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Jayadi — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:43:41 +0000

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FREE Pacific Radio Guides June 2011

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:07 AM PDT

New Pacific Radio Listener Guide now at www.radioheritage.com

The June 2011 version of the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] radio stations across the Asia and Pacific region is now available from www.radioheritage.com.

The PAL Radio Guides list all known AM and SW radio stations operating in the region…… with detailed station data such as operating times, languages, location, and much more…across many thousands of individual stations.

Information in the new Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides is great for travellers, travel agents, corporates and others who need to keep clients and staff informed.

Radio saves lives in emergencies [think earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, floods in Australia] and these guides list the stations you need to know about across the region.

The PAL Radio Guides are compiled in Seattle [USA] by our editor-in-chief Bruce Portzer from monitoring reports, official sources and feedback from listeners across the region.

Search the two guides online now by options such as location and frequency or download copies for your own personal use from www.radioheritage.net Access is free for non-commercial use.

Search our other frequently updated online guides to Australian narrowcast AM radio [Australia 1611-1701 AM] and the New Zealand Low Power FM Radio Dial [NZLPFM Radio]

Feedback, corrections and updates from users are always welcome and will be incorporated in future versions. Simply email your comments to info@radioheritage.net.

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(Media Release, Radio Heritage Foundation, www.radioheritage.com, June 13 2011)

AWR to begin Shortwave Broadcasts in Tibetan

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:07 AM PDT

By Shelley Nolan Freesland
AWR Communication Director

After a two? year search for a producer, AWR will begin broadcasting programs in the Tibetan language this summer through shortwave radio and online. “We are thrilled to have located this young man,” says AWR president Dowell Chow. “Although we would normally wait until the start of our next semiannual broadcast season (in October) to launch a new broadcast, we want to begin reaching listeners as soon as possible.”

Tibet, a mountainous province in China, does not have an established Seventh? day Adventist Church presence. When AWR began spreading the word that it was looking for a Tibetan radio producer, a few leads came through contacts at other supporting ministries. Eventually AWR connected, through e? mail, with a man named Nurpu Lama.

Last fall, Chow was scheduled to attend a listeners’ reunion in Kathmandu, Nepal – a country which borders Tibet – so Lama traveled there to meet with him. The trip required considerable perseverance: a long walk from Lama’s hillside home to a larger town, a bus ride, a full? day walk to the Nepali border, and a day? long bus ride to Kathmandu.

Since Lama speaks Nepali, he was able to receive training from AWR’s long? time Nepali producers and technician, learning the equipment and voice announcing skills. The Nepali team provided him with a supply of their scripts, which he began translating by hand and contextualizing for the Tibetan people. Since then, Lama has twice more made the exhausting trip back to Kathmandu to do more recordings in the AWR studio.

Lama’s life is not easy. Although his home does have electricity and he is able to use the laptop computer provided by AWR, to access e? mail he must hike down the mountainside to a lower village to visit an Internet café. His days are very full, as he raises some animals and food for his family, and also works as a Gospel Outreach pioneer.

“Please join us in prayer as this new producer takes on these additional responsibilities,” says Chow. “His voice will be heard across Tibet, through one of the best shortwave signals that AWR has on its entire schedule, sharing the advent message of our soon? coming Savior.”

Adventist World Radio is the mission radio arm of the Seventh?day Adventist Church. It broadcasts the Adventist hope in Christ to the hardest?to?reach people groups of the world in their own languages, through shortwave, AM/FM radio, podcasts, and on?demand at awr.org

(Source : Adventist World Radio)

Monitoring Medium Wave / AM 1368 in Europe

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:14 AM PDT

Dear listeners,

Today we have made a modification to the Medium Wave antenna on 1368 kHz that may increase sky propagation during the night. Listeners in southern and central Europe should get better reception after sunset effective tonight June 14, 2011. Can anybody monitor out-there in
Europe?

We run daily on 1368 kHz in Europe from 19:00-02:00 CET (17:00-00:00 UTC)

Please send your reception reports to reports (at) nexus (dot) org

Thank you for your co-operation.

73,

Ron

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Ron Norton NEXUS-Int’l Broadcasting Association

RADIO EAST AFRICA QSL

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:35 AM PDT

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ESAT accuses China of complicity in jamming signals

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT

The Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT), which resumed transmissions to Ethiopia last week after nearly two months of interruption, has urged the government of the People’s Republic of China to desist from providing technology, training and technical assistance to the regime in Ethiopia to enable it to jam shortwave radio and satellite transmissions to Ethiopia.

More at : http://www.abugidainfo.com/?p=18210

FRS on air next Sunday evening June 19th

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT

Dear FRS Friends,

If you have just joined our address book and this is the first mail you are receiving, be welcome as member of the FRS family! Next Sunday (June 19th) FRS-Holland will be on air with full programming. Opposite to our usual broadcasts, this one will take place in the evening hours between 16:52- 22:00 UTC/ 18:52- 24:00 CEST. FRS-Holland will be on 7685kHz avoiding 7600 and 7595 interference during the first part of the broadcast. 7685 isn’t affected by adjacent channels being used by other stations. Especially during the last part of the broadcast it will be interesting if & how signals will be received to the east (Russia, Ukraine etc.).
We will take our time…it’ll be an ‘old fashioned’ long FRS broadcast: 5 hours!!. Our full staff will be involved including Paul Graham who was absent for quite some time. This time we will deviate from the usual schedule: 3 blocks of resp. 60s, 70s and 80s tracks, a DX Show and a show with mostly tunes. We will handle no letters, there’s no Phrase that Pays, the music comes first! Although each show will include 1 or 2 short radio related items !

We like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all of you who responded to our brief evening tests May 22nd (7685). These two 15 min. tests were widely heard across Europe and beyond. For 30 minutes we received some 30 reports. And last but not least: we will soon start replying to the many, many listeners who responded to one or more of our 30th Anniversary broadcasts back in October & November 2010 and February 2011. FRS has produced a special & informative commemorative 30th Anniversary booklet which will be available to each and everyone who sent a report/ letter. This booklet is almost finished. So please have a little more patience, you will get your special QSL card(s) and the booklet.
Thanks for your patience and understanding!!

Hope you are able to tune in next Sunday. We hope the full June 19th shows will go out via the Internet one week later, Sunday June 26th. More news about that will follow.

73s, Peter Verbruggen (on behalf of the entire FRS staff)

a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format….

FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands

e-mail: frs.holland@hccnet.nl
e-mail: frs@frsholland.nl

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Denmark reactives long wave and leaves medium wave

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:36 AM PDT

Today the Danish national public service radio station DR has reactived long wave 243 kHz using a brand new Nautel 50 kW sender from the current transmitter site in Kalundborg on the western part of Sealand (Sjælland), Denmark.
Broadcasting on medium wave 1062 kHz (250 kW) will cease on Monday June 27 2011. From today and until Monday the programmes will be simulcast on the two frequencies. Broadcasting hours remain the same. Cf. WRTH or Euro-African MW Guide for details.
The use of 243 kHz with 300 kW was ended in February 2007, but after Turkey left the channel in October 2008, DR is the only radio station on this channel. Thus it is estimated that the coverage will be pretty good on 243 although the power utilized is only 50 kW.

Full story (in Danish) here:
http://www.radionyt.com/artikel/default.asp?id=18515

Best 73s
Stig Hartvig Nielsen

(Via mwdx list)

TECSUN PL-390 FM DX KING ?

