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Today's Topics:
1. India: Top 3 FM firms gear up for big bites (sakthi vel)
2. India: Infrastructure proves to be major hurdle for setting
up radio stations in smaller towns (sakthi vel)
3. ETH jamming (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Re: ETH jamming (Jorma Mantyla)
5. HCDX logs between 2008-01-08 0000 UTC and 2008-01-09 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
6. DX Listening Digest 8-003; WOR 1390 (Glenn Hauser)
7. International Broadcasters Condemn Rising Threats to Media
Freedom (Mukesh Kumar)
8. RRI Kendari 3995 (Fabrizio Magrone)
9. add : ] two logs forgoten : (Zacharias Liangas )
10. Re: Dxers Unlimited's mid week edition for 8-9 January 2008
(Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich)
11. VOA Increases Swahili Broadcasts (Zacharias Liangas )
12. Comic Relief via Shortwave (Zacharias Liangas )
13. The Shortwave Report 01/04/08 ?Listen Globally!
(Zacharias Liangas )
14. Re: [NRC-AM] WIMA DX Test Final Report (Les Rayburn)
15. VOA Launches Radio Program for Rwandan Youth (Zacharias Liangas )
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:36:50 +0000 (GMT)
From: sakthi vel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] India: Top 3 FM firms gear up for big bites
To: Monitering Times <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Top 3 FM firms gear up for big bites
Big 92.7 FM, Radio Mirchi and South Asia FM are set to
control 55% of the market.
Advertising on Big 92.7 FM (Reliance Unicom), Radio
Mirchi (ENIL) and South Asia FM (Sun TV group) may
become costlier by up to 30 per cent.
The three leading FM radio companies are looking to
capture nearly 55 per cent of the FM radio market,
among themselves and through subsidiaries, after the
final bidding of the remaining 97 additional FM radio
stations concludes later this month.
According to sources, the three companies may end up
bagging one-third of the 97 vacant FM stations after
the bidding, thereby taking their overall market share
in excess of 55 per cent.
This will help them increase their reach to a
population of nearly 200 million across over 160
cities in the country. ?As a result, the advertisers,
who are looking to capitalise on their reach, may have
to spend at least 30 per cent more on the radio
ad-spots,? an industry source said.
According to a media agency source, the effective
radio ad-spot rates on the three leading FM stations
in metros are Rs 8,000-12,000 per 10 seconds.
?In smaller towns, the rates are Rs 2,000-3,000. But
with the effective reach of FM radio, advertisers
still find it a lucrative medium for advertising in
comparison with the costlier print and television
media options,? the source said.
?The three leading FM operators (Big FM, Radio Mirchi
and Sun TV group) are expected to bag one-third of the
97 vacant FM stations. When that happens, there will
be another round of increase in the ad-rates,? said a
Delhi-based senior media planner.
Currently, the three players have about 50 per cent of
the 266 FM radio station licences, awarded in early
2006, leading to over 500 per cent higher ad-rates
than in 2005, when there were only 21 FM stations.
There was only Radio Mirchi before 2005.
According to the rules of FM radio bidding, no single
company can hold more than 15 per cent of the allotted
FM stations. Therefore, both Big FM and the Sun group,
with 45 stations each, can add only 10 more stations
while Radio Mirchi, with 32 stations, can add about 23
more stations in the bidding later this month.
Tarun Katial, COO of Big 92.7 FM, maintained that the
channel would add ?significant? numbers in the
forthcoming bidding. ?We would continue to hold a
significant position in the radio industry even after
the bidding,? Katial said.
These 97 stations remained vacant after the second
phase of private FM radio bidding, which was held in
early 2006.
The business of FM radio became lucrative after the
government shifted its radio policy from one being
based on licence fees to a revenue-sharing model in
2005. The first phase of FM radio bidding, in 2000-01,
was largely unsuccessful due to high licence fees.
Source: ? 2008 Business Standard
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:39:27 +0000 (GMT)
From: sakthi vel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] India: Infrastructure proves to be major hurdle for
setting up radio stations in smaller towns
To: Monitering Times <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Infrastructure proves to be major hurdle for setting
up radio stations in smaller towns
With the radio industry spreading to smaller cities
and towns of India with the phase II of FM radio
licensing, it has brought to light some of the common
problems faced by broadcasters while setting up radio
stations in these places. While infrastructure and
quality manpower seems to be a major issue, revenues
and growth prospects also play a big role in the
process.
