4775 SWAZILAND. TWR, 0352, 12/28/07. Announcements and
choral mx mixing w/ CODAR. IS and “This is Trans World Radio Swaziland” ID loop at 0355. Fair (Strawman-IA).

7295 RUSSIA. VOA via Novosibirsk, 1423, 12/30/07. Chinese service. OM & YL w/ announcements and music box bumper. Fair signal into pop ballads by 1434 (Strawman-IA).

9410 CYPRUS. BBC via Limassol, 1403, 12/30/07. Fair to poor signal. YL presenting English nx; ID @ 1404 (Strawman-IA).

9660 IRAN. V. of Islamic Rep. of Iran, 1339, 12/30/07. YL in studio w/ muddy audio Fair S3 signal had ME vocals (Strawman-IA).

9855 KUWAIT. R. Kuwait (P), 2236, 12/27/07. Not much of a signal for 500KW. Arabic announcements and choral mx. Fair signal beamed 310 degrees (Strawman-IA).

9900 RUSSIA. VOA via Samara, 1412, 12/30/07. Pasto/ Dari listed. Fair-poor signal in nx format (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman - Des Moines, Iowa- Winradio G313e - Wellbrook 330S

3320 SOUTH AFRICA. R. Sonder Grense, 0332, 12/22/07. Solid 10/S9
signal of pop mx (Strawman-IA).

3345 SOUTH AFRICA. Channel Africa, 0337, 12/22/07. English pgm of
current nx features presented by OM & YL. S9 carrier but noisy band
(Strawman-IA).

4790.2 PERU. R. Vision. Nice S7 signal marred by S9 CODAR. OM giving
sermon or other presentation (Strawman-IA).

4905 CHAD. Radio N’djamena, 2049, 12/22/07. Fair at tune-in. Listened until
2243 tune-out. Rapidly improved to steady S9 with lots of Afro Pop and
YL announcer. Sounded great with 7030+ synchronous detector (Strawman-IA).

6110 THAILAND. BBC Indo service, location presumed, 1313, 12/23/07. S7
signal of typical nx headlines and features (Strawman-IA).

6165 INDIA. AIR, via listed Delhi/ Khampur, 1319, 12/23/07. Sindhi service to
Pakistan was weak and mixing w/ presumed CNR. Pgm featured ethnic vocals
(Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman - Des Moines, IA - AOR AR7030+ - Wellbrook 330S Loop

4605 INDONESIA. RRI Serui, 1359, 12/15/07. Pop mx pgm through 1400 TOH. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

6055 JAPAN. Radio Nikkei (P), 1325, 12/15/07. Long-winded tlk by OM, maybe nx headlines. Elevator mx bumper to audio out @ 1329:59* (Strawman-IA).

6350U HAWAII. AFRTS, 1311, 12/15/07. OMs discussing political nx. Solid S9 signal (Strawman-IA).

9410 CYPRUS. BBC, 1407, 12/15/07. World Service nx was S6 and fair-good overall (Strawman-IA).

9435 PHILIPPINES. FEBC, Manilla, 2310, 12//11/07. Indoservice but reading bible verses in English. S7 peaks (Strawman-IA).

9990 SRI LANKA. R. Free Afghanistan via Irana Wila, 1326, 12/15/07. Pashto service had ME vocals and steady S7 signal. Noisy atmospherics (Strawman-IA).

11092.5 ST. HELENA. RSH, 1930 12/15 to 0005 12/16/07. Listened to 2007 broadcast for 4.5 hours but here in the midwest the Eastern NA beam proved to the best. Signal reached S6. Enjoyed mx, phone calls, and reading
of emails. Frequent IDs and time checks. Signal dropped to S1-2 when beam was pointed to Western NA (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman
Des Moines, IA
AOR AR 7030+
Eton E1
Alpha Delta Sloper

Mogadishu mayor spurns radio pleas to resume broadcasts.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hrJuo8pR81hMIeMZoPjR1SLCYT7Q

MOGADISHU (AFP) - The mayor of Mogadishu on Saturday spurned pleas
by three radio stations to resume broadcasting, a fortnight after they were
pulled off air for allegedly fanning insurgency, radio managers said.

The Somali authorities mid-November ordered Radio Simba, Radio Banadir
and Radio Shabelle to halt operations in the volatile seaside capital.

In order to resume business, the radios must sign a decree by mayor
Mohamed Omar Habeb which bans the reporting of “military operations”
without permission, interviewing “government opponents” and covering the
refugee exodus from the capital.

Radio managers said Habeb rejected their attempt to reverse the order
during a meeting Saturday.

“The mayor insisted his decision must be implemented. (The) radio stations
are still silent and I am afraid other stations might also go silent if they don’t
sign the document,” Shabelle chief Muktar Mohamed told AFP.

“We could not sign a statement that paralyses the independence of the
media.”

“We are losing hope day by day,” added Radio Simba head Abdullahi Atosh.

The mayor said that six other radio stations and one television channel also
refusing to sign the decree would shortly be pulled off air.

Media watchdogs have roundly condemned Habeb for the decree that piles
pressure on media in a country ranked as the second-deadliest worldwide
for journalists.

Meanwhile, new Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein conceded in an
interview with Kenyan television that he faced a challenge in forming a
government to represent a broad array of the country’s feuding clans.

The 69-year-old was sworn in on November 24 to replace Ali Mohamed
Gedi, who resigned after a long-running power struggle with President
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.

