[HCDX]: DX Listening Digest 00-55 April 21

["Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

	DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-55, April 21, 2000
		edited by Glenn Hauser

GLENN HAUSER on VOA COMMUNICATIONS WORLD. Once again this week, Kim
Elliott invited us to provide the media news on his show. There
should be considerably more of it on the Deluxe Version via VOA SSB,
WRN, WWCR and WBCQ than on the VOA News Now shortened edition. The
script will be posted shortly on the WOR website and presumably on
the VOA CW website. For a complete schedule by automatic responder,
E-mail cwschedule@xxxxxxx

THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 1033. See topic summary at
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1033.html

WORLD OF RADIO ON WBCQ. We were missing from scheduled time of 2030
UT Friday on 9330-CUSB April 21. Allan Weiner says he had trouble
with the transmitter, and did not get it on the air until 2045; a few
minutes later we heard music on 9330.2 or so. Presumably, he still
intends to broadcast WOR at that time.

** AFGHANISTAN. Hello Glenn, The Voice of Sharia from 19/04/00
transfers in Russian not from 1630 UTC, but from 1650. Frequency
7084. 73! Best regards, (Serg Shcherbakov, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan,
April 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AFGHANISTAN. Voice of Shari'ah Russian bulletin time changes; Text
of report by Afghan Taleban radio on 18th April: We bring to your
notice that from tomorrow, Wednesday 19th April, the broadcast time
of our Russian programmes will be shifted from 2100 to 2120 hours
Kabul time [from 1630 gmt to 1650 gmt]. Source: Radio Voice of
Shari'ah, Kabul, in Russian 1630 gmt 18 Apr 00 (BBC Monitoring via
DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. 8098-LSB, R. Continental, Buenos Aires, April 19 at
0158 with talks by man mentioning ``Juan Salvador Gaviota`` (John
Sebastian Seagull). Promo for Alejandro Dolina's pgm : ``La Venganza
Será Terrible``. ID: ``Continental 2000`` touristic promo ``Venite a
Entre Rios``. Joining national network for radio and TV with
President's speech: ``A partir de este momento, LS4 R Continental
pasa a integrar la Cadena Nacional de Radio y TV``. Timepips (5+1)
and then to Argentinian President. (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRIA. Special Austrian Calls

Information is circulating to the effect that public radio stations
in Austria may now participate in contests on the amateur bands. This
relates particularly to the Austrian Disaster Radio Service, part of
the Austrian Amateur Radio Union. This year's All-Austria Contest
will be the first time that such stations will participate, so here
are the data. It takes place on the 1st of May from 0500 to 0800 UTC
on the 80m band between 3,645 and 3,775 kHz. The calls to look for
are as follows, where a dot represents a numeral:

OEP..., the Federal Ministry of the Interior;
OEC100, the Federal Foreign Ministry;
OEY.. and OEY..., the Federal Ministry of Defence;
OEH..., the Austrian Red Cross.
Reports will be RS(T) plus a 3-digit serial number. (Radio Society of
Great Britain GB2RS News, posted April 19, via John Norfolk, OKCOK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Just checked out 600 and 850 kHz this morning (April 21)
at 1359 UTC, for the parallels of 940 News and Info 690 here in
Montreal. Both 600 and 850 are now on continuous tape loops telling
listeners to tune their receivers to the 940 and 690 frequencies.
Looks like this might be the last weekend for 600 and 850 kHz. Will
keep everyone posted on further developments. I will try to contact
them today to find out when they are pulling the plug officially. My
guess right now is probably at the end of this long weekend. (Sheldon
Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FINLAND. YLE at 01-0113 4/18 dead air on 11985//13770, then end
announcement in EE for YLE, then into presumed Finnish (Larry
Russell, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same situation we noticed
previously, believe was UT Sun 4/9. Someone asleep at the switch in
the middle of the Finnish night when token English to NAm is supposed
to be on? By now, the sun should be up... (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 1033, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. Some information about the Jülich site can be found at
http://www.telekom.de/dtag/ipl1/cda/level3_a/0,3680,10110,00.html. Of
special interest is a detailed description of the antenna complex; be
aware of a line mess-up in the table (West Africa is actually 195
degrees and so on until Alaska = 340 degrees) and note especially the
set-up of the curtains in a star with the transmitter building in the
centre. This set-up was first used at Zeesen near Königs Wusterhausen
until this site was completely dismantled and the equipment taken
away into the USSR in 1945. One of the Zeesen transmitters stands
until today at the Lithuanian Sitkunai site; the Zeesen grounds were
later used by MfS for its biggest numbers station site. Also the
Wertachtal antenna system consists on a large star. Happy Easter!
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. [SWL] Voice of Greece, 15650 kHz, Kavala with News in
English, mainly about Greece/Turkey relations, 0600 to 0620 in
English, then Greek, service to Australia, very clear, great
modulation with transmitter (250KW) operated by VOA (Tim Gaynor,
Queensland, April 18, swl@xxxxxxx via DXLD) Since VOG is no help at
all in publishing exactly when its token English newscasts are, we
must put them together bit by bit (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1033, DXLD)

