[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-061; World of Radio 1408

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-061 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/dxld8061.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1408 / AFGHANISTAN +non / ANGUILLA +non / AUSTRALIA HCJB / AUSTRALIA VOLMET / AUSTRAILA VL8T / AUSTRALIA Double V / BANGLADESH / BELARUS / BENIN / BRAZIL / CHINA +non ham+ / CONGO DR +non / COSTA RICA +non / CROATIA non / CUBA +non / CZECHIA / DJIBOUTI / ECUADOR +non / EGYPT / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ETHIOPIA non / FRANCE / GERMANY +non / HAWAII / INDIA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET LiveNewsCam / IRAN non / ISRAEL / JAPAN +non / KOREA NORTH +non / LAOS +non / LIBYA / LITHUANIA / MALAYSIA / MALI / MOLDOVA / MOROCCO +non / NETHERLANDS +non / NEW ZEALAND / NIGERIA +non / OKLAHOMA KOSU / OKLAHOMA KOMA+ / OKLAHOMA non HollowFX / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / POLAND / ROMANIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SLOVAKIA / SOMALIA non / SPAIN / SUDAN non / SURINAME / SWEDEN / THAILAND / TIBET / UK non BBCWS / USA +non VOA/Farda / USA WBCQ / USA WHRA/WHRI / USA WRMI/WRN / USA WWCR / USA KVOH / USA WEWN / USA KOA / USA WMLK / USA WSRC / VATICAN / VENZUELA non / ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE
 +non / UNIDENTIFIED 3175 / UNIDENTIFIED 6104 / UNIDENTIFIED 9840 / UNIDENTIFIED 11635-11640 / UNIDENTIFIED 15540 / TINY TRAP / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION

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 WORLD OF RADIO 1408 SUMMARY:

