WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

The return from summer time to winter time was fixed by the Knesset to
follow the Sabbath between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur after a succession
of interior ministers drew criticism for choosing different dates for the
change.
Most people credit the change with an earlier end to the Yom Kippur fast
and more time for people to start work on building the booths from which
the Sukkot holiday, which starts next weekend, gets its name. The change
also lessens the impact of later sunrises on those who say s'lihot
penitential prayers in the morning before Yom Kippur.
The Israeli economy saved an estimated NIS 65 million because of daylight
time this summer.
KoL Israel Overseas Service Schedule is at
(IsraelNN.com via Mike Terry-UK, BrDXC-UK Oct 1)
LIBYA/MOLDOVA/FRANCE/GABON Voice of Hope jammers. Today I noted three
French txs with the Libyan programme jamming V of Hope. At 1200 they were
using 17625, 17660 and 17670 and at 1350 they were on 17620, 17630 and
17660. RFI in French was using 17620 as usual until about 1357, while the
co-channel Libyan relay stayed on until 1400. All three Libyan relays cut
the audio and then the carriers at the same time at 1400 sharp. The
afropop jammer was not heard. VOH was using 17630 at s/off.
(Olle Alm-SWE, wwdxc BC-DX September 30)
LIBYA [non] Checking Sout Alamal today on 16 mb I noticed that they
signed on 17635 kHz with the usual intro mx around 1200 UT, followed by
the recitation of the holly Quran. Followed by the usual ID, then news
commentary talking about col. Ghaddafi, followed by a program about
fasting in Ramadan; an interview with a guy from Benghazi a famous Libyan
city.
Followed by ID, followed by OM talking about religious verses and
comparing these verses with the situation in Libya and the ruling of Col.
Ghaddafi. Followed by an ID then OM welcoming the listeners and talking
about the month of Ramadan.
QRM from the VOIRI in Mandarin on the same freq, but no trace of Libya
jamming on the band what so ever which is a good thing. But on 17610 a
very overmodulated V.O Africa with OM in Swahili I think, with ID as Voice
of Africa from the Libyan Jamaheriya. Followed by African mx on 1300 UT
they moved to 17645, and around 1307 UT a heavy BJ started on the same
freq. While having the recitation of the holly Quran, then it became
impossible to hear anything.
(Tarek Zeidan-EGY, dxld Oct 6)
NEPAL Not heard on 1143 kHz MW.
(Jose Jacob-IND in Himalayas, VU2JOS, DXIndia via wwdxc BC-DX Oct 4)
NIGER 9705 Rdiff.TV.Niger Sept 21 at 2138-2153 UT. 34443 Vernacular,
Talk and local mx, ID in English at 2143 UT.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Sept 29)
9704.02 on Sept 24, at 0525 UT, La Voix du Sahel excellent for a while
with local mx. Then into French ads for a new renovated suburban hotel.
(Christer Brunstroem-SWE, SW Bulletin Oct 1, via Thomas Nilsson, dxld)
PAKISTAN Noted on the following unlisted MW channels:
1134, 1170, 1332