Broadcasters affirm the issue of infrastructural
difficulties like availability of electricity and
other basic resources. Soumen Choudhury, Chief
Technical Officer, Big FM, pointed out some of the
roadblocks faced. ?Smaller cities and especially
?virgin territories? which are experiencing radio
entertainment for the very first time come with
roadblocks, ranging from setting up offices and
studios, to getting electricity connection of
requisite power in given time frame,? he explained.
Meanwhile, Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radio City, noting
that the station had presence only in select metros
and mini-metros, explained, ?For us, the process went
very smoothly with great support and cooperation from
regulatory authorities. However, possibly for players
who have entered small markets, the challenges of
setting up FM stations would largely arise from the
perspective of sourcing talent.? Agreeing with them,
Nisha Narayanan, Business Head, S FM, also stressed
the need to resolve power issues in some of the towns
where S FM operated in.
Considering some of the other issues faced by
broadcasters in smaller towns, Narayanan was of the
opinion that talent was not a problem in these places,
but professionalism was. ?There is a lot of quality
talent in the small towns of India, but understanding
of the medium and the required professionalism is not
present. Another major issue plaguing almost all radio
players is the availability of local music content. As
the local music companies are not part of any industry
body, there is a great difficulty in getting the
content,? she added.
Another major subject of concern for broadcasters is
the revenues and growth prospective for players in
these towns. ?The revenue potential of such cities
vis-?-vis the investment tends to be rather limited,?
added Purohit. Meanwhile, Narayanan is assured that
the future of FM radio lies in smaller towns, although
revenues were not high in smaller towns at present.
?But, it will continue to grow in the coming years,?
she expressed.
Choudhury also stressed that the biggest challenges
involved profitable economies for FM radio station
operations and getting quality skilled manpower
available locally.
Suggesting ways to overcome some of these issues,
Narayanan expressed the need to have some industry
body for local music companies, and scout for
employing part-timers in such markets. Elaborating on
ways to overcome such problems, Big FM?s Choudhury
said, ?Each problem is workable and we are working
towards seeking full advertising potential of the
stations, in addition to seeking talent from the local
populace. We are also in talks with government bodies
and officials to get several other issues sorted for
the industry.?
Source: exchange4media.com 2008
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:08:20 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] ETH jamming
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
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ETHIOPIA DWL Amharic sce. Two BROADBAND jammer from ETH with annoying hiss
audio noted on two QRGs only today 1400-1457 UT Jan 8th: 11645 and 15640. No
interfering signals on Kigali channels either 15620 or 15660 kHz.
Jamming covered 11635.5 - 11653.8, 15633.8 - 15648.8 slots, measured on Eton
E1 with 2.3 kHz filter.
73 wb
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:00:21 +0200 (EET)
From: Jorma Mantyla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] ETH jamming
To: Wolfgang Bueschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
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This is sad news and historical irony.
Asa Briggs writes in his famous BBC history that Italy was the first
country to start radio jamming. This happened in 1936 when Italy occupied
Ethiopia. Ethiopian radio began to broadcast messages to get help when
Italian forces started their invasion. These broadcasts were jammed by
the Italians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Briggs
Now the Ethiopian government is jamming foreign broadcasts to Ethiopia.
Jorma Mantyla
Kangasala
Finland
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Wolfgang Bueschel wrote:
> ETHIOPIA DWL Amharic sce. Two BROADBAND jammer from ETH with annoying hiss
> audio noted on two QRGs only today 1400-1457 UT Jan 8th: 11645 and 15640. No
> interfering signals on Kigali channels either 15620 or 15660 kHz.
>
> Jamming covered 11635.5 - 11653.8, 15633.8 - 15648.8 slots, measured on Eton
> E1 with 2.3 kHz filter.
