DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-123, September 9, 2001 edited by Glenn Hauser, wghauser@hotmail.com {Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. For restrixions and searchable 2001, 2000 contents archive see} http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Dxldmid.html [NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn] ** ARGENTINA. Sérgio e demais colegas brasileiros. A emissora que escutou em 1690 kHz deve ser Apocalipsis, que transmite desde a localidade de San Justo, na Grande Buenos Aires. Se trata de uma emissora que transmite programação religiosa da Igreja Cristo La Solución, há varios anos em 90.7 MHz e há algum tempo incorporou a onda média. Não está autorizada a transmitir em 1690. Eu a identifiquei há uns dez dias (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Radioescutas, via @tividade DX via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. According to: http://dxworld.com/50prop.html Australian 46.1718 channel 0 TV [video] was received in California around 0020 UT: Sep 09 00:25 46.172 S8++ .110 de Sep 09 00:25 UTC 46.172 S8++ .110 de K6QXY. The 10.7 cm solar flux is currently around 250, see: http://www.spacew.com/www/flux.html so it is worthwhile looking for VK and ZL TV. 73s, (Todd Emslie, Sydney, Australia, http://www.geocities.com/toddemslie/index.html Sept 9, WTFDA via DXLD) ** BELGIUM. 15794.9 L, 2237-0015 8-9 Sept. R Borderhunter conducted a second low power DX to N America, this time with even better results. Several stateside Dxers, including myself, were able to copy down to 10 mw or 1/100th of a watt. Propagation was notably better today, (with the recent increase in solar activity, yet relatively quiet geomag condx) then on the first test, when the solar flux value was around 170. Fair, but clear copy @ 100 milliwatts, with remarkably nice peaks. Heard Supertramp "I want you to want me" @ 2337 and "Radar Love" @ 2345 with fairly decent copy @ 100 milliwatts By the end of the test, the operator could not get any reading on the external watt meter, and I finally lost the signal around 2355. He came back up to 10 mw around 0000-0008, when I had a very weak copy, and could not understand everything. Thanks again to R Borderhunter for providing some extremely low powered DX. Here are the solar and geophysical numbers, provided by WWV, at 2100 Sat, just before the 2nd Borderhunter micropower test: 08 Sep K3SKE (21) SFI=250, A= 8, K= 1, MOD/QUIET-UNSET; MOD-HIGH/ QUIET-UNSET Solar flux of 250 and K-index of 1, wow!!! (David Hodgson, TN, USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. Tonight`s broadcast of Voice of Biafra International on 12125 kHz provided excellent reception (SIO 554) here in South Wales, U.K. Recordings of the Opening announcements and a recording of the address announcement can be found on the HF Latest page of the Online DX Logbook http://www.odxl.org.uk or http://www.dxsheigra.freeserve.co.uk showing the strength of reception. 73's (Graham Powell, Sept 8, shortwavelistening via DXLD) Not a trace of it here at several checks during the 1900 hour on 12125 (nor 12120). Listening to Graham`s recordings, I think they not only are saying 15th street, not 16th, but also ``SUITE 700``, not 3- 700. Such `suites` often turn out to be rather cramped, commercial post boxes, i.e. maildrops. Someone in DC could easily confirm this. There was a high level of distortion on the wm recordings, and I suspect also on the broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12125 8.9 1901- The Voice of Free Biafra, identification and Sibelius` "Finlandia", strong signal but the speech parts of the programme were very distorted, like using bad telephone line. Music was OK (Jarmo Patala, Hyvinkaa - Finland, hard-core-dx via DXLD) This Saturday, (UT), I heard a very distorted signal which had terrible audio; even with the radio, tape recorder volume full up, no improvement was made. 1900-2000, In English and Igbo(?), on new frequency of 12125. Identification as Voice Of Biafra International was heard, very faintly, just after 1901. Has anyone else heard them at their locations?. This is my first contact with the group since I joined it. I have been DXing since 1982; my equipment is, Kenwood R- 2000, and a Realistic DX-440. The antenna is only a longwire, hung outside my room. Countries verified so far is 87 (Paul Bailey, Tasmania, Australia, SWR-Worldwide yahoogroup via DXLD) Via Russia: V. of Biafra International, 12125. Tune in Sat Sept 8 at 1855 with carrier only at S9+20. Sudden audio start with man giving frequencies. 1902 with drums, then with hilife song with its end having English lyrics. OM welcoming listeners. 1904 with national anthem, then man with spiritual Christian topic. 1906 with man speaking on Nigerian genocide against Biafrans and counting some names referring to cities of N side of Nigeria. Closing this program with the cases of other countries, such as Yugoslavia, Sudan, etc. 1940 with ta song song yame [? -gh]. 1943 with man speaking in Ibo about Christians, Biafra and AA foundation (said very many times). 1951 giving thanks to listeners and giving address in USA and email address as biafraland@hotmail.com and web http://www.biafraland.com The previous week I heard an IS from VoR, this time not! And more on signal: Audio is telephonic and goes better if SSB is used for listening. Fading is about 30 db per sec. SINPO is 54444 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. Hi, after the hot summer break I cranked up my gear again last night Sept 8-9 and did a little Bolivian bandscan with the following results: 4716.80 R. Yura, 0010-0035 in Sp with pop and Andean music, 24333 4796.50 R. Mallku, 0035-0050 in Sp with local news, 22332 4925.30 R. San Miguel, 0050-0105 in Sp with Andean music, anns and ID, 24323 6024.92 R. Illimani, 2330-2350 in Sp with Andean music, 34333 6105.50 R. Panamericana, 2308-2330 in Sp with religious songs, 34333 6134.75 R. Santa Cruz, 0000-0010 with live music and mensajes, 32332 6155.02 R. Fides, 2350-2359 in Sp with Andean music and phone-in, fair until 2359. (Enzio Gehrig, Denia / Spain (38.50N/000.04E), JRC535D/ICR8500/ALA1530/Dipole, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. Escutas com Sony ICF SW7600G, Transglobe Philco, Antena 15m. 4650 08/09 2346 Rádio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma, comunicados, SINPO 34333 4680 07/09 2256 Rádio Paititi, Guayaramerín, locutora com hora certa, SINPO 34333 4716 01/09 0135 Rádio Yura, Yura, locutora: nuestra programación para hoy es ..., SINPO 34333 4877 07/09 2314 Rádio La Cruz del Sur, La Paz, locutor em aymará, SINPO 44333 4925 07/09 2308 Rádio San Miguel, Riberalta, locutor: están en sintonia de San Miguel, SINPO 34333 6025 02/09 0355 Rádio Illimani, La Paz, locutor: dentro de unos minutos mas ..., SINPO 42332 6025 07/09 2241 Rádio Illimani, La Paz, repórter Ramirez entrevistando político ligado ao ex-presidente