Saturday, February 28, 2015

Radio related e-books

Zacharias Liangas radio related e-books https://www.scribd.com/collections/7127419/Mini-publications
His radio shack: http://goo.gl/MHAHJ1
all his pages : http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak

And dont forget to look into his new e-book 25 years Malaysia a survey
http://goo.gl/Pi87gp Any one buying and reviewing it will be added into a
special chapter as reviewers

DX Extra number 22


Hello fellow DXers, it is with great excitement to release the latest shortwave news programme, DX Extra number 22 to the world wide web! It's also the last day of February! 


In the headlines this fortnight:


- AWR special QSL Kigali

- RCI "Celebrates" 70 years

- New station; Radio Risala International

- Radio 292; where are they now

- Pirate Radio News, logs and recordings

- Audio Archive: Behaviour Night WBCQ


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To LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD the podcast simply head to:

hriradio.org 


Radio Revival Sweden Transmission schedule

Relays this weekend

 

Radio Revival Sweden Transmission schedule

Saturday, February 28 2015 6065 kHz 10 kW A3H, 9865 kHz 5 kW AM
1100-1200 UTC Radio Nord Revival
1200-1300 UTC SDXF Sveriges DX-Förbund  reports to qsl (at)sdxf.se
1300-1500 UTC Radio Merkurs reports to RNI@apollo.lv

1500-1600 UTC 78-timmen with Ola Rosengren - 78 rpm records only!

1600-1700 UTC Country Box with Kenneth Friberg 
1700-1800 UTC The Ronny B Goode Show 
1800-1900 UTC Hit! with DJ PeWee 

 

Every Saturday and Wednesday the programs of HLR:
07.00 to 09.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz
09.00 to 12.00 UTC, on 6190 KHz
12.00 to 16.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz

 

Sunday 1st of March MV Baltic Radio:
09.00 to 10.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz 
10.00 to 11/00 UTC, on 9485 KHz 

 

Every Sunday the programmes of HLR:
12.00 to 16.00 UTC on 9485 kHz

 

Good Listening!

73s


(Tom Taylor)


DX Extra number 22


Hello fellow DXers, it is with great excitement to release the latest shortwave news programme, DX Extra number 22 to the world wide web! It's also the last day of February! 


In the headlines this fortnight:


- AWR special QSL Kigali

- RCI "Celebrates" 70 years

- New station; Radio Risala International

- Radio 292; where are they now

- Pirate Radio News, logs and recordings

- Audio Archive: Behaviour Night WBCQ


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To LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD the podcast simply head to:

hriradio.org 


DX Extra number 22


Hello fellow DXers, it is with great excitement to release the latest shortwave news programme, DX Extra number 22 to the world wide web! It's also the last day of February! 


In the headlines this fortnight:


- AWR special QSL Kigali

- RCI "Celebrates" 70 years

- New station; Radio Risala International

- Radio 292; where are they now

- Pirate Radio News, logs and recordings

- Audio Archive: Behaviour Night WBCQ


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To LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD the podcast simply head to:

hriradio.org 


Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Digital Radio Mondiale at ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2015

"DRM: Clever Radio for Smart Countries" at ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium will have a strong presence once again at the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium (DBS) 2015 in Kuala Lumpur LINK, one of the premier digital events in Asia.  DBS is a key event in the DRM calendar. A general update will be offered on the opening day (Wednesday 4th March) under the title 'Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) - Delivering to all your needs'. 
Focusing on the significant cost and spectrum savings delivered by DRM (i.e. using Single Frequency Network deployment) the DRM Workshop "Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) - Clever Radio for Smart Countries" is to be held on Thursday 5th March 1400-1500 in Safir room 2. The event will offer participants an opportunity to learn more about digital radio and to experience the full DRM technology.  Attendees will be invited to ask their own questions about the practical steps needed to create a healthy digital system involving the key stakeholders: listeners, regulator, broadcasters and the receiver manufacturing industry. The new Avion DRM radio has recently been unveiled in India and participants will be able to see and hear for themselves how the listener can experience more choice, enhanced sound quality, text and additional data services. 
Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Chairman, is excited about this premier ABU event which has been supported by the Consortium for quite a number of years now because: "We can bring the latest developments to a wide range of specialists while having DRM championed by some of our best DRM experts and practitioners."

(Press Release)

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Alokesh Gupta,  Via DX Asia Yahoo Group
New Delhi



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Adventist World Radio Offers Special QSL Stamp for Kigali Broadcasts

            At the beginning of this current Transmission Period B14 October 6, 2014, Adventist World Radio began a relay service from the Deutsche Welle shortwave relay station near Kigali in Rwanda Africa.  The AWR relay via DW Kigali is on the air for a total of 2½ transmitter hours daily in three languages, French, Amharic & Fulfulde.  In one particular time block, two transmitters carry the programming in parallel.


