WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

RUSSIA 5960 R. Station "Tichiy Okean", Vladivostok; friendly e-mail
>from Alexey Giryuk (Technical Department Engineer), with an attachment
containing the new Pacific State Television and Broadcasting Company
"Vladivostok" QSL card (nice blue card with f/d, but with the wrong time);
in 8 days, for an e-mailed report, with an attached audio clip of my
reception. The card shows "Tichiy Okean" in quotes, not the usually seen
spelling of Tikhiy Okean.
E-mail: and website:
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer Nov 30)
7175 Family Radio via Irkutsk. On Nov 21 at 1300-1330 UT. SINPO 33333.
Side splatter from Russian station on 7180 kHz. ID at 1300 UT, followed by
Open Forum in English.
(Iwao Nagatani-JPN, JPNpremium Nov 26)
5960 R. Tikhiy Okean (Pacific Ocean), on Nov 20, 22 & 23, at *0935-1000*
UT, // 7330 kHz; on with "Govorit Vladivostok", chimes IS, IDs for
"Radiostantsiya Tikhiy Okean", usual news items in Russian, some Russian
ballads. 5960 always stronger than 7330 kHz. A few times have noted 2 time
pips at sign-off.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld Nov 26)
[UNKNOWN] -- Country and Station site 13785 at 2359 UT. Spanish 333 on
Nov 18. Classical Harp music, YL ancr plus an OM with comments. Could find
no listing for this frequency in Spanish.
(Stewart MacKenzie-USA, JPNpremium Nov 24)
??Opening procedure of Vatican Radio??, via Khabarovsk FE Russia.
I guess, only the European Night music program of MW 1611 and 1530 kHz has
been broadcast til 2300 UT, interspersed with Latin or Italian language?
At 0000 UT Mandarin Chinese should be heard. (wb)
Vatican Radio scheduled to Asia & Oceania
0000 CHINESE 13785 kHz
13785 2355-0045 43,44 KHB 100kW 218degr 291006-250307 RUS VAT
SOUTH AFRICA 11690 R. Okapi via Meyerton on Nov 21 at *0400-0410 UT.
33433 French, 0400 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, SJ at 0403 UT,
Talk.
11890 R. Okapi via Meyerton on Nov 20 at 1610-1621 UT. 35433 French.
Talk, SJ at 1615 and 1617, ID at 1620 UT.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Nov 26)
9555 CVC on Nov. 26, in Engl, barely audible, QRM: VOA/Korean ID at 1454
UT, lost since 1500 UT VOR s.on.
(Vlad Titarev-UKR, DXplorer Nov 26)
3345 Channel Africa at 2155-2201* UT on Nov 23, fair with smooth jazz
instrumental, then man with closedown anmts in English at 2157 UT, ID,
address, anthem then off 2201* UTC.
(John Herkimer-NY-USA, DXplorer Nov 26)
SOUTH AFRICA /U.K. [UN Radio] New schedule for UN Radio in French Mon-Fri
>from Nov 27:
1900-1915 NF 5970 MEY 100 kW / 076 deg to SoAf, x1700-1715 on 7170
1900-1915 NF 9685 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to NoAf, x1700-1715 on 9565
1900-1915 NF 15240 MEY 500 kW / 350 deg to WeAf, x1700-1715 on 17885
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Nov 27)
SRI LANKA Radio Ceylon or SLBC was one of the favourite stations in