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A11 schedules

The first edition of the Prime Time Shortwave English schedules for the A-11 schedule season are available. Thank you Ernest Riley for your work on the database. The schedules are available in Excel, dBase, ASCII text and tab delimited formats.

Daniel Sampson
Prime Time Shortwave
www.primetimeshortwave.com

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EDXC Conference 2011

From: Tibor Szilagyi

Dear DX Friends all over the World !
EDXC – European DX Council – cordially invites you all to the next EDXC Conference in Bulgaria, coming up on August 18 – 23, 2011. First we begin with our conference in Southern Bulgaria, in Melnik. Melnik is situated 176 Kms South from Sofia on the European Highway E 79. The same Highway leads to the Greek border – 28 Kms.

After our conference in Melnik we are going to visit Radio Bulgaria External Services in Sofia.

You will need 3 / three /nights in Melnik : Arrival August 18 — Departure August 21, 2011. We recommend : Hotel Melnik in Melnik. Phone : + 359 7437 2272. E–Mail reservation : reservation @ hotelmelnik.com.
Homepage : www.hotelmelnik.com
Room prices : From EUR 36,– / Room per night,
Including Bulgarian Breakfast.

You will need 2 / two / nights in Sofia : Arrival August 21 — Departure
August 23, 2011.
In Sofia we recommend : HOTEL DEDEMAN Princess Sofia, 131, Maria Luisa Boulevard, 1202 SOFIA, Bulgaria. Phone : + 359 2 933 88 88.
E — Mail : sofia @ dedeman.com Homepage : www.dedeman.com
Room prices : from EUR 60,– / Room per night, Including Bulgarian
Breakfast.
Please do RESERVE your hotel rooms NOW !

Our programme in Melnik, what we know now :
We will have our Conference at Hotel Melnik.
Lectures, meals and also our Banquet Dinner at this hotel. Beyond that : One excursion to Macedonia, just over the day, just to see a little bit of another country !

Our programme in Sofia :
On Monday, August 22 we are going to visit Radio Bulgaria External Services.
They transmit at least in 10 languages on Shortwaves !

Conference Fee : EUR 85,– to be paid to me when you arrive on August 18 at Hotel Melnik.

EDXC Reception Desk will be open from 12.00 Hours midday ( noon ).
The Conference Fee EUR 85,– includes : Use of the Conference Room with fully equiped Technical Aid : LapTop with Latin Letters and picture projection possibility. Also included : Lunch on Friday, August 19 and Lunch on Saturday, August 20. And our traditional Banquet Dinner on Saturday evening is also included. Furthermore : It will be a bus taking us from Melnik to Sofia on Sunday, August 21. This bus is only reserved for our group. The price for this special bus trip is also included into the
Conference Fee EUR 85,–.

Special participation fee for spouse : EUR 70,– / spouse.

The EDXC is coming back to you with more detailed programme later on. If you wish to hold lectures with interesting subjects related to our DX Hobby, please do not hesitate to tell me.

Please DO NOT forget to reserve your hotel rooms NOW !!

With best wishes and greetings from Sweden,

T i b o r S z i l a g y i
EDXC Secretary General
E — Mail : tiszi2035 @ yahoo.com

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AWR 40th Anniversary DX Contest

Adventist World Radio Annual DX Contest
“Choose a Channel” – AWR 40th Anniversary DX Contest

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Adventist World Radio, our DX program “Wavescan” is conducting a big worldwide DX contest, “Choose a Channel”. It was back on October 1, 1971, that AWR made its first broadcast on shortwave in a service originating out of Portugal and beamed towards various countries in Europe.

Here are the details of our 2011 “Choose a Channel” DX Contest:-

A. Choose a Channel
We invite you to choose any shortwave channel, just one channel, anywhere in the world upon which Adventist World Radio is broadcasting, during the month of June 2011.

B. Prepare Reception Reports
You are invited to listen to the shortwave channel that you have chosen at any time, day and/or night, during the month of June 2011, and see how many different stations, including Adventist World Radio, that you can hear on that one specific channel. You are invited to prepare a standard reception report for each station, one sheet of paper for each station.

