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Today's Topics:
1. the last logs before our trip to Romania (aurel chiochiu)
2. Logs for Fri May 15 2009 (Bruce Barker)
3. Re: the last logs before our trip to Romania (Glenn Hauser)
4. May 15 Logs (brian384...@aol.com)
5. Glenn Hauser logs May 15, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
6. The Shortwave Report 05/15/09 Listen Globally!
(Zacharias Liangas )
7. Radio, TV Marti to retool, downsize (Zacharias Liangas )
8. Re: the last logs before our trip to Romania (Walter Salmaniw)
9. Incertidumbre por el futuro de Radio y TV Mart?.
(JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
10. LOG (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
11. ClewistonUSA SAT DX (ka4...@peoplepc.com)
12. MEDIA BROADCAST sendet Fu?ball-Radio ?ber DAB (Jaisakthivel)
13. MEDIA BROADCAST sendet Programme von Polskie Radio digital
(Jaisakthivel)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 01:40:11 -0400
From: aurel chiochiu <a...@videotron.ca>
To: condigl...@yahoogroups.com, m...@yahoogroups.com,
playdx2...@yahoogroups.com, a...@yahoogroups.com,
hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Cc: curious.geo...@att.net, moozoo_cokine6...@hotmail.com,
arcand_isabe...@hotmail.com, flo-the-1...@hotmail.fr, rakaille
rakaille <rakai...@hotmail.com>, Juan Carlos Lemieux
<elroockie...@hotmail.com>, mtardi...@hotmail.com,
lacatl...@live.com,
chahin_...@hotmail.com, SOAD BENKIRANE <soadbenkir...@gmail.com>,
markwa1...@aol.com, marie_...@hotmail.com, bro...@yahoo.com,
ve2...@yahoo.com, baco...@aol.com, Sylvain Naud
<esn...@globetrotter.net>, Jorge Garcia
<garcia.jorgegar...@gmail.com>, minimarc...@hotmail.com,
da_18gu...@hotmail.com, lpa...@hotmail.com,
bourdeau_annemari...@hotmail.com, pepe8...@hotmail.com,
svarthof...@hotmail.com, Andrew Brade
<andrew.br...@btinternet.com>,
Perez Ricardo <canadac...@hotmail.com>, "olivier.tequi"
<olivier.te...@laposte.net>, o_p_nimig...@yahoo.com
Subject: [HCDX] the last logs before our trip to Romania
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171 MOROCCO Medi Un, Nador MAY 15 0305 - religious islamic music barely faded
in and only briefly at a weak-poor level, though it faded in at a more or less
"listenable" level too late for me ! // 9575 covered by splatter from major
international broadcasters on both sides, Radio Japan and CRI (China Radio
International) if my memores serves me well ! (Chiochiu-QC)
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg MAY 15 0235 - with dramatic reading of a poem
dealing with a dangerous relationship. Fair-good with minimal static and some
slow fadings in and out. SINPO 45423. (Chiochiu-QC)
216 FRANCE RMC Info, Romoules MAY 11 0320 - end of a sports repport, followed
by weather, ID and news headlines including drug issues for a specific tennis
player. Fair to poor and armchair copy at first. Rare and a TOTAL surprise in
May ! Also had France-162 with a poor and Morocco-171 with a very poor signal.
+ MAY 15 0315 - again tonight with a rather poor signal with French sports talk
barely readable, but interference-free. SIO 252. The only TA signal above 200
kHz heard lately ! During the winter months, there is usually a beacon
pestering this channel, I wonder if during the spring and summer months it
skips over Montreal for some unknown reason ! (Chiochiu-QC)
Additionnal comments:
I just discovered my Sangean is quite a battery eater, so I needed to take out
the batteries and charge them a tiny bit AGAIN today, in order to get through
this issue... When we arrive at our Romanian QTH, I'll make sure those
batteries are out each time the radio is turned off... As I had some success
DXing in an airplane during our trip to Cuba, I plan to do that once again ! I
can't wait...I'm almost prepared for a sleepless night and I'm too excited,
because DXing abord an airplane with a decent portable is one of the greatest
challenges FM DXing can bring you ! As far as DXing longwave, mediumwave or
shortwave, I can't say much, because I never had much success doing so from an
airplane...
