Re: [HCDX] RTP: there is 'every reason' to suspend shortwave
On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 13:58:04 +1200 "Paul" wrote: >Moral of story, when appealing to a broadcaster to remain on shortwave, use >snail mail, sending an email proves to the broadcaster the listener can hear >them via the internet. An individual or group of activists or hobbyists can never reverse a trend such as this. Overall, SW broadcasters are leaving the air because the bulk of listeners can be convinced to assume the bulk of the technical investment; the computer, the power, the broadband internet connection. In reality, the overall global cost is higher to broadcast to blocks of individuals via the internet when you factor in the above expenditures. That said, this is the trend now - the individual pays for everything. The upside for the rest of us is: With the bulk of the semi-Megawatt SW broadcasters eliminated, we can concentrate on actual DX; 300W flea power broadcasters from here, there and everywhere. Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and BobHarris.com Amateur Radio VA7WWV - Victoria B.C. Canada | Twitter.com/coffeecrew ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
[HCDX] Voice Of America's Role In Internet Age
Voice Of America's Role In Internet Age http://www.npr.org/2011/09/03/140163727/voice-of-americas-role-in-internet-age September 3, 2011 Listen to the Story Weekend Edition Saturday [4 min 43 sec] * Add to Playlist * Download text size A A A September 3, 2011 Host Scott Simon speaks with David Ensor, who took over directorship of Voice of America last month. A longtime journalist for NPR, CNN and ABC News, his most recent post was in Afghanistan, where he was director for communications and public diplomacy at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Copyright © 2011 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. SCOTT SIMON, host: The Voice of America has a weekly audience of 123 million people around the world. Its highly-regarded news and music programs are heard in 44 different languages, from Afan Oromo and Bosnian to Uzbek and Vietnamese. But in this day of the Internet and social media, and a time of shrinking budgets, what interest does the United States have in spending $200 million dollars on a government broadcast service when there are so many sources of information and entertainment available around the world? We're joined in our studios now by the new head of the Voice of America, David Ensor, who was a correspondent for ABC, CNN, even NPR. Most recently, he was director of communications and public diplomacy for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Mr. Director, thanks for being with us. DAVID ENSOR: Scott, thank you so much for having me here. SIMON: I wanted to read a quote to you that New York Times had earlier this summer. They said, quote, "Digital technology risk turning these services" - and they meant VOA, Radio Marti, Radio Sawa in the Middle East - "turning these services into relics of a bygone era when dissidents in closed societies huddled over their transistor radios for scraps of information from the West. Now, dissidents these days we know get a lot of news from Facebook and Twitter, so is the Voice of America still necessary? ENSOR: It's still very necessary and it's on Facebook and Twitter. And in fact, the dissidents you're speaking of in many of the countries that you just mentioned are tuning in to us through those media. There are lots of new platforms now. The ways that humans communicate with each other are diversifying and changing rapidly. Some people think if a golden era when Voice of America was on shortwave radio and there were the huddled masses listening and then looking for the secret police to knock on the door and hide the radio. That's not where we're at now. SIMON: Well then let me come at you from the other direction, because next month the VOA plans to end all radio and TV broadcasts in Mandarin and Cantonese. There's been some criticism of that. The Californian congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it looks like we're succumbing to the wants of the communist Chinese. Now, particularly in a society where Internet communication is so tightly suppressed, isn't there still a lot to be said for those shortwave services? ENSOR: We had to look at them on a case-by-case basis. Our data shows, for example, that shortwave is still a very good way to reach quite a bit of Africa. It's still probably one of the best ways to reach the North Korean population. It has become far less effective in China. My personal feeling is that China's one of the most important places for us to reach, and some of these new platforms that you're talking about - social media, satellite television - are where we need to be headed in China. SIMON: I was very moved when I was reading up for this interview to read the first words that the Voice of America ever broadcast. Are you familiar with those? ENSOR: I'm not. SIMON: February 1, 1942 - obviously, early days of World War II for this country - they played "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and said today and every day from now on, we will be with you from America to talk about the war. The news may be good or bad for us. We will always tell you the truth. ENSOR: We're still doing that. And we need to do more of it. And what I want to try to help my colleagues to do is get more people out doing more reporting from stories. We've done some very good stuff out of Libya recently. We're telling the story of the drought in the Horn of Africa, which frankly the commercial networks are not covering very well. It's a story that needs to be told. And, by the way, on September 6th, we'll start some special broadcasting. This is kind of surge broadcasting, if you will, where we're going to use the frequencies of one of our sister stations and start broadcasting information that's useful to the refugees. Tell them about where to find shelter, food, medical help and so forth, try to help the NGOs that are working with the starving people of the Horn of Africa to sort of organize things be