** HUNGARY. Sad news to those of us who`ve listened to Radio Budapest
for years. Long-time announcer Charlie Coutts died April 6. He was
79. Charles Taylor Coutts. He was due for an operation. For those who
may not recall him, he had he Scottish accent and was formerly head
of the English service. There was an on-air tribute and excerpts from
E-mail condolences from listeners, Sunday April 16. Some staff
members talked about working with Charlie. (Bob Thomas, CT, April 16,
DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. Glenn, To avoid unnecessary repetition (and $$$) you
might like to know that VOI has been announcing 9525 11785 and 15150
for many months during several of its English and non-English
broadcasts. This should not be construed as actual broadcasting on
those 3 channels simultaneously. Station is currently adhering to the
sked as given in WRTH2000. Regards (Bob Padula, Australia, April 21,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. DX Information from the British DX Club
(BDXC-UK). Just tuned in WRN on Sky digital 12.110 GHz Horizontal.
May be tests as not on the channels list yet. Once you have tuned it
in, go to services then other channels and then WRN to listen to it.
Mike Terry, British DX Club April 21 via DXLD)

This additional source for World Radio Network, presumably including
WORLD OF RADIO, has been delayed in starting, previously expected in
March (gh)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. On Easter Saturday and Sunday, Radio
Caroline´s satellite service will be transmitted live via the
Internet. http://www.radiocaroline.de/ Radio Caroline broadcasts via
Astra 1C satellite to the UK and Europe, transponder 35, 10.994
horizontal (behind TV Travel Shop/Challenge TV - on most sets this is
on channel 35), audio 7.38/7.56, every Friday (from 18.00h till
24.00h BST /19.00h till 01.00h EST), Saturday and Sunday (from 08.00h
till 23.00h BST / 09.00 till 24.00h EST). (Mike Terry, UK, April 21,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) EST here must mean European Summer Time! (gh)

** IRAN. VOIRI, 11740, very strong here with mailbag in English, UT
Fri April 21 at 2155 (Chris Hambly, Victoria, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not here! Totally blocked by WYFR with IS (gh, OK, DXLD)

** IRAN [non]. >>A quick check of the new clandestine operation from
Grigoriopol [Radio Voice of Iran â?? is this really new?? -gh]<<

At least new from Grigoriopol`. Otherwise I was not aware of a
``Voice of Iran`` until now, but I am no expert in this field;
actually I am not even sure whether or not there are connections
between this station and ``Radio Internationale``, which was on 7520
and is according to the Merlin operational schedule now 1730-1800
(except on Mondays and Wednesdays) on 15565 from Grigoriopol`, too.

While checking today at 1840 their broadcast had lots of hum,
interrupted by every cut, so it was no feed disturbance but a spoiled
record, also the lack of brilliance seems to have this cause and no
telephone feed as I first supposed; the whole thing sounded like
recorded with a DEM 20 rig. At tune-in I came across somebody`s phone
talk in English, some phrases around ``future of our country``. (Kai
Ludwig, April 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAËL. Israël Radio on new 9345, April 15 0315-0335+ in Hebrew,
mostly continuous local music, // 9390, 11590, all very good. Is 9345
a punch-up error for 9435? (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
No, that`s why WBCQ-2 had to move from 9340 to 9330 (gh)

