at 1400 daily, not at 1420 as recently published by BBCM. Daily at 1300-1432 with Allah Akbar chorus at beginning and end. Have not found any other frequencies and I am not sure there are any others on. The English isn't news, but rather commentaries on Jammu and Kashmir. Some days there is an English ID, on others there isn't one. Nice signal; no sign of any jamming. Thanks to some information from Noël Green, here is my theory on this one. This broadcast originates from a 100 kW unit at Islamabad (API- 8). This unit is not in service while this clanny is on according to the latest Radio Pakistan schedule. The clanny goes off at 1432 from 5101 and within a minute there is an open carrier on 4790.3. This happens every day, and there is never a carrier until after the clanny goes off. Signal strengths are the same and it would make sense for it to be the same transmitter as both transmissions are directed to the same region (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** LITHUANIA [non]. R. Vilnius, half hour English to NAm 0030 on 6120 [via Germany] (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So did not move an hour later as one previous report had it (gh) ** NEPAL. 7165.2, Radio Nepal still here even though the winter season has started. English is still at 1415 on this and // 5005 (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** OMAN. 15355 Radio Sultanate of Oman booming signal at 0300 with Koranic program until news [in English??] at 0315 (Hans Johnson, HI, Nov 1, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** QATAR. QBS B-00 schedule received today from the station: [SW portion only here], Arabic 0245-2130 9570 250 kW 0245-0705 7210 500 kW 0800-1305 11820 500 kW 1305-1705 9535 500 kW 1705-2130 11655 500 kW (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Nov 2, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. RRI English hour struggles on 9570 (if CRI is not on via Cuba) and 11940 (better) at 0200. They announce 11830 for 0200 and 0400; yet, I hear `em on 11940 at 0200 while at 0400 it *is* on 11830. Schedule as announced: W Europe 0641 6135 7105 9510 11940 1300 11940 15290 1700 11940 15365 2100 7195 9690 2300 7195 9690 N Europe 1700 9625 11740 2100 5955 7215 Canada 1300 17805 15335 USA 0200 & 0400 9570 11830(?? See above) 0641 6135 7105 9510 11940 2300 9570 11940 (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. Here`s the complete RRI English from their website: Japan 02.00 - 03.00 9,690 ; 11,740 New Zealand 02.00 - 03.00 15,370 ; 11,940 U.S.A. 02.00 - 03.00 9,570 ; 11,830 U.S.A. 04.00 - 05.00 9,570 ; 11,830 India 04.00 - 05.00 15,335 ; 17,735 U.S.A., Canada 06.00 - 07.00 9,530 ; 11,830 Western Europe 06.41 - 06.56 6,135 ; 7,105 ; 9,510 ; 11,940 Africa 07.00 - 08.00 17,720 ; 21,480 Canada 13.00 - 14.00 17,805 ; 15,335 Western Europe 13.00 - 14.00 11,940 ; 15,290 Western Europe 17.00 - 18.00 11,940 ; 15,365 Northern Europe 17.00 - 18.00 9,625 ; 11,740 Western Europe 21.00 - 22.00 7,195 ; 9,690 Northern Europe 21.00 - 22.00 5,955 ; 7,215 Western Europe 23.00 - 24.00 7,195 ; 9,690 U.S.A. 23.00 - 24.00 9,570 ; 11,940 (via gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Checked out new morning VOR WS broadcast Nov 2: 7180 already on at 1454 with open carrier and tones; 1458 silence; 1500 opening VOR WS in English with news. Good at first, and hams not much problem, but fading out by 1530. No doubt better in OR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [non]. Checked out the new Vatican relay UT Nov 3: 9765 came on at 0159, overriding a DW IS from somewhere, and then VOR quite good from 0200. This was almost synchronized with 7180 direct from Russia, a slight reverb between them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.9v, SIBC Off? Big open carrier all week, but no programming. Off the air? (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** SOMALIA. 6828.4, Radio Mogadishu (Aydid) (tentative) I think he is here now at both 0400 and 1600. Just bits and pieces of audio though, mostly music. Signal is USB+carrier though (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29- Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) 6985, Radio Gaalkacyo, Thanks Sam Voron tip. (presumed) 1555 flute sounding interval signal. 