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Today's Topics:
1. Radio Pakistan Lahore goes silent (Jaisakthivel)
2. Glenn Hauser logs August 19-20, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Brandon Jordan - Recent Logs (Brandon Jordan)
4. Your News in Your Palms: Nigerian villagers to provide
content for BBC Hausa (Jaisakthivel)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:16:04 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Pakistan Lahore goes silent
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Radio Pakistan Lahore goes silent
LAHORE - Instead of upgrading the equipment and replacing the old transmitter
of Lahore Station, one of the major medium wave (MW) stations of the Radio
Pakistan, has been shutdown completely on the directions of Director General
Murtaza Solangi on the other day.
This medium wave station had been working since 1937 and was widely listened
throughout the world, including the main cities of India on 630 kilo watts
(KW). It played a key role in the wars of 1965 and 1971 by broadcasting
patriotic national songs.
Interestingly, besides closing the chapter of Lahore Station, Solangi also
sealed another major news and current affairs channel of Lahore Station that
was being listened on 1332 kilo watts for the last 4 years. It is pertinent to
mention that 1332 KH was established by investing almost five hundred million
rupees.
An official of Radio Pakistan disclosed that the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting was keeping mum over the solo initiative, as the DG has close
relations with higher authorities. That is the reason why he is making such
decisions from the time he took the charge of this key post.
The source further says the federal ministry is authorised to establish or
close Radio Pakistan? s any station but it has remained silent over this solo
step owing to various reasons.
The DG Radio Pakistan is of he view that the closed station was in loss costing
expenditure; moreover, old infrastructure was not fulfilling the modern
requirements of broadcasting. For meeting modern needs, on the further
directions of DG, a new short wave channel FM 93 has been established by
replacing Lahore Radio Station, which is listened on short range covering the
area of 30 or 40 km.
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/20-Aug-2009/Radio-Pakistan-Lahore-goes-silent
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Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:32:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 19-20, 2009
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** CANADA. Big het between 6160.0/6160.9, Aug 20 at 0549 with CBC in English.
As Carlos Gon?alves just reported from Portugal, CKZN is off-frequency, and
here it clashes with CKZU, the two about equal level and inseparable [the only
spelling accepted by MS Word]. Normally they are never zero-beat, but maybe 15
Hz apart producing a fast ripple SAH. Still at 0606; I should have checked
during CBC News on the hour when they would have been // but unsynchronized.
Someone must have bumped the transmitter in St. John`s. Hope they get this
fixed quickly but not counting on it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC check Aug 19 at 0520: Spanish on 11760, 6120; English on 6010,
6060 and 6140, the latter sometimes in Spanish instead. 6000 too weak in storm
noise to evaluate.
Latest anomaly from RHC: Aug 20 at 0540 found 13790 still on the air in
English, starting UT Thu mailbag show with `Ed Newman`. Checking other
channels, 6010 was missing so probably same transmitter, but why? Forgot to
change frequency at 0500? Unable to change for some reason? Propagation
experiment? 11 MHz from Cuba will not always propagate in the nightmiddle, let
alone 13. At this time also heard in English on 6060, while 6140 and 11760 were
in Spanish. Also missing, 6120 normally in Spanish, and did not hear 6000
either at first, but it was there in Spanish at 0558, as was 6120, an echo
apart while Arnie was talking about the electrical grid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. Not much making it on 16m, Aug 19 at 0517, but second only
to RFA Saipan on 17880 was 17720, music and then German talk, fading and some
flutter. Per Aoki, this is CRI at 05-07, 500 kW, 308 degrees to Europe via
Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. RNGE, 6250, Aug 20 at 0608 going from music to liners,
Spanish announcement about j?venes, prosperidad en el futuro: dictatorial
government propaganda. About equal level with Polisario 6300, a neat pair, but
not always both on and in at same time. As we are getting closer to equinox
than solstice, reception should be holding up a bit later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9680 usually a mess of QRM among Taiwan, ChiCom jamming, and/or
Indonesia; Aug 20 at 1350 continuous gamelan concert was dominant, mixing with
Asian-scale singing. At 1401, clearer M&W conversation in Indonesian, over much
weaker something. Aoki shows RRI only until 1300, but WRTH 2009 has it until
1500, so looks like the latter is correct, at least today. Tho 250 kW, as a
domestic service relay, it`s not included in the WRTH A-09 update. There is
also contradictory info about the azimuth for this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 7305, August 20 at 0547 M&W in English concluding ``Society Today``
program discussing probation, RRI ID. Not listed here in PWBR `2009` and RRI
uses so many frequencies I don`t have them all memorized. This is the only
semi-hour per day RRI is on 7305, 0530 via Galbeni, 300 kW, 300 degrees to
Europe, and incidentally North America beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 13870 with fairly good signal in Russian, Aug 20 at 1358, Arkady
with schedule announcement, including 22 meters, 1400 6-pip time signal with
some character, not just pure tones, and accurate compared to WWV a few minutes
later; Golos Rossii ID. Per Aoki it`s Moscow site at 190 degrees, 12-15 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. Missing the last few evenings from 9675, IRS was back UT Aug
19 at 0030 check with IS (changed for the worse, no longer as catchy?), opening
English. Also at 0037 check UT August 20, altho it and VOR 9665 were much
weaker with K=2.
