UNESCO's Executive Board approved item 13 of its provisional agenda "Proclamation of a World Radio Day" to be celebrated each 13 February. It's an interesting initiative, although it probably would have been more valuable twenty years ago. The Executive's decision: _Recommends_ to the [UNESCO] General Conference that it proclaim a World Radio Day and that this Day be celebrated on 13 February, the day the United Nations established the concept of United Nations Radio; _Invites_ all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, professional associations and broadcasting unions, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to duly celebrate the World Radio Day, in the way that each considers most adequate; _Requests _the Director-General, subject to the final resolution of the General Conference, to bring this resolution to the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations so that World Radio Day may be endorsed by the General Assembly. The decision is available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic as 187 EX/13 at the bottom of the page http://www.unesco.org/new/en/executive-board/187th-session/main-series/ -- | Jaisakthivel Via Bruce Girard, Montevideo, Uruguay |
Thursday, September 29, 2011
World Radio Day
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
10th Anniversary of DX India - Contest
10th Anniversary of DX India
DX India is a email based group of radio hobbyists specializing on broadcasting in India.
It was founded on October 1, 2011. Several activities are scheduled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DX India.
DX India Contest
The details of the contest are as follows:
Contest Period: From 0000 UTC 1 October 2011 to 2359 UTC 10 October 2011.
Monitor as many SW stations of All India Radio (AIR) as possible.
Prepare Reception Reports for each AIR station on separate sheets.
Download the reception report format here :http://www.facebook.com/l/fAQA_G8aNAQA_udQBTTr2bI_6JdUwv4CgC16YXykVbBbHxg/tinyurl.com/43o2mwk
Points are calculated depending upon the location of the Dxer as follows:
Asia/Oceania : 1 point per AIR station
Europe & Africa : 2 Points per AIR station
North & South America : 3 points per AIR station
Prizes: Awards for Top scoring Three Entries
- World Radio TV Handbook 2012 for top scoring entry from South Asia
- Danish SW Club Intl's Domestic Broadcasting Survey-13
- Book "This is All India Radio" by U.L.Baruah
- Joe Carr's Antenna Handbook
- DX India 10th Anniversary T-Shirts
- Special Postal covers from India on Communication
- Rare special cover on platinum jubilee of All India Radio
- Other prizes to be announced soon
In addition a Participation Certificate will be issued to all those who send entries.
The Reception reports received will be forwarded to All India Radio for possible QSL'ing.
Send the entries by post/email postmarked before 31st October 2011
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Address: DX India 10th Anni. Contest, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Results will be declared in December 2011.
Note: Out of 29 AIR SW stations, 25 are currently active. The detailed schedules are available at:
http://www.facebook.com/l/CAQB7-6ZwAQAyFIzscQolvCw1fSMGsnqB_LzIkmlWdob9DQ/qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm
http://www.facebook.com/l/zAQCebV9dAQDTpsuww1NZZ8ARSHnXAzJ64magWDfXskYGHQ/qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
http://www.facebook.com/l/3AQD-prdZAQAjGf1YMFXWOMRMWnxJKI8GHfL9HMjZhHnMGg/qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm
Sponsors :
- World Radio TV Handbook http://www.facebook.com/l/3AQD-prdZAQB7Tehc8jV6NLHjK4dN63LpQAHmSCLOKm7YWg/www.wrth.com
- The Danish Shortwave Club Internationalhttp://www.facebook.com/l/XAQB8RnJ5AQAb6IRBUsHMTwMxVlauVQtYfPEHu_aesYjKbw/www.dswci.org
- DX India http://www.facebook.com/l/tAQCRhTOnAQAYrqq_85VK5ZR_fi3t8-6eLxxJLvV10SzsxA/www.qsl.net/vu2jos
- Radioactivity http://www.facebook.com/l/eAQD0-4XtAQBCXIa5sn7-cZvDpZ1FUSdjdI_t1ZqGL-JZ1A/alokeshgupta.blogspot.com
DX India special broadcast via AWR Wavescan
In the AWR Wavescan program to be broadcast on 2nd October 2011, there will be a special segment about 10th Anniversary of DX India.
The schedule of AWR Wavescan is:
1200-1230 UTC 17535 Wertachtal
1330-1400 UTC 11880 Guam
1430-1500 UTC 11720 Guam
1500-1530 UTC 11720 Guam
1530-1600 UTC 15255 Wertachtal
1600-1630 UTC 11805 Guam, 12035 Guam
1630-1700 UTC 11740 Guam
Also via WRMI.