Paz Zamora, SINPO 42332 6135 07/09 2231 Rádio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, identificação: 970 kHz 6135 transmite Santa Cruz!, SINPO 44343 6155 07/09 2225 Rádio Fides, La Paz, depoimentos políticos, SINPO 42332 (Célio Romais, Porto Alegre, radio-escutas via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. HORÁRIO DE VERÃO DEVE COMEÇAR MAIS TARDE ESTE ANO TERRA - Quarta, 05 de setembro de 2001, 18h05. O horário de verão deverá começar um pouco mais tarde esse ano. A previsão é que a mudança dos relógios ocorra a partir da zero hora do dia 14 de outubro. Na próxima semana, o presidente Fernando Henrique Cardoso receberá duas propostas elaboradas pelos técnicos do Ministério de Minas e Energia, que, esse ano, encontraram um "clima diferente" para efetuar as medidas. Em uma das medidas, o horário funcionará nos mesmos estados incluídos no ano passado: os localizados nas regiões Sul, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste, além do Tocantins e Bahia. A segunda proposta inclui todos os estados do Nordeste. Na verdade, os técnicos querem tentar novamente incluir todo o Nordeste no novo horário, o que não foi conseguido no ano passado. Em 2000, o presidente chegou a decretar a medida, mas recuou diante de várias liminares obtidas pelos governadores contra o horário. Esse ano, contudo, os técnicos do setor contam com o racionamento para tentar convencer os governadores a aderirem à medida, apesar do horário de verão ser utilizado principalmente para aliviar o consumo no horário de ponta (entre às 18 e 22 horas). Na sua última edição, o horário de verão ocorreu entre os dias 8 de outubro e 17 de fevereiro. A redução global do sistema interligado de energia foi de 0,9% (430,9 mil MWh), mas chegou a 1% nas regiões Sul, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste. Por lei, o governo deve anunciar o início do novo horário 30 dias antes de decretá-lo. (@tividade DX via DXLD) [DST may start a bit later this year, probably Oct 14; discussion of whether the NE states should be included; last year it ran Oct 8 to Feb 17. Thirty-day advance notice is required by law -gh] ** BRAZIL. Amigos, escuta ocorrida em 08/09 às 1900 UT: 15325, Radio Gazeta, São Paulo-SP. Programa da Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor, com programação paralela às ondas médias de 890 // 560 // 1260 // 1300 kHz (todas da região metropolitana de São Paulo). Pareceu-me o retorno das transmissões da Rádio Gazeta em 19 metros. 73s, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, DX Clube do Brasil Member, radioescutas via DXLD) Rudolf e demais colegas, Recebí na semana passada esse email da rádio no qual o seu coordenador tecnico informa a programação, horários e frequencias utilizadas (bem como as potencias em cada frequencia): A Rádio Gazeta AM hoje conta com uma programação 24h00 Evangélica e no AM ela é transmitida das 07h00/ e vai até as 23h00 hora de Brasília, aqui as frequências da nossa emissora: ZYK 690 - AM 890 - potência 50 Kw + ZYE 962 OC 5.955 Khz 10 Kw + ZYE 963 OC 9685 Khz potência 7,5 kW e a ZYE 964 OC 15.325 Khz - 1 Kw e a nossa principal emissora hoje é a FM GAZETA A PRIMEIRA pref.: ZYD 821 FM-88.1 Mhz 70 Kw, 400 Kw erp (via Marcelo, ibid.) ** CAMBODIA. It is expected that in the near future the MW band will be opened up to private organizations with powers of up to 50 kW. The FEBC is planning for a 50 kW transmitter in Phnom Penh and another MW transmitter at Stung Treng [FEBC website, in ARC Info Desk e-mail via NRC IDXD Sept 6 via DXLD] ** CANADA. Here in Canada, broadcasters are abandoning AM like rats leaving a sinking ship. CBL's old 740 frequency was snapped up quickly (as were CBF-690 and CBM-940 in Montreal), but the line isn't exactly forming at the CRTC to apply for new stations on southern Ontario frequencies once occupied by CHIC-790, CHOO-1390, CKAN-1480, CHOW-1470, CKLY-910, CHNR-1600, CFOR-1570, CKBB-950, etc. A daytime- only facility is available on 1190 to serve the Toronto area (ex- CJMR), but for almost 20 years there have been no takers. Unlike FM, where you can just stick an antenna on top of the tallest building downtown, AM stations require several acres of valuable real estate in the suburban fringe. In many cases the land occupied by the transmitter site is worth more than the station. Some former AM transmitter sites have been paved over to make way for urban sprawl. 73 (Mike Brooker, Toronto, ON, NRC-AM Sept 9 via DXLD) ** CANADA. More RCI vintage frequencies, this time from 1949-1950: CKOB 6090/6160, CKRZ 6160, CKLO 9630, CHOL 11720, CKRA 11760, CKLX 15090 [sic, out of band even then?], CKCX 15190, CKCS 15320, CKNC 17820, CKRP 21600. - Today is Marc Montgomery's last mailbag program; Ian Jones will be new host as of 16 Sept. - E-mail to RCI reports that the station`s web site is not reachable in China... new cyberjamming incident? (International Radio Report Sept 9 via Ricky Leong, DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. [vhfskip] Loggings Sat 8 Sept 2001. Today offered a mixture of Es, F2 & TEP modes. From 2148 UTC: 30.24 (2 x 15120) OM in FF S4, 6 rptd references to Quebec, followed by YL announcing "Radio Canada International" + 3 chord signature ID in English & FF. (QTH = Sackville, NB?) (Jack Sullivan, Central New Jersey, Sept 9, vhfskip@yahoogroups.com via Tim Bucknall, harmonics@yahoogroups.com via DXLD) ?? is this time correct, 2148 UT??? The latest RCI sked revision as of 8/27 shows NO French at this hour (indeed, RCI is off the air completely 2130-2200), and the only usage of 15120 is via ASCENSION, 250 kW 65 degrees to WAf, at 1900-1959 in French. BTW, 15120 is a new frequency for Habana in Spanish to Europe 2100- 2300. No doubt it will be producing its own harmonics. Last I checked, it was barely modulated. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, harmonics@yahoogroups.com via DXLD) ** CHECHNYA [non]. On LW hearing Radio Chechnya Svobodna every night till 2000 shut down on 171 kHz, great signal, as I can easily null Morocco 73's (Tim Bucknall, UK, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Glenn, I might have to issue a retraction through your bulletin: Chinese DXer posted my query of the language used on 5950 at 0410 on a Chinese SWL forum. It bought a response from a Chinese SWL who said that 5950 is used by Heilongjiang PBS which broadcasts in Mandarin and Korean on 5950. Check with PWBR showed that Heilongjiang was using MANDARIN at 0410, so this could be what your correspondent heard. 73 (Richard Lam, Singapore, Sept 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. CRI at 0100 on 9580 [via Cuba] had poor/fair mod, hit by 9575 (Bob Thomas, CT, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. 