BC-DX 58 02 Nov 1993 BHUTAN Bhutan Broadcasting

BC-DX 58 02 Nov 1993 ______

BHUTAN Bhutan Broadcasting Service, POBox 101, Thimphu, in English at 1415- 1500 UTC on 5030 kHz. (RIAS DX Report)

BULGARIA Radio Sofia's home service relay "Horisont" programme observed on two different rxs at around 2200 UTC on strange odd 15174,5 kHz, /./ LW Sofia 261 kHz. Started new bc day (0000 local BUL standard time) with National Anthem, difficult to understand, but may intended for BUL seamen, mentioned target as Philippines. (WB)

CAMBODIA Voice of the People of Cambodia at 0000 UTC in English on v11940,3 kHz. Usual winter season window in Nov to Febr is 1100-1230 UTC on odd v11938 kHz. (RIAS DX Report)

CANADA/CUBA RCI Montreal at 0300-0400 UTC replaced 6010 by 6000 kHz, due to complaints of RHC La Julia using 6010 kHz at 0200-0430 UTC, but 6000 and 6020 kHz both suffering by side band splatters. RCI weeknightly at 0300-0400 UTC now serving Canadian Peace Keeping Forces around Haiti, 0300 French, 0330 UTC English. 10 mins newscast, followed by special programmes to peace keepers. /./ 9755 kHz. (GH -WWCR)

CHINA Observations of OE2CRM Christoph Ratzer-AUT: 3220 22.05 CPBS 1, C talk, Good 3260 22.12 Guizhou PBS, C, Orchestra mx, Poor 3930 22.35 Nei Menggu PBS, Vn, Piano mx, Good 3940 22.40 Hubei PBS, C, talk, Good 3950 22.43 Qinghai PBS, C, Orchestra mx, Poor 4035 22.54 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, C, talk, Poor, 4785 23.03 Zhejiang PBS, C, talk, Poor, 4800 23.07 CPBS 2, C, talk, Good 4840 23.12 Heilongjang PBS, C, Folk mx, Good 4865 23.21 Gansu PBS, C talk, Good, 4900 23.26 Vo. Strait 2, C talk, Poor, 4930 23.32 Honghe PBS, Folk mx, Poor 5040 23.35 Fujian PBS, C, Orchestra mx, Good 5125 23.40 CPBS for Taiwan, C, Piano mx, Good 5163 23.44 CPBS 2, C, talk /./ 4800, 7440,7516 Go 5240 23.48 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, C, C-folk mx, Poor 5320 23.57 CPBS 1, C, Pop mx, /./ 3220, 7935 5915 00.04 CPBS 1, C, nx, Good /./ 5320... 6260 00.12 Qinghai PBS, C, folk mx, /./ 3950, 6500 00.23 Qinghai PBS, Vn, talk, 7105 00.32 Nei Menggu PBS, C, Pop mx, 4950 15.10 Voice of Pujang, C, Classic mx, Poor 4035 15.35 Xizang PBS, C, Orchestra mx, Good 4815 15.25 China R. Int., R, talk, C- mx, Good; 4815 15.25 China Radio Int, R, talk

CUBA Radio Habana Cuba in E at 0200-0430 UTC will go down from 13660 kHz to 9 MHz band (9815?), /./ is 6010 kHz. (see also under Canada). (GH - WWCR)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Radio HIAQ La N-103 Santiago observed irregularly on 4779,6 kHz, closed-down time varies between 2305 and 0301 UTC. (GH - WWCR)

GEORGIA Georgian Radio Tbilisi in German observed at 0800-0830 UTC on 11805 kHz. (RIAS DX Report)

GERMANY Private radio programmes appeared on ex-GDR MW channels: RTL Oldie via Koenigs Wusterhausen 603 kHz; RadioRopa Info via Berlin Uhlenhorst 693 kHz; Star Sat Radio on 1053 kHz. (AGDX Weltweit Hoeren)

HUNGARY Radio Budapest now with new Ukrainian lang segment at 1700 and 2100 UTC. No frequencies given so far. (ORF - R™I)

JAMMING observed from CHN at 2200 UTC on 7330, 9530 & 9570 kHz. IRN jamming on around 7340 kHz. (AMID)

JAPAN Radio Japan winter schedule changes from Nov 7th: 0200-0700 9610 (x15330) 0400-0700 11885 (x11875) 0800-1300 9610 (x11910) 1400-2200 11915 (x11815) 1300-2100 9535 (x11865) 1800-2300 6185 (x9570) 2100-2200 9660 (x15430) 2300 9660 (x17810) English at 0300, 0500. 0900, 1100, 1400, 1500, 1700, 1900, 2100, 2300 UTC. 1700-2000 17780 (x17870) CLN Relay Ekala, English, Jap, Persian, Arabic. (RJ)

ROMANIA Many rich western hemisphere countries started shut down programmes to save energy on super power MW giants, but Romanian authorities icreased power on MW Bucharest 855 kHz to 1500 kW. (RIAS DX Report) Radio Bucharest at 2200 UTC has two SoAm outlets on 15 MHz only 5 kHz away. SP 11940 and 15255 kHz, Portuguese 11790 and 15250 kHz. (WB)

USA "World of Radio" observed irregularly on 3rd tx of WWCR Nashville: Sat 0330, 2130 UTC, Mon 0600 5810 kHz.

WRNO Frequency Schedule October 31, 1993 to March 27, 1994 16:00 - 23:00 UTC 15420 kHz, 23:00 - 04:00 UTC 7355 kHz 04:00 - 07:00 UTC 7395 kHz Address: WRNO Worldwide, P.O. Box 100, New Orleans, LA 70181, USA Phone: +1 - 504 - 889 0602, Fax: +1 - 504 - 889 2424 (IW0DHH)

WYFR, English Frequency Schedule Winter 1993/94 26 September 1993 - 27 March 1994

English to North America: 0000-0100: 6085N 0100-0300: 6065N 9505N 15440 0300-0500: 6065N 9505N 0500-0700: 5985 1000-1100: 5950N 1100-1200: 5950N 7355N 1200-1300: 5950N 7355 11830N 11970N 1300-1400: 5950N 9705 11830N 13695 11970N 1400-1500: 9705 11830N 17760N 1500-1700: 11830N 15215 17760N N = Network programs (Mon-Sat)

English to Europe and Africa: 0400-0500: 11825 0500-0600: 7355 9680 11580 (9850 11850) 1600-1700: 15355 21525 21615 1700-1900: 21500 1900-2000: 15355 21615 2000-2200: 7355 15566 17750 21525 2200-2300: 9850 11915

English to India: 1302-1502: 11550

Russian: 0305-0350: 6130 9850 0400-0500: 7355 9850 1505-1705: 9955 1700-1800: 9850 11915

Spanish to Europe: 2200-2300: 7355 11580

Spanish to the Caribbean: 0100-0300: 5985 11715 0300-0500: 5985 1000-1300: 6085 15170 1300-1400: 6085 2200-0100: 5985

Spanish to Mexico and Central America: 0000-0100: 9715 0100-0500: 9715 11855 0500-0600: 9705 11855 1100-1200: 9605 11725 1200-1400: 11725 15130 15355 1400-1500: 15130

Spanish to South America: 0100-0200: 15170 0800-1000: 6105 9555 1000-1100: 6105 9555 11830 1100-1200: 9575 15130 2300-0100: 15170 15215 17845

German to Europe and North Africa: 0400-0500: 11915 0500-0600: 7355 9770 1700-1800: 15355 21615 1900-2000: 21500

French to Europe and Africa: 0600-0700: 9770 13695 1800-1900: 9850 11915 21525 2000-2100: 11580

French to Canada: 1100-1300: 13695 2300-0000: 6085

French to the Antilles: 1000-1100: 15130 15170 2300-0100: 15400

Italian to Europe and North Africa: 0600-0800: 7520 1800-1900: 15355 21615 2100-2200: 11580

Portuguese to Europe and Africa: 0400-0500: 13695 1900-2000: 21525

Portuguese to Brazil: 0100-0200: 11885 15130 0800-0900: 6175 9605 0900-1000: 6175 9575 9605 9680 2200-2300: 15130 2300-0100: 11885

Mandarin: 1102-1605: 5275 9280 2100-2200: 6300 9280 9955 2200-2300: 6300 9280 9464 2300-0000: 6300 9465 11550

REMARK: There are also broadcasts in Hindi and Arabic. (IW0DHH)

WEWN CATHOLIC SHORTWAVE RADIO WINTER SCHEDULE Effective 0100 UTC September 26, 1993 to 0100 UTC March 27, 1994

PROGRAM "A"

UTC TARGET LANGUAGE FREQUENCY 0000 North America EE 7425kHz 0100 " EE " 0200 " SS " 0300 " EE " 0400 " EE " 0500 " SS " 0600 " EE " 0700 " EE " 0800 " EE 9350 0900 " EE " 1000 OFF AIR 1100 OFF AIR 1200 OFF AIR 1300 North America EE 9350 1400 " EE " 1500 " SS " 1600 " EE 13615 1700 " EE " 1800 " EE 13740 1900 " EE " 2000 " EE " 2100 " EE " 2200 " SS " 2300 " EE 7425

