JAPAN PREMIUM -Kanto DXers Circle weekly loggings-
No.643 -Aug.20 2010-

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Compiled by IWATA Gaku.

JAPAN PREMIUM welcome your contributions.

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You can read "JAPAN PREMIUM Archive" at
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All time in UTC

===== ASIA =====

INDIA
AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 2010 in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Deep south of India.
kHz Kw Station SIO
3945 50 Gorakhpur 222
4760 10 Leh 222
4775 50 Imphal 222
4800 50 Hyderabad 232
4810 50 Bhopal 222 at 1400
4820 50 Kolkata 222 with Interference
4830 50 Jammu Nil
4837.5 10 Gangtok 222
4840 50 Mumbai 232
4850 50 Kohima Nil
4860 50 Kingsway Nil
4880 50 Lucknow 222
4895 50 Kurseong 212 at 1400
4910 50 Jaipur 322
4920 50 Chennai 444
4940 50 Guwahati 222
4950 50 Srinagar 222
4960 50 Ranchi Nil
4965 50 Shimla 222
4970 50 Shillong 222
4990 50 Itanagar Nil
5010 50 Thiruvananthapuram 343
5015 50 Delhi Nil
5040 50 Jeypore 222 with Interference
5050 10 Aizawl 232
6030 50 Delhi 222
6085 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9425 500 Bengaluru 333
9470 250 Aligarh 222 with Interference
9575 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9835 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9870 500 Bengaluru 333

FM
105.6 - Gyan Vani, Tirunelveli

MW
576 AIR Alappuzha
612 AIR Bengaluru
630 AIR Thrissur
684 AIR Kozhikode
720 AIR Chennai
738 AIR Hyderabad
765 AIR Dharwad
900 AIR Kadapa
936 AIR Tiruchi
999 AIR Coimbatore
1053 AIR Tutucorin
1161 AIR Thiruvananthapuram
1269 AIR Madurai

Receiver: Sony ICF 2010D
[Jaisakthivel]
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3945, India, AIR Gorakhpur (tentative). August, 16 2257-2312 violin and piano music, 2301 carrier off by some seconds returning with male announcements, male reciting, 2304 carrier off again returning at 2306 with choral music alternating male speech. 35333,
[LOB]

=== MIDDLE EAST ===

===== AFRICA =====

AONGOLA
4950, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. August, 18 2251-2308 Goldfinger film musical theme, male on music, instrumental Pop music, 2300 time pips, female announcements, male “Ministério da Saúde..campanha contra mortandade infantil”, outside male “fortalecendo a zona de comércio livre..”, female outside. Weak het, 34333
[LOB]

LIBERIA
3960, Liberia, Star Radio. August, 17 0647-0702 male talks, many mentions of “Liberia”. Weak, 25322
[LOB]
3960, Liberia, Star Radio. August, 21 0646-0707 male and female talks in English, outside talks, many mentions of “Liberia”, short African music, female announcements “this message is of the minister..” male eloquent speech, back male talks. 25322,
[LOB]

St, HELENA
Radio St. Helena Day 2010 : Date , Times, and Targets
-------------------------------------------------------------
RSD 2010 will be on Saturday, 09. October 2010
=======================================
Target Region Times (UTC ) Beam Heading
=========== ============== ==========
EUROPE 1900 - 2030 UTC 10 degrees
INDIA 2030 - 2130 UTC 70 degrees
JAPAN 2130 - 2300 UTC 50 degrees
North America 2300 - 0030 UTC 310 degrees

Gary Walters, Station Manager of Radio St. Helena, has just confirmed the above information,
and, as usual, Derek Richards will operate the RSD shortwave transmitting facility.

There will be a special email-address exclusively for the evening of RSD 2010.
As soon as Gary sets up this special email account, we will publish the account name.

The RSD 2010 QSL cards are being sponsored by the Danish ShortWave Club International.
Reception reports for RSD 2010 should be sent with sufficient return postage to RSH using the
special Airmail address via Ascension and the United Kingdom -- exactly the same procedure
as for the RSD 2009 reception reports. ALL mail to RSH should use this procedure.

ALL 266 QSLs for RSD 2009 have been mailed and should now be arriving around the world.

The sunspot minimum between sunspot cycles 23 and 24 is the longest in history -- much to the dismay
of shortwave listeners everywhere. This minimum has lasted since 2007 and is still ongoing. There are not
very many sunspots to "help" propagation, and there is no real sign of significant change. The UTC-times
for broadcasting to the various target area have been very carefully selected to <try> to have the very best
chance of good reception in each area. Also, we need to have the RSD broadcasts one after the other.
After RSD 2009, it was decided to change the times somewhat and to move RSD from November to
October (as was the case back in the late 1990's -- Thanks, John). RSH hopes that everyone around the
world has excellent reception conditions during RSD 2010 and is looking forward to your emails and also,
if possible, to your telephone calls.

Gary Walters , Station Manager of Radio St. Helena via Robert Kipp
[Jaisakthivel]

MADAGASCAR
5010, Madagascar, R. Madagasikara, Antananarivo. August, 21 0305-0315 Malagasy(listed) male and female talks “Madagascar” alternating short instrumental, choral music. 35333,
[LOB]

ZIMBABWE
4828, Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru. August, 18 2150-2201 Hilife music, male and female in English talks. Het, 23332
[LOB]
6045, R. Zimbabwe, Gweru. August, 18 2203-2213 choral music, African music, male talks seems in Vernacular. Strong QRM, 22422
[LOB]

===== EUROPE =====

=== NORTH AMERICA ===

=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===

ARGENTINA
Radio Argentina Exterior-RAE 15345 0017 GMT Spanish 333 Aug
16 Two OMs with comments at a sports event plus a YL witt¥h comments at
times.
[MacKenzie]

BOLIVIA
3390.056 Radio Emisoras Camargo, Camargo is on at 2348.
[Wilkner]

===== PACIFIC =====

=== Site Unknown ===

=== CLANDESTINE ===

==== PIRATE ====

==== Un-ID ====

==== LW / MW ====

===== QSL =====

===== ...and others =====

logs
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2368.5 Australia, Radio Symban 1050 to 1105 audio with music, 11 August, only time logged
[Wilkner]

3250 Honduras, Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis, fading in 1100 to 1130 on 20 August, best at 0000 17 and 19 August. Standard espanol om with religion
[Wilkner]

3290 Guyana, GBC,, 0830 under thunderstorm, religion by 0940, 17 August; 0910 vocalist soprano, 19 August; 0923 pop rock and caribbean music, greeting sent to several individuals, 0940 "Lord Jesus Christ...in Jesus Name.." 20 August. In the past used to broadcast funeral announcements and "call names" which are no longer heard.
[Wilkner]

3309.98 Bolivia, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba regular reception 0930 and 0000
[Wilkner]

3329.53 Peru, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco 1030 music to 1040 fading out 17 August.
[Wilkner]

3375.34 Brasil, Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira 0930 sign on with music, om good signal 19 August
[Wilkner]