** JAPAN. Radio Japan Frequencies and Programs:

0000-0015 A SEAs 17810 13650
0000-0100 A NAm 6145; Eur 6155 6050
0100-0200 B As 17845; SAs 15325; SEAs 11860 15590; ME 9515 11870; Pac
           17685; SAm 17835
0300-0400 C Pac 21610; CAm 17825
0500-0600 D NAm 6110 13630; Eur 7230; As 11715 11760 11840; SEAs
           15590; Pac 21570
0600-0700 E NAm 13630; Hawaii 15230; As 11840; SEAs 11740; Eur 5975
           7230; Pac 21570
1000-1100 D As 15590; SEAs 9695; Pac 21570
1100-1200 E NAm 6120; As 15590; SEAs 9695
1400-1500 F NAm 9505; ME 11880; SAs 11730; SEAs 9860
1500-1600 E As 9750; SAs 11730; SEAs 9860
1700-1800 D NAm 9505; Af 15355; Eur 12000
2100-2200 G NAm 17825; Hawaii 21670; Af 11855; Eur 9725; Pac 6035
           11850

A: 0000: Mon 00 News, 10 The Weekend Square. Tue-Sat 00 News, 15
Japan & World. Sun 00 News, 10 Hello From Tokyo.

B: 0100: Mon 00 News, 10 Hello From Tokyo. Tue-Sat 00 News, 15 Japan
& World. Sun: 00 News, 10 Roundup Asia.

C: 0300: Mon-Fri 00 News, 15 Asian Top News, 25 Mon Music Journey
Around Japan, Tue Let's Try Japanese, Wed Unforgettable Musical
Master Piece, Thu Brush Up Your Japanese, Fri Music Beat. Sat 00
News, 10 The Weekend Square. Sun: 00 News, 10 Hello From Tokyo.

D: 0500, 1000 and the following UT day 1700: Mon-Fri 00 News, 15
Japan & World. Sat 00 News, 10 Hello From Tokyo. Sun 00 News, 10
Roundup Asia (at 0500, 1700) or The Weekend Square (at 1000).

E: 0600, 1100, and the following UT day 1500: Mon-Fri 00 News, 15
Asian Top News, 25 Mon Music Journey Around Japan, Tue Let's Try
Japanese, Wed Unforgettable Musical Master Piece, Thu Brush Up Your
Japanese, Fri Music Beat. Sat 00 News, 10 Roundup Asia. Sun 00 News,
10 The Weekend Square (at 0600) or Hello from Tokyo (at 1100, 1500)

F: 1400 Mon-Fri 00 News, 15 Japan & World. Sat 00 News, 10 The
Weekend Square. Sun 00 News, 10 Roundup Asia.

G: 2100 Mon 00 News, 10 Roundup Asia. Tue-Sat 00 News, 15 Asian Top
News, 25 Tue Music Journey Around Japan, Wed Let's Try Japanese, Thu
Unforgettable Musical Master Piece; Fri Brush Up Your Japanese; Sat
Music Beat. Sun 00 News, 15 The Weekend Square. (Radio Japan web site
via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KENYA. Kenya Radio Society Web Site

The Amateur Radio Society of Kenya has just set up its own web site.
It contains licensing and general information, that would be of
particular use to prospective visitors to the country. It can be
accessed via the RSGB web site (Radio Society of Great Britain GB2RS
News, posted April 19, via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST).
It's http://www.qsl.net/arsk/ I (Norfolk) checked there and excerpted
the following:

AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OF KENYA
POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 45681, Nairobi, KENYA.
E-mail: alleyne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WELCOME TO KENYA AND THE ARSK WEBSITE. IN KISWAHILI WE SAY "KARIBU",
OR IN THE PLURAL "KARIBUNI!" WE HOPE THIS INFORMATION WILL BE OF USE
TO EVERYONE INTERESTED IN KENYA - 5Z4 LAND.

NETS/BULLETINS: Every Sunday morning on 7075 kHz, 0600Z (0900 local).
Run by Hermann Sachse, 5Z4RT. Usually there are about 8 - 12
participants and amateurs in neigbouring countries are welcome to
join in when conditions permit.

GENERAL INFORMATION: There are only about 40 (or fewer) amateur
licenses issued and current in Kenya, and several of the holders live
abroad. Only about 10 are active. The Society Station 5Z4RS, based at
the HQ & Shack, sadly is seldom on the air due to shortage of
operators.

