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• WARC-79 - 30 years and still significant!
• `Bawdsey Research Station' Commemorations 2010
• VOA is dropping Morning Bengali b'cast
• Fire puts RNW Madagascar relay station off the air
• New site for DXAsia News page
• VOA Frequency Changes
• Passport’ publishes last issue
• RFA Releases Winter Olympiad QSL Card

WARC-79 - 30 years and still significant!

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:47 AM PST

http://www.abu.org.my/abu/index.cfm/elementid/57499/WARC-79-30-years-and-still-significant-

`Bawdsey Research Station' Commemorations 2010

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:39 AM PST

Special Event Stations
In recognition of the historic events that took place in 1935 and 1940 which played a significant part in Britains war effort, Bawdsey Manor will be activated on three separate occasions during 2010. During its time as a the radar research centre and as an operational station for Chain Home radar, it was known by the acronym BRS – Bawdsey Research Station. Special event callsigns with BRS as the suffix have been applied for to recognise this.
Over the weekend of 26 to 28 Feb 2010, we will be on the air on HF, 6m and VHF, operating CW, SSB and possibly some digital modes too. The callsign requested is GB75BRS, since this operation will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Daventry Experiment, which resulted in radar development in the UK being based first at Orfordness, then at Bawdsey.
Later in the year we will operate on two weekends to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start and end of the Battle of Britain in 1940. The callsign GB70BRS has been requested. These weekends will be 5/6 June, and 18/19 Sept. Operating bands and modes will be as for the February event. Members of the public, and students from the school now based at the Manor, will be welcomed at any of the events, where there will also be display materials relating to Bawdsey's history during this period.
A special QSL card will be issued to those making contact with either of the stations, and a parchment certificate will be available on request to stations who make contact with both callsigns – information about the stations, operation and QSL arrangements can be found on our web site at http://www.bawdseyresearchstation.org.uk
Contact: Dave Powis, G4HUPg4hup@btinternet.com
tel: 07777 648488

(Press Release)

VOA is dropping Morning Bengali b'cast

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:32 AM PST

With effect from 1st January 2010 VOA is dropping morning Bengali b'cast at 0130-0200 hrs on 11500 and 15205 kHz. Also plan to change the evening b'cast timings in line with the Day Light Saving Time in Bangladesh.

(Alok Dasgupta via DXAsia News)

Fire puts RNW Madagascar relay station off the air

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:31 AM PST

MADAGASCAR

Fire puts RNW Madagascar relay station off the air. There has been a fire in the high voltage room of the external mains power supply at Radio Netherlands Worldwide's relay station in Madagascar. Firefighters from the Madagascan capital Antananarivo managed to bring the blaze under control within hours. The fire destroyed the high voltage circuit breaker equipment, so broadcasts from Madagascar will be suspended for at least three days and possibly up to a week. Some transmissions have already been moved to other sites, but because of the Christmas holidays this has taken longer than usual to organise. Additional changes are pending and will be published when confirmed.

Here are details of temporary replacement services from Dec.25 & 28 :

Radio Sweden International

0200-0300 on 11550 HBY 350 kW / 055 deg to SEAs in Swedish/English
2000-2100 on 9490 HBY 350 kW / 055 deg to SEAs in Swedish/English
2100-2200 on 7425 HBY 350 kW / 190 deg to SoAf in Swedish/English

Vatican Radio

0300-0430 on 9660 SMG 250 kW / 145 deg to EaAf in English/Swahili/Amharic
0330-0400 on 7360 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf in Swahili
0430-0500 on 9660 SMG 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf in French
0500-0530 on 9660 SMG 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAf in English
1600-1630 on 13765 SMG 250 kW / 169 deg to CeAf in Swahili

Voice of America

0430-0600 on 9885 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAf in English
0530-0630 on 7265 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg to NWAf in French Mon-Fri
1000-1030 on 21590 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to SoAf in Portuguese Sat/Sun
1300-1400 on 15620 SAO 100 kW / 088 deg to EaAf in Somali
1700-1800 on 12080 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg to SoAf in Shona/English/Ndebele
2100-2130 on 9680 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg to WCAf in French