1557 dead air, then music. Got better at 1635 when English was heard. Sounded like someone from an NGO speaking but will have to review tape. Same IS at 1658 and off so no English at 1700. Strength varies, sometimes just a het, Oct 30 was the best. Full AM signal (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) 7019.9, Radio Banaadir (tentative) Thanks Sam Voron. Sam wasn't able to hear their evening program, but I believe that they have one during the 1600-1700 hours. 1635 with what sounded like talk in Somali, full AM signal. Sporadic jamming going after Voice of Mojahed. Best audio Oct 31, often just a het fading in shortly after 1600. Heard as late as 1756 with what sounded like Somali music. (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 31-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) 7530, Radio Hargeisa just a carrier at 0400 and 1500, but by 1630 they have usually faded in enough to give about ½ hours' worth of audio. USB+carrier Somali music, 1700 same fanfare before the news that I have previously noted. Fading around this time, not sure of exact sign off (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Voice of the People, reported to use the 11 MHz range and the other Radio Mogadishu have been untraced (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** SUDAN/ERITREA. Minister praises Eritrea for closing opposition radio | Excerpt from report by Sudanese radio on 29th October The minister of culture and information and official government spokesman, Dr Ghazi Salah al-Din, has said the plan to recapture Hamash Koreb [town in eastern Sudan] has been prepared for a long time and is a great achievement for the armed forces and the Popular Defence Forces. He said the claim [by rebels] of withdrawal from the town was aimed to strip this achievement off it value. In a statement to the Sudanese news agency, the minister said the step by Eritrea to close down the opposition [Voice of Sudan] radio in Asmara was one of the results of the recent contacts between the two countries. He described the step as positive in the development of the Sudanese-Eritrean relations... Source: Republic of Sudan Radio, Omdurman, in Arabic 0430 gmt 29 Oct 00 (BBC Monitoring via DXLD) ** SYRIA. RTV Syria on 13610, 00:20 UTC, Nov. 2nd. Program in Spanish, comments about the Israël-Palestine situation, followed by Arabic music, words of thanks and signing off by female announcer. The signing off was after what sounded like a national hymn, at 00:30 UTC. SIO 242. (Carlos Gonzalia, Gothenburg, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. RTI B-00 English hours: NAm: 0200 & 0300 5950W 9680W; 0700 5950W CAm: 0200 11740W Eu: 1800 3955S; 2200 5810W 9355W Au/NZ: 1200 9610 Japan/Korea: 0300 11745; 1200 7130 SE Asia: 0200 & 0300 15345 11825; 1400 15125 (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) gh added S for Skelton, W for WYFR relays ** THAILAND. R Thailand now on winter freq 9535 via Udon Thani at 2000 in Ge, 2015 in Fr, 2030 in En, and 2045-2115 in Thai (Jürgen Lohuis, Germany, Oct 29, BC-DX via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. I found a poor-fair English from RUI at 0100 on 9810, suffering from co-channel VOR in Spanish, and splash from 9800 something in Spanish. I eeked out announcement of sked: NAm: 0100 & 0400 9810 SAm: 2200 5905 9560. At 0400, 9810 knocked off by 9805 R. Martí and a jammer`s attempt. ¡Qué lástima! (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Dubai English at 1600 best in order: 21605, 15395, 13675 (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I checked the same at 1345 as another English broadcast was ending Nov 3: choppy signals, and all undermodultated. 21605 had bleed from Cuban jammer on 21600; 15395 strong Finland on the side; 13675 co- channel some other Arab. 1347 brief Qur`an and into Arabic music. Then at 1600 here, 21605 is absolutely blown away by super-strong R. Martí on 21600, 15395 is poor with co-channel VOA Iranawila Sri Lanka News Now beamed 25 degrees toward us, and 13675 inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K O G B A N I. After looking at the BBC ON AIR schedule for several days and trying to figure out why I am hearing Americas stream programmes an hour `early` in the mornings, I see that the problem is: At 1200 NEWSHOUR is shown as two hours long with no entries for 1300 on Monday and Tuesday; whilst there are no 1200 entries for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So the listings for 1400, 1500 and 1600 on these days actually air at 1300, 1400 and 1500 respectively. The 1600 