21815 U, RFPI, 0720 Sept. 8, I guess someone forgot to switch the TX over to 41 meters, no trace down there. High solar activity of late has pushed MUFs up high enough to receive this 13m mistake at 0220 local time. Heard, you guessed it, Glenn Hauser's COM, till 0730 UT, then WOR, after that. 15049 was also audible but quite undermodulated, which actually made the 13m outlet more listenable. Also noted that Chinese station causing alot of QRM on 15050.1, at this time as well. UNID, 15050.1, Taiwan?, 0730-1100 Sept 8. Since Sept 5th, I have noted an unID Chinese station just 1 kc up from RFPI mornings as early as 0730 and as late as around 1100. Sometimes it is jammed, and other times not. The jammer sounds like the same one that was on 15060, which makes me think that this is perhaps Taiwan. In any case it is causing great interference to RFPI Costa Rica, here in the SE USA (David Hodgson, Nashville TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same problem here, severe het for at least past week, 15050/15049 before and after 1300. Synch has hard time deciding which one to loch. For several days the China vs China mess on 15060 continued as well, but on Sept 9 it was gone, perhaps officially moved to 15050 (gh, OK, DXLD) Right now 1215/8.9 I am hearing a presumably pirate [sic] on 15050.14 in CC with pop music then fully with talks, reports and song. Signal is S3, SINPO is 24232; Possibly CBS Taiwan? (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RHC 9820 English to NAm [0100-0700] appears to have RTTY co- channel (Bob Thomas, CT, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. This issue is pretty ``thin`` --- just now it seems very quiet at the Peruvian radio horizon. There is also heavy QRN at the moment. A lot of DX-evenings ``vanish`` due to several dinnerparties; both I and my wife have birthdays almost at the same time: she 47 and I 54; besides we had our 3-year celebration as married. So sometimes I have to turn off my rx! During nearly a week I together with my wife and 5 close relatives visited the small town "Tonsupa" situated in the province Esmeraldas but a couple of miles from the town of Esmeraldas. In 1996 when I visited Tonsupa last time there were max one restaurant and two shops; now 5 years later this little town has exploded, full of fish restaurants, hotels and areas with "cabañas". We rented a small "cabaña", which in fact is a cottage with a kitchen close to the 10 km long beach. Also the town of Esmeraldas has changed for the better; clean and nice with good roads. Before it was mostly roads with clay. It is recommended for all who want a nice vacation at the Pacific Ocean to go to "Tonsupa". One year ago the cheapest air ticket from Sweden to Quito, Ecuador with S.A.S./Avianca cost only 620 dollar. From Quito you can travel with very comfortable long distance buses "Trans-Esmeraldas" to Esmeraldas in only 5 hours. Departure from and arrives to the company fenced area and does not stop at any moment during the trip. Tore Larsson/TL sent me a list of 9 stations in the province of Esmeraldas; of which 7 were in the town Esmeraldas. Only 3 of those were noted as active with certainty. Of those inactive there might perhaps be some on FM but with another name. Nice to be in the hammock to check the actual situation on the band with a Sangean 808 ATS! 4534.00v, Radio Oriental, Tena. August 25, 2001 - 2315 UT. Very strong signal with the Swedish ABBA and "Mama mía" turned out to be Oriental with transmitter problems. Only heard this date. The station was also on 4781.45 but almost without audio. Forgot to check if it was also on MW 1088.14 kHz where I heard this problem station last time. 5999.43, HCVB7, Radiodifusora Católica y Cultural "La Voz del Upano", Macas. August 2001 - 0200* UT on an unannounced frequency. In their final-ID they said 1540, 5040 and FM 90.5. Rx: NRD-535, Loewe HF-150 samt Sangean 808ATS. Ant: lw 24m, kopplad till magnetic longwire balun (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin Sept 9, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DXLD) ** EGYPT. 4784.29, R Cairo subharmonic 'reactivated'. Heard at least for the 2 last days //9568, 1953 with Arabic songs, Signal S7 with strong S7 carrier LSB. Main QRG with S9 mean (Zacharias Liangas, Sep 7, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX Listening Digest) 9568? Isn`t that the Iraqi clandestine frequency? (gh, DXLD) Hi Zacharias, 9568 was always an outlet of US secret sce of Chicago PO Box address, transmit as opposition radio stn "Voice of the Iraqi People" towards IRAQ, via Saudi Arabian facilities on 9562.0 and 9568.6, and on 11710 (Noel Green reported) too? 1300-2300. See DXLD 0-142, 0-152. 73 de (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Re 729 kHz DRM longterm tests: The digital signal has some similarity to white noise, but careful listening reveals that it consists of high speed pulses. Seen as interference, the signal is equal to white noise, though. It creates a continuous noise cover that does not leave openings for weaker co-channel signals, unlike the case with AM. So far no commercial receivers are available for DRM reception. Supporters of DRM hope that the technology will revive the AM bands by offering FM quality signals (Olle Alm, Sweden in ARC Info Desk e-mail via NRC IDXD Sept 6 via DXLD) ** GOA. INDIA, 11715, All India Radio via Panaji 2105 Sept 8, English news with mentions of India, Australia. Woman with ID and program lineup at 2109, followed by program of Indian classical music. Fair with some heavy interference from 11710 at times (Marie Lamb, NY, swl@qth.net via DXLD) ** GUAM. Guam is also providing excellent reception at this time of year here in Europe with KSDA & KTWR noted at the following times on the following frequencies. KSDA 1400 UT 11930 kHz 1459 UT 15615 kHz 1528 UT 15575 kHz 1530 UT 11890 kHz 1530 UT 15195 kHz 1615 UT 11560 kHz 1620 UT 9385 kHz 1645 UT 11850 kHz 1659 UT 13840 kHz 2000 UT 11980 kHz 2015 UT 9740 kHz KTWR 1550 UT 9445 kHz 1555 UT 15330 kHz 1600 UT 12130 kHz 73's (Graham Powell, Wales, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see NZ ** HUNGARY. From the EDXC Conference in Budapest: the president of Hungarian Radio spoke, and affirmed that he is aware of the usefulness of shortwave in international broadcasting. He has listened to it while traveling abroad as a correspondent; foreign languages will always have a place in Hungarian radio broadcasting (Luigi Cobisi, EDXC Report, HCJB DX Partyline Sept 8, paraphrased by gh for DXLD) ** HUNGARY [non]. It not CRI, since they QSY`d to 9580 with fair mod, then someone else is on 9570 hindering R. Budapest English at 0230, with het, also 9565 splash; perhaps even RHC to somewhere (Bob Thomas, CT, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Calling all Radio Anoraks? From the offshore radio stations like Big L and Radio Caroline, through to the inland pirates like Radio Jackie or the stations beaming down from tower-blocks, 'free radio' has its followers - lovingly known as the 'anoraks'. There are many lists, forums and discussion groups for the 'anoraks' of a specific or particular station. However, this is the first and only general all-purpose place for all anoraks to socialise and have a general chat about all the stations, past present or future. It's like a pub where everybody has met up for a beer and a chat. There's no fear about going 'off-topic', because whatever needs to be spoken about gets spoken about! The only rule is to respect the right of any other contributor to hold his or her views, and whilst discussion and debate is fun, getting rude or personal is not acceptable. Other than that, as with 'free radio', anything goes! RadioAnoraksUk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioAnoraksUk (Andy Cadier, UK, Sept 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAQ. 9887 (cf DXLD 120) R. Baghdad, Sept 8 1824, OM with talks in AA and refs to Iraq. Sudden s/off at 1825. They were QRMing station in Russian on 9985 [sic --– 9885?], with signal about S9. Iraq`s signal was S9+20 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also EGYPT ** ISRAEL. 