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RSID: <<2016-03-06T11:02Z MFSK-32 @ 6070000+1500>>

Hello and welcome to the third episode of DigiDX, a review of the latest shortwave and DX news broadcast on Channel 292 in the MFSK32 mode. This broadcast includes shortwave news and reception reports and a feature which is a 3 hour listing (2100-0000) of Alan Roe’s

Music on Shortwave guide. As a bonus to the main programme on 1500Hz centre frequency in MFSK32, more of Alan Roe’s guide (1500-2100) will be broadcast with a centre frequency of 600Hz. 

This will start after 3 minutes of the broadcast, to receive this either record the broadcast or open up two copies of FlDigi or MultiPSK and centre the second copy on 600Hz.  The length of this second MFSK32 broadcast is 21 minutes.

DigiDX Schedule for March (all on 6070Khz broadcast from Germany 10KW)

Episode 3 - Friday 4th March : 2000UTC - 2030UTC

Episode 3 - Sunday 6th March : 1100UTC - 2030UTC

Episode 4 - Friday 11th March : 2000UTC - 2030UTC

Episode 4 - Sunday 13th March : 1100UTC - 1130UTC

Episode 4 - Friday 18th March : 2000UTC - 2030UTC

Episode 4 - Sunday 20th March : 1100UTC - 1130UTC

Episode 5 - Saturday 26th March : 2000UTC - 2030UTC

Episode 5 - Sunday 27th March : 1100UTC - 1130UTC

Please keep checking our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/digidx/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/digi_dx) page for details of any extra broadcasts planned.

Latest Shortwave News:

Clandestine station Radio Lead Africa starts broadcasting to Uganda-

Radio Canada International’s 71st anniversary

BBG Requests $777.8 Million for 2017

China First Audio Trademark

Radio Cairo podcasts

WBCQ new freq

Clandestine station Radio Lead Africa starts broadcasting to Uganda

Another new station for Uganda, in light of the elections last month, has started on Shortwave. Radio Lead Africa is believed to be broadcast from the Meyerton, South Africa transmitter.  The initial test broadcasts according to their Facebook page website are “one

of the ways to dislodge dictator Museveni...Museveni MUST go”

The over-complicated test schedule believe to be:

Mon, Tues, Fri 5910kHz 0300-0400 UTC

Wed, Thurs 15455kHz 0500-0600 UTC

Sat 15310kHz 0500-0700 UTC

Sun 9410kHz 0500-0700 UTC

Sun 9430kHz 1900-2100 UTC

More information can be found on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Radio.Lead.Africa/?fref=ts) or Tumblr (http://myradioleadafrica.tumblr.com/)

Radio Canada International’s 71st anniversary

Radio Canada International celebrated their 71st anniversary last week on 25th February. The Canadian Broadcasting International Service was launched on the 25th February 1945 ah[n]d later in 1972 changed name to Radio Canada International.

In 2012, budget cuts forced the end of shortwave broadcasts and an 80% reduction in staff.  The Sackville transmitter towers in New Brunswick was demolished in 2014.

RCI currently produces news and audio broadcasts online in five languages - English, French. Mandarin, Spanish and Arabic.

For more information on the history of RCI go to http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/02/25/history-feb-25-1945-canadas-voice-to-the-world-official-start/

BBG Requests $777.8 Million for 2017

The Broadcasting Board of Governors, the US government agency who supervise Voice of America, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Radio Marti and Radio Free Asia as well as several other stations, have submitted their budget request to congress for the fiscal year

2017.

The amount requested was US$777.8 million, the FY2016 request was $751.5 million and It received $749.6 million in actual funding for FY2016.

Of note in the request is that BBG will invest $4.55 million in the expansion of the shortwave broadcast infrastructure in Kuwait. The Sulaibiyah transmitter in Kuwait is according to the BBG the most cost-effective shortwave transmitting site due to the cost of

electricity in the country.

 “Expanding the broadcast capacity in Kuwait will allow us to migrate transmissions from other far more expensive facilities,” BBG CEO John Lansing said. “BBG will realign, transmitting stations, shortwave station sites and transmissions across its worldwide network

in response to the migration away from shortwave to other next generation media formats.”

It is not clear yet which shortwave transmitters will have some or all of their transmissions moved to the Kuwait site. BBG currently runs 11 transmitter sites  -  The Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in Greenville North Carolina, Sulaibiyah in Kuwait, Iranawila

in Sri Lanka, Lampertheim and Biblis in

Germany, Selebi-Phikwe in Botswana, Pinheira in  São Tomé, Tinian and Saipan in the Mariana Islands, Udon Thani in Thailand  and in Tinang in the Philippines.

China First Audio Trademark

China’s first audio trademark which is about to be approved is one that that will be familiar to many shortwave listeners.  According to CRI “ A sound trademark is a sound that is used to perform the trademark function of uniquely identifying the commercial origin of

products or services. Famous examples include the Nokia tune and the "I'm lovin' it" jingle of McDonald's.”

The first trademark will be CRI’s signature tune which can be heard at the start of many CRI broadcasts. To hear it in MP3 format go to http://mod.cri.cn/eng/news/reports/2016/2/3450cri.mp3 or tune into one of CRI’s many frequencies at the start of a broadcast.

Radio Cairo podcasts

Radio Cairo is well known amongst SWLs for the awful modulation of its broadcasts on shortwave which make it very difficult to hear.  However Radio Cairo have started posting the English programmes online at http://www.cairo.radio360.eu/ which is useful if you are

unable to understand the audio on their shortwave broadcasts.

