[HCDX] NEW ***CHINA SHORTWAVE GUIDE *** now available

["Bob Padula" <bobpadula@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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NOW AVAILABLE (FREE!) -- THE CHINA SHORTWAVE GUIDE
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In recent months, I, and many other people, have been frustrated at the lack
of reliable and accurate information in a single reference concerning SW
broadcasting in the Chinese Peoples' Republic (China) and the Republic of
China (Taiwan).

Some of the information which is useful is available via many independent
sources; other data has to be researched from actual monitoring and
interpretation of material made available by broadcasters either directly or
through their Web sites, as well as items from correspondents.

What is needed is a single up-to-date publication, showing the data either
in frequency order, or in order of broadcasting organisation. Regrettably,
the accuracy and topicality of information in costly annual references
leaves a lot to be desired.

A lot of frequency planning data is submitted to the ITU from the ABU, but
many entries are lists of assigned frequencies, not all of which are
actually used for any given period. Indeed, the recent decision of the
Chinese Peoples' Republic to make available via the HFCC its proposed
frequency usage for the international transmission periods is commendable,
in stark contrast to the Taiwanese Authorities.

Credit should also be extended to the members of the Nagoya DXers Circle,
and the Asian Broadcasting Institute, for their intensive research in this
field, and their willingness to share their findings with other hobbyists.
Some commendable work has also been done, and continues, by hobbyists in
Europe, particularly Olle Alme and Noel Green, including their interesting
analyses of transmitter sites believed to be in use in the PRC, as well as
by Alan Davies (Thailand).

In 1987, the Asian Broadcasting Institute published its informative first
edition of the "China Radio Handbook", of some 60 pages, covering the
operations of broadcasting in the PRC. I am not aware of any further issues.

I therefore decided to assemble a special listing, which I have named "THE
CHINA SHORTWAVE GUIDE". What I constructed is a comprehensive tabulation of
data for broadcasters known to be operating in China (international and
regional) and in Taiwan (excluding Clandestine stations), which includes the
leased relays in those areas by International broadcasters. I have also
shown the relays outside of China and Taiwan known to be in use, for China
Radio International and Radio Taipei International.

The GUIDE runs to over 1000 entries, in frequency order, and I am offering
it free of charge to anyone, via electronic delivery. It is an Excel 7.0
".xls" file, of about 400 KB, not compressed. The file may be sorted,
rearranged, or filtered as required, and any or all of it may be printed! It
prints out to some 20 pages of A4, using a font of size-8. It may also be
exported into other applications for rearrangement or reformatting.

Each entry shows the network, organisation, frequency, start time, end time,
target, language, transmitter site, transmitter country, and broadcast days.

The Guide is more than a simple listing: it has various "clickable buttons",
in colours, for each of the SW networks, which can be used (optional) for
calling up instantaneous listings for each Network. This has been done with
some Visual Basic programming, as some users are not too comfortable with
fiddling around with sorting and filtering routines.

I have attempted to make the information as accurate as possible, but I
advise that HF usage is subject to continual change by broadcasters, often
without formal advance or on-air notification. Major frequency changes will
also occur on Mar-24 2001, which will affect schedules for the international
and leased networks. The data has been researched by the worldwide resources
available through the Electronic DX Press, from personal monitoring by
myself, and from information made available to me from my professional
colleagues in the engineering community.

The GUIDE is FREE, and I would like to share it with you; all you need to do
is to send me a simple, personal request, via E-mail:

bobpadula@xxxxxxxxxxx

A printed copy is also available in A4 format, 20 pages, showing the data in
frequency order. This is available for a small charge to cover printing and
mailing expenses, from:

Bob Padula
404 Mont Albert Road,
Surrey Hills,
Victoria 3127,
Australia

* To Australian addresses: $5 (cash, cheques, postal orders, mint stamps)
* Airmail elsewhere: US$5 (A$10) (cash, 7 IRCs, international money orders
in Australian currency, mint Australian stamps - cheques not accepted)

There is no restriction on the reuse of data for non-commercial purposes.  I
would be delighted if you are able to mention the new GUIDE within your own
publication, Club, or sphere of influence.

Thanks for your interest!

Bob Padula,
Author: "CHINA SHORTWAVE GUIDE"
Melbourne, Australia






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