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JAPAN PREMIUM -Kanto DXers Circle weekly loggings-
No.631 -May.28 2010-
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All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
CHINA
3900, China, PBS Hulun Buir, Hailar. May, 23 male and female talks presumed in Chinese. From the confines of China, a very weak signal, 25422
[LOB]
KOREA R.
3912, Korea, South, Voice of the People, Kyonggi-do. May, 26 0918-0932 male and female talks in Korean "Pyongyang". Progressively deterioring, 24322
[LOB]
TADZHIKISTAN
4765, Tadzhikistan, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe-Yangiyul. May, 22 Tajik (listed) 2346-2356 two male and a female discussion, 2352 male singing solo, back to talks, slow music. 25432,
[LOB]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
SAUDI ARABIA
BSK 15435 1745 Arabic 333 May 25 OM with ongoing comments.
[MacKenzie]
===== AFRICA =====
EGYPT
Radio Cairo 9325 0015 Arabic 333 May 24 Choir singing music.
[MacKenzie]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
5005, Equatorial Guinea, R. Nacional, Bata. May, 23 0552-0602 African music selections, male announcements in Spanish. 6250 was off or unlistenable in this time period, deterioring 25322
[LOB]
ETHIOPIA
7110, R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa-Gedja. May, 25 Amharic (listed) 2048-2101 horn of the Africa music, male back to music, male talks again, mentioned a word sounding like "program", N.A., sign off. 35543,
[LOB]
GUINEA
7125, Guinea, R. Conakry, Conakry-Sofon. May, 25 2101-2112 male talks in French, tribal music as a bridge to other male who alternate French and Dialect talks "formación profesionale". 35433,
[LOB]
7125, Guinea, R. Conakry, Conakry-Sofon. May, 28 2113-2122 African music in French, male in French talks. 33533,
[LOB]
MALI
9635, R. Mali, Bamako. May, 23 0951-1002 tribal, Afropop music and many female canned ID in French "Mali…FM", 1001 male announcements followed by tribal music. 35533,
[LOB]
LIBERIA
4025, Liberia, Star Radio (presumed), Monrovia. May, 28 2037-2058 male and female talks, African music. At tune in only a carrier and something more but enhanced around 2051-2055, deterioring after this time to an imagination level. At peak 25522,
[LOB]
===== EUROPE =====
CROATIA
Voice of Croatia 9925 2350 Croatian 433 May 23 Two OMs in a conversation.
[MacKenzie]
GREECE
Foni Tis Helladas 9420 0008 Greek 333 May 24 OM singing folk music.
[MacKenzie]
RUSSIA
4050, Russia, R. Rossi, Bishkek. May, 22 2330-2342 Russian (listed) orchestrated and lyric music selections, female talks in every music break. Weak, 25422
[LOB]
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
BOLIVIA
4451, Bolivia, R Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma. May, 25 2207-2217 female religious talks in Spanish "este Dios todo poderoso", religious music back to religoius talks. At peak 34333,
[LOB]
5952, Bolivia, Emisora Pio XII, Siglo Veinte. May, 25 2222-2232 news program by male, 2225 ads "el dia de la madre", back to news program. Het, partially readable 32532
[LOB]
BRAZIL
Radio Nacional Da Amazonia 11780 2342 Portuguese 444 May 23 OM with ongoing comments.
[MacKenzie]
CUBA
Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 12030 2105 Spanish 333 May 23 YL with comments. OM singing 2107. Mailbag program by an OM 2116. OM with comments 2327.//11730[333], 11760[444], 15370[333], 9525[444].
[Mackenzie]
PERU
4950, Peru, R. Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado. May, 28 2151-2206 ads "...parasitários", male ID "Madre de Dios...emisora", Pop, latin and romantic Spanish music selections, two male in discussion. 24522,
[LOB]
===== PACIFIC =====
NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 13730 0048 English 333 May 24 Two OMs in a conversation on securing funds from outside of New Zealand.
[MacKenzie]
=== Site Unknown ===
=== CLANDESTINE ===
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
3910, unidentified. May, 28 2025-2037 male and female talks in a don't recognized language. 23422
[LOB]
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
The Management of Star Radio has announced the re-activation of its shortwave service. The entity's Station Manager James Morlu disclosed the institution has begun test transmitting on its shortwave service. Mr. Morlu did not state the length of coverage of the new shortwave service, but said it creates a medium to interact with more listeners. According to him, the frequency of the shorwave is 4.025 MHz. He believes as the country strives towards its recovery process, it was prudent to have a viable information dissemination channel like the shortwave.
