Stop jamming SW Radio Africa

For those who do not know, SW Radio Africa is a wonderful radio station that broadcasts from London in the United Kingdom. The station is operated by exiled Zimbabwean journalists who – after successfully challenging Mugabe’s broadcasting monopoly in Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court in 2000 ......

Full story at : http://www.zimtelegraph.com/?p=9417

BBC Burmese At 70 – roadshow in Thailand launches newsletter for Burmese migrants

BBC Burmese marks 70 years on air with a roadshow in Mae Sot, Thailand – home to tens of thousands of Burmese economic and political migrants.

As part of special events and programming today, on the eve of the anniversary, in the border town between Burma and Thailand, BBC Burmese has launched its new monthly newsletter tailored for Mae Sot-based Burmese expats.

The first newsletter opens up with a message from BBC Global News Director, Peter Horrocks, who praises the role of BBC Burmese broadcasts in keeping Burmese people informed.

BBC Burmese launched on 2 September 1940 and has since reported all key events in Burma. According to surveys, the service has a weekly audience of 8.4 million listeners in Burma, reaching 22.9 per cent of the country's population.

Independent surveys also show that BBC Burmese has established itself as the most trusted international broadcaster in Burma.

In his message opening up the first issue of the BBC Burmese Newsletter, Peter Horrocks highlights the fact that BBC Burmese broadcasts have helped to keep the Burmese people informed – and empowered.

He says: "Long before the advent of the internet, the service has been a connecting and coordinating link between Burmese people and the rest of the region and the world.

"I hope very much that this newsletter will serve as an excellent medium to further reinforce those links, extending the outreach of BBC Burmese among its audiences and helping to create even closer ties with them."

The BBC Burmese special from Mae Sot includes a live interactive programme with Burmese schoolchildren there and other audience participation events.

Head of BBC Burmese, Tin Htar Swe, comments: "This is our first ever roadshow in Thailand, and it's going to be an exciting opportunity for us to engage with our audiences directly, listen to them and report their issues and their lives to the Burmese-speakers, wherever they are.

"We are also thrilled to be launching our brand-new newsletter during this roadshow – it's another way for us to connect with our audiences in this region."

BBC Burmese broadcasts for half an hour in the morning and 45 minutes in the evening. The programmes are presented from the London and Bangkok studios of the BBC.

The radio programming is broadcast on shortwave and on PAS10 and Palapa satellite television channels and streamed online via the website bbcburmese.com.

(BBC World Service International Publicity )

"Lifeline service": BBC Burmese marks 70th anniversary

By Bethan Jinkinson
BBC News
As the BBC Burmese service broadcast a programme marking its 70th anniversary, Sandhobasa, a monk, called in to say that he had been listening for more than two decades.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11164597

DRM+ Demos at IFA

http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/drm-demos-ifa-0901/

Digital for AM Band ? Maybe....

All India Radio tested the AM single channel Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) simulcast system on a 100 kW transmitter last year. Unlike the DRM simulcast system that was tested around 2002 which used two adjacent channels, which clearly would not work in the USA, this system used operates on a single channel using an ingenious method of squeezing the digital carriers completely within a +/- 5 kHz channel!

Read the rest of the blog entry here :
http://amband.org/tag/digital-radio-mondiale/

New FM channel in Delhi for Commonwealth Games

All India Radio will start a new FM channel from September 1, 2010 on 100.1 MHz to provide Delhiites with latest Commonwealth Games related information.

Prasar Bharati CEO B.S.Lali announced this in a press conference & said that the purpose of this new channel is to bring out the excitement of Commonwealth Games, create awareness among ordinary people & to create sportsmanship among the youth. He said that All India Radio will broadcast special programmes during October 3 to 14 games for the Commonwealth Games.

This new channel will be broadcast programs in both Hindi and English languages during 0700-2300 hours IST . Programmimg will consist of activities related to Commonwealth Games, info on tourist destinations in & around Delhi and Indian art & culture. It will also brodcast scores & results of different sports once the Commonwealth Games starts.

Txer is located on top of AIR headquarters at Parliament Street with a 5 kW power output. Test txn noted this morning, ID'ing as : You are listening to AIR FM Delhi, test transmission on 100.1 MHz
Here's an audio file : http://tinyurl.com/24p4xwj

VOA Greenville – Fifty Years of Shortwave to the World

Posted by Chris Horne CTO W4CKH

http://tinyurl.com/3939duj

Hamfest India 2010 HF Contest

The 19th Hamfest of India is to be held at Pollachi in Tamilnadu during November 13-14, 2010. On this occasion, the Organizing Committee of Hamfest India 2010 has the pleasure in inviting all VU Hams to participate in the HF Contest whose details are as follows:

Phone Contest:

Start Date & Time: Saturday October 2, 2010, 0600 Hrs IST
End Date & Time: Sunday October 3, 2010, 1800 Hrs IST

CW Contest:

Start Date & Time: Saturday October 9, 2010, 0600 Hrs IST
End Date & Time: Sunday October 10, 2010, 1800 Hrs IST

Bands: 7 & 14 MHz.

Category: Single Operator

Exchange: RST plus Serial numbers.

The contest is open to and among VU Hams only. Contacts with Dx hams by VU hams are invalid.

