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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs July 1-2, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
3. Reception log in Fourka Chalkidiki last weekend
(Zacharias Liangas )
4. Farewell to RNW's shortwave broadcasts from Bonaire
(Zacharias Liangas )
5. The Shortwave Report 06/29/12 Listen Globally (Zacharias Liangas )
6. The Shortwave Report 06/29/12 Listen Globally (Zacharias Liangas )
7. Killing CBC shortwave service was shortsighted 0
(Zacharias Liangas )
8. Radio Netherlands says farewell in style (Zacharias Liangas )
9. Free 4th of July weekend DXer promotion ([email protected])
10. New MW QSL (Kaliningrad) (Patrick Martin)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 08:47:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 1-2, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
** CHINA. Firedrake, July 2 before 1230:
16100, very poor at 1226; none higher
15445, JBA at 1226, weaker than Turkey 15450
14600, fair at 1226
14700, fair-good at 1226
Before 1300; all signals attenuated, even Cuba:
14600, fair at 1257; none in the 11s, 12s, 13s
14700, fair-good at 1257
15555, very poor at 1254
16100, poor at 1254
After 1330:
14700, very poor at 1334
15565, very poor at 1334
16100, fair at 1334 with flutter
WWV reported: ``Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 July follow.
Solar flux 133 and estimated planetary A-index 19.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 & 1500 UTC on 02 July was 3.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are expected``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 14950, July 2 at 0210, still no Salem Stereo, which is supposed to
resume after repairs, so worth frequent reminders to keep checking (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 9630, July 2 at 0213 as I am trying to check Vatican on 9610,
heavy QRM from REE Cariari relay transmitter, extremely distorted on
fundamental and putting out heavy modulation spur spikes, worst between 9590
and 9670, also audible further out to 9550 at least; still the same at 0248,
but OK at recheck 0504.
But2, at 0520, 9630 is blasting spurs again, even bothering Vietnam/Canada
9555, and now audible between 9470 and 9790, i.e. plus/minus 160 kHz. This
transmitter goes out of whack again and again ruining great swathes of the 31m
band, yet I see no other complaints about it! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15120, July 2 at 0218, S Asian music, poor signal when there`s
nothing in HFCC, still snubbed by India, but Aoki shows AIR in Kannada at
0215-0300, 500 kW, 300 degrees from Bengaluru, which is the capital of
Karnataka state where Kannada is the primary language, but this external
service is probably for such speakers in the UAE before 7 am. Does it originate
in Bengaluru studio or New Delhi? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9750 with fast SAH and 11815 with CCI from REE/Costa Rica, July 2 at
1233, NHK Japanese service with trax from ``West Side Story`` including ``I
Feel Pretty``, ``Officer Krupke``, sounds like original cast recording. I must
say it requires a good command of American slang and `50s culture to appreciate
Officer Krupke. Depend on NHK for good taste in western music; only wish
reception were better. Can you imagine any US SW station, even VOA, devoting
time to playing West Side Story? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, July 1 at 2050, R. Kuwait has resumed news headlines in
English, soon followed by more rock music, sign-off, into Arabic until 2101.5*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, July 2 at 0504, XEPPM is still on the air discussing
the elexion; it takes a momentous event like returning the corrupt PRI to power
for R. Educaci?n to extend its schedule.
I was also checking Univisi?n and Telemundo for coverage of this starting at
0200 UT: they were in and out, unwilling to suspend regular programming
completely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI transmissions seem to have gone haywire again, or has
there been another abrupt schedule change July 1? Not according to their online
schedule.
11725, July 2 at 0513, no signal from 11725 AM, which is normally heard; nor
any DRM on 11675 or 13730, so both transmitters off the air or moved? R
Ustralia still very good on 15515, 15240, 13630.
