Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:53:10 -0500 To: idxd@nrcdxas.org From: Fred Vobbe Subject: [NRC-IDXD] INTERNATIONAL DX DIGEST 66-24 ========================================================================== NATIONAL RADIO CLUB - INTERNATIONAL DX DIGEST 66-24 - For Release MAR 26, 1999 USPS: Jim Renfrew, 61 Wilcox St., Rochester NY 14607-3832 USA. E-Mail: JimRenfrew@Delphi.com ========================================================================== GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT IDXD: Welcome to the e-mail / Internet version of "IDXD" which appears 30 times each year in "DX News", the 66 year old publication of the National Radio Club a non-profit corporation chartered in the state of Kentucky). For subscriptions and other information about the NRC please write to: DX News Subscription Center, PO Box 118, Poquonock, CT 06064-0118 USA. Annual subscriptions (US funds only, please): USA $24 new subscriber, $22 renewals; Canada $25/$23; MÉXICO/Caribbean: $29/$27; All other countries: $36/$34. 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I have swept my system as Werner suggested, but nothing was spotted by my anti-virus program. I remain vigilant, and I suggest you do the same! Jim =========================================================================== Print Version begins here: =========================================================================== TRANS-ATLANTIC DX 567 IRELAND RTE, Tullamore, MAR 21 0203 - talk "Now, live from our RTE studio ..." then into discussion program; to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA] MAR 22 0503 - presumed with woman presenting news in EE. First time heard this season. [Renfrew-NY] 576 GERMANY SWR Mühlacker, MAR 22 0528-0610 - very weak, usually obliterated by 580 slop, but occasionally identifiable by distinctive pop music tunes as parallel to 7265 kHz, songs heard at 0605 were "So Bizarre" and "Hit Me Baby One More Time"; some segments of an ad block beginning at 0555 could also be heard. Presumeably the night music program heard on many German stations. My second station from Germany, and my only new TA of the season. [Renfrew-NY] 612 SPAIN RNE1, Lerida / Lleida, MAR 20 2327 - bits of SS talk momentarily surfaced over a big jumble of stations. [Connelly*O-MA] 621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, MAR 20 2319 - vocal & piano jazz; then SS talk; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA] 675 NETHERLANDS R. Ten Gold, Lopik, MAR 21 0243 - fair to good with "Monday Monday" by the Mamas and Papas. [Connelly*H-MA] 684 SPAIN RNE Sevilla, MAR 22 0501 - presumed with woman reading news. [Renfrew-NY] 693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., MAR 21 0202 - BBC news about events in the Balkans; good signal. [Connelly*H-MA] MAR 22 0502 - presumed with news in EE. Fairly clear with CBF-690 off the air. First time heard this season. [Renfrew-NY] MAR 24 2322-2335 - Fair with news by man and woman on the bombing in Serbia. Azores noted in the background with light pop music. [DeLorenzo-MA] 702 MOROCCO (t) RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 21 0004 - AA-sounding vocal; poor. [Connelly*O-MA] 711.04 WESTERN SAHARA Laayoune, MAR 21 0002 - AA news, then vocal; over growl from 711.0 stations and slop from Cuba/WOR. [Connelly*O-MA] 738 SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, MAR 20 2358 - // 855 with "Your Song" by Elton John; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 756 GERMANY Deutschlandradio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, MAR 21 0238 - fair with classical music. [Connelly*H-MA] 765 SENEGAL Dakar, MAR 20 2259 - energetic West African music, then a man in FF mentioned "senegalaise"; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA] 774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, MAR 20 2303 - // 855 with segments of rock vocals; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 801 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, MAR 20 2319 - // 621 with bits of vocal; poor. [Connelly*O-MA] 819 MOROCCO RTM, Rabat, MAR 20 2301 - // 207 with woman reading news in