WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

Modulation (FM) in Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Cameroon and Sudan to broadcast
to some 100 million Africans.
The accord also provides for the joint development of the adaptation in
Haoussa, and later on in other Nigerian langs, of a French teaching
method, to be broadcast on the two stations.
The statement said the new Haoussaphone editorial staff will be set up in
the offices of the Voice of Nigeria in Lagos, with a team of five
trilingual journalist (Haoussa, French, English) and with two technicians
supervised by a co-ordinator detached from the RFI editorial staff.
(July 9)
OMAN 9760, R Sultanate of Oman, 0021-0110, Jun 26, Qu'ran recitations,
0045 Arabic talk and some mx followed by drama program, 0106 ID and
instrumental mx. Fair with some RCI slop from 9755.
(Rich D'Angelo-USA, dswci DXW Jun 27)
15140, R Sultante of Oman, 1440, Jun 17, English mxal request programme.
HS Relay, 444.
15375, R Sultante of Oman, 1400, clear ID in Arabic.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN, dswci DXW Jun 27)
Scheduled from Seeb (100 kW, 240 degrees) in Arabic at 1400-1800 UT. (AP)
15375 R. Sultanate of Oman July 16 1408-1419 35433 Arabic, News, ID at
1412 and 1415.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium July 21)
PAKISTAN Google Earth Imagery. R. Pakistan site at Rawat (33d 28' 09"N,
73d 12' 28"E): Large site consisting of at least two tx buildings serving
many simple curtain arrays and perhaps simple dipoles.
(Douglas Johnson-USA, via Olle Alm-SWE, wwdxc BC-DX July 12)
Frequency change of Radio Pakistan:
1330-1530 Urdu WS and 1600-1615 English NF 9380, x9375
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX July 25)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby: Site is located
at 09d 25' 50"S, 147d 10' 58"E (high resolution)
(Douglas Johnson-USA, via Olle Alm, wwdxc BC-DX July 13)
7120 Wantok Radio Light. July 17 at 0902-0920. SINPO35333. Relaying NBC
National nx till 0910, then ID in English "Wantok Radio Light express
apprecciations to the National Broadcasting Corporation...NBC National nx
can be heard at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning." I guess thay relay NBC
National nx two times at 7am & 7pm local morning.
(Iwao Nagatani-JPN, JPNpremium July 21)
3290, 1332-, Radio Central Jul 22 Fair to good reception on past their
normal sign-off at 12:00. EZL western mx. Only other 90 meter PNGs audible
were 3305 Radio Western (poor), 3315 Radio Manus (good) and 3385 Radio
East New Britain (fair to good).
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer July 24)
4890, 1352-, NBC Karai Service Jul 21 National programming from Port
Moresby with EZL (ABBA) mx. After an early start at after 4:00 am, it's
nice to lean back, close your eyes and be serenaded by PNG! 3 mins to 12
time check, and end of program (actual time was on 13:56, .clocks run a
little fast in PNG ;-) . Sign-off with all the MW and SW freqs, followed
by the NA at 14:00. They always leave the open carrier on.
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer July 24)
PHILIPPINES 9570 R. Blagovest via R. Verites Asia July 10 1512-1522