This repport is brought to you by Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu DXing from
Pierrefonds (Montreal's West Island), QC using the Sangean ACS 818-CST / PK's
Shielded Magnetic longwave loop combo
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 09:10:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bruce Barker <brbar...@comcast.net>
To: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, topn...@wwdxc.de,
wghau...@yahoo.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com,
gayl...@brmemc.net,
cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, d...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Fri May 15 2009
Message-ID:
<851270741.5497041242378644380.javamail.r...@sz0048a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
4790?? PERU?? R. Vision?? May 15 2009? 0625-0635.?? Tuned-in to preacher
preaching (what else?) in SS.? Occasional religious music in SS.? Signal was
poor -- just above the noise level.? ID at 0630? "La Voz de Salvation...Radio
Vision!"? This was followed by what sounded like a three-way discussion between
two om and one yl.? (Barker-PA)
4845?? MAURITANIA?? R. Mauritanie?? May 15 2009? 0650-0725.?? Tuned-in to om
talking in AA.? Musical briddges between what seemed to be different topics.?
Frequent "Salam's" and "Mohammed" mention several times.? ID at 0658.?
Rechecked at 0720? Music?from a stringed instrument, sounding very much like a
sitar, was being played.?Fair signal, but the audio and carrier dropped off at
0725 and no further sign of the transmission could be detected?after several
rechecks.? (Barker-PA)
5995?? MALI?? RTV du Mali?? May 15 2009? 0635-0700.?? Knock your socks off
signal from Mali.? Great selection of tribal tunes with YL dj in FF.? Plenty of
drums and wind instruments in the music, most of which sounded rustic?as if?it
was recorded remotely, on site.? Others though, were obviously
professionally-produced studio recordings.? Regardless, this did not diminish
their entertainment value.? All music in vernaculars, not FF.? Frequent "Radio
Mali" ID's.? Formal ID at 0700 by OM in FF "Ici Radio Mali...?...Banako...?"
and he gave the frequency.??(Barker-PA)
9645.34?? BRAZIL?? R. Bandeirantes?? May 15 2009??0715-0730.? OM in PP
delivering what sounded like a sermon.? Several mentions of Jesus.? But very
low-key delivery.? At 0720 it souded like either a 2nd om took over, or, the
original om got a second wind and his voice changed a bit.? No music --
religious or otherwise -- was heard?through tune-out at 0730.? (Barker-PA)
Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA.? Equipment:? NRD 535D and an Alpha Delta DX Sloper.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 07:37:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: condigl...@yahoogroups.com, m...@yahoogroups.com,
playdx2...@yahoogroups.com, a...@yahoogroups.com,
hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, aurel chiochiu <a...@videotron.ca>
Cc: curious.geo...@att.net, moozoo_cokine6...@hotmail.com,
arcand_isabe...@hotmail.com, flo-the-1...@hotmail.fr, rakaille
rakaille <rakai...@hotmail.com>, Juan Carlos Lemieux
<elroockie...@hotmail.com>, mtardi...@hotmail.com,
lacatl...@live.com,
chahin_...@hotmail.com, SOAD BENKIRANE <soadbenkir...@gmail.com>,
markwa1...@aol.com, marie_...@hotmail.com, bro...@yahoo.com,
ve2...@yahoo.com, baco...@aol.com, Sylvain Naud
<esn...@globetrotter.net>, Jorge Garcia
<garcia.jorgegar...@gmail.com>, minimarc...@hotmail.com,
da_18gu...@hotmail.com, lpa...@hotmail.com,
bourdeau_annemari...@hotmail.com, pepe8...@hotmail.com,
svarthof...@hotmail.com, Andrew Brade
<andrew.br...@btinternet.com>,
Perez Ricardo <canadac...@hotmail.com>, "olivier.tequi"
<olivier.te...@laposte.net>, o_p_nimig...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [HCDX] the last logs before our trip to Romania
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Bogdan,
FM DXing from planes in flight is frowned upon, since the IF oscillator in your
``receiver`` transmits at short range and may interfere with aeronautical
communications above 108 MHz, if not navigation, not to mention possible
harmonics higher. I haven`t flown in quite a while; is this no longer
prohibited without explicit permission from the crew? May your flight be
successful nevertheless.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Fri, 5/15/09, aurel chiochiu <a...@videotron.ca> wrote:
As I had some
> success DXing in an airplane during our trip to Cuba, I plan
> to do that once again ! I can't wait...I'm almost prepared
> for a sleepless night and I'm too excited, because DXing
> abord an airplane with a decent portable is one of the
> greatest challenges FM DXing can bring you ! As far as DXing
> longwave, mediumwave or shortwave, I can't say much, because
> I never had much success doing so from an airplane...
