BC-DX 343 03 Jan 1998 ______

ALBANIA TWR Cerrik in Ru beamed to ISR Sats only 1900-1915 new7315 (x7245), co-ch CRI in Fr, and new 6240 very good (x6235). 1800-1845 Ru to new 7315, co-ch CRI in Ch (x7355). 1440-1555 Ru to Russia addit new 9485 good, //7365 Monaco. Out of their printed schedule with addit broadcasts daily 1915-2000 MW Durres Fllake 1394.9 in Bu, Se, Cr, Mac, Slovene, Rom. (PANIVIEW, Bulgarian DX Newsletter, Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova, fax +359 2 650 560, Dec 17)

9939.9, TWR Relay, 1617*, ending Arm with ID, "Trans World Radio, Monte Carlo," and ment. of Yerevan; IS and off. Site assumed as per WRTH 98; fqy down from listed 9950. (Hill-MA via NU and DXW, Dec 27)

R Tirana MW schedule: 1089 0400-2300 first nat progr 1215 0630-0700 Alb, 1500-1830 Alb, 18130-1845 Tu, 1845-1900 Gr 1395 0800-1100 Alb 1458 1000-1500 2nd nat progr, 1800-1830 It, 1830-1845 Se, 1845-1915 Ge, 1915-1945 Fr, 1945-2000 En, 1900-2300 Alb

This schedule may soon be changed, as we will bc EIR - Europe Information Radio from 1900-2300 UTC on 1458 kHz to Bosnia Hercegovina. (Drita Cico of Radio Tirana in an e-mail to David Kenny-UK, BDXC Communication, Jan 98)

AUSTRALIA In our early evening period, from 0700-1000, the usual array of longpath European signals have intensified on 6 and 7 MHz. On 24 Dec, 's daytime sce to EUR, in Ge, fr Nauen, 100 kW, on 6140 was tracked from 0700 to 1115+. This is extremely late and I believe that it may well have "held on" right through until 1300 when the propagation path swings around to short-route. Lagos on 7255 was audible until past 0930!!! Other very late signals were Radio Netherlands (Flevo) 5955 until 1030+, Zagreb 7185 until 1100, Tirana 7170 until 1000. At 1100, Stockholm on 9865 and Helsinki on 9815 both put in good level signals. As a matter of interest, sunset here in Melbourne on 30 and 31 Dec occurs at 8.45pm (0945 UTC) and it will be that way for about another week or so. (Bob Padula-AUS in EDXP, Dec 31)

RA sent a revised freq guide as of Dec 22, with these bcs to Asia marked as those which may be heard in EUR: 1330-1700 11660, 1430-2200 9500, 2130-2300 11695. (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Dec 31) RA Shepparton noted at 0900 on 11880, extreme fluttery signal. (WB Jan 1)

5025 VL8K Katherine, 1050-1130, extended bc on this freq?, registered 0830-2130 on 2485 or 3370. ABC progr relay. Only this day 44544. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 9)

BELARUS Radiostation Belarus, Radio Minsk, German sce txion changes from Jan 1st: all on Minsk txs at Kalodziscy 1170 7105 7210, Wed Sat Sun 2030-2100 & 2130-2200, Thur 0530-0600, Sun 0530-0600 & 0630-0700. Addr: ul. Krasnaja 4, 220 807 Minsk, Belarus. tel +375 172 39 58 75 fax +375 172 36 66 43 URL: http://www.nestor.minsk.by (Natalja Chlebus, dep chief editor R Belarus, via Benno Klink, Dec 30) [Comment: Given times are seemingly wrong, maybe subtract all times by one hour. Present night schedule of R Belarus is 1930-2000 & 2030-2100. R Minsk Panasonic fax machine shows a date from an other era: Sept 07, 1994!!! ed]

BULGARIA The list of weekly DX progrs, editor Ivo Ivanov, bc by Radio Bulgaria. Bulgarian 15 mins Suns 1545 1224 5865 Balkans, 9850 WeEUR. 1645 7415 ME, 15195 SoAF 1845 5935 7425 RUS 1945 747 1224 Balkans 2145 5865 7335 WeEUR, 7515 ME Mons 0145 7170 9415 SoAM 0345 7375 9485 NoAM

Russian beamed to RUS Fri 1530 5935 7425 9825 Sat 0330 1224 5890 7230 Mon 1930 5935 7425

On Dec 6th, the Ru sce of R BUL aired a 30 mins interview with Rumen Pankov and Ivo Ivanov. Together with the chief of Ru sce Mrs. Tatyana Markova they discussed the past and present of DX movement in BUL and CIS states. In the latter one the most number Dxers are registered as active listeners of R Bulgaria. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

CHINA CRI on several new freqs [via Urumchi txs?] 7315 1730 Ch, co-ch RFI til 1800, TWR fr 1800-1845(Sats -1915). 1830 Ar, 1930-2027 Fr, co-ch RFI fr 2000. 9600 1730-1827 Ch, break til 1900, 1900-2057 En, Ch, co-ch TWR Meyerton til 1930, and VoA in Alb 1930-2000, RFE/VoA Ser 2000-2100. Also QRM fr R Pyongyang in Ar & En. 9685 1900-1927 Tu very strong, //7405. 1930-2000 break. 2000-2157 Ch, Ar very good, //7250 7435 9440. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

CRI En 1400-1500 noted on 9700, nx, //7160 7405 9535. Underneath AIR Aligarh Si v9700.52. Hill tribe mx like in bordering THA & BRM 1340 on v6937.24. (WB Jan 1)

New 4680 CNR 1 Beijing, 1145-1200, En lesson, questions and answers in En only. 1200 TA, ID in Ch, nx. //3220 4460 5320 5880 6125 6840 7504 7985 9080 9290 9800 15390 all heard. 3990 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqui, 1140- Uighur, //4735, political talks, 1200 TA, islamic mx. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 11)

CLANDESTINE RADIO STATIONS Voice of Sudan tentatively fr ARS? noted at 1705 on 12008 even. Voice of Southern Azerbaijan at about 1650-1730 on v7094.94 in Azeri[?]. (WB Jan 1)

ETHIOPIA 9560.2, Radio Ethiopia; Gedja, 1714-1718, Male speaker in French with ID and talk. 22432 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL via DXW, Dec 22) [9560.18 Jan 1]

9704.20, Radio Ethiopia; Gedja, 1457, Male speaker in Am followed by IS at 1458, at 1459 Radio Ethiopia ID by male speaker, followed by gong and news by male speaker in Am, at 1503 half minute silence, then continued with the news until 1505, followed by African horn style of mx with Am male songs. Undermodulated. (van Rooy via DXW, Dec 28) [measured 9704.18 on Dec 31]

GEORGIA 6292, Voice of Hope, 1703, up fr normal 6290 with usual gospel stuff; fair at first, building to solid level by 1720 or so. (Hill-MA via NU, Dec 27)

6292 VoH 1927 ID in En at 1928 giving Hereford England addr for QSL reports. Then, relig progr in En with male announcer at 1930. However, I'm not sure why it's up 2 kHz fr nominal 6290. (Fine via Cumbre Dx, Dec 27) [measured on Dec 31: back on 6290 even, ed]

5040 0425-0440 and 1540, Georgian R in Dusheti heard here with strong signals, but bad modulation with conversation in Georgian, classical mx and ID. SINPO 34444. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 28/29; WB Dec 31)

GERMANY Various broadcaster via DTK Juelich relays: Rainbow Radio in Am to ETH Sat Nov 29 1800-1900 5840 Polish Radio 5 in Ru & Uk heard last time on Nov 23. Brother Stair Radio in En 1900-2100 Tue Dec 2 on new 9475, co-ch KTWR fr 2030. New 1700-1900 Sun Dec 14th 11985 (x1600-1800). Radio Vilnius 0000-0100 in Li/En to NoAM new 5880 very good here, //5905 also heard, but co-ch R UKI. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

Voice of Oromo Liberation via DTK Juelich 11605 Sun Jan 1st, at 1700-1800. (WB Jan 1)

CLANDESTINE fr GERMANY to MYANMAR 15330 Democratic VoBurma *1245 with booming signal. Traditional mx followed by woman with sing-song ID "Democratic Myanmar a-Than" and into nx. Mx request progr 1312 with male announcer featuring lots of Burmese jazz and pop tunes. 1345* in mid-sentence. This stn has a new website with a detailed progr schedule and a two-week archive of every show in RealAudio: http://www.communique.no/dvb/ (Grace in Cumbre Dx, Dec 29)

GREECE (via USA) Voice of Greece via Delano and Greenville includes: 0600-0800 Gr/En 9775 (Delano) 0900-0950 Gr 9590 (Delano) 1200-1350 Gr/En 9690 (Greenville) 1800-2200 Multilingual 17705 (Greenville), 15485 (Delano) E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://alpha.servicenet.ariadne-t.gr/Docs/programeng.htm (BBCMS via Cumbre Dx, Dec 22)

ICELAND 5055, Rikisutvarpid, hrd at 1905 Dec 23, all talk in presumed Islandic, with Reykjavik mentioned a couple of times. Old hat or reactivated? (Pijpers-Netherlands, Hard-Core-DX via NU and DXW, Dec 23) 5055U, Rikisutvarpid, 1834, sermon in Icelandic; exc on this channel and //9275U. Also on Dec 23 at 1940 with church bells and Icelandic talk; very good here, but only poor- fair on //7735U. (Hill-MA via NU and DXW, Dec 23) This channel has been observed only on a few occasions during the last two years, reported in Feb 96 and Mar 97, as mentioned in TBL. I rcvd a QSL for a rpt of nearby 5040, 1815-1900 Dec 31, 1994. So it may not necessarily be a reactivation, but a kind of special event operation. (Passmann-Germany, Hard-Core-DX via NU, Dec 24)

5055, in progress 2216 Dec 25--special b/c? Christmas Oratorio at tune-in from 1950, good on Christmas day, ended 2157. Chimes and Iceland time, and Reykjavik ID at 2200; then world and local nx, wx forecast, 2214 "Greensleeves." LSB suppressed partly. Tipped Dave Clark, who found weaker // on 11402. (Ward-ONT via NU, Dec 25) 11402UC, ISBS, 2024-2048, exc with tenor and choir vocals, seemingly live (church?). (Krueger-FL via NU and DXW, Dec 25)

INDONESIA 9525, Voice of Indonesia; Cimanggis, 0132-0143, While the National Sce on 9679.9 had popmx, the VOI had nice programming with Indonesian Christmas mx, En talk: students telling about what Christmas means for them, and talk about how Christmas is celebrated in INS. Request for RR's, address. Also heard on 11785 (weaker), which is listed as an alt. freq in the 1998 Schaay/Klingenfuss Guide. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 25)

IRAN A very careful monitoring in Nov and Dec following below, gives proof for the extreme chaos in VoIRI bcs: - the presence of "alternative" freqs, such as 7135/7145, 9615/9620, 9730/9735, 9740/9745, 9745/9750 etc. For example: bc block 1730-2000 in Bos/Alb/It one day on 9615, the next day on 9620.

- two progrs by two txs on one freq, - for example 13605 1100-1145 Ar plus En; 1200-1230 En plus It. 7145 2130-2230 Bosnian plus Persian.

- En txion 1100-1230 11875 starts 1056 with end of VoIRI's It progr, but no bc in It at this time 1000-1100.

- most of freqs and times are new, incl 1830 Alb now 1 hr in duration, resp. Italian moved to 1930.

- Be careful if you are monitoring VoIRI - sometimes there is an IS, ID, NatAnth even pray and then the false bc close down or stay just for 10-15 mins to verify true bc.

- to all Dxers in Asia: please help to make more precise VoIRI language schedule for 1330-1730 progrs to CeAS on 7180 and 11830.

Specified by an [former R BUL] Ar translator, there are two different "Islamic Revolution Radios" in Ar:

- Voice of Palestinian Islamic Revolution (VoPIR), 0400-0500 6020 9670 1930-2030 6025 6150 7290 7230 9665. - Voice of Islamic Revolution in Iraq (VoIRQ) 0330-0530 6195 7115 7295 9610

Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, *updated in Nov and Dec: 0030-0125 *English 6055.4 9022 9685 0030-0130 *Bengali 7130 7215 9750 0030-0130 *Spanish 6175 9650 0030-0330 *Arabic 7190 9022 9685 0100-0200 Persian 7180 0130-0230 *Spanish 6010 6055 6175 9650 0130-0230 *Urdu 6005 7130 9750 0230-0300 *Kazakh 9615 0230-0330 *Spanish 6055 6175 0230-0330 *Pashto 6005 7130 9570 0320-0620 *Persian 15365 15084.2 0300-0330 *Armenian 6210 9615 0330-0530 *Azeri 9615 0330-0530 *Arabic 5995 7190 0330-0530 *Tj / Uz 7180 0330-0730 *Arabic 7130 0330-0427 *Swahili 7260 11790 13605 0430-0530 *Turkish 9520 11790 15260 (irr. 7160) 0530-0627 *Bosnian 9520 13610 15230 0530-0930 *Arabic 15125 15350 0530-0627 *Spanish 11790 15260 0545-0620 *Hausa 11720 15450 0630-0725 *Italian 9022 13605 15084.2 15115 0630-0730 *French 11790 15260 15325 15195 0730-1200 *Persian 15365 15084.2 0930-1145 *Arabic 13605 0930-1330 *Arabic 11745 0930-0957 *Armenian 9615 11705 0930-1430 *Arabic 15350 1030-1130 *Persian 15120 17780 1030-1300 *Persian 11885.4 1100-1230 *English 15260 13605 11875 11830 9585 1200-1255 *Italian 13605 15084 15350 1230-1330 *Pashto 7180 9585 11790 11830 15260 1230-1330 *Azeri 7180 9735(irreg) 1300-1800 *Persian 15084.2 1330-2000 *Persian 6015/6020 1300-1330 *Malay 7215 11885 15365 [1330-1430 Malay 15330 15260 11885 11750 7180/7160 6050] 1330-1430 *Chinese 6050 7215.4 11885 13605 1330-1430 *Urdu 5995 6175 7115 9585 11790 11830 1330-1700 Arabic 9650 11995 1400-1500 *Russian 11960 11930 9735 1430-1700 Arabic 7190 1430-1525 *Bengali 5995 7215 9745 11830 1430-1730 *Tj/Uz 7180 11830 1500-1526 *Kazakh 7160 9585 9735 11960 1530-1625 *Russian 7260 9022 9735 1530-1630 *English 7215 11790 13605 1630-1725 Uzbek 7215 1630-1727 *Armenian 6005 9620 11720 1630-1830 *Persian 7230 1630-1730 *Turkish 7260 9022 9735 1630-2030 Persian 6005 1700-1830 *Arabic 6025 7190 9665 1730-1827 *German 7135 7260 9022 1730-1827 *Swahili 9650 9745 1730-1830 *Bosnian 7145 7340 9615 1730-2030 *Persian 7545 mixing product 1730-2400 *Persian 7135 1730-1830 *Russian 7115 7290 1830-1900 *Albanian 9615 7145 7340 1830-1930 *Arabic 6025 6150 7190 7230 9665 1830-1927 *French 7160 7260 9022 1900-1927 *Italian 7140 7340 9615 1930-2030 *English 9022 7260 7160 1930-2130 *Persian 6175 7180 1930-2030 *Russian 7175 7290 7305 9740 1945-2020 *Hausa 11720 9605 2030-2130 *Spanish 7260 9022 2030-2130 *Arabic 6025 6150 7190 9665 2130-2225 Bosnian 7125 7145 7170 2130-2330 *Arabic 5995 6025 6150 7260 9665 2130-2225 *English 6175 6165 2230-2325 Persian 7125 7145 2330-0025 *French 6030 7260 9022 2330-0025 *Chinese 7130 7215 9570 On Dec 1st noted spurious signals daytime fr 15084: +/-203/204 kHz away = 15287/15288, 15490/15491, 15693/15694. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

ISRAEL/USA Since Nov 30th, KOL 's Midday nx on Reshet-Bet Hebrew 1000-1200 nominal on 17540 towards SoAM is now co-channel RFA Laotian sce on 17535, //11585 15615 17545. Remarkable severe QRM to RFA. Also 1600-0700 EUR/NoAM new 7497.5 (x7495). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17; WB, Dec 28)

ITALY RAI Rome Santo Palombara in Ru 2000-2020 new 6135 (x6040), 7235 (x7240), 9670. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

JAPAN (and various relay sites) Midnight in Japan is at 1500 UTC. On Dec 31, special new year progr "Ashiran the New Year" taken from NHK Tokyo home sce I in Ja, incl public live coverage of mx box 'Hit Parade' can be heard on regular NHK World R Japan sces 1100-1530. For QSL hunters also, special additional relay txions available via Skelton UK 1200-1600 (+regular 1000-1200 in Ger,Fr,Rus) EUR 9600 11710. Ascension Islands 1200-1300 (+regular 1300-1400) WeAF 15400, CeAF 21490. 1400-1530 WeAF 15225. Sackville Canada 1500-1559 (+regular 1300-1500) NoAM 11705. Ekala Sri Lanka 1500-1530 (+regular 1300-1500 ) ME 12045.

Heard addit outlets, powerhouse both 9600 and 11710 Skelton-UK, but 11710 getting poor from 1500. Very distorted signal 15225-ASC by BBC Alb & Ru. 12045-Ekala suffering by Russian or Ukr stn. 11705-CAN covered by VoA-Tinang-PHL & RL Tj, and side band splash fr Skelton 11710. (WB Dec 31)

KENYA 6150, Nairobi, absolutely fantastic signals, with Swahili sce at 1600 Dec 28. In fact, stronger than any stn on the band on my R71 with a piece of wire -- stronger than VOA-Udorn and -PHL to SoEaAS, and BBC-Singapore, which are beamed this way! 4935 exc too with En sce, very good modulation and strength. So the engineers made a good job of the repair. 4885 was fair-good, with Swahili regional sce from Kisumu, 1630 to 1900*. (Goonetilleke-SL 4S7VK UADX, via NU, Dec 28)

KOREA D.P.R. Radio Pyongyang was heard in Ko 0500-0557 on 9345 with strong spurs on 9312 and 9378 (i.e. 33 kHz below and above), //to 7200. The audio was terribly distorted on all the freqs (not only the spurs). The spurs were as strong as the main freqs, all SIO 333-443. This txion, like many others, has been inactive on most days in recent weeks due to the presumed power shortage. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, Dec 28)

Pyongyang Broadc Stn, Kanggye, 6398.80, 1342 Female speaker, story reading with radioplay fragments from time to time. Language not recognized as Korean but from 1351 Ko songs. At 1400 four pips and announcement. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 29) [measured Jan 1: v6398.83]

LIBYA Test tone 1000 Hz at 0800-1000 on new 11815, back on 7120 and 9705, //usual 9655 11770. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

Left 6155 in favour of 9705, so let ORF Vienna Moosbrunn in the clear on 6155. Observations show the following list, sorted by signal strength: 9705 strongest S=5+, 11815 S=5, 9655 S=4, 11770 S=3, 7120 poor S=2. Txion time varies: 7120 9705 11815 sign- off 1007; 9655 1022; 11770 1026. (WB Dec 31)

MYANMAR Defence Forces Broadc. Unit, Taunggyi, 6570 1320 Bu folk mx and songs. Female speaker. Usual instrumental sign-off tune at 1329 and off-air at 1330. Very good: peaking at SINPO 34333 at times. Certainly my best reception so far of this stn. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 29)

NETHERLANDS The Dutch Minister Jorritsma, who is responsible for tx sites and other technical related bcing material, has informed the Dutch Parliament that there is little chance that the four controversial masts for the LW project DELTA 171 actually will be built. These masts were to become 320 metres high (each of them) and would be built on one of the few spots where there is still nature in the Netherlands. Delta 171 wants to broadcast with 10 Megawatts ERP (being the most powerful station in the world!) and beam the signal to the UK to compete with Atlantic 252. But Jorritsma now has told Parliament that she will come up with extremely tight rules for the building of these masts. "And these rules will be so strict, that Delta 171 most probably won't be willing to or won't be able to comply with them", Kootwijk was the only possible location for this LW radio project. All other areas in the Netherlands rejected the Delta proposals for building the masts within their regions. In the Netherlands, a broadcast licence is not enough to be able to start broadcasting. When it comes to powerful transmitters, you also need an environmental licence to actually install the transmitter and masts. And these licences are sometimes more difficult to get, than a broadcast licence. (Herbert Visser/alt.radio.uk, via BDXC Communication, Jan 98)

NEW ZEALAND New RNZI schedule from 1900, Jan 3: 1650-1850 9810 Mon-Fri 1851-1950 11735 Sun-Fri 1859-1958 11735 Sat 1951-2050 15115 Sun-Fri 1859-2155 15115 Sat 2156-0458 17675 Sun-Thu 2205-0458 17675 Fri-Sat 0459-0815 11905 Mon-Fri 0459-0758 11905 Sat & Sun 0816-1206 9700 Mon-Fri 0758-1206 9700 Sat & Sun 1206-1650 OFF AIR Every Day 1206-1650 6105 or 6070 Occasional Use Sport that begins before 1500 use 6105 and sport scheduled after 1500 uses 6070. (RNZI/Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Dec 31)

NORWAY R Norway/R Denmark changes: 0300-0455 ME 9940 (x9975) 0500-0555 EUR/AF 9940 (x9975) 1000-1055 SoAM 18950 (x17840) 1300-1355 NoAM 13790 (x13805) (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

PORTUGAL RDP R Portugal in Po to EaTimor-INS 0800-1000 Sa/Su; 1200-1400 Mo-Fr on new 17710 55555 (x17595), 100 kW 66 degr. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17) RDP 9780 in Po, Jan 1st 1800, and two unsymmetric spurious signals in 31 mb on 9655.27 and much stronger on 9974.67 kHz. (WB Jan 1)

RUSSIA Voice of Russia reductions fr Jan 1st, 1998 Alb 30 mins, En 8 hrs!, Sp 1 hr LatAM. Ch, Polish, Po for AF, 1 h respective. S-Cr 30 mins, Fr 2 hrs. (VoR DX-progr Dec 24, via Klaus Lieberwirth)

Spurious signal of SW GPR-1 Moscow/Riazan 15455 approx. 0800-1200. the Russian sce txion, coming in very strong in Stuttgart-Germany, produces two unwanted spurious signals on 15312.11, and symmetrically on 15597.89, measured today Dec 26th, at 0900. These outlets are observed some months now, >>every day<<, at least fr Oct 26th onwards. Noted on four different rxs, like AOR, Drake, Kenwood, SONY. (WB Dec 26)

Thank you very much for your report about the problems with 15455. I am sending your report now to our freq management in Moscow. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, GPR-2, St.Petersburg, Dec 29)

11630, Radio Odin, 1004, Ru, excited advertisements claiming the attention of Radio Odin listeners in //171 (here in a terrible mess with Radio UKR), SIO 454. Likely this is a reactivated 100 kW tx at Noginsk (near Moscow), previously used by Radio Rossii. 15455, Radio Rossii, 1000, Ru, "Vesti" nx bulletin, SIO 454. Seems to be the daytime outlet for CeEUR from one of the sites in Moscow area = ex 15520, which is now occupied by Radio UKR. Interesting, that Radio Rossii and especially Radio Odin (which is - or likely was to be closed) makes these increased usage of SW now. (Kai Ludwig-D, Dec 26)

Radio 1 home sce with increased time and freqs, monitored in Dec: 5960 0200-0400 & 1300-2000 6115 1230-1600 co-ch Belarus & R Rossii 7525 0300-0900 & 1600-2200 9480 0420-0900 9490 0920-1300 9845 1130-1400 11750 0420-1200 15255 0330-1100 (irr. to 1300) irr. 15465 0730-1300 (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

R Tikhy Okean Vladivostok under lousy conditions on 9895 under/thro HOL at 0815-0900, that's 9895 Komsomolsk-Amur 200 215 zones 43 44 49 54. //10344usb fair, 17570 poor. (WB Dec 31) [but Khabarovsk bcs VoR En sce 0900 9875 extreme fluttery signal]

SWITZERLAND Following up the previous report that "all" SW from here would cease in 1998, we asked Bob Zanotti for further info, and this is his reply: The main directional stn at Schwarzenburg will be closed at the end of March. However, the 500 kW directional tx at Sottens will remain in operation. The omni at Lenk will close in Oct. Because SRI will no longer be able to fulfill its part of the time-swap agreement with CRI as a result, our relays via China will end as of Oct, and will shift to Singapore. Txions fr Switzerland that will end as a result of the closure of Schwarzenburg and Lenk will be shifted to Germany. That is the plan as of Dec 18. The reason for closing Schwarzenburg is environmental protest, fears of cancer by local residents. Swisscom is also closing Lenk in anticipation of growing protest there. (REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, W.O.R. 923, Dec 31)

SYRIA Since Dec 2nd R Damascus on new 9950 1700-1800 Ru (co-ch R Cairo in Alb), 1805- 2205 Ge Fr En En (co-ch AIR Delhi). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

TAHITI v15167.3 RFO Papeete Tahiti, fade in 0940-1110, pres Tahitian, 1000 ID "Ici Tahiti", at full hour //15605 RFI journal. On Dec 7 some details like Tahiti, Polynesia, Pacific. Very weak signal, strong QRN. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 6/7/8/10/12)

TAIWAN 5950 Radio Taipei Internat. For whatever it is worth, I tuned in at 0245 to an explanation of the various networks, and the ID "Radio Tapei International" was given numerous times. There was no "Voice of... " ID given then or at s/off 0300. I haven't found a new set of Web pages yet, but I assume it will be accessible from the BCC pages at http://www.bcc.com.tw/ (Tom Sundstrom-NY, Jan 1)

It turns out the new English name for the former Voice of Free China is RADIO TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL, not "Voice of Tapei International" (Yamashita via EDXP Padula) or "Taipei Radio International" as reported earlier. I heard the new ID, "This is Radio Taipei International" at 0200 & 0300 on Jan 1.

In Chinese, however, it is indeed TAIPEI GUOZI ZHESHENG, literally "Voice of Taipei International." In Japanese, the new name is TAIPEI KOKUSAI HOSO, a literal equivalent to the English name. Special First Day QSL cards will be issued for reception reports on the Jan 1 bc. In English, the announced mailing address is unchanged from P.O. Box 24-38, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. In Japanese it is 55 Peian Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. They usually use the P.O. Box in English and the street address in Japanese. -- A Happy New Year to all! (Sonny M. Ashimori-JPN, Jan 1)

TAJIKISTAN VoFree Iran in Persian via Dushanbe 100 kW non-dir, 1830-1900 addit new 6210 //5835, both jammed by Iran. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

Voice of Iran's Freedom Seekers in Persian at 1830-1900 5835, and buzzy distorted signal on 6210.

Tajik Radio Dushanbe 1730-1900 noted on all: best on 5750 and 5800, poor on 4635 and 7510. (WB Jan 1)

THAILAND Voice of Free Asia on 1575 kHz operated by the Thai Foreign Ministry, has changed its name to Radio Saranrom. Since Sept 1996, VoFree Asia had mistakenly been linked with Radio Free Asia by some Asian countries, such as North Korea who subsequently apologised for wrongly critising VFA, which it had confused for RFA. (VoA Communications World, via BDXC Communication, Jan 98)

UKRAINE/GERMANY Vo Oromo Liberation in Oromo current schedule 1700-1800: via Kiev-UKR Mon Wed Fri Sat 9980 good; via DTK Juelich-D Tue Thu Sun 11605 excellent. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

UNID Nov 29 6210 1900-1927 relig En, til 1900 Vo Free Iran. Dec 6th 6210 1900-1906 RTE Dublin noted Dec 2nd v7147 0400-0700 & 1800-2000 test tone carrier [Baghdad freq, WB] Nov 30th 11875 1000-1500 in Ch, co-ch VoIRI En to 1230 [CRI 0900-1357, see under CHN] Nov 30th 13610 1100-1500 in Ch, no Syria on. [CNR 1100-1735 see BCDX #341] (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 17)

UZBEKISTAN 5040 0105-0120, R Tashkent here in En as scheduled with nx about UZB and clear ID:"This is the VoUZB, Radio Tashkent". SINPO 35333 (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 30)

New 5025 R Tashkent ID 1938-, German sce, //5035 5060. "Du bist der Fruehling in meinem Garten..." folk mx. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 10)

VIETNAM The new super-power txs in the Mekong Delta are not SW but MW, four of them, not five: one 2000 kW Harris, and three 500 kW Harris. Freqs unknown. Also under construction is a new MW facility in the north with two more MW supplied through Marconi by Nautel. These were put out for tender a couple of years ago. (B. Dawson in World of Radio) Mauno Ritola-FIN has heard a strong tx on 1242 kHz with En at 1400. There is another on 729, heard in Lapland with En and Fr language lessons at 1415. (Hakan Sundman/hard-core-dx, via BDXC Communication, Jan 98)

YUGOSLAVIA Radio Yugoslavia has rebroadcasts of Radiotelevizija Srbije (Serbia) at: 0130-0200 7115 6195. 1400-1450 11835 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.beograd.com/radioyu/ (BBCMS via Cumbre Dx, Dec 22)

Progr schedule of Radio Yugoslavia, valid til 29 Mar 98 UTC Language Target Area - kHz kW deg 0000-0030 SPANISH 1 S.AMERICA w / ARGEN CHILE 9720/9620 500/500 265/235 0030-0100 SERBIAN 1(not Sun) N.AMERICA c / EUROPE w 6195/7115 500/250 310/310 0030-0130 SERBIAN(Spec)(Sun only) N.AMERICA c / EUROPE w 6195/7115 500/250 310/310 0100-0130 ENGLISH 1(not Sun) N.AMERICA c / EUROPE w 6195/7115 500/250 310/310 0130-0200 SERBIAN(RTS) N.AMERICA c / EUROPE w 6195/7115 500/250 310/310 0200-0230 ENGLISH 2 N.AMERICA w / EUROPE w 6100/7130 500/250 325/310 1330-1400 ENGLISH 3 AUSTRALIA 11835 500 100 1400-1430 SERBIAN (RTS) AUSTRALIA 11835 500 100 1530-1600 ARABIC 1 ARABIA / AFRICA nw 11800/15175 250/250 130/220 1600-1630 RUSSIAN 1 RUSSIA MOS / RUSSIA c 11870/11755 500/500 40/55 1630-1645 HUNGARIAN 1(Mon-Fri) HUNGARY 6100 250 000 1645-1700 GREEK 1(Mon-Fri) GREECE 6100 250 130 1700-1730 FRENCH 1 EUROPE w / AFRICA nw 9620/11800 250/500 310/220 1730-1800 GERMAN 1 EUROPE w / EUROPE w 6100/7215 250/250 310/310 1800-1815 ALBANIAN 1 ALBANIA 6100/1413(RELAY!) 250 180 1815-1830 BULGARIAN 1 BULGARIA 6100 250 130 1900-1930 RUSSIAN 2 RUSSIA MOS. / RUSSIA s 6100/7165 500/250 040/070 1930-2000 ENGLISH 4 EUROPE w / AFRICA s 6100/9720 250/500 310/180 2000-2030 SPANISH 2 SPAIN 7220 250 100 2030-2100 SERBIAN 2(not Sat) EUROPE / AUSTRALIA 6100/7230 250/500 310/100 2030-2130 SERBIAN(Spec) (Sat only) EUROPE / AUSTRALIA 6100/7230 250/500 310/100 2100-2130 GERMAN 2 (not Sat) EUROPE w 6100 250 310 2130-2200 FRENCH 2 EUROPE / EUROPE w 6100/6185 500/250 ND/310 2200-2230 ENGLISH 5 EUROPE / EUROPE w 6100/6185 500/250 ND/310 Postal address: Hilendarska 2, PO Box 200, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Fax: +381-11-332014 Homepage: http://www.beograd.com/radioyu/ (R.Yugoslavia web site via Juergen Kubiak Berlin/WWDXC, Nov 4)

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AFGHANISTAN V of Sharia. No signs of SW activity fr the war torn country. Perhaps, the only radio bc audible in SoAS is on 1107 [Kabul] s-on at 1325 in Pashto & Dari. Txion begins with a short verse followed by ID, freq anncts & Koran readings. I am yet to hear a female voice over V of Sharia! (Sarath Weerakoon-SLK UADX, Jan 4)

ALBANIA TWR Cerrik in Ru, 5890 1800-1845; Hu Tue-Sat 5930 0930-0957. (WB Jan 3/5)

ANGOLA BBCM checked and is still hearing the UNITA radio [on 6220 1800] IDing as "Vorgan" - we've not heard it using the ID "Radio Core" which was quoted in "DXW". (David Kenny/BBCM via DXW, Jan 2)

AUSTRALIA Changes fr Dec 17th: 1100-1500 Ch & Vn, 1500-2200 En new 95500 (x9435). 1500-2200 En new 9590 (x9415). 2100- 2200 En new 11880. (PanIview-BUL, Dec 26)

Australian Defence Force Radio fax. +61 8 943 3208 or +61 8 943 3235 (Wishnu Brata, POB 8235 BDJD, Bandung, INS)

BELARUS Radiostanzya Belarus introduced a new schedule for bcs in Ge, incl new morning txions (repeat from the day before): Wed 2030-2100, 2130-2200 Thurs 0530-0600 Sat 2030-2100, 2130-2200 Sun 0530-0600, 0630-0700, 2030-2100, 2130-2200 all on 1170, 7105 and 7210. On Jan 3, these changes was explained on air: The later evening bcs shall guaranty a reliable reception on MW, because "there is no relying on our SW freqs". As announced, they now do without the txs in the UKR, "because the expenses was out of all proportions to the results". Now they will see, how the new morning outlets work.

For the 0630 outlet on Suns, there is on 7105 a terrible clash with Radio Romania International (Tiganesti 250 kW). 7210 has also co-channel interference, but Minsk noted ahead here. This channel is operated with 15 txs of 5 kW each (most likely former jammers), combined to a single 75 kW (a similar block of further 15 txs carrys the home sce on 6115). 7105 is a Komintern PKV-250 model of 250 kW. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 4)

CHINA/FRANCE RFI Paris and CRI Beijing have renewed their tx exchange agreement for a period of 3 years, according to an AFP story of Dec 19. (BBCM via Cumbre Dx, Jan 2)

China Radio Internat Beijing - some observations on 3 Jan: 5220 Ge 1945 //9900 9920 6950 6955 En 1945 //9870, QRMing CRI 6950 in Ge! 7185 Ch NF *2000 // 7435 7305 Ro via Issoudun *1900, Cz 1930 7315 Ar NF 1845 7375 Cz NF 1940 //7305-Issoudun 7405 Alb NF *1930 //9965 4960 7780 Ca NF 1930 9785 Po NF 1935 9820 Fr NF 1845 //7335 7800 7110 9820 11575 Pe NF 1850 //9785 6955 11915 Ca NF*1000, bad QRM fr co-ch CBS-Taipei China National Radio - observations of 4 Jan (Ch sces): 11740 CNR-2 *2058, not to be confused with the former BCC News Network (Taipei) which used that channel 11825 CNR-1 0100-0500+, using former VOFC channel! (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jan 3)

CRI has a new email addr: [email protected]. This addr is hosted by a Beijing ISP, known as the China Golden Bridge Network, whose home page

advises it is one of four organisations authorised by the Chinese Govt to develop and provide internet sces. (Matt Francis ACT, via EDXP, Jan1)

CRI Bejing can be heard in En 1400-1500 9700 7260 (both unannounced) and Hi 1600-1700 on 9700 7180 (both unannounced) //7160 9920. CNR noted on 7210 7290 9530 in between 1400 and 1700 hrs and noted many days an En anns in between 1510-1530 with American accent " you're listening to CNR". (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 8)

EGYPT R Cairo Abis noted in Turkish 1600-1800 on v6230.74. (WB Jan 3)

ESTONIA Our Foreign Sce asked me to forward to you the following information: 5925 103,5 MHz FM En Mon-Fri 1615-1630 winter, 1515-1530 summer Mon only 2000-2030 winter, 1900-1930 summer Esperanto Tue 2000-2015 winter, 1900-1915 summer (e-mail [email protected] Ilona Hausmann, Head of Internat Relations, Eesti Raadio, Jan 6)

ETHIOPIA Voice of the Revolution of Tigray from Kekelle - vs Dir. Fre Tesfamichael - who among other gave following schedule. All times are in UTC, using both 5500 and 6315: Mon-Fri 0400-0500, 0930-1030, 1500-1600; Sat&Sun 0400-0800, 1500-1600. I have heard it several times during Xmas on 5500 1500-1600, but the 6315 not heard due to heavy utility utilization. (Tor-Henrik Ekblom-DEN, via DXW, Jan 5) v9704.2 Radio Ethiopia, Gedja 1557-1601 Male speaker in vernac (nx? He mentioned Ramadan, IRQ), ID, IS and another ID at 1558, mention of freqs, chimes, female speaker. SINPO: 44434 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jan 7)

GERMANY 11985 Brother Stair via Juelich, 1835-1910 Jan 3, En with a gospel progr of preaching and songs, gives address as Walterboro, SC 29488; good. (Vaclav Korinek-RSA, via NU, Jan 3)

Overcomer Ministry 1300-1400 15185, 1600-1700 15600 via DTK Juelich. (World of Radio, Jan 4)

GUAM All four of KTWR's antennas are operational again, following damage ustained during Super Typhoon Paka late on 16 Dec. KTWR's 'Pacific DX Report' of 2 Jan reported that the last antenna to return to sce was Antenna 1, which had been out of action last 2 weeks. I heard all four on the air tonight 3 Jan at 0900: 9465 and 11670 with Mandarin, and 15200 and 15330 with En. (Matt Francis ACT, via EDXP, Jan3)

1730-1800 KTWR on both 7510 En, 7540 Ar sce. (WB, Jan 3)

HAWAII KWHR Hawaii Cumbre Dx progr addit and changes: KWHR Angel 3 AS/PAC 0230-0300 Sat 17510 1130-1200 Sat 9930 1630-1700 Sun 9930 new freq 1830-1900 Sun 13625

KWHR Angel 4 SoPAC 0800-0830 Sat 11565 2000-2030 Sat 17555 0330-0400 Sun 17555 0730-0800 Sun 11565 1300-1330 Sun 7560 1830-1900 Sun 13760 2130-2200 Sun 17555 (Joe Brashier WHRI, Dec)

INDIA AIR Itanagar from the hilly tract on the NoEa boundary of IND is back on the air on 4990. Sign-on 0025 past 0125. The morning txion begins with the signature tune followed by Vande Mataram. ID All India Radio Itanagar .. Kendara .. he. The evening bc is observed +1200 to 1630 s-off. AIR Itanagar serves the predominantly tribal state of Arunachal Pradesh. Nearly 50 distinct tribal languages & dialects are spoken in the state. AIR Itanagar has been off the on 4990 for sevral months. (Sarath Weerakoon-SLK UADX, Jan 4)

INDONESIA Ref. Cimanggis tx site in BC-DX 342: When I visited the RRI txs at Cimanggis in Dec 1984 the situation was as follows: Building 1 4775 PHILIPS tx 50 kW, built in the 70ies I guess, target area Ea&WeINS, 3 other old PHILIPS txs (inactive and broken) 6045 TELEFUNKEN tx 120 kW, built in the 60ies, target area CeINS, another TELEFUNKEN tx, built in the 50ies I guess, (inactive and broken), 4 HARRIS txs 100 kW, built in the early 80ies, bcing on 7270 kHz, target area CeINS, 9680, 9770(?) and 11770. 11790 FUNKWERKE KOEPENICK (Made in exGDR) 100 kW (but output was less than 100 kW), built in the 50ies or 60ies, used for VoINS 15150 FUNKWERKE KOEPENICK (Made in exGDR) 50 kW (but output was less than 50 kW), also from the 50ies or 60ies and used for VoINS.

Building 2 11700 THOMSON-CSF tx 250 kW, installed in 1984.

It seems that the old GDR txs and the TELEFUNKEN tx are inactive now. I don't know anything about the Jakarta Kebayoran stn. (Juergen Lohuis-D, Jan 2)

VoI noted in Ma 0930 11785 on 3 Jan continuing after En 0800-0900 (at variance with sked in EDXP 72). Also heard 3 Jan with En 0100-0200, so seems to have settled (momentarily) here. Also look out for the 'Kang Guru' progr in En heard on Mons between 1000-1030 on RRI 'Radio Nasional Dua' channels, including 9680, 11750 and 11885. Sponsored by the 'Indonesian Australian Language Foundation', and gives postal address of Kotapos 3095, Denpasar. Program on 29 Dec focused on Australian aid projects in INS. (Matt Francis ACT, via EDXP, Jan1)

R Jakarta moved on 11760 replacing 11755 in BI at 0100 to well past 1500 - thus removing the strong splash to BBC Thailand on 11750. BUT R.Pakistan at 0100-0300 strongly co- channeled on this spot which is directed to SoEaAS. Also BBC with En by Radio also bc on 11760 at 0230-0245 comes in the 3rd position. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 8)

IRAN VoIRI Tehran Persian separate progr approx. 1030-1050 on new 15525(x15120) and // 17780. Fr 1050 17780 joined main Persian outlet of v11885.66 15084 15365. En progr starting at 1100 on 11875 bcing Spanish[!] ann of progr sched and freqs at around 1056 UTC before starting En. Armenian sce 0930-0957 noted strong on 9615, and poor 11705. (WB Jan 3/4/6)

Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, *updated in Dec (c.f. BC-DX #343): 0030-0130 *Bengali 7130 7215 9750 0130-0230 *Urdu 6005 7130 9750 0330-0530 *Azeri 9615 0330-0530 *Arabic 5995 7190 0330-0530 *Tj / Uz 7180 0330-0730 *Arabic 7130 0330-0427 *Swahili 7260 11790 13605 0430-0530 *Turkish 9520 11790 15260 (irr. 7160) 0530-0627 *Bosnian 9520 13610 15230 0530-0930 *Arabic 15125 15350 0530-0627 *Spanish 11790 15260 0545-0620 *Hausa 11720 15450 0630-0725 *Italian 9022 13605 15084.2 15115 0630-0730 *French 11790 15260 15325 15195

1530-1625 *Russian 7260 9022 9735

Two different "Islamic Revolution Radios" in Ar: - Voice of Palestinian Islamic Revolution (VoPIR), 0400-0500 6020 9670 1930-2030 6025 6150 7290 7230 9665. - Voice of Islamic Revolution in Iraq (VoIRQ) 0330-0530 6195 7115 7295 9610 (PanIview-BUL, Dec 26)

VoIRI Iran VoIRI Iran fax. +33 01 4293 0513 (Paris) or +44 171 284 3669 (London) or +49 228 231 002 (Bonn) (Wishnu Brata, POB 8235 BDJD, Bandung, INS)

Noted VOIRI Teheran on new 9750 (x9570) at 0030-0130 in Be and 0130-0230 Ur //7130. Also in the evening. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 8)

ISRAEL KOL Israel 1600-0655 bcing UK football results at 1746 on v7497.52. (WB Jan 3)

LIBERIA Addit nx aired in Monrovia on Jan 7, 1225. By decision of the Minister of Post and Telecommunic, STAR Radio was requested this morning, Jan 7, to stop bc." (Jerry Berg-NY via NU special, Jan 7) Today's 1800 edition of Newsdesk from the BBC WS rptd that the Liberian govt has closed down Star Radio. Two of the reasons given were that the stn had not fulfilled registration requirements, and that it had distributed its nx bltns via the Internet. In a rpt from Monrovia, a correspondent speculated that the move was a political one, and that the closure had probably been ordered by the Liberian Pres. Charles Taylor. (Tony Jones-PRG via NU special, Jan 7)

LIBYA Distorted spurious wobbled signal of LJB Tripoli Ar sce v15294.02...15294.22, fundamental 15415 and 15435, noted at 1100. (WB Jan 3) [v15291.3 reported fr PanIview-BUL, Dec 26]

MALI RTM Bamako vernac speech to the crowd [Ramadan?] 1720 on v9632.97. On Jan 6 0957 v9632.94. (WB Jan 3/6)

PAKISTAN The seldom reported Azad Kashmir Radio in Muzafarabad (1kW) 3661v is opening early during the Ramadan period. Heard around +0025 past 0055 with early morning prayers. 4790 Azad Kashmir Radio - Tarakhel API-8 (Rawalpindi) S/on as usual at 0045. Evening txion fr Muzafarabad 3661v also heard +1500 - 1805. Weak signals but detectable. (Sarath Weerakoon-SLK UADX, Jan 3)

R PAK Islamabad 0800-1120 v15530.05 and 17835.21. (WB Jan 6)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA new 3925, National Radio, Kundu sce, Port Moresby, 1255-1400*, Pidgin, South Sea mx, X'mas greetings, "National radio, Kundu sce for the Northern Highlands and the Southern Highlands.." freqs mentioned. Also on 25th & 26th at 0920, but much weaker, nothing heard on 4890 & 9675. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 24/25/26)

PERU 5305, Radio La Inmaculada, Santa Cruz, 0152-0223 Sp, man announcer, musical program, time check and ID "..veintiuna horas veintidos minutos en Radio La Inmaculada, aqui en nuestra ciudad de Santa Cruz...." "....en la onda corta....en la frecuencia de los 5305 .....". (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jan 3)

POLAND Polish ext radio ceased one of its freqs for each bc, Ge sce: 1230-1255 STL, 6095 9525 (ceased 7145). 1500-1525 6000 7145 (x9525) 1600-1625 STL, 6000 7270 (x7145) 1730-1755 STL, 6000 6035 6095 7285 (x7270) 0030-0200 STL STL=Eutelsat II F-6 13 ΓΈ East 11,474 GHz, audio -7,38 MHz (Inka Jasiczek Polish radio 5, via Benno Klink DG1EA, Jan 5)

QATAR QBS Doha, sked as checked on Dec 26-28: (0245 believed)-2130 on 9570.13; (0245)- 0706 & 1707-2130 on 7210, 0707-1306 on 17895, and 1307-1706 on 11750. (Vladimir Titarev-UKR, via NU, Jan 4)

RAMADAN 7210, QBS, 0032 Jan 4, man in Ar, //9570.1, where no sign of POR or IRN. Extended sked for Ramadan, same as last year. (Jones-PRG, via NU, Jan 4)

When came back fr monthly local Ham Radio meeting on late night tried to hear something worth from Arabic Ramadan world, but nothing unusual: 6105 Al Karanah-JOR, 6120 Seeb- OMA, 7125 7170 IRN, 7210 Doha-QAT. (WB Jan 5)

RUSSIA/CIS/GERMANY Deutsche Welle operational sched W-97 (Jan 97) Ar 1300-1600 9860 KRASNODAR 500 188 ME Ar 1300-1600 12015 KRASNODAR 500 188 ME Be 0100-0150 7355 NOVOSIBIR. 1000 180 SAS Ch 1000-1050 5895 PETROPAVL. 200 263 CHN Ch 1000-1050 7390 NOVOSIBIR. 200 111 CHN Ch 1000-1050 9450 NOVOSIBIR. 200 111 CHN Ch 1330-1355 5895 PETROPAVL. 200 263 CHN Ch 1330-1355 7305 NOVOSIBIR. 200 111 CHN Ch 1330-1355 9450 NOVOSIBIR. 200 111 CHN Ge 1000-1400 7315 NOVOSIBIR. 200 111 FE Ge 1000-1400 7340 NOVOSIBIR. 500 085 FE Ge 1000-1400 9480 NOVOSIBIR. 500 145 SAS/SEAS Ge 1400-1800 7315 SAMARA 250 140 SAS Ge 1600-2000 7445 MOSKVA 250 169 ME/EAF Ge 1600-2000 9830 MOSKVA 250 169 ME/EAF Ge 2200-0000 5925 NOVOSIBIR. 1000 085 FE Ge 2200-0000 7340 NOVOSIBIR. 1000 085 FE Ge 2200-0000 7375 NOVOSIBIR. 500 125 FE En 0200-0250 7355 SAMARA 250 140 SAS En 0200-0250 9815 SAMARA 250 140 SAS En 0900-0950 7380 IRKUTSK 250 110 CHN En 0900-0950 12055 IRKUTSK 250 110 CHN En 1600-1645 7305 NOVOSIBIR. 500 195 SAS Hi 1515-1600 7305 NOVOSIBIR. 500 195 SAS BI 2200-2250 7235 NOVOSIBIR. 1000 145 SEAS Ja 1230-1300 5925 IRKUTSK 250 110 FE Ja 1230-1300 9450 IRKUTSK 250 110 FE Pe 1000-1050 15525 SAMARA 200 188 ME Pe 1800-1850 5935 SAMARA 250 188 ME Pe 1800-1850 5965 KRASNODAR 200 147 ME Ro 2000-2100 6000 SAMARA 200 246 EUR Ru 0000-0100 5925 SAMARA 200 117 RUS Ru 0000-0100 9815 PETROPAVL. 250 263 RUS Ru 0000-0100 9865 VLADIVOST. 200 320 RUS Ru 0000-0100 12045 PETROPAVL. 250 263 RUS Ru 1600-1700 999 GRIGORIOP MDA 500 0ND RUS Ru 1600-2000 5945 SAMARA 200 117 RUS Ru 1900-2000 999 GRIGORIOP MDA 500 0ND RUS Ru 2000-2200 5895 IRKUTSK 100 083 RUS Ru 2000-2200 7395 IRKUTSK 100 083 RUS Tu 1700-1750 1170 KRASNODAR 600 210 SEUR/ME Ur 1430-1515 7305 NOVOSIBIR. 500 195 SAS (DW via Andreas Volk-ADDX, Jan 7)

Vo Russia has expanded it's German sce: Now also 1200-1300 on txs in Germany MW 693 (Berlin) and 1323 (Wachenbrunn), actually not amazing but simply gape-filling. 1600-1700 German was noted also on 6030, previously used for Fr at this time. (Andreas Erbe-D, Jan 4) [usual typo-errors on Russian Holidays due to vacation substituts]

Radio Odin uses now a new jingle on top of the hour: A variation of the old Radio Moscow IS! (Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 4)

R Tikhy Okean Vladivostok from Khabarovsk 7175 ahead of RAI Rome at 0840. Path wide open via Alaska NoCAN, indicator CHU Canada very strong today. //9895 under/thro HOL at 0815- 0900, that's 9895 Komsomolsk-Amur 200 215 zones 43 44 49 54. //10344usb fair, 17570 poor. (WB Jan 6)

SEYCHELLES FEBA Radio as fr 1.1.98 is using a new 6140 Telugu bc to IND at 0100-0130. BTW FEBA's Tibetan bc is jammed with an En progr fr CRI at 1200-1230. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jan 8)

TAIWAN As planned, Radio Taipei International commenced on 1 Jan, and this is the designator for the Foreign Language Network, Ext Sces. The official schedule is as follows: En 0200-0300 NA 7130 11745 15345. 0300-0400 NA 11745 15345. 1200-1300 NA 7130. 0200-0400 NA 5950* 9680*. 0300-0400 NA 5950*. 0200-0300 CA 11740*. 0200-0300 Eu 15600* 17750*. 0200-0400 SEA 118252 15345. 1200-1300 Pac 9610. Sp 0600-0700 NA 5950*. 0400-0500 CA 11740*. 2300-0000 SA 15130* 17805*. 0200-0300 SA 15215* 17845*. 2100-2200 Eu 9610. Fr 2000-2100 Eu 9610 15600*. 0700-0800 Eu 7520*. Ge 2100-2200 Eu 15600* 17750*. 1800-1900 Eu 9955. Ru 1700-1800 Eu 9955. Ar 2000-2100 ME/NAf 9630 11550. Ja 2100-2200 JPN 7130 11745 15345. 1100-1200 JPN 7130 11745. 1400-1500 JPN 7130 11745. BI 0800-0900 SEA 7130 11550. 1200-1300 SEA 11550 15345. Vn 1500-1600 SEA 11550 15345. 2300-0000 SEA 11550 15345. Th 0600-0700 SEA 15270 15345. 1400-1500 SEA 9610 11860. 2200-2300 SEA 7445. * entries are via WYFR, Florida. Schedule based in part on information appearing on the Asian Broadcasting Institute Web page, with typographical errors amended. (Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Jan 5)

TUNISIA RTT Sidi Mansour bcing Ar in terrible bad audio buzzy signal quality, 1755 v7476.73. (WB Jan 3) 7476v Ar with mx in //MW 630, SIO 454. Wobbly carrier with slight hum, obviously tx not in best shape. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 1)

UAE 7125, Abu Dhabi, 2200 Jan 3, new freq and extended sked for Ramadan, //7170 & 9770. Co-ch QRM from VOIRI in Bosnian till 2230, and obliterated by Golos Rossii at 0000.

13675, Dubai, same time as above to past 0100, extended for Ramadan same as 1997. May also be on 11795, but that channel covered by DW. (Jones-PRG, via NU, Jan 3)

UK/ECUADOR 6150, Golos s Gory,(Voice from the Mountain), 1800-1900 in Ru, Uk and the last 15 mins in unid language, presumably Georgian. Acc to the reports, this is HCJB relays via BBC tx in the UK, but no original HCJB IDs were heard. The Russian part of the progr consist of continuosly Bible reading without any ID. Fair to good signal with some QRM from Austrian Radio on 6155. Two addrs were given at the end of the progr: Golos s Gory, P.O.Box 171, St.Petersburg 194356, Russia and P.O.Box 89, Kiev-253002 Ukraine.

I have never heard "Golos s Gory" ID at HCJB Russian sce. progrs on SW and these addrs are also unfamiliar to me,so I guess at least the Russian part of the progr is produced in Russia. According to WRTH-97 (p.122), P.O.Box 171, 194356 St. Petersburg, is the addr of Radio TEOS, a local MW 1089 religious stn in St. Petersburg. (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Jan 1)

AWR - Beginning on Jan 1, Adventist World Radio in EUR introduced a new bc schedule which is valid for the remainder of the current bc period [W97 til end of Mar 98]. Under this interim schedule, AWR commences a new satellite radio sce and a modified usage of the three txs bases currently carrying AWR programming in EUR. The new STL sce is on the air in En & Ge and is available from the WRN. The scheduling for the AWR programming in this new STL sce is as follows: En daily 1530-1600 WRN1 VH1 TV 11.538 GHz 7.38 Mhz www.wrn.org Live stream Ge daily 0500-0530 WRN3 Sky Movies 11.436 GHz 7.38 MHz WRN3 ZDF Digital 10.964 GHz Mono B 7.56 Mhz www.wrn.org Live Stream 2100-2130 WRN3 Sky Movies 11.436 GHz 7.38 Mhz WRN3 ZDF Digital 10.964 GHZ Mono B 7.56 Mhz www.wrn.org Live Stream This new programming on STL via the WRN is available in EUR for down link relay on local FM and MW stns, and it is also available for direct reception in millions of homes where the small dish antennas have been installed. Under this new schedule, the weekly DX progr, "Wavescan", is available on STL radio each Sun afternoon in the En sce. It can also be heard from AWR-Forli at 0930 & 1230 UTC on 7230 in the sce beamed towards CeEUR. [poor power of approx. 8 kW, ed] Because of this introductory sce on STL, AWR has modified its usage of the three txs at Rimavaska Sobota-SVK and has increased its usage of the tx base located at DTK Juelich in Germany. The tx designated as AWR-RS08 is now on the air on one channel only, 11610 0500 in Ar to NoAF. Two hours of programming have been deleted from the tx AWR-RS09; and most of the early morning sce over tx AWR-RS10 has also been deleted. To compensate for these changes, an addit two hrs of programming has been incorporated into the schedule from Juelich-GER. (Adrian M. Peterson-USA, Jan 4)

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent carrys it's German sce 1935-2030 now on three(!) 60 mb channels: Noted on new 5025 in //to established 5035 and 5060. (Andreas Erbe, Christian Spremberg, Jan 4)

13795 R. Vlaanderen Internat relay (listed as UZB), 1210-1227* Jan 3, Dutch talks/discussions, some mx inserts; weak and poor. (Vaclav Korinek-RSA, via NU, Jan 3)

VATICAN CITY now listed for new 5945 to Americas, 0100-0230 Po and Sp, //7305 9605. (Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Jan 5)

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ANGOLA 6225 R. Galo Negro 2045 til s-off at 2104 with musical progr presented by woman in Po. Did not hear the usual Vorgan ID heavily jammed which made the reception very difficult. (Mahendra Vaghjee-MAU, via Cumbre Dx, Jan 14)

ARGENTINA 15820usb, "De Coleccion"/R. Rivadavia, Dec 28, 2332, Talk in Sp till 2335, when man in accented En announced, "This progr, 'De Coleccion', that is bc through 1270, LS11, R. Provincia de Buenos Aires, Rep of ARG, will send QSL cards to all those radio listeners [word missed] that are so kind as to send us proof of their reception of our signals. 'De Coleccion', POBox 96, Central Post Office Postcode 1900, La Plata, Argentina." Next evening at this time, was carrying R. Rivadavia, LR5, Radio Rivadavia, 630 kHz. (Hill via DXW, Dec 28/30) (Per Gabriel Ivan Barrera, this progr is beamed to Antarctica on Suns.

AZERBAIJAN 9677.08, Naghorny Karabakh Region, strong 0600-0628 Jan 7, modulation is still not perfect ("FMing"), but seems to be better than in Oct-Nov 97 (when last hrd). SINPO 44433 (overall "3" because of modulation). All prgm in Azeri, but fragment of RS was hrd (interview with local administrator). Prgm mostly consists of local nx, reviews -- M&W readers. Drifted to 9677.097 by the end of the progr. No official data about their power, but estimate not less than 50 kw. (Vladimir Titarev-UKR, via NU, Jan 7)

BAHRAIN Bahrain Bcing Sce. The Second Progr's 93.3 MHz outlet occasionally opts out in order to provide coverage of sporting events. Arabic Sce Addr: Radio Bahrain, PO Box 702, Manama, Bahrain. Tel: +973 781888/629009 Fax: +973 681544 English Sce Addr: Radio Bahrain, PO Box 702, Manama, Bahrain Tel: +973 629062/629085 Fax: +973 780911 Ar sce 0300-2115 9745-inactive. En sce 0300-2105 6010-inactive. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 14)

CAMBODIA 11940.3 National Voice of Cambodia, 2357-0015, tx s-on, IS, En ID and QRG's, also MW 1160 mentioned. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 6)

CANADA Some Montreal stns put off the air by the ice storm which peaked Jan 9, have been able to return to the air only by changing freqs. CJAD, 800, lost all four towers which collapsed due to 6 inches of icing, but came back by using the previously silent 1410 kHz facility abandoned by CFMB when it moved to 1280, with about 8 kW. CBM was knocked off 940, but moved its emergency programming (mostly instead of CBC Radio One network) to 93.5 FM which is normally CBC Radio Two; CBM's own new FM freq 88.5 has been equipment testing but not ready for usage in the planned permanent change from AM to FM. CBM programming can be accessed from the home page of CBC: http://www.radio.cbc.ca (Bill Westenhaver, Montreal-CAN, Jan 13, via WORLD OF RADIO 924)

CHINA The Huayi Broadcasting Company started bcing on 1st Nov 1991. Progrs are intended for Chinese at home and abroad. The stn is financed by funds raised by its board of directors, advertising and support fr groups of enterprises. ID in : Zhong-guo Hua-yi Guang-bo Gong-si Addr: PO Box 251, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, China Ch 0255-0700 0855-1602 6185 4830-(announced) (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 14)

ECUADOR/UK HCJB, The Voice of the Andes will be presenting a three week dramatic special in Febr. Called "Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom," the new radio drama will focus on the German pastor and theologian who wrestled with the role of faith in a godless society.

Created by Focus on the Family Radio Theater, this outstanding, fully produced drama presents the life of one of Christendom's greatest thinkers. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life and writings (incl the now classic "The Cost of Discipleship" and "Letters and Papers From Prison") emphasized his conviction and faith in God's grace, love and justice, even in a society that tried to obliterate such beliefs.

"Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom" explores Bonhoeffer's personal struggle with his growing faith as it played out against the Third Reich's oppression of Jews and the German church. At heart was his desire to remain loyal to his homeland while refusing to take part in its evil. But the conflict between his beliefs as a Christian and his duty as a German forced him to take a stand that alienated him from his government and the church itself. Ultimately, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was invited to join the conspiracy to overthrow Hitler and his Nazis. And in so doing. Bonhoeffer's convictions and conclusions led him into international intrigue, on missions to help Jews escape Germany and, finally, his arrest by the Nazis.

The story of one man's battle against the evils of Nazism, a decadent culture and compromising church, "Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom" highlights the remarkable parallels between ideologies of the past and those that prevail in society today. Faith. Liberty. Freedom.

Find out what they're worth by tuning in to "Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom" on HCJB Febr 1, 8 and 15th. Eur & ME 0700 5865 9365; 1900 12015 SoPAC & AS 0900 9640 To the AMs 0100 & 0400 Mon (8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST Sun evening local time) 9745 kHz This special progr will replace Saludos Amigos for the three weeks. (Kenneth D. MacHarg-EQA, Jan 9)

HCJB via the UK: 1700-1800 CeAs Uz & Tj 7175 Rampisham 500 kW. 1800-1900 Ru & Uk to RUS & UKR 6150 kHz. 2100-2200 NoAF in Ar, 6090, both via Skelton 250 kW. (HCJB via ORF, Jan 9)

ERITREA 7085, Vo the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Dec 30, 1754-1828*, Vernac talk by two men interspersed with mostly drum-heavy native vocals rather than typical Horn of Africa numbers. At 1814, brief announcement by woman, who returned at 1824 and declaimed till S/off (which is normally 1800*). Weak at first, fair by closedown, with intermittent QRM from ham SSB and RTTY. (Hill via DXW, Dec 30) [poor signal in GER, ed]

9230 1516-1556* Voice of Eritrea, Jan 7, folk mx, talks in Ar, 1535 three time pips, "Alak hu Acbar", 1555 two short time pips, px end at 1556*, but no tx switch off, tx pause only! 9230 1557-1624* pres. Voice of Truth, IS - machine guns sound, piece of Quran, Ar talks, birds sound, talks on Haifa-ISR, about marine maneuver together with USA and at 1618, 1623 machine gun & detonation sounds IS, 1624 tx s-off. Weak, no S-meter reading at all. Thanks to Michiel Schay's tip. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 7)

FRANCE The erstwhile coastal stn St.-Lys Radio is closing permamently Fri Jan 16 at 1900 UTC, I am advised by the Union des Ecouteurs Francais. Primary voice shore-to-ship chs are 4366, 8896 (or 8806?), 13152. Also, the TV progr "Thalassa" dedicated to the sea will mention the closing, following a visit to the stn by a journalist Jan 13, on Jan 16 at 2055-2200 [local time UT+1?] via the France 3 network. Perhaps the UEF would e-mail you their complete notice (in Fr) on request: [email protected] (Glenn Hauser, and WORLD OF RADIO 924, Jan 15)

GEORGIA IBC Tamil is owned by Tamil Media Ltd, trading as IBC (Internat Bcing Corpor). It began bcing 9th Jun 1997. Txion facilities are provided by the WRN. IBC says its programming is non-partisan and is aimed at Tamil listeners worldwide. 0100-0300 7475 with En nx at 0100.

IBC-Tamil, P.O.Box 1505, London, SW8 2ZH, United Kingdom. Tel +44 171 787 8000 Fax +44 171 787 8010 URL http://fastaccess.co.uk (Real Audio available) E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 8)

11910, R. Georgia, Dusheti, full-data card showing tx tower on hill. Warm greetings fr V/S Helena Apkhadze (Editor). Pretty much out of the blue, as 3 yrs. since follow-up, and over 4-1/2 yrs. altogether. (Foster-OZ via NU, Jan 11)

HUNGARY BIG CHANGES IN HUNGARY Henrik Hargitai informs me that "In Hungary big changes were made, (Petoefi Radio ceased bcing on MW. For details of the current Hungarian radio situation, I can highly recommend his Web site at emc.elte.hu/~hargitai/pesti (note that you should *not* precede the URL with www.) 873 1188 1251 1350 kHz. Only Kossuth Radio Solt 540 still on air. (DXW via Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 12)

BUT Jan 14 at 2200 noted both HNG's 1188 & 1251 on air again, in //540. Nothing on 1251 on Jan 15 2230 so far. (Jens Wuepper-D, Jan 15) [needs further invastigation, ed]

Reception log of Jan Thur 15th and Fri 16th: kHz UTC 1010 1350 1945 2045 0510 local progrs 873 AFN AFN AFN AFN AFN 1188 HNG HNG HNG HNG HNG strong QRM from MDR Reichenbach 1251 --- HNG* HNG* HNG* HNG* *poorest signal level of all 1341 ------Ulster Ulster Ulster 1350 HNG HNG HNG** HNG** HNG** **strongest signal Coordinates 15.35 East, 48.02 North, near Vienna Austria. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Dec 15/16)

ICELAND Rikisutparvid Reykjavik schedule fr Dec 23: EUR 1215-1300 11402 13860 1855-1930 5055 7735 AM 1410-1440 & 1935-2010 11402 13860 2300-2335 9275 11402 (Rikisutvarpid via Bernhard Klink DG1EA, Dec 22)

INDONESIA RRI Surabaya on new 3985.6; hrd on 10 Jan 1450 with wayang play, at 1459 clear ID into relay RRI Jakarta with Aneka Berita 1500; 15 Jan at 1435 with soft pops, later ID "RRI Surabaya programa satu" //MW 585 which is clearly audible here. Schedule presumed 1000 - 1700. Ramadan only operation ? Cf some log elsewhere on 3976, this is definitely RRI Pontianak.

RRI Pontianak is audible on two SW freqs simultaneously: 3976 kHz is strong and clear here (SIO 544), but 3995.2 is weaker (SIO 333), mixing with another INS stn and suffering fr a het. But it's Pontianak no doubt, 'cause both //MW 1233 on clear channel; all on 16 Jan, at around 1130. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS; Sony ICF77, 24m F3DBC, Jan 15/16)

Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), VoINS is the ext sce of RRI. 0030-0100 Sp 11785 9525 0100-0200 En 11785 9525 0200-0300 BI 11785 9525 0300-0400 Ar 11785 9525 0800-0900 En 11785 0900-1000 BM 11785 1000-1030 Th 11785 1030-1130 Ch 9525 1130-1200 Ja 9525 1200-1300 BI 9525 1730-1800 Sp 15150 1800-1900 Ge 15150 1900-2000 Fr 15150 2000-2100 En 15150 Progrs may also be carried in Jakarta on 103 MHz VHF/FM. Addr Voice of Indonesia, POBox 1557, Jakarta 10001, Indonesia Tel +62-21-7203467 Fax +62-21-3457132 (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 14)

IRAQ?/UNID 6195, Jan 11, huge signal from BBCWS appeared a bit later (0457), allowing a closer look at an old time UNID. Ar on 6195 at around 0407-0457. I believe I hrd this one a few times in 1997, still not sure who it could be, but don't think an anti-Iraqi clandestine. Mostly man talking, ME mx pieces (not clear Ar, but Kurd or Azeri- influenced motif). Common keywords--"Iraq," "Iraqi," "munazzama" (organization, as far as I know bit of Ar), "shaab" (people), "janub" (south). (Vladimir Titarev-UKR, via NU, Jan 11)

ITALY RAI-Caltanissetta noted 7175 with Network-2 0730-0800+; Network-1 from Calt. on 6060 0730-0800+. The 100 kW Rome Palombara txers 6110 7240 15240 and 21520 noted with Network-2 in period 0700-0900+ (previously carried Network-1). RAI Ext Sce noted on 6015 with Rom *2115, Cz 2135, Slovn 2155, Pol 2210-2225*; 6185 with Sp *2110, Ar 2135-2155* QRM inc co-ch Belgrade in Fr fr *2130. (Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Jan 8/10)

KOREA D.P.R. 3936...3939v, KCBS; Chongjin (presumed) was mostly down for the last two weeks but came back on-and-off between frequent browounts on 3936v on Jan 4 and 3939v on Jan 5. Relays KCBS Pyongyang 2000-1800 and Pyongyang BS 1800-0200 unless blacked out. Good signal but terrible audio as usual. To update you on the drifting KCBS Chongjin (presumed), it was observed on 3940v on Jan 6 at 1600-1800 and 3938v Jan 7 at 1400-1530. So far, the range has been 3936-3945. Constantly on the air since last weekend.

North Korea's power supply may have 'improved' slightly these few days. Compared to the last few weeks of Dec, much more of Radio Pyongyang's foreign sce txions have been observed active since last week. Frequent browouts still interrupt txions, however, and feeders from Pyongyang to the txs are still terribly unreliable and erratic.

Frontline Soldiers Radio may have resumed its 'normal' (i.e. irregular) activity, at least on 1613v approx. 1400-2000 in Korean. Until Sept 1997, this stn was regularly observed 3-4 days/week. From Oct-Dec it was totally silent exc the few sporadic txs, about once a month, despite my daily monitoring. Now, however, there have been three bcs in less than a week: Jan. 7, 10, 11. Even the signal seems stronger and more stable, as this country's power supply has shown some signs of improvement since last week. The two SW freqs 2625 and 3015 have remained inactive since Oct.

Considering the signal strength (SIO 333-443 in JPN) and relatively clear channel, I am pretty sure this stn can be heard in many parts of the world, especially now with the favorable propagation conditions. I would be VERY interested to know if anyone has heard this outside the Far East. Listen for ID "Chonyun Chobyondurul wihan Bangsong imnida" on or about the half-hour. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, via DXW, Jan 5/7/11)

KURDISTAN (Clandestines) If you want to understand the Kurdish clandestine scene, see Nick Grace's excellent "Investigative Report -- Kurdish Clandestines," on the Clandestine Radio Intel website, (via NU, Jan 11)

LEBANON 9960, Voice of Hope, b/cs from Marj Uyun in the Israeli-controlled "security zone" in So LEB, and was set up in 1979 by the late Maj. Sa'ad Haddad, leader of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army. Each tx uses a different name: "Voice of Hope" (on 684 and 945 MW; "King of Hope"/"Voice of Hope" (on SW); and "Prince of Peace" (on 104.5 & 105.1 FM). SW sked: 0400-0200 (En 0400-0800 [Dr. Gene Scott], 0800-1100, 1300-1500, 1530-1630, 1900-2100, 2100-0200 [Dr. Gene Scott]). 6280 is still inactive. (BBCM via AGDX & NU, Jan 11

MALI RTM Bamako in Vernac around 1700-1800 on v9632.95. (WB Jan 8)

MOLDOVA "Teleradio-Moldova" (R Moldova Int). All Radio Moldova Internat SW freqs are bc via txs located in Galbeni-ROU. Some Radio Moldova Internat bcs may be carried overnight on the Kishinev MW tx 1593 kHz, as well as on Moldovan local FM txs. 0230-0255 Sp 9400 0300-0330 Ro 7500 0330-0355 En 7500 0400-0425 Ru 6135 0430-0455 En 7500 1200-1225 Sp 15315 1230-1300 Ro 9400 1930-1955 Ru 7500 2005-2030 Fr 7520 2030-2055 Sp 7520 2100-2125 Fr 7520 2130-2155 Sp 7520 2200-2225 En 7520 2300-2325 En 7520 Addr Radio Moldova Internat, Str. Miorita 1, 277028 Chisinau, Moldova Tel +373 - 2 - 723379/723385 Fax +373 - 2 - 723307 (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 15)

NEW ZEALAND proposal by the NZL treasury to scrap RNZI is being opposed by the Labour Party and the ACT Party, both in opposition. This per reports on RNZI fr Jan 7. (VoA Communications World Jan 10, BBCM via AGDX, Jan 9)

Treasury has put up the idea of axing Radio NZL's SW sce to the PAC, Labour says. Radio New Zealand Internat is run by RNZ but is funded out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trades budget at a cost of $1.2 million a year. Labours Pacific Islands Affairs spokesman Taito Phillip Field yesterday said Cabinet would later this month receive a paper recommending the sce be axed.

The Internat sce was set up in 1990 after growing concerns that NZL's voice in the PAC was not being heard at a time when the much more heavily resourced Radio Australia and BBCWS were increasing their audiences in the region. Even though RNZI had just one tx compared with Radio Australias 15. RNZI had considerable respect in the PAC both among Islanders and the expatriate community. It also served as a conduit for news that Island journalists were sometimes unable, because of restrictions by their govts, to run in their own media.

In 1996 the Govt commissioned a study of RNZI which has never been publicly released but a copy obtained under the Official Information Act said it was "fair to say that RNZI has not been at the forefront of the minds of those in the ministry". At the same time, the report quoted RNZ chief executive Sharon Crosbie as calling RNZI "an orphan". The report said RNZI was under-resourced and there was an apparent lack of political will to provide more funds. Today Mr Field said that if RNZI was axed, PAC Island communities in NZL would feel deceived. In 1994, when PAC Island language progrs were canned, there was a promise RNZI would not only be maintained but boosted, Mr Field said. "This current proposal flatly breaches that pledge" Mr Field said axing the sce would leave AUS with the only voice across the PAC. RNZI also provided a crucial cyclone warning service. Mr Field said he would seek a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon and the minister responsible for RNZ, Tony Ryall "to convey the sense of outrage that would be felt by the PAC Island community to any proposal to axe RNZI" - NZPA. (Fr "Christchurch Press" NZL, via Mark Nichols & Anker Petersen DXW, Jan 11)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3305 R Western, Daru, 1230-1303*, Pidgin, ID, 1301 IS, weak. n3335 R East Sepik, 1015-1030*, ID, South Sea mx, oldies, "Happy New Year", they are active again, but shorter txion time. n4890 The Voice of Papua New Guinea (new ID? "This is the Voice of Papua New Guinea" at 0930) 0910-0930, Pidgin, Jan 6. "Wake up the Nation, National Radio" - jingle in En! at 1907-1920, 1910 ID and QRG, Dec 29. 4890 at 0915, Jan 1, telephone calls, New Year greetings, Pidgin and En. 9675 Karai National Radio, Port Moresby, 0630-0640*, Jan 1, greetings for the first day of the New Year, abrupt s-off, maybe some technical problems. Weak. n3925 at 0958, ..?.. Port Moresby, Pidgin, no nx at 1000, nothing observed on 4890 or 9675, strong QRM by JPN. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 27/31 - Jan 1/5/6)

PHILIPPINES "The Voice of Democracy" is not the name of the stn but that of the daily news bulletin produced by Radyo Pilipinas. The above announcement is really being used, but the txs actually belong to the VoA and not Radyo Pilipinas. Reception is excellent, but the audio quality is poor because they use a regular telephone line for a feeder. You hear a "busy" tone at the end of the txion if the studio hangs up the phone first. (Sonny Ashimori via Cumbre Dx, Jan 2)

15270 0230-0330 Radyo Pilipinas, Quezon City En px, "Voice of Democracy", Mon-Fri only, //15120 (here some splatter from INS 15125) 11805, all via VoA Tinang 250 kW 283 degr.

Tagalog px starts at 0330-0400 on Poro 17730 100 kW 45/225 degr, //13770 50 232, 15330 100 34. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 3)

RUSSIA VoR in Ge 1600-1700 noted on new 6030 fine signal, //5920(St.P. remarkable satellite feed time delay), 7300 7320 7360 7420. 1700-1800 on 5920 6130 6145 7300 7360 7420 7440. Suns at 1730-1800 Swiss Ge accented "Radio Freundesdienst" observed here. (WB Jan 10)

It's interesting, that a "new" tx site SRN-Saransk appeared in HFCC W97 schedule. Txs operated by the GPR-3 are located at Samara & Saransk, and they are registered in official Russian papers (including those submitted to the HFCC) as SAM-Samara, JIG- Zhigulevsk, KAZ-Kazan, and now as SRN-Saransk.

Special News For Polar Regions, W97 sched Mons only 1615-1645 6190 via Novosibirsk 100 kW 335 degr, for Arctic 7255 via Samara 100 kW 140 degr, for Antarctic

Radiost. Tikhiy Okean Vladivostok W97 0815-0900 4810 5015 6020 7175* 7210 7490usb 9850* 10344usb* 17570*. * = noted in EUR. 1215-1300 5015. 1900-1945 4810 5015 6020 7135 7195 7420 9850 12015.

"Kamchatka Rybatskaya", special progr for fishermen fr Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy W97: 2000-2100 Tue Thur Sat 7355 12050.

Radio Rossii SW relay W97 5895 1630-2200 Krasnodar 5910 0200-0500 Moscow 5910 1630-2200 Moscow 6045 1930-2200 Moscow 6060 1530-2100 Moscow 6110 0200-0600 Moscow 6115 0200-0500 Moscow 6125 0200-0500 Samara 6125 1230-2200 Samara 7145 1230-1600 Krasnodar 7170 1730-2100 Moscow 7220 2200-1800 Yekaterinburg 7250 0530-1600 Moscow 7290 2000-2300 Novosibirsk 7290 1130-1600 Novosibirsk 7305 0730-1100 Novosibirsk 7325 0200-0500 Krasnodar 7335 0200-0700 St.Petersburg 7335 2030-2200 St.Petersburg 7340 1430-2000 St.Petersburg 7380 0200-0500 Moscow 7390 2000-2300 Irkutsk 7440 0730-1600 Irkutsk 9700 2330-0700 Irkutsk 9720 0630-1500 Moscow 9860 0530-0800 Moscow 9875 2330-0700 Novosibirsk 11720 0530-1200 Krasnodar 11990 0530-1200 Samara 12045 0730-1400 St.Petersburg 12060 0530-0800 Moscow 12060 1530-1900 Moscow 13705 0830-1700 Moscow 15455 0830-1500 Moscow (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Jan 5)

GTRK Orenburg LW 279 kHz has the e-mail address [email protected] com v/s A.V.Mihalin, Vice Chairman of BCing. (Mauno Ritola-FIN, DSWCI SWN Jan 98)

The current GPR-2 LW/MW St.Petersburg schedule fr Dec 97: 198 150 0300-2100 Mayak 234 1200 0300-2200 R 1 549 1200 0300-2300 Mayak 684 10 1000-1300 Pravoslavnoye R Sats, 1500-1800 Sun-Fri 1800-2000 Radonezh 828 10 0400-0600, 1500-1900, 2000-2100 RL Ru, 1900-2000 VoA Ru, 0600-1500 Eldoradio //101.4 873 150 0200-0000 R Rossii 1053 10 0300-2200 Nadezhda temp. inactive 1089 20 0500-2100 Teos 1125 150 0300-2100 Orfey 1188 10 0300-2300 DW Ge/Ru 1260 10 0330-2200 BBC Ru/En 1323 10 0400-1800 Krishnaloka 1440 10 1500-2100 RFI Fr/Ru 1494 600 1600-1700 Islamskaya Volna Tue-Fri, Kala Atutaya Sat, VoR Sun-Mon, 1700-2300 VoR. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DSWCI SWN Jan 98)

SOMALIA Noted 6770U R. Mogadishu, V. of the People 2050 local vocal, Qur'an, march and off at 2059; weak and very noisy reception. Not a sign of Hargeisa today--or, in fact, any day since Dec 30. (Bob Hill-USA via EDXP, Jan 1)

Noted 6866U R. Hargeisa 1851-1927* finally nailed this one on Dec 30 during a period of superb low-band reception fr EaAF. At 1904, Horn of Africa vocal by woman with choral accompaniment. Followed with mix of mx and brief talks till 1918. 1927, when closedown came without ceremony. Very faint signal at first, building to almost fair by 1920; harassed throughout by strong het 400 Hz higher, which was nulled fairly effectively through the QF-1A. (Bob Hill-USA via EDXP, Jan 1)

SOUTH AFRICA TWR in Ar via Meyerton Suns only 1657-1727 fine signal on 9650. (WB Jan 10)

TAIWAN/USA RADIO TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL, Taipei. Fr 1st Jan 1998 Ar ME & NoAF 2000-2100 9630 11550 En 0200-0300 NoAM 7130 11745 15345 0300-0400 NoAM 11745 15345 1200-1300 NoAM 7130 0200-0400 NoAM 5950(*) 9680(*) 0300-0400 NoAM 5950(*) 0200-0300 CeAM 11740(*) (2200-2300? 5810* 9985* ed.) 0200-0400 SoEaASa 11825 15345 1200-1300 PAC 9610 Fr EUR 2000-2100 9610 15600(*) 0700-0800 7520(*). Ge EUR 2100-2200 5810(*) 9985(*) 1800-1900 9955. BI SoEAS 0800-0900 7130 11550 1200-1300 11550 15345. Ja JPN 2100-2200 7130 11745 15345 1100-1200 1400-1500 Japan 7130 11745 Ru EUR 1700-1800 9955. Sp 0600-0700 NoAM 5950(*) 0400-0500 CeAM 11740(*) 2300-2400 SoAM 15130(*) 17805(*) 0200-0300 SoAM 15215(*) 17845(*) 2100-2200 EUR E 9610 Thai SoEaAS 0600-0700 15270 15345 1400-1500 9610 11860 2200-2300 7445. Vn SoEaAS 1500-1600 2300-2400 11550 15345. (*) = Relay via WYFR Florida - USA (Bob Padula-AUS, via BDXC Hotline, Jan 5)

On the 1st of Jan, Radio Taipei Internat announced that it was part of the Central Bcing System, ROC. I finally found the CBS Web site on the 13th; I was visitor number 8. The URL is . There are En language pages as well, but most of these are under construction. I can't find any specific mention of RTI, but then I don't have the proper fonts nor can I read Chinese... :-) (Thomas Sundstrom-USA, Jan 15)

The VoFCHN may have moved into an old army barrack and changed their name to Radio Taipei Internat, but apart from that not much has changed. The "Voice of Asia" still identifies like that and their schedule for the non-Chinese langs has basically stayed the same. It's actually funny to note that their Indonesian bc collides with the Indonesian bc from RTI: both 1200-1300. CBS also still IDs as "Zhongyang Guangbo Diantai, Ziyou Zhongguo zhi Sheng", e.g. for their 3335 kHz bcs. I do miss their bcs on 6040 kHz, but that maybe because of bad propagation. (van den Boogert- TWN, via Cumbre Dx, Jan 15)

TAJIKISTAN Radio Tajikistan the ext sce of Tajik Radio. 0100-0200 Da, 0200-0300 Pe 4975, 0300-0345 Da, 0345-0400, 0400-0415 En, 0415-0500 Pe, all 4975 & 9905. 1400-1500 Da, 1500-1600 Pe, 1600-1645 Da, 1645-1700, 1700-1715 Ar, 1715-1800 Pe all 7245. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 8)

UAE Abu Dhabi found new 7125 at 1600 past 1800 in Ar with co-ch interference to VoA Udorn-THA in En to SoAS. (Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, UADX, Jan 6) [7125 bcing whole UAE night, ed]

UKRAINE VoOromo in Oromo language Sats 1700-1800 on 9980 via Kiev-UKR relay. But Suns on 11605 via DTK Juelich. (WB Jan 8)

9870, Radio Ukraine Int, Jan 11, 1250, DX progr in En with info on local pirate stns activity. Good signal. According to the on-air announcement, RUI En progrs schedule as follow: For EUR: 2200 and 0100 5905 5940 6010 6020 7205. At 0400 6020 7205. For NoAM 2200 and 0100 5915 7150. At 0400 5915 6030 7150. At 1200 on 9870. For AUS/NZL 1200 on 17725. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS via DXW, Jan 11)

RUI Kiev is thinking about using 9785 to SoAM in approx. 1900-2400 time span, reg SMF- UKR 1000 245 already 2000-0600, but Moscow-RUS 1530-0600 also, but latter not on air. CRI Beijing co-ch is poor here, and sideband interf of RFI Issoudun in Fr to SoAM fr 2200 too. (Joerg Sajuk-D, Jan 13)

UNID ME jamming noted on medium wave 1575 kHz around 2130 UTC. (WB Jan 8) n14340 UNID radio stn, 1220-1223*, AM, Turkish[?], Jan 7, male, political talks on Iran President, at 1223 break down, no ID was given. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 5) [seemingly harmonic of fundamental 7170 kHz, Quetta-PAK in Urdu is registered on 7170 til 1225, ed]

USA WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE -- as of Jan 13, 1998 fr Glenn Hauser WWCR Nashville, Mon 0400 3215 has been suspended. Thu 2130 9475 [for Dec, Jan, Feb], Sat 0700 5070 and 3210, Sat 1230 5070, Sun 0730 5070, Tue 1330 15685. RFPI Costa Rica: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900, 2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000 -- on 15050 AM in 1500-2400 period, 7385 2200-1200, 6980-USB 0000- 1200, 21465-USB 1200-2400. WGTG, Georgia, UTC Tue 0500 5085-USB. If the tape arrives before Mon addit unscheduled times may occur, such as UTC Mon 0600 5085-USB or 9400 Sat, Sun daytime. If the tape does not arrive until Tues, backup time is UTC Wed at 0600. (GH, Jan 13)

KJES Vado, NM heard Jan 13 on 15385 at 1925 with scripture readings by group of children, led by either adult or teen male. ID at 1930 by child, saying: "Can you hear me?" Transmission continued after this time. This has got to be the most unique station on shortwave. (Colin Miller OT-CAN, Jan 16) [hope your heating is well functioning, thanks for your sign of life, Wolfy]

RFA schedule W'97 5855 1530-1630 KORE 5865 2200-2300 LAO 6240 1400-1500 VIET 6240 1500-1600 BURM 6240 2200-2300 LAO 7415 2300-0000 TIBE 7455 0030-0130 BURM 7460 2200-2300 KORE 7475 1530-1630 KORE 7490 2200-2300 KORE(x7495) 7515 0030-0130 BURM 7520 1230-1330 KHME 7520 2230-2330 KHME 7520 2330-0030 VIET 7530 0030-0130 BURM 7530 1300-1400 TIBE 7530 1500-1800 MAND 7530 2100-2200 MAND 7530 2300-0000 MAND 7540 1130-1230 LAO 7540 1230-1330 KHME 7540 1500-1600 BURM 7540 2230-2330 KHME 7550 2200-2300 LAO 7550 2300-0000 TIBE 9400 1300-1400 TIBE 9400 1400-1500 VIET 9400 1500-1600 BURM 9445 1500-1630 MAND KHBI 9455 1400-1500 VIET KHBI 9455 1630-1800 MAND KHBI 9455 2200-2300 KORE KHBI 9570 2200-2300 LAO KHBI 9650 2100-2200 MAND KNLS 9650 2200-2300 KORE KNLS 9650 2300-0000 MAND KNLS 9775 2100-2200 MAND KHBI 9795 2100-2200 MAND KHBI 9805 1500-1800 MAND DL 9875 2300-0000 TIBE HOL 9910 1400-1500 VIET KHBN 9910 1500-1700 MAND KHBN 9910 2100-2200 MAND KHBN 9910 2300-0000 MAND KHBN 9930 1400-1500 VIET KWHR 9930 2330-0030 VIET KHBN 9955 1530-1630 KORE KHBN 11510 1230-1330 KHME 11510 2230-2330 KHME 11580 0030-0130 BURM 11580 2330-0030 VIET 11870 2300-0000 MAND DL 11945 1500-1800 MAND KHBI 11980 2100-2200 MAND DL 11980 2200-2300 KORE DL 13710 0030-0130 BURM KHBI 13710 2330-0030 VIET KHBI 13800 2300-0000 MAND KHBI 15385 1300-1400 TIBE HOL 15660 1130-1230 LAO 17535 1130-1230 LAO (IBB page, Jan 14)

WHRA Angel 5, our newest stn, is still scheduled to go on air Febr 15, 1998 with 250 kW [xWCSN or WVHA]. Testing should happen this month (Jan) and QSL cards will be issued. Dates are not set yet. The schedule for WHRA Greenbush, Maine as submitted to the F.C.C. is as follows: 0300-0500 7465 ME 0500-0800 9400 AF 1800-2000 17655 AF 2000-2200 15460 AF 2200-2400 13760 AF

Our winter telethon is underway during this week of Jan 5, 1998 on LeSEA Broadcasting's TV Network to raise the money to pay for the purchase of the stn. LeSEA intends on going on the air with WHRA Debt free! Also airtime is being sold now. Anyone interested in time for a progr on WHRA should contact Joe at World Harvest Radio.

If you have any questions, call, write or email me. My email address is [email protected] tel +1 219 291-8200 The WHR stations e-mail address is [email protected] Visit our web site http://www.whri.com or http://www.kwhr.com

Latest freq schedule for WHRI / KWHR WHRI ANGEL 1 0000-1000 7315 1000-1300 9495 1300-1800 15105 1800-0000 9495

WHRI ANGEL 2 2200-0400 Mo-Sa 5745 2200-0200 Sun 5745 0400-1000 Mo-Sa 5770 0200-1000 Sun 5770 1000-1500 6040 1500-2200 13760

KWHR ANGEL 3 2200-0500 17510 0500-1800 9930 1800-2200 13625 (Joe Brashier WHRI, Jan 9)

WHRA Greenbush Maine has set Tue Jan 20, 1998 as a tentative date for on air testing. This testing date is dependant on receiving a construction permit in time from the F.C.C. The schedule is as follows: 0300-0500 7465 0500-0800 9400 0800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 2200-2400 13760 QSL Cards will be issued in return for a RR to World Harvest Radio P.O. Box 12 South Bend, IN. 46624, USA. Or fill out QSL Results on web site at http: //www.whr.org e-mail: [email protected]

World Harvest Radio also announces its new Web Address. The new URL is "http://www.whr.org"

The old web address's will still work, however World Harvest Radio will be promoting the new address as it ties all 5 of our SW stns into one webb address. (Joseph Brashier WHRI/KWHR/WHRA Radio, Jan 15)

9400 My previous UNID US stn. Acc to a confirmation from The Overcomer Ministry, POBox 691, Walterboro, S C 29488, USA and Brother Stair there they transmitted via DTK Juelich on 9400 and are now via Juelich on 6175 to EUR 1600-1800, 11650 ISR 1700-1900, to IND [freq/time missing, ed], 15185 to CHN and FE 1300-1400, on 9500 AUS/NZL 0600-0800 and to NoAM/CAN on 15600 1300-1700, on 5840 0000-2000, on 7335 0200-0400, on 5880 0200- 0400.

Also via WWCR 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day, on 7435 1200-1400, on 9475 1400-2200, on 7435 2200-0300. Also via many local AM-stns and satellite. Sorry to say, in my opinion, the programs are just "too much of it". (Bjoern Fransson-SWE via DXW, Jan 12)

VANUATU n4960.5 R Vanuatu, 1605-1637, Jan 5, Bislam, South Sea mx, cyclon warnings from "National disaster management of Vanuatu Media Service, ... to contain water, batteries for flash lights and radios, and listening to the radio". tropical cyclon Susan, in En, Fr, and Bislam languages. Jan 6: 0935 En/Fr/Bislam "Special cyclon bulletin no. 14, Tuesday Jan 6", in between nice mx, till 1225 fade out. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 5)

VENEZUELA R. Barquisimeto celebrates its 60th anniversary on Tue Jan 20, when it will probably come back to SW, 4990 and 9510. (Luis Guerra Brandt, Club Diexistas de la Amistad ham net Jan 11 via Fernando Viloria, and Jorge Garcia Rangel, , via WORLD OF RADIO 924, Jan 15)

VIETNAM VoVTN Hanoi in Vietnamese around 1700-1800 on v9839.90, //v12018 not propagating today. (WB Jan 8)

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AFGHANISTAN Provincial radio sce resumes. Report by Taleban-controlled Radio Voice of Shari'ah, Konduz radio became operational today [10th Jan] and has started bcing. A relevant source reported to Bakhtar Information Agency that Konduz radio, which had been idle for some time owing to the fighting waged by the sedition and corruption elements, has been repaired and resumed bcing as a result of the work of the Ministry of Information and Culture and the hard work of engineers and technicians. (Radio Voice of Shari'ah, Kabul, BBCM via AGDX, Jan 10)

ALBANIA TWR via Cerrik in Pol, Dec 31, 0615-0630 noted spurious signal 5895.4, regular on 5910 & Shijak v7385. R Tirana in S-Cr, Jan 13, 1900-1913 new 6020.2 co-ch UKR, (x6015), //7110, both Cerrik. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova, Jan 15)

ALGERIA Arabic 7245 doesn't open until 1000 now. Quran heard at 0900, Fri 16th, seems Mauritania's Fri bcast? Algiers is audible still around 0800, but not at 1200, when En 1200-1300 on both 11715 and 15160. En also announced for 2000-2100 on long wave 254 kHz [former LW freq, despite Tipaza is really on even 252 channel] (Noel Green-UK, Jan 17)

ARMENIA Vo Armenia Yerevan, Suns only special in Ge retimed fr 0930-1000 to 1000- 1030, still on 15270. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 28)

AUSTRALIA R Australia Shepparton monitored as follows: 9500 1100-1500 Ch & Vn; 1500-2200 En [Fris 2105-2130 Feedback progr], //9590. Fr 2100 //11880. Co-ch 9500 1600-1830 TWR SWZ, 1833-1905 FEBA SEY; 9590 1700-2000 NOR, 2000-2200 RVI and Croatian R. Autralian Defense Forces Radio in En, Dec 23 0430-0630 new 15707usb, 13525usb not heard. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 23 / Jan 2-9)

AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA/KARABAGH (Clandestine?) 9677 The Voice of Justice from the Rep of Mountainous Karabagh (country name as written on the envelope) replied to my reception report by a personal, partly detailed letter in 4 months. The original reply was written in what seems to be Armenian and has been translated on a separate sheet of paper into German on its way to my P.O.Box. My report of last Sept was sent to a self-fabricated address and obviously reached the stn, now giving its correct address as:

Independent Radiostation Voice of Justice, Tigran Meds-Str. 23 A, Stepanakert, Rep of Mountainous Karabagh.

When I sent my report, I added >>via Armenia<<, which might be better than just writing their self-declared country name on the envelope. v/s Mr. Lewon Hajrapetjan (spelling as given in the translated letter; BBCM once gave his name as Mr. Levon Ayrapetyan), stn director, in his friendly letter told me some details about his stn: The Voice of Justice is an independent radio stn, which started bcing on Aug 12, 1997, in the of the Rep of Mountainous Karabagh. According to the letter, it is financed by some local businessmen, trying to calm down the conflict with Azerbaijan and working towards a peace agreement. Their possibilities of running the stn are limited at the time, but they hope to increase their activities in the future. They are txing on 9677 kHz on Tues and Fris at 1900-1930 hrs LT (= 1500-1530 UTC), Weds and Fris at 1000-1030 hrs LT (= 0600-0630 UTC). When I heard them here in Germany several times during Sept 1997, they always had heavy modulation problems. (Harald Kuhl-D, Jan 15)

CHAD I just was informed by OM Christian Roosen, who called RNT Ndjamena by telephone to get information about the future plans concerning use of the 60 mb freq. Although the stn got a new final stage tube for the tx, they do not plan to reactivate 4904.5 on a permanent basis. The freq will only be used as a possible temporary replacement for 7120. (Christian Roosen-D, via Passmann DXW, Jan 16)

6165 RDN Tschadienne, Jan 17, 2258, Fr ID, Afro-Pop, NA, 2305 S-off. //840 kHz MW. SINPO for SW = 44544 (!). (Schneeberger via DXW, Jan 17)

CHINA Hunan People's Broadcasting. Station ID "Hunan ren-min guang-bo dian-tai" Addr: 27 Yuhua Lu, Changsha, Hunan 410007. 0000-0600, 0855-1500, 2125-0000 Ch 4990 1152 738 (BBCM via AGDX, Dec 23)

CRI Urumchi tx: 0900-1057 En 15400 (x15440), //11755. 1200-1257 En 9945, //7385 9565 11660. 1400-1457 En 7260, //new9700. 1500-1657 Ch Vn Hi 9700. 1500-1657 En & Ar 9730, co-ch BSKSA Ar. 1900-1957 En 11840, //6955 9600. 2000-2057 En 11840, //6950 9635 9920. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 19-31)

CLANDESTINE VoSouthern Azerbaijan in Azeri. It is doubtful, that VoSA is operating via Dushanbe-TJK. The freqs of AZE and TJK are coordinated commonly. Both countries have friendly relations. Acc to VoIRI progrs, Iran is very hostile to AZE govt and president Geydar Aliev, because of the persecution of the Iranian minority in AZE.

New freqs noted in the "Kurdish 73 mb" at 0350: 4160 VoIraqi Kurdistan 4150 VoIraqi People - VoDemocracy 4080v VoPeople of Kurdistan 0235-0655 & 1335-1755, //new v6025.2, (x3965-4060). Co-ch 6025 Tashkent 1500, fr 1500 Croatian R, RCI UK&POR Fr & Ar 0300-0400, VoA WOF S-Cr 0530- 0600. VoPK progr: 1335 classical mx, 1345 Hymn of Kurdistan, 1350 prayer, 1357 ID, 1400-1600 and past 1700 Kurdish, 1600-1700 Ar progr. Repeated on next day morning resp. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 2) [monitored VoSA on odd 7094.94, BUT Tajik R Orzu tx on 5750 and 5800 are both even on X.00 kHz, ed]

CONGO-KINSHASA 15244.5, RTNC, 1701 Jan 11, talk in Fr followed by vocal by woman at 1703; anmt by man at 1705, and into a couple of soukous numbers. Followed past 1715, but hard to read through slop from So. Africa-15240. (Hill-MA, via Nu Jan 17)

EGYPT R Cairo GS in Ar 0400-0700 nominal on 9620, noted often on half freq of 4810. //9770 & 9800, but also mixture signal on 9710 (9800/9620). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 9-11)

FRANCE Radio France Local programme. On Sat I received a QSL-letter from Radio France Lyon, 603. Verie-signer is Mme. Claire Vuillot-Morel, Services techniques, Radio France … Lyon, 15 rue des Archers, F-69002 Lyon. They carry a "messe des malades" on Suns 1700- 1800 UTC. Earlier I received another letter for my report from the producers of this church sce (Notre-Dame Des Ondes, 24, Rue Professeur-Paul-Sisley, F-69003 Lyon.)

Among a lot of tourist informations, stickers and promo-material there was a freq list of all Radio France stns, dated July 96. There I found some mentions of local progrs: Radio France Armorique, Rennes, on 711 kHz. Radio France Toulouse, on 945 kHz Is this info still valid or outdated? And if they are still on, does anybody know the operating hours? Other locals mentioned were RF Alsace on MW 1278 (they are operating many hours during daytime), and Radio Corse Frquenza Mora on 1404 and 1494. They used to have local programming from 0600-0700, don't know if that's still coming. (Martin Elbe-D, Jan 19)

GERMANY 6040 (new freq). The Overcomer Ministry, Brother Stair, Jan 13, via Juelich, s-on 1600 with Gospel progr in En. It seems a heavy co-channel QRM from ME bubble jammer on old 6175 was the reason to introduce the new outlet, but now Brother Stair has co- channel VOA (MRC, 500 kWw, s-on 1700) instead. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Jan 18)

DW in Bosnian 1300-1330 6130 7175, ann its summer freqs 7185, 9770, 15470! DW on 7130 and RFI Paris on nearby 7135 1630-1700, both in Romanian!!

DTK Juelich changes: RVI in Dutch to EaEUR 1700-1730 new7410 100 kW 60 degr co-ch AIR. (x7255 co-ch CRI in Ru) SRI in Ge It Fr En to NoEUR 1830-2030 new7385 100 kW 40 degr, co-ch CRI in various langs. (x7410 co-ch AIR). UNID st in Amharic, tentat Rainbow Radio at new 1000-1058 on new 5910. On Suns only? (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 11-15)

GREECE VoGreece in Por Sp En to SoAM 2305-2350, on new11710, //9395 9425 11595. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 31)

HUNGARY A national DX club in Hungary hitherto forbidden, is now a thing of the past as the Budapest Municipal Court has registered the Hungarian DX Club. The fledgeling organisation of 30 members is expected to grow with the introduction of a bimonthly bulletin in 1998. (R Budapest, in WDXC Contact Jan 98)

R Budapest to AUS/NZL 1000-1100 daily, -1200 SAT/SUN, in Hu replaced 17790 by 17805, //15395-mixing UAE Dubai, 21560. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 17)

R Budapest noted on new 9840 (x9535) daily En 2000-2017, S-Cr 2030-2057 Suns only, //3975. New 9670 (x9530) Hu 2100-2157, co-ch DW En to AF. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 11-15)

The presidium of the Hungarian Radio Public Foundation Board of Trustees has asked the Telecom Chief Inspectorate to place the txion of Radio Szeged [regional part of Hungarian Radio] on the new CCIR [87.5 - 108 MHz VHF] freq band. Listeners have been unable to receive the bcs of Radio Szeged, including several national and ethnic minority progrs, for the past two weeks. [c.f. BC-DX #345] (Hungarian Radio, via BBCM via AGDX, Jan 12)

INDONESIA v7234.4 RRI Palu (presumed), Jan 17, 0345 past 0500 word & local mx progr at fair level, but drowning in increasing static level 9552.4 RRI Ujung Pandang, Jan 17, around 0330 strong as ever, hrd past 0500; 9614.2 RRI Samarinda, Jan 17, 0315 ID after regional nx and NA, past 0500; 9741.7 RRI Sorong, Jan 17, relaying RRI Nasional with a radioplay produced by RRI Bukittinggi! at 0337 reverting to own progr with ID "RRI Sorong programa satu", hrd to 0500 when blocked by BBCWS s-on 9740. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS; Sony ICF77, 24m F3DBC, Jan 17)

IRAN Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, *updated in Nov, Dec, Jan: 0000-0130 *Tajik 7180 0030-0125 *English 6055.4 9022 9685 0030-0130 *Bengali 7130 7215 9750 0030-0130 *Spanish 6175 9650 0030-0330 *Arabic 7190 9022 9685 0130-0200 *Persian 7180 0130-0230 *Spanish 6010 6055 6175 9650 0130-0230 *Urdu 6005 7130 9750 0200-0230 *Tajik 7180 0230-0300 *Kazakh 9615 0230-0330 *Persian 7180 0230-0330 *Spanish 6055 6175 0230-0330 *Pashto 6005 7130 9570 0230-0620 *Persian 15365 15084.2 0300-0330 *Armenian 6210 9615 0330-0530 *Azeri 9615 0330-0530 *Arabic 5995 7190 0330-0530 *Uzbek 7180 0330-0730 *Arabic 7130 7220(fr0530) 0330-0427 *Swahili 7260 11790 13605 0400-0530 *Persian 7180 0430-0530 *Turkish 9520 11790 15260 (irr. 7160) 0530-0627 *Bosnian 9520 13610 15230 0530-0930 *Arabic 15125 15350 0530-0627 *Spanish 11790 15260 0545-0620 *Hausa 11720 15450 0630-0725 *Italian 9022 13605 15084.2 15115 0630-0730 *French 11790 15260 15325 15195 0730-1200 *Persian 15365 15084.2 0930-1145 *Arabic 5995 13605 0930-1330 *Arabic 11745 0930-0957 *Armenian 9615 11705 0930-1430 *Arabic 15350 1030-1130 *Persian 15120 17780 1030-1300 *Persian 7215 11885.4 1100-1230 *English 15260 13605 11875 11830 9585 1200-1255 *Italian 13605 15084 15115 1230-1330 *Pashto 7180 9585 11790 11830 15260 1230-1330 *Azeri 7180 9735(irreg) 1300-1800 *Persian 15084.2 1330-2000 *Persian 6015/6020 1300-1330 *Malay 7215 11885 15365 [1330-1430 Malay 15330 15260 11885 11750 7180/7160 6050] 1330-1430 *Chinese 6050 7215.4 11885 13605 1330-1430 *Urdu 5995 6175 7115 9585 11790 11830 1330-1700 Arabic 9650 11995 1330-1430 *Persian 7180 1400-1500 *Russian 11960 11930 9735 9575 1430-1700 Arabic 7190 1430-1525 *Bengali[6095] 5995 7215 9745 11830 1430-1500 *Tajik 7180 11830 [?9780?] 1500-1526 *Kazakh 7160 9585 9735 11960 1530-1625 *Russian 7260 9022 9735 1530-1600 *Azeri 7180 11830? 1530-1630 *English 6095 7215 9780 [x11790 x13605] 1600-1630 *Kurdish 7180 11830? 1630-1830 *Azeri 11885 1630-1725 Uzbek 7215 1630-1727 *Armenian 6005 9620 11720 1630-1830 *Persian 7230 1630-1730 *Turkish 7260 9022 9735 1630-2030 Persian 6005 1700-1830 *Arabic 6025 7190 9665 1730-1827 *German 6150 7135 7260 9022 1730-1827 *Swahili 9650 9745 1730-1830 *Bosnian 7145 7340 9615 1730-2030 *Persian 7545 mixing product 1730-2400 *Persian 7135 1730-1830 *Russian 7115 7290 1830-1900 *Albanian 9615 7145 7340 1830-1930 *Arabic 6025 6150 7190 7230 9665 1830-1927 *French 7160 7260 9022 1900-1927 *Italian 7140 7340 9615 1930-2030 *English 9022 7260 7160 1930-2130 *Persian 6175 7180 1930-2030 *Russian 7175 7290 7305 9740 1945-2020 *Hausa 11720 9605 2030-2130 *Spanish 7260 9022 2030-2130 *Arabic 6025 6150 7190 9665 2130-2225 Bosnian 7125 7145 7170 2130-2330 *Arabic 5995 6025 6150 7260 9665 2130-2225 *English 6175 6165 2230-2325 Persian 7125 7145 2330-0025 *French 6030 7260 9022 2330-0025 *Chinese 7130 7215 9570 2330-0130 *Arabic 5995 7190 9665

Spurious signals noted 0320-0620 fr 15084.2: = 15167/15441.

Specified by an [former R BUL] Ar translator, there are two different "Islamic Revolution Radios" in Ar: - Voice of Palestinian Islamic Revolution (VoPIR), 0400-0500 6020 9670 1930-2030 6025 6150 7290 7230 9665. - Voice of Islamic Revolution in Iraq (VoIRQ) 0330-0530 6195 7115 7295 9610 (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15)

ITALY 4605 RAI Internat in Ru 18 Jan 0555-0555*, just in time to hear National Anthem (Fratelli d Italia), then final M ancmt, ID in Ru and s-off (as this freq is not on schedule, presumed a spurious, considering I live no far from two RAI SW sites here in Rome: Tor Pagnotta and Santa Palomba. I' ll re check next days) Fair. (Serra-Italy TFW, Jan 20)

JAMMING 9650 1530 on Jan 3rd, unid jamming type, like approx. that on 11930. 11920 0740 on Dec 31, Iranian old jamming type. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15)

JORDAN Mixing product of 11810 Ar/11690 En noted on 11570 [120 kHz difference]. Spurious signal of nominal 6105 noted on 6275 (x6210) at 1800-2400. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 30)

KAZAKHSTAN First progr of Kazakh Radio is 0000-1100 and 1200-1901 on 684 747 801 945 972 1008 1098 1188 1458 4545 5270 6180 11950 and Almaty on 101 Mhz. Sat & Sun also 1100- 1200. Radio Almaty in Russian Tues and Weds 1100-1120 on 1071 1098 1197 1539 5970 9505, and via Kiev-UKR 9620 & 11840. (Igor Yaremenko-RUS, WDXC Contact Jan 98)

KOREA D.P.R. As of Jan 14, 1998, aside fr Radio Pyongyang's ext sces, the following bcs fr NoKorea are regularly heard at my QTH in western JPN. Compiled from continued monitoring since early Jan. All bcs in Korean (Northern accent) only.

(1) KOREAN CENTRAL BROADCASTING STATION (Dom Sce) ID: "Choson Chungang Bangsong imnida." MW see WRTH.

2850 Pyongyang 3220 Hamhung 2000-1800, 1800-2000 PBS* 3350 Pyongsong 3920 Hyesan 3940v Chongjin (presumed) 2000-1800, 1800-2000 PBS* 3960 Kanggye 3970 Wonsan 2000-1800, 1800-2000 PBS* 6100 Kanggye 2000-0630, 1500-1800 9665 Pyongyang 2000-0930 11680 Kanggye All 2000-1800 unless otherwise specified *) Relays Pyongyang Broadcasting Station

(2) PYONGYANG BROADCASTING STATION (For Koreans in SoKOR/JPN) ID: "Pyongyang Bangsong imnida." MW see WRTH, but Hwadae listed on "801" has been observed on 798 kHz since early 1997. 3250 Pyongyang 2100-2300, 0100-0700, 1500-2030* 3320 Pyongyang 2100-1900 6250 Pyongyang 2100-0930, 1500-1900 6400 Kanggye 2100-1800 *) Relays Radio Pyongyang in Ja 2300-0100, 0700-1000, 1100-1400

(3) RADIO FOR THE SOLDIERS AT THE FRONTLINE ID: "Chonyon Chobyondurul wihan Bangsong imnida." 1613-1614v khz has been back in service since Jan 7 and every day since Jan 10. Normally 1400-2000, but on Jan 13 (14th morning local time) the s/off time was 2100. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, Jan 18)

NORWAY 15600, NRK Oslo, new freq ex-15605 for the sce out this way at 1200-1300. A move to avoid a strong FAX txion on 15607. (Tyson-OZ, PWBR, via NU, Jan 17)

NORDX is taking care of all QSLs for the special R. Norway NORDX b/c. They have rcvd all rpts sent directly to RNI, and coordinated them with the ones arriving at NORDX. The QSL will definitely be an official RNI-QSL all the same. The cards arrived from the printshop yesterday, and will be filled in and put in the mail within a few weeks. (NORDX via Rausch-NJ, NU Jan 17)

OMAN R Oman Doha in Ar on new 9680 1400-1800, //15140 til 1600, 11740 fr 1600. 9680 co-ch RVA Be 1425, VoA Ch 1500, BBC Ur 1500-1545. Free channel at 1545-1600. R FIN Fi fr 1600, VoA Persian 1700-1800. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 2)

PAKISTAN Hindi sce 1615-1700 using 6070 7485 9525 has been dropped. Replaced with a extended txion fr 1100-1230 (x1100-1145) still on 7255 9515 13665. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 17)

R PAK Ur 1330-1530 new 15376.5, //9650 11570. Turki & Ru 1430-1530 new 6070 (x6040), co-ch RNZI, //5055. Ar 1800-1845 v9424.6, 7460.1. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 21, Jan 4 / 11)

Radio Pakistan observed on 3205, Jan 6, 1553-1741 new freq?, heard only this day, at 1730 five mins nx in En then in Urdu and s-off May be a test? Unusual reception in 90 mb of R PAK. Txion consisted in musical progr (subcontinental mx with some annoucements about songs). Many mentions of Pakistan, at 1730 some nx in En (til 1735) then in Urdu and signal off at 1741 suddenly, less anthem. Heard only this day. (Walter Mola-I, in Gatflash, Jan 17) "I think this stn is not R. PAK, but presumed AIR. Usually AIR b/cs En nx at 1730 and finishes at 1740." (Yamada-Japan, Hard-Core-DX, via NU Jan 17) [Bandung-INS and Lucknow-IND registered here, no doubt India not PAK, ed]

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Radio in Highlands off air for over a month. Radio Chimbu is off the air because of a blown tx, stn manager Jack Wera said in Kundiawa [capital of Chimbu province] on Fri 9th Jan. Mr Wera said the people of the province have missed out on nx and other informative and educational progrs since the closure of the stn on 10th Dec. He said he had placed an order for a replacement tx which should arrive by the end of the month. (local nxpaper, BBCM via AGDX, Jan 12)

PHILIPPINES RVA changes fr Dec 25: 9690 (x9680) 1500-1525 (Wed/Fri/Sun -1555) Pilipino. 9525 1530-1555 Mon & Sat only in Zomi-chin. 9660 1430-1525 Ru, strong QRM to 1500 fr RL in Turkmen co-ch. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15)

PORTUGAL Radio Deutsche Welle Sines relay despite bcing sce to AF, has powerhouse signal to EUR 1200-1300, Ge 11805 [til 1400], Fr 12015. (WB Jan 18)

Freq schedule eff until 29 March 1998 (W97) of RDP Radio Portugal TARGET AREA UTC FREQ PWR AZI Portuguese fr Mon-Fri Europe 0600-1300 7110 100 30 0700-1300 9780 100 52 0745-0900 9630 250 55 1700-2100 7110 100 30 1700-2100 9780 100 52 1700-2100 9815 100 66 Timor 1300-1400 17595 300 66 Africa 1000-1200 21720 100 142 1000-1200 17725 300 144 1700-2100 11740 300 144 GNB/CPV/B 1000-1200 21655 100 215 1700-2000 21655 100 215 IND/ME 1300-1430 21515 100 81.5 USA/CAN 0000-0430 6150 100 310 0000-0430 9570 100 294 VEN 0000-0430 9655 100 261 Brazil 0000-0430 11840 100 215 0000-0430 9600 100 215 Portuguese language on Sat & Sun Europe 0800-2100 7110 100 30 0800-2100 9780 100 52 0930-1100 9615 250 55 Timor 0800-1000 17595 100 66 Africa 0800-1800 17725 300 142 1800-2100 11740 300 142 GNB/CPV/B 0800-2100 21655 100 215 IND/ME 1600-1900a 21515 100 81.5 1500-2000b 21515 100 81.5 USA/CAN 1300-2100 15200 100 294 0000-0500 6150 100 310 0000-0500 9570 100 294 VEN 1300-2100 17745 100 261 0000-0500 9655 100 261 Brazil 0000-0500 9600 100 215 0000-0500 11840 100 215 a) Sat b) Sun

English language fr Mon-Fri Europe 2100-2130 7110 100 30 9780 100 52 9815 100 66 USA/CAN 0430-0500 6150 100 310 9570 100 294 IND/ME 1430-1500 21515 100 81.5

French language fr Mon-Fri Europe 2130-2200 7110 100 30 9780 100 52 9815 100 66

Tetum language fr Mon-Fri Timor 1205-1300 17595 300 66 (Compiled from RDP fax by Marc Vissers - DXA at rec.radio.shortwave via JKB, WWDXC, 3 Dec 1997)

ROMANIA Romanian bc of RRI 1200-1256 on 21480 (mix RNW Malagasy) and 17790, both Tiganesti 250 kW 262 degr. //Galbeni 17775 250 290. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 17)

RUSSIA UNIDentified Ru stn on 7100 heard again til cl-down 0800, fluttery signal. No // could be traced. QRM by ham operator DJ7RJ, was calling fr 0752.(WB Jan 18)

Daily 7250 around 0800-1100 [reg 0530-1500] an other Russian stn, via Moscow Sherpukhov 100 kW zero degrees to zone 19, Murmansk and Arkhangelsk, always with rapid flutter type. (Noel Green-UK, Jan 17)

Radio Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Municipal Radio Comp, Radio Slovo (Radio Word) fr Novosibirsk and Radio Rossii fr Moscow bc in Ru every day 0000-1850 on 3802usb. (Igor Yaremenko-RUS, WDXC Contact Jan 98)

R Menovyi Dvor bcs 1053 at 1900. Addr: Televizionny per. 3460798, Orenburg-98. Obshestvennoe R Primorja is new on 675 2100-0900 in Primorskyi Kray region. Radio Don-TR has regional progrs in Ru 945 Mon-Fri 0410-0500, 1500-1600, Sat 0410-0700, Sun 0610-0700, 1520-1600 and 1620-1700. Addr: ul 1-ya Barrikadnaya 18, 344101 Rostov-na- Donu. Perm 585 R Rossii/Permskoe R, 846 R Mediana, 1116 Avtoradio, 1359 Mayak.

Svobodnaya Rossiya bcs Mon-Fri 0400-0700, 1000-1300 & 1600-2100 1359 to Moscow. Narodnoe Radio bcs 0500-0645 1233 150 kW to Moscow. Radio Center bcs 0500-2100 1134 20 kW to St Petersburg, and 1100-2100 1485 20 kW to Moscow. Adygeyskoe Radio bcs Mon-Fri 1800-1900 1089 to Krasnodar. Kabardino-Balkarskoe Radio has regional progrs 1107 0400-0700 & 1400-1500, and Wed/Sun 1089 1830-1900. Radio Kuban - Krasnodarskoe radio has regional progrs 1089 Suns 0350-0400, Mon-Sat 0400- 0500, Suns 0510-0600, Sat 0700-0800, Tue-Fri 0800-0810, Suns 0810-0900, Mon-Fri 1500- 1600. Mayak Novosibirsk 576 0000-1200. (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, WDXC Contact Jan 98)

[846 R Mediana, Perm: acc. to Denis Zaitsev, Asst. Dir. they are only on FM 104,1 since Jan 1, 1998. Mauno Ritola-FIN, Jan 20]

189 6060 GTRK Amur, Blagoveschensk has the addr: per Svyatitelya Innokentiya 15, 675000 Blagoveschensk. V/s is V.I. Kal'chenko, CE. Schedule acc. to QSL (excl. R Rossii nx): MF 2100-0000, 0300-0400, 0900-1000 Sat, 2200-2300 Sun 0010-0100. (Mauno Ritola-FIN, Jan 20)

Special request from the GPR-2. We are very interested to know about the reception quality of our txions on 684 kHz MW in various parts of Finland and Estonia. Here is a current schedule of these txions: 1000-1300 Pravoslavnoye Radio Sat only 1500-1800 Pravoslavnoye Radio Sun-Fri 1800-2000 Radio Radonezh daily

We will be very glad to receive any short reports about the reception quality on 684 fr the Finnish or Estonian DXers and MW enthusiasts to our e-mail addr: [email protected] Thank you in advance for a co-operation.

On Jan 5th Vserossiyskaya Gosudarstvennaya Teleradiokompaniya (VGTRK) / Radio Rossii changed its bcing format to 20 hrs a day only. Here is a current schedule of all Radio Rossii "European version" txions via GPR-2 (all txs are located at St.Petersburg): kHz kW Azim UTC Target Remarks 873 150 ND 0200-2200 local no transm. 2200-0000 7335 400 147 0200-0700 CIS no transm. 2030-0000 12045 400 147 0730-1400 CIS

7340 400 147 1430-2200 CIS extended transm. fr Jan 5 (Mikhail Timofeyev, GPR-2, St.Petersburg, Jan 18)

4820, R. Rossii Nostalgie via Khanty-Mansiysk, short confirmation ltr in En from V/S Anna Malinina, who also enclosed a stn sticker. Rpt sent to ul. Pyatnitsaka 25, but reply was from ul. Shabolovskaia 37 (or P.O. Box 24), 113162 Moscow. The stn describes itself as a Russian-French independent commercial network. In 12 months after follow-up, 16 months all up. (Foster-OZ, via NU Jan 17)

EURean version "R Addin Kultura" (Radio 1 Culture) in Ru 0300-0900 & 1600-2200 7525, and 11630 0900-1600. But with different version via Blagovechtchensk 1200-1600 5960 100 kW 125 degr to EaAS. VoRussia noted at 1400-1500 on 9470, both En via Khabarovsk 100 kW 220 degr. Ru via Ekaterinburg 200 kW 100 degrees, to EaAS resp. SoEaAS.

VoRussia cut progr duration due to financial reasons: Fr 1700-2100 (x1600-2200) En 0200-1000, 1400-2200 (x24 hrs) Al 1600-1630 (x1600-1700) Se 1630-1800 (x1700-1800 & 1900-2000) Gr 1900-2000 (x2000-2100) Pol 1800-1900 (x1700-1800 & 1900-2000)

On 7340 under VoIRIB Tehran observed two sces at 1800-2000, VoR Ru Serpukhov 500 kW 260 degr to NoWeAF, R Russia in Ru via St.Petersburg 500 kW 145 degr to RUS, CeAS, ME. Universal Life in En to AS, instead of usual Hi sce, 1330-1358 new7295, fr 1400 VoR in Pashto/Dari. Radio Tatarstan SW sce was also on the air in early 90's on 11945 & 17810, acc verification , received here from Kazan in 1991. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Riyadh Holy Quran Ar dom sce progr from 1100-1500? on v15161.79, hetting ALG on even 15160 1200 Ext sce, and //v15277.81 less strength. (WB Jan 18)

SINGAPORE The following schedule for R Singapore can be found at http://rsi.com.sg/english/shortwave/swave.html

Internat Sce RSI En 1100-1400 6015 6155 RSI Ch 1100-1400 6000 6120 RSI BM 1100-1400 6070 7245

Dom Sce Relays En 2300-2400 6160 0000-1100 1400-1600 6155 Ch 2300-1100 1400-1600 6000 BM 2300-2400 7260 0000-1100 1400-1600 7245 Ta 2300-1600 7170 (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS; Sony ICF77, 24m F3DBC, Jan 17)

SOUTH AFRICA Sentech printed sched shows different the Sat/Sun 1300-1455 En bc 9440 17675 17870. 17675 is stronger than 17870 here in Germany. (Jatinder Kumar-UK, WDXC Contact Jan 98, ed Jan 18)

TAIWAN Sentech On the 1st of Jan, Radio Taipei Internat announced that it was part of the Central Bcing System, ROC. I finally found the CBS Web site on the 13th; I was visitor number 8. The URL is . There are En language pages as well, but most of these are under construction. I can't find any specific mention of RTI, but then I don't have the proper fonts nor can I read Chinese... :-) Looks like my message about the Central Broadcasting System, ROC, was grunged, missing the URL. The URL is http://www.cbs.org.tw/ (Thomas Sundstrom-USA, Jan 15-17)

TAJIKISTAN 7515, Tajik Radio, fair signal at 0355 Jan 13 with religious-sounding reading in Tajik. Into RS at 0400 (which lasted till 0413), then a short piece of local mx, a brief silence, and back to Tajik at 0415. //5800, which was marginally weaker.

(Jones-PRG, via NU Jan 17)

THAILAND R Liberty Khyrghiz 1300-1400 very strong via Udorn 7290 [opening fr 1248 whistle procedure, ID/IS fr 1258], //9595 Kavalla, 11990 Holzkirchen. (WB, Jan 18)

UNID 6025 0400-0600 Dec 20, En progr [FRCN Enugu NIG]. Usually VoPK in Ar & Kurdish here. 6064.6 0500-0700 Dec 21, LatAM stn in Sp, heard here Sat/Sun only, due to RSI-SWE Mon-Fri here. [Colmundo Bogota COL] (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15)

USA WHRA, Greenbush, Maine has set Tue, Jan 20 as a tentative date for on-air testing. This testing date is dependent on rcvng a construction permit in time from the FCC. Sked: 0300-0500 on 7465, 0500-0800 on 9400, 0800-2000 on 17655, 2000-2200 on 15460, and 2200-2400 on 13760. QSL via South Bend, or fill out "QSL Results" on their new web site at E-mail: [email protected] (The old web address will still work; however, WHRI will be promoting the new address as it ties all five of its SW stns into one web address.) (WHRI via Sellers-ONT)

Radio Free Asia: US Congress has doubled funding for Radio Free Asia to expand bcs to China and Tibet. RFA will receive US$24 mill in fiscal 1998, up from US$9.3 million in 1997. The new funding will allow RFA to increase staff from 126 to 224 by mid-year and more than double the amount of time it spends bcing to China. Mandarin will increase from five to 12 hours daily, and Tibetan from two to four, along with new programming in Uighur and Cantonese. (AFP and AP reports in 'The Australian', Jan 19 via via Matt Francis, via EDXP)

AWR noted as follows: new 9420 [Rimavska Sobota SVK] 1500-1630 Pu Hi Ur (x9475), but co- ch KTWR Uz Tj Ki Ru, and Korean. AWR Wavescan: Dec 21&28 0930 Forli edition #152/153. 9450 SVK #156/157. Jan 4: Forli #125, first aired May 18, 1997! Jan 11: Forli #155, KSDA 1230, 1430, 1600, 1730, 2130, #159.

WWCR planning to use MW Bolshakovo Kaliningrad 1386 1200 kW, acc to DX progr "Hello Dxers" #383 of Radio Vilnius. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15)

UZBEKISTAN Changes fr mid Dec, R Tashkent En 0100-0130, [& 0130 Dari, 0200-0230 Pushto] new5040, //5955 5975 7105 9540. Ge 1935-2030 new5025 replaced x6230 to avoid Dusheti-GEO. //7105 9540 11905. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15)

5975 Radio Tashkent 1216 in En, program with operatic mx, hosted by woman announcer. Found on parallels of 5060, 6025 and 9715. Best on 5975 despite QRM from BBC on 5965. (Mark Fine-USA, Jan 19)

VIETNAM VoVTN Hanoi in Cambodian on v10009.84 much stronger than Vn home sce relay on 10059.80, 1240. (WB, Jan 18) 12019.3 Voice of Vietnam 1236 news in En read by man and woman until 1240. Discussion of today's Hanoi at 1247, narrated by man. Moderate signal with deep fading. Also found on parallel, but much weaker 9839.9. (Mark Fine-USA, Jan 19)

New URL of the Nordic Shortwace Center: http://swl.sydsvenskan.se/ Lots of interesting stuff there, including back issues of DSWCI DX Window, the "Andean Center", and Thorsten Koch's excellent "Internet Guide to International Broadcasters". Worth a visit. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jan 18)

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ALBANIA TWR via Cerrik in Pol, 0615-0630 noted spurious signal 5895.4, regular on 5910 & Shijak v7385. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 15) Checked on Jan 25: Cerrik 5909.92 and spur 5895.32; //Shijak 7385.06, WB.

The new censorship dept of the National Intelligence Sce of [Prime Minister] Fatos Nano and [National Intelligence Sce Chairman] Fatos Klosi again jammed yesterday's final bc, while the news conference of Democratic Party [PD] leader Sali Berisha was being carried. The Albanian-language bcs of Voice of America were also interrupted yesterday evening. Listeners were unable to hear the 1930 UTC nx bc. The bc was interrupted, not to be resumed, as soon as a report on the situation in Shkoder began. This did not happen to the BBC, which was able to bc freely its own version of the situation in Shkoder and the political reaction in Tirana. This is the second time within a few days that the censors, who have returned to their posts with staff from the former State Security Service, have gagged Voice of America to prevent Albanians from hearing the voice of the opposition. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 22/25/30)

ARGENTINA LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, from a brief time is bcing now on the NEW freq of 15820 USB mode (x13363.5) his progr called "De Coleccion" on Suns (local time) in //1270, fr Sun *2300-Mon 0200*, when there is soccer txions, the txion of the progr start delayed. This progr have receive lots of reception reports, principally from USA and EUR, acc to the details heard recently, on the same freq also is heard the relay of the new FM stn of Buenos Aires - FM NEWS 98.3 Mhz. (Marcelo Cornachioni via Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Jan 27)

Mr. Jorge Bourdet, is the editor of the progr "De Coleccion", and he will confirm all reception the reports about this txion on SW freqs with a very nice LS11 QSL with full details (as freq., date & time).

Addr: "De Coleccion", Sr. Jorge Bourdet, Casilla 96, 1900-La Plata, Argentina and please, include 2 IRCs. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Jan 27)

BANGLADESH R. Bangladesh noted on 7185 with extended txion for Ramadan, Bengali 1900- 2000. (Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Jan 21)

CHAD 6165 Rdiff. Nat. Tchadienne, Jan 29, 1653-1705, A talk with F accent, mx. One more African stn was on a frequency - ZNBC Lusaka with En nx at 1700 and at 1800 with ID's as "Radio Two" and a lot of European and American pop songs. Some time a signal strength from Lusaka was stronger than Chad and SRI in Ge. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS-M, Jan 30)

CHINA CNR noted on NFs 7290 and 5985 with Network-1, *1958, bad QRM RL Pals in Uk 5985. (Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Jan 24)

CRI noted with Ch 2000-2050 on NF 9710-B1, NF 9685-K, 7780-B1, 7660-X, 7185-J1, 6955-B2. Sites are as designated by Nagoya Dxers' Circle: B1/B2 Beijing, J1=Jinhua, K=Kunming, X=Xian. (via EDXP, Jan 24)

Unidentified Chinese stn noted on measured v9782.17 in 0000-0115 time range, then went to bed at 0215 LT. Lovely Chinese mx, couldn't find any //, not CNR1st/2nd/Minority, no CRI, no advice in all available freq lists. Puzzled me up. But no professional progr handling observed, definite not from latest digital technology studio in Beijing. Some mx breaks in between, and unprofessional announcer stops, announced some words twice. (WB, Jan 25)

CLANDESTINE RADIO STATIONS R Kudirat "Voice of Democracy", 6205, 1804-1956*, En + vernac, ann: "Please pass this information to your family, frineds, and neighbours.... They are temporary off the air - , but promise they will be back soon!"! Given addr P.O.Box #9663, London UK. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 14-17)

COSTA RICA RFPI's upgrade plans as explained by James Latham on Mailbag starting Jan 23: For the 30 kW tx on 7385, going back to a very efficient antenna used a sesquiyear ago for about 2 months, redesigned and strengthened. Should be on air within a month, much higher gain. This tx will also have a freq synthesizer, allowing quick changes if needed in the 41 mb. [Jan 24 7385 stayed on past 1800 as an experiment -- it was audible here, but 15050 much better -gh] 15050 will change from AM to USB mode, and from 10 kW to 2 kW, and stay on 24 hrs; increase antenna gain 10 dB. [I already noticed this testing on USB Jan 24 and 25 around 1300 -gh] 21465 will change from USB to AM mode, and from 2 kW to 10 kW. Current log-periodic antenna has good gain but fixed toward north, not rotatable. Will add rotor in 6-8 weeks, so can aim toward Europe early in the day, Asia later, as well as Ea and WeNoAM on the way; and also aim toward S.PAC. 6980 will be a backup freq, maybe used, maybe not. Phase II plans: in 2.5 to 3 months, tunable curtain antenna covering 6980-7500 kHz, bi-directional N/S and broadbeam, tho aimed toward CNAm, also covering WeNoAM, EaNoAM, and SoAM. [They were already using a curtain on now inactive 6980 -gh] The entire project should be completed in about 6 months. FM 88.3 will move to a mountain-top site owned by UFP, with a breathtaking view of the Central Valley, and greatly improve coverage within Costa Rica. Power has already been raised. (James Latham, RFPI Mailbag Jan 23-24 via Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jan 27)

CROATIA/GERMANY Croatian Radio - this sce IDs as Croatian Radio SW (Cr: "Hrvatski Radio, Kratki Val"). Croatian Radio's dom sce is also carried on SW channels at various times. Bcs are relayed via txs at Juelich, Germany.

0000-0159 En/Cr 9520-j En nx 0005-0015 0159-0400 En/Cr 6120-j 5840-j 0700-1000 En/Cr 11730-j En nx 0805-0810 2100-2200 Cr 9590-j

Addr: HRT, Prisavlje 3, Zagreb, Croatia tel +385-1-616-3355 fax: +385-1-616-3347 E-mail: zelimier.klasanhrt.com.hr URL: www.hrt.hr (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 21)

FINLAND URL to Radio Finland info of Raimo Makela: http://personal.inet.fi/tiede/raimo.makela/radiofinland.html (Jan 24)

FRANCE/CHINA RFI and CRI renew tx agreement. Radio France Internationale [RFI] and CHN Radio International [CRI] have renewed for three years their agreement on the exchange of txs covering eight hours of progrs a day. This agreement will enable RFI to bc to VTN and IND on SW and MW fr txs in X'ian, Kunming and Hainan. As for CRI, its French-language bcs for the internal market will increase by an hour. (BBCM via AGDX, Dec 19)

GERMANY Historical recordings. 75 years music on radio, feature on DeutschlandFunk Cologne, long wave 153 & 207, several medium wave channels, on FM, satellite and cable network. The primary bcsting stations and their progrs. Sun Febr 1st, 2230-2258 UTC. (DLF progr booklet Feb 98)

The head of Deutsche Welle-radio's English progr, Michael Behrens, has outlined some of DW's planned developments for the coming years. DW-radio is increasingly making use of modern technologies such as digital bcing and the Internet, but still sees SW as essential in crisis regions and less developed countries, he added. Whilst DW is reducing the number of its language sce it is also considering the possible introduction of new sces such as Ukrainian and Korean. ('DW-Plus', Cologne, in English Feb 98, via BBCM via AGDX)

GERMANY [NIGERIA non] Weekly check for R. New Nigeria, UTC Sun Jan 25 at 0100 found nothing on 5905, tho before 0100 Vilnius via Germany had been audible mixed with the fax. Perhaps they have run out of money or programs. If they were smart they would have QSYed to a clear freq long ago. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WoR, Jan 27)

From Hans Johnson: Voice of Free Nigeria (11645 1900-2000 Sat) is suspected to be bcing fr Algeria. Is there anyway this could be coming from Juelich or somewhere in the CIS?

I think, these Juelich registration speaks for itself: 11645 1900 2000 46-48,52,53,57 JUL 100 261097 290398 D (Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 28)

HONDURAS 5890, HRMI is back. Hrd at 2240 Jan 26, man preacher in Sp to full ID at 2308: "HRMI, La Voz de Misiones Internacionales, desde Honduras, America Central, para el mundo." Weak at first, but good by 2315. (Rausch-NJ via NU, Jan 26) Per Numero Uno Index, last rptd hrd in NU 1411, Feb 9, 1997. (JB)

After an absence of several months, HRMI was back Sun morning Jan 25 on 5890 AM from tune-in 1232 with quite strong but broken-up signal, mx and Halleluyahs; 1233 ID in Sp as "Radio M-I", C&W/gospel mx, tx cutting off and on. 1236 full produced ID giving 1480 and 5890 freqs, 1237 time as 6:40 am and live local announcer/preacher, with usual florid yadda-yadda-yadda; seems to be a warble on the carrier when it is on. At 1256 was mostly off and not heard after 1300. This would be the new tx they were expecting in Dec. Recording of ID is on WOR 926 and Mundo Radial. On again the following evening but with considerable co- and adjacent-channel interference; 0430 Jan 26 had Sp preaching with consecutive En translation, 0501 brief s-off announcement spelling out "K-H-Z" twice in Sp, gave sked as 6 am-11 pm, 0502*. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WoR, Jan 27)

5890 HRMI has reactivated. 1225 with Christian vocals and religious talk. Possibly the first day as they talked quite a bit about being on SW to the world and gave their address and phone number quite a number of times. Full power would be 1500 watts. (Johnson-USA via Cumbre Dx. Jan 26)

INDONESIA List of INS stns noted here in January: 2410 R Enga 2695 RPDT2 Ende 3215 RRI Menado 34333 3222.1 RRI Mataram 3225 Tanjung Pinang 3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi 25332 3241.4 RRI Ambon 24332 3264.6 RRI Gorantalo 35433 3325 RRI Palangkaraya 35543 3344.8 RRI Ternate 35333 3355.4 RRI Sumenep 23342 3385 RRI Kupang 34433 3395.1 RRI Tanjung Karang 23342 3542.1 RPDT2 Sumba Timur 13331 3904.9 RRI Merauke 34333 v3976.1 RRI Pontianak 45544 S 9+30dB 3985.6 RRI Surabaya 23332 4000.2 RRI Kendari 34333 4003.2 RRI Padang 12331 4606.3 RRI Seuri 24332 4753.3 RRI Ujung Pandang 34333 4777.2 RRI Jakarta 33333 4845.2 RRI Ambon 25432 4920.12 RRI Tanjung Pinang 23332 4926.8 RRI Jambi 24332 4925 RRI Jambi 35433 regular now on this QRG. 5040 RRI Pekanbaru 34433 6069.89 RRI Jayapura 22332 only monitored by using 1.8 kHz filter on R8A 7098.6 RRI Yogyakarta 25432 7234.4 RRI Palu 23432 9552.3 RRI Ujung Padang 35533 9614.30 RRI Samarinda 34443 9741.8 RRI Sorong, relay RRI Manokwari. 25332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 9-19)

15125 RRI Jakarta, Jan 29, 1344-1355 with the Ramadan's final day special progr, usual ID at 1355 as "Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia Programa Nasional Satu", //3215, 3232, 3250, 3265, 3345, 3385, 3395, 3905(two), 3976, 4000, 4003, 4697, 4753, 4925, 5040, 9630, 11760. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS-M, Jan 29)

IRAN Radio Koran inaugurates 600-kW tx on 585 kHz, round-the-clock progrs. The station's progrs can be heard in 70 per cent of the country's territory. In the past, Iranian radio has bc a more limited Koran sce for about six hours a day on relatively low-powered MW txs in the Tehran, Ahvaz and Bushehr areas. (BBCM via AGDX, Dec 31)

VoIRIB Tehran 1530-1630 English 7215 new9780 11790 13605 (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Jan 24)

Spurious signals noted 0630-0725 VoIRI Teheran It sce on EUR azimuth of nominal 15084.17 - 14989.40 and 15168.83. (WB Jan 25)

IRAN/IRAQ SAIRI (Voice of Rebellious Iraq) (Arabic: Sawt al-Iraq al-Tha'ir) supports an Iranian-sponsored Shi'i group, the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI), and is hostile to the current Iraqi govt. SAIRI also prepares progrs for V. of the Islamic Revol in IRQ. VoIR is believed to transmit from Iran. It began bcing on 12th Mar 1991. In the past, freqs around 1431, 1539, 6330, 7050-7100 and 8000-8200 have been used. FM freq of "100.41 MHz" has also been announced. Progrs in Ar, have also been carried in Kurdish in the past. 0330-0600 & 1300-1530 6020v. 2100-2300 MW 1386. Addrs: PO Box 11365/738, Tehran, Iran / PO Box 37155/146, Qom, Iran or PO Box 36802, Damascus, Syria. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 21)

ITALY [c.f. bc-dx # 346] Checking the RAI sked indicates that a b/c in Russian occurs 0530-0555* on 9670. If the spur (and it is a spur) was heard on about 4607.5, then, assuming the txion freq is still 9670, the math works out (2 x 4607.5) + 455 = 9670 kHz. If the freq is 9665, then the freq reported of 4605 is a true sub-harmonic. (2 x 4605)+455=9665 kHz.

I have heard of this kind of thing by listeners living close to FS txing sites before, but never in Italy. (Dan Henderson-USA, Jan 29) [puzzled me up last week, but had no success to figure out the formula, ed]

JAPAN Radio France Internationale, Yamata, 9660, 1023, male and female speakers in Mandarin, suddenly off (5 mins early) at 1025 UTC. SINPO 35333. Radio Japan, Yamata, 9695, 1027, taped identification and interval signal, sign-on at 1030 with BI sce. SINPO 24443. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jan 26)

KAZAKHSTAN Here is an interesting observation: I tried to check the freqs of Kazakh Radio between 1500 and 2000 on Jan 29th. There were bad results: no any signals on all ones! Latest monitoring schedule from Jan 15: 4545 6180 11950 0000-2000 Prog.1, 5260 9505 0100-1800 Prog.2 is completely inactive... On Jan 30 between 0000 and 0200 I could find only one active 11950 with Kazakh and Russian ann as "Kazakh Radio... Akmola..." at 0008 and as "Kazakh Radio...Almaty..." at 0100. All "Ukrainian" freqs (7290 9620 11840) were also out of use on Jan 29-30. No any exact information about the situation yet. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS-M, Jan 30)

Kazakh Radio - In some languages this stn may ID itself as "Radio Kazakhstan" rather than "Radio Almaty". This schedule shows only those sces which have been confirmed by recent monitoring observations. Ext sces in Uighur and Tatar have not been confirmed. u = freqs used by this sce may be relayed fr txs in Kiev UKR.

9505 9620u 11840u 1000-1020 Mon/Wed/Thu/Sun Ge, Tue/Fri/Sat En 1020-1040 Tue Kazakh Wed En. 1040-1100 Tue Turkish. 1100-1130 daily Ru

Addr: Radio Almaty, ul Zheltoksan 175, 480013 Almaty, Kazakhstan. tel +7-3272-630763/633716 (main numbers) tel +7-3272-637694 (head of foreign-language bcs) fax +7-3272-631207 (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 21)

KOREA D.P.R. Pyongyang BS freqs. Further to my recent reports, at 1500 on Jan 28, Pyongyang Bcing Stn was observed on 3250, 3320, 6250 (back from 6248), and 6399 (as usual). As of 0700 on Jan 29, 6399 is off the air, others unchanged. North Korea's power shortage seemingly subsided slightly during the first weeks of Jan, but now it is obviouly getting worse again as some of dom and internat bcs are constantly observed off the air. (Sonny M. Ashimori-JPN, Jan 29)

KOREA Rep. of FEBC [Far East Broadcasting Company] has been hit by some of the economic troubles in Asia, especially in Korea. We have this report from Mission Network News [read by Peter Brooks]: [Brooks] ...The Asian economic crisis is having an effect on missionary radio in the region. President of Far East Broadcasting Company Jim Bowman says they've cut power from their txs because of the currently crisis in South Korea. [Bowman] They have reduced the power of the txions that go into NoKorea and into China by ten per cent. [Brooks] Bowman says the crisis cut commercial sponsorship but the increased value of the US dollar means American donations are worth more ... [Presenter] And of course that [power reduction] applies to FEBC's AM txions from Korea on 1188 and 1566 kHz MW. (HCJB via BBCM via AGDX, Jan 24)

LIBERIA 3425, R. Veritas is back, albeit for a short prgm. Hrd at *0500-0525* Jan 24- 28, all relig progr, signal not too good. Perhaps the govt does not want them bcing nx. (Rausch-NJ via NU, Jan 29)

MADAGASCAR RNW Madagascar relay noted on new 11660 (x11655), for En to AS *0030-0325*. (Mick Ogrizek-AUS via EDXP, Jan 24)

MONACO/GERMANY Frequ change on ERF/TWR German progr. Fr Mar 29th ERF Wetzlar will replace Monte Carlo 6230 by 9795 to serve listenership in Northern Germany by increased signal level. //still 7160. Daily 0930-1000, 1430-1500 [Sat DX px fr 1415-1430], but most likely 1 h earlier[!] in UTC time, during European DST. (Lothar Ruehl ERF/TWR, Jan 23)

"Evangeliumsrundfunk", the Wetzlar-based German section of Trans World Radio, will bc via TWR Monaco in coming Z98 season 0830-0900 and 1330-1400 (on Sats starting at 1315) on 7160 and 9795. ERF expects from these 31 metre freq better reception quality especially in northern Germany than on the current 6230 outlet. (Lothar Ruehl via Kai Ludwig, Jan 27)

Comment: 9795 was already used by ERF during the last Solar Maximum. 6230 is indeed not so strong here in eastern Germany, while 7160 is a powerhouse (of course also because it's operating with 500 kW, whereas 6230 uses 100 kW "only").

NEW ZEALAND Pete Costello received an E-mail message from Linden Clark, RNZI's manager: "Thank you so much for your note of concern regarding the possible closure of RNZI. It is a matter dear to our hearts as well ! Treasury has, we believe, made a recommendation that the service be closed and this will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting later this month. Radio New Zealand is keen for the service to continue and are very supportive of RNZI. In response to your note then, I would be pleased if you could send a copy to those in government who will soon decide upon our future. If you would like to do this, or if you would like to write a newspaper 'letter to the Editor', we would be most grateful. The following ar some addresses which may be helpful.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley - Fax 64 4 4737 045 e-mail: [email protected]

Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon, - Fax +64 4 4711 444

Minister for Radio NZ Tony Ryall, - Fax +64 4 4722 376.

Pacific MP - Taito Philip Field, Fax +64 4 4724 143

The Editor, N Z Herald, POBox 32, AUCKLAND, fax: +64 9 373 6421

The Editor, The Dominion, POBox 1297, WELLINGTON, fax: +64 4 474 0350

The Editor, The Evening Post, POBox 3740, WELLLINGTON fax: +64 4 474 0536 e-mail: [email protected]

The Editor, The Press, Private Bag 4722, CHRISTCHURCH fax: +64 3 364 8238 e-mail: [email protected] (Costello via DXW, Jan 25)

PAKISTAN Radio Pakistan launches Koran-dedicated channel. The new channel will be aired from 0700-1200 local time and will be transmitted from Islamabad and the "second channel" of Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Hyderabad relay stations. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 26)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA NBC Port Moresby is to commence a new SW sce in a few weeks, to be known as "KUNDU NATIONAL", in Pidgin and Motu, to supplement the remaining provincial stns and to provide an alternative to the En language "Karai National" sce. A "trial run" of the new sce was held on the evening of Dec 31, consisting mainly of mx and airing of incoming telephone callers of New Year greetings from listeners in the various dialects.

The 3925 outlet was used replacing the traditional En language New Year's Eve progr on 4890. It remains to be seen which daytime freq will be used - 11880 or a 9 MHz outlet. The txing site at Waigani, in the northern part of Port Moresby, contains two 100 kW and two 10 kW txs.

Provincial Network - five provincial outlets have been absent for three months or more - 3205 3235 3290 3345 3375 3355 has been off for several weeks. Radio New Ireland returned on 16 Dec. (Robert Jones-AUS via EDXP, Jan 24)

3325 Radio Bougainville Kiete, 2005-2030 En and Pidgin, ID at 2017 24332. 3315 R Manus Lorengau, 1920-1933, s-on with march mx. 1926 IS/ID with bird call. choir singing, again IS, relig progr. 24332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 17)

PARAGUAY My favorite mx inclination fits by the PRG mx selection for decades now. Yesterday came across to lovely Latin American mx via v9737.47 R Nacional de PRG Asuncion at 0038. (WB Jan 25)

PHILIPPINES Voice of America, Tinang, 15145, 1325, female speaker in Vn, 1330 s-off, SINPO 25242. Acc to VoA's Dan Ferguson on IRC #SWL this is the 50 kW "Baby Tinang" tx. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jan 25) [Tinang II at 280 degr]

POLAND The Raczyn long wave tx on 225 is back on air since a couple of days. The MW carries still PR 1 //225, at night they are now off. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jan 25)

After four months of repairs to the LW radio mast at Raszyn in central Poland, the first progr of Polish radio returned to the air on 26th Jan, Polish radio reported. The chairman of the board of Polish radio, Krzysztof Michalski, said that for a week Radio One could be received on LW, MW and VHF. Monitoring research confirmed that Polish Radio 1 was available on the normal 225 kHz freq. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 26)

RUSSIA VGTRK - Radio Russia (Radio Rossii) is operated by the All-Russian State TV & Radio Company (VGTRK). Radio Russia bcs throughout Russia on a variety of LW, MW, SW and FM channels. This schedule shows SW freqs as well as the main Moscow-area freqs 261, 873 kHz and 66.44 MHz). This schedule includes only those freqs recently confirmed by BBCM. 0000-0059 5290 4895 4860 4820 4485 270 0059-0159 5290 4895 4860 4820 4485 0159-0259 7380 7335 7325 7220 6125 6115 6110 5910 5290 4485 873 270 261 66.44 0230-0240 Tue/Thu/Sat Relay of Radio Slavyanka [Russian Army Radio] 0259-0359 7380 7335 7325 6125 6110 5910 873 261 66.44 0359-0459 7380 7335 6110 5910 873 270 261 0459-0559 11990 9860 7335 7250 873 270 261 66.44 0559-0659 12060 11720 9860 7335 873 261 66.44 0659-0759 12060 12045 11990 11720 9860 9720 5290 4895 4820 873 261 66.44 0759-0859 15455(fr0830) 13705(fr0830) 12045 11990 11720 9720 7220 5290 873 261 66.44 0859-0959 15455 13705 12085 12045 11990 11720 9720 7440 7250 7220 5290 873 261 66.44 0959-1059 15455 13705 12045 11990 11720 9720 7440 7250 7220 873 261 66.44 1059-1159 15455 13705 12045 11990 11720 9720 7440 7250 873 261 66.44 1159-1259 15455 13705 12045 9720 7440 7345 7250 873 261 66.44 1259-1359 15455 13705 12045 12000 9720 7440 7250 6125 873 261 66.44 1359-1459 15455 13705 7340 7250 6125 873 261 66.44 1459-1559 13705 7440 7340 6125 5930 4820 4485 873 261 66.44 1559-1659 13705 12060 7340 6125 5910 5290 4820 4485 873 261 261 66.44 1659-1759 7340 5895 5290 4895 4820 4485 873 261 66.44 1759-1859 12060 7340 5290 4895 4485 873 261 66.44 1859-1959 12060 5910 5290 4895 4820 4485 873 261 66.44 1959-2059 7170 5895 4895 4485 873 261 66.44 2059-2159 7170 6060 6045 5910 873 261 66.44 2159-2259 7220 5290 4860 873 261 2259-0000 12045 7220 5290 4860 873 261 Addr: VGTRK, Yamskogo Polya 5-ya ul. 19/21, 125124 Moscow, Russia. tel: +7-095-251-4050 fax: +7-095-233-6449 or 214-4767. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 21)

As you maybe know there was a important change in Radio Rossii bcing format on Jan 5th: from 22 to 20 hours a day - "European version" of this major Russian state radio network is on the air between 0200 and 2200 (except 2200-0000) at present. But I noted one more change on Jan 29 when I checked a Magadan signal on 5940 between 1210 and till close down at 1400: all this period the tx relayed an "European version" progr as all other ones from St.Petersburg to Magadan on the following freqs: 4485 4820 4860 4895 5290(1300-) 5930 6060 6125(1300-) 6160 7140 7210 7220 7250 7345 7440 9720 12045 and 15455. Yakutsk on 7140 and 7345 was heard till 1600 //4860 5290 6060 7210 7220 and 7440 with "non-european version". But from 1600 all txs were noted with a "European version" only on 4485 4820 4895 5290 6125 7170(1730-) and 7340. I suppose that Radio Rossii uses only three time shifted versions except of five ones as before - or it was some temporary problems with satellite links? (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS-M, Jan 30)

Moscow stations giving up MW frequencies. The Moscow station Otkrytoye, or Open Radio, has recently had to give up its MW freq of 918 kHz for financial reasons, meaning excessive charges for use of the tx. Now Radio Ekho Moskvy has also left MW, although there is no report of why, the report said, noting that previously Ekho Moskvy could be received in the hours of darkness virtually throughout the European part of the former USSR. Radio Ekho Moskvy has also changed its FM freq to 91.2 MHz. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 11/23)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Riyadh in Ar noted on some odd freqs: til 1603 on v11708.22, and //11836.05, latter replaced by even 9730 at 1603-1800. (WB Jan 25)

SENEGAL/ETHIOPIA Radiodiffusion-Television du Senegal. RTS progrs are bc in French, Oulof (Wolof), Pulaar (Poular),Soninke (Sarakhole), Seereer (Serere), Joola (Diola) and Mandingue (Mandjackque). Chaine Inter may relay some nx bulletins fr Chaine Nationale. In the past, Chaine Inter has also used a SW tx on 11895/7210/4950/7170.

0558-0658 weekdays, 0659-0000 SW 11800. Addr: Triangle Sud (BP 1765), Dakar; tel: +221 217801; fax: +221 223490 URL: http://primature.sn/rts/freq_con.htm e-mail: rtsprimature.sn (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 21)

In DX-Window's "Caught In the Web," edited this week by Thorsten Koch, among the new websites noted is Rdfsn. TV Senegalaise, URL The freq listing on the site shows one SW channel, a 100 kW tx on 11800 kHz, located at Rufisque (14 deg.43' N, 17 deg.16' W, near Dakar) carrying the Chaine Nationale at 0600- 2400 (Senegal time is also UTC). Supposedly uses 11800 at 0558-0000; however, that is based solely from info supplied by RTS. (NU, Jan 25)

Monitored 11800 almost every night now: There is a small propagation window between 1905 and 1940 UTC. RAI Rome is heard daily fr 1830-1905 in Italian to NoAM. Then heard UNID stn playing AF mx [more likely fr Horn of Africa like ETH/SOM] and short talks in unidentified vernac language on 11800.00 after 1905 UTC, peak at 1920 and fade-out from 1934 onwards, noted on 25th and 28th 24322. On Jan 26th: 13311 only. Nothing on 27th and 29th, not even a carrier when I switched to ssb reception mode. (WB Jan 25-29)

11800 Voice of Peace 1950 parallel to 9560.2 with Somali mx. 1959 talk by woman. I am not sure what the word for peace in Somali is, but the Somali ID sounds like Sowt al Ma- aw-wa-ah. Somali closing announcements followed by English ID and off. (Hans Johnson in Cumbre Dx, Jan 19)

Michiel Schaay on Klingenfuss' SW freq guide: 11800,3 Voice of Peace Gedja ETH 1058 1200 Sm Af Unicef program 11800,3 Radio Ethiopia Gedja ETH 1200 1300 Sm Af irregular 11800,3 Radio Ethiopia Gedja ETH 1300 1400 Aa Af irregular 11800,3 Radio Ethiopia Gedja ETH 1400 1500 Ar Me Af irregular 11800,3 Radio Ethiopia Gedja ETH 1600 1700 En Af irregular 11800,3 Radio Ethiopia Gedja ETH 1700 1800 Fr Af irregular Ethiopia seems now addit [VoP?] 1900-2000 UTC outlet towards EaAF, ed.

SLOVAKIA RFE mediumwave licence extended. The Slovak Board for Radio and Television Broadcasting (RRTV) met in session in Bratislava, on Tues 27th Jan. The Board licensed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to bc on a MW freq of 1287 kHz for two years following the termination of its current licence validity. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 28)

SOUTH AFRICA Update to Channel Africa sked 1300-1455 English 9440 17675 17870 (x15330) 1800-1830 English 15240 1830-1855 French 15240 (SENTECH/Wolf-OH/Kohnbrenner-PA, via NASWA, Jan 27)

TAIWAN I like to share some info about newly established " CBS Radio Taipei Int'l". They published in "Radio Taipei International Magazine", incl schedule of five networks. But there're some error, I just translate these message and tell you what's wrong in the message.

CBS RADIO TAIPEI INT'L schedule as follows

1 - VARIETY NETWORK (IN CH) 585 1300-1500 1200 S.TWN 747 1600-0000 250 M.CHN, W.TWN 900 0400-2200 300 W.TWN 927 1000-2200 1200 M.CHN, S.TWN 1098 1000-0100 300 S.CHN, W.TWN 1206 1600-2200 100 W.TWN 1521 1000-2200 1200 N.CHN, S.TWN 3335 0900-2200 100 M.CHN, N.TWN 6180 0400-1000 300 S.CHN (actually 0900-0000) 7105 1000-1900 300 M.CHN 7250 1000-1900 100 N.CHN 9280 0000-0500 100 N.CHN 11775 0400-0800 300 N.CHN 11970 0200-1000 100 N.CHN 15125 2200-0300, 0900-1800 100 M.CHN 15320 0400-0500 100 N.CHN (MW, 3335 are easily heard. Other freqs are mostly jammed)

2 - NEWS NETWORK (in Ch) 603 1000-2200 1000 M.CHN, W.TWN 747 0000-0600 250 W.TWN 1008 2200-0600, 1000-1800 600 S.CHN, W.TWN 1206 1600-2200 100 W.TWN 1422 2200-0300, 0600-1600 50 W.TWN 6085 1000-1900 100 N.CHN 6180 1000-1900 300 S.CHN 7105 2200-0200 300 M.CHN 7250 2200-0400 100 N.CHN 9610 2200-0300 250 N.CHN 9630 1000-1900 300 M.CHN 11725 2200-0500,0900-1600 100 INS/THA 11775 1000-1900 300 N.CHN

3 - DIALECT NETWORK (in Amoy, Hakka, Cantonese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uighur) 3-1 Amoy (mainly spoken in TWN, Fujian) 0000-0600 603 S.CHN, W.TWN 0900-1600 747 S.CHN, W.TWN 0000-0100 7130 11550 11745 SoEaAS (11745 in Hakka, not Amoy) 0200-0400 11550 11915 SEAs 1000-1100 7130 11550 11745 15345 SoEaAS 1300-1400 11860 SEAs

3-2 Hakka (mainly spoken in TWN, E.Guangdong, S.Fujian) 0000-0600 1206 1260 S.CHN, W.TWN 0900-1500 1206 1260 S.CHN, W.TWN 0000-0200 11745 15345 SoEaAS 1400-1500 11550 15345 SoEaAS 1500-1600 9610 AUS/NZL

3-3 Cantonese (spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong) 0000-0600 6040 9690 S.CHN 0800-1400 6040 9690 S.CHN 0500-0600 11745 11825 11915 15270 15345 SoEaAS 0800-0900 7445 AUS/NZL SoEaAS 1000-1100 7285 9610 11915 AUS/NZL SoEaAS 1100-1200 15270 SoEaAS 1300-1400 11550 15345 SoEaAS (Note: 9690 is heavily jammed by CHN, but 6040 is easily heard)

3-4 Mongolian 1200-1300 11905 Mongolia Tibetan 1300-1400 11905 Tibet Uighur 1400-1500 11905 Xinjiang (Note: 11905 is heavily jammed by CHN)

4 - EXTERNAL NETWORK: That's former Voice of Free CHN ext sce. Almost keeps unchanged except Amoy, Hakka, Cantonese sces switched to Dialect Network.

En 0200-0300 7130 11740 11745 15345 5950 9680 NoAM CeAM 11825 SoEaAS 0300-0400 11745 15345 5950 9680 NoAM, 11825 SoEaAS 0700-0800 5950 W.NoAM 1200-1300 7130 NoAM, 9610 AUS/NZL 2200-2300 15600 17750 EUR [but really on 5810 & 9985 in winter periode] Sp 0200-0300 15215 17845 W.SoAM 0400-0500 11740 CeAM 0600-0700 5950 W.NoAM 2100-2200 9610 EUR 2300-0000 15130 17805 E.SoAM Fr 0700-0800 7520 EUR 2000-2100 9610 15600 EUR Ge 1800-1900 9955 EUR 2100-2200 15600 17750 EUR [act5810 & 9985] Ru 1700-1800 9955 E.EUR Ar 2000-2100 9630 11550 ME / NoAF Ja 1100-1200 7130 11745 JPN 1400-1500 7130 11745 JPN 2100-2200 7130 11745 15345 JPN BI 0800-0900 7130 11550 11825 INS 1200-1300 11550 15345 INS Vn 1500-1600 11550 15345 VTN 2300-0000 11550 15345 VTN Th 0600-0700 15270 15345 THA 1400-1500 9610 11860 THA 2200-2300 585 7445 THA

Chinese sce still exists, but missing on the schedule. Here's Chinese sce of ex-VOFC Ch 0100-0200 11825 15215 SoAM 0400-0500 5950 9680 NoAM, 7130 11825 15270 15345 SoEaAS 0700-0800 7130 SoEaAS 0900-1000 7445 11745 11915 15270 15345 SoEaAS JPN, 9610 AUS/NZL 1200-1300 11745 15270 SoEaAS JPN 1900-2000 9955 9985 17760 EUR ME (During 0400-0500, some freqs are co-channels with CNR)

5 - Voice of Asia En 1100-1200 585 7445 SoEaAS BI 1200-1300 585 7445 INS 1600-1700 585 7445 INS Th 1500-1600 585 7445 9610 THA 2300-0000 585 7445 9610 THA (Chinese sce still exists on 0500-0700 7285, 0700-0900 9280, 1300-1500 7445 585, but missing on the schedule)

Note: Former-BCC (Broadc Corp of CHN) ext relay beamed to CHN ceased transmissions. Therefore you can't hear BCC news network & popular network anymore. The freq was switched to Radio Taipei Int'l. (Miller LIU, Taipei-TWN, Jan 27)

3335 CPS Taipei, 1045-, Chinese, new ID is "CPS Taipei" 45444 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 14-17)

THAILAND v9655.50 Tremendous signal of R Thailand bcing in Thai on v9655.50 1840 S=55555, old Pathumthani site, fine studio modulation compared to English sce. No propagation on //Udorn 11855 towards EUR.

9535 Worst audio modulation from studio bcast on both Udorn 9535 and Pathumthani v9655.50 at 1900. Low angle reception, s p e c t a c u l a r signals from Asia today [see VTN too] (WB Jan 24)

TURKEY Voice of Turkey will be replacing 15415 1000-1300 by 15110 beginning Febr 7. This being the Turkish sce and the move is to escape severe sideband splash from VoA 15425 and 15410. (Craig Tyson via EDXP, Jan 23)

TURKMENISTAN 5015 Turkmen Radio Asqabat 1920 Jan 24, Turkmen talks, ME mx. Seems special Ramadan sce 24 hrs? (WB Jan 24)

UNID 7221.2v RTV Centrafricaine? Jan 29, 1616 with close down nearly 1630, S2 when "South direction" antenna was in use - but very strong interference fr RL in Ru on 7220 links? (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS-M, Jan 30)

USA World Harvest Radio Africa - For many years Dr. Lester Sumrall was involved with bcing around the world through SW radio and in the US through local TV stns. In early 1987 their first SW stn of WHR went on air. An opportunity to reach Africa has become available. For several years "we" have talked about reaching AF with SW radio. "We" looked for the best place to build a SW stn to reach AF. The projected cost of a stn capable of reaching AF was going to be around 3 million dollars. Then "we" discovered a stn in northern Maine, 30 miles north of Bangor near Greenbush. It is a world class facility with a huge 500 kW tx, a diesel generator capable of keeping the stn on the air during power outages, over 85 acres of land, and a beautiful headquarters. This stn would cost close to 10 million dollars to build new today. It was constructed for roughly 8.5 million dollars ten years ago. "We" signed a purchase agreement for 1.5 million dollars. The date "we" have to pay this by is Feb 28, 1998. We would like to turn the great tx on for our first day of bcing on Feb 15, 1998, as this would be Dr. Lester Sumrall's 85th birthday. It is estimated that over 720 million people live in 53 countries in Africa, and there were over 37 million SW radios accounted for in 1986. 32 of the world's poorest countries are in Africa. (Steven Sumrall in WH Magazine, winter 97/98)

World Harvest Radio received our Construction Permit for WHRA late yesterday. WHRA will try to test tonight! We have not tried the tx to the antenna yet, so barring any problems with the antenna, WHRA will begin testing at 0300 tonight! Schedule is as follows: 0300-0500 7465 / 0500-0800 9400 / 1800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 / 2200-2400 13760 QSL Reports are welcomed in return for QSL Cards. Mail to WHRA World Harvest Radio P.O.Box 12, South Bend, IN. 46614. Email to: [email protected] or leave on our web site at http://www.whr.org under QSL Results. (Joseph Brashier WHRI/KWHR/WHRA Radio, Jan 21)

[sorry, 15460 is too high for path to EUR at 2100, ed]

15420 WRNO New Orleans 15420 noted around 1810, when 19 mb path towards EUR faded out. Adv address in Austin TX given. (WB Jan 24)

NEW TIME FOR WORLD OF RADIO. On WWCR, UTC Mon 0500 on 5070, in addit to Thur 2130 9475, Sat 0700 3210 and 5070, Sat 1230 5070, Sun 0730 5070, Tue 1330 15685. (Glenn Hauser WoR, Jan 27)

USA/CHINA Budget for US broadcasts to China up in 1998. US Congress approved a budget of 24.1m dollars for US internat bcing to China up from 9.3m from the previous year. The money will be used for a major expansion of Radio Free Asia language sces serving China. RFA Mandarin will expand from five to 12 hrs a day, Tibetan from two to four hours a day. RFA will start a Cantonese sce which will bc two hours per day. Weekly RFA bcs will be introduced in Wu, which is the Shanghai dialect, and Uighur, the language of the Islamic community in NoWeCHN. RFA has not received permission from THA and the PHL to use the VOA txing facilities in those two countries and Australia recently denied RFA's request to use the now unused Radio Australia facility at Darwin. RFA leases time on various SW txs available in the former and from US relig stns in the Pacific islands. A US-govt SW facility on Tinian in the Marianas Isls is expected to start operations by the end of this year. Those three shortwave transmitters will provide some relief for RFA. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 25)

In case you just can't get enough of The Overcomer Ministries / Brother Stair [a strong indicator that something is terribly wrong in your life - AQ], here's their complete schedule: 0000-0200 7435-WWCR 7355-WRNO 5840-Juel 0200-0300 7435-WWCR 7355-WRNO 7335-Juel 5880-Juel 0300-0400 7355-WRNO 7335-Juel 5880-Juel 2390-WWCR 0400-0600 2390-WWCR 0600-0800 9500-Juel 2390-WWCR 0800-1200 2390-WWCR 1200-1300 7435-WWCR 7395-WRNO 1300-1400 15600-Juel 15185-Juel 7435-WWCR 7395-WRNO 1400-1600 15600-Juel 9475-WWCR 7395-WRNO 1600-1700 15600-Juel 9475-WWCR 6040-Juel 1600-1830 7395-WRNO Sa/Su 1700-1800 11650-Juel 9475-WWCR 6040-Juel 1800-1830 9475-WWCR 1830-2200 9475-WWCR 7395-WRNO 2200-2400 7435-WWCR (Arnold-VA / Kohlbrenner-PA, via NASWA, Jan 27))

VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio now listed for new 5945 to Americas, 0100-0230 Po and Sp, //7305 9605. (Bob Padula/EDXP/-AUS, via NASWA, Jan 27)

VIETNAM v9839.89 Tremendous signal of VoVTN Hanoi bcing Fr nx, Arafat in U.S.A., Clinton White House affair. Low angle reception, s p e c t a c u l a r signals from Asia today, v9839.89 S=55555. (WB Jan 24)

6621.52, Hanoi 3 Hmong Sce, Jan 21, 1156. While looking for Hans Johnson's unidentified Spanish-speaking station in this vicinity, heard something completely different - SoEaASn, accapella, solo male vocalization, riffing over and over on a short segment of tune, until just before 1200. High, melodic IS once, short phrase by male, then theme and more talk. Back into vocal mx at 1209 recheck; Off after 1230. Burmese stns 4725, 6570 and 5985.8 all doing well this morning; AIR and Hanoi national networks sounded good at same time. Parallel 5034.8v not audible either day. (Novello via DXW, Jan 21)

7156.1, Radio-TV Bac Thai, Jan 24, 1227, Vn instrumental mx till 1230 male ID, "Da la dai Bac Thai...", male/female talks thereafter. Nominal 7153. Fair-poor. (Famularo via DXW, Jan 24)

12019.3, Voice of VTN, Jan 19, 1236, nx in En read by man and woman until 1240. Discussion of today's Hanoi at 1247, narrated by man. Moderate signal with deep fading. Also found on parallel, but much weaker 9839.9. (Fine via DXW, Jan 19)

ZAIRE 5066.3 R Candip, VoPeople, 1640-, French presum., very weak signal, best in usb mode, splatter fr CW stn, 13321. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 14-17)

ZIMBABWE 5012 ZBC Radio 2, 1617-1630*, En ID, AF folk mx, 1628 choir mx [or NA?], s- off, 24332. Light splatter fr Malagasy 5009.5 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 14-17)

For your information, following is a reply I received yesterday from the publisher of the WRTH concerning the present situation of the Handbook.

From "Glenn Heffernan" Future of the World Radio TV Handbook

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BC-DX 348 10 Febr 1998 ______

Hello, I just came back from three day trip on usual Febr HAM Radio contest "Bavarian Mountain Day" on 2 metres, 70, 23, and 13 cms (144, 432, 1240, 2320-5650 MHz ranges), took part in the competition, setteled down in a small hut on 1800 meters above sea level. Surrounded by snow covered Bavarian Alpes. We had a lot of fun again, and strange temperatures in European Winter terms: plus 5 degr at day, when adjusting long yagi's, sitting in bride sunshine on the snow fields. Dark blue sky just ahead and colorful balloons above the mountains. ed.

AUSTRIA DL0WWH in ORF Vienna's "InterMedia" progr on Fri 13/Sat 14/Sun 15. Ausstrahlung eines qso-Mitschnitts mit mir unter dem Amateurfunk-Rufzeichen DL0WWH [AGDX WeltWeit Hoeren]. Vielleicht habt ihr die Moeglichkeit, diese Sendung zu hoeren.

Fri Feb 13 1705 6155 9655 13710 13730 2205 1476 5945 6155 13730 Sat Feb 14 0205 7325 9495 9870 0505 6155 6015 13730 15410 17870 0905 6155 13730 15455 17870 1205 6155 13730 Sun Feb 15 2105 5945 6155 13730 (vy 73 de Thomas Schubaur, DL1TS, Feb 7)

AZERBAIJAN Radio Baku current sched: 0315-0400 Az, 1200-1300 Tu, 1300-1500 Az, 1500- 1600 Pe, 1700-1800 Ar, 1800-1830 En, 1830-1900 Ru - all on a single SW freq of 6110 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS/NERRS-M, Feb 6)

BELARUS Belaruskoye Radio home sce is carried via former jammers at Grodno. After 1100 1st progrm (//6115 and 7210 from Minsk-Kalodishchy) noted on 7140, 2nd progr underneath SWF Rohrdorf on 7265. Such a outlet is or was operational on 7145 fr Mogilyov, but today this channels was empty, not even a carrier present. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 4)

BURUNDI 6140, R. Dif du Burundi, 1745 Jan 31, possible nx, or talk about Saddam Hussein in Af lang. Then long list of names, short mx, anmt by man at 1750, "You are tuned to R. Burundi," then En nx (Burundi Natl team defeated by Rwanda, 3-1). At 1800, end of nx, then mx progr. (Vaghjee-Mauritius via NU, Jan 31)

CHILE Christian Vision, the British religious organization based in the Midlands (and who now operate R. Christian Voice in Zambia) are in the final stages of setting up an operation, Voz Cristiana, here. In 1996 they purchased 8 SW txs [ex R Nac de CHL tx site, ed] and a plot of land outside Santiago. Progrs in Sp and Po will be beamed to the whole of LAM and MEX. Things are nearing the operational stage, but the main stumbling block is the bcing license. (RNMN via NU, Feb 8)

Website for Christian Vision is http://www.christian-vision.org/ The Chile stn is located 40 kms fr Santiago. The facility is still under construction. Using four Harris 100 kW SW txs and a large array of antennas. A spare Harris 100 kW tx will be used as a back-up during maintenance and repairs. (Jerry Berg in NU, Feb 8)

CHINA (c.f. BC-DX #347) v9782.14 UNID Chinese stn is most likely CNR Qinghai Xining. Heard here every day in 0000-0130 time slot. (WB Jan 25-31)

Yunnan Minority sce, PBS Kunming observed in 1300-1500 time range on v6936.65. (BDXC Communication, Feb)

CROATIA HRT - Croatian Radio is bcing every day five nx bulletins in En on following freqs:

0003 UTC 594 (Osijek), 774 (Hvar), 783 (Buje/Deanovaz), 1134 (Zadar) 0803 UTC Mon-Sat as 0003 UTC, and 6180, 7185, 11730-Juelich-GER 0903 UTC only Sun as 0803 UTC exc 1134 1003 UTC Mon-Sat as 0803 UTC exc 1134 1103 UTC only Sun as 0803 UTC exc 1134 & 11730 1403 UTC as 0803 UTC except 1134 & 11730 2003 UTC as 0003 UTC (Paul Wnuk-D, Feb 1)

ERITREA Clandestine Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement. Voice of Truth (Ar: "Sawt al Haqq") was first observed in Nov 1997 but may have been operating for some time. The radio stn supports the Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement and is hostile to the govt of Eritrea. It appears to share txing facilities with two other Eritrean opposition radio stns on the same freq, Voice of Free Eritrea and Voice of Democratic Eritrea. The tx may be located in Sudan. VOICE OF TRUTH 1600-1630 Ar/Tigrigna 9230 (timing varies)

Eritrean National Alliance. Voice of Free Eritrea (Ar: "Sawt Eritrea al-Hurrah"; Tigrigna: "Demtsi Natsa Eritrea") was first observed in Nov 1997 although it may have been operating for some time. It says that it is the mouthpiece of the Eritrean National Alliance, an umbrella organization including the Eritrean Liberation Front, Eritrean Islamic Jihad and the Eritrean Liberation Front - National Council, all of which are opposed to the Eritrean govt. VOICE OF FREE ERITREA 1530-1600 Ar/Tigrigna 9230

Eritrean Liberation Front Revolutionary Council. Voice of Democratic Eritrea - The Voice of the Eritrean Liberation Front Revolutionary Council (Ar: "Sawt Eritrea al-Dimuqratiya - Sawtu Jabhat al-Tahrir al-Eritrea") was first observed on 21st Nov 1997. The radio is hostile to the govt of Eritrea. Contact addr: ELFRC, P.O.Box 200 0434, Bonn, Germany. Tel: +49 022 835618 VOICE OF DEMOCRATIC ERITREA 1500-1530 Ar/Tigrigna 9230 (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 29)

ETHIOPIA 11800 (c.f. BC-DX #347 under Senegal/Ethiopia) 11800, Voice of Peace, good rcpn at 1950 Jan 28, talk and Somali songs, talk by woman at 2000 in Somali. Then in En, "You have been lstng to a Somali progr produced by Voice of Peace from the ext sce of R. Ethiopia. We shall be back again tomorrow in the 25 and 31 mb. Thank you for listening," and s-off. (Vaghjee-Mauritius via NU, Jan 28)

[not daily, missed on Tue, Thu, Sun. WB]

ICELAND Rikisitvarpid Reykjavik noted on a third channel for 1215-1302 UTC bc to EUR: v15639.86, //nominal 11402 and 13860. In the past the stn used 19 mb channels of 15770 15775, or 15790. Observed also in 1855-1930 time slot on 5055 and 7735. fax 354 567 523, e-mail addr: [email protected] (WB Jan 31)

INDONESIA Jembatan News, Feb 2nd 11760 RRI Jakarta. "Warta Berita Ekonomi Keuangan dan Industri" at 1305.Canned ID at 1317 then stn jingle with instrumental mx as "Hi, Indonesia! Inilah RRI, Programa Nasional". "Selamat Malam Indonesia" at 1318. (Jan 23)

11785 VoINS 0150-0212, At 0150 En progr with local pops & talk. Love Ambon with closing ann of En sce 0158. BI sce started at 0201 with opening mx & anmt. "Warta Berita" at 0204. (Feb 1)

15125 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. Islamic relig talk at 2222. ID by male at 2236 as "Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta, Programa Nasional Satu sama-sama Programa Ibukota Satu". This ID means this progr is also bc by "Programa Ibukota Satu" progr. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Jan 30)

15125 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis, Jan 29, 1344-1355 with the Ramadan's final day special progr, usual ID at 1355 as "Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia Programa Nasional Satu", //3215, 3232, 3250, 3265, 3345, 3385, 3395, 3905(two), 3976, 4000, 4003, 4697, 4753, 4925, 5040, 9630, 11760. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS-M, Jan 29)

15150 VoINS, 1758-1802 & 1859-1901 Jan 17, brass band theme to 1800, then woman with ID and talk in Ge. Very good signal. Just fair at 1859 retune with closing pgme anmts, a few bars of Love Ambon, and into Fr at 1901. (David M. Clark-CAN, Jan 17)

15150 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis, 1130-1145, En ID. En lesson presented by male with very strong Australian accent. Best signal from INS in ages. 55555. (Clemitson via DXW, Jan 19)

IRAN (c.f. bc-dx #345 under UNID ME jamming, Jan 8, 2130 UTC) Clandestine txions fr IRN to IRQ on 1566 and 1575 kHz, both from same Iranian Bandar Abbas site, noted as follows:

1566 0100 Jan 18 clandestine "The Future" (Al-Mustaqbal) ID in Ar: "Huna al-Mustaqbal, idaat al-wifaq al watani al Iraq" 1575 2004 Jan 13 clandestine "Iraqi Army Radio", no jamming by IRQ. ID in Ar: "Sawt al-quwwat al Musallah" (V o the Brave Armed Forces") 1575 2315 Jan 16 clandestine "Iraqi Army Radio". Nx in Kurdish, then back to Ar, audible to 0100 then switching to "The Future" on 1566 kHz - same tx. (SHEIGRA DXpedition D.Kenny, A.Pennington, and D.Stanworth in BDXC Communication, Jan 10-23)

5995 VoIRI, 1605 in En with commentary on US policy towards Iran. QRMing co-channel Brother Stairs bc via Juelich which has moved fr 6040 recently. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 4)

IRAQ [non] Radio Freedom (Al Huriya) has not been heard for a while since CIA cut the stn funding. This presumably confirms that the Iraqi National Congress other stn, the "Iraqi Broadcasting Corporation" is also off the air. (Chris Greenway in BDXC Communication, Feb)

IRELAND/GERMANY Due to the surprise offer of sponsorship for two further weeks by the "News of the World" nxpaper in England, we will now be doing two further Wed night bcs to NoAM. So we will have shows on Feb 5th and 12th at 0100-0200 which corresponds with the Wed evenings the 4th and 11th from 8.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. EST. (West Coast Radio Ireland in a E-mail to J.D. Stephens, via DXW, Feb 2)

(On 5905 kHz.?, yes, of course seemingly via DTK Juelich tx site)

Once again the Feb 5 0100 UTC Thur bc on 5905 via DTK Juelich Germany said next week's would be the "last of the current series" but now they have higher hopes of resuming a few weeks later, at least by summer. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Feb 5)

5905, West Coast Radio Ireland; DTK Juelich, Jan 29, 0138, Irish mx, listeners feedback segment. Fair/good. (Horacio A. Nigro-URG, DXW Feb 2)

JAPAN Japan's postal codes change today. The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications introduces the new seven-digit postal code, which replaces the old three- or five-digit system, effective Feb 2, 1998.

NHK's new postal code is 150-8001, which replaces the old 150-01.

There is a convenient number search engine on the MPT's web page http://www.inac.co.jp/yuujirou/ but unfortunately it's all in encoded Japanese so most of you can't read it. (Sonny M. Ashimori-JPN, Feb 1)

KAZAKHSTAN In addit to my previous rpt, the Kazakh Radio 1st progr is on 11950, and the 2nd progr is on 9505 (//7290, 9620, 11840 via UKR). All other freqs are inactive at present. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 7)

KOREA P.R.of Radio Pyongyang observed on 6575 with a terrible audio fault: Very "rough" response (somewhat like aurora) makes the voice modulation practically unintelligible. Actually, as I expected the use of 9325 and 13790 instead of 6575 for the German sce was a shoot in the own foot: Alongside with 13790 currently also 9325 doesn't propagate into Europe. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 1)

Radio Pyongyang with poor audio and drifting tx on 17734.4 //with 15180 Sp 0430, into Fr at 0500, much better when VOA Ch vacates 17740 at 0500. (Craig Tyson via EDXP, Jan 26)

LIBERIA "We are glad to inform you that STAR Radio's prgms resumed this morning at 0500 am. For more information, please see the press release sent separately. We take this opportunity to thank all the subscribers who supported STAR Radio during the stand- by period." (Star Radio Daily News E-mail, Feb 6) Sked given at the end of the message is the same as was given before the closedown: FM 104 MHz, SW at 0500-0800 on 3400, 1700-2100 on 5880. (Jerry Berg NU, Feb 7)

NEPAL 6460, harmonic of R. Nepal? Most probably, and curiously the reception was not only much better, but it gave me the opportunity to hear En nx at 1425 Feb 8. Nothing at 2323 check, 5005 weak with heavy interference (it is only after 1500 that R. Nepal can be hrd on 3230 and 5005 with fair signal). (Vaghjee-Mauritius via NU, Feb 8)

NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand International (RNZI). RNZI operates a 100-kW tx at Rangitaiki. Valid 3rd Jan-29th Mar 1998.

0000-0459 daily 17675 0459-0758 daily 11905 0758-1206 Sat/Sun 9700 0816-1206.Mon-Fr 9700 1206-1650 6105(-1500), 6070(1500-) (occasional sports bcs) 1650-1850 Mon-Fr 9810 1851-1951 exc.Sat 11735 1951-2050 exc.Sat 15115 1859-1959 Sat 11735 1959-2155 Sat 15115 2156-0000 daily 17675 (fr 2205-Fri,Sa) (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 29)

NF noted for RNZI, fr Feb 2, 1650-1750 Mon-Fri 6145. (Matt Francis via EDXP, Feb 4)

NORWAY QSL 11680, R. Norway Intl, large "Official Last Day Xmsn from Fredrikstad SW site QSL" in 102 days for special b/c Oct 18, 1997. Card shows pictures of building, antenna and engineers. V/S Bent E . . . (Sellers-ONT) Same giant card. (Williamson-ONT & Lobdell-MA via NU, Feb 8) [yes, arrived in Germany also, KL & WB]

ROMANIA The 1st home sce progr "Romania Actualitati" is also on SW. Noted around 1200 on 17850 with horrible modulation (distorted audio, strong hum present) and on 15105 with low audio (modulation depht below 20 %). 17850 is a 120 kW unit at Galbeni (near Bacau), 15105 is listed as 50 kW from Tiganesti (Bucuresti area), but I assume the neighbouring Saftica as real site. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 4)

RUSSIA Mayak ("Beacon") is a 24 hour-a-day sce of nx, information and mx operated by the Russian State TV & Radio Company Ostankino, which also runs Radio-1, Radio Yunost and Radio Orfey. Mayak is carried on a variety of LF, MF, HF and VHF freqs throughout Russia and in some other countries of the former USSR. The main LF and MF channels are 198 and 549 kHz.

0000-0059 4825(0030-) 0059-0159 4930 1143 0159-0259 4930 1566 1143 549 198 0259-0359 5950-u 5935 5925 1566 1143 549 198 0359-0459 5950-usb 5935 5925 5900 4855 1566 1143 549 198 0459-0559 9470 7330 5950usb 5935 5925 1566 1143 549 198 0559-0659 9470 7330 7310usb(0630-) 5925 1566 1143 549 198 0659-0759 12065 11985 9470 7330 7310usb 1566 1143 549 198 0759-0859 12065 11985 9470 7330 7310usb 1566 1143 549 198 0859-0959 12065 11985 9470 7330 7310usb 1566 1143 549 198 0959-1059 12065 11985 9500 9470 7330 7310usb 1566 1143 549 198 1059-1159 11985 11785 9470 7330 7310usb 1566 1143 549 198 1159-1259 11985 11785 9470 7330 7310usb 1566 1143 549 198 1259-1359 11985 11785 7330 7310usb 4855-dsb 1566 1143 549 198 1359-1459 7330 7310usb 6035 6015 4855-dsb 1566 1143 549 198 1459-1559 7330 6045 6035(-1530) 6015 4855-dsb 1566 1143 549 198 1559-1659 6045 6015 5990usb 1566 1143 549 198 1659-1759 6045 6015 5990usb 1566 1143 549 198 1759-1859 6015 4520 1566 1143 549 549 198 198 1859-1959 6015 5990usb 4930 4855-dsb 1566 1143 549 198 1959-2059 6015 4930 1566 1143 549 2059-2159 6015 1566 1143 549 2159-2400 1566 1143 549

Address: ulitsa Akademika Koroleva 12, 127427 Moscow, Russia. Tel: +7-095-217-9340 Fax: +7-095-215-6956

Voice of Russia sces in foreign languages 0000-0100 Po 9810 9450 9370 7440 7420 7390 7330 7310 7115 0100-0200 Sp 9890 9810 9550 9450 7440 7420 7390 7350 7330 7310 7230 7180 7125 7115 7105 6185 5915 0200-0300 En 13665 12045 7105 0200-0400 Sp 9945 9810 9450 7440 7420 7390 7330 7310 7230 7180 7115 6185 0300-0400 En 7350 7105 5940 0400-0500 En 12045 9580 7260 7175 7125 7105 5930 5920 0500-0600 En 7175 7125 7105 6065 5920 0600-0700 En 21790 17860 17570 17495 15470 15460 12055 12025 7175 6065 5920 1323 0700-0800 En 21790 17860 17570 17495 15470 15460 12055 12025 7175 6065 6005 5920 1323 0800-0900 En 21790 17860 17570 17495 15470 15460 12055 12025 9825(0830-) 1323 0900-1000 En 17860 17495 12025 9905 9875 9825 1323 1000-1100 Ge 15540 12010 9680 1323 693 1000-1100 Ko 7490 7380 7355 7135 5940 4010 1251 648 1100-1200 Ch 11810 9895 7490 7355 7135 6145 5905 4010 1251 801 648 585 1100-1200 Ge 1323 693 1100-1200 Ja 7490 7135 720 630 1200-1300 Ch 9895 7205(1230-) 7195(1230-) 6145(1230-) 1251 585 1200-1300 Ja 9895 7355 5940 1200-1300 Ko 7135 4010 648 1200-1300 Vn 9450 7220 603 1230-1330 MO 1080 801 1300-1400 Ch 9895 7220 7205 7195 6145 4040 1251 1080 801 585 1300-1400 Hi 12065 9940 9860 9800 9780 9725 7390 7355 7295 7155(1330-) 1269 972 1300-1400 Ja 7135 720 630 1400-1445 Be 9940 7350 1269 1400-1600 Ch 11820 9895 7205 7195 7135 7125 6290 6145 6100 5910(1500-) 4010 1251 1080 801 648 585 1400-1500 Da/Pa 9400 7355 7295 4975 4940 4730 1125 972 1400-1500 En 11695 9860 9840 9725 9470 9450 7390 7130 1323 1400-1500 Ur 12065 11700 9800 9780 9490 7155 1445-1500 Ne 9940 7350 1269 1500-1600 En 9860 9840 9725 9470 7390 7260 7235 7130 4975 4940 1125 1500-1600 Hi 12065 9800 7350 7155 972 1500-1600 Tu 7275 7210 1600-1630 Al 9820 7390 7350 7185 6000 5950 1548 1600-1700 En 9975 9815 9705 9470 7380 7210 7175(1630-) 6175 6130 4975 4940 1170 1125 1089 1600-1700 Ge 7420 7365 7300 6030 5920 1323 1215 693 1600-1700 Pe 9940 9840 5935 5925 1630-1800 S-C 9820 9785 7390 7350 7185 5950 1548 1700-1800 Ar 9865 9840 9635 7130 5935 5925 1089 1700-1800 En 9890 9450 7380 7355 7325 7185 7175 5965 4920 1494 1700-1800 Fr 7325 7280 6030 1700-1800 Ge 7440 7420 7360 7300 6145 6130 5920 1323 1215 693 1700-1800 Hu 9820 7330 7140 6090 5975 1700-1800 Ro 7230 6000 1800-1900 Ar 9975 9865 9840 9375 1170 1800-1900 Bu 7380 7350 7230 7185 6000 5950 5905 1800-1900 En 9890 7440 7210 6130 1800-1830 Fi 5965 5940 4920 1494 1800-1900 Fr 9470 7325 7280 7215 7115 6020 1800-2000 Ge 7360 7300 6145 5920 1323 1215 693 1800-1900 It 9820 7390 7320 6030 5975 1548 1800-1900 Pol 7300 5920 1215 1143 1800-1900 Sk 7330 7140 6090 1830-1900 No/Swe 5940 4920 1900-2100 Ar 9865 9840 9375 7295 7130 6005 5935 5925 1089 1900-2000 Cz 7330 7140 6090 1900-2000 En 9890 9440 7490 7440 7325 7305 7255 7210 6130 5965 5940 4920 1467 1143 1900-2000 Fr 9470 7280 7215 7205 7175 6110 1900-2000 Gr 7380 7350 7230 7185 6000 1900-2000 S-Cr 7380 7350 7290 7230 6000 5975 1548 2000-2100 En 7390 7330 7325 7305 6145 6130 5965 5940 4920 1494 1467 1215 2000-2100 Fr 9470 7360 7205 7150 6110 5920 1323 2100-2200 En 9890 7390 7360 7205 5965 5940 1494 1323 2100-2200 Sp 7330 7300 6145 6110 5975 2200-2300 Po 9865 9630 9470 7330 7310 7300 6145 6110 6000 5975 1323

Voice of Russia sce in Russian. 0000-0200 9890 7350 7125 7105 Wed 0030-0045 "DX Club" 0200-0400 12000 9895 9890 7350(-0300) 7260 7125 6065 Thu 0230-0245 "DX Club" 1300-1500 12055 12015 11820 9920 9780 9490 9470 9450 7355 7245 7235 7195 7185 7170 Sun 1430-1445 "DX Club" 1600-1700 15470 9830 9745 9715 9695 9560 9450 7355 7235 7185 7125 1800-1900 15470 9830 9775 9745 9560 9480 9450 7355 7340 7310 7255 7210 7185 7160 7125 1900-2000 15470 9830 9775 9745 9695 9560 9480 9450 7355 7340 7310 7255 7210 7185 7160 7125 2000-2100 9830 9775 9480 9450 7350 7340 7310 7185 7160 7140 7125 5975 693-(Germany) 612-(Moscow) 2100-2200 9775 9480 9450 7340 7310 7160 7125 693-(Germany) 612-(Moscow) Sun 2130-2145 "DX Club" (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 29)

2970H, R Tsentr Moscow, 1456-2059*, Feb 5, Ru, mostly relig progrs, many ID's and phone number ann (921-16-89) - hx 1485x2: strong here at St.Petersburg, also weak on 4455 and very weak on 5940, daily schedule on 1485: 1100-2100.

2970H, R Sadko Moscow, *0700-0720, Feb 6, Ru, phone number ann (222-07-17), mostly classical/folk mx format - hx 1485x2, also very weak on 4455 and 5940, daily schedule on 1485: 0700-1000 Mo-Fr. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS/NERRS-M, Feb 7)

Subject: BR via Balashikha Fr Kai Ludwig: Is Belorussian Radio still relayed by the Balashikha txs? In the past there was 6150 during daytime and 11920 tonight in use, but the current WRTH edition doesn't list these outlets anymore.

No,it's not. As far as I remember the freq of Balashikha relay in the 25 mb used to be 11920. These relays were ceased a few(!) years ago, so I was surprised to discover both channels listed as active in the last 1998 edition of Super Frequency List on CD-Rom fr Klingenfuss Verlag. Just for the note: Balashikha tx site (ex jammers) is situated about 5 kms or so from my home to serve Moscow and region and you can imagine, what a tremendous signal I had when it was active for jamming purposes and later on, relaying several CIS Republics home service progrs. In the mean time it seems all relays on SW and MW are ceased (the last one was Open Radio on 918 kHz, which droped this channel as from Jan 1).

Perhaps a couple of commercial FM stations are still on via Balashikha,including mentioned Open Radio on 102.5 MHz, but - thanks God - I'm free from overloading problems now and hope in the near future too. (Prior to somebody's decision to hire airtime again, but the worst thing to resume jamming,this time against....???? any ideas ?).

I recall times in 70s-80s, when HF bands were totally blocked here, thanks to Balashikha site, which was busy round the clock in jamming RL, BBC, VOA, DW ... and even Albania and Peking bcs, it "served" Moscow very well. (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 7)

ST. HELENA Radio St. Helena is now preparing to send out all QSLs. Some of you, who have sent RR's, may not receive any QSL-card due to lack of progr details. Both Tony Leo and Derek Richards are very keen on details. When I visited the stn in Dec together with wellknown DXer Jan Tuner, we found most of the reports were OK, but some were just requesting QSL with the following details: "Heard your bc on 11092.5 kHz starting 1900 UTC. QSL?"

If you want updated information from R St Helena, please look at http://www.sthelena.se (John Ekwall, Coordinator www.sthelena.se, via DXW Feb 2)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Riyadh in Ar noted on odd freq at 1200-1500, v15377.00, and //15060 15230. (WB Jan 31)

Ministry of Information (BSKSA), first Ar sce 0255-0559 3868usb 1521 1440 945 900 873 828 747 675 648 612 594 585 549 0457 Ramadan sign-on time 0559-0859 11818.52v 11708.22v 10990usb 9718.27v 1521 1440 945 900 873 828 747 675 648 612 594 585 549 0859-1159 15060 11818.52v 10990usb 1521 1440 945 900 873 828 747 675 648 612 594 585 549 1159-1459 15377v 15230 15060 10990usb 1521 1440 945 900 873 828 747 675 648 612 594 585 549 1459-1659 11965 11948.27v 11780 10990usb 3868usb 1521 1440 945 900 828 747 675 648 612 594 585 549 1659-1759 11965 11948.27v 11780 3868usb 1521 1440 945 900 828 747 675 648 612 585 549 1759-2300 9870 9555 3868usb 1521 1440 945 900 828 747 675 648 612 585 549

Ministry of Information (BSKSA), second Ar sce 0300-1659 10990-lsb (0530-) 9580v 3868-lsb (-0500) 1305 1098 783 702 684 1659-2100 6020 3868-lsb 1305 1098 783 702 684 675

Ministry of Information (BSKSA), Music & Foreign lang sce 0500-0800 mx, 0800-1000, 1000-1300 En, 1300-1400 mx 1422 1098 558. 1400-1600 Fr 1485(1500-) 1422 1098 558 1600-2100 En 1485 1422 1098 558

BSKSA HOLY KORAN PROGRAMME in Ar, studio centre Riyad 0300-0559 17780 11935 9718.28v 9619.41 9553.55v 1287 999 981 936 882 864 792 765 657 630 612 567 0600-0900 11785 9530 1287 999 981 936 882 864 792 765 657 630 612 567 0900-1200 21495 17880 11785 1287 999 981 936 882 864 792 765 657 630 612 576 1200-1600 15277.81v 15161.79v 1512(1300-) 1287 999 981 936 882 873(1500-) 864 792 765 657 630 612 567 1600-1800 11833.58v 11708.22v 9730 1512 1287 999 981 936 882 873 864 792 765 657 630 612 567 1800-2100 11935 9702.5[in EDXP] 1512 1287 999 981 936 882 873 864 792 765 657 630 612

BSKSA CALL OF ISLAM PROGRAMME in Ar, studio centre Mecca 0100-0300 1512 981 936 882 1500-1700 11965 11948.27v 11780 10990usb 3868-usb 1521 1440 945 900 828 747 675 648 612 594 585 549

BSKSA Foreign lang sce 0400-0500 Som 15165 0400-0600 Tu 15060 0500-0600 Sw 17760 1000-1200 BI 21640 1200-1400 Ur 15345 1400-1500 Be 15345 1400-1600 Pe 11730 1500-1600 Turkmen 9730 1600-1700 Bambara 17775 (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 29) [odd freqs updated by WB]

BSKSA Riyadh noted on rarely heard (here!) 9702.5 with Koran Network, Ar 2117-2130. (Bob Padula and Mick Ogrizek, Hall's Gap, AUS, via EDXP, Jan 31)

SUDAN/ERITREA 12008 The Voice of Sudan bcs on behalf of the National Democratic Alliance who are a group opposed to the current Sudanese govt. The txions, believed to be from Eritrea, are sometimes jammed by a co-channel relay of the Sudanese govt from Omdurman . They bc to the ME and AF fr 0400-0600 and 1600-1800 on 12008usb 9025 8000. They have an irregular En bc 0515-0530. (BBCM via BDXC Communication, Feb; and via AGDX)

TURKEY 9540 Voice of Turkey 2011 Program with bizarre pseudo-nx items, announced as "As the World Turns" @ 2015. Then mediterranean sounding mx with female vocals until 2018 - IDed as Voice of Turkey. Interval signal until dropped carrier @ 2024. New freq? Old parallels of 5960//6175 not heard. (Mark Fine-USA, Feb 1)

VOT's En sce announces these changes fr Feb 7: 1930 EUR 9540 (x6175). 2300 NoAM 7300 (x9655). (Roger Tidy, UKOGBANI, WORLD OF RADIO 927, Feb 5)

UNITED KINGDOM Several weeks ago, BBCM issued a WYFR schedule which mentioned Taiwan relays but not UK relay, as had been the case for a single hour in Ar at 1800, originally an exchange for BBC via WYFR which still exists at 1300-1600 on 9590. I suspected the listed Ar at 1800 on 9580 was really via UK, so asked Dave Kenny to confirm. He checked with Merlin, and they say they are still relaying WYFR but the freq has changed to 11665. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 927, Feb 5)

BBC London will celebrate the 60th anniversary of "BBC Radio in German" on Sept 27th, 1998. There are a lot of activities during the anniversary year. For details see "BBC Radio in German" web page WWW.BBC.CO.UK/Worldservice/German

Am 27. Sept 1998 wird BBC AUF DEUTSCH, das deutsche Radioprogramm des BBCWS, 60 Jahre alt. Guntram Kremer und sein 30koepfiges Team in London und Berlin wollen nicht nur den eigentlichen Geburtstag feiern (Gedaechtnisstuetze: er faellt genau mit den Wahlen in Deutschland zusammen), sondern planen das ganze Jahr 1998 ueber Sonderaktionen zum Jubilaeum. In diesem Zusammenhang bittet man auch um die Mitarbeit von Hoerern im deutschsprachigen Raum. In jedem Monat sind auch Ueberraschungspreise zu gewinnen.

Sonder QSL Aktion fuer Dxer. Senden Sie ihre KW Empfangsberichte fuer alle BBC Sprachdienste ueber die Sendeanlagen der BBC in GB und allen BBC Relaystationen weltweit, abgefasst in deutscher[!] Sprache, an den deutschsprachigen Dienst in London. Alle Berichte werden mit neuen "Jubilaeums QSL Karte(n)" bestaetigt. Die Berichte sollen die ueblichen Angaben, wie Frequenz, Uhrzeit, SIO code, Sprachangabe, Programmdetails, optional Parallelfrequenzen, Angaben ueber Empfangsanlage, wie RX, Verstaerker, Tuning Unit und Antennenanlage.

Aufruf an die Hoerer. Schreiben Sie BBC RADIO AUF DEUTSCH, wie Sie den Sender hoeren, so Sie ihn hoeren, warum Sie ihn hoeren. Haben Sie waehrend des Krieges "Hier ist London" gehoert? Waren Sie einer der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, die ab 1944 in London bei der BBC ans Mikrofon durften? Hoerten Sie BBC in damaligen DDR?

Wenn Sie interessante Hoererlebnisse zu erzaehlen haben, schreiben Sie an: BBC Deutscher Dienst, Stichwort "60 Jahre", Bush House, Strand, London WC2B 4PH, United Kingdom tel +44 171 557 2002 fax +44 171 497 2578 oder per e-mail an german.service@.co.uk

Historische Radio-Serie. Am 7. Febr. 1998 wird die erste Folge zu einer 34teiligen Radio-Serie zum Thema "60 Jahre BBC RADIO AUF DEUTSCH" gesendet. Zu hoeren jeden Samstag um 1754 LT [1654 UTC, bzw. Sommerzeit 1554 UTC] auf UKW Berlin 90.2 Mhz, MW Orfordness 648 und 1296, KW 6010 & 9915, Astra Satellit, Internet RealAudio weltweit unter

USA Here are the final details on the special deciation ceremonies for WHRA. The freq for WHRA Angel 5 will be 15460 kHz and it will be on the air from 1100-1300 UTC time. From 1100-1200 (6AM to 7AM Eastern U.S. time) WHRA only will air a special tribute program about Dr. Lester Sumrall. This program was put together after his death in 1996 in tribute to LeSEA's founder. Then all of LeSEA's TV, radio stations and Internet Audio and Video will join WHRA for a special LIVE dedication ceremony to take place from Israel, our broadcast facility in South Bend and Christian Center Church which was founded by Dr. Sumrall in South Bend, IN.

In honor of our founder, the late Dr. Lester Sumrall, 85th birthday LeSEA Broadcasting, owners and operators of SW stns World Harvest Radio, will have a very special dedication of WHRA Angel 5. WHRA Greenbush Maine is LeSEA's newest SW radio stn and will begin sending Christian Programming with 250 kW of tx power to AF and the ME on Sun Febr 15, 1998. Ceremonies will be hosted by Stephen Sumrall Live from Israel from 7:00 - 8:00 AM Eastern U.S. Times / 1200 UTC time. Joining WHRA's 30 million watts of antenna power (E.R.P.) for this Live Broadcast from Israel will be all of LeSEA's Radio and TV stns. This includes all five of World Harvest Radio's SW radio stns. LeSEA Broadcast invites all to join us for this very special dedication of WHRA Angel 5 LIVE from Israel! (WHRI, WHRA, Joe Brashier, Feb 6)

(USA/HAWAII/GERMANY) German missionary Andreas Huebner produces a weekly five-minute- progr in En called "Jesus to the World Mission". The progr is aired via WHRI, South Bend IN, USA and KWHR, Hawaii, both stns owned and operated by LeSea Broadcasting. Current schedule for "Jesus to the World": via WHRI, Sat 1730 13760 kHz via KWHR, Sat 0710 17780 kHz Missionary Huebner likes to know how reception of his program is in various parts of the world. He invites listeners to drop him a line, and he promises a full-detailled QSL- letter for correct reception reports. Addr: Jesus to the World Mission, P.O.Box 1162, D-27341 Rotenburg, Germany. (Thomas Voelkner-D, Feb 9)

Eff Wed Jan 28, for VoA En to ME/NoAF/EUR, at 2000-2200, 6095 [not 6090] replaces Kavalla 15205. This provides a new freq, and perhaps better SW audibility, for Communications World Sats at 2130, starting Jan 31. This should escape the 6090 Skelton QRM, and I hope it provides good reception. (Elliott via Cumbre Dx and VoA CW, Jan 29/31)

WWVB, the atomic clock in Colorado have been given a power boost, making them easier to receive across the country, the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced. The signa, bc by govt tx WWVB, near Fort Collins, Colorado, has operated 10 kW for more than 30 years. It has now been boosted to 23 kW and plans call for an increase to between 40 and 50 kW, the agency said. The current upgrade made use of spare radio txs and other components provided by US Navy. (Mike Manship in BDXC Communication, Feb)

WORLD OF RADIO new time on WGTG, eff Mar 8: UTC Sun 0030 on 5085-USB. From the 2nd Sat in Apr that would change to UTC Sat 2330. (Dave Frantz, WGTG, WORLD OF RADIO, Feb 5)

Two special editions of WRMI's progr "Viva Miami" are coming up shortly. The first is a special progr dedicated to the New Zealand Radio DX League's 50th Anniversary Convention and will air at 1030-1100 on Fri, Febr 6th on 9955. The progr will be repeated at 0430- 0500 UTC Tuesday, Febr 10 on the same freq. The other progr is an interview with Allan Weiner, who is the latest person to receive a construction permit for a SW stn in the US. Weiner recently visited the WRMI txion plant in Florida, where we recorded the interview. This edition of Viva Miami will air at 0430-0500 UTC Wed, Febr 11 on 9955.

Few items from the new program schedule for WRMI, eff Febr 9, 1998. Times are UTC; days are local days in the Americas.

Mon-Fri 0430-0500 Viva Miami (Thur) En 0430-0500 Wavescan (Fri) En

Sat 1430-1500 30 Minutos con el CID Sp 2100-2130 Con Frecuencia Sp 2230-2300 Wavescan En

Sun 2130-2200 Wavescan En 2230-2300 Viva Miami Sp 0130-0200 Wavescan En 0230-0300 Con Frecuencia Sp

Ver arriba para nuevos horarios del popular programa DX "Con Frecuencia" con Ruben Guillermo Margenet. (Jeff White-USA, WRMI, Jan 31)

VIETNAM At 0000-0100 VoVTN Hanoi bcing Vn progr on both v9839.90 and 12019.29 kHz. Hanoi home sce on 10059.80. At same time other stns fr SoEaAS on air: Cambodia very poor on 11940.32, both BBC SNG and CRI Sp on 11850, VoINS Jakarta in Sp 0030 11785. (WB Jan 31)

VoVTN fr unknown site MW 1242 at 1400, En ID, nx, not//9840, 12020. [Last year VTN inaugurated two new powerful MW txing sites, containing at least five powerful txs in CeVTN (two Marconi) and SoVTN (three Continental/Telefunken?). (SHEIGRA DXpedition D.Kenny, A.Pennington, and D.Stanworth in BDXC Communication, Jan 10-23) Does anyone have nominal ITU medium wave registrations made by VTN during MW Conference in 1978?] ed.

4959.7 VoVTN (Nat'l Net 2), Hanoi, 2237-2245 Jan 31, lengthy talk by woman in VT with numerous mentions of VTN, mx bridge & further talk at 2245. Unusally good signal. Listed 2200-1600 but off-air at 2305 recheck so apparently closed at 2300. (DMC David M. Clark-CAN, Feb 7)

10059.81, VoVTN, 1153 Feb 7 with Asian vocals and long YL talks. Usual trans-polar flutter. (Rippel-VA via NU, Feb 8)

Some regional stns noted in St. Petersburg on Feb 6: 4741v 1232-1359*, 6387v 1225- 1227*, 6556v Cao Bang at 1221-1400*. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 6)

YUGOSLAVIA Radio Yugoslavia has signed an agreement with CRI for relays of its bcs to the FE, AUS and the PAC coast of NoAM, acc to reports fr Tanjug news agency, cited by Kim Elliot on VoA's 'Communications World' on Feb 7. Also in the works - relays of Radio Yugoslavia via a 'private SW stn' in the US. (Matt Francis, via EDXP, Feb 8)

From Takeshi Sejimo-JPN: The NRD-545 will be ready for sale soon in Japan. Catalog is already printed, and price is 198,000 Japanese Yen. (via NU, Feb 8) [seen for 4898 DM {German Marks} on sale here in Germany, compared to 1750 DM for recent AOR 7030, ed]

TDP

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TDP is an 80-page booklet listing shortwave broadcast transmitters worldwide, arranged by country. Each listing indicates the name of the station, transmitter site, geographical coordinates and call-sign. It also shows the number of transmitters at the site, their power, manufacturer, type number and year of installation and year out of service.

To celebrate the 5th edition, the TDP is printed in full colour and includes several full colours advertisements from companies in the shortwave business. As usual, the latest shortwave transmitters that have been installed are included and the hard to obtain details about transmitters in Central and South America have been expanded.

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BC-DX 349 15 Febr 1998 ______

ARMENIA (Karabakh) Voice of Justice began bcing on 12th Aug 1997. At its launch, Interfax news agency reported that it was the first non-governmental radio stn in Nagorno-Karabakh and had been set up by a group of Nagorno-Karabakh journalists. Acc to the stn's director, its purpose was "to establish dialogue between the Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples in order to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh problem as soon as possible and in a just fashion."

Addr: Tigran Med Street 23A, Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, (via Armenia) 0600-0630 Wed, Fri, 1500-1530 Tue, Fri Az/Arm 9677-v 101 (BBCM via AGDx, Feb 12)

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia [RA] is to allocate the freq of 11695, currently carrying En to SoEaAS 2130-2300 UTC, in BI sce, to enable it to get a signal into Ea & CeINS. RA's Vietnamese sce is extending its sce for an hour fr 1330-1430 UTC 11660. With changed atmospheric conditions, txions can now be extended from the Brandon tx site in NoQueensland. 1200-2100, En sce 12080, and 1200-1400 5995. Eff fr 9th Febr. (BBCM via AGDX, Jan 31)

From 9th Feb Radio Australia's Brandon tx in Queensland will carry En to PNG on 5995 1200-1400, the stn annd on 7th Feb. The SoWePAC will benefit fr a txion fr Brandon on 12080 0900-1400 & 1700-2100. Tok Pisin will run 0900-1200, En 1200-1400 & 1700-2100.

(BBCM via AGDX, Feb 13)

RADIO AUSTRALIA RE-INTRODUCES QSLs. As of the 10th Feb, 1998, Radio Australia will Re-introduce QSLs. Long Discussions with the Australian Radio DX club Inc, has resulted in a agreement between the two organizations. This agreement will result in positive benefits to both parties. Correct reception reports are extemely important part of the monitoring txions of Radio Australia, to ensure the best possible signal into our target areas. The benefit is also the continuation of the SW hobby by encouraging the hobby. All reception reports in the first instance must go to Radio Australia, G.P.O. Box 428 G, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia. The Australian Radio DX club Inc, will regularly receive the requests for QSLs and process accordingly. Previous reception reports not already processed will be processed as soon as possible. Both organizations look forward to a long lasting bond, starting in 1965 when the Australian Radio DX club, was first founded. For further information please contact: John Westland Director of English Programming Radio Australia. or John Wright ARDXC Secretary and Chief Editor. Contact can be made via Email to John Westland email: [email protected] or John Wright email [email protected] or phone John Wright 61+295258901 after hours. (via Cumbre Dx, Feb 13)

CHINA CNR has introduced a new Chinese channel on 5985 //7210 and is obviously fr the new high powered Urumqui relay. Best 1600 onwards after Yangon s.off. (Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, UADX, Feb 15) new4620 Nei Menggu Hohhot noted on Jan 31, Ch, 1045-1400, //4000! 23332. Now active again 4830 Huyai BC, Fuzhou, s-on 1300-, TS, new time schedule also., //MW 666, best level = S9+30 dB. 1459 TA, ID, but covered by THA now. n4785 Hangzhou Zhejiang, 1105-1303, Ch mx. 24332. UNID stn in background closing at 1227*. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 2-7)

Nei Menggu People's Bcing Stn. ID: "Neimenggu renmin guangbo diantai". SW freqs used in the past but not recently confirmed include: Ch sce 3970 5980 6195 7105. Mongolian sce 3930 6974 7270. Addr: 19 Xinhua Dajie, Hohhot, Nei Menggu 010058, China.

NEI MENGGU (INNER MONGOLIA) PBS (CHINESE SCE) Hohhot 2150-0550 Ch 6045 4620 4000 765 675, 0310-0330 Mongol. 0950-1515 Ch 6045 4620 4000 765 675, 1000-1020 Mongol.

NEI MENGGU (INNER MONGOLIA) PBS (MONGOL. SCE) Hohhot 2140-0550, 0950-1510, Mon 1458 1395 (No further details) (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 12)

CLANDESTINE RADIO STATIONS Vo Azerbaijan in Az at 0615-0715 on 11934.93 S=2 fluttery signal. (WB, Feb 15)

COLOMBIA 6201.1 (tentat) the UNID Antioquian parish broadcaster seems to have reactivated. Heard with singing and Mass at 1110-1120. First time heard since last Sept when it was on for only a few weeks. (Johnson via Cumbre Dx, Feb 9)

CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of) Radio Kisangani radio resumed its txions yesterday [1st Febr] after a 72-day break as a result of floods. Listeners in the Ea Province can also hear the national radio. The resumption of the txions of the radio in Kisangani comes at a time when the regional tv network has also begun to transmit. The Kisangani branch of the Vo the People txs on SW 11455. The Kisangani stn is heard as far away as Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi and even in Kinshasa. Presently, it is carrying out test txions in order to test the machines. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 2)

Radio Kisangani has resumed bcing and is now testing on 11455 kHz acc to a report fr Congolese Radio, Kinshasa, carried in this week's "World Media" from BBCM. Times not known, but one to look out for as this freq was used several years ago. (Dave Kenny-UK, BDXC, Feb 13)

11455usb tent. Radio Kisangani; might have been them testing at 1745-1815 with non stop test loop of drums; still USB without carrier, so seemingly they fixed their old PtP tx, now again being used for bcing (acc to Klingenfuss CD-ROM98 this channel is ex-PTT Kisangani with call 9RS316); tnx tip BBCM; weak on clear channel. (Harald Kuhl-D, Feb 11)

11455usb R Congolaise-Kisangani (tent) Weak in Florida, but did hear some bit of mx between 1815 and 1840. Also some sort of UTE signal creating a chuffing type sound on the freq. (Johnson, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 13)

Permission granted for Voice of Hope radio in Kinshasa. The [Democratic] Rep of the Congo has granted permission for a Voice of Hope radio stn in the capital city of Kinshasa, reports Emmanuel Nlo Nlo, communication director for the Adventist Church's Africa-Indian Ocean division. Nlo Nlo says the stn will be owned and operated by local believers in the city and they hope to install a 1.2 kW tx/antenna system as soon as possible. Kinshasa is the largest city in the Congo and has a population of nearly 6m inhabitants. (Adventist World Radio publication `AWRecorder', via BBCM via AGDX, Feb 13)

COSTA RICA Since 15050-USB has not been propagating at night, RFPI resumed Feb 7, 6980-USB in the 0000-1200 period, //7385 AM. The Feb CONTINENT OF MEDIA could start as early as Sat Feb 14 at 0330, 1030, along with Wed 2300, Thur 0700, Fri 1930 repeated into March. (Glenn Hauser OK, WoR Feb 12)

CROATIA in your last DX Bulletin I noted the schedule of the En bcs of Croatian Radio. Although times were said to be in UTC, they were in CEST, so you'll have to correct: English at 0703 (Mon-Sat), 0803 (Sun), 0903 (Mon-Sat) etc. (Erik Koie-DEN, Feb 12) [so sorry for that, no reliable source copied, c.f. BC-DX #348]

ECUADOR Tentative Z98 schedule of Radio HCJB Quito German sce (Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador): 0430-0500 (0630 CEST) 9365 (500 kW), 11960 (100 kW). 0600-0630 (0800 CEST) 9470 (100 kW). 1900-1930 (2100 CEST) 15365 (500 kW), 17790 kHz (100 kW). (Horst Rosiak via HjB, Feb 6)

GERMANY AWR via DTK Juelich. Schedule valid as fr 1st Febr 1998: 0400-0500 Bu and 0500-0600 Ro 5890 0800-0900(Sat/Sun) It 7230 0800-0900 Ar 13580 1630-1700 Kaz (Sun/Wed), Uz (Tue/Fri) and Ru (Sat) 9835 1700-1800 Bu and 1900-2000 Ro 5890 2000-2030 Fr and 2030-2100 En 9835 (Direct via Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Feb 8)

GREECE ERT Athens sce at 0900-0950 now noted using 15420 (x15415) and heard //9590 Delano. Listed 15415 Avlis 100 kW 46 degr to zones 49 50 64 65. Also heard on air 9690 at 1330 //9420, but behind. I presume 9690 is via Greenville (x9580) and txion 1200- 1400. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 9)

HONDURAS [?]. Perhaps something more definite will have emerged in the meantime, but not having heard the mystery on 6621v, reported by Hans Johnson et al. in Cumbre DX, here are my observations: there is a 1330 in Tegucigalpa listed in WRTH, HRSW, La Voz Evangelica. If it were off to about 1324, this could be its 5th hx. It could have been carrying a progr fr or about Jalapa, which is an inland town in NoWe , "very near to Honduras" as someone heard them say, and not too far from Teguci. The only other known Jalapa, or Xalapa, in Veracruz-MEX, is not on the coast and no 1330 vicinity stns are listed, nor is a Mexican likely to have a religious format and name. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Feb 12)

INDIA 5040 AIR new freq, but not sure of the site just yet. Heard with solid election coverage during 1500 and 1600 hrs. Perhaps a special progr or an existing AIR outlet on a new channel. (Vaghjee via Cumbre Dx, Feb 9)

INDONESIA Over the past couple of weeks, RRI HF freqs out of Jakarta have been very unreliable, with frequent long txion breaks on both the dom and internat sces, incl 9525, 9630, 11750 and 11760 kHz. I'm not sure what the reason is -- at first I thought it might be due to thunderstorms, but the breaks didn't seem to correlate with the weather! (Alan Davies-UK, travelling in SoEaAS, temporarily in SNG and INS, Feb 11) v3933.9 RRI

3126.9 RPDT2 Halmahara Tengah. 1415-1432 3127.5 RPDT2 Halmahera Tengah. 1315-1431 3344.8 RRI Ternate. 1349-1410 4753.4 RRI Ujung Pandang. 1458-1500. 4789.1 RRI Fak Fak. 0955-1014, heavy QRM from Zhejian PBS 4785 kHz. 9680.0 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. 0932, ID Programa Nasional Dua at 0934. //15150. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Feb 5,7,9,10)

3127.8 RSPDT2 Timor Halmahera Tengah Selatan, 1038-1111, 1158 ID. 3933.9v RRI Semarang. Active again! 1145-1350# 3960.3 RRI Palu. 1440-1535# 3960.3 RRI Palu. 1114-1130 4606.5 RRI Serui, 1140-1223, popular mx, RRI Jakarta relay, 34333. 4696.8 R Kip 1120-1132, popular mx, ID by female & male, full ID, 24332. 4753.40 Unid. 1310-1325+ QRM from RRI Ujung Pandang on 4753.30. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 20,21,24,26,28)

3933.9 RRI-Semarang, 1918, all night wayang performance. (David Foster-AUS, via NU, Jan 31)

Monitoring list in Ramadan: 3215.05 RRI Manado -1720-2200 3264.67 RRI Gorontalo #1825-2100 3264.85 RRI Bengkulu #1925-2100 3325 RRI Palangkaraya #1855-2200 3344.86 RRI Ternate #1755-2200 3355.33 RRI Sumenep -1730-2100 3395.1 RRI Tanjungkarang #2155-2200 3904.8 RRI Banda Aceh #1855-2200 3905 RRI Merauke -1730-2000 3976.06 RRI Pontianak #1755-2200 3996.11 Unid -1700-2100 3999.98 RRI Padang #1855-2100 4000.2 RRI Kendari -1955-2100 4003.2 RRI Padang -2100- 4606.38 RRI Serui -1800-1900 4753.26 RRI Ujung Pandang #1855-2200 4777.11 RRI Jakarta -1900-2200 4789.12 RRI Fak Fak -1730-2100 4845.27 RRI Ambon #2000-2200 4925 RRI Jambi #2155-2200 5040 RRI Pekanbaru #1955-2200 7098.6 RRI Yogyakarta #2150-2200 Ramadan has already ended, but this list will be useful for next year. (Yasuyuki Masuda-JPN, Jan; all via Jembatan)

IRAN New domestic radio txs opened, the first in a series of powerful radio towers was commissioned today at Goldasteh stn, in Tehran. With the commissioning of the stn, the simultaneous txion of three progrs - Koran Radio, with a power output of 600 kW, the national radio network, with a power output of 600 kW and Koran Radio with a power output of 100 kW are now possible. Also, with the commissioning of the tower and the boosting of two radio txs - 70 per cent of the country is now covered by the national network and Koran Radio. The radio towers cost more than 16,000m rials to build. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 1)

Italian 0630-0725 on 15230, //9022, 13605(covered by Abu Dhabi-UAE), and 15084.24. Fr at same time 15325, //11790, 15260. (WB, Feb 15)

IRAQ Recent checks on Iraqi radio reception have yielded the following results: Rep of Iraq Radio's main progr, which is on the air fr 0300-0000, is currently observed on MW 756 and 963. Recently it was also observed for several days on 1035 from about 1400- 2100. Occ it is also heard on SW 9715 0700-1000 and, very occasionally, on 11785 after 1000. It is also sometimes observed on 11292 after 2000. Mother of Battles Radio, a service aimed at neighbouring countries, was observed on 7th Feb 1715-2100 9715 and 693. Voice of Youth radio from Baghdad is heard after 1600 with very poor reception on 1084. It signs off at around 2300. Radio Iraq International - Iraqi Radio's ext sce; Voice of the Masses - Iraqi Radio's second progr; and the Kurdish progr fr Baghdad have not been observed recently. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 13)

Mother of Battles Radio, Radio of All Arabs (Arabic: idha'at umm al-ma'arik, idha'atu kul al-arab) is a sce of official Iraqi radio. It was first heard in late Jan and early Feb 1991 during the Gulf War (which the Iraqis refer to as "the mother of battles"), after which time bcs appeared to be suspended following the disruption to Iraqi radio as a whole. The stn resumed bcing on 2nd Aug 1995. Announcements state that it is intended to be received throughout the the Arab world. This schedule lists only those freqs that have recently been confirmed. The freq of 1377 is believed to have been used in the past. As with all Iraqi radio sces, tx operation may be erratic. Daily 1715-2100 Ar 9715-v 693. 1730-1800 nx & comm.

"Rep of Iraq Radio" (Arabic: "idha'at jumhuriyat al-iraq min Baghdad"). Txion times may be extended during Ramadan. All freq use is subject to variation. Although in the past the main progr used a large number of SW channels, HF freqs are now observed irregularly. The schedule shows only recently confirmed freqs. Those heard in the past include 11787, 9755, 4615, 1044, 846 and 602.

Voice of Youth is reportedly owned by Saddam Husayn's son Uday. It resumed bcing in Jan 1994 after a short break. Rep of Iraq Radio also operates a Voice of the Masses sce and Mother of Battles Radio aimed at neighbouring countries. 0255-0015 Ar 11785-v(irreg 1000-1200) 11292-v(irreg 2000-2300) 9715-v(irreg 0700-1000) 1035-irreg 963 756

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ RADIO - KURDISH SERVICE Baghdad 0215-2030 Ku 6560-irreg 1206 (no futher details)

VOICE OF YOUTH Baghdad 0700-2300 Ar 1084 87-108 (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 12)

ISRAEL Communications Ministry official Galili says that although "54 pirate stns were closed in 1996, they reopened soon enough. Some have been closed down as often as 10 times so far." (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 13)

ITALY AWR via Forli. Schedule valid as fr 1st Febr 1998:

0630-0700 Fr and 0700-0800 Ar 7270 0800-0900(Mon-Fri) It, 0900-0930 Ge, and 0930-1000 En 7230 1000-1100 Ar 11795 1100-1200 It and 1200-1300 Ge 7230 1300-1330 Fr and 1330-1400 Ar 9665 (Direct via Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Feb 8)

7306 USB, Radio Europe, Febr 7, 0850-1415. Progr in It with mostly mx, strong signal, new jingles, new addr: P.O. Box 12, Limipo, I-20090 Milan. (Harald Kuhl-D, Feb 8)

7306usb Power Jam/Radio Populare relay via Radio Europe, in Italian at 1000-1100 with several IDs and discussion of bcing matters. This is a local community stn from the Milan area, now using this outlet during weekends for their internat sce (tnx tip in PLAY-DX). Their announced addr is via Stradella 5, Milan (I missed the zip code). Concerning the new addr for Radio Europe, I received a little correction from Dario Monferini of PLAY-DX: Radio Europe, P.O. Box 12, 20090 Limito di Pioltello (Milan), Italy. (Harald Kuhl-D, Feb 14)

ITALY/ Via IRRS Milan 7120 ["501" Swiss Provider] carried txion of "nRadio" on weekend Sat/Sun Febr 7th/8th, 1200-1300 UTC. //(Radio Napa 90.9 FM Cyprus). Postal addr: Nathan Morley, P.O.Box 582, Ayia Napa, CYPRUS. eMail: [email protected] (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Feb 10)

KAZAKHSTAN Radio Almaty new schedule times: 0615-1000 1100-1600 11840 Ukr 0700-1000 1100-1600 9620 Ukr 1000-1100 break down, no txion 1140-1200 En Tue Wed 1200-1220 Ge Mon Wed Thur Sun 1200-1220 Tu Tue 1200-1220 En Fri Sat 1220-1240 Ru Wed Sun 1240-1300 Ru Tue Sat 1240-1300 Ko Mon Wed Fri Sun remaining schedule in Kazakh (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Feb 10)

KOREA D.P.R. The presumed severe power shortage in North Korea shut down all bcs fr Radio Pyongyang, PBS, and KCBS, between 0620-0715 Febr 5. All of the scheduled SW txions fr Pyongyang were missing, while the txs in Kanggye (3960 KCBS, 6100 KCBS, 6400 PBS, 11680 KCBS) were up with silent carriers. Some txs came back on after 0715, but many continued to be off the air until later in the day. It is interesting to note that even during the complete blackout, jammers against the "Voice of the People" (clandestine fr SoKorea) were kept up on 6518 and 6600. They were also on during VOA's Korean txion 1300-1400, and all of SoKorea's Korean bcs as usual. However, finally at 1530-1630 today the jammers against Radio Free Asia were unnoticeable on 5855, 7475, and 9955. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, Feb 5)

Korean progr at 0600-0650? on 15340.19 and 17735.04, latter is much stronger in EUR. (WB, Feb 15)

LIBERIA Star Radio was set up and is managed by Fondation Hirondelle (Swallow Foundation), a Swiss-based non-governmental organization, in partnership with Radio Monrovia (a private FM stn). It is funded by the US Agency for International Development. It was set up with the aim of providing Liberians with impartial nx and information and began bcing, initially on FM only, on 15th July 1997. Languages used: Bassa, Dan, En, Fr, Gbande, Gola, Grebo, Liberian English, Loma, Kissi, Kpelle, Krahn, Kru, Mandingo, Mano, Mende and Vai. Addr: Fondation Hirondelle, 3 rue Traversiere, CH-1018 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +231-226820/226176/227390 (Liberia) +41-21-6472805 (Switzerland) Fax: +231-227360 (Liberia) +41-21-6474469 (Switzerland) E-mail: libeatge.automail.com (Liberia) fondhiatge.automail.com (Switz) URL: http://www.hirondelle.org/newsf10.stm 0500-0759 Multilingual 3400 104. 1700-2100 5880 104 0630-0635, 0730-0735, 1830-1835, 1930-1935 En nx 0725-0730, 1825-1830, 1925-1930, Fr nx (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 12)

MADAGASCAR I can confirm Vaklav's reports that Madagascar seems to alternate between 3140 and 3288. When ever I checked before on seeing Vaklav's reports I found the stn on 3140. However, on 13th Jan good reception on 3287.2 //5009.5 and not even a carrier on 3140. Reception starts the come in around 1600 on 3 MHz and 1500 on 5 Mhz. (Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, UADX, Feb 15)

MEXICO 6010 Radio Mil, Jan 16, 1215. Weak/fair. 6185 Radio Educacion, Jan 16, 1220. Weak. 9705 Radio Mexico International, Jan 15, 1450, Sp, lovesongs. Fair, //with weak 5985. (Finn Krone/Roatan-HND, via DXW Feb 8)

NEPAL checked Mahendra's Radio Nepal 2nd Harmonic of 2 x 3230 and indeed quite a readable signal on 6460.2 . I suspect that the Khumaltar 100 kW is now used on 3230.1 as the signal is quite strong, and obviously the harmonic too. When the Jawahalkelel txer is used it is usually on 3228.5 or so. Usual sked, s.on 0015 and also fades in 1200 onwards to 1715 s.off. on SW. MWs continue with BBC Relays. (Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, UADX, Feb 15)

NETHERLANDS Planning permission rejected for LW masts. The authorities at Apeldoorn have refused permission for the construction of four tx masts at Kootwijk. The aerials would have been used for txions to the UK and Ireland of the commercial stn Delta 171. The name of course refers to the freq that will or would be used by the stn on the LW freq of 171 kHz. The decision of the Apeldoorn authorities was announced by the NOS [Dutch domestic radio] news sce on Radio 1 of the Netherlands on Mon 26th Jan. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 1)

My new DX report in Sp for Feb starts airing Fri Feb 13 on RN's Radio-Enlace, continued in segments following week(s); also repeated on other Sp hour Suns. Also fr Feb 19 on WWCR, Thur 2200 and Fri 2215 on 9475, and later on RFPI. (Lic. Guillermo Glenn Hauser, Oclajoma, Feb 12)

PAKISTAN now using new 15495 (x15375) during WS 1330-1530 and En nx/slow speed bulletin 1600-1630. This is Karachi APK-3 50 kW 300 degr and freq slightly variable. //9650 & 11570 (also 17720 15570 1600-1630). (Noel Green-UK, Feb 9)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3245 Radio Gulf; Kerama, Feb 3, 0840-0850, Vernacular talk, jingle. 3260 Radio Madang; Madang, Feb 3, 0840-0850, Vernacular talk. 3325 Radio North Solomons; Kieta, Feb 3, Pidgin talk. 3335 Radio East Sepik; Wewak, Feb 4, 1020-1030, Pidgin talk, folkmx. 3365 Radio Milne Bay; Alotau, Feb 3, 0830-0840, Pop songs, Vernac anns. 3385 Radio Eastern New Britain; Rabaul, Feb 3, 0825-0835, Native mx. 3905 Radio New Ireland; Kavieng, Feb 3, 0825-0830, Vernac talk, hymn. 4890 NBC; Port Moresby, Feb 3, 0820-0830, En pop songs. (Anker Petersen on NZL, via DXW, Feb 8)

3365 Radio Milne Bay; Alotau, 1158-1207*, En relig px, s-off and closing ann at 1206*. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 26)

PARAGUAY 11939.4 Radio Encarnacion, 0039-0115 Sp mxcal progr, ID "Radio Encarnacion... 760 kHz del dial. " Progr "Voces del Paraguay" Feb 9, 1998. (Eramo-ARG, Feb 13)

PHILIPPINES Korean 1300-1400 now Poro 9775 (x9520) 100 44 degr, //7235 11895. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 9)

9505 RVA Manila 1159 ID by YL, freq ann, told listeners to change to another freq. for Uru bc. (Bergadano, via Cumbre, Feb 8) 9670 RVa, 1155-1205. ID and freq info by woman ann. Annd the following program would be in Lao. Poor. (Kohlbrenner, GPDX Feb 6) 15095 FEBC Manila 1127 with IS and ID in En as "This is FEBC fr Manila-PHL" at 1130 began with an Asian language? (Caneva, via Cumbre, Feb 6) 15190 Radio Pilipinas 1757 En nxcast and ID by man. (Wolfish, via Cumbre, Feb 6)

RUSSIA/UZBEKISTAN Universal Life relig progr in En on new 12000 [Novosibirsk?], //Samara GPR-3 7295, Suns 1300-1330. VoTibet via CIS tx site, most likely Tashkent-UZB 1522-1555 on new 7470 (x7400). (Nikolay Rudnev-RUS, Feb 4)

Radio Rezonans began bcing on 4th Nov 1991 from studios in the Olympic radio and TV centre in Ostakino, Moscow. Progrs were directed at the business and stock exchange community and carried advertisements in Ru, En, Ge, Pol, Slovak, Fr and Cz. Programming in Dec 1997 had become more general. Stn addr: ul Akademika Koroleva 19, 127427 Moscow, Russia. Tel: +7-095-217-8720/8692 Fax: +7-095-215-0174 Telex: Moscow 114-532 1400-1800 Ru 1017-Moscow; 1900-2000 Ru 1323-St.Petersburg.

Radio Slavyanka, "the radio studio of the Russian Ministry of Defence", began a joint sce with Radio Moscow Internat in Aug 1993. It was initially aimed at Russian troops based in Tajikistan on the border with AFG and ethnic Russians in the area. It was then expanded on 1st Nov 1993 to include troops in the Baltic republics and Kaliningrad Oblast, the and Central Asia in general. It currently bcs to the Moscow area on 990. Addr: K-160, ulitsa Marshala Shaposhnikova 14, 103160 Moscow, Russia. Tel: +7-095-296-6608/296-6848/296-6506/233-7600 Fax: +7 095 296 6506. 1300-1500 Mon-Sat Ru 990 (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 12)

USA/CHINA/RUSSIA AWR starts MW broadcasts to China. On 28th Jan, the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Tiger, AWR began bcs on MW to China. AWR is bcing two hours a day fr a leased 600 kW tx in Ussuriysk City, just 80 km north of Vladivostok, Russia. The stn has a large coverage area in NoEaCHN. Its potential listening audience is one third of the country's population, or 400m people. The progrs, in the Mandarin language, are heard daily for one hour at 2230 and 1000 UTC on 1251. They are similar to those bc fr the AWR 100 kW SW stn on Guam and include devotional and doctrinal topics as well as family life, youth, health and En as a second language. The Guam station currently beams 127 hours per week to CHN in Ma, Ca, Hakka, Minnan and Shanghainese. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 12)

>And in the end a thesis from Andreas Erbe, requesting for comments: >Radio Odin 7525 and 11630 possibly originates from Grigoriopol/Moldova. >Clue: The 7525 frequency in the past used by Radio Pridnestrovye. (Kai Ludwig)

I had a phone talk today with Pavel Mikhailov (Klub DX, VoR) [heard him today, DX Klub Sun at 1430 on several VoR channels, ed]. He told me that according to a source at Ministry of Communications, both outlets are originated fr Moscow tx site. By the way HFCC also lists the same location for 11630. This channel is always barely heard here and 7525 a little bit better. In case of Moldova, these freqs would propagate here much better I suppose. Monitor reports indicate a good coverage by these freqs in the European part of Russia, Baltic states, UKR and some countries of Ea/WeEUR,incl Germany, I guess. Pavel also trying to convince the Chairman of VoR to start bcs in SSB towards NoAM. (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 15)

SLOVAK REPUBLIC AWR via Rimavska Sobota. Schedule valid as fr 1st Febr 1998: 0300-0330 Somali 9465 0430-0500 Malagasy 13580 0500-0700 Ar 11610 0200-0230 Punjabi, 0230-0300 Hi 7235 0300-0330 Ur, 0330-0400 Pe 7240 0700-0730 Ge 5940 1500-1530 Punjabi, 1530-1600 Hi 9420 1530-1600 Ge 5940 1600-1630 Pe 7325 1630-1700 Swah, 1700-1730 En, 1730-1800 Malagasy 9450 1900-2000 Ar 9465 2000-2030 Fr, 2030-2100 En 7265 2100-2130 Ar 5960 (Direct via Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Feb 8)

SRI LANKA DW Trincomalee in En to ME at 0600-0650 S=3 signal on 21705. NHK Ekala relay 0600-0700 in Ar, Fr, also S=3. (WB, Feb 15)

SYRIA have SW txions ceased? 13610 & 12085 unheard for some time and now 9950 has stopped carrying dom Ar scesin 'daytime' too. A check around 2000 revealed only AIR on 9950 and no Syrian overseas progrs. Mikhail Timofeyev reported these on 9950 some weeks ago. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 9) BBCM reported 1700 Ru, 1805 Ge, both on 9950. 1905-0030 on 12085 & 13610 Fr En(!) En(!) Ar Sp. Voice of IRQ clandest stn sce ceased last year, x9950.2 0400-0530 & 2000-2130.

TRISTAN DA CUNHA TV report on this forgotten island via ARTE European Astra satellite channel on Tue Feb 17th, at 1945-2045 UTC. (ed, Feb 14)

TURKEY VOT's two freq changes reported last week are confirmed and are both great improvements. Actually the change to 9540 at 1930 was in effect well before Feb 7, as noted by Mark Fine and myself. At 2300 new 7300 is relatively clear exc for nearby hams, while old 9655 remains dominated by RDP POR. But I wish VOT would explain why they hate the Kurds and so much. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Feb 12)

UNITED KINGDOM BBCWS has introduced new lunch-time txions in Hi and Ur, unfortunately dislodging En sce fr 17790 kHz via Oman 0800-0830. 0800-0810 Be 11685 15405 17655, and new 17790 0810-0820 Hi 15405 17660 (yes, they move up 5 kHz at 0810) and 17790 0820-0830 Ur on same freqs as Hindi (Alan Davies-UK, travelling in SoEaAS, temporarily in SNG and INS, Feb 11)

One more thing: Could you please ask your subscribers the following: Sri Lanka. Does anybody still hear the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation's English bcs to EUR fr Skelton? (Erik Koie-DEN, Feb 12)

URUGUAY 4639.7 Radio Agraria del Uruguay, Cerro Chato 0022-0030 Sp, Man ann, adverts, ID " Tercer festival de Salto de Agua ...en la radio de la regiΒ’n ... Agraria del Uruguay" (fourth harmonic of MW 1160 kHz). (Eramo-ARG, Feb 13)

USA Please note the following changes to our W-97 schedule: ADD: WHRA 7465 0300-0500 UT 250 kW 60 degr 38,39,40 ADD: WHRA 9400 0500-0800 UT 250 kW 90 degr 37,38,46-48,52,53,57 ADD: WHRA 17655 1800-2000 UT 250 kW 90 degr 37,38,46-48,52,53,57 ADD: WHRA 15460 2000-2200 UT 250 kW 90 degr 37,38,46-48,52,53,57 ADD: WHRA 13760 2200-2400 UT 250 kW 90 degr 37,38,46-48,52,53,57

Fr Mar 3rd until Mar 28th: DEL: WSHB 9835 0400-0500 UT 500 kW 87 degr 37,38,46-48,52 ADD: WSHB 9840 0400-0500 UT 500 kW 87 degr 37,38,46-48,52

DEL: KHBI 9355 1100-1200 UT 100 kW 340 degr 43,44 ADD: KHBI 15665 1100-1200 UT 100 kW 340 degr 43,44 (Bob German, George Jacobs & Associates, Inc., Febr 11)

WHRA Greenbush Maine! (c.f. BC-DX #348) In addition to the Live dedication fr ISR on this Sun Feb 15 at 1200 UTC on all LeSEA TV, Radio, and Internet Audio/video, WHRA will come on the air at 0300 Sunday. We will begin programming at 0300 on 7465 with a tribute to Dr. Lester Sumrall from 0300-0400, then at 0400 some of our staff will be on hand "LIVE" from the South Bend studios with mx, talk and some giveaways. Programming will continue on 7465 until 0500 and then from 0500-0800 on 9400 MHz. Call in and join the fun! (Joe Brashier WHRA, Feb 11)

WWBS, 11910, Macon GA, did not meet its target of testing from Feb 6. Here's why: although the tx is ready, and the FCC has authorized it, the stn is waiting on an electrical inspector to get out of the hospital and approve a transformer. WWBS is actually on the outskirts of downtown Macon, and does not expect there to be an RF interference problem; denies knowing Brother Stair; and expects initial programming to be only about two hours at 0000 UTC, perhaps starting in a few weeks. (George Thurman, TX, Feb 10, RIB and WORLD OF RADIO 928)

The 11th Annual Winter SWL Festival will be held Mar 12-14, 1998, at the Holiday Inn, Sumneytown Pike, Kulpsville, Pennsylvania (just to the NW of Philadelphia, Exit 31 of the PA Turnpike Northeast Extension). This popular event attracted more than 225 attendees in past years, coverage by Spectrum on WWCR. It's a lot of fun, and highly recommended. All the information -- incl the program agenda and the registration form -- is at http://www.trsc.com/swl_fest.html (Thomas R. Sundstrom-USA, Feb 11)

VIETNAM MW loggings 609.4 Ho Chi Min City/Saigon 1200-1400. 665.1 Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon [but WRTH listed 655!]. 689.95 Dac Lag [WRTH listed 693], both //10059.81 Hanoi, 1200-1300. 729 UNID [seemingly one of the new Marconi unit stns in NoCe part of VTN], 1320 En progr stn, fr 1400 UTC onwards heavy QRM by CHN stn. 1242 VoVTN Hanoi, Internat sce!! 1410-1630 Jan 30/31, -1430 En px, 1430-1455 BI, 1500-1528 En px. TX switch off, seemingly stn changes antenna direction pattern. 1529 tx s-on into 1530-1600 Vn progr, 1600-1630 UNID As lang, 1630-?? En px. All En progrs were taped, had the same content. Very nice modulation! But not on full power yet. [may use direction pattern away of his PHL location, seemingly new Harris unit stn in southern delta part of VTN, ed] (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 30/Feb 3) v4740 R Son La, Feb 3, 1154 s-on, 1158 IS, 1200 TA, hill tribe mx, Vn, ID by female, 1202 Hmong talks, ann modulation very low, regular active! v4959.6 VoVTN Hanoi 0945 fade in, not //v5924.5, both regular active! v5034.5 Dia Tieng Noi Hanoi, Hmong sce, 1200-, Feb 2, instrumental mx, //v6165.4 weak, talks with mx bridges, 44554!! not every day active, but most of the time. v6553.9 ... v6554.2 Cao Bang, tx sign on, turn in again 1240-1300, Jan 31, dialects, female talks, hill tribe mx, destroide modulation and tx functioning problems, some break downs, again at 1355 on Feb3, s-off 1400. 35432. v6698.1 ... v6696.4 Lao Cai, turn in 1153-1201, Jan 31, Vn, IS gongs, talks, s-off time was 1230*, low modulation. 34543 v7154.9 RTV Bac Thai, Feb 1, 1200- relay Hanoi px, //5924.5 & 10059.81 in Vn.

4680 UNID [WRTH listed Lam Dong 4675 and Lao Cai 4677] Inactive v4214 Lai Chau and v5597 Lao Cai. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 30/Feb 3)

VIETNAM/USA RFA Vietnamese sce 1400-1500 continues to be jammed on all freqs of 9930, 9455, 9400 and 6240. 6240 went unjammed until last month when it started to get bubble jammed and simultaneously the 11540 and ll590 DS1 Hanoi Sce which was introduced as jammers for RFA"s summer channels stopped being used. So it took almost 2 months for Hanoi to realize RFA had moved.! (Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, UADX, Feb 15)

YEMEN YRTC Sana'a morning En sce at 0600-0700 fine signal on v9780.31, playing modern western pop mx in between, like Madonna, Bassey. Strong opposite commentaries against US "Yankee" politic against Iraq. Scheduled also for Ar sce 0255-0600, and after 0700, but no signal could be traced then, may fade out here in EUR. (WB, Feb 15)

YUGOSLAVIA/CHINA/USA Radio Yugoslavia plans relays from China and USA. Radio Yugoslavia and CRI signed a memorandum on cooperation. Agreement was also reached in principle to rebroadcast Radio Yugoslavia's English-language progrs to the FE, the American PAC coast and AUS fr txs in CHN.

A new txing centre - one of the most powerful in the world, with 14 tx each of 500 kW - would be available to Radio Yugoslavia for this purpose.

[Nagoya Dxers Circle and Olle Alm in Sweden reported NEW Kunming-CHN site in frontier region, 11875, 15400, 15440 at 0900. 12055 is also from a more southerly site, ed]

The report added that Radio Yugoslavia also plans to sign a contract with a US SW radio stn to rebroadcast a 30-minute English-language progr to the US and CAN, which would significantly contribute to the promotion of Yugoslavia's communications with the world. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 2)

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Early morning bandscan in 31 mb I have to report as noted today in 0400-0500 UTC range: R Ethiopia Gedja signal audible on v9704.19. Very fine signals of both CRI En to NoAM on 9730 (Bamako-MLI?) and Channel Africa 9525 in Fr to WeAF. Sana'-YEM weak on v9780.31 in Ar. Some Ar language txions fr Saudi Arabia: 0300-0559 Holy Quran sce Ar sce v9553.58, v9619.41, v9718.28, second Ar sce v9578.68usb mode. Tremendous signal of NHK Montsinery-GUF on 9660. Weak signal of VoUAE Abu Dhabi 9770.

And at 0600-0700 not spectacular but interesting radio progrs: weak signal of R Brazil Central Goiania on v11814.96 playing Mexican popular mx. At same time on equal level R Bandeirantes Sao Paulo on 11925. Beware of Libya tests on 11815 fr 0730-1030. Pakistan Ur 0430-0630 on 15170.05, but beware of Tehran spurious on 15168.22 [of v15084.13] and Tashkent-UZB home sce relay 15165. Southern Azerbaijan Clandest stn still on v11934.90 0615-0715. BSKSA Ar on v11708.22. ISR Ar 0630-1130 on 15480.04. RTT Sfax in Ar til 0700 on v7476.78, v12004.47; fr 0700 on 11730, v15535.63, v17735.25. R NZLI 0500-0758 coming in clear on 11905. RA Shepparton bcing "Grandstand" on Suns 11880, 15240, 15415. (WB, Feb 21-22)

ALBANIA TWR via Cerrik 100 kW, some changes: 9684.9 in En at 0745-0950 ceased fr Feb 1st. In Ru daily 1800-1845 on new 7294.9, 33 degr (x7315), //v5890. In Ru to ISR, Sats only 1900-1915 on new 7294.9, 130 degr (x7315), //v6240. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova, Feb 16)

ANGOLA Radio VORGAN will shut down on February 28 and the lobbying office in Washington, DC that served as our QSL address for the station is already closed. It's clear that UNITA was a recipient of CIA-funding until mid-1993 when Clinton's policies took a U-turn. In fact, it's very probable that Radio VORGAN was CIA-run. Broadcast "containers" are a staple of the U.S. military and it's doubtful that UNITA could have acquired 4 of them on their own. More information on VORGAN and pictures of these mobile broadcast "containers" can be found at the Clandestine Radio Intel Web: http://www.qsl.net/yb0rmi VORGAN is still active until 2100* on 6225 kHz in Portuguese. (Grace/Cumbre DX, via DXW, Feb 11)

AUSTRALIA The Federal Government is still to decide on future uses of the Cox Peninsula (Darwin) SW txion site. The Minister for Communications and the Arts, Senator Alston, told a Senate committee investigating the sale of the National Transmission Agency, that the Govt was still looking at a "threshold decision" about who should be eligible to use the facilities, including "whether they ought to be available to foreign operators, whether they ought to be available using Australia as a base into a third party. Until we make that decision we are not able to take the matter further at this point." Senator Alston said the Govt was prepared to explore the possibility of selling Cox Peninsula, and that there is likely to be some commercial interest once the main issue of future use of the site has been clarified. Cox Peninsula will not be sold as part of the NTA sale process. However, the Brandon and Shepparton sites will be included in the sale process. (Matt Francis-AUS, via EDXP, Feb-11)

BELARUS Heard Mogiljow 5965 on Sat Jan 24th, "Mogiljow Transit". Radio Mogiljow on Mon-Fri only. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Feb 19) 5965 Radio Mogiljow. We were inexpectedly surprised on receiving a letter fr your country. It means that our progrs are known not only in our republic. I'm not an official representative of the "Radio Mogiljow". I've taken my own initiative to respond your letter by two reasons. Firstly, I work in the National TV Agency, which is united with the "Radio Mogiljow", as a translator of European TV programs such as Animal Planet, Euronews & BBC World, and I can be in communication with other people in English without great difficulties.

From the beginning I would like to answer your question. Yes, you can accept our radio progrs [on 5965] but only fr Mon-Fri 0700-1700 UTC. On Sats & Suns we have day-offs. Most probably on Sat 24th of Jan you heard progrs of the "Youth Radio" of Moscow that has almost the same freq with our Radio. So next time try to catch out progrs fr Mon- Fri. If I had more technical information I wouldn't miss a chance to share it with you. Hope I've helped you a little in satisfacting your interest. (Vladislav Bulgak, ul. Bujanova 5-16, 212030 MOGILJOW, Belarus, Feb 7)

Mogiljow has been in the past on 7145 kHz, ex-jamming unit. Next to Grodno 7140. (Kai Ludwig)

Daily Orsha 20 kW nondir listed: 5965 0400-1500 29 OR 20 ND 1234567 261097-280398 RUS 7145 1600-2300 29 OR 20 ND 1234567 261097-280398 RUS (summer 17805 5 kW)

11670 [Minsk] Belarussian Radio home sce is heard 1600-2300 via 5 kw tx and non-dir antenna, //6115,7145 (DX Mix, Bulgarian Radio, Feb 20) I checked the frequency at 1555 and BR has been already on. At 1600 home sce ID "Vas vytaet radiostantsya Krynytsa". Poor to fair signal. (Pashkevich)

11670 1700-2300 29 MNS 5 ND 1234567 261097-280398 RUS 6165 0700-1600 29 MNS 5 ND 1234567 261097-280398 RUS

R Belarus, Minsk schedule, compiled by monitoring in Jan. Daily on air 2000-2200 and 0500-0700. Ge Wed, Sat, Sun 2030-2100, 2130-2200. Thur, Sun 0530-0600, Sun 0630-0700. Universal Life in Ge Thur, Fri 2030-2100. En Tue 2030-2100, 2130-2200. Wed, Fri 0530-0600, Thur 2130-2200. Sat 0500-0530. Ru Mon-Thur 2100-2130. Fri 2130-2200. Tue-Sat 0600-0630. In Belorussian all remaining times. co-channel collision: 1170 0500-0700 R Capodistria-SVN. 2000-2200 IBRA Radio via Tbilisskaya-RUS in Ar til 2100. 7105 0500-0700 VoR in En til 0600, but latter now moved to 7100. 0530-0630 BBC in Ha & Fr. 0600-0657 RRI Bucharest Ro, Fr, Ge, En. 2000-2200 R Tashkent-UZB in Ge, En, Uz, En. 2000-2015 (Sat/Sun -2100) BBC in Bul. 7210 0500-0700 QBS Doha in Ar. 0530-0600 VoA in Cro. 0600-0700 BBC in Cro, BBC EbR, BBC Alb. 2000-2200 QBS Doha in Ar, VoR in En, NHK in Jap via BBC Skelton-UK 2000-2100.

11960 Registered freq for summer Z98 period (x7105). Acc to R Belarus web page bcs will be increased by txions beamed to NoAM and AUS.

R Minsk Belorussian home sce heard on Febr 7: 1600-2300 on new freq 11670 (44544), Minsk 5 kW nondir, //6115 Minsk 50/nondir, 7105 Orcha 240/262 degr til 2000, 7145 20/nondir, and 7210 Minsk 20/nondir til 2000. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 16)

CAMBODIA No trace of 4907, 6090, and 11940 signals. Seemingly all three txs are off the air. Latter one noted here in EUR still during Dec and Jan at 1258-1315 in Vietnamese. Phnom Phen carried very limited nxcast of two minutes duration only, remaining progr fullfilled by VTN mx. The only radio stn from CBG noted "Radio of the Provisorial Govt of Cambodia" 1130-1210 5407. (Uwe Volk-D, just back fr holiday trip to PHL and THA, Jan 20-Feb 17)

CEC (Confusion/Errors/Collision) 7105 1830-1900 BBC and R Tashkent, both in Persian. 5905 1700-1730 BBC and RUI Kiev, both in Ukr.

Errors: VoT Ankara down offset of 1000 kHz in last year, NOW with only 700 Hz plus, monitored on Jan 24&25: 0830 11835, 0930 11795, 1030 9630, 1130 9445, 1230 9670, 1430 11800, 1530 6145, 1630 7240, 1730 5970, 1830 5970, 1930 5960, 2030 7245. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 16)

CHINA CRI noted on several new outlets on Feb-15: 11445-X1 *1030-1127* In, Tagalog *1130-1200 11575-B2 *1100-1127* Esperanto 11700-X1 *1130-1200 Tagalog 11825-K *1130-1200 Bur 4850-B2 *1100-1157* Mongolian 5145-B1 *1100-1157* Mongolian 6010-K *1130-1200 Th 6550-B *1030-1127* Cam, *1130-1200 Bur 6590-B *1130-1200 Th 6995-B *1030-1127* In, Tagalog *1130- 1200 7170-J1 *1100-1127* Esperanto xed Singapore 7245-X1 *1100-1157* Vn xed Singapore 7350-K *1130-1200 Th 9440-K *1030-1127* Cam 9535-B2 *1100-1127* Esperanto 9870-K *1030-1127* Cam 9880-K *1130-1200 Bur Sites per NDXC: X Xian, B Beijing, K Kunming, J Jinhua (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Feb 15)

(c.f. BC-DX 349) nf4785 Nei Menggu in Mongolian. First noted on the Jan 23. //1458 6165 tent3930 tent1395. S-on 2230, off 1500v. At 2200-2225 this tx is used for CNR Minority Sce in Mongolian //1458 4190 4750 5295 5420. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Feb 19)

GUANGXI PBS SATELLITE SERVICE Nanning centre. 2200-1600 Ch 4915 1440 1071 792, 0100-0115, 0500-0505, 1100-1105 " News", 2300-0000 "Morning News" (incl Guangxi and Xinhua nx)

GUANGXI ECONOMIC BROADCASTING STATION Nanning centre. 2200-1600 Ch/GUANGXI 5010 1224 1161 846 (no further details). Addr: 75 Minzu Dadao, Nanning, Guangxi 5300022, China. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 19)

CLANDESTINES VoDemocratic Eritrea in Ar & Tigrigna, 1500-1630 9230, site unknown. VoFree Nigeria in En Sats only via DTK Juelich tx: 1900-1958 on new freq 11645 (x11715) (54433). Registered for Z98 period via JUL 1900-2000 Sats only on new 12015, 100 kW, 170 degr to zones 46, 47. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 21)

CROATIA Croatian Radio home sce on SW 0600-1830 on new 6180 (x0600-1500 x6175), and 1500-1830 v6025. //7185 0600-1530, 7150 1530-1830. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 7)

ECUADOR HCJB in Po to Brazil 0800-0930 on new 11615 100 kW 155 degr (34443) (x6125). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 28)

EGYPT R Cairo Gen sce in Ar 0350-0700 on several symmetric spurious signals on 10070, 9980, 9890, 9710, 9530, 9440 & nominal // 4810[half of 9620], 9620, 9770, 9800. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 6)

ETHIOPIA Radio Voice of United and Free Ethiopia (Amharic: Andit Netsa Ethiopia Dimts Radio Agelgilot) was first heard on 18th Jun 1997, but may have began bcing before then. It is operated by the United Front of Ethiopians formed by the Ethiopian National Congress, opposed to the Ethiopian government. Aerial bearings indicate the use of a transmitter site in C.Asia. The Ethiopian National Congress is also believed to have operated two similar earlier stns that were hostile to the current Ethiopian govt: Voice of Ethiopian Patriotism (heard in 1992) and Free Radio Voice of Ethiopian Unity (heard in 1993-94). 1615-1715 Wed & Sun Amharic to AF 7570. Addr: PO Box 547, Swathmore, PA 19081, USA. E-mail: uniteethiopia.org URL: www.ethiopia.org (RealAudio available) (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 19)

This must be the one hrd by Mahendra Vaghjee. His loggings were on a Wed and a Sunday. See the Clandestine Radio Intel page for more info on this one. Listed before as R. Voice of One Free Ethiopia, 12105, also Wed & Sun, is apparently this one, or one of its predecessors. (Jerry Berg in NU, Feb 19)

11605, Voice of Oromo Liberation via DTK Juelich, "Thank you for your interest" ltr, which at least mentions this current freq; fr V/S Taye Teferra (Secretary, SBO Committee EUR). In 26 days, fr P.O. Box 510610, 13366 Berlin. (Foster-OZ, via NU, Feb 15)

FRANCE RFI in Ru, new schedule monitored on Jan 17. 0400-0430 new morning progr on 5990 6045 7280. 1400-1430 (x-1500) 9805 11670. 1900-2000 5900usb mode!, 7350. RFI in Persian on Feb 11: 1800-1855 new5945 (55555) covering DW&ORF, (x5925), //7350. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 6)

GERMANY 11605, Voice of Oromo Liberation via DTK Juelich, "Thank you for your interest" ltr, which at least mentions this current fqy; from V/S Taye Teferra (Secretary, SBO Committee Europe). In 26 days, from P.O. Box 510610, D-13366 Berlin, Germany. (Foster-OZ, via NU, Feb 16)

ADXB homepage: http://home.t-online.de/home/Schubaur.DL1TS/adxb.htm (DL1TS, Feb 18)

Radio progrs ERF 1 and ERF 2 (TWR Germany branch) are both online in Internet since Feb 1st. Under addr: http://www.erf.de (ERF/TWR Wetzlar, Feb 18)

DW cut Albanian by 15 mins each. Now 1200-1215 and 1830-1845. Fr Febr 1st new Bosnian progr 0700-0715 7290 9655, very strong signal.

DTK Juelich news: Rainbow radio in Amharic to EUR Suns 1000-1059 on new5910. Registered for Z98 via JUL 100 nondir to zones 27 28. Brother Stair in En 1600-1800 new6040 Jan 17, (co-ch VoA in En fr 1700) (x6175), but replaced by 5995 (55444) Jan 24. 2000-2200 on new9495, KSDA underneath 2000-2100 Ko, 2100-2200 Ja/En and WHRI. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 16)

GREECE VoGRC monitored 1900-1950 to WeEUR En, Fr, Ge, It, Swe, and 2000-2050 to Balkans in Bul, Alb, Ro, Se on new7480 (54444) (registered for AUS sce, x7430). //9380 and 2000-2030 also MW Kavalla 792. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 29)

GUAM KTWR Agana in En to SoAS replaced 15105 by 15185 at 1500-1630. Former freq 11580 which used til Oct 26, performed better and had stronger signals into EUR. (PANIVIEW- BUL, Feb 8)

HUNGARY R Budapest to NoAM replaced 6030 by 6035, 0100-0200, 0230-0330 Hu, 0200-0230 En, co-ch DW & VoA. 1000-1100 (Suns -1200) in Hu to AUS new 17805 (x17790), co-ch RL in Ru fr 1100. 2030-2100 Suns only in Se new9670 (x9535), under DW in Po. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 16)

INDIA All India Radio will be bcing round the clock with 1998 Election results starting at 1130 onwards on most of the MW channels (except those carrying Vividh Bharati progr or variety prog). There will be nx in Hi and En alternatively on every hour on the hour starting on the 2nd of Mar at 1130 and will the continue till the morning of 4th March. So watch out all the MW channels of AIR. Also Regional stns will carrying progrs on SW till 1830. Meanwhile AIR has already introduced some new channels before the start of their M98 sked on 1st March next. News Feeder at 0130-0400 (En nx 0245) moved on to 11815 (moved from 15135) and again at 1330-1740 (nx En 1430, 1530, 1730) on 11835 (x9565). All the txs are from Delhi. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Feb 19)

IRAN VoIRI Tehran changes: 1430-1530 7150 & 9780 Unid lang (Urdu/Dari/Tajik?). [Scheduled 1430-1500 Taj 7180 11830. 1500-1526 Kaz 7160 9585 9735 11960.] 1430-1525 Be new6095 [x5995?] 7215 9745 11830. 1530-1630 En new6095 7215 new9780 [x11790 x13605]. 1730-1827 Ge new6150 7135 7260 9022. [co-ch HCJB in Ru Skelton relay 250 kW 70 degr fr 1800]. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 31 / Feb 8-16)

ISRAEL Kol Israel in Ar 1300-2230 new 15430 (55444) (x15480), //5915, 9815. (PANIVIEW- BUL, Feb 16) [Ar 15480 still 0630-1130]

ITALY/MALTA VOICE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, Malta (c.f. BC-DX Dec 97) Mon-Sat 1200-1330, Sun 0930-1300 UTC, 9660 kHz fr 1st Dec 1997 via Prato Smeraldo, RAI SW stn, Italy (100 kW, omnidir) 1200-1230 It ID "Qu Malta" and "Voce del Mediterraneo" 1230-1300 En; 1300-1300 Ar Attention! fr 29th Mar 1998: Mon-Sat 0630-0730, Sun 0700-1200 UTC (Thanks to Mr. Allamano of RAI Turin, via Francesco Clemente, Italy, Feb 19)

JAPAN If you want to see the new JRC NRD-545, currently on sale in Japan, look at http://www.jrc.co.jp/product/comm/move/jst.html#545 (text in Japanese only). (Sejimo-JPN, via NU, Feb 16)

KOREA D.P.R. Korean Central Broadcasting Station, provincial stns, relay progrs fr the KCBS in Pyongyang when not carrying local progrs. Local progrs are carried weekdays at 0500-0600 approx: Chongjin, North Hamgyong 3980, 702 Haeju, South Hwanghae 1080 Hamhung, South Hamgyong 3220, 999 Hyesan, Yanggang 3920, 765 Kaesong City Service 810 Kangaye, Chugong 3960 Pyongsong, South Pyongan 3350 Wiwon 720 Sariwon, North Hwanghae 2350, 927 Sinuiju, North Pyongyang 864 Wonsan, Kangwong 3970-v, 882. All SW freq use is sporadic. 2000-1800 Ko 11680 11400 9665 6100 3960 3350 3220 2850 2350 999 819 720. Addr: Korean Central Broadcasting Station, Jonsung-dong, Moranbong District, Pyongyang. Tel: +850-2-812301 Fax: +850-2-814418 (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 19)

LAOS Foreign sce of LNR Vientiane on SW is still inactive at present. No signals on 7116 or 7145 either. Active stns are obviously LNR Vientiane on 6130 kHz (strong signal the whole day) and LNR Luang Prabang auf 6975v (irregularly and weak signal). All other stns mentioned in WRTH couldn't been traced, are seemingly inactive. (Uwe Volk-D, on holiday trip to PHL and THA, Jan 20-Feb 17)

MALAYSIA K-L 0458-0700 on 6175, 9750, 15295 kHz progr in En, called "Voice of Islam". "Voice of Malaysia" in En starts at 0700. Not listed in WRTH 95/96/97.

Acc to my observations, RTM Sarawak/Sabah schedule mentioned in Glenn Hauser's WOR end of Jan 98 are confirmed totally, active are the following channels: 4895 5030 7160 7270 Kuching; 5005 6050 Sibu; 6060 Miri. But signal strength is very low, so it's estimated, that all units carried by reduced tx power. (Uwe Volk-D, on holiday trip to PHL and THA, Jan 20-Feb 17)

NETHERLANDS BeNeLux-Club (BDXC) Information Updated info available via "World Wide Web" on Internet at: http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html "ENGLISH & SPANISH transmissions to EUROPE (15 Feb 1998" (Jan Nieuwenhuis-HOL, BDXC, Feb 15)

PAKISTAN 6290 R. Pakistan, 1820 Feb 11 with chant in Ur, ID as R. Pakistan, Islamabad at 1827, followed by talk and songs. Weak, and bad audio. (Vaghjee-Mauritius, via NU, Feb 16) [VoHope Dusheti, Georgia now on 6285, ed]

POLAND The current edition of the Polish progr magazine "ANTENA" mentions Polskie Radio 1 on LW 225 and FM (both CCIR and OIRT bands) alongside with PR-2 and PR-3 on FM only. This confirms, that Polskie Radio has shut down all MW outlets completely. (Helmut Senger-D, via Kai Ludwig, Feb 19) [except hire out 1503 kHz ?? ed]

ROMANIA Keeping the "Why don't they turn that awful noise off" award in the neighborhood following Grigoriopol's buzz on 7125, is the home sce on 17850, as IDed by Kai Ludwig. I have been hearing a continuous roar with traces of audio, such as Feb 17 at 1329, and still there after 1400 when it interferes badly with France. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 929, Feb 19) [Terrible signal reported also by Noel Green, Blackpool-UK in past years, when propagation 'made it' to NoWeEUR, ed]

RUSSIA Radio Region Tyumen. Then not carrying its own local progrs, Radio Region Tyumen relays local sces fr Khanty Mansisysk or Radio Russia fr Moscow. 0000-2200 Ru 4895 4820 576 225 66-73.0. Local progrs Mon-Fri 0110-0200, 0230-0300, 0600-0610, 1000-1010 nx, 1200-1210 nx, 1400- 1410 nx. Sat/Suns 0300-0500, Suns 0610-0800. Sat 1300-1400 in Tatar. Address: Radio Region Tyumen, ul.Permyakova 6, 625013 Tyumen. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 19)

Irkutskaya obl. GPR # 10, progr schedule up to Mar, 28 kHz kW Azimut UTC Station Languages 5895 100 083 2000-2200 DW Russian 5905 500 125 2200-2300 BBC English 5925 250 110 1230-1300 DW Japanese 7135 250 125 1000-1100 VOR Korean 7135 250 125 1100-1200 VOR Japanese 7135 250 125 1200-1300 VOR Korean 7135 250 125 1300-1400 VOR Japanese 7135 250 125 1400-1600 VOR Chinese 7305 500 180 1100-1200 RFI Lao 7305 500 180 1200-1300 RFI Cambodian 7380 250 110 0900-0950 DW English 7380 250 110 1000-1100 VOR Korean 7420 1000 250 0930-1030 RFI French 7420 250 225 1115-1545 TWR 7420 250 125 1900-1945 "Tikhy Okean" Russian 7440 100 065 0730-1800 RRossii Russian 9810 250 150 0930-1125 RNW English 9825 250 225 1115-1545 TWR 13700 250 150 0830-0925 RNW English 17570 1000 150 0600-0800 VOR English 17570 1000 150 0815-0900 "Tikhy Okean" Russian 17890 100 190 1100-1200 VOR English 21790 250 150 0600-0800 VOR English (Irkutsk DX Club, via RUS-Dx, Feb 20) [bearings updated by WB]

MONITORING [Programmes in Russian (R), English(E), German (G)] 2338 AM 15.55 04/01 BEL "Mayak" R xxxx3 2338 AM 18.55 23/11 BEL Radio "DH" R xxxx3 4010 AM 17.05 12/01 KGZ DW R 44443 (tr. Bishkek) 4040 AM 01.00 xx/12 RUS Evenkiyskoe R. R 4485 AM 06.00 15/01 RUS Radio Bashkirii R xxxx4 4820 AM 12.05 17/01 RUS RRossii R 44444 (tr.Khanty-Manisysk) 4895 AM 16.00 02/02 RUS RRossii R 33333 (tr. Tumen) 4940 AM 16.10 02/02 TJK VORussia E 44343 4975 AM 16.10 02/02 TJK VORussia E 44343 5015 AM 16.20 02/02 TKM Turkmenskoe R. R 44343 5256 USB07.07 23/11 ? "Mayak" R xxxx4 5290 AM 03.50 08/01 RUS Permskoe R. R xxxx4 5290 AM 12.10 17/01 RUS RRossii R 44333 (tr.Krasnoyarsk) (RUS-Dx via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, Feb 20)

Radio 1 home sce in Ru on 11630 til 1500, 7525 fr 1500. R Mayak home sce in Ru v1500-2000v on new 4855 in lsb mode (54433) (x4852?). Radio Mariya in Polish 1700-2000 on addit 7370 (44333) Jan 17-23, ex VoR Pol/Slovk/Cz til Dec 31. Fr Jan 24: 1600-2000 as follows 1600 Alb, 1630 S-Cr, 1800 It, 1900 Fr. VoR En 2100-2200 new 7410 (co-ch AIR En). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan/Feb 16)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Riyadh 2nd progr in Ar 1700-2100 on new 6019.2. (noted also on harmonic 12038.4). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan/Feb 16)

SEYCHELLES FEBA Radio in Seychelles has moved their Tibetan progr fr 15445 to 15480 at 1200-1230 in order to avoid jamming by CHN with their En programming. Also Tamil is now 7365 kHz (x7350 to avoid DW on 7355) in Tamil at 0130-0200 hrs. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Feb 19)

SPAIN 17770 R Exterior de Espana Noblejas 1942 Sp soccer match. (Nigro, via Cumbre, Feb 15) Noblejas Spain towards Equat Guinea 161 degrees, on Suns 1900-2100 only. 17770 1900 2100 46,47,52,57,66 NOB 350 161 1...... 261097-300398 REE

Spurious signal 9580 [9615 minus difference 35 kHz] at 0700-0900 REE to AUS, mixture of //Noblejas 350 kW 9650 260 degr and 9615 230 degr. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 17)

SYRIA BC-DX 349 follow-up. I checked out 9950 today at 1825 and found R.Damascus progr in Ge, than into Fr at 1905. Possible En at 2005, but only a carrier was detectable at that time. The signal was extremly weak from the begining of the observations and I noted several breaks in Ge and Fr txions. (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 16) [I read somewhere, that Syria suffering by main power shortage during winter time. ed]

TAHITI/POLYNESIA Fr. New tx at Papeete? Since 21 Febr, RFO at Papeete has beeen noted with greatly improved signals on 15170. Freq is exact 15170.0, not drifting, and signal strength has been excellent during the Australian daytime period. Signals noted from as early as 1900 and audible to past 1000, apparently 24-hr operation. Programming is in Tahitian and Fr until 0600. News at the top of the hour in French fr Paris, satellite fed. Fr 0600-1000+ UTC, programming is mainly a relay of the RFO dom sce (VHF and MW), carrying France-Inter, fr Paris. This is not the same progr as Radio-Monde-1, audible on many SW freqs in this period.

I suspect that a NEW tx has been put on line, as modulation quality and level are both excellent, quite unlike the previous erratic, weak, and drifting signal. No sign of historical frequencies 6135 9750 11810 or 11825! Credit to Chris Hambly, here in Melbourne, for first alerting me to this. (via Bob Padula-AUS EDXP, Feb 22)

TAJIKISTAN Voice of Tibet in Tibetan 1220-1255 new 7470 (x7400), Dushanbe 100 kW 125 degr. Stn uses NEW interval signal. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 9)

THAILAND Radio Thailand Home Sce bcing two different progrs on SW, combined together on full hour only. 4830 6070 and MW 819, and the other separate on 7115.

MW 1575 anncm in En still under "Voice of Free Asia" label. (Uwe Volk-D, on holiday trip to PHL and THA, Jan 20-Feb 17)

9530 R Thailand 1414 En adv for aromatherapy products, "Travel Thailand" mentioning FM freqs of 95.5 & 105 and (inaudible) shortwave freqs of 9655 & 11905. (Famularo, via Cumbre Feb 13)

13695 R.Thailand (presumed) 0030-0100 NoAM txion has been very strong & loud lately, albeit suffering from bad, garbly polar flutter. But at a big S9+20, it's the best signal I can remember getting from them. Perhaps the 21 mb is their best bet propagationally this time of year. (Stewart, via Cumbre, Feb 11 & 12)

TRISTAN DA CUNHA TV report on this forgotten island carried on ARTE European Astra satellite channel Tue Feb 17th, at 1945-2045 UTC. (ed, Feb 14)

Hi colleagues, There is a highly recommended site for those interested on exotic and forgotten islands (Saint Helena, Tristan, Inaccessible, Gough, Ascension, Kerguelen, Bouvet, Marion, Prince Edward): http://www.wndrland.demon.co.uk/sasa.htm (Pedro M.C. de Castro (DX Clube Paulista), Feb 16)

TURKEY VoT 1200-1255 Ch to CHN new 13685 (x11760) Emirler 500 kW 72 degr (55433). 0500-0800 in Tu on new 7335 (54454) Emirler 500 kW 310 degr, to EUR/NoAM. [7335 CHU now suffering again, TRT used this channel in previous years, despite of heavy protests by listeners]. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan/Feb 16)

UNIDENTIFIED R Pakistan? v6011.2 1300-1600, home sce in Ur?, bad modulation. [ADG, SW, GVG please help to identify] Three UNID Ch txions noted: 0900-1103 11855 and 15515 [registered both VoA Udorn-THA 500 kW 30 degr] 1200-1400 11860. 2000-2400 CNR2 ? on new 11990 (44554), new 9830, //11630.

0800-0900 Suns UNID BBC site on 13710 (55555) R Caroline in En Jan 18, typical for BBC txs end s-off was 08.59:27.5 sec. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan/Feb 16)

USA/IRAQ The Voice of Free Iraq was a clandestine stn during the 1991 Gulf war. The creation of a Radio Free Iraq is now proposed by Senator Trent Lott, leader of the Republican majority in the US Senate. Senator Lott also suggests jamming Iraqi bcs. Any military action by the Clinton Administration should be coupled with support for internal opposition in Iraq, working towards the overthrow of the govt of Saddam Husayn. These bcing measures would bolster such opposition.

-- Clandestine radio stations will have a role to play, as they did in the 1991 war. However, Iraq's ability now to launch any effective clandestine stns is likely to be seriously impeded by its lack of SW and Mw tx capacity.

If US and UK forces are ordered to launch large-scale air strikes against strategic installations in IRQ, their targets could include radio and TV txs, which sustained extensive damage during the 1991 Gulf war. IRQ has spent much of the past seven years trying to repair its bcing infrastructure, with very limited results. Prior to the Gulf war, IRQ had one of the biggest SW and MW tx installations in the world. But since 1991, bcs from IRQ have been all but inaudible outside its borders. Any sustained attack on IRQ is also likely to result in an upsurge in clandestine radio activity in the region, as it did seven years ago, when both IRQ and its adversaries set up several radio sces as part of their propaganda offensives. However, Iraq's ability now to launch any effective clandestine stns is likely to be seriously impeded by its lack of SW and MW tx capacity.

Inside IRQ itself, listeners tuning in on MW and SW can of course hear bcs in Ar from major internat and pan-Arab stns including the BBC, VoA and the Cairo-based Voice of the Arabs, all of whom are likely to step up their output in the event of military action against IRQ. In the areas of northern Iraq under Kurdish control, a number of radio stns currently bc on behalf of Kurdish factions. And several Iraqi opposition groups in exile also currently operate radio stns aimed at listeners inside IRQ. (VoA "Communications World"; BBCM via AGDX, Feb 14)

USA/SAIPAN Christian Science SW bc schedule fr Mar 3, 1998: WSHB WeNoAM 0100-0200 7535 0200-0400 5850 1300-1400 9430 EaNoAM Caribb 0000-0100 7535 1000-1300 6095 MEX 0200-0300 7535 1300-1400 9455 Ce/SoAM 0000-0200 9430 1000-1200 7395 1200-1300 9455 2300-2400 13770 Brazil 0900-1000 7395 2200-2300 13770

EaEUR/RUS/UKR 0400-0500 7535 EaEUR 1800-2000 15665 CeEUR 0500-0600 7535 EUR 0800-1000 7535 2000-2200 11550 WeEUR 0600-0800 7535 2000-2200 13770 2200-2300 7510 SoEUR/WeAF 2300-2400 7510 EaAF 1600-1700 18930 CeAF 0400-0500 9840 0500-0600 9835 1700-1800 18930 WeAF 1900-2000 17510 SoAF 1800-1900 18930 NZL 0800-0900 9845

KHBI EUR/ME 1800-2000 9355 EaEUR 0800-0900 15665 SoAF 1800-1900 9385 JPN/KOR/FE 0900-1000 15665 1100-1200 15665 IND 1300-1400 9355 CHN 0000-0100 15665 1000-1100 15665 1400-1500 9355 INS 1000-1100 15725 1300-1400 9385 SoEaAS 1200-1300 9355 AUS 0900-1000 13840 1100-1300 9385 NZL 2000-2100 13840 Progr in En, Ge, Sp, Fr, Po, and Ru. SW helpline +1 617 450 2929 e-mail: [email protected] www.csmonitor.com www.tfccs.com Shortwave Broadcasts, POBox 1524, Boston, MA 02117-1524, U.S.A. (printed schedule, Feb 17)

WORLD OF RADIO WEBSITE, http://www.grove.net/~ghauser will be closing by Mar 1 as grove.net will no longer be available. Suggestions are welcome on a good new free host (Glenn Hauser-OK, Feb 19) [WoR 9475 Thur 2130 today lousy condition, ed]

RFA news: fr Jan 25th 1400-1500 new 12025, annc loop in En & Ru "This is ch 4, RFA's channel 4", co-ch DW in Ar. But fr Feb 1st on same time and frequ VoA Tibetan sce instead. VoA is registered on 12040 via Tinang 250 kW 315 degr. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Feb 16)

Brother Stair via WRNO addit 0400-0600 7395 (54433). WHRA test results 0300-0500 7465 (55444), 0500-0800 9400 (45554). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 20-30)

VoA ceased txions in Cr2100-2130, Se 2300-2330. Ru 1400-1500 replaced 17815 by 17805. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 20-30)

UZBEKISTAN Monitored schedule of R Tashkent, CeAS sce: 7285 replaced by 7205 kHz, Tashkent 100 kW, 235 degr 1520-1930. 1520 Da, co-ch BBC in Ur. 1550 Uz "Vatandosh", co-ch BBC in Tamil. 1630 Persian, co-ch BBC in Be. 1700 Ar, co-ch in Hi, 1730 Uz "Vatandosh", co-ch BBC Ur -1800. 1830 Persian (45554) very good signal. 1900 Ar, co-ch VoR Fr. // freqs 5975 1520-1930 very weak signal, under BBC and VoR. 6025 1520-1930, weak signal, co-ch VOPOKurdistan, VoIRI Ar. 7105 1730-1930, co-ch BBC 1800 Cr, 1830 Persian [and R Tashkent in Pe too at same time] 1900 Ru. 9540 1730-1930 (44444), good signal here. Tashkent in Turkish language monitored 1700-1730 on 7105 (44554) and 9540 (44444). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Jan 20-30)

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EDXC 1998 Dear radiofriends! Now, there is updated info about the EDXC 1998 conference. More information later during March. URL: http://hem1.passagen.se/sm6kri/edxc_98.html (73 de Krister Eriksson, Feb 22, INTERNET:[email protected]

Z98 This issue we advise of yet another new relay arrangement for bcs to AUS and Asia, with Deutsche Welle planning to use the BBC FE relay Singapore Kranji for morning sces to this region. The HFCC -- High Frequency Coordination Conference was successfully concluded in Brugge Belgium in Febr, and the Summer Schedules are now being released for participating administrations. The Z98 schedule period starts on 29 Mar, and runs through until 25 Oct seven months! (EDXP, Feb 25)

ANGOLA Acc to Nick Grace C., by time you read this, VORGAN will have left the air for good. "VORGAN is to close on Feb 28, and within time will become a non-partisan FM radio stn called Radio Despertar to provide the clandestine station's personnel with jobs. UNITA continues to hope that Radio Despertar will carry their message, but that is unlikely since they admit that 4 to 6 txs will be needed to cover Angola's mountainous territory.

"VORGAN used to verify reception reports through the Free Angola Information Service, a UNITA lobbying office, in downtown Washington, DC. In Dec 1997, Dan Henderson and I discovered that the group had changed to another office and was being called the Center for Democracy in Angola, Inc. Soon afterwards, Dan found information that this lobbying office was slated to close by an Executive Order signed by President Clinton. The office did indeed close in early Feb. "It also became apparent that the gentleman who signs all verification cards for VORGAN, Mr. "Jaime de Azevedo Vila Santa," doesn't exist. In fact, when we would visit the office or call their telephone number this individual never seemed to be in.

"Reception reports can conceivably be mailed to the publisher of UNITA's news wire, the Angola Peace Monitor, but how they will react to reception reports is unknown at this time: Action for South Africa, 28 Penton Street, London N1 9SA, United Kingdom Tel: +44 171 833 3133 Fax: +44 171 837 3001 E-mail: [email protected] (http:/www.qsl.net/yb0rmi/vorgan.htm) (via NASWA, Feb 25)

ARMENIA Checked V. of Armenia, 9965, Feb 24 at 2116 opening En and yes, they are still imagining English is at 2145-2215! How embarrassing for them. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Feb 26)

AUSTRALIA R Australia D97 v 1.6 schedule - Current fr Feb 9, 1998 ASIA En Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 0000-0500 17750 S 100 329 0100-0500 15415 S 100 329 0600-0900 15415 S 100 329 0600-1100 17750 S 100 329 0830-1200 6080 S 100 005 0900-1100 11880* S 100 329 1200-1800 6080 S 100 339 1330-1700 11660* S 100 329 1430-2200 9500* S 100 329 * these bcs may be heard in WeEUR

Indonesian Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 2130-2300 11695 S 100 329 2130-0000 15415 S 100 353* * utilising a rhombic aerial with minor lobe radiation towards target

Standard Chinese Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 2200-2300 15240 S 100 329 1100-1230 9950, 11880 S 100 329

Vietnamese Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 2300-0000 11695 S 100 329 0000-0100 15415 S 100 329 1230-1330 9950, 11880 S 100 329 1330-1430 9950, 11660 S 100 329

Khmer Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 2300-0000 15240 S 100 329 0500-0600 15415, 17750 S 100 329

PACIFIC PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, GUAM and JAPAN (also try En txions directed to Asia on 329 & 339 degr)

English Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 1800-2000 6080, S 100 005 7240 S 100 030 1800-2130 9770 S 100 030 2100-2200 7240, S 100 030 9660 B 10 010 2100-0800 9660 B 10 010 2130-0100 13755 S 100 030 0000-0800 13605 S 100 353 0100-0800 15240 S 100 030 0800-0900 5995, B 10 010 9710 S 100 353 0830-1200 6080 S 100 005

Tok Pisin (Pidgin) Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 2000-2100 6080, S 100 005 7240 S 100 030 0900-1200 6020, S 100 030 9710, S 100 353 5995 B 10 010

SOUTH-WEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN, NORTH AMERICA English Time (UT) Freq (kHz) Tx Site Power (kW) Bearing 2100-2200 12080 B 10 080 2200-0900 15510 S 100 090 2100-0600 17795 S 100 050 2130-0100 13755 S 100 030 2300-0900 12080 B 10 080 0100-0800 15240 S 100 030 0600-0830 11880 S 100 050 0800-1400 9580 S 100 070 1200-2130 9770 S 100 030 1200-1800 6020 S 100 030 1400-2130 5995 S 100 050 1700-2130 11880 S 100 065 1800-2000 7240 S 100 030 Radio Australia's weekend sports program, Grandstand, is bc on En freqs fr 0200-0800 UTC Sat and 0300-0800 UTC Sun according to the schedule below:

Target region Frequency (kHz) Asia 17750 central Pacific 15510 south-west Pacific 15240, 12080 Papua New Guinea 15240, 9660

Notes: 1. Regional times are representative only. Transmissions may reach adjacent time zones. 2. All "Asia" bcs fr Shepparton are beamed along a line which joins Shepparton, Ambon, Manila and Hong Kong. 3. "Tx Site, Power and Bearing" refers to the tx site associated with the indicated broadcast. The sites are Shepparton, Victoria (S) and Brandon, Queensland (B). Transmitter power is either 100 kW or 10 kW. Txion bearings are in degrees. All freqs are under assessment and subject to change. (RA, Nigel Holmes, Txion Manager)

BELARUS 7145 R Rossii relay progr via Mahilou, 1420-1438, Ru folk mx. 24332. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 9)

CAMBODIA 11940 Roland confirms similar reports, that Phnom Penh is currently off SW outlets. Noted BBC Meyerton relay co-channel instead, 1258-1315. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 9)

CHINA 4830 More on item: Now active again 4830 Huyai BC, Fuzhou, s-on 1300-, TS, new time schedule also., //MW 666, best level = S9+30 dB. 1459 TA, ID, but covered by THA now. That's seemingly a different Chinese stn, not Huyai, or they use a new stn name ID! ID is "This is China Broadcasting Corporation" in both Ch and En language. Also "CBC" abbreviation is used in nx reports. Time ann at 1400, 44554. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 11) [Kunming have got new powerful txs, so the old Kunming unit could be shifted to 60 mb??? ed]

CLANDESTINE (Iran). 6280.02, Voice of Mojahed, 2055-2100* Feb 21, Farsi talks, anmts with an addr in London, mx inserts; fair.

7094.95, Voice of Southern Azerbaijan, 1645-1731* Feb 21, presumed Azeri, endless talks (a little similar to Farsi), giving tel. numbers at the end of the prgm; not one note of mx in the 45 mins.; good. (both Korinek-RSA, via NU, Feb 23)

11934.91v, Voice of Southern Azerbaijan, still hrd here at 0615-0715. Both 7094.93 and 11934.91 are not so strong like professional stns beaming Europe, estimated power of 20 to 50 kW and beam direction aside of EUR. (WB, Feb 24)

DARC -- German Ham Radio Club Bandwatch informed about distortion on ham band channel 7095 kHz, caused by Voice of Southern Azerbaijan. 7095 1629 06 02 M.Ea VoSA A3E carrier 7095 1630 06 02 M.Ea VoSA A3E s/on px 7095 1630 10 02 M.Ea VoSA A3E s/on px - QSA5 (S9+60dB) 7095 1642 11 02 M.Ea VoSA N0N carrier 7095 1632 14 02 M.Ea VoSA A3E addr always told at 1633 7095 1625 15 02 M.Ea VoSA A3E s/off at 1730 7095 1728 17 02 M.Ea VoSA A3E QSA5 (S9+55dB)

They announce an address in Vienna, Austria: VOSA Ltd. (I guess VOSA means "Voice of Southern Azerbaijan"- dj9kr) Postfach 108, A-1193 Vienna, Austria

They announce a phone number in Holland: Its an answering machine which really works, I tried it this morning: 0031 - 3 07 19 21 89 The voice is Azeri language

The German Telecoms. have pinpointed the tx-er in triangle ISR/JOR/ARS !!!

The QRG is 7095, and the signal here up to S9+60dB with a dipole. (DARC -- Ulrich BihlmayerDJ9KR, INTERNET:[email protected])

Voice of Southern Azerbaijan (Azeri: Bura Janubi Azerbaijan Sasi), which was first heard in July 1996, is operated by the National and Independent Front of Southern Azerbaijan. Southern Azerbaijan is the Iranian province of Azarbayjan, which borders the Republic of Azerbaijan. Programming is hostile to the Iranian government. The radio says that it broadcasts programmes about "the daily life of the people of Southern Azerbaijan under Iranian oppression, the struggles of our brothers who live in Northern Azerbaijan (Republic of Azerbaijan), their long standing war with the Armenian enemy who receives help from Iran, programmes about our Azeri inheritance, our great history and civilization..." All broadcasts will be one hour earlier in summer. Addr: Vosa Ltd., Postfach 108, A-1193 Vienna, Austria. A contact telephone number is announced in the Netherlands: +31-307-192189 (BBCM via AGDX, Jun 1997)

[Acc to Mr. Vafa Culuzadeh, adviser of former Azerbaijan President Ebulfez Elicibey, noted the Italian press agency IPS in Okt 1992 from Baku, that the Israelian secret service specialist David Kimche and US citizen Richard Secord, who was involved in the Iran-Contra-Affair, visited Azerbaijan, presenting a delegation of more Israelian secret service personell. Mr. Culuzadeh took part on a return visit to Israel, lead a delegation of Azerbaijan/Uzbek/Kazakh secret services.]

All VoSA txions are much weaker than KOL ISR txions and not so audio present, but the presentation is in very professional manner. VoSA signal level is equal to clandestine Iraqi B/Cing Corp. (IBC) on 9568v. Txions are not exact on x.00 kHz, drifting a little bit downwards to 11934.94 / 7094.91 kHz. BUT formerly suggested Tadjik Orzu tx site bcing exact on x.00 like 5750 and 5800 kHz. Azimuth fr ISR to IRN/AZE is 70 degrees. To compare 7095 by 7465 300 kW 70 degr: KOL Israel bcasts in Persian at 1500-1600 (-1625 Fri/Sat) on 7465, 9435, 11605 kHz, and is much stronger than VoSA.

Can anyone help with deeper information and direction finding of VoSA. Help is appreciated by the Ham Radio society. ed.

Comment: All the activities against the present govt. of Iran seemingly are supervised by some foreign secret services, like CIA and Mossad. [ed]

This station was first reported via Media Network progr by V.Goonetilleke back to 1997 (?) on 12080 (or 12075) kHz. One day, when I tuned in my rx to this channel I found an open carrier with "Reshet Bet" (ISR home sce programme) on the background and then VoSA signing on, so, it seems ISR is a right location of the Voice of Southern Azerbaijan. (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 27)

So perhaps Israel of the three [ISR/JOR/ARS]. Paniview reported previously that this station switches to DST the same time that Israel does. So let's see if they do it again this year. (Hans Johnson-FL-USA, Feb 26)

Considering Nick's observation, the Tajikistan assumption is of course obsolete. So the transmitter is likely situated in Israel, but in my opinion not operated by KOL (absence of their usual soundprocessing). With these current stage of knowledge I now want to support the assumption, that Mossad brings the Vo Southern Azerbaijan on the air. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 27)

Voice of Southern Azerbaijan is the mouthpiece for the National & Independent Front of Southern Azerbaijan against Iran. ID in Azeri is: Bura Janubi Azerbaijan Sasi. Address has been announced as Vosa Ltd., Postfach 108, A-1193 Vienna, Austria. Recent reports have its schedule as *0615-0715* 11934.9v kHz and *1630-1730* 7094.90 kHz. The group advocates integration of a northern strip of Iranian soil with Azerbaijan since it is rich in oil and is where Iran wants to build a pipeline from the ocean to Central Asia. If its location is found to be in Israel, this will be the clearest evidence that Israel's intel agency, Mossad, is involved in clandestine broadcasting. (Grace Clandestine Radio Intel Web, Feb 27)

(Iraq). Many DXers have heard the clandestine Iraqi B/Cing Corp. (IBC) on 9568v, and have read about various MW stns railing against Saddam's regime. These stns have been funded and supervised by the CIA, and the IBC was even designed by a Washington public relations firm. Read about the war of radio and rhetoric in a new Investigative Report on the Clandestine Radio Intel web: http://www.qsl.net/yb0rmi/iraq.htm (Grace-DC via NU, Feb 24)

COLOMBIA 6064.55 Colmundo - HJCH 0539 Upbeat Latin popular mx interspersed with anns by woman. Recorded ID by soft-spoken woman at 0551. Noted freq down from nominal 6065. Some QRM fr adjacent stn on upper sideband. (Mark Fine-USA, Feb 23)

COSTA RICA UNID Sp speaking stn, most likely RfPI observed at 1600 on v15049.42. (WB, Feb 25)

CONTINENT OF MEDIA (COM) is an addit half-hour carried only by RFPI, produced about once a month and repeated weekly until a new edition arrive, on a new schedule: Fri 1930 on 15050usb and 21465, Sat 0330 and 1030 on 7385, 6980usb. For the time being, also Wed 2300 on 15050usb, 7385, 21465; Thu 0700 on 7385, 6980usb; and also at unscheduled times when available, especially immediately after WORLD OF RADIO on Sat, Tue. It deals primarily with domestic media developments in NoAM. The Febr edition started Feb 18; the Mar is expected about a month later. (Glenn Hauser-OK, WoR, Feb 26)

CROATIA Croatian Radio/Hrvatski Radio in Croatian 0600-1230 7185 6175, 1230-1500 13830 7185 6175, 1500-1530 13830 7185 6025. 1530-1830 13830 7150 6025. 5 mins of nx in En is bc at 0705 (Mo-Sa), 0805 (Su), 0905 (Mo-Sa), 1005 (Su), 1305, 1905 and 2305. (BBCM via AGDX) [noted recently on 6180, repl 6175]

FINLAND WRTH 1998 contains - again - wrong information about Radio Finland's QSLpolicy. Radio Finland will verify RR's directly. QSL cards can be obtained only through the addr: Radio Finland, Raimo Makela, PL 113, 28101 Pori, Finland. Reception report outside Europe are welcome! Return postage is also welcome! (Raimo Makela, rec.radio.shortwave via EDXP, Feb 21)

GERMANY Torsten Kroop of Deutsche Welle Online tells us that there is now a mailing list online for the [German only!!] SW freqs of the German ext broadcaster. All one has to do is to send a mail to [email protected] with the following content: subscribe radio_frequenzen (via DXW, Feb 22)

[??] VoFree Nigeria at present Sat 1900-2000 on 11640 kHz, registered for Z98 season via DTK Juelich 12015 kHz 100 kW 170 degr. Exact tx location not known yet, but being txion from Germany likely. (Hans Johnson-FL-USA, via WoR, Feb 26) [all these puzzles could be avoided; shame -- very, very poor frequency selection and publicizing policy of DTK Juelich team, ed]

Universelles Leben (Universal Life) is a German evangelical progr, using SW facilities in DTK Juelich-GER, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, and the USA. Latest sked: 0800-0830 Sun En 9930 Asia KWHR 1030-1100 Sun Ge 7210 Eur Belarus 1200-1230 Sun Ge 9710 Eur Lithuania 1300-1330 Sun En 12000 Asia Germany 1300-1330 Sun En 9710 Eur Lithuania 1400-1430 Sun En 9955 Am WRMI 1630-1700 Sat En 7345 ME Germany 1800-1830 Sun En 11605 Af Germany 1830-1900 Sun En 9490 Af Germany 2045-2115 Tue En 5890 Eu Germany 2045-2115 Sun, Mon, Thu Ge Eu Germany 2100-2130 Thu/Fri 7210 7105 Eu Belarus 2130-2200 Fri Ge 7210 7105 Eu Belarus (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 19)

Wissenschaft und Bildung -- Radio fuer die Welt. Digitaler Hoerfunk in Entwicklungslaendern. Information, Bildung und Unterhaltung will das amerikanische Unternehmen WorldSpace zu mehr als vier Milliarden Menschen in den Entwicklungslaendern bringen. Drei Satelliten sollen Hunderte von digitalen Hoerfunkprogrammen direkt an kleine Handempfaenger uebertragen und zusaetzlich Multimedia-Dienste ermoeglichen. Der Start des ersten WorldSpace-Satelliten ist fuer den Sommer dieses Jahres geplant. Er soll Afrika ausleuchten. Zwei weitere Satelliten will Worldspace fuer Asien und Lateinamerika 36.000 Kilometer ueber dem Aequator in Position bringen. Erstmals soll eine neue Medientechnologie den armen Laendern noch vor den Industrienationen zur Verfuegung stehen. Wie funktioniert die Technik des WorldSpace Systems? Wer sind die Geldgeber? Welche Programme sollen ueber die Satelliten laufen? Wolfgang Moeller- Streitboerger berichtet ueber ein internationales Milliardenprojekt, das auf Hochtechnologie aus Europa basiert.

