[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-055; World of Radio 1406

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-055 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/dxld8055.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1406 / ALASKA / ANGOLA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA / BANGLADESH / BENIN / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CANADA CBC / CANADA CBA/CHOK/CBRU / CANADA CBCR2 / CANARY ISLANDS / CATALUNYA / CHAD / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / COSTA RICA / CUBA +non / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / DEUTSCHES REICH non / ECUADOR / EGYPT A08+ / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA/ETHIOPIA / EUROPE Pirates / FINLAND / GERMANY +non / GOA / HAITI / INDIA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM HAARP / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM VOK+ / IRAN +non / ISRAEL / JAMAICA +non / KOREA NORTH +non A08+ / KURDISTAN +non / LAOS / LATVIA / LIBYA / MADEIRA / MALAYSIA/SARAWAK / MARION ISLAND ham / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS +non / NEW ZEALAND / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA non / SLOVAKIA / SOMALIA non / SPAIN +non / SURINAME / TAIWAN +non / USSR / UAE / UK +non BBCWS+ / USA non VOA / USA +non WYFR / USA WWCR / USA WBCQ/WRNO / USA WEWN+ / USA WHRB / USA WOR / USA WUOT/Met Opera / USA KAVT/KGED / USA
 KERR/KXL/KOAL / USA CBS / VENEZUELA +non / ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 13640 / PUBLICATIONS / RADIO PHILATELY / LANGUAGE LESSONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS / PROPAGATION

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http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid7.html

NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

 WORLD OF RADIO 1406 SUMMARY:

*BBG still planning major VOA language service cuts, including  
 English, from October, AFGE Local 1812 charges
*RFE/RL websites hit with major cyber attack; Belarus blamed for 
 starting DOS
*Special assistant to President Bush resigns when Center for a Free 
 Cuba discovered he was skimming funds meant to get SW radios into 
 Cuba
*Habana relay of Venezuela, 17705, caught transmitting spy numbers
*AeroMartí contract to be renewed with Phoenix Air Group, Inc (PAG) 
 Cartersville, GA
*XEYU, Radio UNAM, reactivated 9599.3 after two sesquiweeks, still 
 overidden by Vatican in Vietnamese at 2315, and even more so when 
 Cuba is on 9600 [but UNAM gone again May 1]
*XEXQ, 6045, heard as early as 1205 UT
*XERTA, 4800, and Radio Buenas Nuevas, Guatemala, 4799.77 produce a 
 het around 1230 UT
*ELCOR transmitter test in Costa Rica on 5954.113, heard again at 
 earlier hour 2100-2156; also with spurs around 5930 and 5975 [but 
 then gone again]
*Cidade Oldies, pirate in SE Brasil on 7695, now said to operate 
 Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 0300
*In WWII, BBC fooled German homing bombers by rebroadcasting Ireland 
 567 from Aberdeen
*BBC Mundo Radio via WHRI, 12-13 UT on 9410 contains news, archived 
 call-in show Estudio Abierto, Efemérides, and music fill: classical 
 on M/W/F, top 10 pop countdown on Tue/Thu
*R. Nederland to resume Arabic on SW this fall; already has website
*DW moving toward eliminating German on SW in favor of internet
*IRRS, pretending to broadcast from Milan, but really from Slovakia, 
 starts new broadcast May 5, Mon-Thu 0430-0530 on 5990; what is it?
*Hungary cuts back to only 4 hours a day on SW, 3975 and 6025
*Croatia via Germany using both 7285 and 9925 between 2300 and 0500 to 
 Americas, but 7285 is temporary only until May 10
*Thanks for financial support from Will Martin in St. Louis, who sent 
 a check in the mail to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
*Spain and Vatican are colliding on 11625, M-F 2000, both in English 
 to Africa; Spain`s other frequency 9665 heard on 9690 instead
*Spain`s ``co-official languages`` segment, M-F 1245-1300 has Galician 
 OK at 1245, but Basque at 1250 is mostly in Castilian, and Catalan at 
 1255 missing; via Costa Rica 15170
*US relays no more via Briech, Morocco, but RTM still uses the site. 
 15335 was missing, then came back; also scheduled on 11920 and 7135
*Africa No. One, Gabon, 9580, heard once with Qaddafi interpreting
 Qur`an, translated to English at 2315-2415; since Libya has 
 controlling interest in ANO, surprising they don`t use it more
*Africa No. One, recommended music shows, M-F: Kilimandjaro at 17-18 
 on 15475; Africasong at 19-21 on 9580; Flash Black at 21-23 on 9580
*Voice of Nigeria testing webcasting via  
 http://www.voiceofnigeria.org/voiceOfNigeria.html but mostly silent; 
 one time we heard awful noises, unidentifiable language
*Channel Africa`s A-08 English schedule from South Africa, as amended
*Very confusing situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia, jamming and  
 counterprogramming on 5100, 7175, 7220, 7999.4; see recent DXLDs
*Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Amharic Mondays 1600-1700 on 
 17875 via Samara, Russia, also Mondays 1900-2000 on 17690 via WHRA
*IRIN, via South Africa in Somali at 1730-1745 moved from 9665 to 9735 
 to avoid Spain`s imaginary Germany broadcast
*Sudan Radio Service, 1500-1600 via Portugal 17690 in English and 
 Arabic
*Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction, 1300-1330 M/W/F via 
 South Africa on 15325 with English lessons 
*V. of Islamic Republic of Iran relay via Lithuania, English at 1930 
 replacing 7260 with 6000
*Voice of Tajik, obscure English service at 1700-1800 on 7245, heard 
 in UK
*Myanmar finally fixed its off-frequency to 5985, and also heard on 
 new 5915, 5815
*Clandestines or religious for North Korea heard in Japan: VOF, Voice 
 of Free Radio at 1100-1130 via Armenia on 15755; CMI Voice of 
 Wilderness at 1300-1400 via Armenia on 15710 [but just changed to 
 11570], Irkutsk on 11640
*Kang Guru Radio English on RRI, 9680, rescheduled to Wed & Fri at 
 0800-0820, not good for California
*CBC Radio One rates number one in Calgary
*WTAM, 1100, Cleveland, has a talk host from France, UT Sundays 0105-
 0400; should reach Enid
*29-page reference of time signal stations on LW and SW: 
 http://www.longwave.de/TSS.pdf
*Different predixions for peak of solar cycle 24; Thomas Giella thinx 
 we may be headed for a Dalton Minimum
*Propagation outlook from Prague ###

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1406
Sat 0800 WRMI   9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3  5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1  3215 
Sun 0800 WRMI   9955
Sun 1515 WRMI   9955
Mon 0300 WBCQ   9330-CLSB [irregular, time varies]
Mon 0415 WBCQ   7415 [time varies]
Tue 1100 WRMI   9955
Tue 1530 WRMI   9955
Wed 1130 WRMI   9955
Wed 2300 WBCQ  17495-CUSB

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


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