WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

Moluccas) on 1/28 from 1230 to 1430 recording (this would be 2130-2330 E.
INSn Time, UTC +9). This is close to Ambon, which is on a neighboring
island. Signals were a decent S2, ocnly peaking to S2+ to S3 w/ periodic
RTTY-type ute QRM.
Checking back through an old WRTH (2000), this ID/QTH agrees w/ current
entry for this freq in the 2005 PWBR, even though 2005 WRTH shows an ID of
RSPK Ngada at QTH of Bajawa, Flores on Timor for this freq. I guess the
only way I'll ever find out is to send a report to Masohi and see what
happens! Anyway, SINPO 24432. Man ann 1230, vocal/inst piece 1230.5-
1234.5, man ann w/ what sounded like nx 1235 to 1249.5, another man ann to
1251.5, inst mx to 1253.5, man ann to 1301, another vocal/inst pop song to
1305.5 and so on.recording was remarkably consistent through the 2 hrs.
Nominal sign off is around 1410-15 but signal still going at 1430 although
starting to fade. No sign of RSPK Ngada on nominal 3517 or RPD Manggarai
on 2960.
(Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Jan 29)
IRAN 3945 Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran - Zahedan, at *0125- 0227*
on Jan 27, sudden on with man talking followed by mx until opening of Urdu
program at 0130 with ID, Kor'an recitation and news. Program mainly of
talks with short mxal interludes. When they opened the amateurs on freq
said, "Here comes Omar again." Fair with some ARO QRM.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Jan 30)
IRAQ/IRAN CLANDESTINE 4375.5V V.of Iranian Revolution on Jan 30 at
*1425-1453 UT. 35333 Kurdish, 1425 sign on with IS, ID, Opening mx,
Opening announce, Talk, No jamming.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Feb 3)
6335 V. of Iraqi Kurdistan on Jan 29 at 1335-1409 UT. 35333 Kurdish and
Arabic, Kurdish mx and news, ID at 1359 UT.
6335 V. of Iraqi Kurdistan on Jan 30 at 1358-1415 UT. 35333 Kurdish and
Arabic, Talk and news, Kurdish ID at 1401, Arabic ID at 1410 UT.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Feb 3)
KAZAKHSTAN B-05 for Voice of Orthodox in Russian:
1630-1700 on 7460 A-A 200 kW / 310 deg Tue/Fri to WeEu.
(R BUL Observer, Ivo Ivanov and Angel Datzinov, via wwdxc BC-DX Jan 31)
LAOS 6130, LNR, friendly laser-printed English letter in 3 months for
CD and $1. V/S Inpanh Satchaphansy, Head of External Relations, thanks me
for my report and says will send me "later our station detail. It is still
under the printing house." I'm not sure what this means maybe a QSL or
station brochure. Asks for more reports in future.
Address: P.O.Box 310, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
(John Herkimer-NY-USA, DXplorer Jan 30)
LATVIA Radio Tatras International says it is not dropping mediumwave.
The Director of Pan-European radio station Radio Tatras International
(RTI) has rubbished a story from an online source in Germany which says
that "Due to a lack of funds at Radio Tatras International, the RTI relays
via Kuldiga, Latvia on 1350 kHz (provided by Krebs TV) will end on 1
February."
Eric Chilvers says that the author of the item (which was uncredited and
unattributed) has not spoken to him or the Chairman of RTI, and points out
that RTI is a 52% shareholder in KrebsTV. In fact, RTI has just signed a
new 12 month contract for the use of 1350 kHz, which Chilvers describes as
a "marketing tool." Furthermore, funding is not a problem at RTI, and the
station has just invested in a new studio complex in Slovakia.