[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-094; World of Radio 1422/1423

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-094 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/dxld8094.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1423 / ABKHAZIA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRIA / BANGLADESH / BENIN / BHUTAN / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / BURKINA FASO / CANADA CBC / CANADA CJLO / CANADA CKFM / CANADA CFUN / CHINA +non / CONGO DR +non / CUBA +non ham+ / ECUADOR / EGYPT / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA / ETHIOPIA / FAROE ISLANDS / FRANCE / GEORGIA non / GERMANY +non / HUNGARY / INDIA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL WATERS NOAA / INTERNATIONAL WATERS +non Abie Nathan / IRAN +non / ISRAEL +non / JAPAN +non / KAZAKHSTAN / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH +non / KUWAIT / LAOS / MADAGASCAR / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO +non / MOLDOVA / MONGOLIA / MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / PAKISTAN / PERU / PRIDNESTROVYE / ROMANIA +non / RUSSIA +non / SAINT HELENA / SERBIA +non / SUDAN non / SWAN ISLAND / TURKEY / UGANDA / UK +non BBCWS / USA AFN / USA IBB/BBG / USA non RFE/RL / USA +non VOA/RFA/Marti / USA +non WYFR / USA WTJC/WBOH / USA WRNO / USA WRMI / USA WBCQ / USA Tom Kneitel / USA
 WZFG/WZFN / USA WPRR / VENEZUELA +non / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 3291 / UNIDENTIFIED 5800/5883 / UNIDENTIFIED 6185 / UNIDENTIFIED 9610/4840 / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION

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 WORLD OF RADIO 1422 SUMMARY:
*Standard disclaimer
*ARDS, 5050, Humpty Doo, NT, Australia, off since July 2007 and no 
 word whether will return
*HCJB Australia QSL card shows Bungle Bungles formations; sightseeing 
 flights fly over the SW transmitters every day. Watch out for RF
*ZNS1, Bahamas, 1540, not back on air in time for Hurricane/TS Fay
*R. Cultura São Paulo, Brasil, nominal 9615, heard on 9660 in July, 
 9659 in August
*Contract for Brasília to relay China on 9665 expires at yearend; 
 maybe will use transmitter/frequency for RN Amazônia?
*R. Nove de Julho, Catholic station in SP, supposedly finally 
 activating on 9820 by end of August
*CFUN Vancouver 1410 [not 1470 as I said], applies to move transmitter 
 site SE, cutting off half a million listeners to the NW; pattern may 
 be out of whack as puts strong signal into Calgary already
*Northern Peaks, new porno cable channel, authorized by CRTC, and will 
 be 50 percent Canadian content
*Firedrake keeps showing on new frequencies, including 13570 colliding 
 with WINB
*Missing the point of the lip-synching girl singing Ode to the 
 Motherland at Olympic opening ceremony: it`s a belligerent song from 
 the Korean War and the Cultural Revolution
*R. Enciclopedia, Cuba on 530, booms into Mississippi coast in daytime
*Closer to Cuba, carriers on 528 and 529 heard, to interfere like Enci 
 with Air Martí? But latter hasn`t been heard for months and 
 disappeared from Martí schedule
*Enciclopedia anyhow plays great music enjoyed in Florida
*Another Cuban carrier on 1181.8, more QRM to the real Martí channel
*Brazilians complain of low modulation and lack of response from R. 
 Cairo`s Portguese service
*Even worse, Arabic to North America on 9280 without any modulation 
 for more than half an hour
*R. Africa, Equatorial Guinea, reactivated 15190 in mid-August; 
 domestic services on 5005, 6250 also heard
*Unidentified on 3291.1 to 3291.2 heard until 1200 in Florida; could 
 it be Guyana reactivated after a year? But not heard at night
*Haiku Naval Radio Station was top-secret on Oahu in WW II; staircase 
 supported long antenna. See: http://www.davewjessup.smugmug.com/ 
 and http://www.friendsofhaikustairs.org/
*By shortwave, AM, FM, satellite and internet, this is World of Radio 
 1422; much more if you can cope with lots of text at 
 http://www.worldofradio.org 
*Your contributions always welcome to woradio at yahoo.com or P O Box 
 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
*All India Radio, Kohima, 4850, reactivated for Independence Day 
 August 15, heard in India, California better than any other AIR 60m
*Several 3 and 4 MHz RRI Indonesians heard again in California and 
 Colorado
*V. of Korea has some nice music despite its ludicrous propaganda
*V. of Kurdistan, 6335, missing since at least July 1; had English at 
 1600-1700. Or on a new frequency?
*R. Nasionaly Malagasy, 5010 heard by long-path in California 1334-
 1423; also in Europe at 1830
*XEXQ, 6044.93 heard in California with classical music at 0227
*Small world dept.: QSL signer from R. Ulan Bator runs into Bruce 
 MacGibbon in Portland OR
*Myanmar`s 594 booms into Kolkata, 9 seconds ahead of 576 and 5985
*Defence Forces, 5770, around 1300 in Colorado
*Myanmar`s minority service with English lessons at 1417 on 9730.77
*World Harvest Radio mailbag discussed broadcasting via KHBN Palau; 
 purchase of station underway, or just airtime?
*Serbia`s 1000 pirate [rather than private as I said] radio stations 
 must close down by August 31 or face legal action; thenceforward you 
 will only hear licensed ones, says Dragan Lekic, Serbia [not Syria!]
*R. Sweden does a great job on its half-hour English broadcasts; in 
 North America heard well at 1230 and 1330 on 15240, 0130 and 0230 
 6010 via Canada
*Ukrainian Radio plans to resume domestic UR-1 channel relays on SW 
 Sept 1: 5970, 100 kW, non-direxional from Brovary near Kyiv
*Dave Frantz says WWRB is removing its unused 270 degree antenna 
 system to make room for another runway
*UnID heard in England on 9555 at 0630; could it be WWRB, 3 x 3185?
*WRMI improved signal to NW on 9955 on antenna test, Saturday 
 afternoon August 16 during hamfest special from Huntsville; replaced 
 more Prague relays which replaced R. República which is no longer on 
 9955, so jamming should lessen
*We hope so, since WORLD OF RADIO has two new times on 9955, Sat 2000 
 and Sun 2030
*Hurricane Hunter NOAA 49, a Gulfstream, heard on 5550 USB, secondary 
 3455
*As Fay crossed the Keys, AFN missing from 7811, 12133.5
*When hurricanes approach, MW stations may run day power and antennas 
 at night, making them more DXable, e.g. Florida
*WOKB, 1680, Florida, heard earlier in UK at 0327 with Caribbean 
 format
*B08 conference of the HFCC will take place August 25-29 in Moscow.  
 NASB's official representative will be Glen Tapley of WEWN
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, August 12 ###