The usual Region 1 amateur band limits are authorised in Kenya, BUT
NOT 6 m or 30 m. On VHF the 2 m band is limited to 144 - 146 MHz.
The Society supports Radio Scouting and the annual Jamboree on the
Air (JOTA) in conjunction with the Kenya Scouts Association as far as
the number of licensed operators allows, and has recently assisted in
the formation of a thriving Radio Club at Starehe Boys Centre and
School in Nairobi. This Club has attracted so much interest that it's
membership has had to be limited to fifty.

The Society also sponsors amateur radio activity at The Hodari Boys
Club in Nairobi. Their station is 5Z4HB.

The power supply in Kenya is nominally 240VAC, 50 Hz. Interruptions
can be expected due to weather and loadshedding.

The major radio suppliers have Agencies in Nairobi, but some spares
may take time to obtain.

East African Time is UTC +3 hours.

CUAGN SN! We look forward to working you on the air, seeing you here
in person and hopefully in the not too distant future we may be able
to assist and advise in getting visitors' licenses. Watch this space
in case we get good news for intending visitors.

As we say here: "Kwaheri ya kuonana!" - we'll be seeing you!

Compiled 12th April, 2000 Updated 15th April, 2000

- 73, GD DX - (via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. The ``Other`` Mexican Shortwave Stations

Last time we mentioned the best known Mexican SW stations, but what
about the others which are not heard outside our country. It is
unfortunate that many stations have SW frequencies assigned, but do
not have the least intention of reactivating them; we are not going
to bother to mention them, but instead the ones which do have some
interest in getting on the air, and are making some effort despite
current problems.

XEUJ, Radio Linares, from Mexico`s newest industrial city. In contact
with Lic. Sergio Jahaziel Becerra, Director General, he informs us
that they are carrying out negotiations and necessary technical
adjustments to improve the signal and increase coverage.
Nevertheless, he does not give any tentative airdate. So we shall
have to wait a while longer for its possible reactivation. We suppose
they will use the same frequency as before, 5980v. Good luck and we
hope to have news soon. Those interested in writing to the station
may do so at: XEUJ, Apdo. Postal 62, 67001 Linares, N.L.

XEYU, Radio UNAM, in spite of having some excellent installations,
and renovated equipment for MW and FM, it is a real shame that its SW
transmitter has not been updated, and is now more than 50 years old
(I believe). We have already commented on the trouble the technical
personnel have to go through when some tube quits working, and
replacing it causes work and above all monetary costs. Even so, a
great effort is being made to get the signal on 9600 kHz, which to
tell the truth is very difficult to hear outside Mexico.

A few months ago, our greatest seat of learning was ``kidnapped`` by
a few ``miscreants`` who misrepresented their demands with disorder,
destruction, instransigence, false promises to their ``devoted
strikers``, passing themselves off as white doves, innocent students,
victims of repression by University authorities. (Excuse me for
mixing a personal opinion with radio; I should be impartial.)
[This refers to the protracted student strike at UNAM, which
virtually closed down the institution -gh]

Months ago one could hear it, tho with a weak signal at midday, but
now there is nothing, although I eventually could detect a carrier,
nothing else. We hope this fault is not due to the old transmitter.
So I would like to invite everyone to write to Radio UNAM asking them
to improve their SW equipment, insofar as possible: Radio UNAM,
Adolfo Prieto #133, Col. Del Valle, 03100 México, D.F.

XEFT, La Jarocha. We heard comments last year from its director about
a possible reactivation of 9545 kHz. Lamentably, it seems they have
not been successful, since several months have gone by without any
news. We suppose they are still working on this, but since there has
been no response to our inquiry, we are unaware of the details. La
Jarocha, Apdo. Postal 21, 91701 Veracruz, Ver.

XERTA, Radio Transcontinental de América. Several months after
turning off the transmitter for an improvement in its power and
antenna, it has not resumed being heard on 4800 kHz. We had been
informed that they would resume programming in December, probably on
new 4810 to avoid interference from R. Cultural [rather, Radio Buenas
Nuevas, Guatemala -gh] and from a station in China [? On 4800? gh]

We have not been able to get in contact by telephone with the manager
Ing. Roberto Nájera to comment on these details, so for now we
continue awaiting its reactivation.

