WYFR A08

LANG TIME FREQ AZ ZONE PWR
ARAB 0400-0500 9355 44 27,28,39 100
ARAB 0500-0600 9930 87 37,46 100
ARAB 0700-0800 11530 87 47,52,57 100
ARAB 1600-1645 15770 44 27,28 100
ARAB 1900-2000 17750 44 27,28 100
ARAB 2000-2045 21525 87 47,52,57 100
ARAB 2100-2245 18930 44 27,28 100
ARAB 2200-2245 17845 87 37,46 100

CANT 0600-0700 5985 315 2 100

ENGL 0000-0045 17805 142 15 100
ENGL 0000-0100 11835 285 10 50
ENGL 0000-0445 6985 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 0000-0445 9505 315 2 100
ENGL 0200-0245 11835 285 10 50
ENGL 0200-0300 5985 181 11 50
ENGL 0200-0300 11855 222 11 100
ENGL 0300-0400 11740 222 12 100
ENGL 0300-0400 15255 151 15 100
ENGL 0400-0500 7780 44 27,28,39 100
ENGL 0400-0500 9715 285 10 50
ENGL 0400-0600 6915 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 0500-0600 9355 44 27,28,39 100
ENGL 0600-0700 5850 181 11 50
ENGL 0600-0700 9680 315 2 100
ENGL 0600-0700 11530 87 47,52,57 100
ENGL 0600-0700 11580 44 27,28,39 100
ENGL 0600-0745 7520 44 27,28,39 100
ENGL 0700-0800 9505 222 11 100
ENGL 0700-0800 9715 285 10 50
ENGL 0700-0845 9930 87 37,46 100
ENGL 0700-1100 6915 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 0700-1245 5985 315 2 100
ENGL 0800-0845 5950 285 10 100
ENGL 0900-1145 9755 285 10 100
ENGL 1000-1245 5950 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 1100-1145 9550 160 14 100
ENGL 1100-1200 7780 222 12 100
ENGL 1100-1200 9625 140 13 100
ENGL 1200-1300 17555 160 16 100
ENGL 1200-2145 17795 285 10 100
ENGL 1300-1400 11865 315 2 100
ENGL 1300-1600 11910 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 1300-1645 11830 315 2 100
ENGL 1400-1500 13695 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 1500-1545 15770 160 16 100
ENGL 1600-1645 11865 315 2 100
ENGL 1600-1700 6085 181 11 100
ENGL 1600-1700 13695 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 1600-1700 21525 87 47,52,57 100
ENGL 1600-1800 21455 44 27,28,39 100
ENGL 1600-2145 18980 44 27,28,39 100
ENGL 1700-2000 13690 355 4,5,9 100
ENGL 1800-2145 13615 315 2 100
ENGL 1800-2200 17845 87 37,46 100
ENGL 1900-1945 6085 181 11 100
ENGL 1900-2000 18930 44 27,28 100
ENGL 2000-2045 17750 44 27,28 100
ENGL 2000-2100 17725 140 13 100
ENGL 2100-2200 11565 44 27,28 100
ENGL 2200-2245 15770 87 47,52,57 100
ENGL 2200-2345 11740 315 2 100
ENGL 2300-0000 15255 151 15 100
ENGL 2300-0000 17750 160 15 100

FREN 0000-0100 15255 151 15 100
FREN 0500-0600 11530 87 47,52,57 100
FREN 0500-0600 11580 44 27,28,39 100
FREN 0600-0700 9355 44 27,28,39 100
FREN 0600-0700 9930 87 37,46 100
FREN 0800-0845 11530 87 47,52,57 100
FREN 1000-1100 9625 140 13 100
FREN 1000-1100 11970 151 15 100
FREN 1200-1300 13695 355 4,5,9 100
FREN 1300-1400 11970 151 15 100
FREN 1600-1645 11910 355 4,5,9 100
FREN 1700-1745 17885 87 37,46 100
FREN 1800-1900 18930 44 27,28 100
FREN 1800-2000 21525 87 47,52,57 100
FREN 1900-1945 21455 44 27,28,39 100
FREN 2100-2200 17725 140 13 100
FREN 2200-2245 11565 44 27,28 100
FREN 2300-0000 6985 355 4,5,9 100

GERM 0404-0500 9985 44 27,28,39 100
GERM 0500-0600 7780 44 27,28,39 100
GERM 1700-1800 17750 44 27,28 100
GERM 1800-1900 21455 44 27,28,39 100
GERM 2000-2145 15695 44 27,28 100

ITAL 0600-0700 9985 44 27,28,39 100
ITAL 0700-0745 11580 44 27,28,39 100
ITAL 1600-1700 21670 44 27,28 100
ITAL 1800-1900 17750 44 27,28 100

MAND 0500-0600 5985 315 2 100
MAND 1300-1400 13695 355 4,5,9 100
MAND 1500-1600 11865 315 2 100

PORT 0000-0100 17725 140 13 100
PORT 0000-0100 17750 160 15 100
PORT 0000-0345 15190 142 15 100
PORT 0100-0145 7520 142 15 100
PORT 0100-0200 17845 160 14 100
PORT 0400-0500 11530 87 47,52,57 100
PORT 0700-0745 9985 44 27,28,39 100
PORT 0800-1000 9625 140 13 100
PORT 0800-1045 9605 142 15 100
PORT 0800-1045 11770 142 13 100
PORT 0900-1045 6175 160 15 100
PORT 1200-1245 9625 140 13 100
PORT 1300-1400 17555 160 16 100
PORT 1400-1500 15770 160 16 100
PORT 1500-1545 18980 142 15 100
PORT 1700-1800 21525 87 47,52,57 100
PORT 1700-2000 17725 140 13 100
PORT 2100-2200 15770 87 47,52,57 100
PORT 2200-2245 15695 44 27,28,39 100
PORT 2200-2300 15190 142 15 101 [sic]
PORT 2200-2300 17725 140 13 100
PORT 2300-0000 17805 142 13 100

RUSS 0304-0400 7780 44 27,28,39 100
RUSS 0500-0600 7520 44 27,28,39 100
RUSS 1600-1800 18930 44 27,28 100
RUSS 1900-2000 15600 44 27,28 100

SPAN 0000-0100 15440 285 10 100
SPAN 0100-0145 17725 140 13 100
SPAN 0100-0200 11835 285 10 50
SPAN 0100-0245 17750 160 15 100
SPAN 0100-0300 15255 151 15 100
SPAN 0200-0300 11740 222 12 100
SPAN 0300-0345 11580 160 15 100
SPAN 0300-0400 9680 315 2 100
SPAN 0300-0400 9715 285 10 50
SPAN 0300-0400 11855 222 11 100
SPAN 0300-0445 5985 181 11 50
SPAN 0304-0400 6915 355 4,5,9 100
SPAN 0400-0445 11740 222 12 100
SPAN 0400-0445 15255 151 15 100
SPAN 0500-0600 5850 181 11 50
SPAN 0500-0600 9985 44 27,28,39 100
SPAN 0500-0700 9715 285 10 50
SPAN 0504-0700 9505 222 11 100
SPAN 0600-0700 6915 355 4,5,9 100
SPAN 0700-0745 9355 44 27,28,39 100
SPAN 0700-0745 9680 315 2 100
SPAN 0700-0945 5850 181 11 50
SPAN 0800-0945 9505 222 11 100
SPAN 0800-1000 11970 151 15 100
SPAN 0800-1100 9550 160 14 100
SPAN 0800-1145 9715 285 10 50
SPAN 0800-1145 11855 160 16 100
SPAN 0900-1000 5950 355 4,5,9 100
SPAN 1000-1600 6085 181 11 100
SPAN 1100-1145 6915 355 4,5,9 100
SPAN 1100-1145 9355 160 15 100
SPAN 1100-1300 11970 151 15 100
SPAN 1100-1345 9605 222 11 100
SPAN 1200-1345 7780 222 12 100
SPAN 1200-1400 15770 160 16 100
SPAN 1200-1545 13800 160 15 100
SPAN 1200-2345 15130 285 10 50
SPAN 1400-1500 11865 315 2 100
SPAN 1400-1500 18980 142 15 100
SPAN 1400-1545 11670 222 11 100
SPAN 1400-1545 11970 151 15 100
SPAN 1400-1545 17555 160 16 100
SPAN 1500-1600 13695 355 4,5,9 100
SPAN 1700-1800 13615 315 2 100
SPAN 1700-1845 21670 44 27,28 100
SPAN 1700-1900 6085 181 11 100
SPAN 2000-0200 5985 181 11 50
SPAN 2000-0200 11855 222 11 100
SPAN 2100-2200 15600 44 27,28 100
SPAN 2300-0200 15215 160 14 100
SPAN 2304-0100 17845 160 14 100

WYFR BROADCAST SCHEDULE 30 Mar-26 Oct 2008 A-08 FREQUENCY SCHEDULE

FREQ TIME LANG AZ ZONE PWR
5850 0500-0600 SPAN 181 11 50
5850 0600-0700 ENGL 181 11 50
5850 0700-0945 SPAN 181 11 50
5950 0900-1000 SPAN 355 4,5,9 100
5950 1000-1245 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
5950 0800-0845 ENGL 285 10 100
5985 2000-0200 SPAN 181 11 50
5985 0200-0300 ENGL 181 11 50
5985 0300-0445 SPAN 181 11 50
5985 0500-0600 MAND 315 2 100
5985 0600-0700 CANT 315 2 100
5985 0700-1245 ENGL 315 2 100
6085 1000-1600 SPAN 181 11 100
6085 1600-1700 ENGL 181 11 100
6085 1700-1900 SPAN 181 11 100
6085 1900-1945 ENGL 181 11 100
6175 0900-1045 PORT 160 15 100

6915 0304-0400 SPAN 355 4,5,9 100
6915 0400-0600 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
6915 0600-0700 SPAN 355 4,5,9 100
6915 0700-1100 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
6915 1100-1145 SPAN 355 4,5,9 100
6985 0000-0445 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
6985 2300-0000 FREN 355 4,5,9 100

7520 0100-0145 PORT 142 15 100
7520 0500-0600 RUSS 44 27,28,39 100
7520 0600-0745 ENGL 44 27,28,39 100
7780 1100-1200 ENGL 222 12 100
7780 1200-1345 SPAN 222 12 100
7780 0304-0400 RUSS 44 27,28,39 100
7780 0400-0500 ENGL 44 27,28,39 100
7780 0500-0600 GERM 44 27,28,39 100

9355 0400-0500 ARAB 44 27,28,39 100
9355 0500-0600 ENGL 44 27,28,39 100
9355 0600-0700 FREN 44 27,28,39 100
9355 0700-0745 SPAN 44 27,28,39 100
9355 1100-1145 SPAN 160 15 100
9505 0000-0445 ENGL 315 2 100
9505 0504-0700 SPAN 222 11 100
9505 0700-0800 ENGL 222 11 100
9505 0800-0945 SPAN 222 11 100
9550 0800-1100 SPAN 160 14 100
9550 1100-1145 ENGL 160 14 100
9605 0800-1045 PORT 142 15 100
9605 1100-1345 SPAN 222 11 100
9625 0800-1000 PORT 140 13 100
9625 1000-1100 FREN 140 13 100
9625 1100-1200 ENGL 140 13 100
9625 1200-1245 PORT 140 13 100
9680 0300-0400 SPAN 315 2 100
9680 0600-0700 ENGL 315 2 100
9680 0700-0745 SPAN 315 2 100
9715 0300-0400 SPAN 285 10 50
9715 0400-0500 ENGL 285 10 50
9715 0500-0700 SPAN 285 10 50
9715 0700-0800 ENGL 285 10 50
9715 0800-1145 SPAN 285 10 50
9755 0900-1145 ENGL 285 10 100
9930 0500-0600 ARAB 87 37,46 100
9930 0600-0700 FREN 87 37,46 100
9930 0700-0845 ENGL 87 37,46 100
9985 0404-0500 GERM 44 27,28,39 100
9985 0500-0600 SPAN 44 27,28,39 100
9985 0600-0700 ITAL 44 27,28,39 100
9985 0700-0745 PORT 44 27,28,39 100

11530 0400-0500 PORT 87 47,52,57 100
11530 0500-0600 FREN 87 47,52,57 100
11530 0600-0700 ENGL 87 47,52,57 100
11530 0700-0800 ARAB 87 47,52,57 100
11530 0800-0845 FREN 87 47,52,57 100
11565 2100-2200 ENGL 44 27,28 100
11565 2200-2245 FREN 44 27,28 100
11580 0500-0600 FREN 44 27,28,39 100
11580 0600-0700 ENGL 44 27,28,39 100
11580 0700-0745 ITAL 44 27,28,39 100
11580 0300-0345 SPAN 160 15 100
11670 1400-1545 SPAN 222 11 100
11740 0200-0300 SPAN 222 12 100
11740 0300-0400 ENGL 222 12 100
11740 0400-0445 SPAN 222 12 100
11740 2200-2345 ENGL 315 2 100
11770 0800-1045 PORT 142 13 100
11830 1300-1645 ENGL 315 2 100
11835 0000-0100 ENGL 285 10 50
11835 0100-0200 SPAN 285 10 50
11835 0200-0245 ENGL 285 10 50
11855 0800-1145 SPAN 160 16 100
11855 2000-0200 SPAN 222 11 100
11855 0200-0300 ENGL 222 11 100
11855 0300-0400 SPAN 222 11 100
11865 1300-1400 ENGL 315 2 100
11865 1400-1500 SPAN 315 2 100
11865 1500-1600 MAND 315 2 100
11865 1600-1645 ENGL 315 2 100
11910 1300-1600 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
11910 1600-1645 FREN 355 4,5,9 100
11970 0800-1000 SPAN 151 15 100
11970 1000-1100 FREN 151 15 100
11970 1100-1300 SPAN 151 15 100
11970 1300-1400 FREN 151 15 100
11970 1400-1545 SPAN 151 15 100