WBCQ frequency change

WBCQ have announced that they will be moving off their long time frequency of 5110kHz to a new frequency of 5130kHz. According to Tom Medlin, W5KUB (via DXLD)  this is because of a request from the US military who need  the 5110kHz frequency. 

Upcoming relays and special broadcasts:

Scandinavian Weekend Radio (SWR) will be on the air on the 5th March from their  transmitter site located in Virrat, Finland. The schedule is as follows:

4th March UTC 2200 until 2300 - 6170 and 11720kHz

2300-0600 6170 and 11690

5th March UTC 0600-0800 5980 and 11690

0800-0900 5980 and 11720

0900-1400 6170 and 11720

1400-1500 6170 and 11690

1500-1600 5980 and 11690

1700-1900 5980 and 11720

1900-2200 6170 and 11690

Channel 292 have added a large number of special broadcasts in the month of March.  These include Radio Northern Ireland, Radio Albatross, Broad Spectrum Radio, Radio Hobart International, Atlantis FM and Laser 558. To see the full schedule for their 6070kHz

frequency go to http://www.channel292.de/.

VOA Radiogram will be on air at the following times and frequencies over each weekend, the transmission is normally in MFSK32 but also includes other digital modes.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule

(all days and times UTC):

Sat 0930-1000 5865 kHz

Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz

Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz

Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

For full details of the programme to be transmitted and the modes used go to http://voaradiogram.net/

Gilles Létourneau who runs the excellent OfficialSWLchannel channel on Youtube has two of radio related Hangouts this week with his Tuning the Bands Hangout on Friday at 2100 and then the main Shortwave Radio Hangout on Saturday 5th March  at 2100. To watch the

hangouts or any of his videos go to https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSWLchannel

Alan Roe’s guide to music on shortwave

Alan Roe from the UK has collated a great list of all music programmes currently broadcast on shortwave. It includes comprehensive listings over each hour and includes frequencies, the programme name, language and transmitter site details.

To see the full list go to http://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Music-on-Shortwave-B-15-v3.1.pdf but on this broadcast there now follows the 2100-0000 section of the list.

A Selection of Music Programmes on Shortwave - B15 broadcast period Compiled by Alan Roe alan-roe-swl [-at-] mail.com Versions of this list have first appeared in BDXC Communication and NASWA Journal Alan Roe

28 February 2016                                                                           

Start    -   Stop     Days Su-W-Sa   Station     Lang      Programme Title                    Frequencies

2100                            ------   ------   ------              

2100   -   2156    daily        V o Turkey (TSR)  TU       Often has Turkish music            5980 6120

2100   -   2200    su           R Marti           SP       Archivo Musical                    9565-gr 11930-gr

2100   -   2200    daily        AIR Vividh Bharati or  AIR Raagam    HI HI/EN  Film and light music or Classical music            7550-drm:ch.2

2100   -   2200    daily        R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)        5865-kt

2100   -   2200    daily (irr)  ERT V of Greece   GK       Usually varied Greek mx       Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

2100   -   2200    mo           WWCR              EN       Last Radio Playing (Blues)         9350

2100   -   2200    fr           V of America      EN       Music Time in Africa               6080-sa 15580-gr

2105   -   2158    su           Medi 1            FR       La bossa nova (Sanae)              9575

2105   -   2158    sa           Medi 1            FR       Sélection Reggae (Sanae)           9575

2105   -   2158    mo-th        Medi 1            FR       Les Nocturnes (Jawad)              9575

2105   -   2200    mo           V of America      EN       VOA1 - The Soul Lounge             6080-sa 15580-gr

2105   -   2200    th           V of America      EN       VOA1 - Top 20 countdown            6080-sa 15580-gr

2105   -   2200    su           V of America      EN       VOA1 - Country Hits USA            6080-sa 15580-gr

2105   -   2200    tu,we,sa     V of America      EN       VOA1 - The Hits                    6080-sa 15580-gr

2110   -   2120    mo           All India R GOS   EN       Hindustani instrumental music      7550-drm-ch.1 9445 9950-drm 9910 11620-drm 11670 11740

2110   -   2127    sa           R Tirana          EN       Folk Traditional Music             7465

2110   -   2130    su           All India R GOS   EN       Film Songs      7550-drm-ch.1 9445 9950-drm 9910 11620-drm 11670 11740

2110   -   2157    su           KBS World R       FR       Musique coréenne                   3955-wo

2110    -  2200    daily        BSKSA R Saudi     AA       Modern Arabic music                9555 9870

2115   -   2127    fr           R Tirana          EN       Music (modern)                     7465

2115   -   2127    we           R Tirana          EN       Hits Through the Years             7465

2115   -   2130    daily        China R Int       Srb      Varied Western/CC pop/rock         7325-xi 7445ku

2120   -   2127    th           R Tirana          EN       Music (modern)                     7465

2140   -   2155    tu           R Belarus         EN       Best Songs of Slavonic Bazaar      11730 11930

2140   -   2155    we           R Belarus         EN       Music Store                        11730 11930

2145   -   2157    we           KBS World R       FR       Aux sources de la musique coréenne 3955-wo

2150   -   2157    mo-fr        V of America      VV       African music                      5885-va 9490-sa 13670-bo 15120-as

