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Today's Topics:
1. India (Chuck)
2. Glenn Hauser logs November 1-3 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Nov 3 Logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4. Voz de Indonesia ahora en Internet por Real Audio.
(JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
5. Sheigra DXpediton Report / DX Programme list (bdxcuk)
6. Re: Dxers Unlimited's week end edition for 3-4 November 2007
(Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich)
7. BTC Podcast #3 now available! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
8. HCDX logs between 2007-11-03 0000 UTC and 2007-11-04 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
9. A day at Radio Free Europe (Zacharias Liangas )
10. Troops deployed at Pakistani TV and radio stations
(Zacharias Liangas )
11. Nano Electronics Researcher Decodes Radio Signals Using
Atom-Sized Component (Zacharias Liangas )
12. Bible Voice B07 English Service (Gayle Van Horn)
13. RADIO SONAR - Sunday morning - 48 m (RADIO SONAR)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 07:58:38 -0000
From: "Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] India
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DSWCI Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Italy, 5965, Vatican Radio (Tentative), 0725-0800, Listening here to Radio
Exterior Espana in
Spanish prior to 0730. At that time however, a BBC English News relay
broadcast began. There
was no announcement as to it's origination or identification except it was
pretty obvious it was
the BBC. At 0744 English ceases. This is followed by the Italian/Vatican
interval signal briefly.
That is followed with a female and male in news in Italian Language. I can
only catch
a word here and there. At 0749 singing heard for a few minutes. The 2007
Passport has Italy scheduled
on this freq a little earlier, but not the Vatican. The only solid piece of
evidence to help
with Identification is the Interval signal noted above. It was definitely
Italy's. Signal was poor.
When listening to the Italian portion of this mess, the format didn't sound
religious as one
would expect from the Vatican. (Chuck Bolland, November 3, 2007)
Clewiston, Florida
NRD545
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:31:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 1-3
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 6110, 0130 English to NAm, fair with no jamming Nov 2 at
0139; main interference was not from 6115 or 6105, but from 6100, Sackville in
Spanish splatter, aimed our way at 240 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. CRI is beside itself now in the 1200 Chinese hour, as noted Nov
3 at 1257: on 9560 via Sackville, and after a few syllables of satellite delay,
on 9570 via Habana. After 1300, the latter continues in English, as the
Sackville relay for B-07 is on 11885 instead of 9650. Perhaps China was
uncomfortable being sandwiched between two KBSWR South Korean relays on 9650
until 1300 and after 1400? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. HCJB`s long-obsolete frequency announcements in Spanish have
survived yet another seasonal transition into B-07! Nov 2 at 1314 on 11960, the
same old recording claimed they were on 11760 and 9745, while in fact they have
been for years and continue to be on 11690 and 11960 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. R. Truth, Chiquimula, in a band of its own, 4052.5, Nov 3 at 0520
with spiritual ``Nobody knows the trouble I`ve Seen``, 0522 preacher in
English with Spanish accent (Am?lcar himself?), and shortly into contrasting
sacred music, Handel? The 0500-0600* hour is in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. XEYU, 9599.3, Nov 1 around 0630, good with classical music, but gone
again at recheck 1300. Just before 1300 I was hearing no het on Cuba, so
figured UNAM had vanished. Nor was it audible around 0140 UT Nov 2, altho the
MUF may have dipped too low by then. Still missing around 0530 and 1330 too.
After barely 24 hours back on the air, XEYU 9599.3v remains silent as of Nov 3.
In checking the frequency, I found RHC on 9600 until 0459 Nov 3 with a song
about Habana, // 9550 which continued in Spanish. So it would be pointless for
XEYU to broadcast before 0500 anyway. At 0507 I found 9600 occupied by
something in an African language. That`s VOA Botswana in Hausa until 0530.