12195, Tel Aviv, in AA //9815U with news at 1833. Signal is at S9 and has internal buzzing tone and short delay < 100 ms over 9815 and is slightly undermod. Observed about 2 days ago (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. unID, 19560.15 v, 2120 UT 7 Aug [sic, must mean Sept], Heard for the first time here. Woman speaking unID language. Wavering carrier, also drifting 100 Hz, upward. No match at 2x. I suspect from the characteristics of the carrier, that this may be R Pyongyang 3 x 6520, which is listed active at this time, in FF. Of course 6520 is not audible here, at this time of day (1630 local), but it is possible that both fundamental and harmonic are audible in Europe at this moment. Signal gone by 2135 recheck. Apparent s/off @ 2130 (David Hodgson, TN, harmonics yahoogroup via DXLD) I'll keep an eye on that today; I think you're right about it being Pyongyang. Looking back at an old log I see I had it on 19560 at 1643 30/3/01 and the 2nd harmonic on 13040 a few hours later. Can anyone confirm the s/off time for Pyongyang 6520? My lists are out of date. Nice catch, David. 73's (Tim Bucknall, England, ibid.) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. Pleased to note that the Chicom distortion- jamming against Taiwan ruining RKI via Canada 9650 at 1130 in English seemed to have disappeared Sept 8, and also Sun Sept 9 allowing Murtiwave Feedback to be heard again. After RKI 1159*, checked again and could not hear the jamming on 9650, so tuned around and found it on 9630; not sure if this be a move, or the jamming were already operative on 9630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADEIRA. 1485, Estação Rádio da Madeira has been off the air since 6 August 2000. The licensing authority declared in a decision dated 5 April 2001 that it intends to revoke the station's licence as a station is not permitted to be off the air for more than two months (except in case of force majeure). http://www.aacs.pt/bd/Deliberacoes/20010405e.htm (via Olle Alm in ARC Info Desk e-mail, via NRC IDXD Sept 6 via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Excellent Reception of Oceania in Europe: Glenn, Now that September has arrived, so has the time for excellent reception of Oceania here in Europe. Radio New Zealand on 11675 fades in around 1200 UT and peaks superbly just before sign off at 1306. A recording showing its strength yesterday (Sept 7th) can be found on my Website at: http://www.odxl.org.uk See also GUAM 73's (Graham Powell, Wales, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) -------------------------------------------------- Webmaster for The Online DX Logbook http://www.dxsheigra.freeserve.co.uk and 21MHZ.COM http://www.21mhz.com ---------------------------------------------------- ** NIGERIA. Seventy people have been killed in the last two days in battles between Christians and Moslems in the northern Nigerian city of Jos. NPR`s Ivan Watson reported from Lagos that fighting broke out Friday afternoon during Muslim prayers. A member of one ethnic group was given a low-level post, angering members of another group, setting off scuffling, burning churches, houses, weapons including machetes, knives, guns, burning gasoline. Fighting continued throughout the night despite a curfew imposed by the local government. Hausa-speakers were pulled from their houses, killed and the houses burned. Jos has a sizable foreign population, so it is surprising such fighting erupted. Other factors? Local politics are polarized along ethnic lines. Bursts of violence repeat themselves. Northern Nigeria is largely Muslim, southern largely Animist or Christian. Nine of the 36 states have adopted Moslem Shariyah law, making drinking illegal, women and men riding public transport illegal, etc. Jos has seen a boom with people leaving those states and moving there. Pres. Obasanjo denounced the fighting, calling it a national disgrace, sent in military to try to bring peace to the city, restored calm to the center of the city (NPR News 1301 and 1325 UT Sept 9, paraphrased by gh for DXLD) Listen: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/wesun/20010909.wesun.12.ram !! That`s where High Adventure is putting in a SW station, and may already have an FM station. Just what the poor Nigerians need, American evangelists butting in to exacerbate religious hatred (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also BIAFRA non ** NORWAY. [BDXC-UK] FW: [mwc] Open letter from Northern Star Very shortly Northern Star International Broadcasters AS(Norway) will be awarded the 216 kHz 1200 kW Norwegian license. We are planning a commercial International English service on the channel. We have struggled for this for 7 years through various offices, Departments, Parliament and licensing authority, so you will understand it is quite a feat! We have done much research already re. the signal potential of the Norway allocation and are confident in view of the results. At this moment we are interested [in] addressing the radio listener community for volunteers who may be able to assist us. Thus we hope to start a meaningful interactive relationship with our audience not only in feedback to programming, but also re. technical aspects. We are now interested in researching the groundwave and skywave signals of some LW stations from locations in the British Isles, Northern France, The Benelux, Germany, and the Baltic coast. Cooperators have to be experienced DXers/radio listeners who know what they are doing. The stations are: 216 kHz Radio Monte Carlo, Roumoules, France, 1400 kW emrp (effective measured radiated power), 207 kHz DLR Aholming, Germany, 500 kW emrp, 207 kHz RUV Eidar, Iceland, 100 kW emrp, and 225 kHz PR Solec Kujawski, Poland, 1000 kW emrp. On 216, there will be a fluctuating transmission zone between the Northern Star and RMC signals. This zone will move back and forth all the time, and can