BC-DX 193 05 Nov 1995 ________________________________________________________________________ ANGUILLA Stig Hartvig Nielsen of 'DX Focus' has received information from Paul Hunter of the "Caribbean Beacon" that its new SW tx and antenna have been installed, but discrepancies between the local authorities in Great Britain have prevented registration of the frequency with the ITU. Paul Hunter expects at least one or two more months before the first test transmissions will go on the air. Caribbean Beacon, a Christian evangelical radio station based in Anguilla, has until now broadcast only on mediumwave 1610 kHz 200 kW. (AWR Wavescan) ARMENIA German religious progr via R Intercontinental Yerevan replaced 15275 by 11805 kHz, observed here at 1900-1930 UTC. Also observed at 1800 UTC in Armenian, 1830-1900 UTC in German. (Alan Pennington in BDXC Communication, WB) BELGIUM From Nov 6th, RVI Brussels to Americas at 2230-0100 UTC new 5900 (x6030) kHz to NoAM, still on 9925 kHz to So&CeAM. (RVI Radio World) CLANDESTINE RADIO STATIONS Voice of Kashmir Freedom 1530-1730 UTC 4115 kHz in Urdu, ... and jamming from India! Voice of Iranian Kurdistan via Voice of the Workers v4185 kHz, closing at 1515 UTC. Parallel 3888 & 6420 kHz all variabel. (Stanislav Mekhonoshin RUS) CROATIA US firm TCI delivered a large new SW curtain antenna to Croatian Radio Zagreb Deanovec, 160 x 100 m wide. Plans to buy two more SW antennas, but of different type and smaller size. (AMID - German AGDX Monitoring and Info Service) CUBA Open path towards CeAM, RHC observed in Spanish on 9550 kHz at 1100-1300 UTC. (WB) CZECH REPUBLIC RadioRopa Info via PTT Podebrady tx on 5980/5975 kHz missed today Nov 4th. Break due bad winter conditions occured today? ECUADOR Arthur Cushen reported a spur of HCJB Quito on 5750 kHz, mixing product of 5900 resp. 6050 kHz outlets at 0700-0830 UTC. (WoR Nov 3) GERMANY Reduced power of 50 kW (x200) for LW tx Burg 261 kHz, using a new tx from spring 1996. Program RadioRopa Info. (RadioRopa via Kai Ludwig) Increased power for DeutschlandRadio Berlin LW tx Oranienburg Rehmate on odd frequency 177 kHz, 250 kW instead of 100 kW. (ORF SW Panorama) Because of budget reasons, NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk - Hamburg will close down all MW units on Dec 31, 1996! (TWR ERF German DX Mix) INDONESIA RRI Bandung on new 3266-3270 kHz varying in Bahasa Indonesia at 1210 UTC in parallel with 3204,4 kHz. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung, INS) RRI Menado 3214,8 kHz with new schedule 9 Oct till sign off at 1559 UTC. (Mark Veldhuis, HOL, Martin Elbe, Germany and Roland Schulze, PHL) RRI Palu has moved from 3448,5 to 3536,4 kHz. Heard on 15 Oct at 1105-1118 UTC in Bahasa Indonesia, ID, choir. (Roland Schulze, PHL, all via DSWCI) ITALY A law was passed in Italy on Oct 4th. Which authorises noncommercial entities to apply for broadcasting licenses to transmit abroad on shortwave. The law will allow for political, cultural and religious stations to take to the air legally. Prior to this there were no regulations, with AWR Forli, IRRS Milan, and European Christian Radio being the main three stations. (AWR Recorder, Nov 1995) IRRS Milan winter schedule: 7100 kHz 0400-0600 mainly Russian & English UN Radio, music. 