2200                            ------   ------   ------              

2200   -   2230    daily        AIR Vividh Bharati or  AIR Raagam    HI HI/EN  Film and light music or Classical music     7550-drm:ch.2

2200   -   2230    sa           WWCR              EN       Musical Memories                   6115

2200   -   2300    fr 11Mar     Channel 292       EN       The Classics Experience            6070 (fri 11 March only)

2200   -   2300    daily        R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)        5865-kt

2200   -   2300    su           WBCQ              EN       Marion's Attic                     7490

2200   -   2300    daily (irr)  ERT V of Greece   GK       Usually varied Greek mx       Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

2200   -   2300    fr           WBCQ              EN       Behaviour Night                    7490

2205   -   2020    daily        V of Turkey       EN       Music selection (varying time)     9610

2210   -   2257    su           KBS World R       EN       K-Pop Interactive                  11810

2210   -   2258    mo-th        Medi 1            FR       Les Nocturnes (Jawad)              9575

2210   -   2258    su           Medi 1            FR       Jazz Session (Jawad)               9575

2215   -   2258    sa           Medi 1            FR       Goldies                            9575

2220   -   2230    th           R Romania Int     SP       Music Programme                    7380-tg 9790-tg

2230   -   2240    tu           R Romania Int     SP       Folk Music Programme               7380-tg 9790-tg

2230   -   2240    fr           R Romania Int     SP       Romanian Folk Music                7380-tg 9790-tg

2230   -   2240    sa           R Romania Int     SP       Top Musical (pop)                  7380-tg 9790-tg

2230   -   2300    fr           R Australia       EN       Oz Country Style                   15415 15240 17840

2235   -   2257    su           R Havana Cuba     EN       From Havana (2-weekly)             11880

2240   -   2257    sa           R Havana Cuba     EN       Music with a Message alternates with The Jazz Place   11880

2245   -   2257    we           KBS World R       EN       Sounds of Korea                    11810

2245   -   2300    daily        All India R GOS   EN       Devotional Music                   9690 9705 11645-drm 11710 13605-drm

2300                            ------   ------   ------              

2300   -   2400    fr 11Mar     Channel 292       EN       The Classics Experience            6070 (fri 11 March only)

2300   -   2400    daily        R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)        5865-kt

2300   -   2400    daily (irr)  ERT V of Greece   GK       Usually varied Greek mx       Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

2310   -   2358    mo-th        Medi 1            FR       Les Nocturnes (Jawad)              9575

2330   -   2340    mo           R Romania Int     EN       Your Music                         6015-ga 7220-ga 7395-tg 9620-tg

2330   -   2340    su           R Romania Int     EN       Music Time                         6015-ga 7220-ga 7395-tg 9620-tg

2330   -   2340    tu,fr        R Romania Int     EN       Truly Romanian                     6015-ga 7220-ga 7395-tg 9620-tg

2330   -   2340    we,th        R Romania Int     EN       Music Highlights (Classical mx)    6015-ga 7220-ga 7395-tg 9620-tg

2330   -   2340    sa           R Romania Int     EN       All That Jazz                      6015-ga 7220-ga 7395-tg 9620-tg

2335   -   2350    daily        V of Turkey       EN       Music selection (varying time)     5960

2345   -   2355    sa           V of Vietnam      EN       Weekend Music                      9840 12020

Reception Reports

Thank you for all the reception reports sent in for  episode 2, these included reports for broadcasts on Radio 700 3985Khz, on Sunday morning at  0200 on 6070kHz to North America and also on 6070Khz at 1100.

Oscar Marazzini from Italy listened on 3985kHz and emailed into say:

“My name is Oscar Marazzini I am an Italian SWL, I knew about your digital transmissions from an email of Kim Elliott of VOA Radiogram, I'm extremely happy that someone else is giving a try to digital modes and I like to thank you for this.”  Oscar was listening on a

Drake R-4B with Wellbrook loop and decoding using FLDigi rated the signal as SINPO 4544. Thanks Oscar.

Also for that broadcast (which included a segment in Olivia 64-2000), Merkourisfrom Greece emailed to say “Readability MFSK32:  ~10%, Readability Olivia 64-2k:  100%, Remarks:  very strong QRM (local EMI). ​Sometimes the results with the cheap portable are better

compared to the expensive Icom/Wellbrook gear!

This reception is a solid proof of the Olivia mode capability to overcome QRM better than MFSK”

Thanks for listening Merkouris.  We will try more Olivia mode transmissions in future.

Neil Howard in the UK also had success with Olivia 64-2000 and said “Very weak here. I have a 5% decode on MSFK32 (if that! ) hith bad QSB and only on USB  (I recorded the RF and played with it until I got the best decode :(

100% decode on the Olivia though (again USB) at times I couldn't even SEE the Olivia on the spectrum, but got the lot decoded!  :)   You have to love a mode like that, but of course it is sloooooooow :) “

For the 0200 broadcast on 6070kHz Sunday morning for North America we had reception reports from “Jo Ma” in North Carolina, Richard Langley in New Brunswick Canada, ‎Steve Yothment‎ in Georgia, Al Holt in Florida and David Crawford also in North Carolina who said of
the broadcast:

“Reception of the 02:00 UTC 28 February 2016 transmission was poor, SIO 252, partially due to propagation (weak signal), and to inference by a spanish language station at the start.  Decode of text was extremely hard with many errors.  The decode of the image sent at

the start did not occur.  RSID did work properly.

