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Today's Topics:
1. ClewistonUSA - THUR MORN DX ([email protected])
2. Strengthening media in Bangladesh: The World Debate (Jaisakthivel)
3. LOG (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
4. New Domestic Broadcasting Survey (Anker Petersen)
5. Glenn Hauser logs April 29-30, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Update of log the day 04/22 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
7. 9265 Family Radio en espa?ol via WINB Red Lion
(JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
8. 1 Mayo. Radio Habana Cuba por 11770, ex 11820 de 2000 a 2300
UTC. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
9. Glenn Hauser logs April 30, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:52:50 -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 - THUR MORN DX
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Singapore (pres), 6140, Radio Japan,(pres), 1015-1030, Noted a male in
comments
(Indonesian is listed for this freq and time), with music interspersed
during the period.
ID is based on schedule and frequency. The signal is poor and the audio is
even poorer. At 1030, the station went off without any fanfare. So there
was no need to flip a coin.
I was fairly confident that this was Radio Japan, but not sure if it is/was
via Singapore?
(Chuck Bolland, April 30, 2009)
Bolivia, 6155.23, Radio Fides, 1037-1045, Noted a couple of signals
mixing in on this frequency, but Radio Fides was prominent with a female
in Spanish comments. Still the evident fade is commencing as the splatter
begins to cover the signal from Fides. By 1045, audio has disappeared into
the noise. (Chuck Bolland, April 30, 2009)
Peru, 6195.74, Radio Cusco, 1045-1050, Just barely audiable, noted a male
and female in Spanish Language comments. The signal at this time is
threshold,
and it is being hindered by the BBC's broadcast on 6195 via Singapore.
(Chuck Bolland, April 30, 2009)
Clewiston, Florida
WJ HF1000
http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:06:35 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Strengthening media in Bangladesh: The World Debate
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Strengthening media in Bangladesh: The World Debate
A Bangladeshi production team, trained by the BBC World Service Trust, teamed
up with BBC World News to produce the latest edition of the flagship BBC
discussion programme The World Debate.
The programme on global population growth posed the central question "Are there
too many people in the world?"
The debate took place in the 17th century Lalbagh Fort in the Bangladeshi
capital Dhaka and will be aired on BBC World News on Sunday 26 April 2009, and
later on satellite station Channel i.
"Bangladesh has been at the forefront of the debate over global population, so
there's no better location to hold this event," said Allan Freedman, BBC World
Service Trust Country Director.
Panellists from four continents took part in the discussion, presented by the
BBC's Zeinab Badawi.
Among the issues tackled were: sustainable growth, shrinking and ageing
populations, population control, the importance of education and health in the
natural reduction of fertility rates and population imbalances around the globe.
Rosamund McDougall, of the Optimum Population Trust favoured an overall
reduction in global population, saying: "we are entering a period of dangerous
climate change and of rapid depletion of resources, [the world] is already
overpopulated."
But Matthew Connelly, Professor at Columbia University, New York argued that
this missed the point, arguing: "There's too much poverty in the world, there's
too much poor health. We're having too big an impact on the planet, but you
can't make these problems go away just by making people go away .... It's
really about the kind of lives people are living."
Although projected figures were widely quoted - it is predicted that there will
be an additional 1 billion people in Africa by 2050 - most agreed it was not
simply a numbers game.
As Wang Shuo, Managing Editor of Beijing-based Caijing magazine observed, "how
many people is too many people."
Eliya Zulu, Director of Research at the African Population and Health Research
Centre in Nairobi agreed that it was "not just about numbers", but that "every
government has to look at its population, look at its capacity to provide for
that population, and make decisions [based on that]."
"The evidence shows that once you empower women, once they realise that the
decision on how many children to have and when to have them is their own, the
end result is that fertility will continue to go down," he added.