More at : http://www.starradio.org.lr/content/view/15968/380/
[Gupta]
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Bangladesh Betar and China Radio International (CRI) signed a three year
agreement on May 17, 2010 under which Bangladesh Bater will re-broadcast CRI
Bengali program everyday at 1830 - 1930 BST (1230-1330 UTC) on 103.2 MHz FM
in Dhaka and 105.4 MHz FM in Chittagong simultaneously. English program of
CRI will also be re-broadcast everyday at 1730 - 1830 BST (1130-1230 UTC from
Dhaka station on 103.2 MHz FM.
For the re-broadcast service, Bangladesh Betar will earn about US$
50,000.00 annually. CRI will provide technical assistance to Bangladesh
Betar & will also extend training facilities for employees of Bangladesh
Betar.
Md. Mahbubul Alam, DG Bangladesh Betar and Mr. Wang Yu, Political Counselor
of Chinese Embassy in Dhaka signed the agreement. High officials of Ministry
of Information and Bangladesh Betar were present on the occasion.
(Source : Bangladesh Betar)
[Gupta]
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New NASB Shortwave Listener Survey, is now online. The purpose of the survey is to gather demographic and other information about shortwave listeners in North America and around the world. Questions deal with listener preferences regarding shortwave stations, programming, receivers, DRM and much more. The NASB is requesting and encouraging all shortwave publications and websites to place a link to the survey, which will be online until May of 2011. The survey results will be announced to the public at the 2011 NASB annual meeting.
The URL for links to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6LRVLJ7
(NASB Newsletter, May 2010)
[Gupta]
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Radio Gloria International Today on 6140 khz!
At 09.00 to 1000 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summer 2010
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio (June)
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
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http://cq-amateur-radio.com/
Author: Dimiter Petrov & Rumen Pankov
This is Radio Bulgaria's weekly DX Program for radio amateurs and short wave fans and DXers which is included in our one-hour broadcasts starting as follows:
Friday at 21.00 UTC on 5900 and 7400 kHz beamed to West Europe, at 23.00 UTC and
Saturday at 02.00 UTC on 9700 and 11700 kHz to North America, as well as in the
half-hour broadcast at 06.30 UTC on 9600 and 11600 kHz to West Europe.
In this issue by DX Editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF, with Broadcast Tips by Rumen Pankov:
DX Propagation
Propagation has just been "floating" for the last week or so. The solar flux took a "dip" into the upper 60's . The geomagnetic field is expected to be predominately quiet with isolated active periods around May 20-21. The increase is forecast due to the possible onset of a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. Openings on the higher bands 24 and 28 MHz have been reported even late at night.
This time of the year, just as the HF bands are going into their summer sag, the six meter band is nearing its seasonal peak. Check the DX clusters for six meter openings , or better yet, use the spot map where you can actually see where the sporadic E clouds are. It is a fantastic tool for V/UHF opening. The map is available on the www.vhfdx.info website. A good CW frequency is 50098 kHz. When six is open, you will make contacts with very modest antennas. It does take patience when the band is dead. Give six a try!, reports Wes, AC5K.
ZS8M - Marion Island
Pierre, ZS1HF, did start his operation from Marion Island as ZS8M last Saturday. He was reported on 20, 17 and 15 meters. The frequencies are not consistent, so you will just have a listen or check cluster spots. There were some false reports of CW operation. Note, please, Pierre has said he DOES NOT work CW. Please don't waste time asking him for CW.
The Pacific Odyssey
The Ukrainian team began their Pacific Odyssey this week starting at Samoa as 5W0OXMay 18 - 19, Central Kiribati as T31X / T31UR May 22 - June 1 and finishing up on Tokelau as ZK3X June 2 – 6. They are on all bands and modes from all locations, but their main focus is on providing T31, Kanton Island / Phoenix Islands Group which ranks # 7 in Europe and #19 in the world on the Most Wanted List. The team provides the following for all locations:
CW: 1823, 3503, 10103, 14003, 18073, 21003, 24893 and 28003 kHz.
SSB: 1845, 3780, 7080, 14190, 18145, 21280, 14945 and 28480 kHz.
Digital: 3583, 7035, 10143, 14083, 18103, 21083, 24923 and 28083 kHz.
TC3WFF, Turkey. Bulgarian DXer Gosho Vodenicharov, LZ1ZF reports members of the Bulgarian LZ Fauna Flora Club (LZFFC) will be operating from the Turkish National Reserve May 26-30 using the call sign TC3WFF on all bands including the CQ WRX CW Contest as a multi-two entry. Prior to the contest they will be on SSB and WARC bands. QSL via LZ44WFF.