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Phil’s reveiew of FM Dxing capabilities of Tecsun PL-390

Old Radios Brought Back To Life At InfoAge

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Radio club hosts repair clinic
By Kathy Yevchak

Gerry Kersus’ RCA radio has been in the family for more than 60 years. It was a wedding gift for his parents. But it has seen better days. Rather than junk it, Kersus brought the All American 5 radio to the radio magicians from the New Jersey Antique Radio Club Saturday to see if it could
be resurrected.

http://wall.patch.com/articles/old-radios-brought-back-to-life-at-infoage

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Tanggal 17 Juni 2011 09.07

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BBC will restart morning Hindi broadcast

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:50 AM PDT

BBC Hindi will survive funding cuts: Patten

From Prasun Sonwalkar Oxford, Jun 17 (PTI) Terming the BBC Hindi Service as “very important”, Lord Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust and chancellor of the University of Oxford, today said the service will survive the major funding cuts that had severely affected its future.Patten, who recently took over as chairman of the BBC Trust, told PTI here that due to the importance of the Hindi Service and increasingly deeper relations India, he was making all efforts to ensure its survival amidst funding cuts.

Read the PTI story here :
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/bbc-hindi-will-survive-funding-cuts-patten/729400.html

(Naleen Kumar)

AT8VTM – International Museum Weekend 17th to 27th June 2011 at VITM, Bangalore

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:57 AM PDT

Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technology Musuem, Kasturaba Road, Bangalore is the India’s First Special Event Amateur (Ham) Radio Station operating from India taking part in the 10th International Museum Weekend 2011 from 17th to 27th June 2011. Details of the Musuem is on http://www.vismuseum.org.in/ and about the International Museum Weekend is on http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/imw/

Thanks to Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India for giving us Special Callsign AT8VTM vide Special Permission L – 14011/639/2010 Dated 15.06.2011.

Special and Sincere Thanks to Volunteers and Operators specially VU2UR and VU2LX to make this very big event happen.

Please do come up on the air and work use out to receive special event QSL card. VU Hams have to send sufficient postage stamp and address label along with their QSL for contact made to receive QSL Direct, DX Hams 3 IRCs

de Lion Ajoy VU2JHM
Hon. President, Bangalore Amateur Radio Club VU2ARC
http://www.barc.in

DRM+ successfully tested in New Delhi

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT

The single test frequency of 100.1MHz carried three programme channels – Gold DRM (FM), Rainbow DRM (FM) and AIR news in Journaline and its reception was measured by a test vehicle going in four directions from central New Delhi where the transmitter was installed. Nautel VS-1 transmitter with 300W output power (500W radiated power) along with RFmondial DRM+ Modulator and Fraunhofer DRM Content Server were used.
Two test modes were measured – robust 4-QAM and high capacity 16-QAM and the DRM+ coverage was found to be comparable with that of analogue FM station operating at approximately 5 times the power of the DRM+ signal. A full report will jointly be published by AIR and DRM.
This week long DRM+ Showcase (23rd – 27th May 2011) in New Delhi was also accompanied with an extensive workshop on DRM technology covering crucial issues of planning, transition, simulcast, content and receivers. A large number of participants from all across the country attended the sessions that also had interactive discussions with DRM experts.
DRM members Nautel (Canada), Fraunhofer, RFmondial, University of Hannover (Germany) KETI (South Korea), Analog Devices (USA) and BBC (UK) took part in the test either with equipment or experts or both. DRM Consortium will provide more information along with the test results shortly. For details log on to www.drm.org
Ruxandra Obreja, Chairperson DRM Consortium said “This test was a successful culmination of a close partnership of DRM Consortium and All India Radio and the whole hearted support of the DRM members who took part in this event. AIR has already adopted DRM30 for its SW/MW network and DRM+ will play a complementary role operating in VHF band.”

About DRM
Digital Radio MondialeTM (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies up to 174MHz, including LW, MW, SW, band I and II (FM band). DRM provides digital sound quality and the ease-of-use that comes from digital radio, combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services. DRM on short, medium and long wave for broadcasting bands up to 30 MHz (called ‘DRM30′) provides large coverage areas and low power consumption. The enhancement of the DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz (’DRM+’) uses the same audio coding, data services, multiplexing and signaling schemes as DRM30 but introduces an additional transmission mode optimized for those bands. For more information and DRM updates please visit www.drm.org
(DRM Consortium Press Release)

DRM Newsletter 6/2011

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT

June issue of DRM consortium’s newsletter is now available at :
http://tinyurl.com/6de5qjb

Main stories :

- DRM+ successfully tested in New Delhi
- Latest ITU activities
- Steering Board Meeting
- KOBA, Seoul, 14-17 June
- Latest DRM Press Coverage
- Goodbye to Fanny Podworny

BAU launches kisan radio station

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Kisan Radio Station, which is being launched by the Bihar Agriculture University (BAU), Sabour (Bhagalpur) in the district soon. Farmers coming within the aerial distance of 20-kilometers would initially be visited, once the Kisan Radio Station (KRS) goes on air.

Full story at :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/New-Article/articleshow/8876413.cms

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Tanggal 18 Juni 2011 09.23

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QSL FROM RADIO THAILAND

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 04:09 AM PDT

QSL from Radio Thailand in 12 days for a report emailed to IBB Udonthani

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Radio Activity 27-28, 30-31/05

Jayadi — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:00:12 +0000

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Tanggal 27 Mei 2011 09.53

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DRM+ successfully tested in New Delhi

Posted: 27 May 2011 07:52 AM PDT

New Delhi, 27th May, 2011: The first ever DRM+ trial measurements in India have thrown up very satisfactory results. The test, organised jointly by All India Radio (AIR) and Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium, was an effort to test the strength and coverage of DRM digital radio in FM band (VHF band II).
The single test frequency of 100.1MHz carried three programme channels – Gold DRM (FM), Rainbow DRM (FM) and AIR news in Journaline and its reception was measured by a test vehicle going in four directions from central New Delhi where the transmitter was installed. Nautel VS-1 transmitter with 300W output power (500W radiated power) along with RFmondial DRM+ Modulator and Fraunhofer DRM Content Server were used.
Two test modes were measured – robust 4-QAM and high capacity 16-QAM and the DRM+ coverage was found to be comparable with that of analogue FM station operating at approximately 5 times the power of the DRM+ signal. A full report will jointly be published by AIR and DRM.
This week long DRM+ Showcase (23rd – 27th May 2011) in New Delhi was also accompanied with an extensive workshop on DRM technology covering crucial issues of planning, transition, simulcast, content and receivers. A large number of participants from all across the country attended the sessions that also had interactive discussions with DRM experts.
DRM members Nautel (Canada), Fraunhofer, RFmondial, University of Hannover (Germany) KETI (South Korea), Analog Devices (USA) and BBC (UK) took part in the test either with equipment or experts or both. DRM Consortium will provide more information along with the test results shortly. For details log on to http://www.drm.org/ or write to projectoffice@drm.org.

Ruxandra Obreja, Chairperson DRM Consortium said “This test was a successful culmination of a close partnership of DRM Consortium and All India Radio and the whole hearted support of the DRM members who took part in this event. AIR has already adopted DRM30 for its SW/MW network and DRM+ will play a complementary role operating in VHF band.”

(DRM Consortium Press Release)

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Tanggal 28 Mei 2011 09.23

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2011 edition of Dr. Phil’s Shortwave receiver buying guide …

Posted: 27 May 2011 10:14 PM PDT

2011 edition of Dr. Phil’s Shortwave receiver buying guide …

http://home.comcast.net/~phils_radio_designs/2011_SW_Guide.pdf

Loads of interesting radio articles
http://home.comcast.net/~phils_radio_designs/

Cumbre DX web site is temporarily down

Posted: 27 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT

www.cumbredx.net is down temporarily. A series of thunderstorms is now moving through the location in upstate NY, USA where the server is located. A short power outage has taken it down and I can’t diagnose the problem with the server until the storms go away and the power settles down. This may take another 24 to 48 hours or so. As you can see, the mailing list IS still working and should remain so through the web site outage since it is located on a different server system.