After that, 9600 should be clear for a while, altho there are various other
broadcasters scheduled during the 24 hours, including more from Cuba in the
mornings, 1100-1300, as well as 0000-0500 (Sunday 2330- with Esperanto), per
RHC website, which must always be viewed skeptically. Since XEYU is not
frequency-agile --- except for slight variations --- it would be charitable if
RHC were to cede 9600 to XEYU, but you could hardly expect them to if Radio
UNAM is not really committed to daily broadcasting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. RNZI`s latest schedule change to 9870 for DRM at
0659-1258 is bad news for Vividh Bharati Service from India, and those who
would listen to it, which a few weeks earlier moved to 9870. Nov 1 at 1250
there was no trace of VBS here under the DRM noise, and at 1254 there was also
QRDRM to something on 9865. DRM went off at 1259* revealing 9870 VBS and 9865
VOR IS. May we expect yet another abrupt QSY by NZ to resolve this situation?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. PRES, 9450 via Wertachtal for English at 1300 may make it to
ENAm, but not to CNAm; Nov 1 at 1301 I could hear only a trace of a signal on
this frequency. And no better Nov 2. Of course, if Warsaw cared about being
heard in NAm, they would use some of their time on Guiana French for that
instead of beaming Polish back to Europe --- or use Wertachtal at a suitable
time and frequency for NAm, like VOR does now on 6155 at 0300 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. REE via Costa Rica really has some interference problems now:
Besides Vatican collision on 5965 after 0400 as previously noted, Nov 3 at
0512, it had severe ACI from CRI English on 5960 via Sackville; CRI is on here
from before 0400 until 0600. REE`s 9675 had even more severe QRM at 0508 from
WYFR on 9680 with CBS Taiwan in Cantonese. This is aimed right at us, 315
degrees from Okeechobee (and equally ruins Channel Africa on 9685, English hour
at 0500). Even REE 3350 had problems, at 0523, intermittent ``running water``
utility QRM. None of this would be quite so bad if REE had any punch in its
modulation, but all its Cariari frequencies are very undermodulated and lo-fi,
compared to Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. R. Thailand`s best chance to be heard here during English seems
not to be the new NAm service direct in the evenings --- are we too far west
for the ENAm service and too far east for the WNAm service to make it? --- but
the 1230 UT broadcast on 9810 to SEAsia/Australia which happens to be on a
clear frequency. Nov 1 at 1258 check, 9810 was poor with flutter, and adjacent
to Cuban jamming against nothing on 9805, that being a residual until provoked
by Mart?, and not as full-force as it would otherwise be. The 1400 R. Thailand
broadcast on 9725 doesn`t have a chance unless Costa Rica be off (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. VOT, 15350, Turkish music, and not much talk, most enjoyable around
1330 Nov 2. Now during that hour we have a music choice of Turkey 15350, Solh
15265, Saudi Arabia 15380. Too, 15350 had a much better signal than VOT`s
English service opening at 1330, which this date was poor on 12035, inaudible
on 11735. 15350 is scheduled 0800-1400, 294 degrees.
Now instead of R. Solh on 17700, we hear Die Stimme der T?rkei, until 1325 or
so Nov 3. Perhaps I just missed their 14-dayish DX Programm on Samstags. Much
better reception for this than we get in English from 1330 on 12035, 11735.
Besides 1230, the other German broadcast from VOT is at 1830 on 7205 per ADDX
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. Altho it doesn`t always appear on the BBCWS online skeds for W
Africa, 7160 via Ascension at 0300-0600 provides good reception here. Among the
non-African programs it provides are: Sat 0332 Discovery, 0430 The Interview;
Sun 0332 Instant Guide & Over to You, 0532 Reporting Religion (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Just after I publicized 15580 as excellent new frequency for VOA`s
music hour at 2100, it`s gone, Nov 1 at 2105 check. Not a trace. Left a
receiver on frequency, and carrier finally came on at 2131:30, but off and on a
few times, then stayed on and program joined at 2133 in hiphop music, so I
wouldn`t be listening to it on Thursday, anyway. They must be having a lot of
trouble keeping those old transmitters going at Greenville, but more schedule
changes are in store next week.
