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THE FOUR WINDS ON LINE - Copyright Part 3
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Year 5 Number 102 - Rome, 20 January 2000
ITALY- A friend of DX'ing has asked me to post this: Alfredo Cotroneo,
who runs Nexus-IRRS in Milan, Italy has started experimental evening
transmissions on weekends on 7120. These *should* be audible at least on
the East Coast and in the Central US and Canada. These transmissions are
especially interesting because they're in pure SSB (USB) with 10 kW of
power into an L-dipole, i.e. pretty much omni-directional. These
transmissions feature free radio programs from Europe, and the producers
are eager to see if they reach NAm. Nexus would like to get as many
reports as possible to get a picture of reception over there. Reports
can be emailed to: info@xxxxxxxxx >The Nexus homepage is:<
http://www.nexus.org >The sked URL is: <
http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW_B99.html > (via Larry
Nebron, John Norfolk / DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-04, January 13, by Glenn
Hauser) There we found the actual time for this: 7,120 kHz 0200-0300 Sat
& Sun zones 17-20, 27-30, 37-39, 10 kW SSB/USB non directional in
English, German (/ DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-04, January 13, by Glenn
Hauser)
KOREA NORTH- Pyongyang FS no longer has total blackouts. Instead they
switch off one or two or occasionally three pairs of txers every now and
then to reduce the load on the power grid. Two txers usually have a
strong buzz, and a third (standby?) txer also seems to have this problem
to a lesser degree. Except for 6070 all FS txers appear to be located at
the same site, making a total of 9 at this site plus the possible
standby one. 6070 (6100 at other times) appears to be one of the
ex-Swiss units, staying exactly on freq. (Olle Alm, Sweden, Dec 30,
BC-DX via DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
LITHUANIA- Hi Glenn - In listening to Radio Vilnius last night (Jan 4
0030 6120), they reported that Program 2 & 3 would be off the air
Saturday, January 15 through Saturday, February 15 and layoffs could be
expected. They also mentioned a number of tax increases this year
because of the poor shape of the economy. I never understood that idea,
there's bad financial conditions so the government takes more money out
of the marketplace that can be used to make purchases. Putin was deemed
to be able to create better Russian-Lithuanian relations. They
postulated that Yelstin's resignation may have been the result of his
refusal to use chemical weapons in their current military conflict.
(Dean Bonanno, Durham, CT, Jan 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11,
2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
MAURITANIA- R. Mauritania, 4845.0, Dec 23-24 2320-0225+, mostly constant
Arabic talk. 0207 Koran. Actually on frequency for a change. Precisely
4845.0 all night long with no drift. On late for Ramadan [now over];
last heard previously Oct 10 on 4816v. Also Dec 26 at 0630 on 4845 with
Koran; Dec 31 0200 on 4845 with Arabic music (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
MOZAMBIQUE - After listening to the RealAudio feed mentioned in my last
message, I notice that it is not live, but a 6-minute recording of the
station. Oh well. Also noted that Radio Mocambique is testing
high-quality stereo streaming audio via the Shoutcast system <
www.shoutcast.com > for details on the system), albeit with frequent
outages. More info if and when the stream stabilizes. (Al Quaglieri,
USA)
NEW ZEALAND- The Mailbox edition on the RNZI website is still Dec 20 as
of Jan 13 (Larry Nebron, CA / DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-04, January 13, by
Glenn Hauser / DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-04, January 13, by Glenn
Hauser) --- The next Mailbox will be recorded on Monday 1st February
(Adrian Sainsbury, Frequency Manager, RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL,
reply to Nebron, / DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-04, January 13, by Glenn
Hauser T )
PERU- 5857.4V, Radio Nueva Cajamarca, Nueva Cajamarca; 1133-1142 fair on
31/DEC/1999 . The station slightly drifted between 5857.3 and 5857.5
kHz. At 1133 a couple of advertisements including "Centro Comercial
Lee", "Inca Kola", and Bimbo" were heard. Canned identification was
announced as "Todas las orientaciones de la musica estan aqui Radio
Nueva Cajamarca. Las mejores interpretaciones y las mejores canciones se
encuentran siempre en Radio Nueva Cajamarca." 5858.7V, Radio Nueva
Cajamarca, Nueva Cajamarca; 1120-1134 poor on 02/JAN/2000, with rustic
folkLore (Takayuki Inoue Nozaki, Japan, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03,
January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
PORTUGAL- [non]. RDP has asked for an extra transmission starting
January 3 to Jakarta in Portuguese daily at 0400-0600 on 11550 via
Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY
GLENN HAUSER)
ROMANIA- Heard with program for mariners at 0815 on 15335 15380 17735
17745 17895 and 21480 on 2/2 [sic; 1/1?]. Their Home Sce relay on 17825
is causing very bad interference from spurs and splatter throughout the
17 MHz band, and beyond - audible at 18 MHz and below 17480 kHz (Noel R.
Green, UKOGBANI, Jan 2, BC-DX via DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11,
2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
SLOVAKIA- Hello - I was trying all three of your frequencies to the
western hemisphere (5930, 7300, and 9440 kHz) at 0100 utc on January 9
as the station with best reception varies by day. On 7300, generally the
frequency I receive best, was a broadcast from 0050 for well over an
hour in what sounded like a Middle East/Central Asian Language. The
unknown broadcast was of 55555 quality here, your broadcast could not be
discerned at all. This is the first time I have heard this broadcast on
7300, I tune in 3-4 times a week. I heard station ID's at 0100, 0130,
and 0200 and could not determine where the broadcast was originating.