Matthew Connelly agreed, arguing that "when people have choices in their lives,
it has an enormous impact" and Dr. A. K. M. Nurun Nabi, Project Director of the
Department Of Population Sciences at the University of Dhaka also concluded
that "development, education and reduction" were closely connected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/whatwedo/where/asia/bangladesh/2009/04/090424_world_debate_dhaka.shtml
Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to
http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:30:14 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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11705 04/29 1255 (CUB) CUBA R Nacional de Venezuela, SS, from La Habana,
witc 100 kW, px ?En primero mano(?)? a political comment, end tx witc ID,
25332 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
11710 04/29 1308 (ARG) ARGENTINA, R Argentina Exterior, SS, from General
Pacheco, with 100 kW, strong tinnitus of tx, nx of Argentina, at 1324 UTC
local mx, 45444 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
11860 04/30 1212 (GUF)FRENCH GUYANA, BBC, SS, from Montsinery, with 250 kW,
OM e YL with nx, in the midst of moderate interference of Radio Aparecida in
11855 kHz and moderate whistle of 11865 kHz (whistle of carrier
unidentified), at 1217 UTC classical music and after ranking of pop mx,
33433 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
11865 04/30 1145 (KRE) Korea North, in Japanese, from Kujang, with 200 kW,
OM e YL Talk, at 1147 UTC Korean instrumental music, at 1152 UTC OM Talk,
listening made 11867 kHz, because a strong whistle prevented the listening,
and of tx at 1158 UTC and at 1200 UTC beginning of the new transmission in
Japanese with the complete ID, 42442 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
11985 04/30 1128 (TWN) TAIWAN, R Taiwan, *presumed* Russian, from Hu Wei,
with 100 kW, YL Talk, between short Chinese music, at 1129 UTC pop mx of
Taiwan, degrading signal, 25332 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
11990 04/30 1116 VOA in Chinese, superimposed by the CNR1 jamming, It is
worthwhile to continue with this tx?
12020 04/30 1053 VTN VIETNAM, Voice of Vietnam, *tentative* in Indonesian,
from Hanoi-Sontay, with 100 kW, OM Talk, weak signal and degrading, the 1100
UTC enter the RDP superimposed on the signal (transmission not included the
lists EIBI and AOKI, of RDP)(JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
12095 04/30 1034 (PHL)PHILIPPINES, FEBC Manila, in Tai-Lu, from Bocaue, with
100 kW, Talk, at 1036 UTC mx type folk, degrading signal, back at 1057 UTC
closure of the tx with ID, 25332 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
12105 04/30 1043 (GUM) GUAM, KTWR Guam, in Chinese, from Agate, with 100 kW,
end of transmission, YL says ID with site and e-mail, at 1046 UTC the signal
leaves the air, 35333 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
73
Jorge Freitas
SWL1023B
Skype jorge.freitas.fsa
Blog: <http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006>
http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006
Escutas (listening):
<http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded>
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded
Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil
12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W
Degen 1103
Antena Dipolo de 16 metros e balum 4:1 em toroide.
Dire??o Leste/Oeste
"De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de
absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as
atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos
muito contato" Portanto procuremos sempre ser uma pessoa melhor a cada dia.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:47:46 +0200
From: "Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>
To: "Hard-core DX contributions" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] New Domestic Broadcasting Survey
Message-ID: <bd4f2f4d31364d23870321ef4de85...@pavilion>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Dear friends,
A new edition of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey has been published by the
DSWCI.
Please read about DBS-11 at http://dswci.org/news/2009/0904/dbs.pdf .
Best 73,
Anker Petersen
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:18:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 29-30, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA [and non]. Not only does the new Firedrake frequency 15600 block the
newly discovered RHC mixing product in our mornings, Commies vs Commies, but at
2145 UT I was again hearing Firedrake on 15600, now underneath some religionist
in Spanish, which would be WFYR 44 degrees to Europe at 1900-2245 including
this hour in Spanish. Per Aoki, other collateral damage victims on 15600 are
Iran in English at 1030-1127, and CRI in Malaysian via Kunming at 1230-1327.
