START END LANG       FREQ       DAYS     SITE
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0015 0030 BENGALI    7350,9455* MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
0030 0100 BHOJPURI   7350,9455* MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
0045 0100 DZONKA     7350,9455* SAT      NOVOSIBIRSK
0045 0130 HINDI      7350,9455* SUN      NOVOSIBIRSK
0100 0115 NEPALI     7350,9455* SAT      NOVOSIBIRSK
0100 0130 NEPALI     7350,9455* MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
0115 0130 HINDI      7350,9455* SAT      NOVOSIBIRSK
1230 1245 GUJARATI   7320       MON      IRKUTSK
1230 1245 DHODIYA    7320       TUES/WED IRKUTSK
1230 1245 MAITHILI   7320       THU/FRI  IRKUTSK
1230 1245 SANTHALI   7320       SAT      IRKUTSK
1230 1300 KOKBOROK   12065      FRI      GUAM
1245 1300 KUI        7320       SAT      IRKUTSK
1245 1300 KOKBOROK   12065      SAT      GUAM
1245 1315 URDU       7320       MON-FRI  IRKUTSK
1300 1315 GARHWALI   5950       DAILY    NOVOSIBIRSK
1300 1315 HO         7320       SAT      IRKUTSK
1300 1345 SANTHALI   11800      SUN      GUAM
1315 1330 DOGRI      5950       MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
1315 1330 MARWARI    7320       SUN      IRKUTSK
1315 1330 MEWARI     7320       THU/FRI  IRKUTSK
1315 1330 BENGALI    7320       SAT      IRKUTSK
1315 1345 M.BENGALI  7320       MON/TUES IRKUTSK
1315 1345 PUNJABI    7320       WED      IRKUTSK
1315 1430 HINDI      5950       SAT/SUN  NOVOSIBIRSK
1330 1345 HINDI      5950       MON      NOVOSIBIRSK
1330 1345 BONDO      7320       SUN      IRKUTSK
1330 1345 DZONKA     7320       THU-SAT  IRKUTSK
1330 1400 HINDI      5950       TUES/WED NOVOSIBIRSK
1330 1400 ASSAMESE   11800      MON-FRI  GUAM
1330 1415 HINDI      5950       THU/FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
1345 1400 TIBETAN    5950       MON      NOVOSIBIRSK
1345 1400 BUNDELI    7320       SAT      IRKUTSK
1345 1400 SANTHALI   12065      DAILY    GUAM
1345 1415 BUNDELI    7320       SUN      IRKUTSK
1345 1415 MAITHILI   7320       MON-FRI  IRKUTSK
1400 1415 BRAJ BHASA 5950       MON/TUES NOVOSIBIRSK
1400 1415 KASHMIRI   5950       WED      NOVOSIBIRSK
1400 1415 ORIYA      7320       SAT      IRKUTSK
1400 1415 BORO       12065      WED-SUN  GUAM
1400 1415 M.BENGALI  12065      MON/TUES GUAM
1415 1430 BHOJPURI   5950       MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
1415 1430 KUMAONI    7320       SUN      IRKUTSK
1415 1430 MAGAHI     7320       MON      IRKUTSK
1415 1430 MUNDARI    7320       TUES/WED IRKUTSK
1415 1430 KURUKH     7320       THU-SAT  IRKUTSK
1415 1430 MANIPURI   12065      SAT/SUN  GUAM
1430 1445 HINDI      5950       MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
1430 1445 SADRI      7320       SAT/SUN  IRKUTSK
1430 1500 PUNJABI    5950       SAT/SUN  NOVOSIBIRSK
1430 1500 SINDHI     7320       MON-FRI  IRKUTSK
1445 1500 CHODRI     7320       SAT/SUN  IRKUTSK
1445 1515 PUNJABI    5950       MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
1500 1515 MARWARI    5950       SAT/SUN  NOVOSIBIRSK
1500 1515 BHILI      7320       SAT/SUN  IRKUTSK
1500 1530 KUTCHI     7320       MON-FRI  IRKUTSK
1515 1530 MOUCHA     7320       SAT/SUN  IRKUTSK
1515 1545 HINDI      5950       MON-FRI  NOVOSIBIRSK
1530 1545 AWADHI     7320       SAT/SUN  IRKUTSK
1530 1545 GAMIT      7320       MON-WED  IRKUTSK
1530 1545 VASAVI     7320       THU/FRI  IRKUTSK
1545 1600 HARYANVI   7320       SUN      IRKUTSK
1545 1600 URDU       7320       MON-FRI  IRKUTSK
1545 1600 HINDI      7320       SAT      IRKUTSK
1600 1615 PASHTO     7315       SAT/SUN  SAMARA
1600 1630 PASHTO     7315       MON-FRI  SAMARA
1630 1645 DARI       7315       MON      SAMARA

* 7350 : TILL 2ND FEB,2008
  9455 : WEF  3RD FEB,2008

Reports to :
Trans World Radio,
L-15,Green Park,
New Delhi 110016,India.