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:38:43 EDT
From: brian384...@aol.com
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] May 15 Logs
Message-ID: <c6a.529c284f.373ee...@aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** BOLIVIA. 6134.82, Radio Santa Cruz, 0910-0935, May 15, Spanish
talk. ID. Spanish ballads. Andean music. Fair signal but with weak
QRM from Brazil?s Radio Aparecida on 6135.06. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** BOLIVIA. 6155.29v, Radio Fides, La Paz, *0941-1000, May 15,
sign on with opening Spanish ID announcements over lite instrumental
music followed by religious talk. ID at 0946. Bolivian music at 0947.
Spanish talk and announcements. Was on 6155.29 at sign on and
slowly drifted down to 6155.28 by 1000. Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 6135.06, Radio Aparecida, 0910-0935, May 15, talk in
Portuguese. Local Brazilian music, announcements, ads, jingles.
Poor to fair with QRM from a stronger Bolivia?s Radio Santa Cruz
on 6134.82. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** INDONESIA. 9524.98, Voice of Indonesia, *0954-1015, May 15,
abrupt sign on with talk in listed Korean. Local music. Theme music
at 1001 & English ID announcements. Contact information. Preview
of upcoming programs. English news at 1003. Weak but readable.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** MEXICO. 6009.97, Radio Mil, Mexico City, 0835-0903, May 15,
local Spanish ballads. Spanish announcements. ID at 0900. Fair
signal and in the clear with no sign of Brazil or Colombia.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:48:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 15, 2009
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** CHINA. Firedrake observations May 15: at 1240, very poor, barely audible on
8400, while very good on 9000 and as has recently been the case, not // any
more but from separate feeds. None audible today on 9400 under FEBC. Maybe they
hit it by mistake previously, overzealously blocking anything heard in Chinese.
At 1322 FD on 15150 fairly good and not // 9000 either; all these presumably
against inaudible Sound of Hope, Falung Gong via Taiwan.
Meanwhile lots of CNR1 jamming, such as on 19m, at 1323 on 15330 // 15285, but
15330 went off at 1330, and the victim on 15285 was also audible. BBCWS Uzbek
via Cyprus is scheduled until 1330 on 15330, // 17515 where I also heard CNR1
jamming two days before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Another screwup at RHC, but mitigated by brevity: May 15 at
0500 I happened to be tuned to 6120, as the RHC Spanish service was closing for
the night, distorted and lofi. Then it re-opened in Portuguese, but cut off the
air after a semiminute. Portuguese at 0500 seems to be a regular feature on
their program feed line, who knows why, as it is the middle of the night in
Brasil and is not promoted as available even on webcast.
At 1221 on 6000 heard the voice of Arnaldo Coro with part of a `news` item
within Despertar con Cuba, saying that Cuba would not be adopting the US DTV
standard ATSC, due to trade restrixions(?) and anyhow, Cuba will have access to
a superior DTV system when it is ready to change. Take your time: we are
looking forward to more analog Cuban TV DX once most US lowband TV stations are
gone June 12. It should be an interesting DX challenge to decode Cuban DTV,
whatever it may become.
