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Today's Topics:
1. audio files (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec)
2. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
3. QSL Radio Verdad (Manuel M?ndez)
4. EMR Relay this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
5. La Rosa de Tokyo para esta noche!!!! (Arnaldo)
6. EMR Relay this Sunday (Arnaldo)
7. Relay this weekend via 9290kHz (Tom Taylor)
8. 17 May Loggings (Dave Valko)
9. 1500 WWWT QSL (David Onley)
10. Glenn Hauser logs May 16-17, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
11. Radio St Helena QSL (Bruce Portzer)
12. logs (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec)
13. Lithuania & Zanzibar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
14. HCDX logs between 2008-05-17 0000 UTC and 2008-05-18 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
15. 4005KHz (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec)
16. Nigeria: Radio Nigeria Acquires New Transmitters
(Zacharias Liangas )
17. The Shortwave Report 5/16/08 Listen Globally! (Zacharias Liangas )
18. VOA Changes frequency for Asia in English (Alokesh Gupta)
19. Re: Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 65, Issue 17 (thomas messer)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 04:05:30 -0300
From: "Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] audio files
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Audio file of Radio Altura 5014 KHz at 2305, May-15. 70 kbt, 17 seconds:
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/eefibra/altura5015khz2305utc150508.mp3
Audio file of Radio San Juan 4805KHz, San Juan Bautista- Peru, discovered by
Rogildo Arag?o, May-16 at 0843. 117 kbt, 30 seconds:
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/eefibra/san.juan.peru4805khz0843utc160508.mp3
73's
Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 09:10:55 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
Escuchas realizadas en casco urbano de Lugo
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G
Antena de cable, 8 metros
BRASIL
4854.9, Radio Inmaculada Concei?ao, Campo Grande, 0535-06010, 17-04,
programa religioso en portugu?s, se identifica como "Radio Maria", "2
horas 40 minutos horario de Brasilia, Radio Maria". Direcciones y
tel?fonos de Sao Paulo, "A Igreja de Cristo", canciones religiosas.
Buena se?al. 35433 pasando m?s tarde a 25432. (M?ndez)
4825, Radio Educa?ao Rural, Tef?, 0542-0553, 17-04, comentarios en
portugu?s, locutor. 15321. (M?ndez)
4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0528-0535, 17-04, locutor,
comentarios, canciones brasile?as. 25422. (M?ndez)
COLOMBIA, 6009.9, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, 0620-0628, 17-04,
locutor, espa?ol, programa religioso, comentarios. Interferencia de BBC
World en 6005. 22322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 09:17:51 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Radio Verdad
To: Hard-Core <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
GUATEMALA, 4052.5, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, recibida carta con bonitos
sellos, conteniendo tarjeta QSL conmemorativa del 8? aniversario de la
emisora, bander?n de Radio Verdad, varios calendarios y pegatinas y
carta del director Edgard Amilcar Madrid, agradeciendo el informe de
recepci?n y narrando la historia de la emisora. El informe de recepci?n
se envi? hace un mes. No IRC, no 1 US$.
En la QSL se hace constar que transmiten con 650 watts de potencia.
Direcci?n:
Radio Verdad
Apartado Postal 5
Chiquimula
Guatemala
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:28:38 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR Relay this Sunday
To: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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EMR Relay this Sunday
Date 18th of May 2008
Time 12.00 to 12.30 utc
Channel 6140 khz
Good listening 73s Tom
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 06:40:27 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] La Rosa de Tokyo para esta noche!!!!
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],
NoticiasDX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, playdx2003
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Este s?bado se emitir? un nuevo programa de La Rosa de Tokyo a trav?s de
LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, la emisora p?blica de la provincia de
Buenos Aires, que transmite desde la ciudad de La Plata, en la Argentina en
la frecuencia de AM 1270 kHz, y a trav?s de Internet por
www.amprovincia.com.ar
La Rosa de Tokyo se irradia los s?bados a las 23:00 hora argentina (02:00
UTC del domingo).