WORLD OF RADIO 1423 SUMMARY:
*Standard disclaimer
*Ramadan runs from approximately August 31 to September 30, earlier  
 each year by the Western calendar; Islamic world stations may expand 
 schedules to all-night, increasing DXability
*Koji Yamada, who spurred the BCL boom in Japan, has died at age 67
*Tommy Kneitel, founder of Popular Communications and editor of other 
 radio magazines in the past, has died at age 75
*WBCQ cuts back airtime on 7415 to save electricity expenses, such as 
 Tue & Wed 2100-2400 
*WORLD OF RADIO 0415 UT Monday airing also canceled, but a new one to 
 be added during Area 51, expanded to daily 2300-0100 on 5110
*QSO with Ted Randall now scheduled on WRMI, 9955, Sundays 1800-2000
*WRNO engineer says using 7505 only at 0100-0400; no RFI complaints 
 from neighbors
*Awful spurs from KVOH, 17775, Simi Valley on a mountain, make another 
 appearance on 17922, 17628
*R. Martí, Greenville, 11930 transmitter splattering 11845-12010
*Not only VOA Russian service canceled on SW, but R. Liberty hours 
 reduced
*VOA Georgian service adds another hour
*VOA Hindi service on radio to be shut down at end of September; write 
 congresspersons to object. See 
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/08/voa-hindi-servi.html?cid=127425910#comment-127425910
*WZFG, 1100, Dillworth MN = Fargo ND, 50 kW daytime, less at night, 
 began regular broadcasting August 10; was previously WZFN when heard 
 testing in April
*World of Radio 1423, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA or woradio at 
 yahoo.com Much more at our website http://www.worldofradio.org
*La Voz de Venezuela in ruins, says blog with photos of what`s left of 
 the 1000 kW MW project on 1240 kHz: 
 http://diexismovenezolano.blogspot.com/
*R. Virgen de Remedios, Bolivia, back on 4111 kHz at 2220-0019
*R. Cultura de São Paulo, nominal 9615, jumped to 9410
*R. Africa, Equatorial Guinea, with US preachers, heard several dates 
 on 15190
*R. Kahuzi, DR Congo, 6010, audible in Belgium at 1757, but splatter 
 from Iran after 1759
*Ron Howard in California hears Madagascar around 1400 not only on 
 5010 but confirms parallel on 6134.93 under heavy interference
*On 9558.86v, Voice of Peace & Democracy, via Radio Ethiopia 
 transmitters, drifting to 9558.07v, during M/W/F 0400-0430 
 clandestine broadcast
*More best BBC frequencies as monitored in West Virginia
*When BBCWS suppresses streaming for rights issues, you may still hear 
 it via relays such as http://www.campusfm.um.edu.mt/ 
*International Radio Serbia says it is sending out new QSL cards
*Syria again unobstructed by WBCQ on 9330, but suffers poor 
 modulation. Only second hour of English at 2110 is now on SW 
*Group for those who listen to or would like to listen to R. Damascus:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio_damascus/
*Laotian heard in Japan on 4412.6v, and then California before and 
 after 1200, apparently Sam Neua regional, ex-4678v
*Clandestine to North Korea on 9779.96, Furusato no Kaze at 1600-1630
*Propagation outlook from NOAA SWPC, Boulder, August 26 ###

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1423
Wed 2100 WBCQ  15420-CUSB
Thu 0530 WRMI   9955
Thu 1430 WRMI   9955
Thu 2330 WBCQ   7415
Fri 0100 WRMI   9955
Fri 0800 WRMI   9955
Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 
Sat 0800 WRMI   9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sat 2000 WRMI   9955 [new]
Sun 0230 WWCR3  5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1  3215 
Sun 0800 WRMI   9955
Sun 1515 WRMI   9955
Sun 2030 WRMI   9955 [new]
Tue 1100 WRMI   9955
Tue 1530 WRMI   9955
Wed 0530 WRMI   9955
Wed 1130 WRMI   9955

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