RHC 12000 again hit by heavy distorted co-channel QRM in Chinese, at 1314 May
15, previously tracked to the V. of Russia Khabarovsk transmitter as scheduled.
RHC 13880 leapfrog mixing product best yet, May 15 at 1318, S9+15 and not very
distorted, quite readable, in item from UN Radio citing infexion figures for
H1N1 in various American countries. Matching amphibian on 13580 was as usual
weaker, only S9+10 or so, about the same as R. Prague English to NAm, and thus
plenty to ruin its reception. These are caused by inadequate separation,
physically and electronically, between the 13680 and 13780 transmitters and
their antennas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. The strike at RFI must be continuing on May 15, as on 13640 at
1203 instead of news in Spanish I was hearing a version of ``Buena Vista``
mixing in rap, as if the original version were insufficient these days. 1206
``RFI Musique`` ID and more music fill. This was SSOB --- strongest signal on
band 22m, by far, eclipsing VOA, RHC, DCJC, etc., which had not yet built up to
full strength. Scheduled as 1200-1230 RFI Spanish at 295 degrees from GUIANA
FRENCH, following a semi-hour of French at 1130, 320 degrees, which I believe
is M?t?o Marine --- is that cut off by the strike too? How will the mariners
manage? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 11735 in Chinese with noisy buzz apparently emanating from same
transmitter, VOK Kujang as scheduled during this hour, preceded and followed by
Korean on same azimuth, 238 degrees with 200 kW per Aoki. VOK also audible more
clearly in English on 11710. One assumes the ChiCom would never jam Chinese
from their good neighbor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. I haven`t mentioned this in months, so for the record, the same
old classical music warhorses are *still* being used by BBC Mundo, the Spanish
service relayed by WHRI on 9410 weekdays at 1200-1300. Great reception of great
music, but only excerpts, and never identified as no announcements are
permitted; listened May 15 1250-1300* abruptly off just as one piece had
fortunately ended on its own. These included O Mio Babbino Caro, and Sunrise
from Peer Gynt.
This is because BBC Spanish has been drastically reduced to nothing but a
newscast at 1200, and the rest of the hour has to be filled by archival
material, and from 1233 nothing but music, classical on M/W/F, pop hits on
Tue/Thu. It would take only a minimum amount of effort for BBC Mundo to produce
a real classical music show with much more variety and IDs of the music, but
that is obviously beyond their capability or desire to do so (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 21:26:29 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 05/15/09 Listen Globally!
Message-ID: <4a0dde05.30242.a5c...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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The Shortwave Report 05/15/09 Listen Globally!
by Dan Roberts ( outfarpress(at)saber.net )
Thursday May 14th, 2009 5:10 PM
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a
shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files-
broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China,
Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (May 15) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast
quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version
posted up there {26.7MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-
info&uid=904&nav=&)
This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio
Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
>From CHINA- China has marked the first anniversary of a devastating
earthquake in Sichuan province where nearly 90,000 people died. A report
on restoration in the damaged areas. China has been reelected to the
United Nations Human Rights Council. Nepal's President has ordered the
Parliament to elect a new Prime Minister. Fidel Castro asserted that the
Mexican government covered up the H1N1 flu until after the US President
had visited. The United Nations has condemned the killing of thousands of
civilians in Sri Lanka. The Afghan government maintains that US led forces
killed over 100 civilians in air strikes in Western Afghanistan. The Pakistan
army is stepping up its attacks on Taliban in northwest Pakistan, sending
800,000 refugees fleeing.
>From NETHERLANDS- Radio Netherlands has eliminated shortwave
broadcasts to North America. The decision is based on their surveys that
find very few listeners in N America. If you ever listen to RN on shortwave,
please let them know- by email to letters [at] rnw.nl or send them a letter to
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, PO Box 222, 1200JG, Hilversum, The
Netherlands.
An interview with a radio broadcaster from the Swat Valley in Pakistan, who
says that the army attacks are just making support for the militants stronger.
