WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News
(last week)

ALASKA   7355  1201-, KNLS Jul 8 Finally back! Excellent reception with
English. Overview of upcoming hour, and then into Lady Gaga and Beonce.

9920  1344-, KNLS Jul 8 Excellent reception in Chinese, but with a
frequent click noted. I don't think this is coming from my end as all my
antennae are affected by this clicking. Apparently a story about Canada's
abortion laws. At 13:58 gave a URL as  <www.smzg.org>   then 'Bye,Bye'. I
could hear FEBC Manilla underneath. Retuned to 7355 to hear them again at
excellent level, and this time without any apparent clicking, with their
IS and into Chinese again. Same www given as last hour.

11765  1700-, KNLS (not) Jul 7 Despite of information from the station, I
heard neither the English broadcast at 12:00 nor the Russian broadcast at
17:00, so I guess they're still having issues to work out before the newer
transmitter returns to the air.

11870  1148-, KNLS Jul 9 Chinese here at excellent strength. Sign-off
announcements at 11:54. Transmitter cut just before 12:00, and switched to
7355 a few seconds later with IS and 'This is Alaska calling, The United
States of America'. Also excellent. Lucy Grant host for this Friday
edition. Broadcasting from the top of the world ... Rob Scobey is the
cohost. Coast guard station from Kodiak and DX Corner to be presented.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

ANTARCTICA   15476  1349-, LRA36 Jul 8 Good/very good reception this
morning again with lively Spanish music. Usual deep fades.

15476, 1318-, LRA36 Jul 9 No sign of them this morning.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

ARGENTINA   11710.4  RAE, General Pacheco, 1318-1433, 03 Jul'10,
Castilian, talks on the [f/ball] World Cup being held in the RSA,
interviews and then a f/ball match report from RSA; 24443.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

ARMENIA   6195  BBC July 10 at 0128 UT. Close of Pashto program with ID,
into Dari, using BBC music stingers during news, English about downloading
podcasts at 0159 UT "Wherever you are, you're with the BBC", into English,
"The World Today".
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer July 11)

AUSTRALIA   QSL Information - HCJB Australia

Dear DX-friends all parts of the world,
Hear is a piece of information on very unique QSL-card. The Japanese
service of HCJB Australia is currently issuing different QSL-cards every
month. These cards are not issued by the station HCJB in Melbourne, but by
the Yodobashi Church in Tokyo. The address for reception reports would be
mentioned at the end of this e-mail.

Now, July edition of its QSL-card is featuring an DX-pedition held from
25th to 27th of last June. The participants of this DX-pedition are six
Japanese men and held on a small island called "Katsurashima". You can see
on this QSL card the group photograph of these participants taken near the
pier of the ships.

Front row left: Gakuji Masuo, right: Masao Hosoya / Back row from left:
Shin-chi Shiraishi, Kazuhiko Iwasa, Nobuya Kato, and Koichiro Ito.

This island, Katsurashima is located in the bay of Matsushima, near
Sendai, one of the major cities in the Northeast of Japan and apart from
Tokyo approximately 350 kilometers. As this island is under noise-free
environment, so we hold DX-pedition once or twice every year.

This QSL-card would be issued for the reception reports in July, but if
you miss to receive the broadcast within July, I suggest that you ask the
Yodobashi Church to issue the July edition even after the reports in
August.

Program schedule:
Japanese service of HCJB Australia:
2230-2300 UT on 15525 kHz, Friday / Saturday only.

The address for reception reports:
HCJB c/o Yodobashi Church,
1-17-8 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 169-0073
JAPAN

Return postage in the form of International Reply Coupon is necessary.
(Nobuya Kato-Kanagawa-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14)

AUSTRALIA   Video: A Chat with Peter Homfray by Jonathan Marks.

Jonathan Marks has just finished producing a superb video interviewing
Peter Homfrey, former Managing Director of Radio Australia. In the
interview, which occurred in 2004, Peter initially talks about his early
military life.

The second half of the video is devoted to his working involvement with
Radio Australia & discusses such topics as the Christmas Island SW relay
station that never was & the snubbing by former Australian Prime Minister
Gough Whitlam. Jonathan includes some imagery of the areas discussed &
incorporates usage of Google Earth indicating areas of Peter's travels.

Peter is revealed as a fascinating gentleman & I found the entire video
engrossing & enjoyable. I highly recommend it to all members. Video length
is around 35 minutes from memory. You can find the video here:
<http://www.vimeo.com/13249732>
(via Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TX site ng July 14)

2368.5  1253-, Radio Symban, Sydney Jul 9 Very good reception this morning
compared to the past few days. Radio Fly, on the other hand still weaker
than late June.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

2485  VL8K, Katherine NT, 2041-2109, 03 Jul'10, English, [unreadable]
talks, music; 15331, i.e. a usless signal.

4835  VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 2139-226, 06 Jul'10, cf. // 4910 below;
35432.

4910  VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 2138-2205, 06 Jul'10, phone-ins, songs,
talks; 35432; // 4835 kHz only.

5025  VL8K, Katherine NT, *2130-2151, 03 Jul'10, ABC news, talks; 35322,
deteriorating; // 4835, 4910 kHz both even worse.

9660  R. Australia, Brandon QL (10 kW), 2133-2149, 03 Jul'10, English to
Pacific, interviews; 32431, co-ch. & adj. QRM; // 9500, 11695 kHz.

12080 ditto, same site too, 0844-0920, 06 Jul'10, English to Pacific,
financial news, stock exchange infos, all in the PM prgr, prgr
announcements,IS prior to the start of a b/cast in Pidgin to PNG at 0900
UT; 14432.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

AUSTRIA   Eine sehr sehenswerte Dokumentation ueber den Sender Wien
Bisamberg ist hier zu finden:
<http://www.videocommunity.com/pc/pc/channel/7/extra/new/display/16212>
(Christoph Ratzer-AUT  OE2CRM  <www.a-dx.at> July 16)

BENIN   1566  0525-, TWR Jul 9 Nick Hall-Patch mentioned hearing a carrier
on 1566 kHz during the summer that must be TWR Benin. Sure enough, I see
the carrier and hear it weakly, but way too weak for any audio. Only seen
on my QDFA which is aimed towards Europe and Africa. At the same time, my
South Pacific aimed Wellbrook array sees a weak carrier on RFO Tahiti on
738 kHz. Nothing else noted.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

1566  TWR, Parakou, at 1917-... UT on 03 Jul'10, Vernacular, rlgs.
propag.; 55444.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

BOLIVIA   3310  R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 2240-2251, 05 Jul'10,
Quechua, songs during some rlgs. propag. prgr; 34342, adj. uty. QRM.

4451.2  R. Santa Ana, St.a Ana del Yacuma, 2211-2121, 06 Jul'10,
Castilian, songs; 15331.

4700  R. San Miguel, Riberalta, 2226-2237, 05 Jul'10, Castilian, folk
songs, though not Indian ones; 25331.

4796  R. Liez, Uyuni, 2208-2222, 05 Jul'10, Castilian, Indian songs;
24431, adj.uty. QRM. Better on 06 Jul at 2207 UT.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

BRAZIL   9645.343  at 0339-, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo July 6. Good
reception on this off-frequency channel in Portuguese. Bandeirantes heard.
Can also hear them weakly under Dr. Gene Scott on 6090 kHz.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

11749.84  Radio Voz Missionaria July 9 at 2243 UT Portuguese talk, //
<http://radioevangelismo.com/radionline.htm>
online feed about 30 seconds behind.

11814.98  Radio Brasil Central July 9 at 2314 UT. News program "A Noite e
Nossa" with "Factos de Semana", // <mms://187.5.96.109:8081/> at
<http://www.agecom.go.gov.br/rbc_am/>  off abruptly at 2317 UT.
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer July 11)

4754.9  R. Imaculada Conceicao, Cp.o Grande MS, 2117-..., 04 Jul'10, same
prgr as  R. Alvorada 4865; 15331.  Better on 06 Jul at 2110.

4775  R. Congonhas, Congonhas MG, 2121-2130, 03 Jul'10, rosary; 15331.

4815  R. Difusora, Londrina PR, 2205-2219, 05 Jul'10, A Voz do Brasil
natl. news magazine; 24442, adj. uty. QRM.

4865  R. Alvorada, Londrina PR, 2109-2124, 04 Jul'10, rlgs. propag. prgr,
freq. + affiliated stns list, announcements; 25331.