3390.06 Radio, Emisoras Camargo, Camargo noted occasionally with weak signal at 2345 to 0010 , 18 August
[Wilkner]

4319 usb Diego Garcia. 4319 AFRTS English language news under tty ute, 12 August
[Wilkner]

4409.8 Bolivia, Radio Eco, Reyes 0000 to 0012, om with slow announcements "severcio de ?" 13 August,
[Wilkner]

4451.2 Bolivia, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 2340 to 2350, weak signal music 17 August
[Wilkner]

4700 Bolivia, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta 1005 - 1020 "La Espananza de ? " into Music good signal 20 August
[Wilkner]

4716.19 Bolivia Radio Yura, Yura 1023 impressive rustic Peruvian vocal music, Time checks seem slow, 20 August
[Wilkner]

4746.94 Peru Radio Huanta 2000 Huanta Ayacucho 1001 hyper yl with rustic vocal, great signal 19 August
[Wilkner]

4795.87 Bolivia Radio Lipez, Uyuni 1033 program of music with om dj, ments de Bolivia 20 August.
[Wilkner]

4805 Brasil Radio Difusora do Amazonas,Manaus 1000 noted with weaker signal than normal 19 August
[Wilkner]

4814.95 Ecuador Radio El Buen Pastor,Saraguro Loma Loja, 1040 17 August; 1000 noted with weak signal 19 August
[Wilkner]

4826.665 Peru, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco impressive signal 0920, traditional Peruvian music 19 August
[Wilkner]

4835.409 Peru Radio Marañon Jaen, yl en espanol 1010 with narrow filter lsb 13 August,
[Wilkner]

4857.4 Peru Radio La Hora, Cusco while a regular at 2330 beginning to be heard by 1120 in Florida 17, 19 and 20 August
[Wilkner]

4950 Peru Radio Madre de Dios, 1040 on 17 August. 1030 carrier sign on, weak audio 19 August
[Wilkner]

5039.21 Peru, Radio Libertad Junin noted signing on as late as 1130 on 11 August.
[Wilkner]

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A senior Party official has praised Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) Party Committee for making breakthroughs in its leadership and implementation of political tasks in the previous tenure, elevating the radio’s role and position in the region.

At a VOV Party Committee Congress in Hanoi on August 17, Hoang Xuan Cu, a Party Central Committee member and Secretary of the Party Committee of centrally-run organisations, noted that VOV has carried out its plan of action, deserving to be a key and reliable media agency of the Party and State.

He said the VOV Party Committee has created a strong and united collective, promoted ideological work among its officials and staff, especially Party members, and responded well to the campaign “Studying and Following late President Ho Chi Minh’s Moral Examples”.

Over the next five years, Mr Cu said VOV should pay more attention to increasing the leadership capacity of its Party cells and improving its operational efficiency to cater to its listeners’ tastes.

In his report, Dao Duy Hua, VOV Deputy General Director and Deputy Secretary of the VOV Party Committee, reviewed major developments of the national radio in the past five years, saying VOV has made enormous strides in performing tasks entrusted to it by the Party and State.

He said VOV inaugurated its radio broadcasting centre at its headquarters, 58 Quan Su street, Hanoi, and restructured channels to improve its operation. It established a TV channel (VOVTV) and a traffic information channel (VOV Traffic) in Hanoi and HCM City, which have received a warm response from listeners and viewers.

VOV has also kick-started an East Sea broadcasting programme to serve off-shore fishermen and help safeguard national sovereignty and territories.

Source: VOV encouraged to boost profile http://bit.ly/bU1g83
[Gaviria]

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==================================================================

Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:

Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Jaisakthivel, India.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Robert Wilkner, USA.
Volker Willschrey, Germany.

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 : Aug.25 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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JAPAN PREMIUM -Kanto DXers Circle weekly loggings-
No.642 -Aug.13 2010-

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Compiled by IWATA Gaku.

JAPAN PREMIUM welcome your contributions.

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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.

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All time in UTC

===== ASIA =====

BANGLADESH
4750 Bangladesh Betar Aug 07 1418-1428 33443-32442 Bengali,
Bangladesh music and talk, ID at 1420,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

INDONESIA
4604.93 RRI-Serui Aug 02 1126-1136 45433-44433 Indonesian,
Music, ID at 1126 and 1130, 1130 Local news,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
4789.97 RRI-Fak Fak Aug 02 1136-1146 45343 Indonesian,
Music and talk, ID at 1140,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
7289.82 RRI-Nabire Aug 06 0755-0806 25332 Indonesian,
ID at 0756, Talk and music, 0759 RPK, 0800 Jakarta news realy,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

INDIA / KASHMIR
4950, R. Kashmir, Srinagar. August, 12 2226-2250 Hindi/Kashmiri(listed) male talks, music consisted of solo male followed by male choral and no instruments, female talks, short music in slight Arabic style, male and female in discussion. Het, 32432
[LOB]

KAZAKHSTAN
9950 La Voix de L'Orthodoxie via Almaty Aug 06 *1430-1445 43443-42442
Russian,
1430 sign on with IS, Chorus, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

PAKISTAN
15490 R.Pakistan Aug 03 0034-0050 35433 Urdu,
Talk, 0043 IS, Opening announce, Koran,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15490 R.Pakistan Aug 08 0042-0052 35433 Urdu,
Talk, 0044 IS, Opening announce, Koran,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

SRI LANKA
15745 SLBC Aug 09 *0055-0103 25322 English,
0055 sign on with IS, Repetition of IS and the National athem, ID, Opening
announce, News,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

=== MIDDLE EAST ===

OMAN
15140 R.Sultanate of Oman Aug 07 1440-1450 35433 English,
News and talk, ID at 1440 and 1441,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

UAE
13730 R.Dabanga via Dhabbaya Aug 04 0513-0522 25232-25332 Arabic,
Talk, IS and SJ at 0517,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

===== AFRICA =====

ANGOLA
4950, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. August, 09 2114-2127 male in Portuguese talks “serviço de ultilidade pública da R. Nacional de Angola”, music, two male in discussion. Het, 32333
[LOB]
4950, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. August, 11 2151-2157 Hilife music, male “Angola!”, back music, time announcements by male “vinte e duas horas e cinquenta e três minutos, minutos finais..”, African music. From 2155 abrupt increase of het, 32432
[LOB]

EGYPT
15060 R.Cairo Aug 08 1155-1210 35433 Arabic,
Talk, ID at 1206,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

LIBERIA
3900, Liberia, Star Radio. August, 08 0647-0705 male and female talks in English “Liberia”, same voices of 4025, African music. 25332,
[LOB]
3900, Liberia, Star Radio. August, 09 0646-0714 male in studio and outside in English talks, female talks; 4025 silent, weaker than August, 08 25332. August 10 around 0645 silent both frequencies 3900 and 4025
[LOB]
3955, Liberia, Star Radio. August, 11 0646-0711 male in English “Liberia; constitution of Liberia; voluntary movement of the people; democratic process..”, tribal music. At peak 35333
[LOB]

LIBYA
17735 V.of Africa Aug 02 *1201-1216 34333 Swahili,
1201 sign on with ID, IS, Opening announce, Music,
//17715kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

