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Theme
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“Birthday
Serenade” - Willi Glahe
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Opening Announcement - 00:17
Welcome
to “Wavescan”, international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched
and written in Indianapolis, produced in studios of shortwave WRMI
Program
outline
1.
Review: WRTVHB 2014
2.
Radio Conventions
3.
International DX News
4.
Philippine DX Report
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Review: WRTVHB 2014
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The
long awaited 2014 edition of the World Radio TV Handbook has finally arrived,
and we take delight in giving you an audio preview of this important annual
publication.
Ray Robinson KVOH
All
672 pages are chock full of interesting and uptodate information that is
fundamentally necessary for any and every international radio monitor.
This
68th edition of the WRTVHB is compiled, as always, from information
obtained directly from thousands of mediumwave, shortwave and FM stations
located in all countries around the world, together with monitoring information
provided by a panel of well known international radio monitors who specialize
in different areas of the international radio spectrum. The publisher is Nicholas Hardyman, the
International Editor is Sean Gilbert, and the high quality annual volume is
printed and published in England.
All
of the several articles in this year’s WRTVHB are, as always, of real interest,
and the first tells the radio story of international radio monitor Max van
Arnhem in Holland. Listed also are the
names of the many international radio monitors who provide monitoring
assistance to WRTVHB. Some of these men
you may know personally, some you know by name only, and others are equally
well known in other parts of the world.
You will note for example, that Jose Jacob VU2JOS in India is listed
representing his country.
Listed
also are reviews of half a dozen new radio receivers varying in price from $245
right up to $6500. Some of these receivers are stand alone
units, and others are attached to a computer system.
Two
men who stand high in the international radio world have contributed major
feature articles. Jerome Berg of
suburban Boston presents “The History of Shortwave Broadcasting in a Nutshell”,
together with half a dozen mouth-watering QSL cards in full color. Victor Goonetilleke of Colombo Sri Lanka
tells the story of “Broadcasting in Sri Lanka” with on the spot photos. Another feature article presents the story of
the Voice of Vietnam from Hans Johnson in Florida.
A
total of 13 maps in shiny full color show you the locations of the world’s
shortwave stations; then begins the listing of mediumwave and FM stations with
postal addresses in every country in alphabetic order, beginning with
Afghanistan. The listing of mediumwave
stations in Australia shows a total of only 14 transmitters in 5 states
operating at 50 kW, all on the air with government ABC programming.
The
highest power for a commercial station on mediumwave in Australia is 10 kW,
with just three stations, 4KQ (693 kHz) & 4TAB (1008 kHz) both in Brisbane,
and 6PR (882 kHz) in Perth. The Public
Broadcasting Station 2WEB in Bourke NSW also operates at 10 kW on a mediumwave
channel, 585 kHz.
The
listing for Brazil shows nearly 2,000 mediumwave stations with 100 on
shortwave; China & Russia have just as many, and the United States has even
more.. Lonely Pitcairn Island is shown
with two FM stations at very low power; 87.5 MHz with 2½ watts and 107 MHz at 1
watt. Zimbabwe is at the end of the
alphabetic list in the section for national radio. The international shortwave section is
followed by a listing of all clandestine stations currently on the air.
Just
as appealing is all of the advertising presented in full color. Many receivers are shown, as is also
transmission equipment for broadcasters, and radio magazines with a wide appeal
too.
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Program Announcement - 06:30
Allen Graham
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International DX News - 07:16
Spy Numbers Stations
Item from Radio World
New Time Zone for India
Reports from North East India indicate that serious
consideration is currently being given to the introduction of a new time zone
for all of the north eastern states. At
the present time, there is only one time zone in all of India, UTC plus 5½ hours,
and this is 90 minutes wide right across India.
Unofficially, the tea gardens in North East India observe their own time
zone, one hour later than the official local time.
Chinese News Reporters Visit Northern Finland
The New Zealand DX Times reports
that a group of news reporters from China visited a DX camp in northern Finland
to investigate the mediumwave DX scene.
A total of 14 beverage antennas each 3,000 feet long is established at
the DX camp, and one of their major interests is to tune in to mediumwave
stations that are on the air in mainland China.
