[HCDX]: DX Listening Digest 00-60 May 3

["Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

	DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-60, May 3, 2000
		edited by Glenn Hauser

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** ALBANIA. R. Tirana English to NAm, UT Wed April 19 at 0145 was on
6120 instead of 6115. No show on //7160; much QRM from hams on 7160.3
LSB. At 0230 on 6120 again, no 7160. Persistent hams on 7160.5 LSB
(Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is Tirana actually on 6115.0 or
6120.0, or varying in between? (gh, DXLD)

** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 9540.05 at new English time of 2130-2200,
news, commentary, ID //7130.07 April 21 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** AZERBAIJAN. As far as unID on 9155 is concerned, V. of Azerbaijan
is on both 9165 and 9155 (1500-1700 s-off). Most likely AZE is testing
a new tx on 9155, modulation quality is fine. Noted today with
continious mx/songs, which sounded like Azerbaijani (Nick Pashkevich,
Russia, Apr 19, BC-DX via DXLD)

** BELGIUM [and non]. RVI in English at 2230 Sunday April 30 on 15565
had a weaker pre-echo throughout. Either this was a feed problem, or
more likely it was running BOTH from Belgium and from temporary
Antigua relay replacing Bonaire (or was it Bonaire, revived by
then?). In any event the two sites ought to keep in touch to avoid
self-interference! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BHUTAN. After many years of silence, the "Kingdom of Bhutan" is
finally on air thanks to the help of Jim Smith, VK9NS, now signing
A52JS. Not only is Jim active, but a local resident of Bhutan is
active also. Tuji Yonten, A51TY, has waited a long time to be active
again. Hopefully, this is the start for more activity from this rare
and wanted entity. For those who missed the two press releases by
Jim/VK9NS ...in short, Tuji Yonten, A51TY, made his first CW and SSB
QSOs on 20 meters. The CW QSO was with Pavel, RW0JR, on 20 meters.
The SSB QSO was made later with Kirsti, VK9NL, on 20 meters. The
logged time for START was 1201z, April 27th, 2000. Incidentally, Jim
also made his first CW QSO with Pavel, RW0JR, at 1216z on 20 meters
and later at 1252z his first SSB QSO with Vidi, VU2DVP, on 20 meters.
Over the past weekend, Jim has been heard mainly on 15/20 meters CW.
There has been some reports on SSB and 17 meters activity. Jim was
heard saying that he would be in Bhutan for the next 4 weeks. QSL
A52JS in the normal manner direct to HIDXA, PO Box 90, Norfolk
Island, NI 2899, Australia. For BUREAU QSLING, Jim states, "All
stations wishing to use the QSL bureau system are requested NOT to
DUMP A52JS QSL cards into the bureau - they will get nowhere right
now. PLEASE wait for an announcement to be made in a few weeks time
once I get back to the UK and make some sort of arrangement for the
handling of Bureau QSLs."

ADDED REMINDER: The larger A5 operation is scheduled for this week
between May 3-12th. The last of the 15 operators are scheduled to
arrive on May 2nd. The DXpeditions Web page has been moved to:
http://www.qsl.net/bhutan2000

You will find the operators profile, sponsors, log uploads,
propagation links and updated details, press releases and pictures.
QSL via W0GJ. (KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 May 1 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. New news sounders for RCI. I think they started these on
Tuesday morning Montreal time. (Ricky Leong, Quebec, May 2, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

About time! The old ones were driving me nuts. BTW, a US-owned ad
agency in Toronto has been contracted to develop a totally new image
for CBC (English Television) per a May 2 Globe & Mail story via Mike
Cooper. This could mean the end of the exploding pizza. Also, CBC
`Radio` 3 will go ahead as a webcast only (gh)

** CANADA. Radio Canada International moving to new HQ : Text of
press release from Radio Canada International on 28th April

Montreal, 25th April: On 1st May, Radio Canada International,
Canada's voice to the world, will move to new premises in the Radio
Canada building in Montreal. At the heart of these new facilities is
the newsroom; each job station is equipped with DALET. Three digital
studios and seven booths will be used to broadcast the 200 hours of
weekly production in eight languages. New address: Radio Canada
International 1400 Rene Levesque Blvd. East Level B Montreal, Quebec
H2L 2M2 The phone (514-597-7500) and fax (514-597-7076) numbers as
well as the internet address (http://www.rcinet.ca), the e-mail
(rci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) and the postal box (PO Box 6000, H3C
3A8) will remain the same. Source: Radio Canada International,
Montreal, in English 28 Apr 00 (via BBC Monitoring via DXLD)

** CANADA. R. Japan via Sackville, April 22 at 0020-0035+ on spur
6205 in English news, local pops, ID, Asia In Focus; weak // new
strong 6145 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That would be
a mix with 6175 BBC relay. RCI already produces mixing product on
6205 from two other frequencies, 6015 and 6110 in the 0500 hour! (gh,
DXLD)

** CANADA/VIETNAM. I'm sending you an article about the execution by
firing squad of a Canadian in Vietnam. Perhaps RCI should reconsider
its relay of VoV. (Ivan Grishin, Ont., Apr 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA/VIETNAM. The Toronto Star - News

Toronto woman executed despite pleas to Vietnam, Death by firing squad

By  Dale Anne Freed   Toronto Star  Staff Reporter

 Canadian officials are outraged over the secret execution of a
 Toronto woman jailed in Vietnam despite frantic international
 efforts to save her life.

 Nguyen Thi Hiep, 42, who was convicted in a Hanoi court in March,
 1997, of smuggling 5.4 kilograms of heroin, was shot by a firing
 squad at dawn Monday.

 The death of Nguyen, the only Canadian known to have been executed
 anywhere in the world on a drug-related charge, could chill
 relations between Canada and Vietnam, Canadian officials said
 yesterday.

 Up to the day of her execution, Toronto police had been
 investigating whether Nguyen, who was born in Vietnam and became a
 Canadian citizen in 1982, was being used as an unsuspecting mule by
 an organized drug ring.

 Canadian authorities want to know why the Vietnamese government
 didn't wait to examine a 50-page document prepared by Detective Carl
 Noll and Detective Constable John Green of the Toronto police heroin
 unit. They had investigated the international drug ring that
 involved Nguyen, Doiron said.