PROGRAM "B" Effective 11/07/93 to 03/06/94 UTC TARGET LANGUAGE FREQUENCY 0000 South America SS 9985 0100 " SS " 0200 " SS " 0300 " SS " 0400 Cent.America SS " 0500 " SS " 0600 " SS " 0700 " SS " 0800 Brazil PP 7425 0900 " EE 9985 1000 OFF AIR 1100 OFF AIR 1200 OFF AIR 1300 South America SS 15695 1400 " SS 18930 1500 " SS " 1600 " SS " 1700 " SS " 1800 " SS " 1900 " SS " 2000 Brazil PP " 2100 " EE " 2200 " PP 11820 2300 " EE "

PROGRAM "C" Effective Effective 11/07/93 03/06/94 to to 03/06/94 03/27/94 UTC TARGET LANGUAGE FREQUENCY FREQUENCY 0000 China MD 15695 17510 0100 India EE 9825 13710 0200 Middle East EE " 9825 0300 Moscow RR 5825 5825 0400 Bylorus BR " " 0500 Czechoslovakia CZ/SL " " 0600 Netherlands DT " " 0700 Poland POL " 7465 0800 Hungary HN 7465 " 0900 England EE " " 1000 OFF AIR 1100 OFF AIR 1200 OFF AIR 1300 China MD 9370 9370 1400 Lithuania LI 17510 17510 1500 Middle East AR " " 1600 England EE " " 1700 France FR 15695 15695 1800 France FR " " 1900 England EE 9370 " 2000 Yugoslavia SR/CR " " 2100 Netherlands DT 7425 11695 2200 Italy IT " 9370 2300 Germany GR 5825 " (IW0DHH)

USA/RUSSIA Voice of America in Chinese language via Russian relay: 1400-1500 UTC Irkutsk 5945, 1400-1600 UTC Novosibirsk 5915 kHz. (Deutschlandsender Culture DX Aktuell)

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent in E at 1200-1230, 1330-1400 UTC on 5945, 9540, 15420, and 17745 kHz. Observed here on 15 & 17 MHz only. (RJ)

VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio bc Arabic(!) Mass observed on 30 Oct at 1000 UTC on 7365 kHz. (WB) BC-DX 59 07 Nov 1993 ______

AFGHANISTAN Kabul in E to Asia 1430 UTC on 4775 kHz. QRM of RRI Jakarta. (4S7VK GVG in RNMN)

ARMENIA Armenian Radio Yerevan, first home sce 0300-1559 UTC 252 864 4810 6065, and ex jamming st Balashika-Moscow relay 7175 kHz. 4810 and 7175 kHz are being monitored here daily, 7175 kHz during daytime also. 2nd programme "Tsiatsan - Rainbow" on 1395 kHz 1200-1900 UTC. (BBC, WB)

AZERBAIDZHAN Radio Gorgud via Samara-RUS at 1700-1800 UTC now on 7160 (x15240) kHz, QRM of BBC Masirah Oman in Persian and English World Service at 345 degrees. Relay of 2nd home sce progr via ex jamming station Balashika near Moscow-RUS on 7300 kHz at daytime. (see Armenia also)

Turk culture radio station observed on odd 6109,1 kHz (try LSB mode), approx. 0300 to fade out around 0600 UTC. Most likely Azerbaidzhani Radio Baku. Home sce until 0415 UTC, suddenly interrupted and followed by RM whistle tone opening procedure 0415-0428 UTC. From 0429 to 0459 UTC relay of Japanese religious Radio Aum Shinrikyo programme. (RVI, WB)

BANGLA DESH Dhaka in E at 1230-1300 UTC on 13615 kHz, 1815-1900 (and Bengali 1900-2000) UTC on 9700 kHz. Suffering QRM by VoA to ME. (GVG)

BULGARIA Radio Sofia in E to Asia 1515-1645 via Plovdiv 250 kW, 12085 kHz (x13670 scheduled), at 78 degrees. (Rumen Pankov-BUL)

CLANDESTINE RADIO STATIONS Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel from Jamba in Angola: 0445-0845 4960 9550 kHz. 1045-1440 7290 11830. 1630-2200 4960 7290.

Voice of Free Tajikistan (Sado-i Tajikistan-i Ozod) on v 7088,5 kHz, 30 mins duration at 0300, 0600 and 0900 UTC. (BBC)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial Bata on v5003,7 kHz monitored from 0500-0600 UTC, playing WeAF music. (AMID)

GERMANY Private radio programmes appeared on ex-GDR MW channels: RTL Oldie via Koenigs Wusterhausen 603 kHz; RadioRopa Info on 693 kHz and Star* Sat Radio on 1359 kHz via Berlin Uhlenhorst. Licensed by Mediumanstalt Berlin- Brandenburg (German federative state). (AGDX Weltweit Hoeren)

HAWAII KWHR Hawaii, pacific outlet of WHRI Indiana, on test frequencies 17555 0000-0200, 7425 1600-1800 UTC. Antenna 9 to 18 MHz into Asia, tx Harris 100 kW. Whole unit may assembled in three weeks time around Dec 6th. Testing on low power takes three weeks more. So the station will be on the air with full power in 2nd week of January 1994. (KWHR station manager via Radio Nederland Media Network)

INDIA AIR Delhi at 1000-1100 UTC new 21460 kHz (scheduled 21735). (Rumen Pankov)

IRAN IRIB Tehran 0330-0730 UTC in Arabic replaced 11910 by v11745,7 kHz, /./11930 kHz. (AMID)

IRAQ At approx. 0600-0755 UTC "Voice of the Mojahedin of Iranian Baluchestan" observed on v15340 kHz via IRQ facilities. In Farsi and Beluchi language. Baluchestan mentioned over and over again. QRM of RM opening procedure on same channel from 0718 UTC. (WB)

JAMMING On 13660 kHz at 1300-1615 UTC against BBC London Arabic service, most likely originating from IRQ. More jamming from ME around 0400-0600 UTC time range on 3920 5760 7000 7010 7050 7070 7088 7185 9685 9745 11875 15145 15670 kHz. (AMID)

JAPAN More Radio Japan winter schedule changes from Nov 7th: Via Sackville-CAN 0400-0600 6025 (x9725) kHz. Via Skelton-GB 0400-0500 6030 (x7230) kHz.

0200-0700 9610 (x15330) 0400-0700 11885 (x11875) 0800-1300 9610 (x11910) 1100-1300 15445 (x15240) 1400-2200 11915 (x11815) 1300-2100 9535 (x11865) 1800-2300 6185 (x9570) 2100-2200 9660 (x15430) 2300 9660 (x17810)

English at 0300, 0500. 0900, 1100, 1400, 1500, 1700, 1900, 2100, 2300 UTC. 1700-2000 17780 (x17870) CLN Relay Ekala, English, Jap, Persian, Arabic. (RJ, JR9MFK Matsudo Chiba-JAP)

KOREA Clandestine radio station "Voice of the People" is originating from South(!) Korea towards North Korea. (c.f. BC-DX no.57, 30 Oct 93)

LEBANON Voice of Lebanon Mons-Sats in English 1800 and French 1815-1828 UTC on v6449,4 kHz. (RVI)

NEW ZEALAND Real challenge in comming winter season, at least a chance here in Dec & Jan, is receiving ZLXA Print Disabled Radio Levin NZL, now renamed to "Radio for the Print Disabled". Bilingual in Maori and English language. Broadcasting Sun-Thur 2100-1000 UTC, Suns only 0600-0900 UTC. 3935 kHz local sunset-1000 UTC with 1 kW. 7290 kHz at local daytime 2200-local sunset, with 250 watts only. Station is run on a completely voluntary basis. "We are a radio reading service, not an entertainment radio station." Address: RfPDR ZLXA, POBox 360, Levin 5500, New Zealand. (HCJB)

RUSSIA Radio Pamyat Moscow, in Russian at 1430-1600 5940 kHz. Address: POBox 23, Moscow 113 535, Russia. (BBC D DX px)

Common Radio Moscow International and "Slavyanka" programme in Russian. The "Slavyanka" radio studio of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Defence has begun a service jointly with Radio Moscow International for servicemen of the 201st Division of the Russian border troops based in Tajikistan on the border with Afghanistan and for ethnic Russians in the area. Mon-Fri 1700-1730 UTC 945 1125 4740 4940 5945 kHz. (BBC)

SERBIA Radio YUG Belgrade in German 1730 UTC 6100, 7215 kHz. 2030 UTC (not Sats) 6100 kHz. Different Home sce programme of Radio Belgrade 684 kHz relayed on SW Stubline 7200 kHz, German nx here at 2030-2035 UTC (not Suns). (ORF)

SYRIA Radio Damascus in Turkish to Turkey and Europe at 1300-1400 UTC on 9950 kHz. (x9995) (AMID)

SWITZERLAND Due to QRM of long used Beijing channel 9457 kHz, SRI replaced 9455 by 9420 kHz for Asia at 1500-1630 UTC. /./13635, 15505. (Pascal HB9RHV)

