Friday, June 18, 2010

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

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Australia DX Report #207 available for download
Australian DX Report audio news magazine about shortwave broadcasting includes field monitoring research in the 6 MHz, 7 MHz and 9 HHz bands. I also features, news and information about shortwave roadcasting, propagation, a solar activity report, monitoring notes, and extracts from schedules of the new A10 season.

It's 16 mins duration, and may be accessed from the Australian Internet Radio Service website, at http://airm.edxp.org/

You may download/listen to/save the episodes as MP3 files on your laptop/desktop/iPad, set up a Podcast, or receive/save them on your mobile phone or other portable internet-enabled digital device. You may also subscribe via the site's RSS/Atom feed - full details are at the site.

Links to the episodes are also available on my Facebook service within a few minutes of their release.

The shows are very popular - in the four weeks to June 15, 2010, there have been 2158 downloads by subscribers, 1093 site visitors, and 316 episode hits. All-time Channel views have now exceeded 30,000, and now total 30,129!

The episodes are also available on-air, over WWCR Nashville, 0200-0215 on Sundays, on 4840, and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825, and via WWCR's streaming audio (live) at http://wwcr.com/

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 207, and enjoy the musical interludes!
(Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)

Bolivia on 6155.26
Radio Fides, 1010-1030. Threshold signal here with a male in Spanish language comments. Believe I can hear a female talking also. The audio periodically faded in for a moment or two, but never anything steady. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

C Crane catalog available
A full version of the C. Crane Company Catalog. This catalog is in Adobe Acrobat* format. The text is searchable and you can print the catalog. Adobe Acrobat Reader* version 3.0 or higher is required to view this catalog.

Download
https://www.ccrane.com/instruction-manuals/ccrane-catalog.pdf
(Yimber Gaviria, Colombia/playdx)

Indonesian logs
9525.88, Voice of Indonesia, 1050-1100. Usual good signal, noted a male and female in English language comments resembling an AM Radio type format of some music and chatter. Signal went off the air abruptly at 1057, but came back 20 seconds later. At 1058 music and female gives credits and then into Indonesian(?) with URL. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9525.83, Voice of Indonesia, 1030-1045. Female's English comments with an ID at 1031 as "Voice of Indonesia ..." Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

DX News 02
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http://www.ipernity.com/home/75006 and / or download free the new e-newsletter on radio DXing and listening, in Portuguese, to the address:

http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/8689638469/DX_NEWS_02.doc.html
http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/8689638469/DX_NEWS_02.doc.html
(Jorge Frietas, Brasil/Cumbre DX)

Germany's Südwestrundfunk re-starts DRM transmission
http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=207
(Alokesh Gupta, India/drma)

Pacific Asian Radio Guides
Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

New PAL Radio Guides
now available online
Mediumwave and Shortwave

New versions of both the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] and SW [shortwave] radio stations across the region are now available from the Radio Heritage Foundation website http://www.radioheritage.net/.

The Pacific Asian Log [PAL] Radio guides list all known AM and SW radio stations operating in the region with detailed information about operating times, languages, location, and much more...across many thousands of individual stations.

Information in the new Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides is also useful for travellers, travel agents, corporates and others who need to keep clients and staff informed.

The PAL Radio Guides are compiled in Seattle [USA] by our editor-in-chief Bruce Portzer from monitoring reports, official sources and feedback from listeners across the region.

Search the two new guides online now by options such as location and frequency or download copies for your own personal use from http://www.radioheritage.net/.

You can also search our other frequently updated online guides to Australian narrowcast AM radio [Australia 1611-1701 AM] and the New Zealand Low Power FM Radio dial [NZLPFM Radio]

Feedback, corrections and updates from users are always welcome and will be incorporated in future versions. Simply email us with your comments to info@radioheritage.net.
(Radio Heritage Mail)