 In the three years until her execution, Nguyen had been shackled in
 a squalid rat-infested jail cell while international appeals from
 Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Axworthy, U.S. President Bill
 Clinton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, former boxing great Rubin (Hurricane)
 Carter, Amnesty International, the Association in Defence of the
 Wrongly Convicted and the woman's family appealed for clemency - but
 all were ignored. (excerpts from the Toronto Star, via Ivan Grishin,
 April 27, DXLD)

** CANADA/VIETNAM. With the Canadian government taking the first
steps toward full-blown diplomatic and economic sanctions against
Vietnam for the execution of Canadian Nguyen Thi Hiep on drug
smuggling charges, look for the possible end of the Voice of Vietnam
relays via Radio Canada International... But yet again, does the
Canadian government even know that RCI exists? Just a thought! 73
(Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, hard-core-dx April 28 via
DXLD)

** CANADA/VIETNAM. Glenn, 9695 0100-0200 May 2 had the VOV relay
missing, played rock & country music instead. Has this anything to do
with the execution? (Ivan Grishin, Ont.) And again at various checks
0135, 0223, 0247 May 3 was rock music fill instead, but 9695 still
paused for beam change at 0159-0200, off at 0257* and more of the
same on 9795 after 0300. I`d think the transmitter would just be
turned off if Canada decided to cancel it (gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[Earlier:] Glenn, We heard some operatic selections from La Traviata
before the 0230 VoV English broadcast April 26 on 9695. A welcome
change from the rock music they normally play between broadcasts.
Much as I enjoy Verdi, wouldn't it be nice if they had some
Vietnamese music as filler? (Ivan Grishin, Ont., DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHIAPAS [non]. Dear Mr. Hauser, In the April 2000 MT you wrote:
``Now known as Michael Leo Lively, Adams has a twisted sense of humor
immediately evident on the webpage. Makes one wonder how seriously
the Chiapas show should be taken (gh)``

While my sense of humor surely takes many forms, among them
``twisted``, the editorialization, ``Makes one wonder how seriously
the Chiapas show should be taken (gh)`` is somewhat off base. I do
however, appreciate the fact that you initialed the editorialization.

I have yet to find a person fluent in Spanish who was not stunned by
the program. It is DEADLY serious in its content, the Spanish talent
is world class, and the production is state of the art. (Although
some of the fades bothered me, I'm known in the industry as a picky
SOB;). The ``Chiapas the World Speaks`` Programming was not designed
for the context of my personal webpage. It was only posted there
after I had left the Zapatista movement (in disgust) so that friends
in the movement could download it.

The ``Chiapas the World Speaks`` suite of 10 programs was meant to be
broadcast into Mexico by RFPI and clandestine/semi-clandestine
stations I was ?backing? or had planned to back in Central America
and Southern Mexico and the only source to be mentioned in
association with ``Chiapas the World Speaks`` was NPC Information
Associates. The program was one of many truth based propaganda pieces
designed [to] awaken the people of Mexico and the world to the human
rights abuses perpetrated in Chiapas by the Mexican Government and
mostly ignored or heavily `spun` in the Government and Corporate
Mexican Media.

There were actually three `suites` of programs ranging from
responsible to radical that would have all appeared to come from
totally different sources. We planned to use these different
``Masks``, (Sun Tzu would have called them ``Shapes``) with
programming ranging from over the top raving sarcasm (One program has
a Mexican pop station style commercial for a PRI travel agency that
enthusiastically promotes a ``Death Squad Indian Hunting Tour
Package`` Taxidermy included!), all the way to programming based on
reasoned argument, guilt stimulation, etc, etc.

None of the three formats would appear connected in the public eye or
Mexican Government eye for tactical propaganda reasons. The series
and two other suites of 10 or so programs already in the can, but
unedited into programs, along with several communications projects
were all cancelled due to lack of cooperation and/or down right
hostility from the (in my opinion) turf protecting, often anti-
gringo, bureaucracies that have attached themselves to the
Zapatistas, particularly in the U.S.

Also canceled was the distribution of 144 Baygen (Low Band) Windups
which I sold back to the distributor at the loss of a 15% restocking
fee. I?m obviously more persistent that smart because I wasted a year
and a half and a wheel-barrow full of money before I blew the
Zapatista?s Cool-Aid Stand. These organizations and individuals are
supposed to be the Zapatista?s representatives and liaison outside of
Mexico but seem to mostly serve as a defacto palace guard? (for their
own palaces;)

I really didn?t want to be a known entity in the project at all for
security and propaganda flexibility reasons but during the pre-
broadcast publicity phase Christopher Jones at Wired Online felt that
people were interested in reading about the people involved in such a
project and I relented. His article was called, ``Chiapas' Well-
Connected Rebels`` and may be found at:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,17633,00.html This was
where the sharp eyed and elephant memoried Hans Johnson got his info.

Since this clandestine (and it is a clandestine as I understand the
term) has popped up, I?m probably going to do an article to submit to
MT on all the NPCIA Zapatista radio projects to avoid more
misinformation. I?m sure you can see from the above that while ill
fated, these were some serious efforts.

[Later May 2:] BTW, The Zapatista communities are in a very precarious
situation right now with a massive build up of military force
tightening the noose before the Chiapas State Elections. (Michael Leo
Lively, aka Commandante Null MAF Rtd, April 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CONGO. CLANDESTINE to/from CONGO: Radio Liberte. Nick Grace kindly
translated a French message I got from this station. It seems that
they are on more than just 1800-2300 on 15725 kHz as previously
reported. (Johnson)

Here is Nick's translation- "Radio Télé-Liberté (RTL) has been on
since the beginning of the year on shortwave- 9.800 MHz mornings,
12.925 MHz afternoons, and evenings on 15.725 MHz. We have press
reviews at at 8h, 12h30, and 20h as well as three daily news
bulletins at 10h, 14h, and 16h. RTL has a staff of 25 and many
outside contributors. Radio Liberté is located in Gbadolite and also
operates from Kisangani on FM." (Nick Grace, Cumbre DX Apr 30 via
DXLD)  Are we sure times are UT??