DeutschlandFunk Koeln, Fri March 20th, 1910-2000 UTC, LW 153, 207; MW 549, 756, 1269, 1422; local FM channels, Astra satellite system, cable network.

HAWAII World Harvest Radio Internat., Naalehu, 9930, 0954 US relig-talk by female speaker. 25332. 11565 0839 relig-pop songs, announcements and presumed ID. SINPO 25332. Heard only on T2FD and not on MK-1 antenna. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Feb 26)

INDIA Jeypore: the latest new HF tx of the AIR network and the first in the east Indian state of Orissa, is testing with 50 kW power on 6040 fr Feb 23 between 0700-1000. Earlier tests were conducted between Feb 18 to 20, on the same channel 1600-1700, a high-powered delegation was inspecting the stn. Perhaps this stn also tested inadvertently on 5040 (key punching error?) in the past weeks between 1500 and 1600. But this is not confirmed by the stn staff. Tests will continue until the stn is handed over to the stn personnel by the construction staff upon approval fr the Director Generals office in New Delhi. This might take awhile given the state of political turmoil the country is in, even though AIR is not a technically a govt entity anymore. But old habits die hard. The tx is a 50 kW Continental Electronics which is playing a CD with Hindi and Tamil film songs. At the moment only a junior engineer is in charge as the superintendent engineer is yet to be appointed. Meanwhile new staff is being trained on the operation of this new HF tx. No direct QSLs will be issued until the stn is officially commissioned. But one can try by writing to Mr A.C. Subuddhi, Assistant Station Engineer, Shortwave Transmitter, All India Radio, Jeypore-764 015, Orissa, India or by calling +91 6854 22524.

The newly formed Prasar Bharati Corporation which regulates All India Radio now, is already reeling under management problems and industrial action. Even though tx spares have been indented (as per govt procedure), there is a delay in procuring them. Consequently, two 500 kW HF txs in the txing stn near Bangalore has been rendered inoperable. This means reduced operations for the Ext Sce. Also the fact that AIR is operating on HF round the clock from Mar 08 to carry special election bulletins heightens the scheduling load. These extended txions would continue until the new govt formed by Mar 15. The good news is that it is a good time to DX and secondly to get new QSLs under the Prasar Bharati masthead. Also in a state of disrepair is the antenna switching hall in the Kingsway camp tx site in Delhi. The txs are up just about as the feeder lines have been plugged in directly to the curtain arrays. This means mismatched antennae and distorted or overloaded signals and also less number of beams and thereby reduced operation. (Manosij Guha, via EDXP, Feb 23)

Home Service notes: 9565 not heard at 1330-1740 9835 heard only at 1515-1600v ?? 15135 replaced by 11815 at 0125-0400 15260 not heard at 0700-0850 15185 replaced by 11850 but only at 0730-0850 6045 noted at 0228-0300 3390 now sign on at 0100, some days they signed off at 1630 7180 Suns 0228-1135 continuous 4990 Itanagar back on air after being off air for some months

External Service: 0130-0229 Nepali 11715 replaced by 9550 1215-1330 Tibetan 9565 not heard 1230-1500 Sindhi 11585 replaced by 11650 0700-0800 Nepali not heard on 9595 & 11850 (Jose Jacob, southern India via Manosij Guha, via EDXP, Feb 23)

[see Jeypore Orissa item above] 5040 AIR new freq, but not sure of the site just yet. Heard with solid election coverage during 1500-1600 hours. Perhaps a special progr or an existing AIR outlet on a new channel. Nothing on Feb 10. Feb 11, 1433, with En nx and AIR ID. Maybe this freq will be used for Election coverage which will be held in the coming month in India. (Vaghjee-MAU/DXW/Veldhuis-NL, Feb 9)

Another point of interest lately with AIR stns is my log and that of Mahendra Vaghjee of Mauritius on Feb 9 of an unID AIR stn on 5040, as early as 1445 and to after 1625+. I thought it strange to hear subcontinental mx on this freq which is usually dominated by RRI Pekanbaru. Rechecking at 1550 revealed AIR Home Sce nx in English, parallel many other AIR channels. Unfortunately, after 1555, the tx began to periodically cut out. A further check at 1625 had them back with talk in Hi but the signal was fading out rapidly by this time (0830 local). Mahendra mentioned current election coverage in India as a possible explanation. The site, however, is unknown. (Martin/World Radio Report/Clark-ON, via NASWA, Feb 25)

IRAN 11885.4 Bad odd signal of VoIRI Tehran in Persian 1030-1300 hetting RL Ru Holzkirchen on exact 11885. //Tehran v15084.15 15365 17780. (WB, Feb 25)

Unidentified, 15168.20, 1022 female and male speakers, unid language but sounds like Ar, Farsi or Urdu, some mx fragments. Distorted audio, very weak but improving slightly over time. 13241. May have been drifted Algiers. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Feb 24) No - this is Tehran in Italian and Persian on v15168.22: Pakistan Ur 0430-0630 on 15170.05, but beware of Tehran spurious on 15168.22 [of v15084.13] and Tashkent-UZB home sce relay 15165. (ed)

ITALY 6012.7, unid. at 2143, daily since Feb 18, stn playing '70s pops (Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Bee Gees), mostly segued but with occasional brief anmts by woman; lang. sounds Italian, but could be SP. Speech audio is ample but muffled. Signal gets badly squeezed after 2230 or so. Sounds a lot like Tele Radio Stereo, which has been off SW for some time, but Giovanni Serra says he hears nothing there. As far as he knows, Tele Radio Stereo operates only on FM now. (Hill-MA) Checked around 2230 Feb 21 on a call from Bob -- badly squeezed, but anmt sure sounded Italian to me. (Jerry Berg-USA, NU, Feb 22)

I also would suggest Tele Radio Stereo Rome, weak carrier on 6012.46 at 1730, Feb 23. At our usual SW peak time on Italian low power stns around 0800-1100 UTC I heard Tele Radio Stereo Rome on v6012.48 (Feb 24), v6012.20 (Feb 25). (WB Feb 24-25)

LITHUANIA Lithuanian Radio via tx Sitkunai, producing the same spurs as in the previous years, at least since 1993 as I can remember me. Mixture with nearby MW Sitkunai 666 kHz.

Formula is 9710 minus/plus 666: in 1030-1100 time range on nominal 9709.92, and the two spurious signals symmetrical on 9043.92 and 10375.92. (WB Feb 25)

LITHUANIA/GERMANY R. Vilnius on new 5950 via DTK Juelich, Feb 21 at 0030-0100* in En ex-5905, //5880 (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 930, Feb 26) Checked Feb 26, and pretty clear on 5950; WYFR carrier came on at 0047, but Vilnius was still somewhat audible under it (Glenn Hauser, OK, Feb 26)

MALAYSIA 4895 1350-1400 RTM Kuching, Sarawak, native Iban songs, like local theatre. At 1400 nx //5005 6050 6060 7270. 45544

5030 1320-1347, RTV Malaysia, Kuching, Sarawak, Bidayuh, popular mx, Kuching ID. 44544 5979.3 1225- RTM Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, talks in dialect, - 4969.9 not active at this time! 35543 6050 1310 RM Sarawak, ID in BM, local nx, //6060 35443, 7270 34543, 5005 34433, at 1315 Ibam progr. 34433

3385 4835 7160, all not active!!! Strong co-ch QRM on 7130, so not sure if there is any MLA progr active. (Roland Schulze-PHL, all on Feb 9)

MALI RTM Bamako heard every day around 1000-1100 on v9632.97. (WB Feb 24-25)

NETHERLANDS/NEW ZEALAND On Thurs 26 Febr, Radio Netherland's 'Media Network' will feature a discussion recorded at the NZRDXL Convention, with participants including Anker Petersen, Risto Vahakainu (Secretary European DX Council) and Toshimichi Ohtake from the Japan Shortwave Club, Barry Williams (National President of the League), Bryan Clark (Treasurer) and Paul Ormandy (Organizer of the Convention). Tune in! (Bryan Clark / Petersen, via DXW, Feb 22)

NORWAY R. Norway International and R. Denmark International, Z97, eff Mar 29, includes these extended-band assignments: 15705 1500-1555 WNAm, Russia, ME; 1700-1755 CNAm, EAsia 1800-1855 WNAm, CNAm, Greenland; 1900-1955 NZ 15735 1800-1855 E and Caf; 1800-1855 E and CAf 17535 1200-1255 SEA, WAustralia 18950 1000-1055 Sam; 1600-1655 EAf, SEEu 1800-1855 S and Waf (Olav Grimdalen via EDXP, Jan 24)

OMAN 9680 Radio Sultanate of Oman, Feb 21, 1645-1712, Ar mx & talk. At 1650 ID: "Idha'at al-Saltanati al-'Uman ...", nx at 1700. Heavy interference of the Persian sce of VoA fr 1700. (Nishikawa-JPN, via DXW, Feb 22)

PAKISTAN R PAK in Ur to ME workers 0430-0630 weak on v11725.08, but stronger level on v15170.04 and v17555.20. (WB Feb 25)

PHILIPPINES pHILradio is an Internet based aggrupation of Philippine radio stations, bridging the gap between the 7000 islands of the archipelago and the world. This page contains a directory to Philippine radio stations. Its address: http://www.philexport.org/philradio/phiradio.htm (via Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, DXW Feb 22)

POLAND Norea Radio Sverige with relig px on MW 1503 via Poland. Schedule fr TWR web site: 1930-2100 Mo-Fr, first half hour in Finish, 2nd in Swedish, 3rd in Norwegian, announced address corresponds with their address on www.norearadio.se : Norea Radio Sverige, Box 3419, S-10368 Stockholm, Sweden

Not found in the TWR schedule: Sat/Sun 1930-2000 on 1503 kHz: Lithuanian Programm of Evangeliumsrundfunk with addr in Vilnius and Wetzlar-Germany. (Martin Schoech-D, Feb 23)

MW 1503 kHz and "Radio Ton" in Radom 1602 kHz, 1-kW low power, are both belonging to "Polish Radio Communication" and not to Polskie Radio. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 23)

PORTUGAL DARC -- German Ham Radio Club Bandwatch informed about distorted RDP Lisbon signal in ham band on 21352 kHz. DARC 21352 V 1413 15 02 POR RDP R.Portugal A3E distorted Po px QSA5 (S9+55dB) DARC 21352 V 1434 16 02 POR RDP R.Portugal A3E distorted En px QSA5 (S9+40dB) found //21515 and 21655 - informed RegTP by fax.

Symmetric spurious signal of 163 kHz freq difference should be on 21678 kHz too. DL3SJ noted 9+10, DL4SBK 9+20db.

Fundamental freq is 21515, En to IND is registered Mon-Fri 1430-1500. 21655 should bcing Portuguese instead to Capo Verde and Brazil at same time span.

RDP on 21515 to ME/IND/INS 1300-1500 (Sat/Sun -2000) 100 kW 82 degr. RDP on 21655 to CapoVerde, Brazil 0800-2100 100 kW 215 degr. (HFCC table)

Similar spurious signals occured on 7000 IRIB Tehran-IRN, 1630; 7010 IRIB Tehran-IRN, 2200; 7060 VoR Moscow-RUS Romanian px 1733, QSA5 (S9) - 1700-1800 //6000, Samara 7230 160 kW 235 degr, 7350, 7380 [mixture 7230/7400? ed]; 7089.3 RRI Bucharest-ROU 1516 - distorted French px QSA5 (S9+55dB) moving slowly down to 7088,4 - //11940, 15380, 15390, 17790. 14130 R Bulgaria-BUL, (S9+20dB), intermodulation?. 14309,5 Radio Tirana-ALB, 1823, 2F de 7155 21080 NATO-OTH-Radar CYP, chirping pulses QSA5 (S9+20dB), 1120-1130. 21300 NATO-OTH-Radar CYP, chirping pulses QSA5 (S9+60dB), 1324-1404. 50 kHz spread either side - s/off at 1404. (DARC via Ulrich Bihlmayer DJ9KR, Feb 22)

ROMANIA 6040 Romania Aktualitati 2315 in Romanian with pop-mx //603, strong but see below. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 24)

9570 Romania Actualitati 1525 in Romanian with reports //1152, good level, somewhat warbly carrier. Both 6040 and 9570 noted with distorted audio, in fact is this nothing but unusable trash, voice modulation just intelligible. Seems, 17850 at noon as well as 9570 and 6040 are the same disrepair 120 kW transmitter at the Bacau-Galbeni site. (Kai Ludwig-D, Feb 25)

RUSSIA 17570 Radiostantsiya Tikhiy Okean, Wladivostok FE, Ru 0830-0859*, Ru folk mx, ID at 0856. Thanks to Noel Green WN in DSWCI SWN magazine, which arrived Jan 30th in the PHL. //10344usb 25332, 9895 45544, 9850 34333, 7490usb 25332, 7210 33443, 7175 35533, all heard. (Roland Schulze-PHL, all on Feb 9)

15215 R Mayak progr, Petrozavodsk 20 kW nondir heard on Feb 25th, again well ahead of WYFR. (WB, Feb 25)

Some strange observations of VoR: 1400-1500 En 11695 replaced by 11655 Feb 13 1500-1557 new 11500 Feb 14

Strange relay broadcasts on 11695, Armavir 1230-1500 1000 kW 110 degr: 1400-1500 Radio Asia...?...Tamil (IBC London ?) Feb 14/16 1400-1430 Hanoi Thai Feb 15/17, 1430-1500 Russ fr Feb 18 replaced by 12005: 1400-1500 Radio Asia, Feb 18/20, fr 22nd regularly. 1400-1500 Hanoi Thai/Russ, Feb 19/21 (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Feb 26)

SINGAPORE Deutsche Welle now relaying vie Merlin Kranji site from Mar 1st: 5975 250 kW 140 degr 2200-2250 Indonesian, En 2300-2350. (GH WoR, Feb 26)

Radio Corp.of Singapore, 6000, 1437 internat and Ch pop songs, presented by Ch speaker. Also Ch anns, which may have been advertisements. At 1453 En promo ann for the RCS FM stn Love 97.2, "the key to your sentimental romantic time". 35322. No sign of listed Polish Radio in Esperanto, but at 1500 the Ge sce fr Warsaw signed on and spoiled the fun.

Radio Japan, Kranji, 11740, 0928 male speaker in Jap. 35333. Fr 0930 suffering interference from unid stn in presumed Mandarin and under test tones from another unidentified broadcaster. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Feb 25-26)

SOUTH AFRICA / CLANDESTINE (Nigeria) 11540, R. Kudirat, new freq, 1913 Feb 23, tuned in as man was giving progr details; brief mx, a few news items, lengthy anti-Abaja cmtry, soliciting answers to a "market research" summary (listening habits, demographic info, etc). Progr in local lang. at 1935. Off after quick anthem at 2001. Nothing hrd on usual 6205. (Novello-NC, via NU, Feb 24)

R. Kudirat, 11540, announced as "test freq" and asking for reports from Nigeria comparing it to //6205, 1940 Feb 25. Signal steadily improved during the hour. Tnx to tip from Novello via NASWA. Presumably, but not definitely also via South Africa. Someone should check to be sure they two are in sync. (Glenn Hauser, OK, and WORLD OF RADIO 930, Feb 26)

TAHITI In Worldwide DX Club Weekly News for Feb. 22, there was an item about improved reception of RFO Tahiti beginning on the 21st; supposedly the signal strength was much improved and the freq. was exactly 15170, instead of the variable 15167-15168 of past. It was speculated that this was due to a new xmtr. I heard RFO 2-24-98 between 0100 and 0200, on exactly 15170 (my synch detector on my SW-77 locked onto it) here in the northeast US. Signal strength was about a 2 to 3 with occasional fades. Programming was local, not the usual RFO programming they download from the satellite, with lots of island music and a female announcer. I should note that this reception was with the built-in whip antenna only! No external antenna of any kind. Don't know if this is just the beginning of the spring DX season, but the fact that they were on exactly 15170 leads me to suspect either a repaired or a new xmtr. Anyone else in the US hearing this? (Craig Seufert-USA, Feb 24)

Yes, I have heard it here in Maryland with a weak signal on Feb 23 and Feb 24 at about the same time you listed. Only occasionally fair at peaks. First tipped off by this by Dan Ferguson on swltalk IRC channel. (Bill Harms-USA, Feb 24)

Loud & clear from 1900-0100 zulu in Arizona. ([email protected] Feb 24)

UK NEW FM DEVELOPMENTS. If all goes to plan, March will be one of the most exciting months yet in the history of WS FM rebroadcasting. On March 1st Sam Younger will be in Amman to inaugurate our first big city FM in the Arab World. On March 24th he will be in Nairobi for the opening of BBC FM there; this, together with a second presence on Kenyan soil, in Mombasa, represents a major step forward in Africa. Barry Burgess, the Hausa Section Head, is, this week, in Niger for the launch of a new FM (Radio Anfani) carrying WS progrs in Hausa and French. We shall also be launching FM relays over the coming weeks in Dar es Salaam, Kigali and Madagascar.

Across the Atlantic in ARG, at the end of the month, we'll be making history - along with RFI - in having the first regular non-Spanish language txions on local air. A new stn called Radio Europa will be bcing major blocks of En from us and Fr from RFI. Still in the western hemisphere the BBC has gone on FM in the Bahamas - with Cool 96 FM rebcing Caribbean Magazine, Outlook and a range of other progrs. (BBC via Richard Buckby-UK, Feb 24)

UNIDENTIFIED 4760, Feb 21, 1910, Ar talk by man on parliament / Iran / Kabul, then a song. At 1925 talk by an another person on Diplomacia ....Kurdistan..... Yatola....? ID Huna .....Arabia ...., short mx and went off. (Vaghjee, via DXW, Feb 22) [fundamental 9520 / 2 = 4760, Iran/Oman/Qatar?]

1080 Do you know of any new stn on 1080 kHz, seemingly closing down at 1700 UTC. I think I heard something like "Radio Nis" or similar, when identifying. 1080 is an interesting frequency in the evenings. No Polish sounds any longer! (Bjoern Fransson- SWE, Feb 23)

USA WORLD OF RADIO'S NEW WEBSITE. With many thanks to Rachel Baughn and Grove Enterprises for hosting us the past few months, W.O.R. can now be found at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio

We've removed the older archives, and added some new info, such as texts of our Run for the Border reports, Shortwave Year in Review. We plan to update the site more frequently, but if you check once a week, do it Thursday after 1800 UT, for the new W.O.R. summary and DX report, as a rule.

WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE CHANGES. On WGTG, Georgia, 5085-USB, delete Tue 0500, and add from Mar 8 Sun 0030. On WWCR, TN, Thu at 2130 change 9475 to 15685 from Mar 5. RFPI, Costa Rica, hopes to have 21465 going with 10 kW AM by mid-Mar, including our Fri 2000, Sat 1800, Sun 2300, Tue 1900 airings.

On WWCR Nashville, Thu 2130 fr March 1st: 15685 [ex-9475], Sat 0700 5070 AND 3210, Sat 1230 5070, Sun 0730 5070, Mon 0500 5070, Tue 1330 15685. (Glenn Hauser-OK, WoR, Feb 26)

Showdown with Iraq, is the title of a new web page set up by Cumbre DX. Here is your one-stop shopping spot for monitoring this crisis on radio. URL is http://www.ralabs.com/swl/ (Hans Johnson-USA, Cumbre Dx, Feb 22)

UZBEKISTAN 5060 R Tashkent 1210-1220, En, nx, folk mx, feature reports, //5975, 6025, 9715. 23332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 9)

VIETNAM Very strong MW signals of VTN stns noted in the PHL and in THA: 783, 828, 972 kHz. The stns signal strength reached the level of powerhouse VoA Bangkok Ayutthaya 1575 kHz. (Uwe Volk-D, on holiday trip to PHL and THA, Jan 20-Feb 17)

More on the JRC NRD-545. Per a Lowe message on rec.radio.shortwave, Lowe Electronics, U.K. recently posted to their website http://www.lowe.co.uk/nrd545.html a preliminary review of the new JRC NRD-545 rx. (via NU, Feb 22)

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AFGHANISTAN Radio Afghanistan (pro-Rabbani). This anti-Taleban stn, which identifies itself as Radio Afghanistan, was first heard by BBCM on 29th Oct 1996. It appears to be operated by supporters of Borhanoddin Rabbani, the former president of AFG, who was ousted from Kabul by Taleban forces in late Sept 1996. Acc to pro-Rabbani officials in Tashkent, the radio bcs from a facility in Taloqan, in the centre of Takhar Province in northern AFG. It operates on the same freq as the Tajik opposition radio Voice of Free Tajikistan, and may well be sharing facilities. Start time of txions can vary by up to ten mins and txions can be erratic. 0230-0330 Da/Pa 7084v 0230 nx. 1430-1530 Da/Pa 7084v 1430 nx. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 26)

ALGERIA/West SAHARA National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (Arabic: al-idha'at al-wataniyah li al-jumhuriyah al-arabiyah al-sahrawiyah al-dimuqratiyah) supports the Polisario Front, hostile to Moroccan policy on Western Sahara. The radio was first observed by BBCM (on 1355 kHz) in Dec 1979, but its existance had been mentioned by Algerian Radio on 21st Aug 1979. It is believed to bc fr Bir Lehlu in a Polisario-controlled part of Western Sahara, about 200 km south west of Tindouf-ALG. In 1987/88 is was also heard on 576 kHz (fr Bechar-ALG). A SW tx has been observed irregularly in the past (on 11520, 11320, 11800 or 11610 kHz) - most recently on 11610 kHz.

Addr: Polisario Front, BP 10, El Mouradia, Alger, Algeria URL: http://web.jet.es/rasd/ MW 1544 kHz. 0700-0900 Ar/Sp 0730 Ar nx. 1800-2300 Ar/Sp 2100 Ar nx. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 26)

ANGOLA R Vorgan in Portuguese noted still on 6225 on night March 1st. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT, Mar 1)

ASCENSION ISLANDS According to Technical Division of Radio Japan, some Z98 schedules which I sent you will be changed again, so I will e-mail again within a few days after getting conclusion.

NHK World-Radio Japan. Operational Schedule Z-98, 1 April-24 Oct 98. 250 kW Arabic RS 0700-0730 15220 250 WAf English GS 0000-0100 9515 250 CAf French RS 1230-1300 15400 250 WAf French RS 1230-1300 17790 250 CAf Japanese GS 0900-1000 15220 250 WAf Japanese GS 1500-1600 17885 250 CAf Japanese GS 1700-1800 17800 250 EAf Japanese R1 GS 0800-0900 15220 250 WAf Japanese R1 GS 2200-2300 15220 250 SAm(E) Swahili RS 0330-0400 6135 250 EAf Swahili RS 1200-1230 17790 250 Eaf (NHK World Radio JPN, Feb 27)

AUSTRALIA The statutory body of community representatives which advises the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] has called for the reactivation of Radio Australia's txs in Darwin. The National Advisory Council has written to the govt saying RA's SW facilities, which transmitted to Asia, should be turned on again as soon as possible. The txs were mothballed by the govt in July last year as part of budget cuts to Radio Australia, the international radio sce of the ABC.

The Australian Democrats have called on the federal govt to recommission Radio Australia's Darwin tx. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 24)

AUSTRIA RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL testing in German on LW Burg-GER 261 via RadioRopa2.6.1 daily 1900-2000, Sat also 0900-1000 UTC (incl. "intermedia" and letterbox). To celebrate "intermedia" #50 we will issue a special QSL for 261 on 14. March.

Chuck N4BQW/KH5K: Interview (RealAudio file English and German) plus all Kingman Reef QSLs and Chuck's Spaec Shuttle QSL: http://www.orf.at/roi/ (ORF intermedia, Wolf Harranth-AUT OE1WHC, Mar 1)

CLANDESTINE UNID 4760, Mahendra Vaghjee's unid. at 1910 Feb 21 is the Voice of the Iraqi People (AR ID: "Idhaat Sawt al-Shab al-Itaqi") operated by the Iraqi Communist Party. Bob Hill noted that it signs off around 1943". (Grace-MD, via NU, Mar 1)

COSTA RICA 15050usb RFPI Cd.Colon, Feb 26, 1545- , F talk about Iraq in United Nations Radio progr - good signal with SINPO as 35443, but not any signal on 21465 at this time just as HCJB had a satisfactory signal on 21455usb. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 26)

RfPI came in loud and clear on both 7384.83am and 6980usb around 0800. Mixed En/Sp speaking transmission. (WB Mar 1)

CYPRUS/JORDAN Radio Monte Carlo, RFI on FM in Jordan Radio Monte Carlo [RMC] Middle East will begin bcing in Jordan on FM 97.4 Mhz, 6-kW tx in Amman. Will relay RMC progrs 0400-2030 UTC, mx progr by RFI 2030-0400.

RMC is also trying to boost its MW txion power on 1233 kHz by establishing a new tx unit in [Capo Greco on southeastern tip of the island] Cyprus with a 1.200 kW tx power [600 at present] to cover the entire Middle East region more efficiently. (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 19)

ECUADOR HCJB Quito in German in Z98 Mar 29 -Oct 24: Europe 0430 9780 11960 0600 9765 1930 15365 17790. 2100 15365 17790 South America 0930-1000 6125 2300-2400 15295 (Radio HCJB, Feb 28) Noted on usb mode outlet 21455 1300 UTC bcasting Ecuadorian jungle feature story. (WB Mar 1)

French GUIANA NHK World-Radio Japan. Operational Schedule Z-98 1 April 98 to 24 Oct 98. Montsinery 500 kW Japanese GS 0900-1000 13680 SAm(E) Japanese GS 1500-1600 15310 SAm(W) Japanese R1 GS 0300-0400 9660 SAm(W) Japanese R1 GS 0800-0900 9530 SAm(E) Japanese R1 GS 2200-2300 11895 CAm Portuguese RS 0230-0300 13660 SAm(E) Portuguese RS 1030-1100 13680 SAm(E) Spanish RS 0400-0430 9660 SAm(W) Spanish RS 0400-0430 11895 CAm Spanish RS 1000-1030 13680 SAm(E) (NHK World Radio JPN, Feb 27)

GABON NHK World-Radio Japan. Operational Schedule Z-98 1 April 98 to 24 Oct 98. Moyabi, Gabon 500 kW Arabic RS 0400-0430 9515 ME/NAf English GS 0100-0200 6150 ME/NAf English GS 1700-1800 15355 SAf French RS 0630-0700 12030 Eu German RS 0530-0600 12030 Eu Italian RS 0500-0515 12030 Eu Italian RS 1030-1045 21700 Eu Japanese GS 0900-1000 15230 ME/NAf Japanese GS 1600-1700 15355 SAf Japanese R1 GS 0300-0400 9515 ME/NAf Japanese R1 GS 0800-0900 15230 ME/NAf Persian RS 0230-0300 9515 ME/NAf Russian RS 0430-0500 12030 Eu Spanish RS 0600-0630 12030 Eu Swedish RS 0515-0530 12030 Eu Swedish RS 1045-1100 21700 Eu (NHK World Radio JPN, Feb 27)

GEORGIA Abkhaz Radio Suchumi on v9494.74 in Abkhazian at 0445 UTC, fine signal into EUR. (WB, Feb 28)

GERMANY / CLANDESTINE (Nigeria) VoFree Nigeria at present Sat 1900-2000 on 11645, registered for Z98 season via DTK Juelich 12015 kHz 100 kW 170 degr. Exact tx location should be DTK Juelich.

Transmission closed at 19.59:03 UTC on Feb 28th, cut off right when phone in interview was still in progress.

Monitored 25 mb today: 11645 on same weak level and fluttery signal like other NoEUR stations SR Hoerby-SWE 11605, RNW Flevo-HOL 11695, BBC Merlin Skelton-UK 11680 and 12095.

But much stronger signals fr far away stns like KOL ISR 11585, CUB 11760 [fr 1952], RRW 11810, BBC Merlin ASC 11835, VoA MRC 11855, WEWN 11875, RCI CAN 11945.

Algiers 11715 s-off before 1900 UTC, so couldn't compare 11645.00 by 11715 signal. Algiers is usually on odd freq, at present drifted up fr 11715.08 in the morning to 11715.38 at 1400 UTC.

Rainbow radio in Amharic to EUR Suns 1000-1059 on 5910, powerful signal S9+60dB. Registered for Z98 via JUL 100 nondir to zones 27 28.

Brother Stair relig progr in En 1600-1800 via DTK Juelich now on 5995 kHz (x6040) thanks to a tip of PanIview-Bulgaria. (WB, Feb 28/Mar 1)

INDONESIA 15125 RRI Jakarta, Feb 19, 0503-, Indonesian nx, 0506 ID as "Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia Stasium Jakarta", good signal for this time and my location - SINPO 35333 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 19)

En broadcast of VoINS Jakarta at 0800-0900 on 11785 kHz, some co-channel hum of presumably IRQ? But INS always ahead. (WB Mar 1)

IRAN Here is a monitored schedule of VOIRI Arabic sce: 5995 2130-0530 (or 0730) 6025 1700-2330 6120 +0030-0330+ (noted on 19/2, but not on 26/2) 6150 1930-0130 7130 0330-0730 7170 0330-0530 7190 0330-0530, 1430-2130 7220 0330-0730 7260 2130-2330 9022 2130-2330 9615 +0030-0230+ (noted on 26/2) 9665 1700-2030 11745 x0930-1330 11995 1330-1700 13605 x0930-1130 15125 0530-1230 15350 0530-1430

This schedule includes the Voice of Palestine (Sawt Al Palestine) in Ar 1930-2027 on 6025, 6150, 7190 and 9665. There is a second clandestine progr in Ar via VOIRI (Voice of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq) 0330-0527 on the following addit freqs: 6195, 7115, 7295 and 9610. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 19/26)

Tentatively VoIRI Armenian 0500-0530 15365 kHz. (WB, Feb 28)

MALAYSIA Radio-Television Malaysia (RTM).

Some progrs bc via Voice of Malaysia identify themselves as "Voice of Islam". 0455-0700 En 15295 9750 6175 "Voice of Islam" 0700-0825 En 15295 9750 6175 0700-0710 & 0800-0810 nx 0830-1025 BM 15295 0900-1400 BI 9750 6175 1030-1230 Ch 15295 11885 1030-1300 Tagalog 1475 1300-1430 Thai 6100 1400-1600 BM 9750 6175 "Voice of Islam" 1430-1530 Burm 6100 1600-1700 Ar 15295 9750 6175 1700-1900 BM 15295 9750 6175 2200-0000 BI 9750 6175 6100

Addr: Voice of Malaysia, PO Box 11272, 50740 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +60-3-282-5333 or 282-4976 Fax: +60-3-282-5859 URL: http://asiaconnect.com.my/rtm-net/ (Real audio available) (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 26)

MALI 7284.3, RTM; Bamako, Feb 19, 1748-1758*, vernacular talk with strong Fr accent, final Fr ann. //strong 9633 - third tx (on 5995 or 11960) is inactive at present (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXW, Mar 2)

NIGER 5020.00 LV du Sahel 2254 (Presumed) Popular mx until 2255, followed by ann by man. Apparent chanting by man until 2259, followed by another ann and signoff mx. Sign- off at 2301. Very good signal with very little QRN. (Mark Fine-USA, Feb 28)

PAKISTAN R Pakistan 0430-0630 Urdu v11725.09 v15170.05. And Urdu WS 0800-1120 includ En 1100-1120 on v15530.05 and v17555.19 kHz. (WB, Feb 28)

PARAGUAY Today, March 1, Paraguay changed back to normal time, UTC-4. (Iversen-PRG, via NU, Mar 1)

PORTUGAL DARC -- German Ham Radio Club "DARC Bandwatch departement" informed about distorted RDP Lisbon signal in ham band on 21351.85 kHz. Fundamental freq is 21515, En to IND is registered Mon-Fri 1430-1500, heard in Portuguese 1500-2000 Sat/Sun, tremendous signal peak at 1650 UTC.

RDP on 21515 to ME/IND/INS 1300-1500 (Sat/Sun -2000) 100 kW 82 degr. RDP on 21655 to CapoVerde, Brazil 0800-2100 100 kW 215 degr. (HFCC table)

Symmetric spurious signal of 163 kHz freq difference heard on 21678.15 kHz too. (WB Feb 28)

QATAR Qatar-BS Al Khaisah drifted down fr nominal 17895 to precise 17891.00 at 0707- 1306, hetting REE Madrid co-ch even 17890 kHz fr 0900 UTC. Beware of UAE 17885 and ARS 17880. Closed down just during nx txion at 13.06:50 UTC. (WB Mar 1)

ROMANIA RRI Bucharest in Romanian noted on 6185 at 1200-1256, //17775. Scheduled for 1100-1156, so seems an addit Suns outlet or time segment change in their schedule. From 1300 onwards Ru sce on 6185, //9570 & 11775 to Siberia and Russian FE. (WB Mar 1)

RUSSIA Some people here in Germany recently heard on MW 1305 kHz (no longer occupied by Poland) a stn, which "sounded like Russian", one reported an ID as something like "Radiostanzya Radio Adziz". I would assume, this is a new CIS outlet. So could you please check, what is audible on 1305 kHz at Moscow respectively St. Petersburg? (Kai Ludwig-D) I strongly suspect this is Radio-1 txion. This stn uses 1305 in Moscow, 0300-2200 UTC. ID in Russian sounded like "Radio Adin". (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 27)

12015 0530-0545 in Tatar? language, fr 0545 in Russian. Lovely internat soft mx. (WB, Feb 28)

My latest observation apparently is not very interesting for all of you, there is "one hour monitoring" of all Ar stns which were heard here at St.Petersburg 1500-1600 UTC:

5915 ISR/3, 6120 TUR/4, 6549 LBN/4, 7150 ARS/3, 7190 IRN/5, 7230 OMA/2, 7265 TUR/3, 7280 TUN/3, 7477 TUN/3, 9515 UAE/5, 9563 "IRQ"/3, 9568 "IRQ"/2, 9570 QAT/2, 9570 UAE/4, 9579 ARS/2, 9680 OMA/3, 9755 EGY/4, 9780 YEM/3, 9800 EGY/3, 9815 ISR/2, 9850 EGY/1, 9880 KWT/4, 11710 UAE/4, 11750 QAT/4, 11780 ARS/3, 11785 ARS/4, 11833 ARS/2, 11948 ARS/2, 11965 ARS/4, 11995 IRN/3, 12006 TUN/1, 12050 EGY/4, 13605 UAE/5, 13620 KWT/4, 13630 UAE/5, 13675 UAE/5, 15110 KWT/5, 15140 OMA/3, 15162 ALG/4, 15220 EGY/3, 15278 ARS/1, 15285 EGY/5, 15291 LBY/2, 15335 MRC/5, 15395 UAE/5, 15415 LBY/5, 15430 ISR/4, 15435 LBY/4, 15505 KWT/5, 17670 EGY/3, 21605 UAE/2 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 19) [YEM v9779.78; ISR noted on 9814.00 Feb 28, 0500]

SAUDI ARABIA 7150 BSKSA Holy Quran, Feb 26, 1423-1700*, //11785 and 15277.8 till 1600; then //9730, 11708.2, 11785 and 11833.6 - this freq usually falls away from BSKSA schedule (also at *0300- in the morning and full operation is *0300-1700* tentatively). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Feb 26) BSKSA noted on Feb 28th: 0300-0600 9553.56 9578.70 9619.42 9718.36. 1600 11708.23 11833.51 12038.48[2 x 6019.24]. (WB Feb 28)

SINGAPORE NHK World-Radio Japan. Operational Schedule Z-98, 1 April-24 Oct 98. Kranji relay 250 kW Burmese RS 1030-1100 11740 IND Chinese RS 1230-1300 11740 IND English GS 0100-0200 11860 IND English GS 0600-0700 11740 IND English GS 2100-2200 6035 Oceania Japanese GS 0200-0300 11860 IND Japanese GS 0700-0800 11740 IND Japanese GS 0700-0800 11920 Oceania Japanese GS 0900-1000 11740 IND Japanese GS 0900-1000 11920 Oceania Japanese R1 GS 0800-0900 11740 IND Japanese R1 GS 0800-0900 11920 Oceania Japanese R1 GS 2000-2100 6035 Oceania Thai RS 1130-1200 11740 IND Vietnamese RS 1200-1230 11740 IND (NHK World Radio JPN, Feb 27)

SINGAPORE (presumed) -- I've noticed strong txions around 0800-0830 on various past and present Singapore freqs, but the audio is only test tones. Noted on Feb 19th on // 6015, 6070 and 6120, and on Feb 27th on // 9530, 9590 and 9635. RSI are also trying to recruit staff for an Indonesian sce on their Web site (http://www.rsi.com.sg/indopp.htm), which may or may not be a coincidence! (Alan Davies-UK, temporarily on Penang Island-MLA, Mar 1)

SOUTH AFRICA / CLANDESTINE (Nigeria) 11540, R. Kudirat, new freq in //to 6205 kHz synchronized signal. Many Ids and freq announcements. 55 seconds whistle tone signal occured at 20.00:10 when txion ends, sign-off at 20.01:05 UTC. Definitely 100 % also via South Africa, same flutter and audio characteristics like RNW relay via Meyerton-AFS on 11655 kHz at same time span. (WB, Feb 28)

SADX FOLDS ITS TENT. The following paragraph is a appeared in an e-mail I just received from Piet Conradie, of South Africa. It is a quote from the next (and last) edition of the South African DX Club's listener magazine. Piet has been editing for the magazine for many, many years. "The bad news this week is that, after 37 years, the South African DX Club has decided to throw in the towel. Last December a vacancy was advertised for the paid post of secretary, who also has the responsibility of doing the layout of the magazine, get it in time to the printers, and to the mailing distributor. No member in Johannesburg willing to do this could be found, and there was no other option but to terminate Club operations. After all debts had been settled, the balance of the Club funds will be refunded to existing members. I saw this coming, but I expected the Club to survive at least until September, so it was still a bit of a shock. Having done a current second stretch of 10 years with the club, I shall miss it for what it has meant for me - I have learnt much from the experience of other members." (Conradie via Hankison, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 26)

SRI LANKA NHK World-Radio Japan. Operational Schedule Z-98, 1 April-24 Oct 98. Ekala relay 300 kW Bengali RS 0600-0630 11890 SAs Bengali RS 1130-1200 12045 SAs English GS 1400-1500 11880 ME/NAf French RS 0500-0530 17820 ME/NAf Hindi RS 0630-0700 11890 SAs Hindi RS 1200-1230 12045 SAs Japanese GS 0200-0300 11890 SAs Japanese GS 1500-1600 12045 SAs Japanese GS 1600-1700 11880 ME/NAf Japanese GS 1700-1800 11880 ME/NAf Japanese R1 GS 0300-0400 11890 SAs Persian RS 0830-0900 17820 ME/NAf Urdu RS 0700-0730 11890 SAs Urdu RS 1230-1300 12045 SAs (NHK World Radio JPN, Feb 27)

SYRIA/PALESTINE Al-Quds Radio announces address. Al-Quds Radio, which bcs to Palestinian listeners fr txs in Syria, is currently observed with progrs in Ar 0600-1500 on 702 & 630 MW. In the past the radio was subject to severe jamming, although in recent months it appears to have been free of interference. Addr: "Syrian Arab Republic, Dar'a, al-Shaykh Miskin, Nuwah Road, near the Women Arts College, care of Ra'id Talib al-Hariri." (Dar'a is a Syrian town near to the Jordanian border) (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 20)

SWEDEN Radio Sweden, English bc schedule, Mar 29-Oct 24 NoAM 0230 9495 (alt. 7135) 0330 9475 (alt. 11665) 1130 15240 17870 1330 15240

Asia/Australia 0100 11985 1230 13740 15240 1330 13740 (alt. 17515)

Europe/Africa/Middle East 1730 1179 6065 15735 (Mon-Sat) 1730 13855 15735 (Sun) 1930 1179 6065 2030 1179 6065 13830 (Sat&Sun) 2130 1179 6065 9430 (R Sweden via Andreas Volk-D, Feb 27)

SWITZERLAND Pre war SRI tx center Schwarzenburg will be closed definitely on March 28, 1998. May you will send them a reception report, to obtain a QSL card, here is the latest W97 operational schedule:

5840 0500-0730 28SE,29 150 080 6135 0030-0545 4,6-9 150 305 9535 1100-1330 37N 150 230 9620 1630-1815 38,39 150 125 9620 1830-2130 47,52,53,57 150 170 9885 0600-0815 37S,46 150 200 9885 1400-1615 29,30,40,41 150 080 9905 2200-2400 11,12,13NW 150 260 11725 1830-2130 37S,38W,46 150 185 11860 0600-0815 37S,38W,46 150 185 12075 0830-1030 55,58-60 150 245 12075 1100-1330 44,49,50 150 065 12075 1400-1615 29,30,40,41 150 080 (HFCC schedule)

UK BBC in German Z98 periode 29 Mar-24 Oct: 0500-0530 Mo-Fr 3980 6010 0800-0815 Mo-Fr 648 5875 9825 1000-1015 Mo-Fr 5875 9825 1200-1415 648 5875 11895 1400-1415 Mo-Fr 5875 12045 1530-1500 648 1296 6015 9915 1730-1800 Mo-Fr 648 5955 9915. Greater Berlin FM 90.2 MHz

SATELLITE AND INTERNET VIA WRN3 (WORLD RADIO NETWORK) Mo-Fr 0500-0530, daily 1530-1600 Analog Astra IA, sub carr 7.38 MHz Sky Movies on Astra IA-tr 16 (11.436 GHz vertical). ADR-Digitalradio. Mono channel B sub carrier 7.56 ZDF on Astra IC-tr 33 (10.964 GHz horizontal) Worldwide live in Internet, RealAudio under www.wrn.org

NHK World-Radio Japan. Skelton / Wooferton relay Operational Schedule Z-98, 1 April-24 Oct 98. 250 kW English GS 0000-0100 6155 Eu English GS 0000-0100 6180 Eu English GS 0500-0600 7230 Eu English GS 0600-0700 5975 Eu English GS 0600-0700 7230 Eu German RS 1100-1130 9600 Eu German RS 1100-1130 11710 Eu Japanese GS 0900-1000 11710 Eu Japanese R1 GS 0800-0900 11710 Eu Japanese R1 GS 1300-1400 11710 Eu Japanese R1 GS 1400-1500 11710 Eu Japanese R1 GS 2200-2300 6060 Eu Japanese R1 GS 2200-2300 6115 Eu Russian RS 1130-1200 11710 Eu (NHK World Radio JPN, Feb 27)

MILITARY BROADCASTING IN THE PERSIAN GULF. I received two e-mails from British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) staff regarding a querie I had sent about the current status of their facilities in the Persian Gulf. BFBS official Alan Phillips states "At the moment BFBS is not bcing in the Gulf. Should the (UK) MoD request us to be there, it is something we would certainly consider very strongly." (Grace, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 26)

USA PsyOps unit deployed to broadcast to Iraq. Brian Alexander sent this clipping from the front page of his local paper in Pennsylvania, the `Harrisburg Patriot News' of 12th Febr. It's by Tom Bowman: "193rd headed towards the Gulf, veil of secrecy envelops radio and TV assignment of Special Operations Wing" For the second time in eight years, mid-state Pennsylvania Air National Guard troops will fly over the Persian Gulf bcing messages to Saddam Husayn's Iraqi soldiers and civilians asking them to follow the United Nations orders.

Deployment came as no surprise to the 193rd, the state Air National Guard unit is the most deployed Air Guard unit in the US and the only flying radio and TV stns in the world. Officials refused to say when the 193rd was ordered to the Gulf. A cloak of secrecy has been draped over it. It normally operates on an open 38-acre base at Harrisburg International Airport. Guard sources say the Gulf situation is too fluid to predict how long the troops will stay there. In 1990-1991 they spent one-month rotations before returning to the US. Maj Chris Collis [name phonetic], spokesman for the unit says: The mission is always paramount, it will always come first.

The 193rd has six EC-130 aircraft, each one third the length of a - you guessed it - football field and filled with radio and TV txs designed to send propaganda messages to both friendly and unfriendly forces. In Defence Department terms the 193rd is a PsyOps, or Psychological Operations unit.

During the Gulf War the 193rd's flying radio and TV stns told Saddam's forces to surrender. The unit was also involved in Panama in 1989, Haiti in 1994, Bosnia in 1997, but its origins go back to Operation Commando Buzz, propaganda flights and broadcasts over Thailand during the Vietnam war.

As far as I know the ext sce from Iraq petered out several months ago, for a while they were trying to bc in English on 11785 around 2100 UTC wasn't it? But nobody's heard that for months. (WWCR Radio Nashville [World of Radio] via BBCM via AGDX, Feb 19)

[see also item under UK] The U.S. Army Bcing Sce (ABS) ran the "American Forces Desert Network" during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, however, a call to their office in DC verified that this "network" no longer exists. The Air Force Bcing Sce (AFBS) is now responsible for bcs to military personnel in the region, and according to ABS, AFBS troops have already been deployed. I called AFBS in San Antonio Texas, but they refused to answer any questions.

The 193rd PSYOPS unit that bcs from a EC-130E "Command Solo" plane. This unit bcs on FM and MW with clandestine progrs aimed to destabilize its target, in this case, Saddam and his Republican Guard forces. The operation is, of course, classified, however, I imagine that it is airing either of the Iraqi National Accord (Al-Wifaq al-Watani al-Iraqi) stns Al-Mustaqbal (The Future) or Iraqi Army Radio since reported in CDX 177 that US and British officials met with Accord officials in London on Feb 9. According to the Accord's website, the schedule of the stns is *1700-0700* between 1557-1584v kHz. (Grace, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 26)

VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam also operates 14 provincial stns bcing in Vietnamese and the main ethnic languages of their regions. This schedule is based on information supplied by the broadcaster with additional monitoring observations.

VoVTN Network 1 0000-1600 Vn 11540v 10060v 5925-v 783 774 765 693 675 666 657 648 630 594 1600-1700 Fris only Vn 10060v 5925-v 783 774 765 693 675 666 657 648 630 594 1600-1700 "Peoples Army" (at dictation speed) 2200-0000 Vn 10060v 5925v 783 774 765 693 675 666 657 648 630 594

VoVTN Network 2 2200-1600 Vn 12035 4960 1089 999 900 846 738 720 576 558 549

VoVTN minority language sce 0400-0430 Bana 693 0400-0445 Cambod 747 (for southern Cambodia) 0430-0500 Ede 693 0430-0500 Gairai 1089 0500-0530 Hmong 6165 1130-1200 Ede 693 1130-1200 Gairai 1089 1200-1230 Bana 693 1200-1230 Hmong 6165 1300-1345 Cambod 747 (for southern Cambodia) 1300-1345 Hmong 6165 2200-2245 Cambod 747 (for southern Cambodia) 2200-2230 Ede 693 2200-2230 Giarai 1089 2200-2230 Hmong 5035 2230-2300 Bana 693

VoVTN Mekong delta sce 0530-0630 & 1130-1230 Vn 655 (economic progrs) Addr: 58 Quan Su - Hanoi, Vietnam. Tel: + 84-4-8254953 Fax: + 84-4-8255765 URL: http://www.ioit.ac.vn/tieng_noi_vn/tnvn_int.html (BBCM via AGDX, Feb 26)

Very fine report of VTN stations, seldom reported in such accuracy in the DX press. Many thanks Alan!

Strong MW freqs heard in Java and West Malaysia are 675 and //711, and also 783 and 873 and the ext sce on 1010 and 1242. It is probably significant that the audio on 1242 lags about 2 seconds behind other parallel MF and HF freqs; the same is true of 873 when it simulcasts the main HS progr on 675, 711, 5925 and 10060, as at 1100 UTC.

The evening schedule of the ext sce on MF is as follows. 1242 and 1010 would both appear to use different directional patterns according to target area; 1010 kHz is sometimes difficult or inaudible due to QRM from 1008.

1000-1030 1242 English //9840, 12020 1030-1100 1242 Indonesian //9840, 12020 1100-1130 1010 and 1242 English //7285, 9730 1130-1200 1242 Cambodian, no //freqs heard 1010 Thai //7285, 9730 1200-1230 1242 Thai (or Lao, can anyone hear the difference?!!), no //freqs heard 1010 nothing audible, maybe Mandarin beamed northwards? (if so, //10010, 12035) 1230-1300 1242 French, no //freqs heard 1010 inaudible 1300-1330 1242 Cantonese, no //'s heard, judging by strength probably beamed towards SE Asia 1010 inaudible 1330-1400 1242 Mandarin, as Cantonese 1300 1010 Cambodian //7285, 9730 1400-1430 1242 English, no //freqs heard 1010 Lao (or Thai?), //7285, 9730 1430-1500 1010 and 1242 Indonesian, //9840, 12020 1500-1530 1242 English, no //freqs heard 1010 Thai (or Lao?) //9840, 12020 1530-past 1600 1010 and 1242 Vietnamese, no // freqs heard (Alan Davies-UK, temporarily on Penang Island-MLA, Mar 1)

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ARMENIA TWR Turkish via MW Kamo-ARM 864 1000 kW 1930(Sa/Su 1945)-2000. (KiR - Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Mar 1)

AUSTRALIA 15634.98, Australian Defense Forces Radio, Mar 1, 0352, Never an ID but 'strine-accented male announcer and "Eagle Rock" by Daddy Cool, an Aussie greaser band of the '70's. Only intelligible on Carolina Beam, best of the array here for high freqs. Thanks Pete Costello tip in #swl. (Novello via DXW, Mar 2)

15635usb Australian Defence Forces Radio, Feb 28, 0300-0332, In En with a live variety show to "HMAS Tobruk". Suffers from a persistent Ute/RTTY QRM. Schedule listing as starting bc at 0300, but they were on air well before that. 23343 (Kecskes via DXW, Mar 2)

BELARUS Belaruskaje Radyjo, Minsk, 11670, 1701 nx by male and female speakers in Byelarussian. SINPO 45344. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Feb 28)

BRAZIL RNB's English at 1200-1320 on 15445 not only suffers from worn-out tapes but a worn-out tx. Mar 3 at 1227 15445 had distorted mx, warble on carrier, and even more distorted spur on 15500, matched by 15390 which was under VOA in Sp but in the clear after 1230 when an RNB announcement was definitely in parallel on all three. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Mar 5)

CAMBODIA Still not active on v11940, no morning and evening progrs since about three weeks now. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 17)

CANADA RCI has gotten some more money from the govt. a one-time grant of $15 million (spread over 3 years) for upgrading infrastructure ... namely improvements at Sackville and upgrading the studios in Montreal. The govt press release can be found on the Web, at http://www.pch.gc.ca under News Releases; the code number for it is P-02/98-154. (Bill Westenhaver, RCI, via RIB and WORLD OF RADIO 931, GH-OK, Mar 5)

CHILE 21555v to 21550 kHz Radio Vision Cristina, heard on 4 Mar w/test txions from their own txs located near Santiago, heard with En and Sp announcements between 1500- 1935 w/very good signal. The stn is requesting reception reports through "our" usual address: Casilla 490, Santiago 3, Chile; fax and Email in Chile. (Hugo Lopez, Santiago-CHL via Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Mar 5)

This station is making use of the txs purchased from the old Radio Nacional de Chile on SW. (GIB-ARG, Mar 5)

Voz Cristiana heard testing on 21551, Mar 4 at 1918 with ID but hard to understand, mx (Ron Trotto, IL) Tuned it in immediately, very good signal on 21551, soft gospel rock in Sp with frequent lyric "alabandote ... adorandote" in devotion to J.C., 1934 En ID amid nice electronic hymn tune IS, and Sp version at 1954, off abruptly at 1957* Hard to understand due to mumbling British announcer and audio quality on voice, but seemed to give this contact info: Casilla 490, Santiago 3, Chile; fax 56-28557053, [email protected]

In Sp also muffled, freq was "21550" in both languages, certainly not actual 21551. Even in En, stn name given in Sp. Booming in again next morning at 1355 tune in, same format, En ID at 1403, 1506, Sp 1421, 1452, again on 21551. Recordings of this are on WOR 931 in En, Radio Enlace, Mundo Radial in Sp. We already have far too many religious bcs, and hardly need another one. This is the old Voz de Chile site finally reactivated under new ownership, nominal [eight] 100 kW Harris txs. (Glenn Hauser, OK, and WORLD OF RADIO 931, Mar 5)

CHINA new4960 CRI Beijing, 2000-2100, Sp progr, with noticias, at 2100 in S-Cr to EUR. 35333 Also CRI s-on in Ch at 2056, IS, ID, on 6165 kHz, now mixed with Chad, Zambia on co-channel. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 17)

CLANDESTINE Voice of Southern Azerbaijan, Unidentified site, 7095, 1630 sign on with female speaker in Azeri, giving Postfach addr in Vienna and phone numbers. Then short folk tune and presumed nx. SINPO 33443. Tx site speculated to be in Israel. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Feb 28)

CYPRUS RFI French observed on 1233 till 1800. From 1800 R Monte Carlo in Arabic. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 2)

ECUADOR I received a message from HCJB's Freq Manager this morning that I want to share with you. We have found it necessary to discontinue all txions on 9365 to EUR. This affects various of our language sces, such as our morning En release to EUR 0700- 0900 UTC. En will continue in the morning on 5865 in the 49 mb.

Our 9365 release was an out-of-band freq which is also used for point-to-point communications. We received a complaint fr the govt of Colombia of interference in some of their point-to-point txions due to our use of this freq. We have therefore found it necessary to discontinue our bcs on this freq effective immediately.

We are thankful that we have contact with many of you via e-mail by means of the list that we use to send you The Andean Herald. If you personally know of other regular listeners and can help us make them aware of this change, we would be most grateful.

HCJB Engl dept., we had to cancel the freq of 9365. Generally, however, we were getting better reports on the 5865 freq. Just so you can plan ahead, as of March 29 our new morning freq to EUR will be 11960 in the 25 mb and the evening release will be on 15115 in the 19 mb. Acc to our propagation studies, this should give us the best chance of getting a listenable signal into Europe. (Allen HCJB, via Bernd Mayr-AUT, Mar 3)

HCJB German sce fr Mar 29th: 0430-0500 9365[? sic, see above] 500 kW, 11960 100. 0600- 0630 9470 100. 1900-1930 15365 500, 17790 100. (KiR - Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Mar 1)

ETHIOPIA 7165 Voice of Ethiopia, Mar 3, 1455-1459* on a nominal freq, Arabic mx and final Ar announcement, also on 7110 at *1459- (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 5)

GEORGIA/PAKISTAN Voice of Hope via Dusheti has moved down to 6285 (ex 6290) for En evening release at 1630[listed 1655]-2000 UTC, but seems on air past then. To EUR to avoid interference with Radio Pakistan now operating on v6290.1 in Urdu at 1800-1900. This is now loud and clear carrying Islamabad progr to Gulf & Iran via Islamabad API-1 100 kW 260 degr. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 26; Thomas Drescher-D, Mar 2)

GERMANY Progr schedule of AWR via DTK Juelich extended: 0400-0600 5890 100 115 degr, 0400 Bul, 0500 Rom. 0800-0900 7230 100 145 degr, Sat/Sun It. 0800-0930 13580 100 200 degr, 0800 Ar, 0900 Fr. 1630-1700 9835 100 090 degr, Sun/Wed Kaz, Mon/Thu Khi, Tue/Fri Uzb, Sat Ru. 1700-1800 5890 100 115 degr, Bul. 1900-2000 5890 100 115 degr, Rom. 2000-2200 9835 100 200 degr, 2000 Fr, 2030 En, 2100 Fr, 2130 Djoula. (KiR - Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Mar 1)

LITHUANIA [non] R. Vilnius via DTK Juelich Germany, UTC Sun March 1 at 0030 was on 5950 only, not //5880. There is a het on 5950, no doubt from Guyana. Better that than all the QRM on 5905. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Mar 5)

NIGERIA [non] BBCM checked V. of Free Nigeria again Sat Feb 28 on 11645 at 1900, and again signal peaked from Africa. Perhaps they are actually using DW-Rwanda site, with DTK Juelich as a decoy. Someone could settle this by driving to Juelich, near Cologne, on a Saturday evening with a SW radio to determine if there is a groundwave signal from there.

The only way we are going to prove this one way or the other is if someone who lives near Juelich could drive over there on a Saturday evening with a portable radio and tune to 11645 at 1900. If they are within a mile or so of the tx it should certainly be obvious whether it is coming from there. Do you know anyone in the Koln/Juelich area perhaps who might be able to check this out and solve this mystery once and for all?? (Dave Kenny, UKOGBANI, WORLD OF RADIO 931, Mar 5)

I called-up some other German DX clubs and their members in the Aachen-Cologne-Moenchen- Gladbach region to check out 11645 GROUNDWAVE on a Sat 1900-2000. But I am personally sure to 90%, that txion coming from Juelich. Kigali-RRW idea is erroneous, because this site belongs direct to DW Technical Departement -- like DW Trincomalee-Sri Lanka and Sines-POR --, and NOT to Deutsche Telekom Germany company. See Deutsche Welle law statute. (WB, Mar 5)

Thomas Drescher of WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne - met some people fr Deutsche Telekom on a 'Data Protection Congress' and was told, that DTK rent out txion time also to opposite/clandestine organizations, amongst VoBurma, Oromo organization, and VoFNigeria, in order to improve their budget balance! (Thomas Drescher-D, [email protected] )

INDONESIA 11785 VO INS Jakarta 0102 W in En w/nx incl items about IMF and Indonesia's economic crisis. Fair and gaining strength, battling w/Brasilian on 11785.14. //9525 even better and in the clear using usb mode. (Al Quaglieri-NY, Mar 3)

VoINS Jakarta in German at 1815 UTC on 15150 kHz, exchange rate INS rupee against US$. Election commentary Kohl vv Schroeder. (WB, Mar 5)

IRAN IRIB Tehran Home Page finally on line! For some months Thorsten Koch and I have noticed various test pages on the Web for IRIB Tehran, but these have always been "under construction". Finally the stn has announced in its German sce that its official URL is http://www.irib.com (Lutz Andreas-D via DXW, Mar 2)

This replaces the temporary URL listed in WRTH98.

ITALY The Italian time signal station IAM (5000 kHz), from Rome, is inactive at present. I got the following information from the stn:

"Service is temporarily suspended because of problems beyond our control. We are trying to resume txions as soon as possible; schedule will be unvaried". So, let's wait and see when IAM gets on the air again.

By the way, their address is: Ministero delle Comunicazioni, Istituto Superiore CTI, Laboratorio Frequenze Campioni, Ufficio 8ΓΈ Reparto 2ΓΈ, viale America 201, I-00144 Roma, Italy. (Fabrizio Magrone-I, Mar 3)

JAPAN new5428 NHK Osaka Mihira, 2200-, three short/one long time pips, pres., no ID heard, German lessons with mx bridges in usb-mode. 34433 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 17)

JORDAN Jordan Radio Amman Arabic schedule differs from day to day. 0400-0904 15435, but heard also til 1059. 11810 was heard opening at 0800, but also closing at 0815 and opening again at 0830 with different progr. On other days on usual 0400-1500 schedule. The En sce opened as usual on 11690 at 1100-1730. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 28, Mar 1/2)

LUXEMBOURG/RUSSIA New time schedule for Swiss-German religious progr "Radio Freundes- Dienst" via MW Marnach-LUX 1440 kHz, 1200 kW. Tue/Thur 1815, exc.Tue/Thur 1830, Suns 0530.

Relig progrs via VoR Moscow German sce: daily 1743-1758 UTC [1643-1658 DST]. Addr: Missionswerk Freundes-Dienst, CH-5023 Bieberstein, Switzerland exc. Sun 0400, 1845. Sun 0500, 0615, 1845, UTC [one hour earlier on DST]: Missionswerk Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt, Germany.

Thur 1830 UTC [one hour earlier on DST]: Lutherische Stunde, Pf. 1162, D-27367 Sottrum, Germany.

Sat 0415 UTC [one hour earlier on DST]: Stimmes des Trostes, CH Ebnat Kappel, Switzerland.

Sun 0445 UTC [one hour earlier on DST]: Missionswerk Mitternachtsruf, Postfach, CH-8051 Zurich, Switzerland.

Sun 0545 UTC [one hour earlier on DST]: Missionswerk Weg zur Freude, Postfach, D-76029 Karlsruhe, Germany.

Sun 0600 UTC [one hour earlier on DST]: Missionswerk Arche Hamburg, Postfach 540 407, D-22504 Hamburg, Germany.

Thur 0515 UTC [one hour earlier on DST]: Rundfunkmission der Evang.-Meth. Kirche, Postfach 311 141, D-70471 Stuttgart, Germany. (KiR - Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Mar 1)

MALAYSIA 9749.97 Voice of Malaysia, Kajang 1433-1442 Female speaker with nx in BI, ID, jingles, economical talk. SINPO: 43433 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Mar 2)

MOROCCO RTM is heard back on air via what I think are the Tangiers txs. On Mar 1st found on air at 1010 in Ar on 15345 and was then //with the VoA Briech relay on 15335, when that came on at 1100-1500. 15345 was still going at 1900 when faded/mixed with RAE ARG v15344.92, on March 2nd carrier was noted on 15345 at 0845 and Ar programming commenced at 0903. On March 1st I looked for En sce which used to be on either 17595 or 17815 at 1400, but only Cairo found on air on 17595 and nothing on 17815. However, I was able to check again at 1530 and found v17814.8 on air with strong signal in Fr with a mixture of rock/pop mx and talks with nx at 1600, 1700 & 1800 (or thereabouts!) and at 1804 came an En ID as the "International Sce of R Morocco". Mx and announcements followed until the signal took a sudden turn for the worst at 1823 and quickley faded out.

My guess is that Fr started at 1500 and the En progr is retimed to 1800. No signal on 17815 so far at 1500 today. Only Brazil very weak on there. 15345 is still on at 1500 with good strength. Both txs -- 15345 and 17815 -- have a buzz in the audio, but are strong signals. Beware of Saudi Arabia also on 15345 during our afternoons, 1200-1500 Ur & Be.

The RTM Tangiers txs have been off for at least a year. (Noel Green-UK, Mar 1/2)

I noted RTM Tangier 15345 too, but on first day Mar 1st. Today Mar 5: strong stn noted on 17815 from 1700, but negative later this night, seems s-off before 1800. (WB, Mar 5)

NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria is testing 15120. Heard today at 1710 onwards with open carrier, then male talk, mentioned Nigeria several times into continious AF mx. S9+20 here despite of co-channel VOA En for EU. Still on at 1915 re-check. Somewhat distorted audio. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Mar 2)

Still on at 2245, as heard by Jay Novello and Jim Miles (on IRC #swl). They noted a loud, low buzz and occasional talk. (DXW via Mark Veldhuis, Mar 2)

15120 Voice of Nigeria, Mar 3, 1209-2300* and Mar 4, 0532-1400 according their WRTH language schedule, some distorted signal from time to time (I suppose that there is a very bad connection line between a studio and tx) - but very strong here near St.Petersburg especially when a directional "West African" antenna was in use, I also noted an alternative unusual ID's as, for example, at 1658: "Voice of Nigeria bcing from Abudja" (is Abudja or Abuja a special federal district?), also on Mar 3 between 1632- 2300* and on Mar 4 from 0532- on //7255. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS - thanks to Nikolai Pashkevich's report, Mar 5)

VoNigeria using new 15120. Noted in En 0620-0700, French after 0700. SIO 343 (Pavel Miroshnikov, Irkutsk, RUS, Mar 4)

Noted on v15119.97 at 1800-1900 in French, mx overmodulated. Language progr schedule like in WRTH'98 for 7255 channel. (WB, Mar 5)

V. of Nigeria is back on 19 mb. A stn with AF mx and mentions of Nigeria was heard fr 1856 Mar 2nd on 15120 (Ron Trotto, IL) I then tuned in at 2037 when there were tone tests, with occasional long pauses of carrier with hum, and always flutter, but no voice or mx heard; no ID around 2100; by 21.57:30 VOA was signing on the freq. Mar 3rd from 1935 tune-in, constant hum sometimes overwhelmed audio which sounded like outdoor political rally, mostly in En; 2013 went into Fr, and around 2100 another language, probably Hausa. R. Kudirat, 11540, was much more listenable in the 1900 hour with anti-Abacha comments (Glenn Hauser, OK, and WORLD OF RADIO 931)

Voice of Nigeria, 15120, apparently now has a regular schedule of 1500-2300, then tone to carrier off around 2315. It may be on earlier, but the signal is weak in our (east coast USA) mornings and only gets to powerhouse levels after 1700 UTC. En, Fr and local language programming throughout txion. We still note 7255 from 0500 s/on to past 0700 fadeout, En for the first two hours, then Fr. (Tom Sundstrom-NY, Mar 5)

RUSSIA/VIETNAM/MALTA Freq 7440 is heard to open 1700 after 'typical' tones carried by Russian txs prior to sign-on. There follows one hour of Voice of Russia in Ge, then a quick switch at 1800 to VoVTN Hanoi in En, 1830-1930 in Vn, and 1930-1957 in Fr. The txs stays on and at 2000 VoMedit Malta is heard -- starting in En.

I have'nt checked VoVTN direct at 1800, but note they are carrying Fr at 1830 and En at 1900 on v9839.87 and v12019.28. [usually Hanoi replaces 12019 by 15009 from March to Oct]. At 1930 these two freqs are //7440 for Fr, but with satellite delay on 7440. 7440 is very strong here, so perhaps the registered Moscow 500 kW at 275 degr to zones 18,27, changing to 240 kW at 2000 240 degr zones 27,28,37. (Noel Green-UK, Feb 26)

VoVietnam now via RUS to EUR: 7440 1800-1827 En since Feb 25, 1830-1927 Vn, 1930-1957 Fr. 7390 2000-2027 Ru since Mar 2, 2030-2127 Vn (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Mar 3)

Endangerment for FEBA Radio MW outlets in Arabic via Krasnodar 1170, due to lack of money. This sce came on air in Oct 1996, and is only an announcement sce for FEBA's Ar sce on shortwave. 0345-0415 11695, Fr/Sun -0430. 1100-1130 15540. 1900-1945 9440. FEBA Radio, Ivy Arch Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8BX, Great Britain. (KiR - Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Mar 1)

Relig progrs via VoR Moscow German sce: daily 1743-1758 UTC [1643-1658 DST]: Missionswerk Freundes-Dienst, CH-5023 Bieberstein, Switzerland. exc. Wed 1943-1958 UTC [1843-1858 DST]: Missionswerk Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt, Germany.

Wed 1843-1858 UTC [1743-1758 DST]: Lutherische Stunde, Pf. 1162, D-27367 Sottrum, Germany.

Tue 1800-1815 UTC [1700-1715 DST], Wed 2030[1930], Sat 1830[1730]: Universelles Leben, Haugerring 7, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany. Fax 0931 - 390 32 33. http://www.universelles-leben.org

"Morgengruss" via MW 1386 kHz daily 0545-0600 UTC [0445-0500 DST] Universelles Leben, Haugerring 7, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany. Fax 0931 - 390 32 33. http://www.universelles-leben.org (KiR - Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, Mar 1)

RV-441 at Tavrichanka near Vladivostok is inactive at present. The tx carried regional programs as well as R.St.Tikhiy Okean on 5015 kHz and was switched off recently in 1997.

Various DX press reports about a mysterious Russian stn on 7100. HFCC lists only MSK 100 kW nondir 1300-2100, but the reported tx is not fr Moscow! A low power tx somewhere in Siberia or the Russian Far East seems to be on 7100 kHz carrying Radio Odin (1). In the past, a 15 kW tx at Krasnoyarsk operated on 7100 kHz (2300-1300 winter, one hour earlier in sumer) and on 11700 kHz (1330-1800 winter, one hour earlier summer) and possibly this tx is active again, although it is not listed by the latest HFCC schedule.

Another low power tx at Magadan - 5 kW - operates on 6200 2100-1600 winter, one hour earlier in summer, although it is not in the latest HFCC schedule too.

Deutsche Welle in Ch 1330-1355 is observed on new 7380 [site not known yet], //Novosibirsk 7305 & 9450, Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy 5895.

Russian regional SW stns, active as of Feb 20: 4040 5 RV-865 2200-1800 Tura 4485 15 RV-147 0000-2000 Yazykovo 4520 2 RV-667 1800-1400 Palana 4820 50 RV-703 0000-2000 Khanty-Mansiysk 4825 50 RV-725 2000-1600 Yakutsk 4860 80 RV-438 2000-1600 Chita 4895 50 RV-700 0000-2000 Tyumen

5290 50 RV-98 2200-1800 Krasnoyarsk 5290 5 RV-1095 0000-1600 Perm 5930 50 RV-790 0200-2200 Monchegorsk 5940 100 RV-1001 1800-1400 Arman 6060 5 - 2000-1600 Blagoveschensk 6095 3 RV-1472 0000-1600 Khanty-Mansiysk 6160 40 RV-297 0200-2200 Arkhangelsk

7140 50 RV-726 2000-1600 Yakutsk 7200 100 RV-729 2000-1600 Yakutsk 7200 5 RV-1326 0200-1600 Yoshkar-Ola 7210 100 RV-914 2000-1600 Khabarovsk 7320 100 RV-647 1800-1400 Arman 7345 50 RV-727 2000-1600 Yakutsk

9530 100 RV-646 1800-1400 Arman 9600 100 RV-645 1800-1400 Arman 11650 5 RV-1095 1605-2000 Perm 11840 15 RV-677 1800-1400 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 15165 5 RV-1326 1605-2200 Yoshkar-Ola 15235 3 RV-1472 1605-2000 Khanty-Mansiysk All txions are one hour earlier in summer season Apr-Oct. All regional stns relay R Rossii, when they don't carry their own progrs.

Inactive regional SW stns, as of Feb 20: 4030 15 RV-215 Anadyr 4050 15 RV-676 Yuzno-Sakhalinsk 4485 100 RV-656 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 4610 15 RV-737 Komsomolsk-Amur 4795 50 RV-44 Uland-Ude 5015 100 RV-441 Tavrichanka (Vladivostok) 7185 / 15200 3 RV-1094 Perm. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Feb 23)

I strongly suspect this is Radio-1 txion. This stn uses 1305 in Moscow, 0300-2200 UTC. ID in Russian sounded like "Radio Adin". It seems Radio-1 is dropped 1305. Not audible here since last Fri, Feb 27th. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Feb 27/Mar 2)

Regarding 1305 Moscow, I will try when I come home tonight. Seems very alike my UNID on 1080: "Radio Nis". Yesterday I heard the Murmansk stn, 69th Parallel, on 1080 s-off their progr at 1600 - and followed the Moscow National progr. Maybe it then goes on until 1700 in //1305. Time will show. I heard the Murmansk stn with a very good identification. Another day I heard the Greek stn in Oristiada with very good strength on 1080 and with a really local progr and local ID between 1600-1700, when the Iran Arabic progr goes on the air! (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Mar 4)

[c.f. BC-DX 352] 12015 0530-0545 in Tatar? language, fr 0545 in Russian. Lovely internat soft mx. (WB, Feb 28) This is: TATARSTAN "Voice of Tatarstan", Addr.: ul.Gorkogo, 15, 420015 Kazan In Tatar: 0500-0600 9690 and 12015 (for Siberia). 0700-0800 on 6130 (for Ural). 0900-1000 on 9690 (for Moscow and St.Petersburg) [in Russian 0508, 0908; 0908 "Press review", at the end of the progrs "Weather report", tx in Samara - 100 kW] (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, Mar 4)

SYRIA Radio Damascus is more or less back as of March 3 on 12085 - now drowning Mongolia which has provided a quite good signal into Denmark during the absence of Syria. (Erik Koie-DEN, OZ3YI, Mar 4)

SARBS Adhra is back on SW since Mar 1st: on 13610 carrying German sce 1805-1905, press report on election in Germany. Not //12085 or 9950. (WB, Mar 5)

TURKEY 7185 0017 TRT Ankara in Tu here now, //9445 5980 9460, seems to replace now- vacant 7280. So much for any further loggings of Myanmar this freq/time. (Al Quaglieri-NY, Mar 3)

UNID 7193.0 UNID - maybe North-East African according the best antenna beam, 1426-. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 3)

USA New time for RFA in Chinese noted on KHBI Anginian freq 9355 at approx. 1800-2000, //7530 underneath of R BUL French. (WB, Mar 5)

FCC has issued call letters WBCQ for Allan Weiner's new 50 kW SW tx in Maine. When the stn goes on air in late summer, discount rates will be offered to free radio bcs who would like access to airwaves. More info from [email protected] (Anita McCormick via Harry Helms, DXing.com, Mar 2, via Glenn Hauser)

VIETNAM [see also VoVTN relays via RUSSIA] English also observed on 1242 1630-1700 with SIO 444 in Irkutsk, Russia. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 2)

729 kHz, still UNID, 1400-1445, time ann, Vn progr, En lesson at 1415-1430, Fr lesson 1430-1445. Very strong co-ch QRM by Shangqui-CHN with positive ID and PHL stn too. new v6165 Hanoi, Hmong sce 1320-1328* [c.f. BC-DX #352 BBCM under VTN] strong bubble jamming co-ch [from CBG? ed], very difficult to read Hanoi. Jamming stn switches also s- off at 1328*, //5034.6 Dia Tieng Noi, which Hanoi progr relay, but no jamming!

So check up the following QRG's, if there is a jammer: v4740.7 R Son La, 4959.6 Hanoi II, 5924.6 Hanoi I. v6554 Cao Bang, s-on at 1152, NA at 1155, ID in Vn, male & female talks. Hill tribe mx, s-off at 1255*, but at 1301 switches on again! The same procedure I have discovered by Haoi I on 5924.6. In am mode the Cao Bang modulation is destroide, so its difficult to get a positive ID, there is also a strong whistle sound on the channel, if you lesten on usb or lsb mode to Cao bang. 32332 new 6630.4 Yen Bai - NOT active every day. 0950-1230*. test tone, IS, instrumental NA, ID Vn progr, 1029 IS again, then in dialect and hill tribe mx playing. 1058 IS fr Hanoi I - this is also new procedure., relay fr Hanoi til 1130 on //5924.6, 7154.5, 10059.8; fr 1130 local progr til s-off 1230*! Heard on 14th and 16th, but not on 18th and 19th. Missed this stn for long time. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Feb 13, 16, 17)

10059.8 Hanoi 1 1422-1430 Male and female speaker in Vietnamese, Vietnam mentioned, ID, Voice of Vietnam tune at 1429. SINPO 34434. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Mar 2)

ZAIRE 15244.6 La Voiz du Zaire - or is it an old name?, 0811- , French talk by male announcer. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 4)

R8 receiver access via Internet URL. (that's a web-controlled SW radio) German HAM RADIO magazine "FUNK Amateur" March-98 publicized the following very interesting URL address: http://www.chilton.com

Access this page, and click Web-controlled Shortwave Radio Drake R8 rx "THE LISTENING POST", located in Reston Virginia-US.

About The Station Since July, 1995 the radio has been tuned by network visitors 110,000 times and 156,000 audio samples sent to 64,000 sites in 85+ countries. If you want to read about how it works - complete with lots of technical nitty-gritty - I have some notes on the implementation. And finally, lo and behold, the site won N38ΓΈ59'30" W77ΓΈ21'15" Antenna 60-foot Attic Loop Receiver Drake R8 Communications Receiver

R8 Tuning Control -- Enter a frequency, either in kilohertz (e.g. "6165") or megahertz (e.g. "15.325"), between 110 KiloHertz and 30 MegaHertz - sorry, it doesn't get VHF. Select modulation, intermediate frequency bandwith and other options. The default settings are good for most world radio broadcasts. For ham and utility signals pick USB or LSB, a narrower bandwidth and slow AGC. (Tune CW signals 0.8kHz below zero-beat if you select the way-narrow 0.5kHz filter.)

You can select your individual tuning control settings, click then resulting Live Audio, listen for 5 seconds, or download compressed audio player file, to listen later for 30 seconds duration.

VERY, VERY thrilling to listen any interesting frequency on the Virgina USA post there. You may also read the last selected 25 freqs of the user audience. Ham Radio Operators may listen to their own transmitted signals, as received in Virginia in NorthEastern US. Wolfgang DF5SX

In Washington D.C. you may contact to a R7000 Rx, working in Real Audio mode. Range 25 MHz to 2 GHz. Washington Air traffic control and other services. Addr: http://nihac.info.nih.gov/listener/ralistener.html (Michael Bethge-D, Mar 1)

Even more exciting is the Kenwood TS-440 in New York! You can find the URL at the bottom of my audio page at: http://www.dr.dk/rdk/rdlyd.htm (Erik Koie / OZ3YI Mar 1)

N2JEU's Web Controlled Kenwood TS-440. http://www.ralabs.com/swl440/

Please keep in mind that the radio and computer used to run the radio are part of my normal ham station and I do like to get on the air from time to time. Also the radio is likely to be out of service in summertime as I do get quite a few thunderstorms here in central New York.

You will need to have the RealNetwork RealPlayer software installed to hear the audio. If you don't have the latest version, click here to go to the RealNetwork web site to get it. Bob Arnold N2JEU at [email protected]

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ALASKA KNLS schedule Mar 29-Sept 26, 1998. 0800 9615 En 0900 9615 Ru 1000 9615 Mandarin 1100 6150 Ru 1200 7365 Mandarin 1300 7365 En 1400 9615 Mandarin 1500 7355 Mandarin 1600 7355 Mandarin 1700 9615 Ru (KNLS website via JKB, Mar 5)

ALBANIA v6113.27 and v7159.90 [32222 / 34333] R Tirana-ALB, En progr opening at 0245 here. Bad nx on inhuman clashes in Serb province of Pristina Kosovo against Albanian nationals. (WB, Mar 7) v7157.62, Radio Tirana on this odd freq Mar 4, 0445, with En comm by a female announcer. 444 (Bill Harms-USA, DXW, Mar 4)

ARGENTINA v11709.58 RAE Buenos Aires, Sp ann, ARG mx, strongest stn in 25 mb at 0215, despite the 25 mb didn't propagate well today. 34322 (WB, Mar 7) AUSTRIA Want to be the next Jonathan Marks? ORF has an opening in the English department for native speakers with a good knowledge of German. Details are at http://www.orf.at/roi/uk/uk_stelle.htm (via Larry Nebron, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Mar 12)

AZERBAIJAN (Nagorno-Karabakh) Presumably 9677v [VT did not note freq], Voice of Justice, mornings at 0600-0630v on Wed and Sat (NOT Friday). S/off time is often a bit later than 0630 (e.g. 0635 or 0644). Modulation is still far from perfect, but at times the signal has fair-poor readability. In Azeri language, not Armenian. I sent a report in early Jan, but probably will be unsuccessful. (Titarev-UKR, via NU, Mar 8)

CHILE Thank you for your reception report. I confirm that the details you sent are correct and that you did indeed hear our stn. Voz Cristiana is a sister stn to Radio Christian Voice (Zambia), both are projects funded by the UK charity Christian Vision. Christian Vision has a web site at http://www1f.btwebworld.com/christian-vision/ In 1996 Christian Vision acquired the site and facilities of the former Radio Nacional de Chile which went off the air many years before. A licence application for SW sces to LatinAM is in the final stages of being processed and when granted the station Voz Cristiana will lauch officially.

The sces planned are to MEX and CeAM, to northern SoAM and the Caribbean, to southern SoAM (all in Sp) and to Brazil in Portuguese. The principal studios for the stn will be located in Miami, linked to Santiago by satellite, and programming will be exclusively of a Christian nature but of interest to a wider audience.

The facilities at the station include: - 8 Harris SW100 transmitters - 3 TCI-527 log periodic antennas pointing at 340 deg, 0 deg, and 60 deg. These will be used for secs to MEX, northern SoAM and Brazil, respectively. - 2x1 horizontal dipole pointing 0/180 deg, with 30 deg slew. This will be used for the sce to southern SoAM. - 4 TCI-611 4x4 curtain antennas pointing variously towards EUR, AF, AS.

The engineers of the stn are currently preparing the txs for long-term operation at 70kW, and a review of the freqs the stn will use is in progress.

It is true that we have been tentatively testing on 21550kHz (intended to MEX), however since there are various legalities regarding the licence still to be completed I must emphasize that these tests have been TENTATIVE and it would be premature for me to release further details of our test plans and freq schedule at this stage. Of course I will be thrilled to publicise these as much as possible as soon as I am able. I hope you understand.

Andrew Flynn, Chief Engineer Voz Cristiana S.A., Emisora Christian Vision (Chile) Ltda. Casilla 490-3, Santiago, Chile tel +56 2 855 7046 fax +56 2 855 7053 e-mail (engineering) [email protected] (admin) [email protected] (Thomas Sundstrom-USA, Mar 6)

21550-21555, R. Vision Cristina, hrd Mar 4 with test txions from its txs in Santiago, En and Sp anmts between 1500 and 1935 with a very good signal. Requesting rpts to Box 490, Santiago 3, Chile, also FAX and E-mail in Chile. This info from Hugo Lopez, Chile. This stn is making use of the txs purchased from the old R. Nacional de Chile on SW. (GIB-ARG via NU, Mar 6)

After reading the above report in Hard-Core-DX, Harold Sellers rpts that he tuned in to 21551 at 1946 Mar 5 as a man was making the following anmt in En: ". . . 490, Santiago 3, Chile. Alternatively you can FAX us at international code +56 28557053, or send an E- mail to [email protected]. This message will be repeated in En in about 30 mins." This was followed by Christian pop songs in Sp and En until 1958, when the stn went off suddenly in the middle of a song. Fair strength, moderate ading. (via NU, Mar 6)

From: "Hugo Lopez" Subject: [HCDX]: RV: NEW SW from CHILE

21.555v (21.550v) Radio Vision Cristiana w/test txions from its txs near Santiago, heard in En and Sp at 1500 / 1930 with good signal. Request RRs through your known mail P.O.Box 490, Santiago 3, Chile, fax and E-mail. (Hugo Lopez-CHL, Mar 5)

CHINA From CRI's magazine "The Messenger" no.2 - Mar-Apr 1998: In may [1997] the smooth transition of CRI from the old building in the Beijing's downtown area to the western suburbs. In the process, CRI completed a historic switch from its traditional analog broadcasting mode to a digital one. Covering an area of about 50.000 square meters, the modern broadcasting center is equipped with a large digital broadcasting system, the latest new technology of the 90's.

In August, CRI began to send its signals via satellite to transmitting stations in foreign countries, and is currently broadcasting through local radio stations in some countries, thus greatly improving the transmission quality of programs and reception results.

Meanwhile, ten [!] new shortwave transmitters with 500 kWs each, and four medium wave transmitters with 600 kWs each were installed in the overseas broadcasting transmitting centers in Xinjiang and Yunnan, and were put into operation. Since 1987, CRI has engaged in cooperation with France[and Fr Guiana], Spain, Switzerland, Mali, Canada and Russia in hiring local transmitters to broadcast relays CRI's progrs. CRI has plans to expand such cooperations with partners in countries of Europe and America.

Greater challenges CRI is to face in 1998, the most important to be the adjustment of programs and the broadcasting times of 38 foreign languages. Standard Chinese and four local dialect s, since the broadcasting times of some foreign language departements wer set 40 years ago.

CRI has a foreign language channel in the capital Beijing, 17.5 hrs daily in En Fr Jpn Ge and Sp. This channel remaining as a purely En channel, and plans to open another multi-language channel, will add more foreign langs, such as Ru Ar and Italian. (Tang Minguo in CRI Messenger, Mar 9)

Yunnan People's Broadcasting Station, station ID in Standard Chinese: "Yunnan Renmin Guangbo Diantai" Yunan PBS General Sce is also available on satellite as follows: Apstar 134E, 4000/7.50 MHz horizontal. SW txs used by the Yunan PBS General Sce in the past are now believed to be off the air (7210, 4760 and 2460 kHz). Address: 73 Renmin Xilu, Kunming, Yunnan 650031, People's Republic of China. 2200-0100, 0255-0600, 0930-1600 Ch 990 576 (also on satellite)

YUNNAN PBS (Minority Languages) 2200-0045, 0355-0545, 1100-1500 Multilingual 6937-v (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 5)

11630 CNR (Russia Radio Odin left 7525 and 11630) 0930?-1100 Chin, 1100-1127 Uighur, 1130-1157 Kazakh, 1200-1330 Chin, 1330-1357 Uighur, 1400-1427 Kazakh, 1430-1454 Mongol (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Feb 3)

4785, unid. in Mongolian, s/on daily at 2150. Regular mx intro, 2153 regular ID and further info, instr mx, 2200 time signal, IS, then the same brass band theme, nx by M&W. Regular 2230 EG lesson. (Titarev-UKR, via NU, Mar 8)

4785: Re Vladimir Titarev's unid. in Mongolian at *2150, I have also been hearing this, e.g. Mar 8 with weak signal fr *2150, local ID, 2200-2223 relay of Beijing minority sce in Mongolian; 2223 back to local progr, En lessons fr 2230. Am wondering if it might be the Mongolian svc of Neimenggu PBS, Hohhot, which has only been on MW for some time. Neimenggu PBS Mandarin sec signs on at 2150, so that would also fit. (David Kenny-BBC Monitoring, UK, via NU, Mar 11)

(c.f. bc-dx #351) 4830 was and still is occupied by China Huayi Broadcasting Corporation [on air ID in English] and they did not change name. If Mr. Schulze would have done a little better listening, then he would have maybe spotted the "Huayi" part in the ID. With a SINPO of 44554 you can't really miss it. If you want to hear an off- air recording of this station, then point your browser to http://w2.dj.net.tw/~hansenglish/radio/chinese/fun-6.htm and you'll find one there (I have to admit, not the clearest recording in the world, but it will do. I really have to make a new one one day). (Hans van den Boogert-TWN, Mar 12)

CUBA [?]. I've complained before about noise bursts marring reception of RKI 9650 at 1137 via Canada. I'm now 99% certain these are generated by the lousy RHC tx on 9550; on Mar 6 at 1140 check, the bursts were again extremely regular, now 12 seconds on, 13 seconds off, appearing at just about any empty spot plus or minus 100 kHz or more from 9550, such as 9555, 9545, 9535, 9515, 9635, 9650, 9655, 9660, 9490, 9455, 9460. The bursts come on abruptly, decrease slightly in intensity during the cycle, and slightly change pitch in the last couple of seconds before cutting off. Continued to be audible during the following hour, but after 1255 when 9550 had signed off, they were no longer heard.

Meanwhile, at 1218 I checked another RHC freq, 6000, and found similar-sounding noise accompanying it around 5990, 6005, but this was continuous. Then Mar 7 during an extended local power failure, at 1125 the bursts were back, to the previous 9 seconds on/16 seconds off pattern. March 12 at 1150 check, the bursts were gone, and 9550 itself sounded rather sickly. I had E-mailed an early version of this item to Arnie Coro a few days ago, but as usual there was no reply and I am not drawing any conclusions. I'd fall off my chair if this were ever a topic on DXers Unlimited. RHC is a technical marvel, and any problems can be blamed on the embargo. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Mar 12)

ESTONIA Estonian Radio closes VHF, SW txs. Estonian Radio continues to modernize its tx network. Fr 1st March, the use of the SW tx on 5925 kHz will be discontinued. Previously, Estonian Radio's ext bcs could be heard on this freq. Ext sces will continue to use Tallinn 103.5 MHz.

Two Vikerraadio [Estonian Radio first progr] VHF txs will close, Tallinn 71.78 MHz, Orissaare [on island of Saaremaa] 72.23 MHz. We recommend Tallinn 104.1 Mhz, Orissaare 105.9 MHz. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 6)

ETHIOPIA 5500 Voice of the Tigray Revolut (presumed) 0415 talk male and female with local mx and pop mx with extreme static noise not ID. (Canonica Daniele-SUI, Mar 09)

FINLAND Radio Finland, Foreign Language Sces, Z-98 periode En 0200-0230 558 9780 11900 0630-0700 11945 17830 2000-2030 558 963 6135 Ge 0530-0600 558 9560 1000-1030 9560 2030-2100 558 963 6135 Ru 0515-0530 558 9655 0830-0900 558 15225 1330-1400 558 6180 1600-1630 6180 Fr 0515-0530 9560 1945-2000 6135 2230-2245 558 Sw 0500-0515 9560 0630-0800 9560 0900-1000 9560 1300-2005 9730 (Andreas Volk-D, ADDX, Mar 8)

GERMANY/AUSTRIA/FRANCE/UK With the help of DF - direction finding - bearings from several other European monitoring stns we are now able to confirm that Voice of Free Nigeria is coming from DTK Juelich, Germany, rather than Africa as was previously suspected.

DFing skywave signals on SW is not always easy, and what appears to be happening with VOFN is that the signals from Germany are hitting the ionosphere somewhere over Africa, then bouncing back towards EUR from a southerly direction, hence the false southerly bearings from the UK. Incidentally, we have also recently taken bearings for Voice of Southern Azerbaijan which appear to confirm an Israeli tx site. (Dave Kenny, BBC Monitoring, UK, Mar 11)

NEW: ORF, RFI, BBC on LW Burg 261 kHz.

RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL testing in German on LW Burg 261 kHz via RadioRopa2.6.1 daily 1900-2000 UTC, Sat also 0900-1000 UTC (incl. "intermedia"). To celebrate "intermedia" #50 we will issue a special QSL for 261 on March 14th.

Chuck N4BQW/KH5K: Interview (RealAudio file En and Ge) plus all Kingman Reef QSLs and Chuck's Space Shuttle QSL: http://www.orf.at/roi/ (ORF intermedia, Mar 4)

Ich habe den neuen Sendeplan von RFI Paris erhalten. Ich hatte mich bei denen mal beschwert, daΓ‘ ihre interessanten Sendungen leider nicht mehr hoerbar sind (nur noch ueber Satellit, UKW Berlin 106 MHz und MW Paris 738 kHz).

RFI Paris German sce: Jetzt schreiben die mir, daΓ‘ sie den deutschen Dienst auch ber RadioRopa2.6.1 auf Burg bei Magdeburg 261 kHz senden, Zeit 0730-0800, 1130-1200 und 1700-1800 UTC, im Sommer - 1h. e-mail Adresse haben die jetzt auch: [email protected]

Ich habe gerade die Mittagsendung geh”rt, im AnschluΓ‘ daran kommt BBC World Service. Sieht so aus, als ob RadioRopa2.6.1 mit der Weitervermietung des LW-Senders versucht, ein paar Mark zu verdienen. (Martin Elbe-D DD9MW, Mar 6)

New low power MW stn M-AFK-Radio Munich Neuhausen Blutenburgstrasse 945 kHz 1 kW, suffering by interference of Toulouse und Riga-LVA. (Christian Bruelhart-SUI)

Noted on Nov '97 for the first time by Karel Honzik in Plzen-CR and came to the attention of Dxers.

Reported by ORF DX-Telegramm in Febr 1998 again. Some of us assumed that would be a carnival joke, hi. German ADDX magazine Kurier 4/98, page 20, printed a short notice about "AFK" - meaning "Aus- und Fortbildungskanal" - "education channel". ID is "M- 94.5", like FM channel Munich 94.5 Mhz. (Source: Michael Strassmann).

AFK (Aus- und Fortbildungskanal), Einsteinstr. 172, 81675 Muenchen Telefon +49 (0)89 45504413 Fax +49 (0)89 45504411 UKW Muenchen/Blutenburg 94,5 MHz, 0,1 kW Tx location is at Blutenburgstrasse in Nymphenburg (Muenchen-Neuhausen) power of 1 kW 945 kHz. [Deutsche Telekom location ed], also location for FM local tx of progr DLR- DeutschlandRadio Berlin!).

"Aus- und Fortbildungs-GmbH fuer elektronische Medien", Am Moosfeld 31, in 81829 Muenchen, Tel. +49 (0)89 427 40 80 Secretary Mrs.Hanses, on "AFK Studio" in Oettingenstrasse near Englischer Garten, same building which has been used by former Radio Free Europe/RL Munich radio sce studio, now belonging to Munich University. Tel. +49 (0)89 2178- 2405. MW target area is larger than the very poor FM freq. (Rudolf Puryear-D, Mar 9)

Bayer. Landesmedienzentrale: http://www.blm.de e-mail [email protected]

Similar project introduced in Nuremberg in 1996, "AFK-Hoerfunkverein" on cable network 88.1 Mhz, 24 hrs service, broadcasts no commercials. Terestrial FM radio will follow soon, to be called MAX 91.0 MHz.

Adressen: AFK GmbH, e-mail Internet: www.afk.de Fax: +49 (0)89 42 74 08 - 99 M-94.5: Fax: +49 (0)89 21 78 - 24 06 Tel: +49 (0)89 21 78 - 2405 AFK-Verein Nuernberg Fax: +49 (0)911 93184-31 (Dieter Unger, DL3MDR, Mar 9; Harald Kuhl-D, Mar 11; Hagen Kliemann-D, Muenchen, Mar 10)

GHANA The unID African heard drifting up and down this range for the past couple of weeks turns out to be a spur of GBC on 4915. On Feb 22, noted with talk in En, choral anthem and s/off at 0000 on 4792.9-4793.5v, GBC R. One. Interesting that the spur drifts but the fundamental doesn't. (Bob Hill-USA, via EDXP, Feb 28)

GREECE BBC nx in Greek daily on MW Rhodes isl. 1494 kHz 1830-1845 UTC. Nx in Gr, Fr, and Bulgarian of home sce 2 daily 1900-1915 on Athens 1386 kHz. (PanIview-BUL, Feb 28)

VoA eliminating the shortwave site in Rhodes, Greece (in fiscal year save 1,200,000 dollars and 27 positions [unemployed?]), see under USA. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 6)

The Greek Radio & TV owns a network of MW txs all over Greece. Their power ranges from 200 kW down to just 1 KW. Your best catches should be early morning until perhaps 0700 local time, or after 1800 (local time again). Try the txs with power fr 50 kW up to 200 kW. For more hardcore DX try the stns that run 10 kW if they bc on a "clear" channel. All txs operate around the clock. If anyone needs the mailing addrs of the regional stns, just let me know. ATHENS 1 729 150 R-1 ATHENS 2 1386 50 R-2 ATHENS 3 666 15 3rd progr ATHENS 4 981 200 Sports R THESSALONIKI 1 1044 150 MACEDONIA 1 THESSALONIKI 2 1179 50 MACEDONIA 2 ORESTIADA 11485 1 ORESTIADA2 1080 10 PATRA 1485 1 IRAKLEIO 954 10 LARISA 945 5 CHANIA 1512 50 IOANNINA 765 10 TRIPOLI 1314 10 PYRGOS 1350 4 FLORINA 1278 10 KOMOTINI 1404 50 VOLOS 1485 1 SERRES 1584 1 KAVALA 1602 1 KOZANI 1602 1 RHODES 1494 50 SAMOS 1602 1 CORFU 1008 50 ZAKYNTHOS 927 50 NOTE: The reg stns relay approximately 12 hrs per day the progrs of ERA1, ERA2, Sports R. All other hours have their reg programming. ERA1 = First Progr ERA2 = Second Progr (Aris Giannarelis-GRC, Mar 2)

HUNGARY Radio Budapest, Z-98 Schedule 29-3-98 to 25-10-98 Croatian 0430-0500 3975 7185 1500-1530 3975 7165 English 0230-0300 9840 11910 1900-1930 3975 7170 2100-2130 3975 11700 NAM 0100-0130 6120 9580 German 1200-1300Su 5970 7220 1700-1800Su 3975 5990 1730-1800M-Sa 3975 5990 1930-2000M-Sa 3975 7180 Hungarian AUS 0900-1000 17780 21560 (Sun -1100) 1800-1900 3975 5960 2000-2100 3975 9505 NAM 0000-0100 9810 11910 NAM 0130-0230 9840 11685 NAM 2000-2100 15210 SAM 2200-2300 9840 11905 (Sun -2400) Roumanian 0400-0430 3975 7290 1530-1600 3975 7165 Russian 0300-0330 3975 6145 1430-1500 5975 9530 Serbian 0530-0600 5980 9700 1700-1730M-Sa 5990 6145 1930-2000Su 7120 7155 Slovak 0500-0530 3975 5985 1630-1700 3975 6185 Ukranian 0300-0400 3975 6145 1600-1630 3975 7165 (Andreas Volk-D, ADDX, Mar 7)

IRAQ Iraqi Radio's main dom sce, which is on the air from 0255-0015, continues to be observed on 756 and 963 kHz MW. 1035 kHz 1500-2100 in //.

On SW, the stn is heard intermittently on 9715 kHz around 0615-1000, and approx. 1000- 1400 11785. Voice of Youth: This Baghdad-based local stn continues to be observed on 1084 kHz from fade-in at 1600 until sign-off 2300.

Radio Iraq Internat: Iraqi Radio's ext sce has been heard again for the first time in several weeks. It was observed, with very poor reception, on 23rd Febr with a progr in En 0400-0500 11785.

The Future (Al Mustaqbal): An Iraqi opposition radio stn identifying itself as "The Future" (Arabic: al-mustaqbal) and describing itself as "the radio of the Iraqi National Accord" (idha'at al-wifaq al-watani aliraqi) was observed on 22nd Feb 0110-0200 MW 1566 kHz. (In July 1997 Jordanian press reports said that this radio stn had closed. Acc to the web site of the Iraqi National Accord - http://www.iraq-free.demon.co.uk

- the INA radio stn Al-Mustaqbal began bcing on 21st Apr 1996. It says that "a daily three-hour bc can be heard on MW 1557-1584 kHz at 1700 hrs and repeated until 0700 hrs". The web site gives a UK addr for the INA of PO Box 3124, London SW19 1RL; tel +44 - 181 - 543 9282; fax +44 - 181 - 543-2932 E-mail [email protected]

Contact numbers are also given for the INA in Frankfurt, Germany; Amman, Jordan; Salahuddin, Iraqi Kurdistan; and Damascus, Syria.).

Voice of the Brave Armed Forces: An Iraqi opposition radio stn identifying itself as "Voice of the Brave Armed Forces" (Arabic: huna al-iraq, sawt al-quwwat al-musallahah al-basilah) was heard on 24th Feb from what is believed to be the same tx on 1566 kHz. This stn was monitored from tune-in at 0046-0055.

("Voice of the Brave Armed Forces" was the slogan used by the Iraqi opposition stn which in the past identified itself as Iraqi Army Radio. It now appears to have dropped the name Iraqi Army Radio in favour of "Voice of the Brave Armed Forces".) (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 6)

US plan to set up "Radio Free Iraq" criticized. The political editor of the Rep of Iraq Radio has commented on a 'Washington Post' report of 2nd Mar, which said that the United States supports the idea of setting up a Radio Free Iraq as part of its efforts to confront President Saddam Husayn and that US officials are considering plans to use a tx in Kuwait, which was used against Iraq in the past by secret opposition groups financed by the Central Intelligence Agency. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 6)

IRELAND [non?] RTE, will carry its weekly "Worlds Apart" prorg for Irish aid workers and missionaries in developing countries for 13 weeks, beginning Mar 10 as follows: Tue to SoAM 2300 9925; Wed to SoEaAS 1330 12015, to EaAF 1500 15120, to AF 1700 11605, and to WeAF 1800 11605. (RTE via VOA CommWorld, via NU, Mar 7) No tx location given. [DTK or Merlin/BBC ? ]

IRELAND [non]. New weekly RTE relay of Worlds Apart progr on foreign aid was fair Tue Mar 10 at 2305-2350 via Germany 260d on 9925, starting with report about Burundi, during one-hour txion starting with En nx and ending with Gaelic. (Glenn Hauser-OK, WORLD OF RADIO 932, Mar 12)

Sites for repeats on Wed are: 1330 12015 152d from Irkutsk, Russia to SE Asia; 1500 15120 19d from Meyerton-RSA, to EaAF; 1600 11605 160d from Juelich to No/Ce/SoAF; 1700 11605 200d from Juelich to WeAF. The series runs 13 weeks. (Wesley Boyd, RTE via Finbarr O'Driscoll, RIB and WORLD OF RADIO 932, Mar 12)

JORDAN Jordanian Armed Forces Radio's test broadcasts. Radio Jordan began what it called an experimental txion of a new sce called "Voice of Awakening, the Jordanian Armed Forces Radio" [Arabic: sawt al-nahdah, idha'at al-quwat al-musallahah al-urduniyah]. At 1500 on 1st March, the Radio Jordan announcer said that the freq MW 612 kHz would break off from the main progr to begin "the progrs of the Jordanian Armed Forces Radio, the Voice of Awakening". For one hour from now [1500- 1600].

We request reception reports from you throughout the day on phone number 5675352; fax 5675378. At 1558, the radio made the following announcement: Here we end our experimental txion for today. We will meet again at 1500 UTC tomorrow. The voices of the announcers are familiar male and female voices heard regularly on Radio Jordan. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 6)

LIBYA [UNIDENTIFIED]. On 15283.9v, unstable carrier with hum, March 6 at 1712 muezzin; suspect Libya? (Glenn Hauser, OK, Mar 12) Today 1815 UTC: Libya on unstable varying 15286.17 ... 15286.28 //15415; and R Cairo in Ar too on 15284.94. (WB Mar 12)

MALTA/ITALY/RUSSIA Fr Mar 29, VoM Valetta [seemingly German lang, sorry not drawing down] Suns 1130 UTC on RAI Rome facilities [0900-1200] 9600 and 2030 on 12060 [Sherpukhov Russia 250 kW 250 degr]. (Josef Zimmermann-D, via wwh, Mar 12)

MEXICO v6184.96 R Educacion, Mexico City, Sp, 0237, lovely MEX mx. Good propagation fr No&CeAM in 41 and 49 mb today. Lots of US ham radio operators in 40 mb. 23222 (WB, Mar 7)

MOLDOVA/Pridnestrovye Yesterday I noted R.Pridnestrovie broadcast in Ru via Maiac on 999 kHz prior to TWR s-on at 1830, and going to monitor this channel for the detailed report later today. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Mar 7)

TWR Ukr daily 1730-1800 summer, 1930-2000 Mon Belarus, Wed Ru, Tue/Thur Ukr. (TWR schedule Z98)

NETHERLANDS Q RADIO on MW 1224 kHz has specialized on World Music. It is a superb selection of tropical mx like Salsa, Cumbia, Reggae, Highlife, Soukous, Rai etc. including Blues, Soul and Funk. Q RADIO announced the following phone no. ++31 - 575-515514 e-mail: [email protected] (Juergen Lohuis-D, Mar 8)

PARAGUAY v9737.56 R Nacional de PRG, Asuncion, Sp live football coverage, different reporters, 0225. Somewhat fluttery signal, had observed betters signal in Nov-Jan. The 31 mb didn't propagate well today. 33222. (WB, Mar 7)

POLAND/ALBANIA TWR in Nordic langs via Polish MW stn Stargard Tychovo 1530 kHz: Mon- Fri 1830 Fi, 1900 No, 1930-2000 Sw; 1930-2000 Sun Lithuan. May 1 - Aug 31 eventually one hour later. If MW fails, until Aug 14 use SW Cerrik-ALB 31 mb 9905 kHz instead, 100 kW 33 degr. 1830-2100 UTC. (TWR schedule Z98)

RUSSIA SPECIAL REPORT Gosudarstvennaya Teleradiokompaniya "Peterburg Pyatiy (=5) Kanal" (=State Radiotelevision Company "St.Petersburg Fifth Channel") - or simply Radio Peterburg - returns on its well-known MW freq of 801 kHz. The bcs will start on Mar 8th, 1998 at 0300 acc to the following daily schedule: 801 kHz 0300-2200 UTC (or 0200-2100 UTC fr Mar 29th). The tx power is 1000 kW and the antenna is non-directional. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 6)

There is interference to 9715 fr Radio Rossii Moscow on nominal 9720 but which also has two symmetric carriers and modulation at weaker level on 9717.79 and 9722.21, Moscow- Riazan 240 winter / 100 summer kW 240 degr, 0630-1500. (Noel Green-UK, Mar 2)

State Teleradio Company "Yantar" (Yantar=Amber) is the local state-controlled broadcaster in Kaliningrad. It identifies on the air as "Radio Yantar". Kaliningrad local time is GMT+2 hrs in winter, GMT+3 hrs in summer - i.e. one hour earlier than Moscow time) This schedule shows local progrs only, at other times this station carries Radio Yunost or Mayak fr Moscow. 0200-2200 Ru 1116 102.5 MHz (Relay of Yuonost/Mayak exc where shown) 0510-0700 Mo-Fr "Panorama", 0610-0700 Mo-Fr/0600-0700 Sat/Sun local progr, 1500-1520 Mo-Fr Oblast nx and weather. Addr: GTRK "Yantar", ul.Klinicheskaya 19, 236016 Kaliningrad Tel: +7 - 0112 - 452700 (director); 452591 (nx sce); fax: +7 - 0112 - 452233 (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 5)

Radio Bashkortostan (Ufa), this station carries the music channel of Russia's Radio when not carrying its own local progrs. 0000-2200 Ru/Bashkir 4485 693 68.3. Local progrs: 0200-0300 Mon-Sat, 0300-0400 Suns, 0400-0900 Sat/Sun, 0700-0900 Mon-Fri, 1300-1500 Mon-Fri (incl 1420 nx in Tatar) Address: GTRK Bashkortostan, Ul.Gafuri 9, 450076 Ufa, Russia. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 5)

In a "combined attack" of many 'HAM Band Watch' organizations from region 1 and 3 the IARU-MONITORING SYSTEM under the guidance of coordinator Ron Roden, G4GKO, and ITU authorities, 40 mb intruder Voice of Russia 7100 kHz will be forced to leave the 40 m amateur radio band.

VoR Moscow 0000-0600 UTC bcing on 7100,0 kHz using superpower unit of 1000 kW at 310 degr. Resulting in tremendous signal level of S 9 +85db on a dipol here in WeEUR. Many national telecommunication authorities protest against this intruder interference.

Homepage of the band watch organization: www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/9112 containing latest reports about the intruder interference. (Bandwacht des DARC, Ulrich Bihlmayer, DJ9KR Eichhaldenstrasse 35, D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany eMail: [email protected] Mar 8)

Tbilisskoye tx 1089 kHz sce: 1300-1400 Adygean Radio from Maykop, 1300 Adygean language, 1330 Ru. 1400-1500 R Rossii in Ru 1500-1600 R Kuban, Krasnodar in Ru 1600-1700 //6005, 6130; 1170 kHz, Sun, Mon VoR in En; Tue-Fri Islamskaya Valna in Ru, Ar; Sat Kala Aturaya in Assyrian. 1700-1800 & 1900-2100 VoR in Ar. 1800-1900 Adygean Radio from Maykop, Mons Adygean, Ar, Tu. Fris Adygean. 1830-1900 Wed/Thur/Sun Kabardin Radio, Nalchik, in Kabardinian language.

Tbilisskoye tx 1170 kHz sce: 1500 VoR Tu, 1600 as on 1089 kHz, 1700-1750 DW in Tu, 1800 VoR Ar, 1900-1927 IBRA in Tu, 1930-1957 CRI Beijing in Tu, 2000-2100 IBRA in Ar (//5935, 7420). (PanIvies-BUL, Feb 27)

St. HELENA FROM THE BUSY OFFICES OF RADIO ST HELENA Jamestown, St Helena, 06 March, 1998. To date we have received around 500 reception reports in the respect of the 1997 WW transmission. No cards have been sent out yet, as we are experiencing some difficulties with the printers at the Castle, who are pushed in trying to find the way to print them, but if all goes well, we will send the first batch at the end of this month (March), airmail via Ascension. Best Regards, Derek RichardsΓΏ

More info on The St. Helena homepage http://www.sthelena.se

(INTERNET:[email protected] via Lennart Deimert, INTERNET:[email protected] Mar 6)

SAIPAN (Northern Mariana Isl) KHBI, Saipan; schedule valid as fr 3rd Mar 1998: EUR & ME: 1800 and 1900 9355. E.EUR: 0800 15665. AF: 1800 and 1900 9385. JPN, KOR & RUS: 0900 and 1100 15665. IND: 1300 9355. CHN: 0000 and 1000 15665, 1400 9355. INS: 1000 15725, 1300 9385. SoEaAS: 1200 9355. AUS: 0900 13840, 1100 and 1200 9385. NZL: 2000 13840. Addr: c/o P.O.Box 1524, Boston, MA 02117-1524, U.S.A. wwweb: www.csmonitor,com or www.tfccs.com e-mail: [email protected] (Direct BNLuxDXC, Feb 18)

SAUDI ARABIA Despite BSKSA opens Ar sces at 0300, I noted SW channel units in 31 mb already/still on air at 0220 UTC: v9553.57 v9578.69 v9619.41[strongest hetting c-ch REE]. BSKSA Riyadh Indonesian sce on single freq 21705 at 1000-1200. (WB, Mar 7)

SLOVENIA Radio Koper-Capodistria bcs two sces. The Slovene "Modri Val", mainly targets Slovenes at home and in Italy whilst the Italian "Onda Blu", is for Italians in Slovenia and Croatia. The stns aim to promote good relations between the ethnic minorites in the area. After closedown, Mondri Val relays progrs fr the Slovene Radio First Progr whilst Onda Blu relays Radio Maribu International (on FM only).

RADIO KOPER-CAPODISTRIA "MONDRI VAL" 0500-0615 Mon-Sat, 0615-2300 daily Slovene 549 kHz 107.6-Tinjan 104.3-Beli Kriz 100.6-Kuk 100.3-Skalnica 96.4-Koper 88.6-Nanos RADIO KOPER-CAPODISTRIA "ONDA BLU" 0500-1900 daily Italian 1170 103.1 98.9 88.4

Addr: Radio Koper-Capodistria, Ulica OF 15, 6000 Koper, Slovenia Tel: +386 - 66 - 48505 fax: +386 - 66 - 391051 (Slovene); +386 - 66 - 391050 (Italian) URL: http://www.irts.si/radio-kp/ e-mail: radio.koperirts.si (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 5)

SWITZERLAND I got an E-mail from Bob Zanotti at SRI, who says that the last day of operation at the SRI-Schwarzenburg site is going to be March 28. He and Bob Thomann are going to do a "Two Bobs" interview show on Mar 28 from the site, incl. the typical Two Bobs banter and interviews with xmtr personnel. Bob is not sure when this prgm will actually be b/c on the SRI En sce, but the current thinking is that the air date may be Mon, Mar 30, or more likely the following weekend. (Zeller-OH, via NU, Mar 8)

TAHITI RF0 15170 RFO Tahiti (presumed) 0057 mellow pop mx, 0100 woman speaks in Fr, could not make out an ID, then man speaks. 0103 back to woman. Signal very weak, high noise level here, very poor overall. New tx per Bob Padula/Chris Hambly. (Dan Ziolkowski-NY USA, via EDXP, Feb 26)

I received many other reports of 15170 which are too numerous to reproduce here. Signals continue to be well heard here in Melbourne throughout the period 1800-1000. RNMN ran a report on 15170 from a NZ listener on Mar 5, even though the EDXP Media Release on the item was sent to MN on Feb 21, some two weeks earlier! One really wonders whether E-mail "news" for media-type progrs is actually appreciated by international broadcasters.? (Bob Padula-AUS EDXP, Mar 6)

TURKEY TRT Ankara replaced 15415 [to avoid Libya co-ch?] by 15110 for Turkish to CeAS 1000-1300, Emirler 500 kW 105 degr. //9460 11955 15350. In Z98 schedule this sce move to 21715 extended time schedule. (WB Mar 8)

TURKMENISTAN If anyone is interested in verifying Turkmenistan, this might be a good time. I rcvd a form letter with stn seal in 56 days for an audio cassette and $1. BADXer John Fisher also rcvd his on the same day. Their address is: R. Turkmenistan, Natl TV & Radio B/Cing Co., Mollanepes St. 3, Ashgabat 744000, Turkmenistan. V/S: G. Khanmamedov, Chief of Technical Dept. (Comeau, MA, in NU, Mar 1)

USA Radio Free Asia: Addit RFA bcs in Mandarin, starting Mar 1, 1998: 7530 1800-2000 9355 1800-2000 9650 1800-2000 9885 1800-2000 9905 1900-2000 (Ferguson-USA via Cumbre Dx, Mar 6)

Statement on foreign broadcasting plans. Expanding VOA and Radio Free Asia bcs to China. Developing a Persian-language surrogate bcing sce to Iran. ... Since passage of the International Broadcasting Act in 1994, the IBB has carefully analyzed txion assets in order to create a reliable, flexible and efficient network responsive to the technical requirements of all US internat broadcasters. In FY 1997, under a single, smaller engineering organization, the consolidation of the network continued, including the shifting of resources to reflect a change from Cold War era priorities to new ones in East Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

... Actions are presently under way to ship txs and other equipment from downsized or closed stns to those closer to priority audiences in Africa and Asia; to construct new antennas designed to meet the growing demand for combined bc requirements; to add satellite ground stns; and to install energy-saving solid state modulators at various sites. This effort will continue throughout FY 1998 and into FY 1999, as will the conversion of major segments of the IBB satellite txion network from analogue to digital format, which directly increases both the capacity and quality of global network coverage. The request includes 12m dollars to continue the replacement of obsolete analogue production equipment at Washington headquarters with modern digital technology.

... In August, International Broadcasting Bureau [IBB] monitoring stns in various locations confirmed significant interference with RFA Mandarin language bcs to China, using the traditional jamming technique known as "co-channelling" during RFA txions. While IBB monitoring and listener responses via mail and faxes indicate that the RFA signal, transmitted on multiple freqs, continues to get through, the jamming emphasizes the importance of enhancing the present IBB txion network with facilities such as the new Tinian (Pacific island) relay station.

... Cost of upgrading global txion network. A total of 25,308,000 dollars is requested in Fiscal Year [FY] 1999 to continue the technical upgrade and consolidation of the IBB's global txion network. This network, representing a national resource valued at over one billion dollars, includes three domestic (incl Tinian island) and 11 overseas relay stns containing some 130 txs, and a network of leased international satellite circuits which serves more than 1,000 satellite earth stns worldwide.

Mindful of the International Broadcasting Act's mandate to consolidate wherever possible, we are proposing a reduction in positions for FY 1999. This budget proposes 4,329,000 dollars in FY 1999 programme decreases, including eliminating the shortwave site in Rhodes, Greece (1,200,000 dollars and 27 positions), further reducing Office of Engineering headquarters staff (1,600,000 dollars and 20 positions). (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 6)

WSHB, Boston; schedule valid as fr 3rd Mar 1998: NoAM (We&Ce) 0100 7535, 0200 and 0300 5850, 1300 9430. NoAM (Eat) & Caribb 0000 7535, 1000, 1100 and 1200 6095. MEX 0200 7535, 1300 9455. CE&SoAM 0000 and 0100 9430, 1000 and 1100 7395, 1200 9455, 2300 13770. Brazil 0900 7395, 2200 13770. EaEUR, RUS & UKR 0400 7535. EaEUR 1800 and 1900 15665. CeEUR 0500 7535. EUR 0800 and 0900 7535, 2000 and 2100 11550. WeEUR 0600 and 0700 7535, 2000 and 2100 13770, 2200 7510. SoEUR & WeAF 2300 7510. EaAF 1600 18930. CeAF 0400 9840, 0500 9835, 1700 18930. WeAF 1900 17510. SoAF 1800 18930. NZL 0800 9845. Addr: P.O.Box 1524, Boston, MA 02117-1524, U.S.A. WWW: www.csmonitor,com or www.tfccs.com e-mail: [email protected] (Direct BNLuxDXC, 18-Feb-98)

NEW UTOPIA. Interesting story on David Bresnahan show "Talk USA" 0500 UT Feb 26 on WHRI 5770. The guest was Prince Lazarus of New Utopia, a new country which will soon appear in the Caribbean. Construction will begin in April on a group of submerged islands halfway between Cayman and Belize. (I assume he was referring to the Rosario Reefs north of Swan Island). A complete city will be built on concrete pilings, including an airport, apartments, condos, shopping malls, hotels and a medical center. The Principality of New Utopia will be primarily a tax haven, banking and medical centre, and has already applied for UN membership. Anyone can become a citizen by donating $200 to Prince Lazarus, although the local population will be limited. No, this is not an April fool's joke. To contact the Prince, or to apply for citizenship, a phone number in Oklahoma was given. (I wonder if that new radio ship is planning to broadcast from New Utopia). (Ernie Behr, Kenora, Ont., March 2, RIB and WORLD OF RADIO 932, Mar 12) My NY Times Atlas of the World shows both Rosario Bank and Misteriosa Bank in this area; surely the latter due to name. (Hauser)

UZBEKISTAN Came across of R Tashkent's En sce at 0100, noted addit 6th freq 7105, in //5040 5955 5975 7205, and 9540. (WB Mar 8)

WESTERN SAHARA Polisario radio changes frequency, National Radio of the SADR is believed to bc from Bir Lehlu in a Polisario-controlled part of Western Sahara, about 200 km south-west of Tindouf-ALG. The radio bcs in Ar and occasionally in Sp, daily 1800-0000 and 0700-0800. National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic was observed by BBCM on 3rd Mar from tune in at 2140 until sign-off at 0000 on MW 1550, a move from its long-established channel of 1544 kHz. Interference in the form of a bubble type jammer was noted at times in the background. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 6)

RADIO NETHERLANDS NEWS. If you haven't visited the Radio Netherlands Web site lately, just a note that the Z98 schedule is already available on line. To reach it directly go to http://www.rnw.nl/z98.html this is of course the tentative schedule and changes are likely resulting from HFCC coordination procedures. The online version will be updated as soon as these changes are advised by the RNW Fequency Manager. (DSWCI DXW, Mar01)

RADIO FEST 98 The Ontario DX Association invites radio enthusiasts of all interests and all levels to join us for the event of the year, Radio Fest 98. This 1998 convention of the ODXA promises to be one of the best events in recent years for radio hobbyists.

Regular releases will be distributed and we invite you to pass them on to anyone whom you believe would be interested. Here are the details to this time: Dates: Fri, Oct 2 - Sun, Oct 4 Location: Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario

Theme: "Communications Into Our Future" Registration Fees : $15 for the entire convention, $5 for one-day attendance Accomodations : local hotels and motels Topics to be Covered (more will be added as we line up speakers and presenters): Antenna Basics; Mediumwave Loop Building Workshop; History of Canadian Radio; Introduction to Shortwave Radio; Game Show (a fun event for everyone); Radio Astronomy.

Saturday Night Banquet: A keynote speaker will be announced shortly. Prizes: Many exciting prizes will be available in our traditional raffle. Contact for further information: World Wide Web http://www.grove.net/~odxa/ [Note that this will change soon, due to the sale of Grove.net] E-mail: [email protected] Snail Mail: Ontario DX Association, P.O. Box 161, Station A, Willowdale, Ontario M2N 5S8, Canada

M E D I A R E L E A S E I am pleased to advise that the SPECIAL EDITION (MARCH 1998) of the popular and authoritative AUSTRALASIAN SHORTWAVE GUIDE is now available for worldwide distribution!

This Special Issue contains:

- Australian High Frequency Spectrum Study (#4) - many hundreds of entries of SW broadcasting stations ACTUALLY monitored in Australia during Jan and Feb 1998, from 2300-10000 kHz, between 0000 and 0400 UTC, giving times heard, languages, broadcast days, txer sites, and distances (shortpath and longpath). The Study is arranged in two sections - Section A for reception in the Eastern States, and Section B for reception in Western Australia.

A comprehensive analysis is given on propagation mechanisms, for the time period which corresponds to the Australian summer midday, including ducted propagation, multi-hop propagation, and Sporadic-E effects. Graphs and data are included, for solar activity, since1956! It also includes details of the remarkable midday propagation from Southern Africa on 6 and 7 MHz. (11 pages!)

- DXing Malaysia: A special in-depth analysis of radio broadcasting in Malaysia, supported by detailed discussion on the development, culture, and languages of the region. Contains detials of ACTUAL MONITORED SCHEDULES of all RTVM SW broadcasts, as at early March 1998! General details are also given about VHF-FM and MW broadcasting. (4 pages!)

- Shortwave News of the World - a special feature with details of schedules of international broadcasts to Australia, Asia, the Far East, Pacific, and the Indian sub-continent, updating the December 1997 Guide

- Propagation Almanac: a PRACTICAL summary of solar activity experienced in 1997 with predictions (and charts!) for Solar Cycle 23, which is expected to peak in the year 2000, and anticipated to be one of the HIGHEST sunspot years on record. Valuable background on past Cycles is given, with predictions of what may be expected in 1998

- Shortwave DXing from French Polynesia. The reactivation of RFO's SW service on 15170 kHz has attracted world wide interest! This article looks at SW reception FROM the island of Moorea, northwest of Tahiti, using simple receiving equipment, with a discussion of propagation, as observed during late 1997, from the author's vacation at the Club Med resort.

- International Broadcasting News: an update of international broadcasting, with an account of the recent High Frequency Coordination Committee meeting in Bruges (Belgium) of February 1998. Future trends are discussed, and a list is given of the extended bands, now available for international broadcasting.

The NEW Guide is packed with up-to-date information, is clear to read (no need to buy microscopes!), commercially printed, A4 format, saddle stitched and contains promotional messages from a number of monitoring Clubs, commercial organizations, and publishers! Available NOW for: **** In Australia - A $10 (cash, or cheque/ money order for credit of Bob Padula) **** To all other countries - airmail - US$7 (cash *** no cheques ***) (or 8 IRC's) Prices INCLUDE postage and handling! This publication is offered to the worldwide radio monitoring community as a special service. Copies for bona-fide review purposes will be sent airmail, on request, free of charge, to Clubs, organizations, publishers, writers and media-presenters. Orders and payment to: Bob Padula, 404 Mont Albert Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127, Australia. Tel/Fax: +61 3 9898 2906 E-mail: [email protected]

Subject: medienforum NRW 1998 Vom 14.-17.Juni 1998 findet in Koeln das medienforum NRW 1998 statt. Die Veranstaltung beinhaltet u.a. - Cologne Conference, International TV Festival Cologne 12.-17. Juni 1998 - Radio Kongress - media NRW-Forum - mecon, Fachkongress fuer digitale Medienproduktion - media vision, Fachmesse - Medienbuergerfest, 13.-14.6.98 Infos im internet unter http://www.medienforum.nrw.de (Juergen Lohuis-D, Mar 8)

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ANGOLA 6225 VORGAN at 2045-2103* in Po with pop songs, 2057 ID and news, 2102 NA before s/off; good to see that this interesting stn somehow has managed to stay on the air; not very strong here in Germany and affected by heavy jamming most days, which most likely is meant for a clandestine in the ME. (Harald Kuhl-D, Mar 8)

UNITA radio stn to close by end of March. Angola's former rebel movement UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) on 7th Mar handed over its formal declaration of military demobilization to the Angolan govt and said it would implement outstanding clauses of the peace agreement, the SoAfrican news agency SAPA reported. As part of UNITA's compliance with the accord, it will move its headquarters from the south of the country to the capital Luanda by 31st Mar 1998; UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi and other officials are supposed to move to Luanda by the end of Mar; and by the same date, UNITA is to shut down its radio stn - Vorgan (Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel).

VORGAN is currently observed bcing at approx 0500-0900 on 9770, 1100-1430 11880 and 1700-2100 6225. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 7/13)

BELGIUM Radio Vlaanderen Internat, schedule Z98, 29 Mar-24 Oct 98 Mon-Fri 0430-0500 Flemish 11750B 200 305 NoAMWe 0500-0555 Flemish 11810W 100 167 AF 13745W 200 152 AF 0600-0725 Flemish 5985W 200 163 SoEUR 9925W 200 197 SoWeEUR 0730-0755 En 7290W 100 84 EaEUR 9940W 100 225 AUS 1000-1025 Flemish 15535M 200 245 SoAF 1030-1055 En 9925W 100 32 NoEUR 15595W 200 137 SoEaEUR 1100-1155 Flemish 9925W 200 163 SoEUR 11995W 200 197 SoWeEUR 1200-1225 Flemish 9865PK 250 245 EaAS AUS 15250B 200 170 SoAM 15450T 100 130 SoEaAS 15590W 200 197 Canary Isl. & WeAF 1230-1255 En 15545W 100 293 NoAM 1600-1625 Flemish 5910W 200 163 SoEUR 9925W 200 197 SoWeEUR 11965J 100 60 EaEUR 1630-1655 En 5910W 200 163 SoEUR 7290W 100 84 EaEUR 1700-1730 Flemish 7410J 100 40 NoEUR 11810J 100 115 ME 15270W 200 137 AF 17655W 200 157 AF 1730-1755 En 11810J 100 115 ME 17655W 200 157 AF 1800-1855 Flemish 5840J 100 ND EUR 13685W 200 152 AF 15270W 200 157 AF 1900-1955 Flemish 5910W 200 163 SoEUR 9925W 200 197 SoWeEUR 2000-2030 En 1512Wo 300 nd WeEUR 2230-2255 Flemish 13655B 200 335 NoAMEa

Only Fris 2030-2055 French 9925W 100 293 NoAM

Only Sats 0800-0825 German 5985W 200 163 SoEUR 7290W 100 84 EaEUR 0830-0855 French 15545W 200 152 AF 17690W 200 157 AF 1800-2015 N* 13685W 100 167 AF 1800-1855 Flemish 5840J 100 ND EUR 15270W 200 157 AF 1900-2015 Flemish 5910W 200 163 SoEUR 9925W 200 197 SoWeEUR 1900-1930 French 3995J 100 ND EUR (020598-150898) 1930-2000 German 3995J 100 ND EUR (020598-150898)

Only Suns 0800-0825 German 5985W 200 163 SoEUR 7290W 100 84 EaEUR 0830-0855 French 15545W 200 152 AF 17690W 200 157 AF 0900-1000 Flemish 17690W 200 152 AF 21510W 200 157 AF 1300-1600 N* 9925W 100 163 SoEUR 11895W 200 197 SoWeEUR 17680W 200 157 AF 1900-1930 French 3995J 100 ND EUR (030598-160898) 1930-2000 German 3995J 100 ND EUR (030598-160898)

BON = Bonaire ATN JUL = Deutsche Telekom Juelich Germany MAD = Antananarivo MDG P.K = Petropavlovsk-Kamtsjatka, FE RUS TAC = Tashkent UZB WAV = Wavre BEL N* = Sports progr (relay Radio 1) (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Mar 13)

CAMBODIA v11940.3 National Voice of Cambodia Phnom Penh, not on the air at the listed time! On Mar 2nd, 1210-1232 strong test tone, at 1224-1225 tx switched off, and again on til 1232. Signal was 9+20dB at best. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 6)

11940.34, Nat Voice of Cambodia, Mar 9, 0010-0020, Moderate carrier with few bits of threshold audio. Het from a another carrier on 11940.0. No basis for ID but almost surely this, reactivated, although maybe irregular as I've not seen any other recent reports. (Clark, via DXW, Mar 15)

CHILE Winter time in Chile: from Mar 15-Oct 10, 1998, CHILE -4 UTC (Hugo Lopez-CHL, Mar 15)

CHINA/AUSTRIA nf9520 Nei Menggu PBS in Chinese. First noted on Mar 11 with phone talks and mx. 0440-0550*. Also Nei Menggu using new 9750 for Mongolian till 0555*. No //freq. heard. All Ids heard. c.f.bc-dx #354. Mongolian in 4785 is also Nei Menggu, bcs *2230- 1500v* as I already reported about it a few weeks ago.//6195, MW. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 13)

CRI - Mediumwave relay from Austria? Towards the end of 1997, delegations from China's ext radio sce, China Radio International (CRI) visited internat bcers in EUR and SoAS to discuss cooperation, incl progr, personnel and relay exchanges. In Austria, discussion also included the possibility of CRI using a MW tx to reach listeners in EUR.

During the visit, CRI and Radio Austria International or RIO, signed the minutes of talks on the exchange of personnel, progrs and mutual txions of each other's progrs. The CRI delegation especially expressed the hope that RIO would be able to relay, in MW, CRI's progrs beamed to EUR. For this request, RIO said they would study the possibility of technical cooperation in this field.

At RFI, CRI Deputy Director and RFI Director-General signed a document to renew the CRI- RFI agreement to relay each other's progrs. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 13)

CUBA 9550, Radio Reloj etc., Mar 13, 1535. Big open carrier until just after 1600, when played a couple of ballads and cut carrier; programming could have been Rebelde or Progreso or something else, I guess; but then returned for about five seconds at 1613 with R Reloj, and off. Probably Arnie Coro and company doing tests in response to gh's observations. (Novello, via DXW, Mar 15)

ECUADOR - it may take HCJB three to four years to relocate 11 SW txs, 32 antennas and 48 towers at its Pifo tx site which is in direct line with a new international airport at a cost of US$5m. In view of changing media opportunities some broadcasts may be transmitted by relay facilities in other countries, some targets may be dropped, in fact eventually HCJB may drop SW to all areas outside Latin America. HCJB will not rebuild the European antennas. The emphasis will be to move as little as possible and rent and relay as much as possible. (WDXC Contact March)

ERITREA [clandestine] new QSL from the Eritrean Liberation front ELF-RC received today 12-3-98 in 20 days ! Below is their letter retyped.

This is to confirm your reception of our radio transmission "The Voice of Democratic Eritrea" on the time and freq your recorded: congratulations YOU happen to be one amongst the first persons around the world who reported back. After all this transmission which preaches democracy, peace, reconciliation and justice will no doubt play a crucial role in the ongoing pacification and democratization process in eritrea and the entire region.

Thank you for the interest you have taken in our transmission take care and keep in touch cordially Seyoum O Michael, Mm of Executive Committee , ELF RC POB 200343, D-53134 Bonn FRG , tel fax 49 0 228356 181 email [email protected] They also maintain a web page found at http://www.erols.com/meskerem (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Mar 12)

FINLAND Fr Mar 29th, YLE Radio Finland will change its daily En SW half hour for NoAM to an evening slot, to air at 0200 on 9780 and 11900. A morning (in US time) bc in En fr FIN continues to be heard at 1230 on 15400 and 11900 - but on Suns only. QSL Information in the WRTH 98 is incorrect. To get a QSL listeners should send their reports directly to the YLE SW Base in Pori-FIN, not to the YLE Radio Finland offices in Helsinki, Finland. Addr: YLE PORIN LA-ASEMA attn: Mr Raimo Makela, 28660 Pori, Finland.

(YLE Radio Finland in rec.radio.shortwave, via DXW, Mar 15)

GEORGIA Georgian Radio schedule, all txions with 200 kW of power. En 11910 0930-1000 6180 1630-1700 11910 0830-0900 6230 1830-1900 11805 0630-0700 6230 1930-2000

German 6230 1800-1830 11805 0700-0730 6230 2000-2030 Die deutsche Redaktion dort scheint jetzt wieder zu bestaetigen. Redakteure sind Irina Geketschkori und Lia Mumladse !

Ru 11805 0600-0630 6230 2030-2100

Georgian 11910 0800-0830 11910 1000-1030 6180 1730-1800 6180 0500-0630 Tue+Thur 5990 1600-1700 Sa+Su 6180 0630-0800 Tue+Thur 5990 1730-1900 Sa+Su (Uwe Lippert-D, Mar 15)

GERMANY (c.f. bc-dx #354) 11645 VOFN - Voice of Free Nigeria - 1900-2000 with huge signal S9+10 prior to 1930, then faded out to usual S5 and barely heard at the end of the progr. Mentioned "new" freq 11985 during the program and invited to send in reception reports. Good quality audio file (TrueSpeech .wav, 78 KB) available fr Pashkevich (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, via Cumbre Dx, Mar 7)

[NIGERIA] clandestine Free Nigeria Movement, Voice of Free Nigeria is operated by the Free Nigeria Movement (FNM) which says that the stn is intended to serve as a "source of information, education and entertainment to the Nigerian people" and will deal with "matters pertaining to Nigeria of the past, present and the future as envisioned by the FNM". It opposes the current Nigerian govt and was inaugurated on 12th June 1997. Voice of Free Nigeria is believed to hire airtime on a tx in Juelich, Germany. 1900-2000 Sat En/multilingual 12015-alt 11645

Free Nigeria Movement, P.O.Box 441395, Indianapolis, IN 46244, USA. Tel/fax: +1-317-216-4590 E-mail: prfreenigeria.org URL: http://www.freenigeria.org (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 12)

RAINBOW RADIO [Amharic: Yeh Ye Keste Damena Radio New] 5910 on Suns 1000-1100 via DTK Juelich Germany (SINPO 44444 in EaGermany). RR was first heard in Sept 1997. The radio appears to be run by an Ethiopian opposition group and is believed to bc via hired SW txs in Germany. A friend of mine (a native speaker) translated parts of the last txion of Rainbow Radio for me. The language is of course Amharic, but the whole txion is 'propaganda' (as he said) from the people of Oromo against Ethiopian goverment. Nothing was said, which particular organization stands behind Rainbow Radio. Sat 0100-0200 to NoAM, Sun 1000-1200 towards EUR, Thur 1600-1700 towards ETH & EaAF, Z98 schedule registrations see below. Announced postal addr during that broadcast: Rainbow Radio, P.O.Box 140104, D-53056 Bonn, Germany. (BBCM via AGDX Oct 97; Martin Schoech-D, Mar 17)

11605 Voice of Oromo Liberation & Universal Life: There is another good hint that the Sunday Oromo txion is not coming from an African site. During the past two weekend txions I noted that following the Oromo transmission from 1700-1759, the German religious organization Universal Life starts its En progr, running from 1800-1829. For a few seconds between these txions, the tx leaves the air (for changing the curtain antenna?), before it comes back on with almost the same signal strength, same sound, same behavior of the signal. So, both progrs obviously are using the same outlet. It is not very likely that Universal Life has managed to find a relay site in NoAF. And if this would come from Sentech we would know. DW Kigali is not possible because it does not belong to the [Deutsche] Telekom. Of all Telekom SW sites only the one in Juelich has to survive by selling airtime to the market. Wertachtal and Nauen are booked for Deutsche Welle. (Harald Kuhl-D, vai Cumbre Dx, Mar 1 & 8)

Registrations by DTK Deutsche Telekom Juelich in Z98: >>>>[progr provider assumed by the editor] 3995 1900-2000 28 JUL 100 ND VRT Sat/Sun 5840 0300-0400 28,29,38,39 JUL 100 115 AWR Bul 5840 0400-0630 28SE,29 JUL 100 105 SRI 5840 1600-1630 28 JUL 100 100 AWR Rom (prov reg til 1700) 5840 1800-1900 28 JUL 100 ND VRT 5850 0700-2000 28 JUL 100 ND DTK Sunrise Radio 5890 1945-2015 27,28 JUL 100 140 DTK UNL En Tue, Ge Mo/Th/Su 5890 2100-2230 37,38,46 JUL 100 200 AWR Ar Fr 5900 1000-1500 28 JUL 100 060 DTK DigitModtest/ 5900 1000-1200 28 JUL 100 060 DTK Brother Stair 5910 1000-1100 27,28 JUL 100 ND DTK Amharic R.Rainbow Sun 6045 1030-1225 18S,27,28NW JUL 100 ND RNW En 6130 1600-1800 27,28 JUL 100 ND DTK Brother Stair 6175 1500-1530 18,27,28 JUL 100 ND DTK R New Nigeria Sun 6175 1500-1600 27 JUL 100 290 DTK WestCoastR IRL Sat 7230 0800-0900 28,38 JUL 100 145 AWR Italian Sat/Sun 7385 1730-1930 18,29NW JUL 100 050 SRI 7410 1700-1730 18 JUL 100 40 VRT 9490 1830-1900 52,53,57 JUL 100 155 DTK UNL Sun 9500 0600-0800 55,59,60 JUL 100 255 DTK Brother Stair 9535 1000-1230 37N JUL 100 220 SRI 9630 0200-0400 6,7,10 JUL 100 320 DTK HRT 9835 2000-2100 37,38,46 JUL 100 200 AWR Fr En 9835 2130-2200 37,38,46 JUL 100 200 AWR Dyoula 9840 1830-2130 47,52,53,57 JUL 100 160 SRI 9855 0000-0100 8,9 JUL 100 295 DTK LRT 9855 0100-0130 7-9 JUL 100 295 DTK R.New Nigeria ??? Sun 9855 0100-0200 7-9 JUL 100 295 DTK Amharic R.Rainbow Sat 9855 0100-0200 7-9 JUL 100 295 DTK WestCoastR IRL Thur 9860 2000-2100 52,53,57 JUL 100 170 DTK HRT 9865 0000-0200 7-9 JUL 100 295 DTK Brother Stair 9885 0600-0815 37S,38 JUL 100 160 SRI 9885 1730-1930 18,29W JUL 100 040 SRI 9885 2000-2200 18,29W JUL 100 040 DTK Brother Stair (M-98?) 9925 0100-0300 7-9 JUL 100 300 DTK HRT 9925 0300-0400 6-10 JUL 100 325 DTK HRT 9925 1600-1800 28,29,38,39 JUL 100 115 AWR Bul Rom Thur 9925 2300-0100 12-16 JUL 100 230 DTK HRT 11605 1700-1800 38,39,48 JUL 100 125 DTK V of Oromo Thur/Fri/Sun 11725 1830-2130 37S,38W,46 JUL 100 200 SRI 11760 1630-1815 38E,39 JUL 100 115 SRI 11785 1800-1830 46,47 JUL 100 170 DTK UNL Sun 11810 1700-1800 39N JUL 100 115 VRT 11820 1800-2000 52,53,57 JUL 100 160 DTK Brother Stair 11840 1600-1630 52 JUL 100 160 DTK UNL French Sun 11860 0600-0815 37S,38W,46 JUL 100 200 SRI 11965 1600-1630 29 JUL 100 60 VRT 12015 1630-1700 39 JUL 100 125 DTK UNL Sat 12015 1900-2000 46,47 JUL 100 170 DTK VoFree Nigeria Sat 12025 1300-1330 41 JUL 100 085 DTK UNL Sun 12075 1630-1815 38E,39 JUL 100 115 SRI 13635 1630-1815 38,39,48 JUL 100 140 SRI 13810 1600-1800 38,39 JUL 100 115 DTK Brother Stair 13830 0500-0600 60 JUL 100 230 DTK HRT 13830 0600-0800 55,58,59 JUL 100 260 DTK HRT 13830 0800-0900 58 JUL 100 270 DTK HRT 15105 1600-1700 48 JUL 100 145 DTK Amharic R.Rainbow Thur 15330 1245-1345 41,49 JUL 100 080 DTK Dem Voice of Burma 15620 0800-0930 37,46 JUL 100 200 AWR Ar Fr 15620 1530-1600 29-31,39-42 JUL 100 080 AWR Kaz Kyr Uzb Rus 15625 0600-0630 46,47 JUL 100 160 DTK UNL Sun 15715 1330-1530 41 JUL 100 085 DTK Voice of Hope

VRT = Vlamse Radio en Televisie (as operator of Radio Vlaanderen Internat) AWR = Adventist World Radio SRI = Swiss Radio International UNL = "Universelles Leben" sect from Wuerzburg, [Universal Life] RNW = Radio Nederland Wereldomroep LRT = Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija, Vilnius HRT = Hrvatska Radio - Televizija, Zagreb

GREECE IBB statement on foreign broadcasting plans, incl eliminating the shortwave site in Rhodes, Greece (1,200,000 dollars and 27 positions).

Schedule for VoA Rhodes site in W97: 5965 0400-0500 39 RHO 50 116 5965 0500-0600 39 RHO 50 116 6070 2000-2100 39 RHO 50 103 6070 2100-2200 39 RHO 50 103 6160 1900-2000 39 RHO 50 65 7115 0400-0600 39 RHO 50 103 7205 1800-1900 39 RHO 50 116 7205 1900-2000 39 RHO 50 79 7250 2000-2100 39 RHO 50 116 11960 1800-1900 39 RHO 50 103

Schedule for VoA Rhodes site in Z98: 5965 0400-0600 39 RHO 50 116 6040 1800-1900 39 RHO 50 116 6040 1900-2000 39 RHO 50 65 6040 2000-2100 39 RHO 50 116 6040 2100-2200 39 RHO 50 116 7105 1800-1900 39 RHO 50 103 7105 2000-2100 39 RHO 50 103 9865 0400-0600 39 RHO 50 116

GUINEA 9650, Radiodiff Nationale Conakry, Mar 12, 2330, reactivated here and on //7125. African highlife selections, numerous announcement blocks with formal ID and freqs, requesting reports. Reasonable signal but watery-sounding audio on 9650; tnx to suggestion from Mark Veldhuis in #swl, checked listed parallels and found it 30 over 9 on 7125. Nice guitar IS 2345-2349, then back with same announcement and more music 2350. VoRussia started tuning up on 7125 around 2355, mixing thereafter. Anns said: "Ici Conakry, Radiodiffusion Nationale de la Republique du Guinee. L'emission que vous ecoutez est .. pour juger la qualite de nos emetteurs en ondes courtes. nos ecouteurs ... communiquer les resultats de l'ecoute a l'address suivante:

Direction General de l'estacion de Radiodiffusion, BP 3322, Conakry, Republique du Guinee. Telephone ...(lots of numbers) ...indique le lieu, l'heure, et le frequence d'ecoute de la present emission." Basically: They want to know the quality of their SW txions, and they want reports of the place, time and freq where you heard this txion. Send your reports to the address above. Freqs given as 6155 7125 9650 and 15310. Both till going strong at 0030; 9650, free of QRM, better then. Found this quite by accident when checking 9650 for Uruguay, which was not heard tonight (Novello, via DXW, Mar 12)

9650 Radiodiff Nationale de la Republique de Guinee, 0051 Fr progr."Ici Conakry Radiodiff Nationale de la Republique de Guinee; AF mx, announcing the freq of 6155/7125/9650, request of report. (Daniele Canonica-SUI, Mar 13)

INDONESIA now active again: v4874.53 ....60 RRI Sorong, 1320-1357varying*, Mar 3, BI, internat mx, oldies, 1330 TS, ID, IS, local nx, 1336 instrumental mx, NA, Dangut mx, 1355 closing ann, 1357*, best 45544. Also on Mar 4th at 1430 still active, at 1431*. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 6)

IRELAND RTE progr to be bc on SW. The new series of "Worlds Apart", the RTE Radio 1 progr dealing with developing countries, will be relayed to many regions of the world on SW. In association with the Irish Aid progr of the Dept of Foreign Affairs, RTE has leased a number of high-power SW freqs. "The aim is to reach as many Irish aid workers and missionaries as possible in the developing world and to highlight for the wider audience Ireland's contribution to various projects," says Julie Hayde of BCing Developments. The txions (with prime target areas) are as follows: 2300 UTC Tues on 9925 (SoAM); 1700 Weds 11605 (NoCe and SoAF); 1800 Weds 11605 (WeAF); 1300 Weds 12015 (SoEaAS); and 1500 Weds 15120 (EaAF). Reception should be widely available outside the prime areas.

[Two of the above freqs have been hired through Merlin Communications - the privatized BBCWS txion company: 12015 kHz via IRK-RUS and 15120 via Meyerton-RSA.] (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 13)

[But 9925 and 11605 are used by DTK Juelich at other times and days of the week, see Z98 schedule above, ed]

Sites for repeats on Wed are: 1330 12015 152 degr from Irkutsk-RUS to SoEaAS; 1500 15120 19 degr fr Meyerton-RSA, to EaAF; 1600 11605 160 degr fr DTK Juelich to N/C/SAF; 1700 11605 200 degr fr Juelich to WeAF. The series runs 13 weeks. (via EDXP)

ISRAEL/IRAN Natl Ind Front of Southern Azerbaijan. Voice of Southern Azerbaijan (Azeri: Bura Janubi Azerbaijan Sasi), which was first heard in July 1996, is operated by the National and Independent Front of Southern Azerbaijan. Southern Azerbaijan is the Iranian province of Azarbayjan which borders the Republic of Azerbaijan. Programming is hostile to the Iranian government. The radio is believed to transmit from Israel. The radio says that it broadcasts progrs about "the daily life of the people of Southern Azerbaijan under Iranian oppression, the struggles of our brothers who live in Northern Azerbaijan (Republic of Azerbaijan), their long standing war with the Armenian enemy who receives help from Iran, progrs about our Azeri inheritance, our great history and civilization." All bcs will be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER. Addr: Vosa Ltd., Postfach 108, A-1193 Vienna, Austria.

A contact telephone number is announced in the Netherlands: +31-307-192189 0615-0715 11935, 1630-1730 7095 (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 13)

CLANDESTINE from ISRAEL to IRAN, Voice of Southern Azerbaijan BBC Monitoring has recently taken bearings of this station which appear to confirm an Israeli tx site. (Dave Kenny-UK, Mar 11)

NETHERLANDS Q RADIO on MW 1224 kHz has specialized on World Music. It is a superb selection of tropical mx like Salsa, Cumbia, Reggae, Highlife, Soukous, Rai etc. including Blues, Soul and Funk. Q RADIO announced the following phone no. ++31 - 575-515514 e-mail: [email protected] (Juergen Lohuis-D, Mar 8)

Q RADIO used to bc on cable and satellite only, since Jan 14th, 1998 they transmit on 1224 AM. The tx is situated on a vessel named Communicator situated in the "Ijsselmeer" the lake in the middle of Holland. You can find the exact location on a road map from Holland: look for the road that leads into the IJSSELMEER and has water at both sides. The road makes a curve to the West; at that point you will find "TRINTEL HAVEN". The coordinates are 05E14, 52N33. The tx is a HARRIS 50 kW and the mast has a height of 59.80 meters, on which we use a SW antenna, giving 40DX.[?]

A reply received from Q RADIO 1224 says, that the stn is different from the rest as they pay a lot of attention to items like human rights, development in the third world and enviromental issues. They want a world with a better future, where the generations after us can live in a clean and sustainable society, where social responsibility is a natural part of the deal. Their music format contains a fair amount of blues, R & B, soul, reggae, African, Latin, Caribbean and World music.

The studios are located in 3 train wagons that come from the former German Democratic Republic, one of them used to serve as the personal train of Erik Honnecker. They have maintained most of the train's original luxurious interior and they are stationed at Zutphen railway station. (Peter Jansen director, via Doug Sharrard, Leicester UK, in WDXC Contact March)

NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria is the country's official ext radio sce. It used to be part of the Federal Radio Corpor of Nigeria (FRCN) but became a separate organization in 1991. VoN was off the air following tx breakdown in late 1995. Tests resumed from new txs in Nov 1996 with regular programming restarting in May 1997. Freqs used in the past: 17800 and 15185 kHz.

15120 7255 0500-0700 En, 0700-0800 Fr, 0800-0900 Ha, 0900-1000 Fulfulde, 1000-1100 En, 1100-1200 Fr, 1200-1300 Ha, 1300-1400 Fulfulde, 1400-1500 Sw, 1500-1700 En, 1700-1800 Ar, 1800-1900 Fr, 1900-2100 En, 2100-2200 Fulfulde, 2200-2300 Ha. Voice of Nigeria, PMB 40003, Falomo Post Office, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. Tel: +234-1-269-3078 Fax: +234-1-269-1944 (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 12)

QATAR 9520 QBS Doha, Mar 10, 0315-0630, new freq ex. usual 7210 at *0245-0705* and //9570, very bad choice: RL in Ru 0200-0800, VORI Tehran in Swahili 0415/0420-0427* plus Tu *0430-0527* and Bosnian *0530-0627*. VoSudan (cland.) *0400v-0600v* 9519.1. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 13)

RUSSIA Some words regarding United Christian Broadcasters: we have received our operational Z98 schedule today's morning. Here is a new time schedule of the UCB txions on 1386 kHz: 29.03.98-31.03.98 1730-0200, 01.04.98-30.04.98 1830-0200, 01.05.98-* 1900-0200 UTC. *-exact final date will define later. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 13)

Radio Asia, Canada. - This is a new Tamil stn beaming to Asia, although from the progrs it is to Sri Lanka and no where else! 1400-1500 12005 kHz from CIS site. Registered are Tashkent-UZB 1220-1330 100 kW 130 degr, and Samara-RUS 1400-1600 100 130. Immediately after 1459 goes into RMWS ISig and En VoR Moscow til 1600. Based in Canada and fed via satellite, appears live from time checks given etc. Gives postal addresses in Sri Lanka. Station ID as "Radio Asia Canada Vanoli". This is the second such stn after IBC Tamil Vanoli now on Dusheti-GEO 7475 kHz 0000-0100 UTC. (G.Victor A. Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, UADX, Mar 13) Is this the one with the URL? (Jerry Berg NU)

7330, BBC via Vladivostok, verie ltr specifying relay site from V/S Michelle Franks (Assistant, Scheduling and Fqy Mgmt) at Merlin Communications, 724 NE Wing, Bush House, P.O. Box 76, Strand, London WC2B 4PH, U.K. She also enclosed an info sheet about Merlin, whose FAX number is +44-0-171-379-3205. An efficient 12 days. (Foster-OZ, via NU, Mar 15)

SAHARA (WESTERN, disputed territory) (c.f. bc-dx #352 and BBCM of Feb 26) National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic. (Arabic: al-idha'at al-wataniyah li al-jumhuriyah al-arabiyah al-sahrawiyah al- dimuqratiyah) supports the Polisario Front, hostile to Moroccan policy on Western Sahara.

I would like to add some further information on the RASD station: The clandestine RASD station (x1544 kHz) has changed its frequency. After some testings on 1548, they are now bcing on 1550 (variable). On 1544 can be heard a strong "bubble jamming" coming from the south (loop at 100Β§ from Sevilla -South Spain), surely coming from Morocco and probably sure from a txer placed on the Atlantic Moroccan Coast. Curiously, this Moroccan jammer started days after that a political referendum about the Saharan Independence was announced by the Magreb Goverment to be held in a near future (under Spanish pressure to accept the UN directive against Morocco).

> Incidentally, we now believe this station is transmitting from Bir > Lehlu, which is actually in Western Sahara itself (rather than > Tindouf, Algeria which was assumed in the past). Bir Lehlu is about > 200 km south west of Tindouf, in a part of Western Sahara still > controlled by the Saharan people (Polisario Front). [BBCM]

I disagree with this!. First of all, the Western Sahara as a country does not exist!, as a Geographical area, it's OK!. But talking about the former Spanish Sahara (Western Sahara if you want), nowadays there is NOT even a square meter controlled by the Polisario. The Moroccan Army has mined every corner between Lagcab (90 km west of Tindouf) and Tissat-at-Tallya (250 km south of Tindouf) following the border. All the Dal' at Damya region (where Bir-Lahlou is in) is occupied by Moroccan Army strongly armed, so a RASD Txer there would be censured or simply collapsed in minutes. By written info that I had from the Polisario (I have many friends helping them and living there) the RASD MW Txer is in the surroundings of Tindouf, that is ALGERIA !!!. However if that Txer would be in Biur-Lahlou (it is not), that would be Morocco, so...

> The station was reported by Mark Connelly in the USA on 1st March on > 1548 kHz (a move from its long-time channel 1544 kHz). It is on the > air 0700-0800 and 1800-0000 in Arabic and Spanish.

They transmit in Arabic and Spanish and both of them are the official languages of the exiled RASD. I do really like that the referendum would be effective to solve that stupid problem with Sahara that Spain created in 1975. But the raw reality is that even that referendum would be positive for the independence, I am sure that Morocco will fight to get the territory because they are not of leaving that inmense fosfate reserves waiting to be exploited, and the local population has no right of living against the capital (sic). 73, Peace and DX Jorge GarzΒ’n. E-mail: [email protected] Mairena del Aljarafe (Sevilla-SPAIN) Coord: 37Β§21N 06Β§02W. 65 m.a.s.l. MEDI DX LW/MW Group member MDX-000 British DX Club member BDXC-1413 Ham Operator EB7EFA (locator: IM67XI) Interest on: LW/MW, NDBs, Coastal St, FM-VHF.

Comment by ed: Jorge, your estimation on the Tindouf tx location is 100% okay. Personally I monitored the RASD stn on - then - v1355 kHz in 1983-1989, when I managed multi-week vacation of the whole family at five times in that region like on Algarve-POR coast, Agadir-MRC, 2x Tenerife island, Gran Canaria island. Used SONY 2001/2010 set and well-known MARTENS frame loop, for RASD Direction Finding.

At that time, 1355 was always //direction to RTA Tindouf eastwards. Moroccan MW tx fr Laaeyoune and Dakhla more south-easterly in 110 to 160 degrees from the Canaries. (WB Mar 14)

Ref my recent posting concerning West SAHARA item and the response to it from Jorge Garzon, which somebody reposted to the MWC list: I would recommend anyone interested in this subject to read the Dec 1997 issue of New Internationalist. A map is printed which shows quite clearly that the Polisario currently control about one third of Western Sahara - all the territory to the east of Morocco's illegal "sand wall". Many of the mines have now been cleared. The map also shows that Bir Lehlu IS well inside polisario territory. The Spanish-run SADR web site that says the 1550 kHz TX is at Bir Lehlu; however, I agree with Jorge that it could possibly still be in the Saharan refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria. (David Kenny-UK, Mar 14)

SWITZERLAND Swiss Radio International Berne Z-98 registrations 3985 2000-2200 27,28 LEK 250 ND 5840 0400-0630 28SE,29 JUL 100 105 6135 0030-0545 4,6-9 SOT 150 305 6165 0400-2200 18,27,28,37N LEK 250 ND 7230 1300-1445 49,50,54 PEK 120 217 7385 1730-1930 18,29NW JUL 100 050 7480 1300-1445 44NE,45 PEK 120 102 9535 1000-1230 37N JUL 100 220 9575 1400-1615 43,44,49 SNG 250 000 9745 1630-1815 38,39 SOT 500 125 9810 1100-1330 44,45 SNG 250 025 9840 1830-2130 47,52,53,57 JUL 100 160 9885 0030-0545 8,10,11,12N SOT 500 295 9885 0600-0815 37S,38 JUL 100 160 9885 0830-1030 55,59,60 GUF 500 215 9885 1730-1930 18,29W JUL 100 040 9885 2000-2130 52,53,57 GUF 500 115 9885 2200-2400 13-16 SOT 500 230 9905 0030-0500 6-8,10,11 GUF 500 310 9905 1630-1815 38,39 SOT 500 125 9905 1830-2130 47,52,53,57 SOT 500 140 9905 2200-2400 13-16 SOT 500 230 11650 2200-2400 12E,13-15 GUF 500 175 11725 1830-2130 37S,38W,46 JUL 100 200 11760 1630-1815 38E,39 JUL 100 115 11860 0600-0815 37S,38W,46 JUL 100 200 12075 1630-1815 38E,39 JUL 100 115 13635 0600-0815 47,52,53,57 SOT 500 165 13635 1100-1330 49,50,54 SOT 500 080 13635 1400-1615 29,30,40,41 SOT 500 080 13635 1630-1815 38,39,48 JUL 100 140 13685 0830-1030 55,58-60 SOT 500 245 15265 1400-1615 29,30,40,41 SOT 500 080 17515 1100-1330 3,29,40,41,49,50,54 SOT 500 080

Ce & NoAM G 0030-0100, E 0100-0130, S 0130-0200, F 0200-0230, S 0230-0300 I 0300-0330, G 0330-0400, E 0400-0500 9885/SOT 9905/GUF F 0500-0530, I 0530-0545 9885/SOT

Africa F 0600-0700, I 0700-0730, E 0730-0800 9885/JUL 11860/JUL 13635/SOT

Australasia G 0800-0815 9885/JUL 11860/JUL 13635/SOT E 0830-0900, I 0900-0930, G 0930-1000, F 1000-1030 9885/GUF 13685/SOT

FE & SoEaAS E 1100-1200, G 1200-1230, F 1230-1300, I 1300-1330 9810/SNG 17515/SOT E 1300-1400, G 1400-1430, I 1430-1445 7230/PEK 7480/PEK

Ce & SoAS E 1400-1500, G 1500-1530, F 1530-1600, E 1600-1615 9575/SNG 15265/SOT

NE & EaAF I 1630-1700, A 1700-1800, F 1800-1815 9905/SOT 12075/JUL 13635/JUL

AF I 1830-1900, A 1900-2000 9840/JUL 9905/SOT 11725/JUL E 2000-2030, G 2030-2100, F 2100-2130 9840/JUL 9885/GUY 9905/SOT 11725/JUL

SoAM F 2200-2230, G 2230-2300, I 2300-2330, S 2330-2400 9885/SOT 11650/GUF

EUR E 0400-0430, F 0430-0500, G 0500-0515, F 0515-0530, E 0530-0600, I 0600-0630 5840/JUL 6165/LEK F 0630-1000 6165/LEK E 1000-1030, G 1030-1100, F 1100-1130, I 1130-1200, E 1200-1230, 6165/LEK 9535/JUL I 1230-1500 6165/LEK G 1500-1800, I 1800-1830, F 1830-1900, E 1900-1930 6165/LEK 9885/JUL RU 1930-1945 6165/LEK G 2000-2030, F 2030-2100, E 2100-2130, I 2130-2200 3985/LEK S 2100-2130, P 2130-2200 6165/LEK Langs: G: German, E: En, F: Fr, I: It, RU: Rumantsch Latin, S: Sp, P: Po, A: Ar Txs: D: Juelich, CHN: Beijing, GUF: Montsinery, SNG: Singapore, SUI: Lenk and Sottens (Andreas Volk-D, ADDX, Mar 13)

TAHITI 15170, Papeete, very happy to have this one back on the air arnd 0100, past 0300, weak signals via long path over the Americas. (Victor Goonetilleke-SL 4S7VK UADX, via NU, Mar 15)

TAIWAN News from RTI - Radio Taipei International. RTI-German progr in Z98, fr Mar 30, 1998: 0600-0700 15600 (x9985); 1800-1900 9955; 2100- 2200 15600W, 17750W (x5810W x9985W). W=WYFR Okeechobee-FL USA relay.

Radio Taipei International, German Service, POBox 24-38, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC Fax: +886-2-25982254 E-Mail: [email protected]

Postfach 20 05 53, D-53135 Bonn, Germany (RTI - Henning Kloeter, Mar 16)

UKRAINE 6030 Radio Ukraine Internat 0408 new freq, En reg news under Radio Marti, parallel to 7150. (Paszkiewicz via Cumbre Dx, Mar 8)

URUGUAY The "Direccion Nacional de Comunicaciones" (the Uruguayan state radiocommunications authority) has just released a public convocation for the exploitation of two SW freqs in 49 mb: 6055 6155, both with 2 kW max authorized power, for omnidir pattern antenna types and a regional zone of coverage to serve. 6055 hasn't been assigned earlier and I don't know the outlet's callsign, but 6115 has been CXA13 (which was operated by CX16 Radio Carve, Montevideo -MW 850-several years ago). The interested persons will have a 60 laborable day time limit to forward their respective applications a period that starts running after the last date of publication of this notice in the "Diario Oficial" (the State Bulletin). (Nigro, via DXW, Mar 9)

USA To avoid VoNigeria 15120, eff. Mar-29, VoA plans to move the Greenville txion fr 15120 to 15135. (Kim Elliott, VoA Communications World, Mar 14, via Bob Padula EDXP)

Christian Science Publishing Society This sce (which replaced Monitor Radio Internat in June 1997) bcs religious progrs produced by the Christian Science Publishing Society: The Christian Science Sentinel - Radio Edition, The Herald of Christian Science and The Sunday Church Service. The stn uses the following txs: two 500-kW txs at Cypress Creek, South Carolina (callsign WSHB). two 100-kW txs at Saipan in the Mariana Islands (callsign KHBI). This schedule shows freq useage only. Progrs are in En, Fr, Ge, Po, Ru or Sp (varies fr day to day). This schedule is valid Mar 3rd-May 5th.

K=KHBI W=WSHB multilingual 0000-0100 As Am 15665K 9430W 7535W 0100-0200 Am 9430W 7535W 0200-0300 Am 7535W 5850W 0300-0400 Am 5850W 0400-0500 Eu Af 9840W 7535W 0500-0600 Eu Af 9835W 7535W 0600-0700 Eu 7535W 0700-0800 Eu 7535W 0800-0900 Eu Au 15665K 9845W 7535W 0900-1000 Eu AsAuAm 15665K 13840K 7535W 7395W 1000-1100 As Am 15725K 15665K 7395W 6095W 1100-1200 AsAuAm 15665K 9385K 7395W 6095W 1200-1300 AsAuAm 9455W 9385K 9355K 6095W 1300-1400 As Am 9455W 9430W 9385K 9355K 1400-1500 As 9355K 1600-1700 Af 18930W 1700-1800 Af 18930W 1800-1900 EuMEAf 18930W 15665W 9385K 9355K 1900-2000 EuMEAf 17510W 15665W 9385K 9355K 2000-2100 Eu Au 13840K 13770W 11550W 2100-2200 Eu 13770W 11550W 2200-2300 Eu Am 13770W 7510W 2300-0000 Eu Af Am 13770W 7510W Shortwave Broadcasts, PO Box 1524, Boston MA 02117-1524, USA Tel: +1-617-450-2929 or +1-617-450-2060 E-mail: letterboxcsps.com URL: www.tfccs.com/GV/shortwave/shortwave_schedule.htm (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 12)

Broadcast Electronics in Quincy Illinois has won a contract of more than US$3m from VoA [and the Hellenic Govt] to supply 84 SW txs over an 18 month period. The first will replace older tx units in Greece [Kavalla?]. (Radio World via AWR)

WHRI announced on HCJB's DX Partyline last weekend that they now have a web addr of http://WWW.WHR.ORG You can also hear their progrs via the Internet. (Ian Simpson and Mick Ogrizek via EDXP, Mar 09)

VANUTAU 4960 R Vanuatu, 1035-1118*, En, Mar 3, relig progr, fr "Global Christian God", Vanuatu address given, ID at 1118* with instrumental NA. Prayer said, that they would be on air next week at the same time. P.O.Box 1085, but lost the name of the city/country. Sorry. So there is maybe a chance to get a special confirmation of this progr! Moderate signal level. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 6)

VIETNAM now Lai Chau 2 active again, varying 6387.46 ... .30. Feb 16, 19, 20. 1010-1031*, also Feb 16, 1120-1130*. remaining days 1140-1237*. Relay also Hanoi first progr //5924.5 in Vn. Local progr in dialect. Hill tribe and Vn mx. 34433 to 24332. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 6, sunset in the PHL is now 40 mins later due to semi-summer time and longer daytime hrs, so missed complete all INS stns in 41&49 mb. No greyline Dx at present lasting til May. All INS stn in 120/90/75/and 60 mb fade in a hour later)

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ASCENSION ISLAND NHK-World Radio Japan's new changing plan for Z98 fr 1 Apr to 24 Oct 1998. * late change Ar RS 0700-0730 15220 250 Waf En GS 0000-0100 9665* 250 CAf Fr RS 1230-1300 15400 250 Waf Fr RS 1230-1300 17790 250 CAf Jap GS 0900-1000 15220 250 Waf Jap GS 1500-1600 17885 250 CAf Jap GS 1700-1800 21630* 250 Eaf Jap R1 GS 0800-0900 15220 250 WAf Jap R1 GS 2200-2300 15220 250 SAm(E) Swa RS 0330-0400 6135 250 EAf Swa RS 1200-1230 17790 250 EAf (K. Hishikawa-JPN NHK-World R.Japan Mar 21)

BULGARIA Bulgarian SoAM 0000-0100 9415 11660 NoAM 0000-0100 9485 11720 EUR 0300-0400 1224 7380 9700 EUR 1200-1500 1224 5865 13770 ME 1500-1600 13740 AF 1500-1600 17650 EUR 1500-1800 9775 11700 EUR 1630-1715 747 EUR 1800-1900 747 1224 5865 7495 ME 1800-2100 7465

English NoAM 0200-0300 9485 11720 EUR 1100-1200 15175 17585 EUR 1900-2000 9700 11720 EUR 2100-2200 9700 11720 NoAM 2300-2400 9485 11720

French NoAM 0100-0200 9485 11720 EUR 0600-0700 9485 11825 EUR 1700-1800 9700 11720 EUR 2000-2100 9700 11720

German EUR 0515-0600 9485 11825 EUR 1000-1100 15175 17585 EUR 1615-1700 9700 11720 EUR 1800-1900 9700 11720

Spanish SoAM 0100-0200 9415 11660 CeAM 0100-0200 9700 EUR 1600-1700 13790 15315 EUR 2115-2215 11660 13710 SoAM 2300-2400 9415 11660

Russian EUR 0200-0300 7380 9700 EUR 1400-1500 9775 11700 As 1400-1500 13715 EUR 1800-1900 9775 11700

Albanian EUR Mon-Fri 0430-0500 1224 6140 EUR Sat-Sun 0600-0700 1224 7375 EUR 1545-1630 1224 5865 EUR 1900-1945 747 1224

Greek EUR Mon-Fri 0400-0430 1224 6140 EUR Sat-Sun 0400-0500 1224 6140 EUR 1630-1715 1224 5865 EUR 1945-2030 747 1224

Serbian EUR Mon-Fri 0500-0600 1224 6140 EUR Sat-Sun 0700-0800 1224 7375 EUR 1500-1545 1224 5865 EUR 2030-2115 747 1224

Turkish EUR Mon-Fri 0415-0500 5900 7365 EUR Sat-Sun 0500-0600 1224 5900 7365 EUR 1715-1800 747 1224 EUR 1715-1800 5865 7465 RADIO BULGARIA 4 Dragan Tsankov Blvd, BG-1040 Sofia, Bulgaria or POBox 900, BG-1000 Sofia, Bulgaria FAX: +359 2 650 560 e-mail: [email protected]

CAMBODIA 11940.30 National Radio of Cambodia is back on air, heard with regular time schedule and programming since March 5th, test carrier on March 2nd. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 13)

11940.3 National Radio of Cambodia 1128-1205 back on with weak signal. IS and ID opening announcement then nx in En. (Nobuo Takeno-JPN via Cumbre Dx Mar 14)

The old home sce freqs of 4907 and 6089 have been off for quite some time and I wouldn't count on them coming back. (Cumbre Dx Ed.)

CHILE Voz Cristiana begins SW test txions. We start with a reactivation: old txs under a new owner! If you switched on a radio in EUR in late 1979 and tuned to 15150 kHz you might have heard this stn in the late evening hours [recording of Voice of Chile]. At that time the govt of General Pinochet was busy with a war of words to defend its dictatorship in several foreign languages. The endless statistics from the progrs were not all that convincing and 10 years later in 1989 the govt changed and the country started opening up again. Facing an economic crisis the govt decided that it couldn't afford-nor did it need-a propagandistic ext sce and after years of lying idle the facility was put up for sale.

In 1996 the same British charity organization [Christian Vision] that has set up a religious stn called Christian Voice in Zambia acquired the facilities of the Voice of Chile. They began a two-year process of negotiation to put their second stn on the air. And towards the end of last week it came back.

Several people heard the new stn Voz Cristiana testing around 21550 1800-2000. Signals on the east coast of NoAM were very strong. The stn ID is only in En during this testing stage at 10 and 40 mins past the hour. The voice is apparently that of chief engineer Andrew Flynn. He told us that once a full licence is granted which they hope will be within a matter of days now they will start Spanish-language programming to Central and South America and the Caribbean and to Brazil in Portuguese. The principal studios for the station will be located in Miami linked to Chile by satellite and programming will be exclusively of a Christian nature-but of interest to a wider audience.

The tx site outside Santiago is one of the largest in the region boasting eight 100 kW SW txs plus several curtain and log periodic antennas which are all capable of beaming outside the continent as well. But the engineers tell us they are planning to under-run the txs at 70 kW to get more life out of them. They have a fax number for reception reports at this number: country code 56-2-855-7053 and their e-mail address is [email protected] (BBCM via AGDX Mar 19)

CHINA v6549.4 ... 6550 CRI Beijing, 1030-1127*, IS, Hmong progr, Hawain mx, Chinese- Hmong lessons, with piano bridges, 1127* with IS s-off. 34433. Same Hmong progr repeated at 1217-1257*. At 1300 again IS and ID in unid As lang, then started Bamar progr. S=8 Beware of Cao Bang-VTN, which s-on at around 1153 nearby v6553.3. This signal is much stronger S=9+10dB in the PHL. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 12-13)

Michiel Schaay list of Oct 1997 lists: 6550 CRI CHN 1030-1130 Cb As unconfirmed 6550 CRI CHN 1130-1200 Bm As unconfirmed 6550 CRI CHN 1200-1300 Cb As unconfirmed 6550 CRI CHN 1300-1400 Bm As unconfirmed 6550 CRI CHN 1400-1500 Cb As unconfirmed 6550 CRI CHN 1500-1600 Mn As unconfirmed

FRENCH GUIANA NHK-World Radio Japan's new changing plan for Z98 fr 1 Apr to 24 Oct 1998. * late change Jap GS 0900-1000 9530* 500 SAm(E) Jap GS 1500-1600 15310 500 SAm(W) Jap R1 GS 0300-0400 9660 500 SAm(W) Jap R1 GS 0800-0900 9530 500 SAm(E) Jap R1 GS 2200-2300 11895 500 CAm Po RS 0230-0300 13660 500 SAm(E) Po RS 1030-1100 13680 500 SAm(E) Sp RS 0400-0430 9660 500 SAm(W) Sp RS 0400-0430 11895 500 CAm Sp RS 1000-1030 13680 500 SAm(E) (K. Hishikawa-JPN NHK-World R.Japan Mar 21)

GERMANY Religious radio station "Brother Stair" noted bcing on additional 15625 [DTK Juelich?] at 2000-2100 UTC not registered in latest Brother Stair bc list. And also additional morning 0500-0900 on 7395 kHz but latter tentatively coming from WRNO. (Thomas Drescher-D Mar 18)

Radio Telefis Eireann DTK Juelich 11605 1700 En speaker announcing Worlds Apart progr ID nx. SINPO 45444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL Mar 18)

WELLE WEST / DTK Juelich. Welle West weltweit (Kurzwelle). Nach unserer erfolgreichen Kurzwellensendung an Weihnachten sind weitere Projekte auf Kurzwelle in Planung. Mitte Maerz finden dazu Gespraeche zwischen Welle West und der Telekom statt. Dabei soll vor allem geklaert werden ob Welle West kuenftig woechentlich eine Livesendung via Kurzwelle fuer den europaeischen Raum ausstrahlt. Welle West e-mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.wellewest.lokalradio.de (via K.D.Scholz-D Mar 17)

GUINEA 6155 Conakry, hrd here behind Vienna at 2250 Mar 18, //7125, which was pretty good. After Vienna signed off 6155 arnd 2300, Conakry became quite good there, with some side QRM, and better at this time than 7125. However, by 2345, LSB was needed to minimize the side QRM on 6155, and 7125, using USB, was better overall. As Jay Novello has observed, 7125 was blocked at 2355 by Voice of Russia carrier. 6155 continued, but closed abruptly at 2357, and 6155 was soon occupied by a tone and then the s/on of R. Japan English via Skelton-UK. Full FR ID by woman at 2328. (Jerry Berg-MA, NU, Mar 18)

INDONESIA From Juichi Yamada-JPN Jembatan March 19: 2490.3 RRI Ujung Pandang 2580.5 RPDT2 Timor Tengah Selatan(presumed) 3126.0v RPDT2 Halmahera Tengah(presumed) 3355.3 RRI-Sumenep(Presumed) 3959.7 Unidentified. 1856 "Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia" 3960.2 RRI Palu. 1524-1535* Bahasa Indonesia with local pop mx 3976 RRI-Pontianak 4000.2 RRI-Kendari 4075.3v Unidentified 4845.2 RRI-Ambon 4925 RRI-Jambi 6024.5 RRI Banjarmasin 4874.6 RRI Sorong broadcasts En progr 1130 every Sunday 4074/6v RRI-Pontianak not RPDT2 Blitar 3224.8 RRI Tanjung Pinaning 3223 RRI Mataram 3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi

RRI Jakarta 9679.94 & 15150 heard with talk in unid language beginning at 2340 tune-in what I presume was the Song of the Coconut Islands (SCI) at 2359 then pips just before Radio Thailand 9680 signed on with En progr at 0000. Still fragments to be heard under Thailand during next 15 mins or so. 15150 was stronger but much more muddled while 9679.94 was weaker but sharper in sound. (Jim Renfrew-NY via Cumbre Dx Mar 14)

3264.7 RRI Gorantolo 1221-1255* 35433. 3264.83 RRI Bengulu 1255-1305 local ID, 1259 SCI, time ann, then RRI Jakarta relay "Warta Berita Ekonomi..",weak S2-3, //3214.9 3325 3344.9 3384.9 3395.1. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 4)

JAPAN NHK-World Radio Japan's new changing plan for Z98 fr 1 Apr to 24 Oct 1998. * late change Burm RS 1230-1300 9695 300 SEAs 2320-2340 13650 100 SEAs Chin RS 0430-0500 15570 300 EaAs 0530-0600 15570 300 EAs 0630-0700 17860 300 SEAs 1130-1200 6190 100 EAs 1230-1300 6190 100 EaAs 1430-1500 6190 100 EAs 2230-2250 9560 300 EaAs 2240-2300 13650 100 SEAs 2340-0000 11815 100 SEAs 2340-0000 13630 300 SEAs En RS 0000-0015 11815 100 SEAs 0000-0015 13650 100 SEAs En GS 0100-0200 15570 300 EaAs 0100-0200 15590 300 SAs 0100-0200 17810 300 SEAs 0100-0200 17835 100 SAm En RS 0100-0200 21610 300 Oce En GS 0100-0200 21670 300 HWI 0100-0200 11870* 300 ME/NAf 0300-0400 17685 100 Oce 0300-0400 17825 300 CAm 0300-0400 17855 300 SEAs 0500-0600 9835 300 NAm 0500-0600 11715 300 FE-RUS 0500-0600 11760 300 FE-RUS 0500-0600 11840 300 EaAS 0500-0600 11850 100 Oce En RS 0500-0600 15230 100 HWI En GS 0500-0600 17810 300 SEAs 0600-0700 9835 300 NAm 0600-0700 11840 300 EaAs 0600-0700 11850 100 Oce 0600-0700 17810 300 SEAs 1000-1100 9695 300 SEAs 1000-1100 11730 300 EaAs 1000-1100 11850 100 Oce 1100-1200 9695 300 SEAs 1100-1200 11730 300 EAs 1400-1500 9505 100 NAm 1400-1500 11730 300 SAs 1500-1600 7200 100 SEAs 1500-1600 9505 100 NAm 1500-1600 9750 300 EaAs 1500-1600 11730 300 SAs 1700-1800 6090 300 EaAs 1700-1800 7110 300 Eu 1700-1800 9535 300 NAm 1700-1800 9825 100 SEAs 2100-2200 9725 300 Eu 2100-2200 11850 100 Oce En RS 2100-2200 13630 300 NAm Fr RS 1500-1520 11785* 300 ME/NAf 1800-1820 7110 300 Eu 1800-1820 7255 300 Af 1800-1820 11785 300 Af BI RS 0930-1000 9695 300 SEAs 1130-1200 9620 100 SEAs 1300-1330 9695 300 SEAs 2300-2320 11815 100 SEAs 2340-0000 13650 100 SEAs Jap GS 0200-0300 11840 300 EaAs 0200-0300 11870* 300 ME/NAf 0200-0300 13630 100 NAm 0200-0300 15570 300 EAs 0200-0300 17685 100 Oce 0200-0300 17810 300 SEAs 0200-0300 17835 100 SAm 0200-0300 21610 300 Oce 0400-0500 11840 300 EaAs 0400-0500 15230 100 HWI 0400-0500 17810 300 SEAs 0400-0500 17855 300 SEAs 0700-0800 6145 300 FE-RUS 0700-0800 6165 300 FE-RUS 0700-0800 9835 300 NAm 0700-0800 11840 300 EAs 0700-0800 11850 100 Oce 0700-0800 17860 300 SEAs 0900-1000 9685 100 SAm/HWI 0900-1000 9750 300 EAs 0900-1000 9835 300 NAm 0900-1000 11730 300 SAs 0900-1000 11815 300 SEAs 0900-1000 11850 100 Oce 0900-1000 12030 100 CAm 1500-1600 9535 300 CAm/NAm 1600-1700 6035 300 EaAs 1600-1700 7110 300 Eu 1600-1700 7140 100 Oce 1600-1700 7200 100 SEAs 1600-1700 9535 300 CAm/NAm 1600-1700 9835 300 HWI 1600-1700 11730 300 SAs 1700-1800 6035 300 EAs 1700-1800 7140 100 Oce 1700-1800 7200 100 SEAs 1700-1800 9835 300 HWI 1800-1900 6035 300 EAs 1800-1900 7200 100 SEAs Jap R1 GS 0300-0400 11840 300 EAs 0300-0400 11870* 300 ME/NAf 0300-0400 13630 100 Nam 0300-0400 17810 300 SEAs 0300-0400 21610 300 Oce 0800-0900 9685 100 SAm/HWI 0800-0900 9750 300 EAs 0800-0900 9835 300 NAm 0800-0900 11730 300 Sas 0800-0900 11850 100 Oce 0800-0900 12030 100 Cam 0800-0900 17860 300 SEAs 1000-1100 9750 300 EaAs 1000-1100 11815 300 SEAs 1100-1200 9750 300 EaAs 1100-1200 11815 300 SEAs 1200-1300 9750 300 EaAs 1200-1300 11815 300 SEAs 1300-1400 9750 300 EaAs 1300-1400 11815 300 SEAs 1400-1500 9750 300 EaAs 1400-1500 11815 300 SEAs 1900-2000 7225 100 SEAs 1900-2000 9560 300 EAs 1900-2000 11665 300 SEAs 1900-2000 11910 300 EAs 2000-2100 7225 100 SEAs 2000-2100 9560 300 EAs 2000-2100 11665 300 SEAs 2000-2100 11910 300 EAs 2100-2200 7225 100 SEAs 2100-2200 11665 300 SEAs 2100-2200 11910 300 EaAs 2200-2300 9725 300 Eu 2200-2300 11665 300 SEAs 2200-2300 11850 100 Oce 2200-2300 11910 300 EaAs 2200-2300 13630 300 NAm 2300-0000 9725 300 Eu 2300-0000 11665 300 SEAs 2300-0000 11910 300 EaAs Kor RS 0400-0430 15570 300 EaAs 0500-0530 15570 300 EAs 1100-1130 6090 100 EaAs 1200-1230 6190 100 EaAs 1400-1430 6190 100 EaAs 2210-2230 9560 300 EaAs MalayRS 1200-1230 9695 300 SEAs 1400-1430 7200 100 SEAs 2240-2300 11815 100 SEAs Ru RS 0330-0400 15570 300 Eas 0600-0630 11715 300 FE-RUS 0600-0630 11760 300 FE-RUS 0800-0830 6145 300 FE-RUS 0800-0830 6165 300 FE-RUS 1300-1330 6190 100 EaAs 1840-1900 7110 300 Eu 1900-1920 11715 300 FE-RUS Sp RS 1000-1030 9685 100 Sam 1000-1030 12030 100 CAm 1820-1840 7110 300 Eu Thai RS 1330-1400 7200 100 SEAs 2300-2320 13650 100 SEAs VietnRS 1100-1130 9620 100 SEAs S 2320-2340 11815 100 SEAs (K. Hishikawa-JPN NHK-World R.Japan Mar 21)

KOREA National Salvation bites R Free Asia. The home page of the South Korean "National Salvation Front" ran an article entitled "Stop Radio Free Asia" on Mar 15. To read the article go to http://www.alles.or.jp/~kuguk/091503.htm National Salvation Front is an imaginary product of NoKorean propaganda that claims to exist in Seoul and operate the clandestine "Voice of National Salvation" bcs from there. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN Mar 16)

Copy of http://www.alles.or.jp/~kuguk/091503.htm

Stop Radio Free Asia The United States is running Radio Free Asia. This radio serves for realization of Washington's criminal Asia strategy in view of its purport mission and expenses.

A senator from the US Republican Party one of its founders said: "Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe contributed much to accelerating the cause of freedom in Europe and the Soviet Union. Today we have an opportunity to have the oppressed Asian people repeat this course." Another Congressman bragged "Why can't we destroy the bamboo curtain with the vitality and will power that pulled down the iron curtain?"

The United States has been running Radio Free Asia since 1996 toward several Asian countries. It aircasts for fifteen hours every day in seven languages including Korean Chinese Tibetan and Lao. It is aimed at inspiring anti-government activities and causing complaints among Asian peoples. It is intensifying propaganda to paralyze the consciousness of national independence by circulating the American view of value and illusion about capitalism among them. Radio Free Asia is directed by the US Central Intelligence Agency. Now many Asian countries reject the radio which serves for the dominationist ambition of the United States.

North Korea China Laos Myanmar and other Asian countries are scathingly denouncing the broadcasting propaganda of the United States as an undisguised ideological infiltration into other countries and nations intervention in their internal affairs and insult on the dignity of Asia. Dazzled by its "success" in Europe Washington thinks that it can stifle the socialist countries and other independent nations in Asia with Radio Free Asia but in vain.

The Asian peoples will never be deceived by the radio but hold fast to their ideas systems and national traditions. (via Sonny Ashimori-JPN Mar 16)

3930 KBS-1 Hwasong, 1015-1030 Korean, at 1025 a strong jammer starts with S=9+10dB and covered the QRG. Best 35543 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 4)

MONACO/FRANCE Sud Communication to buy RMC radio group. The takeover bid for the RMC [Radio Monte Carlo] group by Sud Communication (Fabre group) and NRJ and including the participation of LV and Co (Gerard Louvin) has been accepted by Sofirad [French media holding] the company announced on Tuesday [17th March]. Radio Monte Carlo Middle East which bcs in Ar and Fr to the ME fr Cyprus is no longer part of the RMC group. RFI Paris took control of RMC Middle East in Nov 1996. (BBCM via AGDX Mar 19)

Buy up sharp criticized by competitors RTL and Europe-1. RMC group [share holder Monaco 16% France 84%] holds Radio Monte Carlo and 51% of Radio Nostalgie Network as well as Radio Montmartre FM in Paris. (dpa press agency Mar 18)

NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand International 29 Mar-03 May 1650-1851 6145 Mon-Fri 1852-2051 11735 Sun-Thu 1852-2106 Fri & Sat 2052-0458 17675 Sun-Thu 2107-0458 Fri & Sat 0459-0716 11905 Mon-Fri 0459-0758 Sat & Sun 0717-1206 9795 Mon-Fri 0759-1206 Sat & Sun 1207-1650 Closedown

1207-1650 6105 occasional use for Sporting broadcasts and/or Pacific Cyclone Warnings.

WRN1 EUR 1500 Sats WRN1 USA 1800 Sats WRN1 AF/AS 0500 Suns YRNZI's WRN progr is also available from the WRN Sound Store as a RealAudio file- www.wrn.org (Adrian Sainsbury-NZL Mar 20)

NIGERIA Clandestine National Liberation Council of Nigeria (Nalicon) Radio Kudirat Nigeria, the Voice of Democracy (formerly Radio Democrat International) began bcing on 12th June 1996. It is opposed to the current Nigerian govt and says that it is the voice of the Nigerian pro-democracy movement. It said that it was launched to complement the activities of its sister stn, Freedom Radio (also known as Freedom Frequency) which has bc on 99.9 MHz FM in the Lagos area in the past. It bcs from a 500 kW tx in Meyerton South Africa. 1900-2000 En/local langs 6205 11540 UK addr: Nalicon UK, PO Box 9663, London SE1 3LZ, UK Tel/Fax: +44-171-407-0776 E-mail: naliconpostlin.demon.co.uk (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 19)

PAKISTAN The Pakistan Bcing Corporation can be found at http://radio.gov.pk/Intro.html

Radio Pakistan's M-98 schedule fr Mar 8th-May 2nd has now arrived and is: Urdu WS 0100-0215 11760 15485 WS to So&SoEaAS English 0230-0245 11760 13610K 15485 slow speed nx bulletin to So&SoEaAS to India 7485. Gujrati 0330-0400 15325 and addit 17555 (API-6 250 kW) to BGD IND EaAF Urdu 0430-0630 11725 (API-1 100 kW 282 degr) 15170 (API-5 250 kW 282 degr) 17555 (API-6 250 kW 252 degr) WS to Gulf & ME.

Urdu/E 0800-1120 15530 (API-5 250 kW 313 degr) 0800-1103 Urdu WS 17830 (API-6 250 kW 313 degr) 1105-1120 slow speed nx. As reported previously they are carrying Cricket Test Matches from South Africa on 17555 [252 degr??] instead of 17835 currently. And 17555 has'nt been coming up til about 0830. Then it's to the Gulf. But "normal" regular txions to WeEUR will be on 17835.

Indonesian 0900-0930 15425 17540K to INS MLA BRU TZA. Tamil 1000-1030 15405 17540K to SoIND and S-L. Hindi 1100-1145 7255 9610 11995K. Chinese 1200-1230 9705 11835 to CHN. Mitali/Bangla 1200-1245 9785 11975 to BGD/IND. Persian 1300-1345 9775 11975 to IRN.

Urdu 1330-1530 9650 11570 15495K WS to Gulf & ME. Hazargi 1400-1430 MW 756 to AFG. Turki 1430-1500 5055 6070(this now via 313 degr) to AFG and CeAS. Russian 1500-1530 5055 6070(this now via 313 degr) to CIS and RUS. Dari 1600-1700 MW 1260 kHz to AFG. English 1600-1630 9650 11570 15495K WS to Gulf & ME. 15170 17720 to Ea&SoEaAF. 1615-1630 E slow speed nx bulletin.

Urdu 1700-1900 9330 11570 WS to WeEUR. Turkish 1730-1800 7340K 9400K to TUR. Arabic 1800-1845 7460 9425 to ME & NoAF. Urdu 1800-1900 7255 Islamabad progr to Gulf & ME. French 1930-2000 11570 to WeEUR 9330 to No&WeAF. K = Karachi 50 kW others Islamabad 100/250 kW.

Home sces API1 100 kW 4275 yes 4275 kHz = 70.18 metres 1414 Balti nx 1422-1430 Sheena nx. API2 100 kW 6060 0330-0430 Balti 0445-0545 Sheena. 5010 1300 Urdu nx 1304-1600 Pushto. API4 100 kW 7110 0600 Urdu nx 0604-0800 Rawalpindi progr incl. 0700-0704 Punjabi nx 0800-1115 Islamabad progr incl. 0800-0804 Sindhi nx Pushto nx 0900-0904 Urdu nx 1000-1004 E nx at 1100-1104.

Link services from Islamabad API-7 10 kW API7 10 kW 6070 0100-0102 Urdu 0200-0225 Urdu comm & editorials. 0230-0245 link for slow speed nx bulletin. 7270 0300-0310 E nx 0400-0404 Urdu 0500-0504 E nx 0600-0604 Urdu 0700-0704 Punjabi0800-0804 Sindhi 9645 0900-0930 Indonesian link 1000-1030 Tamil link 1100-1104 E nx 1200-1210 Urdu nx&comm 1230-1300 Kashmiri 1302 Punjabi 1309-1316 Sindhi 1400-1414 E nx & commercial nx 1500 Urdu nx & comm 1515-1530 Urdu newsreel. 7230 1600-1630 E nx comm link for slow speed bulletin 1700-1715 Urdu nx/Pasmanzar1730-1800 Turkish link. I've tried many times to hear API-7 but never succeeded. I presume the "Link Service" it provides is an emergency feed perhaps to regional stations and to Karachi. The audio I hear via Karachi sounds more like a telephone line though.

API8 100 kW Rawalpindi III 4790 0045-0435 1230-1330 1345-1815. 7265 0800(Fri 0930)-1215 Regional sces Quetta 10 kW 5025 0045-0404(Fri-0345) & 1200-1805 7155 Fri 0400-0820 1000-1145. Sat-Thur 0600-1145. Peshawar 10 kW 5045 1100-1400. (Noel Green-UK Mar 16)

PERU Radio Horizonte very strong fr 2330 on 5018.65 and onwards. Nice programming and many "attenciones". (Bjorn Fransson-SWE Mar 20)

PORTUGAL Radio Portugal to close English French sces."You are in tune in with Radio Portugal Internat bcing fr Lisbon. We inform our listeners that by the decision of the board of administration of RDP [Radiodifusao Portuguesa]-Radio Portugal our bcs in En and in Fr will end as of 31st Mar 1998."[RDP currently bcs ext scesin Po En Fr and Tetum (for Timor). According to BBC Monitoring archives programming in En was introduced in 1955 while Fr first appeared in the schedules in 1962. There are currently three half- hour bcs in Enand one half-hour in Fr on weekdays only.] (BBCM via AGDX Mar 13)

R. Portugal's Winnie Almeida made a very brief ann at 0457 March 18 on 6150 9570 that their En sce would be closed down at the end of March. As usual it was very difficult to understand her amid the low modulation co- and adjacent-channel interference. Until then the En sked is: M-F 1430-1500 ME 21515; 2100-2130 Eu 7110 9780 9815; UTC Tue-Sat 0430-0500 6150 9570. (Glenn Hauser OK Mar 19)

All foreign language progrs end as of March 31 also French and Tetum [for Timor]. English had been on the air since 1954 and was known as Voice of the West in the 60s and early 70s. Portuguese ext sces will continue on a restructured schedule. Winnie Almeida was responsible for many of the feature progrs incl the DX progr which aired from 1975 to 1997. (Roy Baker UK [who wrote the DX program] via Mike Barraclough WDXC WORLD OF RADIO 933 Mar 19)

RUSSIA Radio Telefis Eireann Irkutsk 12015 1345 Worlds Apart progr under Deutsche Welle via Krasnodar in Arabic. SINPO 32332. (Michiel Schaay-HOL Mar 18)

GTRK "Amur" Blagoveshchensk is in Amur Oblast in the Russian Far East, on the border with China. When not carrying its own progrs, this stn relays a time-shifted version of Radio Russia fr Moscow. All progrs will be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER. Local time in Amur Oblast is GMT+9 hours in winter and GMT+10 hours in summer. This schedule was compiled entirely fr monitoring observations. Times of local programming may vary at weekends. 2000-1800 UTC, SW 6060, LW 189, FM 66-73 Mhz 0010-0100, 0300-0400, 0610-0700, 0910-1000, 2110-2200, 2210-2300 local progs Addr: GTRK "Amur", per.Svyatitelya Innokentiya 15, 675000 Blagoveshchensk, Russia. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 19)

SCHEDULE DRAFT of Radio Rossii and radiostation "Tikhiy Okean". Some freqs can be changed. 29/03/98-05/09/98

"RADIO ROSSII" GPR-1 Moscow: 100 kW (005ΓΈ): 0200-0400 5910 0430-1600 7105 1630-2200 5910 Al. 5910. 100 kW (240ΓΈ): 0200-0600 6110 0630-1500 9720 1530-2200 6060 Al.6060. 250 kW (260ΓΈ): 0200-0500 9500 0530-0800 15455 0830-1500 15465 Al.15455 1530-1900 12060 1930-1800 9600. 250 kW (310ΓΈ): 0200-0500 9720 0530-1500 12060 1530-1900 11675 1930-2200 9845.

GPR-2 St.Petersburg: 400 kW (145ΓΈ) [RV-160 + RV-848]: 0200-0700 9845 0730-1100 11630 1130-1700 12045 1730-2200 7200.

GPR-3 Samara: 100 kW (125ΓΈ) [RV-239]: 0200-0500 7325 0530-1000 12065 1030-1400 11750 1430-2200 7355.

TCR-4 Krasnodar: 100 kW (105ΓΈ) [RV-690]: 0200-0500 7345 0530-0800 12025 Al. 11720 0830-1600 11720.100 kW (325ΓΈ) [RV-690]: 1630-2200 9560.

GPR-10 Irkutsk: 100 kW (065ΓΈ): 2000-2300 9655 2330-1100 15475 1130-1600 9655

GPR-11 Novosibirsk: 100 kW (030ΓΈ): 2000-2300 9815 2330-1100 9870 0730-1600 9815

Ekaterinburg Radio Centre: 200 kW (050ΓΈ): 2200-1800 7220

Radiostation "Tikhiy Okean" 0715-0800 7185 7210 7490 USB 9670 9825 10344 USB 12055 12070 15490 (Sat/Sun + 5940 7320 9530 9600); 1800-1845 5960 7170 7240 9735 9825 9895 11655 11775 (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS via RUS-DX Mar 18)

(German FCC) RTP - Regulierungsbehoerde fuer Telekommunikation und Post Aussenstelle Konstanz - Pruef- und Messdienst (Monitoring and Measurement). International Complaint filed out by German RegTP against VOR on 7100 in amateur radio band. Activites against "Voice of Russia WS" on 7100.

On Febr 26, 1998 our headquarters at Mainz has sent a FAX with an International Complaint to the telecoms.authorities of the Republic of Ukraine. Until today now reply has been received from there. We have pin-pointed the transmitter in the border region Ukraine / Romania (Coordinations abt. 48 N / 26 E 30). (DARC Bandwatch, Monitoring sce against Ham Radio band intruders, Mar 21)

Comment: maybe Grigoriopol Maiac Moldova-Pridnestrovyie, registered under 7105 kHz Kichinev-Moldova in W97, later moved 5 kHz down to 7100 kHz.

7105 0030-0600 zones 17,27,28,36 KCH 1000 kW 310 degr registered under RUS #1106.

SOMALIA Pro-Ali Mahdi radio back on the air after two-month absence. "The pro-Ali Mahdi radio stn which has been off the air for two months was heard last night [8th March] bcing a test txion. It has been reported that some of the radio's equipment which was stolen by a group of bandits has been replaced. It is expected that the radio will be back on air as usual in the next few days." This radio stn-which calls itself "Radio Mogadishu Voice of the Somali Republic"-was heard again by BBCM on 10th Mar 1720-1800. It was bcing on its previous SW freq of 6822 kHz. (BBCM via AGDX Mar 19)

SOUTH AFRICA Radio Telefis Eireann Meyerton 15120 1516 Worlds Apart progr buried under Voice of Nigeria. SINPO 32442. (Michiel Schaay-HOL Mar 18)

SWITZERLAND SRI's Schwarzenburg tx site closes down after March 28. Here is the latest W97 operational schedule: 5840 0500-0730 28SE29 150 080 6135 0030-0545 46-9 150 305 9535 1100-1330 37N 150 230 9620 1630-1815 3839 150 125 9620 1830-2130 47525357 150 170 9885 0600-0815 37S46 150 200 9885 1400-1615 29304041 150 080 9905 2200-2400 111213NW 150 260 11725 1830-2130 37S38W46 150 185 11860 0600-0815 37S38W46 150 185 12075 0830-1030 5558-60 150 245 12075 1100-1330 444950 150 065 12075 1400-1615 29304041 150 080 (HFCC schedule)

On Mon Mar 30 there will be a short Two Bobs item marking the closure. A full 14-minute feature will be aired on the following weekend April 4-5. This will be in the good old ad- lib Two Bobs style. (Bob Zanotti REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

UK Skelton/Wooferton relay of NHK-World Radio. NHK-World Radio Japan's new changing plan for Z98 fr 1 Apr to 24 Oct 1998. * late change En GS 0000-0100 6155 250 Eu En GS 0000-0100 6180 250 Eu En GS 0500-0600 7230 250 Eu En GS 0600-0700 5975 250 Eu En GS 0600-0700 7230 250 Eu Ge RS 1100-1130 9660* 250 Eu Ge RS 1100-1130 11710 250 Eu Jap GS 0900-1000 11710 250 Eu Jap R1 GS 0800-0900 11710 250 Eu Jap R1 GS 1300-1400 17695* 250 Eu Jap R1 GS 1400-1500 17695* 250 Eu Jap R1 GS 2200-2300 6050* 250 Eu Jap R1 GS 2200-2300 6115 250 Eu Ru RS 1130-1200 11710 250 Eu (K. Hishikawa-JPN NHK-World R.Japan Mar 21)

A colleague has just phoned Sunrise Radio who confirmed they were testing via Deutsche Telekom Juelich on 5880 and 6190 for two days only-17th and 18th March. The tests were supposed to be from 1500-2000 but appear to have been extended. No further tests planned at present. If anyone managed to catch the tests I guess reception reports could be sent to the usual Sunrise Radio address: Sunrise House Sunrise Road Southall UB2 4AU UK (Dave Kenny-UK British DX Club Mar 19)

UK [non]. Tnx to a tip from the British DX Club I checked out Sunrise Radio which is testing via DTK Juelich; no telling if this will continue or cease abruptly. DTK keeps coming up with surprise new clients to keeps its txs abandoned by DW as busy as possible. Commercial radio from the UK is nothing new but it certainly is on SW and it was a bit of a shock when the first thing I heard was an ad for beds as I tuned in 5880 at 0050 Fri Mar 20. This was followed immediately by an ad in a South Asian language including numbers in En. Why do so many ex-colonials abandon their own language's numbers? Then 0052 back to En for an ad about long-distance sces to IND PAK BGD 0800-3- 76-76-76 "Speed Dial"; 0053 See America via British and other airways; 0055 a bit of mx. 0100 time check for 0100 and 2-minute nx capsule in En by Katherine Jones squeezing in 3 or 4 stories with actualities about Calais ferry strike silly ball game DiCaprio in London outro 0102 as Independent Radio nx. Then more ads Visit-Amsterdam package cooking oil in language; 0103 Sunrise Radio promo in lang then English ID "Thank you for making us the number one Asian stn in the country". I am wondering how many South Asian languages are heard on this or is it Hindi only? The YL DJ at 0105 said both "Salam Aleikum" and "Namaskar" and into lively pop mx which must have kept them awake in London. The sun *is* rising around this time in SoAS and there may be other freqs aimed there but from the strength of this and previous usage I believe this is toward NoAM. I kept a radio on 5880 but didn't listen closely; format continued with En nx capsules on the hour at 0200 and 0300; at 0315 they were playing some nice Indian classical mx and ads less frequent- -a bilingual one for catering at 0329. Finally a jingle and off at 0400 sharp. Strange that the BDXC reports did not mention the Asian language and mx content of this station. (Glenn Hauser OK Mar 20)

It appears that Sunrise Radio, a U.K. commercial stn, has been testing on SW via Deutsche Telekom Juelich. They were hrd on 5880 by a Tal Greywolf (southeastern U.S.) at 0100 Mar 19 [presumably UTC date], and by Glenn Hauser at 0050-0400* Mar 20. GH rptd mostly EG, but some Asian-style progr. In both cases, rcpn was very good, and GH suggested that, notwithstanding the Asian orientation, it sounded strong enough to have been beamed to the U.S.

Dave Kenny (BBCM) rpts that, according to the British DX Club, a telephone call to Sunrise Radio confirmed that they were testing via Juelich on 5880 and 6190 for two days only, Mar 17 & 18. The tests were supposed to be from 1500-2000, "but appear to have been extended. No further tests planned at present. If anyone managed to catch the tests, I guess rcpn rpts could be sent to the usual Sunrise Radio addr: Sunrise House, Sunrise Road, Southall UB2 4AU, U.K. (rec.radio.shortwave, GH's SW/DX Rpt via Hard-Core-DX)

Merlin Celebrates First Anniversary with 24-Hour Global Interactive Multimedia Festival.

Merlin Communications International Limited (Merlin) is celebrating its first anniversary on Sat 28th March with a 24-hour global interactive multimedia festival carried on SW Radio, Satellite Radio and via the Internet. An impressive schedule, linked with live nx on the hour, and played out from facilities provided for Merlin by Country Music Radio.

Listeners can be interactive with the festival by using our tele/fax desk manned from midnight to midnight (tel. +44 (0) 171 419 1035, fax +44 (0) 171 419 1024), through email at [email protected] or via Merlin's website at http://www.merlincommunications.com

Merlin was formed on 27 March 1997 following the UK Government's decision to privatise the BBC's txion network. With over 65 years experience Merlin. Merlin has conducted business in over 100 countries worldwide. Outside the UK staff are permanently located in Singapore, Cyprus, Thailand, Ascension Island, Antigua, Oman, and the Seychelles.

[SW freqs and European/Asian satellite channels will be circulated later this week] (Dave Kenny-UK British DX Club Mar 18)

UNID new 7020 Chinese lang stn, 1530-1601*, internat mx, oldies from the 60ties, at 1559 mentioned Shanghai.. 5 short / 1 long time pips. 1600 progr ends. at 1601 tx s-off. 25432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 12-13)

USA WORLD OF RADIO April schedule on WWCR. Here are the anticipated times following the DST shift April 6: Thur 2030 15685 Sat 0600 3210 and 5070; Sat 1130 5070; Mon 0400 5070; Tue 1230 15685. (Glenn Hauser-USA Mar 19)

WHRI / KWHR Frequency Schedule Z98 fr Apr 6 WHRI ANGEL 1 0000-1000 7315 1000-1300 9495 1300-1800 15105 1800-0000 9495 WHRI ANGEL 2 2200-1000 5745 1000-1500 6040 1500-2200 13760 KWHR ANGEL 3 2200-0400 17510 0400-1000 17780 1000-1800 9930 1800-2000 13625 2000-2200 15405 KWHR ANGEL 4 1900-0700 17555 0700-1500 11565 1500-1900 7560 WHRA Angel 5 0300-0500 9400 0500-0800 11565 1800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 2200-2400 13760 (Joe Brashier WHRI Mar 18)

VENEZUELA 4980 2325-0015 Ecos del Torbes San Cristobal very strong as usual but behind it and sometimes also very strong was a Radio Reloj and I couldn't find out anything but that it was Radio Reloj on Cuba! A very bad chosen freq acc to my opinion! Talked about "Libre de Cuba" and so on and had time indications like the Relojs in the AM-band. At 0000 there also was the Radio Beijing time signal on the freq and also some Chinese heard! I don't know if there were any connections between Beijing and Reloj but I think I heard them both behind Ecos! (Bjorn Fransson-SWE Mar 20)

VIETNAM Vietnam Radio and TV Commission. Some Voice of Vietnam freqs are subject to variation. Where both 15010 and 12020 are shown as alternate freqs for a particular txion, 12020 is usually used from 16th Oct-15th Feb and 15010 from 16th Feb-15th Oct. Certain freqs are relayed from txs in Russia(k-Krasnodar, m-Moscow tx). This schedule is based on monitoring observations as well as information supplied by Voice of Vietnam. Additional programme may be carried on MW which could not be confirmed due to poor reception.

0000-0030 CAMBODIAN As 9730-v 7285 1242 0000-0100 VIETNAMESE AfAs 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 0030-0100 LAOTIAN As 9730-v 7285 1242 0100-0130 En Am 5940-k 0130-0200 VIETNAMESE Am 5940-k 0200-0230 LAOTIAN Am 5940-k 0230-0300 ENGLISH Am 5940-k 0300-0330 SPANISH Am 5905-k 0330-0400 ENGLISH Am 5905-k 0830-0930 CHINESE-ST As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 0930-1000 INDONESIAN As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242 1000-1030 ENGLISH As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242 1030-1100 INDONESIAN As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242 1100-1130 ENGLISH As 9730-v 7285 1242 1010 1100-1130 SPANISH Af 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1130-1200 CAMBODIAN As 1242 1130-1200 RUSSIAN As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1130-1200 THAI As 9730-v 7285 1010 1200-1230 CAMBODIAN As 9730-v 7285 1200-1230 CHINESE-ST As 12035 10010 1010 1200-1230 JAPANESE As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242 1200-1230 THAI As 1242 1230-1300 CANTONESE As 12035 10010 1230-1300 ENGLISH As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1230-1300 FRENCH As 1242 1230-1300 LAOTIAN As 9730-v 7285 1300-1330 CANTONESE As 1242 1300-1330 CHINESE-ST As 12035 10010 1300-1330 FRENCH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1300-1330 RUSSIAN As 9730-v 7285 1330-1400 CAMBODIAN As 9730 7285 1010 1330-1400 CANTONESE As 12035 10010 1330-1400 CHINESE-ST As 1242 1330-1400 ENGLISH Eu As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1400-1430 ENGLISH As 1242 1400-1430 JAPANESE As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1400-1430 LAOTIAN As 9730-v 7285 1010 1400-1430 THAI As 12035 10010 1430-1500 CANTONESE As 9730-v 7285 1430-1500 INDONESIAN As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242 1010 1430-1500 RUSSIAN As 12035 10010 1500-1530 CHINESE-ST As 9730-v 7285 1500-1530 ENGLISH As 1242 1500-1530 THAI As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1010 1530-1600 CANTONESE As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1530-1630 VIETNAMESE As 1242 1010 1600-1630 ENGLISH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1630-1700 ENGLISH As 1242 1630-1700 RUSSIAN Eu As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1700-1800 VIETNAMESE Eu As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1800-1830 ENGLISH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 7440-m 1830-1900 FRENCH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1830-1930 VIETNAMESE Eu 7440-m 1900-1930 ENGLISH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1930-2000 FRENCH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 7440-m 2000-2030 SPANISH Af 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 2030-2100 ENGLISH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 2100-2130 FRENCH Eu 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 2130-2200 JAPANESE As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 2200-2230 CHINESE-ST As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1010 2230-2300 CANTONESE As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242 1010 2300-2330 THAI As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242 2330-0000 ENGLISH As 15010-alt 12020-alt 9840 1242

Office address: 58 Quan Su Street, Hanoi, Vietnam Studio address: 45 Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi, Vietnam (Mail may be sent to either address ) Tel: + 84-4-825-5694/6862 Fax: + 84-4-826-5875/6707 URL: http://www ioit ac vn/tieng_noi_vn/tnvn_int html (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 19) [7440 Moscow in winer schedule, St.Petersburg in summer.]

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ALBANIA TRANS WORLD RADIO - Cerrik, Albania PROGRAM SCHEDULE SUMMER SEASON 98 29 MAR 98 - 25 OCT 98 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU PWR AZI 0500-0515 1234567 KURDISH 25 11635 100 090 0515-0530 123 567 POLISH 31 09670 100 350 0645-0835 6 ENGLISH 31 09685 100 310 + 0645-0850 7 ENGLISH 31 09685 100 310 + 0655-0820 12345 ENGLISH 31 09685 100 310 + 0830-0845 23456 HUNGARIAN 31 09490 100 350 1340-1355 7 RUSSIAN 31 09485 100 033 1340-1355 7 RUSSIAN 25 11635 100 033 1340-1440 6 RUSSIAN 31 09485 100 033 1340-1440 6 RUSSIAN 25 11635 100 033 1340-1455 2345 RUSSIAN 31 09485 100 033 1340-1455 2345 RUSSIAN 25 11635 100 033 1355-1455 1 RUSSIAN 31 09485 100 033 1355-1455 1 RUSSIAN 25 11635 100 033 1444-1502 1234567 KURDISH 25 11625 100 090 1502-1517 67 ARMENIAN 31 09660 100 090 1502-1517 67 ARMENIAN 25 12080 100 090 1502-1532 12345 ARMENIAN 31 09660 100 090 1502-1532 12345 ARMENIAN 25 12080 100 090 1500-1530 1234567 POLISH 31 09485 100 350 1630-1730 1234567 FARSI 31 09475 100 090 1630-1730 1234567 FARSI 25 12085 100 090 1800-1815 6 RUSSIAN 49 06240 100 130 to Israel 1800-1815 6 RUSSIAN 31 09925 100 130 to Israel 1830-1900 12345 FINISH 31 09905 100 033 * 1900-1930 12345 NORWEGIAN 31 09905 100 033 * 1930-2000 12345 SWEDISH 31 09905 100 033 * + Provisional entry if a simulcast is needed for English from MCO (starting Mar 29, 1998) * Temporary SW simulcasts to MW Szczecin Stargard Tychowo 1503 kHz (01 May - 15 Aug 1998)

TRANS WORLD RADIO - Shijak, Albania TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU PWR ANT 0515-0530 123 567 POLISH 41 07385 100 350 0830-0845 23456 HUNGARIAN 41 07385 100 350 1500-1530 1234567 POLISH 41 07385 100 350 (TWR Europe, Mar 17)

ALGERIA/MOROCCO/SAHARA (WESTERN, disputed territory) 9640 and 11610 La Voz de Sahara Libre Bouchaoui ALG noted at 2200-2300 in Sp, clandestine radio towards Morocco and WeSahara. 25432

The clandestine RASD -National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic's radio station (x1544 kHz) is now bcing on 1550. Noted on March 15 at 2200, accompanied by a "bubble jamming" can be heard underneath[!], coming from the Moroccoan coast, but less strength signal. (H. Weise DL4SBK, and J.Klingenfuss, on La Palma island in the Canary Isls archipelago, off WeSahara)

BELARUS Radio station BELARUS - Radio Minsk - German service Z98 schedule from Mar 29: MW 1170, 7210 and 11960. Wed Sat Sun 1930-2000 and 2030-2100. Thur 0430-0500, Sun 0430-0500 and 0530-0600. Fax no. in WRTH is wrong; now +375 172 36 66 43. Internet http://www.nestor.minsk.by (Natalja Chlebus-BLR, Mar 24)

BELGIUM Radio Vlaanderen Internat, schedule Z98, 29 Mar-24 Oct 98 [c.f. BC-DX #355] * late corrections, W=Wavre, Wo=Wolvertem 1030-1055 En 9925W 100 32 NoEUR 15595W 200 137 SoEaEUR * 1200-1225 Flemish 9865PK 250 245 EaAS AUS 15250B 200 170 SoAM 15450T 100 130 SoEaAS * 15590W 200 197 Canary Isl. & WeAF 2000-2030 En 1512Wo 300 nd WeEUR * (RVI Radio World, Mar 22)

BRAZIL 15402, Radio Nacional, March 13, 1400-1440, tx failure causing signal on this freq, originating from 15445. Bad modulation on both and giving much splatter on great part of the 19mb. Progr in Sp consisting of Brazilian mx. Also problem with progr material which changed speed a few times. 44444 (Iversen via DXW, Mar 22) Scheduled En 1200-1320, Sp 1330-1450.

BULGARIA A good chance to catch a Bulgarian local stn. Only on Mar 29 (as it was in previous years too) 0700-0800 on 9625, 11855 & 15215 instead of usual Bulgarian sce of RFE will be used by "Classic FM Radio". The name of that progr is called "Morning with Classic FM Radio" [Bulg: "Sutrin sas Classic FM radio"]. IBB switches to DST at 0800 UTC. Reports with return postage may be send to POBox 900, BG-1000 Sofia, Bulgaria. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova, Mar 16)

CHILE Voz Christiana: Their gut feeling is that within a matter of weeks they will get final approval to start bcing. They are quite confident that 21550 will be authorized for use to MEX, and they are also hoping to use 21505 for Brazil. They are still formulating their QSL policy, but they will be sending out QSL-cards. There are no plans to carry Chilean govt programming. (Interview of Andrew Flynn, CE, on HCJB DXPL, via NU, Mar 21)

CHINA CNR Minority sce in Uighur, Kazakh, Mongolian 1100-1200 & 1330-1500 15670 replaced by 11630. //10260, 11375 at 1100; 8566, 10260 at 1330. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

[China non ] TIBET Voice of Tibet can be contacted at mail to: [email protected]. Their URL is http://www.vot.org. (Ludo Maes-BEL, Mar 22)

ECUADOR HCJB TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE Summer 1998 (Z98A) (Mar 29 - Oct 25, 1998) Language Time (UTC) Fqy Target Power Azimuth ARABIC 2100-2200 12020 N.Africa 250 165 BBC relay

CZECH 0530-0600(TWTSS) 9765 Europe 100 035 1830-1900(TWTSS)17790 Europe 500 040 1830-1900(TWTSS)21470 Europe 50 041

ENGLISH 0000-0130 9745 EaNoAmerica 500 356 0130-0400 9745 EaNoAmerica 100 351 0000-1600 21455 EUR/SoPAC 1 35/225 0000-0700 15295 NoAmerica 50 339 0400-0700 9745 WeNoAmerica 100 325 0700-0900 11960 Europe 500 034 0700-1100 9640 SoPacific 100 228 1100-1600 12005 Caribbean 50 043 1100-1600 15115 N/S America 100 353/160 1900-2200 15115 Europe 100 042 1900-2200 21455 EUR/SoPAC 1 35/225

FRENCH 0030-0100 9410 EaCanada 100 340 0630-0700 9765 Europe 100 035 1900-1930 15365 Europe 500 040 1900-1930 17790 Europe 100 041 2000-2030 15365 Europe 500 040 2000-2030 17790 Europe 100 041

GERMAN 0430-0500 9780 Europe 500 038 0430-0500 11960 Europe 100 042 0600-0630 9765 Europe 100 035 0930-1000 6125 SoAmerica 100 155 1930-2000 15365 Europe 500 040 1930-2000 17790 Europe 100 041 2100-2130 15365 Europe 500 040 2100-2130 17790 Europe 100 041 2300-0000 15295 N/S America 500 330/124

JAPANESE 0430-0500 9765 NoAmerica 100 324 1130-1200 11925 Japan 500 320 2030-2100 15365 Europe 500 040 2030-2100 17790 Europe 100 041 2200-2300 11615 SoAmerica 100 126 2200-2300 21455 EUR/SoPAC 1 35/225

KIKONGO 0500-0515 (M-F) 9765 SoWeAfrica 100 100

PORTUGUESE 0800-0930 9745 Brazil 50 100 1530-1800 15295 Brazil 100 139 2300-0230 11615 Brazil 100 100

QUICHUA 0830-1000 6110 SoAmerica 100 155 0830-1030 690 Ecuador 50 000/180 0830-1400 3220 Ecuador 8 090(vert) 0830-1400 6080 Ecuador 8 090(vert) 2100-0300 3220 Ecuador 8 090(vert) 2100-0300 6080 Ecuador 8 090(vert) 2130-0000 9745 SoAmerica 100 155

RUSSIAN 0200-0430 9780 WeRussia 500 034 0515-0700 11960 WeRussia 500 034 0515-0700 15525 WeRussia 100 041 2230-2300 15295 N/S America 50 124/330

Ru +CIS lang1600-1700 15360 CeAsia 500 085 BBC relay Ru +Ukr+Geo 1700-1800 15360 WeRUS UKR GEO 500 062 BBC relay

SLOVAK 0530-0600 (M,F) 9765 Europe 100 035 1830-1900 (M,F) 17790 Europe 500 040 1830-1900 (M,F) 21470 Europe 50 041

SPANISH 0100-0500 15140 Mexico 100 330 0700-0730 9765 Europe 100 035 0900-1100 9765 SoAmerica 100 155 1030-0504 690 Ecuador 050 000/180 1030-0504 6050 Andes 050 018/172 1100-1300 11960 Cuba 100 355 1100-1500 15140 SoAmerica 100 140 1300-1500 15295 Mexico 100 330 1500-1700 15140 SoAmerica 100 150 1600-1900 21455 EUR/SoPAC 1 35/225 1700-1900 15140 N/S America 100 330/150 1900-2100 15140 Mexico 100 330 2100-2300 15140 SoAmerica 100 150 2130-2230 15365 Europe 500 050 2130-2230 17795 Europe 100 041 2300-0000 21455 EUR/SoPAC 1 35/225 2300-0100 15140 N/S America 100 330/150

UKRAINIAN 0500-0515 11960 WeRussia 500 038 0500-0515 15525 WeRussia 100 041

**HCJB also bcs 24 hrs per day in upper sideband on 21455 kHz (500 watts) at 35/225 degrees in various languages.

Frequency Management, David M. Lewis HCJB, Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador FAX: +593 2 267 263 e-mail: [email protected]

GEORGIA VoHope (HAM) via Dusheti in En heard for first time on Feb 15, down 5 kHz on 6285, 1700-2100. Russian sce noted on Tue Feb 24 instead of usual Wed 1900-1915.

Radio IBC Tamil sce 0100-0200 7475 55555. Registered for Z98 period. 0100-0200 new11570, 100 kW 122 degr to SoAS. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

GERMANY TRANS WORLD RADIO - DTK Juelich, Germany PROGRAM SCHEDULE SUMMER SEASON 98 29 MAR 98 - 25 OCT 98 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU PWR AZI 1600-1630 1234567 ROMANIAN 49 05840 100 100 1630-1645 1234567 ROMANIAN 49 05840 100 100 + + Provisional entry in case Romanian extends during the season. (TWR Europe, Mar 17)

DTK Deutsche Telekom Juelich news fr Mar 1st, 100 kW: 5900 1000-1200 28 JUL 100 60 DTK Brother Stair 9885 2000-2200 18,29W JUL 100 40? DTK Brother Stair 13810 1400-1600 38,39 JUL 100 115 DTK Brother Stair (x15600) 1600-1800 from Mar 29th.

11840 1600-1630 52SoAF JUL 100 160 DTK UNL in Fr, Sun only 12000 1300-1330 41SoAS JUL 100 085 DTK UNL in En, Sun only replaced by 12025 from Mar 29th.

5880 0000-0100 8,9 JUL 100 295 DTK LRT 5950 0000-0100 8,9 JUL 100 295 DTK LRT (ex 5905) replaced by 9855 from Mar 29th. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

[see above] new 13810 Brother Stair. *13.57-16.00* with relig bcst, incl phone talks. Also was announced Web-bages with Real Audio of this broadcaster: www.lsoa.com and www.wordbroadcast.org (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 23)

[ENGLAND non] 5840, Sunrise Radio--breaking developments: Hrd loud and clear on 5840 at 1510 Mar 21 (Woodward-UK), with SIO 244-355 on same fqy at 1610 Mar 21 (Karlsson- Sweden), and on same fqy at 1910 Mar 21, very good signal (not quite as good as 1458 MW) (Sexton-UK). (Last three via rec.radio.shortwave) Noted here with S=9+60dB, ed.

Once again hrd on 5840 from 1455 Mar 22. On Mar 21 they were hrd from 1510 tune-in to 2030*. Possible "sked" of 1455-2030 on 5840? Sunrise Radio are once again on HF TX commenced 1455 on 5840. Yesterday they were monitored from tune in at 1510 to abrupt closedown at 2030. Sticking my neck out, we *may* have some *sort* of schedule - 1455- 2030 UTC on 5840 .? (Ray Woodward-UK & BDXC-British DX Club, Mar 23)

Booming in on 5840 at 1525 Mar 22, //1548 MW, but with a satellite delay on the SW signal. Thanks to Ray Woodward for the tip about this. Clearly, the tests have been extended, as I was told during last week that they were only taking place on Mar 18 & 19. (David Kenny-UK & BADX, via Pijpers-Netherlands in Hard-Core-DX, via NU, Mar 22)

ETHIOPIA [non] Rainbow Radio still on 5905 via DTK Juelich Germany, barely audible beneath heavy fax, UT Sat March 21 at 0100. Expect this to change to 9855 for Z-98 from April, per DTK sked in BC-DX, along with Lithuania at 0030, and if they come back, Ireland at 0100 Thu, New Nigeria at 0100 Sun. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Mar 26)

UK [non] Sunrise Radio test via DTK Juelich Germany, 5880, which I reported 12 March, has not been heard since in the +0100-0400* period despite nightly checks; though Edwin Southwell, England and Ray Woodward, British DX Club say it continues in the 1500-2030 period on 5840, except for 1700-1730 when TWR is carried instead. (Glenn Hauser, Mar 26, WORLD OF RADIO 934)

INDONESIA sorry, mistake in bc-dx #356, correction : I found that RRI Tanjung Pinaning on 3224.8 kHz, RRI Mataram on 3223 kHz and RRI Bukittinggi on 3231.8 kHz was apparently inactive. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Mar 19/25)

IRAN VoIRI Tehran spurious signal on 15277, hetting DW 15275, at 0630-0730 in French. Nominal on 11790, 15260 and 15325. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

Democratic Voice of Iran is now on the Internet as well. They are at http://www.dvi.org. E-mail can be send to mailto:[email protected] (Ludo Maes-BEL, Mar 22)

IRAQ Radio Baghdad Internat, 2110 11785 in Ge, easy listening mx (incl.German Schlager), Ar melodies, press review, political comm, freq and address ann (usual P.O.Box 8145), at 2130 Fr progr, SINPO 34333. (M. Schoech-D, Mar 23)

ITALY AWR purchases property at Argenta in Italy. Adventist World Radio announces today that it has just purchased 133 acres of land near the small town of Argenta in north-eastern Italy. Dr. Don Jacobsen, Director of the worldwide AWR System, states that this site will be the location of a large SW stn capable of reaching more than one third of the world's total population. This new radio property is located near the small farming community of Argenta and was originally part of a reclamation project from the Adriatic Sea during the time of Mussolini. The project Director, Engineer Brook Powers, states that the flat land with a high water table makes an ideal location for SW propagation. A new tx building at Argenta will house four large SW txs with the option of adding two more. Initially, the antenna field will contain six highly directional antennas. Ground breaking ceremonies at the Argenta property are scheduled for later this year. Plans call for this new stn to be switched into regular sce in July in the year 2000 during the worldwide Quinquennial Convention of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in Toronto, Canada. The signing ceremony in Argenta was also attended by Stefano Losio, Operations Dir at AWR-Forli; Greg Hodgson who is Operations & Engineering Dir for the AWR System; and former owners of the farming property which will be turned into a large radio stn. The Italian govt enacted special legislation a couple of years ago ennabling Adventist World Radio to construct a large internat SW stn in Italy. The main coverage areas from this new stn will be Ce&SoAS, AF and the ME. (Dr. Adrian M. Peterson-USA, AWR, Mar 24)

JORDAN Radio Jordan Amman heard causing symmetric spurs +/- 105 kHz: 1600-1730 En 11795/11585 from nominal 11690. 2000-2200 Ar 9935/ 9725 from nominal 9830, //6105. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

KAZAKHSTAN Voice of One United and Free Ethiopia 1613-1715 Wed & Sun in Amharic on new 7570 55544 via Almaty 1000 kW 230 degr, for Z98 registered new 12105. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

LAOS [MW 580 kHz] New 200 kW MW tx to be inaugurated. The 200 kW MW radio tx to be on air soon. The Globecom Limited on 16th Mar held a press conference to inform about some achievements of the installation project. Mr Larry Lee Risser, president of the Globecom Ltd, in charge of the implementation of the project said the project installed with modern digital equipment with its 10 year-validity is nearly completed and the bcing test has started recently. He said in the future, the Globecom Ltd, in collaboration with the Lao technicians, will go to provinces throughout the country to collect data about the strength of the signal, then to conclude and resolve problems before the official hand-over of the project.

The project, worth 1m US dollar funded by the Lao govt, is located at km 49 on road No 13 North. Mr Bounthanh Inthasay, director of the National Radio Stn, said upon completion of the project, it would be strong enough to supply information to all localities. The station will bc 17 hrs per day. He said the current old 150 kW capacity radio tx [acc. WRTH: 580 kHz] will be in the condition of maintenance as a sub-tx. The Globecom Ltd will help train personnel in managing and use of the equipment and repairing it in the future. The project comes under the management of the mass media dept and the national radio stn. (Laotian Radio Mar 18, via BBCM / AGDX, Mar 26)

LIBERIA 5470 : Vn/En; 0518 M relig talk in local lang, 0528 back to En w/M ID "This is Radio Veritas, the radio stns of the Catholic Media Centre, bcing to you from Monrovia, Liberia." + freqs. At 0530 cock crows, then W into En nx. Fair, weaker past 0600. (Quaglieri-NY, Mar 23)

MEXICO/UK BBC on FM and AM in Mexico City and other cities. In the week that it celebrates 60 years of Spanish bcs to LatAM, BBC WS has clinched a deal that will mean a huge rise in its audience in Mexico. From Mon 23rd Mar, BBC progrs in Sp are to be on AM&FM in Mexico City, one of the world's largest cities.

Broadcast on Radio Red FM, Mexico City's premier nx stn 88.1 FM, and its sister AM stn Radio Red 1110 kHz AM. In addition all the progrs will be bc on 44 other affiliated radio stns in key urban centres throughout the country. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 26)

MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE TWR Ukraine in Ukr 1830-1900 on 999 with test tones before start and nice ID at 1830. QRM from Italian stn. At 1900 Ru nx fr Newskaja Wolna (?). (M. Schoech-D, Mar 23) [Deutsche Welle in Russian]

Dnestr radio centre rebuilt with Russian funds. The economy, which claims to be independent in the Dnestr Moldovan Republic, is, to put it mildly, in a pretty bad way. Following the collapse of the USSR, many former state installations, because of a lack of funding, became useless, including those in whose viability our country became very interested.

[Correspondent] In recent years the Dnestr Radio Centre, which was once part of the USSR State TV and Radio Commission, has found itself on the brink of complete collapse. A year ago this heap of metal was one of the tallest radio masts in Europe, reaching 350 metres into the sky. But it collapsed because of a lack of money to repair the broken stay wires. [may the LW 234 kHz mast, nearly a fourth lambda length, Kai Ludwig]

The huge debts of Russia's bcs led to the end to the txs of Mayak, Russia's Radio and Moscow foreign bcs. Their place was taken on these same freqs by solvent western radio stns. The situation changed for the better only following the adoption of the new Russian state budget which, in a separate clause, provided for the financing of radio centres abroad which were able to relay Moscow's voice to virtually the whole world. The Dnestr complex is one of the most powerful. Some 21m new Russian roubles have been sent to Dnestr mainly for restoring the Russian state radio bcing to the republics of the former union and the countries of Europe, including the Balkans. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 26)

MONACO TRANS WORLD RADIO - MONTE CARLO, MONACO PROGRAM SCHEDULE SUMMER SEASON 98 29 MAR 98 - 25 OCT 98 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU PWR AZI 0645-0835 6 ENGLISH 31 09755 100 324 0645-0850 7 ENGLISH 31 09755 100 324 0655-0820 12345 ENGLISH 31 09755 100 324 0830-0845 123456 GERMAN 41 07160 100 013 0830-0845 123456 GERMAN 31 09795 500 026 0830-0915 7 GERMAN 41 07160 100 013 0830-0915 7 GERMAN 31 09795 500 026 0846-0901 123 5 SLOVAK 31 09490 500 044 0846-0901 6 CZECH 31 09490 500 044 1030-1100 6 SLOVAK 31 09490 100 065 1100-1145 7 HUNGARIAN 41 09490 100 065 1230-1315 123 5 CROATIAN 41 07255 100 085 1230-1245 67 CROATIAN 41 07255 100 085 1230-1245 4 SERBIAN 41 07255 100 085 1245-1315 7 MACEDONIAN 41 07255 100 085 1245-1315 4 CROATIAN 41 07255 100 085 1245-1315 6 SLOVENIAN 41 07255 100 085 1315-1330 6 GERMAN 41 07160 100 013 DX program 1315-1330 6 GERMAN 31 09795 500 026 DX program 1330-1400 1234567 GERMAN 41 07160 100 013 1330-1400 1234567 GERMAN 31 09795 500 026 1515-1600 12 45 CZECH 41 07355 500 044 1530-1600 3 CZECH 41 07355 500 044 1515-1530 3 67 SLOVAK 41 07355 500 044 1601-1616 7 HUNGARIAN 41 07355 500 065 1601-1631 123456 HUNGARIAN 41 07355 500 065 1700-1715 1 RUSSIAN 25 11635 100 045 1715-1745 1 BELARUS 25 11635 100 045 1700-1745 234567 RUSSIAN 25 11635 100 045 1745-1815 12345 RUSSIAN 25 11635 100 045 + + Provisional entry in case Russian block extends by 30 mins during Z98. (TWR Europe, Mar 17)

14320 harmonic of ERF-TWR Monaco 7160 500 kW 26 degr in German 0920-0945 UTC on AM (usb=zerobeat), Rapport 9+20. My rig is a JST 245 from JRC. (Manuel DL7AVM, Mar 25)

NEW ZEALAND R New Zealand Internat schedule 28 Mar 98-03 May 98 0000-0458 daily 17675 0458-0716 mo-fr 0458-0758 sa+su 11905 0716-1206 mo-fr 0758-1206 sa+su 9795 1206-1500 occasional sport 6105 1500-1650 occasional sport 6145 1650-1850 mo-fr 6145 1850-2050 su-th 1850-2107 fr 1858-2107 sa 11735 2050-0000 su-th 2107-0000 fr+sa 17675

03 May 98-07 Sept 98 0000-0459 mo-fr(!) 15115 0459-0816 mo-fr 0459-0758 sa+su 9875 0816-1206 mo-fr 0758-1206 sa+su 6100 1206-1650 occasional sport 6100 1650-1851 mo-th 1650-1951 fr 6145 1851-1951 su-th 1951-1958 fr+sa 9875 1951-2150 su-th 1958-2150 fr+sa 11735 2150-0000 mo-fr(!) 15115

NO daylight 2150-0459 txion on weekends during south Pacific winter season ! (Uwe Volk-D, Mar 26)

PORTUGAL Radio Portugal to close English French Tetum sces. as of 31st March. "I was sorry to hear about Portugal ending its English Service: This station is probably what got me started in DXing. It all started one evening in 1955, with very modest equipment. My parents bought me a Siemens SH522GW bedside radio that had 5 tubes. I also used a short length of wire for an antenna. Tuning across the 16 metre band I came across a strong station broadcasting in English. At first I thought it was the BBC, but it turned out to be Emissora Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal, with John Hampton reading the news. I also remember The Voice of the West, which broadcast anti- Soviet programming and promoted Salazar's Portuguese colonial regime. I suppose another station "bites the dust"." (Colin Miller VE3CMT, CAN, Mar 22)

Deutsche Welle Sines-POR relay change fr Mar 1: 1600-1845 in Alb, Ro, Bu, Cr & Alb new 15515 replacing 9870. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

QATAR QBS Doha in Ar noted on new 17830 from Mar 8th, 0707-1306, but co-ch BBC ASC. (ex v17891,x17895) (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

ROMANIA RRI Bucarest in German Z98 schedule: 0628-0641 9550 9625 9665 11885 1200-1256 9690 11940 1600-1656 7195 9690 11775 1900-1956 5955 7195 9690 11940 (Lutz Andreas-D, Mar 22)

RUSSIA Deutsche Welle RUS relay changes fr Mar 1: 0000-0100 Ru 11975-VLD 12045-P.K (x9815 x9865) 0200-0250 En 9815-SAM (x7355) 0900-0950 En 12055-IRK (x7380) 1300-1600 Ar 12015-ARM Krasnodar (x9860) 2000-2200 Ru 7395-IRK (x5895)

BBC in Ukr 0500-0600 Mo-Fr via Ekaterinburg-RUS new9795 (x7370), //6010, 9765.

VoR some changes from Mar 1st: 1600-1700 Ge 9710 (x6030); 1600-1900 Ge 7390 (x6145); 2000-2100 Fr add7370. 1300-1500 Ru new9490, new15490 til 1400, new 15550(x12015, 9470, 9450), //7195 7235 9920 12055. 1400-1500 En new15490, new 15535.

Different versions for Home Sce "Radio 1" and "Radio Russia", times in UTC winter periode: Orbita 1 1800-1400 for zones UTC +11/12 Orbita 2 2000-1600 for zones UTC + 9/10 Orbita 3 2200-1800 for zones UTC + 7/ 8 Orbita 4 0000-2000 for zones UTC + 5/ 6 Orbita 5 0200-2200 for zones UTC + 3/ 4

New monthly DX bulletin in Ru lang, called "Siberian DX Bulletin" is coming fr Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region, Russia. Editors are Nikolay Borovenski and Dimitry Lukashov. Ru of "R Rithm" 0500-0600 7200 Yakutsk, 100 kW nondir. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

CANADA [non] Request for Address "Thank you for your e-mail. Please feel free to mail us any reception report. You do not have to include any return postage. We will take care of that. Also, you may send it either in English or German. Thank you for your e-mail once again, our address can be found below.

PHILLIP P. KONESWARAN, Vice President, Mktng Director Direct Dial: +1-416-289-6788 Pager: +1-416-372-4219

RADIO ASIA CANADA (INT'L), 1-680 PROGRESS AVENUE, Scarborough, Ontario M1H 3A5, Canada

Main Office: +1-416-289-1522 Main Office Fax: +1-416-289-1840 NewsRoom Toronto: +1-416-289-6300 NewsRoom Toronto Fax: +1-416-289-0205 Public Relations: +1-416-289-4367 (Phillip Pradeep Koneswaran, V.P. RACI - Head Office / Canada. e-mail [email protected] via Schoech-D, Mar 23)

POLAND [non] 7400, R. Jasna Gora, in Polish via Samara-RUS, is on the air every Sat at 1600-1700 and 2000-2100. Addr: R. Jasna Gora, ul. Augusta Kordeckiego 2, 42-225 Czestochowa, Poland. This is a unique opportunity to hear a Polish local FM stn (100.6) on SW. Stn transmits Catholic progrs. R. Maryja is on the same freq daily at 1700-2000. (Sergei Kolesov-UKR, via Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS). Thanks to tip from Sergei, I noted R. Jasna Gora at 2000 Mar 21 with ID and Catholic sermon until 2024, then cut txion for R. Maryja nx and not resumed later on. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Mar 22)

Fr VoR Moscow: Radio Chanty-Mansisk at 0800-0900 received on 9640 //4820 6095. (Andreas Erbe-D, Mar 24)

GPR-2 Z98 LW/MW/SW schedule. This schedule is subject to change. Abbreviations: A - 290398-050998 B - 290398-260998 C - 060998-241098 D - 060998-260998 E - 270998-241098 K - Kaliningrad P - St.Petersburg The special progrs in Ge 1215 and 1386 kHz are from various religious organizations, such as Universal Life. Radio NERRS txions 684 kHz: 0900-1200-Sat & 1400-1700 Pravoslavnoye Radio, 1700-1900 R.Radonezh.

We are very interested in RR's or any comments regarding our new "old" freq of 801 kHz, especially from No-We-region of European part of Russia, Finland, Sweden or Baltic States and especially by e-mail. We would like to know about the reception quality during the day or night with both simple portable rxs and with communication receivers/long wire antennas in use. All reports will verify by a R. eterburg QSL- letter. Please send any comments and questions to the following e-mail addr: [email protected]

171 K 1200 ND 0200-2100 R.1 198 P 150 ND 0200-2100 R.Mayak 234 P 1200 ND 0200-2100 R.1 549 P 1200 ND 0200-2200 R.Mayak

684 P 10 ND 0900-1200 R.NERRS (Sa) 1400-1900 R.NERRS 801 P 1000 ND 0200-2100 R.Peterburg 828 P 10 ND 0300-0500 RL Ru 0500-1400 Eldoradio 1400-1800 RL Ru 1800-1900 VOA Ru 1900-2000 RL Ru 873 P 150 ND 0100-2100 R.Rossii 1053 P 10 ND 0200-2100 R.Nadezhda

1089 P 20 ND 0400-2000 R.Teos 1125 P 150 ND 0200-2000 R.Orfey 1143 K 150 ND 0400-1530 R.Mayak 1143 K 150 210 1600-1700 VOR Ge 1700-1800 VOR Pol 1800-1900 VOR En 1143 K 150 ND 1930-2300 R.Mayak 1188 P 10 ND 0200-2200 DW Ge/Ru 1215 K 600 245 1500-1900 VOR Ge 1900-2000 VOR En (Sa-Tu, Th) 1900-1930 VOR En (We) 1900-1900 special/Ge (Fr) 1930-2000 special/Ge (We) 1930-2000 VOR En (Fr) 1260 P 10 ND 0230-2100 BBC En/Ru 1323 P 10 ND 0300-1700 R.Krishnaloka 1386 K 1200 275 0445-0500 special/Ge 0500-0600 VOR En 1730-0200 UCB (290398-210398) 1830-0200 UCB (010498-300498) 1900-0200 UCB (010598- ? ) 1440 P 10 ND 0200-2000 RFI Fr/Ru 1494 P 600 258 1500-1600 VOR En(Su-Mo) 1500-1600 Islamskaya Volna(Tu-Fr) 1500-1600 Golos Assirii(Sa) 1600-1700 VOR En 1700-1730 VOR Finn 1730-1800 VOR Nor/Swe 1800-2100 VOR En

5835 K 60 205 2027-2125 RN Du 5835 K 60 245 2027-2125 RN Du 5925C P 200 147 0200-0500 R.Mayak 5935C P 200 147 0200-0600 R.Mayak 6035C P 200 147 1330-2000 R.Mayak 7130E P 400 147 1500-1600 VOR En 1600-1657 CRI Ar 1700-1800 VOR Ar 1800-1827 CRI Fa 1830-2000 VOR Ar 7300C P 800 268 2300-0000 VOR Po 0000-0200 VOR Sp 7310 K 60 205 1557-1700 RN Du 1700-1800 VOR Pol 1800-1900 VOR Ge 1900-2000 VOR Fr 7310 K 60 245 1557-1700 RN Du 1700-1800 VOR Pol 1800-1900 VOR Ge 1900-2000 VOR Fr 7330 K 60 205 1500-1700 VOR Ge 1700-1800 VOR Pol 1800-1900 VOR En 7330 K 60 245 1500-1700 VOR Ge 1700-1800 VOR Pol 1800-1900 VOR En 7335A P 200 147 0200-0430 R.Mayak 7335C P 400 147 0100-0600 R.Rossii 7345C P 400 147 1630-2100 R.Rossii 7390A P 400 215 1730-2000 VOR Fr 7390A P 800 268 2300-0000 VOR Po 0000-0200 VOR Sp 7390C P 400 147 1500-1530 VOR Al 1530-1700 VOR Se 1700-1800 VOR It 1800-2000 VOR Fr 7420C P 400 222 1600-1700 VOR Hu 1700-1800 VOR Slok 1800-1900 VOR Cz 7440A P 400 222 1600-1700 VOR Hu 1700-1800 VOR Slok 1800-1900 VOR Cz 7440C P 400 215 1730-2000 VOR Fr 7445A P 400 147 1730-2100 R.Rossii

9480 P 800 268 2300-0000 VOR Ru 0000-0100 VOR Sp 0100-0300 VOR Ru 9685C P 200 215 1700-2100 VOR Ru 9720C P 200 215 1600-2000 VOR Ar 9775 P 400 268 1700-2100 VOR En 9810A P 400 147 1500-1530 VOR Al 1530-1700 VOR Se 1700-1800 VOR It 1800-2000 VOR Fr 9845A P 400 147 0100-0600 R.Rossii 9875A P 200 147 0200-0500 R.Mayak 9885A P 200 147 1330-2000 R.Mayak 11630 P 400 147 0630-1000 R.Rossii

11685 P 200 147 1030-1300 R. Mayak 11745 K 120 205 0900-1000 VOR Ge 11745 K 120 245 0900-1000 VOR Ge 11920A P 200 215 1700-2100 VOR Ru 11975 P 400 147 1500-1600 VOR Ru 11985A P 200 147 0500-1300 R.Mayak 11985C P 200 147 0630-1300 R.Mayak 11985 P 400 147 1500-1600 VOR Pe 1600-1700 VOR Ar 12000A P 200 215 1600-2000 VOR Ar 12005 P 200 147 0530-1000 R.Mayak 12045A P 400 147 1030-1700 R.Rossii 12045C P 400 147 1030-1600 R.Rossii 15595B P 400 147 1730-1800 VOR Ar 1800-1827 CRI Pe 1830-2000 VOR Ar 17580B P 400 147 1500-1600 VOR En 1600-1657 CRI Ar (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Mar 26)

SAIPAN Z98 change fr Mar 29th: DEL: KWHR 11565 kHz 0700-0800 UT 225 degrees ADD: KWHR 17555 kHz 0700-0800 UT 225 degrees (Bob German GJA, USA, Mar 23)

SAUDI ARABIA Some changes of BSKSA Riyadh fr March 1: 0300-0600 Holy Quran new11935 (x11870), //9553.6, 9619.4, 11785, 17720. 0600-0900 Main progr new 11934.9 (x11708.3), //9718.3, 11818.5; 11935 co-ch VOSA Israel to Iran in Azeri fr 0613-0715. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

Hajj broadcast observed. A Saudi Arabian bc apparently aimed at the non-Arab Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage [Hajj] season, was observed on 19th March on 1116 kHz. Progrs in Persian were observed 1400-1600 followed by Hausa 1600-1700. Following the Hausa bc, the tx joined the Saudi Arabian radio's Second Progr in Ar. A similar sce was heard during the Hajj season in Apr/May 1996. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 26)

SINGAPORE Plans for 24-hour international news radio. A report fr Singapore in the last few days says that Radio Singapore will expand its bcing sce by launching a 24-hour internat nx radio stn in Oct. Information and Arts minister George Yeo told parliament that private funding would be involved, but gave no further details. Radio Singapore Internat explained to "Media Network" on Tue 17th Mar that there is indeed a plan to start bcs in Ja, Ge and Fr, but this is on FM for the Singapore area only and not for their ext sce. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 26)

SOMALIA Fire puts Ali Mahdi Muhammad's radio off the air. Fire broke out yesterday 22nd Mar at 1030 at the txing stn of the north Mogadishu radio which supports faction leader Ali Mahdi Muhammad while the radio was on the air, silencing it and destroying equipment. Husayn Shaykh Ahmad Kadare, the United Somali Congress - Somali Salvation Alliance's secretary for information, was there when the fire broke out. The cause of the fire is not known, but everyone agrees that the [various] factional radios have been operating improperly and without proper technical supervision since the start of the civil war. [This radio station - which calls itself "Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the Somali Rep" - had only resumed bcing earlier in Mar after being off the air for some months following the theft of some of its equipment. The radio has been unheard since the fire.] (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 26)

SOUTH AFRICA/NIGERIA On Mar 8th both freqs of Radio Kudirat NIG - Voice of Democracy were jammed. 1900-2000 En/Vn on 6205 and addit 11540, 500 kW 328 degr. Registered from Mar 29th: 1900-2300 extended to zones 27, 37, 46. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

SYRIA R Damascus in Ar on Mar 3 back on the air v0600-1600 Adra tx on 12085.5, 500 kW [no, not really, supposed to be 50 kW only due to main power shortages, ed] 278 degr to zones 37 & 38. v0530-1600 on 13610 without breaks, but on v12085.2 many interrupts from 30 mins to 60 mins duration. 1600-1700 in Tu 12085.2, and 1805-2205 in Ge Fr En En on 12085.2 & 13610 with very poor reception. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 3/8/11/16)

13610 //12085, R. Damascus, 2000 with patriotic songs, ID at 2115 as "You are tuned to R. Damascus," followed by En nx and En and Ar songs. ID 2130 and comm. Best to have two rxs, each tuned to one of the freqs, as many times you lose signal on one freq and you can catch it on the other. (Vaghjee-Mauritius, via NU, Mar 17)

TAHITI 15170, RFO; Papeete, 0520, Good with island mx, nearly local level but dropped off quickly by 0600. Tonight, Mar 22, they're still very good after 0700. Really glad to see this one back and presume they're 24 hours here? I've heard traces of this at 1700 on a few occasions. (Sharp via DXW, Mar 21)

TAJIKISTAN Home sce of Tajik Radio noted on Mar 14: 0200-0530 on odd 9905.4, //4635 & 5800. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

TANZANIA 11734 The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar (thats the official name), QSL-letter (partial data), for a taped report in 28 days, verie signer was Abdulrah'man M.Said (for the director of the Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar), return postage 2 IRCs, nice stamps on their air mail envelope. Some quotes : "The Management is very much happy with your report ....It is very unfortunate that at the moment we do not have a QSL-CARD [Isn't that the phrase from a lot of other stations, too?], but I hope this letter will serve the pupose [It does!]." "We have 178 personnel. We run a 15 hrs tx every day from 0600 oclock to 0900 oclock in the morning and later on from 1200 noon to 2400 oclock midnight." "We have two txs, a 50 kW SW tx and a 50 kW MW tx located 5 km apart." "Furthermore I would like to request yourself to do some printing of the said QSL-CARD WHICH ARE OF GREAT DEMAND HERE. We will be using the cards to answer back our listeners all over the world." [I'd wish, all stns would do this !]. Addr: The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar, Department of Broadcasting, P.O.Box 1178, Zazibar Tel: 31985/33718/32324 Fax: 31985. (M. Schoech-D, Mar 23)

UK/GERMANY (c.f. BC-DX #356) The commercial "Sunrise-Radio" from London was found at 1830 on 5840, not sure, whether or not in //to it's 1458 MW channel. Seemingly not originating from a CIS tx. Transmission was still up at 1905. (Andreas Erbe-D, Mar 21) Frequency selection strongly indicates Deutsche Telekom Juelich as origin. (Kai Ludwig)

Sunrise Radio confirmed they were testing via Deutsche Telekom Juelich on 5880 and 6190 for two days only-17th and 18th March. The tests were supposed to be from 1500-2000 but appear to have been extended. Sunrise Radio address: Sunrise House Sunrise Road Southall UB2 4AU UK (Dave Kenny-UK British DX Club Mar 19)

UK [and non] I don't normally do this, but for the benefit of those who would not otherwise get this info in time, here is a perishable schedule for UTC Sat March 28 only. Merlin Communications is celebrating the first anniversary of taking over the BBC txs, with a 24-hour "festival radio network" broadcast, also on satellite and internet. Programming includes: 0000-0600, Rock Radio Network; 0600-0900 live breakfast show with Johnny Walker, and extracts from R. Caroline's MV Ross Revenge, off the Isle of Sheppey; 0900-1900, interviews with Merlin founders and staff around the world; Merlin's Magical Moments of Radio History--rarely heard radio classics; MediaZoo special; 2-hour special from Los Angeles studios of rock radio legend Emperor Rosko. MediaZoo in the afternoon [no exact time] discusses the future of broadcast radio; 1900-2300 live music with reprise of Merlin interviews from earlier; 2300-2400 Ear Ache, high-speed telephone interaction with as many of the global audience as we can squeeze in. phone +44 (0) 171 419 1035; e-mail [email protected] or via website -- http://www.merlincommunications.com Ironically, tho by definition Merlin have all the info on tx sites, none are specified in the frequency sked--

0000 - 0200 9525, 11680 to N Am. 0200 - 0300 9525 to N Am. 0300 - 0400 9525 to N Am. 13660 to ME. [Z98 registrations 13660 SKN 300 110; CYP 300 107] 0400 - 0500 9780 to Eur and N Am. 13660 to ME and SE Eur. 0500 - 0600 5875 to Eur. 9780 to Eur and N Am. 13660 to Eu/ME 0600 - 0700 9780 to Eur. 13720 to Aus. 0700 - 0800 9915 to Eur. 13720 to Aus. 21550 to Af. [Z98: 9915 SKN 300 090] 0800 - 1000 9915 to Eur. 13660 to Eur ME. 13720 to Aus. 17630 to Eur, Asia and Aus. 21550 to Af. [Z98: 13660 RMP 500 095] 1000 - 1200 9915 to Eur. 13660 to Eur and ME. 17630 to Eur, Asia and Aus. 21550 to Af. 1200 - 1600 9915 to Eur. 13680 to Eur and ME. 21550 to Af. 1600 - 1800 11665 to Eur and ME. 21550 to Af. 1800 - 1900 6130, 9705 to Eur. 21550 to Af. 1900 - 2000 6130, 9705 to Eur and ME. 2000 - 2200 9705 to Eur and ME. 2200 - 2400 9525 to N Am. 9795 to Asia. 11680 to N Am.

Programme details available via http://www.mediazoo.co.uk (Eric Wiltsher, rec.radio.shortwave via Dave Kenny, British DX Club, Mar 20 and all this via BDXC via Hauser, Mar 26)

UNID Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese fr Feb 15: 1245-1345 on addit 9425 (55444), probably via Russian tx, before txion starts there are typical pips of Russian opening procedure, //15330 via DTK Juelich tx.

Unidentified stn in Pashto language s-off at 0143 UTC whistling with jammer on 4975 kHz. Dushanbe-TJK is registered here, 100 kW, nondir. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

CLANDESTINE 7999.54 VO Sudan (Amharic?) excellent levels 0409 M datelines/headlines, lcl mx, lotsa talk, peaked @0430, weak but still audible past 0500. (Quaglieri-NY, Mar 23)

USA/TAIWAN Radio Taipei Internat via WYFR new broadcasts on Mar 8th, all 100 kW at 44 degr: 1300-1400 15695 in Ru. 1800-1900 17555 in Fr. 2000-2100 11665 in Sp. But on Mar 13 noted in Fr instead on 11665, //9610-TWN, 9985. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

WSHB in Fr 1900-2000 noted on odd v17510.8 55555, instead of nom 17510. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Mar 16)

The VOA live audio feed is now available at http://voa.his.com/voalive.ram (Bill Whitacre-VoA, Hard-Core-DX, Mar 22)

Glenn Hauser's "WORLD OF RADIO". W.O.R. is a listener-supported, public-service program about communications around the world, especially, but not limited to, Shortwave Broadcasting. Look for separately distributed rundowns of topics in each half-hour edition, or on our website: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio also usually in RFPI Weekly Updates, previews by E-mail or newsgroups. This site also gives complete details of all our broadcasts on satellite, cable, AM and FM, Internet, in Spish, and about our publications, contact info, etc.

On WWCR Nashville: Thu 2030 15685 Sat 0600 5070 and 3210 Sat 1130 5070 [this bc may be deleted!] Sun 0630 5070 Mon 0400 5070 Tue 1230 15685 [eff Apr 5]

On RFPI Costa Rica: Fri 2000 15050-usb 21465 Sun 2300 21465 15050-usb Sat 0400 7385-usb 6980 Mon 0700 7385-usb 6980 Sat 1100 6980 Tue 1900 15050-usb 21465 Sat 1800 15050-usb 21465 Wed 0300 7385-usb 6980 Sun 0200 7385-usb 6980 Wed 1000 6980 Sun 0900 6980 21465 1200-2400 and 6980 0000-1200 expected back shortly with improved antennas.

WGTG, Georgia, Sat 2330 5085-usb [eff April 11; til then UTC Sun 0030]

UZBEKISTAN/RUSSIA Tashkent 6260 (100 kW) used in past by Radio Yunost fr Moscow is currently inactive. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 23)

VIETNAM 6387v, R. Lao Cai-2 from northern VTN bordering China, in Vn dialects from tune-in at 2315 to past past 0015 with an enchanting mx progr. Steady signals. This is perhaps the only Vietnamese regional stn hrd on SW in our local mornings. Evening txion from Lao Cai-2 noted at +1115-1235*. (Sarath Weerakoon-SL 4S5SL, UADX, via NU, Mar 21)

------Wanted: ICOM IC-1275 - 23 cm allmode unit ------

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BC-DX 358 30 Mar 1998 ______

ALASKA Station KNLS in Alaska will be changing bc freqs this Sunday Mar 29th. You will find the new txion schedule below.

KNLS BROADCAST SCHEDULE March 29, 1998 to September 26, 1998 UTC kHz TIME BAND FREQ. LANG. 0800 31 m 9615 English 0900 31 m 9615 Russian 1000 31 m 9615 Mandarin 1100 49 m 6150 Russian 1200 41 m 7365 Mandarin 1300 41 m 7365 English 1400 31 m 9615 Mandarin 1500 41 m 7355 Mandarin 1600 41 m 7355 Mandarin 1700 31 m 9615 Russian

HOW TO QSL STATION KNLS. Reception reports for stn KNLS are much appreciated and will be QSL'd as quickly as possible. Your report may be mailed, faxed, sent by audio recording or email. All QSL's will be returned by surface mail.

To qualify, a report must include: The date and time (UTC only) of the txion, the approximate frequency, and as many program details as you can supply.

KNLS will provide only ONE QSL for each report, regardless the number of entries. We do NOT provide QSL's for other transmitter operators who may air World Christian Broadcasting programs, or for other broadcasters who may use KNLS facilities, i.e. 2100- 2400 9650. (KNLS via Valter Aguiar Brazil, Mar 27)

ALBANIA Came across of R Tirana's interval signal on v9474.92 around 1625-1628. But at 1630 TWR started Persian service here, using Cerrik tx relay in ALB, lasting til 1730 UTC, //Cerrik also v12084.86 kHz.

Albanian sces of R Tirana: 0100-0400 7269.78; 0900-1400 7149.88 [co-ch QRM Kiev-UKR]; 1400-1700 5984.86 and 7269.95. (WB, Mar 29)

AUSTRALIA The following article appeared in the daily newspaper THE AGE (Melbourne) on Mon 23 March 98:

ASIA NOW WAITS FOR SWITCH ON RADIO AUSTRALIA The fate of shortwave towers is hanging in the balance.

"In the early flash of my first appointment as Prime Minister, I opened Radio Australia. I little thought ... how significant and element Radio Australia would become in our international relations." - Sir Robert Menzies, 1974.

What would the Liberal Party (conservative) founder think of a coalition government that has chosen a path so opposed to its own? Any day now, federal cabinet will determine whether Radio Australia can again be heard clearly throughout Asia. It depends on the fate of six tall towers and shortwave transmitters on Cox Peninsula across the bay from Darwin. From Cox Peninsula, Radio Australia broadcasts to China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia. The government's goal is friendly and productive relationships with these countries. Now, millions who once welcomed Radio Australia into their homes, for RA's programs were a bridge between Australia and Asia, listen in vain. The specialist shortwave transmitters are silent.

The government shut down the Cox Pensinsula station last year, against the recommendation of a senate enquiry, which called it the "most sophisticated of Radio Australia's transmission facilities" and noted that "shortwave transmission is a major growth area in international broadcasting". Since then, staff have looked after the transmitters, ensuring they all work. Then they are switched to OFF and return on the ferry to Darwin. Mothballing transmitters is not cheap.

It costs $1 million to broadcast nothing. And the transmitters are big-ticket items. About $12 million was spent on upgrading the transmitters' computer systems. Two are "state of the art", installed in 1994-95. Another was moved from Carnarvon in Western Australia, refurbished and installed to strengthen Radio Australia's reach into Asia at a cost of more than $1 million, just before the peninsula was silenced. The end of Radio Australia's broadcasts to such a vast area was opposed by the widest cross-section of Australians: business people, diplomats, state premiers, overseas aid organisations and cultural bodies. Thousands wrote to the government expressing dismay.

The recent attempt by the United States to use the transmitters for its own broadcaster, Radio Free Asia, has reinforced community concern. Why would any government allow foreign broadcasters to use Australian transmitters, paid for by Australian taxpayers but now allow access to Radio Australia, Australia's own international broadcaster?

The Cox Peninsula site was first developed by the Menzies government in the 1960s, after tensions created by Indonesia's "confrontation policy". As Indonesia again experiences turmoil, neither the citizens of that country nor the many Australians living there have ready access to Radio Australia's independent information and analysis. Australians and Indonesians may suffer as a consequence, as the National Advisory Council of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in a rare public statement, recently pointed out.

Restoring Radio Australia's access to at least two of the transmitters would cost barely $3 million a year - just $2 million more than it costs to broadcast nothing. Two transmitters could provide our Indonesian neighbours with Radio Australia broadcasts -- although this broadcast has been reduced as a result of severe cuts to the ABC in the 1997 budget. Such a modest investment would benefit both our national interests and our international reputation. (Dick W. Speekman-AUS, Mar 26)

All those persons who sent reports to Radio Australia, the backlog has been cleared, these QSLs will be posted by the end of Mar, and you should receive them, at the latest by the middle of Apr. Your reports are welcome, to the RA Address in Melbourne only. Reports are needed on the Brandon site. (John Wright ARDXC Secretary, Mar 26)

BULGARIA New 17 Mhz channel of R Bulgaria needs more observation during summer season. 1000-1200 Plovdiv 17585 250 kW 292 degr, noted in German at 1030 suffering somewhat by propagation or power, SINPO 24222 poor and noisy. //superpower 15175 500 kW 306 degr, noted with very distorted[!] audio quality. (WB, Mar 29)

CAMBODIA 11940.3 National Voice of Cambodia is regular active again, schedule as listed in WRTH. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 19)

CHINA RCI German sce. Das deutsche Programm: am 15. April 1960 begann Radio China International sein deutschsprachiges Programm, dessen Aufgabe darin besteht, den Hoerern moeglichst umfassende und genaue Informationen ueber China zu vermitteln, um dadurch das gegenseitige Verstaendnis und die Voelkerfreundschaft zu vertiefen und zur Erhaltung des Weltfriedens beizutragen. Das Programm besteht unter anderem aus Nachrichten, Kommentaren, Sendereihen zu verschiedenen Themen und Musiksendungen.

1800-1900 6950 9920 43,17 + 30,24 1900-2000 6950 9920 43,17 + 30,24 2000-2030 3985 75,28 2100-2130 3985 75,28

Addr: Radio China International, German Sce, Shi Jing Shan Lu A16, 100040 Beijing, People's Republic of China Telefon: 0086-10-68891907, Fax: 0086-10-68891433 (Volker Willschrey-D, Mar 26)

COSTA RICA 5970 REE Cariari relay, 1205-, Sp ID noticias, 35232. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 18)

CUBA As soon as we have the summer schedule, it will be sent to this e-mail address. We changed to daylight saving time today !!! Arnie Coro CO2KK, Host of Dxers Unlimited Radio Havana Cuba, e-mail : [email protected] phone: 53-7-814243 phone res: 53-7-301794

Postal address Arnie Coro, Dxers Unlimited, Radio Havana Cuba, Po Box 6240 Havana 10600, CUBA (WB, Mar 29)

CZECH REPUBLIC RADIO PRAGUE 29 Mar-24 Oct 1998 CZECH 0830-0857 11600 25 100 SoWeEurope 21745 13 100 EaAfrica/ ME 0930-0957 17485 16 100 WeAfrica 21745 13 100 ME/ SoAsia 1230-1257 6055 49 100 Europe 7345 41 100 NoEurope 1330-1357 13580 22 100 So&EaAsia 21745 13 100 EaAfrica/ ME 1530-1557 5930 49 100 Europe 17485 16 100 EaAfrica 1730-1757 5930 49 100 EaEUR/AS/AUS 17485 16 100 CeAfrica 1930-1957 5930 49 100 Europe 11600 25 100 So&Ea AS/Australia 2100-2127 11600 25 100/100 WeAfr./S.&E.Asia/AUS 2330-2357 7345 41 100 NoAmerica 9485 31 100 SoAmerica 0130-0157 6200 49 100 NoAmerica 7345 41 100 SoAmerica 0230-0257 7345 41 100 NoAmerica 9435 31 100

GERMAN 0630-0657 5930 49 100 Europe 7345 41 100 1000-1027 6055 49 100 Europe 7345 41 100 1200-1229 6055 49 100 Europe 7345 41 100 1500-1527 5930 49 200 Europe

ENGLISH 0700-0727 7345 41 100 Europe 9505 31 100 0900-0930 17485 16 100 WeAfrica 21745 13 100 ME/ SoAsia 1030-1057 7345 41 100 N. Europe 11640 25 100 NoWeEurope 1300-1330 13580 22 100 So&EaAsia 21745 13 100 EaAfrica/ ME 1600-1627 5930 49 100 Europe 17485 16 100 EaAfrica 1700-1727 5930 49 100 Europe 17485 16 100 CeAfrica 2000-2027 5930 49 100 Europe 11600 25 100 Sa&EaAsia/AUS 2130-2157 11600 25 100/100 WeAfr./Se&EaAsia/AUS 2230-2257 9435 31 100 NoAmerica 11600 25 100 0000-0027 5930 49 100 NoAmerica 7345 41 100 0100-0127 6200 49 100 NoAmerica 7345 41 100 0300-0327 7345 41 100 NoAmerica 9435 31 100 0330-0357 9480 31 100 ME/SoWeAsia 11600 25 100

SPANISH 0730-0757 9505 31 100 Europe 11600 25 100 1400-1427 11600 25 100 Europe 13580 22 100 SoWeEurope 1800-1827 5930 49 100 Europe 11640 25 100 1900-1927 5930 49 100 Europe 11640 25 100 2030-2057 5930 49 100 Europe 11600 25 100 Europe (SoAM) 2300-2327 9485 31 100 SoAM 11600 25 100 0030-0057 5930 49 100 CeAmerica 7345 41 100 SoAM 0200-0227 6200 49 100 CeAmerica 7345 41 100 SoAM

FRENCH 0600-0627 5930 49 100 Europe 7345 41 100 0800-0827 9505 31 100 Europe 11600 25 100 SoWeEurope 1430-1457 13580 22 100 SoWeEurope/WeAF 11600 25 100 Europe 1630-1657 5930 49 100 Europe 17485 16 100 CeAF 1830-1857 5930 49 100 Europe 11640 25 100 WeAF 2200-2227 9435 31 100 NoAmerica 11600 25 100

Txs at Litomysl 16E10 49N48. The existence of SW txions in Fr, Ge and Sp after 30 June 1998 pending further decision.

HOME SERVICE FOR EUROPE IN CZECH. Mon-Fri 0200-2200 270 kHz long wave Sat-Sun 0300-2200. Tx at Uherske Hradiste 17E30 49N10.

E mail: [email protected] http://www.radio.cz/ http://www.prague.org (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 28)

ECUADOR Seldom reported HCJB Quito's low power 500 Watt usb unit on 21455 noted today from 1100 onwards here in EUR. (WB, Mar 29)

GEORGIA Abkhaz Radio v9494.73 kHz observed today around 0430. (WB, Mar 29)

GERMANY Sunrise Radio via DTK Juelich facility observed at 0700-1600, and still in progress at 1830, on new 5850 nondir antenna.

Rainbow Radio in Amharic via DTK Juelich still on 5910 Suns 1000-1100 nondir antenna.

And also Brother Stair Overcomer from same tx site on 5900 1000-1500 but somewhat stronger 100 kW and directional antenna at 60 degr. (WB, Mar 29)

INDONESIA 3960.2 RRI Palu, 1145-1200, popular mx, 1159 ID, SCI relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Barita". 35543 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 18)

3976.1 RRI Pointianak, 1010-1020, IS like mx box, 1015 ID + QRG's + FM. 35443 3905 RRI Banda Aceh also active at 1015 UTC ID. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 15)

9614.3 RRI Samarinda, /0055 tx s-on with test tone! at 0101 ID, 0137 signal increase, S=7. 0210-0230 switched to relay RRI Kupang progr, "... stasion regional Kupang ...". (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 15)

ITALY/MALTA VoMediterranean Valetta Malta extended Suns sce to EUR and NoAF 0700-1200 observed now on 9600 via facilities of RAI Palombara. (WB, Mar 29)

KOREA D.P.R. 6250.1 Pyongyang BC 2, 0810-0900, Korean, revolutionary songs, classical mx, singer in Ru language! Theatre drama. very strong jammer co-channel //6398.8 but latter not jammed, signal S=9. At 0900 time ann, 3 short/1 long time pips. ID, varying from very weak to good. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 15)

LAOS 6130 Laotian National Radio, 1100-1117, ID nx, political reports, 33443. QRM by co-ch Spanish speaking stn, which giving temperatur figures of Spain!. Supposed coming from REE Cariari. But not scheduled at this time. BBC Spanish via Delano CA-USA relay on 6130 is registered 1100-1130 and 1300-1330 Mon-Fri. Delano may propagate across the Pacific into PHL. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 17)

MALAYSIA [Sabah] 4907 RTM Kota Kinabalu, only in usb mode! 1002-1036 BM and dialects, tx problems, some tx breaks, also destroide modulation quality. 1020 Quran night prayer, 1032 influenced mx fr Arabia. TA ann, 1036 ID, S=7 //5979.4 S=9+30dB. Also 1230-1329*, also usb mode, phone in progr, pop mx request and greetings progr, 34433. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 18/19)

MALI RTM Bamako French at 0830 on v9632.96 kHz. (WB, Mar 29)

OMAN v6106.91 At 1610 noted BBC IS on this odd freq and starting Persian sce txion at 1615. At first assumed BBC would use Gyanca-Azerbaijan relay v6110 for Persian sce too. But now I studied the new summer schedule, there is an entry for Merlin Masirah- Oman relay site: 1413 1615-1700 smtwtfs Masirah 750 350 PERSIAN ME 6095 1615-1700 smtwtfs Masirah 100 345 PERSIAN ME (WB, Mar 29)

PAKISTAN R Pakistan Urdu WS 0800-1120 still on v15530.04 and 17555.15. (WB, Mar 29)

PORTUGAL RDP will NOT cease Tetum languages progr towards Timor Indonesia, scheduled currently 1205-1300 Mon-Fri on 17495 (x17595). Other Port services 1100-1205 Mon-Fri, and weekend progrs Sat/Sun and Sun mass sc at 0700-0900 on same channel. (ORF SW InterMedia interviewing RDP press officer, Mar 27/28) [c.f. BC-DX #356 - All foreign language progrs end as of Mar 31, English, also French and Tetum for Timor. Roy Baker UK [who wrote the DX program] via Mike Barraclough WDXC]

Don't you believe RNMN that the final En bc from Lisbon was Fri night. Just in case, I monitored the 0430-0500 on 6150 and 9570; toward the end, Winnie said she would be back Monday and reiterated that the final bc would be Mar 31. That is, UTC Wed, but I didn't hear her give new summer times and freqs for the last two days, which Kim Elliott had on VOA Communications World Mar 28: 1330 on 21515; 2000 on 9780, 9815 and new 13625 [but HFCC list shows 7110]; 0330 on 6150, 9570. (Glenn Hauser OK USA, Mar 28)

Here are the HFCC registration entries of RDP/ resp. Portuguese FCC for Z98.

6150 2300-0400 6-8 LIS 100 310 28 1234567 7110 0500-1200 27,28N LIS 100 030 27 23456 7110 0700-2000 27,28N LIS 100 030 27 17 7110 1600-2100 27,28N LIS 100 030 27 23456 7315 0700-1500 27,28N,29 LIS 100 030 27 1234567 New, noted today 9570 2300-0400 6-8 LIS 100 294 28 1234567 9575 0845-1115 27,28 MUG 100 040 28 1 very strong today 9600 2300-0400 12-15 LIS 100 215 28 1234567 9615 0830-1000 28 SIN 250 055 27 17 9680 1300-1600 27,28 MUG 100 040 28 17 9680 1600-1900 27,28 MUG 100 040 28 1234567 9780 0600-1200 18,27 LIS 100 052 28 23456 9780 0700-2000 18,27 LIS 100 052 28 17 9780 1600-2100 18,27 LIS 100 052 28 23456 9815 1600-2100 28,29,37 LIS 100 066 28 23456 11740 1700-2000 48,52,53,57 LIS 300 144 49 1234567 11780 0645-0800 28 SIN 250 055 27 23456 11795 2300-0400 10-12 LIS 100 261 28 1234567 11840 2300-0400 12-15 LIS 100 215 28 1234567 13760 2300-0400 10-12 LIS 100 261 28 1234567 15200 1200-2000 6-8 LIS 100 294 28 17 17495 0700-0900 54 LIS 100 066 28 17 <<<< 17495 1100-1300 54 LIS 100 066 28 23456 <<<< 17725 0700-1700 48,52,53,57 LIS 300 142 2 17 17725 0900-1100 48,52,53,57 LIS 300 142 2 23456 17745 1200-2000 10-12 LIS 100 261 28 17 21515 1200-1400 39,41 LIS 100 082 28 23456 21515 1300-1900 39,41 LIS 100 082 28 17 21655 0700-2000 12,15,46 LIS 100 215 28 17 21655 0900-1100 12,15,46 LIS 100 215 28 23456 21655 1600-1900 12,15,46 LIS 100 215 28 23456 21720 0900-1100 48,52,53,57 LIS 100 142 28 23456 MUG=Muge R Renascenca, SIN=Deutsche Welle relay site.

He also interviewed Jose Nunes, head of RDP about the reasons for terminating English: the two persons, presumably Winnie Almeida and whoever does the French sce, are at retirement age, and RDP does not want to commit to hiring new people for the rest of their lives, or 36 years, as Portuguese labor law requires! However, Tetum to Timor will continue, contrary to previous reports. So to RDP, Tetum is more important than English!! Further rationalizations: RDP can't compete with VOA and BBC. Instead, it specializes in Portuguese: for Africa, with a strong relationship in ex-colonies, FM relays even in Angola, 24hrs. And, a 24 hrs internat sce on SW for Portuguese abroad, especially in Europe, NAm and Canada [sic], Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil. In less than three weeks will also start offering three progrs on RealAudio, the National, Youth, and Internat. A fourth channel will offer radio-on-demand, from thousands of hours of sound archives back to the 1930s, now being transferred to DAT, including The Voice of the West from the Salazar era. http://www.rdp.pt Winnie is free to do a special farewell progr on Mar 31 if she likes. (Glenn Hauser OK USA, Mar 28))

DW German via Sines 250 kW 32 degr 1100-1400 on 12005 kHz (x11805). (WB, Mar 29)

ROMANIA/MOLDOVA Terrible and very, very distorted modulation of R Moldova Chisinau in En at 0430-0500 on 7500 kHz via Romanian facilities. (WB, Mar 29)

RUSSIA VoR German sce at 0900-1000 now on strong and clear 17670, but suffered by very distorted signal on //15455 Armavir Krasnodar 100 kW 290 degr. Fine audio quality at 1500 on 7330, 9450, 9710, and powerful 9765. (WB, Mar 29)

QATAR QBS Doha still on v17830 0707-1306, but suffering co-channel BBC ASC 250 kW 65 degr to WeAF underneath. (WB, Mar 29)

RUSSIA/HONG KONG [UNID] 5895 "Moscow Radio". I received a schedule and a relig leaflet for Chinese report and 1 IRC in 20 days. Acc to the reply, the stn is a Christian bcing stn in Hong Kong, and has the following stn name and schedule. The name,"Mosike Diantai"(Moscow Radio) was changed into "Zhenguang Diantai"(It means "Real Light Radio"). Zhenguang Diantai (Real Light Radio) 1200-1300 5895 (Oct-Feb), 9450 (Mar-Sep) Addr: P.O.Box 90337 Jianshaju, Hong Kong, China.

Liangyou Diantai Diyitai (It means "Good Friend Radio 1") 0700-0730 15450 (Mon, Thu) Addr: P.O.Box 90 Shatian, Hong Kong, China.

Liangyou Diantai Diertai (It means "Good Friend Radio 2") 1330-1400 9495 (Sat, Sun) Addr:P.O.Box 507 Shatian, Hong Kong, China. (Kazutoshi Ogino-JPN, via Cumbre Dx, Mar 26)

SAIPAN Relig radio stn "R Zerkow" [Church] bcing txions via KFBS Marpi Saipan, 0900- 1400 11650, 1400-1900 9465. Addr: P.O.Box 106, Moscow 121019, Russia. (Andreas Erbe-D, Mar 29)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Riyadh Turkish sce replaced 15060 by 15275 at 0400-0600. (WB, Mar 29)

SPAIN REE Madrid in Sp, football txion on new 9500 around 1500 UTC. Noblejas 1200-1730 350 kW 000 degr, fr 1700 68 degr. (WB, Mar 29)

SWAZILAND TRANS WORLD RADIO - MEYERTOWN, S.AFRICA Z98 from 29 Mar-25 Oct 1998

TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE FREQU PWR AZI TARGET AREA 0330-0400 12 Tigrinya 7215 250 5 Eritrea 0330-0400 3 67 Amharic 7215 250 5 Ethiopia 0330-0400 45 Oromo 7215 250 5 Ethiopia 0600-0630 1234567 English 11737 500 320 West Africa 1527-1542 1234567 Yao(FEBA) 7265 250 19 Mozambique 1542-1557 1234567 Sena(FEBA) 7265 250 19 Mozambique 1600-1630 12345 KiRundi 9860 250 19 Burundi or9530 1600-1630 6 Kinyarwanda 9860 250 19 Rwanda or9530 1600-1630 7 French 9860 250 19 Ivory Coast 1630-1700 1234567 Tigrinya 11955 250 5 Eritrea 1630-1700 1 Borana 9860 250 19 Ethiopia or9530 1630-1700 234567 Oromo 9860 250 19 Ethiopia or9530 1640-1655 1234567 Somali 9650 500 20 Somali 1657-1713 123 Shuwa 9650 500 5 Chad 1657-1713 456 Juba 9650 500 5 Sudan 1657-1727 7 Arabic 9650 500 5 Sudan 1700-1730 1234567 Tigrinya 9860 250 19 Eritrea or9530 1713-1728 6 Arabic 9650 500 5 Sudan 1730-1800 1234567 Amharic 9860 250 19 Ethiopia or9530 1800-1815 1234 Amharic 9860 250 19 Ethiopia or9530 1803-1833 1234567 Fulfulde 9510 500 330 Sahel 1830-1900 1234567 Bambara 9680 250 315 West Africa 1833-1903 1234567 Hausa 9510 500 330 Nigeria 1900-1930 1234567 Baoule 9680 250 315 West Africa 1903-1933 1234567 Yoruba 9510 500 330 Nigeria 1930-2000 1234567 French 9680 250 315 Ivory Coast 1933-2003 1234567 Nupe 9510 500 330 Nigeria 2003-2033 1234567 Twi 9510 500 330 Ghana

Notes: DAY 1 is Mon etc & 7 is Sun MB is the metreband FREQU is the freq in kHz MW is Medium Wave AZI is direction of the antenna ND is Non Directional PWR is the power of the tx in kilowatts (TWR via Michiel Schaay-D, Mar 28)

SWAZILAND TRANS WORLD RADIO - MANZINI, SWAZILAND Z98 from 29 Mar-25 Oct 1998

TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE FREQU PWR ANT AZI TARGET A. 1530-1630 1234567 siSwati 1170 50 MW ND Swaziland 1630-1700 1234567 Zulu 1170 50 MW ND Swaziland 1700-1800 1234567 Afrikaans 1170 50 MW ND SoAF 1800-2045 1234567 English 1170 50 MW ND SoAF 0300-0330 1234567 Ndebele 3200 035 050 003 Zimbabwe 0400-0430 1234567 German 3200 025 070 233 SoAF 0430-0600 1234567 English 3200 025 070 233 " 1630-1700 1234567 German 3200 050 060 233 " 1700-1715 1234 English 3200 050 060 233 " 1700-1715 5 Sotho 3200 050 060 233 " 1700-1715 6 Tswana 3200 050 060 233 " 1700-1715 7 Pedi 3200 050 060 233 " 1715-2015 1234567 English 3200 050 060 233 SA/Zimbabwe 0300-0345 1234567 Shona 3240 025 090 003 Zimbabwe 1800-1830 1234567 Ndebele 3240 025 050 3 " 1830-1900 1234567 Shona 3240 025 050 3 " 1900-1915 1234567 Ndau 3240 025 050 3 Mozambique 1600-1630 12345 Tshwa 4760 025 050 3 " 1600-1630 7 Shangaan 4760 025 050 3 " 1600-1700 6 Portuguese 4760 025 050 3 " 1630-1645 1234 Portuguese 4760 025 050 3 " 1630-1645 5 7 Shangaan 4760 025 050 3 " 0342-0358 1234567 Lomwe 4775 050 050 003 " 0400-0430 1234567 German 4775 050 010 313 Namibia 0430-0735 1234567 English 4775 050 060 233 SoAF 0735-0805 67 English 4775 050 060 233 " 0300-0330 1234567 Swahili 5965 100 110 5 EaAF 0330-0345 6 Swahili 5965 100 110 5 " 1600-1630 1 34567 Chewa 5965 050 110 5 Malawi 1600-1630 2 Tumbuka 5965 050 110 5 " 1630-1658 1234567 Chewa 5965 050 110 5 " 1700-1745 1234567 Swahili 5965 100 110 5 EaAF 1745-1800 67 Swahili 5965 100 110 5 " 0400-0430 1 34 67 Chewa 6040 100 110 5 Malawi 0400-0430 2 5 Tumbuka 6040 100 110 5 " 0430-0500 1234567 Chewa 6040 100 110 5 " 0605-0735 1234567 English 6100 050 070 233 SoAF 0735-0805 67 English 6100 025 070 233 " 1845-1900 1234567 Umbundu 6130 100 010 313 Angola 1900-1915 12 Portuguese 6130 100 010 313 " 1900-1915 345 KiKongo 6130 100 010 313 " 1900-1915 6 Lunyaneka 6130 100 010 313 " 1900-1930 7 Portuguese 6130 100 010 313 " 1915-1930 6 Luchazi 6130 100 010 313 " 1915-1945 12345 Portuguese 6130 100 010 313 " 1930-1945 67 Chokwe 6130 100 010 313 " 1945-2000 1234567 Kimbundu 6130 100 010 313 " 2000-2005 12345 Portuguese 6130 100 010 313 " 1440-1510 1234567 French 7175 100 030 53 MDG 1510-1555 1234567 Malagache 7175 100 030 53 " 1435-1440 12345 Portuguese 7315 050 110 5 NoMOZ 1440-1510 1234567 Portuguese 7315 050 110 5 " 1510-1525 1234567 Makhuwa 7315 050 110 5 " 1525-1540 1234567 Lomwe 7315 050 110 5 " 1540-1555 1234 Lomwe 7315 050 110 5 " 1540-1555 5 Portuguese 7315 050 110 5 " 1540-1555 67 Kimwani 7315 050 110 5 " 0505-0735 1234567 English 9500 100 110 5 CeAF 0735-0805 67 English 9500 100 110 005 " 1540-1555 5 7 Tigrinya 9500 100 102 13 " 1600-1830 1234567 English 9500 100 102 5 " 1900-1930 1234567 Lingala 9525 100 101 343 D R Congo 1930-2000 1234567 French 9525 100 101 343 " 2000-2015 67 French 9525 100 101 343 " 1400-1415 1234567 Urdu 15330 100 103 43 Pakistan

NOTES: DAY 1 is Mon etc & 7 is Sun MB is the metreband FREQU is the freq in kHz MW is Medium Wave AZI is direction of the antenna ND is Non Directional PWR is the power of the tx in kilowatts (TWR via Michiel Schaay-D, Mar 28)

TAHITI [French Polynesia] 15170 RFO Papeete Mahina is active again. The night progr carries R France relay in French only [so puzzled me up during Feb and Mar]. Fade in in the PHL at about 0830 til 1000 UTC. S=8-9, QRN 3. Now regular heard since Mar 14th. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 19)

UKRAINE Kazakh Radio progr II via Kiev-UKR relay still on 5915 til 0500 UTC. From 0500 throughout daytime still on 9620, and new summer channel 11720.

R UKR Internat Kiev noted at 0500 on 5905 6020 7150 7320 7410 0800 on 5905 6020 6090 7150 7320 7410 9620 11840[but no audio til 0900] 13590 15520 at 1000 addit 12050, at 1200 addit 11705, at 1400 also 6080 9560 9600 21510. (WB, Mar 29)

UK The German magazine, "Kurier," rpts that the Ge sce of the BBC is issuing a QSL- card to commemorate their 60th anniversary. The BBC introduced its Ge sce on March 29, 1938, 60 years ago, in a svc beamed to Austria. Rcpn rpts on BBC prgmng in GM in full detail are invited, and should be sent to the BBC German Sce, Bush House, Strand, London WC2B 4PH, United Kingdom. (Adrian Peterson/AWR-IN)

I do not know the window within which rpts must be submitted. I am under the impression that the rpts must be written in GM, but I am not certain about that. I believe BBC GM Svc has had its own QSL-card for some time. (JB)

[YES, RR's in German(!) language accepted only]

BBC German sked for the period Mar 29-Oct 24: 0500-0530 M-F on 3980 & 6010, 0800-0815 M-F on 5875 & 9825, 1000-1015 M-F on 5875 & 9825, 1200-1415 on 5875 & 11895, 1400-1415 M-F on 5875 & 12045, 1530-1500 on 6015 & 9915, and 1730-1800 M-F on 5955 & 9915.

The Merlin Network One special for UT March 28 only: 9525 and 11680 came on at 2359:30 Mar 27; is their clock half a minute off? [no, that's the usual switch on-off time for Merlin/BBC txions, not crash start. ed] On 9525, mx started at 0000:30; 11680 audio did not cut on until 0001:30; 0002:30, Merlin Network One ID tape; 0003:30, live ann by Eric Wiltsher; 0004:30 as soon as mentioned "good old shortwave," audio cut off both freqs for 3 mins; 0007:30, back on with birthday info. Said a great debate about the future of radio would air at 1500, and said SW freqs tonight were "mostly Woofferton, 500 kW [?? 250 and 300 kW units there, ed]". At 0013 joined Rock Radio in Judas Priest; 0016 two DJs said hello to USA, talked about giveaways; 0019-0020 dead airall these foulups are not a very good advert for Merlin!; 0026 ID as Rock Radio Network; 0044 interviewing someone in West Hollywood. By now I had totally lost interest in the novelty and progr content. Reception continued OK, but at 0300 check I found 9525 with something in Slavic, Ukrainian? rather than Merlin as sked.

No reception on 13660. After 0500 there was rock on 5875, presumably this; did not check overnight, but after 1200 none of the listed freqs were propagating, and at 1300 RVI was dominating 13680 as usual tho Merlin may have been underneath where it should not have been at all.

When I checked again at 1500 for the Media Zoo special, 21550 for Africa was in nicely, the strongest 13mb signal from Europe (?) with Italy, UAE also audible, and a bit better than BBC-21660 which we know is Ascension. Much poorer were //13680 and 9915 which were a satellite-delay behind 21550, so presumably not from UKOGBANI. The Zoo was a very informal discussion of new FM stns in Britain, job openings, including one for head of the En internat sce at Radio Netherlands not Jonathan Marks' job as he is head of progrs. (Glenn Hauser Ok USA, Mar 28)

At 1259 UTC I have got the following message fr MERLIN: "All txs are in UK ! More info to you next week. Thanks for your fax, TOM"

I switched on to the Merlin Network One transmission network in the 0800-1000 UTC time range, right to the 34th birthday broadcast of , and heard delightful music of the 60ies and 70ies, just for my generation. Remember me on my vacation trip to the Egmont on Sea side beach on North Sea coast in the Netherlands in summer 1965-1966, when I listened to Radio Caroline ship radio transmissions, using my first handheld battery transistor radio of ITT SCHAUB LORENZ firm, which I could easily carry to the Dutch beaches, handled FM, AM, LW, and SW 49 - 16 mb. The radio set cost was in the range of nearly two monthly salaries these days in Germany, hi. Radio Caroline signal came just across from UK coast.

Here is my technical reception report for my Central Europe location 9915 kHz as expected very loud and clear, superpower signal. 13660 kHz poor signal strength = 2, aimed to the ME target, but personally I expect a better signal here in Europe, compared to usual 13660 signals via Rampisham or Skelton.

Unexpectedly, frequency suffered by deep decrease of the signal strength level in 1000-1100 time range.

13720 kHz poor signal strength of S = 2, target was Australia.

17630 kHz SINPO code 12211, very poor signal, suffering by another GABON station in French language on co-channel.

21550 kHz SINPO code 15111, signal very, very poor, nearly nothing can be heard, not even one spooken word readable. For comparision, on top was Dubai 21605 S=5+40dB

13680 kHz SINPO code 33322, similar suffering signal like 13660 before. Dubai 13675 much stronger, so side band splash over.

11665 kHz SINPO code 55555, super power signal.

6130 kHz SINPO code 43343 -1900, increasing to 55555 1900-2000. Signal half second behind 9705 txion. suffering by side band QRM of 6135 (Bucharest or Turkey?)

9705 kHz signal faster than 6130. SINPO 32322 1800-2000 suffering by terrible whistle tone from lower side band: heavy QRM by both Gedja Ethiopia v9704.18, and Holy Quran Riyadh in Ar on v9703.26. After 2000-2100 Riyadh remains. 2130 UTC SINPO 24333. (WB, Mar 28)

Merlin Network One, Unid site, 9915 28-03-98, 0830 special 1st anniversary celebration progr of Merlin Communications Internat Ltd., re-checked at 0845 UTC when relaying Radio Caroline progr. SINPO 44444 13660 28-03-98, 0830 Peaking at SINPO 45444 but generally suffering from presumed local noise, resulting in a SINPO 45333 13720 28-03-98, 0830 Peaking at SINPO 45444 but generally suffering from presumed local noise, resulting in a SINPO 45333 17630 28-03-98, 0830 SINPO 42442, channel dominated by Afrique No. 1. 21550 28-03-98, 0830 SINPO varying from 45333 to 45444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Mar 28)

On first day NHK World via Skelton/Woofferton and Ascension relay had problems to get the right audio from Tokyo-JPN. Distributed endless audio tapes carrying IS and ID announcements only: ASC 15220 250 kW 55 degr 0900-1000; RMP 17695 500 kW 62 degr 1300- 1500 Regular Jap sce noted at 0800-1000 11710. (WB, Mar 29)

UZBEKISTAN R Tashkent's Uzbek home sce relay on 15 MHz: now on 15165 0400-1400 50 kW 315 degr, and summer channel 15200 0400-1500 100 270/280 degr. (WB, Mar 29)

VIETNAM 5034.68 Dia Tieng Noi, Hmong sce, /1150-1215, tx s-on, 1156 test tone, 1156 NA instrumental, ID male + female, weak studio audio quality during announcements, TA, talks, Hill tribe mx. S=9+20dB. //6164.57 latter with very low modulation!

5050 Quang Tri BS, 1110-115 Vn nx by female, mentioned Kosovo clashes, ID. 35433.

4959.6 Hanoi 2, 1059- IS, tone intervalls, 1100 TA 4 short / 1 long time pips, ID.

Also Suns live coverage sports report at 1045 on Mar 15, in ethnic Ede(?) lang, not Vn, Lao or Cambodian. No ID on full hour. 34333.

