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This month our QSL EDITOR Kanwar Sandhu has compiled his last QSL CORNER for our DX MAGAZINE. Let me thank him very much for the great work he has done for our club in the last 5 1/2 years, although the cooperation of our members has been very low. Starting with the next edition of our DX MAGAZINE, our Italian member Dario Gabrielli will take over this job. Hopefully he will get some more support from you, so that our QSL CORNER can possibly appear each month in the future. 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 RAMADAN Der islamische Fastenmonat Ramadan (E: Ramazan) ist vom 9. Juli 2013 bis 8. August 2013 (der Zeitraum kann aufgrund unterschiedlicher Berechnung um einen Tag variieren). Die Rundfunkstationen in islamisch geprägten Ländern haben in dieser Zeit meist einen erweiterten Sendeplan, so sind dann einige Raritäten auch in Europa hörbar. (we) ANTARCTICA - LRA36 quite strong today --- Checking Twente repeatedly from 1800 on, noted LRA 36 was on at 1858. Checking from my QTH, I don't have any trace of a signal on 15476. Twente, however shows a pretty strong signal with no QRM from BBC Arabic. This is probably the best reception yet. I really wish I could get them from here, though. DH KCMO (Dave Hughes, Missouri, 1908 UT July 10, dxldyg via WOR 1677, DXLD) AUSTRALIA / IRAN - 12080 Very bad mixture of RA Brandon 2000-1100 UT outlet with co-channel IRIB's Arabic sce from Zahedan of 500 kW scheduled 1630-0527 UT, both S=9+5dB on equal level in Brisbane remote post. ... at same time 11860 to 11950 kHz was a totally free frequency range ... (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 7) AUSTRALIA - Frequency changes of Radio Australia from June 11: 1300-1430 NF 12085 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs Chinese, ex 11665* 1430-1530 NF 11835 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg to SEAs English, ex 11665* 2200-2330 NF 9610 UAE 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian, ex 9695# 4 * to avoid co-ch from RTM Wai/Sarawak FM in Malaysian # to avoid QRM from All India Radio from 2245 on 9690 (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DXLD) BANGLADESH - Summer A-13 schedule of Bangladesh Betar: 1230-1300 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English 1315-1345 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SAs Nepali 1400-1430 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WAs Urdu 1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SAs Hindi 1600-1630 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic 1630-1730 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla 1745-1900 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WEu English 1915-2000 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WEu Bangla (DX MIX NEWS #787 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 25) BOLIVIA - 6135-, July 7 at 0058, R. Santa Cruz, good signal with music stingers and swooshes amid news items, mentioning the word “aparecida” which could be confusing since there is a Brasilian by that name also listed on 6135, but this was certainly in Spanish. 0101, usual good signal and full ID for “960 kHz onda media, 6,135 kHz onda corta, y 92.3 MHz frecuencia modulada, transmitiendo desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia”. A few notes at 0102, jingle/IS? Then into sign-off message with same and even more detail. Sure wish I could have been recording. “Emisora del Instituto Radiofónico Fé y Alegría”; partial street address for “oficinas en Mario Flores, esquina -“. Then a quena / guitar song, but not allowed to complete, cut off in mid-word at 0105:43 and carrier off a few seconds later*. Modulation really strong, but not distorting much this time, altho there were a few IADs (intermittent audio dropouts). Closing time varies a lot; maybe this is normal for Saturday night (gh, WOR 1677, DXLD) 6134.83, R. SANTA CRUZ. 9 de julio a las 2315 UT. Noticias desde una emisora de Pilcomayo y otras del interior boliviano como parte de la "Red Guaraní de Comunicación" como ID, en idioma español y guaraní con buena modulación hasta las 2320 con SINPO: 43444 aunque con un poco QRM de CNR11 que se encuentra en 6130, pero no de manera profunda. (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6154.95, Radio Fides with time check and Good Morning messages in Spanish 0953, fair in clear but best on USB to avoid RA's PNG Service on 6150. Ident & folk song, then blocked by RTI Chinese 6175 [sic; 6155?] opening at 1000, 24/6. (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai (Northland), New Zealand, with AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America, and Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper antenna, dxldyg via DXLD) 6154.92, Jul 1, 2357, R Fides noted as always with strong signal. ID at 0000. (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin July 7 via DXLD) BRAZIL - 4865.027 June 27, 0005, R Verdes Florestas back again from June 25 after being absent a few days. Also mostly religious programs all nights. 4914.95 July 4, 0001, Radio Difusora Macapa with a nice ID. Alone on the frequency at this time and still there at 0200 UT. Also heard on July 5 at the same time but does not seem to be there on a regular basis. 4915 July 3, 2305, R Daqui usually very strong and pressing down Macapa. Daqui signs off earlier than before, sometime between 2315 and 2359 UT. On July 3 still on at 0026 UT when I checked again and on July 5, good signal at 2312 UT but had signed off when checked at 2356 UT. 6104.96 June 22, -2200* UT. R Cultura Filadelfia can't decide if the frequency should be above or below 6105 kHz. Weak signal this day. // webstream. (Thomas Nilsson-SWE, SW Bulletin July 7 via dxld) Some Brazilians with S=5-6 signal strength logged this morning July 11 in 0230-0300 UT slot. Not very strong, but the soft Brazilian Portuguese language identified. 4914.935 "Radio Daqui, - usually very strong and pressing down Macapá" but only up to 2400 UT, so early today at 0252 UT July 11 determines the other station Radio Difusora Macapá, Macapá, Amapá AP. 5 5014.952 Radio Cultura, Cuiabá, MT "Voz da Libertaçã" around 0257 UT, S=6 very thiny signal on July 11. 4774.980 probably Radio Congonhas, Congonhas, MG, male announcer in Brazilian Portuguese around 0302 UT July 11. 4885.016 At 0325 UT on July 11. Simply only Portuguese talk to understand, because a powerful European? UTE transmitter covered both? Brazilians, two stations underneath to choose from: Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA or Radio Dif.