Esta semana les proponemos analizar la historia y el desarrollo de la
radiodifusi?n en la Rep?blica de Colombia, haciendo especial ?nfasis en las
emisoras que operaron en las ondas cortas.
El programa contiene grabaciones hist?ricas muy interesantes y cuenta con la
participaci?n de conocidos diexistas.
Participan Dino Bloise, Arnaldo Slaen y un buen numero de colaboradores y la
producci?n y realizaci?n est? a cargo de Omar Somma y Juan Di Natale.
La Rosa de Tokyo tambi?n se difunde por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional, FM
Ox?geno de Chile, por La Voz de Rusia y estar? disponible en el sitio web de
Programas DX (http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/larosa.htm).
Arnaldo Slaen
Argentina
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 06:42:21 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR Relay this Sunday
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [email protected], NoticiasDX
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
playdx2003 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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EMR Relay this Sunday
Date 18th of May 2008
Time 12.00 to 12.30 utc
Channel 6140 khz
Tom Taylor
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:45:59 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Relay this weekend via 9290kHz
To: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Relay this weekend via 9290kHz
May 18th
Latvia Today 15.00 -16.00UTC
Good listening 73s Tom
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 08:34:23 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] 17 May Loggings
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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SURINAM 4990 R. Apintie Seemed like they fixed their modulation. 0920 W
tlking or maybe even rel. preaching. 0922 outro by M and ad block. Ment of
"The Queen of the Jungle Amazonica" at 0927 by M. Many "Guten Morgen" (yes
German, not Dutch!! Does Sranan Tongo use some German??). Good signal.
(17 May)
USA 5470 WWCR Apparent spur here at 0926. Noted the night before as
well. 4915 is a real mess too. (17 May)
AUSTRALIA 4910 ABC Tennant Creek/VL8T On at this time again, 0933. 2310
and 2485 were there. (17 May)
BRAZIL 6039.65 R. Clube Paranaense (pres.) M tlk in definite PT at 0937.
Couldn't get //. (17 May)
BRAZIL 5997.6 R. Senado (tent.) 0939 end of PT tlk by M, then brief mx
bridge and more tlk. Fading and getting horrible QRM from Aust. 5995. (17
May)
UNID 3175.16 Maybe Bob Wilkners LA harmonic. A signal here at 0950. May
have been a little audio. (17 May)
73 Dave
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 18:10:09 +0200
From: David Onley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] 1500 WWWT QSL
To: MW Circle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: MW Yahoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Benelux DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Forum - MWOZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Forum - Hardcore DX <[email protected]>, Martin Schoch
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QSL letter & Nighttime coverage map from 1500 WWWT Washington DC.
Back in 59d for $1 US dollar. Verifier Dave Kolesar, Broadcast Engineer.
Bonneville International Corporation WTOP & WTLP /WWWT AM & FM
WFED/WPRS.Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Letter has picture of the transmitter building and towers. The
transmitter (50kw) in Wheaton, MD has been in continuous use since 1939.
73
Dave Onley
Pijnacker - The Netherlands
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 09:40:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 16-17, 2008
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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** CHINA. The morning of May 17, Firedrake musical jamming was all over the
place, so I checked some of them out, here arranged in frequency rather than
logging time order. Victims looked up in Aoki:
17565, the Firedrake jammer against variable V. of Tibet via Uzbekistan was on
here until 1400* and did not return later. The day before yesterday was on
17575, the day before that on 17565.
15285, FD very good mixing with BBCWS Chinese ID (via Singapore) at 1359. This
one produces an interesting effect by tuning to 15280 or 15290 during the
high-audio-frequency segments, which I have not noticed on other FD outlets.
Sort of like listening to a different version of the music. With BFO on, no
spurious carriers on the sidebands, however.
14410, FD as Sound of Hope jammer at 1411. SOH not audible.
13830, FD audible at 1350, vs inaudible RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan.