be several hundred kilometres wide. We are especially interested in estimating in which areas Northern Star will be interference-free of our co-channel neighbour. Professional equipment should be used so that the readings could be as accurate as possible. What we really need are precise signal strength levels in exact milliVolts/m figures, however measurements made on domestic equipment will also be helpful. Please tune each station in turn for maximum signal strength rotating loops(note bearing)/optimizing antennas and record the signal reading on each frequency. We would propose ground wave reading between 1000- 1400 UT and skywave between 2000-2400 UT. Listeners have to keep receiver settings of RF gain etc. constant whilst doing the tests. Uncalibrated readings, such as S9+? or SINPO 55555 are better than nothing. We also need NGR [?] and/or Latitude and Longitude at the reception site for the exercise to be meaningful. The data will be collated in MS Excel and the results added to a map in numerical form. The results will be shared with those participating. Additionally, we are seeking listeners having data of how the former Norwegian station on 216/218, LKA Oslo Kringkaster, Kløfta, 200 kW did versus Radio Monte Carlo. LKA closed down on January 2, 1995 at 1348 UT. We look forward to replace that station with a GREAT signal, and GREAT programming from a GREAT country! sincerely for The "AMazing AM", Svenn Martinsen, General Manager/Chairman, (C)NSIBC AS svennm@c2i.net -we estimate that the first portion of our new webpages at http://www.northernstar.no will be up during this autumn -a permanent email address will then be announced -but suggestions, comments and greetings are welcomed to address above as from now -Have you read the story of Norway's other new Longwave allocation. It is already on the air! Look up http://www.dxlc.com/longwave/ingoy.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ free for re-posting on all webpages and emailservices with LW/MW/AM Radio content. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (via MW Circle Sept 8 via Mike Barraclough, and via Tim Bucknall, via DXLD) DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Further to Mike Barraclough's posting this morning, I am informed by Paul Rusling of Isle of Man International Broadcasting plc (IMIB) that IMIB owns 10% of the Northern Star applicant company, and did much of the application in their offices with Father Svenn! (Mike Terry, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Dear Glenn, Just a note to say that Southern Highlands on 3275 is ON although like many PNG stations it is intermittent. Poor signal last night 7th September which improved slightly as the evening progressed. Based on the reception at 10.00 last night I doubt the signal will get very far. Regards (David Norrie, Auckland, New Zealand, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6349.12v, Radio Unión, Lima. August 2001 - 0000 UT. "Unión en su frecuencia 8-80 amplitud modulada, 6115 banda de 49 metros onda corta y 83.3 (!?) frecuencia modulada, transmite desde la avenida Central 717, piso 12, San Isidro, Lima, Perú". Omni Resources. A good site where you can order maps from numerous countries with your credit card. Besides you can see samples of the different maps. Peruvian maps are available from 9.95 up to 225 dollars. Visit this address and you will come directly to the section for "Peru": http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/peru.htm#p2. 73 from BM in Quito! (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin Sept 9, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DXLD) ** QATAR [non]. [Fwd: temporary shut-down of Al-Jazeera television & Al-Sharq newspaper websites caused by FBI raid] "Lessard, George" wrote: FBI DENIES BIAS AS U.S. RAID SHUTS ARABIC WEB SITES Issue: Internet The Federal Bureau of Investigation is denying bias after an 80- strong U.S. terrorism task force raided Texas-based, InfoCom Corporation, a host of Arabic Web sites, including the Arab world's leading independent news channel. The FBI denied any anti-Arab bias and said it was executing an unspecified federal search warrant in conjunction with an ongoing two-year investigation. The FBI declined to specify the target of the search warrant. The raid resulted in a temporary shut-down of Web sites it hosts for about 500 customers, including that run by Al-Jazeera television and the newspaper Al- Sharq, both based in the Gulf state of Qatar. Al-Jazeera is a major regional news source for Arabic speakers, often called "the Arab CNN." "We have nothing to hide. We are cooperating 110 percent with the FBI," InfoCom's lawyer Mark Enoch told reporters. InfoCom's customers are not solely Arabic or Muslim. "They are across the board, from Dallas to California to other places around the world," one employee stated. [SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Reuters Wire] http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-mideast-usa-internet.html via (c)Benton Foundation 2001. 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The CAJ national office can be reached at (613) 526-8061 or by e-mail at CAJ@IGS.NET (via Ricky Leong, Sept 8, DXLD) ** ROMANIA. ROMÊNIA - O novo concurso da Rádio Romênia Internacional homenageia o escultor Constantin Brancusi. O vencedor receberá estada de uma semana, na região de Giurgiu, a ser desfrutada em maio de 2002, com direito a acompanhante. Vale lembrar que o prêmio não inclui as passagens do país do vencedor até a Romênia. Para participar, o ouvinte deve responder às seguintes perguntas: 1) Onde nasceu o escultor Constantin Brancuse? 2) Em que grande cidade européia pode ser admirado o estúdio de Brancusi? 3) Indique 3 países onde são expostas as obras do escultor de origem romena; 4) Indique 3 dos principais pontos de atração turística do Distrito de Giurgiu. Os participantes também devem mencionar os motivos que os levaram a participar da premiação. Endereço para participação: RRI, Secção Portuguesa, Caixa Postal 111, Bucareste, Romênia. Endereço eletrônico: port@r... [truncated by yahoogroups] (Célio Romais @tividade DX via DXLD) ** SOMALIA. Koran radio launched in Mogadishu | Text of report by Somali Banaadir radio on 3 September A ceremony was held this evening at Mogadishu’s Hotel Sahafi to officially launch the Holy Koran Radio. The ceremony was attended by scholars, MPs, and officials from the interim [Somali] government and delegates representing social groups. The radio was officially launched by the minister of information, Hon Zakariya Mahmud Haji Abdi. A report on how the station will operate was given by the Holy Koran Radio station manager, Abdihakim Ahmad Guled. Source: Radio Banaadir, Mogadishu, in Somali 2000 gmt 3 Sep 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) WTFK?! ** SPAIN. ESPANHA - A Rádio Exterior de Espanha possui um excelente programa com informações sobre o Terceiro Mundo e as desigualdades entre os países. É o "Mundo Solidário", que vai ao ar, todos os domingos, a partir das 1400 UT, pela freqüência de 21570 kHz, em 13 metros (Célio Romais, Brasil, @tividade DX Sept 8 via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. Managed to catch R. Voice of Hope on its weekly broadcast via Madagascar, UT Sat Sept 8 on 15320 from tune-in around 0510. Very nice mbira-like musical interludes among items in English. 