13615 1700-1800 SPAN 315 2 100
13615 1800-2145 ENGL 315 2 100
13690 1700-2000 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
13695 1200-1300 FREN 355 4,5,9 100
13695 1300-1400 MAND 355 4,5,9 100
13695 1400-1500 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
13695 1500-1600 SPAN 355 4,5,9 100
13695 1600-1700 ENGL 355 4,5,9 100
13800 1200-1545 SPAN 160 15 100

15130 1200-2345 SPAN 285 10 50
15190 2200-2300 PORT 142 15 101 [sic]
15190 0000-0345 PORT 142 15 100
15215 2300-0200 SPAN 160 14 100
15255 2300-0000 ENGL 151 15 100
15255 0000-0100 FREN 151 15 100
15255 0100-0300 SPAN 151 15 100
15255 0300-0400 ENGL 151 15 100
15255 0400-0445 SPAN 151 15 100
15440 0000-0100 SPAN 285 10 100
15600 1900-2000 RUSS 44 27,28 100
15600 2100-2200 SPAN 44 27,28 100
15695 2000-2145 GERM 44 27,28 100
15695 2200-2245 PORT 44 27,28,39 100
15770 1200-1400 SPAN 160 16 100
15770 1400-1500 PORT 160 16 100
15770 1500-1545 ENGL 160 16 100
15770 1600-1645 ARAB 44 27,28 100
15770 2100-2200 PORT 87 47,52,57 100
15770 2200-2245 ENGL 87 47,52,57 100

17555 1200-1300 ENGL 160 16 100
17555 1300-1400 PORT 160 16 100
17555 1400-1545 SPAN 160 16 100
17725 1700-2000 PORT 140 13 100
17725 2000-2100 ENGL 140 13 100
17725 2100-2200 FREN 140 13 100
17725 2200-2300 PORT 140 13 100
17725 0000-0100 PORT 140 13 100
17725 0100-0145 SPAN 140 13 100
17750 1700-1800 GERM 44 27,28 100
17750 1800-1900 ITAL 44 27,28 100
17750 1900-2000 ARAB 44 27,28 100
17750 2000-2045 ENGL 44 27,28 100
17750 2300-0000 ENGL 160 15 100
17750 0000-0100 PORT 160 15 100
17750 0100-0245 SPAN 160 15 100
17795 1200-2145 ENGL 285 10 100
17805 0000-0045 ENGL 142 15 100
17805 2300-0000 PORT 142 13 100
17845 2304-0100 SPAN 160 14 100
17845 0100-0200 PORT 160 14 100
17845 1800-2200 ENGL 87 37,46 100
17845 2200-2245 ARAB 87 37,46 100
17885 1700-1745 FREN 87 37,46 100

18930 1600-1800 RUSS 44 27,28 100
18930 1800-1900 FREN 44 27,28 100
18930 1900-2000 ENGL 44 27,28 100
18930 2100-2245 ARAB 44 27,28 100
18980 1400-1500 SPAN 142 15 100
18980 1500-1545 PORT 142 15 100
18980 1600-2145 ENGL 44 27,28,39 100

21455 1600-1800 ENGL 44 27,28,39 100
21455 1800-1900 GERM 44 27,28,39 100
21455 1900-1945 FREN 44 27,28,39 100
21525 1600-1700 ENGL 87 47,52,57 100
21525 1700-1800 PORT 87 47,52,57 100
21525 1800-2000 FREN 87 47,52,57 100
21525 2000-2045 ARAB 87 47,52,57 100
21670 1600-1700 ITAL 44 27,28 100
21670 1700-1845 SPAN 44 27,28 100

WYFR BROADCAST SCHEDULE 30 Mar 2008-26 Oct 2008 A-08 TIME SCHEDULE

TIME LANG FREQ AZ ZONE PWR
0000-0045 ENGL 17805 142 15 100
0000-0100 ENGL 11835 285 10 50
0000-0100 FREN 15255 151 15 100
0000-0100 SPAN 15440 285 10 100
0000-0100 PORT 17725 140 13 100
0000-0100 PORT 17750 160 15 100
0000-0345 PORT 15190 142 15 100
0000-0445 ENGL 6985 355 4,5,9 100
0000-0445 ENGL 9505 315 2 100

0100-0145 PORT 7520 142 15 100
0100-0145 SPAN 17725 140 13 100
0100-0200 SPAN 11835 285 10 50
0100-0200 PORT 17845 160 14 100
0100-0245 SPAN 17750 160 15 100
0100-0300 SPAN 15255 151 15 100

0200-0245 ENGL 11835 285 10 50
0200-0300 ENGL 5985 181 11 50
0200-0300 SPAN 11740 222 12 100
0200-0300 ENGL 11855 222 11 100

0300-0345 SPAN 11580 160 15 100
0300-0400 SPAN 9680 315 2 100
0300-0400 SPAN 9715 285 10 50
0300-0400 ENGL 11740 222 12 100
0300-0400 SPAN 11855 222 11 100
0300-0400 ENGL 15255 151 15 100
0300-0445 SPAN 5985 181 11 50
0304-0400 SPAN 6915 355 4,5,9 100
0304-0400 RUSS 7780 44 27,28,39 100

0400-0445 SPAN 11740 222 12 100
0400-0445 SPAN 15255 151 15 100
0400-0500 ENGL 7780 44 27,28,39 100
0400-0500 ARAB 9355 44 27,28,39 100
0400-0500 ENGL 9715 285 10 50
0400-0500 PORT 11530 87 47,52,57 100
0400-0600 ENGL 6915 355 4,5,9 100
0404-0500 GERM 9985 44 27,28,39 100

0500-0600 SPAN 5850 181 11 50
0500-0600 MAND 5985 315 2 100
0500-0600 RUSS 7520 44 27,28,39 100
0500-0600 GERM 7780 44 27,28,39 100
0500-0600 ENGL 9355 44 27,28,39 100
0500-0600 ARAB 9930 87 37,46 100
0500-0600 SPAN 9985 44 27,28,39 100
0500-0600 FREN 11530 87 47,52,57 100
0500-0600 FREN 11580 44 27,28,39 100
0500-0700 SPAN 9715 285 10 50
0504-0700 SPAN 9505 222 11 100

0600-0700 ENGL 5850 181 11 50
0600-0700 CANT 5985 315 2 100
0600-0700 SPAN 6915 355 4,5,9 100
0600-0700 FREN 9355 44 27,28,39 100
0600-0700 ENGL 9680 315 2 100
0600-0700 FREN 9930 87 37,46 100
0600-0700 ITAL 9985 44 27,28,39 100
0600-0700 ENGL 11530 87 47,52,57 100
0600-0700 ENGL 11580 44 27,28,39 100
0600-0745 ENGL 7520 44 27,28,39 100

0700-0745 SPAN 9355 44 27,28,39 100
0700-0745 SPAN 9680 315 2 100
0700-0745 PORT 9985 44 27,28,39 100
0700-0745 ITAL 11580 44 27,28,39 100
0700-0800 ENGL 9505 222 11 100
0700-0800 ENGL 9715 285 10 50
0700-0800 ARAB 11530 87 47,52,57 100
0700-0845 ENGL 9930 87 37,46 100
0700-0945 SPAN 5850 181 11 50
0700-1100 ENGL 6915 355 4,5,9 100
0700-1245 ENGL 5985 315 2 100

0800-0845 ENGL 5950 285 10 100
0800-0845 FREN 11530 87 47,52,57 100
0800-0945 SPAN 9505 222 11 100
0800-1000 PORT 9625 140 13 100
0800-1000 SPAN 11970 151 15 100
0800-1045 PORT 9605 142 15 100
0800-1045 PORT 11770 142 13 100
0800-1100 SPAN 9550 160 14 100
0800-1145 SPAN 9715 285 10 50
0800-1145 SPAN 11855 160 16 100

0900-1000 SPAN 5950 355 4,5,9 100
0900-1045 PORT 6175 160 15 100
0900-1145 ENGL 9755 285 10 100

1000-1100 FREN 9625 140 13 100
1000-1100 FREN 11970 151 15 100
1000-1245 ENGL 5950 355 4,5,9 100
1000-1600 SPAN 6085 181 11 100

1100-1145 SPAN 6915 355 4,5,9 100
1100-1145 SPAN 9355 160 15 100
1100-1145 ENGL 9550 160 14 100
1100-1200 ENGL 7780 222 12 100
1100-1200 ENGL 9625 140 13 100
1100-1300 SPAN 11970 151 15 100
1100-1345 SPAN 9605 222 11 100

1200-1245 PORT 9625 140 13 100
1200-1300 FREN 13695 355 4,5,9 100
1200-1300 ENGL 17555 160 16 100
1200-1345 SPAN 7780 222 12 100
1200-1400 SPAN 15770 160 16 100
1200-1545 SPAN 13800 160 15 100
1200-2145 ENGL 17795 285 10 100
1200-2345 SPAN 15130 285 10 50

1300-1400 ENGL 11865 315 2 100
1300-1400 FREN 11970 151 15 100
1300-1400 MAND 13695 355 4,5,9 100
1300-1400 PORT 17555 160 16 100
1300-1600 ENGL 11910 355 4,5,9 100
1300-1645 ENGL 11830 315 2 100

1400-1500 SPAN 11865 315 2 100
1400-1500 ENGL 13695 355 4,5,9 100
1400-1500 PORT 15770 160 16 100
1400-1500 SPAN 18980 142 15 100
1400-1545 SPAN 11670 222 11 100
1400-1545 SPAN 11970 151 15 100
1400-1545 SPAN 17555 160 16 100

1500-1545 ENGL 15770 160 16 100
1500-1545 PORT 18980 142 15 100
1500-1600 MAND 11865 315 2 100
1500-1600 SPAN 13695 355 4,5,9 100

1600-1645 ENGL 11865 315 2 100
1600-1645 FREN 11910 355 4,5,9 100
1600-1645 ARAB 15770 44 27,28 100
1600-1700 ENGL 6085 181 11 100
1600-1700 ENGL 13695 355 4,5,9 100
1600-1700 ENGL 21525 87 47,52,57 100
1600-1700 ITAL 21670 44 27,28 100
1600-1800 RUSS 18930 44 27,28 100
1600-1800 ENGL 21455 44 27,28,39 100
1600-2145 ENGL 18980 44 27,28,39 100

1700-1745 FREN 17885 87 37,46 100
1700-1800 SPAN 13615 315 2 100
1700-1800 GERM 17750 44 27,28 100
1700-1800 PORT 21525 87 47,52,57 100
1700-1845 SPAN 21670 44 27,28 100
1700-1900 SPAN 6085 181 11 100
1700-2000 ENGL 13690 355 4,5,9 100
1700-2000 PORT 17725 140 13 100

1800-1900 ITAL 17750 44 27,28 100
1800-1900 FREN 18930 44 27,28 100
1800-1900 GERM 21455 44 27,28,39 100
1800-2000 FREN 21525 87 47,52,57 100
1800-2145 ENGL 13615 315 2 100
1800-2200 ENGL 17845 87 37,46 100

1900-1945 ENGL 6085 181 11 100
1900-1945 FREN 21455 44 27,28,39 100
1900-2000 RUSS 15600 44 27,28 100
1900-2000 ARAB 17750 44 27,28 100
1900-2000 ENGL 18930 44 27,28 100

2000-0200 SPAN 5985 181 11 50
2000-0200 SPAN 11855 222 11 100
2000-2045 ENGL 17750 44 27,28 100
2000-2045 ARAB 21525 87 47,52,57 100
2000-2100 ENGL 17725 140 13 100
2000-2145 GERM 15695 44 27,28 100

2100-2200 ENGL 11565 44 27,28 100
2100-2200 SPAN 15600 44 27,28 100
2100-2200 PORT 15770 87 47,52,57 100
2100-2200 FREN 17725 140 13 100
2100-2245 ARAB 18930 44 27,28 100

2200-2245 FREN 11565 44 27,28 100
2200-2245 PORT 15695 44 27,28,39 100
2200-2245 ENGL 15770 87 47,52,57 100
2200-2245 ARAB 17845 87 37,46 100
2200-2300 PORT 15190 142 15 101 [sic]
2200-2300 PORT 17725 140 13 100
2200-2345 ENGL 11740 315 2 100

2300-0000 FREN 6985 355 4,5,9 100
2300-0000 ENGL 15255 151 15 100
2300-0000 ENGL 17750 160 15 100
2300-0000 PORT 17805 142 13 100
2300-0200 SPAN 15215 160 14 100
2304-0100 SPAN 17845 160 14 100

(Evelyn Marcy, WYFR Okeechobee FL, Feb 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Note: the TAIWAN relays for A-08 already appeared in 8-027. The above
is only a fraxion of YFR output, now in many additional languages,
using lots of overseas relays. Those schedules are not availablized
from Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Ukraine International A08

Summer A08 Broadcasting Schedule
(30 March 2008 - 26 October 2008)

Time UTC Freq Txer Site Azimuth Target Area
0000-0500 7530 Kharkiv 055 Russia
0500-0800 9945 Kharkiv 290 Western Europe
0800-1300 11550 Kharkiv 277 Western Europe
1300-1700 7530 Kharkiv 055 Russia
1700-2100 7490 Kharkiv 290 Western Europe
2100-2400 7510 Kharkiv 290 Western Europe
2300-0400 7440 Lviv 303 Northeastern America

Power of transmitters: in Kharkiv - 100 kW; in Lviv - 600 kW.

