[HCDX]: Hauser's SW/DX 99-26 resend

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

        GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-26, June 27, 1999

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THIS WEEK WE'RE ON VOA COMMUNICATIONS WORLD with media news, 
substituting for the vacationing Kim Elliott, not the half-hour
edition, but one report on all 12 airings of CW on VOA News Now at
:36 past odd UT hours, UT Saturday June 19.

THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 993: See topic summary at
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Wor993.html

CONTINENT OF MEDIA 99-04 will soon be available on RFPI, and on
http://www.DXing.com  Topic summary also on our WOR website

CANADA. Today, I starting hearing sign off announcements on CBC Radio 
740. Announcements that run every 15 minutes, advise listeners that as 
of the 19th, CBC programming will no longer be heard on 740 and that 
they should tune to 99.1 FM. The announcements cut into regular 
programming using a soft fade in [out] and advise listeners to call a 
number if they have reception concerns. No mention is made of the Paris 
and Crystal Beach relays. (Andy Reid, Ont., June 14 via Hauser)

COSTA RICA. Notes from RFPI Mailbag June 11 with Joe Bernard and James
Latham: internet problems continue; can't keep online for more than
15 minutes at a time, preventing uploading of audio files to site, but
two of the new Progressive News shows are there. Starting next week,
besides 2200, PNN will be repeated at 0130 Tue-Sat. As Universidad de la
Paz grows, it is expected that they will have new high-speed internet
access by end of year. [Presumably this also explains delays in 
downloading WOR 992.] 21460 has been off for a week or more; not 
believed a serious problem, but haven't had time to work on it. The
other frequencies are working well. FM 101.3 is running at full power
covering the Central Valley. Sorry, VISTA is late, still working on
getting it out. RFPI E-mail weekly previews not received lately (Glenn
Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

ETHIOPIA [non]. BBCM reported that Voice of Oromo Liberation audio is
available on their website, but there was a typo. Correct URL is:

http://www.visafric.com/Dimtsi_hafash.htm (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

KOSOVA [non]. 
As from Friday 11th June, a Radio Netherlands transmitter in Flevo is
carrying two hours of programming from Radio 21, the exiled Albanian-
language station from Pristina, capital of Kosovo. The transmissions 
are arranged in cooperation with Press Now, an organization set up to 
support the independent media in the former Yugoslavia.

The transmitter will be on the air at 1827-2025 UTC on 9495kHz beamed 
to Eastern Europe. Radio Netherlands is *not* responsible for the 
content of these programmes and QSLs are not available. In Albanian
except for English news around 2015 (Andy Sennitt, swprograms, std 
disclaimer, WORLD OF RADIO 993)

NEW ZEALAND [non]. Whilst enjoying RNZI's classical music on Cadenza,
UT Tue June 15 at 0126 on 17675, despite -- not because of -- the 
rolling fades some diehard SWLs say add to the experience --, a far
greater problem appeared out of nowhere - Dr Gene Scott; then by 0127
R. Nederland's ID signal joined him to mess with RNZI. This was on 
the Yachtboy 400, which was connected to external outdoor antenna, 
but not overloaded until this moment -- unplugged it in favor of 
indoor reel-out antenna, and still the mix tho somewhat lessened. Only
by going to the whip alone did it disappear, but RNZI's signal level
also dropped too much. This was doubtless mixing produced within the
receiver, and I soon figured out the unwitting culprits: RN which 
had just opened Dutch on 11865 from Bonaire; and KAIJ 5810 Dallas,
which when summed, equal 17675. Oh, for valve receivers! (Glenn Hauser,
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

NIGERIA. Following the BBCM report from Nigeria Media Monitor that V. of 
Nigeria had been off the air since May 30 as of June 14, we checked 7255 
UT June 17: 0445 tune in, fair signal in Arabic, presumably VOA which 
inexplicably has been using VON's main external service frequency. *0448 
stronger carrier with continuous noise, no doubt taking feed from an 
open FM STL circuit; 0452 quiet and then tone; 0457 talking drums,
mention of "Nigeria", ID in Swahili; 0458 pallid undermodulated anthem;
0459 VON ID in English by woman and someone turns up the volume level;
mentions 15120 (unheard), program summary, 6 am timecheck, 0501 music
opening women's program, couldn't catch the title, introduced by a man.
Generally several notches above VOA co-channel (Glenn Hauser, OK)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Has domestic SW service extended hours? I used to hear
national anthem, then sign-off at 1200 on 4890 Port Moresby. But right
now June 10 at 1329 I am hearing lovely local music at 1329 (Brian 
Gilbert, Roseburg OR, WORLD OF RADIO 993)