The same station can be contacted once per band.

Points: Each QSO carries one point.

Multiplier: 10 Point for each station contacted from Pollachi, irrespective of bands.

Total Score: No.of QSO points x No. of Multipliers

Log: Entries to reach on or before Wednesday, 25 October 2010 by post / courier to:

Hamfest India 2010 HF Contest

c/o Mr.S.Vijayan, VU2WDP
2 / 140 Raju Nagar,
Chinnampalayam, Pollachi - 642 001
Tamilnadu

Or by email to

hamfestindia2010@gmail.com with the subject line "HFI 2010 Phone Contest" or HFI 2010 CW Contest"

A Committee shall evaluate the entries received. The decision of the Judges will be final and
binding in declaring the results & contest winners.

All those who send their logs will be given "Participation Certificate".

The Contest Winners will be awarded Mementos & Certificates during the HFI-2010 function.

73

S.Vijayan, VU2WDP
General Convener

Hamfest India 2010

(Via vuhams yg)

Happy 50th Birthday Ross Revenge

Dear Caroline Supporter,

Our radio ship Ross Revenge is 50! To celebrate our web shop has a special free gift offer.

Born as Freyr, launched on August 20th 1960, through days as record breaking 'cod wars' fishing trawler Ross Revenge and finally as the broadcast home of Radio Caroline from August 19th 1983.

Visit our web shop, place an order worth £60 or more (excluding postage and packing) and we will give you a Ross 'berthday' present! You can choose from a Status Quo double CD XS All Areas - Greatest Hits, a signed copy of Steve Conway's book Shiprocked or a Radio Caroline 0199 T-shirt (L, XL XXL). The Status Quo CD features a good selection of 40 tracks including Rock N Roll and Caroline. The 0199 T-shirt has very limited stock so this will probably be your last chance to get one of these. Steve Conway's book provides a fascinating insight into his time on the Ross Revenge from 1987 through to the dramatic grounding on the Goodwin Sands in November 1991.

To help you make up your order we have added several new products. There is a DVD From Shipwreck to Salvation, a 7 CD set A Tribute to the Pirate Stations, Graham Gill's book Way Back Home, a new coaster and a new bookmark.

The offer ends at the close of the August Bank Holiday broadcast from the Ross Revenge. The offer will be substituted with a similar value gift if stocks run out.

The broadcast starts on Friday and we are pleased to welcome back Steve Silby and Nick Jackson for this broadcast. Once again we'll be offering you the chance to own a piece of Caroline history. We have a number of unique souvenirs that will be up for auction across the weekend. The special auction page will go live at 6pm on Friday, August 27th. Don't forget that if you live in the south Essex or North Kent area you'll be able to listen to the weekend broadcast on your radio. Just tune to 531kHz AM and that'll be us!

The Radio Caroline Society Team

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Special Coverage arrangements for All Ireland Finals 2010 by RTÉ

Special Coverage arrangements for All Ireland Finals 2010 by RTÉ , Ireland's national Public Service Broadcaster

Britain: Across most of Britain, listeners can receive our coverage on Long Wave 252 kHz. In addition RTÉ Radio 1 is available on the UK free to air satellite platform Freesat on channel 750

Worldwide: Across the world, the match commentaries will be available online at www.rte.ie/radio1

Shortwave to Africa: In Africa, where many Irish people live and work, often in relative isolation with poor communications, RTÉ is providing special transmissions on shortwave radio. Please note the frequency and time changes during the broadcasts

Coverage Area Frequencies Time (Irish) (Time UTC)

South Africa 7265 kHz - 2 pm to 6 pm (1300-1700 UTC)
East Africa 15400 kHz - 2 pm to 4 pm (1300-1500 UTC)
East Africa 11695 kHz - 4 pm to 6 pm (1500-1700 UTC)
West Africa 15445 kHz - 3.30 pm to 4 pm (1430-1500 UTC)
West Africa 11805 kHz - 4 pm to 5:30 pm (1500-1630 UTC)

Please note that from past experience this coverage is available outside published coverage area

Satellite Radio: Across the world, the match commentaries will be available on satellite radios on WRN2, channel 328

Intelsat Service: For the first time, RTÉ Radio is providing a dedicated satellite radio feed of the finals. Full coverage from 2pm to 6pm Irish time will be available on Intelsat (C Band) Channel 10: GAA Special. The coverage of the service is extensive - from western Africa over to Australia, as well as throughout most of Europe and Asia.

(Source : RTE)

Mystery Russian shortwave signal comes to life

http://futuretense.publicradio.org/blog/index.php?id=1013633073

Western broadcasts should be expanded

http://tinyurl.com/2c9b2w2

Unheard in Balochistan

Ironically, many in Balochistan are more familiar with the reporters and anchors of BBC Urdu radio and All India Radio than Pakistan Radio. They know their names and when to tune in for which programme. Even those who don't understand Urdu or Hindi listen to these two stations, relying on people in their family or villages to translate.

Full story at : http://tribune.com.pk/story/42864/unheard-in-balochistan/

Bangladesh Betar: Restoring its lost glory

Interview with Nilufer Nazneen, Regional Director of Bangladesh Betar Dhaka

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=152114