13365, first one checked, FD at 1349 // 11990 and all the others. 13365
presumably against one of the inaudible low-power Sound of Hope transmitters.
Rather than turning off at hourtop for monitoring check, 13365 was in open
carrier at 1402, resuming music at 1404:30.
12040, FD very good at 1412, but with SAH of about 5 Hz and victim audible
under, VOA Chinese via Philippines.
11990 at 1349, FD vs inaudible VOA Chinese via Novosibirsk.
11965 at 1417, weak FD vs inaudible VOA Chinese via Tinang.
11805 at 1415, FD overriding RHC Spanish, not usually the case. Commies vs
Commies! Vs. inaudible VOA Chinese via Tinian.
11665 at 1413 FD; vs inaudible RTI Chinese.
11510 at 1413 FD mixing with something, i.e. VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka.
9845 at 1421, FD, SAH and co-channel audible from victim, VOA Chinese via
Tinang
9605 at 1420, FD mixing with Chinese, BBCWS via Singapore.
9450 at 1418, FD against a hi-power Taiwan Sound of Hope, with SAH.
These are just the tip of the Firedrake iceberg, against many more victims if I
had kept digging or FE propagation were even better.
How can China expect any respect from the nations whose broadcasts it tries to
block, let alone from the world at large? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. TIRWR, 11870, May 16 at 1313, with a wavering het.
This one has been off-frequency before, and now I expect it is this transmitter
with is somewhat unstable compared to another 11870 station, which would be IBB
Tinang, Philippines; after 1330, however, RVA Palauig, Philippines takes over,
and it too could be unstable/off frequency. In any event, unlistenable due to
WYFR 11865 splatter.
Checked again May 17 at 1342, Defunct Gene Scott with same warbling het, but
now it`s against RVA, so the same thing happens against two different 11870
stations, further confirming the problem is at Cahuita, which is slightly on
the low side.
BTW, TIRWR has not been heard at all on 9725 mornings or evenings for a good
many days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC anomaly report: May 17 at various chex between 1325 and 1414,
11760 was just open unmodulated carrier. 11805 was modulated, but under
Firedrake at 1415 --- Commies vs Commies! 12000 also had co-channel QRM, from
VOR Chinese via Khabarovsk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [and non]. Finally had a chance to check out HCJB`s ham-transmitter
on 21455, supposedly USB but recently reported as LSB. May 16 around 1830 a
weak signal, but it was in German and equally LSB/USB --- that`s WYFR to
Europe, weak enough to be HCJB but which uses this frequency 1600-1945, with
HCJB before and after. At 2038 in Spanish, now it`s really HCJB and yes,
reduced carrier plus USB, not LSB, very weak. So there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI has been pretty regular on 9526 lately, best before 1400, but
May 17 at 1419 must have been off, as CRI Russian had no het at all to 9525
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. NHK Warido R. Japan via Sackville, 11705, May 17 at 1423
during World Interactive also had a weak pre-echo, indicating another
transmitter site also on 11705. In fact, we found it odd that in A-07, Yamata
is also registered to 11705 at 1315-1430, 235 degrees in various languages, and
indeed we heard it earlier at 1315, but it`s normally inaudible, and I thought
it really went off at 1400, but the current schedule
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/all.pdf
does show 11705 as in English at 1400-1430 to SE Asia, following Indonesian at
1315. This was an above-average ``FE morning``, cf all the Firedrakes (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. Hmong Lao Radio via WHRI, Sat May 17 at 1330, talk and bits of
traditional music, no rap, thank a god. Altho a good signal, this is no longer
the super-signal it used to be from 250 kW Angel 2. It has been demoted to 100
kW Angel 6, as implied but not stated in the WHR online schedules, and
confirmed in registrations as 100 kW now while in B-07 this was 250 kW, still
at 315 degrees toward Hminnesota. IBB Udorn at 30 degrees toward us + Firedrake
still audible underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 15345, May 16 at 2038 had Arabic dominating in poor
signal, but with a very fast SAH estimated around 25-30 Hz. With BFO on, it was
obvious there were two carriers offset, as two hets at once could be heard by
sidetuning slightly, the other being of course Argentina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Looking for WBCQ-4 (should we call it that?), not heard at all May
15, or morning of May 16 but finally just barely audible at 1705 May 16 on
15420-CUSB, with New Mexico prophet intoning. Poor at peaks, between fadeouts.
