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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Logs (Manuel M?ndez) 2. Wed morn Mystery (Charles Bolland) 3. Glenn Hauser logs November 17, 2010 (Glenn Hauser) 4. New QSL (Patrick Martin) 5. Log Report for Al Muick (Albert Muick) 6. Radio in Somalia (Robert Wilkner) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:30:06 +0100 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] Logs Message-ID: <4ce3766e.2030...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Spain Logs in Friol Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters , faced WSW BOLIVIA, 4700, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2200-2217, 13-11, male, Spanish, comments. Very weak. 14321. (M?ndez) BRASIL 4825, Radio Can?ao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, 0534-0550, 14-11, religious songs. In parallel with 9675. 24322. (M?ndez) 4845.2, Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, 2123-2136, 13-11, male voice, Portuguese, soccer. 24322. (M?ndez) 5045, Radio Cultura do Par?, Bel?m, 0530-0615, 14-11, Brazilian songs. Good signal today. 34433. (M?ndez) 5940, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 0536-0538, 14-11, religious program, male voice, Portuguese, comments. 32332. (M?ndez) 9565, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 0548-0557, 14-11, Portuguese, male, religious comments. 34433. (M?ndez) 9578.9, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 0552-0600, 14-11, Portuguese, male, religious program ?Pastor David Miranda?. In parallel with 9565 y 11765. 24322. (M?ndez) 9630, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 1939-1946, 13-11, religious songs, Portuguese, religious comments. In parallel with 11855. 23322. (M?ndez) 9645.3, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 2015-2032, 13-11, Portuguese, male, soccer. 24322. (M?ndez) 9675, Radio Can?ao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, 2012-2017, 13-11, Portuguese, religious comments , male voice. 34433. (M?ndez) 11735, Radio Transmundial, Santa Mar?a, 0902-0914, 14-11, religious songs, male and female voices, Portuguese, religious commets. 34433. (M?ndez) 11750, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 0538-0542, 14-11, religious program, Portuguese, comments. 24322. (M?ndez) 11765, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 0542-0548, 14-11, religious program, Portuguese, comments. 34433. (M?ndez) 11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 1936-1942, 13-11, Brazilian songs. 34433. (M?ndez) 11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0958-1010, 14-11, male, Portuguese, comments, greetings to listeners: ?Ouvintes da Brasil Central?. 34433. (M?ndez) 11855, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 1930-1945, 13-11, religious songs, Portuguese, comment. 24322. (M?ndez) 11925.2, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 2007-2012, 13-11, male voice, Portuguese, soccer. 23322. (M?ndez) INDIA 4810, AIR, Bhopal, 1703-1712, 13-11, male, English, news and comments. 14322. (M?ndez) 4840, AIR, Mumbai, 1659-1713, 13-11, female, English, comments, identification: ?All India Radio?, news. 24322. (M?ndez) 4880, AIR, Lucknow, 1659-1704, 13-11, Hindi music. 14321. (M?ndez) 4895, AIR, Kurseong, 1658-1707, 13-11, male, English, comments. 24322. (M?ndez) 4910, AIR, Jaipur, 1656-1731, 13-11, Hindi music, male, comments, vernacular, news in English at 1730. 24322. (M?ndez) 4920, AIR, Chennai, 1654-1730, 13-11, Hindi music, male, comments, vernaculars, English, identification at 1730: ?This is All India Radio?. Interference from Tibet on the same frequency. 23322. (M?ndez) 4940, AIR, Guwahati, 1734-1738, 13-11, news, English, male. 14321. (M?ndez) 4950, AIR, Kashmir, 1650-1710, 13-11, Hindi music, male, comments, vernacular. 24322. (M?ndez) 5010, AIR, Thiruvananthapuram, 1645-1735, 13-11, Hindi music, at 1730 news in English, female. 34433. (M?ndez) MEXICO 6010, Radio Mil, M?xico D. F., 0802-0820, 14-11, Latinamerican songs program, identification: ?Vive M?xico en Radio Mil?. Very weak signal. 14321. (M?ndez) 6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico D. F., 0620-0930, 14-11, nice program of Mexican sogns, identification by male: ?Radio Educaci?n, 1060 AM, historia y memoria?, female with comments about the music. 33433. (M?ndez) PERU 4790, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo, 0605-0618, 14-11, male voice, Spanish, religious program ?La Voz de la Salvaci?n?. 14321. (M?ndez) 6010.3, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0545-0620, 14-11, male, Spanish, religious program: ?La Voz de la Liberaci?n?. 24322. (M?ndez) 9720, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0742-0750, 14-11, Spanish, religious, ?La Voz de la Liberaci?n?. 14321. (M?ndez) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:54:17 -0000 From: "Charles Bolland" <ka4...