Muslim women in Denmark will be forced to remove their veils to travel on
buses. Purchasing cannabis in parts of the Netherlands is about to get
harder.
>From CUBA- More than 10,000 facilities in Cuba utilize photovoltaic solar
panels for energy. Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay say that abuse by guards
has continued under President Obama. Afghan President Karzai has
renewed his call to end US air strikes in his country, saying that they are not
effective at ending terrorism.
>From RUSSIA- The opposition to the government of Georgia is growing and
demanding early elections. A commentary on the US government dismissing
the US military commander in Afghanistan.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line
at-http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available
at http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in
the
last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just
want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower
sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-
speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow
connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will
play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime,
iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PDST) on KZYX/Z
Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < http://www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- <
http://www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz now streams this
program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
feed://http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?series=o
utFarpress+presents > or iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at < http://www.radicalradio.org >
And Radio For Peace International at < http://www.rfpi.org >
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am
still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into
this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting
this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so
through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt!
(maybe a little)
link for broadcast edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_05_15_09.mp3 >(13.3MB)
link for smaller file and streaming-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 21:26:29 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio, TV Marti to retool, downsize
Message-ID: <4a0dde05.12722.a5c...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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Radio, TV Marti to retool, downsize
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1045353.html
By FRANCES ROBLES
frob...@miamiherald.com
Radio and TV Mart? will lay off 20 percent of their workforce in a shake-up
aimed at retooling the struggling anti-Castro stations in the face of a steep
federal budget cut.
In its funding request to Congress, the agency that oversees the Miami-
based Radio and TV Mart? submitted a budget that allocates $2.4 million
less on the controversial broadcasts.
The U.S.-funded broadcasts, aimed at breaking the information blockade on
the island, will change formats in response to the proposed budget cut.
Radio Mart? will go to an all-news format, and TV Mart? will have a five-
minute news update every half hour, with other shows in between.
The goal: a smaller staff producing news that's faster and sharper, in a
desperate attempt to gain audiences for widely criticized programs that
opponents say are overfunded and underwatched.
''We will need to cut 35 jobs, 10 of them already vacant,'' Pedro Roig,
director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, said Tuesday from Prague,
where he was attending an agency board meeting. ``We believe we will be
able to meet the challenge and be more flexible. For television, when the
news is on, we find people's attention span is down. What people want is
something shorter, faster, crisper -- a different dynamic than what we were
offering.''
Employees got the news at a meeting last week but were left baffled as to
how the stations plan to fill air time, several employees said.
Radio and TV Mart?, which employ a combined 160 people, have long been
accused of being federal boondoggles that employ people with politically
influential friends.
Critics say hardly anyone listens to Radio Mart?, and virtually no one watches
TV Mart?. The Cuban government constantly jams the signals, and many
people have said the programming is dull.
LIMITED ACCESS
Official figures on the number of viewers and listeners on the island of 11.2
million is not known, but U.S. officials have previously said that there are an
estimated 10,000 to 15,000 satellite dishes on rooftops that would allow for
access to the broadcasts.
Last year, fewer than 1 percent of 1,200 people surveyed over the telephone
said they had listened to Radio Mart? in the past week, according to the
study released by the Government Accountability Office, the investigating
arm of Congress. But the same report said nearly half of new Cuban arrivals
to the United States said they had listened to the broadcasts in the past six
months.
BUDGET CHANGES
The budget cut was proposed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors,
which oversees the stations. The agency sent a budget proposal to
Congress that includes an overall 3.9 percent funding increase, a boost
reflected in places such as Afghanistan. The Cuba program's budget was
cut by about 7 percent.
''We are trying to enlarge the audience and streamline aspects of the
programming to respond to the feedback we have been getting,'' said Board
of Governors spokeswoman Tish King. ``We are making these changes,
and it turns out it costs less to do these things.''
She said the budget proposal sent to Congress asks for $32.4 million, down
from $34.8 million.
