Editor-in-Chief: Jari Lehtinen Euronews: Jarmo Patala

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1 Nro Next issue stopdate and address for loggings and gossips: SUNDAY, to: Jari Lehtinen, Saimaankatu 7 C 51, LAHTI web: jln@sdxl.org Editor-in-Chief: Jari Lehtinen (JLN)....jln@sdxl.org Euronews: Jarmo Patala (JP)...jarmo.patala@pp.inet.fi Afronews: Jari Korhonen (JJK) Asian-Oceanian News: Jari Savolainen (JSA).jsa@sdxl.org North-American Newswatch: Esa Hänninen (EJH)....ejh@diccons.com Ultimas Noticias: Jari Lehtinen (JLN) jln@sdxl.org Loggings & Hot News: Jari Lehtinen (JLN)....jln@sdxl.org

2 Eurooppa ITA: EMR via IRRS. Lisää EMR:n 30vuotisjuhlaohjelmaa- myös suomenkielisiä idejä mukana. Hyvin tässäkin SINPO AHE D: WRMI, Miami via Nauen, Saksa. WRMI:n idi tasalta, lähetti Radio Repúblican täysin asiallista ja mielenkiintoista ohjelmaa, aiheena mm. uusin digitekniikka. Työtä asema tekee uskossa voittoon, uskonsa kullakin. Tämä kuuluukin aivan eri maanosaan, kiitokset tiedoista. WRMI:n oma kotisivu ei tunne koko asiaa, aika ihmeellistä, toki on sekin aivan uutta ja ihmeellistä, että lähetys tuleekin Saksasta! Tietämätön on Radio Republicankin kotisivu. Onneksi on DX-kuuntelijoiden erinomainen verkosto. SSS LVA: EMR. 30 vuotislähetys mainiosti SINPO AHE ISL: AFN Grindavik. "You re tuned to NPR Worldwide... morning edition". Taajuus on uudenpuoleinen, kaiketinkin Grindavik. USB. JKH FIN: SWR, Virrat. Pitkästä aikaa asema hyvin myös täällä 25 mb:llä! Studiossa Rick Random... lopetteli oman osuutensa The House of Rising Suniin. Sitten Esa loppuajan. Ja Finlandian jälkeen 00 UTC taajuuden valtaa CRI. SINPO 45544! Myös 6170llä hyvä kuuluvuus vielä tähän aikaan. AHE Aasia YEM: Radio Yemen. Yemen tyylikkäästi ranskaksi aivan häiriöttä... siis häiriökelien ansiosta. SSS CYP: CBC Nicosia. Kajautti parit idit tasolla 5/5, ihmettä kerrakseen näinä aikoina, etelään suunnattu pitkälanka tuntuu tehoavan. SSS NCY: Radio Bayrak. Tarvitaan jo tällaisia ihmeellisiä kelejä, että Bayrak jaksaa pusertua esiin. Taajuutta häiritsevä asema on venäläinen noin taajuudella 1100, mutta tekemistä on slovakialaisenkin kanssa. Olen vieraillut asemalla, jolla oli ylenpalttisen kohtelias kohtelu... kuvankauniista sihteereistä nyt puhumattakaan. SSS BGD: Bangladesh Betaar. tuntuu lähettävän tässä, ilm. HS-ohjelmaa. TK MLA: RTM Kajang - Traxx FM. Asema kuului mukavasti kunnes IRIB Tehran aloitti samalla taajuudella 1727 UTC. Kuullostelin Traxx FM:mää myös 1845 UTC, jolloin kuuluvuus oli vielä parempi. JKH * GEO: R Rep. Abkhazia, Soxum. Asema lopetti soittamalla muutaman nuotin kappaleesta "Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head". Kuuluvuus oli heikonpuoleinen, varma IDi jäi saamatta. Kieli vaikutti venäjältä. JKH Oseania

3 AUS: Tentative: R Two?. Jää ilm. selvittämättä qth; taajuus oli ilm Pop&Rock, yksi mahdoll. id. Kuului myös seuraavana päivänä Vatikaanin häiritessä. Aussit tulivat kuin tyhjästä molempina päivinä auringonlaskun aikaan kuuluen n puoli tuntia, kun BOG oli vielä pellolla lumitilanteesta johtuen. Erityisesti oli lukuisia muitakin taajuuksia kuuluvissa, parhaiten Sydney. TK AUS: Tentative: Club AM. Vahvimpia sinkkuja 1701 Sydneyn ohella. Kreikkaa, idtä pitää höylätä, mutta formaatin ja splitin perusteella lienee tämä. Tusinan verran aus-x taajuuksia auki. Varsinkin Länsi-ausseja kannattaa kyttäillä vielä toukokuussakin, reitti on sopivasti auki ja eu-qrm vähenee. TK Pohjois-Amerikka USA: WEGP Presque Isle, ME. Vähän yllättäen kun odotin lattareita. RLO/V CAN: CHIN Toronto, ON. Ei idiä, mutta etnistä ohjelmaa hyvällä kuuluvuudella ja Toronto vilahti puheissa. RLO/V CAN: Voice of Vietnam, Sackville relay. Sarjassamme mielenkiintoisia releointeja manittakoon tämä, lähetti espanjaa. Sackville releoi myös CRI:tä kiinaksi taajuudella mb vaikuttaa mukavalta. SSS Keski-Amerikka PTR: WGIT Canovanas, PR. RLO/V CUB: Radio Rebelde, Bauta. Kv-listaa, sijalla 9 Laura Pausini. Lujaa yleiseen kelitilanteeseen nähden. JVH/A Etelä-Amerikka ARG: LR11 Radio Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Nousi unid brassin alta muutamaksi minuutiksi uutisbullalla "Notícias Universidad" ja temperaturalla "20 grados". PK B: ZYJ473 R Sul Fluminense, Barra Mansa RJ. Pääsiäisen rähmäkeleille jätin md:n nauhoittamaan lähes tyhjää taajuutta. Levyllekään ei kummia kertynyt, mutta kuinka ollakaan tunnin kuuntelun jälkeen parin minuutin nousu tasalle ja uuden aseman suuridit hienolla kuuluvuudella. Joskus näinkin. JHY/V URG: R Cristal del Uruguay, Las Piedras. Pääsiäisen häiriöpiikissä muutama kymppi töhisi, mutta vain tämä nousi kunnolla kuuluville. JVH/A B: ZYJ611 R.Baixa Verde, João Câmara, RN. 2-3 brassia kilpasilla. Tämä yleisin sieltä kuitenkin ponnahti jinglellään. Melko vaimeita sinkkuja 3