CQ 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees
CQ Magazine announced its 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees, May 14. This year finds 15 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, two new members each into the CQ DX Hall of Fame and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed or not, who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet.
The CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only excel in personal performance in these major areas of amateur radio but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways.
The 2010 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are:
Don Hill, AA5AU and Larry Weaver, N6TW, and the inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame –
Lynn Lamb, W4NL and Robert Locher, W9KNI.
Silent Keys
Daily DX is reporting that on board the May 13 airliner which crashed in Libya were Norbert Taferner, ZS6ANL / 3DA0NL, his wife Paula and Anton Matthee, ZS6A. All passengers were killed except for a 10 year old boy from the Netherlands.
B r o a d c a s t T I p s
Tajikistan. Tajik Radio was heard in Sofia with a weak signal in English at 13.45 hours on 7245 kHz with a political commentary on Pakistan and Afghanistan. This is the only broadcast in English from this country – from 13 to 14 hours. Tajik Radio is received regularly with a local program after 16 hours on 4765 kHz.
China (Xizang, Tibet). Radio Xizang from Lhasa is reported to be on the air with a program in English called "Noly Tibet" from 15.30 to 16 hours on 4905, 4920, 6130 and 7385 kHz.
Peru. Radio Victoria has been received in Sofia again with alternating programs in Spanish and Portuguese at 05 hours on 9720 and 6020 kHz featuring evangelic sermons in Spanish.
Collisions. Broadcasts heard from two different stations on one and the same frequency at the same time: for instance – at 05.00 hours on 12080 kHz Radio Australia and the Voice of America, at 13.30 hours on 9690 kHz Radio Voice of Nigeria and All India Radio and again All India Radio and China Radio International are at same time on 13710 kHz Thus, its emission in English at 13.30 hours All India Radio has only one clear frequency – 11620 kHz.
Kuwait. Radio Kuwait, English Language Service is on the air from 18 to 21 hours on 15540 kHz.
Caucasus. Abkhaz Radio from Soukhimi has appeared again on the frequency of 9535 kHz and was heard at 07.30 hours in a local language and at 08 hours in Russian. The station can possibly have other programs but until 05 hours the frequency was occupied by Radio Exterior de Espana and from 05 to 07 hours by Radio Algeria.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Radio Voice of Korea from Pyongyang was heard on its new frequency of 7210 kHz replacing 7100 kHz in the 40 meter amateur band. The broadcast in English from 19 to 19.57 kHz is carried out on four frequencies: 7210, 9975, 11535 and 11910 kHz.
Libya. The Voice of Africa from Great Jamahyiria was reported at 13.34 hours on 17725 and 21695 kHz with news in English.
Italy. The State Radio of Italy - RAI now broadcasts news in English in its program Notturno Italiano at 00. 01 and 02 hours on 657 and 900 kHz.
This has brought us to the end of our weekly DX Program. Your opinions and suggestions will be appreciated and all reception reports confirmed with the QSL card of Radio Bulgaria. Please address your letters to English Section, Radio Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria or by e-mail to english@bnr.bg . An online reception report form is available at www.bnr.bg – click on English and navigate.
So, 73 and DX!
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/anG7UV
[Gaviria]
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http://www.fcc.gov/
Notice of inquiry officially begins Congressionally-mandated review of five rules limiting local ownership, cross-ownership
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/25/2010 4:20:02 PM
Related: No Hard, or Fast, Rules on Media Ownership
The FCC officially launched its congressionally-mandated review of its media ownership rules. That came in a May 25 notice of inquiry teeing up questions, the answers to which will help the commission set new policy or adjust old ones.
Specifically, the FCC is looking at five rules: the local TV ownership rule, the local radio ownership rule, the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule, the radio/TV cross-ownership rule, and the dual-network rule.
The notice makes it clear the FCC will take into account the role of the Internet. "The Internet clearly has not wholly supplanted traditional media, such as broadcast stations, newspapers, and cable systems, but it has increased the quantity of news and programming available to consumers."
If also asks what impact the National Broadband Plan should have, including how "access to audio and video content available over broadband" factors into its analysis of competition.
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, for one, says the Internet has to be factored into the competition equation. "The Commission has known since at least the time of its 2002 ownership review that the Internet would have a profound effect on the media landscape, yet for various reasons the agency has been unable to fully adapt its regulations to the new realities," he said in a statement. "This time, I hope, we will get it right. Burdensome rules that have remained essentially intact for more than a decade should not be allowed to continue impeding, or potentially impeding, the ability of broadcasters and newspapers to survive and thrive in the digital era."
Congress charged the commission with reviewing its rules periodically to determine if any were "necessary in the public interest" -- five words that have been interpreted by some to mean the FCC charter was only to get rid of rules that were no longer necessary, and by others to mean it is supposed to tighten or add regulations if it determines they are in the public interest (the language also talks about modifying rules).
The commission said it will take a "close look" at the impact of consolidation on the marketplace, but also promised it was going in with "no preconceived notions" about what the close look would reveal.
A separate, parallel inquiry into the state of journalism and public access to local news and information will proceed and is expected to help inform this review.
The NOI at least suggests that the competitive market for broadcast video content includes cable, online, satellite, podcasts and streaming audio content, though it also wants comment on how to define the competitive market.
"Consumers of broadcast video content also have choices for video programming among hundreds of cable channels carried by multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), and on many Internet sites such as hulu.com, fancast.com, abc.com, fox.com, and available for download at Netflix.com and at iTunes," said the FCC document. "Some of the Internet sites provide free content viewable with online commercial interruptions; some provide fee-only content; and others offer content only to their subscribers or members. Consumers of broadcast radio can choose also among over 100 audio channels carried by satellite radio, downloadable podcasts, audio streaming, and other audio entertainment available in cars, on mobile devices, and on computers. What is the impact of such changes on the economic viability of broadcasters, including specifically the viability of their local news and public affairs programming, in terms of the cost of production and resulting station revenue from such programming?"
Broadcasters have argued that those competing voices must be taken into account, and that the FCC needs to modify its rules to allow broadcaster to team up with each other and with newspapers in smaller markets to compete and survive.
The FCC is providing 45 days for comment, after which it will propose rules changes--or not--and provide likely another 45 days for comment. The goal is to get the review done by the end of the year.
The FCC effort is going on at the same time the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing challenges to the FCC's last quadrennial review-driven media ownership rule change. That is when the FCC under then-Chairman Kevin Martin chose only to loosen the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule and leave the others in place.
That move panned both by broadcasters who said it did not go far enough, and consolidation critics, who said it went too far. In the latter camp was Media Access Project, which weighed in on the FCC's announcement with reservations about its priorities.
"Even though the Commission must begin the next review this year," said MAP Senior VP Andrew Schwartzman. "I think it is placing too high a priority on taking action at this time."
Schwartzman would prefer resolving the court case first. "Right now, it should be devoting much more attention on fixing the mess left by the Bush-era FCC which issued a poorly-supported opinion on cross-ownership in the prior quadrennial review. That decision is under attack in Court, and the Commission should fix that decision before starting work on a new one."
Source: B&C Mobile
Broadcasting & Cable http://bit.ly/aAAoFz
[Gaviria]
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http://livestream.iium.edu.my/iiumfm/
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) - The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) today officially launched the live stream 'IIUM.fm' to inform campus community as well as the public and alumni around the world about its programmes and activities.
Speaking at the launch, its Rector Prof Datuk Dr Syed Arabi Idid said although it was being operated like a radio channel, IIUM.fm was not operating using the frequency normally used by radio channels to broadcast live.
He said IIUM.fm would be using live stream to broadcast channel in the internet in its bid to reach many alumni in various countries around the world and the public to share the latest update of the university's programmes and activities.
"IIUM.fm operates from Kulliyyah Islamic Reveal Knowledge and Human Science (KIRKHS) building under the purview of the Department of Communication," he said.
"IIUM.fm is broadcast 24 hours a day and we use English as the medium to communicate," he said.
For more information, viewers can access IIUM.fm at http://livestream.iium.edu.my/iiumfm
Source--BERNAMA - IIUM Launches Live Stream Radio Channel http://bit.ly/9Vhzo5
[Gaviria]
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Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Alokesh Gupta, India.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Tom Taylor, UK.
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Radio Heritage Foundation
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Also thanks to
BC-DX / GERMANY.
CONEXION Digital / ARGENTINE.
CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH / GERMANY.
CUMBRE DX / U.S.A.
DX INDIA / INDIA.
Globe Radio DX Club / INDIA.
HCDX / FINLAND.
IDXA / INDIA.
JSWC / JAPAN.
NASWA / U.S.A.
radioascolto.org / ITALY.
RUS-DX / RUSSIA.
WAVESCAN / AWR
WWDXC / GERMANY.
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Next deadline : Jun.02 1500 UTC
Please send your loggings and tips to: gaku@apple.email.ne.jp
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///// Ohkini! from Kanto DXers Circle /////
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IWATA Gaku. JAPAN.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/
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Compiled by IWATA Gaku.
JAPAN PREMIUM welcome your contributions.
----------------------------------------------------
You can read "JAPAN PREMIUM Archive" at
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~VZ6G-IWT/jp.html
JP No,001(Apr,30 1998) - No,557(Dec,26 2008) was ziped.
----------------------------------------------------
All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
CHINA
3900, China, PBS Hulun Buir, Hailar. May, 23 male and female talks presumed in Chinese. From the confines of China, a very weak signal, 25422
[LOB]
KOREA R.
3912, Korea, South, Voice of the People, Kyonggi-do. May, 26 0918-0932 male and female talks in Korean "Pyongyang". Progressively deterioring, 24322
[LOB]
TADZHIKISTAN
4765, Tadzhikistan, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe-Yangiyul. May, 22 Tajik (listed) 2346-2356 two male and a female discussion, 2352 male singing solo, back to talks, slow music. 25432,
[LOB]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
SAUDI ARABIA
BSK 15435 1745 Arabic 333 May 25 OM with ongoing comments.
[MacKenzie]
===== AFRICA =====
EGYPT
Radio Cairo 9325 0015 Arabic 333 May 24 Choir singing music.
[MacKenzie]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
5005, Equatorial Guinea, R. Nacional, Bata. May, 23 0552-0602 African music selections, male announcements in Spanish. 6250 was off or unlistenable in this time period, deterioring 25322
[LOB]
ETHIOPIA
7110, R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa-Gedja. May, 25 Amharic (listed) 2048-2101 horn of the Africa music, male back to music, male talks again, mentioned a word sounding like "program", N.A., sign off. 35543,
[LOB]
GUINEA
7125, Guinea, R. Conakry, Conakry-Sofon. May, 25 2101-2112 male talks in French, tribal music as a bridge to other male who alternate French and Dialect talks "formación profesionale". 35433,
[LOB]
7125, Guinea, R. Conakry, Conakry-Sofon. May, 28 2113-2122 African music in French, male in French talks. 33533,
[LOB]
MALI
9635, R. Mali, Bamako. May, 23 0951-1002 tribal, Afropop music and many female canned ID in French "Mali…FM", 1001 male announcements followed by tribal music. 35533,
[LOB]
LIBERIA
4025, Liberia, Star Radio (presumed), Monrovia. May, 28 2037-2058 male and female talks, African music. At tune in only a carrier and something more but enhanced around 2051-2055, deterioring after this time to an imagination level. At peak 25522,
[LOB]
===== EUROPE =====
CROATIA
Voice of Croatia 9925 2350 Croatian 433 May 23 Two OMs in a conversation.
[MacKenzie]
GREECE
Foni Tis Helladas 9420 0008 Greek 333 May 24 OM singing folk music.
[MacKenzie]
RUSSIA
4050, Russia, R. Rossi, Bishkek. May, 22 2330-2342 Russian (listed) orchestrated and lyric music selections, female talks in every music break. Weak, 25422
[LOB]
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
BOLIVIA
4451, Bolivia, R Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma. May, 25 2207-2217 female religious talks in Spanish "este Dios todo poderoso", religious music back to religoius talks. At peak 34333,
[LOB]
5952, Bolivia, Emisora Pio XII, Siglo Veinte. May, 25 2222-2232 news program by male, 2225 ads "el dia de la madre", back to news program. Het, partially readable 32532
[LOB]
BRAZIL
Radio Nacional Da Amazonia 11780 2342 Portuguese 444 May 23 OM with ongoing comments.
[MacKenzie]
CUBA
Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 12030 2105 Spanish 333 May 23 YL with comments. OM singing 2107. Mailbag program by an OM 2116. OM with comments 2327.//11730[333], 11760[444], 15370[333], 9525[444].
[Mackenzie]
PERU
4950, Peru, R. Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado. May, 28 2151-2206 ads "...parasitários", male ID "Madre de Dios...emisora", Pop, latin and romantic Spanish music selections, two male in discussion. 24522,
[LOB]
===== PACIFIC =====
NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 13730 0048 English 333 May 24 Two OMs in a conversation on securing funds from outside of New Zealand.
[MacKenzie]
=== Site Unknown ===
=== CLANDESTINE ===
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
3910, unidentified. May, 28 2025-2037 male and female talks in a don't recognized language. 23422
[LOB]
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
The Management of Star Radio has announced the re-activation of its shortwave service. The entity's Station Manager James Morlu disclosed the institution has begun test transmitting on its shortwave service. Mr. Morlu did not state the length of coverage of the new shortwave service, but said it creates a medium to interact with more listeners. According to him, the frequency of the shorwave is 4.025 MHz. He believes as the country strives towards its recovery process, it was prudent to have a viable information dissemination channel like the shortwave.
More at : http://www.starradio.org.lr/content/view/15968/380/
[Gupta]
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Bangladesh Betar and China Radio International (CRI) signed a three year
agreement on May 17, 2010 under which Bangladesh Bater will re-broadcast CRI
Bengali program everyday at 1830 - 1930 BST (1230-1330 UTC) on 103.2 MHz FM
in Dhaka and 105.4 MHz FM in Chittagong simultaneously. English program of
CRI will also be re-broadcast everyday at 1730 - 1830 BST (1130-1230 UTC from
Dhaka station on 103.2 MHz FM.
For the re-broadcast service, Bangladesh Betar will earn about US$
50,000.00 annually. CRI will provide technical assistance to Bangladesh
Betar & will also extend training facilities for employees of Bangladesh
Betar.
Md. Mahbubul Alam, DG Bangladesh Betar and Mr. Wang Yu, Political Counselor
of Chinese Embassy in Dhaka signed the agreement. High officials of Ministry
of Information and Bangladesh Betar were present on the occasion.
(Source : Bangladesh Betar)
[Gupta]
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New NASB Shortwave Listener Survey, is now online. The purpose of the survey is to gather demographic and other information about shortwave listeners in North America and around the world. Questions deal with listener preferences regarding shortwave stations, programming, receivers, DRM and much more. The NASB is requesting and encouraging all shortwave publications and websites to place a link to the survey, which will be online until May of 2011. The survey results will be announced to the public at the 2011 NASB annual meeting.
The URL for links to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6LRVLJ7
(NASB Newsletter, May 2010)
[Gupta]
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Radio Gloria International Today on 6140 khz!
At 09.00 to 1000 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summer 2010
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio (June)
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
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http://cq-amateur-radio.com/
Author: Dimiter Petrov & Rumen Pankov
This is Radio Bulgaria's weekly DX Program for radio amateurs and short wave fans and DXers which is included in our one-hour broadcasts starting as follows:
Friday at 21.00 UTC on 5900 and 7400 kHz beamed to West Europe, at 23.00 UTC and
Saturday at 02.00 UTC on 9700 and 11700 kHz to North America, as well as in the
half-hour broadcast at 06.30 UTC on 9600 and 11600 kHz to West Europe.
In this issue by DX Editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF, with Broadcast Tips by Rumen Pankov:
DX Propagation
Propagation has just been "floating" for the last week or so. The solar flux took a "dip" into the upper 60's . The geomagnetic field is expected to be predominately quiet with isolated active periods around May 20-21. The increase is forecast due to the possible onset of a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. Openings on the higher bands 24 and 28 MHz have been reported even late at night.
This time of the year, just as the HF bands are going into their summer sag, the six meter band is nearing its seasonal peak. Check the DX clusters for six meter openings , or better yet, use the spot map where you can actually see where the sporadic E clouds are. It is a fantastic tool for V/UHF opening. The map is available on the www.vhfdx.info website. A good CW frequency is 50098 kHz. When six is open, you will make contacts with very modest antennas. It does take patience when the band is dead. Give six a try!, reports Wes, AC5K.
ZS8M - Marion Island
Pierre, ZS1HF, did start his operation from Marion Island as ZS8M last Saturday. He was reported on 20, 17 and 15 meters. The frequencies are not consistent, so you will just have a listen or check cluster spots. There were some false reports of CW operation. Note, please, Pierre has said he DOES NOT work CW. Please don't waste time asking him for CW.
The Pacific Odyssey
The Ukrainian team began their Pacific Odyssey this week starting at Samoa as 5W0OXMay 18 - 19, Central Kiribati as T31X / T31UR May 22 - June 1 and finishing up on Tokelau as ZK3X June 2 – 6. They are on all bands and modes from all locations, but their main focus is on providing T31, Kanton Island / Phoenix Islands Group which ranks # 7 in Europe and #19 in the world on the Most Wanted List. The team provides the following for all locations:
CW: 1823, 3503, 10103, 14003, 18073, 21003, 24893 and 28003 kHz.
SSB: 1845, 3780, 7080, 14190, 18145, 21280, 14945 and 28480 kHz.
Digital: 3583, 7035, 10143, 14083, 18103, 21083, 24923 and 28083 kHz.
TC3WFF, Turkey. Bulgarian DXer Gosho Vodenicharov, LZ1ZF reports members of the Bulgarian LZ Fauna Flora Club (LZFFC) will be operating from the Turkish National Reserve May 26-30 using the call sign TC3WFF on all bands including the CQ WRX CW Contest as a multi-two entry. Prior to the contest they will be on SSB and WARC bands. QSL via LZ44WFF.
CQ 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees
CQ Magazine announced its 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees, May 14. This year finds 15 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, two new members each into the CQ DX Hall of Fame and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed or not, who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet.
The CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only excel in personal performance in these major areas of amateur radio but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways.
The 2010 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are:
Don Hill, AA5AU and Larry Weaver, N6TW, and the inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame –
Lynn Lamb, W4NL and Robert Locher, W9KNI.
Silent Keys
Daily DX is reporting that on board the May 13 airliner which crashed in Libya were Norbert Taferner, ZS6ANL / 3DA0NL, his wife Paula and Anton Matthee, ZS6A. All passengers were killed except for a 10 year old boy from the Netherlands.
B r o a d c a s t T I p s
Tajikistan. Tajik Radio was heard in Sofia with a weak signal in English at 13.45 hours on 7245 kHz with a political commentary on Pakistan and Afghanistan. This is the only broadcast in English from this country – from 13 to 14 hours. Tajik Radio is received regularly with a local program after 16 hours on 4765 kHz.
China (Xizang, Tibet). Radio Xizang from Lhasa is reported to be on the air with a program in English called "Noly Tibet" from 15.30 to 16 hours on 4905, 4920, 6130 and 7385 kHz.
Peru. Radio Victoria has been received in Sofia again with alternating programs in Spanish and Portuguese at 05 hours on 9720 and 6020 kHz featuring evangelic sermons in Spanish.
Collisions. Broadcasts heard from two different stations on one and the same frequency at the same time: for instance – at 05.00 hours on 12080 kHz Radio Australia and the Voice of America, at 13.30 hours on 9690 kHz Radio Voice of Nigeria and All India Radio and again All India Radio and China Radio International are at same time on 13710 kHz Thus, its emission in English at 13.30 hours All India Radio has only one clear frequency – 11620 kHz.
Kuwait. Radio Kuwait, English Language Service is on the air from 18 to 21 hours on 15540 kHz.
Caucasus. Abkhaz Radio from Soukhimi has appeared again on the frequency of 9535 kHz and was heard at 07.30 hours in a local language and at 08 hours in Russian. The station can possibly have other programs but until 05 hours the frequency was occupied by Radio Exterior de Espana and from 05 to 07 hours by Radio Algeria.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Radio Voice of Korea from Pyongyang was heard on its new frequency of 7210 kHz replacing 7100 kHz in the 40 meter amateur band. The broadcast in English from 19 to 19.57 kHz is carried out on four frequencies: 7210, 9975, 11535 and 11910 kHz.
Libya. The Voice of Africa from Great Jamahyiria was reported at 13.34 hours on 17725 and 21695 kHz with news in English.
Italy. The State Radio of Italy - RAI now broadcasts news in English in its program Notturno Italiano at 00. 01 and 02 hours on 657 and 900 kHz.
This has brought us to the end of our weekly DX Program. Your opinions and suggestions will be appreciated and all reception reports confirmed with the QSL card of Radio Bulgaria. Please address your letters to English Section, Radio Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria or by e-mail to english@bnr.bg . An online reception report form is available at www.bnr.bg – click on English and navigate.
So, 73 and DX!
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Notice of inquiry officially begins Congressionally-mandated review of five rules limiting local ownership, cross-ownership
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/25/2010 4:20:02 PM
Related: No Hard, or Fast, Rules on Media Ownership
The FCC officially launched its congressionally-mandated review of its media ownership rules. That came in a May 25 notice of inquiry teeing up questions, the answers to which will help the commission set new policy or adjust old ones.
Specifically, the FCC is looking at five rules: the local TV ownership rule, the local radio ownership rule, the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule, the radio/TV cross-ownership rule, and the dual-network rule.
The notice makes it clear the FCC will take into account the role of the Internet. "The Internet clearly has not wholly supplanted traditional media, such as broadcast stations, newspapers, and cable systems, but it has increased the quantity of news and programming available to consumers."
If also asks what impact the National Broadband Plan should have, including how "access to audio and video content available over broadband" factors into its analysis of competition.