Also around 1945 recheck. Hard to believe this is 50 kW, even PEP, aimed toward
TX if not OK. Allan Weiner later confirmed they were off the air May 15, back
May 16, and working on raising the power. May 17 at 1308 could only hear DW
Russian via Rampisham. The hours WBCQ is active on 15420 are quite unclear and
variable. See also WHRA item (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Altho the WHR online schedule for Angel 5 at
http://www.whr.org/customcf/dsp_schedule_read.cfm?Search=Angel5
claims it is on 15710 until 1400, then 15195 seven days a week, I have not been
hearing it on weekdays. On Sat May 17 at 1359-1400 they were inbooming at the
QSY time. These are of interest only to compare with the other Maine station on
19m, WBCQ 15420-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Super-enthusiastic sports coverage in English, Sat May 17 at 1421
on 9840. I figured it must be BBCWS so tried to // it to 21470-Ascension, which
was just barely audible. I think it was // but less certain once I look up 9840
and do not find BBC there. WHRI is normally dominating 9840; the online WHR
sked, however shows Angel 2 during that hour only on Sat and Sun, and this
nevertheless was Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:19:17 -0700
From: Bruce Portzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio St Helena QSL
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Yesterday I received a QSL card from Radio Saint Helena for the 40th
anniversary broadcast on December 15 2007. Attractive artwork on the
front and full details on the back. A nice addition to the
collection. Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
Bruce
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 14:35:04 -0300
From: "Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] logs
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
5030, Burkina Faso(pres.), R.Burkina, Ouagadougou; May-15 Vernacular 2327-2339
OM and YL talks, pop and romantic music. Getting affected by QRN enhancement,
33233 (LOB-B).
7230, South Africa, Channel Africa, Meyerton; May-17 EE 0631-0638 hi life
music, OM talks. 34433 (LOB-B).
7230, China, PBS Xinjiang(tent.), Urumqui; May-17 Mongolian 0753-0801 long
segment OM talks, YL short talks, OM on music maybe a ID, OM talks. Noisy,
23322 (LOB-B).
9475, Australia, R.Australia(pres.), Shepparton; May-17 EE 0802-0809 basically
OM and YL talks with short music. Poor 23322 (LOB-B).
73's
Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 18:55:09 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Lithuania & Zanzibar
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
** LITHUANIA. 9875, Radio Vilnius, 2332-2359*, May 16, English
news. Features on local school & local resort town. IDs. Sign off with
local music. Booming in with a very good signal. In the clear without
any sign of Chinese music jammer. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** LITHUANIA. 11690, Radio Vilnius, *0000-0100*, May 17, Sign on
with local music & programming in Lithuanian. English at 0029-0100
with news at 0031 and repeat of 2330 broadcast. Just like the 9875
frequency they were booming in with a very good signal. In the clear
without any sign of Chinese music jammer. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1800-1810, May 17,
English news to 1810. "Spice FM" IDs. Swahili talk at 1810. Weak
in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 23:05:03 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2008-05-17 0000 UTC and 2008-05-18
0000 UTC
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hard-Core-DX.com logs from 2008-05-17 0000 UTC to 2008-05-18 0000 UTC
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 21:18:58 -0300
From: "Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] 4005KHz
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Noted a signal on 4005 KHz from 2315 to 2333 May-17, wich sounds like R Virgen
de Remedios, Tupiza, Bolivia; religious ceremony in Spanish, maybe from inside
a Church or something with that reverberation but i'm not certain if it is
R.Virgen or from L.A., althought checked 4111 KHz at 2325, 2340, 2349 was off.