Transmission schedules in various languages are as follows:
ENGLISH (one hour long):
0000 & 0300 7440 kHz,
0500 9945 kHz;
0900 & 1100 11550 kHz;
1400 only via satellite;
1900 7490 kHz; 2100 7510 kHz.

GERMAN (one hour long):
1700 & 2000 7490 kHz;
2300 7510 kHz.

UKRAINIAN programmes are transmitted at all times except for
the times reserved for English and German programmes, as shown above.

ROMANIAN (half an hour long):
at 1700, 1930 & 2100 on 657 kHz (via Chernivtsi 25 kW).

All these transmissions are available also in Real Audio
and in audio mp3 files on our Website www.nrcu.gov.ua,
and on satellite "Sirius 4": 5 degrees East, horizontal polarization, 11766 MHz,
SR 27.500 Ms/s, FEC 3/4, channel RUI.

This schedule is subject to changes.

(Alexander Yegorov via Alokesh Gupta, 7th Mar 2008)

Last Pavanello's log

 1107   6/3 18.45 R.N.E. R.5 - Logrono NX reg. La Rioja buono
 1125   4/3 18.45 R.N.E. R.5 - Castellon SS NX reg. Comunidad Valenciana buono
 1510   8/3 04.50 WWZN - Boston EE sport suff.
 1700   8/3 05.05 KVNS - Brownsville EE MX buono
 3905   8/3 23.30 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX buono
 4025   7/3 20.10 Laser Hot Hits - EE ID e MX // a 6210 KHz buono
 4780   8/3 23.40 R. Cultural Coatan - S. Sebastian Coatan SS dia de la mujer buono
 4790   8/3 04.55 R. Vision - Chiclayo SS predica buono
 4790   8/3 23.05 R. Atlantida - Iquitos SS ID e MX buono (erano anni che non l'ascoltavo !!! )
 4805   8/3 23.45 R. Dif. Amazonas - Manaus PPO MX buono
 5954.2 8/3 23.15 UNID con MX LA SS buono ( come si fà a dire con certezza che è dal Costa Rica ??? )
 6035   8/3 23.50 Voz del Guaviare - S. Josè del Guaviare SS MX buono
 6185   9/3 00.10 R. Educacion - Mexico D.F. SS NX suff.
 6290   9/3 09.50 R. Victoria - EE ID e MX buono
 6295   2/3 09.20 Grensstad R. - EE MX buono
 6305   9/3 10.25 R. Viking - EE greating a Roberto Pavanello buono
 6308   5/3 21.55 Double Kilo R. - EE greating a Roberto Pavanello buono
 6325   8/3 16.45 Free R. Holland -EE ID e MX buono
 6882   8/3 16.30 R. Playback Int. -EE ID e MX buono
 9720   9/3 00.05 R. Victoria - Lima SS gospel suff.
 9825   8/3 15.00 Miraya FM - Khartoum EE NX buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli - Italia

CONVERTITORE DRM2

        Sul bollettino di gennaio 2007 è stato pubblicato il primo circuito di convertitore per Digital Radio Mondiale che utilizza un solo transistor. Per tutti gli approfondimenti tecnici che riguardano la tecnica di ricezione della DRM vi rimando al citato articolo oppure alla visita del sito WWW.BCLNEWS.IT.

        Ci occupiamo ancora di un convertitore DRM (che chiameremo DRM2) analizzando, questa volta, un circuito che impiega un integrato forse poco conosciuto ma dai pregi rilevanti. Infatti esso possiede, contrariamente al più noto NE612 o NE602 che dir si voglia, al suo interno, un amplificatore di alta frequenza per cui si presta a lavorare in presenza di segnali piuttosto deboli. Nel caso di segnali di medie frequenze “ anemiche “ questo circuito è un autentico toccasana; inoltre esso potrebbe essere una valida alternativa al già citato integrato NE612, a detta di qualcuno, poco reperibile.

        Il principio di funzionamento del circuito è sempre lo stesso: il segnale a media frequenza proveniente dall’apparecchio ricevente (nel caso specifico a 455 kHz) viene mescolato con un altro generato localmente dal circuito attorno a T2. Questa è una delle differenze sostanziali tra DRM1 e DRM2 dove, per quest’ultimo, l’oscillatore locale viene configurato utilizzando il circuito interno dell’integrato.

        Al piedino 6 è disponibile un segnale a 12 kHz che viene indirizzato verso l’entrata della scheda audio del computer. 

        Prestare attenzione all’inserzione dell’integrato tenendo d’occhio la piedinatura della figura allegata. Si consiglia l’uso di uno zoccolo per inserire l’integrato sullo stampato e, a questo scopo, giova una striscia di connettori pin a saldare (vedere foto).

        Per la messa a punto attenersi a quanto scritto per il primo circuito. Al punto del circuito elettrico contrassegnato da TP si potrà misurare la frequenza dell’oscillatore locale che, nel caso di valore di MF di 455, dovrebbe essere di 467 kHz. Infatti 467- 455 = 12 kHz. 

        Se non si possiede un frequenzimetro si potrà iniettare direttamente il segnale nel bocchettone d’antenna del ricevitore sintonizzato su 467 kHz interponendo, tra il punto TP e l’entrata dell’RX un condensatore da 100 nF. Per eventuali aggiustamenti ruotare lentamente il nucleo di T2.

        Se il vostro ricevitore ha un valore di MF di 9 o 10,7 MHz si potrà far oscillare il circuito su queste frequenze impiegando, come T2, un trasformatore di MF con nucleo di colore arancione.

        Con il software attivo in modalità AM (analog) regolare, lentamente, i due potenziometri P1 e P2 fino ad ottenere un tracciato d’onda con un’ampiezza INPUT PSD moderata (2/3 dell’altezza) e dalla forma simile a quella illustrata nella figura 3 (vedere articolo DRM1).

        Ritoccare lentamente, una volta per tutte, il nucleo di T2 per portare la sella del tracciato della figura 3 (vedere articolo DRM1) in corrispondenza del valore di 12 kHz. 

        Con il mouse cliccare all’interno del quadrante per posizionare la barra colorata verticale su 12 kHz. Agendo sullo slider restringere la banda passante in modo da comprendere tutta la cresta dell’onda (fig 4).

        Per le altre operazioni e suggerimenti vari attenersi sempre al DRM1.

G.Lorenzi

NHK A08

Relay transmissions of NHK World Radio Japan

(United Kingdom)UK

(France) FRA

(Germany) GER

(UAE) UAE

(Singapore) SNG

(Canada) CAN

(Bonaire Is.) BON



Southeast Asia



Japanese

0200-0300(11-12) 11780 SNG

0200-0500(11-14) 17810

0800-1000(17-19) 11740 SNG

1000-1700(19- 2) 11815

1700-1900( 2- 4) 7225

2100-2200( 6- 7) 11665

2200-0000( 7- 9) 13680



English

0500-0530 17810

0900-0930 11815

1200-1230 9695

1400-1430 11705

0000-0020 17810 13650



Chinese

0600-0630 17860

1300-1330 11740 SNG

2240-2300 13650

2340-0000 15195 17810



Indonesian

0945-1030 9695

1315-1400 11705

2310-2340 17810



Thai

1130-1200 11740 SNG

1230-1300 9695

2300-2320 13650



Vietnamese

1100-1130 9695

1230-1300 11740 SNG

2320-2340 13650



Burmese

1030-1100 11740 SNG

1130-1200 9695

2340-0000 13650



Asian Continent



Japanese

0200-0500(11-14) 15195

0700-0800(16-17) 15195 6145 * 6165 *

0800-1700(17- 2) 9750

1700-1900( 2- 4) 6035

2000-2200( 5- 7) 6085

2000-0000( 5- 9) 11910



Russian

0330-0400 15300

0530-0600 11715* 11760*

0800-0830 6145 * 6165 *

1330-1400 6190

1900-1920 5955 *

* Far East Russia



Korean

0430-0500 15300

1100-1130 6090

1230-1300 6190

1400-1430 6190

1630-1700 6035

2210-2230 9560



Chinese

0400-0430 15300

0500-0530 15300

1130-1200 6090

1300-1330 6190

1430-1500 6190

2230-2250 9560



Southwest Asia



Japanese

0200-0500(11-14) 15325

1500-1700( 0- 2) 12045 SNG



English

0500-0530 15325

0900-0930 15590

1310-1340 11985

1400-1430 11985



Bengali

1300-1345 17595 GER



Hindi

1345-1430 17595 GER



Urdu

1430-1515 17595 GER



Oceania



Japanese

2000-2100( 5- 6) 9625

2100-2200( 6- 7)13640



English

0900-0930 9625

1200-1230 9625

2200-2220 13640



North America



English

0000-0020 6145 CAN(East)

0500-0530 6110 CAN(West)

1200-1230 6120 CAN(East)

1400-1430 11705 CAN(East)



Hawaii



English

0900-0930 9825



Central America



Japanese

0200-0500(11-14) 5960 CAN

1500-1700( 0- 2) 9535



Spanish

0500-0530 6195 BON

1000-1030 6120 CAN



South America



Japanese

0200-0400(11-13) 11935 BON

0800-0900(17-18) 9825

0900-1000(18-19) 9795 CAN(East)

1700-1900( 2- 4) 9835

2200-0000( 7- 9) 15265 BON



Portuguese

0230-0300 9660 BON

1030-1100 13630 CAN(East)



Spanish

0400-0430 6195 BON(West)

1000-1030 9710



Europe



English

0500-0530 5975 UK

1200-1230 17585 UAE

1400-1430 13630 UK

0000-0020 5960 UK



Russian

0430-0500 9825 GER

1130-1200 11710 UK

1800-1820 11970



Middle East & North Africa



Japanese

0200-0500(11-14)17560

1700-1900( 2- 4)13740 UAE

1900-2200( 4- 7) 9560

2200-2300( 7- 8) 9650 UAE



Persian

0230-0300 7295 FRA

0830-0900 15190 GER



Arabic

0400-0430 7280 FRA

0700-0730 11905 FRA



Africa



Japanese

0800-1000(17-19)15290 FRA(West)

1500-1700( 0- 2)17735 FRA(Central)

1700-1900( 2- 4)11945 FRA(South)



English

0500-0530 11970 FRA(South)

1400-1430 21560 FRA(Central)



Swahili

0330-0400 9555 FRA(Central)

1300-1330 21560 FRA(Central)



French

0630-0700 11970 FRA(West)

1230-1300 17870 FRA(Central)15400 FRA(West)



All times in UTC.

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

(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

Ultimas escuchas Javier Robledillo Jaén

ARGENTINA
15.345 kHz, RAE Radio Argentina al Exterior, 02-03-08, 1947-1950. Retransmisión partidos jornada torneo clausura de fútbol, partido de River, en español. SINPO 44333

BIELORRUSIA
6.090 kHz, Radio Belarus, 29-02-08, 2328-2330. Música, id. emisora y comentarios de locutor, en ruso. SINPO 45444

CHINA
6.280 kHz, Firedrake Jamming, 29-02-08, 2332-2335. Música para interferir a Voice of Hope, en chino. SINPO 34333
7.310 kHz, Firedrake Jamming, 29-02-08, 2340-2342. Música para interferir a Voice of Hope, en chino. SINPO 55444

ESTADOS UNIDOS
5.850 kHz, WHRA World Harvest R.5, 29-02-08, 2319-2323. Música, en inglés. SINPO 44433

IRÁN
6.065 kHz, IRIB Teheran, 29-02-08, 2325-2327. Comentarios de locutor, en árabe. SINPO 55433

LETONIA
9.290 kHz, Latvia Today, 02-03-08, 1424-1428. Locutora entrevista a invitado, en inglés. SINPO 44343

RUMANIA
7.105 kHz, Radio Rumania Int., 29-02-08, 2336-2339. Comentarios de locutor con referencias a Rumania, en inglés. SINPO 33232

UKRANIA
5.830 kHz, Radio Ukrania Int., 29-02-08, 2315-2318. Comentarios de locutor, en ucraniano. SINPO 44333


Javier Robledillo Jaén
Elche (Alicante) – España
EA5-1028
Rx: Sangean ATS909
Ant: Telescópica

QSL Javier Robledillo Jaén

REP. CHECA
11.600 y 15.255 kHz, Radio Praga
Escuchada el 17-02-08 a las 0900 UTC en español.
Recibida tarjeta QSL, acompañada de esquema de programación y un adhesivo.
Datos completos.
V/S: Ilegible
Informe enviado a: cr@radio.cz
Demoró 11 días

RUMANIA
7.140 y 9.575 kHz, Radio Rumania Internacional
Escuchada el 09-12-07 a las 2015 UTC y 06-01-08 a las 2218 UTC en español.
Recibidas tarjetas QSL, acompañada de un adhesivo.
Datos completos.
V/S: Victoria Sepciu
Informes enviados a: span@rri.ro
Demoraron 68 y 42 días


