Bulletin of the DANISH SHORTWAVE CLUB INTERNATIONAL for short wave listeners and DX'ers

No. 3 June/July 2003 Volume 47

Attendants of the 2003 DSWCI AGM and DX Camp

DSWCI Short Wave News /March 2003

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DSWCI Short Wave News May/June 2003 3

Editorial

Greve, June 1st 2003 Posted, June 6th 2003

Dear friends, members and readers,

Welcome to a new edition of Short Wave News – a big one with 36 pages made entirely for your listening enjoyment.

This editorial is written Sunday morning where we here in Den-mark has and have had a very nice weather with the Sun shining from an almost cloudless sky and the temperatures is already now above 20 centigrade, so I find it in someway difficult to con-centrate myself with the final editing our bulletin!

Well, I must carry on, and I can tell you that the recent held AGM and DX-Camp held at Vejers beach again was a big success, where we again this year had 21 attendants The conditions were though not so good as in the previous years, but anyway some nice catches were made in the late night. A full report can be read on page….

We received 76 replies on our questionnaire, and it was our inten-tion to publish the entire article with the answers and all the com-ments we received, but unfortunately I could not find space for it in this SWN, so I had to divide the article in two issues.

It has already now been decided, that we also next year will the AGM and DX-Camp at the same place on June 4th to June 6th 2004,where we have booked the same boy scout camp. So we look forward to see you there again in 2004.

In this edition of SWN you’ll find all sections included incl. two pages with Unofficial Radio news by Ken Baird. It has been quite some time when we have heard from Ken, but Ken has told me, that he have had a serious accident with his motorbike and that’s why we have not heard from him for some time. I hope that you are recovering well, Ken.

Our chairman has written an interesting article about his recent tour to Sao Tome. This article must also wait until next month, I’m sorry to tell you.

Until next month, I wish you the very best 73’s

Next Deadline: SWN 5/03 July 3rd 2003 SWN 6/03 August 14th 2003

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Dates for your Diary:

June 13th–15th 2003: Annual DX Parliament of the Swedish DX Federation in Morokulien, which is a little "Peaceland" at the bor-der between Sweden and Norway (counted as radio country by radio amateurs). Announced as Scandinavian DX Meeting. www.sdxf.org will most likely tell you more in the future. July 31th to August 3rd 2003: The Mexican DX Meeting will be held from July 31

st to August 3

rd at the town of Tizajuca, situated

just North of Mexico City. More information can be obtained at mnhajz@prodigy.net.mx This meeting is usually attended by 70-80 participants August 2003:-The annual domestic meeting of the Finnish DX Association is most likely to be held in the month of.August. August 15th to 17th, 2003: EDXC Conference in Königstein, which is situated about 15 km North from Frankfurt, Germany. You’ll find how to get there at www.ktckoenigstein.de More de-tails later on.

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DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 5 (DBS-5)

edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen.

The 5th

edition of the popular DBS is now ready, and will be avail-able mid-May 2003. It is completely updated and covers all ACTIVE Domestic and Clandestine stations on SW with sched-ules and identifications.

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Compiled by Klaus Dieter Scholz – e-mail kdscholz@gmxpro.deA = Arabic a = approximately adv = advertisement BI = Bahasa Indonesia BM = Bahasa Malaysia C = Chinese E = English F = French

G = German H = Harmonic frequency HQ = Holy Qur’an I = Italian ID = Identification IS = Interval Signal J = Japanese LA = Latin American

LL = Language Lesson mx = music N = New schedule Nfq = New frequency nx = news P = Portuguese px = programme R = Radio

rlg = religious Ru = Russian S = Spanish Sh = Swahili t = tentative TC = Time Check tk = talk TS = Time Signal

UNID = Unidentified v = variable Vn = Vernacular Vt = Vietnamese // = parallel frequency /1600 = sign on at 1600 • = sign off

Tips from non-European DX-ers are marked with an “X” in front of the frequency Used throughout in SWN; Frequencies in kHz – Times in UTC.

x N Frequency Time ITU Date Radio Language SINPO Ini

x 3220.0 0938- EQA 17.05 Radio HCJB, Pifo Quechua 24332 ALS-ARG

x 3230.8 0956-1000 PRU 17.05 Radio El Sol de los Andes, Juliaca Spanish 23222 ALS-ARG

x 3234.9 0950-0955 PRU 17.05 Radio Luz y Sonido, Huanuco Spanish 33222 ALS-ARG

3250.0 0050-0055 HND 18.05 Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis Spanish 23322 AP-DNK

3255.0 0045-0055 B 18.05 Radio Educadore 6 de Agosto, Xapuri, Acre Portuguese 34333 AP-DNK

x 3279.9 0945- EQA 17.05 La Voz del Napo, Tena Spanish 33232 ALS-ARG

x 3300.0 1001- GTM 17.05 TGNA, Radio Cultural, Guatemala City Spanish 24232 ALS-ARG

3310.0 0035-0045 BOL 18.05 Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba Quechua 34444 AP-DNK

N 3350.0 0340-0350 CTR 02.04 REE, Cariari de Pacoci Spanish 32332 AP-DNK

3375.1 0050-0100 PRU 18.05 Radio San Antonio, Padua de Callalli Spanish 23332 AP-DNK

3900.0 1925-1935 CLA 02.04 Voice of the Iraqi Peoble Arabic 44444 AP-DNK

x 3905.0 0940- PNG 15.04 Radio New Ireland, Kavieng Pidgin 35433 RS-PHL

3915.0 2120- SNG 05.04 BBC, Far East Relais, Kranji English 22332 KDS-D

3928.4 1715-1730 CLA 09.04 Voice of Komala ( USB ) Kurdish 23222 AP-DNK

3985.0 1930-1945 CLA 10.05 Voice of Palestine via IRN Arabic 45444 AP-DNK

4026.1 1808-1923 * 09.04 Voice of Liberation of Iraq Arabic 35343 AP-DNK

4085.0 1905-1930 CLA 12.04 Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan Kurdish 44444 AP-DNK

N 4500.0 1830-2000 CLA 06.04 Information Radio via Command Solo Arabic 45444 AP-DNK

4710.0 0605- UKR 20.04 Radio Ukraine International Ukrainean 33333 WB-D

4716.8 2255-2305 BOL 17.05 Radio Yura, San Antonio de Quijarro Spanish 23232 AP-DNK

4746.8 0020-0030 PRU 18.05 Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta Ayacucha Spanish 24333 AP-DNK

4754.7 2255-2310 B 17.05 Radio Educacao Rural, Campo Grande Portuguese 24333 AP-DNK

4760.0 2108-2117 LBR 12.05 ELWA, Monrovia English 33333 KD-GRC

N 4765.0 1810-1815 COG 07.04 Radio Congo ,Brazzaville French 23333 AP-DNK

4775.0 2310-2320 B 17.05 Radio Dif. Congonhas, Congonhas Portuguese 23332 AP-DNK

4775.0 2310-2320 PRU 17.05 Radio Tarma, Tarma, Junin Spanish 23332 AP-DNK

N 4777.0 1855-1901 * GAB 10.05 RTV Gabonaire, Libreville 33433 AP-DNK

x 4780.0 1030- GTM 17.05 Radio Cultural Coatan, San Sebastian Coatan Spanish 23232 ALS-ARG

4785.0 0200-0210 CLA 01.04 Republic of Iraq Radio - Voice of Iraqi People, Jeddah

( Harmonic ) Arabic 22232 AP-DNK

4790.0 / 0045-0050 PAK 03.05 Radio Pakistan, Islamabad Urdu 34444 AP-DNK

x 4790.0 1003-1009 PRU 15.05 Radio Atlántida, Iquitos Spanish 22432 ALS-ARG

x 4796.7 1010- BOL 15.05 Radio Maico ( Radio Mallku ), Uyuni Aymara + Spanish 24432 ALS-ARG

x 4799.9 1040- GTM 17.05 Radio Buenas Nuevas, San Sebastian Huehuetenango Spanish 23332 ALS-ARG

4800.0 2020-2030 * IND 12.05 AIR Hyderabad Hindi 33343 AP-DNK

4805.0 2315-2325 B 27.05 Radio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus Portuguese 34343 AP-DNK

4815.0 2320-2330 B 17.05 Radio Difusora Londrina, Parana Portuguese 22332 AP-DNK

N 4820.0 1950-2010 CHN 10.05 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet Chinese 44444 AP-DNK

4825.0 0005- B 03.05 Radio Cancão Nova, Cachoeira Paulista Portuguese AP-DNK

4830.0 / 0023-0040 IND 03.05 All India Radio Jammu Kashmiri + Hindi 35434 AP-DNK

4832.0 0215-0235 HND 29.04 Radio Litoral, La Ceiba Spanish 24232 AP-DNK

4845.0 1725-1730 MLA 01.05 RTM Kuala Lumpur, Kajang Vernacular 33333 KD-GRC

x 4855.7 1019- PRU 15.05 Radio La Hora, Cusco Quechua 33422 ALS-ARG

N 4869.9 / 2020-2050 INS 13.05 RRI Wamenda (t) BI 24212 AP-DNK

x 4870.0 0930- INS 20.04 Radio Republik Indonesia Sorong BI 35443 RS-PHL

x 4876.8 1014- BOL 15.05 Radio La Cruz del Sur, La Paz Aymara 44444 ALS-ARG

4890.0 0000-0025 PRU 18.05 Radio Macedonia, Arequipa Spanish 24333 AP-DNK

4915.0 2225-2240 B 03.04 Radio Anhanguera, Goiânia Portuguese 34343 KBJ-DNK

x 4925.0 1001-1023 B 09.04 Radio Difusora Taubata Portuguese RAD-USA

4929.9 2325-2400 BOL 17.05 Radio San Miguel, Riberalta Spanish 23333 AP-DNK

4930.0 2125- TKM 01.04 Turkmen Radio, Asgabat AP-DNK

4950.0 2147-2155 AGL 11.05 Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos Portuguese 32322 KD-GRC

4955.0 0010-0020 PRU 18.05 Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, Ayacucho Spanish 23333 AP-DNK

x 4965.0 0950- PRU 08.04 Radio Santa Monica, Cusco Spanish 24432 RS-PHL

x 4975.0 1040-1101 PRU 10.05 Radio del Pacifico, Lima Spanish 34443 ALS-ARG

5010.0 1855-1940 MDG 10.05 Radio TV Malagasy, Antananarivo Malagasy 34444 AP-DNK

5025.0 1940- UZB 05.04 Radio Tashkent German 35422 RK-D

5025.0 2203-2217 BEN 28.04 ORTB, Parakou French 33333 KD-GRC

5026.0 UGA 02.04 Radio Uganda, Kampala Vernacular 35433 CG-POR

5047.0 1930-1940 TGO 05.04 Radio Dif.Togolaise, Lomé French 23333 AP-DNK

N 5050.0 1810-2100 * TZA 07.04 Radio Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam Swahili 24343 AP-DNK

x 5054.6 1002- CTR 02.04 Faro del Caribe, San Isidro Spanish 24332 RS-PHL

5800.0 1900- BUL 07.04 Radio Bulgaria International German 54544 RK-D

5883.0 1855-1930 CLA 12.04 Voice of the People Arabic 33443 AP-DNK

5905.0 2055- UKR 20.04 Radio Ukraine International German 54444 KDS-D

x 5915.0 / 0242-0320 ZMB 01.04 Zambia Broadcasting Corporation English RAD-USA

N 5920.0 2245-2305 USA 09.04 Radio WOBH, New Port-Tenn. English 34343 KBJ-DNK

5930.0 1515- CZE 11.04 Radio Praha German 55555 RK-D

x 5950.0 0958- USA 12.04 Radio WYFR English 25332 RS-PHL

5952.5 2350-2400 BOL 02.05 Radio Pio XII, Siglo Veinte Spanish 23333 AP-DNK

x 5969.5 1100- CHN 20.04 Gannman PBS, Hezou, Gansu Tibetan 24332 RS-PHL

5985.0 1830-2120 COG 03.05 RTVC, Radio Congo-Liberte, Brazzaville French 32442 AP-DNK

x 6010.0 0850-0905 CHL 17.04 Radio Parinacota, Putre Spanish 23432 ALS-ARG

x 6010.0 0810- CHL 20.05 Radio Cooperativa, Santiago de Chile Spanish 33543 ALS-ARG

6020.0 0000-0010 B 03.05 Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre Portuguese 23333 AP-DNK

x 6025.0 0955-1001 DOM 15.05 Radio Amanecer, Sto. Domingo Spanish 43433 ALS-ARG

6039.9 2235-2245 B 03.04 Radio Clube Paranaense, Curitiba Portuguese 33433 KBJ-DNK

6045.0 0909- D 19.04 Evangeliumsradio Hamburg German 55555 KDS-D

6045.0 1205- D 01.05 Radio Nederland English 55555 RK-D

x 6054.4 1018-1026 BOL 17.05 Radio Juan XXIII Spanish 33232 ALS-ARG

6055.0 0820- SVK 22.04 Radio Slovakia German 55544 KDS-D

6060.0 0715-0745 B 01.04 Radio Tupi, Curitiba Portuguese 24431 CG-POR

x N 6080.0 0910-0935 BOL 17.04 Radio San Gabriel, La Paz Aymara 42422 ALS-ARG

6095.0 1717-1750 * NZL 02.04 Radio New Zealand, Rangitaiki English 14331 CG-POR

6100.0 2020- BIH 30.04 Radio Yugoslavia, Bijelijna German 55555 RK-D

6105.0 0005-0015 B 03.05 Radio Cancão Nova, Cachoeira Paulista Portuguese 34333 AP-DNK

x 6114.9 0930- PRU 02.04 Radio Union, Lima Spanish 25432 RS-PHL

6155.0 1300- AUT 26.04 Radio Australia International, Moosbrunn German 55444 KDS-D

6170.0 0820-0830 FNL 03.05 Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Villat Finnish AP-DNK

x 6180.0 0005- B 09.04 ZYE 365, Radio Nacioanl da Amazonia, Brasilia Intervista Portuguese 15332 RS-PHL

x 6185.0 0920- MEX 02.04 Radio Educacion, Mexico City Spanish 35443 RS-PHL

6185.0 1935- G 04.04 Radio Taipei Internatioal German 55555 RK-D

6193.0 0055-0105 PRU 18.05 Radio Cusco, Cusco Spanish 33343 AP-DNK

6225.0 2050- 20.04 Deutsche Welle Arabic 32322 KDS-D

6240.0 0905- PIR 21.04 Starclub Radio German 25232 KDS-D

6278.0 1440- D 12.04 Delta Radio Dutch + German 35333 RK-D

6797.6 0100-0105 PRU 18.05 Radio Ondas del Rio Mayo, Nueva Cajamarca Spanish 24333 AP-DNK

x 6955.2 0219-0308 PIR 10.04 Radio Tre Network, Poggibonsi English RAD-USA

N 7150.0 / 0030-0040 * IND 13.04 All India Radio Hindi + English 44544 AP-DNK

7160.0 1415- HNG 04.05 Radio Budapest German 45544 RK-D

7210.0 1640- RUS 02.04 Radio Free Asia Korean 33433 WB-D

7210.2 2245-2300 BEN 04.04 Radio Dif. du Benin, Cotonou Vernacular + French 23432 KBJ-DNK

7220.0 1200- HNG 06.04 Radio Budapest German 45544 RK-D

7230.0 0610- G 02.04 NHK, Radio Japan, Skelton English 55555 WB-D

x 7260.0 / 0258-0319 11.04 BFBS English RAD-USA

x 7460.0 / 0225-0251 CLA 11.04 Radio Payam-e Doost Farsi RAD-USA

7490.0 0600- USA 20.04 Radio WJIE English 25111 WB-D

7560.0 / 1701-1800 * MDA 02.04 Denge Mezopotamya, Samara Kurdish 45444 AP-DNK

9325.0 1940- KRE 04.04 Voice of Korea German 35333 RK-D

9400.0 1630- BUL 02.05 Radio Bulgaria International, Plovdiv German 45544 RK-D

9435.0 1555- GRC 05.04 Radio Iran e Farda Vernacular 33333 RK-D

9475.0 1610- AUS 10.05 Radio Australia, Shepperton Vernacular 25332 RK-D

9525.0 1205- POL 28.04 Radio Polonia English 45544 RK-D

x 9545.0 0745- D 12.04 Deutsche Welle, Nauen German 34333 RS-PHL

x 9570.0 0200- CLA 01.04 Republic of Iraq Radio, Jeddah Arabic 45333 RS-PHL

x 9570.0 0015-0030 * THA 09.04 Radio Thailand English 35543 RS-PHL

9620.0 1635- BHI 02.05 Radio Jugoslavija German 55555 RK-D

x 9625.0 1101-1109 BOL 17.05 Radio Fides, La Paz Spanish 44444 ALS-ARG

9645.0 2220-2230 CHN 04.04 CNR1 Chinese 22332 KBJ-DNK

9675.0 2150-2205 B 08.04 Radio Cancão Nova, Cachoeira Paulista Portuguese 34444 KBJ-DNK

x N 9680.0 0730- INS 12.04 Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta Bahasa Indonesia 45444 RS-PHL

9680.0 2005- THA 30.04 Radio Thailand, Udon Thani German 33333 RK-D

9690.0 1625- ROU 02.05 Radio Romania International German 55555 RK-D

N 9715.0 2014-2135 30.04 Information Radio via Command Solo Arabic 33433 AP-DNK

x 9720.4 0930- PRU 09.04 Radio Victoria, Lima Spanish 25232 RS-PHL

9725.0 1705- AUT 07.04 Voice of Vietnam English 55555 RK-D

x 9735.0 0745- D 12.04 Deutsche Welle, Wertachtal German 35333 RS-PHL

x 9743.7 0730- INS 12.04 Radio Republik Indonesia Sorong BI 45333 RS-PHL

N 9745.0 1554-1700 BHR 20.05 Radio Bahrein Arabic 33443 AP-DNK

9747.0 1845-1932 * 20.05 UNID Arabic 43443 AP-DNK

9780.0 ß554- EQA 20.04 Radio HCJB, Pifo German 45444 WB-D

9820.0 0552- CUB 20.04 Radio Habana Cuba English 25222 WB-D

9885.0 0750- NZL 20.04 Radio New Zealand, Rangitaiki English 25222 WB-D

9925.0 1715- RUS 07.04 RVI German 43343 RK-D

11615.0 1600- F 11.04 RFI English 35543 RK-D

11650.0 1835- CHN 07.04 China Radio International German 55444 RK-D

11660.0 1525- AUS 08.04 Radio Australia, Shepperton English 34333 RK-D

11685.0 1530- SNG 03.05 BBC English 43443 RK-D

11690.0 0820-0830 FNL 03.05 Skandinavian Weekend Radio Finnish 24222 AP-DNK

11700.0 1030- BUL 11.05 Badio Bulgaria International, Plovdiv German 55555 RK-D

11710.0 0950- G 12.04 NHK-World, Radio Japan Japanese 35433 RK-D

11720.0 1115-1150 FNL 05.04 Skandinavian Weekend Radio Finnish 34433 AP-DNK

x 11720.0 / 2100-2109 MRC 09.04 Voice of America English RAD-USA

11730.0 0530- USA 20.04 Radio WHRA English 44554 WB-D

x 11734.1 2050-2100 * TZA 09.04 Radio Tanzania, Dole, Zanzibar Swahili RAD-USA

11735.0 0535- BLR 20.04 Radio Belarus Belarussian 22442 WB-D

11740.0 1400- CVA 09.04 Radio Vaticana German 45544 RK-D

11765.0 0820-0835 ALS 04.05 Radio KNLS, Anchor Point English 43433 KD-GRC

x N 11775.0 0245- PHL 09.04 Radio Pilipinas, Tinang English 23332 RS-PHL

11775.0 1235- ROU 01.05 Radio Romania International German 35333 RK-D

11820.0 0550- NZL 20.04 Radio New Zealand International English 22332 WB-D

11825.0 2015-2200 USA 07.04 Radio Sawa Arabic 44544 KBJ-DNK

11840.0 1505- GRC 01.04 Radio Sawa Arabic 35433 RK-D

11905.0 1940- UZB 07.04 Radio Tashkent German 43443 RK-D

11905.0 0925- D 08.05 Deutsche Welle Mazedonian 35543 RK-D

11915.0 0545- GAB 20.04 NHK, Radio Japan Italian 33443 WB-D

11915.0 0000- B 03.05 Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre Portuguese CG-POR

11925.2 2225-2232 B 29.04 Radio Bandeirantes, São Paulo Portuguese 33333 KD-GRC

11940.0 1900- ROU 07.04 Radio Romania International German 54544 RK-D

N 11975.0 0515- G 02.04 BFBS, Rampishon English 33433 WB-D

12025.0 / 1900-2100 * CLA 04.04 Voice of Reform, Kvitsoy

( MIRA, BM Box MIRA, London WC1N 3XX, UK ) Arabic 24433 AP-DNK

12060.0 1905- RUS 07.04 Voice of Mediteranean, Samara English 45444 RK-D

N 12070.0 2020-2035 RUS 01.04 Voice of Russia English 34243 KBJ-DNK

x 12070.0 0000-0100 * RUS 21.04 Deutsche Welle, Petropawlowsk Russian 25542 RS-PHL

12090.0 1430- RUS 09.04 Deutsche Welle German 33433 RK-D

12110.0 1230- GRC 01.05 Voice of Greek, Kavalla Greek 35443 RK-D

x 13690.0 0000-0100 * RUS 21.04 Deutsche Welle, Vladivostok Russian 14432 RS-PHL

13800.0 1630- NOR 07.04 Radio International, Kvitsoa Farsi JB-USA

N 13860.0 / 1700- UTB 28.04 BFBS, Armavir English 33443 AP-DNK

15100.0 0608- PAK 20.04 Radio Pakistan Urdu 24222 WB-D

15120.0 0935- NIG 07.04 Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu English 35333 RK-D

x 15120.0 0245- PHL 09.04 Radio Filipinas, Tinang English RS-PHL

15150.0 1215- ROU 06.04 Radio Romania International German 55555 RK-D

15150.0 1850- THA 07.04 Radio Thailand German 34443 RK-D

N 15150.0 / 1700-1720 G 28.04 BFBS English 33443 AP-DNK

15155.0 1930- IND 07.04 All India Radio English 35443 RK-D

15170.0 / 1900-1929 * CLA 07.04 Jakada Radio International Vernacular JB-USA

15195.0 RUS 02.04 RVI Dutch 44444 WB-D

x 15270.0 0245- PHL 09.04 Radio Philipinas, Tinang English 23332 RS-PHL

15310.0 1920- THA 07.04 BBC RK-D

15345.0 2150- ARG 06.05 RAE Buenos Aires German 45444 KDS-D

15380.0 1700- ROU 07.04 Radio Romania Internationale English 55555 RK-D

N 15425.0 0620- G 02.04 BFBS, Rampishon English 35322 WB-D

15470.0 1135- TUR 12.04 TRT, Voice of Turkey, Emirler German 35543 RK-D

15470.0 0540- AUT 20.04 AWR, Moosbrunn English 33333 WB-D

15480.0 0612- UAE 20.04 NHK, Radio Japan Japanese 35333 WB-D

15510.0 1915- MRA 07.04 Radio Free Asia Chinese 35543 RK-D

15580.0 2209- USA 07.05 Vcice of America English 35444 KDS-D

x 15605.0 / 2200- RUS 01.04 Deutsche Welle, Komsomolsk English 35333 RS-PHL

15635.0 1245- CLA 19.04 Voice of Tibet, Almaty Tibetan 22222 WB-D

15650.0 1600- ISR 05.04 KOL Israel Yiddish 34333 RK-D

15670.0 1725- CLA 07.04 Voice of Democtratic Eritrea, Jülich Tigrigna JB-USA

15675.0 / 0359-0420 RUS 11.04 Denge Mezopotanya, Tashkent Kurdish 25333 AP-DNK

15680.0 TJK 02.04 Radio Free Asia, Dushanbe Burmese 33333 WB-D

15695.0 TJK 02.04 Radio Free Asia, Tinian Tibetan 33333 WB-D

N 15740.0 1840-1859 * CLA 20.05 UNID via Kvitsøy Farsi 34343 AP-DNK

N 15775.0 1225-1300 * ISL 09.04 Rikisutvarpid, Islandic, nx, USB Icelandic 23343 AP-DNK

15775.0 1328- CLA 12.04 Chan Troi Moi - New Horizon Vietnamese JB-USA

N 15795.0 UZB 02.04 BFBS English 35333 WB-D

17495.0 TJK 02.04 Radio Free Asia Chinese 25222 WB-D

17525.0 1335- RUS 18.04 RNW, Krasnodar Dutch 35333 WB-D

17570.0 1550- RUS 03.05 Voice of Russia, Popovka Vernacular 45544 RK-D

N 17705.0 1445- D 17.04 Voice of Russia, Juelich Russian 33443 WB-D

17705.0 1320- IND 05.05 All India Radio Chinese 35333 RK-D

17750.0 1435- G 09.04 Radio Farda Vernacular 33333 RK-D

17765.0 1530- RUS 17.04 Dr. Gene Scott English 35333 WB-D

17770.0 0630- RRW 20.04 Radio France Internationale French 24222 WB-D

17775.0 1210- UZB 28.04 Radio Tashkent English 35543 RK-D

17805.0 1230- ROU 11.04 Radio Romania Internationale French 35543 RK-D

17815.0 1315 ROU 05.05 Radio Romania Internationale Arabic 34543 RK-D

17830.0 1300- TUR 05.05 TRT English 55555 RK-D

17830.0 1150- ASC 11.05 BBC, Ascension English 35333 RK-D

17835.0 0850- PAK 01.04 Radio Pakistan Vernacular 35343 RK-D

x 17860.0 / 2300-0000 * RUS 10.04 Deutsche Welle, Vladivostok English 25332 RS-PHL

17890.0 1210- GRC 01.05 Radio Free Europe Vernacular 35433 RK-D

18910.0 1605- USA 05.04 Radio WSHB, Cypress Creek English 25332 RK-D

18930.0 1930- USA 04.04 Radio WYFR German 35433 RK-D

x N 18960.0 1355-1459 * S 16.04 Sveriges Radio 4 Swedish RAD-USA

21460.0 0605- PAK 02.04 Radio Pakistan Urdu 35333 WB-D

21500.0 1250- CHL 19.04 Voz Cristiana Portuguese 22332 WB-D

21550.0 1310- CHL 19.04 La Voz Cistiana Spanish 23332 WB-D

21560.0 1240- UZB 19.04 Voice of Tibet Tibetan 21221 WB-D

21605.0 1620- UAE 02.05 UAE Radio, Dubai English 35543 RK-D

21620.0 1305- AFS 19.04 Channel Africa English 25332 WB-D

21640.0 0930- CLN 12.04 Deutsche Welle, Trincomalie German 15331 RK-D

21660.0 1525- CYP 11.04 BBC English 35433 RK-D

21760.0 1310- AFS 10.05 Chanell Africa English 25332 RK-D

21770.0 THA 02.04 Radio Liberty Uzbek 35333 WB-D

x 21790.0 0705- RUS 01.04 Voice of Russia English 45554 RS-PHL

21790.0 1420- RRW 01.05 Deutsche Welle German 35443 RK-D

21795.0 THA 02.04 Radio Thailand, Udon Thani English 25222 WB-D

21810.0 1305- POR 06.05 Rd Portugal Portuguese 35333 RK-D

Thank you very much to 11 contributors, those being:

INI Name x ITU Receiver Antenna

ALS-ARG : Arnaldo Leonel Slaen x ARG

AP-DNK : Anker Petersen DNK AOR AR7030 80 m LW

CG-POR : Carlos L.R.de Assunção Goncalves POR DRAKE R-8E, JRC NRD-545. 13 dB Wellbrook amp. several

JB-USA : Jerry Berg x USA Drake R8 55 m lw

KBJ-DNK : Kaj Bredahl Jørgensen DNK R-5000, R-390 A 37 m lw

KD-GRC : Kyriakos Dritsas GRC R-5000 20 m lw

KDS-D : Klaus-Dieter Scholz D Lowe HF-150 + Datong FL-2 Filter 50 m lw + Balun + FRT 7700

RAD-USA : Richard A. d'Angelo x USA Drake R-8, HF-150 AD Sloper, ANC-4, Datong FL3

RK-D : Rudolf Krumm D NRD 535 DG ARA 60

RS-PHL : Roland Schulze x PHL Drake R8, Drake 4C, Collins 651S-1 slopers + NF-Filter JPS NIR 10

WB-D : Wolfgang Büschel D Sony 2010, R-1000 12 m lw

DSWCI Short Wave News May/June 2003

Edited by Torre Ekblome-mail: torre.ekblom@pp.inet.fi

Kastevuorenkuja 4 C 44, FI-02360 Espoo, Finland

Hello folks,

Time for a new utility-page, as I got quite a lot contributions this time.

