[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-112; World of Radio 1429

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-112 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/dxld8112.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1429 / ABKHAZIA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA VL8A / AUSTRALIA VMW/VMC / AUSTRALIA non RA / AUSTRALIA 4HI / AUSTRIA / BANGLADESH / BELIZE / BOLIVIA / BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA / BULGARIA / CANADA CBCNQ / CANADA CFRX / CANADA CFUN / CANADA CBI / CANADA CBC/Dog / CANADA CFZM/CJYE/CJMR / CHINA / COLOMBIA / CONGO DR non / CROATIA / CUBA +non / ECUADOR / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ETHIOPIA / FRANCE / GERMANY non B08+ / GUATEMALA / HAWAII DTV / INDIA / INDONESIA +non / INTERNATIONAL WATERS non Southbound / ISRAEL / JAPAN +non B08+ / KASHMIR non / KOREA NORTH non / KOREA SOUTH +non / KYRGYZSTAN / LAOS +non / LATVIA / LIBERIA +non / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MICRONESIA non / MONGOLIA / MYANMAR +non / NEW ZEALAND / NIGER / NIGERIA / OKLAHOMA KFXY / OKLAHOMA KOKC / OKLAHOMA Norman non / OMAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PARAGUAY / PERU / PHILIPPINES / POLAND non / ROMANIA / SIERRA LEONE non / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SUDAN non / SYRIA / TAIWAN /
 UKRAINE B08 / UK non BBCWS / UK Absolute / USA +non VOA/RFA / USA WHRI/WHRA/WWCR / USA WEWN / USA WINB / USA WBCQ / USA KXTR / USA KHCB / USA KMZQ / USA 93.1 Pirate / USA +non AM/FM / VANUATU / VENEZUELA +non / VIETNAM / YEMEN / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE / UNIDENTIFIED 1512 / UNIDENTIFIED 7220 / UNIDENTIFIED 7712 / UNIDENTIFIED 9528 / UNIDENTIFIED 9990 / UNIDENTIFIED 15058-15084 / TESTIMONIALS / DX-PEDITIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION

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have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

 WORLD OF RADIO 1429 SUMMARY:
[for much more detail and full attribution of all items, see recent  
 issues of DX Listening Digest]