            However, Deutsche Welle has subsequently announced that they plan to close their African relay station at the end of this current Transmission Period B14 March 28, 2015 and then dismantle the station.  The last AWR broadcasts from DW Kigali will therefor also end at the same time.
            For those who would like to receive a QSL card for these now short term broadcasts, AWR would welcome all reception reports from listeners in any part of the world.  Each reception report will be verified with a QSL card (not an Email QSL), and the envelope will be affixed with genuine postage stamps, not postal labels.  In addition, while supplies last, a special QSL stamp showing Kigali will be attached to the QSL card.
             It is not necessary to send an off-air recording of your reception.  We just need your honest         reception report on paper.  Where possible, please enclose return postage in the form of currency notes in any             international currency, or mint postage stamps.  Please note that IRC coupons are too expensive for you to buy, and they are no longer valid in the United States. 
Also please enclose your address label.
            The only address for the special Kigali QSL stamp is the Indianapolis address at:-
Adventist World Radio, Box 29235, Indianapolis, Indiana 46229, USA.
            All reception reports, including all that have already been received, will be QSLed in due course.  However, please be patient with us as we already hold uncounted hundreds of reception reports still pending, and it may take us many months to process them all. 
            The current AWR website shows the following scheduling for the daily Kigali transmissions:-
                                    0600 - 0630 UTC        15700 kHz      French
                                    0600 - 0630                 17800              French
                                    1700 - 1730                   9490              Amharic
                                    1930 - 2000                 17800              Fulfulde          
                                    2000 - 2030                 17800              French
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                                  Adventist World Radio - Regular QSL Policy


            Adventist World Radio welcomes reception reports from listeners in all countries.  Please note the following items of information:-
* Each reception report should contain the following items of information
  Date
  Time, preferably expressed in International Radio Time, equivalent to UTC
                        Frequency in kHz
                        Sufficient program details to verify that you actually heard the AWR programming
                        Reports using SINPO Code preferred
* Reception reports by postal mail are preferred, though email is also acceptable.
* Where possible, please enclose return postage in the form of currency notes in any                                international currency, or mint postage stamps. 
* Please note that IRC coupons are too expensive for you to buy, and they are no longer valid in the United States. 
* Where possible, please enclose your address label.
* You will receive a full data QSL card, including location, through the postal system in response to your reception report.
* Several different QSL cards are available.
* The envelope will be affixed with regular postage stamps, not a postage label.
* AWR does not send out email QSLs.
* It is not necessary for you to send and resend the same reception report.  All reception reports that we receive are verified with a regular full data QSL card.
* It is not necessary to send an off-air recording of your reception.  We just need your honest                   reception report on paper.
* At times, there may be a delay before you receive your AWR QSL card.  This is due to the                    large inflow of reception reports we receive from listeners in so many different countries.
* The regular postal address for reception reports is:-
                        Adventist World Radio
                        Box 29235
                        Indianapolis
                        Indiana 46229 USA

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Digital Audio Broadcasting

Plans are afoot to boost the number of local DAB radio stations in the UK.
DAB is a substitute for AM and FM broadcasting, providing better audio quality.

In India, the digital radio format chosen by Indian Government is DRM+.
Therefore, Digital Audio can be heard only on DRM enabled sets in India, that also for a limited number of hours.
Read more ..

Former Radio DJ wins OSCAR for Best Director

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was a DJ in Mexico during the 1980s playing rock music.
He won the OSCAR for Best Director for the film "Birdman"
A music lover, Inarritu started working for WFM radio in the 1980s while he was still a communications student at Mexico City’s Iberoamerican University.
Inarritu left WFM in the 1990s to make television advertisements and short films for his production firm, Z Films, while learning the craft from Polish-born theater director Ludwik Margules.

Monday, February 23, 2015

Amateur Radio Group takes a released frequency

Listen to DW online
If you are interested in Radio activities in Germany, read this article.

Deutsche Welle decided to close down one of their 500KW Shortwave transmitter near Munich in 2012.

A group containing some German radio amateurs applied for and were allocated the then available short wave frequency of 6070 KHz in 2013. This group now have an operational 10KW station on the frequency, using the driver stages from the old Deutsche Welle transmitter. Read more ..

HD Radio Technology

What is HD Radio Technology? HD does not mean High Definition.

HD technology makes AM stations sound like FM and FM stations sound with CD quality.

Like satellite signals, HD Radio broadcasts digitally use radio waves but with different frequencies, said Yi Zheng, engineering professor at St. Cloud State University.

Read more ..

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Wavescan NWS313


* Theme - 00:00
            “Birthday Serenade - Willi Glahe

* 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. Railway Radio in Australia - 1
                        2. EDXC Interviews
                        3. SQOTW29 Special QSL of the Week: First Reception Report from India