> 73 wb
>
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 23:05:01 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2008-01-08 0000 UTC and 2008-01-09
0000 UTC
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:06:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 8-003; WOR 1390
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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DX Listening Digest 8-003 has now been posted at
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and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8003.txt
CONTENTS:
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:41:42 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mukesh Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] International Broadcasters Condemn Rising Threats to
Media Freedom
To: [email protected]
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International Broadcasters Condemn Rising Threats to
Media Freedom
7 January 2008?The heads of five of the largest
international broadcasters have called upon
governments to honor the United Nations Declaration of
Human Rights and ?end any and all practices that
hamper the rights of people everywhere to receive and
impart information.?
At their annual meeting in Hilversum, Netherlands, the
directors of the BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle,
Radio France Internationale, Radio Netherlands
Worldwide, and the Voice of America issued an
unprecedented joint resolution denouncing what they
termed growing trends towards media restrictions and
attacks on journalists in many of the countries to
which they broadcast.
While acknowledging that each broadcaster has had
different experiences, they spoke with one voice about
a common concern?the ?grave and rising threats to the
right to gather information and communicate it across
national borders.?
Jan Hoek, Director General of Radio Netherlands
Worldwide, who currently chairs the group of five
broadcasters, said, ?Our most important objective is
to inform people without access to diverse media
sources and viewpoints, who lack reliable and
independent information. In a progressively polarised
environment where the media in many countries are
encountering fierce curbs on their freedom to publish,
we need to stand together to meet the needs of those
millions of audiences worldwide who have come to
depend on us as a vital source of trustworthy
information.?
According to several press monitoring organizations,
press freedom has been on the decline in many
countries in recent years. The Paris-based Reporters
Without Borders has tracked an increase in the number
of journalists killed at work each year since 2002.
The five international broadcasters reach hundreds of
millions weekly by radio, television, and the
Internet. Programmes are produced in 60 languages and
broadcast worldwide through thousands of affiliate
radio stations, television channels, and cable
systems.
For more information, contact:
BBC World Service ? Mike Gardner, +44 (0) 20 7557
2937, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deutsche Welle ? +49 228 429 0,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Radio France Internationale ? Anthony Ravera, +33 1 56
40 29 85, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Radio Netherlands Worldwide ? Herma Hulst, +31 35
6724218, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice of America ? Letitia King, +1 202 203 4959,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joint Statement on Rising Threats to Media Freedom
In recent years, international broadcasters have seen
grave and rising threats to the right to gather
information and communicate it across national
borders.
A growing number of countries ? in Eurasia, Africa,
South and East Asia, and Latin America ? have
restricted or blocked coverage of events of
significant public interest. Journalists ? including
many working for our organizations ? have been
detained, arrested, expelled, kidnapped or killed.
Particularly disturbing are new efforts by some
governments, through the licensing and regulatory
process, to restrict or forbid local rebroadcasts of
our programs on radio and television through local
partnerships. And more states are deliberately
interfering with broadcast signals or are attempting
to block or censor the Internet.
As international broadcasters, we deplore such efforts
? and call upon governments to end any and all
practices that hamper the right of people everywhere
to ?receive and impart information and ideas through
any media and regardless of frontiers.? [United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights]
Each of us has a different history, a different
mission, different resources and different
experiences, but we all share a common goal ? to
present accurate and comprehensive news and
information to audiences around the world.
Accordingly, we oppose efforts to restrict this
important work, and call upon governments worldwide to
halt such practices.
Adopted in Hilversum, Netherlands
BBC World Service (United Kingdom)
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Radio France Internationale (France)
Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Netherlands)
Voice of America (United States)
http://www.bbc.co.uk
Regards & 73's
Mukesh Kumar
The Cosmos Club
Muzaffarpur
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:13:30 +0100
From: Fabrizio Magrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] RRI Kendari 3995
To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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INDONESIA:
RRI Kendari 3995 (tent), 7/1, 2155-2200; dance music, short
announcement and Song of the Coconut Islands; channel suddenly
blocked at 2200 by powerhouse Deutsche Welle's DRM transmission. Fair-to good.