** COSTA RICA. On its Mailbag first airing 0400 UT Sat April 29, RFPI
announced that frequency usage had been expanded slightly for 15049
until 0400, and 6970 from 0200. So WOR and COM airings during these
two hours are back on more frequencies and our schedules are revised.
However, on UT Tue May 2 we noticed 15049 still on at 0430 (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. Elian Watch:

  Federally funded Radio Martí, which is supposed to provide
objective reporting to Cuba, inexplicably waited four hours to
broadcast the news that Elián González had been seized. "It was an
editorial judgment made by Radio Martí," says Joe O'Connell,
spokesman for the U.S. government's International Broadcasting
Bureau. ``It's something we're looking into.``
  But O'Connell says his agency has no problem with Radio Martí's
director, Roberto Rodríguez Tejera, criticizing the raid on
Spanish-language radio. ``He was speaking for himself,`` says
O'Connell.
  ``It's a gray area. People don't lose their First Amendment rights
when they come here.`` (c) 2000 The Washington Post Company
(Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 1 via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** EARTH (CANADA). Dear People: David was able to make contact today
with the Pole-to-Pole expedition, but the signal was only good enough
to determine that ``everything is OK.`` The expedition Kenwood is
only running 10 watts on the solar-charged ni-cad batteries. A snow
mobile has been flown in, so when and if they can use the snow mobile
battery, they will be able to transmit with much more power.

The new time for making contact will be 1230 UT. You may not be able
to hear the expedition, but you should be able to hear David, VE7GYA.
If you don't hear him on 14150, QSY to the following backup
frequencies, given here in order: 1) 14290 2) 28600 3) 21340 {David:
please correct me if any of this is wrong.}

Again, hams are asked to remain silent and monitor _only_ until such
time as David asks for contacts. All the best (--Franklin Seiberling,
Iowa City, April 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

David Balcaen has been able to make contact from time to time, and
continues to attempt contact on a regular schedule. David encourage
others to listen in, and other hams could be helpful if they are able
to hear the Pole-to-Pole people when David cannot. However, I can't
guarantee my information, since it is second hand. An attempt will be
made tonight, 0230 Saturday UT, on 14150, and then again in the
morning at 1230 UT. I have been able to hear David faintly. This
morning I could hear him talking to the expedition -- he assuming
that they could hear him, though he could not hear them. Again, until
the expedition begins to use the snow mobile battery, they can only
transmit at 10 watts -- enough power to get through when the
conditions are right. All the best, (--Franklin Seiberling, Iowa
City, April 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FINLAND. Glenn, You may have heard about a planned Finnish legal
commercial SW station, due to start on July 1. For further
information, have a look at Scandinavian Weekend Radio at
http://www.swradio.net Let's see if they really can make it! 73 (Arto
Mujunen, Finland, April 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Site says:

``SWR is Finland`s first private owned shortwave radio station. Our
first transmission is planned to start at 30th of June, 2000, 22:00
UTC.

SWR is on the air at every month`s first Saturday 24 hours (local
time), starting at Friday 22.00 UTC and ending Saturday 21:59 UTC.

SWR broadcasts in 25 meter band shortwaves. Our frequencies are 11690
and 11720 kHz. Frequency used depends on interfering stations.

Studios and transmitters locate in Virrat, western Finland.

Our reception area is confirmed after test transmissions held in
June, 2000. If you want to be informed about our transmissions and
other happenings, please join our E-mail list with our feedback
form.``

Sixteen different programmes have already been lined up in a listing
on another page of the above site, including History of Finnish
Radio, but mostly hard music (gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE [non]. We have been checking VOG`s new 15455 in the
mornings just about every day. Here in the boresight of 75 degrees
from Delano, it`s the strongest signal on 19m and maybe on the entire
shortwave range, except for the first half-hour or so from *1200.

This beam from Delano must have been designed with domestic coverage
in mind, denied to IBB, but I suppose it is kosher as long as used
only to relay foreign stations? Immediately became a preset on our
car SW radio for the great music. Altho scheduled until 1800 it has
actually been cutting off at 1700*. On April 25, 26 this happened
extremely abruptly in the middle of some music.

By Friday April 28 a closing announcement in Greek had been prepared,
altho programming in progress was still being interrupted; in this
case, an Orthodox Good Friday service with more great music. (BTW,
the inability of two major Christian factions even to agree on the
dates of festivals ? and moving them around several weeks from year
to year -- further damages what little credibility they have.)

I have yet to monitor the entire 5 hour broadcast to see if there is
any token English newscast, but on Saturday April 29 I was very
pleased to come across ``Hellenes Around the World,`` the weekly
hourlong magazine in English with news, interviews and music, at
1603-1700*. This had been on Sats at 1900, but lost in the DST and
frequency shuffle until now. VOG is of absolutely no help in
publicizing its own English segments, so we have to do it for them ?
or rather, for you.

We just rechecked the website http://ert.ntua.gr May 2 and found the
SW schedule is out of date and gives no details of languages; tho you
can get audio including foreign languages at certain times via
webcast (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. Hello Glen and all! I thoroughly enjoy your website. I
have been monitoring the Voice of Greece on and off for the last few
weeks. This is what I have found: V of Greece English news may be
found on 12110.0 kHz at 0200-0212v, M-F. On weekends, I have heard
over the last 2 weekends the English news on Saturdays on 9775.0 kHz
at 0745-0800v. I hopes this helps those who have been chasing this
elusive broadcaster! Good DX all! (Darren Hennig, Edmonton, AB, May
2, via DXing.com, DXLD)

** IRAN. VOIRI English a 0030 announces 9022 for the Americas and //
6135 which is blocked by VOA 6130 splash, and 6065 which is a no-
show. I have found them on unannounced 9835, probably replacing 6
MHz, but I don`t know which one (Bob Thomas, CT, April 24, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. USA/Iran: Observations on US-based Radio Voice of Iran

An Iranian opposition radio broadcast is currently being observed on
12065 kHz from 1630-1830 gmt daily. It identifies itself as Radio
Voice of Iran (Persian: Radio Sedaye Iran) and is reportedly hiring
airtime on a shortwave transmitter in Moldova. (Another Persian-
language station, Radio International, is also believed to be
operating from a hired shortwave transmitter in Moldova at 1730-1800
gmt, daily except Mondays and Wednesdays, on 15565 kHz.)