4885  R. Club do Para, Belem PA, 2104-2124, 06 Jul'10, sports prgr Cartaz
Desportivo; 35433.

4894.9  R. Novo Tempo, Cp.o Grande MS, 2139-2148, 05 Jul'10, songs; 15341.

4905  R. Anhangueera, Araguaina TO, 2137-2144, 06 Jul'10, tks; 22431,
choked by CHN.

4915  R. Difusora, Macapa AP, 2054-2107, 03 Jul'10, songs, announcements,
informations; 34332, but rapidly improving to 44433 despite QRM (de B,
viz.  R. Daqui).

4915  R. Daqui, Goiania GO, 2151-2202, 06 Jul'10, rlgs. propag. prgr,
music, no Voz do Brasil at 2200 UT, tx off at 2202 UT, but I'd say this
was some unexpected problem; 33432, QRM de R also with rlgs. propag.

4925.2  R. Educacao Rural, Tefe AM, 2203-2217, 05 Jul'10, A Voz do Brasil
natl. news magazine; 25431.

4935.2  R. Capixaba, Vitoria ES, 2105-2120, 04 Jul'10, songs in rlgs.
propag. prgr by IPDA priest; 35332; // 9720 kHz PRU + other B stns, also
noted 1380 MW Recife.

4985  R. Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 2152-2210, 03 Jul'10, music & songs
prgr Brasil Central - sucessos!, TCs, ID+fq announcement at 2202 UT;
35343; // 11815 kHz.

5035  R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2057-2116, 04 Jul'10, rlgs. propag.; //
6135, QRM, 9629.9, 11855 kHz QRM.

5045  R. Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Belem PA, 2132-2153, 03 Jul'10, music &
songs, phone-nr for dedicatons; 45433.

5940  R. Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC, 2148-2202, 02 Jul'10, rlgs.
propag., songs, thanking donations; 45433; // 9665.15 kHz.

5990  R. Senado, Parque do Rodeador DF, 0912-..., 04 Jul'10, songs; 25432.
I looked for this one later in the evening, but all I could get was some
noiseas if indicating some tx malfunction, and it went on during the
following days.

6010  R. Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG, 2200-2214, 02 Jul'10, ID, A Voz
do Brasil natl. news magazine at 2200 UT; 34332.

6060  SRDA, Curitiba PR, 2150-..., 02 Jul'10, whaling preacher with IPDA
stuff; 22441, QRM de ARG; // 9564.6 & 9587.2 kHz Brazil, 6019.4 & 9720 kHz
PRU.

9505  R. Record, Sao Paulo SP, 2130-2147, 02 Jul'10, talks abt. f/ball;
35433.

9564.6  SRDA, Curitiba PR, 2132-2148, 02 Jul'10, Castilian, shouting
preacher, Portuguese version at approx. 2140 UT; 35432; // 9587.2, 6060
kHz both Brazil, 9720, 6019.4 kHz PRU.

9564.6 ditto, 0926-f/out 1035, 08 Jul'10, whaling preacher; 25432.

9587.6 ditto, Sao Paulo SP, 2133-2151, 02 Jul'10, cf. // 9564.6 kHz above;
34443, adj. QRM.

9629.9  R. Aparecida, 2138-2155, 03 Jul'10, music prgr Sertao - sucessos;
34443, adj. QRM; // 5035, 6135, 11855 kHz.

9665.15  R. Voz Missionaria, also Camboriu SC site?, 2136-2153, 02 Jul'10,
rlgs. songs, phone-ins during rlgs. propag. prgr Missionarios da Ultima
Hora; 45444; // 5940 kHz.

9820  R.  9 de Julho, Sao Paulo SP, 0922-f/out 1040 UT, 08 Jul'10, songs,
talks, newscast; 25432.

11735  R. Transmundual, St.a Maria RS, 1339-1409, 08 Jul'10, interviews,
short news bulletin at 1351 UT, all in Bom dia, RTM!, followed by the
rlgs. propag. prgr Palavra Viva at 1357; 25443.

11749.9  R. Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC, 2112-2128, 07 Jul'10, rlgs.
propag., phone-nr. info., rlgs. songs; 34433, co-ch. QRM, slight modul.
distortion; // 5940, 9665.15 kHz.

11765  SRDA, Curitiba PR, 2114-2127, 07 Jul'10, shouting preacher
immediately followed by a transl. into Castilian; 45444; // 9720 kHz PRU &
the usual Brazilian outlets of SRDA.

11815  R. Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 1314-1359, 03 Jul'10, songs, advs.,
news magazine prgr Correspondente Brasil Central; 35443, adj. QRM de ARS
11820 kHz at 1400 UT.

11815 ditto, 2107-2129, 07 Jul'10, f/ball news, advertisements, TCs;
44433, adj. QRM de ARS 11820 kHz; // 4985 kHz rated 45433 at same obs.
period.

11830  R. Daqui, Anhangueera GO, 1312-1355, 03 Jul'10, songs, advs.;
35443; blocked by ROU in Arabic at 1400 UT.

11895  R. Boa Vontade, Pt.o Alegre RS, 2115-2132, 02 Jul'10, songs,
announcements, propag. for Legiao da Boa Vontade, phone-ins; 25432,
deteriorating.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

CANADA   6159.96  CKZN July 10 at 0119 UT. Q; Jian Ghomeshi talking with
members of Newmarket, Ontario band Tokyo Police Club; // Radio 1 in St.
Johns, Newfoundland at <http://radiostreams.cbc.ca/cbc-cbcr1snf-96.m3u>
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer July 11)

6160  CKZN, St. John's NF, 2218-2229, 06 Jul'10, phone-ins, intem about
Guantanamo incl. a British report on the subject; 34432.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

CANADA/FRANCE/FR GUIANA/GERMANY/MADAGASCAR/NETH ANTILLES/PHILIPPINES
RNW, various, Silverstone car racing, football fan zone Amsterdam, - and
bycicle Tour de France report this afternoon

weaker reception today July 11 football final in Johannesbourg, compared
to July 3

5955 NAU 500 210 S=9+40dB
7235 ISS 250 040 and
7235 ISS 250 065 S=9+15dB
9595 WER 250 300 S=9
9620 NAU 500 011 S=6-7
9895 NAU 500 230 S=8-9
13700 WER 500 120 and
13700 WER 500 240 S=7
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)

Combined live reports noted from Silverstone England formula-1 race car
series, as well as Andre Haas' ORANJE hymn sung by crowd from Museums
place in Holland, as well as bycicle racing tour report from France
mountains.

Typical dead zone reception on 31 and 22 mband today, and much deep
fluttery fades.

5955 NAU RNW S=9+40dB.
{compare DWL 6075 kHz only noon suffered S=6-7, rather poor, not that
power of JUL/WER/NAU/MOS/ISS.
DLF Berlin S=9+15dB, at 1300 UT}

7235 ISS RNW, two 250kW units, Vuvuzela blast even on Amsterdam museum
plain fan mile. 1310 UT, July 11.

13700 RNW, S=7 signal only. Suffers by co-channel Lingshi-CHN national
radio at 1325 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)

World Cup RNW REE.
For the World Cup final match SW transmissions, REE/R. Nacional provide me
louder reports on higher frequencies during the first minutes of the
event. One example was Noblejas 17595 kHz with 54455 around 1700 Z. At
this time RNW signals was very low on 17535 kHz Bonaire and 9895 kHz
Nauen. Only RNW GUF gave us 54344 on 15475 kHz on that first period.

In the course of the time conditions increased for Nauen signal, from
43344 at 1943 Z to 55555 at 2045 Z; while REE higher frequencies fell
dramatically. RNW MDG 5915 kHz was loud around this later time with 53444.

Also heard the match in EE by BBC ASC 15400 kHz with 55545 and 11810 kHz
for the extra game time with 55555. In FF by RFI Issoudun 15300 kHz with
54444. In GG by DW Woofferton 17610 kHz with 43344, Kigali 15275 kHz with
55545 and SS by RAE/R. Nacional 15345 kHz with 55545. Unfortunately many
emissions s/off before the match be concluded.