* Railway Radio in Australia - Part 1 - 01:02
            The first wireless transmissions from a moving train in Australia took place during the years 1910 and 1911.  A prominent wireless experimenter in that era, George Taylor, conducted several successful experiments on moving trains that were speeding between Sydney in New South Wales and Melbourne in Victoria. 
            On some occasions, he placed a wireless transmitter and a receiver at two different locations on the same train and succeeded with communication between both units while the train was in motion.  On other occasions, he succeeded in making wireless communication between two different trains running at full speed.
            However, during the next decade, all of the radio experiments in association with trains in Australia centered about reception on a moving train, rather than on broadcasting from a moving train.
On April 7, 1924, for example, a passenger train left Melbourne bound for Sydney with a radio receiver aboard, and a musical concert on the air from a mediumwave broadcasting station in Sydney was heard quite clearly.  This was an all time first in Australia.
            Six months later, a similar experiment was conducted in South Australia.  At 2:35 in the afternoon on October 10 (1924), a special train left the Adelaide railway station bound for Belair in the nearby Adelaide Hills, and aboard were fifteen radio receivers.
            Initially, all of the receivers were tuned to the same radio station so that passengers could readily make a comparison between receivers of various makes.  Soon afterwards though, the receivers were tuned to whatever station the listener desired to hear, and they could tune in to the music  programming from any of four different stations, amateur or broadcast: 5AB, 5DN, 5RM or 5RG. 
            This special railroad trip attracted so many people that the railway officials had to connect a second carriage in order to accommodate the three hundred people who desired to participate.  On the return journey, the train stopped inside a tunnel in order to check radio reception there.  However, the listeners discovered that signals from all four radio stations were degraded inside the tunnel.
             A subsequent event on a special train running from Adelaide to suburban outer Hallett Cove on the coastline attracted five hundred people, and nine radio receivers were installed aboard. 
            In June 1926, radio reception tests were made in a VIP carriage known as the Norman Car.  This carriage was attached to a train leaving the Flinders Street station in Melbourne.  It was reported that several radio broadcasting stations were picked up well, and that the receivers did not need an earth connection.
            Similar experiments were conducted on moving trains in country areas also, and in 1925, reception experiments were conducted in a special carriage attached to a train running from Cockburn to Mt. Dutton, in the outback areas towards the center of the continent.  The external receiving antenna was attached above the roof of the carriage and reception from radio broadcasting stations was described as good..
            The first radio broadcasting station aboard a railway train in Australia was station 2XT, a 500 watt AWA transmitter on 1175 kHz.  This radio station was part of an exhibit on board an exhibition train, known as the Great White Train, which started out from Sydney on November 11, 1925.  It is claimed that this was the first radio broadcasting station on a train anywhere in the world. 
            A total of fifteen carriages carried commercial exhibits from thirty well known manufacturing companies, and in its two year tour throughout country areas in the state of New South Wales, the train travelled 45,000 miles and visited more than one hundred towns, attracting more than half a million visitors.  Station 2XT was installed in a carriage that was occupied completely with electronic equipment manufactured by the AWA company.
            The train would arrive at each new location in the morning, the staff would then go out and visit trades people, and in the afternoon and evening the exhibits were open to local visitors.  Usually there was an official Civic Reception in each town with local community leaders.
            The first stop on this long and very successful tour was at Gosford, north of Sydney.  The stay at any particular town was extended up to as many as five days.
            The radio station 2XT was on the air in two sessions each day, from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm and again from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.  Live programming featured recorded music, speeches from local civic and commercial personnel, as well as information about the contents in each of the exhibits aboard the train.
            The antenna was a single wire 60 feet long on masts at a height of 40 feet above the AWA carriage, and the rails served as an earthing system.  Reception reports were received from listeners all over Australia and New Zealand, and also up in New Guinea. 
            Sometime during month of December, 1927, mobile radio station 2XT on the Great White Train made its last program broadcast at its last visit to a small country town in the Australian state of New South Wales.  The train returned to Sydney and all of the exhibits were unloaded.  We can only presume that the radio transmitter was also unloaded from the train, and perhaps sold off to a land based radio station for installation at a new location.  But where?  I guess we will never know!   
            There are no known QSL cards or letters verifying reception of station 2XT aboard the Great White Train.  However, Dr. Bruce Cartys splendid large format book, On the Air: Australian Radio History, carries a picture, on one of its early pages, of the advertising leaflet that was distributed in each town that the train visited.  The Carty book shows the leaflet that was imprinted for the visit to the large regional city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales.

* EDXC Report - 07:31
            Interviews with Toshi Ohtake
                        George Brown                        Scotland
                        Bengt Erikson             Sweden
                        Alexander Berostin     Russia
                        Dave Kenny                England
                        Christian Ghibaudo     France
                        ?                                  Finland

* SQOTW29 Special QSL of the Week: First Reception Report from India - 22:12
            Way back nearly forty years ago, Jose Jacob VU2JOS in India tuned his radio to the tropical shortwave frequency 3925 kHz, and he heard a broadcast from NBC, the National Broadcasting Commission in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.  The callsign for this transmitter at the time was P2K3, the power was 10 kW, and the time of reception in India was 6:00 pm on October 25, 1976.
            The QSL card issued by NBC Port Moresby in those days showed a yellow map of Papua New Guinea together with its surrounding islands, and the location of each of the NBC stations is shown on the map.  A typewritten note on the card acknowledges that the reception report they received from Jose Jacob was the very first from India.


* Closing Announcement - 23:06
            Thanks for listening to Wavescan, international DX program from Adventist World Radio
            Researched and written in Indianapolis
            Next week:-
                        1. The Original BBC Relay Station in Singapore       
                        2. Ancient DX Report 1910
                        3. Japan DX Report
                        4. SQOTW30 Special QSL of the Week: Worlds Shortest Reception report
            Several QSL cards available.  Send your AWR & KSDA reception reports for Wavescan to the                            AWR address in Indianapolis; and also to the station your radio is tuned to: WRMI or                                 WWCR or KVOH, or to the AWR relay stations that carry Wavescan.  Remember too,                             you can send a reception report to each of the DX reporters when their segment is on                          the air here in Wavescan: Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Australia & India.  They will                             verify with their own colorful QSL card.  Return postage and an address label are always                       appreciated.
            Wavescan address:-
                        Box 29235
                        Indianapolis
                        Indiana 46229 USA
            Wavescan @ AWR.org
            Jeff White, shortwave WRMI

* Music of the World - 25:16
            Papua New Guinea: Wantok FM Radio
                        Gospel music, male choir, electronic orchestra


* Program Ends - 28:55

NAB Awards

The National Association of Broadcasters announced the 50 finalists for the 28th Annual Crystal Radio Awards. Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding year-round commitment to community service. Winners will be announced and the finalists will be honored at the NAB Radio Luncheon. The Luncheon, sponsored by ASCAP, will be held Tuesday, April 14 during the 2015 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