Radio Huayacocotla continues broadcasting on 2390 kHz. La Voz de los
Campesinos is a community radio station, really worth tuning in; for
now they have no QSL cards, but certainly the director, Lic. Martha
Silvia Ortiz will reply in a kind manner. Remember that it uses only
500 watts. Contact XEJN-OC at: Radio Huayacocotla, A.P. 13, 92600
Huayacocotla, Ver. Tel.: +775-800-67 (Iván López Alegría, Aztlán No.
34, March-April, Nayarit DX Club, translated by gh for DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** MONGOLIA. The Voice of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, has advised details
of its summer schedule, and English programs are listed as follows:
On 12085 1200-1230; on 12085 and 9720 1500-1530 and 2000-2030.
The Japanese services have been retimed, and are now listed for 12085
from 1030-1100 and 2100-2130 (Bob Padula, Electronic DX Press April
18 via DXLD)

?? This looks just like the old sked which was obsolete as of March
26, since English has been confirmed at 1030 and Japanese at 1200, at
least, and 12015 replaced 9720 for the other English broadcasts.
Either VOM has suddenly reverted to its winter schedule or this info
is actually out of date. What does ``has advised`` mean??? 1) Direct
reply to inquiry? 2) E-mail distribution of sked to list? 3) Found on
website #1? 4) Found on website #2? [both of which are notoriously
and/or admittedly outdated] 5) Received undated schedule, perhaps
months old, by P-mail? Those who can pick up VOM at 1030 and/or 1200,
please check languages; and at 1500 or 2000, please check frequencies
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. From RNZI program previews for April 23: Sun. 0304 on
17675 - RESOUNDING RADIO - A series tracing the history of radio in
New Zealand, produced and presented by Jack Perkins. ``A Stirring
Thrills the Air`` (Pt 1 of 10). (via John Figliozzi, swprograms,
DXLD)

** NEW ZEALAND. Here is the RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL
UPDATED schedule from Sunday 07 May to 03 September 2000:

1650-1850     6145   N.E. Pacific, Samoa, Cook Islands Mon-Fri
1851-1950     11725  All Pacific   Mon-Fri
1855-1950     11725  All Pacific   Sat-Sun
1951-0705     17675  All Pacific   Daily
1955-0705     17675  All Pacific   Sat-Sun
0706-0959     11720  All Pacific   Daily  ** note change **
1000-1205     11720  N.W. Pacific, Bougainville, East Timor, Asia
OFF-AIR       1205-1650
Occasional Use for Special Events:
             1206-1505     6100
             1506-1650     6145
(Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI, April 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Previous plan
was to use 12045, but now plans 11720, if not changed yet again
before May 7 (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1033, DXLD)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3345, R. Northern (non). A report heard on 4890
news was that the Radio Northern transmitter building has gone up in
flames after an apparent electrical fault. An investigation is
underway as the land used for the transmitter building has been
the subject of land payment claims since 1972. The transmitter
may be relocated as part of the rebuilding process, though no
indication was given as to when the station would be back on air
(Richard Jary, Apr 17, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. 17266 (0805-1205) Murmansk local Radio (SSB mode). The
relay of the program for fishermen. Bcing is noted at 0820 Rstn
``Atlantika`` (SSB mode). The relay for fishermen. (Ruslan
Slavutskiy, Moskovskaya oblast, RUS, Mar 21/24, via RUS-DX via BC-DX,
DXLD, WORLD OF RADIO 1033) Times may be one UT hour earlier now (gh)

** SRI LANKA. I've been enjoying good reception of Sri Lanka B/C
Corp.'s morning wake-up show to Asia on 15425 kHz from 0030 UT s/on.
The rather corny, live DJ tries real hard to be funny and plays great
50's & 60's music, sometimes mixed with canned religious programs.
This stays audible some evenings as late as 0300 UT. Very reminiscent
of the old Commercial Service without the commercials, which I miss
[they added a local flavor]. 73, (John Cobb, GA, April 20, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWEDEN. Some program notes on Radio Sweden for the coming Easter
weekend. ``We hope you can join us  for all our special Easter
programming. Tomorrow we'll be walking through Stockholm, in a Good
Friday special. On Saturday our cultural magazine Spectrum will be
looking at dance and theater. In Sounds Nordic on Sunday we'll be
meeting magic master Joe Labero. And on Monday, we'll be exploring
multicultural Sweden.`` (via Roger Chambers, swprograms, DXLD)

** U K. More Beeb bloopers: You were right about Write On. I`m
beginning to wonder if anyone heard it last weekend. There are ten
airings of it throughout the world, and ours in the US is the second
[UT Sat 0330]. When ours came up missing, I made a hurried schedule
of the remaining eight, showing times and the designated frequencies
as given in the On Air magazine.

