EDXC Conference in Ankara, Sept 30- Oct 3, 2010

Dear DX -- Friends, Shortwave Radio Listeners all over the World !

The EDXC ( European DX Council, the Umbrella Oragnisation of shortwave clubs, DX --Clubs in Europe ) cordially invites you all to the next EDXC Conference, September 30 -- October 3, 2010, in Ankara, Turkey. We kindly ask you to make your hotel reservation already NOW !

Venue of the Conference : HOTEL DEDEMAN, ANKARA. Address : Akay Cad. Buklum Sok No. 1. ANKARA 06660, TURKEY. Phone : + 90 312 416 88 00. Fax : + 90 312 418 13 86.
Homepage : www.dedeman.com
Room reservation you send to : Mrs. Ozlem Gollu, E - Mail : ozlem.gollu@dedeman.com
Single Room : EUR 91,80 / night, including VAT and Full Breakfast.
Double room : EUR 113,40 / night, including VAT and Full Breakfast. If sharing the Double room you only pay : EUR 56,70 including VAT and Full Breakfast. The hotel accepts the following Credit Cards : Visa, MasterCard, Eurocard, American Express and Diners Card. PLEASE MAKE
YOUR ROOM RESERVATION NOW !
First you write : The special Password for this Conference
Reservation : EDXC Conference in Ankara.
Then you write your family name, your christian name, your arrival date at the hotel, your departure date from the hotel. The hotel needs your credit card number at the time of reservation to be able to confirm your room.
PLEASE OBSERVE : When you reserve your room, please inform me about your name (s), because I am producing the Name--Tags, and I have to know, that you are coming.

The preliminary programme of the Conference looks like this :

Thursday, September 30 :
Arrival at the hotel, Registration from 12.00 Hours Ankara Time.
Informal gathering in the bar / restaurant of the hotel from 19.00 Hours Ankara Time.

Friday, October 1 :
After breakfast at our hotel
Visit at the Voice of Turkey, External Service in Ankara. Visit at the different studios, different languages. Lunch in the canteen of the Radio.
Possible visit at the Shortwave Transmitter Antenna either in Cakirlar or in Emirler. This Antenna visit is subject to the permission from the Radio Management. Back to the hotel, late afternoon or evening free.

Saturday, October 2 :
After breakfast at the hotel : EDXC Conference in the Conference Room of the hotel. Internal EDXC matters and interesting lectures. If you would like to give some interesting lecture, please let me know -- as soon as possible.
Lunch at our hotel. After the lunch : Sightseeing in Ankara with English speaking guide. Back to the hotel and in the evening the traditional Banquet Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

Sunday, October 3 :
Departure home or Tourism in Turkey. Please do not forget : This year Istanbul is one of the European Cultural Capitals.

The Conference Fee is : EUR 96,-- per person.
The Conference Fee EUR 96,-- per person you pay to me at the Registration Table in the Hotel when you arrive on Thursday, September 30.

This fee includes : Use of Conference Room at the hotel, relevant papers like Conference Covers, Name--Tags, Lunch on Saturday, Sightseeing Tour in Ankara and also includes the Banquet Dinner.

For further information please do contact :

Tibor Szilagyi, EDXC Secretary General, E -- Mail : tiszi2035@yahoo.com.

Written on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 0 6 :1 0 Hours U T C .

BARL Field Day & Picnic 2010

BARL (Bangladesh Amateur Radio League) is going to organize a Field Day & Picnic 2010. It will be a very good opportunity for learning by practical experience and to meet fellow S21 hams. We cordially invite all the S21 hams and their family members, short wave listeners & genuinely interested persons to participate the event and make it meaningful. We highly encourage making available your complete or incomplete radio\ antenna projects & QSL cards for display at field. Don't forget to bring your HF\VHF\UHF radios in event. This is a unique opportunity to compare performance of your rig.

Event: BARL Field Day & Picnic 2010
Date: 12th February Friday 2010
Venue: Pubail Kaligonj Tongi

Event Details:
08:30 (Sharp): Start from Dhaka
09:45: Reach Venue
10:00: QSL card and project display
10:30: Group discussion on Amateur Radio Operating Procedure and Introduction to Homebrew
Facilitate by: Liakot Liaquat Ali S21V
11:30: HF radio station setup and operation. (Station remain active all day long)
12:00: Site seeing & games
13: 30: Lunch
15:00: Group discussion on Propagation Theory and Amateur Satellite
Facilitate by: Rubayat Hasan Khan S21RA
16:00: Tea Break
16:30: Clean up the venue
16:45: Leave for Dhaka

Contribution Amount:
Contribution amount per person: Tk. 500
Children under 15 years: Tk. 300

Contact Persons:
Anwar Islam S21L Contact: 01190628311
Alam S21AK Contact: 01818241404
Shazib S21RS Contact: 01610001246
Ripon S21EA Contact: 01817097978

Last Date of Registration: 10th February 2010

As we have limited capacity we can accommodate maximum 35 participants. Registration will be confirmed on first come first served basis. Don't miss this exiting opportunity. Hope to see you at field.

