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- DRM Newsletter 01/10
- Radio Prague’s QSL cards for 2010
- Ghana targets 2012 for Digital Broadcasting Migration
- Monitoring Info for Traffic on the Haiti Earthquake
Posted: 14 Jan 2010 05:20 AM PST
Jan 2010 issue of DRM Newsletter :
http://www.drm.org/index.php?id=359
Radio Prague’s QSL cards for 2010
Posted: 14 Jan 2010 01:26 AM PST
http://www.radio.cz/en/static/qsl/qsl-cards
Ghana targets 2012 for Digital Broadcasting Migration
Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:56 PM PST
Read the report here :
http://news.myjoyonline.com/technology/201001/40517.asp
Monitoring Info for Traffic on the Haiti Earthquake
Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST
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ARLX002 IARU Region 2 Requests Frequencies Be Kept Clear After Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti
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Special Bulletin 2 ARLX002
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT January 13, 2010
To all radio amateurs
On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation’s capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted. No word has been received as of yet from any of Haitian Amateur Radio operators. The ARRL encourages US amateurs to be aware of the emergency operations on the following frequencies: 7.045 and 3.720 MHz (IARU Region 2 nets), 14.265, 7.265 and 3.977
MHz (SATERN nets), and 14.300 MHz (Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net). The International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) is also active on EchoLink node 278173.
IARU Region 2 Area C Emergency Coordinator, Arnie Coro, CO2KK, is coordinating a multi-national response by hams. There are organized nets on 7.045 and 3.720 MHz; amateurs are asked to monitor the frequencies, but to also keep them clear of non-essential traffic. Amateur Radio operators should also be aware that emergency traffic pertaining to the Haitian earthquake is expected on the SATERN frequencies of 14.265 MHz, 7.265 MHz and 3977 MHz, according to SATERN’s leader, Major Pat McPherson. The Salvation Army is accepting health and welfare traffic requests on its Web site.
“As late as 9:45 PM local time (0245 UTC), we have not been able to contact any amateur or emergency services stations in Haiti,” Coro said in an e-mail. “Amateurs from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela are monitoring the 40 meter band frequency. We are still keeping watch on 7.045 MHz, hoping that someone in Haiti may have access to a transceiver and at least a car battery to run it,” but so far. no HH stations have checked in.
Tuesday’s quake was felt in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, and in Eastern Cuba, but no major damage was reported in either place.
The January 13 edition of The Daily DX reported that the Rev John Henault, HH6JH, made contact late Wednesday morning with the Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net (IATN) on 14.300 MHz; this is the IARU Global Center of Activity frequency for emergency communications. He said that he was 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. The edition also noted that Pierre Petry, HH2/HB9AMO — who was in Cap Haitien (about 140 km north of Port-au-Prince) is “okay”; Petry is in Haiti working for the United Nations World Food Program. Later today, he will be traveling to the capital.
The UN’s 9000 peacekeepers in Haiti — many of whom are from Brazil — were distracted from aid efforts by their own tragedy: Many spent the night hunting for survivors in the ruins of their headquarters. “It would appear that everyone who was in the building, including my friend Hedi Annabi, the United Nations’ Secretary General’s special envoy, and everyone with him and around him, are dead,” French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday, speaking on French radio. UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy would not confirm that Annabi was dead, but said he was among more than 100 people missing in the rubble of its headquarters. He said only about 10 people had been pulled out, many of them badly injured. Fewer than five bodies had been pulled from the rubble, he said.
The United Nations said the capital’s main airport was “fully operational” and that relief flights would begin on Wednesday, January 13.
The situation in Haiti is still chaotic. More information will be posted as soon as possible. Information is being validated and shared between many amateur groups and news sources as it unfolds.
SOURCE: American Radio Relay League http://www.arrl.org/
73 and Good DX from Eric Bueneman
Amateur Radio Station NØUIH
Registered Monitor KDXØSTL, KMOØCN
Hazelwood, MO-Grid Square EM48ts
(Via ASWLC, American Shortwave Listeners Club List)
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Dari R A D I O A C T I V I T Y- Radio Netherlands Worldwide partners Web18
- RFE/RL Launches Radio Station in Pakistan’s Pashtun Heartland
- VOA’S Creole service expands hours, adds AM frequency to reach quake victims
Radio Netherlands Worldwide partners Web18
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:51 AM PST
Read the story here :
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/radio-netherlands-worldwide-partners-web18
RFE/RL Launches Radio Station in Pakistan’s Pashtun Heartland
Posted: 14 Jan 2010 08:20 PM PST
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic) On January 15, RFE/RL will begin broadcasting in the local Pashto dialects to Pakistan and the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The new station – called Radio Mashaal (”Torch” in Pashto) – will offer an alternative to the growing number of Islamic extremist radio stations in the region.