Before they put the American and European streams together, there
were three times each week when I could hear it: to Europe, to Africa
and to the Americas. I was sure I`d catch it somewhere during the
weekend. Instead, every time I found a frequency I could receive,
there was some other program airing.

And if that don`t fry your nuts, check page 42 [April issue],
programs for East Asia and the Pacific. The local time they`ve chosen
is GMT plus 8 hours. Thus, if you know the local time, you would
*subtract* 8 hours to get GMT. However, in *their* GMT column, they
*added* 8 hours each time. And even then they were unable to be
consistent. Between 1800 and 2100 local time they added 9 hours. But
who knows? Maybe the folks in Australia only have daylight time in
the evening! (Pete Bentley, NY, April 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. Re DXLD 0054: the frequency at 1400-2000 is indeed 17840, not
9590. My mistake, sorry (John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. Crossband from Portishead Radio

Last week we brought you information of the Special Cross-Band Event
from Portishead Radio [reprinted in DXLD 00-52]. It is opportune that
the date of this event is Saturday the 29th of April - International
Marconi Day.

BT Maritime Radio Services has allowed this day to be a celebration
of 100 years of maritime radio, and to mark the end of the
terrestrial service. For historic as well as commercial reasons, the
event will be CW-only.

A special QSL card will be available to all amateurs and SWLs. Send
your report to GKB, PO Box 50, Helston TR12 7YQ. Outgoing cards will
be sent via the RSGB bureau unless a stamped, addressed envelope is
enclosed. Please note that QSL cards will not be printed until the
numbers required are known, and that incoming cards are not wanted.

The official Gazette Notice governing this event is expected to be
available on the Radiocommunications Agency web site shortly. (Radio
Society of Great Britain GB2RS News, posted April 19, via John
Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. Next Saturday, the 29th of April, International Marconi Day
is taking place. Many IMD Special Event Stations will be active, and
an award can be claimed from the Cornish Amateur Radio Club if you
work enough of them. (Radio Society of Great Britain GB2RS News,
posted April 19, via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. Some months ago we [the Radio Society of Great Britain] gave
details of some projected new broadcasting stations which might come
on the air to serve the United Kingdom.

One was not so much new, but a planned re-birth of the Radio
Luxembourg English service on 1440 kHz. Radio Luxembourg is a
commercial organisation run by CLT-UFA, based in the Duchy itself.
Most of their services go out in German and French, but they also
carry a half-hour Italian programme at 2000 UTC. This is produced by
RAI - the Italian national broadcaster. A return of their English
service during the evenings has been suggested. However, a spokesman
for the independent company in London who put forward this idea has
told us that there are still no new developments to report.

There have been setbacks, too, involving the long-wave station
planned for 279 kHz on the Isle of Man. It was awarded a broadcasting
licence, by the Isle of Man Court of Government, exactly a year ago
and its frequency now appears in the official listings.
Unfortunately, planning permission for the transmitter site and the
unusual crossed-field antenna system is still subject to a special
enquiry involving the objections of local residents.

News about the Dutch 'Delta' project for broadcasting in English to
the UK on 171 kHz is also confused. Apparently, two tall masts in the
West Schelde river estuary are planned, with an extensive radial
system close to the sea surface. However, the French Government has
lodged technical objections through the ITU, which now have to be
resolved. (Radio Society of Great Britain GB2RS News, posted April
19, via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Hi, Glenn, A reminder... Larry Glick will be the guest on
``The Steve LeVeille Broadcast`` on WBZ Boston on Friday April 28 at
0400 UTC. Thanks. (-Steve LeVeille, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. In case you were planning to catch the special appearance
of Larry Glick on Steve Leveille`s show via webcast from WBZ, 1030,
Boston, early April 28, forget it. WBZ is now CBS owned-and-operated,
and CBS stations are forbidden to webcast. We are reminded of that in
a Financial Post story via the National Post via April CIDX Messenger
via Bob Ellis, ``CBS Radio to keep content off Web``. Co-chief-
operating officer of CBS Radio Inc., David Pearlman apparently
believes to put CBS on the web would somehow threaten local radio.