SW service had seemed in limbo, but Dragan Lekic reports that a bad English
translation on their website was the problem. In fact, it should say ``THE ONLY
SHORTWAVE STATION OF SERBIA WILL ALSO (!!!) CONTINUE BROADCASTING THRU
SATELLITE AND THE INTERNET``, i.e. still on SW at least thru yearend. But it`s
not unusual for Bijeljina, Bosnia site to break down for one reason or another
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1474, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9675, IRS reconfirmed in English at 0037 Aug 20. From past week`s monitoring,
it may or may not be on, and even less likely at 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9385, Brother Scare via WWRB as I tuned by Aug 20 at
1342 was offering DE-15 shortwave radios for a $75 donation. But it`s been sold
by Amazon for less than a month at $49.99. Is only one semi-inch ``think``:
http://www.amazon.com/Degen-DE15-Ultra-thin-Shortwave-Radio/dp/B002ITQB9U
But will it pick up WWRB spurs? At 1345 was hearing het on approx. 9452 against
Thailand 9455, previously tracked to 9385, but too much noise now to be sure.
Line(?) noise level has increased, perhaps tnx to lightning disturbing the
transformers. Altho storms are still coming and going, today`s logs are on the
outside antenna between them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. R. Thailand, which on Aug 17 was in English by mistake at 1330 on
9455, did not manage to check it on 18 or 19, but Aug 20 at 1345 confirmed back
in Thai; het on 9452 may be the spur again from WWRB, see SOUTH CAROLINA [non]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI was supposedly going to be more active on 9955 with WRN
afternoon relays during the HFCC week, but could not detect it here Aug 19
around 1730 or 2030.
This week`s first SW airing of WORLD OF RADIO 1474 confirmed on WRMI 9955, UT
Thu Aug 20 at 0531, mixing with DentroCuban pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13110-SSB, Aug 20 at 0535, Perfect Pauline still has not learned not
to say ``nautical smiles`` but certainly brought a smile to my non-nautical
face; marine weather for Atlantic, no doubt influenced by H. Bill; 0537 ID as
WLO & KLB, ``now standing by for calls, end of broadcast`` but nothing further
heard on this frequency next couple minutes. I`m never sure whether I am really
hearing Mobile or Kent transmitter, but I suppose at this hour Washington would
be more likely to propagate on 13 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The other night I observed that WRNO was still on the air only three
hours a day, 0100-0400 on 7505; as if to prove me wrong, UT Aug 20, 7505 was
still on the air at 0545 with, what else, gospel rock; S9+22 signal, and still
at 0604 but VERY undermodulated: I could turn the volume control wide open and
that was about right, but perilous when ontuning.
Next check at 1335, still/again on the air, 7505! Now the modulation is OK with
music, and at 1337 live DJ announcement from Taylor Duncan, with CDT timecheck,
date August 20, and said from next week WRNO would start simulcasting on web
via http://www.wrno.org which we may already check; webcast would be 24 hours,
and SW would be 12 hours a day.
I thought that was the URL he said, but no works; instead still
http://www.wrnoworldwide.org/ which certainly has a new look since last I
checked, and link to 24 hour program schedule, claiming 7505 is 24 hours, at
http://www.wrnoworldwide.org/wrnoradio_Schedule.htm
which includes 30- or 60-minute newscasts at 0400, 1600 and 1700! Homepage also
has news from BBC with their logo. Plus CNN, ESPN and others; and a new blog
since Aug 12, but trying to read the posts gets a 503 error.
Recheck at 1609, no modulation but carrier +USB, no LSB on 7505; not sure what
that is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15820, WWCR just barely audible here with no sporadic E enhancement
Aug 19 at 1410, testing instead of 15825. Christer Brunstr?m in Sweden agrees
it was on 15820 at 1300. Also on 15820 JBA at 2030 check. So when Friday
2028:30 comes with WORLD OF RADIO, I revise my advisory to check 15830 too.
For the third day, WWCR on 15820 instead of 15825, Aug 20 at 1404 check, just
barely audible with no Es-enhancement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The IBB/HCJB DRM tests from Greenville supposed to start Aug 17 were
reported delayed until Aug 18. The only chance I had to check 15475 Aug 18 was
around 2130, however, and no DRM heard. At 0030 Aug 19, the other test on
9400-9405-9410 was inblasting. Also Aug 19 at 2030 check, no DRM heard around
15475 nor anywhere else on 19m.