4 näin myrskyn aikaan. PK BOL: CP115 Radio Caranavi. Tämä sama tuttu asemahan se oli joka dominoi usein tässä kevätkeleillä. Mielenkiintoisempi oli unid SS 1540:llä samaan aikaan mutta signaali jäi liian heikoksi jotta identiteetti olisi selvinnyt. PK ARG: Radio Italia, Buenos Aires. Hyvä yläbandin keli ARG-URG-linjalla. En tiennyt tällaista asemaa olevankaan. Samalla taajuudella ilmeisesti myös Radio Vida ja muita argentiinalaisia ainakin 1610, 1630 ja AM Libre, Montevideo 1410:llä myös hyvin. MKA BOL: CP... R Tacana, Tumapasa. Saludoja ja musiikkia, loppuun pari idiä ja palabra de diosia viisi minuuttia. Ihan kohtuullinen kuuluvuus. JHY/V Kuului hyvin, mutta vastaus voi olla vaikeampi tapaus. PEH PRU: R Sicuani, Sicuani. Terveisiä ketsuaksi. Töpseli irti kesken rukouksen. PEH PERU: Radio La Hora, Cusco. Ilahdutti kiirastorstaiaamuna lausahtaen mm. "aquí en Cusco", mikä sen somempaa. SSS EQA: Tentative: R Chaskis del Norte, Otavalo. Kuuluttaja käytti ääntä, mutta kohinaa piisasi ja audio oli sen verran kehno, että parista idistä huolimatta en lokaa varmana. UTC-5h. Lopetti ilman isompia seremonioita, tosin kuuluvuuskin heikkeni tuntuvasti 04 jälkeen. JVH/A B: Radio Guaruja Paulista. Kyseessä ei ole painovirhe, vanha tuttu ja vuoden 2003 DX-asema, joka kuuluu yleensä taajuudella 5045, yllätti tällä uudella taajuudellaan, jota ei edes aseman oma kotisivu (keskeneräinen) tunne. Tuttu "a radio da familia" -jingle kajahti ilm. Radio Melodían ollessa taustahälynä. SSS PRU: R Tawantinsuyo, Cusco. Felicitaciones. Pääsiäisen A=58 toi luureihin vain brasseja. Pari yötä myöhemmin kuului jo joitakin Andien asemia, pääosin heikosti. JVH/A PRU: Radio Victoria, Lima. Harvinaisen vastenmielistä espanjankielistä uskonnollista propagandaa, jossa yksinkertaista naisihmistä jututettiin. Soittaa UTC (yleensä myöhässä aikankin pari minuuttia) Perun kansallislaulun (ei kuitenkaan tänään) ja jatkaa sitten portugaliksi. Nainen huudahteli innoissaan siitä siunauksesta (vauraus, raha, onni, rakkaus ja kymmenet muut ihanat asiat), mitä tämä asema on tuonut tullessaan meille onnettomille maan matosille. Tarvitaan pitkä länsilanka, jotta tämän aseman saa kunnolla kuuluville. SSS 4

5 LEM Jarmo Patala (JP) AOR-7030, JRC NRD-535, Icom IC-R75, MD-dekkejä Vesa-Jussi Rinkinen (VJR) EKD-511, Icom IC-R75, NRD 525, 2 Sony MD-dekkiä, audiosplitteri, Sony:n vahvistin Autopikajunalla saavuttiin Rovaniemalle 8 maissa aamulla. Pikaisen muonatäydennyspysähdyksen jälkeen jatkoimme Kittilän ja Pokan kautta. Suosittelemme tätä kyläkauppaa 934-tien varrella heti Rovanimen jälkeen. Omistaja olisi tarjonnut vielä kahvitkin takahuoneessa jos olisimme jääneet tarinoimaan mutta aikataulu ei antanut periksi. Punaisen mökin pihassa olimme hieman puolenpäivän jälkeen. Koksi-splitteriviidakko alkoi selvitä HAT:n hyvien dokumentaatioiden perusteella ja aloitimmekin peditionoppaiden suositusten mukaisesti ns. välittömän raportoinnin. JP avasi pään jo 1109 UTC (KYIZ 1620). VJR laski raporttilokistaan 41 raporttia ensimmäisen täyden kuunteluyön ja seuraavan päivän saldoksi. Järvet ja Ontarion alue nousi yleensä 2200 maissa. Jenkkejä tuli yhtämittaa aina seuraavaan iltapäivään asti. Alkuyön daytimerit todettiin mahdottomiksi. VJR esim. kuunteli uskonnollista 1500 khz jo 2145 kun aurinko ei ollut vielä laskenut Milford CT:ssä. Tasalta kuitenkin paukahti WLQV:n idit. Positiivista oli ettei WA-OR dominoinut niin kuin usein käy vaan MT-NM akseliltakin syntyi raportteja. Lähtöpäivän aamuna oli mielenkiintoiset itäpuolen kelit, asemia Ontariosta, Floridasta ja Kuubasta. X-bandia kytättiin tietysti ahkerasti. Iberiasta kuunneltiin RNE5 ja RNE1 breikit aamuisin. R5 osoittautui sittemmin hyväksi vastaajaksikin oli mukavat HI-töhäykset. Muutoin pohjoislanka toi vain Alaskaa vahvasti. Brasseja 19.1 yöllä. Japsit eivät erityisemmin juhlineet. Muutama kaupallinen saatiin kepitettyä 19. päivän töhäyksellä. Oseaniasta saatiin must-asemat Fiji, Tonga ja Marshall mutta etenkin 5AA Adelaide 1395 oli Japelle mieluinen nappaus pakkasen hipoessa kolmeakymmentä sähköt katkesivat kesken raportoinnin. Alkoi pikainen soittelu Inergiaan ja sulakkeiden tarkistelu Kristiinan eteisessä. Havaittiin pihan tolpasta mittaamalla yhden vaiheen olevan kokonaan pimeänä. Parin-kolmen tunnin päästä Inergia kävi vaihtamassa naapuritontin puolella olevan muuntajan sulakkeen. Miehet tulivat vielä otsalamppuineen siinä kolmen(?) maissa yöllä katsomaan miten dxkämpässä pärjätään. Äimistelivät laitteita ja sanoivat vaihtaneensa muuntajaan vähän suuremman sulakkeen. JP:n MD-dekki otti katkoksesta hieman siipeensä mutta rupesi taas toimimaan parin päivän buuttailujen jälkeen. MD-kuunneltavaa riitti molemmilla koko kevääksi sillä kummallakin oli kolme radiota aktiivisessa käytössä. Kaiken kaikkiaan onnistunut reissu vaikka typistyikin 6 päivän mittaiseksi VJR:n kiireiden takia. Raportteja yhteensä VJR 146 (NA 109) ja JP:lläkin paukkui satasen raja. 5