MARITIME & AERO LOGGINGS:

6348 FUE 1035 FN Brest, F rtty JE

6358,5 PBC 1045 DN Goeree Island, HOL JE

6360 FUX 1050 FN Le Port, REU rtty JE

6483 PBB 0900 DN Den Helder, HOL rtty JE

6754 1443 Djibouti Aeradio, DJI PC

6875 FDY 0850 FAF Orleans, F cw JE

6984 SNN299 1121 Ministry Foreign Affairs, POL PC

7880 DDK 1000 Hamburg Meteo, D fax JE

8040 GFA 1005 Bracknell Meteo, UK fax JE

8422 NRV 1429 USCG Apra Harbour, GUM PC

8429,5 IDR 1010 IN Rome, I rtty JE

8439 PBC 1000 DN Den Helder, HOL rtty JE

8453 FUG 1015 FN La Regina, F rtty JE

8478,5 FUF 0755 FN Fort-de-France, MRT rtty JE

8484 HLR 1500 Seoul Radio KOR cw cq THE

8502 XSG 1150 Shanghai Radio, CHN cw cq THE

8551,6 CTP 1020 NATO Lisbon, POR rtty JE

8602,5 TAH 1510 Istanbul Radio, TUR cw cq THE

8625,9 GYU 1025 RN Gibraltar, GIB rtty JE

8636 HLW 2228 Seoul Radio, KOR cw cq PC

8670 IAR 1436 Rome Radio, I cw PC

8683,5 LFI 1030 Rogaland Radio, NOR rtty JE

8785 UGE 1414 Archangelsk Radio, RUS PC

8806 FFL 1035 St.Lys Aero, F wx rtty JE

10100,8 DDK 1030 Hamburg Meteo, D rtty JE

10428 8BY 1150 French Intel, F cw JE

10798,3 FUF 1035 Fort-de France, MRT rtty JE

11039 DDH 1055 Hamburg Meteo, D rtty JE

11090 KVM 1405 Honolulu Meteo, HWA fax JE

11110,5 FUF 0810 FN Fort-de-France MRT JE

12090,2 RFTJ 0820 FF Dakar, SEN JE

12666,5 FUG 0920 FN La Regina, F rtty JE

12823,5 CTP 1705 NATO Lisboa, POR rtty JE

13031 FUF 1025 FN Fort-de-France, MRT rtty JE

13593,7 RFFA 0930 MOD Paris, F JE

16951,5 6WW 0945 DN Dakar, SEN rtty JE

16986 CTP 0950 NATO Lisbon, POR rtty JE

Thanks to JE/UK and PC/Italy, who contributed here, ed. THE

just a short note concerning logs SWN/MAR 2003 – DAO12 is Kiel

Radio, a station founded 2-3y. ago. It´s a commecial stn. and has

nothing to do with the old Kiel Radio using call DAO till many years

ago.(Hans-Dieter Buschau) thanks! The addr. to this new is:

Holtenauerstr.238, D-24106 Kiel – Gen.Mgr. Martin Rencke, (the)

NDB – NON DIRECTIONAL BEACONS

284,5 MA 0010 Cabo Machichaco, E JR

315 STK 0800 Stadskanaal, HOL THE

320 PD 1930 Padun, RUS THE

323 GT 0810 Hamburg, D THE

326 YW 1450 DUC Tyra West A, IW THE

330 CRS 0135 Cres, ROU JE

330 HR 1915 Kharkov, UKR THE

330 QH 1955 Pechora, RUS THE

330 SO 1455 Eelde, HOL THE

332 LL 1505 Lille-Lesquin, F THE

332 NV 1515 Amsterdam, HOL THE

339 HAM 0830 Hamburg, D THE

342 GG 1530 Eelde, HOL THE

349 HN 0840 Hohn, D THE

350,5 FU 0850 Hamburg, D THE

351,5 PLA 22310 Pula, HRV JR

352 CG 1955 Stockholm-Arlanda S THE

360 DL 2010 Stockholm-Arlanda S THE

361 RO 1815 Kauhava, FIN THE

362 SRN 1545 South Arne Field, IW THE

370 GAC 2325 Gacho, YUG JR

372 NDO 1005 Nordholtz, D THE

373 BTH 2215 Barth, D JR

376 R 1645 Pärnu, EST THE

376,5 ORI 2320 Bergamo, I JR

378 OKI 0123 Sturovo, SVK JR

380 ULA 1600 ULA BP, IW THE

387 SLT 0645 Sylt, D THE

390 JEV 0659 Jever, D THE

401,5 BET 1715 Bentlage, D THE

406,5 BOT 0600 Bottrop, D THE

408 MZL 0110 Mizil, ROU JR

413 BOA 0105 Bologna, I JR

416 RA 0615 OID, which one??? THE

423 ZO 0205 Nis, YUG JR

425 PI 1845 Pii, UKR THE

425 HJ 2040 Mamadysh, RUS THE

430 AJ 1850 Staritsa, RUS THE

435 SM 1855 Semenivka, UKR THE

445 TU 0015 Tuzla, BIH JR

475 AM 1940 Kazan, RUS THE

486 KL 0000 Krasny Sulin, RUS JR

493 LD 2355 Krasnodar-Pashkovsky JR

515 SL 1800 Sukhodol, RUS THE

525 CH 1930 Cherniakiv, UKR THE

564 OK 2030 Luskovo, RUS THE

588 P 2015 Katowice, POL THE

thanks a lot to JR/Sweden – the rest was your ed. THE

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DSWCI Short Wave News May/June 2003

Medium Wave News

And Loggings

Edited By Ray Browell

E-Mail ray@browellr.freeserve.co.ukMail Address 13, Springbank Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 4PB England

CANADA Ottawa, Apr 18 (CRU) --- The Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) awarded a license for an expanded band AM station today to Father Hernán Astudillo on behalf of an Hispanic community center to be incorporated as the San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre. The new 1,000-watt fulltime station on 1610 AM is one of four new stations authorized by CRTC today in a public notice. Sixteen competing applications had been filed for five AM and FM frequencies. The station will broadcast 18 hours a day and 75% of its programming will be ethnic. San Lorenzo plans to broadcast primarily in Spanish, but will also air programs in Italian, Portuguese, and Tagalog (the language of the Philippines), as well as some programs in Canada`s two national languages, English and French. San Lorenzo will devote 60% of its programming to one language, Spanish. As the CRTC notes, this is the first time it has authorized an ethnic station that will broadcast principally in one minority language, but it feels that the growing Hispanic population of Toronto warrants the unprecedented authorization. ``The Commission considers that, given the real and anticipated growth within the GTA`s Spanish-speaking communities, it is in the public interest to license an additional radio station that concentrates on providing programming in Spanish.`` it said. Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, April 18 2003, SW Bulletin, Translated by SWB editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST

CHINA Today on 16 April the relays of China Radio International will start via Sitkunai (Lithuania) 1557 kHz (100kWND). The schedule: 1900-2000 Russian, 2000-2030 Polish, 2030-2100 English, 2100-2200 Chinese. Bernd Trutenau-LTU

For those hearing CC on 1593kHz I have noticed that CNR-1 has increased it's power considerably (to block Taiwan Fisheries?). It now dominates the channel at s/on 2000UT // to 1377 kHz. Chris Martin via MWOZ

CROATIA. CROATIAN RADIO TO START 24-HOUR BROADCASTS FOR DIASPORA | Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Zagreb, 7 May: On Croatian Radio and Television Day, 15 May, Croatian Radio will begin broadcasting a 24-hour programme for Croatian emigrants. The programme will be called "The Voice of the Homeland". The programme is intended for Croats outside the homeland but also for the international public. It will be broadcast on short and medium wave and via satellite signals. The programme will be available on the Internet too. The programme will air in Croatian, English and Spanish. Source: HINA news agency, Zagreb, in English 1708 gmt 7 May 03 (via BBCM via WORLD OF RADIO 1181, DXLD) Details, especially on SW??? (gh, DXLD

A foreign service of Hrvatski Radio, besides SW frequencies also broadcasts on 1134 (not // 1125). Heard programmes in Croatian, Spanish: 0230-0300, English: 1800-1803, 0200-0230 (May). Programmes at 1800 is only 3 min duration (Robert Petraitis, Lithuania in an email (9/5-2003), Medium Wave Circle email list) Croatia on 1134 is in English at 1500 (Stefano Valianti, Italy, May 17th ibid) I hear Voice of Croatia in English at 2200-2203 on 1134 with news (Steve Whitt, Yorkshire, UK, May 17th, ibid., all via Mike Barraclough, DXLD)

The programme in English at 1500 gmt on 1134 kHz continues until 1530.Stefano Valianti, Italy, May 18th, Medium Wave Circle email list via Barralclough, DXLD

following the change in the schedule of V of Croatia on 28th April I haven't heard any English news so emailed the station to find out if they still carried English. Their reply mentions 1134 kHz mediumwave only, with English at 0600, 1000, 1500, 1800 and 2200 UT:- Dear Mr. Pennington, Thank you for listening to our program. We are a small, but determined team and are hoping to make the time spent with us as fun as possible. You can tune into the English portion of our program every day at 8, noon, 17, 20 and 24 hours CE[S]T on medium waves 1134. Hope you enjoy the program and let us know what you think about it. Yours sincerely, Sandra Kalogjera, editor [English at 2200-2225 UT on 1134 easily heard here in the UK with "Croatia Today" programme. Shortwave 6165 and 13830 didn't carry this English programme at 2200 although these frequencies were in parallel with 1134 in Croatian earlier in the evening, 18 May] Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK, Caversham UK, via DXLD

GERMANY Sender Freies Berlin becomes history On 1 May 2003, Sender Freies Berlin will cease to exist after almost half a century. The station, which began broadcasting western programmes into the former German Democratic Republic in 1954, is merging with Ostdeutschen Rundfunk Brandenburg to form a new broadcasting organisation called Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB). In the short term, nothing much will change apart from the name and logos of the two stations. But full integration is planned for further down the line, and that could lead to significant job losses.For the moment, especially since a Director has not yet been appointed for RBB, it's business as usual. © Radio Netherlands Media Network. 29 April 2003

Re. ´´For the moment, especially since a Director has not yet been appointed for RBB, it's business as usual.´´ Actually Dagmar Reim was elected as director of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg already on March 24, as first female director of an ARD member institution ever. Officially her assumption of office rolls off RBB tonight at midnight. Ms. Reim can be seen with SFB director Horst Schättle after her appointment on this page (probably expiring this night): http://www.orb.de/_/fusion/aktuell_jsp.html

Foreseeable prospects so far are that the two TV networks, RBB Fernsehen Brandenburg (ex ORB-Fernsehen) and RBB Fernsehen Berlin (ex SFB1) will be replaced by a single new one. The radio networks Radio 3 (ORB) and Radio Kultur (SFB) will be combined, too. But so far no detailed decisions exist simply because indeed no heads of department were appointed yet. The item written by Andy gives also interesting insights into the West European view on the German eastside. The story as seen from Hilversum is ´´Sender Freies Berlin becomes history´´. Apparently Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg does not matter, except for the circumstance that SFB will disappear by way of merging with ORB. Well, quite a lot of people here have a different angle. Some thoughts in short: ORB was founded very late in 1991 after the attempts to create a common broadcasting institution of Berlin, Brandenburg, Sachsen-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern finally failed. The station started broadcasting from tiny shacks on the DEFA (GDR successor of UFA) movie studio grounds at Potsdam-Babelsberg (until 1994 some radio programming was produced at Berlin Nalepastraße instead). Common guess was that ORB will soon disappear and SFB assume responsibility for broadcasting in Brandenburg, too. But not so, ORB grew up, the shacks disappeared and made way for new studio buildings. And more importantly the programming maintaining a high standard, and -- well, is different. And so it is a real merger that will come into force just a few hours ago. Via Kai Ludwig

From http://ukradio.com/news/articles/319BFF88DB21456FA5B353047FA7EB75.asp Deutschland Radio joins DRM Inaugural Line Up Submitted by: Published: Friday, 23 May 2003 DeutschlandRadio's live, daily Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) broadcasts on the medium-wave/AM band will be a part of DRM's Inaugural Broadcasts event on June 16th, 2003 The much publicised event will take place at the Château de Penthes in Geneva, debut during the International Telecommunications

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Union's (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC 2003). It marks the moment at which leading broadcasters transmit local,national and international DRM broadcasts simultaneously. Deutsche Welle, Radio Netherlands, Swedish Radio International and T-Systems Media&Broadcast will also participate. DeutschlandRadio's test transmissions have been part of DRM's field tests process since 2001. DeutschlandRadio will broadcasts news and information, including special broadcasts for elections and major sporting events, in German terrestrial on medium-wave / AM DAB, FM, LF, MF, SW and additionally via cable and satellite, 24-hours-a-day. The DRM broadcasts on MF 855 (2.7 kW) will reach Berlin and its surrounding regions, as well as parts of Central Europe. DRM is the world's only non-proprietary, digital system for short- wave, medium-wave/AM and long-wave with the ability to use existing frequencies and bandwidth across the globe. With clear, near-FM quality sound that offers a dramatic improvement over analogue, DRM will revitalize radio. BDXC

INDIA I am at my native place near Cochin in Kerala, South India.I have noticed the following monitoring info on AIR from here. 1017 kHz Mysore. Off air when their FM transmitter started recently. 1017 kHz Chennai C 20 kw (ex 1395) 1332 kHz Mangalore. Off air when their FM transmitter started recently. 1431 kHz Kozhikode not heard. Maybe off air when their new FM transmitter started recently. I hope to be back in Hyderabad in early May 2003. Via Jose Jacob

AIR, BBC talk swap If all goes according to plan, Indians in Britain will soon be able to hear desi numbers from All India Radio (AIR) on BBC's domestic FM channels while people here will be able to listen to entertainment and lifestyle programmes from the Beeb courtesy AIR. An hour-long meeting between senior executives of Prasar Bharati and BBC here on Monday explored the possibility of swapping airtime on each other's home turf. If the agreement both sides discussed actually gets signed, the programme swapping will begin on August 15, Independence Day. The BBC will be given an equal one-hour slot on AIR's medium wave. While there is a restriction on BBC dishing out news and current affairs, no such conditions inhibit AIR programmes in the UK. "If we can raise money on the BBC programme, we can have it," said a senior Prasar Bharati official. However, the BBC sounds a little cautious by pointing out that no agreement has yet been clinched. "A meeting was held on Monday which dealt with a wide range of issues; no agreement was reached on any of these," a BBC World Service spokesperson said on Wednesday. - The Times of India (From : Indiantelevision.com) Alokesh Gupta DX India

The unusual relay of AIR Patna via Delhi on 11620 kHz (due to problems of MW transmitter of Patna) which was on air for the past 2 weeks, seems to be over. Just now at 1515 UTC 11620 is noted with External Service programs like in the past. For the last couple of days I had monitored AIR Patna reactive on 621 kHz and there were no announcementsabout the SW frequency lately. Even at 1130 UTC today I heard the sign on of evening transmission of Patna relayed on 11620. Jose Jacob VU2JOS via DX India

IRAQ Radio Voice of Mujahedin on 720 kHz: I listened to this station again on the evening of 17th of April at 1717 UTC. This time the ID was more comprehensive. It went something like this (be warned, the transliteration is far away from perfect): 'Sawt'ul Mujahedin. Idha'atu kumulati ta ikum ala mouzeti FM. Megda ruha 90.1 ('tizayn bareza wahid') megahertz. Balakalika ala mouzatyn mutawaka tatem, tuluha 720 ('sabamea wa ishrin-a') kilohertz." So it appears to be an established station with fixed frequencies. The signal is powerful; it is among first ones to pop up in the band as the twilight zone comes near. But what is it? My bet is on one of the listed Iranian transmitter sites; Tayebad or Shahr-e-Kord. Maybe the latter one? Pentti Lintujärvi, Helsinki, Finland, dxing.info via DXLD

Iraq Media Network - heard on 1170 kHz - also announces as "The Voice of New Iraq". This radio station broadcasting in Arabic was

observed by BBC Monitoring on 1170 kHz from tune-in at 1640 gmt on 17 April. Programme content was mostly music with occasional announcements, typically translating as "You are still listening to the Iraq Media Network, on 1170 kHz mediumwave". BBC Monitoring

Information Radio on 4500 kHz is not on today; yesterday 24/4/03 they were on with a new OM rather than the famous one I used to identify working for both information radio and R. Tikrit. I think now as he's doing everything in the transmission of radio Sumer on 1584 kHz which replaced R. Tikrit so he has no time for Information Radio. BTW he announced his name while reading the news on Radio Sumer, "the news read by Ibrahim Naser". Now we know his name, wish I could get the name of that YL on Information Radio as well. Otherwise I'll nickname her as Baghdad rose --- hint hint-Tokyo rose ;)1566 kHz, Two Rivers Radio is on today 25/4/03. They still broadcast these messages to the Iraqi people: "the collation forces will leave Iraq after having a government in your country"; "Dear Iraqi people, Saddam is either dead or vanished he and his murderers followers will not threaten you any more so enjoy your freedom"; "apart from having their necks in danger, the coalition forces did something else. They found millions of dollars hidden by the ex-regime. Now that money is back to the Iraqi people"; "after decades of threats to the Shiite in Iraq, you can enjoy and rejoice with this freedom" --- stuff like that all the time. They as well still have that guy who never IDed himself, having a long talk about "now this is the moment of the labor of a new Iraq... it may be hard but it's the moment we have been waiting for. . . Iraq will be back to its well known position, the wounds of the Iraqi people will heal, Iraq will be as it used to be, the light for this world". V. of Mujahideen on 720 kHz is on with heavy QRM from BBC Arabic, still audible but very weak. will see about R. Sumer and Almostaqbal tonight. All the best guys, Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Apr 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST

RADIO FARDA ON 1170 KHZ FROM UAE From today, the IBB's Radio Farda service to Iran is broadcasting 24 hours a day on a new mediumwave frequency, 1170 kHz, from Dhabayya in the UAE. I was monitoring Radio Farda on shortwave yesterday and noticed bubble jamming on 13680 kHz, but not on parallel 21530 kHz. That was probably due to propagation. It will be interesting to see if they try to jam 1170, especially as it's also the frequency used for the Iraq Media Network/Radio Iraq broadcasts from Umm Qasr. That transmitter is apparently only 20 kW and the signal is weak in most of Iraq, though they advertise it as a "nationwide" service. The fact that the Iraqis are complaining about the lack of a decent radio service, and the availability of high power mediumwave facilities that could get a decent signal to them, does make me wonder about the US government's priorities when it comes to the rebuilding of Iraq and other issues affecting the Middle East Andy Sennitt, Holland, May 8, RN blog via DXLD

UNIDENTIFIED RADIO URGES IRAQI PEOPLE NOT TO ATTACK US-LED FORCES An unidentified radio station was observed by BBC Monitoring fading in at 1650 gmt on 6 May on 909 kHz, a frequency (believed to be from a transmitter in Baghdad) that had been used by Republic of Iraq Radio before the fall of the Saddam Husayn regime. At 1655 gmt, the radio was heard to carry what appeared to be an appeal urging the Iraqi people not to clash with the US-led forces and threatening that violators "will be arrested and will face criminal charges". The appeal also urged "Iraqi citizens to go to work". Source: BBC Monitoring research 6 May 03 (via DXLD)

Iraq Radio Main programme Via Hot Bird satellite at 13 degrees east (scheduled 0255-0015) - 603 kHz - Ninawah near Mosul (scheduled 0255-0015) - 693 kHz - Basrah (scheduled 0255-0015) - 756 kHz - Unknown location - 846 kHz - Nasiriyah (scheduled 0255-0015) - 909 kHz - Baghdad (scheduled 0255-0015) - 1044 kHz - Unknown location - Voice of Youth 1044 kHz - Unknown location (scheduled 24 hours) - 846 kHz - Unknown location (schedule not yet ascertained) - Iraq News Agency (INA) Web site Information Radio

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693 kHz - Unknown location - 756 kHz - Unknown location - Radio Tikrit (1900-2100) 1584 kHz - Unknown location - Voice of Liberation (1730-1930) 1206 kHz - Unknown location - 4025 kHz - Unknown location - BBCM Apr 25, 2003 for CRW

ISRAEL The Israel Broadcasting Authority will be firing some 500 employees and shutting down six unprofitable Voice of Israel radio stations, after the government decided to gradually reduce the annual charge for radios in cars from NIS 131 to NIS 38. At a meeting of the IBA administrative committee, IBA's general manager, Yosef Barel, described the ramifications of reducing the charge. The first cut, in September 2003, will be by 40%, followed by a 30% cut in each of the following two years. The drop will reduce the IBA's revenues by NIS 90 million during that time, Barel said. The stations facing closure are all ones not financed by advertising, or which cannot break even - in fact, all the IBA stations except for Reshet Bet, Reshet Gimmel, and 88FM. The ones slated for the can are Kol Hamusika (classical music), Reshet Aleph, Reshet Heh (short-wave broadcasts to overseas audiences), Radio Olim (new immigrants) and Reshet Moreshet, Barel said. Reshet Daled, which broadcasts in Arabic, will be merged with the IBA's Middle East station, he said. The IBA administrative committee resolved to ask the government and Knesset Finance Committee to reopen debate on the IBA's future under the treasury's new economic program. The IBA claims that the treasury's budget department misled the government, in that the economic program was based on erroneous figures. They say that the cost of producing Voice of Israel radio broadcasts in Hebrew and Arabic is NIS 341 million a year, not NIS 255 million as the treasury says. Meanwhile, the IBA has entrusted its Radio Committee to look at alternative ways to implement budget cuts. "The government resolution is a mortal blow to public broadcasting," said the committee chairman, Avraham Nathan, "but the authority must take necessary steps of streamlining, reducing manpower, and eliminating unprofitable radio stations." The plan to reform the IBA was brought to the government a month ago, by the finance minister and the minister of industry and trade. They proposed to gradually reduce radio and television fees over three years, while separating the accounts of the radio and television units. At first the treasury had proposed to entirely abolish television tax, which today stands at NIS 515 a year. That will be lowered by 10% come September, and lowered to NIS 260 within three years. Marie Lamb via Cumbre DX

ITALY Thanks to tip from David Duckworth near Salisbury, who heard this Italian from Momigno on 1584 kHz in stereo on his AM-Stereo Walkman earlier this evening, I was surprised to hear Glenn Hauser's World of Radio (last week's edition 1179) via Studio X with fair peaks in the mix on 1584 this evening (Sun 4th May) from 1935 tune-in through to Glenn's "standard disclaimer" at 2003 UTC when reverted to Italian with an Italian song. Fair peaks when Studio X dominant (around sunset here) but also faded out for 2 or 3 minute periods at times. Studio X is also scheduled to carry World of Radio Fridaysat 2300 on 1584 (and 1566 which is blocked by UK stations here though). Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK, Caversham UKAOR 7030+ / K9AY

1584 MW, R Studio. Since Jan 01, 2003, Dario Monferini is no longer verie signed of this private station. Therefore send your reception reports directly to the station at Via Mammianese 687, IT-51030 Momigno (PT). Monferini via A Petersen

MACEDONIA. 810, Radio Macedonia has started a Foreign Service on MW. The schedule is as follows: 1800 Bulgarian, 1830 Greek, 1900 Albanian, 1930 Serbian, 2000 Radio Dvadesetidva (R. 22) starts with relay of the news from program 1, 2030 Voice of Homeland in Macedonian. The transmission ends at 2400. Deutsche Welle's evening transmission starts at 1430 until 1700. Languages are Albanian, Macedonian and Serbian. During 2004 DW and MR will start DRM-tests on 810 kHz acc. to Mr. Ljupco Mancevski, technical director Bengt Ericson, ARC Info Desk, DXLD

NETHERLANDS: New deadline for NOS 1 on MW It appears that NOS Radio 1 will be removed from mediumwave (891 / 20 kW and 1008 / 400 kW) effective June 1st:http://www.nozema.nl/radiotv/LandelPubFr_R.html It is subject of

discussion at present if and when Radio 10 FM will be forced off mediumwave, too (675/ 120 kW). Kai Ludwig

16 May 2003 As the formation of a new Dutch government gets closer, the coalition's budget proposals have been published. As far as public broadcasting is concerned, the new government plans to reduce spending in 2004-2007 by 10, 30, 40 and 50 million euros respectively. That reduction will be spread across all the public broadcasters. Radio Netherlands management say this will not make any difference to the restructuring plan already announced for this organisation, which had already taken into account the expected budget shortfall. Difficult choices will now have to be made at other public broadcasters, though the phasing in of the budget cuts should minimise the need for compulsory redundancies. A more likely scenario is that the number of jobs will be reduced through "natural wastage." Via Media Network

Just in from laserradio@yahoogroups.com In association with our Dutch partners, Laser Radio Limited has successfully applied for broadcasting licences in the Netherlands. With our Dutch partner Quality Radio, we have won the following AM broadcasting frequencies: 828 kHz, 1035 kHz, 1224 kHz, 1395 kHz and 1557 kHz Andrew Yeates, Managing Director of Laser Radio Limited said 'This is a tremendous result and shows the strength of our applications and future plans for AM broadcasting. We have some exciting programming planned, which will transform AM listening across the Benelux and surrounding markets'

Managing Director of Quality Radio, Ruud Poeze, was equally delighted with the result and was looking forward to building a strong radio brand in the Netherlands.