Special QSL Cards will be issued for the same. Send your reception report at :
Address: DX India 10th Anni. QSL, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
DX India special via Amateur Radio
BCDXers who are hams are requested to be on band for a friendly meeting on air on 1st October 2011, Saturday(10th anniversary of Dx India) and contact / monitor VU2JOS as follows.
0130-0200 UTC (7.00 am to 7.30 am IST) : 7073 kHz, LSB
1230-1300 UTC (6.00 pm to 6.30 pm IST) : 14160 kHz USB
Special QSL Cards will be issued for the same. Send your reception report at :
Address: DX India 10th Anni. QSL, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Looking forward to your participation !
Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta
DX India YG
http://www.facebook.com/l/HAQCMZ-P7AQAJeTotC5TaExSpeIl0t_S0vLLiPbTRsLzXKg/groups.yahoo.com/group/dx_india/
DX India is a email based group of radio hobbyists specializing on broadcasting in India.
It was founded on October 1, 2011. Several activities are scheduled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DX India.
DX India Contest
The details of the contest are as follows:
Contest Period: From 0000 UTC 1 October 2011 to 2359 UTC 10 October 2011.
Monitor as many SW stations of All India Radio (AIR) as possible.
Prepare Reception Reports for each AIR station on separate sheets.
Download the reception report format here :http://www.facebook.com/l/fAQA_G8aNAQA_udQBTTr2bI_6JdUwv4CgC16YXykVbBbHxg/tinyurl.com/43o2mwk
Points are calculated depending upon the location of the Dxer as follows:
Asia/Oceania : 1 point per AIR station
Europe & Africa : 2 Points per AIR station
North & South America : 3 points per AIR station
Prizes: Awards for Top scoring Three Entries
- World Radio TV Handbook 2012 for top scoring entry from South Asia
- Danish SW Club Intl's Domestic Broadcasting Survey-13
- Book "This is All India Radio" by U.L.Baruah
- Joe Carr's Antenna Handbook
- DX India 10th Anniversary T-Shirts
- Special Postal covers from India on Communication
- Rare special cover on platinum jubilee of All India Radio
- Other prizes to be announced soon
In addition a Participation Certificate will be issued to all those who send entries.
The Reception reports received will be forwarded to All India Radio for possible QSL'ing.
Send the entries by post/email postmarked before 31st October 2011
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Address: DX India 10th Anni. Contest, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Results will be declared in December 2011.
Note: Out of 29 AIR SW stations, 25 are currently active. The detailed schedules are available at:
http://www.facebook.com/l/CAQB7-6ZwAQAyFIzscQolvCw1fSMGsnqB_LzIkmlWdob9DQ/qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm
http://www.facebook.com/l/zAQCebV9dAQDTpsuww1NZZ8ARSHnXAzJ64magWDfXskYGHQ/qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
http://www.facebook.com/l/3AQD-prdZAQAjGf1YMFXWOMRMWnxJKI8GHfL9HMjZhHnMGg/qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm
Sponsors :
- World Radio TV Handbook http://www.facebook.com/l/3AQD-prdZAQB7Tehc8jV6NLHjK4dN63LpQAHmSCLOKm7YWg/www.wrth.com
- The Danish Shortwave Club Internationalhttp://www.facebook.com/l/XAQB8RnJ5AQAb6IRBUsHMTwMxVlauVQtYfPEHu_aesYjKbw/www.dswci.org
- DX India http://www.facebook.com/l/tAQCRhTOnAQAYrqq_85VK5ZR_fi3t8-6eLxxJLvV10SzsxA/www.qsl.net/vu2jos
- Radioactivity http://www.facebook.com/l/eAQD0-4XtAQBCXIa5sn7-cZvDpZ1FUSdjdI_t1ZqGL-JZ1A/alokeshgupta.blogspot.com
DX India special broadcast via AWR Wavescan
In the AWR Wavescan program to be broadcast on 2nd October 2011, there will be a special segment about 10th Anniversary of DX India.
The schedule of AWR Wavescan is:
1200-1230 UTC 17535 Wertachtal
1330-1400 UTC 11880 Guam
1430-1500 UTC 11720 Guam
1500-1530 UTC 11720 Guam
1530-1600 UTC 15255 Wertachtal
1600-1630 UTC 11805 Guam, 12035 Guam
1630-1700 UTC 11740 Guam
Also via WRMI.