“There is an urgent need for accurate, objective news and information in Pakistan’s tribal areas,” says U.S. Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke. “Radio Mashaal’s commitment to professional journalism in the local language will be an important contribution toward peace, reconciliation and democracy in the region.”
Veteran Pakistani journalist and author Ahmed Rashid says he hopes Radio Mashaal “will provide people the kind of information they need to make the right decisions about their lives.”
One surprise in store for listeners will be the reappearance of Haroon Bacha, a popular Pashtun singer who fled the region last year amid death threats from the Taliban. The 36-year-old recording artist – whose dozens of albums, music videos and television appearances made him one of the most famous entertainers in the region – will be hosting a cultural affairs show for Radio Mashaal. [see The New York Times: "U.S. Refuge for Singer Fleeing the Taliban," 10/12/08] There is an urgent need for accurate, objective news and information in Pakistan’s tribal areas
The first broadcast will air live on January 15 at 4pm local time. Radio Mashaal’s correspondents will be covering local and international news with in-depth reports on terrorism, politics, women’s issues, and health care (with an emphasis on preventive medicine). The station will feature roundtable discussions and interviews with tribal leaders and local policymakers in addition to regular call-in programs aimed at giving listeners the opporturnity to be heard.
Radio Mashaal will operate out of a new bureau in Pakistan and broadcast from RFE/RL’s Prague headquarters. The station will share a frequency with VOA’s Radio Deewa and transmit via FM and shortwave. Online, Radio Mashaal’s website will provide a live stream of its broadcasts.
(RFE/RL Press Release)
VOA’S Creole service expands hours, adds AM frequency to reach quake victims
Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:57 AM PST
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2010 – The Voice of America’s (VOA) Creole Service, reaching out to Haitian earthquake victims in their language, is ramping up the strength and frequency of emergency broadcasts to Haiti. With Haiti’s communications infrastructure badly damaged, the VOA, the largest international broadcaster in Haiti, is providing listeners with news and information via a combination of shortwave, AM and satellite broadcasts. “We’re doing everything we possibly can to reach people in Haiti who have a desperate need for information,” said Alberto Mascaro, chief of VOA’s Latin America Division.
He said Creole Service programming on shortwave and satellite radio has expanded from 1.5 hours daily to 5 hours. Programs now air at 7:30-8:30 am EST (1230-0130 UTC); 12:30-2:30 pm EST (1730-1930 UTC); 5:00-6:00 pm EST (2200-2300 UTC) and 8:00-9:00 pm EST (0100-0200 UTC). The evening programs can also be heard on 1180 AM from a transmitter and tower in Marathon, Florida, pre-empting Radio Marti at those times. VOA is playing a leading role to help Haitians reach out to one another. A special call-in number – 1-202-205-9942, mailbox 42 – has been established for people to leave messages that will be broadcast to Haiti. Facebook and Twitter accounts have also been created in Creole.
VOA reporters are on the ground in Haiti, covering the international response to the disaster. Basic survival information, statements by President Obama and messages from Haitians living in the United States have been broadcast back to those dealing with the disaster. Like other native Haitians living in the United States, VOA Creole staffers are still trying to confirm the status of their relatives on the island, according to Ronald Cesar, chief of the Creole Service. VOA’s Creole Service reaches more than 50 percent of adult Haitians on a weekly basis. Up-to-date information is also available around the clock on www.VOANews.com/creole.
(VOA Press Release)
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Dari R A D I O A C T I V I T Y- Venting sorrow, seeking hope, Haitians here turn to radio
- HCJB Global Physicians Arrive in Haiti for Relief Work with Samaritan’s Purse
- BBC World Service broadcasts special lifeline programming for Haiti
- TWR Haiti Earthquake Response
- Observations during Solar Eclipse
Venting sorrow, seeking hope, Haitians here turn to radio
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:15 PM PST
read the boston.com article here :
HCJB Global Physicians Arrive in Haiti for Relief Work with Samaritan’s Purse
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:47 PM PST
Sources: HCJB Global, Samaritan’s Purse, World Gospel Mission (written by Ralph Kurtenbach and Harold Goerzen)
As relief teams attempt to reach earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, a multinational medical and water sanitation team from HCJB Global Hands in Ecuador is praising God for its arrival in the Haitian capital Friday, Jan. 15.
