BlueStar Radio this Sunday 6140 khz

Date 11th of January 2009
Time 1300 to 1400 UTC
Channel 6140 KHz

The transmissions of BlueStar Radio will be broadcast over the transmitting station Wertachtal in Germany. The transmitter power will be 100 000 Watts, and we will be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna).

Good listening
73s
Tom Taylor

Zimbabwe call-in show launched by VOA

Radio program serves listeners in English, Shona, and Ndebele

Washington, D.C., January 9, 2009 – The Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 today launched LiveTalk, a 30-minute weekly call-in radio show for Zimbabwe, offering people a forum to discuss the political, economic and social challenges facing the nation. "With LiveTalk, Zimbabweans have a chance to say what is on their mind and express themselves openly and freely," said Gwen Dillard, director of VOA's Africa Division. Brenda Moyo and Blessing Zulu, co-hosts, discussed the stalled power-sharing process between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's economic collapse, food shortages, the on-going cholera epidemic and other issues during the inaugural show. Among the callers were Vijana from South Africa, who said, "People are disappointed with the current leadership, including the regional leadership." Callers to LiveTalk, which airs Friday at 8:00 p.m. Zimbabwe time, are able to speak English, Shona or Ndebele, the three languages in which Studio 7 broadcasts. Started in 2003, Studio 7 broadcasts 90 minutes Monday-Thursday, and one hour on Saturday and Sunday, on shortwave, medium-wave and on the Internet at VOANews.com/english/Africa/Zimbabwe/programs.cfm. The program provides news and information about the latest developments in Zimbabwe, including details of the humanitarian crisis under way in the country. The World Food Program, for example, is providing assistance to 4.5 million Zimbabweans.

VOA Urdu service restores all SW frequencies

Fri, 09 Jan 2009

VOA Urdu Service has restored all SW frequencies effective 9th January after a gap of 9 days in parallel to 972 and 1539 kHz MW :

0100-0200 UTC on 9520 9820 kHz
1400-1500 UTC on 7440 9390 kHz

(Alok Dasgupta via http://dxasia.info/news)

BBC World Service and WAMU debate Obama's Washington

In the run-up to the US Presidential Inauguration, BBC World Service and Washington DC's WAMU 88.5 have joined forces for a global debate about the challenges the next US administration will face. Obama's Washington And The World will be broadcast live at 13.00 EST (18.00 GMT) on Saturday 10 January 2009 from the American University's Washington College of Law. The programme will be broadcast to the BBC's audiences across the world. The panel includes Susan Eisenhower, consultant, author and expert on international security; Lawrence Mishel, Director of Economic Policy Institute in Washington DC; lobbyist Grover Norquist; Richard Perle, political advisor and lobbyist; and Democratic Congresswoman Maxine
Waters. The debate will cover issues such as how the current financial crisis, as well as the events in Gaza and the wider Middle East, will affect the next US presidency, and whether Obama will be able to keep his campaign-trail promises to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison and get the US troops out of Iraq. The panel will be fielding questions from a live audience as well as those submitted by BBC listeners around the world via bbcworldservice.com/news. The programmes's co-presenters – WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi and BBC World Service's Owen Bennett-Jones – say they are looking forward to a dynamic discussion about what's in store for the new president at home and on the world stage in the months and years to come. Owen Bennett-Jones says: "It's a very exciting time to be in Washington, and I'm looking forward to hearing the questions our live audience are going to put to such a distinguished panel of guests." Kojo Nnamdi adds: "Every day, our show's mission is to connect issues important to our Washington community to issues throughout the world. I see this joint BBC-WAMU event as a wonderful opportunity to connect the world to Washington – and a truly unique way to celebrate this historic Inaugural."

WAMU 88.5, American University's radio station since 1961, is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington, D.C., area. WAMU broadcasts three HD channels – the flagship frequency at 88.5-1;WAMU's Bluegrass Country, a bluegrass and Americana station, at WAMU 88.5-2; and WAMU-3, a news and information station focused on
international coverage from the BBC and public radio programmes unavailable elsewhere in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

Kojo Nnamdi just celebrated his 10th year as host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show, a two-hour daily current affairs live talk show connecting the Washington community and its concerns to issues worldwide.