Hussein told Nation TV that naming a new cabinet was posing a challenge
because he had to follow a fragile formula of appointing ministers from four
major clans and one minor one, according to the constitution.

Bloody clan conflict and power struggles that erupted after the 1991 ouster
of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre have scuppered numerous initiatives to
restore national stability.

The Shortwave Report 11/30/07 ¡Listen Globally!
by Dan Roberts ( outfarpress [at] saber.net )
Thursday Nov 29th, 2007 4:18 PM

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a
shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files-
broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China,
Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.

Dear Radio Friend,

The latest Shortwave Report (November 30) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast
quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)

This week’s show features stories from China Radio International, Radio
Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
>From CHINA- The European Left, or E.L., is a group of 29 political parties
from around Europe- they are opposed to the US Missile Defense system
and US military bases in their countries. China says that the 3 Gorges
project has made cleaner energy available and improved the environment.
The Chinese and French Presidents held talks in Beijing this week, agreeing
to work together to combat climate change.

>From NETHERLANDS- As the French president Sarkozy visited China,
violent riots broke out in the suburbs of Paris. Kevin Rudd became the new
Prime Minister of Australia in a landslide election, signaling a serious shift
from the conservative policies of John Howard. In Canada, there have been
large demonstrations and heated debate over the police use of tasers or
stun guns, following several recent deaths.

>From CUBA- Many Palestinian organizations reject the Annapolis
Conference on the Middle East, saying the US is attempting to undermine
Palestinian resistance. With a referendum due this Sunday, Venezuela
president Chavez warned that there is a US plot to create chaos in his
country, requiring military intervention.

>From RUSSIA- A commentary on the Western media's view of Russia- is it
an estranged partner or is Putin crushing democracy and reviving the Soviet
Union?

There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line
at- http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves

I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available
at http://radio.mediageek.net

All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It’s free to
rebroadcast, please notify me if you’re airing it and haven’t notified me in the
last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just
want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower
sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don’t have a high-
speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow
connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will
play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime,
iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.

This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PST) on KZYX/Z
Philo CA, you might be able to stream via
There are several other streams that work better- <
http://www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz now streams this
program on Friday at 9:00am and Monday at 5:30pm(PST)

The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from:

http://www.radio4all.net/podcast.php/.xml?series=outFarpress%20presents

Check out the amazing streams at http://www.rfpi.org

I hope you’ll listen and air this if you’re connected with a radio station. I am
still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into
this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting
this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so
through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt!
(maybe a little)
link for broadcast edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_11_30_07.mp3 >(13.3MB)
link for smaller file and streaming-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >
¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts

4777 GABON. R. TV Gabonaise, 0505, 12/1/07. Armchair 10/S9 signal featuring nx. Minimal interference from CODAR (Strawman-IA)

4790.3 INDONESIA. RRI Fak Fak, 1345, 12/2/07. Pop mx and Indo announcements fair to poor under S6 CODAR. Serui 4605 also in but weaker under CODAR (Strawman-IA).

5910 RUSSIA. R. Nederland via Petropavlovsk, 1320, 12/2/07. Dutch service beamed 247 degrees. Nx feature was only fair (Strawman-IA)

6030 TAIWAN. Ming Hui Radio (P), 1302, 12/2/07. Apparently the one being jammed by Firedrake. Ming Hui somewhat stronger than jammer. Mandarin chatter/ Firedrake jumble registered S6 on s-meter (Strawman-IA)

6045 MEXICO. XEXQ (P), 1442, 12/1/07. Only S1-2 on peaks w/ classical mx pgm. Lots of white noise on frequency (Strawman-IA).

7295 RUSSIA. VOA via Novosibirsk, 1329, 12/2/07. Mandarin service w/ OM & YL in nx format. S5 when clear of HRO splatter (Strawman-IA).

9500 UZBEKISTAN. CVC International via Tashkent, 1350, 12/1/07. Weak signal was in the clear w/ Hindi service directed 153 degrees. Chatter from Rerbelde on 95505 (Strawman-IA).

9580 AUSTRALIA. R.Australia, 1704, 12/2/07. In well with English nx followed by commentary. Steady S5 signal through 1723 tune-out (Strawman-IA)

9704.98 NIGER. La Voix du Sahel (P). Poor signal just above the noise faded below noise by 2149. Never improved. Could tell OM had extended commentary (Strawman-IA).

9390 SRI LANKA. R. Deewa, via VOA, 1329, 12/1/07. Pashto service featuring nx, comment, and mx (don’t they all?). S6 signal on noisy band (Strawman-IA).

9870 INDIA. AIR, 1725, 12/2/07. Heard about 1330 this AM and still in 1125AM local time with Hindi chanting vocals. Fluttery signal was only fair to good. Lasted until 1740* (Strawman-IA).

11725 RWANDA. DW via Kigali, 1808, 11/27/07. German service w/YL doing nx. Good S7 signal (Strawman-IA).

15345.42 ARGENTINA. RAE, 2102, 11/27/07. German service. IS, ID, freqs, and schedule presented. OM & YL alternating comments and featuring ballads and tangos. S7 signal was above average for them
(Strawman-IA).

15475.97 ANTARCTICA. LRA 36, RN Arcangel, 2054, 11/27/07. Rare appearance here with a bit of audio popping out of the noise until sign-off. YL announce- ments at tune-in into pop ballads (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman
Des Moines, IA
41.6N 93.7W
AOR AR7030+
Wellbrook 330S Loop
Alpha Delta Sloper