Signal was just above the noise floor,  A couple of dB more on the signal would probably have increased the text decode percentage”

Please keep checking our Facebook and Twitter pages for news on further transmissions to North America. On the DigiDX Facebook page, Guido Barzen listening to the 1100 6070kHz transmission on Sunday and posted “I listened to you guys on Feb.28, 2016 1100 UTC on 6070

in MFSK32. A very strong signal in the Frankfurt area and almost error free copy. However, it took me quite some time to identify the mode. Since you transmit in AM, would it not be better to make a voice announcement about which digimode you will be using at the

beginning of your broadcast? You would win hundreds of readers since you transmit right after the German DARC ham radio news broadcast and everyone wonders what the heck that sound is. I used the software Ham Radio Deluxe for decoding”

Thanks Guido, we have been speaking to DARC and hopefully they will mention our 1100UTC broadcast in their next broadcast and a voice announcement is something we are looking at doing too. 

Thanks everyone for listening and please keep sending any reception reports, comments or suggested stories to reports@digidx.uk

Now follows a MFSK32 image of this week's QSL card

Sending Pic:565x323;

Thank you for listening, this is DigiDX signing off.....

A Selection of Music Programmes on Shortwave - B15 broadcast period Compiled by Alan Roe alan-roe-swl [-at-] mail.com Versions of this list have first appeared in BDXC Communication and NASWA Journal Alan Roe 28 February 2016

Start     -          Stop     Days Su-W-Sa            Station Lang    Programme Title          Frequencies                            

1500                            ------   ------   ------              

1500    -          1530    we       Hamburger Lokal R     EN       Mostly oldies   7265-go

1500    -          1600    fr          R Australia       EN       Triple J Unearthed       9580 12065 12085

1500    -          1600    sa         R Australia       EN       Double J          9580 12065 12085

1500    -          1600    sa,su,m Channel 292 relays      var       Various EN/GM/DU relays (irreg)       6070-rh

1500    -          1600    mo-th   R Australia       EN       Inside Sleeve    9580 12065 12085

1500    -          1600    daily     R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)           5865-ir(1530-) 12005-bi 15690-bi(-1530)

1500    -          1600    su         Mighty KBC    EN       Rock & Roll Rewind - Ron O'Quinn    6095-nn

1500    -          1600    su         WWCR           EN       Inspirations Across America (Gospel Rock)    7490

1500    -          1600    daily (irr)          ERT V of Greece         GK      Usually varied Greek mx          Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

1500    -          1600    daily     V of Turnlrhdoit           Often has Turkish music           11815

1500    -          1600    daily     Zanzibar B. Co            VV      Usually African/local music       11735

1503    -          1600    su         Medi 1 FR       Entr'acte (Jawad)         9575

1505    -          1530    su         V of Mongolia  EN       Sunday music programme        6005-ka

1505    -          1600    sa,su    V of America   EN       Music Time in Africa    4930-bo 6080-bo 15580-bo 17895-sa

1505    -          1600    mo-fr   V of America   EN       Border Crossings         4930-bo 6080-bo 15580-bo 17895-sa

1506    -          1600    su         BBC WS - e+sAF       EN       Global Beats (Monthly)            12095-md 15420-me

1511    -          1522    sa         R Taiwan Int    EN       Original Waves            9465

1515    -          1525    sa         V of Vietnam   EN       Weekend Music          9840 12020

1525    -          1540    th         R Taiwan Int    EN       Encore Formosa          9465

1530    -          1555    mo       R Taiwan Int    EN       Soundwaves    9465

1535    -          1555    we       R Taiwan Int    EN       Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes  9465

1535    -          1600    su         V of Mongolia  EN       Sunday music programme        12015

1545    -          1557    fr          R Slovakia Int  EN       Musical Crossroads     7310-ka

1600                            ------   ------   ------              

1600    -          1656    daily     V of Turkey (TSR)      TU       Often has Turkish music           11815

1600    -          1700    su         R Gloria Int      GM      Mostly oldies (4th su)   6005-ka

1600    -          1700    th         R Australia       EN       My Soundtrack            9580 12065 12085

1600    -          1700    fr          R Australia       EN       Triple J Unearthed       9580 12065 12085

1600    -          1700    sa         R Australia       EN       Double J          9580 12065 12085

1600    -          1700    sa,su,m Channel 292 relays      var       Various EN/GM/DU relays (irreg)       6070-rh

1600    -          1700    daily     R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)           5865-ir 12005-bi

1600    -          1700    daily (irr)          ERT V of Greece         GK      Usually varied Greek mx          Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

1600    -          1700    daily     Zanzibar B. Co            VV      Usually African/local music       11735

1603    -          1700    su         Medi 1 FR       Entr'acte (Jawad)         9575

1610    -          1657    su         KBS World R  EN       K-Pop Interactive        9515 9640

1615    -          1625    sa         V of Vietnam   EN       Weekend Music          7220 7280 9550 9730

1630    -          1650    sa, (su) V of America   EN       Nightline Africa - Music from Africa (irreg on Sundays)           4930-bo 6080-sa 15580-bo 17895-va

1630    -          1700    daily     SLBC  SI etc   Mostly Sri Lankan mx  11750

1645    -          1657    we       KBS World R  EN       Sounds of Korea         9515 9640

1700                            ------   ------   ------              

1700    -          1756    su         R Romania Int  RO      Music 100%    5920-ga 7370-ga

1700    -          1800    sa         R Australia       EN       Double J          9580 12065 12085