MADAGASCAR
5010, Madagascar, R.Madagasikara, Antananarivo. August, 13 Malagasy(listed) 0330-0341 two male talks “Madagascar”, female talks. Clearer and stronger than Angola, 35333
[LOB]
11500 R.Dabanga via Madagascar Aug 07 1529-1542 35333 Arabic,
1530 IS and SJ, Opening announce, Talk,
//13730kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
13730 R.Dabanga via Dhabbaya Aug 07 0503-0511 25232 Arabic,
Talk, IS and SJ at 0504,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17625 Dem.V.of Burma via Madagascar Aug 07 *1430-1440 45444 Burmese,
1430 sign on with opening music, ID, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

SOUTH AFRICA
9930 R.Bar-Kulan via Meyerton Aug 07 *1600-1608 35333 Somali,
1600 sign on with Koran, Opening announce and ID, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

WESTERN SAHARA
6297, Radio Nacional de la R.A.S.D.(presumed). August, 09 2100-2110 Arabic style music, time pips, female announcements in uncertain language, male and short music segment, female and short music segment. 33333,
[LOB]

ZIMBABWE
4828, Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru. August, 10 2209-2213 female talks seems in English, male ID “this is Voice of Zimbabwe..”, choral music, audio off. Het, checked at 2227 carrier still was on, 33333
[LOB]
6045, R. Zimbabwe(tentative), Gweru. August, 11 2253-2326 non stop Hilife selections with sometimes male in Vernacular talks on music. Clearer from 2310 to 2320, before strong QRM and later, weaker signal; 32422
[LOB]
6045, R. Zimbabwe(tentative), Gweru. August, 04 2305-2315 Hilife music, male talks seems in Vernacular. Poor, 22322
[LOB]

===== EUROPE =====

PORTUGAL
RDP Intl 11630 2322 GMT Portuguese 433 Sept 11 OM with vocal
singing. //9715 [333]
[MacKenzie]

SLOVAKIA
15710 Miraya FM via Rimavska Sobota Aug 07 1402-1415 25332 Arabic,
Music, ID at 1408,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

SPAIN
Radio Exterior Espana-REE 17595 1718 Spanish 333 Aug 10 OM with
comments. OM singing by 1720.
[Mackenzie]

=== NORTH AMERICA ===

USA
5755 WTWW Aug 02 1055-1105 33433 English,
Talk, ID at 1100,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===

BRAZIL
5055, Brasil, R. Difusora, Cáceres. August, 14 0958-1010 male “compromisso com a verdade, Difusora!..”, seems news program. Deep fades, 24222
[LOB]
Radio Nacional Amazonia-RNA 11780 2315 GMT Portuguese 444 Sept
11 YL and OM with comments.
[MacKenzie]

CUBA
11705 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Aug 02 1241-1259* 34433-35433 Spanish,
Talk, ID at 1246,etc, 1258 IS, 1259 sign off,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
11705 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Aug 06 1204-1216 33433 Spanish,
News, ID at 1213 and 1215,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
11705 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Aug 07 1235-1245 33433 Spanish,
LA music and talk, ID at 1238,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
11705 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Aug 08 1231-1241 34433-33433 Spanish,
Music, ID at 1236,etc,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15250 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Aug 01 2319-2333 35433-45444 Spanish,
Talk, ID at 2331,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

SURINAME
4990, Suriname, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. August, 09 0716-0721 English romantic music selections. QRM of 4985, 32332
[LOB]

===== PACIFIC =====

PNG
7324.96 Wantok R.Light Aug 07 0852-0915 35343-35443 English,
Talk and music, 0903-0913 NBC news realy,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

=== Site Unknown ===

=== CLANDESTINE ===

7480 R.Payam-e Doost Aug 01 *1800-1810 45333 Farsi,
1800 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

15540 R.Freedom Aug 06 *1430-1442 35433-25332 Somali,
1430 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Koran,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

17880 La Voix de Djibouti Aug 05 *1201-1211 25332 Arabic,
1201 sign on with national anthem, Koran, ID and opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]

==== PIRATE ====

==== Un-ID ====

==== LW / MW ====

===== QSL =====

===== ...and others =====

NEW DELHI: Although letters of intent have been issued to 233 applicants and grant of permission signed with 102, only 71 community radio stations (CRS) are presently functioning in the country.

This is a marginal increase over the 57 channels functional by March.

A total of 727 applications have been received by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, of which 264 were from educational institutions.

A total of 105 applications were rejected while 389 were under process.

Of the operational channels, 52 are educational institutions, 15 are non-governmental organizations, three are Krishi Vigyan Kendras, and one is a State-level Agricultural University.

Tamil Nadu leads the country with 13 CRS, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 9, Maharashtra with 7, Karnataka with six and Delhi with five. Sixteen other states have one to four CRS each.

Meanwhile, Ministry sources told indiantelevision.com that there was no proposal at present to give financial assistance to educational institutions to set up community radio stations.

Apparently waiting for the Phase III scheme of the government, no new private FM radio station has been launched and the number of private FM remains at 248.

Source:
71 community radio stations operational in India http://bit.ly/aUd39z
[Gaviria]

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(Reuters) - The BBC's licence to broadcast in Arabic on local frequencies in north Sudan will be suspended from Monday, the government announced, citing violations by the broadcaster such as smuggling in satellite equipment.

Many Sudanese, especially Darfuri refugees in camps in the war-torn west, rely on the Arabic-language service and the British broadcaster has a long history in Africa's largest country.

"The government ... is stopping the BBC's FM service working in Khartoum, Port Sudan, Medani and el-Obeid and is suspending the agreement signed between the BBC and (the government) from August 9, 2010," said an Information Ministry statement published by the state news agency SUNA on Sunday.

The four locations mentioned are the main towns in the north and the measure would effectively end FM broadcasts in Arabic by the BBC in the north.

Sudan has often clamped down on local media but generally does not censor foreign news organisations.

The government said the BBC had tried to smuggle in satellite equipment in a diplomatic pouch, that it was working in South Sudan without permission from the central authorities and that the BBC's charitable arm was working in the country without the correct permits.

Visiting journalists often complain Sudanese visas and travel permits to conflict zones once inside the country are difficult to obtain.

All foreigners resident in the country are subject to strict travel restrictions and must obtain permits to visit many of Sudan's regions.

The BBC has previously said it was in talks with the government to continue broadcasting.

"We would be very disappointed if the Sudanese people in northern Sudan were no longer able to access the impartial news and current affairs of BBC Arabic on FM radio," it said in a statement sent to Reuters earlier.

It added the station would still be available on short wave, satellite or via the BBC website.

On Saturday, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir warned foreign organisations including aid agencies they would be expelled if they failed to respect the authority of the government.

Last month Sudan expelled two aid workers from the Geneva-based International Organisation for Migration.

Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and genocide during Darfur's seven-year conflict.

A counter-insurgency campaign drove more than 2 million people from their homes to miserable camps, sparking one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

(Reporting by Opheera McDoom; editing by Andrew Dobbie)

Source:BBC Arabic radio suspended in north Suda http://bit.ly/doNHXM
[Gaviria]

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==================================================================

Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:

Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Kouji Hashimoto, Japan.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Zacharias Liangas, Greece.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.