I'll try to listen over the next week to determine if this will be
regular interference. Oh yes, besides the news, the in-depth feature on
RSI was a report on the death penalty.... (Dean Bonanno, CT, to RSI via
DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER) --- 7300
would be V. of Turkey in Turkish to NAm; thought they had been there for
a long time (Hauser, DXLD via DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11,
2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
SLOVAKIA- Hi Glenn - I never expected to be writing so soon again,
however there appears to be more amiss in Eastern European Shortwave
Radio. On Radio Slovakia (Jan 6, 0100, 5930) Jake Slegers interviewed
fellow English section broadcaster Pete Miller. Miller stated he was
leaving RSI because of problems with management. Slegers said listeners
could expect many changes in the near future and indeed he would also be
leaving shortly. I always felt RSI was the most folksy, friendly
station. Any change from that is not for the better. (Dean Bonanno,
Durham, CT, Jan 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN
HAUSER)
SOMALIA- 7012, R Gaalkacyo, S/on earlier at 1500 probably because of
Ramadan and at present the only Somali Station which is being heard.
Strong until 1650. then became very difficult due to heavy jamming from
7010 until went off at 1700. [Next day?:] 1504 continuous Somali Songs,
1520 religious talk followed immediately at 1535 by a family drama in
Somali and some English between teacher and a school boy; 1600 news?,
1625-1645 talk on Ramadan by man was talking very quickly and named many
Islamic countries - Eritrea, Sudan, Arabia and Iran twice and America
also mentioned; then music program until went off at 1700 (Mahendra
Vaghjee, Mauritius, Jan 3 and 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11,
2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
SUDAN- [non]. Perhaps the ``9052`` for V. of Sudan in the BBCM schedule
quoted in DXLD 00-03 is actually 9520 as BC-DX reminds us with sked in
NASWA LN, which has actually been heard on 9517.44 (/ DX LISTENING
DIGEST 00-04, January 13, by Glenn Hauser)
TAIWAN- [non]. RTI, new 9465 via WYFR, Jan 1 0005-0035+, tune-in to
English program on New Years celebrations in Taibei. IDs for WYFR and R.
Taibei Intl. Very strong; new frequency and time for English, or special
for NY? Not heard next night (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST
00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
TANZANIA- Reactivated Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam on 5985, fair to
good with QRM from China 1400 In Swahili by man on Islamic Religion,
1430 ID by woman followed by Af Mx and ID again, then talk by man in Af
lang. 7165 has not been heard. (Mahendra Vaghjee, Mauritius, Jan 3, DX
LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
U S A- KIPM, pirate normally on 6950/6955 and 13910/13915 says it has
produced 7 shows with more to come: 1) Traffic Report Obscura; 2) God,
Illuminator of Our Lives; 3) Primordial Time Journey; 4) Ramblings from
the Heart of Darkness; 5) Entropy; 6) Electromagnetic Madness; 7)
Arecibo Alpha 1. Stands for Illuminati Prima Materia; ``each show is one
hour in length and highly cerebral in content. Addresses: Allan Maxwell,
KIPM, P O Box 24, Lula, GA 30554 or < KIPM_outerlimits@xxxxxxxxxxx
>(Maxwell Jan 3, / DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-04, January 13, by Glenn
Hauser)
U S A- Just got back from a trip to Death Valley for New Year, and saw a
sign next to the Furnace Creek Ranch reading "Timbisha Shoshone Tribe /
91.1 Timbisha Free Radio / Thursday - Sunday 12 - 8 pm". The sign was
next to a dirt road leading to the Shoshone tribal reservation in Death
Valley (the reservation looks like a trailer park). The reservation is
about 100 feet below sea level. The station was not on the air when I
was in the area. I tried to hear it later on Saturday and Sunday, but
was further south in Death Valley and was unable to hear it; if it was
on the air, it is doubtful I could've heard it anyway from the valley
floor due to obstructions. The sign is a couple of miles away from the
Furnance Creek visitor's center so visitors to Death Valley should keep
an ear out for this one. (Harry Helms, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03,
January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
U S A- WLYH-TV, Lebanon PA, on 26100 Jan 1 0300-0330 local remote
pickup station with live coverage of Countdown 2000 NYE celebration at
Market Square in Harrisburg PA. IDs at UPN-15. Strong since only about
10 km from my location //local WLYH-TV channel 15 (Brian Alexander,
Mechanicsburg, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN
HAUSER)
U S A- NPR's Talk of the Nation is starting a monthly Film Club of the
Air, like the Book Club. Starts Thursday Jan 13 at 1906-1959 UT; see,
then discuss this month: Magnolia. Ergo: second Thursday of months?