Javier Robledillo Jaén
Elche (Alicante) – España
EA5-1028

CERTIFICADO TRAYECTORIA GRUPO RADIOESCUCHA ARGENTINO

Tenemos el agrado de anunciarles que el Grupo Radioescucha Argentino y el
Radio Club Comandante Tomas Espora de Lomas de Zamora (LU6DK), han decidido
organizar un certamen con motivo de los 20 Años de Trayectoria del GRA, en
el cual podrán participar diexistas, radioaficionados y radioescuchas en
general, quienes recibirán un certificado en caso de que sean capaces de
cumplir las bases que seguidamente se transcriben:

CERTIFICADO TRAYECTORIA GRUPO RADIOESCUCHA ARGENTINO:

Bases para Radioaficionados:

El Radio Club Cmte. Tomas Espora de Lomas de Zamora (LU6DK), y el Grupo
Radioescucha Argentino (GRA), organizan en forma conjunta el siguiente
certificado a 5 contactos:

Fecha: Sábado 15 y Domingo 16 de marzo, entre las 1900 a 2300 Hs LU.-

Bases: Realizar 5 contactos y formar la frase "20 Años de Trayectoria Grupo
Radioescucha Argentino". La estación LU6DK, actuara de comodín, en caso de
faltar alguna palabra para formar la frase.-

Banda: 80 metros, desde 3630 a 3700 Khz. Modo LSB.-

Confirmación: Se deberá enviar una tarjeta QSL dirigida a LU6DK, y en el
reverso colocar: Palabra, Nº de orden, Frecuencia y Estación contactada,
junto a un sobre autodirigido tamaño A4 y estampillado, con valor de $4.
(Estaciones extranjeras 2 cupones IRC solamente).-

En caso de confirmar a los operadores, ellos enviaran junto al certificado
sus respectivas tarjetas QSL.-

Contacto: Dirigir su correspondencia al Radio Club Cmte. T. Espora (LU6DK),
Sáenz 855, (1832) Lomas de Zamora, Pcia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.-

Ante cualquier duda o consulta sobre el mismo:

concursoslu6dk@yahoo.com.ar

info@conexiongra.com.ar

conexiongra@fullzero.com.ar

www.conexiongra.com.ar

Se deja constancia que el mismo cumple con los requisitos del Art. 35 inc.
H) de la Res. 50/98.-

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

Bases para Diexistas y Radioescuchas:

El Radio Club Cmte. Tomas Espora de Lomas de Zamora (LU6DK), y el Grupo
Radioescucha Argentino (GRA), organizan en forma conjunta el siguiente
certificado a 5 contactos:

Fecha: Sábado 15 y Domingo 16 de marzo, entre las 1900 a 2300 Hs LU
(2100-0100 UTC).-

Bases: Realizar 5 escuchas y formar la frase "20 Años de Trayectoria Grupo
Radioescucha Argentino". La estación LU6DK, actuara de comodín, en caso de
faltar alguna palabra para formar la frase.-

Banda: 80 metros, desde 3630 a 3700 Khz. Modo LSB.-

Confirmación: Se deberá enviar una tarjeta QSL, o informe de recepción
dirigida a LU6DK, y además de los detalles de sintonía colocar: Palabra, Nº
de orden, SINPO y el indicativo de las estaciones que se encontraban
contactando, junto a un sobre autodirigido tamaño A4 y estampillado, con
valor de $4.- (Diexistas Extranjeros 2 cupones IRC solamente).-

En caso de confirmar a los operadores, ellos enviaran junto al certificado
sus respectivas tarjetas QSL.- A todos aquellos radioescuchas que posean
licencia otorgada por radio club reconocido se agradecerá enviar la
confirmación en tarjeta QSL.-

Contacto: Dirigir su correspondencia al Radio Club Cmte. T. Espora (LU6DK),
Sáenz 855, (1832) Lomas de Zamora, Pcia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.-

Ante cualquier duda o consulta sobre el mismo:

concursoslu6dk@yahoo.com.ar

info@conexiongra.com.ar

conexiongra@fullzero.com.ar

www.conexiongra.com.ar

Esperamos contar con su participación.-

Marcelo A. Cornachioni
Coordinador GRA

ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 4

Space Weather Message Code: ALTK04
Serial Number: 1341
Issue Time: 2008 Mar 08 1309 UTC

ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 4
Threshold Reached: 2008 Mar 08 1308 UTC
Synoptic Period: 1200-1500 UTC
Station: Boulder
Active Warning: Yes

NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.sec.noaa.gov/NOAAscales

(via Nicolas Eramo)

Geophysical Alert Message (WWV)

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2008 Mar 08 1200 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 March follow.
Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 2.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 08 March was 2 (11 nT).

No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.

No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

(via Nicolas Eramo)

e-alert 03.07 21:10 UTC

SFI:71 frm 70 A:2 frm 1 K:0 frm 1 (4 nT) 2100 07 Mar
Frcst: No SWX storms are expected next 24h.
Obs: No SWX storms were observed last 24h.

6h hi (none) 24h hi (none)

SSN: 12 (03/06/2008)
Au: 6
S Wind: 366 km/s @ 3.8 protons/cm3
Bz: -2.0 nT at 2007 Dec 29 1613Z

Global HF Propagation Conditions
for 2000Z on 07 Mar, 2008
Low Latitude: Normal
Mid Latitude: Normal
Hi Latitude: Normal

!!!!Bangkok Radio QSL!!!!!

Bangkok Radio Volmet 6676khz Letter+QSL+ Schedule 25gg v/s Ms.Jantina Niyomchok -Meteorological Department 4353 Sukhumvit,Bangna, Bangkok 10260 THAILAND.
e-mail: tmd@metnet.tmd.go.th

Volmet Schedule
11378khz 6676khz 2965khz USB time 24H 10-15-40-45min

Shipping schedule
6765,1khz 8743khz USB time 0000-0200 0300-0500 0600-0800 0900-1100 1200-1400
1500-1700 1800-2000-2100-2300 utc

Facsimile schedule
7395khz frequency madness in EUROPE to listen!!!!!USB time 0050, 0100,0120, 0140, 0200, 0300, 0320, 0340, 0400, 0420, 0500, 0520, 0540, 0600, 0700, 0720, 0740, 0800, 0820, 1000, 1020, 1300, 1700, 1720, 2300, 2320
utc

Ciao e buoni DX!!!
- Mauro Giroletti IK2GFT / Swl 1510 -
-JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150-
Filter PAR Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF
-Evasdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band-
-Lat. 45.42166° Long. 9.1248° -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk-
__._,_.___

Uruguay retorna a UTC-3

Uruguay retorna a UTC-3 a partir de las 0400 UTC del dia 9 de marzo proximo.

Uruguay returns to UTC-3 at 0400 UTC March 9.

No hay actividad actualmente en radiodifusión por onda corta dese este pais.

Currently no SW Broadcasting activity from this country.

Horacio Nigro
Montevideo
Uruguay

EL MUNDO DE LA RADIO

Viernes 7 de marzo de 2008


Argentina

Inauguración de Radio FM en Escuela de Yavi Chico, Jujuy En el marco del Programa de Radios en Escuelas Rurales y de Frontera del Comité Federal de Radiodifusión (COMFER), se inauguró los primeros días de marzo de 2008 la Radio FM en la Escuela N° 2 "Rosario Wayar" de la localidad de Yavi Chico, en la provincia de Jujuy.


Chile

Radios FM Hit y 40 Principales se fusionaron Se fusionaron las estaciones juveniles FmHit y 40 Principales, dando vida a una nueva radio que se llama Los 40 Hit.


Ecuador

En Ecuador hay 275 radios en AM y 898 en FM El espectro radioeléctrico, la radiodifusión sonora, la estación matriz, la estación repetidora, la televisión abierta, la televisión codificada y la televisión por cable, fueron los temas tratados el viernes pasado en las Mesas 1 y 2 de la Asamblea.


México

Incertidumbre por la nueva legislación de radio y televisión Existe una gran incertidumbre en torno a la nueva legislación en materia de radio, televisión y telecomunicaciones que es elaborada en el Senado.


Nicaragua

Escuelas radiofónicas tienen 9 mil alumnos campesinos No tienen aulas, tampoco pizarras, mucho menos pupitres frente a ellos cuando imparten sus clases. Sólo cuentan con un micrófono y la fe de que miles de nicaragüenses de las zonas rurales del país están aprendiendo a leer y a escribir. "El maestro en casa", es una nueva modalidad que está impartiendo la Dirección de Educación de Adultos del Ministerio de Educación.


Mundo

Podría cerrarse el mítico Servicio Latinoamericano de la BBC De acuerdo a fuentes internas del Servicio Latinoamericano que pidieron mantenerse en anonimato, el Servicio Latinoamericano de la BBC está prácticamente cerrando su servicio de Radio.

Una ONG denuncia que la Liga Árabe intenta restringir la libertad de expresión La ONG Human Rights Watch (HRW) ha denunciado que los gobiernos de los países árabes intentan limitar la libertad de expresión e información, a través de un acuerdo adoptado en la Liga Árabe para controlar a las televisiones por satélite.

Tecnología

Como en Televisión: YouTube transmitirá en directo A través de una alianza con Google, el popular sitio en el que actualmente sólo se pueden ver videos grabados, sumará esta atractiva opción. "Es algo que siempre hemos querido hacer", dijo su fundador.


Blogs

EL MUNDO DE LA RADIO (Blog Clarin) Blog en el diario Clarin (Argentina).
EL MUNDO DE LA RADIO (Blog El País) Blog en el diario El País (España).


El MUNDO DE LA RADIO
Arnaldo Slaen · Christian Bravo de Laguna
www.elmundodelaradio.com
info@elmundodelaradio.com

Dxers Unlimited´s weekend edition for 8 - 9 March 2008

Radio Havana Cuba

Dxers Unlimited

Dxers Unlimited´s weekend edition for 8-9 March 2008

By Arnie Coro

Radio amateur CO2KK

Hi amigos radioaficionados around the world and in space , you are all most welcome to the weekend program of Dxers Unlimited, coming to you when once again solar optical observations show a spotless solar disc !!! Zero sunspots during four of the past six days until March the seventh... and nevertheless I see reports of 10 meters band openings between Namibia, callsign prefix V51 and Southern Europe, something that can be explained by the typical enhancement of trans equatorial propagation that happens as we approach the spring equinox of the Northern Hemisphere. So, Saturday and Sunday I will be keeping a close watch on both 10 meters and 6 meters for South American stations that are surely going to be coming in to the Caribbean from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile , Bolivia and Brazil... TEP, or Transequatorial propagation is one of the most interesting modes of Ionospheric propagation that incidentally was discovered by radio amateurs more than 50 years ago...

Item two: Got a recent report of Radio Guama, the Pinar del Rio provincial network heard in Texas on 990 kiloHertz, their main station located near the city that has the same name of the province, Pinar del Rio. Radio Guama is also on the air on FM, so I expect to see reports of their FM broadcasts when the spring-summer sporadic E season starts...

Item three: Also about Cuban AM broadcast stations between 900 and 1000 kiloHertz, right in the middle of the classic AM analog radio´s dials... On 900 kiloHertz Radio Progreso´s 50 kiloWatts located in Holguin province can be usually heard in the Caribbean, Central America ,the USA and Canada by nulling the Mexican station on the same channel XEW, that according to some sources runs a very high power transmitter on that frequency. Many years ago, the Chief Engineer of Radio Progreso Cuban National Network, Carlos Estrada , visited Mexico City to attend an International Radio Broadcasting Conference, and he came back very impressed by the XEW 250 kilowWatt transmitter that used a Doherty type linear amplifier. Doherty and Terman-Woodyard linear amplifiers are now part of broadcast history, because practically all if not all of today´s new transmitters are built using solid state devices that operate with rather low voltages . The solid state power output stages are modular, so in case one of them fails the transmitter still stays on the air at reduced power output, something broadcasters appreciate very much...

More about AM broadcasting in a few seconds when Dxers Unlimited´s weekend edition continues. I am Arnie Coro , radio amateur CO2KK in Havana...
.........

Si amigos, sure, AM broadcast band Dx season for this winter is about to come to an end, but if just gives way to the spring equinoctial DX season that brings in some very nice openings too, especially at just after local sunset... With the extremely low solar flux that we are observing nowadays, I expect a very nice AM band spring equinox DX season to be starting up by next week… Now, more about Cuban AM stations in the 900 to 1000 kiloHertz segment of the AM broadcast band… on 910 kiloHertz here in Havana , we have Radio Metropolitana, a local capital city station that is on the air 24 hours , and on that same frequency 910 kiloHertz we also have Radio Cadena Agramonte from Camaguey city, that can be heard very well all over eastern Cuba due to its transmitter´s excellent location. And here in Havana, on 950 kiloHertz we have the 10 kiloWatt Radio Reloj, the easiest Cuban station to identify because it sends out the letters R R on CW many times every day… You will hear a one per second pulse and the RR on CW from all of Radio Reloj´s network stations… Cuba is now using its national fiber optics cables backbone distribution network, as well as the several microwave radio relay systems, so many times you will notice that Radio Reloj´s signals on different frequencies have a slight time delay due to the coding and decoding process of the digital systems used by the fiber optic equipment… By the way, this last item answers a question sent by listener Jeff, from Toronto, who asked why he could hear on two radios slightly different audio from Radio Reloj on 950 and 1020 kiloHertz...

Now here is our next item… a special or amateur radio operators that are getting ready for the spring equinox DX season… Don´t expect this season to be a record breaking one… solar cycle 24 has not shown any more signs of activity after the tiny high latitude sunspot, and cycle 23 continues to provide many, many days of zero sunspots… Anyway, during the spring equinox HF propagation conditions will certainly improve, and I expect that the 20 and 17 meter bands take a turn for the better starting in about a week or two from now...