Bob Arnold
webmaster

Cumbredx mailing list
Cumbredx@jumbo.ralabs.com
http://n2jeu.net/mailman/listinfo/cumbredx

VOA Georgian Service Marks 60th Anniversary

Posted: 27 May 2011 07:57 PM PDT

NewsletterWashington, D.C. — May 26, 2011
Voice of America’s Georgian Service, which first went on the air May 26, 1951, is being hailed for the role it has played in helping bring democracy to the former Soviet republic.
In a message marking the 60th anniversary of the service’s creation, Georgia’s Ambassador to the United States, Temur Yakobashvili said, “Without any exaggeration I can say that the VOA Georgian Service has played a big role in spreading America’s voice to the people of Georgia and making it possible for me to represent a sovereign nation here in the United States. VOA’s Georgian Service is as relevant today as it has always been in the past.”

VOA began broadcasting a one-half hour daily program to the Georgian people during the most frigid days of the cold war, when Georgia was still a Soviet Socialist Republic. For the past sixty years, through the country’s transition to democracy, the service has continued to provide accurate, balanced and comprehensive news and information to the people of Georgia.
Among its many admirers is Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has praised the service as “unique and important in covering events in and around Georgia.”
VOA’s Georgian Service radio broadcasts were increased to one hour daily in August 2008 following Russia’s military incursion into Georgian territory.
The Service broadcasts seven hours of original radio programming a week, reaching listeners via the FM network of Georgia’s Public Broadcasting Corporation, the country’s most powerful FM distribution facility. The broadcasts are also heard on shortwave frequencies.
Since November 2010, the VOA Georgian Service has also produced a weekly 15-minute TV program that is broadcast by Georgia’s Public Broadcasting Corporation. The Service’s video reports, along with its daily radio programs, are also available on its website and through Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.
Visit VOA’s Georgian Service at www.voanews.com/georgian/news

(VOA Press Release)

Radio’s future: Looking at the sunny side up

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:08 PM PDT

May 27, 11
Shubhangi Mehta

Radio is a growing medium, however it forms a very small share of the advertising graph. What are the ways to overcome this? Can radio emerge as a standalone medium? These are very pertinent questions that the radio industry is being asked over and over again.

More at : http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/radio/radionews.asp?News_id=42268§ion_id=7&tag=34762

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Tanggal 30 Mei 2011 09.37

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Celebrating 50 Years with TWR

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:13 AM PDT

http://www.twr.org/news_and_blogs/2011/05-19/celebrating-50-years-with-twr

Farewell to Mark Byford, the BBC’s steady-handed deputy

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:02 AM PDT

Deputy director general Mark Byford, stepping down after 32 years, has been called the glue that held the BBC together
Read the Guardian story here :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2011/may/30/bbc-director-general-mark-byford

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Tanggal 31 Mei 2011 09.23

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First Community Radio station from Bangladesh on air

Posted: 31 May 2011 04:28 AM PDT

The country’s first community radio named “Lokobetar” has begun test transmission in the district town of Barguna to build public opinion on development issues like democracy, good governance, human rights, anti-corruption, health and women empowerment.

More at : http://thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=187959

AWR frequency change to India

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:44 PM PDT

AWR has made the following change as follows lately:

1500-1530 UTC Telugu to S.India now on 11640 via KSDA (ex 9540)

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, NIAR, Hyderabad, India)

Reach or frequency, radio on the run

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Reach or frequency, radio on the run
May 27, 11
Tasneem Limbdiwala

http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/radio/radionews.asp?Section_id=7&News_id=42266&Tag=34760

Deutsche Welle: Changes in radio broadcasts starting this summer

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Increased focus on television, online and mobile services and a reduction of shortwave broadcasts.

Starting July 1, 2011, Deutsche Welle (DW) will be making major changes in how and when its radio programming is broadcast in Asia and Europe, as well as German radio programming as a whole.

The measures will ensure the further development of Germany’s international broadcaster to a truly multimedia organization. As stipulated in the organization’s strategic plan for 2010-2013, DW will focus on modern modules that can be integrated into partner’s FM line-ups as well as being offered as stand-alone, on-demand services for the Internet and mobile devices. DW will thereby increase the cooperation with its partners throughout the world. With the exception of Africa and parts of Asia, linear shortwave broadcasts will be discontinued due to limited usage. The resources that have been saved will be reinvested in projects for the future – especially in the development of television services with regional languages and content, as well as an increase in online and mobile services.

DW will aim to use its available resources to offer two TV channels per region. This will give viewers the opportunity to choose between a channel with predominantly German programming and a channel with a focus on one of the regional languages – English, Spanish or Arabic.

In the future, DW will work with partner stations in Central and Southeast Europe to broadcast regional TV magazines and produce online services – each in the regional language. Starting July 1, 2011, the FM services for Bulgarian, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian and Romanian will be reduced and eventually discontinued. The frequencies that were purchased or rented in Sofia, Bucharest, Pristina and Tirana will be returned, as well as the corresponding licenses. The FM broadcasts for Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian will be reduced. In the future, these services will focus on selected partnerships with local FM stations. A service in Romani will be maintained for the time being. For Ukraine, DW is currently examining whether or not an agreement can be made with a partner to broadcast a reduced amount of FM radio programming that has been tailored to fit their needs. Radio programming for Hindi will be discontinued on July 1.

Starting in November, DW will only be broadcasting radio programming via shortwave in the following languages: Amharic, Chinese, Dari, English and French for Africa, Hausa, Kiswahili, Pashtu, Portuguese for Africa and Urdu.

Closing of relay stations
The shortwave program currently broadcasts 260 hours daily with DW’s own or rented relay stations – with the new focus on Africa and regions in Asia that will be reduced to just 55 at the beginning of the winter season. Only the relay station in Kigali (Rwanda) will be needed for shortwave broadcasts in Africa. The stations in Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) und Sines (Portugal) can no longer be used to capacity. The financial operation is no longer possible and the relay stations will stop being used on November 1, 2011 and closed at the next possible point in time.

With the reduction of rental prices and the closing of the two relay stations, DW will be able to save resources that can be reinvested in the further development of its services.

Audio content in Arabic will be created for the Middle East and North Africa and distributed online, via mobile or rebroadcast by partners.

DW will focus on FM partnerships for Bengali, Urdu, Dari/Pashtu und Indonesian for South Asia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A decision will be made about the future of these partnerships in accordance with the budget situation and following the evaluation results.

Services for certain languages and regions will be reinforced to secure DW’s competitive position in the future.
The focus for the coming years will be on Sub-Sahara Africa, the Middle East, Iran and North Africa, South Asia and Afghanistan, Russia and Latin America. Due to the limited budget, the development of services will only be possible when activities are reduced somewhere else. In the area of television, DW will work more closely together with the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF and develop regionalized TV programming with selected partners. For many areas around the world, it will be necessary to further development online and mobile services in order to reach DW’s target audience better: Individuals who are interested in diverse perspectives and use a large amount and variety of media resources. That especially includes opinion leaders and future opinion leaders as well as people who lobby for democracy, freedom and progress in authoritarian countries and thereby strengthen the civil society.

