DX Listening Digest 8-112 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/dxld8112.txt
CONTENTS: WOR 1429 / ABKHAZIA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA VL8A / AUSTRALIA VMW/VMC / AUSTRALIA non RA / AUSTRALIA 4HI / AUSTRIA / BANGLADESH / BELIZE / BOLIVIA / BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA / BULGARIA / CANADA CBCNQ / CANADA CFRX / CANADA CFUN / CANADA CBI / CANADA CBC/Dog / CANADA CFZM/CJYE/CJMR / CHINA / COLOMBIA / CONGO DR non / CROATIA / CUBA +non / ECUADOR / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ETHIOPIA / FRANCE / GERMANY non B08+ / GUATEMALA / HAWAII DTV / INDIA / INDONESIA +non / INTERNATIONAL WATERS non Southbound / ISRAEL / JAPAN +non B08+ / KASHMIR non / KOREA NORTH non / KOREA SOUTH +non / KYRGYZSTAN / LAOS +non / LATVIA / LIBERIA +non / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MICRONESIA non / MONGOLIA / MYANMAR +non / NEW ZEALAND / NIGER / NIGERIA / OKLAHOMA KFXY / OKLAHOMA KOKC / OKLAHOMA Norman non / OMAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PARAGUAY / PERU / PHILIPPINES / POLAND non / ROMANIA / SIERRA LEONE non / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SUDAN non / SYRIA / TAIWAN / UKRAINE B08 / UK non BBCWS / UK Absolute / USA +non VOA/RFA / USA WHRI/WHRA/WWCR / USA WEWN / USA WINB / USA WBCQ / USA KXTR / USA KHCB / USA KMZQ / USA 93.1 Pirate / USA +non AM/FM / VANUATU / VENEZUELA +non / VIETNAM / YEMEN / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE / UNIDENTIFIED 1512 / UNIDENTIFIED 7220 / UNIDENTIFIED 7712 / UNIDENTIFIED 9528 / UNIDENTIFIED 9990 / UNIDENTIFIED 15058-15084 / TESTIMONIALS / DX-PEDITIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.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 1429 SUMMARY: [for much more detail and full attribution of all items, see recent issues of DX Listening Digest] *R. Taiwan International canceling all but one of its English relays via WYFR as of November 1: 0200 on 5950 *RTI in crisis over KMT government censorship, be nice to China; chairman, directors, board members resign *Changjiang Maritime Security Information Center (presumed), 8794-USB, between *1347-1425*, music and Yangtze river traffic info *Shanghai PBS/Voice of Pujiang, at 1320-1351, back to their winter frequency 5075 *Station varying 6068-6071 until 1250-1256 interfering with CFRX identified as V. of Korea, in Japanese *VOK, 9335, has unfriendly neighbor on 9330, V. of Wilderness at 1300- 1400 via Tajikistan *All India Radio testing DRM at 0430-1130 on 6100 to India; 1745-2230 on 9950 to Europe *More interference besides Cuban jamming, for WRMI 9955, where Jeff White promotes DRM *RRI Jambi, Indonesia, 4925 confirmed active, at 1500 *V. of Indonesia has three transmitters with slightly different offsets; lately near 11786 including English at 1300, 1500, but latter not for full hour, cut off after 2 or 20 minutes *Papua New Guinea missionary station Wantok Radio Light, heard in Japan on 7324.96 around 0800 *R. Australia cancels Australian Express show, replacing with Australian Bight (sp?), including Tuesdays 1330 on 9580 *R. New Zealand International monitored contrary to own schedule, such as DRM until 1258 on 6170, then 7145; 9615 AM at 1415 in addition to 6170 *T8WH Palau replacing more and more KWHR Hawaii transmissions on 9930, 12130 *VOA`s Ukrainian service slated to close Sept 30, extended at last minute until yearend, perhaps because of concerns that Ukraine could be the next Georgia *WBCQ starts broadcasting vice- and presidential debates live on 5110- CUSB at 0100; also heard on VOA 6020, 9820 but only at 0130-0200; and surprise, REE Spain with immediate translation into Spanish on 6055, 9535 *WHRI adds a third Hmong program, Hmong North Radio, UT Sat 0000-0020 and UT Sun 0100-0130 on 5875, excellent reception for recording their exotic music *WINB founder John H. Norris died Sept. 28; involved in the Fairness Doctrine case; see DXLD 8-110 *WINB