AA; poor. [Connelly*O-MA] 837 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barossa, MAR 20 2258 - pop music, PP talk; excellent, initially way over Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*O-MA] 837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, MAR 20 2350 - fast SS teletalk // 882; slightly over Azores. [Connelly*O-MA] 846 ITALY / SOUTH AFRICA (t) MAR 20 2257 - an even mix between Rome's Italian talk and a station with rhythmic African music (tribal drumming & vocals); poor to fair with WEEI phased. [Connelly*O-MA] (South Africa would be a great reception! - Jim) 855 SPAIN RNE1, Murcia et al., MAR 20 2255 - group SS discussion; loud, slightly over a second station believed to be Romania. [Connelly*O-MA] 864 EGYPT Santah, MAR 21 0018 - serious stentorian baritone a cappella Koranic vocal; fair to good, dominant. [Connelly*O-MA] 882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, MAR 20 2351 - // 837 with SS teletalk; dominant. [Connelly*O-MA] 909 MOROCCO RTM-C, Safi, MAR 20 2349 - bits of AA vocal; mixed with UK, through some WABI slop. [Connelly*O-MA] 954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, MAR 20 2347 - SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 963 unID's MAR 20 2312 - apparent Portugal/Spain/Tunisia mix. [Connelly*O-MA] 1008 CANARY ISLANDS Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz, MAR 21 0020 - non-SER SS local talkshow; to good peak with WINS phased. [Connelly*O-MA] 1026 SPAIN SER synchros, MAR 21 0021 - SS chatter // 1044; fair with WBZ phased. [Connelly*O-MA] 1035 PORTUGAL R. Nacional, Lisboa, MAR 20 2309 - PP vocal in nostalgic lounge-music style; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 20 2305 - North African vocal with flutes & drumming; massive S9 + 35 dB signal, the strongest TA at the time. SER-Spain was noted way behind. [Connelly*O-MA] 1044 SPAIN SER synchros, MAR 21 0021 - SS talkshow // 1026. [Connelly*O-MA] 1053 MOROCCO Tanger, MAR 20 2345 - male AA vocal & strings; local-like, way over Spain & UK stations. [Connelly*O-MA] 1089 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, MAR 21 0024 - business teletalk; fair to good, stronger than the multi-station mess on 1090. [Connelly*O-MA] 1098 SLOVAKIA Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, MAR 21 0030 - instrumental version of the big 1969 hit "Je T'Aime (Moi Non Plus)"; good, over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA] 1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, MAR 21 0030 - pips on the half-hour, then SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 1125 CROATIA HRT Deanovec, MAR 27 0240 - tentative, possible // 1134, brief bits of music. [Renfrew-NY] 1134 CROATIA HRT Zadar, MAR 27 0230 - strong signal on widest filter, music program, possible // 1125. [Renfrew-NY] 1134 SPAIN COPE synchros, MAR 21 0032 - SS news; well over presumed Croatia. [Connelly*O-MA] 1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, MAR 20 2250 - SS teletalk mixed with probable Greek station; fair with WJJF daytimer in phase null. [Connelly*O-MA] 1206 FRANCE R. Bleue, Bordeaux, MAR 20 2246 - "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers, then FF song in a style like that of Johnny Mathis; strong. MAR 21 0035 - loud with "Farewell Angelina" by Joan Baez. I don't think I've heard this on an AM radio since WBZ's Dick Summer show in the '60s. [Connelly*O-MA] 1215 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin R. synchros, MAR 21 0038 - man & woman with EE talk mentioning football, then a Web URL "www." (something), followed by several song clips, likely an advert for CD's. Signal jumbled with Spain. [Connelly*O-MA] 1242 FRANCE R. Bleue, Marseille, MAR 20 2247 - // 1206 with romantic vocal; fair. [Connelly*O-MA] 1251 LIBYA Tripoli, MAR 20 2243 - AA talk; over other station. Het was audible on the car radio before 2200 UTC (sunset is at 2255). [Connelly*O-MA] 1287 SPAIN SER synchros, MAR 20 2241 - SS talk; mixed with others. [Connelly*O-MA] 1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia, MAR 20 2241 - excited SS talk; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA] 1314 