(DW Press Release)

TWR – New MW Transmitter in Swaziland

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT

http://www.twr.org/news_and_blogs/2011/05-18/new-transmitter-in-swaziland

Radio Activity 20-24/05

Jayadi — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:54:41 +0000

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Tanggal 20 Mei 2011 00.03

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Reception Analysis of TDP DRM Test to India

Posted: 19 May 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Reception Analysis of TDP DRM Test to India on 12th & 13th May 2011…

12th May 2011, Bitrate 14.56 kbps Mono

13th May 2011, Bitrate 20.96 kbps Stereo

BSKSA A11

Posted: 19 May 2011 02:30 AM PDT

SAUDI ARABIA Summer A-11 of BSKSA:

First General Programm in Arabic

0600-0855 on 17730 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
0600-0855 on 17740 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
0900-1155 on 15490 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
0900-1155 on 17805 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1200-1455 on 17705 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1200-1455 on 21505 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1700-1755 on 15225 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1700-1755 on 15435 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1800-2255 on 9555 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1800-2255 on 9870 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu

Call of Islam in Arabic

1500-1700 on 15225 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1500-1700 on 15435 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
Second Programm in Arabic
0300-0555 on 9580 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME
0600-1655 on 11855 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME
1700-2155 on 9580 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME

Holy Qura’n in Arabic

0300-0555 on 15170 RIY 500 kW / 355 deg to WeAs
0300-0755 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs
0300-0955 on 9715vRIY ??? unregistered to N/ME
0600-0855 on 15380 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME
0900-1155 on 11935 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME
0900-1155 on 17570 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SEAs
0900-1155 on 17615 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs
1000-1655 on 11785vRIY ??? unregistered to N/ME
1200-1355 on 15380 RIY 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME
1200-1355 on 17625 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs
1200-1455 on 17895 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1300-1555 on 17615 RIY 500 kW / 190 deg to CSAf
1500-1755 on 13710 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1600-1755 on 15205 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu
1600-1755 on 17560 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf
1800-2255 on 11820 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu
1800-2255 on 11915 RIY 500 kW / 295 deg to NEAf
1800-2255 on 11930 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf

External Service

0400-0655 on 15285 RIY 500 kW / 190 deg to CSAf Swahili
0800-0955 on 17785 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf French
0900-1155 on 21670 RIY 500 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Indonesian
0930-1225 on 15250 RIY 500 kW / 250 deg to WCAf English
1200-1455 on 13775 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu
1200-1455 on 15120 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Bengali
1400-1755 on 17660 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf French
1500-1755 on 7240 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1755 on 9885 RIY 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Turkmen/Uzbek/Tajik
1800-2055 on 9675 RIY 500 kW / 340 deg to N/ME Turkish

(Ivo Ivanov,DX MIX NEWS # 677, 17 May 2011)

AMSAT INDIA May 2011 Newsletter available

Posted: 19 May 2011 02:21 AM PDT

The May 2011 issue of the AMSAT-INDIA newsletter is now available for free download.

Topics in this month’s edition include:

- HAMSAT (VO-52) Completes Six years in orbit.
- Update- Meeting with distinguished guests from ISRO at AMSAT INDIA ground station.
- Update on the CubeSat Communication system project by AMSAT INDIA.
- High Intercept Low Noise Amplifier with GaAs pHEMT MMIC By: Goran Popovic AD6IW
- News from AMSAT organizations around the world

Download the newsletter from
http://amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AMSATINDIA-News-May_2011.pdf

Previous issues are available at:
http://www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter/

(Nitin [VU3TYG] , Secretary, AMSAT INDIA Via vuhams list)

PCJ & Media Network Contest

Posted: 18 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT

How would you like to win a SHORTWAVE Radio?
Well PCJ will have a contest to make this happen. We are giving away 3 Tecsun DR920, and a grand prize a new Sangean ATS909X.

How will this work?
1. Beginning on the May 28th edition with Media Network Plus there will be a small that id asking a question will be played in the show (very easy question). This ID will also be used on Happy Station, Nash Holos, & Switzerland In Sound. All you need to do is answer the question and give details on where you heard the show either FM/AM/Shortwave or internet.
2. There are 3 Tecsun DR920 that we are giving away in June, July and August. Everyone that enters will be entered into the draw to win a new Sangean ATS909X. Winners will be announced in Media Network Plus. The grand prize of the Sangean ATS909 will be announced in the September edition on Media Network Plus.
3. Just make sure when you enter that you also give some program details.
4. Those who enter by snail mail will also receive a small thank you gift.
The address to enter for winning one of the 3 Tecsun’s and the final grand prize is: PCJ Radio, 8FL, No. 47, Lane 31, Section 1, Sanmin Road, Banciao, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC 22070

Or email: ats909x@gmail.com

(Keith Perron)

DRM Newsletter – May 2011

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

DRM Newsletter for May 2011 is now available online at : http://tinyurl.com/6le3htc

Main stories :
- An update on ITU activity
- DRM+ Trial in Scotland Ends
- “Radio World” reports on the DRM+ high power test in Scotland
- DRM+ Showcase in India 23rd-27th May 2011
- DRM Workshop in New Delhi
- DRM on YouTube
- The benefits of DRM – the view from India

Deutsche Welle: Changes in radio broadcasts starting this summer

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:14 AM PDT

Increased focus on television, online and mobile services and a reduction of shortwave broadcasts.

Starting July 1, 2011, Deutsche Welle (DW) will be making major changes in how and when its radio programming is broadcast in Asia and Europe, as well as German radio programming as a whole.
The measures will ensure the further development of Germany’s international broadcaster to a truly multimedia organization. As stipulated in the organization’s strategic plan for 2010-2013, DW will focus on modern modules that can be integrated into partner’s FM line-ups as well as being offered as stand-alone, on-demand services for the Internet and mobile devices. DW will thereby increase the cooperation with its partners throughout the world. With the exception of Africa and parts of Asia, linear shortwave broadcasts will be discontinued due to limited usage. The resources that have been saved will be reinvested in projects for the future – especially in the development of television services with regional languages and content, as well as an increase in online and mobile services.
DW will aim to use its available resources to offer two TV channels per region. This will give viewers the opportunity to choose between a channel with predominantly German programming and a channel with a focus on one of the regional languages – English, Spanish or Arabic.
In the future, DW will work with partner stations in Central and Southeast Europe to broadcast regional TV magazines and produce online services – each in the regional language. Starting July 1, 2011, the FM services for Bulgarian, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian and Romanian will be reduced and eventually discontinued. The frequencies that were purchased or rented in Sofia, Bucharest, Pristina and Tirana will be returned, as well as the corresponding licenses. The FM broadcasts for Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian will be reduced. In the future, these services will focus on selected partnerships with local FM stations. A service in Romani will be maintained for the time being. For Ukraine, DW is currently examining whether or not an agreement can be made with a partner to broadcast a reduced amount of FM radio programming that has been tailored to fit their needs. Radio programming for Hindi will be discontinued on July 1.

Reduction of shortwave
On November 1, 2011, DW will be discontinuing the shortwave broadcast for German, Russian, Farsi and Indonesian. For English, the shortwave broadcast will be limited to Africa. The broadcasting times for Chinese programming will be reduced from 120 minutes to 60 minutes. For these languages, DW will also be increasing the online and mobile services as well as video-on-demand and audio-on-demand. The portfolio will also include audio productions for rebroadcast by partners (when applicable).
Starting in November, DW will only be broadcasting radio programming via shortwave in the following languages: Amharic, Chinese, Dari, English and French for Africa, Hausa, Kiswahili, Pashtu, Portuguese for Africa and Urdu.

Development of FM broadcasts with partners
DW will continue to expand its network of FM partners in Africa. The radio production for Hausa, Kiswahili, French and Portuguese for Africa will be optimized for FM broadcasts step by step. DW will also produce a regional radio magazine daily in English, to be rebroadcast by partners in Africa. Audio content in Arabic will be created for the Middle East and North Africa and distributed online, via mobile or rebroadcast by partners. DW will focus on FM partnerships for Bengali, Urdu, Dari/Pashtu und Indonesian for South Asia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A decision will be made about the future of these partnerships in accordance with the budget situation and following the evaluation results.

Strategic plan for 2010 to 2013
The German Bundestag approved DW’s strategic plan in April 2011 with an overwhelming majority. The core of the plan is the multimedia orientation of the broadcaster, the focus on major tasks and target regions with regards to the budgetary issues. The new strategic direction ensures that DW is prepared for the changing conditions of international media markets: Services for certain languages and regions will be reinforced to secure DW’s competitive position in the future. The focus for the coming years will be on Sub-Sahara Africa, the Middle East, Iran and North Africa, South Asia and Afghanistan, Russia and Latin America. Due to the limited budget, the development of services will only be possible when activities are reduced somewhere else. In the area of television, DW will work more closely together with the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF and develop regionalized TV programming with selected partners. For many areas around the world, it will be necessary to further development online and mobile services in order to reach DW’s target audience better: Individuals who are interested in diverse perspectives and use a large amount and variety of media resources. That especially includes opinion leaders and future opinion leaders as well as people who lobby for democracy, freedom and progress in authoritarian countries and thereby strengthen the civil society.

