BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

U.K./UEA Thanks for the recording of WADR I was able to hear them twice
on 17870 not 17875 at the frequency is unless my rig is out. Once at 1510
UT this is odd, as their sked starts at 0700 till 0800 UT on 17875 kHz via
Woofferton and at 0800 till 1100 UT via Skelton UK. Summer 2007 sked as
per WADR web site. I sent them an e-mail a few days ago,
West Africa Democracy Radio, Dakar, Senegal.
Sudan Radio on 11805 kHz at 0330 UT in Arabic/Somali. sio 444. May 10th.
Annoucements by OM and YL nice ids, news by yl, check out and tell me.
Please have a listen ... next ... SW radio clandestine for Zimbabwe 11775,
1725 UT 444, via Russia. English programming. 11810 at 1726 UT 444, via
Russia. 12035 at 1727 UT 444, via UK. 4880 at 1727 UT 323. via MEY-RSA.
Commentary on Zimbabwe political situation by OM, in English and Shona.
I phoned them once and left a message on answering machine on a UK number.
(Costa Constantinides-CYP, wwdxc BC-DX May 10)
West Africa Democracy Radio
17875 0700-0800 46SW WOF 300kW 182deg USA NEW MER
17875 0800-1100 46SW SKN 300 195 USA NEW MER
Sudan Radio, outlets on Mon-Fri only.
11805 0330-0400 47E,48W DHA 250kW 240deg USA MNO MER
11805 0400-0500 47E,48W DHA 250kW 245 USA MNO MER
9870 Skelton Cumbria site. Skelton spurious splatter. KBS Korean service
at 0700-0800 UT noted with terrible wide signal splatter of 34 kHz, from
9853 to 9887 kHz on May 6th. Observed on three different rx.
Stuttgart Germany 127 degrees from Skelton.
(wb, May 6)
USA SHORTWAVE CENTER for May 2007.
This month, we turn over this space to a topic that should be of utmost
importance to stateside SWLs and DXers the continuing diminishment of the
U.S.'s well-regarded and acclaimed international broadcaster, the Voice of
America. In the following pages, you will find a series of statements by a
number of commenters from a range of quarters assembled to bring you "up
to speed" on the current dire straits in which the VOA finds itself.
This series of statements are presented here without editorial comment,
save for this one. It is the considered opinion of this writer that, while
there are valid questions regarding effectiveness, distribution platforms
and competing priorities facing international broadcasters, the current
hostile policies of the BBG (the Broadcasting Board of Governors which
oversees U.S. international broadcasting) and some in the U.S. government
toward the VOA have been undertaken principally because the VOA is the
only U.S. international broadcaster operating under a Congressionally
granted charter that guarantees its journalistic independence.
Not one of the other broadcasting entities created in recent years by the
BBG is compelled by law to adhere to this nation's most cherished
principles.
The current BBG and its sponsors apparently prefer a propagandistic
approach toward this nation's official communications with those overseas.
To my mind this betrays a certain lack of confidence both in U.S. ideals
and the ability of the international audience to discern the truth when
given the facts, despite the incontrovertible evidence that it was the
VOA's (and RL/RFE's) approach to international broadcasting in keeping
with these ideals that were instrumental in gaining a successful
completion to the Cold War.
The current BBG policy is a dangerous and corrosive departure from
longstanding American principles upon which the VOA first stood during the