1700    -          1800    sa,su,m Channel 292 relays      var       Various EN/GM/DU relays (irreg)       6070-rh

1700    -          1800    daily     R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)           5865-kt 12005-bi

1700    -          1800    su         R Australia       EN       Keys to Music (classical)         9580 12065 12085

1700    -          1800    daily (irr)          ERT V of Greece         GK      Usually varied Greek mx          Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

1700    -          1800    daily     SLBC  SI etc   Mostly Sri Lankan mx  11750

1700    -          1800    daily     V of Turkey (TSR)      TU       Often has Turkish music           5980 6120

1700    -          1800    daily     Zanzibar B. Co            VV      Usually African/local music       11735

1705    -          1747    su         RNZI   EN       Hymns on Sunday        9700 9780-drm

1707    -          1757    su-fr     NHK R Japan  JJ         EE/FF/JJ 'evergreens'   9765-na 11945-fr

1745    -          1800    daily     AIR Vividh Bharati or  AIR Raagam    HI HI/EN        Film and light music or Classical music            7550-drm:ch.2

1745    -          1800    daily     All India R GOS          EN       Devotional Music         7550-drm:ch.1 9445 9950-drm 11670 11935 13695 17670

1800                            ------   ------   ------              

1800    -          1830    daily     SLBC  SI etc   Mostly Sri Lankan mx  11750

1800    -          1830    sa         WWCR           EN       Talking Machine Show 12160

1800    -          1900    sa,su,m Channel 292 relays      var       Various EN/GM/DU relays (irreg)       6070-rh

1800    -          1900    daily     AIR Vividh Bharati or  AIR Raagam    HI HI/EN        Film and light music or Classical music            7550-drm:ch.2

1800    -          1900    daily     R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)           5865-kt

1800    -          1900    su         WWCR           EN       Inspirations Across America (Gospel Rock)    12160

1800    -          1900    daily (irr)          ERT V of Greece         GK      Usually varied Greek mx          Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

1800    -          1900    daily     V of Turkey (TSR)      TU       Often has Turkish music           5980 6120

1800    -          1900    daily     Zanzibar B. Co            VV      Usually African/local music       11735

1805    -          1820    daily     V of Turkey     EN       Music selection (varying time)  11730

1805    -          1856    sa         R Romania Int  RO      As We Like! pt.1 (Club/party) 5990-ga 7375-ga

1805    -          1900    mo       R Mi Amigo Int            EN       Bruno Hantson - Soulbox        3985-ka

1805    -          1900    tu         R Mi Amigo Int            EN       Paul Newman - Good Evening Europe 3985-ka

1805    -          1900    we       R Mi Amigo Int            GM      Capt.Kord - Good Evening Europe     3985-ka

1805    -          1900    th         R Mi Amigo Int            DU      Lion Keezer - Good Evening Europe   3985-ka

1805    -          1900    fr          R Mi Amigo Int            EN       Paul Graham - Weekend Starts Here   3985-ka

1807    -          1857    su-fr     NHK R Japan  JJ         EE/FF/JJ 'evergreens'   9765-na 11945-fr

1810    -          1830    su         China R Int      IT        Music from China        7340-ks 7435-ji

1810    -          1830    sa         NHK R Japan  EN       Japan Hit Tunes (1st sa) Japanese Pop Culture (2nd sa) Music Journey (3rd sa)           11800-me

1810    -          1857    su         KBS World R  EN       K-Pop Interactive        7275

1810    -          1857    su         KBS World R  SP       Melodías de Corea      9740

1815    -          1825    sa         V of Vietnam   EN       Weekend Music          5955- au 7280 9730

1815    -          1830    daily     All India R GOS          EN       Usually, varied musical selection           7550-drm:ch.1 9445 9950-drm 11670 11935 13695 17670

1820    -          1900    daily     Bangladesh Betar         EN       local mx and western mx          13580

1830    -          1840    mo       R Romania Int  EN       Your Music      6090-tg 7350-tg-drm

1830    -          1840    su         R Romania Int  EN       Music Time      6090-tg 7350-tg-drm

1830    -          1840    we,th    R Romania Int  EN       Music Highlights (Classical mx)            6090-tg 7350-tg-drm

1830    -          1840    tu,fr      R Romania Int  EN       Truly Romanian            6090-tg 7350-tg-drm

1830    -          1840    sa         R Romania Int  EN       All That Jazz    6090-tg 7350-tg-drm

1830    -          1850    sa, (su) V of America   EN       Nightline Africa - Music from Africa (irreg on Sundays)           4930-bo 13590-la 15580-bo

1830    -          1900    sa         VOA   Amharic           Chart hits & 'evergreens'          9485-wo 9755-va 11900-me 11965-la 12140-kw

1845    -          1857    we       KBS World R  EN       Sounds of Korea         7275

1845    -          1857    we       KBS World R  SP       Al Son de Corea (Traditional)  9740

1900                            ------   ------   ------              

1900    -          1930    su         V of America   FR       Soul USA (pt1)           9590-sa 12075-bo 15730-va

1900    -          1930    su         WWCR           EN       Musical Memories       12160

1900    -          1945    daily     AIR Vividh Bharati or  AIR Raagam    HI HI/EN        Film and light music or Classical music            7550-drm:ch.2

1900    -          1956    su         R Romania Int  RO      Zi-le D-Alead-Ale Noastre (Folk mx)  5990-ga 7375-ga