“The situation is really desperate, and safety is an increasing problem as people get more frantic for water, food and medical help,” said Martin Harrison, a British water engineer on the seven-member emergency medical response team in Florida, on Thursday. “We want to get on with the job, but we’re daunted by the very serious nature of the situation. Please pray for the team and that God would protect us and get us there in his perfect way and timing.”
“We are certain that the medical people we are slated to relieve are so very tired after this now 48-hour marathon in the hospital,” said family physician Steve Nelson on Thursday as the team waited to catch an emergency flight at the airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. The team arrived in Port-au-Prince Friday morning.
Another ministry, Samaritan’s Purse (SP), is sponsoring the HCJB Global team in Haiti and handling its logistics. SP is centering its medical relief efforts at a 100-bed hospital in Port-au-Prince operated by a local partner, Baptist Haiti Mission. The hospital, 20 miles from the quake’s epicenter, suffered only minor damage and has electricity from back-up generators.
Members of the HCJB Global team include Ecuadorian surgeon Leonardo Febres, German surgeon Eckehart Wolff, U.S. anesthesiologist Paul Barton, U.S. family physicians Steve Nelson and Marcos Nelson, Harrison and International Healthcare Director Sheila Leech, a British nurse who heads the group. Most have assisted after previous disasters elsewhere such as in quake zones of Indonesia and Pakistan, Lebanon after war, and flooded areas of Mexico and Ecuador.
Likewise, the SP team consists of veterans of many disaster responses, but even they were shocked by what they encountered upon their arrival. “The streets are full of people who have no homes to go back to,” said Dr. David Gettle, a medical adviser. “They’re running out of food, fuel and water. The situation is desperate and tense, and there is tremendous suffering.”
A cargo plane chartered by SP has made several flights to Port-au-Prince since Wednesday, transporting 11 members of its own disaster team along with rolls of plastic for temporary shelters, blankets, hygiene kits, jerry cans, flashlights, water purification sachets, water purification kits and two community water filters.
The primary goal of HCJB Global’s team is to bring medical aid and clean water to the injured while also addressing the spiritual needs of the Haitian earthquake victims. “This is an opportunity to show God’s love in a tangible way,” said HCJB Global President Wayne Pederson. “We feel privileged to play a small part in this emergency operation.”
The 7.0-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday, Jan. 12, even as an HCJB Global Voice engineer was in Port-au-Prince to do technical work for partner ministry Radio Lumière. The engineer and three others (two from the U.S.) escaped injury.
World Gospel Mission (WGM) is sending Paul Shingledecker to Haiti on Saturday to assess the damage at Radio Lumière, get it back on the air and meet with church and radio leaders to begin building a long-term strategy for assisting Haiti. Shingledecker, who served as a missionary in Haiti for 23 years, will also be checking on radio staff members, some of whom are feared dead.
“The station is still standing,” said Tim Rickel, WGM’s vice president for communication. “It is structurally sound, although many things have fallen off the shelves. All of the radio towers are also standing.” He said the station has back-up generators to supply electricity, but they are dependent on diesel fuel which is in short supply.
Radio Lumière, a WGM partner ministry operated by the Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti, consists of nine radio stations and a television station. It covers 90 percent of Haiti with the message of Christ’s love.
Another HCJB Global cooperating ministry, radio station 4VEH, operated by One Mission Society (formerly OMS International) in Cap-Haitien, was undamaged.
“We want to be able to show the face of Jesus as we work with our hands. We trust the name of Jesus will be lifted up in all that we do,” said Steve Nelson.
Support of HCJB Global’s efforts will help provide medical supplies and basic necessities such as sleeping bags, flashlights, tents and emergency water filters. Plans are under way to send additional teams in the weeks to come.
The most recent news can be found at www.twitter.com/hcjbglobal In order to donate to the relief efforts, please visit www.hcjbglobal.org.
Since 1931, HCJB Global’s passion has been to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Using mass media, healthcare and education, and working with partners around the world, HCJB Global has ministries in more than 100 countries. Together with local partners, the ministry airs the gospel
in more than 120 languages and dialects. Thousands of listeners and healthcare patients are meeting Jesus. Local believers are being trained as missionaries, pastors, broadcasters and healthcare providers.