7125 kHz 0600-0630 UN Radio Russian. 0830-1430 existing progr. 3985 kHz 0630-0830 & 1430-2100 UTC existing progr. 3980 kHz 2100-2300 UTC to Europe (due to RFI & CRI/SUI on 3985 kHz. ed) (Anna Boschetti - Nexus) KOREA Rep.of RKI Seoul via Sackville relay in English to NoAM 1130-1200 UTC now on 9650 kHz, Suns DX px. (x11715) (WB) LITHUANIA SW tx Sitkunai 9710 kHz is now on off frequency 9709.7 kHz. (WB) MALTA Voice of the Mediterranean have introduced a new Sunday schedule effective Sun Oct 8th for the early morning transmission period. 0700-0830 UTC Valleta Calling in English, followed by French 0830-0930 UTC and finally a thirty minute test transmission in German 0930-1000 UTC, all on usual MW 1557 and SW 9765 kHz. Other transmissions remain the same as before, Mon-Sat 0600-0700 UTC English, followed by Arabic 0700-0800 UTC. Daily 1400-1500 UTC on 11925 kHz in English, followed in Arabic. (Edwin Southwell) NETHERLAND ANTILLES RN Bonaire relay in Dutch at 2030-2125 UTC replaced 17605 by 11655 kHz. (RN) NORWAY R Norway Internat in English at 0100 & 0300 UTC Monday replaced 6030 by 7465 kHz. (WoR Nov 3) PARAGUAY 19471.68v kHz Radio Nacional 2nd harmonic at 1400 UTC with talk in Spanish, then LA accordion music and clear ID "Radio Nacional, Asuncion, Paraguay". Poor with fade in/out. Not heard here on base frequency 9735 kHz. (Conradie 28 oct in Jihad Dx) PHILIPPINES FEBC Manila in English ceased DX Dial on Suns 1330 UTC. Remaining Wed 1315 UTC 11995 kHz. Sat 0940 UTC 11635 kHz. (FEBC) RUSSIA Dr. Gene Scott progr monitored here via Samara relay site 17600 kHz at 0930 UTC, scheduled 0800-1300 UTC. (WB) R Netherlands in Dutch via additional Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 1386 kHz at 1630-1725 UTC. Delete Bolshakovo 7300, and Flevo 9855 kHz at same time span. (RVI Radio World) RWANDA DW Kigali on 21705 kHz, French 1200-1250, Hausa 1300-1350 UTC, fair signal here. (WB) SLOVAKIA RSI Bratislava in English to AUS/NZL 10 kHz down on 11980 kHz at 0830 UTC. (Sheila Hughes in BDXC Communication)) THAILAND R Thailand Bangkok replaced 7255 by 7285 kHz at 1100-1130 UTC, in Vietn and Cambodian. In English at 1900-2000 UTC to EUR on new 7295 kHz (x7200). (Arthur Cushen in RNMN) 1800-1900 UTC in Thai on 11855 kHz to ME & AF. 2000-2115 UTC on 11805 kHz, in German, F, E, Thai to EUR. (WB) TUNESIA RTT Tunis reporting football match at 1300-1600 UTC on new 7280 kHz, /./11730, 12005 kHz. From 1600 UTC on 7475 kHz also. (WB) VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio info progr 1100 UTC Italian, 1110 F, 1120-1130 UTC English, Mon-Sat only, replaced 6245 by 5882 kHz, /./1530, 11740, 15210, 17550 kHz. (WB) VIETNAM Night frequency of VoVTN Hanoi v12019.7 kHz (x15009), French heard at 1830 UTC, parallel v9839.7 kHz. (WB) The regional station Bac Thai was heard in Vietnamese several times at the end of September on 6427,3 kHz at 1020-1235 with ID's and native music. (Roland Schulze, PHL via DSWCI) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX @DB0LX.