0514 full ID sounded like closing, giving Kampala P O Box previously reported, and E-mail tentatively hope@africaonline.co.ug -- more music and came back at 0519 with news about the war in Sudan, then more music until ending at 0526 without announcement. Good signal but some flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. If one missed a 0200 UT broadcast on RTI for the one hour English to NAm, it could be caught next day at 0300. That was a repeat save for news and weather. Now both transmissions are the same. That day`s 0300 is a repeat of the same day`s 0200. They`re pushing use of of their web site for those wishing repeat of past shows (Bob Thomas, CT, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 648 kHz, Orzu (Kolkhozabad). BBC schedule information from 1997 confirms this site and a transmitter power of 1000 kW. This transmitter was redirected here for broadcasts to Afghanistan in the early '80s on the request of the Afghan government and after a Politburo decision. It was long mistaken for a regional rebroadcast transmitter within Afghanistan (From web information found by Olle Alm, Bernd Trutenau, in ARC Info Desk e-mail via NRC IDXD Sept 6 via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. Once again heard 11525, Friday 8 Sep. 2300-2330 Chinese and seemingly Tibetan px "Xizhang". Not RFA! Not in any known schedule. Voice Of Tibet via Tajikistan? Silvanski-Belgium (Silvain Domen, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. It appears that VOT has moved for good to 9650 from 11655 for the nearly 50 minute NAS in English at 0300 to west coast. \\ 7155. However, there`s another on there. OK is first run to east coast at 2300 on 11845 and 7190, both very good. VOT still announces old 11655 in their skeds on-air (Bob Thomas, CT, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 5562 harmonic, TRT-1 been again heard on this frequency with news at 2003 Sept 7. Operator on USB underneath (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. DUBAI, 15365 African Beacon, 2030, full ID with transmission details. On this freq 18-20, in // with 3230 (Paul Ormandy, Oamaru, New Zealand, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Paul, It`s Abu Dhabi, isn`t it, not Dubai? 73, Glenn Hi Glenn, They definitely said "Dubai" and that fits with an item in this week`s BCDX... Cheers, (Paul Ormandy, NZ) Paul, Maybe World Beacon are confused about this: BC-DX mentions Al Dhabbaya several times (spelling may vary), but this is NOT Dubai. Dubai is a different Emirate from Abu Dhabi. It is Abu Dhabi, as far as I know, which is doing all the Merlin relaying, not Dubai. Al Dhabayya is the transmitter site in Abu Dhabi, previously carrying Voice of the UAE from Abu Dhabi, not UAE Radio Dubai (the latter still has English, altho someone recently reported in DXLD that the name had changed to Emirates Radio...). I would not be surprised if WB did say ``Dubai`` as you thought, but the two names must sound quite a bit alike. Allen Graham is always getting them mixed up, or does not realize they are different, either. I`ve heard him or one of his DXPL readers say ``Abu Dubai``! BTW, the letter rendered romanly as DH actually sounds like an English Z in some Arabic dialects (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Paul, Dubai? Merlin brokers the Abu Dhabi txing site, not "UAE R Dubai" site. My map shows some 1600 [sic] kms distance between Abu Dhabi emirate, situated on a westerly ISLAND off the coast line. Dubai is located direct on the coast line, but some 160 kms norteastwards. ABU Dhabi UAE 24N23 054E17 KO24CE worldwide locator DBA Dubai UAE 25N14 055E16 KO25ND some 122 kilometers away. 73 de wb df5sx wwdxc-germany (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). Two London area MW pirates are on air today (Sunday): 783 kHz Radio Argus; 819 kHz Swinging Radio English. Both good signals here, approx 45 miles west of Central London. (Dave Kenny, Caversham, England, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U K. Perhaps it's time for a new approach. The BBC says it wants to reach opinion formers, not casual or hobby listeners. Quite how one defines "opinion formers" I'm not sure. But presumably they mean people whose knowledge of, and interest in, the UK is going to influence them - and others - to buy British products, visit the UK, etc. So write and tell them how you miss your contact with the UK through shortwave, how much more you are now listening to other stations such as Deutsche Welle, Radio Netherlands, etc., and as a result on your next trip to Europe you'll probably be visiting those countries rather than the UK. If enough people do that, you might just touch a raw nerve. Simply saying 'Bring Back John Peel' is apparently not going to cut the mustard. And don't use emotive terms like "thick skulls". This is a serious argument with professional broadcasters, not a playground spat. Although I work for Radio Netherlands, I am participating here on an individual basis. Opinions expressed are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Radio Netherlands. (Andy Sennitt, swprograms Sept 9 via DXLD) Call me naïve, but I have a real hard time accepting the idea that the only potential listeners who matter to the BBCWS and the British government now are the elite who are planning their next trip to Europe. I hope the BeebWS hasn't fallen so completely that they have abandoned the more idealistic side of their mission, and now merely want to pander exclusively to the uppercrust as a marketing tool for Cool Britannia. If that's their only goal now, personally I'll decide the heck with them anyway (John Townes, ibid.) ** U K [and non]. DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK). This fascinating article from The Sunday Times, September 9 2001 by AA Gill (also mentions Paul Donovan at the foot of the article). "Of all this year's radio anniversaries - 40 years of In Touch, 50 years of The Archers, 60 years of the Malay Service - none is more fundamental than that which will be celebrated on a windswept Cornish cliff in 13 weeks' time. It will mark 100 years since the first electro-magnetic signal was sent across the Atlantic. If radio has a day on which it was born, it was that one. The man responsible, the half-Italian and half-Irish Guglielmo Marconi, was on the other side of the ocean in Newfoundland, using balloons and kites to lift the antennae that received the historic signal from 2,200 miles away. He is