DX Listening Digest 8-070 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/dxld8070.txt
CONTENTS: WOR 1412/1413 / ALBANIA / AUSTRALIA Symban / AUSTRALIA non HRI / AUSTRIA +non / BIAFRA non / BOLIVIA +non DRM / BRAZIL +non / CHAD / CHINA / CUBA / ETHIOPIA +non / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / HAWAII / IRAN non / ISRAEL +non / ITALY non / JAMAICA / JAPAN +non / KASHMIR / KOREA NORTH +non / KURDISTAN / KUWAIT A08 DRM+ / MEXICO / MONACO +non / NIGERIA / OKLAHOMA KOSU+ / OKLAHOMA WE2XFZ / PHILIPPINES / PORTUGAL / QUEBEC / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SRI LANKA non / TAIWAN +non / THAILAND / TIBET non / UKRAINE non / USA non Deewa/VOA / USA WBCQ / USA WHRI / USA WD2XAB/WPOC / USA ABC / VATICAN / VENEZUELA non / YEMEN / ZAMBIA +non / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 6100/7365/15460/17660 / UNIDENTIFIED 11915 / PUBLICATIONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING 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 NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1412 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 0530 WRMI 9955 [new] Wed 1130 WRMI 9955 WORLD OF RADIO 1412 SUMMARY: *CINW 940 Montreal switching format June 13 from news/talk to Montreal`s Greatest Hits, firing staff including Dennis Trudeau *Toronto`s L-band digital radio stations gone, except for CBC cluster *WYFR working on starting DRM transmissions, first on US SW, but not right away; can hardly wait to hear Harold Camping in DRM *WHRI was on 11750 for Hmong Lao Radio June 1 only; since then back to 11785, Sat & Sun 13-14 UT; same frequency sporadically on the air weekday mornings *Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, publicizes its student AM radio station in 1010 kHz with 30 watts --- so it must be illegal; off air anyway for summer *KCTA, 1030, Corpus Christi TX, licensed for daytime only with 50 kW non-direxional, also on air evenings with open carrier or religion *WPBT, ch 2, Miami, widely seen by sporadic E, welcomes DX reports, including via web contact form; will lose its status next Feb as DTV transition leaves it on channel 18 *Pirates on 6925, Radio Maple Leaf, and Twentieth Century Radio, boom in from Pennsylvania to Texas *Dave Frantz of WWRB says he has two airplanes outfitted with sophisticated direxion-finding equipment, able to locate Florida pirates with one pass over them; beware *FCC authorization of FM translators for AM stations pending; meanwhile has allowed 100 of them specially, temporarily *Unidentified varying around 6104.7 is Mérida, Yucatán reactivated after several years *200 cops bust pirate FM 90.9 in Monterrey NL, Radio Tierra y Libertad, dedicated to popular and children`s issues; had tried to get license *Mysterious Cuban music tests, no announcements, June 5-7 at 16-19 on 15460, 19-22 on 17660, probably from North American site outside US. R. República planning expansion? Then from May 9 on 6100 around 0800- 1300, the latter with WHRI IDs [and also until 1500 on 7365], already jammed by Cuba *RHC`s music show of non-Cuban music, Cancionero Iberoamericano, Sat 1430 on morning channels, also heard Sat 2200 on 9550 *Standard disclaimer *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1412 *Our website for much more: http://worldofradio.org *Address P O Box 1684, Enid, OK, 73702 USA or woradio at yahoo.com *Thanks this week for financial support from David Cole, Goodwell OK *Cayman Islands FM stations DXed in South Carolina, ideal kilomile skip distance *R. Selectos, 72.9 in El Salvador, DXed in Florida panhandle. Yes, a background music service in the gap between TV channels 4 and 5, 72- 76 MHz *Argentine X-band stations heard by two Brazilian DX listeners; not all match; Antares, AM 1650 also heard in Europe *V. of Biafra International, Fridays 20-21 via WHRI, supposed to change from 17650 to 15280 in June, but still on 17650 June 6; maybe next week? *R. Voice of the People, via Madagascar to Zimbabwe, adds another broadcast leading up to elexion, 11-12 on 11695 *R. Oromia, 6030, P O Box 2919, Adama, Ethiopia is funded by state government, not R. Ethiopia *REE English to Europe, M-F 20-21 back on 9665 ex-9690, also 11620 ex- 11625 *RTV Española, umbrella organization, unveils new corporate logos effective in September, omitting REE *One day strike scheduled against R. France Internationale, June 18, so expect more music *Deutsche Welle director sees SW ending and SW engineering division closed; even Africa needs FM. Service to China may last longest *Austria`s 5-minute Spanish on SW missing, but still on website [later: refound on SW] *R. Tirana, Albania, frequency changes from June 12: Italian 18-1830 on 7430; English 20-2030 on 7465 ex-7460; Albanian 2030-22 9395 ex- 9390; 2300-2430 9345 ex-9390 *9395 was to avoid Algeria via France tho meanwhile that has ceased. Seems TDF keeps running tests for Algeria hoping for a contract *Thanks to complaint by Mike Barraclough via HFCC, Saudi Arabia says it has fixed buzzy transmitters on 11915, 15205 and other frequencies *Pakistan`s service to Kashmir on 4790 opening one hour earlier at 2345 due to DST *Firedrake invades 20m hamband again against Sound of Hope, heard in OK on 14010; DARC intruder watchers also report it on 14000, 14005, 14030, 14050, 14090 and filed another complaint with China *North Korea Reform Radio, 1300-1330 on 9940 via Taiwan, on air as early as 1252, and jammed *Que Huong Radio, 12-13 via Tajikistan to Vietnam, varies 15650 to 15680 *R. Singapore International, on air since 1994, to close SW at end of July; English at 11-14 on 6080 audible in North America, especially first part; also on 6150. Also closing webcast? *SW gone from East Java province, Bali; and only 15-20 AMs left *A3Z, Tonga, again being heard in NW America on 1017 kHz with anthem at 1100 *Propagation outlook from Boulder, June 10; solar flux has been 65, but predicted at 70, dropping to 66 June 30-July 6 ### SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1413 Wed 2100 WBCQ 15420-CUSB Thu 0530 WRMI 9955 Thu 1430 WRMI 9955 Thu 2330 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0100 WRMI 9955 Fri 0800 WRMI 9955 Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 [NEW] Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 0415 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 0530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1130 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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