For RNW informed sked:
1800-2200  5915 MDG 250 kW 255 deg to South Africa > 53444 later
1700-2200  5935 PHL 250 kW 200 deg to INS, AUS > strong adj-ch B
1700-2200  5950 WER 500 kW 210 deg to Europe > strong adj-ch B
1700-2200  9895 NAU 500 kW 230 deg to SW Europe > vy weak to 55555
1800-2200 11670 WER 500 kW 120 deg to SE Europe > vy weak
1800-2200 11905 SAC 250 kW 240 deg to US East Coast > Nihil
1800-2200 13640 SAC 250 kW 272 deg to US and Canada > vy weak
1800-2200 13685 NAU 500 kW 165 deg to Central and E Africa > vy weak
1700-2200 15310 BON 250 kW 320 deg to Caribbean and Florida > not logged
1800-2200 15475 GUF 500 kW 196 deg to South America > 54344
1700-2200 17535 BON 250 kW 080 deg to West Africa > vy weak to 31222
(Flavio Archangelo-BRA  py2zx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 12)

Football World Cup final. The final Netherlands-Spain began with live
reportages of:

Netherlands on 5950, 9895, 11670, 13640, 13685 kHz.
REE 7275, 12015, 17595, 17755 kHz.
AIR in Hindi 9425, 9470, 1566 kHz
Filia in Greek 9420 etc, 981, 1008, etc.
Radio Romania Actualitata in Romanian 9625 etc., 558 etc
Gabon ANO 9580 in French.
Nigeria 15120 in English.
RFI 15300, 11705 etc. in French.
BBC WS in En 15400, 12095 etc.
DW in German 6075 and all exc 6150 and Sofia FM 95.7 MHz.
RFA 7280, 9355, 9455 etc. in Mandarin plus accompanied Echo CNR1 jamming.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11 at 1830 UT)

CANADA/NETH ANTILLES {Bonaire}/PHILIPPINES
Here are the freqs I heard for the FIFA final match.
BONAIRE   RNW 15310 at 1723 w/interview in Dutch. Fair to moderate.
CANADA: RNW 11905 at 1803 in Dutch. Good at S5. // 13640 kHz solid S9.
Tnx to Wolfy for the RNW sked.
(Liz Cameron-USA, dxld July 11)

5935  Radio Nederland at 1700- UT on July 11. Dutch language special
broadcast for the FIFA world cup final between Holland and Spain. Fair
level on this 250 kW [Tinang-PHL] transmitter aimed 200 deg to
Indonesia/Australia/ and the Indian Ocean. Parallels noted include 15310
via Bonaire (250 kW 320 deg to Caribbean and Florida) at excellent level,
and 17535 also Bonaire (250 kW 080 deg to Atlantic Ocean and West Africa)
at fair/good level. Not heard were 5950 and 9895 via Germany.

I rechecked at 18:00 and noted the following: 5915 MDG (not heard), 5935
PHL: there was nothing there, then a few seconds after 18:00, they were
definitely there at fair/good level, so either I was mistaken that they
came on initially at 17:00, or they were off, and then returned. 5950 WER
very poor, 9895 NAU weak carrier only noted, 11670 WER very poor, 11905
SAC fair/good, 13640 SAC excellent, 13685 NAU good except for an audible
hum, but hum gone when rechecked at 18:10, 15310 BON excellent, 15475 GUF
poor, 17535 BON fair/good. Lot's to choose from!.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 12)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.   7220  R. Centrafrique, Bimbo, 1022-1315, 03 Jul'10,
Vernacular, folk music, ..., French, news at 1300 UT when their signal was
already vy. poor; 25432. They were noted on at 1915 UT.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

CHINA   7270  PBS Nei Menggu on the air again. PBS Nei Menggu, 1208, July
14. Has returned again with a good signal; // 6040 and 9750 kHz; QRM from
very faint Wai FM underneath. Was great fun to be able to clearly hear Wai
FM/Limbang FM (Sarawak) during their absence. Aoki's list confirms my
observation that PBS Nei Menggu went off the air here on July 8.

The PBS Nei Menggu frequencies I heard (//6040 7270 9750) would have been
in assume scheduled Mongolian. I neglected to check for their scheduled
Chinese broadcasts on their other two frequencies.

Thanks to Mauno Ritola (Finland) for finding on July 14: "I can hear 9520
kHz now at 2200 and I checked also 7420 kHz via a Japanese web rx and it
is //."
Now we know that all their frequencies have been reactivated!
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld July 15)

CUBA  5025  R. Rebelde, Bauta, 0840-0936, 06 Jul'10, songs, talks; 15431.
It f/out shortly after the end of the obs. period.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

DIEGO GARCIA   [BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TER]   4319usb  1446-, AFN July 9.
Just above the noise floor. Haven't seen this one reported in a while.
Unable to tell whether // to other AFN feeders (5765usb kHz Guam very good
was the only one I could find).
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

R. 4319usb AFN, Diogo Garcia, 2145-2159 UT, 07 Jul'10, NPR prgr All Things
Considered, w/ interviews & some music; 34342, adj. uty. QRM as usual.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA   5005  RNGE /"R. Bata", Bata, 1832-1921, 04 Jul'10,
Vernacular, talks, Castilian at 1900 UT, Spanish songs; 35332.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

ETHIOPIA   9704.2  R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 1406-15000, 06 Jul'10,
Vernacular, talks, HoA music; 35444. No trace of Niger 9705.

7165  Voice of the Democratic (...) Alliance (pres), Geja Jawe, ETH, 1454-
1458, 06 Jul'10, Arabic to ERI, talks, songs; jammer noted until 1401 UT;
15432; // 9560.

9560 ditto, 1404-1445, 06 Jul'10, prgr cf. // 7165 kHz above; 35444.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

GAMBIA   648  Gambian R. & TV Sce., Bonto, 2212-2225, 04 Jul'10,
Vernacular, talks; 53443, QRM de E.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

GERMANY   9925  at 0203-, Voice of Croatia July 6. Very good reception
with Croatian news in English.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

Three transmitters synchroniced at 0100-0300 UT:
NAU 100 kW 325degr NoAM 0100-0500
WER 100 kW 240degr So&CeAM 2200-0300
WER 100 kW 300degr NoAM 2300-0300. wb.

GERMANY   Frequency change of Radio Liberty in Avari/Chechen/Chercassian:
0300-0400 NF  9480 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg, ex 5955
            //7290 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 13)

GERMANY   Pictures from Open Day in BR Ismaning transmitting station:
120 Bilder - auch mit bekannten Gesichtern - aus Ismaning nun in meiner
Fotostrecke:
<http://www.ratzer.at/Ismaning2010.html>

Viel Spass beim virtuellen Rundgang.

Reproduktion aus dem Jahr 1987. Damit ihr das Bild besser erkennt habe ich
davon eine eigene Seite eingerichtet:
<http://www.ratzer.at/Ismaning_frueher.php>
(73 Christoph Ratzer-AUT  OE2CRM  <www.a-dx.at> July 11)

Grosser Dank an Christoph.

Auf dem Bild [Reproduktion aus dem Jahr 1987?
<http://www.ratzer.at/Ismaning2010/content/images/large/_MG_5226.jpg>

sind ganz oben mittig bei entsprechender Vergroesserung auch noch die vier
AFN 548 kHz / spaeter 1106 kHz Masten, sowie hinter dem silbernen UKW Mast
und oberhalb des alten Senderhauses die verschiedenen VOA (frueher
Reichspost bis 1945) 15 Rhombusantennen fuer die Versorgung von Saloniki,
Rhodos, Tanger und Monrovia Versorgung zu sehen.

Im suedlichen Senderhaus [oben linke Seite] standen frueher die RCA Sender
2x150 kW der MW VoA Munich-A 1196 kHz, und 4 x 75 kW Tesla-Radioslavia
Prague/CFR-CSF Paris Sender aus den Jahren 1942-1944 - auch als RIAS
Berlin 6005 kHz genutzt, sowie 2 x 35 kW Collins Schaetzchen aus den
50zigern fuer VOA 3980 kHz im 75mb.

Ganz links ueber der Strasse und dem Bachlauf das neue VOA MW Gebaude aus
dem Jahr 1966, fuer die RCA Sender 2x150 kW der MW VoA Munich-A 1196 kHz,
sowie weitere Rhombusantennen, leider durch die Bildbegrenzung
abgeschnitten.

Rechts vom Pechkiefermast auf den Weidewiesen die alte und neue 6085 kHz
Kurzwellen-Antenne.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)

Fotos Ismaning & Wertachtal.
Nach den sehr schoenen Fotos von Christoph hier noch meine. Da ich es
immer noch nicht geschafft habe, eine eigene Internetseite zu gestalten,
habe ich die Fotos oeffentlich ausgestellt.
<http://picasaweb.google.de/ferienradio/Ismaning2010#>

Da das Wertachtal auf meinem Weg gelegen ist, habe ich mir die Zeit
genommen von allen Richtungen mal die Sendeanlage zu fotografieren.
<http://picasaweb.google.de/ferienradio/Wertachtal>
Viel Spass.
(Sandro Blatter-SUI, A-DX July 11)

GIBRALTAR   1458  R. Gibraltar, Wellington Front, 1349-..., 06 Jul'10,
Castilian, songs, advertisements, quiz for winning a shop discount,
English at 1500 UT; 35454.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

GUINEA   4900  Familia FM, Timbi Madina, 2140-2220 UT, 05 Jul'10,
Vernacular, Afr. songs, French for newscast at 2210 as usual; 35432.