commemorated on the cliff in question, at Poldhu on the Lizard peninsula, with a graceful stone obelisk, mottled with lichen and topped with a sphere representing earth. It is outrageous that there is no signpost to this from the road beneath, and that the National Trust - which owns the 40 acres on which the monument stands - should have dropped all mention of it from the members' handbook. The trust must, however, be praised for its careful restoration of Marconi's wooden hut, and for co-funding what promises to be a splendid event on December 12. If radio's founding father could return today, what would he make of the wireless world in 2001, as opposed to 1901? On a personal level, he might well be dismayed by the fact that the company he founded, and which still bears his name, is in such a dismal state that it is cutting 10,000 jobs this year, and looks certain to be dropped from the FTSE 100 index. As a Nobel-prizewinning physicist, however, he would probably not be surprised that radio waves still enwrap the world. Eleven years before he died (in 1937), a fellow physicist discovered the ionosphere - the only thing that enables radio waves to bounce their way round the planet - and the BBC had started circling the globe with its Empire Service in 1932. By the time Marconi died, his early airborne experiments with Morse code and balloons had already been transformed into something the world took for granted, and which millions of people turned to for news and music, just as they do today. He also lived to see television - just. So, given the amazing technological advances that he lived to see, Marconi would probably not be surprised at the subsequent invention of transistors (in the 1940s), FM (1960s) and digital services (1990s). But he might well wonder, in his occasional, non-scientific moments, why it is that we can put a man on the moon, but not build a radio with no crackle, and why it is that everywhere to-day you can buy a portable digital phone, but nowhere - nowhere at all - can you yet buy a portable digital radio. He might, given that he lived through one world war and the rise of Hitler, have been interested to note that eventually it would be possible for a Briton to talk publicly to a German ambassador on September 3 about Anglo-German relations, as James Naughtie did with Dr Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz on Today last Monday, without any mention of its being the anniversary of the day war broke out in 1939. Above all, Marconi would surely be amazed at just how much radio has clung on to people's affections - as tenaciously as the limpets clinging to the rocks far below his monument at Poldhu - despite its often dreadful reception. This is not so much to do with the quality of the programmes, which is obviously a matter of opinion, but more a reflection of radio's basic advantages. It is cheap, easy to use, light to carry around, and enormous fun. A century - almost - since Marconi became the first person to receive radio signals across the Atlantic, we have much to thank him for." (via Mike Terry, Sept 9, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U S A. Re DXLD 1-121, WAAF relay on 26075: Hi Glenn- It was NBFM. Would some of these transmitters in this range be strictly AM? I ask because I believe 26470 is NBFM, but one can listen in AM or SSB if the FM signal is too weak [26470 is almost daily here.] 73 (Hans Johnson, WY, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I believe the only 11m outlet commonly heard which is in AM is Portland 25950 (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Hi Glenn, Just thought that I would drop by for a visit and say "hello" to you. Regarding KPM556 on 25950, the music format change was due to the fact that they have changed engineers. The last engineer was happy to hear from swl's but management was not, so a change occurred. Doubt if anyone will be getting any responses from the station nowadays. Have a good weekend and keep up the good work with the DXLD!! (WDX6AA, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What change? Is ``nonstop rasta groove`` really a change from ``reggae``? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. New sked via WWCR has the last airing of VOA CW at a later hour when 15685 should propagate better: Communications World: Saturday 9:00PM 0200 UT-Su 5.070 MHz WWCR-3 1st Airing/DX Block Monday 12:30AM 0530 UT 3.210 MHz WWCR-1 Wednesday 4:30AM 0930 UT 9.475 MHz WWCR-1 Thursday 7:30AM 1230 UT 15.685 MHz WWCR-1 Some other entries from the Sept 7 revision of http://www.wwcr.com/cr_specialty_pgms.html Into The Blue: Sunday 2:05AM 0705 UT 5.070 MHz WWCR-3 Sunday 7:05PM 0005 UT-Mo 5.070 MHz WWCR-3 http://www.bluegrassradio.com Keen On Jazz: Saturday 5:00PM 2200 UT 12.160 MHz WWCR-3 Sunday 12:00AM 0500 UT 5.070 MHz WWCR-3 Sunday 9:00PM 0200 UT-Su 3.215 MHz WWCR-1 Monday 7:00PM 0000 UT-Sa 3.215 MHz WWCR-1 Thursday 3:00PM 2000 UT 12.160 MHz WWCR-3 Ken`s Country Classics: Monday 1:00AM 0600 UT 5.070 MHz WWCR-3 Friday 8:30PM 0130 UT-Sa 3.215 MHz WWCR-1 The Old Record Shop: Saturday 5:00AM 1000 UT 5.070 MHz WWCR-3 Sunday 2:00PM 1900 UT 12.160 MHz WWCR-3 Sunday 10:30PM 0330 UT 5.070 MHz WWCR-3 http://www.wwcr.com/cr_ors.html World Wide Country Radio: Mon-Fri 11:00AM 1600 UT 15.685 MHz WWCR-1 Mon-Fri 4:00PM 2100 UT 12.160 MHz WWCR-3 Tues-Sat 1:00AM 0600 UT 3.210 MHz WWCR-1 http://www.wwcr.com/cr_world_wide_country.html But beware --- found some other entries which had not been updated, and I have not cross-checked all these myself (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. On my post to the SWL list I was under the false assumption that when the station was sold the new owners would probably reformat the station and apply for new call letters (and probably go to preachers all the time instead of playing music), lapse on my part. Anyway no sign of any signal here in Northwest Tennessee although the daytime propagation is variable at times even when they are up to full power. By the way, I would like to say I have been listening to you since I was 10 years old (around 1986) and am now 25. You have been as far as the radio and now with the flourish of the Internet the best and main source of my information as I monitor the shortwave bands. Receivers here are a Ten-Tec RX-320, Sangean ATS-803A, DX-398, among a number of older collectable models with 70 and 50 foot long wire antennas. Keep up the good work !!! 