The broadcasting licences will be valid for an eight year period.

NEW ZEALAND. POWER ACROSS THE PACIFIC --- This is the headline of a feature on the Internet website of the Auckland Radio Trust and World Service NZ, encouraging feedback from overseas listeners to their signal on 1476 AM – carrying BBC World Service programmes 24 hours aday. The website states that ``the transmitter at Puketutu Island in the Manukau Harbour was built by Blythe Radio Systems of New Brighton, Christchurch. It is licenced for 48.0 Max dbw which covers much of New Zealand, and North and East into the Pacific Ocean, with the primary coverage area being the North Island from Taupo northwards. The aerial system consists of two masts built at sea level which give directional properties to the signal and were originally used for Radio Hauraki when the offshore station was licensed for operating on land. Amongst the many listeners overseas to World Service NZ on 1476 AM are the crew of the cargo vessel `Baltimar Boreas` which runs from Auckland to Noumea in New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands. The station also has listeners in Rarotonga in the Southern Cook Islands group, and has had reports of the station being heard in Japan.`` The website also says that correspondence from listeners outside of New Zealand is welcomed. Recently agreement was reached for links between the site http://www.worldservice.co.nz/ and the DX League`s website http://www.radiodx.com May NZ DX Times via DXLD

NORWAY Re: ``The decision to shut down all R. Norway International (NRK) operations due to budget cuts affects the 1.2 megawatt transmitter on Kvitsøy Island, 1314 kHz. This is to be switched off,`` etc... This must be some VERY old stuff! And incorrect! This was briefly mentioned in December 2001, but was never a reality. - 1314 that is. NRK and DR on shortwave from Norway, MAY be history after Jan 1st 2004, but there are no indications that 1314 (nor any other AM outlets - 630, 675, 153) will be leaving the air in the forseeable future! The contracts between NRK and Norkring for the AM- transmitters are for a much longer period of time than SW. As for the

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SW-outlets, everybody seems to be waiting for the end of contract by January 1st. Merlin probably expect a good bargain offer as and when NRK/DR leaves, and maybe Norkring will give a last minute offer to NRK/DR they can't say no to? Time will show. Officially NRK and DR will end SW-transmissions on December 31st this year Bernt Erfjord, DX-News, Norway, Apr 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST

As for 1314, and the other medium/ longwave outlets, they have an important position for ships, fisheries etc, and the contract with Norkring last even longer than Jan 1st 2004, so no danger of losing those in the near future! Bernt via Kai Ludwig, DXLD

RUSSIA I've added MW bandscan section to my web site. That is a table of mediumwave stations more or less regularly heard in Kazan, Russia. You may access it through the DX Library; and there is a direct link from English homepage as well. The table contains only 531 ... 576 kHz for the moment, and new data will be regularly added. http://dxsignal.info/indexen.htm (entry point for readers in English) Dmitry Mezin Kazan, Russia

Far East Broadcasting Company's Russian Ministries (www.febc.org/russia www.radiotserkov.ru) have purchased the long established AM station Teos St. Petersburg, enabling FEBC to establish a full time local radio ministry in the second-largest city of Russia. FEBC St. Petersburg, 1089 AM, will broadcast to some five million people in the Greater St.Petersburg area on a 20 kW medium wave transmitter.Since 1 May 2003, 1089 AM has been on the air with FEBC organisedprogrammes from 7.00 to 24.00 h local time daily. The main emphasis of the station is on Christian evangelism and building a bridge between the community and Christian congregations, modelled after FEBC Moscow's ministry in connecting radio listeners with local churches in the area. Types of programmes on the station will include Bible teaching, counselling, talk-shows and music. Far East Broadcasting Company originally started out as a missionary radio station on short wave but since the 90s has moved to a more diversified approach establishing more and more local FM and AM stations. In the case of Russia, FEBC short wave broadcasting started in the late 40s from the Philippines, while local ministries started in 1992 with programmes in Khabarovsk. Today, there are several regional ministries while nationwide coverage is still provided by some ten hours via short wave station KGEI Saipan. In the 90s activities mainly concentrated on Siberia and Ukraine, but more recently FEBC's Russian Ministries also moved to European Russia. "Radiotserkov" first broadcast radio programmes in St. Petersburg in June 2002 from another local station (three hours on Olguno 684 kHz, 10 kW). It should be noted that beside Russian FEBC also maintains many other programmes in national and regional languages of the former USSR. While many of the programmes are produced within the Russian federation, FEBC still actively seeks overseas funding especially among US donors. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, M.Terry BDXC

SWEDEN Swedish Radio International (SR International) will commence its live, daily Digital Radio MondialeÔ (DRMÔ) broadcasts on June 16th, 2003. Its transmissions will debut in conjunction with DRM's Inaugural Broadcasts event in Geneva, during the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC 2003). The precise moment of the world's first DRM broadcasts will be marked at a spectacular reception at Geneva's Château de Penthes on June 16th. "We are proud and happy to be among the first DRM broadcasters. I think cooperation, the way DRM consortium and its members are developing it, is an efficient way to secure DRM's future success, which is a must for AM radio to survive in a digital media environment," says Anne Sseruwagi, Director of SR International. "DRM will be the solution even for us smaller actors in the international broadcasting scene." SR International has been a member of the DRM consortium since 2000. SR International will broadcast 3.5 program hours per week in English to the East Coast of the United States, covering Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore. The RS International broadcasts will be relayed via CBC/Radio Canada International's site in Sackville, Canada.

Deutsche Welle and Radio Netherlands have also announced their participation in DRM's Inaugural Broadcasts event. In the coming weeks, more of the world' s best-known broadcasters and network operators will confirm their participation in DRM's historic moment. DRM is the world's only non-proprietary, digital system for short-wave, medium-wave/AM and long-wave with the ability to use existing frequencies and bandwidth across the globe. With clear, near-FM quality sound that offers a dramatic improvement over analogue, DRM will revitalize the broadcasting bands below 30 MHz. From Radio Newsletter

SWITZERLAND The reported DRM transmissions from Sottens on 1566 are limited to the period from June 15 til June 21, related to the WARC at Geneve. Programming will be the same than on 765, output power probably some 10 kW. Regular DRM services in Switzerland are described as "still far away". Christian Brülhart, Switzerland, April 22 via Kai Ludwig

TURKS & CAICOS. When did Caribbean Christian Radio come back on 1020? They've been off for several years now Randy Stewart, Springfield MO, April 19, NRC-AM via DXLD Conditions

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USA Radio Farda on mediumwave from UAE New in the IBB schedule at http://sds.his.com:4000/fmds_z/schedules/cur_freqsked.txt is 1170 kHz carrying Radio Farda 24h from Dhabayya, UAE. This will probably wipe out reception of the Iraqi transmitter at Umm Qasr on the same frequency. Andy Sennitt Via HCDX

KSDO-1130 San Diego has been sold and is now running a Spanish format. I haven't listened to the format much yet, but an article in the SD Union this morning says it's a "nueva vida" kind of (Protestant?) religious format, which is basically what XEXX-1420 has been running recently. KSDO had been managed into oblivion by Sneer Channel, who moved all the high rated local and syndicated programming to KOGO-600 some time ago in their usual fashion. Hey, if Sneer Channel sells (or stops managing) just one more station in this market, they won't be breaking the law anymore (at least in San Diego!). 73, Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA, May 17, amfmtvdx via DXLD

UK The Radio Authority has renewed the licences for Tyne and Wear, currently held by Metro Radio Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary of Emap Performance Ltd., broadcasting as Metro Radio FM and Magic 1152 AM. The automatic licence renewal for the two stations, is a result of their commitment to Digital Radio in Tyne and Wear.Under the terms of the Broadcasting Act 1996, a local radio licence holder is entitled to apply for an automatic renewal of its licence, if it is providing (or is committed to provide) a programme service on a 'relevant' digital radio multiplex. The Authority regards a 'relevant' multiplex as one which provides digital coverage of at least 25% of the population already covered by the analogue licencein question. The condition of these renewed local FM and AM licences will require Metro Radio to do all that it can to ensure the continued provision of the digital services. Both licences will be renewed for a further eight years effective from 15th July 2003. Via Radio Newsletter

RSLs 1134 Radio Vodafone Derby (Epsom Race Course) on air from 06/06/03 to 07/06/03 Ed via Radio Authority Website

The LT RSL for the Hull Royal Infirmary on 1350Khz is now back on air after a break of almost 4 weeks due to antenna failure. (many thanks to Chris McWhinnie for his recommendation of someone to help and his assistance!) Andy Donkin via BDXC

OTHER NEWS From Earthradio HOT NEWS REPORT !!! News today that a radio ship recently purchased is to be moved to a port in Spain / Portugal and refurbished as a radio station enabling it to transmit on the AM/SW bands and the ship is to anchor somewhere between Ireland and the UK mainland , although these reports are from a reliable source they are as yet to be confirmed but more or less fit into reports of the last few days from other sources. Mike Brand via BCL News

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Several years ago somebody sent me a reprint of an article written by Dallas Lankford on building ultralinear mediumwave amplifiers. These amps apparently have extremely good specs with extremely low levels of 2nd and 3rd order intermodulation distortion, which according to this article, "offers much higher levels of strong signal handling perfomance than previously available". Dallas writes that a 2nd order input intercept of greater than 95 dBm can be achieved on the mediumwave band. Overall the design sounds very good and worth going to the effort of constructing.For those of you who haven't used a preamp before, I can assure you that it makes a huge difference on an antenna in a quiet location between the time signals start to fade in (early afternoon) and sunset. After sunset though, preamps generally don't do a lot due to overall stronger signal levels and interference. They do however make a difference if you are sharing one antenna between 2 receivers (you'll also need a splitter after the preamp to do this). When I was DXing for the mediumwave Latins at Marlo, a weak and barely audible signal fed into a couple of 9dB preamps (in series) brought it up to a level which was perfectly readable.I'm seriously considering building a couple of these units up and testing them out in the next few months. If there is sufficient interest, I am also considering building a number of these amplifiers and selling them to interested people. At the moment I am looking at building perhaps 20 of the amps and then calling it a day. I haven't calculated the total costs yet as I'm still receiving quotes for parts from the USA, but I would expect prices to run somewhere between $50 and $80 per amplifier. A major component in the total cost is thediecast metal box and the connectors, but I would be quite happyjust to make them up without the enclosure & connectors if that's what people want. As the 2 transistors used in this design don't seem to be readily available here in Australia (2N5109) I'm going to order a couple of spares for my amps just in case any get damaged by static charges on the beverage antennas. If you are interested in getting one (or perhaps two) of these amplifiers built, perhaps consider ordering a couple of spare transistors as well. Each amp uses 2 of these transistors. The average price I've been quoted for them is around US$8 ($16 Aust) each, however I've come across a place that is quoting me around $4 each for them. The only catch is that I might have to purchase a bulk amount! The specs for amps will be : Input & output impedance 50 ohms (no good for loop antennas due to the low impedance, but maybe okay for a KAZ antenna??). I'm not aware of the KAZ antennas impedance characteristics. The gain will be either 9dB (1.5 S-points) or 12dB (2 S-points), I'm still undecided about this. I may end up building some with 9dB and some with 12dB. Power requirements will be 12 volts DC. Input/output connectors will probably be BNC (also undecided). Performance of the amplifier is good all the way up to 30 MHz. So if anyone is interested in this project, let me know so that I can get a rough estimate on component quantities. Dave Headland fi5@iprimus.com.au via MWOZ

BOLIVIAN SURVEY cont [POTOSÍ] 960.1 CP93 Radio Kollasuyo, Potosí; was on the air at 0930-

2400 daily. 1180.0 CP--- Radio Amanecer, Potosí; was on the air at 0930-

0200 daily. The station transmitted simultaneously on 1180 kHz with 2 kW and 102.7 MHz FM stereo with 0.5 kW. A canned identification was given as: "Nada nos detiene. Seguimos adelante en nuestro cometido de defender el desarrollo departamental. Rado Amanecer 1180 kHz amplitud modulada y 102.7 MHz frecuencia modulada desde la cima del gran Potosí, Bolivia." Owner/Director: Cristólogo Alemán A. Studio: Plaza Alonso de Ibañez entre Pasaje Boulevard, Potosí, Bolivia.

1235.0 CP53 Radio Indoamérica, Potosí; has been off the air for a couple of years. The station transmitted on 102.1 MHz FM stereo instead of from the medium wave outlet.

1300.0 CP82 Cooperativa Radial Electra, Potosí; has been off the air for a couple of years. The station transmitted on 95.1 MHz FM stereo with an output power of 0.25 kW

instead of from the medium wave outlet. New address: Prolongación Calle Padilla No. 19, Potosí. Bolivia.

1480.0 CP--- Patrimonio Radiodifusión, Potosí; was on the air at 0950-0100 daily. Opening announcement was given as follows: "Muy buenos días amigos oyentes. Con la bendición de Dios, el todopoderoso, iniciamos otra jornada de trabajo al servicio del pueblo, el cual nos sede. Con la bendeción del supremo hacedor, hoy sea otro día de información, deporte, cultura, música y mucho entretenimiento. Patrimonio Radiodifusióm les invita desde este momento a disfrutar a lo largo de varias horas una variedad de programas." Studio: Calle Víctor Flores No. 410, Potosí, Bolivia.

TIN via Anker Petersen

MEMBERS LOGGINGS MW stations heard on São Tomé e Príncipe by Anker Petersen on March 03-16, 2003 using a portable Sangean ATS909 with the build-in ferrite antenna. During daytime only the two local stations at Pinheira, São Tomé on 945 and 1530 were audible, so all other stations were heard at night. 531 NIG Ondo R Vision, Akure 0503 531 SUI Musikwelle, Beromünster 2050 549 NIG Kano B.C., Tukun Tawa 2200 549 GAB RTG 2, Oyem 1830 567 NIG FRCN, Alaho 2253 567 I Raiuno, Caltanisetta 2056 567 RUS R Rossii, Volgograd 2058 576 BUL R Christo Boteo, Vidin 2102 585 NIG FRCN, Abakaliki 0505 686 TUN RTT, Gafsa 2105 594 NIG FRCN, Jaji 2240 603 NIG Ogun R, Ibese 0506 612 MRC RTM, Sebaa-Aioun 2110 621 NIG Anambra B.C., Akwa 0509 621 EGY ERTU, Voice of Arabs, Batra 2118 621 E RNE 1, Palma de Mallorca 2130 630 TUN RTT, Tunis 2132 648 G BBC W.S., Orfordness 2200 657 NIG FRCN, Ibadan 2136 666 D SWR, Rohrdorf 2205 675 NIG R Oyo, Obomasho 0559 675 LBY LJB, Benghazi 2140 684 E RNE 1, Sevilla 0514 693 NIG Kogi B.C., Ayanga 0515 702 NIG Taraba State B.S., Wukari 0512 711 F France Info, Rennes 0518 720 NIG Imo B.C., Owerri 0558 729 E RNE 1, (Lograno ?) 0520 738 E RNE 1, Barcelona 0522 756 NIG R Oyo, Ibadan 0525 765 SEN R TV du Sénégal, Dakar 2210 828 NIG FRCN, Enugu 2307 882 E COM R, Barcelona 0531 855 ROM R Romania Actualitati, Bucur. 0325 909 NIG FRCN, Fwagwa Lada 0520 918 NIG R Benue, Makurdi 0559 936 MRC RTMA, Agadir 0534 945 STP R Nacional de São Tomé e P. 1100 963 CYP CBC 1, Nicosia 2215 972 NIG Katsina State B.C., Katsina 0538 990 NIG Lagos State B.C., Ikeja 0522 1008 GRC ERA Kerkyra 1840 1026 NIG Jagiwa B.C., Dutse 0546 1062 NIG Enugu State B.S., Onitsha 0545 1089 NIG FRCN, Sogunle 2246 1089 AGL R Nacional, Mulenvos 2323 1107 NIG FRCN, Jaji 2243 1134 NIG Cross River State B.C., Ogoja 2215 1143 NIG B.C. of Niger State, Bida 0553 1188 AGL Em. Prov. de Malanje, Malanje 0433 1278 AGL Em. Prov. do Cabinda,Cabinda 2320 1296 SDN SNBC, Reba 2155 1314 UAE BBC, Dabiya 2320 1332 I Raiuno, Roma 2153 1404 NIG Bauchi R Corp., Gombe 1904

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1404 GRC ERA Regional, Komotini 2220 1404 LBY LJB, Tripoli 0555 1440 NIG Adamawa B.C., Yola 0610 1458 AGL Em. Prov. do Moxico, Luena 2313 1467 F TWR, Romoules 2140 1476 UAE Emirates R, Dubai 1905 1485 AGL R Kuanza-Sul, Kuanza-Sul 2308 1502 AGL Em. Prov. do Benguela, Beng. 2313 1503 TGO R Kara, Kara 0613 1512 ARS BSKSA, Jeddah 2225 1521 ARS BSKSA, Duba 2130 1530 STP VOA, Pinheira 1620 1530 CVA Vatican R, S.M. di Galeria 2232 1548 KWT R Sawa, Kuwait 0015 1557 F France Info, Nice 2320 Most amazing was that besides the ”local” Central African stations, I was also able with that build-in antenna to pick up fairly good signals from far away stations like 648 BBC Orfordness (distance 5790 km), 567 Volgograd (6500 km) and 1548 Kuwait (5425 km) ! Thus São Tomé e Príncipe is an excellent location for MW DX from all Africa, South and Central Europe and the Middle East ! AP/STP

Here are some logs from Victor Goonetilleke in Columbo. My main MW antenna is a top loaded vertical wire at about 40 feet connected to the top of a coconut palm. At the base I have a ground rod and a few radials. I am looking for a big enough variable capacitor to match it for MW. Receivers: I have the following 2XIcom R71, 1xR70, ICF 2001, ICF 7600D, ICF 100 and ATS 909 but my best is Lowe HF 225. However I am very disappointed with the MW sensitivity of all those receivers. Sometime back I has unfortunate enough(!) to have for a week a friend's Eddystone 840 which beat every one of the modern receivers. Can someone tell me which of the modern receivers is good for MW? Sadly a simple National Panasonic radio cassette out performs all the communications receivers with a small wire. But it is impossible to connect anything like an external antenna. I don't like preamps as they bring in spurs.AFGHANISTAN: Two signals started to be observed from about the beginning of May. 1296 kHz relays of IBB broadcasts in Afghan languages. This include RFE, VOA broadcasts. 1107 kHz used mostly R. Afghanisn Domesric service, but at times relay of VOA. BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY AFDG Diego Garcia is very active on 1485kHz heard during hours of darkness fading in and out on deep fades. 24hour operation. MALDIVES: VOICE OF MALDIVES continues to be heard on 1449 khz throughout the day after 0025 s.on and 1740 s.off. English is from 1300-1400. SRI LANKA: All MW stations of the SLBC other than 602, 855, 873 and TWR 882 and 1548 of DW are off the air. The other transmitters are kept in readyness anyway, if they need to be used. Any foreign relays can hire them for the Domestic audience. Victor Goonetilleke

Here's some material, mostly taken from Friday evening, Saturday & even Sunday morning observations on the SW coast. AZORES1503 kHz AFN, Lajes air Base, Terceira island - no longer an easy & steady catch (even during daytime in certain periods of the year) - was logged on MAY 17 2204-2214 airing a relayed sports prgr. 54433, co-ch QRM de RNE-R5, a stn which became a "pest" after its La Línea (near Cádiz & Gibraltar) tx was installed, otherwise theR5 tx in Galicia alone was easily nulled via the 250 m CeAm Beverage. AFN wasdominating this time though. AFN Lajes webpage: www.lajes.af.mil, which includes many info. & data on our archipelago of the Açores. Authorized power is 1 kW. The MW

scene there is a bleak one thesedays... While the RDP Açores is active via its 3 tr's, R.Lajes - A Voz da Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP), Lajes Air Base, Terceira island, 648 kHz 1 kW and R.Club de Angra - A Voz da Terceira, 909 kHz 10 kW bothbecame irregular, and the Estação Emissora do Club Asas do Atlântico,Vila do Porto, Santa Maria island, 1566 kHz 10 kW is deliberatelysilent for some years now due to costs saving. They all remain pretty much alive on VHF-FM though. Carlos Gonçalves

MW tips, so here is one from myself and two from our member Roland Schulze on the Philippines:

675 Voice of Vietnam HS, VTN, 1200-1230, May 11, Vietnamese // 5975, 7210, 9530 and 17925 SW. (RS) 729 Quang Binh, VTN, 1230-1300 Vietnamese, ID at 1237; QSA 2 and QRM from China (RS) 1557 R China Int. via Sitkunai, LTU, 1945-2005, May 19, Russian talk, Chinese music, 1959 ID, 2000 news in Polish , 54554 (AP)

Historical Here is an article that recently appeared in BC-DX from our World News Editor Noel Green. A friend has passed on to me several copies of "World R - The BBC Foreign Programme Journal - with full information for the Listener and Viewer". The copy I have in front of me is dated July 23rd 1937. I think publication ceased at the outbreak of WWII and did'nt resume. The R Times publication used to carry some information about Continental bcs, but stopped doing so a long time ago. If you enjoy nostalgia, these magazines make for fascinating reading. This edition of 1937 has a paragraph about the Ge R Exhibition - the Berlin Annual R Show - which opened on July 30, where a demonstration of the new 441 line 25 frame inter laced scanning method tv system was to be seen. And amongst the very many listings of bcs from all over Europe there is one for Berlin 841 kc/s (356.7 m) 100 kW - Saturday July 31st which starts "Programme for the R Exhibition, 1937 - R Berlin Day" and then details these...........all in BST UTC +1. 6.0 am Motto ; Weather ; Gym [what is motto?] 6.30-8.0 Noack Band ; at 7.0 News. 8.0 Gym. 8.20 Pfte (I think Pianoforte)8.30 Woitschach Band and Paul Reich Accordian duo from Hall I, R Exhibition 9.30 Variety from the Funkturmgarten 10.0 An Invitation to Old and Young - Kasperle Programme from the R Exhibition 11.0 Folk Music of Berlin and the Kurmark from the Funkturmgarten 12 noon - 2.0 pm Concert from Hall I, R Exhibition. Orchestra, Conducter: Weigel; Rosl Seegers (Soprano); Hans Wocke (Baritone); Helmut Zerlin (Violin); at 1.0- 1.15 Midday Review 2.0 Nx from the Berlin R Exhibition. 2.15 "A Happy Week-end" - Variety Concert from the R Exhibition, Jungherr's Accordian Melodists; Balalaika Orchestra; Ingrid Larsson (Saxophone); Kuster and Keiermeier (Pfte. Duets); Else Wolff (Soprano); de Vogt Songs) 3.15 Exchange ; Markets 3.30 Songs of Youth 3.45 Talk; Football, Handball and Hockey Players in Summer 4.0 For Old and Young - Variety Concert from Hall I, R Exhibition. Berlin Small Station Orchestra, Conducter: Willy Steiner; Bund Band; Niel Wind Band; Engel (Xylophone); Melitta Kiefer and Paul Pruegel (Duets); Betty Sedlmeyer (Soprano); Melina Ursica (Songs); Mueller (Pfte); Carl Heinz Graumann (Tenor); and Ernst Petermann (Patter) 6.0 Folk Music of Berlin and the Kurmark, from the Funkturmgarten 7.0 Evening Review 7.20 The Band of Adolf Hitler's Bodyguard from the Funkturmgarten. Conducter: Hermann Mueller-John 8.0 News 8.10 "Festive Melodies" - Concert from Hall I, R Exhibition Berlin and Deutschlandsender Orchestras and Choirs, the German Choral Society, Conducter: Heinrich Steiner; Tresi Rudolph (Soprano); Walter Ludwig (Tenor); Wilhelm Strienz (Bass); Georg Alexander (Speaker) 10.0 News 1030 pm - 1.0 am (Sunday) Dance Music by the Rink and Heyden Bands Maybe some of these old names mean something to you. I would be more than surprised if all of that could be received in England in July, but listeners may have been able to get the Band of Adolf Hitlers Bodyguard concert! Other German stns seemed to relay parts of these txions, including Koenigsberg (Heilsberg) on 1031 kc/s (291 m) 100 kW Relayed by Danzig 1303 kc/s (230.2 m), and Breslau 950 kc/s (315.8 m) 100 kW Relayed by Gleiwitz 1231 kc/s (243.7 m). Noel R. Green-UK, BC-DX Apr 17

Maybe this will bring back memories for older club members. Ed

Well That’s all for this time thanks to all contributors all contributions are gratefully received. Best 73’s Ray

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ALL OVER THE PLACE Adventist World Radio schedule0000-0100 Hindi/En 9610A 9720A0000-0200 Mandarin 12120G 15370G 17635G0100-0200 Vietnamese 15445P Sa0200-0300 English / Urdu 9820B0230-0330 Fa / Tigr 11945A 0230-0330 Malagasy 3215T 0300-0330 Oro 11710B 0300-0330 Russian/En 15160A0300-0330 Amharic 11975A 0330-0400 Farsi 11965B0330-0400 Kiswahili 11975A 0330-0400 Somali 12015A0400-0500 Bulgarian 7125J 0400-0500 Arabic 15470B0430-0500 French 9645M 0500-0530 English 3215M0500-0530 Yoruba 9600M 0530-0530 English 15105M0530-0630 Ibo / Hausa 15345M0600-0700 Arabic 15250B 15470B0600-0730 Arabic / French 15160J0700-0730 German 7230B 0730-0800 English 9775B0800-0930 Dyula / French / English 17780B0900-0930 English* 3935L Mo 0900-1000 Italian 11880J1000-1100 English / Filipino 11930G1000-1100 Mandarin 15610G 15615G1000-1200 English / Mandarin 11560G1100-1200 Indonesian 15435G1100-1200 Mandarin 11975G 15615G 17835A1130-1200 English 9955U Sa 1200-1300 Mandarin 17835A1200-1300 Jap / English 11980G 1200-1300 Korean 9670G1200-1300 Mandarin 11900G 15150G 15615G 17835A1300-1330 Bangla 15320A1300-1400 Bangla / English 15150G1300-1400 English / Russian 17740A1300-1400 Japanese / Khmer 11705G1300-1500 Mandarin 15615G 1330-1400 Tamil 17865A1330-1500 English / Urdu 15320A1400-1430 English 15725U Su1400-1500 Hindi / Sinhala 17700A1400-1500 Mandarin 11880G1400-1500 Sinhala / Karen 15380G1400-1500 Vietnamese 15550P 1400-1500 Burmese 11930G1400-1700 Indian / Eng 17630A 1500-1530 German 7165B1500-1600 Nep/Marathi 11890G 17700A1500-1600 Punjabi / Hindi 15195G1500-1600 Indian 15575G 1500-1700 Indian / Eng 11975G1530-1630 Malagasy 3215T1600-1700 English 15215G 15235G1600-1800 English / Indian 11560G1630-1700 Romanian 15360J 1630-1700 Farsi 17820B1630-1800 African 15460A 1700-1800 African 12130M1700-1800 Arabic 17735B 1700-1800 Bulgarian 15235J1700-1800 Afar / Oromo 15520A1700-1800 Filipino / English 9835G 12015G1800-1830 English 3215M 9620M 1800-1900 Arabic 15535B1830-2000 English 7130R 9620M 1900-2000 Arabic 15255B1900-2000 African 15270W1900-2000 Fulfuldi / Hausa 15270W1900-2030 Arabic/French 15175J1930-2000 Ibo 17660W 2000-2100 French / Yoruba 15130W2000-2100 English 11750G 11980G 15385W2000-2100 Korean 9740G 11875G

