Radio Activity 12-14/01
>> Senin, 18 Januari 2010
- FEBA radio unveils new logo
- New ABU Secretary-General appointed
- Collecting Radio Stamps
- Prodyut Bannerjee’s SONY ICF2001 running with hiccoughs
- AIR Dharwad completes 60 Years
- Digital Radio Summit 2010
- Liberty Severs World Space India Service
- NATO unit launches radio station for rural Afghans
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Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:40 AM PST
UK based FEBA Radio has unveiled a new logo.
An inside look at Feba’s new logo :
http://www.feba.org.uk/newsbriefs/inside-look-feba%E2%80%99s-new-logo
New ABU Secretary-General appointed
Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:24 AM PST
Javad Mottaghi has been appointed the next ABU Secretary-General. The announcement was made by the ABU Administrative Council after a meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 8, 2010.
More at :
http://www.abu.org.my/abu/index.cfm/elementid/57889/New-ABU-Secretary-General-appointed
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Posted: 10 Jan 2010 11:32 PM PST
By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
January 08, 2010
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2010/01/08/11279/?nc=1
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Prodyut Bannerjee’s SONY ICF2001 running with hiccoughs
Posted: 10 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST
I felt great yesterday when I managed to warm up and run a 30 year old SONY ICF2001. It belonged to Prodyut Bannerjee and when it retired in Prodyut’s shack he gifted it to me to add to my list of vintage receivers. It did work off and on but had been kept inside a cupboard for well over two years.My interest in this set was revived when in the last DXped everyone complained about overload problem with long wire when connected to small PLL sets.I recollected that this SONY had performed outstandingly well in our last DXpeds of the 80s.
The original SONY 4.5 v power supply was not working and I had a replacement power supply. The commercially available ones have reverse polarity compared to what SONY needs. I had done this modification . I had collected the service manual from the net but I was not daring to open up the set up because it is so crammed inside. I did not want to upset the alignment too.
The first channels to sign on were the FM ones and it was afternoon anyway. The power switch and the FM/AM/SSB toggle switch needed some vigorous twiddling. Then the set was blaring POWER FM 107.8 MHZ for well over five hours! And with superb sound quality ! By evening I hooked it on to an outdoor antenna. The keypad was erratic and initially only the keys “7″ and “9″ would work. Up and down keys were working fine. So initially all I did was to tour 7 MHz and 9 Mhz bands. BBC was coming in loud so were the Chinese stations. By late evening more of the keys started working 1, 5, 0 etc. DW German on 15610 kHz continued for the whole of its time.By this morning all the keys were working except 3 and 8. My usual morning listening was through this set – BBC Bangla 0030hrs 6075kHz, VOA English 0100hrs 11705 kHz , R.Philipinas 15285 kHz 0200 hrs, AIR 1008 kHz 0230 hrs etc.
With daily warm ups I hope to have this set will be in top form for the next DXped because it performs outstandingly well on the long wire – no overloading !
This set travelled world wide with Prodyut through his voyages as a mariner and logged some historic stations in past. Unfortunately I cannot get in touch with Prodyut, who will be the happiest about it.
(Dr.Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata via bangladx yg)
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AIR Dharwad completes 60 Years
Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:15 PM PST
TNN, 10 January 2010, 11:37pm IST
DHARWAD: The Dharwad station of All India Radio has completed 60 years. Those who spoke at a programme here to commemorate the occasion hailed the contribution of the station in enriching the culture of the region.
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Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:44 AM PST
Visit http://tech.ebu.ch/digitalradio10
17 February 2010 / 9 to 18 (CEST)
Geneva (CH)
Defining multiplatform hybrid broadcast/broadband radio.
This digital radio summit will gather all the key players in European digital radio:
- WorldDMB – the developers of DAB, DAB+ and T-DMB
- DRM – the developers of DRM30, DRM+
- IMDA: Internet Media Device Alliance, developing and promoting Internet Radio devices
- RadioDNS, a organisation aiming at providing an efficient and seamless link between broadcast and IP platforms
Developing the magic formula in this context raises questions:
- How do these delivery platforms work with broadcasting content? What strategy do the broadcasters need to adopt?
- Which services work best with each platform – is there a pattern?
- How can they work together in a hybrid broadcast broadband environment?
- How will the receiver industry cope?
Who should attend?
- Broadcasters working on strategy, media delivery, new media, multimedia developments
- Service providers
- Industry forums: receiver manufacturers, platform manufacturers
For additional information you may contact Mathias Coinchon, Senior Engineer EBU Technical, or Peter MacAvock, Programme Manager EBU Technical.
Should you require assistance for registration, please contact Jenny Treadwell.
European Broadcasting Union, www.ebu.ch, tech.ebu.ch
L’Ancienne-Route 17A, CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 717 2745
e-mail: treadwell at ebu dot ch
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Liberty Severs World Space India Service
Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:31 AM PST
Jan 7, 2010 11:45 AM, By Mark Krieger
Liberty Satellite Radio has elected not to include World Space India as part of its ongoing operation and acquisition of assets and infrastructure from the bankrupt U.S.-based parent satcaster, according to a story by Chris Forrester in RapidTV News.
