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                 21.00-21.30 UTC 1584 KHZ
DOMENICA   (SUN) 00.30-01.00 UTC 7730 KHZ
website: HTTP://WWW.IBCRADIO.WEBS.COM
email: IBC@EUROPE.COM
 

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SABATO     (SAT) 20.25-20.30 UTC 1584 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)         <====   21.25 - 21.30z !!!
DOMENICA   (SUN) 00.55-01.00 UTC 7730 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)
                 11.30-12.00 UTC 6070 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz) E IN OLIVIA 16-500 (2200 Hz) VIA "RADIO BCL NEWS"
BUONA DECODIFICA!

"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP

HAM NEWS - NOTIZIE PER I RADIOAMATORI

ON AIR NOW OR WITHIN NEXT WEEK ---- IN ARIA ORA O ENTRO UNA SETTIMANA

J6   St.Lucia until Feb 28 VA3EGG is signing J68DH QSL H.C.
KG4  Guantanamo until Feb 24 W4WV as KG4WV, KG9LB as KG4AW, KE4KDY as KG4DY, W4ZYT as KG4ZK QSL H.C. & LoTW
KH2  Guam Feb 20 - Feb 22 JL3RDC will be on as NH0DX/KH2
P4   Aruba until Feb 23 K1TO, KK9K, NE9U and W9RE will be/P4 H.C.
PJ2  Curacao until Mar PA0DVD will sign /PJ2 QSL H.C.
PJ7  S.Maarten Feb 15 - Mar 17 AA9A will be on as PJ7AA QSL H.C. & LoTW
SV9  Crete until Apr 10 OG55W is /SV9 QSL ClubLog
T8   Palau Feb 17 - Feb 21 JH1OLB will sign T88DT QSL H.C. dir and bur
V3   Belize until Mar 7 VE3AXT will be on as V31AE QSL M0URX
V4   St. Kitts until Feb 20 N8WD and K4ZGB will be active /V4 QSL H.C & LoTW
VP2M Montserrat until Feb 22 AI2N, N2ZN and WJ2O will be in the contest. Callsigns will follow
VP6  Pitcairn Feb 16 - Mar 5 DJ9HX, DK2AMM, DL6JGN and PA3EWP will be active as VP6EU QSL DK2AMM
XE   Mexico Feb 17 - Feb 19 XF2L team will be on from NA-224 QSL XE1SOV dir
XX9  Macau until Feb 26 Big DL group will be on with three stations signing XX9D QSL DL4SVA
YN   Nicaragua Feb 18 - Feb 19 N1SNB will be in the contest as YN2NB QSL H.C.
Z2   Zimbawe until Jan 2017 7Z1HB is on as ZL2LS QSL DE1ZHB dir & bur

"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP
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QUESTA E' IBC, ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

TRASMISSIONI IN ITALIANO (SCHEDULE):
MERCOLEDI' (WED) 18.00-20.00 UTC 1584 KHZ
                 18.00-21.00 UTC 3975 KHZ
                 19.00-20.00 UTC 6070 KHZ
VENERDI'   (FRI) 02.00-02.30 UTC 9955 KHZ
SABATO     (SAT) 13.00-14.00 UTC 6070 KHZ
                 21.00-21.30 UTC 1584 KHZ
DOMENICA   (SUN) 00.30-01.00 UTC 7730 KHZ
website: HTTP://WWW.IBCRADIO.WEBS.COM
email: IBC@EUROPE.COM
 

"IBC DIGITAL" "IBC DIGITAL" "IBC DIGITAL"

WED - MER 20.30-21.00 UTC 3975 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz) E IN OLIVIA 16-500 (2200 Hz)
FRI - VEN 02.25-02.30 UTC 9955 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)
SAT - SAB 21.25-21.30 UTC 1584 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)
SUN - DOM 00.55-01.00 UTC 7730 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)
SUN - DOM 11.30-12.00 UTC 6070 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz) E IN OLIVIA 16-500 (2200 Hz) VIA "RADIO BCL NEWS"
BUONA DECODIFICA!

