WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

(A. Ishida-JPN, Nagoya DXers, wwdxc BC-DX May 15)
3266.41 RRI Gorontalo (pres) 1151-1203 May 12. Vocal mx to 1159, then SCI
and Jak news. Fair at best; on later than usual.
3987.04 RRI Manokwari 1132-1141 May 12. Older C&W tunes from 50's and
60's, heavy on fiddle and steel guitar. Fair, about even with the band
noise. Heard daily since May 3, so this re-activation seems permanent.
4869.94 RRI Wamena (pres) May 14. Vocal mx to 1201, then M ancr briefly,
and joined Jak pgm in progress at 1201:40; out of Jak pgm at 1225,
followed by a M ancr for a couple of mins, then mx. Fair at best, not
nearly as strong as its Papuan neighbors. Still there at 1259, at
threshold level, with SCI and another Jak pgm. Not heard in several months
- another reactivation?? Let's hope so!
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer May 14)
4869.94 RRI Wamena 1230-1300 May 15. Noted at low level with music to
1300 SCI and Jak relay. Also heard today (May 16) at 1135 below the noise
level, and still there at 1300 per spot checks.
4870.9 RRI Sorong 1133-1145* May 16. YL talk to 1145, then off without
fanfare. Band noise high today so could not make out much of talk. Sorong
and Wamena hetting against each other, solved by using USB and LSB,
respectively. Although both have been somewhat irregular, especially
Wamena, they have both been very stable on their respective frequencies
for several years.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer May 16)
15149.8, VOI, 2040-2100*, May 17, English, Full ID at t/in, YL w/ prg. re
preparing bamboo for use as a mxal instrument; nice xylophone-like mx in
background. Familiar ID/URL annmt at 2044, local mx until Indo nx at 2055
then s/off annmt. Poor w/ 15155-WYFR slop near ToH.
(Scott Barbour-NH-USA, hcdx May 18)
IRAN/IRAQ CLANDESTINE 4375.6v V. of Iranian Revolution on May 12 at
*1523-1543 UT 35343-33443 Kurdish, 1523 sign on with IS, ID in an
interval, Opening mx, Opening announce, Jamming from 1426, // 3880.06 kHz.
4375.85 V. of Iranian Revolution on May 13 at *1523-1533 UT. 35333-22442
Kurdish, 1523 UT sign on with IS, ID in an interval, Opening mx, Opening
announce, Jamming from 1429, // 3880.09 kHz.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium May 19)
ISRAEL 6973 Galei Zahal May 10 at 1640-1701 UT. 25332 Hebrew, Talk, ID
at 1657.
15785 Galei Zahal May 11 at 1435-1449 UT. 25432-35433 Hebrew, Talk and
mx, ID at 1438.
15785 Galei Zahal May 12 1355-1404 25432 Hebrew, Talk, ID at 1356 and
1358.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium May 19)
KYRGYZ REP "Kyrgyzskaye Radio" in Russian: 0000-0015 UT News, 0015-0030
Orthodox rlg prgr, both in Ru, on 4010 and 4795. May 14, earlier were nx
in English, or there are only on weekdays?
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX May 19)
LIBYA/U.K. [and non] SAWT AL-AMAL RADIO BROADCAST BEHAVIOUR.
BBC Monitoring observed the UK-based anti-Libyan station, Sawt al- Amal,
on 11 May at 1200 UT on SW freq 17680 kHz, identifying itself as "Sawt al-
Amal". By 1203 UT, the Libyan state broadcaster Great Jamahiriya radio had
also opened on this frequency, making reception of the clandestine very