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Fabrizio Magrone, Forli, Italy (Perseus, Wellbrook ALA-1530)
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:12:23 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] add : ] two logs forgoten :
To: <>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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the station on 6420.77 is Laser Hot Hits . today They confirmed it by email
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:19:10 -0500
From: "Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited's mid week edition for 8-9 January
2008
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Radio Havana Cuba
Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited?s midweek edition for 8-9 January 2008
By Arnie Coro
Radio amateur CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados around the world and orbiting Planet Earth?
welcome to the mid week edition of Dxers Unlimited. I am Arnaldo, Arnie,
Coro, radio amateur CO2KK and as always it?s my pleasure to be able to
share with you all about seventeen minutes of on the air and on the web
time,as well as having the opportunity to make the scripts available for
reading via several e-mail specialized short wave listening and amateur
radio distribution lists? Among the lists that distribute Dxers
Unlimited?s scripts are the ODXA, Ontario DX Association, the
Regenerative Receivers list, as well as the HCDX list?where you can read
the scripts of the program usually on the same day that it goes on the
air? Now here is item one? It?s about the use of one of the classic
audio output tetrode vacuum tubes in another role, in this case as a
regenerative detector, something that the 6V6 does with amazing
performance according to experiments done by several homebrewers ,
including yours truly amigos..
Amazing as it may sound... the 6V6 metal cased tube is an excellent
choice for a regenerative detector, with the glass version a still very
good second choice.
Using screen grid regeneration control in a Hartley ( cathode tap ) type
of detector , a 6V6 will provide not only very good detection of signals
up to around 10 megaHertz , but also is absolutely absent from
microphonics effects that are so annoying.
One pending experiment here at my workshop is to test the miniature type
tube that is supposedly an exact equivalent to the 6V6, the type 6AQ5,
just to see if the results achieved are identical to the excellent
performance of the 6V6.
Another still pending experiment is to use a 6AG7 ( or Soviet equivalent
6P9 ) in the same Hartley type regenerative detector and compare results
both as regards to sensitivity and smoothness of regeneration control.
Using the 6V6 in a regenerative receiver will reduce the tube types to
just two in a very simple radio, as the second 6V6 ( metal or GT type )
will perform as the audio output stage... A better radio will require
another tube ( maybe a dual triode or an audio pentode ) as the audio
driver, and in the interest of perfection, one should add a RF amplifier
stage ahead of the regenerative detector, just to properly isolate the
detector from the antenna. The line up of such a four tubes 1940's
decade prototype could then be 6SK7 RF amp, 6V6 detector, 6SJ7 audio
pre-amp 6V6 audio output stage, and in true GLOWBUGS vacuum tubes
fashion a 5Y3-G or GT , or a 6X5 dual diode rectifier... Operating the
power supply at around + 150 volts DC , with
regulated output also at +75 from a VR tube, will complete the receiver
in full compliance with the 1940's technology...
BUT, you could maybe improve the design a little bit , by using 1N4007's
in place of the 5Y3-G or GT, Zener diodes for the + 50 to +75 volts for
the screen voltage supply to the regenerative detector, and also include
a well regulated 6.0 volts power supply using solid state devices to
feed the filaments of the 6V6 detector in the first place, and if you
have enough current available, also use DC for the filament of the 6SJ7
audio preamplifier stage.
BTW, the 6SJ7-6V6 audio amplifier design I use here comes from the
original Collins 75A1 receiver, also a " Classic" by its own account..
Si amigos, yes my friends , oui mes amis? the 6V6 classic audio output
pentode offers excellent performance as a regenerative detector, and if
you have never experimented with this particular type of radio receiver,
my advice is to try as soon as possible, as you will be absolutely
amazed with the performance achieved by this unique circuit?
Item two, coming up in just a few seconds, after a short break for
station ID? I am Arnie Coro your host here at the mid week edition of
Dxers Unlimited?
??