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, for one, says the Internet has to be factored into the competition equation. "The Commission has known since at least the time of its 2002 ownership review that the Internet would have a profound effect on the media landscape, yet for various reasons the agency has been unable to fully adapt its regulations to the new realities," he said in a statement. "This time, I hope, we will get it right. Burdensome rules that have remained essentially intact for more than a decade should not be allowed to continue impeding, or potentially impeding, the ability of broadcasters and newspapers to survive and thrive in the digital era."
Congress charged the commission with reviewing its rules periodically to determine if any were "necessary in the public interest" -- five words that have been interpreted by some to mean the FCC charter was only to get rid of rules that were no longer necessary, and by others to mean it is supposed to tighten or add regulations if it determines they are in the public interest (the language also talks about modifying rules).
The commission said it will take a "close look" at the impact of consolidation on the marketplace, but also promised it was going in with "no preconceived notions" about what the close look would reveal.
A separate, parallel inquiry into the state of journalism and public access to local news and information will proceed and is expected to help inform this review.
The NOI at least suggests that the competitive market for broadcast video content includes cable, online, satellite, podcasts and streaming audio content, though it also wants comment on how to define the competitive market.
"Consumers of broadcast video content also have choices for video programming among hundreds of cable channels carried by multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), and on many Internet sites such as hulu.com, fancast.com, abc.com, fox.com, and available for download at Netflix.com and at iTunes," said the FCC document. "Some of the Internet sites provide free content viewable with online commercial interruptions; some provide fee-only content; and others offer content only to their subscribers or members. Consumers of broadcast radio can choose also among over 100 audio channels carried by satellite radio, downloadable podcasts, audio streaming, and other audio entertainment available in cars, on mobile devices, and on computers. What is the impact of such changes on the economic viability of broadcasters, including specifically the viability of their local news and public affairs programming, in terms of the cost of production and resulting station revenue from such programming?"
Broadcasters have argued that those competing voices must be taken into account, and that the FCC needs to modify its rules to allow broadcaster to team up with each other and with newspapers in smaller markets to compete and survive.
The FCC is providing 45 days for comment, after which it will propose rules changes--or not--and provide likely another 45 days for comment. The goal is to get the review done by the end of the year.
The FCC effort is going on at the same time the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing challenges to the FCC's last quadrennial review-driven media ownership rule change. That is when the FCC under then-Chairman Kevin Martin chose only to loosen the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule and leave the others in place.
That move panned both by broadcasters who said it did not go far enough, and consolidation critics, who said it went too far. In the latter camp was Media Access Project, which weighed in on the FCC's announcement with reservations about its priorities.
"Even though the Commission must begin the next review this year," said MAP Senior VP Andrew Schwartzman. "I think it is placing too high a priority on taking action at this time."
Schwartzman would prefer resolving the court case first. "Right now, it should be devoting much more attention on fixing the mess left by the Bush-era FCC which issued a poorly-supported opinion on cross-ownership in the prior quadrennial review. That decision is under attack in Court, and the Commission should fix that decision before starting work on a new one."
Source: B&C Mobile
Broadcasting & Cable http://bit.ly/aAAoFz
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) - The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) today officially launched the live stream 'IIUM.fm' to inform campus community as well as the public and alumni around the world about its programmes and activities.
Speaking at the launch, its Rector Prof Datuk Dr Syed Arabi Idid said although it was being operated like a radio channel, IIUM.fm was not operating using the frequency normally used by radio channels to broadcast live.
He said IIUM.fm would be using live stream to broadcast channel in the internet in its bid to reach many alumni in various countries around the world and the public to share the latest update of the university's programmes and activities.
"IIUM.fm operates from Kulliyyah Islamic Reveal Knowledge and Human Science (KIRKHS) building under the purview of the Department of Communication," he said.
"IIUM.fm is broadcast 24 hours a day and we use English as the medium to communicate," he said.
For more information, viewers can access IIUM.fm at http://livestream.iium.edu.my/iiumfm
Source--BERNAMA - IIUM Launches Live Stream Radio Channel http://bit.ly/9Vhzo5
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LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Alokesh Gupta, India.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Tom Taylor, UK.
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BC-DX / GERMANY.
CONEXION Digital / ARGENTINE.
CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH / GERMANY.
CUMBRE DX / U.S.A.
DX INDIA / INDIA.
Globe Radio DX Club / INDIA.
HCDX / FINLAND.
IDXA / INDIA.
JSWC / JAPAN.
NASWA / U.S.A.
radioascolto.org / ITALY.
RUS-DX / RUSSIA.
WAVESCAN / AWR
WWDXC / GERMANY.
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