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, MAR 20 2240 - several SS announcers; in messy jumble. [Connelly*O-MA] 1359 SPAIN Arganda, MAR 20 2239 - droning monotone-delivery SS talk by man, then phone-in's; through WLYN/CKBC splash. [Connelly*O-MA] 1385.92 GUINEA Labe, MAR 20 2237 - xylophone-like African music, a quick FF announcement, then into vernacular talk by man; to very good peak ! Adjacent local WPLM was deeply nulled into the dirt with the phased loop/whip cardioid array. [Connelly*O-MA] 1467 FRANCE TWR, Roumoules, MAR 20 2219 - man in AA with several mentions of Morocco; super-loud. [Connelly*O-MA] MAR 22 2320-2323 - Fair with man in EE talking about the persecution of the early Christians. [DeLorenzo-MA] 1502.44 TOGO Radiodif. Togolaise, Kara, MAR 20 2234 - bits of talk, mostly a het against the blob of stations on 1503. Some slop from WFIF-1500 daytimer and WNRB-1510. [Connelly*O-MA] 1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, MAR 20 2221 - slow AA male talk with long pauses; to good peak. + MAR 21 0318 - Koranic a cappella male vocal; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 1530 VATICAN R. Vaticana, MAR 21 0104 - classical music; over/under WSAI. [Connelly*O-MA] 1536.9 unID MAR 20 2231 - rough jamming-type signal; weak. [Connelly*O-MA] 1550 ALGERIA RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, MAR 20 2222 - AA / Berber wailing vocal cutting through the Irish show on WNTN. [Connelly*O-MA] 1575 SPAIN SER synchros, MAR 20 2224 - fast SS talk; dominant over unID music station. [Connelly*O-MA] 1583.62 CEUTA RadiOle, MAR 20 2225 - Ceuta measured on this frequency; to fair peak with Moorish-sounding vocal. Receiver set to 1.8 kHz bandwidth, LSB. [Connelly*O-MA] 1584 KUWAIT (t) MAR 20 2227 - probably the anti-Saddam Iraqi National Alliance / Voice of the Future CIA clandestine here (rather than on more-common 1575): AA music mixing with, and occasionally overtaking, SER-Spain. Spot-on 1584.0, so not Ceuta (which was hetting the channel from the low side). [Connelly*O-MA] 1584 SPAIN SER synchros, MAR 20 2226 - // 1575 with fast SS talk by man; through Ceuta growl - best copied on USB. [Connelly*O-MA] 1602 SPAIN EI, Vitoria, MAR 20 2229 - female SS operatic vocal; over/under the SER stations. + MAR 20 2305 - SS disco; way over SER. [Connelly*O-MA] 1602 SPAIN SER synchros, MAR 20 2229 - // 1575 with slightly- echoey SER SS newstalk; over/under EI Vitoria. [Connelly*O-MA] Mark speaks: ""DX is back !" Now that the snow and bitter cold of the last few weeks has relented a bit, it's once again possible to do some real DXing from sites that "deliver the goods". Certainly the South Orleans, MA town landing location qualifies. Big gun stations like Morocco-1044, Libya-1251, France-1467, and Saudi Arabia-1521 start booming in more than an hour before sunset. The more interesting DX quickly follows. By two hours after sunset, domestic QRM gets worse and the foreign DX becomes less exciting. The secret is to work that magic sunset-1 hour to sunset+2 hours window. Use a cardioid or end-fire directional antenna. And, above all, DX from a coastal site whenever possible." Jim speaks: "I was watching the last 30 minutes of the Oscars program on Sunday night, decided it was just one big advertisement, and headed up to the attic to see what might be coming in on the radio. At 0500 I found good audio on several low-band TA signals, including a new one on 576, but nothing above 693 could be heard, not even any hets. I also managed to hear CBU-690 at 0700. so apparently good east-west reception could be had." PAN-AMERICAN DX 535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, MAR 21 0253 - slow adult-contemporary female vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 540 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMHV, Sancti Spiritus, MAR 21 0254 - // 600 with Rebelde sporting event coverage; fair, over other SS station and domestics. [Connelly*H-MA] 555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, MAR 6 0245 - high-energy soca, then fast-talk DJ responding to phoned-in requests. [Connelly*Y-MA] MAR 20 2323 - slightly reverberated Caribbean EE sportstalk by man; very