You are listening to Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers
Unlimited, and here we attempt to cover all aspects of this wonderful
hobby you and I enjoy so much: RADIO? Now item two: Emergency
communications are perhaps the main reason why valuable spectrum space
is allocated to the amateur radio service? and ham radio operators
around the world continue to provide much needed emergency links when
other telecommunictions systems fail for one reason or the other? It may
be that everyone wants to use the cellphone and that brings the system
down, or in the case of wired telephone services, the bad weather or an
earthquake causes severe damages to the cables and exchanges? The
amateur radio stations can be deployed immediately , and using a car
battery for power are able to provide very effective links . Among the
most interesting ways ham radio operators communicate during
emergencies, the one known as NVIS or Near Vertical Incidence Skywave is
able to provide short distance links within a range of between 10 and
500 kilometers around each of the stations, that can be operated at
rather low power and with very simple antenna systems.
The development of simple, yet effective NVIS antenna systems for
emergency communications systems continues to attract the attention of
the more advanced amateur radio operators that are capable of using
sophisticated antenna modeling software. But the final word about how
effective a so called ?cloud warmer? or more properly Near Vertical
Incidence Radiator is working only comes after extensive tests and
evaluations that will favor one antenna over another. Just recently at
the ANTENNEX Webzine e-mail list a very interesting discussion about
NVIS antennas for emergency communications was in progress, and as a
result two very interesting new small sized, yet highly efficient
antennas for NVIS operations were designed and will now be subjected to
extensive testing. Both antennas are shorter than a half wave dipole,
use coaxial cable feedlines and show a very reasonable bandwidth on the
segment of 40 meters where the designers decided to place the antenna?s
optimum performance area. One of the antennas uses a single mast or
support structure that is only about 20 feet or 6 meters high, and the
other antenna requires two supports or masts , also in the 20 feet or 6
meters high figure. These types of antennas have to be easily deployed
by even a single station operator, and they should be ready for field
installation packed into a very easy to unpack emergency station module.
As soon as I complete here the tests of the first of these antennas, I
will make the results available during a special edition of Dxers
Unlimited, and then also as a dot pdf document that can be sent via
e-mail to Dxers Unlimited?s listeners around the world that may want to
try it out also? As I said a while earlier, each and every amateur radio
operator should have her or his station ready to cope with any possible
emergencies, and to do so, having a highly efficient antenna for the
type of communications mode that you foresee using is extremely
important. A very experienced Cuban radio amateur operator who has
participated during many hurricane emergency nets is always emphasizing
to newcomers to the nets that emergency antennas should always be ready
to be deployed and that one must practice how to install them, because
when the real emergency comes it?s no time to start to find out how to
install the antenna, and of course that your emergency station?s
module, must be complete with spares and a minimum set of tools so that
you can do field repairs whenever they are required. NVIS antennas can
be used on the 160, 80, 60 and 40 meters bands, but typically they are
used most frequently on 80 meters during the local evening hours and 40
meters during daytime?
??.
This is Dxers Unlimited?s mid week edition amigos? and here is item
three of the program? our most popular section of the show? la numero
uno? You have questions and Arnie answers them? today?s question was
sent by several listeners that are interested in getting their amateur
radio stations ready to be able to handle emergencies? The questions
came from New York, Vermont, Kansas and California, as well as from
Alabama and Florida. They all want to know more about how to organize a
portable station that can be quickly deployed in case an emergency
situation requires the help of the radio amateurs of the community.
Well amigos, in the first place I will recommend having always ready to
go a 2 meters band 5 Watt output handie talkie, a set of spare batteries
, a battery charger capable of fast recharging and if possible also of
providing a slower charging rate, and last but not least , two portable
antennas. Please notice that I mention two portable antennas, because
during an emergency situation, you will have no time to fix a broken
antenna, so you must always include in the emergency station?s module, a
second antenna as well as at least two lengths of coaxial cable with the
adequate connectors . Then add, a pair of water bottles, hand tools, an
LED flashlight and batteries for it, and a first aid kit? If one of the
two antennas is an easy to assembly 4 or 5 element YAGI, it is much
better than if the two antennas are of the omnidirectional type, because
a YAGI BEAM ANTENNA can improve your signal a lot, without requiring
more power to be drawn from your batteries. Whenever possible, try to
include also a small solar panel too, so that you can recharge the hand
held FM 2 meter transceiver batteries using solar energy?In an upcoming
edition of the program I will provide information on the HF emergency
station requirements and why it is also very important to keep it ready too?