@peoplepc.com> To: "ALF" <alf.e.pers...@telia.com>, "Arnaldo slaen" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>, "Bob Wilkner" <r...@earthlink.net>, "brainman214" <brainman...@gmail.com>,Carlos GonA?alves<carlos-rel...@sapo.pt>, "Cumbre" <cumbr...@n2jeu.net>, "'DSWCI'" <l...@dxer.de>, "Gayle Van Horn" <gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "Glenn Hauser" <wghau...@yahoo.com>, "Hard-core-dx" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org> Subject: [HCDX] Wed morn Mystery Message-ID: <!&!aaaaaaaaaaayaaaaaaaaamcpx2kdl2jfmeyxbvynxoncgaaaeaaaaerhq2qubvfdu2g655zjkokbaaaaa...@peoplepc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Indonesia, 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1130-1145, Noted Jakarta here with music and hosting by a male and female in Indonesian language comments. Noting the display, I see two signals on or near this frequency. Jakarta seems to be on 9680.000 while a second station is on 9680.046 KHz. This could be vice versa, since it's difficult to separate the two. Also, I can only hear the audio from Jakarta regardless whether I detune to either frequency. The station on 9680.046 seems to be the stronger signal. I am tempted to assign the 9680.046 signal to Jakarta and the 9680 signal to the mystery station, but I know I'd be on the hot seat if I did. But you can, if you want? Sometimes the mystery station seems to fade in to threshold and it sounds like an Asian which probably would make Radio Tawian International the unidentifed station on 9680.046 KHz or as mentioned above, vice versa. (Chuck Bolland, November 17, 2010) WR-G31DDC 26N 081W ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:31:26 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 17, 2010 Message-ID: <662579.21229...@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, again today no trace of even a carrier from LRA36, Nov 17 at 1406. Last time I could find it was Nov 12. Is anyone hearing it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. 15700, R. Bulgaria, Nov 17 at 1458 with a familiar violin concerto, but accompanied by piano rather than orchestra. Unlike certain other stations, this one is allowed to reach its finale before a Bulgarian announcement. Tho I doubt the whole `concerto` had played uninterrupted during the previous semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 17: 8400, JBA with flutter at 1347 10500, VP with flutter at 1354 11100, JBA at 1357 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. 13675, CRI English via Sackville, Nov 17 at 1454 not only has to contend with Habana 13680, Commies vs Commies, but self-imposed intermittent audio dropouts on 13675: these last a few sex each, much worse than the quick ones on VOI 9526-, making attempts to convey contact info and ``China Studio`` Chinese lessons fruitless (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6010, 6050 and 6060 from RHC English are unusually almost matched in strength and hummy modulation quality, Nov 17 at 0638 as Arnie is talking about SDRs and slopers, and furthermore are all synchronized; // 6150 tho continues to be much undermodulated. Meanwhile still lacking at this hour on 6000 contrary to schedule, just Harold camping on the frequency. 9955, DentroCuban Jamming Command still has it in for WRMI, Nov 17 at 0628 in English --- o, it`s CDHD Brigade 2506, the only exile program in English. But jamming pulses continue past 0630 when WRMI starts R. Praga in Spanish, surely no threat to The Revolution. 13680, I am monitoring RHC Nov 17 at 1359 when Tony G?mez gives a frequency announcement. Now he mentions start and stop times for some of the frequencies, a change: 15120, 15360, 15390; from 1300, 13680, 13780; from 1100, 12040, 11760; from 1300, 11730; from 1400 to 2000, 11690; and until 0500, 6140. But he`s still clueless that short-lived 15390 in the clear was replaced by 15230 under China a week ago. And reconfirmed today at 1408, way under 15230 Sackville, not on 15390 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 21450, whilst scanning 13m band for signals, Nov 17 at 1414 I hear a conversation in French. It was not there a minute before, and it cuts off in less than a minute. I quickly tune to RFI 15300 and hear a similar conversation continuing. And leave one receiver on 21450 in case it come back: it does, at *1434 again for less than a minute, but long enough to confirm // 15300. Something weird is going on at Issoudun: 21450 being a bandedge channel is off-limits both to hams and broadcasters, and would be considered by hams an intruder. Possibly an Issoudun transmitter`s tuning mechanism defaults to the low edge of the 13m band unless overridden, but it ought to be programmed to start at 21455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB --- whew, after missing a few days, AFN is back, Nov 17 at 1342 check, but it`s still country music instead of news/talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9870, AIR Vividh Bharati Service, has been incoming well lately also in our evenings, but Nov 17 at 1421 instead of Indian pop music there is a W&W discussion in Hinglish: mainly Hindi but liberally sprinkled with English words and expressions, such as costume designer (repeatedly), so I think, professional actor, and mostly, ultimately, director, you know, to be prepared, on the job, etc. It is too bad that there is no way to say such things in pure Hindi, but a bonus for us nons. This lasted until 1330 when there was a bit of film music, 1331 into drama with sound effects. Incomparably better tho fluttery signal on 9870 VBS than on unusable AIR GOS 9690, or AIR National Channel 9425, all of which are supposedly from same site Bengaluru, azimuths respectively being 335, 108, 18 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI not off the air again today, Nov 17 at 1352 with music, IADs as ever, English ID with ``Sound of Dignity``. Does that mean they will never let their hair down and say or do anything funny, let alone satirical? Their loss, and ours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 15760, Nov 17 at 1456, nice to hear the IBA trumpet and drum interval signal, S9+10 with heavy flutter, but the only language the powers that be consider worth shortwaving any more is Persian, so don`t keep listening to Kol Israel. This gives me another opportunity to point out, tho expect I shall still be ignored, that Kol is merely a word meaning Voice, and it is incorrect always to put it in caps KOL as if it were an acronym or initialism, or the entire name of the station. Also an opportunity to remind us that KI can still be heard in English on SW, thanks to WRN and WRMI, M-F 0600-0615 on 9955, but always subject to Cuban jamming. This now appears as a specific entry on the WRMI program grid, not just as generic WRN, probably because WRMI has inserted a strip of other programming at 0615 during the WRN fill time; see CUBA. Do they even know about this in Jerusalem? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 12045, Nov 17 at 1450 good signal in Farsi, doing surprisingly well vs ACI from Cuba 12040 and WEWN 12050. It`s NHK via Wertachtal, GERMANY, 500 kW, 105 degrees at 1430-1500. 12045 is continuously occupied by a variety of stations and sites between 1000 and 1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, ORTM still stuck here instead of 4845, Nov 17 at 0635 with OM soporific chanting wake-up show, then right into YL with reverb mixed with flutish music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9865, VG reception of classical piano concerto, Nov 17 at 0626, but I am very apprehensive, as this must be RN and it must be about to go off. I am (not) disappointed, as it does cut off incredibly rudely with the music in progress at 0627*! This is via Bonaire, at 0600-0627, Dutch at 230 degrees for CIRAF 60 = New Zealand. While it lasted, incomparably better than classical music fill from band-neighbor V of Russia on 9855, 9840. We`ve had it with stations treating cl mx with such disrespect as fill to be dumped off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 7345, RDPI music from PORTUGAL at 0655-0658* Nov 17; meanwhile, no sign of Nigeria 7350 now or earlier. I haven`t noticed it, but BBCWS French via Skelton to W Africa is now scheduled on 7350 at 0600-0630, take that, Abuja! Used to be the prime time to hear R. Nigeria, but should still have no cochannel before or after, if it is still on the 7350 air at all. ACI from 7345, 7355 Biblis until 0600 is another matter. Nigeria failed to register 7350 with HFCC so the big shots can pretend it`s not there. Axually there are no Nigerian registrations at all in HFCC, not even the external service on 7255, 15120, and any clueless station attempting to use them while VON is on will regret it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 9840, just as last winter, VOR English to NAm is starting to get QRM from R. Rossii, also on 9840! Nov 17 at 0625, VOR has violin classical music fill after Outlook show, but there is an undercurrent. 9840 VOR is 70 degrees from Pet/Kam, while RR is 260 degrees from Moscow to Europe. Well, we always have // 9855 for VOR, don`t we? It`s 50 degrees from Vladivostok, and previous nights has been almost equal to 9840, but not tonight, much weaker and really no alternative. Kudos to the Russian frequency management organization, which also denies us any French Guianan relays of VOR English, unlike illegal SS immigrants in the USA who get 7335 even on their dental fillings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15495, surprised to hear Brother Scare here, Nov 17 at 1402, good signal. I scan by here daily and first time heard, so must be brand-new. Not synchronized with US sites on 9980, 9265, 9385, tho it is close to WWCR 9980, about two words ahead of it. 15495 is, however, synchronized with 13810 which is Nauen, GERMANY so 15495 must be another MBR relay, Nauen or possibly Wertachtal. The 15495 signal is incomparably better than 13810. 