good. [Connelly*O-MA] 570 CUBA R. Relój, MAR 6 0857 - Reloj news & time show; annihilating WMCA. [Connelly*Y-MA] MAR 21 0255 - RR beeps and R. Relój "syncopated clock" ticks (Bruce Conti's term, not to be confused with Leroy Anderson's music); loud, over WMCA. [Connelly*O-MA] 580 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R. Monte Cristi, HIAF, Monte Cristi, MAR 21 0100 - good ID "Esta es R. Monte Cristi" bubbled up over the WKAQ/YVMJ/CJFX/WTAG mix. High-energy dance music followed. [Connelly*O-MA] 580 PUERTO RICO WKAQ, San Juan, MAR 20 2325 - SS talk about Puerto Rican politics; slightly over others. [Connelly*O-MA] 600 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, MAR 6 0826 - // 670 with folk-style SS vocal; fair, over other SS station that was either YVQB or HJHJ. [Connelly*Y-MA] 620 ANTIGUA ABS, St. John's, MAR 6 0254 - Carib-EE talk, male soca vocal & percussion; only fair, but dominant over Cuba & domestics. The main QRM was the Canaries-621 het. [Connelly*Y-MA] 630 PUERTO RICO WSKN, San Juan, MAR 6 0257 - Puerto Rico sports report and news, then jingles & advertising; mixing with WPRO. [Connelly*Y-MA] 640 GUADELOUPE RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, MAR 6 0303 - woman in FF with news; slightly over jumble with R. Progreso nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA] MAR 20 2330 - Afro-Caribbean accented FF talk; over SS stations & Spain-639 het. [Connelly*O-MA] 650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogotá, MAR 6 0823 - SS '50s-style vocal, Antena Dos ID, then dancehall-reggae influenced song; good / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA] 660 CUBA R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, MAR 6 0306 - // 640 with reggae-influenced music; through WFAN. [Connelly*Y-MA] 670 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, MAR 6 0826 - // 600 with folkish plaintive vocal; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA] MAR 9 0208 - // 1180, SS sports coverage; strong. [Beu-TX] 690 COLOMBIA HJCZ, Bogota, MAR 21 0008 - old-style Mexican-style vocal, then R. Recuerdos ID; over others. [Connelly*O-MA] 700 JAMAICA RJR, Montego Bay, MAR 21 0258 - dancehall and rap music; over WLW & Latin Americans. [Connelly*H-MA] 720 VENEZUELA R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, MAR 21 0001 - energetic dance music, R. Oriente ID, then folk-style group vocal with Colombian-style accordions; good, well over CHTN groundwave. [Connelly*O-MA] 720 MEXICO XEAVR, Veracruz, MAR 2 0103 - SS talk and "R. Formula" ID; very strong. [Beau-TX] 760 COLOMBIA RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, MAR 20 2358 - "RCN, la radio de Colombia" slogan; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 780 VENEZUELA R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, MAR 6 0837 - SS vocal with tropical instrumentation, then R. Coro ID. [Connelly*Y-MA] 810 COLOMBIA R. Net, HJCY, Bogota, MAR 6 0841 - SS Colombia mentions, then slow music; jumbled with WGY & CJVA. [Connelly*Y-MA] 895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS VON, Bath Village, MAR 20 2316 - Bob Marley reggae vocal; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA] 950 CUBA Radio Relój, MAR 21 0000 - Very poor; "RR" hrd every few minutes; only bits of muddled audio now and then under WWJ [Frodge-MI] 1021 unID MAR 20 2309 - weak het on the high side of presumed YVRS-1020. [Connelly*O-MA] 1160 BERMUDA VSB3, Hamilton, MAR 21 0034 - // 5975 with BBC interview; atop WSKW & others. There was a 1 kHz het from Spain-1161 and a low growl of presumed Latin American origin. [Connelly*O-MA] 1180 CUBA R. Rebelde, MAR 6 0926 - // 670 with violin music; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] STATION NEWS ISRAEL/CLANDESTINE: From Newstide (www.newstide.com): Voice of Peace returns on Saturday by Mike Brand (MAR 15): The Voice of Peace, the offshore pirate radio station that broadcast for morethan 20 years, promoting peace and discussion between Jew and Arab is to return next weekend. The station closed down and scuttled it's ship in 1993, when it's founder Abie Nathan considered that the Peace Process was proceeding