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Today's Topics:
1. BBC top earners' salaries and expenses to go public (Jaisakthivel)
2. Trans World Radio Changes Name to TWR (Alokesh)
3. E-QSL from Adera Dimtse Radio (Artur Fernandez Llorella)
4. Glenn Hauser logs November 15-16, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Station on 2350 to 0025 16/17 November 2009 (Robert Wilkner)
6. DX QUIZ 2009 (Jaisakthivel)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:47 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] BBC top earners' salaries and expenses to go public
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BBC top earners' salaries and expenses to go public
The BBC will today take the unprecedented step of publishing the exact salary
details and expenses of its 100 highest-paid employees ? each one of whom earns
over ?150,000.
The top earners, who take home an estimated ?20 million a year, will also have
every one of their expenses claims published on the corporation?s website.
Every taxi journey, restaurant bill and five star hotel stay will be documented
as the BBC publishes 3,000 individual claims made as part of an expense bill
estimated to be at least ?500,000 a year. Claims released today will cover the
period between April and June.
A special web page will be devoted to the pay and claims made by Mark Thompson,
the Director-General, and each of the other 99 top earners, whose ranks also
include Jay Hunt, the controller of BBC One, and Alan Yentob, the corporation?s
creative director.
The BBC, which anticipates that a hostile Conservative Party will sweep to
power in the general election next year, will continue to publish the figures,
every three months, in a bid to show that it is the most transparant public
body in the UK.
David Cameron, the Conservative leader, has campaigned against this year?s
increase in the compulsory licence fee, which costs ?142.50 and is paid by 25
million households. The party has promised to cut the licence fee when it gets
into power, and ensure that nobody at the BBC is paid more than the ?192,250
received by the Prime Minister.
The BBC has already released some expenses claims covering the past five years,
which painted a picture of a lavish, jet-set lifestyle that included stays at
some of the world?s most exclusive hotels and shopping trips to luxury
boutiques to buy generous gifts for the broadcaster?s on-screen talent.
It was shown that the top 40 staff had claimed nearly ?800,000 over the past
five years, including a ?1,277 private jet trip for its Director-General and a
?99.99 bottle of vintage champagne given to Bruce Forsyth on his 80th birthday.
However, today?s disclosures will be more far reaching, because they cover more
staff, and include previously secret claims made via the corporation?s central
booking system. Those extra claims are expected to push the annual total far
beyond what has already been revealed.
The BBC has hinted previously at the salaries of its top 50 executives by
publishing them in bands of ?30,000, but today?s release will instead give
exact figures for the 100 best-paid staff, as well as their expense claims for
the April to June quarter of this year. It is expected to show that around 60
employees earn more than the Prime Minister?s salary of ?192,250.
The corporation has already let it be known that it is cutting new contracts
for performers by 20 per cent, and Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC
Trust, announced two weeks ago that nearly one in five of its senior managers,
some 115 staff, will be dispensed with by 2013 and new senior staff paid far
less than they could expect in the commercial sector.
A BBC source said: ?The public have told us they want simplicity, openness and
access and we believe we?ve gone a lot further than other public bodies in the
way we?ve done this.?
The BBC continues to refuse, however, to publish details of what it pays its
on-screen talent, claiming that it will unfairly disadvantage it and lead to a
migration of top performers to its commercial rivals. The corporation has
promised to publish the total spend on talent, but has not yet set a date.
Source:http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6913274.ece
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:39:54 +0530
From: "Alokesh" <[email protected]>
To: "Alokesh-Hotmail" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Trans World Radio Changes Name to TWR
Message-ID: <011f01ca66d7$42aa2890$7533e...@alokesh>
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Trans World Radio Changes Name to TWR
CARY, NC, November 16, 2009-International Christian ministry Trans World Radio,
a pioneer in media missions, will change its name to TWR on November 18, 2009.
At the same time, the organization also will adopt the positioning statement
"Speaking Hope to the World" to fortify its new identity.
"While our commitment to radio broadcasting remains steadfast, the name Trans
World Radio no longer fully conveys the scope of our organization," says TWR
President Lauren Libby. "TWR is more than radio. It is a multifaceted media
ministry. By changing the name to TWR, we will maintain radio as a keystone
communication component all the while employing a strategic integration of new
media platforms. In fact, we will even seek to enlarge our broadcasting
footprint."
Libby explained that TWR is committed to leveraging digital advances such as
the Internet, MP3 players, video and other mobile-device formats. "In recent
years, modern technology has enabled us to make significant strides in engaging
with our global audience," he said.