Special Thanks to Mr. Shahidullah Kaiser S21SK to arrange the venue for this event.

We are eagerly waiting for your feedback and valuable opinion to make the event more fruitful. Please don't hesitate to contact if you think you can add some thing more in ANY part of this event particularly in training and group discussion part.
73
Shazib, S21RS
01610001246

Deutsche Welle at Delhi Book Fair

New book "Enter The World Of Mass Media" by Barun Roy

Came across a new book on mass media in India titled " Enter The World Of Mass Media" by Barun Roy which contains several interesting chapters on radio history in India & particularly about All India Radio, listing some of them below ......

- A Brief History of Radio Broadcasting
- Types of Radio Broadcasting
- The Evolution of FM Broadcasting
- All India Radio - A Case Study
- Yuva Vani - The Voice of the Youth

Details of the book:
Book: Enter The World Of Mass Media
Author: Barun Roy
ISBN: 812231080X
ISBN-13: 9788122310801, 978-8122310801
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2009
Publisher: Pustak Mahal
Number of Pages: 263
Language: English

The book sells for Rs. 175 & you can order online (with free shiping ) here
: http://tinyurl.com/ycm5dg4

WRTH B09 Updates file available for download

The WRTH editorial team is pleased to announce that a file containing updates to the Winter/B09 schedules is now available to download from the WRTH website http://www.wrth.com and click on the "Latest PDF Updates" link You will need the free Adobe Acrobat reader (available from http://www.adobe.com) in order to view this file. The file is 234kb in size and contains schedule updates for international and Clandestine/Target broadcasters plus details of 3 new stations. We hope you find this a useful accompaniment to the printed WRTH.

(Sean Gilbert - WRTH International Editor)

Shortwave radio, and it's future

Shortwave radio, once the cutting edge of information dissemination, declined with the installation of the present canopy of communications satellites, and the simple fact of the lowering of the cost of telephony.

More at :
http://rivrdog.typepad.com/rivrdog/2010/02/shortwave-radio-and-its-future.html

Rajkot AIR centre to upgrade its digital transmission

There is good news for the listeners of All India Radio (AIR) in the Rajkot region and beyond. The official broadcast medium is going to install 1000 kilowatt Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) capable medium wave transmitter at its Rajkot centre. This will ensure CD quality listening on digital radio sets, said Rajesh Jain, the superintending engineer at AIR Rajkot.

Read the full report here :
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Rajkot-AIR-centre-to-upgrade-its-digital-transmission/576409/

Doko: Taking Radio to Nepal’s Grassroots

Posted by Saabira Chaudhuri on Wednesday, December 9, 2009

A project of the Antenna Foundation, an NGO that is dedicated to public service broadcasting in Nepal, Doko Radio aims to take democracy to the doorsteps of local people living in remote areas across a difficult terrain.

Read the story here : http://tinyurl.com/ycd2m8f

Budget cuts quiet Voice of America

By Ginger Livingston
The Daily Reflector
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The federal government wants to close the Voice of America transmission site located in Pitt County. President Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the Broadcasting Board of Governors recommends funding increases to update satellite and other broadcasting technology. But the improvements come at the loss of the Pitt County Voice of America site and reductions in engineering staffing.

More at :

http://www.reflector.com/news/budget-cuts-quiet-voice-america-22341

Radio listening is up as we’re urged to migrate to digital

Consumers are listening to digital radio stations more than ever has the medium increased its share by 14% in the last quarter of 2009, according to the latest RAJAR figures.