6165-6170-6175, July 2 at 1222, DRM noise surely from RNZI during period DRM is
supposedly taking a break. AM is supposed to be on 9655 during this hour, but
nothing there. Could AM be on 7440, the supposed DRM channel at many other
hours? Just a very weak signal there at 1222, probably CRI via Nanning. By 1240
can no longer detect the DRM on 6170 vs ambient noise level; what will happen
at 1300, when AM is supposed to start? There`s the bell-bird at *1259, accurate
timesignal, news. This time of year, 6170 cannot hold up much longer here, two
hours into the dayside (Glenn Hzauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 9665, July 2 at 0213, VOR English via PRIDNESTROVYE has CCI
from rippling SAH, presumably Voz Mission?ria, 10 kW Brazilian achieving almost
on-frequency too. Don`t you believe the Aoki listings that RN Amazonia is ever
on 9665; Pyongyang 50 kW also 22 hours a day, but unlikely at this daypart
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15725, July 2 at 0512, assertive Arabic speech on and on,
fair signal with deep fades, so presumed V. of South Sudan Revolutionary Radio,
from [north] Sudan. He`s still going but weaker at 0527; fading to very poor by
0532, so I switch to 15400 for R. Dabanga music from Madagascar, which is still
very good. Checking other African signals on 19m: 15580 VOA Botswana poor;
15120 Nigeria missing; 15190 Equatorial Guinea absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1623 monitoring: the 0500 UT Monday
broadcast on WRMI 9955, checked July 2 at 0521 has at least two heavy pulse
jammers with different rates, but I can make out a familiar voice underneath.
Tnx a lot, Arnie! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330, July 2 at 0519, no signal from WBCQ, tho WTJC was audible on
9370. WBCQ normally has a bigger signal than WTJC. Next check 1220, still no
9330, making me wonder if the Good Friends Radio Network contract expired at
Junend? However, at 1239 very poor signal on 9330 with gospel-rock, so it`s
still/again there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17680, July 1 at 2108, CVC La Voz, Miami via CHILE is now on
the air, in sked curtailed to only two hours a day, and it`s announced as a
120-minute program, `El Show de la M?sica N?mero Uno`, ``lo mejor de la m?sica
Anglo``. DJ can hardly stop blabbing on and on. But this isn`t the real hit
parade, just gospel-rock in English, if you listen to the monomaniacal lyrix
about Jesus, etc. This is also contrary to their outdated pdf program schedule,
showing `Top 20` at 20-22 on Sundays, while the first one reached condenses
this to `Show de la M?sica` at 21-23 Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9610, July 2 at 0213, Vatican Radio Spanish on this new
frequency via BONAIRE, ex-15470 ? why? Was 19m not propagating southwards? It
certainly was a bigsig here. Molested by REE 9630 spurs, see COSTA RICA.
0247 retune to see what happen as English at 0250 is supposed to come via
Sackville. The 0230 French via Bonaire is ending, still with crap from 9630,
and at 0249:45 for about 10 seconds both Bonaire and Sackville are playing VR
IS, not synchronized; other than that, a very smooth transition, as the casual
listener may not be aware there was a drastic site swap, both signals equally
strong here. // 7305 has also just crash-started. English opens with standard
announcement that as of July 1, this broadcast is no longer on these
frequencies in Europe and America --- oh, yeah? What am I hearing, then?
Apparently back in the studio they are unaware that the relays continue, after
the drastic July 1 cutbacks at the Santa Maria di Galeria site which was not
carrying these transmissions, anyway! Sackville relays of Vatican are
registered until July 31, and it looks like they will indeed proceed another
month.
To be sure about the only other English relay to Americas, I alarm myself to
check 13730 after 1200 July 2: yes, it`s still on via Sackville too, news about
the Mexelex, US power outages vs 100+ temps. Initially this has a better signal
than VOA Spanish 13750. 1213 again the announcement that since July 1 this
broadcast is no longer on SW; o yeah? Geez (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:04:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
To: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Gerry Dexter <[email protected]>,
Anker Peterson <[email protected]>, BCL NEWS
<[email protected]>, Duane Fischer <[email protected]>, Hard
Core DX <[email protected]>, Maryann Kehoe
<[email protected]>, Prime Time Shortwave
<[email protected]>, SWL QTH <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>>>>
CHINA??? PBS?? 9455? 1804 GMT? Chinese? 333? July 1st? YL and OM with
comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
JAPAN?? Radio Japan? NHK?? 9835? 1815 GMT? Japanese? 444? July 1st?? OM with
comments.? Music 1816 GMT then a YL singing. OM with comments 1820 GMT.???
Mackenzie-CA..
NORTH MARIANAS?? Radio Free Asia RFA ? 9540? 1810 GMT? Chinese? 333? July? 1st?
YL and OM with comments.? Jamming heard in the background!! ? ?? MacKenzie-CA..
SPAIN ? China CPBS Realy ? 9690? 1814 GMT? Chinese? 433? July 1st ? YL and OM
with comments. ?? MacKenzie-CA..