7125  R. Guinee, Conakry Sonfonya, 2146-2212 UT, 05 Jul'10, French &
Vernacular, obituary, Afr. songs, ID in French at 2201 UT followed by the
Journal de la Nation; 55444.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

INDONESIA   3325  RRI, Palangkaraya, 2215-2228 UT, 06 Jul'10, Indonesian,
songs, talks; 25331.

3995  RRI, Kendari, 2213-2227 UT, 06 Jul'10, Indonesian, music, talks,
chatter; 25342.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

IRELAND   LF 252. However, I can get Eire 252 Summerhill's signal with nil
or almost nil QRM, depending on the conditions, thanks to the K9AY.

By the way, does anyone know the genuine name for the Irish tx location
listed as being located at Summerhill - what on earth is this for a true
Irish name?!  It should be Goidelic, not English!
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 16)

The Irish LW station is located NW of Dublin in County Meath and really is
adjacent to the town/village of Summerhill. There's probably an Irish name
for it - as there is in Wales and parts of Scotland for various places -
but reference is to Summerhill. On You Tube ask for >Atlantic 252 Station
Launch 01-09-89< and you will see a shot of the mast which seems to be
just beyond someones back garden. Transmitting sites are usually named
after the nearest town or village - 198 isn't within Droitwich but some
way south of that town. Moorside Edge really is built on the edge of a
moor and is not the name of a town or village. Wolfy could no doubt give
you the actual geographic location of the Summerhill station.
(Noel Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 16)

Gaelic village names nearby acc G.E. :
Clarkstown
Clonlyon
Kilmore
Knockstown
Ballygortagh
Drumlargan
Curraghdoo

252 kHz Ireland Clarkstown, 4 kilometers /  2.3 nm east of Summerhill.
35 kilometers west of Dublin.

53 27 44.35 N  06 40 54.52 W

<http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=53.462778,-
6.6775(Clarkstown+longwave+mast)&ie=UTF8&ll=53.462772,-
6.677499&spn=0.008878,0.027874&z=16>

<http://tx.mb21.co.uk/features/252/summerhill.shtml>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkstown_radio_transmitter>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:03-Clarkestown_mast_2007-09-06.JPG>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:04-Clarkestown_mast_2007-09-06.jpg>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:01b-Clarkestown_mast_2007-09-
06_CROP._jpg.jpg>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:01a-Clarkestown_mast_2007-09-06.JPG>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:02-Clarkestown_mast_2007-09-06.JPG>

<http://members.multimania.co.uk/gregsradio/newpage0.html>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 16)

JAPAN   5910, 1404-, Shiokaze Sea Breeze Jul 9 Excellent reception, but
seems to be jammed by a grinding sound. News about the investigation of
the sinking of the South Korean warship last month. Grinding jammer (if
that's what it is) remained on the air past 1430 UT.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

KAZAKHSTAN   9950  1432-, Golos Pravoslavya July 6. I can just make out
this twice weekly religious program through a huge ute smack on the
channel. Otherwise, I suspect the signal would be just fine. LSB seems to
only way to hear anything.

9950, 1439-, Voice of Orthodoxy July 9. No sign of them today. Scheduled
Tuesday/Fridays.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

KAZAKHSTAN/U.K.   Additional txion of WYFR Family Radio in English:
1300-1400 on 12155 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg to SEAs via TRW
1700-1800 on 11810 RMP 500 kW / 160 deg to WCAf via VTC
2000-2100 on  9510 RMP 500 kW / 160 deg to WCAf via VTC
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 13)

KENYA   Hello, a friend of mine send to me this photos of the KBC (Kenya
Broadcasting Corporation). HF site, taken from a car ...

<http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6793/kbce.jpg>

[later] KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation). My friend say that is 400 km
north of Nairobi on fhe Wamba / Maralal road ...
73 de Andrea Borgnino IW0HK, SW TX site, July 12

Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK
<http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk>
<http://www.mediasuk.org/archive>
<http://www.biciurbana.org>
<http://iwohk.tumblr.com/>

KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation).
This is most likely the Maralal station in the Rift Valley region, which
I have listed on 1107 and 1386 kHz, 100 kW,
at approximate coordinates 01 05 N  36 42 E.
(Colin Miller-CAN  VE3CMT, SW TXsite July 12)

Re KBC, tentatively.
some 23 kilometers south of Maralal, 245 kilometers north of Nairobi.

KEN  Maralal 1359 kHz 5 kW according WRTH 1990
...and 1197 and 1386 kHz according Colin Miller ... 100 kW, WRTH 2004.

looks like a most modern station, two masts at
00 54 09.36 N  36 46 45.46 E

<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=00%C2%B054%270
9.36%22N++36%C2%B046%2745.46%22E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=19.197937,57
.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=0.902558,36.779308&spn=0.007456,0.013937&t=h&z=17>
(wb, SW TXsite July 12)

KOREA Rep.   3912 Voice of the People, Goyang, KOR, 2048-2158, 03 Jul'10,
Korean to KRE, talks; 24331; barely audible on // 6518 & 6600 kHz.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

LIBERIA   4024.985  0528-, Star Radio July 9. Too much summer static for
any content, but at threshold audio level just slightly under 4025 kHz.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

LIBYA    Frequency changes of LJBC VOAfrica in time order
Note: Direction and the coverage area is likely

Arabic
0400-0657 on  9870=SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf,new addit
0400-0657 on  9880!SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf,new addit
0700-0957 on 11630 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf,new addit
0700-0957 on 11650^SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf,new addit
1000-1157 on 17735%SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf,new addit
1000-1157 on 17740<SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf,new addit

Swahili
1200-1357 NF 17735#SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf, ex 21695
1200-1357 NF 17740 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf, ex 17725

English
1400-1557 NF 15235+SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf, ex 21695
1400-1557 NF 15240 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf, ex 17725

French
1600-1657 NF  9880>SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf, ex 15660
1600-1657 NF 11850@SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf, ex 17725
1700-1757 NF  9880$SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf, ex 11995
1700-1757 NF 11850*SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf, ex 15215

Hausa
1800-1857 NF  9880&SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf, ex 11995
1800-1857 NF 11850 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf, ex 15215
1900-1957 NF  9880&SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf, ex 11995
1900-1957 NF 11850 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf, ex 11600

Arabic
2000-2157 on  9880&SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf,new addit
2000-2157 on 11850"SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf,new addit

= co-ch 0400-0430 AIR Hindi(Vividh Bharati)
! co-ch 0530-0630 VOA French Mon-Fri
^ co-ch 0700-0800 RSI English/Slovak
% co-ch 0900-0930 CRI Indonesian
< co-ch 1000-1030 VOA Portuguese Sa/Su+1115-1200 AIR Thai
# co-ch 1300-1400 WYFR Kannada
+ co-ch 1430-1600 R.Vatican Urdu/Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam/En
> co-ch 1600-1700 VOR French DRM, totally blocked
@ co-ch 1600-1700 WYFR English
$ co-ch 1700-1800 VOR Italian DRM, totally blocked
* co-ch 1700-1800 WYFR Persian, totally blocked
& co-ch 1800-2100 VOR French DRM + WYFR English 1800-1900
" co-ch 2100-2200 AWR KSDA Japanese/English

Start and end of each transmission varies between 3-5 min.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 15)

LIBYA   VOICE OF AFRICA (Gov)
kHz: 1251, 9870, 9880, 11630, 11650, 11850, 15235, 15240, 17735, 17740

Summer Schedule 2010

Arabic
0400-0700  9870sab  9880sab
0700-1000 11630sab 11650sab
1000-1200 17735sab 17740sab
1700-0300  1251tri
2000-2200  9880sab 11850sab

English
1400-1600 15235sab 15240sab

French
1600-1800  9880sab 11850sab

Hausa
1800-2000  9880sab 11850sab

Swahili
1200-1400 17735sab 17740sab

Arabic
0400-0657  9870 S=9+10dB little stronger than 9880 kHz outlet,
                some weak QRM of co-channel AIR Bangalore program
                underneath. 180degr?
           9880 S=9, 130degr?
0700-0957 11630 S=9+20dB at 0700, S=9+10dB at 0800 UT,
                S=7 fade down at 0820 UT.
                Little stronger than 11650 kHz. 180degr?
          11650 S=9 at 0700, S=7 at 0800, S=4 fade down at 0820 UT.
                130degr?
                Underneath co-channel Slovak Radio at 0700 UT,
                and adjacent 11645 kHz ERA5 ERT Voice of Greece
                Avlis.

1000-1157 17735 At 1200 UT 1000 Hz tone til 12.01:40 UT, July 13.
          17735 S=8-9 at 0920 UT, July 14, 130degr?
                a n d
          17740 S=9+5dB, little bit stronger than 17735. 180degr?
                Time pips exact at 11.02:00 UT.
                See also Swahili program start below.