Another stn playing subcontinental mx at 1040-1058* [may Vanuatu, ed] (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 14/15/16)

YEMEN Sanaa in Ar 0255-2130, noted at 0500 on v9780.32 kHz, but blocked by RDP Lisbon weekdays fr 0600, Sat/Sun fr 0700 UTC. (WB, Mar 29)

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ALBANIA Radio Tirana in German 1730-1800 6080, 7215. 2000-2030 1458. [seemingly be connected with the item below? to free bcing time before 2000 UTC] (Werner Schubert, Radio Tirana listener club Munich, Apr 1)

DW, BBC, RFI plan Yugoslav service via Albania tx. Deutsche Welle (DW) is launching a new information campaign directed towards the peoples of former YUG. DW progrs in Alb and the South Slavic languages may be bc on Radio Tirana's powerful MW freqs very soon. Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano has assured DW Director-General of his support. Nano, who visited DW in Cologne on 26th March 1998 at his own request, described the German foreign radio sce as an "old friend" who had been a "true companion" during his four years in prison in particular. DW briefed Nano on the joint initiative that [he] had launched involving DW, the BBC and Radio France Internationale (RFI). The three radio stns want to use Tirana to bc their progrs in the languages of former YUG, incl progrs for the Albanian-speaking population of Kosovo. This would be an "important contribution to establishing freedom of the press and freedom of expression in the FRY and indispensable for the development of a free society". (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 27)

ANGOLA UNITA's Vorgan broadcasts continue until 2nd April. The announcer on the Angolan opposition UNITA's radio stn, Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel (Vorgan), concluded the station's 1900 main evening nx bulletin on 31st March by saying: "Good night. We shall be back with the news at 0600 tomorrow, God willing." Under the terms of the Angolan peace process, 31st March was due to be Vorgan's last day on the air. Vorgan continued to broadcast on 1st April. At 1800 it carried the following announcement: "Once again a very good evening to our listeners. We are presenting the [day's] third period of txion of the Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel, today, Wed, 1st Apr, a day universally known as April Fools'Day, but Vorgan does not make fools of you" . The stn, which normally ended its evening bcs on 6225 at 2100, was still bcing after 0025 on 2nd Apr.

The UNITA radio station, Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel, bc a 25-minute statement on the changeover of the stn at 2400 LT on 1st Apr 1998: "The UNITA Political Commission Standing Committee, in fulfilment of the Lusaka Protocol and its obligations within the framework of the final timetable, hereby solemnly and unequivocally declares through my voice, as secretary for information, that from 2400 on 1st April 1998, our radio station, the Voice of Resistance of the Black Cockerel [Vorgan] will be transformed into a bipartisan radio stn to be called Radio Despertar [Awakening], which will begin to operate in Luanda soon."

"Radio Despertar" to be run as a private station. And UNITA's radio [Vorgan] is expected to change into a commercial stn. Vorgan will not not simply be a change of name. It is a practical operation whereby the party has privatized Vorgan. Vorgan' s assets were bought by an Angolan holding company, which has already licensed a private radio in Luanda, to be called Radio Despertar. (BBCM via AGDX, Mar 27)

ARGENTINA Here, the current sked for the DX-progrs bc through RAE. Sp Actualidad DX -> Tue 1315 11710 and 2315 9690 & 15345; Wed 1245 11710. Suplemento de Actualidad DX -> Mon 1245 & Fri 1315 11710, and Fri 2315 9690 & 15345. Jpn Actualidad DX -> Thu 1050 11710 khz and Suplemento Actualidad DX -> Fri 1050 11710. En DXer's Special -> Wed 1845 15345 & Fri 0245 11710 Fr Actualite DX -> Thur 2045 15345 & Fri 0345 11710 It Attualita DX -> Fri 1930 15345 Ge DX-Neuigkeiten -> Fri 2130 15345 Por Atualidade DX -> Sat 0030 11710 Yes, this is the current sked for the DX-programmes of RAE, I'm the DX-editor and I make two progrs each week, one is Actualidad DX and the other, Suplemento de Actualidad DX, the first is translated in all languages, and the Suplemento is broadcast only in Spanish and Japanese by now. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Apr 3)

BULGARIA [non] I listened for Classic FM Radio from 0712 Mar 29. Exc signals, with Bulgarian progr, on 9625 and 15215, good on 11855. But this was mostly RFE progr with reports from correspondents. Vaguely classical mx breaks, and Classic FM Radio got a friendly mention just before 0800*, but otherwise this sounded like normal RFE Bulgarian programming. (John Campbell-UK, via NU, Mar 29) [hi, unfortunately I slept away, so seemingly I missed no important transmission, ed]

BELARUS 11960 Radio Minsk observed here from 1900 s-on in Belarusian since Mar 29. ID as Radiostanstiya Belarus. According to their web site, En scheduled 1930 Tues. Ge heard 1930 Wed, Sat, Sun. (ibid. via Cumbre Dx, Apr 1)

CROATIA The following schedule I have found on HRT's web-page. The Croatian Radio Frequencies on SHORTWAVE SoAM 9925 2300-0100 NoAMEa 9925 0100-0300 NoAMWe 9925 0300-0400 NZL 13830 0500-0600 AUS-Ea 13830 0600-0800 AUS-We 13830 0800-0900 SoAF 9860 2000-2100 EU 9830 0500-1600 EU 7185 0800-1200 EU 7125 1200-1800 EU 6145 0400-0600 EU 6025 0600-0800 EU 5900 1600-1900

MEDIUMWAVE LOCATION FREQ TIME OSIJEK 594 0000-2400 HVAR 774 0300-2300 BUJE 783 0300-2300 DEANOVEC 1125 0000-2400 ZADAR 1134 1300-0530

E-mail to [email protected] phone +385 1 6163355 fax +385 1 6163347 Zelimir Klasan, HRT, Prisavlje 3, Zagreb, CROATIA (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 31)

ECUADOR 12005, HCJB, 1230, End of childrens relig progr, ID by M. Extremely strong but horribly distorted. (Dave Valko-USA, Mar 28)

BBC/MERLIN UK relay of HCJB Quito: 12020 2100-2200 28,37-40,46-48 SKN 250 165 AR/BERBER 15360 1600-1700 28-30,38-40 RMP 500 85 TADJIK/UZBEK/RU 15360 1700-1800 28-30,39-41 RMP 500 62 RU/UKR/GEORG (HFCC)

Beginning at 0000 UTC, 2 April '98, and continuing until 0000 UTC, 4 April '98, HCJB would like to test some changes to two European freqs being used for transmissions to EUR/AS. Details follow: 1. 9780 kHz: We are presentily using this freq between 0200-0500 UTC. We will change freq to 9775 for a test, and we would appreciate any and all information regarding the resulting quality of reception for this test change.

2. 15365 kHz: We are presently using this freq between 1900-2230 UTC. We will change freq to 15360 for a test, and we would appreciate any and all information regarding the resulting quality of reception for this test change. Thanks for volunteering to help with reception tests. Could you please contact the other listeners at your disposal? Can you help me out with some more monitoring? Many thanks for your help! David M. Lewis, HCJB Frequency Manager, phone: 00593-2-266808 - NEU fax: 00593-2-267263 - NEU http://www.hcjb.org.ec (via HCJB GERMAN_DEPARTMENT e-mail: [email protected] via Klaus Koehler-D, Apr 2)

Report of HCJB' German sce 15360 Apr 3rd, 1930-2000 UTC S=2-3 Side band splash interference, caused from 15365 kHz by registered 1830-2130 VoA Greenville French service to Africa 250 kW 94 degrees

I would suggest replacing HCJB's 15365 by 1 5 2 4 0 kHz at 1900-2130 UTC. Or replacing by 15130 kHz, but until 2030 UTC close-down only, due WYFR starts here at 2045 UTC.

Report of HCJB' English sce 15115 Apr 3rd, 1930-2000 UTC S=2-3 Very strong side band splash interference, caused from REE Madrid Noblejas 1900-2300 UTC 15110 kHz 350 kW at 302 degrees, and from RDP Lisbon 2000 UTC 15120 kHz Portuguese football match in progress, plus from Voice of Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria 15120 kHz too. vy 73s de WB

ETHIOPIA Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Mekele, 5500 1714, apparent off-schedule bc. Celine Dion with Leo Sayers' When I need you, vernacular talks and folk songs. Nothing heard on parallel 7515 kHz. SINPO 35333. Still there but much weaker at 1845. Closing down without ceremony or anthem at 1900. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 3)

FINLAND YLE - RADIO FINLAND DURING Z8 kHz kW UTC Zones Azi 5970 250 1900-2000 29 130 6120 250 0300-0400 29 130 6120 100 0400-2200 18,27,28 240 6135 500 1930-2100 27,28,36,37 220 6180 250 1300-1400 19,29 80 6180 250 1600-1630 29 130 9560 500 0500-0800 27,28,36,37 225 9560 500 0900-1030 27,28,36,37 225 9655 250 0400-0545 29 130 9655 500 2300-2330 43,44 90 9730 500 1300-2000 27,36,37 225 9780 500 0200-0300 4,7,8,9 310 11755 500 0400-0600 38,39,48,53 175 11755 500 0515-2000 27,28,36,37 220 11755 500 0900-1100 28S 175 11755 500 1400-1900 28S 175 11895 500 2300-2330 43,44 90 11900 500 0200-0300 4,7,8,9 310 11900 500 1100-1300 4,7,8,9 310 11945 500 0600-0700 55,56,59,60 240 13645 500 1000-1100Su 27,28,36 225 15145 500 1500-1600 38,48,53 175 15235 500 0700-0900 43,44,50,55 60 15400 500 1200-1300 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 310 15400 500 1400-1500 4,6,7,10 325 15440 500 0400-0530 38,39,48,53 160 17820 500 0700-0830 43,44,50,55 75 17830 500 0600-0700 50,51,55,59,60 75 (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Mar 29

GEORGIA 12120 1520 Voice of Hope on new freq, announcing only this one and the Astra Satellite freq. En religious progr. When they first mentioned Georgia I thought of the new US-stn fr Georgia, starting soon??? This one also had an address in UK and a WWW- page as well. Bad modulated, as always. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Mar 30)

Vo Hope observed on 12125 1801-1818 on Mar 31 with En relig progr. Some distorted audio. Was announced usual address in Herefore, England. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 31)

GERMANY Brother Stair observed *1400-1459* on 11855. Then R Austria Int'l Vienna here. (ibid?)

AWR via DTK Juelich in Z98 5840 0300 0400 28,29,38,39 100 115 Bul 5890 2100 2230 37,38,46 100 200 Ara,Fre 7230 0800 0900 28,38 100 145 Ita Sat/Sun 9835 2000 2100 37,38,46 100 200 Fre,Eng 9835 2130 2200 37,38,46 100 200 Du 9925 1600 1800 28,29,38,39 100 115 Bul,Rom 15620 0800 0930 37,46 100 200 Ara,Fre 15620 1530 1600 29-31,39-42 100 080 Kaz,Kr,Uzb,Rus (HFCC)

MDR Info Radio ceased using MW tx Burg 531 kHz (MDR Info), tx switched off today and will be dismanteled soon. (Thoralf Winkler-D, Apr 1)

Kommentar von Kai Ludwig und einigen Anmerkungen vom ed: Z.Zt. laeuft der Sender noch mit einer Ansageschleife. Zu demontieren gibt es da nicht viel, das ist ein Steckdosensender in LKW-Anhaengern (aus DDR-Bestaenden, wohlgemerkt).

Zur Erinnerung: Burg hatte seit 1953 zwei 250-kW-MW-Sender, einen auf 782 kHz, den anderen offiziell Reserve, inoffiziell Deutscher Freiheitssender der westdeutschen BRD- KPD auf 904 und Deutscher Soldatensender auf 935 kHz.

In den 60ern kam der 200-kW-Tesla-Langwellensender fuer Radio Wolga, Potsdam, hinzu.

SchlieΓ‘lich 1978 ein sowjetischer 1000-kW-MW-Sender mit einer vorzueglichen Antenne. Die Strahlungsleistung war so gross, dass oft der Luxemburg-Effekt auftrat, dass sich Burg 783 Signale beim Nachtbetrieb mit anderen MW Frequenzen an der Reflexionsschicht mischten. Letzteres wurde auch oft bei der MW Mainflingen 1539 kHz 750 kW verzeichnet, vor allem wenn die horizontal strahlende direktionale Europaantenne im Einsatz war, letztere wurde auch schon verschrottet.

Im Genfer Wellenplan dann:

- Tesla 200 kW: 261 (bzw. vorher 263) kHz Radio Wolga 0500-2230, spβ€žter Radioropa. Jetzt durch neuen Halbleitersender ersetzt

- Funkwerk Koepenick 250 kW: 657 kHz nur tagsueber 0400-1800 Berliner Rundfunk, ab 1984 Jugendradio DT64, ab 1990 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt (das dann nachts mit 20 kW aus Bernburg); 1575 kHz (mit Steilstrahlantenne) abends 1845-2245 RBI, nachts 2300-0300 Stimme der DDR

- UdSSR 1000 kW: 783 kHz Stimme der DDR, ab 1990 Radio aktuell. [hoechster Wirksamkeitsgrad aller deutschen MW Antennen]

- Radio DDR mit 20 kW und Berliner Rundfunk mit 5 kW, ersteres zunaechst Gleichwellen- betrieb mit Wilsdruff und Wachenbrunn auf 1044, was wegen erheblicher Verwirrungsprobleme 1987 aber aufgegeben wurde, Burg und Wachenbrunn wechselten auf 1089 kHz. Berliner Rundfunk Frequenz koennte aus dem Gedaechtnis 1170 gewesen sein.

Ende Mai 1991 wurde auf Befehl von Chefabwickler Muehlfenzl das Megawatt ausgeknipst, der MDR versendete sich dann statt auf 783 auf 657 kHz und das nachts nur mit 20 kW. Bald schon wurden die 250 kW auch tags nicht mehr gefahren, dann wurde noch die Frequenz mit Wiederau getauscht. Tja, und ohne die Dauner Firmengruppe waere Burg jetzt am Ende... (Kai Ludwig-D, Apr 1)

GREECE ERT Athens freq schedule Z98 (see also under USA) via VoA Kavala 792 0800-1000 Suns only 792 1000-1300 1400-1700 1900-1930 2030-2130 7465 1900-1945 2000-2045 7480 2100-2245 9375 0400-0800 1500-1700 1900-1945 2000-2045 9395 1200-1345 9420 1400-1445 2100-2200 9425 2200-2245 9935 0000-0345 2300-2345 9940 1200-1345 11645 0000-0345 0600-0800 1400-1445 1500-1700 1715-1745 1800-1845 11690 2300-2345 15150 1800-1845 15170 0400-0545 15630 1200-1345 15630 1715-1745 vi VoA Rhodes 1260 0900-1200 2200-2230 (IBB VoA schedule)

GUAM new 15330 KTWR *1500-1630* in En. "Pacific DX report" noted 1615-1629. Scheduled 12015 1500-1630, zones 41, 49; 100 kW 285 degr. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 30)

INDIA AIR home sce is heard on 17860 on air at 0800 under VoRussia. En nx is heard at 0830 (after vernacular) and En dictation nx at 0900. Seems to be a replacement freq for either 15260 or 15185 not now heard -- as reported in an earlier BC-DX. (Noel Green-UK, Mar 27)

AIR Ranchi suddenly appeared for a day or two 22, 23rd Mar on 3305 and has since disappeared again. These days 3390 Gangtok is also heard irregularly. Same is true for Itanagar on 4990 which is being used for only a few hours in the 1400-1630 area. Alok Das Gupta says this could be due to severe power problems making the SWs used less than MW and FM. (G.Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, Mar 31)

IRAN VoIRI is heard using new 17570 for Ar sce in //15350 and on air at 0800 mixing with VoRussia til then, then carrier til R.St.Tikhiy Okean 0815-0900 and then clear channel. Still on air at 1305. I think, it goes off around 1330. (Noel Green-UK, Mar 27) I am hearing VoIRI Iran in Ar daily on 17570 and 15585 for example to-day at around 0745 with SIO 253. (Ehard Goddijn-HOL, Mar 31)

ISRAEL KOL Israel 2nd harmonic heard on 23180 kHz (2 x 11590) at 1345 UTC with Reshet Bet progr. (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Apr 2)

MADAGASCAR AWR via Talata/Volondry (RN Relay) 0230-0300 4960 Fr 0300-0330 4960 Malagasy 1530-1600 4960 Malagasy 1700-1730 4960 Fr (Uwe Volk-D, Apr 1)

AWR is now bcing from the R. Netherlands relay stn at Talata Volondry via a 7.5 kw unit on 4960 kHz. This was formerly a communications unit rated at 30 kW PEP, and it has been modified for bc usage. It will be replaced by a 25 kW bc xmtr at the same location when it is ready for sce. AWR is the first organization to procure time on these units. Reception rpts for the new AWR outlets in SoAF and MAD should be sent to AWR-Europe at Box 383, Forli 47100, Italy. The complete sked for all AWR prgmng on SW, MW and the World Radio Network may be seen at http://www.awr.org (Adrian Peterson-IN, via NU, Apr 1)

Adventist World Radio is being relayed by Radio Nederland Madagascar Relay Stn since Mar 29th, 1998 as follows: 0300-0330 3215, beam MDG Island, language Malagasy. 1530-1600 3215, beam MDG Island language Malagasy. Tx details: Radio Nederland Madagascar Relay Stn, tx site Talata Volonondry (MDG) G.C. 47E37 18S45, power 7.5 kW. Tx manufacturer Siemens, Type Number Funk135V633b2b, from original site Schwarzenburg (Switzerland). (Ludo Maes-BEL, Apr 1)

Siemens 7.5 kw xmtr originally used in Schwarzenburg, Switzerland. We would stand little chance if the freq is 3215. AWR site still gives freq as 4960. (Jerry Berg-USA in NU, Apr 3)

MALAYSIA Sabah 4907 1002-1329* A typo error for Sabah I see in BCDX also picked up in NU 4907 for 4970 kHz. [Although RS dropped down 4907 kHz, so it should be a punching error at the tx station, ed] (G.Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, Mar 31)

PAKISTAN Checking on info from Mahendra Vaghee re Azad Kashmir Radio 4790 that only at s.on and off they announce as Azad Kashmir, I found this to be correct. 4790.4 is announcing as R. Pakistan. So it appears that they are taking RP programming these days. Of course this is fr Islamabad which has carried progrs separate fr that on 3662.4. I checked at 1800 to 1807 s-off, Both carried separate progrs though s.off almost a minute apart. (G.Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, Mar 31)

CLANDESTINE (Kashmir). 6300U, Voice of Independent Kashmir (Kashmiri Mojahedin), 1705 Mar 27, talk in presumed Urdu, then a few words in En; at 1725, a song, "Allah au Akbar," off at 1729. Weak. (Mahendra Vaghjee-MAU, via NU, Mar 31)

QATAR Doha now using 17830 at 0705-1305 mixing with BBC ASC. This ex17891/17895. QBS Doha still on v17830 0707-1306, but suffering co-channel BBC ASC 250 kW 65 degr to WeAF underneath. Some ME stns continue to make their own individualistic choices of frequ which don't seem to coordinate with any other stn. The HFCC should invite them to join! (WB, Mar 29 / Noel Green-UK, Mar 27)

RUSSIA here are addresses for the various Russian state and territorial b/cing authorities. GPR=State Enterprise for Broadcasting and Radio Communications. TCR=Territorial Centre for Broadcasting and Radio Communications.

GPR-1, ul. Nikolskaya 7, 103012 Moscow GPR-2, ul. Akademika Pavlova 13A, 197376 St. Petersburg GPR-3, ul. Gagarina 6A, 443079 Samara TCR-4 (formerly GPR-4), p. Oktyabrjskiy, Tbilisskiy rayon, 352341, Krasnodarskiy Kray GPR-5, Ukraine TCR-6 (formerly GPR-6), p. Razdoljnoe, Nadezhdenskiy rayon, 692420 Primorskiy Kray GPR-7, Belarus GPR-8, ul. Pavlovicha 7A, 680670 Khabarovsk GPR-9, State Enterprise "Kosmicheskaya Svyaz" (Space Communication) GPR-10, ul. Sverdlova 37, 664011 Irkutsk GPR-11, ul. Rimskogo-Korsakova 9, 630048 Novosibirsk TCR-12 (formerly GPR-12), Post Box 672, 672090 Chita. (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, via NU, Mar 29)

12030 VoVTN via Russia 1912-1928 in Ru nx. Good. [Sherpukhov tx 1600-2300 150 kW 250 degr] (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Mar 31)

SLOVAKIA AWR via Rimavska Sobota in Z98 11610 0200 0330 39-42 250 095 AWR SLOVAKIA 11610 0500 0700 38,47,52,53 250 165 AWR SLOVAKIA 11610 1800 2000 38,47,48,52,53 250 165 AWR SLOVAKIA 13680 1500 1700 39-42 250 095 AWR SLOVAKIA 13715 0330 0400 39-41 250 095 AWR SLOVAKIA (HFCC)

SOUTH AFRICA As of Mar 29, Adventist World Radio has begun utilizing the relay facilities of SENTECH (Meyerton) for coverage of CeAF areas. The tentative sked is as follows: 0300-0330 6100 250 kW in Somali, 0500-0530 6100 100 in En, 0500-0530 6000 100 En, 1600-1630 15620 250 in Somali, 1630-1700 12130 250 Kiswahili, 1700-1730 12130 250 En, 1800-1830 3345 100 En, 1800-1830 3390 100 En, 2000-2030 9745 250 En, and 2030-2100 9745 250 En. Reception reports for these new b/cs are most welcome, and should be sent to AWR-Europe, Box 383, I-47100 Forli, Italy. You may ask for an endorsement as "First Day" or "First Week." (Adrian Peterson-IN, via NU, and Uwe Volk-D, Mar 30)

9860 TWR Meyerton *1700-1730 with continuous IDs in En: "You are turn to the international voice of Trans World Radio". From 1730 Amharic progr. (Pavel Miroshnikov- RUS, Mar 30) [c.f. TWR schedule in BC-DX #358]

SWITZERLAND [and non]. Remember when the Swiss Shortwave Service had a morning bc to NoAM at 1315? Now quite by chance a couple of txions to elsewhere give us good reception. The new Singapore relay at 1100-1200 on 9810 is beamed 25 degrees, which also favors NoAM, just as some BBC bcs do. In fact, this azimuth crosses NoAM: Nome- Whitehorse-Calgary-Rapid City-- right on Enid!--Lake Charles. No wonder I hear it well. And the hour at 1400 on 15265 comes in surprisingly well, Mar 30, as it is direct from Sottens, Switzerland, 500 kW at 80 degrees. At this time the only //is 9575 from Singapore, but beamed due north and poor here Mar 30, but Mar 31 the two were about equal. 9575 lags almost 2 seconds behind 15265, indicating a many- hop satellite feed. BTW, nothing heard about Schwarzenburg on the 30 or 60-min programs March 30. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Mar 31)

THAILAND R. Thailand via VOA Relay station Ban Dung, Udorn Thani Province on new 9680 kHz at 2000 Ge, 2015 Fr, 2030 En, 2045-2115 Thai. (Juergen Lohuis-D, Mar 31)

QSL 11955, BBC Asia Relay stn, nice ltr on BBC ltrhead from Jaruwan (May), Executive Secretary, who is a 26 year old Thai secretary working at the stn. "I am pleased to verify your reception of our transmission at the times stated 1114 UTC." "My boss told me to practice English by reply the letters." Addr: BBC Asia Relay Stn, Jaruwan Meesaurtong, P.O. Box 20, Muang, Nakhon Sawan 60000, Thailand. Tel. +66-56-227275/6, 223206/7; FAX +66-56-227277. (Jerry Berg-MA, Mar 29)

TURKEY Voice of Turkey, Z98 schedule effective from Mar 29-Oct 25, 1998

Freq Time Power Site Az Target (khz) UTC Languages Tx degr Area ------5960 1600-0400 Turkish 250 152 CAK As 5980 1500-2200 Turkish 500 300 EMR Eu 5980 2200-0400 Turkish 500 310 CAK Eu,NoAm 6130 1600-1630 Georgian 250 20 CAK As (NEW LANGUAGE!!) 6135 1800-1900 Bosnian 250 295 EMR Eu

7110 1130-1230 Bulgarian 250 305 EMR Eu 7110 1430-1530 Greek 250 270 EMR Eu 7150 1030-1130 Greek 250 176 EMR NE,As 7160 1630-1700 Macedonian 250 300 CAK Eu 7175 1930-2030 French 500 252 EMR NoAf 7190 2200-2300 English 500 310 EMR Eu 7195 1600-2200 Turkish 500 252 EMR Af 7210 2030-2130 English 500 105 EMR As,Aus 7270 0300-0400 English 500 138 EMR As

9445 1730-1830 German 250 310 CAK Eu 9445 1830-1930 English 250 310 CAK Eu 9445 2100-0700 Turkish 500 313 CAK Eu,NoAM 9460 0700-2100 Turkish 500 313 CAK Eu,NoAm 9460 2100-0700 Turkish 250 320 CAK Eu 9515 1400-1600 Arabic 250 152 CAK As,Af 9540 0400-0700 Turkish 500 294 CAK Eu,NoAm 9540 1600-2200 Turkish 500 294 CAK Eu,NoAF 9560 1600-2200 Turkish 500 105 EMR As,Aus 9565 0400-0900 Turkish 500 92 EMR As 9615 1730-1830 German 500U! 310 EMR Eu 9630 0930-1030 Rumanian 250 320 CAK Eu 9655 0300-0400 English 500 335 EMR Eu,NoAm 9655 1530-1630 Hungarian 250 310 EMR Eu 9655 2200-2300 English 500 310 EMR Eu,NoAm 9675 1700-1800 Russian 500 20 EMR As 9770 1030-1130 Greek 250 267 CAK Eu

11620 1930-2030 French 250 303 CAK Eu 11765 1830-1930 English 500U! 310 EMR Eu,NoAm 11765 1930-2030 French 500U! 300 EMR Eu 11795 0830-0930 Persian 250 100 CAK As 11835 0730-0830 Azerbaijani 250 85 CAK As 11865 1400-1500 Azerbaijani 500 92 EMR As 11885 2200-0400 Turkish 500 325 EMR Eu,NoAm 11910 1130-1230 Albanian 250 267 CAK Eu 11920 0930-1030 Serbo-Croat 500 297 EMR Eu 11955 0400-1600 Turkish 250 152 CAK As 11965 1300-1400 Russian 500 20 EMR As 11970 2200-2400 Turkish 500 105 EMR As,Aus 11995 1300-1400 Persian 250 105 CAK As

13640 1400-1600 Arabic 500 252 EMR Af 13655 1200-1600 Turkish 500 105 EMR As,Aus 13660 0000-0300 Turkish 500 105 EMR As,Aus 13665 1630-1700 Tatar 250 20 EMR As (NEW LANGUAGE!! 13710 0900-1100 Arabic 500 210 EMR As 13725 1200-1300 Urdu 500 92 EMR As 13755 1330-1430 German 500 310 EMR Eu 13760 0900-1100 Arabic 500 138 EMR As

15130 0730-0830 Azerbaijani 500 102 EMR As 15145 0400-0900 Turkish 500 105 EMR As 15185 1230-1330 English 500 92 EMR As,Aus 15290 1230-1330 English 500 320 EMR Eu 15350 0700-1600 Turkish 500 294 EMR Eu 15375 0400-0700 Turkish 500 72 EMR As 15430 1000-1500Fri Turkish 250 245 CAK Af

17705 0300-0400 English 500 105 EMR As,Aus 17705 0830-0930 Persian 250 100 EMR As 17745 1100-1200 Chinese 500 62 EMR As 17830 1230-1330 English 500 320 EMR Eu

21715 0400-1200 Turkish 500 105 EMR As,Aus Note: U - USB TRT Ankara needs reception reports from all parts of their txion targets, please send your e-mail to TRT technical departement under address [email protected]

To reach the respective language departements in TRT bcing house use this e-mail address [email protected] url http:// www.tsr.gov.tr Be careful, some freq information is out of date on the web page. (TRT via Benno Klink, DG1EA, Mar 28)

UKRAINE Radio Ukraine International, SW Freqs, Z98 season, 290398-251098 in Ukr, En and Ge.

1st Programme, (all progrs in Ukr, exc En at 0000-0100, 0300-0400 and 2100-2200, Ge at 1700-1800, 2000-2100 and 2300-2400) To Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan: Time UTC Freq kHz 0000-0200 5905 5915 6020 6080 7180 7240 0200-0300 5905 6020 6080 7180 13590 0300-0400 5905 6020 6080 7410 13590 0400-0500 5905 6080 7150 7320 7410 13590 0500-0600 5905 6020 6080 7150 7320 7410 13590 0600-0800 5905 6020 6080 7150 7320 7410 11705 13590 0800-0900 5905 6020 6090 7150 7320 7410 11705 13590 15520 0900-1000 6020 6090 7150 7320 7410 9600 9620 11705 11720 12040 13590 15520 1000-1400 6020 6090 7150 7320 7410 9600 11705 11840 13590 15520 1400-1600 6020 6080 7150 7320 7410 9560 9600 11705 11840 13590 15520 1600-1700 6020 6080 7320 7410 9560 9600 11705 11840 13590 15520 1700-1800 6020 6080 7320 7410 9560 11705 13590 15520 1800-1900 6020 6080 7320 7410 9560 11705 13590 1900-2000 6020 6080 7240 7410 9560 11705 13590 2000-2100 6020 6080 7180 7240 7410 9560 11705 13590 2100-2200 5905 6020 6080 7180 7240 7410 9560 13590 2200-2400 5905 5915 6020 6080 7180 7240 7410 9560

2nd Programme, (all progrs in Ukr, exc En at 0000-0100, 0300-0400 and 2100-2200) To North America 0400-0500 9550 1000-2000 12050 2100-0400 9550 12040 To South America 0000-0300 9945 1200-1700 21510 To Australia 1800-2300 7380

Relay of Shalkar: (Kazakh, Ru and Ge) 0200-0300 5915 7240 0300-0400 5915 0400-0500 5915 9620 0500-0600 9620 0600-0900 9620 11720 1000-1600 9620 11720 (Source: NRCU, Kyiv, via J. Sajuk, Bavaria, Germany - Ukraina DX-Monitoring-World-Ring - Mar 28, 1998)

5905 2100 0900 27S,28,37N KV 100 254 5915 2200 0800 27S,28,37N KV 100 254 5940 2300 0500 27S,28,37N KV 100 254 6010 1800 0500 27,28,37N KHR 100 262 6020 0400 0300 29 KV 100 ND 6030 0200 0600 8,9,27 LV 1000 314 6080 1400 0800 20,30 KHR 100 055 6090 0600 1500 20,30 KV 100 074 6090 1700 0500 20,30 KV 100 074 6130 0700 1600 27,28 KHR 100 290 7150 0400 1700 19 SMF 100 004 7150 2000 0600 8,9,27N LV 1000 308 7180 1830 0330 20,29,30 KV 100 074 7205 0600 1400 27S,28,37N KV 100 266 7240 1900 0350 27S,28,37N KV 100 266 7320 0400 2000 20,30 KV 100 105 7380 1630 2400 30,40,41,54,55,58,59 LV 1000 096 7410 0000 2400 27,28,37N KHR 100 262 7420 1900 0400 27,28,30 KV 100 074 9550 2000 0500 8,9,27N SMF 1000 309 9560 1700 0500 27S,28S,37N KV 100 254 9600 0330 1700 20,29,30 KV 100 074 9620 0100 1600 27,28 KV 100 266 9640 1400 0200 20,30 KV 100 074 9685 2200 0600 8,9,27 LV 1000 303 9785 2200 0200 13-15,37,46N SMF 250 245 9860 0200 0600 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 9860 2200 2400 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 9870 0400 2000 28 KHR 100 262 9945 1800 0600 13-15,37,46N LV 1000 238 9960 0400 2000 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 9980 1600 1900 39,48 KV 100 160 11705 0600 2100 27S,28,37N KHR 100 266 11720 0600 1600 27S,28,37N KV 100 254 11745 2200 0500 13-15,37,46N SMF 1000 245 11780 2000 0400 8,9,27 SMF 1000 314 11805 1200 1800 29,30 KHR 100 110 11805 1600 2100 8,9,27,28 SMF 1000 309 11830 0900 1700 30S KV 100 105 11840 0400 1700 20,30 KV 100 074 11840 1100 1500 8,9,27,28 LV 1000 303 11950 2000 0500 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 11980 1000 2000 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 12040 2000 0400 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 12045 1000 1700 30,40,41,54,55,58,59 LV 1000 096 12050 1000 2000 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 13590 0300 2300 27S,28,37N KV 100 254 13600 1400 0100 13-15,37,46N SMF 1000 247 13690 0400 1830 27S,28,37N KV 100 285 13720 1500 0100 13-15,37,46N LV 1000 238 13755 1700 2000 30,40,41,54,55,58,59 LV 1000 096 15135 1000 2000 8,9,27 SMF 1000 309 15520 0700 2100 27S,28,37N KV 100 254 15550 1400 2300 13-15,37,46N LV 1000 238 15560 1000 2030 13-15,37,46N SMF 250 245 17590 1000 1600 13-15,37,46N SMF 1000 245 17680 0600 2100 27S,28,37N KV 100 254 17725 0800 1600 30,54,55,58,59 LV 1000 096 17735 1000 2200 13-15,37,46N SMF 1000 245 21800 1000 1800 13-15,37,46N SMF 1000 247 (HFCC)

UK Some additional info on Sunrise Radio: Chairman & Chief Executive, Dr. Avtar Lit; Administrative Director, Geeta Kohli; Operations Manager, Paul Davis. phone +44-(0)181-574-6666; fax +44-(0)181-813-9800 http://www.sat-address.com/Sunrise-Radio/ (Mahendra Vaghjee-MAU, Jerry Berg-MA, via NU, Mar 29)

Merlin has ancd the "Merlin Network One" svc for "International Specialist B/Cers," extending the concept of the first anniversary show. Starting April 8, and continuing every Wed, MNO will initially air for eight hrs. per week "to enable a unique mix of specialist prgms to be combined into a single svc." The facilities of Country Music Radio (CMR) in London will be used to air the prgm strand. MNO will have an initial lineup as follows: 1700-1900 UTC, R. Caroline presented by Johnny Reece; 1900-2100, MediaZoo; 2100-2300, Hard Country with CMR's Bryan Chalker; and 2300-0100, Rock Radio Network. MNO will air via satellite in the UK and via SW to NoAM and EUR. There are plans for an Internet svc as well. For latest details of SW fqys, satellite channels and Internet audio, look at one of the following websites: (From Merlin press release, via NU, Apr 2)

USA 0500 WHRI 5745 clashing with VOA, clear at 0530 for DWC. WHRI is back on 5745 for Z ex-5770; VOA should be leaving. (Glenn Hauser, Mar 30) [yes, noted same co-ch mess, ed]

Want to buy Bethany? This has been appearing in the U.S. Real Estate Sales List 1/2 and 3/4 1998, a brochure from the USG Consumer Information Center, Pueblo CO 81002. (Glenn Hauser-USA, Mar 29)

Greece relays via VOA-USA NOT found... (GH) VoA Delano / Greenville used for ERT Athens in Z98: 9755 0600-0800 ERT ERA5 VA DL 9775 0900-1000 ERT ERA5 VA DL 11730 1200-1400 ERT ERA5 VAR DL 17705 1800-2200 ERT ERA5 VAR GA 17765 1800-2200 ERT ERA5 VAR DL

But HFCC shows some more registrations, usually done by ERT, but never in service. 6115 1200-1400 3-11 DL 250 075 6125 0200-0400 5,9 DL 250 075 9590 0900-1000 34,44,45,50 DL 250 272 9590 1200-1400 3-11 DL 250 075 9595 1200-1400 54-56,59,60 DL 250 075 9690 1200-1400 3-11 DL 250 075 9730 1200-1400 51,55,56,58-60,65 DL 250 272 9755 0600-0800 49-51,54-56,59,60 DL 250 272 9775 0900-1000 54,55,58-60 DL 250 075 9775 1200-1400 54-56,59,60 DL 250 272 11715 0900-1000 54-56,59,60 DL 250 075 11730 0600-0800 34,45,55,56,58-60 DL 250 272 11730 0900-1000 55,56,58-60 DL 250 272 11730 1200-1400 3-11 DL 250 075 11730 1800-2200 4,5,7-9 DL 250 075 15165 0900-1000 54,55,58-60 DL 250 272 15170 0600-0800 45,51,53,56,58-60,64 DL 250 272 15175 1800-2200 3-11 DL 250 075 15185 1200-1400 3-11 DL 250 075 15190 0600-0800 34,45,54-56,58-60 DL 250 272 15400 0600-0800 45,51,55,56,58-60,64 DL 250 272 15400 0900-1000 54,56,58-60 DL 250 272 15455 1200-1400 3-11 DL 250 075 15485 1800-2200 2-4,9 DL 250 075 17590 1800-2200 3-11 DL 250 075 17705 0600-0800 34,45,54-56,58-60 DL 250 272 17705 1800-2200 3-11 DL 250 075 17765 1800-2200 3-11 DL 250 075 6125 0900-1200 36,37 GR 500 067 9775 1800-2200 12-16 GR 250 164 11605 0000-0400 6,12-14,16 GR 250 164 11815 0600-0800 54-56,59,60 GR 250 032 11815 1900-2100 12-16 GR 250 164 15145 0600-0800 3-11 GR 250 032 15400 1800-2200 12-16 GR 250 164 15400 2200-2400 12-16 GR 250 164 17785 1800-2200 12-16 GR 250 164 21465 1800-2200 12-16 GR 250 164 21610 1800-2200 12-16 GR 500 164 21680 1800-2200 12-16 GR 500 164

VOA Communications World now has its own website at http://www.trsc.com/cw.html It contains the CommWorld sked, link to VOA live RealAudio, CommWorld scripts (seemingly not yet working), other VOA links incl. the full VOA schedule. (Jerry Berg-NY, Mar 29)

RADIO DEMOCRACY FOR AFRICA. USA to launch Radio Democracy for Africa. Pres Clinton, speaking in Botswana on 29th March during his recent African tour, announced plans to launch a new US radio sce aimed at promoting democracy in Africa. Radio Democracy for Africa will be a new sce operated by the Voice of America (VOA) and is due to start bcing in May in nine languages.

Radio Democracy will add over 22 hours of progrs each week to VOA' s current output to Africa, targeting 17 countries where Washington has particular concerns about human rights and media freedom, incl the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The cost of the new sce, estimated at some 5m dollars during the next two years, will be funded from VOA's existing budget. That is a small fraction of the 100m dollars, according to estimates by Amnesty International, spent every year by the US State Dept, the US Agency for International development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy progrs to promote democratic initiatives in nearly every country in Africa.

Evelyn Lieberman, VOA's director, said Radio Democracy for Africa " will allow us to expand our role in Africa, building on existing programmes, adding more news and increasing in-country reporting in Africa". To promote the growth of local independent media, Radio Democracy and the VOA also plan to train staff from both the public and the private media in Africa.

A variety of US political groups had been lobbying during the past few years for the setting up of a Radio Free Africa service, to operate as a surrogate US broadcaster like Radio Free Asia (launched in 1996) and the long-running Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty services, all run separately from the VOA. Their mission is to provide the comprehensive and objective news absent from the state-controlled media in their respective target countries. More recently, there have been calls for the setting up of Radio Free Iran and Radio Free Iraq services.

Training: To develop in-country independent media, Radio Democracy and VOA will train both public and private media in Africa. Radio Democracy also will seek to establish regional associations of private radio stations to share news, resources and risks together. Geographic area: Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Rwanda and Burundi. Languages: English, French, Hausa, Amharic, Afan Oromo, Tigrigna, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi and Swahili. The Voice of America broadcasts in 52 languages around the world to almost 90 million people. (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 2)

U.S. President Bill Clinton unveiled a new public diplomacy effort using a white clandestine dubbed Radio Democracy for Africa. Speaking to a crowd in Botswana on March 28, he noted that Africa needs an independent radio sce. "State-run media are the norm in much of Africa; accompanying such media are often biases and positions of the prevailing political party or in some cases, repressive regimes." Radio Democracy for Africa is "aimed directly at encouraging progress toward freedom and democracy, respect for human rights, and an independent and objective media."

Funding for the service will come directly from the Voice of America (VOA), and in fact, Clinton pledged US$4.8 million over the next two years. Rather than be a separate entity, as Radio Marti and Radio Free Asia are, Radio Democracy for Africa will be inserted into VOA programming. After it begins in May 1998, the stn will be bc 22.5 hours a week. Programming will be in nine different European and African languages directed at 19 African states.

Radio Democracy for Africa coincides with plans for Radio Free Iraq and Radio Free Iran, and will join Radio Marti, Radio Free Europe / Radio Libery, and Radio Free Asia as a tool to spread democratic principles around the world. More information on this station can be found at CRI: http://www.qsl.net/yb0rmi/usia_africa.htm (Information adapted from Reuters and the Wasington Post, CRW via Martin-Schoech-D, Apr 2)

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ALBANIA v6099.92 100 kW nondirectional R Tirana first home sce relay noted at 0300- 2200. Ext sce in Albanian observed at 1900-2200 on v6169.92 100 350, and v7269.89 100 310. (WB, Apr 4)

Yesterday, I heard Radio Tirana on 12085 announcing its En schedule at 1545 as follows: to Europe: 1545-1600 11735 and 12085, 2130-2200 on 1215, 6025 and 7165. To NoAM: 0045- 0100 on 6115 and 7160, 0130-0300 on 6220 and 7160. They are very strong in Copenhagen at 1545 on 12085, completely covering Syria. (Erik Koie-DEN OZ3YI, Apr 8) [TWR Farsi 12085 via same Cerrik-ALB site at 1630]

ANGUILLA 11775 Caribbean Beacon bcing Dr. G. Scott relig progr at 2110, fair signal. (WB, Apr 4)

AUSTRALIA 'HCJB News' of Autumn '98 provided the following update on developments at the property owned by HCJB at Kununurra in the Kimberley region in WeAUS, which is being eveloped as possibly a 'major national and internat bcing facility'.

Acc to the article, HCJB has been maintaining close contact with the West Australian govt and local authorities, as well as working closely with the federal govt and key regulatory bodies. "We have found there's a policy vacuum in terms of SW bcing from Australia - only Radio Australia has that privilege at present", HCJB's Australian Director David Maindonald said. [The same policy vacuum which sees Darwin's txs slowly moulding away in sub-tropical humidity while internat bcs sign up for airtime at Singapore-mf].

HCJB's credentials have been presented at a number of high level meetings. A formal application was lodged with the authorities in Canberra last August. In the meantime, the property is being developed as a working farm, which in turn will help fund the broadcasting and other missionary activities in NoAUS. The project has the personal support of WA Premier Richard Court, and other Christian politicians. So, any SW bcing from Australia by HCJB is still some way off. (Matt Francis-AUS, via EDXP, Mar 27)

BELARUS 11960 Radio Minsk observed here from 1900 s-on in Belarussian since Mar 29. ID as Radiostanstiya Belarus. All bcs are on 1170, 7210, and 11960. German heard 1930 Wed, Sat, Sun. English progr Tues 1930 & 2030, Wed 0430, Thurs 2030, Fri 0430, Sat 0400 UTC. (schedule via Tony Edge, BrDXC "Communication" Apr )

BRAZIL Radiobras Schedule 11780 0115-0215 Po NoAM 11765 0415-0515 Po NoAM 9745 0700-0800 Po AF 9745 1000-1120 Sp southern tip of SoAM 15445 1200-1320 En NoAM 15445 1330-1450 Sp NoAM 15265 1630-1750 Po EUR & ME 15265 1800-1920 En EUR & ME 17750 1800-1920 (1920-2400 Suns only) Portug.AF 15265 1930-2050 Ge EUR & ME (Comite Brasileiro de Radioescuta, Apr 4

CHILE 21549.96, Voz Cristiana, *1429-1620 Apr 6, OC to 1429 test tone and s/on. SP IDs every half hour on the half hour, En IDs every half hour on the quarter hour. "Esta Ud. escuchando la transmision de prueba de Voz Cristiana, transmitiendo desde Santiago, Chile en 21550 de la onda corta . . ." and addr (Casilla 490), FAX and E-Mail addrs. (Wilkins-CO, via NU, Apr 7)

21550, 1549 Apr 6, resuming test txion. Hrd with mx and canned ID anmts, alternating in Sp and En, giving already known e-mail and postal addrs and FAX number, approx. every 15 min. As on former occasions, mx sounds better than voice. SIO 3/4-5-3, QSB. (Nigro-URG, via NU, Apr 7)

CLANDESTINE Radio Stations UNID Mar 31 1243-1345 Burmese 11520 (Democratic Voice of Burma registered on 15330 100 080 degr registered in Z98 via DTK Juelich-Germany) (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Apr 6)

CYPRUS CBC Nicosia via Merlin relay Limassol Zyyi Fri-Sat 2210-2245 on 6180 7205 9760 kHz, latter Sinpo 55555. Lovely local Greek guitar mx. (WB, Apr 4)

ECUADOR HCJB: Interview with John Beck, Station Manager, HCJB, regarding reports of closure of Pifo tx site because will be in flight path of proposed new airport. Stated that it is not known when or if construction of the new airport near Pifo is to take place. May be in next couple of years or in 15-20 years time. No firm decision has been made by the Ecuadorian govt in regard to the building of the new airport. Is 80% certain that the present govt will not build new airport but it is not known whether the new govt will proceed with the project. Elections are to be held in Aug 1998. HCJB are examining options: looking at 6-7 properties in Ecuador where a new site could be located. They are looking to expand the UK relays as have been successful. This of course would have implications for any new Ecuadorian site. (HCJB DXPL, via Mick Ogrizek via EDXP; WB, Apr 4)

15360.04 HCJB, Pifo 2029 Start of Jpn progr, ID. Test txion of this freq instead of 15365, as reported by Klaus Koehler on hcdx. 54444 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Apr 2) [only SINPO 2-3 in Germany, VoA Greenville on neighbour 15365 had 45554, WB, Apr 4]

EGYPT Bundesrepublik Deutschland Regulierungsbehoerde fuer Telekommunikation und Post Aussenstelle Konstanz, Pruef- und Messdienst

Your report dated 12.03.98 / 14150 kHz resp. 14.03.98 / 14112 kHz We have also heard the BC-emissions which you have reported and have come to the following conclusion:

Both emissions seem to be intermodulation products of the SW-BC-tx ABIS in Egypt (EGY). 1. distorted freq 14150 kHz active freqs 12050 and 9950 kHz calculation 14150 kHz = 2 x 12050 kHz - 9950 kHz

2. distorted Frequency 14 112 kHz active Frequencies 12 050 kHz and 9 988 kHz calculation 14 112 kHz = 2 x 12050 kHz - 9 988 kHz We have already informed the RegTP headquarters in Mainz and asked them to contact the relevant administation in Egypt for help. (via DJ9KR, Mar 27)

FRANCE [non] After RFI Paris German sce lost their SW and MW outlets and their listenership too few years ago, editorial staff of RFI yearns for listeners. Sending out beautiful picture postcards of l'arc de triomphe in Paris recently, and make a note about new private longwave radio service via Burg-Germany 261 kHz relay, "Radioropa 2.6.1." : "Welcome on 261 kHz, as soon as possible." Daily 0630-0700, 1030-1100, 1600- 1700 UTC [DST]. e-mail [email protected]

Addr: Radioropa 2.6.1. Maxim-Gorki-Str. 16, D-39108 Magdeburg, Germany Fax: +49 391 - 737 11 39 (WB, Apr 6)

GEORGIA 6230 Georgian Radio Tbilisi in German noted at 2010 UTC. Very, very terrible distorted audio quality. First I couldn't recognize the language as German. (WB, Apr 4) Voice of Hope via Georgia is now using 12125 (ex12120) at 1400-1630 in En and Indian vernaculars. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 8)

GERMANY 9925 Another Juelich operating fault. AWR usually via Juelich 9925 in Bulgarian at 1600-1630 115 degr. RVI Brussels scheduled via Juelich at 60 degrees to target in NoEUR, FIN, RUS, LTH at same time slot, but on 11965. On Apr 4th and 5th noted that 11965 kHz channel was off, and both RVI and AWR programmes well mixed together in the feed from satellite link to 9925 freq.

11965 is a bad selection, both strong Arab [Riyadh?] and a Russian[?] stn using this channel. Wonder whether RVI reach any listener satisfactorily in target. (WB, Apr 4-5)

DW German sce reshuffeled its progr format from 8 to 4 hour slots again. Waldemar Kraemer's German DX mini progr now Sats on every week: 3 and a half mins at 0631 1031 1431 1831 2231, and 0231 UTC.(WB, Apr 4)

Universal Life, is an evangelical station bcing in German and English, and operate the following schedule [winter?]: English 0800-0830 Sun As 17780 H 1300-1330 Sun As 12025 G 1300-1330 Sun Eu 9710 L 1400-1430 Sun Am 9955 U 1630-1700 Sat MEAf 12015 G 1800-1830 Sun Af 11785 G 1830-1900 Sun Af 9490 G 2045-2115 Tue Eu 5890 G German 0545-0600 DailyEu 1386 R 1030-1100 Sun Eu 7210 B 1200-1230 Sun Eu 9710 L 1800-1830 Tue Eu 1323 G, 1215 R 1830-1900 Sat Eu 1323 G, 1215 R 2030-2100 Wed Eu 1323 G, 1215 R 2045-2115 Su,Mo,Th Eu 5890 G 2100-2130 Th,Fr Eu 7210 B 11960 B 1170 B 2130-2200 Fri Eu 7210 B 11960 B 1170 B

Relay sites: B=Belarus, G=Germany, H=KWHR Hawaii, L=Lithuania, R=Kaliningrad Russia U=WRMI USA. Universelles Leben, Haugerring 7, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany. Fax 0931 - 390 32 33. http://www.universelles-leben.org (via BrDXC Communication Apr)

IRAN VoIRI Tehran noted with permanent IS, ID, and National Anthem at 0025-0030 on new 11915. (WB, Apr 4)

IRELAND [non] RTE's weekly Worlds Apart progr changed some freqs for Z98, not publicized but obtained by Finbarr O'Driscoll for RIB: Day & Time UT Freq (* = new) Target Site Tue 2300 9640* SAm Juelich Wed 1330 12015 SEAsia Irkutsk-RUS Wed 1500 15165* EAf Meyerton-RSA Wed 1700 11605 N/C/SAf Juelich Wed 1800 11785* WAf Juelich

Unfortunately, DTK recorded the wrong hour for the Mar 31 bc, containing a country mx show instead (WORLD OF RADIO 935, Apr 2)

ITALY RAI Rome in Ge 1800-1825 on 5990, 7160, strongest 9670, all 100 kW 330 degr. (WB, Apr 4)

JAPAN Excellent conditions on Apr 4: NHK World Yamata NorthAmerica sce on 13630 heard unexpectedly opening procedure at 2100, path seemingly from JPN via Pacific, Alaska, Artic North pole, Greenland towards EUR. (WB, Apr 4)

LITHUANIA LITHUANIAN RADIO CHANGES MINORITY BROADCAST TIMES Eff Apr 1, 1998, Lithuanian Radio changed times of bcs for national minorities, in Polish, Russian and Belarussian. Lithuanian Radio now airs these broadcasts as follows: Language Days Time UTC kHz within HS Prgr------Polish daily 1530-1600 612, 1107, FM 2 Russian daily 1400-1500 666, 1557, FM 1 Russian Sunday 1445-1500 9710 1 Russian daily 1600-1630 612, 1107, FM 2 Russian daily 0000-0030 FM Night Russian Monday 0030-0041 FM Night Belaruss. daily 1520-1530 612, 1107, FM 2

DX progr in Ru is now bc Sun 1449-1500, and repeated following Mon 0030-0041. (SIGITAS ZILIONIS-LTU, DX Editor, Apr 5)

MADAGASCAR [c.f. BC-DX #359] AWR not being hrd on 4960. (Vaghjee-MAU) And re the reference to 3215 by Ludo Maes, he advises that the source for that info is a FAX from the tx dept. at RN, Madagascar. (Ludo Maes, via NU, Jerry berg-USA, Apr 5)

3215, AWR: Mahendra Vaghjee confirms that AWR is also using 3215 for their morning bc. S-on is 0300. I checked 3215 at 0300 on Apr 7, and was surprised to be able to hear what appeared to be traces of the AWR tuning melody deep under WWCR. At 0330, when the AWR IS might be hrd again, WWCR has more upbeat prgmng, making listening through the WWCR signal impossible. However, being able to hear a 7.5 kw xmtr in MDG through big-signal WWCR at all makes me wonder if perhaps AWR is using higher power. Or even bcing from SoAF instead of Madagascar? The AWR website still lists the MDG freq as 4960. VOA-Sao Tome is now back on that freq at *0300 after what appeared to be an absence for a few days. (Jerry Berg-MA via NU, Apr 7)

MALAYSIA Another great report from Alan touring in SoEaAsia. RTM Sarawak HF and partial MF schedules, as heard locally and assisted by listings in local press! There may be minor variations from day to day with local daytime sign- on/sign-off times.

Kuching: 'Blue' ntwk in Bidayuh: 2200-2400 Sun 2200-0200 on 729 & 5030. 2330-0200 Sun only on 7130. 0400-0600 on 729 & 7130. 1000-1500 on 729 & 5030.

'Green' ntwk in Iban: 2200-0100 on 846, 4895 and 7270. 0100-0400 Sun only on 846 & 7270. 0400-0500 on 846 & 7270. 1000-1500 on 846, 4895 & 7270. Also 0300-0400 Mon-Sat 7270 only, relays Miri.

'Green' ntwk in Bisaya: 0100-0300 Mon-Sat 7270.

'Green' ntwk in Kayan/Kenyah 0500-1000 on 846 & 7270 kHz 0800-1000 on 4895 kHz Not completely sure whether the 0800-1000 segment is still in Kayan/Kenyah, though...

'Red' ntwk in En 2330-0100, 0500-0700, 1000-1200, 1400-1600 and Chin other times between 2200-1400, app. entirely Mandarin except 0915-0945 on 954 and 91.9 FM only. En still announces 716 (sic) kHz SW, but 7160 is inactive, along with old listings 4835, and 7145.

'Yellow' ntwk in Malay (?and Melanau -- maybe) on 549 kHz and 88.9 FM.

Schools sce: 0100-0325 Mon-Sat and 0100-~0130 Sat in En and Chin on 954 & 91.9, different sce in local langs on 729 and 7130. Note that at 2330 UTC Sat-0100 UTC Sun, all four HF freqs are on simultaneously, so at least 4 txs must still be alive.

Sibu: 'Green' in Iban. 2200-0100, 0400-0500, 0900-1500 on 1062, 5005 & 6050 1062 rather intermittent though, inc. local segments in the early morning and at 0900-1100. May vary at weekends.

'Red' in Eng/Chin on 621, also 101.1 and 104.1 FM.

'Yellow' in Malay on 909 and 101.5FM.

Miri: 'Green' in Iban. 0100-0400 Sun on 6060 0400-0500 daily " " 1000-1500 daily " " and in ?Iban // Kuching 4895, 7270, 0800-1000 on 6060.

Schools //Kuching 7130, 0100-0325 Mon-Fri

Almost certainly no early morning txion on 6060, but hard to be sure as 6060 is dominated by VOA, even in downtown Miri. I've heard nothing on old listing 3385 exc a weak RRI outlet.

Local MF txs in Miri: 576 'Yellow' Malay, 819 'Red' English/ Chinese, 1206 'Green' Iban (Alan Davies, UK, temporarily in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, Apr 6)

MOLDOVA 999 kHz, Trans World Radio in Ukr via tx in Moldova, QSL-card (full data), personal letter in En, v/s Annemarie Dobos, rp 1 IRC, in 11 days for a tape-report in En to Box 141 A-1235 Vienna, Austria. (Martin Schoech-D, Apr 6)

MOROCCO RTM - Radio TV Marocaine Rabat sched in Ar via VoA Briech relay stn in Z98: 11920 0000-0500 15335 1100-1500 15335 2200-2400 (IBB schedule, Apr 1)

NEW ZEALAND Join me for the latest tuning tips for the South Pacific on Radio New Zealand Internat during "Mailbox", fortnightly bcs, Mon 0430z on 17675 and 1130z on 9795, repeated the following Thurs 0830z on 9795 and Fri at 1930z on 11735. Next Broadcast: Starting Mondays, April 13th and 27th, repeated on following days as above. And on AWR's "Wavescan" commencing the third Sunday of the month, repeated at 0700z on ZLXA Print Disabled Radio the first Monday of the month, on 1602, 3935 and 5960 alternate 7290 kHz. (Paul Ormandy-NZL, Apr 4)

PHILIPPINES 11730, R. Pilipinas, 1740-1806 Mar 26, economic nx in Tagalog, but with many Engl phrases ("Mindanao Rural Electric Prgm," "Budget Secretary," etc.). IDs at 1801 followed by another actualities progr, possibly titled "Asia In Action." Good signal, with co-chan. QRM, which was gone at 1800. //11890 & 15190, both fair. (Wilkins-CO, via NU, Apr 5) [freq change see below, ed]

Radio Pilipinas Manila schedule via VoA PHL relay stations in Z98: 11720 1730-1930 En T 250 11885 0230-0330 FI+En T 250 11890 1730-1930 En T 250 13770 0330-0400 FI+En P 50 15120 0230-0330 FI+En T 250 15190 1730-1930 En T 250 15270 0230-0330 FI+En T 250 15330 0330-0400 FI+En P 100 17730 0330-0400 FI+En P 100 FI=Filipino, T=Tinang 250 kW, P=Poro 100/50 kW (IBB schedule, Apr 1)

FEBC Manila has changed the sked to SoEaAS. En can now be heard at 0000-0200 (ex0100-0200) 15450 1300-1500 (ex1400-1600) 11995. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 8)

RUSSIA CRI progrs via Russia: French relay via Samara new 12010 2030-2125 240 kW 285 degr, terrible overmodulated audio signal. En relay via Moscow usual summer freq 9880 2200-2255 250 kW 285 degr, suffering around 2230, Sinpo 24222 only. (WB, Apr 4)

Radio Asia Canada in Tamil 1400-1500 replacing Samara 12005 by 15510, 250 kW, 140 degrees, from Mar 29th. At the weekend it seems the prog is extended to 2 hrs. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 6/8)

Islamskaya Volna Tue-Fri 1500-1600 9450 replaced by 11655, also carrying VoR Hindi sce. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Apr 6)

RADIO ASIA CANADA: Via CIS relay Radio Asia Canada in Tamil can be heard at 1400-1500 hrs on 15510 khz (ex 12005).

RWANDA Merlin brings improved BBC World Sce reception to Rwanda. Merlin Communications International Limited (Merlin) are delighted to announce the recent completion of a new stereo FM tx installation to improve BBC World Sce coverage in Rwanda. The Merlin technical installation, on a site operated by Radio Rwanda, consists of a satellite receiving dish, aligned to Intelsat 707, picking up the BBC World Sce progr distributed by the Africa multiplex of Merlin's Global Distribution System (GDS). A 2 kW Telefunken tx provides good coverage of Kigali and the surrounding area for the BBC stereo VHF sce on a freq of 93.9 MHz. Rwanda has extremely hilly terrain and this prime site on Mount Jari, the highest hill near to Kigali, situated at an elevation of 2000m, is already used by Radio Rwanda's sce, carried by two Telefunken 5 kW txs, which feeds relay stns at 5 major towns in Rwanda.

Merlin was formed on 27 Mar 1997 following the UK Govt's decision to privatise the BBC's txion network. With over 65 years experience Merlin delivers a range of bc and communications sces including distribution by satellite, consultancy and project management sces, facilities management and a comprehensive hired tx sce. A truly internationally focused company, Merlin has conducted business in over 100 countries worldwide. Outside the UK staff are permanently located in Ascension Island, Antigua, Cyprus, Oman, Seychelles, Singapore and Thailand. Merlin was created through a Management and Employee Buyout (MEBO) encompassing managers and staff from the BBC World Sce and BBC Transmission. Financial backing for the MEBO is provided by 3i plc, a leading British venture capitalist, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and management and employees. The Merlin Board of Directors includes two former BBC World Service managers; Fiona Lowry (Managing Director) and Kevin Cawood ( Operations Director). The Finance Director is Larry Hayon, most recently of Hertz Rent-a Car. Non executive Board members come from 3i plc, Pearson Group, Shreeveport Management Consultancy and the Royal Armouries plc. Two key new members of the Merlin management team are Tom Woodford, Head of Satellite Services and Dean Winsbury, Head of IT, both formerly with satellite services company, SMS Ltd.

For further information on this Press Release contact: Mike Salmon, Marketing Manager Merlin Communications International Limited Bush House, PO Box 76, Strand London, WC2B 4PH Tel.: +44 (0) 171 396 6222 Fax: +44 (0) 171 396 6223 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.merlincommunications.com (Merlin Press Release, via Richard Buckby G3VGW, Apr 5)

6055 kHz, Radio Rwanda (Radiodiffusion de la Re. Rwandaise (RRR)), QSL-c (no data), "Radio Rwanda thanks you for the listening report you sent to us, hoping that you will continue to listen to our bcs." v/s not given, in 16(!) days for a tape report in French with 2 IRCs to BP 83 in Kigali, Rwanda. (Box also given on QSL-card).

According to the date on the post-stamp, they must have been sending out the card on the same day they received my report! (Martin Schoech-D, Apr 6)

SEYCHELLES FEBA Radio - Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean Broadcast Schedule, Summer Z98 - 29th Mar 1998 - 25th Oct 1998 Tx location 04degS36", 55degE28". CIRAF Frequency Azimuth Power Time UTC Days Languages Zones kHz deg Kw ------0030-0100 smtwtfs HINDI 41 6140 040 B 100 0100-0130 smtwtfs TELUGU 41 6140 040 B 100 0132-0217 smtwtfs TAMIL 41 7350 040 B 100 0200-0215 smtwt.s URDU PAK 40,41 11690 028 N 100 0200-0230 .....f. URDU PAK 40,41 11690 028 N 100 0200-0215 s....fs SIRAIKI 40,41 9785 028 N 100 0200-0215 .mt.... HINDKO 40,41 9785 028 N 100 0215-0230 sm.wtfs SINDHI 40,41 9785 028 N 100 0230-0245 s....fs BALUCHI 40,41 9785 028 N 100 0215-0230 smtw..s PUNJABI PAK 40,41 11690 028 N 100 0230-0245 smtwtfs PUSHTO 40,41 11690 028 N 100 0245-0300 smtwtfs DARI 40,41 11690 028 N 100 0245-0300 smtwtfs DARI 40,41 15555 028 N 100 0300-0330 smtwtfs FARSI 39,40 11690 358 N 100 0315-0345 ..t..f. SWAHILI 48,52,53 9820 280 B 75 0315-0400 sm.wt.s SWAHILI 48,52,53 9820 280 B 75 0345-0430 smtwtfs ARABIC 38-40,48 11695 340 B 100 0400-0415 ....t.. PORTUGUESE 53 9455 232 N 75 0400-0430 smtw.fs PORTUGUESE 53 9455 232 N 75 0430-0500 .....f. DARI 40,41 15555 028 N 100 0500-0558 s...... TAGALOG M.East 38-40,48 15555 340 B 100 0530-0600 .....f. SINHALA M.East 38-40,48 15555 340 B 100 0815-0900 .....f. ENGLISH S.Asia 41 15540 052 N 100 0815-0900 ...... s TELUGU 41 15540 052 N 100 0815-0830 s...... MALAYALAM 41 15540 052 N 100 0830-0845 s...... BADAGA 41 15540 052 N 100 0845-0900 s...... TAMIL 41 15540 052 N 100 0915-0930 smtwtfs FRENCH 53 15430 208 N 75 1000-1058 .....f. TAGALOG M.East 38-40,48 15540 340 B 100 1100-1130 smtwtfs ARABIC 38-40,48 15540 340 B 100 1200-1205 smtwtfs CREOLE 53 11675 208 N 75 1205-1220 smtwtfs FRENCH 53 11675 208 N 75 1145-1200 s.....s TSANGLA 42 15445 040 N 100 1145-1200 .mt.... NEPALI 42 15445 040 N 100 1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 42 15445 040 N 100 1230-1245 smt.... MUNDARI 41 15445 040 N 100 1230-1245 ...w.fs BHOJPURI 41 15445 040 N 100 1230-1245 ....t.. NAGPURIA 41 15445 040 N 100 1245-1300 s...... MARATHI 41 15445 040 N 100 1245-1300 .m..... CHATTISGARHI 41 15445 040 N 100 1245-1300 ..twt.. PUNJABI India 41 15445 040 N 100 1245-1300 .....f. MARWARI 41 15445 040 N 100 1245-1300 ...... s BHILI 41 15445 040 N 100 1300-1315 s.t.... KUI 41 15445 040 N 100 1300-1315 .m.wt.. ORIYA 41 15445 040 N 100 1300-1315 .....fs CHATTISGARHI 41 15445 040 N 100 1315-1330 smtwtfs GUJARATI 41 15445 040 N 100 1300-1330 smtwtfs MALAYALAM 41 11675 040 B 100 1300-1330 smtwtfs TAMIL 41 9785 040 B 100 1330-1400 smtwtfs SINHALA 41 9785 040 B 100 1400-1443 smtwtfs URDU PAK 40,41 9785 040 B 100 1400-1415 smtwt.. URDU IND 41 11600 040 B 100 1400-1500 .....f. HINDI 41 11600 040 B 100 1415-1500 smtwt.s HINDI 41 11600 040 B 100 1400-1445 s...... BANGLA 41 15445 040 N 100 1415-1445 .mtwtfs BANGLA 41 15445 040 N 100 1443-1458 ....tfs HINDKO 40,41 9785 040 B 100 1443-1458 s...... URDU PAK 40,41 9785 040 B 100 1500-1515 .mt.... BADAGA 41 7270 040 B 100 1500-1515 ...w..s KONKANI 41 7270 040 B 100 1500-1515 ....tf. TULU 41 7270 040 B 100 1500-1530 s...... KANNADA 41 7270 040 B 100 1500-1530 ..twtfs ENGLISH S.Asia 41 11600 040 B 100 1500-1545 sm..... ENGLISH S.Asia 41 11600 040 B 100 1515-1530 .mtwtfs KANNADA 41 7270 040 B 100 1530-1600 smtwtfs FARSI 39,40 11675 358 N 100 1530-1545 sm...fs NUER 48,53 11745 280 B 75 1545-1600 sm...fs DINKA 48,53 11745 280 B 75 1600-1615 s.twtfs MAKONDI 53 11745 280 B 75 1600-1615 smtwtfs HAZARAGI 40,41 11675 028 N 100 1600-1630 s....fs AMHARIC 48 11640 322 N 100 1615-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 48 11640 322 N 100 1615-1630 smtwtfs DARI 40,41 11675 028 N 100 1615-1700 smtw.fs SWAHILI 48,52,53 9810 280 B 75 1615-1700 ....t.. SWAHILI 48,52,53 9810 280 B 75 1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 48 11640 322 N 100 1700-1730 s...... OROMO 48 11640 322 N 100 1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 48 9810 322 N 100 1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 48,52,53 11745 280 B 75 1800-1830 .....f. TAMIL 38-40,48 11745 340 B 100 1830-1900 .....f. MALAYALAM 38-40,48 11745 340 B 100 1830-1845 s....fs AZERI 39,40 9455 358 N 100 1833-1848 ..tw... FRENCH 47,48 9500 280 B 75 1833-1903 sm..tfs FRENCH 47,48 9500 280 B 75 1900-1945 smtwtfs ARABIC 38-40,48 9455 340 B 100

B: Broad beam of 68 deg at -6dB, elevation 12 deg, HRR 2/3/0.5, G=15dbi N: Narrow beam of 35 deg at -6db, elevation 12 deg, HRRS 4/3/0.5, G=18dbi slew +/-12 or 18 deg Schedule Engineer, FEBA Radio, Ivy Arch Road, WORTHING BN14 8BX, U.K. WEBSITE: www.feba.org.uk Z98BS1 dated 27.3.98 rww (Nikolai Pashkevich, P.O.Box 35, Moscow-111401, Russia, Apr 4)

FEBA Radio in Seychelles. Changes in the printed Z98 sked. 6140 Hindi 0030-0100 (new) 7350 Tamil 0130-0200 (ex- 7365) 9785 Tamil 1300-1330 (ex-9810) 11675 Malayalam 1300-1330 (ex-11640) DROPPED the popular 'NETWORK' progr in En at 1500 in the Z98 sked. The last show was bc on 28th March 1998. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 8)

SINGAPORE All En txions on HF now heard on 6150 2200-1600, ex6155/6160, with eff fr Z98 schedules change. Evening Radio Singapore Internat 1100-1400 escapes the American frying-pan of VOA on adjacent 6160, but falls into the Canadian fire of co-channel RCI on 6150 via KOR/JPN.

SINGAPORE/UK. Serious problems with many txions from the BBC/Merlin site at Kranji from 24 March until the Z98 schedule change, many freqs off (e.g. BBC mainstay evening freqs in English 6195 and 9740) for hours each day, and numerous switching errors (e.g. Mandarin on 11920 at 1300-1345, 9725 at 1345-1430 on 24th Mar, instead of scheduled Indonesian & Burmese). Somewhat improved since then, though Swiss Radio Internat transmitted on BBC freqs 6195 and 9740 (//scheduled 9575) on March 31st at 1400-1430. Also at 2330-2400 on UTC March 5th, BBC En to Asia and Thai noted co-channel on 7160 kHz, the usual En 7110 being silent! One wonders whether engineering work had been taking place given the increasing number of broadcasters using this relay facility?

SWITZERLAND/SINGAPORE. SRI via Singapore, noted since Mar 30th with good signals on 9810 at 1100-1330, a big improvement here on txions via EUR and CHN, though problems with co-channel rlg broadcaster in Indian langs at 1300-1330 (I *think* that must be FEBA Seychelles?), also not bad from 1400 on 9575. (Alan Davies, UK, temporarily in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia)

SLOVAKIA RADIO SLOVAKIA INTERNATIONAL Freq Schedule Z98 (Mar 29th - Oct 25th 1998), bearings in degrees:

0100-0130 North America En 5930 305 Africa 7300 165 South America 9440 245 0130-0200 North America Slovk 5930 305 Africa 7300 165 South America 9440 245 0200-0230 North America Fr 5930 305 Africa 7300 165 South America 9440 245 0700-0730 Australia En 9440 245 15460 085 17550 075 0730-0800 Australia Slovk 9440 245 15460 085 17550 075 0800-0830 Western Europe Ge 5915 275 6055 305 7300 285 1300-1330 E.Europe, Asia Ru 9440 065 11990 050 13715 065 1330-1400 Western Europe Ge 5915 275 6055 305 7345 285 1500-1530 E.Europe, Asia Ru 5920 050 9535 065 11990 065 1530-1630 Western Europe Slovk 5920 275 6055 305 7345 285 1630-1700 Western Europe En 5920 275 6055 305 7345 285 1700-1730 Western Europe Fr 6055 305 7345 285 S.Europe, Africa 5920 165 1730-1800 E.Europe, Asia Ru 5920 050 9485 065 Western Europe 7345 285 1800-1830 Western Europe Ge 5920 275 6055 305 7345 285 1830-1900 Western Europe En 5920 275 6055 305 7345 285 1900-1930 Western Europe Sl 5920 275 6055 305 7345 285 1930-2000 Western Europe Fr 5920 275 6055 305 7345 285

IS: motif from patriotic song "Who Burns for the Truth" Addr: RADIO SLOVAKIA INTERNATIONAL Mytna 1, P.O.Box 55, SK-81005 BRATISLAVA S l o v a k i a - Europe. INTERNET: www.slovakradio.sk Tel: Editor's Office: Countrymen - +421 7/43 13 747 (Slovak) +421 7/398 247 English +421 7/43 13 737 German - +421 7/43 13 740 French - +421 7/43 13 726 Russian +421 7/43 13 728 Fax: +421 7/396282, +421 7/398247, +421 7/4313726 (By OM3CO @ OM0PBB.SVK, via Richard G3VGW, Apr 4)

SOUTH AFRICA HF Transmissions from Meyerton Transmitting Station eff 29 Mar-24 Oct 1998

CHANNEL AFRICA Time UTC Freq kHz Tx kW Target Area Language 0300-0325 6000 250 East & Central Africa Swahili 0300-0330 5955 500 East & Central Africa En 0330-0400 5955 500 Madagascar Fr 0400-0430 5955 500 Southern Africa En 0430-0455 5955 500 Northern Mozambique Po 0430-0455 3345 100 Southern Mozambique Po 0430-0455 9525 250 Central Africa Fr 0500-0530 9525 500 West Africa En 0530-0555 9525 500 Angola Po 0600-0630 11900 500 West Africa En 0630-0655 11900 500 Angola & West Africa Po 1300-1455 17675 250 West Africa En 1300-1455 17870 250 East & Central Africa En 1300-1455 9445 100 Southern Africa En 1500-1530 11900 500 East & Central Africa Swahili 1500-1530 9445 500 East & Central Africa En 1530-1555 9445 500 Madagascar Fr 1600-1625 6000 250 Southern Africa En 1600-1630 11900 250 East & Central Africa Swahili 1630-1655 11900 250 East & Central Africa Fr 1630-1655 9445 500 Northern Mozambique Po 1630-1655 3345 100 Southern Mozambique Po 1700-1730 15240 500 West Africa En 1730-1755 15240 500 Angola & West Africa Po 1800-1830 15240 500 West Africa En 1830-1855 15240 500 West Africa Fr * Sats and Suns only

RADIO SONDER GRENSE 0000-0530 3320 100 Northern Cape Afrikaans 0530-0800 6000 100 Northern Cape Afrikaans 0800-1500 7185 100 Northern Cape Afrikaans 1500-2400 3320 100 Northern Cape Afrikaans

BBC London 0245-0300 6050 500 East & Central Africa En Lessons 0300-0330 6050 500 East & Central Africa Swahili 0300-0600 3255 100 Southern Africa En 0300-0600 6190 100 East & Central Africa En 0400-0430 6155 250 East & Central Africa Swahili 0430-0500 3390 100 S. Mozambique Po 0430-0500 6135 250 N. Mozambique Po 0430-0500 7205 500 Angola Po 0515-0530 6135 250 Mozambique En Lessons* 0515-0530 9515 500 Angola En Lessons* 0515-0530 11940 250 Angola & West Africa En Lessons* 0530-0600 6135 250 Mozambique Po 0530-0600 9515 500 Angola Po 0530-0600 11940 250 Angola & West Africa Po 0600-1600 6190 100 Southern Africa En 0600-1600 11940 100 East & Central Africa En 0700-0730 17830 500 West Africa En 1600-2200 3255 100 Southern Africa En 1600-2200 6190 100 East & Central Africa En 1700-1900 11860 250 East & Central Africa En 1730-1745 3390 100 Southern Africa En Lessons 1730-1745 6070 500 East & Central Africa En Lessons 1730-1745 9520 500 Angola & West Africa En Lessons 1745-1800 7230 500 East & Central Africa Swahili 1800-1830 7230 250 Indian Ocean Isles Fr 2030-2115 3390 100 S. Mozambique Po 2030-2115 6135 250 N. Mozambique Po 2030-2115 7205 250 Angola Po * Sats & Suns only

Radio France International 0300-0355 7135 250 Central & East Africa Fr

SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE 0800-0830 Tue/Wed 7205 100 Southern Africa En 0800-0900 Sunday 7205 100 Southern Africa En 0900-0930 Thu/Fri 7205 100 Southern Africa En 1800-1900 Monday 3215 100 Southern Africa En 1830-2000 * 3215 100 Southern Africa En * one Sun every third month

TRANS WORLD RADIO 0330-0400 7215 250 East Africa 12 Tigrinya 0330-0400 7215 250 East Africa 3 67 Amharic 0330-0400 7215 250 East Africa 45 Oromo 0600-0635 11735 500 West Africa 1234567 En 1527-1542 7265 250 Malawi/Mozambique 1234567 Yao 1542-1557 7265 250 Central Mozambique 1234567 Sena 1600-1630 9860 250 East & Central Africa 12345 Kirundi 1600-1630 9860 250 East & Central Africa 6 Kinyarwanda 1600-1630 9860 250 East & Central Africa 7 Fr 1630-1700 9860 250 East & Central Africa 1 Borana 1630-1700 9860 250 East & Central Africa 234567 Oromo 1630-1700 11955 250 East Africa 1234567 Tigrinya 1640-1655 9650 500 East Africa 1234567 Somali 1657-1712 9650 500 East/North Africa 123 Shuwa 1657-1712 9650 500 East/North Africa 456 Juba 1657-1727 9650 500 East/North Africa 7 Arabic 1712-1727 9650 500 East/North Africa 6 Arabic 1730-1800 9860 250 East Africa 1234567 Amharic 1800-1815 9860 250 East Africa 1234 Amharic 1803-1833 9510 500 West Africa 1234567 Fulfulde 1830-1900 9680 250 West Africa 1234567 Bambara 1833-1848 9510 500 West Africa 1234567 Hausa 1848-1903 9510 500 West Africa 1234567 Yoruba 1900-1930 9680 250 West Africa 1234567 Baoule 1903-1933 9510 500 West Africa 1234567 Kanuri 1930-2000 9680 250 West Africa 1234567 Fr 1933-2003 9510 500 West Africa 1234567 Nupe 2003-2033 9510 500 West Africa 1234567 Twi 2033-2048 9510 500 West Africa 6 Ewe Day 1 = Monday, Day 2 = Tuesday ...

RADIO TELEFIS EIREANN 1500-1550* 15165 250 East & Central Africa En *Weds only

ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO 0330-0400 6100 250 East Africa Somali 0500-0530 6000 100 Southern Africa En 0500-0530 6100 100 Southern Africa En 1630-1700 15620 250 East Africa Somali 1700-1730 12130 250 East Africa Swahili 1730-1800 12130 250 East Africa En 1800-1830 3390 100 Southern Africa En 1800-1830 3345 100 Southern Africa En 2000-2030 9745 500 Central/East Africa Fr 2030-2100 9745 250 Central/East Africa En Updated 30 Mar 1998. Tel +27 11 471 4658 Fax +27 11 471 4605 (Sentech)

SRI LANKA 11835 Seemingly SLBC Colombo playing lovely SoAS mx in 1600-1630 UTC range, but suffered by nearby odd Arab stn of BSKSA Riyadh on v11833.58, //11708.21. (WB, Apr 4)

SWITZERLAND In the late 1960's, the Schwarzenburg stn commenced HF txions of SRI worldwide. In particular, the facility became known and famous for its support during World War 2 of the International Committee of the Red Cross. It had been intended to modernise and renew the antennas and matrix, to reduce operational costs. but some 450 people had lodged appeals against the continuing usage of the site, due to perceived electro-magnetic radiation problems. It would take many years for those complaints to be heard in the Supreme Court, and the outcome of the case could not be predicted.

Thus, in October 1997, the Minister in charge of bcing decided that the facility lose at the end of March 1998, due to economic and environmental reasons. Now, Switzerland only has one single tx centre available at Sottens, and many services have been transferred to Julich, in Germany. From March 29, SRI began renting airtime over the Singapore relay, of 4.75 daily hours, with one sce to the Far East, and another to South Asia. As a result of new legislation concerning communications, responsibility for freq management has changed from Swisscom to SRI. These tasks are being looked after by Ms Patrizia Adam and Mr Ulrich Wegmuller. (ibid, via EDXP, Mar 27)

[heard Schwarzenburg in the years after 1945, when listened to a valve type SABA super radio, containing LW, MW and SW bands fr 49 to 19 mb too, in grandma's kitchen and living room. MW Beromuenster and SW Schwarzenburg heve been known both for their high reputation for "real true news" these days, when living behind the iron curtain. WB]

TAHITI [French Polynesia] 15170 RFO Papeete Mahina noted here in Europe too. Propagation conditions on Apr 4-5 were excellent. As indicator: all PAC stns came in loud and clear at 0600-0700 range, i.e. RNZLI 11905 little bit fluttery, RA on 11880 13605 15240 15415 15510, and 17750. RFO progr carried R France relay in French only, but remarkable more than one and a half second time delay between, behind TDF R France longwave outlet Allouis-France 161 kHz. Seemingly at least two satellite feeder hops in between. S=25222. Really glad to see this one back and on even channel now. Winndow towards EUR is in the 0200-0700 UTC range. (WB, Apr 4-5)

THAILAND Radio Thailand Bangkok schedule via Bangkok Ayuthaya and VOA Relay station Ban Dung, Udorn Thani Province in Z98:

1575 1030-1100 RTG THA BAK 1575 1200-1230 RTG THA BAK Mon-Fri

6030 1130-1145 RTG LA UDO 6030 1145-1200 RTG BUR UDO 7210 1900-2000 RTG EN UDO 7260 1100-1115 RTG VI UDO 7260 1115-1130 RTG KH UDO 9680 2000-2015 RTG GE UDO 9680 2015-2030 RTG FR UDO 9680 2030-2045 RTG EN UDO 9680 2045-2115 RTG TH UDO 9690 0000-0030 RTG EN UDO 9690 1800-1900 RTG TH UDO 9830 1400-1430 RTG EN UDO 9885 1230-1300 RTG EN UDO 11805 1200-1215 RTG MAL UDO 11805 1215-1230 RTG IND UDO 11850 1300-1315 RTG JAP UDO 11850 1315-1330 RTG MAN UDO 11955 1330-1400 RTG THA UDO 15115 0530-0600 RTG ENG UDO 15395 0000-0100 RTG ENG UDO 15395 100- 200 RTG THA UDO 15395 300- 330 RTG ENG UDO 15395 330- 430 RTG THA UDO (IBB schedule, Apr 1)

UAE ABU DHABI schedule eff Mar-01 to May-02 - all progrs in Ar:

FE (Japan): 0200-0400 15315 0200-0700 21735 0900-1100 17770 1100-1300 11690 FE (Australia): 0200-0400 17770 0400-0600 21630 1300-1600 11710 NoAF : 0700-1000 21630 1000-1500 17760 1500-1800 9570 1800-2200 7170 Europe: 0600-0800 13605 0800-1300 17885 1300-1600 13605 1600-2200 9770 ME: 0200-0500 6170 0500-1200 13755 1200-1600 9515 1600-2200 6180 IND & PAK: 0200-0630 and 2000-0000 9695 (UAE Radio/via Bob Padula, Mar 26)

UKRAINE English DX progr of RUI Kiev noted on Sats til 2158 UTC, progr was still in progress when I tuned in. 2100-2200 5905 6020 6080 7180 7240 7410 9560 13590 to EUR & Russia. 7380 towards AUS/NZL, 9550 & 12040[strongest] to NoAM. (WB, Apr 4)

UNID VOICE OF TIBET (Tbilisi-GEO or TJK/UZB?): Voice of Tibet can now be heard at 1225-1255 on 15605 and at 0000-0030 on 9380 (after a brief stay on 11570 & 9880). TBL 100 kW 122 degr. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 8)

UK Longwave mast: Planning permission has been obtained by Castle Communications, the privatised BBC domestic txion company, for a new 900 ft high longwave aerial mast between Dodford and Norton, near Daventry, Northants. This permission was actually a renewal of a previous application planned for use on 225 kHz (a frequency subsequently rejected for use by the Radio Authority) and as a reserve for the main Droitwich 198 kHz masts. (Radio Magazine, via BrDXC "Communication" Apr)

12020 HCJB Quito via Skelton-UK in Ar 2130, 250 kW, 165 degr, fluttery signal 35222, apparently not intended to my location, hi. (WB, Apr 4)

RKI Seoul German sce via Skelton relay 2000-2100 on summer freq 6145 250 kW 105 degr. (WB, Apr 4)

Another transmission from MERLIN Network One on Wed Apr 8 / Thur 9: Continent Europe 1700-1900 15200 1900-2100 15590 2100-2200 11915 2200-2300 9645 11915 2300-0100 9645 NoAM 1900-2100 13690 2100-2200 11985 13690 2200-2400 9780 11985 13690 0000-0100 11985 13690 (Merlin managing dir. interviewed by Kim Elliott in VoA CW, Apr 4)

Merlin Rocks the World with it's Showcase for International Specialist Broadcasters.

Merlin Communications International is delighted to announce the Merlin Network One service for International Specialist Broadcasters.

Following the highly successful response to Merlin Network One, a service that was produced solely to commemorate the first anniversary of Merlin Communications International Limited, it has been decided that the concept behind the sce will be extended for a trial period.

Merlin Network One will initially air for eight hours per week to enable a unique mix of specialist progrs to be combined into a single sce. Merlin Network One will use the facilities of Country Music Radio, in London, to air the progr strand.

Markham Sivak, Business Development Manager, of Merlin Communications International said, "Although we had only planned to air Merlin Network One as a one-off, it soon became apparent that the concept behind the sce had huge merit. Listeners from around the world complimented us, by telephone, fax, e-mail and letter, on the content and urged us to continue with the sce. With that in mind we took the original concept of Merlin Network One and just 48 hours after the close of txion, the long term plans for the sce were in place. The Executive Producer of Merlin Network One will be, as it was during our birthday celebrations on March 28, Eric Wiltsher."

Eric Wiltsher commented, "We all knew from the beginning that Merlin Network One had to offer something unique to ensure listeners would select a satellite sce, in the UK, and SW around the world. Therefore, we combined the resources of a number of Internat Bcs and our feelings were rewarded when our audience demanded more. As one listener put it during the anniversary broadcast, "This is the start of a new bcing era" and thanks to Merlin Network One the potential of a new 'era in radio' is becoming a reality".

Merlin Network One Returns - Frequencies.

Merlin Communications Internat is delighted to confirm the reception and contact details for the recently announced Merlin Network One sce for International Specialist Broadcasters. Merlin Network One will air the trial bcs every Wed starting 8 April. Freqs see above. Satellite Analogue - Astra 50V (CNBC) 7.38 & 7.56 Note: Merlin Network One will join the Merlin digital multiplex from GE-1E/Sirius2 at 5 degrees east, later this spring, when network enhancements have been completed.

Network Details Merlin Network One will have an initial line-up of (all times BST):

1800-2000 - Radio Caroline presented by Johnny Reece 2000-2200 - The Award Winning MediaZoo 2200-2400 - Hard Country with CMR's Bryan Chalker 2400-0200 - Rock Radio Network

Listener Contact Details - During the Broadcasts For all progr correspondence write to the individual progrs at the addresses given out during the bcs. You can call the progrs between 1800 and 0200 UTC on UK 0171 419 1035 or 44 (if outside the UK) 171 419 1035 and fax on UK 0171 419 1024 or 44 (if outside the UK) 171 419 1024.

Listener Contact Details - Network Matters All other correspondence on MNO editorial and technical matters should be sent to: Merlin Network One, Bush House, PO Box 76, Strand, London WC2B 4PH or via email to [email protected]

Internet and Updates Merlin Network One will air via satellite radio, in the UK, and also be beamed to NoAM and Continental EUR on SW radio. There are also plans for an Internet sce as well. For updates of SW freqs and satellite channels or for information about provision of Internet audio or changes in programme details look at one of the following websites: www.merlincommunications.com www.mediazoo.co.uk www.rocknetwork.com (Merlin Press Release, via David Kenny-UK, Mar 5)

USA Here is an abridged version of AWR's English sked - full details can be found at www.awr.org

0000-0100 5030 C 0000-0100 9725 C 0000-0100 13750 C 0500-0530 6000 M 0500-0530 6100 M 0930-1000 7230 F 1000-1100 11790 A 1030-1100 15170 A 1230-1300 7230 F 1230-1300 13720 A 1330-1400 9650 A 1430-1500 9385 A 1530-1600 9385 A 1600-1700 9725 C (Sat & Sun) 1600-1700 9355 A 1730-1800 9355 A 1730-1800 12130 M 1730-1800 13660 A 1800-1830 3390 M 1800-1830 3345 M 2030-2100 9835 J 2030-2100 9745 M 2130-2200 15310 A 2300-0000 11775 A (Mon-Fri) 2300-2330 11775 A (Sat & Sun) Agat-Guam; Cahuita-Costa Rica; Forli-Italy; Julich-Germany; Meyerton-South Africa (Paul Ormandy-NZL, Apr 4) Couldn't note AWR En via Forli on last Sunday. Italian sce observed instead. Can anyone tell me the right time of Wavescan via Forli?

Dan Ferguson reminds that the engineering skeds for BBC, DW and IBB may be found at his website (via NU, Apr 5)

Please note the following addition to our Z-98 schedule: ADD: WHRI 5745 kHz 2100-2200 UTC 100 kW 42 degrees to 4, 5, 9, 27, 28. (Bob German, George Jacobs & Associates, Inc., Apr 7)

UZBEKISTAN R Tashkent in En 1200-1230 & 1330-1400 on 15295 & 17775. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Apr 6)

Registered 1200-1500 UTC 15295 kHz 100 kW 130 degr, exc 1230-1300 when 220 degr. 17775 240 130, also 5060 100 150, 5975 100 135, 7285 100 185, 9715 100 150.

German sce of R Tashkent 1935-2030 on new 5025(x6230) and new9545(x7105). Strongest signals on 5060 and 11905. Registered kHz/power/azimuth: 5025 100 305 5035 100 310 5060 50 300 9540 100 270 9545 20 310 11905 240 310 English progr at 2130 on 7105 20 kW 310 degr, 9540 9545 kHz. (WB, Apr 4)

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BC-DX 361 18 Apr 1998 ______

AFGHANISTAN 7200 Radio Voice of Sharia: After several tries since receiving them back in Oct 1996 they now replied by a partly detailed letter of confirmation. v/s A. Rahaman Nasseri, Dep. Eng. (Pres. of Planning & Foreign Relations, Afghan Radio TV, P.O.Box 544, Kabul), writes that Radio Voice of Sharia (ex-Radio Afghanistan) altogether has a staff of over 1000 people working in program and technical sections. They bc 13 progr hours a day, incl half an hour of En and Urdu programming. Freqs mentioned: 1107, 1278, 9635 kcs. - So, may be after quite a long time of silence since the Taliban took over power, the Afghan bc stn might now have resumed answering letters from foreign listeners. (Harald Kuhl-D, Apr 11)

ALBANIA Yesterday, I heard Radio Tirana on 12085 announcing its En schedule at 1545 as follows: to Europe: 1545-1600 11735 and 12085, 2130-2200 on 1215, 6025 and 7165. To NoAM: 0045-0100 on 6115 and 7160, 0130-0300 on 6220 and 7160. They are very strong in Copenhagen at 1545 on 12085, completely covering Syria. (Erik Koie-DEN OZ3YI, Apr 8) [TWR Farsi 12085 via same Cerrik-ALB site at 1630]

ANGOLA UNITA statement on changeover to new radio stn. UNITA has said the changing of its radio station Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel to an "nonpartisan" station, Radio Despertar (Awakening) demonstrates UNITA's "total commitment" to the Lusaka Protocol. (Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel, Jamba, via BBCM, via AGDX, Apr 1)

ARMENIA VoArmenia Yerevan, En sce now earlier at 2015 on 9965. (WoR, GH, Apr 16)

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia losing listeners over poor txion. Radio Australia management says listeners will continue to switch off the sce because of poor reception unless the txs near Darwin are reopened. The 50m-dollar Cox Peninsula site near Darwin was closed last year because of budget cuts. (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 17)

BELGIUM After seven years of silence on SW, Belgium French language community radio RTBF Brussels is planning to go back on SW. Start is uncertain though. There are no left over txs at Wavre, the Belgium SW transmission centre site near Brussels. So, RTBF will rent bcing time on foreign SW relay stations. RTBF [Radio-Television Belge de la Communaute Francaise] was looking for ways to regain a place in the world of international radio. RTBF is the public broadcaster of the French-speaking community in Belgium. Nearly seven years ago the stn stopped all SW txions. RTBF has already contacted VRT and German radio to inquire about prices. Now wouldn't that be just an ironic quirk of history: RTBF hiring airtime on the very transmitter it sold to VRT - Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal. (RVI Radio World, Apr 12; BBCM via AGDX, Apr 17)

RVI Brussels will change the freq for the Sunday afternoon txions to AF 1300-1600 from 17680 into 17690. This will take eff on 19 Apr. The reason for this change is Channel Africa using 17680 too, 1400-1500. (Paul Brems via Guido Schotmans-BEL, Apr 14)

CAMBODIA Khmer Rouge radio denies bcing from Thailand. Communist Vietnam and puppet Hun Sen have ordered their propaganda machine to disseminate deceitful lies saying that the radio of the National United Army [NUA] is bcing from the Thai territory.

As before, the NUA radio is located in the liberated zone on Cambodian territory. The liberated zone covers a huge area - hundreds of kms long and hundreds of kms wide. (Voice of the National United Army (Khmer Rouge radio), via BBCM, via AGDX, Apr 4)

CHILE 21550 Radio Vision Cristiana 1549 resuming test txions with music and canned ID announcements, alternately in Sp and En, giving already known e-mail, mailing addresses and fax numbers, approx. every 15 seconds. At 1603 a short test tone started and the carrier went off for seconds, reappearing w/ SP ID and music followed again. As in former occasions mx sounds better than voice. (Nigro, via Cumbre Dx, Apr 6)

21549.95 Radio Vision Cristiana at 1615-1630 with mostly gospel mx and test announcement in En, giving address and fax number of the stn; I ID'ed the stn just because I caught the fax number given, otherwise it was too weak; lost or s-off around 1633. (Harald Kuhl-D, Apr 6)

Voz Cristiana's Chief Engineer Andrew Flynn tells Cumbre DX that his stn has been granted their license. While a complete schedule is not available yet, look for them to resume test txions. The stn has been noted on 21550 during the day. Flynn has also mentioned 21505 as a freq. (Andrew Flynn-CHL, via Cumbre Dx, Apr 13)

Voz Cristiana noted fr 1525 onwards on 21550 very weak here in Hilversum and heavy splash fr Dubai on 21605 kHz! (Ehard Goddijn-HOL, Apr 15)

Voz Christiana, Santiago, 21550, 1840, non-stop Spanish reli-pop songs. At 1848 prolongued pip and ID by male speaker. SINPO was mostly 45333, but sometimes degrading to 45222. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 15)

COSTA RICA RFPI Frequency Schedule. Antenna improvements continue with the installation of a new 4 element yagi for our 19 m freq 15050usb. This sets atop a 200 foot tower. We are now testing this new unit and ask for your RR's wherever you may be on the planet. How is the signal quality? At what hour is the reception best (and worse) where you are? We'd really appreciate your response. Our next project is the construction of the "super quad" which will carry the freq of 6980AM and operate at 30 kW. The interference-prone 7385 will tx in usb with 10 kW. Stay tuned for updates! 6980 usb 0000-1200 10 kW 7385 AM 1300-1700, 2200-0800 30 kW 15050 usb 0000-0000 3 kW 21465 AM 1200-0000 10 kW (via DXW, Apr 12)

ETHIOPIA Radio Ethiopia, Gedja, 7165, 1652, En interview between two males, one of them clearly of UK origin. This was followed by female announcement and Ethiopian folk song. Male ID at 1658, followed by IS an starting Fr progr with "Bon Soir". SINPO improving from 23332 to a solid 33333 at times. Blocked by carrier at 1658 by RFE, signing on with Moldavian program at 1700. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 10)

GEORGIA Tamil Media Ltd (IBC Tamil). IBC Tamil is owned by Tamil Media Ltd, trading as IBC (Internat Broadcasting Corpor). It began bcing 9th June 1997. Tx facilities are provided by the World Radio Network. IBC says its programming is non-partisan and is aimed at Tamil listeners worldwide. It is carried 24 hours a day via satellite and in part from a SW tx in Georgia. Satellite: Astra 1B at 19.2E (11479 MHz vertical, audio 7.56 MHz) 0000-0100 Tamil 7475-Georgia, also on satellite. 0100-0000 Tamil only on satellite, nx at 0100, 0800, 1500, and 2000

Addr: IBC-Tamil, PO Box 1505, London, SW8 2ZH, United Kingdom. Tel +44 171 787 8000 Fax +44 171 787 8010 URL http://fastaccess.co.uk/~ibc/home.html (Real Audio available) E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 9)

Voice of Hope via Georgia is now using 12125 (x12120) at 1400-1630 in En and Indian vernaculars. 100 kW, zones 41,49 at 122ΓΈ (Alok das Gupta, via EDXP, Apr 8)

GERMANY/ETHIOPIA 5910 Radio Rainbow (not Rainbow Radio as written elsewhere) kind of confirmed my reception report by a >>Thank you for your reception report<< letter without any further details; v/s was T. Assefa. A PPL sent by me has not been used/returned. The letter head also tells the station name in French language as Radio Arc-En-Ciel; the group behind this operation calls itself GRAPECA - Groupe de Recherche et d Action pour la Paix en Ethiopie et dans la Corne de l Afrique, RAGPEHA - Research and Action Group for Peace in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. Thanks to Martin Schoech of CRW for finding out their address: c/o P.O.Box 140 104, D-53056 Bonn, Germany. (Harald Kuhl-D, Apr 8/13)

Checked DTK Juelich test on 15715 kHz Voice of Hope 1330-1530 excellent. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, Apr 16) ed: here in EUR a little bit fluttery, though 35322. (WB, Apr 17)

MDR MW Wilsdruff 1044 kHz has been interrupted on Apr 15th, 2100-2345 UTC, for measurements on new solid state MW tx of 20 kW in semiconductor technology. More MW txs will be replaced by modern technology: also Wachenbrunn 882 kHz 20 kW at present, and later this year MW Reichenbach 3 kW on 1188, and also Leipzig Wiederau (ex GDR product 100 kW Koepenick from the 60ies) on 783 kHz. The old ex-GDR MW biests suffer by lack of spare parts now.

History of the Wachenbrunn 20 kW unit: formerly used in Erfurt on 854/692 kHz from approx. 1949-1959, then on 629 kHz fr 1959- 1972. Moved to Wachenbrunn in 1973, and opened on MW 629 again, fr 1980 on 1431, from 1994 on 882 kHz.

Experiences: personally I have a sentimental feeling when I heard about the replacement. Erfurt 854/692/629 kHz unit was "our" local MW stn during my childhood, until our escape from Soviet occupied Germany in 1957. During a private journey to Erfurt-GDR in 1965, I had a hasty look to the MW towers and their flat antenna. At this time, all tx centres were protected by armed personell, like a prison or concentration camp, floodlighted at night.

Last left over of the curiosity cabinet of former "GDR Deutsche Post" [Telecom] are the 3x250 kW units at LW 177 kHz Zehlendorf, north of Berlin. Built up in 1958, and in service since Sept 1959 on then 185, later moved to 182, 179, and now 177 kHz. (Kai Ludwig-D, Apr 15; ed)

GREECE Last chance to hear the VOA relay at Rhodes before it is shut down soon (date yet to be specified). Current schedule is: Ar 0400-0600 5965, 9865; Kurdish 1700-1800 6040, 7105; Ar 1800-2100 6040, 7105; En 6040. all 50 kW of power. (VoA CW Apr 11, via Matt Francis, via EDXP)

>>> SW site will be closed, not the powerful MW installation 1260 kHz, 500 kW<<< Visited this site in 1987, and saw relatively modern SW antenna installations, some rhombics I guess, and tx house area erected in the 60ies, but no 4x4 dipol arrays though. All installations on a lovely extended sandy beach near Archanguelos. This beach jewel could be developed to a popular tourist resort in future. Next to the SW site, two directional vertical masts of the MW unit, directed at 134ΓΈ to NE & ME target, like a balcony next to the water front. (ed, Apr 17)

Voice of America's SW relay txs at Rhodes-GRC, will close in July, VOA reported. The Rhodes stn, which opened in 1964, consists of two 50-kW SW txs and a 600-kW MW tx.

Two new 250-kW SW txs are being installed at VOA's Kavala stn in NoGRC to replace the Rhodes facility. However, VOA's MW relay tx on 1260 will remain at Rhodes, although it will in future be automated and controlled from Kavala. (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 17)

HUNGARY Kossuth Radio drops VOA programme. Several of our listeners have phoned in to ask us why they could not hear the one-hour programme of the VoA on Kossuth Radio's VHF channel. It was announced recently in an official letter that the VoA could not continue to finance its progrs, and this is why it did not extend its contract with Hungarian Radio. The contract expired on 31st March. (Hungarian Radio, via BBCM, via AGDX, Apr 4)

INDIA AIR Delhi in Tamil and Telugu superb signal in EUR on 15770 1115-1245 fr Aligarh 250 kW. (WB, Apr 13)

INDONESIA RRI Bandung is back on 3204.4v with a fair carrier but low level and distorted audio. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS, Apr 9) RRI Jakarta in BI at 0730 on 15125 propagating to EUR, Sinpo 23332. (WB, Apr 17)

ISRAEL/IRAN Clandestine Radio stn VOSA via Israel, against IRAN. Text of German Bandwatch e-mail concerning VOSA - Voice of Southern Azerbaijan:

Tx-er mix of V.o.Southern Azerbaijan with KOL Israel! Voice of Southern Azerbaijan is transmitted with by a KOL Israel tx.

On April 7 at 1554 UTC I stepped over a broadcast stn on 21425 kHz in ham band section. There were two progrs at the same time, and I clearly could identify the voice of the lady speaker of Voice of Southern Azerbaijan (VOSA). I realized her voice which I had often heard before. Also the female speaker would mention very often "Azerbaijan". The signal was S9 + 10 dB. I tried to find the "fundamental" of the broadcast stn, however at 1556 UTC the station signed off. I realized that the other progr was in English, but much weaker than VOSA.

Yesterday (8 Apr 1998) I listened again on the freq between 1500-1600, but I could't find the BC stn again. Today I monitored again 21425 kHz, and there was the BC station again: There were two progrs at the same time. The stronger progr was in French (1535- 1545), then it changed to English (1545-1556). Again I could clearly hear the yl speaker of Voice of Southern Azerbaijan mention "Azerbaijan" many times.

I tried to find the "fundamentals" of both progrs and couldn't find anything in the 13 mb (21450-21750 kHz) or higher. Also VOSA was not on 11935 where that stn was heard before. Later I found the BC-station with the French resp. English progr on 11605 with S 9+65dB: It was KOL Israel, announcement "shalom from Jersualem (at 1559). It was the same progr as on 21425. Signal strength was S 9+20dB. At 1556 the BC-station on 21425 kHz signed off, KOL Israel was still on 11605 with a progr now in Jiddish (as a German I could understand some phrases of the Jiddish progr). Well, I will be on the lookout to find the fundamental of the VOSA progr during the next days. As both progrs were "bonded" together, Voice of Southern Azerbaijan (VOSA)and KOL Israel, VOSA is transmitted by a tx of KOL Israel! (Ulrich Bihlmayer DJ9KR, DARC MONITORING SYSTEM German Intruder Watch, Apr 9)

Comment by ed: Today, (Fri 10 Apr) very weak signal of KOL Englisch on 21425 for very few minutes in 1530-1600 range... I set all rxs on: 21425 mixing product, and regular 17535, 15650, 11605. But came not to a conclusion.

VOSA spur signal on 21425 from Israel VOSA - Voice of Southern Azerbaijan Clandestine Radio Station broadcasting via KOL Israel facilities, or very nearby antenna installations, to the target in Northern IRAN.

VOSA Clandestine Radio station conducted transmissions inside the 40 meter HAM radio band during winter season W97 on v7094.94 kHz at 1630-1730 UTC. Once a time Nikolai Pashkevich from Russia noted KOL Israel programme broadcasting on this frequency, due to a switching error in Jerusalem.

In summer season Z98 the afternoon service of VOSA couldn't traced so far. VOSA used 9927 kHz in last summer Z97.

Now on April 8th and 9th, our contributor Uli Bihlmayer, ham radio operator DJ9KR from Tuebingen Germany, "stumbled" over an unwanted broadcasting station in 15 meters ham band on 21425 kHz. Mixture signal of both programmes could be heard, VOSA clandestine in Persian/Azerbaijani and KOL Israel itself in French 1540-1545, English 1545-1555 UTC. See explanation above.

So I traced all KOL Israel channels for this service, 11605, 15650, and 17535 kHz, on April 10th and 11th. And tried to calculate the unknown VOSA frequency too.

Formula: fundamental freq multiplied by 2, subtract the spur freq of 21425 kHz, most likely given the frequency for VOSA transmission.

Here is the result: VOSA is broadcasting in Z98 season on exact 13644.94 kHz, at 1530-1630 UTC. Formula: 17535 x 2 = 35070 minus 21425 = 13645

Apr 11: Today VOSA programme carried on 13644.94 till 1610 UTC only, due to break down of the buzzy audio feeder line at that time. Then the open tx carrier stayed till sign-off at 16.31:20 UTC.

Apr 12: Sign-on time 15.26:38 UTC, sign-off at 16.31:05. Full program in Persian/Azerbaijani of 60 mins duration. ID and address at about 1535 and 1628 UTC. Giving many telephone numbers and frequencies in kiloHertz.

BTW: on 21425 I personally couldn't hear VOSA on April 10, 11 and 12 at all, but a very poor signal of KOL Israel and a carrier on 21424.97 kHz. (WB, DF5SX, Apr 10- 12)

ITALY/USA AWR Broadcast Programs, Program Schedules Z98, transmitter info. Targets are Africa, Americas, Europe, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia. TX sites: CHA = Cahuita, Costa Rica; ERV= Yerevan, Armenia; FLI = Forli, Italy; GEO = Tbilisi, Georgia; JUL = Deutsche Telekom Juelich, Germany; KSDA = Agat, Guam; MEY = Meyerton, RSA; MAD = Talata/Volondry, Madagascar; RSO = Rimavska Sobota, SVK.

Europe Arabic 1330-1430 9665 FLI English 0700-0730 WRN1 World Radio Network, London Sun only 1430-1500 WRN1 World Radio Network, London 0930-1000 7230 FLI 1230-1300 7230 FLI French 1300-1330 9665 FLI German 0900-0930 7230 FLI 1200-1230 7230 FLI 1000-1030 WRN3 World Radio Network, London 2000-2030 WRN3 World Radio Network, London Bulgar. 0300-0400 5840 JUL 1600-1700 9925 JUL (print out 5890?) Italian 0800-0900 7230 FLI / JUL 1100-1200 7230 FLI Romanian 1700-1800 9925 JUL (print out 5890?) Armenian 1800-1900 810 GEO Sun/Tue/Thu Georgian 1800-1900 810 GEO Mon/Wed/Fri Russian 1800-1900 810 GEO Sat

Listeners in EUR wishing to hear English will find WRN1 by switching their satellite rxs to VH-1 tv (the freq is 11.538 GHz) and selecting the audio subcarrier at 7.38 MHZ. For German progrs on WRN3, listeners should switch their satellite rx to Sky Movies (the freq is 11.436 GHz) and select the audio subcarrier at 7.38 MHz. The digital sce is available by switching the satellite rx to ZDF (freq 10.964 GHz) and selecting the mono B audio subcarrier at 7.56 MHz

ME Arabic 0500-0700 11610 RSO 1500-1600 1314 MW ERV 1600-1800 13840 KSDA 1800-2000 11610 RSO Farsi 0330-0400 13715 RSO 1430-1500 1314 MW ERV 1630-1700 13680 RSO 1700-1730 9355 KSDA 1700-1730 13660 KSDA English 1730-1800 9355 KSDA 1730-1800 13660 KSDA Tagalog 1700-1800 9370 KSDA Thu/Fri/Sat/Sunday only

Africa Arabic 0800-0900 15620 JUL French 2000-2030 9835 JUL English 2030-2100 9835 JUL Arabic 2100-2130 5890 JUL Dyula 2130-2200 9835 JUL French 0900-0930 15620 JUL French 2200-2230 5890 JUL English 0500-0530 6000 MEY Arabic 1000-1100 11795 FLI English 1800-1830 3390 MEY French 2000-2030 9745 MEY English 2030-2100 9745 MEY Somali 0330-0400 6100 MEY Malagas 0300-0330 4960 MAD French 0230-0300 4960 MAD English 0500-0530 6100 MEY Arabic 0500-0700 11610 RSO Arabic 1000-1100 11795 FLI Somali 1630-1700 15620 MEY Swahili 1700-1730 12130 MEY Malagas 1530-1600 4960 MAD French 1700-1730 4960 MAD English 1730-1800 12130 MEY English 1800-1830 3345 MEY Arabic 1800-2000 11610 RSO

Americ. English 1600-1700* 9725 CHA English 0000-0100 5030 9725 13750CHA Spanish 0400-1400 9725 CHA Spanish 1400-1600* 9725 CHA Spanish 0100-0500 5030 9725 CHA Spanish 0100-0300 13750 CHA Papiamento 1930-2000x 13750 CHA Portug. 2300-0200 15460 CHA Portug. 0900-1000 7375 CHA Spanish 1000-1300 7375 5030 CHA Spanish 1300-1400 11870 5030 CHA Spanish 0200-0500 7375 CHA

NoEaAS English 1330-1400 9650 KSDA 2130-2200 15310 KSDA 1030-1100 15170 KSDA Japanes.1300-1330 9650 KSDA 2100-2130 15310 KSDA Korean 1200-1300 9650 KSDA 2000-2100 9495 KSDA 2000-2100 5950 KSDA Russian 1000-1030 15170 KSDA English 1000-1100 11790 KSDA Mandarin0200-0400* 15225 KSDA 0200-0400* 13720 KSDA 1100-1500 9370 KSDA 1300-1500 11980 KSDA 2100-2300 11980 KSDA 2300-0000 15610 KSDA 2200-0200 15225 KSDA 1000-1200 15225 KSDA Cantons.1000-1100 11980 KSDA 2300-2330 11980 KSDA Hakka 1130-1200 11980 KSDA Mandar. 1300-1500 11980 KSDA Minnan 1100-1130 11980 KSDA Shanghianese 1030-1100 11980 KSDA 2330-0000 11980 KSDA

SoEaAS Burmese 0000-0030 17645 KSDA 1430-1500 13720 KSDA Chin 1400-1430 13720 KSDA Karen 0030-0100 17645 KSDA English 1230-1300 13720 KSDA 2300-0000# 11775 KSDA 2300-2330* 11775 KSDA Indones.1100-1130 13720 KSDA 2200-2230 11895 KSDA Javanes.1130-1200 13720 KSDA 2230-2300 11895 KSDA Tagalog 1200-1230 13720 KSDA Vietn. 1200-1300 11980 KSDA 1600-1700 9370 KSDA 2200-2300 11775 KSDA 2330-0000* 11775 KSDA 0000-0100* 11775 KSDA

WeCeAS Kazakh 1530-1600 15620 JUL (1) Kyrgyz 1530-1600 15620 JUL (2) Uzbek 1530-1600 15620 JUL (3) Russian 1530-1600 15620 JUL (4)

SoAS English 1600-1700 9355 KSDA 1730-1800 9355 KSDA 1530-1600 9385 KSDA Hindi 1500-1530 9385 KSDA 0230-0300 11610 RSO 1530-1600 13680 RSO Punjabi 0200-0230 11610 RSO 1500-1530 13680 RSO 1530-1600 9370 KSDA Urdu 0300-0330 11610 RSO 1600-1630 11610 RSO Bangla 1300-1330 13720 KSDA 0100-0130 17645 KSDA English 1430-1500 9385 KSDA 1530-1600 9385 KSDA Hindi 1500-1530 9385 KSDA 0230-0300 11610 RSO Kannada 1530-1600 9355 KSDA Malayalam 1500-1530 9370 KSDA Marathi 1530-1600 11980 KSDA Sinhalese 1400-1430 9385 KSDA Tamil 1500-1530 9355 KSDA Telugu 1530-1600 11980 KSDA (1)Sun/Wed, (2)Mon/Thu, (3)Tue/Fri, (4)Sat. * Sat&Sun only, x Sat only, # Mo-Fr only (AWR www page, Apr 1)

JAPAN Radio Japan, Yamata, 7110, 1714, male En speaker on Asian affairs, followed by dialogue between male and female speaker. Best in LSB. SINPO 23432. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 10)

LIBYA LBS Tripoli is wandering in 19 mb, v15442.28 from nominal 15415, noted in Ar at 1525, // 15235.00 and 15434.97. (WB, Apr 17)

MADAGASCAR 3215, AWR, is on in the morning for a half-hour only, 0300-0330, in Malagasy. Very powerful, and sometimes the sound is distorted. Heard *1530 Apr 8, at 1545 an ID and address with "Boite Postal," then En song. Talk by man at 1547 until 1559 ID, addr, progr ended 1600, tx went off at 1602.

Telephone no. is +261-20-22-404-65. Addr is P.O. Box (Boite Postale) 700, Tananarive. Director of AWR Radio: Mr. Elian Andriamitantsoa. The tx is 7.5 kW, and for the moment the progr is a half hour in the Malagasy lang only. Fr will start in June, and they will also bc in En for nearby En-speaking isls. (Vaghjee-Mauritius via NU, Apr 9)

MALAYSIA 6025 1235-1301* and /1400-1430* RTM K-L, BM, native mx, 1259 ID and playing instrumental NA, s-off. 1300 UTC tx is still on, but no progr audio signal. At 1400 instrumental mx, "Inilah Radio Suri Islam Kuala Lumpur", Quran progr, Islamic mx, 1430 ID, time pip, "... waktu UTC", nx, //6175, 9750, 15295. Strong buzz audio. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 31)

RTM K-L in En on 15295 very poor signal in EUR, estimated power of 20 to 50 kW instead of former 250 kW. Sinpo 25222. Commentary and feature on MLA industry and economic crisis. (WB, Apr 17)

MOLDOVA State Company "Teleradio-Moldova". All Radio Moldova Internat SW bcs are txd via facilities located at Galbeni, Romania. Some Radio Moldova Internat bcs may be carried overnight on the Kishinev MW tx 1593 kHz, as well as on local FM txs. eff 28th Mar-24th Oct 1998. Bcs fr main studio centre Chisinau (Kishinev).

EUR 0330-0355 Ru, 1830-1855 Ru 7520 1900-1925 Fr, 2000-2025 Fr 7520 1930-1955 Sp, 2100-2125 Sp 7520 2030-2055 En, 2130-2155 En 7520

AM 0200-0225 Sp 9400 0230-0300 Ro 7520 0300-0325 En, 0400-0425 En 7520 1100-1125 Sp 11580 1130-1200 Ro 11580 Addr: Radio Moldova International, Str. Miorita 1, 277028 Chisinau, Moldova Tel: +373-2-723379/723385 Fax: +373-2-723307 (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 16; Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 15)

Radio Moldava Internat, Galbeni, 11580, 1120, Sp ID and freqs. SINPO 54333. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 16)

MONGOLIA Voice of Mongolia now has an address in Russia: ul. Fadeeva 10-61, Moscow 125047, Russia. (Nik Borovenski-RUS, via WDXC Contact Apr '98)

MOROCCO Morocco on shortwave. DSWCI DXer Noel Green from Blackpool, United Kingdom, noted txions of RTM Rabat on shortwave again, after an absence of nearly twelve months for this programme. First heard again on about Febr 15th, 1998, and now again on April 7th, 1998.

Transmissions heard via VoA Briech relay txs on 11920 and 15335, as well as via another outlet on 15345 and 17815 kHz, which should be carried via old tx site at Tangiers. Can anyone tell me, if RTM is using the old tx site Tangiers still and again? Or did RTM move the old 100 kW units to Rabat tx location? (Noel Green-UK, ed, Apr 14)

OMAN BBCWS Masirah, 7205, 1730, seemingly signing off Hindi sce, but then continuing or into other South Asian language. SINPO 43333. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 10) [Urdu 1730-1800, 100 kW 45 degr]

PAKISTAN R Pakistan varying freq in 16 mb, on weekends live sports coverage on v17555.12, but weekdays Urdu WS on usual v17835.10 instead, 0830/0800-1120 UTC, //15530.04. (WB, Apr 13-16)

PHILIPPINES 6020 1235-1315* Vatican Radio relayed by RVA Manila. Chinese ID's and freqs at 1313-1315*. S=9+60 dB (Roland Schulze-PHL, Mar 30-31)

Radio Veritas Asia, Palauig, 9525, 1547, male speaker in Mandarin, 1553 ID. SINPO 42442. VoA Tinang, 7170, 1724, En interview about grievance, SINPO 54544. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 6/10)

11635, FEBC Radio Int., 1100*, Just caught end of vcl Pop-like song, W anncr in En w ID, sked, and addr, IS sev. times and off. Quite weak. Heard daily as early at 0945. (Dave Valko-USA, Apr 5)

POLAND Polish Radio to build new LW 225 kHz transmission centre. The Polish Radio LW tx centre near Solec Kujawski [central Poland] will be ready within 13 months. This afternoon [7th Apr] Polish Radio president Krzysztof Michalski was presented with the final official planning permission for building the transmission centre. Two 300-metre masts will be erected at a former military training ground 7 km from Solec. For several weeks now, Polish Radio has been building a power line and an access road for the future centre. [Michalski:] ... I think that in about a year's time good quality txions of the Polish Radio First Progr will reach not only all of Poland but also a significant part of EUR. (Polish Radio, via BBCM, via AGDX, Apr 7)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon in Po lang replaced 17725 by 17710 0900-1100 weekdays, 0700-1700 Sat/Sun, 300 kW 142 degr. Also heard in Po lang on strange 17495 at about 1400-1515 s- off, in Po, mentioned AF target. RTE/DW relay Sines-POR outlet replaced 9630 by 11780 Mo-Fr 0645-0800, also in Po lang. Now RDP Lisbon in Po via RTE/DW relay Sines-POR noted on new 11780 (x9630) 250 kW 66 degr, 0645-0800. (WB, Apr 16-17)

ROMANIA Bucharest noted in Ar at 0730 on 15340 15370 15380 17720 17790, and poor on 21480. RRI Bucharest English schedule Z98 1300-1400 EUR 15390, 17770; NoAM 15250, 17790. 1700-1800 EUR 9510, 11940, 15250. 2100-2200 EUR 6130, 7195, 9570, 11830; [but instead of 6130 & 9570, noted on 7105 & 9690 too]. 2300-2400 NoAM 9570, 11830. 0200-0300 NoAM 6155, 9570; PAC/FE/JPN/AS 9690, 11740, 11940, 15380. 0400-0500 NoAM 9570, 11940; AS 15335, 17720. 0600-0700 NoAM 9510, 11940. 0700-0800 AF 17735, 21480.

0640-0700 European news service 9550, 9625, 9665, 11885. (MonitoringTimes via WoR GH, Apr 16)

RUSSIA 2nd RUSSIA'S DX CONTEST. We invite you to take part in The 2nd Russia's DX Contest. It will go from 2000 UTC Apr 26 til 2000 UTC May, 7.

You should pick up stns according to the contest progr only in Russian. First part - "Russia's stns": Radio Russia, "Mayak", "Yunost", "Orfej", Radio-1, "Tikhiy Okean".

Second part - "Relays on the Russia's territory": Radio Liberty, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America.

Third part - "Former USSR stns": Voice of Russia, Armenian Radio, Radio Azerbaidzhan, Georgian Radio, Radio , Kazakh Radio, Kirgiz Radio, Latvian Radio, Lithuanian Radio, Radio Moldova, Radio Pridnestrovie, Tadjik Radio, Turkmenian Radio, Radio Belarus.

Fourth part - "Stns without relays from every part of the world": Voice of the Andes, Radio Canada, Radio Japan, Radio Cairo, Radio Pakistan, KFBS, IRRS.

You can use the freqs between 150 kHz and 30 MHz. Each stn can be picked up only once, each log at least 30 mins. The contest report should be send before May, 25 and should include for each log: stn name, freq in kHz, date and time in UTC, program details and SINPO rate of the signal. The report should be concluded with your signature and sentence: "I myself picked up all listed stns".

Contest participation payment (for foreign participants): 4 IRC - MIDXB subscribers, 9 IRC - for everybody. All participants will receive a Diploma and special MIDXB issue with contest results. First 3 winners will be awarded with special prices.

Our addr: Russia 125581 Moscow A-581, P.O.Box 65, c/o Vadim Alexeew, Club of DX-ers. e-mail: [email protected] phone: +7 (095) 454-43-80 fax: +7 (095) 450-16-06 (Konstantin Gusev-RUS, Apr 9)

Radio Asia Canada in Tamil 1400-1500 replaced Samara 12005 by 15510, 250 kW, 140 degrees, from Mar 29th. At the weekend the prog is extended to 2 hrs. On Apr 15th Sinpo 22332 due to Kuwait powerful on 15505, and UNID [VoR RUS?] 15515. But on Apr 16th Sinpo 45554, Kuwait off so far, no trace of 15515 stn. RAC management announced also new test on //9825 kHz from unknown tx site. Noted here in Germany with SINPO 23332, suffering by powerful Croatia 9830 55555 in Croatian, and neighbour KTWR 9820 33443 in Chinese. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 6/8; WB, Apr 14-16)

Radio Asia Canada bcs via satellite and has also applied for a licence to bc in the Toronto area on Mw. In early 1998 it began a SW sce aimed at Sri Lanka via a hired tx in Central Asia. Main studio centre Toronto, 1400-1500 in Tamil to Asia/Sri Lanka/SoEaIND on 15510.

Addr: Radio Asia Canada, 1-680 Progress Avenue, Scarborough, Ont M1H 3A5 Canada Tel: +1-416-289-1255 Fax: +1-416-289-1840 E-mail: [email protected] NewsRoom Toronto: +1-416-289-6300 NewsRoom Toronto Fax: +1-416-289-0205 Public Relations: +1-416-289-4367 URL: www.radioasiacanada.ca (RealAudio available) (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 16)

Radio Asia Canada, 15510, 1405, female speaker in Tamil. SINPO 45444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 16)

We have been having some difficulties in our SWe bcing since the freq changed on March 29th 1998. The current freq is 15510 KHz, however we realize that you are unable to receive us on this freq. As of Apr 15th, you should be able to receive us both on 15510 and 9825 kHz. Please let us know if you have still any problems. (PHILLIP P. KONESWARAN, Vice President, Mktng Director Direct Dial: +1-416-289-6788 Pager: +1-416-372-4219. mail to Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, Apr 15)

RUS-DX #57 - some interesting items frm monthly information bulletin of Russian DX League. Abbreviations: A - 290398-050998 B - 290398-260998 C - 060998-241098 D - 060998-260998 E - 270998-241098 K - Kaliningrad P - St.Petersburg

St. Petersburg 1089 P 20 ND 0400-2000 R.Teos 1125 P 150 ND 0200-2000 R.Orfey 1323 P 10 ND 0300-1700 R.Krishnaloka 1494 P 600 258ΓΈ 1500-1600 VOR Engl (Su-Mo) 1500-1600 Islamskaya Volna (Tu-Fr) 1500-1600 Golos Assirii (Sa) 7130E P 400 147ΓΈ1600-1657 CRI Ar, 1800-1827 CRI Farsi 15595B P 400 147ΓΈ1800-1827 CRI Pe 17580B P 400 147ΓΈ1600-1657 CRI Ar

Tatarstan. SW Radio Tatarstan, Z98 SW schedule 0400-0500 11665 200 kW 070ΓΈ 0600-0700 6130 200 kW 055ΓΈ 0800-0900 9700 250 kW 310ΓΈ

Progr "Kamchatka Rybatskaya" (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Z98 SW schedule Progr for fishermen in Ru 1900-2000 Tue/Thu/Sat 7300 100 kW 244ΓΈ 12050 100 kw 064ΓΈ (Anatoly Klepov-RUS / Nikolai Rudnev, Apr 17)

RWANDA Deutsche Welle, Kigali, 7130, [scheduled 1500-1800, 210 degr] at 1718, female Fr speaker with current affairs, in parallel to Nauen 13610. SINPO 32442. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 10)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA foreign progrs 1 March-3 May 1998 are as follows: 15275 0400-0600 Turkish 15335 0400-0500 Somali 21705 1000-1200 Indonesian

9730 1500-1600 Turkistani 11765 1400-1600 Farsi 15345 1200-1400 Urdu 15345 1400-1500 Bengali 17760 0500-0600 Swahili 17775 1600-1700 Bambara

The first three freqs are in bigger print on the schedule and no reason is given for that. I'd imagine that they are from Riyadh with 350/500 kW and the rest come from Jeddah with 50/100 kW. Is anyone able to confirm this? (Mauno Ritola-FIN, Apr 9)

BSKSA Received via Registered Mail a QSL card, letter, and schedule from Sulaiman Al- Samnan, Director of Freq Management, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Information, POBox 61718, Riyadh 11575, Saudi Arabia; in six months for 2 IRCs. This was actually for a MW 1521 reception, but QSL info applies to SW as well. Took more than 10 years to get my first response from them! (Renfrew, via Cumbre Dx, Apr 9)

Clandestine, tentativ. via ARS: Republic of Iraq Radio, Voice of the Iraqi People. This radio supports western policies towards Iraq. It began bcing under the title "Voice of Free Iraq" on 1st Jan 1991 when it announced that it was using the facilities of the official radio sces in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council [Bahrain, ed]. The 'Washington Post' reported in Sep 1996 that it bcs fr Saudi Arabia. On 26th Jan 1991 it added the name "Republic of Iraq Radio from Baghdad" to its title; this is the same as that of the official Iraqi radio. On 12th Apr 1991 it changed its description to "Voice of the Iraqi Opposition" and since Oct 1991 has called itself "Voice of the Iraqi People". It should not be confused with the official Republic of Iraq Radio fr Baghdad or the pro-communist opposition radio stn Voice of the Iraqi People.

Freqs observed or announced in the past (none of which have been confirmed recently) include: 15580 15235 15135 13675 11713 9980 9670 9380 6244 1053 kHz. In 1995 it was also observed on the Arabsat 1C satellite. 1300-0000 Ar to ME 9568 9563 (items may also be carried in Kurdish and Turkmen) (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 16)

SINGAPORE All En txions on HF now heard on 6150 2200-1600, ex6155/6160, with eff fr Z98 schedules change. Evening Radio Singapore Internat 1100-1400 escapes the American frying-pan of VOA on adjacent 6160, but falls into the Canadian fire of co-channel RCI on 6150 via KOR/JPN. (Alan Davies, UK, temporarily in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia)

6150 RSI Singapore, 1045-1200 En, ID relay also on local FM 99.5 Mhz, stock market, 110 internat nx, //6015, but heavy QRM by SoKOR. At 1059 co-ch QRM by s-on of KNLS Alaska, s-on IS and Russian progr til 1200 UTC. RSI changed from previous 6155 due to QRM by VoA Tinang in Mandarin and subsequent Chinese jammers, which covered 6155 also. So they went down by 5 kHz and het Alaska, being there for a decade towards Eastern Siberian Russia. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 2)

SOMALIA Uthman Ato visits Voice of Somali Pacification radio. Mr Uthman Hasan Ali Ato, USC-SNA [United Somali Congress-Somali National Alliance] chairman and member of the National Salvation Council presidium, accompanied by senior officials this afternoon [6th April] paid a working visit to the Voice of Somali Pacification radio in Mogadishu to learn about its operations.

Voice of Somali Pacification, which supports Uthman Ali Ato, is currently observed on 6866 with news at 1630. Voice of the Masses of the Somali Republic, which bcs in support of Husayn Muhammad Aydid carries its main nx bulletin at 1700 and is currently heard on 6900. This stn was off the air for several days following a fire on 22nd Mar, but has been heard again since 4th Apr. (Radio Mogadishu, Voice of Somali Pacification, via BBCM, via AGDX, Apr 6)

SOUTH AFRICA Adventist World Radio, Meyerton, 15620, 1630 UTC, Somali speaker and Somali folk mx, talk about Jesus, SINPO 33443 (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 7)

TAHITI 15170, RFO Papeete, very happy to note their progr via SW again in EUR, 0600- 0700 time range. //long wave Allouis 162 kHz 2000 kW, but LW 1 1/2 seconds ahead. S=25322. I think in May til July, Tahiti will fade in at 0200 til 0700 at latest. Long path via Northern SoAM. Indicator stations for fine propagation from PAC are Shepparton outlets 15240 and 15415. (WB, Apr 17)

TAIWAN This ann was heard at 2214 on Apr 12 fr Radio Taipei Internat, 15600: "Starting from Apr 16th, the Voice of Asia, which was briefly merged with Radio Taipei Internat, will resume its callsign again. What's more, it will have a new format, new freq, and new voices, too. Besides txing to SoEaAS on 7445 and 585 kHz, the Voice of Asia will launch a new freq on 900 kHz for mainland China. So be sure to tune in to the Voice of Asia, starting from Apr 16th, and meet some of the most interesting radio personalities on the air." (from Jay Novello, via Cumbre Dx, Apr 17)

TAJIKISTAN (tentativ.) Voice of Tibet most likely via Dushanbe-TJK 0000-0030 9380(x9880, x11570). 1224-1254 15605. (WoR GH, Apr 16)

Voice of Free Tibet, 15605, 1226, male speaker in presumed Tibetan, soundbyte of what sounds like shouting at a political demonstration. Studio speaker mentioning UN Secretary General Kofi Anan. SINPO 45434. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Apr 16)

THAILAND Radio Thailand Z98 schedule. *Txions marked with an asterisk are from the Voice of America relay stn at Band Dung, Udorn Thani province in Thailand. The schedule for these channels was supplied by the US IBB in March 1998.

All other freqs are from Radio Thailand's own tx. Radio Thailand is also relayed on local MW 918, and 95.5 and 105 MHz FM; some bcs may also be carried on 4830 kHz.

0000-0030 En Af 11905 9690-* 9655 0030-0100 En As Am 15395-* 11905 9655 0100-0200 Th Am15395-* 11905 9655 0300-0330 En Am 15395-* 11905 9655 0330-0430 Th Am15395-* 11905 9655 0530-0600 En Eu 15115-* 11905 9655 1100-1115 Vn As 11905 9655 7260-* 1115-1130 Cbg As 11905 9655 7260-* 1130-1145 Lao As 11905 9655 6030-* 1145-1200 Bur As 11905 9655 6030-* 1200-1215 BM As 11905 11805-* 9655 1215-1230 Ins As 11905 11805-* 9655 1230-1300 En AsAu 11905 9885-* 9655 1300-1315 Jpn As 11905 11850-* 9655 1315-1330 Ch As 11905 11850-* 9655 1330-1400 Th As 11955-* 11905 9655 1400-1430 En AsAu 11905 9830-* 9655 1800-1900 Th ME 11905 9690-* 9655 1900-2000 En Eu 11905 9655 7210-* 2000-2015 Ge Eu 11905 9680-* 9655 2015-2030 Fr Eu 11905 9680-* 9655 2030-2045 En Eu 11905 9680-* 9655 2045-2115 Th Eu 11905 9680-* 9655

Addr: Radio Thailand World Service, 236 Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway, Din Daeng, Huaykhwang, Bangkok 10400, Thailand Tel: +66-2-277-0122/1814/1840 Fax: +66-2-277-7095/271-3514 URL: http://www.radiothailand.com/ E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 16)

TURKEY (c.f. BC-DX #359) TRT is experimenting to change modulation caracteristics for their txs, most likely at Cakirlar tx site. Often TRT blowing tremendous carrier signals on air, but their signals suffer by only 30 to 60 % modulation level. Also 500 kW outlets are often overmodulated, their 250 kW outlets from same location show clearer peak level modulation.

At present, the 9445 kHz outlet at 1730-1930 in Ge & En, also Tu at 2100-0700 carry a fine peak level modulation signal.

Please send reception reports to the address given below. And mention the audio characteristics, like 100 % modulation, deep fading, covered by ?? station, time pips 100 % mod but voice and music level by 30 % mod, cutting mod, caustic mod, distorted audio transmitter tube defect, soft mod, overmodulated signal, peak level modulation. (WB, Apr 17)

TRT Ankara needs reception reports from all parts of their txion targets, please send your e-mail to TRT technical departement under address [email protected]

To reach the respective language departements in TRT bcing house use this e-mail address [email protected] ; url http:// www.tsr.gov.tr

Be careful, some freq information are out of date on the web page. (TRT via Benno Klink, DG1EA, Mar 28)

UAE 21700 UAE Radio Dubai, freq unannounced, til 1600 UTC in Ar, 1600-1640 in En, s- off at 1640. (Michael Bethge-D, Apr 6-10)

UK/KOREA Now KBS/RKI Seoul via Skelton noted on new 9535 (x9510) 300 kW 110 degr, 0700-0800. (WB, Apr 17)

UK/SRI LANKA Now SLBC Colombo via Skelton on registered 6010, Sats 1900-2000 only, 250 kW, 150 degrees. (BBC schedule, Apr 1)

USA Evangelist Huebner every Sat for five mins via KWHR/WHRI: KWHR 3 0710 UTC 9930 kHz Asia and OCE WHRI 2 1730 UTC 13760 kHz EUR, NoAM and ME WHRI 1 1805 UTC 9495 kHz Ce and SoAM Addr: Jesus to the World Mission-Radio, P.O.B. 1162, D-27341 Rotenburg, Germany.

13760 Jesus to the World Mission via WHRI: This German mission after 3 weeks confirmed a report by a colourful QSL letter, containing all details necessary. Schedule for their five mins Sat progrs in En, by evangelist Andreas Huebner: 0710 on 9930 via KWHR; 1730 on 13760 via WHRI; 1805 on 9495 via WHRI. (Harald Kuhl-D, Apr 11)

RFA -- Radio Free Asia is a US government-funded sce aimed at Burma, Cambodia, China, North Korea, Laos, Tibet and Vietnam. It is overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. It began bcing on 30th Sept 1996. RFA uses IBB tx facilities in Delano-USA and Holzkirchen-Germany and is also believed to hire facilites in Kamo-ARM, KNLS-ALS, KWHR-HWA, Ulaanbaatar-MNG, KHBN-Palau, KHBI-SAI-Mariana Islands, Almaty-KAZ and Dushanbe-TJK.

Language schedule eff Mar 29, 1998 Burmese SoEaAS 0030-0130 11540 11580 11590 13710 13820 1500-1600 11530 11590 11820

Khmer SoEaAS 1200-1300 11510 15695 15705 2230-2330 9355 11570 11510 17510

Korean EaAS 1530-1630 5855 9955 15660 2200-2300 7460 9395 9455 11785 15515

Laotian SoEaAS 1100-1200 15695 15705 17805 0000-0100 7530 9365 9920

Chinese CeAS/EaAS/SoEaAS 1500-1630 9445 1500-1800 9905 11540 11945 15510 17740 1630-1800 9455 1800-2000 9420 11540 11710 11945 15510 1900-2000 9905 2100-2200 9420 9455 9725 9910 11765 15515 2300-2330 9930 2300-2400 9420 9910 11785 13800 15515

Tibetan TIB/CHN 1300-1400 11590 15695 17855 2300-2400 9365 9875 9920

Vietnam SoEaAS 2330-0030 9975 9980 11580 13720 1400-1500 9455 9930 11510 11535 (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 9)

Radio station WEWN located near Birmingham, Alabama U.S.A. is seeking signal reports and will reply with a QSL card. From late afternoon through the night, they can be heard on 5825. Other freqs and times can be looked up on their web site at http://www.ewtn.com

Sent then a signal, frequency, UTC time report and a brief description of the program you heard to: Frequency Manager WEWN P.O. Box 176 Vandiver, Alabama 35176 ([email protected] [Jim Muller], Apr 10)

The Internic domain registry for WGTG, McCaysville, Georgia, cleared on Apr 14. The radio stn is now on the Web at A txion schedule is now available; a program guide will appear shortly. (Thomas R. Sundstrom NJ, Apr 15)

Radio Free Iraq. The US Senate approved a supplemental request of $5 million to Radio Free and Radio Liberty to set up a Radio Free Iraq. The US House of Representatives is expected to approve a similar measure when it returns from Easter recess. Czech govt rejected the application of bcing anti-Iran propaganda from Prague bcing house. (Kim Elliott in VOA's CW, via Cumbre Dx, Apr 11; New York Times via afp press agancy, Apr 15)

The United States intends to increase. US-financed radio broadcasts to Iran in Persian (Farsi), State Dept spokesman James Rubin said on Wedy 15th Apr. He declined to confirm a report by the 'New York Times' that the Czech govt had allegedly refused to allow the United States to bc progrs to Iran from the Prague headquarters of RFE/RL out of fear of possible terrorist attacks. Rubin did not rule out that the office of a new radio stn could be a target for terrorist attacks but said that Persian-language bcs should not be viewed as an effort to undermine the Iranian govt. A final decision on bcs to Iran had not been taken and that it had not been decided from where these progrs would be broadcast.

Another new US international bcing sce, Radio Free Iraq, is moving closer to reality. And it will not be part of the VoA. On 24th Mar, the US adopted, with bipartisan support, a supplemental appropriation bill that includes a five-million-dollar grant to RFE/RL for surrogate radio bcing to the Iraqi people. This would be designated Radio Free Iraq. (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 17)

UZBEKISTAN 15295 R. Tashkent, 1220-1228*, Lcl wailing Pop mx then M and W anncrs together in En and alternating w/mx; a long "hard sell" request (plea!!) for advertisers and advertisements giving their phone and fax numbers along w/their mailing addr. Very interesting!! They sound desperate. S-off abruptly w/out warning at 1228. QRM from a het abt 20 Hz lower, possibly Malaysia?? (Dave Valko-USA, Apr 4)

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ALBANIA New datime progr of R Tirana in Gr: 1000-1015 on new Shijak v5975.3 100 nondir, Cerrik v7160.2 100 nondir. Tu 1700-1715 new Cerrik v6210.2 100 90 degr, Shijak 7155 100 130 degr. En 0130-0155 new Cerrik 6220.3 100 305 degr, Cerrik 7165.1 100 305 degr. TWR via Cerrik site: 1340-1355 Ru on 9484.1, 11637.7. Kurdish on new 9474.9 (x9660) and 12084.8 at 1630-1700 (ex -1730). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova, Apr 12-16)

ALGERIA RTA Algiers found on 7245 now comes up early again and noted on air at 0700 in Fr, changing to Ar at 0800. 11715 has not been heard today, I hear Fr on 11750 -- I hesitate to quote an exact freq as signal peaks 11749.5 and 11750.3 as well as 11750!! The tx used on nominal 11715 also did this. This one is inactive at least from 0800. Difficult due dreadful splatter fr Pori-FIN 11755. 15160 was heard with sudden sign-on 1400 on the 5th. Heard past 1700 but not on at 2015 check. The tx is putting out weird noises -- sounds like a menagerie!

Noted with En at 1600-1700 on v11715, but not on v15160 which was doing Fr. They appear to be announcing three En txions but have'nt had a clear copy yet due to QRM and poor signal [quality]. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6-16)

RADIO ALGIERS had been heard: En 1600-1700 11715 and 15160. 2000-2100 LW 254 and 11715. Sp 1700-1800 11715 and 15160, 1900-2000 LW 254 kHz. (RVI Radio World, Belgium, via C.J. van Oudheusden, Apr 19)

ANTARCTIC TERRITORY 15476 kHz LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, today I received the confirmation from LRA36 that the special progr of La Colifata with special s-on and s-off of LRA36 is ok and confirmed 100 % for to bc tomorrow Sat 18 April from 2000 UTC. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Apr 17)

15476 LRA36 currently is bcing only on Mon, Wed & Fri from 1900-2100 only in Sp and Po. From 1900-2030 Sp & 2030-2100 Po with a rhombic antenna and a Philips tx of 1 KW. On the next weeks the stn will start a DX-progr that will be called 'DX ANTARTICO'. As you see, not Fr and En progrs on this year through LRA36. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Apr 18)

ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN A very strong signal noted on 4040 at 0200-0300 and 1600-1900 in Mar & Apr. Often mentioned in the news "Karabakh" and "Stepanakert". (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

BELARUS Radio Belarus, Minsk Z98 schedule: En Tue 1930&2030, Wed 0430, Thu 2030, Fri 0430, Sat 0400. Ge Wed 1930&2030, Thu 0430, Sat 1930&2030, Sun 0430&0530, 1930&2030. Das Wort (Ge Christian progr) Thu 2000, Fri 2000&2030; in Ru Mon 2000, Tue 0430&2000, Wed 2000, Thu 2030, Fri 1930. All other times in Belorussian, daily on air 0400-0600 on 7210 & 11960. 1900-2100 1170, 7210, 11960. (ambassador Gerasimenko-BLR via A. Velev Bulgarian Nat Radio, via PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

BRAZIL 15134.9, Radio Record; Sao Paulo, 2243-2250, Sports progr in Po, short instrumental breaks, Sao paulo mentioned often, "Gooooooooaaaaal!". // 9505 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Apr 19)

CAMBODIA FEBC's Vice President of International Administration Doug Campbell says he's traveling there in a few weeks.

"I will be going into Cambodia the last week of April. And I will be meeting with the Secretary of State for information in the Kingdom of Cambodia where we will hopefully sign documents granting Far East Broadcasting Company Cambodia a license as a domestic radio broadcaster. This would be a first in Cambodia." Campbell says they'll be starting with a five-thousand watt station, and build from there. "We would like to operate a high powered, up to 50 kilowatt directional MW stn from Phnom Penh where we can service constituencies in Vietnam, in Laos, perhaps southern China, Thailand, as well as virtually the entire country of Cambodia."

They hope to begin airing programming by Christmas. (Colin Miller-CAN VE3CMT, Apr 17)

CHILE I've been hearing the Christian Voice stn from Chile on 21550 (may be a few Hertz slightly off freq -- but only a few!) announcing as a test txion and playing Christian mx -- mostly Spanish -- with Sp&En announcements. They are using an "electronic" tune as a IS. On the 14th I found them at 2130 til abrupt of 2157. On the 15th they were on air at 1930 and still going 2200+. Fair signal but a lot of background 'shhhhhush'. Gave address, fax, etc. as previously published. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 16)

Noted in Stuttgart on Apr 23 at 1945 on v21550.64, S=2-3. (WB, Apr 23)

COSTA RICA Radio for Peace Internat, Ciudad Colon, in En, fade-in at 1330 on v21465.68, much weaker on v15049.04. (WB, Apr 19)

21465, Radio for Peace Int, Apr 18, 1800-1830, DX-progr with Glenn Hauser, interferred and later much splash fr 21470 (HCJB). (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Apr 23)

Antenna improvements by Radio For Peace International - RFPI continue with the installation of a new 4 element yagi for 19 mb freq: 15050 usb. This sets atop a 200 foot tower. Now testing this new unit and ask for your reception reports wherever you may be on the planet. How is the signal quality? At what hour is the reception best (and worse) where you are? We'd really appreciate your response. Our next project is the construction of the "super quad" which will carry the freq of 6980 AM and operate at 30 kW. The interference-prone 7385 will tx in usb with 10 kW.

Addr is: Radio For Peace International, P.O. Box 88, Santa Ana, Costa Rica e-mail: [email protected] and WWW URL: http://www.clark.net/pub/cwilkins/rfpi 6980 (USB) 0000-1200 10 kW 7385 (AM) 1300-1700, 2200-0800 30 kW 15050 (USB) 0000-2400 3 kW 21465 (AM) 1200-2400 10 kW (Joe Bernard - Program Coordinator via JKB, Apr 6)

CUBA Will be sending complete new schedule for RHC La Habana next week. Will possibly be using the 13750 channel to Europe SSB instead of 13605 kHz. (Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich-CUB CO2KK, Apr 18)

Broadcast Schedule eff May 4, 1998 at 0000 UTC

En to EUR 2030-2130 13715 100 041 degr 13 dB 13740 20 037 degr 13 dB usb

En to NoAM 0100-0500 6000 250 010 degr 17 dB 9820 100 348 degr 15 dB 13660 30 037 degr 13 dB usb 0500-0700 9820 100 315 degr 15 dB 9550 100 020 degr 10 dB 9830 10 037 degr 10 dB usb

En to THE CARIBBEAN 2230-2330 9550 100 110 degr 3 dB

Fr to EUR 2000-2030 13715 100 041 degr 13 dB 13740 20 037 degr 13 dB 2130-2200 13715 100 041 degr 13 dB 13740 20 037 degr 13 dB

Po to EUR 2000-2100 11760 100 053 degr 13 dB 13680 100 053 degr 17 dB

Sp to EUR 2100-2300 11760 100 053 degr 13 dB 13680 100 053 degr 15 dB 13660 30 037 degr 13 dB usb

Sp to AMs 1100-1400 6000 50 nondir 6 dB 1200-1400 955O 100 090/270 degr 6 dB 1100-1500 11760 100 160/340 dipole 0 dB 1100-1300 11970 100 137 degr 13 dB 1200-1400 15340 100 172 degr 15 dB

Sp to AMs 0000-0500 5965 50 270 degr 15 dB 6000 250 010 degr 17 dB 11760 100 160/340 degr 0 dB 11875 250 170 degr 19 db 15230 250 160 degr 19 dB 0200-0500 9550 100 020 degr 13 dB 0000-0100 9820 100 348 degr 15 dB

Po to SoAM 2200-2230 2300-2330 15340 50 156 degr 15 dB 2300-2400 15230 250 160 degr 19 dB

Fr to THE CARIBBEAN 2230-2300 & 2330-2400 9550 100 110 degr 3 dB

Fr to NoAM 0030-0100 & 0130-0200 9550 100 020 degr 10 dB

Creole to THE CARIBBEAN 2130-2230 9550 100 110 degr 3dB

Creole to NoAM 0000-0030 & 0100-0130 9550 100 020 degr 10 dB

Guarani to SoAM 2230-2300 & 2330-2400 15340 50 156 degr 15 dB

Quechua to SoAM 2330-2400 15340 50 156 degr 15 dB

Special Esperanto weekend bcs 1500-1530 11760 100 nondir 1930-2000 13715 100 041 degr 13 dB 2330-2400 11760 100 nondir 0700-0730 9820 100 315 degr 15 dB (Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich-CUB CO2KK, Apr 18)

ECUADOR Latest changes of HCJB, as fr Mon Apr 13: 0200-0430 in Ru and 0430-0500 in Ge 5 kHz down on 9775. Night progr replaced 15365 by 21470, but on test only for few days. Now on single 17790 kHz til 2130, and 17795 from 2130. Cz/Slovak 1830-1930 and 21470 too; Fr at 1900 & 2000, Ge 1930 & 2100, Jpn 2030, Sp 2130-2230. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 13-16)

21470, HCJB, 1830-1900, relig progr in En and EaEURean lang, later a Fr ID and suddenly c-down at 1900. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Apr 18)

COSTA RICA/ECUADOR. HCJB has started using 21470 in Cz to EUR at 1830-1900, carrier on as early as 1814, interfering with RFPI on 21465+; on Fri Apr 17 only, so far, HCJB expanded this to 2000 with additional EURean langs. I've been corresponding with HCJB's freq manager, asking them to shift to any one of numerous open channels at this time on the 13 mb, or at least to 21475, but they refuse to budge, insisting that they have prior rights to 21470, it doesn't really bother 21465, and if RFPI has a problem, it should move. HCJB has much more freq flexibility than RFPI, as James Latham explained on Mailbag, with the antenna tuning limited to about 21450 to 21500; until now 21465 has been a nice clear freq for RFPI; BBC Cyprus is on 21470 earlier in the day, but not much of a problem in NoAm compared to HCJB. RFPI is considering what to do next. (Glenn Hauser-OK, WoR USA, April 20)

EGYPT 9900 kHz, due to interference from China Radio International Urumqui Xinjiang, Radio Cairo's German sce will test new freqs as follows:

Apr 25-May 8 9990; May 9-May 22 on 9475; May 23-Jun 5 9670, time is 1900-2000. Reports are very desired to this addr: Radio Cairo, external German service, P.O.Box 566, Cairo, Egypt. (Klaus Koehler-D; Benno Klink-D DG1EA, Apr 18) [Fr and En sce also using 9900 till 2245]

FAROE Isl. Election on the Faroe Islands. A good chance to hear the Faroese MW on 531 kHz is on Thurs, April 30, when they will have an extended schedule due to an Election up there. The expected s-off is between 2300 and midnight UT. At the same time, the Danish MW 1062 is txing their election progr. (Erik Koie-DEN, Apr 21)

GEORGIA Voice of Hope Dusheti are also 5 kHz up at 12125, 1700-2300, they would be better on their listed 12120 due UTE QRM on high side of 12125, via Tbilisi I guess. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 16) En and Indian langs 1330-1530 to AS on 12125, and 1600-2000 to EU in En also on new 12125. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 7)

GERMANY 15105, Radio Rainbow via Juelich, *1600 Apr 16, Thurs b/c opened with ID, freqs and target areas in Amharic, nx from 1604. Pretty much the same prgm (perhaps identical) on Sat Apr 18 at 0100 on 9855. (Foster-OZ, via NU, Apr 19)

Tnx info re Dan Ferguson's fantastic website showing this along with new BBC Biblis [and Lampertheim] relay and RFE/RL Kavala! (Martin-OZ in NU, Apr 19) That's http://www.mnsinc.com/df/

Sunrise Radio via DTK Juelich facility observed at 0600-2000, on new 5850 nondir antenna. 100 kW [twist the needle here]. Started Mar 21 on 5840, later changed to 5850 permanent 0700-2000. very good signal (not quite as good as //1458 MW, but with a satellite delay on the SW signal.) (Sexton-UK). Noted here with S=9+60dB.

Some additional info on Sunrise Radio [see WRTH pages 143-145 also]: Sunrise radio, MW London 1458 kHz, 50 kW, Sunrise House, Sunrise Rd, Southall UB2 4AU, England

Chairman & Chief Executive, Dr. Avtar Lit; Administrative Director, Geeta Kohli; Operations Manager, Paul Davis. phone +44-181-574-6666; fax +44-181-813-9800 http://www.sat-address.com/Sunrise-Radio/ (Mahendra Vaghjee-MAU, Jerry Berg-MA, via NU, Mar 29)

DTK Juelich news. New schedule of Brother Stair as fr April 1st: 0600-1000 9500 to AUS/NZL 255 degr. 1000-1200 Sat&Sun 5900 to EU 60 degr. 1300-1500 new 11650 (ahead of KFBS), new 11855, new 11920. 1400-1800 13810 ME 115 degr. 1600-1800 new 6130 to EU, nondir. 1600-2100 15625, very good reception here til 2000. 1800-2000 new 11820 to AF, 170 degr. 2100-2300 new 12050.

Sunrise Radio fr 0600-2000 observed in BUL on new 5850.

Radio Vilnius in Lith&En 0000-0100 daily on new 9855. WCRI in En 0100-0200 Thur only, Radio Rainbow in Amharic 0100-0200 Sat only, Radio New Nigeria in En 0100-0130 on Sun, all on new 9855. RTE Dublin in En on Apr 15th: 1700-1800 on 11605, 1800-1900 new 11785 (x11605). (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

5840, RVI -- Belgian Radio via DTK Juelich, 1800-1900, Dutch and "awfully" strong. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Apr 18) [100 kW nondir]

GREECE VoGreece some changes in Z98: 1000-1150 in Gr/Tu on new 6230 (x11645), //9420, 15650. 1900-1950 in En, Fr, Ge, It, Swe to Eu and 2000-2050 to Balkans in Bu, Al, Ro, Se on new 7515 (x7465, registered 7455). 2300-2350 in Sp, Po, En to LAm on new 11690, //9395, 9425. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

Dionysios Angelogiannis, Freq Manager of VoG replies to my query about the RFE-RL 250 kW txs that were dismantled at the Gloria Lisbon-POR site and donated to the Greek govt: "We have not received yet the new txs. We hope to receive them around July." (John Babbis, MD, Apr 17, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING via GH)

GUAM KTWR Guam is being well heard in En on 15330 at 1500-1600. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 16)

In order to improve reception in SoAS KTWR Guam is going to use 15595 (x15455) at 1330- 1415 in Indian vernaculars, fr Apr 27. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 23)

HAWAII KWHR Pulse FM.

Harold Sellers wrote: During the past two days I've logged KWHR on 11565 kHz around 1145 to 1230 UTC. I've heard them carrying programming from "Pulse FM" with only KWHR IDs at the top of the hour. As I listened I learned that "Pulse FM" is the slogan of WGTC 102.3 and WHPZ 96.9, both in the South Bend area.

I assume these two FM stations are part of the World Harvest Network, but I'm curious why their programming is being broadcast via Hawaii. Could you give me some background on this?

We put KWHR Angel 4 on the air in Sept. It is targeted to the South Pacific. Immediately after that we started negotiations for the Maine station. That has kept us so busy we really have not had time to sell Angel 4. So we simulcast our local FM Christian music station in the unpaid air times. We are this week tearing out all of the furniture in our shortwave control room and putting in new. This means we will have to disconnect all of our on air computer automation and rewire all of it when the new furniture is in place. So much for sales and programming this week.

We should be able to begin working on new programs for our stations again next week. As we sell more and more time on KWHR Angel 4, The simulcast with Pulse will be eaten away. By the way, yes that is our local FM stn here in South Bend. The people in the Souith Pacific are enjoying it a lot. So it is helping to bring attention to our stn. (Joe Brashier WHRI/KWHR, Apr 20)

I found KWHR audible on 17780 and 17555 on Apr 2 & 3 around 0700. Neither signal moving the S meter, but 17780 "sounding" the stronger signal. Both were same progr. 17555 went off at 0800 and I could hear them on 11565 around 0815, but with a different progr to 17780 now.

I've heard all freqs most days since then, but at variable levels. 17780 & 11565 are very clear channels with no other adjacent, but there's CNR-1 on 17550 and Radio Slovakia also 17550 at 0700 in En. Also some splash fr ISR 17545.

On the 4th, KWHR was only showing traces of signal on 17 MHz -- better on 11565 after 0800 -- but a nice surprise was Tahiti 15170. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6)

KWHR, 11565 at 1145 with M&W making pgm anmts for "Pulse FM", Gospel pop mx. At 1159 KWHR ID. Listened again after 1200 and found them again relaying "Pulse FM". This is pgming of WHPZ 96.9 Bremen-South Bend and WGTC 102.3 New Carlisle-South Bend-Elkhart IN, as per anmts. Fair-good. Same noted here in Newmarket, April 20th. (Harold Sellers-CAN, Coe Hill, Ontario, Apr 19-20)

ICELAND 9275, Rivisutvarpid Reykjavik, 1615-1630, with live sports, strong. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Apr 18)

INDONESIA RRI Jakarta, 9565 at 1038 in BI, with ad and then a lengthy interview of man on phone by woman in studio, Indo mx followed. Good, some ute QRM.

Voice of Indonesia Jakarta, 9525 at 1056 in Ch. Woman speaking slowly, some mx. No time pips or anmts on top of the hour, but woman now spoke at normal speed. Good. 11785 at 1058 in Ch, but NOT //to 9525. Man and woman ancrs, Ultramar ad and others, time pips on top of the hour. (Harold Sellers-CAN, Coe Hill, Ontario, Apr 19)

RRI Jakarta in BI fade-in around 1430 on 11760, despite of Pori-FIN powerhouse on 11755. (WB, Apr 19)

IRAN VoIRI's Ar progr found also on new 15585 // 17570, noted on air at 0700/1200. It's co-ch with the BBC's Thurs/Fri Pashtu/Persian progr. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6)

VoIRI tehran changes fr March 22nd, when Iran switched to DST: Al 1830-1930 new 7295, new 11655. Ar 0530-1330 new 15585. 0730-1330 new 17570. 1630-2330 new 9695 (x9665). 1830-0130 new 6145 (x6150). Arm 1630-1730 new 9535, //6005 9620. Be/Ur/Pashto 0030-0330 new v11915. Bo 0530-0630 new 9525 (x9520), //13610 15230. 1730-1830 new 7295, new 11655. Ch 1330-1430 new 13685, new 15200, //11885, 13605. 2330-0030 new 11915v, 7215. Pe 1600-1900 new 11855 (x9770). Fr 1830-1930 new 11900, //7160 7260 9022. Ge 7130-1830 new 9530, //7160 7260 9022. Ha 0545-0630 new 13755, //15450. It 0630-0730 new 13615 (x13605), //9022 15084 15115. 1200-1300 new 13600 (x13605), //15084, 15115. Ma 1230-1330 new 13760, new 15200, //v11885, 13605. Sp 2030-2130 new 7145, //7260 9022. Tu 0430-0530 new 9525 (x9520), //11790 and 7260? 1630-1730 new 9525 (x9735), //7260 9022.

Voice of Palestinian Revolution in Ar 0400-0500 new 6020 (x6025), //9670. 1930-2030 new 6145 & new 9695 (x6150 x9665), // 6025, 7190 7230. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

ISRAEL (clandestine to Iran) 13645, [1530-1630] Voice of Southern Azerbaijan: Tnx to WB's tip, I listened to this one on Apr 12. The carrier came on arnd 1525, and then the signature tune at 1530, followed by the opening anmts by a YL greeting the listeners with what sounded in Azeri like "shalom." I believe the Israeli connection is to neutralize the Iranian advances in Southern Azerbaijan. (Sarath Weerakoon-SL 4S5SL UADX, Apr 12)

Fr Apr 1st, VOSA in Azeri heard in BUL 0515-0615 11934.94 under BSKSA, and RNW from 0600. 1530-1630 on new 13644.94 Sinpo 55544. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 23)

KENYA 4885, KBC; Langata, 1813-1818, En ID, time check, "Sports Roundup". 4914.9, KBC; Langata, 1829-1852, Noted off-freq and slightly overmodulated. Nice Afro mx, female speaker in vernacular. ID at 1852. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Apr 19)

6150, Voice of Kenya, 1750-1800, vernacular lang, nice mx, strong. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Apr 18)

LIBYA Today LBS Tripoli back on even 15415, //15235 & 15435. Has been on v15442.28 from nominal 15415 on Apr 17. (WB, Apr 19)

MADAGASCAR WWCR has confirmed that it's a "GO" for the 3215 shutdown! It is not often that we are able to hear a new 7.5 tx over this distance, so this should be a nice DX event. (There have probably been other occurrences like this, but only one I can remember is when VOA vacated 11760 one night many years ago so DXers could try for Cook Islands.)

Adventist World Radio has begun transmitting from the Radio Netherlands relay stn at Talata-Volondry via a 7.5 kw tx on 3215. They are presently bcing at 0300-0330 and 1530- 1600 UTC in the Malagasy language. In North America, a 7.5 kw signal from Madagascar is good DX. Unfortunately, reception at the otherwise feasible hour of 0300 UTC is almost impossible due to the very strong signal from WWCR in Nashville, Tennessee, which uses the frequency at the same time. There is good news, however. WWCR plans to vacate the frequency for a half hour on two days for the specific purpose of giving DXers a better chance to hear AWR-Madagascar. WWCR will turn off its tx on 3215 from 0300-0330 on May 3, and again at the same time on Sun, May 10, 1998. (Those are UTC dates, corresponding to Sat night in NoAM) Some traces of the AWR signal have been heard behind WWCR at 0300-0330 in NoAM, so the chances of hearing AWR while WWCR is off the air seem good.

For late information about this event, check the "Ask WWCR" program that will be bc during the period April 24-May 7. According to the WWCR website http://www.wwcr.com/ the program is bc as follows (times adjusted for U.S. summer: Fri 2000 on 15685, Sat 0915 on 5070 and 2030 on 12160, and Mon 0430 on 5070 and 2100 on 9475. It can also be heard via RealAudio or True Speech on the WWCR website.

Many thanks to WWCR for their cooperation in this DX venture, specifically to George McClintock, General Manager, and Adam W. Lock, Sr., Head of Operations. If you would like to express your thanks to them directly, you can contact them at

[email protected], or WWCR International, 1300 WWCR Avenue, Nashville, TN 37218, USA Tel: +1-615-255-1300 Fax: +1-615-255-1311 (Jerry Berg-MA USA, Apr 22)

WWCR SHORTWAVE STATION GOES SILENT FOR EXOTIC AWR RELAY The SW stn WWCR, near Nashville in Tennessee, has confirmed that they will leave the air for two brief periods so that the radio world might hear the exotic new AWR stn on the island of Madagascar. This, another once-in-a-lifetime event, will occur on the first two Suns in May. Well known international radio monitor, Jerry Berg, living near Boston in the US, initiated the request with WWCR and they responded over the air indicating that they are giving serious consideration to this request. Word has just been received, confirming this event. It is very rare for one radio stn to go silent for a period of time so that listeners can hear another distant station underneath. The only other occasion that the radio world can remember during the past half century is when a tx operated by the Voice of America went silent for a period of time several years ago. This was so that listeners could have the opportunity of hearing a low powered SW stn located in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific.

Even though the AWR outlet on Madagascar is a low powered unit, yet monitoring information indicates that it is providing a good signal to Madagascar and neighboring areas. However, it is a temporary unit and it will be replaced by a transmitter at 25 kW when it is ready for sce.

The schedule for the WWCR silent period is: Saturday night USA May 2 & 9; Sunday UTC May 3 & 10 0300-0330 on 3215

Reception reports for the bcs from AWR-Madagascar are invited and should be addressed to Adventist World Radio at Box 383, Forli 47100, Italy. Those who hear AWR-Madagascar during this silent period are also invited to send a card or letter of thanks to WWCR, at 1300 WWCR Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37218, USA.

Adventist World Radio acknowledges with gratitude and appreciation the courtesy that is demonstrated by the management and staff of stn WWCR in thus enabling listeners worldwide to hear our exotic little relay on the island of Madagascar; and we thank also Jerry Berg in initiating this request. (Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, Co-ordinator - International Relations, AWR, Apr 22)

MALTA From May 3rd, VoM Valetta in Ge via RAI Rome Palombara Suns only special extended to 60 mins 1100-1200 on 9600 kHz. Daily night progr in Ge 2030-2100 still on 12060 via Russia. (Ingrid Huettmann VoM, via Josef Zimmermann-D, Apr 21)

MONACO TWR heard using new 9755 for the morning En release v0645-0845 and NOT scheduled 9870. I note Cerrik-ALB is registered but not like that one to be operating on exact frequency! (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6)

MOROCCO I agree with the IBB listing and do now hear 15335 operating as previously at 1100-1500, and I've heard that freq open at 2200 when mixing with Cairo v15335.8. I also found 11920 bery loud on air at 0030 and heard that go off at 0500. Acc to the IBB list, these should still be Briech-Tangiers. RTM 15345 is still on (old Tangiers site?), but am not sure what time is goes off. It "disappears" under a currently very strong RAE ARG signal co-channel (noted Ge on air 2130, and Ar at 2200). Could not hear v17815 on Sunday -- checked after 1500 but nothing. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6-16)

NEPAL BBC via Radio Nepal's MW facilities has dropped Urdu at 1730 and instead started using BBC Nepali 1715-1730 and BBC Hindi 1730-1800 (this is a REPEAT of their 1700-1730 bc on SW bc earlier on that day) on 576 and 792. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 23)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA I have also been hearing what I think is Port Moresby on 9675 -- clear channel now that Deutsche Welle has vacated 9670, found on Mar 30 with pop mx and En anns, but audio seemed muffled. Went off suddenly 0749. Heard since -- but not daily around same time. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6)

NBC Port Moresby, 9675 here instead of 4890. En at 1048 with man talking about children getting up early for school. Pop mx. April 20th they were back on 4890 at 1030. (Harold Sellers-CAN, Coe Hill, Ontario, Apr 19)

PHILIPPINES Far East Broadcasting Co., Bocaue, 15095, 0912 IS and ID. (Michiel Schaay- HOL, Apr 20)

POLAND Polish Radio Warsaw, some new freqs for Z98: New 7305, bad modulation, 1100-1125 Ru, 1300-1325 Lith, 1330-1355 in Esp, 1400-1425 in Ge. New 11820 (x11815), En at 1300-1355. New 6260 (x6250) bad modulation, 1630-1655 in Ge, 1700-1755 Belorussian. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon Z98 summer schedule in Po lang, 100 kW except where shown: Mon-Fri EUR 0500-1200 7110 0600-1200 & 1600-2000 9780 0645-0800 11780 via RTE/DW Sines 1600-2000 9815 1615-2000 13625 Timor 1200-1300 17710 300 kW ME&AS 1200-1330 21515 AF 0900-1100 21720 17725 300 kW; 1600-1900 21655 GUI/CPV/B 0900-1100 & 1600-1900 21655 USA/CAN 2300-0330 6150 9570 VEN 2300-0330 13760 B 2300-0330 11840 13640

Sat-Sun EUR 0700-1400 7315 0700-2000 9780 1400-2000 7110 0830-1000 9575 via RTE/DW Sines Timor 0700-0900 17710 300 kW ME&AS 1500-1800 Sat, 1400-1900 Sun 21515 AF 0700-1700 17725 300 kW; 1700-2000 15120 300 kW GUI/CPV/B 0700-2000 21655 USA/CAN 1200-2000 15200; 2300-0330 6150 9570 VEN 1200-2000 17745; 2300-0330 13760 B 2300-0330 11840 13640 Tetum language Mon-Fri to Timor-INS 1105-1200 17710 300 kW (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6)

RUSSIA RUSSIAN REP.-KARELIA. 7330, Petrozavodsk. The latest RUS-DX rpts DXer Nikolai Ozerov, Murmanskaya obl., hearing this one at 0925 Mar 16 with the Russian "Mayak" prgm; 20 kW, SINPO 43333. (RUS-DX) "There are SW txs in Petrozavodsk, and they relay some National prgms, like R. Rossii, Mayak. But there is no local b/cing on SW." (Klepov-Russia) I have asked Anatoly for further info. As we know, this would count as the separate "Russian Rep.-Karelia" under NASWA country counting rules. (Jerry Berg-NY, via NU, Apr 19)

VoR is audible on 21790 at 0800 at fair level [Irkutsk 0500-0900, 250 150 degr]. I heard them on 15485 around 2000 on the 5th very strong. I don't see this one in the FCC list - - I wonder if via the Maiac Moldova site. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 16) [Armavir Krasnodar is scheduled 15485 1500-2100 500 295 degr.]

12070 Vo VTN *1700 with ID and nx, good. This is the former 7440 outlet, coming from one of the sites in Moscow area. VoR Ge sce is carried on 12070 1500-1700 with 250 kW. Between 1659-1700 they switch fr the VoR to the VoV progr feed, and some seconds after 1700 the signal rises suddenly, showing that a 2nd 250 kW unit comes up to provide an output of 500 kW. (Kai Ludwig-D, Apr 23)

SOUTH AFRICA AWR via Meyerton-RSA at 1700-1800, En 1730 -- are 5 kHz up on their listed schedule on 12135, strong here. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 16)

SUDAN [CLANDESTINE] 8000, Voice of Sudan, 1630-1800, very strong here with Ar. Has already replied to my e-mail report. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Apr 17)

SWEDEN 17.2 kHz Grimeton on Air Again. I noticed the following info when looking up details on European DX Council's conference. I'll stick it into the June issue -- some folks get it before the beginning of the month. But you might spread the word around if there's a chance of getting this transmission! Following is the MT entry and a couple of web sites for more info.

The historic Grimeton Transmitter will be on air at May 28, 1998, probably at 0900 and 1300 or 1400 UTC (on longwave 17.2 kHz?). Also test transmissions are planned a day or two before. EDXC 98 (August 27) will be visiting this site. http://www.telemuseum.se/Grimeton/ also see http://hem1.passagen.se/sm6kri/edxc/edxc_98.html (Rachel Baughn, via Kevin Carey, via Alan Gale, via Martin Elbe, Apr 18)

Test brodcast from Sweden. Starting today and lasting until the 5th of May, Teracom and Radio Sweden are currently doing some test with the bc to NoAM at 1130-1200. The freqs are 17870 and 15240 kHz. We would highly welcome reception reports, especially from NoAM, on these bcs. Correct reports will be verified by a special QSL-card and T-shirts and other "promotion material" will be sent to some for the reporters. It is of high interest for us to know the signal strengt, especially a comparisement of the two freqs. Reports should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to +46 8 671 2060 (Magnus Nilsson-SWE, [email protected] Apr 22)

Radio Sweden is testing on 9435 in //11985 in En at 0130-0200. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Apr 23)

TAHITI On the 4th, KWHR was only showing traces of signal on 17 MHz -- but a nice surprise was Tahiti 15170. At least, it surely must have been them at 0715 in // with France Inter LW Allouis 162 kHz, but delayed. The signal remained audible past 0830, but fading then. At first, the signal was nudging the S meter up to 5. It was audible again on the 5th, same time, but very weak. However, on the 6th I found it again up to about S5 at 0650 in Fr but NOT //162 kHz. WYFR was co-channel but slightly weaker until they closed at 0700. I could not hear a local ID at 0700 but did hear the France Inter one as they began to rebroadcast that programme at 0700+ in // 162LW. Still in // 0730 but signal fading badly. (Noel Green-UK, Apr 6)

Radio Tahiti 15170 0128-0358 in Fr, with En pops, 0200 nx, 0203 "Radio Outre Mer" ID. Fair but in the clear till WYFR QRM at 0358. (Harold Sellers-CAN, Coe Hill, Ontario, Apr 18)

TAIWAN R Taipei Internat in Ch 1900-1915 nx bulletin on 9955-TWN, 15600 & 17750 via WYFR Florida US. Then 1915-2000 two different progrs in Ch, one on 9955, the other on 15600 & 17750. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 1)

The Voice of Asia in Thai on 7445 at 1600 was nothing new. As it turns out, the recent En ann on Radio Taipei Internat (reported by Novello, BBC-M, etc.) was not entirely correct. The Voice of Asia stopped bcing in En in Jan, but stayed on the air with its own name in the other languages. Also, the "NF" 11745 for BI at 1600 I reported last week had been there since Feb.

7445, Voice of Asia, Apr 16, 1530-1700 talk by man in Thai, music (Japanese popular songs), ID "Thai Program, Voice of Asia..." BI progr from 1600, talk, mx, CC lesson, 1700 s/off. SIO 434-444

11745 Voice of Asia, Apr 17, 1600 s/on in BI, ID "Radio Suara Asia," news, music, talk. SIO 444-332. CBS-Radio Taipei International here in Vietnamese until 1600. //7445 (SIO 333) after 1600 only. Until 1600, 7445 carries Voice of Asia in Thai. (Sonny M. Ashimori-JPN, Apr 19)

TAJIKISTAN/GERMANY Dem. Voice of Burma in Bur via Dushanbe 250 kW 125 degr 1245-1345 on new 11520 (x9425), //15330 via DTK Juelich. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

This stn in Bur to Burma was earlier bc via DTK Juelich is now possibly testing on 15625 in parallel to 11850 at 1430-1455. (Alok dasgupta-IND, Apr 23)

TUNISIA RTT in Ar lang at 1230 on 11730.06, v15535.57 and v17535.22; at 1600-1700 also on buzzy v7476.84 kHz. (WB, Apr 19)

UAE Xtremely harmful SPL by UAE Radio Dubai on 21605. Since some days "UAE Radio Dubai" has been txing in the afternoon hours (1400-1600 at least) on 21605 a progr in Ar language causing extremely harmful interference to the Amateur Radio Service (and the adjacent BC-Service too): There are extreme splatters over the whole 15 mb, making any QSO impossible at least between 21250 and 21450. The splatters are S9+10dB (21250) and S9+35dB (21450) when mx is bc-ed. The "basic" freq of UAE Dubai is 21605 (S9+75dB), and there is also much distortion on the audio of the BC stn. I have just informed our telecoms. authorities RegTP at Konstanz and asked them for help. Would you pse alert other bandwatches to contact their telecoms. authorities for a "combined attack". (Uli Bihlmayer-D DJ9KR, Apr 17)

UK 5XX re-built ? I noticed the attached info on your last bulletin, so it sounds like LW is returning to Daventry after all these years! I wonder if it is on the old Dodford Radio 3 site? I remember that the day after the Radio 3 tx on 648 kHz was closed down, thieves broke into the Aerial Tuning Hut (ATH) at the base of the old 750 foot mast and stole most of the copper tuning coils etc.

As far as I know, the ATH building is still there and if I remember correctly, the earth system that was under the ATH was pretty extensive, being a 64 foot square mesh of copper and 750 foot radials every one degree around the site. I would assume the system is still in the ground. The reason the mast was at Dodford, over a mile from the transmitter on Borough Hill, was that the radiation pattern of the mast radiator would have been disrupted by the presence on the hill of all the masts holding up the short wave arrays. I suspect that the new mast will make use of this earth system.

The feeder from Borough Hill was a twelve wire skeleton co-axial system carried on poles and had a loss of only 0.25 dB at 648 kHz., so for an input power of 165 kW, only 15 kW was lost in the feeder. It will be nice to see a familiar landmark returning next to the M1 motorway. It is also interesting that Long Wave may be returning to Daventry after a gap of over 60 years! (Richard Buckby-UK G3VGW, Apr 17)

Today, I heard test-txions of BBC Radio Gloucestershire on 1413. 0513-0605, during peaks SINPO 22552, but lots of Oldies made it easy to get enough details for a decent report. Most times the freq was dominated completely by Premier Radio. (Martin Elbe-D DD9MW, Apr 17)

Usual strong signal of SLBC Colombo European Sce in En every Sat 1900-2000 on new 6010 via Skelton-UK, 250 kW 150 degr, but still announced winter freq 5975. Progr had a report of New Year holiday in the region. (Lutz Andreas-UK, Apr 21)

Merlin Network One Returns - Frequencies LONDON, 3rd April: Merlin Communications International is delighted to confirm the reception and contact details for the recently announced Merlin Network One service for International Specialist Broadcasters. Merlin Network One will air the trial broadcasts every Wednesday starting 8 April.

SW Freqs (All times UTC, all freqs in kHz) EUR 1700-1900 15200 1900-2100 15590 2100-2200 11915 2200-2300 9645 11915 2300-0100 9645

NoAM 1900-2100 13690 2100-2200 11985 13690 2200-2400 9780 11985 13690 2400-0100 11985 13690

Satellite Analogue - Astra 50V (CNBC) 7.38 & 7.56 Note: Merlin Network One will join the Merlin digital multiplex from GE-1E/Sirius2 at 5 degrees east, later this spring, when network enhancements have been completed.

Network Details Merlin Network One will have an initial line-up of: 1700-1900 - Radio Caroline presented by Johnny Reece 1900-2100 - The Award Winning MediaZoo 2100-2300 - Hard Country with CMR's Bryan Chalker 2300-0100 - Rock Radio Network

Listener Contact Details - During the Broadcasts For all progr correspondence write to the individual progrs at the addrs given out during the bcs. You can call the progrs 1800-0200 UTC on UK 0171 419 1035 or +44 (if outside the UK) 171 419 1035 and fax on UK 0171 419 1024 or +44 (if outside the UK) 171 419 1024.

Listener Contact Details - Network Matters All other correspondence on MNO editorial and technical matters should be sent to:

Merlin Network One, Bush House, PO Box 76, Strand, London WC2B 4PH or via email to [email protected]

Internet and Updates Merlin Network One will air via satellite radio, in the UK, and also be beamed to North America and Continental Europe on shortwave radio. There are also plans for an Internet service as well. For updates of shortwave frequencies and satellite channels or for information about provision of Internet audio or changes in programme details look at one of the following websites: www.merlincommunications.com www.mediazoo.co.uk www.rocknetwork.com

Merlin has ancd the "Merlin Network One" svc for "International Specialist B/Cers," extending the concept of the first anniversary show. Starting April 8, and continuing every Wed, MNO will initially air for eight hrs. per week "to enable a unique mix of specialist prgms to be combined into a single svc." The facilities of Country Music Radio (CMR) in London will be used to air the prgm strand. MNO will have an initial lineup as follows: 1700-1900 UTC, R. Caroline presented by Johnny Reece; 1900-2100, MediaZoo; 2100-2300, Hard Country with CMR's Bryan Chalker; and 2300-0100, Rock Radio Network. MNO will air via satellite in the UK and via SW to NoAM and EUR. There are plans for an Internet svc as well. For latest details of SW fqys, satellite channels and Internet audio, look at one of the following websites: http://www.merlincommunications.com http://www.mediazoo.co.uk http://www.rocknetwork.com (From Merlin press release, via NU, Apr 2)

15200, Radio Merlin Int., 1700-1800, Radio Caroline-progr, telling that Ross revange will be back as a RSL-stn fr June 14th on AM. No freq mentioned. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Apr 8)

Wow a wopping signal from R.Caroline via Merlin Network One London, pops and DJ etc right now. 555 signal on my 20m dipole. This via UK? relay and only on Weds 15200. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, Apr 22)

UNID Number Front Female voice number station, US American accent at 1415-1430 on both, even 13709 and 15732. (WB, Apr 19)

USA 15685 Thur 2020-2036 break. Missed the start of WoR via WWCR 15685, stn had a sudden break at about 2020-2036 UTC. Remaining progr loud and clear, at least SINPO rating of 3-4 5 4 4 3-4 in EUR. (WB, Apr 16) I noticed this too. That was when the tornado was passing over the station, with heavy hail and rain. They had to close down briefly, but there was no major damage. (GH, Apr 17)

Radio Sparks special via WRMI. A special edition of Radio Sparks with interviews recorded at the recent SW Listeners Winter Fest in Pennsylvania will be bc via WRMI at the following dates and times: UTC Sat Apr 25 at 2000-2100; Sun Apr 26 at 0330-0430; Thu Apr 30 at 2300-0000 all on 9955 kHz. QSL cards will be available from both Radio Sparks and WRMI for reception reports on these bcs. (Jeff White, [email protected] Apr 22)

WYFR FAMILY RADIO. Schedule Z98 til 24 Oct 19998.

En to EUR En to NoAM 0400-0500 9985 1000-1100 5950 0500-0600 9985, 11580 1100-1200 5850, 5950 0600-0700 7355 1200-1300 6015, 5850, 5950, 17750 0700-0800 7355, 9985, 13695 1300-1400 11830, 11970, 13695, 17750 1600-1700 15695, 17555, 21525 1400-1500 11830, 11970, 17750 1700-1800 15695, 17555 1500-1600 11830, 17750 1800-2000 15695 1600-1700 11705, 11830, 17750 2000-2100 15645, 17555, 17845 2200-0000 11855 2100-2200 15215, 15695, 17845 0000-0100 6085, 9505 2200-2300 15215, 17845 0100-0500 6065, 9505 0500-0700 5985

Italian to EUR Sp to EUR 0600-0700 7520, 11580 2200-2300 15695, 15715 0700-0800 9355 1800-1900 15715 2100-2200 15715, 17555

Sp to Ce&SoAM 0800-1000 9550, 11855 1000-1100 6175, 9550, 11855 1100-1200 9370, 13695 2300-0100 15215, 17750, 17845 e-mail: [email protected] 0100-0200 17750 (WYFR, via radioincontro Italy, Apr 20)

VIETNAM VoVTN Hanoi in Fr at 1300-1330 lang noted on v9839.87 and v12019.56, nx in Fr and then local guitar mx. Seemingly not on 15009 this summer season. (WB, Apr 19)

CLANDESTINE Web Site http://www.qsl.net/yb0rmi/cland.htm

This URL is the Clandestine Radio Intel Web page and -- as some of you will already know -- this site is simply a MUST for every serious clandestine Dxer. It contains so much interesting informations that it is hardly possible to describe it all. There are extensive station profiles with the latest news, loggings, adresses, related web sites etc.

Also the site includes a few special investigative reports on a number of current topics. In addition to this, it is even possible to listen to audio samples of the stations. Don't forget to bookmark this page on your browser and revisit it often. The only disadvantage that I could find about this site is, that its host server is sometimes unreliable and slow and often several attempts are necessary to get to the page or to execute a link. (Mathias Kropf-D in WDXC Clandestine, Apr '98)

Prominent ham operators (from radioincontro Italy) : A41AA Qaboos Bin Said. Sultano di Oman. CN8MH Hassan. Re del Marocco. EA0JC Juan Carlos. Re di Spagna. FO5GJ Marlon Brando. Attore. I0FGC Francesco Cossiga. Ex Presidente della Repubblica Italiana. HS1A Bhumipol Adulayadej. Re di Thailandia. JY1 Hussein. Re di Giordania. K1JT Joseph Taylor. Premio Nobel per la fisica nel 1993. K2ORS Jean Shephard. Attore. K7UGA Barry Goldwater. Senatore americano. KB6OLJ Paul J. Cohan. Matematico americano. LU1SM Carlos Saul Menem. Presidente della Repubblica Argentina. N2YOS Priscilla Presley. Attrice. VU2SON Sonia Gandhi. Vedova del primo ministro indiano. W6FZZ Samuel F.B. Morse terzo. W6QYH Roger Mahony. Cardinale americano. (Alessandro Galasso, Francisco "SISO" Hennessey HK3SGP, Apr 19)

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ANTARCTICA 15476 LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, I make the reiteration that the stn bc currently ONLY the Mon, Wed and Fri fr 1900-2100. The REACTIVATION on day 18th Apr have been ONLY for to relay the special progr of Radio La Colifata, but this not signify that the stn bc also on Sats, as some source may claim about this.(Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Apr 29)

AUSTRALIA ABC Melbourne has been heard on 9500 at 2030-2200 in En, 2200 in Ch and 2230 in Khmer. (RVI Radio World, Apr 26)

BELGIUM RVI will add temporarily a mid-summer SW freq to the Fr and Ge language progrs txed between 1900-2000 that normally are only available on 1512 MW. This is done because of insufficient propagation of the MW signals at that time. A DTK tx will be rented at Juelich and will be using 3995. The Fr and Ge lang progrs are only bc on Sat and Sun. Fr 1900-1930 and Ge 1930-2000 1512 & 3995. This sce will be available only May 2nd-Aug 15th.

RTBF, the Belgian French language network that ceased SW operation in 1992 is thinking about joining the community of internat bcs again at the instance of French community politicians. Three possibilities are under investigation. The first is that RTBF will rent airtime on RVI/VRT's SW txs or on DTK Juelich. The second one is renting an audio subcarrier on the French language TV5 stn and the third one is bcing via the Worldspace satellite system. It will take probably several months until a decision is made and the money for the project is found. (RVI Golfgids, via Guido Schotmans-BEL, Apr 25)

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM While in Bandar Seri Begawan 14-18 April, I noted the following local stns: R Brunei main sce in Malay on 594 and 675 with rather low modulation -- RTM Sarawak on 648 via Limbang is much more 'punchy' in downtown Bandar Seri Begawan. Also in BSB on FM 92.3. R Brunei En/Ch sce on 711 and FM 95.9. Koran readings/chants on FM 89.1 R Brunei 'Nur i Islam' (as heard) on FM 93.3. Rangkaian Pelangi/Pelangi Network in various langs on FM 91.4. Also a further network on 94.1 in Malay, unfortunately I never managed to catch an ID.

And last but not least, the live relay of Capital Radio, London, with Capital Gold on 98.7, 95.1 and weak 100.9, and Capital FM on 100.1 and 90.7, complete with warnings to drivers about ice and snow, and ads for furniture shops in Enfield. Surreal enough for Borneo, but Capital Gold especially seems very popular locally, I'd guess that about 90% of the radios I heard in shops, restaurants and buses were tuned to it. (Alan Davies, UK [temporarily in Kota Kinabulu, Sabah, Malaysia], Apr 26)

CHINA CRI Beijing in En via tentat. Urumqi Xinjiang tx site noted on new 11840 at 1900-2000. Remarkable satellite fed delay compared to //6955 and 9440. Fine crystal clear audio. (WB, Apr 25)

VoR EnWS via CRI relay 1500-1600 on new 11560. (x1100-1200 17890). Interesting to see, these transmissions are registered for Irkutsk location 100 180 degr instead. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Apr 15)

As the new high-power SW transmitting centre will formally begin operations from 5th May, the Central People's Radio will boost its capabilities by using SW to transmit the first and 2nd progrs. The central station's first progr will air at 0310 on 21st April and at 0845 on 22nd Apr, respectively, the advance schedule for the two progrs using SW. Various local radio stns, relay stns and listeners are requested to pay attention when listening to them. The new schedules of Sw freqs will also be published in the 17th issue of 'Zhongguo Guangbobao' [China Radio Newspaper] on 28th Apr. (BBCM via AGDX, Apr 24)

Two other new high-power SW transmitting centres at Urumqi Xinjiang and Kunming Yunnan began operations in August last year. (ed)

CONGO DEMOCR REP OF 15244, RTNC; Kinshasa, Apr 25, 0520-0600, Male in Fr with political talk -a liberated Congo-, hi-life mx. Weak signal; picked up signal again at 0545 with same kind of talk & signal but with nasty interfering neighbour. Not on before 0500 when checking. Presumed. (Pijpers, via DXW, Apr 25)

15244.4 RTNC (presumed) 1942 local mx, but weak. Suddenly left the air at 1958 and did not return. First time to get any audio after many, many checks. (Hans Johnson-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Apr 17)

CROATIA Croatian Radio noted in Z98 periode: Direct via Deanovec, 100 kW nondir 0400-0600 new 5945 0500-1600 9830 0600-0800 new 5945 (x6024.6, x6019.6) 0800-1200 7185 1200-1800 new 7125 1600-1900 new 5900

DTK Juelich relay, 100 kW 0100-0300 new 9925 300 degr 0300-0400 new 9925 325 0500-0600 new 11830 230 0600-0800 new 13830 260 0800-0900 new 11830 270 2000-2100 new 9860 170 2300-0100 new 9925 230 (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

DENMARK RADIO DENMARK, May 1-Oct 25, 1998, * = changes 2nd edition, April 26

1630-1655 Western NoAM, Greenland 15340* 315 //9590, 13800, 18950 2130-2155 Australia 9940* 65 2230-2255 Far East 13800 45* //13830 2330-2355 SoEa Asia, WeAustralia 9935* 80 Far East 13830 45* //11735, 13805 2330-2355 SoEa Asia, WeAustralia 9935* 80 Far East 13830 45* //11735, 13805 0030-0055 Ea & Ce NoAM, Greenland 13805 300* //11640, 11735 0130-0155 South Asia (India) 9935* 95 Ea NoAM, Caribbean 11990* 280 Ea & Ce NoAM, Greenland 13805* 300 0230-0255 South Asia (India) 9935* 95 Ea NoAM, Caribbean 11990 280* 0330-0355 We NoAM, Greenland 9945* 315 //9975 0430-0455 We NoAM, Greenland 9945* 315 //7485, 11635 0930-0955 Far East 15675 45* //15175 1230-1255 Far East 15650 45* //15640, 17785, 17535 1330-1355 Far East 15650 45* //9590, 15640, 17535 1530-1555 We NoAM, Greenland 13805* 315 //13800, 15230

1730-1755 7485, 13830, 15705, 15220 1830-1855 243/1062, 7485, 15735, 15705, 18950 1930-1955 7485, 15220, 15705 2030-2055 7485, 15220 0530-0555 7485, 13800, 15220 0630-0655 7180, 9590, 11665, 13800 0730-0755 7180, 9590, 13800, 15640 0830-0855 15175, 15640 1030-1055 11605, 18950 1130-1155 11605, 15265 1430-1455 15695 (Erik Koie-DEN, Apr 29)

ECUADOR HCJB in En fr May 1 to EUR on new 17735 (x15115) at 1900-2200. (Cees J. van Oudheusden-HOL, Apr 25)

HCJB will make some freq changes next Fri/Sat, May 1-2: to NoAM 0000-0700 on 12020 (x15295); to EUR 1900-2200 17735 (x15115). Beginning May 1, HCJB will launch its new webpage at: http://www.hcjb.org.ec (Colin Miller-CAN VE3CMT, Apr 26)

HCJB excellent signal on 15295 at 0516 Apr 27, but crackle on audio; next night, the transmitted noise was much worse than that. HCJB is moving this to 12020, but what they really need to do is fix the audio. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Apr 30)

EGYPT Ge sce of R Cairo replaced 9900 by new 9990 for a test periode, noted at 1930, suffers by very bad audio quality. (WB, Apr 25)

I just noted Cairo in Fr at 2100 on 9990, perfectly in the clear on excellent level with just a little bit of distortion. So their freq experiments obviously regards not only the German sce but all their programming for EUR, which was until now carried on 9900. (Kai Ludwig-D, Apr 26)

GERMANY (Clandestine to ETH) Voice of Oromo Liberation: A spokesperson of SBO, the organization behind this stn, told me in a telephone conversation that their offices in Berlin weekend were "visited" during the Easter weekend and searched through by an unknown group. They broke into the rooms at night, and left them in a mess; seemingly nothing had been stolen, though. SBO believes that this was a political operation carried out by some sort of secret service. SBO tried to find out who was behind this, but had no success until now. Neighbors saw four civilian cars that night, parking close to the house in which the SBO offices and studios are located. During our conversation, the SBO spokesperson also mentioned a possible b/cing activity towards Somalia, backed by an unnamed Ogaden organization. (Harald Kuhl--D, Apr 26)

11785 RTE Ireland with weekly (Wed) relay via Deutsche Telekom Juelich with En reports on Irish aid workers overseas. Irish nx 1851. DW IS co-ch from 1857 and DW En txion dominant from 1900. (B.Clark-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Apr 14)

Brother Stair En relig progr "Wrong woman captured by the devil ..." at 1830 (reg 1600- 2100) on new 15625. At 0650 (reg 0600-1000) on 9500. (WB, Apr 25)

At 2255 I found on 3945 the "Overcomer Ministries" with repeated ID's and their usual stuff, 98 % sure that this originates from what "Brother Stair" is according Glenn Hauser calling "Radio Jewlick". I'am already wondered, if the Juelich guys will use their 75 metres antenna on another freq, when 3995 is occupied by DW Wertachtal. Well, now we have both Wertachtal and Juelich commonly on 75 mb, actually after midnight CET as only Europeans at all, away from the fact that in Europe only the 3950...4000 part of the 75 mb is allocated. Seems, that Juelich selected 3945 already for the next winter season, when the range above 3950 will be overcrowded again (although Lenk on 3985 will be off and gone for good...). Possibly more broadcasters could follow this example, as the 3900...3950 range is practically empty (only a few British and Italian military stns are listed) and functions as popular playground for hobby pirats, who calls this range the "76 metres band". Certainly they can endure professional competitors. (Kai Ludwig-D, Apr 29) Brother Stair via Juelich 3945 noted today after 2100. RVI Brussels uses Juelich 3995 1900-2000 for Ge & Fr sces on Sat/Sun only, so "the stuff" might start right after 2000. //12050 but under Cairo. (WB, May 1)

GUAM KTWR Guam changes fr Mar 29: 1500-1630 in En on new 15330 (x12015) 2100-2200 in Ko on new 9465 (x2030-2130 9475)

AWR KSDA 1400-1600 in En new 9385, 1600-1700 new 9355, 2100-2200 new 15310. 1700-1800 in Fa & En on new 13660, //9355. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

TWR India in Z98 uses the KTWR facility on 15595 1330-1415 in Assamese, Boro, Santhali, Bangla and Tamil. (Bob Padula-AUS, in EDXP, Apr 27)

INDONESIA Mini-survey of what (and what not) has been heard here in Bandung during the month of April, mostly local evenings (from 1000 UTC); still suffering from regular heavy Monsoon thunderstorms local afternoons and evenings, making listening difficult, even impossible for those low-power East-Indonesian RPDT's. There may be a draught elsewhere in Indonesia, but we certainly don't have a water shortage here in West Java.

3204.4 RRI Bandung, definitely // 540, regular from around 1000. Strong carrier, but very low-level modulation, also generating modulation products every 9 kHz over a band of +/- 50 kHz. 3214.8 RRI Manado, unheard lately, but this always being a poor signal here, may be drowned in high static. 3222.9 RRI Mataram, unheard lately, apparently inactive 3224.8 RRI Tanjung Karang, unheard lately, apparently inactive 3231.8 RRI Bukittingi, unheard lately, apparently inactive 3249.8 RRI Banjarmasin, unheard lately, apparently inactive 3264.67 RRI Gorontalo (pres.), audio with a clear het ; presumed this one Gorontalo, since reported to be the lower one here 3264.88 RRI Bengkulu (pres.), there are clearly two separate carriers here (cf. previous entry), but this one definitely weaker, audio cannot be separated from other stn 3264.88 RRI Bengkulu for sure, ID on 28/4 at 1440 after berita keluarga, s/off around 1600 3325 RRI Palangkaraja, this is one of the strongest and most regular in the 90 mB. 3344.86 RRI Ternate, weak but audible 3355.20 RRI Jambi, first noticed 25/4, change-over from 4925 at 1300, until cl/down 1700; RRI Sumenep previously here seems to be inactive 3355.20/4925 RRI Jambi; change-over from 4925 to 3355 on 26/4 at 1300, on 30/4 at 1300, on 28/4 (Holiday in INS) 3355 s/on at 1400, but 4925 stayed on // until 1600 s/off; 3355 s/off 1700 3385 RRI Kupang, hrd 28/4 with clear ID at 1307 after relay of Jakarta news, s/off 1500 or later 3395.14 RRI Tanjungkarang, another strong and regular 90mB-station; but heard announcing as RRI Bandar Lampung; these are twin-cities and it seems that Bandar Lampung is now dominating, also the airport there is called now Bandar Lampung, but still bears the designation TKG. 3905 RRI Merauke (pres.), no ID hrd, but certainly there is now only one RRI station here 3933.94 RRI Semarang s/on 1030; hrd on a Saturday with Wayang performance past 1700, also on progress local mornings at 0000 UTC. 3959.74 RRI Padang (tent.) 28/4 s/on resp. changeover from 4003/4000 at 1700; QRG clearly lower than RRI Palu (3960.31 ... 3960.26) which was off since at least 1600. 3960.31 RRI Palu, s/on 1000 or earlier, quite strong signal 3976.05 RRI Pontianak, s/on 1000 or earlier, this is definitely the strongest RRI in the 75 mB. 3985.74 RRI Surabaya, s/on 1000 or earlier, recently hrd on a Saturday with Wayang performance; can't make out from the music whether it's Wayang Kulit (Shadow play) or Wayang Golek (Puppet play); apparently Wayang Kulit is more poopular in Central and east Java, while Wayang Golek is usually found in West Java. 3996 can't hear anything around this QRG 3999.96 only heard local mornings around 0000 UTC; freq. is slightly lower than the one in the evening, so presume this is not RRI Kendari but RRI Padang; have to wait for an ID 3999.96 RRI Padang, alt. freq. to 4003.2, last heard there 27/4, since 28/4 on this lower QRG, making it difficult to separate it from only slightly higher RRI Kendari. Clear ID on 28/4 at 1630 when Kendari already off, schedule seems 1000 or earlier to 1700. 4000.17 RRI Kendari, last heard 27/4 with clear ID at 1135; in LSB-narrow mode clearly separable from RRI Padang (cf. next entry); nothing on this QRG local mornings 4003.19 RRI Padang, last heard 27/4 at 1130 with Islamic pop. 4075 can't hear anything around this QRG; seems that logging of Blitar here was wishful listening 4606.4 RRI Serui, weak but audible and regular 4696.91 R KIP, Surabaya, recently heard on a Saturday relaying the Wayang performance from RRI Surabaya 4753.36 RRI Ujung Pandang, s/on 1000 or earlier; mornings until 0000 s/off 4766 can't hear any station despite checking for several days (weekdays and weekends), local mornings and evenings, not even a slight carrier; so where is RRI Medan reported to be reactivated ? 4777.12 RRI Jakarta, usual distorted audio 4789.13 RRI Fak-Fak, often buried in heavy QRM 4845 RRI Ambon, presumed to be here, only het audible under dominating RTM in Tamil 4874 RRI Sorong, have yet to log this one reported to be reactivated 4925 RRI Jambi, now s/off here at 1300 in favour of 3355, 4927 seems not in use nowadays 5040 RRI RRI Pekanbaru, regularly mornings and evenings, although QRG evenings dominated by Fujian PBS 7098.52 RRI Yogyakarta, hrd 28/4 from 2315, with En nx at 0030-0040 with clear ID, s/off 0100 9552.53 RRI Ujung Pandang, very regular here, hrd at 2355 in // 4753 9614.28 RRI Samarinda, htd approx. 0200-0600, although until 0250 virtually blocked by DW in En. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung, INS, Apr 28)

KALIMANTAN local time. A persistent error in WRTH and TBS: Only South (Selatan) and East (Timur) Kalimantan are on UTC+8, Central (Tengah) and West (Barat) Kalimantan are on UTC+7, as any local airline timetable clearly shows, at least since 1994.

Holidays in INS for the remainder of the year, poss. accounting for extended/irregular operations: May 1 (non) is a regular workday here ! May 11 Wesak May 21 Ascension day of Jesus Christ July 6 Muhammad's birthday Aug 17 Independence Day Nov 17 Ascension day of Muhammad Dec 25 Christmas Day Jan 1 New Year's Day (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung, INS, Apr 28-30)

IRAN VoIRI Tehran in Fr at 1900 on new 11900. In It lang "Iran Today" at 1945 on 9615. (WB, Apr 25)

KOREA D.P.R. Radio Pyongyang's new schedule monitored Apr 9-15. Freqs in parentheses are presumed, but could not be heard in Japan this week.

Radio Pyongyang's new schedule monitored Apr 9-15. Freqs in parentheses are presumed but could not be heard in JPN this week.

0000-0057 Ja 621 3250 7580 9650 0000-0057 Sp 11335 11700 13760 15130 0000-0057 En 11845 13650 15230 0400-0457 Fr (3560) 11710 13790 0400-0557 KP (4405) 7200 9345 0400-0457 Sp 13650 15180 15340 17735 0500-0557 En (3560) 11710 13790 0500-0557 Fr 13650 15180 15340 17735 0600-0650 KK (3560) 11710 13650 13790 15180 15340 17735 0700-0757 Ja 621 3250 6070 7580 9650 0700-0757 Ru 3560 6575 9975 11710 13790 0700-0757 Ch 4405 6125 7200 9345 0800-0857 Ja 621 3250 6070 7580 9650 0800-0857 KR 3560 6575 9975 11710 13790 0800-0857 KP 4405 6125 7200 9345 0900-0957 Ja 621 3250 6070 7580 9650 0900-0957 Ru 3560 6575 9975 11710 13790 0900-0957 Ch 4405 6125 7200 9345 1100-1157 Ja 621 3250 6070 6520 7580 1100-1157 En 3560 9640 9975 11335 15230 1100-1157 Ch 4405 6125 7200 9345 1200-1257 Ja 621 3250 6070 6520 7580 1200-1257 Fr 3560 9640 9975 11335 15230 1200-1257 KP 4405 6125 7200 9345 1300-1357 Ja 621 3250 6070 6520 7580 1300-1357 Sp 3560 9640 9975 11335 15230 1300-1357 Ch 4405 6125 7200 9345 1400-1450 KK 3560 9640 9975 11335 15230 1500-1557 En 3560 9640 9975 11735 13650 1500-1557 Fr 4405 6575 9335 1500-1557 Aa 6520 9600 1600-1650 KK 3560 4405 6520 6575 9335 9600 9640 9975 11735 13650 1700-1757 Ru 3560 9325 (13790) 1700-1757 Sp 4405 6575 9335 11700 13760 1700-1757 KR 6520 9600 9975 1800-1857 Ge 3560 9325 (13790) 1800-1857 En 4405 6575 9335 11700 13760 1800-1857 Aa 6520 9600 9975 1900-1957 Ru 3560 9325 (13790) 1900-1957 Sp 4405 6575 9335 11700 13760 1900-1957 En 6520 9600 9975 2000-2057 Ge 3560 9325 (13790) 2000-2057 Fr 4405 6575 9335 11700 13760 2000-2057 Aa 6520 9600 9975 2100-2157 GG 3560 9325 (13790) 2100-2157 En 4405 6575 9335 11700 13760 2100-2157 Fr 6520 9600 9975 2200-2250 KK 4405 6575 9335 11700 13760 2300-2357 Ja 621 3250 7580 9650 2300-2357 En 11335 11700 13760 15130 2300-2357 Sp 11845 13650 15230

KK = Korean ("Korean Central Bcing Stn") KP = Korean ("Radio Pyongyang") KR = Korean ("Radio Pyongyang") and Ru. (Sonny Ashimori, Apr 15)

R Pyongyang is now heard using v9335.2 instead of 9345 -- for instance, En at 1800-1857. Their nearby freq v9325 remains with Pakistan 1700-1900 on 9330! A popular spot on the dial! (Noel Green-UK, Apr 16) [9324.89 and 9334.10 on Apr 20th, ed]

New 7505 (QRM CRI 7504) 1700-2200 in Ru Ge Ru Ge Ge. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

Span lang sce noted on v9335.08, Apr 25, 1900-1957, playing lovely EaAS mx and ann full Sp schedule, //6575.4. (WB, Apr 25)

LEBANON 11530 VoHope in Ru 1900-2100, Ar 2100-2200 and next day 0400-0600. (PanIview- BUL, Apr 16) At 1925 Ru on new 11530. (WB, Apr 25)

MADAGASCAR AWR invites rcpn rpts from listeners worldwide for the special b/cs from AWR-Madagascar during the WWCR silent periods, and at all other times also. All rpts will be verified with a colorful Madagascar postcard, containing a full date text on the data side, as well as an AWR-Madagascar QSL stamp. All rpts will be processed by AWR- EUR, at Box 383, I-47100 Forli, Italy. There is no facility for processing rcpn rpts and QSL cards at the AWR studio in Madagascar. All rpts rcvd by the adventist radio studio in Madagascar will be forwarded in bulk to Europe for processing in the normal way at AWR-Forli. Where possible, return postage will be appreciated, in the form of notes in a major intl currency, mint postage stamps, or IRCs. (Adrian Peterson/AWR-IN, Apr 29)

MALAYSIA (Sabah) During the past couple of weeks I've been able to monitor RTM Sabah while in Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah. The schedules look like this: RTM Sabah Rangkaian (i.e. Network) Nasional is on FM 24h in Malay, inc. 88.1 & 104.5 in the Kota Kinabulu (KK) area. Despite the 'Nasional', this is a local network for the state of Sabah, including some relays from KL mostly of nx. This network is also carried part-time on MW, at approx.0230-1130. Freqs I've noted include KK on nom. 603 (actually varying around 601-603), Tenom nom. 567 (actually around 564-565) and Kudat 801. Doubtless there are other MW txs further afield. I haven't noted any breakfast-time txion on MW, but maybe that's just because I don't wake up early enough! I've been unable to trace this network anywhere on HF, and there is nothing to be heard on old listing 4970 kHz.

RTM Sabah Rangkaian Biru (Blue Network) is on FM at 2059-0030, 0330-0700 and 0800-1600 Mon-Fri, and 2059-1600 Sat and Sun, inc. 92.7 and 107.1 in the KK area. MW txs are on 0330-0700 and 0800-1330 Mon-Fri, 0330-1330 Sat-Sun on the following freqs: KK nom 693 (actually around 689-690), Tenom nom 774 (actually around 773) and Kudat 1197.

The languages on RTM Sabah Blue Network are as follows (acc. to press listings which tally with my observations as far as I can tell!): 2059-2200 Malay, 2200-2230 Murut, 2230-2300 Dusun, 2300-2330 Kadazan, 2330-0030 English, 0030-0330 English (Sat/Sun only), 0330-0500 Mandarin inc. Hakka news at 0450, 0500-0700 English, 0700-0800 English (Sat/Sun only), 0800-1000 Kadazan, 1000-1200 Malay, 1200-1230 Dusun, 1230-1300 Murut, 1300-1330 Malay, 1330-1600 English.

Apparently there are also reports originating within RTM that 5980 is inactive, but again I can confirm that it is in fact regular and reliable at the same times as the MW network, although also drifting down somewhat in freq around 5979. The HF tx is well heard throughout northern Borneo, exc during the daytime in KK where it is weak, presumably due to propagation effects. Comes in fine even there after about 0800.

A couple of weeks ago while in Sarawak I was able to hear a strong signal on 1476 at around 1030-1300 which I presumed was Voice of Malaysia in Tagalog via KK. Here in KK, however, this is a clear channel all evening, I presume that the tx on 1476 operates intermittently, unless the Tagalog sce has been discontinued. (Alan Davies, UK [temporarily in Kota Kinabulu, Sabah, Malaysia], Apr 26-28)

Both channels, 4970 and 5980 heard in //on 26/4 around 1310. There is a second stn underneath on 4970, poss. Xinjinag PBS, and 5980 suffers from adjacent channel QRM (CC stn on 5975 and BBS Rangoon 5985 the latter ID'ed by // 576 MW). (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung, INS, Apr 28)

MALAYSIA (Sarawak) Despite report to the contrary on R Netherlands Media Network on 16th Apr, RTM Sarawak is still very much active on 7270 and other HF freqs as I reported a couple of weeks ago. Noted at 0416-0425 today (26/4/98) on 7270 with Malaysian easy- listening mx and announcements in presumed Iban. In fact, this has to be one of the most regular and reliable HF set-ups in SE Asia. The MN report stated that FM had replaced HF, but there are no FM networks in Sarawak carrying the 'exotic' language progrs which are txed on HF and, in three cities only, MW (with the single exception, according to announcements and my own observations, of the 'Green' network mostly in Iban, which is txed on 101.5 FM in the town of Bintulu only). If there really is a plan to migrate from HF to FM, they'll have to build a couple of extensive FM networks first!

For the record, there are currently 7 FM networks in Sarawak: RTM Kuching 'Yellow' in Malay; RTM Kuching 'red' in En/Ch; RTM Radio 4 from KL in En; RTM Radio 5 from KL in Ch; RTM from KL in Malay (as far as I could establish, switches between relays of Radio 1 and Radio 3); RTM Radio Muzik from KL; and 'Cats Radio', a private commercial stn based in Sarawak. Incidentally, recent local press reports state that Cats Radio is to close several of its 11 FM txs in Sarawak as a 'temporary' cost-cutting measure -- the existing coverage was reported to be around 80% of the population, which I guess must be similar to that of the RTM networks. 'Kuching' happens to sound like the Malay word for 'cat(s)', hence the stn's name. (Alan Davies, UK [temporarily in Kota Kinabulu, Sabah, Malaysia], Apr 26)

Re. recent report of RTM Kuching on 7270 by Alan Davies, this can certainly be confirmed from here, if anything is regularly audible from Sarawak, then it is this QRG ! The other 41mB QRG audible here is the Blue Network in Bidayuh hrd e.g. 26/4 0400-0600 s/off. However, 7145 and 7160 seem to be off the air. Other QRGs regularly audible here during local evenings are 4895, 5030, 6050 and 6060. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung, INS, Apr 28)

MEXICO 6185 Radio Educacion, Mexico City was announcing last week that they're using 5 kW on SW, "soon to be increased to 10 kW." (Al Quaglieri-USA, Apr 27)

PAKISTAN R Pakistan in Ur & En 1330-1530 and 1600-1630 on new 9655. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 12)

ROMANIA RRI Bucharest Z98 schedule, noted via Saftica tx site: 0500-0525 in Bu new 5965. 1100-1255 Ro new 7135 (x6185). 1530-1555 Tu new 9530, //756. 1630-1655 Bu new 7105, //756. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 12)

Beware one of their txs has a +1.65 kHz freq displacement, e.g at 2137 on 7106.65, also 7196.65 at another hour. (Titarev-UKR, via NU, Apr 26)

Radio Romania Internat observed on 6130 around 2310 with what seems to be a progr in En, voice modulation nearly drowned out by a terrible hiss. This trash originates from Tiganesti, the most modern of the Romanian SW sites. (Kai Ludwig-D, Apr 29)

RUSSIA Radio Rossii SW relay Z98 5905 1530-2100 Moscow 5910 0100-0500 Moscow 5940 1430-2100 Moscow (6060 fr Sep 27) 6110 0100-0500 Moscow 7105 0530-1500 Moscow 7220 2100-1700 Yekaterinburg 7305 0100-0500 Samara 7335 2030-2200 St.Petersburg 7355 1330-2100 Samara 7365 0100-0400 Krasnodar 7445 1730-2100 St.Petersburg (7345 fr Sep 6) ? 1830-2100 Moscow 9490 1530-2100 Krasnodar (5965 fr Sep 6) 9655 1030-1500 Irkutsk 9655 1900-2200 Irkutsk 9720 0530-1400 Moscow 9815 1030-1700 Novosibirsk 9845 0100-0600 St.Petersburg (7405 fr Sep 6) 9870 2100-1000 Novosibirsk ? 1730-2100 Moscow 11630 0630-1000 St.Petersburg 11665 0930-1300 Samara 11735 0100-0400 Moscow 12020 0100-0500 Moscow 12025 0430-0800 Krasnodar 12035 0830-1500 Krasnodar (7145 1230-1500 fr Sep 6) 12045 1030-1700 St.Petersburg 12065 0530-0900 Samara 13705 0530-1800 Moscow 15455 0430-0700 Moscow 15475 2230-1000 Irkutsk 17660 0730-1700 Moscow

Radio Tatarstan in Z98, via Samara tx site 0400-0500 11665 200 kw 070 degr Siberia, Far East 0600-0700 6130 200 kW 055 degr Ural/Tyumen region 0800-0900 9700 250 kW 310 degr EURpean Russia Addr: Tatar Radio, Ul. M.Gorkogo 15, 420015 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Tel +7 - 8432 - 367493

Radio Mayak in Z98, observations during daytime. 7330 Arkhangelsk, low power tx. 9470 GPR-3 Saransk 9500 Krasnoyarsk til 1100 UTC. 9610 Arkhangelsk, ssb mode + carrier. 11685 GPR-2 St. Petersburg 11985 GPR-2 St. Petersburg 12005 GPR-2 St. Petersburg

Radio 1 (Odin) Z98 daytime freqs observed: 9605 GPR-3 Samara 9790 YeRC Yekaterinburg fr 1030 UTC. 11695 YeRC Yekaterinburg til 1000 UTC. 11830 Krasnoyarsk 11940 GPR-3 Saransk. Txions via GPR-1 Moscow on 7525 & 11630 have been discontinued.

Kamchatka Rybatskaya, special progr for fisher men from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Z98 at 1900-2000 Tue, Thur, Sat 7300 100 kW 244 degr. 12050 100 064.

Radio Maryja Polish catholic relig progr via Samara 250 kW 284 degr. Til Sept 5th: 12010 0500-0715 Mo-Sa, 0600-0800 Sun. 1500-2000 daily. 7400 2000-2200 daily. Sept 6-Oct 24: 9905 0500-0715 Mo-Sa, 0600-0800 Sun. 12010 1500-1700 daily. 7400 1700-2200 daily.

CRI via St. Petersburg relay in Ar at 1600-1657 on new 17580 kHz. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Apr 15)

In answer to my further inquiry about Petrozavodsk, Anatoly Klepov points out that Petrozavodsk is listed in the Z98 (Mar 29-Oct 25) sked as follows: 5925 0130-0500, 100 kw (to zone 18); 5925 0800-1400 100 (18, 29); 7240 1600-1900, 240 (27, 28, 36); 7300 0300-0500, 240 (11, 12); 7300 2300-0300, 240 (27N, 28N, 36); 7330 0200-1500, 20 (19); 7445 1730-2100, 400 (29); 9755 0100-0500, 200 (39, 40); 11685 1030-2000 (29S, 39E, 40); 11875 1530-2000, 250 (52, 53); 15215 1530-2200, 20 (19); 21590 1400-1600, 240 (37, 38, 46); and on 9795 1400-2200 (Sep 6-Oct 25 only), 200 (28, 46W). (Anatoly Klepov-RUS)

I had forgotten that this site is still listed as active. However, in Aug 1996 the Voice of Russia Techn.Dept. told Dan Henderson that they have no txs in Petrozavodsk. (Jerry Berg-USA, Apr 25)

[see GUAM also] Other SW sces of TWR India for Z98 are: 0000-0030 31mb via Russia (freq not advised) [Tashkent-UZB 9430? ed], 0030-0230 12035 Irkutsk, 1130-1500 12005 Tashkent (En is 1415-1430 Sat only). (Bob Padula-AUS, in EDXP, Apr 27)

Voice of Vietnam noted on Apr 12 at 0130 on 7259, mx and Vn lang sce. At 0230 bc in En lang. 35323. (Lorenzo Vannucci-I, via Radioincontro, Apr 24)

Voice of Vietnam pxs over Russian relays, Z98, include: 13705 Khabarovsk 0400-0500 Vn 12070 Serpukhov 1700-1900 En, Vn, Fr 12030 Serpukhov 1900-2000 Ru, Vn. (Nagoya DX Circle, via EDXP, Apr 27)

IBRA Radio Stockholm for Z98 is listed for Russian relays: Tashkent-UZB 15470 1330-1400 Be; Moscow 12020 1700-1800 Ar, 12015 2000-2100 Ar. (Nagoya DX Circle, via EDXP, Apr 27)

SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh observed on NF 17720 with Koran sce, Ar 0400 //11935 both good level. Also noted on new 21705 with Ins 1000. Main Ar px now extended to 2300 noted on 9555 and 9870. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Apr 24-27)

SEYCHELLES FEBA noted on NF 15540 1000 Tagalog to ME, Fris only. Px incl several commercial spots for PHL products and sces, as well as some En features. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Apr 24)

SOUTH AFRICA AWR via Meyerton-RSA at 1700-1800, Swahili 1700, En 1730-1800 on new 12135. In Somali 1630-1700 15620. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 12)

SWEDEN R Sweden Teracom Tests. Here is a response I just received from Mr. Magnus Nilsson of Teracom Sweden. I recently wrote him to say I was surprised to not even hear a trace of a carrier on the publicized freqs of 15240 and 17870 from the Radio Sweden test txions. Mr. Nilsson writes: > Dear Sir, > Not so surprised that you do not have found anything on 15240 as it > now is rather rare used. Try 15235 instead and please let me know > the result. Still somewhat confused that 17 MHz does not propagate > better, rather reasonable reception in the north east part. > Looking forward to hear from you again, > Yours sincerely, Magnus Nilsson, Teracom

I will be checking the new frequency 15235 tomorrow morning and will post results if the stn is heard there. Interestingly, the progr schedule on Radio Sweden's website lists 15240 instead of 15235 for the 1130-1200 UTC NoAM txion. (J.D. Stephens - Madison, AL, U.S.A., Apr 28)

TAIWAN (tentat.) During the past couple of weeks, I've noted a very active Chinese- language numbers stn on 15387.5. The carrier seems to be on continuously every day from before 0000 to after 1500 UTC, with audio beginning on the hour and the half hour. Preamble consists of Chinese traditional mx played on woodwind instrument, and announcements by computer-generated female voice identifying the station as 'Xin Xing (New Star) Guangbo Diantai' (as heard) which translates as 'Every Day Radio Station', and repeated announcements in Mandarin along the lines of 'the following txion is txion number 3 in Apr for unit 1234, unit 1234 please stand by to copy, this txion consists of 13 characters', then (13 or whatever) groups of 4 numbers read in Ch, each group repeated once. This stn is notable for its 'friendly' sign-off: (in Ch) 'Dear listeners, this txion is now over, we wish you health and happiness, goodbye'. Certain linguistic features would suggest Taiwan as the most likely source of this (e.g. the number 4 is read more like 'shi' than 'si', and the verb 'bobao', meaning 'transmit' or broadcast' is used instead of 'bosong' which would be more usual in the PRC. Wherever it originates, this txion causes a severe heterodyne on the USB of VOA Chinese at 0400- 0500 (noted at 0400 on 26/4), also on the LSB of very strong BBC Turkish at 1500-1600 (noted 1459 on 25/4). (Alan Davies, UK [temporarily in Kota Kinabulu, Sabah, Malaysia], Apr 26-28)

TURKEY Turkish Police Radio 0400-1600 heard on odd 7371.6 (x nominal 7370). (PanIview- BUL, Apr 12)

UK WYFR in Ar via Skelton 300 kW, 140 deg, 1800-1900 on new 13710 (x11665). (PanIview-BUL, Apr 12)

UNID Russian or Belarussian stn noted on strange 12385 kHz at 1850, Ru phone in progr, pop mx in between. (WB, Apr 25)

USA WYFR Okeechobee in It noted at 1830 on new 15715, registered 1745-2245. (WB, Apr 25)

Upon occasion, WGTG's audio is much improved. This is when they are testing tx #2 on the freqs of #1, with a digital modulation system. (George Thurman, TX, RIB via Hauser, Apr 30)

VOA Announces 24-hour All-news Program. The Voice of America has announced the formation of VoA News Now, a 24-hour, all-news, En language internat radio bc. This will be the first change of format in two decades. VoA News Now will be on the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will feature world, regional, and U.S. news, along with features about sports, science, business, and entertainment. The new format will be fast-paced and have shorter news and feature segments. It will be tailored to provide news and information to each region of the world during its prime listening hours. The format is ideal for covering crises since programming can be interrupted at a moment's notice for live reports on breaking nx. "Times and technology are changing, and so must we," said Evelyn S. Lieberman, Director of the VoA. "Emerging technologies and the explosion of free media in many places around the world have forced us to rethink how we serve our audience and when." "VoA News Now will follow the sun, so that everywhere in the world, listeners will have access to live radio news as day breaks in their region," said Lieberman. The inauguration of VoA News Now will not mean elimination of some of VoA's most popular progrs. To keep up with the demands of VOA listeners, txs of mx will be bc solely via satellite in the future. VOA's popular Special English and En teaching programs will continue in long programming format.

The Voice of America bcs international, regional, and US nx in 52 langs to an estimated weekly audience of 83 million listeners. Contact: Mary Ellen Glynn 1-202-619-3375

VoA English will undergo a major format change eff 0000 UTC, May 28. Most VoA En block progrs will be replaced by a "rolling" all-nx type format. Communications World will be reduced from 29 mins. to 9 mins. However, it will be 2 times each Sat, at 36 mins past each odd UTC hour (0136, 0336, 2336, etc.). I am presently planning to prepare three segments, each b/c four times each Sat. The last half-hour CommWorld is scheduled for the weekend of May 23/24. VOA CommWorld Svcs staff tell me that they can continue to make CommWorld available in RealAudio format, and they might also be able to combine the three segments into one 27-min. stream. That would be available at the CommWorld Web site http://www.trsc.com/cw. for convenient listening. Listen for more details about the new VOA En format and about the future of CommWorld on my show the weekend of May 2/3. (Kim Elliott, CommWorld, rec.radio.shortwave, via NU, Apr 30)

VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio general schedule, til end of Oct 1998. FM & MW & SHORT WAVE EUROPE - 1st PROGRAMME 0230 ALBANIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 0245 SLOVENIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 0300 CROATIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 0315 CZECH 93.3 1530 4005 5880 0330 SLOVAK 93.3 1530 4005 5880 0345 HUNGARIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 0400 POLISH 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 0420 GERMAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 0440 FRENCH 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 0500 ENGLISH 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 0520 ITALIAN 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 +0530 MASS IN LATIN 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 9645 11740 15595 N0600 I, F, E - W 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 9645 11740 15595 +0610 RUMANIAN LIT. - 7 H 93.3 1530 7250 9645 0645 ARABIC - W 93.3 1530 5880 9645 11740 15595 +0730 MASS IN ITALIAN - 7 H 93.3&105 527 1530 7250 +0830 ORIENTAL LIT. - 7H 93.3 1530 11740 15595 17550 0900 PAPAL AUDIENCE - 3 105.0 527 5880 N1000 I, F, E - W 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 9645 11740 15595 21850 +1000 ANGELUS - 7 H 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 9645 11740 15595 21850 1015 ITALIAN - 7 H 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 1030 FRENCH-6 93.3 11740 1050 SPANISH-6 93.3 11740 N1200 ITALIAN 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 9645 11740 15595 21850 1300 Sp, P 93.3 1530 9645 11740 N1400 G, POLISH 93.3 1530 5880 9645 11740 1430 MUSIC 1-2-3-4-6-7 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 9645 1430 ITALIAN - 5 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 9645 +1500 VESPERS 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 9645 1530 ITALIAN 93.3&105 527 1530 5880 7250 9645 N1600 F, E 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 11810 1630 ALBANIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 1645 SLOVENIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 1700 CROATIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 1715 HUNGARIAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 1730 CZECH 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 1745 SLOVAK 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 1800 POLISH 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 1820 GERMAN 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 +1840 ROSARY 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 11625 N1900 ITALIAN 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 1920 ESPERANTO - 7 H 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 1930 FRENCH 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 1950 ENGLISH 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 2010 SPANISH 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 2030 PORTUGUESE 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 2045 ARABIC 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645 2100 ITALIAN 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 N2130 ITALIAN 93.3&105 527 1530 4005 5880 2210 MUSIC 93.3&105 527 1530 [nominal 5880 channel is bcing really on 5883 kHz, ed]

EUROPE - 2nd PROGRAMME 0210 ARMENIAN 7345 9645 0230 RUSSIAN 6185 7345 9645 0300 UKRAINIAN 6185 7345 0320 BYELORUSSIAN 6185 7345 0340 LITHUANIAN 6185 7345 0400 LATVIAN 6185 7345 0420 RUMANIAN 1611 6185 7345 0440 BULGARIAN 1611 6185 7345 0500 SCANDINAVIAN 1611 7345 9645 +0615 UKRAINIAN LIT. - 7 H 96.3 1611 9770 11740 1230 RUSSIAN 96.3 15595 17550 1550 ARMENIAN 1611 11715 15185 1610 RUSSIAN 96.3 1611 9585 11715 15185 1640 UKRAINIAN 96.3 1611 9585 11715 1700 BYELORUSSIAN 96.3 1611 9585 11715 1720 LITHUANIAN 96.3 1611 9585 11715 1740 LATVIAN 96.3 1611 9585 11715 1800 RUMANIAN 96.3 1611 6185 7225 1820 BULGARIAN 96.3 1611 6185 7225 +1840 ROSARY 96.3 1611 6185 7250 1900 SCANDINAVIAN 96.3 1611 6185 7250 1920 ESPERANTO - 3 96.3 1611 6185 2000 RUSSIAN 96.3 7305 9585

AFRICA 0240 FRENCH 103.8 7360 0310 ENGLISH 103.8 7360 9660 0340 SWAHILI 103.8 9660 11625 0405 AMHARIC,TIGR. 103.8 9660 11625 0430 FRENCH 103.8 9660 11625 0500 ENGLISH 103.8 9660 11625 15570 0400 ARABIC 96.3 9645 11715 +0530 PORTUGUESE 103.8 11625 13765 15570 0530 MASS IN LATIN 93.3&105 15595 0600 FRENCH 103.8 11625 13765 15570 N0600 I, F, E - W 93.3&105 15595 0630 ENGLISH 103.8 11625 13765 15570 0645 ARABIC - W 93.3 1530 5880 9645 11740 15595 N1000 I, F, E - W 93.3&105 15595 21850 +1000 ANGELUS - 7 H 93.3 1530 15595 21850 +1130 MASS IN E - 5 103.8 15595 17550 1200 ITALIAN 93.3&105 15595 21850 1530 ARABIC 96.3 11810 15595 +1550 MASS IN E - 6 103.8 13765 15500 1610 KISWAHILI - 1,2,3,4,5,7 103.8 15570 17550 1620 Somali 6 103.8 15570 17550 1635 AMHARIC,TIGR. 103.8 15570 17550 1700 FRENCH 103.8 15570 17550 1730 ENGLISH 103.8 13765 15570 17550 1800 PORTUGUESE 103.8 13765 15570 17550 +1840 ROSARY 103.8 9660 11625 13765 1900 SPANISH - 6 103.8 9660 11625 2000 ENGLISH 103.8 7365 9660 13765 2030 FRENCH 103.8 7365 9660 13765 2045 ARABIC 93.3 1530 4005 5880 7250 9645

AMERICAS 0030 PORTUGUESE 96.3 7305 9605 0100 SPANISH 96.3 7305 9605 11910 0145 SPANISH 96.3 7305 9605 11910 0230 FRENCH 96.3 7305 9605 0250 ENGLISH 96.3 7305 9605 0315 SPANISH 96.3 7305 9605 1100 PORTUGUESE - W 96.3 17700 21850 1130 SPANISH - W 96.3 17700 21850

ASIA - AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 0040 HINDI/TAMIL/MAL./ENGLISH 103.8 7335 9650 0400 ARABIC 96.3 9645 11715 +0530 MASS IN LATIN 93.3&105 15595 N0600 I, F, E - W 93.3&105 15595 N1000 I, F, E - W 93.3&105 15595 +1000 ANGELUS 7 - H 93.3 1530 15595 21850 +1130 MASS IN E - 5 103.8 15595 17550 1200 ITALIAN 93.3&105 15595 1230 CHINESE 1,2,3,4,5,7 103.8 6020 15585 17630 +1230 MASS IN CH - 6 103.8 6020 15585 17630 1315 JAPANESE 103.8 13765 15540 til Sept 5 1315 JAPANESE 103.8 11625 13765 fr Sept 6 1345 ENGLISH 103.8 13765 15540 1405 VIETNAMESE 103.8 13765 15540 1450 HINDI/TAMIL/MAL./ENGLISH 103.8 13765 15500 1530 ARABIC 96.3 11810 15595 +1550 MASS IN E - 6 103.8 13765 15500 N1600 FRENCH-ENGLISH 93.3&105 11810 2130 JAPANESE 103.8 9600 11830 til Sept 5 2130 JAPANESE 103.8 7310 9600 fr Sept 6 2200 CHINESE 103.8 7305 9600 11830 2245 ENGLISH 103.8 7305 9600 11830 2315 VIETNAMESE 103.8 7305 9600 Explanation of symbols: W=Weekdays; H=Holy days; 1=Mon 2=Tue 3=Wed 4=Thu 5=Fri 6=Sat 7=Sun. Progrs bc on FM are intended for Rome area. + = Liturgies, N = Nx. (Vatican Radio printed sched, Apr 27)

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DANISH SHORTWAVE CLUB INTERNATIONAL

A short reminder that the yearly DSWCI publications will be out of the printer's in a weeks time. Buying a copy supports THE DSWCI Club and the continued running of e.g. DX- Window. NOTHING goes to an individual or a company, completely NON-COMMERCIAL. Cash is perhaps the cheapest and easiest way to send the payment, and is accepted by DSWCI.

Avid tropical DXers and Clandestine station DXers, look here: The new editions of the annual publications for DX-ers:

-- the TROPICAL BANDS SURVEY (TBS) edited in its 26th Edition by DSWCI Chairman Anker Petersen, and

-- the CLANDESTINE STATIONS LIST (CSL) edited in its 14th Edition as usual by Editor Finn Krone will be available for sale from the DSWCI as of the 8th May, 1998. The TBS and the CSL are sold by the DSWCI, c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, DENMARK for 50 DKK, 8 USD, 5 GBP, 13 DEM or 10 IRCs per issue. 15% discount is given, if a DX Club orders a total of 20 copies or more. DSWCI Bank account is 3001 4001-528459 and postal giro account 710-3409. Cash notes are accepted. Danish Shortwave Club International Anker Petersen [email protected] Finn Krone [email protected]

Monument Open Day. Sightseeing [guided] tour to SW tx centre Deutsche Telekom Nauen, west of Berlin Germany, Sunday Sept 13, 1998, 1000-1200 UTC [1200-1400 local CEST]. Location 4 kms north of Nauen on B273 motorway.

Tag des offenen Denkmals -- Sonntag, 13 Sept 1998, 1200-1400 lokale MESZ. Deutsche Telekom, Fuehrung durch Kurzwellen-Rundfunksendestelle Nauen. Anreise: Autobahn A10, Berliner Ring, Abfahrt Falkensee, LandstraΓ‘e westlich bis zur B273, weiter ca. 1 km noerdlich, links Toreinfahrt Deutsche Telekom. oder

B273 ab Nauen in noerdlicher Richtung Oranienburg, nach ca. 4 km links Toreinfahrt Deutsche Telekom. oder

Autobahn A24, Hamburg-Berlin, Abfahrt Kremmen, B273 in suedlicher Richtung nach Nauen, ca. 4 km vor Nauen rechts Toreinfahrt Deutsche Telekom.

------Wanted: ICOM IC-1275 - 23 cm allmode unit ------

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ASCENSION ISLAND NHK World Radio Tokyo via Merlin ASC relay 1700-1800 on 21630 in Japanese, readable but poor signal in EUR. (WB, May 8)

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia schedule, is valid fr 29th March 1998: English to AS and PAC 0000-0100 17795 17750 15510 13755 13605 12080 9660 0100-0200 17795 17750 15510 15415 15240 13605 12080 9660 0200-0400 17795 17750-x 15510-x 15415 15240-x 13605 12080-x 9660-x 0400-0500 17795 17750-x 15510-x 15415 15240-x 13605 12080-x 9660-x 0500-0600 17795 15510-x 15240-x 13605 12080-x 9660-x 0600-0800 17750-x 15510-x 15415 15240-x 13605 12080-x 11880 9660-x 0800-0830 17750 15510 15415 12080 11880 9710 9580 5995 0830-0900 17750 15510 15415 12080 9710 9580 6080 5995 0900-1000 17750 11880 9580 6080 1000-1100 17750 11880 9580 6080 1100-1200 9580 6080 1200-1400 12080 9770 9580 6080 6020 1400-1500 11660-(from 1430) 9770 9500-(from 1430) 6080 6020 5995 1500-1700 11660 9770 9500 6080 6020 5995 1700-1800 11880 9770 9500 6080 6020 5995 1800-2000 11880 9770 9500 7240 6080 5995 2000-2100 12080 11880 9770 9500 5995 2100-2130 17795 12080 11880 9660 9500 5995 2130-2200 17795 13755 12080 9660 9500 2200-2300 17795 15510 13755 2300-0000 17795 15510 13755 12080 9660

Radio Australia (Foreign-Language sce) 0000-0100 VIETNAMESE As 15415 0500-0600 CAMBODIAN As 17750 15415 0900-1200 TOK PISIN Au 12080 9710 6020 5995 1100-1230 CHINESE-STD As 11880 9500 1230-1430 VIETNAMESE As 11880-(-1330) 11660-(fr 1330) 9500 2000-2100 TOK PISIN Au 7240 6080 2130-2300 INDONESIAN As 11695 2300-0000 VIETNAMESE As 11695 (Copyright BBCM via AGDX, Apr 29)

CAMBODIA Khmer Rouge radio changes schedule. The Voice of the National United Army wishes to inform compatriots and listeners that starting on Mon, 27th Apr 1998, our radio will make a change in its bc schedule. The morning txion remains unchanged and will continue to be bc fr 2330-0030. However, the evening txion will be bc 1100-1200 - instead of 1130-1230. The Voice of the National United Army ardently hopes that compatriots and listeners will continue to tune in according to the new bc schedule. Thank you. [Khmer Rouge radio bcs on 5407] (Copyright BBCM via AGDX, Apr 25)

11939.9 R Voice of Cambodia, 1159, sign-on with tone, then mx and ID in En. Modulation was chronic and nowhere near as strong as the carrier and ton would have suggested. No nx this day, straight into Cambodian songs. (Ormandy, via DXW, Apr 26)

CANADA When you read this item somewhere, that's a J O K E : RCI has plans for a second site on the west coast, at Cable Bay, BC, 2x500 kW ... RCI would be adding Uzbek, Berber, Swahili, Zulu, Hausa, Tok Pisin, Hindi, Urdu... and a high-speed morse code service for the Canadian diplomatic service. (GH WoR, May 8)

CHILE 21550 La Voz Cristiana from Santiago, Chile 2120 TEST TRANSMISSION. Playing Christian mx in Sp and En. Male announcer with ID, location, fax (internat code +56 28557053 and e-mail (Everett & Silvi Apr 23, Kanai Apr 24, Frodge Apr 27 & 28, Renfrew, Apr 28, via Cumbre Dx) Noted in Stuttgart on Apr 23 at 1945 on v21550.64, S=2-3. (WB, Apr 23) ..and May 8th on v21549.95, S=2. (WB, May 8)

Voz Christiana, Santiago, 11890, 0820 presumed this one, with light songs (sounding just like the friendly Sp gospels heard on 21550). Weak signal, peaking to SINPO 24342 but mostly 14321. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, May 8)

Representative of Christian Voice in England in an interview to HCJB DX Party Line on May 2nd: At present station is also testing on 11890 in the Brazil morning hours of 0800-1100.

New La Voz de Christiana SW stn is located some 25 kms south west of Santiago de Chile, 40 kms from Andean mountains. Previous lifetime of the eight ex-Radio Nacional de Chile HARRIS txs used in the 70ies for their ext sce varying between 17.000 and only 2000 transmitting hours in total. Station consist five 73 meters high dipol curtain antenna towers, and four 50 meters high log-periodic type antenna towers. Additional home made antenna for 49 and 31 mb. Commercial power is expensive during local evening peak hours, is restricting their evening transmissions during the tests, so using alternative diesel generator as power supply. Is cheaper to run the station by using diesel generator, than buying commercial power during local electricity peak hours. Diesel equipment will be also used for future backup power.

The station is planning four reasonable services towards Central and South America. All these will start in August 1998, or even earlier.

MEX and CeAM 1300-0100 21550, 0100-0600 11690.

Northern South AM, Caribbean, Panama channel 1100-1400 15375, 1400-2100 17680, 2100-0600 9630.

Brazil 0800-1100 11890, 1100-2100 21500, 2100-0500 freq in the 11 Mhz range.

The fourth service to Southern South America may follow later, 0900-1200 6070, 1200-2000 9635, 2000-0400 6070. (HCJB DX Party Line, May 2)

Voz Cristiana: From DXPL interview with Andrew Flynn, CE, Voz Cristiana, visiting HCJB:

Stn site is 30 km SW of Santiago. Studios are being developed in Miami. The present test tape was made in Santiago. They hope for the progr link with Miami by August. The license was granted at the end of March. They have a free hand to transmit at 100 kW whenever they want within certain bands. They are planning four regional sces for LAM: to Mexico & C.Am at 1300-0100 on 21550 and 0100-0600 on 11690; to Northern S.Am & Caribbean at 1100-1400 on 15375, 1400-2100 on 17680 and 2100-0600 on 9360; to Brazil at 0800-1100 on 11890, 1100-2100 on 21500, and 2100-0500 on 11 MHz. freq (not yet decided); and to Southern S.AM (South Zone) at 0900-1200 on 6070, 1200-2000 on 9635, and 2000-0400 on 6070. These are all tentative freqs, subject to change, and the sces will start sometime before August. Right now they are testing on 21550 to Mexico, and 11890 to Brazil (in the morning [presumably around 0800 JB]).

They had to do a big cleanup at the tx site, but have been impressed with the TCI hardware. One 100 kW tx was almost in working order. It had 70,000 hrs., the other seven txs had fewer hours (the least was 2,000 hours). Six txs are now functioning. TX site is 7 hectares in size, with five towers 73 m. high supporting curtains, four towers 50 m. high supporting log periodics. Also a homemade 49 mb antenna. Prgmng will be similar to the Zambian Christian Voice style. They are buying their power commercially; it is expensive, and they are looking for diesel generators as a back-up or alternative. There isn't much hydrogeneration available in this area now, but they haven't ruled it out. They are also thinking about an Asian facility, perhaps Sri Lanka, for progring in AR, RS, Mandarin and Hindi (not necessarily a new txng stn); and non-SWBC media, e.g. satellite networking and local radio. SW is still good for reaching unreached people. They do intend to have a formal QSL card, although they have been replying to many by E- mail because it is convenient. Mail should now be sent to them in Chile, although in the future they will likely be getting their mail via Miami. They have had over 100 rpts from 20 countries in a few weeks. (DXPL via NU, May 2)

CHINA Questionaire / Listener Survey of RCI Beijing's En sce. CRI is adjusting their freqs, "so we need your feedback" on freqs as soon as possible.

-- please rate the signal quality of each new freq: 5=excellent .... 1=very poor. EUR 6590 9920 3985 9980(Russia) NoAM 7405 9690 9730 9560 1120AM AS 1341 9715 11660 9535 7260 9700 7160 SoPAC 9785 15400 9945 11675 11755 AF 7405 7180 9600 11840 9565

-- What's the best and most convinient freq and time for you (UTC)?

-- How often do you listen to our radio? every day, once/twice a week, occasionally.

-- Your favorite programs, multi-choice.

CRI En schedule from May 4th (* test freqs, most likely via Kunming-Yunnan and Urumqi-Xinjiang): EUR 2000 & 2100 6590 9920 2200 9880(RUS) 2100-2130 3985 Lenk-SUI NoAM 0300 9690(REE) 0400 9560(RCI) 9730(TDF GUF) 1120AM 1300-1500 7405 SoEaAS 1200 1341 9715 11660 11980* 1300 1341 11660 15180 11980* SoAS 1400 9535 11825 7260* 9700* 1500 7160 9785 SoPAC 0900-1100 9785 9890* 11755 1200 9945* 11675* 6950 7385 1300 9945* 11675 7385 Ea&SoAF 1600 9565 9620 1700 7405 9570 11910 2000 7160 7170 2100-2130 7170(MLI) 7180 9535 We&NoAF 1700 9745* 1900 9440 11515 9600* 11840* 2000 7170(MLI) 9440 11840* 2100-2130 7170(MLI) (CRI printed schedule, May 6)

I checked some CRI freqs too: new 13720 [via Urumqi-Xinjiang?] in Persian 1800-1826, 1830-1857. First half hour in //15595 St.Petersburg-RUS. Then the latter one in Arabic fr 1830. Bad modulation on CRI relay via Russia, Ar 12035 at 1830-1927. Strong signal En 1900-2000 on new 11840. Also Romanian new 7305 1900-1926 [via Urumqi-Xinjiang?]. (WB, May 8)

New E-mail addr for China Radio International. Just received word about a new e-mail addr for CRI. Part of their response to my query is below: The official e-mails: for the director of En Sce: [email protected] and for the Audience Relation Section: [email protected] You might want to update your sources. The only working addr available previously was [email protected] (via DXW, May 6)

COSTA RICA Thanks to WoR - GH - Radio for Peace Internat moved to 21460, to avoid R HCJB now on 21470 to EUR (x15365). RfPI noted at 1715 on v21459.84, but suffering from the other side too, HCJB's ssb channel of 21455. (WB, May 8)

RFPI FREQUENCY ALERT!

During the next few days, RFPI will be testing 15050 using our 30 kW tx in the AM mode. Planned hours of operation during this testing phase are 1500-0000 operating at about 15 kw. We fully expect propagation of this freq will hold up long after 0000 but during this test only, we will discontinue the sce at that hour. 7385 will be activated at this time and operate until 0800 on all days except UT Sun in which case the sce will continue until 1200. When testing is completed, we expect to operate 15050 AM at 30 kw fr 1800-0300. Additionally, eff immediately, 21465 is moved to 21460 due to interference from HCJB in Equador. Reception reports for all frequencies urgently solicited via e-mail ([email protected]) or via fax 011 (506) 249-1095. (Joe Bernard, RFPI, May 8) [a carrier noted on 15049.22, S=1, May 9, 1900. Same progr as //21459.80, ed]

ECUADOR Late change to 12015 kHz. HCJB English will make some freq changes next Fri/Sat, May 1-2: to NoAM 0000-0700 on 12015 (x15295, not on previously ann 12020, due of both, Khabarovsk and Moscow on 12020); to EUR 1900-2200 17735 (x15115). Beginning May 1, HCJB will launch its new webpage at: http://www.hcjb.org.ec

German at 1930 & 2100 on 17795 (5 kHz up now), and 21470 (Colin Miller-CAN VE3CMT, Apr 26)

We are making these changes in order to improve our signal to the European listening area and improve reception on our secondary NoAM freq. We invite your comments and Reception Reports to let us know how we are doing. (Valter Aguiar, via Radioescutas Brazil, May 3)

GERMANY 3945 2000-0600 I used the opportunity of my nightwork to check "Brother Stair" via Juelich on 3945 (no, please don't recommend me a good psychiatrist - some spot checks only, of course...): Schedule is fr 2000 (quick antenna switch fr RVI-3995 to "Brother Stair"-3945) through the whole night until 0600. By the way, that's alongside with Wertachtal-3995 (which signs off at 0600, too) a occasion to study 75 metres propagation under daylight conditions, as sunrise is now already around 0330. I found both 3945 and 3995 around 0550 here in eastern Germany (400...500 km away from the txs) on nearly the same strength than at night. (Kai Ludwig-D, May 2/3)

[and GEORGIA] 15715, Voice of Hope: They discontinued use of Tbilisi-12125 for IND at 1330-1530, as the signal wasn't good enough and the modulation was never consistent, though it had a good carrier. Instead, after testing, DTK has found it better on 15715, and is now using it on regular sked at 1330-1530. Georgia continues to carry VoH to EUR at 1600 onwards. (Victor Goonetilleke-SL 4S7VK, UADX, via NU, May 3)

UNIVERSELLES LEBEN, Wuerzburg; Summer 1998 schedule in En: 0800 (Sun) 9930 (via Hawaii) AS & AUS, 1200 (Sun) 9710 (via Lithuania) EUR, 1300 (Sun) 12025 (via Juelich, Germany) IND, 1400 (Sun) 9955 (via WRMI Miami) USA 1630 (Sat) 12015 (via Juelich, Germany) E.AF & ISR, 1800 (Sun) 11785 (via Juelich, Germany) GHA, NIG & CMN, 1830 (Sun) 9490 (via Juelich, Germany) So.AF & CGO, 1945 (exc. Sat/Wed) 5890 (via Juelich, Germany) So&WeEUR. (Direct via BxDXC, May 1)

New Youth Radio in Kiel "Power 612" playing Rap and Dance, and commercial spots heard also. Schedule 0400-1700 UTC, MW Kiel 612 kHz, 10 kW. (Peer-Axel, May 8)

GUAM KTWR - Trans World Radio. Trans World Radio (TWR) is a Christian evangelical broadcaster with its headquarters in North Carolina, USA. TWR operates its own stns in Guam, Monaco, Netherlands Antilles, Sri Lanka and Swaziland. It also hires airtime on txs in several other countries. This schedule, eff 29th Mar 1998, shows TWR sces from Guam (callsign KTWR). 0740-0915 En As 15200 0900-0915 Tue Pacific DX Report 0800-0930 En Au 15330 0800-0815 Thu Pacific DX Report 0825-0855 HAKKA As 11665 0900-1100 Ch-Std As 11670 9650, 1100- 11670 9555, 1130- 11670 9820 9590, 1330- 11670 9820, 1400-1530 9820 9545 0915-0930 Mo/Tu BALINESE As 15200, We/Th TORAJANESE, Fr-Su MADURESE 0930-1100 En As 9865 1030-1045 Fri Pacific DX Report 0930-1100 BI As 15200 1140-1155 Vn As 9870 1200-1300 Jpn As 9465 1330-1345 Mo-Tu ASSAMESE As 15455 1330-1345 We-Su BORO As 15595 1330-1400 SWATOW As 9870 1345-1400 SANTALI As 15595 1400-1500 Su CANTONESE As 9870 1400-1415 Mo-Tu BENGALI EuMEAfAsAuAmDom 15455 1400-1445 Mo-Fr CANTONESE As 9870 1400-1415 Su CANTONESE As 9870 1400-1415 We-Su TAMIL As 15595 1415-1500 Su AMOY As 9870 1430-1515 BURMESE As 9430 1445-1500 Mo-Fr AMOY As 9870 1500-1630 En As 15330 1615-1630 Mon Pacific DX Report [or 15105] 1515-1530 Vn As 9430 2100-2200 BI As 11810 2100-2200 JAPANESE As 11690 2100-2200 KOREAN As 9465 2200-2245 Su-Thu CANTONESE As 11650 2200-2215 Fri CANTONESE As 11650 2200-2300 Sat CANTONESE As 11650 2200-2330 CHINESE-STD As 11995 2200-2230 BI As 15195 2215-2300 Fri AMOY As 11650 2245-2300 Su-Thu AMOY As 11650 - Addr: Trans World Radio, Box CC, Agana, Guam 96932 Tel: +1-671-477-9701 Fax +1-671-477-2838 URL www.gospelcon.net/twr/t_guam.htm (Copyright BBCM via AGDX, May 7)

INDIA [TIBET] Voice of Tibet, India. "Voice of Tibet, the Tibetan broadcasting stn in Dharamsala, has launched a [..] web site. We can listen to the [...] Tibetan program every day on line by real-audio."

"Voice of Tibet (VOT) bcs a daily 30 mins sce every day on SW. The progr production is carried out by Tibetan journalists stationed in several countries, including Europe and the US. All VOT progrs are produced in Tibetan language, and focus mainly on Tibet related issues. The progrs are aired in the evening in the target area, and VOT is now in the process of raising money for starting up a morning sce. If you don't have the RealAudio player [software, it is available from http://www.real.com/players/] free of charge." URL (Osada via Moore, via Cumbre Dx, May 1)

INDONESIA v3355.3 RRI Jambi, 1320-1358, Dangdut mx, 1337 ID by male, 1358 ID, relay RRI Jakarta, nx, nothing heard on 4925 on Apr 10th, but back on 11th. UNID v3175.2 1240-1310, BI, at 1300 RRI Jakarta relay "Warta Berita Ekonomi" til 1308. "Bagimu Negri", then local progr again. Very, very weak, Apr 26th. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 10-11; 26)

IRAQ Iraqi National Accord. This radio stn identifies itself as "The Future" (Arabic: Al-Mustaqbal) and describes itself as "the radio of the Iraqi National Accord" (Arabic: idha'at al-Wifaq al-Watani al-Iraqi). The Iraqi National Accord is an anti-Saddam organization with bases in Amman (Jordan), London and elsewhere. It began bcing on 21st Apr 1996, initially on 1035 MW. It was subsequently observed on 1008 and, more recently, on a variable freq around 1557-1584 kHz (the latter tx is also used by other US-backed Iraqi opposition radios, including Voice of the Armed Forces. The tx is believed to be located in Kuwait. 0000-0200, 1500-1700, 1800-2000, 2100-2300 Ar to ME 1584-v(alt) 1575-v(alt) 1575-v(alt) 1566-v(alt). Addr: Iraqi National Accord, PO Box 3124, London SW19 1RL, UK Tel: +44-181-543-9282 (UK) or +962-6-858699 (Jordan) Fax: +44-181-543-2932 (UK) or +962-6-857925 (Jordan). E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.iraq-free.demon.co.uk/

Voice of the Armed Forces, (formerly Iraqi Army Radio) is hostile to the Saddam Husayn govt and was first heard on 3rd Oct 1994, although bcs may have begun the previous month. The radio identifies itself as "Voice of the Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces" or "This is Iraq, Voice of the Brave Armed Forces" (Ar: "huna al-iraq, sawt al- quwwat al-musallahah al-basilah"). It bcs on a tx operating in the range 1557-1584 kHz (the freq is varied often to avoid jamming). This tx is also used by other US-backed Iraqi opposition radios including The Future/Al Mustaqbal. The tx is believed to be located in Kuwait. Txion times may vary. 1400-1500, 1700-1800, 2000-2100, 2300-0000 Ar to ME 1584-v(alt) 1575-v(alt) 1566-v(alt) 1557-v(alt) (Copyright, BBCM via AGDX, May 7)

IRELAND/UK CLT in UK RADIO sale: CLT-UFA, the Luxembourg based international media group, is seeking at least 65 million pounds sterling from the sale of its main UK radio interests. CLT, which is owned by German media group Bertelsmann, is selling its 80 % stake in longwave station Atlantic 252, its 62 % stake in Talk Radio UK, and RTL Country 1035 AM, its London country music station. Bids are expected by the end of April. CLT plans to keep its stake in London indie station XFM. It will be interesting to see what happens to Atlantic 252 whose licence from the Irish government runs out next year. (Mike Terry-UK, in BrDXC Communication, May '98)

ISRAEL 13644.88 VOSA - Voice of the Southern Azerbaijan, May 9, 0515-0615, Azeri lang. Clandestine radio stn Voice of Southern Azerbaijan (Azeri: Bura Janubi Azerbaijan Sasi), from Israel, programming is hostile to the Iranian govt. Operated by the National and Independent Front of Southern Azerbaijan. Now also daily MORNING progr on 13645, ex11935, S=2-3. Typical VOSA style, P.O.Box addr given at 0615, and phone no. in Den Haag in the Netherlands. Program ends at 06.16:30, tx s-off at 06.16:40. 0515-0615 and 1530-1630, both on 13645. Addr: Vosa Ltd., Postfach 108, A-1193 Vienna, Austria. Contact telephone number in the Netherlands: +31-307-192189 (WB, May 9)

KOREA D.P.R. [NORTH] Pyongyang is now on 7505 (ex 13790, QRM CRI 7504) 1700-2200 in Ru Ge Ru Ge Ge. (PanIview-BUL, Apr 16)

"It's hard to believe, that Pyongyang starts to bc in a completely new frequency range (or they ever used 7.5 MHz?)... Due to heavy local QRM on my workplace I couldn't verify this last night, however, there was a carrier on 7505, so seemingly Pyongyang has indeed realized, that 13790 doesn't work, and replaced it by this new freq. Becomes their freq selection flexible? What's up in Pyongyang??!" (Kai Ludwig-D, May 2)

Yes heard Ru sce of Pyongyang just in 1900-1957 time slot on 7505.04 medium level, no QRM, though CRI closes at 1735, //9325.00, no signal on 13790. (ed, Apr 25 / May 3)

4770 Pyongyang 1015-1024* Korean choir singers, ID by female, no NA. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 10)

LAOS v4682.5 National Radio, Hoh Pan, 1025-1030, instrumental Laotian mx, at 1030 tx problems, then carrier only, feeder break, much weaker signal as some time ago. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 10)

MALAYSIA 5030 thanks to tip of Alan Davis, 0950-1000, RTM Kuching, Sarawak, test tone, 0958 IS, ID "Inilah Radio Malaysia, Kuching", short NA, Bidayah, ID, love songs in BM. Also on 5030 s-on of AWR CTR with weak signal. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 21-22)

MALTA Vo Mediterranean schedule, valid from May 3:

- via Libya on MW 711 (3x50 kW) Mon-Thu + Sat 0500-0600 En, 0600-0700 Ar; Fri 0500-0700 Ar; Sun 0500-0600 En, 0600-0630 Fr, 0630-0700 Ge

- via RAI Prato Smeraldo on 9600 (100 kW ND) Mon-Sat 0600-0630 It, 0630-0700 En, 0700-0730 Ar; Sun 0700-0800 It, 0800-0930 En, 0930-1030 Maltese, 1030-1100 Fr, 1100-1200 Ge

- via GPR-1 Moscow on 12060 (250 kW, 250 degr) Mon-Thu + Sat 1900-2000 En, 2000-2100 Ar; Fri 1900-2100 Ar; Sun 1900-2000 En, 2000-2030 Fr, 2030-2100 Ge

- via GPR-8 Khabarovsk on 17570 (registered, but not necessarily on 240 kW at 170 degr): Suns only 0500-0600 Jpn.

Note: Further txs via GPR-8 (ex0200-0300 15550 and 0300-0500 17570) deleted. (VoM schedule via Heinrich Kaule, sites added by Kai Ludwig)

Comment: I'am still wondering, for which audience VoM bcs via Libyan MW txs after 0500 (= under bright daylight) in En, Fr and Ge?! This outlets was already heard by German DXer Karl Michael "Kalle" Gierich on a subcarrier of Libyan TV, but satellite freaks can't find this anymore, so this was seemingly a switching error only, not a intended satellite sce (although it would make sense, in contrast to the MW tx). (Kai Ludwig-D, May 9) [711 may heard in Northern Libya, and in tourist resorts on Crete island in Greece, as well as in Tunisian tourist resorts too, ed]

MEXICO 4800 XERTA noted in Sp @0821 w/sleepy Mexican mx, canned ID by M 0825 "Esta es Radio Transcontinental de America - X-E-R-T-A - con 50,000 watts de potencia . La banda internacional de 60 metros, en 4800 kiloHertz. ..[unintelligible]...desde Mexico, Distrito Federal." Back into nonstop mx. Weak but in the clear. (Quaglieri-NY USA, May 4)

MONGOLIA Voice of Mongolia schedule: 0830-0900 Russian Far East 15170 0900-0930 English East Asia 15170 0930-1000 Mongolian East Asia 15170 1000-1030 Chinese East Asia 15170 1030-1100 Japanese East Asia 15170 1130-1200 Mongolian Asia 9720, 12085 1200-1230 Chinese Asia 12085 1230-1300 English Australia 12085 1300-1330 Russian Siberia 12085 1345-1415 Japanese East Asia 12085 1430-1500 Chinese Asia 9720, 12085 1500-1530 English South Asia 9720, 12085 1900-1930 Russian Europe 9720, 12085 1930-2000 English Europe 9720, 12085 (Uwe Volk-D, May 2)

NEW ZEALAND 6105 R NZL Internat. 1355-, Tue Apr 21, E sports report. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 21)

There is a NZL window at 1900, heard loud and clear on 9875 starting En internat and PAC nx. (WB, May 8)

PHILIPPINES DZMM, 13170 USB mode. Heard Fri 8 May morning local time, on by 2257 (that's Thurs 7 May UTC) with commercials, then nx in Tagalog from 2302 with usual liberal sprinkling of English words and phrases. Read by male announcer, mainly concerning for coming PHL elections, with long and frequent commercial breaks including many English-language ads. Off abruptly at about 2342, parallel with DZMM on very strong 630 kHz.

Also heard this one just before leaving Malaysia with good reception in Kota Kinabulu at around 2310 on UTC Apr 27th. Apparently a relay intended for fishermen, 13170 carries what sound like ship-to-shore telephone calls later during the day. Thanks to Hans Johnson for the tip. (Alan Davies-UK, temporarily in Manila-PHL, May 9)

POLAND Former Polish RFE head receives declassified security files. The Ministry of Internal Affairs [and Administration] handed over to the former director of the Polish Sce of Radio Free Europe, Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, declassified Security Service [SB] files concerning the radio station. Over 1,000 pages of documents comprise the years 1955-56, 1964-65 and the 1980s. The documents do not contain any data on the SB agents placed in the radio itself; these documents were presumably destroyed during one of several actions to destroy such documents in December 1989. According to the deputy minister of internal affairs and administration, Bogdan Borusewicz, who handed over the files, the most interesting documents are those referring to the years 1955-56, which contain the SB measures against an operation to smuggle leaflets and other documents via balloons to Poland. This operation was organized by Jan Nowak-Jezioranski... Receiving the files, Jan Nowak-Jezioranski said that in his wildest dreams he never thought he would live to experience such a moment... (Copyright, BBCM via AGDX, May 8)

RUSSIA VoVTN Hanoi via Russia in French around 1830-1857, strong signal 44444. (WB, May 8)

SERBIA Radio Yugoslavia have moved to their summer freqs, just as predicted. I heard them poorly, under disturbed atmospheric conditions, May 4 0000-0030 9580 & 11870. (Ivan Grishin, WORLD OF RADIO 940, May 7)

SINGAPORE 6150 R Singapore Internat. is now regular on this QRG, fr 1100 UTC onwards. So no more chance to hear OrSor Thailand on v6149.8. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 21-22)

SOMALIA R.Hargeisa has moved to 6861 with good signal on May 1 at 1845. Went off at 1857. Checked the next day: chimes at 1557 - Bib - bib at 1600 With an alarm clock and open the prog at 1605 with recital of Koran talk prayer until 16.20 after that talk by man and Somalian songs. The reception is much better than 6066 but very noisy like all the Somalian stations. (Vaghjee, via DXW, May 1)

6888 presumed Voice of the Somali Republic heard on May 2. Very weak reception at 1655, Somalian songs followed by a long talk at 1700 mentioning Somalia heard many times but lost signal at 1725 checked at 1800 nothing was on the air. (Vaghjee, via DXW, May 2)

SOUTH AFRICA 3320, Radio Sonder Grense; Meijerton, Apr 26, 2209-2222, Male with news in Afrikaans, IDs as "RSG", another male with progr preview, telephone number, popmusic (a.o. Aqua). (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Apr 26)

TURKEY (c.f. BC-DX #359) TRT is experimenting to change modulation caracteristics for their txs, most likely at Cakirlar tx site. Often TRT blowing tremendous carrier signals on air, but their signals suffer by only 30 to 60 % modulation level. Also 500 kW outlets are often overmodulated, their 250 kW outlets from same location show clearer peak level modulation.

My latest information about Cakirlar is, that all the txs there operate with a modulation level of 50-60%. Emirler is only a bit better. Consequently, we started receiving complaints about modulation more and more. All the tubes completed their economical lives and should have been replaced long ago. There are many other parts, that need be replaced, too; however, no new parts arrive; and most probably, this situation will not change until we get the txs, etc. back from the Turkish Telecom (which, we hope, is soon). At the moment, it is the Turkish Telecom that owns and operates the txs and antennas that bc TRT progrs. In this situation the engineers and technicians in charge of our HF sites do not come close to full modulation. They are a bit over-cautious.

We had similar complaints concerning our Australia progrs (fr Emirler) and a listener fr Hamersley, warned and helped us a lot. We tried to improve the situation to an extent, but it is not really close to perfect. Such professional supports during these periods are invaluable.

At present, the 9445 outlet at 1730-1930 in Ge & En, also Tu at 2100-0700 carry a fine peak level modulation signal.

From listener reports we understood that the modulation problems arise in the progrs emitted mainly from one tx in Cakirlar.

Today, I have been informed that the modulation level has been re-adjusted. Consequently, I will appreciate it very much if you could monitor the following programmes:

9630 0930-1030 Romanian 9770 1030-1130 Greek 11910 1130-1230 Albanian 7160 1630-1700 Macedonian 9445 1730-1830 German 9445 1830-1930 English 11620 1930-2030 French 9460 2100-0700 Turkish (TRT International Technical Relations Service, Turkish Radio-TV Corpor, e-mail: [email protected] )

Please send reception reports to the address given below. And mention the audio characteristics, like 100 % modulation, deep fading, covered by ?? station, time pips 100 % mod but voice and music level by 30 % mod, cutting mod, caustic mod, distorted audio transmitter tube defect, soft mod, overmodulated signal, peak level modulation. (WB, Apr 17)

TRT Ankara needs reception reports from all parts of their txion targets, please send your e-mail to TRT technical departement under address [email protected]

To reach the respective language departements in TRT bcing house use this e-mail address [email protected] ; url http:// www.tsr.gov.tr

Be careful, some freq information are out of date on the web page. (TRT via Benno Klink, DG1EA, Mar 28 / May 1)

UNITED KINGDOM 15200 Merlin Communications with Radio Caroline, 1730-1800, in En with pop mx, Greetings, promo's, news at 1800, fair to good reception. (Kecskes via Cumbre Dx, Apr 29)

Transmission sites for Merlin Network One: 9645 2200-0100 Woofferton 9780 2200-2400 Rampisham 11915 2100-2300 Woofferton 11985 2100-0100 Rampisham 13690 1900-0100 Skelton 15200 1700-1900 Woofferton 15590 1900-2100 Woofferton Address for QSLs for the Merlin Network One programs aired on Weds is: Merlin Network One, P.O. Box 76, Bush House - 724 NE Wing London WC 2B 4PH, United Kingdom (Ferguson via Cumbre Dx, May 1)

[Isle of MAN] 279 kHz Longwave has now been cleared internationally by the UK on behalf of the Isle of Man. Clearance is for a maximum daytime tx power of 500 kW, dropping to just 10 kW at night, although the Isle of Man Communications Commission is understood to be appealing against this night time limit. No licence has yet been advertised, although several groups have already expressed an interest, including Paul Rusling's Isle of Man International Broadcasting Company, Radio Caroline and United Christian Broadcasters. It seems likely that the franchise will be awarded to a service which will benefit the island in some way. (Allean McKellar, David Duckworth, Ray Woodward, in BrDXC Communication, May '98)

USA R Free Iraq from USA towards Iraq will be founded soon by the US govt. in the US ext. sce framework, like IBB, VoA, R Marti, RFA, RFE, RL. (VoA CW Kim Elliott, May 2)

(c.f. BC-DX #363) VoA Communications World, at present progr of 29 mins duration every Sat, will start CW snippets of 9 mins duration only on Sat May 30th. Programme schedule is as follows: 0136-0145, repeats subsequently starting on odd hours at 0336, 0536 ... 2336 UTC.

VoA En will undergo a major format change eff 0000 UTC, May 28, 1998. Most VoA En block progrs will be replaced by a "rolling" all-news type format. Communications World will be reduced from 29 to 9 mins. However, it will be bc 12 times each Sat, at 36 mins past each odd UTC hour (0136, 0336 ... 2336). I am presently planning to prepare three segments, each bc four times each Sat. The last half-hour Communications World is scheduled for the weekend of May 23/24. VoA Computer sces staff tell me that they can continue to make CW available in RealAudio format, and they might also be able to combine the three segments into one 27-minute stream. That would be available at the CW Web site http://www.trsc.com/cw.html for convenient listening. (VoA Communications World, Kim Elliott, May 2)

0136-0145 EuME 1548-ku 1197-mu Am 13740 9775 9455 7405 6130 5995 As 17820 17740 15250 11820 11725 11705 9635 7200 7115 0336-0345 Eu 1197-mu Af 9885 9575 7290 7280 7105 6115 6080 4960 1530-s 909-m Am 1580-Bz 1530-Bz 0536-0545 EuMEAs 15205 11965 1197-mu Af 12080 9630 7195 6080 6035 5970 909-m 0736-0745 and 0936-0945 on Satellite and Cable Network only. 1136-1145 EuAsAu 15425 15160 11720 11680-(fr 1130) 9760 9645 6110 1336-1345 As 15425 15160 9760 9645 6160 1536-1545 EuMEAf 15255 15205 9700 1260-rh EuAsAu 15395 9760 9645 7215 7125 6160 6110 1197-mu (fr 1530) 1736-1745 EuME 15255 15135 9760 9700 1260-rh AfAsAu 17895 15445 15410 15395 15255 9645 7215 7170 7125 6160 6110 1936-1945 Au 15180 11870 9525 MEAf 9770 9760 Af 15580 15445 15410 11975 7415 7375 6035 909-m 2136-2245 AsAu 17735 15185 11870 EuME 9760 9535 6095 6040 1548-ku 1260-rh MEAf 17725 15580 15445 15410 11975 9535 7415 7375 6035 1530-s 909-m 2336-2345 AsAu 17820 17735 15305 15290 15185 11760 9770 9705 7215 1575-b (Fri/Sat fr 2230) ME 1548-ku 1260-rh (fr 2230) (VoA schedule via BBCM[Copyright] via AGDX, Apr 2)

6130 BBC via Delano in Sp, 1255-1330* report on airplane crash in COL to EQA. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 21-22)

VIETNAM 10059.82, Hanoi 1, Apr 27, 1526-1538, Male speaker in Vn, VTN song with short announcements by female in between. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Apr 27)

[via Armavir Krasnodar Russia 500 kW 315 degr] 7260.00 Voice of Vietnam 0344 In En, talk by man and woman about military involvments. Talk was interspersed with vocal mx with military/anthem-like styles. Signal varied in strength and readability, mostly fair to poor. ID and s-off at 0356 by man. Reception under unusual conditions with K index of 5. (Mark Fine-USA, May 4)

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ALGERIA v15158.07 RTA Algiers, May 11, 1600-1700?, En sce, nx at 1600. Terrible wobbling signal, sometimes up to 15 kHz wide. Difficult to discribe, just tune-in, and hear it. //v11715.49, terrible hum on the latter one due to odd freq. (WB, May 11)

CAMBODIA Khmer Rouge radio tx "destroyed". The mobile clandestine radio [tx] of the Ta Mok-controlled Khmer Rouge was reportedly destroyed in an onslaught mounted by govt troops in Choam or the pass of Chhong Sa-ngam in Thai on the morning of 11th May. Acc to reports received from the frontline, the govt troops launched operations against the two border areas, namely Phteah Kandal and Choam, which were the last command posts of Ta Mok, between 9th and 11th May. The govt troops destroyed two of Ta Mok's tanks and his radio stn at the Choam border crossing. Chea Man, commander of the Fourth Military Region, said that acc to reports received from the battlefield at Choam, it could be concluded that the Khmer Rouge radio was damaged in the (?repeated) attacks on Mon 11th May, because intelligence teams had clearly indicated the position of the clandestine radio for the attack and destruction. [Voice of the National United Army - the Khmer Rouge radio stn - was monitored bcing as usual from 1100-1200 on 12th May; however, the stn was not observed to transmit its next scheduled bcs, at 2330 on 12th May and 1100 on 13th May.] (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 12)

CHINA/MOROCCO/INDIA 13720 The most terrible signal mixture of the week noted here in 1700-1730 time range. Three internat broadcaster met with each other on same bcing channel ! New super power Chinese SW stn Urumqi, Xinjiang, bcing in Ru at 1700-1800 on that channel. Well ahead of VoA Briech-MRC, scheduled in Serbian 1700-1730, and AIR Delhi Hindi sce at 1615-1730 too. Remarkable time delay noted for the CRI Russian sce, compared to //6950, 7375, 9655, 9730 kHz. CRI also heard in Persian at 1900-2000 on 13720. For the benefit of the Serbian audience, would recommend moving Briech outlet to 13715 or much better to "empty" 13790. (WB, May 11)

CRI on new 9890 for En to Pac 0900-1100, heard with excellent signal. Another unannounced freq, via Kunming? Worldwide DX community attributes all new and improved signals from China to be from Urumqi - but CRI insists they are from Kunming [at least bcasts towards EaAS, NoAM eastwards, PAC, AUS, SoEaAS, SoAS and Ea&SoAF are coming from Kunming, but Urumqi Xinjiang outlets are intended for EurRussia, EUR, WeAF and So&CeAM westwards, ed]. (Matt Francis-AUS, via EDXP, May 5)

CNR2 noted on new freq 11505, Ch 0835 //15500. (David Vitek-AUS, via EDXP, May 5) Noted on new freq 7140 2200-2230 //6890. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 5)

CNR1 observed on new freqs 9340 9800 9290 11960 12030, and 15480 in 1100-1130 period. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 11) Also on NF 9830 2140-0000, bad co-channel QRM from RFI-Vladivostok Ch *2200-2300*. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 12)

V. of Pujiang, Shanghai noted on new freq 9705, //with 3280, 1100-1120. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 11)

CNR Minorities Sce noted on 9920, Mongolian *1000-1025*. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 8)

Relays over China facilities since May 4: 5220B 1200-1357 REE Sp 5220B 1400-1457 RFI En 6090K 1600-1657 RFI Fr 6140X 1630-1657 RCI En 6590B 1700-1757 VOR En 7150X 1630-1657 RCI En 7230B 1300-1400 SRI En 7230B 1400-1430 SRI Ge 7230B 1430-1500 SRI It 7480B 1300-1400 SRI En 7480B 1430-1500 SRI It 748OB 1400-1430 SRI Ge 9535X 1330-1357 RCI En 9620B 1000-1157 REE Sp 9660B 1630-1657 RCI En 11500X 1500-1557 VOR En 11600X 1200-1257 RFI En 11795X 1330-1357 RCI En 11890B 1100-1157 RFI Fr 11910X 1200-1357 REE Sp 11910X 1400-1457 RFI En 15440B 0100-0157 RFI Fr X=Xian, B=Beijing (Nagoya DX Circle, via EDXP, May 11)

CIS V. of Tibet noted on 9300 at *0000 assumed this one with pleasant Oriental melody faded up and down to accommodate short announcements by man and woman in tonal language (a good guess might be Tibetan); into extended talk at 0003. Fair signal but boomy, muffled speech audio. Transmitter cut off at 0009; returned about 20 seconds later, but only an open carrier when rechecked at 0013 past 0015. Is supposed to run till 0030*. (Bob Hill-USA, via EDXP, Apr 23) [also noted on 9380, and in 1200-1300 range on 15605-CIS]

CLANDESTINE 6220 D.V.of Iran since today the 13th May moved from 6210 to avoid QRM from R.Fana 1730-1755. Dem.V.ofBurma 1245-1345 is on new 13820 since about the 8th May, having moved out from a short lived 15075, having //15330. (G.Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, May 14)

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COSTA RICA 6071.26, presumed R. 88 Estereo, was already on the air by 1004 May 9; also hrd signing on at approx. 1008 on May 11, and at 1010 on May 12, so s/on seems to be getting later, whether intentionally or not, I don't know. Signal was already on its way out by 1020 this morning, but without any QRM from CFRX. (Berg-MA, via NU, May 12)

RFPI's 15049-AM was a bit stronger than 21460 on May 11 after 1800 so I suspect it's now up to full 30 kW power. But is the loss of USB on 15050 or any other frequency worth it? QSY UT Tue May 12 took only two minutes from very good 15049 at 0006 until poor and noisy 7385 came up at 0008, this is definitely too early to make the switch, leaving us with no alternative to 7385 during a lot of summer evening daylight and T-storm static. May 11 around 1100-1300 I was checking 15050 and was hearing AIR India mostly with mx, not too strong, but any signal at all from them is a sign of new, improved conditions (Tashkent was also in until 1228* in English on 17775, 15295!) and if RFPI had been on the air then, there would have been a nasty het to match the one on 7385 with China.

RFPI kept 15049-AM on past 0730 UT Thur May 14, and it was booming in, much better than 7385 would have been with QRN, hets. Including Continent of Media at 0700, loud and clear. After 0745 some tx breaks happened, and finally off after 0800, but I really should be sleeping instead. Very successful experiment, and I hope RFPI will keep it up for summer/rising sunspot cycle tho on disturbed dates it may not work. BTW, the only other stn on 15050 is All India Radio, with which RFPI could clash now, in some parts of the world, and around 0500 there was a barely-detectable het, presumably from this. (Glenn Hauser, OK, May 14)

[noted all three loud and clear, RfPI on 21459.91, HCJB on 21455usb and 21470am, 2130 UTC on May 15, ed]

CROATIA The BBCM Schedule for Croatian Radio deos not include two small nx progrs in Sp: 2300-2305 & 0000-0005 9925 via txs at DTK Juelich, Germany. This progr is within the Croatian progr to AM with nx in En on the hour. No info about Sp progr is inside the official Web site. (Pedro Sedano, Spain in DXW, May 10)

On-line LIVE Croatian Radio and TV on the Net. Croatian Radio and TV has a website at http://www.hrt.hr/index_eng.html with links to 6 radio stns bcing live 24 hours a day in stereo, and a live TV channel (audio & video) bcing 18 hrs a day. There are also live bcs 24 hours a day in stereo from Radio Rijeka at http://indy.multilink.hr/radiorijeka/druga.html and from Radio HKR (Croatian Catholic Radio) at http://www.hkr.hr/audio.html For all of the above receptions you must use RealAudio (version 5).

Croatian Radio - SW bcs via DTK Juelich Mar 29-Oct 25, 1998 SoAM 9925 0000-0200 NoAM 9925 0200-0400 NoAM We 9925 0400-0500 NZL 13820 0600-0700 EaAUS 13820 0700-0900 WeAUS 13820 0900-1000 SoAF 9860 2100-2200

Croatian Radio can be heard in EUR and the Mediterranean area 24 hrs a day on the following freqs: 5900, 6025, 6145, 7125, 7185, 9830 and 13830 via Zagreb Deanovec. In the evenings and at night Croatian Radio can also be heard on MW Zadar 1134 and Deanovec 1125. (Barry S. Marjanovich, May 8)

CUBA RHC's USB freq to EUR turns out to be 13750, not 13740 as Coro originally said it would be, //13715 AM around 2100 in En May 9. Could clash with TIAWR but not on then. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 941, May 14)

CYPRUS BRT SW transmission. We were supposed to have a new SW Transmitter by the end of last year but unfortunately the supplier firm could not fullfill his obligations, we are still experiencing trouble with the case, therefore we can not predict anything for the moment. We are trying to get the Bayrak International broadcast on the Internet nowadays, and hope that you will be able to listen by next week. Our address is: http://www.emu.edu.tr/~brt (Tony Vaughan/British DX Club, May 12)

ECUADOR Alongside with HCJB's already reported move from 15365 and 17790 to 17795 and 21470 is there also a change for Ge 0430-0500: 5 kHz down from 9780* to 9775. (Dr. Gerald Kallinger-AUT, May 11) [ * to avoid Yemen on v9780]

HcJB URL, it is: www.hcjb.org.ec (Colin Miller-CAN VE3CMT, May 11)

EGYPT R Cairo heard starting Ru sce at 1800 on 17690. Dreadful distorted txion. (Noel Green-UK, May 7)

FINLAND R Finland Helsinki, Z98 freq usage schedule: 5970 1900-2000 6120 0300-2200 6135 1930-2100 6180 1300-1400 9560 0500-0800 9560 0900-1030 9655 0400-0545 9655 2300-2330 9730 1300-2000 9780 0200-0300 11755 0400-2000 11895 2300-2330 11900 0200-0300 11900 1100-1300 11945 0600-0700 13645 Suns 1000-1100 15145 1500-1600 15235 0700-0900 15400 1200-1300 15400 1400-1500 15440 0400-0530 17820 0700-0830 17830 0600-0700 (Arto Mujunen & Willliam Kitching, in WDXC Contact May)

GERMANY 17505 Tentativ. US relig radio stn Brother Stair via DTK Juelich noted bcing distorted signal May 10th at 1000, noted also still at 1300. Very poor signal and suffers by UTM. Heard on three rxs. When checked later in the afternoon, stn was off.

(WB, May 10)

Brother Stair's Overcomer Ministry heard on new freqs: 13810 at 0755, with huge signal, via DTK Juelich, and replacing 9500 in the 0600-1000 period for AUS/NZL. Also later in our evening on 17665 at 1045 with another big signal, also heard on 17525 and 17505 - both considerably weaker, continued after 1100, May 3. (Matt Francis-AUS, via EDXP)

And also on new freq 9510 2100-2200 in EB - big signal. Again on 3945 with good signals 2120-2130 via Juelich. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, May 11)

9925 Croatian Radio 0139 nx in En read by woman until 0142. Part of re-release txion via Deutsche Telekom tx at Juelich. Otherwise unnotable, except that En news was read at the half-hour mark in addition to the usual on-hour segments to NoAM. Noted again at 0238. (Mark Fine-USA, May 12)

HUNGARY Radio Budapest valid fr 29 Mar-25 Oct 1998 En NoAM 0100-0130 6120 9580 0230-0300 9840 11910 EUR 1900-1930 3975 7170 2100-2130 3975 11700 Ge 1730-1800 3975 5990 1930-2000 3975 7180 excSun 1200-1300 5970 7220 Sun 1700-1800 3975 5990 Sun Hu EUR 1800-1900 3975 5960 2000-2100 3975 9505 1100-1200 5970 7215 1300-1400 5980 7215 Sun SoAM 2200-2300 9840 11905 2300-0000 9840 11905Sun NoAM 2000-2100 15210 0000-0100 9810 11910 0130-0230 9840 11685 AUS 0900-1000 17780 21560 1000-1100 17780 21560Sun Ru 0300-0330 3975 6145 1430-1500 5975 9530 Uk 0330-0400 3975 6145 1600-1630 3975 7165 Rom 0400-0430 3975 7290 1530-1600 3975 7165 Cr 0430-0500 3975 7185 1500-1530 3975 7165 Sk 0500-0530 3975 5985 1630-1700 3975 6185 Se 0530-0600 5980 7120 1700-1730 5990 6145 Mon-Sat 1930-2000 7155 9750 Sun (BBCM[COPYRIGHT] via AGDX, Apr 30)

INDIA The multiplicity of languages and cultures, both within India and in the regions abroad to which it bcs - makes the task of AIR ext sces quite challenging. The ext bcing sce is beamed from txs at the national capital Delhi, from the north Indian city of Aligarh, from Dodballapur in the south and from the coastal region of Goa in western India.

The Goa site beams progrs mainly to the ME and Persian Gulf, home to hundreds of thousands of Indian workers and a region where Indian films and culture have some following among the local population, Delhi and Aligarh have four target areas each along with a facility for reversing targeted areas. The Dodballapur site targets additional corners of the world.

Located some 45 kms from Bangalore, it houses six 500 kW txs. Spread over an area of 255 hectares, the superpower txs make up one of the largest SW complex in the world. On site, 36 antennas are mounted on 21 towers in eight different directions, controlled by remote and powered by an electrical substation set up and maintained by AIR engineers. Progrs beamed from these txs are received via satellite fr AIR headquarters in Delhi. (Radio World via ABU technical Review, Jan-Feb 1998, in May 1998 Australasian SW Guide, via EDXP, May 11)

INDONESIA Voice of Indonesia, Cimanggis, 11785, 0845, female speaker in En, Indonesian folk song from Central Java. Noisy modulation but otherwise good reception SINPO 44444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, May 13)

TIMOR EAST [non]. The East Timor International Support Group in Darwin, Australia, plans to build a stn called R. Free East Timor, to broadcast 1 hour a day in Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia; and to link up with Indonesian pro-democracy movement; RealAudio too.

See http://www.easttimor.com (Clandestine Radio Watch via Bill Matthews, TIAWR Wavescan May 11 via Hauser)

Hope this isn't a put-on, too. Why build a station for such little airtime? Would make a lot more sense to rent time somewhere. BTW, Timor dissident and Nobel Prize Recipient Jose Horta was profiled on a recent This American Life on PRI, his dream is to be the Howard Stern of Timor. (Glenn Hauser, OK, May 14)

3175.2 UNID INS stn, 1240-1308, relay RRI Jakarta, 1300-1308 Bagimu Negri, //3344.8 now local progr again. Very weak signal. Active around this time. Another UNID on v3375, bad modulation and weak signal strength. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Apr 26)

3178.78 unID Indo caught the end of nx fr Jakarta at 1318 with NA. They went straight to mx at this point, fading into the noise by 1330. (Steve Martin CA, Cumbre Dx, May 12)

IRAN VOIRI Tehran current observed schedule: 0030-0130 Bengali 7130 11915 11785 0030-0130 English 6055 9022 9685 0030-0130 Spanish 6175 9650 0100-0300 Dari 7180 0130-0230 Arabic 5995 6120 9615 0130-0230 Spanish 6010 6055v 6175 9650 0130-0230 Urdu 6005 7130 11915 0130-0630 Farsi 15084 15365 0230-0530 Arabic 5995 7130 7190 0230-0330 Spanish 6055v 6175 0230-0330 Pashto 6005 7130 11915 0230-0430 Azeri 9615 0300-0330 Armenian 6210 0300-0330 Uzbek 7180 0330-0430 Swahili 11750 13605 15320 0330-0500 Tajik 7180 0330-0530 Arabic* 6195 7115 7295 9610 0400-0500 Arabic** 6020 9670 0430-0530 Turkish 9525 11790 0530-0630 Bosnian 9525 13610 15230 0530-0630 Spanish 11790 15260 0530-0930 Arabic 15125 15350 15585 17570 0545-0630 Hausa 13755v 15450 0630-0730 French 11790 15260 15325 0630-0730 Italian 9022 13615 15084 15230 0730-0930 Farsi 15084 15365 0930-1000 Armenian 9615 11705 0930-1130 Arabic 11745 13605 15125 15350 15585 17570 0930-1100 Farsi 6175 7215 11885 15084 15365 17780 1100-1200 Farsi 7215 15083 15365 1100-1230 Englsih 9585 11830 11875 13605 15260 1130-1200 Arabic 11745 13605 15125 15350 15585 17570 1200-1230 Arabic 11745 15125 15350 15585 17570 1200-1330 Arabic 11745 15350 15585 17570 1200-1300 Italian 13600 15084 15115 1230-1330 Pashto 7180 9585 11830 11875 1230-1330 Malay 11885 13605 13760 15200 1330-1630 Farsi 15084 1330-1430 Chinese 9625 11885 13605 13685 15200 1330-1430 Urdu 6175 9585 9750 11830 11875 1330-1430 Arabic 11995 15350 1330-1530 Urdu 7180 1400-1500 Russian 9575 9735 11930 11960 1430-1530 Bengali 5995 7215v 11875 13605 1430-1530 Urdu 7150 9750 9780 1430-1530 Pashto 11830 1430-1700 Arabic 7190 11995 1500-1530 Kazakh 7165 9585 11885 1530-1600 Uzbek 7180 1530-1630 Russian 7260 9022 9575 1530-1630 English 7215v 9780 13605 1530-1630 Pashto 6175 7150 9750 1530-1730 Urdu 11830 1630-1730 Azeri 11885 1630-1730 Armenian 6005 9535 9620 1630-1730 Farsi 11855v 15084 1630-1730 Turkish 7260 9022 9525 1700-1830 Arabic 6025 7190 9695 1730-1830 Bosnian 7165 7295 7340 9615 11655 1730-1830 German 7160 7260 9022 9530 1730-1830 Russin 7115 7290 1730-1830 Swahili 9650 11750 1730-1830 Farsi 15084 1730-1830 Turkish 11885 1830-1930 Albanian 7295 7340 9615 11655 1830-1930 French 7160 7260 9022 11900 1830-1930 Farsi 7130 15084 1830-1930 Arabic 6025 6145 7190 9695 1930-2030 Arabic** 6025 6145 7190 7230 9695 1930-2000 Italian 7340 9615 11655 1930-2030 English 7160 7260 9022 1930-2030 Russian 7175 7290 7305 9740 1930-2130 Farsi 6175 7130 15084 1945-2030 Hausa 9605 11720 2030-2130 Arabic 6025 6145 7190 9695 2030-2130 Spanish 7260 9022 2130-2230 English 6165 6175v 2130-2230 Bosnian 7125 7145 7170 2130-2330 Arabic 5995 6025 6145 7260 9022 2130-0130 Farsi 7130 15084 2330-0030 French 6030 7260 9022 2330-0030 Chinese 7130 7215 11915 2330-0030 Arabic 5995 6025 6120 6145 9615 0030-0130 Arabic 5995 6120 6145 9615 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, May 14-15)

VoIRI Tehran now using 13615 and heard //15084 for It sce at 0630-0730. (Noel Green, May 7)

Since 21st Apr 1998, IRIB Teheran, Iran has got an e-mail address: [email protected] (Volker Willschrey-D, May 12)

Iranian Revolutionary Workers. Organization Voice of the Worker (Persian: Seda-ye Kargar, Radio-e Sazman-e Kargaran-e Inqilaby-e Iran) is a left-wing radio stn which bcs in opposition to the Iranian govt and in support of the Iranian Revolutionary Workers Organization It has been observed intermittently since June 1987. In the past Voice of the Worker has shared transmitting facilities with another Iranian opposition stn, Voice of the Feda'i (which was first heard in 1984). However, Voice of the Feda'i has not been heard since 1991. 1430-1515 Persian 4200 (repeat of previous day's 1630-1715 bc), 1630- 1715 Pe 4200. (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 7)

IRAQ SCIRI (Voice of Rebellious Iraq). (Ar: Sawt al-Iraq al-tha'ir) supports an Iranian-sponsored Shi'i group, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), and is hostile to the current Iraqi government. SCIRI also produces progrs for V. of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. Voice of Rebellious Iraq is believed to transmit from Iran. According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, it began bcing on 12th Mar 1991. 0000-0200 Ar 1386 (repeat of afternoon bc) 0230-0500 Ar 1539 (repeat of afternoon bc) 1200-1450 Ar 6020-v 1215-1245 Fris weekly nx round up

Addrs: PO Box 11365/738, Tehran, Iran / PO Box 37155/146, Qom, Iran / PO Box 36802, Damascus, Syria. or: SCIRI, 27a Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3XX, UK Tel: +44-171-371-6815; Fax: 371-2886. E-mail: [email protected] URL: ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sciri/ (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 14)

R Kurdistan. Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (KSDP). This radio stn, which was first observed with test txions in May 1997, identifies itself as Radio Kurdistan, Voice of the Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (Ar: huna ida'at kurdistan, sawt al-hizb al- ishtiraki al-dimuqrati al-kurdistan; Kurdish: Aira ezgay kurdistana, dangi hizbi socialisti democrati kudistan). A stn called Radio Kurdistan was operated by the Kurdistan Socialist Party in 1992-3. The Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party is a member of the Democratic Alliance of Kurdistan, an alliance of five parties under the leadership of the Patrotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) formed in Dec 1996.

1500-1700 Kurdish/Ar 4135v KSDP web site: http://members.aol.com/kurdis6065/Psk.htm E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 14)

IRELAND [non]. There will be two special SW txions from Ireland's national broadcaster, RTE, dealing with the results of the referendum on the peace agreement in Northern Ireland.

Sat May 23, one hour at 1700 9665 15605 17695; 1800 11785; 2000 15515; 2200 7180, 13705.

