WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

English schedule: 0700-0820 (Saturday 0715-0750, Sunday 0645-0745) on
9800[Moosbrunn-AUT] 11865[Shijak-ALB], 2215-2230 Saturday, 2215-2245
Sunday on 1467.
(Allen Dean, Edwin Southwell, Patrick Travers-UK, WDXC Contact Apr)
MOROCCO 711 RTM-"R", Dakhla, obs'ed on 01 Apr at 1050-... UT, Arabic,
pops, mostly Arabic; 55453, but extremely weak audio, so easily missed
under strong QRM at night. Like with Algeria, quite a number of RTM txs
that would be easily detected because of their power are simply off for
some reason. Among those: Agadir 774, Safi 909, Agadir 936, Tanger 999,
Beni Makada 1053, Agadir 1197, Marrakech 1233.
1637.9 RTM-"A", Rabat (harmonic of 818.95), fairly audible on 31 Mar at
2202-... UT, Arabic, newscast, ID, Arabic music; 35342. This seems to be
typial of this tx in Rabat.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 3)
MYANMAR Aye Chan Naing, director of the Democratic Voice of Burma which
broadcasts into the country from shortwave transmitters in several
locations, including the Radio Netherlands Madagascar relay station, says
that the station is no longer being jammed by the Burmese government.
Naing says that these days even the military junta is making use of the
station. "In the beginning it was risky to listen to the radio station and
the government would jam it, but not any more. Gradually even the civil
servants started listening to us, as it is the only way to get reliable
information. Their own media will for instance never show Burmese
historians in exile talking about the history of Burma in a critical way."
(RNW MN NL; via WDXC Contact Apr)
NEW ZEALAND 7145 R. NZi, Rangitaiki, obs'ed on 02 Apr at 1358-1407 UT,
English, music, TS, newscast; 14331, partly readable on SSB, adj. QRM. Not
audible at all at this time if observed at home in Lisbon.
(later)
As I write, the "How to Listen" url,
shows the following slightly amended A-06 schedule:
UTC kHz azimuth
0655-1059 9885 0deg
1059-1259 9870 325deg
1300-1650 7145 0deg
1651-1850 7145 35deg
1851-1950 9630 0deg
1950-2050 11725 0deg
1955-0700 15720 0deg
At 2048, both 11725 & 15720 were audible while the webpage indicated 15720
only, then IS played for quite a while, but 11725 remained on... and is
still on at 2114; that's a bit stronger than // 15720, which is weak &
fluttery, and gets some QRM de B on 11724.9. Tuning to 11725 usb and using
the 20 m T2FD, the B stn almost vanishes and R.NZi almost comes alive
albeit still mediocre though readable; the NSoAm/AUS 45 m inv. V reveals
the R.Novas de Paz, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
Yes, they may have planned to rely on HF DRM for distributing their signal
to the Pacific islands, but wouldn't satellite be better... and less
expensive too? The chief advantage of using HF DRM or "normal" H is that
they're using something of their own while the satellite is not.
The recent item in DXLD about the proposed IoM stn on 279 kHz speaks for
itself as far as DRM is concerned.
I think we should stick together and start saying "PLC & DRM, no thanks!"
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 3)