Special QSL Cards will be issued for the same. Send your reception report at :
Address: DX India 10th Anni. QSL, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
DX India special via Amateur Radio
BCDXers who are hams are requested to be on band for a friendly meeting on air on 1st October 2011, Saturday(10th anniversary of Dx India) and contact / monitor VU2JOS as follows.
0130-0200 UTC (7.00 am to 7.30 am IST) : 7073 kHz, LSB
1230-1300 UTC (6.00 pm to 6.30 pm IST) : 14160 kHz USB
Special QSL Cards will be issued for the same. Send your reception report at :
Address: DX India 10th Anni. QSL, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Looking forward to your participation !
Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta
DX India YG
http://www.facebook.com/l/HAQCMZ-P7AQAJeTotC5TaExSpeIl0t_S0vLLiPbTRsLzXKg/groups.yahoo.com/group/dx_india/
10th Anniversary of DX India - Contest
DX India is a email based group of radio hobbyists specializing on broadcasting in India.
It was founded on October 1, 2001. Several activities are scheduled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DX India.
DX India Contest
The details of the contest are as follows:
Contest Period: From 0000 UTC 1 October 2011 to 2359 UTC 10 October 2011.
Monitor as many SW stations of All India Radio (AIR) as possible.
Prepare Reception Reports for each AIR station on separate sheets.
Download the reception report format here : http://tinyurl.com/43o2mwk
Points are calculated depending upon the location of the Dxer as follows:
Asia/Oceania : 1 point per AIR station
Europe & Africa : 2 Points per AIR station
North & South America : 3 points per AIR station
Prizes: Awards for Top scoring Three Entries
- World Radio TV Handbook 2012 for top scoring entry from South Asia
- Danish SW Club Intl's Domestic Broadcasting Survey-13
- Book "This is All India Radio" by U.L.Baruah
- Joe Carr's Antenna Handbook
- DX India 10th Anniversary T-Shirts
- Special Postal covers from India on Communication
- Rare special cover on platinum jubilee of All India Radio
- Other prizes to be announced soon
In addition a Participation Certificate will be issued to all those who send entries.
The Reception reports received will be forwarded to All India Radio for possible QSL'ing.
Send the entries by post/email postmarked before 31st October 2011
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Address: DX India 10th Anni. Contest, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Results will be declared in December 2011.
Note: Out of 29 AIR SW stations, 25 are currently active. The detailed schedules are available at:
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm
Sponsors :
- World Radio TV Handbook www.wrth.com
- The Danish Shortwave Club International www.dswci.org
- DX India www.qsl.net/vu2jos
- Radioactivity http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com
DX India special broadcast via AWR Wavescan
In the AWR Wavescan program to be broadcast on 2nd October 2011, there will be a special segment about 10th Anniversary of DX India.
The schedule of AWR Wavescan is:
1200-1230 UTC 17535 Wertachtal
1330-1400 UTC 11880 Guam
1430-1500 UTC 11720 Guam
1500-1530 UTC 11720 Guam
1530-1600 UTC 15255 Wertachtal
1600-1630 UTC 11805 Guam, 12035 Guam
1630-1700 UTC 11740 Guam
Also via WRMI.
Special QSL Cards will be issued for the same. Send your reception report at :
Address: DX India 10th Anni. QSL, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
DX India special via Amateur Radio
BCDXers who are hams are requested to be on band for a friendly meeting on air on 1st October 2011, Saturday(10th anniversary of Dx India) and contact / monitor VU2JOS as follows.
0130-0200 UTC (7.00 am to 7.30 am IST) : 7073 kHz, LSB
1230-1300 UTC (6.00 pm to 6.30 pm IST) : 14160 kHz USB
Special QSL Cards will be issued for the same. Send your reception report at :
Address: DX India 10th Anni. QSL, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email: dxindia10@gmail.com
Looking forward to your participation !
Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta
DX India YG
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dx_india/
Source: DX_India Yahoo Group.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
AWR Wavescan 2011 Contest Winners
Contest Results: Our Big 2011 "Choose a Channel" DX Contest
(Dr.Adrian Peterson Via Alokesh Gupta)
And now, here is the information you have been waiting to hear. In our program today, we present the results of the recent 2011 Wavescan DX contest that was conducted back during the month of June. The DX contest this year was organized to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Adventist World Radio, and it featured the listening and reporting of all of the stations that can be heard on one particular shortwave frequency, under the title "Choose a Channel" DX Contest. The history of Adventist World Radio goes way back to October 1, 1971, when AWR made its first broadcast on shortwave in a service originating out of Portugal and beamed towards various countries in Europe.
