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Today's Topics:
1. I&B Ministry grants 3 years to World Space for new licensing
(Jaisakthivel)
2. Logs for Wed April 15 (Bruce Barker)
3. ClewistonUSA - WED LOG ([email protected])
4. ClewistonUSA Tue Log 2nd edition ([email protected])
5. 11960 VTC pause music 1400 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. VoR A09 schedule about to change? (Eike Bierwirth)
7. Glenn Hauser logs April 14-15, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
8. ClewistonUSA - Wed Log ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:34:11 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] I&B Ministry grants 3 years to World Space for new
licensing
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Popular satellite radio service provider World Space India has sought five-year
time to migrate into the new licensing regime once it is finalised.
World Space, in a official communiqu? to the Information and Broadcasting
Ministry, said that the company would divest 26 per cent equity in favour of
Indian equity investors, within a five-year timeframe. This will be in
consonance with the new licensing regime proposed by the government.
However, the government has offered World Space India, a three-year deadline to
migrate into the new licensing regime. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary
of World Space Asia based in Singapore.
At present, World Space provides 34 radio channels in India that include BBC
World and London-based WRN news channels. The government foresees entry of
topnotch foreign players into the virgin satellite radio services market once
the licensing regime being considered by union cabinet is put in place.
World Space was launched with the intention of providing digital satellite
radio primarily in the emerging markets of Asia and Africa. The radio services
are provided on a subscription basis and the radio services are uninterrupted
because it has no spots. The only source of income is subscriptions.
Already, US-based Sirius XM Radio, the largest satellite radio player
internationally, has evinced keen interest in making a foray into Indian
satellite radio market. Sirius that has operations in North America, Canada and
Alaska had acquired XM in July 2008.
The satellite radio networks will allow subscribers access to programmes
relayed worldwide via fixed, portable or vehicular radio sets. Opening up
satellite radio to new domestic and foreign players will widen choice of
programmes already the subscribers have through AM & FM radio broadcast of All
India Radio (AIR).
As per draft cabinet note circulated by Information and Broadcasting Ministry,
the 74 per cent FDI cap will be set for Satellite radio operators, on par with
those on other platform services like teleports and Direct to Home (DTH).
The bidding for licenses to enter the satellite radio space may be held once
the current Lok Sabha elections are completed, an official said on condition of
anonymity. The government also foresees a chunk of FM radio broadcasters
offering satellite services, as most of the licence norms would be similar
between the two.
FM radio service providers cover 35.50 per cent population and a geographical
area of 24.41 per cent. About 245 FM channels are operational in the country
across 87 cities. As per policy formulation under consideration, FM services
may be extended to another 210 cities.
http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2009/newsfullstory.php?id=1239797056
- Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:18:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bruce Barker <[email protected]>
To: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Wed April 15
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4845?? MAURITANIA?? R. Mauritanie?? Apr. 15?? 0730-0745?? Stringed instruments
playing?pleasant African music until 0740 when an OM comes on with talk in
AA?until tune out at 0745.? Fair signal with lousy local weather.?? (Barker-PA)
5995?? MALI?? RTV du Mali?? Apr 15 0618-0645.? Tuned-in to fabulous tribal
music featuring great vocal gymnastics and lots of drums.? The next songs
featured guitars and drums that swept past BoH until 0639 when a high-energy
anncr came on, introducing more vocals.? Signal was decent and was audible over
local lightning crashes.?Music continued until tune-out at 0645.? (Barker-PA)
Bruce Barker- Broomall, PA.? Equipment: NRD 535D and an Alpha Delta DX Sloper.
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:02:32 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: "worlddx" <[email protected]>, "Shortwaveworld Shortwaveworld
Shortwaveworld" <[email protected]>, "Robert Wilkner"
<[email protected]>, "Marie Lamb" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>,
"CUMBREDX" <[email protected]>, "Chuck B" <[email protected]>,
"Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] ClewistonUSA - WED LOG
Message-ID: <004801c9bdb1$4bbb7fd0$fac8a...@hp98588948284>
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reply-type=original
Peru, 6019.30, Radio Victoria, 0838-0850, Noted a male in Spanish language
presenting news it seemed. Victoria's signal was good, but it was being
knocked
around by Radio Marti's signal on 6030 KHz with splatter. At 0844 canned
promos. (Chuck Bolland, April 15, 2009)
Note: Please cancel my 4845.22 logging from 4/14/09 where I reported
RRI Ambon active. This was erroneous and I apologize to everyone who
may have gotten overly excited about RRI Ambon being back on the air.
The station I heard was actually a Brazilian station, Radio Cult.Ondas
Tropicals.
When I heard Radio Cult Ondas, thinking it was RRI Ambon, it actually
sounded simular to an Indonesian station with the slow EZL music that
Indonesian stations have a habit of broadcasting. Anyway, sorry for the
confusion. Chuck Bolland.
Clewiston, Florida
WJ HF1000
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:40:24 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: "worlddx" <[email protected]>, "Shortwaveworld Shortwaveworld
Shortwaveworld" <[email protected]>, "Robert Wilkner"
<[email protected]>, "Marie Lamb" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>,
"CUMBREDX" <[email protected]>, "Chuck B" <[email protected]>,
"Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] ClewistonUSA Tue Log 2nd edition
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reply-type=original
Russia, 5940, Radio Rossii, 1043-1100, Noted a male in Russian language
comments. At 1048, the program shifts to a female in Russian comments.