*Historic Samara SW site in Russia said to be closing down in a few  
 months; suffers from technical faults, carries many services 
 including Tatarstan Wave; see discussion in DXLD 8-059 via 
 http://worldofradio.org
*We have reconfirmed long-standing collision: VOR English to North 
 America via Moldova at 0300 on 9665, overridden by CRI via Brasil in 
 Spanish, undermodulated but stronger carrier
*Favorite frequency of ex-USSR pirates: 6660. One heard with Russian 
 religion going from LSB to USB at 1932
*R. PMR, Pridnestrovye, 6040, heard in May playing old show from 
 December; it all sounds alike
*R. Prague, Czechia, offering special 85th-anniversary QSL for reports 
 on May 18 only; some daytime English audible in North America: 1300 
 on 13580, 2000 on 11600; plus many more into evenings
*Low-power private German SW station, Radio 700, heard in Europe on 
 6005; schedule not clear
*REE Spain`s ``Co-Official Languages`` segment nominally 1240-1255 UT 
 M-F including 15170 via Costa Rica, in Catalan, Galician, Basque, but 
 the latter mostly in Castilian; times vary slightly
*REE Spain which has been colliding with Vatican, both in English at 
 2000 to Africa on 11625, moves to 11620 from May 15 --- now it 
 collides with All India Radio
*Briech, Morocco site no longer being heard, tho it continued to be 
 used in April by R. Marocaine after IBB left; via Nador site nominal 
 schedule is 09-15 15340, 15-22 15345; discussion in DXLD over beams
*R. Nigeria, Enugu, reactivated on 6024.95, popped into Australia at 
 2203
*R. Africa, Equatorial Guinea, which was active for 7 days in April, 
 returned to 15190 on May 8 only
*Don`t confuse with R. Pilipinas, 1730-1930 in Tagalog and English on 
 15190, heard in Sweden till 1745
*New service via TDP is Addis Dmits Radio, in Amharic to Ethiopia, 
 Sundays only 1600-1700 on 17875 via Samara site mentioned at start
*Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction changed schedule in 
 English: M/W/F 1300-1330 12070, 15390, 15485 via South Africa, ex-
 15325 which we were hearing; at 0630-0700 M/W/F on 15660 South 
 Africa, 15530 UAE, maybe not parallel; 0630-0700 M-F on 15760 UK, 
 11905 Rwanda; 0600-0630 M-F on 15750 South Africa, 15215 UAE 
*Like Cairo`s General Arabic service on 6290, which is closing one UT 
 hour earlier due to DST, at 0200, R. Wadi El Nil, 9250 also closing 
 earlier at 2200. Probably opens earlier too at 1600
*R. Riyad, Saudi Arabia, French from 0800 on 17785 sometimes comes on 
 as early as 0750 with end of preceding English broadcast
*V. of Iraqi Kurdistan, 6335, still has English hour at 1600, news, 
 commentary, rap, heard in Bulgaria; also in non-English from sign-on 
 0340 to fadeout 0555
*Plans for RFE/RL to start 2 hours a day in Azeri for Iran, from FY 
 2009 in October; more unneeded overspecialization
*R. Solh, US Psyops to Afghanistan, seldom heard here now since A-08 
 change from 15265 to 17700 via UK, but audible May 13 playing exactly 
 same music as ever since last fall, including sticking CD at 1346-
 1349
*Bangladesh Betar, 4750, not only extended later to 1710, but opening 
 earlier at 2359 UT
*Myanmar SW frequencies began coming back May 8-9 after cyclone, and 
 Defence Forces station in Taunggyi on 5770 kept operating; 5985 with 
 English from 1530 instead of 1430
*Following quake in China, Sichuan PBS minority service, Chengdu, 
 missing from 7225; but 6060 PBS-2 still heard, around 1400 in 
 California
*Changjiang Maritime Security Information Center No. 134, Wuhan, 
 Hupei, 8794-USB with river traffic info broadcasts at 00, 03, 06, 09, 
 14; plus news and weather at 0900
*CRI carries domestic China Drive program from Easy FM in Beijing, in 
 local mornings, such as 21-22 via Albania 7285, 5960
*Firedrake jamming check includes 14410 at 1417 vs Sound of Hope
*Shiokaze/Sea Breeze clandestine for North Korea went to 6005 to avoid 
 jamming, but there clashed with Echo of Hope on 6003. After Ron 
 Howard notified them, returned to 6020
*Schedule changes of other clandestines/religionists to North Korea
*Defunct Catholic Radio Network in Papua New Guinea taken over by R. 
 Maria, but no progress in a year, still on FM only, SW 4960 off with 
 power supply damage
*WBCQ tried 15420 again May 13-14, once DW Arabic via Rwanda moved to 
 15445 at 17-21; but DW Russian via UK, UAE still on 15420 mixing with 
 WBCQ at 14-16; clear during World of Radio Wednesday at 2300-2330; 
 but not audible the next day on 15420 or 17495
*WSRC, 1480, Fair Bluff, North Carolina, put outstanding signal into 
 Pennsylvania on third harmonic 4440, April 3 at 0350-0555 with old 
 time radio, bluegrass music; anyone heard it since?
*Florida stations swap frequencies, calls and format: 1680 is now 
 WOKB, All New Smooth Sounds of Gospel instead of WLAA, Que Buena 
 which is now on 1600; notorious for not powering down at night, so 
 1680 could run 10 kW helping worldwide DX coverage
*Sporadic ELCOR transmitter tests from Costa Rica on 5954, heard again 
 Saturday May 10 until 2157 with Maná in Concert, same music as 
 always, probably started at 2100
*I will not waste time refuting Arnie Coro`s claim that it is 
 sufficient for RHC to notify ITU of its schedule, rather than 
 participate in HFCC to avoid collisions
*Next time the ungrateful SOBs at RHC accuse the US of ``genocide`` as 
 they do every day, every hour as a prime Commie talking point, 
 remember this, according to AP: the US is Cuba`s top food supplier, 
 despite the 45-year embargo; Congress passed a law in 2000y 
 authorizing sale of food to Cuba for cash
*We heard Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 6134.8 UT Sunday on until about 
 0130 with Andean music, perhaps live event with applause; best bet 
 for this country in North American evenings
*Spring TV/FM DX season has been slow starting except along the Gulf 
 coast; Steven Wiseblood on South Padre Island heard Campeche, 620 
 miles away on 101.9; we finally had some sporadic E to TV channel 2 
 the afternoon of May 13
*Propagation outlook from Boulder May 13 ###

NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1408
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  15420-CUSB

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


      

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