1900    -          1956    we       R Romania Int  RO      Music 100%    5990-ga 7375-ga

1900    -          1956    sa         R Romania Int  RO      As We Like! pt. 2 (Club/party)            5990-ga 7375-ga

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1900    -          2000    daily     R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)           5865-ir

1900    -          2000    daily (irr)          ERT V of Greece         GK      Usually varied Greek mx          Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

1900    -          2000    daily     V of Turkey (TSR)      TU       Often has Turkish music           5980 6120

1900    -          2000    daily     Zanzibar B. Co            VV      Usually African/local music       11735

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1915    -          1925    sa         V of Vietnam   EN       Weekend Music          7280 9730

1920    -          1930    tu         All India R GOS          EN       Artist of the Day          7550-drm:ch.1 9445 9950-drm 11670 11935 13695 17670

1920    -          1930    fr          All India R GOS          EN       Memories Linger On (Old film mx)      7550-drm:ch.1 9445 9950-drm 11670 11935 13695 17670

1920    -          1935    su,m,th,s          R Belarus         GM      Time for Music 11730 11930

1930    -          1957    su         R Taiwan Int    GM      Musik aus Taiwan        3955-wo

1935    -          1957    su         R Taiwan Int    FR       Partitions Orientales     9895-wo

1935    -          2000    su         V of America   FR       Soul USA (pt2)           9590-sa 11900-sa 12075-bo 15730-gr

1940    -          1955    tu,we,fr            R Belarus         GM      Time for Music 11730 11930

1940    -          1957    mo       R Taiwan Int    FR       Taiwan Tempo 9895-wo

1940    -          1957    mo       R Taiwan Int    GM      Hit Parade       3955-wo

1945    -          1957    tu         R Taiwan Int    FR       Aux rythmes des montagnes     9895-wo

1945    -          1957    we       KBS World R  GM      Musik verbindet (Traditional)   5885-bu/DRM 5900-bu

2000                            ------   ------   ------              

2000    -          2030    su         V of America   FR       RM Show: Du Blues au Jazz    9490-kt 11900-sa 12075-bo 15730-gr

2000    -          2030    mo       V of America   FR       RM Show: Le hit-parade americain      9490-kt 11900-sa 12075-bo 15730-gr

2000    -          2030    tu         V of America   FR       RM Show: Antenna Libre        9490-kt 11900-sa 12075-bo 15730-gr

2000    -          2030    we       V of America   FR       RM Show: Musique internationale        9490-kt 11900-sa 12075-bo 15730-gr

2000    -          2030    th         V of America   FR       RM Show - Afro music           9490-kt 11900-sa 12075-bo 15730-gr

2000    -          2030    fr          V of America   FR       RM Show: La musique des caraibes    9490-kt 11900-sa 12075-bo 15730-gr

2000    -          2100    sa,su,m Channel 292 relays      var       Various EN/GM/DU relays (irreg)       6070-rh

2000                2100    daily     BSKSA R Saudi          AA      Modern Arabic music  9555 9870

2000    -          2100    daily     R Farda           FS       ME mx (some West mx & talk)           5865-kt

2000    -          2100    daily (irr)          ERT V of Greece         GK      Usually varied Greek mx          Chk: 9420 9935 11645 15630 15650

2000    -          2100    daily     V of Turkey (TSR)      TU       Often has Turkish music           5980 6120

2000    -          2100    daily     Zanzibar B. Co            VV      Usually African/local music       11735

2000    -          2100    sa,su    V of America   EN       Music Time in Africa    4930-bo 4940-sa(2030-) 6080-sa 15580-va

2000    -          2100    mo-fr   V of America   EN       African Beat     4930-bo 6080-sa 15580-va

2000    -          2100    sa         WWCR           EN       Last Radio Playing (Blues)       12160

2005    -          2020    daily     V of Turkey     EN       Music selection (varying time)  6050

2007    -          2055    su         R Liberty         RU       Jazz Time         5885-ud 5925-la 7485-bi

2010    -          2057    su         KBS World R  FR       Musique coréenne        5950-fr

2010    -          2057    su         KBS World R  GM      Unterwegs mit Musik (pop)     3955-wo

2015    -          2027    fr          R Slovakia Int  EN       Musical Crossroads     3985-ka

2015    -          2030    daily     China R Int      Srb      Varied Western/CC pop/rock  7325-ur 7390-xi 9585-ka

2020                2030    th         R Romania Int  SP       Music Programme        6010-tg 7235-tg

2030    -          2040    tu         R Romania Int  SP       Folk Music Programme           6010-tg 7235-tg

2030    -          2040    fr          R Romania Int  SP       Romanian Folk Music  6010-tg 7235-tg

2030    -          2040    sa         R Romania Int  SP       Top Musical (pop)       6010-tg 7235-tg

2030    -          2055    daily     China R Int      PO       Chinese Popular Music            6020-sz 7305-ur

2030    -          2058    daily     Medi 1 AA      Musique Soufie            9575

2033    -          2100    su         R France Int     FR       L'epopee des musiques noires  7205 9790 11995

2035    -          2057    su         R Havana Cuba           EN       From Havana (2-weekly)         11670 or 11760

2035    -          2100    su         V of Mongolia  EN       Sunday music programme        3985-ka

2040    -          2055    su         China R Int      IT        Music from China        7265-ur 7345-ka

2040    -          2057    sa         R Havana Cuba           EN       Music with a Message alternates with The Jazz Place   11670 or 11760

2045    -          2055    sa         V of Vietnam   EN       Weekend Music          7220 7280 9550 9730

2045    -          2057    we       KBS World R  FR       Aux sources de la musique coréenne    5950-fr

2045    -          2057    we       KBS World R  GM      Musik verbindet (Traditional)   3955-wo

2045    -          2100    daily     AIR Vividh Bharati or  AIR Raagam    HI HI/EN        Film and light music or Classical music            7550-drm:ch.2

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Welcome to program 153 of VOA Radiogram from the Voice of
America.