C. Photocopies
You are invited to search your QSL collection, and where possible, provide a photocopy of a QSL that you already hold in your collection from each of the shortwave stations that you hear on that one channel. These photocopies should be in color if possible, but black & white is also acceptable. If you do not already have a QSL from any of the stations you select, then you should state so in your contest entry.

D. Three Radio Cards
Where possible, you are invited to include three radio cards for the Indianapolis Heritage Collection with your contest entry. These cards may be old or new, and they may be QSL cards, reception report cards, or picture cards of radio stations, etc. (Not valid for this contest are amateur cards nor CB cards.)

E. Assemble Your Contest Entry
Post your entry with all items to Adventist World Radio in Indianapolis, remembering that the total number of stations you hear on the channel, and neatness and preparation, will all feature in the judging procedure. Remember also, that we will then post your reception reports to the other shortwave stations involved, requesting them to issue QSL cards to you in response.

Other Contest Details
Well, there you have it, the details for our Wavescan 2011 “Choose a Channel DX Contest”. This contest will run through the month of June 2011, and all contest entries should be postmarked at your local post office anywhere in the world on any date up to the end of the month of June, and they should be received at the AWR post office address in Indianapolis no later than the end of the month of July 2011.
Return postage in the form of currency notes in an international currency, or mint postage stamps, or IRC coupons would be welcome. Where possible, a self addressed return envelope, business size or half quarto size, would also be welcome.
The awards for this year’s contest will be similar to all previous contests. There will be a special award for the world winner, one of the Jerry Berg radio history books; and World Radio TV Handbook 2012 for each continental winner. In addition, there will be other special awards as well as AWR souvenirs and radio curios for many participants.
You can remember that all AWR reception reports will be verified with a specially endorsed AWR QSL card. Please remember that it will take a period of many months, well into the new year 2112, to process all of the contest entries and reception reports, but each will in due course be processed.

The only address for the AWR “Choose a Channel” 2011 DX Contest is:-
Choose a Channel DX Contest
Box 29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229 USA

(Dr.Adrian Peterson, Adventist World Radio)

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Radio aus dem Land von Dschinghis Khan in Deutsch auf Kurzwelle

Radio aus dem Land von Dschinghis Khan in Deutsch auf Kurzwelle

Deutsches Radio Ulaanbaatar sendet im Januar und Februar über Kall-Krekel
Das erste deutschsprachige Radio in der Mongolei, Deutsches Radio Ulaanbaatar, wurde im März 2008 von der Galsan Tschinag Stiftung gemeinsam mit dem Goethe-Institut eröffnet. Bisher sendete man 3x pro Woche auf der lokalen UKW Frequenz 98,9 MHz für je eine Stunde. Seit November sind die Sendungen auch über die Internetplattform www.radio700.info abrufbar.
Jetzt hat sich das Deutsche Radio Ulaanbaatar dazu entschlossen, während eines Monats die Sendungen über die Kurzwellenanlage von „RADIO 700“ in Kall-Krekel probeweise auszustrahlen, um so über einen weiteren Verbreitungswege Hörer über Land und Leute zu informieren.

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Sendezeiten auf shortwaveservice.com

90 Jahre Rundfunk aus Königs Wusterhausen

90 Jahre Rundfunk aus Königs Wusterhausen

Als am 22. Dezember 1920 auf dem heutigen Funkerberg in der Rundfunkstadt Königs Wusterhausen erstmalig ein Weihnachtskonzert ausgestrahlt wurde, dürfte den Beteiligten nicht bewusst gewesen sein, welche historisch bedeutende Leistung sie vollbrachten. Im Sommer 1920 hatten sie begonnen, in der Hauptfunkstelle der Deutschen Reichspost Sprache und Musik per Funkwellen zu übertragen. Im Ergebnis dieser Versuchsreihe wurde am 22. Dezember 1920 erstmalig in Deutschland ein Weihnachtskonzert gesendet. Seit diesem Tag gilt Königs Wusterhausen als die Wiege des Rundfunks in Deutschland.

Aus Anlass des historischen Ereignisses findet am 18. Dezember 2010 eine Festveranstaltung “90 Jahre Rundfunk aus Königs Wusterhausen” statt.