Local QRM, 22322 (LOB-B).
73's
Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 19:08:41 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Nigeria: Radio Nigeria Acquires New Transmitters
To: <>
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Nigeria: Radio Nigeria Acquires New Transmitters
http://allafrica.com/stories/200805150374.html
http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/product_info.php?products_id=27762 but
invalid
Developments at Nigeria's premier radio corporation, Federal Radio
Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), are fast transforming the staid image of
Africa's largest radio network.
In the past one year, Radio Nigeria has been quietly transforming itself with
improved signals, captivating programming, web audio streaming, and, the
latest, brand new transmitters at Kaduna and Enugu to be dedicated to
educationsl service.
When completely installed in December 2008, the 200 MW KW transmitter
in Jaji Kaduna would be one of the most powerful radio transmitters in
Africa, and, in combination with the 100KW transmitter planned for Enugu in
2009, the whole country and much of Africa would receive the signals. The
transmitters, a grant from the Japanese Government, would be digital ready.
A statement by Ike Okere, Head of Communications FRCN, indicated that
Radio Nigeria Kaduna has begun the process of dismantling its obsolete,
47-year-old MW transmitter to provide space for the new 200 KW transmitter
coming from Japan.
The process of dismantling the gigantic, obsolete transmitter and its
antennae component and installing the new one would take six months. To
keep its Hausa language listeners during this transition, Radio Nigeria
Kaduna recently commissioned a new Hausa language FM station in
Kaduna.
It also temporarily fixed its old Short Wave channel on the 49 Metre Band.
Karama FM, the call sign of the new FM station, and the SW station would
both continue to carry the quality programmes of Radio Nigeria's famous
Hausa Service.
The new, public-minded FRCN began sensitising its Hausa Service listeners
in early April with regular jingles announcing the transition and the
continuation of the Hausa Service on SW and FM. In early May, the zonal
director, FRCN Kaduna, Alhaji Ladan Salihu, took pressmen round the
transmitting station in Jaji to explain the process of de-commissioning.
Hundreds of listeners have been calling in to express support for the
planned improvement the new transmitters would bring to Radio Nigeria's
signals.
"The collaboration with Japan through the Japanese International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), would enable Radio Nigeria boost its Hausa
and Educational Services in the face of competition from foreign
broadcasters such as the BBC, VOA and China Hausa Services", said Mr.
Ben Egbuna, FRCN's Director General, in the statement.
A Yoruba language station, Amuludun FM, in Ibadan, began transmission
last year, while the Igbo language channel is expected to kick-off at Enugu
next year.
Last year, Radio Nigeria began live web audio streaming of five of its FM
stations in Abuja, Kaduna, Enugu, Ibadan and Lagos, thus enabling millions
of Nigerians in the diaspora to receive these stations and participate in
interactive programmes.
A few months ago, it rolled out its VSAT platforms nationwide and thereby
started taking the very popular Network News live from across the nation.
The VSAT also enabled the corporation to introduce Network Nigeria, the
midday, grassroots-oriented, human-angle news and features programme.
The FRCN is Nigeria's premier radio broadcaster. With four National
Stations and an Operations Centre on Short and Medium Wave Bands and
Thirty-Two (32) FM Stations nationwide, plus the new Web audio streaming,
it is Africa's largest radio network. Its network signals, including those of
its
State stations which broadcast in both English and 15 local languages, are
estimated to re ach 120 million listeners daily.
Meanwhile, the network has joined the league of world class broadcast
organisations that can boast of crystal clear signals. This is made possible
by the installation and commissioning of Very Small Aperture Terminal
(VSAT) facilities for satellite communications.
The V-SAT is used to relay grade 'A' programmes and news items
emanating from headquarters to all the national stations comprising Abuja,
Kaduna, Ibadan, Enugu and Lagos operations. The FM stations under each
national stations also receive signals for onward transmission through their
terrestrial transmitters.