Another news item for radio amateurs has to do with the 60 meters band, that is now slowly becoming available to ham radio operators in some countries, although the trend is to authorize the use of specific frequencies, in other words, that the telecoms administrations want to keep radio amateur operators on the 5 megaHertz region of the HF spectrum tied to channelized operation, in order to avoid conflicts with primary users of that very much sought band of frequencies. 60 meters should be particularly useful for handling emergency traffic when the 40 meters band closes up for near vertical incidence skywave propagation, the mode used to communicate at short distances on the HF bands during emergencies.

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You are listening to Dxers Unlimited´s weekend edition, coming to you from Havana. Now here is ASK ARNIE, la numero uno, the most popular section of the program according to your e-mail messages, letters, fax reports and when some of you visit here in Havana and have the opportunity to talk to us about our programming… ASK ARNIE today is answering the question sent by listeners in Canada, the USA , the UK and Germany about DRM , Digital Radio Mondiale, the digital system that several stations are using now on the international short wave bands.

Well amigos Mark, Charlie, Ian and Rudolph… DRM continues to be a source of controversial opinions among the world´s mass communications researchers, but there seems to be a consensus about the waste of resources that DRM is causing to the broadcast organizations, many of which are openly talking about severe budget limitations. It is quite contradictory to watch how an international broadcaster spends money in transmitting using DRM signals that have practically no listeners, while at the same time cutting back programs and language services that do have a well established audience, fully equipped with short wave radios that are working perfectly well... The worst thing that is happening now is that there are no DRM capable receivers available at a competitive cost… and event the DRM receivers that do exist are as hard to find as the proverbial extinct DODO bird… If DRM wants to really survive, it must find financing for producing a high quality low cost receiver that could flood the world marketplace… That should be the number one objective of the DRM Consortium if they really want DRM to be successful… Instead of encouraging broadcasters to waste their limited resources in buying new DRM capable transmitters and put them on the air for many hours every day with no listeners picking up those broadcasts at the other end… someone must advise the Consortium about both basic marketing and audience research...

Just recently a well known Cuban senior engineer and university professor commented to me that the DRM basic transmission mode for short wave was showing very poor performance even at what he described as ideal distances for HF broadcasting. Professor Jose Angel Amador played back to me recordings of DRM broadcasts from the Montsinery site of Radio France International , that showed frequent totally silent periods as propagation conditions changed abruptly between Montsinery and Havana, changing from single hop to double hop back and forth.

Professor Amador´s findings coincide very well with what I witnessed several years ago in South Africa when experimental DRM broadcasts from the Sines, Portugal site were sent beaming to Johannesburg… instead of the slow fading typical of such a long path multiple hops propagation observed with AM signals, the DRM was either heard with good quality or just vanished , making it impossible to follow the program content because of the silence periods… The Montsinery to Havana path studied by Professor Amador is just another solid evidence that even if and when receivers are available, DRM broadcasts on short wave are much less reliable and less user friendly than standard AM and even than Single Side Band suppressed carrier signals ! ! !

Your comments and opinions of DRM are invited... send them to

arnie@rhc.cu again arnie@rhc.cu and if you wish them to be put on the air just tell me in your e-mail. I do believe that it is about time that broadcasters that are testing DRM without listeners bring those tests to an end in order to save energy and reduce radio frequency pollution, as well as CO2 emissions that result from the generation of electricity that is wasted powering up those DRM transmitters...

My point of view is that if a station puts a signal on the air that can be heard somewhere, the energy and resources invested are well worth the effort… but why waste so much resources sending out DRM broadcasts that nobody can hear ?.
...

This is Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers Unlimited and here is now our next item… our antenna topics section, that today will be devoted to folded vertical grounded monopole antenna as a small footprint option for radio amateurs wanting to operate their stations with a low take off angle antenna. My experiments with the folded vertical grounded monopoles started just recently after reviewing several technical papers about this type of antenna that is more and more becoming the de facto standard for AM broadcast band transmitting installations. It was quite clear from the conclusions of the technical papers that the folded vertical grounded monopole could become a very nice antenna for amateur stations , especially those operating on the 160 , 80 and 40 meters bands… I am now in the process of gathering the materials to build and install a folded vertical grounded monopole antenna for the 20 meters band, a sort of scale model to test how it works as compared to a standard quarter wave vertical antenna with elevated radials that is going to be used as a reference at the same site, at CO2KK my ham radio station… As soon as the new test antenna goes up and results can be analyzed, you will hear about them here at your favorite hobby program… Dxers Unlimited that is now coming to an end today with our HF plus low band VHF propagation update and forecast. Very low solar activity, zero sunspots, but due to the approaching spring equinox, we will be witnessing somewhat better propagation conditions especially around local sunset… See you all at the upcoming mid week edition of Dxers Unlimited next Tuesday and Wednesday UTC days amigos ! ! !

(via dxld ml)

Relay on 9290kHz

March 9th
Latvia Today 14.00 -15.00UTC

Good listening 73s Tom

ROMA, IN TRASLOCO TRALICCI MONTE MARIO E MONTE CAVO

L'antenna Rai di Monte Mario potrebbe sparire presto dallo skyline di Roma. E a seguirla saranno anche tutte le altre antenne televisive nazionali e regionali a partire da quelle di Mediaset. In altre parole tutte le antenne televisive di Roma nord, oltre a quelle di Monte Cavo a Rocca di Papa, saranno trasferite a breve in altri siti. Questo lo scenario prossimo futuro che si sta delineando in merito alla localizzazione delle antenne televisive a Roma e nel Lazio dopo l'approvazione, avvenuta questa mattina dalla commissione Urbanistica del Consiglio regionale del Lazio, di una variante che sblocca il "Piano territoriale di coordinamento per la localizzazione degli impianti di emittenza in attuazione del piano nazionale delle frequenze per il sistema televisivo regionale", ora atteso dal via libera finale del Consiglio della Pisana. La delibera approvata stamani, alla presenza dell'assessore all'Urbanistica Massimo Pompili, sblocca l'iter del piano elaborato dalla giunta regionale Badaloni e poi recepito da quella di Storace. Il blocco era stato causato dalla volonta' di trovare siti alternativi al Colle Anfagione, originariamente indicato come luogo dove trasferire parte delle antenne di Roma nord e di Rocca di Papa. Al suo posto la delibera individua Colle Sterpaio, a Capranica Prenestina, e Monte Gennaro (San Polo dei Cavalieri) all'interno dell'area protetta del parco regionale dei Monti Lucretili. In entrambi questi luoghi saranno installati due tralicci. In generale il piano prevede la localizzazione di 19 siti alternativi sul territorio regionale che andranno ad ospitare le antenne radio tv che dovranno trasferirsi. Coinvolti nell'operazione i siti di Monte Mario e Rocca di Papa, dove il 100 % delle antenne televisive saranno trasferite, anche se nel secondo caso restera' quel 50 % delle antenne attualmente presenti ma che riguardano la radiofonia e gli impianti militari. "Il nostro obiettivo- ha spiegato Pompili- è quello di risolvere un'ingiustizia e di farlo in modo equo, governando un possibile conflitto sociale. Sui siti di Monte Mario e Monte Cavo, infatti, c'e' la piu' alta concentrazione europea di antenne: in particolare la comunita' dei Castelli romani si fa carico da decenni di una servitu' molto gravosa". Da qui l'esigenza di un riequilibrio, individuando nuovi luoghi dove sistemare le antenne per abbassare la potenza elettromagnetica che dai Castelli produce i suoi effetti fino ai quartieri romani di Cinecitta' e Tor Bella Monaca. (Dire)

SILENT KEY: RENATO ZUCCHETTI R.I.P.

Un improvviso infarto ha stroncato la vita di Renato Zucchetti di Milano, iscritto a Play-dx dagli anni 80, era tornato nel mondo del radioascolto agli inizi degli anni 2000 anche grazie al fatto che era riuscito ad andare in pensione ed aveva ripreso i suoi vari hobby, tra i quali ovviamente quello del radioascolto in tutte le sue varietà. Per fare ascolto si isolava sulle colline Pavesi lontano dal QRN della grande metropoli. Ricorderemo particolarmente le sue partecipazioni piene di brio e di allegria agli incontri organizzati da playdx nel novembre 2007 e quello dell'ottobre 2005 a Corsico. Le sue barzellette e le sue risate iconoclastiche ! i suoi dibattiti sulle antenne ! Purtroppo aveva già avuto problemi con il suo cuore ballerino e sfortunatamente questa volta non ha vinto la sua battaglia personale ! I nostri sinceri sentimenti di condoglianze alla sua famiglia da parte di tutti gli iscritti di Playdx, del Co.Rad. e di Bclnews.

Dario Monferini

Il Winter SWL Fest in DRM sulla Radio Vaticana

Trasmissioni speciali in DRM della Radio Vaticana celebreranno il 6,7 e 8 marzo l'annuale convention del Winter SWL Fest (http://www.swlfest.com/). L'appuntamento è tra le 13 e le 14 UTC su 15515. Questa la schedule completa delle trasmissioni per questo avvenimento:

TDF, Montsinery, 0100-0200, 8 Mar, 11605
HCJB, Pifo, 0100-0400, 5-9 Mar, 9735
Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1300-1400, 6-8 Mar, 15515
TDF, Montsinery, 1330-2000, 7-8 Mar, 17840
HCJB, Pifo, 1400-2100, 5-8 Mar, 15275 (alt. 15370)

SIDC Weekly Bulletin

Solar Influences Data analysis Center wrote: Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:24:36 GMT
From: Solar Influences Data analysis Center
Subject: SIDC Weekly Bulletin
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

:Issued: 2008 Mar 04 1424 UTC
:Product: documentation at http://www.sidc.be/products/bul
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# SIDC Weekly bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic activity #
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WEEK 374 from 2008 Feb 25

SOLAR ACTIVITY
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Solar activity was extremely low during the whole week.

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY
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Geomagnetic activity was dominated by the influence of a recurrent coronal hole. Effects were observed in two periods. A first moderate geomagnetic activity period was detected late on Feb 27th and early on Feb 28th. A longer period of unsettled and minor storm conditions was then observed later on Feb 28th, at planetary and regional levels (K=5 at Dourbes, Feb 28th 21-24 UT); it ended on March 1st at planetary levels.


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DAILY INDICES
DATE RC EISN 10CM Ak BKG M X
2008 Feb 25 000 000 71 002 A0.0 0 0
2008 Feb 26 014 009 71 004 A0.0 0 0
2008 Feb 27 013 008 71 013 A0.0 0 0
2008 Feb 28 000 000 70 026 A0.0 0 0
2008 Feb 29 000 000 70 036 A0.0 0 0
2008 Mar 01 000 000 69 024 A0.0 0 0
2008 Mar 02 /// 000 69 011 A0.0 0 0
# RC : Sunspot index (Wolf Number) from Catania Observatory (Italy)
# EISN : Estimated International Sunspot Number
# 10cm : 10.7 cm radioflux (DRAO, Canada)
# Ak : Ak Index Wingst (Germany)
# BKG : Background GOES X-ray level (NOAA, USA)
# M,X : Number of X-ray flares in M and X class, see below (NOAA, USA)
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NOTICEABLE EVENTS
DAY BEGIN MAX END LOC XRAY OP TENCM TYPE Cat NOAA NOTE

S.MARINO. PATTO A ROMA, RADIOTV DEL TITANO SBARCA IN ITALIA

INTESA FIRMATA CON D'ALEMA. STOLFI: "E' UN OTTIMO ACCORDO".