Sun May 24, another one-hour progr: 1200 17665; 1300 15625; 1400 9810; 1600 9665, 15105; 1800 11785; 2000 15515. (Wesley Boyd, RTE, May 12, update May 13 via Hauser)

As usual no sites; probably match the Tue/Wed Worlds Apart show DTK and RSA. (Glenn Hauser, OK, May 14)

ITALY unknown site 9665 AWR, 1418 , Arabic progr, giving adress in French in France, ID La Voix de la Esperance, 34333. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, May 11) [registered Forli-Italy 10 kW 300 degr, 1300 Fr, 1330-1430 Ar]

KOREA D.P.R. 7505 Now I finally heard Radio Pyongyang at 2115 on new 7505. A really terrible choice: This outlet provides chiefly a loud 1000 Hz het with China on 7504. Seems they have maintained their equipment, //9325 had clear voice modulation. (Kai Ludwig-D, May 11)

LAOS 4691 Houa Phan untraced here in Manila, but I'm not sure that much would propagate here that late in the morning and early in the evening. 6973 Luang Prabang untraced here in Manila. (Alan Davies-UK, May 7)

MALAYSIA Voice of Malaysia, Kajang, 15295, 0902, female speaker with Malaysian and internat nx in Bahasa Malaysia. SINPO 44444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, May 13)

MALI 11960 RTM Bamako, May 11, 1730-17.59:33*, Fr language, ID before s-off. No //v9633. Noted here for the first time on even[!] 11960.00 again. Stn has been silent at least for two or three years on this channel. Modulation is crystal clear now, so it's seemingly new and overhauled equipment in use. (WB, May 11)

OMAN R. Oman current observed schedule: 6085 1800-2130 6120 0200-0300+ 7230 0200-0300+, 1400-2130 9510 0700-0900 9575 1400-1800 9735 1900-2130 11805 1600-1900 11890 0900-1400 15140 0500-1600 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS, May 14-15)

PAKISTAN 15335.05 R Pakistan, May 11, 1700-1900*, new freq for Urdu WS to EUR (x9330). //v11570.10, thanks to a tip of Noel Green, Blackpool. Special Urdu progr to ME workers is now on v9330.10 at 1800-1900 (x7255). (Noel Green, May 7; WB, May 11)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Radio Free Bougainville, Loloho: Stn currently uses 3865 0900-1100, in En and local langs, with 80 Watts, from a site in Central Bougainville. The local community still refers to the region as "The Republic of Bougainvlle". QSLs and general information available for five IRCs, fr Sam Voron, 2 Griffith Avenue, Roseville, NSW, Australia 2069. Tel: +61 2 9417 1066. (Mick Ogrizek-AUS, via EDXP, May 1)

PHILIPPINES FEBC noted on new 9810, *2230 Lao, ex listed 9875. Probably to avoid RFA on 9875 Holzkirchen *2300-0000* Tibetan !!! (Bob Padula-AUS, May 11)

11885 R Pilipinas Tinang, 0304-0330*, 250 kW 283 degr, En nx reports with female speaker Evelyn Agado (whom I know personaly and met 18 years ago!), she has been worked before on R.V.A. Manila in Quezon City. President Ramos will release 800 political prisoners, just before PHL elections take place. //Tinang 15270 250 283 = 25332. 15330 R Pilipinas Poro to JPN target, 0330-, 100 kW 34 degr,Tagalog, NA, IS, ID, nx, 35533. Also announced Poro 17730 100 45/225 to west coast of USA, and Poro 13770 50 232 to Singapore. (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 5)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon heard on 13635 under/over SRI Sottens at 0600 in //9780. Seems to have replaced 7110 weekdays, which is not heard. Much better signal by mid-morning UTC but very peculiar audio/modulation with lots of 'drop outs'. (Noel Green, May 8)

Noted also on 13635 weekdays at 1645 [registered 1600-2000, x11740?], //13625 & 15120, latter well ahead of Nigeria. (WB, May 11)

In WORLDWIDE DX Top News No. 362, Noel Green presented the RDP Lisbon Z98 summer schedule. In the meantime, there had been a lot of changes, so here it is again the complete summer schedule of RDP, eff from May 4th, 1998, in Po lang, 100 kW exc where shown:

Mon-Fri EUR 0500-1200 13635 (x7110) 0600-1200 & 1600-2000 9780 0645-0800 11780 via RTE/DW Sines 250 kW 1600-2000 13625 (x9815) 1615-2000 13635 Timor 1200-1300 17495 (x17710) 300 kW ME 1200-1330 21515 AF 0900-1100 21720 17725 300 kW 1600-2000 15120 (new) 300 kW GUI/CPV/B 0900-1100 & 1600-1900 21655 USA/CAN 2300-0330 9570 & 11770 (x6150) VEN 2300-0330 13700 (x13760) BRAZIL 2300-0330 11840 13640

Sat-Sun EUR 0700-2000 9780 & 13635 (new) 0830-1000 9575 via RTE/DW Sines 250kW Timor 0700-0900 17745 (x17710) 300 kW ME 1500-1800 Sat, 1400-1900 Sun 21515 AF 0700-1700 17725 300 kW 1700-2000 15120 300 kW GUI/CPV/B 0700-2000 21655 USA/CAN 1200-2000 15200 2300-0330 9570 & 11770 (x6150) VEN 1200-2000 17745 2300-0330 13700 (x13760) BRAZIL 2300-0330 11840 13640 Tetum language Mon-Fri to Timor-INS 1105-1200 17495 (x17710) 300 kW. On May 6th, I got my last QSL-Card and program schedule from RDP for the last En language bc to EUR on Mar 31th with a personal letter from Winnie Almeida, a member of the En Sce. She wrote: "Dear Paul Wnuk, Thank you for having kept in touch with us over the years through your letters and reception reports. It has been a great pleasure for all of us here at radio Portugal International, and for me in particular, to have you as a listener and friend during the past years. We are sorry to have inform you that Radio Portugal International_s Foreign Language Service has closed down, and for the present, we know of no plans to reactivate the service in the foreseeable future. However, you will be part of the fond memories we will always have of this service which we shared with you during so many years. With very best wishes, Winnie Almeida (for the English Service of RDP/I)." (Paul Wnuk-D, May 11)

QATAR 17770 QBS Doha has moved off 17830 onto 17770 at 0707-1307. Their freq management dept. must have worked overtime to find this channel -- now co-ch BBC CYP 0900-0915 in Somali, Abu Dhabi s-on circa 0900, Romania 1100, and Cairo from 1115 ! (Noel Green-UK, May 7)

QBS current observed schedule: 9570.2 0245-2125 11785 0245-0705, 1305-2125 17770 0705-1305 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS, May 14-15)

ROMANIA Next episode: Radio Romania Internat in En found at 2130 off-freq on 7107.1 (nominal 7105). (Kai Ludwig-D, May 11)

RUSSIA 15215 Radio Mayak via Petrozavodsk [as registered in HFCC list for 1530-2200 time slot], noted again in our late afternoon. 1630-1640. Ru talks, //9885, no time delay on each other. (WB, May 11)

Radio Tikhy Okean from Vladivostok noted several times around 0845 on 17570, signal varying between poor and fair, very muffled modulation. (Fred Schwarz, Rudolstadt/Germany, May 11)

"Secret" Kuybyshev radio tx filmed. To mark Radio Day on 7th May, Russia TV news carried a report by the first film crew permitted into Russia's Kuybyshev radio tx centre, which has one of the world's biggest txs, 28m high. Up until now the centre had been kept secret. Design and construction of what was described as the world's most powerful long and mediumwave radio station started in July 1941, the report said, adding that diplomats evacuated to embassies in Kuybyshev during the war never knew that they were not permitted out of town for fear of them seeing the scientists or prisoners working there. Longwave transmissions started in autumn 1942 to all Europe and most of Asia. The report recalled: "There two weeks in the 55-year history of the radio centre when the voice of Moscow fell silent. In April 1971 a terrible fire destroyed almost all the equipment. The firemen had not finished fighting the fire when this was reported by Voice of America. But not everyone heard about it, because Voice of America operated on shortwave, which is so easy to jam. Nowadays the unique capacities of the Kuybyshev radio centre are used by Deutsche Welle and the BBC. This cooperation is not only prompted by openness and glasnost. Unfortunately, the Russian state numbers communications workers among its debtors. Nevertheless, each morning when you switch on the radio you will hear `Moscow calling' and for many people this means that Russia lives."

(BBCM[COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 7)

Radiostation "MAYAK"- GPR-2 Kaliningrad 120 kW [083 ΓΈ + 118ΓΈ] 1300-2100 6015 GPR-2 St.Peterburg 200 kW [147ΓΈ] 0200-0400 9875 (since 6 Sep 5925) 0530-1000 12005 1030-1300 11685 1330-2000 9885 (since 6 Sep 6035) 200 kW [147ΓΈ] 0200-0430 7335 (til 5 Sep) 0500-1300 11985 (til 5 Sep) 0200-0600 5935 (since 6 Sep) 0630-1300 11985 (since 6 Sep) GPR-3 (Saransk) 120 kW [190ΓΈ] 0200-0400 7440 0430-1400 9470 1430-2000 7345 (since 6 Sep 5890) GPR-8 (Komsomolsk-na-Amure) 100 kW [040ΓΈ] 1800-2200 7240 (alternat 6020) 2230-1200 9670 1230-1400 7240 (alternat 6020) {radiostn "Tikhiy Okean" 1800-1845, 0715-0800} Krasnoyarsk 20 kW 2200-1100 9500 1130-1600 5900 Arkhangelsk 20 kW 0200-0600 5950 0630-1400 9610 1430-2200 5920 5 kW 0200-1500 7330 1530-2200 15215 (Nikolai Rudnev via Russ-DX, May 14)

SAUDI ARABIA 15170 Radio Riyadh, 1400-1600*, new Fr lang relay of home sce of MW Jeddah 1485 & Damman 1098. Thanks to a tip of Noel Green from Blackpool. ID announcing as "Radio Riyadh" before signing-off at 1600. Listed by the WRTH as Foreign Language Progrs within the dom sces. They briefly announced their En sce too at 1600 but tx then cut off and no other freq on 15 MHz could be heard. En & Fr were listed until early 1990's by the WRTH as using two 9 MHz channels (9705/9720) though not easy to hear here in EUR. (Noel Green, May 7; WB, May 11)

BSKSA Radio Riyadh, Unident site, 15170, 1500, "Le Journal de Radio Riyadh". SINPO 55555 after Voice of Russia signs-off in Urdu. Tnx to tips from Wolfgang Bueschel/Noel Green. (Michiel Schaay, May 13) v11948.27 BSKSA Riyadh, 1700-1800, Ar dom sce, political live interview. Hetting Almaty-KAZ on even 11950. (WB, May 11)

SOMALIA Radio Free Somalia: uses 7100, 1000-1200 daily, in Somali, from a site at Galkays, NoEA Somalia. NoEa Somalia was to be renamed as "Republic of Puhtiland" on Apr 15 1998 by the lcoal people. Uses 800 Watts, with a 5 Watt relay stn set up 700 kms to the north at Bossusso, on 9420 or 9425, 1000-1200. QSLs available for five IRCs, fr Sam Voron, 2 Griffith Avenue, Roseville, NSW, Australia 2069. Tel: +61 2 9417 1066. (Mick Ogrizek-AUS, via EDXP, May 1)

SUDAN New opposition radio: Voice of Liberty and Renewal. On 7th May a previously unheard Sudanese opposition radio calling itself The Radio of the Voice of Liberty and Renewal, Voice of the Sudan Alliance Forces, Voice of the Popular Armed Uprising (Ar: idha'at sawt al-hurriyah wa al-tajdid, sawt quwwat al-tahaluf al-sudaniyyah, sawt al- intifadah al-sha'biyyah al-musallahah) was monitored on 6999. The station broadcasts in Arabic from 1600 to 1700 daily. The Sudan Alliance Forces, SAF, are an opposition Sudanese guerrilla army of ex- government northern soldiers, affiliated to the National Democratic Alliance, NDA. (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 7)

SWEDEN Radio Sweden freq changes for May: En to NoAM at 1130 now on 15235, x15240, plus 17870. Ss to Asia continues on 15240 fr 1130. En to Asia at 0130 on new 9435, plus existing 11985. (Radio Sweden 'Media Scan', May 5, via Matt Francis EDXP, May 11)

TAIWAN v7107.58 Tentat. CBS Minhsiung, 1810-1825, lovely sweet Ch mx and talks in between. Stn tries to avoid CHN jamming on 7105. Beware of CRI Beijing [ext. sce] in Chinese on nearby 7110 at same time. (WB, May 11)

TAJIKISTAN Summer sked for the International Service of Radio Tajikistan: Dari 1400-1500, Persian 1500-1600, Dari 1600-1645, En 1645-1700, Ar 1700-1715, Persian 1715-1800. Progrs are repeated on the following morning: Dari 0100-0200, Persian 0200- 0300, Dari 0300-0345, En 0345-0400, Ar 0400-0415, Persian 0415-0500. All on 7245. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, May 11)

TUNISIA ERTT current observed schedule: 7225 1900-2100, 0400-0700 7281v 1600-2320 11730 0700-1900 12005.6v 0500-2320 15535.2v 0400-1600 17735.2v 0600-1600 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS, May 14-15)

UAE UAE Radio, Abu Dhabi current observed schedule (the 6 and 7 MHz freqs are not in use from May 3): 9605 0200-0500, 1700-2200 11710 1300-1600 13605 1600-2200 13755 0500-1700 15265 1500-2200 15315 0200-0400, 1600-2200 17770 0200-0400, 0900-1100 17885 0600-1500 21630 0200-0600, 0700-1700 21735 0200-0700, 1100-1300 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS, May 14-15)

UK [CANADA - non]. R. Asia Canada heard here with good but not ear-busting signals on 11845 and 9815 until 2400* May 12, immediately switching at *0000 to 11925 and 7325, until about 0157* Their website says there is also a morning txion at 1000-1400 weekdays, but it's vague about the freqs and not heard on any of the above when checked around 1100 on May 13; and to be continuous fr 0400 Sat to 0400 Mon. Also says they plan to start SoAM sce, and they have something for every continent, even if it is a 170-MHz band txion in Australia. During the hour I listened, it was mostly mx during the second half, mostly talk in the first half, with frequent IDs in passing spoken in En. Just how many Tamil-speakers are there around the world, especially in CAN and USA, to make this a viable sce? It's another minority-to-minority sce, oddity like VTN bcing to NoAM in Laotian via RUS, i.e. a language which is not native either to the sending or target country. (Glenn Hauser, OK, May 14)

"CANADA" 9815, R. Asia Canada, 2220 May 11, ear-busting signal with Indian film mx, ID by woman in presumed Tamil at 2232, ments. of Toronto, freqs in MHz; //11845. Web page at says 2000-0200 Mon-Fri, and 0400 Sat to 0400 Mon, on 11845 and 11925 in the "shortwave 41 mb". Not hrd on the latter. Anyone know the tx location for this? (Novello-NC)

Hrd at 2230 May 11 with Indian film mx and talk in Tamil, ID at 2235. They ment. a Toronto MW fqy, but the web page is not linked (unaccessible) (David Ross-ONT)

11925, R. Asia Canada, tx location unknown, 0020-0200 May 12, Tamil vocals and numerous anmts, incl. supposed IDs. Hrd ments. of CAN. Some vocals were Tamil folk tunes, while others were pop songs in Tamil. Anmts by M&W. Tamil instrumental mx for a few mins. up to abrupt 0159:30*. Very good signal, but a bit weaker by 0145. At 0149, DW IS hrd briefly, but then gone. I wonder if this is being relayed by Deutsche Telekom? (Sellers- ONT)

It's from England, arranged by Merlin. 2200-2400 on 11845, 0000-0200 on 11925. Testing this week on 9815 at 2200-2400 and 7325 at 0000-0200. Also watch 15165 for possible activity. (Ferguson-VA)

If they were denied a MW permit, one has to wonder how long a SW-only operation will be viable. Maybe they are working on their webpage, but when I checked it a few mins ago all I could find about this new sce was a "North America Broadcast Starts (Canada & USA)" link, but it went to a very incomplete page with virtually no information on it (Jerry Berg-MA, all via NU, May 12)

An ambitious project to turn Bletchley Park into a Second World War theme park. The park's trustees are currently in negotiations to buy the land from co-owners British Telecom and the government agency Property Advisers Civil Estate for a seven-figure sum. Ideas for the site include building a realistic intelligence museum using latest computer and state-of-the-art technology. A huge publicity campaign to put the park on the world map. (clipping sent in by John Ross in WDXC Contact)

Radio Caroline has a RSL (28 day licence) which will see it on air from June 4th from the Ross Revenge anchored off Queenborough, Isle of Sheppy. An advert in "The Guardian" brought in a postload of offers from those willing to help.

As of April there was no further news about a summer RSL for Radio London. The problem as always is finding backers to support a 28 day session from the North Sea which might be from the Ross Revenge. This would suit Big L., the money would suit the Radio Caroline Support Group while the ship is more suitable for broadcast purposes than other options. Besides finding the cash -- there is the question of whether the authorities would permit the Ross to anchor off Walton? (Dough Sharrard in WDXC Contact)

Merlin Network One partial data (date only) card with computer generated graphics for their first anniversary broadcast on March 28th, 1998. Took 7 weeks. (ed, May 14)

USA Here's a note on a proposed reallocation of the 440 MHz Amateur Radio band to the Private Mobile Radio Service, forwarded to me by Jeff Jackson (KB0TNV) of Jennings, MO. The FCC has put on notice for public comment a petition filed by the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) seeking, among other things, "immediate....reallocation of 420-430 MHz, paired with 440-450 MHz, from Federal use to PMRS [Private Mobile Radio Service]". The petition notes that land mobile already has access to 420-430 MHz in three cities along the Canadian border (the result of a move by Canada at the time of WARC-79 to reallocate that part of the band from amateur to land mobile). The petition makes brief reference to expected "reduction in military use of this band" and to Wind Profiler use of 449 MHz, which according to LMCC "should be discouraged or at least minimized, in favor of higher frequency operation (e.g. 915 MHz), if reallocation to PMRS is considered." The petition notes that "The band is generally popular with radio amateurs, currently on a secondary basis, with repeater use in 440-450 MHz and satellite links and amateur television in 430-440 MHz" and says, "Amateur applications in the 420- 430/440-450 MHz should remain secondary to PMRS." The LMCC is a loose affiliation of organizations with interests in (mostly private) land mobile communications. (Bueneman via Cumbre Dx)

WRNO has had tx problems since they purchased their new tx a little over a year ago. Aloma Powell of WRNO said a few weeks ago that they had finally fixed the problem. I tuned in and they sounded great. Apparently the fix has not lasted and may be related to an accident. Within days of fixing the transmitter, a guy cutting the grass clipped a guy wire for the tower. The tower shifted slightly and took the station off the air for several days, according to Ms. Powell. Now 15420 is often down in the mud again and runs at times as high as 15420.4. (So much for tuning in their Voix de Louisiana progr). Joe Costello, the former owner who died a year ago, willed his assets, including WRNO, to Loyola University. His will is still in litigation, but it is predicted that the stn will eventually have to be sold irrespective of who wins the case. (Johnson, via Cumbre Dx, May 9)

UZBEKISTAN R Tashkent's ME sce noted playing local UZB mx, 1550-1900 on 7285 (underneath RL in Ukr fr Playa de Pals Spain) and 9540. (WB, May 11)

YUGOSLAVIA R. Yugoslavia introduced its new sked on May 3 - see stn's Web page for details http://www.beograd.com/radioyu/schedno.html

Observed on new 9605 signing on at 2300 in Sp - this is listed for 9580 but unheard there. Sces to AUS are now: 7230: 1900-1930 En, 1930-2000 Serbian (exc Sat), 1930-2030 Serbian (special px Sats only), 2000-2030 Serbian (relay RTS exc Sats). (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, May 11)

Some new RealAudio feeds, via Al Quaglieri:

IRAN VOIRI (Iran) at http://www.irib.com/radio/real/radio2.ram

MONACO Radio Monte Carlo at http://www.radiomontecarlo.net/

SOUTH AFRICA SAFM at http://www.avnet.co.za/safmlive.ram Radio Metro at http://www.qradio.net/ra_files/metro.ram

TANZANIA Radio One (Tanzania) at http://www.ippmedia.com/radio1.ram

NRD-545 -- Some items from the price list of radio shop X-ONE in Tokyo, JPN all prices in Japanese YEN

JRC NRD-545 178.000 - 198.000 NRD-535 149.800 NRD-535D 214.800 NRD-345 83.500 - 98.000

AOR AR 7030 117.000 AR 7000 162.000 - 168.000 AR 5000 162.000

ICOM IC-R 8500 142.000 - 168.000

YAESU FRG-100 82.000

SONY ICF-SW 7600GS 36.000 ICF-SW 100S 46.500 ICF-SW 55 43.000 ICF-SW 1000TS 46.500 ICF-SW 77 64.000 AN-1 anten. 11.000

------Wanted: ICOM IC-1275 - 23 cm allmode unit ------

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ALBANIA v12080.32 / v12084.82 R Tirana observed in French, playing local mx, and culture report. 16.00-16.27:13 signing off. 54444 (WB, May 17/21)

TWR in Armenian via Cerrik-ALB 1502-1532 on v12079.84 and v9659.92. (WB, May 22)

ANGOLA 11954.7, Radio Nac de Angola; Mulenvos, 1818, Presumed them, booming in with male talk in Por. 44444 til 1830, when VoA signed on on 11955. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, May 17)

AUSTRALIA With effect fr 2130 May 18 Radio Australia extended its bcs in Indonesian acc to the following schedule: 2130-0000 11695 to Ea&CeINS, and 15415 to Irian Jaya & Java, utilising minor lobe radiation. The extended Indonesian bcs will continue until further notice. The increased Indonesian language txion has been achieved at the expense of RA bcs in En, Vietnamese and Chinese. (Nigel Holmes, RA, via EDXP, May 19)

RA Shepparton on fair level in Khmer heard May 22nd, at 0550 on 15415. From 0600 in En on 13605 15415 15510. (WB, May 22)

The Australian Democrats have called for the immediate redeployment of the Radio Australia tx in Darwin to communicate with Australians in INS in a recent press release. Senator Vicki Bourne said: It is a national disgrace that the 20,000 Australians in INS are forced to switch between the VoA and the BBCWS in the hope that they may catch something about what they should do to secure their safety. (Keckses, via Cumbre Dx, May 15)

Radio Australia extends Indonesian sce. With effect from 2130 18th May 1998 Radio Australia extended its HF shortwave bcs in Indonesian according to the following schedule: Time in UTC, freq, Target region: 2130- 0000 11695 Ea & CeINS 2130-0000 15415 Irian Jaya & Java * * utilizing minor lobe radiation Radio Australia's Indonesian language txion on the Palapa C2 satellite has been extended. It is bc fr 2130-0000 on an audio subcarrier associated with the AusTV TV sce. AusTV is bc on Palapa C2 tr 5H, 3880 MHz and the audio subcarrier is 5.94 MHz. A second subcarrier on 7.2 MHz carries Radio Australia's En sce continuously. The extended Ins bcs will continue until further notice.

The increased Indonesian language txion has been achieved at the expense of RA bcs in En, Vn and Standard Ch. In Jul 1997 the Australian Federal Govt cut Radio Australia's txion funds by two thirds. Amongst the consequences of the funding cuts was the "mothballing" of six 250 kW txs at Cox Peninsula near Darwin.

On 18th May, at 0700 Radio Australia reported: Radio Australia has increased its bc time into INS to enable better coverage of the fast-changing political situation there. Radio Australia, which bcs to INS from a tx at Shepparton in VIC, has increased its morning bc by half an hour. Radio Australia's network manager, Jean-Gabriel Manguy, says the extra time for the Indonesian language progr is being taken from sces to VTN. Despite increasing regional problems, Radio Australia's powerful main tx near Darwin was turned off last year as a result of govt spending cuts.] Australian minister rejects reopening Darwin tx

Australia's communications minister, Richard Alston, has rejected suggestions that Radio Australia's Darwin txs be reopened in the light of the escalating tension in Indonesia. The closure of the txs last year as part of govt budget cuts has dramatically reduced the broadcaster's ability to be heard by listeners in SoEaAS. Senator Alston says listeners in the region do not need the bcs of Radio Australia. [Alston - recording] If you are talking about Australians not getting adequate coverage, then we had the first 10 mins on Channel 2 last night. If you are talking about Indonesians or expatriate Australians somehow getting the Australian view of what's going on there, I would have thought they'd be well able to judge that for themselves, and they can get it from around the region, they can get it from the BBC. They don't need a unique Australian perspective on their own difficulties. (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, May 22)

CAMBODIA Khmer Rouge radio remains unheard. Voice of the National United Army - the Khmer Rouge radio stn - continues to be unheard as of 20th May. Its regular morning txion at 2330 and its regular evening txion at 1100 have not been observed since 13th May. Cambodian radio from Phnom Penh had reported on 12th May that the radio's tx had been destroyed during clashes between Khmer Rouge and govt troops near the Thai border. (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, May 22)

CHILE v21549.98, La Voz Christiana, 1945-2004, Nonstop Sp pop-like Rel. mx to 2003 canned ID by M giving QTH, freq, addr, phone, and what sounded like an Internet addr. Quite good and steady, easily readable signal. Tnx Hans tip stating this has been daily. Still obviously testing. (Dave Valko-USA, May 15)

COSTA RICA v15049.28 RfPI in AM noted talking about an African research progr at 0540, SINPO 24222. v15049.35 at 2025. (WB, May 22)

CUBA RADIO HABANA CUBA, La Habana; some schedule changes valid as fr 4th May: Sp to the Americas 1100-1300, 11905 replaced by 11705. En to EUR 2030-2130, 13740 replaced by 13750. Fr to EUR 2000-2030 and 2130-2200, 13740 replaced by 13750. (Benelux DXC, direct via AC, May 6)

En 0300-0500 13605 (x13660). (PanIview - Rumen Pankov-BUL, May 14)

RHC noted in Portuguese 2000-2100 on 13680. French at same time on 13715am and 13750usb. (WB, May 22)

ECUADOR Special broadcasts on the occasion of 45th anniversary of HCJB's German service.

Sondersendungen von HCJB World Radio. 45 Jahre Deutschsprachiger Dienst Radio HCJB, Die Stimme Der Anden. In den Monaten Juli, Aug, Sept 1998 werden wir Sonderprogramme aus Anlass unseres Jubilaeums ausstrahlen.

Mon: Im Programm ,Ein Blick in die Hoererpost" hoeren Sie aktuelle Beitraege unserer ehemaligen Mitarbeiter. Die: In der Sendung, Land und Leute in Suedamerika" halten wir eine Rueckschau auf das Leben in Ecuador mit den Programmen von Sally Schroeder. Mi: Die Botschaft der Bibel ist immer noch aktuell, auch wenn die Predigten von Peter Huebert schon ueber 15 Jahre alt sind. Do: kurze geschichtliche Rueckblicke auf die Geschichte unserer Abteilung. Fr: Ja damals --" -- in der Sendung "Streiflichter" erinnern sich Dorothea und Ruediger Klaue an die Begegnungen mit unseren ehemaligen Mitarbeitern. Sa: jeweils zu Beginn der Sendung "Fuer DXer" spielen wir alte Einleitungs- melodien. So: In der Sendung "Gottes Wort zum Sonntag" liest Ruediger Klaue Auszuege aus den alten Rundbriefen vor, die wir an unsere Hoerer verschickten.

0430 9775 + 11960; 0600 9765; 1930 17795 + 21470; 2100 17795 + 21470 kHz Radio HCJB, Die Stimme der Anden, Quito - Ecuador - Suedamerika Tel: 00593-2-266808 Fax: 00593-2-267263 URL http://www.hcjb.org/deutsch (HCJB, May 15)

GEORGIA IBC Tamil via Tbilissi Dusheti 7475 noted at 0000-0100. VoHope in En to Indian subcontinent KVOH via Dusheti replaced 12125 by 15715 at 1300- 1530 since Apr 23. From 1530 onwards on 12120 kHz. (WB, May 16)

[ABKHAZIA] 9489.76, Abkhaz Radio, *0328, anthem-like mx at s-on, talk by man in unid. lang. ID in Ru by YL at 0337, "Govoriet Sukumhi." local prgmng at 0400, switched to R. Rossii relay at 0413. Solid S-9 signal. (Henderson-Turkey, via NU, May 17; Rausch May 15)

GERMANY/BELGIUM/CROATIA From Mon May 18 onwards, Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal Brussels will change the EUR freq via DTK Juelich 11965 by 12080 1600-1630. The NoEUR freq DTK Juelich 7410, will be changed to 7415 at 1700-1730. (Rita Penne/RVI, via DX Antwerp, Guido Schotmans May 16; RVI Radio World, May 17)

Croatian Radio via DTK Juelich tx: 0500-0600 13820 NZL 0600-0800 13820 EaAUS 0800-0900 13820 WeAUS

Excellent signals on 13820 in 0500-0900 period, (x13830). 13830 was vacated apparently to avoid a 24-hr Australian utility stn. Craig Tyson, Perth, advises that the ute is operated by the Australian military, for digital txions. This is also affecting Radio Norway/Radio Denmark, currently using 13830 2200-0000 for various sces to AUS and FE. (Bob Padula, via EDXP, May 20)

DW changes eff May 24: Ge to AS, AUS, OCE 0600-0800 11655-ATG (x6185-ATG); En to AS, AUS, OCE 0900-0950 17560-Trimcomalee (x17715-Trincomalee). DW Albanian sce, only 10 mins! noted *0550-0600* 5995 and 7190 both Wertachtal. (Bob Padula, via EDXP, May 16/20)

Brother Stair via DTK Juelich 1600-1700 on 6130, and 1900-2000 on 3945.

15560, Radio Asia Canada, still heard at 2000-2100, tests via Merlin-UK ended, so seemingly now via DTK Juelich site. (WB, May 22)

Merlin have confirmed that they relayed Radio Asia Canada on several freqs on a test basis ONLY FROM 10-15 MAY. They say that they have NOT carried Radio Asia Canada on any of their txs since 15 May. So it would appear that the current txions being widely reported from Radio Asia Canada cannot be via UK sites. I would guess they may perhaps now be using Deutsche Telekom or Russia/CIS sites. Can anyone confirm?? (Dave Kenny, May 22)

HUNGARY Switching error on May 22: 6145 R Budapest in Slovak lang at 1630-1700 observed on 3rd channel, despite registered two channels only, i.e. 3975, 6185. On May 23 back using two channels only. (WB, May 22)

INDONESIA 9525 Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta, May 10, 1235 & 1258-1300*, very strong with great lagu pops, retuned to closing anmts in Ins by woman anncr, voice-over Love Ambon, then full bore L-A for about 30 secs until carrier cut. Not on 11785 (fairly strong unID signal in Ch) or 15150 (open freq) during this txion period I wonder if the troubled times in Indonesia are going to impact VoI or RRI activity? (David Clark-CAN, via DXW, May 16)

Students seize RRI stn, bc reform demands. In Semarang [central Java], also yesterday [14th May], the Radio Republik Indonesia [RRI] radio stn was taken over by students at 1400 LT. The news staff at the govt-owned stn were forced to make a live bc of the students' desire for overall reform and to ask for President Suharto to give up his position. Students take over RRI stn in Padang. At least 2,000 West Sumatera university students occupied the Padang regional stn of RRI [Radio Republik Indonesia] on Tue 19th May at about 1100 West IST without violence or acts of destruction. Earlier, thousands of university students occupied the West Sumatera Provincial Council of People's Representatives some time ago. The university students urged H.S. Hutabarat, head of the Padang regional stn of RRI, to bc the "Programme by University Students" five times a day. He finally complied with the request. The progr will be aired at 0600, 1000, 1430, 1700 and 1930 West IST every day. The "Programme by University Students" essentially states that the university students have no intention at all to cause public suffering in their struggle for reforms. For example, we are against public disorder, thefts, looting, robberies, arson, kidnappings and shootings because these are not part of the struggle for reforms. The struggle for reforms is consistently for the people's interests. (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, May 22)

IRAN VoIRIB Tehran noted on odd v11855.65 [hetting ORF Moosbrunn on even 11855], //15084, in Persian 1630-1730. Thanks to a tip of Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS. Italian morning sce at 0655 on odd v13617.34, wandering approx. 300 Hz within five minutes. Carrying "Calendario Historia" on //15230 and v15084.16 also. (WB, May 21/22)

CLANDESTINE (fr Iran to Iraq). 9610, Voice of Islamic Revol of Iraq, //7295, 0430, ID in Ar, talks, mx. Solid S-9+10 on 31 mb, S-9 on 41 mb. Much talk, and many ments. of Iraq. (Henderson-Turkey, via NU, May 17)

CLANDESTINE (fr Iran to Palestine). 9670, Voice of Palestine Revol, here blasting in at 0420, march mx, //6145 & 6020. 49 mb outlets poorer, but all readable. (Henderson-Turkey, via NU, May 17)

IRELAND RTE Dublin SW sce for referendum results. RTE has announced in a press release that it has arranged special SW txions for coverage of the results of the referendum on the peace agreement in Northern Ireland. On Sat 23rd May, progrs will be bc as follows: 1700-1800 9665-RSA EaAF; 11605-RSA No&CeAF; 17695-CAN-USA[?] NoAM. 1800- 1900 11785-D WeAF [totally covered by QBS Doha in Ar, S=5 signal, ed]. 2000-2100 15515- D SoAM [fine signal = 45444 here, ed]. 2200-2300 7180-RUS AUS; 13705-RUS SoEaAS.

On Sun 24th May the "This Week" progr dealing with the referendum will be txed as follows: 1200-1300 17665-RUS SoEaAS. 1300-1400 15625-RUS AUS. 1400-1500 9810-USA NoAM. 1600-1700 9665-RSA EaAF; 15105-RSA No&CeAF. 1800-1900 11785-D WeAF. 2000-2100 15515-D SoAM. The RTE press release adds "We are using txs in CAN, the US, SoAF, RUS and Germany ... so reception should be available over a wide range outside the main target zones." (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, May 22) [All given tx sites are assumed by yours truly]

ISRAEL 13644.9, Voice of So. Azerbaijan, 1619, presumed this one with woman talking, ME vocal, talk by man; off at 1630* as per sked. Very poor signal; much too weak to ID lang., but it did sound Turkic. (Hill-MA, May 12)

11934.92, here with S-9+5 level at 0712 with talk. Mixing with what sounds like Romania. (Henderson-Turkey, both via NU, May 17)

JORDAN Radio Jordan has again noted with 3 high power txs and some new "old" freqs in use. Here are some today's observations:

1036 15355 //11810 (+ 11690 En) 1304 13620 //11810 (+11690 En) 1420 13620 (+11690 En) 1600 7155 // 6105 (+11690 En) 1713 7155 // 9830 + 6105 with separate Ar px 1846 7155 // 6105 9830 1905 as 1846 UTC (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, St.Petersburg, May 20)

KAZAKHSTAN Three years ago it was determined that the country's capital would be changed from Almaty [formerly Alma Ata] to Akmola, a town of currently 300,000 inhabitants. On Fri, May 8th, the country's President announced that the name of the new capital would be changed from Akmola ("white tomb") to Astana (the Kazakh lang word for "capital"). President Nazarbayev is scheduled to preside over official ceremonies to present the new capital to the world on June 10th. (Source: Reuters News Agency in Toronto Globe and Mail, May 9)

I located the new capital, spelled Aqmola in the National Geographic Atlas of the World, in the north-central interior of the country (David Clark-CAN, via DXW, May 16)

Kazakh Radio Almaty in Ru now Mon-Fri extended til 1800 on 11950. German sce Suns replaced 1000 by 1100 UTC, still on 9505 direct, and Kiev-UKR relay 9620 & 11720. (PanIview - Rumen Pankov-BUL, May 14)

KOREA D.P.R. R Pyongyang in Sp at 1900-1955 on v13759.91, playing Korean childrens choir. (WB, May 22)

LEBANON 11530 Voice of Hope Lebanon. Acc Gary Hull "High Adventure" tx will be increased from 8 to 20 kW on 11530, May 21-27 only. The stn is interested in RR's of the test serie. For comparison, also reports of the previous time span and afterwards the 27th are welcommed, to issue the decision whether higher power would increase the figures of the listenership in Russia and elsewhere. VoHL is mostly interested in RR's from Russia.

Since May 17th RFA in Mandarin replaced 11540 by 11530 to avoid CHN mainland jammers fr 1500-2004 UTC. At present the jammer is still on 11540, but to be expected on the new channel soon. (Thomas Drescher-D, May 18)

MALAYSIA (SARAWAK) I am becoming annoyed by the proliferation of ambiguous and speculative comments of the Kuching, Miri, and Sibu HF outlets, as given in various DX newsletters. Many reports claiming to be the "last word" are conflicting, with local times given as UTC in some sources, quoting "official" schedules issued by RTVM. The information given in the March 1998 Australasian SW Guide has not changed, which indicated that some txers had been closed down due to lack of maintenance. Despite some souces claiming that 3385 (Miri) is operational, I have NEVER heard this outlet, and I believe that this was an assigned freq which was NEVER used. It is my understanding that the 10 kW tx allocated "officially" to 3385 is used on 6060, in // with a second 10 kW txer at the Miri site. Sibu also has two 10 kW txers, operating on 5005 and 6050. Local Iban programming originates from the Sibu Studio at various times, and carried on SW, 5005 and 6050, such as at 0900-0930 on Sats, with telephone call-in features. Miri 6060 takes relays from Kuching - the key SW outlet is 7270. At 0930, 5005, 6050, 6060 and 7270/4895 are in chain, taking the Kuching Iban service (7270).

5030 (Kuching) is audible here in Melbourne with the Bidayuh service from around 1100, co-channel with CRI and AWR-Costa Rica - it also operates from 2200 for local morning bcs. 4895 (Kuching) is also audible here during the evening with Iban. 4835, 7130, 7145 and 7160 are no longer operational for local evening bcs, but some of those channels MAY still be in use during local daytime for limited coverage. I feel that the question of local operations could easily be resolved by local monitoring from the region, rather than publishing of unvalidated "official" information, or newspaper schedules, which may not be entrely correct. (Bob Padula, in EDXP, May 19)

Comm: I agree that MIRI has not been on the air for at least 2 years now. But I can not accept the statement that it was NEVER on. I can vouch for MANY receptions of Miri many years ago. Maybe it didn't carry to Australia? I don't need to go back in my logs to pin point days times. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN, UADX, May 23)

MALI v9632.96 and even 11960, not strong, but on clear channel. RTM Bamako, May 21, 1600-1615, Fr language. Now on both freqs in //. (WB, May 21)

MALTA From VoM Valetta Newsletter Apr 1998: weekdays Libya 711 MW 0500 En, 0600-0700 Ar, Fris only 0500-0700 Ar Rome 9600 0800 It, 0830 En, 0900 Ar (in CET!) RUS 12060 1900 En, 2000-2100 Ar

Sundays Libya 711 0500 En, 0600 Fr, 0630-0700 Ge RUS 17570 0500-0530 Jap Rome 9600 0900 It, 1000 Maltese, 1100 En, 1230 Fr, 1300-1400 Ge (CET!) RUS 12060 1900 En, 2000 Fr, 2030-2100 Ge All Rome Italy txions given in CET = Central European Time.

VOM progrs on FM freqs in Australia. VoM with the co-operation of SBS Radio (Maltese Progr) started bcing a 20 minute weekly progr which commenced on Tue 14 Apr, 1998, at approx. 12.30 p.m. Adelaide 106.3, Brisbane 93.3, Darwin 100.9, Perth 96.9 Sydney 97.7, Melbourne 93.1, Canberra 105.5, Hobart 105.7. 2SER Sydney FM 107.3 MCC Radio progr bcs a VOM progr entitled "Valetta Calling" on Sun 1100-1200 p.m. AST. 30 mins in Maltese, 30 mins in En language. (VoM newsletter, May 15)

MOROCCO Fax including _winter98 schedule_ received from RTM, Morocco on May 22, 1998 (reply to fax sent to RTM on Nov 12, 1997 !):

FROM: LE DIRECTEUR DE LA TELEDIFFUSION, RTM - RABAT, FAX No. 70 32 08

TO : MR. MARC VISSERS, BORSBEEK BELGIQUE

Nous avons le plaisir de vous envoyer la grille des frβ€šquences de la Radiodiffusion Tβ€šlβ€švision Marocaine en ondes courtes ci-joint pour la saison de _l'hiver_98. Salutations

SCHEDULE B98 (where does 'B98' stand for ??) [A=summer Apr-Oct, B=winter Nov-Mar, acc to Dan Ferguson] (antenna information deleted)

FREQ START STOP CIRAF LOC KW AZI 15335 1100-1500 18SE,18SE,27NW, Tanger 500 27 27SW,27SE,28 15335 0000-2400 28NE,28NW,29NW, Tanger 500 27 29SW,29SE 11920 0000-0500 28,29SE,30SW,30SE, Tanger 500 83 31SW,31SE,38NW,39, 47NW,47NE,48NW,48NE 17595 1400-1700 27,28,29,46,47NW Tanger 100 10/190 47NE 17595 1700-1900 27,28,29,46,47NW Tanger 100 10/190 47NE 15345 0900-2200 48,52NE,52SE,53NE Nador 250 110 28SE,28SW,37,38,39, 47NW,47NE

Rem.: RTM clearly uses the old Tanger site [100 kW], as well as the new VOA site at Briech [500 kW], as the second 250-kW-tx at Nador (other one in use by Mβ€šdi 1 on 9575 kHz). (Marc Vissers-BEL, May 23)

This is the first confirmation to our knowledge of the existence of a second 250 kW SW tx at Nador. The second unit has been listed for years in the TDP but no one has ever known if it operated or was only a stand-by tx. Now it seems it is in use by RTM on 15345 kHz, we wonder for how long already. Great job, Marc ! The freqs are exactly the same as in the HFCC Z-98 schedule, only the second 15335 kHz entry should read 2200-2400 instead of 0000-2400 and 17815 kHz from 1700-1900 has been replaced by 17595 kHz. HFCC lists for all sites TAN, although is obvious the 500 kW entries originate from Briech and the 100 kW entries from the old Tanger (joint RTM/VOA) site. (Ludo Maes-BEL, May 23)

That's the information who asked Noel Green from Blackpool-England in Jan 1998 for, when he heard RTM on both 15335 and 17815, ed.

NEW ZEALAND RNZI bcs escape budget cut unscathed. It now appears that the New Zealand govt is maintaining the funding for Radio New Zealand Internat at the existing level. The allocation in the budget, which was announced this week, provides for a 13 per cent cut in the funds for the SW broadcaster to just under 700,000 US $ for the 1998-99 financial year, but officials say the apparent cut reflects one-off expenses for tx facilities made in the current financial year that are not to recur in the coming year. Officials say this means the allocation for the bc of progrs will remain unchanged. The funding is set aside for the foreign minister [as heard] to buy from Radio New Zealand the provision of SW bcs. The current purchase agreement expires at the end of June and a new contract is yet to be signed. The budget comes amid a review by the Foreign Ministry and Treasury officials, who have submitted options which included the stn's closure. (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, May 22)

PAKISTAN v15170.08 and v17555.12 bcasting R Pakistan's Urdu sce to ME workers 0430- 0630, both fair level only, //11725 not propagating into EUR. (WB, May 22)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon Port. Mon-Fri to Timor-INS 1200-1300 on 17640 [co-ch BBC] (x17495, x17710) 300 kW. Tetum language Mon-Fri to Timor-INS 1105-1200 also on 17640. (PanIview - Rumen Pankov-BUL, May 14)

RDP in Po via RTE-DW Sines tx site powerful signal on 11780 Mo-Fr 0645-0800. (WB, May 22)

ROMANIA Bucharest in Romanian at 0800-0856 observed on [strongest] 17805, //15370 15380 17790 17865, and 21480. German sce at 1900-1956 using strange odd v5957.37, //7195 9690, and 11940. Romanian home sce relay to EUR around 1400-1500 on v15104.79 and 11970. Ar sce 1400-1455 on v17817.41, //15270 15365 17735 17745. (WB, May 17)

RUSSIA/CIS IBRA Radio in Stockholm, Sweden, for Z98 has these CIS relays: 15470 Tashkent-UZB 1330-1400 Be. 12020 Moscow 1700-1800 Ar, 12015 Moscow 2000-2100 Ar. (Nagoya DXC, via Padula EDXP)

VoVTN in Vn 1900-2000 12030 via Serpukhov-RUS relay, 55555. (WB, May 22)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Riyadh's MW&FM home sce relay in Fr on SW now also 0800-1000 on 15235. Persian 1400-1500 11745(x11765). BI 1000-1200 21670 (x21705). HQ Ar 0300-0600 17895 (x17720). Ar main progr 1200-1500 15275[co-ch DW] (x15060). (PanIview - Rumen Pankov-BUL, May 14)

In Ar on odd freqs around 1600 UTC: 9578.68, 9704.19, 11948.27. And ARS/US clandestine stn "Voice of the Iraqi People" against IRQ govt., on v9568.46 at 1300-2300. (WB, May 21)

SERBIA/BIH R Yugoslavia Belgrade via Bijeljina-Bosnia tx site: noted Ar sce at 1430 on 11800-45444 and 15175-22322. Ru sce at 1500 on 11870-44544 and 11755-31331. Sp sce at 1900 on 7220-42332, strong co-ch RL in Ru. (WB, May 22)

Yugoslav Radio-Television (JRT) J98 schedule. Radio Yugoslavia's main txing site is at Bijeljina in the Bosnian Serb part of Bosnia-Hercegovina. Some progrs may also be relayed in the Belgrade area on 100.4 Mhz. All txions are daily, exc when days of the week given. 0000-0030 UTC Sun only Se AM 11870 9580 0000-0030 En AM 11870 9580 0030-0100 Se AM 11870 9580 (rebc of RTS home sce) 0430-0500 En AM 11870 9580 1430-1500 Ar ME 15175 11800 1500-1530 Ru EUR 11870 11755 1530-1545 Mo-Fr Hu EUR 6100 1545-1600 Mo-Fr Gr EUR 6100 1600-1630 Fr EUR/AF 11800 9620 1630-1700 Ge EUR 7215 6100 [not true, really on usual summer freqs 7215 & 9620 til Sep 5] 1700-1715 Mo-Fr Al EUR 6100 1413 1715-1730 Mo-Fr Bu EUR 6100 1800-1830 Ru EUR 7165 6100 1830-1900 En EUR/AF 9720 6100 1900-1930 En AUS 7230 1900-1930 Sp EUR 7220 1930-2000 Se EUR/AUS 7230 6100 2000-2030 Su-Fr Ge EUR 7230 6100 2000-2030 Sat only Se EUR/AUS 7230 6100 2030-2100 Fr EUR 6185 6100 2100-2130 En EUR 6185 6100 2300-2330 Sp AM 9720 9620 [repeat at 0000-0030 has been deleted, ed] 2330-0000 Se AM 11870 9580

Addr: Radio Yugoslavia, Hilandarska 2/IV, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel: +381-11-324-4455 Fax: +381-11-323-2014 e-mail: radioyu@beograd com URL: www beograd com/radioyu/ (BBCM[COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, May 22)

SOMALIA 6860 Radio Hargeisa, Hargeisa, 1836. Horn of Africa flute mx, male speaker in vernacular lang. At 1843 fragment of presumed Somali equivalent of military march, followed by male speaker, mentioning Somaliland. Koran prayer at 1855 and silent at 1858. SINPO 24342. No ID heard, but according to log by M.Vaghjee of Mauritius this would be Radio Hargeisa. Also thanks to Karl van Rooy who phoned to tell this one could be heard. I previously logged Radio Hargeisa in May of 1984 on 7120 and in Aug of 1983 on 11638.5. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, May 18)

SOUTH AFRICA 12135 TWR Meyerton relay, 1706, up from scheduled 12135 in presumed Swahili; ID in En at 1728, followed by several IS. IDs in En, Fr, Ge, It at 1730. Site QTH presumed. (Hill-MA, via NU, May 10)

Quick check at 1630 on some RSA channels: Channel Africa in Swahili fr 1600, Fr fr 1630- 1655 on 11900 500 kW. TWR via Meyerton in [assumed] Tigrinya on new 11940 [registered on 11955] starting with ID loop around 1625. TWR in Oromo at same time on 9860. AWR in Somali also via Meyerton on 15620, all txions with 250 kW output. (WB, May 21)

3230 Channel Africa on May 20, at 1900-2000 sport live coverage RSA 1 vv Zambia 1, supposedly in football?. At best SINPO 34333. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, May 20)

SRI LANKA 11905 SLBC Ekala in the clear, noted playing Sri Lankan NA at txion end around 16.34:10, tx s-off at 16.36:20. Seemingly Hindi sce on new time schedule. Registered for 1510-1700 UTC slot. I never forget S-L National Anthem, I heard for the first time in 1972, when visiting then so-called CEYLON. (WB, May 21)

TAJIKISTAN VoTibet in Tibetan via Dushanbe-TJK [acc HFCC list] new 9380 (x11570) noted at 0000-0030 since Apr 22. New VoT 15605-TJK noted here at 1230-1300. Democratic Voice of Burma via Dushanbe-TJK 1245-1345 replaced 11520 by 15075 since May 6th. //DTK Juelich 15330. (WB, May 16)

5800 Tadjik R Dushanbe, 1641 with folk songs 33232. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, May 23)

TURKEY 6900, Turkish State Meteorological Stn, at 0713, with nice Tu mx and anmts. (Henderson-Turkey, via NU, May 17)

7371.5, Ankara Polys Radio, noted here with S-9+10 sig, Tu mx at 0715 and 1045. Much stronger and better modulation than Meteorology-6900. (Henderson-Turkey, via NU, May 17)

UNID 7159.82, Ar stn at arnd 0340-0700. Very weak, blacked out by BBCWS-ASC from 0358. After 0600, completely illegible (traced by picture on scope). Surely the same stn observed arnd 1700-1800. Also QRMed badly. (Vladimir Titarev-Ukraine, via NU, May 17)

UK New WRTH addr: WRTH, P.O. Box 7373, Milton Keynes, MK12 5ZL, U.K. (Andy Sennitt, RNMN)

"The MediaZoo will return to its regular 'cage' on Wed evening following their three day outside b/c from the Cable & Satellite Exhibition in London. For those that missed the live b/cs via Merlin Network One, the MediaZoo will air the highlights from the Cable and Satellite 1998 Exhibition, incl. Tom Woodford ancng the full-time svc of Merlin Network One. MediaZoo will include the regular Job Slot with Howard Rose, Editor of the Radio Magazine, and some very special mx between the Cable and Satellite features." See http://www.mediazoo.co.uk (Eric Wiltsher, rec.radio.shortwave)

Special Mon-Wed (May 18-20) Cable & Satellite Exibition sked given at the MediaZoo website: 1200-1800 BST [which I believe is UTC+1, JB] on Mon & Tues, and 1200-1600 BST on Wed, as follows: to WeEUR 1200-1600 9870 and 1600-1800 9825; to Ce&SoEaEUR 1200-1700 13690 and 1700-1800 13790; to NoAM 1200-1400 15365, 1400-1600 15360, and 1600-1800 15150.

The regular MediaZoo progr is aired Wed night at 2000 BST on SW. I am not certain of the freqs. (Jerry Berg, NU, May 20)

15560, Radio Asia Canada, 2150 Alerted to M reading world nx, sports and financial headlines in En here by Joe Karthaus in #swl. Announced that freq for listeners in NoAM would switch to 11975 in one minute at 2158, and did; only ID at end of nx went: "...and that concludes tonight's En programming, thank you for joining us this evening. For RFE (RSE?) World Service English radio.. (two Tamil names)...goodnight." Sitar flourish and back into Tamil programming 2200. Not sure about acronym, but it's used alternately with "Radio Asia Canada" IDs in the Tamil anncts too. (Novello, via Cumbre Dx, May 18)

R. Asia Canada. Recent observations here 9700 0200-0300, May 16 9560 0000-0200, May 19 9865 0000-0200, May 15 11925 0000-0200, May 15 Txer sites not known (believed Merlin operations). (Bob Padula, via EDXP, May 20)

USA Pres. Clinton put into force the new "1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act" on last Wed. Containing 5 Mio. US $ for RFE/RL Radio Free Iraq broadcasts. Also further 5 Mio. US $, for activities of various Iraqi "democratic opposition" movements in "dissemination of information". The whole text of the new law in Internet under: http://www.iraqfoundation.org/news/1998/May/13_HR3579.html (Mathias Kropf-D, May 17)

Radio Free Asia, new Cantonese 1400-1457 11500. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, May 19)

Fine signal SINPO 54444 for VoFree China's German sce via Okeechobee 9985 at 0630. (WB, May 22)

VoA CW by Kim Elliott, new schedule as part of VoA "News Now" format, UTC Sats, eff May 30. "A" segment (media nx): 0136 to the AMs 5995 6130 & 9455 to SoAS 7115 7200 9635 11705 11725 11820 15250 17740 & 17820 0536 to the Ams 6035 to ME, NoAF & EUR 792 7170 & 11965 15205 to AF 5970 6035 6080 7195 9630 & 12080 1136 to the Ams 9770 to EaAS 6160 9645 9760 11720 15160 & 15425 to SoAS 9760 & 15425 1736 to the AMS 15135 to SoAS 6110 6160 7125 7170 7215 9645 & 15395 to AF 15410 15445 & 17895 to ME, NoAF & EUR 1260 9700 9760 15135 & 15255.

"B" segment (longer reports and interviews): 0336 to the Ams 9575 to AF 6080 6115 7105 7280 7290 9575 & 9885 1336 to EaAS 6130 9645 9760 15160 & 15425 to SoAS 6160 9760 & 15425 1936 to the Ams 15580 to EaAS 9525 11870 & 15180 to ME NoAF & EUR 9760 & 9770 to AF 909 6035 7375 7415 11975 15410 15445 & 15580.

"C" segment (audience feedback or more reports): 1536 to EaAS 6110 6160 7125 9645 & 9760 to SoAS 7125 7215 9645 & 15395 to ME NoAF & EUR 1197 1260 9700 15205 & 15255 2136 to EaAS 11870 15185 & 17735 to ME NoAF & EUR 6040 & 9535 2336 to EaAS 7215 9705 9770 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 & 17820. (VOA CW, also via NU, May 16)

World Harvest Radio of South Bend was one of the victims of the recent satellite failure of Galaxy 4. About 6 PM Tuesday may 20, 1998 the satellite stopped relaying signals which affected TV and Radio communications for World Harvest Radio and it's sister FM's and Network TV channel. LeSEA, owner of World Harvest Radio used Galaxy 4 channel 15 for its national TV network as well as 9 audio channels on the same channel for feeding of it's South Bend, Indiana FM stns and 5 SW stns to the respective txs. As of Thur May 21, 1998 the TV channel is has a new temporary satellite position and Audio channels are still being worked on. Thanks to our engineering dept World Harvest Radio and our FM stn are still on the air. WHRI's 2 txs are being feed from the studio via phone lines to Noblesville, Indiana's tx site. KWHR in Hawaii and WHRA in Maine were airing their respective programming from South Bend using the Real Audio feed's of World Harvest Radio. During this time of using Real Audio on the internet, listeners where restricted from accessing so that we could help guarantee a good uninterrupted audio feed to the txs. With prayers and a little more work things should return to normal soon. This information is as of 4 PM Thur May 21, 1998. (WHRI Brashier, May 21)

VIETNAM 4959.66 Hanoi Home Sce 2210 Female speaker in Vn with ID Dai Tieng noi VTN, //5924.5 and male speaker in Vn. 5035v Hanoi Hmong sce 2215 Vn male speaker followed by nice male local Hmong songs. (Van Rooy, via Cumbre Dx, May 20)

Hmong Sce decent here at 1215, //a very distorted 6164.3.

5596.7 Lao Cai (tentative) first time to hear this one in a while with Vn talk that was very distorted at 1140. Suddenly left the air at 1142. Still can't find their channel that had been running around the 6 MHz range.

6552 Cao Bang Bcing Stn (tent) with Vn talk and a wobbly carrier at 1239. No sign of China's Hmong sce here. (all Johnson via Cumbre Dx, May 19/21/16)

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ALGERIA 7245 R.Algiers, 1658-1710, F/A ann, time pips at 1700'50 and nx, also on 20/5 at 0712 11749.8 R.Algiers, 19-20/5, 0520-/0700-/1300-/1744-/1813-, mostly in French and //11715v and 15158v at 1813-, usual time pips at XXXX'50. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, May 19)

11749,9 RTA Algiers, 1120-1135, French, discussion, 1130 commercial, ID and news magazine, nothing on 11715 or 15160. (Stiller, via DXW, May 22)

15159v, Radio Algiers Internat, 1600 with En sce, SIO 454. This heavily varying freq provides pleasant listening by using straight diode demodulation, only some chirps shows, that something is wrong with the tx. Maybe the engineers haven't noted this fault yet, as it couldn't discovered per air-check. (Ludwig, May 19)

AZERBAIJAN (Nagorno-Karabakh) v9677.66, Voice of Justice, hrd early, at 0502 on Sat, May 23, M&W with talks in Azeri at tune-in, many ments. of Karabakh, some talks on Azerbaijan. Heavily overmodulated carrier, s-off 0536*. The tx was on for at least 10 mins after 0700 without audio. On Wed it apparently was on at 0500-0530*; I hrd it at 0529 without audio. New country? They sent a diplomatic delegation to France this week and were rcvd by Pres. Chirac. (Dan Henderson-Turkey, via NU, May 23)

BULGARIA Radio Bulgaria's interference with R.Asia Canada. Following our monitoring made from May 16 through May 21, it has turned up that Radio Asia Canada International is already operating in the SWs as follows: 2000-0400 Mons 2000-0200 Tue-Fri 1800-0400 Sat & Sun on the following freqs: 1800-2000 17505 /55555/ 2000-2200 15560 /55555/ 2200-2400 11975 /55555/ 0000-0200 9560 /55555/ 0200-0400 9700 /co-channel Radio Bulgaria only Sun, Mon & Tue/

I presume that the tx site used is Juelich, power 100 kW. Do you think that these programmes are actually broadcast through DTK, because on freq 9700 which we use from 0200-0400 for our bcs targeted at Russia we have reports of strong interference from Radio Asia Canada on the above mentioned days of the week. If you can confirm that the broadcasts we have interference with, are really aired by this tx site, could you furnish us with an e-mail address of the competent body or person from the DTK, whom we can contact in order to resolve this co-channel interference. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, Frequency manager, Radio Bulgaria, May 21)

9700 0200-0359 zone 9 295 degr daily 150598-190598 RAC Yes, that particular txion was originating fr DTK Juelich tx site in Germany, ed.

COSTA RICA RFPI announced this new schedule May 15: 1800-0800 30 kW on 15050 (actually 15049+); 1500-2330 10 kW 21460; 0000-1430 10 kW 7385. However, 7385 then changed to the 3 kW tx, which is on 7385.0, no longer heterodyning China after 1200. No USB txions at present. (Glenn Hauser, OK, May 26)

CROATIA Croatian Radio via DTK Juelich. 0500-0600 13820-J NZL 0600-0800 13820-J EaAUS 0800-0900 13820-J WeAUS

Excellent signals on 13820 in 0500-0900 period (x13830). 13830 was vacated apparently to avoid a 24-hr Australian utility station. Craig Tyson, Perth, advises that the ute is operated by the Australian military, for digital txions. This is also affecting Radio Norway/Radio Denmark, currently using 13830 2200-0000 for various sces to Australia and FE. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, May 19)

ECUADOR Just recently I noticed that HCJB's En morning txion to EUR (0700-0900 on 11960) is interrupted daily at 0800 by a short txion break.

In an e-mail message, HCJB's Freq Manager David Lewis explains: As an explanation for the interruptions, I'd like to begin by saying that we're running on reduced tx output power right now. Normally, we transmit this En-to-EUR release at 250 kW on our 500 kW tx. However, about 2 weeks ago, a large transformer in this tx developed an internal short-circuit, forcing us to take the tx off-line, and seek repairs for the transformer. As a backup, we have four 100 kW txs, and we had to make a new bc schedule, in which we took all of our 500 kW tx's progrs and transferred them over to our 100 kW txs. What this means is that some language progrs now have to be "cut up" at times (usually at the hours or half-hours) to fit into the 100 kW txs' progr schedules, due to the addition of the 500 kW tx's addit programming. When the 500 kW tx was operating, the 0700-0900 En programming ran continuously, without any "transfer" interruptions. Now, however, we have to have a "transfer break" shortly before 0800, because we have to now split up this En programming between two 100 kW txs. That explains the break you heard (and will hear for a while longer) at 0800. The other break that you heard was at 0728, and was caused by an unintentional RF power amplifier reflected voltage fault. It just so happened that this fault occured near the half hour. It was probably good that you sent your message, since when we investigated this fault, we discovered a mechanical fault with a tuning coil in the affected tx, and we were able to correct it right away. We hope to have our 500 kW tx back on-line again in a week or two, and when this is possible, the 11960 programming to EUR should once again be coming to you with more output power and hopefully fewer interruptions. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, May 28)

GEORGIA/GERMANY Correction: IBC Tamil via DTK (xTbilissi Dusheti) 7475 noted at 0000-0100. VoHope in En to Indian subcontinent KVOH via Dusheti replaced 12125 by DTK Juelich 15715 at 1300-1530 since Apr 23. From 1530 onwards on 12120 kHz. (WB, May 16)

Both IBC 7475 and VOHope 1330-1530 are coming from DTK Juelich Germany. The European segment of VOHope 12125 1600 onwards is from Dusheti.

GERMANY Z98 operational schedule of Deutsche Telekom, Juelich-Germany 9855 0000-0100 8,9 104 295 daily 290398-251098 LRT 5950 0000-0100 8,9 105 295 daily 300398-150498 LRT 9855 0100-0159 7-9 104 295 Thur 290398-251098 WCRI ** 6175 1500-1559 27 406 290 Sat 290398-251098 WCRI ** 5900 1000-1500 28 406 060 daily 290398-251098 Dig.Test 13830 0500-0559 60 202 230 daily 290398-100598 HRT 13830 0600-0759 55,58,59 208 260 daily 290398-100598 HRT 13830 0800-0859 58 208 270 daily 290398-100598 HRT 13820 0500-0559 60 202 230 daily 110598-251098 HRT 13820 0600-0759 55,58,59 208 260 daily 110598-251098 HRT 13820 0800-0859 58 208 280 daily 110598-251098 HRT 9925 2300-0059 12-16 202 230 daily 290398-251098 HRT 9925 0100-0259 7-9 112 300 daily 290398-251098 HRT 9925 0300-0359 6-10 105 325 daily 290398-251098 HRT 9860 2000-2059 52,53,57 211 170 daily 290398-251098 HRT 15330 1245-1345 41,49 110 080 daily 290398-251098 DVB 15330 1245-1345 41,49 208 080 daily 290398-251098 DVB 15360 1430-1455 41,49 109 080 daily 170498-190498 DVB 17525 1245-1345 41,49 207 080 daily 140498-190498 DVB 15625 1245-1345 41,49 106 085 daily 200498-270498 DVB 15625 1430-1455 41,49 109 080 daily 200498-270498 DVB 12025 1300-1329 41 105 085 Sun 290398-251099 UNL 5890 1945-2015 27,28 401 ND daily 290398-310598 UNL 5890 1730-1759 27,28 402 ND daily 010698-251098 UNL 12015 1630-1659 39 211 125 Sat 290398-251098 UNL 11785 1800-1829 46,47 211 170 Sun 290398-251098 UNL 9490 1830-1859 52,53,57 211 155 Sun 290398-251098 UNL 11840 1600-1629 52 302 160 Sun 290398-251098 UNL

9865 0000-0159 7-9 105 295 daily 290398-220498 TOM ** 15625 1600-2059 7-9 101 295 daily 290398-050498 TOM 15625 1500-2059 7-9 101 295 daily 060498-251098 TOM 9630 0200-0359 6,7,10 212 320 daily 290398-220498 TOM ** 9500 0600-0959 55,59,60 110 260 daily 290398-270498 TOM 13810 0600-0959 55,59,60 110 260 daily 280498-251098 TOM 17665 1000-1259 55,58,59 207 080 daily 290498-200598 TOM * 15715 1000-1259 55,58,59 207 080 daily 210598-251098 TOM * 6130 1600-1759 27,28 401 ND daily 290398-251098 TOM 13810 1400-1759 29,38,39 103 115 daily 290398-251098 TOM 11820 1800-1959 52,53,57 306 160 daily 290398-270498 TOM 9800 1800-1959 52,53,57 306 160 daily 280498-251098 TOM 5900 1000-1159 27 402 ND Sat/Sun 290398-251098 TOM 11855 1300-1459 29 111 060 daily 290398-270498 TOM 11920 1300-1459 27,36,37 308 220 daily 290398-270498 TOM 11650 1300-1459 28 104 145 daily 290398-270498 TOM 12050 2100-2359 12,13 208 260 daily 070498-251098 TOM 11625 2100-2359 13,14 206 240 daily 070498-251098 TOM 9865 0000-0159 7-9 105 295 daily 230498-270498 TOM 9630 0200-0359 7-9 212 305 daily 230498-270498 TOM 9860 0400-0559 7-9 105 295 daily 230498-270498 TOM 12055 1800-2059 39 111 120 daily 220498-251098 TOM 17525 1300-1459 50 201 060 daily 230498-070598 TOM 17525 1000-1159 50 206 240 daily 240498-070598 TOM 17555 1300-1459 50 201 060 daily 080598-190598 TOM * 15625 1300-1459 50 201 060 daily 200598-251098 TOM * 17505 1000-1159 50 206 240 daily 080598-251098 TOM 17505 0600-1359 39,40 107 115 daily 280498-200598 TOM * 15735 0600-1359 39,40 107 115 daily 210598-251098 TOM * 3945 2000-0559 27,28 403 ND Sat/Sun 270498-170598 TOM 3945 1800-0559 27,28 403 ND Mon-Fri 130598-180598 TOM 3945 2000-0659 27,28 403 ND Sat/Sun 220598-251098 TOM 3945 1800-0659 27,28 403 ND Mon-Fri 190598-251098 TOM 9510 2100-2359 39,40 102 115 daily 050598-251098 TOM 9500 0000-0359 39,40 105 115 daily 050598-251098 TOM 9500 0000-0359 39,40 102 115 daily 050598-251098 TOM 11910 0400-0559 39,40 105 115 daily 050598-251098 TOM 6045 1030-1225 27,28 404 060 daily 290398-251098 DW/RNW 11810 1700-1759 39,40,48 107 115 daily 290398-251098 DW/RVI 5840 1800-1859 27,28 401 ND daily 290398-251098 DW/RVI 5840 0355-0630 28SE,29 111 105 daily 290398-251098 SRI 9885 0555-0815 37S,38 302 160 daily 290398-251098 SRI 11860 0555-0815 38E,39 308 200 daily 290398-251098 SRI 9535 0955-1230 37N 308 220 daily 290398-251098 SRI 12075 1625-1815 38,39 102 115 daily 290398-251098 SRI 13635 1625-1815 38,39,48 106 145 daily 290398-251098 SRI 9885 1725-1930 18,29NW 308 040 daily 290398-251098 SRI 9840 1825-2130 47,52,53,57 302 160 daily 290398-251098 SRI 11725 1825-2130 37S,38W,46 307 200 daily 290398-251098 SRI 5840 1600-1630 28,29,39 111 105 daily 290398-310598 TWR 5840 1600-1645 28,29,39 111 105 daily 010698-251098 TWR 11965 1600-1630 29,30 202 060 daily 290398-170598 RVI 12080 1600-1630 29,30 202 060 daily 180598-251098 RVI 7410 1700-1730 18 404 040 daily 290398-170598 RVI 7415 1700-1730 18 404 040 daily 180598-251098 RVI 3995 1900-1959 27,28 403 ND Sat/Sun 010598-160898 RVI 13720 0557-0700 18 307 20 daily 010798-310898 RNW 5840 0300-0400 28,29,38,39 104 115 daily 290398-251098 AWR 7230 0800-0900 28,38 104 145 Sat/Sun 290398-251098 AWR 15620 1530-1600 29-31,39-42 110 080 daily 290398-251098 AWR 9925 1600-1800 28,29,38,39 104 115 daily 290398-170598 AWR 9825 1600-1659 28,29,38,39 104 115 daily 180598-251098 AWR 9925 1700-1759 28,29,38,39 104 115 daily 180598-251098 AWR 9835 2000-2100 37,38,46 308 200 daily 290398-251098 AWR 9835 2130-2200 37,38,46 308 200 daily 290398-251098 AWR 15620 0800-0930 37,46 307 200 daily 290398-251098 AWR 5890 2100-2230 37,38,46 406 200 daily 290398-251098 AWR 9640 2300-2400 11-13 110 260 Tue 290398-030698 RTE 11605 1700-1800 37,38,47,48,57 302 160 Wed 290398-030698 RTE 11785 1800-1900 46 405 195 Wed 290398-030698 RTE 11605 1700-1800 37,38,47,52,57 302 160 Fri 230598-230598 RTE 11785 1800-1900 46 405 195 Fri/Sat 230598-240598 RTE 15515 2000-2100 12,13,14 202 250 Fri/Sat 230598-240598 RTE 15625 1300-1400 41,49,50 207 080 Sat 240598-240598 RTE 15105 1600-1700 37,38,47,52,57 306 160 Sat 240598-240598 RTE 7475 0000-0059 41 111 090 daily 290398-251098 WRN 5850 0600-2000 27,28 406 290 daily 290398-251098 SUN 15620 1325-1529 40,41 110 090 daily 060498-090498 HAM 15640 1325-1529 40,41 110 090 daily 100498-130498 HAM 15715 1325-1529 40,41 110 090 daily 140498-251098 HAM 9925 1800-1859 28 104 115 Tue 050598-050598 CHW 5910 1800-1859 28 104 115 Tue 190598-251098 CHW 15360 2100-2159 9 102 295 daily 120598-120598 RAC 15705 2000-2159 9 102 295 Thur 140598-140598 RAC 15560 2000-2159 9 103 295 Thur 140598-140598 RAC 13725 2200-2359 9 103 295 Thur 140598-140598 RAC 11795 2200-2359 9 104 295 Thur 140598-140598 RAC 9560 0000-0159 9 104 295 Fri 150598-150598 RAC 9520 0000-0159 9 105 295 Fri 150598-150598 RAC 9860 0200-0359 9 104 295 Fir 150598-150598 RAC 17505 1800-1959 9 107 295 Sat/Sun 150598-150598 RAC 17530 1800-1959 9 107 295 Sat/Sun 230598-251098 RAC 15560 2000-2159 9 103 295 daily 150598-251098 RAC 11975 2200-2359 9 104 295 daily 150598-251098 RAC 9560 0000-0159 9 105 295 daily 150598-251098 RAC 9700 0200-0359 9 105 295 daily 150598-190598 RAC 5890 0200-0359 9 105 295 daily 200598-200598 RAC 9700 0200-0359 9 105 295 daily 210598-251098 RAC 9855 0100-0130 8,9 104 295 Mon 010698-251098 VOD

* changes ** not yet active

LRT Radio Vilnius Litauen RTE Radio Telefis Eireann WCRI West Coast Radio Ireland AWR Adventist World Radio TWR Trans World Radio SRI Swiss Radio International UNL Universelles Leben RVI Radio Vlaanderen Int. WRN World Radio Network SUN Sunrise Radio (England) HAM High Adventure Ministry GNW Good News World Radio CHW Christliche Wissenschaft RAC Radio Asia Canada VOD Voice of Deleverance RNW Radio Nederland Wereldomroep HRT Hrvatska Radiotelevizija Kroatien DVB Democratic Voice of Burma TOM The Overcomer Ministry (Brother Stair) (DTK Juelich, May 25)

GUINEA Radio Guinea heard at 2230, when AIR is closing, 9650 px in Fr, O=3. Txion end at 0000 closing ann and NatAnth. 2240-2258 also //7125. (Uwe Volk-D, May 25)

9650 R.Conakry, 0637-/1723-/1923-/2006-, mostly in Fr with a lot of local songs, not any signals on all other freqs such as 6155, 7125 or 15310. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, May 19/20)

HAWAII/Pacific Propagation has been poor since about mid last week during daytime -- a little better, but not much, at night. There was an excellent Pacific opening on either the 19th or 20th -- have mislaid my notes! KWHR 17555 was audible "through" PAK before 0630 and 17780 also moving the S-meter. Tahiti only low, but RNZLI 11690 good and PNG audible on 9675, as well as RA Brandon on 9660 and 12080. All aound 0700. The next day - - nothing! (Noel Green-UK, May 25)

IRAQ 9755 Iraqi R., 1617- in Ar and 1914-2056* with px's in Turk and Kurdish (?), *1402- in Ar, 0906- Ar ID as "Izaatul jumhuriyati Iraq min Baghdad", very irreqular operation on this freq at various time between 0300 and 2100 - alternative to 11785? (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, May 14-20)

IRELAND/GERMANY/RUSSIA Mail from Alok Dasgupta-IND: I'm publishing a book every 6 months SOUTH ASIA RADIO GUIDE. I've already completed the Database and hopefully can give it to the printer on 1st June next. Still I need some of the informations.

1. Full sked of Dr. Gene Scotts En programming. I've visited their webpage but that's not uptodate.

I'm hearing religous programming at 0800 15735 and 17595 (2 different progr contents) 1230 15715 and 15735 (same progr) 1400 17555 and faint 17505 (same progr) [these outlets seemingly via RUS facilities.]

Here is the TOM - Brother Stair schedule via DTK Juelich: 15625 1500-2059 7-9 101 295 daily 060498-251098 13810 0600-0959 55,59,60 110 260 daily 280498-251098 15715 1000-1259 55,58,59 207 080 daily 210598-251098 * 6130 1600-1759 27,28 401 ND daily 290398-251098 13810 1400-1759 29,38,39 103 115 daily 290398-251098 9800 1800-1959 52,53,57 306 160 daily 280498-251098 5900 1000-1159 27 402 ND Sat/Sun 290398-251098 12050 2100-2359 12,13 208 260 daily 070498-251098 11625 2100-2359 13,14 206 240 daily 070498-251098 12055 1800-2059 39 111 120 daily 220498-251098 15625 1300-1459 50 201 060 daily 200598-251098 * 17505 1000-1159 50 206 240 daily 080598-251098 15735 0600-1359 39,40 107 115 daily 210598-251098 * 3945 2000-0659 27,28 403 ND Sat/Sun 220598-251098 3945 1800-0659 27,28 403 ND Mon-Fri 190598-251098 9510 2100-2359 39,40 102 115 daily 050598-251098 9500 0000-0359 39,40 105 115 daily 050598-251098 9500 0000-0359 39,40 102 115 daily 050598-251098 11910 0400-0559 39,40 105 115 daily 050598-251098 * changes ** not yet active

2. Today (24/5) I heard some reports on IRL accord at 1200-1300 on 17655 and the same progr repeated on 15625. Apparently this is fr IRL and relayed from DTK Juelich. Closing anns is like this 'will be back on next Sun Lunch time'. The stn IDs seems to Trans Radio Network or similar. Could not hear it proiperly. It seems this is a Sun only stn. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, May 23)

RTE Radio Telefis Eireann via DTK 9640 2300-2400 11-13 110 260 Tue 290398-030698 11605 1700-1800 37,38,47,48,57 302 160 Wed 290398-030698 11785 1800-1900 46 405 195 Wed 290398-030698 11605 1700-1800 37,38,47,52,57 302 160 Fri 230598-230598 11785 1800-1900 46 405 195 Fri/Sat 230598-240598 15515 2000-2100 12,13,14 202 250 Fri/Sat 230598-240598 15625 1300-1400 41,49,50 207 080 Sat 240598-240598 15105 1600-1700 37,38,47,52,57 306 160 Sat 240598-240598

WCRI West Coast Radio Ireland via DTK 9855 0100-0159 7-9 104 295 Thur 290398-251098 ** 6175 1500-1559 27 406 290 Sat 290398-251098 ** * changes ** not yet active

On May 24, RTE Dublin SW sce for referendum results bc as follows: 1700-1800 9665-RSA EaAF; 11605-D No&CeAF; 17695-CAN-USA[?] NoAM. 1800-1900 11785-D WeAF [totally covered by QBS Doha in Ar, S=5 signal, ed]. 2000-2100 15515-D SoAM [fine signal = 45444 here, ed]. 2200-2300 7180-RUS AUS; 13705-RUS SoEaAS.

On Sun 24th May the "This Week" progr as follows: 1200-1300 17665-RUS SoEaAS. 1300-1400 15625-D AUS. 1400-1500 9810-USA NoAM. 1600- 1700 9665-RSA EaAF; 15105-D No&CeAF. 1800-1900 11785-D WeAF. 2000-2100 15515-D SoAM. The RTE press release adds "We are using txs in CAN, the US, SoAF, RUS and Germany. [All given tx sites are assumed by yours truly]

13705 En Irish referendom at 2245 to sign off 2259 then BBC WS took over 23/5 supposed to be from DTK Juelich and Sentech. Does anyone know what site this was from? (Wright). (John Wright-AUS, ARDXC, May 24) [Singapore or Petropavlovsk Kamchatskij-RUS ?, ed]

ISRAEL/IRAN QSL Letter received by Ted Alleyne, 5Z4NU, Coordinator of the Monitoring System of the Radio Society of Kenya. After having sent a complaint to VOSA in Vienna, Austria, Ted received the following QSL letter from the Clandestine Station:

VOSA LTD, Postfach 108, A-1193 Vienna, Austria 26/4/98 Dear Mr. Alleyne (5Z4NU), We confirm receiving your letter of 24/3/98. We apologize for transmitting in a frequency which caused interference to the amateur service in your region. For your information we have stopped our transmission on that frequency (7095 kHz). Thank you for reporting, VOICE OF SOUTH AZERBAIJAN (DARC Band Watch, via Ulrich Bihlmayer DJ9KR, May 28)

KOREA D.P.R. 11725 R Pyongyang, 0710-0755, Ru progr, report on Nazi time in Germany in WW II. Patriotic songs. Weak signal. (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 7) R. Pyongyang noted on new 11710 (x usual 11700), Ko 2200-2300 //13760 9335. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, May 25)

LAOS v4682.5 Lao National Radio, R Houa Phan, 1140-1227*, Laotian dialects, ID, native mx, Hilltribe mx, nx, 1200-1225 Vientiane relay, then //6130 [SINPO 44544 !], instrumental NatAnth on both freqs. Laotian mx til 1221-1225, now separate progr, female short close ann on 4682.5, s-off. Weak but well readable. 24432.

Nothing heard on v6975 fr Luang Prabang, inactive? or maybe too weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 17)

LITHUANIA/TIBET R. FREE TIBET txions from Lithuania JAMMED by China. According to Mr. Rimantas Pleikys, member of Lithuanian Parliament and member of the parliamentary group supporting Tibetan independence, People's Rep of China appearantly started to jam broadcasts of Radio Free Tibet which are aired via Lithuania. Ch progrs of R. Free Tibet are bc since March 10th, 1998, via 50 kW SW stn in Sitkunai, Lithuania. Current schedule is: Mons-Thurs 1300-1330 9710, beam 79ΓΈ.

Reports about audibility of this sce (especially from DXers in Asia), as well as about level of interference caused by jamming are highly requested. Observations may be emailed to Rimantas Pleikys , or faxed to +370 - 2 - 22 47 47.

Rimantas Pleikys is a specialist in the field of jamming and is the author of the book "Jamming", the first and only comprehensive book about the history of jamming. Check http://www.is.lt/ratekona/jamming/ for further details about this book.

NEW WWW PAGE New WWW page containing list of Lithuanian TV stns in freq order can be found at http://www.is.lt/ratekona/rtv/ltu/tv-fq.htm The page also contains links to photos of some of the txing sites.

Third home sce progr of Lithuanian Radio. On May 11, 1998, Lithuanian Radio restarted txion of its 3rd HS progr. The progr consists of classical mx bcs and is aired at present daily 0500-2100 on 95.5 MHz in Vilnius. On June 1 another freq is to be added, 96.2 MHz which will originate from Juragiai txing stn near Kaunas. (Sigitas Zilionis, DX Editor, May 27)

MALI v9632.96 and even 11960, RTM Bamako. Acc Maes/TDP three Continental 418F txs registered for Mali since 1996. Remaining tx installations are two Siemens units of 1984/85, and four Chinese txs of 1970. (Kai Ludwig-D, May 25)

MONGOLIA 4790 Ludo Maes reports that this new stn was set up in Dec in a very small village in the Gobi Desert, about 150 km south of Saynshand, the capital of Dornogov Province, or 109.5E 43.7N. The transportation through the desert was quite difficult since there is no real road to the village, but they successfully got the tx there, and installed it. A small production studio has been established, so the Hovsgol district has now a local radio of its own transmitting on 4790. The timing of the txions is uncertain, due to lack of fuel to the generator, but their schedule calls for two hours of progr every evening. (Ludo Maes-BEL, via Cumbre Dx, May 24)

MOROCCO (c.f. BC-DX #366) SCHEDULE B98 (where does 'B98' stand for ??) Under Article S12, the new procedure for coordinating HFBC spectrum usage, the Summer schedule will be "A", and the Winter will be "B". Doesn't make as much sense as Z and W, which probably explains why it was done that way. (Dan Ferguson-USA, K4VOA, May 23)

RTM Rabat: [c.f. BC-DX #366: >This is the first confirmation to our knowledge of the existence of a second 250 kW SW tx at Nador. The second unit has been listed for years in the TDP but no one has ever known if it operated or was only a stand-by tx. Now it seems it is in use by RTM on 15345 kHz.]

Noted slightly off frequency on 15345.19 this morning.

[>we wonder for how long already.]

Tracing a log from last autumn, I see that I monitored it on 15345.0 exactly. Maybe the Tanger tx was right on spot then and the Nador tx operates off freq now. But this is only a wild guess. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, May 27)

NEPAL v3229.97 R Nepal, 1340-1431, fade-in, ID, Nepali mx, 1400 nx, 1417 talks in Nepali, no En progr as listed! 1431 ID by female. Nothing heard on 5005 & 7164 kHz. Only on that single Saturday, silent on the following days. 24432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 9)

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES DIGITAL MODULATION. Bonaire relay with R. Vlaanderen Intl on 11750 at *0428-0456* in Du. Then shifts to 11810 with DW in En fr *0458. Horrible digital modulation, typical of all Bonaire txs, with wide splatter over 40 kHz. Acc to DXLD-49, WGTG is planning to use digital modulation on new tx. All MW and SW stns are now using this atrocious digital audio systeme, but when I first mentioned it two years ago in DXLD-47, I was called a conspiracy nut. Tune in WWCR or RCI in the SSB mode and watch the digital pulse modulation on your S-meter. The meter swings wildly from 40 over S9 to S2 between each word or syllable. This often causes terrible voice distortion when listening in the AM mode, since the carrier is cut off between each word. The old AM signals had a steady, uninterrupted carrier with much better audio. The wide new digital modulation is causing horrible QRM on SW, as I predicted two years ago. (Ernie Behr, Ont., May 10, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING and WORLD OF RADIO 942)

NORWAY I have been working closely with Olav Grimdalen (Norweg Telekom) and Erik Koie (Radio Denmark) in rearranging up reliable freqs for Radio Norway/Radio Denmark bcs into AUS, FE and AS for June. The morning sce fr 2200-0000 has been on 13830, but this suffers bad QRM from the co-channel Australian military sce from Darwin (digital txions), so we have decided to move to 11635 2200-2300 and 11640 2300-0000. There isn't much free spectrum space in the 11600-11700 range 2200-0000. Both freqs will be short- path (darkness) 65 degr and 80 degr respectively. It was first thought that 11600 would be OK, but Czech Radio is there! VoGRC on 11645 to AUS 2100-2300 with a monster signal.

Fortunately, 11635 is clear 2200-2300. At 2300, FEBC uses 11635 on Sats/Suns, and 2315- 2345 daily. We are working on sorting out the evening sces to AUS, which are very unreliable due to low MUFs in both directions. This problem has faced European bcs for scores of years, in trying to get an acceptable signal into EaAUS during our local winter, particularly during periods of low sunspot activity.

The proposed changes from 1 June are: 2100-2200 13800 45 degr AUS (x9940), 2200-2300 11635 65 degr AUS (x13830), 2300-0000 11640 80 degr WeAUS, SoEaAS (x13830), 0000-0100 9935 80 degr WeAUS, SoEaAS (x11640), 0200-0300 11600 95 degr SoAS (IND) (x9935). The evening sce 0800-1000 15175 AUS, SoAM, Canary Isls is now 80 degr (shortpath into AUS) replacing 235 degr longpath, as from May 27. Special tests are being conducted on 18950 0800-0900 on May 28 to evaluate propagation into AUS. (Bob Padula-AUS, May 28)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon Z98, here is again the complete summer schedule of RDP, eff from May 4th, 1998, in Po lang, 100 kW exc where shown.

Changes of May 13, and observations of May 24: Mon-Fri EUR 0500-1200 13635 (x7110) LVP 30ΓΈ 11dB BUT audible on 15555. 0600-1200 & 1600-2000 9780 RHOS 52ΓΈ 19 0645-0800 11780 via RTE/DW Sines 250 kW LVP 55ΓΈ 16 1600-2000 13625 (x9815) RHOS 66ΓΈ 19 1615-2000 13635 (7110) LVP 30ΓΈ 11 Timor 1200-1300 17740 (x17495 x17710 x17640) 300 kW RHOS 66ΓΈ 20 ME 1200-1330 21515 RHOS 81.5ΓΈ 19 AF 0900-1100 21720 HR 142ΓΈ 20 0900-1100 17725 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 1600-2000 15120 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 GUI/CPV/B 0900-1100 & 1600-1900 21655 RHOS 215ΓΈ 20 USA/CAN 2300-0330 11770 (x6150) RHOS 310ΓΈ 15 2300-0330 9570 RHOS 294ΓΈ 19 VEN 2300-0330 13700 (x13760 to avoid WHRI) RHOS 261ΓΈ 18 BRAZIL 2300-0330 11840 13640 RHOS 215ΓΈ 18

Sat-Sun EUR 0700-2000 13635 (new x7315 x7110) RHOS 30ΓΈ 11 BUT audible on 15555 May 24th. 0700-2000 9780 RHOS 52ΓΈ 19 0830-1000 9575 via PRO-FUNK [DW] Sines 250 kW LVP 55ΓΈ 18 Timor 0700-0900 17740 (x17495 x17710 x17640) 300 kW RHOS 66ΓΈ 20 ME 1500-1800 Sat, 1400-1900 Sun 21515 RHOS 81.5ΓΈ 19 AF 0700-1700 17725 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 1700-2000 15120 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 GUI/CPV/B 0700-2000 21655 RHOS 215ΓΈ 20 USA/CAN 1200-2000 15200 RHOS 294ΓΈ 20 2300-0330 9570 RHOS 294ΓΈ 19 2300-0330 11770 (x6150) RHOS 310ΓΈ 15 VEN 1200-2000 17745 RHOS 261ΓΈ 19 2300-0330 13700 (x13760 to avoid WHRI) RHOS 261ΓΈ 18 BRAZIL 2300-0330 11840 & 13640 RHOS 215ΓΈ 18

Tetum language Mon-Fri to Timor-INS 1105-1200 17740 since May 13 (x17495 x17710) 300 kW RHOS 66ΓΈ 20 (Carlos Relvas de Assuncao Goncalves-POR via Noel Green-UK, May 24)

Again changes in the Z98 schedule of Radio Portugal International. RDP has replaced 13635 with new 15555 (Mo-Fr 0500-1200 and 1615-2000 and Sat/Sun 0700-2000 in Po) for EUR and 17495 with new 17740 (Mo-Fr 1105-1200 in Tetum, 1200-1300 in Po and Sat/Sun 0700- 0900 in Po). The new European freq 15555 can be heard very well here in Germany. RDP has now started its new web-side with informations about all national radio progrs. Addr: www.rdp.pt (Paul Wnuk, May 27)

RUSSIA 12030 Golos Rossii, 1932, In unscheduled Vn till 2027, when silence, then suddenly cut into Sp in mid-sentence at 2029; "La Voz de Rusia" ID at 2047. Certainly a strange time of day to be carrying Vietnamese (it's the middle of the night in VTN). Maybe they were relaying V. of VTN for Vietnamese living in EUR. (Bob Hill-USA, in DXW, May 12)

It's a pure VTN relay via Russia tx site towards Western Europe. And certainly you came across of some satellite fed switching error on the feeder circuit. Same tx is used for other ext sce txions of La Voz de Russia later at night.

Resulting of the Eastern Block collapse, there are living still at least 150.000 Vietnamese nationals stranded in Germany and France (Foreign Workers in the ex-GDR).

The present VTN government isn't willing to take that nationals home to their native place, struggle heavily against transportation back to VTN. [ed]

12030 Voice of VTN via Serpukhov, 1942, end of nx in Vn. 13705 Voice of VTN via Khabarovsk, 0355, VoR test tones, then Vn progr got under way at 0400. (Foster-OZ, via NU, May 22/23)

[TARTARSTAN] Radio Tatarstan, Kazan, with good signal on 11665. S-on 0400. Clear ID after the news 0410. Addr: Tatar Radio, Ul. M. Gorkogo 15, 420015 Kazan, Russia. (Vesa-Jussi Rinkinen via HCDX)

6130, R. Tatarstan, 0607, tune-in with Ru talk, heavy local QRN. Readable, but not as good as I expected. (Henderson-Turkey, May 18)

TAIWAN v7107.60 CBS Taipei, 0155-0203*, Ch talks, internat mx, 1400 TAnn, ID, piece of Ch mx, s-off. 34343 11725 CBS Taipei, 0700-, Ch, ID, nx read by female. 35543. (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 7/12)

TAJIKISTAN Correction: Democratic Voice of Burma via Dushanbe-TJK 1245-1345 replaced 11520 by 15075 since May 6th. //DTK Juelich 15330. (WB, May 16)

Re DVoBurma: 11520 went to 15075, but around the 18th May moved to 13820, because they didn't want two channels on 19 mb, since already 15330 existed.

13820, Democratic VoBurma, 1317, YL with speakings in BU refs to AS and INS. OM continued on 1325 after short song break . 1331 in different idiom, that seemed to be Thai. 24432. Faded down on 1335. Checked //15330 at 44444. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, May 26)

TUNISIA 7225, ERTT, 2246, new freq replacing long-time 7475, carrying Qur'an recitation //7280 & 12005.6. Intense co-chan. QRM from at least two other stns makes this a poor choice. (Bob Hill-MA, via NU, May 23)

USA v13595.11 WJCR (p) noted here w/nonstop country mx @1016, by recheck @1820 had drifted down to 13595.09. Doesn't FCC require tight freq regulation? (Al Quaglieri-NY, May 27)

WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE, SHORT VERSION as of May 28: RFPI Costa Rica: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900, 2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000--on 15050 30 kW 1800-0800; 21460 10 kW 1500-2330; 7385 3 kW 0000- 1430; sometimes there are additional airings around 1500. WWCR Nashville, Thu 2030 15685, Sat 0600 5070 AND 3210, Sun 0630 5070, Tue 1230 15685. WGTG, Georgia, Sat 2330 on 5085-USB.

W.O.R. is a listener-supported, public-service progr about communications around the world, especially, but not limited to, SW Bcing. Look for separately distributed rundowns of topics in each half-hour edition, or on our frequently-updated, text-only website: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio also usually in RFPI Weekly Updates, previews by E-mail or newsgroups. This site also gives complete details of all our bcs on satellite, cable, AM and FM, Internet, in Spanish, and about our publications, contact info, etc. (GH WoR, May 26)

Estate of Joe Costello has been taking bids in the auction of WRNO. This started May 8 for 15 days but may be extended. Ask for a bid package to: Ashton R. Hardy, Esq., 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 255, Metairie, LA 70005, U.S.A.; phone 504-830-4646; fax 504-830-4659 (George Thurman, May 26, RIB and WORLD OF RADIO 942, May 28)

U S A [and non]. Brother R. G. Stair hard on many new freqs from Juelich tx site since mid-March: on 15625 at *1557-2059*; on 12050 at *2057-2359*; on 11910 from 0500 May 9; also on 7 or 8 other freqs; he said his total airtime on all stns is now 68 tx hours daily; that was before he received a $1 million check from a listener (a young man in his 20s) on Apr 20, all of which will be used to buy more airtime. Stair has sent out more than 10,000 SW portables to listeners in the last 5 years. (Ernie Behr, Ont., May 10, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING and WORLD OF RADIO 942, May 28) [full schedule via DTK Juelich see also under IRELAND/GERMANY, ed]

UZBEKISTAN 12005, TWR via Tashkent, 1159, "Vishwa Vani" ID in an Indian lang. before next religious segment commenced. Only a fair signal. (Foster-OZ, via NU, May 19)

R. Tashkent noted on NF 9530, En to AS *0100, Uz 0130-0200. BBC via Tashkent noted on NF 9875 *0030-0125* Be/Hi. (Bob Padula-AUS EDXP, May 17/19)

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ALBANIA Monitoring of R Tirana: 1545-1630 in En & Fr on new12080.3 [x12085v] (co-ch RVI via DTK Juelich) //11735v - co- ch RL & Tanzania 11734.1. [on June 5: 11734.89 & 12084.79, ed] 1730-1800 Ge 6080 (co-ch RUI Kiev also in Ge), //7215. 2115-2130 Se 6084.9 (co-ch Bayern Munich), //7109.9 (co-ch CRI). 2130-2200 En 6025 (co-ch IRN), //7165. 1400-1700 Al 7270, //drifting 5984.9...5999.9 bad audio. [5984.94 & 7269.78 Jun 5] (PanIview, Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova, BUL, May 19)

New v9479.86 [reg 9905] TWR Cerrik noted carrying special summer sce in Fi 1830, Norw 1900, Swe 1930-2000, supporting MW relay 1503 kHz via Stargard Tychovo in Poland. On May til Aug 15th only! (WB, Jun 1)

TWR Hungarian sce noted 0830-0845 on Shijak v7385.06 and Cerrik v9489.86. (WB, Jun 3)

6220.6, R Tirana was observed in this freq in En progr with nx on the following days June 1 and June 2 with poor modulation 0130-0145. 24322 (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jun 2)

ARGENTINA Deutsches Programm von RAE Buenos Aires. Das deutsche Programm wird auf der Frequenz 15345 im 19 mb von 2100-2200 gesendet. Die Sendung ist wie folgt gestaltet: Mo-Fr bringt man Tango und Volksmusik, Nachrichten von Argentinien und verschiedene Beitraege: - Montags Berichte ber die Bundeshauptstadt Buenos Aires - Dienstags Postfach 555 (die Briefkastensendung) - Mittwochs Suedliche Breite - Donnerstags "Ueberraschungsbeitrag" - Freitags DX-Neuigkeiten von Gabriel Ivan Barrera

Sprecherinnen des deutschen Programms sind Rayen Braun und Uschi Serreck die sich sehr ueber Hoererpost freuen und auch ueber Hinweise oder Kritik, die zur Verbesserung des Programmes beitragen koennen. Wie Frau Braun und Frau Serreck betonen, ist es auch immer interessant, Naeheres von den Hoerern zu erfahren. Adresse: RAE - Radiodifusion Argentina al Exterior, Casilla de Correo 555-1000 Buenos Aires, Rep. Argentina. Fax: +54 - 1 - 325 - 6368 e-mail (via Gabriel Ivan Barrera): [email protected] (Volker Willschrey-D, Jun 2)

AUSTRALIA SOUTHERN CROSS DX CLUB 25TH ANNIVERSARY. As part of our celebrations for 25 Years of existence; the Southern Cross DX Club is inviting members, former members and intending members of the club to a special 25th Anniversary "Video" evening. The video is a professionally made 45 minute documentary on the history of 70 years of SW Bcing covering the period 1927 to 1997 produced by Radio Netherlands.

The video evening will be held at the WIA (SA Division Headquarters) Burley Griffin Building, 34 West Thebarton Road, West Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia at 7:45pm on Fri June 26 1998. For enquires please E-mail via our Web Page. http://tolstoi.saccii.net.au/~stephenn (Stephen Newlyn-AUS, via EDXP May 30)

BANGLA DESH Betar on April 28: 1745-1815 VoIslam in En and 1815-1900 ext sce in En on new freq 7462.6 with demodulated audio, instead of 7185//9550. On 7462.6 QRM R Bulgaria 7465, R Pakistan Ar 7460v 1800- 1845. 1915-2000 in Be varying up to 7483.8. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

BELARUS R Belarus ext sce on May 3: 0400-0600 new 11670 [x11960] ahead of VoA Ar sce. Announced in Ge progr wrong freq of 11970!! Fr 0515 on same 11670 began 2nd tx aired HS plus spurs on 11515-25 and 11545- 55!! (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

BELGIUM RVI changes in Du language: 0500-0555 new 11810 (co-ch R Joran in Ar) (x11815). 1200-1225 new 15450 via Tashkent-UZB (x15535). 1300-1555 Sport progr, Suns only, new 17690 (x17680). 1600-1625 new 12080 via DTK Juelich, (x11965). 1700-1725 new 7415 via DTK Juelich, (x7410). (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

CHINA CRI Beijing changes fr May 3: 1600-1900 new 13720 in Ar, Ru, Pe (co-ch AIR in Swa&Hi, and VoA Briech-MRC in Se 1700- 1730). 1700-2100 new 9695 Ru sce (co-ch VOIRI Ar and BBC Ru), x7435. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

COSTA RICA CONTINENT OF MEDIA, the new June edition, should start June 5 exclusviely on RFPI -- Fri 1930, Sat 0330, 1030, 1730, Sun 0130, 0830, Wed 2300, Thu 0700 on some of: 7385, 15049, 21460. For a topic summary see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/com9805.html (Glenn Hauser-USA, Jun 4)

CUBA R Havana Cuba of Cuban Radio and Television Institute. This schedule has been compiled from monitoring observations and information received from Radio Havana It is eff from 4th May 1998.

0000-0030 CREOLE Am 9550 0000-0030 QUECHUA Am 15340 0000-0100 SPANISH Am 15230 11875 11760 9820 9505 6000 5965 0100-0200 15230 11875 11760 9505 5965 0200-0500 15230 11875 11760 9550 9505 5965 0030-0100 FRENCH Am 9550 0100-0130 CREOLE Am 9550 0100-0500 ENGLISH Am 13605-usb 9820 6000 0500-0700 9830-usb 9820 9550 0130-0200 FRENCH Am 9550 0700-0730 Sun ESPERANTO Am 9820 1100-1200 SPANISH Am 11970 11760 6000 1200-1400 15340 11970-(to 1300) 11760 9550 6000 1400-1500 11760 1500-1530 Sun ESPERANTO Am 11760 1930-2000 Sun ESPERANTO Eu 13715 2000-2030 FRENCH Eu 13750-usb 13715 2000-2030 PORTUGUESE Eu Af 13680 2030-2100 ARABIC ME 13680 2030-2130 ENGLISH Eu 13750-usb 13715 2030-2100 PORTUGUESE Eu Af 11760 2100-2300 SPANISH Eu Af 13680 13660-usb 11760 2130-2230 CREOLE Am 9550 2130-2200 FRENCH Eu 13750-usb 13715 2200-2230 PORTUGUESE Am 15340 2230-2330 ENGLISH Am 9550 2230-2300 GUARANI Am 15340 2300-2330 PORTUGUESE Am 15340 15230 2330-0000 15230 2330-0000 Sun ESPERANTO Am 11760 2330-0000 FRENCH Am 9550 2330-0000 GUARANI Am 15340

Addr: Radio Havana Cuba, P O Box 6240, Havana, Cuba Tel: +53-7-791053 Fax: +53-7-795007 e-mail: rhc@radiohc org URL: http://www radiohc org (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 28)

CZECH REPUBLIC From June 2, the En txions of R.Prague at 0700, 0900 and 1030 will be suspended for technical reasons. (Edwin Southwell, England, May 31, WORLD OF RADIO 943, Jun 4)

DENMARK RADIO DENMARK, Jun 1-Oct 25, 1998, changes of 3rd edition May 28 - *=change 1630-1655 We No AM, Greenland 15340* 315 2130-2155 AUS 9940* 65 *FE 13800 45* 2230-2255 AUS 11635* 65 2330-2355 So Ea Asia, We AUS 9935* 80 *So Ea AS, We AUS 11640* 50* 0030-0055 So Ea AS, We AUS 9935* 80 0130-0155 So Asia (IND) 9935* 95 Ea No AM, Caribbean 11990* 280 Ea & Ce No AM, Greenland 13805* 300 0230-0255 So AS (IND) 11600* 95 Ea No AM, Caribbean 11990 280* 0330-0355 We No AM, Greenland 11635* 315 0430-0455 We No AM, Greenland 9945* 315 0830-0855 AUS 18950* 80* 0930-0955 AUS 18950* 80* FE 15675 45* 1230-1255 FE 15650 45* 1330-1355 FE 15650 45* 1530-1555 We No AM, Greenland 13805* 315 (Erik Koie-DEN, Jun 2)

ECUADOR Surprisingly good signal of HCJB Ru sce on 15525 at 0640, scheduled at 0515- 0700. //11960. (WB, May 30)

5010.32, Radiofonicas Populares, 0247-0301*, Nice lcl HC vcl mx, W anncr once, and long complete ID anmnt by alternating M and W at 0257, one more song, then off. Clear until Madagascar 5009.63 het came on at 0251. Tought QRN too. Not hrd since. (Dave Valko-USA, May 26)

EGYPT The DST (Summer time) in EGY is UTC+3 hrs (not mentioned in WRTH '98) for periode May 1-Sep 24, 1998. Home sce in Ar (inlc. Gen sce, VoArabs and Holy Quran) relayed on SW now one hour earlier. BUT ext sce (incl. Ar sce) remain unchanged -- as in WRTH. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

ERITREA 6190 Vo the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 1743-1829*, Vernacular, YL ann, a lot of mostly western pop songs //5000, co-channel with BBC and UZB, new frequency instead of 7020. (Mikhail Timofeyev,via DXW, May 27)

7085 V. of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, May 23, 2047, Running way beyond normal 1800 s/off time with Horn of Africa vocals and lengthy drum intervals that might have been accompanying a parade or some other ceremony. No speech heard till 2231, when brief vernacular announcement by woman and man, then left the air. Extremely faint at first, then built to decent level by 2200 or so. Extended sked most likely in observance of the 5th anniversary of Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia (5/24/93). (Hill via DXW)

VoETH 1630-1659 7165 En, but //9560 not heard. 1830-2100 Amh 5990.1 and //9704.3. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

[heard on Jun 5th too, but 7165.00 even suffered by 700 Hertz tone fr v7164.29, seemingly R Nepal-?? Kathmandu til 1715, ed]

ETHIOPIA 9560 //11800, Voice of Peace via R. Ethiopia, IS at 1059, En ID by woman at 1100 as "This is R. Ethiopia," then piano mx and Voice of Peace ID, ment. 25 and 31 mb, Salaam walecum by man, mx and talk, suddenly off on both freqs at 1125. (Vaghjee-Mauritius, via NU, May 31)

GEORGIA R Georgia noted Apr 26-27 at 1700-1830, 1700 Geo, 1730 Unid Abkhaz?, 1800 Tu, 1800-1830 En on new 5990, co-ch Budapest in Se & Ge. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

GERMANY AWR block at 0800-0930 on DTK Juelich relay observed on 15620, AWR ID in Ar given at 0840. (WB, Jun 1)

I was also surprised to hear Brother Stair on 3945. Deutsche Telekom has departed from its traditional conservatism in freq selection here. As was rightly pointed out, 3945 is not allocated to bcing in Region 1. 3945 is particularly touchy, because the nearby 3943.5 has been reserved for the French military, and NATO activity has also been noted close by. I recall that IRRS Milan tried using 3945 under a loophole in the ITU regulations (like BBC 9410 does) many years ago, but was jammed heavily as a not-too- subtle invitation to get off! So far, DTK has been getting away with it, so one assumes that some sort of understanding has been reached, no doubt helped by the substantial dollars/marks flowing in from Brother Stair! As for the ham radio protests, I'm afraid Brother Stair is technically right: the amateur service has no claim to 3945 in Region 1. On the bottom line, according to ITU agreements, DTK/Brother Stair may continue to occupy 3945 unless higher priority services officially complain within 30 days. I don't think this will happen, because of the reasons mentioned above. (Bob Zanotti, Switzerland, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING and WORLD OF RADIO 943, Jun 4)

GREECE Voice of Greece 0000-0350 Gr/En 11645 9420 9375 7450 0400-0555 GrTu/Ar 15650 15630 15170 9420 9375 0600-0800 Gr/En 15650 15630 11645 9755-Delano 9425 0900-0950 Gr 17525 15650 9775-Delano 1000-1150 Gr/Tu 15650 9420 6230 1200-1250 Gr/Ar/En 17525 1200-1350 Gr/En 15630 15175 11730-Delano 9940 9395 1300-1350 Gr/Ru 11645 1400-1450 Gr/Ar 17750 15650 11645 9420 1500-1700 Multilingual 11645 9425 7450 1500-1510 Gr, 1600-1610 Alb, 1615-1625 S-Cr, 1630-1640 Bu, 1645-1655 Rom 1710-1750 Gk/Pol/Ru 15630 11645 9425 7450 1800-1850 Gr/En 15150 11645 1800-2050 Gr 9420 7450 [but observed on 9425 instead, RFA Ch on 9420 1800-2000]

1800-2200 Gr 17705-Greenville 1800-2200 Gr/En 17765-Delano 1900-1950 Multilingual 9375 7515 1900-1910 En, 1910-1920 Fr, 1920-1930 Ge, 1930-1940 It, 1940-1950 Sw 2000-2050 Multilingual 9375 7515 2000-2015 Alb, 2015-2030 S-Cr, 2030-2040 Bul, 2040-2050 Rom 2100-2150 Gr 7450 6260 2100-2250 Gr/En 11645 9420 2150-2250 Gr 6260 2200-2300 Gr 11640 2300-2350 Sp/En/Po 11690 11640 11595 9425 9395 Ten mins of En nx at 0130, 0330, 0745, 1235, 1240, 1330, 2240, 2335. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 7) (WB, Jun 1)

Macedonia Radio Stn (Radiphonikos Stathmos Makedonias) schedule: 0600-1300 9935 11595 1300-2200 7430 9935 11595

All txions are in the Gr language and originate from studios in Thessaloniki. This station uses txs at Pierea (Thessaloniki) with power output of 35 kW. (Rigas/rec.radio.shortwave/DSWCI DXW/van den Boogert-HOL)

GUAM Trans World Radio - KTWR-Guam is a Christian evangelical broadcaster with its headquarters in North Carolina, USA. Addr: Trans World Radio, Box CC, Agana, Guam 96932, USA. Fax: +1-671-477-2838. Freq schedule Z98 (eff 29 March 1998): UTC LANGUAGE DAYS FREQ TARGET 0740-0915 English 15200 Far East 0800-0930 English 15330 S. Pacific 0825-0855 Hakka 11665 China 0900-1100 Mandarin 9650 China 0900-1400 Mandarin 11670 China 0915-0930 Balinese Mon-Tue 15200 Indonesia 0915-0930 Madurese Fri-Sun 15200 Indonesia 0915-0930 Torajanese Wed-Thu 15200 Indonesia 0930-1100 English 9865 N.E. Asia 0930-1100 Indonesian 15200 Indonesia 1100-1130 Mandarin 9555 China 1130-1330 Mandarin 9590 China 1130-1530 Mandarin 9820 China 1140-1155 Vietnamese 9870 Vietnam 1200-1300 Japanese 9465 Japan 1330-1345 Assamese Mon-Tue 15455 South Asia 1330-1345 Boro Wed-Sun 15455 South Asia 1330-1400 Swatow 9870 China 1345-1400 Santali 15455 South Asia 1400-1415 Cantonese Sat 9870 China 1400-1415 Muslimi Bengali Mon-Tue 15455 South Asia 1400-1415 Tamil 15455 South Asia 1400-1445 Cantonese Mon-Fri 9870 China 1400-1500 Cantonese Sun 9870 China 1400-1530 Mandarin 9545 China 1415-1500 Amoy Sat 9870 China 1430-1515 Burmese 9430 Myanmar 1445-1500 Amoy Mon-Fri 9870 China 1500-1630 English 15330 South Asia 1515-1530 Vietnamese 9430 Vietnam 2100-2200 Indonesian 11810 Indonesia 2100-2200 Japanese 11690 Japan 2100-2200 Korean 9465 Korea 2200-2215 Cantonese Fri 11650 China 2200-2230 Indonesian 15195 Indonesia 2200-2245 Cantonese Sun-Thu 11650 China 2200-2300 Cantonese Sat 11650 China 2200-2330 Mandarin 11995 China 2215-2300 Amoy Fri 11650 China 2245-2300 Amoy Sun-Thu 11650 China

Pacific DX Report on En txions: 0800 15330 Thu to SoPAC 0900 15200 Tue to SEAsia 1030 9865 Fri to NEAsia 1615 15330 Mon to SoAsia (printed schedule via Richard Lemke via DXM/WWDXC, May 98, Jun 1)

INDONESIA 9741.7 RRI Sorong, 1140-1205, BI, piano mx, ID's, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita" at 1200. QRM 9740 BBC Singapore. //3264.6 3976 4777.1 9680 15125. Not more on 4874.4 active! 11785 VoI Jakarta, 0150-0200, En, internat nx, ID, Love Ambon, end of En language progr, no //. Then in BI fr 0200 and also //9525 but very weak here. (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 25-26)

IRAN [CLANDESTINE STATIONS to Palestine] - 6025 Voice of Palestine, 1900-2015, Ar tlk, Ar mx, ID different from ID in CSL List, but hd //7190; nothing on 6150. 1930 ID + Martial song & Call to prayer. No s/off, but continued with Ar tlk & light mx. (Petersen, via DXW, May 21)

VoIRI's changes: 0330-0430 new 15320 Swah, //7260 11750 13605. 1730-2000 v11657.5 Bo, Alb, It, demodulated audio, and QRM by 11655 VoR & RNW. Ahwaz Radio in Az Da Ut Tj 0000-0530 & 1200-1730 on 7180. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

IRAQ 7159.7-.9v Iraqi State R., Baghdad, 1655-1903*, Ar px //9755 with many ID's as "Izaatul Jumhuriyati Iraq", co-channel with BBC, IRN and RFI. (thanks to Vladimir Titarev, UKR, via DXW)

9755 Iraqi State R., Baghdad, 1724-1900*/*1901-2058, Ar px till 1903, then long Quran singing till 1933, then Ar ann and Tu px. There was much stronger signal at *1901- than till 1900* (maybe new azimuth from *1901 onwards).

[non, from ARS instead] 4785 Voice of the Iraqi People (but often with ID's as Iraqi State Radio), 1940-2212, Ar px //9568.4 and new 9560.0 (instead of 9563.0). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, May 27)

IRELAND/UK/GERMANY Relay of RTE Radio One on 12015 noted with fine signal from 1410 on 27 May, with tail end of progr on overseas development, then ID, and into nx in Irish read by female announcer at 1415. Trailers and commercials in En from 1422, but audio off abruptly at 1427, then three mins of silence followed by one minute snatch of BBC WSce En with ad for BBC WW Magazine. Carrier off at 1431. Not sure how much if any of the RTE relay is live http://www.rte.ie/radio/worldwide.html#shortwave suggests not. Presume this comes via Bush House control room and tx in ex-USSR, not quite as strong as R Netherlands Dutch on 12065 via Petropavlovsk at 1330-1425. (Alan Davies-UK, on tour from Manila-PHL, May 28)

RTE Referendum Sites, used on May 23 and 24. The following is based on info taken from a page at RTE's Aertel teletext site, where fresh SW stuff can occasionally be found: http://www.rte.ie/aertel/p385.htm

It has the TARGETS for the RTE Referendum Specials. I have also added in the tx-site info received from RTE's Wesley Boyd and arranged the lot in chronological order.

The times and freqs only were also bc after tonight's dom edition of Worlds Apart and subsequently on SW via Juelich 9640, at 2300. BUT novice listeners would want to ignore the fact that the announcer used the term "wavelength" instead of "kiloHertz" and all listeners should note that 7180 / 2200 UTC Sat / fr Singapore was omitted from that same signpost. All things considered, I would say 7180 will air. Be aware that replica tapings will follow on Wed 20.

Here is the organized list: Sat May 23, one hour prog: 1700 9665 EaAF Meyerton 1700 11605 No/Ce/SoAF Juelich 1700 17695 NoAM Sackville 1800 11785 WeAF Juelich 2000 15515 SoAM Juelich 2200 7180 AUS Singapore 2200 13705 SoEaAS Irkutsk

Sun May 24, one hour prog: 1200 17665 SoEaAS Irkutsk 1300 15625 AUS Juelich 1400 9810 NoAM Sackville 1600 9665 EaAF Meyerton 1600 15105 No/Ce/SoAF Juelich 1800 11785 WeAF Juelich 2000 15515 SoAM Juelich

Finally, some tech-info for hardened buffs: Meyerton 250 kW on Sat, 500 kW on Sun. Sackville 250 Irkutsk 250 Singapore 100 Juelich 100 1 - 4 above: Merlin, UK. 5 above: Deutsche Telekom, Germany. That's it for now. Happy hunting to all. (Finbarr O'Driscoll, Ireland, May 20, RIB via Hauser, May 31)

KAZAKHSTAN/UKRAINE R Almaty International. Kazakh Radio's ext sce also identifies itself as "the international radio service Eurasia" This schedule is based entirely on monitoring observations. Some freqs used by this sce are relayed from txs in Ukraine (-ukr), Eu As 11720-ukr 9620-ukr 9505.

1100-1120 Tue Tu 1100-1120 Su/Mo/We/Th Ge 1100-1120 Fr/Sa En 1120-1140 Su Ru 1120-1140 We En 1120-1140 Fr TATAR 1120-1140 Mo/Tu/Th/Sa UIGHUR 1140-1200 Tue En 1140-1200 Thu AZERI 1140-1200 Su/Mo/We/Fr Korean 1140-1200 Sa Ru

Addr: Radio Almaty, ul Zheltoksan 175, 480013 Almaty, Kazakhstan Tel +7-3272-630763/633716 (main numbers) Tel: +7-3272-637694 (head of foreign-language bcs) Fax: +7-3272-631207 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 28)

KOREA D.R.P. R Pyongyang in Sp Fr En Ko En Sp 1000-0100 on new 11710 (x11700), //13760 and 9335 til 2300. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

R Pyongyang in Korean til 0830, but then in Ru language on v13790.11. Scheduled Kor/Ru 0800-0857 3560 6575 9975 11710 13790. Ge sce at 1800-1857 carrying political comm and horrible march mx on new 7505, but suffering by overmodulated signal, better but not perfect on //9325. (WB, Jun 1)

LAOS 4682.5, presumed Houa Phan, 1207, Vientiane nx relay, //6130. Unfortunately, no local ID at end of nx because of just too early 1229*. Pretty weak, but at least nice to have a Lao regional on SW again. Roland Schulze-PHL also notes this 1140-1227*.

(Foster-OZ, via NU, May 29)

4682.5 Houa Phan (presumed) still hearing this every day, but finally strong enough on May 30 when it was //to 6130 starting at 1200 for the nx. So definitely a Laotian, but presumed this site. Heard as early as 1120 fade in till 1215 fade. If indeed Houa Phan, this is a new freq (x4691), as well as a new schedule (x1000-1100), for them. Good modulation and steady tx. (Johnson, via Cumbre Dx, May 29-31)

LIBERIA 3450, Radio Veritas, 2157-2201, Female speaker with nx and ID in En, instrumental tune, male speaker with short announcement and ID, raggue mx until 2201, when suddenly off. 23342

5100, Radio Liberia International, 2218-2229, Very strong signal and good audio. English ID by male DJ at tune-in, rap mx, time check. DJ also talked during the songs, so not only in between them. He wished someone a "speedy recovery". Think he talked about the regular host of the show. "Recover soon boy, all Liberia needs you". Can't help thinking he was drunk. 44444 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, May 30)

LIBYA For a couple of years LJB Tripoli in Ar heard for the first time on SW before 1030. 0600-1030 and 1030-2100 on addit 15400, //from 1030 on 15235 15415 15435, Apr 26- 30. 1030-0300 on new 15455 with bad modulation, co-ch VoR Alb Se It Gr (x15400), May 16-17. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

Strange Lybian 1000 Hertz tone tests heard again on single 9705 around 0800-0930. No // could be found. Former tests occured daily on 6155, 7120, 9655, 9705, 11770, and/or 11815, but couldn't been heard in the past three months. (WB, Jun 3/4/5)

MALAYSIA A few weeks ago I reported that V of Malaysia Tagalog sce on 1476 appeared to be inactive, on the basis of monitoring in Kota Kinabulu. After arriving in Manila on Apr 28 I tried to hear it on numerous evenings without success, the only activity on 1476 being a distant stn in the PHL. However, it now seems to have reappeared, first noted 1225 on May 25 with a fading signal, strong on peaks. Mellow Western pop mx presented by female announcer with ID at 1232 'Voice of Malaysia, RTM'. Like most MW txs in Sabah, it is off channel around 1475, with awful heterodyne on the upper sideband. Off immediately after national anthem just before 1405. (Alan Davies-UK, on tour from Manila-PHL, May 28)

[SARAWAK] 3385, Miri, also unhrd here for quite some time, even during the periods when RRI-Kupang has been inactive. Last logged at weak level in May 96 at 1325//5005, 6050 & 7270. When in SNG in Aug 1995, I noted it at 1400 with nx in Iban //6050 & 6060, not a big signal but above RRI-Kupang. So 3385 has been used. (Foster-OZ in NU)

5959.3 RTV Malaysia, KK, in Iban?, telephone conversation, internat mx, 1324 TA, Nat Anth and s-off at 1330*. On May 6th in BM language. 45544 (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 25)

MALI RTM Bamako in French noted in 0800-0900 range on v9632.97. (WB, Jun 1)

ISLE OF MAN The Isle of Man is gearing up for the annual T.T. (Tourist Trophy) motorcycle festival, beginning June 1. For the duration of the 13 day festival period the local radio stn, Manx Radio, runs Radio TT on its 1368 freq while regular programming continues on FM. Radio TT will be simulcast on Internet at the following URL: http://www.radiott.com starting 0400 June 1. The main feature of the festival will be the TT races which were first held in 1907. The first race in this year's event is scheduled for 1300 June 6. [could be BST, not UTC? -gh]. (Peter Hallam, Carrickfergus, N. Ireland, RIB via GH, Jun 4)

NAMIBIA 3270, NBC; Windhoek, 2203-2207, Male speaker with nx in En, short tune, religious progr. 34343. //3289.9 (weaker) (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, May 30)

NETHERLANDS Radio Netherlands Z98: 0025-0125 Sp 9895F 11680B 15315B 0030-0325 En 9855M 11655M 12090T 0130-0225 Du 6020F 6165B 9895B 15315B 0230-0425 Sp 6020F 6165B 9590B 0330-0425 Du 9855M 11655M 0430-0525 En 6165B 9590B 0500-0530 Du 5955F 6020F 7130F 9895F 0530-0600 Du 5955F 6020F 6165B 7130F 9715B 9895F 0600-0615 Du 5955F 6165B 9715B 9895F 13720J 0615-0625 Du 5955F 6165B 9715B 9895F 11935F 13720J 0625-0630 Du 5955F 9895F 11935F 13720J 0630-0700 Du 5955F 9720B 9820B 9895F 11935F 13720J 0700-0725 Du 5955F 9720B 9820B 9895F 11935F 0725-0800 Du 5955F 9895F 11935F 0730-0925 En 9720B 9820B 0800-1030 Du 5955F 9895F 13700F 0930-1015 DuCarib 6020B Mo-Sa 0930-1125 En 12065P 13710I 1030-1125 Du 5955F 9720B 9820B 9895F 13700F 17580M 21480M 1030-1225 En 6045J 9860W 1125-1330 Du 5955F 9895F 13700F 1130-1155 Sp 6020B 9715B 1130-1325 BI 11690S 12065M17580M 1200-1225 Sp 6020B 9715B 1330-1425 Du 5930P 5955F 9895F 12065P 13700F 13755H 1330-1525 En 9890M 15585M 1425-1530 Du 5955F 9895F 13700F 1530-1600 Du 5955F 9890M 9895F 13700F 15585M 1600-1625 Du 5955F 7310L 9890M 9895F 13700F 15585M 1625-1630 Du 5955F 7310L 9895F 13700F 1630-1700 Du 5955F 6020M 7310L 9895F 11655M 13700F 1700-1725 Du 6020M 11655M 1730-1825 Du 9895F 13700F 15560F 17605B 21590B 1730-1830 En 6020M 7120M 11655F 1830-1925 Du 13700F 15560F Su 1830-2025 En 6020M 7120M 9895F 11655F 15315B 17605B 2030-2125 Du 5835L 6015M 6020F 7120M 9895F 11655F 15315B 15525(Su only) 17605B 2130-2225 Du 9895F 13700F 15155B 15315B 2130-2225 DuCarib 6020B 2130-2325 BI 6120S 7285M 9590M 2230-0025 Sp 9895F 11680B 11715F 15315B 2330-0025 Du 7280M 9590S 17580H 2330-0125 En 6020F 6165B 9845B

B=Bonaire F=Flevo G= Wolvertem H=Khabarovsk I=Irkutsk J=Juelich L=Kaliningrad M=Madagascar N=Nauen P=Petropavlovsk S=Singapore T=Tashkent W= Wertachtal. (R. Nederland website + Padula-AUS, via NASWA, May 30)

OMAN R Sultanate of Oman in Ar heard on new 11805 (x11740), //7230, at 1600-1900. (co- ch VoA in Ru). (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

PAKISTAN The Pakistan Bcing Corporation can be found at http://radio.gov.pk/Intro.html

Radio Pakistan's A-98 [respectively Z-98] schedule fr May 3-Oct 24th has now arrived and is: Urdu WS 0100-0215 11760 15485 WS to So&SoEaAS English 0230-0245 11760 13610K 15485 slow speed nx bulletin to So&SoEaAS to India 7485. Gujrati 0330-0400 15325 and addit 17555 (API-6 250 kW) to BGD IND EaAF Urdu 0430-0630 11725 (API-1 100 kW 282 degr) 15170 (API-5 250 kW 282 degr) 17555 (API-6 250 kW 252 degr) WS to Gulf & ME.

Urdu/E 0800-1120 15530 (API-5 250 kW 313 degr) 0800-1103 Urdu WS 17835.1 (API-6 250 kW 313 degr) 1105-1120 slow speed nx.

Indonesian 0900-0930 15405 17540K to INS MLA BRU TZA. Tamil 1000-1030 15405 17540K to SoIND and S-L. Hindi 1100-1145 7255 9520 11995K. Chinese 1200-1230 9710 11835 to CHN. Mitali/Bangla 1200-1245 11975 15625 to BGD/IND. Persian 1300-1345 11975 15625 to IRN.

Urdu 1330-1530 9650.07 11570.07 15170K WS to Gulf & ME. Hazargi 1400-1430 MW 756 to AFG. Turki 1430-1500 5055 6070(this now via 313 degr) to AFG and CeAS. Russian 1500-1530 5055 6070(this now via 313 degr) to CIS and RUS. Dari 1600-1700 MW 1260 kHz to AFG. English 1600-1630 9650.07 11570.07 15170K WS to Gulf & ME. 15170 17720 to Ea&SoEaAF. 1615-1630 E slow speed nx bulletin. I note that they are using 15170 via Karachi & Islamabad at 1600, but VoA is co-channel.

Urdu 1700-1900 11570.07 15335.06 WS to WeEUR. Turkish 1730-1800 9400K 13580K to TUR. [observed 9395.27 & 13587.46 on Jun 5th, both drifting heavily] Arabic 1800-1845 7460 9330 to ME & NoAF. [observed 7460.00 & 9329.24 on Jun 3rd] Urdu 1800-1900 7255 Islamabad progr to Gulf & ME. French 1930-2000 11570 to WeEUR 15335 to No&WeAF. [observed 11570.08 & 15335.06 on Jun 3rd] K = Karachi 50 kW, others Islamabad 100/250 kW.

Home sces API1 100 kW 5045 59.46 metres, home sce fr Islamabad 1414 Balti nx 1422-1430 Sheena nx. API2 100 kW 6060 49.50 regional news 0330-0430 Balti 0445-0545 Sheena 5010 59.88 home sce fr Islamabad: 1300 Urdu nx; 1304-1316, 1323-1600 Pushto, regional news 1316-1323 Pushto API4 100 kW 7110 42.19 0600 Urdu nx 0604-0800 Rawalpindi progr incl. 0700-0704 Punjabi nx 0800-1115 Islamabad progr incl. 0800-0804 Sindhi nx Pushto nx 0900-0904 Urdu nx 1000-1004 E nx at 1100-1104. Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto are regional nx.

Link services from Islamabad API-7 10 kW API7 10 kW 6070 49.42 0100-0102 Urdu 0200-0225 Urdu comm & editorials. 0230-0245 link for slow speed nx bulletin. 7270 41.26 0300-0310 E nx 0400-0404 Urdu 0500-0504 E nx 0600-0604 Urdu regional nx 0700-0704 Punjabi, 0800-0804 Sindhi 9645 31.10 0900-0930 Indonesian link 1000-1030 Tamil link 1100-1104 E nx 7230 41.49 1200-1210 Urdu nx & comm, 1230-1300 Kashmiri, regional nx 1302 Punjabi, 1309-1316 Sindhi. 1400-1414 E nx & commercial nx 1500 Urdu nx & comm 1515-1530 Urdu newsreel. 6060 49.50 1600-1630 E nx comm link for slow speed bulletin 1700-1715 Urdu nx/Pasmanzar1730-1800 Turkish link.

I've tried many times to hear API-7 but never succeeded. I presume the "Link Service" it provides is an emergency feed perhaps to regional stations and to Karachi. The audio I hear via Karachi sounds more like a telephone line though.

API8 100 kW Rawalpindi III 4790 62.63 0045-0435 1230-1330 1345-1815. 7265 41.29 0800(Fri 0930)-1215 Regional sces Quetta 10 5025 59.70 0045-0404(Fri-0345) & 1200-1805. 7155 41.84 Fri 0400-0820 1000-1145. Sat-Thur 0600-1145. Peshawar 10 5045 59.46 1100-1400.

The Karachi txs are performing very badly and often operate off the nominal frequency, and that's what's heterodyning Saudi Arabia 15170. (Noel Green-UK May 28)

PORTUGAL Again changes in the Z98 schedule of Radio Portugal International. RDP has replaced 17640 (x17495) with new 17740 (Mo-Fr 1105-1200 in Tetum, 1200-1300 in Po and Sat/Sun 0700-0900 in Po).

Mon-Fri Timor 1105-1200 Tetum 1200-1300 Po 17740 (x17495 x17710 x17640) 300 kW RHOS 66degr 20dB

Sat-Sun Timor 0700-0900 Po 17740 (x17495 x17710 x17640) 300 kW RHOS 66degr 20dB (WB, May 30)

QATAR QBS Doha in Ar, changes fr May 3: 0245-0706 new 11785 (co-ch R Cairo in Ar fr 0600, and R Iraq Internat in Ge Fr En til 0400). (x9520). 0707-1306 new 17770 (co-ch VoUAE Abu Dhabi in Ar 0900-1100, RRI in Rom 1100-1300). (x17830). 1307-2125 new 11785 (co-ch Cairo Ar -1400, DW fr 1900). (x11750 x7210). All //9570.2. (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

RUSSIA Due to financial cuts VoRussia Ru sce will drop a number of freqs fr June 1st. The new schedule is: 1200-1400 5940,7330,9480,11675; 1300-1400 11655 FE 2000-2100 9785 ; 1800-2000 11930 EUR 1700-2100 11890,15535 EUR and AF 1700-1900 11685,11850,15490,15515; 1700-2100 11920 AF 2300-0000 9480,12070 LA 1500-1600 11850,11975,15510,15515 ME 1200-1300 15510; 1200-1400 17610 SEA

Also there is a possibility that VoR will cease txions at 1800-1900 and 2300-0000 time slots. (VoR via Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, May 31, also via Anatoly Klepov)

Pavel Mikhailov doesn't mention 693 in Berlin for VoR Ru sce anymore. However, I just "called Berlin", and my colleague heard around 1950 on MW Uhlenhorst 693 as usual a Ru progr from VoR. Would it be possible to find out about this special outlet for Berlin? This comes _not_ on Wachenbrunn-1323, which I found today until 2000 with Fr and in this moment (since 2000) with En. Obviously VoR established meanwhile a separate feeder line for 693, meaning it is no longer necessarily in //to 1323. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 4) I just forwarded your message to Pavel, but as far as I know he is on vacation now, so it might takes some time to get an answer from him. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Jun 5)

4795 R Rossii Ulan Ude 1220-1300, usb mode, Ru, reports, Russian style singers, at 1300 time pips 5 short / 1 long, ID nx. 25432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 25)

SAUDI ARABIA Changes of BSKSA Holy Quran in Ar: 0300-0600 new 17895 (x17720), new 11870 (x11935). 1800-2300 new 9703.3 [nom 9705] bad modulation, and QRM ETH on 9704.1, //11935. Main Ar progr 1200-1500 new 15275 under DW (x15060), //15230, 15377. Ext sce 0500-0555 Swah new 17755 (x17760). 1000-1155 BI new 21670 (x21705). 1400-1555 Pe new 11745 (x11765). 1600-1655 Bambara new 17760 (17775). (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

BSKSA in Ar at 1750, but seemingly signing-off at 1800 on both v11708.24 and 11833.60, no trace after 1805. (WB, Jul 1)

French sce at 0800-1000 noted on 15235, but signal strength suffering here in EUR. (WB, Jun 3)

SINGAPORE/UK The BBC has discontinued its use of the additional Singapore channel of 6140 for the morning INS sce, *2200-2245*. This was apparently put into use for extended coverage of the crisis there, and the service remains on 5875 (Rampisham) 3915/6080/9740 (Singapore). Jun 2. This is not a new INS regional stn, as had been suggested from one source! (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Jun 4)

SOMALIA 6990 Unid weak signal at 1725 until 1945*. Ar programming until 1900, then in Somali. Played the same patriotic tune after every talk by the man and woman announcers. Heard with same melody at sign off that I have heard on other Somali stns, but no prayers as the other stns carry.

7100 Radio Free Somalia heard at 1152 until 1200* Presumed also on 9415 that was clear after 1200. (Vaghjee, via Cumbre Dx, May 31)

SUDAN (cland) - "V of Liberty & Renewal" of Sudan Alliance Forces. This radio stn identifies itself as "the radio of the Voice of Liberty and Renewal, Voice of the Sudan Alliance Forces, Voice of the Popular Armed Uprising" (Arabic: idha'at sawt al-hurriyah wa al-tajdid, sawt quwwat al-tahaluf al-sudaniyyah, sawt al- intifadah al-sha'biyyah al-musallahah). It was first observed by BBCM on 7th May 1998.

The Sudan Alliance Forces (SAF) are an opposition guerrilla army of ex-government northern soldiers, affiliated to the Asmara, Eritrea-based National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the main opposition umbrella group. URL (Sudan Alliance Forces): www.safsudan.com 1600-1700 daily Ar to AF 7000-v (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 28)

SWEDEN R Sweden Internat changes 1130-1200 Swe 15240, En 15235. 1445-1500 Swe new 17875 (x17870). (PanIview-BUL, May 19)

THAILAND R Thailand Bangkok surprisingly good on even[!] 9655.00 via old Pathumthani site, in Thai to ME workers 1800-1900. //v11905.26, and via VoA Ban Dung in Udon Thani province 9690, but latter one the worst freq of all. (WB, Jun 1)

TUNISIA ERTT current observed schedule, all in Ar: 0400-0500 7225 15534.28v 0500-0600 7225 12005.6v 15534.28v 0600-0700 7225 12005.6v 15534.28v 17735.21v 0700-1600 11730.06 12005.6v 15534.28v 17735.21v 1600-1900 7281v 11730.06 12005.6v 1900-2320 7225 7281v 12005.6v (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS/NERRS, May 14-15) [and observations by your truly]

UAE Radio and Television Dubai 0200-0330 Ar 15400 13675 12005 0330-0400 En 15400 13675 12005 0400-0530 Ar 21700 17830 0530-0600 En 21700 17830 0600-1030 Ar 21605 15395 13675 1030-1110 En 21605 15395 15370 13675 1110-1200 Ar 21605 15395 15370 13675 1200-1330 Ar 21605 15395 13675 13630 1330-1400 En 21605 15395 13675 13630 1400-1600 Ar 21605 15395 13675 13630 1600-1640 En 21605 15395 13675 13630 1640-2050 Ar 15395 15315-(alt) 13675 13630 11795 >>see below (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 21)

11950 UAE Radio, Dubai, Ar px, new freq instead of 11795 and //13630, 13675, 15395 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS, May 27) (WB, Jun 1)

USA WINB - World International Broadcasters Inc bcs Christian progrs from a 50-kW tx at Red Lion, Pennsylvania WINB's SW tx was reactivated in Jan 1997 after almost two years off the air. 0000-0600 En AM 11950 2000-0000 En EUR AF 13790 Addr: WINB, PO Box 88, Red Lion, PA 17356, USA Tel: +1-717-244-5360 Fax: +1-717-244-9316 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, May 28)

WRNO Ashton Hardy, a former FCC General Counsel and long time attorney for WRNO, had this to say about the sale of WRNO- This will be a long process. We take closed bids. At the end of each round, we inform all the bidders of the highest bid. We then start a new round of bidding, anyone may submit a higher bid in the susequent rounds. We will continue this process until we have just one bidder left, which may take some time. Having said that, the station will have to sell for a certain amount or the court won't allow the sale. I can't say what that amount is just yet, but if necessary, I will get an appraisal of the station to determine its value. The station also continues to have technical problems with its transmitter. Once again, it is operating on reduced power, although they say that things will be fine as soon as they install a new switch/balun in the transmitter. (Cumbre DX, Johnson Jun 4)

[c.f. BC-DX #367] BROTHER STAIR The recent move of Deutsche Telekom, Juelich, to an additional freq of 3945 in the 75 mb has attracted world wide interest. Official primary allocations for this band are as follows:

3900-3950: Region 1 Aeronautical Mobile; Region 2 Amateur, Fixed, Mobile (except Aeronautical Mobile) Region 3 Aeronautical Mobile, Broadcasting 3950-4000: Region 1 Bcing, Fixed; Region 2 Amateur, Fixed, Mobile (except Aeronautical Mobile) Region 3 Bcing, Fixed

Until recently, European broadcasters (Region 1) did not venture into the range 3900- 3950, with that spectrum being used by bcing stns in Region 3 (mainly Asia, The FE, AUS). The German operation is now co-channel with txs in IND, INS, JPN, and Vanuatu. (Padula- AUS/EDXP, via NASWA)

KA2RAF Chris sent three emails to Brother Stair complaining about the use of 3945, and received the following responses, reproduced verbatim:

1st response: "The stn is not a pirate stn and it has been cleared to run from one of the most respected stn in Germany and the target is EUR. That is the truth and it it is not illegal. Amazing but many of the ham operators tell me that this 3945 has many that mocks god and they are happy that the Overcomer does come in. I will pray for you. The jamin does me no harm as as I say the target is EUR and it comes in loud and clear there. The Overcomer. Jesus is coming and what a time to be caught messing with a ham radio."

2nd response: "We are bcing to EUR on that very good and cleared frequency. I am not interfering with any one. Let them hear or change. This is paid bc that is being done with and from a German stn that uses that freq much. I am responding to you a a christin and a ham operator why do you not want the word of God heard even among many on that band that reject God and truth."

3rd response: "Not trying to save souls and The target is from Germany with a undirectional antenna and the target is EUR and what is wrong with you that you did not read you manual on Ham radio requirements. You are to move if the band is used by a commercial broadcaster. We are not trying to reach the US with this and do not expect any results but just this money received a good letter from some one that sis hear and gave a offering. Glory to God. Did you say you were a christian? RG Stair [email protected]"

As a ham, an SWL, and someone who thinks there are already WAY too may religious operations on SW, I have registered my objections to this operation with the German telecommunication authority. Should you wish to do the same, address and email follows - AQ.

Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (Reg TP) Office address: Heinrich-von-Stephan-Str. 1 D-53175 Bonn Federal Republic of Germany Postal address: Postfach 80 01 D-53105 Bonn Federal Republic of Germany Fax +49 228 14-8872 Telephone +49 228 14-0 E-mail: [email protected]

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent ext sce schedule Z98: This schedule is based entirely on monitoring observations and only lists bcs which have been confirmed. 0000-0030 UIGHUR 5060 0100-0130 ENGLISH 9715 9530 9375 7190 0130-0200 DARI 9715 7190 0200-0230 PASHTO 9715 7190 0230-0330 UZBEK 9715 9530 9375 7190 0400-0430 TURKISH 15165 1200-1230 ENGLISH 17775 15295 9715 7285 1230-1300 URDU 17775 15295 9715 7285 1300-1330 HINDI 17775 15295 9715 7285 1330-1400 ENGLISH 17775 15295 9715 7285 1400-1430 URDU 17775 15295 9715 7285 1430-1500 HINDI 17775 15295 9715 7285 1520-1550 DARI 9715 7285 1550-1630 UZBEK 9715 7285 1630-1700 PERSIAN 9715 7285 1700-1730 ARABIC .. 9715 7285 1700-1730 TURKISH 9545 1730-1830 UZBEK .. 9715 9545 9540 7285 1830-1900 PERSIAN 9715 9545 9540 7285 1900-1930 ARABIC 9715 9545 9540 7285 1935-2030 GERMAN 11905 9545 9540 5060 5035 5025 2030-2100 ENGLISH 9545 9540 2130-2200 ENGLISH 9545 9540 2330-0000 CHINESE-STD 5060

Some progrs in Uzbek for Uzbeks abroad identify as "Radio Vatandosh" (Vatandosh=Homeland). Addr: Radio Tashkent, ulKhorezmskaya 49, Tashkent 700047, Uzbekistan Tel: +7 - 3712 - 441210 Fax: +7 - 3712 - 336068 (BBCM [Copyright!] via AGDX, May 28)

VIETNAM v4740.4 Son La Broadcasting Station (tentative) seems to be the one here, with talk in Vn at 1209. I thought this might be nx of one of the national channels, but before I could check they switched to tonal singing. 1215 talk by man, but signal fading at this point. (Johnson in Cumbre Dx, May 22)

(tentative) noted with tx coming on about 1155, May 24. Very poor and noisy reception here at first, but improved after about 1300 with Vn sounding folk mx interspersed with anns in Vn, tx off just before 1358, but no ID heard. Also noted 1358* on May 23.

5050v Quang Tri BS this ch is dominated in Manila by a Chinese stn, Nanning, if I'm not mistaken, though there is another weak stn in the background all evening from before 1030 to past 1530. Unfortunately the weak stn is unintelligible, so no idea whether it's Quang Tri or not. (Alan Davies-UK, in Manila-PHL, May 24)

6385.8 Unid I thought this was Lao Cai at first, but it isn't (see below). I am hearing this one daily from as early as 1130 till well past 1200. Plenty of tribal mx and the same IS and fanfare daily at 1200. Not //to any other VTN outlet and nothing sounding like an ID to me. 6696.8 Lao Cai is where their 6 MHz outlet is. Finally found it. Heard //to 5597 at 1145 with mx. (Johnson, via Cumbre Dx, May 29-31)

7154v Vietnam Bac Thai Broadcasting Stn untraced here in Manila on what seems to be a clear channel. (Davies, via Cumbre Dx, May)

Voice of Vietnam orders new MW txs. Quincy, Illinois: Broadcast Electronics [BE] has signed a major contract in excess of 400,000 dollars with the Voice of VTN to furnish Broadcast Electronics txs, and peripheral products, to seven of their locations.

The deal, in conjunction with BE's Representative in VTN, Stanford Technology Network, calls for Broadcast Electronics to provide AM-10A [10-kW MW] txs, antenna tuning units, and automatic voltage regulators for seven Vietnamese sites. The Vietnamese delegation visited the Quincy facility last week for tx final testing and training. The equipment order shipped this past week. As foreign governments and companies begin to invest in emerging technologies, Broadcast Electronics has traditionally been a company of choice for improving their radio broadcasting capabilities. (BBCM via AGDX, May 26/29)

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BELARUS Belarus Radio super signal on new 11670 at 0500-0600, politics in BjRu, but no //7210 check, due of BBC Balcan block via tremendous Rampisham 500 kW signal on latter frequ. (WB, Jun 13)

BELGIUM/NETH. ANTILLES Football live coverage of RVI Brussels in World Cup competition in France: Taken from URL http://www.rvi.be/nl/watzendt/schemas/wk98.htm All txions also via RVI URL in RealAudio.

Following the schedule of competitions of the "Red Devils" [Belgium national football team] via Astra satellite and on SW:

Sat Jun 13 1900-2100, Belgium vv Netherlands EUR 5860 [instead of 5910 to avoid interference of RFI 5915 fr 2000] [fine 54544 signal here on my place, but wandering to 5858.00 at 1950] SoWeEUR 9925 AF 15270 SoAM & EaNoAM 21590 1830-2100 only, via RNW Bonaire relay, 250 kW 350/170 degr [but observed RNW live coverage of football world cup match progr featuring BEL vv HOL instead of RVI progr.

Sat Jun 20 1500-1730, Belgium vv Mexico EUR 5910, SoWeEUR 9925, AF 17640 EaNoAM [WeNoAM & SoAM too] 17680, via RNW Bonaire relay, 250 kW 350/170 degr

Thu Jun 25 1400-1555, Belgium vv South Korea SoEUR 9925, SoWeEUR 11895, AF 17690

Bicycle "Tour de France" live coverage Mon Jul 13 til Sat Aug 1, daily 1300-1500 EUR 9925, SoWeEUR 11895. (RVI via Wian Stienstra-HOL, Jun 6)

CAMBODIA 11940.40 Nat R of Cambodia, 0005-0014*, En progr, CBG mx, ID "National Voice of Cambodia", IS at 0015, then Fr progr onwards. 25432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 31)

CHINA 11952, tonal language which I believe to be Tibetan and Chinese-style time signals, surely Lhasa in Tibetan. Best here 0000-0300 when BBC QRM on 11955 is weaker, also evenings 1300-1542v sign-off. Appears to be on before 2335-1545 with break of a couple of hours around 0700-1000 (will try to confirm). Late evenings is // with barely readable 6200. (Alan Davies-UK, touring in SoEaAS, Jun 12)

COSTA RICA v15049.35 RfPI in En, featuring an art project in MEX at 0517. 23222 (WB, Jun 13)

CUBA RADIO HABANA CUBA PRESENTS "DXERS UNLIMITED" -- Your favorite listener-oriented radio hobby program on SW broadcast twice weekly, Tue-Wed and Sat-Sun. Written, produced and hosted by Arnie Coro, CO2KK

FEATURING: The most up-to-date HF propagation forecast Technical Topics: a regular feature with KNOW-HOW Amateur radio news, contests, unusual band openings! Digital modes: at the forefront of radio into the 21st Century Questions and Answers: in an easy-to-understand style! Direct e-mail link to Arnie Coro

HOW TO PICK UP THE SHOW ON SHORTWAVE: We broadcast on the 49, 31, 25 and 22 mbs. You will need a radio capable of tuning to SW signals. The rx may use its own internal telescopic whip antenna, but it is a lot better if you can connect the radio to an EXTERNAL ANTENNA.

In our Dxers Unlimited section of the Radio Havana Cuba website, you will find several easy to build antennas for improving SW reception. It is very easy to download both the text and the graphics files. Time invested in building and installing your own external SW receiving antenna is really worth every single second of it, and reception will improve significantly.

OUR SUMMER 1998 freqs: We are using the following freqs for our North America English- language broadcasts: beaming NoAM 0100-0500 6000Ea 9820Ce 13605Ea 0500-0700 9820We 9830Ea 9550Ea

SEND YOUR SIGNAL REPORTS, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TO DXERS UNLIMITED: e-mail: [email protected] or: [email protected] Air Mail: Arnie Coro, Dxers Unlimited, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba hone or fax: Voice: +53 7 814243 from 9 am to 5 pm EST FAX: + 53 7 812927 24 hours FAX: +53 7 705810 from 5 pm to 8 am EST (Arnaldo Coro CO2KK on RHC's homepage, Jun 9)

DOMINICAN REP Radio Cima 100 is back in the air after several years of absence. I myself listened to this stn the last time 1994. 4960.1, Radio Cima 100; Santo Domingo, 0045-0105, Sp, salsa and merengue music with short announcements between the music pieces ("Radio Cima"), full ID at 0102: "Desde la RepΒ£blica Dominicana transmite Radio Cima Cien". 33423 (Michael Schnitzer-D, Jun 11)

5018.24, R. Cristal Internacional, 2323, 2340-2357*, Suddenly went off just after I tuned in!! Back on at 2340 recheck w/light LA mx. M w/ID ann at 2344. Very long bongo drum solo w/Bass accompaniment. Big Band song. Off suddenly again at 2357. Have been hearing this here at times. Hrd a nice canned En ID sev. day previous. (Valko, Jun 8)

EQUAT. GUINEA R Africa noted carrying US En relig progr around 2140 on v15184.84. 23222 (WB, Jun 12)

ERITREA Vo the Broad Masses of Eritrea was noted with two new freqs in use: 6190 //7085, 1545-1830* on Jun 3, *0329- on Jun 4 (Program 1, mostly in Vernaculars) 7175 //7390, 1617-1800* on Jun 3, *0329- on Jun 4 (Program 2, mostly in Ar with ID's as "Huna Asmara...") (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DSWCI DXW)

6190 Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea Heard on June 6 at 1745-1800. Weak and covered by Uzbekistan. (Vaghjee, via DSWCI DXW)

7085 Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 1810, African mx, with spoken announcements in between (unid. Language). Starting with good level (when listening on USB to block nearby ham QSO), but later heavy interference by Hams and hardly readable. Not heard after 1830. (sign off ?) Program in //with 5000 (also starting out very well and degrading rapidly). (at best 32333) (Rouw, via DSWCI DXW, Jun 2)

ETHIOPIA 11800 Voice of Peace, Gedja, *1059-1120, Interval signal (piano), ID in En, ann. in Semitic lang, followed by nasal sounding religious chant. Nothing heard on 9560. Reasonable signal for noon-reception. (Pijpers, via DSWCI DXW, Jun 7)

FINLAND YLE R Finland - Yleisradio - Finnish Broadcasting Company. Valid til 24 Oct 1998, is based on information supplied by Radio Finland. Most YLE Radio Finland txions in Fi and Swe on 11755, 6120, 963 and 558 are relays of YLE's dom networks. Most bcs are also available via satellite as follows: Eutelsat 13 0E (11163 MHz vertical, audio 8 10MHz - DW TV transponder); Galaxy 124W (3820 MHz vertical, audio 6 20 MHz); AsiaSat 100 5E (4000 MHz horizontal, digital MPEG 2); Intelsat 1W (3911 MHz RHC, digital MPEG 2).

0000-0200 Fi Eu 963 558 0200-0230 Fi Eu 963 0230-0300 Fi Eu Am 11900 9780 963 558 0300-0400 Fi Eu 6120 963 558 0400-0500 Fi EuME 15440 11755 9655 6120 (Nx in Swe at 0430 exc 963 558 on 6120) 0500-0600 Fi EuME 15440-(to 0515) 11755 9655-(to 0515) 6120 963 558-(to 0515) 0500-0515 Swe Eu 9560 0600-0630 Fi Eu AsAu 17830 11945 11755 9560 6120 963 558 0630-0700 Fi Eu 11755 6120 963 0630-0800 Swe Eu 9560 0700-0800 Fi Eu AsAu 17820 15235 11755 6120 963 558 0800-0830 Fi Eu AsAu 17820 15235 11755 6120 963 558 0830-0900 Fi Eu 11755 6120 963 0900-1000 Fi EuME 11755 6120 963 558 0900-1000 Swe Eu 9560 1000-1100 Fi EuME 11755 6120 963 558 (Nx in Swe at 1010 on 558) 1000-1100 Swe Eu 13645 1100-1200 Fi Eu Am 15400-(from 1130) 11900 11755 6120 963 558 1200-1300 Fi Eu Am 15400 11900 11755 6120 963 1200-1300 Swe Eu 558 1300-1330 Fi Eu 11755 6180 6120 963 558 1300-2000 Swe Eu 9730 1330-1400 Fi Eu 11755 6120 963 1400-1500 Fi Eu Am 15400 11755 6120 963 558 til 1415) 1500-1600 Fi Eu 15145-(from 1530) 11755 6120 963 558-(fr 1530) 1500-1530 Swe EuME 15145 558 1600-1700 Fi EuME 11755 6120 963 558 (Nx in Swe at 1610 exc on 6120) 1700-1800 Fi EuME 11755 6120 963 558 1800-1900 Fi EuME 11755 6120 963 558 1900-1950 Fi Eu Am 11755 6120-(to 2000) 5970 963 558 1950-2000 Swe Eu 11755 6120 5970 963 558 2000-2100 Fi Eu 11755 6120 2100-2200 Fi Eu 11755-(to 2130) 6120 963 558 2200-2300 Fi Eu 963 558-(to 2230) 2245-2300 Swe Eu 11895 9655 558 2300-0000 Fi Eu 11895-(to 2330) 9655-(to 2330) 963 558

YLE Radio Finland - Foreign Language Sce 0200-0230 En Eu Am 11900 9780 558 0515-0530 Fr Eu 9560 0515-0530 Ru Eu 9655 558 0530-0600 Ge Eu 9560 558 0630-0700 En Eu AsAu 17830 11945 558 0830-0900 Ru Eu AsAu 15325 558 1000-1030 Ge Eu 9560 1330-1400 Ru Eu 6180 558 1600-1630 Ru Eu 6180 1945-2000 Fr Eu 6135 2000-2030 En EuME 6135 963 558 2030-2100 Ge Eu 6135 963 558 2230-2245 Fr Eu 558

Addr: YLE Radio Finland, Box 78, 00024 Yleisradio, Finland Fax: +358-9-1481169; Tel: +358-9-1484320; E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.yle.fi/rfinland (RealAudio is also available) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, Jun 5)

FRANCE CARACOL from Paris is coming in here in northern Germany with good reception on MW 1080, at 1920, 34444. Carrying the match France vs South Africa and awful lot of adverts and IDs. Anybody with an address apart from the Bogota HQ? Exact tx location? Power? (Martin Elbe-D, Jun 13)

GEORGIA [ABKHAZIA] 9489.7v Rep. of Abkhazia Radio, , *0329:14-0350, carrier w/tone to opening anthem, unreadable opening and possible nx by deep-voiced male announcer from 0330:30; dialogue by man & woman at 0350 tune-out. Started on 9489.70 but slow drift up to 9489.75+. Mostly weak w/deep fades. (D Clark, via Cumbre Dx, June 6) *0325 tuning tone to interval signal, followed by presumed national anthem. Sign on announcement by male in possibly 3 languages, incl Russian. Sign on mentioned frequencies and program schedule. Programming that followed consisted of alternating talk by a male and female, separated by piano music bridges. Signal faded out by 0353. (Maroti, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 6)

Rep. of Abkhazia Radio, Sukhumi, noted on 9489.7v *0329:14-0350, carrier w/tone to opening anthem, unreadable opening and possible news by deep-voiced male anncr from 0330:30; dialogue by man & woman at 0350 tune-out. Started on 9489.70 but slow drift up to 9489.75+. Mostly weak w/deep fades, Jun 6. (David Clark, via EDXP) v9489.74 noted here in Stuttgart around 0430-0500 in Russian. Poor 24222 only. (WB, Jun 13)

GERMANY Brother Stair's Overcomer Ministry is based in the USA and hires airtime on a number of SW txs. This schedule, which details bcs via Deutsche Telekom txs in Juelich, GER, is based on monitoring observations and information fr Deutsche Telekom. FREQUENCY USEAGE IS HIGHLY VARIABLE. Main studio centre Walterboro,SC (USA)

0000-0400 En Eu ME Af As Au Am 9500 3945 0400-0600 11910 3945 0600-0700 15735 13810 3945 0700-0900 15735 13810 0900-1000 15735 13810 1000-1200 17505 15735 15715 5900-(SaSu) 1200-1300 15735 15715 1300-1400 15735 15625 1400-1600 15625 13810 1600-1800 15625 13810 6130 1800-2000 15625 12055 9800 3945 2000-2100 15625 12055 3945 2100-0000 12050 11625 9510 3945

Addr: Overcomer Ministry, Box 691, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488, USA URL: http://www.overcomerministry.com/ E-mail [email protected] or [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, Jun 5)

9405 (x9700) R Asia Canada 0350 mx, echo announcements in unid [Tamil] language, news, strong signal. (Paszkiewicz, via EDXP, June 5)

15560 Radio Asia-Canada via DTK Juelich 0730 testing, nx in En, mx. Strong signal, for Tamil audiences. (Stafford via R.Kehoe Date?, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 12)

Yesterday I monitored the Tamil radio stn RAC sce in English segment, 2100-2200 on 15560 via DTK Juelich, loud and clear here in Stuttgart. Progr content and presentation looks like a very professional broadcasting transmission. Remaining hours are in Tamil, 1800- 2000 Sat/Sun 17505, 2000-2100 15560, 2200-0000 11975, 0000-0200 9560, and 0200-0400 9700 but now replaced by 9405, see above items. All txions are directed towards NoAm at 295 degrees fr Juelich-GER. (WB, Jun 12)

DW German service published the following changes, as of Jun 12: Asia 0600-0800 9690. 1000-1200 1548, 12000. 1400 12000, 13810

AUS/NZL 0600-0800 9690. 0800 9735, 11655, 17845

EUR 1200-1300 6075

NoAM 1200-1355 17730. 1400-1600 13750, 17730. 1600-1700 13750, 17730 Ionospheric forecast report via: http://www.dwelle.de/today/ionosph_d.html (DW, Jun 12)

GREECE [RHODES Isl.] One of the two HF txs at the IBB Rhodes Relay Stn has been removed from sce. The remaining schedule of HF txions from Rhodes is: 0400-0600, VOA in AR on 9865 toward the ME; 1700-2100, VOA in AR on 6040 toward the ME; and 2100-2200, VOA in EG on 6040 toward the ME. This remaining tx will also be removed from sce as soon as its mission can be accommodated elsewhere, probably in the near future. (Ferguson-VA, via NU, Jun 7)

GUAM 9540 KTWR Agana, Guam 1000 with a progr in Chinese (Mandarin) on this new freq. ID was in UNID language only but mentioned Agana and Guam clearly. I also heard the parallel on 11670 listed in WRTH but not in the 1998 Passport. [scheduled 9650 0900-1100, and 11670 0900-1400, ed] (Treibel via Cumbre Dx, Jun 7)

INDIA Gangtok is heard again from 1300-1515 s-off. From 1445-1500 there is an En progr with western mx. At 1449 says to tune in again next Thur (This is the Thur progr) and says we will now cross over for a Delhi relay. This progr will be good for dxers to catch progr details. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Jun 12)

INDONESIA The Japanese progr of VoI 1130-1200 bcs nx everyday, but for several days around the resignation of the President on May 21, nx progr was not heard. Acc to the stn, the Japanese staff had returned to JPN and no one was there to translate the nx into Japanese. (Yamada Jembatan DX May 30, via Cumbre Dx)

IRAQ Regional Government of Iraqi Kurdistan - Clandestine radio station - This stn which identifies itself as "Harim Radio, voice of the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan". (Kurdish: Era Radiyo Harim, dangi hukumati harimi Kurdistani Iraqa; Ar: huna idha'at iqlim kurdistan) was first heard in Feb 1997. It bcs via the facilities of the Kurdistan Democratic Party radio stn Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan. One hour later in winter. 1500-1600 daily Ku/Ar to ME 4085-V

R Freedom - Organization Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan. First heard in Feb 1997, Radio Freedom appears to share facilities with the Iraqi Communist Party station, Voice of the Iraqi People. It identifies itself as "This is Radio Freedom, Voice of the Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan" (Ku: Era Ezgay Azadiya, Dengi hizbi Shuyu'i Kurdistani Iraq). One hour EARLIER in Summer. 1500-1600 daily Ku to ME 3905-v (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, Jun 5)

ITALY Seems that RAI has made some rearrangements to Dom Sce relays. Caltanissetta noted on 6060 and 7175 carrying Network-2 in period 2000-2200*. At 2200, the 100 kW Rome tx opens on 6060 with the Night Progr, running through to 0400*. 6060 from Caltinassetta had long been used for relay of Network-1. The remaining (3rd) Caltanissetta tx listed for 9515 unheard here, which has historically carried the Network-1. I have never worked out what happens to the three Caltanissetta txs in the period 2200-0400 - do they go to bed?!! (Bob Padula-AUS, Jun 5)

6060 0400-2200 27,28,37-39 CAL 25 ND daily 2903-251098 D RAI 7175 0400-2200 28S CAL 5 ND daily 2903-251098 D RAI 9515 0400-2200 28 CAL 5 ND dialy 2903-251098 D RAI

Above given the actual HFCC listing [and the true situation], ed.

JORDAN 6985 Jordan RTV in Ar at 1826 with nx (refs to ARS). At 1830 ID with "idaatu mekete Udruniya ke hashemiiya" 34333 (Liangas-GRC, Jun 7) [widely reported, one of these unexpected Jordan spurs on SW]

LAOS National progr on MW now moved from longstanding 580 kHz to 576 joining pile-up of Myanmar, a couple of Chinese txs and I think a Thai. //strong 6130. Noted at s-on 0930 on 10 June followed by usual delightful Lao folk mx.

Very weak carrier noted on 4682.5 at *1050-1220* 11 June, maybe Houa Phan but no intelligible audio heard under local noise.

No trace of Luang Prabang on 6973. There is a strong carrier on the freq regularly in the evenings from *1020-1359 and early mornings *2345-0030* but with no discernible modulation except for sporadic CW and SSB utility traffic on and around the channel. (Alan Davies-UK, touring in SoEaAS, Jun 12)

MALAYSIA V of Malaysia in Malay noted with closing annct 1024 on 11 June on 11885 // 15295. 11885 sometimes carries this sce from 1010v sign on prior to Chinese at 1030- 1230, other days is just on with open carrier at 1010v-1030. Incidentally Chinese service 1030-1230 on 11885 and 15295 is all Mandarin exc. Cantonese at 1100-1115. (Alan Davies-UK, touring in SoEaAS, Jun 12)

MONGOLIA Mongolian Radio - This schedule is based on monitoring observations and information from the stn. Prior to Jan 1997, Voice of Mongolia was known as Radio Ulaanbaatar. 0830-0900 Ru As 12085 0900-0930 Jpn As 12085 0930-1000 Mo As 12085 990 1000-1030 Ch As 12085 990 1030-1100 Jpn As 12085 1110-1140 Mo As 12085 990 1140-1210 Ch As 12085 990 1210-1240 En Au 12085 1240-1310 Ru As 12085 1320-1350 Jpn As 12015 1400-1430 Ch As 12085 9720 1430-1500 En As 12085 9720 1800-1830 Ru Eu 12085 9720 1830-1900 En Eu 12085 9720 Addr: Voice of Mongolia, PO Box 365, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia. Tel: +976-1-327900 or 321624 Fax: +976-1-327234 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/mrtv/index.html [NB: The website at magicnet.mn is not an official Mongolian Radio site] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, Jun 5)

MYANMAR Radio Myanmar sched as monitored here, all HF freqs are fair to excellent: 0030-0245/0250v 576 7185 0330-0830 9730 0930-1600 576 5986

Can't confirm 576 for midday txion. En at 0200-0250, 0700-0830, 1430-1600 is mostly inoffensive US pop mx from the 1960s-1980s (hope Diana Ross is getting the royalties), but nx noted at 0235, 0735 and 1515. Minority sce 0930-1330 on 4725. (Alan Davies-UK, touring in SoEaAS, Jun 12)

NAMIBIA Joe Duwe, chief technician of NBC, had this to say about his stn. Right now we use SW for the farmer community and other outlying areas not covered by FM. As we expand our FM network to cover 95% of the population, we will be closing down the SW and MW. In fact, we have already started this on the latter, as we shutdown MW 747 kHz at the beginning of May. As for SW, it probably has got another five or ten years left. We have already operated our Harris SWe txs for 15 years, so they have already had a good life.

Our current schedule is: 4965 0715-1700, 3290 1700-2000 in Ge and Afrikaans. 4930 0715-1700, 3270 1700-2000 in local langs. 3270 and 3290 both carry National Radio from 2000-0715. All txions are 100 kW. (Cumbre Dx Johnson, Jun 1)

NIGERIA 17655, R. Yoruba, is supposedly a new one operated by the Coalition of Yoruba Movements Resident Abroad, according to a message in the soc.culture.nigeria newsgroup

Said to operate for one hour on Mons at 1600 EST, corrding to 2000 U.K. time and 2100 Nigeria time. Diana Jaansen notes that those times are "obviously mixed up." (RNMN via NU, Jun 11)

R. Nadeco, via WWCR, has changed to a weekly bc, Wed 1930 on 15685, Sun 0800 on 5070. (Ask WWCR June 8 via Hauser) Still 15 mins; the 0800 will obviously not propagate to Nigeria. With the sudden death of Abacha, bet NADECO wish they had kept going weekdays on old schedule. (Glenn Hauser WoR, Jun 11)

15120 Radio Nigeria running normally with songs at 0520. 0530 nx in En with brief comment on the death of General Abacha at the age of 68, plus a speech by the new head of state, General Aboubakar. Other African nx then a special announcement by the General of the Army - The history of General Abacha and his decorations, then repeated Aboubarkar's speech. Time pips at 0600 ID and details of progr were given and at 0615 Mirror of Nigerian Society, a progr on food. Fair with interference. (Vaghjee, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 9)

1945 airing excepts of an Abacha speech on human rights. Fairly good signal with co- channel QRM and somewhat muffled audio. 1959 announcement that this special progr can be heard again at 0500. Nice ID with freqs and beams by woman, usual ageless drum IS, brief ID with mention of Abacha, and instrumental anthem. (Valko, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 9)

PAKISTAN R Pakistan in Urdu to ME workers at 0430-0630 on v17555.16. //15170 unheard, due to WYFR in Por/Ar/Fr block here. (WB, Jun 13)

RUSSIA Shortages and changes in the time schedule on VoR as fr June. Reduction of parallel frequencies. En WS 1300-1400 deleted Nepali 1300-1400 deleted Beng 1530-1600 (x1400-1445) Hindi 1500-1530 (x1500-1600) Hung 1700-1745 (x1600-1700) Czech 1745-1830 (x1800-1900) Slovak 1830-1900 (x1700-1800) Ru 1800-1900 deleted Ar 1900-2000 deleted Sp 2000-2100 deleted Por 2100-2200 deleted Ge 1500-1600 9765 & 12070 deleted 1530-1600 12020 deleted 1600-1700 12020 & 12070 deleted (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Jun 8)

Voice of Russia under pressure. Like many other ext radio sces the Voice of Russia has suffered cuts to its funding. The effect on its ranking in BBC Monitoring's league table of stns by progr hours has been marked: it has dropped to fifteenth. Like most ext sces the stn has continued to reflect the changes taking place within its country. It also, and there is nothing surprising about this, follows the Russian Govt line on foreign policy. The following is an editorial analysis by Vickie Maximova of BBC Monitoring's Russian team for the Foreign Media Unit:

The collapse of the USSR dealt Russia's ext radio sces a double blow. Like any other state-run organization, it has had to cope with considerable cuts in funding due to increasing constraints on public money, but in addition it has lost its role as a tool of the Cold War. From a peak output of over 200 hours per day in 65 langs in the mid 1970s the VoRUS has gradually cut back to its present output of around 70 hrs a day in 32 langs (taking into account the latest cuts reported in last weeks `World Media'). From being top of the league table of internat bcs, BBC Monitoring statistics now show the stn to have dropped to 15th place in terms of progr output hours - below Radio Cairo and Iranian radio.

Nearly six years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the VoRUS has not completely shaken off the Cold-War tone of some of its reporting. Its analysis progrs "News and Views" and "The Pacific", bc daily after the nx, are particularly noted for putting Russia's official line on foreign policy issues. For instance, in the 12th May 1998 edition of "News and Views", one commentator, while not condemning outright "Western pressure on Yugoslavia" over Kosovo, did suggest that the West was pursuing "the policy of arm-twisting in the Balkans". Another commentator focused on "unsuccessful activities of US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in the Middle East settlement". Commentaries critical of NATO's expansion to the east and in favour of Iraq as a victim of the west can often be heard on the VoRUS.

Does the Russian Foreign Ministry dictate editorial policies of the external service? Speaking at the Freedom Forum conference on international broadcasting in London in November 1997, Oganesyan flatly denied that the station worked to orders from the Foreign Ministry. If there is any dependence at all, it is strictly financial. "I am receiving no directive. No Foreign Ministry, no Mr Primakov (Russian foreign minister) or anybody of his ilk is telling us what we are to broadcast," Oganesyan said, adding: "We are receiving less and less budget money, so there is less dependence." At one point he did admit, however:"... to an extent we are dependent and have connections with different government bodies."

If the Foreign Ministry does not exercise any direct editorial control over the radio's output, what is the source of the Voice of Russia's conservatism? Oganesyan blamed corporate mentality, candidly admitting that "we have not overcome all the consequences of the Cold War," he said, adding: "I think you understand that we cannot change people's minds overnight and we are dealing with the same staff who worked through the protracted Cold-War period. People of the older generation are quite skilful journalists - we cannot do without them. But this mentality, for example some kind of anti- Americanism, arises from time to time."

Perhaps the Voice of Russia is seeking to justify its usefulness by focusing, as many external services do, on what is known in Russia's post-Cold War parlance as "national interests". The station's internet site says, for instance, that "In foreign policy the Voice of Russia gives priority to the views of the state". Oganesyan himself suggested at the forum that the collapse of the Soviet ideology did not remove conflicts motivated by national interests. "Some ideologies, when collapsing, tend to drag with them much that is healthy and viable into the whirlpool of history. Our principal concern was not to throw the baby out with the bath water," Oganesyan told the forum, adding: "I think we should not deceive ourselves but conflicts provoked by national interests can be just as destructive as those provoked by rival ideologies."

The Voice of Russia still has a role to play in international broadcasting , but has moved a long way from its predecessor Radio Moscow, in terms of presence and audibility. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!] via AGDX, Jun 12)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Turkish sce replaced 15060 by 15275, 0400-0600. 35333 (WB, Jun 13)

SOUTH AFRICA Internet page of Channel Africa URL: http://www.channelafrica.org

Clandestine stn from RSA to NIGERIA. 11540 R. Kudirat a bit drier today, at least during the first 15 mins that I had time to listen to. Carried a news talk that they admitted was prepared before Abacha's death. Kudirat has often had nx at 1915, but didn't seem to have any today. Same calls for Abiola's release and for him to take over. Also sounded like it was jammed in LSB/USB/AM today. (Johnson via Cumbre Dx, Jun 9)

SPAIN The new printed sched Z98 by Secretaria Technica y de Programmas of Radio Exterior de Espana - REE is valid fr Mar 29 til Oct 24, 1998. Addr: Radio Exterior de Espana, Apdo. de Correos 156.202, E-28080 Madrid, Spain tel: +34-91-346 10 81 / 82 / 83, +34-91-346 11 49 Fax +34-91-346 18 15 http://www.rne.es e-mail: [email protected] For txions of REE via Cariari (#), Costa Rica: Fax +506-2252938.

EUR 0500-0800 9885 50 Sp 0500-0700 11920 50 Sp 0700-1700 12035 60 Sp 0900-1200Su 9520 0 Sp 1200-1600Mo-Sa 9500 0 Sp 1600-1700Su 9500 0 Sp 1700-1730Mo-Fr 9500 50 Ru 1700-2300 7275 50 Sp 1700-2000Sa-Su 9855 0 Sp 1730-1800Mo/Th 9855 50 Ge (addit Thursday txion) 1800-1900Mo-Fr 9855 50 Fr 2000-2100Mo-Fr 9855 38 En 2000-2100Sa 9855 0 Sp 2000-2100Su 9855 50 Fr 2100-2200Sa-Su 9855 38 En

Orient (NE/ME) 0500-0700 11890 98 Sp 0900-1700 17890 110 Sp 1700-1900 17890 110 Ar 1825-1855Mo 6130 98 Sefardi 1900-2000Mo-Fr 6045 110 Ar 1900-2000Sa-Su 6045 110 Fr 1900-2000Mo-Fr 7170 110 Fr 2000-2200 6045 110 Ar 2200-2300 6045 110 Sp

NoAF/Magreb 0900-1500 17755 161 Sp 1500-1600 17770 161 Sp 1600-1700Mo-Sa 17770 161 Sp/Guinea Equat progr 1600-1700Su 17770 161 Sp 1700-1900 17770 161 Sp 1900-2000Mo-Fr 7270 170 Ar 1900-2000Mo-Sa 11830 170 Fr 1900-2000Su 17770 161 Sp 2000-2100 7270 170 Ar 2000-2100Mo-Fr 11830 170 En 2000-2100Su 11830 170 Fr 2100-2200Sa-Su 7270 170 Ar 2100-2200Sa-Su 11830 170 En 2200-2300 7270 170 Sp 2300-0500 9620 230 Sp 2300-0200 11945 230 Sp

EqAF 0900-1500 17755 161 Sp 1500-1600 17770 161 Sp 1600-1700Mo-Sa 15375 161 Sp/Guinea Equat progr 1600-1700Mo-Sa 17770 161 Sp/Guinea Equat progr 1600-1700Su 17770 161 Sp 1700-1900 17770 161 Sp 1900-2000Mo-Fr 7270 170 Ar 1900-2000Mo-Sa 11830 170 Fr 1900-2000Su 17770 161 Sp 2000-2100 7270 170 Ar 2000-2100Mo-Fr 11830 170 En 2000-2100Su 11830 170 Fr 2100-2200Sa-Su 7270 170 Ar 2100-2200Sa-Su 11830 170 En 2200-2300 7270 170 Sp

AF 0900-1500 17755 161 Sp 0900-1700 17890 110 Sp 1500-1600 17770 161 Sp 1600-1700Mo-Sa 17770 161 Sp/Guinea Equat progr 1600-1700Su 17770 161 Sp 1700-1900 17770 161 Sp 1700-1900 17890 110 Ar 1900-2000Mo-Fr 7270 170 Ar 1900-2000Mo-Sa 11830 170 Fr 1900-2000Su 17770 161 Sp 2000-2100 7270 170 Ar 2000-2100Mo-Fr 11830 170 En 2000-2100Su 11830 170 Fr 2100-2200Sa-Su 7270 170 Ar 2100-2200Sa-Su 11830 170 En 2200-2300 7270 170 Sp

NoAM 0000-0200 6055 290 En 0000-0500 9540 272 Sp 0000-0100Su-Mo 11815 340 Sp # 0100-0400Tu-Su 5990 340 Sp # 0200-0500 6055 290 Sp 0415-0445 9690 290 Sefardi (Martes =UTC Tue) 0500-0556 6055 290 En 1100-1400Mo-Fr 9630 340 Sp # 1300-1800Sa-Su 11815 340 Sp # 1800-2400 11815 340 Sp # 1900-2300 15110 302 Sp 2300-2400 6055 290 Fr 2300-2400 9540 272 Sp

CeAM 0000-0500 6125 242 Sp 0000-0500 9540 272 Sp 0000-0100Su-Mo 9745 nd. Sp # 0000-0100Su-Mo 11815 340 Sp # 0000-0100Su-Mo 11880 110 Sp # 0100-0400Tu-Su 3210 nd. Sp # 0100-0400Tu-Su 5970 110 Sp # 0100-0400Tu-Su 5990 340 Sp # 0115-0145 11775 248 Sefardi (Martes =UTC Tue) 1100-1400Mo-Fr 5970 nd. Sp # 1100-1400Mo-Fr 9630 340 Sp # 1100-1400Mo-Fr 11815 110 Sp # 1200-1800 17805 248 Sp 1300-1800Sa-Su 11815 340 Sp # 1400-1700Sa-Su 5970 nd. Sp # 1400-1800Sa-Su 11880 110 Sp #, til Sep 5 1400-1800Sa-Su 15125 110 Sp #, fr Sep 6 1700-1800Sa-Su 9745 nd. Sp # 1800-2400 9745 nd. Sp # 1800-2400 11815 340 Sp # 1800-2200 15125 110 Sp # 1800-2000Sa-Su 17845 248 Sp 2000-2100Su 17845 248 Sp 2200-2400 11880 110 Sp # 2300-2400 6125 242 Sp 2300-2400 9540 272 Sp

SoAM 0000-0500 6125 242 Sp 0000-0500 9620 230 Sp 0000-0100Su-Mo 9745 nd. Sp # 0000-0100Su-Mo 11880 110 Sp # 0000-0200 11945 230 Sp 0100-0400Tu-Su 3210 nd. Sp # 0100-0400Tu-Su 5970 110 Sp # 0115-0145 11775 248 Sefardi (Martes =UTC Tue) 0900-1900 17715 230 Sp, til Sep 5 0900-1900 21570 230 Sp, fr Sep 6 1100-1400Mo-Fr 5970 nd. Sp # 1100-1400Mo-Fr 11815 110 Sp # 1200-1800 17805 248 Sp 1400-1700Sa-Su 5970 nd. Sp # 1400-1800Sa-Su 11880 110 Sp #, til Sep 5 1400-1800Sa-Su 15125 110 Sp #, fr Sep 6 1700-1800Sa-Su 9745 nd. Sp # 1800-2400 9745 nd. Sp # 1800-2200 15125 110 Sp # 1800-2000Sa-Su 17845 248 Sp 2000-2100Su 17845 248 Sp 2200-2400 11880 110 Sp # 2300-2400 6125 242 Sp 2300-2400 9540 272 Sp 2300-2400 6125 242 Sp 2300-2400 9620 230 Sp 2300-2400 11945 230 Sp

PAC 0700-0900 9650, 9760 260 Sp to AUS/NZL, til Sep 5, new time 0700-0900 15125,15480 260 Sp to AUS/NZL, fr Sep 6, new time 1000-1200 9620 102 Sp to JAP (via Beijing - CHN) 1200-1400 11910 138 Sp to PHL (via Xian - CHN) (REE printed schedule)

SRI LANKA/UK SLBC En noted at sign-on 0030 on 12 June on 15425 with fair reception. BBC-like time sig, opening annct, 'thought for the day' and progr of jazz mx. //9730 is under dominant V of VTN 0030-0100, but provides better reception after VoVTN signs off, noted with instrumental 'When the Saints Go Marching In' at 0108. Presume SLBC is also the weak signal under VoA En 15425 in the evenings, not a good choice of freq then. (Alan Davies-UK, touring in SoEaAS, Jun 12)

NHK World via Ekala relay in Fr at 0500-0530 on 17820, nx on football world cup. SLBC Colombo via Skelton replaced Sun by new Sat 1900-2000 time slot, now on 6010 replacing 5975, though the stn still announced the former frequency. Fine signal 54554, typical SLBC studio echo sound, carrying a feature of Bhudda statue. (WB, Jun 13)

THAILAND This time from Chiang Mai, Thailand, quite a good location to check those Lao and Vietnamese stns. These loggings from Lop Buri, Phitasanulok, Lampang and Chiang Mai in Central/Northern Thailand 29 May - 12 June. Please accept my apologies if you've received multiple copies of this message, Internet connections in this part of the world are rather unreliable and slow.

Will check again for Myanmar Forces stn on 6570. I've been faithfully listening out for it on 6500 due to inability to read my own handwriting... Also checking 5050, but I think the 2nd tx I previously noted here under the Chinese must have been another South Asian, AIR presumably, noted here in En with strong signal at 1230 on Jun 12. Will also listen out for the other VTN/INS stns, but nothing heard here so far.

R Thailand dom sce noted back on 4830 after apparent period of inactivity, seems to be on all day from *2335-1600 and is //6070 at every check. 7115 also on same hours but with separate programming. (Alan Davies-UK, touring in SoEaAS, Jun 12)

TUNISIA v12005.51 RTT Tunis in Ar at 0540, //7225.05. Also at 0820 playing Ar mx on 11730.0, v15534.3, 17735.23 (WB, Jun 13)

USA Additional time for WORLD OF RADIO on WWCR: Sun 0930 UTC on 5070 Remaining times are Thu 2030 15685. Sat 0600 3210, 5070. Sun 0630 5070. Tue 1230 15685

For full schedule on all stations see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio (WoR by GH, Jun 9)

DXING WITH CUMBRE (as at Jun 12): WHRI ANGEL I (Americas/Carib) 0500 Sat 7315 1730 Sat 15105 2230 Sat 9495 1230 Sun 9495 1330 Sun 15105

WHRI ANGEL II (EUR/ME/AF/RUS/NoAm) 0500 Sat 5745 1430 Sat 13760 2200 Sat 5745 (frequency change) 0430 Sun 5745 0830 Sun 5745 1730 Sun 13760

KWHR ANGEL III (AS/PAC) 0230 Sat 17510 0600 Sun 17780 1630 Sun 9930 1830 Sun 13625

KWHR ANGEL IV (SoPAC) 0700 Sat 17555 2000 Sat 17555 0330 Sun 17555 0730 Sun 17555 1300 Sun 11565 2130 Sun 17555

WHRA ANGEL V (AF/ME) 0330 Sat 9400 (new) 0800 Sat 11565 (new) 2130 Sat 15460 0730 Sun 11565 (new) 1830 Sun 17655 2130 Sun 15460

Also, you can hear the progr whenever it is on SW via Real Audio through the World Harvest Radio website at: http://www.whr.org or through the Cumbre DX website at: http://www.ralabs.com/cumbre (Marie Lamb, Jun 12)

Clandestine stn from USA to NIGERIA. 5085 Radio Save Nigeria Bcing Sece (SNBS). Apparently run by the same group, the Nigerian Advocacy Group for Democracy and Human Rights (they call it 'NAG') that was heard via Juelich as Radio New Nigeria until last January. Now via WGTG. 0530 opening song mentioned dedicated by NAG and mentions of group throughout the bc, seemed to be the same song that RNN used to open with. Comment on the Nigerian political scene with calls for the return of Abiola to power. Also had a short ann that the bc would repeat at 8:30 PM on Sat, Nigerian time on 9400 (so 1930). Plenty of mx as well. Also gave announcements for NAG activities in Boston on both June 12th and June 14th. Progr lasted to 0600. (Johnson via Cumbre Dx, Jun 12)

BOB GERMAN (George Jacobs and Associates) - USA: Our remote Roboscan rx in Washington D.C. will be "off air" for maintenance between Jun 29 and Jul 3. Please note that beginning Jul 4, 1998 Roboscan will have a new telephone number: 301-552-6431. (via EDXP, Jun 10)

UZBEKISTAN R. Tashkent observed on new 9375, En 0100-0130 //9530. (Bob Padula-AUS, Jun 6)

VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio noted on new 9585 for morning sce in Jpn to Japan, *2130, (x9600), QRMing the Brazilian there. (Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Jun 11)

VIETNAM Observations on some VTN locals, which generally relay the Nat Sce //5925 and 10060 except where noted with own programming. As heard between 0900 11 June and 0500 12 June except where otherwise stated, will try to confirm some of the s-on and s-off times: 4740 Son La, confirmed 6 June. Carrier on approx 1155, presumed NA at 1159 then short piece of instrumental mx, ID at 1201 by male announcer repated by female with mention of Son La. Regular here usually with good reception, sign-off at 1400. Appears to be own programming throughout.

6386 Badly distorted audio noted from 1120, s-on probably 1115 although a very weak signal also noted here at 1000-1030. Own programming from 1140, off some time between 1250 and 1415.

6696.8 Lao Cai (presumed) On by 1000, strengthening rapidly towards sunset and good from around 1100. Own programming 1130-1230 sign-off.

7154 Bac Thai (presumed) is a good signal here around 0020-0100 and 1100-1200, but operates much longer hours with rather poor propagation and some QRM in the late morning, afternoon and late evening. On by 0920 and past 1400, own programming noted from 1300. Also heard local mornings from before 0020 to past fade-out around 0110, though there are traces of a very weak carrier here as late as 0350. (Alan Davies-UK, touring in SoEaAS, Jun 12)

From EDXP: HORACIO A. NIGRO, Montevideo, Uruguay. An interesting article in "Ham Radio Online" refers to: High Speed Internet System Creating HF Interference. There is a link to the New Scientist, 29 May 1998, which reports about U.K. electric power companies that are providing 1 Mbps Internet data service using ordinary power lines. "But there is a big problem - the technology creates severe HF interference. (While the same technology could be deployed in the U.S., it is unlikely due to differences in the electrical power grid that make U.S. deployment very expensive. However,some home computer network technologies operate by signals in the 4 to 10 MHz range on internal house wiring - and based on our testing, these systems are extremely susceptible to interference caused by low power transmissions on 3.5 and 7 MHZ. They also radiate broadband noise as unlicensed Part 15 devices...)". "Ham Radio Online" is at http://www.hamradio-online.com (Jun 5)

Above interference come up matter is also widely discussed in German hobby press, then SWL will end here at this place, ed.

Die neue Sporadik-E-Saison hat kuerzlich begonnen. In unserem neuen Heft REFLEXION Nr. 146 sind UKW- und TV-Ueberreichweitenlogs der letzten Wochen nachzulesen. June 11.

Beim UKW/TV-Arbeitskreis der AGDX e.V. ist REFLEXION Nr. 146 jetzt erschienen. Auf 56 Seiten gibt es die ersten UKW- und TV-Logs der neuen Sporadik-E-Saison, UKW- und TV-Nachrichten, einen Bericht ueber die Rundfunklandschaft in Paris, UKW-Bandscans von Essen (D), Paris (F), Tremelo (BEL), Pordenone, Belluno und Trieste (alles I), sowie Beitraege ueber Wellenausbreitung, Amateurfunk auf 50 MHz, Solardaten, Meteor-Scatter, den HS D100-TV-DX-Konverter und zur Identifizierung unbekannter Sprachen. Das Heft ist fuer DM 5,-- erhaeltlich beim UKW/TV-Arbeitskreis der AGDX e.V., Hans-J. Kuhlo, Wilh.-Leuschner-Str. 293B, D-64347 Griesheim, Deutschland.

Weitere UKW-Bandscans koennen im Internet abgerufen werden unter http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwh/ukw_scan.html

Next Deadline for DSWCI-SWN-short-wave-tips: 21 Jun 1998 - 2400 UTC Dear friends, the deadline for the July issue of SWN has to be changed to one week earlier, due to the fact that our printing house are closed from July 6th to July 20th because of their Summer holidays. (Klaus-Dieter Scholz, DSWCI)

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BC-DX 370 20 Jun 1998 ______

AFGHANISTAN Taleban radio extends schedule. Officials of Radio Voice of Shari'ah are trying to increase the output of bcs [words indistinct] of Radio Voice of Shari'ah and want to serve our Muslim compatriots better. [Words indistinct.] Acc to the instruction of the Ministry of Culture and Information and the new dept of radio and tv, the following changes and innovations have been made to the second part of the bcs, starting from Sun 14th June. The second part of the Radio Voice of Shari'ah will begin at 0030 and continue until 1730. The Uzbek and Turkmen progr will be bc 1600-1630, the Nuristani progr will be bc twice a week, Pashayi progrs three times a week, Urdu progr 1630-1645. The En progr will be 1645-1700. The main nx in Pashto will be bc at 1730. From 1730-1830 a progr of interest and innovation, and from 1830 the main nx in Dari will be bc. The first part of Radio Voice of Shari'ah will not be changing. Our respected compatriots should be aware of these changes.

Radio director explains expansion. Taleban-controlled Radio Voice of Shari'ah Radio Voice of Shari'ah has many progrs and qualitative and quantitative changes have taken place in them. In this connection, a question was put to the director-general of the radio and tv in answer to which he said: [Director-General of Voice of Shari'ah Radio and Television] The main reason for increasing the progrs of Radio Voice of Shari'ah was that the people and the times demanded it. We were always thinking before, and are thinking now, about how to meet our people's demands and requests for progrs. And, as it is proper and necessary, and as the times require it, we must expand our bcing progrs. As you know, our dear and beloved country has suffered great damages from all sides. Without doubt, the radio has not gone unharmed either. We have tried day and night, on the basis of our responsibilities, to serve our compatriots and respected listeners better. We, at first, with the assistance of our qualified engineers and faithful colleagues, could only repair radio equipment which was inaudible abroad, and now it is audible abroad. We must have a lot of publishing and broadcasts. Now, the voice of this radio has reached distant countries. We have been gradually able to increase our programme's duration and now we go on the air one hour earlier. God willing, our decision will be implemented in practice today, 14th June, and our programming is increasing by one more hour, because it was the demand of people. It may not satisfy the people's demand because the listeners in each language and of each progr want their programming to be improved and increased and we also want this, too... (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 19)

ALASKA R Station KNLS current schedule Mar 29 - Sep 26: 0800 9615 En, 0900 Ru, 1000 Mandarin. 1100 6150 Ru. 1200 7365 Mandarin, 1300 En 1400 9615 Mandarin. 1500-1700 7355 Mandarin. 1700-1800 9615 Ru. (Paul Wnuk-GER, Jun 14)

ALBANIA R Tirana - Albanian Radio-Television (RTSh) til Oct 1998. All HF freqs are subject to variation by up to 5 kHz. 0000-0400 Al AM 7270 6090 0045-0100 En AM 7160 6115 0130-0200 En AM 7160-v 6220 0300-2200 Al EUR 6100 (home sce 1st px) 0500-0530 Al EUR 1215 0700-1000 Al EUR 7270 1395 0900-1400 Al EUR 7150 (home sce 2nd px) 1400-1700 Al EUR 7270 5985 1215 1400-1430 It EUR 9550 7155 1545-1600 En EUR 12085-v 11735 1600-1630 Ff EUR 12085-v 11735 1700-1730 Al EUR 1215 1700-1715 Tu EUR 7155 6210 1715-1730 Gr EUR 7155 5960 1730-1800 Ge EUR 7215 6080 1900-2200 Al EUR 7270 6170 1458 2115-2130 Se EUR 7110 6085 1215 2130-2200 En EUR 7165 6025 1215 2200-0000 Al EUR 7270 6090

Addr: Radio Tirana, Rruga Ismail Qemali, Tirana, Albania Tel: +355-42-23239 Fax: +355-42-23650 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 18)

ANGOLA Radio Nac de Angola, Mulenvos, 11954.78, 1818, male speaker Por lang, followed by typical Angolan song. Also playing jazzy sounding mx, presumably fr Brazil. SINPO 25332. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jun 16)

AUSTRALIA Australian Radio/TV Database Online. The Australians have joined the Americans, Canadians & Mexicans by making their Broadcasting & Utility Station Databases available for access online. The Australian setup is a query type (somewhat awkward using many links!)..however you will find callsigns / freqs / lat-longs / etc. for all stns from DC to Daylight. The website is http://www.sma.gov.au/register/frameset.htm (William Hepburn, Jun 12)

BELARUS Belarusian radio starts bcs to Russia. Starting today 15th Jun Belarusian Radio has started regular bcing of its first channel progrs for the Russian Federation. The bcs will last six hours a day in three blocks: 0300-0500, 0900-1100 and 1500-1700 on 25.08, 25.71 and 256.4 metres, or 11960, 11670 and MW 1170. It is planned to increase in future the bcs to 16 hours a day.

The population of the Leningrad Region, Moscow and Moscow Region, Yaroslavl, Tula, Penza, Ivanovo, Kirov, Perm, Sverdlovsk, Samara, Chelyabinskaya, Voronezhskaya, Saratovskaya, Orlovskaya and a number of other regions, as well as in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Udmurtiya, the Komi Rep, in short, the regions of the centre and North of the European part of Russia, the Urals and Transurals will be able to listen to the voice of Belarus with the callsign of Radiostantsiya Belarus.

The bcing will be effected with the help of txs RS-70 and RK-100 in the MW band. Bc for Russia will be a relay of the progrs bc at the same time for Belarus. It is also planned to bc for Russia from 1500 our regional radio progrs. So Russians and our compatriots in Russia will be able to receive from the original source objective information about Belarus [words indistinct]. Bcing for non-CIS countries has also been increased. On the whole, starting from today the total bcing time of the Belarusian radio will be about 40 hours a day. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 19)

BRAZIL RNB's English sce on 15445 noted at 1230 June 16 with very distorted FM spurs on 15390, 15500; what a shame this stn which had such big plans has come to this (George Thurman, TX) Maybe not every day, but I reported exactly the same thing a few months ago. (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 18)

BULGARIA R. Bulgaria off-frequency again, June 16 at 1152 check on 15175.6, quickly confirmed as the Greece carrier came on 15175.0 causing a heterodyne. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jun 18)

CANADA As of the end of the month, Canadian Forces Network, as we know it, will be disappearing, which will mean the end of CFN progr production at RCI.

From what I've heard, there was a debate in the Department of National Defence as to how best to do bcing to the Forces overseas, a debate which seems to have been both intense and long-lasting. Eventually, it was decided to put the whole thing out to tender ... and by the terms of the tender as issued, DND apparently wanted about twice as much programming as at present, and were willing to pay about half the amount of money as at present. Under those terms, RCI didn't even bother to tender. (No, unfortunately I haven't heard who's going to be doing this bcing beginning in July...though I wouldn't be surprised if they just cobble together some bits from various commercial stns.)

Of course, that means the end of CFN programming not only on RCI's satellite channels, but also on SW, after June 30th.

Just to remind you, the schedule for the only CFN bcs remaining on SW (all currently via Skelton) is Mon-Fri 0500-0530 En & 0530-0600 Fr on 7295 (300 kW/110 deg), 9595 (300/110), 11835 (300/114), 15430 (300/140). This means the last chance for QSL hunters to verify these. (CFN hasn't had their own QSL cards, at least as long as I've been handling the QSL'ing; I just issue RCI cards endorsed for CFN.) (Bill Westenhaver, RCI, June 16, WORLD OF RADIO 945)

ECUADOR Hello from HCJB, The Voice of the Andes in Quito, Ecuador and The DX Party Line. Please be aware that, eff immediately, all correspondence for HCJB's DX Party Line progr should be directed to the new progr host, Allen Graham. Allen will take over responsibility for the DX Party Line eff with the June 27 progr. (A special progr about radio drama will be rebroadcast on June 20.)

Allen's e-mail address is [email protected]

I want to thank all of those who have supported me and this progr during the past year and a half. I have appreciated the hundreds of positive letters which have arrived here in Quito. Your kind comments, contributions for the progr and constructive criticism have all been very helpful and appreciated. I know that Allen will also appreciate that kind of help from our listeners.

The DX Party Line will continue in it's present time slot and will also continue to bring you the latest Dxing nx, loggings, special reports and features. Meanwhile, may God bless you richly. --Ken MacHarg

The DX Party Line is bc every Sat by HCJB, The Voice of the Andes in Quito, Ecuador, South America. EUR & ME 0700 on 11960 and 21455. 1900 on 17735 and 21455. SoPAC and AS 0900 on 9640 and 21455. To the Americas 0100 and 0400 Sun (8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST, Sat evening local time) 9745, 21015 and 21455. (Kenneth D. MacHarg, HCJB, Jun 12)

GERMANY/NIGERIA Clandestine fr GER to NIG. A Jun 9th press release from the Free Nigeria Movement, the group behind the Voice of Free Nigeria, gives their schedule as 11645 from 1900 on Sats. I believe this is another switch for them, (x12015). (Cumbre DX Johnson, Jun 9)

DW changes GERMAN 1000-1400 13810 (x11870) NOVOSIBIRSK 200 111 FE GERMAN 2200-0000 11795 ( x7340) NOVOSIBIRSK 1000 085 FE HAUSSA 1800-1900 15135 (x15245) KIGALI 250 295 WAF INDONESIAN 1400-1425 11765 (x11925) TRINCOMALEE 250 105 SEAS (DW printed schedule, July '98)

GERMANY/TURKEY Deutsche Welle relayed via Istanbul FM stns The Turkish progr of Deutsche Welle [DW] radio can now be heard for the first time on the FM band in TUR, in addit to SW freqs. Since the beginning of June, two private radio stns in Istanbul have been rebcing large parts of DW radio/Turkish: Radio "Genc FM" and the Christian stn "Mujde FM". The fact that now Turkish nx bulletins from the German ext bcing stn can be received in Turkey on local FM radio can contribute to improving bilateral relations. Radio Genc, which can be received almost throughout Turkey through its network of local radio stns, presents its listeners in Istanbul with DW's "Echo of the Day" every day, as well as the "Science and Technology" magazine once a week on 88.4 MHz. Radio Mujde, a stn for the Christian community in Istanbul and on the Princes Islands, rebcs the entire daily 50-minute evening progr of DW radio/Turkish on 89.6 MHz. DW has been bcing radio progrs in Turkish since 1962. Currently, 50 mins are bc in Turkish twice a day. The progrs are txed via SW and via the Astra 1A, Eutelsat II-F1, Intelsat 707 and AsiaSat 2 satellites. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 19)

HAWAII This memo is to announce a change in air times for KWHR Angel 4 from Naalehu, Hawaii to the SoPAC. Beginning this weekend KWHR Angel 4 will reduce it hours of operation. Beginning Sat June 20 1998, KWHR Angel 4 will be on the air 0700-1600 11565. We will increase our hour of operation as sales of airtime require us. KWHR will s-off the air at 0100 Sat June 20 and then begin its new hours of operation. If anyone has any questions email World Harvest Radio at [email protected] or write to P.O.Box 12, South Bend, IN 46614, U.S.A. (Joe Brashier KWHR, Jun 17)

INDONESIA v3960.1 ... -.20 RRI Palu, 30/5, 1100-110, IS, ID local nx. 24332

3976.1 RRI Pointianak, 30/5, 1121-1138, adv for "Garuda Indonesia", 1129 IS, 1130-1137 "Warta Berita dari Pointianak". 35543 v3999.96 RRI Padang, 30/5, 1140-1308, ID. I was able to get a positive ID, using my 1.8 kHz filter on Drake R8A, at 1300 wandering to 4000.20!! Also RRI Kendari on v4000.10. Both very weak signals, but clear ID's, several times.

Thanks for the tip of Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS: v4000.10 RRI Kendari, 30/5, 1140- 1308, ID at 1146 and some other times. At 1158 relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita" so take care!

4845.2 RRI Ambon, 30/5, 0955-, popular mx, ID, 0959 SCI, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita". 25432

6069.8 RRI Jayapura, 29/5, 0935-0942, local mx, ID. Stn also heard on 30/5 by turn in at 0840! 32432

7098.5 RRI Yogyakarta, 30/5, 2205-2215, relay RRI Jakarta "Berita Sekilas", til 2208 "Bagimu Negri", ID, Gong interval, Gamelan mx. 24342

7173.2 RRI Seuri, 30/5, 0720-0745, popular mx, 0730 ID, IS & gong interval, local nx, Islamic influenced mx. 25342

7234.4 RRI Palu, 30/5, 0746-0835, native mx, singer, ID, 0758 SCI, relay RRI Jakarta "Berita Oranlaga", //15150, 11760, 9565, 9553, 7173.2, all noted here. 25332

9552.40 RRI Ujung Pandang, 31/5, 0018-0030, ID, internat mx, Dangut mx. 35533

9741.7 RRI Sorong, 30/5, 2240-2259, presumably ID, [strong QRM from BBC SNG 9740 in BI!], SCI, then relay RRI Jakarta, "Warta Berita". //3976.1, 9565, 9630, 11750, 11760, 15150, all heard. weak

11785 VoINS Jakarta, 30/5, 0800-0812, En, ID, nx, 0815 "Asian Culture". 23332

11785 VoINS, Jakarta, 29/5, 0150-0200*, En, internat mx, "Love Ambon" end of En progr, followed by BI progr. 35443 (all from Roland Schulze-PHL)

6140 kHz: Re unid. stn, thought to be Indonesian, as mentioned in EDXP, this was BBC- Singapore, *2200-2245*,special freq used for extended coverage of the crisis, //usual 5875-Rampisham, 3915/6080/9740-Singapore. 6140 now concluded. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, via Jembatan Dx, via NU)

IRAN Islamic Rep of Iran Bcing. Voice of the Islamic Rep of Iran (VIRI) is the ext sce of the Voice and Vision of the Islamic Rep of Iran (VVIRI), which is also known as Islamic Rep of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). This schedule is based solely on monitoring observations. Only SW freqs have been confirmed. Freqs are liable to change, especially on the Ar sce. Some bcs are also relayed in Tehran on FM. Ext bcs from Mashhad in Dari, Persian (for TJK) and Uzbek are the subject of a separate schedule.

0030-0130 Be AS 11785 0030-0130 En EUR 9685 9022 6055 0030-0130 Sp AM 9650 0130-0230 Sp AM 9650 6175 6055 6010 0130-0230 Ur AS 11915 765 0230-0430 AZERI ME 9615 702 0230-0430 Ku ME 639 612 0230-0330 Pa AS 11915 7130 765 0230-0330 Sp AM 6175 6055 0230-0430 TURKMEN AS 1449 0300-0330 Arm ME 9615 6210 0330-0430 Pa AS 9570 6005 765 0330-0430 Swa 15320 13605 11750 7260 0430-0530 Tu EuME 15260 11790 9525 0530-0630 Bos EUR 15230 13610 9525 0530-0630 Sp EUR 15260 11790 0545-0630 Ha AF 13755 0630-0730 Fr AF 15325 15260 11790 0630-0730 It EUR 15230 15084 13615-v 9022 0730-0800 MALAY As (Only on satellite) 0800-0900 Ch As (Only on satellite) 0930-1000 Arm ME 11705 9615 1000-1100 It AS (Only on satellite) 1100-1230 En ME/AS 15260-v 13605 11875-v 11830 765 702 102.7 1130-1730 KU ME 1161-(to 1530) 930-(to 1530) 639 1200-1300 It EUR 15115 15084 1230-1330 Mal AS 15200 13760 13605 11885 1230-1330 Pa AS 11875-v 11830 765 102.7 1330-1430 Ch AS 13685 13605 11885 1330-1430 Ur ME/AS 11875 11830 11790 9750 765 97.70-(for Tehran) 1400-1500 Ru EUR 11960 11930 9735 9575 1449 702 1430-1530 Be ME/AS 13605 11875 11830 7215 1430-1530 Pa AS 11830 1098 765 (Prog from Zahedan studio) 1430-1530 Ur AS 9780 9750 7150 1500-1730 Turk AS Dom 1449 1530-1630 En AS/AUS 13605 9780 7215 102.7 1530-1630 Pa AS 765 1530-1630 Ru EUR/AS 9585 9575 9022 7260 1404 1530-1730 Ur-Z AS 11830 1098 (Prog from Zahedan studio) 1630-1730 Arm ME 9620 9535 6005 (also on satellite to 1700) 1630-1830 AZERI ME 11885 1404 1323 1630-1730 Tu EUR/ME 9525 9022 1730-1830 Bos EUR 11655 9615 7340 7295 7165 1730-1830 Ge EUR 9530 9022 7260 7160 716 1730-1830 Ru AS 7290 7115 1730-1830 Swa AF 11750 9650 1730-1830 Tu AS 11885 1404 639 1830-1900 Alb EUR 9615 7340 7295 1830-1930 ASSYRIAN ME 936 1830-1930 Fr EUR 11900 9022 7260 7160 1930-2030 En EUR 9022 7260 7160 1404 1930-2000 It EUR 9615 7340 1930-2030 Ru AS 9740 7305 7290 7175 1945-2030 Ha AF 11720 9605 2030-2130 Sp EUR 9022 7260 2130-2230 Bos EUR 7170 7125 2130-2230 En AUS 6175 6025 106.70-(for Tehran) 2330-0030 Ch AS 11915 7215 7130 2330-0030 Fr AM 9022 7260 6030

VIRI ARABIC Sce 0000- Ar EUR/ME/AM 9615 6120 5995 1224 1080 576 0230- 7190 7130 5995 1224 1080 576 0330- 9610 7115 1224 1080 576 0400- 9610 7295 7115 1224 1080 576 0430- 9610 7295 7115 1224 1080 576 0530- 17570 15585 15350 1224 1080 576 1130- 17570 15585 15350 15125 13605 11745 1224 1080 576 1200- 17570 15585 15350 15125 11745 1230- 17570 15585 11745 1224 1080 576 1330- 15350 11995 1224 1080 576 1430- 11995 7190 1224 1080 576 1700- 9695 7190 6025 1224 1080 576 1830- 9695 7190 6145 6025 1224 1080 576 1930- 9695 7190 6145 6025 1224 1080 576 2030- 9695 7190 6145 6025 1224 1080 576 2130- 9022 7260 5995 1224 1080 576 2330-0000 9615 6145 5995 1224 1080 576 Addr: POBox 19395-6767, Tehran, Iran. Fax: +98-21-2051635; Tel: +2042808 URL: http://www.irib.com/ (Real Audio available) e-mail: [email protected] (General); [email protected] (Research Centre) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 18)

IRAQ/IRAN Voice of Mojahed 0154-0220+ 4850, 5620v, 5629.1, 5670v. Man in Persian with ID and into march mx. Iranian bubble jammer also present. //to 5629.01, and another tx jumping around between 5620 and 5670. 4850 and 5629.01 did not move. (Nick Grace-USA for CRW, Jun 12)

R. Iraq Int'l, 11785, Jun 6 at 0300-0340+; tune-in to En nx by woman until 0303, then ME mx, En commentary, ID. Progr at 0315 with listeners' letters/RRs. Surprisingly good, clear audio. Still had hum but was perfectly readable with no distortion. But weak co- channel QRM from unID stn with Koran & talk in language. [Al Khaisah Qatar also here 0243-0706] (Brian Alexander, PA via Hauser, Jun 18)

9714.5 Mother of Battles Radio 1710-1857* ID 1715 by a woman in Ar: "Iza'at Um al- Ma'rik,Iza'at Kol al-Arab"(This is Mother of Battles Radio,The Voice of All Arabs). Site of txion not mentioned, so presuming it is from IRQ, the progr includes a lot of propaganda about Sadam Hussein's proclaimed victory and parts of his speeches and a call to the Arab leaders to express more efforts for the release of the UN sanctions. Main nx 1730 by a female with frequent ID. Worth mentioning from the nx that Sadam is carrying some massive changes among the Iraqi ambassadors, followed by commentary on Internat Christian Conference held in Baghdad. SINPO/43444, co-ch Radio Tashkent. I heard this stn for the first time on 19/04/97 on 3935 at 1600-1800 airing a message of condemnation of the Saudi regime for not allowing the Iraqi pilgrims to step out of the aeroplane which transported them from IRQ to King Abdulaziz airport in Jeddah S.A. The Saudi authority was considering the trip a violation of the UN sanctions against IRQ. (Fathi via Cumbre Dx via DXW, Jun 10)

11785 Radio Iraq Internat 0258 Regional mx until 0303 when sign on of En programming was heard (ID by female announcer). News followed. Strong co-channel interference fr another ME stn believed to be Saudi Arabia. (Hankison Jun 9)

UNID 11785 Unknown 0204 A very strong carrier with weak hum distorted audio. Talk by a woman in what may have been an Ar or ME language was heard. A tone appeared as a cochannel or maybe het at 0228 as another distraction to complicate an ID. This time is scheduled for Radio Baghdad-IRQ, and Radio Cairo is scheduled for this freq at 0600. A stronger but still distorted audio appeared at 0245 and the cochannel tone disappeared at the same time. This time the signal content could be better identified and consisted of a chant by a man in Ar lang. It would appear that engineers fixed the weak audio by using some test tone signals. Could their hum and distortion be fixed too? (Costello June 8) 0300 listener's mail box (Tomasko, both via Cumbre DX via DXW, June 6)

ITALY AWR buying Schwarzenburg-SUI txs for [new Argento] Italy tx site. (WoR GH, Jun 18)

LAOS 4682 Lao National Radio, Houa Phan, 30/5, 2225-2240, dialect progr, hill tribe mx, political talks. 25332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 25)

RUSSIA Voice of Assyria (Kala Aturaya), ul Pyatnitskaya 25, Moscow 113326, Russia. Suns only 1500-1600 in Assyrian, Ru/Ar/Pe and En to the ME 11655 9730, 7325 6120 (the latter two from 1530 onwards). Islamskaya Volna, (ISLAMIC WAVE) Ul. Pyatnitskaya 25, 133326 Moscow, Russia. or Islamic Centre, Vypolzov pereulok 7, 129090 Moscow, Russia. Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri only 1500-1600 in Ru to the ME 11655 9730, and 7325 6120 (the latter two from 1530 onwards). (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 12) new4795 R Rossii, ssb feeder in usb, Ru, 25/5, 1220-1320, ID. On May 27th & 29th also //5940 & 7210. Nothing heard on 4860! 25432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 25)

Radio Kala Aturaya (Sat) and R Islamskaya Volna (Tue-Fri) 1500-1600 612 1089 1170 1494 9730 11655. 1530-1600 7325. Adygey Radio 1800-1900 (Mon+Fri) and Kabardino-Balkar Radio 1830-1900 (Sun, Wed, Thu) 1089 7325. Tx locations: 612 kHz 40 kW Kurkino (Moscow), 1089 1200 and 1170 1200 both Tbilisskoye (Krasnodar), 1494 600 Krasnyy Bor (St Petersburg), 7325 100 190 Tbilisskoye (Krasnodar), 9730 200 nondir Samara, 11655 250 290 Moscow. 7325 will be replaced by 6120 from Sep 6th, 1998.

R Mayak SW relay in Z98, GPR-2 St Petersburg 200 kW 0200-0500 9875 0200-0430 7335 0530-1000 12005 1030-1300 11685 1330-2000 9885 GRP-2 Kaliningrad 120 kW 1300-2100 6015

GPR-3 Saransk 120 kW 0200-0400 7440 0430-1400 9470 1430-2000 7345

GPR-8 Komsomolsk-Amur 100 kW 1800-2200 7240 (alt 6020) 2230-1200 9670 1230-1400 7240 (alt 6020)

Arkhangelsk 20 kW ssb + carrier 0200-0600 5950 0630-1400 9610 1430-2200 5920 0200-0500 7330 1530-2200 15215 both 5 kW

Krasnoyarsk 20 kW 2200-1100 9500 1130-1600 5900

TWR via Russia in Z98 0030-0230 12035 (9825 fr Sep 27th) 1130-1500 12005 (7420 fr Sep 27th) both Irkutsk 250 kW 225 degr

1200-1300 9450 (5895 fr Sep 6th) Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy 200 kW 263 degr

IBRA Radio via Russia in Z98 2000-2100 9835 Samara 250 188 12020 (7420 fr Sep 6th) Moscow 250 240 12015 (7425 fr Sep 6th) Moscow 200 190

World University Network observed 0700-1100 17590 via Samara 100 125

Radio 1 (Odin) SW txions have been discontinued since mid April. BBC Ukrainian sce relays via Yekaterinburg have been discontinued.

Yekaterinburg Radio centre, Mar 5 - Sep 5, 1998 2100-1700 7220 1200-1400 11675 1600-2000 11745 1500-2100 11930 1500-2000 15455 1600-2000 15465

Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy Radio centre, Mar 3 - Sep 5, 1998 1330-1400 5895 1330-1430 5930 1900-2000 7300 1000-1100 9450 1200-1300 9450 1200-1230 9865 1200-1400 9895 1000-1100 11870 0100-0500 12000 0000-0100 12045 1900-2000 12050 0930-1130 12065 1330-1430 12065 2130-2200 12065 0200-0500 13645 0100-0500 13665 1000-1100 13775 0100-0500 15425 0100-0300 15520 (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, May 18)

Relay outlets for BBC Ru Sce reported. Programmes of the Russian service of the BBC are relayed locally to the territory of the former USSR: In Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg the progrs will be relayed on MW 1260. Orel Region be relayed through Radio Express 72.83 MHz. Nizhniy Novgorod 70.61 and 101.2. Kaliningrad Radio BAS 100.8. Volgograd Radio Magnat 104.5. Stavropol Radio L-centre MW 1557 and 105.1. Rostov Radio Rostov 101.6. Ru sce of the BBC on 100 MHz in Tallinn Estonia. Progrs of the Ru sce of the BBC through Radio Russia on Fris and Sats 1430 and 1500, Thurs 0835-0900, and on Weds 1530-1600. Progrs of the Ru sce of the BBC will be relayed on Russian Mayak radio on Sats 1245-1300. A number of the progrs of the Ru sce of the BBC will be relayed several times a day on Otkrytoye Radio [Open Radio] on 102.5.

Adygey Radio (Maykop). This stn announces itself as "Radio of the Adygey Rep from Maykop". (The Adygey Republic is located in southern Russia, to the northeast of the .) The tx on 1089 is at Krasnodar, close to the Adygey Republic. Adygey Radio bcs in the Bzadog (or Bzadugh) dialect of Adygey, one of the Circassian langs. The freqs listed below also carry bcs from Kabardino-Balkar Radio. 1700-1800 Mon+Fri Adygey/Ar to ME 7325-(to 5 Sep), Tu 6120-(from 6 Sep) 1089.

Addr: GTRK Adygey, ul.Zhukovskogo 24, 352700 Maykop, Resp. Adygeya, Russia

Kabardino-Balkar Radio (Nalchik). The Kabardino-Balkar Rep is in southern Russia, on the border with Georgia. The freqs below also carry bcs from Adygey Radio. The tx on 1089 is at Krasnodar. 1730-1800 Su/We/Th Kabardin to ME 7325-(to 5 Sep), 6120-(from 6 Sep) 1089

Address: ul.Nogmova 38, 360000 Nalchik, Resp.Kabardino-Balkarskaya, Russia (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 19)

SAUDI ARABIA/IRAQ Voice of Iraqi People Organization: ? Address: ? ID in Ar: Idha'at al-Jumhuriyah al-Iraqiyah min Baghdad, Sawt al-Sha'b al-Iraqi. 1940-2212 4785, 9560, 9568.4 kHz. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW 118)

Complete schedule for BSKSA Riyadh in Fr is 0800-1000 15235 and 1400-1600 15170, both towards WeAF. Furthermore they announce MW Dammam 1098, Riyadh 1422, Jeddah 1485 as well as FM Al-Kharsh 95.2, Jeddah 96.2 and Riyadh 97.7. (Gregor Link-AUT, Jun 17)

SUDAN Voice of Sudan Organization: National Democratic Alliance Address: 16 Camaret Court, Lorne Gardens, London W11 4XX, UK. E-mail: [email protected] ID in Ar: Izaat-tu Sawt-u ad-Dimukratiyah Sudan, *0400- 0501* 7994.4, *1559-1700* 7994.4 kHz (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW 119) 1615-1620+ 7995.54 kHz (Serra-ITA, via TFW 62)

TUNISIA appeared on the following freqs, as of June 14 around 0630-0712: 11730.059, 15534.315, 17735.227 around 1542: 11730.05, 15534.3, 17735.2 around 1820: 7279.980, 11730.060, 12005.567 around 1950: 7225.041, low het with ROU 7279.981, 12005.568 (Vladimir G. Titarev-UKR, Jun 17)

UAE UAE Radio, Dubai, 15400, 0329- En opening anns giving 15400, 13675, 12005; 0330 nx, progr about Jersualem. Heard //13675, 12005; best on 13675. (Brian Alexander, PA via Hauser, May 31)

UK [non]. Following up Dave Newkirk's comments in rec.radio.shortwave on defective BBC txions, now their only NoAM freq after 1700, 17840 is messed up: June 11 at 1730, a constant warble on the freq, its sound varying slightly; it was even worse and more noticeble with the BFO on; gone after 1800 with BBC gone too, and I suspect this was also coming from the tx, supposed to be Sackville, tho possibly it is another case of the Antigua tx used before 1700 not having been turned off and causing a beat - but there was no sign of duplicate/echoing modulation. Rechecked the otherwise vacant freq at 2019 with BFO, and heard a constant whoop-whoop timed at about 176 per minute or almost 3 per second. (Glenn Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 18)

UNID 3955.7 ???, 26/5, 1240-1300*, female talks, sounds like Mongolian?? But nothing herad on the following days. Very weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, May 26)

USA Special edition of World of Radio A special edition of the authoritative DX progr, "World of Radio", is scheduled soon for bc in the AWR DX progr "Wavescan". This specially prepared edition of "World of Radio" is scheduled for bc in "Wavescan" edition #183, with a primary bc date of Sun June 28.

Included in this special presentation are several topics of interest to the internat radio monitor, including the new bcing band in Canada, a new book on American radio history, and the availability of a new set of national anthems on CD. Glenn Hauser also refers to the scheduling of amateur radio nets.

Over the past 18 years, Glenn has produced more than 900 half hour editions of his DX progr, "World of Radio", which is currently on the air from two SW stns in the US, Radio for Peace in Costa Rica, and the World Radio Network. He also compiles a multi-page listing of worldwide DX tips and schedules for the American radio magazine, "Monitoring Times". In addition, he also produces two bulletins, "Review of International Broadcasting" and "DX Listening Digest".

The primary date for the special edition of "Wavescan" which will carry "World of Radio" is Sun June 28. "Wavescan" can be heard three or four days in advance via the AWR web page at www.awr.org

It is available on the Sunday via the World Radio Network at 0700 & 1430 and also in the En bc fr AWR-EUR at 0930 [and 1230?] on 7230. "Wavescan" is also available twice on the Monday over the three txs co-sited with station 2XA/ZLXA in Levin, NZL. Other stns in the AWR network, and WRMI in Miami, carry the program as it becomes available. It is now available in real time audio for download from the Internet using the M-PEG progr. (ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, Jun 15)

*About WOR *Threat of internet distribution via power lines *Canada moving broadcasting to a totally new band *New set of national anthem CDs *This American Life programs available on website *Leonard Maltin's new book on American radio history *Allan Weiner's SW project in Maine is 10+ years old *Adventist amateur radio net *How to order DX Listening Digest *A few World of Radio times *Address and closing

In NoAM, try TIAWR, UTC Mon 0000 on 9725, 13750, and 15460, perhaps delayed a week or two (Glenn Hauser-USA, Jun 18)

[NIGERIA [non]] It seems that one of our erstwhile Nigerian clandestine groups has bought some time on WGTG From:

"Coming Soon" Short-Wave Radio Broadcast. "SNBS" will launch its Global "Live Test Transmission" on Fri Jun 12, 1998 and will continue bcing every Sat thereafter.

Fri Jun 12 0530-0600 5085 Sat Jun 13 1930-2000 9400

"SNBS" programs will include: Nx commentary, Personality of the week, Vox-Pop. Mx, Panel discussions, SNBS Magazine

NIGERIAN ADVOCACY GROUP for DEMOCRACY and HUMAN RIGHTS (NAG-DHR) P.O.Box 202. Boston, Massachusetts 02131 Tel: (617) 364-6301 Fax: (617) 364-7362 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.nagdhr.com (via REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jun 18)

I taped the 0530 bc and it sounded a lot like the old Radio New Nigeria, sponsored by the same group until January via DTK, including two much background mx and production impairing intelligibility on SW. And the regular 1930 Sat bc, competing with at least two other Nigerian opposition progrs at the same time, is not likely to make it to Nigeria on so low a freq over a summer mostly-daylight path from WGTG, which was not named in the press release reproduced above. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 945, Jun 18)

Made a point of monitoring the first bc of Voice of Oduduwa, tho I never heard any such ID, tnx to Johnson/Cumbre tip, Mon June 15 at 2100 on WHRA 15460. Reception was very good, and probably has a good chance of getting into Nigeria, tho one always wonders what fraction of the rated 500 kW is actually being used. Opened with talking drums, then mix of talk in presumed Yoruba (only?) and mx, with speakerine sometimes breaking into song; only En were mentions of "SW 15460"; 2111 mentioned BBC; 2113-2123 En segment, with actuality of someone bemoaning "appointment of a new dictator"; and various En speakers from a rally, poorly recorded and edited, invoking god. 2123 back to Yoruba; 2126 a bit more En with anti-Abacha comments, and the rest in Yoruba almost until 2200; no closing of progr as WHRA went into freq-change announcement to 13760. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 945, Jun 18)

The Wed June 17 bc of the Nigerian opposition progr via WHRA 15460 almost didn't happen at 2100 USA Network Nx, 2105 dead air; 2109 it finally started. Later En segment around 2122 sounded identical to what I had heard during the Yoruba progr on Mon, from a June 8 rally, singing "All We Are Saying" with new topical lyrics to tune of "Give Peace a Chance". (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 945, Jun 18)

Radio Yoruba was observed on Mon 15th June 2100-2200 on 15460 via US commercial SW stn WHRA.

New "Radio Save Nigeria" via US SW stn. The Radio Save Nigeria Bcing Sce is now bcing via private US SW stn WGTG in Georgia, at 0530 on 5085. That might propagate into NIG, although by that time it's probably daylight there. Another bc via WGTG was announced, at 1930, on 9400, which probably won't reach NIG, as it is still daylight here in the US, and 9 MHz is most useful at night for long-distance txions. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 19)

Egbe Omo Yoruba (Association of Yoruba Descendants Worldwide) announces the debut of the Voice of Oduduwa Ijinle Ohun Oduduwa Radio progrs for the advancement of Yoruba autonomy. The radio will be the authentic voice of Yoruba people at this time when Abacha has appropriated all the electronic media in Nigeria. The organization recognizes the need to galvanize all Yorubas including those abroad. Consequently, the radio bc will not only be directed to Nigeria, it will be received in NoAM, EUR and all of AF.

Please tune in your SW radio on Mons to 15460 on 19 mb at: [2100-2200 UTC see below], 5:00 P.M. (Eastern Time) NoAM, 10:00 P.M.(Nigerian Time) Africa, 10:00 P.M. (London Time) EUR.

We want to appeal to our people that following the recently concluded meeting of Yoruba leaders in Washington, the leaders took many decisions of far-reaching effect. The Secretariat has started to carry out some of these decisions. A substantial amount of money is going into the Radio and other projects. We therefore encourage our people to please send monetary contributions to help the Yoruba cause. We want to direct this message to all Yorubas especially those who have continued to ask for information about how they can participate to free our people from the current oppressive regime in Nigeria. The time has come to act.

Our most conservative estimate put the number of Yorubas in Africa (outside Nigeria), EUR and NoAM at roughly five million. We have concluded also that no matter what we may want to accomplish, we need money to help our people at home. Abacha spent 600 million Naira of SoNIG money to bring some vagrants and jobless youths to Abuja to rally for him. On the other hands, Yoruba youths confronted his brutal army of occupation and spurned the gifts dangled by his Ibadan collaborators. Those murdered in Ibadan must not be allowed to die in vain. Those gallant youths confronted the oppressors while defending freedom. The least we can do is to assist all our people who are daily toiling under military/ethnic oppression. We therefore encourage all authentic Yoruba sons and daughters to make personal commitments for a year to send monthly contributions to aid our people who are currently under attack by the most brutal regime in that part of the world.

We propose that every adult should make a personal commitment of a minimum amount of $10:00 a month to aid our people. Those who can make commitments of greater proportion should please do so. Outside auditors audit Egbe Omo Yoruba's account twice a year. Receipt for all the money received will be sent to donors at their requests.

Please send Your contributions to: Egbe Omo Yoruba, Yoruba House, 7600 Georgia Avenue NW, Suite 405, Washington D.C 20012 U.S.A. phone +1 202 291-9471, fax +1 202 291-9473 e-mail: [email protected] Internet: WWW.YORUBANATION.ORG Banji Ayiloge National General Secretary

15460 Voice of Oduduwa is coming from LeSea's WHRA. Heard starting at 1900 [sic 2100- 2200, see below] with talk in Yoruba and traditional mx. Some talk in En by man about freedom and democracy, but the bulk of the programming was in Yoruba with many mentions of Abacha and Nigeria. I called Joe Brashier at WHRI and got some more information about this one - Voice of Oduduwa will also be on effective immediately on Wed and Fri so their schedule is- 15460 2100-2200 Mon language is Yoruba; Wed language is Igbo; Fri language is Ijaw. They did use 17655 but only the first week they were on. The above is their complete schedule. We had a Nigerian lady here in the office listen to the progr and she tells us that the mx is traditional, songs that have been around for decades that everyone knows, and that the programming is news and information for Nigeria and talking about democracy in that country. (DIRECT Cumbre DX Copyright Johnson 1998) (Hans Johnson, Nick Grace, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 12/15)

Voice of Oduduwa I had the wrong time on the brain. The time of my log starts at 2100, not 1900. The station's schedule is 2100-2200, not 1900-2000. (Johnson, Jun 16)

Checked with the WWBS guy again, and now he says it may be another month before they're on. Some components failed in a dummy load test and are to be replaced. Both 11905 and 11910 have now been authorized. (George Thurman-TX, Jun 15, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING via Hauser, Jun 18)

WRNO estate got a $100K bid, but did not accept it. However, considering the state of the facility, they may not get much more for it. Brother Stair is reported to be interested. (George Thurman-TX, Jun 14, WORLD OF RADIO 945, Jun 18)

UZBEKISTAN Foreign stns relays via Tashkent in Z98, all 200 kW at 131 degrees BBC 0030-0130 9875 0800-0810 17655 1330-1415 12080 1400-1530 9860 1630-1700 9860 TWR 0000-0030 9430 IBRA R 1330-1400 15470

RNW 0030-0225 12090 RVI 1200-1230 15450 both 100 kW (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, May 18)

"Hitlers Airwaves" Mike has sent me details now of the book, as follows, 73s de Alan Roe.

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a great deal of QRM here from France '98 on tv! NG & WB

ALBANIA Some freq changes of TWR via Cerrik: 1630-1730 Persian v11689.87 replacing v12085, //v9474.87. 1830-2000 Fi, No, Sw Mo-Fri 9479.94 replacing 9905.

R Tirana observed 1400-1415 It new7155, //9550. 1700-1712 Tu on 6210...6213, and //7159.09. 1715-1727 Gr 5959.96 and 7155.09. Both sces suffer under strong 3rd channel of Jordan R in Ar on co-ch 7155, which is much stronger. (PANIVIEW - Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova-BUL, Jun 20/25)

ARGENTINA v15344.26 RAE Buenos Aires in Sp, playing tango mx at 0010. 25222 (WB, Jun 21)

AUSTRALIA Note that RA has two new 13 mb channels, per a new sked eff June 28 from Nigel Holmes, RA Txion Manager one of them aimed at NoAM, 21740, which was used in the last sunspot peak, 2100-0200. With a little help from the MUF, might well make it. The other is 21820, at 0200-0900 toward PNG and JPN. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jun 22)

FEEDBACK announcing some changes in freqs: 0200-0900 21820 to PNG (x13605), 0000-0800 15240 sports to W PAC, 1400-1800 5955 to PAC (x6020), 2100-0800 17715 to SW PAC (x13755) (Stiller via DXW, Jun 19)

BELARUS R Minsk, home sce 1st progr: 0200-2200 new17805 [reg 1500-2200 20 kW nondir], good reception fr 0400, but co-ch RFA Lao 1100-1200, REE fr 1200. //11670. Ext sce of R Belarus in various langs on 11960, but bad audio signal. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

BURUNDI 6140.2, R. Burundi, 1815-1829, Fr OM nx with various reports including one from Montpellier about the Italy-Cameroon perspectives, 1825 some YL/OM ann with musical interludes - poor under DW. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jun 17)

CANADA Radio Asia Canada by Harold Sellers (Jun 21). On June 18th I had the pleasure to meet and speak with Phillip P. Koneswaran, Vice president & Operations Manger for Radio Asia Canada. Mr. Koneswaran kindly gave me an extensive look at the background and plans of RAC.

Radio Asia Canada had its origin as a local progr aired for half an hour on CHOW-1470 back in 1990. Airtime increased to 12 hours per week, but ended in 1995. At that time RAC began to plan an application for their own AM stn in Toronto. This resulted in their application for 1670 kHz, which the CRTC denied earlier this year. Also in 1995 they began making plans for an international sce. A direct-to-home sce for Europe was inaugurated in Aug 1997 and continues today.

The first SW bcs took place in Jan of this year, with three hours of programming per week directed towards Asia from VoRUS txs. A switch to progrs directed towards NoAM was made on May 10th when txs operated by Marlin Communications in the U.K. were used for one week. Coverage was not satisfactory but then a contact with Deutsche Telekom resulted in the move to Juelich, Germany. These txs are putting a very good signal into NoAM, particularly the East, but also allowing listeners in the western half of the continent to tune in.

Initially progrs were only in Tamil, but since the switch to DTK two hours of English are bc per day. Total airtime is now 8 hours per day, 10 on weekends. In Oct this should increase to 12 hours per day. The current SW schedule is:

Tamil 1800-2000 17530 English 2000-2200 15560 Tamil 2200-2400 11975 Tamil 0000-0200 9560 Tamil 0200-0400 9405

Radio Asia Canada also has plans to add a number of other langs in Oct, incl Ru, Ge, Fr, Sp and an African language. RAC's goal is to represent Canada to the world and if this sounds like a goal that RCI would also have, it should come as no surprise that RAC has been talking to RCI. They are hoping to cooperate with RCI in the area of programming, but nothing is conclusive yet. Mr. Koneswaran was enthusiastic for RAC to be a Canadian voice to the world. An exchange with the VoA is also being explored, so we may eventually hear VoA news via RAC.

Besides these languages, Tamil will also be bc to the various target areas, just as it is to NoAM. Mr. Koneswaran explained that there are large Tamil communities in many countries and have been for many years. As a result second generation Tamils in those ommunities want to hear programming in the language of their adopted country, as well as their native Tamil. In France, for example, there are 30.000 Tamils. An hour of En is planned for each of SoAM and EaAF, beginning Oct 25th.

Besides their DTH and SW services, Radio Asia also has had FM outlets in AUS since Apr 28, 1998. Txs in Sydney and Melbourne serve approx 20.000 listeners with the same progrs as are heard on SW.

The Toronto AM stn 1670 will again be applied for, says Mr. Koneswaran. The NoAM audience is growing, judging from listeners contacting the stn and the popularity of talk shows that are aired. In NoAM there are 250.000 to 300.000 people with Tamil roots, according to Mr. Koneswaran. Five or six Tamil newspapers exist in Toronto alone and several of these have circulation outside of the Toronto area. These papers, plus the internet, afford RAC the opportunity to promote themselves.

At present programming is 86% Canadian-produced, while 14% is obtained from other countries. They want to increase the Canadian production. Some programming is now obtained from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, Radio One. Due to a ban imposed by the Sri Lankan govt, it is not possible for news to be obtained from the SLBC.

Announcers come from Toronto, but RAC has offices in a number of countries. Studios in France, Germany and Switzerland presently contribute a small amount of local programming.

Advertising comes from both local and internat businesses. Internat sponsorship will increase and at the same time, RAC hopes to reduce the number of spots per hour. Radio Asia Canada receives three or four reception reports per day. Although they have not yet begun to QSL, they do hope to in the future, once time and staff are available.

Radio Asia Canada is located at 680 Progress Avenue, Unit #1, Toronto, Ontario M1H 3A5, Canada. They may also be contacted at phone +1 416-289-1522, fax +1 416-289-1840, and their webpage http://www.radioasiacanada.ca I wish to thank Phillip Koneswaran for his kind cooperation in giving this interview. (Harold Sellers-OT, Can Jun 21)

RCI is going to be doing a special txion tomorrow, 24 June, frm 1500-1700. The txion will be in Fr, a live rebroadcast from Radio-Canada. It's entitled "La FΛ†te de la mer," and it concerns the reopening of a historic lighthouse in the Gaspβ€š, the first lighthouse one would see when sailing into the St-Lawrence...and the txion will include links to three other historic lighthouses. The frequencies are as follows: EUR/AF via Woofferton, UK, all 300 kW: 9690 (114ΓΈ), 15365 (170ΓΈ), 17795 (170ΓΈ) EUR/AF via Sackville 250 kW: 17880 (60ΓΈ) NoAM via Sackville 250 kW: 15305 (240ΓΈ) RCI will be QSLing this special txion, incl the not-commonly used Woofferton site. (Bill Westenhaver, RCI Audience Relations, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 23)

CLANDESTINE 7999.5 Voice of Sudan *1600-1700* instrumental then ID by man in Ar: "Huna Iza'at Sawt al-Sudan,Sawt al-Democratia wa al-Salam, Iza'at al-Tjam' al-Watany al- Democraty" ("This is the VO Sudan, VO Democracy and Peace, VO the National Democratic Party"). Schedule announced 8000, 9025, 10000 and 12000, time given is local Sudan time 0600-0700 and 1800-1900. Nx 1606 including a military report #36 from General Abdulrahman Khalil, followed by a reading of the conclusions of the party meeting conducted lately in Cairo. 1630 folk song. SINPO 44344, this is one of the relatively regular clandestine stns, I remember hearing it since March 1996 on 8000 and 9025 but not on the others. (Mahmud Saladin K. Fathi-EGY, via Cumbre Dx, CRW, Jun 10)

6999.9 from ERITREA? to SUDAN Radio Voice of Freedom and Renewal at around 1545 a Sudanese tribal folk song started and lasted for 15 mins. *1600 ID by a female voice in Ar "Iza'at Sawt al-Horia wa al- Tagded" a short march and proceeded "Sawt al-Intifadh al-Sha'bia al-Mosalaha, Sawt Nedal al-Shab al-Sudany al-Mosalah" (Radio Voice of Freedom and Renewal), (Voice of The People's Armed Uprising, Voice of The Sudanese Armed Struggle). Then a male voice "Sawt Kuwat al-Tahalof al-Sudanyah" (Voice of The Sudan Alliance Forces). Schedule given as 7 MHz 7 PM.to 8 PM , local Sudan time, and progr preview. 1607 main nx followed by commentary at 1614. The stn is heavily jammed by the Sudanese govt agents apparantly, with call sign "Mahdom" - they are three or maybe four stns. One can hardly follow a complete progr. Txion concluded at 1703* by nx brief and ID. SINPO 22332. (Mahmud Saladin K. Fathi-EGY, via Cumbre Dx, CRW, Jun 17)

6304.8 VO Islam 1645 some Islamic chant, at 1650 ID by a man in Ar "Huna Sawt Al-Islam, Sawt Al-haraka Al-Islamyh fi Kurdistan Al-Iraq" (This is The Voice of Islam, Voice of The Islamic Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan), followed by a commentary about the Iraq-UNSCOM deal for ending disarmament activities including ID then, Islamic chant, mx and another commentary about the high rate of violence among the American students. No particular message, a stn relaying heavily on Islamic chants. 1702* conclusion of txion with religious narration and march song. (Mahmud Saladin K. Fathi-EGY, via Cumbre Dx, CRW, Jun 17)

COSTA RICA v15049.41 RfPI in En, covering Siberian environment research theme. 25222 (WB, Jun 21)

RFPI nx from the Fri June 19 Mailbag, originally aired live at 2029: the antenna which had been used for 7385 is now down, and the new 4-element "super quad" to replace it is half-installed; the rest to be completed in a few days, but will be used on 6980-AM as long promised, from 0000 and will keep on past 0800 as listeners request, with 10 kW transmitter which is on 21460 in the daytime. The super quad is 58 feet long and mounted 180 feet high; should be operational by this week; then 7385 will go back to the 3 kW transmitter on USB, antenna not described. Plans to put photo of the new antenna on the website, which will be easier once a scanner arrive. (via Hauser WoR, Jun 22)

Henrik Klemetz advises that R. 88 Estereo, which had been txing on or about 6071.26, has now moved to 6075, as of "Monday morning Jun 25" (I assume he means June 22). Excellent signal at his location. They say they are also on channel 28 for subscribers to Cablemundo network, and now they are proudly announcing "la internacional" as a slogan. Tnx for the info, Henrik. I am not sure what 6075 is like in NoAM at 1000, but those looking for this one may want to give the new freq a try at that hour. (via NU, Jun 23)

CROATIA Croatian R home sce in Croat 0800-1200 13830, not reg in HFCC list. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 13)

ECUADOR 3360.05, R. Dif. Catolica Cultural "La Voz del Upano"; Macas (tentat), Jun 24, 2354-0005, male and female speaker in En, at 0002 ID: "Radio Difusora..."(rest lost in noise), dead air for a minute or so, then talk by male, later joined by female speaker. 24232 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jun 25)

EGYPT R Cairo May 25 - Jun 8: 1900-2000 testing 9670, 2000-2245 Fr&En 9900. But fr Jun 9th all progrs on 9900 again. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

GABON/JAPAN NHK World R Japan via Gabon 0430-0700 12030, 500 kW 350 degr. Ru, It, Swe, Ge, Sp, Fr to EUR. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

GEORGIA/UZBEKISTAN/GERMANY 9430 IBC Tamil new freq (x7475) fr 0000-0100 acc to Cohen of World Radio Network. (WOR Jun 18 via Johnson)

[Should be on 9490 now via DTK Juelich??, not 9430.] This morning IBC at s-on 0000 was 333 but by 0010 444 and holding steady. FEBC in Vn is on 9495 till 0015, but is strength 3 at best. Occasional splash before 0015. At 0100 s-off IBC was just fantastic. The move to 31 mb was worth it. (G. Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, Jun 19)

International B'Casting Company based in London is now bcing on 9490 (x7475) in Tamil to IND at 0000-0100 - via Juelich. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 25)

9430 TWR Russia for India via Tashkent-UZB. Yes, that's TWR allright. Txing with 200 kW and 131 degr: Mon-Fri 0000-0030 Ass, Sat-Sun 0000-0015 Tri and 0015-0030 Da. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jun 21) [see item under Russia too]

Radio Georgia monitored as follows: 11805 0600 Ru, 0630 En, 0700-0730 Ge. 11910 0800 Geo, 0830 En, 0900 Geo, 0930 en, 1000- 1030 Tu?/Az?. 6080 1600 Geo, 1630 En, 1700 Geo, 1800 Tu?/Az?. 11910 1800 Ge, 1830-1900 En. 11760 1930 En, 2000 Ge, 2030-2100 Ru. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

GERMANY 3955, 3960, 3975, 3985 The Overcomer Ministry - Brother Stair - deleted 3945 usage, and is hopping in 75 mb now: monitored schedule Mo-Fr 1800-2200, Sa-Su 2000-2200 3960. 0400-0530 3985. 0530-0659 3975.

Observed Mo-Fr 1800-2000 on 3955 Jun 20-22, then 3960 Jun 23-24 still announcing 3955, //12055 & 15625. Noted on 3985 fr 0400 [Biblis scheduled here 0300-0400] //11910, and on 3975 fr 0530-0659 s-off, //13810 & 15735. R Budapest scheduled 0300-0530 on 3975. (WB, Jun 20-23; Kai Ludwig, Jun 21)

Brother Stair Juelich 75 metres. "Brother Stair" via Juelich noted 1800-2000 on 3955 (Jun 22) and from tune-in at 0455 until sudden carrier cut at 0459 on 3985 (Jun 24). I think, the discontinued usage of 3945 is actually bad nx for European bcing: Presumably Juelich will push TOM in the coming winter evenings into the already overcrowded 3955...3995 range. Or will Juelich try to operate above 4000, as Radio Budapest used to do a couple of years ago (and was forced by govt to stop this, if I remember correct)? Possibly "Brother Stair" no longer wants to bc through the whole night, at June 12 3945 signed off at midnight UTC, leaving Wertachtal (by the way, Wertachtal is said to be a very impressive facility with a much larger antenna field than Juelich or Nauen) on 3995 alone on 75 mb. Possibly this is now also the case with 3960, reported yesterday (Jun 23-24) after 1800 by WB.

On Jun 24 at 1815 I found Stair via Juelich on 3960 instead of 3955. Maybe the evening schedule is now from 1800-2400, Sa/Su starts at 2000-2400, [as the only 75 mb antenna at Juelich then carrys RVI on 3995, Sa-Su til 2000] through to sign off, possibly at 2400 on 3960. Provided that Deutsche Telekom don't continue her funny freq zapping, it will be Skelton 3955, which suffers the sideband splash in the coming winter season. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 24/25)

Brother Stair observed on two new channels in 22 mb. 13580 1200-1600 (1300-1500 QRM R Prague), second is 13665 1500-1700. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Jun 25)

SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Subject: Brother Stair via GERMANY moves. Brother Stair has moved from 3945 to 3955 and 3975. I don't have the exact schedule. I heard second-hand that he cited complaints from North American amateurs as the reason. However, I also heard military-type communication on 3943.5 last night (see my previous report). In propaganda, as you know, the important thing is not what you say, but what you don't say. What wasn't said is that, probably, the French were among the protesters! It seems that the 3945 freq usage was at the recommendation of Brother Stair's US consultant, who has now learned a lesson in the realities of European frequency selection. (Bob Zanotti, Switzerland, June 20, WORLD OF RADIO 946)

I asked Brother Stair about the possibility of buying WRNO. He gave this reply: "Will not buy WRNO and never work with Mr Baker in his perversion of the truth. He will not get that stn to work. (Brother Stair, Jun 10 via Thomas Dixon, WORLD OF RADIO 946) [latter refers to the supposed Honduran setup - Hauser, Jun 22]

DTK Juelich news: Brother Stair monitored May 23 - Jun 14 0000-0400 3945 deleted to EUR 1800-2400 Mo-Fr, 2000-2400 Sa/Su 3960 replacing 3945/3955. 0400-0530 3985, 0530-0659 3975. 1000-1200 17505 deleted to PHL 1000-1300 15715 deleted to AUS 1300-1500 15625 deleted to PHL 1800-2000 9800 deleted to SoAF 0600-1400 new 15735 to ME (x17505) 1200-1600 new 13580 to RUS, co-ch 1300-1500 R Prague in En, Cz, Sp & Fr beamed to AS & EUR. 1300-1700 new 13665 to Scandinavia [//noted here 6130, 13810, 15625 ed]

VoHope in En test bcs on June 1st & 2nd, 1800-2000 new 5890.

Christian Science Monitor in Ge now via DTK: 1800-1900 new 5910, Tue only.

IBC Tamil sce via DTK (ex Dusheti-GEO) 0000-0100 7475, now 9490??

Voice of Deliverence in En - new stn via DTK: 0100-0130 new 9855, Mons only [Sun in NoAM/CAN!]

R Asia Canada in Tamil fr Jun 3 to NoAM, 295 degr: 0200-0400 new 9405 replacing 9700, co-ch R BUL. 1800-2000 Sa/Su not heard on 15635 or 17505.

Good News World in En from May 30: 0900-1000 new 5910, Sat only. 1600-1700 new 15105, Sat only. 1700-1800 new 11605, Sat only. 0700-0800 new 13740, Sun only.

R Rainbow in Amharic now at new time: 0900-1000 5910 (x1000-1100)

Universal Life in various langs fr Jun 1 at new time: 1730-1800 5890 co-ch RTTY (x1945-2015)

AWR in Bulgarian fr May 24: 1600-1700 new 9825 replacing 9925. But in Romanian 1700-1800 on unchanged 9925. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

GUAM KTWR in various Indian langs: 1330-1430 15595 replacing 15455. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

HAWAII Please note the following addition to our Z-98 schedule: ADD: KWHR Hawaii 11565 0700-0800 100kW 225 degr to OCE ADD: KWHR Hawaii 11565 1500-1600 100kW 225 degr to OCE (Bob German GJA, Jun 22)

HUNGARY R Budapest in Hung, changes fr June 15: 0100-0130 new11680 to NoAM (x6120), 0900-1000 (-1100 Sun) to AUS 17810 replacing 17780. 1800-1900 5990 replacing 5960, //3975. In Serbian 1700-1730 Mo-Sa new 3975 (x6145). 1930-2000 Suns only new 3975 (x7155), and 9570 replacing 9750. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 13)

IRAN Monitoring of some varying freqs of VoIRI Tehran: plus 2.5 - 3.0 kHz 0630-0730 It 13615. 1200-1300 It 13600. 1730-2000 Bos, Alb, It on 11657.97. 2130-2230 Bos 7145. plus 400-800 Hz 330-0330 Ch, Be, Ur, Pa 11915. 0545-0630 Ha 13755. 0930-1230 Pe 11885. 1430-1530 Be, En 7215. 1630-1730 Pe 11855 irr. 1730-2000 Bo, Alb, It 7355 irr. //9615. 1930 Pe, 2130-2230 En 6175. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

IRAQ and others Thank you very much for mentioning my webpage in the editorial, or pass on my thanks to whoever did so! I think I can clear up the mystery of the activity on 11785 at around 0200, as I've been paying special attention to that very popular freq at that time for the past few weeks, since the Indonesian crisis erupted. Here's what I can hear:

0030-0100 VoI Jakarta Sp (//9525), 0030-0130 VoIRI Tehran in Be, 0100-0200 VoI in En (//9525), 0100-0300 occasionally Radio Iraq International in Ar/Ge/En, 0200-0300 VoI in BI (//9525) - probably the Koranic chanting that Joe heard. 0225 approx Qatar Broadcasting Sce switch on their tx - that's where the tone comes from! 0240 approx IS for QBS (string instrument) 0245 QBS signs-on (//9570).

Hope that helps. I'll just add that my website has a soundclip of the QBS IS, and several recent additions, incl Radio Mogadishu/Voice of the People ext sce in En, and the new IS for Radio Budapest. In the Ext Sces and Dom Sces sections, the site also now incorporates links to the web pages of some of the featured radio stns/broadcasters. Another new feature is the "Vintage Clips" section, which has a selection of ISs and announcements from days gone by. (Dave Kernick, Jun 22) http://www.btinternet.com/~dkernick/

R Baghdad home sce in Ar noted fr May 25: v0530-1015v new v11649.9, +Iranian jammer. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

ISRAEL KOL Israel in Fr 0500-0515 new 15640 (x9435), //11605. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

JORDAN R Jordan in Ar, monitoring Jun 5-13, 3rd tx is ready again: 1000-1200 addit 15355, //11810 fr 1100. 1200-1500 addit 13620, co-ch Kuwait also in Arabic!!! 1600-2100 addit 7155, from 1800 also 6105 & 9830. 2100-0200 addit 11935, co- ch BSKSA til 2300, //15435. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

MOROCCO 15345, Rdfsn. TV Marocaine, Nador: In BC-DX, Marc Vissers shared a sked rcvd from RTM. It showed the Nador site being used on 15345 at 0900-2200. At 1300 Jun 15, I hrd RTM in AR on 15345 via Nador with a fair signal. //15335 via Tangier was slightly poorer. Prgmng was on-the-hour time pips, anmts, fanfare mx, and into nx. (Sellers-ONT, via NU, Jun 21)

NEW ZEALAND RNZI Mailbox Mon Jun 22 at 0430 on 17675, better at 1130 on 6100 included another interview with RNZI Chief Engineer Dave Henderson by Adrian Sainsbury about digital txion coming to SW. Says it's quite tolerant of multi-path in tests up to 3 hops, but no tests yet of short-path and long- path arriving simultaneously. Is about 2- 3 years away from starting. Signal level required for high-quality audio is significantly less with digital than analog 1/4 of the voltage in rx, or 1/16 of the power [output transmitted], so RNZI's single 100 kW tx should be excellent for all the Pacific. Features will include automatic freq changing by rx, i.e. when a stn signals it is about to change; readouts can be used for any purpose, such as name of stn, name of record being played, upcoming programming, etc. RNZI will probably start sooner rather than later, in order to ensure a good signal for relaying by Pacific bcs, preferably at first with a combination digital and analog txion, if allowed. (via Glenn Hauser WoR, Jun 22)

Radio New Zealand Int'l is well heard daily 17675 from 2300 to well past 0400. Received an email reply from RNZI: every 3rd Tue of the month is maintenance day. Off-air for appr. 6 hrs.

Radio New Zealand Internat, frequ schedule 3 May to 7 Sept, 1998 Mon-Fri 1650-1850 6145 Sun-Thu 1851-1950 9875 Fri-Sat 1858-1957 Sun-Thu 1951-2150 11735 Fri-Sat 1958-2150 Sun-Thu 2151-0458 17675 Fri-Sat 2105-0458 Mon-Fri 0459-0815 11690 Sat & Sun 0459-0758 Mon-Fri 0816-1206 6100 Sat & Sun 0758-1206. Closed down 1206-1650 Occasional Use for Sporting Bcs 1206-1650 6100

RNZI's nx from NZL and the PAC can be heard via The WRN at these times: WRN1 EUR 1500 Sat; WRN1 USA 1800 Sat; WRN1 AF/AS 0500 Sun

RNZI's WRN progr is also available from the WRN Sound Store as a RealAudio file.

Adrian Sainsbury, Freq Manager Radio New Zealand Internat P.O.Box 123 Wellington, New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.actrix.gen.nz/biz/rnzi Fax: +64 4 474 1433 or +64 4 474 1886 phone +64 4 474 1437 (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 25)

NIGER 9705, La Voix du Sahel; Niamey, 1208, Fr nx. Stronger around 1300 with typical toeareg mx with male songs and male speaker in vernacular, light qrm from ETH on 9704.20 all the time. - Recheck at 1346 Vernacular and at 1347 local guitar with male song followed 1348 Vernacular talk, at 1354 fine local guitar mx with touareg male songs continued at 1400. Last week on 9705.50 heard at the same time. 23222. (van Rooy via DXW, Jun 20)

OMAN BBC WS in En by Radio now on 11850 (x11760 to avoid RRI INS) at 0230-0245 in //9825 15405. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 25)

PAKISTAN Radio Pakistan moved 11760 to avoid INS but landed on DW's German bcast to SoAS 11795 at 0100-0230 in Ur and 0230-0245 in En. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 25)

R Pakistan some frequ changes: 0430-0630 Ur on new freq 15175 (ex15170 co-ch WYFR), //11725 and 17555. 1300-1345 in Persian new 11935 (x11975), //15625. 1600-1630 En new 17750 (x17720), //9650.1, 11570.2, 15170. 1730-1800 Tu varying 9392-9402.5 (reg 9400), //v13580. 1800- 1845 Ar varying 9328.5-9332, noted today Jun 25 on 9329.05 (reg 9330), //7460.00 even!!! (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

PARAGUAY R. Nacional inaugurated new studio facilities on Jun 18 at 2300 with the presence of Pres. Juan Carlos and other important people. They also ancd that they will have a foreign sce on the SW outlet in En, Ge and Fr, but no sked given. (Iversen-Paraguay, via NU, Jun 21)

PHILIPPINES Radio Veritas Asia to SoAS in Sinhala 0000-0025 & Tamil 0030-0055 on 11805 replacing 9670. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 25)

PORTUGAL RDP R Portugal on Po changes fr May 25: 0700-0900 Sat+Sun, 1100-1300 Mo-Fr 17740 replacing 17640 to Timor-INS. [Signs on with National Anthem at 1105 and Tetum language til 1200, when it's followed by the listed Por sce. Noel Green] RDP Africa Antenna 1 (new sce?) in Po: v0300-2300v (or 24 hrs?) on new 13745, co-ch RVI Du 0500-0555, BBC Ru 0600-0630, 0800-0830, 0930-1030 & 1500-2030. //21655 only from 0700. But on Jun 17 started 13745 at 0555. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

With reference to RDP - 21720 & 17725 were heard today 24th carrying mx (not in //with either 13745 or 15555) before playing anthem at 0858 and carrying ID and announcement of a sce to Africa!

It would seem that we need to treat RDP schedules with some caution in the future! I'm wondering if the extended RDP Africa sce - and new freq of 13745 - is connected with the coup/attempted coup in Guinea Bissau. To AF 0900-1100 both 21720 & 17725 are heard opening with anthem at around 0855 at good level. However, this sce is NOT carrying the RDP AF sce, but is // the EUR sce.

1600-2000 I belive I still hear RDP 15120, but "under" a stronger VoNIG. [equal level in Stuttgart-GER].

Mo-Fr to EUR 13635 is replaced by 15555, and this opens at 1600, and //9780 & 13625. Por 1200-1330 to ME 21515. To Guinea & Cabo Verde, Brazil 0900-1100 & 1600-1900, this sce is now operating as RDP AF and heard opening at 0500 on 21655 and on new 13745. Is announcing for "Africa do Sul" (I presume this is AGL and MOZ) Guinea & Cabo Verde, and Sao Tome has also been heard mentioned too - but I have NOT heard any mention of Brazil. The sce is on all day - the only lang I've heard is Portuguese - and still going at 2215. The did carry the Brazil vv Norway World Cup match on the 23rd. I have made one check around 0130 and 13745 not on then. To USA CAN, VEN and Brazil 2300-0330, around 0130 and 9570 11770 13640 and 13700 all heard on air, but nothing audible on 11840. Suns only: to EUR was heard on the 21st on new 11850 0830-1000, this suggests a new freq for the PRO-FUNK Sines tx, which couldn't be heard on former 9575 -- only Medi-1. (Noel Green-UK, Jun 24)

ROMANIA Despite RRI schedule publicize policy is nearly non existent, I read in WDXC Contact June logbook: 2300-2356 En 6130 7195 9570 11830. Heard RRI also at 2100-2200 on 7105 7195 9570 9690. (ed, Jun 19)

RUSSIA/VIETNAM 13705 [via Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy-RUS relay, 100 kW 60 degr towards Alaska, CAN & USA, zones 2 & 6, ed]

Voice of Vietnam Hanoi sign-on at 0400 with an all-Vietnamese progr lasting until 0457 sign-off. A young lady provides an ID at sign-on followed by news, talks, and Vietnamese mx and songs. Freqs and ID again at sign-off but no En at all was heard during the 57 mins progr. The signal was strong and in the clear in the Seattle area (S-7 on the stingy s-meter on my NRD-525). Thanks to Garie Halstead in We-VA for the tip on this one. (Treibel-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 17)

11840 Sakhalinskoe Radio, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 0800-0830 Jun 15, RS local progr of nx, actualities and ads, local pop songs from 0823. Gave time as UTC+11 (not on summer time?); long-path, weak but clear signal, better in USB. (Korinek-RSA, via NU, Jun 21)

Foreign stns relay via Russia/CIS sites. China Radio Internat (CHN): 2200-2300 En 9880 (fr 27/9 7175) Moscow 250 kW 285ΓΈ 1600-1700 Ar 17580 (fr 27/9 7130) S.Petersburg 400 kW 145ΓΈ 1800-1830 Pe 15595 (fr 27/9 7130) S.Petersburg 400 kW 145ΓΈ 1830-1930 Ar 12035 (fr 27/9 7200) Moscow 250 kW 190ΓΈ 2030-2130 Fr 12010 (fr 27/9 7125) Samara 250 kW 285ΓΈ

"Voice of Vietnam" (VTN): 0100-0300 En, Vn 7250 (fr 06/9 5940) Krasnodar 500 kW 315ΓΈ 0300-0400 En, Sp 7260 (fr 27/9 5905) Krasnodar 500 kW 290ΓΈ 1700-1900 En, Vn, Fr 12070 Moscow 500 kW 250ΓΈ 1900-2030 Ru, Vn 12030 Moscow 200 kW 250ΓΈ

"Voice of America" USA: 2130-2200 Ko 12065 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 250 kW 244ΓΈ 2200-2300 Ch 7150 Irkutsk 250 152ΓΈ 1300-1500 Ch 11990 (fr 27/9 5910) Novosibirsk 200 kW 111ΓΈ 1400-1500 Ti 12025 Erevan-ARM 500 kW 100ΓΈ

Radio France Internationale: 2200-2300 Ch 7355 Novosibirsk 200 kW 111ΓΈ 2200-2300 Ch 9830 Vladivostok 500 kW 228ΓΈ 2300-0000 Fr 12005 Vladivostok 500 kW 228ΓΈ 2300-0100 Fr 12025 Irkutsk 500 kW 180ΓΈ 0930-1030 Ch 12025 Irkutsk 500 kW 152ΓΈ 1100-1300 Lao / Cambodian 12025 Irkutsk 500 kW 180ΓΈ 1200-1300 Ch 12075 (fr 06/9 7430) Novosibirsk 500 kW 125ΓΈ

Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal (BEL): 1200-1230 Dutch 9865 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 250 kW 247ΓΈ

IBRA Radio Sweden: 2000-2100 Ar 9835 Samara 200 kW 190ΓΈ 2000-2100 Ar 12015 Moscow 200 kW 190ΓΈ 2000-2100 Ar 12020 Moscow 250 kW 240ΓΈ

"Voice of the Mediterranean" (Malta): 0500-0530 Sun Jpn 17570 Khabarovsk 200 kW 175ΓΈ 1900-2100 Ar/En/Ge/Fr 12060 Moscow 250 kW 250ΓΈ

Radio Maryja (Poland), all in Polish 29/03/98 - 05/09/98: 0500-0715 Mon-Sat 12010 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ 0600-0800 Sun 12010 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ 1500-2000 12010 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ 2000-2200 7400 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ

06/09/98 - 24/10/98 0500-0715 Mon-Sat 9905 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ 0600-0800 Sun 9905 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ 1500-1700 12010 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ 1700-2200 7400 Samara 250 kW 284ΓΈ

Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (HOL): 2030-2125 Du 5835 Kaliningrad 160 kW 245ΓΈ 2330-0025 Du 17580 Khabarovsk 100 kW 218ΓΈ 0030-0225 En 12090 Tashkent 100 kW 131ΓΈ 0930-1125 En 13710 Irkutsk 250 kW 152ΓΈ 0930-1125 En 12065 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 250 kW 245ΓΈ 1330-1425 Du 5930 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 250 kW 245ΓΈ 1330-1425 Du 12065 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 250 kW 245ΓΈ 1330-1425 Du 13695 (x13755) Khabarovsk 100 kW 218ΓΈ 1600-1700 Du 7310 Kaliningrad 160 kW 245ΓΈ

BBC World Service (UK): 2200-2300 Ch 9860 Chita 500 kW 200ΓΈ 2200-2300 En 9890 Irkutsk 250 kW 125ΓΈ 0030-0130 Be/Hi 9875 Tashkent 200 kW 131ΓΈ 0400-0500 Mon-Fri Uk 9795 Ekaterinburg 200 kW 263ΓΈ 0800-0810 Be 17655 Tashkent 200 kW 131ΓΈ 1000-1100 Ch 11990 Vladivostok 500 kW 228ΓΈ 1300-1530 Ch 11640 Chita 500 kW 200ΓΈ 1330-1415 Be 12080 Almata 100 kW 132ΓΈ 1400-1530 Hi/Ne 9860 Tashkent 200 kW 131ΓΈ 1600-1630 Uk 7330 Ekaterinburg 200 kW 263ΓΈ 1630-1700 Be 9860 Tashkent 200kW 131ΓΈ 1700-1800 Az 12015 (fr 27/9 7425) S.Peretburg 200 kW 147ΓΈ 1700-1800 Uz 12045 (fr 27/9 7390) Moscow 250 kW 117ΓΈ 1900-1930 Uk 7330 Ekaterinburg 200 kW 263ΓΈ 1930-2000 Sat/Sun Uk 7330 Ekaterinburg 200 kW 263ΓΈ

Radio Telefis Eireann (IRL): 1330-1430 Wed 12015 Irkutsk 500 kW 152ΓΈ

Trans World Radio (USA): 0000-0030 south-asian langs 9430 Tashkent 200 kW 131ΓΈ 0030-0230 south-asian langs 12035 (fr 27/9 9825) Irkutsk 250 kW 225ΓΈ 1130-1500 south-asian langs 12005 (fr 27/9 7420) Irkutsk 250 kW 225ΓΈ 1200-1300 Ch 9450 (fr 06/9 5895) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 200 kW 263ΓΈ

"Deutsche Welle" Germany: Ar 1300-1600 12015 Krasnodar 500 kW 188ΓΈ Be 0100-0150 12045 Novosibirsk 1000 kW 180ΓΈ Ch 1000-1050 9450 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 200 kW 263ΓΈ 1000-1050 15610 Novosibirsk 200 kW 111ΓΈ 1330-1355 5895 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 200 kW 263ΓΈ 1330-1355 9450 Novosibirsk 200 kW 111ΓΈ Ge 1000-1200 13810 (x11870) Novosibirsk 200 kW 111ΓΈ 1000-1200 12000 Novosibirsk 500 kW 085ΓΈ 1000-1200 15490 Novosibirsk 500 kW 145ΓΈ 1200-1400 13810 (x11870) Novosibirsk 200 kW 111ΓΈ 1200-1400 12000 Novosibirsk 500 kW 085ΓΈ 1200-1400 15490 Novosibirsk 500 kW 145ΓΈ 1400-1800 12055 Samara 250 kW 140ΓΈ 1600-2000 15540 Moscow 250 kW 169ΓΈ 2200-0000 11795 (x7340) Novosibirsk 1000 kW 085ΓΈ 2200-0000 9900 Novosibirsk 500 kW 125ΓΈ En 0200-0250 12045 Samara 250 kW 140ΓΈ 0900-0950 12055 Irkutsk 250 kW 110ΓΈ 1600-1645 9875 Novosibirsk 500 kW 195ΓΈ Hi 1515-1600 9875 Novosibirsk 500 kW 195ΓΈ Jpn 1230-1300 12055 Irkutsk 250 kW 110ΓΈ Pe 0900-0950 15525 Samara 200 kW 188ΓΈ 1700-1750 7305 Krasnodar 200 kW 147ΓΈ 1700-1750 9835 Samara 250 kW 188ΓΈ Rom 1900-2000 9470 Samara 200 kW 246ΓΈ Ru 0000-0100 5925 Samara 200 kW 117ΓΈ 0000-0100 11975 Vladivostok 200 kW 320ΓΈ 0000-0100 12045 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 250 kW 263ΓΈ 1500-1900 9800 Samara 200 kW 117ΓΈ 1900-2100 7395 Irkutsk 200 kW 083ΓΈ Ur 1430-1515 9875 Novosibirsk 500 195ΓΈ (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Jun 23)

R Netherlands Dutch sce via Khabarovsk using new 13695 1330-1425 (x13755). (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Jun 25)

SAUDI ARABIA Complete sched for BSKSA Riyadh in Fr is 0800-1000 on 15235 and 1400-1600 on 15170, both towards WeAF. Furthermore they announce MW Dammam 1098, Riyadh 1422, Jeddah 1485 as well as FM Al-Kharsh 95.2, Jeddah 96.2 and Riyadh 97.7. (Grego via DXW)

7150 BSKSA Holy Quran, Jun 17, 1604-1700*, Quran singing till 1630, then Ar talk and Quran singing again at 1656 - poor, //9730, 11708.2 and 11833.6, also on June 18 at *0255-0345 //9553.6, 9619.4, 9715 (new instead of 11785), 9718.3, 11870 and (Timofeyev)

BSKSA Ext sce latest observed schedule (June 18): *0357-0456* Somali 15335, *0357-0553* Tu 15275, *0458-0554* Swa 17755, *0749-1001* Fr 15235 #, *0957-1055* BI 21670, *1157- 1356* Ur 15345, *1357-1456* Be 15345, *1357-1556* Pe 11745, *1355-1600* Fr 15170 #, *1458-1554* Turkmen 9730, *1557-1654* Bambara 17760.

All progrs (with the exception of Fr ones) open with lute IS and NA and close with NA. # - Fr is actually between the time pips at 0759:55/1359:55 and 0959:55/1559:55, relay BSKSA 5th "Mx px" till 0759:55/1359:55 (there is a rare possibility to hear a part of this px on SW!) plus En ID and freq ann at 1000 after the time pips (Ri ???

BSKSA home sce latest observed schedule with some latest freq changes or drifts (Jun 17- 19):

Main Ar px: 9555 1800-2300, 9718.3 0600-0900, 9870 1800-2300, 11708.2 0600-0900, 11780 1700-1800, 11818.5 0600-1200, 11948.3 1700-1800, 11965 1700-1800, 15060 0900-1200, 15230 1200-1500, 15275 1200-1500, 15377 1200-1500 (see also below)

2nd Ar px: 9578.6 0300-1700, 12038.6 1700-2100 (see also below)

Holy Quran: 7150 0300-1700 (presumably, see above), 9530 0600-0900, 9553.6 0300-0600, 9619.4 0300-0600, 9703.4 1800-2300, 9715 0300-1700, 9718.3 0300-0600, 9730 1600-1800, 11708.2 1600-1800, 11833.6 1600-1800, 11870 0300-0600, 11935 1800-2300, 15161.8 Call of Islam: 11780 1500-1700, 11948.3 1500-1700, 11965 1500-1700

Notes: first two progrs can be also heard via "day-time" or "night-time" feeders on 10990 or 3868 (2nd px in LSB and Main Ar px in USB). For all sces: high power txs usually on nominal freq, low power on unnominal ones. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jun 21)

BSKSA Riyadh main progr noted 0600-0900 on new 11708.3 (x11934.9), //11818.6. Relay home sce Radio Riyadh in Fr to WeAF on SW: 0800-1000 new 15235, co-ch FIN til 0900. 1400-1600 on addit new 15290 //15170, but fr 1500 blocked by VoR Alb sce. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

SEYCHELLES FEBA Radio is now using Nepali/Tsangla on 15445 replacing 15480 at 1142- 1157. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 25) FEBA R in Swahili 0315-0400, Tue&Fri -0345) on new 11770 [x9820 to avoid RHC in En], co- ch RDP in Por til 0330. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

SINGAPORE 6070, R.Singapore Int'l, 1350-1359*, Malay, two ID's as "Radio Singapore Internasional", nx, 1357 YL/OM "echo" slogan and short song with mention of ID as above, final ann - poor to fair, //7245 - fair, also RSI was noted at this minutes from "Pacific DX Report" on June 19 at 1030 on 9865 - is this a new additional freq !?) (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jun 19)

SPAIN/CHINA (c.f. bc-dx #369 REE schedule) 9620, REE Madrid, 1010, suddenly came on in mid-progr 0957, dead air, then back on at 0959. Pres. SP nx pgm, ID at 1010 by W. Very weak and sounded like an Asian!!! Must be coming via long path. Is beamed to Europe. (Dave Valko-USA, Jun 10) Yes, is a semi Asian stn: REE registration 1000-1200 9620 120 kW 102 degr Sp to Japan, via Beijing-CHN relay. (ed, Jun 19)

TAHITI 15170, RFO, 0245-0305 Jun 18, pop songs in En to 0258, then ancr in Fr with ad/jingle mixed in; lengthy talk from 0300. Beautiful signal. Noted RNZI-17675 off-air at this time. I doubt very much if this is the old 20 kw tx refurbished; I'm putting out a guess that it could be the former 20 kw tx of RFO Noumea, trans-shipped from New Caledonia. It put out a great signal on 7170 before it was pulled off the air some years ago. Can any of our "down under" associates possibly contact the stn to get the real story? (Clark-ONT, via NU, Jun 21)

TAJIKISTAN Dem V o Burma in Burmese noted at 1245-1345 on new 13820 via Dushanbe (x11520), //15330 via DTK Juelich. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

UAE R Dubai in Ar fr May 3: 1645-2050 new 11950 (x11795). //13630, 13675, and 15395. In En lang: 0330-0355 to NoAM new13675 (x21485), //12005, 15400. 0530-0555 to AUS on 17830, 21700, and 15435, latter blocked by Jordan radio in Ar co- channel. 1030-1055 and 1330-1355 to EUR & ME 13675, 15370, 15395, and 21605. 1600-1640 to EUR & ME 13630, 13675, 15395, and 21605. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

UK Radio London ("Big L") will be bcing on Merlin Network One (SW, three fqys) from August using BBC WS freqs. Sat 1700-2300. R. London will be using its usual 1960's format from the studios of EAP (East Anglian Productions) in Frinton-on Sea, . The R. London name and the R. London jingles have been licensed to Harlow (Essex) businessman Nick Jeffery, who has obtained an RSL license from the Radio Authority and will be b/cing from Harlow Jul 4-31 on 87.7 FM. R. London merchandise will be avaliable from Nick's shop at 7, Corner House, Harlow, Essex. For more info, see http://www.mediapro.co.uk and [email protected] (David Kenny-BDXC to Woodward-UK, via rec.radio.shortwave)

UNIDENTIFIED jammer, v0200-2200v on new 11931.1 lsb mode, no // to traditional [Iranian?] jammer on 11929.9 am mode. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

URUGUAY 11735 Radio Oriental is running a special sked 1030-0330 during the World Cup being held for whole a month in France. Relaying of its sister stn, R. Montecarlo usually carried on 6140 and 9595 will remain unoperative for this period. The final match of this World Cup will be on July 12. This per Alexi Haysaniuk, technical manager, who called me asking for help in monitoring for possible spurs 200 kHz above/below, i.e.: 11535 and 11935. Direccion Nacional de Comunicaciones had warned them this was occurring. Well, nothing up to now can be heard, but I can remember some spur problem, mainly when they used 6140 some time ago. Nice that a stn technical person would be calling a DXer for stn monitoring. There are seventy Uruguayan radio and TV journalists covering the World Cup, although the Uruguayan national team is not present in this occasion. (Nigro, via NU, Jun 19)

USA 15460, R. Yoruba/V.O. Oduduwa via WHRI, 2043-2059*, Mostly talks by men in an obvious local Nigerian vernacular dialect w/many ments of NIG, Yoruba, and also America. What sounded like an ID, canned anmnt by M over drum/whistling mx 2056 ending the progr and which was cut short w/an En ID for WHRI. Tnx Hans Johnson tip!! (Dave Valko-USA, Jun 15)

DXing with Cumbre Schedule as of 18 Jun 1998. This new schedule has a correction and a couple of changes.

WHRI ANGEL I (Americas/Caribbean) 0500 Sat 7315, 1730 Sat 15105, 2230 Sat 9495, 1230 Sun 9495, 1330 Sun 15105.

WHRI ANGEL II (Eur/ME/AF/RUS/NoAm) 0500 Sat 5745, 1430 Sat 6040 (correction), 2200 Sat 5745, 0430 Sun 5745, 0830 Sun 5745, (1730 Sun 13760 has been dropped).

KWHR ANGEL III (AS/PAC) 0230 Sat 17510, 0600 Sun 17780, 1630 Sun 9930, 1830 Sun 13625.

KWHR ANGEL IV (SoPAC) 0700 Sat 17555, 1230 Sat 11565 (new), 2000 Sat 17555, 0330 Sun 17555, 0730 Sun 17555, 1300 Sun 11565, 2130 Sun 17555.

WHRA ANGEL V (AF/ME) 0330 Sat 9400, 0800 Sat 11565, 2130 Sat 15460, 0730 Sun 11565, 1830 Sun 17655, 2130 Sun 15460.

Also, you can hear the progr whenever it is on SW via Real Audio through the WHR website at: http://www.whr.org or through the Cumbre DX website at: http://www.ralabs.com/cumbre (Marie Lamb-NY, Host and Producer DXing with Cumbre, Jun 18)

The June 20 Spectrum, 0200 UTC Sunday on WWCR 5070, was supposed to be the final show, or is next week's the last one? (George Thurman, TX via WoR GH) I tuned in late, but noticed they were doing an anniversary retrospective; didn't hear them say they were quitting. (Glenn Hauser-OK, WoR, Jun 22)

WGTG is advertising time for sale at $50 an hour; and Dave Frantz is also interested in signing up "liberal" programs such as those carried on RFPI. Another surprise FCC inspection of WGTG has taken place, the fourth in a year, and once again they found nothing wrong. Dave believes these are politically motivated, but in fact increase the stn's standing as technically approved by the FCC. It may be another two months before the second tx is on the air, and three and four are in the planning stages. The new tx is equipped to use any of several digital systems once a standard be decided upon. (Glenn Hauser-OK, WoR, Jun 22)

WWBS: Some components failed in a dummy load test and are to be replaced. It may be another month. Both 11905 and 11910 have now been authorized. (Thurman-TX, GH's SW/DX Rpt, via HC-DX, via NU, Jun 21)

CRI page with another url To all CRW readers ! Due to technical problems at qsl.net, you'll find CRI at this place: http://www.ralabs.com/swl/cland.htm

CRW is still aviable via http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2594/geo-cla.htm (Martin and Nick, CRW, Jun 24)

9400.07, Save Nigeria Bcing Sce via WGTG, 1932-1957, Upcoming pgm anmnt, then into SNBS pgm starting w/W anncing that the pgm would be repeated Une 13th!! ID by W over dance mx. Political tlk and cmntry by W, occasionally w/rel. flavor. More dance mx w/W anncr singing a cmntry along w/the song!!! Final ID w/e-mail addr. Strong signal. Never payed any attention to this freq, but it appears to be an AM signal w/reduced LSB. Anyone else notice this?? (Dave Valko-USA, Jun 20)

RFA noted in Ch new progr at new time 0300-0500 11540 & 13820. 1400-1500 Cantonese new 11500 & new 11510. 1500-1800 Mandarin new 11520 (x11540). 1800- 2000 Mandarin new 11520 (x11530, x11540). 2100-2200 Mandarin new 9355 via KHBI (x9725). 2200-2300 Cantonese new 9955, new 11500. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

USA/TAIWAN R Taipei Internat in Ch to NoAM via WYFR: 0100-0200 new 7520. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 20/25)

UZBEKISTAN BBC WS in Be 0800, Hi 0810 & Ur 0820-0830 is using 17675 replacing 17655 via Tashkent. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Jun 25)

High speed Internet access via power lines: There was recently a item in German TV, that these idea will presumably not carried out, as it would be impossible to get the HF radiation under control. They mentioned as main problem, that the data stream would modulate the arc of sodium/quicksilver lamps, forcing all street lights to function as "transmitter". (Kai Ludwig, Jun 18)

SECRET POWER Confidential mail only via ordinarily postcard ?

All our world wide phone call, e-mail and fax transmissions are copied by the largest secret service NSA - US National Security Agency and be analysed by artifical intelligent MEMEX program, to select special key words for further processing. Extended European monitoring branches of this Yankee secret service are located at Menwith Hill in England, and at Bad Aibling, east of Munich-GER.

Nicky Hager of NZL published a book on this matter, "Secret Power". Started by investigation of New Zealand's "Government Communications Security Bureau GCSB", and the ECHELON world wide Network in U.S.A., Canada, Australia and Great Britain.

Hager, Nicky: Secret Power, New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network; 300 pages, many photos and drawings, US$33; ISBN 0-908802-35-8, published in 1996 by Craig Potton Publishing New Zealand. Delivery also via Covert Action Quarterly in the U.S.A. e-mail [email protected] or fax +1 202 331 9751 (FUNK July 98)

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ALGERIA LW 254 R Algiers Intl nx in on Guinea Bissau ID and song 44444 They gave the following progr schedule 1600-1700 11715 15160, 2000-2100 11715 254. At 2200, there was a Fr progr. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Jun 26)

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia's defunct Darwin txs to be sold.

A senior federal minister says Radio Australia's major SW txs near Darwin are being sold. The govt leader in the Senate, Robert Hill, says the SW facility at the Cox Peninsula was closed last year because it is no longer relevant to SoEaAS. He told the Senate SoEaAS has a myriad of communication alternatives and there is no longer the need for the Radio Australia SW bcs.

[Hill] It was our opinion that areas of the south-east [of] Asia no longer require SW because of access to communications through more popular methods, normal radio being an obvious example. As I said, on that basis, the honourable senator knows, we decided to no longer tx in SW in that direction and I think it's true that the facility that has been closed is now being sold off. [End of recording] Senator Hill says that Australia continues to bc to areas of the SoPAC which need a SW sce.

Radio Australia freq changes planned. Radio Australia txion manager Nigel Holmes has explained freq changes for listeners in the PAC taking eff at 2100 on Sun 28th June. For the last four to five years listeners in PNG have been hearing RA on 13605 during the day, reception of which is likely to continue to deteriorate. This will therefore be replaced by 21820 from 0200-0900, midday to 1900 in PNG.

The freq of 15240, currently used to cover part of the SoWePAC, will be put onto a different aerial to take a signal in a more northerly direction from Shepparton into PNG. This freq will carry sport at weekends and the En sce on weekdays, from midnight to 0800. Another minor adjustment will see 6020, currently serving the CePAC til late evening, replaced by 5995 from 1400-1800. During the daytime, 17725 will replace 13755 from 2100- 0800, serving the SoWePAC. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 26)

BELARUS R Belarus Brest Hrodna? in Bjelorussian noted at 0600 on strange 17805, //6115, 7210. At 0445 same stn on 11670 via Kursk-RUS?. (WB, Jun 27)

CHINA CNR 1 noted on 15306.5 with audio alternating between quiet and wildly loud and distorted, *1020-1100* on 19 June. Perhaps a jamming tx wandering off freq, whatever the explanation hope this is a one-off as it killed reception of BBC WS En 15310. (Alan Davies, Chiang Rai-THA, Jun 28) [ooohhhh, spent there four days in Wian Inn Hotel in 1977, ed]

CLANDESTINE 15605, Voice of Tibet [most likely via Dushanbe-TJK, ed], *1222-1255*, s- on with orch. ballad, into anmts by man, hrd mention "15605" and "meters," then into interview with YL, comments about Tibet (ment. a lot) and Pres. Clinton's trip to CHN. Prgm intermixed with short clips of mx. At 1254, s-off anmts, ment. of Oslo addr, then a short selection to 1255*. Fair-poor at first, gradually improving to s-off. (Kusalik-ALB via NU, Jun 28) cland 4085 Voice Kurdistani Iraq 1904, with ID in Kurdish then with Ar progr and ID "sawt kurdistani Iraq" then with nx. YL then with background mx, ID at 1910 and Ar song 34433 cland 4060 Voice of Kurdistan with ID at 1906, as "aira dangi geli Kurdistan" with song following and commentary read by YL. At 1917 with song, was 24332. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Jun 26)

EGYPT Egyptian Radio's Voice of the Arabs ("Sawt al-Arab") sce bcs 24 hrs a day to an audience in both EGY and the rest of the Arab world. The main MW freq is 621. Other MW freqs may also be used at various times, including 1107 and 1008. This schedule, eff until 24th Sep 1998, was compiled using information supplied by the broadcaster and monitoring observations.

0000-0159 Ar EUR ME dom 621. 0159-0459 15285 9850 621. 0459-1259 15285 11980 621. 1259-1659 15285 621. 1659-1759 15285 9700 621. 1759-2330 15285 11665 9700 621. 2330-0000 621.

Arab Rep of Egypt Radio (Gen progr). This sce identifies itself as "Arab Rep of Egypt Radio from Cairo" (Ar: "Idha'at Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah min al-Qahirah"). The main MW freq for this sce is 819. The following freqs are also used at various time of the day: 1386 1368 1350 1341 1314 1305 1278 1188 1179 1143 1080 981 936 918 882 and 603. Freq information in this schedule has has been compiled using information supplied by the broadcaster.

0000-0059 Ar EUR ME AF AM dom 819. 0059-0250 12050 819. 0250-0559 12050 9800 9770 9620 819. 0559-0959 15475 15115 12050 11785 9800 819. 0959-1159 15475 12050 11785 9850 9800 819. 1159-1259 17670 15475 12050 11785 9850 9800 819. 1259-1359 17670 12050 11785 9850 9800 819. 1359-1759 17670 12050 9850 9800 819. 1759-2259 12050 9850 9800 819. 2259-0000 819.

RADIO CAIRO - eff 24th Apr - 24th Sept 1998. 0030-0430 ARABIC Am 9900 0045-0200 SPANISH Am 11715 9740 9475 0200-0330 ENGLISH Am 9475 1015-1215 ARABIC ME As 17745 1100-1130 ARABIC Af 17800 1115-1215 THAI As 17770 1215-1330 ENGLISH As 17595 1215-1315 MALAY As 17770 1300-1600 ARABIC Af 15220 1300-1530 PERSIAN ME As 15160 11560 1320-1450 Ins As 17770 1330-1430 BENGALI As 17595 1500-1600 HINDI As 17690 1500-1600 PASHTO As 17710 1530-1630 AFAR Af 15155 1530-1730 SWAHILI Af 11975 1530-1630 UZBEK As 9620 1600-1800 ALBANIAN Eu 9950 1600-1800 TURKISH Eu 6230 1600-1800 URDU As 17690 1600-1645 ZULU Af 11875 1630-1830 ENGLISH Af 15255 1630-1730 SOMALI Af 15155 1645-1730 SHONA Af 11875 1730-1900 AMHARIC Af 15155 1730-1815 NDEBELE Af 11875 1800-2100 HAUSA Af 15210 1800-1900 ITALIAN Eu 9988 1800-1900 RUSSIAN Eu 6120 1830-1915 LINGALA Af 15255 1830-1930 WOLOF Af 15375 1900-2000 GERMAN Eu 9900 1930-2030 BAMBARA Af 15375 1930-2030 FULANI Af 17840 2000-2200 ARABIC Au 11990 2000-2115 FRENCH Eu 9900 2030-2200 ENGLISH Af 15375 2030-2230 FRENCH Af 15335 2100-2200 YORUBA Af 15210 2115-2245 ENGLISH Eu 9900 2215-2330 Por Am 15420 2300-0030 ENGLISH Am 9900 2330-0045 Ar Am 17770 15220

Addr: P.O.Box 11511, 1186 Cairo, Egypt. tel/fax: +20 - 2 - 578 - 9491 (engineering) http://www.sis.gov.eg/vidaudio/html/audiofm.htm (Real Audio available) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 25)

ETHIOPIA 11800, Voice of Peace; Gedja, 1059-1107, Radio Ethiopia IS with ID's by female in En, Voice of Peace ID by female in En, mention of 31 and 25 mb, mx, male speaker (not sure about language, is it Amharic?), mention of freqs. Short piece of mx, then short ann by female speaker, followed by male chants. Nothing heard on 31 mb freq. 34444 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, via DXW, Jun 24) [no, language should be Somali, FK. Nice log]

FRANCE 1080 R. Latina, verifies after 8 days with 2-page letter, A4-certificate, stickers, power-point presentation of the stn, newspaper-clippings, rating-chart and a double CD with Tango mx! Huge envelope, with 32 FF of postage!

Stn is bcing during the football World Cup till July 13, using two 5 kW txs. One located in Villebon in the South of Paris (1062 kHz), the other located East of Paris in Romainville, using 1080 kHz. The latter freq is giving much better results, mostly carrying CARACOL programming. (CARACOL is holding 20% of Radio Latina's shares, another owner is SONORAMA from Ecuador). Usually they are bcing on 99.0 FM for Paris with a 1 kW txer (4 kW ERP) from Tour Mercuriale (Porte de Bagnolet).

Verie-Signer is Xavier de Seguins, Prβ€šsident du Directoire. Addr: Radio Latina, 12/14, rue du Dessous des Berges, F-75013 Paris, France. Certainly one of the most interesting MW-stns at the moment. (Martin Elbe-D, Jun 28)

GERMANY 15560 R Asia Canada sce [via DTK Juelich], Jun 6, 2103-2159*, En nx fr Sri Lanka "The problems in S-L", items of strike by students in Colombo University, to arrest them at Thurs, talks about S-L elections. Addr in Switzerland was given. And web + fax addrs of "Travel Air". 2115 CAN sports nx, foreign exchange rates. 35433 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 6)

TOM - Brother Stair via DTK Juelich, extended schedule for Sat/Sun only 5900 freq, now new time 0800-1200. 55555 (WB, Jun 28)

[SRI LANKA, non] DW Trincomalee noted on new9815 (x9690), for morning In sce *2200- 2250*. (Bob Padula-AUS, Jun 27) [no, not TRI, coming from Wertachtal, 500 kW 090 degr, ed]

Just a short message to let you know that Brother Stair ("The prophet" alias "the Overcomer") via Deutsche Telecom - DTK Juelich - on 3960 is causing a conflict with IRRS-SW txs on 3955 to EUR 2000-2200 (Fri-Sat & Sun). DTK - Brother Stair started using several freqs in the 75 mb a week ago, after been pushed away from an out-of band 3945 operation, which conflicted with legitimate users of that portion of the freq spectrum both in Region 1 and Region 2. IRRS-Shortwave has coordinated the use of 3955 with the HFCC and registered the use of 3955 with the Italian authorities for the current season. IRRS-Shortwave is also a long time user of 3955 during the summer period. DTK has no previous usage of either 3955 nor 3960 in previous seasons. IRRS-Shortwave bcs daily progrs originating from members of NEXUS-Internat Bcing Assoc, incl UN, UNESCO, and a variety of other cultural and relig progrs. See schedule at http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA We will keep you updated about the results of our complaints to the parties involved. (Ron Norton, Progr Coordinator, NEXUS-Int'l Bcing Assoc, Milano, Italy, Jun 26)

GUINEA-BISSAU Rebel-held radio still on air. RDP Antena 1 radio, Lisbon, in Po 0800, 23 Jun 98. Excerpts from report by Portuguese radio. In Guinea-Bissau the capital is totally surrounded by rebel troops, according to our correspondent on the ground, Armando Pires: [Pires] This war is a draw. The forces backing President Nino do not appear to be able to take the Bra fort from the rebels, nor do the rebels appear able to come down to the city...

We visited Radio Bombolom, controlled by the rebels. Although it is located in a large two-storey building, the radio is only occupying three rooms, a newsroom, a technical room and the studio, where a Guinea-Bissau journalist involved with the rebels, manages the transmissions. [Indistinct sentence]

Radio Bombolom is shelled every day, but it has not yet been hit. Those working there are fearful but they take the risk.

[Unnamed man] When [word indistinct], we can see that our mission [word indistinct] is to inform the people, so that the people know what is happening. We [changes thought] like with any profession there are risks.

[Pires] The radio is on the air. Everyone has a radio where they can hear Radio Bombolom. There is no other radio station transmitting to the interior of the country. The rebels are also scoring here: their message is the only one reaching the people. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 26) [see also BC-DX #371 under Portugal, special bcs of RDP Lisbon]

INDIA 5040 AIR Jeypore in Orissa is testing again both in the morning and evening and it should easily propagate to dxers worlwide. 0030-0200 and 1200-1500 on 5040 with Indian film mx has been noted in the past few days rather regularly. The daytime freq of 6040 has not been observed yet. No stn id has been observed yet. The signal overrides RRI Pekanbaru and if of very good quality. Addr: Mr P. Subramanium, The Assistant Station Engineer, AIR Jepore, Jepore 764 005 Orissa, India. The Engineer is a very active Ham Operator and SWL and one shouldn't have any problems with QSLs. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, Jun 27)

INDIA Several AIR regionals noted on 7 MHz local afternoons, not always in conformity with AIR Z98 engineering schedule, all noted carrying En news (presumably from Delhi) 0830-0840 29 Jun.

7115 listed as Port Blair, weak and difficult under co-channel R Thailand dom sce.

7130 listed as Shillong 0700-0850, noted regularly *0715-0930 but no ID heard.

7150 listed as Imphal 0700-0945, noted regularly *0705-0945 but all En IDs heard say 'All India Radio Shillong' -- maybe Imphal relaying Shillong in En?

7230 listed as Kurseong 0630-1000, heard regularly *0830-1000 but no intelligible ID heard, rather weak.

7280 not listed, but regular *0705-approx 0910, all English IDs say 'All India Radio Gauhati', often carries pop mx with En announcements from around 0845.

7295 listed as Aizwal 0730-1000, weak and very poor reception under co-channel Malaysian RTM Radio 4. (Alan Davies, Chiang Rai-THA, Jun 28)

INDONESIA v3175.50...70 RSPDT2 Halmahara Tengah, Soasio, Jun 1, 1405-1433*, popular mx, talks, weak signal, bad modulation.

3395.1 RRI Tanjung Karang, Jun 6, 1030-1128*, 24322. 1042 short clear ID. Evening prayer. 1054 "Aloh hu Acbar", instrumental mx til 1128*, cl-down. At 1132 again tx s-on with test tone, 1133 ID as "RRI Bandar Lambung" by female. IS, 1134 again ID, deep fadings, signal going down, or tx power lowered continously. v6024.60...68 RRI Banjarmasin!!!, Jun 5, 1858-1935, weak, SCI, six time pips, relay RRI Jakarta, "Lintavan Berita" til 1905 "Bagimu Negri", ID, singer group mx, Dangut mx, 1826 clear ID's twice, difficult reception. I'm happy to catch this rare bird!

9614.30 RRI Samarinda, Jun 5, 0240-0308, talks, classical mx bridges in between, 0258 local IS!, ID, local nx by female, 0306 NA instrumental, again ID, then RRI Jakarta relay progr. //9565 9630 11760 15125. Best 25432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 6)

IRAQ 6304.8 KURDISTAN Voice of Islam Organization: Islamic Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan Language: Ar ID: Huna Sawt Al-Islam, Sawt Al-haraka Al-Islamyh fi Kurdistan Al-Iraq 1645-1702*. (Fahti-EGY via CDX 195, via CRW, Jun 26)

KOREA D.P.R. Radio Pyongyang. This sce for SoKOR IDs itself as "Pyongyang Pangsong" (Radio Pyongyang or Pyongyang Broadcasting Stn). This schedule is based on monitoring observations. Frequency useage is erratic. Some freqs may not always be used for the entire bc span. 0000-2030 Ko AS 6400 6250 3320 3250 855 801 729 684 657 621 1600-1700 Programme for SoKOR soldiers 2100-0000 6400 6250 3320 3250 855 801 729 684 657 621 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 25)

LAOS 4691.5 presumed Houa Phan, a moderate but clear signal here and regular at 1025- 1230. Noted 29 June with carrier on at 1018, then tuning signal (repetitive mx on trad instruments) 1025-1031 with voice-over annct at 1029 which sounded to me to include reference to Sam Pheua, capital of Houa Phan province. Relays Vientiane chimes and nx //576, 6130 at 1159-1230. (Alan Davies, Chiang Rai-THA, Jun 28)

MALAYSIA (PENINSULAR) SW operations from RTVM Kuala Lumpur no longer carry the Ch network, which previously used 6025. That freq is now used for relay of a non-RTVM FM sce fr *0300-1300* in Malay. The slogan appears to be "Radio Lapan" (or similar) and it relays the RTVM National Network news in Malay at 0500-0510, joining the RTVM 5965 Malay sce at that time. From 1400-1600, 6025 is also used for the Ext Sce, in Malay, "Voice of Islam" in parallel with 6175 and 9750. This is an addit outlet for the V.of Islam sce. RTVM Dom Sce outlets are now:

4845 Radio-6 Indian langs 24hrs, 5965 R-1 Malay 24hrs, 7295 R-4 English 24-hrs. All dom radio networks of RTVM are available live via the RTVM RealAudio Internet site, so you don't really have to listen on SW at all!

(SABAH) RTVM Kotakinabalu is no longer heard on 4970. However, it is operating on 5980, such as *0400-0700* and *0800-1600*, as monitored throughout Sarawak. En nx is at 0500-0510, announcing the next nx to be heard at 1330. The weekend schedule is subject to variation. On local Sats, observed with Malay 2200-2230* on 5980; this progr may also be on the air on other days, but not checked.

(SARAWAK) Here is the observed schedule for Mons-Sats (local MLA days) for RTVM-Sarawak, made "on location" in the region in the period Jun 15-22. Note that there are many differences to this sked as compared with "official" data given in some references. K=Kuching, M=Miri, S=Sibu

4895-K *2200-0100* Iban *0100-0300* Schools (Iban) *0800-1000* Kayan & Kenyah *1000- 1500* Iban 5005-S *2200-0100* Iban *0100-0300* Schools (Iban) *0300-0400* Iban (local progr from Miri studio) *0400-0500* Iban *1000-1300* Iban 5030-K *2200-0100* Bidayuh (Suns *2200-0200* *1000-1500* Bidayuh 6050-S *2200-0100* Iban *0100-0300* Schools (Iban) *0300-0400* Iban (local progr from Miri studio) *0400-0500* Iban *1000-1300* Iban 6060-M *2200-0100* Iban *0100-0300* Schools (Iban) *0400-0600* Iban *1000-1300* Iban 7130-K *0100-0300* Schools (Iban) *0400-0600* Bidayuh (same txer as used on 5030 at other times) 7270-K *2200-0100* Iban *0100-0300* Bidayuh *0300-0400* Iban (produced in Miri studio) *0400-0500* Iban *0500-1000* Kayan and Kenyah *1000-1500* Iban

Notes: a/ There is no current operation on 3385, listed for "Miri" b/ There are no current operations on 4835, 7145, or 7160, from Kuching. There are only three SW txs available at Kuching. c/ Two txs are used in parallel at Miri, on the single freq of 6060 d/ MW outlets are: Kuching: 549 Malay, 729 Bidayah, 846 Iban, 954 Ch/En Miri: 576 Malay, 819 Ch/En, 1206 Iban Sibu: 621 Ch/En, 909 Malay, 1062 Iban Sri Aman: 1044 Malay, 1161 Ch/En/Iban Limbang: 648 Malay, 873 Ch/En/Iban e/ There are no longer any regular Ch, En, or Ml sces on SW f/ The Network One (Peninsular Malaysia) news in Malay from K-L is bc daily over all RTVM Sarawak txs for all networks (MW, SW, and FM) from 1100-1110; this is known as Berita Radio Satu g/ The Iban sce includes the following nx bcs for local communities: 2300-2305 Berita Pagi (morning nx) 0430-0435 Berita Tengah Hari 1030-1040 Berita Menua 1130-1140 Berita Dunya 1200-1210 Berita Menua 1210-1220 Berita Kuala Lumpur 1230-1300 Berita Rama 1300-1315 Relay National News in Malay fr Kuala Lumpur 1400-1415 Berita Menua h/ The Iban sce incl extensive telephone call-in programming; this is known as "Tit- bits/Phone-in/Lagu-lagu" i/ Miri and Sibu studios originate local progrs at various times, on an inter-connect basis. At other times, programming is relayed from Kuching j/ The schools' bcs are a vital feature of the curriculum, aired Mons to Sats over txs used at other times for the En, Ch, and Iban sces. Schools in Sarawak are open from 7.30am-1.30pm Mons to Sats. k/ The Malay network operates 24-hrs on MW and FM. l/ The En/Ch network runs 2330-0300, 0500-0900, and 1000-1600 on MW and FM m/ The Bisaya network [Bisaya is one of the indigenous langs and is bc within the Iban Network. It is announced as "Sambung Bisaya", meaning "connect to the Bisaya program", or "relay of the Bisaya progr"] is on the air 2200-0000, 0400-0600, and 1000- 1500. It includes nx summaries for various communities: 2315-2330 Berita Pagi (Bukar Sadong) (=morning nx) 2345-2350 Berita Pagi (Bau Jagoi) (=morning nx) 0400-0405 Berita Tengahari (Bau Jagoi) (=midday nx) 0430-0435 Berita Tengahari (Bukar Sadong) (=midday nx) 0500-0505 Berita Tengarahi (Biatah) (=midday nx) 1030-1045 Berita Petang (Bau Jagoi) (=afternoon nx) 1130-1145 Berita Petang (Biatah) (=afternoon nx) 1200-1215 Berita Petang (Bukar Sadong) (=afternoon nx) 1300-1330 Berita Radio Satu (nx from National Network, Kuala Lumpur, Malay) 1400-1415 Berita Malam (evening nx) n/ "Kuching" means "cat" in Malay and there is an FM network there known as "Cats Radio", offering programming in Malay, English, Mandarin, and Iban. It has programs such as Berita Cats, Cats Nx, and Cat Talk!

So, there you are, and that's about the best I can do. It is my understanding that the SW facilities in Kuching, Miri, and Sibu will not be replaced on failure, as FM is now widely available throughout the country, with an extensive network of microwave and satellite feeds.

** On location in Sarawak, a quick partial bandscan at 0440 (12.40pm) Jun 16 from Bako Beach (north of Kuching) revealed: 4831 Bankok, 4845 KL, 4765 U.Pandang, 4870 Colombo, 4960 Hanoi, 5005 Sibu, 5925 Hanoi, 5965 KL, 5980 Kotakinabalu, 6000 SBC, 6025 KL, 6030 Banjarmasin, 6040 Taipei, 6050 Sibu, 6060 Miri, 6070 Bangkok, 6085 Taipei, 6130 Vientienne, 6150 SBC, 6175 KL, 7130 Kuching, 7170 SBC, 7245 SBC, 7270 Kuching, 7295 KL, 9551 U. Pandang, 9565 Jakarta, 9595 NSB, 9610 Taipei, 9615 RRI, 9665 Pyongyang, 9675 Port Moresby, 9690 Taipei, 9740 Sorong, 9750 KL (s/on 0500), 9765 NSB. Didn't do any further work as it was time for the big trudge along the beach, in 35 degree heat!!! That night at the bungalow in the Bako National Park was problem, as there were pigs rooting around under the floor, a group of Malay students in another bungalow across the compound were going crazy watching the World Cup on their portable TV, and monkeys were trying to eat my antenna wire!