2000-2200 Dyula / French/ English 15140B2100-2130 English* 3935L Tu2100-2200 Mandarin 15195G 15215G2100-2200 Japanese / English 11980G2100-2300 Japanese / English/ Indo 11850G2200-2230 English 15725U Su2200-2400 Mandarin 15120G 15215G2300-0200 Mandarin / Burmese 11770G2300-2400 Vietnamese 15445P 2330-2400 English 15725U Sa

A=Abu Dhabi, UAE ; B=Moosbrunn, AUT ; G=Agat, GUM(KSDA) ; L=Levin, NZL ; M=Meyerton, RSAP=Paochung, TWN ; R=Rimavska Sobota SVKT=Talata, MDG ; U=Miami, FL (WRMI) ; W=Wooferton, UK*=Wavescan program Dr Adrian M. Peterson-AWR (updated) via NASWA

BANGLADESH Bangladesh Betar External Service effectivefrom 31/03/03 to 28/10/03. High Frequency BroadcastingSchedule A03Research and Receiving Centre, National Broadcasting Authority1230-1300 G.O.S (English) 7185 9550 South & South East Asia1315-1345 Nepalese 7185 9550 Nepal1400-1430 Urdu 7185 9550 Pakistan1515-1545 Hindi 7185 9550 India1600-1630 Arabic 7185 9550 Middle East1630-1730 Bengali 7185 9550 Middle East1745-1815 Voice of Islam (English) 7185 9550 15520 Europe1815-1900 G.O.S (English) 7185 9550 15520 Europe1915-2000 Bengali 7185 9550 15520 Europe ALOKESH GUPTA – IND April 09 Cumbre DX

BELARUS Home sce 1 in Belorussian from March 30:0400-0600 NF 11735 MNS 100 kW 075 deg x 7170 for B-02. Observer via BC-DX April 8

CANADA Frequency changes for Radio Canada Internationaleffective from May 4:Arabic 0330-0400 Daily NF 11900 MOS 100 kW 115o x 11945 NF 9645 SKN 300 kW 110o addit \\ 13735 WER 500 kW 120o

French 1100-1200 Mon-Fri NF 9515 SAC 250 kW 212o x 11910 1100-1300 Sat/Sun NF 9515 SAC 250 kW 212o x 11910English 1200-1500 Mon-Fri NF17800 SAC 250 kW 176o x 17820

DRM tests of Radio Canada International effective from June 1:0000-0200 NF 9765 SAC 250 kW / 268 deg, ex 95601000-1600 NF 9730 SAC 250 kW / 268 deg, ex 95551200-1400 on 9535 SAC 250 kW / 268 deg ||||| cancelled2000-2300 on 9740 SAC 250 kW / 268 deg ||||| additional Observer, Bulgaria, May 14 via DXLD

CLANDESTINE Radio Sedaye Iran in Farsi now daily 1530 -1730 on new 17525 – better signal than ex 11575 althoughjammer followed to new frequency. First heard on 26/4.Frequency listed on their homepage is 17510, also before thechange. Wolfgang von Poellnitz – Poland VIA hcdx

This one is believed to be via Issoudan-France ED

IBC-TAMIL AO3 SCHEDULETamil programmes for south and southeast Asia 0000—0100 on 11570 1230-1330 on 17495 D.PRABAKARAN-INDIA via Cumbre DX

11570 via Novosibirsk ; 17495 via Talata Volon-Madagascar

COSTA RICA Radio for Peace International reactivated 15040kHz (exact 15038.9). Heard 16 MAY 2003 at 0530 with fairsignal // 7445.1 Karel Honzik, the Czech Republic via HCDX

CROATIA Summer A-03 schedule for Croatian RadiotelevisionThe Voice of Croatia………………..Starting April 28th 2003 you can listen to Croatian Radio onthese frequencies : via Deanovec [Croatia]

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EUROPE and MEDITERRANEAN 6165 100kW ND 0400-2300EUROPE and MEDITERRANEAN 9830 100kW ND 0400-1730EUROPE and MEDITERRANEAN 13830 10kW 305o 0400-2300 via Jülich [Germany]SOUTH AMERICA 9925 2300-0400NORTH AMERICA – EAST 9925 2300-0300NORTH AMERICA - WEST 9925 0300-0700NEW ZEALAND 9470 0400-0700AUSTRALIA 13820 0600-1000Technical support:Zelimir Klasan : OiV, Vlaska 106 : Zagreb, CROATIATel: +385 1 4646160 ext 223 : Telefax: +385 1 4646161email : Zelimir.Klasan@oiv.hr : http://www.hrt.hr/Txs to Europe via Deanovec & to Americas / AUS via JülichHours to Americas/Australasia have increased - but all inCroatian? News in English + Spanish they used to carry notheard recently? Mike Terry via BDXC-UK

…….I was told the following schedule of Voice of Croatia :0200-0220 English on 9925 (//1125, 1134 MW)0230-???? Spanish on 9925 (//1125, 1134 MW)0600-0603 English on 9470 and 138202200-2220 English on 1125 and 1134 MW2330-???? Spanish on 1125 and 1134 MW. Erik Køie, Copenhagen, May 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST

ECUADOR During DX Party Line on HCJB (via Australia 15480at 1430 Apr.19) they announced that effective 31 May they areending all English broadcasts to Europe and North America fromQuito. (The very last broadcast will end at 0600 on 1st June - i.e.midnight 31st May in the target area).Future output from Quito will concentrate on Latin America inSpanish, Portuguese and Quechua - though there may also becuts in these languages too. Main reason given was financial.Auditors were involved in the decision, as was the plannedrelocation of the transmitter site. It sounds as though the newsite will no longer go ahead as planned - at least not as a majorSW site. DX Party Line will also end on 31st May after 42 yearson the air... This is just a brief summary of the programme - Ionly caught the last 20 minutes.. Dave Kenny-UK via BDXC-UK

Here are the schedule changes planned for implementationon June 1, for HCJB, Pifo : DELETED are 9525 0100-0500 Spanish ; 9745 0000-0600 English 9860 0600-0800 English ; 12005 0500-0515 Kikongo12005 1100-1430 English ; 15185 2000-2200 English17660 2230-2300 German ; 21455 0000-1530 Various ADD : 9745 0100-0500 Spanish21455 0000-0630 Various dual azimuth to CIRAF 27-28, 55, 58-6021455 0800-1530 Various dual azimuth to CIRAF 27-28, 55, 58-60 Bob Padula, EDXP ADMIN, May 23 via DXLD

ECUADOR As previewed, this week`s Viva Miami on WRMI is aconversation between Jeff White and Allen Graham, of HCJBand DX Party Line. They went over the process leading to thedecision to cut English to Europe and North America; altho hetook part in discussions, the decision was made by themanagement, not Allen Graham. Just this past week, receivedconfirmation from HCJB Australia, on Tuesday after recordingthis week`s DXPL early, in order to attend a conference in Miami,that they will continue carrying the program DX Partyline; AllenGraham will need some help to keep producing it in Quito, tho,due to his additional duties. He will be allowed to keep producingthe program, to air in Australia, on that weekend block, earlySunday morning in the Americas. Another station is offering toair the program if we continue to produce it, for listeners in NorthAmerica. Don`t want to mention station`s name yet. Bottom lineis DXPL will continue after May 31, but a few things need to befirmed up with his superiors. Confirmed that Morning in theMountains will also continue, primarily for missionaries who haveno other access to English language programming. Glenn Hauser for DX LISTENING DIGEST

EGYPT Radio Cairo is now listed on these new frequencies,effective May 1:

15670 1430-1600 to ME [language?] / 143017775 1015-1430 to As various langs including English 1215-17810 1530-1730 to Africa SwahiliWorld Broadcast Magazine May 15 used by permission from http://edxp.org via DXLD

GERMANY DRM tests of Deutsche Welle effective from June 1:1200-1359 on 9655 WER 500 kW 270o

1400-1559 on 6180 WER 500 kW non-dir1600-1759 on 7125 WER 500 kW 040o

1800-1959 on 3995 WER 500 kW non-dir Observer, Bulgaria, May 14 via DXLD

Voice of Hope via T-Systems Jülich starting May 12th…..1530-1745 on 15680 [ex.1530-1730] Rumen Pankov-BUL

Co-channel with Chinese opera music jamming R.Free Asia NG

IRAN With the A03 schedule IRIB World, Tehran has addedHebrew as a new language with two broadcasts daily towardsthe Middle East and North America. From their website I found: To Palestine 1900-1930 on 5970 7175 7315 To America 0700-0730 on 21560 To America 0230-0300 on 9910 11925They call the programme "Voice of David" with ID: "Kol Dah-veed". IRIB new website is: www.iribworld.comThus, this is not a new clandestine. via Anker Petersen-DNK

ISRAEL Kol Israel - Stopping shortwave and other networks. In today's Haaretz, they mention that, due to monetaryconcerns, the IBA will stop all radio networks which aren'tsupported by advertising or don't break even. Which means thatthey'd remove all of the IBA radio networks besides Reshet Bet(2nd network - news), Reshet Gimmel (3rd network - music), and88FM. Cuts will start in September 2003.This includes the removal of Reshet Hey, Reshet Alef and REKAwhich broadcast all of the foreign language transmissions. Thenetworks wouldn't be available domestically or internationally.Yesterday, I was told that the cuts will include ALL shortwavebroadcasting. This would include stopping the rebroadcasting ofthe Hebrew Reshet Bet network. I had been waiting to receive alist of people to contact to protest this action. When I receive theinformation I'll pass it along……………………….and……………Regarding the proposed Kol Israel cuts - the situation is differentthis time around. Unlike the past, when they just threatened tocut shortwave, they are now threatening to cut the domesticnetworks also (3 out of the 4 English broadcasts are domesticrelays... so there wouldn't be anything to send out via shortwavein the first place.) Daniel Rosenzweig-ISR <danielzr@netzero.net>via Cumbre DX

KOREA – NORTH Voice of Korea May 6 – Nov.3 2003English0100-0200 3560 6195 7140 9345 11735 13760 15180 0200-0300 4405 11845 152300300-0400 3560 6195 7140 93451000-1100 3560 9335 11710 11735 136501300-1400 & 1500-1600 4405 9335 11710 13760 152451600-1700 3560 9975 117351900-2000 4405 11710 13760 152452100-2200 4405 13760 15245French0100-0200 4405 11845 152300300-0400 11735 137601100-1200 3560 11710 11735 136501400-1500 & 1600-1700 4405 9335 11710 13760 152451800-1900 3560 9975 11710 117352000-2100 4405 11710 13760 15245German 1600-1700 & 1800-1900 6575 9325Russian0700-0900 3560 9325 9975 11735 152451400-1600 & 1700-1800 6575 9325Spanish0000-0100 & 0200-0300 11735 137601700-1800 3560 9975 11735

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1800-1900 4405 11710 13760 15245 2200-2300 4405 13760 15245 Also broadcasts in Arabic, Chinese, Korean & JapaneseFreqs used on SW = 3250 3560 4405 6070 6195 6575 714075809325 9335 9345 9640 9650 9975 11710 11735 11845 1365013760 15180 15230 15245 Rumen Pankov – BUL 14

th May

LIBYA Libya in English………………………I have been checking Libya's "Voice of Africa" over the pastcouple of weeks and can confirm that it is now carried regularlyvia the hired French relay transmitters. In the past the Libyandomestic service was often carried via these French relaytransmitters instead of the external Voice of Africa service. Voiceof Africa has several news summaries in English which I haveconfirmed at the following times:1140-1145 on 15610 17695 21675 216951730-1735 on 15660 17635 17695 178801820-1825 on 15205 15660 17635 176951920-1925 on 15205 153152030-2035 on 11635 and 2120-2125 on 11635It appears that none of the shortwave transmitters based in Libyaitself are currently active (these were previously heard on 15235,15435 etc). However, Voice of Africa is still transmitted onmedium wave from Libya, reportedly on 648, 711 and 1251 kHz.The news summaries in English follow on from the main Arabicnews bulletins, the duration of which may vary slightly from dayto day, so timing is a little variable. English is followed by a shortbulletin in French.In the past there were also English news summaries at 0020,0130, 0215, 0310, 2220 and 2330. However as there are nolonger any shortwave transmitters in operation at these times, ithas not been possible to confirm if these bulletins still exist. It ispossible these bulletins are still carried on the Voice of Africamedium wave outlets. Can anyone in the Mediterranean/NorthAfrica area who is able to hear these medium wave outletsconfirm if English is still carried at these times?On one occasion (2030 on 10 April) I heard Voice of Africaannounce contact details in English. They gave their postaladdress as "PO Box 4677 or 2009, Tripoli, Great Jamahiriyah" fax number 4449875, telephone 4449106, 4449206, 4449872,4440112. They rarely mention Libya by name - usually referringto the country as "the Great Jamahiriyah". Dave Kenny-UK via BDXC-UK

LITHUANIA Summer sched of transmitter site Sitkunai 100 kW : to NAm - azimuth 310 degrees0000-0100 Daily 11690 Radio Vilnius in Lithuanian/English2300-2400 Daily 9875 Radio Vilnius in Lithuanian/English to WeEu - azimuth 259 deg0700-0800 Sat 9710 Fundamental Broadcasting Network [FBN] in English0800-0900 Daily 9710 Radio Vilnius in Lithuanian/English1100-1200 Sun 9710 Fundamental Broadcasting Network [FBN] in English1200-1300 Sun 9710 Radio Santec [Universelles Leben in German] to ME - azimuth 310 deg1000-1100 Sun 9710 Radio Avaye Ashena in Persian1600-1630 Daily 7470 Radio Barobari in Persian Observer, Bulgaria, May 14 via DXLD

Sitkunai SW: the relays of Radio Barabari, Avaye Ashenaand FBN have been cancelled. Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST

NETHERLANDS Frequency change for DRM test of RNW inEnglish effective May 11:2330-0030 NF 15525 BON 050 kW 350o ex 15455 DRM tests of RNW:0930-1225 9590 FLE 100 kW 172o in English June 2 to July 51200-1600 9615 FLE 100 kW 187 in Dutch July 5 to July 281000-1400 9615 FLE 100 kW 187 in Dutch July 28 to Oct. 262130-2230 17620 BON 050 kW 050o in Special June 16-171000-1700 21735 BON 050 kW 050 in Special June 13-19 Observer, Bulgaria, May 14 via DXLD

NEW ZEALAND As from Sunday 20th, R NZI will replace 11825by 11820 in the 0506-0705 portion, due to co-channelinterference of VoA Tangier-MRC, latter towards Europe inAlbanian and Serbian.11825 0500-0530 VOA E ALBA MOR 59 degr11825 0530-0600 VOA E SERB MOR 59BUT, Karel Honzik in Czech Republic heard R NZi this morning(Apr 18) already on 11820 Karel Honzik-CZE, hcdx Apr 18 and Wolfgang Büschel-D Apr 17

Complete Radio New Zealand International A-03 sched is……1650-1750 6095 35o NE Pacific, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands [Mon-Fri] [Later start Sun & Mon]1750-1850 11725 35o NE Pacific, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Cook Isl [Mon-Fri] [Later start Sun & Mon]1851-2215 15160 0o All Pacific 2216-0505 17675 0o All Pacific0506-0705 11820 0o All Pacific 0706-1105 9885 0o All Pacific1106-1305 9885 325o NW Pac, Bougainville, Timor, Asia & Eur1306-1650* 6095 0o All Pacific* Usual Closedown is 1305 - this frequency is for occasionalovernight broadcasts to the Pacific for Sports commentaries orCyclone Warnings.From 1105 -1305 our programme is directed to the NorthWestern Pacific and Asia for NZ Forces serving overseas. Alokesh Gupta -India.

NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria website at……………http://www.voiceofnigeria.org has some new times for variouslanguages. Seems to indicate the following:0455-2300 English (on 15120 throughout?)0500-0700 French ; 0700-0800 Fulfulde ; 0800-1000 Hausa1000-1100 Ibo ; 1100-1200 Yoruba ; 1200-1300 Hausa1300-1500 Swahili ; 1500-1600 Ibo ; 1600-1800 Arabic1800-2000 French ; 2000-2100 Yoruba ; 2100-2200 Fulfulde2200-2300 Hausa Not sure about frequencies. VON website hasn't yet beenupdated correctly for those. Perhaps worth checking 7255, 9690and 11770, as well as 15120 just in case in English isn'tscheduled throughout as I assume. The Voice of Nigeria website has a couple more thingsof note that I didn't spot yesterday: Under a heading 'Special Projects', the following appears: Public Launch of VON website http://www.voiceofnigeria.orgNational Press Centre, Abuja, Monday 19th May 2003 and : Commissioning of i 2 Nos. Super-Power Transmitters ; ii VON Training Estate There's also : Foundation-Laying Ceremony of: VON 18-RoomTraining Hostel Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria Thursday 22nd May2003. Looks like the website will be relaunched next Mondayand two new (or refurbished?) transmitters are to be (officially)commissioned? Might explain the recently revamped schedule Tony Rogers, Birmingham - UK, May 15, BDXC-UK via DXLD

Ed - English seems to be on 15120French, Fulfulde & Hausa heard on 7255 at 0500, 0700 & 0800Arabic 1600 and French at 1800 heard on 11770Listening over past couple of days seems to indicate that Yoruba2000-2100, Fulfulde 2100-2200 and Hausa 2200-2300 are on7255.English heard, as expected, on 15120 when checked at 2115 on19 May. Tony Rogers-UK via BDXC-UK

PARAGUAY Important news from Radio America…….Hi! Adan Mur, from Radio America, sayed me this importantnews : Medium wave : 1590 (ex 1610) - Radio Villeta. On air24 hours a day. Power: 200 w. Antenna: 5/8, omnidirectional, at125 ms- nm [metres above sea level]. Gain: 8,84 dBi. PIRE: 1,6KW [ERP]7370 - Radio América. On air 24 hours a day. Power: 1000 w.Antenna: Corner reflector on Buenos Aires. Gain: 25 dBi. PIRE: 316 KW. [ERP!]15185 - Radio América. On air 24 hours a day. Power: 200 w. Antenna: 5/8, omnidirectional. Gain: 8,84 dBi. PIRE: 1,6 KW.[ERP]

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Please, send your reception reports to: radioamerica@lycos.com Arnaldo Slaen-ARG May 9 HCDX

Adan Mur sent me a mail [that] Radio America, Villeta, transmitswith 600 watts on 19 meters now!!This is the schedule : [**program from Ñemby] 1480 - 1 KW - 24 hours from Ñemby. 1590 - 0.2 KW - 24 hours from Villeta 7370 - 1 KW - 24 hours from Villeta **15185 - 0.6 KW - 24 hours from Villeta ** Arnaldo Slaen-ARG 24 May HCDX

POLAND Radio Maryja SW schedule in A03 according to thestation's website: Mon-Sat 0500-0715 & Sun 0600-0800 on 15455 daily 1500-1930 on 12010, 1930-2200 on 7380.HFCC data shows a 250 kW transmitter at Tbiliskaya-RUS forthese broadcasts (290 degrees beam to Europe); except for7380 where a 250 kW tx in Samara-RUS is being used until 7September, with a 284 degree beam.After 7 September, all transmissions are scheduled to originatefrom Tbilisskaya Bernd Trutenau, LTH Apr 27, EDXP via DXLD

RUSSIA Radiostation "Voice of Russia". 30/03 - 25/10/2003 5950 1700-1800 500kW Moscow Russian 5950 1900-2100 500 Moldova 5985 1900-2100 100 Germany [Jülich] 6170 2000-2100 100 Germany [Jülich] 7130**** 1500-1600 400 Sankt-Petersburg 7300** 0100-0300 500 Moscow 7310** 2000-2100 250 Moscow 7315 1300-1400 250 Vladivostok 7330 0200-0300 500 Sankt-Petersburg 7350 1500-1600 200 Novosibirsk 7390 2000-2100 250 Moscow 7390 1200-1400 250 Vladivostok 9405 1900-2100 100 Germany [Jülich]

9450* 2000-2100 400 Sankt-Petersburg 9470** 2000-2100 400 Sankt-Petersburg 9480 0100-0300 500 Sankt-Petersburg 9480** 1700-1800 250 Moscow 9480** 1900-2000 250 Moscow 9485 1200-1300 250 Samara 9745 1200-1400 500 Chita 9890* 2000-2100 250 Moscow 9920 1200-1300 250 Moscow11630* 1700-1800 250 Moscow11630* 1900-2000 250 Moscow11640 1200-1400 500 Novosibirsk11720 0100-0300 500 Ukraine11750 0100-0300 500 Moldova11745* 1900-2000 200 Ekaterinburg12020** 1900-2000 200 Ekaterinburg12030 2000-2100 250 Moscow12055 1500-1600 250 Samara12055 1900-2100 200 Sankt-Petersburg12060 0100-0300 500 Krasnodar12070* 0100-0300 500 Moscow15350 1600-1900 200 Ekaterinburg15455** 0100-0300 250 Komsomolsk-na-Amure15470 1200-1400 200 Novosibirsk17565* 0100-0300 250 Komsomolsk-na-Amure17580*** 1500-1700 400 Sankt-Petersburg17620* 0100-0300 100 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy17645 1300-1400 500 Moscow17650 0200-0300 250 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy17660 0100-0300 500 Vladivostok17690 0100-0300 100 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy21755** 0100-0300 100 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy* = Till 06/09/2003 : ** = From 07/09/2003*** = Till 27/09/2003 : **** = From 28/09/2003 Nikolay Rudnev, Belgorodskaya obl.

Radiostation "Voice of Russia". Russian World Service.Programme "Sodruzhestvo" SW. 30/03/2003 - 25/10/2003 7370 1300-1900 200kW Ekaterinburg

9450** 1400-1900 500 Novosibirsk 9485 1300-1700 250 Samara 9800 1400-1800 100 Irkutsk 9820* 1400-1900 500 Novosibirsk 9875 1600-1800 500 Novosibirsk 9920 1300-1500 250 Moscow11830 1400-1700 160 Kaliningrad12055 1700-1900 200 Sankt-Petersburg15540 1500-1600 250 Moscow15540 1700-1800 250 Moscow17705 1400-1500 100 Germany [Jülich]* = Till 06/09/2003 : ** = From 07/09/2003Nikolay Rudnev, Belgorodskaya obl., May "RUS-DX" #118 - B via Cumbre DX

SLOVAKIA Slovak Radio International schedule A03:English0100-0130 5930 No.Am 6190 Ce.Am 9440 So.Am0700-0730 9440 15460 17550 Australia-Oceania1630-1700 5920 6055 7345 Europe1830-1900 5920 6055 7345 Europe French0200-0230 5930 No.Am 6190 Ce.Am 9440 So.America1700-1730 5920 6055 7345 Europe1930-2000 5920 6055 7345 Europe German (to Europe):0800-0830 and 1330-1400 in 5915 6055 73451600-1630 and 1800-1830 in 5920 6055 7345Russian (to Russia)1300-1330 7345 9440 119901500-1530 7345 9535 117151730-1800 5920 7345 9485 Slovakian0130-0200 5930 No.Am 6190 Ce.Am 9440 So.America0730-0800 9440 15460 17550 Australia-Oceania1530-1600 5920 6055 7345 Europe1900-1930 5920 6055 7345 Europe Spanish0230-0300 6190 Ce.Am 9440 11990 So.Am1430-1500 6055 7345 Europe 11600 So.Am2000-2030 6055 7345 Europe 11600 So.Am BCL News & HFCC listing

SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa sched March 30-Oct. 25 0300-0325 6160 East & Central Africa Swahili 0300-0330 6035 East & Central Africa English 0330-0355 6035 Madagascar French 0400-0430 5955 Southern Africa English 0430-0455 5955 Northern Mozambique Portuguese 0430-0455 3345 Southern Mozambique Portuguese 0430-0455 9565 Central Africa French 0500-0530 11710 West Africa English 0530-0555 11710 Angola Portuguese 0600-0630 15215 West Africa English 0630-0655 15215 Angola & West Africa Portuguese1300-1455 21760 West Africa English [Sat/Sun only] 1300-1455 21620 East & Central Africa English [Sat/Sun only] 1300-1455 11780 Southern Africa English [Sat/Sun only] 1500-1525 17780 East & Central Africa Swahili 1500-1530 17770 East & Central Africa English 1530-1555 17770 Madagascar French 1600-1630 9525 Southern Africa English 1600-1630 15245 East & Central Africa Swahili 1630-1655 15245 East & Central Africa French 1630-1655 9525 Northern Mozambique Portuguese 1630-1655 3345 Southern Mozambique Portuguese 1700-1730 17735 West Africa English 1730-1755 17735 Angola & West Africa Portuguese 1800-1830 17735 West Africa English 1830-1855 17735 West Africa French Channel Africa website via Dan Sampson, Prime Time SW, DXLD

SRI LANKA SLBC has dropped 7115 in favour of 7300 at0020-0400 & 0800-1530 in Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam &

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Kannada. 9770 continues in parallelThat leaves 7115 only for VOA Sri Lanka at 0100-0300. Jose Jacob-INDIA May 10

TATARSTAN-RUSSIA External service from Kazan is not called"Voice of Tatarstan" anymore. The new name (not a best one, Ithink – G.Hauser.) is "On the Tatarstan wave" (Russian: NaVolne Tatarstana. Tatar: Tatarstan Dulkynynda). What is thereception quality in the new season? Schedule coincides with theone used last summer:0400-0500 11665 ; 0600-0700 9690 ; 0800-0900 11925Ildus Ibatullin and Dmitry Mezin, both from Kazan, Russia.

