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1 - 2009 ISSN 0175-6877 All times mentioned in this DX MAGAZINE are UTC - Alle Zeiten in diesem DX MAGAZINE sind UTC Staff of WORLDWIDE DX CLUB: PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EDITOR ..C WWDXC Headquarters, Michael Bethge, Postfach 12 14, D-61282 Bad Homburg, Germany B daytime +49-6102-2861, B evening/weekend +49-6172-390918 F +49-6172-123117 V E-Mail: [email protected] BROADCASTING NEWS EDITOR . C Walter Eibl, Postfach 15 45, D-91005 Erlangen, Germany E-Mail: [email protected] LOGBOOK EDITOR .............C Ashok Kumar Bose, Unit # 28, 7035, Rexwood Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L4T 4M6, Canada V E-Mail: [email protected] QSL CORNER EDITOR ..........C Kanwar Sandhu, 416-1175 Leila Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2P 2Y1, Canada V E-Mail: [email protected] TOP NEWS EDITOR (Internet) ....C Wolfgang Büschel, Hoffeld, Sprollstrasse 87, D-70597 Stuttgart, Germany V E-Mail: [email protected] TREASURER & SECRETARY .....C Karin Bethge, Urseler Strasse 18, D-61348 Bad Homburg, Germany NEWCOMER SERVICE OF AGDX . C Hobby-Beratung, c/o AGDX, Postfach 12 14, D-61282 Bad Homburg, Germany (please enclose return postage) Each of the editors mentioned above is self-responsible for the contents of his composed column. Furthermore, we cannot be responsible for the contents of advertisements published in DX MAGAZINE. We have no fixed deadlines. 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DX MAGAZINE 6/02, S. 31) sind diese weiterhin unbeschränkt gültig. DX MAGAZINE is the monthly publication of WORLDWIDE DX CLUB, Postfach 12 14, D-61282 Bad Homburg, Germany. Price for a single copy: € 1.30 or 2 International Reply Coupons (IRC's); annual subscription rate: € 15.60 or 16 IRC's. Other currencies and air mail rates on request. Cover: Peter Pohle + Jürgen Kauer (KAVOP) Copyright © 2009, by WORLDWIDE DX CLUB V Printed in Germany by WORLDWIDE DX CLUB 3 DX MAGAZINE No. 1 P Vol. XLIV P January 2009 Hello again, Welcome to the first issue of our DX MAGAZINE in this new year 2009. Let me take this opportunity to wish you a very happy, healthy and successful year. Additionally, let me thank all of you who have paid their membership/subscription fees for the year 2009 recently and especially those who have added a donation for the club to their payment. Many thanks also to all of you who have ordered the new WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK 2009 from us. This also helps to keep our membership fees stable for another financial year. OM Mathias Kropf, Germany, has just released his 2008 Clandestine Activity Survey: During the year 2008 the activity of political clandestine stations broadcasting on shortwave has dropped by 5.3 % to 1251 Weekly Broadcasting Hours (WBHs). This is the result of the latest Clandestine Activity Suvey, which has been published annually since 1986. The activity of clandestine stations broadcasting to target areas on the Asian continent has decreased by 2.6 % to 915 WBHs. Activity to target areas on the American continent has remained unchanged at 215 WBHs. The activity to target areas on the African continent, where volatility has always been very high in recent years, has decreased by 27.5 % to 121 WBHs. The most active target area worldwide is now - for the first time in the history of the CAS - North Korea with 245 WBHs (+49 when compared with last year), followed by China P.R. with 224 WBHs (-16) and Cuba with 215 WBHs (unchanged). The number of different target areas active worldwide has decreased from 18 to 17, with Senegal dropping from the list of active targets. On the other hand, no new or reactivated target areas have been reported over the past 12 months. (Mathias Kropf, E-Mail <[email protected]>) Klingenfuss Publications now offer a Klingenfuss frequency database - including both broadcast and utility radio stations worldwide! - for the PERSEUS, at a special introductory price. See their website for full details and hundreds of up-to-date sample screenshots from real radio monitoring. The new 2009 catalogue plus full A4 size sample pages of all our printed publications, and much more, can now be downloaded from their website <http://www.klingenfuss.org>. Simply click the PDF or GIF symbol. The 15th National and International Meeting of DXers and Shortwave Listeners of the Mexican DX Clubs will take from July 31st to August 2nd, 2009, in Cuernacava, Mexico. Full information on this event can be found at: <http://cuernavaca2009.mi-website.es/15dxmeeting.htm>. (Magdiel Cruz Rodriguez, Organizer of the meeting) And with this best wishes and good DX until next month from 4 NEWS ABOUT BROADCASTING (+other) STATIONS Walter Eibl $ Postfach 15 45 $ D-91005 Erlangen $ GERMANY ALBANIA - Radio Tirana: Mrs. Drita Cico informs: Frequency / antenna changes effective Dec 22 to March 28: English to Eu 1945-2000 7465 from non-direxional to 300 degrees Italian to Eu 2001-2030 6155 from non-directional to 300 degrees German to Eu 2031-2100 7465 from non-directional to 310 degrees Albanian to Eu 2130-2300 7435 ex-9345, 310 degrees [to Feb 28 only] Albanian to NAm 0000-0130 7425 ex-9345, 310 degrees English to NAm 0130-0145 7425 ex-9345, 310 degrees (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld and hcdx Dec 18) Frequency change of Radio Tirana in Albanian from Dec 22: 2130-2300 NF 7435 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to NAm, x9345 // 6005 to WEu (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Dec 23) ASCENSION ISLANDS / PORTUGAL / UAE / U.K. - Frequency changes of Deutsche Welle from January 1, 2009: 0400-0430 NF 6040 POR 250 kW / 095 deg to ME, x6035 Arabic 2000-2100 NF 9690 Wof 250 kW / 160 deg to WCAf,x9545 English 2200-2400 NF 9475 UAE 250 kW / 260 deg to SAm,x9545*German 0000-0200 NF 9775 ASC 250 kW / 294 deg to NCAm,x9545*German * to avoid Voice of America in Chinese+mx jammer (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Jan 5) AUSTRALIA - 2310 VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 1957-2014, 28 Dec, prgr. cf. VL8K; this & VL8T are a fraction of a second delayed relative to VL8K; 35433. 2325 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 1956-2023, 28 Dec, prgr. cf. VL8K; this & VL8A are a fraction of a second delayed relative to VL8K; 35433. 2485 VL8K, Katherine NT, 1955-2022, 28 Dec, English, ABC Overnight prgs, news bulletin at 8PM, music; 45433 - never this good. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, Jan 1) AZERBAIJAN [and non] - AZERBAIJAN SINCE THE BAN OF FOREIGN RADIO ON FM. Kai Ludwig in Germany notes that the RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service, known as Radio Azadliq, is only using one shortwave frequency, 9485 kHz, at 1600-1700 UTC, according to the RFE/RL transmission schedule <http://www.rferl.org/howtolisten/AZ/ondemand.html> Kai adds: "This single shortwave transmission had been reintroduced at the beginning of the B08 season [25 October 2008], I suspect as a precaution because the end of the rebroadcasts in Azerbaijan was already looming. I would have expected the amount of shortwave airtime to skyrocket now as well, but as of yesterday still only this lone hour is in use. Were they simply not able to add more until now because everybody is still on vacation?" -- VOA Azerbaijani has three shortwave frequencies, 9625, 9805, and 12025 kHz, at 1830-1900 UT. (kimandrrewelliott.com Jan 5 via DXLD) BANGLADESH - 4750 kHz is off at present. As I wondered whether Bangladesh 4750 kHz inaudible from Kolkata, India was a propagation hiccup, I got a prompt reply from the station which puts the controversy to rest: "Senior Engineer, RRC, BB, Dhaka Dear Dr Supratik Sanatani, At present 4750 kHz is in trouble. There is no other SW transmission for HS. Please try to reach 693 kHz MW." (Supratik Sanatani-IND, dxld Jan 5) 7250 is clear channel from 1330 when Vatican Radio Italian signs off, Bangladesh Betar Nepali service audible December 30 to 1345 off, local music then closing announcement, fair strength, modulation low but you could follow the programme (Mike Barraclough, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) Odd channel noted today Jan 2nd: 7249.993, tentative Bangladesh at 1720 UT (wb) BENIN - 5025 ORTB, Parakou, 1842-..., 30 Dec, Vernacular (tent), talks; 45444 but this doesn't apply to audio which was hardly audible; it was a bit better at 2015 when in Vernacular and ditto art 2200 when airing French prgr.