** AUSTRALIA. RA seems to be our source for Olympic coverage on SW. Aug 9 at 1258 on 6020, there was swimming commentary, identified at 1302 as women`s 4 x 100m freestyle --- yes, this pre-empted news on the hour, but at 1302:30 there was one minute of news headlines. This was on the ABC Local Radio network, which RA already relayed at certain times. What`s ``Local`` about goings-on in Beijing? Said there would be one more hour of the day`s Olympic events. What about megadollar exclusive rights purchased in various countries? Tnx to SW and RA we don`t have to depend on NBC Universal inside the USA, tho of course RA/ABCLR skews towards events of interest to Strines. Is this reflected in the RA program schedule? http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/universal.htm Of course not! Shows Saturday Night Country (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. R. Cairo, 11550, still in the clear, Aug 8 at 2115 with time-signal 26 seconds slow, so why bother? Do not rely on this for navigation! Opening English with usual undermodulation. 2130 news theme, but just not enough there to get anything out of it. Little did I know that WEWN`s silent period for maintenance was about to end; see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. XEXQ, R. Universidad de San Luís Potosí, 6045, very weak Aug 9 at 1258 check but heard occasional Spanish words such as ``cincuenta y ocho minutos`` timecheck. This time QRM from a second very weak carrier, causing a low rumble, both before and after 1300. Like on Aug 8, XEXQ was slightly on the low side of 6045; previous reports have put it on 6044.94 which seems about right, i.e. 60 Hz off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. RNW heard with English at a new time 0300+ UT August 9 on 7245, this week`s Global Perspective program about illegal immigration from Ghana to Europe. This may be a temporary test, but why, via Madagascar? It is not on the RNW transmission schedule at http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/080330-rnw-summer-schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WEWN`s downtime for maintenance lasted less than two weeks. See DXLD 8-086, had been off since July 28. It was still off Aug 8 at 2115 leaving Cairo in the clear on 11550 [see EGYPT], but UT Aug 9 at 0546, 5810 was back with unctuous Luz de la Luna show; however, badly marred by Cuban spy numbers transmitter on 5800 with wide-spreading whine, as reported previously! WEWN also reactivated on 7425 with music at 1253 Aug 9. And on 17510 at 1328 Aug 9, ``de ahí a tu madre``, natch with Ave Maria theme, // 7425 but stronger on 17510, which still with lite continuous squeal of its own. So that wasn`t fixed during the downtime. But not all may be lost yet --- I`ve yet to hear WEWN on all three transmitters at once. Aug 9 at 1551 check, Spanish on 17510 // 11550, but nothing on English 15855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ---[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. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