2000-2157  9880 S=9+10dB, much weaker than 11850 kHz. 230degr?
          11850 S=9+25dB at 2128 UT, July 13. 180degr?

English

July 13
1400-1557 15235 a n d 15240 kHz. Both S=9 in Germany,
                adjacent QRM 15245 kHz by DPRK in French at 1400
                UT, S=9+10dB. 15240 130degr?, and 15235 180 degr?

July 14
1400-1406 17735 S=7 still at 1406 UT, 130degr?
                a n d
          17740 little stronger S=8 at 1406 UT, 180degr?
                Swahili program lasted late til 1400 UT,
                announcement in French by lady "La Voix de Africa",
                and later ID in English 1400-1557 UT service too,
                both still on 17735 and 17740 kHz til 1405:30 UT.
                Changed txs very late around 1406 to 15235 and
                15240 kHz.

1406-1557 15235 S=7-8, probably 130degr?
                Underneath co-channel poor Vatican Radio to India
                at 1505 UT.
          15240 S=8-9, probably 180degr?
July 14 ID at 1600 UT, and TX off at 16.00:13 UT.

French

July 13
1700-1757  9880 S=8-9 due of co-channel DRM Bolshakovo-RUS.
                230degr?
          11850 S=9+25 to 30dB, 180 degr?

July 14
TX off at 1600:13 UT on 15 MHz, and TX on at 1604:02 UT on
9880 and 11850 kHz. 1605 ID and frequencies announced in English

1600-1757  9880 S=7 due of co-channel DRM Bolshakovo-RUS. 230degr?
          11850 S=9+10dB, 180 degr?
                Underneath at 1601 UT YFR hymn, co-channel
                YFR En via Al Dhabbaya UAE to Asia.

Hausa

1800-1900  9880 Voice of Africa in Hausa from 1800 UT. Suffers
                ahead of Bolshakovo DRM signal. 230degr ?
          11850 Voice of Africa in Hausa from 1800 UT. 180degr?
                Suffers hefty by BBC Somali from Zyyi, Cyprus at
                1800-1830 UT.

1900-1957  9880 Voice of Africa Sabrata in Hausa from 1900-2000 UT,
                S=9+20dB. 230degr?
                Suffers by adjacent 9875 channel signals, Chinese
                Firedrake[!] music, and RFA Tinian in Mandarin
                Chinese, both also S=9+20dB.
          11850 Voice of Africa Sabrata in Hausa from 1900-2000 UT,
                S=9+25dB. 180degr?
                Adjacent 11845 is free, 11855 signal from Ascension
                YFR program in Yoruba, S=6 fair signal.

Swahili
      Sabrata carried only HEAT AIR on July 14 at 12-14 UT:

1200-1357 17735 S=7 at 1355 UT, 130degr?
          a n d
          17740 little stronger S=8 at 1355 UT, 180degr?

          At 1200 UT 1000 Hz tone til 1201:40 UT, July 13.
          July 14
          Only tx carrier noted at 1200 UT on both channels, Swahili
          program missed.
          Programmes start never exact on the hour, rather
          1-4 minutes later.
          At 1211:56 only two seconds long program feed modulated,
          than program break again til now 1321 UT, July 14.
          Co-channel QRM 17735 by YFR UAE Al Dhabbaya relay.

          Female announcer of Voice of Africa Sabrata in Swahili now
          on air, started very late from 1321:40 UT. Break from
          1200 to 1321 UT, only pure TX carrier on air.
          Swahili program lasted late til 1400 UT, announcement in
          French by lady "La Voix de Africa", and later ID in
          English 1400-1557 UT service too, both on 17735 and
          17740 kHz til 1405:30 UT.
          Changed txs very late around 1406 UT to 15235 and 15240 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14)

MADAGASCAR   7105  (USB + carrier mode), RTV Malagasy. I still believe
this must be something new/different that they are doing for World Cup
(WC) coverage. It is just too consistently good from anything I had ever
heard here in the past. The vastly improved daily reception started with
the beginning of the WC coverage. July 1 was off the air, as there was no
WC match. July 2 randomly from 1315 to 1459*. Phone in show; WC/football
Madagascar promos; Hi-Li music; coverage of WC match; Hi-Li music and
suddenly off. July 3 randomly from 1352 to 1502* basically same format.
Most days can hear // 6134.9v with weak signal, but 5010 (USB + carrier
mode) is harder to hear.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, JPNpremium July 11)

MALI   5995  La Voix du Mali, July 10 at 2228 UT local music, extended
talk in French 2230-2245 UT, back to music, ID at 2300 UT "Vous ecoutez La
Voix du
Mali".
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer July 11)

As to Mali, the only used fqs as far as I can tell are 5995 kHz evenings,
9635 kHz day time; 7285v kHz isn't heard for quite a number of months now
- and 4785v or 4835v kHz, well, it's almost ancient history now.

Right now, at nearly 2100 UT, there's a strong signal carrying some prgr
in Russian on 5995 kHz, so MLI is choked by this. An obs. on the SW coast
via the Beverage would provide a different picture.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 15)

MAURITANIA   4845  R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 1802-1840, 06 Jul'10,
French, newscast, Arabic after that, interviews & talks; vy. good; // 783
rated 44444, QRM de E. At least as far as my obs. are concerned, it's not
common to listen to some French from this stn.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

MOROCCO   9575  R Medit Internat Nador signal is very weak since July
2010.

RMI Morocco was not on air via 9575 kHz at 0600 UTC, and is still off
almost three hours later. The transmitter has been low in modulation
recently so may be under repair. Africa #1 on 9580 kHz was fair to good
and clearly heard for a change.
(Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 15)

MRC - Radio Mediterranee Int'l, Nador (2000 - rather 1600) - 0500-0400:
Arabic and French transmissions; SW parallel: 9575 kHz (Boel List).

Yes, I noted the poor signal and wobbling modulation on Radio Medi
Internat 9575 kHz in past week too.

Thomson Thales etc. company has won to built up new 171 kHz longwave
station Nador 1600 kW, - item appeared some two years ago. So I guess they
are NOW on reshuffeling action of the tall longwave masts and also SW TX
site antennas on very same location. That could be the reason to use a
wobbling sound backup unit ...
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 15)

NEW ZEALAND   6170  R. NZi, Rangitaiki, 0929-1030, 08 Jul'10,
interview,..., newscast at 1000, talks; 25432. Their signal was already
vy. faint at 1030.

11725 ditto, 2134-2150*, 07 Jul'10, interview, Pacific regional news, fq
ann., IS prior to fq change (13730); 45433.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

NIGERIA   917  R. Gotel (pres), Yola, 2216-2214, 03 Jul'10, English,
int'l., music; 33442, adj. QRM de E 918.

6089.9  R. Nigeria, Kaduna, 2204-..., 02 Jul'10, Vernacular, talks in a
presumably Koranic prgr; 44433, adj. DRM QRM.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

PAKISTAN/CHINA  A Memorandum of Understanding between Pakistan
Broadcasting Corporation and China Radio International has been signed in
the presence of President Asif Ali Zardari in China,said a press release
here Thursday.Under the MoU,both the broadcasting institutions of friendly
countries will extend maximum cooperation with each other in technical
field and programmes to enhance the standard of their broadcasts in the
region.

The PBC will relay programmes of China Radio International on its network
which will help further promote friendship of both the countries.It is
worth mentioning that Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
Murtaza Solangi during his visit to China a few months ago had held talks
with the administration of China Radio to finalise the MOU. The PBC during
the last two years has substantially enhanced its collaboration with
international radio organisations to promote public broadcasting in the
country and specially to improve overall performance and coverage of Radio
Pakistan.

A_P_P Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency, July 8. <http://bit.ly/9L5wS6>
(Yimber Gaviria-CLM, JPNpremium)

PALAU   9960  1430-, Furusato no Kaze July 9. Strongly jammed but audible
otherwise at good level in Japanese.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

PNG   3915  1319-, Radio Fly July 9. About the best I've heard them since
last week. Good level, but lowish modulation, it seems. Non-stop music.
Later when rechecked at 13:54 UT, 5960 kHz is better, but still suffers
from a lot of adjacent splatter.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

PERU   4746  R. Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2215-2232, 05 Jul'10, Castilian,
Indian songs; 24421, adj. uty. QRM.