Somewhat surprised to encounter VOA news in English at 0138 on 7200, so not to
the Americas, and not Special. This hour from Morocco is scheduled to cover
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and all the countries in between. But nor
after March! IBB announced Nov 2 that the Morocco site would be closed, and
returned to the Moroccan government (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:53:10 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 3 Logs
To: [email protected]
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**DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0315, Nov 3, Sign on with
National Anthem followed by opening announcements. Koran at
0303. Arabic talk. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**CROATIA. 3984.82, Croatian Radio-Voice of Croatia, 0300-0314,
Nov 3, "Croatia Today" English news program. Very weak. Better
on // 7285-via Germany. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**CROATIA. via Germany, 9470, Croatian Radio-Voice of Croatia,
0700-0704, Nov 3, Four minute English news program. Weak but
readable. Very weak // 11690. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC-program 1, *0240-0255, Nov 3, Sign on
with Fish Eagle IS. Choral National Anthem at 0251 followed by
local tribal music & vernacular talk. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:03:38 +0100 (CET)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Voz de Indonesia ahora en Internet por Real Audio.
To: Frecuencia DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Saludos cordiales, Antonio Schuler nos anuncia que La Voz de Indonesia
cuenta con una nueva Web, desde ella se puede escuchar en directo la emisi?n
por Real Audio, en paralelo por SW.
http://es.voi.co.id/realtime/
Hola amigos!
Saludos cordiales.
Hay un sitio web en espa?ol de la Voz de Indonesia http://es.voi. co.id ,
pero no s? si es el sitio oficial de la emisora. Hay algunas informaciones de
la emisora, como la programaci?n, pero no hay menci?n sobre horarios y
frecuencias.
73 Antonio.
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Entra en Yahoo! Respuestas.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:11:53 -0000
From: "bdxcuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Sheigra DXpediton Report / DX Programme list
To: "DXLD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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A report on the October 2007 DXpedition to Sheigra in the far north west of
Scotland by Tony Rogers, Dave Kenny and Alan Pennington is now
available on the British DX Club web site.
The report includes loggings of stations heard on both MW and SW at Sheigra
as well as some photos. The visit to Sheigra coincided with superb medium
wave DX conditions, especially towards the Far East, and we were able to log
numerous Chinese, Japanese and Korean MW stations which are rarely heard in
the UK. Some afternoons reception of these stations was overwhelming and
many more were heard that we were unable to identify in the time available.
A short wave highlight was reception of Wantok Radio Light from Papua New
Guinea on 7325 kHz and a tentative logging of Micronesia on 4755 kHz..
Also available on the web site, the BDXC Guide to DX Programmes which has
now been updated for the B07 period.
See www.bdxc.org.uk - Articles Index Page.
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:10:41 -0500
From: "Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited's week end edition for 3-4
November 2007
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe Lynch
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Radio Habana Cuba
Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited's weekend edition for 3-4 November 2007
By Arnie Coro
Radio amateur CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados worldwide... with our traditional salute,
Dxers Unlimited?s weekend edition begins, ready to bring you lots of
practical radio hobby information... I am Arnie Coro, radio amateur
CO2KK, your host here in Havana and here is item one: Many listeners
have written asking about the possibility of using a single antenna for
covering a wide range of VHF frequencies, so today in our ASK ARNIE
section of the show, I will be telling you about a popular antenna that
offers broadband coverage. It is omni directional, that meaning it
receives signals from all around the compass and also it is not too
difficult to homebrew.
Item two: Another antenna related topic...by using a parallel open wire
feed line connected to a dipole or how it is known among experts a FAN
DIPOLE,, you can actually operate the system as three antennas with very
different characteristics... Mode ONE: as a standard half wave dipole,
MODE 2: as a T antenna working against a good ground system and MODE 3:
As an inverted L by using one leg of the open wire feeder against
ground... By arranging for the proper switching, the THREE IN ONE
antenna system provides you with a lot of possibilities. At CO2KK, my
ham radio station, I have a three wire on each leg fan dipole fed with
400 ohm open wire line... The fan dipole by itself is an excellent
antenna for the frequency range between 7 and 21 megaHertz, using a wide
range PI network antenna tuner... By connecting together the two wires
of the transmission line, the antenna works very nicely on the 80 meters
amateur band in what is known as a T antenna configuration, but of
course that it does need a ground return made, at my location by
several ground radials
or what was known in the early days of radio as a ?counterpoise?.
I use one of the wires of the open line, in another configuration, so
that the antenna works as an inverted L... Now you know why I have named
this system the THREE IN ONE ANTENNA...