More at :
http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/liberty-severs-world-space-india-0107/
NATO unit launches radio station for rural Afghans
Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:54 AM PST
By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU, Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 8, 2010
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Uniwave’s Di-Wave 100 DRM Receiver now listed on Universal Radio
Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:46 AM PST
Uniwave’s Di-Wave 100 DRM Receiver has now been listed on Universal Radio website and is now available for USD 300, much higher than the expected price of USD 200.
Here’s the link to 0rder : http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/0023.html
Earlier posts :
Uniwave Di-wave100 DRM receiver to cost $ 200 ?
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2009/07/uniwave-di-wave100-drm-receiver-to-cost.html
Uniwave Di-Wave 100 DRM Receiver can now be pre-ordered online
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2009/09/uniwave-di-wave-100-drm-receiver-can.html
Uniwave Di-Wave 100 DRM SW Receiver now available
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2009/11/uniwave-di-wave-100-drm-sw-receiver-now.html
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Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:50 AM PST
Indiantelevision.com Team
(11 January 2010 6:55 pm)
MUMBAI: One of the UK’s highest paid television and radio presenters, Jonathan Ross, announced he was leaving the BBC.
Read the full story here :
http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k10/jan/jan62.php
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dari R A D I O A C T I V I T Y- At least one Haitian Ham station active
- VOA’S Creole service reaches millions in Haiti with special news reports
- Worldspace India team to sue parent, Liberty Media
- Philippine DX News No.35
- Radio Station HCJB Program Co-host Helen Howard Dies At 89
- Community Radio Station to start at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
- New Year DXpedition in Lapland at -38 degrees
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At least one Haitian Ham station active
Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:23 AM PST
From the CQ / WorldRadio Online Newsroom:
Some ham radio activity from Haiti is beginning to be heard, following yesterday’s devastating earthquake.
Father John Henault, HH6JH, in Port-au-Prince, made contact late Wednesday morning with the Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net (IATN) on 14.300 MHz, the IARU Global Centre of Activity frequency for emergency communications. Based on relays monitored at W2VU, Father John reported that he and those with him were safe, but had no power and no phone service. He was operating on battery power and hoping to get a generator running later in the day. He asked the station copying him, William Sturridge, KI4MMZ, in Flagler Beach, Florida, to telephone relatives with information that he was OK.
The following frequencies are in use for earthquake-related traffic and should be kept clear unless you are able to provide requested assistance:
14300 (IATN), 14265 (SATERN); 7045 (IARU Region II) and 3720 (IARU Region II) kHz. Additional frequencies may be activated on different bands at different times of day, so be sure to listen carefully before transmitting to make sure you are not interfering with emergency traffic.
We will continue to provide updates as information becomes available.
– The editors
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VOA’S Creole service reaches millions in Haiti with special news reports
Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:45 AM PST
Washington, D.C., January 13, 2010 – Haitians, cut off from the world by a devastating earthquake, tuned in to special shortwave and satellite radio broadcasts from the Voice of America’s (VOA) Creole Service to learn the latest news and information.
Hours after Tuesday’s earthquake struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, VOA broadcast a 90-minute special program to the people of Haiti. The program included statements of support from President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; updates from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Red Cross, the United Nations and Haitian geologists; and interviews from Haiti. Up-to-date information is also available around the clock on
www.VOANews.com/creole.
VOA also set up a special call-in number – 1-202-205-9942, mailbox 42 – for people to leave messages that will be broadcast to Haiti. Facebook and Twitter accounts are also being created.
Today, the service broadcast 30 minutes of news, including an interview with Haitian Ambassador Raymond Joseph. Another show is scheduled for 12:30pm EST/17300 UTC.
“In times of crises, VOA is a lifeline of information,” said VOA Director Danforth Austin. “Because of our technologies, we are able to reach people in their own languages when disasters strike. Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti, and we’ll continue to give them the latest, accurate news.”
Ronald Cesar, chief of VOA’s Creole Service, said it was difficult for people to get telephone lines out of Haiti. In addition, damage was severe to one of the VOA’s FM affiliates, Radio Guinen. “I talked with the manager and he said his tower was down,” Cesar said.
VOA is the leading international broadcaster in Haiti, with a weekly audience reach of 50%.
(VOA Press Release)
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Worldspace India team to sue parent, Liberty Media
Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:08 AM PST
By: RnM Team 12 Jan 10 13:59 IST
MUMBAI: The Worldspace India has decided to initiate legal action against Worldspace Inc (the parent company) and Liberty Media.
