[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-082; World of Radio 1417

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-082 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/dxld8082.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1417 / ALASKA DRM/IBOC / ANGOLA / ANTARCTICA / AUSTRIA non / BENIN / BRAZIL / CANADA CKKY / CANADA CFVP/CKZU / CANADA CFRX / CANADA CHU / CHINA / CUBA / ECUADOR / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA/ETHIOPIA / EUROPE Pirate / GERMANY / GREECE / HAWAII / INDIA +non / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET Webanywhere / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM NTDTV / KOREA NORTH / LATVIA / MEXICO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS +non / NEWFOUNDLAND Gander Turkey Farm / NIGERIA / PUERTO RICO / ROMANIA / RUSSIA / SAINT HELENA / SAO TOME / TURKS & CAICOS / UK BBCR3/Proms / UK BBCWS / UK +non VTC A08 / USA VOA/RFE/RL / USA WRNO / USA WWCR/KCRC / USA Toledo Annunciation / USA WOLY+ / USA WGN / USA WOI / USA KCTA / USA KSSR / USA KGA / USA KRKO / USA Paul Harvey / VANUATU / VENEZUELA +non / ZIMBABWE / UNIDENTIFIED 3985 / UNIDENTIFIED 9500 / UNIDENTIFIED 11740 / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION

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 WORLD OF RADIO 1417 SUMMARY:

*WHRI plans to use 7335 again in B-08 season, at least for BBC Mundo at 12-13 presently on 9410
*But CHU, Canada timesignals will move to new 7850 this summer with 
 equipment upgrade
*VOA to cut language services in September: radio and TV in Russian; 
 radio in Ukrainian, Serbian, Hindi, Macedonian, Bosnian, Georgian
*Tibetan was saved by monk lobbying; no mention of English
*WBT, 1110, Charlotte NC, Time Machine oldies show on Saturday night 
 dies for lack of ads
*Tony Schwartz, sound man has died; hear 20-minute feature at 
 http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/06/27/04
*Harry Helms says there is absolutely no interest in DRM among the 
 public except for a few radioheads, and for that matter not in 
 shortwave either
*Jay Heyl says domestic DRM on SW might work if it were sold as a 
 terrestrial equivalent to satellite, as channels, blanketing the 
 country with new transmitters
*Radio Altura, 5014.37, Perú, airs birthday greetings in half hour 
 before 0459 sign-off
*unID South American on 3450 or 3453 relays WEWN, R. Católica Mundial; 
 3 x 1151v kHz?
*R. Voz Missionária, Florianópolis, Brasil on 5870 heard 2045/2255 but 
 is it on all-night? Still no reports from outside S America
*RDT Malienne, 7284.5, audible in Italy in daytime, 0956 and 1408
*R. Mauritania, 7245, also heard in Italy at 0955
*V. of Nigeria was off-frequency from 15120 and 9690, 700-800 Hz low, 
 such as 9689.3, but back on channel since
*V. of Biafra International, via WHRI, Fridays 20-21 UT, finally moved 
 July 11 from 17650 to 15280
*Cameroon with English news at 1400 on 6005 reported from Nigeria; 
 that would be Buea if confirmed, inactive for 7 years. Japan donated 
 eight new transmitters, but any SW? Needs to be on at night for DX
*Equatorial Guinea was active on 6250, June 15 at 0600, with time 
 signal and news in Spanish 6.5 minutes late [but gone again 2 days 
 later]
*RN Angola 4950, off-frequency at 4949.77 or 4949.7 before and after 
 0000
*R. Dunamis, Uganda, off 4750 as transmitter shipped back to HCJB for 
 repairs; resuming soon?
*R. Uganda, heard poorly after 0400 on 4976
*R. Ethiopia, 7110, but also on 7115 at 1659
*The non-commercial, non-Christian, non-corporate, non-Cumbre, non-
 communist and non-conformist DX program, World of Radio, 1417, 
 http://www.worldofradio.org woradio at yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, 
 Enid OK 73702
*Krasnodar-Tbliskaya, Russia site of VOR 15455 and CRI relay on 1170 
 puts mixing product on 14285 before and after 2000
*CODAR, ocean wave radar, invades 12m hamband, 24950 from Naples, 
 Italy
*Interview with Dody Cowan (now Deborah Rey) by Dan Lewis on WBCQ 
 7415, UT Monday July 21 at 0100
*BBCWS in English at 17-19 via Rampisham on 13865, surprisingly well-
 heard in North America, moved to 13675, now not heard; in June was 
 running both with mixing product on 14055
*Home plugs (power line adapters) in UK a big threat to SW radio, 
 operating on 3-30 MHz; new group to discuss it: 
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKQRM/
*VOA verifies a report on R. Solh, clandestine to Afghanistan --- but 
 VOA has nothing to do with it. What else will they QSL automatically? 
 Better route might be RFE/RL
*IRIB intrudes on 20m band edge 14350 at 17-18, Russian via Zahedan, 
 Iran, 2 x 7175 
*V. of the People, from South to North Korea clear on 6518 while 6600 
 was jammed; both could be on from 11 to 21 UT; also on 3912 with 
 music test at 1000-1029
*Furusato no Kaze, from Japan to North Korea adds 1333-1400 on 9585 
 via Taiwan; already in Japanese at 1430-15 on 11775 Darwin, 1600-1630 
 9780 Taiwan; in Korean as Ilbon e Baram at 1500-1530 11690 Darwin, 
 1700-1730 9820 Taiwan
*RTM Sarawak, 7130 made it as far as Texas at 1205 with Qur`an. More 
 Qur`aning also being heard on 5964.93, Klasik Nasional FM
*V. of Indonesia keeps airing English at 13-14 on 9526; another new 
 time at 1000. WRTH Update has new tentative schedule via  
 http://wrth.com Add to that Hindi heard at 1630-1700
*VJN, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Cairns, Australia, heard in New 
 Zealand on 7465 at 2050, 2120, 2150, 0920, 0950; WWCR also on 7465 
 from 2100
*RNZI anomalies such as 6095 instead of 9615 one day after 0600; 9655 
 instead of 6170 past 1300
*Symptoms of pathological DXing
*Solar cycle delayed a year
*Propagation outlook from Prague

NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1417
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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