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.

*************************************************************
Next deadline : Aug.18 1500 UTC
Please send your loggings and tips to: gaku@apple.email.ne.jp
*************************************************************

///// Ohkini! from Kanto DXers Circle /////

---
IWATA Gaku. JAPAN.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/
---

JAPAN PREMIUM -Kanto DXers Circle weekly loggings-
No.641 -Aug.06 2010-

----------------------------------------------------

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 =====

=== MIDDLE EAST ===

===== AFRICA =====

ANGOLA
4950, R. Nacional Angola, Mulenvos. August, 04 2232-2243 male talks in Portuguese about film director Frank Capra, Titanic film soundtrack, English Pop music. Het, 33433
[LOB]

LIBERIA
4025, Liberia, Star Radio. August, 07 0703-0713 male in studio and outside “you’re listening Star Radio..Liberia, Monrovia”, female talks. 35333,
[LOB]

===== EUROPE =====

=== NORTH AMERICA ===

USA
4840 WCCP with East coast West coast hip hop dispute, gangsta influence on baroque classic harpsichord 1012 - 1013
[Wilkner]

=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===

ANTARCTICA
15476, Antarctica, RN San Gabriel. August, 03 1220-1235 two female in discussion until announcements “comenzamos con música”, Spanish Pop music; 43433. August, 04 1415-1428 romantic Spanish music selections, male “desde la Base Esperanza..transmite..LRA36..”, back same kind of music; 45434. August, 05 1448-1503 Spanish Pop music, female talks “continuamos con nuestro programa” about Argentinean films, back Spanish Pop selections; 43444. August, 06 1157-1218 tune in carrier was on, 1206 audio started with Argentinean Folk music, male announcements, female talks “olá, muy buenos dias, un poco nublado el dia de hoy..sensación térmica de –9º C, temperatura máxima 1º C, prognóstico de ventos moderados”; 44434,
[LOB]

BOLIVIA
4795.85 Bolivia Radio Lipez, Uyuni 0935 strong signal with flauta andina, locutor and music, "en Bolivia...kiloHertz" ID under t-storms 1000 Buenas Dias, music bridge stayed in till 1055 recheck, 5 August. Good AM lock on R8
[Wilkner]
4796, Bolivia, R. Lipez, Uyuni. July, 31 0923-0933 local music, canned female “R. Lipez”, male talks, back local music. Static noise, 24222
[LOB]
5952.46 Bolivia Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1012 om and yl with clear signal,[ no Cuban/Costa Rican "yo mama drama" jamming. Children's voices, om over percussion solo, good AM lock on the R8. 5 August.
[Wilkner]

BRAZIL
3375.34 Brasil Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, upbeat music 0935 ID banda de 90 metros, good strong signal till 1005 tune out 7 August
[Wilkner]
4754.9. Radio Imaculada Conceição, Campo Grande, MS 0040 om in Portuguese 5 August
[Wilkner]

CHILE
CVC La Voz 17680 2033 GMT Spanish 444 Aug 3 YL with
comments with audience laughing.
[MacKenzie]

GUYANA
3290 Guyana, GBC 0940 flute instrumental usual om announcer, under t-storm " 60 million dollars" for something 0945 modern subcontinental music 7 August
[Wilkner]

HONDURAS
3250 Honduras, Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis, 0035 om en espanol good signal 4 August, 1037 carrier on, no audio, 7 August
[Wilkner]

MEXICO
6010 Mexico Radio Mil, México City 0953 to 1000 ID Disco music reminiscent of Whit Stillman films http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001775/ 7 August
[Wilkner]

PERU
4835.42 Peru Radio Marañon Jaen 1021 with om and music under adjacent slop. 5 August.
[Wilkner]
4955 Peru Radio Cultural Amauta Huanta 1030 Excellent Peruvian vocals, Time check at 32 minutos by om, excellent signal. Enjoyable 7 August
[Wilkner]
5025, Peru, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba. August, 04 2244-2255 messages service and ads by male in Spanish alternating Quechua, ads “tenemos motores elétricos y productos de carpintaria”, local music, ads of a drugstore by female, music sounding like Brazilian Sertanejo but in Spanish. At tune in a battle agaisnt Cuba, but from 2255 changed to a mixing product; 22432
[LOB]

SURINAME
4990, Suriname, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. August, 07 0648-0703 English romantic music selections, canned male and child voice ID “R. Apintie”, Lenny Kravitz ballad. 35333,
[LOB]

===== PACIFIC =====

AUSTRALIA
Radio Australia-Shepparton 15240 0002 GMT English 433 Aug 2
Two OMs plus a YL with news headlines. YL about Powwer to School
Principals.//17715[444]Shep, 17750[444]Shep and 17795[444]Shep.
[MacKenzie]

SOLOMON Is
5019.9 Solomon Islands, SIBC 1010 some audio with Radio Rebelde in remission. 7 August
[Wilkner]

=== Site Unknown ===

=== CLANDESTINE ===

4405, July, 31 1008-1010. A pulsed signal with around one second on, alternating one second off, but as listed, listenable Voice of Korea underneath.
[LOB]

==== PIRATE ====

==== Un-ID ====

5480.30 Unid with audio, weak and fading 1015 on 5 August
[Wilkner]

==== LW / MW ====

===== QSL =====

===== ...and others =====

08/02/2010
With more than 10,000 fans on Facebook, the ARRL page is the number one spot for hams on the Internet’s most popular social networking site. Not only is the ARRL page the most popular Amateur Radio page on Facebook, it is attracting young -- and not-so-young -- hams to share their opinions and ham radio-related news with other hams.

According to Facebook demographics, more than 100 people between the ages of 13-17 are fans of the ARRL’s page, with 80 percent below the age of 55 (Facebook breaks down its statistics in age groups of 13-17, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54 and 55+). The ARRL page also averages about 400 users each week. Users are those who post their own comments, comment on others’ posts or “like” a comment. Along with this, the ARRL Facebook page generates more than 3000 page views each week, with the majority of stories generating more than 80,000 "click-thrus."

“We are excited to have such a strong presence on Facebook,” said ARRL News Editor S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA. “Through our page, we try to showcase all the fun that Amateur Radio is by using interactive status updates, articles from the ARRL Web site and photos from events that are happening all around the world. Personally, I really enjoy seeing what other hams have to say about their love and enjoyment of Amateur Radio.” Keane maintains the ARRL Facebook page that was created by Herman May, KE5HYW.

While US hams make up the majority of users on the League’s Facebook page, hams from all over the world, such as Indonesia, Spain, Greece, Australia, Italy, Argentina, Denmark and the Netherlands, are active, too. “Facebook only gives us the top 20 countries represented that visit our page, but I know from personal interaction with hams that we have more than just those 20 countries visiting us every day,” Keane explained.

