Hello and welcome to DigiDX 37 a weekly review of the latest shortwave
and DX news, today in MFSK32 mode. This programme includes the latest
shortwave news plus the e-QSL card.


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programme.


--- LATEST SHORTWAVE NEWS ---


- BBC WORLD SERVICE ANNOUNCES BIGGEST EXPANSION 'SINCE THE 1940s'
- BBC TO LAUNCH SHORTWAVE RADIO SERVICE TARGETING N. KOREA IN APRIL 2017
- RADIO ITAHUKA VIA MEDIA BROADCAST
- DSWCI SHORTWAVE BROADCAST
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)  "Gruss an Bord"
-   C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL"  CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITIES





BBC WORLD SERVICE ANNOUNCES BIGGEST EXPANSION 'SINCE THE 1940s'


The BBC World Service will launch 11 new language services as part of
its biggest expansion "since the 1940s", the corporation has announced.
The expansion is a result of the funding boost announced by the UK
government last year. The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic,
Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and
Yoruba. The first new services are expected to launch in 2017.

"This is a historic day for the BBC, as we announce the biggest
expansion of the World Service since the 1940s," said BBC director
general Tony Hall. "The BBC World Service is a jewel in the crown - for
the BBC and for Britain. "As we move towards our centenary, my vision is
of a confident, outward-looking BBC which brings the best of our
independent, impartial journalism and world-class entertainment to half
a billion people around the world. "Today is a key step towards that
aim."

Relevant as ever The plans include the expansion of digital services to
offer more mobile and video content and a greater social media presence.


BBC World Service expansion
• £289m investment
• 11 new languages
• 12 new or expanded daily TV and digital bulletins
• 40 languages covered after expansion
• 500m people reached by 2022 - double the current number
• 1,300 new jobs, mostly non-UK


On Wednesday the BBC launches a full digital service in Thai, following
the success of a Facebook-only "pop-up" service launched in 2014.


Other expansion plans include:
• extended news bulletins in Russian, with regionalised versions
  for surrounding countries
• enhanced television services across Africa, including more
  then 30 new TV programmes for partner broadcasters across
  sub-Saharan Africa
• new regional programming from BBC Arabic
• short-wave and medium-wave radio programmes aimed at audiences
  in the Korean peninsula, plus online and social media content
• investment in World Service English, with new programmes, more
  original journalism, and a broader agenda

 Fran Unsworth, the BBC's World Service director, said: "Through war,
revolution and global change, people around the world have relied on the
World Service for independent, trusted, impartial news.

"As an independent broadcaster, we remain as relevant as ever in the
21st Century, when in many places there is not more free expression, but
less. "Today's announcement is about transforming the World Service by
investing for the future.

"We must follow our audience, who consume the news in changing ways; an
increasing number of people are watching the World Service on TV, and
many services are now digital-only.

"We will be able to speed up our digital transformation, especially for
younger audiences, and we will continue to invest in video news
bulletins.

"What will not change is our commitment to independent, impartial
journalism." The new language services mean the BBC World Service will
be available in 40 languages, including English. Lord Hall has set a
target for the BBC to reach 500 million people worldwide by its
centenary in 2022.

(source: www.bbc.com/news)
 

 

 

 

 

BBC TO LAUNCH SHORTWAVE RADIO SERVICE TARGETING

                       N. KOREA IN APRIL 2017

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will launch a regular
shortwave radio service into North Korea in April next year. Aired by
the public broadcaster’s World Service network, the broadcast in the
Korean language will offer news updates from the Korean Peninsula and
around the world. An English conversation lecture will also be part of
the program. As the program targets audiences in the North, the BBC will
create a broadcasting crew with North Korean defectors who are familiar
with North Korea's culture and accent. Currently, the broadcaster is
known to be training five North Korean escapees living in Britain. A BBC
insider said that the British broadcaster will be able to help promote
the opening of North Korea through the radio service, as its programs
played an important role in the demise of communist Eastern Europe.
The North's communist regime has been opposing the BBC’s plan through
various channels. Analysts say that the delayed launch of the service
may be related to Pyongyang’s opposition. The radio service was
initially scheduled to begin this fall.

(source: http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)
 

 

 

RADIO ITAHUKA VIA MEDIA BROADCAST

Last week from Media Broadcast:

We got a request from one of our customers to receive reception reports
for their broadcasted transmission. Therefore I would kindly like to ask
you if you will be able to listen to the signal next Saturday or any
Saturday beyond and send us a report to
“QSL-Shortwave@media-broadcast.com” Transmission parameters are:
17870 kHz (16 meter band) via Issoudun to Central Africa from 1700-1800
UTC with 100 kW each Saturday. Next broadcast will be on November 12th,
2016. We can’t guarantee that we will be able to reply to your report
with an eQSL card. But it would be of help if you have time to listen
and to send us your feedback regarding this transmission. Thank you very
much in advance for your support in this matter.