well enough that the station was no longer required. Now that the Israeli Government has decided to licence pirate stations that broadcast for more than 5 years, and with an increased level of political tension, Abie and his family have decided that the time is right for the VOP to return. We quote below from the VOP press release (but have amended the dates to reflect the current schedule): "The New Voice of Peace announces that on Sunday 20th March our broadcasts will restart. In addition to normal radio broadcasts,you can also listen to the New Voice of Peace on the Internet at the following sites : - www.thevoiceof peace.co.il, www.voiceofpeace.co.il, www.voiceofpeace.org, www.vop.co.il. It is our intention to sail on the " New Peace Ship " from Jaffa Harbor on Saturday 20th March at 17.00, and position ourselves off the Israeli coast. Our broadcasts will be received in all parts of Israel,and also in " New Palestine ",and in the Middle Eastern countries. Since Israel is at the crossroads between Asia,Europe and Africa, the content of our broadcasts will be on the lines of Radio Free Europe and N.P.R - National Public Radio. We will broadcast in English,Hebrew and Arabic. Most of our broadcasts will be presented by children,as they are our represent the next generations,and they will have to live with the decisions we make today. We believe that their voices need to be heard over every other voice. The decision of the Supreme Court last Wednesday which legalizes pirate radio stations has to include the Voice of Peace, that was the first station to start broadcasting. Therefore we are demanding special attention in the issuing of licenses to those concerned". It is understood that the station will transmit on 1540Khz AM, and 108FM. [Posted on Medium Wave Circle website] GERMANY: At the end of March a new 500 kW Telefunken-brand transmitter for Deutschlandradio Berlin on 177 kHz will inaugurated at the Zehlendorf site north from Berlin (usually listed as Oranienburg, a town some 15 km west from the Zehlendorf village). Currently they operate still the ancient transmitter installation from 1956, a combination of three 250 kW PA stages, each using four SRW-357 tubes. The new commercial "Power-Radio Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" originally intended to start broadcasting at May 4th, but these date was postponed by a half year, also due to technical difficulties: A first attempt to reactivate the old 20 kW transmitter at Rostock-Stadtweide after years of silence resulted in a complete failure, looks like they have to replace it by a new one. "Power- Radio" will broadcast from Rostock and Neubrandenburg-Helpterberg on 558 kHz with 20 kW each, from Wöbbelin (usually listed as Schwerin, although the facilities are situated some 25 km south from these town) on 999 kHz with 20 kW too and from Putbus (Rügen island) on 531 kHz (no longer 729 kHz, as originally announced) with 10 kW. [Kai Ludwig (Germany) via DX Window in Medium Wave Circle e-mail] NETHERLANDS: Update on 1999 WRTH. This is the present situation: 675 Radio Ten Gold, Lopik 120 kW; 828 Arrow Classic Rock, Heinenoord 20 kW; 1224 Q-Radio, Trintelhaven, Ijselmeer 40 kW; 1395 Business Radio (ex Talk Radio), Mastwijk, Lopik 120 kW. Licenses issues for: 1035 Hoppa Radio, Echt and Utrecht, 1485 Hindoestaanse Omroep, Den Haag, 1485 Visie Marketing and Media, Tuilburg, 1557 Max FM, Amsterdam, 1584 Gooiland Radio, Utrecht, 1602 Q-Radio, Leewarden. [Wolfgang Bueschel in Medium Wave News, MAR 99] Wian Stienstra from the Netherlands thinks the above small private satations will not be on the air dur to financial reasons. Perhaps one or two stations will come on the air later this year. [BE via MV EKO in Medium Wave News MAR 99] NORWAY: NRK 1314 was recently noted as off the air. Here is an update: "They are back but on reduced power. There are 2 electrical power cables running along the bottom of the sea out to the island of Kvitsoy. First one of the cables failed, then, incredibly, within 10 days the other one failed as well. This left the entire island without electricity. A couple of days later emergency power generators were providing