*R. Taiwan International canceling all but one of its English relays 
 via WYFR as of November 1: 0200 on 5950
*RTI in crisis over KMT government censorship, be nice to China; 
 chairman, directors, board members resign
*Changjiang Maritime Security Information Center (presumed), 8794-USB, 
 between *1347-1425*, music and Yangtze river traffic info
*Shanghai PBS/Voice of Pujiang, at 1320-1351, back to their winter 
 frequency 5075 
*Station varying 6068-6071 until 1250-1256 interfering with CFRX 
 identified as V. of Korea, in Japanese
*VOK, 9335, has unfriendly neighbor on 9330, V. of Wilderness at 1300-
 1400 via Tajikistan
*All India Radio testing DRM at 0430-1130 on 6100 to India; 1745-2230 
 on 9950 to Europe
*More interference besides Cuban jamming, for WRMI 9955, where Jeff 
 White promotes DRM
*RRI Jambi, Indonesia, 4925 confirmed active, at 1500
*V. of Indonesia has three transmitters with slightly different 
 offsets; lately near 11786 including English at 1300, 1500, but 
 latter not for full hour, cut off after 2 or 20 minutes
*Papua New Guinea missionary station Wantok Radio Light, heard in 
 Japan on 7324.96 around 0800
*R. Australia cancels Australian Express show, replacing with 
 Australian Bight (sp?), including Tuesdays 1330 on 9580
*R. New Zealand International monitored contrary to own schedule, such 
 as DRM until 1258 on 6170, then 7145; 9615 AM at 1415 in addition to 
 6170
*T8WH Palau replacing more and more KWHR Hawaii transmissions on 9930, 
 12130
*VOA`s Ukrainian service slated to close Sept 30, extended at last 
 minute until yearend, perhaps because of concerns that Ukraine could 
 be the next Georgia
*WBCQ starts broadcasting vice- and presidential debates live on 5110-
 CUSB at 0100; also heard on VOA 6020, 9820 but only at 0130-0200; and 
 surprise, REE Spain with immediate translation into Spanish on 6055, 
 9535
*WHRI adds a third Hmong program, Hmong North Radio, UT Sat 0000-0020 
 and UT Sun 0100-0130 on 5875, excellent reception for recording their 
 exotic music
*WINB founder John H. Norris died Sept. 28; involved in the Fairness 
 Doctrine case; see DXLD 8-110
*WINB website has incorrect schedule, claiming to be on 11520, but 
 not; also doesn`t match for Brother Scare and Harold Camping relays
*KTMI construction permit for new shortwave in Oregon expired Oct 3, 
 with no progress; not clear whether FCC will renew it
*World of Radio 1429, http://www.worldofradio.org
*Thanks to Rod Scribner for financial support, in memory of Rocky; 
 check in the mail to P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702; or via PayPal to 
 woradio at yahoo.com
*New weekend programs on WRMI 9955: Your World Your Way, Bryne 
 Edwards, and Power Learning, Sat & Sun 16-18, 18-20, UT Sun & Mon 02-
 04; QSO with Ted Randall changed to UT Sun 05-07; Spanish programs 
 replace World of Radio and Wavescan, Sat 20-21
*Now that Radio Newyork International on WBCQ has moved from 7415 to 
 5110, what do we hear on 7415 early UT Mondays? Even more Brother 
 Scare, who is even more convinced the US is about to collapse
*XEPPM, 6185, Mexico City, has program with English title, On the 
 Road, UT Tue/Thu/Sat at 0015; it`s about Jack Kerouac`s novel, 
 presented in Spanish
*Different SNAFUs every day at R. Habana Cuba, such as 2300 English 
 on 9600 and 11800 instead of 9550; new 13680 for English at 2030-2130 
 replaced by Spanish
*Cuban jammer against Martí on 6030 also audible on third harmonic 
 18090
*HCJB Spanish heard erroneously in morning on 11920 as well as 11690, 
 11960 [omitted by mistake tho mentioned in headlines for this WOR]
*Radio Saint Helena, 11092.5-USB, tested Oct 3 around 18-20 UT in 
 preparation for Nov 15 special; well-heard in Europe, India, Japan, 
 but poorly or not heard in North America
*Unidentified on 6215 heard in Europe two days between 1620 and 1820, 
 sounds like sticks beating on a log; or electronic tune
*ZNBC, Zambia, has installed new SW transmitters and antennas for 
 Radios 1 and 2
*VOA or R. Sawa started new service for Darfur, Sudan in Arabic, half 
 an hour at 03, 18, 19; at first carried R. Free Iraq programming by 
 mistake. Hard to ID, but Kim Elliott says it`s called ``Affia 
 Darfur``
*R. Oromiya, Ethiopia, 6030, heard in Europe and Japan from 0400 and 
 until 1900
*Unlike Taiwan, which is keeping one hour in English to NAm, Radio 
 Netherlands is canceling all of them; Andy Sennitt explains why, 
 dwindling SW audience
*Mighty KBC, via Lithuania to North America, UT Sundays 0200-0259, 
 moved from 6110 to 6145
*Austria, 6155 heard going from English news to French at 0610 
 weekdays; is domestic relay missing from SW schedules; and may be 
 canceled anyway
*Hungary has registered many relays via Wertachtal site in Germany for 
 B-08
*R. Romania International, English at 2200 puts good signal into CNAm 
 on 7185 [and 9790], including Network Europe program Mondays at 2225
*V. of Greece, 7475, again heard with unknown program in English, UT 
 Monday 0200-0300
*V. of Greece QSL policy: still QSLing by postal mail, including for 
 E-mail reports to apodimos_era5 @ ert.gr and see DXLD 8-106 for the 
 postal address
*R. Maranatha a.k.a. Hit Shortwave from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, again 
 being heard in Europe on 6030, from 1530 until Ethiopia comes on 
 around 1550, maybe also until 1748
*unID Arabic varying 7712-7720 at 1800 heard in Finland
*Kuwait`s English broadcast at 1800 on 11990 missing since late 
 September; other English from 0500 on 15110 still heard
*Wonderful reciter of Qur`an can be heard on Iran 15150 before and 
 after 1400; wonder if he performs anything secular. Some of our 
 greatest singers started as cantors
*Propagation outlook from Prague, October 3
*Standard disclaimer

NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1429
Mon 2200 WBCQ   7415 [temporary, reconfirmed Sept 29]
Tue 1100 WRMI   9955
Tue 1530 WRMI   9955
Wed 0530 WRMI   9955 [or new 1430]
Wed 1130 WRMI   9955 [or new 1430]

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


      

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