TAJJIKISTAN ? Radio Free Asia Relay? RFA ? 11540? 1825 GMT? Chinese? 444? July
1st ? YL and OM with comments. ? ?? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee ?? WWCR? 12160? 1838 GMT? English? 444? July 1st? OM
preaching from the Bible. ? ?? Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES,? Pennsylvania ?? WINB ? 13570? 1842 GMT? English? 444? July 1st?
OM preaching words from the Bible. ? ?? MacKenzie-CA..
UNKNOWN ?? Unknown station ? 13570? 1842 GMT? Arabic? 444? July 1st? Two OMs
with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
??
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:29:13 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Reception log in Fourka Chalkidiki last weekend
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Reception log in Fourka last weekend
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/459 (logs only )
Several audio clips have been uploaded on Mediafire using the very new degen
1126 a 3
months old radio as part of a reception experiment . Soon an ariticvle willbe
posted to my
radio equipment page.
They include transmissions from
NHK on 9835 http://www.mediafire.com/?bn31nbfvg05sa4s
Australia (4835) http://www.mediafire.com/?s5nlbki3z06f3lb
one unknown on 4830 (all on 29/6) http://www.mediafire.com/?6w5nun67n4frv5j
and KBC 6095 http://www.mediafire.com/?ya43qw5b7b3q073
RNZI (11725) http://www.mediafire.com/?ubx909bu61b6vmw
and Amazonia 11780 http://www.mediafire.com/?l21v0ovepb1bcao
Here are the logs using the DE1126 and the refurbished De1103 together with
AN03 Tecsun
reel antnna
29-6-12
3915 BBC???21xx with news in English Fair
30-6-12
4780 Djibuti 2021 HOA songs fair
6210 by product of Era 2029 rock song fair
7505 RF Chosun 2133 talk s YL rock song 24333
7530 RFKorea 2034 talk YL 24333
11725 RNZI 2040 phone discussions 25333
12015 FCRN 2047 anthem korean talks 34434
11765 RDEA 2049 songs 45544
11735 Tanzania?? 2052 hilife song 44534 sudden s/off 53
11730 ?? talks about Croatia Poland 2055
9505 CVC Africa 2056 spiritual talks a rock song 34433
11870 Biafra? Talks , hilife song fair
7480 Open N Korea radio 2110 talks YL OM 24333
9580 Africa NO 1 2115 afro songs 44533
9630 Brazil? Song talks in PP 13342
9675 Cancao Nova 2119 psalms (ave Maria or similar )marginal
9745 Vo Han & Bahrain 2120 mixed fair
11500 SOH? 2126 talk spoor
11780 BR R N Amazonia 2127 sports like program . Poor
12050?? 2129 about revolution SP marginal
15191 Icofidencia 2137 marginal
15345 RAE song 2139 marginal
MW
1566 ?? 2142 relig talks in FR , marginal
1440 CRI , talks I English , pop song poor 2145
1395 V o Russia 2147 about transport poor
1440 afro songs ,fair 2149
1325 BBC? Talks by OM in English Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads
Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550/600, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:34:54 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Farewell to RNW's shortwave broadcasts from Bonaire
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Farewell to RNW's shortwave broadcasts from Bonaire - Southgate Amateur Radio
Club
|
The Radio Netherlands' relay station on the Caribbean island of Bonaire lies a
few hundred
metres off a narrow road. A white patch on a rock is a reminder of the dynamite
that was
used to make enough room to get the transmitters to the site. The last regular
shortwave
transmission from Bonaire was on 30 June.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) started building the station in 1968 to
improve
reception for Dutch people living in North, Central and South America as well
as New
Zealand and Australia. The relay station, with two of the world's most powerful
transmitters
(300 kW) at the time, was officially inaugurated a year later.
>From July 1, Bonaire will broadcast a one-hour Spanish language programme, La
>Matinal, to
Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico and the rest of the Caribbean. Dutch-language
transmissions to
Surinam will also continue for the time being. From October 28, RNW will hire
airtime from
another - as yet unknown - broadcaster. The Bonaire relay station will then be
dismantled. All
that will remain is a field.
http://www.rnw.nl/english/video/farewell-rnws-shortwave-broadcasts-bonaire
Our thanks to Juergen, DL4KE for spotting this item
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550/600, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:37:48 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 06/29/12 Listen Globally
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
The Shortwave Report 06/29/12 Listen Globally
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2012-06-28 19:11
Author:
Dan Roberts
Locality:
Other
Summary:
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a
shortwave
radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at
home. 3 files-
Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Ra
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (June 29) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY
(128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form
(6MB)
(28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up
there {35MB}
http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;)
This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National
Radio,
Radio Havana Cuba, the Voice of Russia, and NHK World Radio Japan.