The awards for this year's contest are similar to all previous contests. There will be a special award for the world winner, one of the Jerry Berg radio history books; and World Radio TV Handbook 2012 for each continental winner. In addition, there will be other special awards as well as AWR souvenirs and radio curios for many participants.
You can remember that all AWR reception reports will be verified with a specially endorsed AWR QSL card. Please remember that it will take a period of many months, well into the new year 2012, to process all of the contest entries and reception reports, but each will in due course be processed.
There were two surprising facts exhibited in the contest entries this year. One was the magnificent quality of many of the top entries; and the huge number of reception reports included in this year's entries. One entrant submitted 63 reception reports, and two entrants both submitted 45 reception reports each.
And here now is the list of winners for our big 2011 "Choose a Channel" DX Contest:-
The awards for this year's contest are similar to all previous contests. There will be a special award for the world winner, one of the Jerry Berg radio history books; and World Radio TV Handbook 2012 for each continental winner. In addition, there will be other special awards as well as AWR souvenirs and radio curios for many participants.
You can remember that all AWR reception reports will be verified with a specially endorsed AWR QSL card. Please remember that it will take a period of many months, well into the new year 2012, to process all of the contest entries and reception reports, but each will in due course be processed.
There were two surprising facts exhibited in the contest entries this year. One was the magnificent quality of many of the top entries; and the huge number of reception reports included in this year's entries. One entrant submitted 63 reception reports, and two entrants both submitted 45 reception reports each.
And here now is the list of winners for our big 2011 "Choose a Channel" DX Contest:-
Awards of Merit
Gunter Jacob Passau, Germany - Top quality book production
Nobuya Kato, Fujisawa Japan
Sebastian Arndt, Remstadt Germany
Sziklai Jozsef, Baja Hungary
Claes Englund, Danderyd Sweden
Jose Jacob, Hyderabad India - Has entered every contest since 1977
Gunter Jacob Passau, Germany - Top quality book production
Nobuya Kato, Fujisawa Japan
Sebastian Arndt, Remstadt Germany
Sziklai Jozsef, Baja Hungary
Claes Englund, Danderyd Sweden
Jose Jacob, Hyderabad India - Has entered every contest since 1977
Girish Chadaga with Sanil Deep
Continental Winners
Southern Asia P. Girish Chadaga Bangalore India
East Asia Hideo Suzuki Kiyosu Japan
Asia - Other Areas Tony Ashar Depok Indonesia
Europe Hans V. Lollike Hedehusene Denmark
South America Jorge Luis Medina Punto Fijo Venezuela
South Pacific Bruce White Karoonda SA Australia
North America Edward Insinger Summit NJ USA
Southern Asia P. Girish Chadaga Bangalore India
East Asia Hideo Suzuki Kiyosu Japan
Asia - Other Areas Tony Ashar Depok Indonesia
Europe Hans V. Lollike Hedehusene Denmark
South America Jorge Luis Medina Punto Fijo Venezuela
South Pacific Bruce White Karoonda SA Australia
North America Edward Insinger Summit NJ USA
World Winner
William Patalon Fallston MD USA
William Patalon Fallston MD USA
(Dr.Adrian Peterson Via Alokesh Gupta)
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Icom IC-R71A for sale
Icom IC-R71A for sale.
Rs. 9000/-
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DX meet at Kolkata
Veteran & newbies join for a DX meet at Kolkata, read the story here :
http://idxci.blogspot.com/2011/09/putting-dx-army-together-kolkata.html
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Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE
New Delhi
http://idxci.blogspot.com/2011/09/putting-dx-army-together-kolkata.html
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New Delhi
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Radio Prague marks 75 years
Radio Prague marks 75 years on air
Adapting to change: 75 years of Radio Prague broadcasts
Radio Prague listeners send well-wishes on Radio Prague's 75th birthday
Radio Prague to suffer no budget cuts in 2012
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Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE
New Delhi
New DRM radios
MSway receiver exclusive!
Source: http://drmna.bcdx.org/wp/?p=856#more-856
Here is our interview with Ms. Marticia Jo, PR manager of MSway:
Q. How long has the MSway DRM receiver been under development?
A. Actually we have started DRM business from 2011. We already made products for T-DMB and DAB and we have been probing DRM market for many years doing government funded projects.
Q. Do you have any development / R&D partners?
We have worked with the lab of Hansin University for years in digital radios.