[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 4, 2011
** AUSTRALIA. 11387-USB, Sept 4 at 1333, YL with flight weather, ID as ``Australian VOLMET, out`` and off; didn`t hear much, unsure if robotic, also QRM from various ute noises. This reference http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm shows AXQ421, Brisbane, on the hour and half-hour, presumably 24 hours, u.o.s.; alternating in this order every 5 minutes with Calcutta [sic], Bangkok, Karachi, Singapore, Bombay, but the middle three are not 24h (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 4, before 1300: 16100, poor at 1251; none higher 15900, fair-good at 1254 15565, JBA at 1253 vs 15562 het 14700, fair at 1254 13920, fair at 1254 12270, poor at 1256 10300, poor at 1256 After 1300: 7445, poor at 1305, SAH with something. Unusual here; normally it`s CNR1 jamming vs Chinese from R. Taiwan International (and CNR8 Beijing in Mongolian also scheduled this hour on 7445) 15280, very poor at 1315 vs het 15283 15900, good with flutter at 1313 16100, JBA at 1315 1330-1400: 12270, fair at 1330 13920, poor at 1351 15900, good at 1354 with heavy flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5040, Sept 4 at 0509, RHC on late in Spanish, so 5025 R. Rebelde still has its companion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. 17460-17485, Sept 4 at 1355, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, QRMing Spanish SSB 2-way on 17474 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, Sept 4 at 1246, AFN is back, detectable with W&W discussion, but not // NPR delayed on KOSU 91.7 with a different W&W interview. Ron Howard says it has been absent more than present recently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 9905-9910-9915, Sept 4 at 1307 DRM noise. Nothing in HFCC except KTWR analog at 1100-1230 in Chinese, which we have often heard, with a continuous het, jamming? Assume this is also KTWR testing DRM, as in this item from their DRM blog pointed out by Alokesh Gupta: http://ktwrdrm.blogspot.com/2011/09/content-server-test.html which shows 9910 as their DRM frequency without any exact schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND [non]. Tnx to Harry Brooks in North East England for alerting DXLD yg members two days in advance to the annual SW specials from RTÉ, Sunday Sept 4, the GAA All-Ireland Hurling Finals, to reach isolated Irishpersons in Africa depending on SW: 1300-1700 UT on 17880 to E Africa, 17500 to W Africa and 7480 to S Africa. Sites not specified, but likely Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA, meaning that 17500 should carry on best to NAm. However, we had to warn that 17880 would collide with another special no one bothered to register with HFCC or clear directly with other broadcasters: DRM test from Guiana French to Brasil on 17875-17880-17885, Sept 1-15 at 1300-1600. Might not be a problem in E African target, but as expected here, Sept 4 at 1300 and later, DRM was way atop any traces of analog talk on 17880. DRM totally dominant at 1358. 17500 at 1300 had very poor signal with talk in sport-like urgency as if it were something important, and only got weaker, often interrupted by ``bronx-cheers`` utility such as at 1357, otherwise JBA. As also expected, the third frequency 7480 would not propagate here at all, checked anyway at 1304 in WWCR 7490 splatter. Ireland will have another such special Sunday Sept 18, the All-Ireland Football Final on the same frequencies at the same times. These might be of more interest if there were SW direct from Ireland, and also not just silly ballgames. RTÉ does have a daily news relay via South Africa at 1930-2030 on 5840, inaudible of course in North America; often reported to have ragged starts and ends typical of Meyerton, with other stations or programs around the edges (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. 15610, looking for IRRS via ROMANIA, Sept 4 at 1259 but nothing audible; 1304 I can make out Brother Scare, came on late? And also at a few chex later in hour, so no KQED et al. today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. During evening thunderstorm, external antennas disconnected, so a chance to do some MW monitoring on the DX-398 with internal antenna, which is my usual setup at sunrise: 770, UT Sept 4 at 0244, plug for ``Grupo Fórmula, en todo el país, y Estados Unidos``, dominating frequency. Cantú shows: 770 XEACH Radio Fórmula Primer Cadena Monterrey, N.L. 25,000 1,000 Sounds more like 25 kW than one to me 880, Sept 4 at 1159 UT, network ID only for 970, XERFR in the DF, Grupo Fórmula. As usual, their only outlet on 880 is per Cantú: 880 XEV Radio Fórmula Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 250 1040, Sept 4 at 1213 UT, slogan as ``Vega(?), la Número Uno,`` funny song ``Qué guapo soy, que bárbaro``; 1216 TC for 5:20 ``en La Once, la Número Uno``. Once again it`s this; not sure about the Vega reference: 1040 XEGYS La Primera + FM 90.1 Guaymas, Son. 5,000 250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 780, UT Sept 4
[HCDX] 9479.935 kHz log MV Baltic Radio, Sept 4th, 2011
GERMANY 9479.935 kHz log MV Baltic Radio, Sept 4th, 2011.
MV Baltic Radio is on the air this Sunday the 4th of September 2011.
