[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-023; WOR 1395, 1396

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-023 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org 
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8023.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1396 / ALBANIA / ANGOLA / ASIA non / AUSTRALIA VL8T / AUSTRALIA +non ham+
RA/N5MUF / CANADA CKEC / CANADA CBC / CANADA CKUT+ / CHAD / CHINA / COLOMBIA /
COSTA RICA / CUBA +non / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC +non / EAST TURKISTAN non / EGYPT /
EQUATORIAL GUINEA / FINLAND / GERMANY non / GUATEMALA / GUYANA / HAWAII / HONG
KONG / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET non Shortwave / IRAN +non / IRELAND /
KOREA NORTH non / KOREA SOUTH / MACEDONIA non? / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA/SARAWAK
/ MAURITANIA / MEXICO +non / MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE / NORTH AMERICA Pirate /
OKLAHOMA KOKB / OKLAHOMA KOMD/KOKH/HDTV / PAKISTAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POLAND
non / RUSSIA / SAMOA / SAMOA AMERICAN / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SUDAN / SYRIA +non
/ TAIWAN non / THAILAND / TURKEY non / USA +non BBG / USA VOA / USA WRMI / USA
WBCQ / USA New York Radio / USA WLO/KLB / USA KOPT+ / USA WRFN+ / USA
KYXS/Coyote Radio / USA FCC / USA CNN / VANUATU / VIRGIN ISLANDS US / ZANZIBAR
/ ZIMBABWE / UNIDENTIFIED 6074 / UNIDENTIFIED 9000 / SHORTWAVE MUSIC / RADIO
EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION

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have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

 SUMMARY OF WORLD OF RADIO 1395, February 13
 [LAST week`s show; WOR 1396 summary pending]