This year's finalists are:

WINS-AM New York, NY

WJJY-FM Baxter, MN

KBHP-FM Bemidji, MN

WJMZ-FM Greenville, SC

KFOR-AM Lincoln, NE

WKRQ-FM Cincinnati, OH

KIKV-FM Alexandria, MN

WKSF-FM Asheville, NC

KLCK-FM Bellevue, WA

WLBC-FM Muncie, IN

KLIN-AM Lincoln, NE

WLLK-FM Somerset, KY

KPCW-FM Park City, UT

WLNK-FM Charlotte, NC

KPRS-FM Kansas City, MO

WOC-AM Davenport, IA

KRMG-FM Tulsa, OK

WPOC-FM Baltimore, MD

KSL-FM Salt Lake City, UT

WPRS-FM Silver Spring, MD

KTTS-FM Springfield, MO

WRLT-FM Nashville, TN

KUPL-FM Portland, OR

WSB-AM Atlanta, GA

KZFN-FM Moscow, ID

WSNY-FM Columbus, OH

KZZL-FM Moscow ID

WSOY-AM Decatur, IL

WAFL-FM Milford, DE

WSPD-AM Toledo, OH

WALR-FM Atlanta, GA

WSTW-FM Wilmington, DE

WBT-AM Charlotte, NC

WSUN-FM Saint Petersburg, FL

WBZZ-FM Pittsburg, PA

WTAW-AM College Station, TX

WCCO-AM Minneapolis, MN

WTMX-FM Chicago, IL

WDRV-FM Chicago, IL

WTOP-FM Washington, DC

WGY-AM Latham, NY

WUSL-FM Philadelphia, PA

WHEN-AM Syracuse, NY

WUSQ-FM Winchester, VA

WHUR-FM Washington, D.C.

WVVR-FM Clarksville, TN

WIBC-FM Indianapolis, IN

WXTU-FM Philadelphia, PA

WILV-FM Chicago, IL

WYCT-FM Pensacola, FL

Crystal Radio Award finalists were chosen by a panel of judges representing broadcasting, community service organizations and public relations firms. Finalists will be honored and winners announced at the Radio Luncheon, where Golden Globe nominee, New York Times best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio personality Marilu Henner will present a keynote address, and hosts of Southern California's longest-running a.m. drive show, the "Kevin & Bean Morning Show," Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter, will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

About NAB Show
NAB Show, held April 11-16, 2015 in Las Vegas, is the world's largest electronic media show covering the creation, management and delivery of content across all platforms. With more than 98,000 attendees from 150 countries and 1,600+ exhibitors, NAB Show is the ultimate marketplace for digital media and entertainment. From creation to consumption, across multiple platforms and countless nationalities, NAB Show is home to the solutions that transcend traditional broadcasting and embrace content delivery to new screens in new ways. For complete details, visit www.nabshow.com.

About NAB 
The National Association of Broadcasters is the premier advocacy association for America's broadcasters. NAB advances radio and television interests in legislative, regulatory and public affairs. Through advocacy, education and innovation, NAB enables broadcasters to best serve their communities, strengthen their businesses and seize new opportunities in the digital age. Learn more at www.nab.org.

Info by: S S Umakanthan

Jewish Radio Station Closes in Denmark

A Jewish radio station based in Copenhagen canceled its daily broadcast for security reasons following the deadly synagogue shooting Feb. 15 in the Danish capital.
Read More ..

- S S Umakanthan

Thursday, February 19, 2015

How Radios Gifted by Nitish Kumar Could be Used Against Him

While he was Chief Minister, Mr Kumar distributed lakhs of radios to families from the Mahadalit caste, which makes up 23 per cent of the state's population. He said his government would use radio broadcasts to ensure the underprivileged were aware of welfare schemes that they were entitled to.
Now the BJP says it will buy  radio spots to educate Mahadalits on how ..
Read more ..

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Wavescan NWS312


* Theme - 00:00
            “Birthday Serenade - Willi Glahe

* Opening Announcement - 00:16
            Welcome to Wavescan, international DX program from Adventist World Radio
            Researched and written in Indianapolis, produced in studios of shortwave WRMI
            Program outline
                        1. Over the Years with PWI: USA & Europe
                        2. Book Review: International Shortwave Broadcast Guide
                        3. International DX News
                        4. Special QSL of the Week SQOTW28: Short Term Jamming Transmission