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN
HAUSER)
U S A- News Now changes on VOA as of Feb 5 affect Communications World:
One segment of just under 22 minutes only at the following Saturday
times: 0136, 0336, 0536, 0736(not on SW), 0936, 1136. Also, English to
Africa is being reduced to these segments: M-F 0300-0630, 1600-1900,
1930-2230; Sat 0300-0700, 1600-2130; Sun 0300-0700, 1600-2200. And VOA
has a new zip code: 20237 (Kim Elliott, VOA Communications World Jan 8
via DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
UGANDA- Uganda Seems to be back tonight with good signals on 4976 kHz at
1700 UTC. Conditions to Africa in General are excellent this evening
with:- 3210 Radio Mozambique 3215 SARL South Africa 3240 TWR Swaziland
3255 BBC Meyerton 3320 R. Sonder Grense all booming in on 90 metres 73's
Graham Powell, England, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11,
2000 BY GLENN HAUSER) --- [These items re DXLD 00-02 that SW had
disappeared at yearend] Hi Glenn, Happy New Year to you and yours! Keep
up the good work, I enjoy reading your bulletins. While writing this
(Jan. 3, 1843 UTC), I hear English talk on 4976 kHz, so Radio Uganda
appears to be back on shortwave. I also hear a weak carrier on 5026
kHz., maybe it's them too. Best 73', (Mark Veldhuis, the Netherlands,
Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
UNIDENTIFIED- This morning at 0830 I tuned in a station on 8855, SINPO
35333, a religious broadcast since ``Jesus'' was mentioned many times,
but the language was unknown to me, sounded like Quechua or Aymara. A
few words I could understand were "ORMANANPA" "MANA PASTOR" "QUAI PAI".
Anyone on this list have any info? (Dinan Rogerio, Brasil, Jan 7,
radio-escutas, translated by Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January
11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)( Image from 9765, HCJB? --- GH )
VATICAN- This fortnight's Ask WWCR rebuts the item previously here about
the Vatican owing Rome for electric and other utility bills. Basically,
George McClintock says Rome owes the Vatican far more than Vatican owes
Rome (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY
GLENN HAUSER)
ZAMBIA- R. Zambia, 6265, Jan 1 0045-0415+ on late for NY, English talk,
local folk music, vernacular talk, local chants, fair (Brian Alexander,
PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-03, January 11, 2000 BY GLENN HAUSER)
DX PROGRAMS
Hello! We have two new transmissions for DXing with Cumbre, one from
WHRI and one from WHRA. Frequencies are in kHz; times are UTC. Programs
are approximately 30 minutes long. WHRI ANGEL I (Americas/Caribbean)
Sat 0600 7315 --- Sat 0830 7315 --- Sat 1330 15105 --- Sat 2330
9495 --- Sun 1500 15105 --- Sun 1600 15105 --- WHRI ANGEL II
(Eur/Mideast/Afr/Rus/N Am) Sat 0600 5745 --- Sat 0830 5745 --- Sat 1530
6040 --- Sat 1900 13760 --- Sun 0030 5745 (NEW) --- Sun 0400 5745 ---
Sun 0530 5745 --- Sun 1530 6040 --- KWHR ANGEL III (Asia) Sat 0300
17510 --- Sat 0600 17780 --- Sun 0600 17780 --- Sun 1830 9930 --- KWHR
ANGEL IV (South Pacific) Sat 1430 11565 --- Sun 1300 11565 --- WHRA
ANGEL V (Africa/Mideast) (may also be audible for many WHRI listeners)
Sat 0230 7580 --- Sat 0800 11565 --- Sat 0930 7435 --- Sat 2230
17650 --- Sun 0200 7580 --- Sun 0930 7435 --- Sun 1830 17650 (NEW) ---
Mon 0400 7580 --- The program may be heard on Real Audio whenever it is
on shortwave at the World Harvest website <http://www.whr.org>. Also, it
is audible on demand at the Cumbre DX website; the URL for it is
<http://www.cumbredx.org>. A number of programs you may have missed or
would like to hear again are archived at the Cumbre DX site, too. The
postal address for shortwave reception reports: World Harvest Radio,
P.O. Box 12 South Bend IN 46624, U.S.A. The postal address for the
DXing with Cumbre program: Marie Lamb, c/o WAER Radio, 215 University
Place Syracuse NY 13244-2110, U.S.A. The e-mail address for loggings
and information for DXing with Cumbre and the Cumbre DX newsletter
(audio clips for possible use on the show may also be e-mailed here):<
cumbreeditor@xxxxxxxxxxxx > E-mail or postal mail is fine for most
purposes to send information to the show, but if you must fax something
for the program, please use the WAER fax number at +1 315 443-2148, and
mark the fax to the attention of Marie Lamb. Thanks for listening and
contributing, as always! 73-- Marie Lamb, DXing with Cumbre
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