73's, (Ryan Ellegood, Northwest Tennessee, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ryan, thanks for the kind words. Station sales usually take quite a while to complete, so I would not be surprised if format and/or calls of WJCR eventually change (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. ESPN 1050 (né WHN, WFAN and WEVD), came to NY Metro as promised midnight Sept 1. (I`ve heard ESPN on Chicago`s AM outlet). I taped the switchover. ESPN has always touted cutting edge; they do a great production with audio multitracking. However, there is a lot of audio where they have to mask (often a litany!!) the interview or actuality with the infamous bleep tone. Unfortunately, some players can`t get a whole sentence out without profanities. At times, it`s a whole tirade. I find it a tune-out. 1050 was also WMGM in the 50s, then WHN, WFAN and WEVD, which originally was elsewhere on dial (Bob Thomas, CT, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re DXLD 1-122, KUNI coverage map: Dear Glenn, For coverage prediction software, have a look on the V-Soft Communications software at http://www.v-soft.com/probe/ Kind regards, (Ludo Maes, Belgium, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Concerning the "fantastic, detailed coverage maps" - these are Longley-Rice computer-generated studies which consider both signal strength and topography. WATC had one produced by Data World (Washington, D.C.) - the cost, including population density overlap, was $700. We used it to determine alignment of our new transmit antenna considering the hilly terrain in Atlanta AND population variables. Unfortunately WATC's actual coverage does not match projections. We have just rented a $40K digital spectrum analyzer with 30-foot portable antenna system to field measure our actual coverage (John Broomall, GA, Sept 8, WTFDA via DXLD) ** U S A. Protect DXing in Wisconsin! Foes and Supporters of LPFM can unite to stop a large illegal "translator" network from covering Wisconsin, wiping out DX possibilities, and preventing true local groups from having stations. "I told you so" is what some of you may be saying. It appears that hundreds of illegal LPFM applications have been filed. A Wisconsin "consultant" is trying [to] blanket the state with LPFM stations with little local programming, as affiliates of Eternal World Television Network. The problem is that the "applicants" did not give the consultant permission to use their names. We need help from Wisconsin DXers to either: join in a complaint against their local application or to help by calling people to find out if their name as applicant was used without permission. There is no money in this for us ... or for you. For the entire United States: If you have an LPFM group named St. BLANK Education (Educational, Edu., or Radio) Association it is suspect. Variations include "Sacred" or "Mary" in the name. Groups like St. Paul's Lutheran (or Episcopal) Church are probably legit since the suspect groups are Catholic. This is NOT an anti-Catholic or "religious" issue. The issue is simple: fraudulent LPFM applications should NOT be acceptable from any source!! (John Broomall, Christian Community FM via WTFDA Sept 8 via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. UAE Dabiya, 15365 R. World Beacon (cf DXLD 1-120) Sept 8 1827 with spiritual talks by YL and biblical readings. Audio is companded with signal S9, 33423, QRM from R Japan JJ service, but at 1835 signal of RWB was down by 2 S units for about 10 minutes (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. 3060, R San Felipe (2 x 1530), 1015 8 Sept, Fair signal strength, but terrible lightning QRN. I got very lucky and was able to hear several station IDs @ 1016. By 1025 the signal was down to weak, and buried in the static (David Hodgson, TN, harmonics yahoogroup via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Glenn, I have at long last identified the time signal station that I have heard for the last couple of evenings on 5030 kHz. It is the Venezuelan Time Signal Station Observatorio Cagigal, Caracas. It has been noticed for the last three nights on this frequency, suffering heavy QRM from University Network, Costa Rica on 5029.06 kHz. 73's (Graham Powell South Wales, U.K., DX LISTENING DIGEST) Must be moving fast then, since these are recent loggings from Cumbre DX :-) 73 Piet VENEZUELA: 5010.0, YVTO, 2336 noted time station off frequency or maybe has changed frequency to 5010. Clear signal with S7 level. ID as Caracas, Venezuela at 2338. (Montgomery, Aug 28); 0935, usual time ticks, ID/time announcements on every minute by male. Very strong with USB modulated and LSB barely audible. Nothing on 5000. Must be a new frequency (Valko, USA, 29 Aug) (via Piet Pijpers, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It was noted strongly on 5030.00 9 Sept 2001 from 0700-1100. Interesting as a week ago it was on 5010.0. No sign on 5000.0 so this is not a spur. Do not think this is "drift" as it moves to exact frequencies, and is stable for hours. Must be looking for a new home(?) -- in the early 1980's, YVTO was on 6100 kHz. Seems doubtful that this is a transmitter "punchup error" as this is a fixed frequency transmission (Don Nelson, Oregon, shortwavelistening yahoogroup via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Forgot last two Saturdays, but Sept 8 remembered to check RHC 9820 for alleged ``Aló, Presidente`` moved from Sunday mornings, but frequency not on air in the 1400 hour. FWIW, not on either Sun Sept 9 during same hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, no audio from RHC today; Unión R does not carry Aló Presidente when checking 1400 and 1630 UT, and RHC sked indicates Aló Presidente on Sunday afternoon. HOWEVER, Unión R in a news report said the President would travel to Maracaibo today and the Aló Presidente program would be aired from Zulia State. So, the program does indeed seem to be aired on Sats. Next week, Chávez will attend a UN meeting in NY [ergo: no show either?] (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. PALAU N15750 *1330-1430* 04-09, Chau Troi Moi via KHBN [sic], Palau Vietnamese, ID, songs, talks about Vietnam and Hanoi, greetings from Vietnamese living in USA, Australia and Taiwan. 23333 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, @tividade DX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4080.69, UNID LA. August 2001 - 1125 UT. Popped up at sunrise with good strength. Hope it comes back again! 6583.51v, unID LA, My guess is that it is a harmonic. Neutral LA- music and long news programmes with OM/YL. bjornmalm@yahoo.es (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin Sept 9, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DXLD) WRTH / PWBR HISTORICAL SITE I have uploaded my WRTH/PWBR site to: http://www.angelfire.com/mt2/wrth/index.htm Although there are ads at the tops of each page, they no longer have those annoying pop-ups. Angelfire provides 50mb of free web space which is MORE than enough to expand as I only had 10mb @home.com and I needed at least 15mb to run everything. So, the 'How To Listen To The World' and the 'WRTH Summer Supplement' sections are back on line. I WILL be adding a lot more links soon. Thanks for your patience!!! (Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP/FOØPAM hard-core-dx Sept 8 via DXLD) Interesting, but just to display the covers of each issue? (gh) ###