BC-DX 294 deel 1 van 2
BC-DX 294 2 Mar 1997
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ALBANIA TWR - Trans World Radio - has prolonged the relay contract
with Albanian authorities for unlimited time span. Since Oct 1st, 1992,
TWR is using the 1000 kW MW station Durres Fllake, and now also two SW
txs of 100 kW at Cerrik and Shijak. Reception reports to be sent to TWR
Europe Office, A-1235 Vienna, Austria.
(Dietmar Fischer, via Dr. Hj. Biener, KiR [Church in Radio], Feb 20)
CIS Protestant radio missionary FEBA Radio, Ivy Arch Road, Worthing,
West Sussex, BN14 8BX, UK, will rent more MW bc time in Kamo, Armenia to
bcast in Azeri and Farsi. Since Oct 1996 FEBA bc weekly in Arabic via MW
Krasnodar 1170 kHz. Station received 66 letters in first bc month. On
March 5th, 1997, FEBA Radio in Arabic will hold its 25th anniversary
celebration, special broadcasts, and 'Open Door Day'.
(Dr. Hj. Biener, KiR [Church in Radio], Feb 20)
CLANDESTINE Bougainville -- According to an article in the Sydney
Morning Herald on Feb 25, Australian intelligence sources report that
the PNG government has turned to South African mercenaries in an effort
to "capture and kill" Bougainville Revolutionary Army leaders. This
after Australia turned down PNG requests for satellite technology for
hunting Radio Free Bougainville. Although US$18m had already been paid
to South African company Sandline International for the soldiers of
fortune, intelligence analysts believe that the order will be cancelled
because the "element of suprise" has been lost.
http://www.smh.com.au/daily/content/970225/pageone/pageone1.html
(Grace, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 28)
ECUADOR HCJB will get problems, when the new Puembo airport will be
built soon. The new international airport is located near HCJB's MW and
SW tx site, and one of the flight routes to and from the airport are
towards the Pifo direction.
HCJB fears problems for flight navigation and volmet circuits.
(Dr. Hj. Biener, KiR [Church in Radio], Feb 20)
The Least of These.
The stories of poverty make the news all too frequently. Hunger,
homelessness, refugees, famine, violence and others appear regularly on
the radio and in the newspapers. Yet, with increasing problems world-
wide, many governments are cutting back their foreign relief aid and
questioning how much to spend on poverty at home. On the other hand,
non-government organizations are continuing the struggle to address
these problems and find solutions.
International Shortwave radio station HCJB, The Voice of the Andes
offers a weekly radio program addressing these issues. Titled "The Least
of These," the program focuses on news reports from around the world,
interviews with newsmakers, and stories of religious, private and
governmental organizations which work each day to alleviate the needs of
so many needy people.
Reaction from listeners to the program has been very positive.
"Great program." --Wisconsin
"You put a lot of material into it. Keep up the good work." --Kentucky
This is truly excellent radio. The quality of the reports and interviews
is as good as you'll find anywhere (including the BBC Newshour,
(Radio Netherlands, etc.). --Wisconsin
The Least of These is a weekly radio program produced by HCJB, The Voice
of the Andes in Quito, Ecuador, South America. The title of the program
comes from the biblical reference in Matthew 25:40 where Jesus Christ
said, "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and
you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me,
I was in prison and you came to me. Whatever you did for one of the
least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
To SoPAC 1000 UTC 9445 kHz. To EUR 2000 UTC 11960 kHz, (may also be
heard in Africa and ME). To The Americas 0200 and 0500 (UTC Tues), (9
p.m. and midnight Monday EST) 9745 kHz.
(Kenneth D. MacHarg, HCJB, Febr 25)
Program Highlights, DX Party Line, March 1, 1997.
On this week's DX Party line we will have our regular lineup of news,
then we'll talk with Roger Stubbe who is responsible for HCJB's bcing
efforts outside of Quito. Roger talks about HCJB's search for an African
site and other items of interest to DXers. Join us Sat for the DX Party
Line on HCJB.