>From GERMANY- Queen Elizabeth II shook hands with Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein
politician and former IRA commander. A court in Germany has ruled that
circumcising boys
on religious grounds is illegal. An in-depth report on the chances of the new
Greek
government being successful at remaining in the European Union.
>From SPAIN- European leaders were strongly divided as they went into this
>week's economic
summit. The finance ministers of the Eurozone agreed that Spanish banks qualify
for a
rescue bail out, but that the state must guarantee the loan. The president of
Paraguay was
ousted in a parliamentary coup and the Supreme Court denied his appeal.
>From CUBA- Cuban President Raul Castro rejected the coup in Paraguay and went
>on to
criticize the US involvement in numerous coups and attempts in Latin America.
>From RUSSIA- Former US President Jimmy Carter wrote an editorial in the New
>York Times
severely criticizing the Obama administration for drone assassinations of
people considered
enemies of the US, violating the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
>From JAPAN- The highest level of radiation to date has been detected at the
>Fukushima
nuclear power plants. Shareholders in TEPCO, the owners of the Fukushima nukes,
voted to
effectively nationalize the company because of debts from the accident last
March. There
was a large protest outside that shareholders meeting. Last week the government
approved
restarting two nuclear plants- local residents are seeking a court order to
halt the start up. A
Chinese bank has opened a branch in Taiwan- this will involve the direct
trading of Chinese
and Taiwanese currency, without using the US dollar, as is already happening
between China
and Japan.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -
http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at
http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify
me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please
mention the website if
you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection,
try the streaming
version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a
high-speed
internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection,
download the
smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3
player application
(RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
NEW TIME SLOT on KZYX! This program will be aired on Sunday afternoon at 4pm
(PDST)
on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < http://www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- < http://www.freakradio.org
>Freak Radio
Santa Cruz now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
NEWLY CORRECTED!!! The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
feed://radio.indymedia.org/en/podcast?keys=shortwave++
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am still wondering
how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program
weekly- any ideas
are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to
donate for
production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that
have
donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)
links for this week's edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_06_29_12_128.mp3 > (27 MB) HIGHEST QUALITY
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_06_29_12.mp3 > (16MB) Broadcast Quality
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_06_29_12_24.mp3 > (6MB) Slow Modem streaming
Website Page-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights
invented America."
--Jimmy Carter
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550/600, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:37:48 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 06/29/12 Listen Globally
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
The Shortwave Report 06/29/12 Listen Globally
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2012-06-28 19:11
Author:
Dan Roberts
Locality:
Other
Summary:
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a
shortwave
radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at
home. 3 files-
Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Ra
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (June 29) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY
(128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form
(6MB)
(28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up
there {35MB}
http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;)
This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National
Radio,
Radio Havana Cuba, the Voice of Russia, and NHK World Radio Japan.
>From GERMANY- Queen Elizabeth II shook hands with Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein
politician and former IRA commander. A court in Germany has ruled that
circumcising boys
on religious grounds is illegal. An in-depth report on the chances of the new
Greek
government being successful at remaining in the European Union.
>From SPAIN- European leaders were strongly divided as they went into this
>week's economic
summit. The finance ministers of the Eurozone agreed that Spanish banks qualify
for a
rescue bail out, but that the state must guarantee the loan. The president of
Paraguay was
ousted in a parliamentary coup and the Supreme Court denied his appeal.
>From CUBA- Cuban President Raul Castro rejected the coup in Paraguay and went
>on to
criticize the US involvement in numerous coups and attempts in Latin America.
>From RUSSIA- Former US President Jimmy Carter wrote an editorial in the New
>York Times
severely criticizing the Obama administration for drone assassinations of
people considered
enemies of the US, violating the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
>From JAPAN- The highest level of radiation to date has been detected at the
>Fukushima
nuclear power plants. Shareholders in TEPCO, the owners of the Fukushima nukes,
voted to
effectively nationalize the company because of debts from the accident last
March. There
was a large protest outside that shareholders meeting. Last week the government
approved
restarting two nuclear plants- local residents are seeking a court order to
halt the start up. A
Chinese bank has opened a branch in Taiwan- this will involve the direct
trading of Chinese
and Taiwanese currency, without using the US dollar, as is already happening
between China
and Japan.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -
http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at
http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify
me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please
mention the website if
you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection,
try the streaming
version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a
high-speed
internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection,
download the
smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3
player application
(RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
NEW TIME SLOT on KZYX! This program will be aired on Sunday afternoon at 4pm
(PDST)
on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < http://www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- < http://www.freakradio.org
>Freak Radio
Santa Cruz now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
NEWLY CORRECTED!!! The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
feed://radio.indymedia.org/en/podcast?keys=shortwave++
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am still wondering
how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program
weekly- any ideas
are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to
donate for
production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that
have
donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)
links for this week's edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_06_29_12_128.mp3 > (27 MB) HIGHEST QUALITY
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_06_29_12.mp3 > (16MB) Broadcast Quality
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_06_29_12_24.mp3 > (6MB) Slow Modem streaming
Website Page-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights
invented America."
