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1400-1500 on 7535 A-A 500 kW / 094 deg in English
1300-1400 on 9310 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg in Burmese
0900-1100 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg in English
1100-1200 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg in Korean
1100-1300 on 12150 A-A 500 kW / 094 deg in Chinese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Nov 16)
USA I avoid WINB since I know there's nothing but gospel huxters on
there, but nevertheless as I was tuning across 13570 kHz on Nov 17 at 1430
UT I heard an ID for Family Radio, and then the familiar drone of Harold
Camping, who went on to tell a story about giving Bibles to those who
dwell on garbage dumps in the Philippines (There are probably better ways
to help them than to encourage them to be content with the lot God has
given them.) And it was // to WYFR itself on 13695, except 13570 was
running 17 seconds ahead of 13695 so hear Harold first on WINB!
And would you believe that WINB's home page shows
Our Program Schedule by Time Frequency Schedule (EDT)
0600-0800 9625 kHz
0800-1900 13570 kHz
1900-2400 9625 kHz
First of all, EDT is not in effect anywhere now, so are we supposed to add
4 or 5 hours to this to get correct UT in November?
9625?!?! Fortunately, CBC NQ does not really have another competitor for
this frequency, as WINB is axually on *9265*, as far OOB as that may be.
Such a gross error despite the fact that DXer Hans Johnson of JihadDX is
(was?) also their frequency manager and program time broker.
The program schedule below is effective Oct. 8, 2006, and by golly it does
show WINB carrying Family Radio at certain hours. (Are a dozen SW
transmitters in Okeechobee, FM translators all over the US, plus numerous
and increasing foreign relays not enough?)
The schedule shows, 7 days a week, in EDT, whatever that means now, and
UT, unshifted?
07:00A / Sun-1100...Family Radio - Spanish
08:00A / Sun-1200...Family Radio - English
09:00A / Sun-1300...Family Radio - English
07:00P / Sun-2300...Family Radio - Spanish
08:00P / Mon-0000...Family Radio - English
Each of these is an hour long, except on Sundays the next show is at 1415,
but I seriously doubt FR really runs an extra 15 minutes then. Since I
heard FR at 1430+, the above UT have presumably shifted one hour later,
i.e. 1200-1500 and 0000-0200 UT. According to FCC B-06, the switch times
between 9265 and 13570 are 1300 and 2300, so 9265 would be carrying FR at
1200-1300 and 0000-0200, 13570 at 1300-1500.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 17)
USA/U.K. 9480 New BBC Caribbean frequency for 2200 UT.
Hi Daniel, FYI, I was listening to BBC on 9660 at around 2155 UT and they
said that as of November 20th (next Monday) the 2200 broadcast would be
moving from 9660 to somewhere in the 94xx kHz range (sorry I cannot
remember the exact frequency). I think it's due to some interference (I
thought I heard interference from Radio Polonia over top of the BBC
signal?) If I hear the announcement again I will be sure to listen for the
new frequency and pass it on to you.
(Todd Demone-ON-USA, via Daniel Sampson, dxld Nov 15)
A new frequency for the Caribbean was announced on the broadcast of Nov 14