Signal is getting weak rapidly as the day gets older. By 1057 it's
impossible
to distinguish Rossii in all of the noise. Signal went from fair to nil.
(Chuck
Bolland, April 15, 2009)
Malaysia, 7295, RTM Kuala Lumpur, Listed, 1108-1140, Caught a
female in English language news at 1108. At 1111, news finished and
a program of music followed with occasional comments by a female.
Signal was fair but with fading. (Chuck Bolland, April 15, 2009)
Clewiston, Florida
WJ HF1000
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:09:28 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 11960 VTC pause music 1400 UT
Message-ID: <3e8bd136e4b4438a8224a2b5cfd8c...@hnpc2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Noted VTC-xMerlin Cello pause music from London control room continously
from 1400-1456 UT on 11960, today Apr 15th.
73 wb
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:42:53 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] VoR A09 schedule about to change?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hi,
the Voice of Russia seems to have received plenty of listeners' complaints
about limited reception in the new season. Upon my enquiry, editor Marina
Chechneva replied that a new frequency schedule is currently being worked out,
and promised to send it to me as soon as it's available.
No further details, as to which language services will be affected. Let's hope
it's change for the better.
Good dx,
Eike
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:38:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 14-15, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** BURMA [non]. 12140, April 15 at 1337 in Burmese, bits of Handel music, a
nice touch, but 1343 into Burmese rap(?) with drumming, QRMing CODAR; see
UNIDENTIFIED. This is Radio Free Asia via Tinian, 1330-1400 with 250 kW at 267
degrees but good signal way over here too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13880, new RHC mixing product thanks to new fundamental 13780, over
which old 13680 leapfrogs, April 15 at 1320. 13880 had similar modulation
breakup as on 13680, but not 13780. There should be a matching one on the other
side, 13580, and indeed I could hear traces of RHC under R. Prague in English
to NAm during this semihour --- Commies vs ex-Commies! Recheck at 1349 when
Praha had changed to less favorable azimuth, RHC more detectable on 13580, but
still stronger on 13880.
Meanwhile RHC continued with much weaker and lower-modulated signal on // 13760
from the other site. At 1403 B?rbara Betancourt plugged the upcoming Mesa
Redonda at 6:30 pm [2230 UT] on 9820 and 6000. Apparently she has not read
RHC`s new frequency schedule which shows 9640 instead of 9820 for that, maybe
facilitating Nove de Julho reception; BTW, per HFCC, 9640 collides with CRI via
Kashi in Spanish to Spain until 2300.
I have also noticed after 0500 when both 6000 and new 6010 are on in English
that there is an echo between them if you tune just right to 6005 with
adequately wide bandwidth. It`s a safe bet than whenever two RHC or
China/Venezuela relay frequencies are only 10 kHz apart, as happens in several
other cases, they are from two different sites, and thus cannot spawn leapfrogs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. It seems the VOI YL presenter has a weekly date with the OM at
RRI Banjarmasin. Like last Tuesday, on April 14 the 1300 English hour was much
about Banjarmasin, Kalimantan. At tune-in 1302 on 9525, the two were conversing
`live` on a crackly line from there, also giving SMS and IM contact info --- so
was it really live now, or a playback of an earlier English broadcast?
Couldn`t listen straight through, and despite good signal it takes
concentration to make out what is being said thru the accents, crackle and hum.
1334 started the Focus program, which was produced at RRI-B with the same
gentleman and another YL announcer, an historical talk about the royalty era.
At 1354 the crackle/breakup got worse. Expected CRI Russian to override it at
usual *1357, but this time did not cut on until almost 1401.
A quick check of RRI 9680 at 1341 found it again with Chinese co-channel (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. Sometimes Live from Turkey gets repeated on later broadcasts,
sometimes not. I heard the live airing Tuesday April 14 at 1851 on webcast, SW
being 9785; it was mostly music fill except for one call to/from regular Chris
Lewis in England. My ATS-909 alarm was still set to go off at 0311 to check
whether 7325 is really in English, so I listened for a while, and LFT started
playing back at 0321 UT Wednesday April 15 instead of the programming it
pre-empts on the regular broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. CODAR range detected April 15 at 1405: 12005-12060, and stronger
(at least two transmitters mixing) 12100-12270. I rarely hear this as low as
12000, but those closer to a nearby transmitter have. The actual range must not
have a sharp cutoff, so the closer and/or stronger the signal, the wider (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:03:13 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: "worlddx" <[email protected]>, "Shortwaveworld Shortwaveworld
Shortwaveworld" <[email protected]>, "Robert Wilkner"
<[email protected]>, "Marie Lamb" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>,
"CUMBREDX" <[email protected]>, "Chuck B" <[email protected]>,
"Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] ClewistonUSA - Wed Log
Message-ID: <00be01c9be26$bffe7990$fac8a...@hp98588948284>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Bolivia, 6155.25, Radio Fides, pres, 2315-2346, Signal very weak and
just starting to fade in, noted a male and female in Spanish language
comments. At 2324, the signal becomes more readable. Canned
promos noted at 2325. Signal never imrpoved beyond a poor
level. (Chuck Bolland, April 15, 2009)
Bolivia, 6134.79, Radio Santa Cruz, 2346-2359, Noted a male
in Spanish language comments at tune in. A second male joins
with comments. At 2350 a female in comments. At 2359, a boomer
(Radio Romania Int.) comes up on 6135, blocking everything.
(Chuck Bolland, April 15, 2009)
Clewiston, Florida
WJ HF1000
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