GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-83, Dec 30, 1999 {Items from this and all our reports may be reproduced and re- reproduced only providing full credit be maintained at all stages. If excerpting, this means appending the line above} ** ANTARCTICA. I was trying for North Pole. I caught South Pole on 20 meters. Dec 22, Neil, KC4AAA was on 14283.1 a 0130 UT. Nice 5 x 7. He is 62, has been working 14 years on-site. This is where the YL scientist suffering with breast cancer was airlifted out for treatment. So, hams and SWLs should keep an ear out for Neil. QSL manager is K1IED (Bob Thomas, CT) ** BOLIVIA. 4802v, Radio Mamore, Guayaramerin, 0034 UT Dec 26, "Estan en sintonia de CP 147, Radiodifusora Mamoré, transmitiendo en los 4815 kilociclos, en la banda de 60 metros, desde Guayaramerin, en la Republica de Bolivia" (Rogildo Fontenelle A., Cochabamba) ** BOLIVIA. 4766.5, Radio Constelacion, Guanay, 1050 UT Dec 25, "Desde Guanay, capital de la 2ª sección de la provincia Larecaja, del Departamento de La Paz, Radio Constelacion Guanay en Sintonia", "Esperamos en la Calle Boston de Guanay, Nr. 123, y atendemos llamadas al telefono 0811-6296 con Casilla de Correo en La Paz 15012" (An employee of the station gave me something completely different on the phone) (Rogildo Fontenelle A., Cochabamba) ** BOLIVIA. According to a telephone contact with R. Juan XXIII, I was informed by the secretary that there is still no definite date for changing frequency. Let us be patient and stay alert (Rogildo Fontenelle A., Cochabamba, Dec 27) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Clandestine from Germany: Confirmed the Ethiopia for Democracy broadcast is on 11670 Wednesdays 1600-1700. Announcements in undetermined language over Horn of Africa music at sign on, slight echo effect made copy difficult but many mentions of Demokrati. Mostly music broadcast but announcements in between again mentioning Demokrati several times. Fair at start with some fading, steady signal by end of broadcast (Mike Barraclough, England, Dec 29) ** ETHIOPIA. 5500, Voice of Tigre Revolution. As reported in Paniview now on longer schedule, 1720 tune in, mostly Horn of Africa music with lady announcer, news at 1855, did a quick check on 4800 1859:30 and off one sesquiminute later when I returned. No sign of 7515. Fair signal on clear channel (Mike Barraclough, England, Dec 28) ** PERU. 6520.6, Radio Paucartambo, Paucartambo, 0230 UT Dec 29, "Radio Paucartambo, emisora municipal", program in Quechua, s/off 0300, good signal (Rogildo Fontenelle A., Cochabamba, Bolivia) ** PORTUGAL [and 30+ MHz propagation]. A second harmonic, first one for me on this band: Rdif. Portuguesa in PT with futebol game, 1530 Dec 12, also Dec 13, 14 on 31080 = 2 x 15540, with good signals, and again Dec 25. But faded quickly. Sometimes audible past 1600. Also throughout the day, a lot of Mexican traffic. Some sounded like simplex with the same on two [illegible] different frequencies on VHF low along with California Highway Patrol and California county fire departments coming in. Also cordless, I believe, phone calls from a doctor in Jamaica on 46.30 MHz and lots of military traffic, both English and French. A band well worth watching in the coming months (Ron Trotto, IL) ** RUSSIA. Call of Hope via IBRA Radio, a Christian station in Arabic I noted 2000-2100 on 5935, also scheduled 7420 7425 1170 from transmitters in Krasnodar, Samara and Moscow. Addresses: Call of Hope, P.O.Box 100827, 70007 Stuttgart, Germany, also P.O.Box 57420, Limassol 3315, Cyprus. e-mail info@call-of-hop.com: Internet http://www.call-of-hope.com (Mike Barraclough, World DX Club Contact Jan) ** SEYCHELLES. UNKNOWN SITE. Voice of Forgiveness, another Christian station in Arabic. I heard broadcasts 0345-0430 on 15530 and 1100- 1300 on 15535. On the last frequency they have a programme in special English at 1245 on Saturdays only. I noted this station after 1300 too. VoF announce address in Beirut, Lebanon. Fax in Lebanon: 00961453021; e-mail: webmaster@arabicradio.org ; http://www.arabicradio.org (Robert Petraitis, Lithuania, World DX Club via Barraclough) Checked the website for the last one and is mostly in Arabic but one of the links shows up as Schedule: Moscow. (Barraclough, Dec 29) It is FEBA, exactly matching Arabic daily scheduling in BBCM issue of Dec 22. Altho in the past some broadcasts on the FEBA schedule have been from other sites, there is nothing in this listing to indicate anything other than Seychelles. See also http://www.feba.org.uk (Hauser) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Hi, The normal South African Radio League transmissions on Sundays will be extended for an hour on this Sunday the 2 Jan 2000. At the usual time 08:00 UTC to 09:00 the normal program will be on. From 09:00 to 10:00 will be a phone in program for all to wish their friends a happy new year. The frequencies are 9750 and 21530. The telephone no. for the SARL special will be passed on as soon as it is available. BBC [via South Africa only here, presumably -gh] also has special transmissions 0n the 31 Dec 99. From 12:00 to 12:45 on 21640 and from 18:00 to 22:00 on 17590. On the 1 Jan 2000 BBC will be on 9515 from 03:00 to 04:00. All times in UTC. 73, (André du Toit, RSA, Dec 29, hard-core-dx) ** SUDAN [non]. Netherlands/Sudan: Dutch SW broadcast to Sudan on New Year's Day -- Text of "Media Network" report by Radio Netherlands on 30th December On Saturday 1st January, Radio Netherlands is working together with the domestic radio broadcaster NCRV [Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging] in what's best described as local Arabic - it's the language spoken in war-torn southern Sudan. As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, NCRV Radio is working with us to improve the information flow in that part of Africa. Programmes are being put together in East Africa and broadcast into Sudan on shortwave from our transmitter site in Madagascar. In the course of 2000, more regular broadcasts will commence once a programme to distribute windup radios has been implemented. So at 0427 UTC on 1st January 2000 you will hear this on 15320 and 12070 kHz: [Recording of announcement saying "This is the Voice of Salam, the Voice of Hope. This is the Voice of Salam."] That music is being used as the interval signal for indeed the Voice of Hope. The test transmission lasts for an hour, so until 0530 UTC, the channels again 15320 and 12070 kHz. By the way there is no connection with the Voice of Hope of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Reception reports, especially from Eastern Africa, would be appreciated. You can send them c/o the Media Network office, for this test transmission this coming Saturday only. The address is Sudan Radio Project, c/o Media Network, Radio Netherlands, PO Box 222, 1200JG Hilversum, the Netherlands, and the e-mail to remember is media@rnw.nl Source: Radio Netherlands external service, Hilversum, in English 1150 gmt 30 Dec 99 (BBC Monitoring, excerpted by Hauser) ** U S A. For the last two weeks of December, I've been hearing a pirate identifying as "Berkeley Liberation Radio" on 104.1 MHz FM. Programming is a very strange mixed bag, including rap, classic 1960s rock, Appalachian folk music, James Brown, and techno music interspersed with often hilarious (unintentionally, I must assume) political rants sounding like something from 1967. I've noted this station as early as 6:00 am PST on weekdays and as late as 1:00 am PST on weekends, but no schedule has been announced. Technical quality is uneven, with announcer audio often low and muddy but good, clear audio on music. Announcers typically sound like amateur night in Dixie; they frequently have trouble working the equipment, mumble, and use "you know" too often. Signal is best south of University Avenue in Berkeley down to the Jack London Square area of Oakland, although signal is audible on Alameda. Signal peaks near the intersection of Ashby and Seven in Berkeley and I suspect the transmitter is within a few hundred yards of that area. (Harry Helms, Alameda, CA, Dec 29) ** U S A. I am demented