[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-076; World of Radio 1415

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-076 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/dxld8076.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1415 / ALASKA / BAHAMAS / BELARUS / BELIZE / BERMUDA / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / BULGARIA / CHINA / CHRISTMAS ISLAND ham / COSTA RICA / CUBA +non / ERITREA / ETHIOPIA +on / EUROPE Pirate / FINLAND / FRANCE / GERMANY / HAWAII / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM / INTERNATIONAL WATERS Mercur / IRELAND / ITALY DRM+ / KOREA SOUTH non / KUWAIT / MALAYSIA / MICRONESIA / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS non / NEW ZEALAND / OMAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / PHILIPPINES / PORTUGAL / ROMANIA / SABLE ISLAND ham / SINGAPORE +non / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SPAIN / SWEDEN / TAHITI / TAIWAN non / TURKEY / UK BBC / UK BBCWS / USA VOA/C Evans Hays / USA IBB/VOA / USA RFE/RL / USA KVOH / USA WBCQ / USA non YFR A08 / USA Augusta pirate / USA WFBO-LP / USA 1610 Decatur/QNN / USA KJSA / USA KCFR/KVOD / USA Tony Schwartz / USA WDKY/WHBF+ / USA WBXI-CA / USA RFD-TV / USA Capitol Steps / VIETNAM / WESTERN SAHARA non / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 6001 / UNIDENTIFIED 11480-11540 / UNIDENTIFIED 11695 /
 UNIDENTIFIED 17435 / UNIDENTIFIED 18990/21045/23350 / PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM

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 WORLD OF RADIO 1415 SUMMARY
*Faroe Islands` 531 MW transmitter off the air; to be back in August, 
 and replacement completed by October
*BBCWS shutting down Romanian service August 1; meanwhile Romanian 
 legislation to balance bad news with good news
*Reception reports for E-QSL from clients of Media-Broadcast ex-DTK, 
 Germany, should now go to QSL-Shortwave @ media-broadcast.com
*R. Prague was off the air June 25-26 due to storms; gave Greece 9420 
 a respite from 9415 QRM
*R. Ukraine International was also off the air June 25-26, reason 
 unknown
*R. Maria, Italy, 26000 AM and 26010 DRM, welcomes reports with mp3 
 clips to qsl @ radiomaria.org which are handled by new QSL manager; 
 paper QSLs for return postage to Giampiero Bernardini, Via 
 Tertulliano 35, 20137 Milano, Italy
*Vatican`s extended usage of 4005 was caused by ``temporary problem in 
 the frequency managing system`` -- in other words, no human being was 
 paying attention to what went on the air
*Switzerland`s Italian service on 558 did close down June 30; French 
 service Suisse Romande on 765 also threatened with closure due to RF 
 concerns, but not for a year or two
*FRCN director says Ibadan and Enugu stations are dead; only Kaduna 
 regional remains on SW, but currently off for repairs
*Mugabe`s Voice of Zimbabwe claims global audience based on DX reports
*Schedules for opposition stations Studio 7, SW Radio Africa, V. of 
 the People
*R. Hargeisa, Somaliland, heard in Germany on 7120 at 1520 but now 
 blocked by Chad
*Abkhaz Radio, Georgia, observed schedule on 9495, 9535, 1350
*Myanmar`s minority program now heard on 9730.75 variable until 1512 
 closing
*Via AM, FM, shortwave, satellite and internet, World of Radio 1415
*Our website: http://www.worldofradio.org and e-mail woradio at 
 yahoo.com or p-mail P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
*China relay via Cuba in English at 14-16 on 13760 instead of 13740 
 July 1 [but July 2 back to 13740]
*Taiwan relays via WYFR in French and German stopped June 30, but 
 English continues, even to North America
*Keith Ashton, Australian radio man died June 21; credited with 
 inventing narrowcasting
 see http://www.isonliveradio.com/iarba/lifemembers/keith_ashton.html
*Radio República made non-Cuban music test via WRMI June 30 at 1500 
 past 1600
*WRMI updated program schedule at 
 http://www.wrmi.net/program.php?id=94
*Much-hyped Overnight AM show only lasted a few weeks on WRMI; now 
 those 15 hours a week carry more WRN, M-F 1600-2400 on 9955, webcast
*Carl G. Eilers died at 83, innovator of FM and TV stereo, HDTV
*Spanish on channel 6 audio from LPTV W06CJ, Fairfax VA
*Latina 94.7 DXed in Massachusetts is pirate, apparently in Savannah 
 GA, http://www.latina94.com
*Can`t get decent signal from Yucatán on 6105v so in Oklahoma we 
 picked up their FM on 95.3, and other Mérida stations on 89.3, 92.9 
 by sporadic E
*Belize FM on 88.9 heard in South Carolina
*ZNS, Nassau Bahamas on 1540 let its transmitter and antennas 
 deteriorate with inadequate cooling and corrosion, now being 
 replaced, back up to 50 kW by fall
*unID harmonic heard in Alberta last March on 2980 now identified as 
 Radio Vida Nueva, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2 x 1490
*HCJB has closed down its low-power 21455 kHz transmitter
*Bolivians heard in Colombia: R. San Miguel, 4699.4 at 1027; R. 
 Universitaria at 2348-0030 on 4732.1
*Bolivian heard in Brasil: R. Virgen de los Remedios on 4110v at 0025; 
 was on 4005 confusing with Vatican
*R. Colonia, Uruguay, 550 kHz, heard in New Hampshire, a rarity in 
 North America, at 0800 with Stars & Stripes Forever news theme
*LRA36, Antarctica, 15476, heard again in Belgium, June 26-27 at 1918, 
 1938
*Portugal TVDX audio on 53.74 MHz heard in Massachusetts; American 
 channel 2 stations received in Portugal
*Propagation outlook from Boulder July 1; solar flux stuck at 66
*Glenn Hauser concluding World of Radio 1415 ###

NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1415
Fri 0800 WRMI   9955
Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 [NEW]
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 
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 0415 WBCQ   7415 [time varies]
Tue 1100 WRMI   9955
Tue 1530 WRMI   9955
Wed 0530 WRMI   9955
Wed 1130 WRMI   9955

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


      

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