BBC World Service broadcasts special lifeline programming for Haiti
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:18 PM PST
BBC World Service will be broadcasting special lifeline programming for listeners in Haiti in the French, Spanish and English languages from tomorrow, Saturday 16 January.
Special programmes about the crisis will be broadcast this weekend between 12.00 and 13.00 GMT on shortwave on 11860 kHz (25 MB) and 9410 kHz (31 MB).
The BBC is expecting the programmes will also be available on the local FM network via the BBC’s partner station, Radio Lumiere.
The special programmes will come from the BBC Afrique (French for Africa) and BBC Mundo (Spanish language) networks, as well as BBC World Service’s flagship English-language news programme, Newshour.
Special programmes in Spanish and English were also broadcast today.
BBC World Service Director, Peter Horrocks, says: “This is a humanitarian crisis on a huge scale, and good quality information is a vital but scarce commodity there.
“So far, we’ve had lots of information from the country by Skype and Twitter. So we’ll be using the same tools to inform people that we are broadcasting these special services as well as the NGOs on the ground, websites and any other means possible.”
BBC Caribbean in English is also supporting its audiences in Haiti and the region with crucial information. The website bbccaribbean.com will be running a Twitter site dedicated to Haiti, as well as its ongoing coverage of the wider Caribbean and Haitian diaspora reaction to the tragedy. Updates will also continue in its regular Caribbean Report.
(BBC World Service Publicity)
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:13 PM PST
It’s difficlt to quell the emotions when viewing the images of or reading about the devastation that has hit the people of Haiti.
The outpouring of support from countless individuals, organizations, churches and governments has been tremendous. Many emergency reponse teams are either on the ground already or are en route to bring much needed releif in the form of clean water, food, medical supplies and treatment for the survivors.
To address the spiritual and emotional needs of the people of Haiti, TWR has partnered with Haiti’s Radio 4VEH to rebroadcast it’s local Christian programming over our 100,000-watt AM station on the Caribbean island of Bonaire.
Since Radio 4VEH is located in the northern part of Haiti it was not severely impacted by the earthquake. But because its broadcasts do not effectively reach listeners in Port-au-Prince, Radio 4VEH has agreed to allow TWR to rebroadcast its live Internet audio stream, in the local language of Creole, into Port-au-Prince.
(Trans World Radio)
Observations during Solar Eclipse
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:10 AM PST
Monitoring Observations at Hyderabad of 49 & 41 Meters during partial Solar Eclipse
Partial solar eclipse was there at my location in Hyderabad today 15 January 2009 at 0600-0945 UTC (10.30 am to 3.15 pm IST). During the time of solar eclipse, it was like cloudy weather here and I monitored the broadcast bands. Enhanced reception was noted on 49 and 41 Meter bands and stations not heard usually at the time were also heard.
Here are some monitoring observations of 49 Meters :
Freq(kHz) — Station — SIO
5770 Myanmar 151
5915 Myanmar 252
5935 Unid 151
5965 Unid 151
5970 Unid 151
5990 Unid 151
6020 AIR Shimla 252
6035 Bhutan 151
6040 AIR Jeypore 555 (off air till 0823)
6100 AIR Delhi DRM
6110 Chinese 444
6130 Chinese 151
6175 Unid 151
6190 AIR Delhi Hum 251
6200 Chinese 151
Important observations of today on 7 MHz are as follows:
7230.4 242 Voice of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Movement (with lot of hum) Pakistan sign off at 0841 after Allahoo Akbar (from tune in at 0753). It is scheduled at 0745-0850 as per WRTH 2010 but not heard lately.
7230 AIR Kurseong is not heard for many days now. After they left Chinese station was heard on 7230.
7250 0800 Koran recital, Dhaka? after AIR Gorakhpur left air at 0800.
Live commentary of Total Solar Eclipse was noted on 7290 Thiruvanthapuram in Malayalam & 7380 Chennai in Tamil.
AIR Port Blair was also not heard on 7390.
AIR Guwahati was noted testing with Hindi Film Tunes on 7420 from 0930 when my local station AIR Hyderabad left the same frequency.
Other air Channels were noted as usual on the usual 7 MHz frequencies but with a little better reception as was Malaysia on 7295.
(Jose Jacob, Hyderabad via dx_india yg)
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