* Over the Years with PWI: USA & Europe - 01:02
            In our continuing series of topics regarding the shortwave stations operated by PWI, Press Wireless International, we look at the wartime years over in islandic and continental Europe.  During this era, the Press Wireless factory on Long Island, quite near to their shortwave transmitter station at Hicksville, manufactured many shortwave transmitters at various power levels, including their now famous 40 kW unit, as well as their low powered mobile units. 
            These PWI transmitters were shipped to England and subsequently to continental Europe by both navy and commercial vessels, usually with each consignment split and conveyed by different ships.  In this way, if some ships were sunk by enemy submarine attacks, then only a partial consignment was lost, not a complete consignment of electronic equipment.  It is known that at least one mobile station was lost in 1944 due to enemy action, and that station still lies to this day on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
            Actually, Press Wireless began their European operations in 1932 with the opening of an office in Paris France, and the leased usage of transmitting and receiving facilities from the French PT&T authorities in nearby country areas.  Their Paris operation collected the news flow from other countries in Europe and fed the information to the United States via the PWI receiver station at Little Neck on the north side of Long Island, New York.
             As the onset of the European Conflict progressed, PWI moved its European operation in the summer of 1940, initially from Paris to Bordeaux on the Atlantic coast in the south west of France, and then to Tours, almost in the center of France, and finally to Vichy France, though that location was soon afterwards closed. 
            Towards the end of the War in Europe, PWI began to send shipments of radio equipment from the United States, beginning in the early part of the year 1944.  The first of the 40 kW PWI SSB transmitters to arrive on the other side of the Atlantic was installed at Lingfield with the receiver station at Swanley Junction, both in Surrey in the south of England.  The purpose for this station was to establish communication circuits with the United States. 
            Two more of these 40 kW transmitters were transported to England; and the teams of technical radio personnel associated with these units received their training on a similar unit located at PWI Hicksville.  In 1944, the technical equipment and personnel were taken by ship to the British Isles. 
            One ship in use for this purpose was the ex-passenger liner, Mauretania" which travelled across the Atlantic alone, without convoy.  It was considered to be a fast ship that could outrun any other seafaring vessels that might be in pursuit.  The equipment was landed in Scotland and taken south by road.
            The radio personnel installed one of these PWI transmitters at an army camp located at Stowe-on-Wold in Gloucestershire, almost in the south of England.  This transmitter was used for two purposes.  One was to broadcast fake communication transmissions that would give the impression that the coming invasion of continental Europe under what became D-Day would take place in Calais, or perhaps even in Norway, instead of the intended Normandy; and the other purpose was for army communications back to the United States. 
            Following the installation of the transmitter in England, the PWI team landed in France and began work on the installation of the other unit at Les Essarts, an outer suburb of Paris.  Originally, this 40 kW PWI transmitter was planned for installation at Renne in France.  However, with the progress of events at the front line, a more advanced location, Les Essarts, was chosen.
            The electronic equipment for this station was delivered in 1,000 crates & boxes, and it was re-assembled in 25 days by 45 personnel.  This transmitter facility was installed in buildings commandeered for the purpose and the receiver station was located in an old farm house further down the same road. 
            Power came from three Cummings diesel generators, and rhombic antennas were beamed on the United States for communication with PWI Little Neck, New York.  This new and rather substantial shortwave station was activated in September 1944.  A photo at the entrance way to the station shows the callsign as CZ2T, though it identified on air simply as Radio Paris.
            The main purpose for this PWI station in Paris was to relay news items and news commentaries from SHAEF Supreme Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces back to the United States for insertion into the broadcast programming of the Voice of America.  On several occasions, international radio monitors in the United States, New Zealand and Australia noted PWI Hicksville & Paris in communication with each other for the transfer of radio news items.
            For example, in March 1945, Radio Paris CZ2T was noted on 15920 kHz with a program relay to the United States; and in September this station was noted on 15293 kHz with program inserts for the NBC Blue Network.  In the reverse direction, PWI Hicksville was noted calling SHAEF Paris on several occasions.  The Hicksville channel callsigns at the time were WPJ on 11640 kHz & WJQ on 10010 kHz.
            Apparently someone in the radio world had an insight into the workings of PWI Paris, because in September 1945, a column editor in Australia stated that the permanence of this station was doubtful.
            However, the story does not end here.  In addition to the single 40 kW PWI transmitter at Les Essarts, there was a multitude of other transmitters, maybe even 15 or more.  One of these was a 10 kW shortwave broadcast transmitter that was installed in a subsidiary building at the Les Essarts station for the relay of radio programming from Radio Diffusion Francaise in Paris.  The main coverage area from this unit was intended to be Europe & Africa.
            As far as is known, this shortwave broadcast transmitter operated on only one channel, 9560 (9550) kHz.  The programming was always a relay from Paris, and often in parallel with shortwave transmitters at other locations.  This station was often heard in the United States, and sometimes in Australia & New Zealand.  It was also listed in several early editions of the World Radio Handbook.
            It appears that the power of the French shortwave station at Les Essarts was raised from 10 kW to 100 kW somewhere around the year 1947.  It is possible then that the power level of the 40 kW transmitter was raised in the era after peace was resumed in Europe, and after the American personnel had returned to their homeland.
            So there you have it.  This PWI shortwave station located on the edge of suburban Paris was on the air with news for newspapers, and voice reports for radio & TV stations in the United States, as well as with program relays for re-broadcast by the Voice of America.  In addition, this shortwave station also operated as a relay station for the international shortwave service of Radio Diffusion Francaise.
            More about PWI in Europe on another coming occasion.