By making the legs of the dipole at least 10 meters long, excellent
frequency coverage is achieved...
More radio hobby related information coming up as Dxers Unlimited's
weekend edition continues in a few seconds
.....
Si amigos, you are listening to the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited,
and as announced at the start of the program, here is LA NUMERO UNO, the
most popular section of the show, ASK ARNIE. answering a request about
broadband antennas for VHF monitoring... By the way, monitoring VHF
communications as well as the VHF amateur bands is one of the more than
81 ways of enjoying the radio hobby... But, monitoring the VHF range
from about 40 megaHertz all the way up to about 170 megaHertz requires
using a broadband antenna... For general purpose monitoring 360 degrees
around the compass, there is one antenna design that works very well,
and is not too difficult to homebrew... it is known as the DISCONE
ANTENNA, and I happen to have at hand here, ready to be sent to any
Dxers Unlimited listener wanting to build a DISCONNE, an excellent
design program... The freeware program lets you calculate a DISCONE is
less than two minutes... And I can assure you that antennas built
following the dimensions obtained from the discone design software work
very well indeed... My two favorite designs for disconnes are one that
has a low frequency cutoff of around 40 megaHertz , with a high
frequency limit of 400 megaHertz, and another design that starts
operating around 100 megaHertz and that will reach as high as 900
megaHertz or even higher... From the above information you can see that
the frequency range of a typical discone is almost a ten to one
frequency ratio... an outstanding characteristic of this unique antenna
system, which is fed directly using 50 ohms coaxial cable, and requires
absolutely no matching system...
Again, you can homebrew disconnes for any frequency range, with the
design parameters that you feed to the computer software program... A
friend of mine , who spends most of his spare time monitoring the
aviation band in the range from 118 to 136 megaHertz , has built a
discone with a low frequency cutoff of 110 megaHertz, that he has tested
all the way up to the 800 megaHertz frequency range very successfully.
His antenna was built during a weekend, using copper wire and a small
piece of Plexiglas insulation to separate the cone from the disk... He
used an aluminum disk for the top of the antenna, and copper wire spokes
to form the cone...
More about broadband antennas for VHF monitoring after a short break...
.....
You are listening to the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited, coming to
you from Radio Havana Cuba, and for those listeners that have requested
the data file about the QUATRRO CRYSTAL RADIO RECEIVER, let me tell you
I made a new drawing of the schematic diagram, as the original file was
yet another computer crash casualty... So, be patient amigos, I will
e-mail the four diode crystal radio diagram by the end of the week...
Now, the program continues with information about the second type of
broadband antenna for VHF monitoring. In this case, it is a directional
system, known among experts as a log periodic array of dipoles...This
antenna is rather complex from a mechanical point of view, but it can be
built using the proper tools and following a good design. My favorite
log periodic for VHF monitoring covers from 45 megaHertz to 150
megaHertz, and it does require the use of an antenna rotor. A second
smaller log periodic for the frequency range 100 to 500 megaHertz has
provided excellent service for monitoring, as well as for operating the
two meters, one and quarter meters and 70 centimeters amateur bands...
Again, home brewing a log periodic antenna is not a very easy job, but
believe me amigos, that time spent building your own log periodic for
VHF-UHF monitoring is well worth every single minute you devote to its
construction...and you will certainly save a lot of money, as
commercially built log periodic antennas are very expensive.
The typical log periodic antenna is also designed for 50 ohms coaxial
cable feed, and again, it is a highly directional system that requires
the use of a rotor to pinpoint the antenna in the direction you want to
pick up signals or to transmit.
There are several very well written software programs for designing VHF
and UHF log periodic antennas, and I have here two of them, ready to be
e-mailed to any of you Dxers Unlimited's listeners around the world that
may want to explore the possibilities of home brewing your own broadband
log periodic antenna...
.......
QSL, yes QSL on the air amigos... QSL on the air to the many Dxers
Unlimited's listeners that have sent e-mail messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
requesting a QSL card from Radio Havana Cuba, sending very accurate
reception reports and providing me with many good ideas on how to
improve the program...now , here is our next item of today's show...