And now as always at the end of the show, here is Arnie Coro?s Dxers
Unlimited HF propagation update and forecast? Solar activity is once
again is expected to be between low and very low for the next several
days of this week? solar flux is now near 80 units, and the A index was
at a rather high 16 on Monday due to the effects of a high speed solar
wind. No sporadic E events expected to occur in the Northern Hemisphere,
but good chances of nice E skip openings do appear to be possible South
of the Equator. Best bands for daytime short wave broadcast listening
are the 25, 19 and 16 meter bands, and nightime reception will be best
on 49 and 31 meters , with 25 meters also good on North to South
propagation paths. See you all at the weekend edition of the program
amigos, and don?t forget to send your comments about the show, radio
hobby questions and QSL requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or VIA AIR MAIL to
Arnie Coro , Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:45:16 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] VOA Increases Swahili Broadcasts
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VOA Increases Swahili Broadcasts
http://www.medianewsline.com/news/119/ARTICLE/1952/2008-01-07.html
The Voice of America (VOA) has launched a new Swahili program for East
African audience . The 30-minute daily radio program includes live news
reports from throughout Kenya, as well as analysis and discussion.
The inaugural broadcast carried an exclusive interview with U.S. presidential
hopeful Senator Barack Obama, who stated, "The way forward is not
through violence; it is through democracy and the rule of law. To all of
Kenya's people I ask you to renew Kenya's democratic tradition and seek
your dreams in peace."
The Kenyan government has banned local radio and television stations from
broadcasting coverage of the post-election crisis that has left over 300
people dead and thousands displaced from their homes.
"With such devastating violence and new restrictions on local media, our
role in providing the Kenyan people with accurate news and information is
ever more critical," said VOA director Danforth Austin.
The new program can be heard in Kenya from 6:00 to 6:30 a.m. Monday
through Friday via shortwave (7380 and 9440 kHz). VOA also broadcasts a
Swahili evening program from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. seven days a week on
shortwave (9565, 13865, and 15730 kHz). VOA broadcasts forty-five hours
of regional and world news in English each week to East Africa by shortwave
and FM. All VOA programs are available on the Internet at
www.VOANews.com/Swahili/ .
The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia
international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through
the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000
hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every
week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.
Programs are produced in 45 languages.
________________________
http://zliangas.logspot.com
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
........
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: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:45:16 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Comic Relief via Shortwave
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Comic Relief via Shortwave
By DAVID COLMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/fashion/06POSS.html?_r=1&ref=fashion
&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
"THE great joke of our era is that this is called the information age," said
the
actor and humorist Harry Shearer. In other words, if information is free, you
get what you pay for. Since childhood, Mr. Shearer has tried to get the
genuine article, even if that has meant spending a little time and effort to do
so.
It was at the peak of radio?s popularity that Harry Shearer was born in 1943
in Los Angeles. He tuned in quickly: not only was he a child actor whose first
gig was on Jack Benny?s radio show ("I was passing as a child," he said),
but he had a feverish fascination with radio itself. As a boy, he looked down
on the Art Deco carved-wood radio console in his family?s living room,
preferring the more sensitive RCA model in his room ("an early vomit-green
plastic radio"), which he fiddled with nightly like a junior Marconi.
"I would try and find the most distant station possible," he said. "I knew
something happened when it left Hollywood and then came bouncing back
from across the country a half a second later. It sounded weirdly magical to
me. If there was stuff in the air, I wanted to receive it."
Today the vomit-green RCA exists only in the Smithsonian of his memory. A
dedicated hobbyist in the radio tradition, Mr. Shearer has gone through 40 to
50 radios: a Hallicrafters table-size shortwave, an early Sony ICF and
countless others, big, small, portable and pocket-size.
He even forsook the exploding world of television in the ?60s for the
increasingly anarchic world of radio. "I never saw `I Dream of Jeannie,? " he
said. "I think of it as an enhanced childhood." Even today, though he writes
and acts as prolifically as he always has, it is his voice (of a dozen or so
characters on "The Simpsons") that is probably most familiar to us.
Although he gets romantic talking about his lifelong love of the medium, it is
always his latest radio that gets pride of place in his heart and on his desk.