*FY 2009 budget request for BBG includes expanding internet 
 capability, deleting RFE/RL South Slavic and Albanian services; 
 eliminating VOA News Now and Worldwide English, making VOA only one 
 of hundreds of news websites
*New WRMI program schedule (in UT -5) at 
 http://www.wrmi.net/images/wrmichart.xls
*From March 30, WRMI will be on 9955, 24 hours, no more 7385 to NAm
*After survey, USCG decides to maintain HF marine weather broadcasts 
 on SSB, replacing transmitters
*Low-noon MW bandscan here in OK found skywave DX on X-band from KQWB 
 1660 Fargo ND and others; long-haul groundwave from WGN 720 Chicago
*Free Radio is new sitcom on VH1 cable network, set in radio station 
 K-BOM; there was a real KBOM in Los Alamos, calls now for KUNM relay 
 in Socorro, closer to Trinity Site
*Peace & Justice Radio worldwide, new internet station from Feb 13, 
 including World of Radio, Fri 2300, Sat 1900, Wed 1100; see 
 http://www.pjradio.org and hear
 mms://wma1.viastreaming.net/PJR?SWMEXt=.wma
*PJR Operated by Rene` Tetro, whose day job is CE at Salem 
 Broadcasting in Philadelphia; running MW DX test on WNTP 990, early 
 Sat Feb 23 at 0500-0600 UT
*Another MW DX test early Sun Feb 24 from WBIX 1060 Natick MA at 0500-
 0700; details for both including how to QSL at 
 http://www.dxtests.info
*FEMA has new TIS station on 1610 in Denton TX, WNG879; mum about 
 purpose
*Umatilla Army Chemical Depot, Oregon has TIS on 1600, strange 
 callsign AR03125, and QSLed
*CKEC, 1320, New Glasgow NS, moving to FM, closes AM March 9; until 
 then, CE Peter Lann welcomes DX reports to plann [at] ckec.com
*Why AM stations are disappearing in Canada: profits on FM average six 
 times higher
*CBC`s Age Persuasion availablized on demand: 
 http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/
*Radio Educación, Mexico City, opens SW 6185 at 0000 with full IDs in 
 Spanish and English; Cuban jamming blows it away 0200-0400, but 
 remnants remain after 0700, also around 6135, both thanks to Radio 
 República
*Radio Buenas Nuevas, Guatemala, back on 4799.8 since Feb 7, following 
 XERTA usurpation of 4800 while RBN was inactive; heard at 1238-1355 
 and until 0433 sign-off
*HRMI, Radio Misiones Internacionales, Honduras, 3340-, active in late 
 Jan, early Feb, widely reported from America and Europe
*No SWBC from Nicaragua now, but YNOW, R. Corporación, heard on 540.18
 in Tennessee
*Thanks for financial support go to Anne Fanelli in New York, with a 
 check in the mail to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
*Radio Amazonas, Venezuela, nominal 4940, heard on 4935.5 with usual 
 over-modulation
*Radio Nacional de Venezuela, Canal Informativo, back on 630 after 
 weeks on 631.27 variable
*Radio Nacional Venezuela is building its own SW site in Guárico 
 state, south of Caracas, one 50 kW tropical bander, and 5 x 100 kW 
 SWBC banders, on air soon per Arnie Coro; also to reactivate its old 
 transmitter on 9540
*Radio Manantial, Huancayo, Perú, 4990.8 heard in the mornings; 
 http://radiomanantial.pe.nu
*On 6539.6, Radiodifusora La Voz del Rondero, Huancabamba, Perú heard
 at 0105 in Argentina
*Still not certain of identity of Bolivian around 4450; could be Radio 
 Eco, 4451.2, but also reported on 4409.8; another ID on 4450 sounded 
 like Radio la Cruz del Sur
*Rádio Norte, Londrina, Paraná, heard in São Paulo at 0438 on 3480, 
 third harmonic
*Rádio Cultura, São Paulo, heard around 2000 on 9585 instead of 9615; 
 9585 should be Rádio Globo
*Radio Nacional, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 6250 had been reported 
 signing on at 0600, but now reported from 0457 altho better signal at 
 0600
*After fighting in the capital damaging the station, RN Tchadienne 
 back on 4905, but somewhat irregular; said to be operating from 
 facilities of a private station in a mosque
*R. Ethiopia inactive on 9704; V. of Tigre Revolution, 5950, and also 
 on 6170 but the latter may be an anti-clandestine jammer
*R. Cairo, general Arabic service heard at least one night on 6225 
 between 0000 and 0300, instead of 6290, apparently by mistake; very 
 low and distorted modulation
*BBCWS closing remaining SW service to Europe Feb 18; except to 
 western Russia
*BBCWS Americas stream via yahoo.com has finally been removed
*24-hour strike by journalists in France Feb 13, including Radio 
 France Internationale, filling with music and IDs instead
*R. Sweden cancelling German service without evidence that 
 listenership is declining; also has weekly program via NDR
*R. Bulgaria in Russian at 1500-1600 on 7200 from two sites at once 
 with echo
*Nagorno-Karabakh declared a SWBC radio-country by NASWA, represented 
 by V. of Justice on 9677; see DXLD 8-017 for Dan Henderson`s QSL 
 odyssey
*R. Jordan, reactivated on 11690, heard in English an hour later than 
 before until 1838
*R. Kuwait, 15110, English at 0500-0800 loud and clear into NSW, and 
 Bulgaria, where the wonderful music is enjoyed by Rumen Pankov
*V. of Kurdistan, 6335, English at 1600-1700 with news every quarter 
 hour; report to party @ kdp.se or see website http://kdp.se
*All India Radio Nepali service strong on 7890 at 1352, 2 x 3945
*V. of Korea harmonics heard Jan 1 in South Australia on 19950, 22740; 
 Singapore on 30670, 23480
*David Ricquish seeking RNZI memorabilia for a documentary; info @ 
 radioheritage.net
*USA will issue a stamp March 6 dedicated to John Bardeen, co-inventor 
 of the bipolar junxion transistor
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, Feb 12 ###

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1396, February 19
Thu 0630 WRMI   9955
Thu 1530 WRMI   7385
Thu 2300 WRMI   9955 [NEW]
Fri 0030 WBCQ   7415
Fri 0900 WRMI   9955
Fri 2130 WWCR1 15825 
Fri 2330 WBCQ   5110-CUSB 
Sat 0900 WRMI   9955
Sat 1730 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0330 WWCR3  5070
Sun 0730 WWCR1  3215 
Sun 0900 WRMI   9955
Sun 1615 WRMI   7385
Mon 0400 WBCQ   9330-CLSB [irregular]
Mon 0515 WBCQ   7415 [time varies]
Tue 1200 WRMI   9955
Tue 1630 WRMI   7385
Wed 1230 WRMI   9955

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


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