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[HCDX] DX Listening Digest 8-055; World of Radio 1406
DX Listening Digest 8-055 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8055.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1406 / ALASKA / ANGOLA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA / BANGLADESH / BENIN / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CANADA CBC / CANADA CBA/CHOK/CBRU / CANADA CBCR2 / CANARY ISLANDS / CATALUNYA / CHAD / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / COSTA RICA / CUBA +non / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / DEUTSCHES REICH non / ECUADOR / EGYPT A08+ / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA/ETHIOPIA / EUROPE Pirates / FINLAND / GERMANY +non / GOA / HAITI / INDIA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM HAARP / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM VOK+ / IRAN +non / ISRAEL / JAMAICA +non / KOREA NORTH +non A08+ / KURDISTAN +non / LAOS / LATVIA / LIBYA / MADEIRA / MALAYSIA/SARAWAK / MARION ISLAND ham / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS +non / NEW ZEALAND / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA non / SLOVAKIA / SOMALIA non / SPAIN +non / SURINAME / TAIWAN +non / USSR / UAE / UK +non BBCWS+ / USA non VOA / USA +non WYFR / USA WWCR / USA WBCQ/WRNO / USA WEWN+ / USA WHRB / USA WOR / USA WUOT/Met Opera / USA KAVT/KGED / USA
KERR/KXL/KOAL / USA CBS / VENEZUELA +non / ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 13640 / PUBLICATIONS / RADIO PHILATELY / LANGUAGE LESSONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid7.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1406 SUMMARY:
*BBG still planning major VOA language service cuts, including
English, from October, AFGE Local 1812 charges
*RFE/RL websites hit with major cyber attack; Belarus blamed for
starting DOS
*Special assistant to President Bush resigns when Center for a Free
Cuba discovered he was skimming funds meant to get SW radios into
Cuba
*Habana relay of Venezuela, 17705, caught transmitting spy numbers
*AeroMartí contract to be renewed with Phoenix Air Group, Inc (PAG)
Cartersville, GA
*XEYU, Radio UNAM, reactivated 9599.3 after two sesquiweeks, still
overidden by Vatican in Vietnamese at 2315, and even more so when
Cuba is on 9600 [but UNAM gone again May 1]
*XEXQ, 6045, heard as early as 1205 UT
*XERTA, 4800, and Radio Buenas Nuevas, Guatemala, 4799.77 produce a
het around 1230 UT
*ELCOR transmitter test in Costa Rica on 5954.113, heard again at
earlier hour 2100-2156; also with spurs around 5930 and 5975 [but
then gone again]
*Cidade Oldies, pirate in SE Brasil on 7695, now said to operate
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 0300
*In WWII, BBC fooled German homing bombers by rebroadcasting Ireland
567 from Aberdeen
*BBC Mundo Radio via WHRI, 12-13 UT on 9410 contains news, archived
call-in show Estudio Abierto, Efemérides, and music fill: classical
on M/W/F, top 10 pop countdown on Tue/Thu
*R. Nederland to resume Arabic on SW this fall; already has website
*DW moving toward eliminating German on SW in favor of internet
*IRRS, pretending to broadcast from Milan, but really from Slovakia,
starts new broadcast May 5, Mon-Thu 0430-0530 on 5990; what is it?
*Hungary cuts back to only 4 hours a day on SW, 3975 and 6025
*Croatia via Germany using both 7285 and 9925 between 2300 and 0500 to
Americas, but 7285 is temporary only until May 10
*Thanks for financial support from Will Martin in St. Louis, who sent
a check in the mail to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
*Spain and Vatican are colliding on 11625, M-F 2000, both in English
to Africa; Spain`s other frequency 9665 heard on 9690 instead
*Spain`s ``co-official languages`` segment, M-F 1245-1300 has Galician
OK at 1245, but Basque at 1250 is mostly in Castilian, and Catalan at
1255 missing; via Costa Rica 15170
*US relays no more via Briech, Morocco, but RTM still uses the site.
15335 was missing, then came back; also scheduled on 11920 and 7135
*Africa No. One, Gabon, 9580, heard once with Qaddafi interpreting
Qur`an, translated to English at 2315-2415; since Libya has
controlling interest in ANO, surprising they don`t use it more
*Africa No. One, recommended music shows, M-F: Kilimandjaro at 17-18
on 15475; Africasong at 19-21 on 9580; Flash Black at 21-23 on 9580
*Voice of Nigeria testing webcasting via
http://www.voiceofnigeria.org/voiceOfNigeria.html but mostly silent;
one time we heard awful noises, unidentifiable language
*Channel Africa`s A-08 English schedule from South Africa, as amended
*Very confusing situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia, jamming and
counterprogramming on 5100, 7175, 7220, 7999.4; see recent DXLDs
*Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Amharic Mondays 1600-1700 on
17875 via Samara, Russia, also Mondays 1900-2000 on 17690 via WHRA
*IRIN, via South Africa in Somali at 1730-1745 moved from 9665 to 9735
to avoid Spain`s imaginary Germany broadcast
*Sudan Radio Service, 1500-1600 via Portugal 17690 in English and
Arabic
*Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction, 1300-1330 M/W/F via
South Africa on 15325 with English lessons
*V. of Islamic Republic of Iran relay via Lithuania, English at 1930
replacing 7260 with 6000
*Voice of Tajik, obscure English service at 1700-1800 on 7245, heard
in UK
*Myanmar finally fixed its off-frequency to 5985, and also heard on
new 5915, 5815
*Clandestines or religious for North Korea heard in Japan: VOF, Voice
of Free Radio at 1100-1130 via Armenia on 15755; CMI Voice of
Wilderness at 1300-1400 via Armenia on 15710 [but just changed to
11570], Irkutsk on 11640
*Kang Guru Radio English on RRI, 9680, rescheduled to Wed & Fri at
0800-0820, not good for California
*CBC Radio One rates number one in Calgary
*WTAM, 1100, Cleveland, has a talk host from France, UT Sundays 0105-
0400; should reach Enid
*29-page reference of time signal stations on LW and SW:
http://www.longwave.de/TSS.pdf
*Different predixions for peak of solar cycle 24; Thomas Giella thinx
we may be headed for a Dalton Minimum
*Propagation outlook from Prague ###
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1406
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1515 WRMI 9955
Mon 0300 WBCQ 9330-CLSB [irregular, time varies]
Mon 0415 WBCQ 7415 [time varies]
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1130 WRMI 9955
Wed 2300 WBCQ 17495-CUSB
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Regards, Glenn Hauser
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