Ganz in der Tradition der ersten Rundfunksendung von 1920 wird im diesjährigen Weihnachtsprogramm live gesprochen, gesungen und musiziert. Den Veranstaltern ist es gelungen, für das diesjährige Jubiläum ein ganz besonderes, Generationen übergreifendes Programm zu gestalten. Die Zuschauer können das erste Weihnachtskonzert nacherleben, die Produktion eines Hörspiels über die Rundfunkwiege beobachten und natürlich Musik der zwanziger Jahre genießen. Wie dann die Brücke in die heutige Zeit geschlagen wird – das wird an dieser Stelle noch nicht verraten.

Für alle Radiofreunde, die nicht vor Ort dabei sein können, bieten der Förderverein “SenderKW” und Radio 700 ein ganz besonderes Highlight. Am 22. Dezember 2010 um zwei Uhr Mittags wird, exakt 90 Jahre nach dem ersten Weihnachtskonzert, auf Kurzwelle 6005 kHz das Weihnachtskonzert amplitudenmoduliert und in voller Länge Europaweit übertragen. Weitere Wiederholungstermine sind an den Weihnachtstagen geplant.

Informationen auf http://www.funkerberg.de/90Jahre und http://www.shortwaveservice.com.

Empfangsberichte werden mit eine Sonder QSL Karte bestätigt.

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Radio Gloria

Hallo Hobbyfreunde,
heutzutage werden viele Stationen auf der Kurz- oder Mittelwelle dichtgemacht, doch nun gibt es endlich mal eine positive Meldung!
Vielen DXern dürfte der Name Peter Galliker ein Begriff sein. Er leitete Mitte der 90er Jahre zusammen mit Yves von “International Music Radio” und DJ Stevie von “Radio Sparks” den Anbieterdienst “Shortwave Radio Switzerland”. Dieser ermöglichte es Free-Radio-Sendern ihre Programme über IRRS in Milano auszustrahlen. Das gehört schon seit vielen Jahren der Vergangenheit an. Doch von Peter Galliker gibt es wieder ein Lebenszeichen!
Er ist nun Chef von Radio Gloria, das ist ein religiöser Sender in der Schweiz. Radio Gloria sendet auf der Kurzwelle mit 1 kW auf 6085 kHz via Radio 700 an jedem Adventssonntag, sowie ab 24.12. bis
zum 1.2. täglich, immer von 9 bis 15 Uhr CET und auf Mittelwelle 250 W Luzern (Region) 1566 kHz (17.12. – 15.01.2011). Weitere Infos gibts hier: www.radiogloria.ch

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Five new Klingenfuss products for 2011: All advance orders have been shipped!

Dear friends,

all new products for 2011

– 2011 Super Frequency List on CD
– 2011 Shortwave Frequency Guide
– 2011/2012 Guide to Utility Radio Stations
– 2011 Frequency Database for the PERSEUS Software-Defined Receiver
– 1997-2010 Digital Data Decoder Screenshots on CD

have been published by 4 December. We’ve worked around the clock and hundreds of advance orders have been mailed by Monday 6 December, i.e. well in time for the Christmas holiday and radio monitoring season. Enjoy!

Please note that we did NOT increase our prices for 2011.

Since Larry Magne’s Passport to World Band Radio has been
discontinued in 2009, our 2011 Shortwave Frequency Guide remains the only international handbook that gives you full schedule details for each entry in the unique broadcast frequency list, e.g.

4824.4 – La Voz de la Selva – Iquitos – PRU – 01.00-03.00 – Sp – dom – Mon-Sat

7210.0 – All India Radio – Kolkata – IND – 04.00-05.00 – En Hi Bg –
dom – Sat Sun

11675.0 – Radio New Zealand International – Rangitaiki – NZL – 06.59-07.58 – En – Pa – DRM

On our updated website

www.klingenfuss.org

you can download full A4 size PDF sample pages of our latest printed
products as well as the new 2011 catalogue, plus detailed product
descriptions, sample pages, screenshots, and a list of dealers
worldwide – from Australia to the United States of America!
Alternatively, you may ask for our free 24-pages 2011 printed
catalogue to your postal address.