And while we are talking about China, we can mention
another item in a recent edition of the New Zealand DX Times. A giant radio receiver was placed on display
in the radio museum in the lobby of the
Central People’s Broadcasting Station in Yunnan province. This radio was built at a nearby radio
factory, it measures 14 ft long, 8 feet high & 4½
feet thick, and it was designed to tune in the four local radio channels.
A recent edition of the magazine Radio Maailma in Finland
reports that a new longwire beverage antenna was installed at their DX camp at
Aihkinienmi. The antenna was beamed at
160 degrees and a multitude of mediumwave stations in Iran were logged.
London England
The American radio magazine Popular Communications reported
a while ago that a radio has been produced in London with the use of a printed
circuit board which is in the shape and the form of a map of the underground
railway system in London.
New
Radio Stations in New Skyscraper in New York City
The
American news magazine Radio World reported recently that the new skyscraper in
New York City is now ready to accept organizations that would like to establish
radio and TV stations in their building.
This new tower, One World Trade Center, is constructed on the site of
the previous buildings that were destroyed in the air attack designated 911,
September 11, 2001. The height of the
new building stands at 1776 feet at the top of the spire, ⅓rd mile
high. This is 49 feet taller than the
previous building on the same site.
In
another report, Radio World printed a photograph of a wireless transmitter that
was in use in Berlin for the broadcast of speech transmissions in the year
1906.
AWR on FM in India:
Currently, Adventist World Radio is
on the air on five FM stations in India.
The scheduling is as follows; and we might add, that reception reports
would be appreciated:-
Hyderabad AIR Vividh Bharathi 102.8 MHz 10 kW Telugu
Daily 1730 IST
Pune (Poona) AIR Vividh Bharathi 101.0 10 Fri Sat Sun 1845 IST
Shillong AIR FM Rainbow 103.6 10 Fri Sat Sun
1645 IST
Trivandrum Big
FM 92.7 5 Fri Sat Sun 1330 IST
Bengaluru AIR FM Rainbow 101.3 10 English Fri Sat Sun 1645 IST
Also
via AIR DTH
And while we are talking about AWR FM transmissions, we
report that the first AWR FM station in Indonesia was inaugurated recently at
Menado in the province of North Sulawesi.
This station is currently on the air on 90.6 MHz 12 hours daily
according to the license requirements, and it is expected that a full time
schedule will be introduced during the earlier part of this year 2014. The station identifies on air as Radio Angkat
Nafiri in Bahasa Indonesia, a title that is taken from the AWR theme melody
under the title, “Jesus is Coming Again”.
Special Amateur
Callsign AU3NIAR Celebrates Three Decades in India
The National Institute of Amateur Radio was established
with its headquarters at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India in the year 1983. The
activities of the organisation include Awareness Programs, Training, Technical
Workshops, Advocacy, DX-pedititions, Contesting and Emergency Communications to
promote people participating in Communication through Amateur Radio. Celebrating three decades of continuous
service to society, the NIAR Club station will operate a special callsign
AU3NIAR throughout this year 2014, for which a special QSL card is available.
Norfolk Island Radio
Broadcasts Programs from New Zealand
The mediumwave station VL2NI on Norfolk Island carries a
relay of radio programming from New Zealand, states David Ricquish in a recent
edition of the New Zealand DX Times.
Norfolk Island is an Australian territory out in the Pacific some 877
miles from the Australian coastline.
Station VL2NI operates on mediumwave 1566 kHz and the programming from
Radio National in New Zealand is received on Norfolk Island via satellite.
Usage of Spark Gap
Morse Code Officially Ended
A recent feature article states that the transmission of
spark gap Morse Code in the United States was prohibited by law, beginning on
January 1, 1940.
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Radio Conventions
- 13:42
HFCC
2014 Kuala Lumpur
SWL
Winterfest
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Philippine DX Report - 21:55
Henry Umadhay
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Music of the World -
26:56
USA
Death Valley: Theatre organ, Streets of Laredo
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Closing Announcement - 27:30
Thanks
for listening to “Wavescan”, international DX program from Adventist World
Radio
Researched
and written in Indianapolis
Next
week:-
1.
Focus on Asia Philippines - 6: Navy Wireless at Cavite
2.
Bangladesh DX Report
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QSL cards available - AWR & WRMI
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Jeff
White, shortwave WRMI
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* Program Ends - 28:55