--Jimmy Carter
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:37:48 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Killing CBC shortwave service was shortsighted 0
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Killing CBC shortwave service was shortsighted 0
By Warren Kinsella ,QMI Agency
First posted: Monday, July 02, 2012 08:00 PM EDT
www.torontosun.com/2012/06/28/killing-cbc-shortwave-service-was-shortsighted
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CBC Money Drain
The chipping away at Canada continues apace.
Radio Canada International?s shortwave service was, quite literally, Canada?s
voice to the
world for nearly 70 years - through wars, through triumphs and disasters,
through it all. It
has been part of our history. And, now, it?s gone.
The shortwave service started in 1942. Prime Minister Mackenzie King said it
would help to
keep our soldiers connected with what was going on back home. For our armed
forces
members in uniform - then and now - RCI became an easy way to stay in touch
with
Canada and Canadians.
Similarly, the service became a means by which we could subtly promote
democracy, and
the Canadian way of life, in far-flung corners of the world. In places like
China, Russia and
North Korea - where the Internet can be censored, but shortwave can?t be - RCI
was
heard by many. In post-Communist Eastern Europe, shortwave radio receivers are
still the
way in which many receive news from the outside world.
I know this from experience. When I was an election observer in Bosnia in 1996,
billeted with
a Serbian family, I was glued to my tiny shortwave radio at night. I?d listen
to the Stanley Cup
playoffs, and the news from back home, and I was always pretty grateful that
RCI existed.
Our allies - the U.S., Britain, Germany, France and Australia - have all
expanded their
national shortwave service.
In Canada, meanwhile, we?ve killed it.
The Harper regime, which has taken a chainsaw to the CBC in recent months, is
ultimately to
blame for this short-sighted decision. They will say that government needs to
tighten its belt,
and they?re mostly right about that.
But getting rid of RCI?s shortwave service is pennywise and pound foolish. In
all, keeping RCI
on-air would have cost about 35 cents a year, per Canadian. In comparative
terms, it?s as
much as it cost taxpayers to rent a couple of panda bears from China for zoos
in Toronto and
Calgary. Or, it?s a fifth of the cost of building gazebos in Tony Clement?s
riding and fake lakes
for the G8/G20 summit.
Meanwhile, KPMG did a study on RCI, and found it was the most efficient - that
is, cost-
effective - broadcaster of its type in the world.
Why should you care? Does it matter? It matters. Billion-dollar fighter jets
and super jails,
before a pittance for a radio station that promoted democracy and decency
around the world?
The idiots who came up with this outrageous decision should all be fired.
Perhaps you didn?t notice the death of RCI because you have access to lots of
media here in
Canada, or because you don?t ever need to tune in to shortwave radio. But to
people around
the world - to our men and women in uniform - the death of RCI won?t go
unnoticed.
In small but undeniable ways, the Conservatives are chipping away at the very
notion of what
Canada was, and what it is. Killing off RCI was thoughtless, it was
ideological, and it was
done without any appreciation of our history or our shared culture. In a very
real way, the
Harper Cons are denuding us of the things that make us uniquely Canadian.
To ourselves, and to the world.
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Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
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________________________
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........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:33:34 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Netherlands says farewell in style
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Radio Netherlands says farewell in style
http://swling.com/blog/2012/07/radio-netherlands-says-farewell-in-
style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=radio-netherlands-says-farewell-
in-style
Posted on July 2, 2012 by Thomas
Thursday night, by the light of an oil lamp, I tuned my trusty Sony portable
shortwave to 6,165
kHz. At 2:00 UTC, I was rewarded with a rich, full signal from Radio
Netherlands Worldwide?s
transmission site in Bonaire. Here in this off-grid cabin, on sixty rural
acres, I bask in the
freedom from electrical noise that might otherwise interfere with my shortwave
radio
listening-at least in this respect, this is the perfect DXpedition cabin.