East Asian conditions were excellent the morning of April 30, on 9-12 MHz but
not higher: 13970 Firedrake was just barely audible at 1305, but not on 15600;
and 13970 was missing at next check 1312. Perhaps the ChiCom determined that
Sound of Hope was off the air by then. At 1338, FD on 9000 was good but much
weaker on // 8400. Numerous CNR1 program jammers were to be found inside the 9
and 11 MHz bands, such as 9605, 9845, 11775, 11785, 12040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Altho previously RHC English on 6000 and 6010 were found to be
synchronized, they were again an echo apart with different feed routings when
checked at 0528 UT April 30.
My local noise level abated, I fear only temporarily, April 30 at 1312 so I
could make out RHC in Spanish on 13880, the weak leapfrog mixing product of
13680 over 13780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. R. Rep?blica`s new 9840, via UK? Survived another day without
being hit by the DentroCuban Jamming Command, as still in the clear at 2145
check April 29; presumably running 2100-2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 9665v, April 30 at 1347, harmonious Juche music from
KCBS, low het no doubt from Mongolia as confirmed by Martien Groot,
Netherlands. VOM might have picked a better new frequency. VOK also inbooming
in stilted English, different music on 9335 and 11710 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9541.5, giveaway off-frequency for SIBC, making a good het
with China 9540.0, April 30 at 1329 during above normal FE conditions. I was
able to make out a bit of BBC English and // 9740 Singapore altho not
synchronized during news headlines on the half-hour. But at 1332 they went
their separate ways. I wonder which BBC stream feed SIBC is getting to relay? I
also wonder why they bother as BBCWS is surely better audible on several of its
own frequencies in the Pacific during these hours, but no complaints as this at
least audiblizes Solomons even unto Central North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND [and non]. 9455, R. Thailand via Udorn, April 30 at 1336 in Thai,
but with co-channel QRM, off-frequency enough to make a rumble. Seems to be
another Asian language! 1345 heard the QRM giving an address in USA, and YFR
theme. Theme again at 1358. R. Thailand also had QRM from the Brother Scare
spur on 9453 from WWRB 9385, no thanks to Dave Frantz, and as usual that was
even stronger on the 9317 match. Thailand has English after 1400, but altho the
co-channel was off by then, reception deteriorated, as Thailand switched from
favorable 54 degree azimuth to unfavorable 132.
Per Aoki, the offender is YFR in Vietnamese via Tainan, Taiwan, 1300-1400, 100
kW at 267 degrees. So during that hour we have Taiwan and Thailand crossing
beams on 9455. During the first semihour, Thailand is 54 in Japanese, then 30
in Mandarin. Taiwan transmissions are forbidden by the ChiCom to appear in
HFCC, so IBB, which handles frequency management for NBT Thailand, may have
assumed there is no collision. If one actually monitors the channel as far away
as Oklahoma, or consults the unofficial Aoki list, one learns the truth.
Perhaps IBB should also get together with the YFR frequency manager (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA [and non]. 13590, April 30 at 1310 a guy in English sounding rather
like Keith Perron until he started going on and on about God --- i.e. CVC
Lusaka at 315 degrees toward Upper Michigan. But with co-channel from something
unintelligible. That must be VOR Mongolian service via Novosibirsk, as
scheduled with 100 kW, 110 degrees per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:37:31 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Update of log the day 04/22
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
3345 19/04 2002 (INS) INDONESIA, RRI Ternate, in Indonesian, from Ternate,
with 10 kW, OM Talk, after a military band style song, (see the comment made
by Marcelo Toniolo in 2003:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02653.html ),
25332, recorded in http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/4688999/ (JJFS-Feira
de Santana BA-Brasil)
73
Jorge Freitas
SWL1023B
Skype jorge.freitas.fsa
Blog: <http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006>
http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006
Escutas (listening):
<http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded>
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded
Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil
12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W
Degen 1103
Antena Dipolo de 16 metros e balum 4:1 em toroide.
Dire??o Leste/Oeste
"De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de
absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as
atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos
muito contato" Portanto procuremos sempre ser uma pessoa melhor a cada dia.