* Program Announcement - 08:54
            Allen Graham

* Publication Review: International Shortwave Broadcast Guide - 09:43
            A most remarkable shortwave book at a most remarkable price is the Winter 2014 - 2015 edition of the comprehensive volume, International Shortwave Broadcast Guide by Gayle van Horn at Teak Publishing in Brasstown, North Carolina.  This twice-annual volume, now the third in this series, contains almost 500 pages of valuable and interesting information about shortwave broadcasting.
            Gayle van Horn asks the question: So why should you listen to shortwave radio?  Quite simply, she answers, because shortwave radio is your window to the world.  Throughout the world, shortwave remains the most readily available and affordable means of mass communication and information.  It lets you listen to voices from around the world.  Shortwave radio provides nearly instantaneous coverage of news and events from around the Earth.
            You can easily listen to shortwave broadcast stations located in countries all around our globe, specially if you know when to listen!   Thats where this new edition of the International Shortwave Broadcast Guide is particularly useful.
            The International Shortwave Broadcast Guide (Winter 2014-2015 edition) is a unique information resource that provides a 24-hour station/frequency guide to all of the known stations currently broadcasting on shortwave radio at the time of publication.  This tabulated information offers an hour-by-hour schedule that includes all language services, frequencies and world target areas for each broadcast station.
            This new e-publication edition is an expanded version of the English shortwave broadcast guide formerly printed in the pages of Monitoring Times magazine for over 20 years.  This one of a kind e-book is now published twice a year to correspond with station seasonal time and frequency changes.
            It is a splendid radio adventure to peruse each page in the current edition of the International Shortwave Broadcast Guide.  For example, the first chapter provides us with interesting information, all about shortwave radio.  These entries are followed by hints on accessing the international and tropical shortwave bands, together with suggestions regarding the usage and availability of suitable shortwave radio receivers.
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            Towards the end of the current edition of the International Shortwave Broadcast Guide you will find a listing of all current DX programs on the air shortwave, including Wavescan with all of its many timings.  The final section of this fascinating eBook tells us about the author Gayle van Horn and her
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            Thank you Gayle van Horn, for your splendid service to the international shortwave world!

* Bangladesh DX News - 14:44
            Salahuddin Dolar

* Special QSL of the Week SQOTW28: Short Term Jamming Transmission - 18:01
            Thomas Drescher in Rosrath, Germany, tells us that he also has received a QSL card from a jamming transmission.  Back in the 1970s, there were several pirate radio stations operating aboard ships anchored in open waters in the North Sea with programming beamed to various countries in islandic and continental Europe.  One of these ships was the Mebo 2 with on air programming under the identification RNI, Radio Nordsee International, beamed to England and Holland, though their programming at that stage was in English and German.
            The 10 kW shortwave channel for RNI was 6210 kHz though for a few days this transmitter channel was adjusted slightly to 6215 kHz.  The Maritime Radio Station, Radio Rogaland, located towards the southern tip of Norway, claimed that RNI was broadcasting on a Radio Rogaland channel and so they jammed the programming from the pirate radio ship.
            The continuous loop tape message in English from Radio Rogaland stated:
                        This is a transmission from the Norwegian coast station Rogaland Radio operating in                                single side band mode, upper side band, with a carrier frequency of 6215.0 kHz. The                                purpose of this transmission is to clear the channel of unauthorized and out of band                                   broadcasting, to improve reception conditions for ships wishing to communicate with                                coast stations on this frequency or on adjacent maritime channels.
            Thomas Drescher sent a reception report regarding the jamming transmission to Radio Rogaland in Norway, and he received a QSL in response.  The handwritten QSL text was inscribed on the back of a photograph depicting two radio officers on duty at the control panels of Radio Rogaland.  The QSL text verified the reception of Radio Rogaland on July 8, 1970.

* Music of the World - 20:12
            Norway: Folk Music from NRK, accordion

* Closing Announcement - 20:38
            Thanks for listening to Wavescan, international DX program from Adventist World Radio
            Researched and written in Indianapolis
            Next week:-
                        1. Railway Radio in Australia - 1                    
                        2. Australian DX Report
                        3. SQOTW29 Special QSL of the Week: First Reception Report from India
            Several QSL cards available.  Send your AWR & KSDA reception reports for Wavescan to the                            AWR address in Indianapolis; and also to the station your radio is tuned to: WRMI or                                 WWCR or KVOH, or to the AWR relay stations that carry Wavescan.  Remember too,                             you can send a reception report to each of the DX reporters when their segment is on                          the air here in Wavescan: Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Australia & India.  They will                             verify with their own colorful QSL card.  Return postage and an address label are always                       appreciated.
            Wavescan address:-
                        Box 29235
                        Indianapolis
                        Indiana 46229 USA
            Wavescan @ AWR.org
            Jeff White, shortwave WRMI

* Music Outrun - 22:19
            Norway: Folk Music from NRK, continued
                        Accordion orchestra
                        Folk orchestral           
                        Male vocal

* Program Ends - 28:55

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1. Press Wireless International: Radio Stations & Transmitters

Alphabetic Order of Country

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No       Country           Location          Topic                                                   Year to Year      NWS         X
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  01      Alaska             Anchorage      PWI                                                     194x                                   76
  02      Atlantic            Sunken ship    Over the Years with PWI                    1944                312
  03      Australia QL    Hemmant        MacArthur Radio                                1943 - 1946         6  76
  04      Canada           Halifax             APC Dartmouth temporary                1921 - 1923     305
  05                              Halifax             APC St. Margarets Bay                     1923 - 1932     305
  06      England           Stowe              DecoyTransmissions                          1944                312    
  07                              Lingfield           Communicate USA                            1944 - 1945     312
  08      Ethiopia           Asmara           PWI                                                     1942                                   76
  09      France             Paris, Vichy     Over the Years with PWI                    1932 - 1947     312
  10                              Paris                SHAEF CZ2T                                     1945 - 1946         6  76 312
  11      Germany         Frankfurt         PWI                                                     194x                                   76
  12      Hawaii             Honolulu          PWI Station KDG                                1930 - 1941     307     
  13                              Ewa                 Projected PWI Station                                    1944 - 1945     307                       
  14      Italy                 Naples             PWI                                                     1944                                   76
  15      Philippines       Manila             PWI (Globe-Mackay)                         1933 - 1941     305
  16                              Tacloban         Station PZ                                           1944 - 1945     305
  17                              Manila             Station PY                                           1944 - 1946     307                 
  18      Uruguay          Montevideo     Press Wireless                                    19xx                                   67
  19      USA MA          Needham        WJK, PWI 1st station                           1930 - 1932     305
  20              MA          West Newton  Factory                                                193x - 1952     305
  21              LI NY       Hicksville         Temporary VOA Relay Station          1935 - 1957       67
  22              LI NY       Hicksville         Factory                                                194x - 1952     305 307
  23              LI NY       Hicksville         HP Transmitter School                       WW2               307                                                                 
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2. Press Wireless International:

Press Wireless International
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  Year  Date    Information                                                                                                           Reference 
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Press Wireless Backgrounds
 1929               PWI formed, dissatisfaction with WW1 news flow                                           Time 26-8-46
 1930s             Serving 62 countries  
  WW2             Established new factory Long Island City
  WW2             Sent several mobile stations to Europe
  1945 Nov 7   PWI Los Angeles sold into escrow for Don Wallace W6AM
  1946 Aug       Strike against Press Wireless, diminishing services & income
  1947 Aug 15  PWI filed for bankruptcy
  1965              PWI acquired by ITT
  19xx              At peak, PWI operated 100 transmitters at own locations
                                    New York, San Francisco, Manila, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo
PWI Hicksville, Long Island, New York
  1935 May      Testing as W2XGB on 4797 kHz 500 w                                                         ISWC 5-35 33  
  1942 Jan       WCW began test broadcasts                                                                     IDXA-SPS 1-42 1
  1942 Apr 20  PWI-WCW Hicksville began VOA relay 2 hrs morning 2 hrs afternoon   VOA 97.001 15-5
  WW2             One 40 kW transmitter at Hicksville during WW2                                                          REK
  1944 Feb       NY stations use different call to denote service in which they are engaged   R&H 2-44 35
  1944 Dec 31 Appears to be date for end of VOA relays                                                        R&H entries
  1957              PWI Hicksville closed                                                                                                      GF
  19xx              Became a housing estate                                                                                 Radiomarine

PWI Receiver Station, Little Neck, LI NY
  1930              1st Press Wireless receiver station, north side LI                                           NR 21-7-60 21
  1940s            QSL card shows receiver positions                                                                        QSL card           
PWI Receiver Station, Baldwin, LI NY
  1950s            PWI receiving station located at Baldwin, south side Long Island                   Antiqueradios
  1959              PWI Baldwin closed                                                                                                          GF
  1960              PWI Baldwin receiver soon to close                                                             NR 21-7-60 21

PWI England
  1944 Early     40 kW PWI transmitter set up at army camp in South England                          REK Email
                        Installed at Stowe on the Wold Gloucestershire
                        Left for use by 3103rd Signal Service Battalion, decoy transmissions
                        Also used for army communications to USA
  1944 May      PWI team arrived England month before D-Day
                        40 kW SSB PWI transmitter installed at Lingfield, Surrey
                        Receiver station at Swanley Junction, Surrey
                        Communication back to USA
                        15 kW PWI transmitter & 400 watt Morse
  1944 Jun 6    D-Day

PWI CZ2T Les Essarts, near Paris, France
                        Ship carried 40 kW PWI transmitter to Scotland
                        90,000 transmitters in use for Allied invasion of Europe
                        Originally scheduled for installation at Renne
                        Delivered in 1,000 crates & boxes, re-assembled in 25 days by 45 personnel
  1944 Aug       Work began
                        PWI 40 kW transmitter set up in farm house location, Les Essarts, near Paris France
                        Power from 3 Cummings diesel generators
                        Rhombic antennas beamed on USA
                        Connected to SHAEF Paris by telephone line
                        Receiver station, down the road on farm property
                        Many other transmitters also
                        Detachment of navy personnel with own equipment
                        Several units, 10 kW & less, communicate with front lines, 15 or more transmitters
                        Separate building, French Paris Radio Diffusion Francaise, 10 kW
  1944 Sep       PWI 40 kW transmitter activated
                        Communicated with PWI Hicksville
  1944 Oct       PWI recently increased power, now 1 million words daily                         Time 1994 Nov 6
  1945 May 8   VE Day
  1945              Additional personnel came in assist operate SHAEF AM transmitter

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3. SQOTW28: Special QSL of the Week