** On location at Mulu National Park, in the far north of Sarawak, a quick bandscan at 1230-1300 (8.30pm local) revealed: 5925 Hanoi, 5935 China, 5940 Russia, 5955 Vietnamese, 5965 KL, 5975 Seoul, 5985 Yangon, 6000 SBC, 6010 Thai, 6015 SBC, 6020 R. Veritas Asia, 6025 KL, 6030 China, 6040 Taipei, 6050 Sibu, 6055 NSB, 6060 Miri, 6065 BBC, 6070 Jayapura, 6080 BBC, 6085 Taipei, 6110 VOA, 6115 CNR, 6120 SBC, 6125 CNR, 6130 Vientianne, 6135 Seoul, 6150 SBC, 6160 VOA, 6175 KL, 6180 Taipei, 6195.

I gave up at 1300 due to being bitten by the mosquitos! Jun 19 (Bob Padula, on trip in MLA, via EDXP, Jun 26)

[more SARAWAK] Here is some further information concerning radio bcing in Sarawak. Addit to what I provided in EDXP92! There are actually six distinct FM radio networks in Sarawak, namely: Radio 1: Nx Network (K-L studio), Radio 2: Musik Network, Radio 3: Local Network (ie, regional), Radio 4: English Network (K-L studio), Radio 5: Chinese Network (K-L studio), Radio 6: Local Languages (incl Iban, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah) (Kuching studio).

Each of the six networks is available from 11 locations (ie, there are six different FM txs at each of the 11 locations): Serapi 1 kW, Temuduk 1 kW, Malam 1 kW, Singalang 1 kW, Mas 1 kW, Setiam 1 kW, Miri 100 w, Lambir 100 w, Lima 100 w, Kapit 100 w, Tiong 100 w, Belaga 100 w.

The Belaga sce also has locally produced progrs from its own FM studio, in Kayan and Kenyah. Txs of 100 watts offer only the Radio 3 Network, as an Experimental Pilot Project, from: Mukah Dalat Dabei - Marudi At Nyabu - Bintulu, two 100 watt txs bc the En/Ch progrs fr Kuching, and the Iban progr fr Kuching. MW & SW txs generally carry programming originating from the Kuching, Miri, Sibu, Sri Aman, and Limbang studios, different to most of the FM sces. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Jun 30)

NEW ZEALAND RNZI faces cuts, moots digital SW casts. Funding cuts of around 13 per cent are going to be "very tough" for Radio New Zealand Internat (RNZI), Radio Australia's "Pacific Focus on Technology, Science and the Media" feature reported on 22nd June. RNZI nx editor Walter Zweifel told an interviewer the government has decided not to close the sce and has approved a funding arrangement under which the station will receive 1.15m New Zealand dollars for the next financial year, which begins on 1st July. This represents a 166,000-dollar cut on last year's allocation. This nominal 13 per cent in cut is in effect one of about a third, Zweifel said, because half of incurred costs are fixed and cannot be changed, short of shutting down.

RNZI currently bcs on weekdays to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and Cook Islands in their vernaculars, incl nx from the world's biggest Polynesian city, Auckland, he pointed out.

Two years down the track there is consideration of a possible technological revolution, with digital SW bcing. And that may then mean a reconsideration of the entire bcing procedure overall. But in the process of evaluating all these different recommendations it was then, by the ministry, decided, no, satellite-only is not an option and we will retain the current SW system, with this one tx that we have in the centre of New Zealand's North Island. Asked what effect going digital would have, Zweifel said: "It's not sure whether that will happen. It is just understood that it's likely, that this is a technological option to be considered two years down the track. What could happen is that with the same power, with the same output of the tx, our signal should be twice as strong. And if the signal is twice as strong, we'll be able to get a little bit further than just the SoPAC with a reliable signal and be able to have a strong signal in the entire Pacific Basin."

Foreign minister interviewed on future of RNZI ...The txion of Radio New Zealand International should continue, then the debate was about how it is best transmitted, the foreign minister said. And there was a view at the time [that], well, you could bypass the SW and just do it directly by satellite. As it turns out, there are some northern islands in the Cooks group which just would not receive satellite txion. Therefore, it kind of defeats the purpose of the whole exercise, which is really to make it available to the broadest Pacific community possible. McKinnon agreed that it was "unfortunate" that employees of the stn had been kept waiting so long for a decision. Asked about reports that evening txions and bcs in local langs would be lost, McKinnon said: "Well, that's a judgment they have to make. You see, what the govt is saying, using my ministry, the Foreign Affairs Ministry as the vehicle, we say: Look, we want you to continue with broadcasting. This is the amount of money we can give you. We now want you to tell us what you can deliver with that money. You employ 12 or 13 people over there and let's see what you can come up with. So, sure, we're asking them to sharpen their pencils and deliver the best possible service they can with that money."

More talks due on RNZI cuts. Negotiations about staff and progr cuts at RNZI are to be continued next week. No decision was taken at today's [24th June] meeting involving radio management and officials of the Foreign Ministry, which is the stn's funder. The planned cuts are the result of a 13 per cent funding reduction for the financial year which begins next Wed 1st July.. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 26)

PAKISTAN...R Pakistan in Ur to Gulf and ME 0430-0630: API-1 11725.10 100 kW 282 degr API-5 15175.06 250 kW 282 degr (x15170) API-6 17555.09 250 kW 252 (282 minus30 slewed) degr (WB, Jun 27-28) Frequency change Turkish 1730-1800 APK-2 Karachi 9400 50 300, (xIslamabad 9400 100 282), //APK-3 Karachi 13580 50 300 [varying up to 13588]. (R PAK, via Noel Green-UK, Jun 24)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA... Little survey on PNG stns heard in the PHLs on Jun 6th, 1000-1100: 2410 R Enga 3315 R Manus 3905 R New Ireland 3220 R Moro 3335 R East Sepik 4890 Port Moresby 3235 R West Britain 3355 R Simbu No signals on 3945, 4960 [and 5020 SLM either] observed so far. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 6)

PHILIPPINES Radio Veritas Asia Quezon City is operated by the Roman Catholic church. This sched is valid til 5th Sep 1998.

0000-0025 KAREN As 9535 0000-0025 SINHALESE As 11805 0030-0055 KACHIN As 9535 0030-0055 TAMIL As 11805 0100-0125 BENGALI As 15335 0100-0125 TELUGU As 15530 0130-0155 HINDI As 15335 0130-0225 VIETNAMESE As 15530 0200-0225 URDU As 15335 0230-0325 RUSSIAN As 11805 (May include progrs from Radio Blagovest) 1000-1155 CHINESE-STD As 9520 1000-1025 HMONG As 9555 1030-1125 VIETNAMESE As 11850 1130-1155 BURMESE As 9670 1200-1225 INDONESIAN As 9505 1200-1225 KAREN As 9670 1230-1255 KACHIN As 9670 1300-1325 VIETNAMESE As 7265 1330-1355 HINDI As 9680 1330-1355 SINHALESE As 9660 1400-1425 BENGALI As 9680 1400-1425 TAMIL As 9520 1430-1525 RUSSIAN As 9660 1430-1455 TELUGU As 9520 1500-1525 FILIPINO ME 9610 1525-1555 Su We Fr FILIPINO ME 9610 1530-1555 Mo Tu Th Sa ZOMI-CHIN As 9525 1530-1555 URDU As 9670 2100-2255 CHINESE-STD As 6190 2230-2255 FILIPINO As 6075 2300-2325 INDONESIAN As 11820 9505 2330-2355 BURMESE As 9535 2330-2355 VIETNAMESE As 9670

Addr: Radio Veritas Asia, P.O.Box 2642, Quezon City 1166, PHL tel: +63-2-939-0011/12/13/14 fax: +63-2-939-1940/7556 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.pworld.net.ph/user/fmrva (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 25)

R. Veritas Asia Manila noted on new 11805 with Tamil *0030-0055*. (Bob Padula-AUS, Via EDXP, Jul 1)

PORTUGAL 11850 RDP Lisbon in Por via Sines relay, Sat/Sun only 0830-1000 (x9575). //9781 - yes 1.00 kHz up today, 15555, 17725.

At 1100 two DIFFERENT progrs noted in progress: RDP to EUR on freqs mentioned above. The other RDP Africa to AF on 13745 and 21655. (WB, Jun 28)

RDP Africa is a relay of the stn in Lisbon operating on 101.5 Mhz FM. Scheduled on SW 13745 & 21655 is Mon-Fri 0600-0000 and Sat-Sun 0700-0100. However, s-on/s-off times are variable, which probably accounts for my hearing the stn before 0600. Today Sat Jun 27, 13745 was on air at 0640 with excellent signal, but 21655 not propagating. The extended SW txion is due to political problems in Guinea Bissau.

To USA/CAN 2300-0330 9570 is replaced with 9765. Haven't confirmed 9765 yet -- 11840 should still be on. 17740 to FE/Timor-INS has been operating since May 25. (Carlos L.R.de Assuncao, Lisbon-POR, via Noel Green-UK, Jun 28)

From 21st May 1998 is txing the new RADIO EXPO from Lisbon. This stn has been held to conmemorate the Lisbon Internat EXPO and will bc til the 21st Sep 1998. Operation freq: 756 (via Lamego txer) //103.0 FM. Operation schedule: 24 hrs. The stn bcs in the three official languages of the EXPO: Por, Sp and En, with short items in Fr, Ge and Swe also. Format is: traditional Portuguese mx with tips and info on Lisbon and EXPO in the three official langs (plus Fr sometimes). Weather forecast and National nx on the hour. Full multilingual IDs at minute '59 to '01. (Garcon, via DXW, Jun 28)

RUSSIA 13810 DW via Novosibirsk replaced 11870 by 13810 at 1000-1400, signal is remarkable 1.5 secs behind //Wertachtal 6075. (WB, Jun 28)

Regarding Petrozavodsk in BC-DX #362&363, 7330 daytime is fr Arkhangelsk, not Petrozavodsk as registered in HFCC schedule. There are no active SW txs at Petrozavodsk presently. Many years ago a 10 kW tx was in use, but it has been inactive for many years and possibly dismantled. PZV - Petrozavodsk registration is used for txs located at St. Petersburg Popovka, Kaliningrad Bolshakovo, Arkhangelsk, and Monchegorsk. The complete list of all Russian SW txs can be found in the TDP SW98 booklet of Ludo Maes- BEL, pp.47-52.

R St. Tikhiy Okean, Z98 schedule: 0715-0800 7210 7400 7490usb 9670 9825 10344usb 12055 12070 15490 1800-1845 5960 7170 7240 9735 9825 9895 11655 11775

7490 (alt. 6065) usb mode 100/80 kW Khabarovsk call sign RV-916 used as a back-up feeder fr Khabarovsk to Petropavlosk-Kamchatskiy.

10344 usb mode 250 kW Irkutsk Angarsk call sign RV-786 used as a back-up feeder fr Irkutsk to Petropavlosk-Kamchatskiy. R St Tikhiy Okean is observed in the European Russia on the following freqs: 10344usb and 15490 at 0715; 9735 9895 11655 and 11775 at 1800. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Jun 9)

Radio Free Russia / Svobodnaya Rossii Free Russia (Ru: Svobodnaya Rossii) is a right- wing radio stn which includes anti-govt programming. It began bcing in late 1997, initially on 1359. Acc to an ITAR-TASS report in June 1998 the radio is said to be financed by the Stabilnost (Stability) Fund, a nongovt organization headed by State Duma chairman Gennadiy Seleznev. The stn does not bc on Russian holidays.

0300-0600 Mo-Sa Ru dom 918 (Repeat of previous evening progr) 0900-1200 Mo-Fr Ru dom 918 (Repeat of previous evening progr) 1500-1800 Mo-Fr Ru dom 918.

Addr: Radio Svobodnaya Rossii, Ul.Pyatnitskaya 25, Moscow 113326, Russia tel: +7-095-284-3192. URL: http://www.redline.ru/~arctogai/radio1.htm (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 25)

RUSSIA/VIETNAM [c.f. BC-DX #371] 13705 Acc to information contributed by Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Voice of VTN Hanoi sign- on at 0400 with an all-Vietnamese progr lasting until 0457, is really coming from GPR-8 Khabarovsk-RUS site, not from Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy-RUS relay. KHB is listed as 100/200/240/250 kW of power, 35/40/50 degrees towards zones 1,2,6 EaNoAM; 60 degrees towards zones 2,6 WeNoAM. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Jun 9)

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Holy Qu'ran RealAudio. BSKSA's Holy Qu'ran bc (Al-Quran Al-Karim) now on RealAudio at: http://radio.kacst.edu.sa/ithaa.ram (Al Quaglieri-USA, Jun 29)

Just a small correction to Mr Timofeyev's fine schedule for BSKSA, [c.f. BC-DX #371]. The 2nd progr outlet heard on 12038.6 can be heard here too, but it's a harmonic of 6019.3 fundamental! (Kernick via DXW, Jun 28)

SINGAPORE From location in Sarawak, all SBC outlets were behaving properly and nothing unusual noted. Good daytime signals of all SW freqs. Note that there are no longer any MW sces fr SNG, having been phased out in favour of FM. DW-Singapore Kranji relay tx: now noted on NF 5990 (x5975) for BI *2200. (Bob Padula-SNG, on trip to MLA & SNG, via EDXP, Jun 23)

SOUTH AFRICA [not Sri LANKA] 9680, TWR 1946, rolling ID with " you are tuned to internat sce of TWR 34433. NEW FREQ ??? [from Meyerton-RSA, 250 kW 315 degr, 1830-2000 Bam, Bao, Fr langs, ed] (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Jun 28)

SUDAN 6999.9 Radio Voice of Freedom and Renewal, Voice of the People's Armed Uprising, Voice of the Sudanese Armed Struggle, Voice of the Sudan Alliance Forces Organization: Sudan Alliance Forces Languages: Ar ID: Sawt Nedal al-Shab al-Sudany al- Mosalah, 1545-1703*.

Addr: 37 Cassidy St. #228, Kingston, Ontario K7K 7B3, Canada http://www.safsudan.com (Fahti-EGY via CDX 195, CRW, Jun 26)

TAIWAN CBS txions in Mandarin to Mainland China noted on 6078 from 1000 daily since 26 Jun, presumably avoiding jamming. A good move, as this now gives the best HF reception I've ever noted from this stn. (Alan Davies, Chiang Rai-THA, Jun 28)

TAJIKISTAN 13820 Democratic Voice of Burma via Dushanbe in Burmese at 1245-1345, 35333 in Germany, signal remarkable 1.5 seconds behind //DTK Juelich 15330. (WB, Jun 27)

Cland 13820 Dem Voice of Burma 1245, with nx abt Asia by OM then yYL speaking and a report voice, 1258 progr continued and after 1300 with seemingly different dialect, after 1310 - similar to Vietnamese [tribal language in Laos more likely, ed] - with small musical interludes - a traditional and a pop at :14 The 13820 seems a .2 delay relay from //15330. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Jun 26)

TANZANIA [ZANZIBAR]. Do you remember the mailing of M. Schoech informing us that he received a QSL-letter from Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar in which they appealed the DX- comunity to do some printing of QSL-cards? If you do remember that, then you will probably also recall that I have taken up this challenge and send them a package of some 100 colour QSL cards.

Today I was very glad to see that one of these cards arrived back here after a trip of 10 weeks. It was accompanied by a kind letter from Mister Abdulrah'man M. Said in which he expressed his thanks and stated that 'this will mark another era to Radio DX Listening Clubs' because they will be able to supply the needed cards. So if you want a QSL-card from Sauti ya Tanzania Zanzibar, write now ! If you want a picture from this QSL, ask me and I'll send you the file. Good DX! (Guido Schotmans - Editor-in-Chief, DX-Antwerp, POBox 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM E-mail [email protected], via EDXP, Jun 30)

THAILAND Schedule of R Thailand in Z89 periode: 0000-0030 En EUR/AF 9680 0030-0100 En EaNoAM 13695 0100-0200 Th EaNoAM 13695 0300-0330 En WeNoAM 15460 0330-0430 Th WeNoAM 15460 0530-0600 En EUR 15115 1900-2000 En EUR 9535 2000-2015 Ge EUR 9535 2015-2030 Fr EUR 9535 2030-2045 En EUR 9535 2045-2215 Th EUR 9680 (RVI Radio World, Jun 28)

TUNISIA RTT Tunis in Ar , at 0450 on 7225.04 (x7475), 12005.58, 15534.33. At 0840 on 11730.07, 15534.31. (WB, Jun 28)

UKRAINE/UK Official opening of BBC Monitoring's Kiev bureau. The opening of the BBC Monitoring office in Kiev will increase people' s understanding of what is going on in UKR, both in the US and the UK, said British Ambassador Roy Reeve, who officiated the launching ceremony. The office, located in the Left Bank district of Stara Darnitsa, began work in March 1998. A team of monitors and editors, most of them locally recruited, monitors and translates into English nx and information from Ukrainian and Belarusian radio, TV, nx agencies and press. This is then sent electronically back to Britain, from where it is distributed to a range of official and commercial customers, either online or in printed form. Until this year, BBC Monitoring covered Ukraine and Belarus from its UK headquarters at Caversham.

The move to Kiev was prompted by the high level of interest among its customers in events in the region and the consequent need to access a wider range of press and broadcast sources. Although BBC Monitoring receives funding from the British govt, it is hoping to obtain commercial revenue from potential subsidiaries in Ukraine, said Lucy Robinson, who is heading the Kiev unit. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 26)

UNIDENTIFIED 5927.1, 2320-2329, Male speaker in Sp, slow song (guitar and female vocals). Radio Difusoras Mineira, Ororu, BOL listed here. 22342 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jun 26)

UK Some recent BBC freq changes. Burmese: 0100-0215 Sa-Su 7135 (x9600), 11685, 11850 1345-1430 7135, 9730 (x9720), 11740, 11850

Presume move from 9720 is to avoid MNG in Ch at 1400-1430, or maybe CRI splatter fr 9715. In 1300-1345 and Vi 1430-1500 continue to use 9720. Be 0800-0810 11685, 15405, 17675 (x17655) Hi/Ur 0810-0830 15405, 17675 (x17655), 17790 En uses 17790 at 0530-0810 and 0900-1100 (among other times) and 17790 is off air 0830- 0900, contrary to BBC publicity.

9740 via SNG regularly noted with rather poor reception these days around 0945-1100 with het on USB from INS regional around 9741, and on LSB from Sp-lang stn around 9737, possibly Paraguay. (Alan Davies, Chiang Rai-THA, Jun 28)

[changed to 9720 acc to Bob Padula-AUS in EDXP: BBC Singapore noted on new 9725 for morning In sce *2200-2300* (x9740). This move possibly made to avoid the RRI outlet on 9741v, Jun 30)]

Merlin Network One, now bcing from Wed at 1700 to Thu at 0100, is "planning" to go 24 hrs a day. Capacity is available, and they think there is a market. This per an interview with MNO Godfather Eric Wiltsher. Present Wed/Thu 1700-0100 sked: 1700-1900 on 15200, 1900-2100 on 13690 & 15590, 2100-2200 on 11915, 11985 & 13690, 2200-2300 on 9645, 9780, 11915, 11985 & 13690, 2300-2400 on 9645, 9780, 11985 & 13690, and 0000-0100 on 9645, 11985 & 13690. (Kim Elliott, VoA Communications World, via NU, Jun 27)

USA CONTINENT OF MEDIA, exclusively on RFPI, Costa Rica: Fri 1930, Sat 0330, 1730, Sun 0130, 0830.

RFPI FREQUENCY USAGE (approx): 1800-0800 15049-AM; 1500-2330 21460-AM; 0000-1200 6980- AM; 7385-USB expected to resume in about two weeks, night-time.

WORLD OF RADIO on RFPI: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900, 2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000.

WORLD OF RADIO ON WWCR: Thu 2030 on 15685, Sat 0600 on 5070, Sun 0630 and 0930 on 5070, Tue 1230 on 15685.

WORLD OF RADIO ON WGTG: Sat 2330 on 9400-USB.

For full information on W.O.R. via satellite, AM and FM, Internet, and weekly variations, see our website: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio (Glenn Hauser, Jun 27)

Changes to VoA Sp schedule. The VoA Sp sce rearranged its schedule on 15th June. The interesting thing is that this involves a small increase in its SW output. This is after years of reducing VoA Sp on SW, in favour of rebcing by way of affiliate stns in several Latin American cities. Here is that revised schedule for VoA Sp on SW, if you want to tune in: The morning bc is expanded to include weekends and it's from 1200-1230 on 6030 7370 11890 11945 13770 15265 15390 and 17875. The evening bc is moved to 2300-2400 from its previous bc time of 0100-0200 and those freqs are 9515 9670 11960 13750 and 15350. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 26)

RFA Z98 schedule Burmese 0030-0130 11540 11580 11590 13710 13820 1500-1600 11530 11590 13820 Canton.Ch 1400-1500 9955 11500 2200-2300 9355 9955 11500 Cambodian 2230-2330 9570 9930 11510 11570 0030-0130 15655 15695 1130-1330 15695 15705 (fr 1200-)9930 1200-1300 11510 Korean 1530-1630 5855 9955 15660 2200-2300 7460 9395 9455 11785 15515 Laotian 0000-0100 7530 9365 9920 1100-1200 15660 15715 17805 Mandarin Ch 0300-0500 11540 13820 17615 17880 1500-1630 9445 1500-1800 9905 (fr 1630-)9455 1500-2000 11520 11945 15510 1800-2000 9420 11710 (fr 1900-)9905 2100-2200 9355 9420 9455 9910 11765 15515 2300-2400 9420 9910 11785 13800 15515 Tibetan 1300-1400 11590 13830 17855 2300-2400 9365 9875 9920 Vietnamese 2330-0030 9975 9980 11580 13720 1400-1500 9455 9930 11510 11535 (RFA schedule)

KJES (King Jesus Eternal Saviour) began bcing in 1992. Programming consists entirely of Christian worship. KJES main studio centre Vado, New Mexico 0100-0230 En Am 7555 1300-1400 En Am 11715 1400-1500 En Am 11715 1500-1600 Sp Am 11715 1800-1900 En Au 15385 2000-2100 En Au 15385 Addr: KJES, The Lord's Ranch, 230 High Valley Road, Vado, NM 88072, USA tel +1 505 233 2090 fax +1 505 233 3019 e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!], via AGDX, Jun 26)

UZBEKISTAN R. Tashkent latest sked: En 0100-0130 9715 9375 7190; 1200-1230 17775 15295 9715 7285; 1330-1400 17775 15295 9715 7285; 2030-2100 9540; 2130-2200 9540; Ge 1935-2020 11905 9540 5065; Urdu 1230-1300 and 1400-1430 17775 15295 9715 7285; Pe 1630-1700 and 1830-1900 9715 7285 6190; Uz 0230-0300 9715 7190; 1550-1630 and 1730-1830 9715 7285 6190; Ar 1700-1730 and 1900-1930 9715 7285 6190; Tu 0600-0630 15200; 1700-1730 9540; Da 0130-0200 9715 7190; 1520-1550 9715 7285 6190; Pu 0200-0230 9715 7190; Ch 1430-1500 and 2330-0000 5060; Ui 0030-0100, 1230-1300 and 1530-1600 5060. (Matt Francis, via EDXP, Jun 19)

VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio noted on new 9585 for morning sce in Jpn to Japan, *2130, (x9600), QRMing the Brazilian there. (Bob Padula, EDXP, Jun 11)

VIETNAM Some more observations on VTN locals, many of these txs obviously on their last legs making IDs difficult, especially to someone like me who doesn't speak Vietnamese: 4740 (almost certain this is Son La) reliable at 1200-1400, fair audio.

6386 (unknown) strong at 0930-1030 and 1130v-1300v. Audio is bad enough at 0930 sign-on with relay of Hanoi 1 //5925, 10060, but gets progressively more distorted. Carries own progr fr 1000. Audio often cuts out for a fraction of a second after peaks. Times of later txion seem to be variable, noted 29 June with open carrier at 1135-1205*, but with own progr on 28 June at *1140-1235*.

6397 (unknown, tentative) noted at 1000 sign-on on 29 June with what I believe to be VTN NA, but own programming in what is probably Vietnamese, then seemingly a change to non- tonal language around 1200. Audio very distorted, but not quite as bad a 6386.

6538 (unknown, tentative) noted at 1201 sign-on on 29 June. Again probably in Vietnamese, but also very distorted. No NA heard at sign on, again can't be totally sure this is coming from VTN -- suppose there's a small chance it *could* just be the elusive Myanmar Forces Stn of which there is no sign at all on 6570.

6696 (?Lao Cai) regular at 1000-1230, own programming except relay of Hanoi 1 at 1100- 1130, fair audio.

7154 (?Quang Tri) regular and strong mornings *2335-0120* and evenings from 0900 sign- on. Mostly relay of Hanoi 1, but own programming after 1300, not sure of evening s-off time. (Alan Davies, Chiang Rai-THA, Jun 28)

YUGOSLAVIA R. Yugoslavia noted on new 9680 with Sp *2200, unheard on listed 9620 9720. Noted on usual 11870 and 9580, beginning Serbian 0030. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jun 27, Jul 1)

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ALGERIA LW 254 R Algiers Intl 2000-2100 11715 254. They announce this LW channel as "254", but in fact the tx is properly on 252. Incidentally, the Tipaza site consists on the same tx equipment as the Czech Topolna stn: Two "Tesla" DRV-750 units. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 2)

ARGENTINA 15344.3, RAE General Pacheco, 2232-2239, Female speaker with nx in Sp, mx bridges (with too much bass), ID at 2237, then male speaker. 54444 //9689.91 (also strong). (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 1)

AUSTRALIA 21740 Radio Australia 2245, singing by a man with female back-up singers in an AF lang with drums and guitar. Followed by male progr host speaking in En with AUS accent. This is a new freq for RA I believe. ID at 2300 with nx read by a man. (Pete Costello-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 28)

RA's Feedback mailbag show with Roger Broadbent is once again easy to hear thanks to the revival of 21740, UTC Sat at 0005-0030. On Jul 4, Nigel Holmes explained some last- minute changes to the freq schedule we publicized which was to go into eff Jun 29. Due to VoA which started using 9770 recently instead of 5985, RA can't use 9770 at 0800-1200 but instead resumes 9580, and on a less favorable beam for NoAM than used on 9580 after 1200. Due to "bureaucratic swamp"(?), 21820 can't be used at 0200-0900 to PNG, so on 21725 instead. The 17715 at 2100-0900 for SoPAC now cuts away for sports, Grandstand, Sat & Sun 0200-0800, along with some lower freqs. Jul 4 at 1224 we noted RA on 9660 //9580, not bad and probably 100 kW rather than Brandon 10 kW; not scheduled at this hour in the June 28th version; and 9580 was still very good at 1500 check. (Glenn Hauser-OK, Jul 2)

21820 has been replaced with 21725 0200-0900 "due to aerial problems". I can confirm 21725 is on air -- at 0715 on Jul 3 with "Pacific Beat" //new 17775 & old 17750, but new 15240 is inaudible due co-ch RAI. I heard RA using 9660, //9500 at 1800. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 3)

BELARUS R Belarus Brest Hrodna? in Bjelorussian noted at 0600 on strange 17805.

17805 is one of these low-power SW outlets of Radio Belarus 1st home sce, performed by using former jammers. From time to time they use also these freq, as I understand from Grodno. 11670 is the RV-174 tx (a Komintern PKV-250 model of 250 kW) at the Kalodiscy site near Minsk, at morning now using this freq instead of 11960. Both 6115 and 7210 are coming from Kalodiscy, too, using altogether 30 (!) former jammers of 5 kW each, operated as two 75 kW units (one under the callsign RV-110, the other one as RV-749). 7210 is also used for the foreign sce, while 6115 carrys the 1st home sce exclusively. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 2)

BRAZIL 9505.1 Radio Record Sao Paulo, 2153-2158, Romantic song, male speaker in Por, jingles with ID, promos and/or adverts. 34343.

9565 Radio Universo Curitiba, 2204, "A Voz do Brazil" in Por. QRM from adjecent channels and RRI Jakarta on same freq. 32432.

11804 Radio Globo Rio de Janeiro, 0945-0957, Still coming in at this hour, though very weak. Male speakers in Por, presumably with sports progr. Pieces of mx and female voice at 0950 (maybe adverts?), jingles. From 0957 strong QRM from BBC Zyyi-CYP in Ru on 11805. SINPO before 0957: 14332. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 1)

3325 Radio Tupi Sao Paulo, Por, Man Announcer, musical progr, ID 0520-0535 ID " A sintonia da amistad 650 Tupi". 33333. (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jul 5)

15070/15135/15200/nominal 15265/15330 R Bras on 15265 produced distorted spurs of 65 kHz distance away each. May 25th, 1815 UTC. (Roger Tidy-UK, in BCDX Communication, Jul)

BULGARIA 9774.73, R Varna, *2100 Jul 3. This one is still here Fris only, with slightly unstable carrier and occasional breaks in audio. Opens with a choral anthem and no discernible ID. Pretty good signal when VoR-9775 shuts down at a couple mins past the hour. (Novello-NC, via NU, Jul 5)

CANADA CBC radio nx facing more cuts. Sources say the cuts will amount to more than 3m$. About 30 jobs will be lost. CBC radio to cut jobs, close Moscow, Delhi bureaux. The CAN Bcing Corpor [CBC] radio division issued 14 lay-off notices today and it announced the closure of two foreign bureaux. RCI is not affected by the cuts. The CBC says no dom progrs are going off the air as a result of the cuts. CBC radio's foreign bureaux in Moscow and New Delhi will be closed. The correspondents in those locations will be brought back to CAN and reassigned. There will be fewer people to put together progrs such as "This Morning", "As it Happens", "The World at Six" and "The World this Weekend". Of the 14 positions eliminated, all but two are in Toronto.

RAC - Tamil stn to expand, relaunch as Voice of Canada. Excerpt from press release by Radio Asia Canada, a SW and satellite stn for Tamils. "Our stn name is to be changed as of 1st Jul 1998 (CAN Day) fr "Radio Asia Canada International" to a new name, "Radio Voice of Canada". This change is being done to reflect our programming more comprehensively and also because we will be providing programming in 10 more EUR and AS langs as of 25th Oct 1998. We will also have extensive SW programming to AF and SoAM, as well as the ME. Asia will see an increase in the number of hours of programming. All our programming is live for the most part and originates from our internat studio in Toronto." (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

IS RAC A TERRORIST OPERATION? Radio Asia Canada openly sympathizes with the "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam" (LTTE), one of the world's most brutal terrorist groups, responsible for horrific atrocities in Sri Lanka. Compared to LTTE, the PLO and Hamas are like boy scouts.

Canada has been a save haven for Tamil terrorists and drug traffickers since 1987 when many of these bogus "refugees" arrived here. Most of them have settled in Toronto (where RAC originates?) and it is no secret that they finance the anti-govt terror in Sri Lanka with Canadian drug money.

Germany is another major base for Tamil terrorists, who have also attacked the DW relay stn in Sri Lanka. DTK in Juelich, which sells SW airtime to RAC, is apparently unaware of the terrorist connection, and it is surprising that the Sri Lankan govt hasn't protested to the German and Canadian authorities. I suspect they don't even know about the RAC bcs or the German tx site.

RAC 15560, has a long En nxcast at 2100-2159*, incl CAN nx. 15560, 11975 and 9560 are heard with powerhouse sigs, but 9405 [see below 9855] is usually wiped out by ute QRM. RAC has not been heard on 17530 at 1800 or 5890 at 0200, contrary to their sked on WoR in early June. (Ernie Behr-NY, Jun 16, WORLD OF RADIO 947)

CANADA [non]/GERMANY I heard RAC with their usual programming on new 9855 at 0220 June 25. They were not on 9405 at that time, so this looks like a freq change, I presume starting at 0200 (Ivan Grishin-CAN, June 25, RIB via Hauser)

Contrary to Sellers' sked they are not on 15560 in the 2000 hour, and in fact June 30 came on late at *2102 joining nx already in progress about Sri Lanka. New ID at 2118, "This is the Radio Voice of Canada; please stay tuned for Canadian and world nx coming up..."

I reported previously that R. Voice of Canada was not using 15560 in the 2000 hour, and on that occasion it was not on when I tuned in around 2056 but came on at 2102; however subsequently it was heard when checked around 2015, but in Tamil, not En as in the Sellers article. On July 3, Sellers' interviewee, P. Koneswaran identified himself as the newscaster in En we hear at 2100, as he concluded En at 2133. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jul 2/4)

Radio Asia Canada, which also calls itself "Radio Voice of Canada" or "RAC International" bcs via satellite and SW to Tamil listeners in NoAM, AS and elsewhere. An application for a licence to bc in the Toronto area on MW was rejected by the Canadian authorities. In early 1998 it began a SW sce aimed at Sri Lanka via a hired tx in CeAS. Since May 1998 it has also bc via DTK Juelich txs in Germany (g). The SW freqs are often changed. It is also available on satellite, Astra 19.2 degs east, freq 11303 MHz, hor. pol. Audio 7.38 MHz.

0000-0200 Ta Am 9560-g 0200-0500 Ta Am 9855-g 1300-1400 Sat+Sun En As 15510 1400-1500 Ta As 15510 1500-1600 Sat+Sun Ta As 15510 1800-2000 Sat+Sun Ta Am 15210-g 2000-2100 Ta Am 15560-g 2100-2200 En Am 15560-g 2200-0000 Ta As 11975-g

Addr: Radio Asia Canada, 680 Progress Ave, Unit 1, Toronto, Ont M1H 3A5, Canada. Tel: +1-416-289-1255 Fax: +1-416-289-1840 e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.radioasiacanada.ca (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 2)

ODXA - Effective immediately the Ontario DX Association will discontinue the Associate Member category that the club has used since its inception in 1974. Until now Full Member status in the ODXA was reserved only for those members who were resident in the Province of Ontario. Only Full Members could contribute loggings to "DX Ontario" (our monthly journal) columns. (via Cumbre Dx, Jul 3)

CHILE Voz Cristiana has been fading in here around 1200 on 21500 with religious popular mx and ID in Sp only and audible past 1900. Presume it's operating to its 1100- 2100 announced schedule. 21550 is in // but much weaker and fades in circa 1600. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 3)

CHINA China Radio International, CRI Beijing. From today, 1st of July 1998, CRI is using a new Station Identification Signal. (Steffen Hilbig-GER, Jul 1)

15135 China Radio International Kunming, 0920, Ch folk mx in Indonesian sce. Silent at 0926, but on again at 0931 with low keyed talks in Malaysian. 32332. This is listed as a 120 kW tx, directed 165 degr towards MLA & INS and competing here with co-channel Deutsche Welle Kigali in Ge on non-dir 250 kW tx. 15180 CRI Xian, 0940 Ch tune, male and female speakers in Mandarin. 35322 (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 2)

COLOMBIA [Clandestine] 6259.4, Voz de la Resistencia, 1410-1430, political comms and revolutionary songs. ID: "Escuchan Voz de la Resistencia, estacion radial de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), Ejercito del Pueblo, Comando Conjunto de Occidente . . . transmitimos los sabados a las 5 de la tarde por 106.9 MHz de FM estereo, y los domingos en la manana por banda internacional de los 49 metros en 6260 kHz . . ." (Rodriguez-COL, via NU, Jun 28)

COSTA RICA Due to an interference complaint from the Tasmanian govt about a PTP operation using 6980, which says RFPI is very strong there in the 0400-0700 period, RFPI will be moving this week to another freq in the 6875-7000 range, preferably above 6920 as the antenna resonates best at about 6960. Listeners are requested to E-mail their suggestions of the clearest freqs available to [email protected]

RFPI is using 10 kW now on 6980, but may try 30 kW to see how it works with the new super-quad antenna. Now that it has freq synthesizers, RFPI can move around more easily. (James Latham, RFPI Mailbag July 3 via Hauser)

0400-0700 UTC is 1400-1700 local time in Tasmania, a bit early in the afternoon, even in winter, for RFPI to be putting much of a signal there, it seems to us. The Sp numbers stn on 6983 AM has been heard here with a stronger signal than RFPI and causing a considerable heterodyne around 0200-0245. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jul 2/4)

ECUADOR 15140 HCJB Pifo, 2215-2225, Non-stop instrumental mx (violins, flutes), female with ID in the middle of a song at 2221, male talk at 2223. 45444. usb tx on 21455 also strong, not //. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 1)

ESTONIA Estonian Radio ends MW txions. Fr 1st July, Vikerraadio will no longer be relayed on MW. The Estonian Radio ended MW bcs yesterday due to financial problems and the wear of the tx. The MW tx dates back to 1949. A new tx would cost 70-100m kroons. Estonia is the first country in EUR to end the bcing of national radio progr on MW and will rely on FM entirely.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

ETHIOPIA Radio Voice of United and Free Ethiopia. (Amharic: Yih ye andit netsa Ethiopia dimtse radio agelgilot new), also known as Voice of One Free ETH, was first heard in June 1997, but may have began bcing before then. It is operated by the United Front of Ethiopians formed by the Ethiopian National Congress, opposed to the Ethiopian govt. Aerial bearings indicate the use of a tx site in CeAS. [Dushanbe-TJK ? ed] The Ethiopian National Congress is also believed to have operated two similar earlier stns that were hostile to the current Ethiopian govt: Voice of Ethiopian Patriotism (heard in 1992) and Free Radio Voice of Ethiopian Unity (heard in 1993-94). Alternat freq 7570. 1615-1715 Sun+Wed in Amh to AF 12105. Addr: Ethiopian National Congress, POBox 547, Swathmore, PA 19081, USA e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.ethiopia.org (RealAudio avail) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 2)

FINLAND The Annual Summer Camp of the Finnish Radio Amateur's Assoc will be held Jul 16-19, 1998, in Himos in CeFIN. The bcing stn of the Hamvention, Radio Hami, will operate on 1584 AM and 102.6 FM. RR's are requested to SRAL, P.O.Box 44, FIN-00441 Helsinki, Finland. (Hakan Sundman-FIN, Jul 4)

GABON 15230 NHK World Radio Japan Moyabi, 0950 Jpn interview, //to much stronger ASC relay 15220. SINPO 35333. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 2)

GERMANY Expansion of DW foreign langs sces. DW-radio will add Ukrainian to its offer of foreign langs. DW-radio's range of foreign langs will probably be expanded to 35 langs after the summer with the addit of Ukrainian. The UKR govt has offered to air this progr via its public radio's terrestrial network. It is an important addition to DW's own SW bcs in Ru. In addit DW also plans an expansion of its radio bcs in En fr 14 to 24 hrs via satellite, as well as a reform of its Ch progr.

DW is planning a "common European radio stn" over the medium and long term that might be produced together with other European bcing organizations. European radio bcs would be particularly attractive overseas. Weirich announced that the digital project "Radio Europe" will be continued together with the BBC, RFI and RNW. Together with the BBC and RFI, progrs are to be bc via ALB MW stns in the langs of the former YUG to this region "to give life to the Dayton accord". A request for EU support has already been submitted. The EU is providing funds for a joint DW-BBC project aimed at supporting local HNG stns as far as progr, technology and basic and advanced training are concerned.

DW announces 10-point future programme. The director of DW - Germany's ext broadcaster, Dieter Weirich has given the details of a 10-point progr for the future of the organization. DW will set up a joint GER TV channel with the country's public channels ARD and ZDF, and launch a foreign-language TV channel. It will also expand its foreign- lang offer on radio and increase radio cooperation with other European internat bcs. Weirich also announced the introduction of digital technology at all levels at DW radio and TV, as well as further cuts in the size of DW's staff.

"...is aimed at creating a nx and information channel, introducing digitization at all levels and establishing a common European radio stn." "The technical scope is expanding tremendously every year. Over 85 m households worldwide can watch DW-tv's entire progr or parts of it. DW-radio bcs progrs reach an estimated 30 m regular listeners around the world via SW and MW, or sometimes even via FM.

Furthermore, DW reaches at present some 25 m listeners directly via satellite." Digitization at all levels. In the sphere of technology, digital SW and satellite DAB [Digital Audio Broadcasting] are being given the highest priority.

Further staff cuts announced. In the past four years, DW cut its staff by 400 in a socially acceptable manner. The goal is to cut staff to 1,600 by the year 2002, which would correspond to a cut of 536 permanent jobs since 1994. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

[SINGAPORE] 5975 DW via Kranji, card showing Nauen txs and tx hall. New style QSL has all details and location, a significant improvement. V/S B. Klaumann (TX Mgmt). 14 weeks wait. (Foster-OZ, in NU, Jul 5)

5910 Good News Hour in En 0900-1000, moderate rel. px, announced website as www.goodnewsworld.org (not yet checked) and addr as Good News Hour, P.O.Box 895 in Fort Worth, TX 76101 USA. 9855 NOT Voice of Deliverance (as given in BC-DX 371) at 0100 but Rainbow Radio (Keste Damena Radio). (Martin Schoech-D, Jul 4) [? day of the week not stated, assume on Sats only, ed]

From DTK schedule: 9855 0000-0100 8,9 295 daily 290398-251098 LRT 9855 0100-0159 7-9 295 Thur 290398-251098 WCRI 9855 0100-0130 8,9 295 Mon 010698-251098 VOD LRT Radio Vilnius Lituania WCRI West Coast Radio Ireland VOD Voice of Deleverance

GUINEA-BISSAU Guinea-Bissau rebel radio drums up support. In the WeAFan state of Guinea-Bissau, military rebels who have been holding out for almost four weeks against a counteroffensive by govt troops are still in control of an important propaganda trump- card: a radio stn that ensures their bcs reach most of the country's listeners.

The rebels' mouthpiece, however, is not the national radio stn but a commercial FM broadcaster, the intriguingly named Radio Bombolom. The stn takes its name from the local Creole word for the wooden drum traditionally used in WeAF for reporting news from one community to the next. The army rebellion in Guinea-Bissau started on 7th June against the govt of President Nino Vieira. Radio Bombolom, a commercial FM stn whose bcs can be heard by most of the population. Since then, despite being silenced for brief periods during the worst of the fighting, the radio has continued to brc rebel anns as well as relaying BBC progrs in Por, as it had before the rebellion started.

There are two other private FM radio stns in Bissau: Radio Pindjiguiti, which relayed VoA progrs in Por, and Radio Mavegro, a mx-oriented stn which also carried some BBC En progrs. Both these stns were ordered by the govt to close down after the coup. That leaves rebel-held Radio Bombolom as the only radio stn whose bcs can be heard in the interior as well as the capital.

Now that relays of internat radio bc via dom stns have been interrupted, apart from Bombolom, the only other sources of news for radio listeners in Guinea-Bissau are SW bcs from internat and reg stns. But few people there are likely to have access to the necessary rxs. As long as the stn survives the attacks by govt forces, it will remain the country's primary source of internat nxs during the crisis. In the words of one reporter for Por radio in Bissau: "The rebels are also scoring here: their message is the only one reaching the people." (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

INDONESIA 15124.95 Radio Republik Indonesia, Cimanggis, 0910, non-stop light Indonesian pop and folk songs. 34323. RRI Cimanggis, 15150, 0935, male speaker in BI. 24222. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 2)

15125 RRI Cimanggis, 2339-2351, "RRI Jakarta" ID at tune-in, jingle (sounded like 'super artist', repeated a few times), ballad, female speaker in Ins, INS popmusic, RRI jingle. 34434. 15150 VoI Cimanggis, 1748-1755, Beautiful INS ballad, female speaker in Sp, ID, reading listeners letters. 54444. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 1)

Some observations of RS, the following stn couldn't observed so far: 3941.9 Sumbu Timur, 4021.1 RRI Manakwari (x3987), 4034 UNID INS stn, 5030.4 RRI Sibolga strong QRM from 5030 even, 6140 UNID INS stn. v3175.3 ... 3174.9RSPDT2 Halmahera Tengha, Soasio, is active, 22 Jun, noted 1250-1330, popular mx, 1300 no SCI was given, but relay of RRI Jakarta "Economic ... news" til 1314 "Bagimu Negri" now local ID, 1320 ID again, time ann, phone in conversations with some different callers, popular mx. 25432 v3375 at 1335, UNID INS stn, 22 Jun, popular mx, modulation problems, weak.

3224.8 RRI Tanjung Pinang, 22 Jun, 1140-1206*, popular mx, ID, 1158 SCI, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", no "Bagimu Negri" at 1205, short pause, 1206 ID, s-off, 24332. On next day at 1030 fade in slowly, til 1230* s-off. 1055 Islamic mx, 1106 Quran progr, evening prayer, 1113 "Alah hu Acbar" til 1117, now internat instrumental mx on piano, 1130 four short / single long time pips, ID, local nx til 1137, NA by choir, ID, En Oldies & rock mx, 1158 ID, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", til 1214 short choir song, no "Bagimu Negri" was given! 1217 talks, INS pop mx, s-off but Love Ambon missed, deep fading and QRN, S7 on signal strength meter.

4766 ... 4766.1 RRI Medan, regular active again at this listed freq. Fade in at around 1120-1400*, no Love Ambon.

2230-2300 RRI Jakarta Programa Nasional Dua, on v7098.3 and 15150, Jun 24.

UNID stn v7241.1 0840-0855*, maybe from INS???. Hawaian mx and ann in a Unid lang similar to BI or BM, signal was very weak to get more definite details. Anyone has more details?? (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 20-24)

RRI VoI is being regulary heard 0800-0900 on 11784.85v in En. EUR sce s-on 1730 in Sp on 15150 followed by Ge 1800, Fr 1900, and En 2000. Co-ch interference noted fr GRC at 1800 and RCI fr 1900. In Ge is announcing 9525, 11755 & 11785, but not 15150. In En is announcing 9525, 15150 & 11785. Only 15150 audible. I hear RRI on 15125 at 0815 at good level, Programa National Satu, co-ch is IRN. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 3)

VoI Jakarta 11784.88 t/in to 1K tone around 0756, directly into ID and En progr @0800. Fair level, quite listenable until 0824 when the Brasilian fired up on 11783.21 with its OC. RRI still audible in USB until 0900, when Guaiba commenced programming. (Quaglieri-NY, Jul 4)

FEBC hoping to set up Christian radio stn in Jakarta. Meanwhile, amid the fear of violence in INS, a missionary radio outreach is hoping to open a radio stn in Jakarta. Far East Broadcasting Company's [FEBC Manila] Doug Campbell says they are currently renting time on more than 50 radio stns, but this would be the first FEBC-owned stn. "Should the Lord provide that for us, we would then be able to provide a local Christian bcing voice in the city of Jakarta. We would then be virtually unlimited in what we could do with that bcing resource for the city of Jakarta. Jakarta is a city with a population of, I think, 15 million." (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

IRAQ BAGHDAD was heard here in London on June 27 on 11788 (x11785) with Ar at 1945. When I checked the freq again at 2020 a progr in Ge was in progress, and at 2100, after some "pips" and mx, an En progr was heard. Modulation was clear, without the distortion that has previously plagued this stn, but there was a noticeable tx hum and, although musical items were easy to listen to, the speech part of the progr was much weaker and difficult to follow. There was QRM from QAT on 11785. It is not clear whether Baghdad has "drifted" to 11788 or deliberately moved because of QAT. If it was a deliberate move, it seems odd that they didn't move to 11790, which would have given them a better chance to avoid adjacent-channel interference. (Roger Tidy-UK, Jun 28, WORLD OF RADIO 947, Jul 2)

IRELAND Atlantic 252. An Irish emigrants group in the UK is seeking to persuade RTE to buy out CLT's 80% stake in Atlantic 252 and use the freq to relay RTE Radio 1 to the Irish population in the UK. However, such a move seems unlikely. Two US groups, Jacor and Disney, have emerged as potential buyers of Atlantic 252 which CLT is trying to sell. (Newstide web site, via UK News in BDXC Communication, Jul)

ITALY 9664.97 AWR Forli, 1428-1433*, AWR tune, En s-off ann, schedule, addr and webpage URL, slow AWR tune, off at 1433. 44444. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 1)

KIRIBATI Here's some Kiribati nx I caught last weekend, and thought NUers may be interested. It is quoted word-for-word from the Internet nxcast. (Atkins-WA) Hrd on RNZI, June 27: "A remote part of Kiribati is suffering shortages of food and fuel. Reports from Washington Isl say a cargo vessel has not visited the island for the past three months, and basic foodstuffs such as rice, flour, sugar and fuel are running out. It's reported that the situation on Washington Island could become worse, as many food-bearing trees such as breadfruit and coconuts have died. The private shipping line which usually sces the island group says its cargo vessel is currently drydocked in Australia." (via NU, Jul 5)

KUWAIT RADIO KUWAIT, SW txions schedule: Ar NE/ME/Arabian Gulf 6055 0200-1305 ME 15495 0200-1305, 9880 1315-2130 AF 15505 0815-1740, 15495 1800-0000 EUR & NoAM 13620 0930-1605, 11990 1615-1800, 15505 1745-2300 9855 1800-0000 NoWeAF 11675 0000-0530 SoEaAS 15110 0445-0930 FE 17885 0900-1505 WeAS 15505 0400-0805 SoEaAS 15110 1315-1730 En EUR & NoAM 11990 1800-2100 (Radio Kuwait Web Site, via Radioincontro-ITA, Jul 4)

LAOS 6130 Lao National Radio is their only SW outlet at the stn, acc to Ms. Malivarn. She added that the 41 mb outlet has "been gone a long time" and that the Russian relay "when the Russian satellite ended" also quite a bit of time ago. She added that the bcs are only in Lao, there is no ext sce on SW any longer (nor did it sound like it would be coming back). (Johnson-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 29)

MALAYSIA 15294.7 VoM Kajang, June 29, 0813-0831, Female speaker with nx comm in En, ID and time check, "World Cup Report" from the BBC, 0828 s-off ann with mention of freqs and txion times. Into BM at 0830. Very good at first, getting less strong and more fading later. At best 44444. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jun 29)

MONGOLIA V. of Mongolia, 12085, was fairly readable Jul 3 in En starting at 1210, thanks to a tip from Joe Hanlon. There is less interference on the USB; somewhat fluttery here, but held up until closing at 1238 when speakerine gave En schedule as half an hour each at 1210 to AUS on 12085; 1430 SoAS 9720, 12085; 1830 EUR 9720, 12085; addr CPO Box 365, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia. Around 1220 had some hearty songs. She pronounces "Mongolia" as if there were an umlaut on the middle O.

After the carrier went off at 1240, another much weaker bc signal was uncovered, as well as the twice-a-minute pulses. I timed these chirps at exactly 120/minute, audible between 12085 and 12185, strongest and clearest around 12125; next day, VOM weaker, no pulses. (Glenn Hauser-OK, Jul 2/4)

NIGERIA 3326 R Nigeria Lagos, Jun 22, 2015-2130, En oldies, rock mx, 2100 IS "That's the National Nx Sce of R Nigeria", three short / single long pips, En nx, 35443, now //4770 via Kaduna til 2130, then separate progr "...R Nigeria Kaduna" but weak signal. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 22)

PERU 6479.3 Radio Altura, Sp, Man Announcer, musical progr, ID "A traves de las ondas de Radio Altura..." time check " Once de la noche con doce minutos" 0403-0420* s-off instrumental NA. 23222. (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Jul 5)

PORTUGAL While searching for CHL on 17680 I found RDP using this freq fr 1600 on Jul 2. It appears to replace 15120 -- heavily co-ch with NIG and not audible this day. I can confirm 15200 & 17745 were operating to schedule on Sun Jun 27. So, their schedule should now be: EUR Mo-Fr 0500-1200 & 1600-2000 15555, Sa+Su 0700-2000 15555 Mo-Fr 0600-1200 & 1600-2000 9780, Sa+Su 0700-2000 9780 Mo-Fr 0645-0800 Sines 11780, Sa+Su 0830-1000 Sines 11850 Mo-Fr 1600-2000 13625 Timor-INS & AUS Mo-Fr 1105-1200 Tetum/Por & 1200-1300 Por 17740, target areas as announced; Sa+Su 0700-0900 17740. ME Mo-Fr 1200-1300, Sa 1500-1800, Su 1400-1900 21515 AF Mo-Fr 0900-1100 21720 17725, 1600-2000 17680, Sa+Su 0700-1700 17725, 1700-2000 17680. Guinea, Capo Verde, SoAF program RDP Africa Mo-Fr 0500-0000, Sa+Su 0700-0100 13745 21655 USA/CAN daily 2300-0330 11770 9765, Sa+Su only 1200-2000 15200 VEN daily 2300-0330 13700, Sa+Su only 1200-2000 17745 Brazil daily 11840 13640 Portuguese also heard on 9765 & 11840 now which I presume to be RDP and on air. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 3)

SAUDI ARABIA 15235 BSKSA Radio Riyadh, Jeddah, 0954 piece of classical mx, followed by medley of pop songs. Fr ID and s-off. 44344 (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 2)

SRI LANKA 15425 SLBC Ekala, 1350, tentat this one, with non-stop (presumed local) covers of light pop songs, with some sudden interruptions. 23432. Suffering co-channel interference from VoA Tinang in En. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 2)

TWR extends contract, renews MW tx. In June, TWR celebrates its 20th anniversary of bcing into IND fr the island of Sri Lanka. From the day the stn first went on the air in 1978, Indians have overwhelmingly responded to the bcs. Letters received from Indian listeners average about 60,000 per month! Despite political instability of the country over these years, God has miraculously kept the door of TWR's bc ministry open. On 5th Jan of this year, TWR and the Sri Lanka Bcing Corpor signed another contract that will extend TWR's bcing for another 10 years. The agreement includes the installation of a new 400 kW MW tx, which will replace the old one that has been in operation for the past 20 years, and a modification to the antenna system. The installation is scheduled to begin in late 1998. Twelve Sri Lankan, Indian, and NoAMan staff (not including family members) serve at TWR's offices and at the txing site in Sri Lanka. (TWR newsletter via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

SYRIA 12085.22 R. Damascus, *2215-2221, Turned on the rx which was already tuned to 12085 and this suddenly popped on w/instru. NA, then W in Ar w/ID and opening anmnts, and into Ar vcl mx. (Dave Valko-USA, Jul 1)

TAHITI 15170 RFO Papeete, nice full-info QSL-card in Fr, along with sked and antenna beam direction map, in 18 days for En rpt, $1 and a postcard of local interest. (Oldenburg-DX-Window, via NU, Jul 5)

TAIWAN [Clandestine from TWN? to CHN?] 13750 1107 female repeating blocks of syllables in language. Possibly numbers stn? Signal pretty weak. (Michael Bryant-USA, Jun 28)

I asked Sonny Ashimori about this one, which Mike had as an UNID (Ed.) This is the famous (?) New Star Broadcasting Stn (random numbers in Ch for political spies) from (presumed) TWN to [???]. Hans van den Boogert [email protected] is THE expert in this field. Visit his home page at http://www.swl.net/radiochina He runs the unofficial web page of The New Star Station there! (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, via Cumbre Dx, Jun 29)

TANZANIA At the end of March I reported the reception of a verification letter from The Voice of Tanzania, Zanzibar (after only 25 days, on 11734). There they asked me to do the printing of QSLs for them. Belgian DXer Guido Schotmans took over this task and designed a beautiful colored QSL card showing a map of Zanzibar and a tx place on the island. It seems, he even somehow managed to get the cards to Zanzibar since today I already received one of those newly designed QSL cards from them! It was stamped with stn seal and signed by A.M.Said. Together with it I received a copy of a thank you letter to Guido in Belgium. Quote 'This will mark another era to Radio DX listening club because we will be able to supply the needed qsls all over the world.' Radio Tanzania Zanzibar called me 'a real gentleman' in their letter. But its easy to spread a message on the net, but not so easy to deliver cards to Zanzibar. So we should all thank you Guido Schotmans! Addr: The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar, Dept of Bcing, P.O.B 1178, Zanzibar, Tanzania (Martin Schoech-D, Jul 1)

Zanzibar QSL arrived ! Do you remember the mailing of M. Schoech informing us that he received a QSL-letter from Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar in which they appealed the DX- comunity to do some printing of QSL-cards? If you do remember that, then you will probably also recall that I have taken up this challenge and send them a package of some 100 colour QSL cards. Today I was very glad to see that one of these cards arrived back here after a trip of 10 weeks. It was accompanied by a kind letter from Mister Abdulrah'man M. Said in which he expressed his thanks and stated that 'this will mark another era to Radio DX Listening Clubs' because they will be able to supply the needed cards.

So if you want a QSL-card from Sauti ya Tanzania Zanzibar, write now ! If you want a picture from this QSL, ask me and I'll send you the file. Good DX ! (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Jun 30)

THAILAND 15255 Radio Liberty Udon Thani, 1323, Kazakh programming, in //with 11915 and 15145, both from KAV-GRC. 45444 Radio Liberty Udon Thani, 15370, 1346, female speaker in Kazakh. 55544 BBC WS Nakhon Sawan, 15310, 1331, nx hour. 33433 (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 2)

TUNISIA 7280 RTVT, 2258-2315, live Ar vcl mx to ToH, W w/ID, mx bridge, and W again w/pres. nx and ments of TUN. Ended at 2314. Hrd the Koran on later recheck around 2325. //7225.02. This channel was overpowered by R. Netherlands signing on around 2325. (Dave Valko-USA, Jul 1)

UKRAINE Ukrainian naval stn - Radio Briz, which belongs to Ukraine's navy, bcs 0300- 2100 daily in Ru, Ukr and Crimean Tatar, VoR's "DX Club" reported. Radio Briz can be heard on 1476 using a 20 kW tx and on 72.2 and 102 FM 100 w tx. The stn first bc in Dec 1994. Addr: Ukrainian Navy, P.O. Box 140, Sevastopol 11, Crimea, 335011, Ukraine. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

UK Radio Stations in the United Kingdom - 15th Edition of Oct 1997. This popular BDXC publication lists all UK dom stns currently on air with freq, addr and tx details. It also includes a supplement listing stns in the Rep of Ireland. Price: 2.50 pound sterling, US$5 banknotes, DM 10 banknotes, or 7 IRCs per copy. All orders to: British DX Club, 126 Bargery Road, Catford, London, SE6 2LR, United Kingdom.

Radio Cavell heard in Germany. 1566, Radio Cavell, Oldham, audible with weak signals on a perfectly clear channel. 0118-0200 with mx fr the 50ies, 60ies, 70ies, 80ies and 90ies, very easy to report. Always amazing, how good reception of a flea-powered 1 w tx can be. (Martin Elbe-D, July 3)

BBC expands Alb sce, which is heard by more than half of the country's adult population and also in Kosovo and Macedonia - is responding to the growing crisis in Kosovo by increasing the number of its weekday txions from three to four. The sce currently has three 30-min txs a day at 0530, 1315 and 1700, plus a weekend mx progr. Fr Wed, 1st July, there will be an extra 15 min progr at 2000 Mo-Fr 6050, 11775, 15130, offering further coverage from Kosovo. "The BBC Alb Sce is relied upon by many Albanian speakers, incl those in Kosovo, for impartial, up-to-the-minute nx from their region and elsewhere. This extra progr will enable us to increase our daily coverage of Kosovo and offer a round-up of the day's main events." (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

About the BBC Crowborough station. The radio stn at Crowborough, I believe, was hastily constructed during the war to bc to occupied France and later the Allied Forces Expeditionary Forces Programme. The two txs housed in an underground bunker were known as Aspidistra 1 and 2, presumably after the Gracie Fields song . . . The Biggest Aspidistra in the World. They were 150 kilowatts each which was a lot in those days, and gave a daytime range of 300 miles. The rear of the site was surrounded in a semi-circle of parasitic antennae that formed the reflector to direct the signal towards Continental Europe. This gave the stn a directional capability which strengthened reception abroad and enabled the same freqs to be used for dom sces, like the Third Progr from Daventry and various sites in Scotland.

Crowborough was not used for SW as the skip distance for propagation for CeEUR was too short. Its location was probably due to not being too near the coast and on high ground partially hidden by woods; radio stn antennae are sitting targets when it comes to air attacks. Crowborough was replaced by the present stn at Orfordness, a now disused OHR - over the horizon radar stn. This is in a sparsely populated area, partially surrounded in water, that accomodates two 500 kW txs, over three times the power of the Crowborough site. Had these powerful txs been installed in Sussex local listeners would have heard only BBC Europe on MW. I would not be surprised if BBC bcs on 648 and 1296 will soon become just a memory. (Andy Cadier from Folkestone-UK in BDXC "Communication" July 1998)

USA I would like to make the following comments about this page: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/payola/index.html

This page is an example of inaccuracies and deliberate disinformation that would make any propagandist proud, and a serious journalist scream in outrage.

I've been a radio amateur for some 35 years and I love the hobby, but I cannot subscribe to the twisted logic contained on the above page. First of all, the Deutsche Telekom tx at Juelich is under the direct control and supervision of the German govt administration the FCC has allegedly protested to. In other words, the German regulatory authorities had to approve the use of 3945. Knowing how things are done in Germany, it is unthinkable that 3945 could be used by Juelich without at least the tacit consent of that administration. In HF Bcing, ALL freq usage and changes have to be reported to the appropriate national administration and passed on to the HFCC and ITU. Therefore, Brother Stair's operation on 3945 did not constitute a "pirate stn". This is a legal, licensed stn, the same one that carries Deutsche Welle and SRI, for that matter. If there is anything questionable about it, it's how they can afford to offer airtime to Brother Stair at the incredible dumping price of $60 an hour. I'm certain this doesn't even cover the operating costs of a 100 kW tx! But this is another issue.

Secondly, according to ITU regulations, it is incorrect to state that the 3945 freq is "illegal". As I explained before, it is permitted to use "out of band" freqs, provided there is no formal complaint from another user with a higher priority in the administrative region concerned; in this case, Europe. Amateurs operating in Region Two (the Western Hemisphere), have no legal priority in Region One (Europe). It is interesting that the amateur/broadcaster conflict in the 40/41 mb is exactly the same, but there, long-standing NoAmerican amateur complaints have not led to any interventions, for the very reasons I've just explained.

Thirdly, I doubt that the FCC/ARRL intervention had the clout that its promoters claim or assume. Far more likely is the fact that, as I pointed out before, the near-by utility freq of 3943.5 is registered for and used by the French military. I have heard activity there as recently as two days ago. When Nexus/IRRS Milan, and later, Vatican Radio(!) tried using 3945, there were protests from the French telecommunication authorities, and both stns left the freq. In the case of Nexus/IRRS, there was even jamming to make the point. I'll stick my neck out and say that this is the real reason Juelich left 3945. It also conforms with the legal provisions and customs of the ITU I described above.

Sorry guys, let's forget the John Wayne stuff. I guess it's just that I have a passion for the truth, and that I prefer diplomacy over gunfire.

Incidentally, European stns are not required to identify themselves "at the top of the hour". They are also not issued call letters, and can call themselves whatever they want. (Bob Zanotti, HB9ASQ, Berne, Switzerland, June 25, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING via Hauser)

Dean Willis spotted this in the ARRL Letter Online, Vol 17, #25, Jun 19: FCC Asks Germany To Silence Broadcaster On 3945 kHz. Sometimes it helps to complain. The FCC's High Freq Direction Finding Group has asked German authorities for their help in eliminating a bc stn in GER that's operating on 3945. Members of the ARRL Monitoring System (MONSYS) and other US hams had complained to the FCC and to the ARRL about the stn's presence. Those complaints were forwarded to the FCC. The freq is not allocated for bcing in EUR, which is in ITU Region 1, the 3900-3950 band is authorized for aeronautical mobile operation. In the US, in Region 2, the band is allocated to amateur, fixed and mobile. "Since this stn is a source of daily harmful interference to the Amateur Sce, we would appreciate any assistance you could provide in eliminating the interference," said Chief Watch Officer/HFDF Group David Larrabee, K1BZ, in a fax June 11 to the Bundesamt fuer Post und Telekommunikation (BAPT), Germany's equivalent of our FCC. The stn on 3945, identified as The Overcomer Ministry - Brother Stair - originating from the US religious broadcaster, has been monitored at several East Coast locations as well as by the FCC in Columbia, Maryland. It bcs on AM mode fr DTK Juelich, Germany. (via BDXC Communication, July)

Kim announced on VoA Communications World that the "C" segment at 2136 Sats would move to 1936. That should make it much more audible in NoAM, especially if it is on 15580. (Glenn Hauser-OK, Jul 2/4)

USA/CHINA Paper defends ban on Radio Free Asia reporters. When President Clinton sets off to visit China, he will be accompanied by a huge contingent of reporters covering his visit. Earlier, many other reporters from the US and other places arrived in Xian, Beijing and other cities, from which they have been sending reports. Close to 1,000 reporters, incl more than 160 from 36 media organizations in TWN and HKG, have applied to go the mainland to cover the Sino-US summit and have been granted approval. The fact that about 1,000 reporters from outside the border have been given approval to go to the mainland to cover Clinton's visit shows that the CHN govt has adopted a very liberal attitude. But three people from "Radio Free Asia" , who tried to mix with the ranks of reporters and sneak into the mainland, have eventually been refused entry.

"Radio Free Asia" is an institution set up with US congressional funding. It specializes in SW bcing to CHN, DPRK [North Korea], Indo-China, Burma and other countries to interfere in the internal affairs of the Asian countries. Since it is bc externally instead of internally, it is not aimed at providing the American public with true information about Asia. All American journalistic workers who have self-respect consider it disgraceful to set up "Radio Free Asia" and cautiously avoid any contact with the official bcing institution.

When the stn began bcing in 1996, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang pointed out: The main target of "Radio Free Asia" is apparently CHN and other Asian countries and essentially it wants to use the press medium to further interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. This practice on the part of the US seriously violates the norms of internat relations and the principles of the three Sino-US joint communiques. We call on the US govt not to further interfere in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretence of press freedom.

Last Oct, Foreign Ministry spokesman Cui Tiankai also pointed out: "Radio Free Asia" actually interferes in the freedom of Asian people to choose their own path of development. It is better for such a thing not to develop further. We can thus see that China has been consistent in its attitude towards "Radio Free Asia". It has nothing to do with press freedom. Clinton's visit to China should not give the radio stn a chance either. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 3)

ZAMBIA ZNBC heard fading in around 1745 on 6265. Has nx in En at 1800. Often a good signal by 1900*. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 3)

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ALBANIA Relay of R Tirana's dom sce: 1st progr v6099.92 0300-2200 noted at 0945 23332 signal supressed at local noon. 2nd progr v7269.76 0700-1000 35333 at 0940. (WB, Jul 11)

ALGERIA v11719 ... 11729 RTA damaged tx buzzy audio: 1600-2100 in En Sp Fr Sp En, (x11715), //11750.3 15160 til 2000. (PanIview-Bulgaria, Rumen Pankov, Ivo Ivanov, Ognyan Chengeliev, Sylvia Ivanova, Jun 21-30)

ARGENTINA v15343.55 RAE Buenos Aires noted here around 0005, propagating well into EUR during our local night, but unfortunatelly is off the even freq these days. GIB it's your turn to inform the technical dept of RAE to adjust the quarz unit. (WB, Jul 12)

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia Frequency Guide J98 v 1. Current from Jun 28. ASIA En 0000-0500 17750 S 100 329 0100-0500 15415 S 100 329 0600-0900 15415 S 100 329 0600-1100 17750 S 100 329 0090-1200 6080 S 100 005 0900-1100 11880 S 100 329 1200-1800 6080 S 100 334 1430-1700 11660 S 100 329 1430-2130 9500 S 100 329

Ins 2130-0000 11695 S 100 329 15415 S 100 353* * utilising a rhombic aerial: major lobe 353 deg & minor lobe approx 300 deg. Desired target on 301 deg.

St Ch 2200-2300 15240 S 100 329 1100-1230 9950, 11880 S 100 329

Vn 0000-0100 15415 S 100 329 1230-1330 & 1330-1430 9500, 11880 S 100 329

Khmer 2300-0000 15240 S 100 329 0500-0600 15415, 17750 S 100 329 BUT observed on Jul 11 on 15415 only, 17750 carried En sce.

PAC PNG SOLOMON Isl, GUM and JPN En 1800-2000 6080 S 100 005 7240 S 100 030 1800-2100 9660 S 100 030 2100-2200 7240 S 100 030 9660 B 10 010 2100-0800 17715 S 100 030 2300-0800 9660 B 10 010 0000-0800 15240 S 100 353 0200-0900 21725 S 100 355 0800-0900 5995 B 10 010 9710 S 100 353 0800-1200 9770 S 100 030 0900-1200 6080 S 100 005 1200-1400 6020 S 100 030 5995 B 10 010

Tok Pisin (Pidgin) 2000-2100 6080 S 100 005 7240 S 100 030 0900-1200 6020 S 100 030 9710 S 100 353 5995 B 10 010 12080 B 10 080

SoWe & SoCe PAC NoAM En 2000-2200 12080 B 10 080 2100-0800 17715 S 100 030 2100-0200 21740 S 100 070 2100-2200 7240 S 100 030 2200-0200 17795 S 100 050 2300-0900 12080 B 10 080 0200-0900 15510 S 100 090 0800-1200 9770 S 100 030 1200-2100 9580 S 100 070 1200-1400 6020 S 100 030 1400-1800 5995 S 100 030 1700-2200 11880 S 100 065 1800-2000 7240 S 100 030

NB: A relay of BBCWS En Progr is directed to PNG and the Coral Sea region on 9660 and 12080 fr 2200-2300 daily from RA's txs at Brandon in Queensland.

Radio Australia's weekend sports progr "Grandstand", is bc on En freqs 0200-0800 Sat and 0300-0800 Sun acc to the schedule below: Target region freq Asia 17750, CePAC 15510, 17715, SoWePAC 12080, 17715, PNG 9660, 15240, 17715.

Notes: All "Asia" bcs fr Shepparton are beamed along a line which joins Shepparton, Ambon, Manila and Hong Kong. "Tx site/pwr/brg" refers to the tx site assoc with the bc. The sites are Shepparton, Victoria (S) and Brandon, Queensland (B). Tx power is either 100 or 10 kW. Txion bearings are in degr. All freqs are under assessment and subject to change. Operation of RA's txing stn at Cox's Peninsula, near Darwin (6 x 250 kW senders) was suspended by the Australian Federal Govt in July 1997.

As a direct consequence of the loss of the Darwin txs, RA's bcs to Asia have been greatly weakened. RA is now often inaudible in areas where its signal had been strong. The ABC does not agree with the reduction of Radio Australia's txing capacity, neither does it support an isolationist attitude to regional bcing. (Nigel Holmes, Txion Manager Radio Australia, via web page, Jul 7)

Radio Australia freq changes fail in part. A number of freqs "didn't quite make it to air" when RA recently changed its schedule, listeners to the "Feedback" feature were told on 4th July. Txion manager Nigel Holmes reported that the planned use of 9770 into the PAC 0800-1200 "collided" with an existing VoA txion on the same freq. RA therefore had to " retreat a little" and introduce 9580 in this time slot, but using a different aerial from the one carrying that freq after 1200. The first txion will be to the SoWePAC and might not give as good reception in NoAM as that enjoyed there after 1200. Another change concerned the intended use of 21820 for En into PNG, which had "become bogged down in a bureaucratic swamp" (not further explained). Instead, 21725 was being used from 0200-0900 daily.

No decision yet on fate of Darwin txs. The office of Australia's federal communications minister, Richard Alston, says NO decision has been made yet on the future of the former RA SW txs near the northern city of Darwin, John DuBois reports. The txs on the Cox Peninsula were closed last year by the federal govt. Earlier this month, the govt leader in the Senate, Robert Hill, told parliament the facility was being sold. A spokesman for Senator Alston says the Cox Peninsula site has been excised from the sale of the National Txion Network, while a policy on internat SW txs is being formalized by the Foreign Affairs Dept. The spokesman has denied one report that the txs will be sold for scrap. He says the facility costs 700,000 dollars a year to maintain and no decision has been made on its future. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 10)

RA in Khmer observed on single 15415 only, 0500-0600. 17750 carried En progr instead. 21725 at 0510 had also a different separate En progr, compared to remaining 15240 15510 17750. Best signals here on both 15415 and 15510 at 0500, Sinpo 33333. (WB, Jul 11)

AUSTRIA The Austrian govt maked way for ORF to buy new 100 kW SW txs to modernize the Moosbrunn site. (ORF - "Intermedia", Jul 3-4) In the eighties Moosbrunn was upgraded with two 500 kW Telefunken txs, a rotatable antenna system as well as a curtain and two non-directional aerials, latter ones with 300 kW capacity, resulting in one tx running 500 kW into the rotatable system and the other one 300 kW into a non-directional or (when 6155 is off the air) the curtain installation.

The other equipment at Moosbrunn dates back from the Sixties: Four 100 kW Telefunken txs and a array of rhombic and vertic-monopole antennas. Currently are still two of the old txs in regular use, feeding into either a meanwhile erected log-periodic antenna, the new curtain installation or one of the vertic monopoles. The other two 100 kW rigs as well as the rhombic arrays could eventually be used, if the other equipment fails or must be down for expensive work. Since the SW sce of ORF Aldrans was shut down, the 10 kW Continental tx is now also maintained at Moosbrunn.

Radio Austria International had a nice booklet about it's Moosbrunn facilities, but I'am not sure, whether it is still available or out of print. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 7)

BELARUS [c.f. BC-DX #373] Here is a current observed schedule of Belorussian Radio 1st px (BR1) incl reg sces (see separate schedule below):

5965 0300-0500 6080 0300-2200 6115 0300-2200 7145 1600-2200 7210 0300-1900 7265 0300-2200 11670 0300-2200 (some irregul tx breakes noted at var hrs) 11960 0300-0500, 0900-1100, 1500-1700 17805 0300-2200

ID as "Pershaya programma" (1st progr) or "Radio Odin" (Radio 1) some usual slogans are: "Havorit Minsk - stolitsa Respubliki Belarus" or "Respublika Belarus - Radio Odin". tel 2395833, tel/fax 2334275 or 2395879 (advert. dept.)

BR1 can be also heard from time to time on 2739, 2838, 4855, 4982 and 5134 (all in usb mode) instead of usual R. Mayak txs.

Belorussian Radio 2nd px (BR2) 7140 0400-2100 ID as "Radio Dva" (Radio 2)

Reg sces - all tentat Mo-Fr only (cities' names as in WRTH) MAHILIOU 0330-0400 5965 1500-1600 7145 ID as "Novoye (New) Radio Mahiliou" addr: per. Kommunistichesky 1, Mahiliou, Rep of Belarus tel 311077, tel/fax 311731

MINSK 0340-0400 6080 6115 7210 11670 11960 0535-0545 5965 6080 6115 7210 7265 11670 17805 1500-1600 6080 6115 7210 11670 11960 ID as "Radiostantsiya Stolitsa"

HRODNA 0340-0400 7265 17805 1500-1600 7265 17805 ID as "V efire ... programma Radio Hrodna"

Unid reg stn (no positive ID, presumedly BREST) 1500-1600 11960

Radiostantsiya Belarus (ext sce) new format sched 0100-0300 7210 11670 1900-2100 7210 11960 in Belorus, En and Ge (incl relig progrs in Ge fr GER) ID in Belorus as "Havorit Minsk - v efire Radiostantsiya Belarus" En sched: Tu/Th 1930 & 2030, Mo/We/Fr/Sa/Su 0200

Note 1: I would also like to say some words about the speculations regarding new BR1 bcing for Russia fr June 15th: it seems to me that there is no any new sce at present at all. Yes, a special ann about this sce regularly bc on BR1 (you can hear it, for example, approx. at 0500-0510) - but this is only as an addit argument for local advertisers to put up their advertisements on BR1, and no more. As you maybe know BR1 already bc on SW for many years and the sigs on many freqs (such as 6115 ot 7210) usually cover the western part of Russia very well.

Note 2: Usage of Belorus/Ru langs "by turns" is very spreaded all over in Belarus incl BR1/BR2 bcs (for example, in nx bulletins, advertisements or interviews when the first asks in Belorus and the second answers in Ru or vice versa...). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, in DXW, Jun 30-July 2)

Minsk in Bjelorussian 1500-1800 on new 11960, but co-ch BBC in Alb 1700. //7210 11670 17805. Some days regional stn "New Radio Mogylev" 1500-1600 & 1700-1800. R Belarus Minsk ext sce schedule changed: 0100-0300 7210 11670 to NoAM?. (x0400-0600 to EUR). 1900-2100 7210 11960 to EUR. En 0200 Mo We Fr Sa Su, 1930&2030 Tu&Th. Ge 0200 Th, 0230 Su, 1930&2030 We Sa Su. Relig German "Das Wort" 2000 Th, 2000&2030 Fri. Ru 0230 Mo, 0130 Su, 2000 Mo Tu We, 1930 Fri. Remaining in Bjelorussian lang. (PanIview-BUL, Jul 3) Noted today on 17805 from 1000 onwards only, //11960 and 7210. (WB, Jul 11)

CANADA 11715 RKI Seoul via RCI Sackville, in En now here in the clear, RTA Algiers seemingly off this week, 1030-1100, 25332. Report of Russian diplomat espionage case. (WB, Jul 11)

CHILE 11890.05 Voz Cristiana, Santiago. The 25mb outlet was finally observed here in Tokyo, and was first noted at 0944-1050. Good to fair sig. Christian pop mx and annt in Sp. At 1009 full canned ID was given by OM voice as "Voz Cristiana esta transmitiendo a latinoamerica en 11890 kHz de la onda corta. Voz Cristiana, la nueva onda de ... para America Latina." (TIN, via DXW, Jul 5)

15374.94, Voz Cristiana, 1224-1400*, Lang Sp, Variety of LA mx, incl some Andean stuff, acapella and even some salsa-like mx. Canned ID at 1229 and female DJ continuing with mx show. Not a strong sig but volume more than enough at 1224. Faded slowly away but still enough sig to catch s-off at 1400. Listed from 1100-1400 with 0 azimuth. 23443. (Boogert-TWN, via DXW, Jul 04)

Voz Cristiana now has at least two txs going, Jul 9 before 1300 on 15375, and after 1300 check //21550, mostly gospel rock, fax number in 305 area code = Miami; both had breaks in txion of 1 to 4 mins, but on and off times were not exactly the same. (Glenn Hauser-OK, Review of International Broadcasting 116)

15375//21500 Voz Christiana 1304 vocal mx in Sp, 1310 ID by female in Sp. Signal was very weak, no interference, overall poor. Was parallel 15375, which was fair signal, no interference, quite good overall. First time heard on either freq. Also //21550, weak. (Ziolkowski via Cumbre Dx, Jul 4)

I have not heard anyone mention the clash between RNZI and Voz Cristiana on 11690. Voz wins here in Edmonton at 0500 with Sp programming. This has been going on for just over a week now. (Mick Delmage, July 5, WORLD OF RADIO 948, Jul 9)

Checked July 7 after 0500, and RNZI was winning, barely here, but it's an awful clash with slow subaudible heterodyne which must be resolved. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 948, Jul 9)

Addit 21500 at 1300-2057 55444 in Bulgaria, //21550 but weak signal. Also ann Sp 9635 & 17680, but not heard so far. On Jul 1st, new 21500 heard with demodulated audio. (PanIview-BUL, Jun28-Jul3)

Checked 11890 here in EUR, but heard R Sultanate of Oman Muscat via Seeb instead in Ar on v11890.49, 0900-1300?. At 2050 on v21549.92, playing relig mx. (WB, Jul 8/12)

CHINA CNR-1 noted on new 13610, believed via Kunming, 1100-1130 //9340 Beijing, 12120 Beijing.

CNR-4 (Minorities Sce) noted on new12080 Xinjiang with Uighur *1100-1127*.

CNR-2 observed on new 9500 Xinjiang, 1100-1130.

CNR-1 5030 - this outlet now opens later at 1230, and should not be confused with Kuching's Bidayuh sce co-ch, which is the dominant "Asian" sig on this freq 1000-1230, mixing with AWR Guatemala. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Jul 4-5)

COSTA RICA Because of interference complaint from Tasmania, since UTC Jul 6, RFPI has switched from 6980 to 6975-AM in the 0000-1500 period; seems absoutely free of interference here. (Glenn Hauser, OK, July 9)

6975 RfPI 0006 new freq, moved down 5 kHz from 6980. According to Hauser/HCDX, freq change from 6980 was imminent due to interference complaint fr Tasmanian govt. Heard in Sp //v15049. (McDonough, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 6)

6980 RfPI 0340. Hrd in their mailbag progr that this 10 kW tx was being well rcvd in Tasmania, but also that - if I understood it correctly- it was causing some QRM to a PtP service in C.R., and as long as they want to be in good relations with the Costa Rican authorities, they were seeking for a new freq to substitute this one, in the range 7000- 6875. "So if somebody has some ideas of a clear freq in that range of freqs (should write to their E-mail addr). "We'll be perhaps changing of freq sometime next week". (Nigro, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 8)

ERITREA Radio adds Bilen, Saho languages. The Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea will start two new bcs in Bilen and Saho [Eritrean vernacular langs] as from 6th July. The Bilen progr will be bc twice a week, on Mon & Thur. The Saho progr will also be bc twice a week and that will be on Tue & Fri. The two progrs will be bc between 1800-1830 [local time: 1500-1530] on 837 MW and on the 41 and 42 mbs SW. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 10)

GABON 21700 Powerful signal of NHK World via Moyabi relay 1030-1100 in It and Swe. 45544. (WB, Jul 11)

GEORGIA [ABKHAZIA] 9489.74 Abkhazian Radio noted at 0400, male prayer in UNID language. (WB, Jul 11)

GERMANY Looking for Airtime? Deutsche Telekom's rates can requested online at: http://www.telekom.de/angebot/rundfunk/rsender/lmk/kwangebot_e.htm (M.Schoech-GER CRW, Jul 10)

DTK Juelich changes: R Asia Canda in Tamil to NoAM 295 degr, 0200-0400 new9855 (54554) ahead of RNW to AS&AF (x9405). 1800-2000 on Jun 25 only, new17535 (55555). IBC Tamil 0000-0100 new9490 (55555), 90 degr, (x7475). Dem VoBurma 1425-1455 on addit new 15635 (45554), 80 degr, //11850 via Norway.

Brother Stair in En, changes fr Jul 1st: 1800-2400 Mo-Fr new3960 (x3945) (45554) 2000-2400 Sa-Su new3960 (x3945) (55544) Now all deleted, may run short on money?: daily 0400-0530 3985, 0400-0600 11910 to ME, 0530-0700 3975, 0600-1200 5900, 0600-1400 15735 to ME, 1200-1600 13580 RUS, 1300-1700 13665 Scandinavia, 1400-1800 13810 ME, 1500- 2100 15625 NoAM, 2100-2400 12050 SoAM. (PanIview-BUL, Jul 3)

Good News Hour in En via DTK Juelich 0900-0959 on 5910, power house 55555 as always. (WB, Jul 11)

GREECE ERT Thessaloniki reg progr in Gr at 0955 on both v9934.68 and v11595.33. (WB, Jul 11)

ICELAND Rikisutvarpid in usb mode: 1210-1300 new13865 (35543), new15775 (45554). 1855- 1930 new13865 (35433), //11402 (55544). (PanIview-BUL, Jul 3)

INDIA v7467.5 AIR Aligarh 250 kW spurious signal of nominal 7410, Nepali 1330-1430, Hi 1615-1730. QRM BUL 7465 1715-1730. (PanIview-BUL, Jul 3)

INDONESIA v3215 ... 3215.1 RRI Menada is active 1055-1200, 25332, popular mx, 1100 local ID and local nx til 1106, xylophone instrumental mx, 1159 SCI relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", 1200 3 time pips. //noted 3264.6 3325 3344.84 3384.9 3395.1 3904.9 3933.9 3960.2 3976.1 4000.1 4789.3 5040. v4766.1 RRI Medan again active, 1120-1200, Islamic mx, 1130 ID by male, Quran - evening prayers, 1140 "Alakhu Acbar", 1145 again Islamic mx, 1158 ID by female "...Radio Republic Indonesia Medan...", SCI relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita" // to many other QRG's! Maybe using reduced power, Sinpo weak as 24332.

4845.2 RRI Abon, 1055-, mx fr Lombok, 1059 short pause, two time pips, IS - gong intervalls, local nx, slowly MLA faded in. 34433 new7241.4 RRI Palu, (x7234.4), 0750-0855*, popular mx, 0759 SCI, relay RRI Jakarta "Berita Orahlaga", //7173.2 9552.5 9565 9630 11760 15125 all heard. ID "RRI Jakarta Santara Dua programa Nasional", til 0830, separate local progr, clear ID "Radio Republic Indonesia Palu", instrumental and piano mx, s-off. 0827 strong splatter QRM by RTTY. Signal of RRI Palu was very weak. At 0850 RRI Jayapura on 6069.8 fade slowly also in!

3264.6 RRI Gorontalo, 1059-, ID, IS gong intervalls, TA, local nx! weak

3976 RRI Pointianak, 1115-1130, "Mimbar agama Kristan", relig progr, 1125 prayer, religious choir, 1126 ID, 1130 IS, TA, ID local nx. 45544

4925 RRI Jambi, Quran progr, evening prayers, 1105-1130, regular here. At 1300 wandered to 4927 kHz. Weak.

9741.58 RRI Sorong, 0830-0901, INS pop mx, 0900 ID by female, now Ar influenced mx, very difficult to receive, suffered havy splatter from VoA En 9740, so used 1.8 Drake R8 filter. Weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 19/20/21/26/27/29)

RRI in BI noted here in EUR at 2340-0000 fine signals at best on 11760 and 15125, but also weak on 15150. (WB, Jul 11/12)

IRAN v11885.55 VoIRI in Persian 0930-1100, //15084.19, 17780, but NOT on air 15365. v13617.75 VoIRI Tehran in It at 0630-0725 now on odd freqs, also //15084.19, along with 9022, and 15230, but latter satellite fed and slower, a little second behind the others. (WB, Jul 11/12)

ITALY Spurious signals of nominal 7120, +/- 22.6 kHz away, on 7097.4 and 7142.6. 2025 Ar, 2115-2225 in various langs. (PanIview-BUL, Jul 1/3)

JORDAN Spurious signals of nominal 7155, +/- 170 kHz away, on 6985 [also reported by Zacharias Liangas-GRC] (54454) and 7325 (42442). 1700-2100 Ar lang. Amman in Ar 0200-0500 on addit 9630 (54554), //11810 (55555), 15435 (54555). (PanIview-BUL, Jun 24)

KOREA D.P.R. 15230v, R. Pyongyang, 1116-1128, end of En nx by M, march mx, then tlk by same M anncr at 1125 ending w/ID, mx bridge, then tlk by W. Tx must be in bad shape as freq started out on 15230.22, drifted down to 15229.78, then started drifting back up. Very poor w/QSB. (Dave Valko-USA, Jul 4)

MONGOLIA 12084.5 VoM, new schedule, new times, schedule in DSWCI SWN #6 is wrong. 1405-1429 Ch progr, ID at 1410, not Jpn lang, 1430 IS "This is the Voice of Mongolia", En progr, also on 9720 but disturbed by strong QRM. 34433. Also Syria underneath on 12085. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 29)

V. of Mongolia, 12085, was again marginally readable on Jul 7, first checked at 1157 in Ch, fluttery but fair, seems more audio on USB than LSB. 1210 started En with IS, Mong and En IDs, theme, schedule; 1212 Aussie(?) announcer with "Last Week's Nx"; 1220 mx break; 1226 mailbag, but I never caught anyone's name; 1237 goodbye, mx; 1238 woman with En sked, mx, 1240* So the mailbag is on Tues; low het on high side grew stronger during the half-hour. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 948, Jul 9)

MYANMAR 4725 R Myanmar, 1235-1300, Bamar, political talks, folk mx, IS at 1259, flutes & drums, ID. 34433 v5973 Mayawadi R St. Myanmar, 1455-1529*, Bamar, folk mx, 1458 female ID " ... Myanmar.." internat mx, but songs in Burmese text. 1528 close ann, IS, s-off, heard also at 1100 on Jun 29, far better signal, good modulation! at best 34433

5985.7 R Myanmar, 1212-1228, Bamar, folk mx, 1215-1227 En-Burmese lessons, "...This is a house...", story about rooms in the buildings. 1228 IS&ID by female. S09+10dB, 35543

6570 Defense Forces Broadc Stn Myanmar NOT on air. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 28/29)

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Totally aside from the debate about whether digital thingies are involved, one of RN-Bonaire's txs is definitely capable of terrible splattering, as Ernie Behr has insisted. I heard it myself July 7 at 2025 on the 13 mb, when 21590 was yelling in Dutch about a silly ball game, presumably World Crap, and the same modulation peaks were splattering up and down the band, gradually diminishing with distance from the centre freq, but detectable as far down as 21505 and as far up as 21770, overriding weaker signals such as Portugal-21655; still the same at 2130 recheck. The other two Bonaires, 17605 and 15315 were not //but with regular Du programming and no spurs. Sounds like the Orban 9105a as described by Bob Zanotti; will RN admit to using one on this tx? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 948)

The problem may well be in the audio processing now widely in use by SW stns. Specifically, it's a very sophisticated, state of the art processor called the Orban 9105a (they have a Website). This is a modernization of the old VoA audio clipper of the Cold War days. All the "big boys" are using it today, incl BBC, RN, DW, Norway, Sweden, Finland, RFI, Austria, and the VOA itself. There's one big hitch, however: the Orban produces an incredibly punchy, high-level audio signal, and if the tx is old or improperly adjusted, serious splatter and/or poor-sounding modulation will result. Even the usually careful and reliable DW has had splatter trouble because of the Orban. I've had a hands-on experience with the 9105a in Schwarzenburg, and I can tell you it's fantastic. But if it's not set up properly, it sounds awful and is actually counterproductive.

The year 1996 has been mentioned as the turning point in audio/ modulation problems at some stns, and this in exactly the period when the Orban 9105a caught on. This, just in the way of a possible explanation for SOME of the modulation problems reported. Best 73. (Bob Zanotti-SUI, Jul 2, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 9)

Checked the 21590 outlet on all special txions during the World Cup competitions of both Belgium and the Netherlands' national teams, but no special interference signal on the 13 mb noted here in EUR so far, sorry. Fine signal of RNW on Jul 8, 1900 when Brazil vv Netherlands in Dutch was in progress, 45444. (WB, Jul 8)

NIGERIA The leader of the Nigerian opposition, Moshood Abiola, died today. All the NIG opposition groups you hear on the radio pushed for his release from detention followed by him heading a govt of national unity. There should be interesting listening over the next few days. The govt -- VoNIG 15120 and 7255 at various times. The opposition Wed & Fri 2100-2200 Voice of Oduduwa 15460. Daily 1900-2000 Radio Kudirat 11540 6205. Sat 1930-2000 SNBS 9400. 1900-2000 VoFree NIG 11645. (Cumbre DX Copyright Johnson Jul 8)

15120 Voice of Nigeria 1802 Speech by the head of the Nigerian Govt and the honcho of the Nigerian Army (same guy) to the people of Nigeria concerning the death of political prisoner Moshood Abiola who bought the farm while talking with three representatives of the US Govt. The speech was commerative in tone and ended with an "amen". VoNIG will repeat the speech at 0600 on 9 July if you care to listen. (Buch, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 8)

RUSSIA from Maryanne Kehoe: Greetings from a sweltering Atlanta, Georgia! Please see my item in rec.radio.shortwave regarding the employee contracts being cancelled by VOR. I have been representing Estelle Winters of VOR here in the USA and I am trying to get a handle on what I am dealing with at this point. Any help/info/advice you can give me will be greatly appreciated! (Maryanne, Jul 7)

I was speaking with someone that I consider a reliable source last night and I was informed that 30 employee contracts of foreign employees of the VoRWS are due to be terminated between Jun 30th and Sep 30th, '98. In some cases, the employees who have the aparments that were provided to them upon commencement of their employment with VOR have also been told that they must vacate said apartments on various termination dates with letters that were mailed to these employees, all within the past 2 weeks. None of the contracts of the Russian employees are on the "hit" list. One of the employees that recieved a letter is Estelle Winters, who has been at the radio since 1990. My contact tells me if Estelle leaves, there will be no replacement hired for her and "Timelines" as we know it will go off the air. Please write to VOR or email them at [email protected] to express your concern regarding Estelle's contract status and to urge them to find some way to keep one of the nicest and most productive people on the international radio scene today. ...

I got a letter yesterday from Eugenia Stepanova of the VOR Letters Dept that told me that her doctor is only allowing her to work one day a week, due to her stomach ulcer. Eugenia tells me: "....I'm feeling good, but the doctor told me not to work hard. In Jun or Jul I will go to my friend's cottage near Moscow for 2 weeks. There is a good place to rest..." So be patient if you were waiting for a reply specifically from her, as she was replying to an email that I sent her on May 25th. (Maryanne Kehoe, direct and via Cumbre Dx, Jul 2/8)

SAIPAN RFA to purchase KHBI from Herald Broadcasting - The First Church of Christ, Scientist's Herald Broadcasting Syndicate announced the sale of KHBI in Saipan to Radio Free Asia in yesterday's issue of "The Christian Science Monitor". Although the sale price was not announced, the purchase agreement does allow the Church to use the stn to bc relig programming after the transfer is implemented. RFA management hopes that all current KHBI employees will remain at the stn once RFA assumes possession of the stn. (Jim Moats, July 7, RIB and WORLD OF RADIO 948, Jul 9)

We've been expecting this for a long time; RFA already using KHBI heavily, but brokers wouldn't talk about it. Initially KHBI was for sale, then not for sale while this was pending (Glenn Hauser, Jul 9)

Herald Broadcasting Syndicate (HBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, announced today an agreement to sell its Saipan SW bcing facility KHBI to Radio Free Asia (RFA), a govt-funded independent corpor. For the past 18 months HBS inspirational programming transmitted from Saipan has been complemented by up to 15 hrs daily of RFA's nx and public events bcs to AS. The stn's assets incl two 100 kW txs and three curtain antennas. The sale agreement includes an undisclosed amount of cash plus bcing time for the continuation of some of HBS progrs. Richard Richter, Pres of RFA, indicated the importance of the acquisition of the Saipan bcing facility: "KHBI is a well-run, effectively located stn," he said. "It will serve us well as we undertake to expand our bcing to help meet the pent-up demand for unbiased reporting of events in Asia." RFA hopes to establish agreements in order to continue the employment of the current employees. The closing is scheduled to take place within thirty days to give HBS the necessary time to inform its listeners and work out the details of the transfer with its employees. Harley Gates, President of HBS, said "The sale of KHBI marks a change in the Church's approach to bcing. Rather than be both a producer and distributor of inspirational programming, the Church will be focusing on the editorial side of programming. This is the niche in which we feel we have the most to contribute." For the time being, Gates indicated that HBS would retain its SW stn in SoCarolina which bcs to EaEUR, AF, and Lat&SoAM. (From C. Ed. Evans, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 10)

SINGAPORE 11925 RAI Rome relay via Merlin Kranji towards AUS/NZL, 1000-1100, carries a social life report in Italian. 25222 (WB, Jul 11)

SOLOMON ISLANDS 5020 SIBC 1920-1930, En, "Happy Hours", Elvis rock mx, 1930 " time is half hour past Six ", nx in Pidgin with weather forecast. 35543 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 19)

SRI LANKA 17820 NHK World via Ekala in Fr, IS, ID into world nx at 0500-0530. 25332. 21640 DW Trincomalee in Ch at 1000-1050, an echo effect of two way reception observed here in EUR. 25222. (WB, Jul 11)

TAHITI [non] Once again a major relig broadcaster callously blows away the only SW freq of an exotic country, -- WYFR, Por to AF heard on 15170 at 0445, Ar 0500, and no trace at all of Tahiti. (Glenn Hauser-OK, USA, Jul 9) 15170 Radio Tahiti have not heard any sign of this for a few weeks now. (B.Clark via Cumbre Dx, Jul 8)

TANZANIA 7165 R Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, 1415-, Swahili, folk mx, singer, ID at 1430 by female "R Tanzani, Dar es Salaam..". 24432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 28)

THAILAND v6149.8 Or Sor (Amporn Sathorn) Bangkok, 1345-1359*, extended schedule this day! Thai, political talks, items of IND & PAK, at 1358 ID, s-off. 22332 Strong QRM from SNG. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 27)

R Thailand in En to EUR via Udorn Thani tx: new 15445 500 kW 321 degr, 0530-0600, very poor reception. x15115, to avoid R Cairo in Ar. (PanIview-BUL, Jul 1/3)

UAE UAE R Dubai in Ar and En to AUS/NZL 0400-0555 new21605 (55544), (x15435 to avoid Amman Jordan), //17830, 21700. (PanIview-BUL, Jul 1/3)

UNIDENTIFIED 9925 (45544), unid stn 2200-2300 playing traditional As mx, fr 2300 blocked by Croatian R via DTK Juelich to SoAM. (PanIview-BUL, Jun 14)

USA Just to let you know, we received a blank tape from Marie Lamb today. That tapes was supposed to be this weeks "DXing with Cumbre." I have faxed and emailed Marie regarding the problem. I called but there was no answer. If she is able to get me a tape for Sat delivery we will have it on air sometime Sat. Meanwhile the progr you will hear on air is last weeks progr as that is all we have to air. (Joe Brashier, WHRI, Jul 10)

Whole June "Dxing with Cumbre" was not aired 1830-1900 Suns 17655. WHRA in Afrikaans Suns 1800-1830 17655 (55454). WHRI in Persian 0415-0430 Suns 5745. RFA new Mandarin Ch 0300-0500 11540 (32322), 13820 (45454), new17615 (54444), new17880 (55544), all jammed by CHN. 1500-1600 Burmese 11530 co-ch VoHope in Ar from LBN. (PanIview-BUL, Jul 1/3)

Nigerian Advocacy Group. The Save Nigeria Broadcasting Service, or "Radio SNBS" is operated by the Nigerian Advocacy Group for Democracy and Human Rights (NAG-DHR), a Boston, USA-based pressure group which opposes the current Nigerian govt. From 12th Jun 1997 until about Jan 1998 NAG-DHR operated a stn called Radio New Nigeria via a hired DTK Juelich SW tx in Germany. According to Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio" progr, the current sce, bc via US private stn WGTG in Georgia, USA, was launched on 12th Jun 1998. 1930-2000 Sat En/Vernac to Af 9400-via WGTG Addr: POBox 202, Boston, MA 02131, USA Tel: +1-617-364-6301 Fax: +1-617-364-7362 e-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.nagdhr.com

National Democratic Coalition. Radio Nadeco, which describes itself as "the Voice of Free Nigeria", bcs in support of the National Democratic Coalition of Nigeria (Nadeco), and is opposed to the current Nigerian govt. The bcs, which were inaugurated on 30th June 1997, are txed via WWCR, a SW stn based in Nashville, USA, which hires airtime on a commercial basis. 1930-1945 Wed En to Af 15685-via WWCR Addr: Radio Nadeco, 514 10th St NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004, USA Tel: +1-202-347-1960 Fax: +1-202-347-0921 e-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www/nadeco.org/radionadeco.htm

Association of Yoruba Descendants. Voice of Oduduwa (Yoruba: Ijinle Ohun Oduduwa) was first reported in Jun 1998. It is believed to be operated by Egbe Omo Yoruba (Assoc of Yoruba Descendents Worldwide). It hires airtime via US commercial SW stn World Harvest Radio WHRA in Greenbush, Maine. Assoc bcs by Igbo and Ijaw groups are bc on the same freq at the same time on Weds and Fris, respectively. 2100-2200 Mon Yoruba to Af 15460-via WHRA Addr: Yoruba House, 7600 Georgia Ave NW, Suite 405, Washington DC 20012, USA. Tel: +1-202-291-9471 Fax: +1-202-291-2973 e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.yorubanation.org (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 2)

CLANDESTINE from USA to NIGERIA. Capitalism giveth and taketh - there have been some new Nigerian exile progrs over the last few months, but Radio Nadeco is no longer on the air. WWCR's George McClintock told Cumbre DX that Nadeco wasn't sending them new progrs and that they could only play old ones for so long. With no new progr material coming in, the show is off the air for the time being. Nadeco is also looking for a new time slot with WWCR, but there is no set date for its return. Nadeco's Washington office confirms that the show has left the air and that there are no immediate plans to bring it back. Nadeco apparently has funding problems and has also reduced the staff in its Washington office. Radio Nadeco once had two 15 mins bcs five times a week on WWCR, with news faxed to WWCR and read by that stn. This has been cut back recently to two and then one bc a week. (DIRECT Cumbre DX Copyright Hans Johnson Jul 8)

China reportedly blocking access to VOA web site. [Pres Kim Andrew Elliott] Welcome to the show on this Independence Day weekend in the US. The biggest media news this week had to do with President Clinton's visit to CHN. His key speeches in Beijing were bc live and uncensored by Chinese dom TV and radio. He also participated in a radio talk show in Shanghai. As such, Chinese viewers and listeners were able to hear discussion of human rights, democracy and the Tiananmen incident of 1989, topics usually absent in the Chinese dom media. It remains to be seen if this access to Chinese media was a one-time occurrence as a courtesy to Pres Clinton. Or does it signal a longer-term trend towards more balance in the current affairs coverage of the Chinese media? This has implications for internat bcing, because if the dom media are covering all sides of an issue, most of the incentive to tune to foreign bcs is eliminated. The Policy Office of the IBB, which writes the VOA editorials, has not forgotten CHN's decision not to allow Radio Free Asia [RFA] reporters to come to CHN to cover President Clinton's visit. Wednesday's [1st July] editorial criticized CHN's decision. It also explained the difference between VOA and RFA: [VOA editorial - recording] Both RFA and VOA are funded by the US govt. And both are required by law to provide accurate and timely information, news and commentary. But whereas VOA has the additional task of telling the world about American thought, institutions and policies, RFA's special mission is, quote, to be a forum for a variety of opinions and voices from within Asian nations whose people do not fully enjoy freedom of expression, end quote. [Kim Elliott] While there may have been, at least momentarily, openness in Chinese dom bcing, it appears that CHN's restrictions on the Internet persist. I received this week an e-mail from a listener in Shanghai. He says the authorities are still blocking access to the VOA web site. However, the BBC web site has been freed up in the past few months. The listener writes: The question of why VOA should be singled out for such blatant censorship is one perhaps best left to your government and the authorities here. In the interim, is there another address I can use to get to VOA on the net?" I'll send the URL of a couple of non-VOA sites which contain VOA content, either in text or in audio format.

Reuters reported that US Commerce Secretary William Daley on Tue [30th June] urged the Chinese govt to reduce its control over the Internet. Secretary Daley accompanied Pres Clinton on his trip to CHN. Reuters noted that CHN blocks access to a number of foreign web sites, including its own and that of the 'New York Times' . Furthermore, special filters screen out any web sites with key words such as TWN, dissident or Tibet. About 600,000 Chinese are now estimated to log on the Internet, but that number is growing rapidly.

TV viewers in CHN and elsewhere will soon have access to US public TV progrs. In the storerooms of America's noncommercial public TV stns are thousands of taped progrs, incl documentaries and performances. These touch on all aspects of the American experience. Heartland USA, a new partnership of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications and the Central Educational Network, will make these progrs available for sale to TV bcing organizations around the world.

Beginning July 4th, today for most of you, one hour per weekday of Heartland programming is being bc through the satellite network of Worldnet, the TV counterpart to VOA. In Oct, a 2nd sce, translated into Mandarin Chinese, will be rebc on Chinese provincial TV stns. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 10)

VANUATU 4960 R Vanuatu, 1938-2002, Pidgin, talks, ID, report of "World football cup in France!!!", 2000 relay nx fr RAustralia. 24332 No reception around 1000 UTC due thunderstorm interference all over the Pacific region. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 19)

VIETNAM 5598.3 Lao Cai, 1215-1229*, Vn dialects, anns in between the hill tribe mx, at 1228 ID by female and s-off. 34433 new6537.9 (x6548) Yen Bai, 1230-1240, Vn, at 1232 clear ID by male, native mx, stringed instruments, singer group, 1237 ID, song over VTN. 35433 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jun 21)

WRTH moves to England. World Radio TV Handbook changes hands. All operations moved to UK. New Editor appointed. Business as usual for the 1999 edition. Format unchanged but new cover design. New UK contact information. The licence to produce the famous World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) has been acquired from BPI Communications Incorporated by WRTH Publications Ltd - a new company specifically established to continue the publication of this important work of reference.

The editorial offices in Amsterdam have now been closed and all operations have been moved to Milton Keynes in the UK, one of the new cities in central England. The previous editor Andrew Sennitt, has decided to pursue a career as a freelance telecommunications consultant, and as a result, a new editor has been appointed. This post will be filled by David Bobbett, who has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications and the publishing world. David, who has been a short wave listener (SWL) since his early teens, has previously been editor of the UK commercial title Ham Radio Today, the UK national radio society's magazine Radio Communication as well as other telecommunications titles. As a telecommunications journalist he has also written extensively on a wide variety of broadcasting topics and is actively involved in the radio scene both as an SWL and a licensed ham radio operator.

Commenting on his recent appointment David said "I am delighted to be able to work on what is undoubtedly the most authoritative and best known expert guide to global radio broadcasting. Many people would be surprised to know that, since its inception 52 years ago, there have only been two full-time editors in charge of WRTH - so this is a rare opportunity. Andy has done a phenomenal job and I intend to continue his work, but at the end of the day the most important people are our contributors, without whom work on such a scale would be impossible".

WRTH can trace its roots back to Denmark during the dark days following the Second World War when its founder, Lund Johanssen, invited young newspaper journalist Jens Frost to help him meet the growing demand for information from a wider world. Initially working in his spare time, the growth in both global communications and the reputation of WRTH, meant that Jens was eventually devoting his whole working life to the title - a commitment which continues to this day, over fifty years later, as Editor Emeritus.

Despite the relocation, it is business as usual at WRTH and work is already under way for the 1999 edition, which will be available as usual later this year. The title will continue to be published under the Billboard imprint and will be distributed by Watson- Guptill Publications in the USA and Canada for the foreseeable future. The previous international distributors, Windsor Books International, will also remain closely involved with the book.

Watson-Guptill Publications is a wholly owned subsidiary of BPI Communications Inc which is a subsidiary of VNU-USA. VNU-USA also includes VNU-MIS, Bill Communications Inc and SRDS.

The book will remain substantially the same, although regular readers may want to look out for the new cover design, which now incorporates the universally known WRTH acronym for the first time.

The new editorial contact details for WRTH are: MAIL: WRTH PO BOX 7373 Milton Keynes MK12 5ZL United Kingdom FAX: +44 1908 321030 (International) 01908 321030 (National) E-MAIL: mailto:[email protected]

EDITORS NOTES: World Radio TV Handbook is usually known as WRTH. 600+ page soft bound book measuring 230 x 145mm ( 9 x 5.75in), available world-wide. Retails at $24.95 in North America and Ε“19.95 in the UK. Readership: long wave, medium wave, short wave and TV monitoring enthusiasts, broadcasting professionals, national and international radio stations.

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Did you know? That WRTH has been published for 52 years. It is estimated that well over 1 million copies of the title have been sold. The total annual print run of WRTH weighs nearly 23 tonnes. Laid end to end an annual print run would be more than 8km (5ml) long. (press release from David Bobbett, via Richard Buckby-UK, Jul 2)

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ALGERIA Ar language law will affect media. The law on generalizing the use of Ar in the country came into force 5th July. The law was voted by the Transitional National Council [unelected parliament] in 1996. Abderrazak explains the main provisions of this law. [Abderrazak] As from today, the Ar lang will be used in all the institutions of the country. The state's institutions will exclusively use Arabic in speeches and writing. Schools and training establishments will teach exclusively in Ar. All bcs on the country's TV will be in Ar. Films in Fr or in any other foreign lang will have to be either dubbed or subtitled. Doctors and pharmacists will also have to adapt themselves to the new situation as prescriptions will only be written in Ar. Importers of information technology and printing equipment will have to make sure that their equipment [computers and software] will have to be written in Ar. Failure to respect the law's provisions on this matter would result in the import-export licence being withdrawn. The law on generalizing the use of Ar also includes provisions making it compulsory. It provides for the punishment of those who fail to implement it with fines of up to 100,000 dinars [1,000 pounds]. A high council in charge of the implementation of this law, directly supervised by the head of state, had already been set up. What now remains to be seen is the reaction of the country and its people to this law. Opinions are divided between the supporters of this law who are striving to see it implemented and those who are saying that it will harm the interests of the country and its future. We have to say that this law has divided the political parties of the country. Some parties have openly called to resist this law. The govt and its coalition parties have repeatedly said that there is no U-turn. [Algerian radio continues to bc its scheduled progrs in Berber and French on channels 2 and 3 respectively.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 10)

ANGUILLA Here's why the Caribbean Beacon is seldom heard any more on MW 1610. A visitor to the island heard them announcing that power is at most 9 kW. This is not even enough to reach the other end of the island at night with a clear signal where skywave interferes with groundwave. (Glenn Hauser-USA, WORLD OF RADIO 949, Jul 16)

[ANTARCTICA] 15476 LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, the stn is currently bcing only Mons, Tues & Fris *1230-1430* (ex-Mon, Wed & Fri 1900-2100). On this days the temperature is -20 C degrees there!!. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Jul 13)

AUSTRALIA 11888 Radio Australia noted here at *1120-1220* on 8 Jul, obviously a keying error for 11880, causing awful interference to V o Malaysia 11885 and (to 1200), RFI Fr on 11890. Not quite the right solution, but RA could do with some freq changes in Asian evening, 11880 invariably suffers severe splatter from CRI on 11875 while 9500 fights a losing battle with co-channel CNR2/CNR Minorities Sce. (Alan Davies, Chiang Mai-THA, on tour in SoEaAsia, Jul 8/12)

We would appreciate RR's on the freq of 21725 to AS, NoAS, EaCHN, and JPN on a bearing of 355 degrs fr Shepparton. Also on 21740 on 70 degrs fr Shepparton. Times are varied, will have normal programming. RR's can be email to John Wright [email protected] for the period of 10th to the 19th July ONLY. QSLs by snail mail. We would especially like to hear if we are interferring with anyone else. (John Wright and John Westland-AUS, Jul 10)

Australian Marine Forces radio progr noticed in NZL, 0300-0500 on 14790 usb mode. (RNMNW, Jul 16)

BELARUS [c.f. BC-DX #374] Here are two correct time period in BR1 schedule: 5965 0300-1500 7145 1500-2200 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jul 12)

R. Minsk, ext sce, new sked at 0100-0300 on 7210 and 11670, so at this time is it now to NAm? (PanIview-BUL, Jul 3)

UTC Mon Jul 13 during the 0100 hour I found France on 11670, hams dominating 7210; France ended about 0155, and then there was something on 11670 past 0200, but buried in splash from the huge Arab on 11675 so I couldn't even be sure of the language. (Glenn Hauser-USA, WORLD OF RADIO 949, Jul 16)

CAMBODIA National Radio of Cambodia. Stn ID in Cambodian: "Vitthyu Cheat Kampuchea" (National Radio of Cambodia). The radio identifies in En as "National Voice of Cambodia". SW v11940-v, MW 1360.

0000-0015 En, 0015-0030 Fr, 0030-0045 Thai, 0045-0100 Lao, 0100-0115 Vn 1200-1215 En, 1215-1230 Fr, 1230-1245 Thai, 1245-1300 Lao, 1300-1315 Vn. Addr: 106 Preah Kossamak Street (Monivong Blvd), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tel: +855-23-23369/22869 Fax: +855-23-27319 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 8)

CHILE 21500 Voz Christiana fine signal 2000-s/off 2100 in Sp progr, S=7/9(!!) in Austria. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT, Jul 13)

Well, La Voz Cristiana is now, in fact, announcing four freqs simultaneously, and I can confirm three of them. At about 1540 this morning, they announced 21550, 21500, 17680 and 9635. 21550 and 21500 are both heard well, though 21550 has the stronger signal. 17680 is fairly strong, but it has a nasty buzz, reminiscent of some of the old R. Moscow txs. Nothing heard on 9635, though it is reasonable to think that that tx may be on the air, and not propagating from CHL. So, more so-called Christian Radio. One wonders why each of these stns act as if they are the only one giving the message! Actually, La Voz has some fairly nice mx, and you don't have to bother paying attention to the words. (Tim Hendel-AL, USA via REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 13)

CHINA Beijing People's Broadcasting Station. Bejing People's Bcing Stn is also available in digital format via satellite on Asiasat-2 at 100.5 degrees east, 12329 MHz, hor. pol. Stn announces as "Beijing Shi Renmin Guangbo Diantai". Beijing PBS also operates other MW sces as follows (all unconfirmed): 603 (Educat stn); 927 (Traffic stn), 1026 (Economic stn). 2130-1600 Ch-STD Dom 828. Addr: 14 Jiangomenwai Daijie, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing 100022, China. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 2)

Qinghai People's Bcing Stn. This stn is also available in digital format on Asiasat-2 at 100.5 degrs east, 3713 horiz polar. The stn IDs as: "Qinghai renmin guangbo diantai"

Qinghai People's Bcing stn studio centre Xining 0355-0630 0925-1505 Ch 9780 6260 3950 666. 2220-0300 Ch 6260 3950 666 Addr: 96 Kunlun Lu, Xining, Qinghai 810001, China.

Qinghai People's Bcing stn, Tibetan progr, studio centre Xining 0255-0545 1055-1540 2255-0055 Tibetan 6500 1251

Zhejiang People's Bcing Stn. ID in Standard Ch: "Zhe-jiang ren-min guang-bo dian-tai" Addit MW freqs may be used. It is also available on satellite as follows: Apstar 1A (134E) 4020 MHz linear polarization, subcarrier 8.1 MHz Apstar 2R (76.5E) 3760 MHz, vert polar, subc 8.0 MHz

Zhejiang People's Bcing Stn studio centre Hangzhou 2130-1600 Ch 2475 1503 1476 1404 1134 1080 963 810 567 531 Addr: 11 Wulin Xiang, Moganshan Lu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310005, China. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 8)

COLOMBIA FARC (Voz de la Resistencia). bcs in support of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), hostile to the Colombian govt. It announces that it bcs from the mountains of eastern CLM. The radio was first heard in Mar 1988. It is only observed intermittently. 1800-1900 Sp Am 6260-v (timing variable) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 8)

COSTA RICA 9644.5 Faro del Caribe, 2316-2326, mostly Sp talk, no ID - poor, no any //signals on 5055 or 6175 at this time.

9725 AWR Costa Rica, 1055-1112, Sp talk, mx, ID as "Esta es Radio Mundial Adventista, La Voz de la Esperanza" - poor (no any sigs on 11870 or 13750 at this time).

11815, REE Cariari, 1123-1132, Sp, many ann, ID, 1126 slow song - poor, //12035, 17715, 17755 and 17890. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, July 10)

15049.10, R for Peace International; Colon, 2133-2145, 24444, En, interesting talk about Mongolia, addr, ID. (Phillips, via DXW, Jul 5)

ERITREA 7395 Vo the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 1743-1759*, - new freq instead of 7390, Jul 10, mostly local singing, final ann in Vernacular - weak, //7175 - good (there was no any signal on 6190 and 7085 till approx. 1730 or 1800 - temporary tx problems ? - but clear at 1829-1830* with final ann. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jul 10)

ESTONIA Starting from Jul 1, the Estonian state radio stops bcing in the MW and [OIRT] VHF [66-73 MHz] bands that can be received using radio sets produced in the USSR.

The re-equipment of the bcing complex will inevitably lead to households having to replace their existing radio sets, because tens of thousands of them have now become unsuitable for receiving Estonian-lang bcs. This development will be particularly painful for low-income households and single pensioners, who cannot always afford to buy new radios.

End of MW bcs said to affect 100,000. Estonian Radio is the first public sce broadcaster in EUR to give up txion of its own progrs on MW, which has a wide area of reception. The last Estonian MW txs closed down today for economic reasons and one will no longer be able to listen to either Vikerraadio and Radio 4 on MW radio rxs.

The MW txs were closed down because the Bcing Council concluded that duplicating the txion of Estonian Radio progrs at different wavelengths was not expedient. This decision was taken in Dec last year. By now, seven UHF and MW txs have closed. Txion of Finnish- lang progrs also ended yesterday. The Laitse tx allowed one to listen to Estonian Radio while abroad. From today, once can hear all the progrs of Estonian Radio across the world on the Internet. A survey conducted in Estonia last year demonstrated that there might be about 100,000 radio listeners who have only MW radio rxs. The chairman of Estonian Radio's programming council recommends that they all obtain new radios.

Last year Estonian Radio and the Local Govt'Alliance discussed the possibility of local govts supporting the poorest in their areas to buy simple radios. This plan has not yet become reality and many people will now have to make do without a radio. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 10)

ETHIOPIA Radio Ethiopia still at 1059 on 11800 carrying Somali progr of 'Voice of Peace'. Fade out in EUR around 1135. There is any contact addr in Belgium? (Uwe Volk-D, Jul 16)

GEORGIA 9489.79 Voice of Abkhazia, Sukhumi, 1413, male and female talks, fragments of light mx, mentioning Abkhazia at 1431. On average SINPO 24332 but sometimes a little better. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 14)

Tamil Media Ltd (IBC Tamil). IBC Tamil is owned by Tamil Media Ltd, trading as IBC (Internat Bcing Corpor). It began bcing 9th Jun 1997. Txion facilities are provided by the World Radio Network. IBC says its programming is non-partisan and is aimed at Tamil listeners worldwide. It is carried 24 hrs a day via satellite and in part from a SW tx in Georgia. Satellite: Astra 1B at 19.2E (11479 MHz vertical, audio 7.56 Mhz).

0000-0100 Tamil EuMEAfAs 9490-Georgia (also on satellite) 0100-2400 Tamil EuMEAf (only on satellite)

Addr: IBC-Tamil, PO Box 1505, London, SW8 2ZH, UK. Tel: +44 171 787 8000 Fax: +44 171 787 8010 URL: http://fastaccess.co.uk/~ibc/home.html (Real Audio avail) E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 8)

GERMANY GOOD NEWS HOUR in En observed 0100-0200 on 9855, and 0900-1000 on 5910. (Steffen Hilbig-GER, Jul 12)

HAWAII/IRAN KWHR regularly noted in EUR around 0330 on 17510, at 0400 freq change to 17780, signal less strong, but still readable. About 0500 powerhouse IRIB is coming in on 17780, covers KWHR totally. But in recent days, IRIB had problems, tx-wise or main power shortages[?], on Jul 13 s-on as late as 0842, on Jul 15 & 16 totally off, so let KWHR in the clear, O=3+ about 0800 on 17780. (Uwe Volk-D, Jul 16)

KOREA Rep. of Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). This schedule is based on information supplied by Radio Korea International Seoul. Some bcs are relayed via RCI's facilities at Sackville (marked "-c") and the BBC's Skelton site in the UK (marked "-u").

0000-0100 Jpn Am 11810 9640 0100-0200 Ko As 7275 0100-0200 Sp Am 15575 11810 11725 0200-0300 En Am 15575 11810 11725 7275 0300-0430 Ko As Am 15575 11810(to 0400) 11725(to 0400) 7275(to 0400) 0700-0800 Ko Eu 9535u 7550 0800-0900 En Eu Au 13670 9570 0800-0900 Jpn As Am 9640 7275 5975 0900-1100 Ko Eu AsAuAm 13670 9570 7550(to 1000) 7275 5975 1000-1100 Sp Am 11715c(to 1030) 9580 7550 1030-1100 En Am 11715c 1100-1200 En As 7275 1100-1130 Ko Am 9650c 9640 9580 6145c 1100-1200 Ru As 7275 1170 1130-1230 Ch As 9640 6055 1130-1230 Ins AsAu 13670 9570 1200-1300 En As 7285 1200-1300 Jpn As 6135 5975 1170 1230-1300 En As 13670 9640 9570 6055 1300-1400 Ch As 7285 6135 5975 1170 1300-1400 Ko As 13670 9640 1400-1500 Ins As 13670 1400-1500 Jpn As 7275 5975 1500-1600 Ru MEAfAs 9515 1600-1700 Ar MEAfAs 7275 6150 1600-1700 En MEAfAs 9870 9515 5975 1700-1800 Fr MEAfAs 9870 9515 7275 1700-1900 Ko Eu As 15575 7550 5975 1800-1900 Ge Eu As 7275 6480 1800-1900 Ru Eu 9875u 1800-1900 Sp MEAf 9870 9515 1900-2000 Ar EuMEAf 15575 9515 7550 6480 1900-2000 En As 7275 5975 1900-2000 Fr EuMEAf 9870 6145 2000-2100 Ge Eu 15575 7550 6145u 2000-2100 Ru As 5975 2000-2100 Sp EuMEAfAs 9870 7275 6480 2100-2200 Ar MEAf 9870 2100-2130 En Eu 6480 3970u 2100-2200 En Eu 15575 2100-2200 Ko As 9640 7275 5975 2200-2300 Ch As 9640 7275 5975 2200-2300 Sp Eu 6150 2300-0000 Ins As 9640 7275 2300-0100 Ko As Am 15575 5975 -

Addr: Radio Korea International, KBS, 18 Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul 150-790, South Korea. tel: +82-2-781-3710 fax: +82-2-781-3799 URL: http://210.115.193.23/ e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 2)

LAOS v4682.5 Houa Phan (presumed) noted early morning 8th Jul *2330, 9th Jul 0005*, apparently off at 0030 (but fading out almost to nothing by that time) and again 9th Jul 2225-2305* with IS at 2225-2230. So sched for this one looks like 2230-0030, 1030-1230.

A regular here although not particularly strong, very distinctive IS 5 mins before sign on has repetitive, slow alternation between two notes with other instruments warbling away in the background. (Alan Davies, Chiang Mai-THA, on tour in SoEaAsia, Jul 12)

LATIN AMERICA hour. Came home a little late last night, thought to tell you about some scanning in the 31 - 19 mbs: v9737.43 R Nac de PRG live football coverage at 0105. v13749.79 & v15460.87 AWR Cahuita before 0100, fine signal on 13749. v11949.90 long established WINB, carrying relig letterbox stuff, panegyrist praising the progr. v11710.3 & v15343.06 RAE carrying live coverage of football match. v11925.08 R Bandeirantes Brazil in Por carrying football report also, '..gooooool...'.

And out of sort class: RDP on 13640 and much stronger on 13700, both in Por. Tirana-ALB in En at 0130-0145 on even freqs 6220.05 and 7160.00. (WB, Jul 17)

MONGOLIA VOM marginally audible July 14 on 12085 at 1226 check but instead of Mailbag like last Tue had Chinese-style military band mx mixed with interview. (Glenn Hauser-OK, Jul 16)

NEW ZEALAND I arrived back Sunday to be greeted with the final detail of the financial cuts we are to suffer. A brief summary for you. From August we expect ... Our large staff of 12 will reduce to 9. Dedicated progrs for the SoPAC Isls will be reduced from 11 to 5 hrs daily at PAC breakfast time. Dom radio will fill the gap. Txion hrs will be cut by 2 hrs - cl-d at 1010 instead of 1205. The future of Mailbox has yet to be decided. (Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI, via WORLD OF RADIO 949, Jul 13)

RNZI Programme Cuts via Anker Petersen-DEN, DSWCI, Jul 16: Bad news received today from my good friend Adrian Sainsbury whom I met at the RNZI Studioes in Wellington last Febr. The RNZI Staff was small already, but have done a perfect job to promote NZL throughout the PAC, but now it becomes much more difficult.

The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved cutbacks in Radio NZL Internats progr and bcing output. The reduction in sce follows the recent Budget allocation which was down 13 per cent on the previous year. The changes the Ministry has said will go ahead and will see RNZI's evening bcs being dropped and replaced by the dom Nat Progr.

Daily bcing output prepared for audiences in the SoPAC will be reduced from eleven to five hrs. All PAC Isl indigenous langs will be cut. Previously these progrs were bc to Samoa, the Cook Isls, Tonga, Niue, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tokelau, Solomon Isls, the French PAC Territories and Pitcairn and Norfolk Isls.

The stn's personnel have been cut by a quarter and it will in future be run by staff filling nine full-time positions. These changes take effect on Mon 3 Aug 1998.

The Chief Executive of RNZI, Sharon Crosbie, says she is sad and frustrated that RNZI will have to implement cutbacks to such a valuable sce. She says RNZI's coverage of regional issues has contributed much to NZL's increased understanding of its part of the world. (Adrian Sainsbury, Freq Manager, RNZI e-mail: [email protected] http://www.actrix.gen.nz/biz/rnzi Fax: +64 4 474 1433 OR +64 4 474 1886, phone +64 4 474 1437)

Quick check of 11690 after 0500 Jul 13 found some Sp, but not En, making me wonder if RNZI had moved off to avoid Voz Cristiana-CHL; not found on some other likely channels. And at 1158 the 6100 sked ann still incl 11690. Mailbox was not on this week either, but City Talk Mon at 0430 on 17675, 1130 on 6100. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jul 16)

I heard RNZI with a good signal on 11690 at their switch-over time of 0459 July 14. I did not hear Voz Cristiana-CHL on 11690 at 0500 Jul 14. New Zealand was loud and clear. (Ivan Grishin, Ont., REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 16)

Once again on Jul 16 at 0500, RNZI 11690 had heavy co-channel from Sp mx, presumably Voz Cristiana-CHL as before; the two are about 1 Hz[??, ed] apart, producing a heavy beat as well. (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 16)

NUMBER STATIONS Electronic bulletin 'Numbers & Oddities' for the Number Stations community via: [email protected] At about 0550 Lincolnshire Poacher noted on 14487. (Andreas Erbe-D via Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 15)

PHILIPPINES FIEE R Pilipinas in En/Tagalog via VoA facility Tinang 250 kW noted in NZL on new 15100, 0230-0300. Scheduled on 11885 & 15270 at 283 degrs. 15120 at 315 degr. (RNMNW, Jul 16)

POLAND Catholic Radio Maryja available on Internet. Progrs bc by Catholic Radio Maryja can now be received on the Internet by means of Real Player v.5.0 software, which is available on the Net, Father Jan Mikrut let it be known on Thur 2nd Jul. The radio's Internet addr is: pnm://195.116.61.26/live.ra Radio Maryja can also be received on SW, on VHF and also via the Eutelsat II F2 satellite. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 10)

Acc to the report on the BBC Russian sce, a new stn - Radio Svobodnaya Belarus (R.Free Belorussia) will begin bcs towards Belorussia this autumn from the txs in Poland. The stn is funded by the US Govt and the European Union. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Jul 13)

RUSSIA 11735 Radio Rossii, feeder-line problem fixed. I found Radio Rossii at 2030 //9490 (Tbilisskaya) on unlisted 11735 until cl-d at 2100. Registration is "Serpukhov 240 kW", so I assume 11735 to originate from one of the 250 kW txs in the Moscow area, which carrys Radio Rossii until 1700 on 17660 and until 1800 on 13705 respectively. If so, 11735 should sign on at either 1730 or 1830. I was already surprised, that there should be no evening txions of Radio Rossii from the Moscow txs to CeEUR anymore; in last winter season, 6045 was used tonight. (Kai Ludwig-D, July 12)

Sometimes wonder happens... Since 1994 the Tbilisskaya site was getting the Vo Russia German sce through a faulty feeder line with high-pitched audio, ending up the first- class quality of 11980 (winter 7360), which was in 1993 booming in here with an enormous level (I guess, at this time operated with one of the PKV-500 units). Recently this aggravated to a completely shifted audio freq spectrum, making any progr listening impossible. But now I was falling out of my chair: 15485 (which in the current summer season replaced the long-standing 11980) suddenly has again clear audio, as it was nearly five years ago the case. Maybe the guys now maked short work a replaced the ill cable carrier by another, non-shifted sound channel. Hopefully this was a lasting fix.

By the way, a Berlin listener told me, that he is familiar with such high-pitched audio feeds. Before AFN had radio and satellite links to western Berlin, they had also sometimes this problem on the cable line (the GDR-post was needed by occupying power to feed AFN to western Berlin and the other way round RIAS to their Hof tx - maybe through the same cables than the 904/935 clannie programs...). (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 12)

SAUDI ARABIA v9578.7, BSKSA, *0254-0300, OC as early as 0250, IS on stringed instrum 0254, choral NA 0255, Ar ID by M and tlk at 0256. Fairly decent strength but QRMed. (Dave Valko-USA, Jul 12)

SUDAN National Democratic Alliance (Voice of Sudan). This stn bcs on behalf of the Nat Democratic Alliance (NDA), an umbrella group opposed to the current Sudanese govt. It IDs itself as "Voice of Sudan National Democratic Rally Party". Test txions began on 7th Aug 1995. The stn is believed to bc from studios and txs in Asmara, Eritrea. An earlier VoSDN stn, also operated by the NDA, bc fr facilities in Ethiopia between Sep 1990 and May 1991. The txs of VoSDN are sometimes jammed by a co-channel relay of Sudanese govt radio fr Omdurman. Altern freqs: 9000, 10000, 12008.

0400-0500 and 1600-1700 Ar MEAf 8000-v (occas in En) 0400-0420 nx, 1600-1620 nx Contact: NDA, 16 Camaret Court, Lorne Gdns, London W11 4XX, UK E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 8)

TANZANIA Radio One, Tanzania on 1440 kHz. Thanks to a tip from Finnish DXer Lehtinen in HCDX I tuned to 1440. Commercial stn Radio One from Tanzania is audible regulary there after s-off of Saudi Arabia at 2310. Noted e.g. Jul 11 and 13 between 2310 and 0000. Format is soft US pops, african mx and cool Jazz. SINPO 25242. (Martin Elbe-D, Jul 13)

THAILAND v6149.4 Presumed Thai Palace Stn is often heard here around 1000-1130 producing loud het on lsb side of Singapore 6150. The latter stn much stronger here usually, so little audio from the ?Thai stn makes it through. Seems to be on certain days only, inc Weds, Thurs and Fri, but never Sat, Sun or, I think, Mon. Haven't checked Tues.

Also heard on approx 6149.4 during unusually good 6 MHz daytime propagation Sun 12 Jul at *0425-approx 0458 with assorted light & jazz mx pieces, all back-to-back with no ann ts heard. S-off unfortunately missed while checking other stn, slight whistle on usb presumed from very weak SNG which doesn't propagate well in middle of day. R Thailand doms on 4830, 6070 and 7115 also noted unusually strong at same time. (Alan Davies, Chiang Mai-THA, on tour in SoEaAsia, Jul 12)

TURKEY Vo Turkey in Ge 1330-1430 on 13755 is co-channel with Abu Dhabi (reported by Mikhail Timofeyev to use this channel in 0500-1700 range), at least today resulting in a terrible mess here in target. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 13)

UNID 5973 UNID stn -- times rather irreg but seems to put in at least one and sometimes two appearances each night, usually in the 1100-1215 and 1430-1530 periods. Language probably Burmese, audio OK but rather low level, especially during music segments. Prgr generally consists of long periods of speech by male anncr (always seems to be the same actual individual) and SE Asian folk & pop mx in local lang (?Burmese) generally played back to back with no anncements. Once noted with long patriotic- sounding song after sign-on with apparent mention of Myanmar, also noted 1116 on 6 Jul with version of Beatles' 'All My Loving' sung in local lang by female vocalist. I occasionally think I can hear mention of Burmese towns inc Lashio and Taunggyi, but could be mistaken. First noted 1 Jul, other appearances inc 4 Jul *1124-1130*, 1432- 1530; 5 Jul *1114-1125* (off by 1145), 1455-1505* (off by 1512), 6 Jul *1135-1150*, 7 Jul *1240-1250* (off by 1330), 11 Jul *1055-1120*. Another recruit to the "Let's Inflict Annoying Whi on the BBC" club when it stays on after 1500, the victim being 5975 En to SoAS, het also often noted earlier with R Korea 5975. Must say I have no idea what this is -- a Myanmar regional, or a clandestine? (Alan Davies, Chiang Mai-THA, on tour in SoEaAsia, Jul 12)

Almost surely the Burmese military's Myawddy Radio Stn. (Johnson via Cumbre Dx)

UNITED KINGDOM BBCWS Polish, Czech, Slovak drop SW. BBCWS has dropped all direct bcs on MW and SW in Cz, Slk and Pol. These sces are now carried only via local rebroadcasters (mainly on FM) in the target countries. The following freqs have been cancelled: 0445-0500 Slk 5875 (Mo-Fr) 0500-0515 Cz 5875, 7190 (Mo-Fr) 0600-0630 Cz 9870, 5875 (Mo-Fr) 0600-0630 Pol 9915, 15485 1800-1815 Cz 6130, 9595 1815-1830 Cz 6130, 9595 (Thu-Mo) 1830-1900 Cz 6130, 9595 (Sa-Su) 1900-1930 Slk 6135 2000-2100 Pol 1296. In addition, the following BBCWS En freqs to EUR were dropped as of 4th July: 0330-0400 5875 0430-0500 7235 1700-1800 6180, 6195 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 10)

UNITED KINGDOM/GERMANY A stn in SoEaEngland called Sunrise Radio is bcing on the following freqs at these times: 0000 - 0000 via Astra 1-D Satellite to EUR & AS 0000 - 0000 MW 1458 and 855 to SoEaEngland 0000 - 0000 FM 103.2 to Bradford Area, UK 0600 - 2000 SW 5850 to UK and EUR.

The progrs after 0800 are in En. Most of the other progrs are in Asian langs. The mx is Asian and the bcs on Astra 1-D and SW tie in with their dom bcs. The nx on the hour lasts approx. 7-10 mins. Give it a listen. I hear it very well here in Bristol, England. (Harries via DXW, Jul 12)

USA WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL MASTER schedule of Glenn Hauser's bcs.

THU 2030 WOR WWCR 15685 2100 MR WWCR 15685

FRI 1000 WOR WRN-Internet On-demand starts 1530 MR RFPI 21460 1745 MR/REL RN Astra 1F 1930 COM RFPI 21460 15049 2000 WOR RFPI 21460 15049 2115 MR WWCR 15685

SAT 2255 MR/REL RN 15315 11715 11680 9895 0055 MR/REL RN 15315 9895 0255 MR/REL RN 9590 6165 0330 WOR WRN Astra 1B

FRI 0330 COM RFPI 6975 15049 0400 WOR RFPI 6975 15049

SAT 0600 WOR WWCR 5070 0755 WOR WNQM-TN 1300 1055 WOR WNQM-TN 1300 [reported at 1030 instead Jul 11] 1030 COM RFPI 6975 1100 WOR RFPI 6975 1200 WOR KNOR-OK 1400 1330 MR RFPI 6975 1600 WOR WRN Galaxy V, Astra 1B, AF/AS/PAC Sats, C-SPAN, KRVM-1280 OR, WLIO-35 SAP OH 1730 COM RFPI 21460 1800 WOR RFPI 21460 15049 1830 WOR WPKN-CT 89.5 [week delay] 2330 WOR WGTG 5085-USB

SUN 0130 COM RFPI 15049 6975 0200 WOR RFPI 15049 6975 0530 WOR WRN Galaxy V, KRVM-1280 OR, WLIO-35 SAP OH 0630 WOR WWCR 5070 0740 MR WNQM-TN 1300 0830 COM RFPI 6975 0900 WOR RFPI 6975 0930 WOR WWCR 5070 0930 WOR WRN Astra 1B 1530 WOR/COM RFPI 21460 15049 [irr.] 1835 MR/REL RN Astra 1F 2300 WOR RFPI 21460 15049

MON 2355 MR/REL RN 15315 11715 9895 (SUN in target) 0330 WOR WSUI-IA 910 [week delay] 0355 MR/REL RN 9590 6165 0700 WOR RFPI 15049 6975 0740 MR WNQM-TN 1300 1530 MR RFPI 21460

TUE 1230 WOR WWCR 15685 1900 WOR RFPI 21460 15049

WED 0300 WOR RFPI 15049 6975 1000 WOR RFPI 6975 1330 MR RFPI 6975

Note: WOR is weekly; COM and MR approximately monthly but aired weekly. MR serialized almost every week on RN Radio-Enlace. MR times on RFPI extremely variable; WNQM times unconfirmed lately. WRN times also relayed by many other FM stns and cable systems. Further info at our website! http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio (Glenn Hauser-USA, Jul 14)

WINB noted in NZL at 0000-0600 on 11950, scheduled 50 kW at 242 degr to zones 10 & 11. (RNMNW, Jul 16)

CLANDESTINE from USA to NIG 15460 Ogene Ndigbo Radio is scheduled to be on Jul 15 via WHRA at 2100. I would STRONGLY suggest that those interested in hearing this progr do so right away. On a related note, Joe Brashier of WHRI tells me that these various Nigerian programs that WHRA is carrying are all being handled via Voice of Oduduwa although a different organization may actually be producing the individual progrs. Joe adds that the goal of all these progrs is essentially the same - the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. You'll find them on Mon, Wed, and Fri on 15460 at 2100-2200. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Jul 14)

NIGERIA [non] The Yoruba show Mon Jul 13 at 2100 on WHRA 15460 mixed En with other lang segments, incl an annt from Amnesty Internat calling for investigation into death in custody of previous political prisoners; and in general it seems they are still suspicious about Abiola's death. The Yoruba words for "1993" are "nineteen ninety- three". One would think out of ethnic pride they would figure out a way to express such large numbers without defaulting to En. (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Jul 16)

VIETNAM VoV 2nd progr(?) noted regularly at 0150-1000, always seems to be //4960 when the latter propagates from around 0900. Exact sign-on time seems to vary a few mins, usually abrupt and straight into progr.

4740 Son La still regular at 0300-0500 and 1200-1400, but nothing heard local early mornings.

6386 noted 6-9 Jul at 2330-2400, but Hanoi relay 0930-1000 not noted for a week or so. Schedule appears to be 2330-2400, 0415/0445v-0600, irr 0930-1000, 1000-1030, 1140/1145v- 1245/1300v. Poor audio.

6396v Very irregular, but a bit better since about 6 Jul, when noted at 0149-0200 on 6397.8 with trad mx and frequent tx breaks, possibly a test? Next heard with weak sig on 8 Jul on approx 6397.3 at 1000-1130 with het from presumed Pyongyang-KRE on usb after about 1115, and again at same times on 9, 10 and 11 Jul and also 12 Jul at *0430-0455*. Poor audio, but I think it's a VTN stn.

6538 (?Cao Bang) pretty regular 1200-1400, occasionally also noted 0300-0500, but no early morning txn noted.

6696v (Lao Cai) one of the strongest, but freq and times seem to vary. Heard early morning 9 Jul 2230-2300 on approx 6695.1, and 10 Jul 2330-2330 also around 6695, also 12 Jul at *0501-0600 on approx 6693.7. Sched appears to be 2230-2300 or 2330-2400 (latter maybe weekends only?), 0400-0600, 1000-1030, 1030-1200 irreg, 1200-1230. Relays Hanoi at 0500-0530 and 1100-1130. Poor audio.

7154.1 The most regular and reliable of the lot, schedule seems to be *2335-0130, 0300- 0600, 0900-1420, most of which is relayed from Hanoi. Audio OK but rather low level. (Alan Davies, Chiang Mai-THA, on tour in SoEaAsia, Jul 12)

YEMEN v9779.8 Rep. of Yemen Radio San'a, 2148-2152*, end of lcl stringed instrum song, W w/clear Ar ID incl QTH, then what sounded like a romantic soap opera w/tear drenching mx. Suddenly went off in mid-sentence at 2152. Still not back by 2158. Good. (Dave Valko-USA, Jul 14)

Information Web page about QSL cards :

QSL Information Page (QSL-Informations and Pictures): http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/2594/geo-qsl.htm

Since this morning I'm presenting a new version of my web page other DXers qsl cards. I'll not only show nice pictures of my own 'I'm-so very-pround' qsl cards but I compiled QSL informations from various free sources on the internet and arranged this information into an alphabetical order. The source is allways given below the information.

I'm not yet ready with that pages (I intend to arrange the aviable information for each stn even in a chronological order) and I intend to include info from other mags, too.

Your comments and critics are welcome. For intance about the question of further links (a separate link to each stn inside one country ?) or about the layout (At the moment I'm still using normal 'text'). Of course even your contributions are welcome !

Hope you'll find this informations useful ! There is so much already known by others - but one don't know where to look for. (Jul 13) Martin - [email protected]

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AUSTRALIA Radio Australia txs off-air for essential work. RA will have to shut down its txs site at Shepparton-VIC, for long periods during the coming week to enable essential work to be carried out, the "Feedback" feature reported on 11th Jul. The small site at Brandon, Queensland, will remain on-air but serves only the Coral Sea area - PNG and the SoWePAC - and is of little use to listeners further afield.

The shutdown is linked to work on the J-group aerials, one of two groups carrying RA on SW. The J-group - the initial standing for JPN - represents the "last relic" of the original 1943 installation and is used for txs into PNG, the WePAC, JPN and parts of SoEaAS, txion manager Nigel Holmes reported. The P-group, installed some five years ago and directing bcs into the PAC, will also have to be shut down because its txs would interfere with sensitive test equipment. The work will involve analysis of aerials to observe their behaviour as freqs change across a bc band.

The work will be conducted over possibly three days, commencing Wed 15th July, Holmes said. Shepparton will be off the air from 0200-0630 that day, from midnight until 0630 on the 16th and possibly from midnight to 0630 again on the 17th. Brandon will be on-air on 9660 & 12080, the only SW txs during these hours. Satellite and Internet txions will not be affected. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 17)

BELARUS 6080 Belaruskaje Radyjo, Brest, 0812, First Belarussian progr. Very weak and only fragmentary audible, SINPO 13441. Parallel to weak 6115 and extremely strong and stable 17805. (Michiel Schaay-D, Jul 18)

BRAZIL Radio Nacional do Brasil (Radiobras), is the ext sce of the state broadcaster, Radio Nacional do Brasil. The schedule is based on monitoring research and information published by Radiobras. The bcs to AF have not been confirmed.

0115-0215 Por Am 11780 0415-0515 Por Am 11765 0700-0800 Por Af 9745 1000-1120 Sp Am 9745 1200-1320 En Am 15445 1330-1450 Sp Am 15445 1630-1750 Por EuME 15265 1800-1920 En EuME 15265 1800-1920 Por Af 17750 1920-0000 Por Af 17750 (Suns only) 1930-2050 Ge EuME 15265

Addr: Radiobras, C.P. 08-840, 70912-790 Brasilia, Brazil. Tel: +55-61-321-3949 Fax: +55-61-321-7602 URL: http://www.radiobras.gov.br E-mail: [email protected] or: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 16)

CHILE 21500, Voz Christiana; Santiago, 2025, mx px with Sp anmts, giving Miami addr. New freq, SINPO 45544, much better than on //21550. SINPO 25542. (Martin Elbe-D, Jul 17)

Checked Voz Christiana at 1625-1635: Sp progr, giving addr in Miami-FL, USA. v21549.95 23332, but much stronger on 21500.00 34443, Lat AM mx. At 0900 no trace of 11890 outlet, but heard R Sultanate of Oman Muscat via Seeb[tent.] instead in Ar on v11890.49, 0900-1300?. (WB, Jul 18)

11690 Voz Cristiana, 0540-0559*, Sp, mostly slow songs with some ann, addr, s-off without any final ann - poor (see also New Zealand). 11890 Voz Cristiana (tent), *0759-0814 with sudden s-off between 0814 and 0823, Sp-like, mostly songs with ann - poor. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Jul 17)

11890.07 Voz Cristiana, Santiago; *0850-1055* strong sig. After having bc Christian song for 10 mins, the stn commenced its morning txion at 0900 with the progr "La Mujer de Hoy en America Latina" (one hour progr). Acc to the new canned annt, the stn currently operates on 11890 and 6060 simultaneously in the morning. I tried to tune the 49 mb outlet, but it was not observed in Tokyo. ID was given as "Voz Cristiana esta transmitiendo a Latinoamerica en 11890 y 6060 de la onda corta. Voz Cristiana, la nueva onda de Dios para America Latina." The stn was also heard at 0845-1050 on Jul 19, with fair signal. (TIN via DXW, Jul 17)

21500.02 Voz Cristiana, 1521-1539, Sp, Non-stop Christian mx in Sp till lady with recorded annt at 1535. Few moments of silence, then into male recorded annt and more mx. Faded away by 1612. 15332. (Boogert-TWN via DXW, Jul 13) 21500 Voz Cristiana, 1600-1640, 25434, Sp, ID's, continuous light mx and songs. (Phillips via DXW, Jul 14) v15374.8, La Voz Christiana, 1131, Usual pop-like rel. mx, M w/canned ID over instru. fanfare mx hrd sev. times giving what sounded like the 15 and 21 MHz channels as well as 6060. Hrd later at 1224 w/tlk by W between songs w/ment of America, "mailbag", Swahili, and AF. Very strong signal early on, but weakening later. (Dave Valko, Jul 19)

CHINA The Huayi Bcing Company started bcing on 1st Nov 1991. Progrs are intended for Chinese at home and abroad. The stn is financed by funds raised by its board of directors, advertising and support from groups of enterprises. ID in St-Chinese:" Zhong- guo Hua-yi Guang-bo Gong-si". 0255-0700 6185 666 0855-1600 6185(-1300) 4830(1300-) 666 Addr: PO Box 251, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, China (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 16)

COLOMBIA 11785 R. Dif Nal. de Colombia 0050-0055.Tune-in w/ male announcer's evening anns to several "Nacional" IDs and promos. Ad with phone-# and addr. Mx bridge to additional promos (fair quality). More ads to time checks. (Van Horn, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 22)

COSTA RICA 6975 (x6980) RfPI, En, 1055-1130, ID, report on tv, addr in California given. Weak. 23332. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 6)

CZECH REP Radio Prague announced test txions with two txs doubled (2x100 kW) from Litomysl. Test in Sp in the following txions 1800-1830 5930, 2300-2330 9485, 0200-0230 6200. The stn needs RR's for the above mentioned freqs. (Rubio, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 24)

ETHIOPIA 6315, Voice of the Tigray Revolution; Makele (Ten.), 1545-1600, Tigrinya? Male making a speech. There was a pronounced echo present. It could have been in an enclosed space. There was applause at times. Short ethnic musical items sung. - No identifiable ID was heard. 32222 (Clemitson, via DXW, Jul 17)

Voice of Oromo Liberation is sometimes referred to as "SBO" after its title in the Oromo-language, "Sagalee Bilisumma Oromoo". It supports the Oromo Liberation Front and other groups opposed to the Ethiopian govt. SBO was first heard in 1988-92 from a SW tx in Sudan. It was reported in Mar 1993 that SBO had resumed bcing via SW stn WWCR in Nashville, USA. SBO was heard again between Feb and Apr 1995, this time via another US SW stn - WHRI in Indiana. The current series of bcs began in Jul 1995, initially via SW txs in UKR, since Jan 1998 via Deutsche Telekom Juelich in Germany.

1700-1800 Thu/Fri/Sun Oromo/Amharic to AF 11605-Germany. Postal addrs: SBO, POBox 510610, D-13366 Berlin, Germany. SBO, Prinzenallee 81, D-13357 Berlin, Germany. tel: +49-30-4941036; fax: +49-30-4943372 SBO, POBox 73247, Washington, DC 20056, U.S.A. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 23)

RAPHEGA (Radio Rainbow). This stn IDs itself as Radio Rainbow, Voice of Peace and Brotherhood (Amharic: Kestedamena rediyo ye selamena yewendimamach dimtse). It was first heard in Sep 1997, although it may have begun bcing some months earlier. The radio is reportedly operated by an Ethiopian opposition group called "Research and Action Group for Peace in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa" (RAGPEHA). It bcs via hired SW txs in Juelich Germany (DTK). Txions all in Amharic. 0100-0200 Sat AM 9855. 0900-1000 Sun EUR 5910. 1600-1700 Thu AF 15105. Addr: c/o RAPEHGA, POBox 140 104, D-53056 Bonn, Germany. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 23)

GEORGIA Abkhaz State Radio & TV Co. Abkhaz Radio bcs from the breakaway region of Abkhazia in NoWe Georgia. It began bcing in 1992, initially hiring airtime on SW and MW 1089 txs in Russia. It now bcs from txs located within Abkhazia. Txion times are variable. This schedule shows local programming only; at other times, Abkhaz Radio relays Mayak from Moscow. All txion and programming times are variable.

0330-1730 Abkh/Ru/Geo to EUR&ME 9489.75 1350; (timing varies; includes relays of Mayak) 0332-0345 nx in Abkh, 0350-0415 Suns "Weekly Panorama", 0350-0405 nx in Ru, 0500-0515 Wed+Sat nx in Geo, 1600-1730 Tue+Sat local progr (irreg). Addr: Aidgylara Street 34, Sukhumi 384900, Rep of Abkhazia, via Russia (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 16)

GERMANY High Adventure Ministry addit txions via DTK Juelich. Latest DTK Juelich schedule contains two new txions of HAM from Aug 4, in direction of EUR target: Tue 1800-1959 5890 100 kW nondir, 2000-2159 7310 100 kW 290 degr.

Addit new sce of short call "EUR" via DTK starting from Aug 5, regularly on Weds only 1500-1700 11900, 100 kW at 60 degrees, "Voix de l'Orthodoxie", target is definitely Russia/Belarus. From Aug 2nd: Suns only, 2000-2100 11695 to NoAF target, "L'Heure Lutherienne". "EUR" stands for "Eurafilm", representation agency in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (via Andreas Volk-D, Jul 19/21)

Deutsche Telekom Juelich operational schedule of July 7, 1998: freq UTC zone loc azi ant day oper.durat. bcaster 9855 0000-0100 8,9 JUL 295 3 1234567 2903-251098 LRT 5950 0000-0100 8,9 JUL 295 3 1234567 2903-251098 LRT 5900 1000-1500 28 JUL 060 15 1234567 2903-251098 Dig.T.** 13820 0500-0559 60 JUL 230 3 1234567 1105-251098 HRT 13820 0600-0759 55,58,59 JUL 260 3 1234567 1105-251098 HRT 13820 0800-0859 58 JUL 280 3 1234567 1105-251098 HRT 9925 2300-0059 12,13,14,15,16 JUL 230 3 1234567 2903-251098 HRT 9925 0100-0259 7,8,9 JUL 300 3 1234567 2903-251098 HRT 9925 0300-0359 6,7,8,9,10 JUL 325 3 1234567 2903-251098 HRT 9860 2000-2059 52,53,57 JUL 160 3 1234567 0306-251098 HRT 15330 1245-1345 41,49 JUL 080 3 1234567 2903-251098 DVB 15635 1430-1455 41,49,50 JUL 080 3 1234567 2805-251098 DVB

12025 1300-1329 41 JUL 085 3 1 2903-251099 UNL 5890 1730-1759 27,28 JUL ND 25 1234567 0106-251098 UNL 12015 1630-1659 39 JUL 125 3 7 2903-251098 UNL 11785 1800-1829 46,47 JUL 170 3 1 2903-251098 UNL 9490 1830-1859 52,53,57 JUL 155 3 1 2903-251098 UNL 11840 1600-1629 52 JUL 160 3 1 2903-251098 UNL

11625 2100-0059 13,14 JUL 240 3 1234567 0107-251098 TOM 12055 1800-2059 39 JUL 120 3 1234567 2204-251098 TOM 13810 1400-1759 29,38,39 JUL 115 3 1234567 0207-251098 TOM 13810 1400-1759 29,38,39 JUL 115 3 1234567 2903-251098 TOM 15755 0600-1359 38,39 JUL 115 3 1234567 0207-251098 TOM 3955 1800-1959 27,28 JUL ND 25 23456 1906-251098 TOM 3960 2000-2359 27,28 JUL ND 25 2345 0107-251098 TOM 3960 2200-2359 27,28 JUL ND 25 167 0107-251098 TOM 3960 1800-1959 27,28 JUL ND 25 6 0107-251098 TOM 5900 1000-1159 27 JUL ND 25 17 2903-251098 TOM 6130 1600-1759 27,28 JUL ND 25 1234567 2903-251098 TOM 9500 0000-0359 39,40 JUL 115 3 1234567 1006-251098 TOM 9800 1800-1959 52,53,57 JUL 160 3 1234567 2804-251098 TOM

6045 1030-1225 27,28 JUL ND 25 1234567 2903-251098 DW/RNW 11810 1700-1759 39,40,48 JUL 115 3 1234567 2903-251098 DW/RVI 5840 1800-1859 27,28 JUL ND 25 1234567 2903-251098 DW/RVI

5840 0355-0630 28SE,29 JUL 105 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 9885 0555-0815 37S,38 JUL 160 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 11860 0555-0815 38E,39 JUL 200 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 9535 0955-1230 37N JUL 220 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 12075 1625-1815 38,39 JUL 115 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 13635 1625-1815 38,39,48 JUL 145 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 9885 1725-1930 18,29NW JUL 040 15 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 9840 1825-2130 47,52,53,57 JUL 160 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 11725 1825-2130 37S,38W,46 JUL 200 3 1234567 2903-251098 SRI

5840 1600-1645 28,29,39 JUL 105 3 1234567 0106-251098 TWR 12080 1600-1630 29,30 JUL 060 3 1234567 1805-251098 RVI 7415 1700-1730 18 JUL 040 13 1234567 1805-251098 RVI 3995 1900-1959 27,28 JUL ND 25 17 0105-160898 RVI 13720 0557-0700 18 JUL 20 3 1234567 0107-310898 RNW

5840 0300-0400 28,29,38,39 JUL 115 5 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 7230 0800-0900 28,38 JUL 145 5 17 2903-251098 AWR 15620 1530-1600 29-31,39-42 JUL 080 3 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 9825 1600-1659 28,29,38,39 JUL 115 3 1234567 1805-251098 AWR 9925 1700-1759 28,29,38,39 JUL 115 3 1234567 1805-251098 AWR 9835 2000-2100 37,38,46 JUL 200 3 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 9835 2130-2200 37,38,46 JUL 200 3 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 15620 0800-0930 37,46 JUL 200 3 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 5890 2100-2230 37,38,46 JUL 200 15 1234567 2903-251098 AWR

15625 1430-1559 37,38,47 JUL 160 3 1 1309-130998 RTE 15625 1430-1559 37,38,47 JUL 160 3 1 2709-270998 RTE 21670 1430-1559 12,13 JUL 260 3 1 1309-130998 RTE 21670 1430-1559 12,13 JUL 260 3 1 2709-270998 RTE 9490 0000-0059 41 JUL 090 3 1234567 1906-251098 WRN 5850 0600-2000 27,28 JUL 290 15 1234567 2903-251098 SUN 15715 1325-1529 40,41 JUL 090 3 1234567 1404-251098 HAM 5890 1800-1959 27,28 JUL ND 25 3 0108-251098 HAM 7310 2000-2159 27 JUL 290 15 3 0108-251098 HAM 5910 1800-1859 28 JUL 115 5 3 1905-251098 CHW

15210 1800-1959 9 JUL 305 3 17 0407-251098 RAC 15560 2000-2159 9 JUL 295 3 1234567 1505-251098 RAC 11975 2200-2359 9 JUL 295 3 1234567 1505-251098 RAC 9560 0000-0159 8,9 JUL 295 3 1234567 1605-251098 RAC 9405 0200-0359 8,9 JUL 295 3 1234567 3005-251098 RAC 9855 0200-0459 8,9 JUL 300 3 17 0407-251098 RAC 9855 0200-0359 8,9 JUL 300 3 23456 0407-251098 RAC

9855 0100-0130 8,9 JUL 295 3 2 0106-251098 VOD 5910 0900-0959 27,28 JUL ND 25 7 3005-251098 GNW 15385 1300-1359 41,49 JUL 090 3 7 3005-251098 GNW 15105 1600-1659 38,47,52,57 JUL 160 3 7 3005-251098 GNW 11605 1700-1759 39,40 JUL 110 3 7 3005-251098 GNW 9855 0100-0159 7,8,9 JUL 295 3 1 3005-251098 GNW 13740 0700-0759 55,58,59 JUL 265 3 1 3005-251098 GNW 9640 2300-2359 12,13,14 JUL 260 3 1 3005-251098 GNW 11900 1500-1559 28,29 JUL 060 3 4 0508-251098 EUR "Voix de l'Orthodoxie" 11695 2000-2100 JUL 170 1 0208-251098 EUR L'Heure Lutherienne 1=Sun, 2=Mon, 3=Tue, 4=Wed, 5=Thu, 6=Fri, 7=Sat * change ** not yet active (via Andreas Volk-D, Jul 20)

On July 27 MDR-info MW tx Leipzig Wiederau 783 will be off from 1805-2400 UTC, due of measurement series on the new most modern MW semi conductor tx unit. In case of further measurements, test will continue proceed on Jul 28. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 21)

GUINEA-BISSAU Former rebel radio captured by govt forces. It is believed that the radio bcs in the name of the military junta are no longer being transmitted from Radio Bombolom installations (captured by govt forces during the offensive on Bra and Bissalanca), but rather from a position far from Bissau, such as Nhacra or Bula. Acc to [Portuguese] Ambassador Francisco Henriques da Silva, " eight days of fighting have caused more damage than the whole colonial war" in Guinea from 1963 to 1974; not so much in the centre of the capital but in the suburbs such as Bandim, Chapa de Bissau and Ajuda. In a residential area built with Portuguese cooperation, there are buildings which remind you of Beirut devastated by the war, while nearby a mosque was hit by a shell, although the shelling is not systematic, but sporadic. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 17)

HAWAII World Harvest Radio Internat., Naalehu, 17780, 0850, reli-talk by male speaker in En. SINPO 25222. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 20)

ICELAND Rikisutvarpid's current one-day-observed schedule with more extended txions of home sce Ch.1, opening short IS, ID as "Utvarp Reykjavik" and full SW sched at 1215, 1410, 1845 (not 1855), 1935 and 2300:

1201-1303* 13865 15775 *1304-1438* 11402 (fr approx.1410), 13860 *1845-1929* 11402 13865 *1935-2006* 11402 13860 *2259-2331* 9275 11402 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jul 17)

INDONESIA v4766 RRI Medan, only few days active, but inactive again! v7173.20 ... .30 RRI Seuri, 0910-0950*, Dangut mx, 0930 ID, Arab influenced mx. Weka signal. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 6)

ITALY _ Sicily _ A recent visit to the tx site at Caltanissetta in Sicily, Italy revealed the following info about their SW txs. There are four SW txs at this site of which only three are operational. A 25 kW Marconi SW tx that was used on 6060 in the past is almost dismantled. A newer 3 kW Marconi B6140 took over the sce on 6060 a few years ago. On 7175 and 9515, two similar very old 5 kW Marconi txs are in use. The first progr is simulcasted on 6060 and 9515 using the same antenna through a combiner. The second progr uses another antenna on 7175. When the 25 kW tx broke down, it was intended to replace it by a 50 kW unit to be transferred from Rome. However, due to the proximity of the city center and the crowded neighbourhood, this plan could not be realised. The stn bcs 0500-2300. (Ludo Maes-BEL, Jul 24)

KOREA D.P.R. 11745 (2 x 5872.5) Random Number Broadcast, 2200 IS, mx, opening annt, brief coded message (3+2 digits) in Korean by woman, then lots of popular NoKorean mx (rather unusual), s-off at 2227. SIO 343, 5872.5 444, //4770 343. Also heard on 17617.5 (3 x 5872.5). SIO 232. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, via DXW, Jul 17)

13650, R. Pyongyang, Kujang, 1530-1550, En. Male reading from the reminiscences of Gen. Kim II Sung - "Resisting the Japanese invaders" ID read by Female. Short musical item. Magazine progr "Asian Countries build a new society" 44444 //9640 - 43333 //9975 - 32232 //11335 - 44444 //13650 - 33333. (Godfrey Clemitson-RSA, via DXW, Jul 12)

LAOS 6130, RN Lao; Vientiane, 2155 s-on with Lao mx, laotian anns. Typical summer- reception. SINPO 24442. (Martin Elbe-D, Jul 17)

Thanks to the fine tip of Martin Elbe mentioned above, checked 6130 today, clear channel and no interference from adjacent channels: Sinpo 24222 between 2200-2230 in Laotian lang, hill tribe mx. Blocked at 2255 by RRI Bucharest. [Progr and mx remainds me on a trip from Chiang Mai to Vientiane and back to Chiang Rai in 1975.] (WB, Jul 18) And QSL-letter arrived here some weeks ago from: Ms. Malivarn Simanithone, English Section, P.O.Box 310, Vietiane Lao, P.D.R. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT, Jul 20)

LIBYA LJB Tripolis is listed by WRTH to sign on SW at 1045 and reported by Paniview to be on air from 1030, but today txion on 15235 and 15415 was already in progress at 1005. Seemingly some fixing work was done, txions suffers still by quite low modulation depht, aggravated by insufficient studio engineering (during a phone-call the telephone audio was very low, hardly audible), but at least the previous tinny sound was gone and music peaks well modulated. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 17)

MAURITIUS MBC was bcing on SW freqs 9710 and 4850 using 10 kW Philips txs with delta stub-matched antenna system. It was on the air for 18 hrs, rebcing MBC AM Radio 1, beaming mainly towards Rodrigues Isl, 360 km away from the east coast of Mauritius, as well as other outer isls. Due to the unavailability of spare parts and the risk hazaards of the old and obsolete Philips txs, the sce has been shut down for a long time. Rodrigues now has it own AM radio bcing stn.

A feasibility study to re-open the SW sce with a 100 kW tx was prepared. Meanwhile, new technologies with cheaper means to provide local information to Mauritian people living overseas adn to SW enthusiasts have emerged. The new technologies are Single Sideband Digital SW bcing and Radio via internet. The Corporation is monitoring these developments closely with a view to satisfying both DX listeners and our compatriots abroad. (Vaughan, British DX Club, RoIB #115, Jul 6, via Cumbre DX via EDXP) ...and so it remains highly questionable as to whether we will ever see the return of analog SW bcing from this rare DX country which has been off SW since about the mid- 1980's (dmc, via DX Ontario, Jul 20)

MYANMAR [non] [NOR/TJK/GER] Democr Voice of Burma in Burmese to Myanmar, 1245-1345 Dushanbe 13820, Juelich 15330 100 kW 80 degr; 1430-1455 Kvitsoe 11850, Dushanbe 13820, Juelich 15635 100 kW 80 degr. (DVB schedule, Jul 21)

NEW ZEALAND 11690 RNZI opening procedure at 0459[-0717], En ID, IS, co-ch Voz Christiana on equal level. 22332 (WB, Jul 18)

RADIO NZ INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTS CUTBACK Confirmation came through on July 13, that reduced funding from the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs for RNZI will result in staff and programming reductions to take eff fr Aug 3, 1998. With New Zealand's official SW voice already running on a very tight budget, the cut of NZ$166,000 (about US$85,000) or 13 percent reduction in annual funding means a significant cutback in programming sces. Weekly txions will be cut back by 12 hrs, with the daily cl-down moving from 1200 back to 1015. RNZI's own programming is reduced from 11 hrs to 5 hrs daily. The breakfast session will be retained but fr 2230-1015. RNZI will relay Radio New Zealand's 'National Radio' dom sce. The only exceptions are expected to be an RNZI PAC Isls nx bulletin insert at 0400 and occasional Cyclone Warning Bcs.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has made a small grant (US$9000) to ensure the latter unique sce is maintained. The only PAC Isl lang programming to be retained will be the local morning nx bcs in Samoan, Cook Islands Maori, Tongan and Niuean. Evening programming to be dropped incl the popular PAC Isls lang mx request progrs and a number of En lang features incl Rudi Hill's "On the March" feature. At this stage the future of RNZI's listener feedback progr "Mailbox" is uncertain.

5 part-time RNZI staff will lose their jobs, in effect reducing the total fulltime equivalent staffing by 25 percent to just 9. Interviewed on RNZ's Nat Radio, former RNZI Head Ian Johnstone described the move as "a step backwards". He noted that 3 govt- sponsored reviews by independent analysts into the cost effectiveness of RNZI since it's return to air with a 100kw tx in 1990 have all supported its continued operation. Sharon Crosbie, Chief Executive of Radio New Zealand says she is sad and frustrated that RNZ has to implement cutbacks to such a valuable sce. Speaking on behalf of the NZ Radio DX League, the largest SW listener organisation in the Southern Hemisphere and presently celebrating its 50th anniversary, Bryan Clark notes that 1998 is also RNZI's 50th birthday. The first official SW bcs from the 7.5 kW txs at Titahi Bay north of Wellington took place on 25 Sept 1948. Bryan says the year-to-year funding review by the Foreign Affairs amounts to a slow strangulation of the broadcaster and its dedicate staff, who provides incredible value for money with an annual operating budget of under US$700,000. Regretably, and like its Australian counterparts, the Foreign Affairs Ministry are only seeing internat bcing as a cost, he says. Bryan Clark for NZ Radio DX League. (Paul Ormandy-NZL, Jul 15)

PAKISTAN R Pakistan in Urdu to NE&ME 0430-0630 observed on v17555.12, //11725 & 15175.05. En 1600-1630 on 11570.08, 15171.4, and varying 9649.79 ... 9650.07, but latter suffering by accompanied heavy buzzy tone signal. (WB, Jul 18/19)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3325 R Bougainville, Rabaul, 1005-1020, Pidgin, ID, male talks, folk mx, co-ch QRM by RRI Palangkaraya, 23332. 3375 R Wetsern Highlands, Mount Hagen, 1020-1030, political and financial reports, Mount Hagen mentioned. 24332. 3385 R East New Britain, Rabaul, Pidgin, a goverments speaker, talk on political situation. //3315 til 1055, but separate then, local progr and ID at 1100. Weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 8)

POLAND/BELARUS Radio Free Belarus to launch with US, EU backing. A radio stn called Radio Free Belarus plans to start bcing from eastern Poland this autumn. The stn, run by Belarusian exiles opposed to the govt of President Lukashenka, will bc for 8 hours a day using MW txs of Polish radio. The stn is funded in part by the USA and the EU. The Polish govt has said that while it is not involved in setting up the stn, it has no objection to its creation.

Radio Free Belarus is to start bcing from Bialystok [eastern Poland] after the holidays. The Americans and the EU will prop up this export of democracy from Poland with several millions of dollars. Watching Belarusian President Lukashenka liquidating the last remaining independent media, Belarusian journalists decided one year ago that a free radio stn could only be set up abroad.

Today, there is no independent tv or radio stn in Belarus. President Lukashenka holds a monopoly," Wappa tells 'Gazeta Wyborcza'. "This kind of radio stn could provide Belarusians with true and impartial information on what is going on in their country.

As a US official involved in the issue told us, final decisions to finance the stn were made several weeks ago during a visit to Washington by the prime minister's advisers, Jerzy Marek Nowakowski and Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 17)

Radio Svobodnaya Belarus: As well-known, Polish Radio abandoned MW a few months ago. I wonder, if "RSB" will use some of these txs, especially Bialystok-1305 and Warszaw-819. These freqs certainly reaches Belarus well, while there are better SW facilities than the decrepituded Warszaw stn available. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 19)

RUSSIA/CIS Novovosibirsk's SW tx 4502 bcs in Morse signal. 2371 USB 1800 30/04 Mayak //2654 2829 USB 1905 27/05 Mayak 3880 1650 17/06 Radio Rossii 4895 0105 28/05 RUS Radio Sibiri [Tuymen] 4982 0315 23/05 BLR Mayak 6115 0600 xx/07 BLR Radio Minsk (1-st progr) //7210,11670,17805 6130 0615 30/05 RUS Radio Tatarstan, Tatar 7200 0600 24/05 RUS Radio Rossii 7330 1500 24/05 RUS VoR, German 7345 1730 30/05 RUS Mayak 9700 0800 31/05 RUS Radio Tatarstan, Tatar 11665 0407 31/05 RUS Radio Tatarstan, Tatar 15465 1905 29/06 RUS Voice of Russia, Russian //15455 (Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod; Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, RUS-DX #60)

SAINT HELENA Radio St. Helena DAY, the updated dates and times for Radio St. Helena is 24th Oct 1998, 11092.5 usb mode, 1900-2300. I hope this helps with this years DX. (Art Preis via Juergen Kubiak, Jul 17)

SAIPAN 15380 KFBS Saipan, MRA, 0850-, Bahasa Indonesia, nice popular mx, address and POBox in Jakarta-INS were given. 35543. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 8)

SAUDI ARABIA 6022.9v BSKSA 2nd px, July 17, 1712-2200*, Ar with prolonged sched on Fri and //10990 lsb mode, alternat to 12038.6 from time to time (also was noted on Jun 29 between 1740-1822 on 6022.6v) - poor. I am sure that 12038.6 is not hx - one and the same tx operates on 9578.6 and 12038.6 (nominal minus of 1.4 kHz), no any BSKSA signal at present and long before on exact 6019.3 which must form a second hx, presum 6020v as "winter" freq in use only and 12040v as "summer" one. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jul 17)

15377 BSKSA 1445 Ar. On their SKED, 15377 was used till 1459. But today the progr continued to 1559. Recheck next day, s-off at 1459. The progr was heard like Radio Drama. After 1500, a speech by man continued. Condition was poor with heavy QRM. (Iwata, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 20/21)

SINGAPORE/ALASKA 6150, RSI (x6155) in En 1150-, KNLS in Ru co-ch, mixing together on same QRG. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 7)

SRI LANKA Anns of the Sri Lanka'n ext sce is IDing as "Radio Sri Lanka, Overseas Sce". New ID noted at 1315 & 1415 on 15425. Progr as always, playing Oldie Pop-mx. Time anns in Sri Lanka Time and Indian Standard Time only, no GMT or UTC! (Uwe Volk-D, Jul 23)

TAHITI 15170 RFO Tahiti (presumed) likely back here, heard on and off (SIO 222 poor signal, severe QRM) from 0500-0955 Fr talk by man and woman, Fr pop songs, presumed ID unclear. At 0955, co-channel AWR Guam stomped in with a S9+20 signal. (Thanks Dan Ferguson for tips via swltalk). (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, Jul 23) I would say Tahiti is back! (Costello, both via Cumbre Dx, Jul 22)

TAIWAN Family Stns (WYFR) relay eff Jul 20: 11550 moves to 15165 for Hindi 0000-0100, En 0100-0200, 295 degr to SoAS. (Dan Elyea, WYFR, Jun 26 via Glenn Hauser)

THAILAND new15445 R Thailand morning sce in En to EUR&NE at 0530-0600, x15115, poor signal level S=1-2, but suffering by side band splash of both Jordan 15435 and Armavir Krasnodar-RUS 15455. (WB, Jul 18)

UNITED KINGDOM Just a small info: BBC WS (or better Merlin) seems to have added several seconds delay to its UK txs. The SW sigs from the UK are no longer preceding the ASTRA signal, but are slightly behind it now, about half a second. (Andre Schmidt, via EDXP, Jul 6) (Ed: Yes! There was a story about this in a recent edition of New Scientist magazine. Bob Padula EDXP, Jul 17)

One uses to think, that WRN rebcs satellite txions. However, I was told that VoR German sce on WRN 3 has a "gating" (the feed cuts off, when there is no audio from the studio), as it is significant for many Russian SW outlets. Furthermore it is said, that the progr sounds "metallic". This fits to my impression of the signal, as it arrives from Moscow at the Deutsche Telekom tx at Wachenbrunn (1323). Obviously WRN get's the VoR feed like Wachenbrunn through a landline, which is reported by VoR to be classified as "second class" and specified for a audio freq range of 50-6300 Hz. Maybe Deutsche Telekom simply forwards the 1323 feed to London. Deutsche Welle also seems to use no satellite links to feed the Wertachtal and Sines transmitters (as well-known, 6075 is mostly operated in synch from both Wertachtal and Sines). There was during the World Cup final match no satellite delay between our microwave-feeded ORB FM outlets and DW on 3995, latter one was only a minor delay behind ORB, which I believe to come from the audio processing. Regarding Merlin's BBC-WS outlets from the UK (Andre Schmidt's comments in EDXP): I assume, Merlin uses now satellite feeds instead of the previous landlines. The further delay behind the Astra satellite outlet may originate from the audio processing as well as the special synchronizing measures between Skelton and Rampisham (6195, 9410) or Skelton and Woofferton (12095), respectively. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 19) n15200 R Caroline via Merlin Network One, 1810-1841, En, ID's, phone no. in UK, oldies & rock mx, 1828 RC weather update, "There will be a RC Christmas party on 12th Dec, 1998, in Essex-UK, listeners are invited", MW freq 1503 was also announced. 25532. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 1) [txions on Weds only!]

Merlin Communications International Ltd. Merlin Network One is a sce of Merlin Communications Internat Ltd, the privatized UK-based txion company which carries BBC World Sce and other internat bcs. Merlin Network One progr was launched as a trial sce on 8th Apr 1998 and is planning to expand later in the year. 0000-0100 Thu En EUR/AM 13690 11985 9645 (Rock Radio Network) 1700-1900 Wed En EUR 15200 (Radio Caroline) 1900-2100 Wed En EUR/AM 15565 13690 (Media Zoo) 2100-2300 Wed En EUR/AM 13690 11985 11915 (Hard Country) 2200-2300 Wed En EUR/AM addit 9780 9645 2300-0000 Wed En EUR 13690 11985 9780 9645 (Rock Radio Network) Addr: Merlin Network One, 20 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ES, UK Tel: +44 171 396 6220 Fax: +44 171 396 6221 URL: http://www.mno.net (Real Audio available) E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 23)

USA 13790, WINB Red Lion PA; 2305-2315+, 7/10, SIO-232+; cleanest in lsb mode due to QRM / 13795; En Bible thumper px; full ID spot @2315 (Frodge-MI via Cumbre Dx)

WINB look for this stn to continue on as it has been, acc to stn engineer, Fred Wise. What this means is programming consisting mostly of Christian mx. The stn isn't being marketed, but customers do find it at times now through the email address. There are no plans to either create another SW tx fr the 2nd tx WINB has (actually WGY's old AM tx and purchased over 20 years ago) or to revive the Lat American antenna (taken out in an accident four years ago). Wise mentions that they do still receive RR's fr EUR and MEX (the European antenna was made switchable after the accident), but 50 kW doesn't get through like it used to, particularly during crowded band conditions. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Jul 13)

World Harvest Radio - One more thing on the new QSL cards for World Harvest Radio. They will be posted on our web site for all to see. They are not there at the moment of my writing email by our web master will have them there soon! The addr is http://www.whr.org (Joe Brashier" < [email protected] > Jul 23)

[Hawaii] Radio Free Asia buys KHBI Saipan SW site. Herald Bcing Syndicate (HBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, announced today [6th July] an agreement to sell its Saipan shortwave bcing facility (KHBI) to Radio Free Asia (RFA), a govt-funded independent corporation.

For the past 18 months HBS inspirational programming transmitted from Saipan has been complemented by up to 15 hrs daily of RFA's nx and public events bcs to AS.

The stn's assets incl two 100 kW txs and three curtain antennas. The sale agreement includes an undisclosed amount of cash plus bcing time for the continuation of some of HBS progrs.

Richard Richter, pres of RFA, indicated the importance of the acquisition of the Saipan bcing facility: "KHBI is a well-run, effectively located stn," he said. "It will serve us well as we undertake to expand our bcing to help meet the pent-up demand for unbiased reporting of events in Asia." RFA hopes to establish agreements in order to continue the employment of the current employees. The closing is scheduled to take place within 30 days to give HBS the necessary time to inform its listeners and work out the details of the transfer with its employees.

Harley Gates, president of HBS, said: "The sale of KHBI marks a change in the Church's approach to bcing. Rather than be both a producer and distributor of inspirational programming, the Church will be focusing on the editorial side of programming. This is the niche in which we feel we have the most to contribute." For the time being, Gates indicated that HBS would retain its SW stn in SoCarolina which bcs to EaEUR, AF, and LatAM and SoAM.

VOA and RFA to use new SW tx in Marianas. The Herald Bcing Syndicate of the Christian Science Church has announced the sale of KHBI, its Saipan SW bcing facility, to Radio Free Asia [RFA]. The two 100 kW txs in the Northern Mariana Islands have been leased by Radio Free Asia for the past 18 months. The sale helps the US govt-funded RFA with its chronic need for SW txs. RFA is not allowed by the Thai and PHL govts to use VOA facilities in those countries. The Australian govt denied a request by RFA to lease time at the now-mothballed Darwin SW facility. RFA has been leasing txs at various locations in the PAC region and in the former Soviet Union [CIS states]. An Internat Bcing Bureau SW facility is under construction at Tinian, also in the Northern Mariana Islands. It will also be used for RFA and VOA bcs to EaAS.

At least for now, Radio Free Asia will own and operate the Saipan facility. All other US govt SW relay stns, used for VOA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia bcs, are operated by the IBB - Internat Bcing Bureau's Office of Engineering.

Not related to the KHBI acquisition, but Radio Free Asia has just expanded its Tibetan- lang bcs, adding txions at 0100-0200 and 1500-1600. The only freq I know of is 9670, via Holzkirchen-GER, at 0100-0200. RFA does not publicize the locations of most of its leased SW facilities. ("Communications World" report by Voice of America, Jul 11) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 17)

RFA Z98 schedule [few updates, acc monitoring on Jul 25/26, ed] Burmese 0030-0130 9975 11540 11580 11590 13710 13820 1500-1600 11530 11590 13820 Cambodian 2230-2330 7455 7520 9570 11510 11570 0030-0130 15655 15695 1130-1330 15695 15705 (fr 1200-)9925&9930 1200-1330 11510 Canton.Ch 1400-1500 9955 11500 11510 2200-2300 9355 9955 11500 Korean 1530-1630 5855 9955 11565 15660 2200-2300 7470 7495 9395 9455 11785 15515 2230-2300 9930 Laotian 0000-0100 7530 9365 9905 9920 1100-1200 15660 15715 17805 Mandarin Ch 0300-0500 17495 17525 17615 17880 1500-1630 9445 1500-2000 9905 (fr 1630-)9455 11520 11945 15510 1800-2000 9420 11710 2100-2200 9355 9420 9455 9905 11765 15515 2300-2400 9420 9905 11785 13800 15515 Tibetan 1300-1400 11590 13830 17855 1500-1600 11510 13835 2300-2400 9365 9875 9920 0100-0200 9365 9670 9920

Vietnamese 2330-0030 9975 11580 13710 1400-1500 9455 9905 9930 11535 (RFA schedule, Jul 26)

WEWN offers a set of 4 new colour-QSL-cards; 3 of them showing the antenna arrays, the last one a world-map with religious motives. Don't know, why they've sent me all 4 samples, but since I've sent them a report in Dec. 92 they regard me as a "monitor" and send me regulary stuff as a thank you for "my countless hours of monitoring". WEWN would certainly one of the last stns I'd monitor, along with Pyongyang! (Martin Elbe-D, Jul 17)

Recently WEWN Birmingham carried out digital test txions. These was organized commonly with Deutsche Telekom, so most likely their system was used. Professor Rudolph (the chief developer) emphasizes, that the Deutsche Telekom system keeps the 5 kHz channel raster and doesn't interfere with existing AM bcs. Usually Deutsche Telekom tests in digital mode from it's Juelich txs, using APSK with 64 symbols [and these txions indeed appears as a noise within a single 5 kHz channel only, contrary to some reports about VoA digital tests]. A presentation was arranged at the last HFCC conference, strange to say that Juelich txed for this purpose Deutsche Welle with Brazilian Portuguese lang progr, as heard on Rudolph's sample records. (Rudolph/Deutsche Telekom, interviewed by Claus Grothe for Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg [East German Radio] via Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 19)

WJCR This Christian radio stn began bcing on 15th March 1992. Programming consists mainly of Southern US gospel mx with some Christian teaching. The stn has three 50-kW SW txs, although it only operates two of them at any one time. Separate programming may be carried on the two freqs at certain times.

0000-0000 En EUR/AM 7490 0000-0000 En/Ch EUR/AM 13595 Addr: WJCR Worldwide, POBox 91, Upton, Kentucky 42784, USA. Tel: +1-502-369-8614. E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.wjcr.com (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 16)

WWCR (Worldwide Christian Radio) WWCR is a SW stn which hires airtime on a commercial basis to many different groups incl political and religious organizations and other bcs. Most progrs are in En or Sp. WWCR operates four separate sces from its four 100-kW txs, as indicated below.

One tx (marked EN-2) is used entirely by Dr Gene Scott's "University Network".

Another (marked EN-4) is used entirely by Brother R.G. Stair's "Overcomer Ministry". These are evangelical progrs which may also be heard in parallel on several other stns.

RTE Dublin bcs are carried via Net-3 at various times. This schedule is valid from 1st Jun-31st Aug 1998.

2200-0100 En-1 EUR/AM 9475, 0100-0400 3215, 0400-1000 3210, 1000-1100 Sat+Sun 15685, 1100-2200 15685.

1200-0200 En-2 EUR/AM 13845 (Dr Gene Scott-University Network), 0200-1200 5935.

2200-1300 En-3 EUR/AM 5070, 1300-2200 12160

2200-0500 En-4 EUR/AM 7435 (Brother R.G.Stair-Overcomer Ministry), 0500-1100 2390, 1100-1300 7435, 1300-2200 9475.

Addr: WWCR radio, 1300 WWCR Avenue, Nashville, TN 37218, USA. Tel: +1-615-255-1300 Fax: +1-615-255-1311 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.wwcr.com (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 16)

VANUATU 4960 R. Vanuatu, 1857-1912, usual "oceanic" mx till 1900, then - talk in unknown language by male announcer - weak but clear till 1900 when CRI Beijing came back on the freq. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Jul 15)

YEMEN v9780.31 YRB Sanaa playing Ar mx heard around 0500-0600 slot. (WB, Jul 18)

South Asia Radio Guide

This is a 24 page "handy" sized booklet, compiled by Alok das Gupta, Calcutta-IND. The latest edition (the 11th) is dated June 1998, and includes details of bcs in Indian Vernaculars langs (arranged by order of lang) on MW and SW; En bcs on SW arranged in time order; En mailbag progrs on SW by order of days-of-the-week; DX progrs on SW in En arranged by days-of-the week.

Available fr Alok das Gupta, 1123 R.N. Tagore Road, Calcutta 700077, India.

Very limited stocks: cost is 3 IRCs airmail worldwide, or 5 Indian Rupees in mint Indian stamps (to India). The publication is intended mainly for listeners in SoAS, but may also be of interest to other folk who have an interest in DXing SoAS.

Alok may be contacted via E-mail: [email protected]

Comm: especially the Vernacular Broadcast section is very helpful for European listeners. (WB, Jul 17)

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AUSTRALIA 14790usb Australian Defense Forces Radio, 0315 heard the Australian DJ/host I have heard before on ADFR. He played the typical pop song mx mix for ADFR. Signal was good but audio was a bit muffled or just plain low. Ulis Fleming noted that they were bcing on //15635. I didn't know they bc on more than one freq at the same time. The 14790 is a recently activated freq (reported by Bryan Clark - Media Network) for them and was stronger than 15635 here in New Jersey, USA. (Costello, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 23)

RA "Feedback" progr schedule: Fri 2105 7240 9500 9660 11880 12080 17715 21740. Sat 0005 9660 12080 15240 17715 17750 17795 21740 Sat 0605 15415 21725 Sun 0305 15415 21725 (RA www page)

21725, RA Shepparton, 0558-0611, En tlk about earthquakes, time check, newstune, ID and news by male speaker. At 0610 "Australian Mx Show". Heard //9660, 12080, v15240.11 (strange), 15415, 15510, 17715 and 17750. As far as I know, these are all freqs used for En at this hour. 21725: 34444 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 27)

BELARUS 11960 Heard at 0900 on Jul 17 using in //with 6115, 7210, and 17805 [7145 too]. Had previously been heard under/mixing with RFI on 11670, but could not be heard this day. An unidentified txion audible on 7140 same time could have been Hrodna-BLR, but bcing a different progr. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 17) [checked Jul 26, ed]

CHILE v11890 Voz Christiana now regularly audible after 0800 til fade-out around 0930. Mostly Christian mx with anns/ID given in Sp. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 18)

CHINA 11970 CRI heard here on new QRG between 1730-1827 with break before the hour. This thought to be their Hausa sce, currently listed on 9770-MLI, 9760, and 7235, but inaudible on these due QRM. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 18)

COLOMBIA Columbian peace talks in Germany ended successful.

To summarize the talks - In those 3 days of talks between ELN-guerillia and civil officials in the 'Himmelspforten-Kloster'/'heaven's gate monastery' in Wuerzburg, (Bavaria, Germany), Colombia has gone a wider step than prevoius 40 years of peace searching. Several actions in order to humanize the conflict have been accepted by both parties. Three ELN leaders and around 40 members of parties, organizations etc from Colombia took place in the talks. They had been commonly invited by German and Columbian bishops conferences.

A rumoured meeting between newly elected pres Andres Pastrana (who was in France at that time) and an ELN leader didn't happen. The Indian natives of Columbia, who is only 2% of whole population, but is heavyly affected by the fighting since living in the guerilla controlled areas wasn't included in the talks. The ELN is the second largest guerilla group in Colombia after the FARC. (M.Schoech CRW-Jul 24, via newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten (Austria), July 15+17)

CONGO, DEM REP OF v15244.4, RTNC; Kinshasa, 0517-0525, Male talk in Fr, mx bridge, at 0520 short announcement by female, mentioning Dem. Rep. of Congo (ID?), then male speaker again. 24422. Quite strong same day at 1828. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 27)

RTV Nationale Congolaise, Kinshasa, 15244.50, 1805, male Afro speaker in Fr with presumed nx, talk, at 1829 female ann, AF songs, talks again. 23332, but improving to 33333 at times. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 27) [see also under Germany 2000 UTC]

CUBA I confirm that 13715 was changed to 13720 last Monday to avoid adjacent channel QRM from Radio Sofia in the target area of our sce 13715 is now 13720!!! It is a 50 kW plate modulated AM with a 17 dB gain HR 4,4,0,5 curtain array ... and apparently, according to reports it is doing quite well when propagation is normal or slightly above normal. It is widely heard in NoAM too. We carry both Fr and En on that freq. (Arnaldo Coro-CUB CO2KK, RHC, Jul 24)

Radio Havana Cuba noted 0500 w/IS, ID announcing 9550 (clipped audio), 9820 (OK audio), and 9830 SSB (not there). Found 3rd xmtr (AM) on 6000. (Al Quaglieri-NC, Jul 16)

CYPRUS [non] Insufficient jamming from Arabian jamming stn noted against BBC Zyyi-CYP in Ar at 0330-0445 on 9825. (WB, Jul 26)

CZECH REPUBLIC Ext sce reportedly reprieved. For some time Radio Prague [ext sce of Czech Radio] in the Czech Rep has been facing extinction, or at least a reduction of some of its langs, but we have one report in Sp from (?Jorge Aloy) in ARG via 'The Four Winds' [electronic newsletter] which says Radio Prague has announced that they have succeeded in reaching an agreement so that its bcs in Sp and other langs will continue at least until Dec of next year - 1999. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 24)

GERMANY new6110 RVI Brussels in Dutch to EUR via DTK Juelich relay, replacing 5840 100 kW nondir to zones 27&28, daily 1800-1855, fr Jul 17th. (RVI , Jul 18)

At 2000-2100 noted RAC in Tamil via DTK Juelich on new 15245.00 (x15560), may due to BBC on 15565. 55544. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Jul 28/29) [yes, checked it today, Jul 29. see also under Congo 1800 UTC, ed]

GREECE On a visit to ERA Chania (Crete) I was informed by the stn director, that from July 1st no local progr will be transmitted on AM freqs by ERA stns. Only FM would be then used for the local sces. The AM freqs would instead be used to bc the internat sce in Greek for Greeks abroad. I have checked it out in the evenings and it seems that all the AM-Greeks are nowadays just playing mx in //with each other. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Jul 27)

IRAN Voice of Islamic Rep. of Iran, Sirjan, 15585, 1003, male Ar speaker, 45333. //17570. Much better than the badly modulated Mashad tx on 15125. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 28)

JAMMING - a technical response to a political problem.

This page is devoted to demonstrating the negative effects of jamming on the free flow of information and spectrum management. Jamming or intentional interference is the act of broadcasting noises or programming on the same frequency as a signal that an administration does not want its citizens to hear. The best way to describe jamming is to hear examples of it. Below you will find a selection of jamming types used against various international broadcast language services. The samples are in RealAudio(RA) and Sun .au format. A good explanation of jamming, albiet a bit out of date, is contained in the classic VOA Monitoring presentation called "The Sounds of Jamming." You can hear all 14.5 minutes of it in RealAudio format here.

International broadcasting programs in the following languages are currently jammed:

VOA Mandarin Chinese. Co-channeling sounds like a harmless case of mutual interference. Why if it weren't for the fact that the Radio Beijing programs move with us every time we change frequencies, we might even believe that ourselves! This sample is from June 18, 1996, 1502 UTC, 11965 kHz from Beijing.

Growling Growling or grinding is what you hear on this sample. We think it's the sound a Mayak jammer makes when it's not being modulated. This sample is from June 18, 1996, 1505 UTC, 9905 kHz from Beijing.

Mayak Mayak jamming is named after the style of Russian jamming used against Radio Liberty and some VOA programs pre-1987. It is a generic home-service (Mayak) program overmodulated in such a way as to be almost uninteligible and very annoying to listen to. It is probably the most effective form of jamming. This sample is from June 18, 1996, 1506 UTC, 9585 kHz from Beijing.

VOA Burmese. Burma has been jamming VOA programs on-and-off for at least 2 years. The jamming is most like Mayak jamming in that it is usually home service programming modulated in such a way as to make it mostly unintelligible. This sample is from June 3, 1996, 1202 UTC, 7215 kHz from Bangkok.

VOA Korean. We first learned that North Korea was jamming our programs a few years ago when someone from Radio Japan's Korean service advised us. The jamming was inaudible on our Seoul RMS; probably 'skipping over' such a close location. It was aubible on our Beijing and Shanghai RMSs though. This sample is from May 30, 1996, 1300 UTC, 12010 kHz from Seoul.

VOA Tibetan. Our Tibetan progam has been jammed since shortly after its inception over 5 years ago. The jamming is not very effective, as heard in Kathmandu, Nepal. When we used transmitters in Wertachtal, Germany for the service we found that the Chinese did not jam them because they could not hear them in Beijing; where they appearently administer their jamming network from. Chinese jamming of VOA Tibetan usually takes the form of co-channeling. This sample is from June 15, 1996, 0002 UTC, 9510 kHz from Kathmandu.

Radio Marti. Spanish to Cuba Radio Marti has been jammed by Cuba since it first aired on 1180 kHz from Marathon, Florida. Shortwave transmissions were not jammed for over a year after they started, but are jammed now. This example of Cuban jamming of Radio Marti is from April 13, 1996, 1301 UTC, 7405 kHz from Santo Domingo. The jamming is a 'bubble' or 'warble' type similar to that used by some administrations in the Middle East before, during and after the Gulf War.

VOA Farsi. VOA Farsi language programs from our Kuwait mediumwave relay on 1548 kHz have been jammed since at least mid-August 1996. Shortwave transmissions have also been affected since March 8, 1997. This example is from August 27, 1996, 1847 UTC as heard at our Manama, Bahrain monitoring office. The jamming is a 'bubble' or 'warble' type similar to that used by Iran and Iraq during and after the Gulf War.

RFA Vietnamese. Radio Free Asia (RFA) programs began February 6, 1997. They have been heavily jammed since the first day of broadcast. As new frequencies are brought on the air, jamming signals appear. The jamming consists of Voice of Vietnam 'home service' programming and other delightful noises.

RFA Korean. Radio Free Asia (RFA) Korean The jamming consists of programming and other delightful noises.

RFA Mandarin. Radio Free Asia (RFA) Mandarin language programs The jamming consists of programming and other delightful noises.

Last updated 9/15/97 by Bill Whitacre. Here are some other samples of unidentified jamming signals. Can you help us figure out who these are? (VOA / IBB web page under JAMMING icon, http://voa.his.com/jamming.html )

KOREA D.P.R. v13790.22 R Pyongyang in Fr at 0430, commentary, then KRE mx, reg 0400- 0457 on //11710.08. Sp at same time, checked at 0435 on 13650.08, 15340.12, 17735.08. (WB, Jul 26)

LAOS 6130 Lao Natl Radio, full-data ltr with nice verie statement, via air in 75 days, V/S Miss Vichitsavanh Chanthery, Announcer, En section. Laos does NOT accept IRCs for postage payment, per Miss Chanthery. She sent some used Laotian stamps, my young stamp collector friend is ecstatic! For taped rpt. (Henderson-MD via NU, Jul 26)

QSL-ltr rcvd from Ms. Malivarn Simanithone, En section, P.O.Box 310, Vientiane. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT)

LATVIA Latvijas Radio Riga observed in En at 2030 on 5935. 54434 (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Jul 28)

LITHUANIA Radio Free Tibet, Sitkunai, 9710, 1302, Tibetan tune, male and female speakers with presumed stn D, beginning talks with a mention of the Dalai Lama. 55444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Jul 28)

MALTA [non] 17570 Vo Mediterranean is via GPR-8 Khabarovsk, while their 12060 outlet originates from GPR-1 Moscow and the txions on 9600 from the RAI txs Prato Smeraldo near Rome. There are no longer any SW txs from MLT itself, since the Deutsche Welle Cyclops relay was shut down in Jan 1996. Can anybody tell, whether or not the facilities still exists? There was in 1996 contradictory reports about their demolition; at least in summer 1996 one found the stn still mothballed and untouched. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 27)

MOROCCO 15335 RTM via IBB Briech txs 2240 in Ar with mx and some talks, no formal ID, so formally presumed but what else should it be than this one, by far strongest signal on 19 meters in this moment (500 kW towards EUR); somewhat strange to hear typical Ar progr stuff pounding in with the characteristic VoA/IBB audio compression and some background rustle (presumably a feeder line fault). (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 24)

NETHERLANDS LW 171 kHz 2000 kW project. Dutch longwave project 'Delta 171' is not dead. Only the centre Holland four mast Kootwijk location planning ceased and find out a proper site. Another location in south west Holland 25 kms off[!!] the coast of Zeeland province near Walcheren is under consideration. Two mast installation of 400 metres each. There are many questions, how to install the station and how to mount the masts, and to get out the electricity, says the Delta organization. Such a 'heavy windy' suffering location needs a propery insurance by Lloyds London. Maritime authorities reject the project of radiating masts in the vicinity of radar and navigation equipment. (RNMN, Jul 23)

NEW ZEALAND Have found RNZLI 2105- Fri/Sat, 2151-0458, audible on 17675 around 2130+ lately can't remember when last I heard them on that band. Could have been via their old 7.5 kW tx some time ago! (Noel Green-UK, Jul 18)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4890, NBC Port Moresby, 1923-1935, Easy mx, male ann in En. 24332 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 29)

9675, NBC Port Moresby, 0648-0703, Male speaker in En with mx request show, time check, ID and addr, nat and internat popmx, "Karai National Radio"-ID at 0701, "The time now is 5 o'clock" (was already 1 1/2 mins past the hour), instrumental mx. 34343 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 28)

Australian-donated radio gear lying unused. Delicate radio equipment worth millions of kina, donated as free gifts by some overseas govts to boost the provincial radio stns, is rotting away as lack of funding and commitment by the provincial govt drags on. Among the state assets rotting away is a priceless radio txs equipment donated by the Australian govt, sitting idle at the NBC [Nat Bcing Comm] Fimito tx site in Eastern Highlands Province since 1995. The 3m-kina equipment is a 10-kW tx with back-up accessories to re-establish and boost the NBC MW sce that relays school radio progrs from NBC Karai sce in Port Moresby to schools in Eastern Highlands. The donation from the Australian govt came after the NBC's ailing MW sce txs broke down in early 1996, putting an end to the school radio bcs and special education, awareness and literature progrs run by Karai radio.

The Ausaid [Australian Agency for Internat Developm] gifts came in a 15m-kina package for the four regions and NBC's Highlands regional technical sce, being based in Goroka, took delivery of the tx and a new vehicle. NBC's Highlands technical manager Kin Nige and Radio KBK's progr manager Tonko Nonao have tried in vain for the past two years to get the provincial leaders and bureaucrats to realize the importance of the school radio bcs so they can fund the installation of the new tx. "All we require is about 40,000 kina to bring an NBC engineer to the site and pay for various installation costs to put the new tx on the air," Mr Nige said. "If the Eastern Highlands provincial govt is not interested in this equipment then Radio Simbu or Radio Enga [in other Highlands provinces] can take it and improve their radio communication network. In fact Enga provincial govt is ever ready to install it but I am being patient as I sympathize with thousands of children in the Eastern Highlands," he said.

Mr Nige said that apart from the new equipment given as a gift, NBC had other equipment bought from JPN and properties worth 8m kina were either rotting away or being vandalized. "I have used my own money to register the Ausaid-donated vehicle and to run it to maintain the tx equipment," he said. Mr Nonao said he had pleaded with provincial leaders and top bureaucrats to make money available to utilize the NBC equipment but the pleas had fallen on deaf ears. Radio KBK, despite being shut down only two months back because of 30,000 kina unpaid bills, got a grant of only 50,000 kina in the 1998 provincial budget, he said. The importance of radio in communicating with the rural masses, educating the children, creating awareness and generating entertainment had been either missed or ignored by provincial planners and decision-makers, Mr Nonao said. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Jul 24)

RWANDA 17860 DW via Kigali 2230 in Ge with "Radio E" stuff, coming in on medium level with propagation path completely under darkness; also noted on parallel 15275 with same signal pattern. Don't be confused about the sites for both freqs:

15275 is on air 0600-1800 from Nauen (with breaks for antenna swing at 0955 and 1355), 1755-2200 from Wertachtal and finally 2200-2355 from Kigali, while 17860 originates 0600-0730 from Wertachtal and 1800-2355 from Kigali. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 24)

SAUDI ARABIA v15161.79 BSKSA Holy Qu'ran Sce (p) w/tp's @1430, M speaking Ar VERY low modulation, into Qu'ran recitations. Weak. (Al Quaglieri-NC, Jul 14)

SOUTH AFRICA On the occasion of the World Amateur Radio Day on Sep 19, IARU IARU International Amateur Radio Union, Region One will bc a special progr to celebrate the 75 anniversary of the first transatlantic radio amateur contact. Txions via SENTECH Meyerton as follows: 1300-1355 7205 (100 kW, SoAF), 21545 (250, EUR & ME). 1900-1955 3215 (100, SoAF), 15205 (250, EUR & AF). 2100-2155 15205 (500, NoAM).

SENTECH will provide it's txs for free, as they use to do already for the weekly "Amateur Radio Mirror Internat" of the South African Radio League. For more information contact Hans van den Groenendaal [email protected] (Gregor Link, Vienna-AUT, via Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 19)

15240 Channel Africa with ID by man as "You are tuned to the En Sce of Channel Africa bcing to AF from Johannesburg, RSA" then ID in Fr lang and IS both from 1756-1759. Drum beats then 5 short and 1 long pip for 1800. African Nx read by man followed. Good initially to Fair by 1820. (David Ross-CAN, Jul 26)

SPAIN new9590 REE Madrid replacing 9855 for Ge sce Mon/Thur only 1730-1800, Noblejas tx site 350 kW 50 degr, as fr Aug 3rd. (Gierich-D, in ORF DX Telegram, Jul 26)

TAHITI R France, France Inter progr noted again via RFO Papeete Mahina 15170 fr approx. 0500-0925 fade-out, peak signal around 0600, weak 14221 at 0915. //LW Allouis 162 kHz. WYFR in Ar at 0500, and later Fr lang underneath. (WB, Jul 26)

TAIWAN 15665 Radio Taipei ID heard in Ru opening with anthem at 1305. Ru progr til 1359, when ID for WYFR heard also in Ru then off. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 18) [WYFR scheduled on 9955-TWN at 1505]

TAJIKISTAN Democratic Voice of Burma, Orzu, 13820, 1245,IS and s-on, mentioning Oslo. 45444. (Michiel Schaay-HOl, Jul 28)

UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS RADIO BROADCAST SCHEDULE - JULY 1998 List of some of the stns bcing UN Radio progrs in En. Sat 1345-1400 1930-1945 All India Radio 9565, 10330[?], 15120 AS Thu 1430-1445 Bhutan Bcing Sce 5025 AS Fri/Sat/Sun 2100-2130 IRRS-SW 3955 EUR Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun 1630-1700 1900-1930 1700-1730 1700-1830 1900-1930 1700-1800 1800-1845 0530-0630 1500-1600 0600-0730 IRRS-SW 3985 EUR Fri/Sat/Sun 0830-0845 0330-0430 1430-1500 0330-0430 0730-0800 IRRS-SW 7120 EUR Sun 2030-2200 Radio Cairo-EGY 15335 WeAF Mon/Wed Mon/Fri Tue/Wed/Thu/Sat/Sun Tue/Thu/Fri 2100-2130 2345-0000 2345-0000 2115-2130 RfPI-CTR 21460 7385 7385 15050 No&LatAM Tue/Sun (UNESCO) 2100-2115 2200-2230 RFPI-CTR 15050 7385 No&LatAM Tue/Thu 1830-1900 Radio Tanzania 5050 Ea&CeAF Thu/Tue-Fri 1550-1605 0140-0155 1730-1735 2000-2005 0310-0315 0500-0505 0630-0635 Vatican Radio 11640, 9875 7335 11625,13765, 15570 7365, 9660 EUR AS AF Tue-Fri 2100-2130 WRNO-World Sces 15420 No&SoAM

UNITED NATIONS RADIO BROADCAST SCHEDULE - JULY 1998 List of some of the stns bcing UN Radio progrs in Ar, Bangla, Ch, Fr, Hi, Ru, Sp and Swahili. Ar Sun 1645-1700 Radio Cairo-EGY 9700, 11665 ME, NoAF Bangla Sat 1445-1515 1600-1630 All India Radio 594 1134 4820 SoEaAS Ch Wed 0900-1000 1100-1200 1300-1400 Radio Beijing 15165, 9590, 17715, 15110, 9590, 15165, 9945, 9590 SoEaAS, NoEaAS, SoEaAS Fr Mon 2200-2215 Radio Cairo 15335 We&CeAF

Mon/Tue/Sat/Sun 1700-1730 1700-1800 0830-0900 0830-0900 IRRS-SW 3985 7120 7120 EUR Hi Fri 1450-1500 0040-0050 Vatican Radio 9875, 11640 5980, 7335 AS Ru Sat/Sun 0300-0330 0500-0530 0200-0230 0430-0500 0500-0530 IRRS-SW 7120 3985 EaEUR Sp Mon-Fri 0015-0020 OAS Radio 11830, 15160 No&Lat AM Mon-Fri Fri/Sun 1430-1445 1930-1945 2200-2215 1030-1045 1730-1745 Voz de los Andes (HCJB) (also on MW 690) 6050, 9765, 11910 6050, 15230, 17875 15140 No&LatAM Mon-Fri 2100-2115 Radio Mexico International 15430, 9705, 11770 5985 No&LatAM Mon/Sat/Sun 1730-1845 0900-0930 0900-0930 IRRS-SW 3985 7120 EUR Swa Mon 1650-1705 Radio Cairo-EGY 11975 Ea&CeAF Sun 1730-1745 Radio Tanzania 11734 Ea&CeAF

UN Radio bcs in Ar, Bangla, Ch, Dutch Papiamento, En, Fr, Fr Creole, Hi, Ins, Por, Ru, Sp, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu. RFPI progrs are repeated 8 hrs later.

RR's are verified with QSL cards. United Nations Radio, S-850 New York, NY 10017, USA. fax +1 212 963-1307 e-mail [email protected] Please send UNESCO RR's to: UNESCO RADIO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, F-75007 Paris, France (UN Radio web page)

USA 15525 VoA noted on new channel, and 11975 for Kurdish at 1600-1700, //15170. Current sched in "VoA Guide" gives 15235 & 11785, but not heard there.

R Liberty in Belarus heard opening 1500[-1630] on 15565, //11725 9610 7295, but listed 11830 Pals not heard VoIRI Tehran using 11830. (Noel Green-UK, Jul 18)

VoA Kurdish scheduled 11785-KAV-til May 22, 11975-KAV fr May 23, 15170-KAV, 15235-MOR- til May 22, 15525-MOR fr May 23.

RL in Belarus scheduled 7295-LAM, 9610-BIB, 11725-WOF, 15565-MOR. 11830-PAL deleted on Jun 28th. (IBB schedule, Jul 21)

VoA new, 0700-0900 Mandarin Special English, 21705 21540 17855 15250. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Jul 27)

VoA English CW - Communications World Transmission Schedule Z98 May 30-Oct 24, 1998 CW is a weekly progr about developments in electronic media and internat bcing, produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott. CW is bc Sat exc where indicated.

THREE NINE-MINUTE SEGMENTS. CW is bc each Sat as part of the VOA News Now sce. The progr is presented in three nine-minute segments. Segment A usually contains media and internat bcing nx. Segment B usually has longer reports and interviews. Segment C has audience feedback and/or reports.

EAST ASIA p - primarily to the Pacific region 1136-1145 A 6160 9645 9760 9770 11720 15160 15425 1336-1345 B 6160 9645 9760 15160 15425 1536-1545 C 7125 9645 1936-1945p C 9525 11870 15180 2136-2145p B 11870 15185 17735 9705 2336-2345 C 7215 9705 9770 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 17820

SOUTH ASIA 0136-0145 A 7115 7200 9635 11705 11725 11820 15250 17740 17820 1136-1145 A 9760 15425 1336-1345 B 6160 9760 15425 1536-1545 C 7125 7215 9645 15395 1736-1745 A 6110 6160 7125 7170 7215 9645 15395

MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, EUROPE 0136-0145 A 1197 1548 0536-0645 A 792 1197 7170 11965 15205 WRN1** 0736-0745 C Astra 1A* 0936-0945 B Astra 1A* 1136-1145 A Astra 1A* 1336-1345 B Astra 1A* 1536-1600 C 1197 1260 1548 9700 15205 15255 1736-1745 A 9700 9760 15255 1936-1945 C 9760 9770 2136-2145 B 1260 6040 9535 WRN1** 2336-2345 C 1260 1548 *Astra 1A, transponder 7, 11302.7 GHz, H-Pol, audio subc 7.56 MHz **WRN1, Astra 1B, transponder 22, 11538 GHz, V-Pol, audio subc 7.38 MHz

AFRICA 0336-0345 B 909 1530 6080 6115 7105 7275 7290 9575 9885 0536-0545 A 909 5970 6035 6080 7195 9630 12080 1736-1745 A 15410 15445 17895 1936-1945 C 909 4950 6035 7375 7415 11975 15410 15445 15580

AMERICAS 0136-0145 A 5995 6130 9455 Listeners in the Americas, please also try: 0336-0345 B 9575 and other AF freqs 0536-0545 A 6035 and other AF freqs 1136-1145 A 9770 1936-1945 C 15580

INTERNET REALAUDIO. VOA News Now can be heard in RealAudio from the VOA server: http://www.voa.gov/voahome/voaaudio.ram CW is bc UTC Sat at 0136(A), 0336(B), 0536(A), 0736(C), 0936(B), 1136(A), 1336(B), 1536(C), 1736(A), 1936(B), 2136(C), and 2336(C).

HALF-HOUR VERSION VIA WORLD RADIO NETWORK. The combined half-hour version of CW is only available from one source: via Internet and satellite from World Radio Network, London. To listen or download in RealAudio: http://www.wrn.org/voa.html

Via satellite and rebroadcasting: EUROPE Sun 0830-0900 and 1400-1430 on World Radio Network's WRN1, Astra 1B, transponder 22, 11538 GHz, V-Pol, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz. And on WRN affiliates in EUR (http://www.wrn.org/cable.html).

NORTH AMERICA Sun 1400, World Radio Network WRN1 NoAM: Galaxy Five, 125 degr West, transponder 6 (TBS), 3.820 GHz, V-Pol, audio subc 6.8 MHz, plus WRN affiliates (http://www.wrn.org/cable.html).

AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST/EAST EUROPE Sun 1400, Intelsat 707, 1 degr West, 3.9115 GHz, Right- hand Circular-Pol, Symbol Rate 8.022 Mbaud, FEC 3/4, MPEG2 Audio Stream "WRN," Sun 1400. Also, via the Multichoice direct-to-home satellite service, Sun 1400.

ASIA-PACIFIC Sun 1400, AsiaSat-2, 100.5 degr East, 4.000 GHz, V-Pol, MPEG2 DVB, Symbol Rate 28.125 Mbaud, FEC 3/4, Select "WRN" from audio menu, Sun 1400. In Japan on the USEN and CAN cable radio systems Sun 1400 (WRN channel).

Adresses: http://www.trsc.com/cw/#schedule http://www.trsc.com/cw/#scripts http://www.trsc.com/cw/#audio http://www.trsc.com/cw/#VOA Links (CW via _ 1998 TRS Consultants. 12 July 1998)

RFA Z98 schedule [few updates, acc monitoring on Jul 25/26, ed] Burmese 0030-0130 9975 11540 11580 11590 13710 13820 1500-1600 11530 11590 13820 Cambodian 2230-2330 7455 7520 9570 11510 11570 0030-0130 15655 15695 1130-1330 15695 15705 (fr 1200-)9925&9930 1200-1330 11510 Canton.Ch 1400-1500 9955 11500 11510 2200-2300 9355 9955 11500 Korean 1530-1630 5855 9955 11565 15660 2200-2300 7470 7495 9395 9455 11785 15515 2230-2300 9930 Laotian 0000-0100 7530 9365 9905 9920 1100-1200 15660 15715 17805 Mandarin Ch 0300-0500 17495 17525 17615 17880 1500-1630 9445 1500-2000 9905 (fr 1630-)9455 11520 11945 15510 1800-2000 9420 11710 2100-2200 9355 9420 9455 9905 11765 15515 2300-2400 9420 9905 11785 13800 15515 Tibetan 1300-1400 11590 13830 17855 1500-1600 11510 13835 2300-2400 9365 9875 9920 0100-0200 9365 9670 9920 Vietnamese 2330-0030 9975 11580 13710 1400-1500 9455 9905 9930 11535 (RFA schedule, Jul 26)

4278.5 & 12689.5 usb mode

12689.5 USA Armed Forces Radio in usb with a series of commercials at 2050 for the Multi lateral agreement (Status of Forces agreement) by NATO members, Nationalization of non- US citizens, Nicotine withdrawal symptoms, 20th President of the United States, Drunk driving and the American Foundation for the Blind. Musical selections followed with an ID at 2115 by man "on Armed Forces Radio." Fair to Good. Also noted later at 2200 on 4278.5 with same program as 12689.5. Both freqs per tip on IRC EFNet chat #swl. (David Ross-CAN, Jul 28)

12689.5 usb mode AFN 2352-0035 Pop mx at tune-in. Schedule of upcoming "AFN Sports" progrs. Star-Spangled Banner at 0000, then AP nx. Several PSA's. "Army Nx Note" on soil conservation at Fort Jackson. Relay of CNN Headline Nx at 0030. Nice signal. Thanks to Steven Lare tip on rec.radio.shortwave. (Kohlbrenner-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 28)

12689.4 usb mode Armed Forces Network. Surprised to find this one today....in the middle of the marine/CW band! 1525 In progress at tune-in with, Technation progr of interviews on advancements in technology, and what the future holds. "Armed Forces Network" IDs to interview with author Jeff Greenberg on his Star Trek book to 1556. ID, 1-800 number for book offer, PSAs. 1600 ID into AP Network's U.S. and world nx headlines. Rush Limbaugh at 1606 for one hour. ID into Dr. Laura at 1700. Still audible with S10 signal at 1830. Station has been reported as being heard 24 hrs by DXers in SoAM and NZL, as well as a DXer in East Texas. My hunch is this is probably a U.S. relay to troops in the RIMPAC annual exercise presently ongoing. Propagation tells me its probably not via the PAC stn, could go off any time since RIMPAC will soon wrap up. AFN phone number from WRTVH 98 is bad, as is the website addr. Let's hope the March ARB addr is good. Any more info anyone? (Van Horn-USA, Cumbre Dx, Jul 29)

Heard at 2235 with progr Marketplace and a good signal. (Johnson-USA, all via Cumbre Dx, Jul 29)

UNIDENTIFIED 12689.5 usb mode, American Forces Network; Unidentified site, 1150, Female speaker in En with ID and headlines, short piece of mx, male speaker. Some CW QRM. 23432. Some people on hard-core-DX believe this is a feeder from somewhere in the Americas. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Jul 29)

Follow Up: In reply to your e-mail. It is a puzzlement. We are guess that "they" the re- tx of the AFRS signal is pulling it in off AFSTRS on the L Band and retxing (illegally). It will be interesting when we find out. In the meantime, hope you all enjoy, just like before 1986. (Charles P. Barker, Armed Forces Radio and TV Sce, Broadcast Center, Affiliate Relations Customer Sce via Harms, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 30)

WRMI Schedule Aug 1, 1998. All bcs on 9955. [some interesting progrs elected, ed] Mon-Fri 2230-2300 30 Minutos con el CID Espanol 2315-2345 Viva Miami (Mon-Thu) Espanol 2315-2345 Con Frecuencia (Fri) Espanol 0330-0400 Viva Miami (Mon, Thu) English 0330-0400 Wavescan (Fri) English

Sat 1330-1400 30 Minutos con el CID Espanol 2000-2030 Viva Miami Espanol 2030-2100 Con Frecuencia Espanol 0000-0030 Con Frecuencia Espanol

Sun 1200-1230 Con Frecuencia Espanol 1300-1330 Universal Life English 2300-2330 Universelles Leben Deutsch 2330-0000 Vida Universal Espanol 0030-0100 Wavescan English

Mailbag & DX Programs (days are UTC): Viva Miami in En 0330-0400 Tue & Fri Viva Miami in Sp: 2315-2345 Mon-Thu; 2000-2030 Sat. Wavescan in En: 0330-0400 Sat; 0030-0100 Mon. Con Frecuencia in Sp: 2315-2345 Fri; 2030-2100 Sat; 0000-0030 Sun. 1200-1230 Sun. On Tue, Aug 4 at 2315-2345, the progr "Viva Miami" in Sp will report on the Fourth National Meeting of Mexican DXers which takes place the previous weekend in the city of Tehuacan. WRMI will be represented at the meeting by Jeff and Thais White. A similar review of the meeting will be bc on the En-lang edition of "Viva Miami" UTC Fri, Aug 7 at 0330-0400. (Jeff White-FL, WRMI, Jul 22)

Dxing with Cumbre Marie Lamb WHRI ANGEL 1 NoCeSoAM 0000-1000 7315 1000-1300 9495 1300-1800 15105 1800-0000 9495 Sat 0500-0530, 0730-0800, 1730-1800, 2230-2300 Sun 1330-1400

WHRI ANGEL 2 EUR, RUS, & NoAM 2100-1000 5745 1000-1500 6040 1500-2100 13760 Sat 0500-0530, 0730-0800, 1430-1500, 2200-2230 Sun 0300-0330, 0430-0500, 1630-1700

KWHR ANGEL 3 AS & CHN 2200-0400 17510 0400-1000 17780 1000-1800 9930 1800-2000 13625 2000-2200 15405 Fri 0230-0300 Sat 0230-0300, 0600-0630 Sun 0430-0500, 0600-0630, 1630-1700, 1830-1900

KWHR ANGEL 4 The South Pacific 0700-1600 11565 Sat 0800-0830, 1230-1300 Sun 0730-0800, 1030-1100, 1300-1330

WHRA ANGEL 5 AF 0300-0500 9400 0500-0800 11565 1800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 2200-2400 13760 Sat 0530-0600, 2130-2200 Sun 2230-2300 (Joseph Brashier-WHRI/KWHR/WHRA, Jul 23)

KJES (King Jesus Eternal Saviour) 0100 0230 English 7555 1300 1400 English 11715 1400 1500 English 11715 1500 1600 Spanish 11715 1800 1900 English 15385 2000 2100 English 15385 (BBCM)

VIETNAM v9839.84 VOVTN Hanoi @1012 in En comm on regional peace & prosperity. Fair, //stronger v12019.56. (Al Quaglieri-NC, Jul 14)

The second edition of Passport to Web Radio has just been published, by the same people who compile the annual Passport to World Band Radio. Passport to Web Radio is 143 pages, lavishly illustrated with color photos. Country by country, it provides URLs for radio stns simulcast or exclusively on the Internet. It also has a useful introduction to Web radio, and interesting articles about Internet audio by John Campbell and Kim Komando.

Passport to Web Radio is a good read. But is a book the best medium for information about Internet audio? After all, if you can access Internet audio, you have access to the World Wide Web. On the Web are a number of excellent guides to Internet radio and audio. From those sites, you can just click on the stn that interests you, and suddenly you're there. Furthermore, Web sites can and should constantly update their information, whereas a reference book becomes outdated until the next edition comes along. Last but not least, the Web sites are free, whereas Passport to Web Radio costs $20 here in the United States.

Nevertheless, if you are not yet Internet-initiated, you may find the audio offerings described in Passport alluring enough to take the plunge into the cyberworld. And the pages of this reference book are certainly more comfortable to the eye than the images on a computer monitor. For more information, visit www.passport.com (VoA Communications World, Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott, Jul 25-26)

Wanted: ICOM IC-1275 - 23 cm allmode unit -

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AUSTRALIA Cumbre DX was able to follow up with Hugh MacKenzie of Australian Armed Forces Radio, who had this to say about her stn: The reason that we are using to two freqs is that we are now bcing to two different areas: 14790U is a dom sce for forces exercising in Australia or ships in Australian waters. 15635U is directed to PNG where we have forces working in disaster relief and as peace monitors in Bougainville. MacKenzie added that bcing on two freqs was a very sudden decision and is a trial. Both are coming from Belconnen and the power is 10 kW. We also have an addit bc on Thurs for the Australian ships in the RIMPAC exercise off of Hawaii. Hugh wasnt sure of the exact times and freqs when I spoke with him but we hope to have this over the next couple of days. (Cumbre DX Johnson Copyright Jul 30)

BANGLADESH v4879.20 R Bangladesh, 1315-1330, Bengali, tlks, folkmx. Best reception in lsb mode. 33443 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 13)

4880, R. Bangladesh, exc with dom sce at 1230-1400, dominant over co-chan. AIR-Lucknow. Also strong at *0030 to past 0100. (Bob Padula-THA, via EDXP, Aug 2)

BELARUS 6115 Belaruskaje R, [Kursk], 1855-..., Ru tlks, harmonica mx, ID as "R Belarus", at 1858 covered by another stn [RL Holzkirchen, now Lampertheim, in Ru til 2200]. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 13)

Belarusian Radio's ext sce identifies itself as "Radiostantsiya Belarus" in Belarusian. In En it uses the ID "Radio Belarus Internat" or "Radio Minsk". Some of the bcs listed below may include relig progrs (eg "Das Wort") - airtime is hired to these groups on a commercial basis. This schedule is based on monitoring and information supplied by the stn. All bcs in Belarussian, exc. when stated.

0100-0130 daily Eu, 0130-0200 Sun Ru Eu, 0130-0200 Mon-Sat Eu, 0200-0230 Tue Eu, 0200- 0230 Thu Ge Eu, 0200-0230 exc. Tue/Thu En Eu, 0230-0300 Sun Ge Eu, 0230-0300 Mon Ru Eu, 0230-0300 Tue-Sat Eu 11670 7210 1170.

0300-0500 daily Eu (Relay of 1st progr), 0900-1100 daily Eu (Relay of 1st progr - both for Russian Federation) 11960 11670 1170. 1500-1730 daily Eu (Relay of 1st progr - for Russian Federation) 11670 7210 1170.

1900-1930 daily Eu, 1930-2000 Mon Eu, 1930-2000 Tue/Thu En Eu, 1930-2000 Fri Ru Eu, 1930-2000 Sat/Sun/Wed Ge Eu, 2000-2030 Sun Eu, 2000-2030 Thu/Fri Ge Eu "Das Wort", 2000- 2030 Sun/Mon-Wed Ru Eu, 2030-2100 Mon Eu, 2030-2100 Tue/Thu En Eu, 2030-2100 Fri-Sun/Wed Ge Eu "Das Wort"- Fris only, 11960 7210 1170.

Addr: Radiostantsiya Belarus, vul Chyrvonaja 4, 220807 Minsk, Belarus Tel: +375-172-395831 Fax: +375-172-366643 URL: www.nestor.minsk.by/radiod/indexen.htm (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 30)

BELARUS/POLAND Minister critical of Polish decision on Radio Free Belarus. Belarusian Foreign Min has criticized Poland for allowing Belarusian opposition representatives to open a radio stn on its territory. The stn (Radio Free Belarus), due to start bcing in the autumn, would launch a campaign to discredit Belarus, violating the Belarusian-Polish treaty on neighbourly relations. Belarus may regard the radio stn's opening in Poland as a hostile action.

[On 23rd July the left-wing Polish nxpaper 'Nie' published an article critical of plans to set up a stn called Radio Free Belarus bcing from EaPOL. The article said that businessmen in the area were already feeling the economic effects of a recent tightening of border controls and feared that the radio initiative might lead to a full border closure. It added that some traders were considering the possibility of "smashing to pieces" the radio mast expected to be used for the txions.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 23)

BHUTAN 5030, BBS, good with En nx at 1315-1330, dominant over co-chan. Kuching. Nx items about the King's actvities, and tourist info about the Kingdom. (Bob Padula-THA, via EDXP, Jul 22)

BULGARIA R Varna is resuming its summer txions for Holiday Makers on the Black Sea coast (Jun-Sept) in En, Ge, Fr, Ru, daily 0700-0900 & 1000-1100 on MW Varna 981, 150 kW, and FM outlets at Burgas 88.5, Provadia 88.6, Dobrich 88.7, Varna 103.4 & 69.41-OIRT-FM.

BTW, the Fridays bc of R Varna in Bulgarian, 2100-2115 relay Nat sce Horizont, 2115-0100 own progr "Hello Sea", is operating "incognito" of the Bulgarian National Radio. The national organization isn't paying for that special broadcast. The SW freq of v9774.8 isn't coordinated by the HFCC organization list. The SW tx is put together from old former jammer parts, with an estimated output power of 100 kW. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 28)

[remainds me, that the azimuth of the antenna is about 10 degr north towards Moscow/CeRUS, ed]

CAMBODIA 4907, 6090 & 11940, Cambodian Natl Radio: Nothing hrd at any time on these freqs. However, recent rpts suggest that 11940 may be in use with reduced power. (Bob Padula-THA, via EDXP, Jul 22)

FEBC Cambodian bcs to start in Dec. For the first time in Cambodia's history, its people will have the opportunity to listen to local Christian bcs. On 23rd June, the Cambodian govt granted a licence to Far East Broadcasting Company [FEBC] to begin bcing over two freqs: MW 810 and 1413. FEBC Cambodia is the only NGO (non-govt organization) to be granted a licence for a MW stn. Furthermore, the 10 kW stn will be the only licensed Christian radio stn in the entire country of Cambodia, where 95 % of the people are Buddhist.

Today, govt progrs permeate the majority of Cambodia's five local stns. The approach behind FEBC Cambodia's bcs will be to offer unprecedented progrs that provide practical advice for everyday problems, such as family relationships, good citizenship and even basic hygiene. FEBC Cambodia anticipates the premiere of the first progrs from the new stn to be on Christmas Day, 1998. There are plans to increase the power output to 50 kW within 12 months, allowing the progrs to reach Cambodia's neighbours, such as VTN, SoCHN, THA, LAO and other surrounding countries. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 28)

CHINA 6200 PBS Xizang, Lhasa, 1150-1200, Tibetan, folkmx, 1200 ID by female, nx talks. Weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 15)

CRI noted on NF 9665, opening 0100 with Sp, to 0150*. [Brasilia-Brazil, southern winter freq in 1996, acc to my listing, ed] Relay, very "tinny" audio, site unknown, not audible on listed Xian outlets of 9565 or 11650. Propagation doesn't seem like China mainland. 7140 CNR-2 with En Lessons 2230-2240, //7770 6890 etc. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Jul 31 / Aug 2)

CLANDESTINE v6189.9 VoBroad Masses of Eritrea, 1825-, 23332, presum. Vernaculars. Then stn covered by R Tashkent-UZB, which s-on at 1830 on 6190, IS, ID, progr in Persian with Sinpo 23332, //7285, 9540 S=3!. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 13)

CONGO, DEM REP OF v15244.46, RTNC RTV Nationale Congolaise Kinshasa, 1756-1820, Afro speaker in Fr with presumed nx, S=23222. Side band splash fr RAI Santo Palombara 15250 1830-1930 in It & Somali. (WB, Jul 30 / Aug 3)

BBC is reporting a military rebellion in the east of this country, including the region near Bukavu. There have also been gunbattles in Kinshasa. Here are a couple of stns to keep an ear on:

In Bukavu 5066 La Voix du Peuple Listeners in NoAM can try for this one around 0400. Listeners in EUR and AF can also try around 1700. In Kinshasa 15244v The National Radio Stn has been heard in EUR around 0500. It has also been heard through much of the world around 1800. (Hans Johnson-WY-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Copyright, Aug 4)

GERMANY 7265 SWF3 Rohrdorf [to be renamed soon to SWR - SuedWestRundfunk], observed in the Philippines: 1835-2006, Ge pop mx, 1900 time pips, ID's, nx weather, traffic report, again pop mx til 2000, 3 short/ 1 long time pips. "Es ist 2200 Uhr [local time], ... SWF3 Radiodienst [radio sce]". 15332.

At same time for comparison: 6155 ORF Moosbrunn-AUT 1920 S=7; 6075 DW S=9 +20dB. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 24)

At 0500 SRI Berne noted in Ge on new 6055 (x5840) via DTK Juelich presumably, 54544. Registration for 5840 0355-0630, zones 28SE & 29, 105 degr, daily 2903-251098.

On 5840 RAI Santo Palombara in Italian noted instead, Sinpo 25232, BUT this is a mixing product of 5975 x 2 = 11950 minus 6110 = 5840. RAI is carrying Italian on 6110, and Lithuanian/Romanian on 5975 at this time span. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, Aug 4)

If you want to have a look on the antenna field, tx hall and main control room at Juelich, check out the subpages under

URL http://www.telekom.de/angebot/rundfunk/rsender/lmk/ where Deutsche Telekom offers it's "T-Media-Broadcast" sces, which also includes "SW - broadcasting with future", as they headlines the respective page. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 5)

DW expands progrs in Ru. From now on, Deutsche Welle's [DW] progrs in Ru will be increased from eight to 13 hrs a day, Dieter Weirich, dir-gen of the German foreign bcing stn, announced in Cologne on 3rd July 1998. Anyone who wants to hold his own in competition with other foreign radio stns in the gigantic radio market of the Russian Federation with its 11 time zones must be present during radio prime time.

The head of the German foreign bcing stn stressed that the progr expansion means another step in the successful development of the Russian radio market for DW. Weirich noted that DW, in cooperation with state-owned Georgian radio, has been bcing a 15-mins daily progr in Georgian since 1st June. In addition, it is planned to introduce current affairs bcs in Ukr and Uzb langs this year. After DW-radio in En, DW-radio in Ru is DW's second-largest foreign lang progr. Between Kaliningrad in the west and the Bering Strait in the east, the progr can be received via satellite and on SW, and in Moscow and St Petersburg on local MW. In addition, more than 60 FM radio stns rebc all or parts of the progr. Last year the number of letters to DW's Russian editorial office tripled to 30,000. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 30)

GUAM PACIFIC DX REPORT KTWR Guam (eff Mar 29) Northeast Asia Fris 1030 9865 South Pacific Thurs 0800 15330 South Asia Mons 1615 15330 Southeast Asia Tues 0900 15200 (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Aug 3)

HAWAII 11565 KWHR Naalehu, 1230-1258, En DX progr with Cumbre. 35443 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 11)

INDONESIA INDONESIAN POSTAGE "Amateur radio source reports a huge rise in postal rates from INS as of 1 Jul 1998." Take it into consideration when sending a reception report with return postage to a YB stn. (425 DX News #377 via Nigro Jul 29, via Cumbre Dx, Copyright)

The Indonesian currency rupiah has suffered a sharp depreciation from Rp2500/US$ to Rp14,000 since July 1997. (Sonny Ashimori-JPN, Jul 30)

4766 RRI Medan active again, 1300-1327, irregularly on this QRG. 35433. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 26) v6070.9 RRI Jayapura, 1655-, presumbaly BI tlks, popular mx, signal fading up and down. Difficult to read, Jul 13, weak. At 0940 on Jul 15 wandering to v6069.8, 34333. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 13/15)

3904.8 UNID INS stn, 1230-1257*, talks, very difficult to read. QRM by strong carrier on 3905. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 18)

4766 RRI Medan, 1215-..., popular mx, Dangut mx, 1240 adv by male "Programa Dua...FM...". At best 45433. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 26) v3985.76 RRI Surabaya, 1252-1335, popular mx, 1255 ID + time, 1258 SCI, relay of RRI Jakarta at 1300 "Warta Berita Ekonomi Keuangan dan Industrie", 1305 Bagimu Negri, a piece of Gamelan mx, at 1310 clear ID by female. Wayang Kulit male+female. 13332, (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 26)

IRAQ [non Iran] "VoCrusadors" (known as VoMojahed -- "Sedaye Mojahed") operating in Persian fr IRQ against IRNian govt, was heard in BUL for the last time on July 12th, no trace of the bcs til now July 25th, when re-appeared again on new schedule, and cutting bc-time recently.

Monitored schedule: *0100-0300* & *1600-1808* on var +/- 30 kHz, to avoid IRNian jammers: 4650, 4850(!), 5150, 5350, 5650, 5750, 6250. But with different progr *0100- 0300* & *1500-1805* on single 6177.

An UNID stn in Persian is operating 1900-2200 on MW 1575 plus IRNian jammers. Acc to several sources on approx. 1566...1570 Iraqi Army Radio in Ar is bcing here, but not heard in BUL so far. [some txions in Ar & Persian in 1560-1580 kHz range originate from KWT site, ed] (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 28)

JAPAN 3373.5 NHK Hiharra, 1130-1300*, usb mode, Jpn talks, 1140 progr ID, 1200 3 short, 1 long time pips, ID by female, into En-Jpn lessons til 1230, mx bridge, ID by female.

3607.5 NHK Tokyo Shobu 1, 1140-1200, Jpn, talks, 1200 3 short, 1 long time pips, ID by female, ID, usb mode reception. 24432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 11/12/13)

LAOS 6130, LNR, noted at *0930-1530*, also *2200-0800*. Good reception throughout NoTHA. There is a break in txion between 0800 and 0930.

6975, Louang Prabang listed, unheard during evening period, 1000-1400, and possibly inactive. (Bob Padula-THA, via EDXP, Jul 22)

MEXICO Radio Mexico Internacional heard in EUR on the "open window" 0400-0445, SINPO 34433. Before 0400 co-ch VoA Briech in Romanian, from 0445 co-ch WYFR Okeechobee-FL.

RMI latest schedule listed French new segment "Cafe Culture" four times a week. Tue 0400-0430 9705. Wed 2000-2030, Thurs 1500-1530, Sat 2000-2030, all 9705, 5985. (Uwe Volk-D, Jul 31)

MOZAMBIQUE New radio txs in Tete. Radio Mozambique is expanding its sces. A 50 kW MW tx has been commissioned in Matundo, Tete Prov. An FM tx has also been installed on Mt.Caroeira, approx six km from the stn's studios in the city of Tete. The FM tx will relay Radio Mozambique's dom sce. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 30)

MYANMAR/BURMA R. Myanmar, observed sked: 7185 at 0030-0230 (En 0130-0230), 5985 at 1000-1600 (En 1430-1600), 9730 at 0330-0830 (En 0700-0830), and 4725 at 0900-1600 (indigenous langs.)

5973, Myawddy Radio, observed at *1030, s/off variable between 1200-1400. Carries extensive reviews of military and political events, Thai and local langs.

6570, Defense Forces B/Cing Unit, listed here but not hrd evenings at 1300-1400. Possibly operating at other times to variable sked. (all Bob Padula-THA, via EDXP, Jul 22)

NETHERLANDS Latest plans for Delta 171 Radio LW project.

On the subject of strange stns, the news broke over the last couple of days that the Dutch LW project Delta 171 is seriously considering to build its antenna 25 kms off the coast of Walcheren in Zeeland - that's down in the So-We of the Netherlands [near the Belgian border]. Planning permission to put giant masts in the centre of the Netherlands at a place called Kootwijk have been turned down. These were to have been used to bc pop mx towards the UK in a similar sort of way that Atlantic 252 uses LW from IRL.

Rather than appeal [against] the Kootwijk decision, Menno Hidajattoellah, spokesperson for Delta 171 Radio on the line from Amsterdam told us this new, just-offshore project, is not a hoax.

[Hidajattoellah] We try to study the possibilities for such an operation, yes. The site would be two antennas of approx 400 metres and that will be about it. It will not create an isle or something, but it will just simply be two antennas. It needs to resist about wind force 12 in order to get it properly insured and all sorts of certificates that we need for and from Lloyds in London.

Three years ago - over three years ago - we've been licensed to use LW 171 kHz, and ever since we've been trying to find a proper site.

[Presenter] Delta couldn't yet tell us how they'll mount the tx or get the electricity out to the site. One wonders how maritime authorities will react to the prospect of radiating masts in the vicinity of radar and navigation equipment. They did reveal though, the estimated cost of this plan, to be around 12 million US dollars. (RNMN Jul 23, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 30)

LW Delta 171 Radio Developments. Plans for a high power longwave stn covering the UK from Holland have taken a step nearer with formal approval being given for a longwave tx stn located off the Dutch coast. The new proposal is for two 1300 ft. high masts to be built on a man-made island about 15 miles off Walcheren, near the Belgian border. Transmissions of a new stn Delta Radio, on 171 kHz longwave will use a two MW tx, to be supplied by Thomcast of France.

The original plan (rejected by the local council) was to use four masts at a site at Kootwijk near Appeldoorn in the east of Holland, which would have given an effective power of over 8 million watts, but as the new site offshore will have only a short stretch of sea between it and the target market (London and SoEa England) less masts will be need to achieve strong signal coverage. The signal has to be directional to protect an existing user on the Baltic coast near Kaliningrad Bolshakovo in Russia, which means using at least two masts.

However, there are still several technical hurdles to be overcome, as the very strong signals could cause some problems to shipping in the busy Straits. (Paul Rusling in Radio Magazine, via BDXC Communication 8-98)

NEW ZEALAND RADIO NEW ZEALAND International Some freq changes and new s-off time at 1015.

Frequency schedule 7 Sep-25 Oct 1998 Mon-Fri 1650-1751 6145 Sun-Thu 1752-1951 11675 Fri-Sat 1752-1958 11675 Sun-Thu 1952-0458 17675 Fri-Sat 1959-0458 17675 Daily 0459-0705 11905 Daily 0706-1015 9700 OFF-AIR 1015-1650 Occasional Use for Sporting bcs 1206-1650 6100

RNZI's nx from NZL and the PAC can be heard via The World Radio Network (www.wrn.org) at these times:

WRN1 EUR 1500 Sat WRN1 USA 1800 Sat WRN1 AF/AS 0500 Sun

RNZI's WRN progr is also available from the WRN Sound Store as a RealAudio file.

Checkout the RNZI Audio Archive for topical PAC nx bulletins available at www.audionet.co.nz/ranz.html

Adrian Sainsbury, Frequency Manager, Radio New Zealand International P.O.Box 123, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND e-mail: mailto:[email protected] url: http://www.actrix.gen.nz/biz/rnzi fax: +64 4 474 1433 OR +64 4 474 1886 phone +64 4 474 1437 (Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI Freq Manager, Paul Ormandy, via HCD/DXW, Aug 2)

PAKISTAN 4790 Azad Kashmir R noted with extended bc time on every Sat, s-off is at 2010 instead of usual 1810 UTC. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 28)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260 R Madang, 1040-1101, Pidgin, oldies and south sea mx, 1101 time pips, NBC nx relay, //4890, 3905. Weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 15)

4890 National radio, 1104-, En, "..it's now nx time, 9 o'clock...This is NBC nx ..". [The given time was exact four mins to late! ] nice south sea mx. 24332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 15)

3205 R Sandaun, Vanimo, 1145-1203*, Pidgin, south sea mx, 1146 ID by male, phone in progr til 1151, tlks, pop mx, 1158 close ann with ID as "R Sandaun", NA by choir at 1203*, s-off. 23332 They are back on air [since Jun 21] after long time of absence. I hope the govt will give some money for the stn! Also active on Jul 27, had tx or main power problems [see below]. Itumin at 1000 onwards, then only carrier on, 1135-1137 for two mins progr bc only. 34433! S=8 at 1159, south sea mx, NA at 1203*, not positive ID heard, but 100% PNG NA. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 25)

3205, R. Sandaun (near-West Sepik) was noted until aprox. 1200 cl-d on Jul 25, 27 & 29, but not operating on July 26, 28, 31 or Aug 1. Closedown was with choral version of PNG NA. Prgmng a mix of mx and talk, but levels too low to follow prgm content. Current operations must be associated with the tsunami tragedy in the province, as R. Sandaun has been missing from the 90 m. line-up all spring and summer. (Bryant-OK via NU, Jul)

A vital communication and information link has been conspicuously missing from the airwaves in West Sepik, more so now during the Aitape disaster. Non-payment of phone and power bills and the breakdown of txs and studio bc equipment have forced the NBC's provincial radio stn to shut down and remain so for the past nine months.

The Aitape disaster has now propelled provincial and NBC authorities into action. Three days after the tidal wave struck, a bill of about 3,000 kina was paid in a vain effort to reopen the stn. Power and telecommunications were restored on Tue 21st Jul, but when a technician arrived from Wewak he found the tx and the broadcaster studio still in need of repair. This will take time, money and gear to repair because they have been idle for too long.

The neglect of the stn, the people's only source of communication and information, means it has not been able to help in the disaster.

Caretaker station manager Leone Ramram is upset. Radio Sandaun [alternative name for West Sepik Province] would have been left helpless, had an advance warning of last Friday's tidal wave been issued, she said.

Radio Sandaun went off air last 20th Oct due to non-payment of a 10,000 kina [bill] owed to Telikom and Elcom [the Electricity Comm]. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 30)

3355 R Simbu, Kudiawa, 1130-1200*, Pidgin, US oldies, ID by male at 1147. 24332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 26)

PHILIPPINES DX DIAL - FEBC Manila. Now retimed as per the following sked: Wed 1310 11995; Sat 0025 15450; Sat 0940 11635 (Alok das Gupta-IND, via EDXP, Jul 4)

RUSSIA IBRA R in Ar extended bc time 1900-2100 on MW Krasnodar Tbilisskoye 1170, 1200 kW. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 28)

SAUDI ARABIA "Sowto Shaab al Iraq" (VoIraqi People) bcs in Ar against Iraqi govt. 1300-2200 on v9568.4 & 9570.2, but often heard on doubled wavelength, i.e. on 4785 whistling with Bamako-MLI.

In the past similar "harmonics" noted for ARS 9705/4852.5, EGY 9755/4877.5 etc. Another "Sowto Shaab al Iraq" Radio -- of Iraqi Communist Party -- from UNID site, is regularly heard 1730-1830 on v3900 & 4765 in Ar too. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 28)

TAJIKISTAN Radio Tajikistan is the ext sce of Tajik Radio, the state broadcaster. This schedule is based on monitoring observations and only includes freqs confirmed by BBC monitoring. The stn appears to have dropped the previously used MW 648 and currently announces MW 972 for some txions, although monitoring checks have been unable to confirm this.

0100-0200 Da As 7245. 0200-0300 Pe ME, 0300-0345 Da As, 0345-0400 En As 11620 9905 7245. 0400-0415 Ar ME, 0415-0500 Pe As 11620 7245. 1400-1500 Da As, 1500-1600 Pe ME, 1600- 1645 Da As, 1645-1700 En As, 1700-1715 Ar ME, 1715-1800 Pe ME 7245 1323 1143. Addr: Radio Tajikistan, Chapayeva Str 31 (or PO Box 108), 734025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Tajik [dom] Radio belongs to the State TV and Radio Bcing Company of the Rep of Tajikistan. This schedule is based on monitoring observations. Tajik Radio's 2nd Progr also incl relays of Radio Odin Kutura in Ru fr Moscow, the independent Radio Payk-i 'Ajam as well as the Tajik Radio ext sec. Tajik Radio's 3rd Progr carries relays of Mayak in Ru fr Moscow. 0030-1900 Taj/Ru/Uzb Dom 11635 9905-(from 1630), Uzb 5800-(0200-0500 & 1630-1900) 4635 1134-(1600-1800) 972-(1500-1800) 549 252; incl. 0500-0515, 0600-0615, 0800-0815, 1100- 1115, 1200-1215, 1700-1715 Taj nx. 0400-0415 1000-1015 Ru nx; 0700-0800 Wed, and 1330-1430 Tue "Dialogue" in Ru. 1300-1315 Uzb nx.

TAJIK RADIO 2nd progr Ext sce. 0030-1900 Taj/Ru Dom 7245 1323 1143. 0500-1400 Taj 1143.

TAJIK RADIO 3rd progr. 0300-1900 Taj/Ru Dom FM 72.2 69.80 66.32 (a mx sce). 0700-1600 Relay of Mayak radio fr Moscow. Addr: Chapayev Street 31, 734025 Dushanbe Tel: +7-3772-276569 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 30)

UK Special Merlin bc to include WRN - World Radio Network will be heard, for the first time, I believe, on SW, 14th and 15th Aug. This will be part of a special 48-hour Merlin Network One Radio Festival, on satellite and SW, to promote commercial bcing in the UK.

Most of the programming will consist of segments from British mx radio sces, such as Radio Caroline, Radio London, Rock Radio Network and European Klassic Rock.

Merlin Network One is a group of specialist internat bcs, whose progrs are txed on satellite and on the SW txs of Merlin Comm Internat. MCI is the company that purchased the UK-based SW txsa of BBCWS and operates WS relay txs outside the UK.

In addition to all that mx programming, the MNO Radio festival will bc the half-hour edition of "Communications World" on Sw and by satellite, Sat 15th Aug only; this will be at 1300-1330.

Merlin Network One, MNO, is pleased to announce a 48 hour Radio Festival on the 14 and 15 Aug. The MNO Radio Festival will be a celebration of over 30 years of commercial radio in the UK. The Festival will feature commercial stns of the past, those trying to get re-started and the pioneering stns of today. Included within the line-up of the MNO Radio Festival will be the longest running UK commercial radio stn - Radio Caroline. Caroline will be joined by progr segments from Radio London, Rock Radio Network, European Klassic Rock, and there are more stns to be announced soon. Merlin Network One will also air some in-house progrs that will see Keith Lewis returning to his old slot of breakfast presenter and Christopher England bringing back his "Englands' England" show, last heard on Euronet, just for the Festival. Eric Wiltsher commented, "People in the European Radio industry will always remember 14 Aug 1967. However, life has moved on since then and the Merlin Network One Radio Festival will prove just how dynamic radio can and will become.

"Starting at 0001 on Fri 14 Aug, radio listeners around the world will be able to hear radio at it's best. Two days crammed with the Cream of the crop".

The Merlin Network One Radio Festival will air on Astra channel 50 to the UK, on SW and satellite to Continental EUR and around the world on SW. (From the MNO web site, DXW, vioa EDXP, 2 Aug)

At present, Merlin Network One broadcasts on Weds from 1800-2400.

0000-0100 Thu En EUR/AM 13690 11985 9645 (Rock Radio Network) 1700-1900 Wed En EUR 15200 (Radio Caroline) 1900-2100 Wed En EUR/AM 15565 13690 (Media Zoo) 2100-2300 Wed En EUR/AM 13690 11985 11915 (Hard Country) 2200-2300 Wed En EUR/AM addit 9780 9645 2300-0000 Wed En EUR 13690 11985 9780 9645 (Rock Radio Network)

Merlin Network One is a sce of Merlin Communications Internat Ltd, the privatized UK- based transmission company which carries the BBCWS and other internat bcs. Merlin Network One was launched as a trial sce on 8 Apr 1998 and to planning to expand later in the year.

Addr: Merlin Network One, 20 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ES, UK Tel: +44 171 396 6220 Fax: +44 171 396 6221 URL: http://www.mno.net (Real Audio available) E-mail: [email protected] (VoA CW Jul 27, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jul 30)

Regarding Merlin's BBC-WS outlets from the UK: I assume, Merlin uses now satellite feeds instead of the previous landlines. The further delay behind the Astra satellite outlet may originate from the audio processing as well as the special synchronizing measures between Skelton and Rampisham (6195, 9410) or Skelton and Woofferton (12095), respectively. (Kai Ludwig-D, via EDXP, Jul 19)

USA Merlin Communications will be surprised to see several original BBC txions published already as VoA broadcasts in IBB/VoA edition of "VoA Guide" for June/July. All BBC outlets are aired via IBB sites Lampertheim and Biblis in Germany. The "mistaken" broadcasts are: Azeri 1700-1800 12005, Bul 1200-1230 Sat/Sun +1600-1630 daily 11680, Rom 1100-1130 11680, Rom 1500-1545 11865, Ru & BBC EbR 0800-0830 17695, Ru 1900-2030 9695, Ukr 1900-1930 -2000Sat+Sun 6125, all of the BBC London. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Jul 28)

KJES (King Jesus Eternal Saviour) began bcing in 1992. Programming consists entirely of Christian worship. KJES main studio centre Vado, New Mexico. 0100-0230 En Am 7555 1300-1400 En Am 11715 1400-1500 En Am 11715 1500-1600 Sp Am 11715 1800-1900 En Au 15385 -- yes in English. 2000-2100 En Au 15385 -- but heard religious program in Spanish instead, Sun Aug 2, Mon Aug 3, v15384.82, 23342, clear ID, by Herbert Meixner near Vienna-AUT.

Addr: KJES, The Lord's Ranch, 230 High Valley Road, Vado, NM 88072, USA Tel: +1 505 233 2090 Fax +1 505 233 3019 e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!], via AGDX, Jun 25)

The latest on AFN -- a message from Larry Van Horn, Asst. Editor, MT, to WUN, via HC-DX: "As most of you know, we have been enjoying 24 Jul bcs from AFN on two SW utility freqs from an unknown location(s) for well over a week now.

When these bcs first started and only the 12689.5 usb freq was up, we thought that these bcs could be associated with the ongoing multinational RIMPAC 98 exercise being conducted in the PAC. But that theory was quickly shattered when the 4278.5 usb freq was discovered the next day.

Here at our Brasstown, NC location, we get the 4 MHz txion 24 Jul, which immediately ruled out txs serving the PAC or in the PAC. To further narrow down the search area for these txions, late last week I did several sweeps of the 4 MHz CW band for marine stn CW marker beacons to see who else was on the band during broad daylight when I was hearing the AFN bcs. Based on comprehensive spectrum sweeps during daylight hrs, it was quite obvious our 4 MHz tx was east of the Mississippi. Also, based on govt freq allocation information and the spectrum location of both stns (marine CW coastal sub-band), we strongly believed that these two freqs were being bc by a U.S. Navy communications stn (comsta).

Further monitoring by a couple of Satellite Times magazine staffers north of Brasstown, NC in VA/NY, and south in FL, indicated that the tx was NOT north of the Mason Dixon line. In fact, my Florida companion indicated a much stronger signal on 4 MHz in the daytime than I was getting. The only Navy comsta that fit was in Puerto Rico.

I then contacted a few military friends (it pays to be an old Navy chief) last Fri and proposed my Puerto Rico navcomsta theory. I now have confirmation from two independent sources that the bcs on 4 and 12 MHz are being txed from the U.S. Navy communications stn in Isabella, Puerto Rico. Neither source would confirm why these txions were being bc, only the location and source of the txions.

I will continue to work this story and try and come up with why these bcs are happening and how long they will be available. At least now we can answer the "who" and "where" questions, and only the "why" remains." (via NU 1487A, Aug 3)

Yesterday, we provided nx regarding the location of the AFN bcs being heard on the 4 and 12 MHz bands courtesy of Larry Van Horn, of Monitoring Times. Again, today, Larry provides us more insight on what is undoubtably this summer's HF high point. ed

"As most of you know we have been enjoying 24/7 bcs from American Forces Network (AFN) on two SW "utility" freqs from an unknown location(s) for nearly two weeks now. As I posted yesterday, we have now learned that these bcs are being txed from the US Navy Comsta in Isabella, PR.

"In yesterday's missive on finding the location of our mystery AFN txs, I speculated on the why and who these bcs were intended for. It would appear I can now report the answer to both those questions.

"According to Charles Barker of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Broadcast Center, Affiliate Relations Customer Service: 'The bcs are coming from Navy txs in the Florida/Caribbean area and are intended for U.S.Navy ships at sea. They're using this to replace some satellite sces that were discontinued. I have received several e-mails from listeners. Maybe you could pass the info on to them in the chat room you spoke of. Hope you continue to enjoy.'

"As I mentioned yesterday, I have a two source confirmation of the Isabella navcomsta site as the location of these AFN bcs on 4278.5 and 12689.5. But there is probably more to this why story.

"Based on the Navy Nx Sce below, Unitas 39-98 started 18 July. Either some units that are part of this exercise do not have INMARSAT L-band capability (that has to be only a handful of ships these days) or there could be an equipment compatibility problem with the primary use of the newer INMARSAT 3 satellites versus the older INMARSAT 2 analog birds. At any rate Unitas 98 could explain these bcs.

"Now we will have to wait until the middle of Nov and see if these bcs go away or continue. In the meantime, I have enjoyed having an old friend back on HF after a long absence. Now if I can get an address for the RM gang in Isabella maybe I will get a QSL.

"I hope this sce continues into the future. My vote is for AFN to keep an outlet on HF regardless of how many trons it takes. It is money well spent (better than $100 P-3 toilet seats) especially for an old goat like me who likes to keep track of things now that I don't do the daily USN thing anymore (in other words, I retired from the USN for you civilians)." (Van Horn, via Cumbre Dx special, Copyright, Aug 4)

Thanks to these organizations: Jerry Berg / Numero Uno, United States Monitoring Times, USA World Utility Network newsletter

- AFN on Shortwave - The Saga Continues!!! - Navy News Svc on July 23: The U.S. Navy's longest running annual deployment began recently at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, as seven ships from four foreign navies joined a five-ship U.S. task group. The task force headed for Venezuela July 18. UNITAS, Latin for "unity," consists of at-sea operations, amphibious operations, riverine operations and in port exercises conducted with nine S.Am navies over a four- month period. The U.S. task group will circumnavigate S.Am in a clockwise direction, returning to Roosevelt Roads in November. . . . Exercises will include all areas of modern naval warfare including anti-air, amphibious, anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare. . . . RADM David R. Ellison, Commander, U.S. South Atlantic Force, headquartered at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, commands this year's UNITAS task force. The U.S. task group includes this year's flagship, USS Moosbrugger (DD 980), homeported in Mayport, Fla.; USS Doyle (FFG 39), also homeported in Mayport, Fla.; USS La Moure County (LST 1194), homeported in Little Creek, Va.; and USS Boston (SSN 703), homeported in Groton, Conn. Representing the U.S. Marine Corps is the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, with more than 200 Marines headquartered at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and embarked in La Moure County for the deployment. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913), homeported in Key West, Fla., will also participate in several phases of the operation. Additional U.S. units which are part of UNITAS 39-98 include the staff of Destroyer Squadron 32, a Navy Special Warfare detachment, a Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal detachment, a U.S. Coast Guard mobile training detachment, various Navy Maritime Patrol Squadron detachments flying the P-3 Orion, a Fleet Composite Squadron aerial target drone detachment and two Navy Antisubmarine Helicopter (light) detachments flying the SH-60 Seahawk. (Van Horn, Aug 4, WUN list, via DXW)

"With Wilkner still hearing 4278 at local level midday in SoFlorida, I doubt that 4278 is Puerto Rico." Direction Finding today on the two AFN txs puts them in the Key West- FL area. (Dan Ferguson-VA, via NU/DXW)

A Puerto Rican tx does not fit observations made by Wilkner from Pompano Beach, FL. He rptd hearing the 4 MHz freq louder than the 12 MHz tx during the day. The 4 MHz daytime signal was comparable to the Cuban Rebelde on 5025. Pompano Beach is only 230 miles SE of Mac Dill AFB, probably well within the 12 MHz skip zone. Pompano Beach is 1000 miles from Puerto Rico, well beyond the 12 MHz skip zone and also beyond what I would expect from a 4 MHz daylight path. I have hrd the 4 MHz freq weakly here in Delaware as late as 1500. That's 1600 miles from Puerto Rico via a daylight path. Hard to believe. Mac Dill AFB is much closer at 700 nautical miles, and better fits Wilkner's and my observations. If Van Horn's sources are correct, this is some really strange propagation. (Buch-DE via Wilkner-FL, Aug 3, via DXW)

6458U, new AFN freq. Hrd at 0129 Aug 5 with Brewers baseball. Nothing on 4 MHz, and 12 MHz is about S5 here in the Baltimore area. Freq probably needs adjusting, as my trusty old R7A is in bad need of alignment. Antenna is about 30' of wire strung around the baseboards. I always wondered where these guys were if they weren't on 4 MHz; now we know. It's entirely possible that they are also using an 8 MHz freq, but I haven't found that yet. There's a good deal of Sitor/RTTY stuff arnd it, but 6 MHz is very loud here. (Agner-MD, WUN list, via DXW) 6458U, very strong here at 0150 with baseball game, 4 MHz absent. (Wilkner-FL, via DXW)

[Hi, amusing this excitement, personally I'm not so sensitive to that program appearance: I can hear AFN Germany on two channels locally every day and night, via MW Stuttgart Hirschlanden 1142 10 kW some 24 kms away; and separate AFN FM sce via Deutsche Telekom Stuttgart Frauenkopf TV tower 102.3 MHz 100 kW some 2.3 kms away from my home, so I don't miss anything .... , ed]

VATICAN CITY e-mail addresses of Radio Vaticana: Direzione generale [email protected] Direzione programmi [email protected] Servizio Documentazione [email protected] Ufficio Promozione [email protected] Servizi Informativi [email protected] Notiziari francesi [email protected] Notiziari inglesi [email protected] Notiziario ore 8 [email protected] Notiziario ore 14 [email protected] Notiziario ore 21 [email protected] Direzione Tecnica [email protected] Gestione frequenze [email protected] (Valerio Di Stefano, via RI, Jul 30)

VIETNAM 6165 VoVTN, Hanoi, Hmong sce, 1215-, hill tribe mx, political talks, very good signal today! 45544. //5034.4 signal 35543 only. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 15) v7154.03 RTV Bac Thai, 1220-1259, Vn ID, talks, mx bridges, 1259 pres. ID by male and female. Bad modulation. 34332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 15)

VoVTN, Hanoi: Observed sked is 2200-1600 on 4960 & 12035 (Network 2), and 5925 & 10060 (Network 1). Both channels audible in NoTHA for entire b/c period.

4740, R. Son La, noted throughout the day with local progr, 0300-1400. S-on appears to be 0300.

5597, Lao Cai, noted at fade-in at 1005 with local songs. Also on 4681 (formerly hrd on 4677) in period 1000-1300.

7153, Bac Thai, hrd from fade-in at 0930 to past 1300, also 0300-0600*. Good, steady signal during day in NoTHA.

Hmong Sce: Is not on the air continuously, and sked seems variable. However, evening sce noted at *1200-1400 on 6165, ann "Hmong R. Stn" (phonetically "Humoong" (with the "oo" hrd like "oo" in the En word "room"). Also noted 0500-0600. Listed 5030 not hrd at all at any time, and possibly inactive. (Bob Padula-THA, via EDXP, Jul 22)

YUGOSLAVIA R. Yugoslavia noted on 9605 and 9680 opening 2300 with Sp, not on scheduled 9620 or 9720. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Aug 2)

Wanted: ICOM IC-1275 - 23 cm allmode unit -

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AFGHANISTAN Taleban radio starts SW sce. The setting up of a SW sce of Radio Voice of Shari'ah and bcing on SW freqs has come at a good time and is an important step. Radio Voice of Shari'ah can be heard on the SW freq of 7200 in the 41 mb.

Takhar-based Rabbani radio observed. Radio Afghanistan, the stn controlled by ousted Afghan pres Borhanoddin Rabbani, was observed on 30th July from 1230-1330 on 7085. The radio is believed to bc fr Takhar Prov in northern AFG. After signing on, an announcement in Dari stated that: "The bcs of Takhar Radio are txed every day from 1230- 1330 on SW 41 mb, 7085." A nx bulletin was carried from 1235-1240, followed by a commentary at 1243 criticizing the "brutal" actions of the Taleban against defenceless civilians. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 7)

BANGLADESH National Broadcasting Authority. R Bangladesh was observed to have changed its on-air ID to "Bangaldesh Betar" (Bengali for Radio Bangladesh) in Oct 1996. This schedule is based on monitoring observations. All freqs are subject to variation. All txions on 9550 7185.

1230-1300 En As 1315-1345 Nep As 1400-1430 Ur As 1515-1545 Hi As 1600-1630 Ar ME 1630-1730 Be ME 1745-1815 En Eu

Voice of Islam 1815-1900 En Eu 1815-1825 nx. 1915-2000 Be Eu

Addr: External Services, National Broadcasting Authority, 121 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh Tel: +880-2-865294 Fax: +880-2-862021 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 6)

BELARUS 6115 Belaruskaje R, tx site correct to Kolodziscy, not Kursk in Russia, as previosly mentioned. (Kai Ludwig-D, Jul 6)

CHILE 11890.07 Voz Cristiana, Santiago; has not been observed around 0830-1100. Seemingly the stn changed its operation schedule on 25 mb. (TIN, via Cumbre Dx, Jul 31-Aug 2)

15374.86 Voz Cristiana, Santiago; drifted slightly from 15374.8. Was noted at 1200- 1300, with fair signal. A new canned ID was given as "Estas escuchando a R. Voz Cristiana, transmitiendo en onda corta a toda America Latina desde Santiago de Chile, en la frecuencia de 6070 y 15375 kHz." The stn IDed as "Voz Cristiana" in the regular prgmng, but often ancd "R. Voz Cristiana" as stated above. At 1211 stn IDs were given as "Voz Cristiana, la nueva onda de Dios para America Latina." and "Via satellite ... el mensaje de Dio s, esta es Voz Cristiana, la nueva onda de Dios." then progr "Historia Preferida". At 1300 religious mx progr. (TIN, via Cumbre Dx, Aug 1)

CHINA 11675 China Radio International Urumqui with En progr and ID by woman "Welcome to Focus on China Radio International" at 1238. Fair. (David Ross-CAN, Jul 30)

Fujian People's Broadcasting Station. Some bcs may be in Amoy or Fuzhou dialect. Stn ID in Mandarin: "Fujian Renmin Guangbo Diantai".

FUJIAN PBS (nx stn) 2155-1600 Ch 5040 4975 2340 882 612 558 FUJIAN PBS (Economic stn) 2200-1600 Ch 1467 Fuzhou dialect

Addr: 2 Gutian Lu, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, China. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 6)

CLANDESTINE (Eritrea) 9230, presumed Voice of Free Eritrea, 1550, fade-in with continuous talk in unrecognized lang. (too weak), 1557 seemingly s-off anmt and short mx interlude at close. (Finn Krone-DEN, via NU, Aug 2)

9230, presumed Voice of Truth, 1600-1615+, Ar chanting at start, talk into choir song, back to talk. Too faint for ID. This is run by the Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement. Hrd Jul 31 & Aug 2. (Finn Krone-DEN, via NU, Aug 2)

CONGO D.R. Rebels broadcast on RTNC radio in Bukavu, Goma. The Kivu region in the extreme north of the country and situated on the Rwandan border is currently the stage for military rebellion against the Congolese leader, Laurent- Desire Kabila. This rebellion is being spearheaded by the Tutsi people of Rwandan origin, the Banyamulenge. This situation applies to the entire region, both in the northern part - that is, the Goma area - as well as in the southern part - the Bukavu area. Latest reports say that the rebels control these two localities.

The Banyamulenge rebels are reportedly patrolling the town whose roads were deserted today 3rd Aug. The rebels are reportedly in control of the local RTNC radio station, on which they were alleged to have stated that the regional military commanders have since rejected President Kabila's authority. The rebels also vented their criticism and their demands on the local radio stations. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 7)

COSTA RICA Once again TIAWR aired Wavescan on Monday evening, i.e. UT Tues Aug 4 at 0004:30 after sign-on formalities, #184, best on 9725, also audible on 13750 after VOA s-off, but not on 15460 which had something else. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 951, Aug 6)

9725 AWR with Wavescan at 0005 with mention of a DX Contest with info on Internet followed by Global DX Report at 0007, all En lang. Very Good. Aug 3. 5030 AWR with En sermon read by man at 0038. Fair. (David Ross-CAN, Aug 6)

University For Peace (RFPI), Radio For Peace International (RFPI) bcs from the campus of the University for Peace in Costa Rica. This schedule, eff Aug 1998, is based on information supplied by RFPI. As well as its own productions, RFPI carries progrs from various organizations such as the UN, Greenpeace and Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio".

(RFPI) Main studio centre Cuidad Colon 0000-2400 En/Sp EUR/AM 21460-(1530-2330) [measured on 21461.00 even, ed] 15050-(1800-0800) [measured on 15050.16, (x15049)] 7385-(inactive) 6975-(2330-1530) local FM 88.3 Addr: Radio For Peace International, Apartado 88, Santa Ana, Costa Rica Tel: +506-491821 Fax: +506-491929 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.clark.net/pub/cwilkins/rfpi/rfpi.html (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 6)

CYPRUS Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), is the bcing authority of the Greek Cypriot govt. This sce, for Cypriots in the UK and WeEUR, is txed from Merlin Communications facilities near Limassol Zyyi. It was inaugurated on 1st May 1977. This schedule is valid until 29th Oct 1998. 2215-2245 Fri/Sat/Sun Gr EUR 9760 7205 6180. Addr: CyBC, Broadcasting House, POBox 4824, 1397 Nicosia, Cyprus. Tel: +357-2-422231 Fax: +357-2-314050 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 6)

CZECH REP Cesky Rozhlas 1 "Radiozurnal" discontinued all MW txions and is now on LW 270 and FM only. Since "Radiozurnal" must do it without the 1071 and 1233 channels, they used various daytime freqs, which previously carried regional sces. Last operational "Radiozurnal" MW outlet was Praha-Zbraslav 792. (CSDXC "Radiojournal" magazine, via Kai Ludwig, Aug 6)

Yes, the 40 kW Zbraslav tx on 792 managed to arrive here (some 50 kms north of Dresden) but suffered from the Wiederau powerhouse on neighbouring 783. The other Czech daytimers were hardly audible abroad; all I had was *very* weak signals from Plzen-774, Usti-900 and Hradec Kralove-945. However, thanks to an vacation in "Saxon Switzerland" I have a good record from the undermodulated outlet of "Studio Usti nad Labem" on 900. During a trip into northern Bohemia and the Erzgebirge mountains, there was a abundance of Czech MW stns (incl the above mentioned and even more regional outlets) in our car radio. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 6)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA/SPAIN Ruling party asks Spain to stop SW bcs. The ruling Dem Party of EquGuinea has asked the Spanish govt to halt bcs over REE that it said "may provoke troubles" in the WeAF country.

"This bc discredits our authorities and our people on both the national and international levels. It may provoke troubles with incalculable consequences in our country and it deserves to be shut down".

EquGuinea has repeatedly asked Madrid to halt the SW bcs to the former colony by REE, the public sce foreign stn of Spain. The radio has been the only way for the banned opposition to communicate its views on the situation in EquGuinea in the absence of a nxpaper or access to state media. Madrid has consistently rejected the demands. In 1992 President Obiang Nguema shut down a cultural channel, Africa 2000, set up jointly by Spain and EquGuinea, because he felt it helped the opposition. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 7)

ETHIOPIA Progr schedule Radio Fana, P.O.Box 30702, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 0330-0530 (Sa+Su -0730), and 0900-1100 Amharic + Oromiffa 1500-1700 Amh mo-fr, 1800-2000 Oro mo-fr, 1200-1500 Oro Sa+So 1500-1800 Amh Sa+So. SW 6210 + 6940 (8335) and MW 1080, all 10 kW. (Uwe Lippert, via Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 8)

FRANCE/BELGIUM VT4 tests on MW from France. Nossegen in Flemish Brabant province is where the headquarters is of VT4, the London-based Flemish commercial TV station. Earlier this week we were alerted by an unknown stn on the MW: on the freq 1071 one could hear and still hears continuous mx only interrupted every three or four records for an annt in Fr and En. [Recording of annt stating "This is a test txion 1071 kHz", followed by pop mx].

The accent of the announcer was definitely Flemish, so there were wild speculations about the origins of the signal. Now a quick look at the freq list learned that the tx must be the TDF outlet at Lille in the north of France. Further research showed that behind the test txions is the Flemish commercial TV stn VT4, owned by SBS - the Scandinavian Broadc System. [The VT4 test transmissions on 1071 kHz ended on 3rd August.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 7)

GERMANY/CANADA [non] R. Voice of Canada, still using "RAC" IDs, changed several freqs: heard on new 11960 since Jul 19, 2200-2400 in Tamil, but wiped out by VOA Sp fr 2300. RVOC on new 15245 at 2000-2200 all in Tamil, no En sce since Jul 22; ex-15560. RVOC on 9855, hrd 0200-0500 in Tamil Sun Jul 19; other days 0200-0400. (Ernie Behr, Kenora, Ont., Jul 28, WORLD OF RADIO 951, Aug 6)

[ex Georgia] 12125 The Voice of Hope suspended its EUR sce from Dusheti on Aug 1. It is now via DTK Juelich from 1800-2159 on 6015 in En. VoH also uses Juelich for its SoAS progrs 1330-1530 on 15715. (Darg, Review of International Broadcasting via Glenn Hauser, Aug 2, via CDx)

6015 H Adventure Ministries, V of Hope, 2129 with ID and new preist programming 44444. (Is it Lebanon ?, see above). (Liangas Retziki-GRC, Aug 4)

6015 VoHope via DTK Juelich, 1940 EN chorus and sermon, 55555 powerful signal S=9+60 dB, booming in. (WB, Aug 8)

Voice of Hope in En via Juelich noted at 1940 on 6015, strong with slight splatter from neighbouring channels. Acc Glenn Hauser, this replaced the 12125 outlet from Georgia and is on air 1800-2159 fr Aug 1st. I doubt, that the Georgians will find new foreign clients for their bad-shaped Dusheti txs. Maybe they rent airtime for a good price, but other companys offers a much higher technical standard. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 8)

DW will expand the progrs of DW-radio in Albanian and Serbian by 15 mins every day fr 1st Aug 1998. Thus, the daily bcing time in Alb will be increased to 95 mins and in Se to 120 mins.

The possibilities of obtaining information have deteriorated further for the Albanian population in Kosovo. The sale of Albanian papers outside the capital Pristina is virtually impossible. Independent Albanian radio and tv stns do not exist. Thus, people rely nearly exclusively on foreign radio stns, including DW, the BBC and the VoA.

The increasing number of phone calls, e-mails and letters from the crisis region confirmed the correctness of DW's course, aimed at providing independent and topical information on the situation in Kosovo and the neighbouring countries, as well as on actions and reactions by the international community.

The Alb progr can be received via SW, satellite and the Internet: 0550-0600, 0650-0700 (repeat), 1100-1130, 1500-1530, 1730-1745; the cast at noon was extended.

The Se progr can be received via the same sources, and also via VHF/FM on 10 independent radio stns in Serbia: 0615-0630, 0830-0845 (repeat), 0930-1000, 1330-1430. The morning cast is new. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 7)

7265 666 SWR Bodenseesender Rohrdorf. About the powerful "Bodenseesender" installations of Suedwestfunk (from Aug 30 merged to SWR - Suedwestrundfunk) at Rohrdorf near Messkirch, in southern Germany, near the Swiss and Austrian border.

In Oct 1964, the stn started with a -- SWF selfmade -- single 150 kW MW tx on 665 kHz. This site replaced four txs of SWF synchronized network in southern Baden Wurttemberg at Bad Duerrheim, Ravensburg, Reutlingen and Sigmaringen. Both sites, Bad Duerrheim and Ravensburg were handed over to the then Deutsche Bundespost [now Deutsche Telekom] for carrying the Deutschlandfunk (DLF). Bad Duerrheim was in use until 1978, while Ravensburg is still operational on 756 (synchronized with Braunschweig Koenigslutter).

The "selfmade" tx of 1964 was replaced by an industrial model of Telefunken with a power of 300 kW in 1967, but the old tx was in duty as passive reserve unit till March 1989. Rohrdorf main power connection can be cut off, to be autonomous from the main circuit using Diesel generator of 1.2 MVA power.

In 1964 the MW installation started using a four mast array of 137 ms height each. Relative radiating screened towards co-users on 665 kHz Damascus-Syria 110 degr, Lissabon-Portugal 240 degr, Eidar-Iceland 332 degr, Sitkunai-Lithuania 050 degr. Distances between the masts were 225 metres in east-west direction, and 338 ms in south- north direction. The four mast array was in use til 31 Dec 1982.

The current MW installation at Rohrdorf consists of two separate 300 kW Telefunken puls- duration modulated txs (one as passive reserve back-up), a 240 metres tall non- directional mast and a directional array of two 137 metres tall masts. Rohrdorf carrys the SWF 1 progr on 666, during daytime with 220 kW nondir operation, about 200 kms around the tx tstn, at night with 350 kW directional pattern (screening towards Vilnius Lithuania 043-052 degr, and Trikala Greece 120-140 degr). The switch needs only 3.5 seconds and occurs just before 8 AM and 18 PM local time (0657 and 1657 UTC respectively, during DST one hour earlier).

SW operations from Rohrdorf: In 1964, the 1.5 kW SW tx from Bad Duerrheim was removed to Rohrdorf. SW sce started on Dec 17, 1964. In 1972 the SW tx unit was replaced by a 20 kW PDM [pulse duration mode] unit [2x10 kW connected by a parallel switch bridge], delivered from Siemens Vienna [but Made by RIZ - Radio Industry Zagreb, in then YUG, similar SW units were erected in Deanovec-Croatia-HRV, AFG, AGL, BEN, BTN, BOT, BFA, ZAI, ETH, IRN, IRQ, LBR, LUX [15350?], MOZ, NGR, SDN, TZA, TGO, acc to Ludo Maes' list] for it's SW sce, which was until now extensively modified by the SWF staff. Comment: " . the tx is very 'obstinate' to handle the measurements .".

In Oct 1997, SWF taked away SW tx from the closed Radio Bremen site Horn-Lehe. The tx was built up by Siemens Vienna Austria on 1984. After thorough overhauling work, this unit is operational on 7265 with indeed 20 [not 50] kW since Christmas 1997. No alignment documentation and measurement diagrams were available so far from former owner R Bremen technical dept, all referring technicians are retired now. So the SWF Rohrdorf keen staff, together with Siemens Vienna technicians, started an action to redesign/redevelop the tx documentation before the unit came on air again, now at Rohrdorf.

Tx unit performance together with the new quadrant corner reflector communications antenna [full wave dipols of horizontal configuration, bend at 90 degr] is much better than the former Rhode & Schwarz broad band vertical cage antenna, which was in use from 1964-1984, is still to be seen as an industrial museum exhibit on the access road. Acquisition and transportation cost will pay for itself within two years, as the new tx has a lower energy consumption. A single 10 kW unit of the old Siemens twins txs functions now as back-up unit.

Main target audience of SWF's SW sce are holidaymakers on the Mediterranean region and the Iberian peninsula and coastal areas. In some seasons even a special "SWF-3- Urlaubsradio" SW version of the SWF 3 progr was produced, but ceased later due of financial reason. Since 1996 SWF Rohrdorf 7265 suffers by co-channel Belaruskaje R 2nd progr from Hrodna, mainly in Eastern EUR and the European part of RUS, mostly during daylight hours.

At SWF Rohrdorf 13 staff members [3 engineers and 10 technicians] serving the powerful SW & MW Rohrdorf facilities itself, as well as operation and supervising transaction, service and repairing on surrounded unmanned FM and TV txion facilities between Raichberg in the North, Villingen & Witthoh in the West, and Waldburg & Gruenten mountain 1800 ms ASL [SWF only] in the East. On the Raichberg and Witthoh facilities also Deutsche Telekom FM txs for DLF and private commercial stns are erected, but the service and operation action is handled by SWF staff also. The radio service area is 8800 square kms wide. The Rohrdorf tx stn is located at 09E07 48N01, on 630 ms ASL [about sea level].

Just as a reminder: From August 30, Suedwestfunk will merge with Sueddeutscher Rundfunk to the new Suedwestrundfunk. So if you need a QSL from Suedwestfunk -SWF- 7265, or Sueddeutscher Rundfunk Muehlacker 6030, you should try it soon. (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener via AGDX "weltweit hoeren" magazine, Aug '98)

HUNGARY R Budapest En schedule: 1900-1930 3975 7170, 2100-2130 3975 11700 0100-0130 9580 15685, 0230-0300 9840 11910. (RB schedule Aug-Sep '98)

IRELAND [non] RTE Aug 4 adds two new freqs to its daily SW txions to give better coverage in AF and SoEaAS, incl AUS. The half-hour nx and sports bulletin will go to AF via ASC on 17885 at 1730 and to SoEaAS via Singapore on 11740 at 1000. The bulletin is already txed on 12160 at 1830 and 5070 at 1000 [WWCR]. (Wesley Boyd, RTE, July 30, WORLD OF RADIO 951, Aug 6)

ITALY "Today I have setup the En version of the web site dedicated to the RAI SW Center of Prato Smeraldo (Roma - Italy). On the web site you can find photos, information and history of the biggest SW site in Italy. There are a lot of photos of the SW tx and the antenna towers also. Here is the URL: http://www.mediasuk.org/rai (Andrea Borgnino via Lamb Cumbre Dx, Aug 8)

MALAYSIA On further investigation, 6025 is carrying at least 3 distinct sces at 0400- 1600. From 0400 s-on IDs as Radio Lapan (R 8) with prgring in My, then at some point before 0850 (not yet confirmed) hands over to Radio Tujuh (R 7) which appears to be sce of RTM intended for the 'Orang Asli', i.e. non-Malay indigenous ethnic groups in Peninsular Malaysia. This includes segments in My and in various Orang Asli langs, and signs off with NA at 1300. There then follows an hour of dead air with test tone from around 1350, then a sce IDing as 'Suara Islam' (V o Islam) signs on at 1400-1600 with chanted Quranic recitations and speech segments in My inc nx at 1430. 6025 goes off at 1600, but the whole sequence at 0400-1600 is relayed on FM in the Kuala Lumpur area only on 93.9 and 102.5 MHz which appear to stay on with unmodulated carrier at 1600-0400. Furthermore, the Suara Islam segment 1400-1600 is also carried on 6175 and 9750. These formerly carried the V of Malaysia INS sce which now signs-on earlier than previously at 1355, followed by 5 mins of dead air and test tones. V of Islam's time-check at 1400 gives both 'waktu Malaysia' and UTC, so is apparently aimed at external as well as domestic audiences.

No sign of any MW activity now in Peninsular Malaysia, although sporadic daytime use of KL-Kajang 594 and Johor Bahru 576 for RTM R 1 was noted during previous visits in Dec '97 and Feb '98. What I assume to be the MW stn at Kajang, about 20 km south of KL, still stands with 2 tall guyed masts in a very built-up area a short walk NE of the town centre. A couple of km further north up the road is a separate site with a building marked 'Stesen Pemancar Luar Negeri' (Ext txing stn) and an assortment of HF antennas including at least 5 curtains and what looks like a rotatable log periodic, among others. (Alan Davies, on tour in SoEaAS, fr Ipoh, Malaysia, Aug 6)

GREAT Alan ! Visited all this sites in 1977, and also then still working BBC FE relay Tebrau-MLA, few kms north of Singapore, ed.

MALI RTM Bamako noted booming in with 55555 on 5995 at 2220, in vernac, speech to the crowd on Islam matter. (WB, Aug 8)

MEXICO RMI, 9705, seems to have improved audio processing; sounds better now (George Thurman, July 29) But still slightly low in freq, so presumably not 'new' tx equipment. (Glenn Hauser, Aug 4, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTSING)

NEW ZEALAND Mailbox bc times will alter fr Aug 3, 1998. 2125 Mons on 17675, 1735 Weds on 6145, 1930 Fris on 9875. (Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI) Making it a lot harder to hear in NoAM; best chance the first airing. How long is it now? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 951, Aug 6)

We checked the new RNZI website for the downsized progr schedule. The major discovery is that per this the first airing of Mailbox is NOT UT Tue at 2125 as Adrian Sainsbury had told me directly, but UT Mon at 2135! Along with UT Wed 1735 and UT Fri 1930. He had given me local days, not UT days, and I now believe the Mailbox was ON the first week of Aug, but missed here since we had incorrect days/times. All the Rudi Hill progrs are indeed gone, but there is someone else's Band Progr Fri at 0830. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 8)

RNZI announces end of evening Pacific casts. RNZI will as of today 3rd Aug end its afternoon and evening bcs dedicated to listeners in the PAC. This follows a govt decision to reduce funding to the SW stn by more than 80,000 US dollars for the current financial year. Txion hrs ill be cut and RNZI progrs will be replaced with the rebc of the dom sce of RNZL. This means the loss of all dedication progrs in PAC isl, as well as a reduction in evening nx bulletins. The govt's decision to cut funding follows a review by Foreign Ministry and Treasury Dept officials, who presented a number of options, including the station's closure. [RNZI relayed a five-minute National Radio nx bulletin at 0700 on 3rd Aug, replacing a seven-min bulletin of regional nx followed by sport. Listeners were advised at 0705 that the freq in use 11690 was closing and they should switch to 6100.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 7)

NICARAGUA Update on R. Miskut, 5770. Operations now feature the new tx with full authorized power [previously given as 500 watts] to new dipole antenna. Future plans include the possibility of additional power. New towers are currently under construction for new SW and FM antennas. The FM sister operation, R. Bilwi on 104 MHz, is continuing and will have a power increase during next year. Advertising income or NGO sources of support for this indigenous and unique bcing facility are essential if operations are to continue. SW bcs currently run from 1200-0430. (John Freeman, Tech Systems, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 3)

NIGERIA CLANDESTINE fr GERMANY to NIGERIA. Voice of Free Nigeria Mukhtar Dan'Iyan, Pres of the Free Nigeria Movement called Cumbre DX on August 9th and said the following:

We ended our radio bcs a few weeks ago after Abiola's death. Since Abacha's [former leader] died last June, Abu-Bakr [present Nigerian leader] has convinced most Nigerians that things are going to be ok. Since Abiola's death, many who were elected in the same with him are no longer demanding to take office. People are saying, Abacha's gone, Abiola's gone, the problem [of tension in Nigeria] is over. The Free Nigeria Movement will be holding a referendum in the coming weeks to decide what our future message, if any, will be. The old message [end of military rule] is simply no longer effective. When asked, he said that they did not go off for financial reasons.

Dan'Iyan added that they were well heard in Nigeria although there had been a few attempts to jam them. They never did receive any listeners letters direct from Nigeria, all of these were confiscated (they tried some themselves as a test), but they did receive letters from Nigerians who were able to have them mailed from abroad. They were last on 11645 from 1900-2000 Sats. He did not hold up much hope of the stn returning to the air, but wouldn't say that it would never return. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright Aug 9)

PHILIPPINES Radio Veritas Asia Manila, Palauig, 9680, 1337, female speaker in Hindi. SINPO 35333. At 1355 En ID and into Bengali with 45333. (Michiel Schaay/Ruud Vos-HOL, Aug 5)

RUSSIA VoR is booming in on new 7180 0100-0500 (x9665). 11675 continues to provide good afternoon reception 1800-2100. (Ivan Grishin, Ont., Aug 4, WORLD OF RADIO 951) [from Grigoriopol-MDA relay ? ]

SEYCHELLES 15540 FEBA Mahe in Ar 1100-1130, noted with IS, ID fr 1058, into sermon in Ar lang. 25222 (WB, Aug 9)

TAIWAN x-6078 now moved back up to 6084 for the past few weeks in latest cat-and-mouse move against Chinese jamming. Signs on 1000, always clear ID just before 1030 'CBS Taibei Guoji Zhi Sheng Xinwen Guangbo Wang' (CBS, Internat VoTaipei Nx Network) into sports nx. (Alan Davies, on tour in SoEaAS, fr Ipoh, Malaysia, Aug 6)

UKRAINE Following your reports on RUI I checked out the 2100 txion on July 25. I heard them on 6020 7180 7240 7380 7410 and 13590. They had the DX progr at 2145. At the end, the presenter announced that 12040 and 9550 had been off the air since late June. They were bc from Mykolayiv to NoAM. Txions on these freqs had ceased due to the failure of the National Radio Company to pay rental fees. Announced sked at the end for En was: 2100 on 5905 6020 7240 7410 9560 13590; 0000 on 5905 5915 6020 7240; 0400 on 5905 6020 7410 all to EUR; 2100 on 7380 to AUS which was the best reception here! Presenter also said 7150 and 12050 at 0400-1600 had ceased. (Mike Barraclough, England, July 26, WORLD OF RADIO 951 AND R.I.B., Aug 6)

Radio Ukraine Ge sce observed (= European program stream) at 2310 varying around 5937. Seemingly this is the nominal 5940 outlet, a 100 kW tx at Brovary, 2300-0500. The shape of the faulty tx at Kharkov seems also to worse more and more, at the same time on 5905 to have it's unmistakable growl very loud and bothering. (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 3)

USA NEW EARLY TIME FOR WORLD OF RADIO. Supposed to start Aug 6 on WWCR, Thu at 1600 on 15685, in addition to Thu at 2030 on 15685. Also, RFPI has adjusted 21460 to 21461, further from HCJB 21455-USB QRM; this affects WOR Fri 2000, Sat 1800, Sun 2300, Tue 1900. (Glenn Hauser-OK, WoR, Aug 6)

A revised schedule on George Jacobs' web site shows that WBCQ in Maine is authorized to use 7415 between 2200 and 0600 UTC, eff Sept 1. (Jim Moats, WORLD OF RADIO 951, Aug 6)

WHRA Maine 11565 noted bcing AF relig sce at 0530 34333. (WB, Aug 9)

[INTERNATIONAL WATERS - non]. The radioship Electra was to be auctioned to the highest bidder in Savannah, Georgia, Jul 15, following a collision on the way to the Caribbean and an ensuing lawsuit. Results of the auction not yet known. Details in the Sept Monitoring Times. (Rachel Baughn, MT editor, via WoR, Aug 6)

WGTG-2 plans to resume testing Mon Aug 10 from around 1500 on 9505, and continue the rest of the week; with 340-degree rhombic. This unit is about to go into regular sce. WOR 951 has been received and should appear as scheduled Sat Aug 8 at 2330 on 5085-USB. Dave Frantz tells me, that yet another FCC surprise inspection took place a month ago, and everything was OK. WGTG continues to be harrassed, perhaps by land-devlopment interests in the neighborhood. He is gathering evidence that other stns pose a far greater risk of RF radiation, such as WSB-750 whose tower is in the middle of a shopping center it owns; and WWBS Macon GA is likely to have even more severe risks and problems txing from downtown rather than a rural area. (Glenn Hauser, Aug 8, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

Dave Frantz had mentioned that he might also try 9500, so if you don't hear them on 9505, try 9500. (Johnson via Cumbre Dx, Aug 8)

After illicitly photocopying engineering and legal documents of WGTG while "relieving" the Frantzes from constant running of the stn, the Fundamental Broadcasting Network, which WGTG cancelled in March, has applied to build its own SW stn at its North Carolina HQ. (Dave Frantz, WGTG, via Hauser-OK, Aug 8)

On VOA CW, Kim Elliott reminds us that AFRTS left SW in 1986. Everyone is hyped about finding the site and getting a QSL but no one seems to be concerned about accessing the complete progr sked. Wish someone with more time than I on Internet would look for it, maybe with a .mil extension? Further checks here: when not pre-empted by stupid ballgames, Paul Harvey noon appeared UT Wed 0348 on 12689.5, just as before with all the ads and ad breaks edited out, to end at 0359; and around 0426, PH's Rest of the Story; 0430 into mx, which is not something the old AFRTS ever did. At this time, 4278.5 was not on the air, and when rechecked at 1103, 4 was on but 12 was off, again with mx instead of nx after nxcast -- hard rock heavy on the electric guitar, no anns; DJ finally came on at 1119 talking about baseball, 1121 USA Radio sports, PSA string, more mx now with a country accent. Are these mx blocks coming from the main AFN feed or is the SW relay switching to some other input? Heavy high-speed RTTY on the high side around 4280 got worse so it was unlistenable by 1150 as FL faded into daytime. After 1230, 12689.5 was audible instead, but with more mx. On Mon I had heard NPR Morning Edition in the 1100 hour, news block at 1200. Then UTC Thu Aug 6 around 0318 all three freqs were on: 6458 with talk and 12689.5, //4278.5 with mx. At first thought to be coming from NAVCOMMSTA Isabela, Puerto Rico but Dan Ferguson thru direction finding, and Larry Van Horn thru Navy contacts now agree these are from Key West-FL. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 951 and R.I.B, Aug 6)

U.S. Navy, Key West, FL, 6458 0810, AFN programming. Weak signal in EUR and fading out. 12689.50, 0742, AFN programming. (Michiel Schaay/Ruud Vos-HOL, Aug 4/5)

"Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the pool, bang right between the running lights. Since Dan Ferguson and his crowd were so vocal regarding their theory regarding a south Florida AFN tx, I went again and have talked to several different sources in DoD with this new information. And to Dan and his gang, you are correct. These current AFN bcs are coming from NAR Key West, FL.

I'm not sure whether things started in P.R. and migrated to FL, or whether I was told by my two sources it was P.R. to throw me off the scent, but the comsta folks through the PAO office in Key West just confirmed via phonecon that it is they who are b/cing the current round of AFN txions on 4278.5 and 12689.5.

To add to our 'why,' a bit more information was released today. The only L-band sats that are currently being used for AFN txions right now are the AOR-E and POR birds. With the loss of the AOR-W bird, that would explain why the Navy wants to replace that sce with HF for West lant ships. What I really wonder now is since the IOR bird is also not carrying the AFN l-band sce, if there might not be additional AFN HF txions from, say, Diego Garcia to afloat units?