There is a government funded research institute called KETI (Korean Electronic Technology Institute) and this institute has invested a lot of time and effort for digital broadcasting for several years. They have developed various technologies for almost all global standards and transfer their developed technology to commercial sectors. That's why this institute is funded and audited by government.
MSway licensed KETI's digital radio technology and decided to produce commercial products. Even though we do not have a long history in DRM, the technology and experience from KETI have planted into MSway for DRM and we are confident to deliver commercial products.
Q. What makes the MSway receiver unique?
A. First of all we will make the device affordable. Currently the commercialized DRM radios made by a few companies are too expensive. we will focus on good reception & audio quality with core functions. At the moment we do not have plan to make the device heavy (i.e. equipped with multimedia functions). We will release the basic types of products but we can make customized models upon customers' requests.
We have developed both receivers and monitoring systems (analyzer) and it will enhance the quality of receivers.
Especially the USB type can be extended to HAM communication with antenna change.
Q. What is the main market for the receiver? Will it be available in the USA/North America?
A. Currently we are informed that India officially will launch DRM. Therefore the immediate demand in India is quite promising. Also Brazil and Russia is reviewing DRM for the official launch and DRM consortium people are promoting DRM in those countries. We naturally should aim the markets that have plans to start DRM broadcasting officially like India, Brazil and Russia.
There is a lot of interest from Europe and Australia and we will go to the markets with high interests.
North America? Why not? If there is demand, we will look into the possibilities to launch our products. However we need to study the market very carefully.
Q. Do you have any projected production run and time-frame for the first model/models?
We are getting some actual requests from broadcasters and local distributors in different countries. Throughout IBC show in September we will meet more potential customers for commercial productions.
We have decided to emphasize on the DRM reception with good audio quality to go into the market quickly. Other multimedia functions and other data service function can be added by customers' requests later on. Our ultimate goal at the moment is "spread affordable DRM radios as soon and as many as possible". We will offer both module type and final product type and the customers can decide their release time and date.
If we can meet some actual buyer during the IBC show, we have a time-line to deliver the products within 15 weeks.
We also have a monitoring system for broadcasters and other professionals. KETI have completed field tests in India this year and all the participants and local broadcasters were impressed by the reception and functions.
It is the only monitoring solution supporting both DRM30 and DRM+ at the same time.
We have revised commercialized DAB tuner into DRM tuner and it gave us an exceptional reception result compare to other competitors' products. With KETI's experience in DAB & DAB+ we will create the version with DAB, DAB+ test as well.
I also have something new to share with you. In Korea we started a new government funded project called "WWR (World Wide Radio)". I was also involved in this project when it was proposed last year.
A group of professionals in various sections (I was representing Marketing part) teamed up and wrote a proposal to "Ministry of Information and Economics" in Korea and the government body evaluated submitted proposals and selected some projects to support funds.
This "WWR project" is targeting to produce the chipset which can supports all different global digital radio standards.
The result of project will be producing a chipset that able to receiver DAB, DAB+, DRM, DRM+ and more at the same time within 2 years.
I hope we, MSway, can get benefit out of this project soon.
Q. Could you please give us some background about yourself and MSway?
I studied sociology in a university in Korea and Hotel management in the Lausanne Hotel School, Switzerland, worked in Sweden and England as an hotelier. I have worked in service industry dealing with overseas businesses for 10 years.
Surprisingly I could have started my second career in IT industry as a global marketer. I have been involved in data broadcasting software solutions for digital radio and mobile TV. Starting with DAB, I have promoted solutions in different territories of the world for DVB-T/H, ATSC-MH, T/S-DMB and HD radio. Also I have been involved in some government projects in Korea & Singapore for digital radio. Now I am promoting DRM and I am very proud of being a professional in Digital radio industry.
MSway has been strong in Embedded solution of multimedia chip modules. Our CEO, Mr. M.S. Lee, started MCU application module business for Automotive, medical and Industrial products. Since then we have expanded our business area to PAN(Personal Area Network) and portable multimedia devices.
We have produced PND, PMP with mobile TV and radio functions. Based on our technology & experiences we are planning to create more services & products for Broadcasting-telecommunication convergence.
Thank you so much Ms. Jo for this DRMNA exclusive interview. Please extend our thanks to the whole MSway team. DRM enthusiasts in North America (as well as those worldwide) are awaiting the arrival of MSway receivers!
Thanks to Alokesh Gupta
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