Source: ARRL Facebook Page Tops 10,300 Fans http://bit.ly/c4DWHN
[Gaviria]

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By Lance Guma
05 August 2010

Voice of Zimbabwe, a state controlled shortwave radio service, was launched last week Friday in Gweru and has signaled ZANU PF’s reluctance to open up the airwaves. The station is reported to have been set up in 2007 with its general manager Happison Muchechetere saying they would carry out test runs before the actual programming started. Four years later it would seem they have finally managed to produce some programming.

Speaking to Newsreel on Thursday the national chairman of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Loughty Dube, said; ‘What that means is that in essence there are no new players. What the government has done is to move tentacles into a space which they already occupy.’ He said Voice of Zimbabwe could not be called ‘an additional voice’ but rather a repetition of all the other 4 ZBC stations.

Dube said MISA has called on the coalition government to free the airwaves and allow for the entry of new players in the broadcasting sector, in line with the three-tier broadcasting system stipulated under the African Charter. He said they should allow community broadcasters, transform the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) from a state to a public broadcaster and also allow commercial broadcasters.
While MISA says it welcomes the recent licensing of four newspapers by the Zimbabwe Media Commission, this should be extended to the broadcasting sector. Dube however expressed reservations this would happen with Tafataona Mahoso heading the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ), given his history as a ‘media hangman’ who shut down many newspapers.

The Broadcasting Authority was set up 9 years ago and to date has not licenced a single independent broadcaster. A MISA statement recently pointed out that ‘Zimbabwe has the dubious distinction of being among the very few African countries without privately owned commercial television and radio stations as well as community radio stations, 30 years after independence from colonial rule.’

So did the two MDC formations miss a trick in not using their parliamentary majority to repeal these repressive media laws that entrench the ZANU PF media monopoly? Dube said the GPA agreement had set out a proper framework to open up the airwaves, but like all other GPA issues no proper guidelines for implementation were put in place.

Source: http://www.swradioafrica.com/news050810/recent050810.htm
[Gaviria]

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==================================================================

Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:

LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Robert Wilkner, USA.

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.

*************************************************************
Next deadline : Aug.11 1500 UTC
Please send your loggings and tips to: gaku@apple.email.ne.jp
*************************************************************

///// Ohkini! from Kanto DXers Circle /////

---
IWATA Gaku. JAPAN.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/
---

JAPAN PREMIUM -Kanto DXers Circle weekly loggings-
No.640 -Jul.30 2010-

----------------------------------------------------

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.

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All time in UTC

===== ASIA =====

JAPAN
6085, Radio Japan NHK World Service, 2045 in Japanese, talk program heard by a man, follow instrumental music, but noisy signal perfectly audible, Sinpo: 34522
[Frias]

=== MIDDLE EAST ===

KYRGYS
4010, Kyrgystan Radio, Bishkek. July, 25 0023-0033 Kyrgys (listed) male and female in discussion. Static noise, 22322
[LOB]

===== AFRICA =====

ANGOLA
4950, R. Nacional Angola, Mulenvos. July, 25 0240-0250 African music selections. Static noise, 35222
[LOB]

CENTRAL AFRICA
7220, Central African Republic, R. Centrafique,(tentative) Bangui. July, 29 male and female talks. Very weak, 15422
[LOB]

DJIBOUTI
4780, R. Djibouti. July, 25 0305-0313 male talks seems in Arabic, Koran reciting. Static noise, 34334
[LOB]

ETHIOPIA
7175 Ethiopia 1456 with HoZ songs with very short (a few word)
announcements in between . Till 1503 with talks (news? ) S6
[Liangas]

LIBERIA
4025, Liberia, Star Radio. July, 30 0644-0651 male in English talks, male on music. Unreadable, 25222
[LOB]

MALI
9635, R. Mali, Bamako. July, 25 0945-0956 African music selections. Weak, 25322
[LOB]

===== EUROPE =====

=== NORTH AMERICA ===

USA
WWCR
9980, WWCR, In English, 2335 UTC, the program heard Glenn Hauser's DX World of Radio "with information related to radio stations and useful data, Report sent 9980@wwcr.com, in MP3 file, Sinpo 35 333
[Frias]

=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===

CUBA
Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 9660 2232 GMT Spanish 433 July 24 YL and OM
with comments. OM with comments 2255. //12.000[333].
[MacKenzie]

NETHERLAND ANTILLES
5905, Deutsche Welle Radio, 1045, (1000-1200); from the Netherlands Antilles island in German, the program is heard on economic problems of the European union and other news about the World Bank, bad signal, Sinpo: 25222,
[Frias]

SURINAME
4990, Suriname, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. July, 27 0759-0810 female talks seems in Dutch, string music, male talks on music sounding like religious, organ music, male talks; 25333. July, 28 0802-0810 instrumental music sounding like religious, male talks; 25232. July, 30 0652-0712 Romantic music in English selections, male and child voice seems in Dutch “Radio Apintie. 25222
[LOB]

===== PACIFIC =====

=== Site Unknown ===

=== CLANDESTINE ===

==== PIRATE ====

==== Un-ID ====

==== LW / MW ====

===== QSL =====

===== ...and others =====

WELLINGTON [NZ] Join us from Monday July 26 2010 when we air our
second radio heritage documentary about Papua New Guinea Radio on the
Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.

In the second of our current series exploring radio in Papua New
Guinea, you'll hear about how Indonesian stations forced the
Australian administration to begin opening new local stations to
counter their propaganda broadcasts in the 1950's.

You can listen directly via shortwave or audio on demand [for the
following month] with full details of broadcast frequencies and times
for your area and audio downloads at www.rnzi.com.

You'll hear about conflict between the ABC and the local colonial
administration, and why for many years, the local stations all
broadcast with low power and on very low shortwave frequencies.

The rush to get some stations like Radio Wewak on air was such that
proper studios and offices followed some 12 years after they went to
air.

Radio Kerema and Radio Daru were located just to the north of Far
North Queensland in northern Australia, and you'll hear why both
stations were amongst the first local stations on the air.

Just how close did the religious missions of Papua New Guinea come to
establishing a strong commercial shortwave and AM radio network in
the mid-1960's.

Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation for the
fascinating story of 1950's and early 1960's radio in Papua New
Guinea and some enjoyable local music.

Use our free and recently updated Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides for
full details of AM and shortwave broadcasters from around the entire
region including Papua New Guinea.

RNZI's Mailbox program from Monday July 26 via shortwave and audio on
demand with full times and schedules for your area now at
www.rnzi.com.
[Radio Heritage Foundation]

/////////////////

==================================================================

Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:

Michael Bethge, Germany.
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
Hector Frias, Chile.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
IWATAGaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Zacharias Liangas, Greece.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.

---
Radio Heritage Foundation
---

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.