When checked on 19th April, Radio Voice of Iran signed on with an old
monarchist tune and announced that it was broadcasting from Los
Angeles, USA on 12065 kHz shortwave "for all Iranians listeners
throughout the world, and those living within Iran's borders".
Programming was generally pro-Western and hostile to hardliners in
Iran.

BBC Monitoring has located a website for Radio Sedaye Iran at
http://www.krsi.com. The website, based in Los Angeles, includes
recent news bulletins from the radio broadcast and archives of
various other programming available on demand. The following e-mail
contact address is given on the web site: krsi@xxxxxxxxxxxx Source:
Monitoring research 19-26 Apr 00 ((C) BBC Monitoring April 27 via
DXLD)

We listened to this for a while, and indeed heard Radio Sedaye Iran
IDs, as well as apparent local commercials, and referring to website
with English terminology (gh, DXLD)

** ITALY. Rai, English at 0050 announces 9675, but no show for a
while; OK on 6010 and 11800 (Bob Thomas, CT, April 18, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** ITALY. RAI 846 kHz is back on air but with a poor signal,
indicating a modest power but not 1200 kW. (Kai Ludwig, Germany,
April 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY. The closedown of Rai`s Santa Palomba transmitter site, 846
kHz, has been suspended for three days only, April 27, 28 and 29, in
order to measure the actual levels of electromagnetic radiation.
(Luca, IK0QDB) Meanwhile, Rai`s Radiotre in Torino on 1368 kHz has
also been closed down (Andrea Borgnino) (gh`s summary translation of
much longer report in Radio Incontro, for DXLD)

** ITALY. Vatican Radio investigated over transmitter radiation
levels; Text of report by Italian newspaper 'Il Mesaggero' on 19th
April

The row over the affair of the aerials of Vatican Radio in Cesano,
accused of exceeding the legal limits of electromagnetic pollution,
is becoming red-hot. First came the decision by the prosecuting
magistrate at the Rome tribunal, Gianfranco Amendola, to place three
members of the Holy See's broadcaster under investigation.

Then Vatican Radio's lawyers, Marcello Melandri and Eugenio Pacelli
(a nephew of Pope Pius XII), drew attention to the fact that the area
had been declared extra-territorial as long ago as 1951, thanks to an
accord between the Italian State and the Holy See. A reply to the two
lawyers came from Vanni Bulgarelli, a member of the board member of
the National Environmental Agency (ANPA), who claimed that the
principle of extra-territoriality was insufficient when the health of
members of the public was at stake. Furthermore, the three people
under investigation have rejected the summons from Amendola, citing
Article 11 of the Lateran pacts which does not allow interference by
Italy in the workings of the Catholic Church, as in the case of
Vatican Radio.

"The Italian State must intervene, using the existing accords, before
the situation can degenerate," said Bulgarelli, who called on the
Environment Minister "to take steps with the Foreign Ministry and the
Prime Minister's office," with a view to finding a way out of the
crisis. Bulgarelli went on to say: "I believe that it is in the
interests of the Vatican to fall in line with the Italian
regulations, in the context of good relations with our government.
There is room for a diplomatic solution in Cesano. It has come to my
attention that the radio chiefs are amenable to dialogue, before the
suspension of broadcasts, as happened in Pomezia."

Pomezia is where RAI [state broadcaster] aerials at Santa Palomba [on
846 and 1332 kHz] have been seized by magistrates, where two RAI
employees are under investigation by Amendola, and the radio signal
has been blacked out by the mayor of the city, Maurizio Aureli. With
a warrant Friday [14th April] Aureli forced RAI to stop broadcasts.
RAI has already filed two separate appeals against the seizure and
the warrant. Source: 'Il Mesaggero', Rome, in Italian 19 Apr 00 (via
BBC Monitoring May 2, via DXLD)

** KURDISTAN. V. of the People of Kurdistan on 6995, new? April 21 at
0215-0240+. Tune-in to local martial music, talk in language, Koran.
Local Mid-East music. Slightly wobbly carrier, fair to good; weaker
on // 4061.5 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA / THAILAND / OMAN.  TCI International Inc. (Nasdaq: TCII)
announced today that its Broadcast and Communications Division has
signed two contracts worth $5.4 million to supply high power
broadcasting systems.

The first contract is for the supply of broadband antennas and
transmission lines to Radio Television Malaysia for its overseas
broadcasting service.

The second contract, awarded by UK-based Merlin Communications
International Ltd., is for the supply and installation of several
high power antennas and transmission lines for stations in Oman and
Thailand. The antennas will be used to broadcast the World Service of
the British Broadcasting Corporation.

((c) 2000, Business Wire, all rights reserved; April 20 via Mike
Cooper, DXLD)

** MONGOLIA. Glenn, Sorry to be so long with this. Mongolia is
definitely on 12085 as follows (times UT): 0930 [Mongolian or
Russian; hard to tell thru the polar flutter], 1000 Chinese, 1030
English, 1100 Mongolian, 1130 Chinese, 1200 Japanese. The other EG
xmsns are announced as 1500 and 2000 here and // 12015. 73, (John
Cobb, Roswell, GA, April 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Meanwhile, the
erroneous EDXP info keeps getting quoted, e.g. by Gabriel Iván
Barrera on the latest RN Radio-Enlace. Previous items here had
already corrected it, if anyone were paying attention (gh)

** NETHERLANDS. Those of you who have been in the shortwave listening
hobby a while will no doubt remember with affection Harry van Gelder,
former host of DX Jukebox. Well, Harry's son works at Radio
Netherlands, and today he mentioned to me that Harry is now 91, and
his mind is still as sharp as a razor. Harry has suffered eyesight
problems for many years and now only has 5% vision, but still takes
an active interest in developments at Radio Netherlands. I thought
some of you would be interested to know that Harry is still around,
26 years after he retired. I guess broadcasting isn't the unhealthy
occupation I thought it was :-) (Andy Sennitt, swprograms, April 26,
via DXLD)

** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. The airtime we currently have via other
stations will have to be paid for, or returned in kind at some point
in the future. Further, Bonaire these days is much more than a relay
station. It's also a regional radio and TV technical consultancy for
the Caribbean area, and as such is on the road to becoming self-
supporting thanks to the income generated. We are one of the largest
employers on the island (around 50 people). I understand that when
all the repairs have been completed, we will end up with much more
generating capacity than we had before. So, if anything, Bonaire may
actually expand, especially if digital shortwave takes off. (Andy
Sennitt, RN, swprograms via DXLD)

** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. RN was back on 6165 only a week after the
generator fire, UT Mon May 1 at 0325 ending Spanish stronger than
//9845 presumably still Flevo, 0327 starting Dutch (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Following the accident, our staff in Bonaire
worked around the clock to get the station back on the air. Two new
generators have been installed for the energy supply of the
transmitters and one small generator for the general electricity of
the station. A new building has been constructed to house the new
generators. As of 2130 UTC on 29 April, Bonaire resumed operating
with a single 250kW transmitter. It will follow the schedule of
transmissions shown in Red in the schedule below. (Rocus de Joode,
Manager Operations, Radio Netherlands, 1 May 2000, RN website via
DXLD)

** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES [non]. WSHB will begin airing programs for
Radio Netherlands on April 27 at 1100 UTC. The 1100 broadcast will be
on 15,455 kHz. at 1130, we will switch to 9715 kHz. We will continue
this until repairs are complete at the station. The word is that
there was a generator fire at the station. Only the generator shed is
damaged, not the full station. Ed Evans, WSHB, rec.radio.shortwave
April 26 via John Norfolk) That is, Spanish (gh)

[non] While WSHB is filling in for RNW, religious programming
produced by the Christian Science Publishing Society on 6095 kHz for
E. North America and the Caribbean will be dropped from 1100 to 1230
UTC. 73, {Jim Moats, OH, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST}  Too late:

** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Hi Glenn, Our Bonaire Station Manager Leo
Kool has informed us that they have been successful in running two
transmitters in parallel at Bonaire on full power, using the hired
generators they installed last week. Therefore Bonaire is returning
to full service as of 1730 UTC this evening (2 May). The schedule
remains as it was before the fire, including relays of DW and RVI.
73, (Andy Sennitt, RN, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Thanks to a fantastic effort over the past
10 days by station manager Leo Kool and his entire staff, I'm
delighted to report that Radio Netherlands is resuming a full
schedule from Bonaire, at full power, as of 1730 UTC  this evening.
The temporary generators have proven to be capable of  powering two
250kW transmitters, so there's no  need to use substitute sites. DW
and RVI English broadcasts will also be using Bonaire again as from
tonight.

I've added some new photos on our Website of the generators being
installed and tested. You can find the link, plus one to our current
schedule, at http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/bonaire000424.html

(Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, May 2, swprograms via DXLD) Great!
But what about the third transmitter, and the digital tests? (gh)

** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Hi Glenn, hope you had a good vacation...
According to Radio Netherlands website Bonaire resumed full operation
5/2 at 1730 UTC. Checked English to Africa at 1830 and both 17605 and
21590 coming in at their usual strengths. They sure got back on
quickly after initial indications that Bonaire might be off for
several months.  Hats off to RN's website for keeping us well
informed as to what was going on; the technical schedule was
continuously updated with complete info on alternate frequencies and
transmitter sites. (Steve Luce, Houston, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW MEXICO. Albuquerque is fortunate to have two public radio
stations; KUNM 89.9 has such devotion to local music shows, that
there is not enough time to carry many of the PRI and NPR shows heard
nationally. Some of these are picked up by KANW 89.1, tho it devotes
a lot of time to New Mexico Music (in Spanish), supposedly lacking on
the commercial stations. Each has a separate network of translators
in outlying towns, but KANW`s need some attention. Visiting Grants
NM, I found 91.1 had a strong local signal, but very noisy audio due
to multipath or other problems in the off-air input, not any better
than one could hear direct on 89.1; Grants is behind a mountain.
Another KANW translator, 91.9 in Santa Rosa, had co-channel
interference relayed, probably 89.1 from Lubbock which can be strong
with a bit of tropo, or the weaker Amarillan. KANW also screws up
operationally: during Schickele Mix, Sunday April 30 at 1835 UT, a
suite of music was rudely interrupted, twice, once for a taped ID,
and then for an underwriter plug, instead of at the natural break at
1840.

Santa Rosa`s long-listed but never-heard 95.9 outlet, now KRSR
instead of KSSR per FM Atlas XVIII, may be close to happening; when I
was there the afternoon of April 30, a weak carrier, probably just the
exciter, could be heard.

KTDB, 89.7, Pine Hill NM, on the Ramah Navajo Reservation is quite an
interesting station, mixing NPR shows with talk in the local
language. Sunday April 30 at 1200 NPR news was followed at 1206 UT by
an apparent consecutive translation of that news, judging from some
of the same English names and words included. In remote west-central
NM, KTDB is the only decent signal in much of its sparsely-populated
coverage area, and also reaches a stretch of I-40 around Grants. More
than once I heard them play two minutes of music across the top of
the hour between NPR shows, with no thought of doing a legal ID, e.g.
April 29 at 2159-2201 UT. BTW, the main Navajo Nation does not
recognize the Ramah Navajos as ``real`` Navajos for historical
reasons.

The Grants cable TV system ought to fill the FM band with Albuquerque
and other nearby signals difficult to pick up direct, but instead I
found this oddity: on 91.7, Spanish soundtrack for the Cartoon
Network, matching video on Cable 33. Altho a number of more
significant cable nets offer Spanish sound, no others were to be
found.

In Socorro, I picked up a copy of Paydirt, the student newspaper at
New Mexico Tech, which had a full page on the Top Five at the student
station `KTEK`, but no mention of frequency, and I could not find it
on AM or FM. Carrier current? Cable? Internet only? BTW, the real
KTEK is on 1110 in Alvin TX, per M-Street Directory. Then I found out
on the NMT website:

KTEK is New Mexico Tech's campus radio station. KTEK is funded and
operated entirely by the Student Association; both of which are
located in the Student Activity Center (SAC). It is currently only
being broadcast via closed circuit cable on campus at 88.7 MHz. KTEK
operates under an open format, meaning DJ`s can and do program their
own shows. http://www.nmt.edu/~ktek/