This is the technical tips section of Dxers Unlimited... today I will
tell you about how to reduce power line interference by installing a
power line filter between the wall plug where you connect your radio
equipment and the radios... A three section homebrew filter, with a
proper ground connection prevents power line noise from entering your
radios and causing harmful interference... There are several well built,
but expensive , power line filters, so your best option is to homebrew
one, just as I have done here at my listening post and ham radio
station. The filter is capable of passing an AC power line current of 6
amperes, more than enough to power up all my equipment, except the high
power linear amplifier...The power line filter is very effective in
removing noise coming from nearby switched mode power supplies, like the
ones used by computers TV sets VCR and DVD machines.
I am now working on a step by step instruction manual with full
graphics, so that you can homebrew this type of filter, that does
require a lot of metal work, as it most be totally shielded in order to
be really effective. As soon as the manual is completed, I will be
announcing it here at Dxers Unlimited...
......
[EMAIL PROTECTED], that's my direct e-mail address, [EMAIL PROTECTED], always
ready to receive your comments about the program, signal reports, QSL
requests, and any radio hobby related questions that you may want to
send to our popular ASK ARNIE section of Dxers Unlimited...
You are listening to the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited, that goes
on the air Tuesdays and Wednesdays UTC days.... and here is our next
item of today's program... Satellite direct broadcast radio is very
slowly growing in listenership, but this is happening only in developed
countries... the number of satellite radio receivers capable of picking
up direct broadcasts from Earth orbit in third world nations is
extremely small, something that can be easily explained for two obvious
reasons... one, the receivers are much more expensive than common radios
AM broadcast band short wave and FM radios... and two, most of satellite
radio services require paying for a monthly fee that in many cases may
be easily the equivalent of what a person in some places of Africa ,
Latin America or Asia, receives as income for many months of hard
work... So, short wave radio is here to stay amigos ... and yes, we may
see more satellite radio receivers sold in Third World nations, but only
to people of above average income...who can pay for the radios, and also
for the monthly fees asked by the operators of the existing satellite
radio systems...
...
And now amigos, as always at the end of the show, our exclusive and not
copyrighted HF plus low band VHF propagation update and forecast...Solar
flux continues in its now almost endless hovering very near the baseline
activity... latest reports show that the flux was around 67 units, just
three units above the 64 figure that scientists consider to be the
minimum baseline activity ever registered ... The effective sunspot
number was very low at around noon local time here in Havana, an SSN of
6 . Expect HFpropagation to continue to be very poor .The optical
sunspot count was ZERO, again ZERO, and expected stay at zero or very
slightly above for the rest of the week. Hope to have you listening to
my show's midweek edition next Tuesday and Wednesday UTC days... and
don't forget to send me your signal reports and comments to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana,
Cuba.
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:55:53 +0000
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Subject: [HCDX] BTC Podcast #3 now available!
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected];
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The latest Broadcast Test Committee Podcast - Edition #3 - hosted by committee
member J.D. Stephens is now available for downloading and listening. Here's the
link:
http://www.dxtests.info/podcasts/BTC_Podcast_3.mp3
Thanks to J.D. for this great addition to our efforts. Good luck to everyone on
the WIGG test this weekend.
Jim Pogue
IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee Coordiantor
Memphis, TN
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 23:05:01 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2007-11-03 0000 UTC and 2007-11-04
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:24:21 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] A day at Radio Free Europe
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A day at Radio Free Europe
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=87573
The Radio Free Europe conference helped highlight common values
between Muslims and Westerners. Many more efforts are needed, of
course, to bridge the gap between the two. This time there is no 'iron
curtain' separating people with walls, but there are curtains, for sure, in
many minds
MUSTAFA AKYOL
PRAGUE - Turkish Daily News
The Cold War years had a taste of their own. The globe divided
between the ?free world? and the communist block was a perfect stage
for spooks, and, of course, novels and movies about them.
The adventures of secret agents, double agents, and all the masters
of espionage were mind-blowing. Yet the whole scene ended in 1989
when the Berlin Wall came down and the Brandenburg Gate turned
from the sinister symbol of a divided city into a mere tourist attraction.