to report that Dr Demento did appear on KSPI 93.7 Stillwater OK Sunday evening Dec 26 as scheduled at 8-10 pm CT, since there was no silly ball game (wrestling) to pre-empt it (Glenn Hauser, Enid) ** VIETNAM [non]. As of January 1, 2000, Que Huong Radio will expand its transmissions on shortwave as follows: - Monday to Thursday from 1300 to 1359 UTC on 9930 kHz - Monday to Saturday from 2300 to 2359 UTC on 17510 kHz Programmes are in Vietnamese and broadcast from [KWHR] Hawaii towards Vietnam. If you are looking for air-time on shortwave, be sure to check . (Ludo Maes, Transmitter Documentation Project, Dec 30) PROPAGATION OUTLOOK: I did not have time for this on WOR 1018 so here is the info from SESC in Boulder. Note that disturbed conditions are forecast around Jahrwechsel, as a result of normal solar rotation, so Y2K maniacs should not jump to conclusions about some other cause! Note: the original is all-caps, no offence FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 29 DECEMBER 1999 - 24 JANUARY 2000 SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LOW TO MODERATE LEVELS. OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT C-CLASS FLARES AND ISOLATED M-CLASS FLARES ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. REGION 8806 MAY PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED MAJOR FLARE SOMETIME DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE PERIOD UNTIL THE REGION ROTATES OFF THE DISK ON 31 DECEMBER. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A PROTON EVENT AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT FROM REGION 8806. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ALTITUDE IS EXPECTED TO BE AT MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS DURING 01 - 05 JANUARY. OTHERWISE, NORMAL TO MODERATE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE AT UNSETTLED TO MINOR STORM LEVELS DURING 31 DECEMBER - 03 JANUARY DUE TO RECURRENT CORONAL HOLE EFFECTS. QUIET TO UNSETTLED LEVELS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD, BARRING ANY EARTH-DIRECTED CMES. :Product: 27-day Outlook outlook.txt :Issued: 1999 Dec 29 2111 UT # Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # For a descriptive text, write to SEC or refer to our Web page. # Web page URL: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # Twenty-seven Day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 1999 Dec 28 # # UT Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 1999 Dec 29 150 5 2 1999 Dec 30 145 10 3 1999 Dec 31 140 12 3 2000 Jan 01 135 20 4 2000 Jan 02 130 20 4 2000 Jan 03 130 15 3 2000 Jan 04 130 15 3 2000 Jan 05 135 10 3 2000 Jan 06 140 8 3 2000 Jan 07 145 8 3 2000 Jan 08 150 8 3 2000 Jan 09 160 5 2 2000 Jan 10 170 5 2 2000 Jan 11 180 5 2 2000 Jan 12 190 5 2 2000 Jan 13 200 5 2 2000 Jan 14 210 5 2 2000 Jan 15 210 5 2 2000 Jan 16 200 5 2 2000 Jan 17 195 5 2 2000 Jan 18 180 5 2 2000 Jan 19 175 5 2 2000 Jan 20 170 10 3 2000 Jan 21 165 10 3 2000 Jan 22 160 5 2 2000 Jan 23 155 5 2 2000 Jan 24 150 8 3 NEW YEARS EVE MONITORING Courtesy of William Westenhaver of Montreal, here is a great website for those of you who might be looking to follow the arrival of the New Year in different countries via web radio monitoring. http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/newyearseve.html This article, appearing on the Radio Nederlands webpage, is entitled New Year's Eve Monitoring on the Web". It is compiled and edited by Mr. Lou Josephs. It provides URLs for various radios stations around the world, hour by hour, as the New Year arrives in each time zone. This is an excellent resource, and will complement the similar listing of off-air shortwave broadcast services which was distributed to you earlier. Thanks to William Westenhaver for sending along the details on this URL, and thanks to Mr. Lou Josephs and Radio Nederland for making this available. A reminder that you can find the list "New Year's Eve and Y2K Shortwave Radio Monitoring" on the CIDX webpage: http://www.anarc.org/cidx/SF6Y2K.html (Sheldon Harvey President, CIDX, Dec 29) ###