(BBC World Service Publicity)

Taiwan to issue new radio licences

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) is scheduled to hold its first hearing today on the release of new radio licences, Taipei Times reports.They will be the first broadcasting licences to be issued since 2000.

Read the story here :
http://tinyurl.com/7cz6s9

India Radio Forum 2009

IRF 2009 will be held on Friday, May 29th, 2009. More information on speakers and sessions will be announced in February. Do visit IRF website at www.indiaradioforum.com for more information and for sponsorship opportunities. Another highlight of the forum is, the Indian Excellence in Radio Awards 2009 (ERA). Submission of awards entries opens on 16th February, 2009. Categories up for grabs will be posted on the website in February.

RTI Minhsiung Streaming Video

Hi folks,

For a brief look at the historical, but current RTI Minhsiung TXer site & more about Radio Taiwan International please go to the following webpage:
http://rti.im.tv/english/VideoList.asp?FID=4581617&PAGE=3&next5=0

Unfortunately the entire video is in Mandarin (and my limited Mandarin isn't enough for translation), but it should be of interest to our group members. Perhaps some of our Mandarin speaking members can translate some of the some interesting & relevant parts of the video.

Enjoy.

Regards
Ian
AUSTRALIA

(Ian Baxter via shortwavesites.....)

AIR Khampur : DRM inauguration

After a series of tests & trials for last 2 years DRM facility at All India Radio, Khampur transmitter site will be officially inaugrated on 16th Jan (Fri) by CEO, Prasar Bharati. As per sources two more SW txers each at Khampur & Aligarh will be converted for DRM Transmission very soon.

AIR looking for reception reports for DRM Test to UK/Europe

All Indian Radio is looking for reception reports for DRM test transmission towards UK & West Europe :

Frequency: 9950 kHz
Service : GOS-IV/ HINDI/GOS-V
Time : 1745 - 2230 UTC (2315-0400 IST)
Target/ Coverage Area : UK & WEST EUROPE
Parameters :
POWER: 50 kW (7dB below the original analog power)
MODE: B
QAM: 64
INTERLEAVE: L
PROTECTION RATIO: 0.6

Reception reports to: spectrum-manager@air.org.in
and v_baleja@hotmail.com

Sirius XM rolls out MiRGE satellite radio

Read the story here :
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/01/sirius-xm-rolls-out-mirge-satellite-radio/

EDXC Conference 2009 in Ireland

Dear DX-Friends, Shortwave Listeners all over the World !
The EDXC ( European DX Council, the umbrella organisation of shortwave clubs, DX-clubs in Europe ) cordially invites you all to the next EDXC Conference, August 28-30, 2009, in Dublin / Ireland. We kindly ask you to make your hotel reservations already NOW !
Venue of the Conference : Grand Canal Hotel, Grand Canal Street, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Phone : + 353 1 646 1000 . Fax: + 353 1 646 1001.
E-Mail: reservations@grandcanalhotel.com.
Home-page: www.grandcanalhotel.com
Please observe: This is a 3 / three / star hotel. Prices: Single-room EUR 115,- / room and night, Double-room EUR 115,-/room and night. If sharing the Double-room you only pay EUR 57,50 per person.This hotel accepts the following credit cards: VISA, MASTER CARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS and DINERS CARD.PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN RESERVATION NOW !
First you write: The special password for this reservation: EDXC CONFERENCE 2009.
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.The Irish DX Club, Edward Dunne and the EDXC, Tibor Szilagyi are working on the programme of the Conference. What we know now : There will be interesting lectures about our hobby, sightseeing tour in Dublin by bus with English speaking guide and a visit at the Ye Olde Hurdy-Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio in Howth, Dublin North. The traditional Banquet Dinner will take place at our Conference Hotel on Saturday evening, August 29. Please do allow me to come back to you with more detailed information about the programme, as soon as we know more about it. THE CONFERENCE FEE YOU WILL PAY DIRECTLY TO ME (Tibor Szilagyi) UPON ARRIVAL. The Conference Fee: EUR 115,- per person includes: Use of the Conference Room, relevant papers like Conference Covers, Name-Tags, Lunch on Saturday, Sightseeing Tour in Dublin, visit at the Museum of Vintage Radio. Furthermore the Conference Fee includes the Banquet Dinner. What you consume as drinks during the Banquet Dinner, you will pay extra to the hotel staff.
For further information you may contact: Tibor Szilagyi, Sweden.
Phone: +46 8 500 264 83 .
E - Mail: tiszi2035@yahoo.com
and Edward Dunne, Ireland: E-Mail : edunne@iol.ie
edxc2009@live.ie

http://edxcnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/edxc-conference-2009-in-ireland/