hour M-F is not shown properly, but according to the online weekly schedules actually contains: 16:00 World Briefing 16:20 British News 16:30 Analysis (Wed: FOOC) 16:45 Sports Roundup Listings after 1700 UT starting with Europe Today appear to be back in step and correct. If they had a bold time header for each and every hour instead of lumping 1100, 1700 and 2200 in with previous hours, this might have been avoided. The crammed Saturday and Sunday schedules also appear to be correct. I notice that Press Office previews which we plan to quote as the month progresses also had incorrect 1630 times for some features to Ams instead of 1530 (Glenn Hauser, swprograms Nov 3 via DXLD) ** U K. BBC WS Previews: PLAY OF THE WEEK Eu: Sun 0001, 1701; Am: Sun 0001, Mon 0630 Regional winners chosen from more than 1200 entries to the 1999 World Service/British Council International Playwriting Competition are broadcast for the first time and there is another chance to hear Stuffed, the overall competition winner. A new production of Oscar Wilde`s sparkling play, Lady Windermere`s Fan, can also be heard on World Service later this month. Stuffed by Maree Gutterson 1 x 90 min Nov 5-6 Stuffed won the 1999 BBC World Service/British Council International Playwriting Competition. The exuberant black comedy is Australian author Maree Gutterson`s first radio play. Chronically overweight Ma, armchair traveller Pa, and their thirty year old son Paul live happily together in a house increasingly full of Ma`s stuffed animals: pets that have died but still ‘talk’ to her. When Yvette, Paul`s new girlfriend comes on the scene all is set to change. Can she get Ma off the sofa and back on the ballroom floor? Will Pa make it to Papua New Guinea? Is Paul ever going to leave home? And just how many stuffed pets does any household need? Stuffed stars Alison Steadman and James Laurenson. The director is Rosalynd Ward. (BBC Press Office via DXLD) ** U S A. Joe Jackson Webcast. Join us ONLINE at http://wuwf.org for a live concert from a true original, singer-composer-pianist Joe Jackson. This rare event will be broadcast over the internet, Monday evening (Nov. 6th) at 7:00 [UT Tuesday 0100]. Joe will kick off his world tour with the webcast, supporting the release of his CD, "Night and Day II." He promises to perform not only songs from the new recording but many of his classic hits as well (WUWF Pensacola Station News Nov 3 via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. V. of Vietnam NAm service half hour English: 0100 and 0230 on 9525; 0330 on 9795 (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So the RCI relay has moved from 9695 to 9525 for this. Checking out Bob`s report UT Nov 3, 9525 came on just before 0100, but in Hebrew! Yes, Kol Israël ID followed a few minutes later. Seemed to switch to another feed at 0104, but still in Hebrew. Nothing on former 9695 (or 9795) at this time. Dead air at 0106, steel drum music fill as RCI techs no doubt trying to figure out where the Vietnam feed be. 0107 finally joined VOV English in progress, just in time for ``Marxism is correct and invincible``, a Lenin lesson. Gee, thanks, Canada, just what the world needs. Did not bring audio level up to par until 0110. Cut off the air at 0113, back on around 0116. Off again 0120. Back 0121, finally with some music. 0122 closed English program, Goodbye; rather early it seems to me. 0123 carrier off. 0127 back on with fill (?) music, a loop repeating every 8.5 seconds. I quit on that at 0139. 0155 recheck, they had finally got the feed back, in Vietnamese, past 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. CLANDESTINE from USA to VIETNAM. Vietnam continues to jam the heck out of Radio Free Asia in Vietnamese but ignores the exile programs. KHWR is able to transmit Que Huong and Radio Free Vietnam in the clear. The jamming is the same as before, a noise jammer on 9930 and Vietnam's Home Service broadcast up on 9931.7. I believe that Radio Free Vietnam is still on at its old time of 1500, but Que Huong seems to have moved to 1230-1300 (Hans Johnson, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. 7120, Voice of the People, Thanks Perry BDXC tip. Weak Nov 1 at 1700 sign on but faded up. By 1749 I was able to hear a canned ID and address, sounded like the one that Media Network played. 1753 female vocals and off at 1755 (Hans Johnson, HI, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ###