Bulgaria: DX Program June 24, 2011

 

DX Program June 24, 2011 

DX Program June 24, 2011

 

On the program :

The European  DX Council – 44 years

Radio calendar

Broadcast tips

DX Mix by Ivo Ivanov

Many of the radio listeners around the globe are members of DX clubs, which are organisations helping them exchange information and share experience. Since 1967 many of the European DX clubs have been members of an association called European DX Council or EDXC. The initiative for establishing the association came from Norway, where in 1966 a group of listeners decided to send invitations to the clubs in Europe. It was proposed that a European DX Council should be established. The organisation has kept its original name since its establishment.

Initially 9 countries supported the idea. In the town of Scoevde, Sweden the chairmen of the DX clubs from Denmark, Holland, Sweden, Norway and Finland gathered and established the so-called DX Parliament of Europe. This happened in 1966 as Elman Eligsen from Norway was elected Secretary of the organisation. During the next year the constituent agreement of the Council was prepared and invitations sent to all DX clubs in Europe. On June 4th, 1967 in Copenhagen , Denmark a number of representatives of listener's organisations gathered to establish the European DX Council, which had 4 major goals:

to promote co-operation between European DX listeners and organizations;
to coordinate joint initiatives in the sphere
to promote cooperation with all radio stations in the world
to improve contacts between DX listeners and radio stations

It was decided that members of the Council could be European clubs, represented by radio listeners, but only one from each country. 4 committees, which also included independent experts, were also created. These were:

A committee responsible for the preparation of reception report forms, which listeners send to radio stations.
A committee responsible for preparing a DX Country list    
A committee responsible for organizing DX contests
A committee promoting DX activities in media

Since 1967 representatives of clubs and members of the EDXC gather for an annual conference in some European city where a DX club exists. The only exception was during the past year when the conference took place in Ankara, Turkey. In the small town of Melnik in Southern Bulgaria there isn't a DX club too, but the annual EDXC conference is to take place there in August, 2011. The participants are also to pay a visit to the Bulgarian National Radio in Sofia.

DX calendar

With the financial support of Germany and France a powerful medium-wave radio transmitter started operating on June 10, 2002 in Skopje. On June 18th 1935 Panayot Hristov, better known under the pen name of Sirak Skitnik became a director of the Bulgarian National Radio. On June 26, 1926 the first Bulgarian radio club was established in Sofia.

Broadcast tips

THAILAND: Radio Thailand World Service in English was heard on June 16th with news bulletin featuring a Report from United Nations at 19.20 h on 7205 KHz.

SPAIN: Radio Exterior de Espana was noted with a program in English on June 16th from 19.00 to 2000 h on 11610 KHz with good signal and on 9665 KHz with a interference from radio Pridnestrovye from Moldova.

TAIWAN: Radio Taiwan International was heard with two programs with different content in English from 16.00 to 17.00 h on 9435 KHz from Taiwan site and on 15485 KHz from a transmitter located in France.

AFRICA and USA: A program called Special English produced in Washington of radio the Voice of America was heard from 16.30 h on 11890, 12080 and 13750 KHz from transmitters located respectively in Sao Tome , Botswana & Madagascar .

MALAYSIA: Radio Voice of Malaysia was heard on 15295 KHz from 06.00 h with news and program parade in English, followed by western disco and rap songs.

CUBA, ETHIOPIA & USA: At 04.15 h were heard on 6030 KHz a Horn of Africa songs from radio Oromiya, Ethiopia, radio Marti in Spanish from USA and a jamming noise from Cuba.

Compiled by Rumen Pankov

DX MIX № 117 / 20.06-26.06.2011

All hours in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), all frequencies in kHz.

Italy: We start with the new schedule of NEXUS IRRS Shortwave for Western Europe:

European Gospel Radio & International Public Access Radio in English since June 4:

0800-0900 on Saturday and 0930-1200 on Sunday on 9510 via Tiganesti 100 kW / 300deg. for Western Europe instead via Rimavska Sobota 150 kW / 60 deg. Every Saturday the music show Radio Joystick is broadcast in German.

Brother Stair The Overcomer Ministry in English since June 10:

1800-2000 daily instead of 1800-1900 from Friday to Sunday on 7290 via an unknown transmitter, probably located in Armenia, Moldova, or Ukraine.

Turkey: Changes in the broadcasts of the Voice of Turkey via a transmitter in Emerler:
-in Turkish
0600-1155, instead of 0600-1255 on 11955, 250 kW / 150 deg. for the Middle Eastк
-in Urdu
1200-1255, instead of 1400-1455 on 13710, 500 kW / 92 deg. for Southern Asia
-in Italian
1400-1425, instead of 1500-1525 on 9610, 500 kW/290 deg for Southern Europe

USA: Frequency Change made by World Harvest Radio T8WH Angel 4:

1000-1100 Radio Free Sarawak in Bahasa Malay and
1100-1200 in English on new frequency  15700 Palau 100 kW / 270 deg. for Southeastern Asia. Changed frequency is 15420.

USA: Frequency changes made by IBB:

Radio Svoboda

0500-0700 in Russian new frequency 11850 Lamperteim 100 kW / 55 deg. for Russia.Changed frequency is 12005

1400-1500 in Uzbek new frequency 13615 Wertachtal 250 kW / 75 deg. for Central Asia.Changed frequency is 9510

Voice of America

-in Tibetan for Central Asia

1400-1500 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with new frequency 17760 Lamperteim 100kW / 77 deg., instead of 15530. Frequency 15180 is used during the other days of the week.

-in English, programme "Sudan in Focus" for Sudan from Monday to Friday
1630-1700 new frequency 13830 Wertachtal 250 kW / 150 deg., instead of 13870

-in Portuguese for Central and Southern Africa

1700-1730 and 1730-1800 daily и 1800-1830 from Monday to Friday. New Frequency13630, respectively through Sao Tome 100 kW / 138 deg, Botswana 100 kW / 350 deg.and Talata 250 kW / 275 deg. Changed frequency is 15740

-in Arabic, programme "Hello Darfur" for Sudan
1900-1930 new frequency 9600 Wertachtal 250 kW / 150 deg., instead of 9745

New Zealand: Here is the updated schedule of Radio New Zealand International in English via 2 transmitters in Rankitaiki: in AM mode, 50 kW and in DRM mode 25 kW under the following schedule:

-for the Pacific, azimuth 0 degrees
0459-0658 on 11725 AM and 11675 DRM
0759-1058 on 6170 AM and 7440 DRM
1259-1550 on 6170 AM
1836-1850 on 9615 AM and 9890 DRM
1851-1950 on 9615 AM
1851-2050 on 15720 DRM
1951-2050 on 11725 AM
2151-0458 on 15720 AM and 17675 DRM
-direction Tonga, azimuth 35 deg.
0659-0758 on 6170 AM and 7440 DRM
-direction Northwestern Pacific, azimuth 325 deg.
1059-1258 on 9655 AM and 7440 DRM
-direction: the Fiji, Cook, and Samoa Islands, azimuth 35deg.
1551-1835 on 7440 AM and 6170 DRM
-direction: Salomon islands, azimuth 35 deg.
2051-2150 on 11725 AM and 11675 DRM

Written by: Ivo Ivanov, Frequency Manager of Radio Bulgaria

English version: Alexander Markov

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