I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Washington.

Here is the lineup for today's program, all in MFSK32:

  1:34 Program preview (now)
  2:36 Ridding Bangkok of pythons and other snakes*
12:57 Astronomers locate source of a fast radio burst*
17:57 Distinguished visitors at the South Pole*
27:13 Closing announcements

* with image


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VOA NEWS

Snakes on a Plain: Bangkok's Python Problem

Steve Herman, W7VOA March 1, 2016

BANGKOK - Bangkok has a python problem.

The Thai capital is reminded of that whenever a particularly
sensational snake sighting makes headlines, such as when a python
was videotaped regurgitating a grown dog. Or the time a couple of
years ago a woman stepping out of her shower was bitten by a
python, emerging from the toilet, which then attempted to drag
her down the drain.

In all, thousands of times every year the 199 hotline of the
Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department rings with an urgent request
to dispatch a snake wrangler.

Over the past dozen years on the job, fireman Pinyo Pookpinyo has
been responsible for clearing the city of more than 10,000
snakes.

On a recent call, Pinyo deftly latched onto a three meter-long
python, much to the relief of a Bangkok homeowner into whose
garden the snake had slithered.

"We'd like to warn people who spot these snakes: Please don't try
to catch them yourself," said Pinyo. "They're prone to crawl into
residences where animals are being raised, especially chickens,
birds, or that have rodents. So you'd better keep your home tidy
and your pets fenced because these snakes will eat them."

During cooler weather the snakes are scarce, but calls to 199
escalate in the rainy season.

Eighty percent of the time the snake calls are for pythons in
search of a meal. Nearly all are the reticulated variety, which
is the world's longest reptile, with the occasional more docile
Burmese python.

Since Pinyo has been on the job, the number of pythons in
Bangkok, which sits in an alluvial plain with pockets of tropical
foliage, has "absolutely decreased" - in no small part, he
claims, due to him single-handedly apprehending so many of them.

Pinyo's biggest scare was early in his career when he was bitten
releasing a highly venomous pit viper, known for their quick
striking capabilities. Fortunately for the fireman he was rushed
on the back of a motorcycle to a hospital just a few kilometers
away for an injection of anti-venom.

Years of handling snakes has made him adept at dealing with the
serpents. But even he is still vulnerable, recently suffering an
injury when a python managed to sink its teeth into his left
hand.

The wranglers say there is usually no need for citizens to be
alarmed when they spot a snake. The majority of the city's
ophidians are not dangerous but some will bite if they feel
threatened by panicky humans.

"Nearly all of the bites result from humans being careless," he
said.

Vipers, cobras and kraits

In a typical year between 7,000 and 9,000 Thais do get bitten by
snakes and there are typically a few dozen deaths, mainly in
rural areas where there are more venomous species and victims do
not seek medical treatment quickly enough.

Besides the vipers, cobras and kraits are Thailand's most
infamous snakes with deadly fangs.

The monocled cobra is found throughout Thailand and Southeast
Asia. It tends to strike when the temperature is above 35 Celsius
and its bite is rapidly fatal.

"Their venom is just for hunting, not self-defense," said Pinyo.
"You might just get a dry bite without any venom being spit but
all victims should seek immediate medical attention as even a
small amount of venom can kill a human in as little as an hour's
time."

Slightly less dangerous is the fast-moving king cobra, growing to
nearly six meters in length. They have even been known to kill
elephants but they prefer other snakes at meal time.

On another emergency call the same day Pinyo snags the python
results in the discovery of a baby copperhead rat snake, which is
harmless.

"Try to keep your house clean and prune your trees to keep them
free of these critters," the fireman advised the homeowner.

 

Advising homeowners

The snake wranglers are patient to educate Thais who wrongly
believe such things as sprinkling slaked lime will keep houses
free of snakes.

Another widespread myth: strings made from banana trees can calm
snakes.

The best way to avoid repeat encounters between humans and
serpents is to keep them at a distance.

Some captured species, such as the rat snakes, are set free
locally, where they help to combat the capital's rodent
infestations. But most are released in rural areas.

This past Sunday, Pinyo released more than 50 pythons, a trio of
cobras, a pair of pit vipers and a single ornamental gliding
snake (mildly venomous) in the wilds of Phetchaburi province,
more than 100 kilometers southwest of the capital and near the
border with Myanmar.

As the last of the freed reptiles slithered towards a large, pond
Pinyo expresses satisfaction in doing his part to alleviate
Bangkok's serpent trouble.

"In Thailand, a Buddhist country, causing distress, even to
animals, is a kind of bad karma," the wrangler explained. "So I'm
convinced people would agree that releasing snakes like this is
better than killing them. It's really the best way."



http://www.voanews.com/content/snakes-on-a-plain-bangkok-python-problem/3214124.html

Photo gallery:

http://www.voanews.com/media/photogallery/3214099.html

Image: Screen capture shows Steve, W7VOA, handling a python ...


