GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-49, November 3, 1999 {Items from this and all our reports may be reproduced and re- reproduced only providing full credit be maintained at all stages} THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 1010: See topic summary at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1010.html THIS MONTH ON CONTINENT OF MEDIA 9908: See topic summary at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/com9908.html Now available at http://www.DXing.com and soon on RFPI ** COSTA RICA. RFPI announced at 1930 Nov 2 that 6975 would be off the air for 1 or 2 weeks. The cubical quad antenna on a 200-foot tower has been torn apart by high winds and will have to be rebuilt. 21460 is also off awaiting a new tube, so for now RFPI is only on 15049, 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1010) ** CUBA [non]. Found R. Marti on another new frequency, 6060 Nov 3 at 1207 //5980; 6060 was once a Havana channel. Both extremely strong here as usual making me wonder how efficiently the power is being focussed on Cuba! Also weak and fading // signal on 12040, which is 5980 plus 6060, so I suspect it was a propagated transmitter mixing product; nothing on 12120, and 11960 blocked by another station, which would have been the respective second harmonics. So I finally looked up RM's complete new schedule, still not updated on the main VOA site, but at the IBB/his site. Note that all of these are now Delano, not Greenville: R Marti Oct 31 1999 - Mar 25 2000 0000 0400 GB 11775 184 0000 0400 GB 7365 164 0300 0400 GA 7405 205 0400 0700 GB 11775 184 exc Sun 0400 0700 GB 9805 184 exc Sun 0400 1000 GA 7405 205 exc Sun 0400 0700 GA 6030 200 exc Sun 0700 1000 DL 7365 100 exc Sun 0700 1000 DL 6030 100 exc Sun 0700 1000 DL 5980 100 exc Sun 1000 1500 GA 9565 190 1000 1300 DL 6060 116 1000 1200 DL 6030 100 1000 1300 DL 5980 100 1200 1400 GA 7405 200 1300 1700 GA 13820 174 1300 0000 GA 11930 205 1400 1700 DL 11815 100 1500 2200 DL 21600 100 1700 0300 DL 13820 100 1700 2200 GA 9825 190 2200 2400 DL 15330 100 2200 0400 GA 6030 200 (Glenn Hauser, OK) ** JAPAN [non]. Glenn--- The station on 6135 that is QRMing BBCWS via Delano at 0330 is Radio Japan via Ascension, in Swahili to East Africa. (Joe Hanlon in Philadelphia, WORLD OF RADIO 1010) ** OMAN. DXing at the Moman antenna farm on the weekend of Oct 15-17 we managed to hear Oman in EE at 1400-1500 on 15140. Conditions were bad that weekend but with the "Log" [rotable log-periodic] we were able to get rid on HCJB enough to get a usable signal. 73 for now, (Mickey Delmage, Edmonton, Alberta) ** PERU. NEW: 4940, Radio San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, Ucayali, Nov 1 with ID, better than on Oct 11. Said it is a new station testing, asking for reports from cities in Atalaya province."Radio San Antonio es propiedad de la Parroquia San Antonio de Padua...que transmite en los 4940 KHz de su dial, banda de 60 metros" (Rogildo Fontenelle Aragao, Cochabamba, Bolivia, WORLD OF RADIO 1010) Time was 0140 UT Nov 1 (Fontenelle, later) ** POLAND. The Baltic Tour 1999: Warsaw. We had a meeting planned with Mrs. Ann Flappan of the English service of Radio Polonia, so around 1200 hours we arrived in the building. A special emotion for my friend Roberto Pavanello, cause in 1979 he visited the same place as winner of a contest held by the Italian service for the 35th anniversary of the external service. The reception is now equipped with a fast-food bar and a shop selling magazines and tobacco. Mrs. Flappan is in charge of the mailbox program so she is very interested to meet listeners, so if you want to contact their service: Radio Polonia, Program dla Zagranicy, Polskiego Radia S.A., Al. Niepodleglosci 77/85, 00-977 Warszawa. Tel. (+48/22) 645 93 05 fax: (+48/22) 645 59 17 piatka@radio.com.pl rafalk@radio.com.pl Mailbag program is on Fridays, and you may listen on Tuesdays to their "Multimedia Show" directed by Rafal Kiepuszewki [sic], editor in chief. Is very important program often informing about what is going on in broadcasting media of Poland & Baltic countries. Mr. Rafal was outside Warsaw, but we visited the studios and offices, and we get also some souvenirs. The station has economic problems but the entire staff is doing all the best to their English service (Dario Monferini, Play-DX Oct 11, also reporting on visits to many domestic stations) ** U S A. Trouble hearing WBCQ? Now streamed via Scott Becker's http://www.wbcq.com -- not wbcq.net (Tom, WBCQ, Nov 2 via Hauser) ** U S A. Weak and distorted Brother Stair on 7462.0 at 1218 Nov 3, //very strong 7435 WWCR, presumably a spur from this. Why is 27 kHz a common offset for spurs?? (Glenn Hauser, OK) ** U S A. Hi Glenn, You can print this: No, I'm not the author of the "All Is Not Well at VOA" series. It involves information that is several levels above my "need to know." We broadcasters are the bottom feeders of the VOA hierarchy, and we are usually the last to know of management decision making, if indeed we are ever informed. When I share information and opinions with the media, it is always on the record and with attribution. That way, if there is trouble, I can get the matter behind me as quickly as possible. When I submit articles, op ed pieces, or even letters to the editor for publication, I also submit them to the IBB Office of Public Affairs for clearance, in accordance with USG regulations. This is pro forma: I've never been denied clearance for any publication. They can't deny clearance just because they disagree with me, but only if I pass on classified information or pretend to articulate official U.S. policy, things I would never do. Sometimes management expresses its displeasure at what I've written, and sometimes management provides useful suggestions which I incorporate into the piece. (Kim Elliott, writing independently and not on behalf of VOA) ###