Anyway, NAR navcomsta Key West is the current b/cer of the AFN txions on 4/12 MHz, vice the previously reported Isabella, Puerto Rico. Guess I will never know why Isabella was told to me, but such is life. And Dan, I never bet unless it is a sure thing. That is one thing that 23 years of Naval/Govt sce and 36 years of the radio hobby have taught me." (Larry Van Horn, WUN list, via NU, Aug 5)

So, after all that, we have been DXing FLORIDA, hi?! No mention of 6458, which is carrying different progr from 4 and 12 MHz. I had not hrd any AFN IDs during my own relatively brief monitoring of 6458, but Bob Wilkner advises that he has. (Jerry Berg-USA via NU and DXW, Aug 5)

The U.S. Navy is relaying the AFRTS signal from their Key West, Florida txs. Charles P. Barker Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Broadcast Center Affiliate Relations Customer Sce 1363 Z St. Bldg 2730 March ARB CA 92518-2017

12689.5U, AFN, 2230-2315, On 4 Aug, hrd "Public Radio Int." w/pgms "Market Place", AP nx and sports, and AFTRS nx, incl PSAs and ads. No AFN IDs though. There was no sign of 4278.5U at this time. The next day, 5 Aug, at 2235, hrd a Pop mx progr hosted by 2 men DJs. 4278.5U was also on but quite a bit weaker. I haven't checked the tape yet, so I'm not sure if they IDed as AFN. I find it hard to believe (I certainly won't say impossible though!!!) that such a low freq as 4278.5U is coming from Puerto Rico at 2230 even though it is sideband. Thanks Larry Van Horn (and anyone else deserving credit) for the Cumbre Specials!!! Happy to hear it. (Dave Valko-USA, Aug 4/5)

USA [non] Pennsylvania's 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Air National Guard has six huge C-130 cargo planes made into flying radio and TV stns, capable of preempting a country's normal programming and replacing it with whatever information Uncle Sam wants to bc. The approximately 1200 personnel assigned to the unit have learned they soon will not have to do their jobs with planes that rolled off the assembly line in the late 1960s. Sen. Rick Santorum announced that a third Lockheed EC-130J -- with an $85 million price tag once all the electronic modifications are made -- has been secured for the unit in the 1999 defense budget. One new plane has been included in the budget for each of the past two years and the unit hopes to actually be flying its first "J-model" by sometime in 2000. Eventually the unit hopes to replace all six of its specially equipped planes. The new planes will be able to fly higher than those being used now, making them better able to avoid ground fire, said Maj. Gen. William Lynch. The wing began its PSYOP or psychological operations and other "information warfare" missions during the Vietnam War and has remained busy since . (Jack Sherzer, Harrisburg Patriot-Nx Jul 12 via Brian Alexander, WORLD OF RADIO 951, Aug 6)

Changes in DXing with Cumbre schedule, this new schedule has some changes. Some txions have been dropped (mostly on KWHR), but there are also some new ones. VIA WHRI ANGEL I (To: Americas/Caribbean) 0500 Sat 7315 0730 Sat 7315 (new) 1730 Sat 15105 2230 Sat 9495 1330 Sun 15105

VIA WHRI ANGEL II (TO: Eur/Mideast/Africa/Russia/N Am) 0500 Sat 5745 0730 Sat 7315 (new) 1430 Sat 6040 2200 Sat 5745 0300 Sun 5745 0430 Sun 5745 0830 Sun 5745 2230 Sun 13620 (new)

VIA KWHR ANGEL III (TO: Asia/Pacific) 0230 Sat 17510 0600 Sat 17780 (new) 0430 Sun 17780 (new) 0600 Sun 17780 1630 Sun 9930 1830 Sun 13625

VIA KWHR ANGEL IV (TO: South Pacific) 1230 Sat 11565 0730 Sun 17555 1030 Sun 11565 (new) 1300 Sun 11565

VIA WHRA ANGEL V (TO: Africa/Mideast) 0330 Sat 9400 0530 Sat 11565 (new) 0800 Sat 11565 2130 Sat 15460 0730 Sun 11565

Also, you can hear the program whenever it is on SW via Real Audio through the WHR website at: http://www.whr.org or through the Cumbre DX website at: http://www.ralabs.com/cumbre (Marie Lamb, Host and Producer, DXing with Cumbre, Aug 6)

USA/CHINA Expansion of US Chinese bcs a "mixed blessing". Welcome to the media news segment of "Communications World". We start with Far Eastern radio wars. No, not the radio wars between Washington and Beijing. I refer to the radio wars between Washington and Washington. The US Congress has authorized an expansion of US internat bcing to CHN. This includes 24 hrs of txions each day in Mandarin. The VoA and RFA, both US govt-funded stns based in Washington, will each transmit 12 hrs a day in Ma. But until RFA can hire some more staff, they are txing 11 hrs a day in that language, and VOA 13 hrs. On 25th Jul, VOA added three new hrs of Ma: 0200-0300 and 0700-0900. On 2nd Aug, RFA will add Ma txions at 0500-0700. Freqs incl 17615 and 17880 via KHBI Saipan. That's the tx that RFA will soon purchase from the Christian Science church.

There is an agreement that VOA and the US surrogate internat stns - RFE/RL and RFA - will not bc in the same lang at the same time. However, at present, both VOA and RFA are bcing in Ma at 0400-0500 - that's noon in China. Neither stn wants to give up this slot. Eventually, the Bcing Board of Governors, which supervises all US internat bcing, will decide who gets this hour.

The expansion of US internat bcing to China is chiefly a symbolic move in support of democracy in China. Addit funds were provided, but this is a case where a budget increase is a mixed blessing. The US must now use its finite number of SW txs to bc to CHN when not many people are listening. Those txs can thus not be used to bc to other parts of the world where it is morning or evening prime time, and where large potential audiences await. (Dr. Kim Elliott in VoA CW, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 7)

UZBEKISTAN Uzbek Radio Tashkent. This schedule is based on monitoring observations and information published by the broadcaster. The listed VHF freqs are those used in Tashkent.

UZBEK RADIO FIRST PROGR "UZBEKISTAN" 0000-2200 Uz Dom 5995 1458 1332 1260 1062 (cl-down times may vary) 648 162 67.26

UZBEK RADIO SECOND PROGR "MASHAL"

0000-2300 Uz Dom 15200-(0400-1400) 15165-(0400-1400) 9545-(1300-1700) 9540-(2100-2300) 4850 1539 1332 711 666 68

UZBEK RADIO FOURTH PROGR "SADO" 0100-1900 Uz/Ru Dom 756 66.40 0845-0930 "Tashkent Courier" in Ru. 1500-1600 Thur only, Deutsche Welle relay 1650-1700 Nx in Ru

UZBEK RADIO THIRD PROGR "DUSTIK" 0000-1900 Multilingual in Uz, Ru, Taj, Kaz, Tatar. Dom 576 69.30

Addr: Khorazm kuca 49, 700047 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tel : +7 3712 441210 Fax : +7 3712 440021 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 6)

VIETNAM 10060, Hanoi 1st home sce, 1522-1538, Male and female speaker in Vn, mx bridges, easy mx. Used to be on 10059.7v. 32432. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 6)

VoVTN Hanoi in Vn at 2230 on 5925.00, nx. Strong UNID carrier on v5927.64, may be RUI Kiev? (WB, Aug 8)

ZAMBIA 6165 (tentat.) ZNBC Lusaka playing We AF mx at 2225, 22322. (WB, Aug 8)

ORBAN 9105a SPLATTER GENERATOR All the stories of splatter I've been hearing lately are surely caused by improper use of high-level audio processing, probably from the Orban 9105a. Technicians sometimes have no idea about the weaknesses of their txs, since they were never pushed this hard before. The Orban is the best processing in the world, but it's guaranteed to bring out every modulation anomaly in a tx. Complaints to "offending" stns are the best approach. Some stns may already KNOW about the problem, but don't do anything until complaints are received. Mentioning that an Orban 9105a might be involved may strengthen the argument and even help the technicians solve the problem, because adequate warnings about these problems are supplied with every unit. Orban also has a Website with email access for first-rate technical support. So no excuses! (Bob Zanotti-SUI, Jul 17, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Aug 6)

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This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. e-mail [email protected] vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - e-mail [email protected] BC-DX 380 24 Aug 1998 ______

Hi, it's now usual summer school holiday break in Germany, lasting in province of Baden Wurttemberg til Sept 14th.

So I will be away on holiday, and therefore only a limited BC-DX newsletter will be published on next weekend, Aug 24th and approx. Sept 7th too. 73 WB

INDONESIA National Holiday in INS. Next Monday, Aug 17th is Indonesia's National Holiday. This morning Jakarta News carried an article on the frontpage "Rumors of unrest denied by officials". The Army is taking no chances and have deployed thousands of troops to major cities. Also preparations for celebrations have been carried out on a low level during past weeks, unlike in previous years. Fact is, that many Ethnic Chinese (e.g. my landlord) have left the country this week, all flights out since Monday are fully booked. So keep listening, might be interesting. But I'm not really worried, since it now seems clear that the unrest in May was, at least in part, orchestrated by a special branch of the Army, led then by Suharto's son-in-law, which then developed it's own momentum turning finally against those who started it. However, I certainly will keep a low profile and stay at home on this day. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS, Aug 12)

AFGHANISTAN 7199.5v Radio Voice of Sharia, Aug 12, 0218-0232, mostly male singing without musical accompaniment, 0230 nx in Dari or Pushto-poor.

7200.2v (Special note: v.to 7199.7 to 1540, tx problems at 1541-1542 when the tx "jumped" between 7194 and 7197, on 7197.6v from 1543-1711 when jumps were between 7193 and 7194, on 7195.0v from 1714-1729 - then on 7196.8v) Radio Voice of Sharia, Aug 12, 1504-1840*, mostly in Dari or Pushtu with 3 distorted time pips at 1530, 1730 and 1830 and ID's as "... (some unknown words)... Afghanistan, Kabul, Radio Sedoye Sharia", also simple ID's as "Inja Afghanistan..." or "Radio Afghanistan", many mentions such as Taliban, Rabbani or Mazari Sharif and long male songs without any musical accompaniments, also in some other langs: 1600-1630 in Urdu (tent.), 1630-1645 in Hindi (tent.), 1645-1700 in En (with opening two ID's as "This is Radio Voice of Sharia, Kabul, Afghanistan", then - "Newsdesk" and nx comments mostly about Taliban's victory in the northern part of the country and final "Goodnight everebody" slogan), 1700-1715 in Ar - mostly poor, but sometimes fair and even almost good as on 7197.6v between 1543- 1711.

7200.8v Radio Voice of Sharia, Aug 11, 1644-1842*, see above for details. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Aug 12, also via DXW Aug 16)

Radio (Voice of Shari'ah). Since the takeover of Radio Afghanistan by Taleban forces in late Sep 1996, the stn has IDed itself as Radio Voice of Shari'ah. Radio AFG announced in Nov 1995 that it had resumed coverage of the Kabul area on FM. A MW freq of 1600, used in the past, has not been confirmed recently. SW 7200 kHz only used part of the day. Only confirmed programming is listed below. Addit nx bulletins in Pashto and Dari may be bc at various times throughout the day.

Provincial radios: Balkh Radio (Mazar-e Sharif) MW 1584. Takhar Radio (Taloqan) SW 7085. Other provinces - not confirmed.

0030-1840 Pa/Da 7200-v* 1278 1107. 0100 nx in Pa, 1430 progr in Pashavi and Nuristani. 1500-1530 nx in Pa. 1530-1600 nx in Da. 1600-1615 Uzbek. 1615-1630 Turkmen. 1630-1645 Ur. 1645-1700 En. 1700-1715 nx in Ar. 1730 nx in Pa. 1800 nx in Da. Addr: PO Box 544, Kabul, Afghanistan. Tel: +93-25241 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 20)

V of Shari'ah - Takhar. Taleban (Voice of Shari'ah). Since the takeover of Taloqan by Taleban forces in mid-Aug 1998, this stn has IDed itself as Radio Voice of Shari'ah of Takhar Province. (Until 9th Aug 1998, Takhar Radio bc in support of Borhanoddin Rabbani, the former pres of AFG, who was ousted from Kabul by Taleban forces in late Sep 1996.) 1230-1325 Da/Pa 7085 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 20)

ALBANIA RTV Shqiptar, Cerrik, 7150, 1220 non-stop light popular songs, incl It and En oldies. At 1300 female speaker in Alb. SINPO 34333 (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Aug 18)

ANTARCTICA 15476 LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, is operating still now with 1 kW of power and acc to my friend there, only in the next year the stn probably will be equiped with a new tx. Currently the stn is on air at 1230-1430 on Mon, Wed & Fri. The technical operator of LRA36 also have tasks in the power stn of the Base Esperanza, the heart of Base Esperanza, and his job also is to give support when some group to go to patrol, etc, etc, because this also some days the progrs of LRA36 not are on the air. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Aug 22)

CHILE New freq 6070 Voz Cristiana, Aug 20, 1111 Man with canned ID in SP repeated twice: "Esta es Radio Voz Cristiana" ending with jingle by choir of males. Into nx segment with this previous anmt: "En Voz Cristiana, estas son las noticias mas importantes de esta hora", nx read by man, followed by wx for Lima, Peru. Some pieces of mx romantic style, not relg content. At 1122 into feature progr: "Enfoque a la Familia". QRK 5/4, some QSB. Also checked their other freqs but this was the only one active at this hour. (Nigro-Uruguay, via DXW, Aug 20)

6070 Radio Voz Cristiana, Sp, man and female anner, musical progr (christian mx) ID "Esta transmitiendo radio Voz Cristiana.." "Lo invitamos a unirse a La Familia, escribanos al Apdo Postal 2889, Miami, Florida 33144, USA. 11690 Voz Cristiana, Sp, musical progr, "La Familia" man and female announcer, ID "Radio Voz Cristiana le ofrece este servicio" SINPO 34443 0405-0415. (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Aug 22)

21500 Voz Cristiana Santiago, Aug 22, 1748-1753, Sp ID at tune-in, addr in Florida, jingles/promos, easy mx. 34444, //21549.9 (where much weaker). (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 22)

CHINA 9700, China Radio Internat, 1409-1414, male speaker with nx in En, at 1410 nx about CHN by female speaker. 34333. Also on 15125, co-ch RRI; Cimanggis (INS). (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Aug 18)

Chutian Broadcasting Stn. ID: "Chutian Guanbgo Diantai Xin Wen Tai" (Chutian Bcing Stn). 2130-1630 Ch 1179. 1330-1400 & 2130-2200 En lessons 1179. Addr: Chutian Broadcasting St., 15 Hangkong Lu, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 20)

Hubei People's Broadcasting Stn. ID: "Hubei Renmin Guangbo Diantai" (Wuhan People's Bcing Stn). 2125-1630 Ch 3940 1404 774 Addr Wuhan PBS: 653 Jiefang Dadao, Hankho, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 20)

CIS [Armenia?] A new Hebrew language progr, produced by Messianic Jews within Israel is now being aired to ISR by TWR. Called "Kol HaYeshua" (Voice of Salvation) the 30-mins progr is aired via powerful AM tx in CeAS. Daily bcs begun Aug 1st. They represent TWR's first MW (AM) progr in Hebrew to cover the entire country of ISR. TWR has a rich history of bcing to the complex and volatile, yet still intriguing ME. Its Hebrew SW txions to ISR ended in March 1996. Independent research documented a sharply declining use of SW rxs, exept by Ru and En-speaking immigrants. FM radio was suggested, but not chosen. A predominant reason was because local stns cannot be heard throughout the entire nation.

Additional research revealed, however, that a significant number of Israelies daily tune to MW. Messianic leaders in Israel and TWR began exploring ways to work together to produce and air a nightly progr via the AM band that covers the whole country with a strong signal. The result of that joint efforts was birthed two days ago on Aug 1. Progrs can be heard at 10 p.m. LT [1900 UTC in summer] on the freq of 1350. (TWR News Release, Aug 3, via Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Aug 15) Would assume Kamo location Yerevan-ARM 1350 kHz 150 kW, as mentioned in WRTH '92. WB]

CLANDESTINE STNS Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Voice of the People of Kurdistan (Kurdish: "aira dangi gelli kurdistana", Ar: "sawt sha'b kurdistan") was first observed on 23rd Oct 1988, but may have been in existence for some time before then. It supports the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by Jalal Talabani. The radio has in the past used freqs around 15060-v, 7270-v, 6295-v, 5845-5880-v, 4000-4200-v and 3930-3960-v. All freqs and txion times are highly variable.

0200-0500 Ku/Ar to ME 4060-v (repeat of evening bc) 1130-1330 Ku/Ar to ME 6015-6030-v (repeat of evening bc) 1445-1800 Ku/Ar to ME 4060-v PUK website: www.puk.org e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 13)

Kurdistan Democratic Party. Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan Salah al-Din (Kurdish: era dangi kurdistana iraqiya; Ar: sawt kurdistan al-iraq, sawt al-hizb al-dimuqrati al-kurdistani al-iraqi) bcs in support of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Mas'ud Barzani. The KDP says the radio stn was established in Sep 1963. A sce to EUR was introduced on 27th Apr 1995. The KDP also operates Kurdistan TV, KTV, which bcs on several VHF and UHF channels in Iraqi Kurdistan from 1600-2200. This schedule is as announced by the radio. Freqs, times and duration of bcs are subject to change. MW and FM may also be use. Bcs may be one hour LATER in WINTER.

0245-0500 and 1645-1900 Ku/Ar to ME 4085-v UK addr: KDP Press Office, POBox 7725, London SW1V 3ZD, UK Tel: +44-171-931-7764 Fax: +44-171-931-7765 email: [email protected] URL: http://www.kdp.pp.se/ (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 13)

CROATIA 1197 The 2nd progr of the Croatian Radio HR2 or in Croatian "Hrvatski Radio Drugi Programm" is on the air nationwide on FM and on 1197 from a 2 kW tx at Pula. During the tourist season HR2 carries the nx from Bayern 3, Austrian OE3, Virgin Radio and RAI 1 between 0600 and 1700 starting at 0600 with Bayern 3, 0700 Virgin Radio, 0800 OE3 etc. Between 0430 and 1930 after the nx in Croatian at 30 mins past the hour there is traffic information in Cr, Ge and En provided by the Croatian Automobil Club. (Juergen Lohuis-D, Aug 20)

ERITREA BCDX #378 cotained a log of VoBroad Masses of Eritrea placedunder the header CLANDESTINE. That was certainly an error, since VoBME isn't a clandestine anymore since a couple of years. (CRW - Clandestine Radio Watch, Aug 21)

FRENCH GUIANA 13685 Radio China International, 0215, world nx in Sp, China/LatAmerica relations, frequent IDs as Radio Internacional de China, 45444. (Tomasko via Cumbre Dx, Aug 12)

GEORGIA [ABKHAZIA] 9489.75 Repl of Abkhazia Radio, Sukumi, 0339-0415 Aug 18, woman with nx in Abkhaz, interspersed with occasional short mx bridges. Clear mention of Abkhazia at 0340 and other dom references hrd. Best-ever signal at good strength and very clearly readable past 0350. Into fanfare and folk-like mx at 0404+ following talk by man; finally fading down by 0415. Also noted 0345 Aug 19, woman anncr rather weak but clear; *0327-0335 Aug 20, carrier on and anthem by brass band 0329, man with opening ID 0330:15, then woman anncr; 0340 Aug 22 in passing, woman anncr at fairly good level, although Aug 18th as above was best. (David Clark-CAN, Aug 23)

GERMANY Radio Rainbow in Amharic on Suns only, 0900-0959 on 5910, and in //9845. Lots of mention of Ethiopia. [5910 carries GNW - Good News World Service on Sats at same time!]. (Noel Green Blackpool-UK, Aug 13)

Now Brother Stair is heard on 11955 at 2200, presumably Germany, clashing with BBC. (Chris Hambly-AUS, Aug 16, WORLD OF RADIO 953, Aug 20)

UNID 11955 [see above] 2103-2202+, SIO=353; No ID's given; Overcomer px w/Brother Stair w/usual New World Order & last days stuff; wants us to write...if it's the last days, why bother? Blasted by 11960 s/on @2157; Imagine my disappointment when it wasn't Angola!; B.S. noted here again @0345-0400, still no IDs; On 8/17, OC came up @ 2056 and then Bro. Stair came on suddenly w/o IS (unless that's the weird trumpet blare hrd) or ID and no ID @2100; This was //WWCR-9475 which was already on; possibly via Juelich-GER as they run Brother Stair, but 11955 is not listed in their summer sked. (Frodge-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Aug 14)

High Adventure Ministries. This sce is operated by High Adventure Ministries, a US-based evangelical organization which also operates Voice of Hope sces from txs in California (KVOH), Palau (KHBN) and Lebanon. Programming on this sce, which identifies on the air as "the Voice of Hope" is produced at High Adventure Ministry offices in the UK and bc via Deutsche Telekom txs in Juelich, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1997 and until summer 1998 bc via txs in the Rep of Georgia. 1330-1530 En to AS 15715 1800-2200 En to EUR 6015 Addr: POBox 109, Hereford HR4 9XR, UK URL: www.highadventure.org e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 20)

SWR - SDR + SWF merger on Aug 29. The fusion of Sueddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) and Suedwestfunk (SWF) to the new Suedwestrundfunk (SWR) will soon take effect. The new SWR progrs are to start and replace the current SDR and SWF progrs on Sat, August 29, 2159 UTC. As well-known, both of the fusioning institutions has also SW txs, the SDR on 6030 and the SWF on 7265. Klaus Koehler was told by SDR, that both 6030 and 7265 will furthermore carry 24 hrs a day "SWR 3", a progr of pop mx, very similiar to the current "SWF 3" sce, which uses the 7265 freq.

We at Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg are regarding this a little bit cautious: At the reshuffeling of some radio progrs bx Sender Freies Berlin a year ago it was not known until two days before, which program the SFB MW Berlin Charlottenburg 567 will furthermore carry, as there are simply much more important matters to clear by such occasions than which progr will be switched into the amplitude-modulated toys. In any case, it is virtually certain that both 6030 and 7265 will stay on air. There are not much European dom bcs with even two SW outlets! (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 23)

1539 kHz MW TWR ERF Mainflingen. After a two years lasting disput between local authorities and DTK, the local municipal parliament -- voted with the majority of the Christian Democrates against Socialists and Green Movement -- prolongates contract of lease with Deutsche Telekom, to erect a modern semiconductor tx unit in autumn 1998. The new unit can also be used for SW[!] digital bcing in future. TRF-ERF Germany use the MW Mainflingen stn 19 hrs a day, 0500-1800 120 kW, 0300-0500 & 1800-2200 700 kW.

Here is the long story in wholeness:

Senderstandort Mainflingen fuer den Evangeliums-Rundfunk bleibt erhalten.

Neuer Mittelwellensender entsteht bis Herbst - besserer Empfang

Wetzlar/Mainhausen (lr). - Nachdem die Vertreter der Gemeinde Mainhausen bei Frankfurt der Verlaengerung des Pachtvertrages mit der Deutschen Telekom Immobilien fuer die Nutzung des Senderstandortes Mainflingen zugestimmt haben, wird die Telekom bis zum Herbst einen neuen Sender fuer die Mittelwelle 1539 kHz installieren. Seit April 1996 wird der Mittelwellensender vom Evangeliums-Rundfunk (ERF) Wetzlar, genutzt. Der ERF sendet taeglich 19 Stunden ein christliches Programm, das in den Morgen- und Abendstunden mit 700 Kilowatt und von 7 bis 20 Uhr mit einer Leistung von 120 Kilowatt ausgestrahlt wird. In den Nachtstunden wird der Sender abgeschaltet. Bei Tage ist das Programm im Raum Frankfurt, in den Zeiten mit wenig Tageslicht europaweit zu empfangen.

In seiner Sitzung vom Juli hat das Gemeindeparlament von Mainhausen ueberraschend mit der Mehrheit der Stimmen der CDU einer Verlaengerung des Pachtvertrages mit der Telekom zugestimmt. SPD und Gruene votierten geschlossen gegen eine Vertragsverlaengerung. Die Orts-CDU hat damit eine Wende um 180 Grad vollzogen. Denn vor zwei Jahren hatten die Christdemokraten noch eine fristlose Kuendigung des Mietvertrages gefordert. In der Vergangenheit war es zu Beschwerden in der Bevoelkerung ueber Stoerungen im oertlichen Telefonnetz und beim Fernsehempfang gekommen. Aerzte hatten vor moeglichen gesundheitlichen Gefahren der Rundfunkstrahlen gewarnt. Darauf hatte das Gemeindeparlament im Juni 1996 eine gesundheitliche Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung gefordert, auf die nun verzichtet worden ist.

Der CDU-Fraktionsvorsitzende Johannes Wegstein erklaerte den Sinneswandel damit, dass die Telekom angekuendigt habe, bei einer Vertragskuendigung wuerde der Sendemast auf ein anderes, um einhundert Meter naeher am Ort liegendes Grundstueck verlegt werden. Des weiteren habe sich die Telekom vertraglich verpflichtet, eventuell auftretende technische Stoerungen zu beseitigen. Mit der jetzt geplanten Modernisierung der Anlage werde eine Feinjustierung auf die jeweils erforderliche Mindestsendeleistung" moeglich. Der bisherige Sender aus dem Jahr 1968 soll durch einen neuen, der auch fuer die digitale Kurzwellenverbreitung ausgestattet ist, ersetzt werden. Durch die unklare Grundstueckssituation hatte die Telekom den Baubeginn seit Fruehjahr verzoegern muessen. Der ERF erhofft sich von der neuen Sendeanlage einen besseren Empfang.

Fragen beantwortet die Leiterin der ERF-Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit, Frau Annette E. Gerling, Tel. 0 64 41 - 9 57-2 29. (TWR - ERF press service, Wetzlar, Aug 10)

GREECE (Rhodes Isl) VOA - Exact date not definite yet, but it looks like Rhodes may go off SW sometime next week, possibly at 0600 Aug 18. Current schedule is: 0400-0600 9865 Ar, 1700-2100 6040 Ar, 2100-2200 6040 En. (Dan Ferguson-USA, Aug 13)

9865 VOA Rhodes [not], *0359-0402 Aug 19, usual IS from 0359:15 and En ID anmt for progr following in Ar; fanfare and into nx. Good signal on what must have been last day of txion for this radio country [!? - strange in European eyes, ed]. The freq was open at 0400 on Aug 20th. (David M. Clark-CAN, Aug 23) [no David, it was Kavala at 120 degr towards ME&NE, Rhodes txions moved on Aug 18th, 1200]

HUNGARY There is an error in the printed edition of "Budapest International", for R. Budapest En schedules. An incorrect freq of 15685 is shown for the sce to NoAM 0100- 0200: this should be 11685. The complete En sked is: To Eur: 1900-1930 3975 7170; 2100- 2130 3975 11700; To NAm: 0100-0130 0580 11685; 0230-0300 9840 11910.

Detailed information is available on http://home.euroweb.hu/radio/ (Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, 12 Aug)

INDIA Just received an official sked of AIR Jeypore as per the following sked: 0000- 0400 & 1030-1830 on 5040 and 0700-1000 on 6040. AIR Gangtok scheduled for local midday bc on 6085 has yet to be started.

SOUTH ASIA RADIO GUIDE ON HOME PAGE Now South Asia Radio Guide is on the Internet - started with edition # 11 June 1998 but updated regularly. More features like Media News from this part of the world, sound file and pictures will be added shortly. Any comments will be appreciated: http://www.angelfire.com/in/alokdg Any link to your website will be appreciated. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Aug 16)

INDONESIA v3904.80 RRI Merauke, again active in BI + dialects, s-off time varying 1358-1401*. At best 34433 but differs fr day to day. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 18 + 30) v3985.76 RRI Surabaya, 1252-1310, 1258 SCI, relay RRI Jakarta, nx, "Warta Berita Ekonomi Keuangan", 1307 Gamelan mx, 1310 ID, "Wayang Kulit", 12332. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 26) v4845.20 RRI Ambon, 1100-1136*, local nx, ID, 1103 NA + choir, 1104 ID, internat mx, INS pop mx, abrupt s-off, no Love Ambon. 33443 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Aug 2)

IRAN/MALI Correction of: RTM Bamako noted booming in with 55555 on 5995 at 2220, in vernac, speech to the crowd on Islam matter. (WB, Aug 8)

It's VoIRI Teheran in Arabic, //6145 (2230-2255 blocked by co-channel Wertachtal), 7260 and 9022, acc. Mikhail Timofeyev also 6025, here today a unid carrier only, probably the faulty IRN tx. (Kai Ludwig, Aug 11)

IRELAND Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE). This ext sce fr Radio Telefis Eireann, the Irish state broadcaster, is txed via hired SW txs in Nashville, USA (WWCR), Ascension Island(a) and Singapore(s), as indicated below. Programming consists of relays or rebcs of nx and sports from the dom RTE Radio 1 network. RTE Radio 1 is also available via satellite and on the World Radio Network. The bcs via WWCR will be one hour LATER in winter.

0900-0930 Mon-Fri, 1000-1030 Sat/Sun En AUS 5070-(WWCR) 1000-1030 En AS/AUS 11740-(s) 1730-1800 En AF 17885-(a) 1830-1900 Mon-Fri, 1900-1930 Sat/Sun En EUR/AF/AM 12160-(WWCR)

Addr: Broadcasting Developments, RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland Tel: +353-1-208-2350 Fax: +353-1-208-3031 e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.rte.ie/radio/worldwide.html (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 13)

Thanks for your note. I shall be retiring from RTE tomorrow after 30 years sce. Julie Hayde will be dealing with our overseas bcing and I have passed your e-mail address on to her. Her e-mail addr is: [email protected] Many thanks for your most useful co-operation over the years. Best wishes. (Wesley Boyd, Aug 13) And best to you on your retirement! (Glenn Hauser, RIB, Aug 20)

LAOS 4682.3 Houa Phan active! 6130 Lao Nat R Vientiane active. v6972.48 Luang Prabang also active. Aug 16, 1310-v1400* s-off. Laotian mx, 1310 ID in Laotian, 1327-1335 nx, 1358 ID, instrumental NA, s-off, 25432, best 34232. They have also tx problems. Aug 17, 1045-1358* s-off, talks ID at 1102, 1110 flute solo mx, 1158 gong, IS, 1159 short piece of instrumental NA, //4682.3, 6130 relay nx from Vientiane til 1230. From 1230 separate progr. at 1357 ID by female, NA instrumental, s-off. But Houa Phan new4682.3 s-off at 1230! (Roland Schulze-PHL, Aug 16/17)

LIBYA I presume it's the Ghaddafi tone audible again today on 9705 around 1000. It sounds like Libya on air with 5 mins of nx at 1000 [irregularly]. Some rent a crowd chanting and songs. I could not understand the ID they were using. Audio quality with some breaks suggests a feed from outside of main population areas. (Noel Green Blackpool-UK, Aug 13) [yes, heard 1000 Hertz tone tests recently on 9705. Daily approx. 0815-1015, WB]

MALI/CHINA CRI has introduced several NFs for its Mali relay. The Mali usage is thus: 0100-0157 Sp 9665 0200-0257 Ch 9665 1730-1757 Ha 11970 15125 1800-1827 Ha 11970 15125 1830-1937 Ar 13685 15530 1930-1957 Po 11975 15500 2000-2057 En 11975 15500 2100-2127 En 11975 15500 2130-2227 Fr 11975 15500 2230-2257 Ch 11975 15500 2300-2357 Ch 11975. (NDXC/Bob Padula-AUS via EDXP, Aug 19)

MOROCCO RTM Rabat is no longer heard on 15345 via Nador tx site. And their ext sce using 17595 or 17815 has not been traced for some time. Still continues via IBB/VoA facilities at Briech on 15335 and 11920. (Noel Green Blackpool-UK, Aug 13)

NIGERIA Monitoring of VoNIG 15120 reveales the stn does not use this freq to bc progrs in Hausa, Fulfulde & Swahili any longer. 15120 is off air 0800-1000 and 1200-1500. Only Ar, En & Fr heard as in WRTH '97. (Noel Green Blackpool-UK, Aug 13)

PAKISTAN R Pakistan has made some changes: 0100-0215 Urdu WS & 0230-0245 slow speed bulletin to SoEaAS, 11975 replaces 11760/11795, in //15485, and 13610 7485 at 0230. 1200-1230 Ch sce now using 15430 (x9710), //11835. 1330-1530 Urdu WS & 1600-1630 En nx & slow speed bulletin to Gulf & ME 15465 (x9650), //11570 and think Karachi is still around on 15170 to EaAF. 15465 suffers by DW Sines-POR 15470 at 1500, and a lesser signal from VoA Udorn-THA 15460. At 1600 VoR is co-ch. (Noel Green Blackpool-UK, Aug 13)

Radio Pakistan after a brief stay on 11795 (a move from 11760 to avoid INS) further moved onto 11975 (to avoid DW in Ge on 11795) at 0045-0215 Urdu and 0230-0245 in En. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Aug 16)

PALAU Please note the following addition to our Z-98 schedule: ADD: KHBN Palau 13840 0700-1100 270 degr to SE Asia ADD: KHBN Palau 15725 0700-1100 290 degr to SE Asia/CHN (Bob German, George Jacobs & Associates, Inc., Aug 17)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3205 R Sandaun, now regular again on this QRG, fade-in around 1130 til 1202* with NA + choir, first heard on Jul 21. 23332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 21 - Aug 3)

PARAGUAY 9737.48, R. Nac del Paraguay, 1225-1311 Aug 6, talking about the history of the Govt Palace of Paraguay, with Paraguayan polkas between the cmtries; at 1257, ID by male as "... que esta manana tenemos el gusto de compartir con la audiencia de Nacional," full ID also at 1311. SINPO 44544. Not hrd at 1630 recheck Aug 12.

11939.27, R. Encarnacion, 1620-1708 Aug 12, to 1629 prgm "Musica de Grandes Orquestas" with songs at 1637, 1645 and 1653, ads for "Expreso Rio Parana," at 1707 ID by male as "Esta es R. Encarnacion, Encarnacion, Rep del PRG," then wx rpts and talk by male ancr. SINPO 24532. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Aug 13)

PORTUGAL Radiodifusao Portuguesa (RDP). RDP Internacional is the ext sce of Radiodifusao Portuguesa - Portuguese state radio. RDP Internacional is also available on satellite via Eutelsat 13.0E, 11727 MHz vertical, audio 7.02 MHz; Asiasat 100.5E, 3980 MHz vertical, audio 7.20.

RDP Africa is available on Ekspress 14.0W, 4025 MHz RHCP, audio 7.02 MHz. RDP Africa is also bc on VHF FM from sites in Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe.

This schedule, valid until Oct 1998, is based on information from RDP and monitoring observations. Some bcs [to EUR] may be one hour LATER in WINTER. 0500- Mo-Fr Po Eu Af 15555 0600- Mo-Fr 15555 9780 0645- Mo-Fr 15555 11780 9780 0800- Mo-Fr 15555 9780 0900- Mo-Fr 21720 17725 15555 9780 1055-1200 Mo-Fr 15555 9780

0700-0900 Sa/Su Po Au 17740 (for EaTimor INS) 0700- Sa/Su Po Eu Af Am 17725 15555 9780 0830- Sa/Su 17725 15555 11850 9780 1000- Sa/Su 17725 15555 9780 1200- Sa/Su 17745 17725 15555 15200 9780 1700-2000 Sa/Su 17745 17680 15555 15200 9780

1100-1200 Mo-Fr TETUM AUS 17740 (for EaTimor)

1200-1330 Mo-Fr Po ME 21515 1200-1300 Mo-Fr Po Au 17740 (for EaTimor) 1400-1900 Su Po ME 21515 1500-1800 Sa Po ME 21515 1600-2000 Mo-Fr Po Eu Af 17680 15555 13625 11780 2300-0330 Po Am 13700 13640 11840 11770 9520

RDP AFRICA studio centre Lisbon 0600-2245 Po Af 21655 13745 (RDP Africa sce) 2245-0000 21655

Addr: RDP Internacional, POBox 1011, Lisbon 1001, Portugal Tel: +351-1-387-1109 Fax: +351-1-387-4475 URL: http://www.rdp.pt/ (RealAudio avail) Email: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 20)

RUSSIA "Voice of Russia" Ru Sce: New bcing schedule from Aug till 25 of Oct 1998

FE 1200-1400 7170 EUR 1200-1400 693 and 1323 1700-1800 9810 and 11930 1900-2000 612 693 7380 9490 9810 11630 11745 2000-2100 9810 and 612 AM 0100-0300 7125 7310 9480 12000 13790 15425 15595 ME 1500-1600 9675 SoEaAS AUS 1200-1300 7170 15170 17795 1300-1400 7170 17795 The rest of freqs, mentioned in the former schedules, are deleted. (Pavel Mikhailov, Moscow, via RUS Dx, Aug 20)

SLOVENIA MW Bela Kriz 1170 kHz. Bcing time extended, s-off time 1900 replaced by 2200. Common night progr Radio Capodistria and Radio Maribor International at 1900-2200, also partly in foreign langs, like segments in Ge of "102.8 Radio Maribor", which progr is intended towards listener audience in Graz-Austria, Styria and Carinthia (former stn name Radio MM2). (Michael Fuhr via Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 18)

SWEDEN 17.2 LW Grimeton On Air Again. Christer Andersson reported on the RSGB LF Reflector that he'd received information from SM6KRI that there would be another special VLF bc from the Grimeton Wireless Museum in Sweden at 0930 on the 28th of Aug. The freq as per usual will be 17.2 kHz, with the only remaining Alexanderson Alternator again being used to send its CW message.

Anyone interested should check out the Museum website at: http: //www.telemuseum.se/grimeton/grimeen.html (Alan Gale-UK, Aug 21)

TAHITI 15170 RFO Tahiti 0300 Back to back Tahitian songs with talk in Tahitian and Fr in-between heard until 0332 when progr content went to deader in mid sentence. Signal had incredible power; probably the strongest I have heard in several years. Signal returned with more mx at 0347. (Costello-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Aug 12)

TUNISIA ERTT has moved back to nominal 15450 (x15535). Freq variable around 15449.1 (Noel Green Blackpool-UK, Aug 13) Quick check at 1930, when stn giving all freqs in Ar. Night freqs are 7225.04, 7279.96, and 12004.48. (WB, Aug 17)

UK European Klassik Rock is a heaven for famous ex-R Caroline DJs from the 70s and 80s, like Dave Windsor, Nigel Harris and Emperor Rosko. EKR bcing 24 hrs on Astra satellite tr 35, 10.994 GHz H, tone subcarrier 7.38/7.56 MHz. Addr: The Maidstone Studios, Maidstone, ME14 5NZ, England Fax +44 91622 684 485 http://www.ekrradio.demon.co.uk/Bar.htm (Mathias Kropf-D, Aug 18)

To Victor in Sri Lanka: Monitoring SLBC via Skelton 6010, 250 kW, azimuth 150 degr. I heard the Sat only outlet of 15th Aug now in total, from 18.59:35 til 2000. The target azimuth in 150 degr from Skelton is in Southern France, Corse, Sardenia, Sicily and Tunis-Tunisia !!!

For comparisation, Skelton towards Finland is 45 degr, or towards Germany 110 degr.

The SLBC broadcasting was really suffering a lot of unusual side band splash, of both DLR Berlin 6005 and VoHope Juelich 6015. The neighbouring channel interference is occuring only in the high-summer season July/August. At least from 1st week in Sept, Skelton 6010 should be received here in Germany on increased level, and Berlin 6005 as well as Juelich 6015 respectivelly will decrease soon, especially in W98 from Sept 27th. SINPO 5 3-4 5 5 3-4. QRM mostly by DLR Berlin Britz 6005 [mx and text parts], seldom VoHope Juelich 6015, only when mx was played, but not in the text reading parts.

I looked also to an alternative channel, but unfortunately on both channels, i.e. 5950 and 6040, there is also a neighbouring interference presence. The only two channels which are free on this time span are 5950 (side band splash of ORF Vienna on long established 5945), 6040 (side band splash of Warsaw 6035, [REE Madrid 6045 in Fr/Arabic towards EGY/ME isn't a problem here in CeEUR]) (WB, Aug 15)

USA Radio Free Asia is an US government-funded sce aimed at Burma, Cambodia, China, NoKorea, Laos, Tibet and Vietnam. It is overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. It began bcing on 30 Sep 1996.

RFA uses International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) txs in Delano (USA), Holzkirchen (Germany) and Saipan (Mariana Islands); it is also believed to use hired facilites in Kamo (Armenia), Alaska (KNLS), Hawaii (KWHR), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Palau (KHBN) and Dushanbe (Tajikistan). This schedule, valid until Oct 1998, is based on monitoring observations and information from the IBB - International Broadcasting Bureau. All freqs are subject to change.

0000-0100 LAOTIAN As 9920 9365 7530 0000-0030 VIETNAME SEAs 15560 13720 11580 9975 0030-0130 BURMESE As 13820 13710 11590 11580 11540 9975 0030-0130 CAMBODIAN As 15695 15655 0100-0200 TIBETAN As 9920 9670 9365 7460 0300-0500 CHINESE-STD As 17880 17615 13820 11540 0500-0700 CHINESE-STD As 17880 17615 17525 17495 1100-1200 LAOTIAN As 17805 15715 15660 13750 1130-**** CAMBODIAN As 15705 15695 11510 1200- 15705 15695 13750 11510 9930 9925 1300-1330 15705 15695 11510 9930 9925 1300-1400 TIBETAN As 17855 13830 11590 1400-1500 CANTONESE As 11510 11500 9955 1400-1500 VIETNAMESE As 13775 11535 11510 9930 9455 1500-1600 BURMESE As 13820 11590 11530 1500-1800 CHINESE-STD As 15510 11945 11520 9905 9455-(fr 1630) 9445-(to 1630) 1500-1600 TIBETAN As 13835 11580 11510 1530-1630 KOREAN As 15660 9955 5855 1800-2000 CHINESE-STD As 15510 11945 11710 11520 9905-(fr 1900) 9420 2100-2200 CHINESE-STD As 15515 11765 11710 9910 9455 9420 9355 2200-2300 CANTONESE As 11500 9955 9355 2200-2300 KOREAN As 15515 11785 9455 9395 7470 7460 2230-2330 CAMBODIAN As 11570 11510 9930 9570 2300-0000 CHINESE-STD As 15515 13800 11785 9910 9420 2300-0000 TIBETAN As 9920 9875 9365 2330-0000 VIETNAMESE As 15560 13720 11580 9975 Addr: Suite 300, 2025 M Street NW, Washington DC 20036, USA Tel: +1-202-530-4900 Fax: +1-202-457-6996 http://www.rfa.org (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 13)

Please note the following change in our Z-98 schedule eff Sept 9, until the end of the Z-98 season: DEL: WSHB 18930 1600-1700 72 degr DEL: WSHB 18930 1700-1800 87 degr DEL: WSHB 18930 1800-1900 102 degr

ADD: WSHB 18910 1600-1700 72 degr ADD: WSHB 18910 1700-1800 87 degr ADD: WSHB 18910 1800-1900 102 degr (Bob German, George Jacobs & Associates, Aug 13)

WHRI Angel 2 To EUR/RUS and NoAM. Beginning Mon Aug 24 WHRI will go on 5745 1 hour earlier on Mon-Fri only. WHRI will change from 13760 to 5745 Mon-Fri at 2000. This is being done for a new call in talk progr "Politics and Religion" which will air LIVE during the hour of 2000-2100. (Joe Brashier-USA WHRI, Aug 20)

World Igbo Council. Ogene Ndigbo Radio is believed to have begun bcing in July 1998. It is operated by the Eastern Mandate Union Abroad (a pro-democracy group of Igbo exiles) and the World Igbo Council. It hires airtime via US commercial SW stn World Harvest radio WHRA in Greenbush, Maine. Associated bcs by Yoruba and Ijaw groups are bc on the same freq and at the same time on Mons and Fris, respectively. OGENE NDIGBO RADIO main studio centre Washington, DC 2100-2200 Weds in IGBO to AF 15460-(via WHRA) (occasional items in En) Addr: Ogene Ndigbo Radio, POBox 91425, Washington, DC 20090, USA Tel: +1-301-490-0082 Fax: +1-301-779-8085 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 13)

7415 WBCQ Don't look for this one until Sept, according to Al Weiner during a VoA CW interview on Aug 15. Other details about the stn: 50 kW using a log periodic antenna aimed 245 degr from the northern Maine town of Monticello. Weiner is looking to air as many viewpoints as possible, but will be running a commercial stn. Although he described his primary target as MEX, most of the programming will be in En, and they might may add some Sp and Native American langs later. The stn's slogan will be The Planet. (VoA Communications World, Aug 15 via Johnson, CDx)

Radio Democracy Don't look for this one until late this year or early next year. The President made his announcement too late in the fiscal year for the Congress to provide funding. Congress won't be able to provide funding until the start of the new fiscal year, which begins on Oct 1st. (VoA Communications World, Aug 15 via Johnson, CDx)

In the wee hours of the morning (UTC) we sent out a special that included comment on WBCQ. 7415 WBCQ Don't look for this one until Sept, acc to Al Weiner during a VoA CW interview on Aug 15." Rob Keeney, of Kansas, USA has responded to our special saying WBCQ has been testing on 7415 the last few days with test tones and Ids. We, Al Weiner and CW stand corrected. (That's what happens when you pre-record a DX show.) Anyone else picking up the tests? If so, respond to Cumbre DX via [email protected] (Cumbre DX Special Edition, Aug 17)

7415, WBCQ. Per telephone call from Dan Henderson-MD a few mins ago, WBCQ is on with light rock mx and IDs. Dan says they signed on at 0102 Aug 21 (UTC), and he is hearing them at S9+60. They are about S7-8 in my shack. However, last night I had a very strong carrier, on for a few mins, off for a few, on again, off, etc., in the 0200-0215 period Aug 19 (UTC), and the signal then was a much bigger S9+30. Not sure if it was them, of course. ID tonight: "This is WBCQ, Monticello, Maine, U.S.A., and we are testing our radio tx. WBCQ, Monticello, Maine, U.S.A." (Jerry berg-USA, NU, Aug 21)

They just gave the address as: WCBQ, The Planet, 97 High Street, Kennebunk Maine 04043, USA. For all those who want to get an advance QSL. (Dan Henderson-USA, via Cumbre DX, Aug 21)

Pete Costello wrote: At 2156 I tuned to 7415 and low and behold it winds up to be WBCQ, Allan Weiner's new SW stn, from Montecello ME, USA. Heard also here in Remington, Va +30/S9 with some of the best tunage on SW since the *old* WRNO (the Rock of New Orleans). (Mark J. Fine-USA, Via Cumbre Dx, Aug 21)

VIETNAM v6386.40 (pres.) Lai Chau 1 (?), s-on around 1015-1031*, again s-on around 1210-1300*, s-off varying. Vn + dialects, VTN pop mx, native mx, political talks. 35432. 1215 IS gongs, a piece of VTN mx, mention on "Lai Chau ...", 1228 flute intervals, "Yen Bai..." mentioned. S-off at 1225 on Aug 2. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 31 / Aug 2) v6386.40 (pres.) should be Yen Bai instead of Lai Chau 1, not on 6537.9. Heard on Aug 4th and 5th at 1159, IS, "... Vietnam Yen Bai ...", ID at 1200, NA piece, short nx til 1205, hill tribe mx. 34543. Aug 4th. Also noted on Aug 5/6, 1205 hill tribe mx, at 1257 s-off v6386.60, s-on tx with test tone at 0955-, 0959 IS, VTN ID by female. Vn mx. At 1028 mention "... Vietnam Yen Bai ...", again ID by female at 1030* s-off "... Vietnam Yen Bai ...". (Roland Schulze-PHL, Aug 4/5/6)

5597.50 Lao Cai, active at 1320-1330*, but not //6696. 35433. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jul 29)

5597.85, tent. Hoang Lien Son B/Cing Stn., Lao Cai, *2229-2235, local mx, vernac. anmts and talks, very slowly drifting up; poor. (Korinek-RSA, Aug 9) v6516.10 Cao Bang, Aug 3/4/5, 1000-1130*, Vn, tx problems, ID, also turn in at 1310- 1404*, Vn, terrible modulation, talks, march mx, 1328 ID by male, s-off at 1404, best 34332. Nothing heard on 6538, acc. tip of Alan Davies. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Aug 4/5/6) v9838.8 Voice of VTN (tent) 1415 Female announcer in Jpn hosting mx progr. Sign off at 1425. (Per Passport, VoVn has Jpn at this time and on this freq, followed by Ins, but with a directional change, at 1430.) (Hankison, via Cumbre Dx, Aug 15)

9978 VoVTN 1st Home sce *2325-2355* similar in strength to nearby //10060 and also to //5925. Suppose it might have been a spur from 10060, but gone at next check around 0130, while 10060 still going strong. Will try to investigate further. (Alan Davies, via Cumbre Dx, Aug 15)

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DX Camp September 4th to 6th, 1998 Fourth DX camp of "Oldenburger Kurzwellenfreunde" in Friedeburg-Marx in Germany

New year, same procedure: For the third time, the Oldenburger Kurzwellenfreunde will host a DX Camp from Sept 4th-6th, 1998. Again, the DX Camp is situated in the small village of Friedeburg-Marx in the NoWe German region called Ostfriesland. The rural setting made good DXing possible in the past two years.

The camp is held in and around a small farm house that is normally used for the accommodation of scouts' groups. There's plenty of place around the house where antennas of up to 100 metres in length can be erected. The surroundings are not suitable for beverage antennas, but we made some good DX catches with MW loop antennas in the past couple of years.

The whole event starts on Sep 4th at 1500 hrs LT and ends on Sep 6th during the morning. The camp costs 30 DM, covering all meals and sleeping place (bring sleeping bags!). And if you cannot be here for the whole weekend, why not visit us at the camp on Sat, Sep 6th?

How to get to Marx: Our DX camp can be reached via the Autobahn A29 (Oldenburg- Wilhelmshaven), exit Bockhorn/Varel, then on the Bundesstrasse B437 in the direction of Friedeburg, and in Marx turn right at the church. About 250 meters further on, there's our farm house.

Our address in Marx during the event is: Pfadfinderhof Renke Siefken, Boergerhoern 13, D-26446 Friedeburg-Marx.

More information can be obtained from: Oldenburger Kurzwellenfreunde, c/o Jan Lueschen, Stiekelkamp 2, D-26125 Oldenburg, Germany. Tel. +49 441301068, or via email at [email protected] You can also contact Thorsten Koch, email [email protected] (Oldenburger Kurzwellenfreunde, Jun 1st, 1998) [via DXW #128, Aug 17]

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Extracts of items sourced to EDXP may be further reproduced, but only by organizations or individuals which have on-going exchange arrangements with EDXP.

Any items from Glenn Hauser and/or World of Radio may be reproduced or broadcast only if complete attribution to the original source and to gh/WOR is given. Items from this file may be reproduced or re-reproduced only if full credit is maintained at all stages.

This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. e-mail [email protected] vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - e-mail [email protected]

BC-DX 381 31 Aug 1998 ______

AFGHANISTAN Takhar radio resumes bcs. Report by Taleban-controlled Radio Voice of Shari'ah. The radio stn in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar [Province, northern AFG], which was off the air, resumed bcing yesterday [21st Aug] and is operational. The Bakhtar Information Agency correspondent reported from Taloqan that thanks to the efforts of the technical personnel and officials to get this radio back on the air for the people of the newly-captured provinces, yesterday the Taloqan Prov radio stn went back on air and began bcing on a SW freq of 7085 yesterday and is now operational.

Bcs 1230-1330 every day and the people living in Takhar Prov and surrounding areas will get more information than before about the situation in the country by hearing the programmes of this radio. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 28)

AUSTRALIA 12079.92, R.A., 0948-1013, Usual pgming in Pidgin w/tlks mostly. Some regional PNG mx. //5995. Fairly decent signal on this off-freq. (Dave Valko-USA, Aug 20)

Txion manager assesses ABU freq meeting. RA's txion manager Nigel Holmes described the outcome of a recent meeting of the ABU in conversation with Roger Broadbent in RA's "Feedback" feature on 22nd Aug. The meeting, on HFC, was held in Kuala Lumpur.

Holmes likened the proceedings to those of a stock exchange floor, with the commodities being freqs, time blocks and target regions. Participants engineered their respective schedules and compared them with the aid of computer progrs which identified any collisions. A particular SW freq could be in use by 10 or 15 bcs around the world at any one time. The object was to identify collisions which propagation details and aerial characteristics suggested would be real rather than theoretical, and work out alternatives.

The meeting also discussed the implementation of a new txion registration procedure established at the World Radio Conference in 1997. This spells out the need for bcs to submit a schedule to a coordination body, such as the ABU or the EBU, five months before that schedule is due to be implemented. The coordinating bodies can then assess schedules and, it is hoped, resolve any conflicts before the schedule takes effect.

Broadbent pointed out that RA has been changing its freqs at short notice in recent months and asked if the five-month deadline might be considered unreasonable. Holmes said a broadcaster retains the right to change a freq as it sees fit, but effective and timely communication remains essential.

Representatives from "a broad range of interests and beliefs" attended the ABU meeting, with only two "significant countries" (not specified) absent. There was "a very strong spirit of cooperation and camaraderie amongst the bcing community, particularly now that the Cold War era is pretty much over, certainly with the principal European players" , with some freeing-up of bcing activity. There would certainly be changes to RA's schedules as a result of the Kuala Lumpur meeting.

RA's reliance on relatively low-powered txs far from its targets in Asia means it has to use channels which are themselves very clear and have no significant bcing signal on the upper or lower channels, plus or minus 5 kHz, in the target area, Holmes said. He was, however, surprised by the quality of RA bcs he could hear on occasion in K-L between 0430 and 0630 LT.

"Now certainly, we are not able to direct a strong signal in all of our regional languages to that part of the world, but I was able to identify some of our current bcs which are on very clear channels of an appropriate freq for the path, and we could put in quite a respectable signal. So through the auspices of this ABU high-freqy coordination meeting I am hopeful that I can extend that to all of RA's bcs to the AS and PAC region." (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 28)

CHILE You might still be scratching your head about the listing under CHILE in last month's LN. What I mistakenly printed was my scratchpad freqs for Voz Christiana, with no information whatsoever! Sorry about that. I've culled monitoring info from as many sources as possible for this freq lineup: 6070 noted around 1100 20-Aug 9535 not heard 25-Jul or since 11890.07 noted around 0830 end of July, but not since 15374.8 noted from 1145-1300 on 8-Aug 17860 noted from 1500-1640 on 15-Aug 21549.96 noted from 1500-1640 on 15-Aug These guys have been testing now for several months. I dare say it's high time they quit jumping around, publish a schedule and stick with it. (Al Quaglieri via Naswa, Aug 25)

CHINA E-Mail Address, German section of RCI Beijing: [email protected] (Volker Willschrey-D, Aug 24)

CNR4 (Minorities Network) has rearranged its sces, with a reduction of 27 mins daily in Mongolian programming. New sked is: 0000-0027 Tibetan 15670 12080 11740 11710 11375 9500 0030-0057 Uighur 15670 11630 11375 10260 0100-0127 Kazakh 15670 11630 11375 10260 0500-0527 Mongolian 9920 8566 0530-0557 Tibetan 15670 15570 12080 11740 11375 9500 0600-0627 Uighur 15670 11630 11375 10260 0630-0657 Kazakh 15670 11630 11375 10260 1000-1057 Korean 9920 8566 1100-1127 Tibetan 15670 15570 12080 11740 11375 9500 1100-1157 Uighur 15670 11630 11375 10260 1200-1227 Kazakh 15670 11630 11375 10260 1230-1257 Mongolian 5420 4190 1300-1327 Tibetan 15670 15570 12080 11740 11375 9500 1330-1357 Uighur 15670 11630 11375 10260 1400-1427 Kazakh 15670 11630 11375 10260 2130-2227 Korean 5420 4190 2430-1457 Mongolian 15670 11630 11375 10260 Some of the above channels are also used for CNR1 and CNR2 progs. (NDXC/Padula/EDXP/Padula-AUS, via Naswa, Aug 25)

CONGO (DEM REP) Radio Candip-ISP is operated by the Higher Pedagogical Institute (Institut Superieur Pedagogique, ISP) in Bunia. The stn previously relayed nx from RTNC in Kinshasa. However, since mid-Aug 1998, it has been under rebel control, and, although nx is still announced as being from "RTNC" it is in fact pro-rebel. Alternat freqs 7150, 3390. VHF/FM may also be used.

0400-0700 & 1300-1800 Fr/Swa 5066 0500-0530 & 1500-1530 "RTNC" nx 0530-0630 & 1400-1500 public notices Addr: BP 373, Bunia (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 27)

COSTA RICA News from RFPI: soliciting ideas for a new QSL card design. Name-the-kitty contest: "Paz", which happens to sound like "Paws". 10 kW tx is still off, awaiting a part in the mail; should be back by Aug 27 on 21460, and stay on until about 0300, since 30 kW is switching from 15049 to 6975 in the 2330/2355 period. It's inconvenient to make the change, which takes about 5 mins, and involves a lot of retuning, later in the evening, and reports from eastern NoAM indicate 6975 is better than 15049 by 0100. Off at 0800 exc UT Sat, Sun and perhaps Mon when 6975 stays on later. Once the 10 kW is back on, will see about reviving the SSB unit, and perhaps juggle freqs and times. Pacifica Network News starts Sept 2, M-F, or rather UT Tue-Sat 0030-0100 on 6975 and for WeNoAM 21460. Pacifica also has a 5-min headline nx sce which might be added later. RFPI's new production also starts the first week in Sept, Millennium Dreams, allowing James and Debra Latham to return to their roots of producing radio progrs, 60 mins Mon at 2000, Fri 2330. Not just about RFPI's history and plans, but with guests, remotes from different parts of Costa Rica, a lot of storytelling. The block of progrs currently at 2330 moves up to 2300, and the 0000 block to 2330. The new programming quarter starts in Sept. Four staff members are now at the AMARC conference in Milan; reports on this downloaded from internet will be bc soon, times not yet chosen. (James Latham and Joe Bernard, RFPI Mailbag, Aug 22 via Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

RFPI Frequency Schedule: 43 m 6975 0000-0800 30 kW 19 m 15050 1800-2330 30 kW 13 m 21460 1800-0200 10 kW (currently off the air due to technical diffaculties)

RR's via e-mail are gratefully welcomed. Online QSL's and quarterly schedules are available. For a QSL card and a grid schedule, send your report with US $1 or 3 IRC's.

Joe Bernard, Program Coordinator (English), Radio For Peace International P.O. Box 88, Santa Ana, Costa Rica e-mail: [email protected] WWW URL: http://www.clark.net/pub/cwilkins/rfpi

Radio For Peace International is a non-profit, non-commercial bcing stn, supported entirely by charitable contributions. Your financial assistance is greatly needed. For a donation of $10, we'll thank you with a travel mug. For $20, you'll receive a t-shirt. Enrollment in the Friends of RFPI program is $40, to receive our quarterly newsletter, VISTA. Send contributions to Box 20728, Portland, OR 97294, U.S.A.

ECUATORIAL GUINEA 5003.68 Radio Africa, Aug 27, 2240-2300, En, relig progr; ann and addr of Radio Africa in USA, GNE, NIG, LBR, GHA, 2300 s-off; strong signal. (Harald Kuhl-D, Aug 28)

GERMANY SWR - [Suedwestfunk] SW tx Rohrdorf on 7265... Seems the tx is not properly tuned, as I have it on 7264.95. (last DXW #128, Mark Veldhuis)

Acc to the technical personell: On the sightseeing tour to the stn, I asked them about the freq drift of the tx, and the guy told me, that measurements taken only twice a year on SW! Acc their licence norm, -- they may leave the centre freq of 7265 by maximal 500 Hertz on both sides each. (WB, Aug 19)

R. Voice of Canada sked per their web pages: Tamil 0000-0200 9560 0200-0400 9700 1300-1400 11720 15510 1400-1600 11720 15510 Sa/Su 1800-2000 15210 Sa/Su 2000-2200 15560 2200-2400 11975 English 1400-1430 11720 15510 Mo-Fr 1600-1630 15510 Sa/Su 1630-1700 11720 (RAC webpage, via Naswa, Aug 25)

INDONESIA GREAT INS stns survey of Gerhard Werdin: 3204.4 RRI Bandung, 12/8 1145 with clear & undisturbed signal, usually 1000-1700, local mornings from 2100, but schedule variable, also some days not hrd at all // MW 540. On some other days 100 % distorted signal.

3215.05 RRI Manado, audible some times in time slot 1000-1300, but poor level, some days only carrier detectable.

3224.84 RRI Tanjung Karang, hrd since early June 1000-1500+, peaking here with 444; both apparently off the air for the last two days (25. and 26.08.).

3231.87 RRI Bukittinggi reactivated, hrd today 25/8 at 1145-1205, clear ID before RPK at 1158, then relay Jakarta news; found off the air at 1230, so presume s/off after relay news approx. 1210; on 26/8 however hrd until past 1330.

3264.67 RRI Gorontalo, hrd regularly 1000-1400*, local mornings from appr. 2100; Sun 1100-1130 Christian sermon, quite strong when RRI Bengkulu off the air.

3264.88 RRI Bengkulu, almost impossible to separate the two stns, fairly equal strength here, most times only determinable, that there are two INS stns, but Bengkulu recently some days s/on late or not at all, leaving Gorontalo in the clear. But Bengkulu is definitely the one on the higher QRG. Hrd last 12/8 1200-1500+.

3325.0 RRI Palangkaraya, hrd regularly w strong signal SIO 544, 1000-1600v, also local mornings.

3344.86 RRI Ternate, hrd regularly but mostly weak signal SIO 333, 1100-1600v, also from 2100.

3355.2 RRI Jambi, changing to this QRG from 4925 around 1300, staying in //until 1405; s/off 1700, signal much weaker than 4925.

3385.0 RRI Kupang, another East-Indonesian with weak signal here, but regular w s/on tent 1130, s/off 1520, last hrd with cl-down procedure 12/8.

3395.14 RRI Bandar Lampung (should not be reported as Tanjung Karang any more !), regularly and strong with SIO 555 1000-1700*, also local mornings around 2100-2300+.

3905.0 RRI Merauke, another East-Indonesia stn which seems at least irregular, last positively hrd with ID on 24/7 at 2120, audible with poor signal mostly 1100-1400 and 2100+.

3905.0 RRI Banda Aceh reactivated, hrd today 25/8 at 1232 w regional nx and clear ID at 1237, not hrd just prior to 1200 and off at re-check at 1320. However, not hrd at all the next day 26/8.

3933.94 RRI Semarang, definitely off the air presently, last hrd here w loud and clear sig at 1145 on 12/6.

3960.3v RRI Palu, regularly hrd approx. 1000-1700, also local mornings from 2100, at times quite strong signal SIO 444, last hrd 12/8 at 1210 w ID after Jakarta relay, at times with het (from 3959.7 RRI Padang ?, but no progr discernible).

3976.05 RRI Pontianak, regularly and strong approx. 1000-1700; on 12/8 at 1200 no relay of Jakarta nx as most other RRI stns, just Dangdut mx.

3985.74 RRI Surabaya, reactived, I feel around 2/8, approx. 1000-1700, but most times strong QRM or at least het from Korean stn on 3985, last hrd 12/8 // MW 585.

3999.96 R RI Padang, last hrd here 14/7 at 1100, seems to have returned to 4003 kHz. However, another check on 25/8 they are back here, having deserted 4003 again.

4000.17 RRI Kendari, again appr. 1000-1700, fairly clear now after RRI Padang back on 4003, at least with narrow filter in LSB mode.

4003.2 RRI Padang, returned here recently from 3999.96, hrd 12/8 1200-1500+, but went back again 25/8. This seems to be an irregular operation, I have not yet detected any pattern.

4075.28 RRI Pontianak, hrd positively 12/8 1200-1520+ // 3976, but much poorer, probably spuriousemission and not separate txm.

4606.40 RRI Serui, usually quite weak, at times only carrier detectable, on 12/8 at 1200 relay Jakarta nx, at 1350 very poor with tent. s/off procedure.

4696.9R KIP, Surabaya, seems to have been irregular in recent months, but hrd again loud and clear 12/8 1200-1530+.

4753.4 RRI Ujung Pandang, even this most consistent txm signed on as late as 1130 some days, usual s/off 1700.

4766.0 RRI Medan, after some months absence again here since early/mid July in the time slot 1100-1500 with mediocre signal.

4777.12 RRI Jakarta, regularly here from 1100, hrd recently as late as 1950 and as early as 2130, so all night operation; also seems to have a spurious emission on 4758.1, which however only detectable after 1700 when Ujung Pandang off the air.

4789.13 RRI Fak-Fak, clearly audible local mornings 2100-2200+, but in time slot 1000- 1300 no clear sig, only carrier detectable.

4845 RRI Ambon, sometimes audible between 1100 and 1500 under RTM Tamil Sce, but most days completely blocked by latter, at the most causing het.

4925 RRI Jambi, usually loud and clear here approx. 1000 until s/off 1405.

5040 RRI Pekanbaru, not positively heard since 14/7 when at 1100 mixing with Indian, reported to be AIR Jeypore.

It seems, that all other RRI stns up to the 60 mb are off the air presently, possibly with the exception of one or other East-Indonesian RPDK stns, which I cannot hear at my QTH. Certainly off are the stns on the following QRGs: 3222.9 Mataram, 3249.8 Banjarmasin, 4866/4871 Wamena, 4874 Sorong, 5046/5059 Yogyakarta. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS, Aug 26)

KOREA D.P.R. R Pyongyang txion schedule. Korean Central Bcing Stn. This schedule has been compiled from monitoring observations. Freq usage can be erratic. Radio Pyongyang's sce in Korean to SoKOR and JPN is the subject of a separate schedule.

0000-0100 ENGLISH AM 15230 13650 11845 0000-0100 JAPANESE AS 9650 7580 3250 0000-0100 SPANISH AM 15130 13760 11710 11335 0400-0500 FRENCH Eu As Am 13790 11710 0400-0500 KOREAN AS 9345 7200 0400-0500 SPANISH Eu AM 17735 15340 15180 13650 0500-0600 ENGLISH Eu As 13790 11710 0500-0600 FRENCH Eu 17735 15340 15180 13650 0600-0700 KOREAN AS 17735 15340 15180 13790 13650 11710 0700-0800 CHINESE AS 9345 7200 6125 0700-1000 JAPANESE AS 9650 7580 6070 3250 0700-0800 RUSSIAN Eu As 13790 11710 9975 6575 3560 0800-0900 KOREAN MEAfAs 9345 7200 6125 4405 0800-0900 KOREAN/RUSSIAN Eu As 13790 11710 9975 6575 3560 0900-1000 CHINESE-STD AS 9345 7200 6125 4405 0900-1000 RUSSIAN Eu As 13790 11710 9975 6575 3560 1100-1200 CHINESE-STD AS 9345 7200 4405 1100-1200 ENGLISH MEAf Am 15230 13650 11335 9975 3560 1100-1400 JAPANESE AS 7580 6520 6070 3250 621-(1300-) 1200-1300 FRENCH Eu 15230 13650 11335 9975 9640 3560 1200-1300 KOREAN AS 9345 7200 4405 1300-1400 CHINESE-STD AS 9345 7200 4405 1300-1400 SPANISH Eu 15230 13650 11335 9975 9640 3560 1400-1500 KOREAN AS 15230 13650 11335 9975 9640 3560 1500-1600 ARABIC MEAf 9600 6520 1500-1600 ENGLISH EuMEAf 13650 11735 11335 9975 9640 3560 1500-1600 FRENCH Eu 9335 6575 4405 1600-1700 KOREAN MEAf 13650 11735 11335 9975 9640 9600 9335 6575 6520 4405 3560 1700-1800 KOREAN/RUSSIAN Eu As 9975 9600 6520 1700-1800 RUSSIAN Eu 9325 7505 3560 1700-1800 SPANISH Eu 13760 11710 9335 6575 4405 1800-1900 ARABIC MEAf 9975 9600 6520 1800-1900 ENGLISH EuMEAf Am 13760 11710 9335 6575 4405 1800-1900 GERMAN Eu 9325 7505 3560 1900-2000 ENGLISH EuMEAf 9975 9600 6520 1900-2000 RUSSIAN Eu As 9325 3560 1900-2000 SPANISH Eu AM 13760 11710 9335 6575 2000-2100 ARABIC MEAf 9975 9600 6520 2000-2100 FRENCH EuMEAf 13760 11710 9335 6575 4405 2000-2200 GERMAN Eu 9325 3960-(2100-) 3560-(-2100) 2100-2200 ENGLISH EuMEAf 13760 11710 9335 6575 4405 2100-2200 FRENCH EuMEAf 9975 9600 6520 2200-2300 KOREAN AS 13760 11710 9335 6575 2300-0000 ENGLISH AM 15130 13760 11335 2300-0000 JAPANESE AS 9650 7580 3250 2300-0000 SPANISH AM 15230 13650 11845 3560

Addr: Radio Pyongyang, Korean Central Broadcasting Station, Pyongyang, D.P.R.K. Tel: +850-2-36344/812301 Fax: +850-2-814418 Telex 5214 MINPT KP (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 27)

KUWAIT Ministry of Information, Arabic ID: "Idha'at Dawlat al-Kuwayt" ("Radio State of Kuwait"). En ID: "Radio Kuwait". Mx Progr: "al-Mahatat al-Ghina al-Arabi" ("Arabic Songs Service") or "Al-Mahatat al-ghina'iyyah" ("The Songs Service"). Radio Kuwait bcs are also beamed to AF, AS, EUR and NoAM at various times. This schedule is based on information supplied by the broadcaster. Domestic TV sound is bc on FM 100.3 Mhz. Also on local FM 98.9 89.5

0000-0200 Ar EuMEAfAsAm 11675 1134 963 540 0200-0359 15495 11675 6055 1134 963 540 0359-0900 15505 15495 15110-(fm 0445) 11675-(to 0530) 6055 1134 963 540 0900-1305 17885 15505 15495 15110-(to 0930) 13620 6055 1134 963 540 1305-1605 17885-(to 1505) 15505 15110 13620 9880 1134 963 540 1605-1800 15505-(to 1740) 15110-(to 1730) 11990-(fm 1615) 9880 1134 963 540 1800-2300 15505 15495 9880-(to 2130) 9855 1134 963 540 2300-0000 15495 9855 1134 963 540

0700-1700 Ar Dom 1341 97.5 (programming not confirmed recently)

RADIO KUWAIT ENGLISH sce/EASY 92.5 0000-1800 Dom 92.5 (mx progr) 1800-2100 Eu AmDom 11990 92.5 2100-0000 Dom 92.5 (mx progr)

RADIO STATE OF KUWAIT HOLY KORAN sce 0000-0200 Ar Dom 630 97.5 (Koran) 0200-0700 1341 630 97.5 0700-1700 630 1700-2300 1341 630 97.5 2300-0000 630 97.5

RADIO STATE OF KUWAIT ARABIC MUSIC SECOND progr 0000-0000 Ar Dom 1269 103.7 (mx)

RADIO STATE OF KUWAIT ARABIC MUSIC progr 0000-0000 Ar Dom 105.9 95 90.5 87.9 (mx)

RADIO KUWAIT FM SUPER STATION 0000-0000 Dom 99.7 (mx)

Addr: (freq manager): Radio Kuwait, PO Box 397, Safat 13004, Kuwait Fax: +965-2415946 or +965-2415498 Tel: +965-2410301 URL: http://radiokuwait.org (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 28)

MYANMAR 5985.8 Myanmar R pres., 12/8 1435 with oldies like "Mississippi, at 1445 talk in definitely En, but no details due severe QRM 5985.0 UNID in Thai or very similar.

9730 Myanmar R regularly here, so pres. this one 12/8 1415-1430*, with talk in pres. Burmese on"flexible engagement", also ment ASEAN, with sound-bits of En voice in- between. (Gerhard Werdin-INS, Aug 26)

PHILIPPINES Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC). FEBC is a US-based evangelical organization which operates Christian radio stns in the PHL, RUS, Saipan, SEY and SoKOR. In the PHL, FEBC operates both the international SW sce shown in the schedule below and a dom sce in Tagalog and En on SW, MW and VHF/FM.

0100-0300 ENGLISH AS 15450 0115-0130 Sun LUSHAI AS 15465 0115-0130 Tue/Wed MARU AS 15465 0115-0130 Thu-Sat ATSI AS 15465 0130-0145 Mon-Thu MEITHEI AS 15465 0130-0145 Fri-Sun KUKI AS 15465 0145-0200 Sat-Sun NAGA-AO AS 15465 0200-0215 Sat LUSHAI AS 15465 0500-0900 CHINESE-STD AS 15450 0800-0830 SASAK AS 12005 0830-0900 Mon/Wed/Fri SUNDANESE AS 12005 0830-0900 Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun JAVANESE AS 12005 0900-1230 CHINESE-STD AS 9405 1230-1600 CHINESE-STD AS 9475 9405 0900-1000 INDONESIAN AS 12005 0915-0945 Mon/Wed/Fri KOMERING AS 15095 0915-0945 Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun OGAN AS 15095 0930-1100 ENGLISH AS 11635 0945-1015 BATAK AS 15095 1000-1030 AMOY AS 9475 1000-1030 MINANGKABAU AS 12005 1015-1045 MALAY AS 15095 1030-1045 MIEN AS 11610 1030-1100 SWATOW AS 9475 1045-1115 ACEH AS 15095 1045-1100 KHMU AS 11610 1100-1230 CANTONESE AS 9475 1100-1130 HMONG AS 11610 1115-1130 Mon NUNG AS 9795 1115-1130 Tue KATU AS 9795 1115-1130 Wed EASTERN CHAM AS 9795 1115-1130 Thu MUONG AS 9795 1115-1130 Fri BAHNAR AS 9795 1115-1130 Sat-Sun STIENG AS 9795 1130-1200 Sun CHRAU AS 9795 1130-1145 Tue BRU AS 9795 1130-1145 Wed CHRU AS 9795 1130-1145 Thu JEH AS 9795 1130-1145 Mon/Sat BLACK THAI AS 9795 1130-1200 LAOTIAN AS 11610 1130-1145 MON AS 15095 1145-1200 Tue THO AS 9795 1145-1200 Wed ROGLAI AS 9795 1145-1200 Thu RENGAO AS 9795 1145-1200 Fri SEDANG AS 9795 1145-1200 Mon/Sat WHITE THAI AS 9795 1145-1200 KAREN-SGAW AS 15095 1200-1300 CAMBODIAN AS 11610 1200-1215 RAWANG AS 15095 1200-1300 VIETNAMESE AS 9795 1215-1230 LISU AS 15095 1230-1345 BURMESE AS 15095 1230-1300 ZHUANG AS 1458 1300-1330 Tue HRE AS 9795 1300-1315 Mon-Tue KOHO AS 9795 1300-1330 Sun/Thu KOHO AS 9795 1300-1330 Fri JARAI AS 9795 1300-1330 Wed/Sat RADE AS 9795 1300-1430 CANTONESE AS 1458 1315-1330 Mon MNONG AS 9795 1330-1345 JINGPO AS 9795 1345-1400 CHIN-DAAI AS 15095 1345-1400 MIEN AS 9795 1400-1415 Mon-Fri PALAUNG AS 15095 1400-1415 Sat-Sun KAREN-PWO AS 15095 1400-1600 ENGLISH AS 11995 1415-1430 Sun LUSHAI AS 15095 1415-1430 Mon-Wed CHIN-HAKA AS 15095 1415-1430 Thu-Sat CHIN-TIDIM AS 15095

2200-0000 CHINESE-STD AS 9405 2230-2315 CAMBODIAN AS 9495 2230-2330 INDONESIAN AS 9780 2230-2300 LAOTIAN AS 9875 2300-2315 Sat-Sun AKHA AS 11650 2300-2330 HMONG AS 9875 2315-2330 LAHU AS 11650 2315-0015 VIETNAMESE AS 9495 2330-0115 BURMESE AS 15465 2330-2345 WA AS 11650 2345-0030 SHAN AS 15520

Addr: FEBC, Box 1, Valenzuela, Metro Manila 0560, Philippines. Tel: +63-292-5603/9403 Fax: +63-292-9430 e-mail [email protected] URL: http://www.febc.org/schedule.html (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 27)

POLAND Radio Maryja head appeals for financial help. The director of [Catholic] Radio Maryja appealed to listeners today during a live programme for financial help, because the radio may have to cease bcing. "Everything costs us lots more than 1m zlotys a month. Thanks to the fact that we have been bcing on VHF, AM and SW freqs, as well as via satellite and the Internet, our radio has been reaching many Poles in Poland, Europe and other continents," Father Rydzyk said. "Currently we are having problems maintaining it, both here and in America."

Radio Maryja director alleges "harassment". "Ladies and gentlemen, please do phone. Today, I think, some security police are having a go at us with these telephones. One of the tx stns has been switched off on both wavelengths. We are having problems created for us with telephone calls all the time. But let's not get concerned about this. We are going on." (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 28)

RUSSIA United Christian Broadcasters now opening at 2000 on Bolshakovo 1386 kHz in Kaliningrad region. Due to lack of money MW bcs will stop totally in mid Sept. (Andreas Nitschke-D, Aug 24)

1386 UCB medium wave bcs. Christian Radio http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rdixon/christrd/scotland.htm

The latest newsletter from UCB reports that their 1386 evening txions from Kaliningrad will cease at midnight on 14th Sep 1998. On a later, still to be determined, date both the UCB and the Cross Rhythms output will begin rebc from new txs in IRL.

Four freqs will be used for these bcs, two (one for each radio stn) during daylight hrs and a different pair for darkness. The plan appears to be to maximise on the use of the good ground wave coverage of lower freqs during the day and the ionospheric propagation of the higher end of the MW band in the evening. It is understood that tx power levels should be 3 to 4 times greater than the present 549 kHz txion. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Aug 27)

VoR returns to MW 1386. From Sep 6, Vo Russia Ge sce will again use 1386 from Sovetsk-Bolshakovo, replacing the current 1215 channel from this site, which was due to co-channel Virgin Radio and Fllake-Albania a disaster and excited some fans of Virgin Radio in WeGER, where the 1215 channel presented a awful mess until Bolshakovo's sign off. It is a obvious pleasure for the editorial staff to announce it's return to 1386; they frequently received complains about the cease (actually sell-out) of this very popular channel.

Furthermore there will be some changes of SW freqs for the Ge evening program. Following the complete new schedule, as announced by VoR today: 1500-1600 7330, 7400 (x12020; GPR-3 Samara), 7440 (x12070; GPR-1 Moscow), 9710, 9765, 11980 (x15485; TCR-4 Tbilisskaya), 12030 1600-1700 7330, 7400, 7440, 9740 (x11655; GPR-1), 11980, 12030 1700-1800 11980, 12030 1800-1900 7310, 7390 (x12020; GPR-3), 9890 (x12030; GPR-1), 11980, 12060

I cannot find a direct substitute for the 9450 outlet, but for that some new freqs for txs, which are currently not in use.

As usual, also MW 693 (Berlin) and 1323 (Wachenbrunn) will be used alongside with 1386; 1800-1900 also 1143 (150 kW nondirectional from Bolshakovo). (Kai Ludwig-D, Aug 27)

SINGAPORE RSI -- Radio Singapore Internat is the overseas sce of the Radio Corporation of Singapore. It was inaugurated on 1st Feb 1994 and is aimed primarily at listeners in MLA, Brunei and INS. Nx bulletins are carried on the hour and half hour and at the end of each bc.

1100-1400 CHINESE-STD 6120 6000 1100-1400 ENGLISH 6150 6015 1100-1200 INDONESIAN 7245 6070 1200-1400 MALAY 7245 6070

Addr: Farrer Road PO Box 5300, Singapore 912899. Tel: +65 359 7662 Fax: +65 259 1380 URL: http://www.rsi.com.sg Real Audio is available. e-mail [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 27)

SLOVENIA MW Bela Kriz 1170 kHz. Bcing time extended, s-off time: They are NOT s-off at 2200. I think they stay on the air all night. I heard them still on at 0300. Progrs consist of a lot of non-stop pop mx, but at 2000 there is short nx in It and at 2100 in Ge. On Friday night there Ge language charts are played. (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Aug 27)

SPAIN R. Exterior de Espana bcs to EUR 2000-2100 Mon-Fri are on 9590 (x9855) and 11830. (3-Aug/Howship/British DX Club/RIB Hauser-OK, via Naswa, Aug 25)

SUDAN 9200 Radio Omdurman at 2310 with talk by man in Ar. On late after US bombing. Fair Aug 20. (David Ross-CAN, Aug 27)

SWEDEN 17.2 kHz Special longwave txion. We have not tested SAQ today. The txion will be tomorrow 0930 UTC, Sat 29th. (Bengt Dagaas, Radio Station Grimeton, via Christoph Ratzer, Aug 28)

Special txion on weekend! In connection to the European DX Council's Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden the [VLF] ultra long wave tx at Grimeton will have test txions during the weekend. Check the freq 17.2 kHz (if your receiver goes that down!). One good time to try is Sat 29.8 at 0930 UTC, when the conference group is visiting the stn.

Reports are welcome to Radio SAQ, Teliamobile AB, Box 2004, S-42102 Vastra Frolunda, Sweden. Risto Vahakainu EDXC

Contrary to original reports that the special bc from SAQ on 17.2 kHz would take place on Friday Aug 28th, it's now been said that it will take place on Sat during the visit of a party of delegates from the EDXC Conference. A good opportunity for all you working folks to catch it for a change.

One tip though - in previous bcs I've been caught out due to them starting early, so it may be a good idea to look for tuning signals around 0915 UTC. ([email protected] Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave)

Today 0930-0940 observed CW signal on 17.2 kHz here in Salzburg-AUT. Very slow speed, signal strength max. S3. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT, Aug 28)

TAIWAN CBS RADIO TAIPIE INT'L SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWED (eff Apr 24, 1998) 1. Variety Network (in Ch) 747 1500-2200 250 M.CHN, W.TWN (13-15 WYFR) 900 0400-1100, 1200-0000 300 W.TWN (11-12 VoAsia) 927 1000-2200 1200 M.CHN, S.TWN 1098 1300-0100 300 S.CHN, W.TWN (10-13 WYFR) 1521 1000-2200 1200 N.CHN, S.TWN 3335 0900-0000 100 M.CHN, N.TWN 6085 0400-1000 100 6180 1000-1900 300 S.CHN 7105 1000-1900 300 M.CHN 9280 0000-0500 100 N.CHN 11775 0400-0800 300 N.CHN 11840 0400-1900 11970 0200-1000 100 N.CHN 15125 0100-1000, 1400-1900 100 N.CHN

2. News Network (in Ch) 603 1000-2200 1000 M.CHN, W.TWN 1008 2200-0600, 1000-1800 600 S.CHN, W.TWN 1206 1600-2200 100 W.TWN 1422 2200-0300, 0600-1600 50 W.TWN 6040 1400-1900, 2200-0000 100 N.CHN 7105 2200-0200 300 M.CHN 7250 2200-0400, 1000-1900 100 N.CHN 9610 2200-0600 250 N.CHN 9630 1000-1900 300 M.CHN 9690 2200-0000, 1400-1900 300 M.CHN 11725 2200-0500, 0700-1600 100 INS, THA 11775 1000-1900 300 N.CHN Above schedule is quoted from official RTI bi-monthle magazine.

3. Dialect Network (in Amoy, Hakka, Cantonese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uighur) 1) Amoy (mainly spoken in TWN, Fujian) 0000-0600 603 S.CHN, W.TWN 0900-1100 747 S.CHN, W.TWN 0000-0100 11550 15440 SEAs 0200-0300 11550 11915 SEAs 0300-0400 7130 11550 11915 SEAs 0500-0600 11745 0800-0900 11745 1000-1100 7130 11550 11745 15345 SEAs 1300-1400 7130 11745 11860 SEAs

2) Hakka (mainly spoken in TWN, E.Guangdong, S.Fujian) 0000-0600 1206 S.CHN, W.TWN 1000-1500 1206 S.CHN, W.TWN 0000-0200 11745.15345 SEAs 0400-0500 11745 1100-1200 11860.15345 1400-1500 9765.15345 SEAs 1500-1600 9610 AUS, NZL

3) Cantonese ( spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong ) 0000-0500 6040 9690 S.CHN 0900-1300 6040 9690 S.CHN 0100-0200 5950 7520.15440 0300-0400 11740 0400-0500 7285 9610 11915 15270 0800-0900 7445 0500-0600 5950 9680 11825 11915 15270 15345 1000-1100 7285 9610 11915 15270 AUS, NZL, SEAs 1100-1200 15270 SEAs 1300-1400 9765 15345 SEAs

4) Mongolian 1000-1100 11905 Mongolia Tibetan 1100-1200 11905 Tibet Uighur 1200-1300 11905 Xinjiang

4. External Network: That's former VoFreeCHN ext sce. Almost keep unchanged exc Amoy, Hakka, Cantonese sce switch to Dialect Network English 0200-0300 11740 5950 Nam Cam 11825 15345 SEAs 0300-0400 5950 9680 Nam 11825 15345 11745 SEAs 0700-0800 5950 W.NAm 1200-1300 7130 JPN KOR 9610 AUS, NZL 2200-2300 15600 17750 EUR Spanish 0200-0300 11825 15215 Sam 0400-0500 11740 CAm 0600-0700 5950 Nam 2000-2100 11665 EUR 2100-2200 9610 EUR 2300-0000 9690 11720 SAm French 0700-0800 7520 EUR 1800-1900 17555 EUR 2000-2100 9610 9985 EUR German 0600-0700 9985 EUR 1800-1900 9955 EUR 2100-2200 15600 17750 EUR Russian 1305-1400 15695 EUR 1705-1800 9955 EUR Arabic 2000-2100 9630 11550 ME, NAf Jpn 1100-1200 7130 11745 JPN 1400-1500 7130 11745 JPN 0100-0200 7130 15270 JPN Ins 0800-0900 7130 11550 11915 INS 1100-1200 11550 1200-1300 15345 INS Vn 1500-1600 11550 15345 VTN 2300-0000 11550 15345 VTN Thai 0600-0700 15270 15345 THA 1400-1500 11860 15270 THA 2200-2300 585 7445 THA Chinese 0100-0200 15215 11825 SAM 0400-0500 5950 9680 Nam 7130 11825 15270 15345 SEAs 0700-0800 7130 SEAs 0900-1000 7445 11550 11745 11915 SEAs,JPN 9610 AUS, NZL 1200-1300 11745 15270 SEAs,JPN 1900-2000 9955 EUR,ME

5. Voice of Asia English 1100-1200 585 900 7445 SEAs Ins 1200-1300 585 7445 11860 INS 1600-1700 585 7445 11745 INS Thai 1500-1600 585 7445 15270 THA 2300-0000 585 7445 15270 THA Chinese 0500-0700 7285 M.CHN 0700-1100 9280 N.CHN 1300-1500 7445 585 SEAs Above schedule is quoted from RTI Chinese webpages. (Miller Liu-TWN, Aug 15)

TRISTAN DA CUNHA Detailed, up-to-date info on Tristan da Cunha. On the St Helena Institute's web site you can now find a page with detailed and up-to-date information on Tristan da Cunha - contributed by none other than Brian Baldwin, Administrator, Tristan da Cunha: 'Brief History', 'Economy', 'Government', 'Communications', 'Climate and Topography', 'Wildlife', 'Amenities', 'Visiting Tristan', 'How to get to Tristan da Cunha' http://www.st-helena-org.ndirect.co.uk/tristaninfo.htm (Alexander Schulenburg, Aug 19, St. Helena list, via REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

UK MW 1566 RSL station, 1 watt of power, Monday, Aug 31, Bantams AM 1566 Bradford. Football game Bantams Bradford vv Birmingham. Bcs lasting 24 hrs, start midnight LT, Sunday 2300 UTC. Co-ch Indian stn, but clear signal fr 0100. Addr: Bantams Radio 1566 AM, c/o Bradford Community Broadcasting 2 Forster Square, BRADFORD BD1 1DQ, UK (Martin Elbe-D, Aug 25)

New AWR progr on Manx Radio. 'A new weekly progr from Adventist World Radio [AWR] went to air on Sun, 5th Jul, over Manx Radio on the Isle of Man. The stn's location between England and Ireland is ideal for reaching people in western England and Northern Ireland and north-east Ireland,according to Curtis Murphy, project director. The half-hour "Network 7 News", produced by AWR at its Newbold studio [in Bracknell] near London, features relig nx and commentary. The progr, which goes out on MW 1368, is principally beamed at north-west England and the eastern edge of Ireland, but has been picked up successfully in southern England, acc to Victor Hulbert, programme producer. (AWRecorder via BBCM via AGDX, Aug 27)

USA 7415 WBCQ with "WBCQ, Monticello Maine, USA" at 2230, then off suddenly at 2231. Very Good Aug 20. (David Ross-CAN, Aug 27)

7415 WBCQ Monticello, Aug 26, 0000-0125, En, test mx and anns, radio play from the 50s; strong signal and superb audio quality. (Harald Kuhl-D, Aug 28)

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ARGENTINA Please note that RAE in Sp NOT bc at 0900-1200 on 6060 und 15345. At this time go the LRA1 Radio Nacional progrs, but, NOT is a RAE progr. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Sep 1)

AUSTRIA/ALBANIA R Tirana listener club Austria in creation. R. Tirana Hoererklub Details, bezueglich des Postings von [email protected] (ur handle pse tnx).

Der deutschsprachige Hoererklub von R. Tirana veranstaltet am Samstag, 12.09.98, 1400 (LT) im Bezirksmuseum Brigittenau, A-1200 Wien, Dresdner Strasse 79 ein Hoerertreffen fuer Mitglieder und Interessierte mit einem reichhaltigen Programm, (u.a. DX-Erfahrungsaustausch, Vortraege ueber Albanien).

... gemeinsam mit der albanischen Botschaft sowie dem Leiter des Auslandsdienstes von R Tirana .... u.s.w. gez. Roland P. Herold, Museumsleiter u. Leiter der DX-Sektion des KSV der Austro Control

Als Nachsatz zu lesen: Die oesterreichische Sektion des Radio Tirana Hoererklubs wird bei diesem Treffen gegruendet. (Bernd Mayr-AUT, Aug 28)

Werner Schubert (Grafing), der Leiter des deutschen Radio Tirana Hoererklubs, wird in Wien zu Gast sein und bei der Gruendung des OE-Hoererklubs von R.Tirana mit dabei sein. Wir von der ADXB-OE uebrigens werden mit einigen Mitgliedern auch dorthin kommen. Der Organisator Roland P. Herold ist ja Mitglied bei uns und leitet eine DX-Section bei der oesterreichischen Flugueberwachung "Austro Control". Botschafter und Vertreter der oesterr.-alban. Gesellschaft sowie der Leiter der deutschsprachigen Sektion von R. Tirana wurden auch eingeladen. Ein Radio Museum soll es auch dort geben und ein albanischer Maler wird zwei Wochen seine Bilder dort ausstellen duerfen. (ADXB-OE, Harald Suess-AUT, Aug 30)

AZERBAIJAN Voice of Azerbaijan is heard on the new freq 9164.9 (x6110) 1600-1700 in Ar, 1700-1730 in En, and Ru 1730-1800. Strong signal +20db on peaks, but distorted audio. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Sep 1)

9165v R.Baku, Sep 3, 0215-0300/1100-1500/1600-1800 in various langs as in WRTH98 minus 1hr and instead of usual 6110 - with very good but some distorted signal here in St.Petersburg. By the way they announced a wrong SW freq of 6135 (also 1296) (all thanks to Nikolay Pashkevich's e-mail report). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS in DXW, Sep 6)

[see above] Cland unIDed 9165 R Azerbaijan or VOSA. Checked from Aug 24 with 1452 OM then folk songs then classic typ and close on 1455. Signal USB+ carier. As checked on the follwing days, signal comes at least from 1300 with most programming with full of speakings from YL and mostly instrumental mx on Aug 25. Progr closed with hymn and man saying '... janubi Azerbaijan'. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Aug 31)

I just talked with Andreas Erbe: He heard it for the first time on Aug 23, but UNIDed at this stage due to the badly distorted modulation. Just in this moment (1710 UTC) it is coming in here with En, not a powerhouse but anyway a "just-type-9-1-6-5-catch". First time for me to hear a bc from AZE, undoubtly a very hot tip. (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 2)

BELARUS 7145 Radio Mogiljow, 1500-1600 in local lang, nx, mx and phone-in-progr, ID. 23432 (Harald Kuhl-D, Sep 1)

7210 Radio Stalica, 1530-1600 in local lang, ID, mx and discussion; //6115; 44444.

11960 tent Radio Brest, 1550-1600 in local lang, mx and tent ID; 43433. (Harald Kuhl-D, Aug 31)

Some changes were noted in R.Mayak's USB txions schedule on Sep 2-3: 2382 and 3355 (instead of 2738 and 2829) in use now between 1500 and 0300 (here is the unusual progr schedule as on Sep 2: 1500-2200 R.Mayak, 2200-0100 Croatian R from Zagreb //1125 and 1134(!), 0100-0300 R.Yunost (=Molodezhny Kanal)), 4855 at 1200-1400, one more freq must be in use between 0300 and 1500 (4982? 5044?). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS in DXW, Sep 6)

BELGIUM/NETHERLANDS/BONAIRE As from the end of Oct, when we go back to winter time here in BEL and in most of EUR for that matter, our daily progr in En, "Brussels Calling" , will be bc to the east of NoAM from Bonaire-ATN in the Caribbean, thanks to facilities of Radio Netherlands.

The present bc to AM 1230 on 15545 will be scrapped then. Instead, we will start a daily txion at 2230 on a freq which is of course undecided for the moment; and this will be followed by half an hour in Dutch. RNW will get a full hour on our MW tx 1512 in exchange, that's from 1700-1800. RNW will also use our MW outlet from 2130-2330. By the way, from 1730 "Brussels Calling" will be bc to EaEUR and ME from Juelich in Germany. (RVI Radio World, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 4)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP Within the next few days the first signals from a new SW stn from Bangui, Central African Republic, will be heard on SW. UN Radio Manurca is the name of a new stn which commenced bcing on FM in Bangui a couple of months ago. The stn is now due to launch a regular 24 hrs a day SW sce later this month. The stn is run by the UN and was established in connection with the upcoming elections due later this year, and it MAY be closed down after the elections. If that happens the studies (built by DR Radio Denmark) and the txs (supplied and installed by ST Bc Sce, Denmark) will be moved somewhere else - most likely to the Philippines.

Anyway - UN Radio Manurca will start the first test txions on SW from Bangui on Sep 11th (or thereabout) on a freq of 11300. The tests will carry anns in En and Fr. Later other out-of-band freqs in the range 7-11.6 MHz will be tested - for instance in the region 9180-9260. The aerial will put most of the signals straight up in the air with an angle take off of some 60 degrs. Not good for overseas DX'ers but with 20 kW the stn should make it worldwide at one time or another.

E-mails with details on reception quality are welcomed at [email protected] but will not be QSL'ed. RR's are welcomed at this addr: UN Radio Manurca, ST Broadcast Service, P. O. Box 202 DK-7400 Herning, Denmark.

Please include return postage (2 IRC's or 2 US dollar). Correct reports will be verified by a QSL-card. When regular txs commence UN Radio Manurca plan to carry BBC progrs at 1630-2100 (incl. language courses) followed by non stop mx at 2100-0600. Normal txion will be in Fr and Sango. (Stig Hartvig Nielsen-DEN, DX-Fokus (DDXLK), Sep 98)

11300 is a registered ICAO channel for African Air Traffic Control. This is the most ridiculous choice of freq I have ever seen. Bc txions on this channel will most certainly put air safety in danger. (Michiel Schaay via HC-DX)

11300 usb is an aero freq, in use by air traffic control in Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea etc etc. You'd mentioned 'outside the band'. For a UN-stn a rather strange move to select such a registered freq. (Robert Joosten-HOL, via HC-DX, Sep 5)

11300 isn't a typo. The freq wasnt recommended by me though, but someone from CAN. This company from CAN also believed that 11300 would be the best freq for coverage of the entire Central African Rep.

My recommandation was to use a freq around 7.3-7.5 or 9.2-9.4 Mhz, where propagation should be better for local coverage and where there are a good number of clear channels. My only consideration was whether or not the rxs used by the people in that area are capable of receiving such out of band freqs. (Hartvig Nielsen, DDXLK via HC-DX, via DXW, Sep 6)

CHILE v11889.35 La Voz de Christiana, Santiago, bcing pure Sp sermon, no mx, 0800- 0820. 21500 even, fine signal at 1100-1140[reg -2100] today, Sp chorus, lovely relig mx. On 15375 at 1140 only two carriers detected, 15375.05, and seemingly ARS Riyadh on v15376.97. (WB, Sep 2)

CHL on 5845 ? Heard Voz Christiana the last two evenings signing on at 0400 on 5845. Carrier came on about ten mins earlier. Usual Sp religious mx format. Fair to Southern California. Using Gilfer modified NRD 535 and tuned CB whip. (Don Putnick [email protected])

Is this a reliable mail or a JOKE ? (stn could NOT traced here on 5845, ed)

5845 was NOT audible at 0440 on a Sunday. (Bill Matthews-USA, Sep 6)

I monitored this freq in the last three days and nothing heard so far. At 0400 Radio Voice Cristiana began its txion on 11690. 11690 Radio Voz Cristiana, Santiago, Sp, Man and Female annr, christian mx, ID "Voz Cristiana para toda Amβ€šrica Latina desde Santiago, Chile" 0400-0425 SINPO 34333. (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Sep 6)

5845 Voz Christiana signing on at 0400 the last two evenings. Carrier came on about ten mins earlier. Usual Sp relig mx format. (Putnick via RRSW via Veldhuis)

With a musical progr named Pildoritas de Reflexion in Sp. In // with 11690. I have listened from 0510-0600 with a SINPO of 23221. (Hector Bojorge-MEX, Aug 31)

15374.83 Voz Cristiana 1200-1210 fair signal over 9+20 dB //21549.96 (very poor signal). At 1200 ID incl freqs: 9635, 15375 and 21550, then into religious talk progr. (TIN Aug 29; all via Cumbre Dx)

9634.95 Voz Cristiana, heard 1210-1230 poor on Sep 5, under QRM from R. Singapore Internat. 15375.10, Voz Cristiana, slightly moved from 15374.83, noted at 1200-1210 on Sep 5 with fair signal. At 1200 ID including freqs: 9635, 15375 and 21550, then into relig talk progr "Avance." (TIN-JPN via NU, Sep 7)

CHINA Guangxi Quiz Founded in 1958, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is famous for its beautiful landscapes and the fascinating cultures and customs of its many ethnic groups. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the region's founding, the government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and China Radio International are jointly launching a "Guangxi Quiz". The contest consists of questions based on a five-part series broadcast on the radio. The program will be rebroadcast from September 14th to September 18th, 1998. Prizes will be rewarded to many of the participants. The six winners of a lucky draw will be offered a tree trip to Beijing and Nanning, the capital of Guangxi.

1. When was the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region founded? i. 1958; ii. 1949, iii. 1952; X

2. What is the minority group with the largest population in Guangxi? i. Han; ii. Yao iii. Zhuang X

3. Which railway connects China's southwest inland with harbors on Guangxi's coast? i. Nanning-Kunming X

ii. Nanning-Beihai

iii. Kunming-Qinzhou

4. What's the leading commercial crop in Guangxi? i. Sugarcane ii. Rice ii. Corn X

5. How many ethnic minorities are there in Guangxi? i. 11; ii. 12; iii. 56 X

6. What are the highlights of Guangxi's tourism resources?

i. Guilin's landscape, Reed Flute Cave, and ethnic customs X

ii. Guilin's landscape, the Terracotta Army, and the Lijiang River Cruise

iii. Guilin's landscape, the Summer Palace, and Reed Flute Cave

To English Service China Radio International Beijing China 100040 (Sep 1)

8300 New Star 1502 with YL in Ch with numbers. Heard also with the "xianzai .. kaishe guangbo ". Then numbers on 3fgs SIO 322 at 1602 with flutes. Also heard on 15389 (Aug 8) //8300 with flutes and new YL in 4 fgs. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Aug 24+26)

COSTA RICA RfPI in En, asking for donations and giving stn address at 0030, noted on 15049.02, also at 0630 and 0720 on v15048.95, and in //v6974.98. (WB, Sep 3)

RFPI finally reactivated 10 kW tx Sep 3 when 15049 was back at 0335 check and still on past 1330 when in Fr unlike 6975 which presumably went off around 0800. Pacifica News confirmed weekdays at 0030. RFPI nx from this week's Mailbag first airing Aug 28 but copied Sep 2 at 0330 with James Latham and Joe Bernard: Eleventh Anniversary Fiesta on the Air will be Sep 17 0000-0600, extended two hrs for benefit of west-coast listeners, Wed nite NAm time; also with special programming before 0000. There will be an 800 number for NoAM call-ins, and with new funding hopes also to resume some non-weekly call-ins during Far Right Radio Review/Global Community Forum. (via Hauser, Sep 3)

CROATIA Hrvatska Radio observed tonight on 6165 //MW with s/on at 2200, tx not properly tuned, as there was a het of some 50 Hz with the carrier from Lenk-SUI until it's shut down. So HRT obviously again uses it's Deanovec SW txs also at night.

This also explains the recently reported (Renato Bruni in DXW 129) HRT on strange 5039.95: It's just the usual mixing product with the 1125 MW tx at Deanovec; likely you will remember the similar ones on 60 metres (49 metres freq minus 1125 kHz) a while ago. (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 4/5)

EGYPT 9990 Radio Cairo in German 1900-2000, also Fr sce at 2000-2115. BUT still the most terrible modulation of the world on the new freq. (Klaus Koehler-D, Sep 3)

GABON Africa No 1 International. Africa No 1 is a commercial sce for French-speaking Africa operated under French-Gabonese control from studios in Libreville and SW txs in Moyabi. It is also bc on FM in the following cities (MHz): Libreville, Gabon (94.5) Ndjamena, Chad (103) Dakar, Senegal (102) Niamey, Niger (103) Bamako, Mali (102) Brazzaville, Congo (89.6) Abidjan, Ivory Coast (91.1) Pointe-Noire, Congo (93.6) Paris, France (107.5) Bangui, C.African Rep. (94.5) Ouagadougou, Burkina (90.3) Cotonou, Benin (102.6) Nouakchott, Mauritania(TBA)

AFRICA NO 1 studio centre Libreville

FRENCH Eu Af, (News summaries on the hour) 0000-0500 87-108 0500-0700 9580 87-108 0700-1600 17630 9580 87-108 1600-2100 15475 9580 87-108 2100-2300 9580 87-108 2300-0000 87-108

Addr: Africa No 1, BP 1, Libreville, Gabon. Tel: +241-760001/740669. Fax: +241-742133. URL: www.africa1.com Email: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 4)

GERMANY 6030 SDR Sueddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart [now SWR], Muehlacker, observed in the Philippines. Aug 20, 1755-1828, very last txion of "Wissenschaftsredaktion" [Science progr]. S=2, QRM by BBC Oman in Ar. (Roland Schulze, Pangasinan-PHL, Aug 25)

After merger of Sueddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) and Suedwestfunk (SWF) to new German public broadcaster SWR - Suedwestrundfunk, the following usage observed on medium wave: freq program tx 576 SWR 1 Baden Wuerttemberg Muehlacker 666 SWR 4 Bodenseeradio Bodenseesender 711 SWR 1 Baden Wuerttemberg diverse txs 828 SWR 4 R. Breisgau Freiburg 1017 SWR 1 Rheinland Pfalz Wolfsheim 1485 SWR 4 Ortenau Mittelbaden Baden-Baden (Thorsten Brandenburg via Willi Passmann, Aug 31)

I'm wondering that both SW freqs, Muehlacker 6030 and Rohrdorf 7265 bcing the same program content. Why not using Muehlacker for SWR 1 program Baden Wuerttemberg instead? (WB, Sep 2)

Two state public broadcasters merge. From today 30th Aug all Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate have a joint ARD stn. Suedwestfunk and Sueddeutscher Rundfunk have merged to form Suedwestrundfunk, SWR. In addition to its contributions to the first progr of ARD, it bcs two regional tv progrs and six radio progrs.

For the viewers, the merger is far from leading to the general reduction of progrs that many people feared. It brings, above all, a greater regionalization to the third tv progr, that is, more topical reports from Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. On radio there will be six progrs: pop and culture supraregionally, while the first and fourth progrs will be bc separately in both states. The merger was primarily intended to save money [ooooh that's true, ed] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 4)

06 Sep 1998, 0830-1200 UTC, 6005 & 990 kHz. Open Door Day, 'Tag der offenen Tuer' beim DLR tx Berlin-Britz, Britzer Damm 176.

13 Sep 1998, 1000-1200 UTC, Deutsche Telekom tx Nauen. Sightseeing tour, Open Door Day. "Tag des offenen Denkmals" mit Fuehrung durch die Sendestelle Nauen der Deutschen Telekom. Tel. Dr.R.Schmidt, Tel. 033200.83286

An English language version of the "German fixed date schedule" will be available on request. Mail to: [email protected] (ADDX/AGDX Termine, Sep 2)

15755 Overcomer Ministry, Sep 3, 1445; in En with Brother Stair's usual blah-blah-blah. Pretty good signal -- too bad it's wasted on this progr. Fair+ (Ralph Famularo-JPN in DXW, Sep 6)

Scheduled from July 2n til Oct 25: 15755 0600-1359 to zones 38,39 JUL 100 kW 115 degr (DTK)

HAWAII [non {in EUR}] 11565 KWHR-Hawaii. KWHR is widely reported in EUR, suggest tremendous signals coming in at 0500-0700 ...

BUT according US private/commercial HFCC list of George Jacobs of 15.3.98, WHRI schedule of 30.3.98, WHRI schedule of 23.7.98, WHRI/KWHR/WHRA schedule in BBCMS WBI of 6.8.98:

0500-0800 txion is really coming from powerful WHRA Maine 500 kW in direction of AF, 90 degrees.

And from 0700-1500 KWHR Hawaii, 100 kW 225 degrees on the air, but nothing heard here in EUR from 0801 UTC onwards so far ...

KWHR ANGEL 4 0700-1600 11565 kHz

WHRA ANGEL 5 0500-0800 11565 kHz

11565 KWHR HAWAII 0700-1600 OCEANIA 100.0 225 11565 WHRA GREENBUSH, ME 0500-0800 Ce&SoAF 500.0 90 (ed, Sep 2)

KWHR (Angel 3) Hawaii heard on 17780 mornings 0400-0800 in En lang progr. (Hans-Joachim Brustmann-D, Sep 6) [weak S=1 level on Sep 7, ed]

INDIA SOUTH ASIA RADIO GUIDE WEB SITE has been updated in a new format this morning (Aug 30th). Please visit the following URL and would appreciate your feedback: http://www.angelfire.com/in/alokdg (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Aug 30)

INDONESIA v3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi again active, Aug 24, 1130-1159, ID, Dangut mx, Islamic influenced mx. 35232 (Roland Schulze, Pangasinan-PHL, Aug 25)

3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi. Mention of Bukittinggi at 1538. Local traditional play at 1542. SCI at 1558. Jakarta nx relay at 1600. ID by male at 1605 as "...bersama kami Programa Satu, Radio Republik Indonesia Bukittinggi" then local traditional play again. Not relayed Jakarta nx at 1700 and still heard the progr after 1700. Maybe all night progr. Poor. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Aug 29)

From 1435 RRI carrying Programa Nasional on 11760 (SINPO 24433), fr 1445 QRM by UNID. [BBC Zyyi-CYP 250 kW 77 degr, in Persian and Pashto til 1615, ed] (Lutz Andreas-D, Aug 30)

9680 RRI back here (?1245) with YL with Programma Universitas terbuka and mx @1258 and 1300* 24333 (Aug 24). Nearly same signal for upcoming days. Also on 15150 same day with signal 214x2. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Aug 31)

11860 RRI Jakarta heard using new 11860 on Sep 1. It was on air before 2200, when they had nx followed by call to prayer at 2210. Home sce but I did'nt hear them announce which one. Strong signal and still going 2350. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 1)

IRELAND [non] The following just in from Wesley Boyd at RTE overseas in connection with Gaelic Hurling & Football SW specials during Sep: live commentaries on All-Ireland Finals will be txed on 13 and 27 Sep at 1430 on the following 13690 via Sackville to NoAM 15360 via Singapore to SoEaAS & AUS 15625 via Juelich to No&WeAF 21670 via Juelich to SoAM 21745 via Meyerton to Ea&CeSoAF The Hurling Final goes out on the 13th, Gaelic Football on the 27th. Duration of bc should be 90 mins maximum. No tx power or other such info supplied. (Finbarr O'Driscoll, Ireland, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 3)

"Reception should be available widely outside the target areas," says Julie Hayde of Broadcasting Developments. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 27/Sep 3)

JAPAN NHK World R Japan announced the following e-mail address for "Hello Tokyo" progr: [email protected] The very first ten users will win a NHK present. (Thomas Meyer-D, Aug 30)

JORDAN HELP, -- Radio Jordan missing on 11690 in En, scheduled 1100-1730. (Lutz Andreas-D, Aug 30)

KOREA D.P.R. claimed yesterday that its recent launch of a rocket, which put Japan on high security alert, was a "singing satellite", not a weapon.

The claim sowed confusion in Seoul, Washington and Tokyo, which had accused Pyongyang of firing a ballistic missile over Japan.

The Korean Central News Agency, official mouthpiece of the world's most secretive regime, said: "Our scientists and technicians have succeeded in launching the first artificial satellite aboard a multi-stage rocket into orbit." The satellite is now txing the melody of the immortal revolutionary hymns Song of General Kim Il-sung and Song of Kim Jong-il and the morse code signal 'Juche Korea' on 27 MHz."

Well, it's a *high* shortwave frequency.

Hmmm. Hrrrmmmmrrrrr. Has anyone heard this one?

I wonder who the target audience is supposed to be? Certainly not the North Korean people who are starving. . . (D. P. Roberts, Sep 7)

LAOS v4682, 6130, v6972, all active now! at 1158 relay nx progr fr Vientiane, regularly heard in the PHL, weak to moderate signal level. (Roland Schulze, Pangasinan-PHL, Aug 25)

Luang Prabang noted a shade below 6973 on 27 & 29 Aug, thanks to tip from Roland Schulze-PHL. Hours appear to be approx 1000-1400. Obviously recently reactivated, though I suspect the tx may have been on each night for at least the past few months with unmodulated carrier, and that something has now been repaired. Audio level still a bit low, but reception generally good apart from occasional slight utility QRM. (Alan Davies-THA, Aug 31)

MALAYSIA From 1640 RTM4 in En on 7295, porr but undisturbed, many oldies (Neill Diamond, Procul Harum, John Denver) at 1700 TS and short nx. (Lutz Andreas-D, Aug 30)

MONGOLIA 12085, V.O.M., *1209, IS for 1 minute, ID by M in what sounded like RS, then En ID, instru. Asian mx w/voice-over ID/sked by W "Hello and welcome to the V.O. Mongolia in En. This half hour txion can be heard in AUS at 1210 on 12085 and SoASAsia at 1330 on 9720 and 12085, and to EUR at 1830 on 9720 and 12085". Fair but very nice an hour earlier. (Dave Valko-USA, Aug 30)

NETHERLANDS Via DUTCHMEDIA: new AM frequencies, regional commercial bcing stns on air soon. location kHz kW station program Echt 1035 2.20 Hoppa Radio Utrecht 1332 2.20 Hoppa Radio Den Haag 1485 1.25 Hindoestaanse Omroep Stichting Tilburg 1485 1.25 Visie Marketing & Media Amsterdam 1557 2.20 Max FM Utrecht 1584 1.25 Gooiland Radio Leeuwarden 1602 1.25 Quality Radio ( Sep 3)

NEW ZEALAND 7240 & 7340 ZLXA Radio Reading Sce, 0345, presume with tx problems with these freqs being 50 kHz above and below the nominal 7290 and both having dirt audio. (Ormandy, via Cumbre Dx, Aug 22)

RNZI has a [down under] Spring schedule from 1900 UTC 05 Sept-25 Oct 1998. RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FREQUENCY SCHEDULE Mon-Fri 1650-1751 6145 Sun-Thu 1752-1951 11675 Fri-Sat 1752-1958 " Sun-Thu 1952-0458 17675 Fri-Sat 1959-0458 Daily 0459-0705 11905 Daily 0706-1015 9700 OFF-AIR 1015-1650 Occasional Use for Sporting bcs 1206-1650 6100

RNZI's nx from NZL and the PAC can be heard via The World Radio Network (www.wrn.org) at these times: WRN1 EUR 1500 Sat WRN1 USA 1800 Sat WRN1 AF/AS 0500 Sun

RNZI's WRN programme is also available from the WRN Sound Store as a RealAudio file. Checkout the RNZI Audio Archive for topical PAC New Bulletins available at www.audionet.co.nz/ranz.html

Adrian Sainsbury, Frequency Manager Radio New Zealand International P.O.Box 123 Wellington, NEW ZEALAND mail to: [email protected] http://www.rnzi.com Fax: +64 4 474 1433 OR +64 4 474 1886 Phone +64 4 474 1437 (RNZLI, Sep 3)

PALAU KHBN in Palau will be testing a new SW tx and antenna in the very near future (about 1 week from now). We would appreciate very much if you would be able to monitor their new schedule and inform us about your findings (reception quality, interference sources, etc.) The schedule is as follows: 0715-1100 15725 Mandarin/En/Ko 1100-1300 13750 RFA 1300-1400 15725 Jpn Bible 1400-1630 13775 RFA 2230-0030 15560 RFA The schedule now on the old tx which remains in effect until the new tx signs on is as follows: 0700-1100 9985 Mandarin/En/Ko Your reports both on the old and new tx are most welcome. (Ludo Maes)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3205 R Sandaun, Aug 24, 1105, En NBC nx, ID, Pidgin progr, regular active now! 35232 But both 4890 + 9675 NBC off the air. (Roland Schulze, Pangasinan-PHL, Aug 25)

Morobe provincial radio off the air The National Broadcasting Commission's Kundu sce in Morobe, Radio Morobe, has gone off air since 12th Aug. Radio Morobe officials could not comment on the issue following instructions from the head office in Port Moresby. However, NBC managing director Boski Tonny [as published] said the stn will come on air in a month's time, as soon as the problem has been sorted out.

It is understood that the stn is unable to tx due to technical faults. The electrical switch and parts of the tx are said to be very old and unable to function. However, Mr Tonny has assured that Radio Morobe would come on as soon as NBC has received parts for the machine. The parts are believed to be purchased overseas. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 4)

PARAGUAY 9737.61 R Nac del PRG in Sp, soft LatAM mx at 0040. (WB, Sep 3)

RUSSIA Voice of Russia freqs from 6th Sep. Radio Voice of Russia Rus sce bcs continent til Sep 5 from Sep 6

ME 1500-1600 15490 9675

FE 1200-1400 15525 7170

EUR 2000-2100 12040 9810 1200-1400 Greater Berlin 693 and Wachenbrunn 1323 in Germany. 1700-1800 11930 12040 9810 11930 1900-2000 Greater Berlin 693 in Germany. 11745 11980 7280 9490 9710 12040 15455 15465 11630 11745 The progrs from 1900-2100 will continue to be relayed to Moscow, the Moscow region and adjoining regions on MW 612. AM 0100-0300 7125 9480 12000 same channels, but 12070 15180 15425 15595 15180 will be replaced by 7310 SoEaAS/ 1200-1300 15170 15525 15550 7170 15170 17795 AUS/NZL SoEaAS/ 1300-1400 15525 15550 7170 17795 AUS/NZL

Attentive listeners have no doubt noted that the African continent has disappeared from the list of bcing targets. This is indeed the case, although this fact greatly upsets our fellow countrymen living in African countries. I can only advise them to try to pick up our bcs beamed to SoEaAS 1200-1400 and to the NE, 1500-1600. In principle, these relays are audible in AF, although we are all perfectly well aware that in these difficult times it is impossible to guarantee anything.

Not insignificant problems: changes - and not for the better, of course - can be made to it at any time. These might be necessitated, for example, by the switching-off of a tx because of a power cut or an unforeseen situation such as, for example, strikes by power supply workers or miners. Our company is not mailing anything to anybody at the moment because of problems connected with payment for communications services. So, requests to send out timetables will not be met until the new, winter timetable comes into force, i.e. at the end of Oct.

DX Club' also reported that scripts of the progr would soon be available on the VoR web site at www.vor.ru ("DX Club" report by VoR, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 30)

1386/1215; seemingly problem with feederline Moscow-Germany. 1386 is obviously still on the 275 degrs antenna. Will this changed back to 245 degrs, when the UCB txions ends at Sep 14 ? This would be certainly the better choice for VoR German sce audience (apart from the extremely northern parts of Germany). And what will be the schedule after 1900: until 2200 VoR En (as in the past) or something else?

Regarding 1215: Are there any txions from Sovetsk-Bolshakovo on this channel at present or is the 2nd high-power tx there out of work now? By the way, I would count it as a good idea to use the PDSV-2000 unit on 1143 and the DSV-150 on 1215 instead, as 1143 is a much clearer channel than 1215 here in eastern Germany. However, there are still AFN outlets on this channel in western Germany, so presumably ITU will not...

Just in these moment I found the Wachenbrunn tx on 1323 to have a caustic, somewhat distorted audio. Certainly Wolfgang has much better reception on 1323 than I, so he can definitely assess the current audio quality. If the feeder line from Moscow to Germany is indeed faulty, I fear the problem also regards VoR in German via World Radio Network, as I guess, that Deutsche Telekom forwards the received landline signal to London to be rebroadcasted by WRN on the "Astra" satellite system. Andreas at Muehlhausen, it's your part to check this... (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 7)

SINGAPORE/IRELAND RTE Radio 1 relay noted 1000-1030 on 11740 via BBC Kranji 27 and 29 Aug, obviously beamed SE for AUS/Pac as a lot weaker here than R Japan relay on same channel at 0600-1000 Jap/En and 1030-1100 Burmese. Not helped by QRM from co-channel CNR2. (Alan Davies-THA, Aug 31)

BBC Kranji Nepalese 1500-1530 and BBC En by Radio 1530-1545 noted recently on 7105 (x7145). 100 kW 315 degr scheduled. (Alan Davies-THA, Aug 31)

SOMALIA Islamist group intending to set up radio stn. Reports say that that the Al- Ittihad [al-Islami], an armed religious group, is trying hard to set up a radio stn in Gedo Region [southwestern Somalia]. The decision by the Islamist group to acquire the radio stn follows the peace agreement it reached with the SNF [Somali National Front], ending a longstanding military conflict between the two sides. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 4)

SWEDEN SAQ longwave 17.2 kHz. Yes, noted here in Salzburg-AUT Sat Aug 29th at 0920- 0945 carrying clear CW signals. S= 5/7. But only using matchless "DX One pro active antenna" of RF systems on VLF. Nothing could be heard when using any other passive antennas. ([email protected] http://www.elitas.com/adxboe Aug 31)

TAHITI 15170 RFO 0445-0453 with a good signal but equal level with WYFR in Sp. RFO dominating freq 0520 with island mx and Fr talk. By 0606, RFO was at an excellent S-9 level with no WYFR to be hrd. (Atkins via Cumbre Dx, Aug 17)

15170 RFO Papeete, Mahina, Tahiti, Aug 19, 1520-1540, Fr. Short discussion followed by mx with Fr vocals. 1530 male with ID and nx. Contents were difficult to follow due to QRM from Unid American sender. 32222 (Clemitson-RSA, via DXW, Aug 30)

15170 RFO Papeete, Mahina, Tahiti, Sep 2, 0730-0800, Fr Inter progr, //LW 162 Allouis. Fluttery signal, but clear channel, 25222. (WB, Sep 2) [at same time RA propagating well on 15240, 15415, and 15510, ed]

TAIWAN (c.f. BC-DX #381) Please note that the French sce of Radio Taipei Internat is on 9610 and 15600 (not 9985) since March 29th. 9985 was used in W97 season, and replaced by 15600 after. (Jean-Michel AUBIER, France, Aug 29) [another example of a stns antiquated web page, ed]

Central Broadcasting System. This schedule incls sces to listeners in mainland CHN operated by the Central Broadcasting System (CBS), which is now responsible for all ext bcing from Taiwan:

1. Radio Taipei International, the main ext sce. 2. CBS/Taipei Int.Voice, bcs to mainland CHN. 3. Voice of Asia, bcs to SoEaAS. Stn ID in Standard Chinese: "Taipei Guozi Zhesheng" (Taipei Internat Voice).

CBS VARIETY NETWORK Taipei 0000-0059 CHINESE-STD to As 15125 9280 1098 0059-0159 15125 9280 0159-0259 15125 11970 9280 0259-0359 11970 9280 0359-0459 15320 11970 11775 9280 6180 900 0459-0859 15320 11970 11775(-0800) 6180 900 0859-0959 15320 15125 11970 6180 3335 900 0959-1259 15320 15125 7105 6185 3335 1521 1098 927 900 1259-1459 15320 15125 7105 3335 1521 1098 927 900 1459-1559 15320 15125 7105 6085 3335 1521 1098 927 900 1559-1759 15320 15125 7105 6085 3335 1521 1098 927 900 747 1759-1859 15320 7105 6085 3335 1521 1098 927 900 747 1859-2159 3335 1521 1098 927 900 747 2159-0000 15125 3335 1098 900 747

CBS NEWS NETWORK Main studio centre Taipei. CHINESE-STD to As, nx on the hour every hour. 0000-0159 11725 9610 7250 7105 1422 1008 0159-0259 11725 9610 7250 1422 1008 0259-0359 11725 9610 7250 0359-0459 11725 9610 1008 0459-0559 9610 1008 0559-0859 11725-0700) 1422 0859-0959 11725 1422 0959-1359 11775 11725 9630 7250 6180 1422 1008 603 1359-1559 11775 11725 9690 9630 7250 6180 6040 1008 603 1559-1859 11775-1700) 11725 9690 9630-1700) 7250 6180-1700) 1206 1008-1800) 603 1859-2159 1206 603 2159-0000 11725 9690 9610 7250 7105 6040 1422 1008

Addr: CBS, 55 Pei'an Road, Tachih, Taipei 104, Taiwan. Tel: +886-2-5918161

Voice of Free China was relaunched as Radio Taipei International on 1st Jan 1998. Bcs in Ch from Radio Taipei Internat IDfy as "Taipei Guozi Zhesheng" (Taipei International Voice). This schedule is based on monitoring observations and stn information. Some freqs are relayed via WYFR txs in Florida, USA.

RADIO TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL Taipei 0100-0200 JAPANESE As 15270 11745 0200-0300 ENGLISH Eu AsAuAm 15345 11825 11740-WYFR 9680-WYFR 5950-WYFR 0200-0300 SPANISH Am 17845-WYFR 15215-WYFR 0300-0400 ENGLISH AsAuAm 15345 11825 11745 9680-WYFR 5950-WYFR 0400-0500 CHINESE-STD AfAsAuAm 15345 15270 11825 9680-WYFR 7130 5950-WYFR 0400-0500 SPANISH Am 11740-WYFR 0600-0700 GERMAN Eu 9985-WYFR 0600-0700 SPANISH Am 5950-WYFR 0600-0700 THAI AfAs 15345 15270 0700-0800 CHINESE-STD As 11970 11842 7130 0700-0800 ENGLISH Am 5950-WYFR 0700-0800 FRENCH Am 7520-WYFR 0800-0900 INDONESIAN As 11915 11550 7130 0900-1000 CHINESE-STD AfAsAu 11915 11745 11550 9610 7445 1100-1200 ENGLISH As 7445 585 1100-1200 INDONESIAN As 11550 1100-1200 JAPANESE As 11745 7130 1200-1300 CHINESE-STD AfAs 15270 11745 1200-1300 ENGLISH AsAu 9610 7130 1200-1300 INDONESIAN As 15345 1400-1500 JAPANESE As 11745 7130 1400-1500 THAI As 15270 11680 1500-1600 VIETNAMESE As 15345 11745 1705-1800 RUSSIAN Eu As 9955 1800-1900 FRENCH Eu AfAsAu 17555 1800-1900 GERMAN Eu 9955 1915-2000 CHINESE-STD EuMEAf Am 9955 2000-2100 ARABIC MEAf 11550 9630 2000-2100 FRENCH Eu AfAsAu 15600-WYFR 9985-WYFR 9610 2000-2100 SPANISH Eu 15715 2100-2200 GERMAN Eu 17750-WYFR 15600-WYFR 2100-2200 SPANISH Eu 9610 2200-2300 ENGLISH Eu 17750-WYFR 15600-WYFR 2200-2300 THAI AsAu 7445 585 2300-0000 SPANISH Am 17805-WYFR 15130-WYFR 11720-WYFR 9690-WYFR 2300-0000 VIETNAMESE As 15345 11745

Addr: PO Box 24-38, Taipei 106, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-752-2825/+886-2-771-0151; Fax: +886- 2-751-9277 URL: http://www.cbs.org.tw/ (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 4)

THAILAND 6149.4 noted with ID prior to s-off at 0500 Sun 23 Aug apparently 'Sathani Phra-something Dusit' (pardon my ignorance of Th lang) i.e. Dusit Palace Station. This stn seems regular Tues-Sat at ?0900-1200 (may in fact sign on a bit earlier -- noted around 0840 on 28 Aug), but local morning txions appear to have been expanded recently; listings suggest 0200-0500 Sat/Sun but noted since around 21 Aug at 0330-0500 Mon-Sat, 0200-0500 Sun. Local //freqs are MW 1332 and FM 104, both with good audio unlike rather tinny and distorted effort on HF. Even in Central Bangkok, reception is hopeless after SNG 6150 fades up around 1000. (Alan Davies-THA, Aug 31) 15395 Radio Thailand with sign on annt by man at 0030 followed by News Hour then into World nx at 0035 then business nx at 0045. (David Ross-CAN, Sep 3)

TUNISIA RTT Tunis in Ar observed as follows: 0400-0600 7225.02 12005.47 15449.12 0600-1710 11730.06 15449.12 17735.16...19 1710-1905 7279.96 11730.06 12005.48 1905-2330 7225.02...04 7279.96 12005.48...56 (WB, Aug 30; Sep 1-2)

UNID 30820.4, til s-off at 1645, in east-european lang. Seemingly harmonic txion. (Harald Kuhl-D, Sep 1) On same band, noted BBCWS hxs on 30970, 31130 and 35410, on Aug 15th.

On Aug 15 & 16, many communication stns between 30 and 50 MHz noted, mainly fr Russia. US-english connection on 37248, and British-englisch on 44675 (radiochecks). (Max van Arnhem-HOL, Sep 1)

UK 1296 Orfordness. VT4, the Flemish commercial TV stn, has resumed its test bcs, this time however on BBC's 1296 kHz from Orfordness (near Ipswich) with a power output of 500 kW. The test bcs are interrupted regularly by the BBC WS's progrs. VT4's schedule is (more or less): 0730-1100, 1215-1430, 1615-2030, 2130-0530. The bcs will last till Sep 6. VT4 has also said that they will not use the 1071 in France. RR's can be sent to: TEST 1296, 72 New Bond Street, LONDON W1Y 9DD, UK or via e-mail: [email protected] (source: Radiovisie: http://radiovisie.simplenet.com/radio/newsbe.htm via Herman Boel DXA editor http://come.to/dxing Sep 1)

VT4 RADIO CEASES TRANSMISSIONS. Today VT4 Radio, financially backed by the British/Flemish TV-stn with the same name VT4 has ended the txs on the MW 1296. "Reception on this freq was very loud and clear in the whole of the Benelux. That's all we needed to know, explained a VT4-spokesman to one of our editors, that's why we have ceased our progrs now". At his particulary moment the future of VT4 radio is pretty well unclear. More radio stuff on: http://radiovisie.simplenet.com (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Sep 5)

Isle of Man advertises longwave frequency. The Communications Commission of the Isle of Man govt invites applications for a licence to provide a sound bcing sce from a high power LW txing stn on the Isle of Man. The frequency of 279 kHz has been assigned at a daytime power of 500 kW, but there is a nightime restriction to protect txions from Belarus and potentially from Tunisia.

The licence which will be for a period of 10 years, will only become substantive when the planning process is complete. Applications must be received at the commission's offices by 31st Oct 1998. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 27/Sep 3)

USA If you heard WBCQ and want a QSL card, the addr is: WBCQ, 97 High Street, Kennebunk, ME 04043, U.S.A. Anita Louise McCormick co-author of Allan Weiner's autobiography, "Access to the Airwaves: My Fight For Free Radio", Aug 30

World of Radio sked change. Please note that there was another change a few days after the Aug 24 version of WOR sked was distributed. The Sat 0600 on WWCR 5070 has been dropped. Here is the WWCR portion as revised: WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE as of Aug 29. WWCR Nashville, Thu 1600 [new] 15685, Thu 2030 15685, Sun 0630 5070, Sun 0930 5070, Tue 1230 15685. W.O.R. is a listener-supported, public-service progr about communications around the world, especially, but not limited to, SW Bcing. Look for separately distributed rundowns of topics in each half-hour edition, or on our frequently-updated, text-only website: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio (WoR, GH, Aug 29)

You reported on WOR that WSHB will be making seasonal freq changes today Sep 1. However, WSHB began using 18910 this past Sat. They also plan to use 11550 from 2100-2400, replacing 15665 the first hour, and 13770 the final two hrs. Although WSHB has not been sold yet, the CS website reports that the stn has undergone a major reduction in staffing from 17 people some time ago, to only 9 now. (Jim Moats, OH, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 3)

A crackdown on unlicensed radio stn is also taking place in the US. The FCC and agents of the US Marshals Sce closed down 15 pirate FM radio stns in the Miami-FL area during the last week of July. This past Tue 25th Aug, four unlicensed FM stns in Cleveland, Ohio were closed down. In the case of all the stns, txing equipment was confiscated. Fines and even jail time can be imposed for operating an illegal bc stn.

Supporters of what is called free radio say that these unlicensed stns provide diversity in programming, especially as large corporations now can own more than one radio stn in a single market. The National Association of Broadcasters is opposed to the micro bcing movement because these stns can cause interference to existing radio stns. (VoA CW, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 29/Sep 3)

Two separate AFN progrs noted on 12689.5 USB and on 6458.5 USB on Sep 4th, at 0510. Is there any official address of this Forces sce published in the DX press yet? (Uwe Volk-D, Sep 4)

VIETNAM 12019.53 VoVTN R Hanoi in Vn, ID at 0010, VTN mx. (WB, Sep 3)

5035.00, V. of Vietnam, 1310-1315 Aug 31, Hmong sce //6165.00 with beautiful singing by woman. Not as strong as 6165 and quite some QRM from 5040-RRI Pekanbaru and 5030-CNR1. (Hans van den Boogert-Taiwan)

An audio clip of this can be heard at http://members.tripod.com/DXlogbook/logs.html

V. of Vietnam, I may be a little late with this, but since a couple of weeks I've noted that all the V. of Vietnam Hanoi outlets are right on their freqs. The First National progr is on 5925.00 and 10060.00, the second progr on 4960.00 and the Hmong sce on 5035.00 and 6165.00. So their new freq measuring device is working very well and for us DXers no more quick IDing of VoV by their offset freqs. (Hans van den Boogert-Taiwan, in DXW, Sep 6)

5595.8v Lao Cai, Sep 2, *2229-2250, opening with short male annt and march mx, then usual progr in local dialect, //6698.0v - poor to weak (there will soon be good conditions for 1200-1400 "asian window" here at my location and I hope to catch some Vietnamese regional stns between 6300 and 6700 - I already noted weak one on 7154v on Sep 2-3 past 1300...). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, in DXW, Sep 6)

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Hi, we are back from our usual summer holiday break. vy73s de WB

ALBANIA 6220.31 R Tirana in En //7160.00, 0130-1057. 12085.21 and 11734.83 R Tirana in Fr 1600-1626. Greek 1715-1727 on 5960 & 7155. Albanian 1900-2200 on MW 1458, 6169.95 and 7269.82.

TWR via Cerrik in Persian 1620-1720 on 9474.98 and 11689.85. (WB, Sep 10,12)

The foreign sce of Radio Tirana was yesterday CET (today UTC) not on air. Werner Schubaur (hopefully I gaved the name correct) from the Radio Tirana listeners club told me, that he already missed the Ge bc, and as I started to monitor after hearing about the unrest there was also no FS in Alb (sched 1900-2200) on air; 1458 was off, both 6170 and 7270 was on with silent carriers, as the guys at Cerrik was waiting for a progr feed, while they at Fllake was thinking that no feed is to expect. The domestic sce was bcing as usual on 1089 and 6100, playing mostly mx (which seemed to be selected by "these record was just at hand", first rock, later classicals) and making a few anns, once also airing some reverbing talk from a phone line, but all in unexcited tone and without striking keywords. I'am wonder from where this programming originated; very likely not from the occupied radiohouse. (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 14)

Radio Tirana back today with at least Alb 1900-2200 was back as usual on 1458, 6170 and 7270, early in the program with some talks from outside the studio in bad audio quality, but for lack of understandable keywords I can't tell about the content. (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 15)

ANTARCTICA 15476 LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, acc to personal talks, the stn will be inactive around one month by arrangements in the site where is the stn. (Gabriel Iv n Barrera-ARG, Sep 7)

AUSTRALIA List of all Australian local stns http://vds.com.au/~donley/dxing.html ([email protected] - Sep 9)

Radio Australia Commonwealth Games coverage. The Australian Bcing Corpor, incl Radio Australia, is sending a team of 35 to cover the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and related nx, the "Feedback" feature reported on 5th Sep. One freq directed to the PAC 17715, will carry all games coverage for the major part of the day (hours not specified) 0100 to shortly before 1300. All RA SW freqs will carry games coverage from 0100-0400 from Mon 14th Sep for the two weeks of the event. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 11)

BELARUS 11960.00 Radio Minsk 2042 Discussion alternating between man and woman til 2048, then mx with male vocals. ID at 2058 by man: "This was Radio Minsk's progr in En...", accompanied by freq schedules and addr. Signal very good and intelligible despite low modulation, QRM from 11965, and some fading. (Mark Fine-USA, Sep 8)

BRAZIL/CHINA CRI Beijing via Brasilia relay: 0300-0400 in Sp on 11768.1 (44433), instead of 11765 [x9565]. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1)

[HELP: maybe via CRI Bamako-MLI relay? See under MALI also, odd v9668.22, ed]

Parasitical spurs from Brasilia in 19 mb. RadioBras of nominal 15265 at 1630-2050 in Por, En, Ge noted with accompanied FM like spurs every 82.5 kHz on 15017.5 15100 15182.5 15347.5 15430 15512.5

Similar spurs of RadioBras noted in the Americas in previous years on nominal 15445 1200-1320 in En. 15265 suffered by co-ch VoUAE Abu Dhabi [//15310] in Ar. (WB, Sep 10)

CAMBODIA 11940.3 V o Cambodia, 1210-1217, destroyed modulation, at 1217 French progr. Weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 2)

CHILE Re the loggings of Voz Cristiana on 5845: 5845*2=11690, so it's a 1/2 harmonic. I read a suggestion in rec.radio.shortwave tonight. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Sep 7)

Need I point out that 5845 is the semi-harmonic of 11690? Yes you are right, we recognized that matter here in EUR too, 1/2 harmonic !! (GH, Sep 8)

17680 Voz Christiana bcing Sp sermon heard here at 2100. (WB, Sep 10)

CHINA 4525 Noi Menggu PBS, Hohot, 1238-1300, Mongolian, female tlks, mx bridges, Chinese mx, TA 1300 ID by female. 23332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 3)

COLOMBIA 6250 Radio Patria Libre in a 40 min txion on Jul 29th said their schedule from that date onwards would be 1800-1830 and 2200-2230 daily. But the stn was silent at 1800 Aug 1st. Addr is Colombia Popular, c/o Tommy Weissbecker-Haus, Wilhelmstrasse 9, D- 10963 Berlin, Germany. (Henrik Klemetz, Colombia via NU and DXW, via WDXC Contact)

COSTA RICA RFPI nx from this week's Mailbag, with James Latham and Joe Bernard, monitored at 0435 Sep 5: Within two weeks the website URL will be simplified to http://www.rfpi.org and the e-mail addr will change accordingly, thanks to the help of webmaster Charlie Wilkins. New pictures are being scanned and put up on the website already, such as new equipment, map with pins, Paz the Kitty-Cat. Recent txion outages are due to heavy thunderstorms in the area, worse than usual for this time of year, lightning strikes nearby, heavy rains and flooding. Power lines have been hit and power stn may have been closed down for its own protection as well as protecting RFPI equipment. The 15050 freq is back on the air around 1700-1400, subject to change; reports are wanted, especially in the all-night period. 6975 is not quite full power but getting there. Contemplating whether to reactivate 21460 with the 2 kW SSB.

The new issue of VISTA was delayed in printing, but should be in the mail early next week. The next issue of VISTA will be a special audio edition. Also, RFPI is advertising lifetime memberships in Friends of RFPI for $1000, which may be paid as $500 this year and $500 next year; or $100 for the next 10 months. More info from the Oregon office, +1 503 252 - 3639. Subsequently around Sep 7-10, 6975 was off the air but 15049 was on. (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 10)

RfPI Cd. Colon at 2330 on 6974.63 and 15049.14, En US govt discussion. AWR Cahuita playing relig singer at 2353 on 15459.43 and 13749.78 at 0000. (WB, Sep 11-12)

CROATIA Croatian Radio SW Program Schedule TARGET AREA FREQUENCY TIME-UTC LOCAL TIME

Via DTK Juelich SoAM 9925 2300-0100 NoAM-Ea 9925 0100-0300 NoAM-We 9925 0300-0400 NZL 13820 0500-0600 AUS-Ea 13820 0600-0800 AUS-We 13820 0800-0900 SoAM 9860 2000-2100

Via Deanovec to EUR 9830 0500-1600 7185 0800-1200 7125 1200-1800 5945 0400-0800 5900 1600-1900 Via Deanovec transmitters in Croatia: there is also 6165 in use at night, signing on at 2200.

E-mail to: [email protected] telefon: +385 1 6163355 telefax: +385 1 6163347 Zelimir Klasan, HRT, Prisavlje 3, Zagreb, CROATIA (HRT web page, via Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 8)

8705 HRT 0650-0730 with home sce in Vn, 0700 UT bulletin of nx and ID; //9830; mixing product at tx site Deanovec: 9830-1125=8705 kHz. (Harald Kuhl-D, Sep 14)

EGYPT Radio Cairo in En & Lingala heard on Aug 25 1630-1915 on [1/2 harmonic] 7627.5 (34443) or 1/2 from //15255 (55444). Lingala progr 1830-1915 (x11875). (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1)

FRANCE/FR GUIANA RFI via FrGuiana, En at 1200 Sep 8 not on 15 MHz any more, but 13625 only; 15515 had Sp. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 956, Sep 10)

1200-1300 9805 15155 15195 to EUR, 15540-GAB, 11600-CHN, 13625-GUF (15530-GUF May 3-Sep 5 only) and 17575 direct from Issoudun 500 kW 273 degr. (WB, Sep 10)

GEORGIA Georgian TV & Radio Broadc Corpor, foreign sce schedule til Sep 28: all txions registered as Tbilisi SW with 200 kW [but it is past belief ...] En 11910 0930-1000 & 6180 1630-1700 ISR SYR EGY GRC JOR IRQ 11910 0830-0900 & 11910 1830-1900 CeEUR in direction of Munich 11910 0630-0700 & 11760 1930-2000 NoEUR in direction of Oslo

Geor 11910 0800-0830 CeEUR in direction of Munich 6080 0500-0630 Tue & Thur ME in the direction of IRN 6080 2000-2030 Sat & Sun ME in the direction of IRN 6080 0630-0800 Tue & Thur NE in the direction of TUR

Germ 11910 0700-0730 & 11760 2000-2030 CeEUR in direction of Oslo !! 11910 1000-1030 & 6180 1730-1800 ME in the direction of ISR !!

Rus 11910 0600-0630 & 11760 2030-2100 NoEUR in direction of Oslo Addr: 68, M. Kostava ul., Tbilisi, 380071, Georgia. tel. +995 32 36 00 63 fax +995 32 95 51 37 telex 212106 Radio GI (via Bernhard Klink-D, Sep 16)

GERMANY It seems that DTK Juelich is moving all OOB freqs inside the respective mb: Radio Asia Canada in Tamil 1800-2000 on Sat/Sun on add NF17760 (55555), //15210.

Registrations: 17505 1800-1959 zone 9 295 degr Sat/Sun 1505-150598 RAC 17530 1800-1959 zone 9 295 degr Sat/Sun 2305-251098 RAC

5840 replaced by various freqs: AWR Bulg 0300-0400 6160. SRI in various EUR langs 0400-0630 6055. TWR Romanian 1600-1645 6110. RVI Dutch 1800-1900 6110.

Good News Hour in En 1300-1400 Sats only 15385 SoAS. 2300-2400 Suns only 9640 SoAM.

Brother Stair TOM in En: 0000-0500 NoAM scheduled 9710 but not traced so far. 1400-1800 15755 ME 1800-2000 3960 Fri-Sun only. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1)

IBC in Tamil can be well heard on 9490 at 0000-0050. They've added nx in En daily at 0050-0058. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Sep 11) Txion is coming via DTK Juelich-GER relay since Jun 19: 9490 0000-0059 zone 41 090 degr daily 190698-251098 WRN Provider is WRN - World Radio Network. (ed, Sep 11)

DTK - Deutsche Telekom Juelich schedule, S98: kHz UTC zones Azi days scheduled Org 6160 0300-0400 28,29,38,39 115 1234567 1807-251098 AWR 7230 0800-0900 28,38 145 17 2903-251098 AWR 15620 0800-0930 37,46 200 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 15620 1530-1600 29-31,39-42 080 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 9825 1600-1659 28,29,38,39 115 1234567 1805-251098 AWR 9925 1700-1759 28,29,38,39 115 1234567 1805-251098 AWR 11875 1800-1859 29,30,39,40 100 135 0208-251098 AWR ** 9835 2000-2100 37,38,46 200 1234567 2903-251098 AWR 5890 2100-2230 37,38,46 195 1234567 2907-251098 AWR 9835 2130-2200 37,38,46 200 1234567 2903-251098 AWR

5910 1800-1859 28 110 3 1905-251098 CHW 15330 1245-1345 41,49 080 1234567 2903-251098 DVB 15635 1430-1455 41,49,50 080 1234567 2805-251098 DVB 6045 1030-1225 27,28 ND 1234567 2903-251098 DW (RNW) 11810 1700-1759 39,40,48 115 1234567 2903-251098 DW (RVI) 6110 1800-1859 27,28 ND 1234567 1707-251098 DW (RVI) 5900 1000-1500 28 060 23456 2903-251098 DigTest** 9855 0100-0159 7,8,9 295 1 3005-251098 GNW 13740 0700-0759 55,58,59 265 1 3005-251098 GNW 5910 0900-0959 27,28 ND 7 3005-251098 GNW 15385 1300-1359 41,49 090 7 3005-251098 GNW 15105 1600-1659 38,47,52,57 160 7 3005-251098 GNW 11605 1700-1759 39,40 110 7 3005-251098 GNW 9640 2300-2359 12,13,14 260 1 3005-251098 GNW

15715 1325-1529 40,41 090 1234567 1404-251098 HAM 5890 1800-1959 27,28 ND 3 0108-251098 HAM 6015 1800-1959 27,28 ND 1234567 0108-251098 HAM 6010 2000-2159 27,28 290 1234567 2808-251098 HAM 7310 2000-2159 27 290 3 0108-251098 HAM

9925 0100-0259 7,8,9 300 1234567 2903-251098 HRT 9925 0300-0359 6,7,8,9,10 320 1234567 2507-251098 HRT 13820 0500-0559 60 230 1234567 1105-251098 HRT 13820 0600-0759 55,58,59 260 1234567 1105-251098 HRT 13820 0800-0859 58 280 1234567 1105-251098 HRT 9860 2000-2059 52,53,57 160 1234567 0306-251098 HRT 9925 2300-0059 12,13,14,15,16 230 1234567 2903-251098 HRT

11695 2000-2059 37,38 175 1 0208-251098 LHL 9855 0000-0100 8,9 295 1234567 2903-251098 LRT 9560 0000-0159 8,9 295 1234567 2507-251098 RAC 9855 0200-0359 8,9 295 23456 2507-251098 RAC 9855 0200-0459 8,9 295 17 2507-251098 RAC 15210 1800-1959 9 305 17 0407-251098 RAC 17760 1800-1959 8,9 295 17 0108-251098 RAC 15245 2000-2159 9 295 1234567 2507-251098 RAC 11960 2200-2359 9 295 1234567 2507-251098 RAC 15625 1430-1559 37,38,47 160 1 1309-130998 RTE 15625 1430-1559 37,38,47 160 1 2709-270998 RTE 21670 1430-1559 12,13 260 1 1309-130998 RTE 21670 1430-1559 12,13 260 1 2709-270998 RTE 12080 1600-1630 29,30 060 1234567 1805-251098 RVI 7415 1700-1730 18 040 1234567 1805-251098 RVI

6055 0355-0630 28SE,29 105 1234567 1807-251098 SRI 9885 0555-0815 37S,38 160 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 11860 0555-0815 38E,39 040 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 9535 0955-1230 37N 220 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 12075 1625-1815 38,39 115 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 13635 1625-1815 38,39,48 145 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 9885 1725-1930 18,29NW 040 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 9840 1825-2130 47,52,53,57 160 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 11725 1825-2130 37S,38W,46 200 1234567 2903-251098 SRI 5850 0600-2000 27,28 290 1234567 2903-251098 SUN

9500 0000-0359 39,40 115 1234567 0508-251098 TOM 13810 0500-0929 55,56,58,59,60 250 1234567 1208-251098 TOM 15755 1400-1759 29,38,39 115 1234567 2608-251098 TOM 6130 1600-1759 27,28 ND 1234567 2903-251098 TOM 3960 1800-1959 27,28 ND 167 2208-251098 TOM 9800 1800-1959 52,53,57 160 1234567 2804-251098 TOM 12055 1800-2059 39 120 1234567 2108-251098 TOM 3960 1800-2359 27,28 ND 2345 0107-251098 TOM 12055 2100-0459 55,56,58,59,60 240 1234567 2108-251098 TOM 3960 2200-2359 27,28 ND 167 0107-251098 TOM 6110 1600-1645 28,29,39 105 1234567 1707-251098 TWR

12025 1300-1329 41 085 1 2903-251099 UNL 11840 1600-1629 52 160 1 2903-251098 UNL 12015 1630-1659 39 125 7 2903-251098 UNL 5890 1730-1759 27,28 ND 1234567 0106-251098 UNL 11785 1800-1829 46,47 170 1 2903-251098 UNL 9490 1830-1859 52,53,57 155 1 2903-251098 UNL 11885 0400-0430 47,48 140 23456 1210-251098 UNR 5995 0500-0530 27,28 ND 23456 1210-251098 UNR 11660 0500-0530 52,53,57 160 23456 1210-251098 UNR 11675 0600-0630 46 200 23456 1210-251098 UNR 13800 1700-1730 47,48 140 23456 1210-251098 UNR 5910 1800-1830 18 020 23456 1210-251098 UNR 5910 1800-1830 28 160 23456 1210-251098 UNR 6175 1800-1830 18 085 23456 1210-251098 UNR 11830 1800-1830 52,53,57 160 23456 1210-251098 UNR 11735 1900-1930 46 200 23456 1210-251098 UNR

9855 0100-0130 8,9 295 2 0106-251098 VOD 11900 1500-1559 28,29 060 4 0508-251098 VOO 9490 0000-0059 41 090 1234567 1906-251098 WRN 1=Sun .... 7=Sat *=changes **=not yet active +=delete

AWR Adventist World Radio CHW Christliche Wissenschaft DVB Democratic Voice of Burma DW Deutsche Welle GNW Good News World Radio HAM High Adventure Ministry HRT Hrvatska Radiotelevizija Kroatien LHL Lutherian Hour LRT Radio Vilnius Litauen RAC Radio Asia Canada RNW Radio Nederland Wereldomroep RTE Radio Telefis Eireann RVI Radio Vlaanderen Int. SRI Swiss Radio International SUN Sunrise Radio (England) TOM The Overcomer Ministry (Brother Stair) TWR Trans World Radio UNL Universelles Leben UNR UN Radio VOD Voice of Deleverance VOO Voice of Orthodox WCRI West Coast Radio Ireland WRN World Radio Network (IBC Tamil Radio)

From Oct 12, UN-Radio will start via Juelich, live txions. (DTK Juelich, via Andreas Volk-D, Sep 4)

Exotic tx sites in official DW operational schedule W98 fr Oct 25: POLISH 1730-1800 3995 JUELICH 100 0ND EUR POLISH 1300-1330 6015 JUELICH 100 070 EUR SERBIAN 1030-1100 9670 JUELICH 100 130 EUR INDONESIAN 2200-2250 5990 KRANJI 250 140 SEAS ENGLISH 2300-2350 5990 KRANJI 250 140 SAS/SEAS ARABIC 1300-1600 9860 KRASNODAR 500 188 ME TURKISH 1700-1750 1170 KRASNODAR 600 210 SEUR/ME PERSIAN 1800-1850 5965 KRASNODAR 200 147 ME CHINESE 1000-1050 5895 PETROPAVL. 200 263 CHN CHINESE 1330-1355 5895 PETROPAVL. 200 263 CHN RUSSIAN 0000-0100 12045 PETROPAVL. 250 263 RUS RUSSIAN 0000-0100 5925 SAMARA 200 117 URS PERSIAN 1800-1850 5935 SAMARA 250 188 ME RUSSIAN 1600-2000 5945 SAMARA 200 117 URS ROMANIAN 2000-2100 6000 SAMARA 200 246 EUR GERMAN 1400-1600 7315 SAMARA 250 140 SAS GERMAN 1600-1800 7315 SAMARA 250 140 SAS ENGLISH 0200-0250 9815 SAMARA 250 140 SAS PERSIAN 1000-1050 15525 SAMARA 200 188 ME ENGLISH 0900-0950 15145 TALATA VO. 200 245 EAF RUSSIAN 0000-0100 11975 VLADIVOST. 200 320 RUS (ADDX - Andreas Volk-D, Sep 14)

INDIA AIR is using two new freqs as from 6th Sep. 13630 (fr Bangalore) in Burmese at 0100-0130 in //9950 11870. Also using 13700 (x13710 to avoid RNW in En) at 1115-1245 in Tamil and Telugu. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Sep 11)

Also heard on powerful new 15200 (x9650) at 1745-1945 GOS-IV, //7410 9950 11620 13780, and 15075, traditional 11935 covered by ARS. Hi sce 1945-2045 replaced 9950 by 9650, //7410 11620. (WB, Sep 12)

INDONESIA 3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi, 1236-1318, again active, popular mx, romantic mx, 1238 ID + time anns, 1300 nx relay from RRI Jakarta til 1317 "Bagimu Negri", ID: "...Radio Republik Indonesia Bukittinggi programa satu...", FM freq also mentioned. 25332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 2)

3905 RRI Merauke, 1010-1100, popular mx, 1055-1058 pause, 1058 popular mx, 1100 IS mouth drum ID ! 23432 Mix with co-ch PNG R New Ireland which ID at 1102 + IS from a sea shell twice. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Aug 31)

4925 //3355.3 latter very weak, RRI Jambi, 1325-1334, drama, talks with mx bridges. 24432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Aug 31)

IRAN VOIRI from Teheran has vacated 7215 and moved on to 15130 in //11875 13605 with Be at 1430 and En at 1530. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Sep 11)

VOIRI Tehran powerful txion 0130-0230 in Ar 5995 6120 9615. (WB, Sep 12)

Iranian jammers heard around 0100-0130 on 4822 4830 and 4834 4870 5130 5320 5650 5750, and 6175. Against Voice of Mojahed, of organization 'Mojahedin e-Khalq', scheduled at *0100-0300* 4650, 4850, 5150, 5350, 5650, 5750, 6250. On var +/- 30 kHz, to avoid IRNian jammers. Also *0100-0300* 6177 bcing different progr. (WB, Sep 12; schedule from CRW 11)

Police reportedly seize satellite TV rxs. Reuters reports that Iranian police have seized more than 500 satellite tv rxs. Iran banned satellite reception equipment in Apr 1995, but the ban has been enforced with varying intensity. Reuters estimates that about 250.000 households in Iran have satellite tv rxs. The dishes are disguised as air- conditioners or otherwise hidden on roofs. Many Iranians are willing to risk heavy fines in order to receive entertainment progrs presently banned on Iranian dom tv. The VOA Farsi sce bcs a weekly televised telephone call-in progr that can be seen in Iran via satellite. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 11)

IRAQ R.Mother of Battles in Ar 1600-1900v 9685 (55555) //v11785 under QBS in Ar. ID in Ar: "Idha'at umm al-ma'arik, Idha'atu kul al-arab". It means: "R.Mother of Battles, The radio of All Arabs". (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1)

[9685.02 and 11784.95 on Sep 10, strong carrier, low audio, ed]

Radio Baghdad tuned with very strong signal at 0303 4 SEP with En progr of comms on anti-Iraq policies of U.S. and UN, interspersed with disco and local mx. Strong but slightly muddy audio, 50-Hz hum; completely covered co-channel Qatar. S-off w/NatAnthem 0357, Qatar in clear at 0359. This is the strongest I've ever heard Iraq....on 11785. (John Cobb, GA, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING and WORLD OF RADIO 956)

IRELAND Two AM txion sites used by RTE have been found to be exceeding international guidelines in relation to emissions of non-ionising radiation. The world standard upper level for such emissions in 87 volts per metre. The Athlone complex was measured at 120 volts per metre while the Tullamore tx was measured at 530 volts per metre. RTE has taken action to prevent the public from straying into the high radiation area by means of new warning signs and fencing. A spokesman said that the emissions would have "liitle effect on human health". In the past Athlone bcast the 500 kW RTE Radio 1 signal on 567 while Tullamore was the site of the 250 kW RTE2FM signal on 612. However in a June 1998 visit Newstide noted that 612 was Athlone and 567 Tullamore. (Newstide via Ray Woodward, BDXC-UK)

JORDAN/ALBANIA 11690 From Aug 24 on 11690 R.Jordan in En not on air! TWR in Persian heard at new time 1620-1720 on v9474.98//11689.85 co-ch VoR in Ar. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1)

KOREA D.P.R. US SPACE COM Press Release on NoKorean Satellite. Today at the White House news conference the President's Press Secretary was asked about what we knew of the NoKorean satellite launch. The reporter was referred to the US SPACE COMMAND who was holding a simultaneous press conference. Here is the statement released at that press conference:

UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. SPACE COMMAND, 250 S. PETERSON BLVD, STE 116, PETERSON AFB, CO 80914-3190 PHONE: +1 719 554-6889 DSN:692-6889

US SPACE COMMAND WEB SITE ADDR: http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace NEWS RELEASE 25-98 Sep 8, 98

PETERSON AFB, COLORADO - US Space Command has not been able to confirm NoKorean assertions that it launched a small satellite on Aug 31, 1998. US Space Command has not observed any object orbiting the Earth that correlates to the orbital data the NoKoreans have provided in their public statements. Additionally, we have not observed any new object orbiting the Earth in any orbital path that could correlate to the NoKorean claims. Lastly, no US radio rx has been able to detect radio txions at 27 Mhz corresponding to the NoKorean claims. Efforts by US Space Command personnel to locate the alleged NoKorean satellite are continuing.

The US Space Command has dedicated the resources of its space surveillance network to searching for the satellite the NoKoreans claim to have launched. The U.S. Space Surveillance Network consists of ground-based radars and optical sites capable of observing objects orbiting the Earth out to geosynchronous orbit (22,300 miles above the Earth). (Joe Buch-NY, Sep 9, [email protected])

KOREA Rep. 6135 RKI Seoul, 1100-, Russian, ID, nx read by female, 35433. //5975 45544 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 1)

LAOS 6130 Lao Nat R Vientiane, /0925- IS, 0929 ID in Laotian by female, 24232 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 1)

MADAGASCAR 3215 AWR Madagaskar bcing with 25 kW instead of 7,5 kW now. Signal is much stronger here in EUR, just noted at 1705-1730, SINPO 14342. AWR IS at signing off identified. Also at Salzburg-AUT signal S=5/7 level, 1700-1730, px in Fr. (Martin Elbe, Christoph Ratzer & Uwe Volk-D, Sep 13)

MALAYSIA 7295 En heard in Bangkok around 1530-1630 on 1 Sept ID-ing not as the longstanding 'Radio Four RTM' but merely 'Channel Four' -- presumably an official name change, as used consistently by 3 different announcers and during a "nx" bulletin. 15295 VoMalaysia in En & My noted with excellent reception in UK around 0800-0930 during past week. (Alan Davies-THA/UK, [Wales but planning to return to SE Asia soon...], Sep 11)

MALI CRI Beijing Arabic via Bamako relay now on 13685, 1600-1700, a second behind direct 9440, and St. Petersburg-RUS relay on 17580. Hausa 1730-1830 11970-MLI and 15125-MLI. Ar at 1830-1930 on both 13685 and 15530 via Bamako, but latter suffering by many modulation breaks. One second behind CRI Moscow relay on //12035. Later on evening Por En Fr Ch 1930-2300 11975-MLI and 15500-MLI. But 11975 extended til 2330. (WB, Sep 10)

China Radio International (CRI) via Bamaka-MLI [-m]. 0000-0100 SPANISH Am 11650 9668.22-m 7265 7160 0100-0200 SPANISH Am 11650 9668.22-m 9565 0200-0300 CHINESE-STD Am 15435 9668.22-m 0200-0300 SPANISH Am 11650-m?

[see also under Brazil CRI relay]

1600-1700 ARABIC ME 17580-RUS 13685-m 9440 7405 1730-1800 HAUSA Af 15125-m(only carrier, no audio) 11970-m 9760 7235 4960 1800-1830 HAUSA Af 15125-m 11970-m 7405 7235 4960 1830-1930 ARABIC ME 15530-m 13685-m 12035-RUS 7480 7315 1930-2000 PORTUGUESE Eu Af 15500-m 11975-m 9785 7385 7150 2000-2100 ENGLISH EuMEAf 15500-m 11975-m 9920 9440 7160 6950 5220 2100-2200 ENGLISH Eu Af 15500-m (to 2130) 11975-m (to 2130) 9920 9535 7180 6950 5220 2130-2230 FRENCH Eu Af 15500-m 11975-m 9820 7800 7335 7110 2230-2330 CHINESE-STD As Am 15500-(to 2300) 15400 12065 12015 11685 11650-(to 2330) 9870 9535 9457 9440 8260 7335 7190 6140 2300-0000 SPANISH Am 11650-m 7160 2330-0000 CHINESE-STD Am 11975-m (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 4)

NEW ZEALAND List of all NZL local stns http://www.radio.net.nz/ ([email protected] - Sep 9)

Yesterday (Sep 10) extreme fine propagation cond, RNZI 17675 heard in EUR after 2200, scheduled 1952-0458 UTC. (WB, Sep 10)

OMAN 15375 R. Oman - new freq instead of very bad previous choice of 9575, Sep 10, 1720-1759*, Ar sce //7230 and 11805. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Sep 10)

PAKISTAN R Pakistan at 1330-1530 Urdu WS and 1600-1630 En sce noted on 15169.1 seemingly via Karachi, observed bcing improved audio quality, former buzzy signal is off now. //15465.08 Islamabad (x9650). At 0840 Urdu WS on 15534.06 & 17835.12. At 0200-0215 Urdu nx on 11975.13 and 15486.03. En sce via Islamabad 50 kW unit on 13609.15 at 0230, plus //same as 0200. Extrem fine signals this night in TB: At 0115 Azad Kashmir heard chorus in Vernac on v4790.35. (WB, Sep 10,12)

PHILIPPINES 12040 VoA Tinang, 1100-1500, /1055 tx s-on, test tone, 1059 ID in En, px in Chinese, at 1101 CHN jamming starts. Also VoA En nx at 1108 but jamming on co-ch: 9645 Udorn-THA 500 kW 130 degr, 15160 Tinang-PHL 250 349. More VoA En nx, but NOT jammed: 6160 Tinang-PHL 250 200, 11720 Poro-PHL 50 137/317, 15425 Poro-PHL, 50 285/105. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 3)

PORTUGAL Special freqs of RDP Inter in Po to Democratic Rep.of Congo, due to the difficult political situation there. 0555-1855 15285 strong co-ch R.Cairo / V of Arab. 1855-0555 11925 (44533) co-ch CNR 1 till 2400. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1)

RDP Africa on 13745 has dropped, but continues on 21655. EUR 15285 is heard at 0600-1200, 1555-1900 weekdays, and 0630-1900 Sat-Sun. W 9780 [and hx 19560] & 15555 0600-1200, 1555-2200, Sat-Sun 9780 15555 0700-2200. 13625 was initially used -- noted at 0845 and -2200. This now replaced with 13640, heard daily 1900-2200. To AF 17680 replaced with 17745, noted around 1800. (Noel Green-UK, Aug 19,27,29) But on Sep 10 RDP noted again on 13625 and 17680 at 1730, ed.

QATAR QBS Doha latest freq changes are: 0245-0705 & 1705-2125 new 7210, 1305-1705 new 11750 (both x11785), all //9570.2. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Sep 10)

RUSSIA 7250 Voice of Vietnam [via Armavir Krasnodar-RUS in Caucasus] at 0115 in En with woman annr reading nx, concerning VTN and CBG relations, 0124 clear ID in En! The signal was a S7 booming into Ontario-CAN. (Tony Berry-CAN, Sep 10)

You heard the VoVTN relay via Russian tx site Armavir Krasnodar north of Caucasus mountains, east of Black Sea. Scheduled Mar 29 til Oct 25. 7250 2130-0300 ITU zones 8,9,27 ARM 500 kW 315 degr daily

In winter Armavir Krasnodar will use 5940, but suffering by WWCR religious stn in NoAM. 5940 0030-0600 zones 8,9,27N ARM 1000 kW 315 degr daily 290398-251098

VoR in Greek can be heard at 1810 on harmonic 19590 (2x9795). Hx heard at 1400 starting with Ru sce [scheduled til 2200] by yours truly too. Other hxs are 19560 / fundamental 9780, 19460/9730 R Finland Swedish. Harmonics see under UK also. (Juergen Lohuis-D, Sep 12)

VoRussia World Russian Service, Sep 6-Oct 24

0100-0300 7125 Grigoriopol-MLD 7310 Moscow 9480 St. Petersburg 12000 Petropavlovsk-Kamch. 13790 Khabarovsk 15425 Petropavlovsk-Kamch. 15595 Komsomolsk-Amur

1200-1300 7170 Vladivostok 9940 Komsomolsk-Amur 15170 Moscow 17795 Samara

1300-1400 7170 Vladivostok 9940 Komsomolsk-Amur 17795 Samara

1500-1600 7130(27/9-)St. Petersbg. 9675 Moscow 11930 Yekaterinburg 17580(-26/9)St. Petersbg.

1700-1800 9810 Krasnodar 11930 Yekaterinburg

1900-2000 7380 Yekaterinburg 9490 Samara 9810 Krasnodar 11630 Yekaterinburg 11745 Yekaterinburg

2000-2100 9490 Samara 9810 Krasnodar

"Klub DX" is broadcast Sun 1330, Sun 2030, Mon 0130, Wed 1525.

Russian regional SW stns, active as of Aug 20: 4040 5 RV-865 2100-1700 Tura 4485 15 RV-147 2300-1900 Yazykovo 4520 2 RV-667 1700-1300 Palana 4795 50 RV-44 2100-1700 Uland-Ude 4820 50 RV-703 2300-1900 Khanty-Mansiysk 4825 50 RV-725 1900-1500 Yakutsk 4860 80 RV-438 1900-1500 Chita 4895 50 RV-700 2300-1900 Tyumen

5290 50 RV-98 2100-1700 Krasnoyarsk 5290 5 RV-1095 2300-1500 Perm 5930 50 RV-790 0100-2100 Monchegorsk 5940 100 RV-1001 1700-1300 Arman 6060 5 - 1900-1500 Blagoveschensk 6095 3 RV-1472 2300-1500 Khanty-Mansiysk 6125 5 RV-1327 0100-2100 Yoshkar-Ola 6160 40 RV-297 0100-2100 Arkhangelsk

7140 50 RV-726 1900-1500 Yakutsk 7200 5 RV-1326 0100-1500 Yoshkar-Ola 7210 100 RV-914 1900-1500 Khabarovsk 7320 100 RV-647 1700-1300 Arman 7345 50 RV-727 1900-1500 Yakutsk 9530 100 RV-646 1700-1300 Arman 9600 100 RV-645 1700-1300 Arman

11650 5 RV-1095 1505-2100 Perm 11840 15 RV-677 1700-1300 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 15165 5 RV-1326 1505-2100 Yoshkar-Ola 15235 3 RV-1472 1505-1900 Khanty-Mansiysk

All txions are one hour later in winter season Nov-Mar. All regional stns relay R Rossii, when they don't carry their own progrs.

Inactive regional SW stns, as of Aug 20: 4030 15 RV-215 Anadyr 4050 15 RV-676 Yuzno-Sakhalinsk 4485 100 RV-656 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 4610 15 RV-737 Komsomolsk-Amur 5015 100 RV-441 Tavrichanka (Vladivostok) 7185 / 15200 3 RV-1094 Perm 7200 100 RV-729 Yakutsk (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Sep 1)

SAUDI ARABIA Qasim radio relay stn inaugurated. On Mon 7th Sep, the project of a radio relay stn for Qasim region in Rass Governorate inaugurated. The transmission capacity of the project is 100 kW per channel. The stn will provide comprehensive radio relays, day and night, for Qasim region for two progrs. The stn will also provide radio relay for parts of neighbouring regions. The reserve power station which comprises two 1.1-MW generators, 115-m txion aerials. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 11)

SEYCHELLES FEBA Radio Seychelles has made the following changes as from 6th Sep: Hi (retimed) 0015-0045 and a new Marathi 0045-0100 on 6140. Also added a morning Be sce 0045-0100 on 9455. Also Dhivehi for Maldives is at 1630-1700 Fris only 11665. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Sep 11)

SRI LANKA 11905.03 SLBC in Hindi at 0218, fine signal and lovely mx. (WB, Sep 12)

6035 SLBC (former TWR Monaco tx ?), 1330-1400*, Tamil ID, 3 short / long time pips, SLBC mentioned, talks, nx?, subcontinent mx, at 1355 SLBC ID, 1400*, best 24432 when switched to rx usb mode. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 1)

11835 SLBC Ekala, 1050-, En pres., male talks, mentioned Sri Lanka, 22332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 2)

17850 SLBC Ekala, 1048-, En ID, nx by male, internat mx. 34543 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Aug 26)

SWITZERLAND At the end of Oct, SRI is closing the omnidir European Sce on 6165. This will leave only the directional tx at Sottens in operation in Switzerland. SRI expects spill-over from that and other SRI directional sces to provide SW coverage in Switzerland itself, but is counting much more heavily on the popularity and efficiency of Astra and Eutelsat Hot Bird satellites to fill the European SW gap. (Bob Zanotti, SRI, Sept 8, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 10)

That means also end for CRI relay via Lenk-SUI 1900-2100 on 3985 and 6165 from W98 season onwards. (WB, Sep 10)

TAHITI 15170 RFO Papeete, Sep 10, 0632-1330, with relay of France-Inter only - poor till 0700 under WYFR, fair past 0700 (I do not remember when I could hear this stn with such an almost good signal!), poor past approx.0800, weak past approx.0900, very weak past 1000 under AWR Guam and weak till 1330 when BSKSA came on the freq of 15169v instead of usual sign on at 1200 - also some tx breakes were noted at 0705, 0857 and at other times. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Sep 10)

TAJIKISTAN Radio to broadcast in Hindi and Urdu. TJK radio will begin bcing progrs in Hindi and Urdu for its many listeners in the very near future. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 11)

TURKEY TRT / Voice of Turkey freqs changes. 1230-1330 En 17830 co-ch BBC to Afr (x15290). 1630-1700 Tatar 11860 (45544), (x13665). (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1)

UK 23420 Harmonic of fundamental 11710 heard in 0800-1000 time span, when Merlin bcing NHK World R Japan relay in Jpn via Woofferton 250 kW 140 degrees. (WB, Sep 12)

USA Voice of America 0700-0900 Mandarin Ch add 17855 21540 21705, and NG adds 12010 15160 15250. And Radio Free Asia in Mandarin Ch: 0500-0700 17495 17525 17615 1788O. 2000-2100 9355 & 9455 KHBI, 15515 Dixon. Khmer new time 1200-1300 11510 and 15705. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 1; Noel Green-UK, Sep 1) Seemingly now 24 hrs sce in Chinese, both RFA and remaining hours via VoA 0000-0300, 0700-1400, ed.

Addit RFA Tibetan sce noted on 7470, 11510 and 13835 at around 1530. (WB, Sep 10)

AFN/AFRTS - regularly audible on 12689.5 around 2000+ and at tune in 0600+ //4278.5 at 0600+, but latter under much RTTY type QRM. 6458.5 alsoo good 0600+ but often with Sitor? co-channel. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 1)

Last night around 0100 noted usually poor signal of KAIJ Denton Texas on 5810. (WB, Sep 12)

They just gave the address as: WCBQ, The Planet, 97 High Street, Kennebunk Maine 04043, USA. For all those who want to get an advance QSL. (Dan Henderson-USA via Cumbre Dx, Sep 8)

7415, WBCQ, *2356-0030, s/on w/OC, then brief tone, short ID w/QTH at 0000, jingle, then into "Roam" by the B-52's. Another jingle, more mx. ID/freq/ QTH by Al Weiner and tlk w/Seth abt getting the stn on the air and future aspirations, and how the stn will operate. Tlked abt the wx too. More mx. 1st day of official pgming. Very strong signal but voice audio seemed muffled, especially on Seths end. (Dave Valko-USA, Sep 9)

WBCQ - The Planet is a 50 kW SW radio stn that serves NoAM, the Caribbean and most of SoAM on 7415. We can bc your organization's programming to the world for the lowest cost of any such broadcaster serving our region of The Planet. Our airtime is available for as little as 50 dollars per hour. We will accept programming via mailed audio cassette, VHS-Hi-Fi, reel to reel tape, telephone, satellite or internet feeds. We encourage groups with a leftist, alternative, pacifist or populist perspective to take advantage of this unique opportunity to get their message out. Contact Allan H. Weiner, gen man or Randi Steele, ope man for further details at + 1 207 985-7547. This is the all-new web site [http://theplanet.wbcq.net] of America's most progressive internat Sw broadcaster, WBCQ - The Planet. We're on the air right now on 7415, 41 mb. Tune in and hear Al Weiner inaugurate The Planet! QSL cards will be provided for verified reception reports snail-mailed [conventional mail] to: WBCQ, 97 High Street, Kennebunk, ME [Maine] 04043 USA.

Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope within the USA or one IRC from overseas. E-mail reception reports are welcome, but we regret that we cannot QSL them at this time.

[On 9 Sep 98 BBC Monitoring observed WBCQ - The Planet signing on for the first time on 7415 at 0000 and it closed at 0600. Regular transmissions will span 2200-0600.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 11)

WBCQ did inaugurate itself starting at 0000 UT Sept 9 on 7415. Allan Weiner was joined by Seth in the studio, and on the phone John Lightning, Randi Steele. Some of the programs already set are: [UT days and times here] Wed 0400-0700 Watchman of the Night, and 5-nightly? 7-nightly? Sat 0100-0300 Friday Night Live with Gary Bourgois, via satellite Sun 0100-0400 Radio Free New York, from Brooklyn (time uncertain) Mon 0100-0400 RNI - Radio Newyork International, with Johnny Lightning Tue 0100-0130 American Dissident Voices [yes, the neo-Nazi show; Weiner wants to give them a chance, poor things, turned down by other stations] with a tentative repeat Tuesday at 0500-0530 Tue-Fri? 0100-0400 The Hour of the Time with William Cooper [as given the next night; yes, it contradicts item above].

Allan says he will be filling in the 0000-0100 period until it's sold with "Allan Weiner Worldwide" and he will be political unlike on the inaugural broadcast. In response to a call-in question, he said WBCQ has 14.2 dbi gain, equivalent to 18-20 over 50 kW tx power, considerably more than half a megawatt in the main beam of 245 degrs, but he couldn't remember the beam width. Antenna is a hybrid, both logperiodic and beam, 60 feet or about a halfwave above ground. Tx is a 50 kW Harris MW converted to SW and now designated a SW-50, with pulse duration modulation (PDM), not plate or linear modulation; uses an Inovonics 222-02 audio processor modified for SW; it's simple, clean and broadband, and I must say the audio is quite good both on voice and mx (but not on some of the phone lines). Said he would be back tomorrow at 8 pm. Phone line for call-in was 207-538-9180; business phone in Kennebunk is 207-985- 7547.

Both the websites were announced: http://wbcq.com and http://theplanet.wbcq.net e-mail: [email protected]

Randi Steele added they hope to have an alternative source of news about what's really happening, not 5-min network pablum, not decided which it will be [could it be Pacifica?]. She went on at some length about how the mainstream media are more and more controlled by a few corporations.

Was going to take a one hour break off the air before the 0400 UT progr, but was running late, and at 0305 Weiner closed with "We are the light, and thunder, and the truth shall set us free"; mx went on until 0311* Best of luck to Al Weiner and company with WBCQ! (Glenn Hauser, RIB and WORLD OF RADIO 956, Sep 10)

WWBS - Joanne Josey told Cumbre DX the following about the stn she and her husband are about to start from Macon, Georgia: We will be doing tx tests over the next few days on 11910 starting at 2300. We will also try and do some audio tests starting either this weekend or early next week. Regular bcs will begin at 2300 on Oct 1st. WWBS will be on from 2300-0400 daily on 11910, but we hope to expand that to 2300-1100 daily shortly. This will be the only freq we will be on.

Reception reports should include return postage. Mail them to: POBox 18174, Macon, GA 31209, USA. You can also email us with questions or comments at [email protected] but you will have to send a regular report in order to get a QSL card. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright, Sep 11)

Bunker site idea for US based RFE Iran service. Premier Zeman said today that he suggested RFE/RL two editorial offices for bcs to IRN and IRQ to be based at the heavily guarded army site at Milovice, Central Bohemia. Another member of the CSSD leadership, Mrs. Buzkova, said that an anti-atomic bunker would be even safer. "Petra Buzkova came with a completely original solution yesterday to place the editorial office in a former anti-nuclear shelter, which is easy to guard and difficult to blow up," Zeman said. RFE/RL plans to launch bcs to IRN and IRQ from Prague had evoked the cabinet's worries over a possible terrorist attack. The editorial offices are to be based in a villa in Prague-Bubenec. Zeman said that the citizens' security was a priority, even in this case. "I can see how the journalists, who are now defending these bcs would attack the cabinet as soon as a bomb would go off not only near the RFE/RL building, but also near the nursery which is right next to it," Zeman said. RFE/RL said that it would launch bcs to IRN in the second half of Sep or in Oct. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 11)

Pennsylvania's 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Air National Guard has six huge C- 130 cargo planes made into flying radio and TV stns, capable of preempting a country's normal programming and replacing it with whatever information Uncle Sam wants to broadcast. The approx. 1200 personnel assigned to the unit have learned they soon will not have to do their jobs with planes that rolled off the assembly line in the late 1960's. Senator Rick Santorum announced that a third Lockheed EC-130J, with an $85 million price tag once all the electronic modifications are made, has been secured in the 1999 defence budget. One new plane has been included in the budget for each of the past two years and the unit hopes to actually be flying its first "J-model" by sometime in 2000. Eventually the unit hopes to replace all six of its specially equipped planes. The new planes will be able to fly higher than those being used now, making them better able to avoid ground fire, said Major General William Lynch. (Jack Sherzer, Harrisburg Patriot News via Brian Alexander, World of Radio, via WDXC Contact Sept)

UZBEKISTAN 17775 Radio Tashkent 1206 in En, ID by man and woman at 1206, "This is Radio Tashkent". Local mx with male vocals at 1216. ID again by man at 1219, "You are tuned to Radio Tashkent". Barely readable at times, with deep fading. Slightly lesser but clearer signal found on parallel 15295. Listeners in EaNoAM should look for these over the next month as signals should improve for both of these during this time period. (Mark Fine-USA, Sep 10)

RNW in En via Tashkent-UZB relay from 0200 on 12090, muffeled audio mod. (WB, Sep 12)

VIETNAM As Hans van den Boogert-TWN pointed out, that all the VoVTN Hanoi outlets are right on their freqs. 1st progr 5925.00 10060.00, 2nd progr 4960.00 and the Hmong sce on 5035.00 and 6165.00. For us Dxers no more quick IDing of VoV by their offset freqs. I can support your observation, except for the main ext sce freqs 1100-0100, v9839.83 and v12019.54 are still on odd status. Russian sce at 1430 noted on 10011.00 (ed, Sep 10)

5034.9 VoVTN , Hmong progr, 1310-1332*, hill tribe mx, talks, progr s-off at 1330, tx s-off at 1332. 44544, //6165 - 45544, new tx?? (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 3)

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AUSTRALIA Radio Australia since 13 Sep has a new home page and it's a lot better than the old one. It can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/ra/rahome.htm (Dave Howship, British DX Club via Hauser)

Took a quick look at the new RA URL and found a grid progr schedule much easier to refer to, but not if printed out in monochrome. It's at http://www.abc.net.au/ra/proguide.htm (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 957, Sep 17)

RA noted on 9660 from 0800 (co-ch VoA Woofferton in Ar til 0830). Not heard on clear channel 9770, so may replace that, 0800-1200 30 degr. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 18)

AZERBAIJAN 9164.97, Radio Azerbaijan, Baku, Sep 13, 1715-1730, 45442, En nx, tk, very distorted audio (Phillips, Vaghjee, via DXW, Sep 20)

Radio Voice of Azerbaijan [Azerbaijani Radio's ext sce] has changed its freq from 6110 to a new one in a different band - 9164.9. The stn's Ar bcs are on the air from 1600- 1700, En 1700-1730 and Ru 1730-1800. I repeat the new and "unorthodox" freq - 9164.9. This information was shared with us by our esteemed colleague Nikolay Pashkevich in Moscow-RUS. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 17)

Voice of Azerbaijan via 200 kW tx in Baku: 0200-0300 Az, nd; 1100-1200 Tu, 270 deg; 1200-1400 Az, 1400-1500 Pe, 145 deg; 1600-1700 Ar, 1700-1800 En/Ru, 240 deg on NF 9165, good reception here, but bad modulation and spurious signals +/-10v khz: 9175v/9155v. (x6110). (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

BELGIUM/BONAIRE Frans Vossen mentioned the W98 schedule for RVI's En sce, incl Radio World on every Sun at XX.05/XX.35: 0830-0900 1512 9925 9940AUS 1130-1200 1512 9925 13745ME 1330 to NoAm deleted 2100-2130 1512 1730-1800 1512 5910 12080NoEUR 13650ME 1830-1900 1512 13745ME 2230-2300 new sce to EaNoAM 13670 via RNW Bonaire relay.

More Dutch sces via Bonaire relay: 2300 13670 EaNoAM 0430 11750 WeNoAM 1200 15250 SoAm & CeAM, and addit 6070 to Northwestern part of SoAM, Panama, CeAM. (RVI Radio World, Sep 20)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP No need to monitor 11300 and other freqs in search of the new UN stn from Bangui at present - for two reasons:

1) The tx has arrived at the airport in Bangui - but the generator is located some 10 kms away but has been moved due to red tape.

2) The technical operator has become ill and is returning to DEN in a couple of days. So the launch date of the SW sce has been postponed. (Nielsen-DEN, via Cumbre Dx, Sep 16)

COSTA RICA I was the final caller to RFPI's Fiesta on the Air, UT Sep 17 at 0250, as the lowest freq on the air, 15049, had been fading out; it was gone around 0200-0230, but recovered to fair with heavy fading after that. James Latham has been working heavily on getting 30 kW 6975 back on the air, and hopes to have it back any day now, but he's having to check it "diode by diode" to find the problem. I suggested it would be a good idea to revive the USB unit at night on 7385 as a backup, and he agreed, but work on 6975 has to come first. The small curtain array antenna could be used for that. USB on 21460 in the daytime sometimes cuts off when wind blows the fan the wrong wayback pressure causes the switch to cut off the tx, the same problem WWCR once had, but this feature can and will be bypassed soon. T-storm season is still underway lots of lightning; a few days ago there was a brown-out, but fortunately the low voltage did not damage the equipment. With four txs (incl the FM) something is always breaking down, keeping James busy rather than allowing him to do more programming as he would like. A grant for an assistant to help research the Far Right Radio Review accounts for the website ad for a new position; there have been lots of applicants, but it's not filled yet (Glenn Hauser, Sep 17)

RFPI update from this week's Mailbag with James Latham off mike, Joe Bernard, and guests, first aired at 2032 Fri Sep 11 on 15049, 21460-USB. The quad antenna for 6975 is quite large "like a house" and difficult to move around. The 30 kW tx has had few serious problems since James Latham built it, but lately had parasitic oscillations, which could cause a meltdown, so it was taken off the air while the problem was troubleshot. Turned out to be a $50 resistor, which must be replaced. The 3 hp motor for the fan, essential for cooling the 20-30 kW of power, was rebuilt recently but is acting up again, so is being sent back for proper fix. But 21460 has just been reactivated on USB, 2 kW at 1800-0200 but may fade out earlier. 15050, 10 kW is scheduled 1700-1200 according to announcements a few days later. (Glenn Hauser, Sep 17)

ETHIOPIA Radio Fana, Fana is the Amharic word for "torch" or "light". Radio Fana began bcing on 7th Nov 1994, at which time it was operated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF, the ruling coalition). Acc to information supplied by Radio Fana in late 1995, it is no longer owned by the EPRDF but is now "an autonomous radio stn deriving its income from educational sponsorship by some non- governmental organizations". Alternative HF freq: 9335.

Daily 0330-0530, 0900-1100, 1500-1800, Mon-Fri 1800-2000, Sat/Sun only 0530-0730, 1200- 1500 Amharic/ Oromo 6940 6210 1080 Addr: Radio Fana, PO Box 30702, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tel: +251-1-516777 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 17)

GERMANY High Adventure Ministries, bcing to EUR at 1800-2200 from Julich-GER has made a slight change of freq eff immediately. The new schedule is: 1800-1959 6015 kHz, 2000-2159 6010 kHz. (60 second break at 1959-2000 for antenna switch). (Peter Darg, UK Administr, High Adventure Ministries, Hereford-UK, Sep 16 via GH) On Thurs 1800-1830 in Tu; Fris 1845-1900 in Ru or Ukr. Sats 2000-2030 in Fr. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

HAM continues to bc daily to SoAS from Julich-GER Germany at 1330-1530 on 15715 kHz. (Peter Darg, UK Administr, High Adventure Ministries, Hereford-UK, Sep 16 via GH)

Tips zum DLF/DLR Programm im Oktober: 03 1205 DLF 7 x 7 Jahre DDR. 03 1305 DLR Eine Pflicht zum Ungehorsam. 04 1305 DLR Symbolische Verurteilungen. 04/11/18/25 DLF, jeweils 2130 Historische Aufnahmen. 20 1715 DLR Eine Reise an den Baikal-See. 24 1805 DLF 75 Jahre Rundfunk. Von Sprachstellern, Schallspielern und Radiopionieren. 25 1010 DLR Vor 75 Jahren, Der Rundfunk in Deutschland. 1305 DLF Das Deutsche Rundfunk-Archiv Frankfurt/Main. 1800 DLR Vor 75 Jahren, Der Rundfunk in Deutschland, nur MW 855 kHz. 27 1715 DLF DLF - ein verspaeteter Sender. Der Pate war Adenauer. 28 0705 DLF Vor 75 Jahren, Die Radiostunde AG. 1715 DLF Die verwandelten Generale. (DLF / DLR Programm)

BC-DX-Meldungen werden von OM Wolfram Hess (DL 1 RXA - QTH Rangsdorf im Sueden Berlins) unter dem Call DK 0 DX, jeden Freitag ab 1700 h auf 3745 kHz LSB +/-, gesendet.

Im Rundspruchprogramm sind ansonsten AFU-Meldungen, Ionosphaeren-Wetterbericht u.v.a.m. Vielen Hobbyfreunden ist OM Wolfram Hess sicher noch ein Begriff, da er das DX-Programm von DS-Kultur (Langwelle 177 kHz) vor Jahren gestaltet hat. (Hans-Joachim Brustmann-D, Sep 20) [h = ?local time]

HUNGARY Radio Budapest W98 schedule in Ge fr Oct 25: Mon-Fri, Sat 1830, Sun at 1800 on 3975 6175. Mon-Sat 2030 3975 7165. Suns "Gruss und Kuss" 1300 7135 9660. (Klaus Koehler-D, Sep 17)

INDIA ALL INDIA RADIO 7410 1215-1330 Delhi 50 Tibetan [xAligarh] 7410 1330-1430 Delhi 50 Nepali [xAligarh] 13630 0100-0130 Bangalore 500 Burmese [NEW] 13695 0315-0415 Bangalore 500 Hindi [NEW] 13700 1115-1215 Bangalore 500 Tamil [x13710] 13700 1215-1245 Bangalore 500 Telugu [x13710] 17785 0400-0430 Panaji 250 Persian [xBangalore] 17785 0430-0530 Panaji 250 Arabic [xBangalore] (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Sep 17)

INDONESIA 15150.07 RRI Jakarta, 1016-1030, Weak signal but I could tell it was an En lang. pgm w/M and W hosts. It wasn't strong enough to copy 100% but the progr was called something like "This Week in Bali(?)". Ended the pgm w/an addr in Denpasar, Bali. Brief mx bridge at 1026, then RRI ID by M in IN. Wish it was just a little stronger. (Dave Valko-USA, Sep 14)

9630 RRI Jakarta, Bonto Sunggu. At 2104 "Warta Berita". ID at 2106 as "Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta, Programa Nasional Satu" then wayang kulit. //4777.1. 9565 was not found at this time. Maybe 9565 is not used in the local morning bc now.

11860 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. Signed on suddenly at 2149 then local mx progr. At 2158 ID of Programa Nasional Satu by male then SCI. "Warta Berita" at 2200. Thanks information from Craig Tyson. Acc to him, 11860 operates untill 0100, but R.Japan signed on before 0100 and covered RRI, so I can not confirm exact s-off time. As 11860 and 15125 s-on at the same time on 15125, the tx site on 11860 is apparently Cimanggis. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Sep 10)

Currently RRI Jakarta is moving between 11760 and 11860 for the 2200-1600 txion. I think we may see Jakarta making a permanent move from 11760 to avoid VoA from 2200-0100. I see a possible skedule as 11860 2200-0100 & 11760 0100-1600. Also more use is being made of 15150 for Programa Nasional; noted yesterday at 0930 //15125. (Craig Tyson-AUS, Sep 1)

IRAQ Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan, first heard in Feb 1997, Radio Freedom appears to share facilities with the Iraqi Communist Party stn, voice of the Iraqi People. It identifies itself as "This is Radio Freedom, Voice of the Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan" (Kurdish: aira ezgay azadiya, dangi hizbi shuyu'i kurdistani iraq). 1600-1700 Kurdish to Me 3890-v (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 17)

Iraqi Communist Party. Voice of the Iraqi People (Ar ID: idha'at sawt al-sha'b al-iraqi, idha'at al-hizb al-shuyu'i al-'iraqi) has been heard since 1982, although a radio of the same name and Communist Party affiliation was heard between 1963 and 1968 bcing clandestinely from Bulgaria.

It may have some connection with Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan, which reported that the stn had been inaugurated on 21st Mar 1982. It appears to share facilites with the Radio Freedom, voice of the Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan, which was first heard in Feb 1997 on the same freqs. The radio describes itself as "Voice of the Iraqi People, radio of the Iraqi Communist Party". In the past, it has bc regularly in Sorani Kurdish (Kurdish ID: Era Dengi Gel-y Iraqi) as well as in Ar. 0300-0400 4760-v 3890-v (repeat of previous day's 1730 bc) 1730-1830 Ar to ME 4760-v 3890-v 1735-1750 Ar nx and comm. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 17)

IRELAND [non] The following just in from Wesley Boyd at RTE overseas in connection with Gaelic Football SW specials during Sep: live commentaries on All-Ireland Finals will be txed on 27 Sep at 1430 on the following 13690 via Sackville to NoAM 15360 via Singapore to SoEaAS & AUS 15625 via Juelich to No&WeAF 21670 via Juelich to SoAM 21745 via Meyerton to Ea&CeSoAF

Gaelic Football goes out on the 27th. Duration of bc should be 90 mins maximum. No tx power or other such info supplied. (Finbarr O'Driscoll, Ireland, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 3)

KOREA Rep. of RKI Seoul will verify all correct RR's of this progr relay over the SW stns that carry the AWR DX progr, "Wavescan". This progr will be on the air over the internat SW facilities of AWR, and also via WRMI in Miami, and ZLXA in New Zealand. RR's may be addressed to either AWR at the Indianapolis addr, or to RKI in Seoul, Korea. However, RR's addressed to Indianapolis will receive two QSL cards; a specially endorsed AWR QSL card, and then they will be forwarded on to Korea for an addit QSL card.

It will be remembered that AWR was invited to present a special progr over RKI in honour of the 200th edition of "DX Report" in the RKI DX progr, for which specially endorsed QSL cards were issued. "DX Report" is presented every second week over RKI by William Matthews, and he also produces regular DX reports in AWR "Wavescan". (Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, AWR DX Editor, via Martin Elbe, Sep 22)

LESOTHO BBC nx reports this morning that troops from RSA and Botswana have intervened in this country after the Lesotho govt admitted that it could no longer control the army. Keep an ear to Radio Lesotho on 4800. (Johnson via Cumbre Dx, Sep 22)

LIBERIA Fighting in Monrovia over the weekend left scores of people dead. The situation remains tense with a opposition figure holed up in the US Embassy and the Liberian govt asking for him to be turned over. Star Radio on 5880 had reports throughout the weekend. Also check for President Charles Taylor's stn on 5100 and Radio Veritas on 5470. (Johnson via Cumbre DX, Sep 22)

LIBYA LJB in Ar observed unfortunately on Sep 5 only: 1900-2300 on NF 9705 (44333) co-ch from 2000 RFE/VoA and on NF 11850 (54333) co-ch from 2100 Radio Japan NHK World //15235 (34453), 15415 (55544), 15435 (44454), 15455v (23332). LJB-test tone 1000 Hz on Sep 12 and 13: 0830-1030 on 7120, 9705, 11850 under RDP Sats/Suns. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

MADAGASCAR Radio Netherlands informs us that the new tx at their SW base located at Talata Volondry in MDG is now on the air for the relay of programming from AWR. This tx replaces the former 7.5 kW unit and it is rated at 50 kW, not 25 kW as previously indicated. It is carrying AWR programming in Fr and Malagasy on the same channel, 3215. RR's on the bc of AWR programming over this new tx would be appreciated and should be addressed to AWR at Box 383, Forli 47100, Italy. (Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, AWR DX Editor, via Martin Elbe, Sep 22)

MOROCCO RTM heard on 15345 again, at least fr Sep 8th. But signal and audio not so good as previously, still from Nador site I wonder ? (Noel Green-UK, Sep 18)

NETHERLANDS Funny things are happening around Delta 171, the Dutch LW project partially owned by financial buccaneer George Soros. After environmentalists stood united against the construction of a site containing four 300 meter high antenna-towers and a 2 Megawatt tx in Kootwijk, in central Holland, the Delta management decided to have the masts constructed offshore, in international waters in the Northsea and beam the signal towards the UK. Now environmentalist pressure groups can't start procedures against anything happening outside Dutch jurisdiction. This also would mean that Delta 171 could, without any problem, advertise for tobacco, indecent material, whatever. (Herbert Visser, British DX Club, via DXW, Sep 20)

Talk Radio, 1395, will cease its txions. As from Mon, Sep 21, a new stn, named Business News 1395 will use the freq. The format of the commercial stn will be mainly business and financial nx. (Max van Arnhem, hard-core-dx, via DXW, Sep 20)

NEW ZEALAND Hi Everyone - RNZI will be 50 years young on Sep 25 1998 and by coincidence also the New Zealand DX League. We will be marking this occasion with a special 2 hour bc at 0530-0705 on 11905 and at 0705-0730 on 9700. The progr will be repeated at 0905-1100 on 9700. A special commemorative QSL is being printed for reception reports of RNZI from Sep 25 1998. The progr will be presented by Myra Oh who usually presents our Mailbox progr - Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI's Freq Manager will be lending a hand. It will trace the history of RNZI through archival material and with the help of veteran bcs like Rudi Hill, Tony King and Ian Johnston amongst others!

All being well we hope also to have the show available live on the Internet. Check our Web site nearer the time - http://www.rnzi.com

Highlights from this show will form the major part of our fortnightly Mailbox progr for the week commencing Mon 28 Sep. It is hoped Mailbox will be available for download as a Real Audio File from our Audio Store.

Mailbox plays on Mon 2135, Wed 1735, Fri 1930 UTC. On Mon 28 Sep - There will be addit bcs of Mailbox at 0430 on 17675 and 1130 9700. (Adrian Sainsbury, Technical Operations Manager, RNZI, via REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING and WORLD OF RADIO 957, Sep 17)

RNZI a regular visitor now via 11905 11675 (s-on with lovely bell bird on Sep 8), and 9700, but R Tatarstan heard back on co-ch 97009 at 0800-0900 still. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 18)

NORWAY Norway's NRK plans on ending their En bcs and replacing their Norwegian sce largely with dom sce relays. ("Radiotidningen" via SCDX/MediaScan Sep 15, via Hauser RoIB, via Cumbre Dx)

English Sce of Radio Norway will be ceased from Sunday 27th Sep 1998, after 46 years in service.

The Norwegian state broadcaster NRK has decided it is not its place to fund these txions and is calling on the Norwegian govt to fund them. The only hope now is for ALL of us to show our support and the need for nx and information from a country not often reported upon overseas.

Send protest via e-mail to Radio Norway - [email protected] or per snail mail to Radio Norway International, N-0340, Oslo 3, Norway Infos on Homepage: http://www.nrk.no/radionorway/ (Hans-Joachim Brustmann via Lutz Andreas-D, Sep 21)

OMAN/SINGAPORE 9510 on Suns ONLY BBCWS with Sports Special 1615-1700 is from SNG via 270 degr and NOT from Masirah island-OMA (used for MON-SAT bc at the same time) and also on Suns 15310 Masirah is extended till 1700 (from 1615). (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Sep 17)

Radio Sultanate of Oman in Ar heard from Sep 6. 0800-1500 on NF 17630 (54554) over Radio Africa #1 in Fr, (x15140). For B/W98 period 17630 is registered 0800-1300 to zone 39N via Thumrait tx 300 kW/315 deg. But same 17630 is reg. BBC 0700-1600 RMP 500 kw / 62 deg to zones 27S, 28 !! (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

PAKISTAN R PAK now heard on 9330 carrying Ru sce until 1530. I assume this is the Turki & Russian sces 1430-1530 and replaces either 5055 or 6070.

Turkish sce now retimed to 1700-1730 (x1730-1800) and heard on 13580 only. The sce is to utilise Islamabad sender(s), is thought to replace Karachi. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 19)

R.Pakistan in Turkish from Sep 6 at new time: 1700-1730 (x1730-1800) on NF 12009...12016 ORM RFI in Portuguese on nom. 12015 (x9390v) //13580.0 (55433). (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

One of the high power units at Islamabad (using 15 MHz channels) has erroneously been operating 4.1 kHz higher than nominal. Hopefully not for much longer ! (Noel Green-UK, Sep 19)

R.PAK in Ru was heard today on 9330.06 with a selection of Russian pop songs at 1515. Somewhat distorted audio. The second freq is 5055, nothing but a unid carrier on 6070. (Nikolai Pashkevich-RUS, Sep 23)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon has dropped use of 15285/11925 since early Sep. EUR sce only heard on 9780 & 15555, -- no trace of any 13 MHz use. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 18)

QATAR New freqs schedule of R. Qatar, Doha from Sep 6: 0245-0705 irreg on NF 7210 under BBC/VOA (x11785) 0706-1305 on NF 17895 (55555) (x17770) 1306-1705 on NF 11750 (55555) over BBC via Oman (x11785) 1706-2125 irreg on NF 7210 or cont. on 11750 (x11785) 0245-2125 on 9570.1, for B/W98 this freq is not registered !! (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

RUSSIA Voice of Vietnam via Moscow txs from Sep 6: 1700 in En. 1730 in Viet; 1830-1856 in Fr on NF 7440 (55555). 1900 in Ru; 1930-2026 in Viet on NF 7390 (55555).

IBRA Radio in Ar via Samara txs from Sep 6: 2000-2100 on NF 5935 (55444) (x9835) //12O15, 12O2O. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

SLOVAKIA Four new QSL cards were issued by RSI for celebrating of the anniversary of the stn: 1 - Banska Shtijavnica 2 - Vlkolinec 3 - Spishski grad. 3 - Peschera Dobshinska. (Sergey M. Kolesov-UKR, Sep 16)

SLOVENIA Recent list of MW & FM freqs on Slovenian Radio TV. MW Beli Kri 549 R.Koper Capodistria Nemeavci 648 Muravider Magyar Radio Dom Ale 918 R.Slovenija 1 pgr

FM networks: SLO SLO RK RC RM RMI MMR 1 2 Ajdovseina Planina 89.5 98.6 Beli Kri 92.0 94.1 104.3 97.7 Bizeljsko 92.7 96.2 Boe' 90.4 Breginj 95.7 97.6 Cerkno-Lajse 90.9 Ernomelj Plesivica 89.0 96.5 Fara 99.0 Grahovo 93.5 90.0 Gradisee 88.9 90.0 Idrija I 90.9 Jezersko 87.7 97.2 Kanin 89.8 91.6 Koeevje-Deklis Gora 92.6 Koper-Capodistria 96.4 Kovor 100.7 92.4 Kozje 89.6 Kranjska Gora 94.7 96.9 Krim 88.0 93.5 Krvavec 91.8 98.9 Kuk 96.4 87.8 100.6 Kum 94.1 99.9 Mozirje 87.6 94.7 Nanos 92.9 95.3 88.6 103.1 Peearovci 87.6 Pee 100.1 104.0 Plesivec 90.0 92.4 Pohorje 88.5 96.9 93.1 102.8 Skalnica 100.3 Stari Trg Ob Kolpi 94.0 95.8 Smarata 89.3 92.4 Tinjan 89.3 94.6 107.6 98.9 Trdinov Vrh 90.9 97.6 Trenta-Lomovje 89.1 92.2 Trenta-Skala 94.7 101.1 Trstelj 92.6 94.3 Trie' 96.9 Vogel 93.7 97.6 Vreme 99.8 Note: SLO 1= R.Slovenija progr.1 SLO 2= R.Slovenija progr.2 RK = R.Koper in Slovene RC = R.Capodistria in Italian RM = R.Maribor RMI = R.Maribor International MMR = Muravidec Magyar Radio in Hungarian (RADIOINCONTRO & Franco Probi, Sep 18)

SPAIN REE Madrid has begun to use new channels for some sces since Sep 6. To PAC 0700-0900 15480 & 15125 (x9650 x9615). KNLS Alaska 9615 now audible 0800 in En. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 18) REE in Sp to AUS/NZ from Sep 6: 0700-0900 on NF15125 (55555) over VOIROI in Ar and on NF15480 (55555) over KOL Israel in Ar (x9615/x9650). For B/W98 new freqs are registered via NOB 350 kW 260 deg. (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16)

Apparently harmonic 18135 (6045 X 3 = 18135) noted at 2237, REE talk in Sp "Noticias". (Walter Mola-I, via Gatflash, Sep 12)

SRI LANKA 11695 Since yesterday [Fri Sep 18] VoA Iranawila relay site Sri Lanka is testing 0400-0600, open carrier and test tone and relay VoA English. (Victor G. Goonetilleke-CLN, Sep 19)

TAIWAN Central Broadcasting System. Since 1st Jan 1998 Voice of Asia has been part of the Central Broadcasting System which is now responsible for all ext bcing from TWN.

1. Radio Taipei Int, the main ext sce 2. Voice of Taipei Int, bcs to mainland China 3. Voice of Asia, which is aimed at at listeners in mainland CHN and SoEaAS (see schedule below). It was inaugurated on 1st Jan 1979. Txions in Chinese may also include material in Amoy and Cantonese. ID in Standard Ch: "Ya Zhou Zhi Sheng". All in Standard Ch, exc when lang given. 0500-0700 7285. 0700-1100 9280. 1100-1200 En 7445 900 585 1200-1300 Ins 11860 7445 585 1300-1500 7445 585 1500-1600 Th 15270 7445 585 1600-1700 Ins 11745 7445 585 2300-0000 Th 15270 7445 585 Addr: Voice of Asia, P.O.Box 24-38, Taipei, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-7710151 (ext. 2431); Fax: +886-2-7519277; URL: www.cbs.org.tw/ (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 17)

TURKEY VoT Ankara in Tu on 9655, //9460 around 0730 (sched 9565 0500-1000). (Noel Green-UK, Sep 18)

UAE I found VoUAE Abu Dhabi on air this morning on new 13735 at 0700, //21630 17885. No trace of 13755, so presume it replaces that. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 19)

USA "Communications World_ (http://www.trsc.com/cw/), hosted by Dr. Kim Elliott, has been difficult to listen to as a three-parter in the VOA "News Now_ format. From Oct 3, WWCR Nashville, TN, will air the entire 27-min show as part of a hour-long "DX block_. An hour, hosted exclusively by Grove Enterprises (http://www.grove-ent.com/) (publishers of "Monitoring Times_) and Bob Grove, will conclude with Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio_ (http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio). The bc times for CW and WoR are UT Sat 2200 on 5070 kHz and repeated UT Mon 0500 on 3210. The repeat is on a time-available basis. Check the WWCR Web site (http://www.wwcr.com/) for updates. (Thomas R. Sundstrom-USA, Sep 20)

CONTINENT OF MEDIA ON THE WEB. Due to popular request, our monthly supplement to World of Radio, bc only on RFPI, is now available for download at DXing.com, thanks to Harry Helms. As it's the first audio available at his site, both Harry and I would like to hear from others how well it works. You'll need a RealPlayer 5.0 or G.2 player, which may be downloaded from the site. Only the latest edition will be available, currently September. Go to http://www.DXing.com/ContinentOfMedia.html (GH, WoR 957, Sep 17)

US stn "Narodnaya Volna" Mon-Fri 1000-1200 on AM 930, Ru language progr. Radio Marya relays in Chicago 1450, Mon-Fri 2330-0100, Sat 2300-2400, Sun 2100-2400. New York and New Jersey 1430 Mon-Sat 2330-0030. Toronto-CAN 1320 Tue-Fri 0000-0100. Boston 890 Tue-Sun 0000-0100, Sun 2300-2400. Florida 980 some Thurs at 2330-0030. Detroit 680 Tue-Sun 0000-0100, Sun 2300-2400. (Sergey M. Kolesov-UKR, Sep 16)

WBCQ is a private commercial SW stn owned by Allan H. Weiner. According to its website, the stn "encourages groups with a leftist, alternative, pacifist or populist perspective" to take advantage of its rebroadcast facilities. WBCQ began test txions in Aug 1998 and commenced regular programming on 9th Sep 1998. It bcs from a 50-kW SW tx at Monticello, Maine. 2200-0600 En to AM 7415 Addr: WBCQ, 97 High Street, Kennebunk, Maine 04043, U.S.A. Tel: +1-207-985-7547 URL: http://theplanet.wbcq.net/ e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 17)

George Thurman reports disappointing reception of WBCQ in Houston, so we dusted off the NGS globe with geometer and figured out the approximate beam center for 245 degr from WBCQ: Buffalo-Columbus-Evansville-Little Rock-Shreveport-San Antonio-Laredo-Durango- Tuxpan-south of New Zealand (Glenn Hauser, Sep 17)

At the end of his UT Sat Sep 12 bc on WBCQ, 7415, around 0055, Al Weiner ran down the progr schedule as then planned and revised, times and days here converted to UT: Tue-Sat 0000-0100 Al Weiner Worldwide (time for sale) Tue-Fri 0100-0400 The Hour of the Time with William Cooper *9/21 Tue-Sat 0400-0700 Watchmen of the Night Sat 0100-0400 Friday Night Live with Gary Bourgois Sat 2330-2430 [unnamed yet] music and commentary by Rob Wells Sun 0030-0100 American Dissident Voices [neo-Nazi] Sun 0100-0400 Radio Free New York Sun 0500-0530 American Dissident Voices [neo-Nazi] Sun 2300-2400 Le Show - music, comedy and conversation Mon 0000-0400 Radio Newyork International

Glad to see Al took our suggestion about Le Show! - That's satirist and The Simpsons voice Harry Shearer, but it didn't start yet Sep 13. Note that ADV times have changed, FNL expanded to 3 hours, and RNI to 4 hours compared to previous annt.

Conversing with a caller earlier, Al said he'd like to fill time with Jean Shepherd, the great storyteller, which is apparently available on Borgois' satellite network.

He also said Randi Steele is moving from NY to Monticello to be primary operator of the stn. And she is in for a real winter. I get the impression Al wants to spend more time in Kennebunk, and maybe originate some programming from there, but he's somewhat vague about this. (Glenn Hauser, Sep 17)

Caught a bit of Al Weiner Worldwide on WBCQ 7415 Monday eve, UT Tue Sep 15. Answering a caller, said they got some lucky breaks; stn made it to air by getting a lot of used equipment, a new antenna design that worked even better than calculated, and money from personal loans. If WBCQ has been sounding a bit weak for 50 kW, that's because they have only been running 15 kW! Al announces the nominal power, but John Gorski, who built the antenna, tells me the reduced power is necessary because of a problem in the isolation transformer Al is still working on. More from this bc I taped: John Gorski, engineering consultant called and explained that on the 7 MHz band, 14.14 dbi gain amounts to an ERP of 1.3 MW. At 13 MHz (so that must be the daytime band contemplated, not exactly harmonically related to 7), would be 1.6 MW. Al thanked John for turning him on to the antenna they are using, which is not labor-intensive, and looks good, in contrast to curtains. It has nice smooth bandpass and perfectly matches tx. Al said family and friends had helped fund WBCQ, as there is no way a bank will make loans for a SW stn. Construction started in late April and was constant work for Al since then, day and night, all summer, to keep in budget. FCC has not yet inspected though they are entitled to, anytime they want. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Sep 17)

As everyone knows WBCQ signed on 9/8/98 at 8 pm EDT. The signal was well received in all parts of NoAM, as well as in EUR, with several reports coming from Germany. In spite of some tx components heating up, thereby causing power to be reduced to 15 kW, the stn has enjoyed a trouble-free week of operation. Power should be increased to 50 kW in the next few days. Allan Weiner, president of WBCQ, stated that "the stn has exceeded all expectations, the antenna system went together without a hitch, and has provided a perfect match to the tx. RR's have confirmed that the antenna is working perfectly despite our temporary low power. Without this antenna we could not have built this station. It was like taking the other guys' antenna bids and dropping the last zero from their figures. Everyone has been so supportive on this project. I still have to pinch myself to see if I am dreaming, or if this is for real."

From our part, we are proud to be a part of this project and introduce this new antenna to the SW community. This antenna with its low cost and superior performance should enable those that previously could not afford to build a SW stn to now do so. We certainly are looking for a breath of fresh air on SW, which WBCQ seems certain to provide.

For more info, contact us at (319) 472-5102 voice or fax (John L. Gorski & Associates Consultants, Vinton IA, Sep 15 via Hauser)

WBCQ, 7415, Al Weiner Worldwide, UT Wed Sep 16, heard bits in the 0000-0205* period: Call from Randi Steele, and interesting discussion of city street lighting, and the damage caused by mercury vapor lamps. Randi said her vision is defective except for color scale, which you can see in the WBCQ QSL card she designed posted at http://theplanet.wbcq.net

- but no program sked, it seems. Al received some carts with new WBCQ IDs by Frank someone with a deep "official" radio voice. Scott Becker is expected to visit next week, when they may discuss radio ships, etc. There is a new morning program at 1300-1400 also on 7415, missed details such as start date (but it was not on Sep 16, 17), and name (but has "Family" in it). Tune in before 0000 for the WBCQ tuning signal, which on Sun night featured Johnny Lightning talking over it. (Glenn Hauser, all: REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 17)

I'm certainly not their publicist, but I haven't found any progr schedules on the WBCQ websites. This updates the info in 98-40, but is no doubt subject to daily changes. On his UT Fri Sep 18 show, Al Weiner announced the latest WBCQ 7415 sked revision, starting next week; Al maintains he "will not censor" so the guy dedicated to peace, love and understanding brings us at least 17 hours a week, most of it prime time, of "hate radio" to prove a point. What a great public sce ! UT Days and Times! [gh sometimes guesses at spellings] M-F 1300-1400 Church, Family, Meets with Ralph Davis M-F 2300-2400 The Margo Sierra Show Tu-F 0000-0100 Scriptures for America [Tue-Sat?] [neo-Nazi hate] Tu-F 0100-0400 The Hour of the Time with Bill Cooper [hate] Sat 0100-0400 Friday Night Live with Gary Bourgois Tu-Sa 0400-0700 The Watchmen of the Night with Bishop Jackson Sat 2200-2330 Tim Tron's Worldwide Rock & Roll Party 2330-2430 Chaos A.D. with Doctor Doom Sun 0030-0100 American Dissident Voices [neo-Nazi hate] 0100-0400 Radio Free New York 0400-0500 The Tom and Daryl Show 0500-0530 American Dissident Voices repeat [neo-Nazi hate] 0530- 0700 The Tom and Daryl Show contd 2300-2400 Le Show, Harry Shearer [political satire, comedy] Mon 0000-0400 Radio Newyork International, John P. Lightning 0400-0700 The Keith Lamonica Show (via Glenn Hauser, Sep 18)

WGTG was testing tx #2 again Sept 15 at 2330 on USB with tape loop: "This is the internat voice of WGTG, McCaysville, Georgia, USA. We're currently testing tx number two on 9505 SW. Tx #1 can be heard on 9400 SW. This is the internat voice of radio stn WGTG, McCaysville, Georgia, fifty thousand watts of freedom of speech worldwide, testing new tx #two, 9505 SW. This is the internat voice of WGTG, McCaysville, Georgia, 9505 SW."

While this was going on I talked to Dave Frantz on the phone. Says carrier on this is 12 dB down and that 9505 is only a test freq, will not be used for regular programming, but instead 6890, and at night only. During next two months of burn-in period, will operate 6890-USB // 5085-full AM with commercial progrs. Relig progrs Sat and Sun daytime will be on 9400 AM. Dave has had it with listeners using cheap unselective radios and plans to promote SSB by selling Sangeans 818 and 909; running SSB will also save 2/3 of the $4000 power bill. Stayed on past 0000 but now no BFO needed as Sp stn (BBC?) was on 9505; and after 0041 mixing with WYFR in En until about 0100. (Glenn Hauser OK, all: REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Sep 17)

WRNO Informed sources who did not wish to identify themselves have this to say about the stn: Look for things to really change at the stn in about three months. The website is being updated and should be back soon. The saga with the txs also continues. When WRNO purchased their new tx a few years ago, they actually got two txs. Unfortunately, they are both lemons and it is hard to find parts for them. The manufacturer is in the process of going declaring bankruptcy and is in no hurry to fix them. (The tx the stn went on the air with in 1982 was sold at this time, fate unknown.) Because of the tx problems, WRNO often operates at lower powers estimated to be between 25 and 50 kW. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright, Sep 11)

WORLD OF RADIO and CONTINENT OF MEDIA SCHEDULE as of Sep 19, 1998 from Glenn Hauser.

CONTINENT OF MEDIA (COM) is an addit half-hour carried only by RFPI, produced about once a month and repeated weekly until a new edition arrive, on this schedule: Fri 1930, Sat 0330, 1030, 1730, Sun 0130, 0830. RFPI currently uses 15049 at 1700-1200, 21460-USB 1800-0200, 6975 0000-1200.

COM deals primarily with domestic media developments in America. NEW! The current COM is now also available on the web thanks to Harry Helms, at http://www.DXing.com/ContinentOfMedia.html

WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE, as of Sep 19: NOTE: this is posted only when there have been changes since last time. UT; Times may vary on all the SW stns.

On WWCR Nashville, Thu 1600 15685, Thu 2030 15685, Sat 2230 5070 [NEW starting Oct 3], Sun 0630 5070, Sun 0930 5070, Mon 0530 3210 [NEW starting Oct 5], Tue 1230 15685.

On WGTG, Georgia, Sat 2330 on 5085, soon also 6890-USB.

On RFPI Costa Rica: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900, 2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000 on 15049 1700-1200, 21460-USB 1800-0200, 6975 0000-1200.

W.O.R. is a listener-supported, public-service program about communications around the world, especially, but not limited to, Shortwave Broadcasting. Look for separately distributed rundowns of topics in each half-hour edition, or on our frequently-updated, text-only website: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio also usually in RFPI Weekly Updates, previews by E-mail or newsgroups. This site also gives complete details of all our bcs on satellite, cable, AM and FM, Internet, in Spanish, and about our publications, contact info, etc.

13790 WGCB TV 49 via WINB 2245 Heard relaying this with an organ mx show sponsored by Warner Moving and Storage. WGCB ID at 2300 and continued on. As usual, great signal here in Florida. Perhaps an opportunity to verify Red Lion Broadcasting's TV outlet? If not, then perhaps worth dropping them a report all the same as WINB has a new QSL card. Per their request, please enclose an SASE with your report. (Johnson, and Fleming Cumbre, Sep 19)

World Harvest Radio, Dxing with Cumbre Marie Lamb.

WHRI ANGEL 1 No/Ce/So AM Sat 0500 0730 1730 2230. Sun 1330 0000-1000 7315 1000-1300 9495 1300-1800 15105 1800-0000 9495

WHRI ANGEL 2 EUR, RUS, & NoAM Sat 0500 0730 1430 2200 0300. Sun 0430 1630 2000(M/F)-1000 5745 2100(Sat/Sun)-1000 5745 1000-1500 6040 1500-2000(M/F) 13760 1500-2100(Sat/Sun) 13760

KWHR ANGEL 3 AS & CHN Sat 0230 0600. Sun 0430 0600 1630 1830 2200-0400 17510 0400-1000 17780 1000-1800 9930 1800-2000 13625 2000-2200 15405

KWHR ANGEL 4 The South Pacific Sat 0800 1230. Sun 0700 1000 1300 0700-1600 11565

WHRA ANGEL 5 AF & EUR Sat 2130. Sun 2230 0300-0500 9400 0500-0800 11565 1800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 2200-2400 13760 Off the air from 0800-1800 & 0700-1600 UTC time.

Music listed is rotated with Contemporary Christian, Southern Gospel and Christian Country. (WHR, Sep 17)

VoA's new 0700-0900 Mandarin sce heard on 21705-UDO (no jamming?) and tent 13760-UDO, via PHT 21540 17855 15250 15160 12010. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 18)

VoA Cantonese 1500-1600 PHT 6030 PHP 1143

VoA Mandarin 0000-0200 PHT 17765 PHT 15195 0000-0130 UDO 15150 0000-0100 PHT 11925 0000-0200 PHP 11830 PHT 9545 UDO 7190 PHT 11925 0100-0200 PHT 11775 0130-0200 UDO 15150 0200-0300 PHT 17765 PHT 15195 UDO 15150 PHT 11925 PHP 11830 PHT 11775 PHT 9545 0700-0900 UDO 21705 PHT 21540 PHT 17855 PHT 15250 PHT 15160 UDO 13760 PHT 12010 0900-1100 PHT 17855 PHT 1516 UDO 13760 PHT 12010 UDO 11895 PHT 11825 0900-1300 PHT 15250 1100-1200 PHP 1143 1100-1230 PHP 11990 1100-1400 PHT 11825 UDO 11785 1100-1500 PHT 12040 PHT 11965 PHT 6110 1230-1500 PHP 11805 1300-1500 NOV 11990 (-26 Sep) 1300-1500 PHT 9845 NOV 5910 1330-1400 PHP 1143 1400-1500 UDO 9585 2200-2300 PHT 11925 UDO 9795 PHT 9545 PHT 9510 PHP 7200 UDO 7190 IRK 7150 PHT 6025 (IBB schedule)

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent in Ge heard irregulary now. 1935-2030 on third harmonic 15180 (35533) from 5060 !! (PanIview-BUL, Sep 16) [Seen in WDXC Contact log. I supposed to be a fundamental freq of R Tashkent, and channel checked here subsequently, but not traced in GER so far, ed]

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DXer Meeting in Kiel.

Um eine Gelegenheit zu bieten sich mit gleichgesinnten Hobbyfreunden zu treffen, moechte ich vom Freitag, den 30. Okt. bis zum Sonntag, den 01. Nov 1998 erstmals zu einem Kurzwellenhoerertreffen im Freizeitheim Falkenhorst bei Kiel einladen.

Das Feizeitheim Falkenhorst liegt etwas ausserhalb des Stadtteils Kiel-Friedrichsort an der Kieler Foerde.

Ein fester Programmablauf ist nicht geplant.

* Der persoenliche Kontakt und Erfahrungsaustausch mit anderen Hobbykollegen soll an diesem Wochenende im Vordergrund stehen.

* Natuerlich gibt es auch reichlich Gelegenheit mit mitgebrachten Geraeten eigene Empfangsversuche zu unternehmen. (Bitte Kopfhoerer nicht vergessen.) Auf dem umliegenden Gelaende koennen auch Antennen aufgebaut und ausprobiert werden.

* Horst Rosiak, Mitarbeiter von Radio HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, hat seinen Besuch angekuendigt und wird mit einigen Dias einen Einblick in die Arbeit des aeltesten Missionssenders der Welt geben. Daneben werden Videos ueber Radio HCJB gezeigt.

Das Freizeitheim Falkenhorst bietet Uebernachtungsmoeglichkeiten in Zimmern mit 3 bis 8 Betten. Die Ausstattung ist einfach. Ein Matratzenlager ist vorhanden. Decken, Kissen und Bettzeug muessen jedoch von den Teilnehmern selbst mitgebracht werden. Das Freizeitheim ist ein Selbstversorgerhaus. Mithilfe in der Kueche, beim Aufraeumen und Reinigen wird daher erwartet.

Der Teilnehmerbeitrag betraegt 30 DM pro Tag und schliesst Fruehstueck, Mittagessen und Abendbrot mit ein. Die Kosten fuer das ganze Wochenende betragen damit 60 DM. Der Kostenbeitrag ist bei der Anreise zu zahlen. Tagesbesucher, die nicht im Freizeitheim uebernachten wollen, werden an den Kosten beteiligt. Die Teilnahme geschieht auf eigene Gefahr. Eine Haftung fuer Geraete und private Gegenstaende wird nicht uebernommen.

Anmeldungen und weitere Informationen ueber mich: Olaf Mertens, Danewerkstr. 5, D-24113 Kiel, Germany. e-mail: [email protected]

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BC-DX 385 03 Oct 1998 ______

ALBANIA TWR in Polish at 0515-0530 via Cerrik tx on 9669.82, buzzy muffeled signal, narrow bandwidth, failure on feeder line too. Wonder how the listener can follow TWR's progr content. Though much better audio on //Shijak 7385.11 than Cerrik outlet.

R Tirana bcing 1st home sce relay on Cerrik 6099.92 at 0300-2200, and 2nd home sce relay on 7149.94, scheduled 0900-1400. Poor signals observed here in 1000-1030 range, midday suppression. (WB, Sep 27)

ALGERIA 11750.35 Radio Algiers, Sep 24, 2018-2045, Ar/En pop vocals. Woman announcer at 2030 with ID, asked for listener comments on progr. Poor. (Kohlbrenner-USA, via DXW, Sep 24)

ARGENTINA 8098L, R. Rivadivia, 0648-0715 Sep 25, excellent with Muzak and tangos, man ID 0650, time sounders (seven) ToH across mx. Always wondered what the format was when there was no sports to relay! (Terry Krueger-FL via NU, Sep 25)

AUSTRALIA Democrats' plea about Darwin txs. The minor political party the Australian Democrats has called for the reopening of Radio Australia's major SW txs to restore its sce to Asia. The Democrats' bcing policy for the national election says it would take just 1.6m dollars to reopen the Darwin txs, which were closed in July last year.

The Democrats say the rise of racism in Australia, elections in Cambodia and the tidal wave in Papua New Guinea show the importance of a reliable SW sce to near neighbours in their own langs. The Democrats say the closure of the Darwin txs has deprived millions of people in Asia of the chance to hear independent coverage of events affecting their lives. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 24)

Radio Australia details 3rd Oct election coverage. Radio Australia's "Feedback" feature trailed "blanket coverage" of the election count from 0810 on Sat 3rd Oct, with all other programming put aside. RA will stay with this coverage until some point between 1200 and 1300, the precise time depending on when the result is known. (R. Australia Sep 26, via BBC Monitoring (C) via Glenn Hauser, Sep 30)

AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijani Radio. The En sce announces as "Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan" (Dada Gorgud is the name of famous epic hero in Azerbaijani history). This schedule is based on monitoring observations.

9165-v 1296 to ME. 0215-0300 Az, 1100-1200 Tu, 1200-1400 Az, 1400-1500 Pe, 1600-1700 Ar, 1700-1730 En, 1730-1800 Ru. Addr: Mekhti Husein Street 1, Baku 370011, Azerbaijan Fax: +994-12-395452 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 24)

BANGLADESH 15522.3v Radio Bangladesh, 1235-1250 & 1345-1355 Sep 20, talk by woman at initial tune-in, then sub-continental vocals. S/C vocals again at 1345 retune; virtually blocked by Radio Ukraine Int'l pre-sign/on routine on 15520 at 1355. Moderate carrier strength, best around 1245 but mostly very low audio, fading out completely at times. Presume R. Bangladesh home sce as has been reliably reported here. Freq varied slightly within the range of 15522.32 - 15522.35. (David M. Clark-CAN via DXW, Sep 20)

BULGARIA RADIO BULGARIA. 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria tel. (359 2) 854 733, fax (359 2) 650560

MW: Petritch (G.C: 23.18E/41.42N): 747 500 kW Vidin (G.C: 22.40E/43.49N): 1224 500 kW SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 24.42E/42.10N): 2x500 kW, 3x250 kW S=Sofia (G.C: 23.13E/42.49N): 1x150 kW, 2x100 kW, 2x50 kW, 1x15 kW kHz 5825, 5850, 5865, 5890, 5900, 5935, 5940, 6140, 7375, 7380, 7390, 7400, 7425, 7465, 7495, 7500, 7525, 7535, 7545, 9385, 9400, 9415, 9485, 9500, 9700, 9775, 11555, 11660, 11700, 11720, 11800, 11825, 11900, 12000, 13600, 13700, 13710, 13715, 13740, 13770, 13790, 13800, 15175, 15315, 15675, 15700, 17500, 17650.

Schedule from Oct 25, 1998 to Mar 27, 1999.

ALBANIAN 0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans 1224 5940 P 0700-0800 Sat and Sun Balkans 1224 5940 P 1645-1730 Balkans 1224 5865 P 2000-2045 Balkans 747 1224

BULGARIAN 0100-0200 SoAM 5865 P 9415 P 0100-0200 NoAM 7375 P 9485 P 0400-0500 Balkans 1224 0400-0500 EaEUR 5890 S 7390 S 1300-1600 Balkans 1224 5865 P 1300-1600 WeEUR 12000 P 1600-1700 ME 7500 P 1600-1700 SoAM 17500 P 1600-1900 EaEUR 5935 S 7425 S 1730-1815 Balkans 747 1900-2000 Balkans 747 1224 1900-2200 WeEUR 5865 P 7545 P 1900-2200 ME 7500 P

ENGLISH 0000-0100 NoAM 7375 P 9485 P 0300-0400 NoAM 7375 P 9485 P 1200-1300 WeEUR 15700 P 17500 P 2000-2100 WeEUR 5850 P 7535 P 2200-2300 WeEUR 7535 P 7545 P

FRENCH 0200-0300 NoAM 7375 P 9485 P 0700-0800 WeEUR 7500 P 9500 P 1800-1900 WeEUR 7535 P 7545 P 2100-2200 WeEUR 5850 P 7535 P

GERMAN 0615-0700 WeEUR 7500 P 9500 P 1100-1200 WeEUR 15700 P 17500 P 1715-1800 WeEUR 7535 P 7545 P 1900-2000 WeEUR 5850 P 7535 P

GREEK 0500-0530 Mon-Fri Balkans 1224 5940 P 0500-0600 Sat and Sun Balkans 1224 5940 P 1730-1815 Balkans 1224 5865 P 2045-2130 Balkans 747 1224

RUSSIAN 0300-0400 EaEUR 5890 S 7390 S 1500-1600 EaEUR 5935 S 7425 S 1500-1600 CeAS 9385 P 1900-2000 EaEUR 5935 S 7425 S

SERBIAN 0600-0700 Mon-Fri Balkans 1224 5940 P 0800-0900 Sat and Sun Balkans 1224 5940 P 1600-1645 Balkans 1224 5865 P 2130-2215 Balkans 747 1224

SPANISH 0000-0100 SoAM 5865 P 9415 P 0200-0300 SoAM 5865 P 9415 P 0200-0300 CeAM 7500 P 1700-1800 SoEUR 11900 P 13800 P 2215-2315 SoEUR 5865 P 7500 P

TURKISH 0515-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans ME 5900 P 7390 S 0600-0700 Sat and Sun Balkans ME 1224 5900 P 7390 S 1815-1900 Balkans ME 747 1224 5865 P 7500 P

HORIZONT Home Sce Relay 0400-2100 WeEUR 9400 S 9700 S 11555 S

ANN: Albanian: Ju flet Radio Bullgaria Bulgarian: Tuk e Radio Balgaria English: This is Radio Bulgaria French: Ici Radio Bulgarie German: Hier spricht Radio Bulgarien Greek: Akute to Radio Vulgaria Russian: V efire Radio Balgaria Serbian: Radio Bugarska Spanish: Esta es Radio Bulgaria Turkish: Burasi Bulgaristan Radiosu

INT-SIG: Starting: The first music phraze from "Bulgarian Suite" for orchestra by Pancho Vladiguerov-12 sec. PUB: Detailed schedule (free) V by QSL-card Rp (1IRC) Rec acc.

RADIO BULGARIA, External Service of The Bulgarian National Radio ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia or P.O.Box 900, 1000 Sofia. Tel.:+359 2 854 733. Fax.: +359 2 650 560. Director: Rayna Konstantinova. Chief co-ordinator: Anguel Nedyalkov Frequency Manager: Ivo Ivanov. E-mail: [email protected] (Oct 1)

CHILE 6070 Radio Voz Cristiana, Sep 20, 0350-0600, SINPO 12331, in //with 11690. At 0407 heard an ID "Esta es Radio Voz Cristiana transmitiendo en onda corta para toda america latina desde Santiago Chile", later the freqs "6??? en la banda de 49 metros, 17680 en la banda de 16 metros, 21500 y 21550 en la banda de 13 metros." At 0500 began the progr Pildoritas y Reflexion. (Hector Garcia Bojorge-MEX, Sep 20)

21549.93 Radio Voz Cristiana, Sep 26, around 2300, excellent signal, very strong. Mx and talks in Sp by man. ID at 2302 'Esta es Radio Voz de Christiana.' (Masahiro Umemura-JPN, via DXW, Sep 26))

CHINA 6937 Yunan PBS Kunming, /1355 s-on, native mx, bamboo flutes, stringth instrument intervals. 35533 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 16) Their new high power Urumqi Xinjiang stn is still off, ed.

CUBA Radio Marti is providing continous special nx coverage of Hurricane Georges' affect on the cities (Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas) of eastern Cuba. Coverage began on 23 Sep at around 2200 and continues with information on conditions in eastern Cuba with live calls from the populace. It has been reported that there has been heavy rains, downed trees, and extensive flooding. Local officials in Cuba have been quoted as saying that extensive damage to crops has occured as well as two deaths. (Armando Mastrapa-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Sep 24)

ECUADOR HCJB WORLD RADIO W98B BROADCAST SCHEDULE (25 Oct '98 - 28 Mar '99; revised 23 Sept '98)

freq power azim target days lang UTC kHz kW degr SMTWTFS

CZECH 0530-0600 9765 100 35 Europe 1011101 1830-1900 17795 500 40 Europe 1011101 1830-1900 21470 50 41 Europe 1011101

ENGLISH 0000-0130 9745 500 356 N. Amer.(E) 1111111 0130-0400 9745 100 351 N. Amer.(E) 1111111 0000-1600 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pac. 1111111 0000-0700 12015 50 330 N.America 1111111 0400-0700 9745 100 325 N.Amer.(W) 1111111 0700-0900 9775 500 34 Europe 1111111 0700-1100 9640 100 228 S.Pacific 1111111 1100-1600 12005 50 43 Caribbean 1111111 1100-1600 15115 100 160/353 N/SAmerica 1111111 1900-2200 15115 100 42 Europe 1111111 1900-2200 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pac. 1111111

FRENCH 0030-0100 9660 100 340 Canada 1111111 0630-0700 9765 100 35 Europe 1111111 1900-1930 15550 500 40 Europe 1111111 1900-1930 17795 100 41 Europe 1111111 2000-2030 15550 500 40 Europe 1111111 2000-2030 17795 100 41 Europe 1111111

GERMAN 0430-0500 5970 500 35 Europe 1111111 0430-0500 9685 100 35 Europe 1111111 0600-0630 9765 100 35 Europe 1111111 0930-1000 6125 100 155 S.America 1111111 1930-2000 15550 500 40 Europe 1111111 1930-2000 17795 100 41 Europe 1111111 2100-2130 15550 500 40 Europe 1111111 2100-2130 17795 100 41 Europe 1111111 2300-0000 11955 250 126 S.America 1111111

JAPAN. 0430-0500 9765 100 324 N.Amer. (W) 1111111 1130-1200 9660 500 320 Japan 1111111 2030-2100 15550 500 40 Europe 1111111 2030-2100 17795 100 41 Europe 1111111 2200-2300 11920 100 131 S. America 1111111 2200-2300 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pac. 1111111

KIKONGO 0500-0515 9765 100 100 W.Africa 0111110

PORTUG. 0800-0930 9745 100 100 Brazil 1111111 1530-1800 15295 100 139 Brazil 1111111 2300-0100 11920 100 131 Brazil 1111111 0100-0230 11920 100 126 Brazil 1111111

QUICHUA 0830-1000 6110 100 155 S.America 1111111 0830-1030 690 50 000/180 Ecuador 1111111 0830-1400 6080 8 90 (V) S.America 1111111 0830-1400 3220 8 90 (V) S.America 1111111 2100-0300 6080 8 90 (V) S.America 1111111 2100-0300 3220 8 90 (V) S.America 1111111 2130-0000 9745 100 155 S.America 1111111

RUSSIAN 0200-0430 5970 500 35 W.Russia 1111111 0515-0700 5970 500 35 W.Russia 1111111 0515-0700 9685 100 34 W.Russia 1111111 2230-2300 15295 500 124/330 N/SAmerica 1111111

SLOVAK 0530-0600 9765 100 35 E.Europe 0100010 1830-1900 17795 500 40 E.Europe 0100010 1830-1900 21470 50 41 E.Europe 0100010

SPANISH 0100-0500 15140 100 339 Mexico 1111111 0700-0730 15550 100 50 Europe 1111111 0900-1100 9765 100 155 S.America 1111111 1030-0500 690 50 000/180 Ecuador 1111111 1030-0500 6050 50 18/172 S.America 1111111 1100-1300 11960 100 355 Cuba 1111111 1100-1500 15140 100 140 S.America 1111111 1300-1500 15295 100 330 Mexico 1111111 1500-1700 15140 100 150 S.America 1111111 1600-1900 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pac. 1111111 1700-1900 15140 100 150/330 N/SAmerica 1111111 1900-2100 15140 100 330 Mexico 1111111 2100-2300 15140 100 150 S.America 1111111 2130-2230 15550 500 50 Europe 1111111 2130-2230 12025 100 35 Europe 1111111 2300-0000 21455 1 35/225 Eur./S.Pac. 1111111 2300-0100 15140 100 150/330 N/SAmerica 1111111

UKRAIN. 0500-0515 5970 500 35 W.Russia 1111111 0500-0515 9685 100 35 W.Russia 1111111

Note: HCJB's SW bc schedule also includes these progrs transmitted from Great Britain.

RUSSIAN 1700-1800 9870 500 85 CentralAsia 1111111 Central Asian langs

RUSSIAN 1800-1900 7265 500 62 W.Russia 1111111 Ukrainian Ukraine Georgian Georgia Tatar Russia

ARABIC 2100-2200 6085 250 165 N. Africa 1111111

Mailing Addr: HCJB World Radio Frequency Manager: Douglas Weber 17-17-691 Quito, Ecuador South America E-Mail: [email protected] FAX: +593 2 267 263 (Sep 30)

GERMANY Radio Rainbow c/o P.O.Box 140104, D-53056 Bonn, Germany v/s : T.Assefa Vague personal letter in 15 days. Standard text incl "Please inform the Ethiopian people around you - if any- about the stn. (N. Sharpe-UK, Sep 98 via CRW)

Radio Rainbow c/o P.O.Box 140104, D-53056 Bonn, Germany v/s: Asseta f/d PPC, signed and stamped, replied in 17 days for a SASE (used). (E. Kusalik-CAN via NU 1492 via CRW)

5905 kHz -- On Sep 28 "Welle West" confirmed its Christmas special txion of Dec 26, 1997 via DTK Juelich towards NoAM per QSL letter. (Herbert Meixner-AUT, and also [email protected] [Harald Kuhl]; Sep 28)

Since Sep 20 VoA En sce is againon MW Munich Ismaning 1197 in 1900-1945 time range, on Sats incl the "C" segment of "Communications World" 1936-1945. (Gregor Link-AUT, Sep 24) Sorry, but I must add the question, where I can get the remaining two parts of the CW puzzle without a satellite dish? I really not appreciate VoA's progr policy: Dismember the media magazine, cancel a lot of other programming, replacing it by a flow of fast food. (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 24)

VoR tx Wachenbrunn - Thuringia 1323 noted on Wed Sep 23, to carry 1930-2000 "Universal Life" from Wuerzburg Germany, //1386, which had satellite delay behind 1323 and had a clearer audio than the somewhat caustic one on 1323.

This was reminding me to my visit at the Wachenbrunn site four years ago. Already at this time it was planned to upgrade the feed from Moscow, from cable to satellite for improved sound quality. But it was uncertain when this will happen, I was told this time, as it is a question of money. Now they use still the old cable circuits, and to be correct, between the border near Frankfurt-Oder and Wachenbrunn most-modern digital microwave links now, but this is of no use in this case.

While another change occured, which will be very striking, if one enters the tx halls: the 250 kW unit, previously used for 882 [former 692/693], and the 5 kW Lorenz tx, in the past used for local coverage of "Berliner Rundfunk", was scrapped.. A 4 kW backup tx unit, which was constructed by the Wachenbrunn staff from two jammers, was preserved by a ham. Now there are only the Komintern PDSV-1000 and DSV-150 units for 1323 as well as the 20 kW txs for MDR Info 882 on it's place. Lately a new transistorized unit will take over the job from the aged model, which was originally in use at Erfurt -- in the fifties --, and impressed every visitor by it's noisy fan.

Finally, Matthias Gatzke told me about recent TV reports on Wachenbrunn site. The inhabitants of this nearby small village are worried about the electro magnetic radiation ( "the Russians in my toaster..." and so on ). Hopefully this will not lead into a nasty political discussion about the "Russian transmitter". (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 24)

GREECE The SW portion of IBB's (International Broadcasting Bureau) relay stn on Rhodes-GRC, ceased to operate in Aug 98. The Rhodes stn, which opened in 1964, currently consists of two 50 kW SW txs and a 500 kW MW tx. Two relocated 250 kW SW txs are being installed at IBB's Kavala relay stn in northern Greece to replace the SW portion of the Rhodes site. Simultaneously, the existing 500 kW MW tx on Rhodes is being replaced with a new 600 kW MW facility operating on 1260 to be automatically controlled from Kavala. The new tx will occupy only a small portion of the existing Rhodes property. The portion of the Rhodes site being vacated will be returned to the Greek govt. (VoA GUIDE 10/98 via JKB, Sep 98)

As I previously wrote you, Demetri Vafeas, Chief Engineer of the Voice of Greece, said on Aug 4, 1998:

"I am not involved in HF management, but I will be strongly involved in the installation of the new MW, SW, and FM txs donated by VoA. This process starts immediately after vacation."

On Sep 11, Dionisios Angelogiannis, Planning Engineer of VOG wrote to me: "New txs are in Greece already. *They* plan to install them in two years. As you see, we need someone to 'Parei kefalia!'" (I think that translates to knocking a few heads.)

Looks as tho Demetri will be doing a one-man job installing the txs ???

ERT 3 -- Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias has moved to 7390 from 7430 for its 1400-2205 txion to EUR. (John Babbis, MD, Sept 25, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

INDONESIA [UNID] 3578.13, RSPD Maluku Tengah??, All I could get was a fairly decent het in the 1030-1100 time period. The signal was easily strong enough. If it is the Indo, it must have very low modulation. Will have to keep checking this freq. 2410 Enga was fairly good, but lcl QRM was awful. (Dave Valko-USA, Sep 19)

3204.6 RRI Bandung, 1215-1218 relay RRI Jakarta, "Warta Berita", very low modulation, //many other QRG's. Very weak. 3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi is active at about 1155, Sep 14. 3264.6 RRI Gorantalo, 1140-, Sep 16, ID by female at 1151. 23332 3264.8 RRI Bengulu, 1140-, Sep 16, internat mx, to weak to get a positive ID, sorry. 3904.78 RRI Banda Aceh, 1230-1315, Sep 16, IS!, ID by male, 1258 ID, SCI, RRI Jakarta relay, 23332. 3904.8 RRI Marauke, 1216-1315, Sep 16, ID, popular mx, at 1300 RRI Jakarta relay. Both stns have only a few Hertz difference from each other QRG. Signal strength was equally, so take care to identify the ID ! 4766 RRI Medan was not active on Sep 14th and 16th, 1100-1200. 4874.8 RRI Sorong, active again, Sep 10, 1030-1113, 1035 ID bridge, talks on Surabaya, progr IDs "Informasi Iran Jaya", 1047 march mx and choir, 1100 TA, ID, local nx! 1112 ID again. Also heard on 14th at 0945. 6153 RRI Biak, active again! 1013-1044, Sep 14, clear ID at 1032 by female. Modulation and annts are very weak, difficult to read. At 1100 strong splatter from 6160 by VoA s-on. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Sep 10/14/16)

VoINS now on 11785 (x9525) for the morning foreign lang progrs 0030-0400. En ann at 0100 gave freqs as 9525 and 15150, but 9525 was not heard and 15150 was carrying Dom sce. (Craig Tyson-AUS, via Jembatan, Sep 26)

The ending mx style of the nx from RRI Jakarta was changed again. Now the news ends with mx "Bagimu Neg'ri" with CHORUS. The mx which is heard at the end of the nx at 2300, 0600, 1200 and 1500 was also changed to "Bagimu Neg'ri". (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Sep 26)

3231.9, RRI Bukittinggi; Sep 26, 1650-1656, BI, Indian sounding mx, south sea mx, local ID and c/d at 1656. SINPO 34333.

3395.1, RRI Bandar Lampung; Sep 26, 1625-1650, BI, Indonesian pop songs, phone-in-progr, fantastic signal (S=9). SINPO 4 5 3 3 3-4 (Michael Schnitzer-D, Sep 26)

IRAN 7180 VoIRI from Mashhad, capital city of Khorasan province in north east of IRN. I discovered this one more than 3 years ago. It covers the CeAS and its goal is to give spread the Iranian govt's views. Their production is local with direction from Tehran. Recently this stn has been more active because of the conflict between IRN and Taleban of AFG. They have progrs in Dari, Tajik, Uzbek, Pashtu and other langs in the CeAS. I can hear this stn pretty well between 1000-1600.

They are also on 17780 every day between 0930-1030 for bcing of nx. Strong tx and very good signals. I don't know why IRIB use this tx only one hour per day! (Mehrdad Sahba-SWE, via Cumbre Dx, Sep 19)

JORDAN Jordan Radio Amman in Ar at 0400-0600 noted on 9630, //15435. (WB, Sep 26) Just at 1100 Radio Jordan Amman signed on again on 11690 in En. Seems they are back on normal service. (Kai Ludwig-D, Sep 24)

LAOS 6973v Luang Prabang - tune in 1150 own prgs. 1158 joins the main sce from Vientiane for nx at 1200. Weak signals. Goes off at 1400. Also noted around 0040. (Sarath Weerakoon-CLN, Sep 26)

6972.4 Louang Prabang, Sep 23, 1347-1359*, mostly talk in local language by female, typical Lao mx - poor and not //6130. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Sep 23)

6972.63, Louang Prabang (p) in Laotian, 24 Sep, 1106, //4682.57 which was much better. Sounds a bit like the Thai lang to my uneducated ear. (David Norrie-NZL, Sep 24)

LEBANON High Adventure Ministries I just signed a contract for the delivery of a new 10 kW dual-freq SW tx for their stn in LEB. The tx will be installed in LEB in Jan 1999 to replace the unit that burned out in June 1997. (Ludo Maes-BEL, via Cumbre Dx, Sep 23)

MADAGASCAR Radio Netherlands informs us that the new tx at their SW base located at Talata Volondry in MDG is now on the air for the relay of programming from AWR. This tx is rated at 50 kW. RR's on the bc of AWR programming over this new tx would be appreciated and should be addressed to AWR, Box 383, Forli 47100, Italy. (Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, AWR DX Editor, via Martin Elbe, Sep 22)

AWR on 3215 at 0230-0300 and 1700-1730 in Fr. 0300-0330 and 1530-1600 in Malagasy. (E.Gysin-Ruf, AWR Forli Italy, letterbox dept., via K.Koehler, Sep 28)

MONGOLIA 4790 ? I asked Ludo Maes about the tx that he had sold to this country. Here is his reply. (Johnson / Cumbre Dx, Sep 23)

Unfortunately, we didn't hear anything yet from the people in Mongolia who bought the SW tx last year. We contacted them several times, but never got a reply. We didn't get any complaints either so we are not even sure the tx has been installed yet. It's a pity because it would have been a real challenge to log it here in EUR. (Ludo Maes-BEL, via Cumbre Dx, Sep 23)

NEW ZEALAND The only stn in 16 mb at 0315: RNZI on 17675 covering sports live report. (WB, Sep 25)

This just in from Adrian Sainsbury of Radio New Zealand International. It comes to us by way of Bob Arnold, in New York via Cumbre Dx:

A magnetic storm disrupted SW reception on Fri 25 Sep spoiling reception outside the Pacific of RNZI's 2 hour Anniversary special. So Fri next 02 Oct 1998 we will air the show one more time! Listen at the following times - from 0530-0705 on 11905, and from 0705-0730 on 9700. The programme will be repeated at 0930 on 9700.

A special commemorative QSL is being printed for reception reports of RNZI from Sep 25 1998. The programme is presented by Myra Oh who usually presents our Mailbox programme and Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI's Freq Manager. It will trace the history of RNZI through archival material and with the help of veteran broadcasters like Cleve Costello, Tony King and Ian Johnston amongst others!

New Zealand's' other official broadcaster is not being left out either - The Radio Reading Service founder Alan Little is also a guest on the show. You can also reach us "live" on the Internet at http://www.rnzi.com

Highlights from this show will form the major part of our fortnightly Mailbox programme for the week commencing Mon 28 Sep. We plan to have Mailbox available from Tue 29 Sep for download from our Audio Site. Anniversary Mailbox plays on Mon 28 Sep 2135, Wed 30 1735, Fri 02 Oct 1930 UTC.

On Mon 28 Sep - There will be additional broadcasts of Mailbox at 0430 on 17675 and at 1130 on 9700. Please join us - Tune in and reminisce about the golden days of SW broadcasting and DX listening in New Zealand! Cassette copies of the programme are available for $25.00.

Adrian Sainsbury, Technical Operations Manager Radio New Zealand International P O Box 123 Wellington, NEW ZEALAND mail to: [email protected] http://www.rnzi.com Fax: +64 4 474 1433 OR +64 4 474 1886 Phone +64 4 474 1437 Adrian Sainsbury, Technical Operations Manager Radio New Zealand International P O Box 123 Wellington, NEW ZEALAND mailto:[email protected] http://www.rnzi.com Fax: +64 4 474 1433 OR +64 4 474 1886 Phone +64 4 474 1437 (via Cumbre Dx, Sep 29)

NORWAY R. Norway Int's Goodbye. For your information I now have put a 3Β« minute compilation of R. Norway's Goodbye (Sep 27) on my audio site. Visit http://www.dr.dk/rdk/rdlyd.htm

- and click on 'goodbye'.

On the same page you a.o. will find my jubilee broadcast from this past week-end commemorating the start of Radio Denmark's SW department as well as the inauguration of the Danish SW station at Herstedvester, 15 km. west of Copenhagen city. Both events were 50 years ago, on Oct. 1st 1948. Click on 'Stil Ind fra 26./27. september 1998' and you'll hear some English comments and many IDs in English. The SW tx was taken out of service when we started broadcasting from Norway on Febr. 12, 1990. (Erik Koie / [email protected] Sep 28)

Your message has been forwarded to NRK. As to the reason for cutting out, I would say it is more like lack of interest for the SW than money. I think we will see another cut down on the Norwegian section as well. It is a pity that they now has closed down the 'Norway Now' as this program was a good representative for Norway generally. I am working with the issu to see if our government will support the program. Let us hope that somebody will have another view than NRK. (Olav M. Grimdalen Freq Mng, for Radio Norway International and Radio Denmark. e-mail [email protected] )

Hello and thanks for the e-mail concerning the demise of RNI. We are all very sorry for the decision of closing the English sce after 46 years on the air. It's a shame that the Government of Norway doesn't see the value of this service and that nobody wants to take the responsibility.

However, some of us will try to figure out some alternatives in order to rescue the English sce.

(Grethe Breie, Radio Norway International, NRK, N-0340 Oslo, Norway Phone: + 47 23 04 84 44 Fax: + 47 23 04 71 34 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail Radio Norway International: [email protected] URL: http://www.nrk.no/radionorway (Sep 28)

OMAN Here is a new observed schedule of R.Oman (Sep 23-24) including some new freqs, such as 7120, 13620 (co-ch with KWT and JOR) or 17630: 6120 *0200-0400* 7120 *0200-0400* 7230 *0200-0455+, +1325-2130* 9735 *0400-0600*, *1900-2130* 11805 *1600-1900* 11890 *0400-0900*, *1800-2130* 13620 +1015-1400* 15140 *1400-1600* 15375 *1400-1800* 17630 +1015-1400* (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Sep )

PAKISTAN 12016.7 R.Pakistan in Tu: 1700-1730 (x1730-1800) (x9390v) //13580.0. (Noel Green-UK, Sep 24) Urdu WS 1700-1900 noted on 11570.09 and 15334.69. Ar sce 1800-1845 on 7460.00 and 9332.10. (WB, Sep 26)

PALESTINE [Israel] PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS Gaza radio stn officially launched. Engineer Samir al-Sharif, director of the Palestinian radio stn in Gaza [Voice of Palestine run by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, PBC], announced yesterday [13th Sep] that the radio will begin official txion in Nov and that there will be a radio link to the Palestinian satellite stn. Sharif pointed out that the radio stn has been txing for more than a year and a few months, but that was not announced officially for special reasons. The radio bcs Arab and foreign songs and mx on the 102 [MHz] FM wavelength and is part of the Palestinian TV and Radio Corpor txing from Gaza al-Mintar. This radio was announced when the last Tawjihi [High School State Certificate] examination results came out.

Sharif added that the radio studios were financed by PECDAR [Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction] while the recording equipment was financed by a donor state. [Germany? ed] He said that the progr scripts are already drafted and ready. A radio team is ready to supervise the radio progrs and some technicians and radio announcers are ready. However, said Sharif, we still have some technical problems but we have procured some specialized equipment. (Excerpts from report by Palestinian newspaper 'Al-Quds' via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 24)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3335, R. East Sepik, 0948-1003, Long live speech by excited M. A different M anncr at 1001 followed by a W anncr at 1002. then M w/NBC ID bracketed by cowbells as a signature, and into another feature. Fair w/QRM from CHU and het from presumed Altura. (Dave Valko-USA, Sep 18)

3220, R. Morobe, 1107, Nice island Pop mx, W anncr at 1109 w/tlk, ID, and into childrens chorus. One of the better PNGs.

[UNID] 3325, Bougainville?? 1059, Organ IS of 6 notes, 1100 4+1 slightly longer time pips, then deep-voiced M anncr. Could this bee the PNG?? (Dave Valko-USA, Sep 20)

PORTUGAL RDP in Por covering football live txion at 2120 in progress on 9780 13640 13700 15555 and strong 17680. RDP heard also at 2325 on both 13 Mhz channels. (WB, Sep 25)

21720, RDP Intl Lisbon, Sao Gabriel, Sep 24, 0935-0945. Port World nx. Comments on AGL situation. 33232. (Clemitson via DXW, Sep 24)

RUSSIA {VIETNAM [non]} VoVTN missing from 12070 at 1700 via Russia, but traced on new 7440 at 1703 tune-in with nx about VTN and the Sunday Show; presume this is still via Russia. (Edwin Southwell-UK, Sep 20. WORLD OF RADIO 958, Sep 24)

RIA Radio, the radio stn of the Russian nx agency, which bc on MW 1071 has disappeared from the air, without any prior notice. There has been no official announcement about it yet. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 24)

11635 Tatarskoe Radio via Samara tx site 0500-0600 towards Irkutsk Siberia. Rough telephone line audio. (WB, Sep 27)

9700 Radio Tatarstan in local lang from s/on 0800 with just moderate signal strength on Sep 25. (Harald Kuhl-D, DXW, Sep 25)

SAUDI ARABIA 12038.5 Second Progr on what I guess was a second hx of 6020v, which I could not hear. Time pips, ID, and on the half-hour at 2030 and again at 2130. Tuned in to woman taking mx requests by phone at 2015. Fair signal and all in Ar. ID's as Itha'at Al-mamlekatun As-Saudiya Al-Arabiya, Barnamij Ath-thani (Second Progr). (Hans Johnson-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Sep 22)

[Seldom reported mystical outlet. There are testily discussions in the DX world amongst this ARS outlet. Some guys denied that would be a harmonic of v6019.XX. Need further check, maybe on a closer receiving post like BUL or EGY either, ed.]

BSKSA Ar sce noted on 9578.69 at 0330. Open carrier, but no audio on 9553.57, 9704.19, and 9718.27 also between 0330-0400. From 0400-0600 BSKSA Holy Quran heard with powerful signal on 17895 to CeAS, also noted on //9553.57 to YEM, 9718.27 to IRN/AFG/PAK, 11870 to CeAS. 3rd channel to LBY on 31 mb couldn't traced so far [x9618...v9620] .

Clandestine radio stn "V o Iraqi People" in Ar around 2138-2150 on v9563.00 and 9568.46. (WB, Sep 25/26/27)

SPAIN 9512 REE Madrid 2113, En interview with Spanish-American flamenco dancer. Way off nominal 9590 and causing spurs +/- 20 & +/-40 kHz (9472,9492,9532,9552), fair-good signal. (Ralph Famularo-JPN, via Cumbre Dx, Sep 20)

TURKEY TRT introduced new languages from Mon Sep 14: Kazakh 1500-1600 11805 Kyrgyz 1600-1700 11960 Uzbek 1700-1800 7275 Turkmen 1800-1900 6150 (ORF InterMedia, Sep 25)

UK Betitelt "Hier ist England - Historische Aufnahmen des Deutschen Dienstes der BBC" hat der Deutsche Dienst der BBC zum 60. Jubilaeum (siehe funk 9/98) in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Deutschen Rundfunkarchiv Frankfurt und dem Deutschen Historischen Museum Berlin eine CD mit Original-Tonaufnahmen der Jahre 1938 bis 1998 herausgebracht. Bezug gegen Einsendung von 14 DM per Scheck (ausgestellt auf BBC German Service) z.B. ueber das Berliner Buero der BBC: BBC Buero, Savignyplatz 6, D-10623 Berlin (Telefon +49 [0]30- 3131773; Fax +49 [0]30-3131675). (Harald Kuhl-D, Sep 25)

60 years of BBC German sce. The very first BBC transmission in German lang started on Sep 27th, 1938, carrying translated speech of British Premier Minister Mr. Neville Chamberlain. Original historical recordings of BBC German sce 1938-1998 on special CD ROM, copy available against 14 German Marks (cheque) via either BBC London direct or German Bureau at: BBC Buero, Savignyplatz 6, D-10623 Berlin, Germany. phone +49 [0]30-3131773 fax +49 [0]30-3131675).

BBC London plans the shut-down of the German sce, just after their 60th anniversary. Acc to a report in the Sunday Times of Sep 27th, the legendary BBC German sce, staff of 30 people, plans to close in near future to save funds of 1.1 Mill. pounds [3.1 Mill. DM]. This possible closure is part of a saving packet of 20 Mill. pounds, including the shut-down of the Slovak and Hungarian sces. A decision is made in November. Similar story reported by the Financial Times in July 1998. Mr. Sam Younger, chief of BBC World Service held negotiations with the British Foreign Office, but dismissed suddenly last week. The Foreign Office finances 45 language services, which costs 152 Mill. pounds. (Sunday Times via "taz", via Juergen Lohuis-D, Sep 28)

BBC FORCED TO END WORLD SERVICE IN GERMAN by Nicholas Hellen Media Correspondent.

THE BBC'S World Service stn in Germany [sic; refers to 90.2 FM in Berlin, but does Hellen know about shortwave? -gh] faces shutdown after 60 years on air, including second world war bcs, when it countered Nazi propaganda. The move will save 1.1 megapounds a year. The closure plan is part of a 20 megapound package of cuts imposed by the Foreign Office, which funds the sce. It will also end bcs to Hungary, Slovakia, Nepal and Portuguese-speaking Africa.

The snub to Germany, revealed on the day when Helmut Kohl, the chancellor, awaits the results of the country's general election, is likely to provoke diplomatic unease. One senior Foreign Office source said: "The timing is unfortunate."

Angry BBC staff revealed further evidence of a crisis at the World Service with the disclosure that Sam Younger, the man in charge of devising a survival strategy, was forced to quit by Sir John Birt, the director-general. His successor as managing director, Mark Byford, has no experience of foreign broadcasting.

One source said the World Service was "rudderless" after Younger's removal. A secret BBC meeting about the cuts, due to have been held at Battle, East Sussex, on Tuesday, was called off. Younger left a hastily convened meeting in London after five minutes and walked out of the building.

Senior Labour MPs have urged the BBC to reconsider its priorities. Donald Anderson, chairman of the Commons foreign affairs select committee, said: "It is difficult to believe that continuing the Pashtu sce, which bcs to the Taliban in Afghanistan, is more beneficial to Britain than reaching opinion-formers in Germany."

Robin Cook, the foreign secretary, will come under pressure to veto the cuts, which were first raised at a joint meeting with Foreign Office officials on August 13. BBC insiders say that a political outcry will not alter the "inevitability" of closing some of the World Service's 45 foreign-language stations [sic]. Although the Foreign Office announced an increase of 30 megapounds in its grant from April 1999 to March 2002, with a further 14 megapounds for a new tx, this is 21 megapounds short of requirements.

A ban on selling commercial breaks severely limits the BBC's options. Its audiences are shrinking after years of uninterrupted growth and resources are being diverted to launching new services on the Internet. The World Service's "bowler hat and umbrella" image is to be changed in line with Labour's attempts to promote "cool Britannia" abroad.

The German sce is the last remaining BBC radio network in western Europe and attracts a weekly audience of 2.1 megalisteners. Last year it more than doubled its ratings among influential Berliners.

One insider said: "It is all very well broadcasting in languages such as Kinyarwanda and Uzbek, but we run the risk of becoming no more than a Third World service."

During the war, Winston Churchill tried to use the German sce as a propaganda arm of government, forcing its producers to share offices at Bush House with the secret services. At the end of the war Josef Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda chief, conceded that BBC radio had won the "intellectual invasion" of Europe.

A Foreign Office spokesman said the future of the German sce was discussed on Aug 13, but no decision had been taken. (London Sunday Times Sept 27 via Joel Rubin via Glenn Hauser, Sep 30)

USA Here at the Voice of America, a number of schedule changes affecting language sces. The VoA Hungarian morning bc on SW, at 0430-0500, has been cancelled. This was one of the last VoA SW bcs to CeEUR, where SW has become much less popular as domestic media have improved. VoA Hungarian still has an evening rebc in Hungary.

The VoA Czech Sce is reducing its evening bc via the Munich Ismaning MW relay on 1197. The former schedule was 1900-1945. Now the bc will end at 1930. As of 20th Sep, VoA Nx Now will be inserted on 1197 MW at 1930-1945 Mon-Sat, just between VoA Czech and Slovak bcs. So beginning next Sat, listeners in CeEUR can hear the C segment of "Communications World" on 1197 at 1936.

To the other side of the world, expansions to VoA bcs. On Sun, VoA's Tibetan sce adds a new bb at 0500-0600. The freqq are 15540, 17630, 17770 and 21560, all via Udorn-THA. (VoA "Communications World" via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Sep 24)

WORLD OF RADIO. Here's the nx from Adam Lock on Ask WWCR this fortnight, first bc Sep 18 at 2011 on 15685: WWCR is starting a DX block sponsored by Grove Enterprises / Monitoring Times, Oct 3, consisting of the half-hour version of VOA's Communications World, and then World of Radio, Sats at 2200-2300 on 5070, and if available, repeated UT Mons 0500-0600 on 3210. (Since it's sponsored, this should be a more stable and reliable long-term spot for WOR). Thanks to WWCR and Grove for making this possible! (Glenn Hauser, Sep 24)

WORLD OF RADIO. Remember our new times start Oct 3, following Communications World on WWCR: Sat 2230 on 5070, Mon 0530 3210. (Glenn Hauser, Sep 30)

RFA schedule updated. RFA uses International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) txs in Delano (USA), Holzkirchen (GER) and Saipan (MRA); it is also believed to use hired facilites in Kamo (ARM), Alaska (KNLS), Hawaii (KWHR), Ulaanbaatar (MNG), Palau (KHBN) and Dushanbe (TJK). This schedule, valid until Oct 1998, is based on monitoring observations and information from the IBB - International Broadcasting Bureau. All freqs are subject to change.

0000-0100 LAOTIAN As 15205 9920 9365 7530 0000-0030 VIETNAME SEAs (15560) 15115 13720 11560 9975 0030-0130 BURMESE As 13820 13710 11590 9975 0100-0200 TIBETAN As 11730 9920 9670 9365 0300-0700 CHINESE-STD As 17880 17615 17525 17495 1100-1200 LAOTIAN As 17805 15715 13750 9920 1200-1300 CAMBODIAN As 15705 13750 11510 9930 9920 1300-1400 TIBETAN As 17855 11590 11540 7470 1400-1500 CANTONESE As 11500 9955 9445 1400-1500 VIETNAMESE As 13775 11580 11510 9930 9455 9395 1500-1600 BURMESE As 13820 11590 11530 1500-1800 CHINESE-STD As 15510 11945 9905 9455-(fr 1630) 9445-(to 1630) 9420 1500-1600 TIBETAN As 13835 11510 7470 1530-1630 KOREAN As 11580 11565 9955 1800-2000 CHINESE-STD As 15510 11945 11710 9905-(fr 1900) 9420 7530 2000-2100 CHINESE-STD As 15515 9910 9455 9355 7530 2100-2200 CHINESE-STD As 15515 11765 9910 9455 9355 7530 2200-2300 CANTONESE As 11500 9955 9355 2200-2300 KOREAN As 15515 11785 11580 9455 9395 2230-2330 CAMBODIAN As 15560 11510 9930 7520 7455 2300-0000 CHINESE-STD As 15515 13800 11785 9910 9420 2300-0000 TIBETAN As 9875 9365 7495 7470 2330-0000 VIETNAMESE As (15560) 15115 13720 11560 9975

Addr: Suite 300, 2025 M Street NW, Washington DC 20036, USA Tel: +1-202-530-4900 Fax: +1-202-457-6996 http://www.rfa.org (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Aug 13; and RFA schedule via Harald Kuhl-D, Sep 25; updated by ed, Sep 27)

VIETNAM 12019.50, VoVTN, Sep 26, 1905-1915, in En with nx, ID, comm on the Deputy Prime Ministers speech to the UN. SINPO 44444. (John Kecskes-AUS, via DXW, Sep 26)

YEMEN YRTC Sanaa seemingly bcs extended schedule on Thurs night, heard after 2210 on v9779.78, hetting RDP in Por covering football live txion on co-ch 9780. (WB, Sep 25)

Clandestine Radio Watch announced their new internet address on swl.net: http://www.swl.net/swl-de/swl-cla.htm (CRW Editor Martin Schoech-D, Sep 30)

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This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. e-mail [email protected] vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - e-mail [email protected] BC-DX 386 10 Oct 1998 ______

AFGHANISTAN Radio Voice of Shari'ah of Balkh Province is the Taleban-controlled provincial stn for Balk Province based in Mazar-e Sharif. MW 1585, 0230-0330 Da/Pa, 1330- Da/Pa, 1345-Sat/Sun only prog in Uz (irreg), 1400- nx in Da, 1430- nx in Pa, 1500 Sign off, time varies. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 8)

ALASKA KNLS Sep 27, 1998 to Mar 29, 1999 0800 7365 En 0900 7365 Ru 1000 7365 Mandarin 1100 6150 Ru 1200 7365 Mandarin 1300 7365 En 1400 7355 Mandarin 1500 7355 Mandarin 1600 7355 Mandarin 1700 7355 Ru email [email protected] web page www.knls.org fax # +1 (615) 371-8791 surface Station KNLS, Anchor Point, AK, 99556 - USA (Oct 2)

ALBANIA Acc to a recent letterbox progr Radio Tirana will carry it's Ge sce in the upcoming W98 season again on MW 1458. Details about the new schedule wasn't mentioned. (Andreas Erbe-D, Oct 4)

R Tirana, 0130-0157* Sep 26 En nx, Review of Albanian Press on 6228.61 //7160.03. On Oct 3 heard on 6220.11 and 7159.9. [Yes, 8.50 kHz apart, not typos]. (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 960, Oct 8)

BELARUS/POLAND Radio 101.2 now bcing via Polish Radio. The freq of 101.2 MHz vacated by independent Radio 101.2 after the Belarusian authorities shut it down is now used by a pro-presidential Russian-lang sce, Radio Stil, which belongs to the "Belarusian Communist youth league", Voice of Russia's "DX Club" web site reported on 6th Oct.

Radio 101.2 now bcs its news progrs twice a day at 1330 and 1700 via the Belarusian sce of the Polish Radio, the report added. [Polish Radio's ext sce in Belarusian bcs daily on SW at 1330-1425 on 7275 and 5995 and at 1700-1800 on 7180 and 6260.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 9)

BELGIUM RVI W98 schedule: Ge sce Sat+Sun 0900-0925 5985 9925. 2030-2055 1512. Fr sce Fri 2130-2155 9925 to NoAM Sat+Sun 0930-0955 1512 to EUR. 15150 21510 to AF. (Cees J. van Oudheusden-HOL, Oct 4)

Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal Brussels. W98 schedule (25 Oct 1998 - 27 Mar 1999), version 1 of 5 Oct.

UTC Pg kHz tx kW Deg Target area 0430-0456 N 11750 BON 200 320 N-America (West) 0600-0656 N 13745 WAV 200 152 C-Africa & SE-EUR 15195 WAV 200 157 C-Africa 0700-0826 N 5985 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 9925 WAV 200 197 SW-Europe 0830-0856 E 9925 WAV 200 84 E-Europe 9940 WAV 100 225 SW-Europe; AUS 1000-1026 N 17690 MAD 200 245 S-Africa 1130-1156 E 9925 WAV 100 32 N-Europe 13745 WAV 200 137 SE-Europe 1200-1226 N 6070 BON 50 210 S-America (NoWe) 15250 BON 200 170 S-America (Ce&So) 9865 P.K 250 247 E-Asia & AUS 17690 TAC 100 131 SE-Asia & AUS 1200-1256 N 5985 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 13745 WAV 200 197 SW-Europe 1300-1326 N 17690 WAV 200 197 CanaryIsl.& WeAF 1700-1730 N 5910 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 9925 WAV 200 197 SW-Europe 12080 JUL 100 60 E-Europe 1730-1756 E 5910 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 12080 JUL 100 60 E-Europe 13650 JUL 100 115 Middle East 1800-1830 N 13745 WAV 200 152 C-Africa 15370 WAV 200 157 C-Africa 1830-1856 E 13745 WAV 200 152 C-Africa 1900-1956 N 5960 JUL 100 ND Europe 9925 WAV 200 153 C-Africa 11805 JUL 100 115 Middle East 13745 WAV 200 157 C-Africa 2000-2056 N 5910 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 9925 WAV 200 197 SW-Europe 2100-2126 E (no SW) 2230-2256 E 13670 BON 200 350 N-America (Ea) 2300-2326 N 13670 BON 200 350 N-America (Ea) on Fris only 2130-2156 F 9925 WAV 100 293 N-America (Ea)

Except on Sat and Sun 0900-0926 D 5985 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 9925 WAV 100 84 E-Europe 0930-0956 F 15150 WAV 200 177 N-Africa 21510 WAV 200 157 C-Africa 2000-2030 F (no SW) 2030-2059 D (no SW) on Sats only 1900-1956 N 5960 JUL 100 ND Europe 11805 JUL 100 115 Middle East 1900-1956 NS 5910 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 9925 WAV 100 225 SW-Europe 13745 WAV 200 157 C-Africa 2000-2100 NS 5910 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 9925 WAV 100 225 SW-Europe 11675 WAV 200 157 C-Africa 2100-2200 N 5910 WAV 200 163 S-Europe 9925 WAV 100 225 SW-Europe 11675 WAV 200 157 C-Africa on Suns only 1030-1130 N 17690 WAV 200 152 C-Africa 21510 WAV 200 157 C-Africa 1400-1700 NS 9925 WAV 100 163 S-Europe 13745 WAV 200 197 SW-Europe 21510 WAV 200 157 C-Africa

D = German E = English F = French N = Dutch NS = Sport (relay Radio 1)

BON = RNW Bonaire (ATN) JUL = DTK Juelich (D) MAD = RNW Antananarivo (MDG) P.K = Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatka (RUS) TAC = Tashkent (UZB) WAV = Wavre (BEL)

MW Wolvertem 1512 kHz 0600-0700 300 kW Dutch 0700-0730 300 kW Dutch 0730-0830 25 kW Dutch 0830-0900 25 kW English 0900-1000 25 kW Dutch. Sa&Su: Ge + Fr 1000-1300 25 kW Dutch 1300-1330 25 kW English 1330-1500 25 kW Dutch 1500-1700 25 kW (Progr from DW) 1700-1800 300 kW (Progr from RNW) 1800-1830 300 kW Dutch 1830-1900 300 kW English 1900-2000 300 kW Dutch 2000-2100 300 kW Dutch. Sa&Su: Fr + Ge 2100-2130 300 kW English 2130-2330 300 kW (Progr from RNW) (Paul Brems-BEL, Oct 5)

BRAZIL Radio Trans Mundial, Santa Maria-RS, will start a new 15 mins DX progr for SWL & DXers in Por, its name is 'Amigos do Radio' by the freqs of 5965, 9530 & 11705. The first progr is bced on Sat 3 Oct 98 at 1445. The usual times will be: Sat 1445 and repeated again at 2345, Wed 1445 & Thu 0145. The progr is produced by Rudolf W. Grimm (TWR/DX Clube Paulista) and Carlos F. da Silva (DX Clube Paulista). QTH for reports:

Radio Trans Mundial Programa "Amigos do Radio" Caixa Postal 18300 Sao Paulo / SP 04699-970 BRAZIL V= QSL card. (Rudolf W. Grimm, via Gabriel Ivan Barrera, ARG, Oct 3)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP Radio Minurca is now number 1 in Bangui on FM ... They decided to use 9900 for SW. (And yes - I have told them that this is an awful freq). Testing may take place on 10400 for a couple of days before they go on the air officially. A spokesman from the Danish Foreign Ministry said they have severe problems getting the generator to work. The technical operator is now back in Denmark. I don't know if or when he will go back to Bangui. The election in the Central African Rep is due late Nov - so time is running. (Nielsen HCDX via Lamb, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 9)

CLANDESTINE 9230, 1520 Sep 24th, Voice of Democratic Eritrea with ID's and nice mx. S 2-3. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Oct 2)

COSTA RICA RFPI has a new progr for German-speaking listeners. The 15 min weekly progr, called "Blickwinkel," will deal with nx and information from Costa Rica and CeAM as well as comments and personal impressions about the country. Different organizations dealing with human rights, marginalized groups, childrens issues, AIDS-prevention or environmental problems will be featured. In connection with this, interviews with volunteer workers are planned. "Blickwinkel" is produced by Sabine Kapuschinski for RFPI in Costa Rica and will be bc Thurs, 2300 UTC with a repeat 8 hours later. (Sabine Kapuschinski, RFPI, via Glenn Hauser, Sep 21/Oct 4)

CUBA HURRYCANE GEORGES -- I just got an email back from the RHC English Language Dept. in response to my concerns for them during the hurricane and they tell me there was minimum damage in the Havana area, with most of the destruction in the eastern area of the country, including 3 deaths. (Kehoe, via?, Sep 24)

CZECH REPUBLIC 271 Radiozurnal - CR1 progr on longwave and FM only, ceased MW 792, 1071, and 1233. RR direct to the LW stn 271 against return postage[!]: Ceske Radiokomunikace a.s., Station Engineer, Transmitter Station, Oblast Jizni Morava, RKS AM1 -- Topolna, CZ-687 11 Topolna, Czech Republic. (Klaus Huesgen-D in S&F)

GEORGIA? 5040, 1530 Sep 22nd, Voice of America in Georgian with VoA time signal starting and ending the programming. Good over All India Radio, which must have been new Jeypore. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Oct 2)

GERMANY 5905, Welle West, brief but f/data ltr on their ltrhead rcvd from Gertrud Meisberger, Sekretariat, for their one-time Xmas b/c over DTK-Juelich in Dec 1997.

9 months after initial E-mail and postal reports, 6 months after E-mail follow-up. (Jerry Berg-MA via NU, Oct 4)

GUAM KTWR is installing its 5th 100 kW tx, and plans to have this on regular scheduling prior to the A99 period. (Charlie Troxell, KTWR, via EDXP, 22 Sep)

Work is in progress to raise an addit antenna array for KTWR. Tower lifting was planned for the week commencing 28 Sep, weather permitting. When finished it will give better coverage of CHN and EaAF and more flexibility with the addition of the #5 tx. (Bill Damick, TWR, via EDXP, 1 Oct)

INDIA AIR Ext Sce: noted on new 13780 with GOS to AF, En 2010. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Oct 2)

INDONESIA 15124.93 RRI Jakarta, 1258-1300: 30 Sep 27, progr ID and into SCI before woman beginning economic nx at 1300. Carrier then cut within 30 secs. Until then, signal was very strong. Had been good but somewhat weaker w/different progr on 15150 (//9680) before 1300; retuned there at 1301 and unexpectedly, it was off-air too, whereas sked on that freq is usually to 1600v. (David M. Clark-CAN, Oct 8)

IRAN 1386 Voice of Ahwaz Rev., (pres.), IS, OM talk, off and on 2sec intervals, technical problems, in Ar lang. BTW: Stephen heard also Radio Sweden in the Saudi Arabian night. MW 1179 at 2137, SIO 242. (Stephen Howie in Jubail-ARS, BDXC-UK "Communication", Jul 27)

Latest version of observed VoIRoI Tehran schedule including a lot of new or unannounced freqs and even one new px in Swahili (Sep 30 - Oct 1):

Farsi 2330-0630 15084 0730-1000 15084 1000-1030 6175 15084 1030-1130 6175 7215v 11885v 15084 17780 1130-1200 7215v 11885v 15084 1200-1230 7215v 11885v 1300-1630 15084 1630-1730 11855 15084 1730-1930 15084 1930-2030 7130 15084 2030-2130 6175 7130 15084 2130-2330 7130 15084

Arabic 0030-0130 5995 6025 6120 6145 9615 0130-0230 5995 6120 9615 0230-0330 5995 7130 7190 0330-0530 5995 7130 7190 7220 0330-0530* 6195 7115 7295 9610 0400-0500* 6020v 9670 0530-0730 7130 15125 15350 15585 17570 0730-0930 15125 15350 15585 17570 0930-1130 11745 13605 15125 15350 15585 17570 1130-1230 11745 15125 15350 15585 17570 1230-1330 11745 15350 15585 17570 1330-1430 11995 15350 1430-1700 7190 11995 1700-1830 6025 7190 9695 1830-2030* 6025 6145 7190 9695 2030-2130 as 1830 2130-2330 5995 6025 6145 7260 9022 2330-0030 5995 6025 6120 6145 9605 9615 * VoIslamic Revolution in Iraq (0330) and VoPalestine / VoPalestine Revolution (0400 and 1830)

Other languages 0030-0130 Bengali 7130 11785 11915 0030-0130 English 6055 9022 9685 0030-0130 Spanish 6175 9650 0100-0300 Dari* 7180 0130-0230 Spanish 6010 6055 6175 9650 0130-0230 Urdu 6005v 7130 11915v 0230-0430 Azeri 9615 0230-0330 Pashto 6005v 7130 11915v 0230-0330 Spanish 6055 0300-0330 Armenian 6210 0300-0330 Uzbek* 7180 0330-0430 Pashto there is no check 0330-0430 Swahili 7260 11750 13605 15320 0330-0500 Tajik* 7180 0430-0530 Turkish 9525 11790 0530-0630 Bosnian 9525 13610 15230 0530-0630 Spanish 11790 15260 0545-0630 Hausa 13755 15450 0630-0730 French 11790 15260 15325 0630-0730 Italian 9022 13615 15084 15230 0930-1000 Armenian 9615 11705 1000-1100 Swahili 15560 17570 1100-1230 English 9585 11830 11875 13605 15260v 1200-1300 Italian 13600 15084 15115 1230-1330 Malay 11885 13605 13760 15200 1230-1330 Pashto 7180 9585 11830 11875 1330-1430 Chinese 9625v 11885 13605 13685 15200 1330-1430 Urdu 5995 6175 7115 7150 9525 9585 11775 11830 1330-1530 Urdu* 7180 1400-1500 Russian 9575 9735 11930 11960 1430-1530 Bengali 5995 11785 13605 15130 1430-1530 Pashto** 11830 1430-1530 Urdu 6175v 7150 9525 9585 11775 1500-1530 Kazakh 7165 9585v 11885 1530-1630 English 11775 13605 15130 1530-1630 Pashto 6175v 7150 9525 1530-1630 Ru 7230 7260 9022 9575 9740 1530-1730 Urdu** 11830 1530-1600 Uzbek* 7180 1600-1730 Tajik* 7180 1630-1730 Armenian 6005 9535 9620 1630-1830 Azeri 7170 1630-1730 Turkish 7260 9022 9525 1730-1830 Bosnian 7295 7340 9615 11660 1730-1830 German 7160 7260 9022 9530 1730-1830 Russian 6035v 7115 7200 7290 1730-1830 Swahili 9650 11750 1830-1930 Albanian 7295 7340 9615 11660 1930-2030 English 7160 7260 9022 1930-2000 Italian 7340 9615 11660 1930-2030 Russian 7175 7290v 7305 9740 1945-2030 Hausa 9605 11720 2030-2130 Spanish 7260 9022 2130-2230 Bosnian 7125 7145 7170 2130-2230 English 6165 6175 2330-0030 Chinese 7130 7215v 11915 2330-0030 French 6030 7260 9022 * from Mashhad studio ** from Zahedan studio (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 5)

IRAQ 756 Republic of Iraq radio, JAMMED by strong 444 jammer, 0741 UTC. (Stephen Howie in Jubail-ARS, BDXC-UK "Communication", Aug 8)

Bcs by Radio Iraq Internat (Ar: idha'at al-'Iraq al-duwaliyah min Baghdad) have been highly erratic for several years. This schedule only shows txions confirmed by recent monitoring observations. Certain bcs are also available on satellite (Nilesat 101 at 7.0 W 11862 MHz vertical polarization, audio subcarrier 7.92 MHz). In addit to the txions shown below, Iraqi radio's dom sce bcs a "Voice of Palestine" progr. There is also a separate ext sce, called Mother of Battles Radio. ALL TIMES ARE VARIABLE. All bcs will be one hour LATER in WINTER.

11785v 0100-0200 Ar, 0200-0230 Ge, 0230-0300 Fr, 0300-0400 En (repeat of evening bc), 1900-2000 Ar (irreg). 2000-2030 Ge, 0203-2100 Fr, 2100-2200 En. (also on satellite).

9755v 1900-2100 Tu anncd (unconfirmed), 9715-v- alternate (unconfirmed) (first hour also on satellite). Addr: 8th February Post Office, PO Box 8145, Baghdad 12222, Iraq

Dom radio stn ID: "Republic of Iraq Radio" (Ar: "idha'at jumhuriyat al-iraq min Baghdad"). Voice of the Masses: ("sawt al jamahir"). Iraqi Radio sces are available on satellite as follows (Nielsat, 7.0 W, 11862 MHz vertical, Iraqi Satellite Channel): Voice of the Masses (7.2 MHz); Voice of Youth (7.56 MHz); Kurdish/Persian/Turkmen/Assyrian sce (7.92 MHz); General Progr (6.5 MHz - when TV programming is not being shown).

All progrs will be one hour LATER in WINTER time in IRQ. All freq use is subject to variation. This schedule shows only recently confirmed freqs. Voice of Youth is reportedly owned by Saddam Husayn's son Uday. Republic of Iraq Radio also operates an ext sce - Radio Iraq Internat (see above) and Mother of Battles Radio aimed at neighbouring countries.

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ RADIO - main progr 0155-2315 Ar ME Dom 9715-v(irreg), 7160-v(irreg), 1032-(irreg) 963 756 603 558, also on satellite.

IRAQI RADIO KURDISH/PERSIAN/TURKMEN/ASSYRIAN sces 0200-2000 Kurdish ME Dom 1206, (also on satellite 0200-0600; 1400-1900). 0600-1000 Pe, 1000-1200 Turkmen, 1200-1400 Assyrian

HOLY KORAN RADIO. 0000-0000 Ar Dom 89.6, (no further details).

VOICE OF THE MASSES 0200-2315 Ar ME Dom 693 585 531 also on satellite. VOICE OF YOUTH 0400-2200 Ar Dom 1084 87-108 also on satellite. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 1)

IRELAND UCB - United Christian Broadcaster - has been observed testing on MW 1593 since early Sept from a site in the Rep of IRL. So far 1593 has operated in //with their other unlicensed Irish relay on MW 549 although the signal on 1593 is much weaker and modulation is quite distorted. Power on 1593 is estimated to be around 0.3 kW, with about 4 kW in use on 549.

UCB, which stopped hiring airtime via Kaliningrad Bolshakovo MW 1386 on midnight Sep 14th (apparently due to lack of funds [a pleasure to have VoR back after UCB, - ...Tony Rogers] ) has reportedly obtained two second hand txs of 10 and 50 kW from the US, which they plan to install in IRL -- initially on MW 549.

Since UCB do not have an Irish broadcasting licence they could, in theory, be raided and lose all of their equipment, although the Irish authorities appear to have turned a blind eye to their activities so far.

UCB claim that they are negotiating with the Russian authorities to use these freqs "licensed to the Russian Federation". (Dave Kenny, Chris McWhinnie, Ray Woodward, in BDXC-UK "Communication" Oct 98)

LAOS Here is an updated schedule for dom bcs in Laos, based on monitoring in Tioman Island (MLA): 4682.3 Houa Phan Regional Stn, Xan Nua, 1000-1400, Lo Ve 6130.0 Lao National Radio, Vientiane, 2200-0800, Lo 6130.0 Lao National Radio, Vientiane, 0930- 1600, Lo 6972.5 Luang Prabang Regional Stn, Louang Prabang, 1300-1400, Lo Ve. (Bob Padula-MLA, via EDXP, Sep 17)

LIBYA 11850 Voice Of The Arab Homeland (tent) 2025 colonel Ghaddafi giving a public speech, talking about relations with african countries //11815, but the 11850 is with better audio! (Tarek Mostafa Zeidan-EGY, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 5)

MEXICO As a result of the advice of the Encuentro DX group, R. Mil, 6010, has started sending out its first QSL cards, and continues plans to separate SW programming from MW. XEQM, 6105, which simulcasts Candela FM, has started replying to all reports with a QSL card and plans to increase power. (Hector Garcia Bojorge, Mexico, Oct 3, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

MYANMAR Myawddy Military bcing stn, Yangon, noted on 5972 with excellent signals from *1030, to past 1200. Excellent signals 1130-1140 with local songs. (Bob Padula-MLA, Tioman Island, via EDXP, Sep 15)

R. Myanmar, 4725 & 5985 noted from around 1115 fade-in with Burmese, different progrs. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Oct 2)

NAMIBIA The daytime freqs (scheduled 0700-1700) have changed to 6060 (progr 1, x4965) and 6175 (progr 2, x4930). The 6060 freq is a strange choice right next to Zambia on 6065 in the otherwise almost empty 49 mb. (Vashek Korinek-RSA, Oct 4)

NETHERLANDS Eighteen commercial radio organisations have just been granted local licences in the Netherlands, including seven for low-powered MW stns, with no more than 2.2 kW each. Hoppa Radio will use 1035 and 1332 from Echt and Utrecht respectively. A Hindustan broadcaster in The Hague has been grated a licence for 1485 to serve the Surinamese community in that area. 1575 went to a stn in Haarlem, which for the moment at least calls itself Max FM. 1584 will operate from Utrecht as Gooiland Radio, and a stn called Quality Radio -- not to be confused with Q Radio already on the air --, will use 1602 from Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands. Quality Radio has close ties to the Dutch Radio Caroline organization. And all these stns are expected to be on the air within three months. (RNMN via BDXC-UK "Communication" Oct 98)

Do you or anybody else know the addr to new 1395 Business News 13-95 Holland? I can't find it on the net! (Bjorn Fransson-SWE)

They seem to be online on the site of former TalkRadio 1395. I haven't checked it myself, but I presume it is www.talkradio.nl (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Oct 5)

NEW ZEALAND I heard a fascinating program on RNZI Sun Oct 4 0705-0900, remembering life in New Zealand as it was in years gone by. On this particular progr, listeners reminisced about "pie carts" in New Zealand from the 1930's up until the '70s. From what I could gather, a pie cart is a "restaurant-on-wheels". The pie cart owner would tow it to a prime location in the city for lunch and dinner. Customers would walk inside for a sit-down meal, including meat pies, I assume. Pie carts of today will be a topic on next week's program (Oct. 11). [9700] (Ivan Grishin, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Oct 8)

I'd like to echo Ivan Grishin's appreciation of the RNZI program on "Pie Carts". I happened to tune to RNZI that late-night timeslot by chance and came upon the progr part-way in. Fascinating! It's this kind of "local color" that is one of the factors that makes SW listening so rewarding. (Will Martin, MO, via GH, Oct 8)

NORWAY End of EE from Radio Norway Int. Radio Norway International dropped its weekly English bc after Sep 27th 1998. So what's the story behind?

Even if Radio Norway celebrates 50 years of operation this year, the first ext txisons started as early as late 30's, mainly as a relay of the dom sce. There were plans to establish txions in various European langs, to present Norwegian views and opinions on internat matters. Eventually the WW-II involved Norway before progrs and txission facilities were ready to bring this internat sce on air.

During WW-II Norwegian bcs provided bcs via BBC and a stn in Boston, USA. This training ground proved useful when the same people were to establish Radio Norway once the war was ended. These links to USA and England was definitely a reason for establishing English language progrs in 1951, only three years after the official launch of NRK's ext sce.

Keeping an internat sce on air has been a matter of debate on several occations. Especially every time a new expensive tx-upgrade was needed. The mother-organisation, NRK is financed through annual licence-fees for owning TV-sets (previously also radiosets), and a general tax on radio and TV-equipment. There has been a lot of critical voices against using dom licences and taxes to finance a sce for listeners abroad (iE not paying their share). The large number of Norwegians living abroad for short or long periods have been a major reason for keeping Norwegian ext txions on air. The special needs for norwegians listeners abroad as also been a reason for not just providing a relay of dom progrs, but keeping a special edition especially provided for them by an ext sce.

Why the English progr has survived cutbacks in recent years is mainly based on tradition, and relatively low costs involved. RNI very much liked to keep the sce going. It has also been a hope that the Norwegian Foreign Office would eventually see the potentials and provide funding for the ext sces, if not for the Norwegian progrs, at least for the English ones. Unlike many other internat stns, the Norwegian govt has turned down all suggestions from NRK on this matter. When major cutbacks in NRK have been carried out this year, the Director of Radio, Tor Fuglevik, decided the English sce would finally have to go.

Only 30 mins a week is also a very limited sce, and a general opinion is that if you can't provide more, it's just as well to drop it.

Probably Fugleviks intention is to provoke the Foreign Office to take a new opinion on funding the sce. A group will be set up by Fuglevik to draw up solutions for reintroducing a more powerful internat sce based on fundings from the Foreign Office (or others), providing not only an English progr, but perhaps also other foreign langs.

Hopefully 1999 will bring some good news to international listeners to Radio Norway International. (Bernt Erfjord, DX-News - Oct 4)

Thanks to a 3-way call arranged by Joe Hanlon, we had a chance to speak with Olav Mo Grimdalen, the freq manager for NRK on Oct 4. First of all, he asked us to publicize his need for more technical monitors along the west coast, such as Seattle, San Francsico, San Diego, and also in Southeast Asia, who can communicate with him by E-mail for quick feedback on freq monitoring: [email protected]

He confirmed that the Sveio site did have both antenna and tx problems last Sun during some of the final En bcs, but it is back on now. He feels as we do that it is a terrible mistake to terminate En, which costs only about 500 kilocrowns a year, some 62 kilo dollars. Nothing definite has been arranged yet, but there is talk of producing an En progr at P4, a national dom network, instead of NRK, and then presumably bcing it on the same SW facilities. There will not be any changes in the timeshare arrangement whereby Radio Denmark uses the second half of each hour via Norway. He plans to use more 21 MHz freqs next summer, and even 25 MHz. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 960, Oct 8)

PALAU The Democratic Voice of Burma will have tests on Fri Oct 9 and Sat Oct 10 from 1300-1400 on 13840 from Palau. Reception reports are most welcome. (Maes HCDX via Lamb, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 9)

QATAR Qatar Broadcasting Service (QBS). During Ramadan the main Ar sce is on the air 24 hrs a day. When a SW freq change occurs, there may be a gap of up to 30 mins before the stn appears on the new freq. QBS Ar progr is also available via satellite as follows: Arabsat-2A, 26.0E, 12521 MHz, hor, audio 7.02/7.74 MHz and Eutelsat-II-F3, 16.0E, 11080 MHz, hor, audio 7.02/7.74 MHz.

QBS Ar progr Doha 0245-0705 Ar to ME Dom 9570 7210 954 675 90.8 0707-1305 Freq change 17895 9570 954 675 90.8 1305-1705 Freq change 11750 9570 954 675 90.8 1705-2130 Freq change 11750-(alt) 9570 7210 954 675

QBS En progr Doha 0300-0959 En Dom 1233 102.6 97.5 0959-1400 Freq change 102.6 97.5 1400-1830 Freq change 1233 102.6 97.5 1830-2130 Freq change 102.6 97.5

QBS Fr progr Doha 1000-1400 Fr Dom 1233 100.8 (No recent details avail) QBS Ur progr 1600-1730 Ur Dom 1602 999 (No recent details avail) QBS FOLK (local dialect) Ar progr 1200-1500 colloquial Dom 1602 1485 999, (No recent details avail).

A feed of the main Ar sce is available by telephoning +974-895-895.