5120.4  R. Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, 2235-2257, 05 Jul'10,
Castilian, songs; 15331.

9720  R. Vitoria, Lima, 2143-2155, 02 Jul'10, Portuguese, whaling preacher
casting IPDA propag.; 35433; // 9564.6, 9587.2, 6060 kHz Brazil.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

RUSSIA/USSR   History material of USSR schedules in the 70ties.
In "Specialized Resources" (under "DX Newsletters"): The USSR High
Frequency Newsletter was published by Roger Legge of McLean, VA beginning
in November 1976. UHN dealt mainly with Foreign Service transmissions from
the former Soviet Union and its constituent Republics. The newsletter was
useful because of the frequent changes in Soviet frequencies and the
Soviet policy of showing transmitter sites on QSLs when requested. We have
posted two issues of UHN: March 1977 (No. 4) and November 1980 (No. 30).
(John Herkimer-NY-USA, DXplorer July 11)

<http://www.ontheshortwaves.com>
<http://pl703.pairlitesite.com/history.html#Lists>
<http://pl703.pairlitesite.com/Newsletters/Newsletters.html>

Used these Legge USSR newsletters also as editor for WWDXC DXMagazine by
Joerg Klingenfuss and wb in the 70ties ... (wb)

RUSSIA   15110  0410-, Tatarstan Wave July 7. Transmitter already on at
04:00 UT check with test tones, and at 04:10 UT ID in Tatar, then Russian
for the program Tatarstan Wave. Good reception, although with pretty deep
fades / flutter. Haven't heard this one for some time. Wasn't there some
talk of the Samara site being closed down a year or two ago?.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

9680, VoRUS (site?), 1437-1454, July 8. When did this start? In English;
program VOR Treasure Store with dramatization of "The Signal" by Vsevolod
Garshim; celebration of his 155 birth year anniversary; RRI buried
underneath. Noted VOR going off at 1600 UT.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld July 14)

9680 kHz, 1400-1600 UT to zone 41, P.K., 250 kW, 265 degrees, RUS VOR
GFC from Kamchatskiye to Indian subcontinent, from July 1st?
(wb, dxld July 14)

SOUTH AFRICA   3320  SAUK / R. Sonder Grense, Meyerton, 1911-..., 03
Jul'10, Afrikaans, [f/ball] World Cup match report; 35342.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

SRI LANKA/CHINA   China Radio International (CRI) held a ceremony here on
Friday to celebrate the launch of a radio channel in the Sri Lankan
capital of Colombo. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dissanayake Jayaratne told
the ceremony that China and Sri Lanka have been enjoying traditional
friendship. Jayaratne said in the era of "Global Village", the launch of
the radio channel will provide a new bridge for the two peoples to
understand each other.

Wang Gengnian, director general of CRI, said Sri Lanka is among the
countries where the CRI has the largest number of audience and receives
most letters. "With the support of our friends in Sri Lanka and China, the
Colombo FM channel will play an important role in promoting the bilateral
relationship and the two countries' cooperation in broadcasting," said
Wang.

Formally launched on April 23, the Colombo FM 102 channel broadcasts 19
hours of news and culture programs in Sinhala, Tamil, English and Mandarin
every day. The channel covers Western Province, the island's political,
economic and business center with an area of 3,700 sq km. Founded in 1941,
CRI aims at promoting understanding and friendship between the people of
China and people throughout the world. CRI's programs include news,
current affairs, and features on politics, economy, culture, science and
technology.

<http://bit.ly/aa52b5>
(Yimber Gaviria-CLM, JPNpremium)

TAIWAN   7460  I-Kuan Tao (presumed).
Presumed I-KUAN TAO 7460 via HUWEI, TAIWAN in Chinese at 1100 to 1157 UT
on July 10. Opened with Asian vocal & instrumental music; a woman spoke
briefly; then a man spoke until transmitter went off at 1157 UT. Fair
signal. This is a regular here at 1100 but usually fades out by 1120 UT.
(Wendel Craighead-KS-USA, DXplorer July 14)

TAJIKISTAN   11560, 1513-, Radio Free Chosun July 9. Tentative on this one
and difficult to copy due to utility (or perhaps a jammer). Best on LSB.
Listed in Korean, and previously from Armenia. Fair at best.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

15572 odd channel VoTibet via Dushanbe-TJK, and accompanied CHN
Firedrake music on even 15570 kHz 1300-1400 UT, July 11. Both signals
equal level S=6-7 here in Europe. July 11.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)

TURKEY   21125  OHR signals now also from Turkey.
Zu den Ueberhorizontradaren der Briten auf Zypern und Russen gesellt sich
ein weiteres System aus Antalya/Tuerkei. Es sendet ebenfalls 50 Pulse pro
Sekunde und ist daher fuer Funkamateure nicht vom Zypern-Radar zu
unterscheiden, da es aus der gleichen Richtung kommt. Nur die
Bundesnetzagentur mit ihrem Peilnetz kann den Sender ermitteln. Er sendete
am 12. Juli um 08.30 Uhr auf 21.125 MHz mit einer Bandbreite von 10 kHz.
(DARC DL broadcast message, July 15)

UKRAINE   7440  0148-, Radio Ukraine International July 6. I'm hearing RUI
weakly in Ukrainian at this time. Normally in Masset, reception is far
better than in Victoria, so I sure find it hard to believe that it's
actually 500 or 600 kW. Sounds to be more like 100 kW from Kharkiv, but I
guess the experts suggest that it's back to the Lviv-Krasne center.
Strange, but they went into English at 02:00 after the IS. This is
different than normal, which used to always have English at 00 and 03 or
01 and 04 depending on the season. Now that's strange. I was certain that
it was RUI initially at 02:00 but now rechecking at 02:09 UT, it's VoRUS
Moscow WS with News and Views.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)  2200 UT RUI En.

Re: Radio Ukraine, antenna type. RUI 11620 07-10 UT

Distance Mykolaiv Luch-UKR to NoEa England is about 2600 kilometers, like
12060 Moscow and 11655 Lviv at same time slot 9-10 UT, but latter have
both stronger signals.

Maybe the Mykolaiv ant #206 type in 25 mband is not much effective towards
Europe.
11620 206 AHR(S)4/2/0.5
11655 298 AHR(S)8/8/1.0  or  288 AHR(S)8/4/1.0
12060 158 AHR(S)2/4/1.0

Curtain antenna, half-wave dipole array, multi-band, centre-fed, aperiodic
screen reflector
Designated: AHR(S) m/n/h
m number of half-wave dipoles in each horizontal row
n number of rows spaced half a wavelength apart one above the other
h height above the ground in wavelengths of the bottom row of dipoles.

Possible slew and the design frequency are entered in separate requirement
fields.'

UKRAINE    Monitored schedule of Radio Ukraine International on July 9-12:
0300-0500 on  7440 KHR 100 kW / 055 deg to RUS Ukr, new, noted on July 12
0500-0700 on  9840 KHR 100 kW / 290 deg to WEu En/Ukr
0700-1000 on 11620#SMF&250 kW / 312 deg to WEu Ukr
1700-2000 on  7440^KHR 100 kW / 290 deg to WEu Ge/Ukr/En
2000-2400 on  6145*KHR 100 kW / 290 deg to WEu Ge/Ukr/En/Ge,exGe/En/Ukr/Ge
2200-0200 on  7440 LV  500 kW / 303 deg to NAm En/Ukr/En/Ukr,ex 2300-0100
0300-0400 on  7440 LV  500 kW / 303 deg to NAm Ukr, cancelled
#co-ch 0800-1000 CRI in English
^co-ch 1900-2000 CRI in Hungarian/Romanian
*co-ch 2000-2200 CRI in Polish/Albanian/Hungarian, 2200-2300 VOR in
Russian

Voice of Russia relay
0200-0300 on  7440 LV  500 kW / 303 deg to NoAm En, ex 0100-0200 UT.
0900-1000 on 11655 LV  500 kW / 303 deg to WeEu Ge
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 13)
& Mykolaiv Luch-UKR site.