I saw a BBCM report in May that NBC was expanding hours more in the 
daytime or to 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

PERU. Spanish language station I have been hearing for the last 3 
evenings on 6955.5 khz am +/-. The first reception was on Jun 13 at 
0319-0402. Also heard Jun 14 and Jun 15 in the 0200-0300 hour as well. 
Format is similar to those Spanish stations heard in the tropical bands. 
Lots of local music and fast speed local language announcers. Although 
the signals here have ranged from poor to good I have not been able to 
copy this station's ID. I do not  think it is a pirate transmission 
though it is around the area of the popular pirate frequency 6955.
(Paul Demsky, Maine, WORLD OF RADIO 993)

PERU. 6955.5kHz 0430z R dif Paraton, Huarmaca, now here ex-6676 etc... 
heard with chicha mx and frequent t/cs, using novel hour format i.e 
"faltan seis minutos a cero cero horas...". Poor modulation on live 
annc, much better on full id at 0501 after Andean flute intro... hrd 
past 0530. Thanks to Peter Grenfell who alerted me after chasing 
pirates (as usual...). (Paul Ormandy, Oamaru, New Zealand, hard-core-dx,
WORLD OF RADIO 993)

SPAIN. REE sked shows News in Catalan/Galician/Basque, which used to
be several times a day, only at 2200-2230 Mon-Sat, on 7270, 7275, 9595, 
9765-CR, 11880-CR, 15110-CR, 15170, 17575. And the special Spanish
program for Equatorial Guinea is Mon-Sat 1600-1700 on 15375, 17755
(BBC Monitoring June 9 excerpted by Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 993)

SWEDEN. Greetings, Glenn. Just returned from a week in Italy and saw the 
news about the death of Arne Skoog. This is sadly ironic, because just 
two days before that, I had a ham radio contact with a station in
Stockholm. The operator also used to work for Radio Sweden, and knew
Arne, as I did. We brought up the subject, and both wondered how he was
doing.

Arne was a radio amateur in addition to being a pioneer DXer. In fact,
he was a founder of the Radio Sweden ham station, which is still in
operation. His other hobby was completely non-radio-related: building
and playing violins, a key instrument in traditional Swedish folk
music. I had the privilege of working with Arne when I presented Sweden
Calling DXers for just under two years back in the '66 - '67. Arne was
a quiet, very traditionally-minded man, who appreciated and lived
simple values. His support for shortwave as the classic and vital
medium for international broadcasting will surely prove to be
far-sighted. Arne did his own thinking, and did not allow himself to be
distracted or beguiled by buzzwords and fads. We could use a few more
people like that. He will be well remembered in our 'logbook'.  

Respects to a 'silent key'. 

(Bob Zanotti, with Bob Thomann, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

UKRAINE. I heard RUI in English on their new freq of 9560 June 10
0000-0058, but reception was poor, about equal strength to 5905. Things
did get slightly better by the end of the hour, but still not that
great. The other freqency listed for this hour, 9945, was in Ukrainian
and was better than 9560, actually becoming fairly good beyond 0100.
Some nice Ukrainian music from RUI on 9945 during the 0000-0200 period.
Broadcast is in Ukrainian. (Ivan Grishin, Ont., June 11, REVIEW OF
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

UKRAINE. Most evenings since May 27 I have been hearing Radio Ukraine
International on 17715 kHz at 21:00 in English, signal weak but in the
clear, probably beamed east, so could possibly be audible in western
NA. I can't believe no one has heard this, but so far I haven't heard 
any other reports of it. (Peter Hallam, Northern Ireland, WORLD OF RADIO
993)

UKRAINE. On June 14, RUI was heard in English UT 2100-2200 on 9560 with
a readable signal. //17715 was extremely poor. The only listed freq for
RUI's 0300 broadcast, 9620, was covered by Spain. (Ivan Grishin, Ont.,
WORLD OF RADIO 993)                                                ###

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