The signal coming out of Bonaire, however, would have overcome any
interference: Radio
Netherlands, my dear friend of some 32 years, had opened a special frequency
for those of
us in eastern North America...in order to say their good-byes to the airwaves.
I can only describe the experience of listening as radio bliss...pure radio
bliss...marred only
by the bittersweet realization that these were RNW?s final days on the air. The
experience
harkened back to the day when the big broadcasters had booming signals directed
toward
us.
But, alas. All too brief.
The broadcast was simply entitled Farewell and Thank You. You can hear it just
as I heard
it-through my recording-here:
Then, all day Friday, for nearly 24 hours straight, RNW bid good-bye and
farewell to various
parts of the world via shortwave, satellite and the internet. I was lucky
enough to catch two
more broadcasts.
This time of day (19:00 UTC), however, I needed bigger ears than the Sony could
provide. I
was listening to broadcasts targeting west and east Africa, not North America.
Having already
charged my laptop battery, I plugged in the Bonito Radiojet (an SDR that I?m
currently
reviewing) and, just before 1900 UTC, directed her towards 17,605 kHz. Though
my Sony
found the signal barely audible, the RadioJet produced beautiful fidelity.
This RNW broadcast, entitled The First 50 Years, took listeners through the
highlights and
history of the Dutch radio service. Here?s the recording I made with the
RadioJet:
A final sign-off
RNW headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands (photo coutesty: RNW)
At 20:00 UTC, RNW broadcast their very final show-a repeat of Farewell and
Thank You
(above) appropriately targeting Africa once more. I tuned the dial to 11615 kHz
and listened
again to the full broadcast. This time, however, as the program drew to its
close, the
broadcast crew added a personal message.
Jonathan Groubert, the talented host of The State We?re In, broadcasted live
from
Hilversum?s Studio 4 for a deeply touching adieu. Tears were shed, and I?m not
ashamed to
confess that I, too, listened through a haze of them as these capable and
dedicated
journalists, whom I?ve grown to trust, signed off the RNW airwaves for the last
time.
But listen for yourself:
Jonathan Marks, RNW?s host of MediaNetwork, also featured in the farewell
broadcast,
recorded the final sign-off from within Studio 4. You can listen to this and
read the description
on his excellent website.
Dank je wel, Radio Nederland
RNW-my dear radio friends-I?m going to miss you. Your personalities-and the
collective
personality of RNW itself-your award-winning content, news, reporting, and your
integrity
stood out amongst all those Cold War broadcasters I listened to growing up-who,
as you so
well put it, were merely mouthpieces for their respective governments.
Radio Nederland, I loved your broadcasting because you were fearless: you
marched to the
beat of your own drummer, were not afraid to turn a critical eye even upon
yourself, and as a
result-in a world of sham journalism, of compromise and hypocrisy-you earned my
trust.
You had nothing to hide, and you had so many stories to tell.
RNW: I listened.
I wish you (and your intrepid creators) the very best in all that you do. I
trust your new
incarnation(s), whatever form they take, will do much good in this world which
so sorely
needs it, and sincerely believe that your integrity will live on.
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........
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greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:53:00 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Free 4th of July weekend DXer promotion
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Happy Canada day and pending 4th of July weekends
to all our readers on the HCDX list!
RCI's former celebrity writer/broadcaster Ian McFarland
and I send along our best wishes!
And during this weekend - at the link http://www.dxer.ca/cd-store
we will be offering a variety of FREE downloads from our
popular CD series of programs.
Come on by and score some of our more popular podcasts
for the price of a click of your mouse!
Normally priced between 99 cents and $2.50,
Ian and I have raised over $4000 for his
charity in scenic Duncan and the Cowichan Valley
on Vancouver Island.
73 to all!
Ian and Colin of DXer.ca
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:02:53 GMT
From: Patrick Martin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] New MW QSL (Kaliningrad)
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1215 ? Kaliningrad (European Russia), rec very nice full detail QSL
card in 5 months (150d) for CD report. V/S Unreadable, but tx site is
listed as Bolshokovo and prog was VoR in Russian. Address: Kaliningrad
Regional Centre, 184, Sovetsky prt, Kaliningrad 236023, Russia. I am
very pleased with this one. Last month Moldova 1413. Thanks to Bruce
Portzer on the info. MW QSL 3031. (PM-OR)
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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