"We also recognize the tremendous ministry value of social media portals like
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube," Libby adds. "We're not just endeavoring to
reach people for Christ; we want to connect and dialogue with them as they grow
in faith. Furthermore, we realize social media is a fast and efficient way to
communicate with our stakeholders."
The ministry's new positioning statement, according to Libby, will clearly
reflect TWR's primary objective of Speaking Hope to the World "Speaking not
only refers to verbal communication but also signifies the ability to relate
with people in other resourceful ways," Libby explained. "With that in mind, we
will offer relevant messages of hope in Jesus to men, women and children around
the globe. Whether it's by radio or other new media means, TWR is dedicated to
helping fulfill Christ's Great Commission."
Frequently Asked Questions
With the name of the organization changing from Trans World Radio to TWR, does
that mean people will no longer use the term Trans World Radio anymore?
The name Trans World Radio has existed for more than 55 years. It goes without
saying that it is entirely unrealistic to expect everyone to stop using that
name overnight. That said, TWR staff, partners and affiliated ministries are
encouraged to make the gradual shift toward using TWR as the primary moniker.
Is TWR abandoning or scaling back its commitment to radio broadcasting?
No, not at all. In some areas of the world, we are increasing traditional radio
broadcasts on shortwave, AM and FM outlets. As TWR's Bill Damick states in his
forthcoming document "The Future is Here: Radio, New Media and Missions":
"[Radio] has the unique ability to deliver its message efficiently,
inexpensively, and compellingly to the greatest percentage of the world's
people regardless of their economic status, educational attainment, or
geographic location."
What is the meaning behind TWR's new positioning statement/tagline "Speaking
Hope to the World"?
The word "speaking" is used in both the literal and figurative sense. It can
either mean "communicating audibly" or "communicating a deeper message" (as in
"the author's latest novel really spoke to me"). The word "hope" refers to the
true, lasting expectation of something (or Someone) better. The word "world"
captures the global essence of how TWR communicates the gospel. It's
international in scope. After all, Jesus said "go into all the world and preach
(speak) the gospel."
Where do I find the TWR logo with the new positioning statement?
The logo and positioning statement artwork are available now on TWR's public
Flickr portal at www.twr.org/flickr
(TWR News Release)
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Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE
New Delhi, India
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:34:52 +0100
From: Artur Fernandez Llorella <[email protected]>
To: hard-core-dx HCDX <[email protected]>, playdx groups
<[email protected]>, Frecuencia DX
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] E-QSL from Adera Dimtse Radio
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Just received a full detailed e-mail confirmation from Adera Dimtse Radio
(13820 KHz, via Nauen) in only one day after the last reminder. Report sent and
answer received from [email protected]. No v/s, only "Ye Ethiopia Adera
Dimtse Radio". And they state that the programme is in Amharic.
Artur Fern?ndez Llorella
Catalonia, Spain
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:36:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 15-16, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 15: at 1425 nothing on 8400, very poor on 9000; did not
check 10210 until 1458 when it was best, i.e. merely poor with heavy flutter.
Nov 16 at 1415, good but heavy flutter on 8400 and 9000, fair on 10210 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC 11760 at 0643 UT Monday Nov 16, Pedro Sedano`s monthly report on
En Contacto, the DX program again heard at an unscheduled time, apparently
unknown even to its hosts. He was giving the schedule for Radio Monaco (coastal
station relays of commercial FM station), pronouncing French addresses as if
they were Castilian and then spelling them out, including info @ naya.mc
Then about threats to R. Praga, RVi already off SW, LV de Turqu?a Spanish
schedule, apparently incorrect; see TURKEY. His segment ran until 0650, then
various mailbag items and comments from Manolo & Malena until over at 0656, so
started circa 0641. The 25m RHC signal continues to inboom in the nightmiddle.
Now it`s hammering rather than phoneringing in the background of RHC
programming: Nov 16 at 0707, one frequency, 6060, continued in prolonged
English, while 6120, 6140 and 6150 were in Spanish. Edward ``Ed Newman`` Hasse
ignored the hammering as any good announcer must do when there is no
alternative. There was also CCI on 6060, most likely SRDA Curitiba, Brasil,
slightly off-frequency, which should have been clearly audible absent RHC.
11760 is now in its thirteenth day of not producing two dozen spurs, Nov 16,
but other anomalies are upshowing. At 1456 I was barely hearing RHC Spanish on
11790, not a spur from distorted 11800. The most obvious explanation would be a
leapfrog of 11730 over 11760, but 11790 stayed on during a transmission break
at 1459 on 11760; and besides, 11730 and 11760 had been an echo apart from the
different transmitter sites. A few minutes earlier could also hear RHC circa
11495, did not measure, but not accompanied by spurs every 50-55 kHz from there
to 11760, so 11495 may have been receiver overload.
