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15130 250 335 0700-0900 RFE RU
15290 250 300 0700-0830 FRD PE
15460 250 166 1500-1530 VOA ENGL
15460 250 166 1530-1600 VOA ENGL
15515 500 30 0700-1000 VOA CHIN
15515 500 30 1000-1100 VOA CHIN
15585 500 316 0400-0600 VOA TIBE
15590 250 316 0200-0400 RFE UZ
17595 250 300 1030-1230 FRD PE
17730 250 30 0300-0700 RFE RU
17770 500 319 0400-0600 VOA TIBE
TURKEY 17720.100 TRT Emirler 500 kW to SoEaAS oddly 100 Hz up, grumble
growl sound, hetting NHK Al Dhabbaya-UAE on co-channel 0800-1100 UT. And
TRT German at 1230-1330 UT is 40 Hertz down on 17699.960 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 22)
TURKMENISTAN 4930L, Turkmen Radio (Miras, HS-3), at 2208 on Feb 14, man
declaiming in presumed Turkmen, then vocal by man with orchestral
accompaniment sounding like a curious mix of ME, C.Asian, and subcont.
Fanfare at 2214 and more emphatic talk with ment. of Turkmenistan; seemed
into an interview at 2217. Fair with boomy, bassy speech audio at times
and increasing QSB. This xmtr is carrier plus lower sideband. Different
prgm being carried on 5015 kHz.
(Bob Hill-MA-USA, DXplorer Feb 19)
UKRAINE Ab Mittwoch dem 15. Februar 2006 wird auf Radio Ukraine
International eine neue DX-Sendung innerhalb des deutschen Programms
ausgestrahlt.
Die erste Sendung ist ein Testlauf, das Konzept wird noch verfeinert und
sich noch besser in das bestehende Sendeschema enpassen.
Die Sendung soll alle 14 Tage neu "erscheinen".
1800-1900 auf 5840 kHz. 2100-2200 auf 5840 kHz. 0000-0100 auf 5840 kHz.
(Dietmar Birkhahn-D, A-DX Feb 14)
U.K. [DEUTSCHES REICH] RHYTHM OF THE REICH (1940-1945) ... a BBC Radio
2 documentary aired at prime time on the first three Tuesdays of two
double-o six. Introduced by Neil Russell Davies.
PART ONE The first part opened with the voice of William Joyce, giving the
full radio ID "Germany Calling (thrice) here is the Reichsender Hambury,
sender Bremen and station DXB in the 31 metre SW band. You are about to
hear the news" fade out.
The narrative commenced - not only nx but mx as well was used as
propaganda - cue for Charlie and his Propaganda Swing Orchestra with
"Lambeth Walk" (likely date late 1940 ?). The standard format was to sing
the lyrics through then talk through a propaganda version, which at times
was funny. As listening to American SW stations was forbidden access to
the latest songs was not possible and numbers from the thirties were used.
The orchestra arrangements were those of the late thirties swing band era.
Nothing is known of the early days of Karl Schweiber and where he picked
up his knowledge of English which had a strong continental flavour when
Lambeth Walk was recorded, by 1943 his English voice was much clearer.
A poor and distorted dialogue of a bitter Norman Baily Stuart, the last
man to be imprisoned in the Tower of London, was picked up from Paris. He
was bitter and chose to side with Germany and very bitter at not getting
William Joyce's job. The 1941 recording was about captured airmen
deserving what they got.