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:36:40 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject: [HCDX] 9265 Family Radio en espa?ol via WINB Red Lion
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Saludos cordiales
BRASIL 11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 20:20-20:25, escuchada el 30 de
abril en portugu?s a locutor con comentarios con referencias a Brasil, segmento
musical, cu?as publicitarias, SINPO 23442
USA 9265 WINB Red Lion, Red Lion, 23:23-23:30, escuchada el 30 de abril en
espa?ol a locutor con comentarios religiosos, ?La Palabra de Dios?, emisi?n en
paralelo por Internet mms://winb.mntts.com:8181, en realidad se trata de una
emisi?n de Family Radio, emitiendo de lunes a viernes de 2300 a 0000, seg?n
plan de programaci?n en http://www.winb.com/schedule.htm SINPO 24432.
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 00:15:31 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject: [HCDX] 1 Mayo. Radio Habana Cuba por 11770, ex 11820 de 2000
a 2300 UTC.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Saludos cordiales
Radio Habana Cuba a partir del 1 de Mayo emitir? para Europa de 2000 a 2300 UTC
por 11770, ex 11820 para evitar colisi?n con Arabia Saud?.
11770 2000-2030 CUB Radio Habana Cuba P Eu
11770 2030-2100 CUB Radio Habana Cuba A Eu
11770 2100-2300 CUB Radio Habana Cuba S Eu
Informaci?n facilitada por el Profesor Arnaldo Coro
ALEMANIA 9490 Democratic Voice of Burma, Wertachtal, 23:40-23:47, escuchada el
30 de abril en birmano a locutora con entrevista a invitados, SINPO 45454
CUBA 9640 Radio Habana Cuba, La Habana, 23:53-23:59, escuchada el 30 de abril
en espa?ol locutores con comentarios, referencias al 1 de Mayo, recordando el 1
de Mayo de 2008, ID, SINPO 45444
CANADA 9545 Radio Rep?blica, 23:48-23:55, escuchada el 30 de abril en espa?ol,
especie de tertulia entre varios hombres, ID ?Ahora en Radio Rep?blica...?,
reportaje sobre el 1 de mayo, fin de emisi?n, SINPO 45444
RUSIA 7390 Int Rusian Radio, 0000-0005, escuchada el 1 de mayo en ruso,
sinton?a, ID, locutor con bolet?n de noticias, emisi?n en paralelo por 7285 v?a
Moldavia que emite de 2300 a 0300, as? c?mo por 7270 v?a Armenia, listada c?mo
Int. Russian Radio, ID ?Internacional Ruskan Radio?, SINPO 45544
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:31:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 30, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** CUBA. RHC, 11820 in Spanish, at 2222 check April 30, much stronger than //
11800, altho 11820 is for Europe. Little did I know that this was the farewell
broadcast of RHC on 11820, as Jos? Miguel Romero reports that per Arnie Coro,
RHC moves May 1 to 11770 for this European transmission in Portuguese, Arabic
and Spanish at 2000-2300. Arnie has not notified me directly, nor thanked me
for bringing their collision with Saudi Arabia immediately to attention! How
will 11770 be? Nothing there that I can find, not much on 11765, but it may be
tough for Barbi Bridges from a Lesser Antille on 11775 until 2215v.
16m was cooperating at 2212 April 30 with RHC on new 17660 in French, good
signal but distorted modulation; no ID needed as who else would be talking
about Committees for the Defense of the Revolution? About same signal level on
17705 in Portuguese, but more distorted.