However, Brandon Jordan in Memphis says: ``15475 kHz IBB/HCJB DRM noted from
2018 to 2200 UT on Aug 19, although very weak and only a few brief audio
decodes.`` It is low-power and also liable to skip over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6300, La Voz de la Rep?blica ?rabe Saharaui
Democr?tica, via ALGERIA, Aug 20 at 0607 with soporific wake-up chanting, usual
ute beeps on low side. About equal level with Equatorial Guinea 6250, a neat
pair, but not always both on and in at same time. As we are getting closer to
equinox than solstice, reception should be holding up a bit later (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11890, surprised to hear news in English at 1404 August 19, and
as soon as ``BBC News`` IDed, cut off the air at 1406*. Figured it was a
regular transmission prolonged another 6 minutes for a bit more news as BBCWS
has been caught doing elsewhen, but --- no BBC at all scheduled on 11890 in any
of the current online references. There is, however, in once source not
including WRTH, SLBC supposedly in Sinhala or Hindi, so possibly Ekala, but I
think that is really on 11905.
BBCWS news in English previously heard until 1406* on unlisted 11890, so
checked earlier Aug 20: nothing audible at 1356. Wolfgang B?schel suggests it
was Woofferton tuning up for DW using handy BBC audio, i.e. DW scheduled in
French from 1700 on 11890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:47:30 -0500
From: Brandon Jordan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected], HCDX CONTRIBUTIONS
- LATEST <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Brandon Jordan - Recent Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I deleted the text file that I was jotting these logs on yesterday, so
they didn't get posted. After seeing other reports of CKZN around 6160.9
and wanting to post my observations of 8/19, I realized this text file
may be in the Recycle Bin. It was. I have already reported that R.
Discovery 4730.5v was a no show last evening. Any word from Jeff White?
** BRAZIL. 6185.02, R Nac do Amazonia, Brasilia, 0850, Aug 19 - good
signal, multiple Radio Nacional ID's, talk (Jordan-TN)
** CANADA. (tentative) 6160.88, CKZN, St. John's, 0700, Aug 19 - poor
carrier-only signal with high static levels, but briefly strengthening
at 0830 UT with a few minutes of weak audio with accented English talk
by a man and woman. Couldn't make enough out for an ID, but enhanced
reception corresponding to St. John sunrise gives me more confidence
than simply presumed. (Jordan-TN)
** MEXICO. 6185.006, R Educaci?n, M?xico City, 1015, Aug 19 - good
signal, monologue by man, Radio Educaci?n mention toward bottom of the
hour. (Jordan-TN)
--
Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA
[email protected] - http://www.bcdx.org
Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA100 + ALA330S
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:25:44 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Your News in Your Palms: Nigerian villagers to provide
content for BBC Hausa
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Your
News in Your Palms: Nigerian villagers to provide content for BBC
Hausa
?
London,
20 August 2009.?
BBC Hausa has launched a multimedia initiative which will help generate content
from Nigeria?s rural audiences, focusing
on issues that matter to them and on their needs.? As part of the Your News in
Your
Palms (Labarinku A Tafinku) initiative, starting tomorrow, Friday 21 August,
listeners in six Northern Nigerian villages will be using the mobile phones
provided to them by BBC Hausa to send to a dedicated BBC Hausa phone number
their views and reports about themselves and developments in their
communities.?????
?
The
initiative also encourages them to use the BBC Hausa mobile phones to send
pictures to the BBC.? A selection of
these images will be published on the BBC Hausa website, bbchausa.com, and the
BBC Hausa page on the
social networking site, Facebook.
?
At
this stage, Your News in Your Palms connects with the Northern Nigerian
village communities of Daba, Fadibara, Godar Ali, Induku, Sakarma and
Sayori.? The initiative will expand
across Northern Nigeria as well as to Niger and the Hausa-speaking areas of
Northern
Cameroon?and Northern Ghana.
?
Head
of BBC Hausa, Jamilah Tangaza, explains: ??There has been a technological as
well
as a cultural shift in the way our audiences get and share their news.? At BBC
Hausa, we have been repositioning
our offer on multiple platforms to better serve these changes and the needs of
our audiences. Your News in Your Palms means we are taking our
relationship with them to a new level ? and in fact, networking with
them.?
?
The
six village communities that have joined the initiative were among the ones BBC
Hausa connected with during the Village Roadshow last March. Jamilah Tangazah
hopes that Your News in Your Palms will also help village communities
across the wider region to forge closer relationships with each another, with
BBC Hausa serving as a channel and a moderator of this conversation.?
?
Jamilah
says: ?Seeing the benefits of such a relationship, other village communities
will be keen to partner with us as they too will like to share their stories on
the BBC and through the BBC.? It is
our strong belief that this will help enhance cross-fertilisation of ideas
and?the?promotion of?general?debate and democratic
values.??
(Source: BBC Press release)
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