At 1504, on 13770 RHC Spanish could hear CRI English underneath, mixing in from
the 13740 transmitter. This is not usually the case. On 13710, the leapfrog of
13770 over 13740, could hear both English and Spanish in addition to the victim
Saudi Arabia in Arabic, with a variable SAH circa 5 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 15605, Nov 16 at 1613 news in English, report from David Page on a
group of models being misled (kidnapped?) in Rome to hear an anti-Christian
lexure about Islam by visiting leader-of-the-revolution Muammar Q`daffy, and
they were denied refreshments until he was finished! A perfect story for Mr
Page to convey. This is the only frequency left for RFI`s once-ubiquitous
English hour at 1600, ex-sesquihour. Fairly good, but bothered by WEWN 15610
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. AIR Aligarh blob Nov 15 at 1428: right on top of R.
Australia 9475 and also reaching into adjacent channels. Is Nigel Holmes of RA
aware of this? Still atop RA next day Nov 16 at 1448 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [non]. 15785, ponderous preacher in Arabic, Nov 16 at 1612, i.e. WYFR
which uses this frequency only at 1600-1645, but no sign of Galei Tsahal
anywhere from 15780 to 15790. However, propagation not so good on 19m, as
nothing from Greece or Saudi either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 7140 with declamatory Korean talk, Nov 16 at 0705, poor signal
but clear, no QRhaM at the moment, to one of the last holdout intruders in the
40m band, VOK, still using it 00-04 and 07-13 per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, XEPPM in the clear at 0631 Nov 15 with music, but by
next check 0637, Bras?lia was on and overriding it. They should at least wait
until 0700 as sometimes happens (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-SSB, Nov 15 at 1414 first-person narrative of Al Weiner
about his `free speech radio`` experiences. Except it wasn`t his voice, and
this pirate messed around with the recording, inserting `consecutive
translations` in double-speed spacey gibberish, bits of backward speech, slowed
down, speeded up, etc. Mentioned more than once ``25th of May 2007, up here in
northern Maine``. Anyone get an ID on this one? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11785, BuzzSKSA, Nov 16 at 1452, still audible weakly at 1457.
A few sesquiminutes after 1500 buzz audible on 15435 but much weaker than usual
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. There is a lot of confusion about VOT`s schedule, at least in
Spanish. On RHC`s En Contacto Nov 16, Pedro Sedano gave it as 0200-0255 on
9410, 9650, 1500-1555 on 7335.
But the DX Mix News Bulgaria version archived at
http://www.bclnews.it/b09schedules/turkey.htm says of the second (really the
first) transmission, to Europe: ``1730-1825 on 9495, not 1500-1555 on 7335``. I
believe that DX Mix News issued a first version with lots of errors in it,
which were quickly corrected in a second version, thus the `not` annotation,
and probably there never was a Spanish broadcast at 1500 on 7335.
After a lot of hunting thru the SW-user-unfriendly TRT website, I found their
Spanish schedule page,
http://www.trtspanish.com/trtinternational/Generic/SayfaTasarimiGoster.aspx?TaslakKodu=5db7eede-28fd-4f8b-9df1-cae35666fb72&dil=es
Trouble is, it is labeled A-09 with the corresponding dates for that, expiring
25 Oct 2009:
9495 17:30-18:30 500 DSB
9410 02:00-03:00 500 DSB
9650 02:00-03:00 500 DSB
Trouble is, the 0200 time is appropriate for winter, not summer when it is one
UT hour earlier on different frequencies, so is this really the B-09 schedule?
Probably. But I have not confirmed any of it by monitoring, the ultimate
answer. Checked 9495 at 1813 Nov 16, but no reception, inconclusive.