website has incorrect schedule, claiming to be on 11520, but not; also doesn`t match for Brother Scare and Harold Camping relays *KTMI construction permit for new shortwave in Oregon expired Oct 3, with no progress; not clear whether FCC will renew it *World of Radio 1429, http://www.worldofradio.org *Thanks to Rod Scribner for financial support, in memory of Rocky; check in the mail to P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702; or via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com *New weekend programs on WRMI 9955: Your World Your Way, Bryne Edwards, and Power Learning, Sat & Sun 16-18, 18-20, UT Sun & Mon 02- 04; QSO with Ted Randall changed to UT Sun 05-07; Spanish programs replace World of Radio and Wavescan, Sat 20-21 *Now that Radio Newyork International on WBCQ has moved from 7415 to 5110, what do we hear on 7415 early UT Mondays? Even more Brother Scare, who is even more convinced the US is about to collapse *XEPPM, 6185, Mexico City, has program with English title, On the Road, UT Tue/Thu/Sat at 0015; it`s about Jack Kerouac`s novel, presented in Spanish *Different SNAFUs every day at R. Habana Cuba, such as 2300 English on 9600 and 11800 instead of 9550; new 13680 for English at 2030-2130 replaced by Spanish *Cuban jammer against Martà on 6030 also audible on third harmonic 18090 *HCJB Spanish heard erroneously in morning on 11920 as well as 11690, 11960 [omitted by mistake tho mentioned in headlines for this WOR] *Radio Saint Helena, 11092.5-USB, tested Oct 3 around 18-20 UT in preparation for Nov 15 special; well-heard in Europe, India, Japan, but poorly or not heard in North America *Unidentified on 6215 heard in Europe two days between 1620 and 1820, sounds like sticks beating on a log; or electronic tune *ZNBC, Zambia, has installed new SW transmitters and antennas for Radios 1 and 2 *VOA or R. Sawa started new service for Darfur, Sudan in Arabic, half an hour at 03, 18, 19; at first carried R. Free Iraq programming by mistake. Hard to ID, but Kim Elliott says it`s called ``Affia Darfur`` *R. Oromiya, Ethiopia, 6030, heard in Europe and Japan from 0400 and until 1900 *Unlike Taiwan, which is keeping one hour in English to NAm, Radio Netherlands is canceling all of them; Andy Sennitt explains why, dwindling SW audience *Mighty KBC, via Lithuania to North America, UT Sundays 0200-0259, moved from 6110 to 6145 *Austria, 6155 heard going from English news to French at 0610 weekdays; is domestic relay missing from SW schedules; and may be canceled anyway *Hungary has registered many relays via Wertachtal site in Germany for B-08 *R. Romania International, English at 2200 puts good signal into CNAm on 7185 [and 9790], including Network Europe program Mondays at 2225 *V. of Greece, 7475, again heard with unknown program in English, UT Monday 0200-0300 *V. of Greece QSL policy: still QSLing by postal mail, including for E-mail reports to apodimos_era5 @ ert.gr and see DXLD 8-106 for the postal address *R. Maranatha a.k.a. Hit Shortwave from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, again being heard in Europe on 6030, from 1530 until Ethiopia comes on around 1550, maybe also until 1748 *unID Arabic varying 7712-7720 at 1800 heard in Finland *Kuwait`s English broadcast at 1800 on 11990 missing since late September; other English from 0500 on 15110 still heard *Wonderful reciter of Qur`an can be heard on Iran 15150 before and after 1400; wonder if he performs anything secular. Some of our greatest singers started as cantors *Propagation outlook from Prague, October 3 *Standard disclaimer NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1429 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 [temporary, reconfirmed Sept 29] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 0530 WRMI 9955 [or new 1430] Wed 1130 WRMI 9955 [or new 1430] 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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