"I didn?t call any of them `Steve,? or get attached to them as an object," he
said in the anchorman deadpan for which he?s known. "If they stopped
working, I didn?t keep them."
For some eight years now, his flame has been a Sangean, model ATS-909,
a digital shortwave radio. The 909 may not have the reach of fancier
shortwave radios, but for Mr. Shearer?s purposes, it is nearly perfect. It is
simple enough to involve little in the way of instructions, yet allows for the
obsessive tinkering and tuning that is the hallmark of the radio hobbyist. (An
optional 30-foot shortwave antenna boosts it to another level of sensitivity.)
It?s not the most attractive radio on the market, but Mr. Shearer does not
care. "We have a Tivoli, we have a Bose, all the famous radios," he said,
ticking off high-design brands. "This is my companion. I?ve always been
more about functionality over looks. This has all the buttons I need and not
much else. There is one that says `Page,? and I?ve never pressed that. I don?t
know what would happen."
Though he loved searching out new music back in the ?60s, he has settled
comfortably into the armchair of the fanatical global-news enthusiast, for
which the Sangean is ideal. Though the BBC stopped broadcasting
shortwave to North America in 2001, a move that still pains shortwave fans,
he has figured out how to receive the transmissions on his own radio via the
Internet.
Getting his news from the most reliable (and often most remote) sources,
Mr. Shearer said, gives him great satisfaction. As even a cursory overview at
the Information Age will tell you, nothing is really free: you pay the price
when you don?t get the real story.
________________________
http://zliangas.logspot.com
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
........
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: 13
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:45:16 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 01/04/08 ?Listen Globally!
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The latest Shortwave Report (January 4) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast
quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio
Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
>From CHINA- China is to launch its third manned space craft later this year.
Iran says it will fire up its first nuclear power plant this summer. Israeli
Prime
minister Ohmert said the country might agree to rule Jerusalem together
with Palestine in the future. More Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops
this week and the Defense Minister said the road blocks and check points
would remain. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif withdrew his boycott of
the scheduled upcoming elections while riots simmered down in the wake of
the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
>From NETHERLANDS- More on the situation in Pakistan where President
Musharaf allowed Scotland Yard to aid in the investigation and said he would
compensate the poor for their loss of income during the riots. New Years
Eve saw widespread riots in the Netherlands. Over 300 people have been
killed in riots in Kenya following a disputed election, and the danger of
ethnic
cleansing looms. Jose Bove, noted French anti-globalization activist, is going
on a hunger strike to protest genetically modified foods.
>From CUBA- Mexican farmers began the New Year with protests against
NAFTA rules that began on January 1. An update on negotiations with
Colombia's FARC rebels to release some prisoners. Venezuela launched its
new currency, the bolivar, on New Years Day. In a review of the top stories
of 2007, Fidel Castro said that Hugo Chavez's challenge to the King of Spain
at the Ibero-American Summit was a huge ideological victory.
>From RUSSIA- The UN Secretary General hailed the Bali Climate Change
Conference as the most important event of 2007. The New York Times
described as counter productive the US plans to set up antiballistic missiles
in Eastern Europe. A commentary on the end of the monarchy in Nepal.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line
at- http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available
at http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in
the
last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just
want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower
sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-
speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow
connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will
play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime,
iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PST) on KZYX/Z
Philo CA, you might be able to stream via
There are several other streams that work better- <
http://www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz now streams this
program on Friday at 9:00am and Monday at 5:30pm(PST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
http://www.radio4all.net/podcast.php/.xml?series=outFarpress%20presents > or
iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at < http://www.radicalradio.org >
And Radio For Peace International at < http://www.rfpi.org >
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am
still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into
this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting
this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so
through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt!