''This is a beginning, but the real issue is what is the rationale for
continuing
to fund TV Mart??'' said Rep. Bill Delahunt, the Massachusetts Democrat
who commissioned a Congressional report blasting the station's lack of
audience. ``Why continue to fund an operation that has absolutely zero
benefit?''
Roig said he asked that funding for transmissions not be cut, which is why
the personnel side took a harder hit.
`IT'S NOT FEASIBLE'
The layoffs and format changes will not take effect until October, but some
of the Mart? correspondents said they have already decided to quit.
''I understand that the radio side is going to an all-news format. I don't
think
that works, because it's very difficult to sustain,'' said radio show host
Ernesto Betancourt, who was the station's first director when it went on the
air in the 1980s.
``It's not feasible. People in Cuba are marginalized and need explanation
and commentary on the news.''
Betancourt said he decided to resign because he felt obligated to discuss
President Barack Obama's Cuba policies, which he disagrees with.
Obama last month lifted travel restrictions for Americans to visit relatives on
the island and permitted unlimited amounts of cash transfers to people
there.
''I don't want any part of this,'' Betancourt said, ``not even to criticize
it.''
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Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:30:12 -0700
From: Walter Salmaniw <salma...@shaw.ca>
To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [HCDX] the last logs before our trip to Romania
Message-ID: <7rpd3f$31q...@pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
At 07:37 AM 5/15/2009, you wrote:
>Bogdan,
>
>FM DXing from planes in flight is frowned upon, since the IF oscillator in
>your ``receiver`` transmits at short range and may interfere with aeronautical
>communications above 108 MHz, if not navigation, not to mention possible
>harmonics higher. I haven`t flown in quite a while; is this no longer
>prohibited without explicit permission from the crew? May your flight be
>successful nevertheless.
>
>73, Glenn Hauser
Not just frowned upon, but forbidden. I fly a lot commercially, and am also a
pilot....not allowed for the reasons stated above. Still, worth asking
permission. Some airlines are more lax with the rules than others....Walt
Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 20:32:20 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <jmromero782...@yahoo.es>
To: Frecuencia DX <frecuenci...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Incertidumbre por el futuro de Radio y TV Mart?.
Message-ID: <110915.21115...@web25703.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Incertidumbre por el futuro de Radio y TV Mart?, medios de EEUU para Cuba
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hjVo78QIGiexx3yR6o9f6nNvwEqg
MIAMI (AFP) ? Las estaciones de Radio y TV Mart?, que transmiten informaci?n
desde Estados Unidos hacia Cuba, iniciaron un proceso de reducci?n de
presupuesto y personal que genera gran incertidumbre sobre el futuro y
tensiones internas, dijeron fuentes de esos medios a la AFP.
Financiadas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos con el fin de romper el bloqueo
informativo dentro de Cuba, las dos estaciones con sede en Miami encaran una
profunda reforma que podr?a llevar paulatinamente a un futuro cese de sus
actividades, dijeron los informantes.
"Hay un gran nerviosismo, grandes pujas internas y mucha incertidumbre sobre lo
que pasar?", dijo una de las fuentes, que se mantuvo en el anonimato.
"Todo el mundo cree que estos medios creados en la ?poca de la Guerra Fr?a no
responden a la nueva relaci?n con Cuba que busca el gobierno de Obama", agreg?.
El gobierno cubano considera que la actividad de Radio y TV Mart? es una
intromisi?n ilegal de parte de Estados Unidos dentro de Cuba, e interfiere las
se?ales y ondas.
"Es posible que la Casa Blanca ofrezca en alg?n momento la desactivaci?n de
ambas estaciones como parte de las negociaciones diplom?ticas con Cuba", dijo
otra fuente.
Obama ha reiterado desde su llegada a la presidencia que impulsa un cambio en
la pol?tica hacia Cuba tras 50 a?os de aislamiento y embargo. Como primera
medida, levant? las restricciones de viajes y envios de remesas a la isla de
parte de los cubanos en Estados Unidos, y admiti? que propugna un di?logo
directo con La Habana.
