WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

0800-0955 on 17785 in French
1400-1555 on 21600 in French
1000-1155 on 21670 in Indonesian
1600-1655 on 9525 in Pashto
1400-1555 on 11745 in Persian
0400-0455 on 17760 in Somali
0500-0555 on 17760 in Swahili
0400-0555 on 15275 in Turkish
1400-1555 on 9730 in Turkmen
1200-1355 on 15345 in Urdu
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Oct 9)
v21505.28 BSKSA Riyadh, 1st program in Ar. Scheduled 1200-1500 UT. One of
their 500 kW beasts produces always a terrible audio sound and is odd
frequency, some 200-300 hertz above nominal x.00 kHz, since 2-3 years now.
It's even difficult to determine the exact carrier frequency to the
nearest 10...50 Hertz point, when using AOR 7030 or E1 radio set display.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Oct 8)
Seems BSKSA has at least two txs putting out that awful raspy buzz
preventing us from appreciating their recitation of the Holy Qur'an: Oct 9
at 1518 UT, very strong on 15435 as usual, but same buzz also audible
along with very weak // 21460. That makes us wonder if it originate before
the txs, somewhere in the audio feedline. But it doesn't happen on their
other sces around this time.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SIERRA LEONE Towers visible in Google Earth at 08 25 16N 13 17 16W
Goderich, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, shortwavesites Oct 3)
TAIWAN/CHINA Sound of Hope revised freqs on Oct 10: 10450, 13970, 14700,
17310. At 1200 // SOH audio on 10450, 14700 until 1202 s/off. No SOH audio
heard on 13970, 17310. No jamming on 17310 from 1205 and no jamming on
14700 and 13970 from 1305. No SOH audio on 14700 at 1300, while 10450 was
again active. After 1405 SOH 10450 was in the clear with no jamming. SOH
txion times seem to be somewhat variable from day to day. BTW, jamming was
back on SOH 10450 later in the afternoon (after 1505). I guess the Chinese
monitors had a propagation problem and had not heard SOH for a few hours
when they ordered the jammer off after 1405 UT.
(Olle Alm-SWE, wwdxc BC-DX Oct 10)
TAJIKISTAN [see also under INDIA] Radio Tajikistan was heard
continuously in day time on 7245 with strong signals in Middle East langs.
English was noted at 0345-0400 but the annt given was that they broadcast
at 2145 Dushanbe Time ie 1545 UTC. (a difference of 12 hours).
(Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS in Himalayas via wwdxc BC-DX Oct 6)
TURKEY Winter B-06 schedule for Voice of Turkey:
ALBANIAN 0700-0725 9765 from Jan. 01
1230-1325 11910 till Dec. 31
ARABIC 1000-1155 13690 13750
1500-1655 6120 15195
AZERI 0800-0855 11835 15160 from Jan. 01
0800-0925 11835 15160 till Dec. 31
1500-1555 5965
BOSNIAN 1430-1455 9525 from Jan. 01
1900-1925 6110 from Jan. 01
1900-1955 6110 till Dec. 31
BULGARIAN 1200-1225 7105 from Jan. 01
1430-1525 7105 till Dec. 31
CHINESE 1200-1255 12050
CROATIAN 1700-1725 7180