I'm not authorized to send QSLs for broadcasts of newly-formed"Novy Vek" company, which is responsible for SW transmissionsfrom Kazan now. Negotiations on the QSL management areongoing. Wait for results and wish me luck. If you send me reports on Radio Tatarstana broadcasts on 252you'll get QSL without any delay, because I still have QSL agree-ment with them. Ildus Ibatullin, QSL manager; all Signal DXLD

UK Apparently the BFBS shortwave relays have left the air fromSunday morning 18 May. The last thing I heard from them wasan open carrier on 15795 at 0340-0400- on Sunday. No sign oflife on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning. Presumably theynow have enough coverage from local FM transmitters. Olle Alm, Sweden

U S A RFA schedule in A-03, valid til Oct 26th, 2003. RFAcurrently broadcasts from 1100-0700 ; there are no txionsbetween 0700 and 1100. Daily programming including Mandarinfor 12 hrs, Cantonese for two hrs, Uighur for two hrs, andTibetan for eight hours.J03=til Sept 6………………S03=from Sept 7th, 2003.RFA uses IBB txs in HOL/H=Holzkirchen Germany,IRA/I=Iranawila Sri Lanka ; SAI/S=Saipan & TIN/T=TinianNoMariana Isls. And Merlin relays TWN/N=Taiwan and UAE=AlDhabayya-UAE, as well as irk=Irkutsk-RUS and uss=Ussuriysk-RUS relays.Additional tx sites have been researched but deleted from thislist upon request of RFA to suppress this info, to avoid pressurefrom China upon the host countries.0000-0100 LAO 12015I 13830 15545T0030-0130 BURMESE 11540-S03 13680T 13820I 15660 17525-J03 17835S0100-0200 UIGHUR 9350 11520 11895UAE 11945UAE 15405T0100-0300 TIBETAN 9365 11695UAE 11975H 15225T 15695 177300300-0600 MANDARIN 13670T 13760T 15150T 15665T 17495 17525 17615S 17880S 21690T0600-0700 MANDARIN 13670T 13760T 15150T 15665T 17495 17525 17615S 17880S0600-0700 TIBETAN 17485 17510 17720 21500T 21690UAEbreak

1100-1200 LAO 9355S 9545T 15560I 156351100-1400 TIBETAN 7470 11590 13570 13625T 13830-S03 15510UAE 15695-J03 17855H-(from 1200)1230-1330 CAMBODIAN 13645T 15525I 156251300-1400 BURMESE 11540-S03 11765T 13745T 15680-J031400-1500 CANTONESE 9775T 11715S 13790T1400-1500 VIETNAMESE 9455S 9635T 9930W 11510 11520 11535-S03 11605N 11765T 13775P 15705-J031400-1500 KOREAN 7380 11790T 13625T 156251500-1600 TIBETAN 7470 11510 11590 11705T 11780UAE 138351500-1600 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9905P 11765T 11945T 12025S 13690T 15510T 15680-J031500-1600 KOREAN 648uss 9385S 13625T

1600-1700 KOREAN 7210irk 9385S 13625T1600-1700 UIGHUR 7465 9350I 9370 9555UAE 11780T 13715I1600-1700 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9455S 9905P 11750T 11795T 11945T 12025S 13690T 15510T 15680-J031700-1800 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9540T 9905P 11750T 11795T 11945T 11995S 13690T 15510T 15680-J031800-1900 MANDARIN 7530-S03 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9540T 11520-J03 11740T 11945T 11955T 11995S 13680T 15510T 15680-J031900-2000 MANDARIN 7530-S03 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9905P 11520-J03 11740T 11785T 11945T 11955T 11995S 13625T 13680T 15510T 15680-J032000-2100 MANDARIN 7530-S03 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9850T 9905P 11520-J03 11700T 11740T 11785T 11935T 11995S 13625T 15515T 15680-J032100-2200 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9455S 9850T 9910P 11700T 11740T 11935T 11995S 13625T 15515T 15680-J032200-2300 CANTONESE 9355S 9955P 11785T 13675T2200-2300 KOREAN 7460 9455S 9850T 11670S 12080T2230-2330 CAMBODIAN 7455-S03 9490I 9930P 11570-J03 13735T2300-2359 MANDARIN 7315N 7540-S03 9910P 11785T 11935N 11995N 13640T 13800S 15430T 15550T 15680-J032300-2359 TIBETAN 7470 7550-S03 9365-J03 9395-S03 9805UAE 9875H 15695-J032330-0029 VIETNAMESE 9975-S03 11540-J03 11560 11580 11605N 11670T 12010I 13735S 15560P various sources, updated on April 10th, 2003

WRMI Schedule Effective April 6 2003Days are local days in the Americas MONDAY-FRIDAY Latin América on 99550900-1000 Words of the Spirit (English)1000-1030 La Voz de la Junta Patriotica Cubana (español)1030-1130 Entre Cubanos (español)1130-1200 Los Caminos de Israel (español; lunes)1130-1200 Viva Miami (English/español; Wednesdy/miércoles)Note This transmission from 0900-1200 is temporarily not airedon Tuesday and Thursday.1200-1300 The Free American (English)1300-1330 TruthRadio Network (including Herald of Truth (Engl)1330-1500 Stock Talk Live (English)1500-2300 Christian Media Network (English) North America (except as noted) on 73852300-0000 Christian Media Network (English)Note The following are Tuesday-Saturday0000-0200 Christian Media Network (English)0200-0230 Radio Praga (español; hacia el Caribe y LA)0230-0330 Radio Praha (Czech & English)0330-0400 Words of the Spirit (English Mon/Wed/Thurs/Friday) Carter Report (English Tuesday)0400-0415 Herald of Truth (English)0415-0900 Christian Media Network (English) SATURDAYS Latin América on 99550900-0930 Carter Report (English)0930-1000 Jack Van Impe (English)1000-1100 Foro Militar Cubano (español)1100-1130 The Gospel Call (English)1130-1200 Reality in Jesus (English) ; 1200-2200 Music2200-2230 Battle Cry Sounding (English)2230-2300 Wavescan (English)2300-0000 Foro Militar Cubano (español)The following are Sunday UTC0000-0030 Conversando entre Cubanos (español)0030-0045 La Hora de Chibás (español)0045-0100 La Verdad Para el Mundo (español)

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0100-0200 Radio Revista Lux (español) North America (except as noted) on 73850200-0230 Radio Praga (español; hacia el Caribe y LA)0230-0330 Radio Praha (Czech & English)0330-0400 Viva Miami (English/español)0400-0900 Solid Rock Radio (English) SUNDAYS Latin America on 99550900-0930 Radio Vaticano (español)0930-1000 Viva Miami (español/English)1000-1015 Church of Christ (English)1015-1030 Truth for the World (English)1030-1045 Abundant Life (English)1045-1100 Strength for Today (English)1100-1130 Creciendo en Gracia (español)1130-1200 Doctrines of Grace (English)1200-1300 Viva Miami (English)1300-1330 Wavescan (English)1330-1400 Battle Cry Sounding (English)1400-2000 Solid Rock Radio (English)2000-2030 Jack Van Impe (English)2030-2100 Wavescan (English)2100-2115 Dub Politico (English)2115-2130 Strength for Today (English)2130-2145 Abundant Life (English)2145-2200 Church of Christ (English)2200-2230 Viva Miami (English)2230-2300 The Gospel Call (English)2300-0000 Radio Revista Lux (español) The following are UTC Monday.0000-0015 Radio Vaticano (español)0015-0030 Truth for the World (English)0030-0130 Radio Oriente Libre (español)0130-0200 Conversando entre Cubanos (español) North America (except as noted) 73850200-0230 Radio Praga (español; hacia el Caribe y LA)0230-0330 Radio Praha (Czech & English)0330-0400 Wavescan (English) 0400-0900 Jupiter 400 (English)For schedule updates see our web page www.wrmi Cumbre DX] [dx_india] WRMI Schedule April 07

U S A(non): Summer schedule for AWR's DX px "Wavescan" onSundays:0030-0100 9720 DHA to SoAs 1600-1630 11560SDA to SoAs 9810 DHA to SoAs 15215SDA to SoAs0200-0230 9820 MOS to SoAs 15235SDA to SoAs0330-0400 15160 DHA to CeAs 1630-1700 11975SDA to SAs0500-0530 3215MEY to CeAf 17630DHA to SoAs 3345 MEY to EaAf 1730-1800 9385SDA to ME0600-0630 15105 MEY to EaAf 12015SDA to ME0730-0800 9775 MOS to WeEu 1800-1830 3215MEY to CeAf0830-0900 17780 MOS to WeAf 3345MEY to EaAf1000-1030 11560 SDA to NEAs 1830-1900 9520MEY to EaAf 11930 SDA to SEAs 1930-2000 7130RSO to WEu1300-1330 17740 DHA to CeAs 2030-2100 15385WOF to EAf1330-1400 11980 SDA to NEAs 2130-220015130MOS to WAf 15275 SDA to SEAs 15320 DHA to SAsDHA=Al-Dhabayya ; RSO=Rimavska Sobota ; SDA=GuamMEY=Meyerton ; MOS=Moosbrunn ; WOF=Woofferton R BUL Observer via BC-DX April 15

U S A Radio Farda to Iran in A03 R.Browell via IBB website

0000-2400 1593 KWT 1539 DHA 1170 DHA0030-0200 9615 BIB 0030-0400 9805 MOR0030-0600 9795 LAM 0200-0400 9775 KAV0400-0600 15185 KAV 0400-0830 9510 KAV 15290 KAV0600-0730 17835 Kavala 0730-0830 17835 Morocco0800-1400 21530 IRA 13680 KAV 1400-1600 17750 WOF1400-1700 13680 LAM 9435 KAV 1600-1700 17670 WOF1700-1800 11845 IRA 1700-1900 11705 LAM1800-1900 11845 IRA 1900-2000 11670 KAV 6140 DUS1900-2100 5860 DUS 1900-2130 11985 LAM2000-2130 9960 IRA 11960 UDO

Radio Sawa in Arabic in A03 MRN20000-2400 1548 KWT0000-0300 7205 SAO 9695 KAV 11785 MOR 11985 MOR0300-0600 7175 LAM 11680 MOR 15380 IRA0400-0700 6180 WOF 11910 KAV 0500-0700 9855 KAV0600-1000 17845 IRA 0600-1500 15725 MOR0700-1400 17565 KAV 0700-1600 12045 MOR1400-1700 11840 KAV 13870 IRA1700-2100 6040 KAV 7105 KAV 1700-2400 12040 KAV1800-2300 9505 WOF 11745 IRA 11785 WOF2100-2400 7195 KAV 12010 MOR2300-2400 7205 SAO 11815 KAV 12025 MOR MRN30000-2400 990 CYP 0000-0800 & 1500-2400 1260 RHO

U S A WSHB A-03 Shortwave Frequency Schedule…… 0000 7535 Ea No Am/Carib 9430 Cent & So America0100 7535 Cent No America 9430 Cent & So America0200 7535 W&C No America 9430 Mexico0300 7535 Russia 9450 RUSSIA0400 9450 Ea Eur/Russ 13720 East & Cent Afr0500 9450 Central Europe 9840 South Africa0600 9450 West & Cent Afr Off The Air0700 9450 West & Cent Afr Off The Air0800 9860 Europe 9845 Australia / NewZealand0900 9860 Europe 9455 Brazil/So America1000 6095 Ea No Am/Carib 9455 South America1100 6095 Ea No Am/Carib 9455 Cent & So America1200 9430 Ea No Am/Carib 11670 Cent & So America1300 9430 No America 11670 Mexico1400 Off The Air Off The Air1500 Off The Air Off The Air1600 Off The Air 18910 East Africa1700 Off The Air 18910 Central Africa1800 15665 Europe 18910 South Africa1900 15665 Europe 18910 South Africa2000 15665 Europe 18910 East & Cent Africa2100 15665 Europe 18910 West & Cent Africa2200 13770 West Europe 15285 Brazil2300 13770 So Europe/W Afr 15285 South America

WSHB website via Dan Sampson, Prime Time Shortwave via DXLD

UZBEKISTAN Radio Tashkent International A03 schedule :Arabic1700-1730 9715 7285 6190 1900-1930 9715 7285 6190Dari 0130-0200 9715 7190 1520-1550 9715 7285 6190English0100-0130 9715 7190 1200-1230 17775 15295 9715 72851330-1400 17775 15295 9715 7285 2030-2100 11905 9545 5025 2130-2200 11905 9545 5025Farsi1630-1700 9715 7285 6190 1830-1900 9715 7285 6190German 1935-2030 11905 5025Hindi1300-1330 17775 15295 9715 7285 1430-1500 17775 15295 9715 7285Chinese 1330-1400 5060 1430-1500 5060Pashto 0200-0230 9715 7190Turkish 0600-0630 15200 1700-1730 9530Uighur 1400-1430 5060Urdu1230-1300 17775 15295 9715 7285 1400-1430 17775 15295 9715 7285Uzbek0230-0330 9715 7190 5025 1550-1630 9715 7285 6190 50251730-1830 9715 7285 6190 5025Station info via Alexander Polyakov, Tashkent-UZB via Trutenau-LTU EDXP Apr 9

VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam in A-030000-0100 7145 9730 Viet ; 7285 Khmere-Lao0100-0500 6175 English-Viet-Viet-Eng-Spanish-Eng-Viet-Viet

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0400-0500 13665 Vietnamese0830-0900 9840 12020 Mandarin0930-1100 9840 12020 Indo-English-Indo1100-1530 7285 English-Thai-Khmere-Lao-Russian-Khmere- Lao-Cantonese-Mandarin1100-1130 11630 13740 Spanish1130-1300 9840 12020 Russian-Jap-English1400-1600 9840 12020 Jap-Indo-Thai-Cantonese2130-2330 9840 12020 Jap-Mand-Cant-Thai1300-1400 11630 13740 French-English1600-2130 11630 13740 Eng-Russ-Viet-Viet-Eng-French-Eng French-Span-Eng-French1700-2030 9725 Eng-Viet-Viet-French-Russ-Viet-Viet Sched according to Stn via Rumen Pankov-BUL May 14=======================================================That’s my NEWS for this month. Your reports are always welcome. 73s from NOEL

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Dear friends, The fighting in Iraq is over and Saddam and his regime is away. So are his broadcasting stations, but others have appeared. Several South American stations can also be heard right now. Best 73, Anker ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ DX NEWS

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ARGENTINA 20276.0 LSB, R Continental, Buenos Aires relay, 0620-0640, Apr 14, current affairs programme, fair. (Korinek)

29810.0 LSB R Continental, Buenos Aires relay, 1550-1620, Apr 13, soccer match (Boca won 1:0), good. (Korinek)

BAHRAIN 9745, R Bahrain, Ras Hayan, 1554-1700*, Apr 19 and May 20, back on shortwave with General Programme. QRM Voice of Russia in French until 1559*. Then Arabic interview about Saddam, comment about Saudi Arabia, ID like: "Idha'tul Bahrain", 1620 Arab songs. Best in USB due to sideband splashes, 23232. So far no sign of their former English service on 6010. (Petersen)

BANGLADESH 7185, R Bangladesh, 1230-1300, English and other languages, I note slight improvement in the audio quality of this transmitter (Goonetilleke)

BENIN 7210.2, ORTB, Cotonou, 2105-2301*, Apr 11 and May 07, talk in French, Afro-music, ID "Ici Radio Benin, Radiodiffusion Television du Benin". Very strong signal 43433. (Dritsas and D'Angelo)

BOLIVIA 6080, R San Gabriel, 0917-0939, Apr 30, Spanish talk, flute music and series of advs or PSAs. ID at 0926. Canned echo ID at 0932 followed by religious program. Fair with some Brazilian QRM. (D'Angelo). New frequency ex 6085.2 (Ed)

6586.1v, R Nueva Esperanza, El Alto, Depto. La Paz, 1205, May 18, New station on SW, ID: "Desde la República de Bolivia, transmite Radio Nueva Esperanza en 6.585 MHz de onda corta, banda de 49 metros. Anunciando la pronta venida de nuestro Señor Jesus Cristo", address: Avenida Rául Salmón, 92 entre Calle 4 y 5, Zona 12 de Octubre, El Alto, La Paz. Tel. (02) 282-5269 (Aragão)

Also heard in April-May 2003 including at our DX-Camp: 3310, R Mosoj Chaski, 0923-0941. (D'Angelo,Petersen,Schmid) 4409.8, R Eco, Reyes, 2320-2330. (Gonçalves) 4681.6, R Paititi, 2355. (Penaud) 4716.8, R Yura, Yura, 2255-2305. (Petersen) 4761.7, R Guanay, 2219-0030. (Cássio, Penaud and Schmid)

4796.7, R Mallku, Uyuni, 2332-2339. (Gonçalves) 4876.76, R La Cruz del Sur, 0950-1033. (D'Angelo and Slaen) 4930.48, R San Miguel, 0900 & 0000, (Schmid & Slaen) 5927.14, R Dif. Mineria, 2244-2300. (Gonçalves and Penaud) 5952.5, R Pio Xii, 2351-0010, (Petersen, Schmid and Slaen) 6037.8, R Difusora Trópico (p), Trinidad, 2256-2307. (Gonçalves) 6054.44, R Juan XXIII, 1018-1026 and 2220. (Slaen) 6134.8, R Stª Cruz, 2238-0319* (Sports). (Gonçalves & Groot)

6025, R Illimani had to close this frequency because of the mass protests in La Paz in Feb 2003. Bolivian mass media informed then that ``studios of Canal 7 (TV) and a government radiostation was taken by protesters``. And as Bolivians say, the only government radio station in Bolivia is R Illimani. Maybe they restore their studios now? (Prokhorov in Cumbre DX). The station has been off the air on SW since Feb 2003 (Ed)

BRAZILHeard in April-May 2003 including at our DX-Camp: 3255, R Difusora 6 de Agosto, 0045. (Gonçalves and Petersen) 3375.2, R Nacional, São Gabriel (t), 2212-2218. (Gonçalves) 4754.7, R Educacao Rural, C. Grande, 2255-2310. (Petersen) 4775, R Congonhas, Congonhas(t), 2310-2320. (Petersen) 4805, R Dif. do Amazonas, Manaus, 2315-2325. (Petersen) 4815, R Difusora, Londrina, 2320-2330*. (Petersen) 4915.4, R CBN Anhanguera, Goiânia, 2202-2214. (Gonçalves) 4925, R Difusora Taubaté, 1001-1023. (D'Angelo) 4945, R Emissora Rural, Petrolina, 0810. (Cássio) 6010.2, R Inconfidência, 2245-2303. (D'Angelo) 6020.0, R Gaúcha, Porto Alegre, 0000-0010 // 11915. (Petersen) 6040, R Club Paranaense, 2312-2320. (D'Angelo) 6105, R Canςão Nova, 0005-0015 // 4825. (Petersen) 6150, R Record, São Paulo, 2247. (Gonçalves) 6160, R Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, 2245. (Gonçalves) 6180, R Nacional de Amazoñia, 2245-2300. (Koie) 9565, R Tupi, Curitiba, 2221-2234. (Gonçalves) 9645.8, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo, 2233-2253. (Gonçalves) 9675, R Canção Nova, 2229-2246. (Gonçalves) 9695, R Rio Mar, 2240-2315. (D'Angelo) 11724.9, R Novas de Paz, Curitiba, 2150. (Gonçalves) 11765, R Tupi, Curitiba PR, 2209-2223. (Gonçalves) 11815, R Brasil Central, Goiânia, 2212-2236. (Gonçalves) 11830, R CBN Anhanguera, Goiânia, 2215-2240. (Gonçalves) 11915, R Gaúcha, 0240-0308*. (D'Angelo) 11925.6, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo, 2229-2249. (Gonçalves) 17815, R Cultura, São Paulo, 2231-2246. (Gonçalves)

BURUNDI 6140, R Burundi: "Our radio can now be heard again on 6140 after disappearing for some time.Those with radios without the FM band can henceforth listen to our news and programmes on 49 metres." (R Burundi, May 14 via BBCM, DXLD)

CHAD 6165, Radiodiffusion Nationale, 2220-2231*, Apr 18, lively highlife vocal. Man with French language sign off ann followed by orchestra national anthem. Fair with some Arabic language QRM - CRI? (D'Angelo)

CHILE 6010, R Parinacota, Putre, 0850-0905, Apr 17, romantic music. Complete ID as: "Transmite Parinacota, en 94,5 Megaciclos FM y 6010 kilociclos, banda regional de 49 metros". 23432 (Slaen)

6090, R Esperanza, Temuco, 2050-2103, May 03, Spanish programme: "Plataforma de fe", from "Ministerio Jesucristo es el Señor" Church. Long talk, ann and ID as:"los invitamos a participar en nuestra congregacion en Claro del Solar 1151..... el proximo Salvador nos encontrara en Radio Esperanza....". 33433 with QRM from R Bandeirantes. (Slaen)

Edited by Anker Petersen

Udbyvej 11, DK-2740 Skovlunde, Denmarke-mail: anker.petersen@get2net.dk

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CHINA 4920 Xizang PBS Lhasa, 2130-2137, May 01,Western inspired instrumental music. At 2137 transmitter problems, and they first came back at 2202 with IS and the typical Chinese (Tibetan) instrumental music. It was also heard on 4905 and 7385, all with 44444, and on 6110, 6130 and 6200 with poor signal. DBS says s/on 2200. (Bredahl). On May 03, 4905 and 4920 signed on with non stop music at *2134, so they obviously have a new programme for the early risers in Tibet. The other four frequencies signed on at *2150. (Petersen)

5969.6, Gannan, Hezou, Gansu, 1105-1135, Apr 20, Tibetan ID, talks & childrens choir, 24332 // much weaker 3990 (Schulze)

6185, China Huayi Broadcasting Station (CHBS): (1) I was appointed QSL manager of CHBS. Anyone who has sent report to CHBS and has not yet get received QSL can get a standard full-data QSL-card, if you resend to my address: Qiao Xiaoli, Fen Jin Xing Cun 3-4-304, Changshu, JiangSu, 215500 P.R. China, or E-mail me at 2883752@163.com Return postage of 1 IRC or 1 Euro or US$1 would help me get some overseas SWL books; that would be very much appreciated but not necessary. (2) CHBS DX programme "Sky of BCL" is on Sat at 0730-0830 & Sun at 1600-1700 on 6185. CHBS uses only 6185 in its summer schedule, both 6185 and 4830 in winter schedule. (3) CHBS wants official monitors all over the world, especially outside the China mainland. Anyone with interest can contact Yuanjia, programme manager of "Sky of BCL," at chrisyuanjia@sohu.com , or postal address: Mr. Yuan Jia, Club of CHBS, P.O. Box 251, FuZhou, Fujian, 350001 P.R. China. A certificate of official monitor is under design. (Qiao in DXing.info via Dxplorer)

7315, China National R 2, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 2200-2215, May 01, heard // 7335 and 7360. Reactivated? (Bredahl). The A03 schedule for CNR2 on 7315 is 2100-2400 and 1000-1600 (Ed)

12045, Central People's Broadcasting Station - Xi'an, *1030-1039, Apr 26, sudden opening with Man giving ID in Chinese followed by a man and woman with news. After brief musical selection, Chinese language features followed. Fair and basically dominating channel over R Rossii. (D'Angelo)

CLANDESTINES3928.4, Voice of Komala, 1715-1730*, Apr 09, Kurdish talk about the conquests of Arbil and Baghdad the same day by the Coalition Forces 23222 // 4615 (jammed from *1723) (Petersen)

4085, Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan, Salah al-Din, 1905-1931*, Apr 12 and 18, Kurdish talks about Iraq and Kurdistan, Kurdish folk music. The succeeding programme in Arabic was dropped. 44444 (Petersen)

4880, SW R Africa, 0400-0425, 0505-0525 & 0600-0655 1600-1900, May 16, 17 & 18, tests // 6145 scheduled on their website http://www.swradioafrica.com and heard 1715-1820 // 6145. They switched off 4880 at about 1725 and returned arnd 1755, while 6145 was continuous. (Savolainen via HCDX) Heard to 1900*, May 17, with "Letter to Zimbabwe" programme.(Seager via HCDX). They updated their web: ”More tests on new SW Radio Africa frequency 4880 KHz. Further broadcast times will be Wednesday and Thursday 1705-1725. Listeners in Zimbabwe will be able to received our signal on 4880 KHz as well as on the usual 6145 KHz. We need to know whether the new test signal is an improvement and would urge listeners to contact us with views. Tel.: 023 275 030 : 00 44 20 8387 1441: views@swradioafrica.com ”. (Scaglione via HCDX, May 20)

5100, Voice of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Movement, QSL in 97 days got a pack of six "SOS from Indian occupied Kashmir" magazines, two grand leaflets, Kashmir viewcards and letter

from Islam ud Din But where he/she appreciates listening interest and quotes broadcasting schedule in Kashmiri and English. Address: Islam ud Din But, Voice of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Movement, P.O. Box 102, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, via Pakistan. For 1 IRC. (Rakhmatullayev via Signal) 5883.0, Voice of the People, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1855-1930, Apr 12, Arabic talk // 3900.0 - drift from 5900. 33443 (Petersen)

5925, Voice of Democratic Eritrea, via ?, 1410-1500*, Sa Apr 12, Tigrinya talk about Eritrea, Horn of Africa music, 1433 ID in Arabic: ”Itha'at Sawt Eritrea al-Demokratya”, talk; transmitter hum. 45434 (Petersen)

Summer schedule for R Voice of Kashmir ”Radio Sadoye Kashmir”: 0230-0330 New frequency 6100 (34433), ex 6135, re-ex 9890. 0730-0830 on 9890, but no signal in Bulgaria. 1430-1530 New frequency 6100 (54554), ex 6135.(Datzinov and Ivanov, Observer Bulgaria, Apr 8 via DXLD)

6100, R Voice of Kashmir (t), 1435-1530*, Apr 12, Urdu talk, Subcontinental music, 1512 conversation between man and woman in Dogri (?), 33333, splashes from U.S. religious on 6110.QRM R Yugoslavia *1528.(Petersen)

6350, Voice of Peace and Democracy of Eritrea, *0314-0350*, May 06, brief IS, then quick IDs by man and woman as music continued, "Democrat--" heard. Program was basically talk by a man with interludes of Horn of Africa singing. Utility QRM and QRN. Silent, with carrier remaining, until *0354 when Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Ethiopia, started up with their IS, obviously the same transmitter. Tuning signals are similar, but you can hear the difference if you compare them with the recordings on Dave Kernick's website http://www.intervalsignals.net (Berg)

7510, The Arab R, *0330-0400*, Apr 21, Arab music and ID: ”Al Idha’at al Arabiyyah”, choir by men followed by an Arab song, 0331 ID again, schedule and website, comments against Syria with mentions of Iraq and Kuwait, closed with ID and choir by men. 35434 (Petersen)

7525, R Yaran, via Kvitsøy, Norway. Last winter exile Iranians collected money for SW broadcasts during the Iranian New Year celebrations in March-April 2003 in order also to reach people in Iran who are unable to receive the daily TV broadcasts in Farsi from this station via satellite. It is now off the air on SW, but may return next spring. Listening to this station is strongly forbidden in Iran. (Javaheri)

9705, Voice of Palestine, 2100-2130, Apr 14, Arabic programme // 11740 which was far better than the 31 mb frequency, but no sign on 11840. (Bredahl). Back on 9705 and 11740 for summerschedule with 500 kW from Mashhad at 1630-0330 in Arabic. Outside the 1930-2027 clandestine period, it is the ordinary VOIRI Foreign service in Arabic from Tehran. (Ed)

15635, Voice of Tibet, UZB/KAZ, 1215-1300 // 15660-KAZ, 21560-UZB, 21720-UZB - on the first three frequencies observed here in past weeks.