(maybe a little)
link for broadcast edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_01_04_08.mp3 >(13.3MB)
link for smaller file and streaming-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
--It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
--Krishnamurti
http://www.outfarpress.com
Add Your Comments
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.geocities.com/zliangas
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102-3,Tecsun PL200 ,
Chibo C300/c979, Yupi 7000 ,
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:47:58 -0600
From: "Les Rayburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [NRC-AM] WIMA DX Test Final Report
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WIMA DX Test copied well in Central Alabama (near Birmingham) on an Icom 746
Pro. Heard lots of Morse Code, some 1khz tones, and an occasional snippet of
a voice ID. Did really miss the sweep tones though! Thanks to WIMA and Fred
V. for this test!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
205.824.8930
205.824.8960 fax
205.253.4867 cell
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Subject: [NRC-AM] WIMA DX Test Final Report
> WIMA DX Test Final Report
>
> After a weekend of tests from a trio of "West of the Rockies"
> stations,
> we returned to the Midwest for a test from the ever-popular WIMA in Lima,
> Ohio. Their fine rig got out quite well and but them in logbooks from
> Oregon
> to Vermont. Here's the list of those who have thus far reported or
> tentatively reported hearing the test:
>
> Roy Barstow - Old Cape Cod, MA
> Saul Chernos - Toronto, ON
> Steve Francis - Alcoa, TN
> Scott Fybush - Rochester, NY
> Dave Hochfelder - Albany, NY
> Steve Howe - Saint Albans, VT
> Tom Jasinski - Shorewood, IL
> Joe Miller - Troy, MI
> Willis Monk - Old Fort, TN
> Nigel Pimblett - Dunmore, AB
> Steve Ratzlaff - NE Oregon
> Curtis Sadowski - Paxton, IL
> Brett Saylor - State College, PA
> George Sherman - Minnesota
> J.D. Stephens - Hampton Cove, AL
> Joe Wozniak - St. Louis, MO
> Mark ? - Markham, ON
> Herb ? - Hudson Valley, NY
> Shawn ? - Winnipeg, MB
>
> In keeping with the latest craze to take over our hobby, quite a few
> veteran DXers heard the test on their new "Ultra-Light Radios," thus
> presenting a new challenge and achievement for them.
>
> Thanks to everyone who tried for the test, and congratulations to
> those
> who logged it.
>
> And a very special thank you to Fred Vobbe and the engineering crew at
> WIMA for their special efforts on behalf of DXers and radio hobbyists.
> You've gone the extra mile and we are indeed grateful.
>
> Be sure to try for the upcoming CFFX test - a special event since the
> test will take place during the last few hours this station will be on the
> AM band. When they're gone . they're gone!
>
> Remember to keep checking the DXTESTS.INFO Web site frequently and
> listen to the BTC Podcasts for news and late-breaking developments.
>
> Jim Pogue
> IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee Coordinator
> Memphis, TN
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> The NRC AM mailing list
> nrcdxas.org
>
>
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:45:16 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] VOA Launches Radio Program for Rwandan Youth
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http://voanews.com/english/About/2008-01-08-heza-launch.cfm
PRESS RELEASE - Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2008 -- The Voice of
America (VOA) has launched Heza, a weekly, half-hour Kinyarwanda-
language radio program that addresses issues of concern to Rwandan
youth.
Heza includes roundtable discussions, news stories by young journalists,
and music by some of Rwanda's most popular music bands. The first
program featured music by and an interview with "Kigali Boys," one of
Rwanda's most popular hip-hop bands.
"I am very excited by the first Heza broadcast," comments VOA Central
Africa Service Chief Robert Daguillard. "The show is energetic and fast-
paced. This is youth radio at its best!" he added.
The roundtable discussions and much of the music heard in Heza are
recorded at the Maison des Jeunes de Kimisagara, a youth center operated
by Forum des Jeunes and located in Kigali, the capital.
The program is a co-production of the German Development Service (an
international development aid organization funded by the German
government), the Voice of America, and the Forum des Jeunes Giramahoro
in Rwanda. The partners' goal in producing Heza is to help promote inter-
ethnic reconciliation, to help foster civil society, and to combat hatred and
prejudice.
The program, broadcast on shortwave and 104.3 FM, VOA?s 24-hour station
in Kigali, Rwanda, airs on Sundays at 0330 UTC (repeats: Sundays, 1630
UTC and Saturdays, 1600 UTC).
The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia
international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through
the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000
hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every
week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.
Programs are produced in 45 languages.
For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 203-4959, or
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
________________________
http://zliangas.logspot.com
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
........
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
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 61, Issue 10
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