Then brought up webstream also used for English at other hours,
http://www.trt.net.tr/Canli/anasayfa.aspx?kanal=RDVOT
After Turkish music, multi-lingual ID filler began at 1820 which takes almost
two minutes to complete, one after another; 1822 Spanish announcement and news
headlines, so the 1730 time is confirmed and finally 9495 was announced for
this transmission, also at 02 on 9650, 9410; into piano-variations IS (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WINB proves that there is at least one SW station where it does not
matter if you have been convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to 175
years. You may still pretend to evangelize on the air! Nov 16 at 1603, gospel
music into the mumblings of Bernie Lazar Hoffmann a.k.a. ``Tony Al?mo`, on
13570. At least the signal was quite distorted, WINB hinting at their
displeasure? No way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. ONE time for DXing with Cumbre on SW from WHRI has now been
reconfirmed: Sunday 1200 on 9410. Nov 15 at quick 1222 check there was Chris,
Lobdell with his pirate report (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Considering the dozen transmitters running simultaneously at
Okeechobee, it`s remarkable how little interaxion we hear among them. But Nov
16 at 0640, the Italian on 9355 had Camping audible clearly underneath. It
might have been a voice-over translation, but don`t think so as M&W were
alternating in unrelated talk. It might have been receiver overload, but no
signal on 9680, 9715 was in Spanish, and the only YFR English channel on the
band, 9985, was not strong enough to do that. The crosstalk on 9355 remained
audible despite attenuation and detuning of preselector (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, WRMI much weaker than usual during R. Prague English
relay at 1509 Nov 16, not enough to overcome jamming. Was wanting to check
whether the new modulator tube had been installed, upfixing the previous
distortion, but hard to tell now. On SSE rather than NW antenna? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** URUGUAY [non]. Horacio Nigro reports that Radio Sarand? was active 24 hours
on 6045 as of Nov 12-13, so I had hi hopes of hearing it after KBS Spanish via
Sackville was finished at 0700 Nov 16. Instead, at 0710 heard instead weak
Korean talk. KBS is using 6045 another hour, this time via Skelton! Looks as if
6045 should be clear after 0800; just cross your fingers that superpower XEXQ
does not make a comeback too, confusing things (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6132.4 seems to be the center of the intruding TADIL-A `bonker`
at 0633 Nov 16, and also heard at many other hours, making both 6130 and 6135
untenable for broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13706, intruding 2-way Spanish SSB intermittent, Nov 16 at 1610.
Brief transmissions with noisy background, aircraft engine? Only heard one
side. Was a bit off 13706 judging from the SSB sound, but did not determine
which way, in between 13700 and 13710 broadcasters. Not the first time heard at
this spot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:42:31 -0500
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Station on 2350 to 0025 16/17 November 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Florida Logs.
Station on 2350 to 0025 16/17 November 2009
2379.9 -tentative- Brasil, Radio Educadora, Limeira, SP 2355; 0010
difficult to tell..... also noted 0930 today [Wilkner-FL]
3329.521 Peru, Ondas del Huallaga, Hu?nuco weak, om en espanol,0010
-0015 CHU notched with 746Pro [Wilkner-FL]
3375.34 Brasil, Radio Municipal S?o Gabriel da Cachoeira 0000-0005
[Wilkner-FL]
4409.852 Bolivia, Radio Eco, Reyes Dos hombres en espanol 0000 -0005
[Wilkner-FL]
4805 Brasil, Radiodifusora do Amazonas, Manaus blasting in with
excellent signal om PT 0006 [Wilkner-FL]
4985 Brasil, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, GO "Very Strong" signal
tonight 2355- 0005 and last few nights [Wilkner-FL]
6173.834 Peru, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco ID on hr 0000 by om,
cochannel slop [Wilkner-FL]
73s de Bob
Pompano Beach, Florida
Drake R 8, Icom 746Pro DL,
noise reducing antenna
60 meter band dipole
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:09:21 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX QUIZ 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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DX QUIZ 2009
In 2009 the Ardic DX Club celebrates its 11th anniversary. For 11 years it has
been the primary source of information for dxing enthusiasts all over the Tamil
Nadu, India. In order to celebrate this event, a quiz is being organised. The
quiz is open to anyone, regardless of location or club membership. The quiz
does not solely deal with Tamil Dxing, but covers very different radio aspects.
Answering following 25 questions you can show your radio knowledge.
No quiz without prizes of course. You wish to contribute a prize? Please
contact me! And to make the contest interesting to everybody, a few prizes will
be given anomaly to entrants. So if the questions look hard, participate
anyway.
Schedule
Quiz starts from 1 November 2009, Last date for the entry 30 January 2009
See the Quiz Questions on the special website http://dxquiz.wordpress.com/
Send your answers to
T.Jaisakthivel,
59, Annai Sathya Nagar,
Chennai ? 600 106,
India
Mint Stamp / IRC
Every entry will get the special pennant in the memory of The External Services
of All India Radio?s 70th anniversary. Every entry must send one reception
report of any frequency of All India Radio for the 70th anniversary special
QSL. Indian listeners must send Rs.10/- mint stamp for postage and
International listeners must send 2 IRC or 2 US $.
For more details
ardicdxclub (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) in
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