electricity, but everyone on the island were urged to use as little of it as possible. The power cables at the sea bottom are owned by Norkring (responsible for the NRK transmitters) and they are currently in public disagreement with a local utility company on who should pay the bill to either repair the cables or install new cables. A return to the normal supply of electricity is not expected until the beginning of April at the earliest." [Jan ALvestad-SWEDEN in hard-core-dx] (I think this may affect some shortwave broadcasts as well - Jim) TURKEY: AFN Incirlik is on 1593 kHz with local and satellite programming, 24 hours per day. Announces "1590" as the frequency, reason unclear. Not listed in 99 WRTH, but still active. [Gerry Bishop-FL] (Gerry doesn't say, but it sounds like this is a first-hand report from one of his travels. Probably so 10 kHz American-types won't be baffled by digits in unusual places, or because some have American vehicles with 10 kHz read-out only? - Jim) MEXICO ROAD REPORT Bart Cronin, Edmonds, WA, on the road. I've just returned from a trip to the Guasave area of Sinaloa state. Although I did not do extensive listening for calls, slogans, etc., the following are a few notes I made of stations in Sinaloa, Sonora, and Baja California Sur. My reference was the 5th edition of the IRCA Mexican log: All Mexican so I won't repeat country: 650 Hermosillo is on this frequency. Nothing on 1340 so probably XEVSS. 710 Empalme, Son. XEPS call and slogan correct. 740 Los Mochis, Sin. XEHS is here with Los Mochis ID and slogan R. Siete Cuarenta (R. 7-40) sung between most songs. Also heard R. Sistema Noreste. No community of Cancun noted anywhere near Los Mochis. 760 Heard city ID of Cd. Obregon, Son and slogan "La Rancherita". 760 Nogales is stereo with a strong mixing on 540 and 1520 in the Nogales area. 790 La Paz, BCS, not heard at less than 100-miles on all-water path. 830 Guaymas, Son. not on. XEDR still on 1490. 930 Santa Rosalia, BCS, not heard at 80-miles over water. 1320 was blockbuster. 950 Hermosillo, Son. Doubt if 10-kw. Very poor signal at 80-miles compared with other stations in same city. 1030 Los Mochis, Sin. There was an earlier question whether this was in Culiacan. 1040 Guaymas, Son. On the air. Nothing on 1560. 1080 XEDY announced ID as both Cd. Morelos, BCN, and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, and "R. Gallo." Neighboring cities near Yuma, AZ. 1080 La Paz, BCS, is on. Nothing on 1380. 1100 Navajoa, Son, is on fulltime. City list shows on 1110. 1200 Hermosillo, Son. Not on. 1290 XEAP, Cd. Obregon, Son. Slogan and calls are correct. 1310 La Paz, BCS, not heard less than 100-miles over water. 1320 XESY Magdalena de Kino, Son., not on. 1450 Noted in Los Mochis, Sin. Doubt if there is a 1450 in El Fuerte, Sin, 45-miles away. Los Mochis was clear in San Blas, Sin. 1490 Guasave, Sin. not on. 1510 XEKI, Navajoa, Sin., noted in city list is not on. 1580 XEDM, Hermosillo, Son. Tower is alongside MEX 15 a few miles north of the city. Sign on the building notes 50-kw but signal is very poor 50-miles north, west, and south compared with the 1540 station. No fence around tower base. 1600 Nogales, Son, on city list is not on. The Tucson 1600 has a fair signal in the northern Nogales, AZ, suburbs. Also it was interesting to note in Los Mochis, Sin, just west of MEX 15 between the two city exits is a hill with 45 towers on it, including large lit towers with TV, FM, or cellular arrays. Smaller ones for whatever else is there. There is an AM tower at the base of the hill just off MEX 15. No fence around it, either. I could not determine which station(s) may use it. AFRICA QSL INFORMATION (from Medium Wave News (UK), March 1999, Clive Rooms Editor) This is an update of the original list which appeared in January 1994. It's a list of African stations, either on MW or a parallel SW outloet, which are known to have verified reception reports in the past year. It's not as extensive as the original list, probably for two reasons. DXers are not sending many reports to African stations, or fewer African stations are bothering to verify, probably a combination of the two. (How