The installation with uplink and downlink equipment which effectively
captures FRCN signals from headquarters or from other national stations
has crystal clear sound quality which is best described as CD quality.
Apart from expanding the coverage areas of the Corporation and reduction
in downtime, the introduction of V-SAT to its broadcast services has helped
to minimise reliance on national infrastructure like NITEL.
The Corporation's spokesperson, Ike Okere said the commissioning of the
V-SAT whose installation started as far back as 2003, marks the beginning
of a new era in the Corporation. "Infact, the current practice whereby our
network news can emanate from any of the national stations is an offshoot
of the introduction of VSAT in our broadcast services", he said.
Please read my aricle on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
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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: 17
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 19:08:40 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 5/16/08 Listen Globally!
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A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a
shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files-
broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China,
Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (May 16) 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- The week started off with international concern over the
inability to get aid to the cyclone victims in Myanmar. 60 people died as 8
bombs were set off in the capital city of Rajasthan in India. Response to
Monday's devastating earthquake in the Sichuan province of China was
stalled by collapsed roads and severed communication. Saving lives was the
top priority for the rescue teams. A report from the first rescue teams
arriving near the epicenter. The China Youth Daily had an editorial praising
the government for letting truth run ahead of rumor and avoiding widespread
panic.
>From NETHERLANDS- A commentary on the China earthquake and how it
comes on the heels of terrible winter weather conditions and the
international protests over the state of affairs in Tibet leading up to the
Olympic games. A new study asserts that people in Brazil, India, and Mexico
have the most environmentally sustainable lifestyles- Americans, Canadians
and the French have the worst. Aid agencies warn that N Korea is facing
famine as bad as one ten years ago when a million people starved to death-
and aid is based on political demands.
>From CUBA- There are huge protests against genetically-modified foods at
a UN conference in Bonn Germany. The UN is demanding an investigation
of the murder by Israeli troops of a UN palestinian teacher in Gaza. As Geo
Bush arrived in Israel to help celebrate the 60th anniversary, attacks on
Gaza continued unabated. US troops have turned Mosul, Iraq into a ghost
town according to reporters with the Independent UK. The US military
cancelled a press conference that was intended to present proof that Iranian
weapons were being used in Iraq.
>From RUSSIA- An American reporter, facing fines for not revealing her
sources concerning the Anthrax attacks in the US in 2001, is calling for the
press to stand up for its first Amendment rights.
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 (PDST) on KZYX/Z
Philo CA, you might be able to stream via
There are several other streams that work better- Freak Radio Santa Cruz
now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from or iTunes
(search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at
And Radio For Peace International at
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-
(13.3MB)
link for smaller file and streaming-
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
--Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the
only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying
to reduce it or kill it altogether.
- Luis Bunuel
Please read my aricle on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zliangas.blogspot.com (radio tech , gadgets, grk ethics)
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
http://www.geocities.com/zliangas
http://www.myspace.com/310100806
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770974854
http://del.icio.us/gr_geek1
........
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: 18
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 21:46:41 +0530
From: "Alokesh Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] VOA Changes frequency for Asia in English
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VOA Changes frequency for Asia in English
Sat, 17 May 2008
Effective 19th May VOA changes frequency for Asia in English:
9345 kHz 1400-1530 from Philippines
9345 kHz 1530-1600 from Sri Lanka
This replaces 15185 kHz at 1400-1500 hrs and 13735 kHz at 1500-1600 hrs.
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Alok Dasgupta via http://www.dxasia.info
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:24:15 +0000
From: thomas messer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 65, Issue 17
To: <[email protected]>
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I just yesterday received in the mail my RADIO ST HELENA QSL from 2007 SW
broadcast .
It is really a cool looking QSL . Nice stamp on the letter too !
Also in the mail. some really cool looking CRI QSLS featuring the Olympic
Stadium .
Nice V.O. Nigeria QSL also, only took a few months to get to me, not bad
Springtime is harvest time for QSLs appearing in my mailbox .
tom messer
mequon wi.
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