Propagation Gods were smiling this weekend with pipelines to PNG and India. Let’s hope these conditions are repeated regularly.

2310 AUSTRALIA. ABC, 1245, 1/27/08. Threshold level nx comment from OM & YL. 2325 & 2485 also in at similar levels by 1315, and all still audible by 1408 (Strawman-IA).

2850 NORTH KOREA. KCBS, 1310, 1/27/08. Usual patriotic choral mx was poor to fair ( Strawman-IA).

3235 PNG. R. West New Britain, 1242, 1/27/08. S6 pop mx w/occasional announcement (Strawman-IA).

3310 BOLIVIA. R. Mosoj Chaski, 2350, 1/26/08. Local tlk & mx was poor in noise. Not heard in a while (Strawman-IA).

3315 PNG. R. Manus, 1248, 1/27/08. S8 pop mx at tune-in rising to S9 by 1345 (Strawman-IA).

3335 PNG. R. East Sepik, 1250, 1/27/08. Poor-fair with similar programing to others heard (Strawman-IA).

3987 INDONESIA. RRI Manokwari,1302, 1/26/08. Pop mx with Indo comments. Poor in HRO slop but fair at times (Strawman-IA).

3995 INDONESIA. RRI Kendari (p), 1350, 1/26/08. Weak with pop mx. Pontianak, 3976 also in @ 1408 with pop mx but weaker (Strawman-IA).

4330 CHINA. PBS Xinjiang (p), 1250, 1/26/08. Listed Kazakh service had vocal mx at threshold level. Poor overall (Strawman-IA).

4750 INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 1352, 1/27/08. Signal was S6-7 with extended chatter by YL into pop mx @ 1354 (Strawman-IA).

4760 INDIA. AIR, 1410, 1/27/08. Snatches of audio at near imagination level. Not heard in a LONG time (Strawman-IA).

4790 INDONESIA. RRI Fak Fak, 1355. 1/27/08. Similar level and programing as Makassar but suffering from CODAR. 4870 Wamena also in but poor (Strawman-IA).

4820 INDIA. AIR Kolkata, 1333, 1/27/08. Mixing with PBS Xizang via Lhasa. Alternated being on top of each other. Mixture at S6 level (Strawman-IA).

4900 CHINA. Voice of Strait, 1338, 1/26/08. Ethnic vocal mx was weak but in the clear. Increased to S5 by 1340 (Strawman-IA).

4920 INDIA. AIR Chennai, 1412, 1/27/08. Poor signal with film or other popular-style mx. Might be first time heard (Strawman-IA).

5010 INDIA. AIR Thiruvanathapuram, 1259, 1/27/08. Announcements and ID at TOH into apparent nx headlines. Still audible at 1356 (Strawman-IA).

5030 CHINA. CNR 1 Beijing, 1359, 1/27/08. Announcements by OM & YL before TOH. S8 signal. 5 low and 1 high pip were right in step with my atomic clock. IDs by OM @ 1400. Different OM into apparent nx headlines, and more announcements. Little slop from Rebelde (Strawman-IA).

5040 INDIA. AIR Jeypore, 1345, 1/27/08. Threshold mx battling big het from presumed Myanma Radio on 5040.6 (Strawman-IA).

7125 GUINEA. R. Conakry (p), 2352, 1/26/08. Afro pop w/ FF comment. Closing annouincements @ 2357. 2359 Anthem which ended at 0000:01 when simultaneously pulled the plug. Fair-Good (Strawman-IA).

9435 RUSSIA. BBC via Armavir/ Krasnodar, 1341, 1/27/08. Bengali service. Interesting how similar Bengali sounds like Hindi. S7-8 signal (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, AOR AR7030+, Microtelecom Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 330S Loop, 70′ Sloping Inverted L, Clear Speech DSP

A good 60 meter morning from 1330-1400, 1/13/08. Signals heard on 4750, 4790, 4800, 4810, 4870, 4900, 4905, 4920, 4965, 4980, 5010, 5015, 5025, 5030, 5040.55, and 5050. Hopefully a sign of things to
come in the near term. There appears plenty to hear when propagation
cooperates.

3345 INDONESIA. RRI Ternate (p), 1246, 1/12/08. Continuous pop mx was fair (Strawman-IA).
3925 JAPAN. Nikkei missing or inaudible both 1/12 & 1/13/08 during 1300 hour (Strawman-IA).

4450 NORTH KOREA. Korean National Democratic Front (p), 1357, 1/13/08. Listed 15KW was a bit above threshold with patriotic orchestral mx. Korean announcements through TOH (Strawman-IA).