*************************************************************
Next deadline : Aug.04 1500 UTC
Please send your loggings and tips to: gaku@apple.email.ne.jp
*************************************************************

///// Ohkini! from Kanto DXers Circle /////

---
IWATA Gaku. JAPAN.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/
---

JAPAN PREMIUM -Kanto DXers Circle weekly loggings-
No.639 -Jul.23 2010-

----------------------------------------------------

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
4460, China, CNR, Beijing. July, 19 2053-2103 male segments alternating female segments, male and female speech pattern on music sounding like ads, 2100 time pips, female announcements, short music, male talks. Noisy, 25232
[LOB]
7620, China CPBS, 1400, musica folclorica de instrumentos tradicionales, animacion de una mujer que cada cierto tiempo identifica "Beijing", Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]
7265, Radio Internacional de China, 2038, En italiano (2030-2130), primero un boletin dd noticias, luego un programa musical, destacando a una cantante mujer, (en paralelo a los 7345 kcs), Señal buena, Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]
7205, Radio Internacional de China, 2108, promocion del programa en Ingles "somos su ventana al Mundo", programa especial magazine Ski line" Sinpo: 35333,
[Frias]
11695, Radio Internacional de China, 1944, programa musical y al final palabras de Chino traducidas al Frances, enseñanza del idioma Chino, locutor hombre intercambian vocablos, Sinpo: 45444
[Frias]

CHINA / TIBET
Xizang PBS via Lhasa. Since April 28 these have been off the air:

5935, 7240 and 7450 in Chinese and

4920, 5240, 6110, 6200 and 7255 in Tibetan.

At 1324 on July 19 noted 4920 was // 4905. Believe I actually
observed their first day of being back on the air July 18, but
was only briefly noted during a scan through. Can confirm that
6200 was still off the air July 19.

Needs more monitoring, as perhaps in the next few days the other
frequencies will start up again!
[Howard]

INDIA
4970, AIR Shillong, 1245-1315, July 18 in English with
Sunday “Country Roads” show with woman DJ playing C&W
music; songs by Dolly Parton, Barbar Streisand [I don’t consider
her a C&W singer, but they played “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”
and said it was C&W rendition], etc.; local IDs. Not often I can
enjoy this during summertime conditions, so today’s almost fair
reception was nice, even with their ever present hum.
[Howard]
7550. All India Radio, 2008, escuchada la identificacion a las 1959 luego musica casi Non stop de estilo Hundi algunas instrumentales y otras con interprete, buena señal Sinpo: 45444
[Frias]

INDONESIA
4604.90, RRI Serui, 1233, July 22. Non-stop EZL songs in English;
“Top of the World” by Carpenters, “The Ballad of High Noon”, etc.;
1300-1310: song of the Coconut Isles and Jakarta news relay followed
by choral National Anthem (Indonesia Raya); checked again at 1330
to found them off the air. Thanks to Atsunori Ishida’s blog for the
alert that they had returned and also DXLD 10-29. Atsunori noted
them today with 1326*. Was as strong as RRI Palangkaraya on 3325.
[Howard]

MALAYSIA/SARAWAK
7270, Wai FM via RTM. 1350, July 20. Enjoyed again without the
presence of PBS Nei Menggu! In vernacular and pop songs; Wai
FM jingles and IDs; no pips at ToH; news. PBS Nei Menggu normally
dominates here since their recent return, but clearly not broadcasting today.
[Howard]

TAIWAN
9840, Radio Taiwan Internacional, 0247, En idioma Español programa semanal sobre las PIMES, comentarios de como poder abrir su propio negocio, Sinpo: 35333,
[Frias]

=== MIDDLE EAST ===

===== AFRICA =====

ANGOLA
4950, R. Nacional Angola, Mulenvos. July, 24 0550-0604 Pop music seems in Vernacular, male announcements in Portuguese “R. Nacional”, English Pop music, male and female “R. Nacional Angola”, short Hilife music, 0600 time pips, male “Bom dia!, 24 de julho de 2010..15° reunião africana..cimeira de língua portuguesa..”, outside talks. Noisy, 35333
[LOB]

ASCENCION
15475, Radio Nederland, 1933, en idioma Holandes transmicion de la final del Campeonato de Futbol Sudafrica 2010 la emision no aparece listada en el esquema vigente de RNW pero si esta dstacada en prensa DX como una frecuencia especial con motivo del mundial, Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]

GUINEA
7125, Guinea, R. Conakry, Conakry-Sofon. July, 19 2107-2113 xylophone sounding-like music, male in French. 34433,
[LOB]

LIBERIA
4025, Liberia, Star Radio. July, 18 0739-0751 male and female alternating outside talks “disappointment with reports..violence..3000 armies..trained by Liberia..human rights”. From 0745 degrading, at peak 34333
[LOB]

MALI
5995, R. Mali, Bamako. July, 22 2257-2309 tribal music, male talks in unidentified language. Consistent carrier but very low modulation, some QRM 23422
[LOB]

===== EUROPE =====

GERMANY
17865, Deutsche Welle,1930-1955, desde el Tx de Sines, Portugalescuchado el programa Escuchar do Ouvido y el tradicional Antena do Amizade, señal muy deficiente escuchada muy mal por momentos, Sinpo; 35322,
[Frias]

ROMANIA
7400, Radio Rumania Internacional, 0210, escuchado el programa la "Radio Abierta" entrevistado una persona que vive en España y encabeza un instituto Rumano de Cultura, Sinpo: 35333,
[Frias]

UK
11810, 1945-1959 en idioma ingles, una mujer refiriendose a Africa y Zimbawe, se habla del desgaste de la instucionalidad, sin interferencias pero con extremo fadding y ruido de desgaste de señal (soplido), Sinpo: 45333,
[Frias]
9845, Deutsche welle, desde Rampisham, 0100, escuchada en idioma aleman con Excelente señal, informaciones sobre Banco Aleman y situacion financiera de Polonia, Señal destinada a America Central, Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]

=== NORTH AMERICA ===

CANADA
6175, Voz de Vietnam, en español desde Sackville comentarios sobre los Hitos fronterizos con China, el tema de la Semana los jovenes voluntarios del año 1950, musica Vietnamita y despues la identificacion en Ingles, Sinpo: 35333,
[Frias]

USA
11970, Voz de America, 2311 escuchado un programa conjunto VOA-RADIO MARTI, llamado "A FONDO", la frecuencia no se encuentra listada en el actual esquema de ambas estaciones, pero si ha sido informada en prensa DX, escuchada muy bien la mejor frecuencia del actual esquema: Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]
5890, Voz de America, 2311 Greenville, escuchado un programa conjunto VOA-RADIO MARTI, llamado "A FONDO", la frecuencia no se encuentra listada en el actual esquema de ambas estaciones, pero si ha sido informada en prensa DX, escuchada muy
mal, Sinpo: 25222,
[Frias]
12075, Radio Free Asia, 2109, Escuchado el programa en Koreano con dos animadores un hombre y una mujer, conversan sin detencion preguntan y responden al final del programa musica, Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]
11785, WHRA World Harvest Radio, 1900, AH, NAm, dos personas en idioma oriental, segun listado se trataria de "Amarico" levenmente interferido por otra emisora con musica non Sttop", Sinpo: 43233,
[Frias]

=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===

CHILE
9485, Radio JAPON NHK, 0230, En portugues desde Chile, CVC, programa de manchetes sobre foro "ASEAN" y la quinta feira del Festival de Fukuoka, Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]

NETHERLAND ANTILLS
15265, Radio NHK Japon, Site: BONAIRE, 2310, escuchado el sevicio mundial en Japones cin excelente señal desde Bonaire el programa sintonizado un concierto de Zubin Meta, Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]

