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If anyone among you is a mediumwave specialist and is willing to compile this new section for us, please do not hesitate to contact me. And now let's start with our usual news from outside the club - only one item this month: The EUROPEAN DX COUNCIL would like to invite you to the EDXC Conference 2014 to be held in the Southern France on 19-22 September 2014. The first part of the conference (19-21 September) will take place in a beautiful small village Saint-Dalmas de Tende situated approximately 80 km North-East from Nice. The latter part of the conference (21-22 September) will take place in the city of Nice. It is understandable that people are coming from and going to different places and different times. That is why we will try to be very flexible with the conference packages. The price for the basic package will be around 175 € (single) / 120 € (double) including: Accommodation (2 nights in Saint-Dalmas de Tende), Banquet dinner, 2 Coffee breaks and the Conference fee. If you have anything to ask, please, do not hesitate to contact Kari <[email protected]> or the main organizer Mr. Christian Ghibaudo <[email protected]>. More information and the preliminary programme can be found also on the EDXC blog at: <http://edxcnews.wordpress.com/category/edxc-conference-2014>. Once again, we would like to see you at EDXC conference 2014 in September. You are warmly welcome! (Kari Kivekäs, Secretary General of EDXC) And with this best wishes and good DX until next month from NEWS ABOUT BROADCASTING (+other) STATIONS Walter Eibl $ Postfach 15 45 $ D-91005 Erlangen $ GERMANY ANGOLA - 4950, R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1925 27 Feb, px local in Portuguese, better modulation [than usual], 33333, 73 Girolla (Mauro Giroletti, playdx yg via DXLD) Rádio Nacional Angola 1, Mulenvos, 4950, 0428 UT Feb 28 Tune - in to YL in Portuguese, followed by station ID by OM, and very nice music. Time pips at TOH, and into what sounds like a news broadcast. Good signal with static. S-8. (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina U.S.A., Yaesu FRG-100, Drake R8, 220 ft. Inverted L Longwire, Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop, Feb 28, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4 ARMENIA - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Yerevan-Gavar 7505 kHz. 0203 UT March 4, World News in progress with story about Palestinian - Israeli peace talks. "BBC World Service" Station ID at 0207. Fair to Good signal. S-7 (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina U.S.A., Receiver: Yaesu FRG - 100, Drake R8, Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L Longwire, Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop, cumbredx yg via DXLD) Audiblized only tnx to the absence of WRNO from 7506.6v! (gh, DXLD) Updated B-13 schedule of Voice of Armenia with new GREEK program: 1315-1345 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish, cancelled 1345-1400 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Azeri, cancelled 1400-1415 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Azeri Mon-Fri, cancelled 1400-1415 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish Sat/Sun, cancelled 1415-1430 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish, cancelled 1415-1430 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Armenian HS, irregular 1430-1500 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Farsi 1500-1530 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Yezidi 1530-1545 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Assyrian 1545-1615 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish, ex 1315-1345 1615-1630 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Greek, confirmed March 5-7 1900-1930 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 8) AUSTRALIA - Changes to Radio Australia operational schedule for A14 (draft version): times = UTC 1, Shepparton, Line B, 1700-2030 has changed from 9500 kHz to 9820 kHz. Target area: West Pacific 2, Shepparton, Line C, 2030-2200 has changed from 9500 kHz J9/355 to 15415 kHz J15/355. Target area: West Pacific 3, Shepparton, Line D, 0300-0600 has changed from 15515 kHz to 15300 kHz. Target area: Central South Pacific 4, Shepparton, Line E, 2100-0100 has changed from 21740 kHz to 17860 kHz. Target area: Central South Pacific 5, Shepparton, Line E, 0100-0300 has changed from 19000 kHz to 17840 kHz. Target area: Central South Pacific 6, Shepparton, Line E, 0300-0500 has changed from 21725 kHz J21/355 to 17840 kHz J17/355. Target area: West Pacific 7, Shepparton, Line F, 1500-1700 has changed from 7240 kHz to 9850 kHz. Target area: Central South Pacific 8, Brandon, Line G, 1200-1400 has changed from DRM to Analogue AM. Target area: West Pacific (5995 kHz) 9, Offshore, 0400-0500, HBN/270 has changed from 17840 kHz to 17800 kHz. Target area: Asia [PALAU] 10, Offshore, 1600-1630, SNG/340 has changed from 9580 kHz to 9540 kHz. Target area: Asia [SINGAPORE] 11, Offshore, 2200-2300, DHA/105 has changed from 9890 kHz to 9610 kHz. Target area: Asia [UAE] The changes are required to avoid interference from other broadcasters and to optimise the propagation of transmissions to target areas (via Nigel Holmes, March Australian DX News via DXLD) AUSTRIA - Relays via ORS Moosbrunn shortwave tx site in A-14 Northern summer season: 7355 0100-0130 40E,41NW 300 95 211 1234567 Pashto BBC BAB 9690 0200-0230 40E,41NW 300 90 211 1234567 Urdu AWR AWR 9690 0230-0300 40E,41NW 300 90 211 1234567 Panjabi AWR AWR 7310 0300-0315 39S 250 120 211 1234567 Multi MBR MBR 9505 0330-0400 40 300 100 211 1234567 Farsi AWR AWR 9455 0400-0430 29S,39N,40W 300 115 218 1234567 Turkish AWR AWR 6155 0430-0500 37,38W 300 220 211 1234567 French AWR AWR 11955 0500-0530 46SE,47W 300 190 217 1234567 Hausa AWR AWR 6155 0500-0615 18,27-29,37-39 300 n-d 926 1234567 Deutsch ORF ORS 5910 0544-0559 28 100 30 800 .23456.