Tho road signs still draw attention to ``Hear New Mexico`` TIS
stations on 530 in various places, I could not hear a single one of
them on this trip. Just as well, as Ricardo Montalban`s accented
historical spiels were timeworn years ago, but a shame these
potentially valuable promotional tools have been allowed to decay
(Glenn Hauser, NM, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PITCAIRN ISLAND. "The 59(9) DXReport" states that through the
courtesy of SMIRK (Six Meter International Radio Klub), Jukka, VP6BR,
will leave his 6 meter gear with Tom, VP6TC, to provide a presence on
this band from here. (KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 May 1 via John Norfolk,
OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. RRI at 0200 April 19 not on 9570 but on 9510, good
despite 9505 YFR splash, //11940; UT April 18 they were on 9570, so
if not heard on one, try the other, I continue to say. It appears
some other station comes on 9570 at 0200 when RRI does its English
hour to NAm. It creates a big heterodyne. At times I`ve heard RRI try
9510, but splattered by 9505 WYFR (co-channel RHC behaves in
background). There is also splatter from 9515 Spanish [BBC Delano].
UT April 21 at 0200, RRI was on 9570, but next day on 9510 (Bob
Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. Moscow: Radio Mayak has officially inaugurated its web-
site at http://www.radiomayak.ru/. In the past the station was
carried on numerous SW frequencies but currently streaming media is
used to deliver its broadcasts (music and information) to listeners
all over the world. Starting April 26 Radio Mayak is also on FM 103.4
MHz in Moscow (first frequency in the Western FM-band for a state
station in the Russian capital).

Vladivostok: Radio Station Tikhiy Okean (The Pacific Ocean) is on the
verge of being shut down. Fedor Brazhnikov from Irkutsk learned this
news during his recent phone call to the station. Tikhiy Okean has
been targeting the Russian-speaking seamen since April 13, 1963.
Currently, station's staff consists of only two full-time journalists
and one part-timer. They receive "a huge amount of letters and
reports from all over the world" but are unable to respond. As Fedor
was told, the journalists barely have enough time to prepare their
broadcasts. In the beginning of this broadcasting season Tikhiy Okean
was heard in Irkutsk from 07:15 to 08:00 UTC on 12070. However,
currently the station seems to be absent from this or other SW
frequencies.

Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha: According to Fedor Brazhnikov, Radio
Master-Mix is on the air daily from on 21:00 to 19:00 UTC on SW 4940
kHz and FM 102.5 MHz. The station was established under the auspices
of a local city government and its first broadcast went on the air on
Dec. 31, 1999. Mikhail Timofeev from St. Petersburg made a phone call
to this station (4112-42-03-02). He reports its name as Radio Mix-
Master and says that it is on the air daily until 17:00 UTC. Address:
Radio Mix-Master, office 1, ul. Oktyabrskaya 20/1, Yakutsk 677027,
RUSSIA. (Moscow DX Bulletin April 30 via Sergei Sossedkin, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. Here is some more information about Radio Mix-Master from
Yakutsk in the Far East of Russia (I have just phoned them using a
number of (4112) 42-03-02): Their schedule: 0700-0300 local time (or
2100-1700 UTC) on 102.5 MHz and 4940 kHz. According to a station
representative THEY ARE REALLY AT 2100-1700 UTC ON 4940 KHZ (very
long time period of shortwave relay for local station here in
Russia!). Address: Radio Mix-Master, office 1, ul. Oktyabr'skaya
20/1, Yakutsk, 677027, Respublika Sakha, Russia. Unfortunately, they
do not have an official station e-mail address yet, but I
nevertheless hope to know one their personal "hotmail" address in the
coming time. I also gave them a piece of advice how to verify
reception reports... (Mikhail Timofeyev, St. Petersburg, April 27, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALIA. Faction leader Aydid's radio reportedly back on air; Text
of report by Somali newspaper 'Xog-Ogaal' on 26th April

Mogadishu faction leader, Husayn Muhammad Aydid, yesterday held a
meeting with the SNA [Somali National Alliance] district officials
and other ally factions. The meeting reviewed the prevailing
political situation in the country in general and the state of famine
in particular. According to a report from the pro-Husayn Aydid Voice
of the People Radio, officials who could not attend the meeting have
sent their representatives. Meanwhile, the Voice of the People Radio
is once again back on air. Source: 'Xog-Ogaal', Mogadishu, in Somali
26 Apr 00 p 3 (via BBC Monitoring, DXLD) WTFK!

** SOMALIA. Two Mogadishu faction leaders to merge radio stations;
Text of report by Somali newspaper 'Ayaamaha' on 1st May

Reports from sources close to Mogadishu faction leaders Husayn
Muhammad Aydid and Uthman Hasan Ali (Ato), say the two leaders have
been reportedly working out strategies to merge their respective
radio stations, Radio Mogadishu, Voice of Somali Pacification, pro-
Ato radio, and Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the People of Somali
Republic, pro-Aydid radio. The pro-Aydid radio, Radio Mogadishu,
Voice of the People of Somali Republic, has been off the air in the
past weeks, while pro-Uthman Ato radio, Radio Mogadishu, Voice of
Somali Pacification, was on and off the air intermittently.

Reports say the two leaders agreed to unite their efforts with a view
to merge their broadcast stations and operate only an FM channel
which will broadcast their joint political programme. Recently, the
two leaders have become closer to each other and have jointly
condemned the Somali national reconciliation conference due to kick
off in Djibouti. Source: 'Ayaamaha', Mogadishu, in Somali 1 May 00
(via BBC Monitoring May 2, DXLD) WTFK!

** SPAIN. Altho one version of REE`s A-00 schedule showed 9650 for
the weekly Sephardic broadcast to NAm, UT Tue 0415-0445, we confirmed
May 2 and April 18 that it is still on the previous frequency, 9690.
The music is always great, and it`s fun to note the differences
between ``Judeo-español`` and Castilian. We only wonder what Jews
think of this token penance for what Spain did to them over 500 years
ago. So why doesn`t DW broadcast in Yiddish? Maybe in 500 years
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. REE spurs, April 21 and 22 from 9540 in the 0240-0315+
period, in Spanish talk, IDs, pop music. Very distorted, FMing on
approx. 8792, 8979, 9166, 9353; note separation of about 187 kHz
between them (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. A bit of a clarification of previous post of Spanish
National Radio (REE).

In Radio Waves over the weekend, and heard also tonight, Justin Coe
announced that Christopher Birch had left the station, leaving only 4
announcers for the English service.   (They will also be receiving
some help from Veronica, an English speaking colleague from the
German Service.

