WRTH 2012

Amazon is now taking preorders for WRTH 2012. December 15 is the release date; occasionally someone else (like Universal Radio) will have it sooner, perhaps at a higher price. I will try to keep folks informed.

http://www.amazon.com/WORLD-RADIO-TV-HANDBOOK-2012/dp/0955548144/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318396436&sr=8-1

WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK 2012

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This is the 66th edition of "WRT Handbook" and this great directory continues to offer the most comprehensive guide to broadcasting on the planet. Completely revised and updated, this new edition is the most accurate guide to national and international SW, MW, and FM broadcasting available. 

Indian Dxers will order on 

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World Radio TV Handbook 2012 by Wrth Publishing

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QSL REPORT – September 2011

Station: - Free Radio Service Holland
Date :- 27-02-2011
Frequency:- 6185 kHz
Time: - 1300-1330 UTC
Description: - 1980 – 30th Anniversary – 2010. QSL # 3 The 2000s.

Station: - Radio Romania International
Date: - 09-04-2011
Frequency: - 11895 kHz
Time: - 0300-0400 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - The (Old) Saint Elefterie Church.

Station: - Radio Bulgaria
Date: - 25-112010
Frequency: - 5900 kHz
Time: - 0000-0100 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Old Nessebar.

Station: - Radio Taiwan International
Date: - 01-05-2011
Frequency: - 15485 kHz
Time: - 1600-1700 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Taichng Park.

Station: - NHK World Radio Japan
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 15745 kHz
Time: - 1430-1515 UTC
Language: - Hindi
Description: - “Children performing Kabki” (Fukui Prefecture).

Station: - Deutsche Welle
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 1548 kHz (Trincomalee)
Time: - 1530-1600 UTC
Language: - Bengali
Description: - Stuttgart.

Station: - Voice of Russia
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 9670 kHz
Time: - 1500-1600 UTC
Language: - Hindi
Description: - The Voice of Russia 80, All the roads lead to VOR headquarters on Pyatnitskaya street.

Station: - Radio Canada International
Date: - 04-09-2011
Frequency: - 11675 kHz (via Kunming relay, China)
Time: - 1500-1557 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Maple Leaf Mailbag Special QSL verified by Bill Westenhaver. “Rediscover the World” Radio Canada International is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2005. RCI broadcasts throughout the world via the Internet, analog and digital shortwave, and satellite. Its 300-hour weekly programming also airs on over 300 partner stations in 75 countries.

Station: - China Radio International
Date: - 03-09-2011
Frequency: - 9600 kHz
Time: - 1830-1855 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - The Great Family of the Chinese Nation – Daur ethnic minority group.

Station: - Voice of Vietnam
Date: - 03-09-2011
Frequency: - 7280 kHz
Time: - 1900-1927 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - TNVN Verification Card.

Station: - All India Radio (Bhopal)
Date: - 25-03-2011
Frequency: - 4810 kHz
Time: - 1515-1530 UTC
Description: - QSL Card. Verifies by Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy). Frieze of dancers from bhoga-mandapa, Konarak.

Station: - All India Radio (Bangalore)
Date: - 17-02-2011
Frequency: - 13770 kHz
Time: - 1615-1645 UTC
Description: - QSL Card. Verifies by Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy). Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri.

Station: - All India Radio (Shimla)
Date: - 09-09-2011
Frequency: - 4965 kHz
Time: - 0040-0100 UTC
Description: - QSL Letter. Verifies by Sunil Bhatia, Director (Engineering), Prasar Bharati, Broadcasting Corporation of India, All India Radio Shimla - 171004

Station: - Radio Netherlands
Date: - 03-09-2011
Frequency: - 15495 kHz (Wertachtal)
Time: - 1900-1930 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Photograph of Hard Rock Café, Terras.

Station: - Radio Netherlands
Date: - 04-09-2011
Frequency: - 11835 kHz (Madagascar)
Time: - 1430-1500 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Photograph of Flower Field.