The 2011/2012 Guide to Utility Radio Stations is the 26th edition of
this standard reference book for both professional HF radio
monitoring services and non-professional radio listeners worldwide.

Deadline for the very latest 2011 broadcast schedules published in
the brandnew Shortwave Frequency Guide was on 20 November 2010.
Unlike traditional publications in this field, our clear layout and
new typeface provides for excellent legibility. See the brandnew PDF
sample pages on our comprehensive webpage!

Apart from the usual up-to-date broadcast and utility station and
schedule databases, the 2011 Super Frequency List on CD now covers 418 fascinating new digital data decoder screenshots from
professional HF stations around the globe.

Our product Digital Data Decoder Screenshots on CD now covers more than 7,800 (seven thousand eight hundred!) digital data decoder screenshots from 1997 to today, essentially produced with WAVECOM equipment. Feed your Windows PC with this CD, and the “slide show” will keep you busy for a few days – or weeks!

WAVECOM W-CODE is a software decoder with inputs identical to the famous W61PC. It allows seamless integration with SDR (Software-Defined Radio) receivers with IQ data or digital audio outputs, and provides all functions required to analyze, decode and process data communications throughout the complete radio spectrum (HF, VHF, UHF, SHF). RADIXON’s Excalibur or MICROTELECOM’s Perseus and the W-CODE make a real dream team!

The W-CODE and W61 series of Digital Data Analyzer and Decoder
products are clearly targeted at the professional market. Typical
applications are manual or automated monitoring of radio
communication transmissions in the HF + UHF + VHF + SHF + satellite
bands, SIGINT, and signal analysis and classification. The superb new software cracks 200+ modes with worldwide leading technology.
Detailed information can be found on our website and in the printed
brochure available upon request.

As precisely predicted by ourselves – and by nobody else! – already
10 years ago in 2000, HF e-mail continues to spread rapidly and has
developed into the major application of modern digital HF techniques
that we have marketed – and used! – for years.

After Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and the Haiti
Earthquake, Lesson # 1 says: Forget about satphone, BPL, cellphones, e-mail and Internet. HF radio is vital!

Best wishes, Joerg Klingenfuss

Klingenfuss Publications
Klingenfuss Radio Monitoring
Hagenloher Str. 14
72070 Tuebingen
Germany
Phone +49 7071 62830
Fax +49 7071 600849
www.klingenfuss.org
E-Mail info@klingenfuss.org

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DSWCI AGM 2011

Dear DX — Friends all over the World !

I am writing to you all at the bidding request of DSWCI, Danish Shortwave Club International.

The 2011 years Annual General Meeting and DX–Camp will take place in Vejers Beach, Western Denmark, Western Part of Jutland on :

May 20 — 22, 2011.
*********************

If you wish to book hotel rooms, you may do so
under the E–Mail address :

klithjem(at)live.dk

Homepage of the Hotel :

www.klithjembadehotel.dk

You can receive more details later on from the Chief Editor of Shortwave News, DSWCI, Kaj Bredahl Joergensen in Denmark :

Kaj.Bredahl(at)mail.dk

With very best wishes and greetings from Sweden,

T i b o r S z i l a g y i

EDXC Secretary General

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Radio RMRC St Helena 23 October 2010

RMRC Broadcast about RSD2009 to Japan and Asia on 23. October 2010 ================================================== The Rhein-Main Radio Club (RMRC) will broadcast a special program in English on Saturday, 23. October 2010, from 13:00 to 14:00 UTC on 11640 KHz with 100 KW (AM-modulation) from Sitkunai in Lithuania to Japan and Asia. The program will be essentially the same as the English broadcast to North America on 09. October. The main feature will be audio clips from the Radio St. Helena Day 2009 programs. There will also be information about the RMRC, comments on RSH and RSD by Robert Kipp, and ( we hope) some special comments by Mr. Toshi Ohtake of the Japan ShortWave Club (JSWC). The RMRC wishes listeners everywhere good reception conditions. No return postage is needed for the special RMRC QSL-card. There is also an electronic QSL for email reports. The postal address can be found on the club web page at www.RMRC.DE With best 73, Robert Kipp