6 EU R Pomorye, Arkhangelsk via Naryan-Mar Antenne Saar, Heusweiler R St Radonezh (2x846) BR BBC R Devon IB RNE5 Andalucia, Sevilla RNE5 Castilla y Leon, Palencia RNE1 Pais Vasco, Vitoria RNE1 Castilla y Leon, Avila RNE5 Andalucia, Cadiz RNE1 Extremadura, Cáceres COPE Galicia, Bilbao RNE5 Castilla y Leon, Valladolid RNE1 Galicia SER R Bilbao RNE5 Castilla y Leon, Burgos SER R Vigo SER R Valladolid RNE5 Huelva RNE5 Lugo RNE5 Castilla y León, Avila SER R Pontevedra COPE Asturias RNE5 Castilla y Leon, Zamora COPE Galicia, Lugo RNE5 Ourense RNE5 Catalunya, Girona AF RNE1 Las Palmas R Clube Tenerife, Las Palmas AS Heilongjiang RGD, Harbin DZRH Manila Vo Vietnam, My Van DZRV R Veritas, Manila AIR Cuddapah Anhui RGD, Hefei DZAR Quezon City CRI Yunnan in EE JOGR Aomori AIR Sangli *2300- R Bishkek Henan RGD, Zhengzhou 6

7 JOER Hiroshima Kaan Kaset, Bangkok JOZF Gifu 1476, DXRJ Iligan City JOYR Okayama 6316, R Dien Bien OS tent R Fiji, Lautoka KTWG Agana KHVH Honolulu HI KHBZ Honolulu HI Tonga BC, Nuku'alofa KWAI Honolulu HI * V7AB Majuro KAOI Kihei HI tent R Fiji, Rakiraki KZOO Honolulu HI KUPA Pearl City HI AA Adelaide SA KKEA Honolulu HI KHRA Honolulu HI , ,1308 R Fiji, Rakiraki KUMU Honolulu HI KREA Honolulu HI R Two KZ Ingham R Two R Lebanon 1683,28 16, ,1730 R Club AM 1701, R 16 NTC, Sydney R Madang R East Sepik, Wewak R Vanuatu NA KTZN Anchorage AK KMON Great Falls MT KNRS Salt Lake City UT CKSW Swift Current SK CKUA Edmonton AB CKBD Vancouver BC CHNC New Carlisle QC WTMJ Milwaukee WI KGTL Homer AK KIAM Nenana AK KBOI Boise ID KBYR Anchorage AK KOTZ Kotzebue AK KXL Portland OR KKOB Albuquerque NM 7

8 KTTH Seattle WA CIGM Sudbury ON CKLW Windsor ON KGNW Burien WA CKKY Wainwright AB KSDP Sand Point AK CKMO Victoria BC WSUI Iowa City IA WDFD Flint MI CKNX Wingham ON WOKY Milwaukee WI CKNX Wingham ON KXLY Spokane WA KSRM Soldotna AK "Newstalk 92" CINW Montreal QC "New 9-40 Montreal" CKNB Campbellton NB CKGM Montreal QC "Montreal's Sports Authority" CKVH High Prairie AB CKMX Calgary AB Classic Country KNX Los Angeles CA WTAM Cleveland OH KAGV Big Lake AK KFAN Minneapolis MN KSOO Sioux Falls SD KWKY Des Moines IA WHBY Kimberly WI CKOC Hamilton ON CHGM Gaspe QC KKNW Seattle WA WYLL Chicago IL WWVA Wheeling WV KOFI Kalispell MT WOAI San Antonio TX KZTS Sunnyside WA La 1210 Radio Visa KHDN Hardin MT KZZR Burns OR WXYT Detroit MI KNWC Sioux Falls SD WXYT Detroit MI CFMB Montréal QC WNAM Neenah WI WWTC Minneapolis MN KIT Yakima WA KZNS Salt Lake City UT CJSL Estevan SK KBNO Denver CO "Que Bueno 12-80" CFRW Winnipeg MB KGVO Missoula MT KUMA Pendleton OR WOOD Grand Rapids MI KFNZ Salt Lake City UT 8

9 WLOL Minneapolis MN CJYM Rosetown SK WLOL Minneapolis MN KWKW Los Angeles CA KRLC Clarkston WA KTIK Nampa ID KXTL Butte MT KSUM Fairmont MN KDTH Dubuque IA KSUM Fairmont MN KUPA Pearl City WDEA Ellsworth ME WTJK South Beloit IL WPHM Port Huron MI WFCL Clintonville WI KLIZ Brainerd MN KOTA Rapid City SD KSRV Ontario OR WRIG Schofield WI WGRB Chicago IL KLTX Long Beach CA "Radio Nueva Vida" KRRZ Minot ND KJOX Yakima WA KTOE Mankato MN KITI Chehalis WA WHK Cleveland OH WOC Davenport IA CKDY Digby NS "KDY Today's best country", "AVR" KEZW Aurora CO KCLK Asotin WA KYKN Keizer OR CKJR Wetaskiwin AB KONP Port Angeles WA CJOY Guelph ON KUTI Yakima WA KWSL Sioux Falls IA. S, "La Preciosa" WBKV West Bend WI WHBC Canton OH WLMV Madison WI WGVU Kentwood MI rbbc KRXR Gooding ID KBMS Vancouver WA WBAE Portland ME KBKR Baker OR KSTP ST Paul MN WLQV Detroit MI WLAC Nashville TN KGDD Oregon City OR KXPA Bellewue WA KRPI Ferndale WA WRHC Coral Gables FL rwwfe-670 9

10 CFAV Laval QC WBGX Harvey IL KGAL Lebanon OR KLFE Seattle WA KVGB Great Bend KS KVRI Blaine WA WAAM Ann Arbor MI KZGX Watertown MN KGST Fresno CA KVRI Blaine WA CJWI Montréal QC KYIZ Renton WA KSMH West Sacramento CA KOZN Bellevue NE WTAW College Station TX KRND Fox Farm WY KJCC Iowa City IA KDIA Vallejo CA WKSH Sussex WI WTNI Biloxi MS KDZR Lake Oswego OR KBJA Sandy UT KBJD Denver CO "KNUS2" KFOX Torrance CA KCNZ Cedar Falls IA KQWB West Fargo ND KTIQ Merced CA KXTR Kansas City KS "Classical 16-60" KXOL Brigham City UT KTIQ Merced CA KNRO Redding CA WTDY Madison WI WDSS Ada MI KAVT Fresno CA KTFH Seattle WA KRJO Monroe LA WWAA Atlanta GA WRLL Berwyn IL KFSG Roseville CA WRLL Berwyn IL WJCC Miami Springs FL KVNS Brownsville TX KKLF Sherman TX KVNS Brownsville TX KNR Tasiilaq CA WKAQ San Juan PR RFO Guadeloupe, Point-à-Pitre 10