"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP

HAM NEWS - NOTIZIE PER I RADIOAMATORI

ON AIR NOW OR WITHIN NEXT WEEK ---- IN ARIA ORA O ENTRO UNA SETTIMANA

J6   St.Lucia until Feb 28 VA3EGG is signing J68DH QSL H.C.
KG4  Guantanamo until Feb 24 W4WV as KG4WV, KG9LB as KG4AW, KE4KDY as KG4DY, W4ZYT as KG4ZK QSL H.C. & LoTW
KH2  Guam Feb 20 - Feb 22 JL3RDC will be on as NH0DX/KH2
P4   Aruba until Feb 23 K1TO, KK9K, NE9U and W9RE will be/P4 H.C.
PJ2  Curacao until Mar PA0DVD will sign /PJ2 QSL H.C.
PJ7  S.Maarten Feb 15 - Mar 17 AA9A will be on as PJ7AA QSL H.C. & LoTW
SV9  Crete until Apr 10 OG55W is /SV9 QSL ClubLog
T8   Palau Feb 17 - Feb 21 JH1OLB will sign T88DT QSL H.C. dir and bur
V3   Belize until Mar 7 VE3AXT will be on as V31AE QSL M0URX
V4   St. Kitts until Feb 20 N8WD and K4ZGB will be active /V4 QSL H.C & LoTW
VP2M Montserrat until Feb 22 AI2N, N2ZN and WJ2O will be in the contest. Callsigns will follow
VP6  Pitcairn Feb 16 - Mar 5 DJ9HX, DK2AMM, DL6JGN and PA3EWP will be active as VP6EU QSL DK2AMM
XE   Mexico Feb 17 - Feb 19 XF2L team will be on from NA-224 QSL XE1SOV dir
XX9  Macau until Feb 26 Big DL group will be on with three stations signing XX9D QSL DL4SVA
YN   Nicaragua Feb 18 - Feb 19 N1SNB will be in the contest as YN2NB QSL H.C.
Z2   Zimbawe until Jan 2017 7Z1HB is on as ZL2LS QSL DE1ZHB dir & bur

"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP
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WED - MER    20.30-21.00 UTC 3975 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz) E IN OLIVIA 16-500 (2200 Hz)
FRI - VEN    02.25-02.30 UTC 9955 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)
SAT - SAB    21.25-21.30 UTC 1584 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)
SUN - DOM    00.55-01.00 UTC 7730 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz)
SUN - DOM    11.30-12.00 UTC 6070 KHZ IN MFSK32 (1500 Hz) E IN OLIVIA 16-500 (2200 Hz) VIA "RADIO BCL NEWS"
 

BUONA DECODIFICA!

"RADIOPASSIONI.IT" "RADIOPASSIONI.IT" A CURA DI ANDREA LAWENDEL
 

La Svizzera apre la strada al DAB+ come "tecnologia di radiodiffusione principale".

Con una decisione che segue di poco l'avvio della procedura di parziale switch-off dell'FM in Norvegia, anche la Svizzera annuncia la procedura di revisione del

testo dell'ordinanza sulla radiotelevisione (ORTV)(https://www.admin.ch/gov/it/pagina-iniziale/documentazione/comunicati-stampa.msg-id-65659.html),

da parte del Dipartimento federale dell'ambiente, dei trasporti, dell'energia e delle comunicazioni (DATEC).

Fino al 26 maggio si discute di due importanti novità. Per le radio locali che coprono gli agglomerati urbani è prevista la fine dell'attuale regime

di concessione con vincolo di programmazione. In altre parole chi trasmette non sarà più tenuto a rispettare aree di copertura e vincoli editoriali attualmente in vigore.
«A partire dal 2020, alle emittenti radiofoniche negli agglomerati urbani non saranno più rilasciate concessioni con mandato di prestazioni e le zone di copertura in vigore

sino a quel momento verranno abolite. Il cambiamento interessa le stazioni che già oggi non beneficiano dei proventi del canone di ricezione.

L'introduzione delle concessioni era stata resa necessaria dalla penuria di frequenze: con la digitalizzazione tale argomentazione ha però perso la sua ragion d'essere.

Le regioni interessate dispongono già di un'ampia offerta editoriale, che non sarà compromessa dalla scomparsa della possibilità di esigere dei mandati di prestazioni.
Una volta libere dai vincoli di programma finora definiti nei mandati di prestazioni, le stazioni commerciali locali godranno di maggiore autonomia.

Potranno così strutturare liberamente i propri programmi e scegliere le strategie più consone al raggiungimento del loro pubblico target.»
Ma quel che più conta è che dal 2019, la Svizzera intende sostituire col DAB+ l'FM inteso come "tecnologia di radiodiffusione principale".