15495 gone at 1358 check, probably off one minute earlier in typical M&B style. 18530, BS also clearly here, Nov 17 at 1412, and really nudging the S-meter today up to peaks of S9+10, this wobbly second harmonic of WINB 9265. Yet this frequency never appears on The Overcomer Ministry schedule; surely it`s justified for a bit more self-aggrandizement of the Last Day Prophet of God (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WWRB ** SPAIN [and non]. Tho we confirmed REE`s new semi-hour in Basque earlier in November, M-F at 1330-1400, it`s gone again Nov 17 at 1349 when 9765 is in Castilian // no satellite delay direct on 17595, and no doubt all the other frequencies at this hour. Discussing tuberculosis, then 1350 program ``En thinco minutos``. So maybe they have moved Euskera to the originally published time of 1300? Still SS in the 1400 and 1430 semihours. Or maybe it was just missing or came up short today, requiring further monitoring; or strike disruptions again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5755, dead air from the Radio Ranch via WTWW, Nov 17 at 0640, which I find most enjoyable; finally cuts on PPP in progress at 0644:24, time to ontune (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9385, WWRB with Brother Scare, accompanied by buzz extending down to 9370 vs WTJC, and up to 9405, Nov 17 at 1436. This is the rule rather than the exception tho the extent of it varies somewhat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also SOUTH CAROLINA [non] ** U S A. 11715, KJES, Nov 17 at 1440, big S9+22 signal presumably on 70 degree beam toward OK, but just barely modulated, yelling catechisms and responses. Now if they could only decrease the modulation to zero (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:38:53 -0800 From: mwd...@webtv.net (Patrick Martin) To: i...@hard-core-dx.com (Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America), m...@yahoogroups.com, gayl...@brmemc.net, martinfo...@cox.net, hard-core...@kotalampi.com, sh...@csc.albany.edu Subject: [HCDX] New QSL Message-ID: <21451-4ce483ad-3...@storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII 940 KYNO CA, Fresno, rec. vl in 21d for CD report w/SASE. V/S: Dave Hull-OM. Nice to get a new QSL, as it has been months, a long dry spell. Address: 1415 Fulton Street, Fresno CA 93721. MW QSL #3014. (PM-OR) 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:17:59 +0430 From: Albert Muick <radioresearch_field_operati...@yahoo.com> To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick Message-ID: <4ce485cf.8070...@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 QTH: Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire 6840 17 NOV, 1812 UTC, UNID numbers station with woman in English on full-carrier USB giving phonetics without numbers. Definite Russian accent ("Novembyer"). Good strength without QRM Another light night for DXing. I have to pop down to Dubai tomorrow to attend my certified ethical hacker course, so I will be offline for about a week after today. I will then be back with force. 73 to all, Al ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:34:33 -0500 From: Robert Wilkner <r...@earthlink.net> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: [HCDX] Radio in Somalia Message-ID: <4ce49ec9.3000...@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed How do you create a radio network in the world?s most dangerous country, where war is raging, journalists are killed, and Islamic extremists have banned music, sports and women?s voices on the airwaves? If you?re the organizers of Somalia?s newest radio station, you ignore the death threats and defy the bans. You broadcast plenty of music and soccer matches ? and you hire female announcers, too. More related to this story The new station is Bar-Kulan (the Somali phrase for ?meeting place?), which this year became the first non-partisan radio broadcaster in Somalia. Because it refuses to obey the extremists, its 50 employees must take precautions for their safety. They often use pseudonyms and voice-overs to protect their identities. And while the station has a network of correspondents across Somalia, along with an FM transmitter in Mogadishu, its main studio has been placed in neighbouring Kenya, where it can operate a little more freely. Their listeners must be equally cautious. If they live in areas of Mogadishu controlled by the extremist militias, they often secretly listen to Bar-Kulan on earphones or cellphone