Read the full story here :
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/worldspace-india-team-sue-parent-liberty-media
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Posted: 12 Jan 2010 03:35 AM PST
Philippine DX News No.35
December 10, 2010
http://pilipinasdx.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/philippine-dx-news-no-35/
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Radio Station HCJB Program Co-host Helen Howard Dies At 89
Posted: 12 Jan 2010 03:34 AM PST
Source: HCJB Global
A missionary teacher and broadcaster whose work with HCJB Global spanned more than four decades, Helen Howard, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at Go Ye Village in Tahlequah, Okla. She was 89.
Born into a Baptist minister’s family in Pontiac, Mich., on March 29, 1920, Helen was raised in the Midwest. Missionaries, including HCJB Global co-founder Clarence Jones, were often in her parents’ home. She went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Christian education from Wheaton College in Illinois in 1942. While there she met Clayton Howard whom she later agreed to marry.
In 1942 she sailed to Ecuador to serve with Radio Station HCJB in Quito, joining Clayton who had arrived in the South American country about a year earlier. Her voyage required travel in blackout conditions due to a threat of enemy attack on the Chilean ship during World War II. A year earlier, the Howards’ long-distance courtship had culminated in an on-air proposal on the live program, “The Back Home Hour.”
Helen and Clayton’s Sept. 12, 1942, wedding was also broadcast live on the international shortwave radio station. “They were probably the first couple to be married over shortwave radio so the folks back home could hear it,” said Chuck Howard, their son who serves with HCJB Global in Ecuador. Helen’s minister father in the U.S., along with Rev. Evan Welsh, pastor of Clayton’s home church, had sent a recording of the complete service to Ecuador with Helen, only leaving gaps for “I do” from both Helen and Clayton.
During the next 42 years in Ecuador, Helen’s passion was in child evangelism. She began holding child evangelism classes in her backyard, and as others joined these efforts it led to the founding of Iñaquito Evangelical Church in Quito where she was a deaconess and teacher. She also did home visitation and counseled for the church’s Women’s Society.
“I would often come home from school to find her in the front living room, leading someone to the Lord,” said Chuck. “She won many people to the Lord.”
Helen assisted Clayton as host of the ever-popular shortwave radio listeners’ program, “DX Partyline,” as well as answering English-language letters from listeners worldwide. And she was involved in Andes DXers International, or ANDEX, a shortwave listeners’ club sponsored by Radio Station HCJB.
She also did secretarial work, helped in the record library and taught kindergarten. “We remember Helen as our neighbor in Quito for many years and the beloved teacher of the mission’s Humpty Dumpty Nursery School,” said HCJB Global’s Doug Peters, now retired in Florida.
“My heart has always been with children’s work,” Helen said in an interview in 1988. “We enjoyed going into the country and holding classes with children. Adults would also attend.”
The Howards retired and left Ecuador in 1984, living for about a decade in Florida before moving to Oklahoma.
In addition to her husband, Clayton, Helen is survived by three children—all involved in Christian work—as well as 11 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Her children include Leland, a pastor in Lamar, Mo.; Ruth Anne Leaf, who retired as a missionary to Japan; and Chuck, a missionary schoolteacher in Quito.
Helen’s testimony and life continue to speak of her Savior. In Ecuador, Chuck received word of his mother’s death 15 minutes before teaching his youth Sunday school class. His lesson preparation had been on the death of an Old Testament character, Abraham. “I taught the class and just shared from my heart,” Chuck said. “Boy, those young people listened!”
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, in the chapel of Go Ye Village. Memorial gifts in honor of Helen Howard may be designated either for HCJB Global or Go Ye Village. Memorial gifts may be sent to Clayton Howard in care of Go Ye Village.
http://www.hcjb.org/HCJB-Global-News/radio-station-hcjb-program-co-host-helen-howard-dies-at-89.html
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Community Radio Station to start at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Posted: 12 Jan 2010 02:49 AM PST
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Letter of intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee for seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 63 in the country.
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, one of the oldest such Univerisites, has rich tradition of serving the farmers, extension workers and all stakeholders who are directly or indirectly connected with farming and rural development activities through various ways of transfer of technology and people- friendly media of communication.
The Ministry encourages setting up the Community Radio Stations as it promises to provide an opportunity to the local communities to express themselves, share their views and particularly the empowerment of women. Community Radio Broadcasting focusing on child health, healthy diets, hygiene, lifestyle, bank loans, training for cottage industries to penetrate marketing, legal awareness, medical awareness etc, will be useful for the community.
(Press Information Bureau, Govt of India)
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New Year DXpedition in Lapland at -38 degrees
Posted: 12 Jan 2010 01:46 AM PST
Freezing your toes off in Arctic Lapland may not be everyone’s idea of a great New Year 2010, but for Mika Mäkeläinen and Jari Ruohomäki it was a highlight of the winter. Join Mika and Jari for a DXpedition full of American and Chinese AM stations. See what an array of 11 antennas, each 1 kilometer in length, can capture from all around the world. A report of the 287th DXpedition to Lemmenjoki in Finland has been published at :
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/lem287rep.dx
(Mika Makelainen via mwdx yg)
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