The DX Party Line is bc every Sat by HCJB, The Voice of the Andes in
Quito, Ecuador, SoAM. To EUR & ME 0730 UTC on 5860 kHz, 1900 UTC on
11960 kHz. To SoPAC & asia 0900 UTC on 9445 kHz. To the Americas 0100 &
0400 UTC Sunday (8 and 11 p.m. EST Sat evening local time).
(Kenneth D. MacHarg, HCJB, Feb 27)
ESTONIA Estonian Radio will cease German bcs at the end of Febr. The
reasons are budget cuts as Estonian Radio is financed completely by
Govt. Programs in English will remain on 5925 kHz, as before. (Andreas
Volk, ADDX Kurier via EDXP, Feb 16)
GERMANY Sea weather forecast for Baltic Sea and Northern Atlantic
Ocean via Deutschland F
unk and -Radio on special frequencies: daily at
0005, 0540, and 1005 UTC on LW Oranienburg 177 kHz 500 kW, MW
Neumuenster 1269 kHz 300/600 kW, SW Berlin Britz 6005 kHz 100 kW.
(DLF program booklet)
HAWAII In a recorded report by Joe Hill of WHRI, they (WHRI) are
adding a 4th tx in Hawaii soon, and are looking for a fifth location in
the Caribbean to increase their coverage to CeAF. They are also
designing a new QSL to be out in mid-year.
(Whitham, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 22)
KYRGYSTAN Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek English ny at around 0012 UTC and in
Russian at 00
17 UTC, on 4010 and 4050 kHz. No German language service
noted so far. [Sat 1530-1615 UTC acc to WRTH]. 0100-0130 UTC on 4010
kHz BBC[? not scheduled] London in Kyrgyz language.
(Matthias Gatzke, Sarstedt, Feb 23)
LUXEMBOURG Radio Luxembourg is now bcing German religious programmes
via MW Marnach 1440 kHz, and via Astra satellite 19.2 degr East 11.391
GHz, stereo 7.38/7.56 MHz. Renting rate is 102 German Marks per minute!
Sat 1830 Missionary Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland.
0400 & 1845 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt,GER.
0415 Stimme des Trostes, CH-Ebnat Kappel, Switzerland.
0430 no religious progr.
0445 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt, Germany.
Sun 0445 Missionary Mitternachtsruf, Postbox, CH-8051 Zurich,Switzerland.
0500 & 1845 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt,GER.
0515 Help Action Martyr Church.
0530 Missionary Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland.
0545 Missionary Weg zur Freude.
0600 Missionary Arche Hamburg, Postbox 540407, D-22504 Hamburg,GER.
0615 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt, Germany.
Mon 1830 Missionary Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland.
0400 & 1845 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt,GER.
0415 Gemeinden Christi, elder progrs.
Tue 1830 Missionary Mitternachtsruf, Postbox, CH-8051 Zurich,Switzerland.
0400 & 1845 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt,GER.
0415 Missionary Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland.
Wed 1830 Missionary Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland.
0400 & 1845 Missi
onary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt,GER.
Thur 1830 Lutherische Stunde, Clueversborstel 14, D-27367 Sottrum,Germany.
0400 & 1845 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt,GER.
0415 Missionary Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland.
0430-0515 RTL programm.
0515 [Radio Missionary] Rundfunkmission der Evang.-methodist.Kirche,
Postbox 311141, D-70471 Stuttgart, Germany.
Fri 1830 Missionary Freundesdienst, CH-5023 Biberstein, Switzerland.
0400 & 1845 Missionary Werner Heukelbach, D-51702 Bergneustadt,GER.
0430-0515 RTL programm.
0515 [Radio Missionary] Rundfunkmission der Evang.-methodist.Kirche,
Postbox 311141, D-70471 Stuttgart, Germany.
internet address: emkmedien@aol.com
(Dr. Hj. Biener, KiR [Church in Radio], Feb 20)
MEXICO 15120 kHz new XERTA (presumably) 1630-1730 UTC Continuous
salsa/rap crap mx with no announcements of any kind. Signal is quite
good, audio good, music selections do not compare to the great stuff on
XERMX. This st could quickly undo the positive cultural image projected
by R. Educacion, XERMX, and the old R Universidad from the University of
Sonora, Hermosillo that provided the only source of off-air
classical mx to the southwes
tern USA for at least two decades.
(Buch, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 25) [Nigeria?]
MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE On MW Maiac Grigoriopol 999 kHz tune-in at 1825
UTC VoR Moscow po-ruski, 1900 UTC Deutsche Welle, Nemezkaja Wolna also
in Russian, 2030 UTC Trans World Radio in Ukrainian. Powerful signal
here in Centre EUR, seems full power of 1000 kW.