#BW.DEU.EU - CompuServe 100523,3446 BC-DX 194 10 Nov 1995 ________________________________________________________________________ CZECH REPUBLIC New program of the Czech Radio domestic service is on the air since November 6. The program is called "Cesky rozhlas 6 - Radio Svobodn Evropa" (Czech Radio 6 - Radio Free Europe). QRG: 1287 and 1485 kHz - the former frequencies of Radio Free Europe in the Czech Republic. The new programm is on the air Mon-Fri 0500-2310 UTC, Sat+Sun 1100-2310 UTC and it is composed of news, comments and reports of the Czech Radio, Radio Free Europe (Czech and Slovak sections), BBC, VoA and DW. The new program "CRo6-RFE" is also relayed on 1593 kHz via a transmitter in Germany, where RFE was relayed before the change. (Karel Honzik OK1XKH, DX REVUE of the CSDXC) GERMANY Subj: Berlin: RadioRopa 693 QRT RadioRopa-Info ceased its Greater Berlin outlet via PTT Koepenick-Uhlenhorst, 693 kHz, 5 kW. (c.f. BC-DX no. 193 under Czech Republic) Still QRV in Berlin: 567 kHz Bln-Scholzplatz SFB "B2" 603 Bln-Koepenick-U JazzRadio Berlin 810 " " " TELEKOM Digital Test (not regularly QRV) 891 " " " RTL-Oldie 990 Bln-Britz DLR-Berlin. 6005 " " " " (Andreas DC7ER @DB0GR.#BLN.DEU.EU) INDIA AIR Delhi schedule changes: Urdu 0830-1130 UTC Goa 9595, 11620. Burmese 0100-0130 UTC 9950, Goa 11620. 1215-1315 UTC 10330, 11765. Nepali 0130-0228 UTC 3945, 6045, Goa 7250, 9550. 0700-0800 UTC Goa 9595, 7250, 11850. 1330-1430 UTC 3945, 4860, 6045, 7410, Goa 11850. Tibetan 0130-0200 UTC Goa 9595, 11880, 13750. 1215-1330 UTC 7410, 9565, Goa 11710. (AIR schedule) RUSSIA Here are some winter schedules. Radio Rossii - European version 0200-2400 UTC. Moscow Noginsk 0200-0500 5910, 0530-1500 7250, -2400 5910. Moscow Chkalovskaya 0200-0600 6110, 0630-1500 9720, -2400 6060. Moscow Taldom two SSB txs, schedule is not known. St. Petersburg Popovka 0200-0700 7335, 0730-1400 12045, 1430-2000 7340, 2030-2400 7335. Krasnodar Tbilisskaya 0200-0500 7325, 0530-1200 11720, 1230-1600 7145, 1630-2400 5965. Samara 0200-0500 6125, 0530-1300 11990, 1330-2400 6125. Radio Rossii - Ural version 0000-2400 UTC. Moscow Noginsk 0000-0400 6090, 0430-1400 11630, 1430-2200 6040. Radio Rossii - West Siberian version 2200-2000 UTC. Yekaterinburg 2200-2000 7220. Radio Rossii - East Siberian version 2000-1800 UTC. Novosibirsk & Irkutsk 2000-2300 7390, 2330-0700 9700, (using same frequenc.) 0730-1800 7440. Radio Odin - Radio Orbita-3 2300-1800 UTC Saransk Kovylkino 2300-0400 6030, 0430-1200 11750, 1230-1800 6115. Samara 2300-0400 6195, 0430-1300 9605, 1330-1800 6195. Yekaterinburg 2300-0300 9555, 0330-1100 15255, 1130-1400 9615. Radio Mayak St. Petersburg Popovka 0100-0600 5935, 0630-1400 11785, 1430-2300 6035. Volgograd 2300-0400 5945, 0430-1300 12060, 1330-2200 6160. Arkhangelsk 0200-1600 7330, 1630-0100 15125. Blagoveshensk 2100-0300 15600, 0330-1600 9550. 2100-1600 6060. Komsomolsk-Amur 1700-2300 6020, 2330-0700 9670, 0730-1600 6020. Khabarovsk 2200-1300 9545, 1330-1800 3995. Radio Yunost (often replaced by R Mayak program) Yekaterinburg 0100-1900 9765. Khabarovsk 1900-0100 6080, 0130-0700 9810, 0730-1400 6050. (Nikolai Rudnev-RUS) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX @DB0LX.#BW.DEU.EU - CompuServe 100523,3446 BC-DX 195 12 Nov 1995 ________________________________________________________________________ ARMENIA VoArmenia Yerevan in Armenian language heard at 2230-2300 UTC on 7480 & 9965 kHz.