USA "World of Radio" by Glenn Hauser via 3rd tx of WWCR Nashville on Sats 2130 UTC on 15610 kHz, Suns 0700 UTC on 5810 kHz. Latter frequency observed here with very low signal level, tend to unreadable. (WB)

USA / ex YUGOSLAVIA Voice of America on MW to Balcan states in Serbian and Croatian rent airtime via Lugoj-ROU 756 kHz, 400 kW, 0445-0500, 0530-0600, 2300-2330 UTC. Vidin-BUL 1224 kHz, 500 kW, 205 degrees, 2300-2330 UTC. Lushnje-ALB 1395 kHz, 500/1000 kW, 0445-0500 UTC. 1458 kHz, 500 kW, 0530-0600, 0630-0700, 1700-1730 UTC. (VoA schedule)

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent in E at 0100-0130 (Dari 0130, Pushtu 0200-0230 UTC) observed here on new 5975 and 7285 kHz. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, WB) 1200-1230, 1330-1400 UTC on 5945, 9540, 15420, and 17745 kHz. Observed here on 15 & 17 MHz only. (RJ) BC-DX 60 14 Nov 1993 ______AUSTRALIA Radio Australia changes from Oct 24th: Carnarvon 0100-0630 17715 (x21525), 0630-0900 21525. 1430-1600 9770 (x 9510), 1600-2100 5890 (x9510, x5960). Shepparton 0100-0730 15510 (x17715), 1430-2100 11695. Darwin 0100-0900 21595, 0900-1100 21725 (x21745). (Edwin Southwell)

CHINA/MALI On October 29th, Radio China International signed a contract at Beijing to prolong RCI Bamako Mali relay aggreement with Malien Government for five more years 1994-1998. 85% of licence fee will be payed by China to erect two regional FM radio stations. (BBC via RVI) English from Beijing at 2000-2155 UTC on new winter channel 6950 kHz (x11500), /./ 9920 kHz.

COLOMBIA Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, external service, announced following info: 11785 kHz 1730-2150 UTC to EUR, AF, AS, and PAC. (QRM Deutsche Welle) 9655 kHz 2150-0030 UTC to AM. (QRM Denmark, Austria) Station has 9 & 11 MHz aerials only. (but couldn't confirmed here, ed) (Henrik Klementz, via GH - WWCR)

COSTA RICA Radio for Peace International planned to be on new 31 mb outlet, possibly on 9530 kHz. No further info available. (GH - WWCR)

CUBA Radio Habana Cuba La Julia replaced EUR frequency 17760 kHz by new usual winter frequency 15165 kHz, 1900? Arabic, 2000 French, 2100-2200 English. English to NoAM 13660 kHz by 9510 kHz, and /./ 6010 kHz at 0200-0500 UTC, at 0530-0700 UTC to WeNoAM on 9510 only also. (RVI, via GH - WWCR)

FRANCE Radio France International Paris expanded its noon English outlet, AM morning, from 30 to 60 mins. Now 1200-1300 UTC to EUR 9805 11670 15155 15195 kHz. To AM 15365, 21645 kHz. (via GH - WWCR)

GERMANY Private radio programmes appeared on ex-GDR MW channels: RTL Oldie via Koenigs Wusterhausen 603 kHz, 20 kW (later decreased to 5 kW only); RadioRopa Info on 693 kHz and Star* Sat Radio on 1359 kHz via Berlin Uhlenhorst, both limited to 5 kW only. Licensed by Mediumanstalt Berlin- Brandenburg (German federative state). (AGDX Weltweit Hoeren)

AWR - Adventist World Radio Europe - at Darmstadt Germany, is planning to rent air time on SW in Slovakia, 22 hours daily. Powerful 250 kW SW station located at Rimavska Sobota (20.00E, 48.23N) in Southern Slovakia near Hungarian border. (via GH - WWCR)

FINLAND Radio Finland in Russian to Asia at 0930 UTC on new 13770, 15240 kHz. (Bob Padula)

IRAN IRIB Tehran seemingly extended its ext sce schedule. Observed in English on new super power 11790 kHz outlet at new times never heard before. 1530-1627 UTC, and 2130-2227 UTC, announcing AUS/NZL target for latter, and /./ local Tehran FM 107,6 MHz. Spanish at 2030-2127 UTC and French from 2230-2327 UTC on 11790 kHz also. Spanish at 0530-0630 UTC observed on 15260 and new 15315 kHz. (RVI, AMID)

JAMMING On 13660 kHz at 1300-1615 UTC against BBC London Arabic service, acc to RN originating from Libya, after BBC London released information about possible subversion in Libya. (RVI)

JORDAN Radio Jordan Amman at 1800-2300 UTC on 11940 kHz. (AMID)

MONGOLIA Radio Ulan Bator from Altai monitored at 1453 UTC on v4829 kHz. (Christoph Ratzer OE2CRM)

QATAR QBS Doha in AR 0800-1700 17825 kHz. 0245-0800, 1700-2130 11785 kHz. (ARDXC)

RUSSIA AWR Russia (Novosibirsk?) at 1330 UTC on 9835 kHz. (DS-C DX-A) AWR Europe via 500 kW Moscow tx at 240 degrees 2200-2300 UTC announcing AWR Forli-Italy address at 2257 UTC on winter frequency 6130 kHz. TWR Irkutsk observed at 0030-0200 UTC on 11995 kHz, 1030-1500 UTC on 11655 kHz. (HCJB)

SPAIN Radio Exterior de Espana Madrid in Arabic to ME 1700-1900 UTC on 9580 (x11870) kHz. (Gerhard Widera via Deutschlandradio RIAS DX Report)

TURKEY Voice of Turkey in Turkish additional 1000-1700 UTC 15350 kHz, 1700- 2300 UTC 9685 kHz. Balcan language service 1030-1230 UTC on new 7290 kHz (x11775, x11885), Hung, Rom, S-Cr, Alban. (TRT)

UKRAINE Radio UKR International Kiev at 0000 UTC in German, 0100 UTC in English on 936 1512 4825 6010 6020 6070 6145 7195 7240 9505 9685 9745 9860 kHz. (AMID)

USA WWCR Nashville schedule: tx #1 15685 1000-2400, 7435 0000-1000 (Sat -1200). #2 13845 1200-0200, 5935 0200-1200. #3 15610 1000-2400, 5810 0000-0500. (Salvatore Placanica)

"World of Radio" by Glenn Hauser via World Wide Christian Radio Nashville acc to following schedule: Fri 2215 UTC 15685 kHz, Sat 0730 7435, Sat 2130 15610, Sun 0415 7435, Sun 0700 5810, Mon 0000 7435, Tue 1330 15685. Glenn Hauser will leave New Mexico definitively on Nov 20th, no fax access anymore. New address: Glenn Hauser, "World of Radio", POBox 1684, Enid, OK 73702, U.S.A. Contribution of SW listeners is much appreciated.

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent for SoAsia at 0100 English, 0130 Dari, 0200-0230 Pushtu now monitored on 3rd channel 5955 kHz, /./ 5975 and at best 7285 kHz. Still missing usual 4th channel, please help. Station announced (wrong) summer frequencies. (WB)

VENEZUELA Terrible spurious signals of Radio Nacional de Venezuela, Caracas, nominal on 9540 kHz 25 kW from tx Campo de Carabobo, observed on 9430 and 9480 kHz, in 50 kHz steps away, between 0000-0500 UTC. (via GH - WWCR)

VIETNAM Hanoi City Service in Vietnamese language at 1530 UTC on 4960 kHz. (Christoph Ratzer OE2CRM) BC-DX 61 21 Nov 1993 ______

ARGENTINA started Daylight Saving Time on Sunday Oct 17th, lasting to 1st Sunday in March 1994. Will be on UTC minus 2 hours, in order to save energy. Radio Argentina Exterior service may change one hour earlier also. English 1830 UTC 15345 kHz, 0100 UTC 11710 kHz. German 2100 UTC Mons-Fris only on 15345 kHz. (ARG DX'er via GH - WWCR)

ALBANIA Radio Tirana in Albanian home sce relay to Kosovo, surrounding Balcan states, and Europe: 1500-1700 UTC MW 1215, SW 5985, v7160,8 kHz. 2000-2200 MW 1458, v6171,5 & 9724,9 kHz. (WB)

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia Carnarvon 1430-2055 UTC on 11660 kHz, then changing to 11855 kHz at 2057-2355 UTC. (AMID)

AAFR - Australian Armed Forces Radio on long term deployment towards Butterworth air field near Penang Island-MLA at 0100-0200 and 0430-0530 UTC on 13525 kHz. 0930-1030 UTC on 11465 kHz, all USB mode via Canberra tx, 40 kW, on directional rhombic antenna. Other troops coming home, withdrawn from Gulf area (Ship "Sydney"), Cambodia, ceased Somalia duty recently. Alternatively on 8115 9193,5 11465 12070,5 13525 18735 19969 kHz. (RNMN)