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Astronomers Locate Source of a Fast Radio Burst

Rick Pantaleo
VOA Science World Blog
February 29, 2016

Nearly a decade ago a pair of astronomers were going through some
archival data gathered by the 210-foot Parkes radio telescope in
Australia when they discovered a mysterious, powerful burst of
radio waves that lasted only a few milliseconds.

The astronomers determined that these fast radio bursts (FRB)
represented an entirely new astronomical phenomenon.

While scientists suspect a number of phenomena may be associated
with them, their exact cause is unknown since they are so
difficult to detect.

So far only 17 FRBs have been discovered with the latest detected
April 18, 2015 by astronomers at the Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organization's 64-meter Parkes radio
telescope in Australia.

After observing the FRB, the astronomer's at Parkes alerted other
observatories to their discovery and a number of radio and
optical telescope facilities around the world joined in the
search for the signal.

Astronomers from the University of Tokyo, the National
Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and Konan University next
examined a visual image of the FRB taken a day after the first
burst and found that it may have originated at a location in an
elliptical galaxy some 6 billion light-years away.

Some of the scientists involved in making this finding are also
suggesting that these Fast Radio Bursts could generate
gravitational waves such as those detected recently by the LIGO
Scientific Collaboration.

http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/2016/02/29/fast-radio-burst-source-found-high-tech-fishing-stress-and-heart-health/

Image: The Parkes 64m Radio Telescope in Australia ...


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South Pole Diary: In Giant Parkas, Rank Is Less Apparent

Refael Klein
VOA Science World Blog
March 1, 2016

Supporting world-class, meaningful scientific research in a
unique landscape makes working at the Atmospheric Research
Observatory (ARO) one of the most enjoyable positions I've held
in the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps.

The data collected by the Global Monitoring Division (GMD) is
critical to climate research and includes some of the longest
continuous measurements of climate-forcing agents. Six baseline
observatories make up the backbone of GMD's data collection
efforts. As station chief of the South Pole Observatory, I've
been given a tremendous amount of responsibility — a rare
position for a junior officer.

A typical day at work includes fixing malfunctioning equipment,
performing routine maintenance on different experiments, and
collecting data. The hours can be long, but they're rewarding.

Of course, there are also some less-than-glamorous tasks that can
make up my week. Shoveling snow off the roof, hauling trash to
the waste facilities, vacuuming the floor, sounding the urine
barrel — the station chief wears many hats.

While it can be easy to procrastinate when it comes to cleaning
and facility maintenance, every now and then I manage to gain the
motivation to put Windex to window and replace the burned out
fluorescent lights.

This week, I had the added esprit de corps to organize my desk
and find homes for the lingering wrenches and screwdrivers that
litter nearly every work surface in the station.

It would be easy to let ARO continue to creep towards chaos, but
this week we had a group of distinguished visitors (DVs) who were
scheduled to spend time at the station and they had specifically
requested a tour of GMD's facility.

Given the fact that the group included NOAA's chief scientist
along with a three-star vice admiral, the highest ranking officer
within NOAA, I thought it would be prudent to take the extra time
to make sure the trash cans had been emptied and new steps cut
into the snow drift in front or our entrance.

The DV plane landed just after lunch. It was a perfect day
outside. The sun sat at about thirty degrees above the horizon,
infusing the landscape with a pale gold light. It was minus 45
Fahrenheit (minus 42 Celsius), just cold enough to remind
everyone where they were without detracting from the "first time
at Pole" experience.

I greeted the DVs as they left the aircraft, giving the sharpest
salute I could manage with a pair of mittens to the Three-Star.
They only had a few hours at Pole, so station management had
arranged for the use of a Piston Bulley, a small utility vehicle
on treads, to drive us from one point of interest to another. It
was my first time in a covered vehicle on station and, as I
hopped into the back with our guests and gave a nod to our driver
to start rolling, I couldn't help but feel like a DV myself.
After visits to the geographic and ceremonial Poles, I spent an
hour showing the DVs around the Atmospheric Research Observatory.
Here I am (left) explaining the inner workings of our gas
chromatograph.

Our first stop on the tour was at the ceremonial and geographic
poles. Many photographs were taken, including several with the
NOAA Corps Flag.

This was the admiral's first time on the continent and, as he
walked in and out of photos, he asked me about life on station
and my thoughts on my assignment. Apparently, when he transferred
from the navy to the corps, he had done so partially with the
hope of going to Antarctica. He didn't get the billet.

"It's taken me my entire career to get down here," he told me. I
nodded, and we both stared off to some point on the plateau where
a maze of shadows spilled out like a branching creek across the
ice.

It's not every day that you get to feel the admiration of the
most senior officer in your service. Standing where we were, the
two of us shared a singular experience, something we had spent
our entire careers searching for. It was five years for me,
multiple decades for him.

For a brief moment, our difference in rank didn't matter, nor did
our time in uniform, or the path we followed to get to where we
were. We both stood at the most unexpected location imaginable,
surrounded by ice, wind and cold. We were fragile creatures in a
harsh landscape, absolutely aware of our mortality and perfectly
alert to the power, beauty and indifference that surrounded us.

http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/2016/03/01/south-pole-diary-in-giant-parkas-rank-is-less-apparent/

Image: Distinguished visitors and a few other passengers
disembark from their aircraft. Temperatures were warm and the
winds were low, making it an ideal day for a visit to Pole ...



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