San Marino RadioTv sbarca in Italia. Grazie all'accordo sottoscritto oggi dal ministro degli Esteri sammarinese, il segretario di Stato Fiorenzo Stolfi, e il titolare della Farnesina, Massimo D'Alema, l'emittente di Stato di San Marino arrivera' sulle frequenze in chiaro del digitale terrestre italiano. Soddisfatto Stolfi: "E' un ottimo accordo- spiega all'agenzia Dire- che conferma i rapporti esistenti tra i due Paesi e costituisce la premessa positiva per ulteriori accordi in campo economico e culturale". L'accordo siglato oggi a Roma ha una durata quinquennale al termine della quale l'intesa sara' rinnovata tacitamente di biennio in biennio, salvo disdetta da una delle due parti. "Cinque anni- sottolinea Stolfi- consentono spazio e condizioni per programmare uno sviluppo costante nel tempo per San Marino Rtv". Rispetto alla precedente intesa, siglata nel 1992, l'accordo elimina il vincolo di esclusiva tra San Marino e Italia: "Resta un'importante collaborazione- sottolinea Stolfi- per quanto riguarda il servizio pubblico radiotelevisivo, ma non piu' in esclusiva. San Marino ora potra' utilizzare anche altre emittenti private". In sostanza, il Titano "recupera la sua sovranita' e una liberta' di movimento che non avevamo". In arrivo per San Marino RadioTv un canale sul digitale e, a breve, anche una presenza sul satellite: "In particolare- sottolinea Stolfi- una presenza programmatica mirata all'area adriatico-balcanica per la promozione della cultura e dell'immagine dei due Paesi". Un allegato all'accordo siglato oggi a Roma dal segretario di Stato agli Esteri di San Marino e dal ministro degli Esteri italiano, Massimo D'Alema, impegna la Rai a offrire al Titano dei corsi di formazione professionale rivolti a giornalisti, operatori e amministratori dell'emittente di Stato. Sempre in base all'accordo, San Marino Rtv entra a pieno titolo tra le emittenti a cui la tv di Stato italiana puo' affidare la produzione di programmi e contenuti. In cambio, "San Marino concede all'Italia 3 delle 5 frequenze che ha avuto in assegnazione dall'autorita' internazionale delle comunicazioni". Frequenze gia' utilizzate dalla Rai o date in concessione, per cui San Marino Rtv incassera' ogni anno dall'Italia 3 milioni e 94 mila euro. (Dire)

ITALIA-SAN MARINO/ D'ALEMA E STOLFI FIRMANO NUOVA INTESA RADIO-TV

Un nuovo accordo bilaterale fra Italia e San Marino per la collaborazione nel settore radiotelevisivo è stato sottoscritto stamattina alla Farnesina dal ministro degli Esteri Massimo D'Alema e dal collega sammarinese Fiorenzo Stolfi. "Tale intesa - fanno sapere dal ministero degli Esteri con un comunicato - si colloca nel contesto degli eccellenti rapporti tra i due Paesi e rappresenta una ulteriore conferma della comune volontà di consolidarli nei diversi settori". Alla luce delle rapide innovazioni tecnologiche nel settore radiotelevisivo, e in particolare nella prospettiva del passaggio al sistema digitale, si è ritenuto necessario aggiornare il quadro di riferimento della cooperazione bilaterale nel settore (l'ultimo accordo risaliva al 1987). Nella prospettiva dell'utilizzo del sistema di diffusione satellitare, l'accordo prevede la possibilità di una programmazione mirata all'area adriatico-balcanica per la promozione della lingua italiana, della cultura e dell'immagine dei due Paesi. L'intesa conferma, tra l'altro, la collaborazione tra i due servizi pubblici radiotelevisivi; prevede una possibile estensione del bacino d'utenza per l'emittente sammarinese; e istituisce una Commissione Mista con un ruolo non solo di monitoraggio ma anche propositivo nei temi oggetto dell'intesa. (Apcom)

Comunicato Radio Cina Internazionale

Cari amici ascoltatori,
si sono aperte le sessioni annuali dell’Assemblea popolare nazionale cinese e della Conferenza consultiva della politica cinese. Se avete opinioni o commenti sulle sessioni, Vi preghiamo di scriverci via email. Vi ringraziamo in anticipo!

Cordiali saluti
Sezione Italiana
Radio Cina Internazionale

Il nostro indirizzo :
Radio Cina Internazionale
Sezione Italiana
100040 Pechino
Repubblica Popolare Cinese
Tel: +86 (10) 68891736 / 68891525
Fax: +86 (10) 68891749
Il nostro sito internet : http://www.chinabroadcast.cn/
I nostri indirizzi e-mail:
criita@vip.sina.com oppure criitaliano@yahoo.com.cn

Honduras e Puerto Rico in onde medie

1190 3/03 0525- HRZQ R. Noticias, El Progreso (HND) 2
Notizie e mx in S, menzioni alle 0535 "noticias de Honduras", alle 0538 "radio cadena"; ascolto interferito da una seconda emissione in S con prg musicale.

1230 3/03 0525- probabile WNIK, Arecibo PR (PTR) 1/2
Prg mx in S, menzione "Puerto Rico"; disturbata da una seconda in S

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Saverio De Cian
QTH: Sedico (Belluno)
RX: JRC 535, SDR-14
ANT: K9AY

Radio Eldorado on 6261 Khz AM on the 5th March 2008

Eldorado will be transmitting on the 5th of March 2008

from 11:30 GMT till 13:30 GMT

and also from 16:00 GMT until 20:00 GMT


Frequency 6261 Khz AM,


Location Lisbon , Portugal.



I´ll be playing :

electronic dance music, and also acid rock.


Tune in !  Turn on, Drop out! :)



Best of Luck.


God Bless,

JJ of Eldorado

Ripresa la trasmissione in italiano della Voce della Turchia

La trasmissione in lingua italiana della Voce della Turchia è nuovamente in onda sulla consueta frequenza dei 6185 Khz. Immutato anche l'orario, a partire dalle 17.30 UTC per 30 minuti. Il segmento in italiano, sospeso a metà dello scorso anno, era comunque regolarmente riportato nella schedule dell'emittente di Ankara

Tips da Milano

13635 1712 1/3 CVC International, Australia, songs and interviews, EE. Fair.
13665 1130 1/3 R.China Int., via Albania, "China Beat" mx program, EE. Bombastic.
13801.4 1135 1/3 IRIB Teheran, male TK, AA. Off frequency and drifting. Good.
13840 1140 1/3 R.New Zealand,Rangitaiki, talking of ancient books. EE. Good.
15235 1628 1/3 Channel Africa, TK about the situation in Congo, FF. Good.
15410 1044 1/3 CVC Voz Cristiana, Chile, song and religious TK. PP. Good.

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Michele D'Amico IZ2EAS
Technical details of the equipment on this side:
- Receivers:
Modern: Drake R8E, Icom IC-R72 and DE1103
Vintage: BC348R, Satellit 210
- Antenna: just a random peice of wire, 7 metres long

Algunas escuchas desde Jiutepec, Morelos Méxic o?=

 

• 3340 KHz, 8:38 UTC, Feb 26 08, HRMI HONDURAS (?) 23332 Música cristiana contemporánea en español contínua...
• 3925 KHz, 8:51 UTC, Feb 26 08, 23332 Radio Nikkei JAPON. Comentarios en japonés...
• 4790 KHz, 8:12, Feb 26 08, Radio Visión, Chiclayo PERÚ. 23332 Música andina popular; interferencia de CODAR.
• 5910 KHz, 9:30 UTC, Feb 26 08, Marfil Stereo COLOMBIA 33333 "En su dial, Marfil Stereo"... Música
• 5920 KHz, 9:32 UTC, Feb 26 08, WBOH, USA 44444 Música cristiana, programa en inglés.
• 6055 KHz,  9:34 UTC, Feb 26 08, Radio Nikkei JAPÓN. 23332 japonés, igual programación que 3925 KHz.
• 6160 KHz, 9:40 UTC, Feb 26 08, HCJB ECUADOR 34443 Prg. "Palabra de victoria" Servicio en portugués.
• 1610 KHz (MW) 10:25 UTC, Feb 26 08. Se escucha una señal ruidosa como la DRM, será DRM o simple ruido o interferencia?
• 1550 KHz, 10:29 UTc, Feb 26 08, XENU La Rancherita, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MÉXICO, "Son las 4 con 31 minutos..." Señal regular
  
• 1570 kHZ, 10:30 UTC, Feb 26 08, XERF La Poderosa. Anuncios comerciales y el 25 Aniversario de IMER, "Sintoniza usted X-E-R-F La Poderosa.. Ciudad Acuña" Coahuila, México. (Una emisora del IMER)

(Lo anterior recibido en radio: Sangean ATS 818, Antena V invertida)

• 9610 KHz, 23:00 UTC, Feb 26 08, Radio Romania Int'l. 23332 (Tengo mucho ruido e interferencia locales) Inicio de emisión de servicio en Inglés.
• 9465 KHz, 23:15 UTC, Feb 26 08, Radio Cairo EGIPTO, 34443. Termina programa en árabe e inicia Inglés, noticias...
  
• 9720 KHz, 23:23 UTC, Feb 26 08, Radio Victoria(?) PERU. 22332 Interferencia de frecuencia adyacente, 9725, programa cristiano, audio grave, ilegible la mayor parte del tiempo. "La bendición de Dios... 25 minutos.."
• 11710 KHz, 23:52 UTC, Feb 26 08, RAE ARGENTINA, 33333 -en portugués- ID, Comentarios, música argentina popular...
• 11780 KHz, 23:57 UTC, Feb 26 08, Radio Nacional da Amazonia BRAZIL, 34443. Música popular, "Es Nacional" -brasileiro-
  
• 9855 KHz, 23:58 UTC, Feb 26 08, Radio Kuwait, 34443 Música árabe tradicional, tono indicativo de la hora, ID, termina programa...
• 15720 KHz, 01:13 UTC, Feb 27 08, Radio New Zealand Int'l. 33433 Música, programación en Inglés...
• 6155 KHz, 5:40 UTC, Feb 27 08, Radio Austria Int'l(?) (según Passport 2008 en alemán) 44444 Música clásica, comentarios voz masculina y más música...
• 11975 KHz, 19:45 UTC, Feb 27 08, VOA Special English, 45544. Biografía de Dr. Holliday, John Henry Holliday... (Detalles del programa emitido: http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/Explorations_17079.html)
• 7255 KHz, 22:04 UTC, Feb. 28 08, Voice of Nigeria, 45444, lengua nativa. Muy buena recepción.
• 7210 KHz, 22:45 UTC, Feb 28 08, Radio Internacional de China, español. 2-3/5/4/3/2-3 Programa "Visión de China"...
• 7270 KHz, 22:18 UTC, Feb 28 08, Radio Exterior de España. 25442 Débil pero clara. Comentarios informativos en español.
• 7275 KHz, 22:20 UTC, Feb 28 08, Radio Exterior de España. 35443 Regular y clara. Comentarios informativos en español.
  
• 7450 KHz, 22:23 UTC, Feb 28 08, RS Makedunias(?) GRECIA. 25442. Música griega tradicional. 22:25 Hay interferencia de radiocomunicación digital (utilitaria) sólo dura segundos y se repite...
  
• 7545 KHz, 22:37 UTC, Feb 28 08, Kol ISRAEL(?) 25442, comentarios... lengua hebrea(?)
• 5955 KHz, 22:43 UTC, Feb. 28 08, 34433 Pruebas de un transmisor ELCOR en Guápiles, COSTA RICA (Según información del Dxer Glenn Hauser, 5954.1 KHz, en el aire casi todos los días entre las 2230 y 2330, con pura música) Canción "Rayando el sol... es más fácil llegar al sol, que a tu corazón..." y se repite varias veces.
• 4052 KHz, 2:15 UTC, Mar 3 08. Radio Verdad, Chiquimula GUATEMALA. Señal débil y mala. La conductora agradece mi colaboración!!! y la del amigo Manolo de la Rosa por la nota que dieron de su 8o. Aniversario en el programa En Contacto de RHC.
• 5015 KHz, 3:45 UTC, Mar 3 08, Radio Altura PERÚ. 2-3/3/3/2/2-3 "Nueve de la noche con 46 minutos...", música latina (cumbias)... "Estás escuchando la programación de Radio Altura..." anuncios comerciales y música popular andina...
• 6055 KHz, 4:00 UTC, Mar 03 08, Radio Exterior de España, 54444 Programa "Amigos de la Onda Corta"
• 5910 KHz, 4:54 UTC Mar 3 08, Marfil Stereo COLOMBIA. 23332 Música.
• 9550 KHz, 5:40 UTC, Mar 3 08, Radio Habana Cuba en inglés. 34333 Programa DX en inglés.

(Escuchas realizadas a través del ICF-SW7600, Antena de hilo 15 mts.)

Magdiel Cruz
Jiutepec, Morelos
México

LA BBC LANCIA SUO CANALE TV IN LINGUA ARABA

La Bbc lancera' l'11 marzo un canale in lingua araba interamente dedicato a notizie, analisi e commenti. Si chiamera' 'Bbc Arabic Television'. Sara' disponibile via satellite - gratuitamente grazie ai fondi pubblici - in tutto il Medio-Oriente, Nord Africa e Golfo Persico. 'Il nuovo canale televisivo - ha spiegato oggi l'emittente britannica presentando il progetto - in un primo momento trasmettera' 12 ore al giorno, mentre passera' a 24 su 24, sette giorni su sette, entro l'estate'. Il palinsesto prevede un aggiornamento delle notizie ogni 15 minuti e un tg completo ogni 30 - il tutto grazie ai 250 corrispondenti dislocati presso i 72 bureau che la Bbc possiede sparsi per il mondo. In piu', due volte al giorno andra' in onda 'Newshour', programma di approfondimento che affronta spinosi temi di attualita'. Contestualmente, sara' lanciata una nuova versione del sito internet 'bbcarabic.com' - permettendo alla BBC di perseguire la sua strategia di diffusione che va sotto il nome di 'tri-media': televisione, radio, internet. ''Bbc Arabic' - il servizio radio in arabo di BBC - e' gia' rinomata per la sua copertura accurata e imparziale', ha detto il direttore di BBC World Service Nigel Chapman. Il nuovo pacchetto investimenti nella regione vuole dunque conquistarsi un pubblico sempre piu' 'affamato di notizie e analisi'. 'Avremo uno stile moderno e faremo un giornalismo incisivo e indipendente', ha concluso Chapman. L'ambizione di Bbc e' di guadagnarsi 20 milioni di spettatori per settimana entro il 2010 - e di toccare quota 35 se si include radio e internet. (ANSA)

Ultimas escuchas

ALEMANIA 6140 MV Baltic Radio, 13:00-13:15, escuchada el 2 de marzo a locutor con presentación en inglés, cuña de identificación, música de fondo, SINPO 45343.

ARGELIA 6300 Radio Nacional Saharaui, 19:55-20:05, escuchada el 2 de marzo en árabe con emisión de música pop y folklórica local, ID, locutor con titulares y boletín de noticias, SINPO 45444

AUSTRALIA 15270 CVC International, 10:50-10:55, escuchada el 2 de marzo en inglés a locutor con comentarios, cuña de la emisora con testimonios y música de fondo, ID "CVC...", SINPO 45554.

