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Radio Prague close down on shortwave ?

There was a posting on DXLD that Radio Prague might leave shortwave end of 2009.
It has just been announced that the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is looking for Radio Prague to end all shortwave transmissions from the Czech Republic at the end of 2009. This would be an irreversible step. Radio Prague is the only customer at Litomysl and this would result in the closing and dismantling of that transmitter site.

Radio Prague needs to get listeners support at this time. Their address is:

Radio Prague
Vinohradská 12
120 99 Prague 2
Czech Republic

Tel: (+420) 221 552 933
Fax: (+420) 221 552 903
E-mail: cr(at)radio.cz

Listeners should also contact The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí
Loretánské náměstí 5
118 00 Praha 1, the Czech Republic
tel: +420 224 181 111
e-mail: podatelna(at)mzv.cz

Listeners should contact the Czech Embassies and representatives in their own country.
A List of Czech Embassies can be found at http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/czech_missions_abroad/index.html

Info via DXLD

Radio St Helena Day 2009

Radio St. Helena Day 2009 will be on Saturday 14th of November 2009.

The ‘Party On-The-Air’ will have the following schedule:
Time in UTC Target Area(s)
20:00 – 21:00 India / Southeast Asia
21:00 – 22:00 Japan / Asia
22:00 – 23:30 Europe
23:30 – 01:00 North America/Central America/Caribbean

The transmission will be on 11092.5 KHz in Upper Side Band, as usual.

Radio St. Helena is very pleased to announce that the newly designed RSD 2009 QSL cards will be sponsored by the highly respected Japan Short Wave Club. This good news has been reported by Mr. T. Ohtake of the JSWC. It can truly be said, that without the very generous help of the JSWC, there would not have been a Radio St. Helena Day Revival in 2006.

To get a QSL from Radio St. Helena, you must send a written and verifiable reception report by AIRMAIL and include sufficient return postage. Email-reports will be not be verified. Recordings will not be returned.

In EURO-countries, please send a 5-Euro banknote. Otherwise, please send 3 or more US dollar banknotes to cover the required return postage.

Radio St. Helena
P.O. Box 93
Jamestown, St. Helena
STHL 1ZZ
South Atlantic Ocean
via AIRMAIL
via United Kingdom & Ascension

The last two lines of the above address are very important and should be written as shown. Be sure to use sufficient postage on your letter to RSH.
Ask at your local post office for the correct AIRMAIL postage for your
letter to go all the way to St. Helena.

Emails and telephone calls from DXers everywhere are very welcome during the broadcasts. A special email address for RSD 2009 will, probably, be announced in October.
Gary Walters and his Team at RSH wish everyone excellent listening
conditions, hope that you enjoy the programming, and hope that the sunspots will be kinder to us this year.

Source: Media Network, Robert Kipp/Radio St. Helena via Southgate
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/october2009/radio_st_helena_day.htm# via DXLD

HCJB via Voz Cristiana

Für Südamerika täglich eine Stunde Sendungen im 31mBand auf der Frequenz 9865kHz über die Sendeanlagen der „Voz Cristiana“ in Santiago de Chile

ab 23:00 UTC – 20:00 Brasil – 18:00 Quito

Sonntag

23:00 20:00 18:00 Gottes Wort zum Sonntag
23:30 20:30 18:30 Bibelstund (Plattdeutsch)

Montag
23:00 20:00 18:00 Hörerpostsendung Südamerika
23:30 20:30 18:30 Lieblingslieder
23:45 20:45 18:45 Stimme der Heimat

Dienstag

23:00 20:00 18:00 Familienalltag mit Gott
23:30 20:30 18:30 Licht vom Evangelium (Plattdeutsch)

Mittwoch

23:00 20:00 18:00 Licht des Evangeliums
23:30 20:30 18:30 Gute Nachricht für Brasilien

Donnerstag

23:00 20:00 18:00 Neues unter der Äquatorsonne
23:30 20:30 18:30 Derch de Bibel (Plattdeutsch)

Freitag

23:00 20:00 18:00 Hallo Kinder
23:15 20:15 18:15 Stimme der Heimat
23:30 20:30 18:30 Botschaft des Heils

Samstag

23:00 20:00 18:00 Aktuelles aus dem alten Buch
23:30 20:30 18:30 Fruis met Hopninj (Plattdeutsch)

Info via A-DX

Museum of Radio and Technology

This museum in Huntington, West Virginia has an impressive collection of radio equipment, pictures of which are available on the web.

Video of Rotary Spark Gap transmitter demonstration
http://picasaweb.google.com/WVRadioMuseum/MuseumOfRadioAndTechnology#slideshow/5360804172369787346

Slide show of the Museum
http://picasaweb.google.com/WVRadioMuseum/MuseumOfRadioAndTechnology#slideshow/

Museum of Radio and Technology
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/

(Southgate
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2009/museum_of_radio_and_technology.htm )

Info via DXLD