(Press Release)

William Hague questions BBC World Service’s commitment to savings

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:16 AM PDT

William Hague questions BBC World Service’s commitment to savings

Foreign secretary says cuts ‘challenging but fair’ as he questions corporation’s transparency

More at : http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/18/william-hague-world-service

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New DRM broadcast to India

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:51 AM PDT

New regular daily DRM broadcast to India as of today May 20, 2011 as follows:

Days: Daily
Time: 1530-1630 UTC
Transmitter: Issoudun Alliss 100 kW DRM
Frequency: 15775 kHz
Antenna: HR 4/4/0.5
Azimuth: 79 degrees
Program: The Disco Palace
Language: English
Target area: India
Start: 20 May 2011

MPs force rethink on BBC World Service cuts

Posted: 19 May 2011 08:47 PM PDT

By Gerri Peev

The BBC World Service’s funding will not be cut after ministers gave the corporation a surprise stay of execution. The Foreign Office caved in to pressure from cross-party MPs to announce a
review into its decision to cut its budget.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388800/MPs-force-rethink-BBC-World-Service-cuts.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

House of Commons Discussion of the World Service
http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9490000/9490411.stm

EDXC Conference in Melink & Sofia,Bulgaria

Posted: 19 May 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Dear DX Friends all over the World !
EDXC — European DX Council — cordially invites you all to the next EDXC Conference in Bulgaria, coming up on August 18 – 23, 2011. First we begin with our conference in Southern Bulgaria, in Melnik. Melnik is situated 176 Kms South from Sofia on the European Highway E 79. The same Highway leads to the Greek border — 28 Kms. After our conference in Melnik we are going to visit Radio Bulgaria External Services in Sofia.

You will need 3 / three /nights in Melnik : Arrival August 18 — Departure August 21, 2011. We recommend : Hotel Melnik in Melnik. Phone : + 359 7437 2272. E–Mail reservation : reservation@hotelmelnik.com. Homepage : www.hotelmelnik.com Room prices : From EUR 36,– / Room per night, including Bulgarian Breakfast.

You will need 2 / two / nights in Sofia : Arrival August 21 — Departure August 23, 2011. In Sofia we recommend : HOTEL DEDEMAN Princess Sofia, 131, Maria Luisa Boulevard, 1202 SOFIA, Bulgaria. Phone : + 359 2 933 88 88. E — Mail : sofia@dedeman.com Homepage : www.dedeman.com
Room prices : from EUR 60,– / Room per night, including Bulgarian Breakfast. Please do RESERVE your hotel rooms NOW !

Our programme in Melnik, what we know now :
We will have our Conference at Hotel Melnik. Lectures, meals and also our Banquet Dinner at this hotel. Beyond that : One excursion to Macedonia, just over the day, just to see a little bit of another country !

Our programme in Sofia :
On Monday, August 22 we are going to visit Radio Bulgaria External Services. They transmit at least in 10 languages on Shortwaves !

Conference Fee : EUR 85,– to be paid to the Organizer Committee when you arrive on August 18 at Hotel Melnik. EDXC Reception Desk will be open from 12.00 Hours midday ( noon ). The Conference Fee EUR 85,– includes : Use of the Conference Room with fully equiped Technical Aid : LapTop with Latin Letters and picture projection possibility. Also included : Lunch on Friday, August 19 and Lunch on Saturday, August 20. And our traditional Banquet Dinner on Saturday evening is also included. Furthermore : It will be a bus taking us from Melnik to Sofia on Sunday, August 21. This bus is only reserved for our group. The price for this special bus trip is also included into the Conference Fee EUR 85.

Special participation fee for spouse : EUR 70,– / spouse. Special participation fee for child : EUR 58,– / child.

The EDXC is coming back to you with more detailed programme later on. If you wish to hold lectures with interesting subjects related to our DX Hobby, please do not hesitate to tell me.

As to your often put question : How to proceed to Melnik from Sofia ?

Our answers :
1. By railway: From Sofiya Main Railway Station:
Sofia 07:40 12:15 14:00 15:35
Sandanski 11:56 15:53 18:33 19:32

Sofia 17:05 22:37
Sandanski 20:09 02:09

From Sandanski you can continue to Melnik by taxi. Distance Sandanski — Melnik : about 17–18 Kms.

2. By bus : CENTRAL BUS STATION, Sofia,
100 Kniaginia Maria Luiza Boulevard, Sofia.
Phone : + 359 900 21 000.

Every day there is a bus at 14.00 Hours local Sofia time from Sofia to Melnik. Every hour there are buses running from Sofia to Sandanski.

As to the lectures on the conference :
What we know now, Anker Petersen the Chairman of the Danish Shortwave Club International will hold a lecture on the subject : ” Radio Travel in Northern Part of India and Bhutan. ”
If you wish to contribute with lectures related to our radio hobby, you are welcome to inform the Organizer Committee .

With best wishes and greetings,
The Organizer Committee
E — Mail : tiszi2035@yahoo.com

(Tibor Szilagyi)

RNZI Shortwave Budget Frozen Again

Posted: 19 May 2011 07:47 PM PDT

Radio New Zealand International Budget Frozen for Third Year

Wellington[NZ]
New Zealand’s international shortwave broadcaster, Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] has again had its annual budget frozen in the latest government budget for FY 2011-12 announced here today.

This is the third year in a row that RNZI’s budget has been capped at NZ$1.9m [US$1.5m) but the buying power in US dollars has actually increased by almost 20% because of the stronger New Zealand currency.

The budget is forecast to stay the same in future years through to 2015, so the good news is that core shortwave services to the Pacific continue to be funded, but the bad news is that increased wages, costs and inflation [around 2-4% in the coming few years] will effectively put greater pressure on the broadcaster.

Again, no funding is provided for a replacement of the 21 year old 100kW analog transmitter, but RNZI must achieve 99% transmission service on both this and the more recent 100kW digital capable transmitter.

To reduce costs, RNZI often cuts the power down to 50kW on both transmitters, whilst making sure it also delivers daily news bulletins able to be rebroadcast by a minimum of 17 Pacific region radio stations.

Currently, RNZI provides FM quality news bulletins and its flagship ‘Dateline Pacific’ program to some 19 Pacific stations, and rebroadcasts by the BBC Pacific program stream reach another 11 local stations across the Pacific region.

In addition, RNZI provides live audio feeds, podcasts and audio on demand news, current affairs and other programs from its website www.rnzi.com.

RNZI also continues to provide emergency tsunami, earthquake and cyclone warnings for much of the region between French Polynesia and the Solomon Islands and also works with New Zealand and Australian aid programs to upgrade the shortwave broadcasting capacity of local broadcasters such as VBTC Vanuatu and SIBC Solomon Islands.

The budget freeze is in the context of government budget expenditure reaching 8.4% of GDP this year because of the world economic climate and the massive economic and social cost of the Christchurch earthquake in February. All government agencies have had budgets frozen or reduced for FY 2011-2012.

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Operating costs are currently 60% funded from supporters worldwide. Donations are welcome to support this free community service. US$50 donation covers one day of operating costs.
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www.radioheritage.com

DRM+ Trial in Scotland Ends

Posted: 19 May 2011 11:07 AM PDT

http://drm.org/news_item/DRM%252B_Trial_in_Scotland_Ends

NASB Releases Results of its Shortwave Listener Survey at 2011 Annual Meeting

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:03 AM PDT

Around 1300 shortwave listeners from around the globe took part in the NASB shortwave listener survey between May of 2010 and May of 2011, and the results of the survey were announced at the 2011 NASB annual meeting on May 14th. In the conference center of Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas, anchored off the coast of CocoCay in the Bahamas, Dr. Jerry Plummer of WWCR announced the results for the first time. Jerry is the administrator of the survey, which was posted online at the NASB website, http://www.shortwave.org/, with links on other shortwave and DX websites.
Most of the respondents were located in North America and Europe, with significant numbers from Asia and Oceania as well. Nearly half of those who responded were also amateur radio operators. Around 97 percent were male. Not surprisingly, most listeners who took the survey listen to shortwave stations for news and commentary, and many listen for cultural programs as
well. Around 7 percent listen for religious programming of a variety of faiths. The number one shortwave station in the poll was the BBC. Full results of the survey will be published in the next NASB Newsletter, which will also be on the NASB website, http://www.shortwave.org/.
The NASB meeting took place on the Majesty of the Seas May 13 to 16, sailing from Miami to CocoCay and Nassau in the Bahamas, then returning to Miami. Twenty-one persons from the United States, France, England and Finland participated, including representatives of NASB member stations, associate member organizations and DX clubs. It was the first time the NASB has ever held its annual meeting on a cruise ship. In addition to the meetings, delegates were able to enjoy a variety of entertainment onboard the ship, a private beach resort in the Bahamas, and a sightseeing tour of Nassau, capital of the Bahamas.
The meeting began May 13th with a presentation sent especially for the meeting by Chinese shortwave listener and language teacher Cui Litang, who explained about Chinese jamming of shortwave signals and Internet sites, as well as about his use of shortwave station language programs for teaching English in China. John Wineman of HCJB’s Global Technology Center in Indiana showed the new Pappradio DRM receiver housed in a small external hard drive box.
On May 14th, Risto Vahakainu of the Finnish DX Association told particpants about his country in northern Europe and the special challenges and opportunities of doing shortwave and mediumwave DXing there. He presented a video produced by his club about DXing in the Arctic at the very northernmost part of Finland, where mediumwave stations from North America can often be heard using so-called beverage antennas stretching up to one kilometer through the forests of northern Finland. For a totally different venue, Jerome Hirigoyen of TDF — Telediffusion de France — told about his company’s shortwave sites and other installations, including the large relay station in exotic Montsinery, French Guiana, where a number of 500-kilowatt transmitters are located, reaching nearly all of the Americas and West Africa as well.

On May 15th, there was a slide presentation about the NASB’s two member stations in Florida — veteran broadcaster WYFR in Okeechobee and relative newcomer WRMI, Radio Miami International, in Miami. Michel Penneroux, chairman of the DRM Consortium’s Commercial Committee, explained the difficulties and delays involved with the mass production of low-cost DRM digital shortwave receivers, and he presented an investment plan for producing a large number of such receivers within a 12- to 18-month period.
Rex Morgan, senior producer for Latin America for World Christian Broadcasting, talked about his efforts to reach Latin American listeners from Miami via shortwave and other media, and Kok Hai Tan from the same organization presented a timely video about the progress of World Christian Broadcasting’s new shortwave station being built in Madagascar and where it will reach with programs in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages, including transmissions to India.
Finally, at the NASB business meeting, two new members were elected to the board of directors. George Ross, frequency manager of KTWR in Guam, was elected to replace Bill Damick, also of Trans World Radio, whose term was ending. And Charles Caudill, President of World Christian Broadcasting, was elected to replace David Creel of Far East Broadcasting Company, whose term
also ended this year.
Others attending the NASB meeting included Arto Mujunen, a Finnish DXer who works at the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau monitoring office in Helsinki; Michael Murray, a British DXer who is a former secretary general of the European DX Council; Dino Bloise of Miami, who produces a syndicated Spanish-language DX program called “Frecuencia al Dia;” Brady Murray, operations manager of WWCR in Nashville; and Terry Borders and Ed Mathis of the Catholic shortwave station WEWN in Birmingham, Alabama. A number of spouses also took part in the cruise. The meeting was organized by Jeff and Thais White of WRMI in Miami.
Next year’s NASB annual meeting will take place at the headquarters of Radio Free Asia in Washington, DC on May 10th and 11th, 2012. And just before concluding this year’s meeting, the NASB board accepted an invitation by WEWN in Birmingham to host the 2013 NASB annual meeting.

(NASB News Release)

REE Listener Survey and Lucky Draw

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

Spain’s Radio Exterior de Espana is conducting a listener survey. Drop them an e-mail at: english@rtve.es before the middle of June and let them know when and how you listen to them and why – whether that be via shortwave, satellite radio, or the internet. A draw will be held for those who answer this survey request. There are a number of prizes of shortwave radios, CDs, etc.

–
Mark Coady
Editor Shortwave Loggings
Shadow Lake Camp Convenor
Ontario DX Association

(Via ODXA List)

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Fantastic opening of new FM DX Season !

Posted: 20 May 2011 09:23 PM PDT

After a fortnight of monitoring FM band mostly during 0200-0400z here are the first Es logs of this season, surprisingly my logbook shows during last summer first Es log was on 19th May 2010, stations logged were Friends FM, Kolkata & Radio Oman .

18 May 2011 (Wed)

0317z 91.9 Friends FM, Kolkata Bengali Ad’s/songs 1305 kms 119deg http://tinyurl.com/66ne4qn

0432z 87.5 Punjabi Songs (Spurious) http://tinyurl.com/5u2m7u6
0436z 88.9 Padamya FM,Myanmar Burmese Talk by YL 2028 kms 107deg
http://tinyurl.com/5v6je4n
0442z 89.0 Unid Playing english songs
0445z 90.1 Unid Arabic Talk
1634z 88.1 Radio Oman Arabic Talk 1938 kms 252deg http://tinyurl.com/6zg5yr
1631z 87.9 Radio Tashkent,Ujbekistan Ujbek 1588 kms 335deg http://tinyurl.com/6f2qjv3

(Sony XDR-F1HD + Triax 5 Ele Yagi)

What is Sporadic E (Es)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporadic_E_propagation
http://www.g4xgt.co.uk/what-is-sporadic-e.htm
http://www.uksmg.org/content/sporade.htm
http://www.mike-willis.com/Tutorial/sporadicE.htm

Estimated Distance Boundaries for Sporadic E Propagation Modes
http://home.iprimus.com.au/toddemslie/Es_distances.html

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FRS tests Sun May 22nd

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Dear FRS Friends,

In preparation of a full and regular FRS 3rd Sunday broadcast in June (19th), we will do two short 15 minute tests tomorrow Sunday May 22nd. The tests will only last some 15 minutes and will be aired on 7685 kHz (7600 is occupied in the afternoon).
The first test is at 15:00 UTC= 17:00 CEST, the second test one hour later at 16:00 UTC= 18:00 CEST.
Reception reports are highly appreciated via [frs@frsholland.nl]. For this test we prefer mail reports only!
At 17:00 UTC= 19:00 CEST Radio Star Int. will test till 20:00 UTC= 22:00 CEST.
They can be reached via POBox 2702, 6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands or [rsi@live.co.uk].

73s, Peter V.

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Radio expands its reach in Malaysia

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:31 AM PDT

Radio in Malaysia attracts 2.31 million people aged 10 years and above in an average 15-minute time slot, according to the latest Nielsen survey. This is the largest radio average audience on record for Peninsular Malaysia.

Full story at : http://tinyurl.com/3lg44pd

BBC Turkish radio service to sign off for last time due to cuts

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:28 PM PDT

BBC Radio’s Turkish Service will end on May 27 after 72 years of continuous programs following a serious of British government cuts to their funding

More at :
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=bbc-radio-to-end-its-turkish-service-2011-05-23

Radio Activity 17-19/05

Jayadi — Sat, 28 May 2011 11:59:59 +0000

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WRTH A11/Summer schedules file available to download, free of charge.

Posted: 16 May 2011 04:50 AM PDT

The WRTH Editorial team is pleased to announce that the Summer/’A’ season broadcasting schedules file is now available to download, free of charge, from the WRTH website – click on http://www.wrth.com and follow the link “Latest PDF Updates”.

The file is in PDF format (you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader, v7 or above to open this file. If you do not have the Acrobat reader, please visit http://www.abobe.com to download and install it). The 97 page file is just over 900kB in size and contains the following information:

Summer / ‘A’ Season broadcasting schedules for over 200 international and Clandestine/Target stations;
- Frequency listing of the above stations to facilitate band scanning
- Broadcasts in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish
- International DRM broadcasts

Please feel free to pass this information on so that we may reach as many SWL’s, DX-er’s and professionals as possible. For contact details, transmitter sites and much more, please refer to the printed WRTH, which is available to order from the website. We hope you find this a useful accompaniment to the printed WRTH.

On behalf of the publisher and editorial team at WRTH, happy listening!
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Sean D. Gilbert, International Editor – WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook)

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FAC conclusion on BBC Hindi: Responses from Govt and the BBC

Posted: 17 May 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Naleen Kumar at British Parliament

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmfaff/1058/1058.pdf

Govt’s response:
The Government has a strong bilateral relationship with India, and we are committed to make it even stronger, wider and deeper. Since the Prime Minister’s visit and the Summit with Indian Prime Minister Singh in July 2010, we have set in train an ambitious agenda of practical co-operation.
Under the terms of the agreement set out above between the BBC and the FCO, the World Service has editorial and managerial independence within an overall strategic framework, agreed with the Foreign Secretary. On this basis, while we retain a strong interest, decisions about changes to methods of broadcast within specific countries remain the responsibility of the World Service.
The BBC World Service told us that they made a decision to cease short wave broadcast in view of a falling short wave audience, and their broader decision to move away from short wave transmission. We were not formally consulted on this decision and we believe that the case they advanced for closure was not compelling. We welcome the World Service’s decision to identify savings from within its budgets to give the service the chance to explore a new operating model. We very much hope that the reprieve will continue, either through a new model of funding, or from the BBC identifying funds from their own resources.

BBC’s Response:
The BBC remains committed to providing news to India but to secure its long term relevance needs to respond to rapid and significant changes in the media market. TV is now the key medium for news, and is already in six in ten households. FM deregulation has led to a steep decline in shortwave listening, despite the ban on news from any provider except the state broadcaster (All India Radio). Mobile phones are now ubiquitous in India, with 0.5 billion subscribers, and internet availability continues to grow. These changes have created commercial opportunities which have drawn a plethora of new competitors meeting the Indian preference for localised content.
This is the background which has seen the BBC Hindi audience in India decline by almost half in only three years, from 17.8m weekly listeners in 2008 to 9.7m in 2010—still significant in numerical terms, but representing only 1.3% reach among Hindi-speaking adults. As shortwave listening continues to decline in India, it is to be expected that the BBC shortwave audience will decline further.
As the Committee has noted, the BBC has announced the retention of one hour of Hindi shortwave for one year, in response to audience concern, and while it explores whether sustainable commercial funding can be found for the longer term. The BBC has noted the Committee’s recommendation regarding longer term support for an unreduced service. The original decision to cease Hindi short wave broadcasting was a difficult choice and sooner than we would have liked, however one that we believed was necessary given the resources available at the time. The BBC is examining whether any further retention is possible within the funding constraints.

(Naleen Kumar)

Radio Kuwait A11

Posted: 17 May 2011 04:20 AM PDT

KUWAIT Summer A-11 of Radio Kuwait:

0200-0900 on 5960#KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
0500-0900 on 15515*KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic Holy Qura’n sce
0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi
0930-1600 on 11630^KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qura’n sce
1000-1500 on 21540+KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service
1100-1600 on 9750!KBD 300 kW / 275 deg to NEAf Arabic General Service
1600-2200 on 6080@KBD 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Service
1700-2100 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Service
1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
# co-ch Radio Japan NHK in Japanese till 0500
* co-ch BBC in Hausa 0630-0700
^ co-ch CNR in Kazakh/Chinese
+ co-ch REE in Spanish
! co-ch Radio Japan NHK in Japanese and VOR in DRM from 1300
@ co-ch Radio Minsk HS-1 and VOA in English from 1700
Frequencies 6080, 15515 and 21540 are unregistered in HFCC!

(Ivo Ivanov, DX MIX NEWS # 677, 17 May 2011)

Voice of Nigeria A11

Posted: 17 May 2011 02:28 AM PDT

NIGERIA Summer A-11 for Voice of Nigeria:

0500-0700 on 15120*IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
0700-0800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf French
0800-0900 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa
0900-1500 on 9690#IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English
1500-1600 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
1600-1730 on 9690&IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Swahili/Yoruba/Igbo
1730-1800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic
1800-1900 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
1900-2100 on 7255+IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf English/French
2100-2300 on 7255^IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Fulfulde/Hausa
* co-ch CRI in Chinese
# co-ch AIR in English from 1330
& co-ch RRI in Romanian till 1655
+ co-ch Radio Belarus in German/English and CRI in Turkish/Russian
^ co-ch Radio Belarus in English/Russian

(Ivo Ivanov,DX MIX NEWS # 677, 17 May 2011)

Radio Noida tunes in to connect with masses

Posted: 16 May 2011 08:46 PM PDT

Noida: For a little over two years now, a dozen students of a private media school along with five professional staff members have been reaching out to residents through words of mouth, literally. Their aim is to bring them together to discuss civic and other issues through Radio Noida, the city’s first community radio service.

Full story at : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Radio-Noida-tunes-in-to-connect-with-masses/articleshow/8374438.cms

Papua New Guinea Radio Review

Posted: 16 May 2011 10:24 AM PDT

Papua New Guinea Broadcasting Review

We’re currently reviewing the status of broadcasting in PNG as part of our ongoing updates for the World Radio TV Handbook [WRTH] and our PAL Radio Guides at www.radioheritage.com.

Radio Eastern Highlands 3395kHz at Goroka has been reported inactive on SW for some time. In fact, we had even removed it from the WRTH listing.

However, we understand it was most recently off SW for 9 months, returning briefly in January 2011 before another technical problem has taken it off air yet again.

An NBC engineer says ‘Radio Eastern Highlands faced a lot of ‘off-air’ time a few years back because the IC kept getting cooked, and recently [January 2011] the entire mini-transformer box at the transmitter was blown to bits.”

“Other TV and 3 radio stations piggyback on our tower and went off air for a whole month. We were lucky we have a standby generator for a bypass power supply.”

“The SW transmitter magnetic contactor blew out, so no SW service, using only FM. We’ve also reduced transmission hours by one, terminating at 2100 hours [local] and this will remain so until the SW transmitter fault is rectified.”

The problems are linked to the power authority upgrading national power supplies, and huge voltage surges [up to 400v] are blowing out integrated circuits.

An engineer comments ‘NBC engineers have to be very current with PPL’s [power company] upgrade and automation so that our delicate digital equipment is not cooked up in their upgrade process.”

As a general observation, MW/SW radio services of NBC may often operate irregularly outside Port Moresby because of technical and funding issues.

Simply put,they can come and go from the air as they break down, get fixed, then break down again and listeners need to constantly monitor all PNG shortwave outlets to have a current overview of their status.

NBC plans to replace MW/SW stations with FM only by 2015 but funding issues are now reported to be delaying implementation.

Commercial network FM100 by comparison, has a rapidly growing and technically secure FM network because it is owned by Telikom, the main infrastructure operator.

Its FM frequencies are generally claimed to have 200km coverage which indicates relatively high powered and well located [often on mountains] transmitter sites.

Mobile phone use is growing rapidly in PNG with operators Telikom and Digicel expanding nationwide coverage across the archipelago. Most radio listeners prefer the commercial FM services such as FM100, Nau and Yumi FM

The predominately young population prefers inbuilt FM receivers in mobile phones for listening so the demand for MW and SW services falls faster every year.

Religious broadcaster Wantok Radio Light have recently upgraded their satellite systems at each FM relay station, opened two new FM stations and are planning on some 10 more in 2011 alone to maintain contact with the rapidly growing FM radio audiences.

Blessed Peter ToRot Radio, a network of Catholic community radio stations has also reactivated Radio St.Gabriel on shortwave at Vanimo in recent weeks.

Vanimo is some 20km from the border with Indonesia and there is high tension in the area because of the Free West Papua movement, reports of police and military brutality, and a local economy still suffering from the effects of a devastating tsunami in the area in the recent past.

We are continuing to monitor broadcasting in PNG with the help of several sources within the country in an effort to improve the quality of information available for listeners, travellers and others using the WRTH listings and those of the PAL Radio Guides at www.radioheritage.com.

Observations, comments and news about PNG broadcasting issues are very welcome to info@radioheritage.net.

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May 16 2011

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Germany’s Deutsche Welle to end most shortwave broadcasting

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:42 AM PDT

Bonn, Germany – The government-financed German broadcaster Deutsche Welle is to cease most of its shortwave broadcasts on July 1, with emphasis shifting to television broadcasts and the internet, the corporation said in Bonn Wednesday.
Full story at :
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1639879.php/Germany-s-Deutsche-Welle-to-end-most-shortwave-broadcasting

World Radio TV Handbook A11 CD

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:29 AM PDT

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WRTH Bargraph Frequency Guide A11
Now Available – Order your cd today!
We are delighted to announce the availability of the new WRTH Bargraph Frequency Guide for the A11 season. The CD contains the complete, and monitored, A11 international broadcasts, and fully updated domestic shortwave, displayed as a pdf colour bargraph.
This CD is only for sale on the WRTH site. Visit our website at www.wrth.com to find out more and to order a copy.

I hope you enjoy using this Frequency Guide.
Nicholas Hardyman
Publisher

Bihar CM inaugurates 2 new community radio stations for farmers

Posted: 18 May 2011 12:21 AM PDT

PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday inaugurated the transmission of two community radio stations for the farmers which have been set up at Barh in Patna and Birauli in Samastipur. He advised the farmers to listen to the two-hour programmes on radio every day which will give them important tips about the farming.

Read the TOI story here :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/CM-opens-radio-stations-for-farmers/articleshow/8403977.cms

Radio Activity 10,13,15-16/05

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In Latin America, the Future of Digital Radio Is a Murky One

Posted: 10 May 2011 01:20 AM PDT

Read the Radio World story here : http://www.radioworld.com/article/in-latin-america-the-future-of-digital-radio-is-a-murky-one/23347

New Radio Website by Jay Allen

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:55 PM PDT

Longtime contributor to the radiointel web site, Jay Allen has his own website, here’s the link :

www.radiojayallen.com

It features all of the reviews and radio restoration articles that he has written & he hopes to add more to it.

JJY 40 kHz reactivated again

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:22 PM PDT

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) sent “a suicide corps”, wearing nuclear protective suits, on May 9 to recover the Mt.Ootakadoya JJY transmitting site – located 17km from dangerous Fukushima No.1 nuclear power station – which was destructed by lightning on April 25. After the recovering works 40kHz time signal was temporally reactivated at 0408UT on the day. The transmission is remote-controlled and may be temporally stopped in case of bad weather condition.

(Takahito Akabayashi, Japan via DXLD List)

TDP DRM Test to India

Posted: 09 May 2011 10:04 AM PDT

TDP Radio will do a DRM test broadcast towards India as follows:

Date : 12 May 2011
Time : 1500-1700 UTC
Frequency : 15775 kHz
Power : 100 kW DRM
Location : Issoudun

New Vietnamese program on 1503 khz to Vietnam

Posted: 08 May 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Beginning May 15th, 2011 Foundation For Democracy Of Vietnam will broadcast a daily program from 1430UTC to 1500UTC on 1503khz. This time slot had been used by the BBC Vietnamese Service until it was vacated because of the restructuring measures that have been taken by the BBC World Service. The 600kw transmitter and directional antenna azimuth of 247deg is located in Fangliao, South Taiwan (Pingtung County). This site is also used by Radio France International in Khmer, Radio Chan Troi Moi (New Horizon Radio) in Vietnamese, Family Radio in Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese and English. This relay was arranged by Jeff White at WRMI (Radio Miami International) and Keith Perron at PCJ Radio.

(Keith Perron via DXLD List)

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DRM Newsletter – May 2011

Posted: 12 May 2011 05:28 AM PDT

DRM Newsletter for May 2011 is now available online at : http://tinyurl.com/6le3htc

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KFBS Saipan ends shortwave transmission on 30th April

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:56 PM PDT

Oleg Cherny, FEBC Russia’s chief engineer, confirms in his letter that KFBS ended transmissions on April 30.
(Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine )

(Via DXLD List)

Radio City 91.1 FM now availbale online on sify.com

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Tuesday, May 10, 2011 — (Business Wire India) Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ Global Markets: SIFY), a leader in Enterprise and Consumer Internet Services in India with global delivery capabilities, today announced its partnership with the country’s leading FM radio brand, Radio City 91.1 FM, by integrating PlanetRadiocity’s Web Radio to launch Radio on Sify. This tie-up will enable visitors to Sify.com to enjoy Bollywood, Indi-Pop and other genres of music 24×7.

The content broadcast on Radio on Sify will be different from the terrestrial programming of Radio City 91.1 FM. Some of the special features of Radio on Sify are:

– Uninterrupted streaming: Visitors can listen to their favourite songs without any buffering at an internet speed as low as even 128 Kbps. — Popular RJ’s: Visitors/audience can select songs from a given list and dedicate it to friends/loved ones. The RJ will announce the dedications during particular shows.
– Facebook apps: Users can post their comments/dedications via any mail id or their Facebook account. Comments/dedications will also be posted to their Facebook walls.
– Show Time: Show Time features the daywise list of all the shows.

Speaking on the launch, Mr. Natesh Mani, President, Consumer Infrastructure Services, Sify Technologies, said, “We believe, Radio on Sify is a complete ‘fun and masti’ offering for young professionals and next generation listeners. We are delighted to partner Radio City and integrate an Indian Internet Radio channel with Sify.com. After the successful launch of Silverlight cricket scorecard, and HTML image gallery for movie fans, the launch of radio will help us offer uninterrupted music to music lovers.
India being a country of cricket, movies and music, Sify.com now covers the entire essential entertainment spectrum for internet audiences making it an exciting place for brands to engage with their consumers.”

Commenting on this partnership, Ms. Rachna Kanwar, Head of Digital Media & New Business, Radio City 91.1 FM, said, “This is a strategic move for Radio City. With over 17 million unique visitors per month, Sify.com is one of the leading horizontal portals for Information, Communication and Entertainment among Indians worldwide. Radio City was the first Indian radio station to launch a multi-genre Indian web radio, and now through this partnership, we hope to monumentally increase our listener base among Indian netizens globally. The premise of cross-channel navigation among the visitors of Sify.com is very promising.”

Radio on Sify will now appear as a tab on the homepage in all Sify mylife cybercafés and for all Sify Broadband users. To listen to Radio on Sify please visit: www.sify.com/radio

(Press Release)

British radio listening at record levels

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:30 AM PDT

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Demand for radio sets on decline despite booming FM market

Posted: 15 May 2011 02:28 AM PDT

NEW DELHI: The FM radio sector may be booming but the demand for radio sets is on a rapid decline forcing multinationals like Panasonic and Sony to either stop manufacturing devices in India or trim down the number of models sold here.
Read the full story here : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8337826.cms