While that might be true for national programs like CBS News on the
Hour, it is hard to see how preventing a local show on WBZ from being
heard beyond the 1030 coverage area could do anything but HELP Boston
local radio by expanding its reach. Consider yourself fortunate if
you are close enough to hear WBZ on 1030 during the Glick special.

KRLD, 1080 in Dallas, now finds itself in the same situation, owned
by CBS. During the recent Fort Worth tornado, we wanted to hear live
local coverage, but reception of 1080 was difficult due to the high
storm noise level. It was even worse on 820, but ABC`s WBAP DOES
webcast, so we brought up their coverage instead. Tough luck, KRLD
and CBS! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. VOV via Canada, 9695, April 9 0230-0257, English
program about ``Festival 2000`` in Vietnam. News at 0235, local folk
music, abruptly off at 0257*. Repeated at 0330 on 9795, both
excellent (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. The Friday April 21 NPR All Things Considered includes a
``Lost and Found Sound`` segment on the Vietnam War, per a promo I
heard earlier. Previous Fridays lately I have not heard any L&FS in
the slot previously occupied, 2035/2100 UT, repeated 2-hourly. But
April 21 it was back at that time. Presumably the segment will soon
be up on the ATC website for ondemand listening (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

* U S A. To: WETA, Washington. I thought I heard on-air mention last
Saturday that this Saturday 22nd there would be a Living On Earth -
Earth Day special at 2-4 pm [EDT] instead of regular programming. Yet
I can find nothing about this on the LOE website nor on yours --
indeed, I don't even see the regular LOE on your schedule. Please
confirm and explain if there will be such a special. Thanks, Glenn
Hauser, World of Radio.

Reply from WETA: Dear Mr. Hauser, Although we do not regularly
broadcast the Living on Earth program, WETA will be airing the Living
on Earth - Earth Day special this Saturday beginning at 2.
Information is in the monthly WETA magazine, and will be on our
website tomorrow. We hope you can tune in. Thanks for listening.
(Gail Wein, WETA-FM, April 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

That`s 1800-2000 UT April 22 via http://www.weta.org (gh)

** U S A. WMIB tests again: From Phil Beckman, WMIB CE
(wmib@xxxxxxxxx): Attention radio DX'ers/radio nuts! Mark your
calendar for May 7, 2000 between 0000 & 0400 EDT for another in the
ongoing series of 'test' programs on WMIB 1660 kHz at our daytime
power of 10 kW. Lots of obscure oldies, occasional jingles and some
silliness thrown in! Hope you'll be there! Phil (via Lynn Hollerman,
IRCA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That?s Marco Island, Florida. BTW, I
hastily misconverted EDT to UT on WOR 1033; should be 0400-0800 (gh,
DXLD)

** U S A. All day I have been hearing continuous reggae music on
25950, even faintly till 02 utc. Is this one of the Oregon or
Washington FM feeders? If so, which one? At mid-day, the signal was
armchair quality, but now fading out here in the Northeast, well into
local evening (Donna Ring, NJ, April 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Normally heard on 25950 is the Portland OR cue station, usually
carrying sports talk KFXX 910, but the same company owns several
other stations which may be put on this transmitter. But no IDs heard
for hours? (gh)

Hello, Again, 25950 turns out to be the auxiliary station for KGON,
Portland, Oregon. It came back up today, Friday, April 21, at 14 UTC,
faded out between 1430 and 15, then faded back in at 15, continuing
with straight reggae music and no talk, punctuated by deep fades till
around local noon here, 16 UTC, when first heard ID. Continuing
strong from then on with same music only format, next ID at 1820 UTC
(Donna Ring, NJ, April 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO is on WLIO-TV, ch 35, Lima, OH Sat noon, Sun
1:30 and 6:30 am EST/EDT from WRN on Secondary Audio Program (SAP)
(gh) And this service even QSLs. Anyone know who the C.E. is? It
would be interesting to see what would happen if the SAP was
retransmitted on the 26.410 MHz link that uses 40 watts at 200 feet.
<grin> (Fred Vobbe, WLIO-TV CE, NRC-AM via DXLD) Is that a promise?
Check Saturday at 1600 UT (gh, DXLD)                     ###


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