Il passaggio definitivo al DAB+ dovrà concludersi entro il 2024 (non è chiaro se questo comporterà lo switch-off di tutte le emittenti oggi operative in FM

o se come in Norvegia resterà la possibilità di operare in analogico per le stazioni locali.
Un "rapporto esplicativo" è disponibile a questo indirizzo

https://www.bakom.admin.ch/dam/bakom/it/dokumente/bakom/das_bakom/rechtliche_grundlagen/Vernehmlassungen/rtvv-teilrevision-erlauternder-bericht.pdf.download.pdf/Erl%C3%A4uterungen%20it_RTVV%20_Version%20Vernehmlassung_f%C3%BCr%20Website.pdf .
 

UK: Ofcom rinnova per altri cinque anni le licenze commerciali analogiche. Ma quasi sicuramente sarà l'ultima volta.

Il regolatore inglese Ofcom ha appena rilasciato i documenti relativi alla revisione della procedura di valutazione dei costi per licenze concesse a operatori

di reti nazionali analogiche. Raggiungendo una conclusione che può aggiungere un utile elemento

( https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/97240/Classic-and-Absolute-Determinations-2017.pdf )

alla discussione oggi in corso sulle licenze che verranno rilasciate in Italia.
Nel Regno Unito sono attualmente in essere tre licenze commerciali per la radio analogica a livello nazionale.

I titolari sono tre: Absolute Radio, Classic FM e Talk Sport. Tutte e tre le licenze scadono nel 2018 ma un
emendamento del Braodcast Act prevede la possibilità di rinnovarle per altri cinque anni. Si trattava insomma

di capire se i metodi valutativi adottati finora erano efficaci o se bisognasse variare i prezzi che fino a
questo momento erano di 10 mila sterline all'anno a rete (Absolute opera su alcune frequenze FM, Londra inclusa

e alcune in AM in diverse location; Talk Radio dispone di una rete AM che si articola a livello nazionale su
un paio di frequenze; la musicale Classic FM opera, come dice il nome, in modulazione di frequenza).

Ofcom si è chiesta soprattutto se avesse senso aprire il mercato a un nuovo entrante, ma le valutazioni fatte hanno
portato a escludere questa possibilità: licenza a parte, un nuovo entrante sarebbe costretto ad affrontare costi

iniziali che il potenziale di mercato di una rete analogica non riuscirebbe mai a coprire. La radio
analogica, scrive Ofcom, perde continuamente ascoltatori a favore del digitale, per la modulazione di ampiezza

in particolare questo implica da un lato un progressivo aumento del costo per ascoltatore (se tengo acceso lo
stesso impianto che prima serviva 5000 persone e oggi ne serve 2.500, i miei costi/ascoltatore raddoppiano),

dall'altro una diminuzieueiel valore e di conseguenza dei fatturati pubblicitari.
L'esito di questa analisi ha portato Ofcom ha riconfermare il costo di 10 mila sterline annuo a rete e a confermare

l'azzeramento del versamento dei cosiddetti PQR, percentage of qualified revenue, la percentuale sui
ricavi che un titolare di licenza dovrebbe assicurare allo Stato che rilascia tale licenza. Ovviamente,

anche un PQR a valore zero testimonia la forte svalutazione percepita nei confronti della radiofonia analogica. Ora
Classic e Absolute avranno rispettivamente un mese e due mesi di tempo per accettare le nouve condizioni e rinnovare

per altri cinque anni il diritto a trasmettere. Per Talk Sport le rivalutazioni sono ancora allo studio,
ma per il momento nulla lascia a presagire che la licenza non verrà rinnovata. Che cosa succederà nel 2023?

Certezze non ve ne sono, ma è praticamente scontata una totale dismissione delle onde medie analogiche (forse con
la possibile eccezione delle low power AM?) mentre per l'FM era sostanzialmente previsto che avvenisse come in Norvegia,

switch-off a favore della radio digitale DAB.

