DX Listening Digest 8-065 has now been posted at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8065.txt
CONTENTS: WOR 1410 / ALBANIA +non / ALGERIA non / ANGUILLA / ARGENTINA / ASIA non / BERMUDA / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CANADA CKBD/CBU/CJCH / CANADA CBC / CHAD / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CUBA / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / ERITREA / EUROPE Pirate / GERMANY / HONG KONG +non / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM +non ISS / INTERNATIONAL WATERS +non ham WX4NHC / KASHMIR / KOREA NORTH +non / KUWAIT / MALAYSIA / MEXICO / NETHERLANDS non / NICARAGUA / NORTH AMERICA TCS / OKLAHOMA OMAA / PAKISTAN / PERU / PHILIPPINES / POLAND non / ROMANIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA non / SPAIN +non / SRI LANKA / SUDAN non / TAIWAN / THAILAND / TURKEY / UK BBC / USA Smith-Mundt / USA WEWN / USA WRMI / USA WHRI / USA KVOH / USA WWV / USA non WBCQ+ / USA WBAP/KSCS / USA KSSR+ / USA KWMU / VENEZUELA / ZIMBABWE / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / WORLDS OF HOROLOGY / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid7.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1410 SUMMARY: *Another 11-meter broadcast auxiliary audible during sporadic E openings: 25870 from an unknown station serving El Dorado/Sonora TX *WBCQ resumes 9330 and 5110 with Brother Stair almost 24/7, also filling open slots on 7415 *New show on 7415 is QSO with Ted Randall, formerly of KAIJ; hour-long interviews Sundays at 1900, starting May 25 with Ronnie Milsap, WB4KCG; see http://www.tedrandall.com *WHRI, 11785 puts spur blobs around 11771, 11799, interfering with Anguilla, Habana *KVOH, 17775 still putting spurs on 17920, 17630 *WMLK, still off the air from 9265, shows ice storm damage to antenna on website *Terry Krueger tells of his adventure visiting the Air Martí airport run by Phoenix Air in Georgia; MacDill may also be involved *KREW, 1400, Plainview TX has been putting a spur on 1809.4 in the 160m ham band *XEXQ, 6045, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, has very weak signal because SW antenna is temporarily almost on the ground to avoid interfering with its own AM and FM outlets *R. La Hora, Cusco, Perú, reactivated after 3.5 months, on 4857.5, 2 kW M-F at 10-15, 23-24 *RAE, Buenos Aires, one day was off-frequency 15344.72, another day almost on 15345.00 *Algeria adds transmitters in France for Qur`an service; schedule *West Africa Democracy Radio transmissions on 17875 via UK canceled *Standard disclaimer *Much more at our website http://www.worldofradio.org *Thanks for financial support from Mark Schmit, Hyannis, MA, who sent a check in the mail to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; by PayPal send to woradio at yahoo.com *V. of Biafra International is one clandestine with a big signal into NAm, and mostly in English, Fridays 20-21 via WHRI 17650, but scheduled to change to 15665 June-Sept. May 30 is the anniversary of Biafra`s declaration of independence from Nigeria in 1967; million- man-march called for. See http://www.biafraland.com/vobi.htm *Progress in building new World Christian Broadcasting SW station in Madagascar *Rumors of coup planned against President of Madagascar who okayed the project, and was visiting WCB in Nashville *V. of Broad Masses of Eritrea reported getting a third network, which may account for even more frequencies and Ethiopian jamming *From June 1, R. Praga relay via Ascension in Spanish to South America moves from 11665 to 7275 --- but that`s in an exclusive ham band! *International Radio Serbia, reported missing from its SW frequencies last week, shortly came back after replacing a tube, but still colliding with Mexico on 6185 [but our suggestion they move to 6190 is being implemented from May 30-31, to NAm 2330-0130] *R. Bulgaria started DRM May 26 at certain hours on 9700, 11900 *Saudi Arabia`s buzzy transmitters on 15205, 11915 and others suddenly get worse, putting noise across entire bands *V. of Iranian Kurdistan, from northern Iraq, fools jammers by starting on one frequency, 4886.21, and then jumping 4860.39 leaving the jammers behind *Radio Pakistan has spent 60% so far of the funds for installing two new 100 kW SW transmitters; lesser amounts on new 100 kW MW transmitters *AIR Sikkim, 4835, reported from Pennsylvania at 0210; try from sign- on at 0100. Pakistan was on same frequency in winter, apparently now on 5940 instead *As of May 27, China still had not resumed Firedrake music for jamming, just CNR1 programming [but Firedrake did resume May 29] *Reports from our own correspondents visiting China, Ron Howard and Mark Schiefelbein, on Sichuan and other domestic SW *Mark also monitored North Korea from Beijing, including 3220, KCBS Hamhung, last reported almost a sesquiyear ago *CRI moves French via Albania to Africa at 14-16 from 13670 to 13760, already occupied by Cuba and North Korea. We heard a SAH with Cuba, probably Albania, and an AH, probably NK; Commies vs Commies vs Commies *Radio Symban, 2368.5, Greek station in NSW, reported last week, apparently tested for only two days, gone since *RNZI finally escapes Chinese collision on 13840 from May 30, moving to 13730 at 2050-0458 *If you`re in Toronto May 30-June 1, check out New Adventures in Sound Art, Radio Without Boundaries conference and workshops; registration fee. See http://www.deepwireless.ca *Propagation outlook from Prague ### NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1410 Fri 2030 WOR WWCR1 15825 Sat 0800 WOR WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WOR WWCR3 12160 Sun 0230 WOR WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WOR WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WOR WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WOR WRMI 9955 Mon 0415 WOR WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Tue 1100 WOR WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WOR WRMI 9955 Wed 1130 WOR WRMI 9955 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org Regards, Glenn Hauser ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. 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