Urdu university educational programmes on AIR

Indo-Asian News Service
Hyderabad, January 08, 2009

The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) will now offer distance education programmes for its students over state owned All India Radio (AIR). The directorate of distance education of the university Tuesday entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AIR in this regard. To start with, a half-an-hour long programme will be broadcast every Sunday at 5 p.m. by 31 AIR stations in seven states - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka , Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. "The programme will go on air Jan 9, which is the foundation day of MANUU," university vice-chancellor A.M. Pathan told a news conference after signing the MoU with P.S. Gopalakrishna, station director, AIR, Hyderabad. The vice-chancellor said the duration of the programme would be increased depending on the response from the students. Last year, the university had launched its educational programmes on Doordarshan Urdu channel. "We started with the telecast of one programme a week but the number of programmes per week has gone up to four following the tremendous response it received from students," he said.

Read the full story here :
http://tinyurl.com/7cze6n

World's first Internet car radio unveiled

Read the story here :
http://spoonfeedin.blogspot.com/2009/01/tech-worlds-first-internet-car-radio.html

2009 edition of the ENDBH & NANDBH handbooks and CDs

Hi all,

The 2009 edition of the ENDBH & NANDBH handbooks and CDs is now available. The new NDBH 2009 contains the data of more than 6300 NDBs on 160+ spiral-bound pages in A4 format and the NANDBH 2009 shows the data of more than 5800 NDBs on 130+ pages. The 2009 version of the CD introduces an additional chapter with NDB data sorted per bearing and direction. The Google Earth compatible NDB waypoint file has been updated with the latest NDB coordinates so that you can "visit" NDB locations around the globe. The multimedia contents of the CD version have been expanded to a total of more than 160 NDB pictures and more than 190 NDB sound clips from around the world. In case you're interested in ordering a handbook or CD for other parts of the world please don't hesitate to ask, I'm able to produce customized versions for your special needs. Delivery of the CDs will be via download. In case you still want a physical copy of the CD please indicate this when ordering. Prices in Euro remained stable once again and foreign currency priceshave been adjusted when necessary. When using PayPal for payment please add €1 / £1 / US-$2 to cover PayPal fees. Please find all relevant details under the 2009 info package URL below. Once again I'd like to take this opportunity to say many thanks to all DXers who have sent me comments and updates, suggested improvements, pointed out errors, or provided NDB pictures and sound clips etc. As always your support is very much appreciated and an invaluable help and encouragement for me!

--
vy 73 + gd DX,

Michael

http://www.4shared.com/file/79454639/44c8035b/2009_ndb_info_package.html
http://tinyurl.com/88okum

Hamfest India 2009 - Events through Year 2009

The Organising Committee of Hamfest India 2009 and BARC Golden Jubilee Year, is happy to announce that it has finalised the following events to be conducted through the year 2009. The events will be conducted and coordinated by the Organising Committee Members.

Sunday, 26 April 2009
Day Fox Hunt in Bangalore

Sat - Sun, 23 and 24 May 2009
HF Contest - Phone/CW

Sat - Sun, 27 and 28 June 2009
Field Day at Nandi Hills

Sunday, 18 July 2009
Quiz on the Air - Activity in Schools

Sat - Sun, 15 and 16 August 2009
International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend - Mangalore / Cochin

Sunday, 20 Sep 2009
Family Field Day

Sat - Sun, 3 and 4 Oct 2009
VHF Contest

The entry fee for the events, rules & regulations for the contests, etc, will be announced at least one month prior to each of the events. The Winners and participants in these events will be awarded and recognised respectively during Hamfest India 2009 on 7 - 8 November 2009.

Note: We request all Clubs and Societies to make note of the above dates and avoid scheduling any special event/s of the Club/Society coinciding with the same.

73, Ramesh Kumar - VU2LU
Official Correspondent
Organising Committee - HFI 2009