"RADIOPASSIONI.IT" A CURA DI ANDREA LAWENDEL END END

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"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP

HAM NEWS - NOTIZIE PER I RADIOAMATORI

ON AIR NOW OR WITHIN NEXT WEEK ---- IN ARIA ORA O ENTRO UNA SETTIMANA

3B7  St.Brandon Oct 2017 Rumors are circulating about a French operations
3X   Guinea until Feb 28 F5OZC & F8DQZ will operate from AF-051 as 3XY3D QSL F5OZC
5X   Uganda until Mar 7 KK7PW will sign 5X1O QSL EA5GL
5X   Uganda Feb 23 - Feb 26 SM1TDE will sign 5X8EW QSL H.C. & ClubLog
5Z   Kenya until 2019 DL2RMC will sign /5Z4 QSL H.C.
6W   Senegal until Apr F6AFH as 6W7SS QSL H.C.
6W   Senegal until Mar 5 HA3AUI will sign 6W2SC QSL H.C. dir LoTW
7P8  Lesotho until Feb 26 HA5AO will sign 7P8EUDXF QSL H.C. OQRS
8J   Antartica All 2017 JG2MLI will be on from 8J1RL. Will also use 8J60JARE QSL H.C. LoTW
8P   Barbados Mar 4 - Mar 5 Mar 25 - Mar 26 8P6ET will be in the contest using the call 8P1WKU9C
8P   Barbados until Mar 7 KG9N will sign 8P9AL QSL H.C. & LoTW
9X   Rwanda until Mar 11 DF2WO will be on as 9X2AW QSL M0OXO
C9   Mozambique until Mar PD0JBH is now on as C91PA QSL H.C. & LoTW
FG   Guadeloupe until Mar 9 F6ITG will sign /FG and TO7D QSL H.C. & LoTW
FG   Guadeloupe until Mar 13 F6HMQ & F6GWV will sign /FG. Will sign TO3Z during the contest QSL F6HMQ
FG   Guadeloupe Feb 24 - Mar 26 F1DUZ will sign /FG QSL H.C dir & bur
FO/A Austral until Mar 3 W5MU, W5RF. VE7KW and VA7DX will be on all bands signing TX5T
FR   Reunion Feb 28 - Mar 7 DL2NUD will be on EME
FS   St.Martin until Mar 10 F8AAN will be /FS contest included QSL ClubLog & dir
FT   Antartica until Feb 2018 F4HLT will sign FT3YL from AN-017 QSL F6KPQ
FY   F.Guiana until Mar 28 F6CKD will be /FY QSL H.C.
H40  Temotu VK4FEDX is now on as H40DA QSL H.C.
HL   S.Korea Mar 8 - Mar 11 JA8COE will be /HL4 from AS-026 QSL H.C dir bur Clublog
HK0  San Andres until Feb 27 LW9EOC will be on as 5J0NA QSL H.C.
HK0  San Andres until Mar 7 AA4NC, WJ2O and others will be on as 5K0N QSL H.C.
HP   Panama until Feb 27 AA1M & W1USN will sign /HP QSL H.C. Dir & bur LoTW
HR   Honduras until Apr 24 F2JD will be again /HT5 QSL F6AJA
J5   Guinea Bissau until Mar 5 HA3AUI will sign J5UAP QSL H.C. dir LoTW
J6   St.Lucia until Feb 28 VA3EGG is signing J68DH QSL H.C.
KP2  Virgin Islands Feb 27 - Mar 6 KK9A will sign WP2AA QSL WD9DZV

"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP
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"IBC DIGITAL" "IBC DIGITAL"
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Welcome to program 203 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 except
where noted:

  1:50 Program preview (now)
  3:17 Trump Administration sued over bumble bee protection*
  9:18 India rocket launches 104 satellites*
16:09 Olivia 64-2000: First white dwarf pulsar discovered
20:44 MFSK32: World Radio Day items from RFE/RL*
23:27 Ukrainian text**
25:59 Closing announcements*

* with image

** use UTF-8 character set


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Trump Administration Sued Over Protection for Vanishing Bumble
Bee

Reuters via VOA News
February 15, 2017

An environmental group sued U.S. President Donald Trump's
administration on Tuesday for delaying a rule that would
designate the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a branch of the Interior
Department, in September proposed bringing the bee under federal
safeguards.

The rule formalizing the listing of the vanishing pollinator,
once widely found in the upper Midwest and Northeastern United
States, was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 11 and was
to take effect last Friday.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said the listing has
been delayed until March 21 as part of a broader freeze ordered
by Trump's White House on rules issued by the prior
administration aimed at protecting public health and the
environment.

The group argued in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of New York that U.S. wildlife managers
had violated the law by abruptly suspending the bumble bee
listing without public notice or comment. They said the rule
technically became final when it was published in the Federal
Register.

The lawsuit seeks to have a judge declare that the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service acted unlawfully and to order the agency to
rescind the rule delaying the bumble bee's listing.

"The science is clear - this species is headed toward extinction,
and soon. There is no legitimate reason to delay federal
protections," Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney
Rebecca Riley said in a statement.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could not immediately be
reached for comment.

Bumble bees pollinate wildflowers and about a third of U.S.
crops, from blueberries to tomatoes, according to the Xerces
Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

The bee's population and range have declined by more than 90
percent since the late 1990s due to disease, pesticides, climate
change and habitat loss, according to wildlife officials.

The insect is one of 47 varieties of native bumble bees in the
United States and Canada, more than a quarter of which face the
risk of extinction, according to the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature.

In September, seven varieties of yellow-faced bees in Hawaii
became the first such insects to be added to the U.S. list of
endangered species because of losses due to habitat destruction,
wildfires and the invasion of nonnative plants and insects.

http://www.voanews.com/a/trump-administration-sued-over-protection-for-bumble-bee/3725391.html


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VOA NEWS

India Puts Record 104 Satellites in Space

Anjana Pasricha
February 15, 2017

India satellites

NEW DELHI - An Indian rocket blasted off Wednesday morning from
Sriharikota in eastern India putting a record 104 satellites into
space in a single launch, surpassing Russia’s previous feat of
launching 37 satellites one year ago, according to India’s space
agency.

The launch also marked a milestone in the country’s efforts to
emerge as a serious contender in the multi-billion dollar global
commercial space industry by slashing costs.

Besides a 714 kilogram earth observation satellite, the others
were mostly nano satellites — those weighing up to 10 kilograms.
A majority of these small satellites came from customers in the
United States, others from countries such as Kazakhstan, the
Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

The nationally televised launch showed scientists applauding
successive stages in the mission control room.

Calling it a “great moment” for the Indian Space Research
Organization, Associate Project Director B Jayakumar said, “as
you know doing something new in an innovative way, successfully
is always a passion for ISRO people.”

Low-cost program

India’s space program has focused heavily on low-cost access to
space. The ability to put a larger number of satellites in space
in a single launch brings down the cost significantly, which
could help the country grab a larger slice of the commercial
launch market, analysts say.

“Doing record-breaking launches in one go does clearly highlight
India’s advancement as well as the sophistication to do a lot
more maneuvering in India’s space program,” said Rajeswari Pillai
Rajagopalan, a space analyst from New Delhi’s Observer Research
Foundation. Pointing out that it will inspire more confidence in
India’s space program, she said “A lot many more countries could
be approaching India to do their own space launches.”

The growing demand for more high-tech communication by countries,
as well as by private telephone, Internet and other companies,
has hugely boosted the demand for such launches. Last year, India
launched 75 satellites for foreign customers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted “This remarkable feat by
ISRO is yet another proud moment for our space scientific
community and the nation. India salutes our scientists.”

India increased the budget for its space program this year and
allocated resources for a potential second mission to Mars and
its first to Venus in the coming years.

http://www.voanews.com/a/india-puts-104-satellites-in-space/3725394.html

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Astronomical Oddity Found

Rick Pantaleo
VOA Science World Blog
Feb 13, 2017

Astronomers have discovered what is thought to be the first white
dwarf pulsar to be found in the universe.

This astronomical oddity is located in a binary or two-star
system, identified as AR Scorpii, some 380 light years from
Earth.

White dwarfs are the remaining cores of medium mass stars that
have used up their nuclear fuel.

Pulsars, known as the lighthouses of the universe because they
emit powerful and bright pulsating beams of radiation, are
usually associated with rotating neutron stars, remainders of
massive stars that exploded in supernovae.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty marked World Radio Day (13
February) with these items at rferl.org ...

Radio Still Vital For Many RFE/RL Audiences
http://pressroom.rferl.org/a/28311996.html

RFE/RL Radio Listeners Cherish Platform 'With A Democratic Soul'
http://pressroom.rferl.org/a/listeners-respond/28304110.html

Radio On The Front Lines In Ukraine
http://pressroom.rferl.org/a/28307044.html

Majlis Podcast: The Relevance Of Radio In Central Asia
http://www.rferl.org/a/qishloq-ovozi-podcast-relevance-radio-central-asia/28305281.html




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