9640 confirmed as the new Mesa Redonda frequency, ex-9820, apparently just
getting under way at 2230 April 30; undermodulated. Nominal span is 22-24, but
I think it usually starts at 2230, and not necessarily on the air every
weekday. I wonder how the ChiCom feel about this overlapping their own Spanish
broadcast daily from Kashi to Spain until 2300 on 9640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Altho Radio Rep?blica`s new 9840 had been heard the past three
days, both before and after 2200, it was missing on April 30 when checked at
2207. Nor was there any jamming on the frequency. Possibly it was still on
during the 2100 hour, but more likely a brief test period has ended. A quick
scan of other bands 7-18 MHz failed to find a replacement for 9840. I was
standing by on the other frequency 9545, which at 2259 already had jamming
ramping up, and a few seconds after 2300 on came R. Rep?blica with theme, ID,
no frequencies mentioned, and into ``Encuentro Informativo`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGST)
** EGYPT. R. Cairo, 11590 in English to NAm, April 30 at 2310 with Arabic
music, undermodulated but sufficient. At 2315 timesignal 17 seconds late, so
why bother if you can`t do better than that? News march theme, and YL with
presumed news in English, but now the modulation is so low I can`t make
anything out; the propagational fading is louder than she is from the speaker.
Par for the course for this totally incompetent station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. As I tuned across RRI in English on 9790, Thursday April
30 at 2227, they were just starting their mailbag program, reading a report
from one Joseph Padula in Mont Albert, Australia. This fellow born in 1939,
touts his professionalism, an award he got, his restored California bungalow. I
suspect he is very closely related to Robert J. Padula, a.k.a. Bob. But why
would anybody switch from a perfectly good first name to a middle name? Perhaps
he is starting over his QSL-collecting career under a new identity.
RRI was also well audible when checked earlier at 2213 on // 9675 and 11940,
the latter bothered by buzz bleeding over up to 11950 from the DentroCuban
Jamming Command on 11930 vs Mart?, but not on the low side. Commies vs
ex-Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11915 with Qur`an, fair with SAH April 30 at 2212, but NO
BUZZ. This has often been reported with buzz, same BSKSA Riyadh transmitter as
we hear on 15435 at 15-18 and on several others before and after. It is
sporadic, and I doubt the problem has been permanently fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWRB, 9385 with plus and minus 68 kHz spurs on approx. 9317, and
weaker 9453, April 30 at 2237 as Alex Scourby was ponderously pontificating.
With E-W longwire aimed at Manchester TN and preselector peaked on each
frequency, I read the FRG-7 S-meter as S9+22 on 9385, +15 on 9317 and +12 on
9453 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI still has not resumed weekday afternoon broadcasts on 9955.
Nothing there, no jamming either, at 2207 check April 30. Jeff White says they
are still waiting on some maintenance to be done. Unless time is sold, the
8-hour period of 16-24 UT M-F is scheduled to be filled by World Radio Network
relays in English, as I assume it still is on WRMI`s webcast. Maybe in May?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Sem Limites, the CVC Brazilian service show of snippets of
popular classical music bits mixed with evangelism, on 15410 via Chile, April
30 at 2239 until 2257 when cut abruptly to rock music. This show is a travesty,
not presenting any piece in its entirety, just chopping them up and cutting
them off abruptly, such as at 2248. These people have no appreciation or
respect for classical music, but are just using it for one hour a day to try to
reach a different audience than otherwise. Here`s their hard-sell announcer:
http://www.radiocvc.com/Grfx/Jose001.jpg
Per schedule at http://www.radiocvc.com/programas2008.htm this is supposed to
be at 20-21 hours Bras?lia time, and so I had expected it to be at 2300 UT, its
original time before Brazil started fooling with DST. That ended this year
already on February 15, but apparently CVC did not shift its Miami-based
programming one UT hour later to keep it at the same local time in parts of
Brazil going on and off DST! So it is still running at 22-23 UT.
Despite my disgust, I kept listening for a while, as this could be the final SW
broadcast of CVC in Portuguese, which was previously reported to be ending at
Aprilend for financial reasons, tho continuing on internet and satellite feed
to affiliates. Yet to be confirmed, but just try to find any mention of their
last remaining SW frequency on website. We`ll find out on May Day (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. RNVCI via CUBA, 13680 // 15250, VG April 30 at 2302 as YL
is opening in stilted English with program summary, the latter part of the hour
to be back in Spanish. Gave date April 30. Then starting with ``Informative
Short News`` about Venezuela preparing for swine flu tho no cases yet (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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