about poverty and social unrest as major factors, too? - Jim) Algeria: RTA 198, 531, 549 cd. Benin: ORTB cd. Canary Islands: RNE5 747 cd IRC v/s Carlos Bonnet Guzmán, Jefe Tecnico SER Las Palmas 1008 v/s Fernando Nestor Lopez, Jefe Tecnico Egypt: Egyptian Radio cd no Guinea: RTV Guinéene v/s Momo Toure, Chief of Services Kenya: KBC Nyamninia 846 lt $1 v/s Martin Onyango Oyugi, Ch. Tech. Off. KBC Malindi 927 v/s Joseph Murema, Programme Controller KBC Voi 981 v/s same as above KBC Marsabit 1233 v/s Francis Chinya, Engineer-in-Charge KBC Maralal 1386 lt $1 v/s Martin Ouma Ojwach, Superintendant Lesotho LNBS cd 2 IRC Madeira Funchal 1530 v/s Antonio Manuel Correia Ramos, Dir. Mauritania: R. Mauritanie 1349 cd IRC v/s M Aballaki Bazeid, Directeur General Morocco RTM v/s J Tanane, Directeur de le Telediffusion Namibia NBC cd 2 IRC v/s P Schactschneider, Transmitter Mgr. Nigeria FRCN Ibadan lt 3 f/ups v/s Nike Adegoke, Executive Director South Africa Capetalk Radio 567 lt v/s Andre du Toit, Technical Manager Chinese Comm. R. 1269 lt v/s Terry Tien, Management Comm. Chrm. Tanzania: Radio One 1440 v/s John Hayghaimo Tunisia: RTT Monastir 603 ppc IRC v/s Abdelkader Aguir, Directeur (2 f/ups) CONTRIBUTORS @Mike Beu KD5DSQ, Austin TX; Drake R8B and Palomar Loop. @Harold Frodge, Midland MI; Icom R71A + MFJ-956 + ANC4 + 85'/185' RW's. @Mark Connelly WA1ION, DXing from East Harwich MA ["H"], from South Orleans AM ["O"], West Yarmouth MA ["Y"]; Drake R8A, cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop and APW-1 active whip, to DXP-1 phasing unit. @Marc DeLorenzo, Auburndale MA; JRC NRD-525, Quantum Loop. @Jim Renfrew, Rochester NY; Drake R8, Radio West Loop, Alpha Delta Sloper. DX FILES: YUGOSLAVIA By Jari Lehtinen, Lahti, Finland [in hard-core-dx] Yesterday night (March 24) I noticed the following broadcasts on NATO/Yugoslav war: 918 Radio Slovenia, Ljubljana. The most interesting programme. Music inserts and numerous telephone reports from various sources in Yugoslavia. Quite balanced view. 1125/1134 Hrvatski Radio, Zagreb. Continuous music and news on hour. 612 Radio BIH, Sarajevo. A panel discussion in a studio, with Bosnian Croats, Serbs and Muslims. 684 R Beograd I. Weird decision to play most of time continuously Richard Claydermann! Abruptly announcements by military officers. All military announcements were told to be announced on Beograd I. Kosovo leader Mr. Rugova was called as "separatista terrorista", as presumed. DX FILES: YUGOSLAVIA (PART II) Yugoslavia's Radio B92 will be re-broadcast on the short wave band to Yugoslavia and much of Europe. The short wave broadcast will operate this weekend from 0700 UTC (Saturday) on 11415 USB. You can reach them at Radio B92, Belgrade, Yugoslavia fax: +381-11-322-4378 or at http://www.b92.net/ [mediasuk, alt.radio.uk via Buckley British DX Club via Rogers] B92 radio broadcast tonight through Austria by , 3/26/99 4:01:46 PM in English. Tonight the Austrian mediumwave radio 1476 will broadcast a special 45 minutes program from and about B92, with english summaries. Time: 21h15 to 22h00 GMT, this is 23h15-00h00 Serbian time and 22h15-23h00 Dutch/Austrian time. Radio 1476 has a very wide reach: it can be listened to from Finland to Malta, from France to Kreta. English news from B92 by Sjoera Nas, 3/26/99 9:37:49 AM in English To find the most recent english textbulletins from B92, if you're in Europe, go to http://mmc.et.tudelft.nl/~sii/odrazb/latest.html. There are 4 mirrors in the United States: http://www.yusearch.com/mirror/odrazb/latest.html http://brazil.tcimet.net/~sii/odrazb/latest.html http://sii.yurope.com/odrazb/latest.html http://moumee.calstatela.edu/~sii/odrazb/latest.html [in Cumbre DX #235, MAR 26] (B92 is an opposition station in Beograd - Jim) DX FILES: DX FROM SOUTH AFRICA 720 19h30 8/3 AUSTRALIA 6WF Perth. Report on life of Joe DiMaggio, fair with much local QRN. Running in parallel with 828 which peaked to good levels at times. Heard from around 17h00 (7 PM local time) These are the most easy to hear Aussies from the South Coast of RSA. 810 19h34 8/3 AUSTRALIA 6WA (? - Relay of 558?). With ID as "WA", phone-ins, talk about books, fair-good. 1053 20h11 8/3 ROMANIA. R.Romania. ID and talking in local lingo presumably Romanian, fair - heard fairly often lately. 