** AUSTRALIA. 9580 // 12065 // 12085, RA, 0900-0905,
August 10. In French, which is a language I rarely hear
on SW anymore; 0905 suddenly into English; fair (Ron
Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525.93, Voice of Indonesia returned to the
air August 12 (Wednesday), after being silent since March 1;
tuned in at 0944 to UNID open carrier; 1000 first positive
audio; in English; sounded very much like the "Exotic
Indonesia" program that in the past was always only on
Tuesday and Thursday; many segments of chatting, along
with usual back and forth banter; poor reception and at
times unable to make out any audio; 1100 ID and station
slogan; into stilted Chinese; 1204 also noted in Chinese;
1300 Chinese ID, as well as English ID & slogan; continuing
on in Chinese.
So their first day back was certainly not their typical schedule;
would have been normal for English 1000-1100, but "Exotic
Indonesia" program would have been an anomaly for Wed. in
the past. Reception after 1300 was at times almost fair, so if
they go back to 1300-1400 in English, this could perhaps be
reasonably heard? Of course Atsunori Ishida ( http://rri.jpn.org/ )
also has reported this reactivation.
With the poor reception, hard for me to get a very accurate
measurement, so perhaps Wolfy or others can determine a
truer measurement (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean
Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SARAWAK[non]. 15425, Radio Free Sarawak, August 10 had
open carrier already on the air at 1023; 1024 song; 1030 intro in
vernacular; below normal reception.
Seems that things are heating up for the founder of RFS, Clare
Rewcastle Brown. In Malaysia they have issued a warrant for
her arrest, while in London she now has police protection
following an incidence of stalking.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-journalist-clare-rewcastle-brown-given-police-protection-after-being-followed-and-photographed-in-hyde-park-10441274.html
(Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, SIBC. August 12 yet another day
of 1203* (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 &
CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)