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HCJB Global Transmitter Installed at TWR’s Site in Swaziland

26 November, 2008 - 03:05 — Alokesh Gupta
Nov  25,2008                                                                                                  
A
new 100,000-watt shortwave transmitter built at the HCJB Global
Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., is on the air at the Trans World
Radio (TWR) site in Swaziland, broadcasting a message of hope across
Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
Through a cooperative effort between
the two organizations, the HC100 transmitter began broadcasting about
12 hours a day on Oct. 23, replacing an outdated Continental unit and
joining two other HC100s, also from Elkhart.

Radio Romania releases stamps & coins to celebrate its 80th Anniversary

15 November, 2008 - 03:46 — Alokesh Gupta
On November 1st the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation celebrated its
80th anniversary. To mark this ocassion a postal stamp devoted to this
anniversary was released  & the National Bank of Romania has launched an
anniversary silver coin.
 
Here's the Radio Romania 80th anniversary stamp/miniature sheet
http://www.romfilatelia.ro/marci/colectia.php?ContentID=431&Year=2008

Suara Islam from Malaysia

14 November, 2008 - 08:58 — Hans Johnson

MALAYSIA. 6049.61, Suara Islam/Voice of Islam via RTM, 1538, Nov 10 (Mon.), in vernacular, segment about education ("Universiti Science Teknologi Malaysia", etc.), nice singing "Malaysia" jingle. Back on Feb 18 (also a Mon.) at the same time period I also heard a similar segment on education, along with the same "Malaysia" jingle (Ron Howard-CA)

Aso Radio

14 November, 2008 - 08:50 — Hans Johnson

Thanks to Mauno Ritola of Finland for this clip.  He adds that this is a brokered program for Nigeria.   Their schedule is listed as Monday to Friday from 1600-1645 UTC on 15180 kHz.

KFBS SAIPAN B08

11 November, 2008 - 18:18 — Alokesh Gupta

KFBS SAIPAN
B08 Frequency Schedule

Time (UTC) Frequency Language and day - Su M Tu W Th F Sa
-------------------------------------------------------
0830-0900 11850 Gorontalo(Su,Th,Fri,Sa), Madura (M,Tu,W)
1000-1330 11650 Russian
1330-1345 11650 Udmurt(Su,Tu),Tatar(M),Mari(W),Uzbek(Th),Kazakh(F,Sa)
1345-1400 11650 Udmurt(Su),Tatar(M,Tu),Chuvash(W),Ossetic(Th),Kyrghiz(F,Sa)
1400-1530 9465 Russian
0900-1400 11580 Mandarin (Chinese)
1000-1030 15580 Javanese
1030-1130 15580 Indonesian
1300-1400 9920 Vietnamese
2230-2300 12090 Vietnamese

QSLs - old and/or exotic

11 November, 2008 - 01:13 — Joe

Do you ever wonder what that old QSL card issued W8XK looked like or perhaps the rare card issued by a Central American broadcaster?  Well, that's the idea behind this page - place to showcase the old and the exotic.

What is Peace Radio Saying?

9 November, 2008 - 21:11 — Hans Johnson

Peace Radio is the name of a station operated by the American military. Part of the station is located within Afghanistan itself, broadcasting from Bagram Air Force Base using a mobile transmitter known as a SOMS-B.

Mauno Ritola has provided a number of clips of this station.

Please have a listen, if you understand what they are saying, will you please share that information?

How Do You Listen to DXing with Cumbre?

9 November, 2008 - 21:09 — Hans Johnson

What Real DX Sounds Like

7 November, 2008 - 14:27 — Hans Johnson

Do you want to know what real DX sounds like? Here is an example from Dave Valko in Dunlo, Pennsylvania, USA.

It is of Gronlands Radio (Greenland) as heard in November 1985 when they were on 3999 kHz.

The first part of the clip is their 1000 sign on. The second part of the clip is at 1015 and includes their interval signal. The last part of the file is from a minute later.

Radio Tanzania Zanzibar

7 November, 2008 - 09:19 — Hans Johnson

Thanks to Mauno Ritola for providing this recent recording of Radio Tanzania Zanzibar. They have also been heard with English news relays from Spice FM irregularly at 1800 and 2000.

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