SURINAM
4990, Suriname, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. July, 23 0510-0550 English romantic Pop, Spanish Pop, slow music in English, female short announcements seems in Dutch. Noisy, 35333; check at 0757, weaker
[LOB]

===== PACIFIC =====

NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 13730 2326 English 444 July 20
Two OMs with comments . Then a YL singing at a concert. The singer was Sarah ??
[Mackenzie]

NORTH MARIANA
11795, Radio Free Asia, 1637-1707, Escuchada la Radio pro USA en Mandarin desde su centro emisor en Islas Marianas, programacion de comentarios un hombre y una mujer hablan, Sinpo: 45444,
[Frias]

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
3290, NBC Central, 1234-1310*, July 20. Very pleasant listening
to their island songs; 1302-1307: bird calls and “News Roundup”
in English; mostly about Parliament; audio ended at 1310; carrier
still on at 1315 tune away; almost fair.
[Howard]
3385, NBC - Radio East New Britain, 1212-1226*, July 20. In Tok Pisin
(or similar) with the news; 1216 promo for “N-B-C bringing you local
and international news and current events”; promo for Thursday night
NBC Music Request show from 9:30 to 11:00 and gave FM (104.3?) and
SW frequencies; suddenly off with no sign off announcement; they are
very consistent now with their sign off time; almost fair.
[Howard]
3385, Radio East New Britain, 1217-1226*, July 18. Third
consecutive Sunday with same format and identical sign off
time; religious program “Beyond Today” in English; produced in
USA, with toll free number and website (“Beyond Today dot tv”);
Suddenly off with no sign off announcement; poor to almost fair.
[Howard]
3905, NBC New Ireland, 1316-1324, July 20. Pop song (“Land Down
Under”) and island songs. Very good day for PNG.
[Howard]

VANUATU
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. July, 21 0758-0805 English Pop music, male announcements (unable to make out the language). Weak, 25322
[LOB]

=== Site Unknown ===

NUMBER STATION
5377, locusion de numeros, una mujer lee serie de numeros con acento caribeño, Sinpo: 35333,
[Frias]

=== CLANDESTINE ===

==== PIRATE ====

==== Un-ID ====

==== LW / MW ====

===== QSL =====

===== ...and others =====

Egypt's public radio: is anyone listening?

Nadine Emile
Can the radio survive mounting competition from other media?

>From its vast headquarters on the Nile, the Egyptian Radio and Television Union still faithfully broadcasts public radio programs from nine networks. The programs cover news and culture, play Egyptian and foreign music, and feature talk shows and readings of the Quran, providing a wealth of entertainment and news for the Egyptian public. But is anyone still listening?

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/egypts-public-radio-anyone-listening

Related story :

EGYPT: English-language radio Nile FM gaining popularity as shows deal with once-taboo issues

http://tinyurl.com/2uosnup
[Gupta]

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Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

"Radio Free Fiji"?
New Pirate Radio Plan
______________________

WELLINGTON [NZ] - In the past few days, Usaia Waqatairewa of the
Australian based Fiji Democracy & Freedom Movement has floated the
idea of broadcasting uncensored news and music programs to Fijian
radio listeners from a 'pirate radio' ship anchored in international
waters near Fiji.

The Radio Heritage Foundation [www.radioheritage.net] which maintains
an extensive database of Pacific radio broadcasters believes this is
the first proposed 'pirate radio' station in the South Pacific since
landbased Radio Tanafo and Radio Vemerama hit the headlines from
Vanuatu several decades ago.

Interviewed on Radio Australia's Pacific Beat program and also
reported in The Australian newspaper this week, Mr Waqatairewa says
that
starting such a new radio station would help Fijians obtain a
different perspective on events in Fiji where a recent media decree
has tightened restrictions on media ownership and cemented ongoing
censorship of news reporting and the broadcast of some banned pop
songs.

Recent reports have discussions underway with the owners of a Dutch
radio ship that could be repositioned to the South Pacific to
broadcast on AM and FM to the scattered islands of Fiji.

Mr Waqatairewa says "Sure, the dictatorship might try to jam us, but
we would certainly move frequencies. The ship need only be a floating
transmitter because we could send the signal from Australia on a live
stream over the net. It would not be difficult to do."

A review of Fijian news websites including Radio Fiji, Communications
Fiji, Fiji Times, Fiji Sun, Fiji Daily Post and www.fijilive.com
reveals no reference to the remarks by Mr Waqatairewa.

However, the personal Facebook page for Commodore Bainimarama, the
Fijian government leader is more revealing on the subject.

Not only is the pirate radio proposal mentioned, there is even a
direct link to Radio Australia's Pacific Beat interview with Mr
Waqatairewa.

A revealing comment is also attributed to Commodore Bainimarama
himself - "our favourite former resident Usaia Waqatairewa wants to
set up a pirate radio station in international waters around Fiji and
play banned pop music."

The Facebook page includes a range of responses from readers such as
'Just another project that will go bust'.......'We've got more than
enough radio stations here in Fiji'.....'Sounds like a brilliant idea
but wrong time, wrong situation'.......'What a waste of money. Any
investors must be mad'....and chillingly, 'I wonder how his kin folks
are feeling for they could be classified as persons of interest to
our security personnel'.

Mr Waqatairewa is the former deputy director of the Fiji Human Rights
Commission and now resides in Sydney where he is president of the
Fiji Democracy & Freedom Movement.

He claims his organization has been in contact with News Limited
which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the global media billionaire and
which also owns the Fiji Times newspaper which is now for sale to
comply with a recent media ownership decree.

Pro-democracy blog 'Fijitoday' has a recent headline 'When Will
Murdoch Bring His Big Guns to Bear' and observes 'It's not just the
media he owns. It's billions of dollars he has at his disposal and
the human resources he can muster and deploy to make things happen.'

Fijian radio listeners will know in the weeks and months ahead
whether Mr Murdoch will use some of those dollars and human resources
to bankroll the floating pirate radio station that Mr Waqatairewa's
organization is suggesting.

In the meantime, the Fijian government has since announced a new
decree requiring the registration of every telephone in the country
within the next 30 days or owners face fines of up to F$ 10,000 or six
months in jail.

Many Fijians now use mobile phones for cheap local calls, phone
banking, and, of course, listening to the many popular local FM radio
stations currently on the air.

If a 'Radio Free Fiji' does float onto the Fijian airwaves, there may
be many listeners nervous about tuning in with their mobile phone FM
receivers if the state has their photo ID, date-of-birth, home
address and name on a central database.

For now, Fijians wanting to know about the pirate radio plans can
reportedly still listen to Radio Australia news on state run Radio
Fiji, have access to local FM relays of the BBC in Suva and Nadi, can
tune to many Australian and New Zealand AM signals at nighttime, and,
of course, read Commodore Bainimarama's Facebook page.
[Radio Heritage Foundation]

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24 July Florida Logs
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2310 Australia VL8A Alice Springs NT 1000 weakest of the three, 22 July [Wilkner]
2325 Australia VL8T Tennant Creek NT 1000 some audio, 22 July [Wilkner]
2485 Australia, VL8K Katherine NT 1000 strongest of the three, 22 July [Wilkner]
2379.9v [tentative] Brasil, Radio Educadora, Limeira, 7 and 20 July, 1000 to 1020, easy to mix with harmonic ? [Wilkner]
3250 Honduras, Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis silent for the last three weeks? [Wilkner]

3290 Guyana, GBC 0940 om with mix of music "He Aint Heavy He's My Brother" 20 July, 0925 "exclusively only...come out and support the cause. 0935 "Lord Jesus Christ...." protestant minister. 22 July [Wilkner]
3309.98 Bolivia, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba yl under t storms hash 1000 on 23 July [Wilkner]
3329.53 Peru, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco regular every day reception 1000 and 0000 with IF notch for CHU [Wilkner]
3340 Honduras, HRMI Radio Misiones Internacionales, Comayagüela seems irregular lately, reduced schedule. 1109 on 15 July. [Wilkner]
3375.451 Brasil, Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 1000 to 1020 excellent signal with Brasil music, om and yl, 22 July [Wilkner]
3380 UNID at 0215 on 20 July [Wilkner]
3390.01 Bolivia Radio Emisoras Camargo, Camargo seems irregular 2330 to 0030 [Wilkner]
4409.8 Bolivia, Radio Eco, Reyes 0000 on 21 July [Wilkner]
4451.2 Bolivia, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 2350 on 21 July [Wilkner]
4700 Bolivia, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta 1000 and 0000 every day! [Wilkner]
4716.19 Bolivia Radio Yura, Yura 1000 and 0000 every day [Wilkner]
4746.94 Peru Radio Huanta 2000 Huanta Ayacucho 1030 on 20 July [Wilkner]
4774.9 Peru Radio Tarma. Tarma regular reception 1000 and 2330 every day! [Wilkner]
4780 Unid on Guatemala Radio Cultural Coatán fqy 1000 to 1105 in June over three day period, religious programme en espanol. Nothing heard since. [Wilkner]
4814.95 Ecuador, Radio El Buen Pastor,Saraguro Loma Loja 1000 and 2330 every day [Wilkner]
4824.49 Peru, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos 0000 on 23 July [Wilkner]
4826.5 Peru, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco 0000 23 July [Wilkner]
4835 Australia, Alice Springs, NT 0735 on 19 July, nothing on 4910 [Wilkner]
4835.42 Peru Radio Marañon Jaen 1040 to 1050, narrow filer to avoid 4940 slop. 22 July [Wilkner]
4857.4 Peru, Radio La Hora, Cusco 2340 on 16 July [Wilkner]
4875.5 Brasil, Rdif Roraima, Boa Vista RR seems silent again [Wilkner]
4894.91. Brasil, Radio Novo Tempo, Campo Grande PR 1000 on 22 July [Wilkner]
4985 Brasil, Radio Brasil Central, Goainia Excellent signal 2300 to 0000 on 20 July. [Wilkner]
4986.833 Peru, Radio Manantial, Huancayo 0015 on July 23 [Wilkner]
5019.90 Solomon Islands, SIBC 1000 hammered by Havana each morning. [Wilkner]
5039.21 Peru, Radio Libertad Junin 1044 to 1055 on July 19th, No RHC, om "cinco en la manana .." Buenas Dias [Wilkner]
5120.38 Peru, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba music Peruana 1050 on 22 July. [Wilkner]
5485.45 Peru, Radio Reina de la Selva, Chachapoyas 1040 to 1100 on 22 July with musica y om but no ID [Wilkner]
5921.35 Peru Radio Bethel 1050 on 22 July, per Dave Valko Tip. 0015 23 July.
5952 Bolivia, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte silent ? 21,22,23 July [Wilkner]
6047.16 Peru, Radio Santa Rosa, Lima 0000 to 0020 weak and deep fades 23 July., 1030 choral music 23 July [Wilkner]

6230u Australia, VMW ID by om at 1008 after wx update. 21 July [Wilkner]
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TAYBEH, lunes 19 de julio de 2010 (ZENIT.org).- La primera emisora expresamente cristiana, podría inaugurarse en la próxima Navidad gracias a la colaboración de Radio Vaticano, según informa la agencia árabe Abouna.

La idea nació del padre Raed Abusahlia, de 45 años. Es el canciller del patriarcado latino de Jerusalén y desde algunos años párroco del borgo palestino de Taybeh en Cisjordania. La nueva estación de radio busca ofrecer una nueva voz a los cristianos de la región.

En entrevista con Radio Vaticano el pasado 8 de julio explicó que Tierra Santa necesita una “voz cristiana que vuele y venga a cubrir la totalidad del territorio de la diócesis, que incluye Jordania, Israel, territorios palestinos y Chipre”.

"Aunque existen varios programa de televisión y radio, no hay explícitamente una emisora cristiana", dijo.

Para el Padre Raed, la localidad de Taybeh, situada a unos 30 kilómetros al noreste de Jerusalén es el lugar más adecuado para la nueva estación de radio, debido a que es el único lugar en la Tierra Santa en ser todavía totalmente cristiano. Además porque se encuentra sobre una montaña, hecho que podría facilitar la propagación de las ondas en la región.

Para preparar su nueva estación, el sacerdote ha tenido que tramitar el, así como presentar diversos documentos oficiales a la Autoridad Palestina, debido a que el complejo está situado en el territorio palestino.

"Nuestra voz será una voz cristiana, sino también una voz diferente: una voz de la paz, de la esperanza, del diálogo y la reconciliación", dijo. "Vamos a estar abiertos a todos y sobre todo a otras iglesias en Tierra Santa. Daremos espacio y el tiempo en todas sus celebraciones”, aseguró.

Igualmente dijo el sacerdote que su emisora quiere estar abierta al diálogo con los seguidores de otras religiones: “Judíos y musulmanes. Tratamos de ser puentes porque un cristiano que no es un puente no es un cristiano", dijo.

El padre Raed ha puesto en marcha otras iniciativas similares. En 2003 creó la fundación "rama de oliva" con una prensa y una cooperativa de agricultores en la que producen y exportan aceite de oliva, jabón y cera de Taybeh al mercado europeo.

Además en 2004 se lanzó la iniciativa "La lámpara de la paz", en la que propuso a las parroquias y diócesis de todo el mundo comprar una lámpara en forma de una paloma. Estas son producidas en Taybeh. La idea es ponerlas el altar de las iglesias, en signo solidaridad con Tierra Santa.

Igualmente en 2005 comenzó a construirse un ancianato, ideado también por el mismo sacerdote.

El padre Raed está convencido de que el medio más eficaz para obtener la paz es la oración. “Sólo cuando haya paz en Jerusalén tendremos paz en el mundo”, concluyó el sacerdote.

Fuente: http://bit.ly/dziSxr
[Gaviria]

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Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:

Michael Bethge, Germany.
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Wolfgang Buschel, Germany.
Hector Frias, Chile.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Alokesh Gupta, India.
Ron Howard, USA.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Jaisakthivel, India.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Zacharias Liangas, Greece.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Robert Wilkner, USA.
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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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