1430-1520 (x12100) now 17520-UZB or 17540-UZB. And Chinese music .... over and over again ... (Bueschel, Apr 16)

15670, Voice of Democratic Eritrea, via Juelich, 1725-1758, Apr 07, Arabic talking, then Horn of Africa vocal music, ID 1730, more music and talk. Strong signal, but almost wiped out by QRM from *1758 and not sure if they went off at 1800 or not. (Berg)

15775, Chan Troi Moi, ex-15715, excellent at *1328, Apr 12, opening with anthem-like music, ID by lady, into program of all talk, occasional musical bridges, many mentions of Sadaam

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Hussein and Iraq, all in Vietnamese. Anthem-like music again at 1428, and closed program at 1430 with ID by woman in English, "The Vietnamese broadcast of New Horizon signing off." Very brief pause, and then a program from another broadcaster began. Via DTK? I was listening in LSB. (Berg)

COLOMBIA 5958, La Voz de los Centauros, Villavicencio, 2235-2306, May 17, Spanish talks, folk songs, ID & advertisements. 34432. (Gonçalves)

6035, La Voz del Guaviare, 0935-1000, Apr 30, mostly talk, some music, full ID at 1000 bracketed by jingles: "En San Jose del Guaviare, HJWA, 1170 y 6035 kHz., La Voz del Guaviare." WRTH says MW is 1180. Decent signals, tho 1000 is getting late for LA these days. (Berg)

CONGO, Dem. Rep. 5066, R Candip, Bunia, 0630, May 13, heard for the first time since May 06. Area has been the scene of fighting since May 07. UPC forces are now in control of the town. (BBCM via DXLD)

6828.37, RTNC, Bunia, 16000-1800, noted sporadically on steady frequency recently, seems to s/off normally sometime after 1800. But noted on Apr 8 past 2100, obviously with an extended programme (soccer match with political analyses at the half-time) and on Apr 21 at 0450-0510 fadeout. Whenever I listened the programme was in French, so this language is probably used most of the time. Reasonable signal here, I would say at least 1 kw, possibly more. (Korinek via Dxplorer)

CONGO, Rep. 5985, R Congo, Brazzaville, 1830-2256*, Apr 26 and May 03, French ID, phone interview about employment in the Congo Rep, Hilife vocals, discussions, nice ID 2243, 34444; partly covered by Voice of Russia *1859-2100* and from *2200; 4765 was off the air. Also *0430-0450 French ID, music (D'Angelo and Petersen)

9610, R Congo, 1634-1657*, May 11, Vernacular sports to sudden s/off, clear channel, heard quite regularly here recently, 22332 (Groot) CYPRUS 9835, R Ibrahim, *1900-1917, Apr 01, opening music, talk, and music (program titled together on air). Rather poor reception. I received a QSL card from this station printed IBRA Radio. If you look at IBRA Radio web site www.ibra.se, you can see this station belongs to IBRA Radio. (Ishii)

CYPRUS, Northern 6150, R Bayrak, Yeni Iskele, 0230-0357, Apr 16 & 22 and May 15 & 16, British pop songs, ID in English: ”Bayrak International on Shortwave and 105 FM”. It was fighting heavily with Gold 90.5, Singapore and University Network (// 5029) both also in English. Result: Gene Scott said ”Listen to what the Prophet said” and in the background Hard Rock from Bayrak and The Beatles from Singapore ! 0330 ”Breakfast Show”. 32432. Wiped out as soon as ORF appeared on 6155 at *0357 (Gonçalves, Groot and Petersen)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6025, R Amanecer Internacional, 0915-1010, Apr 26 & 27 and May 15, Spanish, Gospel music, long religious talk. 1000 complete ID: "Radio Amanecer Internacional, de la red de emisoras de la Iglesia Adventista, desde la Republica Dominicana,......1580 kilociclos...... y 6025 kilociclos, banda internacional de 49 metros, La Voz de la Esperanza”. Afterwards hymns. 33422 (Howard and Slaen). Also heard 2300-0120, Apr 29 and May 01, Spanish religious talks and hymns, ID, 23433 (Bredahl and Petersen)

EL SALVADOR 17835.4, R Imperial, Sonsonate, 2228-0105, Apr 19, 23 & 29, Spanish language religious vocals with applause after each song. Man preaching with many mentions of "hallelujah." Radio Imperial IDs by a man at 0019 and again at 0023: "Este es Radio Imperial". Generally poor to fair with deep fades, but jumped to good level briefly at 0025 with religious vocals. (Berg, Bernardini, D'Angelo, Gonçalves and Slaen)

GABON 4777, R Gabon, Libreville, 1840-1901*, Apr 25, French news, TC and Vernacular programme 1900 followd by an abrupt close down. 54433 with some utility QRM. (Gonçalves)

GHANA 4915, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Radio 1 (one), Apr 15, back on air after two months of being off the air due to the breakdown of the transmitter which uses valves. With Radio one back on air, Radio 2 (two), its sister station that broadcasts in English only on two frequecies of 3366 (0530-0900 and 1700-2330) and 6130 (0900-1700) is off the air that same day.This pre-supposes that parts of Radio 2 transmitter may have been taken to repair the Radio One transmitter. Radio 1 broadcasts in six of the Ghanaian local languages as well as news bulletin in English.(Wompiah via Cumbre DX)

GUAM 5765 USB, AFRTS Guam, e-mail QSL-letter 1day after several follow ups via Washington, DC. Total 26months 2days; v/s Ms April Ball, Broadcast Operation Specialist (Elsebusch). (Cf Iceland below. Ed)

ICELAND/U.S.A. 13855 USB, AFN Keflavik, 0200-2245, May 04, 05 and 06, back on SW with usual programmes in U.S. English, NPR news e.g. ”One to five years in jail for issuing spam attacks!”, "CBS News Weekend Roundup", ID: ”This is the American Forces Network”, speech by President Bush, conversation, radioplay, sports //6458.5 (Puerto Rico) & 12689.5 (Florida), both fair, and 10320 (Hawaii) which was weaker. Probably 24 hours, but faded out in Denmark at night until around 0530-0600, then SINPO 15232 and from 0730-0815 increased to a strong and clear signal : 25444. QRM in the evening from Salama R and Family R (in Arabic) and splatter from 13860 BFBS. Reception was weaker on May 06 due to another coronal hole on the Sun. (Barrera, Berg, Green, Howard, Koie, Petersen and Slaen). A QSL-letter was received by e-mail from AFRTS, Washington at qsl@mediacen.navy.mil confirming Keflavik. V/s April Ball, Broadcast Operations Specialist” (Barrera and Elsebusch)

My report was sent to Iceland: patricia.huizinga@naskef.navy.mil. E-mail from Trish Huizinga confirms the site as Grindavik. "The transmitter site for both broadcasts heard by you 3855, plus 3903 in February 2002, [verified in Dec 2002--Berg] is located in Grindavik. There is a site there, attached to the base in Keflavik, that sent out our signal by mistake (before properly allowed to do so) last year. That was the 3903 kHz transmission. We receive the signal from California and place it on our cable stations which can only be picked up in homes on the base. We also send 'the voice line' to the Grindavik location where the sailors here send it out on SW 13855 kHz." In a separate E-mail she says they have no plans for additional frequencies right now. (Berg)

15775.0, Rikisutvarpid, Reykiavik (USB), 1225-1300*, Apr 09, Icelandic news read by man and woman, new frequency; QRM AIR(t) 15770. 23343 (Petersen)

INDIA 4800, AIR, Hyderabad. On May 12, there was a cyclone warning for the East Coast of India. The following stations of Andhra Pradesh state where I live were noted with extended broadcasts

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to give the latest information about this cyclone: Visakhapatnam 927 MW 100 kw (signed off at 1805). Hyderabad 738 MW 200 kw & 4800 50 kw did continue upto 2030 according to the info I got from the AIR Control Room. (Jacob) I heard the extended service of AIR Hyderabad May 12, 2020-2030* with a drama programme in Hindi. 33343 QRM from CNR 1. (Petersen). It is the same cyclone which has caused heavy rain damages on Sri Lanka (Ed)

4830, AIR Jammu, Kashmir, *0023-0040, May 03, warm-up tone *0015, AIR I/S, Kashmiri ann, hymn, 0025 Hindi ID ”Akashvani”, Indian flute, 0030 Hindi news, flute and talk, 35434 (Petersen)

4950, R Kashmir, Srinagar, *0025 (ex winter *0120) Summer sign on schedule. (Jacob)

5010, AIR Thiruvanathapuram, Since Apr 29 has restarted its evening broadcast on 5010. (Earlier it was available only on MW 1161). The schedule is 1115 ( Su 1130)-1735. Reports on their SW transmissions may be sent to Mr. Radha Krishna Menon, Station Engineer at email: tvm_airtvpm@sancharnet.in (This station also operates on 7290). Mornings they are on this frequency at 0020-0215. (Jacob)

9647.0, AIR Aligarh, 0430-0530*, Apr 25, instead of 9470.0 (Jacob)

10330, AIR Bangalore, 1530, Apr 17, booming in. Perhaps it should at 500 kW! (Green). Scheduled during A03 with Vividh Bharati (Variety programme) 0025-0435 0630-1200 and 1245-1700 in English/Hindi/Vern. (Ed)

INDONESIA 4869.96, RRI Wamena, 2030-2105, May 06, reactivated ! Indonesian pop, IS and ID at 2100 (first log !), clear signal (Penaud). They probably use higher power than the previous 0,3 kW. I also heard very weak signals here on May 09 at 2027-2050, May 10 at *(?) 2020-2050 and May 11 at 2035-2050. (Petersen). This is probably also the station Roland heard: 0930-1255, Apr 30, Bahasa Indonesia, IS, time ann, local news, 0944 ”Begirnu Negri” programme with South Sea music and Indonesian love songs, no Jakarta news at 1200; from 1255 QRM from SLBC, Sri Lanka fading in. Some days RRI signs off at 1030*. Off the air on Apr 26. (Schulze)

4925, RRI Jambi, SJ, 2240-2300, Bahasa Indonesian talk and Bahasa music. 34343 (Bredahl)

The following regionals were off the air in April 2003: 6070 RRI Jayapura 6153 RRI Biak 7171.3 RRI Serui 7231.1 RRI Fak Fak 7234 RRI Palu 9552.3 RRI Makassar. (Schulze)

9680, RRI Jakarta was active in April // 11860. (Schulze)

IRAQ/U.S.A. Saddam’s broadcasting fading out Domestic Iraqi television and radio broadcasts were stopped Apr 08 for the first time. Broadcasts were blacked out after US attacked targeted transmitters in the Iraqi capital in an effort to further demoralise Saddam Hussein's remaining troops. On Apr 09 the radio remained unheard on all known SW frequencies. (Extracts from BBCM research via DXLD)

Coalition broadcasting in Iraq fading in 4500, Information R via Command Solo flying near Baghdad, 1725-2200*, Apr 11, 18, 20,22,23,23,26 and 29, prolonged broadcast in Arabic, messages by man and woman about the

”liberation of Iraq”, U.S. and Arab pop songs, ID’s: ”Idha’at Radio al-Ma’ulumat” . Reports from Jay Garner’s visits to Iraqi cities. Still heard very strongly: 45434. But it was Off Apr 30 and May 02 ! (Pecolatto and Petersen).

9715, Information R was unheard Apr 08, but heard Apr 16. At 1645 on Apr 09, I recognized the voice of an announcer here to be a former R Sawa announcer! (Zeidan via DXLD). Heard 2014 (when BBC signed off) -2135, Apr 12 and May 02, Arabic female vocal, but soon into all-talk format by man and woman. Very choppy signal, many ups and downs, building but not strong overall. 34433. Blocked when R Liberty, Holzkirchen came on at *2058, and the freqyency was empty when R Liberty went off at 2158*. UNID after 0200 Apr 13 as well, but not enough to work with. (Berg and Petersen). I wonder if it was the Command Solo flight, normally used on 4500, that had succeeded the ordinary 9715 flight with a late broadcast ? (Ed)

ITALY 6231.5, R Speranza in Modena on is totally out of service. This according Mr. Roberto Barbolini the tecnical in charge of the SW Transmitter. (Monferini)

6060/7175/9515, RAI Caltanisetta. RAI has decided that the SW transmitters at Caltanisetta shall no longer be used for domestic broadcasts and they closed down on May 14. (Cobisi)

KENYA 4915, Kenya BC, Langata, 1907-1913*, Apr 25, Vernacular, Horn of Africa-type of music, some talks and an abrupt s/off. 33442 with co-channel QRM from Ghana. (Gonçalves). Rare catch! (Ed)

KOREA, North2624, Frontiers Soldiers R, Channel 1 (presumed), 1550, May 01, weak. It was not heard 1910 on Apr 29. (Schulze)

3025.5, Frontiers Soldiers R, Channel 2 (presumed), 1910, Apr 29, Korean drama (?). Also heard 1550, May 01, with patriotic songs and talks. (Schulze

3390.5, PBS, Pyongyang, Apr 29, 1830-1900*, New frequency in Korean, instrumental music, 1900 ID, time ann and off. 25432. It was heard // 3320 with a late programme. Nothing heard on 2850 at that hour. (Schulze)

KUWAIT 15505, R Kuwait, Sulabiyah, *1000-1500, Apr 25,26 and 27, Arabic, Muslim prayers, Kuwait ID and something like: ”Iza’ah al’cut-al Islam” at 1300. New relay of the Qur'an Programme not // other SW frequencies, but at *0340-0620 it relayed the Main Programme // 15495 as usual. 34433 (Petersen). I monitored that frequency and all the IDs go like this: ”Idhaat Alquraan Alkareem min al Kuwait” ..or ”Idhaat Alquraan Alkareem min Dawlat Al Kuwait”, but almost the same... ”the holy Quran radio from Kuwait” or ”the holy Quran radio from the "state" of Kuwait”. May be what You heard was a program called ”Adhakaa fil Islam” (Adhkaa is one of Islam's major beliefs which is giving to the needy people). In Arabic it sounds like the usual ID of ”..Idhaat”. (Zeidan, May 08)

LAOS 6130, Vientiane heard 1200- past 1300 whereas Laos External Service has been off the air on 7145 for a time. (Goonetilleke)

LIBERIA 11512.0, Voice of Liberty, Monrovia (t), 1715-1735, May 20, English, gospel songs. QRM 11510, 33433 (Petersen)

LITHUANIA Sitkunai SW: The relays of R Barabari, Avaye Ashena and FBN have been cancelled. Apart from daily transmissions of R Vilnius, there is still R Santec in German on 9710 Sun 1200-1300 (to

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Europe). Please note that the name of this station is R Santec, while the alternative name "Universelles Leben" / "Universal Life" is the name of the radio ministry in Germany. (Trutenau via Dxplorer)

MALI 7284.4, R Mali, Kati, 1013-1200, May 18, French sermon, folk songs. 15332. Was unable to establish its fade out time. // 31 m (good), 25 m (weak & QRM from Turkey 11955). (Gonçalves)

MEXICO 6104.88, XEQM,"La Candela", Mérida, 0800-1000, Apr 20, reactivated, romantic and pop Spanish male vocals, telcon and more music; many brief "Candela" IDs and promos, bigger ID at 0903: "Transmite las 24 horas . . . XEMH, 970 . . . en Mérida, Yucatán . . . Candela, Candela . . ." Signal strength pretty good, tho fady, and heavy QRN and general noise. Not heard on checks at various times the previous few days. Lists show their FM as 95.3, XHMH. (Berg). Also noted 1130-1230, Apr 15 and 16 with "Rasa Onda Corta" news about Yucatán state and Mérida city. 33333. QRM from Radio Taipei Int. in Chinese from 1200. Address of Sistema RASA: Edificio Publicentro, Calle 62 #508, Entre 63 y 65, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán; also has P.O. Box--Apartado 217, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán. (Bojorge in Conexion Digital)

6185, R Educación, Ciudad de México, 0716-fade out 0840, May 18, classical music programme. 35433. (Gonçalves)

9600, XEYU, Radio UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico City, 2100, Apr 26 and 27, back on the air with fair signal, but poor modulation. Best heard on 9599. Retransmits the programme of XEUN - AM 860. (Bojorge in Conexión Digital). It closed temporarily in Sep 1999 due to lack of spare parts and unemployment, but is back again. (Ed)

MOROCCO 7135, Rdiff.-TV Marocaine, 2344-0000*, May 06, long Arabic vocals hosted by a man with Arabic talk between selections. ID and sign off announcements at 2359 with transmission ending without a national anthem. Fair to good. (D'Angelo)

MYANMAR 5973, Myawaddy R Station seems to be inactive. Is anybody able to hear it ? (Schulze)

6570, Defence Forces BC, Taunggyi, 1620-1632*, May 01, Bamar talk mentioning Myanmar, music with female singer, 1631 closing ann by man and woman mentioning Myanmar again. Best as 34543 (Schulze)

NAMIBIA The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation urgently needs a cash injection of N$66 million to complete its business plan and to conclude the ongoing restructuring, Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab has told the National Assembly. (The Namibian (Windhoek), Apr 10 in NASWA Electronic Flash Sheet via D’Angelo). That explains why most SW frequencies of the NBC are off the air ! (Ed)

NICARAGUA 5770 USB, R Miskut, Ptº Cabezas, 2255-2307, May 17, playing songs; no ID or language heard, but what else then? 15331. (Gonçalves)

NORWAY/DENMARKThe number of SW frequencies made available by Norkring to NRK and R Denmark for their broadcasts to compatriots abroad from the transmitters at Kvitsoy and Sveio has been reduced considerably during recent months. The result is a deteriorated coverage of the broadcasts in Norwegian and Danish in the target areas.

Instead the frequencies are used for the following, mostly clandestine broadcasts, as heard here during Easter:

R Afghanistan, Mo-Sa 1430-1730, Su 1400-1700 on 18940 in Pashto and Dari. (Merlin) R International, Mo-Sa 1630-1715 on 13800 in Farsi. (Merlin) Voice of Komala, Su 1700-1800 on 7560 in Kurdish and Farsi. (TDP) Voice of Eritrean People, Su 1730-1800 on 9990 and 1800-1830 on 7530 in Tigrinya. (Merlin) R Yaran, Mo-Sa 1800-2100 on 7525 in Farsi. (Merlin)(Now off!) Voice of Reform, Daily 1830-2100 on 12025 in Arabic. (TDP) (Petersen)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3355, R Simbu, Kundiawa, 1115-1202*, May 12, back after 7 months absence, Tok Pisin ID, public ann, international and South Sea music, national anthem 25232 (Schulze)

3905, R New Ireland, Kavieng, regular again since Apr 15. (Schulze, Apr 30)

PERU 4757.32, R Imperio, Chiclayo, la provincia de Chiclayo, el departamento de Lambayeque, 0100, Apr 29. After being off air for a week or so on the frequency of 4389.92, this one jumped up with good strength on 4757.32. It was there for three days but just now back on its permanent frequency. Until 0100 "usual" program. Then "La Voz de la Salvación". A temporary visit or is something ``going on`` in Chiclayo? Might be wise to check those two frequencies (Malm via SWB and DXLD)

6536.0, R La Poderosa, Huancabamba, 0100, Apr 12. It seems that the old reliable "Rádio Difusora Huancabamba" has got a new name. Sometimes ID as "Rádio Difusora La Poderosa". (Malm via SWB) 6895.34, La Nueva Radio Superior, San Miguel de El Faique, 2345-2356*, Apr 21, male DJ announced that the premier transmission had just started and equipment was tested, "Nuestra primera transmisión de prueba. . ." Intended to come back the next day with a transmission 2000-0100. "Radio R.S.," "R. La Superior," "La Super Radio" plus some more jingle variants. Nice and strong signal. It is quite clear that the transmitter is from the old R San Miguel which earlier has been logged on 6895.41. (Malm in SWB via HCDX)

9504.76, R Tacna, Peru, 1055, April 19, Spanish interview with a government member of Tacna. TC: "las 6 de la mañana con 8 minutos". Local advs. Station`s announcement: "La radio de sintonia mayoritaria"; International news headlines. 34433. Their Operations Manager, Mr. Alfonso Cáceres C., wrote to me that they broadcast live on the internet Mo-Fr 1200-1400 on URRL: www.rocksur.com (Slaen)

Also heard April-May 2003 including at our DX-Camp:3375.1, R San Antonio, 2330-0100. (Petersen and Schmid) 4388.9, R Imperio, Chiclayo, 2315-2320. (Gonçalves)4485.6, R Frecuencia VH, Cajamarca, 2313-2317. (Gonçalves) 4746.8, R Huanta 2000, Huanta, 0020-0030.(Petersen & Schmid) 4775, R Tarma, Tarma, 2330-2340. (Gonçalves and Schmid) 4790, R Atlantida, Iquitos, 1000-1009. (Slaen) 4856.2, R La Hora, 1019-1032. (D'Angelo and Slaen) 4890.0, R Macedonia, Arequipa, 0546-1022. (Cássio & Howard) 4955, R Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 1022-1027. (Slaen)4965, R Santa Monica, Cusco, 0940-1130. (Schulze & Slaen) 4975, R del Pacifico, Lima, 1040-1101. (Slaen) 5019.9, R Horizonte, Chachapoyas, 0030-0040. (Schmid) 5678, R Ilucán, Cutervo, 2300-2312. (Gonçalves) 6173.8, R Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0030-0045. (Schmid) 6188, R Oriente, Yurimaguas, *1030-1040. (Slaen) 6193.94, R Cusco, Cusco, 1111-1116. (Slaen)

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6797.6, R Ondas del Rio Mayo, 0100-0105. (Petersen)

6783, R Ondas del Pacifico, Ayabaca, partial data personal letter in 19 months. V/s Hermino Velazco Cruz. Thanks to Takayuki Inoue Nozaki who collected the letter from the station where it had been on a stand-by for over a year due to the lack of funds to post it. (Korinek)

PHILIPPINES 9580v, PBS, Marulas, Valenzuela (Metro Manila)has been inactive on this frequency since May 05. (Schulze, May 13)

11885, R Pilipinas, Tinang, 0200-0330*, May 01,English replacing 11775, but the old ID-tape still announced 12015! Heard // 15120 and 15270. (Schulze)

15190, R Pilipinas, Tinang, 1800, May 01, Filipino programme // 11730 and 11890 (covered by R Taipei Int. in Arabic). (Schulze)

RUSSIA 6235, R Gardarika, St. Petersburg, will be again on SW between Jun 09 and 16 at 1800-2100. Main target area: Northwest Europe. (Timofeyev). Ex 6245 (Ed)

SÃO TOMÉ 7205, R Sawa, 2350-0015, May 06, lively Arabic vocals, nice "Radio Sawa" ID at top of the hour followed by English lyric vocals. Good signal Thanks to Dan Ferguson for confirmation of the transmitter site. (D'Angelo)

SOLOMON ISLANDS 5020, SIBC, Honiara, 1014-1034 Apr 26, island vocals, woman announcer with talks in English, ID, announcements for events in Honiara. Poor reception in very noisy conditions. (D'Angelo)

SPAIN 9840, R Exterior de España, 2135, May 11, in their mailbag program, "Radio Club" it was stated that due to lack of staff they presently do not send out QSL cards. (Køie)

TANZANIA 11734.1, R Tanzania Zanzibar, 2050-2100*, Apr 09, Swahili talk, vocal, Koran prayers, ID and sign off announcements. Brief instrumental anthem. Good. (D'Angelo) TOGO 5046.7, R Togo, 2236-0004*, Apr 21 and 25, continuous English lyric pop tunes until a man spoke in French. After another brief vocal there was an ID and sign off ann followed by an orchestral national anthem. Good signal but modulation was a little weak. 55322 (D'Angelo and Gonçalves)

TUNISIA 7190, Radio TV Tunisienne, 2230-2301* Apr 23, mix of Arabic language talks and music. 2300 ID and frequency ann, news headlines before carrier was cut. Good signal. (D'Angelo)

UNITED KINGDOM 15150, British Forces Broadcasting Service, via Rampisham (?), Apr 28, *1700-1800, English programme from Radio Two, news and radioplay. Seems to replace 17635. Heard // 13860. QRM Voice of Indonesia from 1730. (Petersen)

VENEZUELA R National de Venezuela verified with e-mail QSL. V/s: Mr. Ali Méndez Martinez, Representativ de onda corta. Address: Apartado Postal 3979, Caracas, Venezuela. E-mail: ondacortavenezuela@hotmail.com . Ali mentioned in e-mail, they are still repairing, or making adjustment. (Ishii)

VIETNAM The following regional stations were heard 1200-1230, May 11:

4798 Son La; 5034.7 // 6165 Dai Tieng Noi Vietnam; 6381 R Lai Chau and 6492.4 Cao Bang. Dai Tieng Noi Vietnam was also heard signing on *2325 in H’Mong. (Schulze)

17925, Voice of Vietnam, 0805-0930, May 11, new frequency with Home service heard // 5975, 7210 and 9530. News and reports 0900 in Vietnamese. At 0930 7210 changed to a different programme, but the 3 other frequencies continued to be in parallel. At 0930 5925 // 6020 // 9875 carried another programme. At 1200-1230 all these brought the same programme: 675 MW, 5925, 5975, 6020, 7210, 9530 and 17925 while 9875 was off. (17925 is 3rd harmonic of 5975! Ed)

At 2300 and onwards the Voice of Vietnam was heard with the same programme on 5925, 5975, 6020, 7210 and 9530. (Schulze)

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DSWCI-0093 Kaj Bredahl Jørgensen, Denmark DSWCI-0099 Anker Petersen, Denmark DSWCI-0370 Noel R. Green, Blackpool, United KingdomDSWCI-0524 Jean-Pierre Penaud, France DSWCI-0567 Dan Ferguson, VA, U.S.A. DSWCI-0655 Vashek Korinek, Rep. of South Africa DSWCI-0740 Victor Goonetilleke, Kolamunne, Sri Lanka DSWCI-0798 Jerry Berg/DXplorer, MA, U.S.A. DSWCI-1046 Giampiero Bernardini, Avvenire, Milano, Italy DSWCI-1141 Martien Groot, The Netherlands DSWCI-1331 Wolfgang Bueschel/BC-DX, Stuttgart, Germany DSWCI-1405 Erik Køie/R Denmark DSWCI-1410 Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal DSWCI-1418 Roland Schulze, Mangaldan, the Philippines DSWCI-1698 Kyriakos Dritsas, Thessaloniki, Greece DSWCI-2026 Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, U.S.A. DSWCI-2281 Andreas Schmid, Germany DSWCI-2500 Gabriel Iván Barrera, Buenos Aires, Argentina DSWCI-2670 Masato Ishii, Shibata-shi, Japan DSWCI-2812 Richard D’Angelo, FCDX/PA, U.S.A DSWCI-3090 Glenn Hauser/DX Listening Digest, U.S.A.DSWCI-3385 Klaus Elsebusch, Marienthal, Germany DSWCI-3477 Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria DSWCI-3481 Bruno Pecolatto, Italy DSWCI-3599 Nader Javaheri, Italy

Rogildo Fontenelle Aragão, Cochabamba, Bolivia Héctor García Bojorge, Mexico City, Mexico Samuel Cássio M./@-tividade DX, São Carlos, SP, Brazil Luigi Cobisi/EDXC Secretary General, Florence, Italy Angel Datzinov, Bulgaria Jose Jacob/DX India, Hyderabad, India Dave Kernick, United Kingdom Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador Dario Monferini/PLAY DX, Milano, Italy Artyom Prokhorov, Moscow, Russia Qiao Xiaoli, China Shukrat Rakhmatullayev, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, Italy Arnaldo L. Slaen, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mikhail Timofeyev, St. Petersburg, Russia Bernd Trutenau, Vilnius, Lithuania Charles Wompiah, Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana Tarek Zeidan, Egypt

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Edited By Ken Baird

New: e-mail< kennybaird.ayrshire@virgin.net>

Editorial: After a long break, again I have some news fromthe wonderful world of free radio. I’m sure like me, many ofyou had an increase in listening hours during the Iraqiconflict. I was even encouraged to keep a more detailed logthan I had gotten into the habit of keeping. There have beena lot of recent happenings, which I will endeavor to reporton, so here goes. I had a rather nasty accident on of allmodes of transport, a pushbike!! This put me off the roadand off work for a little while, and I would like to thank Kajand Anker for their well wishes, after I sent them a copy of aphoto. I am thinking of joining the lucky white heather club!!