radios, giving the impression that they?re merely having a phone conversation. ?They could get into trouble for listening to us,? says Farah Lamaane, program co-ordinator at Bar-Kulan. ?They are warned by the extremists not to listen to Bar-Kulan, but they still do. They know how to survive. So they are listening quietly and discreetly.? Funded by the United Nations with a $1.7-million budget this year, the station has insisted on scrupulous independence, covering all sides of the conflict and refusing to take orders from anyone ? not even the African Union military forces that guard the besieged government in Mogadishu. The military asked for three hours of daily coverage of its activities, but the station refused. ?Nobody can tell us what to broadcast,? Mr. Lamaane says. ?It?s up to the Somalis. It?s up to us.? In a country ravaged by war for the past 20 years, radio is the most popular medium. Somalia is still largely a rural society with an oral culture. Literacy is low, electricity is scarce, and infrastructure has been largely destroyed by decades of war. Radio has a long history in Somalia and it remains crucial to the national culture. Yet radio in Somalia is under assault. The extremist Islamic militias have seized radio transmitters and shut down radio stations that they dislike. When they banned music this year, most radio stations obeyed. Some used the sounds of gunfire or car horns to replace music. Bar-Kulan was one of only two stations that refused to obey the anti-music edict. For journalists, Somalia is one of the most hostile countries in the world. In past two years alone, 11 journalists have been killed in Somalia. Many people refused to accept jobs at Bar-Kulan when they discovered that it required frequent travel into Somalia. There are many radio stations in Somalia, but most are loyal to local clans or officials, and some openly engage in hate speech. The government station, Radio Mogadishu, is seen as a propaganda organ that lacks credibility. Bar-Kulan, by contrast, covers the news on all sides, even the extremists. Its only rule is that it promotes peace, tolerance and reconciliation. Launched eight months ago, Bar-Kulan now broadcasts 24 hours a day on FM, along with two hours a day on shortwave. It also offers live streaming on its website, mostly for the Somali diaspora in countries such as Canada. About a quarter of its employees are female. Its music programming is drawn from a unique archive of about 6,000 Somali songs, ranging from K?naan (the Somali-Canadian pop singer) to more traditional songs. Much of its programming is youth-oriented, since nearly half of Somalia?s population is younger than 15. During the World Cup this year, Bar-Kulan was the only Somali radio station authorized to broadcast the matches. It was a coup that dramatically boosted its audience ratings, although its soccer announcers and analysts could not afford to travel to South Africa, where the tournament was played, broadcasting instead from the studio, where they watched the matches on television. The station also carries a regular series of religious programs by Islamic leaders, including quotations from the Koran that emphasize the themes of tolerance and harmony. The extremist militias are furious at the music, the sports and the female announcers on Bar-Kulan?s airwaves. ?All of us receive threats by e-mail and telephone,? Mr. Lamaane says. ?We just ignore it. Nothing has happened to us so far. It?s in the hands of God.? The founding director of Bar-Kulan is a Canadian radio consultant, David Smith, based in Johannesburg, who previously helped to create radio networks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. He jokes that the extremist militias in Somalia probably consider him ?the Great Infidel.? But he believes strongly that information is a human right ? and in Africa it is usually radio that supplies it. ?Radio is king on this continent,? he says. ?These are oral cultures, and the infrastructure and people are poor.? Although it provides 16 newscasts a day, Bar-Kulan does not try to be too weighty. Music and sports are central to its programming. ?In any war zone, people need to laugh and be entertained,? Mr. Smith says. In the future, Bar-Kulan aims to be a national public broadcaster, with transmitters across Somalia. It will use cheap cellphone communications ? text messages from its listeners ? to gather feedback and ensure that it is providing what Somalis want to hear. ?We can provide a platform for ordinary Somalis to express their feelings,? Mr. Lamaane says. ?Our ideas are purely from Somalis.? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/ignoring-death-threats-somali-broadcaster-lets-the-music-play/article1801909/ End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 95, Issue 18 ********************************************