4800 MEXICO. XERTA R. Transcontinental (p), 1255, 1/12/08. Pop/ choral mx marred by weak audio and usual CODAR. Poor (Strawman-IA).

4920 INDIA. AIR Chennai, 1344, 1/13/08. Vocal mx w/ tabla. Still in at 1405 recheck with apparent nx by OM. Fair (Strawman-IA).

5015 INDIA. AIR Delhi, 1312, 1/13/08. Ethnic vocals were fair (Strawman-IA).

5925 VIETNAM. VOV (p), 1408, 1/13/08. OM in nx-like delivery until 1408:45 flute mx bumper to further comment. Poor with splatter from 5920 (Strawman-IA).

6095 SOUTH KOREA. BBC (p) via Kimjae, 1412, 1/13/08. Korean service;  OM announcer doing apparent nx and a few musical breaks (Strawman-IA).

6165 INDIA. AIR Delhi, 1420, 1/13/08. Listed Sindhi service beamed 65 degrees. Ethnic vocals w/ tabla was fair (Strawman-IA).

9820 CHINA. Guangxi Foreign BS (p), 1325, 1/12/08. Cantonese service featured OM in continuous tlk at S6. Listed at 15KW (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines Iowa -  Winradio G313e -  70′ Inverted L

http://voanews.com/english/About/2008-01-08-heza-launch.cfm

PRESS RELEASE -  Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2008 — The Voice of
America (VOA) has launched Heza, a weekly, half-hour Kinyarwanda-
language radio program that addresses issues of concern to Rwandan
youth.

Heza includes roundtable discussions, news stories by young journalists,
and music by some of Rwanda’s most popular music bands. The first
program featured music by and an interview with “Kigali Boys,” one of
Rwanda’s most popular hip-hop bands.

“I am very excited by the first Heza broadcast,” comments VOA Central
Africa Service Chief Robert Daguillard. “The show is energetic and fast-
paced. This is youth radio at its best!” he added.

The roundtable discussions and much of the music heard in Heza are
recorded at the Maison des Jeunes de Kimisagara, a youth center operated
by Forum des Jeunes and located in Kigali, the capital.

The program is a co-production of the German Development Service (an
international development aid organization funded by the German
government), the Voice of America, and the Forum des Jeunes Giramahoro
in Rwanda. The partners’ goal in producing Heza is to help promote inter-
ethnic reconciliation, to help foster civil society, and to combat hatred and
prejudice.

The program, broadcast on shortwave and 104.3 FM, VOA´s 24-hour station
in Kigali, Rwanda, airs on Sundays at 0330 UTC (repeats: Sundays, 1630
UTC and Saturdays, 1600 UTC).

The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia
international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through
the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000
hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every
week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.
Programs are produced in 45 languages.

For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 203-4959, or
e-mail publicaffairs@voa.gov.

 Something of a conduit from the midwestern USA to China 2330-0030, 1/5 & 1/6/08.

3955 ENGLAND. KBS World radio via Skelton, 2212, 1/1/08. Fair to poor signal had English nx comment and mx (Strawman-IA).

4790 INDONESIA. RRI Fak Fak, 1352, 1/5/08. String of pop ballads. S6 signal under stronger CODAR (Strawman-IA).

4800 CHINA. CNR1 via listed Ge’ermu, 2339, 1/5/08. OM & YL presenters were fair and would have been easy to follow except for S7 CODAR sweeps (Strawman-IA).

4820 CHINA. PBS Xizang vis Lhasa, 2358, 1/5/08. Mandarin announcements were fair-good. ID @ 0000:30 into march-like anthem, followed by nx @0001 (Strawman-IA).

4905 CHINA. CNR 8 stream via Tibet, 2346, 1/5/08. Pop-style mx. Listed 50KW (Strawman-IA).

4980 CHINA. PBS Xinjiang via Urumqi, 0004, 1/6/08. OM & YL in listed Uighur w/ fast paced delivery of possible nx. Fair but CODAR louder (Strawman-IA).

5980 MOROCCO. RTV du Maroc (p), 0102, 12/31/08. Koranic
chant was fair to good. S6 signal (Strawman-IA).

7200 RUSSIA. R. Rossii via Yakutsk, 0104, 12/31/08. Low audio wth signal fair. OM presenting nx (Strawman-IA).

7450 GREECE. R. Makedonias, 2143, 1/1/08. S7 signal featured ethnic mx and vocals (Strawman-IA).

9705 INDIA. AIR Panaji, 2331, 1/1/08. Fair to poor signal had YL in extended tlk folowed by local vocals and instrumental mx (Strawman-IA).

9800 RUSSIA. VOR via Irkutsk, 1346, 1/5/08. Fair too poor not moving S-meter (500KW). Folk/ pop mx w/ YL announcer (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman - Des Moines, Iowa
AOR AR7030+ - Winradio G313e
Wellbrook 330S Loop - AD Sloper