** AUSTRALIA. See TURKEY [and non] ** GREECE. Just for variety, Feb 22 at 1507 check, ERA5 via SVO 15630 test during music had dropouts in modulation rather than carrier, unlike // 17525 Avlis which suffered from neither (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. In another futile check for CFRX, Feb 22 at 1407 I came across this on 6070 which I had not noticed before: clearly and slowly enunciated declamation, presumably preaching, in what sounded like Vietnamese; ``Abraham`` mentioned frequently so this is no Buddhist, Confucian or Commie station, and not likely Jewish or Moslem either even tho they are supposedly equally Abrahamist to the Christians. Paused about once a minute for a bit of music which sounded about the same each time, probably derived from a hymn. Ranges S3 to S9, averaging S6; no QRM from no CFRX. 1423 went to music and kept it going until 1429 when YL ID mentioned ``phat-thanh``, i.e. radio station in Vietnamese, but could not catch ID. Bit of music, IS, sounded like ``Jesus Saves``, but not sure, and then off at 1430. No clues in PWBR ``2007``. WRTH 2007, however, shows 6070 is FEBC Bocaue with daily ethnic broadcasts in various languages at 1400-1430. But is it really Vietnamese? Why not publish a complete language schedule? Let us look elsewhere. HFCC B-06 shows the language as ``MUL``, whatever that means: 6070 1400 1430 43S,44S,49 BOC 100 280 1234567 291006 250307 D MUL PHL FEC FEC 13130 EiBi B-06 shows: 1400 1430 PHL FEBC Manila EC SEA 6070 1400 1430 Th-Sa PHL FEBC Manila RAD SEA 6070 which is contradictory, since the first listing means daily, and the second means Thu, Fri and Sat. In the EiBi readme.txt key we find: EC Eastern Cham (Vietnam) RAD Rade/Ede (Vietnam) Since this was Thursday, I suppose it was Eastern Cham, some Vietnamese dialect, altho it could have been Rade/Ede. I also looked for this on the FEBC websites, but gave up trying to find ANY schedule of SW transmissions, tho there is lots of other stuff designed to impress potential donors. However, FEBC is geographically challenged, even about its own operations. Look at this page http://data.febinfo.org/p_stations.php showing coverage maps from numerous transmitter sites, most of which are not owned by FEBC, starting with Ascension, which they think is part of St. Helena (or vice versa?) !!! So if you can manage to hear an FEBC broadcast via Ascension, you may imagine it`s axually Saint Helena. And furthermore, most of them, even Bocaue, display as being in use 0.0 hours per week. Axually, all other transmitter sites in the world would qualify for listing as in use 0.0 hours per week! Why not? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY [and non]. Tried for Live from Turkey, Thu Feb 22 at 1355; 12035 was audible with only fair signal but cut off the air between 1400 and 1404. // 11735 was just barely audible and not usable on this occasion. What little I did hear was a discussion over phone with a guest, not likely a random caller, about the TRNC and its problems. No matter; I tuned over to R. Australia`s relatively good signal on 9590 after 1430 during Hindsight which started at 1405, and heard something I would never hear on VOT: a lecture about the Armenian Genocide, and how it related to Gallipoli, and how early Australia related to early Turkey, by Robert Manne. More about that and audio download available for the Feb 18 show at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/default.htm ``Uncomfortable Thoughts on Gallipoli and the Armenian Genocide 'Uncomfortable Thoughts' is one way of describing Robert Manne's 2006 History Council of Victoria lecture. In it he challenges one of our most precious foundation myths and asks 'Does our proximity to the Armenian genocide matter? Do we need to notice, or care? How does collective memory shape our view of the Gallipoli? And how does a national consciousness evolve?'`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