1220 04h08 9/3 USA UNIDENTIFIED. Talk on Joe DiMaggio, ads, then into a talk show hosted by a Ron_____(surname?), poor and only heard briefly. 1630 04h00 9/3 USA KCJJ Iowa City. Rock & pop mx, many ID's, community announcements featuring Cedar Rapids among others, poor but fairly listenable until 04h30 fadeout. 1640 04h11 9/3 USA UNIDENTIFIED. piano music and slowish pop mx, only heard briefly, poor. (Format doesn't quite agree with known stations altho' the mx might have been Gospel (2 possibilities) 1660 04h00 9/3 USA UNIDENTIFIED w sport results, poor (WQSN?) 1670 04h20 9/3 USA WTDY Madison. Clear ID and not much else, poor. 1680 03h55 9/3 USA WJNZ (Presumed). "1680 Jams, Hip Hop and RnB....." but no clear callsign ID. Format matches perfectly and seems to be the only choice on this fqy. All kinds of Rap, Soul, RnB was played plus ads for a comedy show on April 3rd. fair-poor 1690 04h30 8/3 USA KDDZ (Presumed). Radio Disney ID's and an ad for a Treasure Hunt plus a song by Boyz II Men, fair-poor. I feel quite fortunate in that I've managed to log a station on every X-band freq from 1620 up to 1700 now. Vince Stevens, Cape Town, South Africa; Receiver: Icom R-70. Antenna: approx 150m of draped over a few bushes at a holiday resort at Still Bay on the south coast of RSA. (In my opinion about 850m too short but it worked fairly well nevertheless. ) [via hard-core-dx] DX FILES: WCC By Mark Connelly The old WCC tower in South Chatham was recently demolished. WCC, owned by RCA and later MCI, operated good old Morse code for ship-to-shore service on 436 kHz and sometimes on the former distress channel of 500 kHz just below the AM broadcast band. This station, running big power out of the middle of a salt marsh, had a killer signal all over the northeastern US and adjacent Canada. It was frequently logged in Europe. I heard it well in Ireland back in 1977. I wonder where all the WCC equipment is going to go. Likely there were some excellent receivers and transmitters on the premises, as well as test equipment, tools, and parts. I'd rather see DXers and hams recycle it than have it all get buried or incinerated somewhere. You can access the Cape Cod Times story about the closing of this chapter in radio history by pointing your Web browser to: DX FILES: FALKLAND ISLANDS By John Sampson, Sun City West, AZ Was intrigued by the article on FIBS in V66, #23. We were there for a couple of days in January on the tail end of a trip to Chile and Antarctica (actually left the Falklands the day before the referenced issue of Penguin News came out). The 550 outlet was loud and clear from several hundred miles west of the Islands (I use a YB400 for such listening) and did seem to be relaying stuff of interest to the British forces (according to the people in the know, the FIs have 2500 residents, 2000 of whom live in Stanley. In addition, there are about 2000 Bitish troops stationed there, which would explain the BFBS popularity). There were also several FM stations on the Islands that seemed to be in parallel and were also broadcasting BFBS (but not in parallel to the 550 outlet). Lots of frequency space there for another station, only six others noted on a scan of the AM Band. Also wonder if anyone in the US or Canada has ever heard/verified the Falklands (seems to me I remember someone doing so in the 60s when the station was on 585). Given the strength of the 550 outlet, it should be possible from Nfld with a beverage. Incidentally, we visited the Falklands as part of a trip to the Antarctic. While in the Antarctic Peninsula, tried the AM band during the day (which is about 20 hours there this time of year) - nothing! Short wave was quite active tho. (That is now number four on the list of places we've visited without any daytime AM activity, others were Harare, Zimbabwe, western Iceland and eastern Greenland). ________________________ Frederick R. Vobbe, W8HDU Editor, DX Audio Service - National Radio Club, Inc. 706 Mackenzie Drive Lima OH 45805-1835 USA 419-228-4199 FAX 221-1609 www.nrcdxas.org