AZERBAIDZHAN Radio Moscow ext sce is using AZE station Gyanca v6109,1 kHz at 0030-2100 UTC, Arabic 1800-2100 UTC. Turk culture radio station observed on odd 6109,1 kHz (try LSB mode), approx. 0300 to fade out around 0700 UTC. Most likely Azerbaidzhani Radio Baku. Home sce until 0415 UTC, suddenly interrupted and followed by Radio Moscow whistle tone opening procedure 0415-0428 UTC. From 0429 to 0459 UTC relay of Japanese religious Radio Aum Shinrikyo programme via Radio Moscow World Service in English. (RVI, WB)

BULGARIA "Radio Horisont" home sce of Bulgarian radio from Sofia via SW tx Stolnik 7670 kHz, 15 kW only, non direction aerial, 0400-2200 UTC. Via powerful tx at Plovdiv 9850 kHz, 250 kW, 273 degrees, 0500-1745 (except 0800-1000 UTC Suns only). (ERF Wetzlar - TWR Monaco)

Ex 100 kW jamming station at Varna, 15 degrees towards Russia, now used for Radio Bulgaria International Sofia, in Bulgarian at 1700-2000 UTC on odd v5889,5 kHz, producing terrible heterodyne to Radio Australia Carnarvon tx M on exact 5890 kHz at 1600-2100 UTC. (WB)

CHINA New programme from Nanning, Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China, next to VTN border. Guanxi Economic Broadcasting Station (x GPBS 2nd progr) on 5010 kHz, local morning from 2220 UTC, evening bc 0920-1400 UTC. All in Standard Chinese, and Guanxi, Liuzhou, Zhuang dialects, as well as English by Radio lessons at 1300-1330 UTC. (RJ)

CUBA Radio Habana from La Julia in Portuguese / Spanish 2000-2200 UTC on 11875 kHz. (WB)

GERMANY Deutsche Welle Cologne will cease Japanese language outlet presumably on Dec 31st, 1994. (RJ) Deutsche Welle European outlet on MW Neumuenster 1269 kHz 1900-2200 UTC will be ceased on Dec 31, 1993. In future distributed via satellite ASTRA only. Dutch segment via NOS Holland Radio Five home sce programme presumably, 2000-2030 UTC Flevoland 1008 kHz, Hulsberg 891 kHz.

DW at present on MW 1269 kHz. 1900 UTC German by Radio, 1915 English, 2000 Dutch, 2030 Swedish, 2100 Norweg, 2130-2200 UTC Danish language. Also via satellite ASTRA 1A, vertical, 19,2 degr east, transponder 6 (SAT1) 11288 GHz, subcarrier 7,74 MHz.

INDONESIA Exceptional good ionospheric conditions in mid Nov reveled, that bc time item in WRTH for RRI Programa Nasional Jakarta v9779,9 kHz is wrong. Observed here from 1900-to fade out at least 2200 UTC with typical INS Gamelan open air mx and Bahasa Indonesian language ID. (WB)

MOZAMBIQUE Radio Nacional de Mocambique in Portuguese at 0315 UTC monitored on 3210 4854,9 6110,26 7242,34 kHz. (GH - WWCR)

NEW ZEALAND Radio NZL International schedule: Mon-Fri only 1650-1849 UTC 9655 (x9550) kHz. Daily 1850-2137 UTC 11735 kHz. 2138-0658 UTC 15120 kHz. 0659- 1206 UTC 9700 kHz. Special sport events broadcast 1206-1637 UTC on 9510 kHz (Radio Australia left this channel). (RNMN)

SLOVAKIA / RUSSIA AWR Info by Dr. Adrian Peterson: AWR - Adventist World Radio Europe - at Darmstadt Germany, is planning to rent air time on SW in Slovakia, 22 hours daily towards EUR, AF, ME, and So Asia. Powerful 250 kW SW station located at Rimavska Sobota (20.00E, 48.23N) in Southern Slovakia near Hungarian border. Negotiations have not been fully completed. (via GH - WWCR, HCJB party line)

AWR Russia Novosibirsk at 1330 UTC on 9835 kHz. (DS-C DX-A) On Nov 11st, AWR Russia started Korean (produced in Seoul) and Japanese (produced at Yokohama) language via RUS tx site. All on 9835 kHz, Korean 1300- 1400 & 2100-2200 UTC, Japanese 2200-2300 UTC.(RJ Media Round Up)

AWR Russia is bc from Siberia, three hudge tx bases located near Novosibirsk, consisting more than 100 curtain antennas. A pair of 100 kW txs are combined to one antenna. Deutsche Welle is also bc via one of the other sites near Novosibirsk. 9835 kHz 0000 UTC Russian, 0100 Bangla, 0200 English, 0300-0400 Hindi, 1100-1300 Mandarin, 1300 Korean, 1400 Japanese, 1500-1600 English, 2100 Korean, 2200 Japanese, 2300-2400 English. 6150 kHz 1600 UTC Hindi, 1700 Bangla, 1800 Mandarin, 1900-2000 Russian. 11855 kHz in English 0200-0300, 0700-0800, 1300-1400 UTC. Address: AWR Russia, P.O.Box 170, Tula Centre 30000, Russia. (HCJB)

SPAIN Radio Exterior de Espana, Spanish National Radio Madrid changes: English 1900-2000 11775 2100-2200 6125 0100-0200 & 0500-0600 9540. French 1800-1900 9875 2000-2100 11775 0000-0100 9540 Arabic 1700-1900 9580 German 1730-1800 Mons only 9875 kHz Russian 1700-1730 Mon-Fris 9875 kHz. (RVI)

USA WEWN Birmingham in Serbo-Croatian language 2000-2200 UTC on 9985 kHz (scheduled 9370, but also tested on 7425 kHz). (AMID) Jeff White's WRMI - "Radio Miami International" has been heard with test tones and E/SP announcements last weekend from 1900 UTC on 9955 kHz. Asking for reception reports. Just on air testing the corner reflector antenna with low power 450 watt reserve unit, 160 degrees from Miami FL, towards VEN, URG. At present, internal tests with main 50 kW tx unit, in final stage checking components. Address: WRMI, P.O.Box 526 852, Miami FL 33152. Via Fax ++305 - 267 92 53 (RNMN)

WWCR Nashville schedule: tx #1 15685 1000-2400, 7435 0000-1000 (Sat -1200). #2 13845 1200-0200, 5935 0200-1200. #3 15610 1000-2200, 12160 2200-2400, 5810 0000-0800. (GH - WWCR, Salvatore Placanica)

VIETNAM Hanoi external service to EUR/ME/NoAF replaced v15009 kHz by v9839,9 kHz, approx. 1600-2200 UTC. /./v12018 kHz not observed due Radio Moscow in French here. (WB) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX.#BW.DEU.EU via DB0LX BC-DX 62 28 Nov 1993 ______

ALBANIA VoA via MW Durres, 500 kW: 1395 kHz, 330 degrees, Serbian 0445-0500. 1458 kHz, 338 degrees, Croatian 0530-0600, Serbian 0630-0700 & 1700-1730. (VoA schedule)

ARMENIA VoA in Arabic to Middle East via MW relay Kamo, 1314 kHz, 1000 kW, 180 degrees: 2000-2100 UTC. (VoA schedule)

BELGIUM Radio Vlaanderen International Brussels replaced North America frequency 17555 by 17590 kHz, Mon-Sat 1300-1500 UTC, Suns only 1300-1400 UTC. (RVI)

BULGARIA VoA relay via MW Vidin-BUL: 1224 kHz, 500 kW, 205 degrees: Serbian 2300-2330 UTC. Via SW Plovdiv 13675 kHz in English to WeAF 1800-1900 UTC, 500 kW 215 degrees. 15080 kHz 0600-0630 UTC, 250 kW. (VoA schedule)

COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana, Madrid, via CTR relay Cariari, contact Centro Emisor via telephone & fax ++506 - 252938: Northern South America Spanish 11815 Tue-Sat 0100-0400 15125 Mon-Fri 1100-1400 17870 Mon-Fri 1800-2400 Sat & Sun 1400-0100

Central America Spanish 5970 Tue-Sat 0100-0400 Mon-Fri 1100-1400

Southern North America Spanish 15380 Tue-Sat 0100-0400 11880 Mon-Fri 1100-1400 17890 Mon-Fri 1800-2400 Sat & Sun 1300-0100 (Fax from REE Madrid)

CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA From January 1994, Radio Prague will rent one SW tx in Slovakia only, instead up to three, due to budget cuts. (RNMN)

LEBANON Wings of Hope with 25 kW of power at 0500-2200 UTC replaced 11530 by 9960 kHz. (RNMN)

LITHUANIA Since Monday 22nd of Nov, Radio Vilnius in English at 2000 UTC via tx Sitkunai also on 9400 kHz.(RNMN - Radio Nederland Media Network)

NEW ZEALAND Radio ZLXA Levin replaced 7290 by new daytime frequency 5960 kHz. Sun-Thur 2100 UTC until Mon-Fri 0900 UTC. (RNMN)