Read the report here : http://tinyurl.com/ykslfe6

VOA and Radio Marti Expand Radio Broadcasts to Latin America

Washington, DC, 02/03/2010
"A Fondo" is a new weeknight, Spanish-language radio program targeted toaudiences in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing vital news andinformation to a region where media freedom is under attack.With anchors at Voice of America studios in Washington, D.C. and the studiosof Radio Marti in Miami, Fl., the hour-long program utilizes the uniqueresources of both entities to provide local, national and international newsreports to audiences throughout the region. Call-in segments and interviewswith experts and government officials will provide facts and opinions thatare currently unavailable to listeners."A Fondo" (In Depth) debuted Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. EST (0100 UTC). It isavailable on shortwave, medium-wave, satellite and Internet at(http://www.voanews.com/spanish/news/.) It airs Monday to Friday.The program was developed in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez'sdecision to shut down cable and satellite TV channels last month for failingto broadcast a speech he made. The Venezuelan Government said the stations,including Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), failed to comply with newregulations mandating coverage of Chavez. Protests erupted after RCTV wasshuttered."The media crackdown in Venezuela demonstrates the need for accurate,reliable and comprehensive news and information to audiences throughout theregion. This program will help serve that need," said Alberto Mascaro,director of VOA's Latin America Division.The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency,supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian internationalbroadcasting, whose mission is to promote freedom and democracy and toenhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate,objective, and balanced news, information, and other programming aboutAmerica and the world to audiences overseas. BBG broadcasting organizationsinclude the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the MiddleEast Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, andthe Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).

(BBG Press Release)

RTI's brand new 30-minute webcast

RTI's brand new 30-minute webcast To offer in-depth news, analysis and more feature programs to our listeners world-wide, RTI will be launching a brand new 30-minute webast called "RTI Plus" starting February 1st. The webcast will include news analysis (a program called Think Tank), the editorial Taiwan Perspectives and features on prominent topical figures in Newmakers. In addition, there are two new feature programs: Soft Power and In Mystical Taiwan. Our analysts for Think Tank include Tamkang University International Affairs and Strategic Studies professor Alexander Huang; Chinese Culture University Political Science professor Tai-shuenn Yang; National Chengchi University Banking professor Norman Yin; Taiwan's former representative to the US, C. J. Chen; and National Central University professor Ho-ching Lee. New programs will be available every day on the Internet at 1600 UTC (midnight, Taiwan Time).

(RTI)

Shortwave broadcasters back monitoring network

ABU shortwave broadcasters meeting in Kuala Lumpur today renewed their support for the creation of a monitoring network to assess the reach and quality of their broadcasts.

More at : http://tinyurl.com/y9gbqhy

AIR Panaji looking for reception reports for MW 828 kHz

Last year I visited the SW & MW transmitters of AIR Panaji. Then I was told that they were changing their Vividh Bharati 20 kW transmitter on 1539 kHz to 828 kHz due to co channel interference from Voice of America.

In November 2009 I heard them on the new 828 kHz and reported to them. Recently I got an email reply from the Station Engineer that they were on low power at that time and that now they are on full power. They are intersted in reception reports of this transmitter.

Reception Reports may be sent to : Mr.V.N.Page, Station Engineer, AIR Panaji at the email id panaji.spt @ air.org.in

By the way it is heard only very faintly at my location and there is co channel interference from Radio Pakistan.

Incidently the SW transmissions from AIR Panaji are not fully operational now.

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad)
www.qsl.net/vu2jos www.niar.org

Strong winds knocks HCJB Australia's East Asia broadcasts off air

Broadcast alert
1st Feb 2010
Strong windstorms at HCJB's broadcast site in Kununurra, WA last weekend damaged two of our antennas and put the East Asia broadcasts off the air. Until the antenna is repaired, programs for China and Japan will not be broadcast. At this stage, repairs could take about three weeks.

(http://www.hcjb.org.au/)

Mahabalipuram Great Eyeball Meet 2010

8th Mahabalipuram Great Eyeball Meet 2010

Date : 13th Feb 2010
Location : Tamilnadu Tourism Development Corporation BeachResorts Complex at East Coast Road
Capacity : 300 Seats
Bus Stop : Tamilnadu Hotel Stop
( 1 Km from the checkpost bus stop & walkable distance from Adayar Anandbhavan at Jawaharlal Nehru Rest House)
Delegate Fees : Nil

From central bus station catch route No.1 to Tiruvanma & from there another bus to Mahabalipuram on east coast road.

All Ham's/SWL's are welcome

VU2VIT (Vittal)

Technical snags to hit auction of FM-III

Ashish Sinha
Posted: Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010 at 2222 hrs IST
New Delhi: Interference of FM radio waves in smaller towns coupled with non-viability of radio business may derail the plans of the ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) to kick-start the third-phase of private FM radio (FM-III) next month.

Full story at :
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Technical-snags-to-hit-auction-of-FM-III/574595/