MVBR Schedule:
0900 to 1000 UT on 6140 kHz, 100 kW, Wertachtal, Quadrant non-dir antenna
0900 to 1000 UT on 9480 kHz, 1 kW, tx Goehren Germany.
1200 to 1300 UT on 9585 kHz, 100 kW with a Test Transmission.
{Latter probably also 100 kW at M&B Wertachtal}
Log:
09.00 UT Sept 4th on 6140 kHz via Wertachtal 100 kW non-dir Quadrant
antenna, Powerhouse to Central Europe target.
Measured exact on 9479.935 kHz at 09.05 UT Sept 4th, TX Goehren, south of
Schwerin in M.V. province, Germany. Signal characteristic precedence towards
azimuth at {South}West-{North}East.
Weak on nearby Netherlands and Germany target, typical for 31 mb antenna on
close-up range.
But strong signal measured on remote SDR unit
at Paris France S=9+10dBm,
S=9 in England,
S=9 in Finland,
S=7 on Atlantic coast line in CT-USA,
S=7 in Ireland,
S=3 in Steiermark Austria,
not audible in Athens Greece.
9585 kHz MV Baltic Radio test transmission at 12-13 UT, Sept 4.
Observed good signal in most European places. Mentioned David Bowie album at
12.50 UT, "Hereos" 1977 album of West Berlin era. Talk also on "Radio Day in
Erkrath", phone number given at 12.54-12.55 UT, close-down at approx 12.56
UT.
S=8-9 in England,
S=5-6 in Moscow,
S=6 in Italy,
S=8 in Eastern Germany,
S=9+20dBm on Austrian-Hungarian border.
Address
M.V. Baltic Radio,
Seestrasse 17,
D-19089 Goehren, Germany
73 wb
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[HCDX] PERU: Radio Tropical, de Tarapoto, cumple 50 años en el aire
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[HCDX] September, 04 logs
3975, Pakistan, Azad Kashmir Radio, Islamabad. September, 04 0042-0050 Urdu/Kashmiri (listed) music probably local Folk, short Qu'aran, male and female talks, back Qu'aran. 35533, (lob-B). 4050, Kirgizstan, R.Rossii (presumed), Bishkek. September, 04 0051-0101 at tune in talks, then music, alternating music and talks. Able to differentiate talks than music only, no details. Primary signal level, 15521 (lob-B). 4111, Bolivia, R. Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza (very tentative). September, 04 0102-0112 noted a carrier, at brief moments sounded like talks but it's uncertain. At intervals, a pulse noise, (lob-B). 3945, Japan, R. Nikkei 2, Chiba-Nagara. September, 04 0851-0900 Pop ballads in Japanese by female singer selections. In a battle against Vanuatu, but Nikkei 2 prevailing; last heard in March, 32533 (lob-B). 73's Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec Embu SP Brasil SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
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Today's Topics:
1. Logs previous days (Zacharias Liangas )
2. The Shortwave Report 09/02/11 Listen Globally!
(Zacharias Liangas )
3. Repression separates Tibetan regions from the rest of China
(Zacharias Liangas )
4. RTP: there is 'every reason' to suspend shortwave
(Zacharias Liangas )
5. Sept 3 Logs (Brian Alexander)
6. Glenn Hauser logs September 2-3, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
7. August, 29, 30, Sept., 01 logs (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec)
8. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
9. Re: RTP: there is 'every reason' to suspend shortwave (Paul)
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Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:22:52 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas "
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Subject: [HCDX] Logs previous days
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Some MW and SW logs previous days
MW Logs on 31-8
1610 USA 0328 with talk sin Eng S1 "studio rainbow" .ON 1.9 on 0323 ' youre
watching the
... election '
1620 USA? 0331 with two sation
1650 USA?032x with two signals S2
1089 Talksport 0322 to 0331 with talk suppose with ehco S3
1566 0332 mixed IT signal (Challenger) with hilife music(TWR Benin? ) S1 Same
level on 1.9
but on 2.9 TWR on 0322 is heard peaking with S4 with bible reading content .
10 seconds
later the signal faded out
1.9
487080 v 0327 VOPK with a hymn or a kursish song S6
4965 CVC 0329 talks music S7 3
4976 R Uganda 0329 hilife song S5 32233
2.9
4828 VoZ 0325 with obly carrier S4
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
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Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:24:55 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas "
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Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 09/02/11 Listen Globally!
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The Shortwave Report 09/02/11 Listen Globally!
by Dan Roberts ( outfarpress [at] saber.net )
Thursday Sep 1st, 2011 5:14 PM
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. Free to
rebroadcast. China Radio International, the Voice Of Russia, NHK World Radio
Japan, Radio
Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (September 2) 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 {27MB}
http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;)
This week's show features stories from China Radio International, the Voice of
Russia, NHK
World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
>From CHINA- China has enacted a new income tax law which greatly reduces the
>number of
of citizens required to file. The Chinese government says that stabilizing
consumer prices
remains the top priority. China has an aircraft carrier, making