Best regards,

Michael Puetz Sales Consultant, Business Unit Radio MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH

According to the eQSL we received from Media Broadcast, the station is
called Radio Itahuka. The language of the programme is most probably
Kinyarwanda. http://www.radioitahuka.org/                                               <=======   <param name="flashvars" value="url=http://158.69.217.136:8000/airtime_128

The latest schedule of Media Broadcast is available at:
https://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/Downloads/Radio/KW/MBR_B16_operational_schedule_11112016.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSWCI SHORTWAVE BROADCAST

From RMRC via EDXC News:

Hello all, DSWCI will close down, that's why Robert Kipp from
Rhein-Main-Radio-Club, Germany produced a one hour shortwave program
“DSWCI-the last AGM”. This program will be broadcasted to Europe,               <======  AGM = Annual General Meeting
 

Japan, Asia, Australia, North America, Eastern North America, the
Caribbean and South America on 3.12.2016 to Europe

 4.12.2016
 5.12.2016
10.12.2016
11.12.2016
12.12.2016
by WRMI and SLBC
The RMRC publish a special QSL-card for your Reception Report.
Good luck in listening
RMRC-managing board


SRI LANKA Victor Goonetilleke, program manager
----------------------------------------------
To  EUROPE :
Sat 03 Dec 2016 (UTC) from 1930-2030 UTC on 9715 kHz (350 degrees; 125 kW)


To  JAPAN, Asia, Australia :
Sun 04 Dec 2016 (UTC) from 1000-1100 UTC on 11835 kHz
or
Sat 03 Dec 2016 (UTC) from 1000-1100 UTC on 11835 kHz



WRMI Jeff White, program manager
--------------------------------
All broadcasts from WRMI are 30 minutes long; therefore Part1 and Part2.


PART ONE
2300 UTC Sat, Dec 3 -  5850 kHz to North America (especially Central and West)
2330 UTC Sat, Dec 3 - 11580 kHz to Eastern North America (and Europe)
2030 UTC Sun, Dec 4 - 11580 kHz to Europe (and Eastern North America)
2300 UTC Sun, Dec 4 -  5850 kHz to North America (especially Central and West)
0230 UTC Mon, Dec 5 -  9955 kHz to the Caribbean, North and South America


PART TWO
2300 UTC Sat, Dec 10 -  5850 kHz to North America (especially Central and West)
2330 UTC Sat, Dec 10 - 11580 kHz to Eastern North America (and Europe)
2030 UTC Sun, Dec 11 - 11580 kHz to Europe (and Eastern North America )
2300 UTC Sun, Dec 11 -  5850 kHz to North America (especially Central and West)
0230 UTC Mon, Dec 12 -  9955 kHz to the Caribbean, North and South America


Note that the Monday transmissions on 9955 kHz are actually Sunday evening in the Americas.


(source: https://edxcnews.wordpress.com/)

 

 

 

 

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)  "Gruss an Bord"


The annual Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)  "Gruss an Bord" programme on shortwave
 on 24 December has been confimed to have the following schedule:
 

19.00 UTC till 21.00 UTC
 

 6.125 kHz Atlantic - North
11.650 kHz Atlantic - South
 9.800 kHz Atlantic / Indian Ocean (South Africa)
 9.740 kHz Indian Ocean - West
 9.790 kHz Indian Ocean - East
 6.145 kHz Europe

21.00 UTC till 23.00 UTC

 5.930 kHz Atlantic - North
 9.830 kHz Atlantic - South
 9.590 kHz Atlantic / Indian Ocean (South Africa)
 9.765 kHz Indian Ocean - West
 9.650 kHz Indian Ocean - East
 6.145 kHz Europe


For more information on the programme “Greetings On Board” which is
aimed at sailors around the world and has been on the air since 1953 can
be found at
http://www.ndr.de/info/sendungen/Gruss-an-Bord,grussanbord306.html

(in German).

 

 

 

C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL" CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITIES

Thanks to regular listener from Venezuela, Willams Lopez, for sending
the story below in Spanish and English where he asks for reception
reports of the image transmitted below to be sent to them. This image
will be transmitted in the next few DigiDX broadcasts to ensure decoding
while we experience bad reception conditions.

VENEZUELA: EL "CLUB DIEXISTAS DE LA AMISTAD" ESTA CELEBRANDO SUS 40
AÑOS DE ACTIVIDADES EN PRO DEL DIEXISMO LATINOAMERICANO SI DESEAS
CONFIRMAR ESTA TRANSMISION CON LA TARJETA QSL ELECTRÓNICA, FAVOR
REMITIR SU INFORME A: 40cdxainternacional@gmail.com . O PUBLICARLO EN
NUESTRO GRUPO DE FACEBOOK "CADENA DX". GRACIAS. . VENEZUELA: "C.DX.A -
INTERNACIONAL" IS CELEBRATING ITS 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITIES IN PRO OF LATIN
AMERICAN DX. IF YOU WANT TO CONFIRM THIS TRANSMISSION WITH ELECTRONIC
QSL CARD, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORT TO:40cdxainternacional@gmail.com. OR
PUBLISH IT IN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP "CHAIN DX" . THANK YOU.

 
Sending Pic:224x225C;

 

 

 

Upcoming relays and special broadcasts:

VOA Radiogram will be on air this weekend on the following frequencies,
for more information on the modes to be used visit
http://voaradiogram.net/


Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz                       <======  5865 kHz !!!
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

 After a summer break Gilles Létourneau who runs the excellent
OfficialSWLchannel channel on Youtube is back with the normal Friday and Saturday
Shortwave Radio Hangout's at 2000UTC.

Go to https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSWLchannel
to view the hangouts and other radio related videos.




 

To coincide with the news of the BBC World Service expansion featured earlier
in this episode we now have a MIDI version of the BBC WS interval signal broadcast
in base64 mode.  To convert to MP3 go to http://midi.digidx.uk or go to
 http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp choosing to decode the
 data and export to file, the file can then be renamed a .MID file and opened
 in Winamp or a similar software.
 

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BBC_WS_interval_signal_broadcast_(base64).mid   BBC_WS_interval_signal_broadcast_(base64).mp3

 

 
Sending Pic:532x304;

 

 

 

Thank you for listening, please send reports, comments and shortwave related news or articles to reports@digidx.uk.
This is DigiDX Signing off.....