So with such a small staff it is not surprising to see the loss of
the weekend newscast, and some consolidation (and maybe more repeats)
of some of their programs.

Be that as it may, REE does put out some fine (though short) cultural
programs, and plays good music.  Also, their news is conprehensive,
with much on Latin America.  And the Spanish language lesson (Monday
to Friday at about 0045, 0145, and 0545 UTC (all on 6055 kHz) is one
of the best on the air at present.

I certainly hope that in the mid term they do get a larger staff and
can have news on the weekend.  Justin Coe's comments on his Radio
Waves program (soon to go back to the former name DX Unknown, I
think) this weekend, the cutbacks may be only temporary.

(Roger Chambers, April 24, swprograms via DXLD)

** SPAIN. Justin Coe, in today's Radio Waves, announced that the
Director General (or similar "boss") Jose Manuel Amorena will be
leaving his duties, as he has been appointed to the Cabinet in the
second Asnar Administration. These leads to period of transition over
the next month or so, to see how the "new boss" and shifts in
management affect various services. The English section has been
gradually dwindling from at least 7 a few months ago, to 4 full time
and an assist from the German section. Let's hope that the English
service here does not dwindle much more as a result of this
transition, what Justin called office "political instabilty" Despite
recent cutbacks, they continue to provide a quality program with a
strong emphasis on music, art, culture, history and news of Spain.
(Roger Chambers, NY, April 29, swprograms via DXLD)

** SRI LANKA [non]  IBC Tamil is owned by Tamil Media Ltd, trading as
IBC (International Broadcasting Corporation). It began broadcasting
9th June 1997. Transmission facilities are provided by the World Radio
Network. IBC says its programming is non-partisan and is aimed at
Tamil listeners worldwide. Programmes relayed on shortwave are via
transmitters in Madagascar (-m) and Central Asia.

Address   : IBC-Tamil, PO Box 1505, London, SW8 2ZH, United Kingdom
Tel       : +44 20 7787 8000
Fax       : +44 20 7787 8010
E-mail    : desk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web Site  : http://www.ibc-tamil.com (Real Audio available)

----------------------------------------------------------------
0000-0050 Daily       TAMIL                As           11.570
0050-0100 Daily       ENGLISH              As           11.570
                     (News)
1458-1525 Daily       TAMIL                As           17.490-m
----------------------------------------------------------------
(© BBC Monitoring April 24 condensed by gh for DXLD)

** UKRAINE. I found a very good frequency for RUI in English at 0300,
13590. S = 3 to 4 with slight co-channel. At least UT Fri April 28.
Most of us complain about the poor reception quality at 0000 on 5905,
6020 and 9640. Funny! They announce to Europe at 2100 on 5905, 6020,
11950; 0000 5905, 6020; 0300 6020. To Russia, Central Asia 2100 and
0000 on 6020, 9640. Another slot I missed, probably 0000, on 6020,
9640, 12045. NAm 0300 13590. Australia 1100 on 21520 [sic] (Bob
Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

13590 is the recently reactivated megawatt, but could redisappear at
any time due to power bill dispute; originally A-00 schedule did not
include any English on 13590. Glad RUI came to their senses on that.
Oh, oh, UT May 3 at 0330 check on 13590 all I hear is a strong
Qur`an, unlikely from RUI! Talk afterwards from 0336 was not Arabic,
but Persian? (gh, DXLD)

** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Dubai, English at 0330 on 13675, 12005 and
15395 April 28; Sunday April 23 1600-1638 on 13675, 15395, maybe
others? So we know they run English at 1330, 0330, 0530 and 1600 (Bob
Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only other previous English time was
1030, probably still too (gh, DXLD)

** U K. Flat Earth Radio will initially be on the air for the next
three Saturdays only (29 April, 6 May and 14 May) to cover the last
Premiership games of the season. Depending on listener response, it
will launch permanently in August. A competition is being run to win
tickets to the Premiership final at Wembley on 20th May. Full details
on the website. (Lee Roberts via Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK)

Here is the schedule for Flat Earth Radio, which I have integrated
for our convenience:

1100-1300 21455 21515
1300-1400 11890 21455 21515
1400-1600 15500 21515
1600-1730 15500 15525 21515
Further info via http://www.flatearthradio.com
(Lee Roberts, via Tom Read, BDXC-UK, April 27 via DXLD)

** U K. BBCWS is still in a mess. UT Tue May 2 at 0305 we brought up
the info-entertainment stream at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
for Omnibus, but instead we got Quote, Unquote, and at 0330 Write On,
instead of Body and Mind (actually 0333-0348 with the built-in
delays). These two shows do not appear at this time on any of the 7
stream schedules in May BBC On Air, but they do on UT Saturday, when
I missed Write On. This was the show laden with complaints about all
the mistakes BBC has been making, and in true form they were
downplayed and minimized. But Kirstie Coburn (sp?) had the good news
that ``GMT will be far more prominent`` beginning with the July issue
(too late to change in June). Meanwhile, 5975, 6135 and 6175 were
carrying the scheduled Omnibus on the Spanish Civil War; and at 0345+
all carried Off The Shelf. When you already have seven variations,
what in the world is the point of an eighth, unpublished one for
webcasts???