Even Her Majesty's most alluring spy, James Bond, would lose much of
his charm with the end of the Cold War.
A less stylish yet more influential actor of that bygone epoch was
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), America's most effective
channel for reaching out to the peoples of the communist countries.
Based in the southern German city of Munich, the ?CIA mouthpiece,? as
the Soviets preferred to call it, aired the case for ?freedom? in the native
languages of at least a dozen European ?democratic republics,? and,
the mother of them all, Soviet Russia. In these countries trapped by the
?iron curtain,? subversive citizens who were fed up with hearing the
fables of their powerful comrades such as Khrushchev or Brejnev used
to tune their centrally planned and thus inevitably unsound radios to the
voice of RFE/RL. Yet they had to be very, very cautious. Listening to
the American channel could constitute a major crime.
Prague's real spring:
The collapse of communism came, obviously, as a victory for RFE/RL.
Yet it also raised questions on whether it should continue to exist. As
the current president of the organization, Jeffrey Gedmin, notes, three
different views emerged in Washington. Some said the anti-communist
radio had done its job and had to be laid to rest. Others thought it would
be necessary during the ?transitional period? of Europe from socialism
to democratic capitalism. The third view was that ?new challenges?
could emerge soon and thus the radio had to stay. Soon, the third view
would turn out to be right.
RFE/RL started the post-communist era with a bold shift. It moved its
offices from Munich to Prague. The new pro-American government of
the latter had offered a venue that was hard to discard: The defunct
parliament building of the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The
move of the ?CIA mouthpiece? to the home of a communist assembly
was perhaps even more symbolic as the famous Red Army flag waived
on the German Reichstag in April 1945. Hammers and sickles were
gone, and now were replaced by the stars and stripes. Communism
was dead and even its graveyard was claimed by its main enemy.
That new headquarters of the RFE/RL is right in the center of Prague.
And with its huge size and amorphous shape, along with the rusty and
ugly metal monument that stands in front of it, the building suggests
that ?socialist aesthetics? might well be a contradiction in terms. That
becomes painfully obvious especially when contrasted with the
breathtaking beauty of the Czech capital, in which most of the old
buildings, especially the gorgeous ones like the baroque-style Grand
Museum that stands right next to RFE/RL, are masterpieces of art.
A mini UN:
What the RFE/RL does in the post-communist world seems to be
?advancing liberty? this time not in Europe but many other regions of the
world. The ex-Soviet Republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus
apparently constitute a major goal for the radio. The RFE/RL is also
much focused on the Muslim world, and there are sections focused on
Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Bosnia and many more Islamic countries. With
such a diverse team, the whole building looks like a mini United
Nations. The 500 or so employees speak, besides English, languages
that you have probably never heard.
Two days ago, a conference that focused on the gap between Muslim
and Western societies was held in the RFE/RL. Supported by the
Czech government, the American Embassy, Germany's Konrad
Adenauer Foundation and the Prague Civic Institute, the conference
brought together speakers from various countries to discuss the topic,
?What Unites and What Divides Us: Tough Questions for Islam and the
West.? After a full day of intense discussion chaired by Joyce Davis, an
expert on the Middle East and associate director of broadcasting at
RFE/RL, what appeared as the most interesting outcome was the
realization of a mutual fear: Both in the West and the Muslim world,
there is a perception of being attacked by the other side. Some
Muslims suspect that the West is ?leading a war on Islam.? On the other
hand some Westerners think that there is a mass Muslim effort to
?occupy? and dominate Western civilization. And both of these camps
think ?their guys? are just on the defensive.
The RFE/RL conference helped in understanding those mutual fears ?
and also common values between Muslims and Westerners. Many
more efforts are needed, of course, to bridge the gap between the two.
This time there is no ?iron curtain? separating people with walls, but
there are curtains, for sure, in many minds.
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http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
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on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas
-tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs
-ethics.htm : greek ethics , days and institutions
-frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!!
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:24:20 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Troops deployed at Pakistani TV and radio stations
To: <>
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Troops deployed at Pakistani TV and radio stations
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL19667120071103
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani paramilitary troops were deployed
inside state-run television and radio stations in Islamabad on Saturday,
witnesses said.