Addr: Qatar Broadcasting Service, PO Box 3939, Doha, Qatar. Tel: +974-864823(under secretary)/864805(director)/864518(engineering) Fax: +974-822888/831447 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 1)

RUSSIA 5550.4 Radio Kyzyl, Respublika Tuva (Siberia) - new on SW and possibly a feeder, Sep 22, 2220-2359*, local progr mostly in Tuvinian but also in Ru till 2300 and between 2310 and 2359 and Radio Rossii nx at 2300, ID and time ann in Ru at 2310 as "Govorit Kyzyl, sem chasov desyat minut", weather reports in Tuvinian/Ru at 2255, 2311, 2355, final ann in two langs at 2359 incl in Ru as "Peredacha iz Kyzyla okonchena" (=The bc from Kyzyl is ended) - fair to almost good with some QRM from utility stn, also on Sep 23 at 2330-2359*, by the way, you can find this stn in WRTH98 under "TU" in "Russia" (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Sep 22)

6095, R. Khanty-Mansiysk, 0100-0130 Sep 30, local IS, RS with usual morning progr "Yugorskaya parallel" incl various nx items, ID's as "Radio Yugry" and local summer time ann (UTC +5h), another progr in local langs (Khanty and Mansy) at 1000. Fair, //4820. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, via DXW, Sep 30)

Letters from VoR replying to listeners are not being mailed because the stn, at least for the past two months, cannot afford the postal costs. It seems the letters are accumulating until the day they can be dispatched, as announcer Pancho Rodriguez explained as best he could on the [Sp] progr Frecuencia RM. Now more than ever the stn needs letters of support from its listeners. (Jorge Aloy, Argentina, Sep 29, Mundo Radial, via GH)

New local stn - Radio Sakhalin FE. A progr from the State Radio and Tv Company "Sakhalin" [in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk FE] was received on 14th Sep from 2022-2130 on 11840. The progr mentioned a new local mx and nx sce - Radio Sakhalin, which goes out on 531. Journalists of the Sakhalin" State Radio and Tv Company "take part in compiling progrs for the sce. Radio Sakhalin's live studio telephone number is 3-01-40. (Excerpts from "DX Club" report via VoR web site, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 9)

ST. HELENA R. St. Helena Day will be Sat, Oct 24th this year, 1900-2300, on usual freq of 11092.5 usb mode. (via R. St. Helena web site and NU, Oct 4;

SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA 2nd px on 12038.5: it is not a hx of 6020v, one and the same tx operates on 9578v (0300-1700) and 12038v (1700-2100) -- 6020v presumedly in use instead of 12038v in the winter season. I checked 6020 many times last months, but I could not find even weak carrier on approx. 6019.3. By the way, I used very effective professional antennas beamed to the Middle East...

BSKSA Holy Quran at 0300-0600 was observed on: 9553.6 9619.4 9715 9718.3 11785 (instead of 7150) 11870 17895 (I think that your station on 9704.19 was Ethiopia, dear Wolfgang...) (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 5) [yes, I think so too, v9704 is ETH, ed]

SERBIA I heard announcements during the 0000 bc Sep 30 from R Yugoslavia that as of Oct 5, they will be re-timing their 0430 bc to 0100-0130 daily on their usual summer freqs of 9580 & 11870. (Ivan Grishin, Oshawa, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Oct 8)

Independent bcs in Serbia say they fear a crackdown from the govt as the country prepares for the possibility of NATO intervention in the southern province of Kosovo. This week the Serbian Ministry of Information threatened to close down independent bcs such as Radio B-92 in Belgrade which relay progrs from foreign radio and tv stns.

The Assoc of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), a grouping of both licensed and unlicensed independent bcs in Serbia and Montenegro, warned: "Most probably, a massive closure and ban of these media and additional state censorship will follow." The 33 stns in the ANEM radio network provide independent news to an estimated 80 per cent of the Yugoslav population. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 9)

SOUTH AFRICA TRANS WORLD RADIO - MEYERTOWN Bc schedule W98 25 Oct 98 - 28 Mar 99 (upd Sep 30)

FREQU TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE PWR AZI TARGET AREA 7215 0330-0400 12 Tigrinya 250 005 ERI 7215 0330-0400 345 Oromo 250 005 ETH 7215 0330-0430 67 Amharic 250 005 ETH

7265 1527-1542 dly Yao FEBA 250 019 MOZ 7265 1542-1557 dly Sena FEBA 250 019 MOZ

9510 1803-1833 dly Fulfulde 500 330 Sahel 9510 1833-1848 dly Hausa 500 330 NIG 9510 1848-1903 dly Yoruba 500 330 NIG 9510 1903-1933 dly Kanuri 500 330 NIG 9510 1933-2003 dly Nupe 500 330 NIG 9510 2003-2033 dly Twi 500 330 GHA 9510 2033-2048 6 Ewe 500 330 GHA

9530 1600-1630 dly KiRundi 250 019 BDI 9530 1630-1700 1 Borana 250 019 ETH 9530 1630-1700 234567 Oromo 250 019 ETH 9530 1730-1800 dly Amharic 250 019 ETH 9530 1800-1827 dly Amharic 250 019 ETH

9650 1640-1655 dly Somali 500 020 SOM 9650 1657-1712 123 Shuwa 500 005 TCD 9650 1657-1712 456 Juba 500 005 SDN 9650 1657-1727 7 Arabic 500 005 SDN

9680 1830-1900 dly Bambara 250 315 CTI 9680 1900-1930 dly Baoule 250 315 CTI 9680 1930-2000 dly French 250 315 CTI 9680 2000-2015 7 French 250 315 CTI

11735 0600-0635 dly English 500 320 WeAF 11705 1630-1700 dly Tigrinya 250 005 ERI Notes: DAY is the day of the bc = 1 is Mon etc. & 7 is Sun. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Oct 6)

SPAIN Radio Exterior in En to EUR Mon-Fri 2000-2100 9590, and 11830 to AF. Sat+Sun 2100-2200 9590. (Cees J. van Oudheusden-HOL, Oct 4)

SWAZILAND TRANS WORLD RADIO - MANZINI BROADCAST SCHEDULE W98 25 OCT 98 - 28 MAR 99. (upd 17 Sep)

FREQU TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE PWR ANT AZI ZONE 1170 1530-1630 dly SiSwati 050 MW ND SWZ 1170 1630-1700 dly Zulu 050 MW ND SWZ 1170 1700-1800 dly Afrikaans 050 MW ND SoAF 1170 1800-2045 dly English MW 050 MW ND SoAF

3200 0300-0330 dly Ndebele 035 050 003 ZWE 3200 0400-0430 dly German 025 070 233 SoAF 3200 0430-0600 dly English 025 070 233 SA/ZWE 3200 1730-1745 1234 English 050 060 233 " " 3200 1730-1745 5 Sotho 050 060 233 SoAF 3200 1730-1745 6 Tswana 050 060 233 " " 3200 1730-1745 7 Pedi 050 060 233 " " 3200 1745-2015 dly English 050 060 233 " " 3240 0300-0345 dly Shona 025 090 003 ZWE 3240 1800-1830 dly Ndebele 025 050 003 " 3240 1830-1900 dly Shona 025 050 003 " 3240 1900-1915 dly Ndau 025 050 003 MOZ

4760 1600-1630 12345 Tshwa 025 050 003 N MOZ 4760 1600-1630 7 Shangaan 025 050 003 MOZ 4760 1600-1700 6 Portuguese 025 050 003 " 4760 1630-1645 1234 Portuguese 25 050 003 " 4760 1630-1645 5 7 Shangaan 025 050 003 " 4775 0342-0358 dly Lomwe 050 050 003 N MOZ 4775 0400-0430 dly German 050 010 313 NMB 4775 0430-0705 dly English 050 060 233 SA/ZWE

5965 0300-0330 dly Swahili 100 110 005 EaAF 5965 0330-0345 6 Swahili 100 110 005 " " 6040 0400-0430 13467 Chewa 100 110 005 MWI 6040 0400-0430 2 5 Tumbuka 100 110 005 " 6040 0430-0500 dly Chewa 100 110 005 " 6100 0605-0705 dly English 050 070 233 SA/ZWE 6130 1845-1900 dly Umbundu 100 010 313 AGL 6130 1900-1915 12 Portuguese 100 010 313 " 6130 1900-1915 345 KiKongo 100 010 313 " 6130 1900-1915 6 Lunyaneka 100 010 313 " 6130 1900-1930 7 Portuguese 100 010 313 " 6130 1915-1930 6 Luchazi 100 010 313 " 6130 1915-1945 12345 Portuguese 100 010 313 " 6130 1930-1945 67 Chokwe 100 010 313 " 6130 1945-2000 dly Kimbundu 100 010 313 " 6130 2000-2005 12345 Portuguese 100 010 313 " 6135 1600-1630 134567 Chewa 050 110 005 MWI 6135 1600-1630 2 Tumbuka 050 110 005 " 6135 1630-1658 dly Chewa 050 110 005 " 6135 1700-1800 dly Swahili 100 110 005 EaAF 6135 1800-1830 dly Swahili 100 110 005 " "

7175 1440-1510 dly French 100 030 53 MDG 7175 1510-1555 dly Malagache 100 030 53 " 7315 1435-1440 12345 Portuguese 050 110 005 MOZ 7315 1440-1510 dly Portuguese 050 110 005 " 7315 1510-1525 dly Makua 050 110 005 N MOZ 7315 1525-1540 dly Lomwe 050 110 005 " "

7315 1540-1555 1234 Lomwe 050 110 005 " " 7315 1540-1555 5 Portuguese 050 110 005 " " 7315 1540-1555 67 Kimwani 050 110 005 " "

9500 0505-0705 dly English 100 110 005 CeAF 9500 1540-1555 5 7 Tigrinya 100 102 13 " " 9500 1600-1830 dly English 100 102 005 EaAF 9525 1900-1930 dly Lingala 100 101 343 COG 9525 1930-2000 dly French 100 101 343 " " " 9525 2000-2015 67 French 100 101 343 " " " 15330 1400-1415 dly Urdu 100 103 43 PAK (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Oct 6)

TAIWAN Radio Taipei Internat has announced a special bc on Sat 10 Oct for coverage of National Day celebrations in TWN from 0100-0400 on 15345 and 9610, for listeners in SoEaAS. Special QSLs will be offered for RR's on the broadcast, according to RTI's'Mailbag' progr on Oct 4. (Francis HCDX via Lamb, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 9)

This also usually means that all CBS outlets in Mandarin carry the same progr for that day or at least part of it. But that was before the reorganization, so I wonder what happens this year. (van den Boogert-TWN)

German schedule 0600-0700 9985 via WYFR, 1800-1900 9955 direct, 2100-2200 15600 & 17750 via WYFR. German sce will also verify all RR's of that day with a special QSL card, ed.

UNID 6985 1920-2000 on Oct 2nd, Ar speaking with quite good strength but also with noise from a jammer sometimes. Programming seemed not clandestine but maybe it is after all? This has been in SWN from time to time as an UNID on the frequency. Help, please! (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Oct 5)

UK Test 1296, verified with letter dated Sep 21st, postmarked Sep 29th, 1998, received Oct. 2nd. Took totally 28 days. (Klaus Elsebusch-D, Oct 2)

World Radio TV Handbook is due out in Dec. With its new editorial HQ in Milton Keynes, the WRTH is being printed and published in the UK this year, which means we [BCDX] should have copies for distributing to members literally hot of the press - well in time to arrive before Christmas. The timescale and format would be basically unchanged but the transfer of printing to the UK would eliminate the three week delay in delivery to European readers when the book was printed in the USA. (BDXC-UK Communication, Oct)

[SLOVAKIA/UK] Report denies BBC plans to cut Slovak bcs. London/Bratislava, 30th Sep: The nx about the BBC's apparent plans to shut down its Slovak-lang sce is not true, the BBC reported on Wed [30th Sep] from London. Nothing like that is being planned. On the contrary, BBC bcing will expand as of 1st Jan, Slovakia was told by the head of the BBC Slovak sce, Terezia Javorska. She was commenting on a 'Sunday Times' report about the BBC's plans to cut some of its 45 foreign sces, including Slk and Hu bcs.

When asked where the alarming nx had come from, Javorska said that the information published in 'The Sunday Times' was probably the result of a misunderstanding. She added that any possible progr cuts would have to be determined by Britain's Foreign Office. No such decision has yet been adopted, she said, adding that the newspaper's report is premature. Slovakia and Hungary have not been mentioned at all, Javorska said.

'The Sunday Times' also wrote that under its financial plans for 1999-2000, the BBC has to save over 20m pounds sterling. The financial possibilities of the radio network are limited also because of the ban on advertising. (Slovak news agency TASR, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 9)

USA WWCR has cancelled the Thursday 1600 broadcast of World of Radio, and the Monday repeat on 3210 is at 0500, not 0530, so the WWCR times for WoR are: Thu 2030 on 15685, Sat 2230 on 5070, Sun 0630 and 0930 on 5070, Mon 0500 on 3210, Tue 1230 on 15685. From Oct 25, all these times shift one UT hour later on the same freqs.

WORLD OF RADIO NEW TIME CORREXION: WWCR is reversing the order of WOR and VoA Communications World on the UT Mon repeat on 3210 so that WOR plays first at 0500, not 0530. Topic summary of WOR 960: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofadio/Wor960.html

CONTINENT OF MEDIA. The new Oct edition should start on RFPI Oct 16, Fri 1930, Sat 1730, repeated 8 and 15 hrs later. Topic summary: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Com9808.html Also shortly available at http://www.DXing.com/ContinentOfMedia.html (Glenn Hauser-USA, Oct 8)

World Harvest Radio, Dxing with Cumbre Marie Lamb in W98.

WHRI ANGEL 1 No/Ce/So AM Sat 0500 0730 1730 2230. Sun 1330 0000-1000 7315 1000-1300 9495 1300-1800 15105 1800-0000 9495

WHRI ANGEL 2 EUR, RUS, & NoAM Sat 0500 0730 1430 2200. Sun 0300 0430 1630 2100-2400 5755 0000-0400 5745 0400-1000 5755 1000-1500 6040 1500-2100 13760

KWHR ANGEL 3 AS & CHN Sat 0230 0600. Sun 0430 0600 1630 1830 2200-0400 17510 0400-0800 17780 0800-2000 9930 2000-2200 15405

KWHR ANGEL 4 The South Pacific Sat 0800 1230. Sun 0730 1030 1300 0700-1600 11565

WHRA ANGEL 5 AF & EUR Sat 2130. Sun 2230 0300-0500 7465 0500-0800 7435 1800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 2200-2400 13760 Off the air from 0800-1800 & 0700-1600 UTC time.

Music listed is rotated with Contemporary Christian, Southern Gospel and Christian Country. (WHR, Oct 1)

WHRI / KWHR / WHRA - Frequency Schedule, eff Oct 25, 1998 - Mar 28, 1999

WHRI ANGEL 1 - No/Ce/SoAM 0000-1000 7315 1000-1300 9495 1300-1800 15105 1800-0000 9495

WHRI ANGEL 2 - EUR, RUS, NoAM 0000-0400 5745 0400-1000 5755 1000-1500 6040 1500-2100 13760 2100-2400 5755

KWHR ANGEL 3 - AS 2200-0400 17510 0400-0800 17780 0800-2000 9930 2000-2200 15405

KWHR ANGEL 4 - SoPAC 0700-1600 11565

WHRA ANGEL 5 - AF & ME 0300-0500 7465 0500-0800 7435 1800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 2200-2400 13760 (WHRI, Joe Brashier, Oct 2)

WRMI -- Jeff White shares the latest news of his WRMI with us: The latest hurricane caused various power outages that kept us off the air for several hours. When the power came back on, there were some serious power surges that burned out several pieces of equipment in the tx and in our monitoring equipment. We were on low power for the rest of the weekend, but by Sep 28, everything was back to normal. Some of our satellite dishes were blown around a bit by the wind, but neither of the antennas was affected, I'm happy to say. Regarding the new NoAMcan antenna, we did indeed finish construction just before the deadline at the end of August. We have filed our final license application for the new antenna, and expect the FCC will grant that rather quickly. I hope it will begin regular operation sometime in Oct. (DIRECT Johnson Cumbre DX Copyright, Sep 28)

UZBEKISTAN Radio Uzbekistan 1st home sce was observed on 8082, //4850. (Christian Spremberg-D, Oct 4) Freq is registered for Tashkent Meteo, seemingly here the same kind of thing [local influence of nearby HF txion units or antennas] happens like recently in Israel... (Andreas Erbe & Kai Ludwig-D)

Roger Tidy of BDXC-UK - Communication Oct issue - comments that he enjoyed the Bookshelf page in Sept issue, and tells us, that he has a copy of "Hitler's Airwaves" which is a fascinating read. 'Have you, I wonder, heard of "Historia Publishing -- Forman Archive", who has recently produced a number of audio cassettes and videos on Nazi wartime broadcasting? Michael Forman, its owner, collaborated with the authors of "Hitler's Airwaves". Specifically, Historia Publishing have produced a video, recorded in Germany, England and Ireland., in which former employees of the Rundfunk speak about their experiencies, including Wolf Mittler, James Clark, and Francis Stewart. They have also produced an audio cassette, called apropriately enough "Germany Calling", which contains excerpts from broadcasts by "Axis Sally", Douglas Chandler, Otto Koischwitz, Donald Day and Fred Kaltenbach (all from the radio's "USA zone") and Norman Bailey-Stewart, John Amery, James Clark, Edward Bowlby and, of course, William Joyce. They are also offering "sets of rare LPs" of the original Charlie and His Orchestra recordings.

By the way, another interesting book -- only recently published -- is "Hitler's Irish Voices -- the Story of German Radio's Wartime Irish Service" by David O'Donoghue, which is a well-researched work on the Ireland-Redaktion of German Radio. It includes material based on the memories of BBC wartime monitors of Germany's Gaelic and English programmes for Ireland.

Another book I've been reading recently is "Clandestine Broadcasting -- A Study of Revolutionary Electronic Communication" by Lawrence Soley and John Nichols. This looks at clandestine radio from the 30s right up to the mid 1980s and lists a plethora of stations, along with background information on the political situations that led to their creation. It should be the sort of book you don't want to put down.

One more thing: I spent some time a few years ago in the Library of Recorded Sound at the Imperial War Musem. Among their rare broadcast recordings is the intire final days output of one of the British "black" Soldatensender Station's (I can't remember if it was Soldatensender Atlantic or Calais). Anyway, it was donated by the man who was in charge of these broadcasts, who deliberately recorded the last day's programmes because he knew they would be of historical interest." [Unfortunately ISBN numbers and prices of the books left out so far...] (Roger Tidy, BDXC-UK "Communication", Oct 1998)

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AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan Logs in CRW 014. I noticed that you still treat the Taleban controlled R Afghanistan 7199/7084 as clandestine operations. I tend to agree with you because only Pakistan & Saudi Arabia have recognised the Taleban govt. I could hear 7084v 1230 - 1330/1345v but you need a very sensitive receiver and a sharp ear to detect the signals. I know Kabul is on the air 7199v from the strong het in the mornings but very difficult to separate it from VOA on 7200. (Sarath Nihal Weerakoon-SLK, Oct 8 in CRW)

ALBANIA TWR B98 schedule via Cerrik, til March 27, 1999 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU TRM PWR ANT AZI 0600-0615 1234567 KURD-Sorani 25 11635 SW1 100 A12 090 0615-0630 1234567 POLISH 31 09670 SW4 100 A25 350

0745-0935 6 ENGLISH 31 09685 SW1 100 A22 310 irreg.in W97 0745-0950 7 ENGLISH 31 09685 SW1 100 A22 310 irreg.in W97 0745-0920 12345 ENGLISH 31 09685 SW1 100 A22 310 irreg.in W97 but this season not scheduled, ed.

0930-0945 23456 HUNGARIAN 31 09490 SW2 100 A25 350 1544-1559 1234567 KURD-Sorani 41 07155 SW2 100 A13 090 1600-1630 1234567 POLISH 31 09485 SW1 100 A25 350 1602-1617 67 ARMENIAN 41 07170 SW2 100 A13 090 1602-1617 67 ARMENIAN 31 09660 SW4 100 A12 090 1602-1632 12345 ARMENIAN 41 07170 SW2 100 A13 090 1602-1632 12345 ARMENIAN 31 09660 SW4 100 A12 090 1700-1745 1234567 FARSI 31 09665 SW1 100 A13 090 1700-1745 1234567 FARSI 25 11690 SW2 100 A12 090 1745-1800 2345 FARSI 31 09665 SW1 100 A13 090 1745-1800 2345 FARSI 25 11690 SW2 100 A12 090 1900-1915 1234567 RUSSIAN 41 07355 SW2 100 A03 033 1900-1915 1234567 RUSSIAN 31 09485 SW1 100 A04 033 1915-1945 1 BELARUS 41 07355 SW2 100 A03 033 1915-1945 1 BELARUS 31 09485 SW1 100 A04 033 1915-1945 234567 RUSSIAN 41 07355 SW2 100 A03 033 1915-1945 234567 RUSSIAN 31 09485 SW1 100 A04 033

In Lithuanian no SW anymore; on MW 1503 via Poland only, 2030-2100.

TWR - Shijak, Albania TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU TRM PWR ANT AZI 0615-0630 123 567 POLISH 41 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 0930-0945 23456 HUNGARIAN 41 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 1600-1630 1234567 POLISH 41 07385 SW1 100 S11 350

1395 MW TWR Fllake, 1930-2200 Bu,Mac,Romani,Bos,Se,Slv,Ar,Pe,Sat Kurdish-Kirmanji, Thur Kurdish-Sorani [2015-2030],Po,Ru,Tu,Hu,Slk,Cz,Cr, En 2130-2200. (TWR schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

TWR in Polish noted Oct 11: 1500-1530 via Shijak 7385.05 and Cerrik 9484.92, playing piece of violine concert and chorus.

ARMENIA 864 MW TWR via Kano 0000-0100 in Kaz,Taj,Kyr,Uz,Kor,En. En 1815-1820, Pe 1820-1930.

1350 MW TWR via Kano, 1930-2100, Ku-Kirmanji,Tu,Hebrew,Ru,Hebrew. (TWR B98 schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

BRAZIL On Oct 11, Brazil will start the Summer Time at 03OO UTC, (now official time is Brasilia -3 hrs UTC, after Sunday -2 hrs UTC) (Marcio R. F. Bertoldi Brasil, via HCDX CR, Oct 9) v11925.68 2130 R Bandeirantes in Por noted well today, when extremely good conditions occured in our European night from both AS and the Americas. (WB, Oct 14)

CHILE 9630.3, Voz Cristiana, Oct 6, 2215-2233, Tropical mx and gospel songs, jingles, ID at 2232. 44444. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Oct 12)

CHINA Add changes of CRI 1600-1657 in Ar on add NF 15490 (35443). 1800-2057 in Hu,Bu,Cz,Ro,Pol,Hu on NF 6020 (x6933). (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

CYPRUS 1233 MW TWR via Cape Greco 0245-0325 in Ar,Iraqi[0305-0325], Ar. 2025-2145 Ar. (TWR B98 schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

EGYPT v6230.73 R Cairo in Turk, 1600-1800, playing Ar mx, ID in Turkish. (WB, Oct 11)

FRENCH GUIANA NHK World-Radio Japan. Operational Schedule B98 25 Oct 1998 - 7 Mar 1999 Jap GS 0900-1000 9530 500 SAm(E) Jap GS 1500-1600 15310 500 SAm(W) Jap R1 GS 0300-0400 9660 500 SAm(W) Jap R1 GS 0800-0900 9530 500 SAm(E) Jap R1 GS 2200-2300 11895 500 CAm Por RS 0230-0300 15590 500 SAm(E) (x13660) Por RS 1030-1100 15590 500 SAm(E) (x13680) Sp RS 0400-0430 9660 500 SAm(W) (to 31 Dec 1998) Sp RS 0400-0430 11895 500 NAm/HWI/CAm Sp RS 0600-0630 15590 500 SAm(W) (fr 1 Jan 1999) Sp RS 1000-1030 15590 500 SAm(E) (x13680) (Kunitoshi Hishikawa-JPN, Oct 10)

GERMANY The Overcomer Ministry noted on new 13740 at 1805-1910. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Oct 10)

Brother Stair in En - changes from Sep 20. 0500-0900 (x til 0930) on 13810 to AUS/NZ 1800-2100 on NF 13740 (55444) to ME (x12055).

Good News Hour in En - changes from Sep 20. new 1600-1700 on Suns on new 12015 (54554) over RFI in En. del 1700-1800 on Sats on 11605 to avoid Kol Israel.

Christian Science Monitor again heard in Ge on Tue, Sep 22: 1800-1900 on 5910 (55555), but not heard on Tue, Sep 29! (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

5840 TWR Romanian via DTK Juelich in B98, 1700-1745. (TWR B98 schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

Deutsche Telekom, Juelich Operational Schedule B98 (Nov 98 - Mar 99)

FRQ PAZ PEZ ANT AZI DAY Start Stop Customer 5840 0400 0459 211 110 1234567 251098 280399 AWR 5890 0500 0530 104 115 1234567 010199 280399 AWR 12080 0700 0930 307 200 1234567 251098 280399 AWR 7230 0800 0900 104 145 17 251098 280399 AWR 9475 1630 1700 110 080 1234567 251098 280399 AWR 5890 1700 1800 104 115 1234567 251098 280399 AWR 5840 1800 1900 104 115 1234567 251098 280399 AWR 9475 1800 1900 110 100 135 251098 280399 AWR 9640 2000 2100 308 200 1234567 251098 280399 AWR 9470 2100 2130 104 115 1234567 010199 280399 AWR addit. 5890 2100 2330 406 200 1234567 251098 280399 AWR 9640 2130 2200 308 200 1234567 251098 280399 AWR

6035 1900 2000 104 115 3 251098 280399 CHW odd week only 5900 1000 1630 402 ND 1234567 251098 280399 Digital Test 15330 1245 1345 208 080 1234567 251098 280399 DVB 15635 1430 1455 109 080 1234567 251098 280399 DVB

13690 0600 0650 103 115 1234567 251098 280399 DWL 6140 0950 1900 212 305 1234567 251098 280399 DWL 9690 1030 1100 104 130 1234567 251098 280399 DWL 6015 1300 1330 205 070 1234567 251098 280399 DWL 3995 1730 1800 403 ND 1234567 251098 280399 DWL 6045 1125 1325 401 ND 1234567 251098 280399 DWL(RNW) 12080 1700 1800 202 060 1234567 251098 280399 DWL(RVI) 11805 1900 2000 102 115 1234567 251098 280399 DWL(RVI)

6155 0100 0159 112 300 1 251098 280399 GNW 13740 0700 0759 208 260 1 251098 280399 GNW 5910 1000 1059 401 ND 7 251098 280399 GNW 15190 1300 1359 109 090 7 251098 280399 GNW 11840 1600 1659 306 160 7 251098 280399 GNW 11725 1700 1759 102 115 7 251098 280399 GNW 9405 2300 2359 110 260 1 251098 280399 GNW

15715 1325 1529 110 090 1234567 251098 280399 HAM 5840 1900 2059 402 ND 1234567 251098 280399 HAM 6000 2100 2259 403 ND 1234567 251098 280399 HAM 9925 0000 0159 202 230 1234567 251098 280399 HIC 9925 0200 0359 112 300 1234567 251098 280399 HIC 9925 0400 0559 105 325 1234567 251098 280399 HIC 13820 0600 0759 202 230 1234567 251098 280399 HIC 13820 0800 0959 208 270 1234567 251098 280399 HIC 13830 2000 2159 306 160 1234567 251098 280399 HIC 11680 0000 0159 202 230 1234567 251098 280399 HIC ** 7290 0200 0359 112 300 1234567 251098 280399 HIC ** 7340 0400 0559 105 325 1234567 251098 280399 HIC ** 9780 0400 0559 105 325 1234567 251098 280399 HIC ** 13830 0800 0959 208 270 1234567 251098 280399 HIC ** 11645 2000 2159 211 155 1234567 251098 280399 HIC **

9500 2000 2059 406 215 1 251098 280399 LHL 6120 0000 0100 105 295 1234567 251098 280399 LRT 9835 0000 0100 105 295 1234567 251098 280399 LRT **

9585 0100 0259 104 295 1234567 251098 280399 RAC 6125 0300 0459 104 295 1234567 251098 280399 RAC 6175 0500 0559 104 295 17 251098 280399 RAC 15470 1400 1600 208 090 1234567 251098 280399 RAC 11910 1600 1630 104 145 1234567 251098 280399 RAC 11835 1900 2059 107 295 17 251098 280399 RAC 13855 1900 2059 103 305 17 251098 280399 RAC 9800 2100 2130 112 240 1234567 251098 280399 RAC 9510 2100 2259 102 295 1234567 251098 280399 RAC 5905 2300 0059 104 295 1234567 251098 280399 RAC

13650 1730 1800 106 115 1234567 251098 280399 RVI 5960 1900 2000 406 095 1234567 251098 280399 RVI

6165 0455 0730 111 105 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 11860 0555 0815 308 200 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 9885 0555 0815 302 160 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 9535 1055 1330 308 220 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 6165 1625 1815 105 115 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 9620 1625 1815 211 125 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 6165 1825 2030 205 050 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 11910 1825 2130 307 200 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 9885 1825 2130 302 160 1234567 251098 280399 SRI 6110 0700 1859 406 290 1234567 251098 280399 SUN

13810 1400 1759 103 115 1234567 251098 280399 TOM 11925 1800 2059 111 120 1234567 251098 280399 TOM 11840 2100 2359 206 240 1234567 251098 280399 TOM 11660 0000 0359 206 240 1234567 251098 280399 TOM 9605 0400 0459 302 340 1234567 251098 280399 TOM 13810 0500 0859 206 250 1234567 251098 280398 TOM 5965 0900 1459 402 ND 1234567 251098 280398 TOM 6015 1500 1659 401 ND 1234567 251098 280398 TOM 5840 1700 1745 111 105 1234567 251098 280399 TWR

15190 1300 1329 106 085 1 251098 280399 UNL 11840 1600 1629 306 160 1 251098 280399 UNL 11745 1700 1729 209 140 7 251098 280399 UNL 11840 1800 1829 306 160 1 251098 280399 UNL 11735 1830 1859 306 160 1 251098 280399 UNL 6010 1830 1859 402 ND 234 251098 280399 UNL 6010 1830 1859 405 215 7 251098 280399 UNL

11795 0400 0430 209 140 23456 251098 280399 UNR 11795 0500 0530 302 160 23456 251098 280399 UNR 11675 0600 0630 307 200 23456 251098 280399 UNR 5990 0600 0630 401 ND 23456 251098 280399 UNR 13800 1700 1730 106 145 23456 251098 280399 UNR 11840 1800 1830 303 160 23456 251098 280399 UNR 11735 1900 1930 308 200 23456 251098 280399 UNR 5970 1900 1930 401 ND 23456 251098 280399 UNR 6025 1900 1930 404 020 23456 251098 280399 UNR 6025 1900 1930 104 085 23456 251098 280399 UNR

6155 0100 0130 112 300 2 251098 280399 VOD 11900 1600 1659 111 060 4 251098 280399 VOO 9490 0000 0059 111 090 1234567 251098 280399 WRN 5840 0500 1700 402 ND 1234567 251098 280399 ** 5840 2100 2300 402 ND 1234567 251098 280399 **

* changes ** not yet active

AWR Adventist World Radio CHW Christliche Wissenschaft (Christian Science) DVB Democratic Voice of Burma GNW Good News World Radio HAM High Adventure Ministry LHL L'Heure Lutherienne LRT Radio Vilnius (Lithuania) RAC Radio Asia Canada RNW Radio Nederland Wereldomroep RTE Radio Telefis Eireann RVI Radio Vlaanderen International SRI Swiss Radio International SUN Sunrise Radio (England) TOM The Overcomer Ministry (Brother Stair) TWR Trans World Radio UNL Universelles Leben (Universal Life) UNR UN-Radio VOD Voice of Deleverance VOO Voix de l'Orthodoxie WRN World Radio Network

HIC ??new name for??: HRT Hrvatska Radiotelevizija Croatia (Andreas Volk-D, ADDX, Oct 12)

DTK winter schedule comments: HIS call sign. These are also the current freqs for Hrvatska Radio txions via Juelich, so I would count is as certain, that these "HIC" slots still belongs to Hrvatska Radio.

> Some years ago, I read an item, that the new 100 kW tx at Zagreb Deanovec > has been donated by an US based emigrant organization.

Yes, there was benefit payments from prosperous gentlemans. If I remember correct, also a curtain antenna from TCI was buyd, but stored instead of installing it; the new 100 kW RIZ tx was used with a rhombic antenna, possibly or if needed also with one of the conical antennas. I guess the latter one is also the case now, as they use Deanovec now exclusively to serve Europe.

> 6140 0950 1900 212 305 1234567 251098 280399 DWL

Oh! It looks like the 100 kW Funkwerk Koepenick tx at Nauen will not stay on the air until 2000 but come to it's end together with Lenk-SUI. One may it also count the end of a site: This tx (as you know the last active one, which was already in service for RBI) can be found at the Dechtower Damm complex (internally known as "KWZ" = abbrevation for SW center; the Dechtower Damm is a small road, which enters the site), roughly a kilometer away from the new Muthesius house facilities; the situation seems to be similiar to Skelton-G A, B and C, Greenville-USA A and B, Poro-PHL I and II and others.

> 6110 0700 1859 406 290 1234567 251098 280399 SUN

No longer on 5850... maybe to avoid utility sces, maybe they realized, that simple radios usually can't tuned into these out-of-band channel; although I recently catched 5850 with by grandfathers GDR "Stern Radio" ghetto-blaster, purchased around 1970 and placed in the kitchen. My earliest recollection on radio are the breakfasts with my mother and grandmother in these kitchen, as these radio was playing either DW or Radio Luxembourg.

I see no longer any 75 metres txions from Brother Stair, but he will spoil the fun to wind the tuning knob on the described radio:

> 5965 0900 1459 402 ND 1234567 251098 280398 TOM > 6015 1500 1659 401 ND 1234567 251098 280398 TOM

And finally this:

> 5840 0500 1700 402 ND 1234567 251098 280399 ** > 5840 2100 2300 402 ND 1234567 251098 280399 **

This *could* be for a German broadcaster, but this is a very vague conjecture, therefore no name... (Kai Ludwig-D, Oct 14)

GREECE Freqs changes of VoG Athens from Sep 20. 1600-1700 in Bu,Al,Ro,Se on new7365.02 (55555) (x11645), 1710-1750 in Gr,Ru,Pol on new 7365 (55555) (x15630).

Radiophonikos Statmos Makedonias in Gr heard from Sep 20 1400-2200 on strange new 7391.2 with very good reception, instead of 7430v, tx Thessaloniki 35 kw/315 deg //9935.0 & 11595.4. (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

Noted on Oct 11: 1400-2300 on 7430.31 hetting BBC Hindi Tashkent-UZB at 1420, also //9935.00 and 11594.81. (WB, Oct 11)

INDONESIA On Oct 5, the bcing equipment made by Siemens, Austria was delivered to RRI and TVRI at Bukittinggi and the ceremony was held. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Oct 11)

[4910 replacement?? Similar 50/20 kW tx unit (ex R.Bremen 6190), now moved to SWR Rohrdorf 7265 in Southern Germany. WB]

3231.8, RRI; Bukittinggi, Oct 5, 1639-1659*, Non-stop Indonesian soft-pop, at 1656 short ann by male speaker in Ins, piece of instrumental mx, male again and off. No ID heard. 24343. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Oct 12)

3264.9, UNID (Bengkulu and Gorontalo listed here), Oct 7, 2209. Very weak and noisy, but 100% sure //4925 (Jambi) with Jakarta news relay. Clearly heard Jakarta mentioned once. At 2210 choir. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Oct 12)

9680, RRI Cimanggis, Oct 11, 1247-1301*, Indonesian song, male and female speaker, song, several ID's as "Radio Republik Indonesia, Programma Nacional Dua", instrumental mx with what appeared to be S/off announcement. Excellent signal and nice listening even with 9.5 kHz. filter. SINPO 55444. Heard //15150. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Oct 12)

IRAN New midday px in Swahili of V0IROI now heard on 2nd freq. 1000-1057 on new 15560 (45444), Sirjan 500 kw / 235 degr //17570 co-ch VOIROI's Ar sce. For B98 period this freqs are registered for Swahili px. For px in Ar to ME from Oct 25 0530-1330 reg new 17540, Sirjan 500 kw / 270 degr. (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

ISRAEL Winter time in ISR starting from Sep 6, not from 13 th. Now all px of Kol Israel is 1 hour later but on same freqs. On Sep 29&30 there was a silence on all SW outlets, exc that operating on 9435, but with carrier only!!!

Clandestine radio stn V 0 S A in Azeri heard from Fri Sep 25 one hour later. 0615- 0715v & 1630-1730v on 13645.1 (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

JAPAN NHK-World Radio Japan's new changing plan for B98 25 Oct 1998 - 27 Mar 1999 (only changes)

En RS 0100-0200 17685 300 AUS/NZL (x21610) En GS 0100-0200 15590 300 SEAs (x18710) En GS 0100-0200 15325 300 SAs (x15590) En GS 0300-0400 21610 100 OCE (x17685) En GS 0300-0400 17810 300 SEAs (x17855) En GS 0500-0600 15590 300 SEAs (x17810) En GS 0600-0700 15590 300 SEAs (x17810) En GS 1000-1100 15590 300 EAs (x11730) En GS 1100-1200 15590 300 EAs (x11730)

Jpn GS 0200-0300 21610 100 OCE (x17685) Jpn GS 0200-0300 17685 300 OCE (x21610) Jpn GS 0200-0300 15590 300 SEAs (x17810) Jpn GS 0400-0500 15590 300 SEAs (x17810) Jpn GS 0400-0500 17810 300 SEAs (x17855) Jpn GS 0900-1000 15590 300 SAs (x11730) Jpn R1 GS 0300-0400 17685 300 OCE (x21610) Jpn R1 GS 0300-0400 15590 300 SEAs (x17810) Jpn R1 GS 0800-0900 15590 300 SAs (x11730) Jpn R1 GS 1900-2000 6165 300 EAs (x9560) Jpn R1 GS 2000-2100 6165 300 EAs (x9560) (Kunitoshi Hishikawa-JPN, Oct 10)

JORDAN Winter time in Jordan starting from Sep 13 and En sce of Radio Jordan again back on the air, but 1 hour later. 1100-1730 on 11690 (55555) over VoR in Fr from 1700. Ar sce to EUR heard on Oct 1: 1630-1800 on new7150 (55555), instead of 7155 //6105 good. (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

UNID Ar stn - Arabic on 6985 kHz, ref Bjorn Fransson's UNID. I've heard Radio Jordan here recently, although a strong signal it seems to be just spurious radiation from 7155. (Dave Kernick", INTERNET:[email protected] Oct 10)

LIBYA LJB test tone 1000 Hz Sep 14-27. v0730-1030v on NF 9655 strong carrier //7120,9705,11850. (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8) [noted on Oct 11th also, addit on 11815 too, but not on 6155, ed]

MOLDOVA 999 MW TWR via Grigoriopol 1830-1900 in Ukr. 2030-2045 We-Fr Ru, Tu Ukr, 2030-2100 Mo Bel. 2045-2100 We+Fr Ru, Tu+Th Ukr. (TWR schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

MONACO TWR B98 schedule, til March 27, 1999 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE MB FREQU TRM PWR ANT AZI 0745-0920 6 ENGLISH 31 09870 SW1 100 GBD 324 0745-0950 7 ENGLISH 31 09870 SW1 100 GBD 324 0755-0920 12345 ENGLISH 31 09870 SW1 100 GBD 324 0930-0945 123456 GERMAN 41 07160 SW5 500 I0 026 0930-0945 123456 GERMAN 31 09795 SW2 100 I0 013 0930-1015 7 GERMAN 41 07160 SW5 500 I0 026 0930-1015 7 GERMAN 31 09795 SW2 100 I0 013 0945-1000 123 5 SLOVAK 31 09490 SW1 100 I+ 065 0945-1000 6 CZECH 31 09490 SW1 100 I+ 065 1130-1200 6 SLOVAK 31 09490 SW1 100 I+ 065 1200-1245 7 HUNGARIAN 31 09490 SW1 100 I+ 065 1330-1415 123 5 CROATIAN 41 07255 SW2 100 II0 085 1330-1345 67 CROATIAN 41 07255 SW2 100 II0 085 1330-1345 4 SERBIAN 41 07255 SW2 100 II0 085 1345-1415 7 MACEDONIAN 41 07255 SW2 100 II0 085 1345-1415 4 CROATIAN 41 07255 SW2 100 II0 085 1345-1415 6 SLOVENIAN 41 07255 SW2 100 II0 085 1415-1430 6 GERMAN 41 07160 SW5 100 I0 013 1415-1430 6 GERMAN 31 09795 SW5 500 I0 026 1430-1500 1234567 GERMAN 41 07160 SW2 100 I0 013 1430-1500 1234567 GERMAN 31 09795 SW5 500 I0 026 1440-1455 234567 RUSSIAN 31 09485 SW1 100 I+ 033 1455-1540 123456 RUSSIAN 31 09485 SW1 100 I+ 033 1515-1600 12 45 CZECH 41 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 1530-1600 3 CZECH 41 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 1515-1530 3 67 SLOVAK 41 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 1540-1555 12345 RUSSIAN 31 09485 SW1 100 I+ 033 1601-1616 7 HUNGARIAN 41 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 1601-1631 123456 HUNGARIAN 41 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 (TWR B98 schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

MOROCCO 15345 RTM in Ar heard again on fair level via Nador tx site, but much stronger via VoA relay site Tangiers Briech-MRC on //15335, around 1145. (WB, Oct 10)

MYANMAR v5985.85 ? Tentat. R Myanmar Yangon noted in Europe at 1430-1600. Came accross of a strong whistle, hetting R Tirana-ALB Cerrik dom sce on 5985.00 [unfortunately even] around 1505 til s-off at 16.00:13, playing a short piece of music like an anthem at 15.59. Switched the rx to 2.2 kHz filter, usb-mode, and passband shift function on the upper flank.

Today we had very good conditions towards Ea and SoEaAS, from 1430 til 1600 easily traced

BBC WS Nakhan-THA 5975 in En, VoA Poro-PHL 7115 in Cambodian, VoIRI Mashad-IRN 7180 in Taj/Uzb, tentat. Dhaka-BGD poor signal on 7185 playing subcontinental mx, VoA Tinang-PHL 7195 in Vtn, BBC Nakhan-THA 7205 in Ur, as usual DW Trinco on 7225, CRI Beijing in En loud and clear on 7260 at 1430 //9535,9700,11825.

And -- Poland was off -- interesting 7285 when RCI Montreal in Ru was on top at 1510, using RKI Kimjae-KOR relay, but then noted R Taskent-UZB in Dari at 1520. (WB, Oct 11)

PAKISTAN Urdu WS of R Pakistan at 1330-1530 heard on Karachi 15169.22, and Islamabad 11570.09 & 15465.06. (WB, Oct 11)

PALAU Due to the confusion on the freq for the last test bcs (they took place on 15725 instead of the announced 13840), we have rescheduled the test bcs for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) via Palau as follows:

Wed Oct 14th 1300-1400 15725 Thu Oct 15th 1300-1400 15725 Fri Oct 16th 1300-1400 13840 Sat Oct 17th 1300-1400 13840 (Ludo Maes-BEL, OCt 12)

POLAND 1503 TWR MW relay Tychovo-POL, 1930-2100, Fi,No,Lith,Swe. (TWR B98 schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon noted in Por at 2330 on 11840,13640,13700, and best signal on 11770. (WB, Oct 10)

ROMANIA RRI morning sce of Ru to Eu in Ro,Fr,Ge,En: 0600-0657 heard on spurious signals in ranges 9628-9640 & 9622-9610 or on every 3 kHz from nominal 9625.

Radio Moldova Inter in Sp&Ro heard on Sep 22: 1100-1157 on 11580.0, demodulated audio and on spurious signals on 11598.3/11561.7 or +/-18.3 kHz! (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

RUSSIA new 5550 Monitoring at 1000-1300. R Rossii *1000-1010, then R Kyzyl 1010- 1042*, 1100-1301 R Rossii with several pauses during txion. Nothing at 1329. SINPO from 25232 to 45434 in Irkutsk. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Oct 10)

Some relay freqs changes of Deutsche Welle, as fr Sep 27: 1200-1400 in Ge on new 17680 (x17730), 1430-1650 in Ur,Hi,En on NF 7305 (x9875), 1500-1900 in Ru on new 5945 (x9800), 1700-1750 in Farsi on new 5935 (x9835), 1900-2000 in Rom on new 6000 (x9470), 2200-2400 in Ge on new7340 (x11795). (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

Radio Rossii SW relays, B98 (tentat.) Moscow area GPR-1, 250 kW, 310 degr, EUR,NoAM,NoAtlantic, 0200-0500 6115, 0530-0800 9860, 0830-1700 13705, 1730-2200 7170.

Moscow area GPR-1, 250 kW, 263 degr, EUR,WeAF,SoAtlantic, 0200-0500 7380, 0530-0800 12060, 0830-1500 15455, 1530-1900 12060, 1930-2200 6045.

Moscow area GPR-1, 100 kW, 240 degr, Eur Russia,EUR, 0200-0600 6110, 0630-1500 9720, 1530-2200 6060.

Moscow area GPR-1, 100 kW, 003 degr, Northern part of European Russia, 0200-0500 5910, 0530-1500 7250, 1530-2200 5910.

St. Petersburg Popovka GPR-2, 400 kW, 147 degr, Eur Russia, Caucasus, Middle East, 0200- 0700 7335, 0730-1400 12045, 1430-2200 7340.

Samara GPR-3, 100 kW, 130 degr, CeAS, So&SoEaAS, 0200-0500 6125, 0530-1200 11990, 1230- 2200 6125.

Tbilisskaya Oktyabrsky [Armavir] Krasnodar TCR-4, 100 kW, 105 degr, CeAS, So&SoEAAS, 0200-0500 7325, 0530-1200 11720, 1230-1600 7145. 325 degr, Eur Russia, NoEUR, 1630-2200 5895.

Yekaterinburg YeRe, 200 kW, 050 degr, Northern Siberia, 2200-1800 7220.

Irkutsk GPR-10, 100 kW, 063 degr, RUS, FE, 2000-2300 7390, 2330-0700, 9700, 0730-1600 7440. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS, Oct 4)

ST. HELENA R. St. Helena Day will be Sat, Oct 24th this year, 1900-2300, on usual freq of 11092.5 usb mode. (via R. St. Helena web site and NU, Oct 4;

SW Propagation of Radio St. Helena Day's USB txion at 24th Oct 98, 1900-2300 on 11092.5, 1 kW power, tx-antenna vertical monopole (non-dir), rx-antenna receiver whip.

Propagation world map (36.8 kB GIF File) calculated by VOAAREA progr for txion time 2100 via: http://www.snafu.de/~j.kubiak/ (Juergen Kubiak-D, Oct 11)

SAUDI ARABIA v12038.48 2100 BSKSA General progr (2) noted very strong today, when extremely good conditions occured in our European night from both AS and the Americas. Played very fine guitar mx. Scheduled 1700-2100, but heard again at 2125. (WB, Oct 14)

SOUTH AFRICA Sentech has allocated an addit freq for Amateur Radio Mirror Internat. There will be a test txion Sun, Oct 11 as follows: 0800-0855 15180, beamed at 19 degrees from Johannesburg, 250kW. Reports from African Countries and further a field would be highly appreciated. Please email RR's to [email protected] or fax +27-31-765-6456 (Toit, via HCDX, via DXW, Oct 12)

Already logged by this alert European DXer: 15180 Amateur Radio Mirror Internat, Oct 11, 0800-0810, test txion: only caught ID at beginning and some numbers in En. Very noisy, atmospheric-wise. Signal unreadable. (Pijpers via DXW, Oct 12)

SWITZERLAND From Swisscom Dear fellow listener, Six months ago our SW stn Schwarzenburg has been closed. Consequently the number of txions in parallel and with it the receiving possibilities are reduced. The audibility in general however did not decrease drastically. Thanks to the reliability and the high degree of availability of the transmitting station Juelich, Germany, the receiving quality may most of the time be considered as good. Juelich is acting as successor of Schwarzenburg, but also as a reserve stn for Sottens.

Unfortunately the reduction of the SW sce goes on. On 24 Oct 1998 the txing stn Lenk will be on the air for the last time. Due to the need of renovation but also the revised SRI coverage priorities, Lenk will cease sending on 6165 at the end of the summer season. In 1974 this stn came into operation with two txs of 250 kW. For 25 years Lenk covered with its omnidir antennas the surrounding European countries and depending of the time of day even the peripheral EUR. The time of the well known and estimated freqs 3985, 6165 and 9535 is irrevocably over! If appropriate and possible the freq of 6165 will be used on other targets. On Swiss territory there will remain one single tx at Sottens with a power of 500 kW.

As a result of the shutdown of that stn, the air time exchange with the People's Republic of CHN will discontinue. After the above-mentioned date there will be no txs in favour of CRI from Lenk nor for SRI from Bejing. As a compensation we introduced the SNG relay already at the beginning of the summer txion period which is very good accepted by the audience.

As per 25 Oct 1998 the new txs schedule comes into force. At the August High Frequency Co-ordination Conference (HFCC) in Tunis the txing freqs were co-ordinated for the coming winter period. In numerous bilateral talks we fought for every single freq. Of course, the spectrum is not nearly wide enough to place all requirements on an own channel.

Together with EUR and NoAM the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) was represented for the first time. Hence the number of bcing organisations and administrations has increased to 55. The participants represented about 80 % of the worldwide operated txion hrs which is equivalent to 14'500 hours per day. Switzerland now requires a total of 56 Γ³ hours.

On 1 Jan 1999 the revised Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will come into force. Henceforth, following the present HFCC practice there will officially be only 2 seasonal periods instead of 4. The txion schedule A begins on the last Sun in March and ends on the last Sun in Oct consequently the schedule B covers the winter period of the northern hemisphere. For the first time the schedule is marked with the new designation. The situation on our freqs Γ± 5 kHz during the coming half year is shown on the enclosed excerpt of the data base. Only one or more SRI txions to your target area are shown.

We thank you very much for all the reports and sound documents. We would be glad if we could count on your assistance as in the past. Sincerely yours, Swisscom Ltd. - HF Broadcasting - Ulrich Wegmueller (via Paul Ormandy-NZL Oct12)

TAIWAN Freqs changes of Radio Taipei Inter. 2000-2057 in Fr new 9955 (45544) (x9985) //156OOWYFR. 2000-2057 in Ar new 11775 (55544) (x11550) //9630. (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

TAJIKISTAN V of Free Iran in Farsi via txs in Dushanbe: 1730-1800 on new6215 (55544), (x6220, x6210) //5835. (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

V of IRAN noted on 5835 at 1840-1858 s-off, in Farsi w a rhetoric, prog. concluded w a modern Farsi pop song. Weak but in the clear, //6210 which was jammed and useless. (V.Korinek-RSA, Oct 3 via CRW)

UAE 21630 Unwanted strange two wobbling tone signals observed here in Stuttgart-GER on this VoUAE Abu Dhabi channel for some time now, lasting at least for the past two months. Checked with three rxs. Remarkably the signal isn't occuring when using USB mode rx setting, so in AM and LSB only. Signal occurs hopping twice a second resulting in a higher and a lower tone signal. Signal remainds me on a personal calling device signal.

Heard here today at 1100 and at 1645 too. At 1100 the two //channels are 13735 & 17885, at 1650 13735 & 15265, and both UAE channels each not concerned so far. When UAE s-off on 21630 at 1659, the unwanted signal remains. AOR's synchronise detection function wandering around, but settled down near 21629.55 when switched from LSB mode to SYNC. Please help ... (WB, Oct 11)

USA 26962 AM-Mode noted Oct 5, at 1849 in En lang. Heard time ann at 1650, and fade- out about 1700. (Thomas Fuch [[email protected]], Oct 5)

RFA changes: 1400-1500 in Viet on new11580 (x11535). 1500-1600 in Tib on new7470 (x11580). 1500-1800 in Mand on new9420 (x11520). 1530-1630 in Kor on new11565, new11580 (x15660), 9955. 1800-2000 in Mand on new7530 (x11520) re-(x9420). 2000-2100 in Mand on new7530 (x11520), re-(x9455). 2330-0030 in Viet on new11560, (x15560). (PanIview-BUL, Oct 8)

RADIO PRAGUE COMES TO WRMI - As of Sun, Oct 25, 1998, Radio Prague -- the ext sce of Czech Radio -- will relay its daily half-hour progr in En via WRMI. The progr, intended primarily for NoAM, will be aired on WRMI's new NoAMcan antenna at 0400-0430 on 9955. This relay agreement is experimental and is the result of many months of negotiations and technical cooperation between the two stns. (WRMI - Jeff White, Oct 12)

VIETNAM v12019.54 2120 VoVTN Hanoi heard well today, when extremely good conditions occured in our European night from both AS and the Americas. (WB, Oct 14)

ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA RADIOASCOLTO. The AIR Contest 1999 "Attilio Leoni", will start at 1700 on Jan 5th, 1999, and will end at midnight UTC on Jan 17th, 1999. Participation is open for all radiolisteners, AIR members and non members alike. The Contest is divided into the following parts: -First part: free listening on 41 meters band between the range 7100 to 7590kHz, from Jan 5th at 1700 to Jan 10th, 1999, at midnight UTC, in any language. -Second part: listening to progrs in any language of the following stns, at any time from Jan 11th at 0000 to Jan 17th, 1999, at midnight UTC (on bcs freqs between 150 and 26100 kHz):

ALGERIA - RTAlgerienne ARGENTINA - R. Argentina al Exterior AUSTRALIA - Radio Australia BELGIUM - R.Vlaanderen Int. BENIN - ORTBenin BRAZIL - Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo CANADA - Radio Canada Int. CHAD - R.Diff.Nat. Tchadienne CHINA - Radio China Int. CROATIA - Hrvatski R. CUBA - Radio Habana EGYPT - Egyptian Radio, Cairo FRANCE - Radio France Int. GREECE - Voice of Greece IRAN - VOIRI Tehran ITALY - RAI International JAPAN - NHK Radio Japan KOREA - KBS Radio Korea Int. KENYA - Kenya BC MALI - Radiodiff. Malienne MALTA - Voce del Mediterraneo MOROCCO - Radio Med 1 NAMIBIA - Namibian BC NEW ZEALAND - Radio New Zealand NIGER - La Voix du Sahel OMAN - Radio Oman POLAND - Polish Radio ROMANIA - Radio Romania Int. RUSSIA - Voice of Russia SAUDI ARABIA - BSKSA SPAIN - Radio Exterior de Espana SWITZERLAND - Swiss Radio Int. SYRIA - Radio Damascus UNITED KINGDOM - B.B.C. USA - WWCR USA - WYFR Family Radio USA - WSHB VATICAN - Vatican Radio VENEZUELA - Ecos del Torbes VIETNAM - Voice of Vietnam

Each stn can be logged only once. The listening report will have a minimum time of 15 mins. The reports must contain all usefull references (freq, UTC time, stn name, language, the most important details for a good valuation, SINPO code), technical data rx, antenna and optionals). The listening list, with your paticipation fee, must be sent to this addr:

Bruno PECOLATTO AIR Contest Manager via Soana 13 I-10085 PONT CANAVESE (TO) - ITALY e-mail: [email protected] Not lather than Feb 27th, 1999 (date of postmark). On the same report the participant must indicate his name and surname, complete address and a short declaration as follow: "I take the responsibility on myself that I listened to all the stations reported during the time of validity of contest". All details will be very important for a correct estimate of the contest results and for additional controls the Contest Manager could ask your audio-tape. During the contest some monitor stations will listen off. The scores will be computed on a base of 101 = points for each station deducting the participants percentage that listened to the same stn. Decimal will not be considered. A bonus of 200 points will be awarded to all those who will report the highest number of progr details for each station and not only generic terms such as nx, mx, comments, etc.

The participation fee are 6 IRCs to be sent with your listening list to Contest Manager. Each participant will receive a certificate of participation. Prizes list is the following: 1st prize: radio controlled table clock offered by A.I.R. 2nd prize: a copy of the book "La radio di carta" offered by MosΕ  Edizioni 3rd prize: a copy of the book "Your VHF companion" offered by Pirate News 4th prize: a radio amateur's world map offered by A.I.R. Two AIRs pin, the books "Radio Caroline" and "Amico Elettrone" offered by Pirate News, the book "Guida all'ascolto delle utility" offered by C&C Edizioni, the book "Le pagine gialle delle radio" offered by A.I.R., two copy of the books "Amica radio" offered by Luigi Cobisi and Edizioni Medicea and one philatelix box offered by Piero Castagnone will be drawn mong all the participants. * For every other information, please write to Contest Manager(see the addr) and enclose one IRC. (Francesco Clemente, INTERNET:[email protected] Oct 8)

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AFGHANISTAN V of Shariah. I have been following the recent reports that Taleban has reactivated one of Afghanistan's old xmtr - 4775 100kW. The channel is occupied by AIR Imphal 50 kw. Absolutely no signs of V of Shariah. (Sarath Weerakoon-SLK 4S5SL, UADX, 18 Oct)

7198.9v Voice of Shari'a (Voice of Islamic Law), 1645-1705. Organization: Taliban, with funding by PAK. Langs: Dari, Pashto. (Korinek via NU, via DXW, Oct 18)

ARMENIA 1350 MW TWR via Kamo, 1930-2100, Ku-Kirmanji,Tu,Hebrew,Ru,Hebrew. (TWR B98 schedule leaflet, Oct 7, adapted by ed)

The schedule of TWR Monte Carlo also solves the mystery of their IS being heard at 1825 on MW 1350, -- via Kamo. I presume this is prior to their Kurdish/Turkish sce which currently starts at 1830, and will shift one hr later on next Sunday.

1350 MW is quite an interesting channel if a frustrating one ! I can hear Belgrade at 1800, and I can recognise the Latvian, it is very difficult to easily distinguish what stn(s) is fading up and down with it. I'm now 99.9% certain, that the German lang txion is fr Pecs-Hungary, but not so sure what lang they use after 1830, though it sounds Slovak type. (Noel Green-UK, Oct 19)

AUSTRIA ORF Vienna InterMedia progr in Ge in B98 season: Fri 1630 2205[plus MW 1476]. Sat 0205* 0505* 0905[plus RadioRopa LW 261] 1205 2105 Sun 2030* * also via WRN 3.

DX Telegram Sat 1555 1955[plus RadioRopa LW 261] 2325 Sun 0255 0455 0955 1155 2325 (ORF InterMedia, Oct 9)

ROI Vienna on SW, B98 schedule EUR 5945 1800-2400, 6155 0400-2400, 13730 0400-0800 SoEa, 0800-1100 No, 1100-1400 We, 1400-1800 SoWe. NoAM 6015 0500-0700[RCI Sackville-CAN relay], 7325 0000-0300, 13730 1100-1400. CeAM 9870 0200-0400. SoAM 9495 0000-0400, 9870 2300-0200. WeAF 13730 1400-1800. SoAF 13730 1900-2300. NE 9655 1500-1900, 13730 1800-1900, 15410 0500-0800, 17870 0500-0800. AS 13710 1500-1800 So&SoEa, 17615 0800-1100 FE. AUS 21765 0800-1100.

Daily MW Vienna Bisamberg 1476 60 kW 2200-2230 [and ORF dom sce 2230-2300]. Daily LW Burg 261 50 kW 1900-2000, Sats only 0900-1000.

En lang: 0030 NoAM, 0130, 0530, 0630 NoAM, 0830, 0930 AS/AUS, 1330, 1730, 2230. (ORF printed schedule)

BRAZIL On Oct 18 at 0730 I heard Brazilian Portuguese on 11895.1 with mostly talk and mx 'bridges' between items, signal very weak and not troubling S-meter. Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre listed inactive here in WRTH '98. (Noel Green-UK, Oct 18)

CHINA Dom sce Heilongjiang People's Broadcasting Station. ID in St Chinese: "Heilongjiang renmin guangbo diantai". 2100-0600, 0855-1500 Ch-STD Dom 4840 1593 1521 1341 900 621. 1400-1500 progrs in Kor. Addr: 181 Zhongshan Lu, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China. Tel: +86 - 451 - 2627454 Fax: +86 - 451 - 2893539. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

CLANDESTINE (from SYRIA) 4170 a new one here 1630 "The Voice of Independence the Kurdish Conservative Party Radio" s/on the Ar section ID in "Huna sout elesteklal .. ezaat hezb elmuhafezeen al Kurdestani" starting with the nx around 1634.., then followed by a song... Well it's a new one.., don't know if this one really from Syria but the nx is always about the situation between SYR and TUR. No mention of IRQ at all..., so it's really strange! Can any Kurdish DXer clarify this one? the Kurdish progr *1600. (Zeidan, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 12)

COSTA RICA Within the next few months, exact date not set, AWR will discontinue SW from Cahuita, and move all SWBC to the DOMINICAN REP. Will continue producing progrs at Alajuela for their satellite network. (Graham-HCJB;s DX Partyline Oct 11, via Hauser Review of International Bcing)

CZECH REPUBLIC Radio Rokko off air after losing licence. Radio Alfa held a minute's silence on Mon 12th Oct as a mark of solidarity for Radio Rokko, the popular Prague radio stn which went off the air for the last time on 5th Oct after its licence was revoked by the Broadcasting Council. Alfa editor in chief Karel Zajic says in an interview with today's 'Slovo' that Rokko was a victim of petty bureaucracy. "We held a minute's silence to show our disagreement with the board's decision. Other stns are considering taking similar protest action. What happened to Rokko, which lost it licence for trivial reasons, can happen to anyone," Zajic told 'Slovo'.

The head of the company which ran Radio Rokko, Rudolf Piverka, committed suicide on 2nd Oct after the board made a final decision to revoke Rokko's licence. 'Slovo' reported that Radio Rokko was meant to begin bcing 24 hrs a day in July 1996 but instead began two three-month trial bcs. "We were winning listeners and our popularity was growing. We played music from the 1950s to the 1970s, trying to improve our bcing and we were getting good," said former Rokko DJ F. Tlupak.

The BCing Council withdrew Rokko's licence in Feb 1997 because it had failed to go 24- hour. The licence-holder appealed to the court, but on 15th Sep 1998, the court upheld the board's decision. Tlapak says that following the court ruling, the board could have allowed Rokko to continue bcing until a decision had been made on a new licence-holder. "But they didn't. They preferred to leave the frequency silent," he told the paper. Piverka learnt of the BCing Council's final decision on Fri 2nd Oct.

Acc to 'Slovo', he drove to his cottage in Cesky Krumlov, closed the garage and sat in the car with the engine running. He was not discovered until the evening of 11th Oct. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

ECUADOR Quito has been under white alert for a long time, the lowest level, due to the proximity of Pichincha volcano. Now the alert status has gone up a step to yellow, and HCJB has been working on a contingency plan if it goes further up to orange, with a possible eruption. Quito HQ is too far for lava to be a problem, but ash would be a problem. It could damage anything mechanical, ruin txs. If there is an orange alert, will shut down AM and FM site which is on Pichincha itself, 2-3 miles from the crater.

SW site at Pifo is far enough away not to be in danger. But studios and offices in Quito would get ash; if power is lost, could not use generators. Worst case scenario: shut down Quito operation, put announcers at Pifo tx site. If phone lines to tx lost, could use HF feed; heavy ash could disrupt VHF links. Language/sce priorities to get back on the air:

1) AM 690 in Sp, but may also add En, Ge, Quechua 2) local Quechua sce 3) Internat En 4) Internat Sp 5) everything else. (John Beck, HCJB DX Partyline Oct 11 via REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

FINLAND Radio Finland Helsinki B98, replaced En night progr to NoAM by morning sce, 1330-1400 15400 17660. (GH WoR, Oct 15)

GERMANY Radio Asia Canada has disappeared as its ties to the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) showed its head in their program. We were about to expose them to the German Govt. (G. Victor Goonetilleke-SLK 4S7VK, Oct 14)

[CANADA non]. Radio Asia Canada has disappeared; this should be satisfying to our reporter Ernie Behr, who first exposed their connections to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, considered a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka. Harold Sellers, Toronto, hard-core-dx, also notes their "freqs empty, website not connecting, telephone number unanswered." Via hard-core-dx, Paul Ormandy, NZ, says RAC was last heard on 15245 around the end of Sep. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 961, Oct 15)

I tried their number on Oct 13th, but got a message saying that the number is not in service. Their web site is also gone. Didn't pay their bills perhaps or Canadian hate- speech laws kicking in? (Johnson-USA via Cumbre Dx, Oct 15)

GHANA GBC-1 from 2120-2240 on 6130, SINPO 34433, clear channel. 2120-2130 Fr progr, 2130-2200 En rel progr, 2200 En nx + afr. mx. (Uwe Volk-D, Oct 15)

IRAN Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (VIRI) is the ext sce of the Voice and Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran (VVIRI), which is also known as Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). This schedule is based mainly on monitoring observations. Only SW freqs have been confirmed. Freqs are liable to change. Ext bcs from Mashhad in Dari, Persian (for TJK) and Uzbek are the subject of a separate schedule.

0030-0130 BENGALI As 11915 11785 * 0030-0130 ENGLISH Eu 9685 9022 7260 6055 0030-0130 SPANISH Am 9650 6175 0130-0230 SPANISH Am 9650 7260 6175 6055 6010 0130-0230 URDU As 11915 7130 6005 765 * 0230-0430 AZERI ME 9615 702 0230-0330 PASHTO As 7130 6005 765 * 0230-0330 SPANISH Eu Am 6175 6055 0230-0430 TURKMEN As 1449 0300-0330 ARMENIAN ME 6210 0330-0430 KURDISH ME 639 612 0330-0430 PASHTO As 9570 6005 765 (unconfirmed) 0330-0430 SWAHILI Af 13605 11750 9525 7260 * 0430-0530 TURKISH EuME 11790 9525 * 0530-0630 BOSNIAN Eu 15230 13610 9525 0530-0630 SPANISH Eu 15260 11790 * 0545-0630 HAUSA Af 15450 13755

0630-0730 FRENCH Af 15325 15260 11790 * 0630-0730 ITALIAN Eu 15230 15084 13615-v 9022 0730-0830 MALAY As (only on satellite) 0830-0930 CHINESE-STD As (only on satellite) 0930-1000 ARMENIAN ME 11705 9615 1000-1100 ITALIAN As (only on satellite) 1100-1230 ENGLISH ME As 15260-v 13605 11875-v 11830 9585 765 702 102.7 * 1130-1730 KURDISH ME 1161-(to 1530) 930-(to 1530) 639

1200-1300 ITALIAN Eu 15115 15084 13600 1230-1330 MALAY As 15200 13760 13605 11885 1230-1330 PASHTO ME As 11875-v 11830 9585 7180 765 102.7 * 1330-1430 CHINESE-STD As 15200 13685 13605 11885 9625 * 1330-1430 URDU ME As 11830 11775 9585 9525 7115 6175 765 97.70-(for Tehran) 1400-1500 RUSSIAN Eu 11960 11930 9735 9575 1449 702 1430-1530 BENGALI ME As 15130 13605 11875 5995 * 1430-1530 PASHTO-Z As 11830 1098 765 (progr fr Zahedan studio) 1430-1530 URDU As 11775-v 9585 9525 7150 6175 1500-1530 KAZAKH As 11885 9585-v 7165 1500-1730 TURKMEN As Dom 1449 1530-1630 ENGLISH AsAu 15130 13605 11775-v 102.7 * 1530-1630 PASHTO As 9525 7150 6175 765 1530-1630 RUSSIAN Eu As 9575 9022 7260 1404 1530-1730 URDU-Z As 11830 1098 (prog fr Zahedan studio) 1630-1730 ARMENIAN ME 9620 9535 6005 (* - to 1700) 1630-1830 AZERI ME 1404 1323 (unconfirmed) 1630-1700 GEORGIAN ME (prog fr Gilan studio) - unconfirmed 1630-1730 TURKISH EuME 9525 9022 7260 1730-1830 BOSNIAN Eu 11660 9615 7340 7295 7165 1730-1830 GERMAN Eu 9530 9022 7260 7160 * 1730-1830 RUSSIAN As 7290 7200 7115 6035 1730-1830 SWAHILI Af 11750 9650 1730-1830 TURKISH As 11885 1404 639

1830-1900 ALBANIAN Eu 11660 9615 7340 7295 1830-1930 ASSYRIAN ME 936 1830-1930 FRENCH Eu 11900 9022 7260 7160 * 1930-2030 ENGLISH Eu 9022 7260 7160 1404 1930-2000 ITALIAN Eu 11660 9615 7340 1930-2030 RUSSIAN As 9740 7305 7290 7175 * 1945-2030 HAUSA Af 11720 9605 2030-2130 SPANISH Eu 9022 7260 * 2130-2230 BOSNIAN Eu 7170 7145 7125 * 2130-2230 ENGLISH Au 6175 6025 106.70-(for Tehran) 2330-0030 CHINESE-STD As 11915 7215 7130 2330-0030 FRENCH Am 9022 7260 6030 *

VIRI Ar sce Tehran 0000-0130 Ar EuME Am 9615 6145 6120 5995 1224 1080 576 0130-0230 9615 6120 5995 1224 1080 576 0230-0330 7190 7130 5995 1224 1080 576 0530-0930 17570 15585 15350 15125 1224 1080 576 0930-1130 17570 15585 15350 15125 13605 1224 1080 576 1130-1230 17570 15585 15350 15125 11745 1224 1080 576 1230-1330 17570 15585 15350 11745 1330-1430 15350 11995 1224 1080 576 1430-1700 11995 7190 1224 1080 576 1700-1830 9695 7190 6025 1224 1080 576 2030-2130 9695 6145 6025 1224 1080 576 2130-2330 9022 6145 6025 5995 1224 1080 576 2330-2400 9615 9605 6145 6120 6025 5995 1224 1080 576

Addr: PO Box 19395-6767, Tehran, Iran. Fax: +98 - 21 - 2051635; Tel: +98 - 21 - 2042808 URL: http://www.irib.com/ (Real Audio available) e-mail: [email protected] (Gen); [email protected] (Research Centre) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

Radio Gilan starts ext sce in Georgian. Iranian news agency IRNA Rasht, Gilan Province, 12th Oct: Deputy head of the Islamic Rep of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) for ext radio sces Mohammad Sarafraz said here Sun 11th Oct, that IRN ranks sixth in the world on the strength of 22 ext radio sces. Sarafraz told a ceremony to kick off the Georgian-lang progr of Radio Gilan that IRN the USA, CHN, UK, EGY and RUS rank ahead of IRN. He added that at present, 100 hrs of various radio and tv progrs are being aired every day by the ext sces of the IRIB. Simultaneous with the birth anniversary of Hadhrat Fatima, daughter of prophet Muhammad, Radio Gilan [on] Sun started its ext sces in Georgian lang for half an hour every day starting at 1630. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

VIRI Mashhad. Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. This schedule shows sces bc by the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (VIRI) from its studios at Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan prov in northeast IRN, for listeners in CeAS. The MW tx on 720 is at Tayyebad, also in Khorasan prov. The Tajik bcs at 0330 and 1600 may be in standard Persian. Stn ID in Pe: "Inja Mashhad ast, Seda-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, markaz-e Khorasan". ("This is Mashhad, the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Khorasan centre."). In addition to the bcs shown below, the freqs in this schedule also relay other VIRI dom and ext sces from Tehran. 0100-0300 Da AS, 0300-0330 Uz AS, 0330-0500 Tjk AS, 1330-1530 Ur AS, 1530-1600 Uz AS, 1600-1730 Tjk AS 7180 720. Addr: PO Box 555, Mashhad, Iran. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

[IRAQ non] Clandestine Schedule. SCIRI (Voice of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Ar: sawt al-thawrah al-islamiyah fi al-iraq) has been observed intermittently since 1980 and bcs on freqs which at other times carry Iranian radio's ext sce in Ar. The radio states that its progrs are prepared by the bcing section of the information unit of the (Iranian-sponsored) Shi'i group, the Supreme Council (or Assembly) of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq - SCIRI.

This organization also prepares programmes for Voice of Rebellious Iraq. Bcs may be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER. Evening bc unconfirmed (previously 1430-1630 on 9670 and 7115). 0330-0530 Ar/Kur ME 9610 7295 7115 6195 1224. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

[PALESTINE non, WEST BANK & GAZA] Clandestine Schedule. Voice of the Palestinian Islamic Revolution General (Ar: sawt al-filistin, sawt al-thawrah al-islamiyah al- filistiniyah) operates from IRN. It was first heard in the mid-1980s. It bcs on freqs which at other times carry the the Ar ext sce of VoIRI (the official Iranian bcing organization). Bcs MAY be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER.

0400-0500 Ar ME 9670 6020, 1830-2030 Ar ME 9695 7190 6145 6025. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

INDONESIA Holidays in INS. Here are the official holidays in INS as per decree issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. There are 13 Holidays in INS, but next year, full 6 days fall on a weekend !

New Year's Day 01 Jan Id-Ul-Fitri (End of Ramadan) 19-20 Jan Nyepi (Hindu Day of Silence) 18 Mar Id-Ul Adha (Muslim Sacrifice Day) 28 Mar Good Friday 02 Apr Islamic New Year (1420 H) 17 Apr Ascension of Jesus Christ 13 May Waisak (Buddhist Holiday) 30 May Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad 26 Jun Liberation Day 17 Aug Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad 06 Nov Christmas Day 25 Dec (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung, INS, Oct 17)

JORDAN 6985 It is one of the well known 'side-spurs' put out by Jordan radio 170 kHz lower than 7155, in theory it should also appear on 7325 too. (Noel Green-UK, Oct 19)

KUWAIT Radio Kuwait has added a morning txion in En to its schedule: 0500-0800 on 15110. (Erik Koie-DEN, Oct 21)

LIBYA Ext radio changes name to "Voice of Africa". At 1715 on 12th Oct Libya's ext radio sce, which usually calls itself "Voice of the Greater Arab Homeland", was monitored calling itself "Voice of Africa" (Ar: Sawt Afriqia) for the first time. This appears to be in line with the recent reorientation of foreign policy by the Libyan leader Colonel Qadhafi, who has been distancing his country from the Arab world because of what he sees as the failure of efforts towards Arab unity, and advocating closer relations with African countries instead. On 13th Sep Libyan TV's main evening nx bulletin at 1930 began reflecting the pro-Africa stance when it changed its backdrop from a map of the world with the Arab countries highlighted in green, with the words "Map of the Greater Arab Homeland" superimposed, to a different world map in which Africa stands out prominently, in black, with Libya depicted in green and surrounded by a halo. In Libyan TV news'smaller-scale map of Africa surrounded by the Mediterranean and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Arabian Peninsula has totally disappeared. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

MALTA [Italy/Russia] VoMedit Valetta Malta in German B98 schedule: 1200-1300 11830 via Santo Palombara RAI Rome relay. 2130-2200 7440 via Moscow-RUS relay, repeat of first 30 progr mins. (Klaus Koehler-D, Oct 18) [times correct?, or 1100 resp. 2030 UTC?, ed]

MONGOLIA THE VOICE OF MONGOLIA, broadcast schedule Sep 28-Mar 28 English 1230-1300 12085 AUS 1500-1530 11790,12085 SoAS 2030-2100 11790,12085 EUR

Russian 0830-0900 12015 Asia 1300-1330 12015 Siberia 2000-2030 11790,12085 EUR

Chinese 1000-1030 12085, 990 Asia 1200-1230 12085, 990 Asia 1430-1500 11790,12085 SoAS

Japanese 0900-0930 12085 Asia 1030-1100 12085 Asia 1330-1400 12085 Asia

Mongolian 0930-1000 990, 12085 Asia 1130-1200 990, 12085 SoAS (F.Brazhnikov_RUS, Oct 21)

MYANMAR [non] [CIS/GER/NOR] Democr Voice of Burma in Burmese to Myanmar, 1245-1345 Dushanbe 13820, Juelich 15330 100 kW 80 degr; 1430-1455 Kvitsoe 11850, Dushanbe 13820, Juelich 15635 100 kW 80 degr. (DVB schedule, Oct 17)

Both progrs should test also on either 5910, 5945 and 7490 from UNKNOWN location.

Democratic Voice of Burma. Organization: activitsts for NCGUB Addr: P.O.Box 6720, Skt. Olavs Plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway url:: www.communique.no/dvb/ e-mail: [email protected] lang: Burmese and portions of Shan/Karen/Kayan ID: (Burmese): Democratic Myanmar a-Than (CRW info)

NETHERLANDS Radio Netherlands plans, schedule changes. Excerpt from "RNMN" report by Radio Netherlands. Twice a year the direct txion schedule on SW is revised to make maximum use of available resources. As far as En lang programming is concerned, we are making two shifts this time to our SW schedule, starting at the end of this month on Sun 25th Oct. We are moving the times of our bcs to the PAC; txs in RUS and in Bonaire-ATN will be combined to strengthen the sce from 0930-1125.

We have had too many complaints that the 0730 and especially the 0830 bcs out of Bonaire, simply fade away during the summer in the southern hemisphere. And now there is third tx in our Bonaire relay stn, we can do something about. So once again 0930-1125 will be the new times for our bcs in En towards the PAC. We are also picking up more listeners who hear a selection of our progrs via national networks in the region, such as the ABC.

There is also a shift in our bcs to AS; as from Sun 25th Oct, our two-hour Asian sce in the evening starts at 1430, so that is one hour later than at present. We can see that local tv viewing habits in IND mean that the new time is more convenient. And we are dropping the morning bcs altogether, because they are now arriving too late in SoAS and we do not have reliable means of being heard any earlier. Bcs to EUR, AF and NoAM remain unchanged for the coming year. We are reserving money to build partnerships in AF with our Fr and En lang progrs. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

New Newsletter. Perhaps you can help us publicise a new sce from RadioNetherlands. We're getting regular feedback from people who ask specific questions about internat bcing and the future of radio in general. We're also getting e-mails from people who think Radio Netherlands is a commercial stn (in fact it is a public foundation) and has no right to be publicizing its progrs in newsgroups like rec.radio.shortwave

So we're reducing our participation in that forum and switching to a more targeted form of distribution - a free newsletter from the Media Network team. To sign-up, please go to the Media Network bc centre at http://www.rnw.nl/en/prog_medianw.html

Support from your members is always welcome since we believe the information will be complementary, rather than competing with what you're doing. Also on behalf of my Media Network co-host Diana Janssen. (Jonathan Marks, Director of Programmes, Radio Netherlands. (Oct 16)

NEW ZEALAND ... Another group bidding is an Asian bcing group and the third group is New Zealand Radio Reading Sce. Now listeners will probably know that as the organization behind New Zealand's second SW sce ZLXA. ZLXA provides reading of daily newspapers and other spoken programming for people with sight and reading disabilities. Their main SW freq is 3935 with just 1 kW. But moving back to the parliamentary network, it's not yet known which of the three bidders has been successful, Jonathan, but it will certainly be interesting to see whether the successful applicant is the highest bidder, or the organization that has the greatest or perhaps the most deserving potential untapped audience. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 15)

PAKISTAN R PAK is now using API-1 tx for Turkish at 1700 on 12015 nominal, but it's working very badly and often 'peaks' at 12008-12012-12014. I've suggested they tune to clear 12010, but will need to repair the txer first ! API-4 is used on 13580 also Turkish at 1700-1730. (Noel Green-UK, Oct 19)

PERU While looking/checking 9675 for PNG -- which I didn't find ! -- I came across a LA stn using 9674.8. Splash fr VoA 9680 til 0700, then clear but weak. Vaguely relig mx like VozCristiana when first heard on Sep 29. All annc in Sp, so not likely to be Cancao Nova-Brz, could it be Radio del Pacifico in Peru on extended sched ? [See NU item below.] (Noel Green-UK, Oct 19)

9670 KFBS SAIPAN with woman in presumed Vietnamese lang at 1423 followed by 9674.79, R. del Pacifico, 0628-0635 Oct 1, very good with SP Christian vocals, canned reverb SP ID. About equal level to 4975.16. (Krueger-FL in NU, Oct 1)

RUSSIA Radio Vaticana uses now a CIS tx 1450-1610 on 11695 for Hi, Tamil, Malayalam and En. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D via Kai Ludwig-D)

I checked it today and indeed found at 1440 on 11695 the unmistakable marker tones, at 1447 switched into Radio Vaticana IS, followed by programming from 1450. (Kai Ludwig, Oct. 18)

ST. HELENA R. St. Helena Day will be Sat, Oct 24th this year, 1900-2300, on usual freq of 11092.5 usb mode. (via R. St. Helena web site and NU, Oct 4;

I have just spoke to Mr Derek Richards about Saturday's Broadcast. The presenter will be Mr Ralph Peters. During the conversation I asked about next year's txion - "Well", said Derek, the Govt faces some financial problems and the budget may be cut for the radio stn. This together with the old tx, whose status cannot be guaranteed by Cable&Wireless, means that there will probably not be any txion next year". So, what will happen in the next Millenium? This year's bc may be the last one, at least on SW. We don't know how Internet will progress in St Helena in next year as long as it costs 50 pence per minut to connect. (John Ekwall-S, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 21)

SAIPAN 9670 KFBS SAIPAN with woman in presumed Vietnamese lang at 1423 followed by religious hymns. Fair. (David Ross-CAN, Oct 8)

SOUTH AFRICA B98 schedule of CHANNEL AFRICA

English 0300-0325 9525 Ea& CeAF 0400-0430 5955 SoAF 0500-0530 15215 WeAF 0600-0630 15215 WeAF 1300-1455 21530 WeAF * 1300-1455 17895 Ea& CeAF * 1300-1455 11900 SoAF * 1500-1530 17870 Ea& CeAF 1600-1630 6000 SoAF 1700-1730 17870 WeAF 1800-1830 17870 WeAF

French 0330-0355 9525 MDG 0430-0455 9525 CeAF 1530-1555 17870 MDG 1630-1655 11900 CeAF 1830-1855 17870 WeAF

Portuguese 0430-0455 5955 NoMOZ 0430-0455 3345 SoMOZ 0530-0555 15215 AGL 0630-0655 15215 AGL & WeAF 1630-1655 6000 NoMOZ 1630-1655 3345 SoMOZ 1730-1755 17870 AGL & WeAF

Swahili 0300-0325 9765 EaAF 1500-1525 15545 EaAF 1600-1630 11900 Ce& EaAF * Sats and Suns

RADIO SONDER GRENSE (dom sce of the SABC) 0500-1700 7185 SoAF 1700-0500 3320 SoAF (Uwe Volk-D, Oct 15)

SWEDEN Radio Sweden Stockholm B98, replaced En sce to winter time: 1230 7280 9455 [?] 1430 15240 17870 21810 0230 7280 9455 0330 7115 9435 (GH WoR, Oct 15)

SWITZERLAND Swiss Radio International Final B 98: 0500-0730 6165 105 SEEu JUL 100 1100-1330 9535 220 SWEu JUL 100 1830-2030 6165 50 NoEUR JUL 100

0030-0545 9885 295 C&NAm SOT 500 0030-0500 9905 310 C&NAm GUF 500 0600-0815 9885 160 AF JUL 100 0830-1030 9885 215 AuAs GUF 500 11860 200 AF JUL 100 13685 245 AuAs SOT 500 13635 165 AF SOT 500 1100-1330 9540 25 FE/SEAs SNG 250 1400-1615 9575 0 C&SAs SNG 250 17815 80 FE/SEAs SOT 500 15185 80 C&SAs SOT 500 1630-1815 6165 115NE&EaAF JUL 100 1830-2130 9620 140 AF SOT 500 9620 125NE&EaAF JUL 100 9885 160 AF JUL 100 15275 140NE&EaAF SOT 500 11910 200 AF JUL 100 2000-2130 13700 115 AF GUF 500 2200-2400 9885 230 SoAM SOT 500 11660 175 SoAM GUF 500

30 mins En sce: 0100, 0400-0500, 0500(EUR), 0630(EUR), 0730, 0830, 1100(EUR), 1100-1200, 1300(EUR), 1400-1500, 1600-1615, 2000. (Swisscom B-98 sked extracted by gh [and WB; acc to printed schedule], via REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Oct 14)

TAIWAN Radio Taipei International, German sce, B98 schedule til Mar 27 1999. 0600-0700 9985[WYFR relay], 1800-1900 9955 direct, 2100-2200 15810, 9985 [WYFR relay].

POBox 24-38 Postfach 20 05 53 Taipei 106 D-53135 Bonn Taiwan, ROC Germany fax: +886-2-25982254 e-Mail: [email protected] http://www.cbs-taipei.org http://www.cbs.org.tw (Henning Kloeter-TWN, via Volker Willschrey, Oct 15)

TURKEY Voice of Turkey B98 schedule, D=DSB, U=USB mode 5955 1800-1900 29S,30,39N,40-44 EMR 500 072 D Uzbek 5960 1700-1730 29S,30S,39,40 CAK 500 072 D Georgian 5965 1500-1600 29S,30S,39N,40,41N EMR 500 097 D Azerbaijani 5970 1730-1800 27,28,37N CAK 500 294 D Macedonian 5980 1700-0500 18,27,28,37 CAK 250 313 D Turkish 5990 1900-2000 27,28,37N CAK 500 295 D Bosnian 6010 0400-0500 1-7,8W,9N,10,18,27N,28 EMR 500 335 D English til 130299 6035 1830-1930 18,27,28 EMR 500 310 U German 6060 1900-2000 29S,30,39N,40,41N EMR 500 083 D Turkmen 6095 1700-1800 29S,30,39N,40,42-44 EMR 500 072 D Kyrgyz 6120 1500-1700 38E,39,40W CAK 250 152 D Arabic 6120 1700-0500 38E,39,40W CAK 250 152 D Turkish 6135 1800-1900 19-23,29,30 CAK 500 020 D Russian 6135 2030-2130 37,38,46N CAK 500 247 D French 6145 1530-1630 28S EMR 250 270 D Greek 7110 1230-1330 28S EMR 250 305 D Bulgarian 7110 1700-2300 37,38,46 EMR 500 252 D Turkish 7150 2030-2130 27,28W,37N EMR 500 300 U French 7190 2000-2300 18,27,28 EMR 500 310 D Turkish 7240 0400-0500 38E,39N,40W EMR 500 138 D English 7270 1730-1800 29N,30N EMR 250 032 D Tatar 7280 2300-2400 4,7E,8,9,11,18S,27,28W EMR 500 310 D English 7295 1600-1700 29-33,39N,40,42,43 EMR 500 062 D Kazakh 7300 2300-0500 3-10,18,27,28 EMR 500 325 D Turkish

9445 2200-0800 3SE,4,7-11,18,27,28 CAK 500 313 D Turkish 9460 2200-0800 8E,9,11-13,27,28W CAK 500 294 D Turkish 9460 0800-2200 8N,9S,27,28 CAK 500 313 D Turkish 9525 2130-2230 30S,39-41,49S,54,55,58,59 EMR 500 105 D English 9560 1700-2200 30S,39-41,49,54,55,58,59 EMR 500 105 D Turkish 9590 2030-2130 27,28W EMR 500 303 D French 9630 1930-2030 18,27,28W EMR 500 310 D English 9630 1030-1130 28E CAK 250 320 D Rumanian 9630 1130-1230 38E,39N,40W CAK 250 152 D Greek 9635 1830-1930 18,27,28W EMR 500 310 D German 9655 0400-0500 1-7,8W,9N,10W,18,27N,28N EMR 500 335 D English fr 140299 9655 1630-1730 18S,27,28 EMR 250 310 D Hungarian 9655 1930-2030 9,18,27,28W EMR 500 310 U English 9655 2300-2400 2-7,8W,9N,18,27E,28N EMR 500 335 D English

11605 0500-0800 27E,28 CAK 250 320 D Turkish 11625 1130-1230 28S EMR 250 270 D Greek 11790 1500-1700 37,38,46N EMR 500 252 D Arabic 11795 0930-1030 39NE,40W CAK 250 100 D Persian 11835 0830-0930 29SE,30SW,40NW CAK 250 085 D Azerbaijani 11910 1230-1330 28S CAK 250 267 D Albanian 11925 0500-1000 29S,39NE,40N EMR 500 092 D Turkish 11940 1400-1500 29SE,39E,40 CAK 250 105 D Persian 11955 0500-1700 38E,39,40W,48N CAK 250 152 D Turkish

13750 1300-1700 29S,30,39-41,49,50,54,55,58,59 EMR 500 105 D Turkish 13770 1030-1100 28 EMR 500 300 D Croatian 13770 1100-1130 28 EMR 500 300 D Serbian 15105 1000-1200 37,38N EMR 500 252 D Arabic 15105 1200-1300 29-33,40W,42-44,64 EMR 500 062 D Chinese til 300199 15105 2200-0400 40E,41S,49,55,58 EMR 500 105 D Turkish 15245 1000-1200 38E,39,40W EMR 500 138 D Arabic 15295 1330-1430 30,39-43,49-51,54,55,58,59 EMR 500 092 D English 15350 0800-1700 18,27,28,37N CAK 500 294 D Turkish 15385 1400-1500 18E,19-22,29,30 EMR 500 020 D Russian 15615 1100-1600 37E,38,39 Fri oly CAK 250 205 D Turkish

17715 0500-1000 30S,39S,40,41N EMR 500 105 D Turkish 17715 1300-1400 39-43,49-51,54,55,58,59 EMR 500 092 D Urdu 17755 0830-0930 29SE,30S,40 EMR 500 100 D Azerbaijani 17815 1330-1430 18,27,28 EMR 500 310 D English 17870 0930-1030 40,41N EMR 250 100 D Persian 17870 1430-1530 18,27,28 EMR 500 310 D German 21500 0500-0800 30,40,42,43,44W EMR 500 072 D Turkish 21500 1200-1300 29-33,40W,42-44,64 EMR 500 062 D Chinese fr 310199 21715 0400-0500 40E,41E,49,58N EMR 500 105 D English 21715 0500-1000 30S,39S,40,41,49,58N EMR 500 105 D Turkish 21715 1000-1300 30S,39-41,49,54,55,58,59 EMR 500 105 D Turkish (F.Brazhnikov-RUS, Oct 21)

UK Merlin Network One has registered these freqs from 25 Oct: 0000-0300 9560 0600- 0800 6110 0600-0900 13720 0700-1600 9915 17630 0700-1900 21550 0800-1200 13660 1200-1400 13645 1400-1600 13680 1600-1800 6185 1700-1900 3965 1800-2000 6125 2030- 0600 3985 2200-2400 7170 9835 2300-0200 7325. (Saunders, Oct WDXC Contact, via WoR)

Not specified here, but this will presumably become daily. Note some ex-BBC freqs, or timeshared with BBC; and 21550 will be a big clash with CHL. I rearranged this from freq to time order. (Glenn Hauser, Review of International Broadcasting, Oct 10)

USA WORLD OF RADIO as timeshifted from Oct 25: on WWCR, Thu 2130 15685, Sat 2330 5070, Sun 0730 & 1030 5070, Mon 0600 3210, Tue 1330 15685. On WGTG, UT Sun 0030 on 5085-USB. On RFPI, no changes: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100v, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900, 2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300 on some of: 6975, 15049, 21460-USB.

WRNO is probably the most incompetent operation on SW. On Sat night, Oct 3, noticed a distorted mess on 7355 0000-0300 Oct 4; two progrs mixed together at the same time, one of them a ball game. This happens quite often, especially on weekends. The operator on duty must have been drunk or asleep. I wish the FCC would crack down on WRNO and put a stop to this nonsense. (Ernie Behr, Kenora, Ont, Oct 5, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Oct 14)

RR's for the AFRTS bcs can be sent to AFRTS, Broadcast Center, Affiliate Relations Service, 1363 Z St., Building 2730, March AFB, CA 92518-2017, U.S.A. or

US Naval Communications Station, MARS, Key West Naval Base, Key West, FL 33040, U.S.A.

(Harms via SW Bulletin, F. Magrone, Italy in Play-DX via Gordon Bennett, via Oct WDXC Contact via Hauser Review of International Broadcasting Oct 10)

12689.5 and 4278.5 USB utilize 1 kW on each freq. Military txs, model URA119, are used. The programming is in support of Operation UNITAS and will cease on/about 15 Nov 1998. (O'Driscoll Review of International Broadcasting Oct 10)

George Jacobs & Associates, Inc., B98 winter schedule: 9955 KHBN PALAU SASIA 0800-1800 50 280 9955 KHBN PALAU SEASIS 2200-2400 50 280 9965 KHBN PALAU CHINA 0700-1900 80 318 9965 KHBN PALAU CHINA 2200-2400 80 318 9985 KHBN PALAU KOR/JAP 0700-1600 50 345 9985 KHBN PALAU KOR/JAP 2100-2400 50 345 13840 KHBN PALAU S.ASIA 0700-1100 50 270 13840 KHBN PALAU S.ASIA 1300-1400 50 270 15725 KHBN PALAU S.ASIA 0700-1100 50 270

7510 KTBN SALT LAKE CITY, UT ENA 0000-1600 100 70 15590 KTBN SALT LAKE CITY, UT NA 1600-2400 100 70 9975 KVOH RANCHO SIMI,CA. NAM/CARIB 0000-2400 50 100 11530 KVOH LEBANON EUR/AFR 0000-2400 25 358 17775 KVOH RANCHO SIMI, CA. NAM/CARIB 1400-0300 50 100

ADD: KVOH Juelich/D 1900-2100 5975 100 nd to 27, 28 ADD: KVOH Juelich/D 2100-2300 6000 100 nd to 27, 28 ADD: KVOH Juelich/D 1315-1545 15715 100 090 to 39,40,41

15715 1325-1529 090 1234567 251098-280399 HAM 5975 1900-2059 ND 1234567 251098-280399 HAM 6000 2100-2259 ND 1234567 251098-280399 HAM [DTK Juelich]

9930 KWHR HAWAII China/Jap 0800-1200 100 300 9930 KWHR HAWAII China/SEA 1200-1500 100 285 9930 KWHR HAWAII SEASia 1500-2000 100 300 11565 KWHR HAWAII Oceania 0700-1600 100 225 15405 KWHR HAWAII AS 2000-2200 100 300 17510 KWHR HAWAII AS 0000-0400 100 300 17510 KWHR HAWAII eAS 2200-2400 100 285 17780 KWHR HAWAII AS 0400-0800 100 300

7415 WBCQ KENNEBUNK, ME SNA 2000-1000 50 245 7395 WHRA GREENBUSH, ME NAm,ME,E 0000-0300 500 60 7435 WHRA GREENBUSH, ME C&SAfr. 0500-0800 500 90 7465 WHRA GREENBUSH, ME ME 0300-0500 500 60 13760 WHRA GREENBUSH, ME C&SAfr. 2200-2400 500 90 15460 WHRA GREENBUSH, ME C&SAfr. 2000-2200 500 90 17655 WHRA GREENBUSH, ME C&SAfr. 1800-2000 500 90

5745 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN ENA 0000-0400 100 42 5755 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN ENA 0000-0400 100 42 5755 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN ENA 0400-1000 100 42 5755 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN ENA 2100-2400 100 42 6040 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN ENA 1000-1500 100 42 7315 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN SAM/CARIB 0000-1000 100 157 9495 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN sAM/CARIB 1000-1300 100 157 9495 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN sAm/Carib 1800-2400 100 157 13760 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN eNA/EU 1500-2200 100 42 15105 WHRI NOBLESVILLE, IN sAM/CARIB 1300-1800 100 157

11950 WINB Red Lion, PA cAM/MX 0000-0800 50 242 13790 WINB Red Lion, PA NAM/AF/EU 1900-2400 50 242 7355 WRNO NEW ORLEANS,LA ENA 2300-0400 50 20 7395 WRNO NEW ORLEANS,LA ENA 0400-1600 50 20 15420 WRNO NEW ORLEANS,LA eNA/EU 1600-2300 50 20

5850 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC W & C NAM 0200-0300 500 315 5850 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC W & C NAM 0300-0400 500 315 6095 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC ENA/CARIB 1000-1300 500 25 6095 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC ENA/CARIB 1000-1300 500 173 7510 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC wEU 2200-2300 500 57 7510 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC sEU/wAF 2300-2400 500 72 7535 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC ENA/CARIB 0000-0100 500 173 7535 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC ENA/CARIB 0000-0100 500 25 7535 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC cNA 0100-0200 500 315 7535 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC MEXICO 0200-0300 500 245 7535 WSHB CYPRESS CREEK, SC E.EUR/RUS 0300-0400 500 42 (Bob German-USA, Oct 19)

World Harvest Radio W98 Freq. We just made the final changes today. So I have attached it for you. Two major things to point out are:

1. WHRA has been s-off at 0000 and signing back on at 0300. We will no longer do that. WHRA will be on the air between 0000-0300 on 7395. WHRA's development has gone extremely good and we hare happy to add these addit hrs.

2. Sun night on WHRI Angel 2 World Harvest Radio will remain on 7455 from 2100 Sun to 1000 Mon UTC time. This is different from the other days of the week when WHRI will be on 5745 from 0000-0400 UTC.

WHRI / KWHR / WHRA Frequency Schedule, eff Oct 25, 1998 to Mar 28, 1999

WHRI ANGEL 1 Eastern 0000-1000 7315 1000-1300 9495 1300-1800 15105 1800-0000 9495

WHRI ANGEL 2 Eastern 2100-2400 5755 0000-0400(Tue-Sun) 5745 2100(Sun)-1000(Mon) 5755 0400-1000 5755 1000-1500 6040 1500-2100 13760

KWHR ANGEL 3 Eastern 2200-0400 17510 0400-0800 17780 0800-2000 9930 2000-2200 15405

KWHR ANGEL 4 Eastern 0700-1600 11565

WHRA ANGEL 5 Eastern 0000-0300 7395 0300-0500 7465 0500-0800 7435 1800-2000 17655 2000-2200 15460 2200-2400 13760

Mx listed is rotated with Contemporary Christian, Southern Gospel and Christian Country. (Joe Brashier-USA, WHRI, Oct 14)

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Extracts of items sourced to EDXP may be further reproduced, but only by organizations or individuals which have on-going exchange arrangements with EDXP.

Any items from Glenn Hauser and/or World of Radio may be reproduced or broadcast only if complete attribution to the original source and to gh/WOR is given. Items from this file may be reproduced or re-reproduced only if full credit is maintained at all stages.

This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. e-mail [email protected] vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - e-mail [email protected]

BC-DX 389 31 Oct 1998 ______

AFGHANISTAN Anti-Taleban forces take over Radio Takhar. On 17th Oct 1998 the radio stn in Taloqan, capital of Takhar Province No-Ea of Kabul, was observed on 7085 bcing under the control of anti-Taleban Afghan opposition forces, for the first time since 9th Aug 1998. At 1237 on the 17th an annoucer said in Dari: "Dear listeners of R Takhar. Peace and the blessing of God be upon you. I will congratulate you, religious people of Takhar Province, on the occasion of the triumphant liberation of Takhar Province by powerful forces of the army of the Islamic State of AFG. R Takhar of Takhar Province will start its progr with a recitation of verses from the Holy Koran."

At 1250 on the 17th the stn bc songs and mx in Dari and Pashto from the former pro- communist era of the late 1970s-80s. This txion on 17th Oct was the first observed by anti-Taleban Afghan opposition forces from Radio Takhar since 9th Aug. On 11th Aug, Taloqan was captured by Taleban forces, and pro-Taleban Radio Voice of Shari'ah of Takhar Province was observed from 15th Aug on 7085. The last pro-Taleban bc from this stn was monitored on 16th Oct, after which it appears to have come under the control of anti-Taleban forces.

[On 18th Oct R Takhar was heard at 1230 gmt on 7085 kHz; the bc consisted entirely of songs about the motherland, sung in Dari and Pashto. Concluding the bc at 1315, a presenter announced that from 19th Oct, Radio Takhar would bc from 1130-1230.] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23)

ALBANIA TWR B98 schedule via Cerrik, til March 28, 1999 TIME/UTC DAY LANGUAGE FREQU TRM PWR ANT AZI ZONE 0600-0615 1234567 KURDISH 11635 SW1 100 A12 090 39/40 0615-0630 123 567 POLISH 09845 SW4 100 A25 350 28 0930-0945 23456 HUNGARIAN 09490 SW4 100 A25 350 28 0945-1000 123 5 SLOVAK 09490 SW4 100 A25 350 28/29 0945-1000 6 CZECH 09490 SW4 100 A25 350 28 1130-1200 6 SLOVAK 09490 SW4 100 A25 350 28/29 1200-1245 7 HUNGARIAN 09490 SW4 100 A25 350 28 1440-1455 7 RUSSIAN 09705 SW1 100 A02 033 28/29/30 1440-1455 7 RUSSIAN 11635 SW4 100 A01 033 28/29/30 1440-1540 6 RUSSIAN 09705 SW1 100 A02 033 28/29/30 1440-1540 6 RUSSIAN 11635 SW4 100 A01 033 28/29/30 1440-1555 2345 RUSSIAN 09705 SW1 100 A02 033 28/29/30 1440-1555 2345 RUSSIAN 11635 SW4 100 A01 033 28/29/30 1455-1555 1 RUSSIAN 09705 SW1 100 A02 033 28/29/30 1455-1555 1 RUSSIAN 11635 SW4 100 A01 033 28/29/30 1544-1559 1234567 KURDISH 07365 SW2 100 A13 090 39/40 1602-1617 67 ARMENIAN 07395 SW2 100 A13 090 29/39 1602-1617 67 ARMENIAN 09945 SW4 100 A12 090 29/39 1602-1632 12345 ARMENIAN 07395 SW2 100 A13 090 29/39 1602-1632 12345 ARMENIAN 09945 SW4 100 A12 090 29/39 1600-1630 1234567 POLISH 09705 SW1 100 A25 350 28 1700-1745 1 67 FARSI 09445 SW1 100 A13 090 30/40 1700-1745 1 67 FARSI 12090 SW2 100 A12 090 30/40 1700-1800 2345 FARSI 09445 SW1 100 A13 090 30/40 1700-1800 2345 FARSI 12090 SW2 100 A12 090 30/40 1900-1915 1 RUSSIAN 07330 SW4 100 A02 033 28/29/30 1915-1945 1 BELORUS 07330 SW4 100 A02 033 28/29/30 1900-1945 234567 RUSSIAN 07330 SW4 100 A02 033 28/29/30 (TWR B98 schedule leaflet; Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, updated: 07 Oct 98)

In Lithuanian no SW anymore; on MW 1503 via Poland only, 2030-2100.

TWR - Shijak, Albania 0615-0630 123 567 POLISH 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 28 0930-0945 23456 HUNGARIAN 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 28 0945-1000 123 5 SLOVAK 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 28/29 0945-1000 6 CZECH 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 28 1130-1200 6 SLOVAK 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 28/29 1200-1245 7 HUNGARIAN 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 28 1600-1630 1234567 POLISH 07385 SW1 100 S11 350 28

1395 MW TWR Fllake, 1930-2200 Bu,Mac,Romani,Bos,Se,Slv,Ar,Pe,Sat Kurdish-Kirmanji, Thur Kurdish-Sorani [2015-2030],Po,Ru,Tu,Hu,Slk,Cz,Cr, En 2130-2200. (TWR B98 schedule leaflet; Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, updated: 07 Oct 98)

I heard R Tirana on Oct 19 at 0130 announce new times & freqs for their "second" txion. To EUR: 2230-2300 7160, To NoAM: 0330-0400 6115, 7160. They stated that these times were UT. In the past, they have given their times in CET. Schedule for Radio Tirana "first" [Alb?] txion as of Oct 25, as heard Oct 21 at 0045. EUR 2015-2030 7180, 9650. NoAM 0245-0300 6115. (Ivan Grishin, WORLD OF RADIO 962, Oct 22)

BELGIUM Radio Vlanderen Internat. German sce announced the following new address: B-1043 Brussels, Belgium. Former P.O.Box 26 in B-1000 Brussels remains in the transitional period. (Klaus Koehler-D, Oct 24)

BULGARIA On Sep 15 R Varna dropped its progr in En, Ge, Ru 0600-0630 for holiday makers on the Black Sea coast, and will resume Jun 15th, 1999. After Sep 15, R Varna's bcs on Fris 9774.8 2100-0300 (2200-0400 in winter) was not mentioned, checking its //981 MW outlet at this time I noted that the traditional progr "Hello Sea" on 981, 9774.8 and Fms is ceased. [an UNID Chinese speaking stn is heard instead on even 9775.00, ed]

One more strange, among the collection of spurious combinations, was noted on MW from two txs located in Varna: 774 heard bcing "Horizont" progr, 981 R Varna. Mixed products of both programms are heard on 657 & 819. The formula is: 981-819 = 819-657 = (819-774) + (774-657). (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Oct 16)

9774.8 R Varna is near as I can tell this one has dropped Fri/Sat UTC bcs and has replaced them with Sun/Mon UTC. I hear them ok on the latter and not on the former, but would welcome any further observations or corrections. (Hans Johnson-USA, Oct 24)

CHINA CRI Beijing asked me about the reception on new 6020. ... that "after long discussion of EaEUR sces of CRI and technical departm, because of listeners estimations, the reception in EUR on 6933 is not acceptable. CRI drop it and moved to 6020"[!?!]. Bad choice under Ukraine ! (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Oct 16)

CLANDESTINE [Iran/Iraq] After switching to normal winter time in Iran on Sep 25 the situation is as follows. Almost all stns retimed bc times 1 hr later. Communist stns: "Seday-e Khargar" (Vo the Worker) in Persian 1727-1813, repeated on the following day at 1527-1613, on 4190 +/- 10 kHz to avoid the Iranian jammer.

"Seday-e Hezbe Communiste Irana" (Vo the Comm Party of Iran) in Persian 1657-1757 & "Dendzi Shurashi Irana" (Vo Iranian Revol) in Kurdish 1500-1600, both on 3880 +/- 10 kHz, 4370 +/- 20 kHz.

Iraqi opposition stns: "Dendzi Kurdestana Iraqa" in Kurdish, resp. "Sawt-o Kurdistani Iraq" in Ar, or Vo the Iraqi Kurdistan, the pro-Barzani radio): *0345-presumed 0630*; *1645-1930* (Thu, Sat *1545-1700*, *1745-2100*, Sun *1445-1600*, *1745-2100*) on 4085.

"Dendzi Gelli Kurdistana" in Kurdish, resp. "Sawt-o Shaab Kurdistan" in Ar, (or Vo the Kurdestanian People), the pro-Talabani radio: *1335-1730* & non-daily *2035-2150*, also *0335-(presumed 0630*) on 6010 4060. Other stns: "Ida'at Kurdistan, Sawt-al Hizb al-Ishtiraki al Dimikrati al-Kurdistan" (or Radio Kurdistan, Vo the Kurdish Socialist Democratic Party, presumed) maily in Ar, Kurdish: 1500-1730*, *0325-(presumed 0630*). Noted on Oct 1 also 1900-1930. on Oct 3 1730-1830 & *2035-2105* all on 4120.

"Dendzi Kurdestana Irana" (or Vo the Iranian Kurdistan) in Kurdish, *0327-(presumed 0430*), *1527-1657* on 4150, irr. on 4010.

"Seday-e Mojahed" (or "VoMojahed", Vo the Crusader) in Persian, *1600-2100* 6175. *0200-0500* and *1500-1900* on 4450 4650 4850(!) 5150 5350 5650 5750 6250. All freqs move each 2-3 minutes +/- 25 kHz, to avoid Iranian jammers. The QSL letter from VoM received here, the mailing address was given in Germany, but the envelope was stamped and came from Iraq. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, Oct 16)

FRANCE 738 0600 14/10 Radio Monte-Carlo now here with a txion in Ar and also some French. Either Paris or another, new outlet of Cyprus for their ME sce? Good reception some days. (Bjoern Fransson-SWE, Oct 24)

As of Oct 25th, Radio France International will significantly contribute to the reduction of the HF spectrum's congestion. Thanks to the "emergence of new technologies" and maybe to the limited confidence of the French program society in analog HF bcing (+ resulting budget constraints), we have been urged to drastically reduce the number of txing-hrs. The remaining txing-hrs will appear in the revised version of the HFCC - TDF B98/W98 winter schedule ". May I recall to you what were and are the major steps of this contribution to the improvement of HF spectrum occupancy :

Jan 1, 1996: deletion of our long-standing usage of 6175 and 3965 for WeEUR omni-directional coverage. Mar 30, 1997: deletion of North America's coverage. Oct 25, 1998: reductions to the coverage of SoAM, CeAM, CeEUR, NE & ME, AF, and this not withstanding slight improvements since 1994 such as those resulting from the strong pressure : "as far as possible, one freq per target, no more...".

On a rough basis, in W98, the number of txing hrs will be 30% lower than in Z98, Issoudun and French Guiana included. And this has nothing to do with the expected increasing sunspot numbers. French-speaking progrs are mainly concerned.

Listeners complaining that they are no longer able to tune in their progrs as usual are or will be invited to tune in... local FM relay stns (quite obvious) Internet, Satellites (Astra,Intelsat,Panamsat,Echostar,Palapa,Asiasat), while waiting for a wide spreading of low-price WorldSpace rxs.

They might also tune in other stns.

Further progress could be decided in the coming weeks or from 1-01-1999, but they are not known (by me at least) for the time being. *Air-time to let* might be a large part of our next schedule. (Bochent Oct 16, via Magne via Lamb, via Cumbre Dx)

GERMANY [CANADA/SRI LANKA] Tamil SW stn no longer heard. The Tamil SW stn "Radio Asia Canada" appears to gone off the air, Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio" progr reported on 16th Oct, citing reports from several listeners. Radio Asia Canada, which was based in Toronto and hired airtime via Deutsche Telekom SW txs in Juelich Germany, has not been heard since late Sep. (When checked on 16th Oct by BBC Monitoring, the stn's former website at www.radioasiacanada.ca appeared to have been disconnected.) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23)

[INDONESIA] DW marks 35 years of Indonesian progrs, of its existence on 30th Sep 1998. DW bcs nx, features, views and interviews, which are often not provided or suppressed by the domestic media for political reasons, for the over 200m people in Indonesia. SW has experienced "a renaissance" in the giant archipelago in the past few months. The large number of listeners' letters from INS and other regions where the progrs can be heard shows the progr's acceptance. DW receives approximately 1000 letters and cards from INS every month - a total of over 500.000 in the past 35 years. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23)

Hoerenswerte Sendungen im DLF/DLR im November: So 01 2230 DLF Historische Aufnahmen, 75 Jahre Hoerfunk, Pausenzeichen und Jingles. Di 03 1815 DLF "Die Opfer verhielten sich selbstmoerderisch", Feature ueber SED-Verbrechen. Sa 07 1730 DLR Swing-High, Swing-Low, Jazzbesessene in der Nazizeit, Wortspiel. Sa 14 1730 DLR DDR Schiff-Fahrt, Die Geschichte der MS "Voelkerfreundschaft". Fr 20 1910 DLF Hochburgen des Hoerfunks, Radio in den neuen Bundeslaendern. Mo 23 1900 DLR Tanz & Folkfest Rudolstadt, 3.-7.7.98, Aufzeichnungen der Bardenlieder. Mo 23 1335 DLR "Titos Straflager", die Mittelmeerinsel Goli Otok. Do 26 1805 DLR "Der Bruder als Geisel", die Geheimdienste 1952 in der DDR. Mo 30 1205 DLR "Funkstille in Friesland", Norddeich-Radio wird eingestellt. Mo 30 1815 DLF Aufbruch - Umbruch - Widerstand in der SBZ und DDR., Feature, mit Fortsetzung am 1. Dez. und 2. Dez, jeweils 1815 UTC.

Ein Paket von 8 CDs vom populaeren RIAS Berlin Kabarettprogramm "Die Insulaner", das von 1948 bis 1968 ein Dauererfolg war, ist ueber DeutschlandRadio Marketing GmbH, Raderbergguertel 40, D-50968 Koeln erhaeltlich. Die Insulaner, Bestell-Nr. 044, 149.00 DM, plus 7 DM Versandkosten. (DLF/DLR Programm Nov 98)

GREECE 6225.1 ERA5 0620 relaying church progr //9425 NF??. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Oct 18)

IRAN Mashhad radio to extend Uzbek bcs. The management the Voice and Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran has agreed to extend the duration of the progr bc in Uz for an extra half an hour, that is to say from 30 mins to an hour. Starting from 16th Nov, our progr will be bc in two 30-mins slots. 1530-1600, 1730-1800. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23) [most likely on 7180 720, ed]

LIBYA Ext radio heard with nx in En and Fr. Libyan radio's ext sce, Voice of Africa, has been observed since mid-Oct carrying nx bulletins in En and Fr. This is the first time En or Fr programming has been observed from Libyan radio on SW for several years. The En bcs ID as "the Vo Africa bcing from Tripoli, Great Jamahiriyah" .

So far, the bulletins - approx eight mins in En followed by eight mins in Fr - have been heard within the periods 0130-0200, 1130-1200, 1730-1800 and 2030-2100 (the timing varies slightly from day to day). Bcs in Ar are heard at other times.

(Libyan radio's ext sce in Ar, which previously Ided itself as "Voice of the Greater Arab Homeland", has been identifying as "Voice of Africa" since 12th Oct. It is observed on 15435, 15415 and 15235 SW as well as on 1251 and 711 MW.) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23)

MALAYSIA A check on dom stns in Peninsular Malaysia, with several recent changes of IDs for RTM networks. All stns on FM, and addit //MF&HF freqs where noted: Ch 1 in My 24h on 5965 (usu with low audio level and buzz or hum on both sidebands). Ann: 'Radio Malaysia Saluran Satu'. Channel 4 in En 24h on 7295. Ann: 'Radio Malaysia Channel Four'. Channel 5 in Ch 24h. Ann: 'Malaixiya Guangbo Diantai Di Wu Pindao'. ?Channel 6 in Tamil 24h on 4845. Assume this announces as 'Channel 6' in Tamil. Channel 7 (local afternoon-1300) and Channel 8 (0400-local afternoon) on 6025 and FM in KL area only in My and Orang Asli langs. Ann: 'Radio Malaysia Saluran Tujuh/Lapan'.

Radio Malaysia regionals now announce as 'Radio Malaysia [location]', where [location] appears always to be the name of the state/territory rather than capital city, e.g. ex- RTM Radio 3 Shah Alam is now Radio Malaysia Selangor. This includes ex-Radio Kuala ! Lumpur, now Radio Malaysia Kuala Lumpur. Mostly FM only, but also limited daytime hours on MF on a few stas, inc Johor and Tronoh both on 576, also tentatively via Segamat 621.

Music Channel in My/En 24h. Ann: 'Radio Malaysia Saluran Muzik'. Suara Islam (Voice of Islam) 1400-1600 on 6026, 6175 and 9750, also FM in KL area only.

Other FM networks include RFM (En) and Redi FM (Ch), both run by Rediffusion; also Time Highway Radio, Era (My), Hitz (Mostly En, Top 40), My FM (Ch), Light & Easy (Mostly En, Easy Listening), Best 104 (based in Johor Baru, but also on FM in KL area).

Among! the few local FM stas are Radio Rima (Malay songs, limited hours, KL area), FM 107.5 (Johor Baru, may be a Radio Malaysia sta as relays news from Channel 1) and Radio Langkawi (Langkawi Island, off NW coast).

RTM Sabah 5979 and RTM Sarawak via Kuching 4895/7270 and Sibu 5005/6050 are all well heard here, but I have been unable to trace Kuching 5030, Miri 6060 and Kuching 7130 despite several attempts, tentatively suspect that at least the first two of these ! freqs may now be inactive. (Alan Davies, Kuala Lumpur-MLA, Oct 22)

MONACO TWR B98 schedule, til March 28, 1999 0745-0935 6 ENGLISH 09870 SW1 100 GBD 324 27 0745-0950 7 ENGLISH 09870 SW1 100 GBD 324 27 0755-0920 12345 ENGLISH 09870 SW1 100 GBD 324 27 0930-0945 123456 GERMAN 09795 SW5 500 I0 026 28 0930-0945 123456 GERMAN 07160 SW2 100 AL7 013 28 0930-1015 7 GERMAN 09795 SW5 500 I0 026 28 0930-1015 7 GERMAN 07160 SW2 100 AL7 013 28 1330-1415 123 5 CROATIAN 07255 SW1 100 II0 085 28 1330-1345 67 CROATIAN 07255 SW1 100 II0 085 28 1330-1345 4 SERBIAN 07255 SW1 100 II0 085 28 1345-1415 7 MACEDONIAN07255 SW1 100 II0 085 28 1345-1415 4 CROATIAN 07255 SW1 100 II0 085 28 1345-1415 6 SLOVENIAN 07255 SW1 100 II0 085 28 1415-1430 6 GERMAN 09795 SW5 500 I0 026 28 1415-1430 6 GERMAN 07160 SW2 100 AL7 013 28 1430-1500 1234567 GERMAN 09795 SW5 500 I0 026 28 1430-1500 1234567 GERMAN 07160 SW2 100 AL7 013 28 1515-1600 12 45 CZECH 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 28 1530-1600 3 CZECH 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 28 1515-1530 3 67 SLOVAK 07355 SW5 500 I+ 044 28/29 1601-1616 7 HUNGARIAN 07340 SW5 500 II- 065 28 1601-1631 123456 HUNGARIAN 07340 SW5 500 II- 065 28 1900-1915 1 RUSSIAN 09705 SW1 100 RD 045 28/29/30 1915-1945 1 BELORUS 09705 SW1 100 RD 045 28/29/30 1900-1945 234567 RUSSIAN 09705 SW1 100 RD 045 28/29/30 (TWR B98 schedule leaflet; Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, updated: 07 Oct 98)

NETHERLANDS RNW in En, B98 schedule, Oct 25, 98 - Mar 28, 99 0930-1125 P7260 I12065 B9820 1130-1225 J6045 W9855 1430-1625 M12090 T13755 M15585 1730-2025 M6020 M9605 1830-2025 F9895 F11655 B15315 2130-2325 Wo1512 2330-0125 B6165 B9845 0430-0525 B6165 B9590 F=Flevoland, M=Madagascar, B=Bonaire, I=Irkutsk-RUS, Juelich-D, P=Petropavlovsk- Kamchatskiy, T=Tashkent-UZB, W=Wertachtal-D, Wo=Wolvertem-BEL. (RNW)

Government not opposed to LW masts in North Sea. I've got an update on the plans for a LW stn, Delta Radio or Delta 171. It seems that plans to build the stn off the Dutch coast beyond the 12-mile limit will not be opposed by the govt of the Netherlands. The minister responsible for bcing was replying to a parliamentary question on the issue and he said that he could not find any law which could be invoked to prevent the construction, as long as the stn complies with technical and environmental requirements governing installations in the North Sea. Well, a final decision on this matter is expected soon. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23)

NEW ZEALAND Join me for the latest tuning tips for the South Pacific on Radio New Zealand Internat during "Mailbox", fortnightly bcs, Mons 2135 on 17675, Weds 1735 on 6145 and Fris 1930 on 9875 (17675 fr October 25th). Next Bcs commence Oct 12th and 26th, repeated on following days as above.

And on AWR's "Wavescan" commencing the third Sun of the month (see www.awr.org for freq schedule), repeated at 0700z and 1900z on ZLXA, New Zealand's Radio Reading Service, Levin, the third Mon of the month, on 1602, 3935 and 7290. (Paul Ormandy, 33 Greta Street, Oamaru, NZL, Oct 23 [email protected] )

RUSSIA Arkhangelsk. [ LW ]. The last LW tx 234 kHz in the region, which relayed "Radio-1" from Moscow, has been switched off,- acc to the report of Evgeniy Abramovskiy, the head of Arkhangelsk Regional State Bcing and TV Centre. Arkhangelsk Communication sce actively looks for LW and MW tx tenants. But due to high cost there are no claimants to offered sces. (Pavel Mikhaylov-RUS, via Rus-Dx Oct 24)

Arkhangelsk R txion schedule. Pomorye TV and Radio Company. This radio stn is operated by the state TV and radio company "Pomorye". It usually identifies simply as "Govorit Arkhangelsk" ("this is Arkhangelsk"). When not carrying local progrs, it relays Radio Russia from Moscow. All bcs will be one hour LATER in WINTER. 0100-2300 Ru 6160 918 66-73. Local progr 0300-0400 incl: 0302- Mon-Fri, local nx. Press review 1410-1500 Mon-Fri. Local progr incl: 1410-1500 daily local nx. Addr: GTRK "Pomorye", ul.Popova 2, 163000 Arkhengelsk, Russia. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 22)

Murmansk Radio. This radio stn is operated by the state TV-Radio company "Murmansk". It usually identifies simply as "Govorit Murmansk" ("this is Murmansk"). This schedule shows local progrs only. At other times the stn carries R Russia from Moscow. All progrs will be one hour LATER in WINTER. 0100-2300 daily Ru 5930 657 67.22. Local progrs 0300-0410 Mon-Fri "Good Morning" (interviews, mx, actuality), 0305- local nx. Press review 0600-0700 Suns, local progr 0700-0710 & 0810-0900 Mon-Fri. Radiostantsiya Atlantika on 657 1400-1500 Mon-Fri. Local progr 1415- Mon-Fri. Local nx 1510-1600 daily. Local progr "Radio Miks", with Radio 69th //on 103.5. Addr: Murmansk Radio, Sopka Varnichnaya, 183042 Murmansk, Russia. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 22)

Moscow [ LW / MW ] - Radio-1 address: ul.M.Nikitskaya, 24, 121820 Moscow. In Ru 0300- 2100 on MW 1305 (300 kW, tx Kupavna), freq 171 kHz is out of work. (Andrei Zhukov-RUS, via Rus-Dx, Oct 24)

New stn Radiostation "Dialog" addr: Post Box 21, 119146 Moscow-RUS Tel.: (095) 242-0703. Director: Petr Kulakov progrs editor : Olga Suvorova. Regular progrs in Ru 0700-0900 and 1300-1700 on 729 (50 kW) Samara, 1287 (75 kW) Novosibirsk, 1116 (10 kW) Moscow. UNID tx relays stn progrs on 8173. 8173 AM-07.30-24/09-RUS - Radiostation "Dialog" in Ru. 54544. (Ruslan Slavutskiy-RUS, via Rus-Dx, Oct 24)

Am 29.10.1999 begeht die Stimme Russlands (x Radio Moskau) seinen 70. Geburtstag. Aus diesem Anlass wird im Rahmen des DX-Klubs des deutschsprachigen Dienstes eine Neuregistrierung durchgef hrt, beginnend am 1.1.99 (Details in wwh 12/98). Deutsch war uebrigens die erste Auslandssprache bei Radio Moskau.

Der neue Winter B98 Sendeplan, VoR in Deutsch: 1100-1200 693, 1323, 12010, 15540, 17660. 1200-1300 693, 1323. 1300-1400 693, 1323. 1700-1800 693, 1323, 1386, 5920, 6030, 7300, 7390, 7440, 9795, 9810. 1800-1900 693, 1143, 1323, 1386, 5920, 5950, 7215, 7300, 7340, 7390, 7440, 9480, 9795. 1900-2000 693, 1323, 1386, 5950, 7215, 7300, 7390. 2000-2100 693, 1323, 1386, 5950, 7215, 7390. (fax RM an wwh, Oct 20)

ST. HELENA Latest nxs from R. St Helena (RSH Day, Sat, Oct 24, 1900-2300, 11092.5): The prgm will be hosted by Ralph Peters, assisted by Joy Lawrence. Derek [Richards] will be in charge of all E-mail. The Governor will also have an input into the progr. Tony Leo will "keep all in order throughout the txion," plus "we will have a crew who will assist where required." Captain Peter Smorg of the M/V Explorer working in the South Atlantic will send a message in Swedish to the people of Sweden. "Intl Telephone calls will be rcvd at the following times: 1920, 2030, 2130 and 2230."

Three local questions will be given throughout the prgm for the Competition. The first prize will be a book about the history of Plantation House, written by a former Governor's wife, Lady Field. The second prize will be a Governor's Cup Yacht Race 1998 T-Shirt, and the third prize will be a pot of St. Helena's unique honey. The Lottery will take place again, and the prizes for this will be: A R. St. Helena Umpire's Hat and a T-Shirt, both containing the R. St. Helena Logo.

There will be short promotional talks: Linda Moyce (Philatelic Bureau), Johnny Drummond (Editor of St. Helena News), Gilbert Legg (Cable & Wireless PLC St. Helena), Pamela Young (Head of Tourism), and Basil George (British Citizenship for St. Helena). An xmtr check was made on Thursday at C&W and it seems that all is well. (Station Manager Tony Leo, RSH website via Clark-ONT, via NU, Oct 23)

Also from the RSH website

"R. St Helena Day Award will be issued on a private basis due to governmental financial problems. If you send 5 USD (cash) to:

Mr. Derek Richards, P.O. Box 24, Jamestown, St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean, stating your 3 verifications, he will in due time send the award. R. St Helena apologizies for the delay of information on this matter." (This must refer to the award that they were supposed to have issued for the 1997 b/c. Jerry Berg-NU, Oct 23)

And, as has been widely noted, Derek Richards informed prgm organizer John Ekwall that due to financial problems and "the old tx, which status cannot be guaranteed by C&W, there will probably not be any txion next year." (Ekwall, HC-DX, Oct 23)

SERBIA New Time for Radio Yugoslavia's OCE/NZL bc, as announced on Oct 16 at 0010. 1330-1400 on 11835 (x1900-1930). I assume that starts Oct 25. No new times/freqs for NoAM or EUR announced as yet. But I expect them to move their NoAM bcs an hour later and move down to the 41 mb, perhaps around 7115. (Ivan Grishin, Oshawa, Oct 16, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

SOUTH AFRICA CHANNEL AFRICA B98, updated on Oct English 0300-0325 9525 East & Central Africa 0400-0430 5955 Southern Africa 0500-0530 15215 West Africa 0600-0630 15215 West Africa 1300-1455 21530 West Africa * 1300-1455 17895 East & Central Africa * 1300-1455 11900 Southern Africa * 1500-1530 17870 East & Central Africa 1600-1630 6000 Southern Africa 1700-1730 17870 West Africa 1800-1830 17870 West Africa

French 0330-0355 9525 Madagascar 0430-0455 9525 Central Africa 1530-1555 17870 Madagascar 1630-1655 11900 Central Africa 1830-1855 17870 West Africa

Portuguese 0430-0455 5955 Northern Mozambique 0430-0455 3345 Southern Mozambique 0530-0555 15215 Angola 0630-0655 15215 Angola & West Africa 1630-1655 6000 Northern Mozambique 1630-1655 3345 Southern Mozambique 1730-1755 17870 Angola & West Africa

Swahili 0300-0325 9765 East Africa 1500-1525 15545 East Africa 1600-1630 11900 Central & East Africa * Saturdays and Sundays

RADIO SONDER GRENSE (domestic service of the SABC) 0500-1700 7185 South Africa 1700-0500 3320 South Africa

Please note the following changes to the schedule of transmissions from Meyerton for the B98 broadcasting season, commencing on 25 October 1998.

DELETE: Freq Time UTC Ciraf zones kW Azi Days 7205 0800-0830 57 100 ND 23 7205 0900-0930 57 100 ND 45 11900 0500-0600 46,47,52,53 500 335 1234567 17660 1300-1500 47,48,52,53 250 019 67 17660 1500-1600 47,48,52,53 500 020 1234567 17660 1700-1800 37,46,47,52 500 335 1234567 17660 1800-1900 37,46,47,52 500 320 1234567 17660 1900-1930 37,38,46-48 500 350 5

ADD: 15180 0800-0900 47,48,52,53 250 019 7 15215 0500-0600 46,47,52,53 500 335 1234567 17870 1500-1600 47,48,52,53 500 020 1234567 17870 1700-1800 37,46,47,52 500 335 1234567 17870 1800-1900 37,46,47,52 500 320 1234567 17895 1300-1500 47,48,52,53 250 019 67

Kathy Otto, Terrestrial Planning, Sentech (Pty) Ltd Private Bag X06, Honeydew 2040, South Africa Tel: +27 11 471 4658 Fax: +27 11 471 4605

SPAIN RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPANA, Madrid, B98 schedule, from 25 Oct 1998. 0000-0200 6055 En NoAM 0100-0400 3210 Sp Ce/SoAM (Tue-Sat) 0100-0400 5970 Sp SoAM (Tue-Sat) 0100-0400 5990 Sp CeAM (Tue-Sat) 0100-0400 5990 Sp NoAM 0100-0500 5970 Sp CeAM (Tue-Sat) 0115-0145 11775 Sefardi' CeAM (Tue) 0115-0145 11795 Sefardi' SoAM (Tue) 0415-0445 9690 Sefardi' NoAM (Tue) 0500-0556 6055 En NoAM 0500-0700 6000 Sp EUR 0500-0700 11890 Sp ME 0500-0800 9710 Sp EUR 0700-0900 15215 Sp AUS 0700-0900 15480 Sp AUS 0700-1700 12035 Sp EUR 0900-1200 9520 Sp EUR (Sun) 0900-1700 17755 Sp AF/ME 0900-1700 21570 Sp SoAM 0900-1700 21610 Sp AF/ME 0900-1900 17755 Sp AF/MO (Sat) 0900-2100 17755 Sp AF/MO (Sun) 1000-1200 9620 Sp JPN 1100-1400 5970 Sp Ce/SoAM (Mon-Fri) 1100-1400 9630 Sp No/CeAm (Mon-Fri) 1100-1400 11815 Sp C/SoAM (Mon-Fri) 1100-1700 5970 Sp C/SoAM (Sat/Sun) 1200-1400 11910 Sp PHL/AUS 1200-1600 9500 Sp EUR (Mon-Sat) 1200-1700 9500 Sp EUR (Sun) 1200-1800 21700 Sp Ce/SoAM 1300-1800 11795 Sp CeAM 1300-1800 11795 Sp NoAM (Sat-Sun) 1400-1800 15125 Sp CeAM (Sat-Sun) 1400-2200 15125 Sp SoAM (Sat-Sun) 1600-1700 15375 Sp AF (Mon-Sat) 1700-1730 9500 Ru EUR 1730-1800 9590 Ge EUR 1700-1900 15170 En AF (Mon-Fri) 1700-1900 17715 Sp SoAM 1700-1900 21610 Ar AF/ME 1700-2100 9665 Sp EUR (Sun) 1700-2200 9665 Sp EUR (Sat) 1700-2300 7275 Sp EUR 1700-0100 9745 Sp Ce/SoAM (Sat-Sun) 1800-1900 9590 Fr EUR 1800-2100 17845 Sp SoAM (Sat-Sun) 1800-2200 15125 Sp CeSoAM 1800-0100 9745 Sp CeSoAM 1800-0100 11815 Sp CeAM 1800-0100 11815 Sp NoAM (Mon-Fri) 1825-1855 6130 sefardi' ME (Mon) 1900-2000 6045 Fr ME (Sat-Sun) 1900-2000 7170 Fr ME (Mon-Fri) 1900-2000 9595 Fr AF (Mon-Sat) 1900-2100 6045 Ar ME 1900-2100 7270 Ar ME 1900-2100 7270 Ar AF (Mon-Fri) 1900-2200 7270 Ar AF (Sun) 1900-2300 9630 Sp NoAM 2000-2100 9595 En AF (Mon-Fri) 2000-2100 9680 En EUR (Mon-Fri) 2000-2200 6045 Ar ME 2000-2200 7270 Ar ME 2000-2200 7270 Ar AF (Sat) 2100-2200 9595 Fr AF (Sun) 2200-2300 6045 Sp ME 2200-2300 7270 Sp AF/ME 2200-2300 9595 En AF/EUR (Sat-Sun) 2200-0100 11880 Sp So AM (Sat-Sun) 2200-0100 11880 Sp CeAM 2200-0500 6055 Sp NoAM (Tue-Sat) 2300-2400 6055 Fr NoAM 2300-0200 11945 Sp So AM/AF 2300-0500 6125 Sp CeSo AM 2300-0500 9540 Sp No/CeAM 2300-0500 9620 Sp So AM/AF

REE - Apartado 156.20, 28080 MADRID, Spain Tel. +34 91 346 11 49 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.rne.es (REE via Radioincontro, Oct 23)

TAIWAN (updated) Radio Taipei International, German sce, B98 schedule til Mar 27 1999. 0600-0700 9985[WYFR relay], 1800-1900 9955 direct, 2100-2200 5810 and 9985 [both WYFR relay]. (Henning Kloeter-TWN, via Volker Willschrey, Oct 15)

UK MERLIN B98 Freq From To Site kW deg Target 3965 1700-1900 Skelton 250 109 EUR 3985 2300-0600 Skelton 250 105 EUR 6110 0600-0800 Skelton 250 114 EUR 6125 1800-2000 Skelton 250 114 EUR 6185 1600-1800 Skelton 250 114 EUR 7170 2200-2400 Rampisham 500 47 FE 9560 0000-0300 Rampisham 500 300 NoAM 9835 2200-2400 Rampisham 500 300 NoAM 9915 0700-1600 Woofferton 250 114 EUR 13645 1200-1400 Skelton 300 110 EUR 13660 0800-1200 Skelton 300 110 EUR 13680 1400-1600 Skelton 300 110 EUR 13720 0600-0900 Skelton 300 260 OCE 17630 0700-1600 Rampisham 500 62 EUR 21550 0700-1900 Woofferton 250 140 AF (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Oct 23)

Foreign radio stns via Merlin relays in B98 season. 3970 2000-2100 Skelton 250 105 KBS FRENCH EUR 3970 2100-2200 Skelton 250 175 KBS GERMAN EUR 3970 2200-2230 Skelton 250 105 KBS ENGLISH EUR 5975 0600-0700 Skelton 250 150 NHK JAPANESE W EUR 6035 2000-2100 Singapore 250 140 NHK JAPANESE OC 6035 2100-2200 Singapore 250 140 NHK ENGLISH OC 6050 2200-2300 Skelton 300 70 NHK JAPANESE EUR 6085 2100-2200 Skelton 250 165 HCJB ARABIC NoAF 6110 0130-0230 Ascension 250 235 RAI ITALIAN SoAM 6115 2200-2300 Skelton 250 150 NHK JAPANESE W EUR 6135 0330-0400 Ascension 250 65 NHK SWAHILI AF 6155 0000-0100 Skelton 250 150 NHK JAPANESE W EUR 6180 0000-0100 Skelton 300 70 NHK JAPANESE EUR

7105 1900-2000 Rampisham 500 62 KBS RUSSIAN RUS 7230 0500-0600 Woofferton 250 70 NHK ENGLISH EUR 7230 0600-0700 Woofferton 250 70 NHK JAPANESE EUR 7265 1800-1900 Rampisham 500 62 HCJB RUSSIAN RUS 9535 0700-0800 Skelton 300 110 KBS KOREAN EUR 9660 1100-1130 Woofferton 300 140 NHK GERMAN EUR 9665 0000-0100 Ascension 250 65 NHK JAPANESE AF 9870 1700-1800 Rampisham 500 85 HCJB UZBEK CeAS

11710 0800-0900 Woofferton 300 75 NHK JAPANESE EUR 11710 0900-1000 Woofferton 300 75 NHK ENGLISH EUR 11710 1100-1130 Woofferton 300 75 NHK GERMAN EUR 11710 1130-1200 Woofferton 300 75 NHK RUSSIAN EUR 11740 0600-0800 Singapore 250 0 NHK THAI SoEaAS 11740 0800-1000 Singapore 250 0 NHK SoEaAS 11740 1030-1100 Singapore 250 0 NHK JAPANESE SoEaAS 11740 1130-1200 Singapore 250 0 NHK THAI SoEaAS 11740 1200-1300 Singapore 250 0 NHK JAPANESE SoEaAS 11765 0130-0230 Ascension 250 295 RAI ITALIAN CeAM 11860 0100-0200 Singapore 250 340 NHK ENGLISH SoEaAS 11860 0200-0300 Singapore 250 340 NHK JAPANESE SoEaAS 11920 0700-0800 Singapore 250 140 NHK THAI SoEaAS 11920 0800-1000 Singapore 250 140 NHK SoEaAS 11920 1000-1100 Singapore 250 140 RAI ITALIAN OCE 11920 2000-2100 Singapore 250 140 RAI ITALIAN OCE 13720 1800-1900 Skelton 300 140 WYFR Arabic NoAF

15220 0700-0730 Ascension 250 27 NHK ENGLISH AF 15220 0800-0900 Ascension 250 27 NHK JAPANESE AF 15220 0900-1000 Ascension 250 27 NHK ENGLISH AF 15220 2200-2300 Ascension 250 235 NHK JAPANESE SoAM 15320 1700-1800 Ascension 250 102 RAI ITALIAN AF 17695 1300-1500 Rampisham 500 62 NHK JAPANESE EUR 17790 1200-1230 Ascension 250 85 NHK JAPANESE AF 17790 1230-1300 Ascension 250 65 NHK JAPANESE AF 17885 1500-1600 Ascension 250 85 NHK JAPANESE AF 21630 1700-1800 Ascension 250 70 NHK ENGLISH AF (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Oct 23)

USA [MACEDONIA] VOA to start Macedonian sce. VOA will start a new lang sce, Macedonian, 15 mins per day, Mon-Fri. This will be rebc in Macedonia. The start date is not yet determined. VOA has an Alb sce, which is rebc by a radio stn in Macedonia, but not a Macedonian sce yet. In Macedonia, 70 per cent of the population speaks, well, Macedonian, and about 21 per cent speak Albanian. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23)

"USA WRMI Dear Friends: "Hello from Miami. If you happen to get this message in time, I wonder if I could ask a big favor of you. We (WRMI) are going to do a test on the new NoAMcan antenna tomorrow, Thur, Oct 22, at 11:14 pm Eastern time, on 9955 of course. "Until 1114 pm Eastern, we will be on with the Latin American antenna in Sp. At 1114 pm, we'll switch to the NoAM antenna and progrs in En, but with low power for this test, which will continue until 1230 am Eastern. "What we are interested in knowing is: "a) Could you hear our signal BEFORE 1114 pm (and if so, how well)? "b) Could you hear our signal AFTER 1114 pm (and if so, how did reception compare with that before 1114)?

"Your observations, good or bad, will be very helpful for our engineering people. If you do get this message in time, and if you do have a moment to listen Thur at 1114 pm, we would really appreciate a brief e-mail report to: [email protected]" (White WRMI, Oct 22)

I noticed that there is a typo in point number 2: the freq as showed in bc-dx #388 is 7455, but should be 5755 instead. WHRI ANGEL 2 Eastern 2100-2400 5755, 0000-0400(Tue-Sun) 5745, 2100(Sun)-1000(Mon) 5755, 0400-1000 5755, 1000-1500 6040, 1500-2100 13760. (Joe Brashier-WHRI, Oct 23)

The 200th edition of AWR "Wavescan" is scheduled on the primary outlets on Sun, Oct 25. As previously ancd, R. Korea Intl has produced a special progr honoring the "Wavescan" 200th edition and they will issue specially endorsed QSL cards verifying the b/c of their prgm over the "Wavescan" network. The new AWR sked (commencing Oct 25) is still undergoing last minute changes. In the meantime, check the following. En prgmng is currently scheduled for the following times and fqys and "Wavescan" will be on the air in some of these time slots.

0430, 9955, WRMI (Sat UTC), check on subsequent Fri evening; 0800, ZLXA, check all four channels on Mon; 0930, 7230 (Forli); 1000, 11660 (Guam); 1030, 11795 (Guam); 1230, 7230 (Forli); 1230, 15225 (Guam); 1330, 11660 (Guam); 1430, 11980 (Guam); 1600, 11980 (Guam); 1730, 9355 (Guam); 2030, 9640 (Juelich); 2100, ZLXA, check all four channels on Mon; and 2330, 11775 (Guam). (Adrian Peterson-IN, AWR, USA, Oct 23)

YEMEN 5950 R. Yemen *0300-0330, one more reactivation after some months of silence, 1 time signal, opening announcement, ID, long anthem, Quran reading and singing, //9780.3 (*0255 with unusual "bird trill" interval signal). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, DXW Oct 14) 9779.8 (Cumbre DX 212 follow up, Oct 23) Noted here every day, no problem to trace it, ed.

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ALBANIA Albanian Radio-Television (RTSh) B98 schedule. 0000-0600 Al to AM 7270 6090 0245-0300 En to AM 7160 6115 0330-0400 En to AM 7160 0400-2300 Al 6100 (home sce 1st progr) 0630-0700 Al 1215 0800-1100 Al 7270 1395 1000-1500 Al 7150 (home sce 2nd progr) 1500-1800 Al 7270 5985 1215 1500-1530 It 7155 6020 1800-1830 Al 1215 1800-1815 Tu 7155 6180 1830-1900 Ge 6210 1458 2000-2300 Al 7270 6170 1458 2015-2030 En 9650 7180 2030-2100 Fr 9650 7180 2115-2130 Gr 7185 6020 2215-2230 Se 7110 6020 1215 2230-2300 En 7160 6020 1215 Addr: Radio Tirana, Rruga Ismail Qemali, Tirana, Albania Tel: +355-42-23239 Fax: +355-42-23650 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 29)

ALGERIA R ALG Internat Algiers in En noted on 6160 at 1600-1700. (RVI Radio World, Nov 1)

ANGUILLA/CANADA Caribbean Beacon is back with nonstop Dr. Gene Scott programming after having been blown off by H. Georges, and it ruins RCI's new First Edition at 0600, also on 6090, the two mixing about equally here Oct 27, whilst RCI's only other Sackville freq for this, 9760, was weak and splashed. C.B. also at 1155 check in the clear on 11775 with mx //KAIJ 5810 but not to WWCR 5935 which must have been playing a tape rather than satellite feed. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Oct 27)

ARMENIA Voice of Armenia is the ext sce of Armenian Radio. 0200-0245 Sun Arm AM 9965 0245-0315 Sun Sp AM 9965 0330-0400 Pe 4810 864 0400-0430 Mon-Fri Aze 4810 864 0400-0430 Sat/Sun En 4810 864 0815-0900 Sun Arm 15270 4810 0900-0930 Sun Fr 15270 4810 0930-1000 Sun Ge Eu 15270 4810 1000-1030 Sun En Eu 15270 4810 1500-1530 Sat/Sun Tu 4810 864 1500-1515 Mon-Sat Geo 4810 864 1515-1530 Mon-Sat Tu 4810 864 1530-1600 Ru 4810 864 1600-1645 Kur 4810 864 1645-1715 Arm 4810 864 1715-1800 Ar 4810 1314 1930-2015 Mon-Sat Arm 9965 4810 2015-2045 Mon-Sat Fr 9965 4810 2045-2115 Mon-Sat Ge 9965 4810 2115-2145 Mon-Sat En 9965 4810 Addr: Alek Manoukyan Street 5, Yerevan 375025, Armenia Tel: +374-2-558010; Fax: +374-2-551513 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 29)

AUSTRALIA On Oc 29 at 2111-2128 on 9500 kHz noted UNID like "Radio National AM", progr in En. SINPO 33443 co-channel interference CRI. Relay of dom sce of ABC. (Uwe Volk-D, Oct 29)

R Australia. On the weekend John Westland, Director of En programming, gave a presentation to the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Radio DX Club. He indicated at the time that the closure of the Darwin relay had resulted in a lot of mail however there appears no chance of Darwin being reopened due to Govt "policy". The big nx, released via the ARDXC as a worldwide exclusive is that R Australia is to relay 2 half hour progrs to mainland CHN via the txs on the west coast side of Taiwan. Unfortunately times and freqs are not yet known, however we will be the first to know. My guess is that when freqs and times become available, QSL it if you can. There may be pressure put on the Australian govt from CHN to can these bcs, and with the current Liberal govt's record on RA I don't hold much hope. (Richard Jary Oct 28)

BELARUS Belorussian R./HS has changed some freqs: 1st progr on 5965 6080 6100 6115 7140 7145,and 7210. 2nd progr on 7265 at present. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 29)

BELGIUM RTBF to re-start SW txions. Acc to a report on teletext on the Flemish stn 'KETNET', RTBF (the public broadcaster for the French speaking community in BEL) is going to bc on SW again from Jan onwards, firstly to the CeAFcan region, later also to the Mediter area. Nothing was said about where these txs would come from. Language would be Fr, bien s–r. (Wian Stienstra in DXW 138, Oct 30)

BHUTAN 5029.9 BBS in En, nx by female at 1320-1325, again active. 22332. [but nothing heard from AFG 7085 & 7200 kHz though.] (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 20)

BOLIVIA The misssionary organization SIM reports that Radio Mosoj Chaski will soon go on the air in Cochabamba, following the recent granting of a license by the Bolivian government. The station has already produced and recorded 1 year of programs in the Quechua language. The construction of the studio building is completed, and the programming team has moved in. Construction continues on the caretaker's quarters at the 10 kW tx site. The license was delayed for over two years while the govt shut down its telecommunications dept and rewrote the laws. After the new laws were issued, new applications were held back while illegal stations were brought into line. Once on the air, Radio MOSOJ CHASKI will proclaim the Christian Gospel in Quechua to the entire nation. I would assume by these remarks that the station will use SW, since a 10 kW MW tx would not give national coverage. (Colin Miller-CAN, VE3CMT, Oct 28)

CAMBODIA v11940.32 It's now season for CBG reception in EUR. Romania off here, at least today, so CBG fade-in at 1215 for multilingual ext sce [1200] til 1315. (WB, Oct 31)

CANADA [non?] My friend Francois Michaud of Longueuil, Quebec contacted me this morning. He has been looking into the Radio Asia Canada situation for several months now. Both he and I wrote letters to various govt departments inquiring whether or not they were aware of the Radio Asia Canada stn, and their use of the name "Radio Voice of Canada" and their possible link to the Tigers. We did receive cordial replies, but they didn't say much. But it was not long after that the stn seemed to disappear, their phone lines disconnected and their website shut down. Any connection?

Earlier today, Francois called me to take a look on the Internet at an interesting site; http://www.tamilnation.org

This takes you to links and websites, one category dealing with radio. One in particular leads you to: http://www.ctbc.com

This is a group called Canadian Tamil Bcing Corpor. They seem to be located in Toronto, with telephone & fax numbers, plus e-mail ([email protected]). There is a listener comment section also, with comments from Norway, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, etc. plus many others. This sce appears to operate a 24 hour a day bc on the Internet. Are they connected in any way with the Radio Asia Canada people? We don't know. There are also a few other radio references on the site to browse through as well. They seem to be very well organized. All most interesting. (Sheldon Harvey, Quebec, Oct 23, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

CHILE v11889.36 Tentatively Voz Christiana on this odd channel, terrible hetting R Oman on 11890, approx. 0700-0900* s-off. Playing religious vocal mx. (WB, Oct 31)

CROATIA Croatian R Zagreb till 0805 on poor 7305, neighbouring Slovakia 7300 and Mayak Russia 7310 much stronger. Zagreb moves to 7185 at 0825, all daytime freq. At 1100 also on 6165, but poor signal, low power tx, much stronger on 7185 (100kW) and medium level on 9830. On Oct 31 appeared on OOB 6235 til 0724, seemingly night frequency. From 0725 moved to 6165 [and //7305], hetting SRI Juelich in It, scheduled here til 0730. (WB, Oct 25/31)

Croatian Radio, new sked, all progrs in Croatian 0000-0600 9925* 0600-1000 13820 2100-2200 13830 "during the day"** 6165 6235 7150 7185 7305 9830 13830 "only at night"*** 6165 [**=probably 0500-2000, but who knows?; ***=probably 2000-2400, thanks for the details, Croatian Radio! - AQ] *0400-0600 subject to change due to reception problems (Croatian Radio/Marjanovich/rec.radio.shortwave, via NASWA, Oct 30)

ERITREA Vo the Broad Masses of Eritrea observed on Oct 28-29 in the evenings, and on Oct 29 in the morning on 6190 & 7175 only, no any signals on //7085 and 7395. And no any new freqs instead of these ones in the 4-7 MHz range, temporarly out of use? (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 29)

GERMANY 603 kHz 20 kW On Sat Oct 31, at 1300-1700 direct live broadcast from Berlin Technical Museum on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the very first German Radio service broadcast "Funkstunde" [Radio Hour]. The live transmission goes out via the same tx site Koenigswusterhausen, south east of Berlin, like in the year 1923. Test broadcasts of the mouthballed MW tx have been noted today [Oct 27]. Technicians use the same 'ancient' studio installations or imitative emulations. In parallel the show will be recorded and transmitted by using most modern technique on FM and Astra satellite, like ADR procedure in digital mode. The listener can switch between MW and FM/Astra outlets to compare the both techniques of 1923 and 1998. Live on internet: www.fritz.de investigate http://www.newsaktuell.de history of 75 years of german radio: http://www.ard75jahreradio.de/millenium/index.html

Heute [Oct 27 & 28] testete Koenigs Wusterhausen schon mal auf 603 kHz (20 kW) mit dem laufenden Programm von Fritz (ohne Ausrufezeichen), eventuell morgen the same procedure. Am kommenden Samstag (31.10.98) wird von 1200-1600 UTC aus dem Technischen Museum zu Berlin eine "Funkstunde" abhalten: Man nutzt originale Studiotechnik aus dem Kinderzimmer des Hoerfunks (bzw. Nachbauten davon) und versendet das damit gewonnene Signal ueber den heute getesteten Sender. Parallel wird die Show mit heutiger Technik aufgenommen und dieses Signal wie gewohnt auf UKW und auf Astra im ADR-Verfahren abgestrahlt, auf das der geneigte Hoerer zwischen 1923 und 1998 umschalten kann. (Kai Ludwig-D, Oct 27)

75 Jahre Radio: Mit der "Fritz-Funkstunde" zurueck zu den Wurzeln. Potsdam-Babelsberg (ots) - Das einmalige Experiment am 31.10. von 1400-1800 Uhr [LT]: Auf UKW der Sound der 90er - auf Mittelwelle der Sound der 20er. Sendung live im Internet: www.fritz.de progr Fritz bundesweit auf Satellit: Astra 1B, Tr 29, Untertraegerfrequenz 8.10 Mhz (ADR)

Vor 75 Jahren, am 29. Okt 1923, schlug die Geburtsstunde des deutschen Rundfunks. Fritz feiert das Radio-Jubilaeum auf ganz besondere Weise und begibt sich selbst zurueck in die Zeit, als das Radio laufen lernte: Im Deutschen Technikmuseum Berlin hat die Jugendwelle das legendaere erste Hoerfunk-Studio aus dem VOX-Haus nachgebaut. Am Sonnabend, dem 31. Okt, wird es daraus von 14 bis 18 Uhr [LT] vor 500 Zuschauern die "Fritz-Funkstunde", eine einmalige Live-Sendung ber 75 Jahre Radiogeschichte, geben. Zwischen und mit alten Kohlemikrofonen, Grammophonen, riesigen Kopfhoerern und Tonbandmaschinen machen die Fritzen vier Stunden lang Programm.

Eine Sendung - zwei Sounds. Dabei koennen die Fritz-Hoerer in doppelten Hoergenuss kommen, denn Fritz belebt die Anfangszeit des Hoerfunks und laesst den ersten Sendemast in Koenigs Wusterhausen aus diesem Anlass reaktivieren! Von Koenigs Wusterhausen aus sendet Fritz auf MW (603 kHz, 20 kW). Der Mittelwellensound in Verbindung mit den Kohlemikrofonen wird dem Klang aehneln, der 1923 technisch moeglich war. Alle teilnehmenden Kuenstler und Moderatoren werden aber nicht nur mit der alten Technik arbeiten, sondern zeitgleich moderne Headsets benutzen.

Ein Experiment ganz besonderer Art: die Hoerer koennen hin- und herschalten zwischen dem Sound von 1923 und dem Sound von 1998 (ueber Fritz-UKW-Frequenzen). Auf den UKW- Frequenzen werden CD's abgespielt - zeitgleich, ueber Mittelwelle, werden Schellacks via Grammophon eingespielt, abgenommen von einem Kohlemikrofon. Eine Sendung mit zwei voellig unterschiedlichen Sounds.

Die "Funk-Stunde" live im Internet: www.fritz.de 75 Jahre Radiogeschichte u.a. mit der Crew des Fruehstyxradios. Abtauchen in 75 Jahre Radiogeschichte. Mit dabei: die Crew des Fruehstyxradios, die sich ihre eigenen Gedanken zu diesem Thema gemacht hat, Ralley, Scycs. Dass man Jingles auch schon vor 75 Jahren haette einspielen koennen, beweisen Total Vocal, die saemtliche Jingles und Programmtrailer vor Ort live a capella einsingen werden. Originaltext: OSTDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK BRANDENBURG. Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.newsaktuell.de (Klaus Koehler-D, Oct 28)

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch fuer 75 Jahre Rundfunk in DL ! auf http://www.ard75jahreradio.de/millenium/index.html kann man viel ueber die Geschichte des Rundfunks in dl nachlesen und interessante Bilder zur Rundfunkgeschichte anschauen. Viel Spass ! (J. Ruesseler-D, Oct 29)

15620 AWR via Germany relay, 1/2 hour txion 1530-1600 (heard only on Sats) with lady doing voice-overs in Ru. Si-off with ID's in En and Fr followed by AWR IS, brief organola mx and abrupt signal cut-off at exactly 1600. (Treibel, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 24)

Universal Life En bcs eff til Mar 1999: Sun 1400 9710-RUS EUR, Tue 2200 1323-Wachenbrunn EUR, Sat 1700 11745-DTK ISR LBN ETH, Sun 1800 11840-DTK GHA NIG CME, 1830 11735-DTK SoAF RSA ZAI, 1300 15190-DTK IND, 1400 9955-WRMI USA, 0800 17780-RUS AS/AUS/OCE. DTK - Deutsche Telekom Juelich tx. (Sergey M. Kolesov-UKR, Oct 20)

[UNITED NATIONS] Still no sign of UN Radio via DTK Germany as the skeds keep showing, e.g. Mon Oct 26 1900 on 11735, nothing but the weak Zanzibar carrier around 11734. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Oct 27)

BBC via IBB Biblis relay in B98 11680 1200-1230 Rom, 1230-1300 EbR, 1300-1330 Sat/Sun Bulg 100 kW 105 degr 9840 1600-1630 Rom 100 105. 9530 1700-1730 Bul 100 115.

BBC via IBB Lampertheim relay in B98 6125 2000-2030 Ukr 100 80 6125 2030-2100 Sat/Sun Ukr 100 80 7260 0500-0600 Mon-Fri 100 80 7270 1700-1730 Ukr 100 80 9530 1600-1700 Tu 100 104 9750 1800-1900 Aze 100 92 11845 1900-2130 Ru 100 75 17695 0900-0915 Ru 100 77 17695 0915-0930 EbR 100 77 (BBC)

HUNGARY Radio Budapest sked, B98 0100-0200 Hu 6120 9835 0200-0230 En 6135 9835 0230-0330 Hu 9835 11900 0330-0400 En 9835 11980 0400-0430 Ru 3975 6005 0430-0500 Ukr 3975 6005 0500-0530 Rom 3975 7260 0530-0600 Cro 3975 5965 0600-0630 Slk 3975 5915 0630-0700 Se 5915 9870 1100-1200 Hu 17670 21560 25700 (Sun -1300) 1200-1300 Hu 7135 9655 1300-1400 Ge 7135 9660 Sun 1400-1500 Hu 7135 9840 Sun 1530-1600 Ru 9660 11875 1600-1630 Cro 3975 5965 1630-1700 Rom 3975 5965 1700-1730 Ukr 3975 9680 1730-1800 Slk 3975 6010 1800-1830 Se 6175 3975 Mon-Sat 1830-1900 Ge 3975 6175 1900-2000 Hu 3975 7185 2000-2030 En 3975 6025 2030-2100 Se 3975 7165 Sun 2030-2100 Ge 3975 7165 Mo-Sa 2100-2200 Hu 3975 7230 11895 2200-2230 En 3975 7250 2300-2400 Hu 11985 13685 daily, extended to 0100 UTC mondays. (R. Budapest website, via NASWA, Oct 30)

INDIA AIR will introduce some new freqs as from 1st Nov. Some of them are on the new expanded band. They will use the 250 kw SW txs in PANAJI in full strength at peak time in the evening (instead of the morning slot). They've moved 11620 to 11930 in URDU at 0100-0430 and also NEPALI from 9550 to 9810 at 0130-0228. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Oct 29)

4800 AIR Hyderabad, Oct 28, 2015-2145, Extended Night Sce in Hi with songs and cultural talks, Akhasvani IDs, 35434. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Oct 30)

INDONESIA 9680 RRI Jakarta in BI fade-in about 1145, superb signal. (WB, Oct 29/31) [fade-in of SoAS stns around 1145 UTC see also under Cambodia]

11760 RRI Jakarta #1, at 1546 with dangdut mx, 32343 BBC QRMs the stn on 1558. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Oct 25)

3987.2 RRI Manokwari active again. Noted Oct 19, 1100-1159, local ID, 1200 Jakarta relay, //3157.3 3204.5 3215 3224.8 3231.8 3264.6 3325 3344.8 3384.9 3395 3905 3960.4 4000.2 4606.5 4696.9 4753.5 4777 4789 4874.4 4925. But only 3976.1 with local progr.

2960 RPDT2 Manggaria, Ruteng, Flores isl., 1240-1255, Oct 19, on Oct 20th 1031 ID was given, 1045-1100, 1055 end of local progr. S=5-6, later 25432.

3264.6 RRI Gorantalo, S=9+40 dB, strongest signal from INS regional stns.

3157.1 RPDT2 Halmahera Tengha, Oct 20, 1035-, 32332.

3541.8 RPDT2 Sumba Timur, Waingapu, Oct 20, 1120-1200, Kronkong mx, best 25432.

2694.9 RPDT2 Endo, Oct 20, 1215-1245, end of Jakarta relay nx at 1215, at 1218 local ID, phone in progr, best 25332.

3204.4 RRI Bandung, Oct 20, 1310-1320, ID at 1315 & 1317, Gamelan mx, 24332. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 21)

IRAN 21770 VoIRI Tehran in Ge new morning sce at approx. 0730-0825, //15084. 21770 used also for Fr sce 0630-0730 //15260. Announced Ge night sce 1730-1830 7215 7260 9022, and strange 12160 [WWCR channel !] (x9530) on Oct 30, and on Nov 1 different 6160 freq. Ital sce 1200-1300 on 15115 13600 15084. (WB, Oct 30/31, Nov 1)

ITALY 9670 RAI Rome first home sce relay 4. (WB, Oct 29/31) replaced 6110 by 9670 0700-1300, and 2nd progr still on 7240, 0600-1500. (WB, Oct 25-31) Re 11920 RAI 2000-2100 via Merlin. This has been cancelled. Only one bc to AUS from RAI in It 1000-1100 11920 via Kranji. (Craig Tyson-AUS, Oct 29)

JORDAN Current observed schedule of Radio Jordan 0000-0200 Ar 6105 11935 15435 0400-0600 Ar 9630 11810 15435 0600-0900 Ar 11810 11835 15435 0900-1100 Ar 11810 1100-1300 Ar 11810 15355 1100-1730 En 11690 1300-1500 Ar 11810 13620 1500-1600 Ar 13620 1600-1630 Ar 6105 13620 1630-1800 Ar 6105 7155 1800-2200 Ar 6105 7155 9830 2200-2400 Ar 6105 11935 15345 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 29)

KAZAKHSTAN/UZB/CVA Vatican Radio starts SW relay via CeAS, now they are actually hiring airtime out of Russia. The Vatican has been testing to the Indian subcontinent for the last two months, 1450-1610, using txs in Tashkent-UZB and Alma-Ata-KAZ. Finally they have decided to use Alma-Ata during the winter schedule and Tashkent during the summer. 11695 Alma-Ata 1450-1610, direct //13765 15500. (RNW via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 22)

BBC Be sce via Alma Ata relay in B98, 12065 1330-1415 100 kW 132 degr to SoAS. (BBC)

KOREA D.P.R. R Pyongyang Ru sce changes: EUR 1600 & 1800 11740 replaced 11710. 0200 & 0400 13790 replaced 7505. (Sergey M. Kolesov-UKR, Oct 20)

LIBYA Libyan R. observed last some days with En & Fr nx at 1630-1646 on 15235, 15415 and 15435. ID as "Voice of Africa". (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, last check on Oct 29)

Daily tone tests on SW noted partly starting from 0720 UTC, -- one hour earlier, and heard at latest around approx. 1050 UTC. Strong here in EUR 9705 and 11815, poor on 7120, 9655, and 11850 (x6155 which not observed anymore yet). (WB, Oct 31)

LITHUANIA Here in Lithuania we have a public, non-profit initiative group, which plans to start the Radio Baltic Waves HF sce in co-operation with the Minsk based editorial team called Radio Ratsiya (partly ex-R.101 radio stn). At present, the initiative group is looking for the internat non-governmental funding for 1999. The txing facility is already installed somewhere in the Northern Lithuania with a 10 kW tx and a zenith radiation antenna system in order to get a better coverage of such a close target area. The technical test txions on 6235 kHz(?) are expected in November this year. The planned language is Belorussian. The RBW/RG progrs will start from one or few weekly half-hour tx at 1700, with repeats at 1900 and 2100. Later, depending on the funds available, the bcing will become daily. Such an internat bcing is allowed by the Lithuanian Mass Media and Telecommunications laws on a license basis. The reason for creating of the RBW/RG sce is a very bad situation concerning the human rights and freedom of expression, which occured due to the current behavior of the Belorussian authorities. (Vadim Alexeev-RUS, Moscow via MIDXB e-mail newsletter, via Nick Pashkevich, Nov 1)

MALAYSIA Radio Malaysia Sarawak noted signing on at 0100 Oct 30 with IS and ann on 7130 Kuching, so this daytime-only freq evidently is active (but reception is difficult later in the day here). Still no sign of 5030 Kuching and 6060 Miri, the latter freq in particular is a clear channel all evening so I'm fairly convinced Miri is now inactive. (Alan Davies, Alor Setar, Malaysia, Oct 31)

MALI RTM Bamako in vernac and nx sce observed around 0805 on v9632.97 and even 11960 too. (WB, Oct 31)

MALTA VoM Valetta B98 schedule: weekdays 711 0500 En 0600[Fris0500]-0700 Ar. 9850 0600 It 0630 En 0700-0730 Ar til Mar 28, 1999 7440 2000 En 2100[Fris 2000]-2200 Ar til Mar 6, 1999. 12060 fr Mar 7 - Mar 27, 1999.

Sundays 711 0500 En 0600 Fr 0630-0700 Ge. 17570 0500-0600 Jpn 11830 0700 It 0800 En 0930 Maltese 1030 Fr 1100-1200 Ge. 7440 2000 En 2100 Fr 2130-2200 Ge, til Mar 6, 1999. (VoM schedule)

MOLDOVA BBC via Grigoriopol-MDA relay MW 999 kHz 500 kW nondir in B98: Ukr 1700-1730 2000-2030 daily, 2030-2100 Sat/Sun. (BBC)

MONGOLIA 4850 Radiostn Khekh Tanghar (Blue Sky) - tentat, Oct 28, 1215-1359, Mongolian YL ann, mostly western pop songs incl some It ones, phone-in segment at 1248-1257, no any positive ID - only word "Radio..." with some Mongolian ones was noted some times - poor to fair with most best signal at approx. 1230-1300. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 29)

NIGERIA 4770 FRCN Kaduna issued standard QSL letter and sent sticker after three months. v/s Engr. R.B. Jimoh, Asst. Director Tech. Service, Studios, Links & O.B. Addr: FRCN, 7 Yakubu Gowon Way, P.O. Box 250, Kaduna, Nigeria. (Harald Kuhl-D, Oct 28)

PAKISTAN Urdu WS/En segment usual 0800-1120 auf 17835.14, 15530.06. (WB, Oct 25)

PALAU (tent) Democratic Voice of Burma, Medorm, 9985, 30-10-98, 1315 folk songs, speakers in As lang. Tentat this one, but too weak to ID; testing this relay for another four days as per internet annt by Ludo Maes. SINPO 25232. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Oct 30)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA R Sandaun, Oct 20, 0950-, Pidgin, 45444 S=9+20 stronger than 4890 NBC Port Moresby, which is S=9. At 1000 "its nx time 8 o'clock" relay of 4890. //3220 3235 3260 3325 3335 3385. But 3905 with separate local progr. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 20)

POLAND Reception of a TWR MW frequency in Europe: We would like to know if you can receive programs broadcast from a MW radio station located in Szczecin (Stettin) in Poland. This station is presently broadcasting in Scandinavian languages on 1503 kHz with 300 kw power. We would appreciate your advice if this transmitter is clearly heard in your area in general. Thank you for your cooperation. (Evelyne Tonelli < [email protected] > Oct 27)

ROMANIA RRI Bucharest noted on Sun 25th still on Z98 summer schedule. In the meantime noted En sce on winter schedule. 1700-1757 on 9690 11740 15365. At 2140 on 5955 5990 7195. At 2330 on 5955 7195 9570 11830. Ge sce at 1240 on 9690 11940 17745. 0600-0700 multilingual sce to EUR 7105 9510 9625 11775. (WB, Oct 28)

RRI Bucharest home sce relay, terrible buzzy audio on 17850, //much better on 15105, approx. 0900-1100. (WB, Oct 31)

Romania Actualitati is at night now on 6040, heard at 2340 (// MW 855 and others) with just a little bit of distortion. (Kai Ludwig-D, Oct 29)

Radio Romania International - Frequency schedule Winter 98 (Partially observations only. On Oct 25 RRI used still Summer A98 !! schedule, so may result in a confusing outdated table, updated from W97 schedule.)

ENGLISH USA/JPN/NZL 0200-0300 6155 9570 7195 9690 9510 11940 USA/IND 0400-0500 5990 6155 11740 15335 USA/CAN 0600-0700 9530 wEu 0641-0655 7105 9510 9625 11775 Af 0700-0800 17790 21480 wEu/CAN 1300-1400 15335 15390 17745 17805 wEu 1700-1800 9690 11740 15365 wEu/nEu 2100-2200 7195 5990 5955 wEu/NAm 2300-0000 5955 7195 9570 11830

FRENCH CAN 0500-0600 6155 9590 wEu 0615-0628 7105 9510 9625 17775 wEu/Maghreb 1100-1200 15250 17745 17790 21480 wEu 1500-1600 15390 17740 17790 17805 21480 wEu 2000-2100 5990 7195 9690

GERMAN wEu/cEu 0628-0641 7105 9510 9625 11775 wEu/cEu 1200-1300 15250 17745 - still missed 3rd channel, left 11940, so is now a good opportunity to fetch CBG 1200-1315. wEu/cEu 1600-1700 6175 7195 9690 wEu/cEu 1900-2000 5955 6040 7145 7195

ROMANIAN wEu 0600-0615 7105 9510 9625 11775 0900-1000 15380 17735 17745 17790 21480 1000-1100 15250 15380 17735 17745 17790 wEu/cEu 1100-1200 9665 15390 17775 wEu/cEu 1200-1300 9665 15390 17775 17790 21470 wEu 1700-1900 6135 7195

Romania Actualitati 2300- 6040 RUSSIAN FE wRUS 1900-2000 5965 6085

SERBIAN YUG 1700-1730 756 6175 YUG 1900-1930 756 6090 GREEK GRC 1730-1800 756 6175 ITALIAN I 1400-1430 756 11810 I 1500-1530 756 11810

ARABIC Maghreb/EGY 0700-0800 15250 15380 17735 17745 Maghreb/EGY 1400-1500 15380 17735 17745 17790 21480? (WB, Oct 31, Nov 1)

RUSSIA I was just alerted, that MW 1215 from Bolshakovo is again on air, carrying after 1900 VoR Ge sce, while 1386 had "Universelles Leben" from Wuerzburg. At 1930 the 1386 feed was switched back into the ongoing VoR programme, and 1215 obviously signed off at 2000. (Kai Ludwig-D, Oct 28)

Latest check of R. Kyzyl SW txions is: *2322-approx.0130*, *1120-approx.1230* - all on 5550.3v, local progr till 0000, 0010-0100 and till 1200 - other time with R. Rossii progr //5290. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 29)

TWR/CIS The Indian sce of TWR via CIS relay is now as follows: 0000-0030 7430 (x9430), 0030-0200 on 9825 (x12035), 1130-1600 7420 (x12005). (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Oct 29)

Moscow-based Radio Dialog bcs in Samara on MW 729 with 50 kW, in Novosibirsk on 1287 with 40 and in Moscow on 1116 with 10. (VoR "DX Club" web site, via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Oct 23)

BBC via Chita-RUS relay 500 kW 200 degr in B98: 7330 1300-1530 2200-2300 Mandarin Chinese. BBC via Irkutsk-RUS relay 250 kW 125 degr in B98: 7385 2200-2300 En. BBC via Vladivostok-RUS relay 500 kW 228 degr in B98: 11695 1000-1100 Mandarin Chinese. (BBC)

SAUDI ARABIA v11868.41 tentat BSKSA Riyadh in Ar at 0500-0600. Quran progr at 1522 & 1700 on v11708.21, and //9730 at 1700. (WB, Oct 31)

SRI LANKA SLBC Colombo in Hi at around 0100, suffering tx problems, as reported elsewhere in DX press, tx wandering from nominal 11905, devilish buzzy signal yesterday on exact 11900.64, nx at 0100. (WB, Oct 27)

5020 SLBC, Oct 20, 0915-, En, Farmers Corner, quiz progr. 35433. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 20)

SWEDEN R Sweden MediaScan is (1st/3rd Tu) in B98: 1340 15240 13740 9925alt + SAT. 1440 13740 17870 15240alt. 1840 1179 6065 +SAT. 2040 1179 6065 +WRN. 2240 1179 6065 7325. 0140 7265 9435alt. 0240 9455 7280alt. 0340 7115 9435alt. (Dave Kenny, BDXC, Oct 29)

TAJIKISTAN Tajik R Dushanbe via Orzu 100 kW noted at 1630-1900 on new 7515, and //5800. Studio progr overmodulated and hardly to understand, but terrible audio on phone-in commentary. (WB, WH ORF Intermedia, Oct 30)

BBC via Dushanbe-TJK MW 1251 relay 100 kW nondir in B98: 0230-0300 1445-1530 Persian.

TURKEY TRT Romanian 1030-1130 noted on 15350 instead of nominal 9630, which bc Turkish instead, BUT may a punching error only. (WB, Nov 1)

UAE VoUAE R Abu Dhabi current observed schedule, all progrs in Ar 0200-0400 6180 13605 21630 21735 0400-0600 11945 21630 21735 0600-0700 15265 17825 21735 0700-0800 15265 17825 21630 0800-0900 17825 21735 0900-1100 17770 17825 21630 21735 1100-1300 13605 17825 21630 21735 1300-1500 15315 17825 21630 21735 1500-1600 15315 21630 21735 1600-1800? 15385 17760 1800-1900 11690 15385? 17760? 1900-2200 9605 11690 13755 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 29)

UKRAINE 6690 The stn identified as the 2nd National Ukrainian progr, normally only on MW, but I received them on Oct 23 at 0230 & 2100. Since Oct 23 the stn didn't appear again. The mystery stn I reported on 6690 is Radio Promyn (Progr 2 of the National Radio Company), listed in the WRTH only on MW. Thanks to Feodor Brazhnikov for his help to identify the stn. (Uwe Volk-D, Oct 26/29)

As to expect, Radio Ukraine's new 4820 is by far the strongest signal on 60 mb here, while 7205 turns out to be the best channel tonight, as the 49 mb freqs are either weaker or interfered. (Kai Ludwig-D, Oct 29)

RUI B98 schedule news, as announced: Accidentially noted RUI Kiev separate English DX progr at 1230 on 7380, remaining channels still in Ukrainian. DX progr containing many HAM Radio items 1230-1300. Announced 9870 NoAM, and 21510 AUS/OCE/NZL, but no trace of both on given channels.

RUI Kiev En schedule announced (60 mins lasting each): EUR 2200 4820 5905 6020 6080 7205 7420 9560. 0100 5905 6020 7205 9560. 0400 4820 6020 7205 9560. NoAM 2200 7150, repeat 0100 & 0400 6030 7150. 1200 9870 but really on 7380. AUS/OCE/NZL 21510.

RUI in Ge 1800-1900 on 4820 5905 6020 6080[poor towards Siberia] 7205[powerhouse] 7420 9560 9610. Ukr 0500-0600 4820 6020 7205 7420 9610 11825. 0700-0800 6020 7420 9610 11720 11825 13590 15520 21510. 1600 4820 6020 7420 9610 11720 11825 15520.

0900-1000 Almaty pause via UKR relay, as usual. At 0900-1000 RUI Kiev progr on the Ukraine relay freqs of R Almaty on usual 9620 and new winter freq 11840 (x11720). Almaty in German as usual from 1200 UTC onwards, no season time change. Kazakh Radio 0500-0600 on single 9600 via UKR relay, 0600-0700 single 11840, from 0700 9620 11840. (WB, Oct 25)

4820 R Ukrayiny is back here on winter schedule since Oct 25, heard in Ge 1830-1900 and Ukr 0515-0625 and 2325 in parallel with 6020. As far as I remember, they formerly used Kharkov for this freq. 34444. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Oct 29)

Radio Ukraine Internat SW Freqs 25.10.98 - 28.03.98, in Ukr, En and Ge.

EUR, RUS, KAZ. (all progrs in Ukr, exc En 0200-0300, 0400-0500, 2200-2300. Ge at 1800-1900, 2100-2200 and 0000-0100) 0000-0100 4820 5905 6020 6080 7205 7420 9560 0100-0200 5905 6020 6080 7205 7420 9560 9610 0200-0400 4820 5905 6020 6080 7205 7420 9560 9600 9610 0400-0500 4820 6020 6080 7205 7420 9560 9600 9610 0500-0600 4820 6080 7205 7420 9600 9610 11840 0600-0700 4820 6020 6080 7285 7420 9610 11825 11840 0700-0800 4820 6020 7285 7420 9610 9620 11720 11825 11840 13590 0800-1500 4820 6020 7285 7420 9610 9620 11720 11825 11840 13590 15520 1500-1600 4820 6020 7285 7420 9610 9620 11720 11825 11840 13590 1600-1700 4820 6020 6080 7285 7420 9610 11720 11825 1700-1800 4820 5905 6020 6080 7205 7285 7420 9610 11720 1800-2300 4820 5905 6020 6080 7205 7420 9560 9610 2300-2400 4820 5905 6020 6080 7205 9560 9610

NoAM. (all progrs in Ukr, exc En 0100-0200, 0400-0500, 1200-1300, 2200-2300) 1100-1700 9870 1800-2200 6085 2200-2300 7150 2300-0600 6030 7150 SoAM. 2300-0600 Ukr 9785 AUS. 0700-1200 Ukr 21510 1200-1300 En 21510

Relay of Kazakh Radio "Shalkar" program: (Kazakh, Ru and Ge) 0200-0400 5905 9600 0400-0500 9600 0500-0600 9600 11840 0600-0700 11840 0700-0900 9620 11840 1000-1600 9620 11840 (Source: NRCU, Kyiv; via J. Sajuk, Bavaria, Germany WWDXC, - Ukraina DX-Monitoring-World-Ring - Oct 29, 1998)

UK R JPN NHK in Ge now again on 9660 (x9600 summer), and usual 11710, both via Woofferton (Merlin-BBC company relay]. 1110 UTC 55555 on 9660, in 140 degrees towards Stuttgart.

BBC Skelton in Persian at 1615-1700 on new 3955 [obviously to European audience], //Oman 6095, Cyprus 7105.

Strange selection: 6015 kHz BBC German [nominal scheduled on 6025] and TOM Brother Stair DTK Juelich on same channel 6015 at 1630 UTC. (WB, Oct 25)

Merlin Network One frequ schedule, til 27/03/99. Continuous: Astra tr 58, 10.847 vert pol, using 7.38 and 7.56 MHz subcarriers (EUR). Continuous: 1485 kHz AM (Ascension Isls)

2300-0600 3985 EUR 0000-0300 9560 NoAM 0300-0600 9895 NoAM 0600-0800 6110 EUR 0600-0900 13720 OCE 0700-1600 9915 EUR 17630 EUR 0700-1900 21550 AF 0800-1200 13660 EUR 1200-1400 13645 EUR 1400-1600 13680 EUR 1600-1800 6185 EUR 1600-1900 3965 EUR 1800-2000 6125 EUR 1900-2000 9690 EUR 2000-2200 11755 EUR 11985 NoAM 2200-2300 7120 EUR 2200-2400 7170 FE 9835 NoAM (via Thomas Meyer ([email protected] Oct 28

VoA Woofferton spurious signals. Today I came accross an US English lang outlet on 7383.46, BUT it wasn't RfPI of 7385, at present the stn is rather on 6975 instead. Fiddles around in the 41 mb resulting, that this was a spurious radiation of VoA Woofferton England outlet 7170, 300 kW, 180 degrees. Four spurs could be traced, one in the midst of the European HAM radio band. All are 106.73 kHz apart from each other:

6956.54 7063.27 7276.73 and 7383.46 All heard on four different receivers. (WB, Nov 1)

USA CLANDESTINE to IRQ RADIO FREE IRAQ begins txions. Nick Grace C., CRW Washington Bureau; Martin Schoech, CRW Europe Bureau. Set your radios according the schedule given below at 1600 on Fri, Oct 30, when Radio Free Iraq will launch its progrs. The surrogate bcing effort, spearheaded by U.S. Congress, is beginning and CRW has obtained an exclusive copy of the stn's schedule.

A source within RFE / RL tells CRW that Radio Free Iraq (RFI) "is starting out modestly." Progrs will last one hour and will be bc to IRQ twice, at 1600 and repeated at 0300. Bcs will eventually increase to six hrs a day with more Ar progrs and the addition of a Kurdish-lang sce. Chris Noonan Sturm, the Internet Project Director for RFE/RL, is organizing the Internet efforts for RFI and said today "We expect to bring... (the webpage) live either this evening (6 p.m. ET, 2300 UTC) or tomorrow when the bcs begin."

The URL for Radio Free Iraq will be: http://www.rferl.org/bd/iq/

Special QSL verifications are being prepared for the first day of bcing, acc to RFE/RL Director of Communications Paul Goble, and listeners may write to: Radio Free Iraq/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C., 20036 USA

Radio Free Iraq's schedule is to be officially released with the activation of the station's homepage, raising questions about how its managers plan to attract listeners in Iraq. The release of the schedule at such a late hour, according to CRW sources, is to undermine potential jamming efforts on behalf of Saddam Hussein's regime. "RFI is being publicized through other means in Iraq," they tell CRW.

RFE/RL's Persian-lang sce to IRN will also begin on Oct 30, however, CRW was unable to obtain a copy of the schedule for security reasons. "Their jamming mechanism is much more difficult to break," the source said. Interested listeners can access RFE/RL's website for information when it is publicly available.

1600-1700 6130 KAV 250 120 9540 WOF 250 90 9850 LAM 100 080 [*11915 WOF 300 110 ] 0300-0400 5965 KAV 250 120 7110 KAV 250 70 7275 KAV 250 080 9740 LAM 100 120 The URL for Radio Free Iraq will be: http://www.rferl.org/bd/iq/

RFE/RL Persian sce 1600-1700: 6040 Biblis, 9680 Kavala, 11730 Lampertheim, 12025 Woofferton. And in the morning 0430-0530 6025 Lampertheim, 6150 Kavala, 9585 Lampertheim, 9850 Kavala. (CRW - Clandestine Radio Watch, [COPYRIGHT !!], Oct 29) * see comment below.

Radio Free Iraq at sign on 1600 noted as follows: 6130 (Kavala) and 9540 (Woofferton) "loud and clear". 9850 from Lampertheim first on fair level in a mess with Cairo-EGY, at 1640 re-check disappeared in skip zone here, leaving Cairo in the clear. 11915 is occupied by powerhouse Sines [sic, is Skelton ? but is registered on 11935, 300 kW 70 degrees] with RCI Russian sce, no trace of a co-channel Woofferton outlet; canceled in the last moment after realizing, that it would become a terrible clash?

Started checking out RFE Persian sce at 1610 and found 6040 (Biblis) loud and clear, 9680 (Kavala) on fair level, 11730 only a silent carrier [Tunisia signing-on to EUR] with another stn underneath [yes, here is Lampertheim txion and supposedly NHK R Japan too, traced here, despite I'm in the dead zone of the LAM stn, only some 90 kms away, ed], 12025 (Woofferton) strong but Ar-speaking stn co-channel [RFI Paris to NoAF 100 kW 180 degrees]. (Kai Ludwig, Oct 31/Nov 1)

Comment: Strange coordination matter. Due to the "sudden unexpected" attack by the U.S. Congress and administration, it was a "hard work" for the IBB frequency management to set RFIq progr exact on R Cairo and R Canada Internat freqs.

Strange selection of freqs next to RFI's Ar sce on both 9845 and 12025 is a matter of question, not to say a hostile coordination action against RFI Paris organization, which serves the same target in the neighbourhood at same time to NE, ME and NoAF.

And Kavalla 9680 suffers by side-band interference of 9675 (UNID stn, Tajik ? Kurd? to same target, and later of R Moscow also co-ch).

From my point of view I would suggest to use both 5 kHz up, 9685 and 9855 respectively instead. And in the 25 mb: 11915 and 12025 should be replaced by another channel, like 11630 11830 11865 11895 11960 12010 12045 12070. Programs are satellite fed, Kavalla and Woofferton outlets have a remarkable minor delay against Biblis outlet. (ed.)

US HFCC schedule changes ADD: WHRI 6040 1500-1600 42 degr to 4,5,9,17 ADD: KHBN 13840 1100-1700 270 degr to 41,49,50,51,54 (Bob German, George Jacobs & Associates, Inc., Nov 1)

BBC via Okeechobee-USA relay 100 kW 315 degr in B98: 9590 1300-1600 En to NoAm.

BBC WS new 6185 Delano relay at 0200 confirmed, after 9590 closed abruptly just before; signal at 0313 check Oct 26 was mixing badly with R. Educacion, a loss for both stns. Deliberate usage of this freq from the US while it is already used by Mexico is an example of extreme incompetence in freq management and a blatant example of American imperialism. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Oct 27) [via IBB Delano 0200-0500 250 kW nd, I think coordinated rather by BBC authorities, ed]

DXING WITH CUMBRE SCHEDULE, late change: [c.f. BC-DX #388] Sun 1530 6040 (frequency change; switch to 13760 is now at 1600 UTC). (Cumbre special, Oct 31)

UZBEKISTAN IBRA via Tashkent site: After a brief stay on 7400, IBRA Radio in Bengali from Tashkent is now back on 15470 at 1330-1400. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Oct 29)

R Tashkent in En to Indian subcontinent 0100-0130 noted here in EUR on winter schedule: 5955 5975 new7105 new7285, and 9540. En 1200 & 1330 noted on new 5975 6025 9715. (WB, Oct 31)

Observed schedule of Radio Tashkent B98 0000-0030 Ui 5040 0100-0130 En 5955 5975 7105 7285 9540 0130-0200 Da 5955 5975 7285 0130-0230 Uz * 7105 9540 0200-0230 Pa 5955 5975 7105 7285 9540 0230-0330 Uz ** 5955 5975 7105 7285 9540 0330-0430 Uz * 7105 9540 0500-1300 Uz * 15165 15330 1200-1230 En 5060 5975 6025 9715 1230-1300 Ur 5060 5975 6025 9715 1300-1330 Hi 5060 5975 6025 9715 1300-1330 Uz * 15330 1330-1400 En 5060 5975 6025 9715 1330-1400 Ui 5040 1330-1400 Uz * 7105 15330 1400-1430 Ui 5040 1400-1430 Ur 5060 5975 6025 9715 1400-1430 Uz * 7105 1430-1500 Ch 5040 1430-1500 Hi 5040 1430-1550 Uz * 7105 9540 1500-1530 Ui 5040 1520-1550 Da 5975 6025 7285 1550-1630 Uz ** 5975 6025 7105 7285 9540 1630-1700 Pe 5975 6025 7285 1630-1700 Uz * 7105 9540 1700-1730 Ar 5975 6025 7285 1700-1730 Tu 7105 9540 1730-1830 Uz ** 5975 6025 7105 7285 9540 1830-1900 Pe 5975 6025 7105 7285 9540 1900-1930 Ar 5975 6025 7105 7285 9540 1935-2030 Ge 5025 5035 5060 7105 9540 11905 2030-2100 En 7105 9540 2100-2300 Uz 7105 9540 2330-0000 Ch 5040

Uz * = Uzbek R. HS 2nd progr (//4850 0000-2300) Uz **= FS (R. Vatandosh) Uighur at 0000 1330 1400, and 1500 only as a tentat lang. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Oct 28/29)

BBC via Tashkent-UZB relay 200 kW 131 degr in B98: 7375 0030-0045 Be, 0045-0130 Hi 7430 1400-1500 Hi, 1500-1530 Nep, 1630-1700 Be 17675 0800-0810 Be (BBC)

VANUATU 4960 R Vanuatu, Oct 20, 0914-, En relig progr, prayer and talks, VTN QRM. 22432 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 20)

VIETNAM 9875 is the new all-day freq for VoV HS Prgr 1 (x-10060). Unid stn in Vietn, presumably a VTN regional, possibly Cao Bang, noted 29 Oct at *1245- 1330 on 6468 with lots of characteristic local mx. (Alan Davies, Alor Setar, Malaysia, Oct 30)

Another long time out-of-band freq is no longer. Since a week or two (exact date unknown to me) VoVTN has left 10060 in favor of 9875. Schedule 2300-1600, exc for the 1400-1500 time slot when VoVTN moves to 9930 ! in order to interfere with Radio Free Asia's Vietnamese progr. The 2330-0030 progr of RFA might as well be interfered with, but I don't have possibilities to monitor at that time. Curiously, at s-on 2300 RFA Tibetan collides with VoVTN on 9875 making the signal all but unusable. In short, the tent. schedule now reads 2300-1400 9875, 1400-1500 9930, 1500-1600 9875. (Hans van den Boogert-TWN, Oct 29)

YUGOSLAVIA [non] 7115 Over an over again lasting IS noted on usual winter freq to NoAM/WeEUR of R YUG Belgrade at 0150-0200. Txion coming still via occupied tx site Bijeljina-Bosnia. (WB, Nov 1)

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ALBANIA 6090.02 and //7270, R Tirana in Alb to NoAM at 0100-0120 [scheduled 0000- 0600]. Noted on Nov 7, playing violine mx and parliament interview, played then patriotic song. (WB, Nov 7) 9650 R Tirana 2025 nx in En read by a man with weak co-ch also //7180. S-off at 2026. (Pete Costello-NJ, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 31)

ALGERIA v11750.51 RTA Algiers in Fr around 0625, progr like a Western world stn, playing Conny Francis song etc. (WB, Nov 7)

AZERBAIJAN 9165 Voice of Azerbaijan is being heard consistently (EaNoAM) now from fade-in around 1700+/- to 1900 s-off, again 0250 with carrier on, s-on 0314-0400 s-off. Stn shifted one hour later with move to Winter time. Signals in the last hour before s- off exceptionally good today, but no ID. Best time to tape a good ID is s-on. (Tom Sundstrom-NJ, Nov 3)

BELGIUM It's surprising that RVI's new relay via Bonaire to NoAM at 2230 on 13670 does not start with nx, on Sun or any other day. At least they could replay the 1730 nx (Joe Hanlon, PA, Nov 4, WORLD OF RADIO 964) Complain to their Mailbag show which airs Sun at 2230. (Glenn Hauser-USA, Nov 5)

BHUTAN 5030 Bhutan B.S. (presumed) 1250 in Nepali. Heard local pops in good conditions but was gone due to BBC carrier which came on at 1256. (Iwata-JPN, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 3)

BURMA 6570, Defence Forces B/Cing Stn, Taunggii, looks definitely like they have been off the air for at least two mos. now. (Victor G. Goonetilleke-CLN, 4S7VK UADX, via NU, Oct 31)

CAMBODIA 11940.3 National VoCambodia 1239-1311* Programming consisted mainly of presumed Cambodian vocals. At each quarter of the hour a new announcer would speak briefly, and mx would follow. At 1259, the flute IS was heard, and a female gave what sounded like a progr schedule. Tx went of at 1311 after a very brief announcement. (Maroti-NY, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 1) Noted here on v11940.32 It's now season for CBG reception in EUR. Romania off here, so CBG fade-in at 1215 for multilingual ext sce [1200] til 1315. (WB, Oct 31)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP 5036.36, R. Centrafrique, 2058*, Presumed s-off anns by man in Fr at tune-in, instrumental orchestral national anthem, and off. Matched up the recorded national anthem with a recording of their s-on made in 1983. Fairly good. (Dave Valko- USA, Nov 2)

CHAD 6165 Radiodif Nationale, N'Djamena, *0426-0427 Oct 30, Balafon IS clearly hrd with good sig until swamped by R Netherlands IS startup at 0427. The new PWBR/99 still lists 4904.5 as the regular channel for this local morning txion and as an alt to 6165 for the afternoon/evening bcs; however, the stn anncd some time ago that the 60 mb freq would no longer be used, exc possibly on a standby basis. (David M. Clark, Oct 31)

CHILE v11889.36 Voz Christiana playing Spanish relig vocal and chorus songs, daily guest here around 0800-0900. 22322 (WB, Nov 7)

Final B98 sked for Voz Cristiana, Santiago: 6070 0900-1200 CIRAF 14, 16 antenna 0 deg 6070 2000-0400 14, 16 antenna 0 9635 1200-2000 14, 16 antenna 0 11690 0100-0800 10, 11, 12 antenna 340 11745 2100-0500 12, 13, 15 antenna 60 11890 0800-1100 12, 13, 15 antenna 60 15375 1000-1300 11, 12, 13 antenna 0 15375 2300-0600 11, 12, 13 antenna 0 17680 1300-2300 11, 12, 13 antenna 0 21500 1100-2100 12, 13, 15 antenna 60 21550 1300-0100 10, 11, 12 antenna 340 All pxs in Sp, site is 33.64S, 70.85W. (via EDXP, Nov 6)

CHINA 5145 CRI Hohhot, Nov 1, 1318-1324, Heard early thanks to tip from Karl van Rooy via Internet ICQ. Male speaker in Ru, mx bridges, female speaker at 1323. 24332

CRI Beijing to EUR En 2200-2255 7170 (x9880) via RUS. Fr 2030-2125 7215 (x12010) via RUS and direct on 7110 7350 7800 and 9820. (RVI Radio World via C.J. van Oudheusden-HOL, Nov 8)

COSTA RICA Right now at 0710 Radio Reloj, Cuba relayed on 9820 Monday 2/11/98 heard here in Hilversum. -- Radio Reloj suddenly off at at 0712 on 9820. (Ehard Goddijn-HOL, Nov 2)

The special 200th edition of "Wavescan," which features a relay from RKI, is scheduled to be on the air from AWR CTR at 0230 on Mon, Nov 9 on 9725. The progr is produced and hosted by RKI's Han Hee-Joo, who presents a fascinating rundown on the history of RKI with authentic sound inserts. Both RKI and AWR are issuing endorsed QSL cards for this co-operative b/c. (Adrian Peterson/AWR-IN, Nov 2)

DENMARK 9940 R Denmark via Norway, Oct 31, 1930-1955* on a new freq replacing 9935 //1062 MW. News in Danish, DX-er Erik Koie with "Stil ind". Erik reported that it has just been decided to make the internat sce a part of the new, joint national Nx Dept for Radio and TV. With the introduction of Computer Aided Radio, the number of journalists available for Radio Denmark SW will be reduced from 10 to 4 and the job as Section Chief, currently held by Mr. Flemming Helt, will cease. The progr schedule will not be cut at least until the end of 2003 when the present contract with Norway on use of their txs runs out. (Anker Petersen-DEN, via DXW, Nov 1)

GERMANY IBC Tamil can now be heard at 0000-0050, En at 0050-0100 on 7150 (x9490). DTK Juelich 100 kW 090 degr. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Nov 8)

Brother Stair via DTK Juelich from Oct 25 heard 0400-0600 NF 9695(43433) co-ch VOA in Ukr from 0500. (? x9605 100 kW 340 degr to NoAM). (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 2)

Local meetings. Wie ich erst heute erfahren habe, findet am Samstag, den 14. Nov 1998 ab 1400 Uhr (MEZ) wieder ein regionales Kurzwellenhoerer-Treffen in Mainz statt. Das Treffen in den Vereinsraeumen des Deutsch-Koreanischen Freundeskreises ist unabhaengig von Clubs. Veranstalter: Ludwig Strauss-Kim, Tel 06131-383877 (auch Fax).

Das Treffen bei Kisdorf im Norden Hamburgs am kommenden Wochenende ist laut ADDX- Rundspruch wohl schon ausgebucht. Aber fuer einen kurzen Besuch am samstaeglichen Nachmittag lohnt sich die Anfahrt aus der Region ebenfalls. Infos wurden in diversen Zeitschriften veroeffentlicht. (Harald Kuhl-D, Nov 2)

UNIVERSAL LIFE Wuerzburg; 'Das Wort - die Kosmische Welle', Winter 98/99 SW schedule: En EUR 1400(Sun) 9710 En AF 1700(Sat) 11745 1800(Sun) 11840 1830(Sun) 11735 En IND - AS - AUS 0800(Sun) 9930 1300(Sun) 15190 En No & SoAM 1400(Sun) 9955 Fr EUR & AF 2030(Fri) 5905 7205 7290 7300 7360 7370 and 9470 Fr AF 1600(Sun) 11840 Ge EUR 1030(Sat/Sun; via 'IRRS', Italy) 7120 1300(Sun; via R.Vilnius, Lithuania) 9710 1830(Tue/Sat/Sun; via 'VoR', RUS) 5950 7300 7390 9480 and 11980 1830(Mon-Wed; via 'DW' Juelich - Germany) 6010 2100(Thu/Fri; via 'R.Minsk', BLR) 7105 and 7210 Ge No & So AM 2300(Sun; via 'WRMI' - U.S.A.) 9955 Por Braz 0030(Mon) 7310 7330 7390 7440 9450 9470 9810 and 9965 Por SoAM 2330(Sun) 9955 Sp SPA 1830(Sat) 6010 Sp SoAM 0230(Mon) 6185 7125 7180 7260 7310 7330 7350 7440 7570 9450 9470 9890 and 9965 Addr: Santec Aufnamestudio GmbH Ton + Video, Marienstrasse 1, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany. (Direct, 15 Oct, via Jan Nieuwenhuis-HOL)

DW-radio increases Dari/Pashto SW bcs. DW-radio nx bulletins will be extended by 10 mins. At the same time, txion via SW will be enlarged by a 30-min bcing block. DW-radio/Dari and DW-radio/Pashto will bc 50 mins every day. (DW Oct 27th via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 6)

Previous schedule (all also on satellite) 0900-0915 DARI 0915-0930 PASHTO ME As 21695 17895 1330-1355 PASHTO 1355-1420 DARI ME As 17825 15525

GUINEA v9649.44-9649.48 Monitored in upstate NY: UNID noted at 0816 t/in on Nov 6, M ancr in unid (middle eastern?) lang in between patriotic-type songs (of indeterminate ethnic origin, as many patriotic songs seem to be). Program ended 0853 w/M ID in local lang then French ("...Islamique?..."), then W ID's and reads freqs, plug pulled @0855 without anthem or IS. Fair, moderately fast QSB, murky audio. (Al Quaglieri-USA, Nov 6)

Could be RTG Conakry Fr from 0800 onwards, despite schedule in WRTH is not so clear to understand, when the morning bcs end at 0800, and Fr nx starting at 0800 at usual. Will check it tomorrow morning. Irregularly broadcasting on this 9650. v9649.58 checked today Nov 7 at 0715-0740, French talks, has gone at 0822 recheck. Fluttery signal, it's UNDOUBTEDLY RTV Guien. Conakry. 0700-0900 is usually a window towards WeAF and WeSaharian stns. At same time til fade-out around 0900 RTM Bamako heard on v9632.98 and 11960.02, playing WeAF mx. (WB, Nov 7)

HUNGARY Are you aware that Budapest now listed for 11 mb - 25700, 1100-1300 to AUS/OCE in Hung //17670 and 21560? However, only audible on 17 and 21 MHz here, 25700 may be a "wish list" assignment! (Bob Padula, Oct 27, WORLD OF RADIO 964, NOv 5)

ICELAND 5055 RikisΒ£tvarpid 1905-1930 USB with general talk and nx in Icelandic; off the air abruptly at 1930. Good signal. (Pijpers-HOL, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 4)

INDIA 12040 is another new freq from AIR in Hi at 1615-1730 to ME. (Alok DasGupta-IND, Nov 8)

IRAN new17605, and //9022, 15084, 15230 for VoIRIB Tehran It sce 0630-0725, phone in report from Istanbul-TUR, religious matter. 17605 suffers heavy QRM by China Radio co- ch on equal signal level. (WB, Nov 7)

VOIRI Nfs noted for B98: 15560 1000-1030 Swahili Oct 28 17570 *0930 Ar Oct 28 21770 0700-0730 Fr Nov 2 (believe first use of 21 MHz by this stn). (Bob Padula-EDXP, Nov 6)

An external MW radio of VoIRI, named Martyr Mohammad Ali Jahanara R, has begun txions from Abadan near the Persian Gulf. Will use a 750 kW radio tx to reach neighbouring countries as well as various regions of IRN. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 6) [No freq given so far, please help, ed]

ITALY Today, Nov 8 VoMedit Valetta via Santa Palomba Rome, also on an addit 2nd channel 11770 in //to 11830. (WB) Sun Oct 25 VoMedit via Rome tx heard 0800-0900 It, 0900-1030 En, 1030-1130 in Maltese 1130-1200 Fr, 1200-1300 Ge all new11830(54554) over VOIROI in En&Bengali from 1100. (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 2)

JAPAN/GUF Try 15590 at 1000 if you can -- NHK Radio JPN direct in En 300 kW, and via Montsinary-GUF 500 kW, in Sp/Por at same time on there ! (Noel Green-UK, Nov 1)

KAZAKHSTAN Address of Radio Almaty: Zheltoksan Street 175-A, 480013 Almaty, Kasachstan. Fax: 007-3272-631207 (Frank Kreuzinger, Wilfried Buck, Anders Brandborg-DEN, Nov 5)

LITHUANIA/BELARUS The first RBW test txion was scheduled for 0800-2200 4 Nov. The message was to contain a repeating 8-letter group in the Russian phonetic alphabet. E- mail RR's with your G.C., SINPO, rx, antenna type and message content are most welcome. E-mail QSLs are guaranteed! Technical breaks, fair modulation and freq changes within +/- 50 kHz are possible. (Rimantas Pleikys, Lithuania, in HC-DX via NU, 2 Nov)

Thank you very much again for your kind interest in the Radio Baltic Waves first test txion. I hope, that you've got our e-mail QSL card? To be honest, I was a little bit surprised on the ADXB-Liste comments about the "Ministers pirate hobby" and the "Piraten Getippt", because this statement about my former position is well out of date, and in fact what you've heard was a one-day test txion to check the Radio Baltic Waves audibility in the target area - Belarus. The purpose of this planned radio sce is to deliver uncensored news and commentaries to this country, where, as you probably know, there are many problems with human rights and freedom of expression. The letter-test was stopped when the Croatian Radio started its usual evening 6235 txion. I will inform you about the future developments of the RBW sce, freqs and time of the regular bcs, which are expected in the 49 meter bc band at daytime, and in the 75 mb after sunset( with ITU/Geneva notification). The official, licensed Radio Baltic Waves will cooperate with the Minsk-based independent editorial staff, called Radio Ratsiya, and a lot of programming will be txmitted from the Belorussian capital. You are free to share this information with the ADXB-Liste and other media sources. All your questions, comments and criticism are most welcome! Sincerely, Rimantas Pleikys, RBW Project Coordinator (via Martin Elbe-D, Nov 6)

MALI 5995 RTV Malienne, Bamako, *0553 Oct 31, IS on native instrument starting up. OC was present on all 3 freqs when first checked at 0545. Very strong here; //4782.38-good, and 4835-poor/fair. (David M. Clark, Oct 31) [see under Guinea also]

MIDDLE EAST Exceptional rec condition from MW stns in the ME: 1525 1386 kHz IRIB Ahwaz 34343 1532 1503 kHz IRIB Bushehr 32432 QRM by Belgrade-YUG 1546 1413 kHz BBC Oman Relay 43433 px in Pastho //7105 1559 1368 kHz IRIB Sari 33433, stronger than RAI. (Martin Elbe-D, Nov 3)

MYANMAR Radio Myanmar 4725 SINPO 44323 til s-off at 1546 yesterday Nov 6. Today Nov 7 much weaker signal. (Michael Schnitzer-D, Nov 7) Try also v5985.85 1400-1453, ed.

PAKISTAN 5027, Peshawar, relaying the En Mini World Cup Cricket between SoAF and the West Indies Nov 1, and would have other matches in the days preceeding arnd 1300. Very nice signals Sun, since Bhutan is off the air on Suns. If David Clark is hearing Cricket on 5027, then there is the answer! (Victor G. Goonetilleke-CLN, 4S7VK UADX, via NU, Oct 31)

The Pakistan Bcing Corporation can be found at http://radio.gov.pk/Intro.html

Radio Pakistan's A-98 [respectively Z-98] schedule fr May 3-Oct 24th has now arrived and is: Urdu WS 0100-0215 11975 15485 WS to So&SoEaAS English 0230-0245 11975 15235K 15485 slow speed nx bulletin to So&SoEaAS to India 9740. Gujrati 0330-0400 15325 and addit 17555 (API-6 250 kW) to BGD IND EaAF Urdu 0500-0700 11725 (API-1 100 kW 282 degr) retimed 15170 (API-5 250 kW 282 degr) 17555 (API-6 250 kW 252 degr) WS to Gulf & ME.

Urdu/E 0800-1120 15530 (API-5 250 kW 313 degr) 0800-1103 Urdu WS 17835 (API-6 250 kW 313 degr) 1105-1120 slow speed nx.

Indonesian 0900-0930 15405 17535K to INS MLA BRU TZA. Tamil 1000-1030 15320 17535K to SoIND and S-L. Hindi 1100-1145 9510 11995 15380K. Chinese 1200-1230 11895 15430 to CHN. Mitali/Bangla 1200-1245 11975 15625 to BGD/IND. Persian 1300-1345 11935 15625 to IRN.

Urdu 1330-1530 11570 15465 15170K WS to Gulf & ME. Hazargi 1400-1430 MW 756 to AFG. Turki 1430-1500 5060 6075(this now via 313 degr) to AFG and CeAS. Russian 1500-1530 6060 9330(this now via 313 degr) to CIS and RUS. Dari 1600-1700 MW 1260 kHz to AFG. English 1600-1630 111570 15465 15170K WS to Gulf & ME. 15325 17720 to Ea&SoEaAF. 1615-1630 E slow speed nx bulletin.

Turkish 1700-1730 12015K 13580K to TUR. Urdu 1700-1900 11570 15335 WS to WeEUR. Arabic 1800-1845 7470 9330 to ME & NoAF. Urdu 1800-1900 9475 Islamabad progr to Gulf & ME. French 1930-2000 11570 to WeEUR 9400 to No&WeAF. K = Karachi 50 kW, others Islamabad 100/250 kW.

Home sces API2 100 kW 7200 regional news 0330-0430 Balti 0445-0545 Sheena 6180 home sce fr Islamabad: 1300 Urdu nx; 1304-1316, 1323-1600 Pushto, regional news 1316-1323 Pushto 7310 1615-1700 Aaina (Islamabad progr) API3 100 kW 5045 home sce fr Islamabad 1414 Balti nx 1422-1430 Sheena nx. API4 100 kW 7110 0600 Urdu nx 0604-0800 Rawalpindi progr incl. 0700-0704 Punjabi nx 0800-1115 Islamabad progr incl. 0800-0804 Sindhi nx Pushto nx 0900-0904 Urdu nx 1000-1004 E nx at 1100-1104. Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto are regional nx.

Link services from Islamabad API-7 10 kW API7 10 kW 6070 0100-0102 Urdu 0200-0225 Urdu comm & editorials. 0230-0245 link for slow speed nx bulletin. 0300-0310 En nx 9645 0400-0404 Urdu 0500-0504 E nx, 0600-0604 Urdu regional nx 0700-0704 Punjabi, 0800-0804 Sindhi 11835 0900-0930 Indonesian link 1000-1030 Tamil link 1100-1104 E nx 9645 1200-1210 Urdu nx & comm, 1230-1300 Kashmiri, regional nx 1302 Punjabi, 1309-1316 Sindhi. 1400-1414 E nx & commercial nx 1500 Urdu nx & comm 1515-1530 Urdu newsreel. 7230 1600-1630 E nx comm link for slow speed bulletin 1700-1715 Urdu nx/Pasmanzar1730-1800 Turkish link. API8 100 kW Rawalpindi III 4790 0045-0435(Fri -0345) 1200-1805. 7265 0800-1215 (Fri 0930-1215) Regional sces

Quetta 10 5025 0045-0404(Fri-0345) & 1200-1805. 7155 Fri 0400-0820 1000-1145. Sat-Thur 0600-1145. Peshawar 10 6140 1100-1400. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 1)

Urdu WS noted on 15175.06 and 17555.17 between 0628-0640 on Nov 7. (WB)

Some changes of Radio Pakistan: 1200-1230 Ch NF 11895 under BBC in Croat. 1515-1545 in Ru NF 6057.2 [nom 6060] Oct 27 with buzzy audio //9330.0(55544) with very good modulation!! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 2)

PORTUGAL RDP Lisbon B98, here is again the complete winter schedule of RDP, eff from Oct 25th, 1998, in Po lang, 100 kW exc where shown. [bearings assumed acc previous summer schedule, ed]

Mon-Fri EUR 0800-1300 15140 LVP 30ΓΈ 11dB 0700-1300 11960 RHOS 52ΓΈ 19 0745-0900 11660 via PRO-FUNK [DW] Sines 250 kW LVP 55ΓΈ 16 1700-2100 13625 RHOS 66ΓΈ 19 1700-2100 11860 LVP 30ΓΈ 11 1700-2000 11800 RHOS 52ΓΈ 19 Timor 1300-1400 17740 300 kW RHOS 66ΓΈ 20 ME 1300-1430 21515 RHOS 81.5ΓΈ 19 AF 1000-1155 21720 HR 142ΓΈ 20 1000-1155 17725 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 1700-2100 17680 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 GUI/CPV/B 0700-0100 21655 RHOS 215ΓΈ 20 (RDP Africa progr special) USA/CAN 0000-0430 11655 RHOS 310ΓΈ 15 0000-0430 9715 RHOS 294ΓΈ 19 VEN 0000-0430 13700 RHOS 261ΓΈ 18 BRAZIL 0000-0430 11840 13640 RHOS 215ΓΈ 18

Sat-Sun EUR 0800-2100 15555 RHOS 30ΓΈ 11 0800-2100 9780 RHOS 52ΓΈ 19 0930-1100 11995 via PRO-FUNK [DW] Sines 250 kW LVP 55ΓΈ 18 Timor 0900-1000 17740 300 kW RHOS 66ΓΈ 20 ME 1600-1900 Sat, 1500-2000 Sun 21515 RHOS 81.5ΓΈ 19 AF 0800-1800 17725 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 1800-2100 17680 300 kW HR 144ΓΈ 21 GUI/CPV/B 0700-0100 21655 RHOS 215ΓΈ 20 (RDP Africa progr) USA/CAN 1300-2100 15200 RHOS 294ΓΈ 20 0000-0430 9715 RHOS 294ΓΈ 19 0000-0430 11655 RHOS 310ΓΈ 15 VEN 1300-2100 17745 RHOS 261ΓΈ 19 0000-0430 13700 RHOS 261ΓΈ 18 BRAZIL 0000-0430 11840 & 13640 RHOS 215ΓΈ 18

Tetum language Mon-Fri to Timor-INS 1200-1300 17740 300 kW RHOS 66ΓΈ 20 (Carlos Relvas de Assuncao Goncalves-POR via Noel Green-UK, Nov 1)

I have been monitoring the station and can confirm all listed freqs are operating between 0700 and 2100 but have'nt tried the services to the Americas at 0000. S-on time seems to vary -- for instance, 15555 was playing mx at 0745 on Oct 31.

BTW, DW is still using 15470 via Sines-POR fr 1600 in Alb & Rom, and not listed 9805 (RFI on there) and I've also noted 9770 (not 9805) in Croat at 1800. I can't find 13635 on the sched , but it is in their progr guide for Ge 1000-1400 and on air. Is it CLN, RUS, SNG?? (Noel Green-UK, Nov 1)

Seemingly Novosibirsk-RUS 200 kW 111 degr in direction of CHN, used in Oct and Mar only, replaced by 7315 in Dec-Feb. [ed]

RUSSIA From Thur 5 Nov, R Vlaanderen Internationaal's bc at 1200-1226 via Petropavlovsk to EaAS will be on 9810 instead of 9865, to avoid interference from CRI 9870 kHz. (Paul Brems-BEL, Oct 3)

[TATARSTAN] New schedule of Radio Tatarstan from Oct 25 0500-0600 NF 15105(45554) CeAs SAM 200/ 65 deg 0700-0800 6130(35443) RUS SRN 150/ 55 deg 0900-1000 9690 EUR SAM 250/305 deg but no heard! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 2)

On the program "You Write to Moscow" on Oct 31st, Olga Troshina acknowledges to the En- lang audience the problems VoRussia has had in not being able to mail out letters to listeners. She strongly encouraged listeners to use the e-mail addr of: [email protected] and that they would "write back right away". She said that she hoped that "this situation will be temporary". This is the first time that I have heard the En lang sce confirm the problem. What Olga had said echoes what Russian-lang listeners have been told in the "DX Klub" progrm, previously reported here about 1 month ago. (Maryanne Kehoe GAK USA, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 2)

SAUDI ARABIA v11818.57 and v11868.40 BSKSA Riyadh Gen sce at 0600-0620, not//9530. (WB, Nov 7)

SLOVAKIA Radio Slovakia International on WRN 1 and 3, from Oct 1, 1998, RSI will also bc its progrs in Ge and En via satellite through World Radio Network (WRN).

Ch WRN 1 EUR: Mon-Fri 1830 - ASTRA at 19.2ΓΈ East, with audio subc 7.38 MHz, tr 22 (VH-1) at 11.538 Ghz. This channel is available on cable systems in major cities across EUR such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, London, Dublin, Cologne, etc.

Ch WRN 1 NoAM: 2030 Eastern Time - New York Time - GALAXY 5 at 125ΓΈ West, tr 6 (TBS TV) at 3.820 GHz, audio subc 6.8 MHz. This Channel is also available on the cable systems of more than 50 NoAMcan cities, incl NY and Washington.

Ch WRN 3: 1900 - Analogue reception: ASTRA 1A, audio subc 7.38 MHz, tr 16 (Sky movies) at 11.436 GHz vertical. Digital reception: ASTRA 1C, mono B, audio subc 7.56 MHz ZDF, tr 33 (10.964 GHz hor). From Jan 1, 1999, there will probably be changes in the bcing times of WRN.

You can find more information on the Internet site of RSI and on the pages of WRN .

Oct 25, 1998 to Mar 28, 1999 NoAM 0100-0130 En 0130-0200 Slvk 0200-0230 Fr 5930 CeAM 7300 SoAM 9440 AUS 0700-0730 En 0730-0800 Slvk 11990 15460 21705 WeEUR 0800-0830 Ge 5915 6055 7300 EaEUR 1400-1430 Ru 9440 11990 13715 WeEUR 1430-1500 Ge 6055 7345 9505 EaEUR 1600-1630 Ru 5915 9535 11990 WeEUR 1630-1730 Slvk 5915 6055 7345 1730-1800 En 5915 6055 7345 1800-1830 Fr 5915 6055 7345 EaEUR 1830-1900 Ru 5915 9485 11990 WeEUR 1900-1930 Ge 5915 6055 7345 1930-2000 En 5915 6055 7345 2000-2030 Slvk 5915 6055 7345 2030-2100 Fr 5915 6055 7345 IS: Motif from patriotic song "Who Burns for the Truth" Addr: RADIO SLOVAKIA INTERNATIONAL, Mytna 1, P.O.Box 55 SK-81005 BRATISLAVA 15 S l o v a k i a - Europe URL: www.slovakradio.sk (Milan OM3CO in ham packet radio, via Richard Buckby-GB, Nov 3)

SOUTH AFRICA I work at the SW stn at Bloemendal. We now have two freqs the we transmit the amateur program on. This on Sun mornings at 0800 on 7205 and addit 15180. Program of SARL, South African Radio League. (Andre du Toit, of Sentech Ltd, Nov 2)

Cland, 6205, R Kudirat, 1930 with jingle R Kudirat, man with ID apologizing that die to tech problems normal programming is suspended, and blaming the NIG govt. Song follows. Same format over txion. (song , jingle ID , man). Signal 44423 with fast fading.

(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Nov 4)

SPAIN RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPANA, Madrid; txs to EUR, valid as from 25th Oct 1998: En 2000-2100(Mon-Fri) and 2200-2300(Sat/Sun) 9680 Fr 1800-1900 9590 Ge 1730-1800 9590 Ru 1700-1730 9500 Sp 0500-0700 6000 9710. 0700-0800 9710 12035. 0800-0900 12035. 0900-1200 9520(Sun) 12035. 1200-1600 9500 12035. 1600-1700 9500(Sun) 12035. 1700-2100 7275 9665(Sat/Sun). 2100-2200 7275 9665(Sat). 2200-2300 7275.

Addr: Apartado 156.202, E-28080 Madrid, Spain. WWW: http://www.rne.es e-mail: [email protected] (Direct, 25 Oct, via Jan Nieuwenhuis-HOL, Nov 5)

SRI LANKA Due to interference from AIR on 7225 DW via Trinco in En moved on to 7125 as from 6/11/98 0200-0250. Noted with QRM from IRN in Urdu on 7130. (Alok DasGupta-IND, Nov 8)

SUDAN Rep of Sudan Radio, Reba MW tx reactivated, has resumed operation with its full capacity. The Reba txing stn operates on MW 1296. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 6)

SWEDEN RADIO SWEDEN, Stockholm. txions for EUR, AF & ME valid until 27th Mar 1999: En 1430-1500(EaEUR & RUS) 13740, 1830-1900 5970(Sun) 6065(exc. Sun), 2030-2100 6065, 2230-2300 6065 7325.

Ge EUR 1930-2000 2000-2030(Sun) 6065.

Swe 0500-0600(Mon-Fri) 6065 13625, 0600-0700(Mon-Fri) 6065 9490 13625 17515, 0700- 0800(Sat), 0800-0900(Sat/Sun) 0900-1000(Sun) 6065 17515, 1100-1110 6065 9490 21810, 1110-1130(Sat/Sun) 6065 9490 21810, 1545-1600 6065, 1600-1630 6065 11680(EaEUR & RUS), 1630-1645 6065, 1645-1700 1700-1710(Sat) 6065 13765 15495, 1800-1900(Sun) 6065, 1900- 1930 6065 9590 11670, 2100-2145 2145-2200(exc. Sun) 6065 9660, 2200-2230 6065 7325.

Addr: S-105 10 Stockholm, Sweden. WWW: http://www.sr.se/rs e-mail: [email protected] (Direct, 16 Oct, via Jan Nieuwenhuis, Nov 5)

SWITZERLAND The Lenk stn's horizontal square dipole will be dismantled within a matter of days. The fate of the underground txs is unclear at this point, but it is suspected they will go the way of the old Sarnen tx: to the junk yard. It was a good stn, and we "old timers" are sorry to see it go. I heard it everywhere from India to Arizona. Really good engineering. It is the sad end of another era. 73, (Bob Zanotti, SRI, Oct 28, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Nov 5)

TAHITI At 0740 noted RFO Tahiti France Inter progr 15170 25433. (Enzio Gehrig, Spain, Nov 3)

TAIWAN R Taipei Internat noted with En 1300-1400 15125. Monitoring of this freq between about 0800 and 1300 reveals an Ar txion, I believe this is IRN. RRI Jakarta home sce 15125.1 and a Ch language txion (TWN?). VoA comes up with opening sequence for Alb at around 1355 which obliterates s-off of Taipei. When VoA goes off at 1415 CRI Beijing, is heard with En ! (Noel Green-UK, Nov 1)

TAJIKISTAN Via Dushanbe txs: Voice of Tibet in Tibetan 1220-1255 NF 11520(45554), plus add NF 7470(35443) Democr VoBurma in Burmese, 1245-1345 NF 11580(45554) [//via DTK- 15330(53453)]. VoFree Iran in Persian via Dushanbe tx 1830-1900 NF 5830(55544) (x5835) //6215(45554). (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 2)

THAILAND R Thailand in Thai noted via old 100 kW tx site 9654.97 at 2045-2115, //Udorn 9535. (WB, Nov 7)

TUNISIA v17735.23 RTT Tunis in Ar at 0650, some commercial announcements in AR, addr and phone no. given. //11730.07 & 15450 even. (WB, Nov 7)

UK Visit to former Crowborough tx site. David Ansell writes: "Sussex Police, who now own the Crowborough site, have agreed to a visit for a few local people in November. Early in the New Year, I hope to arrange a larger visit for British DXC members. The visit may have to be on a weekday, though. It would include a half-hour tour of the underground bunkers that housed "Aspidistra", the 600 kW MW tx used by BBC World and European sces. Also a visit to the SW tx hall that has decor like an Odeon Cinema of the 1930's.

Sussex Police are realising that they have acquired a site of historical importance. There are also moves afoot involving Wealden District Council. I hope to announce a date for a visit for BDXC members soon. (David Ansell-UK, "Communication" Nov)

SLBC Colombo in En (via Skelton 250 kW 150 degr) Sat only 1900-2000 on 6010. (RVI Radio World via C.J. van Oudheusden-HOL, Nov 8)

Addit freqs for Merlin Network One px 0300-0600 9895 NoAm(44554) 1900-2000 9690 Eu(55544) 2000-2200 11755Eu(55555) 2000-2200 11985 NoAm - not heard here!!! 2200-2300 7120 Eu(55555) MNO/DTK collision 0600-0800 6110 co-ch Sunrise Radio 0700-0800 !! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 2)

[c.f. BC-DX #390] 11915 is occupied by powerhouse Sines [sic, is Woofferton. RFE/RL IRQ Ar sce 1600-1700: 1600-1700 6130 KAV 250 120 9540 WOF 250 090 9850 LAM 100 080 11915 WOF 300 110.

ALBANIAN 1600-1630 11950 SINES 250 075 ALBANIAN 1600-1630 9805 SINES 250 075 GERMAN 1600-1800 6075 SINES 250 032 RUMANIAN 1630-1700 11950 SINES 250 052 RUMANIAN 1630-1700 9805 SINES 250 055 ]

Today there was at 1640 check no longer any RCI Ru sce on 11915. RCI uses Sines 11915 1500-1559 for Fr to EUR 52 degr. RCI Ru sce is registered on 11935, 300 kW 70 degr. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 4) See also 9675/9680 clash under USA, ed.

UKRAINE 21510 Exceptional good signals in 13 mb today. RUI Kiev to AUS/OCE noted here s-on at 0700 [-1300], tx Lvov 1000 kW 96 degr. (WB, Nov 7)

NRCU/Sajuk gives 4820 as operational 0200-0100, at 1415 I found it indeed already on the air. The nearly 24 hrs operation (exc for one hr maintenance per day) suggests, that alongside with Kharkov another possible origin is the Brovary site near Kiev with it's 60 ms antenna, which was used until a few years ago (three, if I remember correct) to radiate the third home sce progr on 4940.

I'am at a loss, if I check Radio UKRs overseas sces, which also uses the "big gun approach" (as Voice of Russia does, too): NoAM: (all progrs in Ukr, exc En at 0100-0200, 0400-0500, 1200-1300 and 2200-2300) 1100-1700 9870 Nil.

But in the morning there is 7380 on the air instead, as pointed out by WB also carrying En at 1200, which isn't scheduled for the European stream at this time. Also signal strength and modulation suggests this to be a "big gun", using this freq instead of 9870. After 1300 7380 was off (it would anyway no longer arrive "over there").

1800-2200 6085 Nil. A few years ago this freq was used as a test by "Golos Rossii" (the Ru WS from Moscow, which belonged at this time to Radio Rossii) from Kopani tonight, of course pounding in here, overpowering co-channel Bayerischer Rundfunk completely.

2300-0600 6030 7150 Both nil. I scanned around 49 and 41 metres, but couldn't find any outlets from Ukrainian "skylighters", only the strong Brovary signals on 6020 and 7205 alongside with some weaker ones.

2300-0600 Ukrainian 9785 Some weak and choppy carrier, like scatter into the dead zone; not confirming this outlet but keeping me from denying it.

So, what's up with the Ukrainian 1000 kW transmitters? Lvov-Krasne operational (7380, possibly 9785) but Kopani again off air as RRT one more time cannot pay the electricity bills, like the Transsiberian railway, which has to use diesel locomotives on over 1200 kilometres now, since "Chitaenergom" was patient long enough? (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 2)

UNID v11901.70 Anyone help with this? Monitored in Stuttgart at 0100-0200 and around 0600-0700. Couldn't trace the language, from TWN or IND subcontinent?? SLBC was on even 11905 unmistakable. (WB, Nov 7)

USA WHRI will change to a new freq 1500-1600. WHRI was schedule to be on 13760 during this hour but will change to remain on 6040 an hour later. This change will give us a better coverage of NoAM during this hour which will allow a new show to reach more listeners. (Joe Brashier-USA WHRI, Oct 27)

Radio Free Iraq. Heard with open carrier at 0255 then RFE/RL IS of multiple language IDs. 0300 in Ar and Ided as follows: Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty. This is Radio Free Iraq from Prague (Itha' Aropa al-hur, Itha' hurriya. Huna Itha' Iraq al-hur min brague.) Then woman announcer gave the following schedule (note changes in length and freqs, also note that it is SW only): 1600-1630 6130 9540 [9850] 11915. 0300-0330 5965 7110 7275 9740. Heard on all four freqs with 7110 the best, no sign of any jamming. Started with nx on latest round between IRQ and UN. 0326 closing anns and repeated above schedule. (Johnson-USA, Cumbre Dx, Nov 2)

Very nearby neighbours ! 9675 1600-1700 RL Kyrgyz Playa de Pals 250 063 9680 1600-1700 RL Persian Kavalla 250 104

R Free Iraq checked yesterday 1617 on 11915 and // with man and woman talking and many refs to IRQ, ID at 1615. Addr and freqs on 1628 accompanied by underground classic mx. signals 11915 55555, 6130 fair/clear, 9540 43433 co ch UZB. [and 4th 9850 Lampertheim too, ed] (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Nov 3)

Yes, R Free IRQ using now Woofferton with crash start at 1600. RCI Sines s-off at 15.59. RFIq 11915 puts out a powerful signal, but overall 53443 only, due to strong Ar speaking stn on lower side 11910. RL Persian sce on 12025 still suffers QRM by RFI Paris co-ch, 43333. RL progr remarkable satellite fed delay compared with Biblis 6040. (WB, Nov 7)

7110, R. Free Iraq [new department Idha'at al-Iraq al-Hur - Radio Free Iraq] Nothing but R. Liberty/R. Free Europe IDs at 0300. No R. Free Iraq En IDs. (Dave Valko-USA, Nov 4)

RFE/RL Persian Service. Item in todays press: Due to the start of Farsi language bcs "of an US station" from the Czech Republic, Iran withdrew it's ambassadors from Prague and suspended economic cooperation with Czech Rep. (Ludwig-D, Nov 4)

Tehran will also reduce the level of its economic and political cooperation with Prague in protest against the interfering move by the Czech govt. Iran's decision to recall its ambassador from Prague and reduce economic relations with the Czech Rep due to RFE/RL's bcs to the country was inappropriate ...

ID in Persian: Radio-e Urupa-e Azad/Radio Azadi, bakhsh-e Farsi. On 30th Oct the RFE/RL web site (www.rferl.org) carried the transcript of an interview with RFE/RL Pres Thomas Dine on the new bc sce to IRN, by Shahran Tabari of the new Persian Sce.

The Czech Republic says it has no control over the content of RFE/RL bcs, and eventually gave its tentative support for the US bcs, despite security concerns. RFE/RL originally wanted to run the sces to IRN and IRQ from a villa in a Prague suburb, but the Czech govt, fearing terrorist attacks, prevailed upon it to find a venue with fewer security risks. For the time being, the sces will be run from RFE/RL's headquarters in Wenceslas Square in central Prague. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 6)

YEMEN Sana'a is audible from s-on at 0300 (+/- 5 min) to 0645 on 9779.8. Since RDP s- on at 0645 on weekdays, the En px of Sana'a can be heard from 0600-0645. (Uwe Volk-D, Nov 2)

VIETNAM VoVTN Hanoi heard in En: 1600-1630 9840 12020 direct. Via tx in Russia 1800- 1830 on 7440 Moscow 500 kW 265 degr, 0100-0130 5940 Krasnodar 500 kW 315 degr. (RVI Radio World via C.J. van Oudheusden-HOL, Nov 8)

VoVTN boosts progrs for minorities. This month began a progr in the Sedang lang for the 97,000 people of Sedang ethnicity in the Centr Highlands. Another progr of the Koho ethnic lang is expected to be on air next year, bringing the number of progrs in ethnic minority langs to seven, including Rhode, Jarai, Bahnar, Hmong, Khmer and Sedang. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 6)

YUGOSLAVIA R. Yugoslavia [via txs in Bijeljina-Bosnia], B98 to Australia: 1330-1400 En 11835, 1400-1430 Serbian (RTS) 11835, 2030-2100 Serbian (Mon-Sun) 7230, 2030-2130 Serbian Special (Sat) 7230. Timing is absurd: 1330 is 12.30 am here in Melbourne, and 1430 is 1.30 am! Perhaps OK for WeAUS, where local times are 9.30 pm and 10.30 pm. (Bob Padula EDXP, Nov 6)

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ARGENTINA 15820.02 lsb R. Mitre, 2110-2130 Oct 31, Sp with local and En pops, short anmts about the mx, many ads; fair. (Korinek-RSA, via Nu)

15820.0 lsb R. Rivadavia, fair at 1002-1037 Nov 3, morning nx and information progr "Contacto Directo." It was also hrd at 2300-2340 fade-out on the same day. (TIN-JPN, via NU)

AUSTRALIA Australia-England cricket coverage on RA this southern summer. RA will dedicate freq 17715 to extended coverage of test and cricket series against England. First Fri 20th Nov, second 28th Nov, third and fourth in Dec, the latter starts on Boxing Day, final 2nd Jan. The three-way one-day series also involving Sri Lanka starts on 10th Jan, finish 12th/14th Feb. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 6)

Around 1025 the following AUS stns heard in the PHL: 2310 35433, 2325 34433, 2485 45544. National R "ABC" from 0114 on relay via RA 21740, En ID, 25432. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 27/28)

BHUTAN [non] WORLD OF RADIO 966 will be a special edition for the 25th anniversary this month of the Bhutan Broadc Sce (originally Radio NYAB), with a Wavescan special from Adrian Peterson, AWR. Includes history of the stn and its belated discovery by the DX world, background on the country, versions of the national anthem and other mx, current schedule, and where to see Bhutanese architecture in the USA.

Release dates: Nov 19 on WWCR, Nov 20 on WRN, RFPI, Nov 21 on WGTG, Nov 22 on KNOR/KOKC, Nov 28 on WPKN, Nov 29 on WSUI. We do not offer QSLs for WOR, but Wavescan will QSL this edition only, from Box 29235, Indianapolis IN 46229. For the latest details of WOR scheduling see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio (Glenn Hauser, WOR, Nov 10)

Bhutan Special Glenn Hauser, producer of the authoritative DX progr, "World of Radio", announces that a special edition of his DX progr will feature a presentation from the AWR DX progr, "Wavescan". This special edition of "World of Radio", WOR966, will be heard on all WOR outlets, beginning on Thur, Nov 19.

The main content of edition number WOR966 is a historical rundown on the story of "Radio Bcing in the Land of the Thunder Dragon". This is a Station Profile on the 25 year history of radio bcing in Bhutan, in the high Himalayas. This progr will present the national anthem of Bhutan as played from a postage stamp, as well as other sound inserts.

This program was scripted in Indianapolis by Adrian Peterson, DX Editor for the AWR network, and it was produced in the London studios of AWR by David Barasoain, host & producer of the AWR DX progr, "Wavescan". AWR will issue specially-endorsed full-data QSL cards to verify these special bcs from all stns that carry "World of Radio". These cards will be issued from only the Indiana addr, at Box 29235, Indianapolis 46229, U.S.A.

WWCR1 Thursday 19 2130 15685 (9475 Dec-Feb) WWCR3 Saturday 21 1300 5070 WWCR3 Saturday 21 2330 5070 WWCR3 Sunday 22 0730 5070 WWCR3 Sunday 22 1030 5070 WWCR1 Monday 23 0600 3210 WWCR1 Tuesday 24 1330 15685 WGTG1 Sun UTC 22 0030 5085 (6890) RfPI Friday 20 2000 15045 21460 RfPI Saturday 21 0400 15045 6975 RfPI Saturday 21 1100 15045 6975 RfPI Saturday 21 1130 15045 6975 RfPI Saturday 21 1800 21460 15045 RfPI Sunday 22 0200 15045 6975 RfPI Sunday 22 0900 15045 6975 RfPI Sunday 22 2300 21460 15045 RfPI Monday 23 0700 15045 6975 RfPI Tuesday 24 1900 21460 15045 RfPI Wednesday 25 0330 15045 6975 RfPI Wednesday 25 1000 15045 6975 (Adrian Peterson-USA, AWR, Nov 11)

BRAZIL Lot's of Brazilians currently audible around 0800 on 25 & 31 mb. R Record? has appeared on 9505 mixing with Almaty since Prague moved. Also I heard R Cultura 17814.95 as early as 0750. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 7/10)

CAMBODIA 11940.32 VoCambodia, 0035-0056, again active on Oct 28, several days absent,, Thai progr, local nx, at 0045 tx switched off, then 0046 tx switched on again, followed by Lao lang progr, ID by male. 34433 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 28)

CANADA 6160 CKZN St. John's (rel. CBN ?), 0850-0900, Oct 24, En female talks, internat mx, IDs at 0859 "St.John's" but also "R France Internat", maybe relay of RFI. 0900 ID like as "CBC Radio One ... St. John's", flutter fading, co-ch very weak DW ATG starts up at 0900. 25332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 24)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP 9900 Radio Minurca is finally on the air. Heard 1830-2000 En til 1900 then Fr. Weak in the beginning, but rather good reception at 2000. (Nilsson HCDX, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 9)

9900, R. Minurca: On Nov 7 I sent Stig Hartvig Nielsen, the originator of the info on this stn, a message telling him that I had been hearing a stn since 2108 on 9900. The sig was weak, though it would have been more or less decent if it were not for RN on 9895. Varied mx -- En rock, upbeat LA stuff, African rhythms, electronic mx. Audio was tinny, and there was no talking whatsoever. SHN replied that the Danish engineer returned to Bangui on Oct 31, and that since Mon he (SHN) had been hearing an OC on 9903.57 from fade-in around 1430 and all evening. However, he had no idea if that could be Minurca. He had also been hearing progrs on 9900 during the evenings prior to Cairo s-on at 2300, but he didn't think it was Minurca.

Today he advises me that he is now hearing R. Minurca from tune-in at 1730, BBC progr 1800-1900, Fr 1900-2000 with a lot of talk in the beginning and later more mx. And non- stop mx after 2000. He says there are plenty of IDs and an addr is given, incl phone number and e-mail. Today at 1830 to past 2000, En to 1900, then Fr, "weak in the beginning, but rather good reception at 2000." (via Jerry Berg NY, in NU, Nov 9)

9900, tent. R. Minurca, 2125-2235 Nov 9, very weak signal with a mix of mx: Afro pops, high-life, old jazz vocals and rap. 10-15 secs. of silence between songs. No anmts heard. Signal improved slightly at 2145-2205, but was just a het after 2235. On Nov 10, 1930-2105, faint bits of mx hrd occasionally at tune-in. High-life and Afro pop mx contd. Again seeming to spell out an address. Poor-fair signal, with heavy splatter at times from 9895. And on Nov 12, 1944-2135, slightly better sigs, AF mx/vocals. Four "R. Minurca" IDs and what seems like an address, although I still can't make out if it is the one in DEN. Man in Fr at 2102-2109 with an ID, but tough to hear with 9895 splatter. (Kohlbrenner-PA via NU, Nov 12)

Presumed this one at 2031 Nov 12 with man in Fr, obviously spelling something. At 2032, into nonstop bizarre vocals that sounded like highlife one moment and Horn of Africa the next -- both within the same song! Was still going when I tuned out at 2115. Very weak, and clobbered by slop from RN-9895; audio seemed to disappear for a couple of mins. on at least two occasions. I'd guess the xmtr power to be 5-10 kw at most. (Hill-MA, via NU, Nov 12)

Hrd at 1905 Nov 11 in USB, although RN-9895 is very strong. At 1909, ID, freq and details of prgm in Fr, then in African lang, and followed by African mx and anmt every 15 mins as "FM La Frequence de la Paix." Continuous African mx. As RN is beamed to So,Ea, and WeAF, I have some doubts as to whether this stn could really be heard on SW in the CAR. (Vaghjee-Mauritius, via NU, Nov 12) Nordic SW Center says address is B.P. 2732, Bangui, CAR. Check for a recording of their ID. (Dave Kernick, rec.radio.shortwave) (via NU, Nov 12)

9900, more on R. Minurca, and who says Fri the 13th is unlucky? The stn won't be confused with BBC or DW, but Minurca was doing respectably today, better than what I hrd on Nov 7 and a couple of checks since, although still very much an "up and down" signal. Decent at 2000, but better at 2100 check with African combo mx and this great En ID at 2104: "This is R. Minurca, United Nations ... bcing from the Central African Republic on 9900 kHz ... Please send RR's to R. Minurca, P.O.Box 2732, Bangui, Central African Republic. FAX 236-61-2108. E-mail: [email protected] We will respond with a QSL-card." RNW, or somebody, was strong on 9895, but with practically no spillover to 9900. (Jerry Berg-MA, Nov 13)

CHINA CNR heard on new? 15540 on air at 0800 in //15880 15500 11800. Freq 15880 was different progr from 0900 (CNR-6?) while others carried CNR-2. CNR also noted on new 9675 on air at 0730. Poor signal and side-splash makes ID of which sce impossible so far. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 9/10)

CRI Beijing in En to PAC heard on air in EUR 1200-1400 on 7385. (WB, Nov 14)

CLANDESTINE (COL) 6239.81, LV de Resistencia, 1056, Start up with an LA Pop song, then choral march at 1059 and man in Sp with sign-on annt including freq, schedule, and ID. Just plain LA mx past 1110. Weak with some UTE QRM. Just strong enough and clear during ID to copy. (Dave Valko-USA, Nov 6)

CONGO 5985, R. Congo, 2052-2101*, African hi-life mx, man at 2100 in Fr with brief annt incl mention of Brazzaville. 2101 instrumental melody with voice-over ID annt by man and woman "...Radio Congo la social nationale radiodiffusion ?? Brazzaville...", some dead air, and off at 21.02:13. Fair with some adjacent slop QRM. (Dave Valko-USA, Nov 8)

ERITREA This is to inform you and interested parties that the Voice of the Broad Masses, Eritrea, bc stn previously on 7085 has moved to 7100. This is confirmed by the BBCM stn in Nairobi. They tell me the change is because their listener here complained to VOBM direct that he could not hear them properly due to interference. They are now competing with RFI and VOA who use freqs very close by, like 7105, and the BBCMS thinks they will shortly change freq again for this reason. (E.H.M.Alleyne to Uli Bihlmayer, DJ9KR, Coordinator of DARC Monitoring System, Nov 11)

GERMANY [non] DW SoAS block 1430-1645 noted on addit 13790 Wertachtal 500 kW 90 degrees. German sce 1000-1200 noted on new 9900. [Seemingly a punching error in the RUS feeder circuit]. 9900 is registered for Irkutsk 250 kW at 110 degr towards CHN. Still on // 1000-1400 Novosibirsk-RUS 9480 500 145. Serbian now on Juelich 9690 (x9670) 130 degr at 1030-1100. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 10)

I got a cry for help from a Sunrise-Radio fan, who missed his favourite office stn since a couple of days. Of course I checked it immediately, and the result at 1410: DTK Juelich moved with Sunrise-Radio from 6110 (where VoA Tinang-PHL was audible instead) back to 5850. I remember that they had some RTTY interference here, but now the teleprinter is gone; perhaps this forced Deutsche Telekom and Sunrise-Radio to use the more striking 5850 channel again. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 13)

DTK Juelich abbreviations: LHL/Eurafilm: LHL = L'heure Lutherienne, "Lutherean Hour" Eurafilm (chief manager Mrs. Evelyne Tonelli-Schick), an airtime broker in Monte Carlo, NOT associated with TWR ! Eurafilm handles the renting of bcing airtime in the name of western religious organizations in Russia, Belarus, CIS, but also on MW Luxembourg 1440 kHz. (Hans Weber-D, Nov 12)

HIC "Hrvatski Informativni Centar" of the Croatian ruling party, partly relief facility for Croats abroad. Creats the txions via DTK Juelich.

Important notice for all listeners of Croatian Information Centre radio programming. SoAM 9925 0000-0200 NoAM (east) 9925 0200-0400 NoAM (west) 9925 0400-0600 NZL 13820 0600-0800 AUS 13820 0800-1000 AF/ME 13830 2100-2200 EUR and the Mediter: during the day - 6165 6235 7150 7185 7305 9830, and 13830 during the evening and night - 1134 and 1125, SW 6165 49mb only at night. (Barry S. Marjanovich" , Oct 28)

GREECE Some new freqs of ERA5 / VoGRC: 1500-1600 Gr to Balkans 7500(55555) 1600-1700 Gr Bul Alb Ro Se to Balkans 7500(33443) co-ch R.BUL in Bulg ME ! 1710-1750 Gr Ru Pol to RUS 7500(55544) 1900-1950 En Fr Ge It Swe to EUR 2000-2050 Bul Alb Ro Se to Balkans 7500(22432) also co-ch R.BUL in Bulg ME! 2200-2350 Gr Por Sp En WeAf&SoAm 9400(45554) (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 2)

GUAM KTWR B98 schedule 9430 Bur 1430-1515, Vn 1515-1530. 9465 Ja 1200-1300, Ko 2100-2200 9540 Ch 0920-1100 9545 Ch 1400-1515 9555 Ch 1100-1130 9820 Ch 1130-1515 9865 En 0930-1100 9870 Vn 1140-1155, Can 1400-1445 Mon-Fri, 1400-1415 Sat, 1400-1500 Sun. Swat 1330-1400 11670 Ch 0920-1130 11690 Ja 2100-2200 11810 In 2100-2200 11875 Can 2200-2245 Mon-Fri, 2200-2215 Sat, 2200-2300 Sun 11995 Ch 2200-2315 15165 In 1100-1230 15195 In 2100-2200 15200 En 0740-0915, Bal 0915-0930 Mon&Tue, Torajanese 0915-0930 Wed&Thu In 0930-1100 15330 En 1500-1630, En 0830-0930 15595 Assam 1330-1345 Mon&Tue, Boro 1330-1345 Wed-Sun, Sant 1345-1400, Tamil 1400-1415 Wed&Sun, Muslimi Bengali 1400-1415 Mon&Tue. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Nov 7)

HUNGARY RADIO BUDAPEST, Budapest in Ge: 1830-1930 Mon-Sat 3975 6175 2030-2100 Mon-Sat 3975 7165 1300-1400 Sun 7135 9660 1800-1900 Sun 3975 6175 En daily 2000-2030 3975 6025 2200-2230 3975 7250 (RVI Radio World, Nov 8)

Heard regional stn Radio Pecs (Fuenfkirchen) on MW 1188 at 1830-1900 in German. Addr: MR Radio Pecs, Zetkin Klara u.1, H-7621 Pecs, Hungary. (Klaus Koehler-D, Harald Suess-AUT, Nov 9)

INDIA AIR Delhi in Hi/En news sce at 0125-0400 propagate into EUR around 0130 on 15135. (WB, Nov 14)

AIR heard with Thai sce 1115-1200 on 13630 & 17895. What appears to be the Ur sce opening at 0830 is heard on new 15320 //11620. Heard regular here since Nov 5. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 9)

INDONESIA 11860 RRI Jakarta, 2208-2210 Oct 25, just caught anthem after Jakarta nx, then into morning prayers. Fair, //9630, as well as 9680 & 15125 (both weak). Not present on 15150. At 2220 recheck, 9680 was airing a different progr. (David M. Clark, Oct 31) [noted here in EUR at around 2320 in BI, 25222, ed]

RRI 9680 heard on air at 1015 with Australian 'KanGarOo' show in En. I heard what was then announced as the last progr about 18 months ago, so presume new funding has been found. Ins lang from circa 1030, no other outlets traced. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 8)

3976.05 RRI Pontianak (location presumed), Nov 1, 1515-1541, Ins ballads, male speaker in BI. At 1533 tentative "RRINS" ID, no local ID heard. Fading out, 24332 at best.

4925 RRI Jambi, Nov 1, 1506-1509*, Female speaker with nx in BI. Then at 1507 what sounded like a promo (male speaker with mx in the background). If it was a promo, it was a long one. Stn suddenly went off air at 1509, when this thing was still running.

34444. (Mark Veldhuis, Nov 1)

2694.9 RPDT2 Ende, 2960 RPDT2 Manggaria both on air at 1200 on Oct 27. S=2

2911.7 UNID 1105-1325, Oct 27, BI Dangut mx, mentioned Lambang, Kalimantan, Bali, Gelombang, Searang. 25232.

3204.4 RRI Bandung, 1255-, Oct 27, ID, soft modulation, 35433

3215 RRI Mendo, 2245-2258, Oct 27, relig progr, followed by adverts, ID + QRGs, 25442.

3264.6 RRI Gorantalo, 2245-, Oct 27, SCI 2259, 2300 relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", 25432.

3355.3 RRI Jambi, 1320-1335, Oct 27, AR influenced talks, 35433, //4925 = 45544 !!

3976 RRI Pointianak, 1315-1325, Oct 27, local nx, ID, S=9+40 dB, 55544

4996.5 R Kip, 1336-1345, Oct 27, strong QRN, static noise. 24222

9614.3 RRI Semarinda, Oct 25, 0135-0155, popular mx, "Inilah Radio republic INS Semarinda ... programa satu ...", ID 0135. Still active at 0555, relay of RRI Jakarta nx at 0600 //9552.4 9630 9704.9 15125. 23432, and 23332 on Oct 28 at 0102.

9704.9 RRI Pointianak, Oct 26, 0517-0550, nx relay til 0520. "programa regional RRI Pointianak", pop mx, IS 0529-0530, "Warta Berita Pointianak" local nx til 0538. 35533 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 24/26/27/28)

IRAN Ar sce noted on 9535 with Koran (adjacent to ARS 9530) in //audible 15355(x15350) 15585 17540, on air til 0800+. En heard opening at 1100 on 17560, //15255. Persian continues on 17780 and appears to be 1030-1130, but this freq a terrible mess -- RAI dom relay and DW Persian 1000-1050 also here. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 10)

IRELAND Edward Dunne says that he has set up an Irish DX Club and interested parties may contact him via e-mail [email protected] but if you prefer, or need to write, then its: Irish DX Radio Listener's Club, 17 Anville Drive, Kilmacud, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Rep of Ireland. (WDXC "Contact" Nov)

ITALY MW 846 Rome 2 at RAI Santa Palomba [inaugurated?] new 600 kW Thomcast tx, antenna of 1.2 MW, height 170 metres. Rome 2 (846) and Rome 1 (1332) use audio processing system IDT AM Sound Design. (Andrea Borgnino IW1CXZ, via RadioRama, translated to English, Nov 5)

RAI dom sce relay heard 0700/1200 now on 7240 new9670 17780 21520 and SNG 11920 from 1000. 6110 & 15240 dropped. (Noel Green-UK & WB, Nov 8)

JAMMING Has anyone ever IDed what jamming noise on 9515 "all day" is? I hear it very loud at times but can only trace RAI on there (in daytime). (Noel Green-UK, Nov 10) Noted that jamming here at least for four years now, and I reported that twice to the DX world, but never got an echo, ed.

JORDAN 11690 heard only irregularly on this channel, En 1100-1730 registered. It seems that Jordan R has trouble with the 3rd SW tx, or even limitations in main power. In Sept/Oct/Nov 11690 txions missed totally on some weeks. Lots of items appeared in DX press recently. Was off this week too, and also today. (WB, Nov 10)

KENYA 1386 KBC-Maralal/KEN engl. 0157 UTC 23322, IS(drums), hymn, QRG's, //4935. (Stefan Dombrowski-D, Nov 6)

KOREA [non] CBC Chinese sce heard opening 1430 on 6035 (schedule shows KOR 6030), in //Yamata 6150 (co-ch AIR En) and clear Yamata 7235.

I note very loud jamming on 6055 which I presume aimed at the BBC's Mandarin sce -- it was so loud last Sun 8th afternoon that SVK German at 1430 was also drowned ! BBC Mandarin 1300-1530 Kimjae-KOR 250 kW 290 degr. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 8/10)

KUWAIT TENSIONS IN THE GULF, By Nick Grace C., Washington Bureau Iraqi airwaves are boiling with clandestine radio stns - and expect more to come as the crisis deepens. U.S. Pres Bill Clinton, according to many reports, is resuming the plans his national security team drew up last Feb to level Baghdad with punitive air strikes. 129 fighter planes and an addit 3,000 troops left yesterday for the Gulf, and by all indications, the PSYOPS EC-130E bcing planes are ready to head off as well.

The United States is currently tied to three clandestines for sure: Radio Free Iraq, The Future, and Voice of the Brave Armed Forces. The Future and Voice of the Brave Armed Forces, according to various media reports and confirmed by CRW sources within the Iraqi opposition, operate from a CIA tx in Kuwait. The sources also tell CRW that the tx is a 50 kW Harris model and is housed within the VoA facility. It was first used to bc progrs for the Iraqi National Congress (INC), which received covert funding between 1992 and 1995. The Iraqi National Accord claims responsibility for The Future, and while sources within the INC say that the group is also behind Voice of the Brave Armed Forces, Accord representatives deny any involvement with that stn.

Listeners in EUR and EaNoAM can try to hear The Future (Arabic: Huna al-Mustaqbal) and Voice of the Brave Armed Forces (Arabic: Sawt al-quwwat al Musallah al-basilah) between 1557-1584v kHz around 0200-0300 UTC. (CRW 17, Nov 12)

Voice of the Brave Armed Forces, of Iraqi National Accord. P.O. Box 3124, London SW19 1RL, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] in Ar, Kurd, ID Ar: Sawt al- quwwat al Musallah al-basilah, 0200-0300+ 1566 kHz (Karel Honzik-CZE via HCDX) 2329-2335+ 1560 kHz (B.Fransson-SWE, Oct 24) (in CRW 17, Nov 12)

LAOS 4683 Houa Phan noted 1030-1230 on 7 & 8 Nov with fair reception, also Luang Prabang good on 6974 1000-1230* and *0050-0110* on 9 Nov. Both relay Vientiane with bell chimes and news from around 1159, //576, 6130. (Alan Davies, Hua Hin-THA, Nov 9)

There was a tremendous opening from AS/FE last Sun 8th. I thought I'd suddenly been transported from Blackpool to somewhere like Hong Kong. After a tip fr a DX friend in So-England I heard Laos 6130 at 1400+ playing lovely mx intro by a YL announcer. An unid co-ch gradually became almost as strong by 1500+. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 8/10)

4682.7 Houa Phan, 1228-, Laotian, nice folk mx, 1234 male ann, S=9+20 dB, 45544 ! At same time Vientiane heard on 6130 S=9+30 dB. Except Luang Prabang 6972.8 which was not heard the previous days. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 22)

MALAYSIA 4907 RTV Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, 1220-1255, Iban?, only switched rx to usb mode, rating 24332. //5979.5, 1255 NA choir. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 22)

MALTA VoM Valetta B98 schedule: weekdays 711 0600 En 0700[Fris0600]-0800 Ar. 7155 (x9850) 0600 It 0630 En 0700-0730 Ar til Mar 28, 99 7440 2000 En 2100[Fris 2000]-2200 Ar til Mar 6, 99.

Sundays 711 0600 En 0700 Fr 0730-0800 Ge. 17570 0500-0600 Jpn 11770 (x11830) 0800 It 0900 En 1030 Maltese 1130 Fr 1200-1300 Ge. 7440 2000 En 2100 Fr 2130-2200 Ge, til Mar 6, 99. 12060 fr Mar 7 - Mar 27, 1999. (VoM schedule, Nov 10)

Heard opening on Nov 8th at 0800 on both 11770 and 11830 with multilang ID's, then Italian progr. (Noel Green-UK & WB, Nov 8)

POLAND B98 schedule Polish Radio Warsaw 5995 1100-1129 Cz, 1130-1159 Pol, 1230-1255 Bel, 1430-1525 Bel. 6000 1600-1629 Ge, 1630-1729 Pol, 1730-1759 Ge, 1900-1925 Ru, 1930-1959 Uk. 6035 1600-1625 Lit, 2030-2129 En, 2130-2155 Esp, 2200-2259 Pol. 6085 2000-2025 Ru. 6095 1230-1259 Ge, 1300-1359 En, 1400-1425 Lit, 1500-1525 Ge (Mon-Sat), 1500-1529 Svk (Sun), 1530-1559 Ru, 1630-1655 Uk, 1700-1725 Cz, 1730-1759 Ge, 1800-1859 En, 1900-1929 Esp. 2030-2129 En, 2130-2155 Esp, 2200-2259 Pol. 6110 1530-1555 Uk. 6115 1930-1959 Uk, 2000-2025 Ru. 6260 1730-1759 Ge, 1800-1855 Bel. 7180 1600-1625 Lit, 1630-1655 Uk, 1800-1855 Bel, 1900-1925 Ru. 7215 1700-1725 Cz, 2000-2025 Ru. 7205 1900-1929 Esp, 1930-1959 Uk. 7270 1200-1225 Po, 1300-1359 En, 1600-1629 Ge, 1930-1959 Uk, 2000-2025 Ru, 2130-2155 Esp, 2200-2259 Pol. 7275 1430-1535 Bel, 1530-1559 Ru. 7280 1730-1759 Ge. 7285 1100-1129 Cz, 1130-1159 Pol, 1200-1225 Pol, 1230-1255 Bel, 1400-1429 Ru, 1430-1459 Esp, 1530-1555 Uk, 1630-1729 Pol, 1800-1859 En, 2030-2129 En. 7305 1200-1229 Ru, 1400-1425 Lit, 1430-1459 Esp, 1500-1525 Ge. 7330 2130-2155 Esp. 7305 1200-1229 Ru, 1400-1425 Lit, 1430-1459 Esp, 1500-1525 Ge. 9525 1230-1259 Ge, 1300-1359 En, 1400-1429 Ru, 2030-2129 En. 9540 1200-1229 Ru. 11830 1300-1359 En. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Nov 6)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2410 R Enga, Wabag, 1135-1303*, Oct 27, Pidgin, local bands South Sea mx, 1203 & 1259 clear ID, choir NA. 44443, at 1135 S=9+10 dB. This is the only regional stn which txion lasts til around 1300. Only Nat Radio is on air past 1330. 4890 at 0815 S=9+20 dB. I hear also PNG stns on 2410 3205 3235 3260 3275 3315 3905, all in the clear. And 3325 3335 3375 3385 which are spoiled by QRM. 3220 was not active on Oct 27th.

3905 R New Ireland, Kavieng, 0915-, Oct 27, Pidgin, Sout Sea mx, oldies, 0918 the wrong time annt was given "...four past seven...", from 0919 slowly RRI Merauke-INS fade in. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 24)

PHILIPPINES 2580.3 DZFR "Sports Radio" over the facilities of PBS. 2325-0020, Oct 27, 35443 S=9+10 dB. //MW 918 25552, sports nx in En ! Txions of different local stations ! Roland reports: PHL suffered by three typhoons in row since Sep 18th, gale speed of more than 200 kms/ph, main power in the housing areas lost for 30 days in total, state of emergency happened in 36 provinces. Water dams opened, let off by 260 cm3 / sec. Roland listened to his radio using petrol lamplights. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 27)

QATAR 11750, QBS, 1653-1700, Ar vocal mx, 5+1 time pips, Ar ID by man, usual musical signature opening Ar nx by man announcer. Very strong but audio level slightly low. (Dave Valko-USA, Nov 8)

ROMANIA RRI Bucharest En USA/J/NZL 0200-0300 [6155?] 9570 7195 9690 9510 11940. USA/IND 0400-0500 5990 6155 11740 11940 [15335?]

USA/CAN 0600-0700 6095 9530 wEu 0641-0655 7105 9510 9625 11775 Af 0700-0800 17790 21480 wEu/CAN 1300-1400 15335 15390 17735 17745 wEu 1700-1800 9690 11740 15365 wEu/nEu 2100-2200 7195 5990 7215 5955 wEu/NAm 2300-0000 [5955?] 7195 9570 [11830?]

17745 En at 1300-1400 has two spurious signals on 17677.8 and 17811.2. 4th channel changes from day to day, 17735 on Nov 7th, 17805 on Nov 8th. Ge sce at 1200-1257 really on 17745 announces 17775 instead, //disturbed on 15250. Ru sce 1300-1400 noted on 9570 and 11735. (WB, Nov 9/14)

RUSSIA Tyumen Region [Siberia]: Radio Khanty-Mansiysk was received from 0100-0130 on 6095 at the end of Sep. It bc a progr called "Yugorskiy Parallel" [reference to the Yugorskiy Shar strait on the northern fringes of the Ural mountains. Tyumen Region is situated in the south of the Siberian plain but close to the strait's parallel]. In the morning this stn announced itself as "Radio Yugry". Other local progrs in the Khanty and Mansi langs were heard from 1000 on 4820.

Buryatia [region near the Lake Baykal]: In Ulan-Ude [capital of Burtyatia] there is a tx working on 4795. Tx starts at 2158 (that is the time when the stn IDs itself and plays its signature tune). The local progr "Morning in Buryatia" is txed from 2210-2300. In addit progrs of the Buryatian radio (in local and Russian langs) are on the air at 2310-0000, 0400-0410 and 1110-1200. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 13)

An unid Sp speaking stn heard around 0150 on 7570, may be VoR via registered Dushanbe. I was to sleepy to wait for 0200 intro. On nearby 7555 noted strong RFA Tibetan via CIS site. RFI Paris Chinese sce heard here in EUR very strong on 7430 at 1200-1300 via Novosibirsk (ed, Nov 14)

SAIPAN NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS KFBS/FEBC Saipan B98 schedule: 11650 0855-1400, 9465 1400-1900, 9495 0955-1630, 15380 0800-1300, 9670 1300-1530. En is no longer listed. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Nov 6)

0800-0830 Banjar 15380 0830-0900 Gorontalo 15380 0855-1100 Russian 11650 0900-0930 Makasar 15380 0930-1000 Bugis 15380 0955-1600 Mandarin 9495 1000-1030 Sundanese 15380 1030-1100 Javanese 15380 1100-1115 Mongolian, chi. 11650 1100-1230 Indonesian 15380 1115-1130 Mongolian, halh 11650 1130-1145 Russian 11650 Mo-Sa 1130-1145 Ukrainian 11650 Su 1145-1400 Russian 11650 1230-1300 Malay 15380 1300-1400 Vietnamese 9670 1400-1430 Koho 9670 Su 1400-1430 Vietnamese 9670 Mo/Tu/Th/Fr/Sa 1400-1430 White Hmong 9670 We 1400-1530 Russian 9465 1430-1530 Burmese 9670 1530-1545 Kirghiz 9465 Fr-Sa 1530-1545 Russian 9465 Su/Tu/We 1530-1545 Udmurt 9465 Su 1530-1545 Uzbek 9465 Th 1530-1600 Udmurt 9465 Su 1530-1600 Ukrainian 9465 Mo 1545-1600 German 9465 Tu-We 1545-1600 Kazakh 9465 Fr-Sa 1545-1600 Osetin 9465 Th 1545-1600 Russian 9465 Su 1600-1615 Uighur 9495 1600-1800 Russian 9465 1615-1630 Kazakh 9495 Tu-We 1615-1630 Kirghiz 9495 Th-Fr 1615-1630 Osetin 9495 Mo 1615-1630 Uzbek 9495 Sa/Su 1800-1830 Russian 9465 Su/Mo/Tu/We/Th/Sa 1800-1830 Ukrainian 9465 Fr 1830-1845 German 9465 Su 1830-1845 Russian 9465 Tu/Th/Sa 1830-1845 Ukrainian 9465 Fr 1830-1900 English 9465 We 1830-1900 Romanian 9465 Mo 1845-1900 German 9465 Su/Fr 1845-1900 Russian 9465 Th 1845-1900 Ukrainian 9465 Tu/Sa (FEBC website)

SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh Fr lang progr now using 15335 fr 0800-1000. Often carries opening ann of following En progr before cutting carrier. Ar sce noted opening at variable time between 0845/0900 til 1200 on 15275. Co-ch DW from 1000. (Noel Green-UK, Nov 10)

SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa B98 schedule 0300-0325 En 9525 0300-0325 Swa 9765 0330-0355 Fr 9525 0400-0430 En 5955 0430-0455 Fr 9525 0430-0455 Po 5955 3345 0500-0530 En 15215 0530-0555 Po 15215 0600-0630 En 15215 0630-0655 Po 15215 Addit 15180 0800-0900 zones 47,48,52,53 250 kW 019 degr Suns only 1300-1455 Sat-Sun En 21530 17895 11900 1500-1530 En 17870 1500-1525 Swa 15545 1530-1555 Fr 17870 1600-1630 En 6000 1600-1630 Swa 11900 1630-1655 Fr 11900 1630-1655 Po 6000 3345 1700-1730 En 17870 1730-1755 Po 17870 1800-1830 En 17870 1830-1855 Fr 17870 addr: Channel Africa, PO Box 91313, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa Tel: +27-11-7142551 or 7143942 Fax: +27-11-7142546 or 7144956

Channel Africa is carried by txs at Meyerton operated by Sentech: addr: Sentech (Pty) Ltd, Private Bag X06, Honeydew 2040, South Africa Fax: +27-11-4714605 Tel: +27-11-4714658 e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.channelafrica.org Sentech URL: www.sentech.co.za (Sentech txion company via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 6)

TAIWAN Tentatively R Taipei Internat in Thai noted booming in here on 11860 from 1400. (WB, Nov 14)

TAJIKISTAN 7465 VoTibet 1220-1255 in Tibetan on air on new channel via Dushanbe, ex7470. VoDemocratic Burma observed today on new 7490 via Dushanbe (x9985, x11580), //DTK Juelich on poor co-ch stns spoiled 15330. Always time delay noted between both channels ! (WB, Nov 14)

THAILAND 8743.0 usb Bangkok Meteorological Radio, partly detailed letter (time missing) in 3 wks, V/S Mr. Suparerk Tansrirattanawong, Director. Addr: Bangkok Meteorological Radio, Telecommunication Division, 4353 Sukhumvit Road, Bangna, Bangkok 10260, Thailand.

Acc to an anmt hrd, they are b/cing wx bltns in En and Thai on 6765.1 //8743 (ex-8208) at 0000-0200, 0300-0500, 0600-0800, 0900-1100, 1200-1300, 1500-1700, 1800-2000 & 2100- 2300. Between the wx bltns a melody is hrd. I would put this stn in the same category as the Turkish Met stn. (Kuhl-Germany, via NU, Nov 12)

TURKEY TRT Cakirlar txion on 11955 wandered down to 11951 today, Nov 14. Registered Sat/Sun 0500-1700 in Tu lang 250 kW at 152 degr. Heavy co-ch whistle tone when hear to Kazakh R on 11950 even. (WB, Nov 14)

UK PRIZE TIME on Merlin Network One. Merlin Network One, MNO, is pleased to announce that it is to launch a massive listen loyalty promotion on 23 Nov. Listeners to Merlin Network One, at various times of the day, will have numerous chances to win great prizes simply by listening in and writing to MNO. All listeners will be required to do is note the time when they hear the catch-phrase PRIZE TIME. Then by sending a postcard, including the day and time they heard the PRIZE TIME catch phrase, to Merlin Network One listeners will be entered into a free draw.

Eric Wiltsher, of Merlin Network One, said, "Everyone at MNO is aware that radio is only as good as the loyal listeners. And as we approach the Festive Season, we wanted a way to say thank-you to as many listeners as possible who regularly listen to MNO. PRIZE TIME gives us that opportunity and with that we have to thank all the high-street names who have supported MNO by supplying our competition prizes. Their confidence in MNO is further proof that entertainment radio can span all bc mediums".

The possible reward for writing could be a mx CD, CD Roms, Books or domestic goods. There are also HIGH value products centred around the latest internet technology for some very lucky winners.

Notes: Merlin Network One bcs to the UK and EUR via ASTRA channel 58. To EUR and around the world via SW. For more Information: Eric Wiltsher, Merlin Network One, UK phone + 44 -[0]171 344 5801 e-mail: [email protected] (forwarded by Richard Buckby-UK G3VGW, Nov 13)

UNID v11901.70 Anyone help with this? Monitored in Stuttgart at 0130-0200. Couldn't trace the language. SLBC was on even 11905 unmistakable. Seemingly a Chinese lang stn from CHN mainland? Deliberate "jamming" against AIR Tibetan progr on co-ch 11900.00, 0130-0200. (WB, Nov 7)

4680 UNID Chinese spaeking stn noted at 1400-1425, Nov 1, Ch mx and drama progr. 25232 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 27) [can anyone help, Lao Cai-VTN 4681, and Houa Phang, Xan Nua-LAO 4682.3 nearby. ed]

USA World of Radio as of Nov 6 on WWCR Thursday 2130 on 15685 Saturday 1300 on 5070 new <<< Saturday 2330 on 5070 Sunday 0730 on 5070 Sunday 1030 on 5070 Monday 0600 on 3210 Tuesday 1330 on 15685 For full details see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio (Glenn Hauser OK, Nov 6)

A reminder that we have less than a week left of the AFN USB relays from Key West, if the originally announced plan to close on Nov 15 is adhered to. Mon Nov 9 at 1235 check I found 12689.5 with TWO audio feeds mixing (not ISB but both on USB), NBC-TV Today live feed with Katie Couric interviewing someone at NASA, and NPR Weekend Edition a second or more behind KOSU; the NPR audio level was slightly lower than NBC-TV, but the mix was unbearable. Not audible on 6458.5, but on 4278.5 with lots of QRM I could only detect the NBC-TV audio; at 1259 AFN (TV) plug for Seinfeld, 1300 resume Today now mixing with something other than NPR. 24 hours later I was hearing only Today. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 10)

RFA Tibetan 1300-1400 observed here on strong 9400 and 11540, and less strength on 7470 and 15385. 11540 is subject of heavy Chinese jamming. RFA uses facilities in CeAS, CIS and EUR. (WB, Nov 14)

VANUATU 4960 R Vanuatu, 0900-0915, Oct 27, Pidgin, nice South Sea mx, ID by male, VTN was weaker ! 34333 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Oct 27)

VIETNAM Regionals audible here incl Lao Cai 5597 and 6668 (both vary +/- 1 kHz or so) at 1200-1340 (noted 8 Nov among others). Both freqs in // whenever I have checked. Also UNID location on 6468, 1000-1030 & 1200-1330, addit relays Hanoi HS prgr1 0930!-1000 //5925, 9875 on certain days only. No trace found of Son La on clear channel 4740, may have changed freq or be inactive. (Alan Davies, Hua Hin-THA, Nov 9) UNID 6468 VTN? stn in Vn, presumably a Vietnamese regional, possibly Cao Bang, noted at *1245-1330 on 6468 with lots of characteristic local mx. (Davies via Cumbre Dx, Oct 29)

VoVTN Hanoi heard in En: 1600-1630 v9840 and v12020 direct, via tx in RUS 1800-1830 7440 and 0100-0130 Krasnodar 5940. (RVI Radio World, Nov 8) Today, VoVTN En sce played lovely sooooft vocal songs of 1993 hitparade on v9839.81 and 12019.53. SINPO 35433 and 43333. 1300-1400. (WB, Nov 14)

HFCC schedules of NEXUS-IBA ...

We have just published the newest HFCC freq schedules at http://europe.hfcc.org (European access) or http://www.hfcc.org (AS, AM and FE access).

The HFCC (Hi Frequency Coordination Conference) is an internat organization of radio bcs and telecom operators meeting twice every year to coordinate the usage of the HF bc freq spectrum. The frequency database available on line is one of the most updated and accurate available at no charge. Please notice that it is not possible to re-distribute this freq information, check terms and conditions on the HFCC site. This sce is made possible courtesy of NEXUS-IBA and thanks to the permission of all HFCC members. NEXUS- IBA is a member of the HFCC since 1995.

If you need additional info on the above, do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or write [email protected]. Ron Norton, Program Coordinator, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association PO Box 11028, 20110, Milano, Italy e-mail: [email protected] phone: +39-02-266-6971 fax: +39-02-706-38151

... and by Bernd Friedewald ...

The worlds most up-to-date Frequency Database of ILG Radio is now available for the B98 winter season, Oct 25th - Mar 27. The files for downloading are zipped of course to approx. 400 kB. To get the F R E E access to download you must order your password and within 12...48 hrs you will get your personal password:

Further information via http://www.ilg.de/ or more direct: http://www.ilg.de/ilg-files.htm

Bernd Friedewald DK9FI (BFM Consulting) -- ILG -- International Listening Guide P.O.Box 11 12, D-34567 Homberg, Germany fax: +49 - 5681 - 930361 e-mail: [email protected] URL http://www.ilg.de (Bernd Friedewald press release)

... and NOT via US FCC organization:

HFCC schedules: the public version of the B98 HFCC schedule is not yet available on the official [US] HFCC Web site. I was advised by the FCC in Washington that this would be available early in the new season - nothing as yet! Seems very odd... I note that the International Listening Guide, in Germany, is selling the HFCC information, which also appears odd, as I understand that there are rigid copyright restrictions on the reuse of this data. ILG promotes "free" downloads of data concerning current and external service schedules [condensed] to "radio amateurs" - I requested access to this information, but was refused, being advised that I was a "professional", due to my mail-order bookshop business!!! I was invited to purchase this stuff, at a cost which I regard as totally exorbinant, amounting to several hundred Australian dollars. Other hobbyists in Australia have also been denied access to this "free" service, being told that they are "professionals", and invited to purchase the material instead. Am I a "professional"??? Any comments on this would be welcomed. ILG was a recipient of EDXP until recently, but I have since deleted it from our list. Perhaps I should send them an account? (Bob Padula-AUS, in EDXP newsletter, Nov 8)

EDXP IS BACK -- as reported last week, EDXP is back again. However, the Australian e- mail DX newsletter will be issued less frequently, about once in every four weeks, instead of the recent weekly, fortnightly, or three-weekly schedule. For more details or sample issues, write Bob Padula [email protected]

Interval Signals Archive In order to give higher-quality audio clips, and more of them, the Interval Signals Archive has a new website, at: http://home.clara.net/dkernick

Hear a Real Audio clip of VoAfrica, a new sce from Libya bcing in En, Fr and Ar. Other recent additions are Real Audio clips of R Mogadishu, Voice of the People, R Nac de El Salvador, the new IS for R Budapest, and Iraq Rep R.

The site also incorporates links to the web pages of many of the featured radio stns/bcs, including one to the new official home page of VoM Valetta.

Another feature is the "Vintage Clips" section, which comprises a selection of ISs and announcements from days gone by.

The website as a whole is regularly updated with additional sound clips of interval signals and ID anns. Hope you'll find time to visit it at: http://home.clara.net/dkernick (Nov 4)

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BC-DX 393 19 Nov 1998 ______

AUSTRIA I had suggested to ROI that they should use a higher freq that 13730 for good reception in NoAM during the 1100-1400 txion; reply received Nov 11 from freq manager agrees that 17 MHz would be better, but financial constraints prevent them from activating another tx, and the 13730 must also serve EUR, which is better than 17 MHz for them. (Joe Hanlon, PA, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Nov 16)

BELARUS 11670 Fluttery strong signal like an Aurora sound, R Belarus in En at 0300- 0400, registered is Brest 10 kW only, and also on //7210 Minsk Kalodziscy 75 kW. Industrial project report, cooperation Belarus with WestEUR companies and bank houses. Only three stns noted this night in otherwise strange DEAD 25 mb: Brest-BLR 11670, Galbeni-ROU 11830, Jaszbereny-HNG 11990. See Boulder K index below. (WB-D, Nov 15)

BOTSWANA 7255 Radio Botswana noted with classic IS 0345, // 4820 (but no 3356) s-on 0400, nx in En noted 0403, other En annts to 0420 or so, lots of mx thereafter. What's interesting is that for about an hour after local sunrise, 4820 is much stronger than 7255 and only begins to fade down after 60 mins or so. 7255 stays at good strength until until Lagos dumps a carrier on around 0450. (Thomas Sundstrom-NJ, Nov 9)

BULGARIA From Jan 1st, 1999 new MONITOR CLUB of RADIO BULGARIA starts. Information via German sce E-Mail: [email protected]

RADIO BULGARIEN DEUTSCHE REDAKTION BOULEVARD DRAGAN TZANKOV 4, BG-1040 SOFIA BULGARIEN (R BUL via Volker Willschrey-D, Nov 4)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP 9900 Radio Minurca 2125 with what I guess was local mx. A male announcer was heard, but just a bit too weak. Best in USB and good modulation. Things improved by 2143, when the male announcer, who sounded like he had a Western accent, came on and talked about the mx in En. Another song and then more talk by the same announcer at 2145: ...This is ... Minurca bcing on SW to ... 9900 kHz ... you're listening to us on SW ... Central Time ... This is Radio Minurca, M, I, N, U, R, C, A .... Bangui. Kept talking but went into a deep fade. More mx and up and down a bit, but came back with another annt that I could copy some of at 2157: Radio Minurca, M, I, N, U, R, C, A, Box 723 [I think], Bangui. More mx but this was about the peak of it here. I also had to leave so I started a tape and checked it later. The same announcer and mx continued and it appears that the stn s-off at 2230 with an NA. Heard at home with just a 20 foot antenna after trying all week, so should have gotten out pretty well today. (Hans Johnson-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 14)

9900 R Minurca, fade-in began around 1730, signal peaked after 18 and started to drop off after 2130. Good loudspeaker wide-filter level (on HF-150) for hours. RNW on 9895 no problem. After 2230, the weak signal was overridden by a stronger signal and tone at 2245 that turned out to be Cairo in English at 2300. I thought I could hear some mx through the pauses between words and sentences; I have no idea how long Minurca stayed on. Not one bloody ID, annt, nothing exc the most ecletic bunch of mx I've ever heard: rap, African "native" mx (whatever that is), oldies (would you believe the Coasters?), blues. Lengthy dead-air gaps (30-60 secs at times) between records from time to time. These guys definately need a mx program director and an announcer or two. The next day (Nov 16), fade-in again around 1730, better signal, mostly native mx to 2245 when tone started up. But better signal than on Nov 15, and this time taped a 7 min annt by a woman in Fr 2100-2107, giving a number of freqs and a number of clear IDs. I excerpted two IDs given in a 12 second spot for posting at http://www.trsc.com/sounds.html. (Tom Sundstrom-NJ, Nov 15,16)

CHAD 6165 Radiodiff. Nat. Tchadienne 0517-0533 woman in Fr, at 0529 contin playing of IS, the balaphon, while Swiss Radio was turning from En to Fr & RNW Bonaire was signing on in Dutch. A hubbub. Signal poor, of course. (Piet Pijpers-HOL, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 11)

CHINA CNR-2 1400-1600 noted on new3290 and 11730. //4850 5075 5163 9064 9775 CNR Minority Sce in Mongolian 1430-1458 5060 8566 10260 11375 11630. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Nov 15)

4850 China Nat'l Radio 1 2230 En lang teaching progr in Ch. Used "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" as the basis for the lesson, a la the BBC's "Pop Words". Heard well until approximate 2300 fadeout. (Mark Fine-USA, Nov 16)

COSTA RICA The almost-hourly freq schedule annnounced by RFPI has finally been updated more closely to reflect reality: "6975 0000-0830 (weekends -1200), 15050 [sic] 1700- 0830, 21460- USB 1200-0300". However on Nov 14 I noticed v15049 on around 1130 check, but off shortly afterwards. WORs again running half an hour later than expected, and 6975 chopped off around 1200; 21460-USB fade in a bit later with WOR still going. BTW, a new programming quarter starts Dec 1, so expect some revisions. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 16)

CUBA Arnie Coro on DXers Unlimited Nov 10 invited people to send in bc harmonic loggings to be posted on his website. It will be interesting to see if any about RHC itself appear! (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 16)

GERMANY 11 meters is use ?? I get DW in Ge on 25680 with a good signal at 0950. This freq is not listed on the DW Web. (Kjell-Ingvar Karlsson Upplands-Vasby-SWE, Nov 9)

7150 IBC Tamil via DTK-Juelich 0055 Commentary on IND and S-L by a man in En. ID'd at 0056 then brief talk in Tamil and off by 0100. Signal was strong and clear. (Joe Costello via Cumbre Dx, Nov 5) (x9490) Tamil at 0000-0050, En at 0050-0100 on 7150. (Dasgupta-IND, Nov 8)

Eff Fri 13 Nov, High Adventure Ministries European bcs in En will no longer be txed in the evenings (1900-2100 5975 and 2100-2300 6000). Instead, HAM has begun a daily 4 hour morning block of programming to EUR, 0700-1100 on 5975. This txion is coming from DTK Julich, Germany (100 kW Telefunken txs). For more details: (Peter Darg, HAM UK Administrator, PO Box 109, Hereford, England HR4 9XR, via Glenn Hauser OK, Nov 16)

IBC Tamil: Some controversy over this stn, which has a Tamil bias in the ongoing ethnic war in Sri Lanka. Newspapers have been highlighting this stn's anti-Sri Lankan stand, and getting airtime on DTK Juelich, which is seen as an unfriendly act by the German govt while DW is played host to by Sri Lanka. The stn claims to be run by ex-BBC personnel. How they get the money to run is also rather a mystery. Sked is 0000-0100 in Tamil, with En nx at 0050-0055 on 7150. The BBC's Tamil Sce and Sinhala Sce, each 30 mins. a day, get relayed by the SLBC on FM/MW/SW during prime time, 2115-2215 LT daily, so the need for this type of stn is rather limited on one SW freq with just 100 kW. (Victor Goonetilleke-Sri Lanka 4S7VK UADX, via NU, Nov 14)

DW in German 1000-1400 use 9900 (via Irkutsk?). First noted on Oct 25. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Nov 15)

1000-1200 noted on new 9900, is ordered by DW for German sce: 1548 7315 7340 9480 9900 11865 13635 1200-1400 1548 7315 7340 9480 9900 17845 1200-1355 11865 13635.

Seemingly the originally distributed operational schedule for DW radio is obsolete stuff. It includes sites, which was later heavily denied by DW freq management to be in use, it still shows 6140 for the closed Nauen 100 kW "KWZ" unit, and now we find one differing freq usage after another. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 15)

HUNGARY new 11990 Fluttery strong signal like Aurora sound, see Belarus above. In Hung lang at 0317, followed by En at 0330, //9835. (x11980) (WB-D, Nov 15)

Following Bob Padua's note that Hungary has registered 25700 for the Winter season, I can confirm that this channel is definitely active even if it is inaudible in EUR :-). Noted 17 Nov from around 1055 with test tone, then into distinctive IS interspersed with multilingual IDs as 'Radio Budapest' and then Hungarian to AUS/Pac 1100-1150*. Very weak signal with some deep fades, but unmistakeable on peaks, //much stronger 21560. Reception deteriorated further to become detectable but largely unintelligible[?ibid.] after about 1140 (sunset here is around 1045). First stn I've heard on 11 metres for several years now. (Alan Davies, Bangkok-THA, Nov 17)

I can confirm that R Budapest IS using 25700 at 1100-1300 Mon-Sat. It is audible here in the UK, although the signal is quite weak and variable from day to day. (Dave Kenny, England, Nov 10, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Nov 16)

Today I heard after 1120 Radio Budapest on 25700; very weak but undoubtly //21560. This was somewhat exciting: For the first time after 1993 I found the 11 mb not completely dead. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 17)

Heard regional stn Radio Pecs (Fuenfkirchen) on MW 1188 at 1830-1900 in German. Addr: MR Radio Pecs, Zetkin Klara u.1, H-7621 Pecs, Hungary. [see below] (Klaus Koehler-D, Harald Suess-AUT, Nov 9) Magyar Radio in Pβ€šcs: address change Klara Zetkin replaced by "Szent-MΒ’r ut." Addr: MR Radio Pecs, Szent-MΒ’r ut. 1, H-7621 Pecs, Hungary. (Hans Weber-D, Nov 16)

INDIA By the way, the AIR Urdu sce 0100-0430 on 11930 is consistently heard here with good signals on wide filters. Since the seasonal freq change this outlet could easily be a vehicle for a NoAM sce. Great mx all evening long. (Tom Sundstrom, NJ, Nov 9, WORLD OF RADIO 965, Nov 16)

INDONESIA 2695 RRDT2 Ende, 1207-1216, Nov 1, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", regular here, with reports. 1214 NA + choir, ID given by male at 1216. 24332

2912 RPDT2 Ngada, Bajawa, 1220-1314, Nov 1, male talks, Dangut mx, 1228 "...temperatura Bajawa ... Bajawa Nusa Tengara Timur..." by male, 1310 ID again, CW QRM around 1227. 1235-1245 much QRN noise. First heard here on Oct 26th 1105-1325. v2911.7 up to 2912 (x2904.6).

2960.1 RPDT2 Manggarai, Ruteng, 1140-1200, Nov 1, talks, pop mx, 1158 ID, "...Radio...Manggarai, Ruteng..", SCI relay RRI Jakarta. Best 35433, S=8-9

3204.4 RRI Bandung, 1925-1956*, Oct 31, Wajang Kulit, 1934 ID by male ann, 1955 Love Ambon, 1956 ID, s-off. Bcing in new time range. 25332

3215 RRI Manado, 1039-1046, Oct 28, "Programa Satu", christian relig mx progr ! ID + QRGs also FM. 45544 S=9+30 dB

3224.8 RRI Tanjung Pinang, 1030-, Oct 28, mx influenced by Ar, 1047 call prayer. 45444

3231.9 RRI Bukkitinggi, 1120-1132, Oct 31, mx influenced by Ar, 1131 ID by female. Not every day active ! 24332

3344.8 RRI Ternate, 2007-, Oct 31, morning prayers, mx influenced by Ar. 35433

3385 RRI Kupang, 1420-1430, Oct 30, local pop mx, "Drama", advts, ID. 25332

3395.10 RRI Bandar Lampung, 1433-, Oct 30, phone in talks. 25332 3395.12 RRI Bandar Lampung, 1108-1140, Nov 2, 1130 "RRI Bandar Lampung Berita Daera", IS following. 35433

3541.8 RPDT2 Sumba Timur, 1145-1200*, Nov 2, male talk, 1150 ID by male, strong QRN from local thunderstorms, s-off. Not every day. 23332

3671.1 pres. Halma Tenghara, not heard the past days.

3960.3 RRI palu, 1355-1410, Oct 30, popular mx, "RRI Palu Berita Berita", IS, 5/1 time pips, best in usb rx setting. 23332

3976.1 RRI Pointianak, s-on at 1010, Oct 28, regular service here, very strong. v3985.6 RRI Surabaya, 1050-, Oct 31, internat mx, advt, popular mx. 33443

3987.3 RRI Manokwari, not more active in past days.

4000.2 RRI Kendari, 1415-, Oct 30, ID phone in conversation. 44533

4003.2 RRI Padang, 1415-, Oct 30, pop mx, 1410 ID, advts, popular mx. 34533

4606.4 RRI Seuri, 2007-, Oct 31, popular mx, ID. 35433

4696.53 R Kip, 1328-, Nov 1, popular mx, no ID could be heard. 35433

4753.3 RRI Ujung Pandang, regular heard, with strong signal.

4766.3 RRI Medan, absent now.

4777.1 RRI Jakarta, regular active here, heard also at 1505 with nx on Oct 30. 24332

4789.2 RRI Fak Fak, 0950-, Oct 28, local pop singer mx, ID. 35433

4845.2 RRI Ambon, absent now.

4874.3 RRI Sorong, 0940-, Oct 28, local nx, "...Inilah RRI Sorong Bagian Satu", advts, slow mx, singer group, not regular active on this QRG ! 34433

4925 RRI Jambi, regular here, few occasions also on 3355 around 1400.

5040 RRI Pekanbaru regular active here.

6070.8 RRI Jayapura, 0755-, ID by male, but mixed here with R THA, NHK in Jpn, difficult to pick up this stn. Very weak.

9705 RRI Pointianak, 0432-0500, Nov 3, ID "Studio Dua", popular mx, listeners greetings. 35433 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 3)

IRAN 6065 VoIRI Tehran in Sp 0230-0330, political commentary against the Western World. Via KAM 500 kW 280 degr. //poor on 6175 and co-ch interference, 304 degr. (WB, Nov 15)

VOIRI Tehran has been heard in Fr 0630-0725 on new Sirjan 21770 WeEUR, and 21810 Maghreb/WeAF [also Hausa 0545-0630], //15260 (EUR/AF) and in Ge 0730-0825 Sirjan 21770 313 deg, and 15084. En to AS 1100-1225 heard 17560 (x15260), not heard on 13605 11875 11830 [and 15255] at 84/87/107/115 deg towards Asia. At 1930-2025 to EUR 9022 7260, and new Sirjan 7215 320 degr. (RVI Radio World, via C.Vanoudheusden-HOL, Nov 15)

LIBERIA 5470, R. Veritas, 0651-0706, talk by man, music bridge and man and woman announcers with ID as "...tuned to "Good Morning Liberia" on R. Veritas. The time is 7o'clock", 2 time pips, and brief mx. Fairly decent signal but muffeled audio with annoying popping. Relig talk by man over instrumental mx at 0740 recheck. (Dave Valko-USA, Nov 4)

LITHUANIA Many thanks for your kind assistance in the monitoring of the Radio Baltic Waves (RBW) test txion on 6235, Nov 4, 1998. We received reports from DEN, GER, GB, RUS and UKR. The audibility in the target area - Belarus - was good (SIO 4/5-5-4/5) using 2.5 kW tx with zenith radiation antenna. The tx power will be 5 kW at the beginning of the regular sce, with future plans to increase it up to 20 kW. At daytime, the 49 mb (6 MHz) is optimal for HF bcing from LTU to neighbouring BLR, while after sunset the 6 MHz signal skips over the target area, and the 75 mb (3.9 MHz) is preferable in the evening. We will inform you about the future developments of the RBW operations. Rimantas Pleikys, RBW Project Coordinator; [email protected] (Nov 10)

MEXICO 6185 R Educacion mx to 1200, Sp and En s-off annts and anthem to 1204, carrier off. Good signal. Audio posted at http://www.trsc.com/sounds.html. (Sundstrom-NJ Nov 14)

MONGOLIA Like your correspondent from ALS, I too was able, for a time, to hear the VoMNG at 2030, on 11790 with a tremendous signal-- definite easy armchair copy.

However, that signal has disappeared over the past week, and there is not even a carrier trace. I presume that I was previously getting the signal off the back of the beam aimed at EUR. I can only speculate as to whether I have now lost the sigs due to propagation (doubtful, given yesterday's solar flux of 147 and the A and K indexes standing at 0), or some other trouble. (Bruce Cooley, Victoria BC, Nov 12, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Nov 16)

NETHERLANDS For 94 years Scheveningen Radio (callsign PCH) has operated the Dutch radio sce for maritime radio stns all over the world. With its roots in the earliest days of wireless communications it is one of the longest established maritime radio sce in the world.

Sadly, as communications technology has moved on over the last century, so have the needs of PCH's largest group of users. So, from Dec the 31st 1500 UTC the stn is closing down permamently !

As a last event, and especially for radio amateurs over the world, Scheveningen Radio/PCH will be holding a radio amateur 'farewell day' on its 94th anniversary.

From 0800 on Dec 19th 1998 until 0800 on 20th Dec 1998, we are inviting radio amateurs to contact the stn on several bands (freqs shown below). All these bands will be monitored by our radio operators, throughout the days. 2 mb 144.315 0800 UTC 19/12 until 0800 UTC 20/12 mode - voice SSB Call PA6PCH 80 mb 3687 0800 UTC 19/12 until 0800 UTC 20/12 mode - voice LSB Call PA6PCH SW CW freqs PCH TX PCH RX PCH20 (4250 ) 3525 (+/- QRM) PCH41 (8622 ) 7025 (+/- QRM) PCH51 (12799,5 ) 14050 (+/- QRM) PCH61 (17198,9 ) 18085 (+/- QRM)

There will be four different CQ-calls on channels not in use, indicating the channel currently in use.

CQ for PCH41/51/61 Farewell Radio Amateur Day call 3525, listen on 4250 CQ for PCH20/51/61 Farewell Radio Amateur Day call 7025, listen on 8622 CQ for PCH20/41/61 Farewell Radio Amateur Day call 14050, listen on 12799,5 CQ for PCH20/41/51 Farewell Radio Amateur Day call 18085, listen on 17198,9 1500 UTC 19/12 until 0700 UTC 20/12 mode - CW call - PCH

The Farewell Day has been specially approved by the Dutch Radiocommunications Agency. Radio amateurs outside The Netherlands should check the conditions under which their license has been granted. In some countries this crossband operation could be prohibited. It will be a day to combine both sadness and fun; we look forward hearing from you !! (All at Scheveningen Radio/PCH, Oct 31)

NEW ZEALAND R NZL Internat. in En heard around 0800 on 9700 here in CeEUR. (Gerhard Widera-D, in ORF Vienna DX Telegram, Nov 15)

PHILIPPINES 9580v DUR2 is the actual callsign of the stn usually referred to as DZRM. The stn reports that their power is 250 watts using a modified BC-610 US Army Signal Corps tx. Their antenna is 2dB bi-directional quad loop antenna directed north and south and located in Marulas, Valenzuela, Metro Manila. Their programming consists of relays of DZRB Radyo ng Bayan 738 or DZRM Radyo Manila 1278. (Hans van den Boogert, DXW, Nov 11)

9616, DZRM, Quezon City, is listed here for W98 in the ITU's THFBS with 3 kw, 2100-1500, non-dir. (Padula-OZ in EDXP, via NU)

More info from a QSL-ltr: From your recording, many stn ID were being aired due to our networking with other radio stns covering a prgm of our first lady Dra. Loi Ejercito Estrada. Our type of prgmng, we chain to DZRB-Radyo ng Bayan 738 kHz, or DZRM-R. Manila 1278 kHz, which are also aired on MW, to serve our domestic SW listeners. We also b/c separate prgm to our overseas Filipino workers on R. Pilipinas via VOA xmtrs. /s/ Leticia L. Napadao, Engineer III, PBS-BBS. Technical data: DUR2; 250 watts; 9580.2 (where did he get that exact fqy from, huh? They're on 9580.7 now :-); modified BC-610 US Army Signal Corps xmtr; 2dB bi-directional quad loop antenna directed N & S; xmtr and antenna location, Marulas, Valenzuela, Metro Manila; prgmn, chain to DZRB-Radyo ng Bayan-738 or DZRM-Radyo Manila-1278. (Boogert-TWN in DXW, via NU, Nov 15)

ROMANIA RRI Bucharest schedule is subject of constant variation. Changes observed today:

Ge CeEUR 1200-1257 new15365 (x15250 which suffers co-ch Ch lang stn) and 17745. En WeEUR/CAN 1300-1357 15335 15390 17745 17805 (x17735) USA/CAN 0600-0657 6095 9530 AF 0700-0757 17790 21480 WeEUR 1700-1757 9690 11740 15365 EUR 2100-2157 5955 5990 7215 WeEU/NoAM 2300-2357 7195 9570 (3rd&4th channel not traced so far)

Ru FE 1300-1357 11775 11735 9570 RUS 1500-1557 9570 7105 RUS 1900-1957 5965 6085

Ro Sun only 0900-0957 15380 17735 17745 17790 21480 Sun only 1000-1057 15250 15380 17735 17745 17790 WeEUR 1100-1157 9665 15390 17775 1200-1257 9665 15390 17775 17790 17805 21470 WeEUR 1700-1857 6135 7195 WeEUR 2100-2157 756 7175 9665 LaAM 2300-2357 11910 15365 (Nick Pashkevich-RUS; WB-D, Nov 15)

Radio Romania Int'l in Ru, ID is "Interradio Romania": 1300-1357 9570 11735 11775. I heard on 9570 and 11735. 11775 is bad fq for Siberia because of TWN and very strong jamming from CHN.