(Matthias Gatzke, Sarstedt, Feb 23)
PARAGUAY v9737.19 kHz Radio National del Paraguay at 2330 UTC
correspondents and echo audio to ID 2330. (Price, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 21)
[my favorite mx station in SoAM; many of my German HAM friends are
greedy of their mx too]
v11939.25 kHz Radio Encarnacion, 2315-2325 UTC ongoing talk by man in
Spanish at weak to fair level. Found this putting a noticable het on
wattery RCI signal on 11940 kHz which cut off the air several times with
obvious tx troubles. No actual ID heard.
(David M. Clark, via Cumbre Dx Feb 22)
SAO TOME VOA-Sao Tome relay, 4750 kHz, nice full data personal letter
w/colorful VOA logo on letterhead by air in 5 months for report sent
direct to the site. The letter is signed by Manuel Neves, Transmitter
Plant Technician who welcomes reports and the address is: Box 522, Sao
Tome e Principe. (Lobdell-USA, via Cumbre Dx, Feb 28)
SEYCHELLES FEBA Radio broadcast languages have doubled in the period
of ten years, from 24 to 50 languages. But daily broadcasts in 19
languages only. In Jan 1997 Marwari language started towards Rajasthan
in NoWe India as 51st bc language. Planned for 1997 are additional
languages, Gilaki to Iran, Brahui to Pakistan, and Maasai to EaAfrica.
FEBA Radio www page: www.febaradio.org-uk/feba-uk/
Reception reports via e-mail: reception@febaradio.org.uk
(Dr. Hj. Biener, KiR [Church in Radio], Feb 20)
TAIWAN Voice of Free China, direct from Tainan-TWN on 9955 kHz, will
change antenna characteristics soon. 300 degr antenna will be replaced
by 325 degrees, to strenghten signal in Northern Europe. German 1800-
1900 UTC [wrong item in WRTH].
(Manager Wu, Carsten Hoefer, German Section, VoFCH, via Benno Klink, Feb25)
THAILAND From Juergen Lohuis, on trip in South East Asia:
"HELLO INTERNET CAFE 'first internet cafe' on Khaosan Rd"
Burma/Myanmar - No trace of Thabye Radio on 6355 kHz and Myawaddy R. on
5973 kHz (on 5985 kHz is R. Myanmar).
Thailand - The MW listing in the WRTH 97 is not up to date. Here is a MW
bandscan from Bangkok. Only strong local stations from BKK are listed:
540 576 594 630 675 747 792 819 R.Th.Home Sce. //4830 6070 kHz.
873 891 R.Th.Home Sce. //7115 kHz, 918 R.Th.External Sce., 945 963
981 999 1035 1053 1161 1233 1269 1305 1422 1521 kHz. No time to
identify all of them. R.Th.H.S. is not always in //with 4830 and 6070
kHz. Ext Sce is on 918 kHz, and not on 927 kHz. No transmissions during
the night (local time) on 918 kHz. That means no transmissions in German
and French on MW.
Cambodia - Phnom Penh was heard at 0025 UTC on 6090 kHz.
Laos - Luang Prabang (don't speak the r) quite strong on 6975 kHz with
own programming and also //6130 kHz.
Vietnam - I heard several local sts on SW, but I did not get the IDs.
Hmong Sce seems to be on new 5030 kHz (ex 5035).
CLA: R. of the Provisional Gov. of Nat. Union & Salvation of Cambodia
was heard at 0020 and 1130 UTC on 5407 kHz.
This evening I'm leaving BKK for a 2 weeks trip to Laos. (Febr 27)
TURKEY Since Febr 17th, two transmitters in TRT Ankara's Cakirlar site
are out of service, and TRT have temporarily stopped the SSB
transmissions in Emirler (except English 6135 kHz during 2300-2400 UTC)
as well as the Turkish language programme on 9460 kHz targeted to Europe
during 2200-0800 UTC.
Also, some programmes have been transferred from Cakirlar to Emirler
site. It is not possible at the moment to predict the time it will be
possible [for us] to go back to [our] normal schedule.
Turkish on 15385 kHz at 1700-1000 UTC seemingly off. Night service in
foreign languages are shortened to use a single tx only. German EMR 6035
lsb, English EMR 5965 lbs, French EMR 7240 lsb, are all OFF the air.
Turkish noted at 1800-2100 UTC on 5980, 6120, 7110, 9460, 9560 kHz.
Russian 1800-1900 UTC, Serbo-Croatian 1900-2000 UTC, both on 6135 kHz.
German at 1830 UTC on 5950 kHz only, English follows at 1930 UTC on 6000
kHz, French on 7255 and 7270 kHz at 2030-2125 UTC.