11 CMBA R Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas XEROK Cd Juárez CH CMHW Doblevé, Santa Clara VC R Progreso CM R Reloj, Jobabo LT WSKN Noti Uno, San Juan PR CMFA R Cadena Agramonte, Central Brasil CM WUKQ Ponce PR XERCN Tijuana BC WVOZ Cadena R Voz, San Juan XEPE Tecate BC SA CX4 R Rural, Montevideo ZYK686 R Eldorado, Sâo Paulo SP LRL202 R Diez, Buenos Aires ZYH446 R Sociedade da Bahia, Salvador BA ZYH588 R Uirapuru, Fortaleza CE LV9 R Salta, Salta YVZC Fé y Alegría, Maracaibo CX20 R Monte Carlo, Montevideo ZYH707 RN Brasília DF ZP14 R Nandutí, Asunción ZYK688 R Morada do Sol, Sâo Paulo SP LS11 R Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata YVZO R Lumen, Maracaibo ZYJ687 R Itapirema, Ji-Paraná RO ZYJ256 R Globo, Londrina PR CX44 AM Libre, Montevideo ZYK691 R América, Sâo Paulo SP YVNZ R Marabina 1420, Maracaibo ZYJ200 R Clube Paranaense, Curitiba ZP20 R América, Nemby ZYK773 R Cumbica, Guarulhos SP ZYK779 R Nove de Julho, Sâo Paulo SP R Tropicana, Buenos Aires Getro AM, Lanús Oeste * ZYF278 Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus 11

12 Arnstein Bue Stokkanhaugen 119 NO-7048 Trondheim = Arnstein Bue på Lista februar 2006 North America WIOD Miami FL CKGA Gander NL 5-90 VOCM CHCM Marystown NL VOCM news CFNW Port au Choix NL VOCM WAXY South Miami FL The Ticket WFTL West Palm Beach FL News Talk WFTL WWL New Orleans LA CINW Montreal QC viste seg umulig å komme forbi i jakten på WINZ. The New 940 Montreal CKNB Campbellton NB 95 CKNB WZAN Portland ME. Fikk nylig mitt tredje svar på samme rapport herfra WFLA Tampa FL News Radio 970 WFLA WBIX Natick MA Here is THE Business Station AM 1060, WBIX - Boston WTIC Hartford CT med langt mer interessant gospel-stasjon bak WTPS Coral Gables FL stakk fint fram til ID: AM WTPS - Peoples Station. ID også WRVA Richmond VA fri fra CBI noen gylne minutter. Også funnet på opptak fra 11.2 kl CBI Sydney NS med 90 sekunder lokal værmelding. Vanligvis er vel denne på 30 sekunder WLIB New York NY WKOX Framingham MA AM 1200 and 1430 // WXKS CFGO Ottawa ON WOAI San Antonio TX WESX Salem MA. Jeg hadde tatt en Motland-variant og sovnet på post med hodetelefonene på, men i motsetning til Eivind så våknet jeg av ID når det kom WHUC Hudson NY Thanks for listening to the Music of your Life on 1230 WHUC, Hudson WSBB New Smyrna Beach FL Memories 1230 WSBB lyktes jeg ikke å høre under Lista-turen i november, men i februar gikk den et flertall ganger WSOK Savannah GA med halvtydelig ID her før mer gospelmusikk. GOS er mitt favorittformat på mellombølgen - det er nesten uten unntak spennende stasjoner som kjører gospel! 12

13 WMAF Madison FL meget overraskende logging her, men kanskje ikke ettersom conds mot Florida var så bra denne morgenen. WMAF var ikke engang oppført som KOJE-3, dvs. aldri hørt i Norden før WITH Baltimore MD er heller ikke oppført i KOJE-listene. Dette viste seg å bli en meget givende morgen på CKIM Baie Verte NL VOCM WARE Ware MA WARE og oldies. KOJE WSUA Miami FL med god styrke og helt alene på frekvensen. EE heltimes-id nå WMKI Boston MA Radio Disney WRLZ Eatonville FL Radio Luz 1270 ganske alene på frekvensen en stund, men UID EE NA kom opp til halvtimen WTSN Dover NH. ID også 0906, da muligens med følge av annen W- stasjon WFAU Gardiner ME med heltimes-id fortsatt for alle tre stasjonene WKBK Keene NH med ID etter wx. Denne sto på mulighetenes liste WJNO West Palm Beach FL ble et gjenhør fra november. Hørt ofte CKEC New Glasgow NS sleit med en langt mer spennende stasjon WRDC Hartford CT The Talk of Connecticut CKLC Kingston ON var ikke akkurat den jeg håpet på WPLM Plymouth MA med fantastisk signal ved ID. Også hørt 9.2 og You re listening to WBNW AM 1120 Concord and WPLM AM 1390 Plymouth your source for financial news WXTC Charleston SC ny stat for meg. Heaven WEGP Presque Isle ME er klar dominant på 1390 i sør (omtrent som WGRB Chicago IL i nord), men 2t20m på 1390 denne morgenen ga allikevel god uttelling med to nye stasjoner WFBL Syracuse NY TalkRadio 1390 WFBL etter program-promo WGTN Georgetown SC WGTN - The Oldies Station. Tydelig call, men fikk det ikke til å stemme med det news/talk-formatet som stasjonen er oppført med. Stor takk til Bjarne Sherlock Mjelde som tok saken og fort fant ut at den kjører oldies i helgene! En av de Lista-stasjonene som gledet mest for min del WOND Pleasantville NJ annonserte Laura Ingram show på Newstalk 1400 WOND. Vanskelig å komme forbi denne og CBG under ØK-cx WPOP Hartford CT CKDY Digby NS AVR WBEC Pittsfield MA WXKS Everett MA AM 1200 and 1430 // WKOX WNSW Newark NJ WENE Endicott NY Sports Radio 1430 The Team klart sterkest WOIR Homestead FL med svak 1430 WO for dårlig for rapport, men heldigvis kom den med bedre ID en halv time senere WJAE Westbrook ME WKXW Atlantic City NJ ESPN WLAM Lewiston ME 13