Progressive Topics

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No  Call       Location                  Land            IRM      kHz   (k)W Year    Date     Significance                           QSL  NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
001 7LA      Launceston Tasmania     AMP    1100      .1  1961 Nov 6       Emergency transmitter               C    282
002 RA       Kabul           Afghanistan AMP     96.1    .01 1971 Jul 4         Experimental FM                      C    284
003 VOA    Poro            Philippines   AMP  15000    LP   1984 Feb 19      Malfunctioning exciter                 L    286
004 TTY     Perth           Australia      AMP    1130    .2    1966 Jun 24      6NM transmitter to 6ED        DIYC    287
005 ICPA    Kabul          Afghanistan AMP   102.8    ½                1972 Aug 27      Hotel Intercontinental            DIYC    289
006 KSFO  Frisco                      California     AMP      560    5     1989 Oct 18      Temporary after earthquake        C   290
007 RM       Havana       Cuba           AMP    9600 100     1982 Feb 3        Relay Radio Tashkent                C    291            008 NILB    Central   Pacific         PH    10800   LP     1968 Dec 23      Apollo Recovery, 1,000 SW         L    292
009 AWR    Ekala         Sri Lanka     CG    11800 100      1981 Feb 21      Test broadcasts Africa & ME       C    293                
010 PJC     Willemstad              Curacao      PH       8694    1      1969 Jan 9        Morse loop                                C    294
011 AFRTS Adana         Turkey         AMP    1590  .01    1980 Mar 24      Plane, WL in ft                       DIYC   295   
012 AWR    Sines          Portugal      TD       9670  250    1977 Aug 26      Self-designed AWR card            C   296
013 VoM     Honhor       Mongolia     CL     12085  250    2012 Sep 14      Lived in Ulaan Baatar              L&C   297           
014 CRI      Beijing         China           UQ    21660            2005 Sep 19      Firedrake jammer                       C   298
015 RM                         Russia         AMP  11875           1984 May 2       Russian jammer, BBC ARS?      C   299
016 NBC    Pt Moresby  New Guinea VL       4890   35      2006 Mar 18      Reduced power                          C   300
017 RM       Murmansk               Russia         JB       5930     5    1979 Jan 13      Long wait                       DIYC & L   301 018 RM      Pzavodsk          Russia         JB       5065     5    1979 Jan 21      Long wait                                    DIYC & L   302           
019 VLU2  Christmas Is Indian O.      AMP  1420     .5     1977 Aug 23      Tried many locations       DIYC & L   303            020 XMX   Christmas Is Indian O.      AMP    341     .1           1977 Aug 28      Airplane reception                  DIYC   304           021 AIR            Pt Blair        Andamans   JJ      1440      1     1992 Nov 12      Emergency transmission              L   305            022 ABC    Shepparton        Australia      TA     6080 100      2011 Feb 4        Emergency transmission            C   306 023 ORTB                        Benin           CO      SW             1985 Sep 20      Hard to hear, difficult to QSL     C   307 024 WQTC Bryan            USA-OH      AMP  1520     .5     1986 Jul 17       Two words, Bryan Radio       DIYC    308           
025 AIR        Bangalore  India            MKP   9690  500     2014 Feb 28      Memory of 1st radio broadcast   C   309 026 CHU     Ottawa  Canada        BW                 3330     3     2010 Sep 16      Low power TSW                      C&L   310
027 SW       11 Sites      Asia              TA              2 SW              2014 Jun 5        IRDR Trial Broadcasts                 C  311
028 TMR     Rogaland    Norway         TD               6210              1970 Jul 8         Jamming against RNI                    P  312
029 NBC    Pt Moresby  New Guinea JJ     3925     10      1976 Oct 25      1st report from India                      C  313 030 VOA                        Hawaii          AMP                                 
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4. SQOTW28: Special QSL of the Week

Alphabetic Listing

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            Title                              Call       City                  Country             IRM      City              Country         NWS            ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Airplane Monitoring                   AFRS   Adana               Turkey              AMP     Airplane        Turkey            295
                                                XMX     Christmas Is      Indian Ocean     AMP     Airplane        Indian Ocean  304 
Apollo Recovery                       NILB     USS Arlington   Pacific              PH        Woodland H USA-CA          292
Demonstration Transmitter         TTY      Perth                W Australia       AMP     Perth            Australia         287
Difficult to hear                         ORTB                           Benin                CO       Norrkoping   Sweden           307 Earthquake Emergency                   KSFO   San Francisco   USA                 AMP     Eugene         USA-OR          290
Emergency Transmitter              7LA      Launceston       Tasmania          AMP     Launceston  Tasmania         282
                                                AIR       Port Blair          Andaman Is       JJ         Hyderabad   India                305
                                                ABC     Shepparton       Australia           TA        Depok          Indonesia        306 Experimental FM                       RA        Kabul                Afghanistan      AMP     Kabul            Afghanistan     284
First Report: India                      NBC     Port Moresby    New Guinea       JJ                             India               313 Jammer: Firedrake                      CRI       Beijing              China                UQ-S    Norrkoping   Sweden           298
              Rogaland                    TMR     Rogaland          Norway             TD        Rosrath        Germany          312
              Russian                      RM                               Russia              AMP     Poona          India               299
Listener Designed QSL Card      AWR     Sines                Portugal            TD        Rosrath         Germany         296
Long Wait: 11 Years                  XMX     Christmas Is      Indian Ocean     AMP     Airplane        Indian Ocean  304
                 23 Years                  RM       Murmansk         Russia              JB        Lexington      USA-MA         301
                 23 years                   RM       Petrozavodsk    Russia              JB        Lexington      USA-MA        302
Low Power                                CHU     Ottawa              Canada             BW       Karoonda     S Australia       310           
Malfunctioning Exciter               VOA     Poro                 Philippines        AMP     Lahore          Pakistan         286
Many Locations                         VLU2    Christmas Is      Indian Ocean     AMP     Carnarvon    Australia          303
Memories: Letter from Home      VOM     Honhor             Mongolia          CL        Bloomington USA-IN           297
                 1st Radio Broadcast  AIR       Bangalore         India                 MKP     Kerala           India               309
Morse Code Loop                     PJC      Willemstad        Curacao            PH        Woodland H USA-CA          294
Reduced Power                         NBC     Pt Moresby       New Guinea      VL         Naples          USA-FL           300            Tashkent Relay                          RM       Havana             Cuba                AMP     Berrien  S      USA-MI           291 Test Broadcast                                 AWR     Ekala                Sri Lanka          CG       Nice              France            293
                                                IRDR    11 sites             Asia                  TA        Depok          Indonesia        311
Translation Transmitter               ICPA     Kabul                Afghanistan      AMP     Kabul            Afghanistan     289                                                           
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