(TRT engineering, Turkish Telecom, Benno Klink-D, DG1EA, Feb 25)
Voice of Turkey, tentative Z97 schedule
effective from March 30, til October 26, 1997
Freq Time Power Site Az Target
(khz) UTC Languages Tx degr Area
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5960 1600-0400 Turkish 250 152 CAK As
5980 1500-2200 Turkish 500 300 EMR Eu
5980 2200-0400 Turkish 500 310 EMR Eu,NoAm
6105 1600-1700 Bulgarian 500 305 EMR Eu
6120 0300-0400 English 500 325 EMR Eu,NoAm
6135 1800-1900 Bosnian 500 295 EMR Eu
6135 2200-2300 English 500U 300 EMR Eu,NoAm(in LSB! mode)
7110 1130-1230 Bulgarian 250 305 EMR Eu
7110 1430-1530 Greek 250 270 CAK Eu
7115 1600-2200 Turkish 250 205 CAK Af
7150 1030-1130 Greek 500 176 EMR NE,As
7160 1630-1700 Macedonian 500 300 CAK Eu
7255 1930-2030 French 500 252 EMR Af
7270 0300-0400 English 250 145 CAK As
7280 2200-2300 English 250 310 CAK Eu
7300 0400-0700 Turkish 500 325 EMR Eu,NoAm
9445 1730-1830 German 500 310 CAK Eu
9445 1830-1930 English 500 310 CAK Eu
9445 1930-2030 French 500 303 CAK Af,Eu
9445 2100-0700 Turkish 500 313 CAK Eu,NoAM
9460 0700-2100 Turkish 500 313 CAK Eu,NoAm
9460 2100-0700 Turkish 500 294 CAK Eu
9505 0930-1030 Serbo-Croat 500 297 EMR Eu
9515 1400-1600 Arabic 500 138 EMR As,Af
9535 1530-1630 Hungarian 500 310 CAK Eu
9560 1200-2200 Turkish 500 105 EMR As,Aus
9560 2200-2300 English 500 105 EMR As,Aus
9565 0400-0900 Turkish 250 87 CAK As
9600 1400-1600 Arabic 250 205 CAK As,Af
9630 0930-1030 Rumanian 500 320 CAK Eu
9630 1730-1830 German 500L! 310 EMR Eu
9655 2200-2300 English 500 325 EMR Eu,NoAm
9670 1130-1230 Albanian 500 280 CAK Eu
9675 1700-1800 Russian 500 20 EMR As
9675 1930-2030 French 500U 300 EMR Eu(in LSB! mode)
9765 0730-0830 Azerbaijani 500 85 EMR As
9770 1030-1130 Greek 500 270 CAK Eu
11795 0830-0930 Persian 500 100 CAK As
11800 1330-1430 German 500 310 CAK Eu
11835 0730-0830 Azerbaijani 500 85 CAK As
11910 1000-1500Fri Turkish 250 205 CAK Af
11955 0400-1600 Turkish 250 152 CAK As
11965 1300-1400 Russian 500 20 EMR As
11970 1400-1500 Azerbaijani 500 97 EMR As
11995 1300-1400 Persian 250 87 CAK As
13670 0700-0900 Turkish 500U 325 EMR Eu
13670 1300-1500 Turkish 500U 310 EMR Eu
13695 1230-1330 English 500 90 EMR As,Aus
13695 1830-1930 English 500L! 310 EMR Eu,NoAm
13710 0900-1100 Arabic 500 210 EMR Af,As
13725 1200-1300 Urdu 500 92 EMR As
13770 0830-0930 Persian 500 100 EMR As
15145 0400-0900 Turkish 500 92 EMR As
15190 0300-0400 English 500 105 EMR As,Aus
15210 1100-1200 Chinese 500 72 EMR As
15290 1230-1330 English 500 310 CAK Eu,As
15350 0900-1600 Turkish 500 310 EMR Eu
15385 1600-0900 Turkish 500 310 EMR Eu
15630 0900-1100 Arabic 250 152 CAK As
17705 0400-1200 Turkish 500 105 EMR As,Aus
Note: L - LSB U - USB
(TRT via Benno Klink, DG1EA, Feb 28)
UKRAINE One of the Radio Ukrainia txs in synchronized MW network on
1377 kHz drifts to approx. v1380.3 kHz.
(Matthias Gatzke, Sarstedt, Feb 23)
BC-DX 294 deel 1 van 2
Crossposted from Packet Radio (HAM).
I am not responsible for the contents of these contributions!
GRTX Martijn R. PE1NQR
Member of the Benelux DX-club
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