DX Listening Digest 8-090 has now been posted at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8090.txt
CONTENTS: WOR 1420 / ANGUILLA +non / AUSTRALIA CVC / BHUTAN / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CAMEROON / CANADA CJLO/CJRS / CANADA CFPE+ / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CUBA / FINLAND / GABON / GERMANY non / HUNGARY / INDONESIA +non / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM RRI/VOA/RFA / IRAN / ITALY non / JAPAN / KOREA NORTH / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN non? / KUWAIT / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO +non? / MONGOLIA +non / MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / PERU / POLAND non / PORTUGAL / QUEBEC +non / ROMANIA / RUSSIA +non / SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA / SINGAPORE / SWAZILAND / THAILAND DRM+ / TURKEY / UK BBCWS+ / UK OFCOM / USA non RFA+ / USA WRNO / USA WWCR / USA WBCQ / USA WATO / USA WDSS / USA Pirate 87.9 / VATICAN / VIETNAM non / UNIDENTIFIED 5048 / UNIDENTIFIED non 9565 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / MUSEA / PROPAGATION For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1420 SUMMARY: *Romania starts using new 300 kW transmitters at Galbeni; reception greatly improves *Hungary`s remaining SW schedule as changed August 1, for MR, including 5940 ex-5965 for NAm at 0100-0200, and for IBB relays *Results of DRM tests in India on 3 and 26 MHz bands *AIR Shillong, 4970, good for local announcements in English *BBS Bhutan, 6035, heard until 1500 in California *When Myanmar is on 5985.78v it`s probably the old transmitter in Yangon; when on 5985.00 the new one at Nay Pyi Taw *Bangkok Meteorological Radio background and schedule *8794 USB, Changjiang Maritime Security Information Center, traffic info for Yangtze River *Sichuan PBS, China, which added 9740 after the earthquake, still using it 24 hours, interfering with BBC, but no longer HCJB *Firedrake monitoring, especially far out of band, 8020, 9180, 14420, 17200 *Mediacorop closed down all its Singapore SW, not just RSI, but some programs still on demand if you know where to find them. Frequencies opened up, including 6120 no longer clashing with Japan via Canada at 1200; 6150 uncovers China and Taiwan *V. of Indonesia replaces 9526 with 11784.9 including English at 1300, but clashes with two or three 11785.0 stations; nevertheless, on top at times *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1420, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA or woradio at yahoo.com See our website http://www.worldofradio.org *WRNO met its latest deadline, starting regular broadcasts August 1, mostly evenings after 0100 on 7505 *Brother Stair broadcasts on WBCQ 5110, 9330 off after July 31 *Area 51 resumed on WBCQ 5110, Sundays 2300-0100 UT Mondays and webcast via http://www.johnlightning.com:8024 *KFI, 640, putting up new tower again in La Mirada, California; photos at http://www.k6rix.com/kfi.html *KSFV-LP, licensed as a low power TV on channel 6 in San Fernando Valley, funxions as a radio station on 87.7, Guadalupe Radio, mostly in Spanish, and in FM stereo, DXed by gh in Oklahoma, power well under 1 kW *Senate passes bill by Sen. Hutchison, R-TX, to keep analog TV four more years in Mexican border markets; could really mess up the transition *R. Apintie, Suriname, 4990 reported at 0931-0945, 2225-2237 *HCJB`s morning service in lo and hi German to Europe, 0630-0730 direct on 9740, vanished August 1; still has evening service via France, DRM direct too; and to Mexico *R. Nacional Amazônia, Brasília, 6180 reported shifting to 6185, avoiding CubaRM? But bad news for Mexico City *R. Cidade reported in Brasil on 3140; would be second harmonic from Minas Gerais *Morocco was missing from 15340 and 15345, but has returned with improved modulation *Borno State, Nigeria plans to resume SW; 37 years ago was on 4900, 6100 *Africa Number One, Gabon, irregular on 15475, 17630, maybe due to staff strike, but back on *Numbers Station Bingo game: http://kevan.org/bingo.php *Propagation outlooks from Prague, Ottawa ### NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1420 Fri 0800 WRMI 9955 Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 0415 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 0530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1130 WRMI 9955 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org Regards, Glenn Hauser ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. 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