STATION NEWS AND THE LOG BOOK - March 10, 2015


STATION NEWS AND THE LOG BOOK
March 10, 2015

STATION NEWS

SPAIN
Recent frequency adjustments for REE have been noted here over the past week. These are 17755 and 15490 kHz which now join the usual 9620 and 11940 kHz for the weekday broadcasts between 1900 to 2300, as well as the extended schedule on weekends between 1500 and 2300. The weekend schedules usually contain football coverage. All frequencies are well heard here at Mount Evelyn with 15490 being the strongest and 17755 kHz arriving here as the weakest signal.

 RWANDA
It is reported that Deutsche Welle is closing down the Kigali transmitting site on March 28. It is expected that this will also affect the national broadcaster Radio Rwanda that uses these facilities for their 6055 kHz service between 0300 and 2100. The station's non directional 100 kW signal is strong here in Australia, especially in the 1800 to 2100 time slot. Check out the signal before its gone for good! Languages used include Kanyarwanda, French, and Swahili. There are also two short spots of English news scheduled twice a day. 
AWR RWANDA SPECIAL QSL
Another station to be affected by the Kigali closure is Adventist World Radio, which has extensive services to Africa at various times of the day. My thanks to Alokesh Gupta (via Dr Adrian Peterson) for the following information, which may be of interest to QSL hunters:

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
                            

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

 (via Dr. Adrian Peterson, AWR)

FROM THE LOG BOOK

6080   SAO TOMÉ. VOA - Pinheira. A fair signal at 2130, assaulting the ears of their African listeners with American pop songs. Occasional English anncts. No sign of CNR until after VOA s/off at 2200, Mar 8.

 7450   IRAN. VOIRI - Sirjan. Winding down its Italian service at 1950 with the usual theme music, switch-off at 1953. A fair signal and no sign of Greece on Mar 9.

 9940   SWAZILAND. TWR - Manzini. French programming to CAf at 1935, poor signal on Mar 9.

 11840   BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. French to EAf with news at 1945, poor signal on Mar 9.

 11890   ASCENSION IS. BBC - Ascension. Hausa service to WAf with many mentions of Boko Harem in Nigeria at 1940, poor signal on Mar 9.

 12095   UAE. BBC - Dhabayya. Noted with intermittent audio at 1955 in the Arabic service to EAf. Closes at 1959 then there's a transmitter change to Ascension Island for the World Service news in English at 2000. The signal from Dhabayya was weak but became stronger after the change to the Ascension relay, Mar 9.

 13640   INDIA. AIR - Bengaluru. Arabic to ME with Hindi ballads at 1910, good signal on Mar 9.

 13650   KUWAIT. R. Kuwait. Earnest talks in Arabic at 1915, beamed to NAm and a poor signal on Mar 9.

 13695   INDIA. AIR - Bengaluru. English service to EAf at 1920 with a World Cup sports program provided by the BBC. At 1929 there were highlights of tomorrow's programs, which we couldn't really hear clearly because the background music was up way too loud! News at 1930.Fair to poor signal on Mar 9.

 15580   BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. "Learning English" program at 1950, beamed to EAf but a poor signal on Mar 9.

AND FINALLY…….

No doubt, some of our readers have seen this WWV spoof thats been around for a few years now. But it's still good for a laugh!!


73 and good DX to you all.

Rob VK3BVW
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