Station: - Radio Netherlands
Date: - 06-09-2011
Frequency: - 9800 kHz (Trincomalee)
Time: - 1400-1430 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Twister Collection.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 07-04-2011
Frequency: - 15725kHz
Time: - 1400-1500 UTC
Language: - Urdu
Description: - Assignments editors discuss the latest story developments in the VOA newsroom in Washington, D.C.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 02-04-2011
Frequency: - 9780 kHz
Time: - 0100-0200 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 02-04-2011
Frequency: - 9780 kHz
Time: - 0100-0200 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 16-05-2011
Frequency: - 12150 kHz
Time: - 1500-1600 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - Voice of America
Date: - 28-02-2011
Frequency: - 7405 kHz
Time: - 1600-1700 UTC
Language: - Bengali
Description: - Voice of America. Powerful transmitters and curtain antennas towering hundreds of feet high beam VOA shortwave radio programs to listeners around the world from U. S. Government international broadcasting stations.

Station: - HCJB Global Australia
Date :- 05-09-2011
Frequency:- 15340 kHz (Transmitting from Kununurra in the northwest of Australia)
Time: - 1515-1530 UTC
Language:- English
Description: - e-QSL. Promenade Melbourn.

Regards & 73’s
Mukesh Kumar
THE COSMOS CLUB
MISCOT-3, R-8, RAMNA
MUZAFFARPUR – 842002
BIHAR, INDIA
Cell:             +919835803450      
Email: mukesh.letters@gmail.com

Digital Radio and the Future of Shortwave

Digital Radio and the Future of Shortwave
by James Careless

http://www.rwonline.com/article/digital-radio-and-the-future-of-shortwave/24599
(Via Alokesh Gupta)

Radio Nacional de Angola to build new shortwave transmitter

Radio Nacional de Angola in the eastern Moxico province will build a new shortwave transmitter with an output of 25 kW, granted on Oct 14, 2011, in Luena, by the board president, Pedro Cabral. According to the official, work has taken place in Luena for some time and will be installed in High-Luena district within a circle of 500 meters... Radio Nacional de Angola had a shortwave transmitter in Moxico until the early 80's, when it left the air for technical reasons. Read more at http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/(in Spanish) . (Angola Pres, via Slaen Oct 16) (DX Window 439)

AFRS India-Burma Memories Honored

US Armed Forces Radio 70th Anniversary 1941-2011

Six New Features Released India-Burma WWII

The Radio Heritage Foundation releases six new features celebrating AFRS radio stations in India and Burma during the 1940's at its global website www.radioheritage.com

2011 is the 70th anniversary of American Armed Forces Radio broadcasts, and the six new features look at AFRS radio in a part of the world that few people today know once had these temporary radio stations.

AFRS India-Burma looks at the network of 16 stations set up in what are now India, Pakistan, Burma and Sri Lanka to entertain and inform US forces during WWII and the campaigns to both protect India and help the Chinese war effort.

AFRS The Ledo Road visits the network of AFRS stations along the famous Ledo Road built to bring supplies by road from Northern India to China via Burma. This feature was written as the stations were closing down.

AFRS WOTO Bhamo is a contemporary look at the 'Wings Over The Orient' radio station in northern Burma, one of the stations along The Ledo Road. This is a fascinating visit inside the operations of one of the most isolated AFRS stations in the region.

AFRS VU2ZP Bangalore introduces the personnel and programs that made this local AFRS station one of the most popular in India during its short time on the air. Rare photos from the private collection of one of the original VU2ZP broadcasters bring extra meaning to the written words.

AFRS VU2ZP Signs-Off is a retrospective of the Bangalore station, including its sleepless monitoring that helped it be the first station in India to report the end of the war in Europe. Again, rare photos of staff and VU2ZP studios make this a special feature.

AFRS VU2ZS Misamari is another contemporary indepth look at the people and programs of the small AFRS station at Misamari.

These six new items are in addition to the introductory feature AFRS China-Burma-India already at www.radioheritage.com. This also covers stations in China and remains the only comprehensive listing of the stations involved.

The features have been made possible by CBI veterans and their families preserving a variety of original resources such as magazines and photos and we encourage support for their projects. We're pleased to help bring them to a broader audience.

Many other AFRS radio features at www.radioheritage.com include rare photos and personal memories and stories from the past 70 years of AFRS operations.

The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage at its global website www.radioheritage.com.

Sponsors now get a free World Radio TV Handbook 2012 shipped worldwide for their support of this international project. You can also choose your personal favorite feature to sponsor - included in your sponsorship - for even greater public acknowledgement. Full details are at www.radioheritage.com.

Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
October 18 2011

(Alokesh Gupta)