Radio NZL Internat. (southern) summer schedule according to changes announced by Tony King as from Dec 5th: Mon-Fris 1650 (Sat,Suns 1850-) -2135 UTC new 9655 (x9550) kHz. 2138-0658 UTC new 15115 (x15120) kHz. 0659-1206 UTC 9700 kHz. Not regularly, but life coverage on many sport events in comming (southern) summer, like Golf, Kricket, Yacht racing, at 1206-1637 UTC on 9510 kHz. Co channel QRM problem of Radio Australia Carnarvon has been solved, RA left for 9770 and from 1600 UTC 5890 kHz respectively. (GH - WWCR)

PAPUE NEW GUINEA New SW frequency relay of PNG domestic service now on 100 kW tx Port Moresby on 9565 kHz. Requests reception reports from listeners in PNG, INS, AUS, NZL, and PAC islands. (AWR - KSDA Guam)

PHILIPPINES On Nov 19th, Gospel Radio FEBC from Manila in Vietnamese at 1115- 1145 UTC observed on 9410 kHz, /./ 15095 kHz, English identification at 1115 UTC. QRM to BBC London. (RNMN)

ROMANIA VoA via Lugoj-ROM relay on 756 kHz, 400 kW, 190 degrees: Serbian 0445- 0500 & 2300-2330 UTC. Croatian 0530-0600 UTC. (VoA schedule)

RUSSIA VoA in Korean towards Koreas at 1300-1400 UTC via MW Ussuriysk, FE Russia, 648 kHz 1000 kW. Chinese via Irkutsk 5915 kHz 2200-2300 1000 kW 152 degrees. 5945 kHz 1400-1500 1000 kW 152 degrees. Chinese via Novosibirsk 5915 kHz 1400-1600 200 kW 111 degrees. Korean via Petropavlosk 7300 kHz 2130-2200 250 kW 244 degrees.

More outlets of "Radio Slavianka" towards troops in Caucasus area have been observed: 1700-1900 UTC 1143 4940 (4740?) 4975 5945 6090 6175 7140 7265 kHz. 0200-0400 UTC 1143 4740 4975 5920 5930 6165 7235 kHz. Address: Radio Slavyanka, K-160, Uliza Marshalla Shaposhnikova 14, Moscow, Russia. (ORF Vienna-AUT)

Dr. Gene Scott Network via Novosibirsk tx site 0500-0700 UTC in English still on 21845 kHz /./Wings of Hope from South Lebanon on new 9960 kHz. (21670 kHz item in ERF-TWR DX px is wrong). (AMID - AGDX Monitoring InformationsDienst)

SAO TOME VoA via Sao Tome relay MW 1530 kHz, 100 kW, 040 degrees: 0300-0700 in E, P, Ha, F, E. 1600-2200 in E, P, F, E.(VoA schedule)

SLOVAKIA From January 8th, 1994, AWR Slovakia is scheduled to rent one SW tx with 250 kW in Slovakia 22 hours a day. (see Czech Republic also) (RNMN)

SPAIN Radio Exterior de Espana, Spanish National Radio Madrid schedule, as from Nov 11, 1993 until March 5, 1994: Europe Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque 7145 & 9685 0500-0700 6140 0600-0900 causing QRM to Radio Deutsche Welle Nauen on same channel from 0700. 12035 0900-1700 9875 Mon-Sat 1200-1700. 9620 Mon-Fri 1500-2000 Sat 1500-2200 Sun 1400-2100. 7275 1700-2300. French 9875 1800-1900. English 6125 2100-2200. Russian 9875 Mon-Fri 1700-1730 German 9875 Mons only 1730-1800.

Middle East Spanish 11890 0500-0700 15110 0900-1400 9580 1400-1700 6130 2200-2300. Arabic 9580 1700-1900 6130 2015-2200. Sefardi Yewish 6130 Thurs only 1945-2015.

Africa Spanish 9875 2200-2300 17755 0900-2000 (on Thurs ending 1935) To Guinea Ecuatorial special 1600-1700 UTC also on 17755 kHz. English 11775 1900-2000 French 11775 2000-2100.

South America Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque 17845 Mon-Fri 1300-1900 Sat 1300-2200 Sun 1300-2100 11890 0900-1100 & 1700-1900 17715 0900-1700 15380 Suns only 0900-2100 11945 2300-0200 9620 2300-0500 6125 2200-0500. Sefardi Yewish 9620 Thurs only (UTC Fris?) 0240-0300.

Central America Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque 17845 Mon-Fri 1300-1900 Sat 1300-2200 Sun 1300-2100

North America Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque 9530 1900-2300 6055 2300-0500 9540 0200-0500 Sefardi Yewish 9690 Thurs only (UTC Fris?) 0415-0435. French 9540 2300-2400 English 9540 0000-0200 & 0500-0556 Australia Spanish 9650 0500-0700 9760 0500-0700 Japan Spanish 9620 via Beijing-CHN tx 1000-1200 Philippines Spanish 11910 via Xian-CHN tx 1200-1400. (see also under COSTA RICA) (Data base via BBS Mailbox ++34-1-34611)

SWITZERLAND SBC Berne is testing MW channel 1566 kHz on new directional MW antenna, in 46th and 47th week only. (RNMN)

TADJIKISTAN VoA in Farsi to Iran via MW Dushanbe TJK, 648 kHz, 1700-1800 UTC, 1000 kW, 230 degrees. (VoA schedule)

USA and rest of the World Voice of America transmission schedule to March 26th, 1994, shows following relay site list: ASC Ascension Island MOR Briech, Tangier II, MRC (!) BAK Bangkok, THA MUN Munich Ismaning, Germany BLZ Belize NOV Novosibirsk, Russia BOT Botswana PET Petropavlovsk, RUS FE BY Bethany, Ohio, USA PHL Poro & Tinang, PHL COL Colombo, Sri Lanka PLV Plovdiv, BUL (!) DL Delano, California, USA RAM Radio Antilles, Montserrat DUR Durres, Albania (!) RHO Rhodes Island, GRC DUS Dushanbe, TJK (!) SAO Sao Tome Island GLO Gloria, Lisbon POR TAN Tangier I, MRC GR Greenville, NoCarolina, USA UDO Udorn, THA IRK Irkutsk, RUS (!) USS Ussuriysk, RUS FE (!) KAM Kamo, ARM (!) VDN Vidin, BUL (!) KAV Kavala, GRC WER Wertachtal, Germany LUG Lugoj, ROM (!) WOF Wooferton, GB (VOA schedule)

USA WHRI South Bend, Indiana, replaced 13760 kHz by 9485 kHz at 1800-2100 UTC, on Wed at 1900 UTC repeat of Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio". (Rumen Pankov, Sofia-BUL)

WINB Red Lion is back on the air since Oct 16th. Monitored on 15185 kHz at 2100 UTC. (RNMN)

WEWN Birmingham late winter changes: 2300-2400 UTC in German replaced 9370 by 5825 kHz. Chinese 0000-0100 UTC replaced 17510 by 15695 kHz, 1300-1400 UTC replaced 13710 by 9370 kHz. (AWR - KSDA Guam) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX.#BW.DEU.EU via DB0LX

BC-DX 63 05 Dec 1993 ______

ARGENTINA Argentina is on DST until first week in March. BUT! - RAE Buenos Aires external services Mons-Fris no longer shifting by one hour! RAE at same time year around, decided to stay on UTC schedule for listener's convenience. (GH - WWCR)

ARMENIA Armenian Radio Yerevan in Armenian 2300, Spanish 2330, English 2345- 2400 UTC on 9480, 9685, and 11970 kHz. (RVI)

BELGIUM Radio Vlaanderen International Brussels replaced 7370 by new 5900 kHz at 2230-0100 UTC to NoAM, 2230 French, 2300 Dutch, 0000 Spanish, 0030-0100 English, /./ to South America still on 9930 kHz. North America frequency 17555 replaced by 17590 kHz, Mon-Sat 1300-1500 UTC, Suns only 1300-1400 UTC. Wed & Sat special sports event outlet to Africa at 1900-2115 UTC replaced 11645 by 11640 kHz due QRM by Radio Nederland on 11655 kHz. (RVI)

FRANCE New QRG of RFI Paris in English at 1200-1300 UTC, 13640 replacing 15365 kHz, /./ 21645 kHz. (GH - WWCR)

GEORGIA Radio Georgia Tbilisi in German observed at 0800 UTC on 11805 kHz. Announced also German at 2230-2300 local time (?1830-1900 UTC) on 6080 kHz, but couldn't monitored here so far. (RVI)

GERMANY From January 1994, Deutsche Welle in English to Europe will leave MW 1269 kHz in favor of SW channels 5960 & 7285 kHz, (may at 2000 UTC). And via ASTRA Satellite RTL TV transponder two, 11,229 GHz, subcarrier 7,4 MHz. (DXR RadioRopa Info)

GREECE ERT Athens in Greek/English at 1400-1450 UTC replaced 17515 by 17535 kHz, E nx at around 1435 UTC. (GH - WWCR)

GUAM Special christmas bc outlet of KTWR Guam on Dec 24, 25, 26, local time at Guam Island. 0445-0800 UTC SoEaAS 15195 kHz. 2230-0130 UTC SoEaAS 15350 kHz. 0600-0900 UTC SoPAC 15610 kHz. 1630-1930 UTC SoAS 9785 kHz. (HCJB, AWR KSDA Guam)

IRAN IRIB Tehran home sce relay in Farsi observed with satellite feeder delay of 300 ms on 15365 kHz, tentatively via tx Mashhad, scheduled 0200-1430 UTC, /./ Tehran 15084 kHz. 1430-2130 UTC on 7100 kHz. In Oct 1993, IRIB Tehran appeared with new powerful SW outlets, delivered by French firm Thomson-CSF. Ceased long established odd 9022 kHz also. Following IRIB Tehran channels observed here: 7100 7285 9720 11745 11790 11930 15084 15260 15315 15365 kHz. Arabic service at 0330-0730 UTC interspersed by Farsi segments appeared on new powerhouse 7285 kHz, /./ usual 11745 & 11930 kHz. Arabic ID 0445 UTC into news at 0446-0500 UTC. Turkish 0430-0530 UTC on new 9720 & 15260 kHz (x9022). Spanish 0530, French 0630-0730 UTC on new 11790 & 15315 kHz, and usual 15260 kHz (x9022, x9720). (WB)

IRAQ Radio Baghdad in Arabic and occasionally English ID and nx monitored approx. 1000-1300 UTC on 15180 & 17740 kHz. (RVI)

ITALY RAI Rome to NoAM at 1830-1905 UTC on new 15225 kHz (x21560). (AWR KSDA Guam)

MONGOLIA Ulan Bator in Mongolian observed at 1700 UTC on 4650 kHz.(HCJB)

PAKISTAN Radio Pakistan in slow speed English at 1600-1630 UTC on new 9470 (but observed on v9485,1) 11570 v13590 15675 (x15555) kHz. Turkish 1700-1800 UTC 11520 kHz. Arabic 1700-1900 UTC v9485 kHz. Urdu World Service 1700-1900 UTC poor 7355, better on 9855 kHz. French 1930-2030 UTC new 9885, and useless 11570 kHz. (RVI)

PAPUE NEW GUINEA On Dec 14th, official opening of new PNG SW frequency relay domestic service, now on new Continental made 100 kW tx Port Moresby on 9675 (x9565) kHz. 18 hour service to PNG, Northern Queensland, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Pacific, approx. 2000-1400 UTC. Replacing old two services on 4890 & 9520 kHz. Request reception reports from listeners in PNG, INS, AUS, NZL, and PAC islands. (AWR - KSDA Guam)

QATAR QBS Doha in Arabic 1707-2120 UTC observed on new 9790 (x11785) kHz, QRM by RFI Paris. (Couldn't confirmed here, ed) (AWR KSDA)

RUSSIA New (49th) radio station operating from Greater Moscow area. Islamic radio station calling "Radio Al Risala" (R Message) in Arabic language, 0800-0900 UTC 15550, 17635, and 17710 kHz. (BBCMS)

RUSSIA/USA Dr. Gene Scott Network via Novosibirsk tx site 0030-1100 UTC on 12040 kHz, broadcasting separate programme, not /./ 5935 USA, 9960 LBN, 21845 RUS. More Novosibirsk relay 1130-1600 UTC 6070 kHz, 1700-2400 UTC 6120 kHz. Via Samara Zhigulevsk 0400-0800 UTC in English still on 21845 kHz (x21670) /./Wings of Hope from South Lebanon on new 9960 kHz. (AMID, AWR KDSA Guam)

RUSSIA/GERMANY English of Radio Deutsche Welle Cologne to East Asia/PAC at 0900-0950 UTC on additional Irkutsk relay 12055 kHz. (AWR KSDA)

SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh at 0800-1200 UTC in Arabic and Indonesian on new 17880 and usual 21495 kHz. (AWR KSDA Guam) Arabic at 0300 to close down at 0600 UTC on new 11740 kHz, ID and frequencies given at 0600 UTC. (AMID)

SERBIA Radio Yugoslavia Belgrade in German now at 2100-2130 UTC via Bijeljina- Bosnia tx 6100 kHz. (DXR RadioRopa Info)

SLOVAKIA From January 8th, 1994, AWR Slovakia is scheduled to rent two SW txs with 250 kW in Slovakia 22 hours a day to EUR, AS and AF. German at 0700-0800 UTC on 5940 kHz, 1500-1600 UTC on 5945 kHz. (Deutschlandradio DX Actuell)

UAE Voice of UAE Abu Dhabi in E at 2200-2400 UTC on 9605, 9770, and 11885 kHz (x11710, x13605). (AC, RVI)

USA "World of Radio" by Glenn Hauser via WHRI South Bend Indiana replaced Wed 1900 UTC by 2230 UTC, still on 13760 kHz (acc to different sources, item 9485 kHz may wrong). (GH - WWCR) 50 kW SW station KJES Vado, New Mexico, heard irregularly on new 15545 kHz, English at 2000-2100 UTC. (GH - WWCR)

VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam Hanoi in English at 1000 UTC on v12020,2 kHz (x15009). (HCJB) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX.#BW.DEU.EU via DB0LX

BC-DX 64 12 Dec 1993 ______

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia changed its 49 m band night frequency towards South Asia again: Carnarvon tx M with 250 kW at 325 degrees now at 1600-2100 UTC on 6080 kHz (x5960 5890). (RVI)

CAMBODIA Voice of the People of Cambodia replaced long used odd v11938 by 11940,4 kHz. Difficult to observe here in Europe, could monitored, but not on every day around 0000-0100 UTC. English at 0000, French 0015, Thai 0030, Laotian 0045, Vietnamese 0100-0115 UTC. (RVI)

COLOMBIA Radio Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, with distorted weak audio signal observed on 11785 kHz until c/down at 2221 UTC. Around 0130 UTC replaced 9655 by 9685 kHz. (GH - WWCR)

COSTA RICA Since Dec 8th, Radio for Peace International is testing new 31 m outlet of 9375 kHz 24 hours in USB mode (x7385) on its log periodic antenna. /./ outlets are AM mode 7375 at night, 15030 kHz, and USB 21465 kHz at daytime. (GH - WWCR)

CUBA Radio Habana Cuba in SP at 2100-2300 UTC on USB outlet 13715 kHz, and AM mode 11875 15195 kHz. (RVI)

FRANCE RFI Paris built up its first new revolving SW antenna at Issoudun tx site. Not less than fiftheen antennas of the same type are to be built up between 1994 and 1997. (BBCMS via GH - WWCR)

GERMANY Radio Deutsche Welle for Europe on Shortwave. The programmes English for Europe will be broadcast on SW from Jan 1st, 1994. Medium wave transmissions will end at the same time. In addition, the transmission will also be accessible on satellite for direct listening and rebroadcasting. The format of the broadcasts will also change. Following a five-minute newscast, there will be the half hour long current affairs magazine GERMANY TODAY with reports and interviews on events and developments in Germany. Subjects will range from politics and economics to culture, science, the environment and sports. There will also be a daily German press review. The current affairs magazine will be followed by a variety of special features covering life in Germany, the arts, tourism and music. Friday will be reserved for our popular GERMAN BY RADIO language course. Comments and suggestions from listeners are welcomed. (DW)

Will leave MW Neumunster 1269 kHz at 1815 UTC, in favor of SW channels 5960 & 7285 kHz at 2000-2050 UTC. And via ASTRA Satellite RTL TV transponder two, 11,229 GHz, subcarrier 7,4 MHz. (DXR RadioRopa Info) Deutsche Welle English changes: 0200-0250 new 6130 7265 9615 (x6120 9565 9745). 0500-0550 new 6045 6185 (x9565 9670). 0600-0650 new 9565 17820 and new Trincomalee-CLN 21705 kHz 300 degrees, doing well here in Europe. 0900-0950 new Trincomalee-CLN 6160 kHz, and also new Russia relay Irkutsk 12055 kHz towards AUS/NZL. 1600-1650 9815 kHz, (x9665 11785 15105). 1900-1950 new 13610 15145 kHz. More change items of Radio Deutsche Welle to EUR: French new 1500-1530 UTC 6115 kHz Konigs Wusterhausen, 7130 kHz Nauen. Delete Spanish 2030-2115 UTC four SW channels. Greek at new time 1200-1250 (x1700) UTC 11825 & 15225 kHz. New time for Slovak 1100, Czech 1130-1200 on 6015, 7130 kHz. New additional Czech 1830-1900 UTC 6150 7285 kHz. Polish new time 0600-0615 UTC 6015 7270 kHz, 1300-1400 6015 7150 9770 kHz, 1700- 1730 UTC 6150 7175 kHz. Hungarian delete 2030 UTC SW outlet, now 1230-1300 UTC 6015 7150 9770 kHz. Albanian new time 2100-2130 UTC 5965 7285 kHz. Now on SW (xMW 1269 1539 kHz) at new times: Swedish 1000-1030

6115 7150 kHz. Dutch 1400-1430, Danish 1530-1600, Norwegian 1600-1630 UTC all on 6115 and 7130 kHz. Italian 2230-2300 UTC 6115 7285 kHz. (DW)

HAWAII New radio station KWHR Hawaii comming on the air soon, registered frequencies with the FCC. Reception report's should be addressed to World Harvest Radio International, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A. Check for intial test around Christmas: 0000-0200 UTC 17555 kHz 225 degrees towards PAC islands. 0200-0400 17510 300 JAP 1600-1800 7425 225 PAC 0400-0600 17510 300 CHN 1800-2000 13625 225 Samoa 0600-0800 9930 300 JAP/CHN 2000-2200 13720 300 JAP 0800-1400 9930 300 CHN 2200-2400 17510 300 JAP 1400-1600 9930 285 SoCHN / MLA (GH - WWCR)

MOLDOVA / RUSSIA (Pridnestrovskaya Respublika) Radio of the Dnestr separatist regime "Radio Dnestr International" has an English outlet to NoAM daily except Fris 0330-0400 UTC via Grigoriopol 500/1000 kW powerhouse relay 7105 kHz. To Europe in English 2000, and German 2040-2100 UTC on Radio Pridnestrovieya MW Grigoriopol 999 kHz. Address of RDI is as follows: Radio Dnestr International, ulitsa "25ogo Oktyabria" no. 107, Komnata 134, Tiraspol 278000, Russia. Verify signer is Mr. Konstantin Gibeskul. (AMID, RIAS DX Report)

RUSSIA From Jan 1st Radio HCJB Quito Ecuador new Moscow relay in English, 30 mins daily at 1900 UTC on MW 1440 kHz, 4 kW. (RN)

RUSSIA/GERMANY New frequency for Moscow MW relay of Radio Deutsche Welle. 702 kHz replaced by 693 kHz, 0300-2300 UTC German programme, except Russian 50 mins at 0400, 1600 and 2130 UTC. (DW) English of Radio Deutsche Welle Cologne to East Asia/PAC at 0900-0950 UTC on additional Irkutsk relay 12055 kHz. (AWR KSDA)

SERBIA Radio Yugoslavia Belgrade introduced new services on 6100 kHz, in Albanian (plus MW 1413 kHz), Bulgarian, Greek, and Hungarian languages. (AMID)

SLOVAKIA Tests of Adventist World Radio Europe branch via txs in Slovakia from Jan 1st to 7th, 1994. Regular broadcast from Jan 8th onwards, scheduled to rent two SW txs with 250 kW in Slovakia 22 hours a day to EUR, AS and AF. German at 0700-0800 UTC on 5940 kHz, 1500-1600 UTC on 5945 kHz. English tx no. 1: 7270 kHz 0100-0300 UTC to SoAS, 9465 0300-0500 WeAS, 13715 0600-0700 WeAF, 7180 0700-0800 NoEUR, 13790 1400-1500 SoAS, 9455 1500-1800 SoAS. tx no. 2: 9455 0400-0500 EaAF, 11610 1600-1800 EaAF. (RN, Deutschlandradio DX Actuell)

SWITZERLAND Departements of TELECOM Swiss PTT Radiocom has been reshuffeled: new address of SWISS TELECOM PTT, Radio Section / RC 115 (ex RT431), HF SW Broadcasting, at Speichergasse 6, CH-3030 Berne, Switzerland. Telephone +41 31 3383490, telefax +41 31 3386554. (Swiss PTT)

USA WCSN Maine selled to branch of Adventist church, but not belonging to well known Adventist World Radio organization. Latest registered schedule for that tx location: 0400-0600 UTC 9840 kHz. 0600-0700 7465. 1800-2000 21640. 2000-2100 13770. 2100-2200 7510 kHz. (GH - WWCR)

VATICAN STATE Vatican Radio is testing a new channel on 75 m band to EUR in hours of darkness: 3945 kHz 0300-0745 & 1730-2110 UTC. At 0630-0745 UTC parallel frequencies to compare with are 6245 7250 9645 11740 15210, and MW 1530 kHz (RN) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX.#BW.DEU.EU via DB0LX

BC-DX 65 19 Dec 1993 ______

AUSTRALIA ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ceased all domestic sce relay on shortwave. Brisbane left shortwave VLQ 4910 & VLM 9660 kHz for ever. Radio Australia took over ex-Perth VLW 15425 kHz channel, now RA to PGN via tx Shapparton-E (x15320 kHz), 2100-0730 UTC, 355 degrees, 100 kW. New 11910 kHz approx. 0700-0900 UTC via Shepparton. Carnarvon 300 kW on 9645 kHz heard well at 2100-2355 UTC. (RN)

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands in English to AUS/NZL replaced 9630 by 11895 kHz at 0730-0830 UTC, /./ Bonaire 9720 kHz. (RN)

EGYPT Clandestine radio station "Voice of Human Rights and Freedom" hostile to Iranian government in Persian via Batrah-EGY 1107 kHz at 1830-1900 UTC. SW frequencies at 0230-0425, 0600-0645, and 1530-1725 UTC are 9350 11470 11650 15095 15145 15620 15670 kHz. (RN)

ETHIOPIA Radio station "Voice of Ethiopia" Addis Ababa broadcasting in Somali language towards Somalia at 1100 UTC on v11800,2 kHz. (Mikhail Timofeyev-Russia)

GREECE ERT Athens morning service in Greek to EUR 0700-0750 UTC replaced 7450 (QRM Radio Moscow 7440 kHz) by 15650 kHz, /./ 9425, 11645 kHz. (RVI)

INDIA/SRI LANKA DX Championsship of UADX - Union of Asian DX'ers - and SWL-DX- Net at January 29/30th, 1994. Programme slots of all South Asia SW stations of 10 mins duration, and one of each remaining continents are to be logged. Details from SWL DX Net, POBox 211, Calicut, South India. (RN, GVG)

IRAN IRIB Tehran in English at 1130 UTC on new 7260 kHz, /./ 9695 & 11790 kHz. Pushtu 1230, Urdu 1330, Bengali 1430-1530 UTC. (AMID)

JAPAN Quiz of Radio Japan, Media Round Up, English section. Three questions: 1 - How many years takes usually a sunspot cycle? 2 - How many overseas relay stations use Radio Japan at present? 3 - How often broadcast Media Round UP each week?

Add three numbers together to a total number, send this total number to RJ: Radio Japan, English Section, Media Round UP QUIZ, 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-01, Japan.

Resulting number relats to number of languages bc by the station. (Radio Japan)

LITHUANIA Radio Vilnius will stop hire airtime at Russian tx site Krasnodar- Armavir, due to lack of foreign currency. (RN)

MALI China Radio International in English via Bamako relay with 50 kW of power to Africa 1600-1655 UTC replaced 15170 by 15110 kHz, /./ Mali 15130 kHz, direct from Baoding-CHN 120 kW, and Beijing feeder 4130 kHz. (RVI)

MONACO TWR Monaco in Polish at 1740-1810 UTC replaced registered 5885 by 5860 kHz. 100 kW, 044 degrees. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL)

MOZAMBIQUE Seldom heard Radio Mocambique observed here in Europe in Portuguese language approx. 1600-1800 UTC on odd 7239,2 (varying up to 7242,5) 9617,6 11817,4 kHz, latter frequency is best choice here, medium signal level. Mikhail Timofeyev-Russia reports 6111,3 kHz also. (AMID)

POLAND Polish Radio will reconstruct longwave station at Gombin 227 kHz. In an accident in August 1991, the highhest tower of Europe fall down (LW tower is more than 500 metres high). All other equipment of the station is ready and in good condition. Opposition and "Green movement" groups require medical examination for people of Gombin town, before reconstruction will be allowed. (Polish Radio German DX px)

ROMANIA Radio Romania International Bucharest in English from Nov 1st: EUR 0632-0642 7105 9660 9690 11745 11840 1300-1355 11940 15365 17720 17775 1900-1955 5955 6105 9690 11940 2100-2155 5990 6105 7105 7195 9690 NoAM 0200-0255 & 0400-0430 6155 9510 9570 11830 11940 PAC 0645-0715 15250 15335 17720 17805 Asia 1430-1530 11810 15335 17720 Africa 0530-0600 15250 15380 17720 17745 1730-1800 15340 15365 17730 17745 (Edwin Southwell-GB)

RUSSIA Radio Nadeshda programme in Russian language: PAC & Siberia 0700-1100 MW 630 15460. 1100-1600 6045 7355 9585 9730 11705. 1100-1400 11665. 1500-1900 7260 9580 17675. 1530-1900 7210 11855. Moscow area and Central Russia 1600-1800 7285. 2000-0030 1215 5905 7280. European part of Russia 2000-2300 7260. (AWR KSDA Guam)

Russian Far East radio station "Radio Thikhy Okean" from Vladivostok approx 0720-0740 UTC on 7260 9820 11840 15535 17610 kHz. (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia)

Independent radio station "Radio Lena Yakutsk" observed at approx. 0730-1000 (0600-1400?) UTC on 5920 & 6125 kHz, 20/50 kW only. Acc to Valery Ostroverk-RUS in DSWCI-SWN, the station has the following address: ul. Semyona Dezhneva 75/2, Radiocentr, 677000 Yakutsk, Resp. Sakha, Russia. (Radio Japan)