15365 CVC Internatinal, 10:55-11:05, escuchada el 2 de marzo en su servicio en indonesio con emisión de música pop melódica, cuña de ID en inglés, SINPO 45444.

RUSIA 12075 Radio Rossii, 10:35-10:45, escuchada el 2 de marzo en ruso a locutor con comentarios presentando temas musicales, música pop melódica, SINPO 45544.

Pirata.

6220 Mystery Radio, 20:05-20:15, escuchada el 2 de marzo con emisión de música disco dance de los años 70 y 80, ID, SINPO 45444.

José Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)

Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108

Ascolti da Vercelli

837 28/2 21.45 COPE - Sevilla SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1107 26/2 18.45 R.N.E. R.5 - Teruel SS NX reg. Aragon suff.
1470 1/3 04.20 WLAM - Lewiston EE sport buono
1510 1/3 04.10 WWZN - Boston EE talk OM suff.
1575 28/2 21.58 R. Pamplona - SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
1630 23/2 23.00 R. Euromast - Dutch MX buono
1648 23/2 23.25 R. Utopia - Dutch MX buono
1653 23/2 23.10 R. Alpenjager - Dutch MX buono
2485 29/2 20.10 VL8K - Katherine EE talk OM suff.
3240 1/3 03.35 T.W.R. Manzini Ndau MX buono
3340 1/3 03.40 R. Misiones Int. - Comayaguela SS predica suff.
4052.5 1/3 03.50 R. Verdad - Chiquimula SS MX buono
4790 29/2 20.20 R.R.I. - Fak Fak Bahasa MX suff.
4799.8 1/3 03.55 R. Buenas Nuevas - S. Sebastian SS MX buono
4825 1/3 23.15 R. Educadora - Braganca PP MX buono
4835 28/2 21.35 VL8A - Alice Spring EE talk OM suff.
5952.5 1/3 23.25 R. Pio XII - Siglo XX SS NX suff.
6266 24/2 10.15 R. Scotland Int - EE ID e MX buono
6295 24/2 09.30 R. Northpole - ?? EE MX buono
6312 2/3 10.10 R. Barretina - Catalano MX buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli - Italia

Ascolti di Nino Marabello

1584 02/3 0959 Radio Santec via R. Studio X Momigno (PT)-IT, Px rel. QRM RAI Radio 1 Terni TS 1100 UT IT 22422 NMA

9610 02/3 1004 AWR Europe /RVS, Nauen - Px "Studio Dx 244" It 44434 NMA

13840 02/3 1100 R. New Zealand International, Rangitaiki Mx TS ID Nx E 33433

Logs/Escutas/Escuchas Arnaldo Slaen

BOLIVIA
9624,85 Radio Fides, La Paz, 2002-2007, March 01, Spanish, football transmission Jorge Wlisterman vs La Paz, local advs, 24432-best reception in LSB-

NIGER
9704,96 La Voix du Sahel, Niamey, 2120-2130, March 01, Vernacular, very nice local songs, announcements by male in vernacular, 24322

NIGERIA
15120 Voice of Nigeria, Abuja, 2010-2015, March 01, Vernacular!!!, reports, short talks, many mentions to "Nigeria", 34443

OMAN, Sultanate of:
15140 R. Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, 1445-1459, March 01, English, pops and arab song, announcement by female, 24332

Excelente noticia: vuelve La Rosa de Tokyo

A partir de este mes de marzo, La Rosa de Tokyo, el programa dedicado a la radio y los medios de comunicación con el cual colabora el Grupo Radioescucha Argentino, vuelve al aire de Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires. En principio, su horario será los sábados de 2300 a 2400 LU (domingos UTC de 0200 a 0300).- El programa presentará muchas novedades, con columnistas fijos y rotativos, entrevistas y muchos audios. Les estaremos contando las novedades!!!!!!!

IPS Daily HF Prop Report - 01 March 08

SUBJ: IPS DAILY HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 01/2330Z MARCH 2008 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
AUSTRALIAN REGION SUMMARY AND FORECAST

1. SUMMARY (01 MARCH)
Date T index Conditions
01 Mar 12 Normal-fair

Flares: none.

MUFs:
Equatorial PNG/Niue Region:
Near predicted monthly values during local day,
Enhanced by 30% during local night.
Northern Australian Region:
Near predicted monthly values.
Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
Near predicted monthly values.
Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
Enhanced by 15% over the UT day.

PCA Event : No event.

Predicted Monthly T index for March: 5
2. FORECAST (02 MARCH - 04 MARCH)
Date T index Conditions MUFs
02 Mar -5 Normal-fair near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 20%
03 Mar 0 Normal-fair near predicted monthly values/depressed 5 to 10%
04 Mar 0 Normal Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: IPS HF Communications Warning 6 was issued on 1 Marchand is current for interval 1-2 March. Enhanced HF conditions observed during the last 24 hours across most regions. Enhanced conditions during local night for Equatorial regions while Northern AUS, Southern AUS/NZ regions experienced enhanced MUFs during local day, with otherwise mostly normal conditions. Disturbed HF conditions for Antarctic regions. Chance of depressed MUF's ranging from 10-20% during local day for Northen AUS and Southern AUS/NZ regions over the next 24-48 hours along with overnight enhancements. Continued disturbed conditions for Antarctic regions. Expected return to normal conditions between 03Mar-04Mar.
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For an explanation of some of the terms in this report, goto
http://www.ips.gov.au, and follow links to Educational->
Glossary on Solar Terrestrial Terms.

Ultimas escuchas

DJIBOUTI 4780 Radio Djibouti, 19:57-20:01, escuchada el 1 de marzo en dialecto africano sin identificar, locutora con entrevista a invitado, segmento musical, locutor con cuña, SINPO 34433.

ISRAEL 6973 Galei Zahal, 19:15-19:25, escuchada el 1 de marzo en hebreo a locutor con comentarios en programa musical, temas de música pop melódica hebrea, SINPO 45544.

UGANDA 4976 Radio Uganda, 20:03-20:10, escuchada el 1 de marzo en inglés a locutora con comentarios presentando tema musical, pieza de extraña música instrumental, locutor con cuña "..program...thi´s ..Uganda..", música de tambores con ritmo africano, SINPO 34433.

Pirata:

6325 NO ID, 19:53-19:57, escuchada el 1 de marzo, emisión de música pop, SINPO 22242

Spy Numbers.

4880 ULX 2, 20:02, S-3

5980 CW NO ID, 19:43, S-3.

6900 USB E03, inglés, emisión de números, 19:26 UTC, S-3

José Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)

Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
YAESU FRG-7700

WRTH 2008, Passport 2008, Klingenfuss 2007-2008.

QSL MV Baltic Radio

MV Baltic R. 5965 KHz - Seestrasse- 19089 Gohren - Germania con QSL in 90 giorni. v/s Roland Rohde. Si 0.60 Euro.

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli - Italia

RADIOFORPEACE E IL CISP PER I SAHARAWI

Radioforpeace in collaborazione con il Cisp, Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei popoli, un' organizzazione non governativa italiana, propone un ciclo di trasmissione dedicate ai progetti di aiuto e solidarietà con il popolo saharawi .I progetti sono finanziati dalla Regione Emilia Romagna e altri enti locali della regione. La trasmissione,trasmessa in lingua spagnola e araba, è irradiata via satellite sulla frequenza 11541 Verticale del satellite Hotbird 8, on line dal sito di RadioforPeace e dalle frequenze in onde medie di Radio National la radio che trasmette dalla Repubblica Araba Democratica Saharawi (RASD). Per contatti e informazioni radioforpeace@libero.it

The Boat That Rocked

Negli anni ‘60 e ‘70 l’Inghilterra fu testimone di un singolare fenomeno, destinato a cambiare per sempre il mondo delle radio: le ‘Radio Pirata’, così chiamate perchè trasmettevano da navi ancorate appena al di fuori delle acque territoriali del Regno Unito, in modo da aggirare le leggi vigenti. Erano comunque illegali e soggette a raid ed ispezioni continue da parte delle autorità, il che rendeva alquanto movimentata la vita quotidiana dei DJ e dei produttori a bordo di quei vascelli. Radio Caroline era una di queste stazioni radio pirata. A portare sullo schermo la vicenda di questa radio particolare, sarà un team di attori pluriblasonati: Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Rhys Ifans, January Jones e, se le attuali trattative avranno esito positivo, Philip Seymour Hoffman nel ruolo dell’irriverente DJ The Count. Dirige Richard Curtis ("Il Diario di Bridget Jones"). Le riprese del film (titolo provvisorio "The Boat That Rocked") inizieranno il prossimo 3 marzo a Londra. (Hollywood Insider)

ELETTROSMOG: RAI, TAR ANNULLA ORDINE RISANAMENTO DEL 2001

Accogliendo un ricorso della Rai, il Tar del Piemonte ha annullato il provvedimento con cui la Regione, nel 2001, ordino' all'azienda di ridurre la potenza dei ripetitori del Colle della Maddalena (Torino). La Regione, dopo un controllo dei tecnici dell'Arpa di Ivrea, aveva intimato 'il risanamento del sito' entro 45 giorni per le televisioni (RaiUno, RaiDue, RaiTre) ed entro 15 per le radio (Isoradio, Fm1, Fm2, Fm3 e Filodiffusione). I giudici del Tar (ai quali si sono rivolte Rai spa e Rai Way) hanno però ravvisato una violazione di legge, in quanto l'azienda non era stata informata dell'apertura del procedimento amministrativo. La stessa societa', peraltro, nel proprio ricorso aveva lamentato 'l'errata applicazione dei criteri di misurazione (della potenza degli impianti - ndr) e la mancata verifica delle azioni di risanamento condotte da Rai'. L'ordine della Regione aveva gia' perduto di efficacia il 25 luglio del 2001, quando il Tar ne decretò la sospensiva. (ANSA)

PlayBack Sat 1st on march

Play Back International 6882 kHz
1st of March 2008 - schedule
Time are UTC - E=English / I=Italian

09.45 good morning with JJ Clarence (E)
11.30 non stop
14.30 lovely afternoon in music with JJ Clarence - Johnny Pimms and Great Mary (yes we got a lady DJ) (E/I)
16.30 Non Stop
17.30 Italian Music with Johnny Pimms and guest (I)
18.30 Non Stop
20.00 Discussion about SANREMO Italian Festival Song Music live in studio with guest (I/E)
00.00 Non stop
--
Team PBi

Reports welcome to :

playbackinternational@googlemail.com

(( HISTORIAS DE RADIO )) Daniel Camporini

Bienvenidos a "Historias de Radio", un programa donde el pasado y el presente de la radio se dan la mano. Una idea y producción de Daniel Camporini. Realizado, íntegramente, en el estudio de diexismo y comunicación, Munro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

El programa de esta semana está dedicado a "LA HISTORIA DE LA RADIODIFUSION EN ANGOLA", antigua colonia portuguesa de las más importantes junto a Mozambique. En él tendremos la oportunidad de escuchar, entre otras, una de las transmisiones del Radio Club de Lobito, estación inaugurada en el año 1937 en Angola. No se pierdan las espectaculares grabaciones que complementan este programa, amenizado con música de este país africano.

Si quiere estar informado sobre la historia de la radiodifusión mundial, este es su programa, no se pierdan cada sábado este fenomenal espacio.

Si desean ponerse en contacto con el programa se pueden dirigir a: historiasderadio@hotmail.com

Pueden escucharlo, a partir del sábado, en su página:
http://es.geocities.com/programas_dx/historiasderadio.htm

AMIGOS DE LA ONDA CORTA de REE

Amigos de la Onda Corta es un programa semanal de Radio Exterior de España de 25 minutos de duración, que dirige y presenta Antonio Buitrago. Es un espacio informativo sobre temas del mundo de los medios de comunicación y el diexismo.

Se emite de la siguiente manera:

1ª Emisión: SÁBADOS 11:05-11:30 UTC
América del Sur: 21570 kHz
África Ecuatorial: 21540 kHz
Europa: 13720 y 15585 kHz
Oriente Medio: 21610 kHz

2ª Emisión DOMINGOS 04:05-04:30 UTC
América del Norte: 6055, 9535 y 9675(*) kHz
América del Sur: 5965(*), 6125 y 9620 kHz
América Central: 3350(*) y 9535 kHz

3ª Emisión LUNES 03:30-03:55 UTC
América del Norte: 6055, 9535 y 9675(*) kHz
América del Sur: 6125, 9620 y 9765(*) kHz
América Central: 3350(*) y 9535 kHz

4ª Emisión VIERNES 07:30-07:55 UTC
América del Sur: 5965(*) kHz
Australia: 17770 kHz
Europa: 9710 y 12035 kHz

(*) Desde el Centro Emisor de Cariari, Costa Rica

Para ponerse en contacto con el programa:
amigosdx.ree.rne@rtve.es

También se puede escuchar en directo por Internet en:
http://www.rtve.es/programas/radioexterior

En la página web del programa, se puede escuchar el último programa
así como los anteriores:
http://www.rtve.es/programas/amigosdelaondacorta

Además desde "Programas DX", en cualquier día y a cualquier hora:
http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/amigosondacorta.htm

AVENTURA DIEXISTA (( HCJB La Voz de los Andes ))

Cada semana, Allen Graham y Juan Carlos Chimarro nos traen el espacio "Aventura Diexista" con informaciones del mundo del DX y comunicaciones en general, con la colaboración de sus corresponsales especializados Pedro Sedano desde España, Leonardo Santiago desde Venezuela y Dino Bloise en los Estados Unidos.