DEATH OF PAUL JOHNSTONE

With regret, I have to announce the death of one of theregular voices on the SW free radio bands, that of PaulJohnstone. Paul was the operator of UK Radio, a regulararound 6266kHz. He had many friends in the free radioworld in the Midlands of England, where he came from, andwill be sorely missed. The first announcement about thiswas noted during a broadcast of Uranium International,Friday 25

th April, and again Sat 26

th. (Usual freq 6306 or

6300).

IRISH UPDATE - RAIDS IN DUBLIN

The situation in Dublin city has been upside down as ofTuesday 20

th May, ironically some 20 years to the day since

the Irish government of the day decided to try and closedown Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio. According toradiowaves.fm web site, there were and at the time ofwriting, still are no full time stations on air in the city area.The following taken from the above web site..WHERE'S MY FAVOURITE STATIONS GONE?This week the authorities acted against unlicensedbroadcasters in the Dublin area. This is the status of thestations presently off the air.

96.4 Cabra's Choice FM: Closed Tues; Raided Wed104.1 Cabra's Choice FM: Closed Tues; Raided Wed102.9 Chill FM: Raided92.0 Freedom 92FM: Raided94.1 Hot FM: Raided99.4 Hot FM: Raided90.4 I.C.E. FM: Raided89.8 Jazz FM: Raided94.4 Kiss FM: Raided93.2 Ministry FM: Raided87.9 Mix FM: Have returned with irregular broadcasting88.1 Phantom FM: Raided91.6 Phantom FM: returned weekend to ann closedown.92.6 Premier FM: Off air since Tuesday as precaution.101.3 Sun FM: Off air since Tuesday as precaution100.0 Unid: Raided99.1 The Vibe: Raided92.4 Walkinstown Local Radio: Raided Wednesday

107.9 XFM: Off air since Tuesdayas precaution102.5 The Zone: Off air as precaution

IN KILDARE107.7 Passion FM: Off air since Tuesday - reason unknown

IN WICKLOW105.8 Flash FM: Off air since Tuesday as a precaution

The report on Phantom was also a shock. The station’s output wasregularly heard via Ozone Radio when the anorak programme wasrelayed the following week on the SW channel.

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Why the authorities take out small part time operationswhen there is a station on 549kHz running 24 hours a dayrelaying religious propaganda, and certainly in my part ofScotland is louder and slightly stronger than RTE1!! Allother MW stations in the country are untouched. They are846 Radio North, Co Donegal, and Radio Star Country CoMonaghan, And the Radio Caroline relay, though to come

DSWCI Short Wave News May/June 2003

from Co Cork, on 1593. The latter has been recentlypumping out some signals, and at night is armchair listeninghere in Scotland. I also saw reports of it daytime in Holland!!

RAIDS IN HOLLAND

Details are sparse, and stations affected are unknown atpresent, but the Dutch authorities seem to be in the processof a large clean up campaign to rid the country of it’straditional pirate stations. More details when available, butone report suggested that already there have been about80 taken out, including the FM stations, and the campaignwill go on for about a year, or as long as it takes!! Onestation that obviously didn’t care was heard on 16

th May,

with one of the strongest signals I have ever heard from aDutchie. The count of Luxembourg, which I presume tohave been Dutch, had a +40 - +50 signal here in Scotlandat 2130UTC on 1655kHz. The e mail address of<thecount@planet.nl> was announced.

RADIO 3 NETWORK

During early April, a new and mystery relay of an Italianstation, Radio Tres Network came on the air suddenly. Thefrequency of 6275.2 was used, with real good signals allover Europe, suggesting reasonably high power. DaveValco in the States heard them on 6955 one night only. Thefollowing was taken from Hard Core DX. The station asks tokeep on monitoring these frequencies and let it know if thesignal is still there. So that they can report to the localpostal police. You'll get some station stickers for your"reporting". I will not be reporting directly to the station,sticker or not. No need to bring unneeded attention to therelay station. Greg Myers, St. Petersburg, FL, USA. I agreeGreg, I don’t like these words or indeed attitude. OneGerman DXer had a similar extreme right wing comment rethe Dutch stations. I suspect however that just maybe this isa complete denial, but what reason really would you ask forfurther reports? I suspect the local police as they call themwere never contacted!!!

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SWINGING RADIO ENGLANDIt has been good to hear regular transmissions from Westand North Kent Radio, WNKR, and also Swinging Radio

England of late. There was some kind of a quiet radio scenein the London area until their welcome return. Frequenciesto check for, WNKR – 6285, and Swinging Radio England –6276 [6275.9] E MAIL wnkr@37.com

RADIO CAROLINE

Good to see that there are some who still see Caroline as apirate operator, and certainly see the station as worthrelaying even if it is unofficially. The most worthy outlet hasbeen 1593AM, from Eire, which has sometimes the powerto allow armchair listening here in Scotland. The secondUNID site was for a while on 7150. This seems to havebeen at least for now, terminated.

GREEK / BALKLANDS

5685 kHz UNID Greek found on MAY 17 2258-... playingfolk tunes. 35342. I had never found this sort of (Greek)activity on such a high QRG. (Gonçalves)Maybe/ likely a harmonic, though 1895 seems kinda hightoo?? [KB]

I too have been hearing some odd stations in this part of thespectrum. Thursday May 1

st, 0105 on 1615.4 a station with

unknown lingo, and sounding like at one point RadioPanasonic, or similar. The big thing this time was the signal,as it reached 30 – 40 db over S9!!!

Wed 19th

March 1662.3, UNID Balkland type station, againwith a signal of S9 +20. I must try and put some MP3s online somewhere to try and help ID these elusive stations.

A superb web site I have noticed recently for photos of theoffshore stations of the past.www.offshoreradio.de/slides is the site of many of TheoDenker’s original slides, which are outstanding to say theleast. I know copyright should be observed, but I haveincluded one as a sample along side this article.

Regular stations: Laser Hot Hits 24hours, currentfrequencies at the time of print are 4025, 6220. 7465. 9385Ozone Radio, Dublin 6200, 7485 and others.WMR Scotland 7526kHzRadio Geronimo@hotmail.com was heard on the old UKradio freq 6266. BRI Via Jolly Roger Radio 6235.5

BROADCASTING STATIONS

EUROPE

AustriaOrange, 94.0, PPC, 1w NR R. Africa Int, 17895, E-lr for E-RR, v/s M .Mathurin Butusolua, addr mathurin54@hotmail.com, 28d RAD R. Africa Int, 17895, p/d E-lr, v/s as above, 5w VK R. Austria Int, 17855, lr, 13d MIM R. Maria, 104.7, PPC, 2w NR TWR relay, 9495, f/d cd, sched, info, v/s B. Chick, 7w VK VO Vietnam relay, 5955, f/d cd, 2w-10m VK

BelgiumR. Vlaanderen Int, 7390, f/d cd, 15-44d MIM

BulgariaR. Bulgaria, 9400, f/d cd, st, 100d MIM CroatiaHRT Pula, 1134, PPC, 1w NR

FinlandScandinavian Weekend R., 5980, cd, st, (2 IRC), 46d AP YLE Etelä-Karjalan R., 11755, PPC, 2w NR YLE Kainuun R., 11755, f/d lr, info, v/s K. Heikkinen, 4w NR YLE Kymenlaakson R., 11755, PPC, 2w NR YLE Oulu R., 11755, PPC, 4w NR YLE Tamperen R., 11755, PPC, 2w NR

FranceTDF, 25775.1, E-lr for E-RR, v/s P. Urcun, 6d RAD

GermanyBible Voice BC, 13810, f/d pers lr, v/s L. Thompson, 7wVK DW, 9770/15470/17820, f/d cd, st, 51-102d MIM Evangeliums Radio Hamburg, 6015, f/d cd, info, 3w VK Hitradio X, 90.3, PPC, after f/up 4w NR IBRA Radio via DTK, 15120, f/d cd, 8w VK NDR Studio Oldenburg, 91.1, PPC, 1w NR Radio 106,4, 106.4, PPC, 3w NR Radio 22, 88.4, PPC, 3d NR R. Africa Int, 11690, f/d cd, info, (IRC), 11d JWR. Ensemble am Chiemsee, 99.4, PPC, 1w NR R. Fortuna, 88.9, PPC, after f/up 1w NR R. Jam FM, 99.6, f/d lr, 1w NR R, RheinWelle, 92.5, PPC, info, 4d NR R. Rüsselsheim, 90.9, lr, PPC, st, v/s T. Weisz, 14w NR R. ZuSa, 95.5, PPC, after f/up 1w NR

GreeceR. Farda relay, 9435, f/d E-lr, 2d VK R. Sawa relay, 1260, p/d E-lr, 4d VK VO Greece, 11900/15190, f/d cd, sched, 11-21d MIM

ItalyEuropean Music R. via IRRS, 13840, E-lr for E-RR, f/d cd, v/s T. Taylor, 1 hour-11d AP RAI, 11900, f/d cd, lr, clock, st, 57d MIM R. Antenna Iblea BC, 98.4, PPC, 4m NR R. Centro Vittoria, 101.4, PPC, 3m NR R. Margherita, 107.4, n/d lr, st, 5w NR

Latvia

EMR, 5935, f/d cd, st, info for E-RR, 7d AP

LithuaniaR. Nord Memorial, 9980, cd, info, v/s R. Fors- lund, 197d THE R. Nord, 9980, f/d cd, v/s R. Forslund, f/up 179d RAD R. Nord Programme relay, 9980, f/d cd, 5m VK

LuxembourgCRI Relay, 1440, f/d cd, rf, 5w VK Mega R., 1440, PPC, 19m NR R. Honnert 7, 100.7, PPC, 1w NR Stimme des Trostes relay, 1440, f/d pers lr, 3w VK

MacedoniaMakedonska R., 810, f/d lr, ($), 31d AP

MaltaCampus FM, 103.7, lr, PPC, v/s M. Fava, 10w NR Island Sound, 101.8, PPC, st, v/s C.H. Tabone, 2w NR Radio 101, 101.0, f/d cd, 2w NR R. Malta, 999/93.7, E-lr, 2w NR R. Marija, 106.0, PPC, lr, st, 2w NR RTK Radio, 103.0/97.8, PPC, business cd, 10d NR

MoldovaTWR relay, 999, f/d cd, sched, info, v/s B. Chick, 7w VK

NetherlandsR. Nederland, 7260, f/d cd, st, greetings, 23d MIM

NorwayR. Denmark, 12070/15705/15735, f/d cd, st, 7-12d MIM

PortugalRDP, 21810, f/d cd, vc, sched, st, lr, 59d MIM

RomaniaR. Romania Int, 15365, f/d cd, sched, 59d MIM

RussiaBFBS via St. Petersburg, 5945, n/d E-lr for E-RR, v/s D. Crwys-Williams, sched, addr: info@bfbs.com, 7d AP

Bible Voice Broadcasting via Irkutsk, 7180, f/d lr, 6w VK Bible Voice Broadcasting via Krasnodar, 7430, f/d cd, station bulletin, v/s L. Thompson, 14d VK R. Vaticana relay, 12055, f/d cd, 33w VK RVI via Krasnodar, 9925, f/d cd, 3m VK VO Russia, 630/720/5930/6170/7355, f/d cd, pg, lr, sched, vc, calendar, 30-38d MIM

SloveniaR. Murski Val, 648, lr, st, business cd, after f/up 2w NR

SwedenR. Nord, 9980, f/d cd, (IRC), 172d LR R. Sweden, 17505, f/d cd, 7-8d MIM

SwitzerlandElectronic Music R., 95.9, PPC, 2w NR Radio FM4, 95.6, f/d lr, PPC, v/s C. Huber, 2w NR Radio 3fach, 87.6, PPC, 3m NR SRG R. Swiss Jazz, 101.3, f/d cd, 1w NR SRI, 9755/13790/21750/21770, f/d cd, sched, 9-25d MIM

United KingdomGarrison R., 1287, p/d lr, v/s M. Durham, 13d LR R. Farda via Wooferton, 15410, f/d E-lr, 3d VK R. Japan relay, 7230, cd, info, 75d THE RVI via Skelton, 13685, f/d cd, st, 3w VK Salama R. Int, 15475, p/d pers lr, calendar, st, v/s J. Abdalla, 36w VK VO Vietnam relay, 5970, f/d cd, 11m VK Wales R. Int, 6010, cd, 16-25m NR

VaticanVatican R., f/d cd, st, info, 17-22d MIM VO Charity Lebanon, 11735, PPC, lr, v/s F. Tabet, 39d RAD

AFRICA

Canary IslandsLas Palmas Full Gospel Church, 6715, E-lr, 22 hours NR Las Palmas Full Gospel Church, 6715, lr, ($), 21d FB Las Palmas Full Gospel Church, 6715, E-lr for E-RR, v/s G. Chung, 6d JWLas Palmas Full Gospel Church, 6715, lr, 26d RAD Las Palmas Full Gospel Church, 6715, f/d pers lr, v/s G. Chung, 8w VK RNE-5, 720, f/d cd, st, 28w VK

CongoR. Congo, 5985, lr, v/s R. Olingou, ($), 782d RAD

Congo (Democratic Republic)R. Okapi, 11690, E-lr for E-RR, 4 minutes 33 seconds RAD

GuineaRTG, 7125, n/ E-lr for E-RR, v/s I. Conde, 6d RAD

KenyaKBC Maralal, 1386, f/d cd, lr, photo, 6m VK

MoroccoR. Sawa, 7255, E-lr for E-RR, after f/up 1d RAD

SeychellesFEBA - VO Forgiveness, 15535, cd, v/s D. Dugathe, 45dRAD

South AfricaR. Veritas, 3280, p/d lr, info, v/s E. Blaser, 5w VK WYFR relay, 3230, f/d cd, st, info, 10w VK

ASIA

ArmeniaDW via Yerevan, 1350, f/d cd, 3m NR DW relay, 1350, f/d cd, 4w VK

BhutanBhutan BCS, 6035, cd, 6w MVA

China China Tibet PBC, 7385, cd, vc, lr, sched, 3w NR CRI, 7190, f/d cd, lr, rp, paper cutting, 41-46d MIM Holy Tibet R., 6110, f/d cd, vc, 2m VK VO Russia relay, 11500, f/d cd, lr, v/s T. Stukova, 36w VK

CyprusR. Sawa relay, 981, p/d E-lr, 3d VK

Hong KongR. TV Hong Kong, 3940, n/d cd, (3 IRC, vc), 30d AP R. TV Hong Kong, 3940, p/d cd for E-RR, 45d ASC

Korea, NorthVO Korea, 9650, f/d cd, newspaper, rf, 72d MIM

KuwaitR. Farda, 1593, f/d E-lr, 3d VK

PakistanR. Pakistan, 5860/11570/15100, f/d cd, lr, st, 22-41d MIM

Sri LankaR. Farda relay, 21575, f/d E-lr, 2d VK VOA relay, 15190, f/d cd, v/s J. Vodenik, 27w VK

Taiwan AWR, 1550, f/d cd, sched, 27d MIM AWR relay, 15490, f/d cd, lr v/s N. da Vera, 5w VK R. Taipei Int, 9955/11605, f/d cd, st, lr, 13-26d MIM

TurkeyVO Turkey, 9525/17615, f/d cd, sched, st, pen, 20-43d MIM

United Arab EmiratesAWR relay, 15520, f/d cd, lr, st, v/s N. de Vera, 10m VK AWR, 17870, f/d cd, sched, 19-21d MIM R. Asia, 1575, p/d E-lr, v/s B. Bhalla, 25d VK

UzbekistanR. Tashkent, 7285/9715, f/d cd, lr, rf, 26-27d MIM

VietnamVO Vietnam, 9840, f/d cd, 34d MIM

PACIFIC

AustraliaR. Australia, 11880, f/d cd, sched, pg, info, 142d MIM Voice Int, 13685, lr, info, v/s R. Daniel, 3w NR Voice Int, 13690, f/d lr, info, sched for E-RR, 9d ASC HCJB, 15480, E-QSL for E-RR, 9d ASC

GuamKSDA, 11675/11705/11755/11980/15725, f/d cd, 9-54d MIM

Northern Mariana IslandsR. Australia relay, 21780, f/d cd, v/s I. Johnson, 53w VK

NORTH AMERICA

CanadaR. Canada Int, 9660, f/d cd, sched, st, pen, 22d MIM R. Japan relay, 6145, special cd, v/s T. Yasuda, 84d RAD

USAKASL, 1080, handwritten verie, st, v/s H. Powell, 75d PM KKDD, 1290, lr, v/s M. Escarcega, 21d PM Remnants Hope Ministry via WBCQ, 17495, f/d cd, pers lr, sched, v/s T. Butler, 19d VK KTFH, 1680, lr, v/s R. B. Harris, 18d PM VOA, 6030/6090/9760/11805/15150/17870, f/d cd,19-27dMIM WBCQ, 17495, cd, 15d PM WWRU, 1660, form lr, v/s G. D, Butch, 1363d PM WWZN, 1510, p/d lr, info, v/s M. Pappalardo, 1m VK

CENTRAL AMERICA

CubaR. Habana Cuba, 6000/9820, f/d cd, lr, 38-55d MIM

HondurasR. Litoral, 4830, f/d cd, lr, v/s M. McCollum, 3m VK

PanamaR. María, 1310, p/d lr, info, v/s A. Dominguez, 9m VK

SOUTH AMERICA

BrazilR. Cultura do Amazonia, 4845, p/d E-lr, v/s S. Peixoto, @silvinhanascimento@hotmail.com, 6m VK R. Canção Nova, 9675, f/d cd, st, book, (IRC, CD), 19d JW

ColombiaLV de tu Conciencia, 6010, cd, v/s M. Stendal, 4m GB

EcuadorHCJB, 5965, f/d cd, v/s J. E. Beck, (2 IRC), 36d AP

French GuyanaR. Japan / JSWC special, 15590, cd, info, (IRC), 79d AP

UNOFFICIAL RADIORadio 48, 6300, E-lr, 13d LR R. Metropolis via R. Cochiguaz, 11440, f/d cd, info, pers lr, v/s R. Clark, 6m VK

CLANDESTINE STATIONSFPM Radio Lebanon, 11515, E-lr for E-RR, 1d THE LV de CAMCO, 9955, f/d cd, v/s J. White, 54w VK R. Free Lebanon, 15515, E-lr for E-RR, 3d AP R. Komala, 4610, p/d E-lr, v/s R. Piri Besarani, 16d VK R. Revista Lux, 9955, f/d cd, v/s J. White, 8m VK R. Sedaye Iran, 11575, f/d lr, 5w VK SW R. Africa, 6145, p/d E-lr, v/s Richard, 19w VK Tigrean Int Solidarity for Justice and Democracy via DTK, 15700, f/d lr, sched, v/s W. Brodowsky, 25w VK VO China, 7270, f/d pers lr, info, vc, v/s L. Lu, 6w VK VO Democratic Eritrea, 15670, f/d cd, 10m VK VO Free Lebanon, 11515, E-lr for E-RR, 1d RAD VO National Salvation, 4450, n/d cd, pers lr, 9w VK VO Tibet, 15670, f/d cd, 28w VK World Falu Dafa R., 5925, cd, info, after f/up 13d THE

UTILITY STATIONS

AustriaKW Klagenfurt, 405, f/d lr, v/s D. Tofferl, 16d LR TUN Tulln, 358, cd, 47d THE

Bosnia-HercegovinaDNC Mostar, 425, kind lr, 3w NR DNC Mostar, 425, lr, v/s A. Salai, 18d LR MA Mostar, 355, f/d lr, f/d cd, v/s A. Salai, 118d LR MA Mostar, 352, lr, v/s A. Salai, 4w NR

CroatiaZRA Zadar, 330, f/d lr, v/s J. Dunatou, f/up 52d LR

Czech RepublicRAK Rakovnik, 386, f/d lr, v/s J. Hocek, 56d LR

DenmarkHP Esbjerg, 376, f/d lr, v/s G. Mosaard, f/up 29d LR KD Kolding, 357, f/d lr, v/s M. Nielsen, f/up 14d LR SV Skive, 335, f/d lr, v/s B. Thyrrestrup, f/up 14d LR

FinlandJP Joensuu, 401, f/d lr, 23d LR RO Kauhava, 361, f/d lr, 23d LR

FranceAV Avord, 306.5, f/d lr, 25d LR

GermanyDHJ61 Flensburg Muerwik, 844.3/12410, p/d lr, 5w NR DY Düsseldorf, 284.5, f/d lr, v/s V. M. Liedtke, 13d LR FW Frankfurt, 382, f/d lr, info, v/s K.L. Müller, 13d LR KBA Karlsruhe, 431, f/d lr, st, 10d LR JEV Jever, 390, p/d cd, f/up 28d LR NMN Mendig, 331, f/d lr, f/up 39d LR OBI Oberpfaffenhofen, 429, PPC, 3w NR WUN Wunstorf, 419, f/d lr, 25d LR

HungaryL Budapest Ferihegy, 357, PPC, f/d cd, 5w NR ZG Szeged, 445, f/d lr, v/s K. Laszlo, f/up 22d LR

IrelandCFN Donegal, 361, f/d lr, v/s B. O’Baoile, 12d LR SLG Sligo, 384, f/d lr, v/s B. Murphy, 11d LR

ItalyCAT Catania Fontanarossa, 345, PPC, 3w NR RCA Reggio Calabria, 325, PPC, 3w NR

LuxembourgELU Luxembourg, 368.5, lr, 14d THE

MadeiraCS3B Propagation Beacon, 28200, cd, 6m NR

MaltaGZO Gozo, 320, PPC, 3w NR

NetherlandsNW Maastricht, 373, f/d lr, v/s M. Jacobs, f/up 63d LR THN Thorn, 434, f/d E-lr, after 3 f/ups 2d LR TWN Twenthe, 335.5, f/d lr, 24d LR

NorwayBA Banak-Porsang, 275, cd, 83d THE BNK Banak, 345, cd, 83d THE Floroe R., 1680, f/d cd, 15d LR FOR Hammerfest-Forsöl, 318, cd, 83d THE HEI Heidrum, 340, cd, 108d THE HTK Sørkjosen-Hestvik, 378, cd, 108d THE IL Bodö-Ilstad, 320, cd, 83d THE KBV Kobbevåg, 283, cd, 92d THE KPG Sogndal-Kaupanger, 303, 108d THE KV Tromsö-Kvalsund, 362, 92d THE LR Mosjoen-Laksfors, 335, 108d THE MH Mehamn, 353, cd, 83d THE OM Honnigsvåg-Helnes, cd, 83d THE

OmanA47RB Propagation Beacon, 28194, cd, 4m NR

PanamaHPPM2 Pedro Miguel, 10337, f/d lr, 9d LR

PolandPOZ Poznan, 429, f/d lr, 53d LR

SlovakiaF Sliac, 295, PPC, 2w NR PPD Poprad, 337, f/d lr, v/s J. Just, f/up 127d LR

SpainBJZ Badajoz Talavera la Real, 298, PPC, 3m NR

PP Pamplona, 354, p/d lr, 54d LR

SwedenOU Umeå, 425, f/d lr, v/s J. Lindgren, 100d LR

TurkeyARF Cengiz Topel, 383.5, E-lr, v/s Y Cetin, f/up 23d THE

USA4U1UN Propagation Beacon, 28000, cd, 9m NR KZN508 Rockhill, 13998, f/d lr, 9d LR

Contributors to this QSL-corner

AP Anker Petersen, Denmark ASC Andreas Schmid, Germany FB Fruedrich Büttner, Germany JW Jürgen Waga, Germany LR Lionel Roithmeir, Guernsey, United Kingdom MIM Mizuno Mitsuaki, Japan MVA Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands NR Norbert Reiner, Germany (Has heard the stations in different countries) PM Patrick Martin, USA RAD Richard A. D’Angelo, USA THE Tor-Henrik Ekblom, Finland VK Vashek Korinek, South Africa

In this issue contributions from 12 members from 08 coun-

tries.

Many thanks for your cooperation!

Until next issue, 73s

DSWCI Short Wave News May/June 2003

DSWCI DX Camp at Vejers 16-18 May 2003 by Anker Petersen and Kaj Bredahl Jørgensen

21 persons took part in another successfull DSWCI DX-Camp and Annual General meeting at Vejers Beach on May 16-18. The members came from: Finland: Torre Ekblom. Sweden: Tibor Szilagyi. Denmark: Kaj Bredahl Jørgensen, Bent Nielsen, Anker Petersen, Torben Dahl, Vagn Nielsen and Jens Søndergaard. Germany: Bernhard Hein, Hella & Karl Helt, Robert Kipp, Andy Schmid, Jürgen Waga and Simon-Peter Liehr and Italy: Nader Javaheri. The guests were: Luigi Cobisi (EDXC Secretary General), Italy; Germany: Eckhardt Röscher, Helga Neuner and Gertrud Schmid and Denmark: Karin Nielsen who was in charge of the Danish Buffet. Everyone arrived during Friday and put up their antennas in the 5 meters tall sanddunes around the venue Vardeborg, a scout camp. DX-ing started right away and continued throughout day and night until Sunday morning with various individuals DX-ing or sleeping at different times.

We felt more noisy ionospheric conditions than a year ago. However, the Solar flux was rather low around 102, the geomagnetic activity was low (A-index around 9) and no solar flares were observed. Thus at least 15 Andean stations could be heard. On mediumwave some good stations around the Caribbean Sea were heard including the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Look in the Tips in this SWN for the loggings. Torre Ekblom heard a lot of NDB-stations, incl. 14 new ones to him, such as oil platforms in the North Sea.

Saturday morning those not DX-ing had two nice touristic tours to the fascinating terrain north of Vejers and to Oksbøl village where a carnival-like spring parade took place. The famous Amber Museum was also visited.

Annual general meeting. At 1400 local time the Chairman of the Club opened the AGM welcoming all participants and forwarding greetings from other members around the world.

Tibor Szilagyi was elected Chairman of the Meeting and he read the relevant articles from the Statutes and found that the AGM was announced in good time before the event. The report of the previous AGM was approved and then the Chairman of the Club, Anker Petersen, gave his annual report:

”At the AGM two years ago, I could report that we were 96 members less than a year earlier. At the AGM last year we had lost further 15, and today I can inform you that we are 11 less than a year ago. It is still a bad trend, but the downgoing curve seems to level out and the DSWCI is able to continue its existence! The replies to our recent questionnaire confirm that we have a very stable and loyal core of mostly longtime members. I will come back to these replies at the end of my report.

”Let me first give you the present status of members: We now have 221 members in 34 countries in all continents of the world. A year ago we had 232 members in 36 countries. That means a loss this time of only 11 members despite the competition from the Internet!

”The number of ”E-members” who pay a reduced membership fee and receive SWN electronically instead of the ordinary printed version by postal mail, is included in the 221. It has increased during the past year from 26 to 33.

”The present members are living in the following countries: Germany 46, Denmark 26, the United Kingdom 25, Italy 20, Sweden 15, Japan 13, The Netherlands 11, France and U.S.A. each 10, Finland 5, Spain and Argentina each 4, Portugal 3. We

have 2 members in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Switzerland. Finally these countries are represented with one member each: Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, the Philippines, Republic of South Africa, Russia, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. We lost our last members in Iceland, New Zealand, Peru and Turkey, but are pleased to have a former member in Ukraine back. Our sole member in Jamaica has moved to Costa Rica and a British member has moved to Malta. We are still the DX-club with a printed magazine with the most worldwide membership.

”As you will remember, our former webmaster and member of the Board, Claus Petersen, left the Club a year ago due to lack of time. Fortunately one of our members offered his assistance temporarily to get our website running. That was Rolf Wernli in Switzerland who since last summer has done an outstanding job for the DSWCI! However, he has very little sparetime, so he would prefer that any professional webadministrator amongst our members could take over. But Rolf underlines that he will do the job until a successor takes over. Members shouldn't fear that the DSWCI soon will be without web presence again. He is also prepared to do substitute services for a successor if necessary. But let me here thank Rolf for his job to get our website www.dswci.org up again and running and being improved in many ways including showing colour pictures. This opens a lot of new possibilities that our club can make available to our members. I can just invite members with experience in this area to contact us in order to improve our member service.

”Our popular, electronic newsletter, the DX-Window continues to be sent out every second Wednesday to those interested who have access to the Internet. At the moment 105 members or nearly half of our membership get it as e-mail. Rolf Wernli also publishes it on our website in the Members Area where members with a password also can read it.

”The printed SWN has also been published in accordance with the previous AGM decisions.” With the permission of the Chairman of the meeting, the Editor-in Chief then gave his annual report on the production of SWN:

It has been a tradition for many years now, that I will give you a brief report about concerning our bulletin, called Short Wave News.

Also this year we had to just publish 9 issues due to the economical difficulties we – I’m sorry to say – still are facing. Anyway, it seems, that our members are satisfied with this arrangement.

My report goes from May 2002 to April 2003 with a total of 9 issues. In this period, a total of 240 pages were produced, compared with 8 issues and 208 pages the period before. Those nine issues gives an average of 26 pages for each issue which is exactly the same as last year. Out of those 240 pages, just 5 pages were commercial pages, also the same amount as last year. As you will see, this year you had 32 more pages than the previous reported period, which is due to the fact that we still print our bulletin on a thinner piece of paper, which I have mentioned at an former AGM.

Similar to the other years, also this year, I was happy to include some interesting articles written by our own members – not at least our most travelling chairman -.Let me just mentioning the articles “DX-ing in the third World”, “EDXC Conference in Finland”, and I know, that there are more articles on it’s way from his hand. Anker also made a much useful survey of news in English about Iraq and another survey called “Iraq as DX-Target”. This last one has though not been published in SWN, but on our homepage, I believe. Of other articles we have also had a survey anout English and German DX-programmes, made by our German member, Wolfgang Buschel, An unique article written by our old member, George Brown about a visit to Radio Vanuatu has also been published. Furthermore we have had an article about old radio receivers, made by our long time member, Massimo Cerveglieri. The last two articles published was about Medium Wave Loop antenna by Jurgen Martens, Germany, and about a DX-pedition

DSWCI Short Wave News May/June 2003

to the wellknown DX-place at Fjerritslev in the Northern Jutland written by among others, by Dutch DSWCI member Max van Arnhem. In addition to that, two updaters to the DBS has been published.

I have examined the Danish prices for photocopying SWN instead of offset printing for the number of members we have now. We thought, that it would be cheaper, now that we just print about 225 copies each time, but the surprising result was that it was a few percent more expensive to photocopy than to print in offset! With the excellent service we have now, we therefore do not plan to change printing house or method of printing, but we will of course also look for some money to save.

Again this year, I am happy to tell you, that my co-editors all have been very stable and made a very good job. There has been no changes of the editor staff, and that shows that the editors like their job, despite it gives no money!

Similar to last year, Short Wave News has been send out very regularly. The procedure has been the same as previous years, namely I send the scripts to the printing house Sunday afternoon, then we got the printed copies back on Thursday, and on the same evening, Anker, Bent and I are putting labels on the envelope and the bulletin into the envelopes. It is then delivered to the post office Friday. The Danish members then have their copy on Saturday the week after the editors deadline to me.and most of the European members got their copy Monday. This can’t be done any faster!

Finally let me take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all my co-editors for a very good job done during the last year. Surely we within the Board do appreciate this very much. My thanks also goes to all our members, who have provided us with contributions in various way – big or small. As the editor-in-chief I should however like to receive contributions also from those we never or seldom hear from. Thank you”

Anker Petersen then continued: ”I have just finished editing the fifth edition of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey which is completely updated and unique thanks to several monitors amongst our members. Again this year it includes the active Clandestine stations. Furthermore at each entry it is noted when the station was logged the last time before the deadline. No other list in the world has such a feature showing the currency of each domestic shortwavestation.

”Unfortunately our economical situation is so that we do not have money for the printing of the DBS-5 at our printing house! Therefore the Board has decided to publish it by electronic means only. The DX-er must then print it out himself, if he wants a paper copy. The price for a copy sent by e-mail in compressed PDF-format is 40 DKK or 5 Euro or 5 USD or 3 GBP or 7 IRC. However at special requests, members without access to the Internet may buy a printed copy for 75 DKK or equivalent.

”Again in March this year our Czech member Jaroslav Bohac arranged our annual DX Contest ”The Grand Tour with Cancer and Capricorn” for the 15th year in a row. It is really challenging to participate, but unfortunately fewer and fewer are joining even if Jaroslav did announce it everywhere. We do not yet know the results, but let me here thank Jaroslav for all his hard work for this Club contest.

”Unfortunately we have witnessed during the past year that several more international broadcasters have implemented large cuts in their broadcasts on shortwave. Let me just mention R Canada International, R Finland and R Austria International. Furthermore HCJB has announced that their broadcasts to Europe and North America from Ecuador will cease by the end of this month and their shortwave broadcasts in German and Spanish to Europe by the 28th of September 2003. We all very much regret these large reductions at stations which most of us have listened to since we began shortwave listening.

”R Denmark is right now considering to cease all its SW broadcasts by the end of 2003 when the present contract with Norkring terminates. I know by personal experience that the reception of the broadcasts from Norway is good throughout the world and that many Danes on travel highly appreciate the news broadcasts twice daily from Denmark. In an attempt to avoid closure of the SW service, a letter of protest was sent from the DSWCI to the Minister of Culture in Copenhagen right after Easter. A week later the Minister, Mr. Brian Mikkelsen, personally answered the letter and ”confirmed that R Denmark has a public service obligation to serve Danes abroad with programmes and information”. He wrote ”this can be done by shortwave broadcasts, satellite relays of domestic radio- and TV programmes from Danmarks Radio, on-line broadcasts through the Internet and by a special newsservice on telephone. The shortwave service will as a minimum continue throughout 2003. It has not yet come to a decision as to how long thereafter it will continue.” The DSWCI does not agree that replacement by broadcasts via the internet is a viable solution. I can only recommend listeners to the broadcasts on shortwave from R Denmark to send personal letters of protest before it is too late.

”During the past few years more and more DX-ers have got access to a personal computer (PC) and to the Internet which offers exchange of DX-news from day to day on a global basis in two different ways: By electronic mail or on the World Wide Web. In February 2003 the DSWCI issued a Questionnaire with 15 questions to all members. Its main topic was: Printed or electronical news from DSWCI ? The Board is grateful that 75 members took the time and trouble to answer the questionnaire and I will now go through the replies with you. They have been read by the General Board, all editors and the webmaster”. (The analysis of the many replies can be elsewhere in this SWN !)

”The Board has drawn these conclusions from all this information from our members: 1. We will continue to issue a printed SWN as long as our

economy permits . 2. We will continue to exploit the possibilities of the internet e.g.

by publishing more with news value and articles on the website than we have space for in the printed SWN, but it is still the goal to get as much as possible printed later on.

3. Our members are generally very satisfied with all the sections in SWN, so we will not change the editorial policy.

4. Our members are very satisfied with the DX-Window, so we will not change the editorial policy.

”Finally my sincere thanks to all members of the Board, General Directors and the whole Editing Staff and our webmaster for your stable and very fine work done each month for the Club. Thank you also to the auditors for checking the Club account.” Our treasurer, Bent Nielsen, then went through the audited account for 2002 which was published on page 7 in SWN April. He answered questions about the expenses at the AGM 2002, and reductions in membership earnings in 2002 compared to 2001 which partly is due to a higher number of ”E-members”. His proposal, that the membership fee in DKK shall be unchanged during the coming year, was accepted.

Tibor Szilagyi invited our members to strengthen the Club economy and to help another DX-er by paying the membership fee for such persons who are unable to pay themselves. The elections were easy as there were no other candidates, so these persons were reelected: The Board: Anker Petersen, Kaj Bredahl Jørgensen, Bent Nielsen and Christopher Siboni. Substitute: Torben Dahl. The General Board: Noel Green (UK), Gerd Klawitter (Germany) and Torre Ekblom (Nordic countries). Auditors: Torben Dahl and Vagn Nielsen.

Under Miscellaneous on the agenda a winner among those who replied the Questionnaire was drawn. That was member no. 915 Reijo Koivisto, Finland who gets a free DBS-5.

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Robert Kipp offered several good proposals e.g. on improve-ments of our website service which the Board now will study.

Lectures after the AGM Then followed three interesting talks by these participants:

Luigi Cobisi first gave the latest news about broadcasting from Italy on shortwave and mediumwave. The Caltanisetta SW transmitter on Sicily closed down the week before the AGM. RAI on 846 MW has returned on the air with reduced power of 75 kW. In the future there will only be one RAI programme on MW. The Vatican R has no Danes who can read the Danish newscasts!

In replacement for the DX-Partyline from HCJB Ecuador the Voice of the Mediterranean has accepted to broadcast the monthly report from the EDXC from June 2003.

Then Luigi Cobisi mentioned the coming EDXC Conference in Königstein near Frankfurt mid-August and a possible special meeting on Malta late October.

Finally he invited European DX-leaders to consider, if the present EDXC needs a renewal. The basic statutes are more than 30 years old and especially during the past few years the Internet and other technological factors have changed the whole situation for DX-ers in Europe. It seems to be more individuals that nowadays are driving the hobby rather than DX-Clubs which spend most of their effort on internal matters like publication various DX-publications in their native language.

Torre Ekblom then talked about Utility DX-ing and reminded the audience that already in 1975 our former member Hans Jürgen Karius edited a ”DSWCI Guide to Utility DX.” It is still valuable. Torre particularly described his main interest at present: Non Directional Beacons and mentioned various useful Lists. He has also edited a list of no less than 4000 addresses of NDB stations! They are good verifiers and a few nice QSL-letters were demonstrated.

Anker Petersen followed on with a demonstration of sound recordings he had made during recent DX-peditions to Aruba, Mexico, Guatemala, and São Tomé e Príncipe. It is planned later on to have articles in SWN about these tours, but of course the recordings cannot be presented in the printed bulletin.

Saturday evening we had a very enjoyable Danish Buffet with more than ten dishes prepared by Karin Nielsen.

All participants expressed great joy on having attended this DX-Camp and they look forward to our next gathering. We can only invite other members to consider to join us next year.

Last minute news:

The popular Vardeborg at Vejers was booked on May 21 for our next DX Camp and AGM on 04-06 June, 2004, so please reserve this weekend for YOUR participation already now !

Replies to DSWCI Questionnaire by Anker Petersen April 2003

During the past few years more and more DX-ers have got access to a personal computer (PC) and to the Internet which offers exchange of DX-news from day to day on a global basis in two different ways: By electronic mail or on the World Wide Web.

The DSWCI is publishing Shortwave News (SWN) as a printed bulletin by mail every sixth week and with a small issue every second time, but printing and mailing is costly. With our still

downgoing number of paying members, we cannot at present afford to publish more pages in this way.

At http://www.dswci.org the DSWCI now has a well functioning website where you can read SWN and much other DX-information in the Member Area. The space there is nearly unlimited. Every second week our electronic newsletter ”DX-Window” is sent out as e-mail to members interested with the latest DX-News and rare loggings.

In February 2003 the DSWCI issued a Questionnaire with 15 questions to all members. Its main topic was:

Printed or electronical news from DSWCI ? In order to serve our members best, the Board requested their points of view on the present situation and how we can improve it within our budget restraints.

Statistics and comments At Questions 1, 4 and 6 comparison has been made to similar questions in our questionnaires in December 1988, April 1998 and April 2000 and mentioned in brackets [ ]. A few, typical comments are also included at the Questions.

Question 1: Your DSWCI member number ?

A total of 75 members have answered, nearly all before our deadline. Out of our present membership of 219 members that is replies from 34,2 %. The response is evenly spread through longtime and new members. [2000: 75 out of 341 members = 22%; 1998: 89 out of 425 members = 20%; 1988: 185 out of 585 members = 32%.]

Question 2: Your name ?

No statistics, hi !

Question 3: The country where you live ?

The following number of replies were received from these countries: Germany 14, Italy and United Kingdom each 10, Denmark and France each 7, Sweden 5, USA 4, Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain each 2, and one from Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, the Czech Rep., Greece, Ireland, Russia, Rep. of South Africa, Switzerland and Ukraine. Thus a total of replies from members in 21 countries in 5 continents (none from Asia!).

Question 4: Your age as of 01 February, 2003 ?

The 73 members who revealed their age, were spread as follows in age groups: 10-19 years: 0% [2000: 0%; 1998: 0%; 1988: 2%] 20-29 ” 0% 5% 7% 24% 30-39 ” 8% 13% 21% 35%40-49 ” 32% 26% 32% 21% 50-59 ” 31% 35% 29% 9% 60-69 ” 22% 11% 5% 5% 70-79 ” 4% 7% 5% 4% 80-89 ” 3% 3% 1% 0% 90-99 ” 0% 0% 0% 0%. The average age is 53,3 years. [2000: 52 years; 1998: 49 years; 1988: 35 years.] (Underlined in the scheme.)

Question 5: Do you have access to the Internet ? (Yes/No) If you answer ”No”, you do not need to answer questions no. 6-11.

Out of 75 replying members, 69 have access to the Internet.

(92%) [2000: 76%; 1998: 38%; 1988: 0%.]

To be continued on page 7.

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Replies to DSWCI Questionnaire April 2003

During the past few years more and more DX-ers have got access to a personal computer (PC) and to the Internet which offers exchange of DX-news from day to day on a global basis in two different ways: By electronic mail or on the World Wide Web.

The DSWCI is publishing Shortwave News (SWN) as a printed bulletin by mail every sixth week and with a small issue every second time, but printing and mailing is costly. With our still downgoing number of paying members, we cannot at present afford to publish more pages in this way.

At http://www.dswci.org the DSWCI now has a well functioning website where you can read SWN and much other DX-information in the Member Area. The space there is nearly unlimited. Every second week our electronic newsletter ”DX-Window” is sent out as e-mail to members interested with the latest DX-News and rare loggings.

In February 2003 the DSWCI issued a Questionnaire with 15 questions to all members. Its main topic was:

Printed or electronical news from DSWCI ? In order to serve our members best, the Board requested their points of view on the present situation and how we can improve it within our budget restraints.

Statistics and comments At Questions 1, 4 and 6 comparison has been made to similar questions in our questionnaires in December 1988, April 1998 and April 2000 and mentioned in brackets [ ]. A few, typical comments are also included at the Questions.

Question 1: Your DSWCI member number ?

A total of 75 members have answered, nearly all before our deadline. Out of our present membership of 219 members that is replies from 34,2 %. The response is evenly spread through longtime and new members. [2000: 75 out of 341 members = 22%; 1998: 89 out of 425 members = 20%; 1988: 185 out of 585 members = 32%.]

Question 2: Your name ?

No statistics, hi !

Question 3: The country where you live ?

The following number of replies were received from these countries: Germany 14, Italy and United Kingdom each 10, Denmark and France each 7, Sweden 5, USA 4, Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain each 2, and one from Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, the Czech Rep., Greece, Ireland, Russia, Rep. of South Africa, Switzerland and Ukraine. Thus a total of replies from members in 21 countries in 5 continents (none from Asia!).

Question 4: Your age as of 01 February, 2003 ?

The 73 members who revealed their age, were spread as follows in age groups: 10-19 years: 0% [2000: 0%; 1998: 0%; 1988: 2%] 20-29 ” 0% 5% 7% 24% 30-39 ” 8% 13% 21% 35% 40-49 ” 32% 26% 32% 21% 50-59 ” 31% 35% 29% 9% 60-69 ” 22% 11% 5% 5% 70-79 ” 4% 7% 5% 4% 80-89 ” 3% 3% 1% 0% 90-99 ” 0% 0% 0% 0%.

The average age is 53,3 years. [2000: 52 years; 1998: 49 years; 1988: 35 years.] (Underlined in scheme above.)

Question 5: Do you have access to the Internet ? (Yes/No) If you answer ”No”, you do not need to answer questions no. 6-11.

Out of 75 replying members, 69 have access to the Internet. (92%) [2000: 76%; 1998: 38%; 1988: 0%.]

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Question 6: If you receive DX-news from the Internet, do you prefer to get them as a) e-mails, or b) read webpages, or c) both? (a/b/c)

Out of 60 replying members, 44% answered a), 14% b) and 42% c). In other words 86% of our members with access to the Internet get DX-news via e-mail, and 56% via the web.

Comment: 1663 Alain Carlier, France: I don't receive DX-news directly from the web, but I downloaded them several times. I think it is more convenient to read it quietly on a screen when disconnected from internet.

Question 7: Are you reading the Member Area on the DSWCI website ? (Yes/No)

Out of 66 replying members with access to the Internet, 61% answered Yes, and 39% No.

Comments: 3129 Claudio Perdomo, Argentina: I visited the DSWCI's web page and I want to tell you than I enjoyed the members area too much.

3347 Christian Ghibaudo, France: When SWN Electronic is ready on the web site, could you tell us that in the previous edition of DX- Window ? (Good proposal! We did implement it in May. AP)

3578 Mirco Minzoni, Italy: Download SWN from the website, using 1 selection only (all parts of bulletin are download in my PC after this selection) or download only a part of bulletin. (Good proposal! It is possible to download SWN as one big file now. AP) Question 8: Do you still want the printed SWN, even if you can read it on the website ? (Yes/No)

Out of 67 replying members with access to the Internet, 53% still want the printed SWN, and 47% do not want it. Comments: 0798 Jerry Berg, MA, USA: It would be nice, but considering the price, no. 3365 Rolf Wernli, Switzerland: Personally, I don't have any problems with webpages. But I still like radio things on paper. Paper doesn't interfere with radio signals, and you don't have to boot it for using. 3575 Valentin Kolchanov, Russia: I still want the printed SWN because I don't know if I can use Internet in future. But if you will decide to edit SWN only in website I'll continue to be a member of DSWCI.

Question 9: Do you want more articles and DSWCI services on the website like the DBS or a List of Clandestine Stations ? (Yes/No). Comments are welcome.

Out of 62 replying members with access to the Internet, 77% answered Yes, and 23% No.

Comments: 1913 Jan Rasmusson, Sweden: I need DBS printed. I do not have my computer running 24 hours a day. I open it when I want to look something up. Thus to me it is not sensible to have a list – which I need to look into frequently when DX-ing – locked up in a computer, which I do not want open when my receiver is on. There is noise enough without also the computer running when I am DX-ing. Hope you see my point. – And to make a printout myself (and there may be more members preferring a printed list) is not good enough I think, using up a lot of ink and paper instead of having the List copied centrally.

2812 Richard D’Angelo, PA, USA: YES, particular valuable DX lists such as clandestines, Peruvians, Bolivians, Indians, Indonesians, etc. that can be sorted from the DBS database into useful mini-lists for target DXing.

2883 Patrick Cody, Ireland: Yes. Would like more articles like the DBS and perhaps more QSL news and a few technical articles on receivers and aerials.

3411 Hans Kröger, Germany: I'd like to see more articles on the website dealing with the technical aspects of our hobby (Receivers, Antennas, Accessories, PC-programs). Also, I've thought many times that a platform could be provided that offers assistance to members, looking for assistance with repair, spareparts/components (tubes for instance)or any kind of hobby-related information of a technical nature.

If you receive the DX-Window, please also answer questions no. 10 and 11. Out of 75 replying members, 57 are receiving the DX-Window. (76%) (Taken from AP’s distribution list of DXW.)

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Question 10: Do you find the content in the DX-Window satisfactory ? (Yes/No). If ”No”, please comment.

Out of 55 replying members, 100% answered Yes, and 0% No !

Comments: 2980 Jaroslav Bohac, The Czech Republic: Because DX-Window is edited for the purpose to provide, above all, updated information, I consider its content quite satisfactory. Other materials, which are not so urgent, can be published in SWN.

3350 Roberto Ciappi, Italy: Yes. Still one of the best DX-bulletins in the world. Question 11: Do you find the size of the DX-Window a) satisfactory, b) too big or c) too small ? (a/b/c)

Out of 55 replying members, 94% answered ”a) satisfactory”, 6% ”b) too big”, and 0% ”c) too small”.

Comment: 0370 Noel Green, United Kingdom: If the news is worth printing, the size does’nt matter.

Question 12: Do you want more articles in SWN ? (Yes/No).

Out of 69 replying members, 40% answered Yes, and 60% No.

Comments: 1913 Jan Rasmusson, Sweden: No. To me the essential parts are the tips section (broadcast as well as utility), the QSL-Section, the DX-Mirror and the World News Sections. I would not mind other sections being skipped.

2299 Ge Huijbens, The Netherlands: Information on Receivers and antennes. 3578 Mirco Minzoni, Italy: The printed edition using files has not reference on the top/bottom of the pages [year/ month ]. (Good proposal which our Editor-in-Chief now has introduced. AP)

Question 13: If ”Yes”, which of the present sections should be omitted to provide space for that ?

Out of the 68 replying members, the following sections in SWN were recommended to be omitted: Utility: 18% Pirate: 7% SW Tips: 4% MW: 4% QSL: 3% World News: 1% Clandestines: 1% Articles: 1%. Please note that the other members representing the difference from 100% wish these sections to continue!

Comments: 0789 Peter Stephenson, United Kingdom: As space in SWN is at a premium, I would have to say that much of Medium Wave News is not of much relevance to me. I give priority to Shortwave Tips, World News and DX-Mirror. Utility Shack was of great interest to me at one time, but the demise of morse has lessened my interest in it.

0894 Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria: SWN is good compiled issue for DX-ers.

0915 Reijo Koivisto, Finland: I want to thank all the editors and the contributors for the excellent work they are doing.

Question 14: Do you a) accept that more articles are published on our website than in the printed SWN ? or do you b) want all articles from the website to published later in SWN ? (a/b)

Out of 65 replying members, 70% answered a), and 30% b).

Comments: 1014 Robert Kipp, Germany: More on the web. References to and even short summaries of these other articles can be presented in SWN.

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1410 Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal : B), otherwise members with no www access cannot read such articles!

Question 15: Your comments ?

Out of 75 replying members, 62 had additional comments which have been studied carefully by the General Board and the editors and webmaster.

Comments:

1162 Philip David Thomas, United Kingdom: Thanks to all for their continued hard work for the Club.

1259 Bengt Dalhammar, Sweden: Keep on your good work

1465 Gian Luigi Naj, Italy: All in all SWN and DX – Window are the best publications for Dx’ers.

1524 Rikard Johansson, Sweden: Good enough as it is. There are several scources of station news on the internet.

2452 Christer Wennström, Sweden: SWN is fine! DX-Window is fine. They are written by adult people and free for strange comments and expressions. Good Tips columns, but I want more Utility (especially NDB !!!).

2685 Wolfgang Schweikert, Germany: DSWCI should still keep the traditional (or let's frankly call it "old fashioned") way distributing DX information besides the internet. DX Windows is an excellent means for hot information - one would have dreamed of some 20 / 30 years ago - but articles and some information should still be sent out in a printed version. I reckon some of the older members or those overseas may not have regular access to the internet and I do not know whether they will regularly be able to make printouts.

2942 Horst K. Schmidt, Germany: What you offer is very interesting for every DX-er. The information is really excellent and very important.

3350 Roberto Ciappi, Italy: Your future MUST be in the internet. A website is an unrestricted space for columns, databases, and everything you want to share with the members... All the best to you all and keep up the very good work!

3365 Rolf Wernli, Switzerland: Of course, I would like "more" of everything. But there is always someone who has to do the job. The strategy of the DSWCI must be to produce quality. If you look for quantity, you will find enough of it in the internet.

3385 Klaus Elsebusch, Germany: My only wish is: May all members pay their membership fee in time. Then DSWCI will be in a position to issue SWN every month !!!!!

3570 Dominic Murdock, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom: SWN is excellent and has improved, because it is concentrating on the principal SW & MW events. A computer has been costing me 2 or 3 Euro per hour ( a lot of hardware failures: software I can handle though). Thank you so much to everyone for keeping SWN.

3588 Ray Browell, United Kingdom: As Editor of MW News I do not seem to receive to many contributions from members. And as a consequence I am forced to search the internet for articles. Maybe there is not a lot of interest in MW listening in the membership. I don't seem to get any feedback from members so I must presume that the content is ok. Maybe we need to think about how other groups work and send regular news out to members by forming a group like the DX-Listeners Digest and BC-DX and CUMBRE. In a block format once a week. I am also a member of the MWOZ group and get daily E-Mails from Members. And can post them via the group. During my recent construction of my MW Loop they proved very helpful for tips on questions I had. This type of group would be useful to newcomers to the hobby as we don't seem to cater for this.

A few comments from the Chairman

The Board is very grateful for all these good replies and thank everybody who took the time to answer our Questionnaire by letter, e-mail or via our homepage. It is very important for us to know what our members think about the issues around the main topic: Shall the DX-news, etc. from the DSWCI be sent out to our members as printed matters, or electronically, or both ?

Our conclusion from the replies and the discussion at the AGM on May 17 is, that we will continue to do both as long as our economy allows. We plan to publish SWN every sixth week and DX-Window every second week. We may expand the use of our website and ask for contributions e.g. on technical matters. Best 73, Anker