RUSSIA/CHINA New items concerning Russian relay of China Radio International: 1800-1827 UTC 7120 kHz (x7130) in Persian. 1930-1957 UTC MW 1170 kHz at Krasnodar-Armavir. 2200-2255 UTC 7170 kHz (x7315) in English to EUR. (ARDXC)

RWANDA The programmes now heard on 9610 & 15340 kHz are not via the old 50 kW Philips SW txer installed in 1964, nor via the 20 kW RIZ SW txer installed in 1985, both location at Kigali, but via new Asea Brown Boveri (now Thorncast) 100 kW SW tx commissioned in 1991 and installed at a place called Kininya. (unknown contributor in DSWCI - SWN)

Radio Deutsche Welle in French/Hausa 1200-1350 UTC on 21705kHz, in German 1358- 1800 UTC via Kigali-RRW on 21560 kHz, full Kigali station ID in French just before programme opening. (Dieter Lippmann, Freital)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Riyadh in Arabic: 0600-0900 11710 11820 11950. 0900-1200 15435. 0900-1500 15060. 1200-1500 15175 15380. 1500-1800 11780 11950 11965. 1800-2300 7195 9555 9870 (AWR KSDA Guam)

USA "World of Radio" by Glenn Hauser observed on additional outlet Mons 2230 UTC also, WHRI South Bend, Indiana, 13760 kHz. (GH - WWCR) VATICAN CITY New 75 m band frequency 3945 kHz (registered 3950) usage of Vatican Radio: to Europe 0330-0745 UTC in Alban Slovene Croatian Czech Slovak Hungar Roman Bulgar English Italian, Latin Mass, and on weekdays 0700-0745 UTC Ital/French/English. 1730-2110 UTC in Alban Slovene Croat Hung Czech Slovak, Holy Rosary, Italian Esparanto French English.

To Africa new 7360 kHz 0245-0400 UTC French, English, Swahili. Delete 17730 kHz 1620-1900 UTC. New Asia outlet 9835 kHz 1230-1345 UTC in Chinese & Japanese. 7365 kHz 1315- 1345 UTC in Japanese. 5975 kHz 0040-0200 UTC in Hindi Tamil Malayalam & English. (Vatican Radio)

VIETNAM Radio Cao Bang at 1200-1400 UTC on 6585 (x6552) kHz. From Nort Eastern border with CHN, in minority languages and in Vietnamese. (Radio Japan) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX.#BW.DEU.EU via DB0LX

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AUSTRALIA Changes in Radio Australia's operational schedule, as from Dec 19th: tx Carnarvon 6080 kHz 1630-2100 UTC (x5890/9510/9770) 6170 kHz 1200-1430 UTC (x9510) 7260 kHz 1430-2100 UTC 9510 kHz 0900-1200 UTC 9770 kHz 1430-1630 UTC (9510) 11660 kHz 1200-2100 UTC 15240 kHz 0630-0900 UTC (x21525) 17715 kHz 0100-0630 UTC tx Darwin 9510 kHz 1330-1430 UTC (x9560) 15565 kHz 1100-1300 UTC (x15630/17910) 21595 kHz 0100-0630 UTC (x15510) 21725 kHz 0630-1100 UTC (x21745/21595) tx Shepparton 11695 kHz 1430-2100 UTC (x9770) 11910 kHz 0630-0900 UTC (x17715/15510/15240) 15415 kHz 2100-0630 UTC (x15320/15425) 17630 kHz 0100-0630 UTC (x17715/15510) "Communicator" feature programme, the latest developments in the world of communications and the media, on every Tuesday: 1130 UTC 9510 9580 13605 15170 15565 kHz 1530 UTC 6060 6080 7240 9580 9770 11660 11695 11800 kHz 1930 UTC 6060 6080 7240 7260 9580 11660 11695 11720 11880. (Radio Australia)

ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - is planning to cease all domestic(!) sce relay on shortwave. Brisbane left shortwave VLQ 4910 & VLM 9660 kHz for ever. Perth VLW 15425 kHz will be kept on the air an other month only. Domestic sce Perth is looking reaction of potential listeners in Australian rural desert areas. (RN)

COSTA RICA "World of Radio" by Glenn Hauser via Radio for Peace International: Fri 2000, Sat 1800, Sun 2300, Tue 1900 UTC. Repeat of each outlet eight hours later. Frequencies in use are 7375 9375 v15032 21465 kHz (x7385). (GH - WWCR)

GUAM AWR Asia KSDA Guam frequency adjustements: Burmese 0000-0100 UTC 17645 (x15610). Bangla now daily 0100-0200 also on 17645 kHz. Japanese 2100-2200 UTC 15210 (x15310) kHz. (AWR KSDA)

HAWAII KWHR Hawaii schedule, pacific outlet of LaSEA Broadcasting, WHRI - World Harvest Radio International, South Bend Indiana, which started testing with full power on Dec 19th at 0500 UTC: 0000-0200 17555 0200-0600 17510 0600-1600 9930 1600-1800 7425 1800-2000 13625 2000-2200 13720 2200-0000 17510 (RN)

HUNGARY Radio Budapest in German 1830-1900 UTC Mons-Sats observed on 5th channel 3955 kHz underneath BBC Skelton-GB. /./7220, 9835, 11910, 15160 kHz. 3955 kHz is also used 1600-1830 UTC in Russian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Serbian. New channel for Ukrainian 1700-1730 UTC is 6075 kHz, well ahead Deutsche Welle here in Germany. (WB)

ITALY Daily service of RAI Rome in Italian to EUR at 1555-1635 UTC replaced 9575 by 7110 kHz, /./ usual 5990 & 7290 kHz. (AMID)

KOREA English General sce of Radio Korea, Seoul, replaced non direction 9640 kHz by 7180 kHz at 1200-1300 UTC. (GH - WWCR)

NEW ZEALAND From Dec 26th til Jan 10th, Radio New Zealand International is relaying domestic service instead of special international programmes. (GH - WWCR)

PALAU Voice of Hope, Radio KHBN, POBox 66, Koror, PW 96940, Republic of Palau, Pacific Ocean, is operational to put 2nd tx on the air on XMas day. (George Jacobs via GH - WWCR)

RUSSIA Late changes and frequency adjustments of AWR Russia, Adventist World Radio via Novosibirsk towards South Asia: English 0200-0300 9835 and 11855 0700-0800 11855 1300-1400 11855 1500-1600 9835 1800-1900 6150 2300-2400 9835

Remaining schedule: 9835 2100-0200 Kor Jap E R Bangla 0300-0400 Hindi 1100-1200 Mandarin 1300-1400 Korean (1200-1300?, ed) 1400-1500 Jap 6150 1600-2000 Hindi Bangla E R Reception reports sent to: AWR Russia, P.O.Box 170, Tula-Centre 300000, Russia. (AWR Asia KSDA Guam)

DX Club of Radio Moscow in German: Mon 1100, Tue 1600, Wed 1800, Fri 1000, Sun 2000 UTC. (RM)

Independent radio station "Radio Lena Yakutsk" observed at approx. 0730-1000 (0600-1400?) UTC on 5920 & 6125 kHz, 20/50 kW only. According to other sources 5905 kHz at 0600-0900 UTC. The station has the following address: Yakutsk Radio Center, ul. Semyona Dezhnyova 75/4, Yakutsk 677002, Resp. Sakha, Russia. Tel. 3512-2-4268. (Radio Japan)

Radio Novaya Volna-2 in Russian on 5450 kHz at 0500-1300 UTC. uliza Vorocskovo 6, 454091 Cheliabinsk 91, Russia. Tel. 3512-61-1500.

Radio Titan, Sovietskaya 14-9, Ufa 450008, Bashkortostan, Russia. 0300-1700 UTC on 6185 kHz. Radio Ufa regional sce on 4485 kHz, Mon-Fri 0310- 0400, 0800-1000, 1400-1600. Sat 0310-1000. Sun 0320-0900.

Radio Kazan, Tatarstan, on 6115 kHz, Mon-Fri 0300-1530, Sat 0300-1200, Sun 0400- 1230 UTC. On 11985 kHz 1630-1800 UTC. Remaining time on 6115 and 11985 kHz Radio Seven Samara or Radio Moscow are relayed. (Rumen Pankov-BUL)

RWANDA Radio Deutsche Welle Kigali relay at 1900-1950 UTC on 11740 kHz English to WeAfrica. (DLR DX-A)

USA Voice of America "Radio Marti" programme in Spanish to Cuba replaced 9525 kHz by 7340 kHz. Daily 2300-0300 UTC, Tues-Sun 0300-0600 UTC. TX Bethany, Ohio, 250 kW, 168 degrees. (GH - WWCR)

WCSN Scotts Corner schedule since Nov 9th: 0400-0600 9840 1800-2000 21640 2000-2100 13770 2100-2200 5850

WSHB Cypress Creek schedule: tx one 0000-0500 & 0600-0800 5850 0900-1000 9840 1000-1400 7465 1400-1500 9455 2200-2400 9465 tx two 0000-0300 9430 0900-1200 7395 1200-1300 9455 1900-2000 15665 2000-2200 9355 2200-2400 17555 (AJK)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 1994