14 WSAR Fall River MA WBAE Portland ME WUSS Pleasantville NJ synes å ID e Cool 98 3 TKU-FM. Endret da også navn til WTKU i mars, iflg. v/s John Ford, GM. Også hørt WGEZ Beloit WI hørt rett før jeg slo av mottakerne og pakket ned utstyret. Siste stasjon i loggen under denne Lista-pedisjonen CFAV Laval QC Boomer WAKR Akron OH litt overraskende med en stasjon såpass langt inn i landet WARV Warwick RI WUNR Brookline MA This is WUNR Boston flere ganger mens jeg var på jakt etter Florida-signaler WRDW Augusta GA med px-ann og flere ads før News Talk Sports 1630 WRDW Augusta WCNZ Marco Island FL Relevant Radio WFNA Charlotte NC gledet - til tross for sports-format WMWR Dry Branch GA Viva WJCC Miami Springs FL AM 1700 WJCC Miami Springs, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and AM 1580 WSRF Fort Lauderdale KVNS Brownsville TX News Talk 1700 KVNS. WJCC hadde heng. Den som jeg jaktet på, KKLF, hadde ikke WEUP Huntsville AL gledet med et par tydelige ID mellom ads og gospelmusikk. Ny stat for meg. Har nylig skiftet navn fra WEUV. Også hørt 10.2, viste det seg, med relativt hyppige ID. Sikkert enda greiere å høre nå som WJCC er borte Central America CMBA R Rebelde, Villa María CMFA R Cadena Agramonte dukket opp av ingenting, eller rettere sagt av CKLC. Er ny for meg, og gledet WDHP, Frederiksted, gjorde det vanskelig for Florida-stasjonen South America YV.. R Mundial 970, Barcelona YVMX R Calendario, Maracaibo, med et kort Calendario YVLF R Puerto Cabello var såvidt framme det var ikke veldig mye vi måtte slite med YV-dominanter disse februardagene på Lista YVNG Ondas del Mar jinglet YVZA R Fe y Alegria YVNZ R Marabina 1420, Maracaibo, overtok for CKDY 14

15 Yrjö Kainulainen (YK), Palokka LEM219 - rapot ovat maalimalla ja vastauksia näkyy tulevan tasaista tahtia. Tässä viimeisen vuoden vastaukset : R Sighet 1404 em 1 v R Peace, Sudan 5895 em 2 pv R Pakistan Rawalpindi 1152 ki ko 2 kk JOQC Morioka 1386 ki ko 2 vk JOLR Toyama 738 ko 2 vk JOTL Nayoro 1494 ko 1 kk JOIR Sendai 1260 ko ym 1 kk JOID Oita 1467 ki 1 kk JOHE/JOQF Hokkaido Hoso 864 ko 1kk JOJP Tsuruoka 1368 kilon paketti 2 kk R Australia Brandon 5995 ko 2 vk Wantok R Light 7120 ki ko 1kk KHAR Anchorage AK 590 ko 2 kk VOAR Mt Pearl NL 1210 ko 2 kk KICD Spencer IA 1240 ki T-Shirt 3 kk WYLL Chicago IL 1160 ki 10 kk KAGV Big Lake AK 1110 ki 10 kk KCUV Littleton CO 1510 ki CD 2 vk KCJJ Iowa City IA 1630 em 2 vk WENE Endicott NY 1430 ko 1 kk CFRA Ottawa ON 580 ki 10 kk KDTH Dubuque IA 1370 em 2 vk CKST Vancouver BC 1040 em 1 kk WGVU Kentwood MI 1480 ki 10 kk KFXY Enid OK 1640 ki 1 kk KBNO Denver CO 1280 em 2 vk KSRV Ontario OR 1380 em 1 vk KVGB Great Bend KS 1590 em 1 vk KSRM Soldotna AK 920 ki ym 1 kk CJRB Boissevain MB 1220 em 2 vk CKNW New Westminster BC 980 ki 1 kk WSPD Toledo OH 1370 ki 1 kk KINY Juneau AK 800 ki 1 kk WMWR Dry Branch GA 1670 ko 1 kk CKGM Montreal QC 990 ki 2 kk KGTL Homer AK 620 ko 1 kk KSLD Soldotna AK 1140 ki 1 kk KSEI Pocatello ID 930 ki 2 kk KPUG Bellingham WA 1170 ki 1 kk WDRC Hartford CT 1360 em 1 kk CKKW Kitchener ON 1090 em 2 kk CKEC New Glasgow NS 1320 ki cd 1 kk R Verdad 4052,5 ko ki vi ym 2 kk V/s-tietoja saa multa ( Bellabarbat ym älkööt vaivautuko! ). Vesa-Jussi Rinkinen (VJR), Tikkurila 1152 RNE5 Castilla y Leon 1305 RNE5 Ourense 1413 RNE5 Catalunya 1044 SER R Valladolid 1683 R Club AM 1233 JOGR Aomori 1467 R Fiji, Rakiraki 1500 KUMU Honolulu HI 1080 KUDO Anchorage AK 1540 KXEL Waterloo IA 1470 WMBD Preoria IL 1460 KXNO Des Moines IA 1560 KNZR Bakersfield CA 1250 WSSP Milwaukee WI 1510 KCUV Littleton CO 1660 KQWB West Fargo ND 15

16 1400 KART Jerome ID 1550 KKAD Vancouver WA 860 CBC North via CHAK, Inuvik NT 1130 KFAN Minneapolis MN 800 CKLW Windsor ON 750 KXL Portland OR 1280 WNAM Neenah WI 1590 KVGB Great Bend KS 1580 KGAL Lebanon OR 1110 KAGV Big Lake AK 1480 WGVU Kentwood MI 1290 KGVO Missoula MT 1650 KBJD Denver CO 1660 KXTR Kansas City KS 990 CKGM Montreal QC 580 CKUA Edmonton AB 1620 KSMH West Sacramento CA 790 CIGM Sudbury ON 1160 WYLL Chicago IL 1680 WDSS Ada MI 1380 KOTA Rapid City SD 620 KGTL Homer AK 1300 WOOD Grand Rapids MI 1390 KLTX Long Beach CA 1490 KBKR Baker OR 920 KSRM Soldotna AK 1370 KSUM Fairmont MN 1330 CJYM Rosetown SK 1510 WLAC Nashville TN 1280 CFMB Montreal QC 1420 KITI Chehalis WA 900 CKMO Victoria BC 1640 WTNI Biloxi MS 1640 KDIA Vallejo CA 1370 WDEA Ellsworth ME 1380 WPHM Port Huron MI 1570 CFAV Laval QC 1270 KNWC Sioux Falls SD 1270 WXYT Detroit MI 1600 KVRI Blaine WA 1280 WWTC Minneapolis MN 1420 WHK Cleveland OH 1700 KVNS Brownsville TX 1380 WFCL Clintonville WI 1390 KJOX Yakima WA 1110 WTAM Cleveland OH 1470 WBKV West Bend WI 1680 KRJO Monroe LA 1620 WTAW College Station TX 1420 WOC Davenport IA 1370 KDTH Dubuque IA 1330 KWKW Los Angeles CA 1150 WHBY Kimberly WI 620 WTMJ Milwaukee WI 1150 CHGM Gaspe ON 1460 CJOY Guelph ON 1440 CKJR Wetaskiwin AB 1480 WHBC Canton OH 1650 KCNZ Cedar Falls IA 1380 KLIZ Brainerd MN 6025 R Illimani 930 CX20 R Monte Carlo 890 LV11 Em. Santiago del Estero 1480 ZP20 R América, Ñemby 1150 LT9, Santa Fé 1390 R Lumen 2000, Maracaibo (Tnx Late!) 700 LV3 R Córdoba 1260 R Morada do Sol, Sâo Paulo 1410 R América, SP 1400 R Globo, Londrina 106,7 Big FM, Kalmit/Eberkoben 89,9 R Kuku, Pärnu 93,7 R Record, Santarcangelo di Romagna 91,6 Alouette FM 95,9 +SWR4 R Ludwigshafen 87,6 Rockland R, Idar-Oberstein 91,3 Fusion FM, Diou 107,7 Die Neue 107.7, Stuttgart 16

