[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-058; World of Radio 1407 summary
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[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-058; World of Radio 1407 summary

DX Listening Digest 8-058 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/dxld8058.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1407 / ALASKA DRM / ALBANIA / AUSTRALIA RA / BOLIVIA / CANADA RCI/CBCNQ / CANADA CBA / CANADA CBE/CBEF / CANADA CFGT / CANADA CBCR2 / CHINA / COLOMBIA +non / COSTA RICA / CROATIA +non / CUBA / CZECHIA +non / ECUADOR / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / GERMANY / GUATEMALA +non / GUIANA FRENCH / HAWAII / INDIA / KOREA NORTH non / LATVIA / MALAYSIA / MEXICO / MICRONESIA / MOROCCO / MYANMAR +non / NETHERLANDS / OKLAHOMA non? KTLF / PHILIPPINES / PRIDNESTROVYE / RUSSIA +non / SPAIN +non / TATARSTAN / TIBET non / USA VOA/RFA / USA WWCR / USA WPKN / USA Denver DTV / USA WOKB/WLAA / USA Tarpon TIS / USA Florida pirate / ZAMBIA +non / UNIDENTIFIED non 595 / LANGUAGE LESSONS / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS

For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see
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 1407 SUMMARY:

*R. Taiwan relays via WYFR ending July 1; no more SW to NAm, or 
 another relay? Listener input invited
*RTI also changes English frequency via France to S Asia
*Myanmar had added some more SW frequencies, but knocked off by 
 cyclone [now coming back]; studios at least had moved to new capital
*Bangladesh Betar 4750 schedule extended to 1710
*Mongolia English at 0930 and 1530 on 12085 heard in Bulgaria and NSW
*Info about China`s acquisition of many imported SW transmitters, 
 facilitating jamming
*V. of Korea, 11710 accompanied by spurs on 11644, 11776; new 
 frequencies for English to Europe; 15245 also has spurs; domestic 
 service 11680 down to 11677
*R. Free Chosun, and V. of Wilderness via Armenia to N. Korea new 
 frequencies
*Lao National Radio, 6130, has English, French lessons at 1415
*Hmong Lao Radio, via WHRI 11785, Sat & Sun 1300-1400 included Hmong 
 rap instead of folk music
*R. New Ireland doesn`t get mail addressed to two P O boxes, but did 
 QSL from ``Radio New Ireland, Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New 
 Guinea``
*R. Vanuatu heard on 7260 in Australia, but much weaker than before
*World of Radio 1407, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; or woradio at 
 yahoo.com Much more at out website http://www.worldofradio.org
*Deutsche Welle Arabic via Rwanda at 1700-2057 moving from 15420 to 
 15445 May 10, opening 15420 for WBCQ [which will try it again from 
 May 12], but DW still on 15420 at 1400-1700
*WHR now has a sixth Angel transmitter, third one in South Carolina, 
 and schedules changed
*DRM experiment proposed for public radio in Alaska on 5, 7 and 9 MHz 
 bands
*KERR, Polson, Montana, off frequency with night transmitter only, 
 750.092 kHz
*It`s orgy month again at WHRB, Harvard; full details at 
 http://www.whrb.org/pg/MayJun2008.pdf
*Neo Nazi Kevin Alfred Strom, of V. of To-morrow and American 
 Dissident Voices, sentenced to 23 months for possessing child porn; 
 much more in DXLD 8-054 and Wikipedia
*CBA, 1070, Moncton NB, which closed down permanently in March, came 
 back on for tests April 29
*R. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 6134.8v, heard in USA until 0108 sign-off
*unID on 3390.2 at 2340 could be another Bolivian, R. Emisoras Camargo
*Vatican Radio still broadcasts 2-3 minutes of English at 2311-2314 on 
 9600, prior to Vietnamese
*KMUW Wichita carries news-heavy PRI version of BBCWS 24h on HD3 
 stream, also better quality on webcast than BBC itself provides
*Dody Cowan of popular R. Netherlands show ``His & Hers`` has been 
 found. Her name now is Deborah Rey, a 70-year-old author in France, 
 identity confirmed; http://www.deborahrey.com
*Pete Miller, voice of R. Slovakia International, is being encouraged 
 to retire
*RSI`s 2000 broadcast on 9440 has co-channel from China [RSI is in 
 Spanish then, not English]
*Hungary still has 5 hours a day on SW, not 4; including 0100 on 5965 
 under Cuba
*R. PMR, Pridnestrovye, heard Sun-Thu 2215-2345 on 6040, M-F 1400-1700 
 on 12135
*New service to Cameroon in Fulfulde at 1830-1900 via Germany on 9655 
 is not R. Sauti ya Injili, as in WRTH supplement, but Sawtu Linjiila
*Sauti ya Injili, a related Lutheran station in Tanzania, wants to 
 have its own SW on 7, 9 MHz
*SW Radio Africa, for Zimbabwe, 1700-1900 on 12035, heard better in 
 NAm now from UK rather than Norway site
*Ethiopia well heard in UK: V. of Tigre Revolution, 5950 at 1800-1900; 
 R. Fana, 18-19 and 20-21 on 6110
*IRIN via South Africa to Somalia at 1730-1745 moved again, to 7290, 
 ex-9735, ex-9665
*Arabic service of R. Cairo on distorted 6290 closing an hour earlier 
 around 0200, presumably due to DST of UT +3 starting in Egypt April 
 25
*Monitoring R. Farda and other western broadcasts on MW inside Iran
*World Radio TV Handbook May update available free to all via 
 http://www.wrth.com but you really should buy the book
*Propagation outlook from Prague ###

NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1407
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 [or 15420 by then?]

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


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