A worse situation prevailed Sunday April 23 at 1505 when I wanted to
hear the Millennium Concert on the web, but kept getting ``BBC WS not
available until the top of the hour due to sporting coverage for
which rights to webcast are not granted`` gist announcements. Trouble
is, NO sports coverage was scheduled during that hour on any stream
in BBC On Air. Could it be that BBC`s super-hyped Millennium Concerts
are actually lacking such rights and this inappropriate generic
sports announcement was brought up instead? So I had to default to SW
for this; at least Mil Concs have four frequencies: 9515, 11865,
15220, 17840, but only 15220 was half-decent. Concert? At least the
first 10 minutes were occupied by a hard-to-understand and rambling
introduction by H.H. The Dalai Lama. I made up for this by witnessing
from the front row center a performance by the touring Tibetan monks
a few nights later, but I had to go to Socorro, New Mexico to
accomplish this (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. Hi Glenn, I tuned into the BBC around 06:35 tonight and was
surprised to hear two different programs on 5975 and 6175. It seems
that 6175 was airing the "Americas" stream with World Business Report
and Analysis at 06:45 However, during this time 5975 was airing
Outlook and Off The Shelf. 5975 seems to have been carrying ether the
East African stream or the Middle Eastern stream, that's about the
best I can tell from the BBC schedules. It just strikes me as sort of
odd that the BBC is still getting the streams mixed up after three
weeks. 73 de (Walt kb8poa Gunstrom, May 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Actual cost of running the SSB VOA transmitters for the
Communications World broadcast should not be much, so why not run
them for a full hour instead of half an hour, with CW twice back-to-
back? That would give enthusiasts a double chance to hear it, a
chance to hear the whole thing if they tune in late, a chance to re-
hear a specific word or passage that was obliterated by static in one
of the airings, etc. CW fans would tape the full hour`s worth, and
would appreciate the advantages. If propagation changed during the
hour, it might come up out of the noise later during the hour if it
was undetectable at the start, or different areas would hear
different parts of the hour with better reception than others. Or,
the hour could have two different VOA CW programs, the current and
previous one, to give people a second chance to hear a missed
edition, but that would involve more complicated keeping track of
what tape should be aired just when, and lead to possible mistakes
(Will Martin, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. FWIW, on the 4:00 WSM-650 news today they mentioned that
WWCR/WNQM-1300's motion to dismiss Art Bell's defamation suit has
failed & the suit will be heard in court.  (apparently he didn't just
threaten to sue, he really did file it...)

Judging from what the station is alleged to have done, and the value
of standalone AMs these days, if Mr. Bell wins this case one might
expect him to become a station owner... (Doug Smith, Nashville, NRC-
AM April 30 via DXLD)

** U S A. Hi, One of the more surreal listening experiences you get
to "enjoy" in North America is Dave Franz's 11pm Eastern/ 0300UTC
time rant that he goes on for about 15-20 minutes.

Mr. Frantz is the owner/operator of WGTG. The purpose of the uh,
talk, is unclear to me but it seems to be some filler before he
switches to some network programming. I could be wrong on this,
though. The topics seem to be whatever pop into Mr. Frantz's mind to
kill the time. These have included in the past:

1. How single side band is the wave of the future.
2. Why you should buy a ssb capable radio.
3. Just how darned powerful his transmitters are.
4. How some of these programs of his never seem to pay their airtime
bills on time. Or ever.
5. How Brother Stair and James Lloyd are false prophets (just what
happened to JL, BTW? I enjoyed his twisting of scripture much like
one enjoys viewing a good train wreck)
6. US servicemen overseas rely on Mr. Frantz to keep them informed
and he's doing us all a big favour just by transmitting.
7. You get the idea...

Just how entertaining the rant is depends on a number of factors,
which seem to include:

1. Just how much a deadbeat a former customer of his really is.
2. Just how angry Dave might be.
3. Possibly just how long its been since his medications have been
adjusted properly. (and yes, I know mental health jokes are in poor
taste, but really, you have to wonder about him sometimes. You ever
see his emails to Glenn Hauser? ALL CAPS!! LOTS OF EXCLAMATION
MARKS!!!)

You have to be in the right mood to enjoy this kind of thing,
though.... Heaven help us when Mr. Frantz gets his other 3
transmitters up and running. (Brent Taylor, Toronto, swprograms via
DXLD)

** U S A. WLIO Television, (where I work days), has a system on
26.410. It uses a GE MSTR-II radio which is narrow band FM. The base
is 157 feet on a 5.5 dB gain antenna. The use of this link is to feed
out what we have on the air (audio) to our crew in the field. At the
truck, the 26.410 is received, and sent to a 10 mW FM exciter. The
anchors in the field then use a "Walkman" to hear what's on the FM
radio/26.410 link so they don't have to schlep a cord around. The
26.410 link has a directors override, so while you might hear just
the audio broadcast, you could hear someone break in and say, "30
seconds", "wrap it up", "coming out to Jeff in 10 seconds". Anyway,
when the skip gets decent here in Western Ohio, (I monitor the 10
meter repeaters in my office at times), I can turn on the link. I was
just wondering how many AM DXers, who also seem to do some SW DXing
at times, have access to SW FM receivers.

[Later:] WLIO [Lima OH auxiliary on 26410 kHz] is 30 watts, and the
antenna is a 5/8 over 5/8 mounted on the east side of the tower at
157 feet. What I'm thinking of doing is perhaps turning it on with
our SAP channel programming for a day, which I will announce here in
the list. Call it a AUX-CPC test. <grin>

The SAP channel is programming World Radio Network except from 06:00-
09:00, 12:00-12:30, 18:00-19:00, and 23:00-23:30 M-F, and 18:00-
19:00, and 23:00-23:30 on Sat & Sun. [EDT, local time, presumably, as
the off-times would coincide with local newscasts -gh] The channel
IDs in a British voice as "This is the Secondary Audio Program
Channel of WLIO Lima" on the hour and half hour. (Fred Vobbe, NRC-AM,
April 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Hi Glenn. 26450 kHz, 2318 UTC April 22, WLW (700 kHz),
Cincinnati OH USA, 33333 with talk show, wx, several identification
"700 WLW". Also on 25950 kHz a poor signal, mx and advs but
impossible an identification because clandestine truckers on
frequency in USB. All the best. (Dinan Rogerio, Brasil, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) 25950 most likely the Portland, OR aux (gh)

** VIETNAM / CANADA. See CANADA/VIETNAM above

** VIETNAM/USA. Vietnam TV inaugurates North American service; Text
of report by Vietnamese radio on 27th April

Starting from the evening of 27th April in Vietnam or 2100 New York
time, the Vietnam Television Network will begin broadcasting its VTV-
4 programmes for Vietnamese people living in North America and
surrounding areas such as Central America, the Caribbean and Hawaii.
The daily four-hour broadcast will consists of three main features:
news, documentaries and popular entertainment programmes such as
dance, songs, art performances, and films on current life and the
renovation process in Vietnam. A one-hour test broadcast has been
carried since 22nd April through a Thai satellite. Officials of the
Vietnamese consulate general in San Francisco said by telephone that
audio and visual reception of the programme is excellent in the US.
Source: Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi, in Vietnamese 1430 gmt 27 Apr 00
(via BBC Monitoring, DXLD)                              ###


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