UKRAINE   Ukrainian radio today
kHz / Station / Tx / kW / UTC
 207 UR-1 Brovary 500 02.30-22.00
 657 RUI Chernovtsy 25
 657 UR-3 Chernovtsy 25
 711 UR-1 Dokuchaevsk 50 02.30-22.00
 765 Radio Mayak Petrovka 40 04.00-17.00
 837 Radio Bukovina Chernovtsy 30 03.00-21.00
 837 UR-1 Taranovka 150 02.30-21.00
 873 Oblastnoe Radio -2 Dnepropetrovsk 10 05.00-17.00
 873 Radio Khvylya Zarvantsy 7 04.00-18.00
 936 UR-1 Krasnoe 600 17.00-21.00
 936 UR-1 Starobelsk 2.7 02.30-22.00
 972 UR-1 Luch 500 02.30-21.00
1359 Radio Tsentr Dokuchaevsk 40 00.00-24.00
1377 Radio Nikolaev Nikolaev 5 04.00-18.30
1377 UR-1 Chernovtsy 50 02.30-21.00
1431 UR-3 Luch 1000 16.00-21.00
6145 RUI Taranovka 100 20.00-00.00
7440 RUI Krasnoe 600
7440 RUI Taranovka 100 17.00-20.00
9840 RUI Taranovka 100 05.00-07.00
11620 RUI Luch 250 07.00-10.00
11980 Dneprovskaya Khvylya Zaporozhje 0.3
(Aleksandr Diadischev-UKR, "open_dx" RUSdx July 11)

UNIDENTIFIED   7174.1  UNID  at 2150-2159*, 05 Jul'10, English, news;
25321. Ext. mix. spur?
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

U.K.   15360  KBS World Radio July 10 at 1800 UT, numerous IDs as "KBS
World Radio" in Russian, web address given for KBS Russian web site, into
news, mention of Hillary Clinton.
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer July 11)   1800-1900 RMP 500 kW

According to a report in Media Guardian, BBC Monitoring (BBCM) faces
budget cuts and significant job losses as part of the coalition
government's austerity measures. Chris Westcott, director of BBCM, told
employees in a briefing on Monday that the "situation is grim" and the
organisation is at a "tipping point". It could even be closed down, he
warned.

BBCM employs about 450 people in the UK and overseas, with a main base at
Caversham Park in Reading. It tracks and translates press, TV and radio
reports from 150 countries in more than 100 languages. The organisation's
role and funding is being examined by the government as part of its
strategic defence and security review, the first for 12 years.

BBC Monitoring, a little-known section of the corporation which listens in
on 3,000 media sources from around the world, is facing swingeing budget
cuts as a result of a drop in its government funding which could lead to
its closure.

For nearly 70 years, workers at the former stately home in Caversham, near
Reading, have monitored publicly available material in more than 100
languages to provide a running digest of global journalism for senior
civil servants, ministers and commercial clients.

It uses a "United Nations" of 400 staff based in a Victorian mansion in
Berkshire, and the organisation's work has given it a front-row seat at a
series of global events, including providing the translation of an obscure
radio broadcast by Nikita Khrushchev which ended the Cuban missile crisis
when it was rushed to the White House. It also broke the news to British
audiences of the death of President John F Kennedy.

But BBC Monitoring now faces an uncertain future after it emerged that the
£25m annual government grant from the Cabinet Office, which provides the
vast majority of the unit's funding, is set to be slashed in this autumn's
spending review, potentially tipping it into insolvency unless it makes
extensive cuts in its services.

At a briefing to all staff last week, Chris Westcott, the director of BBC
Monitoring, told employees that the "situation is grim" and confirmed that
failure to accommodate the government's cuts could lead to closure.
Managers are likely to be asked to find savings of £3.2m during the next
two years, making the trimming of key services inevitable, according to
managers.

The monitoring operation, which does not receive any licence-fee funding,
has been the subject of a financial squeeze for the best part of a decade,
making efficiency savings of 7 per cent a year since 2001. Last year, it
made a profit of £2.5m on its total income of £28.8m, supplemented by
deals with commercial customers and foreign governments.

A BBC insider said: "We have got two options: either we cut some of the
core operational services and devalue the business, or we try to stick
together and look for a way through this. But we are already cut to the
bone and if we have to cut more, we are in deep trouble. There is a risk
of closure if the cuts go too far. The situation is quite dire."

The current five-year funding settlement for BBC Monitoring is due to come
to an end this year and with its main customers - the Cabinet Office, the
Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence - facing 25 per cent cuts in
their budgets, the prospects of maintaining funding at its current level
are understood to be negligible.

The role of the unit is also being considered as part of the Strategic
Defence Review. Part of the work undertaken by Caversham, whose regional
units include a central-Asian listening station in Uzbekistan, is
transcribing broadcasts by Afghan radio stations sympathetic to the
Taliban, offering an insight into the thinking of the militant Islamists.

It was a similar need to gain insight into the mindset of implacable
enemies and uncertain allies which led to the founding of the BBC's
monitoring operations during the Second World War. A colourful team of
sound engineers and linguists, including the Austrian-born art historian
Ernst Gombrich, was assembled in camouflaged huts in the ground of a
stately home in Worcestershire to listen to German, French, Italian and
Russian radio broadcasts.

Gombrich later recalled that the rudimentary wax cylinder recording
technology made it difficult to discern whether the reedy, faint voice of
a foreign broadcaster was saying "send reinforcements, am going to
advance" or "send three and four pence, am going to a dance".

The operation moved to Caversham Park, the one-time home of Elizabeth I's
treasurer, in 1942 with a remit dedicating its staff to "reporting foreign
news media comprehensively and accurately, without bias or comment".

It is a global burden shared with the Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, which was once part of the CIA, but is now transferred to the US
government's Open Source Center. It keeps a number of staff in the
slightly idiosyncratic surroundings of Caversham Park, where gardens
partly landscaped by Capability Brown host a dozen satellite dishes. The
staff canteen is housed in the old orangery.

Over the years, BBC Monitoring's staff - currently standing at about 450
worldwide and recruited from diverse backgrounds, ranging from university
graduates to former asylum seekers - has maintained a constant vigil,
listening at any one time to 37 television stations and 100 radio
services. Since the 1990s, it has also sifted through newspapers and
websites, with the internet now accounting for about a third of its
activities.

Such is BBC Monitoring's reputation for absolute accuracy, President
Kennedy accepted at face value a translation of a radio address by
Khrushchev in 1962 to a domestic audience announcing the withdrawal of
Soviet vessels carrying nuclear missiles to Cuba. Without waiting for
confirmation from US intelligence sources, Kennedy responded to the
Kremlin's overtures immediately.

The Cabinet Office, which oversees government funding of BBC Monitoring,
said: "We are involved in regular discussions with the BBC over
expenditure in this area and nothing has been put to ministers to decide.
No decision has been taken [on future funding]."

In a statement, the BBC said it would be approaching the funding
discussions with "vigour and confidence" but added it was "acutely aware
that the prevailing economic climate will bring huge challenges and tough
choices".

<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/after-70-years-
monitoring-the-airwaves-bbc-listening-post-could-be-cut-off-2025090.html>
(via Mike Terry-UK, BrDXC-UK July 13)

In praise of ... Caversham Park
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/14/in-praise-of-
caversham-park>
(via Chris Greenway-UK, dxld July 14)

USA   15550  1910-, WJHR Milton-FL July 7. Fair to good reception on an
otherwise pretty dead SW band with old canned preaching.
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)

12133.5usb  AFN, Saddlebunch Keys FL, 2149-2207, 07 Jul'10, NPR prgr All
Things Considered, ephemerides, news at 2200; 25443.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)

USA   WRMI schedule in EDT as of July 12 attached.
From the July 12 WRMI xls program schedule grid, we extract:

WORLD OF RADIO: Wed 1530; Thu 1500, 2100; Fri 1430; Sat 0800, 1730; Sun
0800, 1515, 1730; Tue 1530, 2230; Wed 0030

AWR WAVESCAN: Thu 1430; Fri 1530; Sat 0730; Sun 0830; Mon 1500, 2100

HCJB DX PARTYLINE: Sat 0000, 1000, 1500, 2015; Sun 0115, 0400, 0600, 1030,
1430; Mon 1545; Tue 0030, 1500; Wed 1430

STUDIO DX [Italian]: Mon 1430; Wed 0000; Thu 2130

ENCONTRO DX [Portuguese]: Thu 2200; Sun 0500

FRECUENCIA AL DIA: Tue 1430; Fri 2230; Sat 0700, 2300

VIVA MIAMI: Tue 0045; Fri 2200; Sat 1545; Sun 0015, 2330

LA ROSA DE TOKIO: Wed 2200; Sat 0500; Sun 0700

HISTORIAS DE RADIO: Tue 2100; Sat 0030

AIRES ANDINOS [music]: Tue 0015; Fri 2100; Sat 1100; Sun 0430, 0630

MEXICO DE LEYENDA [music]: Thu 0000; Fri 2130

TROVA LIBRE [music]: Tue 2130

WORLD RADIO NETWORK: M-F 0500-0830, 0900-1100, 1600-2100;
Tue-Sat 0200-0400; Sat & Sun 1600-2000

RADIO PRAGUE [English]: Daily 1400; Sat 0600; Sat & Sun 0900

RADIO PRAGA: M-F 0830; Sat 0630; Sat & Sun 0930

RADIO PRAGUE [francais]: M-F 1330; exc Tue 1345-

ACONTECER VENEZOLANO: Thu 0045; Sun 0145, 1130

Major Cuban exile shows:

LA VOZ DEL CONSEJO POR LA LIBERTAD DE CUBA: M-F 1100-1200;
Tue-Sat 0100-0200

RADIO LIBERTAD: M-F 2300-2400; Tue-Sat 0400-0500; daily 1200-1300

RADIO REPUBLICA: Sun & Mon 0200-0400

FORO REVOLUCIONARIO: Sun 2030-2130; Mon 2200-2300; Wed 2100-2200

CDHD BRIGADE 2506 [Cuban, English]: Tue 1515; Fri 0015, 2215; Sat 1045;
Sun 1115, 1500
(RMI, via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld July 14)

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DRM   Schedule of DRM broadcasts on short waves:
0000-0200  9630 CRI 030 kW 340 deg to CeAm  REE in Spanish
0100-0200  6080 SAC 070 kW 288 deg to NoAm  CRI in English
0100-0500 15735 K/A 090 kW 213 deg to SEAs  VOR in Russian/English
0400-0430 11700 TIG 090 kW 067 deg to EaAs  RRI in Chinese
0400-0500  3995 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu  BBC/DWL in English
0400-0700  9400 SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEu  BNR HS-1 Horizont Fri
0430-0500  7390 TIG 090 kW 037 deg to EaEu  RRI in Russian
0500-0700 11675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg to Pacif RNZI in English
0500-0530  7215 GAL 090 kW 285 deg to WeEu  RRI in French
0500-0600 17525 TRM 090 kW 045 deg to EaAs  DWL in English
0500-0700  3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu  BBC/DWL in English
0500-0900  9780 NOB 100 kW 050 deg to WeEu  REE in Spanish
0500-2300  6085 ISM 050 kW non-dir to WeEu  BR-B5akt in German
0530-0600  7305 GAL 090 kW 300 deg to WeEu  RRI in English

0600-0630  7230 TIG 090 kW 307 deg to WeEu  RRI in German
0600-0700  6130 SIN 090 kW 030 deg to WeEu  BBC/DWL in English
0600-0900 11900 SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEu  BNR HS-1 Horizont Sat/Sun
0700-1200  7440 RAN 025 kW 000 deg to Pacif RNZI in English
0700-0800  6015 ISS 060 kW 060 deg to WeEu TDPRadio in English+mx Mon
0700-0800  5790 WOF 100 kW 114 deg to WeEu  BBC/DWL in English
0700-1000  9545 SIN 090 kW 030 deg to WeEu  BBC/DWL in English
0800-0900  6095 JUN 050 kW 060 deg to WeEu  RTL Radio German
0800-0900 12095 TRM 090 kW 345 deg to SoAs  DWL English
0800-0900  6015 ISS 060 kW 060 deg to WeEu  TDPRadio in English+mx
Tue
0800-1000 12060 MSK 035 kW 265 deg to WeEu  VOR in English
0800-1300  9850 KLG 015 kW 220 deg to WeEu  VOR in Ru/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ru
0800-1400 13810 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu  BBC/DWL in English
0830-1000 11995 SIN 090 kW 052 deg to WeEu  RDP in Portuguese Sat/Sun
0845-1200  6100 DEL 050 kW 134 deg to India AIR in various langs
0900-0930  6095 JUN 050 kW 060 deg to WeEu  KBS World in German
0900-0930 11900 SOF 050kW 306deg to WeEu BNREuranet En. Sat/Sun
0900-1000  6015 ISS 060kW 060deg to WeEu TDPRadio in English+mx Wed
0900-1200 11900 SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEu  BNR HS-1 Horizont Mon-Thu
0930-1100  6095 JUN 050 kW 060 deg to WeEu  RTL Radio German
1000-1400  9545 MOS 040 kW 300 deg to WeEu  BBC/DWL in English
1000-1100  6015 ISS 060kW 060deg to WeEu TDPRadio in English+mx Thu
1100-1130  9760 WOF 060 kW 102 deg to WeEu  KBS World in English Sat
1100-1200 12080 BRN 005 kW 080 deg to SWPac Radio Australia in En
1100-1200  6015 ISS 060kW 060deg to WeEu TDPRadio in English+mx Fri

1200-1300  6015 ISS 060kW 060deg to WeEu TDPRadio in English+mx Sat
1200-1400  5995 BRN 005 kW 010 deg to PNG   Radio Australia in En
1200-1600  9445 IRK 030 kW 235 deg to SoAs  VOR in Ru/Hi/En/Hi
1300-1400  6015 ISS 060kW 060deg to WeEu TDPRadio in English+mx Sun
1300-1800  9750 MSK 035 kW 265 deg to WeEu  VOR in Ru/En/Ge/Fr/Ge
1400-1430  7320 SMG 125kW 350deg to CeEu Vatican Radio in Ge/Polish
1400-1500  6015 ISS 060 kW 060 deg to WeEu  The Disco Palace English
1400-1700  5790 WOF 100 kW 114 deg to WeEu  BBC/DW in English
1400-1900 15640 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu  BBC/DW in English
1500-1600  7380 TIG 090 kW 037 deg to EaEu  RRI in Russian
1505-1905  9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NEAm  RCI in English/French
1530-1600  9400 SOF 050 kW 030 deg to EaEu  Radio Bulgaria in Russian
1550-1850  6170 RAN 025 kW 035 deg to Pacif RNZI in English
1600-1630  7460 KVI 035 kW 160 deg to WeEu  RRI in German
1600-2100  9880 KLG 015 kW 220 deg to WeEu  VOR in Fr/It/Fr/Fr/Fr
1630-1800  9400 SOF 050kW 306deg to WeEu Radio Bulgaria in Ge/Fr/En
1700-1730  7350 KVI 035 kW 220 deg to WeEu  RRI in English
1700-1800  5790 SKN 100 kW 150 deg to WeEu  BBC/DW in English
1700-1800  7265 KVI 100 kW 220 deg to WeEu  Polskie Radio in  English
1700-1800  9535 GAL 090 kW 300 deg to WeEu  RRI in English
1745-2230  9950 DEL 050 kW 312 deg to WeEu  AIR in various langs

1800-1830  5955 TIG 090 kW 270 deg to SoEu  RRI in Italian
1800-1900  9400 SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEu  Radio Bulgaria Bulgarian
1800-1900  9705 TIG 090 kW 307 deg to WeEu  RRI in German
1800-2000 17640 SGO 015 kW 045 deg to BrasilCVC in Portuguese
1850-2050  9890 RAN 025 kW 000 deg to Pacif RNZI in English
1900-2100  5875 MOS 040 kW 300 deg to WeEu  BBC/DW in English
1900-2000 15755 BON 100 kW 320 deg to NoAm  TDPRadio in English+mx
1900-2100  3995 SKN 100 kW 121 deg to WeEu  BBC/DW in English
1930-2000  6135 SKN 100 kW 120 deg to WeEu  Polskie Radio in German
1945-2030  9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NEAm  Vatican Radio in English
2000-2030  7295 GAL 090 kW 285 deg to WeEu  RRI in French
2000-2100 15755 BON 100 kW 320 deg to NoAm  The Disco Palace English
2050-2150 11675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg to Pacif RNZI in English
2100-2200  9800 SAC 070 kW 268 deg to NEAm  RCI in English
2100-2200  3995 SIN 090 kW 040 deg to WeEu  BBC/DW in English
2100-2200  5790 SKN 100 kW 105 deg to WeEu  BBC/DW in English
2150-0500 15720 RAN 025 kW 000 deg to Pacif RNZI in English
2300-2330  9755 SMG 060 kW 300 deg to NoAm  Vatican Radio in English
2200-2000  3965 ISS 001 kW 065 deg to local RFI in French
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 13)

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Sightseeing on IBB Lampertheim transmitting site.
Friday August 20, 2010, 0800 UTC / 1000 hrs CEST
Prior registration required, take an ID card with you.

Einladung: Besichtigung der IBB Anlagen in Biblis und Lampertheim

Hallo Radiofreunde,
der Rhein-Main-Radio-Club laedt ein zum Besuch mit Fuehrung der
IBB  Sendestellen Biblis und Lampertheim
am Freitag, den 20. August 2010 ein.
Wir treffen uns um 10.00 am Eingang der

address:
International Broadcasting Bureau
Transmitting Station Lampertheim
Ausserhalb 6
68623 Lampertheim / Germany

Dass der Besuch schon um 10.00 Uhr beginnt, war ein Wunsch der IBB,
wahrscheinlich da die Station am Wochenende automatisch laeuft und kein
Personal fuer eine Fuehrung zur Verfuegung steht.

Da die IBB eine amerikanische Einrichtung ist, bitte anmelden und
Personalausweis mitbringen.

Alle sind herzlich eingeladen.
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