1. Periode kontes    : Dari pukul 00.00 UTC tanggal 1 Oktober 2011 sampai 23.59 UTC tanggal 10 Oktober 2011.
2. Pendengar diminta memonitor sebanyak mungkin stasiun gelombang pendek (SW) dari All India Radio (AIR).
3. Selanjutnya, kirimkan Laporan Penerimaan untuk setiap stasiun AIR yang dipantau tersebut dengan menggunakan lembaran laporan penerimaan siaran secara terpisah.
   Format lps dapat didownload di http://tinyurl.com/43o2mwk.
4. Poin dihitung berdasarkan lokasi yang dipantau yaitu :

• Asia / Oceania: 1 poin per stasiun AIR
• Eropa & Afrika: 2 Poin per stasiun AIR
• Amerika Utara & Selatan: 3 poin per stasiun AIR

Hadiah atau penghrgaan disediakan untuk peserta poin tertinggi, disediakan oleh :

• World Radio TV Handbook 2012 untuk entri dengan nilai tertinggi dari Asia Selatan
• Survey Penyiaran Domestik, Danish SW Club International ke-13
• Berlangganan selama satu tahun “DXers Guide”, yang diterbitkan oleh ARDXC
• Buku “This is All India Radio” karangan U.L. Baruah
• Joe Carr’s Antenna Handbook
• T-shirts 10 Tahun DX India
• Cover Khusus Pos dari India on Communication
• Cover peringatan khusus platinum langka dari All India Radi
• Hadiah lainnya akan diumumkan menyusul

Selain itu, untuk semua entri yang diterima akan diberikan ‘Sertifikat Partisipasi’. Selanjutnya setiap Laporan Penerimaan Siaran yang diterima panita kontes DX Asia akan diteruskan ke All India Radio untuk kemungkinan dibuatkan QSL.

Kirimkan partisipasi melalui pos atau email paling lambat cap pos 31 Oktober 2011, ke alamat :
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Surat: India 10th Anni. Contest, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Hasil kontes ini akan diumumkan pada bulan Desember 2011.

Sebagai catatan:

Dari 29 stasiun SW AIR, 25 diantaranya masih aktif. Jadwal rincinya tersedia di:
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm

Kontes ini disponsori oleh:

• World Radio TV Handbook  www.wrth.com
• The Danish Shortwave Club International  www.dswci.org
• DX India  www.qsl.net/vu2jos
• Radioaktivity http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com
• Ardic Radio DX Club

DX India disiarkan khusus melalui AWR WaveScan
Dengarkanlah program Wavescan AWR, karena dalam program yang disiarkan pada tanggal 2 Oktober 2011, akan ada segmen khusus tentang Ulang Tahun ke-10 DX India.

Jadwal AWR WaveScan adalah:

12.00-12.30 UTC       17535 Wertachtal
13.30-14.00 UTC       11880 Guam
14.30-15.00 UTC       11720 Guam
15.00-15.30 UTC       11720 Guam
15.30-16.00 UTC       15255 Wertachtal
16.00-16.30 UTC       11805 Guam, Guam 12035
16.30-17.00 UTC       11740 Guam

Juga disiarkan melalui WRMI.

Kartu QSL khusus akan diterbitkan bagi yang mengirimkan laporan penerimaan siaran WRMI ke alamat berikut ini :
Surat: India 10th Anni. Contest, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Siaran DX India khusus melalui Amatir Radio

BCDXers yang memantau ham diminta untuk tune in pada band yang ditentukan untuk acara pertemuan atau ramah tamah di udara pada tanggal 1 Oktober 2011, hari Sabtu (ulang tahun ke-10 Dx India) dan kontak/pantau VU2JOS dengan jadwal sebagai berikut :

01.30-02.00 UTC (07:00-07:30 am)            :   7073 kHz, LSB
12.30-13.00 UTC (06:00-06:30 am)            : 14160 kHz USB

Kartu QSL khusus juga akan dikeluarkan untuk lps program ini. Kirimkan laporan penerimaan Anda ke :
Surat: India 10th Anni. Contest, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Partisipasi Anda sangat dinantikan!

Jose Yakub & Alokesh Gupta
DX India YG  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dx_india/
(Diterjemahkan secara bebas dari artikel Radioactivity)

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Fiji broadcast media to switch frequencies

India expects 800 FM radio stations soon

NHK reports record-breaking revenue

Nautel Emerges as one of Radio Industry’s Largest Transmitter Manufacturers

Fiji broadcast media to switch frequencies

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT

More at : http://www.abu.org.my/abu/index.cfm/elementid/68860/Fiji-broadcast-media-to-switch-frequencies

India expects 800 FM radio stations soon

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 06:33 AM PDT

More at :  http://www.abu.org.my/abu/index.cfm/elementid/68864/India-expects-800-FM-radio-stations-soon

NHK reports record-breaking revenue

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 06:08 AM PDT

Read the story here  : http://www.abu.org.my/abu/index.cfm/elementid/68854/NHK-reports-record-breaking-revenue

Nautel Emerges as one of Radio Industry’s Largest Transmitter Manufacturers

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:38 AM PDT

Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia — Nautel Limited announced this month that the company has surpassed the 10,000 unit mark in transmitter sales worldwide, and in the past 3 years has become one of the largest radio transmitter manufacturing companies in the world.
While Nautel started innovating with solid state transmitters 42 years ago the recent history of company has been marked by accelerated growth . “It is significant to note the rapid acceptance of our recently introduced transmitters,” said Peter Conlon, Nautel President and CEO. “In just a few short years, our NV Series FM transmitters, NX Series AM transmitters and VS Series low-power transmitters have been installed in over 1100 sites.”
The company attributes the success of its radio transmitter line to the strength of the Nautel engineering team, which is constantly pushing the boundaries of transmitter design, paired with uncompromising product support. “An interesting note is that we are still providing support on every transmitter ever made by Nautel, including units made several decades ago,” said Conlon. “Once a Nautel transmitter goes into service, we are committed to supporting it for its full life.”
Nautel products can be found in climates ranging from arctic to desert to jungle and have been deployed in 177 countries on all continents. The company pioneered solid state radio transmitters in 1970 and has seen many industry firsts since then including the first solid state transmitters in many power categories for both AM and FM; advanced transmission technologies such as Reliable HD Radio Transport, Asymmetrical Sidebands, HD PowerBoost; and the Nautel AUI, a portal for accessing some of the most comprehensive control and diagnostic capabilities ever found in a broadcast transmitter.
“We are thrilled to have reached this latest milestone in our company’s history, and we are looking forward to continuing to serve broadcast customers everywhere in the world,” said Conlon. “With our superb development team and unmatched customer support, our goal is to make Nautel the undisputed leader in quality, reliability and operational capabilities. We’re dedicated to living up to our motto, ‘Expect More’, in every way.”

About Nautel
Nautel is a global leader in the design, manufacture, sales and support of high power Radio Frequency (”RF”) products for AM and FM broadcast, navigation, industrial and space-based applications. With more than 10,000 transmitters deployed since 1970 for AM and FM broadcast, communication systems, navigation applications and industrial RF systems, Nautel continues to lead the way in providing valuable new solutions for digital radio broadcasting and other applications. Thousands of customers in more than 177 countries have discovered that Nautel delivers world class RF solutions – systems that meet stringent quality standards at its ISO 9001-2008 registered manufacturing facilities.

(Press Release)

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HCJB’s DX Partyline program to be discontinued

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:00 PM PDT

Allen Graham announced during 30th April edition of DX Partyline program that the final edition of the program will be broadcasted on 28/29 May 2011, the day this progran celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Here’s the announcement recorded off HCA 15340 kHz on 30th Apr 2011 at 1526z  :
http://tinyurl.com/67a5ggu

DXPL podcasts are available here : http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dx-partyline-from-hcjb-world/id263468711

http://www.hcjb.org/dx_partyline
—

Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE
New Delhi

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AWR Wavescan Podcast

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:42 AM PDT

The AWR WaveScan Podcast is available as follows:

Original XML: https://awr.org.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/podcasts/ENGMI_WAV.xml

FeedBurner XML: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ENGMI_WAV

Graphics: http://awr.org.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/podcasts/logos/ENGMI_Podcast_Graphic.jpg

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id429659893

The AWR iTunes Template assigned to it is: AWR Global

–

Dr. Adrian M. Peterson

Co-ordinator – International Relations & DX Editor

Adventist World Radio

AWR expansion

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:32 AM PDT

* AWR Announcement: Expansion at KSDA Guam

A special news release from the international headquarters of Adventist World Radio in suburban Washington DC gives broad details of an expansion project at the AWR shortwave station on the island of Guam in the Western Pacific.  This news release was prepared by Shelly Nolan Freesland, who is the Communication Director for the entire AWR System.  This news release states:-

The Board of Directors of Adventist World Radio has approved, in concept, the expansion of AWR’s shortwave broadcasting facility, station KSDA, on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.  It is intended that this project will result in much better coverage of China which is a critical mission area for the Seventh?day Adventist Church.

The Guam station, which was established in 1987, currently broadcasts programs in 30+ languages for nearly 300 hours each week to a large portion of Asia.  Just over half of these hours consist of Mandarin programming for listeners in China.

The station’s shortwave footprint also includes India; and together with China, these two countries contain close to half of the world’s total population.  In addition, listeners in countries such as Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia, Indonesia and more, can all hear AWR programming in their own languages.

The technical equipment for shortwave station KSDA currently consists of six antenna towers, four curtain antennas, and five transmitters at 100 kW each. The largest tower is 330 feet tall, and each curtain antenna is about the size of two football fields.

The shortwave signals that are generated at AWR Guam can travel for thousands of miles, enabling the gospel message for these last days to freely enter many areas without hindrance.  Although the current equipment enables a good reliable signal to cover many areas in Eastern Asia, yet a stronger signal is needed to adequately reach listeners in the northern areas of Eastern Asia, such as northern China, Mongolia, Siberia, and beyond.

This new project for increasing the reliable coverage area from shortwave station KSDA calls for an additional curtain antenna.  Adding a fifth antenna will enable AWR to broadcast a strong signal to these northern areas during prime listening hours, as well as simultaneously transmitting additional programs in more languages.

“Over the years, our Mandarin broadcasts have generated an incredible response from listeners in China,” says AWR president Dr. Dowell Chow.  ”But these listeners are primarily located in the south part of the country, where our signal is much more consistent and clear.  So our goal is to provide the same quality of broadcasts to the millions of people living in the areas further to the north.”

“At the same time,” continued Dr Chow, “We are continuing to develop programs in additional languages.  We are pleased to have recently found producers for AWR programming in the languages of Tibet and Bhutan.  When these new programs are ready for broadcast, we will need the additional air time on this planned new antenna system.”

Additionally, Dr Chow stated, that while AWR recently placed significant resources into launching a comprehensive podcasting system – in which all of our radio programming can also be heard worldwide online – we recognize that shortwave broadcasts are still a vital part of our mission.  He added that in spite of the growth in Internet usage, shortwave is still the primary method of receiving information for literally hundreds of millions of people.  A full 24 percent of the world’s population does not have regular access to electricity.  So at AWR, we remain very aware that our listeners in many areas throughout the world are extremely diverse.

AWR states that the installation of the new tower and antenna system should be completed by the end of 2012, which is the 25th anniversary of station KSDA Guam.

In explanation, it is stated that Adventist World Radio is the international mission radio arm of the worldwide Seventh?day Adventist denomination.  Programs are broadcast in particular throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East on shortwave as well as by AM & FM radio.  Additionally, all of the AWR multi?language programming is also available worldwide as podcasts, and also on?demand at awr.org.

–
Dr. Adrian M. Peterson
Co-ordinator – International Relations & DX Editor
Adventist World Radio

Adventist World Radio
Box 29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229  USA

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Websites of regional AIR Stations

KTWR Guam Transmitter Project: Milestone reached!

Christchurch Radio ‘Returns to Normal”

Websites of regional AIR Stations

Posted: 03 May 2011 06:30 AM PDT

All India Radio – Agartala (Tripura) www.airagartala.org
All India Radio – Ahmedabad(Gujarat) www.airahmedabad.in
All India Radio – Allahabad (UP) http://air.iiita.ac.in/

All India Radio – Aizawl : http://airaizawl.in/

All India Radio – Bhawanipatna(Orissa) www.airbpn.org
All India Radio – Cuttack www.aircuttack.com (ex www.airctc.com )

All India Radio – Haflong http://www.airhaflong.org/

All India Radio – Imphal (Manipur) http://cicmanipur.nic.in/html/air_imp.htm
All India Radio – Jhansi (UP) www.airjhansi.com (Domain expired)
All India Radio – Jaipur (Rajasthan) www.airjaipur.com
All India Radio – HPT Malad, Mumbai www.airhptmalad.org.in/ (ex www.airhptmalad.com)
All India Radio – Panaji (Goa) www.airpanaji.gov.in
All India Radio – Rohtak (Haryana) www.rohtakakashvani.com (Domain expired)
All India Radio – Rampur (UP) http://rampur.nic.in/air.htm
All India Radio – Shillong www.airshillong.org
All India Radio – Thiruvananthapuram www.airtvm.com
All India Radio – Kolkata (Unofficial) www.freewebs.com/airkolkata/

Other websites :
Govt. of India, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting http://mib.nic.in/
Broadcasting Corporation of India (Prasar Bharati) http://prasarbharati.gov.in/

All India Radio – News Portal http://newsonair.com/
All India Radio – Main Website www.allindiaradio.org

All India Radio – Vividh Bharati Service www.vbs.org.in (Domain expired 21st July 2010)
All India Radio – Vividh Bharati (Temp) http://vividhbharati.weebly.com/index.html

All India Radio, Central Sales Unit,Mumbai http://csuair.org.in/
All India Radio, Civil Construction Wing http://www.ccwprasarbharati.nic.in/
All India Radio – Staff Training Institute (Tech) http://stitairdd.org/
All India Radio – Regional Staff Training Institute(Techl),Bhubaneshwar http://www.rstitbbsr.org/
All India Radio – Childrens Programme http://childrensection.tripod.com/

(Alokesh Gupta)

KTWR Guam Transmitter Project: Milestone reached!

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:55 PM PDT

http://www.twr.asia/twrasia/front_news/guam_project_milestone

Christchurch Radio ‘Returns to Normal”

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:55 PM PDT

The Radio Heritage Foundation says the local radio dial in Christchurch [New Zealand] is almost back to the situation it was before the massive earthquake of February 22 2011 which disrupted many services.
All radio station brands from the main broadcasting networks [Radioworks, The Radio Network, Radio New Zealand and Rhema Broadcasting Group] are on air with normal programs and no reported technical issues. Access to some local studios in the CBD continues to be an issue but the stations have been working around this problem for over two months now.
Community access stations Plains FM and Compass FM are basically operating their usual schedules along with most other independent stations in the city, although again, some studio facilities remain off-limits in the CBD, with Pulzar FM amongst the worst affected.
The eastern suburbs of the city have seen the return of local low power FM stations The Wave FM from Sumner and Burwood Community Radio, and Beachbreak FM at South New Brighton is close to returning to the airwaves.
Invercargill based Classic Gold now has a low power station located at New Brighton replacing the high powered emergency mobile station we initiated and which they operated as Radio New Brighton 102.1 FM for two months from outside the Central New Brighton School” says foundation chairman David Ricquish.
From this week, students at the fringe CBD based NZ Broadcasting School have also launched C96 FM using a high powered transmitter covering the city. The station is dedicated to the rebuilding of Christchurch and has a fund raising target of $NZ50,000 [$US30,000] to support local businesses and the community.
“Radio proved it was able to respond quickly to local needs after the earthquake, although it did require bringing in additional resources from out of the city in the initial weeks, including a totally new local station for the eastern suburbs” says Ricquish.
“It’s clear that if a similar event should occur again, radio resources in the city would again be stretched, probably beyond breaking point. The value of having self-sufficient local community radio stations across the metro area has been driven home by the February earthquake, and they must be accorded greater value in future planning’.
The Radio Heritage Foundation was saddened to see the demolition of the original Radio Broadcasting Company [3YA] studios and building in Christchurch in recent days, another casualty of the earthquake and damage caused to many older buildings.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage and its global website is www.radioheritage.com.
Another of its ‘Helping Rebuild Christchurch’ projects involves restoring the original 3ZB radio studio and transmitter building in New Brighton in time for its 75th anniversary in 2012.

Contact: info@radioheritage.net

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
May 3 2011

East and South East Asia

G.O.S-I           2245-0045         6055,   7305,   9705

G.O.S-III        1330-1500         9690, 11620, 13710

Hindi               2300-0000         9910. 11740, 13795

Indonesian      0845-0945       15770, 17510, 17875

Tamil               0000-0045         9910, 11740, 13795

Tamil               1115-1215       13710, 15770, 17810

Telugu             1215-1245       13710, 15770, 17810

Thai                 1115-1200       13645, 15235, 17740

North East Asia

G.O.S-I           2245-0045         9950, 11645, 13605

G.O.S-II          1000-1100       15020, 15235, 17800

Chinese           1145-1315       11840, 15795, 17705

Australia and New Zealand

G.O.S-II          1000-1100       13710, 17510, 17895

G.O.S-V          2045-2230         9910, 11620, 11715

Mauritius & East Africa

G.O.S-IV        1745-1945         7400,   9415, 11935

Gujarati           0415-0430       15075, 15185, 17715

Gujarati           1515-1600       11620, 15175, 13645

Hindi               0315-0415       15075. 15185, 17715

Hindi               0430-0530       15075, 15185, 17715

Hindi               1615-1730         9950, 15075, 17670

Swahili                        1515-1615         9950, 13605, 17670
West & North West Africa

G.O.S-IV        1745-1945         6120,   7410,  9445

French             1945-2030         6180,   7410,  9620

West Asia

Arabic                         0430-0530       15210, 15770, 17845

Arabic                         1730-1945         6180,   9620,   9905

Hindi               0315-0415       11840, 13695, 15075

Hindi               1615-1730         7410, 12025, 13770

Kannada          0215-0300       11985, 15075

Malayalam       1730-1830         7250, 12025

Persian             0400-0430       15210, 15770, 17845

Persian             1615-1730         7250,   9620,   9905

West & North West Africa

G.O.S-IV        1745-1945         6120,   7410,   9445

French             1945-2030         6180,   7410,   9620

UK & West Europe

G.O.S-IV        1745-1945         6280,   7550,   9950*

G.O.S-V          2045-2230         6280,   7550,   9445,   9950*

Hindi               1945-2045         6280,   7550,   9950*

East Europe

Russian            1615-1715         9595, 11620, 15140

Neighbouring Countries

AFGHANISTAN
Service	Time(UTC)	Frequencies(KHz.)
		Freq.1	Freq.2	Freq.3	Freq.4	Freq.5
Dari	0300-0345	9835	9910	11735	-	-
	1315-1415	7255	7410	9910	-	-
Pushtu	0215-0300	9835	9910	11735	-	-
	1415-1530	7255	7410	9910	-	-

TIBET Autonomous Region of People’s Republic of China
Service	Time(UTC)	Frequencies(KHz.)
		Freq.1	Freq.2	Freq.3	Freq.4	Freq.5
Tibetan	1215-1330	7420	9575	11775		-

NEPAL
Service	Time(UTC)	Frequencies(KHz.)
		Freq.1	Freq.2	Freq.3	Freq.4	Freq.5	Freq.6
Nepali	0130-0230	3945	7420	9810	11715		-
	0700-0800	7250	7420	9595	11850	-	-
	1330-1430	3945	4860	7420	11775		-

BANGLADESH
Service	Time(UTC)	Frequencies(KHz.)
		Freq.1	Freq.2	Freq.3	Freq.4	Freq.5
Bengali	0300-0430	7420		-	-	-
	0800-1100	7420		-	-	-
	1445-1515	7420		-	-	-
	1600-1730	7420		-	-	-

MYANMAR
Service	Time(UTC)	Frequencies(KHz.)
		Freq.1	Freq.2	Freq.3	Freq.4	Freq.5
Burmese	1215-1315	11620	11710	15040	-	-

SRILANKA
Service	Time(UTC)	Frequencies(KHz.)
		Freq.1	Freq.2	Freq.3	Freq.4	Freq.5
Sinhala	0045-0115	1053	7270	11740	11985	-
	1300-1500	1053	7270	9820	15050	-
Tamil	0000-0045	1053	7270	9835	11740	11985
	0115-0330	1053	-	-	-	-
	1100-1115	1053	-	-	-	-
	1115-1215	1053	7270	15050	17860	-
	1215-1300	1053	-	-	-	-
	1500-1530	1053	-	-	-	-
GOS- II	1000-1100	1053	7270	15260

updated on:29-10-2010

Legend:     UTC:- Universal Time Co-ordinated.
Indian Standard Time(IST) = UTC + 5.30 Hrs.
G.O.S. — General Overseas Service (In English)

In each language service, a composite programme is presented consisting of a news bulletin,

commentary, press review, talks on matters of general and cultural interest, occasional feature programmes and documentaries, Indian classical and light classical music (vocal and instrumental music) as well as music of the area concerned.

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All India Radio tender notice for DRM digital transmitters

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:17 PM PDT

India’s public service broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) is putting into practice its plans for digitalisation of radio and has placed a global tender notice for the procurement of several DRM digital transmitters. AIR has invited bids for the supply of 34 new MW transmitters, for the upgrade of 36 MW transmitters and purchase of 5 SW transmitters and other associated equipment. The Research Department of AIR is also going ahead with the purchase of a 500 watt DRM shortwave transmitter for conducting trials on 26 MHz SW DRM transmissions for local coverage. The details of the tender advertisement can be found on the official AIR website:

http://www.allindiaradio.org/NIT/Tenderenquiry-13/18006010.html

This procurement process is the start of the AIR’s digitalisation plan of ensuring DRM Digital radio coverage for the entire country, thereby providing better and more robust radio services to the listeners.

Earlier this year, AIR had placed orders for the purchase of two 1000 KW DRM capable transmitters which are now being made ready for inspection and delivery. These MW transmitters can be operated in DRM mode, in analogue or in simulcast mode and provide coverage to very large areas in the Indian subcontinent. The transmitters have been manufactured by Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia, A.G.

And recently All India Radio has also confirmed the purchase of 6 mobile DRM transmitters of 10 KW each which are AM/DRM ready. These containerized transmitters are meant to be used in disaster management CASES as they can be easily transported to the affected areas by air/rail/road. A 60 meter medium wave mobile mast goes in another container which can be easily erected together with the transmitter and start broadcasting as and when required. These transmitters are being supplied by M/S Riz, Croatia.

(Source : DRM Consortium)

http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=212

SAQ on air this Sunday

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:11 PM PDT

SAQ will be on air on Alexanderson Day, Sunday 4 July 2010 at 09:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC.

The frequency is 17.2 kHz CW.
Start-up and tuning of the transmitter about half an hour before the transmissions.
Reports are welcome and will be confirmed by QSL-cards.

QSL reports can be given via:

- E-mail to: <mailto:info@alexander.n.se>info@alexander.n.se
- or fax to: +46-340-674195
- or via SM bureau
- or direct by mail to:

Alexander – Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner,
Radiostationen, Grimeton 72,
S-430 16 ROLFSTORP, SWEDEN

Note: SAQ is now a member of the Swedish Amateur Association (SSA)
and “QSL via bureau” is OK.

http://www.alexander.n.se/transmissions.htm

Village students to tune in to English lessons on radio

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Anuradha Mascarenhas
Posted: Tue Jun 29 2010, 00:49 hrs
Pune: In an attempt to enable students in rural areas speak English fluently, the Pune Zilla Parishad and the Centre for Learning Resources (CLR) have come together with radio instruction programmes for classrooms. Starting July 5, the All India Radio will broadcast “We learn English”, a programme to help students improve their communication skills during school hours.
Read the full story here :

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Village-students-to-tune-in-to-English-lessons-on-radio/639679/

Radio Broadcasting in Guyana

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:38 PM PDT

http://www.silvertorch.com/g_radio_bcast.htm

Community Radio Coming Out Of the Shadows in Asia

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:35 PM PDT

http://www.global-perspectives.info/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-29%2000:00:17&key2=1

Gyan Vani Thiruvananthapuram strated txn on 1st July

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:59 PM PDT

The Thiruvananthapuram station of Gyan Vani FM radio channel, set up by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), started its local transmission from July 1. Regional Director, IGNOU, B. Sukumar said here on Wednesday that the station would offer value-added educational programmes for listeners in and around Thiruvananthapuram city. The programmes would be aired from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.Gyan Vani is a unit of Gyan Darshan, IGNOU’s educational TV channel. The programmes transmitted from the studio of All India Radio, Thiruvananthapuram can be heard on 105.6 MHz. Dr. Sukumar said efforts were on to set up an independent studio for Gyan Vani.A press note issued by IGNOU said Gyan Vani programmes were aimed at enhancing and supplementing the teaching-learning process.

(Source : The Hindu)

Bangladesh Betar to acquire 12 new FM transmitters from BE

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:51 PM PDT

A dozen FM transmitters at 10 sites will make up a new network in Bangladesh, with gear to be provided by Broadcast Electronics. The Illinois company said it won a contract to supply the government-run radio organization with 12 BE FM 10S 10 kW solid-state transmitters with dual BE FXi digital exciters, antennas, towers and other hardware, project management and engineering support.

Read the Radio World story here : http://www.rwonline.com/article/102920

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• RTÉ Appoints Director of Digital Switchover (DSO)
• BBC World Service 2009/10 Annual Review
• BBC to shut down Asian Network
• Second FM radio station in the Laos Capital
• Radio Free Asia to Get Permanent U.S. License
• Voices in the wilderness

RTÉ Appoints Director of Digital Switchover (DSO)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:09 PM PDT

RTÉ has appointed Mary Curtis to the new senior executive position of Director of Digital Switchover, with responsibility for an effective transition by audiences in the coming two years to digital television using the new Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system.
www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2010/0701/directordso010710.html

BBC World Service 2009/10 Annual Review

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 09:46 PM PDT

BBC World Service attracting millions in new audiences to TV, online,
mobile and FM in changing media climate, says 2009/10 Annual Review

BBC World Service expanded its reach on new platforms last year in the
face of a dramatic drop in global shortwave listening trends,
according to the BBC World Service Annual Review for 2009/10,
published on 5th July.
The Review provides information about BBC World Service’s performance
during a year of major news events such as the earthquake in Haiti and
the elections in Iran and Afghanistan.
During the year, BBC World Service attracted around 9 million new
viewers to its television, online and mobile services, in addition to
new listeners to BBC radio programmes through local FM and medium wave
radio partner stations in a number of countries.
This increase came despite a loss of 20 million short wave radio listeners during the year, reflecting the increasing global decline in short wave listening.

Overall, BBC World Service drew a weekly multimedia audience of 180 million across television, radio, online and mobiles – an eight million decline from the previous year. In his foreword, BBC World Service Director Peter Horrocks said: “The headline figures only tell part of the story. The strategic move into Arabic and Persian television channels has been vindicated.”

The estimated BBC Arabic television audience was up 3.5 million, making it the largest BBC’s largest language service with an audience of 22 million across all platforms, while BBC Persian has an estimated 3.1 million viewers in Iran. Commenting on the effectiveness of BBC World Service, he added: “We are only beginning to appreciate the full impact of our journalism on local media and even on the course of events.”

He also cited the impact of citizen journalism on BBC World Service, especially during the disputed elections in Iran, when BBC Persian was receiving up to eight user-generated items a minute and traffic to its online site was up 155%: “BBC World Service will be a standard-setter in the new platforms and the new spaces, just as it has over the years in radio.”

Other review highlights:

- Online performance was up 39% to 7.3 million unique users.
- BBC World Service launched 18 new mobile sites in 2009/10, attracting 4 million page impressions.
- Independent research continues to indicate that BBC World Service’s reputation for providing unbiased and objective news and information is stronger than that of any other international radio competitor in most markets surveyed.
- BBC Global News – which includes BBC World Service, BBC World News television and the BBC’s international news online services – had a record global weekly audience of over 241 million during 2009/10. Peter Horrocks became Director, BBC Global, News in February 2010.
- BBC World Service’s Grant-in-Aid funding during 2009/10 was £268m.

(BBC World Service International Publicity)

BBC to shut down Asian Network

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:48 PM PDT

The BBC today confirmed that it will go ahead to close down the Asian Network radio station, which is targeted at people with origins in the Indian sub-continent, by the end of 2011.

Full story at :

http://www.hindustantimes.com/BBC-to-shut-down-Asian-Network/Article1-567804.aspx

Second FM radio station in the Laos Capital

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 09:12 AM PDT

The second radio station in Vientaine, FM 98.8, is now officially broadcasted through out the country. Invested and owned by Butterfly Media Company, it is the second largest radio station in Laos. Total investment was $560,000 US dollar. The new radio station was assigned to replace an old AM radio station which has been halt since 2008 due to malfunction equipments.

http://www.sabydeelao.com/2010/06/second-radio-station-in-capital.html

Radio Free Asia to Get Permanent U.S. License

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:27 AM PDT

The U.S. Congress has passed a bill to renew the license for North Korean dissident broadcaster Radio Free Asia on a permanent basis. RFA has brought news and information chiefly about South Korea and the U.S to North Korean people via shortwave.

Full story at :
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/07/05/2010070501064.html

Voices in the wilderness

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:43 AM PDT

Sevanti Ninan

Swara, an initiative of former journalist Shubranshu Choudhury, enables the tribals of Chhattisgarh to tell their version of stories, in their language and through a medium accessible to them.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Sevanti_Ninan/article498530.ece

India

The following are the recent changes noted to AIR External Services.

11620 Aligarh 0015-0430 (Ex 0100-0430)
7410 Bangalore 1745-1945 English (W.NW Africa) (Ex 7550)
7550 Delhi 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi
2045-2230 English (Europe) (Ex7400, 7410)
9940 Delhi 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi
2045-2230 English (Europe) (Irregular)
15075 Delhi 1615-1730 Hindi (Back on air)
9810 Panaji 0130-0230 Nepali (Back on air)
15185 Panaji 0315-0415 Hindi, 0415-0430 Gujarati,
0430-0530 Hindi (Back on air)

The updated lists are available as follows:

Complete SW in kHz order
External Services in Language order
External Services in Time order
Complete SW Stations order

(Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DXindia June 15)
(BC-DX #968, wb, Germany via shortwave central)

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KNLS Alaska A10 shortwave schedule

Effective to: 30 October 2010

ALl times UTC
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

English
0800-0900 11765
1000-1100 11765
1200-1300 7355, 9680
1400-1500 11765

Mandarin
0800-0900 11870
0900-1000 11870
1000-1100 11870
1100-1200 11870
1300-1400 9920
1300-1400 9795
1400-1500 7355
1500-1600 9920
1600-1700 9920
1700-1800 9920

Russian
0900-1000 9615
1100-1200 11765
1600-1700 11765
1700-1800 11765
(Walter Eibl-D, wwdxc June 09)
(BC-DX # 968, wb, Germany via shortwave central)

Voice of Russia, A10 summer schedule update

Voice of Russia

Effective to: 30 October 2010

All times UTC
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: aqf (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East) na (North America) pa (Pacific) sa (South America)

English
0000-0100 7440na 9890na
0200-0300 7440na 9890na
0300-0400 DRM 15735as
0300-0400 9665sa 15425na 15585as
0400-0500 13775na
0500-0600 13775na
0600-0700 15405pa
0700-0800 15405pa 17495pa
0800-0900 DRM 12060eu
0900-1000 17495pa
0900-1000 DRM 12060eu
1200-1300 11500as 11755as
1400-1500 4975as/me 9455as 11500as
1500-1600 4975as/me 9455as 9735me 11985af/me 12040eu 13855af 11985af
1600-1700 4975as/me 11985af/me 11985af 12040eu 13855af
1700-1800 4975as/me 11985af 12040eu 13855af
1800-1900 4975as/me 12040eu
1900-2000 12040eu
2200-2300 9890na
2300-0000 9890na
(VOR Elena Osipova/6 15 2010 via shortwave central)

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China Radio relay via Cerrik, Albania
Summer A-10 update
2000-2157 on 5960 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
1600-1757 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu in German
1800-1957 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in French
0000-0157 on 6020*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in English
0200-0257 on 6020*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in Chinese
1800-1957 on 6055 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
2200-2257 on 6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Portuguese
2300-2357 on 6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Spanish
2000-2157 on 6185 CER 150 kW / 193 deg to EaAf in Arabic
2200-2357 on 7210 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Spanish
1100-1157 on 7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Bulgarian
2000-2157 on 7235 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
0900-0957 on 7285 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Romanian
2000-2157 on 7285 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
1200-1257 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Serbian
1500-1557 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME in Turkish
1600-1757 on 7380 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu in German
0900-0957 on 9440 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Romanian
1800-1957 on 9480 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in French
0500-0657 on 9515 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
1600-1757 on 9555 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
1500-1557 on 9565 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME in Turkish
0000-0157 on 9570*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in English
0200-0257 on 9570*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in Chinese
0500-0657 on 9590 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
1800-1957 on 11695 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
0500-0657 on 11710 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in English
1600-1757 on 11725 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in Arabic
0500-0657 on 11775 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in Arabic
0700-0857 on 11785 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in Chinese
1400-1557 on 11920 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
1100-1257 on 13650 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
1400-1557 on 13670 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
0700-0857 on 13710 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
* 2×150 kW in parallel
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17/BC-DX 967 via shortwave central)