En Estados Unidos, congresistas cr?ticos de la continuidad de Radio Y TV Mart?
se?alan que se est?n destinando fondos p?blicos a dos estaciones que son
interferidas por el gobierno cubano y que nadie mira ni escucha en la isla.
"Habr? intentos de negarle los fondos a estas necesarias transmisiones, pero
ser?n derrotados en un en?rgico debate", dijo a la AFP la representante
republicana Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, una de las voces cubano-americanas en el
Congreso que se preparan para una f?rrea defensa de las dos estaciones.
Mientras el gobierno del presidente Barack Obama analiza qu? hacer con Radio y
TV Mart?, se espera que como primer paso se produzca este a?o una reducci?n de
la platilla de empleados y del presupuesto de funcionamiento.
La oficina de Transmisiones estadounidense, que se encarga del presupuesto de
estas y otras estaciones con los mismos fines, present? al Congreso para Radio
y TV Mart? un presupuesto total de 32,4 millones de d?lares para el pr?ximo
ejercicio, lo que representa una disminuci?n de 2,4 millones en relaci?n con el
anterior.
Para octubre se espera contar con una reducci?n del 20 por ciento de la
plantilla total de 160 personas que angloba a ambos medios, dijeron los
informantes.
Los empleados fueron informados la semana pasada de los cambios en marcha, que
implicar?an nuevos formatos informativos con noticias 24 horas en la Radio, y
una programaci?n m?s din?mica en la televisi?n en un intento por obtener
audiencia en la isla.
Radio y TV Mart? fueron creadas en 1983 por el entonces presidente republicano
Ronald Reagan para combatir el comunismo en Cuba, siguiendo el modelo de Radio
Free Europe y otras destinadas a transmitir en la ?rbita sovi?tica.
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 01:56:37 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <jorgefreitas_...@yahoo.com.br>
To: "Hard Core DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>,
<dxcl...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, <radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG
Message-ID: <200905160156.n4g1uk4t025...@tx.kotalampi.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
7295 14/05 1840 (D) GERMANY, VOA, in Croatian, from Biblis, with 100 kW, px
of pop music by YL, 34333 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
7310 14/05 1813 (MDG) MADAGASCAR VOA, PP, from Talata-Volondry, with 250 kW,
nx by OM, nx and commentary, moderate QRM from Voice of Russia on the same
frequency, abrupt end at 1828 UTC,33433 (JJFS-Feira de Santana BA-Brasil)
9000 14/05 1910 (TWN) TAIWAN, Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH (?), *tentative*, in
Chinese, with 1 kW, OM and YL Talk, firedrake music in the background, on
8400 kHz only firedrake music without speech, 22322 (JJFS-Feira de Santana
BA-Brasil)
73
Jorge Freitas
SWL1023B
Skype jorge.freitas.fsa
Blog: <http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006>
http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006
Escutas (listening):
<http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded>
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded
Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil
12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W
Degen 1103
Antena Dipolo de 16 metros e balum 4:1 em toroide.
Dire??o Leste/Oeste
"De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de
absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as
atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos
muito contato" Portanto procuremos sempre ser uma pessoa melhor a cada dia.
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 02:16:34 -0000
From: <ka4...@peoplepc.com>
To: "worlddx" <lebedevs...@rambler.ru>, "Shortwaveworld Shortwaveworld
Shortwaveworld" <shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com>, "Robert Wilkner"
<r...@earthlink.net>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org>,
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>,
<gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>,
"CUMBREDX" <cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com>, "Chuck B" <ka4...@peoplepc.com>,
"Anker Petersen" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, <wghau...@yahoo.com>,
<d...@yahoogroups.com>, "Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI"
<l...@directbox.com>
Subject: [HCDX] ClewistonUSA SAT DX
Message-ID: <009101c9d5cc$576ebe90$fac8a...@hp98588948284>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Bolivia, 6155.25, Radio Fides, 0053-0202, At tune in noted
two men in Spanish language comments. This was followed
by typical CP music - plenty of flutes. After the music the
comments continue. Signal remained poor until 0158 when it
just faded in to a good level for a minute or two. At 0202 \
the station ceased transmitting. (Chuck Bolland, May 16,
2009)
Peru, 6195.75, Radio Cusco, 0148-0155, Another very poor
signal with Huaynos music and Spanish comments. Nothing
heard after 0155, so possibly went down. (Chuck Bolland,
May 16, 2009)
Clewiston, Florida
Watkins Johnson, HF1000
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 08:38:18 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] MEDIA BROADCAST sendet Fu?ball-Radio ?ber DAB
Message-ID: <561869.71798...@web95407.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
MEDIA BROADCAST sendet Fu?ball-Radio ?ber DAB
MEDIA BROADCAST und die REGIOCAST DIGITAL, Veranstalter des Fu?ball-Radios
90elf, haben einen Pilotversuch zur Aussendung des H?rfunkprogramms via Digital
Radio im DAB-Standard (Digital Audio Broadcasting) vereinbart.
Das Programm, bisher auf den digitalen Verbreitungswegen DVB-T und im Internet
empfangbar, ist ab dem 19.03.2009 auch in den DAB-Netzen Berlin und Brandenburg
aufgeschaltet. Der Pilotversuch soll die Akzeptanz des Radioprogramms ?ber die
digitale Terrestrik testen.
Dar?ber hinaus soll 90elf demn?chst auch im Rahmen des DAB+ Probebetriebs der
S?chsischen Landesanstalt f?r privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (SLM) in
Leipzig und Umgebung ausgesendet werden.
Das erste deutsche Fu?ball-Radio ist ein 24 Stunden Vollprogramm f?r
Fu?ballfans. Zentral geht es um die Spielberichte der ersten und zweiten Liga,
um Hintergrundberichte f?r diese beliebte Sportart, aber auch um Interaktion
mit den H?rern.
(Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Chennai, India)
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Travel http://in.travel.yahoo..com/
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 08:40:39 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] MEDIA BROADCAST sendet Programme von Polskie Radio
digital
Message-ID: <419973.87966...@web95412.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
MEDIA BROADCAST sendet Programme von Polskie Radio digital
Zum 15. Dezember 2008 hat MEDIA BROADCAST die digitalen Aussendungen f?r
Polskie Radio auf Kurzwelle ?bernommen. Die TDF-Tochter sendet f?r die
europaweite Versorgung auf 6015 kHz von 18:00 bis 18:59 UTC die englischen
Programme und auf 3975 kHz von 20:30 bis 21:00 UTC deutschsprachige Sendungen.
Die Aussendungen erfolgen im DRM-Standard (Digital Radio Mondiale), einer
international festgelegten digitalen Norm f?r Lang-, Mittel- und Kurzwelle..
Die Serviceleistungen beinhalten das Zuspielen und Aussenden der Programme ?ber
die Sendestelle Wertachtal, sowie das Koordinieren und Festlegen der Frequenzen
und Versorgungsgebiete. Die Einf?hrung von DRM gilt als Renaissance f?r die
Kurzwelle: Die Programme von Polskie Radio sind mit der neuen Technologie
europaweit in deutlich besserer Tonqualit?t empfangbar.
Der ?berwiegende Teil der MEDIA BROADCAST Sendeanlagen in Nauen und Wertachtal
sind DRM f?hig. MEDIA BROADCAST, als Teil der TDF-Gruppe, kann zus?tzliche
Kurzwellen- und DRM-Services ?ber die Anlagen in Issoudun (Frankreich) und
Montsinery (franz. Guyana) in verschiedenen Leistungsklassen bereitstellen.
Kunden erhalten damit individuelle L?sungsm?g-lichkeiten zur Aussendung von
Programmen in bestimmte Zielgebiete und profitieren von einem vielseitigen
Serviceangebot der TDF-Gruppe.
Informationen zu Kurzwellenservices und aktuelle Sendepl?ne, z.B. den
Sommersendeplan, finden Kunden hier.
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End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 77, Issue 17
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