DX-Window No. 500 – JUBILEE EDITION from the Danish Shortwave Club International Tavleager 31, DK-2670 Greve, Denmark ”Friendship Through Knowledge”
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DX-Window No. 500 – JUBILEE EDITION from the Danish Shortwave Club International Tavleager 31, DK-2670 Greve, Denmark ”Friendship through Knowledge” DSWCI 50 years in 2006 - the DX Club that had global membership 30 years before "Globalization" www.dswci.org Editor and Distributor: Anker Petersen E-mail address: [email protected] . Next deadline is on Monday March 17 at 1800 UTC. March 05, 2014 Dear friends, Welcome to this Jubilee edition! The DX-Window has been produced by the DSWCI as a news bulletin in various periods since 1967: First as more than 100 weekly live DX-programmes in the English Service of Radio Denmark Shortwave from November 5, 1967, till December 28, 1969, when the English Service closed. Then as a printed newsletter in the period from 1987 to 1994 with various editors. In 1996-1999 as a weekly e-mail newsletter numbered DX-Window No. 1 and onwards with various editors, issued to all contributors. Since May 2001 as a fortnightly newsletter edited by yours truly and issued by e-mail to DSWCI-members and other contributors. Our very active webmaster, Rolf Wernli, uploads each issue to our website, where you can read it in the Members Area at www.dswci.org by using our current username and password. You can help the editor very much by sending your loggings in the same way, as we use in the DX-Window! Perfect examples on contributions are shown at the end of this DX-Window. We have received congratulations on our jubilee DXW no. 500 from Bernardini, Bohac, Monferini and Pankov. Thank You! The three months long Ukrainian revolt against the leadership of elected, but corrupt President Viktor Janukovitj at the central Maidan Square in Kiev resulted February 20-24 in severe clashes with the security forces. 88 were killed and about 2,000 wounded – the biggest revolt in Europe, since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. President Janukovitj had to run away to Rostov-on-Don in Russia, while the head of the Ukrainian Parliament Oleksandr Turtjinov was appointed as acting President. On February 27 the Ukrainian Parliament approved a temporary Government with Arsenij Jatsenjuk as prime minister. The situation is very unstable and escalates quickly, particularly on the autonomous peninsula Crimea where nearly 60% of the population are ethnic Russians, 25 % are Ukrainians and 12% Tatars. The UN Security Council has held three meetings about this issue. On March 01 the Russian Parliament approved, on request from ex-president Janukovitj, sending Russian troops to Crimea to protect Russian inhabitants, which later was condemned by NATO and the European Union. The new Ukrainian Government put all its armed forces on the highest alert. Ukrainian Radio and TV is mentioned below. Thank you for your contributions from all parts of the world to this DX-Window. Our Italian DX-friends Dario Monferini and Giampiero Bernardini again have spent a weekend, February 22-24, at Bocca di Magra, La Spezia, Italy, where they heard a lot of interesting stations, some of which are brought below (BOC-32). They also report that a long-lived sunspot AR1967 returned to the Earthside of the sun on February 25 and promptly erupted, producing an X4.9-class solar flare. This is the strongest flare of the year and one of the strongest of the current solar cycle. Our longtime Irish member Patrick Cody wrote: ”At long last I have got back the AOR 7030 in good condition and I attach some recent loggings”. Congratulations with that after waiting for many months! Highlights this time: Kyrgyzstan still heard on 4820.53, ex 4795. New Libyan MW on 1314. New invitation to the Conference of the EDXC. Best 73, Anker 1 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ DX NEWS ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ANGOLA 4949.74, R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, Luanda, 1925, Feb 27, Portuguese programme, better modulation, 33333. (Giroletti). Also heard at 2335-0040, Feb 27 and Mar 03, Portuguese ann, programme of ballads – stronger than usual, 35232. (Cody and Petersen) ARMENIA 4810, Armenian National R, Yerevan, 1904, Feb 24, Arabic programme, fair-good. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini) AUSTRALIA 2325, VL8T, Tennant Creek, NT, 2005-2058, Feb 22 and 23, reports, interview, 15331. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini and Mille) 2485, VL8K, Katherine, NT, 2008, Feb 23, interview, fair. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini) 4835, VL8A, Alice Springs, NT, 1820-2018, Feb 18, 22 and 23, reports in English, 35333. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini and Mille) 4910, VL8T, Tennant Creek, NT, 2130, Feb 22, reports, fair // 4835 // 5025. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini) 5025, VL8K, Katherine, NT, 2132, Feb 22, reports // 4910, good. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini) 9500, R Australia, Shepparton, 1913, Feb 24, Australian reports in English, very good. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini) BANGLADESH 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Khabirpur, 1625, Feb 19, discussions and talks by man. Language seems to be Bengali. Audio is here: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/30553323 . (Liangas) 15505, Bangladesh Betar, Khabirpur, 1513, Feb 18, musical IS repeated until 1514:15 time pips, ID, music, 1515 man with Hindi program, 35333. (Sellers) BOLIVIA 5952.48, Emisora Pio XII, Siglo XX, 0100-0130, Feb 27, a female and male in long discourse, fair signal. (Bolland) BRAZIL 4845.1, R Cultural Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, AM, 2245-2255, Feb 26, commentary on football match, 34333. (Cody) 4875.15, R Dif. Roraima, Boa Vista, RR, 2310-2322, Feb 24, Brazilian music, also heard 0835-0845, Feb 25, with telephone interview, 33333. (Cody) 4885, R Clube do Pará, Belém, PA, 2150-2350, Feb 26 and 27, commentary on football match, 34333. (Cody and Mille). Also heard at 0520, Feb 27 and 28, local programme with ID, 33333. (Giroletti) 4914.97, R Daqui, Goiânia, GO (presumed), 2325-2335, Feb 19, Portuguese hymns and orchestra music, 24232. Heterodyne presumed from R Dif. Macapa on 4915.00. (Petersen) 4985, R Brasil Central, Goiânia, GO, 2152-2154, Feb 26, Portuguese programme, 15331. (Mille) 5035, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, 2240-2250, Feb 23, programme of religious songs, 34433. (Cody) 5939.8, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, SC, 2200, Feb 22, Portuguese religious, fair. (BOC-32 Monferini & Bernardini) 2 6136.48v, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, 0850-0900, Feb 19, Portuguese talk, I clearly feel drifting in a few minutes, 45333. (Wagai): Also heard on 6137.4, at 0015-0057, Feb 21 and 26, has varied further up; could it be deliberate to avoid 6134.8 Bolivia? They are certainly more separable now, especially since R Santa Cruz is quite weak by comparison. Then I check the other Aparecida frequencies: // 9629.76 approx. at 0023 is best, mentioning flagship show ”Com a Mãe Aparecida”, but less flutter on // 11854.82; approx. 5035: too much QRM from Cuba. (Bueschel and Hauser) 6180, R Nacional da Amazônia, Brasilia, DF, 0651-0654, Feb 19, song, 35333. (Mille) 9565, Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba, PR, 0530, Feb 28, music, 33333 // 9586.7 // 11765. (Giroletti) 9629.9, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, 2020-2038, Feb 18 and 27, Portuguese talk and ID, 35333. (Giroletti and Mille) 9645.3, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP, 0540, Feb 28, Portuguese ID: "La Radio Bandeirantes!", 23333. (Giroletti) 9665, R Voz Missionária, Camboriú, SC, 0550, Feb 28, religious music, 33333. (Giroletti) 9818.88, R 9 de Julho, São Paulo, SP, 0855-0900, Feb 24, Portuguese talk, I'm feeling it may be worth while carrying out the idea of noise canceling, 34333. (Wagai) 11765, Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba, PR, 0700, Mar 01, religious programme, 33333. (Giroletti). Also heard at 2020- 2023, Feb 18, Portuguese, 23332. (Mille) 11780, R Nacional da Amazônia, Brasilia, DF, 2038-2100, Feb 18 and 24, Brasilian song, news: ”Nacional informa”, ”Radio Nacional de Amazônia la tue Voz”, weather and ID, 35333. (Giroletti and Mille) 11854.90, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, 2115, Feb 24, local programme in Portuguese, ID, 33333. (Giroletti) CANADA 6070, CFRX, Toronto, 2357-0001, Feb 20/21, advs, ”In-depth radio, News-Talk 10-10, CFRB, Toronto”. CFRX talkshow runs past hourtop, 0000:40 on to news and weather, but RHC 6070 carrier *0000:55 blots it, starting weakly and rapidly ramping up to full power, adding modulation at 0001:40 from the music-fill hour, poor signal, and also storm noise from nearby. Also heard at 0627-0628, Feb 22, interviewing a stand-up comedian, 0628 QRM starts from 6075 Vatican bells but not too bad; also has splash from strong second-adjacent 6060 RHC, fair signal. (Hauser) CANARY ISLANDS 5780.01, Horizon FM, Tenerife, via 75 watts SW-transmitter, 1730-2400, Fr Feb 21, Sa Feb 23 and Su Feb 24, again heard with English short anns, ID by man: ”Horizon FM, Tenerife” followed by ID by woman: ”Horizon FM”, advs e.g. ”Ball Concept, Danish furniture”, 2100-2103 and 2200-2203 Sky News, but mostly British pop songs, 35233 heard // live streaming on www.horizon.fm, which was 36 seconds delayed compared to SW transmission. On this webpage is also written: "Horizon FM can now be heard all over Europe on 5.780 Shortwave". Both these facts indicate that the transmitter really is on Tenerife as also indicated on the QSL received by Andreas Schmid(Cf. DX-Window no. 499). Not heard at 1825- 2045, Sa Mar 01.(Kuhl and Petersen in DXplorer) CHINA 4750.00, Voice of China, Hailar, 2056-2300, Feb 18 and 19, Chinese discussion, Russian QRM in USB, 33243 // 4800 (55344). (Mille and Petersen) 4940, Voice of Strait, Fuzhou, 1511, Feb 22, English news about China, ID “You are listening to ‘Focus on China’...Voice of Strait…”, 45444. (Sellers) 5050.00, Beibu Bay R, Nanning, 2335-2350, Feb 19, Chinese ann, Chinese pop songs, 35233. (Petersen) 6130, Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet, *2050, Feb 23, Tibetan ID, also in English, good.