17 EURONEWS Compiled by Jarmo Patala FRANCE 963 Paris Live Radio was to begin broadcasting on March 24, but reportedly this has been postponed. Paris Live Radio says it will become the first commercial English-language radio station in the French capital. The station is already broadcasting over the internet, and hopes to add an FM transmitter later. Paris Live Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day. The station is run by Renzie Duncan, an Australian lawyer, and aims to reach the English-speaking expatriate community as well as tourists visiting Paris. The station is located at 91, rue du Faubourg, St. Honoré, Paris 75008, France, and can be contacted by or by phone at (DXing.info via MWC , additional comment by Thierry Vignaud via BE)ARC Information Desk GERMANY Today first tests on 1593 from Langenberg were reported, at times DRM, at times AM with a test tone of ca. 2 khz (instead of more common 800 Hz or 1 khz), estimated power around 5 kw. Reportedly they run 720 with their other new TRAM transmitter now, the old tube rig has been already scrapped. On this occasion it became also known that since late October 2005 a new 100 kw transmitter is on air from Rohrdorf on 666, replacing a 300 kw tube unit which was run at 150 kw and said to be power-hungry, leading SWR to choose this frequency for an overnight silence period. Kai Ludwig, Germany, April 20, DX Listening Digest (21/4-2006)Ydun's MW Info Page ICELAND 1530 AFN Keflavik "Thunder 15-30" - There have been press reports that the US forces will be withdrawn from the Keflavik Air Base next fall (2006). (HM, OA) ARC Information Desk LATVIA From May, KREBS TV is planning to provide foreign relays on 945kHz, via a 150kW transmitter in Ulbroka (Riga). The transmission time of the KREBS TV outlet Radio Nord on 945kHz (2.7kW from Ulbroka) will be reduced accordingly. Bernd Trutenau-LTU via mwdx yg (28/4-2006) Ydun's MW Info Page LITHUNIA Radio Baltic Waves International is again rebroadcasting the UK online radio station Radio Mi Amigo on 1386, this time via a 50kW tx in Klaipeda, each Sunday UTC. The last transmission of the current cycle will be on 30 April. Bernd Trutenau-LTU April 04, SERBIA / R. Beograd, Serbia C.G., reactivated transmitter, not listed in the good EMWG MW list in //1107 khz + China via Relay Luxembourg + Saudi Arabia TX Damman. suff/good (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italy via HCDX) ARC Information Desk SPAIN R5-Todo Noticias in Caceres is on 1107,127 khz. EAK69 COPE-Almeria is on 1224,995 khz. (Aldea Del Cano, Caceres, via M. Molano-E, in hcdx) RTVE to scrap 4500 jobs: According to a report in El Mundo, based on a leaked document, Spanish 17

18 public broadcaster RTVE is to announce the scrapping of 4500 jobs - about half of its current workforce. The most controversial part of the plan is the closure of Radio Nacional's Catalan service, Radio 4. The plan also calls for the closure of RTVE's television service in the Canary Islands. Most of the other cuts will affect RTVE's regional services in other parts of Spain. RTVE is heavily in debt and its audiences are declining. MW News UKRAINE 594 The BBC relays in Kyiv and Kharkiv will change from 612 to 594 on 10 April. The background: on initiative by Radio Baltic Waves (RBW) in Lithuania, the Lithuanian telecommunication authority had asked its Ukrainian counterpart to free 612 (which so far was not coordinated for UKR), in order to eliminate interference in the target area Belarus to the RBW transmissions on 612 from Vilnius. (Bernd Trutenau-LTU April 01, 2006) 594 BBC Kyyiv (Brovary) has moved to 594 this morning (ex 612) 612 BBC Kharkiv keeps anchored to 612 as before. It brought a bit of relief to me as my QTH is on equal distant from both sites, so when feeds were different at some hours it put additional QRM Kyyiv carries BBC Russian while Kharkiv has WSE. (Vlad Titarev, Kremenchuk,Ukraina via MWC news )ARC Information Desk Sources: MW News UK, ARC Info Desk Sweden, Ydun's MW Page Denmark JP ANDAMAN/NICOBAR ISL: As usual, I visited AIR Port Blair studios/ offices / transmitters once again. Here are the details of changes observed since my last visit there in The SW transmitter was running at 7 kw only when I visited but was told that they normally operate with 8.5 kw. I have monitored extensively and there was no spurious (near 4743 khz) of the 4760 khz frequency reported by by some dxers. (It must be some other AIR station) The new 100 kw Thomcast MW transmitter which was having problems during my last trip was serviced and in regular use now on 684 khz. The old 2x10 kw transmitters are on standby on 684 khz but tested regularly. The 10 FM Nautel transmitter on MHz which was testing during my last trip is in regular use now from 5.25 am to pm with an intersting schedule as follows: At 5.25 am they have sign on announcements in parallel to 4760 & 684 but without mentioning Then at around 5.27am they quickly change over to relay of National Channel and from 5.57 am Vividh Bharathi programs are relayed from Mumbai. There are no local programs on MHz but a new stereo studio is under construction for it. The Station Engineer now is Mr.V.M.Ratna Prasad 18