HORARIOS DE TRANSMISIÓN POR HCJB:
Sábado a las 14:45 UT por 690, 6050, 11690, 11960 kHz y 21455 kHz-usb
Domingos a las 22:45 UT por 690, 6050, 12000 kHz y 21455 kHz-usb

HORARIOS DE TRANSMISIÓN POR WRMI:
Viernes 06:15-06:30 UTC - 9955 kHz
Domingo 01:30-01:45 UTC - 9955 kHz
Martes 16:15-16:30 UTC - 7385 kHz
Miércoles 11:45-12:00 UTC - 7385 kHz

Además desde "Programas DX", en cualquier día y a cualquier hora:
http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/aventuradx.htm

Su correo electrónico: amigos@hcjb.org.ec
Su página Web: http://www.vozandes.org/

Su dirección Postal:
Programa "Aventura Diexista"
Radio HCJB
Casilla 17-17-691
Quito - Ecuador

BBC Brasil celebrates 70 years of broadcasting with fourspecial debates

BBC Brasil celebrates 70 years of broadcasting with four special debates

BBC Brasil celebrates its 70th anniversary by hosting four special debates in the cities of Brasília and São Paulo starting Wednesday 12 March.

Head of BBC Brasil, Rogério Simões, says: "BBC Brasil is 70, and I am very proud of how far we have come since 1938. Our aim has always been to help our audience understand the relevant issues behind the news and their consequences. In turn our audiences keep telling us that they see us as fresh, innovative and reliable broadcasters, connected to the world and with these debates we aim to prove these credentials once again. Our online operations go from strength to strength and in January 2008 we received 4.2 million visitors to bbcbrasil.com and from content on our Brazilian partner websites. We are also reaching new audiences with video on Bandeirantes TV and our radio output has a loyal listenership. We invite all our radio, online and TV audiences to engage with the debates."

The BBC Brasil debates will discuss the following subjects:

The Giant Neighbour: Brazil and South America - 9.30am to 12.30pm (Brazil time) on Wednesday 12 March Speakers: Rogério Simões, Head of BBC Brasil; Jonathan Wheatley, Correspondent, Financial Times; Carlos Chirinos, Venezuela Correspondent, the BBC's Spanish American service, BBC Mundo; Fernan Saguier, Columnist, La Nación; Professor Ricardo Seitenfus, Specialist in Mercosur trade agreement

Journalism in the 21st Century: Objectivity and Subjectivity - 2.00pm to 4.30pm on Wednesday 12 March
Speakers: Gary Duffy, the BBC's São Paulo
Correspondent; Mariza Tavares, Executive Director, CBN Radio Network

Freedom of speech: Limits of Journalism in the 21st Century - 10.30am to 12.30pm on Thursday 13 March Speakers: Sara Beck, Editor, Free to Speak season of programmes marking the 75th anniversary of BBC World Service; Helena Chagas, Journalism Director, TV Brasil; Lucia Newman, Correspondent, Al-Jazeera; Mario Magalhães, Ombudsman, Folha de S. Paulo



The New Journalism: Convergence and Interactivity - 2.00pm to 4.30pm on Thursday, 13 March Speakers: Pete Clifton, Head of Multimedia Editorial Development, BBC; Andrea Fornes, Executive Producer, MSN Brasil; Antonio Prada, Content Director, Terra; Marcia Menezes, Journalism Director, G1

A detailed information about the debates and a registration form is available online at the website bbcbrasil.com

Background information

BBC Brasil entered the world of international news on 14 March 1938 with the words: "... Mister Hitler entered Vienna last night, amid formidable enthusiasm. Standing up, inside his open car, he repeatedly answered, with Nazi greetings, to the crowd's cheering." The voice belonged to presenter Manuel Braune, who would be known to millions of radio listeners as "Aimberê".

BBC Brasil was part of the BBC Empire Service which began in 1932 as a shortwave service first broadcasting in English to the outposts of the British Empire. Initially, the BBC Brazilian service was part of the Latin American service, and its programmes were reproductions of the programmes broadcast in English. Back then, half a dozen Latin American journalists made programmes for the whole of Latin America and news in Spanish. During the Second World War, the Latin American service was divided into two parts: one broadcasting to Brazil and the other - to Latin America's Spanish-speaking countries.

Today BBC Brasil has restructured itself around its online offer, with focus on video content and interactivity. It has around 30 staff based in the UK and Brazil. The London- based team is supported by a global network of BBC correspondents and journalists in key cities across the world. BBC Brasil's São Paulo-based bureau - the largest news bureau in Brazil - houses a major part of the service's editorial staff which contributes to the news content and features on air and online.

BBC Brasil has maintained an unparalleled respect and credibility as a source of accurate and balanced information and analysis for Portuguese-speaking audiences throughout the world. Its timely coverage of national and global events includes award-winning programmes such as Children at Work which received the Great Prize Prêmio Ayrton Senna of Journalism, Radio category, in 2004.

BBC Brasil's radio programmes can be heard in seven daily news bulletins via partner stations CBN and Globo networks and on partner television station Bandeirantes TV while a network of BBC correspondents across the world provide content for its popular 24x7 website, bbcbrasil.com. Launched in 1999, the website offers up-to-the minute news and information, features and analysis on the region and the rest of the world, in text, audio and video. Its interactive offer includes major debates, forums, blogs, votes etc.

For further information, please contact:

Linhas&Laudas Comunicação
www.linhaselaudas.com.br
Telephone: 55 11 3801.1277

Christine George
BBC World Service
Telephone: +44(0) 207557 1142

Dxers Unlimited´s weekend edition for 1 – 2 March 2008

Hi amigos radio aficionados around the world and orbiting Planet Earth… welcome to the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited, reaching you while the Sun is in a very quiet state, zero sunspots, a blank Sun once again, after a lonely solar cycle 23 sunspot vanished behind at the edge of the solar disk... By the way, this sunspot group , number 983, forms part of cycle 23, something that can be affirmed because of its very near the solar Equator position. So once again we are entering into another period of very, very low solar activity that belongs to the tail end of cycle 23… Item two: for those of you located at latitudes above 40 degrees North, there are chances of geomagnetic disturbances caused by a high speed solar wind, and it those disturbances do happen, AM medium wave broadcast band Dxing enthusiasts will once again be able to pick some really nice DX stations located South of your location…
Item three: Ionospheric oblique incidence sounders of the type known as chirp sounders, have confirmed that during the extended periods of very low solar activity, the nighttime maximum useable frequency has gone down to around 5 megahertz, yes, you heard it right, 5 megahertz for several hours, something that only happens during extremely low solar activity …
Item four: QSL on the air, QSL on the air to Dxers Unlimited´s listeners that have sent e mail messages to arnie at rhc dot cu asking when we are going to see better propagation conditions for the high frequency short wave bands… AND THE ANSWER IS : probably , not before the end of 2008, and if you discuss this topic with some solar experts, they will tell you that the end of cycle 23 is extending much further than any of the many forecasts made during the past two years… So, as the 2008 Northern Hemisphere spring equinox approaches, we will definitely still be experiencing very low solar activity and poor HF propagation conditions…Stay tuned for more radio hobby related information, coming from Havana, I am Arnie Coro, radio amateur CO2KK, back with you in a few seconds amigos!!!
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You are listening to Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers Unlimited, and here is item five of today’s program… more information about homebrew radios and tips about building them. For the past five or six years, I have been involved in the development of amateur radio transceivers, that is a ham radio station that is self contained in a single package, with some circuits that are shared between the receive and transmit functions. That’s a nice way of saving some components, and these radios are different from transmitter – receiver sets, that have completely self contained receivers and transmitters in the same box. Transceivers are of course more compact and they offer the advantage of single knob tuning. If your set is a transmitter – receiver, you will have to deal with two tuning knobs, separate tuning for the transmitter’s frequency and the receiver’s frequency… Well, the latest version of my low cost, simple transceiver, is now well under way, with many nice features that include a separate power supply. This new version of the Super Islander single band amateur transceiver is capable of running up to 50 Watts power input to the final amplifier stage, something that I have found to be necessary during this extended period of very low solar activity and poor propagation conditions.

The Super Islander MARK THREE follows the modular construction technique that has proven to be so successful in past projects, as one can test the modules as they are built, and if you want to upgrade a module, it is a very easy task to replace an old one and install the new upgraded module. The Super Islander Mark Three is a very flexible design, something that was necessary so that those who homebrew them may make the best possible use of whatever electronic components they have at hand. As a matter of fact, the Super Islander Mark Three can best be described as the ultimate in modular construction flexibility, with the design making possible for builders to change modules very easily and test upgrades, while , in case something goes wrong, one can just go back to the previous configuration of the transceiver. Maybe in the not too distant future, a complete kit o the Super Islander Mark Three may be made available by the Cuban Electronic Industry, which is now producing high technology medical diagnostic equipment that is used not only by the Cuban Public Health System, but that is also sold to many countries around the world. The Cuban Electronic Industry has the know how and equipment to produce high quality printed circuits, of the type required for amateur radio equipment, so a transceiver kit produced here in Cuba could be made available at much lower cost than a commercially assembled one… In the meantime, we continue to test our designs, and I can tell you that the results achieved so far with the receiver section of the Super Islander Mark Three design are very encouraging.

Now here is item six: Our number one most popular section of the program YOU have questions and Arnie answers them… I do receive lots of radio hobby related questions every week that are sent to arnie at rhc. Dot cu , or reach me via air mail postcards and letters sent to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba…Many are answered immediately from a computer data base, while others require individual answers because of their nature, like the one that came in on Wednesday of this week asking about how one could tell if a transistor could be used as a radio frequency amplifier at some specific band of frequencies. Well amigo Oliver from Liverpool, England, as a very good friend of mine says, when trying to find if a particular solid state device would work, or won’t work as an amplifier at a specific band of frequencies you have to deal with two options: one try to obtain the original manufacturers information data, and if possible even their original test circuits, and if that is not possible, then just go the long way around and assemble a test jig, that will allow you to actually test the operation of the device under conditions that are as identical as possible as how it will operate when used by your design. Having access, for example, to a sophisticated instrument known as a transistor curve tracer will simplify your work, but there are some nice little tricks of the trade that can be put to very good use… For example, I have a test jig that uses a quarts crystal overtone oscillator circuit that can operate with crystals of the third and fifth overtone types… A transistor that will oscillate with the one hundred and ten megahertz fifth overtone crystal will certainly be a good amplifier device on frequencies up to around 20 megahertz or so… And my test jig has a very simple power output meter that serves as a very good indicator to show the actual gain of each transistor under test at the specific frequency… It is then very easy to choose the best devices for the most critical applications amigos !!! There are many homebrew test instruments that will help you a lot Oliver, like a grid dip meter, a simple signal generator, and of course, a high quality digital millimeter that is nowadays an essential test instrument that should be in every radio hobby enthusiast tool box!!!
…..
Amigos you are listening to the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited, our twice weekly radio hobby program, here is now item seven… An antenna topic, that is today combined with Ask Arnie, as this second question to be answered here today has to do with antennas. Listener Jennifer from Arkansas , USA, tells me that she lives at a downtown location, where the radio noise level is high. Arnie, she says in her e-mail, I can easily tell the presence of several computers, which are turned off late at night, as the noise level drops everyday like clockwork around midnight… And Jennifer asks what type of antenna can be used to minimize the noise coming from the computers. Well amiga Jennifer my advice is for you to buy or homebrew a magnetic loop antenna, which according to all the tests that I have done here provides the best option as regards to canceling noise sources that come from a specific location. BUT, let me warn you that if the computers generating the harmful radio interference are located all around you, it is going to be very difficult to cancel the noise. In any case, if you keep using your radio’s telescopic whip, you will notice that the computer generated noise is high, if you switch to an outdoor balanced dipole fed via a balun and coaxial double shielded downlead, the noise will go down, especially if you place the dipole so as to minimize the signal from the noise source, but as I said earlier, a tunable magnetic loop that can be turned around will provide the best possible cancellation of radio frequency noise sources that originate in your immediate vicinity… Professionally built, remotely tuned magnetic loops capable of operating between 10 and 30 megahertz are available from several manufacturers, similar magnetic loops for the frequency range 3 to 10 megahertz are also available, but they are much more expensive and harder to find… Home brewing a simple receive only magnetic loop is something that the average radio hobby enthusiast can accomplish following the many construction projects available from several Internet websites…After some practice and experiments, I am sure amiga Jennifer that with a few hand tools and thee help of a more experienced short wave listener or radio amateur you can homebrew your magnetic loop and install it so that your reception will improve. I have already sent you several photos and drawings of magnetic loops, just to give you an idea about how they look and how easily the receive only versions can be assembled using readily available materials...

And now amigos, as always at the end of the program here is your friend’s Arnie Coro CO2KK HF propagation update and forecast… Its freely available for distribution , of course… Solar activity again at rock bottom levels, some surprising and not expected Sporadic E events have happened during the past week at a time that according to past records they are much less frequent, so keep a good watch on frequencies above 20 megahertz for signs of short skip that indicate the presence of Sporadic E clouds. Solar flux hovering around 70 units, no sunspots in sight and the high speed solar wind hitting the Earth´s magnetosphere is now slowing up, so the geomagnetic disturbance indicator is now moving back to normal values. See you all at the midweek edition of Dxers Unlimited, on the air Tuesday and Wednesday UTC days, and don’t forget to send an e-mail with your reception report and any radio hobby questions that you may want to ask to me… send mail to arnie at rhc dot cu, or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba