BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

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(Anker Petersen-DEN, dswci Mar 30)
"Investment Commission of the Missing Japanese probably related to North
Korea", who is sending "Shiokaze" broadcast to North Korea, is planning to
spray the bills to North Korea in April. 5m diameter balloon with 3 bags
of bills will be launched near the 38deg boundary line. Using timers, bags
will be exploded 3 times in the skies of North Korea, and 100000 bills
will be sprayed around Pyongyang area.
On the bill, the following information is written in Japanese and Korean.
The frequencies and hours of "Shiokaze" broadcast, the requirement message
to North Korean people to inform them of the abducted Japanese in North
Korea, $10000 reward for the information. The launch of the balloon will
be done by the Korean organization "Christian Union of Refugees from North
Korea", who has been spray the same kind of bills since 2004.
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX Mar 25)
Radio Japan reductions from October 1.
According to Mr. Tohru Yamashita of Asian Broadcasting Institute, NHK
Radio Japan made the decision to cut down their shortwave transmission on
October 1. The daily broadcasting hours will be reduced to 49 hours 20
minutes from 65 hours.
Malay (now 1 h 20 min/day), German (1h), Swedish (30 min), Italian (30
min) services are to be discontinued.
English service is to be drastically reduced to 3 h 10 min/day from 14
hours.
Other reductions: French to 1 h from 2 h 10 min, Spanish to 1 h 30 min
from 1 h 50 min. The reduction is mainly due to the discontinuation of
shortwave transmission to North America/Hawaii, and Europe except Russia.
Other services will be remain unchanged: Japanese (20 h), Chinese (4 h),
Russian (3 h 40 min), Korean (2 h 50 min), Indonesian (2 h 10 min),
Vietnamese (1 h 20 min), Thai (1 h 20 min), Burmese (1 h 20 min), Bengali
(1 h), Hindi (1 h), Urdu (1 h), Persian (1 h), Arabic (1 h), Swahili (1
h), Portuguese (1 h).
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, dxld March 24)
KOREA REP. of So far the new A07 frequency schedule has yet to be
posted, but it turns out that the English A07 is available on a pop-up
(which I found after unblocking the pop ups from this site) [text edited]:
Europe 1600 on 9515, Europe 1800 on 7275, Europe 2100 on 3955 (30 mins).
North America 0230 on 9560 (30 mins), North America 1200 on 9650.
North America[sic, is to EUR] 1430 on 9770 DRM Fridays only (duration not
given).
[DRM Rampisham 35kW 95 degr, wb]
South America 0200 on 15575. South Asia 0800 on 9570. South Asia 1300 on
9770 9570
(all one hour u.o.s.)
A second pop-up at
(? via dxld Mar 25)
MALDIVES Minister of Information, Mohamed Nasheed, officially legalised
private broadcasting in the Maldives at a press conference at the Majlis
on Wednesday.
The announcement means that the government has nominally met its target of
allowing private broadcasting by World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
Companies can now purchase an Agreement from the government for Rf1000.