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Moscow Buzzer

This is a page focusing on the strange shortwave transmission known as the “Russian Buzzer” station. It is heard on 4625 kHz. in the AM mode, and has been heard for decades. The true purpose of the station has never been determined, but it has attracted a lot of attention, particularly of late when Russian talk, background chatter and even occasional music have been heard in on the station. Everyone loves a good mystery!

http://uvb-76.blogspot.com/

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Radio St Helena Day 2010

Radio St. Helena Day 2010 :

Date , Times, and Targets

RSD 2010 will be on Saturday, 09. October 2010
=======================================
Target Region Times (UTC ) Beam Heading
=========== ============== ==========
EUROPE 1900 – 2030 UTC 10 degrees

INDIA 2030 – 2130 UTC 70 degrees

JAPAN 2130 – 2300 UTC 50 degrees

North America 2300 – 0030 UTC 310 degrees

Gary Walters, Station Manager of Radio St. Helena, has just confirmed the above information, and, as usual, Derek Richards will operate the RSD shortwave transmitting facility.

There will be a special email-address exclusively for the evening of RSD 2010.
As soon as Gary sets up this special email account, we will publish the account name.

The RSD 2010 QSL cards are being sponsored by the Danish ShortWave Club International.
Reception reports for RSD 2010 should be sent with sufficient return postage to RSH using the special Airmail address via Ascension and the United Kingdom — exactly the same procedure as for the RSD 2009 reception reports. ALL mail to RSH should use this procedure.

ALL 266 QSLs for RSD 2009 have been mailed and should now be arriving around the world.

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NASB Shortwave Listener Survey

New NASB Shortwave Listener Survey, is now online. The purpose of the survey is to gather demographic and other information about shortwave listeners in North America and around the world. Questions deal with listener preferences regarding shortwave stations, programming, receivers, DRM and much more. The NASB is requesting and encouraging all shortwave publications and websites to place a link to the survey, which will be online until May of 2011. The survey results will be announced to the public at the 2011 NASB annual meeting.

The URL for links to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6LRVLJ7

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BDXC

The various frequency listings which are maintained on the British DX Club web site have now been updated for May 2010:

*Guide to DX & Media Programmes
*Africa on Shortwave
*Middle East on Shortwave
*UK on Shortwave
*South Asia on the Tropical Bands
*External Services on Mediumwave

The above can all be found on the Articles Index at:
http://www.bdxc.org.uk

We are also pleased to announce the publication of the A-10 edition of Broadcasts in English which can now be ordered from the club – see Home page for details.
(Copies were sent to club members on Friday and should be delivered this week)

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RTI T-shirt contest

Radio Taiwan International (RTI) is giving away a limited number of t-shirts and Special QSL Cards to the listeners around the world to thank you for the support of the radio station under “Listen to RTI and Win a T-shirt” Contest.
To enter for a chance to win a t-shirt, you can send an email or a reception report about the reception condition in your part of the world. RTI will send you a Qualified Shortwave Listener (QSL) card along with a contest entry card. Return the contest entry card back to RTI with your name and mailing address. There is no limit to the number of entries listeners can send. Photocopies of the card, however, will not be accepted..
Deadline : Mail your contest entry card to RTI with a postmark between April 1, 2010 and August 15, 2010 to enter the drawing.
More Details on :http://www.rti.org.tw/big5/2010Activity/2010QSL/english.aspx
Enjoy RTI and win the contest

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RHC Habana 5040 Khz

Just found the following announcement on the Radio Havana website at http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/a_noticiasdecuba/10/marzo/19/cuba6.htm

“Radio Havana Cuba to Broadcast on Tropical Band

Havana, March 19 (RHC)– Beginning Monday, March 22nd, Radio Havana Cuba will broadcast on the Tropical Band of shortwave frequencies. The international radio station’s programming in Spanish, English, French, Creole and Esperanto will be heard throughout Cuba, as well as in the southern part of the United States, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and the northern part of South America.

Listeners will be able to tune in to Radio Havana Cuba between the hours of 23:00 UTC and 11:00 UTC the following day on 5040 Khz. ”

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