RFE/RL Radio Farda

0500-0600 on 12015 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg to WeAs in Farsi

Radio Dabanga
1630-1730 on 13800 NAU 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf in Arabic from Dec.28

Radio Netherlands Worldwide
1400-1600 on 15595 HBY 350 kW / 095 deg to SoAs in English till Dec.27*
1730-1800 on 11655 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to ECAf in Dutch from Dec.28
1800-2000 on 11655 ISS 500 kW / 138 deg to ECAf in Dutch from Dec.28
1900-2100 on 7425 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAf in English
2000-2100 on 11655 GUF 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAf in English
2100-2130 on 13700 BON 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAf in Dutch
*This has now been cancelled due to poor reception in the target area

No details for the following transmissions:

Adventist World Radio
0230-0330 on 3215 MDC 050 kW / 020 deg to MDC in Malagasy
1430-1530 on 3215 MDC 050 kW / 020 deg to MDC in Malagasy

Radio Voice of People
0400-0500 on 11610 MDC 050 kW / 265 deg to EaAf in English/Shona/Ndebele

Voice of Tibet
1330-1400 on 17550 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to SoAs in Tibetan

Democratic Voice of Burma
1430-1530 on 17495 MDC 250 kW / 055 deg to SEAs in Burmese

Radio Dabanga
1530-1630 on 13800 MDC 250 kW / 325 deg to EaAf in Arabic

WYFR Family Radio
1600-1700 on 9590 MDC 250 kW / 320 deg to EaAf in Swahili
1800-2000 on 7395 MDC 250 kW / 320 deg to EaAf in English
1900-2100 on 6020 MDC 050 kW / 255 deg to SoAf in English

Radio Netherlands Worldwide
1630-1700 on 13740 MDC 250 kW / 350 deg to N/ME in Dutch
1700-1730 on 9895 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf in Dutch
1730-1900 on 6020 MDC 250 kW / 255 deg to SoAf in Dutch

Fiangonana Loterana
1630-1700 on 3215 MDC 050 kW / 020 deg to MDC in Malagasy

Deutsche Welle
2200-2300 on 7380 MDC 250 kW / 080 deg to SEAs in Indonesian

(Ivo Ivanov, DX MIX NEWS # 605, 28 December 2009)

New site for DXAsia News page

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:31 AM PST

With effect from 28th December 2009 news page of DXAsia.info has moved onto a new URL. The RSS feed is also going to change.

The new URL is : http://dxasia-uadx.blogspot.com/
The new RSS feed is : http://feeds.feedburner.com/DXAsia

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

VOA Frequency Changes

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:45 AM PST

New Freq for VOA Bengali Evening

Due to cochannel interference VOA Bengali service is to use 7405 kHz(from Thailand) at 1600-1700 hrs replacing 7435 kHz w.e.f 28th December 2009

Recent Frequency changes from VOA

Effective 12th December 2009 VOA in English :

1500-1600 hrs on 9310(ex-11525 via Philippines)
1500-1600 hrs on 11525(ex-13735 via Sri Lanka)

Effective 12th December 2009 VOA in Bangla:

1600-1700 hrs on 6000(ex-11500 via Sri Lanka)

(Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata via dxasia.info)

Passport’ publishes last issue

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

By The Post-Standard
December 20, 2009, 6:20AM
By Lee Badman Contributing writer

http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/2009/12/passport_publishes_last_issue.html

RFA Releases Winter Olympiad QSL Card

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:42 PM PST

Radio Free Asia announces its 31st QSL card that is scheduled for distribution for all confirmed reception reports dated January 1 to March 31, 2010. This QSL card commemorates the 2010 Winter Olympiad in Vancouver, Canada which will be held February 12-28, 2010. The Games have always brought people from around the world together in peace to respect universal moral principles. The card shows an adaptation of the graphic of Radio Free Asia's Olympic pin, as created by RFA's Brian Powell, which was originally used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This contemporary version adds a winter cap incorporating the Vancouver 2010 color scheme.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a 'surrogate' broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org. RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX'ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.

(RFA Press Release)