1500-1557 9570 7105. I herad on 9570. 7105 TWN and jamming only here in Irkutsk, but was heard in Moscow.

1900-1957 5965 6085. Too late for Irkutsk (0300 local), but both freqs was heard in Moscow. 11735 - 50 kW, all remaining 100 kW (accg to stn). By the way on Sunday the Oct 25, 1998 they used old summer sked. [yes noted here also, ed] (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Nov 15)

RRI reception in the evening may be the pits as usual, as Bob Thomas and others complain, but once again relatively good in the morning; the 1300 bc, checked just before closing at 1355 on Nov 11, found all four freqs in decreasing quality order: 17805, 15335, 17745, 15390. However, subsequent checks at 1300 find only poor-to-fair reception unless the flux is peaking. (gh, OK, Nov 16)

RUSSIA 5905 VoVTN Hanoi in Sp opening proc at 0259, intro loop, 0300 nx. Via Armavir- Krasnodar tx site 500 kW 290 degr, 0300-0400 registered. Poor RUI Kiev co-ch underneath. (WB-D, Nov 15)

SAUDI ARABIA 11708.21, BSKSA Qur'an progr, 1730 Nov 12 with Qur'an and distorting audio. Good strength for one of these 50 kw txs. (Novello-NC in NU, Nov 15)

SINGAPORE RAI Italian to AUS/PAC via BBC Kranji 1000-1100 now uses 11920 (x11925). (Alan Davies, Bangkok-THA, Nov 17)

SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa Sat/Sun special in En lang, about manager schools in RSA. At 1200-1455 noted on 21530 250 328, //11900 100 005, 17895 250 019. (WB-D, Nov 15)

Changes to Channel Africa's B98 schedule, eff Sat 14th Nov: Delete 1700-1730 17870 En WeAF 1730-1755 17870 Por AGL WeAF Add 1700-1730 17860 En WeAF 1730-1755 17860 Por AGL WeAF (Kathy Otto [email protected] Nov 12)

THAILAND R Thailand domestics on 4830, 6070 and 7115 are all still active, and seem to be on continuously all day from before 2330 to 1600 s-off. In my experience, reception of 4830 is pretty poor everywhere in Thailand and adjacent countries at any time of [illeg.] so good luck to anybody trying to log it from outside the region. Present pattern seems to be that 7115 and 4830 relay 1st Progr //891 kHz, with 6070 relaying ?2nd Progr //819 kHz, though both networks frequently come together to simulcast news bulletins on the hour.

Dusit Palace sta. Bangkok also still active on 1332, 6149.5 and 104 MHz, seems to have reverted recently to older schedule with no txions on Mon (did note it with slightly extended daytime hrs and Mon txions in early Sept). The HF freq continues to suffer from conflict with SNG 6150, especially local evenings from around 1000-1200 when the Thai stn s-off. (Alan Davies, Bangkok-THA, Nov 17)

UKRAINE RUI: Meanwhile the 9785 and 21510 outlets, which should be 1000 kW towards SoAM and AUS respectively, are confirmed as operational. But why are there no 49/41 mb freqs towards NoAM on the air overnight (5905, which make it into NAm, is Brovary 100 kW on 266 degrees, designated for CeEUR)? I'am still at a loss with this. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 14) [see 5905 usage for VTN via RUS. RUI will use Lvov 0300-0800 6030 1000 kW at 303 degr, and Nikolayev 2200-0500 7150 1000 313, BUT never observed here, ed]

UK As from Nov 14, RCI in Ru on a new 9795, 1800-1900 via Woofferton, co-ch to VoR in Ru via Ekaterinburg. (Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Nov 15)

Merlin Network One carrying pop mx of the 60ies, 21550 55555 via Woofferton 0700-1900 250 kW 140 degr. (WB-D, Nov 15)

Merlin announced, that RKI Seoul will use Skelton on 3970 for 2000-2100 Fr at 105 degr, Ge 2100-2200 175 degr and En 2200-2230 105 degr. However, the first two slots runs in fact the other way round, from 2100 is there Fr, while from 2000 s-on 3970 carries RKI Ge sce on 175 degr. Unfortunately these channel is encircled by rather harmful Issoudun powerhouse on 3965 (RFI Serbo-Cr sce) and the weaker signal from Jaszbereny on 3975 (into the bargain 2030-2100 with Budapest's Ge sce, so bcing to the same audience).

And indeed, the mailbag show from Seoul included again complaints about lots of interference. The closing trailer (produced by Dirk Goddor; forcing me to assume that the Ge section has still or again no own employee from Germany) includes this schedule: 1800-1900 on 6480 & 7275 (latter one for AS, but for which audience there??). The 2000- 2100 airing uses alongside with Skelton-3970 two outlets from Kimje, too, which are in my humble opinion useless: 7550 (tough job next to Plovdiv powerhouse on 7545) and 15575 (which will most likely go out into the space).

Recently further outlets for Merlin Network One was announced, incl a rather strange usage of Sackville on 11755 in 2000-2200 range. However, I couldn't hear anything from this today, so is it indeed on air? Further announced 9690 1900-2000 (reg Rampisham 140 degr) presented only a weak carrier, which could be anything. Anyway, if I tuned into 7120 shortly after 2200, a guitarist showed his skills, here stronger than on //7170, so certainly not using 48 degr[-14=34 towards Finland, Murmansk, St.P., Moscow; Rampisham 500 kW] as registered until 2130, and 47 degr used on 7170 [to CeAS, CHN, JPN; Rampisham 500 kW]. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 14)

UK [non] BBC London via foreign relays in B98 999 1700-1730 Grigoriopol 500 0 UKRAINIAN UKR 999 2000-2030 Grigoriopol 500 0 UKRAINIAN UKR 999 2030-2100 Sat/Sun Grigoriopol 500 0 UKRAINIAN UKR 12065 1330-1415 Alma Ata 100 132 BENGALI S AS 11680 1300-1330 Sat/Sun Biblis 100 105 BULGARIAN SE EUR 9530 1700-1730 Biblis 100 115 BULGARIAN SE EUR 9840 1600-1630 Biblis 100 105 ROMANIAN SE EUR 11680 1200-1230 Biblis 100 105 ROMANIAN SE EUR 11680 1230-1300 Biblis 100 105 BBC ENGLISH SE EUR

7330 1300-1530 Chita 500 200 MANDARIN CHN 7330 2200-2300 Chita 500 200 MANDARIN CHN 1251 1445-1530 Duchanbe 100 0 PERSIAN C AS 1251 0230-0300 Duchanbe 100 0 PERSIAN C AS 7385 2200-2300 Irkutsk 250 125 English FE 6055 1300-1530 Kimjae 250 290 MANDARIN CHN 6035 2200-2300 Kimjae 250 270 MANDARIN CHN 6035 2300-2400 Kimjae 250 270 English FE

6125 2000-2030 Lampertheim 100 80 UKRAINIAN UKR 17695 0900-0915 Lampertheim 100 77 RUSSIAN RUSS 6125 2030-2100 Sat/Sun Lampertheim 100 80 UKRAINIAN UKR 9530 1600-1700 Lampertheim 100 104 TURKISH SE EUR 7260 0500-0600 Mon.Fri Lampertheim 100 80 UKRAINIAN UKR 11845 1900-2130 Lampertheim 100 75 RUSSIAN RUSS 17695 0915-0930 Lampertheim 100 77 BBC ENGLISH UKR 7270 1700-1730 Lampertheim 100 80 UKRAINIAN UKR 9750 1800-1900 Lampertheim 100 92 AZERI CAU

3390 0430-0500 Meyerton 100 76 PORTUGUESE S AF 6190 0300-0600 Meyerton 100 15 English S AF 9590 1300-1600 Okeechobee 100 315 English N AM 6175 2200-0500 Sackville 250 268 English N AM 15220 1400-1600 Sackville 250 285 English N AM 17840 1700-1900 Sackville 250 285 English N AM 5965 1100-1400 Sackville 250 240 English N AM 9515 1200-1615 Sackville 250 268 English N AM 9515 1615-1700 Sat only Sackville 250 268 English N AM 9590 2200-2400 Sackville 250 268 English N AM

17675 0820-0830 Samara 250 140 URDU S AS 17675 0810-0820 Samara 250 140 HINDI S AS 17675 0800-0810 Tashkent 200 131 BENGALI S AS 7430 1630-1700 Tashkent 200 131 BENGALI S AS 7430 1500-1530 Tashkent 200 131 NEPALI S AS 7375 0045-0130 Tashkent 200 131 HINDI S AS 7375 0030-0045 Tashkent 200 131 BENGALI S AS 7430 1400-1500 Tashkent 200 131 HINDI S AS 11695 1000-1100 Vladivostok 500 228 MANDARIN FE

6065 0900-0915 Yamata 300 290 English FE 6065 0915-0945 Yamata 300 290 BBC ENGLISH FE 6065 0945-1000 Sat only Yamata 300 290 English FE 6065 1000-1530 Yamata 300 290 MANDARIN CHN 6110 2100-2200 Yamata 300 290 English FE 6065 0945-1000 Sun-Fri Yamata 300 290 SLOW SPEED FE 11945 2300-0030 Yamata 300 290 English FE 11945 2200-2300 Yamata 300 290 MANDARIN CHN (BBC schedule)

USA "VoA Guide" Nov / Dec 1998 edition arrived here today, but I noted strange stamp on the envelope: "Missent to Bangkok". (ed, Nov 16)

WORLD OF RADIO will present in edition 966 an AWR Wavescan special on the 25th anniversary of the Bhutan Bcing Sce; starts airing Nov 19 on WWCR. THU 2130 WWCR 15685 FRI 2000 RFPI 15049 21460-USB SAT 0400 RFPI 6975 15049 SAT 1100 RFPI 6975 15049 [or 1130] SAT 1300 WWCR 5070 SAT 1800 RFPI 15049 21460-USB SAT 2330 WWCR 5070 SUN 0030 WGTG 5085-USB or 6890-USB SUN 0200 RFPI 6975 15049 21460-USB SUN 0730 WWCR 5070 SUN 0900 RFPI 6975 15049 [or 0930] SUN 1030 WWCR 5070 [?] SUN 1800 WGTG 9400-USB SUN 2300 RFPI 15049 21460-USB MON 0600 WWCR 3210 MON 0700 RFPI 6975 15049 TUE 1330 WWCR 15685 TUE 1900 RFPI 15049 21460-USB WED 0300 RFPI 6975 15049 WED 2200 WBCQ 7415 For full details, and additional broadcasts on satellite, cable, SAP, internet, AM and FM, see our website http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio

WORLD OF RADIO ON A FOURTH SW STATION - WBCQ. We are pleased to announce that Allan H. Weiner has invited us onto the WBCQ schedule, 7415, Weds at 2200, probably starting Nov 25 with #966, the Wavescan Bhutan special. Checking 7415 at 0336 Nov 15, all I could hear was VOA; is WBCQ now closing down in the 0300-0500 period? I heard on RFPI FRRR that Bill Cooper had cut back to only one hour on WBCQ rather than fight it. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 16)

Broke ground this week on 310 azimuth yagi, 6 elements, wide-spaced, full size antenna 80 feet high with soon to come big time SSB signal going to give WWCR run for money. We will have more antennas and differing azimuths when done: 160 degree yagi (done) 250 degree rhombic (done) 310 degree yagi (under const) 340 degree rhombic (done) 38 degree yagi (done) (Dave Frantz, WGTG, Nov 12, via Glenn Hauser-OK, Nov 16)

AFN/Key West was missing already Nov 14 at several checks, but Sun Nov 15 at 2231, 6458.5 only was heard with talk progr, nothing on 4 or 12 MHz; but at 2300 recheck, just noise on 6 MHz, Mon Nov 16 at 2030, however, 12689.5 was again heard with talk. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 16)

WSHB Boston, schedule for EUR valid as fr 25th Oct 1998: En 0800-0900(Sat/Sun) and 0900-1000(Tue/Thu) 7535, 1900-2000(Tue/Thu) 15665, 2100- 2200(Mon/Wed/Sat; to WeEUR) 13770, 2200-2300(Thu; to WeEUR) and 2300-2400(Wed; to SoEUR & AF) 7510.

Fr 0800-0900(Fri) 7535, 2000-2100(Thu; to WeEUR) 13770, 2200-2300(Tue/Fri; to WeEUR) and 2300-2400(Mon; to SoEUR & AF) 7510.

Ge 0400-0500(Fri; to EaEUR) and 0900-1000(Sat/Sun) 7535, 1800-1900(Mon/Wed/Fri; to EaEUR & RUS) and 1900-2000(Sat) 15665, 2100-2200(Tue/Fri; to WeEUR) 13770.

Por 0800-0900(Tue/Thu) 7535, 2000-2100(Mon/Wed/Sat; to WeEUR) and 2100-2200(Thu; to WeEUR 13770, 2300-2400(Thu; to SoEUR & AF) 7510.

Ru 0300-0400(exc.Mon; to EaEUR), 0400-0500(exc.Fri; to EaEUR), 0500-0600(exc.Mon; to EaEUR), 0800-0900(Mon/Wed) and 0900-1000(Mon) 7535, 1800-1900(Tue/Thu/Sat) and 1900- 2000(Mon/Wed/Fri) 15665.

Sp 0900-1000(Wed/Fri) 7535, 2000-2100(Tue/Fri/Sun; to WeEUR) 13770, 2200- 2300(Mon/Wed/Sat; to WeEUR) and 2300-2400(Tue/Fri; to SoEUR & AF) 7510.

Addr: P.O.Box 1524, Boston, MA 02117-1524, U.S.A. WWW: www.csmonitor.com or www.tfccs.com e-mail: [email protected] (Direct, 15 Oct, via Jan Nieuwenhuis-HOL, Nov 5)

RADIO FREE AMERICA TO CHANGE STATIONS! Radio Free America with host Tom Valentine will be moving his LIVE call in show to WHRA Angel 5 beginning Sun Dec 6. RFAm has been airing his Live show on WHRI Angel 2 since Sep 1996. As of Dec 6 Tom will move RFAm to LeSEA's more powerful 250 kW tx in Maine. This will give his listeners better coverage of NoAM and a much stronger signal. WHRA and Radio Free America urge listeners to tune in beginning Sun Dec. 6 to 7385 kHz.

WHRA Announces Frequency Changes! WHRA Greenbush, Maine will make the following freq changes beginning 7PM E.T. Sun Dec 6, 1998 / 0000 UTC Time Mon Dec 7, 1998. The freq change will be as follows: 0000-0200 7395; 0200-0500 7385. (Joe Brashier, WHR, Nov 17)

VIETNAM Another check on some VTN regionals from a rather more favourable location than last time, most are hard to get positive IDs on due to poor audio and the fact I can't speak Vietn. All these heard 15-17 Nov, some or all may have further txions in local early morning and daytime. I'm listening on a Sony portable which makes it necessary to estimate rather than measure precise freqs, these are probably right within a margin of +/- 200 Hz or so:

5597v/6667v usual sched seems to be *1001-1030, 1200-1250*, almost certainly Lao Cai.

6397.4 1000-1110* fairly strong but distorted audio, possibly Yen Bai.

6506.4 *0957-1030, 1200-1330, almost certain this is the same tx I reported a week or two ago on 6468 which has now been vacated. ID is habitually read over background of very loud mx, unintelligible to my ears but may be Cao Bang. Very distorted.

7155.2 Relatively long hrs, inc. around 0100 and *0310-0320*, 0930-1415. Mostly relays of Hanoi 1st Prgr //5925, 9875 but also some local opt-outs. (Alan Davies, Bangkok-THA, Nov 17)

VOV with its daily 113-hour bcing progrs has provided people throughout the country and abroad with national and international news on political, economic, cultural, social events, security, literature and the arts. VOV has a special bcing channel for ethnic minority people with progrs in the Mong, Bana, Ede, Gia Rai and Khmer langs. It commenced a Xe Dang-lang bc on 1st Nov 1998 and plans to begin two progrs in Thai and K'Ho minority langs in 1999. VOV also txs 36 hrs of nx abroad every day across a range of channels in En, Fr, Ru, Sp, Jpn, Mand, Can, Lao, Camb, Th, Ins, and Vns, covering more than 70 countries. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 13)

PROPAGATION FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK

Geomagnetic conditions have been disturbed this week with the Boulder K index exceeding 6 on at least two days. Conditions have now returned to quiet levels but disturbed conditions sre again possible this weekend as a result of a partial halo coronal mass ejection on Nov 9 and two flares on Nov 11. The solar flux continues well ahead of the 90 day moving average of 132 but should decline again toward the end of the week.

UT Radio Flux Planetary Largest Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index Nov 13 145 15 3 Nov 14 140 15 3 Nov 15 140 10 3 Nov 16 140 12 3 Nov 17 135 15 3 Nov 18 130 15 3 Nov 19 125 10 3 Nov 20 120 10 3 (NOAA SESC via Joe Buch-DE, Cumbre Dx, Nov 14)

NEWS RELEASE I am very pleased to advise that Edition # 6, Dec 1998, of the popular "Australasian Shortwave Guide" is planned to be published on 12 Dec (print edition only - no electronic version!)

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- SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSIONS. A comprehensive alphabetical listing by country of progrs beamed to AUS, OCE, the FE, SoAS, and the Indian sub-continent, for the W98 (B98) Winter Season. Details are given of freqs, times, bc days, target areas relay sites, langs and other information. This listing of several hundred entries is applicable for the five month period commencing Oct 25 and concluding on Mar 28 1999. There is also a NEW special GRAPHICAL INDEX on an hour-by-hour basis, referenced and linked to the main alphabetical country listings. ASWG6 will have data NOT published in the standard annual texts!

The data is sourced with the extensive support of bcing stns, txion planners, freq coordinators, technical consultants, engineering directorates and a network of worldwide expert monitors.

- DXING SINGAPORE. An in-depth account of radio bcing in the region, covering programming, networks, propagation and current schedules. The study is supported by comprehensive background information on the culture, langs and history of the country. Prepared by Mick Ogrizek.

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- AUSTRIA CALLS THE WORLD. The origins, development, and present day operations of the SW sce of the Austrian Radio, in Vienna.

- PROPAGATION ALMANAC. Propagation forecasts for the remainder of 1998 and early 1999, with particular emphasis on the new Solar Cycle Number 23.

- INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. An account of new developments and trends, including nx about the work of the High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC) and the Asian Broadcasting Union High Frequency Conference (ABU-HFCC).

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"Clandestine Radio Broadcasting - A study of the revolutionary and counterrevolutionary electronic communication".

Another book I've been reading recently is "Clandestine Broadcasting -- A Study of Revolutionary Electronic Communication" by Lawrence Soley and John Nichols. This looks at clandestine radio from the 30s right up to the mid 1980s and lists a plethora of stations, along with background information on the political situations that led to their creation. It should be the sort of book you don't want to put down. (Roger Tidy, BDXC-UK "Communication", Oct 1998)

ISBN 0-275-92259-6 published in 1987, Praeger Publishers, 521 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10175, USA. Cost in the US many years ago: 47.95 $ imported. Maybe available via Online amazon.com (Mathias Kropf-D, Oct 10)

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This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. e-mail [email protected] vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - e-mail [email protected]

BC-DX 394 23 Nov 1998 ______

ARMENIA Voice of Armenia, R Yerevan 1930-2145 on 9965 had two spurious signals today, 70 kHz away, on 9895 and 10035 kHz. 1000 kW, 305 degr. 1930 Arm, 2015 Fr, 2045 Ge, 2115- 2145 En, Mon-Sat only. (WB, Nov 21)

BANGLADESH Voice of Islam at 1800 on 9550 and 7185 in En. Followed by R Bangladesh Ext Sce at 1815 O=2/3. (Andreas Kranz, Nov 20)

BULGARIA R Bulgaria's "DX MIX"px editor & host Ivo Ivanov Russian Fris 1545-1600 on 5935 7425 9385 Sats 0345-0400 on 5890 7390 Mons 1945-2000 on 5935 7425 Bulg Suns 1545-1600 on 1224 5865 12000 1645-1700 on 7500 17500 1845-1900 on 5935 7425 1945-2000 on 747 1224 2145-2200 on 5865 7500 7545 Mons 0145-0200 on 5865 9415 (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP 9900 Radio Minurca. In reply to my e-mail report David Smith Director of R. Minurca wrote the following: His e-mail addr is [email protected]

Thank you for your reception report. We are having QSL cards printed, and when they're ready, I'll send one your way. Radio MINURCA's setup is a Telefunken tx running at 5 kW PEP. The antenna is a dipole installed at a height of 18m, with the main radiation lobes aimed due East and West of Bangui. The target area of Radio MINURCA is the entire CAR.

Smith also sent along a Fr language schedule that is in local time. (The WRTH lists the CAR as UTC +1. Although it is in Fr and doesn't line up like the original apparently did, this should give you a pretty good idea of the programming the stn is carrying. - Ed)

Radio MINURCA: 100,8 FM Bangui et environs / 9900 kHz (SW) partout en Republique Centrafricaine sur la bande des 31 metres _ Radio MINURCA est en ondes 24 heures sur 24 _ infos: tel (236) 61 20 43 poste 6181 (Mahendra Vaghjee, MAURITIUS, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 19)

CHILE Voz Christiana, Santiago, 17680, 20-11-98, 1550 Spanish relig-song, ID and talk in "La mujer de hoy en America-Latina", SINPO 25333, //to much stronger 21500. 3-min txion break on both channels at 1554. (Michiel Schaay-D, Nov 20)

21550 R. Voz Cristiana card in two months, full data, exc no mention of the Chile! Also includes addr for their International Office: Ryder Street, West Bromwich B70 OEJ, England. Sent to Miami address, and postmarked from there. (Renfrew via Cumbre Dx, Nov 20)

CHINA Xizang People's Broadc. Stn., Lhasa, 6130, 20-11-98, 1529 male and female speakers in Mandarin. From about 1530 popular Ch songs, presented by female speaker. At 1545 short annt by male speaker and off-the-air. SINPO 24333. (Michiel Schaay-D, Nov 20)

ERITREA Just received today (Nov 10th) a f/d qsl from the Voice of Broad Masses of Eritrea, P.O. Box 243, Asmara, for a Sep 14, 1998 reception, signed by Mehreteab Tesfagiorgis, Technical Director, and stamped with a really cool rubber stamp with a camel in the center!!

Anyway, on the back he wrote out their current bc schedule: 6190 Tigringa 0330-0430 0930-1030 1700-1830 Tigre 0430-0530 1600-1700 Kunama 1500-1600 7175 Arabic 0330-0430 0930-1030 1700-1800 Amharic 0430-0500 1530-1600 Afar 0500-0600 1400-1500 Saho or Bilen 1500-1530

Times were noted as UTC. He also wrote that "except Amharic, which is spoken in Ethiopia, the rest are Eritrian local langs." (, via DXW, Nov 18)

Vo the Broad Masses of Eritrea 0324-0530 6190 7100, 0324-0425+ 7175, +1424-1759 7175, 1454-1830 6190 7100 (//freq to 7175 was not fond again, very like new one in use now instead of 7395). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12-13)

Voice of Sudan, 7999.95, 20-11-98, 1607 male speaker in Ar, mentioning Iraq. SINPO 33343. Sub-standard modulation, with hum in AM and no USB-component available. (Michiel Schaay-D, Nov 20)

Radio adds broadcast in Oromifa. The Eritrean govt radio stn, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea (VOBME), was observed on 7th Nov with a bc in the Oromifa lang - the first time this stn has been heard in Oromifa. The progr in Oromifa was heard 1600-1630 on 7175 following the nx in Amh at 1530-1600. The radio announced that the progr in Oromifa would be bc on Mons, Thurs and Sats.

VOBME's sce in Ar, Afar, Amharic, Bilen, Saho and Oromifa, is on the air at various times between 0330 and 1800 on 7175 and MW 837.

VOBME's sce in Tigrigna, Tigre and Kunama, which is on the air at various times between 0330 and 1830, is now heard on an addit SW freq 7100, in //with 6190 and MW 945. [Monitoring research, Nov 9-12] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 20)

GERMANY HAM/VoHope in En via DTK Juelich tx heard 1900-2100 on NF 5975 co-ch VOR in Cz & Slov (x5840)

Brother Stair in En heard on Nov 9 1500-1700 on NF 6010 co-ch VoPKurdistan, (x6015)//13810

Voice of Oromo Liberation in Oromo via DTK tx 140 degr 1700-1800 on Sun Thu Fri on NF 11725(55555) (x11605) (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

Acc to DTK Juelich management, planned start date for UN Radio sce is Dec 11. (Hans Weber-D, Nov 16)

GREECE Freq change of VoG Athens from Nov 12: 1500-1700 & 2000-2050 in Gr Bul Alb Ro Se to Balkans; 1710-1750 in Gr Ru Pol to RUS; 1900-1950 in En Fr Ge It Swe to EUR all on NF 7475 (x7500) to avoid R Bulgaria ! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

ERT Thessaloniki Perea regional stn in Gr 1500-2300 still on odd channel 7430.28. At 0700 on 9935 and 11594.83. (WB, Nov 21/22)

GUATEMALA A private company took control of Guatemala's national postal sce in Sept, acc to a Reuters story. The firm is attempting to update Guatemala's postal sce, which lost millions of letters a year and was known for corruption. More than one fourth of letters sent in Guatemala never reached their destination. (Potts Linn's Stamp News Nov 23 via Renfrew, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 20)

INDONESIA 11760 RRI Jakarta in BI noted with strong signal around 1300. Came accross of lovely SCI - song of the coconut island - playing procedure around 1255-1300. Signal was well ahead of BBC Masirah-OMA co-ch. (WB, Nov 22)

2899 RPDT2 Ngada, 1205- with relay of RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita" 34433. Also //2960 RPDT2 Mangarai 35443 S9+10 dB!, til 1227, ID was given, for Ngada, and 1231 for Mangorai. Very good condx for the 120 mb and INS stns today ! 34433 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 6)

3074.85v to 3074.2 UNID INS stn, 1156-1315, Nov 5, popular mx, no relay of RRI Jakarta nx, Dangut mx, at 1205 annt "... Indonesia Selatan ... Kalimantan Selatan ...", 1207- 1208 pause, 1214 Ar influenced mx, 1215 and 1303 ID was given again:"... Kandangan Selatan Kalimantan Selatan ... Dua ...". Weak, best reception was in lsb rx mode. In an old Fine Tuning list of 1988 I read the following item: "RPDT2 Hulu Sungai Selatan, Kandangan, Kalimantan Selatan", maybe the stn reactivated again. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 5)

3264.89 RRI Bengkulu, 1330-1435, Nov 5, relig progr for Muslims, Islamic mx, 1359 ID, native songs in dialect ! 1428 "...RRI Bengkulu Berita Keluargar ...", 1429 IS !, at 1435 end of nx, mx, NA? choir, 34433. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 5)

3325 RRI Palang Karaya, 1050-, Nov 5, internat mx, ID, phone in reports, signal 9+20 dB, 45533. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 5)

3426.78 UNID stn, maybe from INS pirat ? Nov 4, 1210-1220, mx Ar influenced, no annts, lost or s-off, very weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 4)

3541.90 RPDT2 Sumba Timur, Waingapu, 1135-1200, Nov 4, female talk on JPN, 1147 "...Lombok, Ruteng ...", local nx, 1155 Krongkong mx, ID, 1159 SCI, relay of RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita". Weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 4)

3960.30 RRI Palu, 1058-, Nov 11, ID, relay nx fr RRI Ujung Pandang, 9+10 dB, //4753.30 = S9+30 dB, //4000.20 S9+20 dB, til 115, now regional nx. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 11)

4766.13 RRI Medan, active again, 1205-1215, Nov 6, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", 1212 NA + choir, ID, 45544 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 6)

4777.10 RRI jakarta, 1230-, Nov 6/7, internat mx, "Walking in the rain...", much weaker signal, decrease of tx power ? Weaker, 9+30 dB. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 6/7)

5040 RRI Pekanbaru, 1058-, Nov 5, evening prayer, 1102 ID, Dangut mx, mixed signal with PBS Fuzhou, Fujian-CHN. 22332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 5)

7173.30 RRI Seuri, 0815-0832, Nov 6, pres., weak, presumably ID ny male, 22332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 6)

IRAN Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran current observed schedule, incl a lot of new freqs, tentat in use from Nov 1. Farsi 6175 1000v-1130v 7130 1930-2330 11885 1030v-1230v 13690 1000v-1100v 15084.17v 0830-1200, 1300-0630 17780 1030v-1130v Arabic 5995 1430-0530 6020 0400-0500* 6025 1700-2330 6120 2330-0230 6145 1830-0030 6195 0330-0530* 7115 0330-0530* 7130 0330-0530 7260 2130-2330 7270 2330-0230 7295 0330-0530* 9022 2130-2330 9535 0530-1030 9565 0230-0530 9610 0400-0500* 9670 0330-0530* 9695 1700-2130 9770.44v 0330-0730 9820 1330-1700 9880 0530-0730 11745 0930-1330 13605 0930-1130 15125 0330-1330 15355 0530-1430 15585 0600-1330 17540 0530-1230 * Vo Islamic Revol in Iraq 0330-0530 and Vo Palestine/Vo Palestine Revol 0400-0500, also at approx. 1830-2030 on 5995 6025 6145, and 9695.

One of the Kamalabad 500 kW txs on off-freq at present, noted on 9770.44, 15255.54, 13760.25, 11885.55, 9585.55, 6035.57, 6045.60. [ed]

Other langs 0030-0130 Be 6015 6185 9515 0030-0130 En 6065 9022 9685 0030-0130 Sp 6010 6175 9650 0100-0300 Da *7180 0130-0230 Sp 6010 6065 6175 9650 0130-0230 Ur 6005 6190 7130 0230-0430 Azeri tent. on MW only at present 0230-0330 Pa 6005 6190 7130 0230-0330 Sp 6065 6175 0300-0330 Arm 7235 0300-0330 Uz *7180 0330-0430 Swa 11750 13605 15320 15610 0330-0500 Taj 7180 0430-0530 Tu 7160 15365 0530-0630 Bos 9525 13615 15230 0530-0630 Sp 11790 15260 0545-0630 Ha 15450 17600 21810 0630-0730 Fr 15260 21770 21810 0630-0730 It 9022 15084.14v 15230 17605 0730-0830 Ge 15084.14v 21770 0930-1000 Arm 9615 11705 15260 1000-1100 Swa 15560 17570 1100-1230 En 11830 11875 13605 15255.54v 17560 1200-1300 It 13600 15084.17v 15115 1230-1330 BM 13760.25v 15200 15590 17705 1230-1330 Pa 7180 7275 9585 11875 1330-1430 Ch 9625 9880 11885.55v 15200 15375 1330-1430 Ur 5995 7115 7150 7275 9525 9585 9790 11775 1330-1530 Ur *7180 1400-1500 Ru 9575 9735 11930 11960 1430-1530 Be 5995 6185 7250 11875 1430-1530 Pa** 7275 1430-1500 Ur 7150 9525 9790 11775 1500-1530 Hi 7150 9525 9830 11775 1500-1530 Kz 7170 9585.55v 11885 1530-1630 En 7250 11775 1530-1630 Ru 7230 9575 9585.55v 9740 9880 11745 1530-1730 Ur** 7275 1530-1600 Uz *7180 1600-1730 Taj *7180 1600-1730 Tu 7110 7260 9022 1630-1730 Arm 6005 6185 7235 1630-1830 Az 7170 1630-1730 Ur 6195 7190 9525 1730-1830 Bos 7295 7340 9610 11660 1730-1830 Ge 6160 7215 7260 9022 1730-1830 Ru 6035.57v 7115 7200 7300 1730-1830 Swa 9650 11750 1830-1900 Alb 7295 7340 9610 11660 1830-1930 Fr 6160 7215 7260 9022 11900 1930-2030 En 7215 7260 9022 1930-2000 It 7295 7340 11660 1930-2030 Ru 6045.6v 7175 7305 9740 1945-2030 Ha 9605 11715 2030-2130 Sp 7260 9022 2130-2230 Bo 6135 7180 7285 2130-2230 En 6165 2330-0030 Ch 7130 7215 9670 2330-0030 Fr 6030 7260 9022 (* Mashhad ** Zahedan) (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12-13)

Freqs changes of VOIROI from Nov 1: Albanian 1830-1930 NF 6020(co-ch RUI) & 9610//7295 7340 11660 Arabic 0530-0730 NF 9770.44v(co-ch RCairo from 0400) & 9880 0530-1030 NF 9535 0530-1330 NF 15355 & 17540 1330-1700 NF 9820(co-ch KTWR in Ch) Armenian 0330-0330 NF 7235 only 0930-1000 NF 15260(co-ch R Prague) //9615 11705 1630-1730 NF 6185(co-ch MN0) & 7235//6005 Bengali 0030-0130 NF 6185 1430-1530 NF 6185 & 7250(co-ch VAT)//5995 11875 Bosnian 0530-0630 NF 13615//9525 1523O 1730-1830 NF 6020(co-ch RUI) & 9610//7295 7340 11660 2130-2230 NF 6135 & 7180(co-ch VOA in Ukr) & 7285 Chinese 1330-1430 NF 15375//9625 11885.55v 152OO English 1100-1230 NF 15255.54v & 17560//11830 11875 13605 1530-1630 NF 7250(co-ch VAT)//9780 13605 1930-2030 NF 7215(co-ch V0R)//7260 9022 French 0630-0730 NF 21770 & 21810//15260 1830-1930 NF 6160 & 7215//7260 9022 9535 11900 German 0730-0830 NF 15084.15v & 21770-new morning px 1730-1830 NF 6160 & 7215(co-ch VOR in Ge, YUG in Ge) Hausa 0545-0630 NF 17600 & 21810//15450 + irr NF 9670 1945-2030 NF 11715//96O5 Italian 0630-0730 NF 17605//9022 15084.14v 15230 1930-2000 NF 6020(co-ch RUI)//7295 7340 11660 Kazakh 1500-1530 NF 9830(co-ch HRT) & 11745(co-ch BSKSA) Malay 1230-1330 NF 17705(co-ch BBC)//13760.25 15200 Pashto 0230-0330 NF 6190.4v//6005? 1230-1330 NF 7275//9585 11875 Russian 1530-1630 NF 9880(co-ch KWT) & 11745(co-ch BSKSA) 1730-1830 NF 7300(co-ch V0R)//6035.57v 7115 7200 1930-2030 NF 6045.6v(co-ch Mayak)//7175 7305 9740 Spanish 0030-0230 NF 6010//9650 0130-0230 NF 6065//6175 9650 0230-0330 NF 6065 only Swahili 0330-0430 NF 15610//11750 13605 15230 1000-1100 NF 15560 & 17570 Turkish extended to 90 min and deleted 0430-0530 px! 1600-1730 NF 7110(co-ch TRT and NHK)//7260 9022 Urdu 0130-0230 NF 6190.4v//6005? 1230-1330 NF 7275//9525 9585 11775 (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

ISRAEL 13645 Voice of Southern Azerbaijan in Azeri to Northern Iran via KOL tx site in Jerusalem-ISR noted with extreme strong signal s-on at 0613. Before the VOSA progr started, KOL ISR nx could be observed, //15615. (WB, Nov 22)

ITALY RAI Rome in Ge noted on 9540 at 1800-1825, //5990 & 7120, 100 kW 330 degr. (WB, Nov 21)

7259.96 La Voix de Esperance, - The Voice of Hope-, in Fr via Forli noted at 0630-0700, followed by Ar sce til 0800. 0655 LVdE Paris address was given, followed by an ID in En. Much better signal than 7230 En at 0930. (WB, Nov 22)

JORDAN 11690 Today R.Jordan En sce heard on-air again, after break for two weeks. Scheduled 1100-1730, but starts a bit earlier. (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Nov 20)

KUWAIT 15110 New R Kuwait En morning sce noted at 0600, 34333. (WB, Nov 22)

LAOS 6130 Vientiane, Nov 14, Holding up very well at 1159 with mx bridge and "Big Bells" at 1200. Into ID by female and presumed news progr with male/female alternating announcers. Copied well until 1220. Audio in the Listening Section of my WWW site. http://users.exis.net/~crippel (Rippel via DXW, Nov 18)

6130 LNR Vientiane, Nov 13, 1443, Not heard after 1500. Mixed with Xizang PBS Lhasa. 23332 (van Rooy, via DXW, Nov 18)

MADAGASCAR RTV Malagasy, Antananarivo, 5009.56, 20-11-98, 1843 easy listening songs, very relaxing, low pitch male announcer. SINPO 24222 most of the time, but peaking to 34232 at times. Ocassional SITOR-A interference from presumed Spanish Guardia Civil stn. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Nov 20)

OMAN R. Oman current observed B98 schedule 6085 0200-0400 7120 0200-0400 7230 0200-0459+, +1210-2130 9515 0400-0600 9735 1900-2130 11805 1600-1900 11890 0400-0600, 1800-2130 13620 0600-1400 (KWT co-ch on top !) 15140 1300-1600 15375 1400-1800 17630 0800-1300 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12-13)

PAKISTAN Kricket match PAK vs AUS on Nov 8 0800-1200 NF 15175 co-ch NOR til 1000 (x15530) //17835 1000-1030 Tamil NF 15320 co-ch AIR in Hi (x15330) 1800-1845 Ar NF 7470(45544) (x7460) //9330. (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16) Urdu sce to ME at 0555 on v17555.20. (WB, Nov 22)

5027.10 R Pakistan Quetta, 1210-1230, Nov 9, pres. Urdu, monotone songs with singer, evening prayer, 1230 male talk. Weak. Splatter from 5030 increased. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 9)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3220 R Morobo, Lae, 1015-1200*, Nov 8, Pidgin most of the time. Internat mx, 1030 En ID ! "This is R Morobo, Lae, ...", then Pidgin "long 3220 kHz ...", IS animal sound, nice South Sea mx, 1100 local nx in En. "You are listening to R Morobo with the nx", 1107 end of nx, Pidgin report then, 1200 "Good night !", instrumental NA. s-off. 35433. Audio level of anns[weaker] and mx differs. On Nov 7 10145-1203* 34433. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 7/8)

4890 NBC Port Moresby, Nov 9, -1406*, the sing off-procedure with NA ! 35443 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 9)

PORTUGAL Some freqs changes of DW Sines tx site, 250 kW 1600-1800 in AlbRomBul NF 15470 (45554) (x9805) 55/75 degr 1800-1845 in CroatianAlb NF 11875 (55555) (x7130) 55/75 degr, //9805. 2100-2130 in SerbAlb on 7245 (55555), 9705[!] (55555) addit px, 35 degr, (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

QATAR QBS Doha was noted on a new freq of 11820.03v (x17895) at 0705-1305, also 7210 at 0245-0705 1705-2130, and 11750 at 1305-1705, all //9570.2. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12-13)

Radio Qatar QBS in Ar from Nov 2 heard: 0705-1305 NF 11820.03v co-ch BBC in Ar from 1200 (x17895). On Nov 1 heard 0705-1305 on 17891.0 instead of 17895. (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16) [odd 17891 noted here also, ed]

ROMANIA Some observations of Radio Romania Actualitati SW relays in B98 0500-0600 7225TIG 100 266 9570GAL 120 300 GAL = Galbeni 0600-0800 9570GAL 120 300 11970TIG 100 266 TIG = Tiganesti/Saftica 0800-1500 15105GAL 50 266 17850GAL 120 315 1500-1800 9570GAL 120 300 11790TIG 50 266 2000-0500 6040GAL 250 300 7225TIG 100 266 (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12-13, ed Nov 20)

RRI Sp sce at 1800-1900 observed on 15390, //9625? and 11810. Romanian at 2100-2200 noted on 9665, //756, 7175. (WB, Nov 21)

RUSSIA RRI Bucharest freq schedule B98 in Ru 1300-1357 9570 11775 11735. 1500-1557 7105 9570 11810. 1900-1957 5965, 6085. (Anatoly Klepov-RUS, Nov 18)

Tatarstan Kazan new 0900-1000 11915. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Nov 9) [Samara 100 kW 305 degr] Radio Tatarstan SW sce started on 1st Aug 1997 and is bc from a high power SW tx at Samara. Programming is mainly in the Tatar lang, but includes some segments in Ru. Tatar/Ru 0500-0600 15105 Siberia/FE area. 0700-0800 6130 Urals/Tyumen area. 0900-1000 11915 Moscow/St. Petersburg area. Addr: Tatar Radio, Ul. M.Gorkogo 15, 420015 Kazan, Tatarstan. Tel: +7-8432-367493 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 20)

R Rossii in Ru heard here 0800-1500 NF 17600(55555). (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

GPR-2, Sankt-Peterburg current freq schedule (updated Nov 5, 1998) K = Kaliningrad. P = St. Petersburg. 5920 K Eu 1600-1800 VOR Ge, 1800-1900 VOR Pol, 1900-2000 VOR En 5950 K Eu 1600-2000 VOR Ge 5975 P Eu 1800-1845 VOR Hu, 1845-1930 VOR Cz, 1930-2000 VOR Slk 5990 P CIS 1830-2100 R. Mayak 6015 K CIS 1400-2200 R. Mayak 6045 P CIS 1430-1800 R. Mayak 7130 P ME 1600-1700 CRI Ar, 1700-1800 VOR Ar, 1800-1830 CRI Pe 1830-2000 VOR Ar 7290 P Eu 1830-2100 VOR Fr 7310 P SAm 0000-0100 VOR Por, 0100-0300 VOR Sp 7335 P CIS 0200-0700 R. Rossii 7340 P CIS 1430-2200 R. Rossii 7370 P Eu 1600-1630 VOR Alb, 1630-1800 VOR S-Cr, 1800-1900 VOR It 1900-2100 VOR Fr 7400 P CIS 0300-0700 R. Mayak 7440 P CIS 0300-0600 R. Mayak 9840 P ME 1600-1700 VOR Pe, 1700-1800 VOR Ar 9865 P NWAf 1700-2000 VOR Ar 9890 P SAm 0100-0200 VOR Sp, 0200-0400 VOR Ru 9890 P Eu 1800-2200 VOR En 11630 P CIS 0630-1000 R. Mayak 11785 P CIS 1030-1400 R. Mayak 11985 P CIS 0730-1400 R. Mayak 12010 K Eu 1000-1100 VOR Ge 12045 P CIS 0730-1400 R. Rossii (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, RUS-Dx, Nov 17)

3355 USB 2023 14/10 ? "Mayak". In Ru PI 4930 AM 1950 28/10 TKM "Mayak" In Ru PI 4957 USB 0606 26/09 ? "Mayak". In Ru xxxx4 PI 4982 AM 0610 26/09 ? R Rossii. In Ru xxxx4 PI 5007 AM? 0612 26/09 ? R Rossii. In Ru xxxx3 PI 5256 ? 1340 01/11 ? "Yunost". In Ru 59 RS 5905 AM 1710 13/10 R Rossii [txMoscow]. Nx. In Ru 55555 NO 5910 AM 0415 14/10 R Rossii [txMoscow 100 kW]. Nx. In Ru 55544 NO 5930 AM 0915 11/10 R Rossii [txMonchegorsk]. Nx. In Ru 54343 NO 5930 AM 2105 11/10 R Rossii [txMurmansk 20 kW]. In Ru PI 5950 AM 1715 13/10 "Voice of Russia" [tx Samara]. In Fr 55444 NO 5965 AM 1720 13/10 R Rossii [txArmavir]. In Ru 54444 NO 6035 AM 1733 13/10 "Mayak" [txS.Peterburg] Nx. Sport nx. In Ru 44444 NO 6160 AM 0920 11/10 R Rossii [tx Arkhangelsk]. In Ru 55544 NO 6235 DSB 1645 04/11 LTU " Baltiyskaya Volna". Test. In Ru Roman Boris Vasiliy Vasiliy Uliana Roman Roman Mikhail 32432 RS 7105 AM 0925 11/10 R Rossii [txMoscow] . In Ru 45444 NO 7105 AM 0440 14/10 R Rossii [txMoscow]. Nx. In Ru 55444 NO 7320 AM 2805 13/10 "Voice of Russia" [txMoscow]. In It 44444 NO 7320 AM 1700 14/10 "Voice of Russia" [txMoscow] // 7330 kH. In Ru 55544 NO 7320 AM 2110 25/10 "Voice of Russia" [txMoscow, 240 kW]. In Ru 43532 RS 7330 AM 1810 13/10 "Voice of Russia", In Pol 54444 NO 7345 AM 1815 13/10 R Rossii [txS.Peterburg]. Nx. In Ru 54444 NO 7355 AM 1715 14/10 R Rossii [txSamara]. In Ru. QRM TWR 53443 NO 9675 AM 1600 20/10 "Voice of Russia". In Ru xxxx4 PI 9795 AM 1800 29/10 "Voice of Russia" [txEkaterinburg, 240 kW]. In Ru 43533 RS 12005 AM 0850 24/10 "Mayak" [txArmavir 100 kw]. In Ru xxxx4 PI 12015 AM 1430 25/10 "Voice of Russia". In Ru 43532 RS 15475 AM 0540 04/10 R Rossii. In Ru PI (RUS-DX, Nov 17)

SAUDI ARABIA 4790, BSKSA, Nov 15, 2124, with Ar songs, talk in Ar, ID at 2130 ".... arabia ke saudia ..." New tune in on 2149 with quran verses . 34433 Possibly a subharmonic [9580] but did not try. (Liangas-GRC, via DXW, Nov 18)

11708.21 BSKSA Qur'an progr, Nov 12, 1730, with Qur'an and distorting audio. Good strength for one of these 50 kW txs. (Novello via DXW, Nov 18)

15170 BSKSA Riyadh, Nov 7, 1445, pop mx 1500-1505 "le Journal" nx in brief in Fr followed by Results of ARS and EUR football match by woman 1530 time and ID was given just after that the second edition of nx by man. good. (Vaghjee via DXW, Nov 18)

BSKSA current observed B98 schedule: 9530 0600-0900 MAP 9553.57 0300-0600 HQ 9555 1800-2300 MAP 9578.70 0300-1700 2nd Ar px 9608v 0300-0600 HQ(tent. exc9619.4) 9715 0300-1200 HQ 9718.29 0300-0600 HQ, 0600-0900 MAP 9730 1500-1600 Turkmen 1600-1800 HQ 9739.89 0300-0600 HQ 9870 1800-1230 MAP 11708.21 1600-1800 HQ 11745 1400-1600 Pe 11780 1500-1700 CI, 1700-1800 MAP 11785 1400-1700 HQ 11818.53 0600-1200 MAP 11833.59 1600-1800 HQ 11910 1500-1700 CI, 1700-1800 MAP 11935 0300-0600 HQ, 1800-2300 HQ 11948.28 1500-1700 CI, 1700-1800 MAP 12038.51 1700-2100 2nd Ar px 15161.79 1200-1600 HQ 15165 0400-0500 Som 15170 1400-1600 Fr 15170.1 1200-1600 HQ 15175 1200-1500 MAP 15275 0400-0600 Tu, 0900-1200 MAP 15335 0800-1000 Fr 15345 1200-1400 Ur, 1400-1500 Be 15377 1200-1500 MAP 15435 1200-1500 MAP 17720 0300-0600 HQ 17760 0500-0600 Swa, 1600-1700 Bamb 17880 0900-1200 HQ 21495 0900-1200 HQ 21670 1000-1200 BI (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12-13)

Some freqs changes of BSKSA from Nov 1: 0300-0600 Holy Ouran NF 11935(55555) (x11870) 0300-0600 Holy Ouran NF 17720(45544) (x17895) 0400-0500 Somali NF 15165(45554) (x15335) 0600-0900 Main Ar px NF 11868.41(33443) (x11708.21) 0800-1000 Fr NF 15335(55544) (x15235) 1000-1200 BI NF 21670(55555) (x21705) 1200-1500 Main Ar px NF 15175(55555) (x15230) 1200-1500 Main Ar px NF 15435(55555) over LJB, (x15275) 1400-1600 Pe NF 11745(43343) (x11765) 1500-1800 Call of Islam & Main Ar px NF 11910(55555) (x11965). (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

SOLOMON ISL 5020 SIBC Honiara, 1103-1200*, Nov 6, En, BBC nx relay, //6195, sport, til 1140, now local progr, advts, South Sea mx, NA, ""SIBC Happy Hours", QRG's, and next morning preview, instrumental NA ! 45544 S9+20-30 dB ! (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 6)

SOUTH AFRICA 9710 TWR via Meyerton-RSA noted with introduction loop from 1820 onwards, and ID annt in En language. Fine tuning signal on clear channel. But replaced registered 9680 1830-1900 daily Bambara 31 mb 250 kW 315 degr to Ivory Coast (WB, Nov 21)

SRI LANKA 21585 Deutsche Welle Trinco, 0600 mixing product here between 21640 & 21695, also noted on 21750. (Ormandy via Cumbre Dx, Nov 10)

SUDAN R. Omdurman v-signer & technician in 1994, reg mail - and 2 IRCs to Mr. Mohd. E. Khalil, P.O.Box 572, Omdurman, Sudan (Josef Haas-AUT, Enzio Gehrig-SPA, Nov 19)

Voice of Truth (Ar: Sawt al Haqq) was first observed in Nov 1997 but may have been operating before them. The radio stn supports the Islamic Salvation Movement (Harakat Hamas al-Islamiyah), formerly the Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement. The group has stated that their goal is to overthrow the current president of Eritera and replace him with a Muslim.

Voice of Truth appears to share txing facilities with two other Eritrean opposition radio stns on the same freq, Voice of Free Eritrea and Voice of Democratic Eritrea. The tx may be located in Sudan. Txion times may vary. 1530-1600 Sat/Sun Ar to AF; 1600-1630 Mon-Fri Ar to AF; 1600-1630 Sat/Sun Tigrigna to AF, 9230.

Voice of Free Eritrea (Arabic "Sawt Eritrea al-Hurrah"; Tigrigna "Demtsi Natsa Eritrea") was first observed in Nov 1997 although it may have been operating for some time. It says that it is the mouthpiece of the Eritrean National Alliance, an umbrella organization incl the Eritrean Liberation Front, Eritrean Islamic Jihad and the Eritrean Liberation Front - National Council, all of which are opposed to the Eritrean govt.

It appears to share txing facilities with two other Eritrean opposition radio stns on the same freq, Voice of Truth and Voice of Democratic Eritrea. The tx may be located in Sudan. Txion times may vary. 1530-1600 Mon-Fri Ar/Tigrigna to AF 9230.

[Clandestine] Sudan Alliance Forces. This radio stn identifies itself as "the radio of the Voice of Freedom and Renewal, Voice of the Sudan Alliance Forces, Voice of the Popular Armed Uprising" (Ar: idha'at sawt al-hurriyah wa al-tajdid, sawt quwwat al- tahaluf al-sudaniyyah, sawt al-intifadah al-sha'biyyah al-musallahah).

It was first observed by BBC Monitoring on 7th May 1998. Txion times are variable. The Sudan Alliance Forces (SAF) are an opposition guerrilla army of ex-govt northern soldiers, affiliated to the Asmara, Eritrea-based National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the main opposition umbrella group. URL (Sudan Alliance Forces): www.safsudan.com Ar to AF 7000-v, 0400-0500 irreg, 1600-1700 daily (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 20)

TAJIKISTAN VoTibet in Tibetan via Dushanbe tx from Nov 1: 1220-1255 NF 7465(45544) (x7470) //11520(45554)

DVoBurma in Burmese via Dushanbe tx from Nov 1:

1245-1345 NF 7490(45444) (x11580) //15330-DTK 1430-1455 NF 7490(45554) //11850-N0R & 15635-DTK (PanIview-Bulgaria, Nov 16)

TUNISIA RTT was noted on a new freq of 7215 (x7225) at 0400-0700, 7225 at 1700-2330 at present (other channels are: 7280 0400-0600 1700-2330, 11730.05 0700-1700, 12005.57 0500-0600 1700-2330, 15449.96 and 17735.24 0600-1700). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12- 13)

TURKMENISTAN 5015 R Asgabat 2105 really surprised to hear this one this early in the evening. Usual string-instrument jamming, but also some pop-flavored tunes as well. Pretty good signal, too. (Novello via Cumbre Dx, Nov 9)

UKRAINE Ukraine 6030 and 7150 operational now. I don't remember definitely, whether or not I checked the bands in the preceding night, but if so, RUI Kiev operated at Nov 19 for the first time in the current B98 season it's evening sce for NoAM; noted at 2340 on both 6030 and 7150 with identical signal behaviour. RRT used to operate the txions towards NoAM from the Nikolayev-Kopani ("Simferopol") stn, and I think, both 7150 and 6030 originates from there, instead 9785 is operational from Lvov-Krasne, especially as it skips over eastern Germany; furthermore I assume 6030 (which is registered for 0300- 0800 range only) to be in use instead of originally scheduled 5915 for some reason. This would also fit to my conjecture, that Kopani was once again off air in the last weeks, as 9785 and 21510 was on air all the time. Maybe Lvov-Krasne has antennas for all wanted azimuths, while the Kopani antenna farm mainly consists on the large 8/8 beasts (this must be really impressive installations, considering the Nauen KWZ curtains, which are 4/8 "only") with beams around 310 degr and terribly mismatched feeder lines, resulting in the infamous mixing products.

As to expect and scheduled, at 0000 the RUI output was splitted into two separate networks; 6030 and 7150 carried Ukr programming, while the "European" freqs (4820, 7205 etc.) had the Ge bc instead. 6030 is in 2330-0030 range a awful clash with IRIB Teheran Fr sce (Kamalabad 500 kW for EUR). (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 20)

RUI Kiev's En sce at 1200-1300 noted on Nikolayev-SMF 9870 to NoAM 309 degr, and Lvov 21510 to AUS/OCE at 96 degr, both 1000 kW. Registered 1100-1800 / 0700-1300. Acc to an insider information, RUI was aware that no funds for main power service towards high power stn Nikolayev tx site could be provided yet. So the authorities planned to use Kiev tx for the NoAM sce instead, on 9870, 6030, and 7150. Which tx site is now in use couldn't determined yet. (WB, Nov 21/22)

RUI tx Kiev 11825 0600-1500 Zones 20 and 30, 100 kW, 74 degrees produced this morning some spurious signals in the 25 mb. Strong buzz every 42.5 kHz like a garden fense on 11783, 11741, 11700, 11658, 11616 kHz, and 11868, 11910, 11952, 11994 kHz. (WB, Nov 22)

UK The Isle of Man International Bcing Company Limited, (IoMIBC), one of three bidders for the high-powered LW licence on the island, has launched a website. If successful, the company plans to relay its progrs worldwide on SW and satellite. To learn more, go to http://www.longwaveradio.com/ or send an e-mail to [email protected] (Andrew Sennitt-UK in DXW, Nov 8)

USA WJFP versus WJFP. Today 20 Nov, I heard from 1530 onwards WJFP on 25910 with a relig progr "The Voice of Deliverance Ministry". SINPO 24333. They announced also an addr: 2806 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce, FL, U.S.A. A Zip-code was not given. Furthermore they announced the following freqs: 91.1 & 107.1 MHz.

Strange is that on 22 Oct I head also a WJFP-stn on 26470 at 1558. The ID was then: WJFP, Jam Radio, Palm Beach, Florida and "counting down your most requested jam on your stn, you're listening to WJFP.

Question is now: are these two different stns or is this the same stn with different progr formats under the same call letters. After all it's a strange situation. (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Nov 20)

25910 WJFP Fort Pierce, FL 1523-1600 with Gospel progr in En and several IDs, FM feeder; quite good at times, but heavy fading (Kuhl Nov 15)

25910 WJFT(?)1850 somewhere in Florida, mentioned Palm Beach, another US FMing here and presumably some linking facility. Others heard on 25870, 25950 & 26470. (Ormandy via Cumbre Dx, Nov 12) Same as WJFP or another one?

Simple its the STL for WJPF and it's an "amatuerish" operation as are some non- commercial Fms ... 107.1 is translator in Mangonia Park FL. (Kenneth R Simon, [email protected] Nov 20)

WLW noted from Cincinnati OH, U.S.A. on 26450 from 1535 phone-in progr about 'prosecution'. 'The Jerry Bergman show'. ID's like '700 WLW' and 'Your official weather stn, 700 WLW'. Address? (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Nov 21)

On 23.2.1991 noted WLW 26450 and QSLed, verie Signer Al Kenyon, Chief Engineer. Address 1111 St. Gregory Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, U.S.A. Txt 75 Watt. (Martin Elbe-D, Nov 21)

Cuban official protests US radio, TV "attacks". Cuban alternate representative to the UNs, has protested against US radio and tv attacks against his country that openly promote subversive, terrorist and violent actions. During UN debates on matters related to the nx media, Dauza said that 1,953 weekly hrs of radio txions are bc through 26 different radio and tv freqs, some of which are supported and financed by the US govt. Dausa added that those txions violate internat laws and regulations of the Internat Freq Registration Board of the ITU. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 20)

FCC raids closes four SW pirate stns. FCC offices performed on-site visits to the unauthorized stns. The unauthorized stns were located in Tewksbury, Massachusetts; Glendale Heights, Illinois; Katy, Texas; and Sierra Madre, California. The subjects, whose names are being withheld pending further official action, were all operating on the freq of 6955 in the SW band. Under the Communications Act, violators may be subject to penalties up to 11,000 dollars and the equipment used is subject to seizure and forfeiture by court order. Unlicensed operators also could be subject to criminal fines of up to 100,000 dollars and/or imprisonment for up to one year, or both, for a first time offence. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 20)

UZBEKISTAN Vatican Radio via Tashkent 100 kW 130 degr 1450-1610 11695 replaced by 9875. (Klaus Lieberwirth-D, Nov 17)

IBC since a week is on 7460 0000-0100 UTC. The audio sound like CIS. DTK definitely refused to go out of band and so they were on 7150 with RL on 7155. Also it maybe that German Govt refused to give them airtime after the controvesy. (Victor A. Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UAX, Nov 19)

YEMEN 9780.3v YRTC Sana'a noted again bcing later than 2130 UTC, WRTH '98 listed s- off time 2130. (WB, Nov 21)

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Thank you for your interest, and best wishes for the main listening season! 73 es best DX, Joerg Klingenfuss

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Many radio stns now have web sites available on the worldwide Internet computer network, and more appear each week. Approx 1,900 of those radio stns, 900 in the USA, 450 in EUR and 500 in the rest of the world, have chosen to utilize a system of audio delivery via the world wide web. This resource is greater than the number of radio stns that can be heard on any conventional AM/FM/SW or digital radio anywhere in the world.

The web radio sources use a number of txion formats. The majority use Real Network's RealAudio or Microsoft's NetShow, and a few use StreamWorks and other systems. The latest Windows Media Player by Microsoft can play both RealAudio and NetShow audio streams.

Sound quality via the Internet varies considerably, as does the received volume. Many stns are interrupted or distorted when Internet traffic is high, but quality has improved.

Radio Australia (RA), an ext radio sce which uses the web to offset cuts to its SW sce, has upgraded its live Internet sce five-fold to allow 1,000 simultaneous listeners.

The quickest way to find such a source now is to use a so-called "portal" site. These are stepping stones or lists of links to a host of radio stns around the world. They are easy to browse or search and are usually categorized by region, country or type:

"Live Radio on the Internet" http://www.frodo.u-net.com/radio.htm - lists most radio stns and is well maintained. http://www.broadcast.com/radio/ - "broadcast.com" hosts many radio stns on its own servers. http://www.web-radio.com - "BRS Radio Web" lists 1,700 radio stns by format, call-sign and country. Internet radio has grown from nothing to 1,900 sources in just four years, and seems set to continue and improve. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 20)

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This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. e-mail [email protected] vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - e-mail [email protected]

BC-DX 395 01 Dec 1998 ______

AFGHANISTAN 4782v V.O.Shariah 1430-1745, 34232, 1430-1700 Pushtu,1700-1730 En, 1730- 1745 Dari. Tlk and Afg mx (folk-instruments ensemble). ID at 1430/1445/1500 as "Da Afghanistan, Kabul. Bis Shariah" in Pushtu, 1700/1715 as "This is Voice of Shariah, broadcasting from Kabul" in En, 1730 as "Inja Afghanistan, Kabul. Seda-ye Shariah." in Dari. Signal is a bit strong, but very low-modulation, and freq drifted. (Hasebe Nov 22, Japan Premium via Iwata via Cumbre Dx)

Taleban radio retimes evening bc. Radio Voice of Shari'ah announced that with effect from 23rd Nov the evening bc of its first channel would be on the air from 1130-1630. The radio is currently heard on 1107 MW and on SW freqs 7200 and 4775. (both variable plus or minus 5 kHz). (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 27)

VoSharia in Pashtu/Dari at 1630 tune in past 1700. ID at 1645 with something like theme mx "Inja Swathal Sharia min ... Afghania ... Kabul" fair to poor with some Amateur radio QRM. Also heard around 1300, 1500. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 27)

ALGERIA UNID 6802.55, quite a mystery signal: Hrd stn testing with prgms in Ar 1530- 2300. Strong signal most of the time, but distorted audio. Time pips and ID on most hrs, but still did not manage to find out who they were. Also extensive nx bltns with world nx. No //found on the known Ar SW channels. It clearly was a relay of a dom sce, not a clandestine. Several times they left the air for half an hour or so before coming back. Only hrd on Nov 26, nothing on Nov 27.

6802.55, Rdif. Algerienne, 2100 Nov 29 with time pips and stn ID, short bltn of nx, into phone-in prgm, mostly in Ar with some Fr lang segments; very good modulation today, and very strong; //981 Algiers with Channel 1 prgm. So, nothing really special. (Harald Kuhl-D, Nov 29)

6802.6, 2250 Nov 28, Ar light-pop mx, strong signal to 2300; 3+1 pips on the hr, guitar flourish, a few words by woman, then by man; and carrier drop. RA sample at ftp://itre.ncsu.edu/pub/radio/samples/6802.6-2300.rm (Novello-NC, via NU, Nov 29)

6802.61 Hrd at 2045 Nov 29; it is RTA-Algiers relay on SW, //prgm on MW Algiers-891 and Les Trembles-549. Prgm in mixed "guttural" Ar, typical for Algeria and Morocco region, and 10% Fr; but until 2100 only, time pips were a little bit late compared to Deutschlandfunk Cologne- 549. Algiers' five pips ended at 2100:19 UTC. Progr network has changed, and from 2105 it is //Algiers-981. (WB-D, via NU, Nov 29)

AUSTRALIA 11660 R Australia fair to poor in En splatter from FEBC Divehi Service 1630 onwards //9660. What a tragedy it is that Radio Australia is so low down in strength and coverage. It is now harder to find RA on a communications digital table top with a good antenna, that when we were schoolboy dxers on almost broken down domestic rxs with some wire as antennas. Is Australia so down and out that they can't afford to run those Darwin txs when even INS with all its troubles can keep their 250 kW txs on the air? I guess what is bankrupt may not be the country but its politicians who have the mentality of a third world banana republic? (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 27)

AZERBAIJAN [NAGORNO-KARABAKH] 9677.7, Xanandi (Stepanakert), still with a barely readable "FMing" signal, regularly observed on Wed & Sat at *0600-0630*. But this time (Mon, Nov 23), it was hrd at arnd 0736-0755 (I guess *0730-0800*). SINPO 32431, heavy splash from R. Liberty-9680. (Titarev-UKR, Nov 25)

BANGLADESH Radio Bangladesh at 1530 En nx on 4880 //15520v. Last freq season 15520 was used by BBC for SoAS and it swamped BGD. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 27)

BELARUS Current Radio Minsk schedule: 0200-0400 and 2000-2200 1170, 7105 and 7210. En sce: Mon 0300; Tue 2030 and 2130; Wed 0300; Thu 2030, 2130; Fri 0300; Sat 0300; Sun 0300. Editor: Irina Polozhenseva, phone +375 172 39 58 31.

Ge sce: Wed 2030, 2130; Thu 0300; Sat 2030, 2130; Sun 0330, 2030, 2130. phone: +375 172 39 58 75. Addr: ul. Krasnaya 4, 220807 Minsk, Belarus; or if you prefer the Belorussian street name (it does in fact no matter, which version one uses): vul. Chyrvonaya 4. Fax: +375 172 36 66 43. URL: http://www.nestor.minsk.by (Radio Minsk via Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 22)

Here is a tent current schedule of USB txions: 1500-0600 2338, 3346; 0600-1500 5256; 1300-1500 4855 (mostly with Radio Mayak or Belorussian Radio 1st px relays). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 12-13)

4855 Radio Mayak relay 1430-1505* In USB: nx, vocal mx in Ru, but also Joe Cocker's 'You are so beautiful'. Missed the the .20 and .40 interval signal. Off at 1505 and at that moment parallel to 3345, another relay in USB which continued after 4855 closed down. Also // 1566 kHz. Strong signal. (Piet Pijpers-HOL, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 20)

CANADA 6130 CHNX 2010-2025 Oldies mx. ID, local weather forecast and traffic report. Ad for satellite tv. Fair. (Kohlbrenner, via NU, Nov 24)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP R. Minurca, BBCM recently rptd the R Minurca sked to be 24 hrs on 9900, plus 0600-1600 on 9500 and 1600-0600 on 5900. 9500 and 5900 are runing from a very low power tx - 100 watts or so - whereas 9900 is "about 12 (?) kw".

A further inquiry to R. Minurca brought this response [Nov 27]: "We began b/cing on 9500 and 5900 last week in order to cover some parts of the CAR which fell within the skip of 9900. In fact, 9900 has been off the air for almost a week now; we've had problems with it, and are currently working on another system which should allow us to return to 9900 before the end of the day (Fri). We also began bcing on 100.8 FM in Bambari this week. Bambari is 250 kms NE of Bangui. We completed the satellite link yesterday." (via Numero Uno, Nov 28)

Radio Minurca is operated by the UN Mission in the CAR. It was established to provide information to the public in the runup to legislative elections in the country, due in early 1999. Radio Minurca began bcing in Aug 1998, initially on FM only. SW txions began in Nov 1998. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 27)

CHILE 11744.55 Voz Cristiana, 2152-2202 Nov 23, man in Sp ment. many city and country names in LA. Light instr. mx, ID and freq given at 2200. Poor. (Kohlbrenner-PA, via NU, Nov 29)

CIS 5945, Democratic V of Burma: is using 5945 in addition to 7490. 1245-1345 with 15330 remaining from DTK Juelich. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 24)

Last night Nov 26th, I camed across the new 7460 outlet of IBC Tamil (0000-0100), which was recently discovered by Victor Goonetilleke. It was *booming* in here, contrary to //7150 from Juelich, which was only audible due to odd propagational conditions, resulting in a unusual weak signal from Kopani-UKR (I would expect this co-channel outlet to be a problem also with it's back lobe radiation inside the IBC target).

The 7460 audio was an (additional) satellite hop behind 7150 and not only of the typical CIS-style but also with a badly adjusted gating, reminding me to some Russian outlets. At this time 7390 from Samara was extremely strong, so 7460 could originate from there, but that is only a vague conjecture; anyway, this is undoubtly a transmitter in the CIS.

By the way, the programming, which I heard during 20 minutes of monitoring, was of a dreadfully dull and listener-hostile style: It consisted on nothing but endless speech by alternating a men and a woman. It's for me hard to believe, that former BBC employees should be such bunglers without any sense for lively radio broadcasts. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 26)

CONGO Dem. Rep. Radio Bunia in rebel hands?? 5066.3 doing well with lots of African High Life Mx. Very little talk. 1558 and went past 1600 without any annt. 1700+ improving. Reception good if not for strong Malaysia CW ute on 5064. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 22)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Bata on 5003.4 fair signal at 1715 after Nepal s-off 5005. African Signals: Dec is always a good month for African signals in SoAS. Good reception of 5009.5 Madagascar at 1800. 5025.9 Uganda. 5035 CAf Republic, 5047 Togo, 5050 Dar es Salaam, Ghana 4915 are some of the better sigs here. Nirobi is again off the 4935 SW freq. Lusaka 6265 strong signals at 1700. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 22)

ERITREA VOBME's sce in Ar, Afar, Amharic, Bilen, Saho and Oromifa, is on the air at various times between 0330 and 1800 on 7175 and 837. This is observed with nice signals with their Tuning Signal at 1658 on 7175. VOBME's sce in Tigrigna, Tigre and Kunama, which is on the air at various times between 0330 and 1830, is now heard on 7100. Reception is quite god at 1700 and even earlier at 1500// 6190 is weak and strong splatter from powerhouse BBC 6195. 7100 replaces 7085 much to the delight of radio amateurs in region 3, like us in SoAS ! (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 22)

ETHIOPIA Strong Fr sce at 1700 on 7165, //9560 both very strong. One remembers Radio Voice of The Gospel in the 60ies which used these txs. I wonder whether the Ethiopian Govt ever paid any compensation. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 22)

GEORGIA Radio Georgia heard in En 0830-0838 on 11910. (C.Vanoudheusden-HOL, Nov 29)

GERMANY/ETHIOPIA Rainbow Radio Organization: GRAPECA / RAGPEHA, addr: P.O.Box 140104, D-53056 Bonn, Germany. lang: Amharic, ID in Amh: Kestedamena rediyo ye selamena yewendimamach dimtse, 1000-1100 Sun 5910. (Schoech-CRW, Nov 15)

GUIANA French 9730 French Guiana, CRI relay Montsinery, with World nx at 0407 with item about scientists warning about solar storms peaking in the year 2000 and their effect on satellites. (David Ross-CAN, Nov 9)

INDONESIA 15150.02, V.O.INS, 1958, Soft island mx, then woman with simple En ID "This is the Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta", Gamelan mx bridge, another ID with beams and then RCI popped on and wiped them out. Pretty decent before RCI. (Dave Valko-USA, Nov 21)

9525 V.O.Indonesia, Cimanggis. SCI and "Warta Berita" from RRI Jakarta was heard on faint audio with the strong carrier of VoINS after ending Jpn progr at 1159. The signal from RRI Jakarta may be mixed up to the signal from VoINS at the tx site for some reason. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Nov 22)

11860 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. 1300 s-off, afterwards only 11760 was heard. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Nov 21)

9630v, RRI-Jakarta, 1302-1340 Nov 28, strong, but slowly drifting from 9630.04 up to 9630.07, then down to 9629.95. Tuned in to nx by man till 1304, orch. piece, male ancr and light Indo pop vocals. "R. Republik Indonesia, Programa Nasional . . . R. Republik Indonesia, Jakarta . . ." by man at 1321. Didn't get here in time to see if //15124.97 //15150.03. (Krueger-FL, via NU, Nov 29)

15124.97 & 15150.03, RRI-Jakarta, 1255-1258* Nov 28, in //here today, tune-in to En C&W song, SCI once before both txs abruptly cut. 15124.97 very good, but co-channel unid. Ar, 15150.03 clear and strong. (Krueger-FL, via NU, Nov 29)

IRAN/IRAQ/KUWAIT "Powerful" new tx in use in western IRN. A powerful radio tx, named 'Seyyed al-Shohada' [Lord of Martyrs], has been inaugurated in Kermanshah Province [western IRN, bordering Iraq]. This 750 kW radio tx will relay progrs of the Voice of the Islamic Rep of Iran on MW, 720 metres [as heard, should be 211 metres], corresponding to a freq of 1422 kHz. This powerful tx will cover most areas of Kordestan, Ilam, Hamedan, Zanjan, Qazvin, Lorestan, Khuzestan and Central Provinces as well as some regions outside the country [these provinces stretch from the NoWe of IRN, bordering Turkey, down to the SoWe of IRN, bordering IRQ and close to the Persian Gulf]. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 27)

PKK radio observed. The Kurdistan Workers'Party (PKK) radio stn, Voice of Independent Kurdistan, was observed on 6205 from 17th-22nd Nov at 1400-1600. Programming was in Tu and Kurdish. The bc was untraced on 23rd Nov. (The PKK radio stn has been observed intermittently since 1993.) (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 27)

1224 UNID stn in Persian [most likely Nasiriya-IRQ], jammed by IRN til 2000 noted in Bulgaria, Oct 6. 1548 jamming against MW VoA Kuwait outlet in Persian, 1700-1900, Oct 31. 1566 jamming against clandestine** stn [bcasting from US Kuwait tx site], at 1725 and 2050, Oct 13/31. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, in BrDXC Communication, Nov 28)

** Voice of the Brave Armed Forces, organization: Iraqi National Accord Addr: P.O.Box 3124, London SW19 1RL, UK e-mail: [email protected] Langs Ar & Kurdish. ID in Ar 'Sawt al-quwwat al Musallah al-basilah' 0200-0300+ 1566 kHz (K.Honzik-Czech Republic via HCDX) 2329-2335+ 1560 kHz (B.Fransson-Sweden Oct 24 for CRW)

The US is currently tied to three clandestines for sure: Radio Free Iraq, The Future, and Voice of the Brave Armed Forces. The Future and Voice of the Brave Armed Forces, according to various media reports and confirmed by CRW sources within the Iraqi opposition, operate from a CIA tx in Kuwait. The sources also tell CRW that the tx is a 50 kW Harris model and is housed within the [IBB]VoA facility. It was first used to bc progrs for the Iraqi National Congress (INC), which received covert funding between 1992 and 1995. The Iraqi National Accord claims responsibility for The Future, and while sources within the INC say that the group is also behind Voice of the Brave Armed Forces, Accord representatives deny any involvement with that stn.

Listeners in EUR and EaNoAM can try to hear The Future (Arabic: Huna al-Mustaqbal) and Voice of the Brave Armed Forces (Ar: Sawt al-quwwat al Musallah al-basilah) between 1557-1584v kHz around 0200-0300. (via CRW Nov 12)

21810 VoIRI Tehran's Hausa sce booming in here on 13 mb, around 0545-0630. (WB, Nov 29)

VoIRI Tehran address in Germany: Junkerstr. 15, D-53173 Bonn, Germany. (Klaus Koehler-D, Nov 29)

IRAQ 9755 Radio Rep. of Iraq, 0545 Nov 25, strong, S9+40, at 0555 a woman talking in Ar, into Arab singing, 0600 TC, ID, man with nx. Huge signal, but just fair modulation, and 9760-BBC Ukr splash. SINPO 53543. Not found at 0640 (Cairo is there as always, a bit up of channel). (Titarev-UKR via NU, Nov 29)

7159.86, Rep. of Iraq Radio, 0731 Nov 25, M&W talking in Ar, into Arab singing. Weak, hardly readable (low modulation, distorted). (Titarev-UKR via NU, Nov 29)

MEXICO From Ivan Lopez Alegria, who is a Mexican DX-er and living in Tepic (Nayarit) Mexico, I received the following information: Again a new e-mail for another Mexican SW stn , Radio Educacion. I sent a pair of mails this week to this address and there's no reply till this moment, but I think the address is correct, cause the mails didn't get back to me. Here it is: [email protected] For those who are interested to correspond with Ivan Lopez Alegria, his e-mail address is: [email protected] (Volker Willschrey-D, Nov 29)

MONGOLIA V of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar. This schedule is based on monitoring observations and information from the stn.

0830-0900 Ru As 12015 0900-0930 Jpn As 12085 0930-1000 Mon As 12085 990 1000-1030 Ch As 12085 990 1030-1100 Jpn As 12085 1130-1200 Mon As 12085 990 1200-1230 Ch As 12085 990 1230-1300 En Au 12085 1300-1330 Ru As 12015 1330-1400 Jpn As 12085 1400-1430 Ch As 12085 11790 1500-1530 En As 12085 11790 2000-2030 Ru Eu 12085 11790 2030-2100 En Eu 12085 11790

Addr: Voice of Mongolia, P.O.Box 365, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia. Tel: +976-1-327900 or 321624 Fax: +976-1-327234 URL: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/mrtv/index.html e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 27)

NEW ZEALAND RNZI's freq schedule eff from 30 Nov 1998. *We have one change to our schedule. 30 Nov 1998 - 21 Mar 1999 Mon-Fri 1650-1951 11675 *change Sat&Sun 1855-1958. Sun-Thu 1952-0705 17675 Fri-Sat 1959-0705. Mon-Fri 0706-1015 9700 Sat & Sun 0706-1015. OFF-AIR 1015-1650

Occasional Use for Sporting Bcs 1015-1205 9700; 1206-1650 6105

RNZI's nx from NZL and the PAC can be heard via The World Radio Network (www.wrn.org) at these times: WRN1 EUR 0900&1500 Sat; TWRN1 NoAM 1800 Sat; WRN1 AF/AS 0000,0500,1930 Sun. RNZI's WRN progr is also available from the WRN Sound Store as a RealAudio file. Checkout the RNZI Live Audio for topical Pacific New Bulletins available at http://www.rnzi.com

Adrian Sainsbury, Freq Manager Radio NZL Internat, P.O.Box 123 Wellington, NEW ZEALAND e-mail [email protected] http://www.rnzi.com Fax: +64 4 474 1433 OR +64 4 474 1886 phone +64 4 474 1437 (RNZL Internat, via Frank Kreuzinger-D, Nov 25)

NORWAY DX-Listeners' Club in Norway (see their website at http://www.dxlc.com/) informs us that Norkring (the Norwegian counterpart of organisations such as Teracom and Deutsche Telekom) is currently building a new AM-site to replace Bodoe on 675. This is placed where the DECCA stn on 127.1 used to be, Roest (one of the remote Lofoten islands west of Bodoe). The former DECCA-building will be used, but the antennas need to be modified. Output will be 10 kW, but will be capable of running 20 kW, expected to be used with digital AM. This stn may be operational as soon as Summer 1999.

In addition, DX-Listeners' Club reports that is continued interest in improving existing MW facilities of NRK to serve the important Norwegian fishing fleet. Also, applications have been made to commercially use several of the allocated Norwegian LW and MW freqs, either for national or regional/local use. (via DXW, Nov 25)

PAKISTAN Urdu ME sce of R Pakistan at 0500-0700 well heard on all three channels: 11725.08 15175.04 and best signal on 17555.21. Phone in progr and fine PAK local mx. (WB, Nov 29)

PHILIPPINES UNID Weak stn noted around *0100-0310* on 20, 21 Nov around 9614.5 Low modulation level made it hard to hear much, but possibly a SoASian, causing strong heterodyne on LSB of DW Bengali/En 9615 0100-0150, 0200-0250. (Alan Davies, via Cumbre Dx, no date)

[DZRM Quezon City is listed on 9616 (yes, 9616 !) for B98 in the ITU's Tentative HF Broadc Schedule, with 3 kW, 2100-1500, non-directional. EDXP]

PORTUGAL On Nov 25th, DW and Portuguese ICP- Institute Communication Portugal prolongated the Sines relay stn contract for the coming 15 years til July 2014. Txion target of Sines relay is SoWeEUR, No/WeAF as well as NoAM sce during our night. This stn is also attractive for interested bcasters, to exchange bc time on SW. Sines is used for RCI progr relays towards RUS, UKR and ME. Recent negotiations with VoRUS are under way, but no agreement signed yet. The 28 years old DW relay site will be modernized at a level of 14 Mill German Marks. Three old 250 kW Marconi tx units will be replaced by most modern cost and electricity saving tx type, which will allow automated procedures and digital mode transmissions. Six antiquate log-per and curtain arrays will be replaced by another [third] revolving curtain antenna. DW digital mode txions on SW Sines will start in 2001. Frequency usage will then be optimized and flexible, saving cost of 1.8 Mill German Marks are estimated per year.

[DW Sines relay site built up by late Gustav-Georg Thiele* in 1969-1970, opened on Jun 3rd, 1970. The Marconi units were originally intended for the planned DW El Salvador relay site, which should be erected in 1967-1968, but never realized due to lack of permission by the local authorities. [[ *Gustav-G. Thiele, ham radio call DL1ZK, Cologne, was DX Editor of DW in the sixties.]]

In July 1966 DW chief Dr. Wesemann signed a contract in El Salvador to erect 3 x 250 kW SW txs and a 500 kW MW tx, the DW budget 1968 noted 3.45 Mill. German Marks for the El Salvador relay. At that time DW also planned to set up a relay station in Thailand.

The Marconi txs redirected then to Portugal relay site, and DW joined the common Antigua / Montserrat relay project together with the BBC in the seventies. ed]

Zukunft der DW-Relaisstation Sines gesichert. Lizenzverlaengerung um 15 Jahre - Weg frei fuer Modernisierung der Sendeanlagen.

Programme von Deutsche Welle radio werden auch in den kommenden 15 Jahren ueber die Relaisstation Sines in Portugal verbreitet. Dies sieht ein Vertrag des deutschen Auslandsrundfunks mit dem Instituto da Comunicacao Portugal (ICP) vor, den der Technische Direktor der DW, Dr. Hans-Dieter Godtmann, am 25. November 1998 in Lissabon unterzeichnet hat. Danach wird die im Juli 1999 auslaufende Sendelizenz bis zum Juli 2014 verlaengert.

Dr. Godtmann: "Im zukuenftigen Kurzwellen-Ausstrahlungskonzept der Deutschen Welle geniesst der Betrieb dieser Sendestation eine hohe Prioritaet." Von Sines aus stelle die DW die Kurzwellenversorgung fuer Suedosteuropa sowie Nord- und Westafrika mit hervorragenden Ergebnissen sicher. Im uebrigen sei die Station "attraktiv fuer den immer wichtiger werdenden Sendezeitentausch". Bisher strahle die DW von Sines aus bereits Programme von Radio Canada International (RCI) aus. Im Gegenzug erhalte die DW Sendezeiten auf der RCI-Station in Sackville, Kanada. Ueber einen Sendezeitentausch mit Radio Stimme Russlands werde derzeit verhandelt.

Dr. Godtmann erklaerte, mit der Unterzeichnung werde auch der Weg frei fuer die Modernisierung der ueber 28 Jahre alten Sendeanlagen. Die Kosten hierfuer beliefen sich auf voraussichtlich 14 Millionen DM. Vorgesehen sei, in den naechsten zwei Jahren die alten 250 kW-Sender durch neue, energiesparende, automatisierbare und digitalfaehige Sendeanlagen auszutauschen, den Ablauf des Sendebetriebs zu automatisieren und sechs alte, unwirtschaftliche Vorhangantennen durch eine dritte Drehstandantenne zu ersetzen. Digitale Kurzwellenausstrahlungen der Programme von DW-radio sollen im Jahr 2001 beginnen. Das neue Anlagenkonzept, so der Technische Direktor der DW, ermoegliche "einen optimalen und flexibleren Frequenzeinsatz" und werde zu jaehrlichen Einsparungen von etwa 1,8 Millionen DM fuehren. (DW, Steffen Heinze via Walter Eibl-D, Nov 25)

RAMADAN About the start of Ramadhan, acc to the Islamic calendar, it should be started at Dec 20th, 1998 on Sunday. However, the date is only calendar calculation. The real date of beginning Ramadhan has also to watch / to see the moon, and the statement of the beginning Ramadhan can only be stated by the Islamic leaders. The beginning of Ramadhan is not always same for every country. It is according to whether the moon can be seen or not. (Akbar Indra Gunawan-INS, in Jembatan, Nov 29)

RUSSIA SW 25/10/98 - 06/03/99 Radiostn R Rossii in Ru 5895 1630-2200 100 325 degr Krasnodar 5910 0200-0500 100 003 degr Moscow 5910 1530-2200 100 003 degr Moscow 6045 1930-2200 250 263 degr Moscow 6060 1530-2200 100 240 degr Moscow 6110 0200-0600 100 240 degr Moscow 6115 0200-0500 250 310 degr Moscow 6125 0200-0500 100 130 degr Samara 6125 1230-2200 100 130 degr Samara

7145 1430-1600 100 105 degr Krasnodar 7220 2200-1800 200 050 degr Ekaterinbg 7250 0530-1500 100 003 degr Moscow 7335 0200-0700 400 147 degr S.P. 7340 1430-2200 400 147 degr S.P. 7350 1730-2200 250 310 degr Moscow 7365 0200-0500 100 105 degr Krasnodar 7380 0200-0500 250 263 degr Moscow 7390 2000-2300 100 063 degr Irkutsk 7440 0730-1600 100 063 degr Irkutsk

9700 2330-0700 100 063 degr Irkutsk 9720 0630-1500 100 240 degr Moscow 9860 0530-0800 250 310 degr Moscow 11990 0530-1200 100 130 degr Samara 12005 0930-1400 100 105 degr Krasnodar 12045 0730-1400 400 147 degr S.P. 12060 0530-0800 250 263 degr Moscow 12060 1530-1900 250 263 degr Moscow 12065 0530-0900 100 105 degr Krasnodar 13705 0830-1700 250 310 degr Moscow 17600 0830-1500 250 263 degr Moscow

Radiostn "MAYAK" in Ru 5900 0300-0500 120 190 degr Saransk 5900 1230-1700 020 022 degr Krasnoyarsk 5930 1830-2300 020 ND Arkhangelsk 5950 0300-0600 020 ND Arkhangelsk 5990 1530-1800 020 ND Arkhangelsk 5990 1830-2000 200 147 degr S.P. 6015 1400-2200 120 083/118 degr Kaliningrad 6020 0730-1500 100 040 degr Komsomolsk-na-Amure 6020 1900-2200 100 040 degr Komsomolsk-na-Amure 6035 1330-2200 120 190 degr Saransk 6045 1430-1800 200 147 degr S.P.

7310 0630-1500 020 195 degr Arkhangelsk 7330 0300-1600 005 ND Arkhangelsk 7400 0300-0700 200 147 degr S.P. 7440 0300-0600 200 147 degr S.P. 9470 0530-1300 120 190 degr Saransk 9500 2300-1200 020 022 degr Krasnoyarsk 9670 2230-0700 100 040 degr Komsomolsk-na-Amure 11630 0630-1000 200 147 degr S.P. 11785 1030-1400 200 147 degr S.P. 11985 0730-1400 200 147 degr S.P. 15215 1630-2300 005 ND Arkhangelsk (Nikolai Rudnev, Belgorodskaya oblast, via RUS-Dx Anatoly Klepov, Nov 22)

[ABKHAZIA] 9489.75, R. Sotchi (Sotchi, Krasnodarsky Kray), observed for the first time on SW today, Nov 25, using Sukhumi tx. At 0441, Sukhumi faded in (from barely audible at 0435 to S9+25, strong and clear, at 0441), carrying R. Rep Abkhaziya (man talking in Abkhaz, 0444:50 woman with final few words in Abkhaz, and traditional, very short "pip" marking the end of progr from the Sukhumi studio). After a few seconds pause, YL gave the anmt in Ru, "V efire R. Sotchi." Local nx, but first a recorded interview with Galina Starovoytova (the Russian politician who was shot dead a few days ago). From 0500, R. Rossii was on this channel until 0700, when tx went off. I could hear Sotchi before on FM only, and seemingly a few times on MW (via Krasnodar powerhouse); at least I can't recall picking them up on any SW freq. Krasnodarskoye Radio also appeared a few times in recent weeks on this channel, before 0500 (then RS); but this is not new (I've mentioned Krasnodar via Sukhumi many times in the 1990s). The quality of the audio hints at phone lines being used to deliver the signal from Sotchi to the tx. (Titarev-UKR, Nov 25)

VoVTN Hanoi in Fr 1930-2000 on Moscow relay 7440 240 degr. (C. Vanoudheusden-HOL, Nov 29)

6205 VoR is noted here with progrs in Ch, 14.00+, powerhouse up to 40db, new freq or just a switching error? This freq is not listed in VoR schedule. //7135, 7205. (Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Nov 27)

1170 IBRA R in Ar at 1700[summer] and CRI Beijing in Turkish at 1930, both via Tbilisskoye Krasnodar Caucasus relay. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, in BrDXC Communication, Nov 28)

Schedule for MW Krasnodar 1089 kHz tx. VoR's "DX Club" web site has given the following schedule for bcs via the 1200 kW MW tx in Krasnodar on 1089 (at other times the tx carries Radio Russia from Moscow).

Progrs of GTRK Kuban [Volga tributary running through the Krasnodar region] Mon-Sat 0400-0500 1500-1600, Tue-Fri 0800-0810, Sat-Sun 0710-0800, Suns only 0510-0600 0810- 0900. Adygey Republic radio Mon-Sat 0510-0600 1310-1400, Mon, Fri 1800-1910, Thur-Sat 1010- 1100. Kabardino-Balkar radio Tue-Thur 1830-1900.

Radio Islamskaya Volna [Islamic Wave] (from Moscow) Tue, Fri 1610-1700. Radio Aleks (from Moscow) Thur 1700-1800. Foreign-lange progrs of the VoR Mon-Fri 1700-1800 Mon, Sun 1600-1700 Sat, Sun 1800-1900. Sometimes 1900-2100. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 27)

SAUDI ARABIA 9553.55, BSKSA, 0426-0440 Nov 25, noted here with Holy Koran. Poor signal, clobbered by France-9550. //9718.3 slightly better. (Kohlbrenner-PA, via NU, Nov 29)

SOUTH AFRICA 11540 Radio Kudirat, via Meyerton-RSA with nx items about Nigeria at 1947 and ID by woman at 1948. Progr "Week In Review" with items affecting NIG this past week followed. Instrumental musical selection followed. (David Ross-CAN, Nov 8)

Morning sce of Channel Africa towards AGL & WeAF in En 0500 + 0600, Por 0530 + 0630-0655 on 15215 well heard here in EUR. (WB, Nov 29)

SRI LANKA [5020, 6185] SLBC Tamil sce SW freq which has been off for about 6 months at least is reactivated since Nov 26th. Excellent here 2300-0230 and 1000-1800 //558 MW and FM. CLANDESTINE - Radio TV reports say the Tamil Tigers LTTE has started a Sinhala lang bc of their VOTiger. No freqs or times mentioned. Maybe only FM in the North. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 27)

SUDAN at 0300 s-on with wobbly take ID. Also again at 1830 good signals 9200. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 22)

TAIWAN/AUSTRALIA Radio Australia now has progrs in Ch being relayed by CBS Taiwan. These are non-political progrs and are about AUS. The First of these progrs are due to be bc on Fri UTC this week. QSLs are of course welcomed to Radio Australia to the normal addr. Fris 1130-1200 mx from AUS px 6180, 11840 NoCHN, 927, 3385, 11775 CeCHN, 6085 SoCHN. Suns 1430-1500 Report from AUS px. 1422 for TWN only. 6040 SoCHN, 9630 CeCHN, 7250 NoCHN. (Wright ARDXC, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 28)

THAILAND Alan Davis from Thailand I think made a recent observation that 4830 is very weak and wondered whether this was of any use in the neighbousing countries. Well if you are thinking of Sri Lanka it is provides as good reception as the AIR regs 2200-1600 with a long daytime fade out between 0030 and 1130. The sce on 4830 is not //usually to 7115 and 6070, which are in // and carry a separate progr. Very good reception at 1530- 1600 on Nov 22 on 4830, 6070 and 7115. Meanwhile excellent reception from Radio Thailand ext sce at 0300. 15460 on Nov 21 a very nice progr about the Death Railway over the River Kwai. By the way this famous movie was filmed in Sri Lanka and the site of the river is still a tourist attraction. The original railway between Burma and Thailand is now running and there is a Tourist train once a week from Bangkok. There is also a war cemetery and museum near the bridge. The programme was very nice. Who says SWRadio is only for DXers!! If radio stns produce interesting progrs and have a good signal there will be listeners. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 22)

TIOMAN US based IBB setting up 6 x 500 kW SW txs at present. Originally replaced from Gloria Lisbon RFE site, and moved to Tioman Isl now, in order to boost the voice of Radio Free Asia towards CHN and SoEaAS. First tx will join the air in 2nd week of April, 1999. (UNID contributor)

UKRAINE RUI Kiev schedule time changes: 6020 0800-0700 6030 0000-0700 6085 1900-2300 7150 2300-0700 7285 0800-2000 9610 0800-1500 9870 1200-1800 11825 0800-1600 NoAM sce Nikolayev tx 313/309 degr zones 8,9,27 on 6085, 7150, 7285[to Northern RUS zones 19,20], and 9870, as well as Lvov 6030 303 degr active fr Nov 18th, 1998. (Joerg Sajuk-D, Ukraina DX Monitoring, Nov 23)

7150 Ukraine, RUI with ID by woman then into "Ukranian Diary" progr at 2216. (David Ross-CAN, Nov 22)

4820 RUI Kharkov 100 kW 262 degr 24 hrs, Nov 28, 2210 male spoken progr in En about Trade Unions in UKR, 2213 female anns: "You are listening to Ukrainian Diary", 2215 female spoken ID: "This is Radio Ukraine International ... ". (Klaus Elsebusch-D, Nov 29)

1395 RCI Montreal in Ukr at 1700 via Oktyabarskoe relay. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, in BrDXC Communication, Nov 28) hx 4590 Radio Ukraine-1, 0728 Nov 25, weak/poor, political comments by man. It's surely a 3x1530 harmonic. WRTH98 says 1530 is a 30 kw tx in Zarvantsi village near Vinnitsa, *0327-2300*. (Titarev-UKR, via NU, Nov 29)

UNID 21540 0656 s/on, someone with shocking modulation, time pips audible at 0700 then nx??? language sounds clipped, possibly Asian any ideas? Reminiscent of R Moldova on 7520 at present though it's actually worse than that! (Paul Ormandy via DXW, Nov 25)

UK Save The BBC World Service ! I read some very disturbing nx about future plans for the BBC in the Dec '98 issue of Monitoring Times. It seems that plans are in order to make it more appealing to the MTV crowd through a variety of changes starting sometime next year. I am no "old fogy". I am 32 years old and until very recently had long hair and played in various rock and roll bands. However, BBC should strive to maintain a variety of programming that appeals every one . . . both those wanting regular nx as well as those who want a mix of mx and other features. Their proposed changes are most upsetting to me as I have been a regular listener for 15 years and enjoy many different types of progrs . . . not just those aimed at the under 21 set !

Do you know who I could send a letter to at their London Offices, who would actually read and respond to my letter? I sent an e-mail message about two weeks ago on this same matter, but only received a generic response generated by their computer. I would like to start a petition campaign here in NoAM in the hope of causing the BBC WS management to reconsider some of their plans. (Ronald Stokes Schwartz, University of Wisconsin - Madison-USA, [email protected] Nov 23)

279 LONGWAVE The Isle of Man Communications Commission received three applications for the IoM 279 kHz longwave franchise. The successful applicant is due to be announced in January, 1999. Notable by their absence from the list of applicants is UCB ...

The three groups are Indigo 279 (Radio Seagull Ltd), a consortium incl CLT-Ufa, part owners of Atlantic 252, CEA Broadcast Investments and Comunicorp. Broad based fromat of classic hits, mx from the past four decades and today. They will also benefit Isle of Man businesses and residents.

MusicMan 279 (Isle of Man Internat Broadc Co), group founded by Paul Rusling, who has been lobbying for a LW licence for several years, to set up in Ramsey. It would also use Merlin txs to beam the progr to the USA and AUS/AS.

Radio 279 Long Wave (Manx Broadc Co Ltd), group by former Radio Authority chief Peter Baldwin, easy listening mx format and nx/information. Not formally linked, but there is common financial backing with the Dutch Delta Radio 171 project. (via David Kenny in BrDXC Communication, Nov 28)

Miss Janet Lee, the deputy head of programming and advertising at the Radio Authority, has been suspended from her job following her arrest and questioning by Scotland Yard Flying Squad detectives investigating allegations of bribery and corruption. Ms Lee has been released on police bail until the New Year. Also arrested, questioned and bailed was Dr Avtar Lit, the Chief Executive of Sunrise Radio.

The focus of the police investigation is a two-week holiday Ms Lee took in India in 1966 and who paid for it. Ms Lee was reportedly accompanied on the trip by a director and shareholder of Sunrise Radio. (Ray Woodward in BrDXC Communication, Nov 28)

106 - 107 MHz FM The UK Radio Authority intends to utilise this freq range with a mix of small-scale local stns as well as up to eight new regional licenses. Communication magazine refers to 22 low power 'RSL' stns still launched the airwaves in the 106 ... 107.9 MHz band. (BrDXC Communication, Nov 28)

USA ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO For the benefit of those listeners who missed the first bc of Glenn Hauser's special edition of "World of Radio" 966 on radio stn WBCQ, a repeat bc is planned for early next week. Allan Weiner, manager of "The Planet - WBCQ", states that the additional repeat bc of WOR966 will be at 2200 on Mon Nov 30 on 7415.

This special edition of Glenn Hauser's DX progr, "World of Radio", contains a large segment that was produced by "Wavescan" in the London studios of AWR. The progr is a major presentation of the story of radio bcing in Bhutan with authentic sound inserts as bc originally by Radio NYAB some 25 years ago. RR's to both WBCQ in Maine and AWR in Indianapolis would be most welcomed. (Dr Adrian M. Peterson, DX Editor, Nov 27)

USA/IRN/IRQ VOFree Iraq still unjammed and strong in sigs 1600-1700 on 6130, 9540, 9850 and 11915. Persian also still unjammed on 9685, 11730 and 12025 excellent here. 1600-1700 UTC. Iranians are raising hell over these bcs. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Nov 22) [IRQ isn't powerful enough to set up a jamming service, all SW txs destroyed in the NE war time, ed]

YEMEN 6135 Radio Yemen, Nov 21, 1500-1800, Ar with some ID's tent. as "Izaatul Jumhuriya Yemeniya" - strong signal here at St. Peterburg-RUS. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Nov 23) v9779.80 YRTC Sana'a noted as usual with moderate signals around 0500-0600 in Ar. (WB, Nov 29)

ANDREW TETT has been reading the broadcast industry magazine 'Radio World' which had an interesting article about radio jamming and a new book. "It is claimed that during the Cold War period some 3000 jamming transmitters were operated in the former Soviet Union from over 200 sites using a gross power of 600,000 kW. These figures do not include those installed in the nations of the former Warsaw Pact. For reliable jamming local jamming transmitters were employed in and around cities and regular skywave transmitters were used to cover much greater geographical areas. The method of jamming was often the transmission of a severely distorted sound with a Morse identifier to let the jammers know which transmitter was effecting the most interference. The book was written by a former Minster of Communications for Lithuania, and currently he is a Lithuanian MP. The book is only available from a Lithuanian mailing address at the moment but for more information on the book try the web site address http://www.is.lt/ratekona/2/knygos/jamminge.htm

(Editors note: after http:there are two backslashes and not as shown - amazing what is not on this new word processor.) Andrew finished by telling us that the book is available at US$ 14 95 (plus US$ 2.00 for airmail) from Mr Sigitas Zilionas, P.d. 985, LT-2300 Vilnius, Lithuania. Email: [email protected] (British DX Club Communication Dec 1998)

150. Ausgabe von REFLEXION erschienen !

Als der UKW/TV-Arbeitskreis im Jahre 1976 von Frank Helmbold gegruendet wurde und im Spaetsommer unter dem Titel REFLEXION seinen ersten Saisonbericht vorlegte, glaubte wahrscheinlich niemand daran, dass daraus ein Arbeitskreis mit ueber 120 UKW- und TV-DXern werden wuerde.

REFLEXION 150 enthaelt auf 68 Seiten folgende Themen: - Wellenausbreitung: Leoniden, Solardaten, Meteor Scatter - Liste der ATV-Relaisstationen in Deutschland - Was wird aus DAB ? - 36 Seiten UKW- und TV-Nachrichten und Logs - Reisebericht von Madeira - Satellitentechnik - Bandscans aus Ungarn, dem Vinschgau, vom Niederrhein, aus Gammertingen, Daenemark, Ruegen und Suedpolen.

Erhaeltlich ist REFLEXION 150 gegen DM 5 vom UKW/TV-AK der AGDX e.V. Hans-J. Kuhlo, Wilh.-Leuschner-Str. 293B, D-64347 Griesheim, Germany (Juergen Lohuis-D, Nov 27)

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AFGHANISTAN I think Kabul has definitely replaces 7200v with 7080V. 0130-0300 also 1230-1630. I can't hear even the het from Kabul at the times when I could at least hear the het on 7200v, anymore. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, Dec 5) ADG, may you can check this, ed.

AUSTRIA/BOSNIA/ITALY Sarajevo, Vienna, Trieste radio stns network. The local radio stns of Vienna, Trieste and Sarajevo are to form a media network. The project was promoted at the Austrian embassy in Sarajevo today. A representative of the Vienna city administration, Lother Fischmann, said that the project was being coordinated by Vienna's Radio 1476 with the support of the EU and the city of Vienna. In addition to an exchange of progrs between Sarajevo's Radio 202, RAI in Trieste and Vienna's 1476, the project offers an opportunity for training in radio and internet journalism in Vienna.

Radio 1476 will begin to bc a progr for refugees and displaced persons on 4th Dec. The progr will focus on subjects such as the return of property and customs regulations and will be bc every Fri on MW. Sarajevo-based Student Radio will contribute reports in Bosnian. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 4)

AZERBAIJAN [NAGORNO-KARABAKH] 9677.0 Xanandi (Stepanakert), thanks to a tip of Vladimir G. Titarev-UKR stn heard today Wed Dec 2nd from 0555. Distorted signal, no carrier to measure the exact freq on AOR AR 7030 rx. So I assume the frequ is just in the middle between 9676.20 and 9677.80 kHz, S 2-3, clear neighbouring channels, only 9665 and 9685 are in use at this time. (WB, Dec 2)

BANGLADESH 7185 and 9550, Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, Dec 3, 1816, male speaker in En with IDs and news. Pretty strong on both freqs, but with low modulation and buzzing sound. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 3)

BULGARIA Radio Varna back on SW via 100 kW tx, non-dir. 2200(Sun)-0400(Mon), ex2200(Fri)-0100(Sat) on 9774.8 //981 and all MW&FM outlets of National px "Horizont"!!! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

CANADA [and non] freqs changes of Radio Canada Inter from Nov 13: 1800-1900 Ru on NF 9795 (x11935 to avoid BSKSA), on 9795 at same time also heard CRI&VOR both in Ru ! 1900-2000 Ukr on NF 9805 (x11935 to avoid BSKSA). 2000-2100 Fr on add NF 9770. 2100-2200 En on NF 9770 (x9725 to avoid NHK World). (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

6130.05 Playing oldies (like Luxembourg) with regular annct "...nobody plays more oldies than CHNS ... good time oldies ... oldies 96 on CHNS ...". Up to S=6 on my meter one morning but usually bumping up & down off the bottom. Also CFRX 6070 audible same time on clear channel but much splash from DW 6075 and more or less useless Sat/Sun when Sweden is using 6065. Good signal some mornings only with CFRB ID. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 1)

CENTRAL AFR REP 9900 Radio Minurca Bangui, Nov 21, relay BBC "News task" 1805-1830, //6195, AF folk mx, male talks in Fr, "mussette mx" fr France, ID at 2014 with QRG's, weak. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 30)

CHILE Interesting news from Voz Cristiana - stn is now using more than two txs - noted on 15375 9635 17680 between 0800-2100. Recent reception is at 1700 on 21500 and better on 21550. (Karl Kruger via EDXP, Dec 4)

CHINA The recently reported new Ch stn on 5010 is NOT Guangxi Economic PBS, but CNR2. S-on time unknown to me, but closing at 1600 sharp. Signal here in Taiwan S9+20 and this outlet is most likely a move from 5075 which has been missing and which had about the same strength.

In case you have difficulties IDing Ch stns, visit my web site with a crash course in Mandarin, plus clips of many a stns's Mandarin ID. No matter what, always check parallel outlets of CNR 1, 2, TWN progror Chinese World progr. (Hans van den Boogert-TWN, Dec 3)

CRI Beijing 1800-1900 in Hu,Bu on NF 6150 (direct from CHN!) x6020. 1900-2000 in Cz,Ro on NF 6150 (direct from CHN!) x6020. (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

CRI via Urumchi is back on air with four txs. Enormous signals here evenings on 7375 & 7385 - both doing EaEUR langs when tried. The highest freq used is 11515 at 1500-1600. Urumchi not on air before 1400, very strange as you remark.

I suppose its the Kunming site used 0900-1100 in En for AUS/PAC on 15210 clear, and 17755 (co-ch REE). (Noel Green-UK, Dec 1)

COMORES I have just returned from a holiday at Comores, and although my activities were strictly non-DX, I can confirm that there are no SW and MW txions (as has been the case for years now), and the only FM tx sounds somewhat sick. As much as the country is a tourists' paradise, it is bankrupt, e.g. the schools closed 15 months ago for lack of funds, and the only power stn was down for a year (although it is running again now).

Under the circumstances, I would not expect the restoration of the SW and MW txs to get any priority in the years to come. The president who reportedly squandered the country's "wealth" happened to die about 3 weeks ago, so there is some degree of hope for the future at the moment. (Korinek-RSA, via NU, Nov 29)

CZECH REPUBLIC [non] Is the R. Prague relay via WRMI still going on? All I can hear on 9955 at 0400, such as Dec 3, is Cuban jamming, with traces of some talk underneath it. Is WRMI still really using its NW antenna after 0400? What possible national interest of Cuba is served by deliberately ruining an En bc from Prague to NoAM? (Glenn Hauser-OK, Dec 3)

ERITREA Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea txions in Ar and local langs, is on the air at various times between 0330 and 1800 on 7175 and MW 837. This is observed with nice signals with their tuning Signal at 1658 on 7175. (Franco Probi-I, Dec 5)

ETHIOPIA 7165, R Ethiopia ext serv, Nov 26, 1625, Local drums with ethiopian male songs mixed with RFE in Romanian here heard on //9560.20 at 1632 with male speaker with news in En with clear mentioning of ETH at 1633, mentioning of Prime Minister, ID as Radio Ethiopia followed by popsongs. 7165=23222 9560.20 = 33333. (Van Rooy-HOL, via DXW, Dec 2)

GEORGIA I have been noting IBC Tamil on new 7460. Noted 0040 tune in Nov 30 already with En nx quoting long items from a Tamil Tiger radio stn mentioning the LTTE as "brave fighters". On Dec 1 0000 sign on in Tamil, En nx was 0050. All items were concerning the ethnic conflict but both sides were quoted. (Mike Barraclough-UK, Dec 3) [CIS, location vailed, I put it under Georgia{?}, ed]

GERMANY Deutsche Telekom (DTK) nx: Brother Stair in En, from Nov 13: 0500-1200 (ex til 0900) to Aus/NZL on 13810. 2100-2400 to Aus/NZL on NF 12040 (x11840). Very bad choice, QRM BSKSA 2nd px in Ar on 12038.5 til 2200.

Sunrise Radio in En and Indian langs heard from Nov 12: 0700-1830 (ex till 1900) on NF 5850, but strong co-ch WYFR in It til 0745. Ex 6110 to avoid MNO,VOA,BBC.

HAM/Voice of Hope in En to EUR not heard from Nov 13: 1900-2100 on 5975 & 2100-2300 on 6000. New time is: 0700-1100 on 5975 (45433). Sats 0800-0830 in Ru & Fr.

Croatian Radio in Croatian to SoAf: 2100-2200 (listed 2000-2200) on 13830(45433). Croatian Radio in Croatian to NoAm: 0200-0400 to EaNoAM new6130, but strong co-ch RL in Armenian 0300-0400 (x9925). 0400-0600 WeNoAM new6130, but strong co-ch BBC in Rom & VOA in Serbian 0400-0500 (x9925).

AWR to RUS and former republics: 1630-1700 on 9475 Sun & Wed in Kaz; Mon & Thu in Kyz; Tue & Fri in Uz; Sat in Ru. 1800-1900 on 9475 Sun in Geo & Ru; Tue & Thu in Arm & Ru, strong co-ch Radio PAK in Ur.

And some freqs changes of DW: 2000-2050 in En to EUR new9725 Sines-POR (45544), not on 7285. 2100-2130 in Se & Alb new9705 (x9700) //7245. (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

6015 Acc to DW of Dec 2nd, radio stn "Radio Solingen-Remscheid" will be bcing on SW, txion lasts at 0900-1200 on Jan 1st, 1999. Listeners mx request progr. phone in number for greetings opeartor and DJ: +49 - 21 - 222 11 111 (H. Meixner-AUT, Dec 5)

GREECE [and non]. For B-98, VOG has expanded its morning bc to NoAM to a full 2 hrs, 1200-1400, so En nx has moved later from 1340 to 1350, on 9690 via Delano; and 9420, 12105, 15175 direct. (John Babbis, MD, Oct 26 via Hauser, Dec 3)

GUAM Trans World Radio (TWR) is a Christian evangelical broadcaster with its headquarters in North Carolina-USA. TWR operates its own stns in Guam, Monaco, Netherlands Antilles, Sri Lanka and Swaziland. It also hires airtime on txs in several other countries.

TWR GUAM (KTWR) 0740-0915 En As 15200 0900-0915 Tue "Pacific DX Report" 0800-0930 En Au 15330 0800-0815 Thur "Pacific DX Report" 0915-0930 Mon-Tue BALINESE As 15200 0915-0930 Wed-Thu TORAJANESE As 15200 0915-0930 Fri-Sun MADURESE As 15200 0920-**** CHINESE-STD As 11670 9540 1100- Freq change 11670 9555 1130- Freq change 9820 9590 1400- Freq change 9820 9545 ****-1515 0930-1100 En As 9865 1030-1045 Fri "Pacific DX Report" 0930-1100 Ins As 15200 1100-1230 Ins As 15165 1140-1155 Vn As 9870 1200-1300 Jpn As 9465 1330-1345 Mon-Tue ASSAMESE As 15595 1330-1345 Wed-Sun BORO As 15595 1330-1400 SWATOW As 9870 1345-1400 SANTALI As 15595 1400-1500 Sun CANTONESE As 9870 1400-1415 Mon-Tue Be As 15595 1400-1445 Mon-Fri CANTONESE As 9870 1400-1415 Sat CANTONESE As 9870 1400-1415 Wed-Sun Ta As 15595 1430-1515 Bu As 9430 1500-1630 En As 15330 1615-1630 Mon "Pacific DX Report" 1515-1530 Vn As 9430 2100-2200 Ins As 11810 2100-2200 Jpn As 11690 2100-2200 Ko As 9465 2200-2300 Sun CANTONESE As 11875 2200-2245 Mon-Fri CANTONESE As 11875 2200-2215 Sat CANTONESE As 11875 2200-2315 CHINESE-STD As 11995 2200-2230 Ins As 15195 Addr: Trans World Radio, Box CC, Agana, Guam 96932 Tel: +1-671-477-9701 Fax: +1-671-477-2838 URL: www.gospelcom.net/twr/ (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Nov 27)

GUINEA I've also heard Conakry-GUI at 0750 on 9644.4 [formerly on 9649.48...58], or is that one Faro del Caribe-CTR ? I'm hearing a weak signal on exactly 7125 which seems to play AF dancing mx but cannot read the lang. Goes off approx 0802 after ann annt. I guess this could be Guinea. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 1)

IRAN [c.f. bc-dx #394] Some add new freqs of VOIROI: 1030-1200 Persian 13690v; 1630-1730 Pe 9570. 2030-2230 Pe/En 9725 (co-ch DW, NHK&VOA). (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

ITALY Has anyone ever IDed what jamming noise on 9515 "all day" is? I hear it very loud at times but can only trace RAI on there (in daytime). (Noel Green-UK, Nov 10) Noted that jamming here at least for four years now, and I reported that twice to the DX world, but never got an echo [ed]

The jamming on 9515 was noted off when tried on Nov 22 and only RAI audible but its was noted back on again netx day. I suppose it could be a tx fault but sounds a deliberate txion to me. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 1)

The around 400 officers Italian radiotelegraph operators, embarked on merchant ships and passengers have struck the last Nov 19th 1998 for save the job and "defend" the Morse code that it will come officially abandoned, after 160 years from his invention, the next Feb 1st 1999. It has decided an international law, which foresees the substitution of the traditional communication telegraphic radio with most modern and efficient communication by satellite. In a nice reportage published recently from the Italian daily paper "La Repubblica" some operators vindicates the own role and the own professionalism remembering that through they more than 50 years have stayed the only obligatory presence on the ships, for the safety. After all, according to of many experts, the new system would not be perfect. "It has the 80 per cent of false alarms - they guarantee the radio telegraphists - there are zones of shade, the satellites could become in blackout. And if then the tragedy burst"?. This it perhaps is the true dilemma: up to what sting could the progress and the technology supplant the man? (Franco Probi-I, Nov 19)

LAOS 6130 2340 TENT R. Laos Vientiane local mx and tlk in Lao, mixed with unid asiatic, poor signal 222. (Renato Bruni-I, via Gatflash, Dec 2)

LYBIA LJB/VoAF heard in Ar. 1040-2300 new11815 (44433) //15435. Nx in En and Fr around 1130-1150 (Nov 14) & 1150-1210 (Nov 22) ! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

MALI 4784.6 Often 2130 R. Bamako moved here from 4783 usual px //4835 (tnx RB) 343. (Walter Mola/Renato Bruni-I, via Gatflash, Dec 2)

CRI via Bamako-MLI relay new sked: 1600-1657 Ar 15125 13685. 1700-1727 Swa 15125 11970. 1730-1827 Ha 15125 11970. 1830-1927 Ar 15530 13685. 1930-1957 Po 15500 11975. 2000- 2127 En 15500 11975. 2130-2227 Fr 15500 11975. 2230-2257 Ch 15500 11975. 2300-2357 Ch 11975. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Dec 4)

MYANMAR 5985.85 1356 R. Myanmar slow oriental mx very weak 252. [QRM Tirana 5985] (Giampiero Bernardini-I, via Gatflash, Dec 2)

NEPAL Concerning the tx location of R Nepal, its indeed Pokhara and Kumalthar. Harriharpur is now used exclusively for "Hits FM 100" along with the "Khantipur FM" tx near Patan/Khantipur municipality. I never heard of a place called Bardibas (and I lived in Kathmandu for about five years), but it could be a new TX site. The Kumalthar site, about 25 kms from Kathmandu as you drive east towards Pharping, is used during the summer months. Pokhara, about 220 km southwest of Kathmandu is active during winter time. Its quite breathtaking to sit on top of one of the hills above the Phewa Lake, Pokharas famous lake, and look at the whole Annapurna range with the TX site in the foreground. (Roth in DXW, Dec 2)

But... As per my recent visit to Nepal, the ONLY SW site of R Nepal is Khumaltar near Lalitpur on the southern fringe of the capital Kathmandu. There is no tx at Hariharpur whereas Bardibas and Pokhara are MW sites. Given under is the list of ALL txion emanating from R Nepal. Please read my article on the in the PtWBR for more details. (Guha in DXW, Dec 2)

NEW ZEALAND 6145 R NZL Internat, 1654-1700, Nov 12, IS bellbird, "This is R NZL" ID by female, "This is R NZL calling" 1656 male ID Maori, "... after 6 o'clock we have the Pacific News..", moderate signal. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 30)

OMAN Radio Sultanate of Oman in Ar. 0400-0600 new9515 (45554) (x9735) //11890. From 0530 on 9515 co-ch RAI Home sce with buzzy audio signal ! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

PAKISTAN Freqs changes of Radio Pakistan: 0900-0930 BI new15405 (45433) //17538v. 1000-1030 Th new15320 (co-ch AIR in Ur) //17538v. 1800-1900 Ur to ME new9475v, bad modulation and strong co-ch AWR via DTK on Suns, Tues and Thus ! (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1) v3663.23 Azad Kashmir R Muzaffarabad, Nov 12, talks 1715-1806* with mx bridges in Kashmiri?, at 1758 PAK ID in Urdu?, by female, also at 1800 hours UTC songs, at 1806* s- off. Weak. Also Nov 17 1750-1812*. Progr was //4790.40 til 1803, also a relay px from R PAK at 1803 now night prayers til 1808, some local mx til 1812* s-off. Strong QRN very weak.

5027.10 R PAK Quetta, 1515-1530, Nov 14, Urdu, relay nx fr R PAK //4790, ID was given at 1515 and 1530, now separate progr. 5025.10 very weak, 4790 weak signal. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 30)

PALESTINE/ISRAEL The following information comes from The Daily DX (A ham DX electronic publication HAN): "John Kanode, N4MM, reports that Palestine will be granted an international dialing code and a call sign prefix block per the recent ITU Plenipotentiary Conference that was held in Minnesota. Kanode went on to say 'When Palestine gets its permanent ITU call sign block, it will be eligible for addition to the ARRL DXCC List.' - No mention of when Palestine would be added to the official ITU list." ("425 DX News" via Nigro-Uruguay, via DXW, Dec 1)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2410 R Enga is active til v1300*, moderate weak signal. 3205 R Sandaun at 1125 in Pidgin, internat mx, South Sea mx, strong signal 45444 ! 3220 R Morobo, 1045-1100, Pidgin, talk over the new school year, 1058 "R Morobo Long 3220 Kilohertz its 9 o'clock", IS sea shell, 1100 drums, 45544 ! 3235 R West Britain, 1105-1116, Pidgin, talks about Sunday school. For 550 Kieta, address was given, computer center, P.O.Box 918 Kimbe. 44544 ! 3260 R Madang, 1116-1130 Pidgin, talks on new school year, 1122 "... 22 mins past Nine", 1130 ID listener's mx request progr, nice South Sea mx, s-off 1201* with NA. 44544 ! 3275 R Southern Highlands, 1117-1223*, Pidgin, "Provincial nx", internat mx, pop mx, 1223* s-off with NA. 35533 3315 R Manus, 1110-1115 Pidgin, "Provincial nx, nx from R Manus", talks on Lorengau. 35533 3325 R Bougainville, 0920-0930, Pidgin, talks, advt, Good night listeners mx progr. Also at 1910-1930, pop mx, South Sea mx, "... 24 mins to 6 o'clock ...", Nov 16, the following regionals were active 3205 3235 3315 3385 3905, //4890. 3335 R East Sepik, 1055-1102, internat mx, "... its five mins to 9 o'clock...", nice Isl mx, 1100 drums, ID, provincial nx. 33443. 3345 R Northern 1050-, Pidgin, internat mx, strong QRM from RRI stn. 22432. 3365 R Milne Bay, 1012-1030, relig progr, advt from the National Health Sce "... against the smooking ...", 1030 ID "... R Milne Bay, Alotau, ... we broadcast ...", Hawaiin mx, talks on the new school year, different names of the primary schools and positions and locations, family & christian names and towns. 33333 ! 3385 R East New Britain, 1040-, En, native drums with singers, ID, nice South Sea mx, best in lsb mode reception, due RRI stn nearby. 34543. 3395 R Eastern Highlands, 1132-, Pidgin, internat mx, "My love to you..." 34543. 3905 R New Ireland, 1110-1159*, Pidgin, male tlks, Kavieng mentioned, under RRI Merauke, s-off with intrumental NA. 32532. 4890 NBC Port Moresby, v1900-, NA, piece of guitar mx, ID this way "This is the Voice of PNG", mentions the following MW NBC stns which are also active now: 585 Port Moresby, 675 NBC Lae, 810 NBC Rabaul, 864 NBC Madang, 900 NBC Goroka, 1496 NBC Wabag, and 1593 NBC Vanimo. Also SW QRG of 9675 annt. 45544. NOT active in range Nov 16-22: 3245 R Gulf, 3290 R Central, 3305 R Western, 3355 R Simbu, R Western Highlands 3375. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 30)

RUSSIA Here is one interesting, but sad item: because of limited budget finance according to a new fiscal year budget Radio Mayak will not be use all SW txs from Jan 1st, 1999. (Mr. Pavlov (Chairman of OGRK "Radio Mayak"), Dec 4; via Mikhail Timofeyev St.P. RUS)

Main Centre for Control of B/Cing Networks: "This might develop into an interesting site: http://www.mccbn.ru/

It is MCCBN Main Centre for Control of B/Cing Networks, seemingly the equivalent of the FCC in Russia. See the 'Schedules' section." (Lintujarvi-FIN via HC-DX, via NU, Nov 29)

The schedules section contains keds of Ru bcs TO Russia. More interesting: The "Private Area" (not really private), containing schedules of VoRussia, Radio Russia, Mayak, Junost, Voice of Armenia, Radio Moldova, Kyrgys Radio, Radio Tashkent, and Tajik Radio.

"Main Centre for Control of B/Cing Networks (MCCBN) is an enterprise under the State Committee for Communications and Informatics of the Russian Federation. Its main objective is organization of the operation of radio-bcing facilities over the range of LW, MW, SW and VHF/FM. MCCBN develops the freq allocation tables for bcing over the SW band; it registers those tables with the internat organizations, coordinates the use of freqs with foreign radio stns and takes measures to remove mutual interferences. The enterprise has entered into contracts for secs in the bcing field with leading Russian and foreign radio stns such as 'Golos Rossii' (Voice of Russia), 'Mayak,' BBC, DW, and others.

MCCBN has the txion facilities for securing radio bcing by commercial stns over the range of the MW and FM waves. Progr reception via satellite channels is another area of MCCBN activities. A network of stns has been established for reception of Ru and foreign lang progrs in different towns and cities of RUS from the satellites of the Eutelsat, Intelsat and Asiasat series and others." (Jerry Berg-NY, via NU, Nov 29, from the website)

But general-listener oriented, and some of the skeds are out-of-date. (Titarev-UKR, via NU)

17600 Radio Rossii, Nov 27, 1100 with time signal for 1400 Moscow time, nx opened by a jingle, which also uses a organ - I like their design, away from the excessive hole ("minute of silence") before the hour. Perfect, local-like signal here in Germany; freq pointed out by Nikolai Rudnev-RUS to be in use instead of previously scheduled 15455, GPR-1 Moscow 250 kW on 263 degr. (Kai Ludwig-D, Nov 29)

DW [Irkutsk?] 9900 went off, was not included in their Dec 'DW Plus' either. But 9480 Novosibirsk is heard daily. It seems they made a few changes after issuing their technical freq schedule.

Yakutsk 7345 good now around 0800 (yes, also at 0930 too here, ed), and I hear Russians on 7440 7330 7320(hard to copy here, ed) 7310 also at 0930, this is USB mode, so assume Arkhangelsk x9610 summer. 7175 over RAI doing Tikhiy Okean //10344usb 17570. Russian also on 6160 and 5940, but can't find Murmansk 5930 so far. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 1)

VoR's "DX Club" web site on 30th Nov reported the following radio freqs: Irkutsk Region (Siberia) 10344 Radio Tikhiy Okean (Radio Pacific) at 0815 17570 (Angarsk tx) parallel freq St Petersburg (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 4)

SOMALIA Aydid radio on addit SW freq. Muhammad Umar Abdi a.k.a. Shino, the director of the Voice of the People radio [pro-Aydid] said he had been striving to obtain a freq, the new freq is on SW 75 mb 48240 kHz [frequency as published]. The director said this was the result of efforts made by the technical department of the radio. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 4)

SOUTH AFRICA 7185 R. Sonder Grense, Nov 24, 1547-1700' 30*, Afrikaans, many reports and songs, time signals and ID's at 1600 and 1700 - poor to fair past 1650, first noted here at St.Petersburg. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Dec 3)

SRI LANKA You asked about the SLBC Tamil. Yes Tamil is on 5020 and 6150. SLBC Sinhala Commerical Sce is on 4870 to 1600 s-off and daytime 0200-1000 on 6185. En is on 6130 daytime and 4940 to 1700 s-off. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, Dec 5) [6150/6185 different to WRTH '98, ed]

SWEDEN [non] IBRA Radio, Stockholm, uses these relays in RUS and former CIS: 7425 & 7420 Moscow 2000-2100 Ar. 7400 Tashkent 1330-1400 Bengali. 5935 Samara 2000-2100 Ar.

IBRA Radio makes extensive use of various broadcasters worldwide, on MW, SW and VHF, and satellite. SW facilities carrying IBRA Radio segments include Voice of Hope (LBN), FEBA Seychelles, FEBC Manila, FEBC Saipan (KFBS), TWR Sri Lanka, SLBC Sri Lanka, Radio Mayak, and Voice of Russia. For example, for B98, IBRA Radio progrs in Amharic are via FEBA 11640 1630-1700. Swahili progrs from IBRA Radio are also bc over FEBA - 0315-0345 9820 and 1613-1645 9810 for B98. For QSL purposes, IBRA Radio is generally considered as a separate "station", via any of the various faiclities over which it transmits, and reports for any of its bcs should be sent to IBRA Radio in Sweden. (Bob Padula-AUS, in EDXP, Dec 4)

TANZANIA R.Tanzania Zanzibar can now be heard free of interference between 1800-2100 (new cl-down time) on 11734.08. Best reception around 1900 UTC. Has anyone received (or seen reports about it in DX-magazines ?) that special Sauti ya Tanzania Zanzibar QSL I produced and sent to Zanzibar earlier in the spring of this year ? Remember when writing a RR to address it to Mister Abdulrah'man M. Said, The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar, Department of Broadcasting, PO Box 1178, Zanzibar. (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Dec 4)

THAILAND 6070 and 7115 are //891 with R Thailand 1st progr; 4830 is //819. Apologies for muddle last time. (Alan Davies-THA, Nov 21)

TINIAN/No.Marianas/MALAYSIA Reports that the IBB is setting up a new relay at "Tioman" are incorrect! Tioman Island is off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, which was one of the places I visited on my return from EUR in Sept last. The actual place is "Tinian Island", 15.00N 145.38E, very close to Saipan, Marianas Islands. Six 500 kW SW txers are being set up there transferred from the Gloria / Lisbon IBB site in Portugal. Will be used for V of Free Asia into China and SEA. First bcs are planned for April 1999. No doubt, "Tioman" will be disseminated across the DXing community in error ! (Bob Padula-AUS, in EDXP, Dec 4) [sorry, apologize for the error in bc-dx #395, saw this island on flight from K-L to Bali in 1976, ed]

TURKEY VoT in Gr beamed to CYP 1130-1230 new11855 (55555), not on listed 11605 //9630. (PanIview-Bulgaria, Dec 1)

Please kindly note that our French progr 9590 during 2030-2130 will be changed to 7145 as of 4 Dec. (TRT Elvan Boratav via Benno Klink, Nov 30) The French sce of the VoTUR 2030-2125 will move on 7145 (x9590) fr Dec 4th. (Jean-Michel Aubier-F, Dec 4)

USA WORLD OF RADIO master sked, SW only, as of Dec 3, 1998. Days and Times Strictly UT THU 2130 WWCR 9475 [new fq] FRI 1930 RFPI 15049 21460-USB [new time] SAT 0330 RFPI 6975 15049 [new time] SAT 1130 RFPI 6975 15049 SAT 1800 RFPI 15049 21460-USB SAT 2330 WWCR 5070 SUN 0030 WGTG 5085-USB or 6890-USB [or deleted?] SUN 0200 RFPI 6975 15049 21460-USB SUN 0730 WWCR 5070 SUN 1000 RFPI 6975 15049 [new time] SUN 1030 WWCR 5070 SUN 1800 WGTG 9400-USB SUN 2300 RFPI 15049 21460-USB MON 0600 WWCR 3210 MON 0700 RFPI 6975 15049 MON 1500 RFPI 21460-USB [repeat default] TUE 1330 WWCR 15685 TUE 1900 RFPI 15049 21460-USB WED 0300 RFPI 6975 15049 WED 2200 WBCQ 7415 For full details, and additional broadcasts on satellite, cable, SAP, internet, AM and FM, see our website http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio (Glenn Hauser-OK, Dec 4)

I have two new web links related to WBCQ, Monticello Maine, USA. http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Airwaves is the site for information about "Access to the Airwaves," the autobiography of WBCQ's owner, Allan H. Weiner. There is also a new WBCQ message board up at http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb242364

WBCQ's E-mail address is [email protected]

The address is for comments only. To receive a QSL card, you must send a written report and return postage. ( 73, Anita Louise McCormick WBCQ Dec 4) http://www.angelfire.com/biz/AnitaMcCormick

VoGRC is being heard via Delano-USA at 0900-0950 9770 250 kW 272 degr to FE AS, and between 1200-1350 9690 250 075 to USA-CAN. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 1)

WFLA heard often on 25870 in narrow band FM. Acc to Gordon Bennett-UK who rang their engineer it's 50 watts and used to communicate with their spotter plane using 450.7 UHF. They are authorized by FCC to operate within 25.8 - 26.5 Mhz band. Reception here at 1350-1500. Also what is reported to be WJFP also from Florida State on 25910 NBFM same times as above. This broadcasts Christian progrs and also heard with studio chat/ phone in. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 1)

Nov 21, I heard from 1530 onwards WJFP on 25910 with a relig progr "The Voice of Deliverance Ministry". SINPO 24333. They announced also an addr: 2806 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce, Florida. A Zip-code was not given. Furthermore they announced the following freqs 91.1 & 107.1. Strange is that on 22 Oct I head also a WJFP-stn on 26470 at 1558. The ID was then: WJFP, Jam Radio, Palm Beach, Florida and "counting down your most requested jam on your stn, you're listening to WJFP. (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Nov 21)

Special WRMI broadcast. WRMI in Miami, Florida will air a special one-time bc of "La Voce di Friuli nel Mondo" ("The Voice of Friuli in the World") at 0130-0200 Mon, Dec 7 on 9955.

Friuli is a former Grandy Duchy in northeastern Italy (near Austria and Slovenia), and the organization Friuli Nel Mondo unites Friulis in the diaspora. Friuli nel Mondo is holding an international conference Dec 4-7 in Mendoza-ARG, and this special bc via WRMI is taking place in conjunction with the conference. The progr is in the Friuli lang, but there will be brief IDs at the beginning and end of the progr in Sp, En and It. This is the first-ever edition of "La Voce di Friuli nel Mondo" to be bc on SW radio, and it includes nx and information from Friuli and some very nice folk mx from the region.

RR's on the progr may be sent to either WRMI or by e-mail to the Friuli nel Mondo organization at: [email protected]

This special bc will pre-empt the regular airing of the AWR "Wavescan" progr at 0130, but "Wavescan" will be aired at 1300-1330 Sun Dec 6, and at 0430 Mon, Dec 7. (Jeff White WRMI, Dec 5)

UZBEKISTAN RNW in En to SoAS, 1430-1625, via Tashkent relay 13755 replaced by 12070 100 kW 130 degr, //Madagascar 12090 & 15585.

Vatican Radio to SoAS on test via CIS sites Tashkent and Almaty on 9865 & 9875, //Vatican 11640 & 13765; 1450-1610. (RNW, Dec 3)

VIETNAM Here are the latest short observation of some VTN regional stns of Dec 1: 4796v *1200- 5597v *1159- 6496v *1200- 6506v *1159- 6680v *1159- (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Dec 3) new9875 VoVTN is here active now (x10060v), //5925, 0915-0959, ID was given in En, then En progr at 1000. S=9 +30dB ! (Roland Schulze-PHL, Nov 30)

YEMEN 6135 R. Yemen, Sana'a, Dec 1, 1304-1444* (with one break at 1416-1421), Ar px with many ID's as "Izaatul jumhuriaya yemeniya min Sana'a" //5950 (-1400*) and 9780v - yes, three tx's in use! - poor to fair to almost good past 1325 (very like to a new high power tx, or new "old" one?!), unusually strong signal from YEM on 6135 for this time of the day and for my location! (also Nov 24 on 6135 at 1350-1450* //5950 (-1400*) and 9780v). (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Dec 3)

DX JUKEBOX RETURNS!!! Dick Speekman (Adelaide, SA) advises that the last "DX Jukebox" program he produced for Radio Netherlands was in March 1979. It's now available on http://home.clara.net/dkernick

Dick says that "..old broadcasts never died, they just faded away on the shortwaves. It is different with cyberspace. However, if nostalgia is your thing and you wish to hear the last "DX Juke Box Program" I made for Radio Netherlands it is yours for the click of a button". (via EDXP, Dec 4)

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BC-DX 397 13 Dec 1998 ______

AFGHANISTAN 7078v, Voice of Shariah, Kabul, definitely the stn here, x-7200v, //1107 MW. Hrd *0130 and again arnd 1130 to s-off at 1715 Dec 6 after what seemed like En at 1700-1715. Signals were much better arnd 1500. Slightly different from BBCM sked. Provincial stn Takhar R is now off the air. (Victor Goonetilleke-Sri Lanka 4S7VK UADX, via NU, Dec 6)

7077.8, a somewhat confusing situation here. R. AFG Kabul, 1520 Dec 3 with nx in Pa/Da? mainly on AFG. Nx ended at 1525, then cmtry on Kabul-IRN, 1528 a patriotic song about Kabul, 1531 three time pips, then ID as AFG-Kabul (did not hear the words "Sharia-Kabul- AFG") nor anything like Takahr. Instead, the ID every half hour was AFG-Kabul; also, the song was patriotic instead of religious, as observed on 7196v Voice of Sharia. At 1655, nx in Ar at 1700, En ID, progr closed at 1713, tx shut down at 1714. Poor rcpn. I get the impression that it was a new AFGan stn, as the format has been changed and the ancr was not excited, instead talking slowly. The next day, Dec 4, on 7077, I was surprised to have good rcpn at 1630, prgm in Ur and began with a slow song, then ID as Voice of Shariah, Kabul-AFG, Ur sce, "ape ki mutafiz hai" ["Voice of Shari'ah, Kabul-AFG is at your sce"], and contd. with Pakistan Ashman (bc) on 31 mb, that is 7600 kHz, and on 75 mb, that is, 4667 kHz, and after a moment time was ancd as 2200 in AFG, 2030 in PAK, and 2230 BGD. On Dec 5, *1427 and 1713*. (Vaghjee-Mauritius via NU, Dec 6)

CANADA RCI Sackville replaced 9760 by 9780, 250 kW 60 degr. 0600-0630 En, 0630-0700 Fr. (Uwe Volk-D, Dec 8/9)

CHILE Voz Christiana, Santiago, 15375, 1002, usual non-stop Sp songs, annts at 1016, SINPO 34433. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 9)

CHINA Several new CPBS channels are now operational. CPBS-1 is observed on new 7305, 9645, 9675, 11830 & 11860; and CPBS-2 on 5010, 7200, 7315, 11670, 11730, 11740 (reactivated), 12080 (also Tibetan), 15540 & 15570. CPBS Taiwan Svc noted on 5090, 7620, 9380, 11100, 11935 & 15710; CPBS-6 on 6790, 9170, 11000 & 15880.

The Minorities Svc has been rescheduled, with 0430 Korean being replaced by an extra half hour at 1000. As a result, the Tibetan, Uighur and Kazakh block is now 30 mins. later, at 1100-1230 (on 8566 & 11375). (Jones-PRG, via NU, Dec 6)

9745nf CRI (tx site unknown) signing on in En at 1700 with nx, ID, commentary, and feature entitled "Current Affairs". Txion began almost immediately after Radio Liberty (Kavalla relay) signed off with their progr in Tibetan. CRI was parallel to 7405 which had a better signal than 9745, suffering somewhat from QRM splash on 9740-BBC Singapore. (Treibel in Cumbre Dx, Nov 24)

Also the high power Urumchi site is on air again. ed.

CROATIA 8705, R. Croatia, Dec 3, 0850-1330, talks over political topics in Croatian, mx. ID per // 1125. Strange freq & vry good signal. (Bruni-I, via DXW, Dec 9) No its the usual mixing product at Deanovec tx site: 8705 + 1125 = 9830 kHz. On 10955 kHz also?, ed

DJIBOUTI Radiodiffusion Television de Djibuti, R Djibuti previously bc on 4780 (Somali/Afar/Ar) and 1170 (Fr); these txs are no longer in use. Programming times may vary slightly on Fris and during Ramadan.

Radio Djibuti (Somali/Afar/Ar) Somali 0300-0400, 1100-1300, 1600-1800, 1539 96.5-Dikhil (nx 0330 1200 1700) 93.5-Arta 91.3-Ballemballey 91.2-Djibuti 90.3-Ali-Sabieh. Afar 0400-0500, 0900-1100, 1800-2000, nx 0430 1000 1800 Ar 0500-0700, 1300-1600, nx 0600 1400

Radio Djibuti (French) 1000-1200, 1600-1800 Fr 98.8-Dikhil 95.3-Ballembally 95.3-Djibuti 94.2-Ali-Sabieh 89.5-Arta Addr: Radio Djibuti, BP 97, Djibuti. Tel +253-352294/350484 Fax +253-356502 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 10)

EGYPT Radio Cairo, Abis, 15475.21, 1342, Ar to AF. SINPO 45333, but lousy modulation. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 9)

ERITREA 7175, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 30 Nov, audible from 0358 till knocked out at 0459, by strong Radio Liberty txion on 7180 via Morocco. News in various langs aired over the hour including Ar at 0403. Another new VOBME freq 7100 with different langs also audible past 0500. (Clark, via DXW, Dec 9)

ETHIOPIA Radio Ethiopia, Gedja, 9560.20, 1302 presumed news in Afar, SINPO 25232 (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 8)

GERMANY RTBF Brussels - After more than six years of absence from the SW bands, RTBF, the public broadcaster of the French speaking part of BEL, is relaunching a SW sce.

On 9 Dec 1998 a contract was signed between RTBF and DTK - Deutsche Telekom, about a series of test txions via the DTK stn at Juelich near Cologne. These tests will take place from 14-24 Dec 1998 as follows: 0600-0700 15715, 1100-1200 21540, 1700-1800 15715.

All txions are beamed to CeAF and will consist of one pre-recorded progr in Fr (so the same progr will be bc 33 times). If successful, regular txions can start on 1st Feb 1999. Reception reports can be sent to: e-mail: [email protected] fax: +32 2 737.30.32 (Mr. Jean-Pol HECK) mail: M. Jean-Pol HECK, Directeur des Relations internationales, RTBF, B-1044 Bruxelles, Belgium. (Paul Brems-BEL, Dec 9)

Details about DFS 904 - Deutscher Freiheitssender split frequency MW Burg 904 kHz - Radio of the former "underground" Communist Party of Western Germany in 1956-1972. The German "ADDX-Kurier" December Issue 1998 carries an one page interview with Heinz Priess, former head of the "Deutscher Freiheitssender 904" from the GDR against Western Germany. The ADDX-Cassette-Service also offers tapes of this stn that had to close down in 1969. (Schoech-CRW, Dec 06)

GREECE No doubt it was correct when originally sent to me Oct 26, but to update the VoGRC Athens info in 98-51: Joe Hanlon points out that at 1200-1400 something else is on 15175, and Dan Ferguson says that 15630 has replaced it for VoG; furthermore, Joe and I do not hear En at 1350, nor at 1340 nor 1240; when is it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 10)

Registered is Kavalla 15175 250 kW 355 degr 1200-1350 zones 1-11, 27, 28.

INDIA AIR Ranchi is still off the air on SW 4960 - possibly due to tx problem.

Also here is a list of freqs that are now being used from Panaji Goa all 250 kW. In this B98 sked AIR is using this facilities in the evening instead of in the morning.

7265 1615-1730 Pe to ME. 9700 1300-1500 Sinh to Sri Lanka. 9700 1530-1545 home nx in En. 11695 1215-1330 Tib. 11695 1330-1430 Nep. 11740 1530-1545 home nx in En. 12040 1615-1730 Hi to ME. 15340 1115-1200 Thai. 17595 1115-1215 Ta to S.E.Asia. 17595 1215-1245 Tel to SoEaAS. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Dec 6)

Trans World Radio Asia (also known as TWR-India) - relays from RUS and former CIS include: 5895 Petropavlovsk 1200-1300 Ch - this px is known as "Zhenguang Radio", 7420 Irkutsk 1130-1530 Indian langs, 7430 Tashkent 0000-0030 Assamese and tribal dialects, 9825 Irkutsk 0030-0230 Indian langs. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Dec 4)

11930, AIR, *0059, On w/mx briefly, dead air, W anncr in lang, at least 5 time pips, believed Nepali ID "Yo All India Radio ho ?? ", then into great Indian mx. Good signal w/typical Asian fluttery effect. Have been hearing this the last couple nights after Hans Johnson mentioned it as an Unid. (Valko-USA, Dec 5)

One of the 500 kW biests at Bangalore ? Extended Nepalese schedule to 60 mins. ? ed.

To solve the puzzle, please compare the following AIR progrs: Bamer 0100-0130 Myanmar 13630 0100-0130 Myanmar 11870 0100-0130 Myanmar 9950

Nepali 0130-0227 Nepal 11715 0130-0227 Nepal 9550 0130-0227 Nepal 7250 0130-0227 Nepal 6045 0130-0227 Nepal 3945

Sindhi 0100-0200 Pakistan 11790 0100-0200 Pakistan 7125 0100-0200 Pakistan 5990

Tibetan 0130-0200 Tibet 13700 0130-0200 Tibet 11900 0130-0200 Tibet 9565

INDONESIA The song played by RRI Jakarta at the end of the news relay, it's name is "Bagimu Negeri" which roughly translates into "For Your Country". It's one of the many national songs of INS, like The National Anthem "Indonesia Raya", the Pancasila-Song, Rayuan Pulau Kelapa and others. If you want to listen to them, there is a website complete with midi-files and texts (in BI): http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1823 or, alternatively http://welcome.to/SongsIndonesia

There are also many folk songs and pop songs available, together with links to other sites with INSan mx. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS, in DXW, Dec 6)

IRAN 15590 VoIRI Tehran in Bahasa Malaysia, playing IRN mx, ID and addr at 1315. Regular 1230-1325, 33433 (WB, Dec 6)

KAZAKHSTAN 6230.70 Radio Almaty 1620-1705 Sweet sounding local mx, followed by ID and male in Turkish-like lang (heard the expression 'Allahasmarladik' later on which is Turkish and a kind of greeting). Same pattern till 1700 with mx and a man in presumed Kazakh reading anns in a rather flat-sounding voice and mentioning the country's name regularly. Time pips at 1700 with ID, a short piece of martial mx and nx. Modulation not very good; listened in USB. (Pijpers-HOL, via Cumbre Dx, Dec 5)

KOREA D.P.R. 9666.17 KCPS Pyongyang, Korean martial songs, chorus at 0020. (WB, Dec 6)

LIBYA new11815 LJB Voice of Africa Tripoli, LBY mx at 1320, regular 1040-2300. Terrible distorted overmodulated signal, much better on //15415. //15435 suffers QRM by co-ch BSKSA Riyadh in Ar 500 kW 295 degr, //ARS 15377.00. (WB, Dec 6)

11815 Voice of Africa, has been changed from 15235. First hrd late Nov, and then daily. The remaining two channels (15415 & 15435) have been producing a spur on 15395 [(2 x 15415) - 15435], which often obliterates the Dubai signal on the same freq. (Jones-PRG, via NU, Dec 6)

BBCM reports in its weekly SWB-Media that Voice of Africa, Libya's ext sce, has put advertisements in an Ugandan nxpaper that said that the stn would soon start bcs in Swa, Ha, Fulani and Amh. This underlines the new orientation that Libyian leader Qa'dafi has chosen towards the rest of Africa instead of the Arab speaking nations, as has been reported earlier by various media. (via DXW, Dec 9)

MALAYSIA 9750 RTM Kuala-Lumpur progr in Bahasa Malaysia, ID at 1856, 33333, but off after 1900 when tried later. (WB, Dec 6)

MALI 9632.96 RTM Bamako in Vernac/Fr at 0805, //11960.00, poor signal on Dec 6.

CRI via Bamako-MLI relay new sked: heard on 11650 also, Sp 0000-0057 55555, strongest signal in 25 mb. (WB, Dec 6)

1600-1657 Ar 15125 13685. 1700-1727 Swa 15125 11970. 1730-1827 Ha 15125 11970. 1830-1927 Ar 15530 13685. 1930-1957 Po 15500 11975. 2000-2127 En 15500 11975. 2130-2227 Fr 15500 11975. 2230-2257 Ch 15500 11975. 2300-2357 Ch 11975. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Dec 4)

MYANMAR Radio Myanmar, Yegu, 7185, 0030, lovely Burmese folk mx, female annt, male chanting. SINPO 34333. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 10)

NEW ZEALAND Glenn, Adrian Sainsbury of RNZI sent me this reply to a request (and a hope) that RNZI might extended their txion schedule of New Year's Eve.

"We shall be extending our txion to take in a New Year progr from National Radio. Season greetings from all of us at RNZI." (Adrian Sainsbury, Frequency Manager, RADIO NZL Internat, P.O.Box 123, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND)

Looks like we can at start the New Year's Eve around the world DX session with RNZI again this year. (Pete Costello, NJ)

Current sign off is about 1015 on 9700, so presumably means will stay on at least until 1100 = local midnite on UT Dec 31. Of course, they're cheating, with DST. (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Dec 10)

NORWAY Norkring is currently building a new AM site to replace Bodo 675 at Rost in the Lofoten islands. Output will probably be 1O kW. It will probably be operational by the summer of 1999. The next step is to replace Vadso 702 with a highpower LW tx at Nordkap (North Cape). Norkring hope to start this in 1999 launching in 2000. They plan 100 kW probably on 153. The txs will be used to relay dom progrs to the fishing fleet in the Arctic Oceans. Private stn Radio Stella Maria has applied for an AM licence and they want also to use the 153 freq which has not been used for 8 since closure of Tromso. 216 is another possibility silent for 3 years. Official policy has been to force Norwegians to use FM only an no one other than NRK has been allowed to bc on AM.

The 500 kW tx used at Radio Norway International's Frederikstad site has been sold to Africa Number One in Gabon. It will be used for spare parts for their existing txs. (Bernt Erfjord, DX News via BDXC-UK, via Contact, Dec 9)

PAKISTAN 15170.29 47 R Pakistan Karachi tx hopping few hundred Hertz up and down from 1330[-1530]. QRM by co-ch Riyadh-ARS 15170.09 equal signal level. (WB, Dec 6)

PALESTINE At the Palestine will be soon assigned an international code of call and a block of radio amateur prefixes, as like decided by the recent Conference Plenipotentiary ITU kept in Minnesota. When the Palestine will have his block of nominatives it will be added to the DXCC list. It is not known but when the Palestine will come added the ITU official list. Plenipotentiary conferences of the ITU don't influence on the technical aspects (e.g. the allocation of the frequencies) that comes discussed in the administrative conferences. At Minneapolis has stayed elected the new chief of the ITU, the Japanese Utsumi, and they have stayed taking decisions on the ITU budget, on the satellites, on the operators of telecommunications and on the telephone rates. The next important appointment is Telecom Saloon in Geneva that will unwind 1999 in the October. In the 2000 is scheduled a new World Radiocommunication Conference. (via Franco Probi-I, Radioincontro, Dec 8)

PARAGUAY 9737.62 R Nac do Paraguay heard in Sp at 0015, playing lovely Mexican and SoAM mx, "mmmmhhh delicious". (WB, Dec 6)

POLAND 1503 TWR MW relay Stargard Tychovo. 1930-2000 Mon-Fri Finish. 2000-2030 Mon-Fri Norwegian, addr: Gimlekollen Mediacenter, Box 4087, N-4602 Kristiansand, Norway. 2030-2100 Mon-Fri Swedish, addr: Norea Radio Sverige, Box 3419, S-10368 Stockholm, Sweden. 2030-2100 Sat/Sun Lithuanian, addr: ERF(TWR), Postfach 1444, D-35573 Wetzlar, Germany. (TWR via KiR - "Church on Radio" newsletter Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Dec 6)

RUSSIA DW via Irkutsk 9900 went off, was not included in their Dec 'DW Plus' either. But 9480 Novosibirsk is heard daily. It seems they made a few changes after issuing their technical freq schedule. I still hear DW on 9900, e.g. today 1145-1200, //9480. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 6)

TX location for DW Ge sce 9900 outlet is Irkutsk-RUS, 1000-1400. (Christine Post DW, via Herbert Meixner-AUT, Dec 9)

5940 Vatican Radio RUS relay 1322-1335* 45544-44444, Jap relig progr. At first, test bc from Russian talk was held till Dec 7, but going on Dec 8. Acc to K. Hishikawa via N. Ohmori, test bc will be extended to the end of Dec. (Kanai via Cumbre Dx, Dec 8)

SAUDI ARABIA 15335 BSKSA in Fr at 0800-1000, opening at 0759 ID in Fr into morning prayer in Ar, 33222. Also in Fr at 1400-1600 15170. Seemingly BSKSA Ar sce at 1944 on v11867.95. (WB, Dec 6)

SOUTH AFRICA 6205 and 11540 R Kudirat Nigeria via Meyerton-RSA tx site at 1945-1955. Comments on local Enugu govt, Enugu State alliance, speech of local NIG reverend. 11540 = 45333, 6205 = 32322. (WB, Dec 6)

SRI LANKA Sri Lanka Bcing Corp, Ekala, 11905, 1302, beautiful Tamil folk mx, short announcements. At 1329 male speaker in Tamil, and signing off with percussion sound. Giving way to very weak signal of Radio Thailand. At best SINPO 33433, but 32432 most of the time. This tip came from Karl van Rooy. Indeed, this is the sce that used to be on 11800, Karl. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 9)

SYRIA Bcing Sce of the Syrian Arab Rep. This schedule has been compiled entirely from recent monitoring observations. Txion times may vary. Bcs in Hebrew and Ru to ISR may be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER. 1600-1830 Hebrew ME 783 1630 nx 1730 nx 1600-1700 Tu EuME As 12085 1700-1800 Ru Eu 13605 1805-1905 Ge Eu Am 13605 12085 1830-1900 Ru ME 783 (for Russian immigrants in ISR) 1731 nx 1905-2005 Fr Eu Am 13605 12085 2005-2105 En Eu 13605 12085 2105-2205 En AuAm 13605 12085 2215-2315 Ar Am 13605 12085 2315-0030 Sp Eu Am 13605 12085 Addr: Omyyad Square, Damascus, Syria. Tel: +963-11-720700 (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 10)

TAHITI 15170 RFO Tahiti 0100-0200 checked at various times Nov 28-30, but not even a carrier heard. (Atkins, via Cumbre Dx, Nov 28-30)

THAILAND 9655 Very strong signals from FE, CeAS, So&SoEaAS today. At 1940 R Thailand in En heard extremely well from old Bangkok tx site. 33333. //powerhouse Udorn 9535. (WB, Dec 6)

Radio Thailand today 11 Dec going past 1800 UTC in Thai on 4830, 6070 and 7115. (Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, UADX, Dec 12) [? Constitution Day is Dec 10th, ed]

TURKEY 7100.00 TRT noted here on Dec 4th & 5th (x7110), 1718 relatively poor and mixed with illegal Radio "Voice of the Broad Masses" from Eritrea. TRT signal increased continously up to signal strength of S9+65 dB, on dipol antenna. //9460. Informed German FCC authorities subsequently yesterday. At 2153 ID and all freqs given, c-down at 2200. Aziz phoned the tx site engineer, explained that matter, TRT is now back on 7110 (Dec 6). (Uli, DJ9KR, German Ham Radio Bandwatch; Aziz Sasa-TUR, TA1E, Dec 6)

UNID Unidentified stn, 5980, 1531, carrier just audible with a only few flashes of actual programming (music and some talk), SINPO 14331 most of the time. Possibly first RTM channel via Kota Kinabalu or Nei Menggu off schedule (should go off at 1515). Blocked by DW IS at 1557. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 9)

UK On Christmas Day at 1100 on all its usual freqs, Merlin Network One (MNO) will bc a special progr from Radio Napa on Cyprus, Eric Wiltsher from MNO tells us (direct) Quite a unique opportunity to listen to this rare bird on SW ! (via DXW, Dec 9)

The Radio Authority's Deputy Head of Programming and Advertising Janet Lee has been suspended from her post following her arrest. Police also arrested Avtar Lit, Chief Executive of Sunrise R, which operates a Greater London AM radio stn and has involvement in a stn in Bradford. It also bcs on SW from txs in GER. Janet Lee was arrested on Nov 5th at her home in London on suspicion of corruption. She was taken to a central London police stn and was questioned by officers from the Fraud Squad. She has been released on bail to appear in Jan while police conduct further inquiries.

Detectives searched her home and a number of documents were seized. Lit was arrested 11th Nov also on suspicion of corruption, he has been released on bail. Police raided Sunrise Radio's offices and seized documents. The investigation focuses on a fortnight holiday Janet Lee took in 1996 to Rajastan, India and who paid for it. That trip, and other matters, have been under investigation by the BBC2 progr Newsnight. (The Radio Magazine) Sunrise Radio has moved back to 5850 via DTK Juelich-GER for its SW txions 0700-1900. (BrDXC Contact, Dec)

Secrets of a mysterious military base on the Suffolk coast have at last been revealed following the release classified documents in America. Cobra Mist radar station stands as a haunting legacy of the Cold War at Orford Ness. It was established as an American military radar station in 1967 but closed down seven years later. A US researcher has gained access to classified reports describing technical setbacks with the radar monitoring equipment and a jamming problem. Experts considered the possibility that the station radar was deliberately being jammed by the Soviets. John Waddell of the Alde and Ore Association said "For: years it has all been a mystery.

The station dominates the landscape, it's about the size of an aircraft hanger." The station was set up to develop an over-the-horizon radar system with a greater range than contemporary radar. The system was designed to detect and track aircraft, missiles and earth satellite vehicle launchings in the Warsaw Pact. In 1971 a rod connecting two of the masts failed. The resulting shockvave caused most of the masts to crack off at 120 ft. The rod had been rejected by the contractor and should never have been installed. A noise problem occurred in June 1972 and the possibility of electronic counter measures was not ruled out. In May 1973 a committee carried out an economic analysis of on-going work to rectify the jamming problem. It decided to terminate Orford Ness. So the base was more of a white elephant than the centre of intelligence it was supposed to be. Between $100 and $150 million dollars had been poured into the station. Orford Ness is now owned by the National Trust, part of the station houses a BBC transmitter. (East Anglian Daily Times, Sept 28, via Dave Porter, via BrDXC Contact Dec)

USA 25910 / 26470 WJFP-JAMS (91.1 FM), 5807 Orange Ave. Fort Pierce, 467-2400, U.S.A. I sent a report to this adress several weeks ago; no answer till now. (Max van Arnhem-HOL, Dec 6)

I heard on 26th Nov WJFP with the following address: WJFP Radio, P.O.Box 397, 34954 Fort Pierce FL, U.S.A. (Ruud Vos-HOL, Dec 7)

Today I received after 3 months a confirmation letter from AFRTS 12689.5/6458.5; v/s was Wayne E. Eternicka, Broadcast Operations specialist. Addr: Dept. of the Navy, Naval Media Center, Navsta Anacostia Bldg. 168, 2701 South Capital street SW, Washington DC 20373-5819, U.S.A. (Ruud Vos-HOL, Dec 9)

AFRT 12689.5 and 6548.5 confirmation letter from Wayne Eternicka, Broadcast Operations Specialist, Naval Media Center, 2701 S. Capitol Street SW, Washington DC 20373-5819. A portion of the letter is excerpted: "This letter serves as confirmation of your 7 Aug 1998 reception of Armed Forces Radio and TV. The signal originates from Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Key West Florida and Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Puerto Rico at 12689.5 and 6458.5 kHz." I thought that DXers had established that this bc comes from Key West only. Does this mean that I may have verified Puerto Rico on shortwave? (Renfrew in Cumbre Dx, Dec 9)

RADIO DEMOCRACY SET FOR JANUARY - By Nick Grace C., Washington Bureau Time is ticking for the impending launch of another U.S. "white" clandestine radio bcing sce - this one directed at 19 African states. Radio Democracy Africa, announced by Pres Clinton during his visit to Botswana last March, may begin as early as Jan 1999. Acc to Mary Ellen Glynn, spokeswoman for the US Information Sce (USIA), a re-programming letter must be sent and authorized by the U.S. House of Representatives before funding will be released. As reported in CRW 13, the House passed the surrogate service's budget for the next fiscal year and the USIA is anxious to get things running as soon as possible.

"They (House International Affairs Subcommittee on Africa) are very enthusiastic about the stn," she said "and with all the lead time we are already prepared to go." Radio Democracy for Africa will be a surrogate sce within the VoA, bcing in nine different langs. (CRW 19, Dec 11)

0100-0130 Uigur 15405 via KHBI2. Schedule change for KHBI tx #2 at Saipan island from Dec 8. RFA will start txions in Uigur language. One week before the beginning of the txions there will be an announcement loop on air for the Uigur progr. (Geofrey Alston-USA, Dec 11)

QSLs in CRW19, Dec 11: LogsRadio Free Asia QSL via tx KWHR-Hawaii 9930. v/s: Loren Holycross (KWHR Engineering). full-data card in 22 weeks (Korinek-South-Africa via NU 1503) Radio Free Iraq RFE/RL, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C., 20036, USA v/s : David Walcutt, Bc Operations Liaison 9540 via Woofferton, full-data personal ltr in 3 weeks. (Korinek-South-Africa via NU 1503)

"Letter of verification" from Radio Free Iraq. No special-QSL for the first txions as I expected, but I am pleased anyway with what I got! (Fransson-SWE Dec 5 for CRW)

Brief verie ltr in 4 wks. Think it was the 2nd day of b/cs that I hrd. (Martin-OZ via NU 1504)

Similar ltr rcvd. For those who may be unaware, Dave Walcutt is a DXer of many years experience and a good friend of the hobby. (Berg-USA via NU 1504)

Today, after about a month, I received a rather plain-looking full data letter on RFE/RL letterhead. This was for my report on Radio Free Iraq's first day of operation, which was NOT mentioned in the letter. Definitely nothing special about this, and very disappointing. Has anyone received this promised "Special First Day QSL" ??? (Stephens-USA via HCDX)

Radio Free Iraq - regarding J.D.Stephens question: "Has anyone received this promised "Special First Day QSL" ??? Yes, I have. But it seemingly depends on what you would consider such a "Special First Day QSL" you were looking for. I received that letter you mentioned too, including all details necessary such as the name of the progr. They indeed did not mention that it was their first day of operation, but I know it for myself. They also could have just sent their normal RL/RFE card without any mention of the new progr (like they mostly did when they QSLed Radio Free AFG during the 80s). When comparing it with the no-data QSL I have received from Radio Free Asia several times, this one (for me) really is special, since it also tells the sites they used on that day. (Kuhl-GER via HCDX) Also see Fransson's comment about this qsl-letter above. (CRW 19, Dec 11)

WGTG 2nd tx - On Dec 8 I heard Dave Frantz announce that their second transmitter has been approved by the FCC for regular programming. He said they are only waiting for "a few technical things" in order to start regular programming. NO freqs or schedule was mentioned (Tim Hendel, AL, WORLD OF RADIO 968, Dec 10)

Last we heard it would be 6890-USB at night only. (Glenn Hauser, Dec 10)

6890 WGTG heard tonight at 0100 running their 2nd tx in USB only and carrying the American Freedom Network. Per Hendel via Hauser, they just got the FCC approval. (Johnson via Cumbre Dx, Dec 11)

VATICAN [and non] Vatican R now listed for new 9895 via new Tashkent relay 1450-1620 Hindi Tamil Malayalam and En 1535 for IND/AS; also noted on new 9595 (x9600) for morning sce to AS, AUS, and NZL: 2200-2245 Ch, 2245-2315 En, 2315-2345 Vietn. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP; Alok Dasgupta-IND, Dec 4)

VIETNAM 9840 Very strong signals from FE, CeAS, So&SoEaAS today. VoVTN Hanoi in En, letterbox progr, letter from Berlin-GER, tourist tipe for listeners audience, around 1920-1935. 44554. Stn produced spurious signals like a garden fense: on 9800 9810 9820 9830 9850 9860 9870 9880 kHz. (WB, Dec 6)

Here is a latest short observation of some reg stns (Dec 1): 4796v *1200- Son La B. Station (not confirmed) 5597v *1159- Lao Cai B. Station (confirmed //6680) 6496v *1200- Bac Thai. Station (confirmed) 6506v *1159-1328* Cao Bang B. Station (not confirmed) 6680v *1159- Lao Cai B. Station (confirmed //5597). (Mikhail Timofeyev / Hans Boogert in DXW, Dec 9)

6507.1 Cao Ban (presumed). 1215-1330. I guess that using lang was Vietnamese. All heard songs are in style of a-cappella and aborignaly. At 1230 and 1330, heard announcement by woman with mx item. Probably ID was including, but I do not understand. At 1330, suddenly s-off as soon as short mention by woman. The signal was weak but clear, and sometimes covered with utility stn in Ru. Thanks Alan Davies. (Iwata in Cumbre Dx, Dec 6)

YEMEN On Dec 3rd Sana'a heard on En morning progr at 0600-0700 loud on 9779.8. Strong QRN, but no QRM of RDP-POR, which was still off from 0700. (Uwe Volk-D, Dec 7)

Too many bugs in the new WRTH 1999. WRTH is a specialised product for discerning readers. As it stands it is in no-man's land. It is not the book for world-band freaks, nor for the serious DXer, says Nordic Shortwave Center's reviewer Don Phillips Perhaps what we have is a "fair effort" for David Bobbett, the new editor. But he too has bugs to be rid of before the new millennium, and next year's edition. Read the full story on the Nordic DX web site at http://www.nordicdx.com/

(Hermod Pedersen-DEN, in DXW, Dec 9)

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1998 New SW bcs in 1998 included the US-based WBCQ - The Planet, offering airtime for only 50 dollars an hour to bc " alternative" programming to the Americas and Caribbean. Radio Asia Canada, a Tamil-lang stn based in Toronto, started SW bcs in March using facilities in Germany, although it closed later in the year, reportedly after diplomatic intervention by the Sri Lankan govt.

In the UK, Merlin, which took over the BBC World Service's txion operations, as well as hosting other bcs, emerged as an internat bcer in its own right with the entertainment- based Merlin Network One. POR and NOR stopped SW bcs in En, there were significant cuts at Radio NZL Internat, ending its PAC-lang bcs on SW, and RFI Paris said it would reduce its SW output in winter 1998 by 30 per cent, mostly in French. Estonia closed its SW tx, and Russia's Mayak radio has reportedly decided to drop SW at the end of the year.

Libya renamed its ext radio sce the Voice of Africa, reflecting its changed political orientation away from the Arab world. The USA launched two new internat radio sces bcing to IRN and IRQ, and announced plans for a new Radio Democracy for AF sce. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

ALGERIA 7245 (x6802v) Algiers was on air on the 5th at 0800 in Ar and has been heard every day since then ! It had been silent for quite some time, at least mornings. Heard a few days periode on v6802. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10; ed)

ANTARCTICA 15476, LRA36, continues off the air, and probably this year the new tx (brand still unknown) will be installed. The replacement technical op recently arrived at Base Esperanza. The estimated date for the reactivation of the stn is January 1999. (Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, Dec 13)

AUSTRIA 1476 Extended "Special Christmas" txions via MW tx Vienna Bisamberg scheduled for Thu Dec 24 2130-2300, Sat Dec 26 1800-2300, Fri Jan 1 2100-2300, and Sat Jan 2nd 1830-2300. (ORF DX Telegram, Dec 20)

BELARUS 3346U, utility relay txion, 2154. Familiar RS Mayak IS at 2159, six pips and anmt that included "Radiostantsiya Mayak." Very weak, with tinny, muffled speech audio; no sign of supposed //2338. If it's true that Mayak is leaving SW, I wonder if this relay will also cease carrying it. (Hill-MA, via NU, Dec 11) Station was noted by Phillips on 2338U on 13 Dec, 1715-1730, // 3346, with Ids. (via DXW, Dec 16)

6100, Belaruskaje Radyjo, Dec 20, 0900-1045 Belarussian annt and ID, relig sce, songs and talks, heard //6080, 6115, 7140, 7145, 7210 and 11670. SINPO 34444. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 20)

BELGIUM RVI Golfgids in Flemish/Dutch on 19th has given some annts about RVI Brussels SPECIAL CHRISTMAS outlets, most likely to CeAF on 17 and 21 MHz, replacing partly 13745 EUR frequency. My knowledge of Dutch/Flemish, especially pronounciation of figurs is very limited. [ed]

BTW: RVI Saturday evening sports progr to CeAF 1900-2200 replaced 13745 by 11675, 200 kW, 157 degr. (RVI Golfgids, Paul Brems RVI, Dec 19/20)

During the Christmas period RVI will present two extra editions of the program "Luistervinken", with greetings for listeners in AF. The two extra txions will air on the next two Sats between 1200-1256 on the two new freqs of 17650 & 21540. To make this possible one of the usual freqs for EUR will be taken out of the air, being 13745 for SoWeEUR. This means that the two extra txions will be audible on Sat 26 Dec and 2 Jan at 1200 on 5985 to EUR, and 17650 & 21540 to AF. Due to these extra txions the noon edition of 'Golfgids' will not be aired, but it can still be heard in the morning hours to EUR at 0700-0730 5985 & 9925, and in the first night txion to AF 1800-1830 13745 & 15370. (Marc Vissers-BEL, Dec 20) [Many thanks to Herman, Marc, and Paul]

CANADA Add changes of RCI from Nov 29: 1600-1700 in Ru a d d 13650 (45554) 1800-2000 in Ru & Ukr d e l 11945, 13650. (RCI, DX prgr in Ru; via Ivo Ivanov and Rumen Pankov-BUL PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

CHILE 11690 Voz Cristiana, good at 0635-0755* Dec 13. Non-stop Christian mx progr. At 0655, man anncd U.S. addr, and at 0700 full canned ID with freqs. 0755*, then switched to 11890. 11890 Voz Cristiana, fair at *0800-0903 Dec 13, relig talk, at 0859 ancd change in fqy from 21500 to 11745 at 2100. 15375 Voz Cristiana, fair at 1000-1003 Dec 13, relig mx. (TIN-JPN via NU, Dec 13)

21550, Voz Cristiana, 1440-1455 Dec 11, talk and mx in SP; ID with addr at 1455 (still Box 2889, Miami). VG signal, //17680 (co-channel QRM) and 21500 (considerably weaker). (Wilkins-CO via NU, Dec 13)

CHINA just received a letter from Noel Green in Blackpool-UK, asking which CHINESE? stn can be heard on 7170 between 0830 and 0857 s-off.

He wrote: "I have been hearing "something" using 7170, audible after VoA Woofferton in Arabic signs off at 0830.

Today, I noted a S-5 signal on my meter an a woman speaking in a language I did not recognize. There was some nondescript mx at 0841 then a man speaking. A lively march tune followed and, after more speech, distinctly Ch type march mx. More speech was followed by Ch string mx and the tx went off at 0857 and did not return. The signal was gradually weakening and side splash came from a loud Tikhy Okean txion (Khabarovsk?) on 7175. I at first suspected a reactivated Senegal, but the mx makes me doubtful, but I did not recognize anything Chinese about it either except the mx !

I wonder if it's making it to Hans van den Boogert in Taiwan ?

Lhasa is not scheduled to start until 1000 on this channel and in Ch and I THINK I heard it do so, but very weak. The language I heard did not sound Tibetan either. [WB: Cumbre mentioned Xizang Lhasa PBS on 7171 in Nov, scheduled til 0650 previously]

One other UNID heard on the 9th at 1430 onwards on 7164.3 at weak level, I assume this is Nepal still active but could't trace 5005 to verify. The only other could be ETH and the signal not good enough to tell. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10)

"I have been hearing "something" using 7170, audible after VoA Woofferton in Ar signs off at 0830. Dr. Fong just checked at 1203 but on 7170 RSI is blasting things away in Tamil. On 7169.65A a Mandarin speaking stn, tent. Lhasa //5935.04. (Hans van den Boogert, Dec 15)

Here in JPN, 7170 VoA Ar via Woofferton UK was SIO 343-443 from 0740 until Russia comes up on 7175 at 0815, then SIO 322 until 0835 s-off under mild to severe splash. Good signal with frequent fadings typical of long-path propagation around sunset in the FE in winter. Mx, man and woman talk about Clinton's visit to ISR and Palestine. ID "Huna Washington" with VoA jingle. Formal s-off with En annt at 0830.

After VOA was gone, here in Kobe-JPN, I didn't hear anything on 7170, Ch or not, only splash from Tikhy Okean on 7175 and maritime radio QSO. I stayed tuned until 0845 but nothing came on. (Sonny M. Ashimori-JPN, Dec 15)

Noel Green told me in an letter of Dec 12: I've identified the stn on 7170 heard at 0830. It's China. I heard their IS & opening today (either they came on late or VoA went off earlier ! ). Has CRI chimes IS & anthem but don't know what sce this is -- maybe a MINORITIES sce ?

41 mb propagating very unusually Dec 11. I found Singapore audible in Tamil on 7170 at 1130 (after CRI Esperanto went off). BBC SNG also well audible same time on 7135.

VoVTN found on new ? 7145 in English at 1330-1400 in //9839.8, but v12020 not found.

R Thailand aslo using 7145 1300-1400 for Jpn/Ch & Thai. Something on channel at 1400 but if VTN they had swung their antenna. R Rossii (Volgograd?) from 1430.

No trace of Guinea 9640 - 9651 around 0745-0815, but HCJB 9640, Brazil 9645.1 with rumble from another -- new CNR ? -- Pyongyang 9650.1 in Jpn and 9655 clear. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10)

7175 Tikhy Okean from presumed Khabarovsk signs on at 0815 with an IS and ID and Ru progrs. SIO 443-433 good signal, CW and maritime radio QRM, splash covering VOA 7170 until 0830. (Sonny M. Ashimori-JPN, Dec 15)

9845, CNR Beijing, Dec 12, 2040-2105, Mandarin. Most pleasant musical progr of Sea Shanties, Old English pastoral works (Greensleeves type), a selection from "Evita" Irish Jigs etc. Female with ID at 2100, she went on to read what could have been local nx. 33232. (Clemitson-RSA, via DXW, Dec 16)

11948.90, Xizang PBS Lhasa, Dec 13, 1312, Male and female speaker in Tibetan, at 1320 ID with mention of Xizang. Some QRM from 11950 Almaty. //6130 where fading in around this hour. 6130 = 23222, 11948.90 = 33333 (van Rooy-HOL, via DXW, Dec 16)

New freqs schedule of China Radio Internat in Russian from Nov 9. The schedule was aired Nov 26 in "Mailbox", but the hours were given in strange time, minus 8 hrs from UTC!! Updated by editors Dec 1: 0000-0100 1521 4815 7110 0100-0200 1521 0300-0400 11755 15435 17755* 1000-1100 963 1116 5145 7110 7820 9695* 9725 1100-1200 963 1116 1323 1521 7110 7820 9725 1200-1300 963 1521 1300-1400 963 1323 1521 4815 4883 5145 5850 7820 1400-1500 963 1323 1521 1500-1600 1521 4815 4883 7375 7435* 7780 1600-1700 1521 6950 7350* 7375 7780 9860 1700-1800 1521 6950 7350* 7375 7780 9365 9795* 9860 1800-1900 1521 7350* 7375 7435 7780 9365 9535 9795* 1900-2000 1521 7350* 7435 9365 9795* 2000-2100 7255* 7350* 9795* 2300-2400 4815 7110 (marked with* - new freqs; 9535 via RFI Issoudun). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

CLANDESTINE from CIS to SRI LANKA 7460 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are back on SW, as The V. of the Tigers, trial run at 0100-0130 on 7460 (TamilNet website Dec 13 via BBCM) Hmmm, same site as IBC at 0000-0100? (Hauser, via Cumbre Dx, Dec 16) (Entire item was in Review of International Broadcasting and via Hauser Dec 14)

CROATIA From Nov 29 Croatian Radio HS heard regulary 1500-2000 NF 7525 (45544), x1500- 1800 7185. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

ECUADOR David Lewis is no longer at HCJB Quito. Personal e-mail messages for David Lewis should be sent to [email protected]

HCJB related e-mail, including Frequency Management issues should be sent to Doug Weber at [email protected] (HCJB, Dec 19)

ETHIOPIA 9560.2, Radio Ethiopia; Gedja, 1622-1632, (Western) popmx, e.g. "Who's that girl" by Madonna, "La Bamba" and "Total Eclypse of the heart". At 1629 ID in En by female speaker, chimes, time check, nx read by male. 34433, heard //7165. (weak). Also checked 9704.2 kHz. for their home sce, and this was heard with good signals too. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 15)

9704.20, R Ethiopia; Gedja, Dec 11, 1955-2000*, Nx in Amharic by male speaker, at 1957 news about Pinochet, at 1958 ID as 'Ethiopia Radio' and presumed freq annt followed by National Anthem with male choir to s-off at 2000, very strong signal. 35444 (Van Rooy-HOL, via DXW, Dec 16)

GERMANY RTBF Brussels via DTK Juelich, 21540, 1100, s-on for first day test broadcast. SINPO 35434. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 14)

RTBF was received with testing 21540 via DTK Juelich at 0720; reception here in Siberia was good. (Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Dec 16)

Croatian R Zagreb via DTK Juelich: En nx bulletins at 0200 & 0300 are now on 6130 (x9925, 300 degr). Heard Dec 15 with an excellent signal. (Ivan Grishin-CAN, WORLD OF RADIO 969, Dec 17)

AFN Survival Team http://www.angelfire.com/de/zeichen/afn.html (Manfred Babenhauserheide-D, Dec 14)

Wir konnten AFN -Fuerth auf ein weiteres Jahr in Zusammenarbeit mit AFN-Bavaria erhalten! (alle US-Streitkraefte sind im Umkreis von 50 km abgezogen). Echt Spitze, dank Rainer-AFN Technican of the US-Army. Wir werden dann auch Bilder von unserem Survival Ausflug im Herbst zeigen. (AFN-Survival-Team, Juergen; via Mathias Eisenkolb-D, Dec 20) [FM Nuremberg 107.9 Mhz ???, AFN stn will remaining on air for another year. Though all US troops around 50 kms of Nuremberg left Germany already. ed]

IBC Tamil is owned by Tamil Media Ltd, trading as IBC (Internat Bcing Corpor). It began bcing 9th June 1997. Txion facilities are provided by the World Radio Network. IBC says its programming is non-partisan and is aimed at Tamil listeners worldwide. It is carried 24 hrs a day via satellite and in part from via hired SW txs in GER and or CeAS. Satellite: Astra 1B at 19.2E (11479 MHz vertical, audio 7.56 MHz) 0000-0100 Ta/En EuMEAfAs 7460-CeAS 7150 DTK Juelich GER. 0050- nx in En 0100-0000 Ta EuMEAf (only on satellite) nx at 0100 0800 1500 2000 Addr: IBC-Tamil, PO Box 1505, London, SW8 2ZH, United Kingdom Tel: +44 171 787 8000 Fax: +44 171 787 8010 URL: http://www.ibc-tamil.demon.co.uk/ (Real Audio available) E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

Some new freqs of DW Cologne for B-98 0000-0200 11895 & 13750 Ge, 0200-0400 11820 Ge, 0600-0650 12015 Tur, 0900-0930 17895 21695 in Da & Pa. Addit px 1000-1400 9900 (not listed [yes Irkutsk-RUS listed, ed]) & 13635 Ge, 1200-1400 15510 Ge, 1400-1800 9780 Ge, 1430-1645 addit 13790 Ur, Hi, En. 2130-2200 9535 Pol. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

GREECE Referring to the last bulletin I also listened for En at 1345-1355, but only Greek was heard on Dec 15. Freqs at this time are 9420, 12105 and 15530. GRC has left 15175, probably due to interference from ARS also using 15175. (Erik Koie, Copenhagen, Dec 15)

Add changes of VoGRC from Nov 29: 1400-1800 Gr to EUR NF 9425 (x9420), 1800-2050 En, Sp, Gr to EUR NF 9425 (x9420), 2100-2250 Gr to AUS NF 7475 & 9425 (x11645 & x9420). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

GUAM Freqs changes of AWR / KSDA, Agat: 1100-1200 NF 11660, in Mand 1100-1500 NF 15725, in Mand 1200-1300 NF 11660, in Kor 1300-1400 NF 11660, in Jpn/En 1400-1500 NF 9385, in Sinh/En 1400-1500 NF 11625, in Burm 1500-1600 NF 9385, in Telugu/Punjabi, but strong co-ch R.Bulgaria in Ru to CeAsia and Caucasus !!! 1500-1600 NF 11625, in Hi/En 1600-1700 NF 11625, in Vietn 1600-1800 NF 9385 and addit NF 11550, in Ar 2000-2100 NF 9370 and NF 9515, in Kor 2300-0200 NF 17715 in Mand 0200-0400 NF 21770 in Mand (Sat/Sun only).

DX prgr "Wavescan"is the air Suns (4 editions delay). 1000-1030 11660, 1430-1500 9385, 1030-1100 11795, 1530-1600 11625, 1230-1300 15225, 1600-1630 9355, 1330-1400 11660, 1730-1800 9355, 1330-1400 15225, 2130-2200 15610. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

GUINEA 7125 Propagation from AF on 7 MHz was better than usual today 10/11 Dec, and I heard a positive ID for Guinea on 7125 during Fr annts just before closing at 0802*. Still no trace of it again up on 9 Mhz at this time - only R Pyongyang in Jpn on 9650 - and also a strong RTTY most days too.

Heard with Fr lang on air at 0745 on 7125 with 'La Voix d'Evangile', mostly speech with some mx. At 0800 a man read a nx bulletin in French until 0802 when a Church-like bell was rung and 'La Voix d'Evangile' continued and annts mentioned "... l'office de la Rdif TV Guinean ..." continued with bible talk. Still going 0845 but now very weak. Signal peaking S7+ on my meter 0815. NIG 7255 and MLI 7285.85 audible but much weaker.

No trace of Guinea 9640...9655 around 0810. HCJB 9640, Brazil 9645.1 with rumble from another - new CNR ?. Did'nt sound like 7125 -- Pyongyang 9650.1 in Jpn and 9655 clear. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10/11/12)

7125, RTG-Conakry, 2150 Dec 12 tune-in with nice We.AFan folk mx, brief ID at 2200 by man in Fr with local nx and ments of Bamako-MLI. Hrd at good level with folk mx until 2354* after quick ID and anthem. (Lobdell-MA, via NU, Dec 13)

7125, RTV Guineenne; Conakry, 1850-1910, Male in Fr, some hi-life mx, a very short nx bulletin at 1900, a 'Radiotelevision Guineenne' ID, promo for the country, in vernacular. Lost most of the signal at 1906 for 35 seconds when UNID stn with an En progr almost blocked Guinea. Poor to fair. (Pijpers via DXW, Dec 16)

INDIA Here is some comments on the subject below: 11930, AIR, *0059, On w/mx briefly, dead air, W anncr in lang, at least 5 time pips, believed Nepali ID "Yo All India Radio ho ?? ", then into great Indian mx. Good signal w/typical Asian fluttery effect. Have been hearing this the last couple nights after Hans Johnson mentioned it as an UNID. (Valko-USA, Dec 5)

One of the 500 kW beasts at Bangalore ? Extended Nepalese schedule to 60 mins. ? ed.

No, it's in URDU starting at 0100 from Bangalore 500 kW (replacing the old 11620). Nepali is starting only at 0130 with 57 mins duration. It is reported in several electronic bulletins on this channel specially from the NoAMan listeners. (ADG Alok Dasgupta, Calcutta-IND, Dec 13)

INDIA Doordarshan TV and AIR hit by engineers' strike. Regional and internat sces of Doordarshan (DD) [TV network] were on Sat 12th Dec adversely affected, due to 48-hour- long strike by its engineering and technical staff. There was no txion of reg sces in some centres, especially in the south. Internat teletext, internet sces and progrs based on recordings which needed technical back-up were almost closed down. Over 13,000 engineering and technical staff of DD and AIR were on strike, demanding implementation of pay scales recommended by the Bcing Corpor of India board. If the pay scales were not implemented immediately, the employees would go on 72-hour strike from 6th Jan. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

INDONESIA 3158v UNID Indonesian, 1243-1325, possibly an Indonesian amatir (pirate). This one has been heard at times on previous DXpeditions to the WA coast. Freq always varies rapidly +/- .4 kHz around 3158, and modulation is a horrible mess. Programing consists of INS rock mx and infrequent, unpredictable brief annts (song titles?). The language is recognizable as BI, and I've never caught even a hint of an ID, although the signal has been fair-good at times. The lack of SCI, Jakarta relay, anthems, etc. points to an unlicensed broadcaster. Also, I think it's significant that 3158 has been vacant on local Sunday (Indonesian Monday) evenings perhaps this stn is a student doing his free radio thing on weekends only. In the 1980s, a couple of RPDs were active between 3155 and 3164, but they've been off for years. Always one of the more tantalizing DX signals heard here. Comments from Aussie DXers welcome! (Guy Atkins-Ocean City State Park DXpedition via NU, Nov 28-29, via Jem 63)

About Gaku Iwata's tip, he reported VoM's annt in Voice of Indonesia progr on 11785 at 0801. I also heard Voice of Malaysia announcement on 11785 at 0835 on Dec 8. The progr was consisted of mx and topics in INS, MLA, Myanmar/BRM, PHL, etc. I presume this progr is produced by the cooperation with VoM K-L. Other cases of the progr which produced in cooperation with stn outside INS, are seen the progr in RRI Jakarta with R.TV Malaysia, and RRI Jakarta with R. TV Brunei. Both progrs are heard at 0405 and 0800 on every Sun. (Juichi Yamada-JPN, Dec 14)

15150, RRI; Cimanggis, Dec 9, 0902, Hindi kind of mx with Ins male and female songs, at 0904 male speaker in BI with ID at 0905 as: "Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta, Programa Nacional Dua", at 0909 again that Hindi-like mx with Indonesian male songs (the melodies of this mx come very close to Hindi mx). 35333 (van Rooy-HOL, via DXW, Dec 16)

Ramadan started on Dec 19 (Dec 20 of local time). I heard following stns operating the special local early morning bc in the first day of Ramadan: 3214.9 RRI Manado -1930- 3264.7 RRI Gorontalo -1930-2200- 3325.0 RRI Palangkaraya - 1930-2200- 3344.8 RRI Ternate -1930-2200- 3385.0 RRI Kupang -2050- 3395.1 RRI Bandar Lampung -2040-2200- 3508.0 Unid -2114-2140+ 3591.0 Unid -1959- Male talk. Already not heard at 2020. 3607.2 Unid -2010- Male talk. 3619.4 Unid -2000- Male talk. Already not heard at 2035. 3636.9 Unid -2116- 3661.4v Unid -2027- Male talk. Already not heard at 2040. 3905.0 RRI Merauke -1650-2100- 3960.3 RRI Palu -1930- 3976.1 RRI Pontianak - 1930-2200- 4000.2 RRI Kendari #2030- Usual schedule. 4003.2 RRI Padang -1930- 4753.3 RRI Ujung Pandang -1930-2200- 4845.2 RRI Ambon #1950- Usual schedule. 4925.0 RRI Jambi -1930-2200- Local nx at 1930. 5040.0 RRI Pekanbaru -2040-2200- 7098.3 RRI Yogyakarta - 2140-2200- (Juichi Yamada-Ihama DX pedition JPN, Dec 19)

IRAN 11831.8, VOIRI Zahedan, 1224-1227*, En talk, mx bridges, ID, male and female giving schedule, address, and off at 1227. 23432. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, via DXW, Dec 15)

15003.30, VOIRI Tehran, Dec 9, 1150 Male speaker in farsi, // 15084 strange to find them here, spurious signal? A little bit distorted audio here. 35333. (Van Rooy-HOL, via DXW, Dec 9)

IRAQ Iraq "will not attempt to jam" Radio Free Iraq. Shortwave DXers have been listening to hear if the new US-sponsored Radio Free Iraq and the Persian sce of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty will be jammed. Well, the Iraqi govt has said that it will not even bother to jam Radio Free Iraq. Iraqi media officials say Radio Free Iraq is just one more of several opposition radio stns already beaming into the country. The Associated Press says that one such opposition stn, the Voice of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which transmits from Iran, accuses the Baghdad govt of being, of all things, a puppet of the US. The Iraqi authorities did not mention another possible reason that IRQ will not attempt to jam Radio Free Iraq. As SW listeners who have tried to listen to the Iraqi ext sce in En are aware, Iraq tends to have problems putting and keeping SW radio sces on the air. (CW VoA via BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 11)

Kurdistan Democratic Party. Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan (Kurdish: era dangi kurdistana iraqiya; Ar: sawt kurdistan al-iraq, sawt al-hizb al-dimuqrati al-kurdistani al-iraqi) bcs in support of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Mas'ud Barzani. The KDP says the radio stn was established in Sep 1963. A sce to EUR was introduced on 27th Apr 1995. The KDP also operates Kurdistan Television, KTV, which bcs on several VHF and UHF channels in Iraqi Kurdistan from 1600-2200. This schedule is as announced by the radio. Freqs, times and duration of bcs are subject to change. MW and FM may also be used. Bcs may be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER. Studio centre Salah al-Din 0345-0600 & 1600-1830 Kur/Ar ME 4085-v. (Bc may be extended on occasions) UK addr: KDP Press Office, PO Box 7725, London SW1V 3ZD, UK Tel: +44-171-931-7764; Fax: +44-171-931-7765; e-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.kdp.pp.se/ (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

Satellite feeds of radio sces, ext and dom, and SW and MW freqs disappeared abruptly at 2330 UT Dec 16, as air strikes on Baghdad were being reported, and still had not returned by 1130 Dec 17. CTK news agency reports that RFE/RL expanded bcs to IRQ and IRN from two to four hours, and also expanded sces to RUS, CeAS (BBCM Dec 17 via Hauser)

Shortly after the US/UK Air Strike against Iraqi Nuclear/Biological/Chemical Weapons Progr which began Dec 16 2200 UTC, the Iraqi State Radio and TV went off the air and has probably been hit as well, according to BBC World Sce Dec 17 0130. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 17)

As was mused about by BBCMS in our last issue, radio txs have been among the targets struck by the American and British air strikes on Iraq. The Dec 19th Washington Post reports that that radio txs were among the targets said to have been either destroyed or severely damaged.

11785 was carrying Radio Iraq International as the attack started. Try around 2100.

4920 has been reported in recent months with Iraq's Arabic Sce around 2300.

Taking a look for the Voice of the Mojahed txs might also be worth a try. These Farsi- lang bcs are from an Iraqi-backed group, the Mojahideen e-Khalq and they are probably coming from Iraqi txs. Here is their schedule as monitored by Pankov and reported to BC- DX a few months back: "Seday-e Mojahed" (or "VoMojahed", Vo the Crusader) in Pe, *1600-2100* 6175. *0200-0500* and *1500-1900* on 4450 4650 4850(!) 5150 5350 5650 5750 6250. All freqs move each 2-3 min +/- 25 kHz, to avoid Iranian jammers.

5935 Dom Sce found them on this new freq at 2218. Talk in Ar about American and British aggression and the brave Iraqi people. Weak, deep fades, and continuing on until long period of dead air at 2300. 2302 audio resumed with another announcer giving nx headlines and an ID. Martial mx starting at 2312 and still on as I type this at 2315. No sign of a //on 4920 or 11785. (Hans Johnson, FL, via Cumbre Dx, Dec 19/20)

ITALY AWR Forli B-98 schedule: 0630-0800 in Fr, Ar NF 7260 (x7270 [w-97]) 0800-0900 in It 7230 Mon-Fri (Sat/Sun via DTK same). 0900-1000 in Ge, En 7230. 1000-1100 in Ar NF 11700 [but listed 17610] x11795[w-97]. 1100-1300 in It, Ge, En 7230. 1300-1430 in Fr, Ar NF 11700 (x9665 [w-97]). DXprgr "Wavescan"is the air Suns (currently edition): 0930-1000 & 1230-1300 7230, very poor reception here! [in Germany too] (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

JAPAN E-Mail addr of Radio Japan Tokio (NHK World). Please send in your RR's to this addr, and we will send you a QSL card. To receive our QSL, the reports should include the date, time and frequency on which you heard our programs, and we always appreciate requests and comments. We hope to hear from you soon. Regards, RADIO JAPAN [email protected]

(Volker Willschrey-D, Dec 14)

JAPAN [non] Due to the current situation in Iraq NHK World Radio Japan has extended its bcing hrs as follows: En 2400-0200 11880 Sri Lanka 0500-0700 15310 Yamata

Jpn 0400-0500 17820 Sri Lanka 0900-1100 17795 Sri Lanka 1100-1500 15230 Gabon 1300-1400 11880 Sri Lanka 1500-1600 15230 Gabon 1800-2400 11880 Sri Lanka (Kunitoshi Hishikawa-JPN, Dec 18)

Despite the present schedule for the NHK RJ Year-end hitparade progr 1998/1999 isn't published yet, here are the frequs which used in previous years [ed]:

Usual very special NHK Radio Japan New Year progr in Jpn 1400-1530, and En 1530-1558 observed like every year on Dec 31st, via 9670 & 9715 Skelton/Woofferton-GB relay, 11840 Ekala-CLN relay, 15350 & 21700 Moyabi-GAB relay, fed via two satellites, signal 300 ms behind Ekala & Skelton signals respectively. (WB, 1994/1995)

Midnight in Japan is at 1500. On Dec 31, special new year progr taken from NHK Tokyo home sce in Jpn, incl public live coverage of mx box 'Hit Parade' can be heard on regular NHK Radio Japan sces in 1100-1530 time span, as well as in special En txion at 1535-1544.

For QSL hunters also, special addit relay txions available via Skelton/Woofferton UK 1200-1600 (+regular 1000-1200 in Ge, Fr, Ru) EUR 9600 11710.

Moyabi Gabon 1200-1500 (+regular 1500-1600) SoAF 15355. 1200-1600 (+regular 1600-1700) ME EUR NoAF 21700. Fed via two satellites, signal 300 ms behind Ekala & UK signals respectively. (WB, 1995/96)

Ascension Isls 1200-1300 (+regular 1300-1400) WeAF 15400, CeAF 21490. 1400-1530 WeAF 15120.

Sackville-CAN 1500-1559 (+regular 1300-1500) NoAM 11705.

Montsinery FrGUI 1100-1600 So/CeAM 15350, 1100-1200 & 1400-1600 15325. Ekala Sri Lanka 1500-1530 (+regular 1300-1500) ME 11895. (NHK RJ "Media RoundUp", in 1995/1996)

Hello from Tokyo again! It is my pleasure to inform you the following information. NHK Radio Japan will bc its special progr in Japanese on 31 Dec 1996.

There will be no usual GS progr, 1100-1600. The following progr will be on the air: 1100- information, "Year-end hit parade" 1225-1230 News and information 1230-1445 "Year-end hit parade"(continue) 1445-1545 "The old year and the new year"(The new year bells of Japan) 1545-1550 poem and others 1550-1559 English News 1559-1600 information

Besides the usual txion, there will be the addit txions from each relay sts as follows: 1100-1300 11895f CeAM 1100-1600 15590f EaSoAM 1130-1500 17780g SoAF 1130-1300 15400a WeAF 1130-1600 9600b, 11710b EUR 1400-1600 15225a WeAF 1500-1600 12045s SoWeAS 1500-1600 11705c NoAM

*relay txion site: a-Ascension Isl, b-U.K., c-Sackville-CAN, f-Montsinery FrGUI, g-Moyabi-GAB, s-Ekala Sri Lanka. (NHK RJ, in 1996/1997)

LITHUANIA A new 100 kW SW tx from Continental Electronics (USA) will be installed at the Sitkunai site in the first quarter of 1999. It will be used primarily for R.Vilnius bcs to NA, replacing the present relay via DTK Juelich Germany. Future plans are new antennas for NoAM and EUR, and a resumption of R.Vilnius txions to EUR. Due to budget cuts, Lithuanian State Radio will stop using MW for the 2nd Progr 612 resp. 1107 from Jan 1st, 1999. (Bernd Trutenau-D, Dec 15)

Lithuanian Radio-TV. All bcs to EUR will be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER. Radio Vilnius bcs to NoAM are txed via a hired SW tx in Juelich Germany.

0000-0030 Lith, 0030-0100 En AM 6120-GER (repeat of evening bc) 1000-1030 Lith, 1030-1100 En EUR 9710 (repeat of evening bc) 2200-2230 Lith, 2230-2300 En EUR 1557 666

Addr: Radio Vilnius, Konarskio 43, LT-2674 Vilnius, Lithuania Tel: +370-2-634471 Fax: +370-2-233526 URL: http://www.lrtv.lt/lt_lr.htm E-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

MALI Bamako was identified at 0810 on 7285.4 in //with 9632.98. The Chinese speaker on 7285 did not fade up until about 0825 today. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10)

NEW ZEALAND RNZI from Nov 30 in En: 1650-1850 Mon-Fri NF 11675 (45454) (x6145). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

OMAN 9735, R Oman, Thumrait, Dec 19, 2300-2315 All Night sce during Ramadan, Ar nx, ID's, fanfare and talk. SINPO 44444. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 20)

PALAU Democratic Voice of Burma will be testing again from Palau beginning Mon Dec 21 to Fri, Dec 25, 1998 from 1315-1400 on the freq of 9985. This will run for five consecutive nights in this time period. (Ludo Maes-BEL, Dec 15)

RUSSIA New time of prgr "Club DX" of VOR from Nov 29: Sun new 1442-1458 (x1430-1446). Sun new 2142-2158 (x2130-2146). Mon new 0242-0258 (x0230-0246). Wed new 1642-1658 (x1626-1642). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

Women's Radio Nadezhda closes in Moscow. The first and the only radio stn for women, Moscow-based Radio Nadezhda, has gone out of business and ceased to exist, VoR's "DX Club" web site reported on 6th Dec. After it went off the air, its freq - 104.2 MHz - was taken by Radio Russkiy Hit. The latter's progrs are almost identical to those of Radio Russia and Hit FM, the web site said. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 11)

5940, Vatican Radio via RUS relay, 11 Dec, progr in Jpn, with nx. SINPO: 34333 (Mizuno Mitsuaki-JPN, via DXW, Dec 16)

[Bashkortostan] From the 1st of Sep on 4485: 0000-2000 only relay of R Rossii in Ru. Due to financial problems local progrs (Radio Bashkortostan) on SW 4485 and MW 693 are out of the air. (Andrei Zhukov, Moskovskaya oblast-RUS, via RUS-DX, Dec 12)

1-st local progr and Radio-2 (also local of Bashkortostan were merged in one progr, bcing on LW and FM 0200-1900. (Magsum Galimov, Tatarstan via RUS-DX, Dec 12)

5290 1635 RUS Radio Rossii Krasnoyarsk, 50 kW 44343. 7310 1055 RUS "Mayak" Arkhangelsk, 20 kW //7330 55444. (Nikolai Ozerov, Murmanskaya oblast-RUS, in RUS-DX, Nov 16/18)

4740 UNID (R.Rossii?), Nov 26, 2104, Ru, with wx-report for Sverdlovsk; also heard Nov 27, 2015, weak; now reported for HCDX by another DXer from EUR. (Karel Honzik-CZE, via DXW, Dec 15)

SAUDI ARABIA 4789.35, BSKSA, 2nd Ar progr, 0312-0352 Dec 11, Holy Koran, 0330 nx (incl. ID, LA jazz(!) and "polka" (Polish classic dance) mx bridges; Koran again arnd 0350. Poor-fair, S7+, noisy/fading, slight het (approx. +0.9 kHz: AKR should be there). //9578.72 (weak, poor). I was trying to check with 684.19 MW, but unsuccessfully, as RTV-Serbia very strong there. I suspect this new fqy may be the 7th harmonic of BSKSA- 2's 684 AM outlet. (Vladimir Titarev-UKR, Dec 11)

UNID 4789.3, 1615, Weak signal with male speaker in Ar. Possibly the 2nd Ar progr of BSKSA Saudi Arabia, as reported by Titarev-UKR in NU. He says it may be the 7th hx of 684 MW. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 14)

No, -- it's the usual 1/2 harmonic of 9578.7 kHz [2 x 4789.36 = 9578.72]. Once I spent my holiday on Rhodes isl. just off the Turkish coast, I could easily hear some 31 mb outlets from BSKSA and R Cairo just as harmonics in the 60 mb in the local mornings. Mikhail Timofeyev from Russia reported BSKSA 2nd channel on 9578.6 when he monitored the stn extensively, lately on Nov 12-13. (WB, Dec 13)

SOUTH AFRICA Some freqs changes of TWR via Meyerton: in Borana on Sun and in Oromo Mon-Sat. 1630-1700 NF 11705 (54554) (x11940[w-97]) in Bambara, Baoule, Fr at new time. 1830-2000 NF 9710 (45554) (x1800-1930 9680 [w-97]). (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

SPAIN I noticed last week that Terry Burgoyne did not do a new distance unknown on REE. The same was true this week when an REE announcer played a repeat of a Distance Unknown show. However, this time I heard them say that Terry had retired from REE and was irreplaceable (I wonder if there's more to that statement with respect to REE's DX show?) (Pete Costello, NJ, WORLD OF RADIO 969, Dec 17)

SRI LANKA LTTE radio begins trial SW txions. The Voice of [the Tamil] Tigers radio (operated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE) has begun trial txions on SW, the TamilNet web site reported on 13th Dec; the radio has so far txed on FM. The SW txions are bc from 0100-0130 on 7460. "The radio, that is in its seventh year, began txion in the Sinhala lang last month," the report noted. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

7460 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are back on SW, as The V. of the Tigers, trial run at 0100-0130 on 7460 (TamilNet website Dec 13 via BBCM) Hmmm, same site as IBC at 0000-0100? (Hauser, RoIB, Dec 14)

Nooo, seemingly to be a well powered Ham Radio txs on air, after Dushanbe-TJK leaves the freq 7460 at 0100; ed.

I have been listening to V of Tigers 7460 0100-0230. Judging from the signal strength, the tx seems to be about 5 kW possibly located in the rebel base in Mullaitivu jungle in Sri Lanka's north eastern province. All prgs are in Tamil. (Sarath Weerakoon-CLN 4S5SL UADX, Dec 20)

SWEDEN RSI heard with En at 1430 on 21810 to NoAM announcing 17870 as // but actually using alternative 15240 (VoT in Ge on 17870 instead, 1430-1530) and 13740 to ME. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10)

TAIWAN 11905, Central Broadcasting System Paochung, 1237, Male speaker in Uighur, 1243 Uighur song. S-off with Ch song at 1300. 44444. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 9)

CBS-Taipei was received at 2148 on strange 7226. Later, at 2250 was noted on 7220 already. (Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, Dec 17) [may change to avoid CHN mainland jammers, ed]

TAJIKISTAN Radio Free Asia, Dushanbe, 7415, 0000 announcing Lao sce, a few mins of programming, than suddenly off. Tibetan sce listed here untill 0000. Laotian should be on 7495 from this site. Estimated SINPO was 35344. Presumably they made the switch to 7495 a couple of minutes too late. WBCQ seems to be off the air, no trace of them here [see under USA]. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 12)

4940 1625- TJK Voice of Russia via Dushanbe, 100 kW. In En 45444. (Nikolai Ozerov, Murmanskaya oblast-RUS, in RUS-DX, Nov 16)

[IRAN non] Opposition "Radio Tomorrow's Iran" heard. What is believed to be a new Iranian opposition radio stn was observed on 7th Dec with a test txion in Persian from 1800-1900 on 5830 [I guess via Dushanbe-TJK, ed]. On 8th Dec it was heard on the same freq at 1800-1830. It identified itself as Radio Tomorrow's Iran (Persian: Radio-ye Iran e-Farda) and described itself as "the voice of Iran's national and free thinking forces, Radio Tomorrow's Iran, a free, independent and national Iran." (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

TUNISIA Radio Tunis heard in Ar: 0400-0700 NF 7215 (45444) //7280, 12005.6v till 0600. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

UKRAINE Seemingly the just reactivated Kopani SW facilities are again off air. Per yesterday check I missed 9870 during the day as well as 6030 and 7150 (this channel herewith again clear for IBC Tamil via Juelich) at night. (Kai Ludwig-D, Dec 13)

DW progr magazine arrived here today: long awaited DW Ukrainian sce scheduled from Jan daily 0530-0600 on MW 999-Grigoriopol I guess - Mediumwave 500/1000 kW - from Moldova, and surprise-surprise also on SW 5995 and 7155 too. Previously DW planned to bc DW Ukr via Ukrainian domestic network only. Progr also on satellites Hotbird 5, Intelsat 707, and Asiasat 2. (DW printed Jan schedule, Dec 16)

UNID 11941v, unknown [Almaty KAZ?, or AGL], Dec 11, 1306 terrible fluttery signal with male and female speaker with nxin presumed Kazakh or something, drifts up in fast tempo to 11946 at 1308 and at 1314 they are on 11953.10, at 1315 on 11958,at 1316 on 11959,at 1317 on 11961,at 1322 on 11967v. More observed this past week around 1300 on 11938v. poor. (van rooy-HOL, via DXW, Dec 11)

UNIDENTIFIED NOISE BURSTS. High-speed noise pulses most evident on open 9615, 9535, 9680, 9750, 9595, 9600 but also QRMing CBC 9625, RA 9660, and many other freqs, before and after 1300. This time I cannot correlate it with RHC on 9550, which is suspiciously undermodulated. The pulses are extremely regular at a rate too fast to count, maybe 20 or 25 per second, and may fade up and down a bit, as noted Dec 13, 17. Presumably from a malajusted SWBC tx or jammer, but whose? (Glenn Hauser-USA, Dec 17)

UK (c.f. BC-DX #397) excuse my fault under UK items last week: unfortunately the wrong source ID was given for three items under United Kingdom: the Radio Authority's suspension, Sunris Radio, and Suffolk OHR contributions, all coming via World DX Club magazine CONTACT, December issue. I apologize for that slip. (ed)

USA WBCQ, Kennebunk, 7415, 0001 sung ID, talk about Clinton impeachment. SINPO 35344. Much better than the night before, when received with weak signal, talks by male speakers, ID "( .) on WBCQ ( .)", country or patriotic type of song. Very weak, maybe on reduced power ? SINPO 25232. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 14)

Let you know, WWBS is on the air only Sat & Sun 0000-0200 on 11900. Approval from FCC is Testing with progrs. Bad late time in your area and the antenna is pointed 330 degr. You may not be able to hear me. (Charles C. Josey-USA vai Ludo Maes-BEL, Dec 14)

From Thu, Dec 3 "World of Radio" heard via WWCR: 2130-2200 NF 9475 (45554) (x15685) On Dec 3 from 2130-2137 was repeated Extra#26. Regulary edition of WoR #967 starting at 2138 and stopped at 2200 !!!

Every Thu WWCR's Punjabi Radio heard: 2200-2245 same 9475 (45554). Every Sat via WWCR's Ru sce heard: 1100-1200 15685 (34433).

Every Sat "Communications World" heard via WWCR: 1245-1315 15685 (44433).

Voice of America in Ru now heard: 1400-1500 NF 7270 (55544) (x7220) Voice of America in Geo now heard at new time: 1530-1600 NF9770, NF 11735 (QRM Tanzania), NF 13740.

Radio Liberty in Geo also heard at new time morning: 0500-0600 NF 6105, NF 9595, NF 11970 (x0400-0500) Radio Liberty in Arm now heard: 0400-0500 NF 9725 (44544) (x7180) //9595 9680. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

WGTG, McCaysville, 5085, 0130 in USB mode, promo for Republican Radio breakfast club, ID, SINPO 45444. KAIJ, Denton, TX, 5810 0202 instrumental funky mx, ID, SINPO 35434. WGTG, McCaysville, 6890 0100 in USB mode, promo for American Freedom Network, ad American truckers Assoc, ID, SINPO 45554. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 15)

VoA Ru 1400-1500 on new? 7270, //9615 11895 11945 15445 17805. Lampertheim-GER had been on 7220 1300-1400 for RL Ru but was 'missing' at 1400, so assumed to be this one. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10/11/12)

Radio Free Asia adds bc in Uighur. US-funded, Washington-based Radio Free Asia, will begin bcing in the Uighur lang. The Uighurs are a Muslim community in northwestern CHN. There has recently been some unrest in this region, as some Uighurs would like to restore the independent state that existed briefly about a half century ago. The schedule will be 0100-0130 on 15405 via Saipan. There will probably be addit freqs. RFA will bc annts publicizing the sce starting 8th Dec, during the scheduled time, with actual programming beginning on 15th Dec. (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 18)

11900.02, new WWBS, Macon, Georgia, is on the air as I type this, 0017 Dec 20 UTC. Relig talk, SINPO 4 3 5 4 3-4. Confirms widely distributed info earlier this week from Ludo Maes-BEL that stn owner Charles C. Josey advised him that they were testing Sat & Sun only [apparently local day, not UTC day] at 0000-0200 UTC, antenna beamed 330 degr. "This is WWBS Radio, Macon, Georgia, U.S.A." (Jerry Berg-MA via NU, Dec 20)

11900, WWBS, Macon, GA heard with good readibility at 0000-0030 today, Dec 20th. Relig programming and address + e-mail add mentioned. (Bjorn Fransson-SWE, Dec 20)

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent in En 1200-1230 & 1330-1400 NF 5060 good //5975 6025 9715. 2030-2100 & 2130-2200 7105 co-ch R Belarus, //9540. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

VIETNAM 4960, Hanoi, Female speaker in Vietnamese, short piece of mx, at 1518 male speaker, followed by songs with short annts in between. At 1533 possible ID with clear mention of VTN. 24332 (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 14)

YEMEN Radio Sana'a in Ar heard in Bulgaria: 0300-0600 NF 6135(44333) //9780.3v 1200- 1600 NF 6135(34333) //9780.3v co-ch DW and etc.

This new freq is registered via 50 kW tx in Sana'a (ALH), nondir antenna 0300-0700 & 1000-2200, but from 1600 same freq also heard the following stns: TWR, Manzini, R.Romania Internat, R.Finland, R.Moldova Internat, Voice of Turkey. (PANIVIEW-BUL, Dec 14)

1998 Clandestine Activity Survey.

Clandestine activity on SW descreases for the sixth year in a row; 19 target areas remain still active. In 1998 the activity of political clandestine stns on SW has decreased by 16 % to 1223 Weekly Broadcasting Hours (WBHs). This is the result of the latest Clandestine Activity Survey which has been published annually since 1986. From its high in 1990 with 2284 WBHs the activity has now dropped by almost 50 %.

Activity on the Asian continent has decreased by 9 % to 876 WBHs in 1998, on the American continent the activity has increased by 6 % to 190 WBHs, while on the African continent the activity has dropped by 55 % to now only 143 WBHs.

When compared with 12 months ago, the number of active target areas (countries) has decreased by two to 19. While there are no longer any active clandestine stns bcing to Cambodia, Guatemala and Angola, Papua New Guinea has once again been listed as active (after a one year break).

The three most active target areas worldwide are now Iraq with 292 WBHs (+38 when compared with last year), North Korea with 238 WBHs (unchanged) and Cuba with 162 WBHs (unchanged). (Mathias Kropf-D, WDXC UK, Dec 20)

Download your Internet time: present time system will be replaced by new metrical system in Internet. Duration of a day will be devided in 1000 segments, so-called beats. A new Beat is equal to a minute and 26.4 seconds in old system. For example, 1600 LT in Germany be equal to 666 beats on the Internet. http://www.swatch.com/internettime/fs_download.phtml (via Wolfgang Reisenwedel-D, Dec 15

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BC-DX 399 25 Dec 1998 ______

URGENT Merlin Network One finally responded to an inquiry I made concerning the forthcoming special relay of Radio Napa on SW on Dec 25, 1998. According to MNO, the relay will be on the air from 1100-1200. Freqs, per the MNO web-site, should be: EUR 9915 and 17630. AF 21550

The Radio Napa web-site yields the following information:

Radio Napa, a local radio sce operating in CYP, is preparing the bc in conjunction with regional BBC stns in the UK. The stn itself is located in Ayia Napa, Cyprus and is the only En lang commercial radio stn in the Rep of Cyprus. Its regular bcs feature popular melodic mx, integrated with personality presenters, nx and information. Radio Napa is known throughout Cyprus for its commitment to nx, sports, and issues of interest to Cypriots.

The special progr being aired by Merlin Network One will include requests for British Forces personnel and for Cypriots with family in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. If you are successful in hearing the special relay via Merlin Network One, the addr for your letters is: Radio Napa Christmas Connection; P.O. Box 582; Ayia Napa; Cyprus.

Sorry that this information was not available sooner - the missing element was the time of the bc - which Merlin knew but didn't convey until this week. (Bill Matthews-USA, Dec 22)

ALGERIA v6802 left totally, never heard again. First though re RTA Algiers. Noticed they are 'missing' off 7245 mornings and not traced positively on there afternoons/ evenings either. There are two stns on 7245 at 1500 but I cannot yet ID them. So assume ALG has dropped this daytime relay which was on 7245. 11715 not positively heard either -- there is something at 1600, but not sure what. v11750 heard irreg in the 0730/0930 period. v15160 s-on 1200 in Ar then Fr noted at 1330, En 1600-1700 when Sp 1700-1800, when appears to close. This stn is very erratic though -- perhaps because of poor quality equipment. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 4)

7245 (x6802v) Algiers was on air on the 5th at 0800 in Ar and has been heard every day since then ! It had been silent for quite some time, at least mornings. Heard a few days periode on v6802. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 10)

7245.02 R. Algiers, 0846-0930, Ar mx, W anncr w/tlk and occas. soft mx bridges. Interesting AR Rock-like mx. 5+1 time ticks, W anncr w/pres. ID/nx intro., fanfare, then W w/nx headlines (same routine as hrd on 6802.62 two weeks ago!!). Into some sort of community pgm w/interviews and some brief mx. Still easily readable at 0930(!!) but slowly fading. (Dave Valko-USA, Dec 13)

AZERBAIJAN Voice of Justice, Stepanakert, 9677.7, 0600 sign-on with instrumental jazz- type mx, male and female speakers (in Azeri?) with presumed ID. Lousy modulation. Not sure if the above freq is right, because this was timer operated DX and the AM-SYNC of my 7030 may not have worked with this modulation anyway. SINPO 45442. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 16)

CAMBODIA 11940.36 National Voice of Cambodia, *1158-1114, On w/OC at 1158, dead-air, then Asian instru. mx w/voice-over En ID anmnt by W as "This is the National Voice of Cambodia, this is the Nat. V. of Cambodia, bcing from Phnom Penh the capitol of ?? of Cambodia on the freq of 1360 ?? khz in the ?? 25 mb". Then lcl mx w/M vclist from 1202- 1214. M anncr in lang. w/unreadable anmnt at 1214, and into another lang. pgm. Weak and choppy signal but fairly clear.

11940.36, A het here presumably from Nat. V. of Cambodia under strong heavily distorted R. Romania Int. at 0010. (Dave Valko-USA, Dec 17/20)

CHILE 11744.5, Voz Cristiana, 0328-0400 Dec 14, recorded Sp relig progr, 0358 "R. Voz Cristiana" ID and ref. to 6070 only, //better 11690. (Krueger-FL, via NU, Dec 20)

11890 R. Voz Cristiana, fair at *0800-1000 Dec 14, OM relig talk progr, "Contacto Exclusivo." At 0801, a canned, full ID was given, then stn jingle. (TIN-JPN, via NU, Dec 20)

11745 Radio Voz Cristiana, Santiago, Sp, Man Announcer, Sp Gospel Mx, Pc "Promesas Cristianas" Relig progr, //11690. ID and addr in Miami, 0417-0440, SINPO 45444. (Nicolas Eramo-ARG, Dec 20)

Pinochet's revenge? Or the evangelical penchant for taking up as many freqs as possible? Voz Cristiana has a nasty spur problem, centered about plus and minus 27 kHz, but spreading plus and minus 5 kHz or more from these spots: Dec 20 at 0444 the 11690 tx with dirty, broad FM spurs around 11717 and 11663, covering 11708-11723 and 11660- 11668 at least. And 21550 tx (same one?) Dec 20 at 2117 check with FM spurs around 21523 and 21577, still there at 2313 recheck. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 970, Dec 22)

CHINA 9820, Guangxi Foreign B/Cing Stn, 2330 Dec 16, with woman speaking in VT, //5050. Fair signal till 2400, then quickly succumbed to Cuba on the same fqy. Also noted next morning circa 1015, but bad QRM. Alerted by Craig Tyson, who was hearing an unid. VT b/c mixing with RN after 1000. (Jones-PRG, via NU, Dec 20)

I've been monitoring Chinese type lang speakers on 7280, I'm fairly sure is Fuzhou and heard opening circa 0855 with mx and the announcer giving out what sounds to be a schedule but cannot copy the ID, low to fair choppy signal.

Many FE stns are audible now on 7 MHz -- CRI Ru on 7110 1000-1200 (Inner MNG?) //7820. Jpn sce fr 0930 on 7190 //9855 mixing VoA Ru. Pyongyang seems the one under /thro Belgrade 7200 in Ch til 0800, then Kor. CRI in Vietn on 7245 1100-1200 and one that initially puzzled me in Esperanto 1100-1127 on 7170 -- good signal ! VoA in Ins 1130- on 7215 //7255 and many more. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 4)

[c.f. bc-dx #398] Comments from BP: Interesting 7170 signal at 0830-0900 ! I would venture the suggestion that the txion is possibly NOT from CHN but a relay somewhere in EUR ! Signal strength here in Melbourne is very strong from carrier s-on at 0827, when overriding VoA. This is far too early for direct bcs from CHN, and signal steadily weakens around 0845, until s-off at 0857. This is typical of our current mid-summer long-path propagation from EUR into EaAUS. I cannot locate any parallels, and language is weird. Sounds like a Balkans' language with Ch accents! I don't think that this is for a dom audience, as freq is too low for satisfactory propagation across CHN at 0830. How about a relay in Albania for morning reception in the Balkans? This might explain the S5 ratings as heard in EUR at 0830, which are unlikely for a CHN mainland site. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Dec 23) [nothing heard here on Dec 24 !! ed]

China Radio International, CRI uses relay stns in CAN, F, GUF, RUS, E and MLI. This schedule was compiled mainly from monitoring observations and shows only those txions heard recently by BBC Monitoring. Some bcs are also relayed locally various Chinese cities. In the Beijing area these relays are on 1251 MW and 91.5 VHF/FM.

Some progrs are also available in digital (MPEG-2) format via satellite on Panamsat 4 at 68.5 degr east, 3716 MHz, hor polarization. * = available on satellite

0000-0030 HAKKA As 15400 12065 12015 11685 9870 7335 7190 0000-0030 Po Am (only *) 0000-0100 Ru As 7110 4815 0000-0100 Sp Am 11650 9665 7160 0030-0100 CHAOZHOU As 15400 12065 12015 11685 9870 9440 6550 6140 0030-0100 Po Am 11515 7435 (also *) 0100-0200 Sp Am 11650 0200-0300 Ch-STD Am 15435 (also *) 0200-0300 Sp Am 11650 (also *) 0300-0400 En Am 9690 (also *) 0300-0400 Ru As 17755 15435 11755 0300-0400 Sp Am 9560 0400-0500 En Am 9730 0830-0900 Ha Af (only *) 0830-0930 Ins As 17680 15600 15135 8660 6995 0900-1000 Ch-STD As 15440 15180 12015 11945 11685 11515 11500 9945 9890 6955 6590 5250 0900-1100 En Au 17755 15210 0930-1530 Jpn As 9855 7190 1044 0930-1030 BM As 17680 15135 6995 1000-1100 Can AsAu 15440 11915 1000-1100 Ch-STD As 12015 11945 11685 6590 5250 1000-1100 Ru As 9725 7820 7110 5145 1030-1130 Cam As 9870 9440 6550 1030-1130 Ins As 15135 11445 6995 1100-1200 Can As 15440 11945 11685 1100-1130 Esp As 9535 7170 6590 1100-1500 Ko As 5965 1017 1100-1200 Mo As 5850 5145 1100-1200 Ru As 9725 7820 7110 1100-1200 Vn As 9550 5250 1130-1200 Bu As 9880 6550 1130-1200 Tagalo/En As 11700 6995 1341 1130-1230 Th As 7360 6590 1200-1300 Cam As 9870 9440 6550 1200-1300 Ch-STD As 15260 11945 11875 11685 1200-1300 En AsAu 11980 11675 11660 9715 9565 7385 6955 6950 1341 1200-1300 Mo As 5850 5145 4883 4815 1200-1230 Tagalog/En As 12110 11700 6995 1200-1300 Vn As 9550 1230-1330 Lao As 7360 6590 1230-1330 BM As 15135 11445 6995 1300-1400 Bur As 11780 9880 6550 1300-1400 Ch-STD As 15260 11945 11875 11685 9440 1300-1400 En AsAu 15180 11980 11715 11675 11660 1300-1330 Esp As 11840 11600 1300-1400 Fr AsAu (only *) 1300-1400 Ru As 7820 5850 5145 4883 4815 1300-1500 Vn As 9550 5250 1330-1430 Ins As 15135 11445 6995 1330-1430 Th As 7360 6590 1400-1500 Amoy As 11685 11650 7335 1400-1500 Cam As 9440 6550 1400-1500 En As Am 15125 11825 9700 9535 (also *) 7405 1400-1500 En Eu (only *) 1400-1500 Mo As 4883 4815 1400-1430 Sinhalese As 11780 7120 1400-1500 Tam As 11575 9457 1400-1430 Tu Eu 9480 6955 1430-1530 Lao As 7360 6590 6010 1430-1500 Sinh As 11980 11780 7120 1430-1500 Tagalog/En As 9880 6995 1341 1500-1530 Be As 11825 6995 5220 (also *) 1500-1600 Ch-STD As 9457 6550 1500-1600 En As Am 9785 7405 7160 (also *) 1500-1600 Hi As 11675 9920 7590 1500-1530 Nep As 9535 7215 1500-1600 Pa As 11515 7480 1500-1530 Pe ME 11660 9440 1500-1600 Ru Eu As 7780 7435 7375 4883 4815 1500-1600 Vn As 9550 1530-1600 Be As 11825 7335 6995 5220 1530-1600 En Eu (only *) 1530-1600 Ne As 9535 7215 6590 1600-1700 Ar ME 15125 13685 9440 7405 (also *) 6955 1600-1700 En Af 9565 1600-1700 Hakka As 11825 9900 1600-1700 Hi As 11675 9920 6995 1600-1700 Ru Eu 9965 9860 7780 7375 7350 1600-1700 Swa Af 11600 9457 5250 1600-1630 Tu Eu 11685 9715 7480 6550 1600-1700 Ur As 7590 7160 5220 1600-1700 Vn As 7360 6590 6010 1700-1800 Can AfAs 9900 7180 1700-1800 En Af 9745 9570 7405 7150 5220 1700-1800 Ru Eu As 9860 9795 9365 7780 7435 7375 7350 6950 6720 1700-1730 Swa Af 15125 11970 5250 (also *) 1730-1830 Ch-STD EuME 9820 9600 7800 7335 7110 6885 5250 1730-1800 Ha Af 15125 11970 9890 7235 (also *) 1800-2000 Ge Eu 9920 6950 5220 1800-1830 Ha Af 15125 11970 9890 7405 (also *) 7235 4960 1800-1830 Hu Eu 9860 8870 7385 6150 1800-1830 Pe ME 9440 7215 6955 1800-1900 Ru Eu As 9795 9535 9365 7780 7435 (also *) 7375 7350 1830-1930 Ar ME 15530 15530 13885 13685 (also *) 12035 7315 7200 1830-1900 Bul Eu 9860 7385 1830-1930 Fr Eu Af 9820 7800 7335 7110 6885 1830-1900 It Eu 9965 7405 4960 1830-1900 Pe ME 9785 9440 7215 6955 1900-1930 Alb Eu 9965 7385 1900-2000 Can Eu 7780 7255 1900-1930 Cz Eu 7375 1900-2000 En MEAf 9600 9440 6955 1900-1930 Po Eu Af 9535 7180 7040 1900-1930 Rom Eu 9860 7305 (also *) 1900-2000 Ru Eu As 9795 9365 7435 1900-1930 Tu Eu 9785 9685 7405 1930-2000 Alb Eu 9965 7405 1930-2000 Cz Eu 7375 7305 (also *) 1930-2030 Fr Eu Af 9820 7800 7630 7335 7315 7110 6885 5250 1930-2000 Po Eu Af 15500 11975 7385 (also *) 1930-2000 Rom Eu 9860 6150 2000-2100 Ch-STD EuMEAf 9685 9600 7660 7435 7185 6955 2000-2100 En EuMEAf 15500 11975 9920 9440 (also *) 6950 5220 2000-2030 Esp Eu 9965 7405 2000-2030 Pol Eu 11975 7375 6150 6020 (also *) 2000-2100 Ru Eu As 11915 9795 7255 2000-2030 S-Cr Eu 9860 9365 7385 2030-2100 Bul Eu 9860 6150 (also *) 2030-2130 Fr Eu Af 9820 7800 7335 7215 7110 6885 5250 2030-2100 Hu Eu 9365 6020 2030-2100 It Eu 9965 7385 2030-2100 Pol Eu 7405 7375 2100-2130 Alb Eu 6150 (also *) 2100-2200 Ar EuME 9685 9440 7260 2100-2130 En Eu Af 15500 11975 9920 6950 (also *) 5220 2100-2130 It Eu 9965 9365 2100-2130 S-Cr Eu 9860 7405 2100-2300 Sp Eu 7360 6020 2130-2230 Fr Eu Af 15500 11975 9820 7800 (also *) 7335 7110 2130-2200 Hu Eu 6150 (also *) 2200-2300 En Eu 7170 2200-2230 Po Am 7435 6950 2230-2300 Ch-STD As Am 15550 15500 12065 12015 (also *) 11975 11685 11650 9870 9535 9440 7335 7190 6550 6140 2230-2300 Esp Am 9860 6950 2300-0000 Can As 15400 12065 12015 11685 9870 9440 7335 7190 6550-(fm 2330) 6140 2300-0000 Ru As 7110 4815 2300-0000 Sp Am 11650 7160 2330-0000 Ch-STD Am 11975 (also *)

Addr: China Radio International, 16A Shijing Street, Beijing, China 100040. Tel: +86-10-6889-1676/6889-1251 Fax: +86-10-6889-1378/6889-1582 URL: http://www.cri.cngb.com/maineng.htm e-mail: [email protected] (BBCM [COPYRIGHT!!] via AGDX, Dec 24)

CLANDESTINES [c.f. BC-DX #389] 4000 Vo the Iraqi Communist Party in Ar 1500-1604* (Nov 21&26); 1635-1700 (Nov 26).

4025 UNID in Ar (Nov 28) 0325-0400, fr 0400 in Kur, weak signal, presumed to be Baghdad IRQ home sce, or clandestine.

4060 (//6010) Vo the Kurdestanian People in Ar & Kur *1335-1720* (Thu -1810*); *1943- 2040* (Mon -2052*); *0345-0450.

4085 Vo IRQi Kurdistan in Ar & Kur *1345 (Wed 1428)-1532*; *1618-1840*; *0345-0450.

4120 R Kurdistan, VoKSDP in Ar & Kur 1435-1630* (Fri -1655*); *1945-2107*; 0335-0450.

4150 Vo Iranian Kurdistan in Kur 1400-1459*; *0327-0410, irr. //4010.

4170 Vo Independent Kurdistan Organization (of PKK) in Ar, Kur & Tur 1515-1545 (Nov 18); 1635-1700 (Nov 14 & 20).

4270 (varies to 4280) UNID, daily 1510-1529*, in Kur with ID "Inija ... Kurdestana Ira ? A" (Vo ... Ira ? Kurdistan).

4340 UNID on Nov 28 in Ar 0350-0410*. At 0400 ID in Ar "Sowt-o ... Kurdestani Iraqa" (Vo ... Iraqi Kurdistan).

"Seda-y Mojahed" (V o Mojahed) on Nov 6 used 1600-1700 4450(2), 4650(2), 4850(1), 5150(2), 5350(2), 5650(1), 5750(1), 6250(1), 6450(1), 6650(1), 6850(2), 7050(1). In brackets are given the number of Iranian jammers for each freq. Dropped 7050 since Dec 1st. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Dec 4)

CROATIA 7525 NF HRTV 1955 with sports reports in Croatian with refs to Yugoslav groups sudden s-off at 1959. ID found next day on 1810 while in nx reports. On Dec 19 signal was strong (44444) but on Dec 20 it was till 1805 then signal faded out to 23242. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Dec 19/20) [Deanovec listed for 1530-1900 on 7305 100 kW 315 degr, may be a replacement ?, ed]

En nx bulletins at 0200 & 0300 are now on 6130 (ex 9925). Heard Dec 15 with an excellent sig. (Ivan Grishin, Ontario in WORLD OF RADIO 969 via Glenn Hauser)

On Dec 1: XPBS in Kazakh heard 1400-1430 on 4330 5440 8566 10260 11375. From 1430 in Mong 5060 8566 10260 11375, but on 4330 & 5440 in Ch. On 4735 1400-1500 in Uighur. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Dec 4)

CUBA Radio Habana Cuba 11705 30 kW SSB (USB -12 dB pilot carrier) beaming 37 degrs, antenna gain 13 dB time: 0100-0500 En to NOAM, 2000-2200 Fr & En to EUR. 6000 9550 9820 remain with the same schedule to NoAM 11705 is replacing the 13705 freq.

RHC is now on 11705 in SSB mode. Tx power of 30 kW PEP, antenna gain 13 dB, antenna azimuth 37 degr +/- 12 degrs to the -3 dB points. The SSB signal is on USB with a -12 dB pilot carrier to help sync lock of rxs equipped with sync detectors. We may be testing at different pilot carrier levels , from -30 dB (very difficult to detect) to -6dB. At that level the audio may be even recovered while the rx is on the AM mode). Reports will be QSl'ed. E-mail to: [email protected]

(Prof.Arnaldo Coro-CUB CO 2 KK, direct and via Buch in Cumbre Dx, Dec 20)

While surfing the web, I found a site for Cuba's Radio Rebelde. The URL is: http://www2.cenial.inf.cu/RRebelde/

There is also an e-mail addr of: [email protected]

I tried the e-mail addr the day before yesterday and got an email response back in Sp to my New Year's greetings to them. This may be helpful to people in submitting reception reports, not sure if they will verify by email. (Maryann Kehoe-GA, via Cumbre, Dec 22)

GERMANY Deutsche Welle: For celebrating 75 years of bcing in Germany, DW has issued an illustrated brochure about the past, present and future of radio listening around the world. The German version is entitled "Radio-Welten / Welten des Radios" (Radio Worlds / Worlds of Radio), and an En version is planned for Jan 1999. You can order your copy free of charge at: DW Publicity, c/o Sabine Breenkoetter, D-50588 Cologne, Germany. Fax +49 - 221 - 389-2020. (Harald Kuhl-D, Dec 19)

DW Ge to AF 1200-1355 15275, 15135. 1355-1600 to ME 15135. 1400-1700 to NoAM 15285. 1600-1755 to AS 9620, 9780, 11795. 2200-0000 to AS 7375, 11895. 2200-0000 to SoAM 9730, 11785. 2300-0200 to SoAM 13780. (DW changes, Dec 17)

5995 kHz for DW new Ukrainian sce to come first on Jan 1st, 1999. WILL NOT DO WELL in target area, surely. It will be "squeezed" by 5990 RFI Paris & 6000 REE Mardid, which are both very strong here. I've scanned 49 mb for possible substitution at 0530-0558.

Here is the list of free (or almost free) channels: 5905 5910 5915 5920 (+RFI Fr) 5930 (-RFI Fr) 5935 5945 (slight -BUL,+RUS) 6035 (weak VoA En, +/- free) 6125 VERY NICE (just faint -FNL, +?VoA Serb) (Vladimir G.Titarev-UKR, Dec 21)

GREECE ERA-5 Voice of Greece / R.S. Macedonia B98 freq sked Oct 26, 1998 - Mar 28, 1999

0000-0400 9420a 9375k 7475k 7450a NoAM, EUR En 0130, 0340 0400-0550 11595k 9420a 9375k 7450a ME, IND, ME, CYP, TUR Ar 0525, Tu 0540 0600-0800 9755d 9420a 9375k 7450a EUR, AUS, PAC 7430k JPN En 0740 0900-0950 17525a 15630a 9770d AUS, PAC, JPN Azores/Atlantic, CeAS/Tashkent Zone 1000-1150 15630a 9420a CYP, TUR, ME Tu 1135 1200-1250 15630a AF Ar 1230, En 1240 1200-1400 15175k 12105k 9690g 9420a NoAM, EUR En 1350 1300-1350 11645a CeAs/Tashkent Zone Ru 1335 1400-1450 11645k 9375k ME, IND Ar 1430 1500-1700 9375k 7475k Balkan countries, Alb 1600 S-Cr 1615 Bul 1630 Rom 1645 1710-1750 9375k 7475k CIS, POL Ru 1725, Pol 1740 1800-1850 15630k 12105k AF En 1840

1400-2350 9420a 1400-2050 EUR En 1800, Sp 1815 7450a 1400-2150 17705g 15485d 1800-2200 No & SoAM 9375a 2100-2250 1900-1950 9375k 7475k EUR En 1900 Fr 1910 Ge 1920 It 1930 Swe 1940 2000-2050 9375k 7475k Balkan Countries Bul 2000 Alb 2015 Rom 2030 S-Cr 2040 2100-2250 11645k 9420k AUS, PAC En 2240 2200-2250 9400a SoAM, NoWeAF 2300-2350 11645k 9420a 9400k 7450a SoAM, Panama Canal zone Po 2305 Sp 2320 En 2335 EUR, NoWeAF All progrs are in Greek, except for nx casts in other langs as noted.

TX site keys a - Avlida Avlis - 100 kW k - Kavala - 250 kW d - Delano, USA - 250 kW g - Greenville, USA - 250/500 kW Languages Alb-Albanian, Ar-Arabic, Bul-Bulgarian, En-English, Fr-French, Ge-German, Gr-Greek, It-Italian, Pol-Polish, Po-Portuguese, Rom-Romanian, Ru-Russian, S-Cr-Serbo-Croatian, Sp-Spanish, Swe-Swedish, Tu-Turkish.

ERA-5 - THE VoGRC tx sites Avlida Avlis 23.36E/38.23N SW 2x100 KW; 3 series of curtains; 2 log periodics 0-360 degr. Delano-USA 119.17W/35.45N SW 1x250 KW Greenville-USA 77.25W/35.35N SW 1x250/500 KW Kavala-GRC 24.50E/40.53N SW 2x250 kW MW 1x500 kW dipole curtain antennas

Mailing addr ERA-5, Voice of Greece, General Directorate of Technical Services, c/o S. Kalaitzis, D. Angelogiannis 402 Messogion Avenue, GR-15342 Athens, Greece Phone +30 01 6014700 fax +30 01 6009608 WWW http //ert.ntua.gr/era5 e-mail [email protected]

Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias, Macedonia Radio Station Schedule Oct 26, 1998 - Mar 28, 1999. 0600-2300 9935 EUR Gr 0600-2300 11595 ME, CYP Gr 1400-2300 7430 EUR Gr all via Pieria Thessaloniki - 35 kW

TX site Pieria-Nea Malgara Thessaloniki 22.59E/40.31N, SW 3x35 kW Dipole - 315 degr 7430 kHz Dipole - 315 degr 9935 kHz Rhombic - 115 degr 11595 kHz

Addr: Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias Angelaki Street 14, GR-54621 Thessaloniki, Greece phone +30 31 244-979 fax +30 31 236-370 WWW http //www.ert3.gr/ e-mail [email protected], [email protected] (unknown contributor under '[email protected]', Dec 10)

INDIA After a brief stay on 11930 AIR has moved back on 11620 Bangalore 500 kW in Ur at 0100-0430. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Dec 24)

IRAQ is jamming two freqs: 7115 vs VoIRI Tehran, and varying MW 1575, vs VOBAFO Radio from Kuwait [Harris 50 kW tx on IBB/VoA Kuwait tx site, acc CRW].

Clandestine UNID stn on 4370 is VoIranian Revolution [see BC-DX 389]. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Dec 4)

5935 Rep of Iraq Radio (Dom Sce), 2130, heard with male speaker in Ar and Ar songs. Mention of the US, UK, and Saddam. Several ID's were given. Also heard "Allah'u akbar" several times. Pretty strong signal, but QRM from adjecent freqs. Clear after 2200. Thanks to Johnson/Cumbre DX for tip. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 20)

5935 R Baghdad on new freq, 2145-2340, Ar talk about Saddam and Allah, ID's "Huna Baghdad" at 2202, 2208, 2238 etc. Ar mx and joyfull songs after the bomb attacks have ended. 2221 Comment against the Americans. Lesser QRM after 2200. New QRM at 2400 upon from a U.S. relig stn. Thank you to Hans Johnson for tip. 34333. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 21)

3900 Rep of Iraq R, Baghdad on a new freq probably replacing 4920 and 5935, Dec 22, 23 and 24, *1500-2220, General sce in Ar, ID's as in WRTH99, talks against the Americans, Ar songs, nx. Was off at recheck 2305. 35333 (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 24)

KAZAKHSTAN site presumed 9505 Kazakh Radio KR-2 dom sce well audible 0145-0220+ on a night when, oddly enough, both Cuba and WYFR are absent. Wide selection of mx from NEern style to easy listening instrumentals to operatic style vocals. Crystal clear ID "Almatydan soylep (seemingly pronounced "SAH-lep") turmiz" by woman at 0200 followed by short pop style ID jingle and presumed news headlines by man & woman. Woman mentioned "Kazakh Radio" a couple times. Back to mx by 0205.

I'm not clear as to whether his is actually the Almaty site or the Ukraine relay whatever, it was quite welcome and made for nice listening. Nice signal, just a bit fluttery with a strange het or tone under the audio of approx 900 Hz (couldn't have been a het as was audible on LSB and USB). (Stewart via Cumbre Dx, Dec 18)

UKR relay of Kazakh Radio "Shalkar" program in Kazakh, Russian and German: 0200-0400 5905 9600 0400-0500 9600 0500-0600 9600 11840 0600-0700 11840 0700-0900 9620 11840 1000-1600 9620 11840

KOREA D.P.R. PBS daily heard 1200-1600 on v11680 (rumbling with BBC til 1330), //1400- 1600 on v6400. VoNational Salvation 1400-1700 on 4120 (co-ch interfer with clandest stn R Kurdistan, //4555varies. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Dec 4)

KOREA Rep. of RKI Multiwave Feedback's Han Hee Joo expects to have a new co-host Jan 4 replacing Maria Echevarria who departed earlier this month and left some comments on the website: Esther somebody, a Korean/American. RKI holiday specials this year will not be as extensive as last year; first, a 3-part year-in review:

Mon Dec 28 SK politics and diplomacy Tue Dec 29 social and economic matters Wed Dec 30 culture and arts Thu Dec 31 special Adieu 1998 Fri Jan 1 NY messages from presidents of exec, judicial and legislative branches of govt, and from the private sector; and a 30-min special on Hi Hopes for 1999 from people in various lifewalks.

45 Special Listeners have been chosen for 1999, including Bill Matthews who has contributed DX and technical reports for 9 years, his pix on the website http://www.kbs.rki.co.kr

Each of ten language sexions chose 4 or 5 SLs. (RKI MWF Dec 20 via Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

KYRGYZSTAN 4010 Kyrgyz R, Bishkek, *0000-0025, long anthem, 0003-0023 ID, nx in Kyrgyz, Ru and En //4050, 0023 instrumental mx. 34333. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 21)

MALI 11959.80 RTV Malienne, Bamako, 1550 folk mx on string instrument. SINPO 22442. My ears lost track of them shortly after 1600, but the AR 7030 kept its AM-Sync in perfect lock. After retuning to the freq a little later, the 7030 locked to a weak signal on 11960. This could have been Tehran in Turkish or maybe MLI had drifted 200 Hz in the mean time. Re-checked at 1743, when it was definitely MLI with a male Fr speaker on African affairs. SINPO 34222. Freq was spot on 11960 now. Blocked by carrier from VoA Kavala from 1745. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 21) [MLI was always even 11960.00 in past few months, despite the 31 mb channel 9635 wandered down to 9632.9x, ed]

NEW ZEALAND The South Pacific DX Report is now available via HCJB and through RNZI's web-page as follows below: HCJB during "DX Partyline" on the 4th weekend of the month, Sats: 0710 on 9775, 0910 on 9640 & 21455, 1910 on 15115 & 21455. Suns: 0110 & 0410 on 9745, 12015 & 21455. Radio NZL Internat during "Mailbox", fortnightly bcs, Mons 2135 UTC on 17675, Weds 1735 on 11675 and Fris 1930 on 11675. Also available as a Real Audio file at http://www.audionet.co.nz/ranz.html

Next Bcs commence Mons, Dec 21st and Jan 4th, repeated on following days as above. AWR's "Wavescan" commencing the third Sun of the month (see http://www.awr.org for frequency schedule), repeated at 0700z and 1900z on ZLXA, New Zealand's Radio Reading Service, Levin, the third Mon of the month, on 1602, 3935 and 7290. (Paul Ormandy-NZL, via Anker Petersen, Dec 24)

PALAU 9985 VoDem Burma testing via Palau 1310-1355 in Burmese. Poor level, just readable on crystal clear DX-reception function on 545 DSP. Reception is much better today than yesterday Dec 21. (Harald Kuhl-D, Dec 22)

ROMANIA Radio Romania Internat B98 schedule by Marc Vissers, updated by Rumen Pankov PanIview Bulgaria, Dec 4, 1998.

Sp E/ARG 0000-0100 9665 11810 11830 15250 MEX 0300-0400 9570 11830 E 1800-1900 9625 11810 15390 E/ARG 2200-2300 11940 15365

Por POR/B 2200-2300 9570 9665 11790 11830 B 0100-0200 9510 11830 11940 15250

It I 1400-1430 11810 I 1500-1530 756 11810 I 2000-2030 756 7245

En USA/J/NZL 0200-0300 7195 9510 9570 9690 11830 11940 USA/IND 0400-0500 5990 9570 15335 17735 USA/CAN 0600-0700 6095 9530 wEu 0641-0655 7105 9510 9625 11775 Af 0700-0800 17790 21480 wEu/CAN 1300-1400 15335 15390 17745 17805 wEu 1700-1800 9625 9690 11740 15365 wEu/nEu 2100-2200 5955 5990 7195 7215 wEu/NAm 2300-0000 9570 11830

Fr CAN 0500-0600 5965 9590 wEu 0615-0628 7105 9510 9625 17775 wEu/Maghr 1100-1200 15250 17745 17790 21480 wEu 1500-1600 15390 17790 17805 21480 wEu 2000-2100 5990 7195 9690

Ge wEu/cEu 0628-0641 7105 9510 9625 11775 wEu/cEu 1200-1300 15250 17745 (announced 17775 !) wEu/cEu 1600-1700 6175 7195 9690 wEu/cEu 1900-2000 5955 6040 7145 7195

Rom. USA/CAN 0000-0200 9510 11940 AUS 0500-0600 15335 17805 wEu 0600-0615 7105 9510 9625 11775

0900-1000 Sun only 15380 17735 17745 17790 21480 1000-1100 Sun only 15250 15380 17735 17745 17790

wEu/cEu 1100-1200 9665 15390 17775 wEu/cEu 1200-1300 9665 15390 17775 17790 21470 ISR 1600-1700 11740 15250 wEu 1700-1900 6135 7195 wEu/cEu 2100-2200 756 7175 9665 LatAm 2300-0000 11910 15365

Romania Actualitati dom sce relay 2300- 6040 ARMANEASHTI cEu 1800-1830 756 cEu 2030-2100 756 7145

Hung HNG 0600-0630 6055 HNG 2030-2100 630 5955 6030

Serb YUG 1700-1730 756 6175 YUG 1900-1930 756 6090

Gr GRC 1730-1800 756 6175 GRC 1930-2000 756 6140

Ru FE 1300-1400 9570 11735 11775 wRUS 1500-1600 7105 9570 wRUS 1900-2000 5965 6085

Ukr UKR 0530-0600 6085 UKR 1600-1630 756 5955

Bul BUL 0500-0530 756 5955 BUL 1630-1700 756 5955

Tur TUR 1530-1600 756 7175 TUR 1830-1900 756 5955

Pe IRN 1430-1500 17780 21480 IRN 2000-2030 9570 11740

Ar Maghreb/EGY 0700-0800 15250 15380 17735 17775 17790 Maghreb/EGY 1400-1500 15380 17735 17745 17790 (Marc Vissers-BEL / Rumen Pankov-BUL, Dec 4)

RUSSIA Radio Russia, Magadan, 9600, 0700 time pips, male speaker with Radio Russia ID, SINPO 24442. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 16)

Murmansk R now located on 5930 after Prague off 0757 but a very different signal from last year -- choppy / fluttery. They still have their own progr until 0810 of local advertising in which Murmansk Oblast mentioned. ID given as Murmansk Radio then time check 0810 when joins R Rossii, this is weekdays only. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 4)

UTC kHz tx kW degr Radiostn Relay via txs in RUS and countries of CIS 0000-0030 7430 TAC 200 131 TWR 0000-0100 5925 SAM 200 117 DW 0000-0100 11975 VLD 200 320 DW 0000-0100 12025 IRK 500 180 RFI 0000-0100 12045 PK 250 263 DW 0030-0130 7375 TAC 200 131 BBC 0030-0230 9825 IRK 250 227 TWR 0100-0150 7355 NVS 999 180 DW 0100-0300 5940 ARM 500 315 VOV 0200-0250 9815 SAM 250 140 DW 0300-0400 5905 ARM 500 290 VOV 0400-0500 9875 PK 100 064 VOV 0500-0600*17570 KHB 120 175 VOM 0600-0800**9905 SAM 250 284 MAR 0700-0900 9905 SAM 250 284 MAR 0800-0810 17675 TAC 200 131 BBC 0800-1200 17590 SAM 100 140 WUN 0810-0830 17675 SAM 250 140 BBC 0900-0950 12055 IRK 250 110 DW 0930-1030 9810 IRK 500 152 RFI 0930-1125 7260 PK 250 244 RNW 0930-1125 12065 IRK 250 152 RNW 1000-1050 5895 PK 200 263 DW 1000-1050 7390 NVS 200 111 DW 1000-1050 15525 SAM 200 188 DW 1000-1100 11695 VLD 500 228 BBC 1000-1400 7315 NVS 200 111 DW 1000-1400 9480 NVS 500 145 DW 1000-1400 9900 IRK 250 110 DW 1100-1300 12015 IRK 500 180 RFI 1130-1500 7420 IRK 250 227 TWR 1200-1230 9810 PK 250 247 RVI 1200-1230 17690 TAC 100 131 RVI 1200-1300 5895 PK 200 263 TWR 1200-1300 7430 NVS 500 125 RFI 1230-1300 7305 IRK 250 110 DW 1300-1400 7390 NVS 200 111 VOA 1300-1430 7330 TCH 500 200 BBC 1300-1600 9860 ARM 500 188 DW 1330-1355 5895 PK 200 263 DW 1330-1355 7305 NVS 200 111 DW 1330-1400 15470 TAC 200 131 IBRA 1330-1415 12065 A-A 100 132 BBC 1330-1425 5930 PK 250 244 RNW 1330-1425 7375 PK 250 247 RNW 1400-1500 12025 ERV 500 100 VOA 1400-1530 7430 TAC 200 131 BBC 1400-1800 7315 SAM 250 140 DW 1430-1625 13755 TAC 100 131 RNW 1430-1645 7305 NVS 500 195 DW 1445-1630 9875 A-A 100 132 VAT 1600-1700 7130 SP 400 147 CRI 1600-2000 5945 SAM 200 117 DW 1600-2000 7445 MSK 250 169 DW 1600-2300 7400 SAM 250 284 MAR 1630-1700 7430 TAC 200 131 BBC 1700-1800 7390 MSK 250 117 BBC 1800-1830 7130 SP 400 147 CRI 1800-1850 5935 SAM 250 188 DW 1800-1850 5965 ARM 200 147 DW 1800-2000 7440 MSK 250 250 VOV 1830-1930 7200 MSK 250 190 CRI 2000-2100 5935 SAM 250 188 IBRA 2000-2100 6000 SAM 200 246 DW 2000-2100 7420 MSK 250 240 IBRA 2000-2100 7425 MSK 200 190 IBRA 2000-2130 7390 MSK 200 250 VOV 2000-2200 7395 IRK 100 083 DW 2000-2200 7440 MSK 250 250 VOM 2030-2125 5835 MSK - - RNW 2030-2130 7215 SAM 250 284 CRI 2130-2200 9860 PK 250 244 VOA 2200-2300 7170 MSK 250 285 CRI 2200-2300 7315 VLD 500 228 RFI 2200-2300 7330 TCH 500 200 BBC 2200-2300 7365 IRK 250 152 VOA 2200-2300 7385 IRK 250 125 BBC 2200-2300 7430 NVS 200 111 RFI 2200-2400 5925 NVS 500 085 DW 2200-2400 7375 NVS 500 125 DW 2300-2400 12075 VLD 500 228 RFI 2330-0025 15560 PK 250 244 RNW * only Sunday. ** Mon-Sat

MSK GPR-1 Moscow SP GPR-2 S.Petersburg SAM GPR-3 Samara ARM TCR-4 Krasnodar NVS GPR-11 Novosibirsk IRK GPR-10 Irkutsk TCH TCR-12 Chita VLD TCR-6 Vladivostok KHB GPR-8 Khabarovsk PK Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy TAC Tashkent-UZB A-A Alma-Ata-KAZ ERV Erevan-ARM BBC The British Broadcasting Corpor CRI China Radio International DW Deutsche Welle IBRA IBRA Radio MAR Radio Maryja RFI Radio France International RNW Radio Nederland Wereldomroep RVI Radio Vlaanderen Internat TWR Trans World Radio VOA Voice of America VAT Vatican Radio VOM Voice of the Mediterranean VOV Voice of Vietnam WUN World University Network (Nikolay Rudnev-RUS, Dec 12, also RUS-DX)

SINGAPORE SRI introduced new 12010 (x9575) on 22 Dec for the sce to Ce&SoAS from the SNG relay, 1400-1615. En 1400-1500, Ge 1500-1530, Fr 1530-1600, En 1600-1615.

Monitoring reports with SINPO assessments are sought, to be sent to

Ulrich Wegmueller, HF Broadcasting, Swisscom Ltd., Network Operations, NWO-513, Speichergasse 6, CH-3050 Berne, Switzerland.

Phone: +41 31 342 34 90 Fax: +41 31 342 65 54 e-mail [email protected] (Rachel Baughn, Monitoring Times, Dec 15 via Glenn Hauser)

SPAIN Radio Exterior de Espana - REE Madrid new B98 schedule. 0000-0100 Sp 11815 Mo-Fr 0000-0100 Sp 17845 Sa/Su 0000-0100 Sp 6125 9540 9620 9745 11815 11945 11880 0000-0200 En 6055 0100-0200 Sp 6125 9540 9620 11945 0100-0400 Sp 3210 5970 5990 Tu-Sa 0100-0400 Sp 5990 Su/Mo 0115-0145 Sefardi 11775 11795 Tu 0200-0500 Sp 6125 9540 9620 0200-0500 Sp 6055 Tu-Sa 0400-0500 Sp 5970 Tu-Sa 0415-0445 Sefardi 9690 Tu 0500-0556 En 6055 0500-0700 Sp 6000 9710 11890 0700-0800 Sp 9710 12035 15215 15480 0800-0900 Sp 12035 15215 15480 0900-1000 Sp 12035 17755 21570 21610 0900-1100 Sp 17755 Sa/Su 0900-1200 Sp 9520 Su 1000-1100 Sp 9620 12035 17755 21570 21610 1100-1200 Sp 5970 17755 Sa/Su 1100-1200 Sp 9620 9630 11815 12035 17755 21570 21610 1100-1400 Sp 5970 Mo-Fr 1200-1300 Sp 11910 12035 17755 21570 21610 21700 1200-1600 Sp 9500 Mo-Sa 1200-1700 Sp 5970 9500 17755 Su 1200-1700 Sp 5970 17755 Sa 1300-1400 Sp 11795 Sa/Su 1300-1400 Sp 11795 11910 12035 17755 21570 21610 21700 1400-1700 Sp 11795 12035 17755 21570 21610 21700 1400-1700 Sp 11795 15125 Sa/Su 1600-1700 Sp 15375 Mo-Sa 1700-1730 Ru 9500 1700-1800 Sp 7275 11795 17715 21700 1700-1800 Sp 9745 11795 15125 Sa/Su 1700-1900 Ar 21610 1700-1900 En 15170 Mo-Fr 1700-1900 Sp 17755 Sa 1700-2100 Sp 9665 17755 Su 1700-2200 Sp 9665 Sa 1730-1800 Ge 9590 1800-1900 Fr 9590 1800-1900 Sp 7275 9745 11815 15125 17715 1800-2100 Sp 9745 15125 17845 Sa/Su 1800-2400 Sp 11815 Mo-Fr 1825-1855 Sefardi 6130 Mo 1900-2000 Fr 6045 Sa/Su 1900-2000 Fr 7170 9595 Mo-Fr 1900-2000 Fr 9595 Sa 1900-2200 Ar 6045 7270 1900-2200 Sp 7275 9630 9745 11815 15125 2000-2100 En 9595 9680 Mo-Fr 2100-2200 Fr 9595 Su 2100-2200 Sp 9745 15125 Sa/Su 2200-2300 En 9595 Sa/Su 2200-2300 Sp 6045 7270 7275 9630 9745 11815 11880 2200-2400 Sp 9745 Sa/Su 2300-2400 Fr 6055 2300-2400 Sp 6125 9540 9620 9745 11815 11880 11945 (R Incontro / Rev. of Internat Bcing / Hauser via NASWA, Nov 98)

Regarding DX Report 98-53 and Terry Burgoyne. I wish I had had the tape recorder going, but I didn't. Two weeks ago, even though the progr was a repeat, Terry was live in the studio to introduce the progr. He said hello, said that this would be his last progr and then said something to the effect that the management at the stn only wanted younger people on the air.

The next week, the progr was a repeat again, but the announcer said that Terry had retired. Terry didn't say anything at all about retirement the previous week, just the dig at management about wanting younger people on the air. I got the impression that the progr would be dropped when they found something to stick in its slot. (John H. Carver Jr., Mid-North Indiana, Dec 17 via Hauser, Dec 22)

SRI LANKA/UK 7460 0100-0200 time slot. [c.f. BC-DX #398] Hans Johnson contacted Jeff Cohen of WRN, which handles tx arrangements for IBC, to see if there was any connection. Here is what he said: I have seen reports in DX publications that IBC is now on 7460 0000-0100 and this is perfectly correct and arranged by us. I am very interested to know if another group is using 7460 0100-0130 in order to inherit IBC's listeners. Since this Voice of Tigers stn is indeed on and has been heard in Sri Lanka on 7460 IBC will be moving to another freq. IBC does not have any connection with the Tigers or any other Tamil group.

Perhaps Voice of Tigers is using an amateur radio tx from Sri Lanka itself? (via Cumbre Dx, Dec 18)

IBC 7460 heard here with fair signal 0000-0100 via Dushanbe-TJK, and poor signal 7150 via Juelich. But nothing heard from Voice of Tigers after 0100 here in EUR. (WB, Dec 22)

9730 SLBC 0110 time check of 0640 a.m. greetings going out to and from a LONG list of listeners from Hyderabad to Dubai and beyond. "Radio Sri Lanka wishing the best for the holidays." Into a gospel or even reggae style Christmas song (Momma Mary, We Wish you Joy"). Pretty good signal but LOTS of slop from Costa Rica-9725 so best in USB. Another stn on the other side of the world from NoAM that often propagates well in our evenings (Stewart via Cumbre Dx, Dec 17)

9730 1226 tones followed by IS. Sign on followed by Nat King Cole's Christmas Song //15425 (Wolfish via Cumbre Dx, Dec 20)

THAILAND Over the past few weeks noted a weekly Uzbek progr, on every Fris at 0200- 0230 from BBC on 17790 via their THA relay stn. There must be other parallel channels for this sce. THIS PROGRAM IS HEARD ONLY ON FRIDAYS. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Dec 24)

Nakhon Sawan-THA is scheduled in En 250 kW 300 degr to SoAS and behind. May be on the following, needs further checks: 6095 Rampisham 500 76 RUS / C AS 7320 Cyprus 250 77 RUS / C AS

UK [TWR Europe] In this season TWR is using the following LW & MW tx sites: 216 2000 kW & 1467 1000 kW Roumoules, France. 864 & 1350 both 1000 kW Erevan-Kamo, Armenia. 999 500/1000 kW Grigoriopol, Moldova (Prydnestrovye area). 1233 600 kW Cape Greco, Cyprus. 1395 500 kW Durres Fllake, Albania. 1503 300 kW Szcecin, Poland.

Starting Nov 30, BBC addit txion in Serbian 1000-1015 11695 15325, and announced 13675, but heard here in BUL only: co-ch UAE Dubai. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Dec 4)

Since the Baghdad bombing commenced, the BBC Ar Sce has been heard almost around the clock and is quite strong on new 21825. I don't have the location though I suspect that it is Cyprus. Also many of those 'Spy numbers stations' were heard just before the commencement of the offensive and after. There have been extensions of many Ar lang progrs since the Baghdad bombing and I don't think it will diminish. Reportedly the Iraqi bcing infrastructure was destroyed. Not that Baghdad has been heard on HF for quite some time. (Robin Harwood via EDXP, Dec 19) [there was nothing to destroy, HF wise, ed]

21825 [Unid tx site] BBC Ar Sce on apparent extended schedule, first noted Dec 17 and regularly since 'Desert Fox' campaign began. Has Big Ben chimes on the hour and 'Huna London' ident. Noted as early as 0744 and past 1000. Site assumed. (B. Clark via Cumbre Dx, Dec 17-19)

USA R. Free Iraq, expanded bcing to four hrs per day on Dec 17, 0200-0300 on 5965, 6015, 7105 & 9635, 0300-0400 on 5965, 7110, 7275 & 9740, 1500-1600 on 6130, 9835, 11965 & 12015, and 1600-1700 on 6130, 9540, 11915 & 11965. (VOA CommWorld, Dec 19, & RFI website, via NU, Dec 20)

Schedule updated 18 December 1998. This Sce bcs in Ar from Mon through Sun. Iraqi local time is +3 UTC. (RFE/RL R. Free Iraq page via Glenn Hauser Dec 21; tnx to tip from Celio Romais, radioescutas)

WWCR's alleged three-day-a-week sce to IRN in Persian and Kurdish is easier to confirm now that 12160 has replaced 15685 at 1100-1200, but Tue Dec 22 at 1157 check an old- time-radio show with an addr in Portland was concluding in En; we need to try also on Fri and Sat at 1100. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 22)

KJES presumed the one back on 7490 after a period of inactivity. Very good signal but audio level a bit low at 0730. With usual christians songs. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 4)

11900 WWBS Radio, Macon, GA, 0107 presumed this one with male preaching. SINPO 23332 but improving to 33443 for a short period. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 20)

WWBS, Macon, GA: Did not check UT Sat Dec 19, but did check 11900 UT Sun Dec 20 from 0038 tune-in: loud and clear with local preacher must be this; 0100 WWBS ID by woman, Mrs. Josey, I assume, outroing Macon preacher Pastor John, addr [email protected] and intro another Macon preacher (as if there were any demand whatsoever outside Macon to hear them !); 0129 another break, ID, asking for reports to P.O.Box 18174, Macon, GA 31209, U.S.A.; mentioned something previously on a Fri night; recheck 0155 already back to stn annr with wrapup, by now signal having faded down considerably but still above some co-channel with sub-audible het, sounded transpolar which itself went off at 0201*; offered Jesus literature, addrs, "back tomorrow night at 7 pm EST" so on three nights a week? Asked for programming suggestions as time expands, such as Christian mx; they still have "problems to work out", off at 0159* BTW, Dave Frantz at WGTG continues to predict WWBS will get into big trouble for RF QRM problems in downtown Macon.

Checked again UT Mon Dec 21; actually between 2358 Dec 20 and 0010 Dec 21 the carrier went on and off numerous times, along with vairous buzzes and hums. Finally came on to stay at 0032, 0033 apology for lateness, "Watchman on the Wall" with another local preacher, Brendan Roberts; 0100 ID acknowledging E-mail from Massachusetts, Seattle, Finland; tape if this is on WOR 970. Already gone when rechecked at 0155. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 22)

11900, WWBS, Macon GA, 0048-0110, W anncr giving addr and e-mail addr as [email protected] Then rel. pgm "The Rest(??) of God" w/scripture readings and preaching. An ID later by W anncr as "You've been listening to Pastor ??. This is WWBS radio, Macon GA, USA " and thanks for regular mail and e-mail rcptn rpts. Addr again WWBS Radio, P.O. Box 10174, Macon GA 31209. Then more preaching by diff. Pastor. Only a fair signal w/slight adjacent QRM. Tnx Hans Johnson for tip on this new stn. (Dave Valko-USA, Dec 21)

WEWN is the cause of numerous false signals on our rxs' higher bands, due to overload from its excessively high field strength on what is in effect a dom SW bc beamed westward from Alabama. But here is one which seemed actually to be txed and propagated, as it faded in and out: 25490, which is 11875 plus 13615, Dec 20 at 1820 with Ave Maria on guitar; also stronger on 27230 = 2 x 13615, which may have been receiver-produced due to overload, but not heard on 23750 = 2 x 11875. The 25490 was audible on four different rxs, incl indoor reel-out antennas. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 970, Dec 22)

USA - WHRI - World Harvest Radio WHRI/WHRA/KWHR

Operated by LeSea Broadcasting Inc., World Harvest Radio carries evangelical and other programming using five txs at three sites: Angel 1-2 (WHRI - South Bend, Indiana); Angel 3-4 (KWHR - Hawaii); Angel 5 (WHRA - Greenbush, Maine). In addition to carrying its own progrs, airtime is hired to other relig and political organizations. Progrs may be carried in a variety of langs appropriate to the target area. This schedule, valid from 7th Dec 1998 until 28th Mar 1999 is based on information supplied by the broadcaster.

WHRI - WORLD HARVEST RADIO (Angel 1) 0000-1000 En/Sp Am 7315 1000-1300 En/Sp Am 9495 1300-1800 En/Sp Am 15105 1800-0000 En/Sp Am 9495

WHRI - WORLD HARVEST RADIO (Angel 2) 0000-0400 En Eu Am 5745 0400-1000 En Eu Am 5755 1000-1600 En Eu Am 6040 1600-2100 En Eu Am 13760 2100-0000 En Eu Am 5755

KWHR - WORLD HARVEST RADIO (Angel 3) 0000-0400 En As 17510 0400-0800 En As 17780 0800-2000 En As 9930 2000-2200 En As 15405 2200-0000 En As 17510

KWHR - WORLD HARVEST RADIO (Angel 4) 0700-1600 En Au 11565

WHRA - WORLD HARVEST RADIO (Angel 5) 0000-0200 En MEAf 7395 0200-0500 En MEAf 7385 0500-0800 En MEAf 7435 1800-2000 En MEAf 17655 2000-2200 En MEAf 15460 2200-0000 En MEAf 13760

Addr: PO Box 12, South Bend, Indiana 46624, USA. Tel: +1-219-291-8200 Fax +1-219-291- 9043 URL: http://www.whri.com/ (Real Audio available); E-mail: [email protected]

VIETNAM The new freq 7145 you reported this week seems to be used in replacement of all txions on x12020. Heard in Fr at 1300, 1830, 1930 and 2100 with poor reception most of the time. (Jean-Michel Aubier-F, Dec 21)

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ALBANIA v7385.10 Shijak [44433], and v9489.84 Cerrik [45444] in TWR's txion of usual Slovak progr on Sats only, 1130-1200. (WB, Dec 26)

I had a contribution from David French who is a TWR monitor. He had been asked to monitor 12070 mornings and said it was fine. TWR is looking to add another freq for their morning En bc as they did last year. Site not specified but David assumed ALB and said that 12070 may well be on from 1st Jan. (Michael Barraclough-UK, Dec 30)

ALGERIA v7245.49 (x-v6802) RTA Algiers in Ar noted at 0815, playing local Ar mx, in // MW 890.96, but different French progr on 981 kHz. (WB, Dec 26)

BANGLADESH Extended schedule in Bangla during Ramadan on Dhaka Bangladesh at 2200 on 4880 // MW 693. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK UADX, Dec 27)

BELARUS Belaruskoye Radio noted today at 1230 on 6165 (from which site?) underneath Deanovec/HRV, //clear 6115 and 7210. At this time, 7265 was a mess of co-ch Rohrdorf/D and Grodno/BLR with horrific subaudible heterodyne, so I cannot tell, whether or not the Grodno outlet was BR 1 (//above mentioned freqs) or BR 2 as it used to carry. (Kai Ludwig-D, Dec 27)

I checked 6165 at 0700 and Belarusskoye Radio was already on with //6115 7210 11670. Also on another new channel 6100. Sites of 6100 and 6165 are unknown. (Nick Pashkevich-RUS, Dec 28)

AP and WB reported also BR on new 6100 underneath of co-ch R Tirana dom sce relay. 6100 Belaruskaje Radyjo 0900-1045 Belarus annt and ID, relig sce, songs and talks //6080, 6115, 7140, 7145, 7210, 11670, SINPO 34444. (Anker Petersen-DEN, Dec 20)

CAMBODIA 11940.35 National R of Cambodia, playing local CBG mx in Thai lang segment 1230, and Lao 1245-1300, with fair signal into Europe. That's a season present of RRI Bucharest, which registered co-ch 11940 again, but still never used this powerful Galbeni-ROU outlet in B98, so lucky DXer scene these days. (WB, Dec 26)

CHINA CRI noted on 9570 (x9565) in En at 1700-1800. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Dec 26)

5950, Xizang PBS; Lhasa, Dec 21, 2300-2345, Mandarin, female speaker with presumably nx, the lang was definitely not Tibetan, weak signal 24222 (Roth, via DXW, Dec 25)

Reason I'm so sure about this is: I speak Tibetan. All three major dialects, Lhasa, Kham, Amdo. Been hanging out with Tibetans for years. My last job before returning to Germany was as an English teacher for Tibetan kids in Kathmandu. So I'm 1000% sure. Even though any Chinese pronounciation of Tibetan is atrocious, I'd still recognize it. I'd be interested to know what happened to the Tibetan sce. (Thomas, via DXW)

7540 NF CNR 1 2027 //to 7935 with Chinese mx 2030 ID 'Zhongyang renmin guangbodiantai' Signal overloaded. 44434 (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Dec 27)

CUBA [?] Regarding the noise pulses peaking around 9615 around 1230: VoA Greenville (not Delano) checked their 9690 tx and found it did need some tuning up, but by then we had heard the noise before 9690 carrier came on at 1145, so that is ruled out.

BTW, I made very sure the noise was not coming from inside my house by a DX-pedition a few blocks away into the frigid pre-dawn darkness; however, I'm surprised that no one else seems to be reporting it. Still there as of 1248 check Dec 28, and now I'm suspicious that the off ending tx is the Cuban bubble jammer on 9565, because its pulse rate seems to match that of the noise -- sample heard on WOR 970 -- which however has none of the "bubble" sound. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 29)

CZECH REP/USA [non] R. Prague must be so pleased with being jammed into oblivion during En relay via WRMI 9955 nightly at 0400, that the new WRMI sked shows they have added Cz at 1400-1430 Mon-Fri, and Sp at 2230-2300 Mon-Fri. Actually, at 1425 Cz Dec 29, jamming was lite. (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, Dec 29)

GEORGIA 11910 Georgian Radio 0756 huge open carrier but weak, distorted audio when they signed on with their IS. Programming was suppose to be in Ge, but I couldn't understand anything. 0827 retune to chorus, dead air, IS and s-on in En. ID by woman, "Georgian broadcasting from Tbilisi the capital...". Hard to decipher freq schedule that followed and then rather dry nx read by the same announcer. (Hans Johnson-USA, Dec 26)

GERMANY Here some more information regarding station DCF39 / DBF39. Located at Burg near Magdeburg, latitude 52N55 *) longitude 10E18 *) QRA locator JO52XH *) *) = accurate to 10 km.

Remote Control Signal modulation: ASCII 200 baud FSK. Carrier freq 138.82 kHz data sub- carrier freq 139.16 kHz.

User (remote control service): EFR - Europaeische Funk-Rundsteuerung GmbH Wilhelm von Siemens Strasse 2-10 D-12277 Berlin Germany phone +49-30-2671-7055 fax +49-30-2671-7832 operator: Deutsche Telekom AG

There are 6 antennas on this site:

(1) 210m vertical monopole. This is a guyed isolated tubular mast in use for transmissions of DCF39/DBF39 powered by Telsa Transmitter which is designed for nominal 200 kW but presently operated with 50 kW HF out. The original former R Volga Red Army Forces Radio tx of LW x261 kHz, which also produced a tremendous harmonic on 532 kHz.

(2) 210m vertical monopole. This is a guyed isolated tubular mast presently unused formerly used for MW transmissions. Former GDR "Youth Radio DT64" antenna on 657 kHz, 250 kW.

(3) 324m vertical biconical antenna [in Russian ARRT antenna type]. This is a hexafilar wire antenna supported from a metal fabric mast in use for BC transmissions of "Radioropa Info" on 261 kHz powered by Telefunken tx which is a MOSFET amp delivering 50 kW HF out. Formerly Germany's most sufficient MW antenna, when used for Voice of GDR progr on 783 kHz with 1000 kW of power, Russian MW tx type RW1000 of July 1978.

(4) triple, 70m octofilar horizontal dipole. Presently unused formerly used for MW transmissions (former 1575kHz Radio Berlin International-GDR, 250 kW).

(5) 55m trideco antenna. Presently unused formerly used for MW transmissions as backup antenna.

(6) 55m trideco antenna. Presently unused formerly used for MW transmissions as backup antenna. Used in the eighties on 1044 with 250 kW, in the nineties on 531 with 20 kW. (Haiko Hebig-D via Kai Ludwig-D, Dec 22)

Former 2 x 250 kW outlets [Combined SM 3/I and SM 3/II of Dec 15, 1953. Four tx units, 2 x 125 kW each] used in the fifties and sixties for GDR Deutschlandsender 782 kHz, and the other one used for alternating West Germany's communist party clandestine stns Deutscher Freiheitssender 904 kHz and Deutscher Soldatensender 935 kHz, which aligned few times a day from 904 to 935 and vice versa. (WB)

GREECE ERA-5 Voice of Greece / R.S. Macedonia B98 freq sked Oct 26, 1998 - Mar 28, 1999, some changes [c.f. BC-DX #399]

1200-1400 15530k(x15175k) 12105k 9690g 9420a NoAM, EUR En 1350

1400-2350 9425a (x9420) 1400-2050 EUR En 1800, Sp 1815 2100-2250 11645k 9425k (x9420) AUS, PAC En 2240

15530 VoGRC Kavalla (x15175) opening at 1200 with nx in Gr, // 9420 Avlis, 9690 Delano makes it easily to Europe, 12105 Kavalla, and also same Greek nx on Arabic channel 15630 via Avlis too. (WB, Dec 26)

GUAM AWR Guam is using the following sked for SoAS and NOT as appeared in their web sites. 9355 1500-1530 Ta, 1530-1600 Marathi, 1600-1700 & 1730-1800 En. 9385 1400-1430 Sinh, 1430-1500 En, 1500-1530 Malayalam, 1530-1600 Punjabi. 11625 1500-1530 Hi, 1530-1600 En 15225 1230-1300 En, 1300-1330 Be, 1500-1530 Telugu, 1530-1600 Kannada. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Dec 26)

ICELAND 5055U, Rikisutvarpid, 2028 Dec 24, woman in Icelandic with what sounded like a sermon; fair-good here, good on //9275U, very good on 11402U. This freq has been used for at least the past three years at Xmas and other special occasions in winter, but it still isn't listed in either WRTH or PWBR. (Hill-MA via NU, Dec 27)

INDIA All India Radio, Itanagar: I have been trying to QSL these guys for several years now with no luck. Then, low and behold, I received a reply six weeks after a fourth followup report for a 1997 reception. A prepared and stamped f/d card was returned to me rubber stamped and signed by Assistant Station Engineer, K. Morang. Today I received another similar card from AIR Itanagar that I had sent along with a third followup report to them back in June for that same 1997 reception. This one was signed by Station Director, J.J. Jrido (sp?). All of my reports and followups were sent directly to the stn in Itanagar. I would not want to venture a guess as to what's going on in Itanagar that has resulted in this flurry of QSL's, but in any case, it appears that stn personnel are now diligently responding to correspondence. This may represent one of those situations where there is a limited window of opportunity to obtain a QSL that normally is not a happening thing. If you haven't ever received a response from these guys, this may be the time to try again. Good luck!! (Tilbury via DXW, Dec 30)

INDONESIA 4777.1, RRI Jakarta, Dec 29, 1808-1812, "Bagimu Negeri" (the song that is played after the Jakarta nx relay), male speaker in BI, mx. Weak and noisy. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 29) n2899.04 RPDT2 Ngada, Bajawa, 1205-1246, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", til 1220, at 1222 local progr, 1223 ID, at 1230 IS was given, 1239 relig choir, ex2912, deep fading. 23332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 17) n3344.80 RRI Ternate, was inactive since Dec 1st til Dec 16th. Active again from Dec 17th. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 16) n3987.18 RRI Manokwari, is again active on this QRG. First day of reception was on Dec 11, at 1050 onwards, but very weak signal. On Dec 16 again at 1120 with popular mx progr, at 1132 pres. ID by female, signals was very weak. On Dec 17 turned in at 1032- 1112, evening prayers, 1046 positive ID, Dangdut mx, 1059 ID, IS nine times from a electro instrument, four short/one single long time pips, 1110 "Radio Republik Indonesia Manokwari...", with native mx like from PNG, best Sinpo was 33443 ! (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 11)

3541.90 RPTD2 Sumba Timur, 1135-, popular mx, 1140 ID by male, ".. Radiogram dari Ende ...", different progr, 33433 ! (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 17)

4874.50 RRI Sorong, 1155-1156*, Hawarin mx, piano mx, ID, s-off, 45544. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 17)

IRAN VOIRI noted on v15255.54 (x15260 perhaps to avoid a Chinese stn) today in En 1100-1230. Other // channels 11830 13605 and 17560. (Alok Dasgupta-IND, Dec 26)

Odd v7278.45 came accross at 1410, and thought it was Dhaka in Urdu. But further monitoring revealed an IRIB Zahedan outlet, nominal on 7275, registered 1230-1730, 500 kW nondirectional. 1230 Pa, 1330 Ur, 1430 Pa, 1530-1730 Urdu again. (WB, Dec 26)

Tremendous 55555 signal of VOIRI Sirjan on 21770 from 0630-0730 in Fr, IRN press report, //v15260.27 Kamalabad and 21810 Sirjan. Hausa 0545-0627 noted on 21810 too. Italian at 0650 appeared on v15084.90, 15230, and 17605 Sirjan. En to AS 1130-1227 on odd v15255.54, and //11875 13605 17560. (WB, Dec 27)

IRAQ 11786.9 dom sce 0802 strong, but horrible modulation, with news in Ar and a little bubble jammer in the background. 0804 ID by man. (Hans Johnson-USA, Dec 26) v11786.96 R Baghdad dom sce in Ar noted at 0705 & 1140, 32322. Terrible whistle tone of co-ch 11785.00 even. ID at 0710, Ar mx. (WB, Dec 27)

3900 R. Baghdad, 1650 Dec 25, march mx with Ar male songs, at 1659 Ar mx with Ar female songs to 1701, then male speaker in Ar with presumed nx; no ID hrd. By recheck at 1825, AR mx with male songs until 1831, then male speaker with ID: "Idha'at Jumhuriyat al- 'Iraq." At 1854, Ar mx with handdrums and violins and female solo singer with male background choir until 1859, then again ID by male, same as at 1831, followed by IS and male again, "Huna Baghdad," followed by Ar male songs. At 1905, nx by man in Ar with ments. of sha'b al Iraq (Iraqi people), Sadam Husein, Ameriqi and Britania. Replacing 4920, 5935. SINPO 35333. (van Rooy-HOL, HC-DX, Dec 27)

5935 Rep of Iraq Radio, new freq? Hrd 2220-2305 Dec 20, approx. 10 min. talk by man who sounded a lot like Sadaam, interspersed with numerous "Allah Akhbars," ments. of Baghdad and America. The mx seemed more geared towards Ramadan, except for one song that translated to "Allah will protect the Holy Warriors." Hrd as early as 2150. (Rausch-NJ, via NU, Dec 27)

9715 Radio Baghdad 1110 a report with people in the streets of Baghdad giving their opinions about the US & British strike followed by a patriotic song about Saddam Hussein. I've noticed they didn't bc a live coverage of the Fri prayers, also the press conference held by Tarik Aziz. I think that's due to the damage of some of the txs. I kept on monitoring for 18/19 Dec from around 0800 when they start transmitting on 9715. They are on the clear though some interference from Holy Quran radio from ARS till around 0900. Around 1430 severe jamming. (Tarek Mostafa Zeidan-EGY, via Cumbre Dx, Dec 18/19)

Iraqi Radio - latest freq observations - As of 22nd Dec, Rep of Iraq Radio - Iraqi Radio's main dom sce from Baghdad, which is on the air from 0255-0015 daily, was being heard on SW 3900 5935, and 9715 at various times of the day. (BBC Monitoring condensed by Glenn Hauser, Dec 29)

ITALY 7155 Voice of the Mediterranean La Valetta, Malta, 0700 with a very strong signal and ID in Ar, Sowt Baher al-Mutuwasit min Malta. It is coming from RAI Rome Italy Santa Palombara tx site, 100 kW nondir, 0700-0830 Mon-Sat. (Hans Johnson-FL, Dec 26)

KOREA Rep. of The website I copied for RKI doesn't work, as you may have found out too. Rechecked via http://www.trsc.com

(which has been redesigned so now you have more steps to get to the links, no improvement), and this is it: http://rki.kbs.co.kr/rki

(Glenn Hauser-USA, Dec 29)

LAOS 6130, LNR, freq-only QSL ltr as a follow-up to prior no-data confirmation ltr. From Vichitsavanh Chanthery, who says: "Sir, I would like to inform you that I am going to leave Laos soon for my long term studying in Australia. Could you please contact to Mrs. Malivanh next time." So, it looks like a new contact person and new V/S at LNR. They included a sked which says the ext sce is on MW only, and that "For any changes in our b/c, we will inform you later." (Sharp-FL, via NU, Dec 27)

MALDIVES VOMaldives is on extended sked due to Ramadan on 1449 to 1900 s-off. Maybe possible for DXers in EUR up in Lapland?? (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, Dec 27)

MALI v9632.97 RTM Bamako txion in vernac nx noted from 0800, 24332. //11960.00 S=1-2. (WB, Dec 27)

The CRI broadcast on 7170 0830-0857 is in Hausa, probably from the MLI relay, believed to be in // with the regular satellite feed. Well heard here in Melbourne-AUS. (Bob Padula-AUS, Dec 30)

MEXICO Extract from a XERMX letter: "The thing with the other freqs is that according to Ing. George Carrion, the man in charge of all the technical support of RMI, depending on the budget - once again - we might be able to reactivate our 100 kW tx and use all of our freqs, but still, unfortunately, nothing is for sure". ALEJANDRO JOSEPH ESTEINOU, Chief of the English Dept of XERMX-OC.

New e-mail addr: [email protected] (Uwe Volk-D, Dec 25)

[XERMX used 50 kW in seventies in direction of Buenos Aires-ARG on 11770 and 15430 acc to their azimuth map, but never full power of 100 kW. ed]

MONGOLIA Acc to letter received from stn Radio Khekh Tangar (Radio Blue Sky) operates 0100-0700, 0900-1500 on 4850 and 100.9 FM. This stn is the 2nd channel of Radio Mongolia. Addr is the same as Mongolian Radio and TV. Mainly carries musical and entertaining progrs. (Pavel Miroshnikov-RUS, Dec 30)

NEPAL 5005, Radio Nepal, Khumaltar, Dec 22, 0115-0130, Nepali, ID "Yo Radio Nepal Ho", then nx and report about new cabinet. Prime minister Girija Prasad Koraila, who resigned on Sunday, but still leads the cabinet, and ministers Thapa and Chand agreed that the new cabinet should have no more than 15 members. The Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) will have four seats each, the other parties one each. Fair to weak signal 34233. (Roth via DXW, Dec 25)

NEW ZEALAND 9700 RNZI Just a note to say - how would you might like to be first in world to see in the New Year? Well you can if you listen to RNZI as New Zealand is UTC+13. On New Year's Eve we are extending our txion on 9700 and will close txion at 1200 UTC (0100 NZDT). Have yourselves a great time - thanks for listening!

Frequency Schedule, 30 Nov 1998 - 21 Mar 1999

Mon-Fri 1650-1951 11675 Sat&Sun 1855-1958 Sun-Thu 1952-0705 17675 Fri-Sat 1959-0705 Mon-Fri 0706-1015 9700 Sat&Sun 0706-1015 OFF-AIR 1015-1650 Occasional Use for Sporting Bcs 1015-1205 9700 1206-1650 6105

RNZI's News from NZL and the PAC can be heard via The World Radio Network (www.wrn.org) at these times: WRN1 EUR 0900 & 1500 Sats WRN1 NoAM 1800 Sats WRN1 AF/AS 0000 0500 1930 Suns

RNZI's WRN progr is also available from the WRN Sound Store as a RealAudio file. Checkout the RNZI Live Audio for topical PAC News Bulletins available at http://www.rnzi.com

Adrian Sainsbury, Frequency Manager, Radio New Zealand International P O Box 123, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND mail to: [email protected] http://www.rnzi.com (Sainsbury via Ormandy HC-DX, Dec 25)

3935 2LXA Levin, 1030-1100, En, internat mx, talks, 1100 two short/one long time pips, nx, very strong RTTY QRM. 21331. (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 17)

NORWAY Radio Norway Internat and Radio Denmark will change the following freq from Jan 1st 1999 0800-1000 13800 will be changed to 15735. I needed to do this changes to improve our txions to Australia. (Olav M. Grimdalen-NOR, R Norway, Dec 28)

PAKISTAN v17555.21 R Pakistan, at 0620 with Ur WS to ME, 44444. //15175.03, playing Pakist. songs. (WB, Dec 27)

11932, Radio Pakistan; Islamabad, Dec 25, 1300, s-on with male speaker with R Pakistan ID, nominal freq 11935,very distorted and drifting fast up to 11938v at 1305, found at 1311 on 11943v with female speaker, at 1313 around 11945 and complete destroying signals from CRI in Mandarin, at 1316 on 11948v over Xizang PBS, on 11948.6 at 1317. At 1319 on 11950v KAZ strong enough to hear while PAK is passing 11950 to drift up to 11952 at 1322. On 11938 same distorded audio (first spurious) at 1324 drifts up while the other was around that time on 11955v. At 1327 on 11943.3 and main signal on 11958 with male speaker in presumed Urdu, at 1332 on 11949 and 11963; the first spurious on 11949 is weaker then on 11963 but same distorted almost no audio, at 1338 on 11943 and on 11969 with male speaker. Not //with 15625. At 1340 the first spurious on 11948 and the main stn on 11973v, checked around 11934 at 1340 and a second spurious signal from them came in weaker then the 2 other freqs which I noted above. Drifts up in one minute to 11938. And the main stn with the strongest signal heard with s-off at 1345 around 11982.2, both spurious signals gone also then. Very poor (van Rooy-HOL, via DXW, Dec 31)

QATAR QBS Doha in Ar during Ramadan on extended schedule between 2200 and 2300 on 7210 and v9570.12 [hetting co-ch RRI Bucharest on latter]. (WB, Dec 26)

RUSSIA/UZB VR now listed for new 5940 with Jpn 1315-1335, from Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky. Tashkent-UZB listed 9875 1450-1620 Hindi Tamil Malayalam En. (Nagoya DXers Circle, via EDXP, Dec 23)

Earlier this month I have sent a message about R. Mayak SW txions cessation from Jan 1st, 1999. Here are some latest additions in regards to St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad...

Acc to the latest information one St. Petersburg's tx nevertheless will stay in use with R Mayak relay till March 28 on 7400 at 0300-0700 and on 11985 at 0730-1400. All other txions from St.P. 5990 6045 7440 11630 and 11785, and Kaliningrad 6015 will be really out of use from Jan 1st.

I can suppose that some other SW freqs with R. Mayak relays will be also in use TILL MARCH 28 ONLY. As you maybe know there are very cold winter seasons here in RUS and some txing centres can use water cooling system of the txs for building heating...

In any case I think that most of the R. Mayak SW freqs will be really out of use past Jan 1st, and I can also suppose that no any chances that R. Mayak will renew its SW relays in the near future. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, Dec 29)

RWANDA new 21785 Kigali-RRW DW in En 1100-1150, and Fr at 1200-1250, seemingly replacing 15370 [where RL Lampertheim in Russian appears now], //12015 Sines-POR, 15410 Kigali, 17780 Wertachtal, 17800 Kigali. Remarkable time delay on 15410 17800 and 21785 against remaining outlets. (WB, Dec 26)

SAUDI ARABIA v11868.42 BSKSA Riyadh on Ar sce and talks at 0820. 9563.01-ARS and 9568.49-ARS both clandestine Voice of Iraqi People via ARS. (WB, Dec 26/27)

SRI LANKA Extended Ramadan schedule of Colombo at 2200 on 4940.

The stn listed on 855 is not Amparai as in WRTH99. This stn ceased operation about 3 years ago and the present is a new 50 kW stn in North Central Sri Lanka at Vavunia in Irranakulam. This was set up to bc to the North and East. The stn runs until 1900 daily bcing to the people of the area and for Sri Lankan forces fighting the LTTE Tamil rebels. During Ramadan is also heard at 2200-2300. This might give DXers a chance to log this stn. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, UADX, Dec 27)

SOUTH AFRICA CLANDESTINE AFRICA Page about Historic Clandestine Stns in Southern Africa Readers may be interested: Based on a tape compiled by South African DX-er Miki Vcelar and distributed by the South African DX Club in 1981, it's called "Clandestine Stations in Southern Africa", an article with hypertext links to Real Audio soundclips of such stations as Voice of Namibia, Voice of Free Africa and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Voice. This is at: http://home.clara.net/dkernick (Kernik-UK, Dec 12 for CRW, via Cumbre Dx, Dec 24)

3320 R Sonder Grenze 1920 & 1957 men with continuous talks in Afrikaans refs to communism (1920) on ca. 2000 starting with classical mx then talks continue Signal 22232. (Zacharias Liangas-GRC, Dec 27)

SOUTH AFRICA/NIGERIA R. Kudirat Nigeria was still there Sun Dec 27 on 11540 at 1900 check, marginally readable at times in En. Around 1925 ID with both freqs, again after non-En segment, at 1935 "soon undertaking temporary mandatory maintenance of its equipment starting Fri 1 Jan" apologizing in advance for inconvenience, and to return with "renewed vigour" at no specified date heard. Fair by closing before 2000. Fluttery on Dec 28, still talking at 20.00:00 sharp when WRN feed cut off for a minute of triple- tones, 2001*. Tnx to Hans Johnson tip, who thinks the stn is really being closed permanently as no longer necessary. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 29) [//6205-RSA, ed]

TAIWAN 3335, CBS Paochung, Dec 29, 1756-1806, Popmx in Mandarin, female speaker in Mandarin, short piece of mx, 2+1 TS, presumed ID in jingle, female speaker with nx. 34333 at first, but quickly getting weaker. (Mark Veldhuis-HOL, Dec 29)

3335 VoAsia, Taipei, 1430-1505, En ! ID: "You are listening to the VoAsia", addr was given "Box 204 77, Taipei...". 1430 "Taiwan magazine" with Carlson Wang. //6085, Sinpo= 43333, best reception here in USB mode to avoid QRM. Not //7445. 35543 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Dec 18)

TAJIKISTAN 7455 Voice of Tibet replaced x7465, heard this [NoAM] morning, but I couldn't find anything around 11520. (Hans Johnson-USA, Dec 27) Traced here with same results, only RFA on 11510 and 11540, and VoH LBN 11530. ed.

TUNISIA v17735.25 RTT Sfax in Ar noted at 0645, //7215.05 and 15449.96. At 0800 also on 11730.06, carrying studio interview in Ar, 54444. In 2200-2300 time span noted on 7225.04, 7280.09, and 12005.58. (WB, Dec 26/27)

UKRAINE 9620 Kiev Browary-UKR carrying Kazakh Radio 0700-1600, had a tremendous HUM audio today, and two accompanied spurious HUM signals on v9594.91 and 9645.09, all three signals of S=4-5. Registered 100 kW 254 degr. (WB, Dec 26)

I can hear Voice of Oromo Liberation fine via DTK Juelich-GER. Do you know if they are still using the Ukraine at all. If so, on what days and freq? (Hans Johnson-USA, Dec 26)

No news so far. But I remember, that the Oromo/UKR txions appeared usually at 1600-1700 on the remaining days apart from Juelich outlets,

AND the Ukrainian authorities always registered the exact freq on the HFCC list. In the present HFCC list Kiev Browary tx site showed up on the only East African txion 9980 100 kW 160 degr at 1600-1900 towards target zones 38, 39, 48. Usually Kiev outlet was one hour earlier than Juelich, 1600-1700. Possibly it is a channel holding registration only, and far away of reality. (WB)

UK 21825 [Unid tx site, most likely Woofferton] BBC Ar Sce on apparent extended schedule, heard today at least in 0700-1300 time span. (WB, Dec 26)

Freqs of NHK Year End Hitparade through NHK World, Radio Japan: bc freqs to EUR via Woofferton/Skelton relay (Japan Time) on Dec 31, 1998 2000-2100 13645 2100-2345 11710 2000-2345 5975 (Programming Division, Internat Planning and Bcing Dept., NHK, Keiko TERASAKA-JPN, Dec 28) [meaning in the 1200-1545 UTC range, +8 hrs in winter, +9 hrs in summer, ed]

NEW YEAR'S EVE. A leap second will be inserted at 23.59:59 UT Dec 31 on CHU and WWV, since the earth is slowing down (Sheldon Harvey, RCI Maple Leaf Mailbag Dec 27)

BBC will air the usual full strike of Big Ben at 0000 Jan 1 (gh).

It is believed that a gigaperson worldwide listens to this official start of the new year, via BBC or relays from BBC. (Sheldon Harvey, RCI Maple Leaf Mailbag, Dec 27; via Glenn Hauser Dec 29)

USA The R.Free Iraq expansion [c.f. BC-DX #399] has been cancelled. The program has reverted to its normal hours. (DanF-USA, Dec 25)

[KJES presumed the one back] No 7490 should be WJCR, not KJES. // 13595.1 (Hans Johnson-FL, Dec 25)

Should read WJCR, rather than KJES, right ? (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 25)

Its on 7490 after a period of inactivity. Very good signal but audio level a bit low at 0730. With usual christians songs. (Noel Green-UK, Dec 4)

Trouble opening my Christmas RA file? Some of you appear to be having trouble getting RealAudio to play my Christmas program. If you can't get it to run, try these two alternate addresses in your web browser. So long as you have RealAudio Version 3 or higher, it should run after about a minute of buffering: http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/alcue/xmas/SIDE1.ram http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/alcue/xmas/SIDE2.ram (Al Quaglieri-USA, Dec 25)

VoA Communications World is now also on WBCQ, 7415, Sun at 2100, confirmed Dec 27. WWCR has changed Sat 1245 to Tue 1400 on 15685, following World of Radio, but on Dec 26-29 bc three different shows: Sat Dec 26 2300 the Dec 26 edition; Mon Dec 27 0630 the Dec 12 edition; Tue Dec 29 1400 the Dec 19 edition! Kim needs to give us the original airdate at the start of each half-hour CW. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 29)

Interesting QSL letter from WLW 26450 kHz Cincinnati, Ohio, USA: Thank you for your RR on Nov 21, 1535-1605 UTC on 26450 kHz. This is to confirm your report. All information given was correct. The WLW operations use several txs on 26450 kHz - FM and 26110 kHz - FM.

The txs power is approx 70 watts, into and omnidir 5/8 wave vertical antenna, at 80 feet in height above ground. We have several locations around the Cincinnati, Ohio area. This system is used for "pre-delay" monitoring of our stn when we do "remotes" bcs. Our Main channel is very often delayed for 7 seconds to allow us to remove anyone using profane language on our call in shows.

This feed can also be interrupted by the studio operator to give ques and information to the talent in the field. Gary Barnett, Engineering. [MW 700 kHz too.] (Guido Schotmans-BEL, Dec 29)

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