A senior security official told Reuters that the government had decided
to impose emergency rule, and approval would be sought from cabinet
later, after which there were expectations that President Pervez
Musharraf would address the nation.
http://zlgr.multiply.com (raidio monitoring site plus audio clips )
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
.
on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas
-tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs
-ethics.htm : greek ethics , days and institutions
-frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!!
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:24:20 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Nano Electronics Researcher Decodes Radio Signals
Using Atom-Sized Component
To: <>
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Nano Electronics Researcher Decodes Radio Signals Using Atom-
Sized Component
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/10/nano_radio?s
howAllComments=true
A scientist has unveiled a working radio built from carbon nanotubes
that are only a few atoms across, or almost 1,000 times smaller than
today's radio technology.
The nanotech device is a demodulator, a simple circuit that decodes
radio waves and turns them into audio signals. By hooking the decoder
up to two metal wires, University of California at Irvine professor Peter
Burke transmitted music via AM radio waves from an iPod to speakers
across the room.
"People have been working on nanoelectronics for many years, and
there have been advances at the device level on switches and wires,"
said Burke, who reported his findings in the November 14 issue of the
American Chemical Society's Nano Letters. "This work takes a step
towards showing nanoelectronics in systems."
The process centers on working with tiny tubes of carbon only
discovered in the 1980s. They are sometimes called buckytubes, after
the noted inventor Buckminster Fuller.
Nanoelectronic systems are considered crucial to the continued
miniaturization of electronic devices. Many companies are interested in
the long-term potential of the technology.
href="http://www.nano.com";>Nanomix has received over $15 million in
venture capital to..
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.
on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas
-tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs
-ethics.htm : greek ethics , days and institutions
-frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!!
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:00:30 -0400
From: "Gayle Van Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Bible Voice B07 English Service
To: "PTSW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ODXA"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>,
"Cumbre DX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Bible Voice released their B07 schedule last week, which as many of you may
know, is a mass of freqs, hours and days to decipher. I was able to spend some
quiet and uninterrupted time to get it organized, and have posted it to my
blog. For those of you that were looking for it - I hope you find it useful.
Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
Teak Publishing, Brasstown, NC
World QSL Book
Shortwave Central Blog: http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/
Monitoring Times: SW Guide Frequency Manager
Broadcast Logs/QSL Report Columnist
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:44:10 +0000
From: RADIO SONAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] RADIO SONAR - Sunday morning - 48 m
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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--- ?Aus Den Weiten Des Tiefen Ostens? - RADIO SONAR --- Hallo Free Radio
H?rer, RADIO SONAR wird am Sonntagvormittag, 04. November die regul?re
November-Sendung im 48 m-Band ausstrahlen. MP-3-files sind sehr willkommen! F?r
Empfangsberichte gibt es die November-QSL-Karte. Tel: + 49 (0) 176 - 262 171 42
(w?hrend des Programms) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bis bald DJ Dycke Dear
listeners, RADIO SONAR is active at Sunday morning, 4th of November on 48 m. We
certify reception reports with our November-QSL - mp3-files are very
appreciated. Phone in or sending text messages: Tel: + 49 (0) 176 - 262 171 42
(during broadcast) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your`s DJ Dycke --- ?Aus Den Weiten
Des Tiefen Ostens? - RADIO SONAR ---
die regul?re November-Sendung im 48 m-Band ausstrahlen. MP-3-files sind sehr
willkommen! F?r Empfangsberichte gibt es die November-QSL-Karte. Tel: + 49 (0)
176 - 262 171 42 (w?hrend des Programms) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bis bald DJ
Dycke Dear listeners, RADIO SONAR is active at Sunday morning, 4th of November
on 48 m. We certify reception reports with our November-QSL - mp3-files are
very appreciated. Phone in or sending text messages: Tel: + 49 (0) 176 - 262
171 42 (during broadcast) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your`s DJ Dycke --- ?Aus Den
Weiten Des Tiefen Ostens? - RADIO SONAR ---
_________________________________________________________________
Eva sagt: ?Kennst du schon den Adressimport f?r den Messenger??
http://messenger.live.de/ersteschritte_adressimport.html
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