19 and the Asst. Station Engineer is Mr.Natarajan who both attended the Hamfest function. I also visited the tiny TV station in the nearby Havelock Island which operates on Channel 11 with only 10 watt. The equipment consists of 2 nos. of GCEL 126 transmitters (one is standby) which relays DD 1 programs from Delhi from 5.00 am to about midnight. They run on solar power. (Jose Jacob Apr.) BANGLADESH: As I was very busy with the Hamfest and DXpedition activities I could not find much time for BCDXing there. However in Port Blair I noted the following of great interest (not reported elsewhere it seems. Pardon me if it was already reported by others). Radio Bangladesh Home Service on 17 April 2006 on 7250 khz with Cricket Commentry in Bengali and on 20th April on 7315 at around also in Bengali with lot of ads. At 0800 there was news and they had disappeared by 0815 when I checked. WRTH 2006 says that their HS tx is to be back on air by now and may be it was some tests that I heard. (Jose Jacob, Port Blair, Apr.) IRAQ: Radio in Iraq - updated February 2006 BBC Monitoring can confirm hearing the following broadcasters as of February 2006: AM stations (all frequencies in khz) 594 People's (Al-Nas) Radio Republic of Iraq Radio - southern Iraq 675 Republic of Iraq Radio (parallel with 98.3 MHz) [Inactive when checked ill January 2006] 909 Radio Nahrain (IMN), Basra 999 Radio Bilad (Lands) AI-Salarn Radio Al-Salam Radio (alternative to 1030 khz) 1071 Radio Babil (IMN), Hilla 1116 Dar al-salam Radio (parallel Aith 1152 khz and 91.0 MHz) 1152 Dar al-salam Radio (parallel with 1116 khz and 91.0 MHz) 1179 Voice of Iraq Voice of the People of Kurdistan, in Arabic and Kurdish 1305 Al-Mustaqbal Radio (parallel with 95.5 MHz) 1395 AL-Mustaqbal Radio - southern Iraq 1593 Radio Free Iraq, in Arabic/VoA in English, Kurdish. Persian (BBC Monitoring research 24 Feb 06 via DXLD ( via MWN) PHILIPPINES: Several DXers in Japan had monitored that PBS, Philippine Broadcasting Service came back on kHz after long long absence. This station seems to relay DZRB-Radyo ng Bayan on 738kHz, but detail is unknown because of heavy QRM. In Japan, this frequency is mainly heard in evening, around 09:00 to 12:00. Streaming sound is heard on My received sound in Japan is 7.hp.infoseek.co.jp/index_e.html. This information was showed me as un-id station by Mr.'e-geta'. Many thanks for all my friends.( Takasaki 10 Apr HCDX) RUSSIA: Primorski Kray. Vladivostok. From 1st May, radio station "Tikhyi Okean" (Pacific ocean) will use additional frequency khz (Vladimir Rozhkov, Kansk, Krasnoyarsk region) Radio "Pacific Ocean" in the summer: UT 810 and 9765 khz (Editor) (Rus-DX via DXLD) SINGAPORE: OLI 96.8 FM is very famous FM station in Singapore. They also broadcast in 7170 for a long time, but today ( )onwards they changed their frequency from 7170 to 7275 khz. They also introduced podcasting service (Raja Raja, India, April 14, DXLD) This is obviously because Singapore is leaving the khz block to clear the way for Amateur Radio. Singapore has already given 19

20 permission to Singapore hams to use this segment with the exception of 7145, 7170 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, ibid.) AUSTRALIA: Talk station AW (Melbourne Victoria) is about to do a swap in frequency with Magic 693 (3EE) On May lst AW will move to 693 khz. Their current transmitter location at Lower Plenty has been a problem for years with poor reception around Melbourne and Victoria. Sister station Magic 693 (Part of Southern Cross Network) will do a straight swap and use 1278 khz. 693 khz out of Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne's west propagates well on the lower part of the band. It is interesting that 3AW will be next door to ABC 774 which is its main talk rival in Melbourne.(David Onley-AUS, via mwe e-list via MWN) AUSTRALIA: VL8T ABC Tennant Creek has been logged again on 2325/4910 in the end of April. Has been off for several months due to transmitter renewal works. (Various sources) AUSTRALIA: SBS Radio (Special Broadcasting Services) has a station on 1035 khz out of Wollongong, New South Wales. It replaces 1485 khz // 1107 and It's a blow to local DXers who have heard Solomon Islands, Pakistan and ZB New Zealand on this outlet in the past. (Dave Onley- via hcdx via MWN) AUSTRALIA: In the Mid West of Western Australia Geraldton's 98FM has an AM relay 1512 at Mullewa, about 380 kilometres north of Perth. The AM station can be heard regularly at night in Perth. For a while a fair chunk of the Mid West went without commercial radio when 6GE Geraldton went FM and could only be heard 60 kilometres from Geraldton unlike the old AM transmissions which went over 100 kilometres.. The people of the midwest then decided to set up an AM translator for 98FM (Keith Ashton-AUS. dxing.info forums 6/ via MWN) VANUATU: RADIO VANUATU GETS US$20,364 FROM AUSTRALIA Australian High Commissioner John Pilbeam has handed over a cheque for 2,181,000 Vanuatu vatu [US$20,364] on behalf of the Australian Government to the General Manager of Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation, Jonas Cullwick. These funds were made possible through AusAID funding and will be used to replace two Studio Transmitter Links that transmit Short Wave and Medium Wave frequencies from the main studio to the Emten Lagoon transmitter site. This transmission has not been operational since May 2005 and Radio Vanuatu has had to use alternative FM transmission to enable shortwave and mediumwave to be broadcast to the outer islands. "This alternative method, however, was unreliable and depended on a number of conditions, such as wind speeds [sic], that were often beyond the control of our local technicians," commented Mr. Cullwick. Radio Vanuatu plays a vital role in disseminating vital information to the wider rural population of Vanuatu, especially during the cyclone season, and these ongoing transmission problems from the studio to Ematen Lagoon have severely hampered this role. In presenting the check, Mr Pilbeam expressed Australia s ongoing commitment to the Vanuatu Government in ensuring that essential government services are delivered to all Vanuatu s people and particularly those living in the outer islands and hoped that this would mark another step in the continuing the relationship between Australia and Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation. (Source: Vanuatu Daily Post) # posted by 13:31 UT (Media Network blog April 10 via DXLD) 20

21 SOURCES: CDX: Cumbre DX, USA Contact: WDXC Contact magazine, UK DXing.info: DXLD: DX Listening Digest, USA DXLDYG: DXLD yahoogroup, USA DXW: DSWCI DX-Window, Denmark HCDX: Hard Core DX, USA MW-eko: Arctic Radio Club, Sweden MWN: Medium Wave News, UK RNW: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog Topnews: WWDXC BC-DX/Topnews, Germany CANADA, USA: 720 CHTN Charlottetown PE will move to FM this summer. HAR 910 WNDC Baton Rouge LA has new calls WUBR. FCC 950 CHER Sydney NS has applied to move to FM McIntyre via NRC-AM 960 CHNS Halifax NS granted move to FM McIntyre via NRC-AM 1020 KCKN Roswell NM has address P.O.Box 220, Roswell, NM Martin via NRC-AM 1240 Beatty NV has granted U1 1/1 kw. The calls is KDAN. FCC 1260 KSSL Idaho Falls ID has new calls KBLY. DXMA 1410 KHOL Beulah ND has new calls KDKT. The format is SPO from Fox. FCC, UMB 1440 WMKM Inkster MI has new calls WDRJ. FCC 1490 WRTM Vicksburg MS has new calls WVBG. FCC 1490 WUSS Pleasantville NJ has new calls WTKU. FCC 1580 WTTN Watertown WI gets CP to change its city-of-license to Columbus, WI. UMB 1600 WEUV Huntsville AL has new calls WHIY. FCC SOURCES: DXMA - DX Mid America, FCC Federal Communications Commission, USA, HAR Hannu Romppainen, Paltamo, MR Mauno Ritola, Joensuu, Finland, NRC-AM - NRCDXAS list via Internet, UMB - Upper Minnesota Broadcasting EJH 21

22 CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA BOLIVIA: 5000 R Virgen de los Remedios, Tupiza, , Mar 07, inspirational music, el Padre Pablo responding to questions; R Católica Mundial, news at 0000; strong on new frequency. (Mur in Conexion Digital) Presumed on , Mar 13, Spanish religious programme relaying R Católica Mundial, (Eramo in DX Window) A new Bolivian station on shortwave is Radio San Rafael, San Rafael, Cochabamba heard on , March 11th in Spanish and Aymara, sports comments and folk festival, identifications. (Nicolas Eramo, Argentina, DX Listening Digest) Radio Logos 6165 is broadcasting They have been getting good signal reports in Bolivia. The parts have not arrived yet for the 1 kw transmitter. (Wayne Borthwick, DX Listening Digest) Radio Logos 6165 just got a lot easier to try and hear. For the new season, China is not on 6165 at Heard presumed Logos 1010 March 27th with religious music, man started talking 1028, but not in Spanish;.Aymara? Faded by (Hans Johnson. Florida, Cumbre DX) Radio Cooperativa is a new SW station, currently heard with test transmissions on khz. It is located in Huanuni, in Depto de Oruro. Radio Cooperativa was first reported by Arnaldo Slaen on January at around UTC with programming in Spanish and Aymara languages. (Dxing.info, 27 Jan) 6025, R Illimani sent me a nice, full data QSL signed by v/s José Luis Almanza, Director de la emisora and stamped as: República de Bolivia, Ministerio de la Presidencia, Radio Illimani. It came 9 months after I sent my reception report with 1 US $ enclosed for return postage to Radio Illimani, Avenida Camacho 1485, Edificio La Urbana P.6, La Paz, Bolivia. In the letter could be read: QSL Radio Illimani, La Voz de Bolivia, FM 94.1, AM 1020, O.C. 6025: Sr. Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Frecuencia: 6025 khz. 10 kw. Hora UTC: Fecha: 01 Junio 2004 "Agradecemos por su informe de recepción y confirmamos que la emisora escuchada es la nuestra. Saludos". Signature and seal. (Méndez, Feb 23, DX Window) BRAZIL: 5045 R Guarujá Paulista, Presidente Prudente, SP, , Mar 10, advs, programme ann, ID "Rádio Guarujá AM", phone no.; (Gonçalves). Station owner, Mr. Rampazo welcomes reception reports which will be read over the air during the "Nas Ondas Curtas da Guarujá Paulista" programme on Sundays after Mr. Rampazo has these addresses: rampazo@radioguarujaam.com.br and rampazo@superig.com.br. We at DX Club do Brasil help producing and presenting the 22

23 programme. (Romais via Gonçalves in DX Window) CHILE: Voz Cristiana is now using in Portuguese, ex 15485, to -avoid BBC World Service. (DX Mix Bulgaria via WB) COLOMBIA: Galcom international sent 8000 green, dual fixed frequency shortwave radios to South America as part of the Colombia For Christ project last year. So far in radios have been shipped and another 4000 are in production. Many people are aware of the danger that missionaries in Colombia face on a daily basis. In November, a story really brought it to life. Four missionaries on a peace mission to distribute Bibles and radios in a 70 foot boat on the Guavaire river were taken hostage by guerillas and their boatt was seized. They were held for 49 days in an area where one of the worst battles in the history of Colombia's Internal conflict was taking place. (Galcom Newsletter via DXLD) As we are in the midst of deploying thousands of Galcom solar radios tuned to our frequencies we are having trouble keeping our short wave transmitters on the air. Something is wrong with the electricity arriving at Lomalinda and the voltage regulators to our transmitters keep burning up. If we continue to operate without them the transmitters eventually are damaged. We are at our wits end trying to solve the problem as we have spent every available financial resource and still do not have a solution. (La Voz de Tu Conciencia, Colombia Para Cristo Newsletter, DXplorer via DX Listening Digest) The station was active again on 6010 March 27th, heard here and on 5910 April 1st (Manuel Mendez, Spain, Cumbre DX) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Radio Cristal heard on signing off at 0007 March 26th with national anthem, fair strength. (Terry Krueger, Florida, DX Listening Digest) ECUADOR: Interesting QSL received here during the week for a report sent to R Jesus del Gran Poder, The full data QSL letter came from Francisco Stereo and the verie signer was Fr. Wilson H Rios O. The report was sent in 1995 and so the moral of the story is:- keep trying! (Cody in DX Window) MEXICO: Radio Insurgente heard tuning up on from 2050 March 31st, came on 2102 with local instrumental music. The first identification was in Spanish, then there was one in English, "You are listening to Radio Insurgente, the voice of Zapatatista," The identification was cut off at this point by the next identification in French. There was also an identification in Japanese and a number of other languages. After the string of identifications there was programming in Spanish, with the woman announcer mentioning at the start "programa onda corta." (Hans Johnson, Florida, Cumbre DX) PERU: Alfredo Cañote reports about Radio Sinai, a new Peruvian station on 49m. He heard it on khz. Address is Jr Abtao 287, Cercado, Huanuco, Peru. Tel (62) radiotvsinai21@hotmail.com. The General Manager is Ruben Matias Lopez. (Arnaldo Slaen, Dxplorer, 2 Feb.) Hola amigos, Gracias a la oportuna comunicación del amigo Alfredo Cañote sobre la información que anteriormente envié de la peruana en , Radio Espacial, en la que me comentaba que el No. telefónico que reporté no correspondía; revisé y digitalicé el audio, y luego de mucho escuchar saque en limpio la dirección y teléfono de la emisora; así corrijo y es: RADIO ESPACIAL. QTH: Jirón Bolívar No Otuzco - Perú; Tel: Para constatar esto, llamé y muy amablemente fui atendido Maritza por la secretaria de la emisora quien me confirmó los datos; además fui entrevistado al aire ante la sorpresa de la 23

24 llamada. Manifstaron el interés de conocer sobre oyentes fuera del Perú (Rafael Rodríguez R., Colombia, April 15, condig list via DXLD via SWB) URUGUAY: Horacio Nigro reports only two Uruguayan SW stations now active: SODRE on 9621 khz and Emisora Ciudad de Montevideo on 9650 khz at UTC. (via DXLD) 24