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Monday, December 14, 2009

Philippine DX News No.34

Philippine DX News No.34
December 13, 2009
Hello everyone and welcome to the December edition of the Philippine DX News. This report No.34 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by.
Christmas is fast-approaching, with with all the festive sights and sounds all around. I would like to greet everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. In Filipiino “Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong taon sa inyong lahat.
In today’s program we have few items.
First, Journalists condemn Maguindanao Massacre.
Philippine and foreign media organizations condemned the massacre of at least 57 people, including journalists, In the November 23 political related incident in Maguindanao, Southern Philippines.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) challenged the government to take immediate action.
Philippines, the second highest number of journalists killed after Iraq.
In solidarity,the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas ( KBP) also expressed outrage and condemned the massacre.
Also the Philippine press institute (PPI) echoed the sentiments of other media groups and joined the call to urge the government to arrest the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
Regular station log for November 2009
November 2, Awr via Vt communications,Wertachal, germany on 15495 in English @ 1200 S-I-O 3-3-3 with Wave scan program
November 3, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia broadcasting on 17895 in Arabic from Riyadh @ 0731 S-I-O 3-3-3
November 4, Radio Thailand on 15275 in English from Udon Thani @ 0223 S-I-O 4-3-3 with the news
November 5, Radio Taiwan International on 11875 in English from Tainan @ 0100 S-I-O 4-3-4
November 9, Voice of Russia on 17805 in English @0800 S-I-O 3-3-3
November 10, Radio Netherlands on 12065 in English @ 1034 from Tinian S-I-O 4-4-4
November 14, I heard Polish Radio from Warsaw on 11860 in English @ 1310 S-I-O 3-3-3 to 4-4-4
November 15, Voice of Korea 0n 13760 in English @0111 from Kujang S-I-O 3-3-3
November 16 AWR 0n 15320 in English from Agat , Guam @ 2230 S-I-O 5-5-5 with Wavescan program
November 17, Voice of Malaysia on 15295 in English from Kajang @ 0700 S-I-O 3-3-3 with noise and
Interference
Radio Slovakia International 0n 13715 in English from Rimavska Sobota @ 0700 S-I-O 3-3-3 with
Slovakia Today program
KTWR Trans World Radio on 15170 in English from Agana, Guam @ 0800 S-I- O 4-4-4 with
religious programming
November 28, HCJB Ausralia on 11750 in English @0730 from Kununurra S-I-O 4-4-4
November 30, Radio New Zealand Intl on 9765 in English from Rangitaiki @0820 S-I-oO 3-3-3
Our regular contributor T.C.Patterson in San Remegio, Cebu here in Central Philippines sent the following report.T.C. did a bit of tuning around in the 25 meter band before local sunrise thismorning on November 3 between 2115 and 2200. Among others he was able to hear the following
11550 WEWN from Vandiver, AL in Spanish,11695 Radio Australia from Shepparton in English;11845 Radio Canada Int’l from Sackville in French;11910 Radio Japan (NHK) from Yamata in Japanese;11930 Radio Marti from Greenville, NC in Spanish;11945 Radio Free Asia relay via Tinian in Mandarin; and12075 Radio Free Asia relay via Tinian in Korean.
I would like to thank our DXer friend for their reception reports
1. Mr. Koichi Saito in Japan
2. Mr. Mukesh Kumar in Bihar, India
3. Mr. Han Sheng Lin, in Jilin Province China
Our 3rd QSL Card is available. For your reception report, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon. Return postage will be greatly appreciated.
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Mabuhay! At Maraming Salamat po!

Philippine DX News No.33

Philippine DX News No.33
November 8, 2009

Hello everyone and welcome to the November edition of the Philippine DX News. This report No.33 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by. In today’s program we have few items about FEBC new MW station, B09 Frequency Schedule and reception log.

First about FEBC AM Station DZMR

When the radio station -1143 AM DZMR Santiago, Isabela in Northern Philippines – begins its operation this year, there will be programs in Ilocano, Ibanag, Itawis and Kalanguya.
The goal is to broadcast in at least 14 local dialects and languages to reach more people groups especially in the mountainous areas of the Cagayan Valley and Cordillera regions including three people groups who were once headhunters.
Besides daily bible readings in Ilocano, 1143 DZMR Santiago will also produce original songs in all dialects that the broadcast reaches. When it is fully operational, the radio station will offer Christian programming to more people groups than any Christian radio station. This early, Back to the Bible- Philippines is planning to reach out to the Ilocano, Ibanag, Itawis and Kalanguya by producing radio programs which will be aired through DZMR Santiag 1143 Khz.

Radio Sweden
No More Printed Schedule or QSL Cards
With the start of the new transmission period for short and medium wave, as well as satellite, on October 25, Radio Sweden will only be publishing the broadcast schedule on the web.
This a logical consequence of the increasing importance of the internet as broadcast platform and because they stopped broadcasting their programs in Swedish.

At the same time they are simplifying their marketing and audience services.

At the same time they are discontinuing mailing QSL Cards to listeners in response to reception reports.


B09 Frequency Schedule
From October 25, 2009 – March 27, 2010



Deutsche Welle in English to the Philippines

0000-0100 UTC 7265 from Trincomalee
9785 from Trincomalee
15640 from Petropavl

0900- 1000 17710 from Trincomalee
21780 from Trincomalee



Deutsche Welle in German

0800-0958 17520 from Trincomalee


Radio Veritas Asia in Filipino

2300-2327 9720 khz
1500-1553 11715 khz

Radio Taiwan International in English to the Philippines

0100-0200 11875
1100-1200 11715

To Southeast Asia
0300-0400 15320
1100-1200 7445

FEBC in English
1400-1415 12025

Reception logs from TC Patterson


On October 18, 2009 T.C. did scan the 49 meter band and have listed some of thestations he noted. .
Between 2030 and 2100:
5820 GERMANY – RFE/Radio Liberty relay via Biblis in Belorussian;5830 KUWAIT – Radio Farda relay via Sulaibiyah in Persian; and5885 VATICAN CITY – Vatican Radio from St Maria di Galeria in Arabic.
Between 2100 and 2130:
6075 UNITED KINGDOM – DW relay via Rampisham in German;6085 JAPAN – Radio Japan (NHK) from Yamata in Japanese;6115 PHILIPPINES – Radio Veritas Asia from Palauig in Mandarin; and6145 FRANCE – CRI relay via Issoudun in Albanian.
All of these heard using the ICOM R75 receiver.



Our 2nd year anniversary QSL Card is still available. And our 3rd QSL Card is available. For your reception report, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon. Return postage will be greatly appreciated.
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Mabuhay! At Maraming Salamat po!

Philippine Dx News No.32

Philippine DX News No.32
October 11, 2009
Greetings to all our regular listeners and to those who just tuned in welcome to the October edition of the Philippine DX News. This report No.32 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by. In today’s program we have few items.First, On September 26, 2009, typhoon brought a month’s worth of rainfall to metro manila and nearby areas in just a few hours, causing severe flooding which resulted in the loss of many lives and the displacement of the hundreds of thousands of people. In the latest report of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC Philippines). The total number of casualties is 335, estimated costs of damaged is P5.2 billion pesos.
Typhoon has compromised the transmitter at FEBC’s Bocaue shortwave installation. They are currently assessing the degree of damage. Extensive destruction would prevent the broadcast from going out for weeks, even months. But in the latest information I received from FEBC In spite of flood waters pouring in the shortwave installation building in Bocaue, no permanent damage took place in the transmitters and the station went back on the air for millions throughout Asia.
However, there is a new typhoon bearing down on the Philippines as I write this report.
So please pray for the Philippines. Asked God to help and comfort the many thousands of Filipinos living in the flood area. That it does not devastate those already in harm’s way.
RVA Karen Service
On August 2, 2009 Radio Veritas Asia celebrated the opening of its Karen Service.
Our regular contributor T.C.Patterson in San Remegio , Cebu here in Cenral Philippnes sent the following report
Mid HF Band Blackout–due to Coronal Hole
In his report on September17, 2009 while dutifully performing his monitoring activities he noted that both the 25 and 31 meter bands and to lesser extent the 49 meter band where dead here in the Philippines from sometime before 2000 to between 2100 and 2200 and the recurring coronal hole reported jointly by the U.S. Air force and NOAA now firmly convinced that the brief blackout noted is a result of ejections through the reported recurring coronal hole.
The outer atmosphere of the sun is called the corona and when a hole occurs in it, a coronal mass ejection (CME) originates. When a CME occurs, whether or not it is accompanied by a solar flare, most of the electrons and protons ejected never reach the earth as their trajectory takes them elsewhere. If they do reach the earth, it is some 20 to 40 hours after the CME. As these charged particles travel along, providing their orientation is just right, they can distort the earth’s geomagnetic field, causing a geomagnetic storm. This results in acceleration of the particles to energy levels that permit them to enter the ionosphere at the poles. This energy influx causesauroral displays at the mid latitudes and can disrupt shortwave (HF) communications for up to several hours or longer
T.C. did checked the 19 meter band shortly before sunset on September 25, 2009. Amongthe stations I heard between 0900 and 1000 were the following:
15090 THAILAND – Radio Free Afghanistan (RADIO AZADI) relay from Udon Thani in Pashtu;15150 IRAN – Voice of the Islamic Revolution from Sirjan in Arabic;15160 SOUTH KOREA – Radio Korea Int’l from Kimjae in Korean;15210 CHINA – China Radio Int’l from Kunming in English:15310 THAILAND – BBC Worldservice relay via Nakhon Sawan in English;15340 SINGAPORE – Deutsche Welle relay via Kranji in English;15400 ASCENSION ISLAND (UK) – BBC relay via Ascension in English;15470 RUSSIA – Voice of Russia from Irkutsk in English;15555 UZBEKISTAN – CVC from Tashkent English;15575 CYPRUS – BBC Worldservice relay via Limassol in English;15585 SPAIN – Radio Exterior de Espana from Noblejas in Spanish;15650 SRI LANKA – Deutsche Welle relay via Trincomalee in German;15680 SRI LANKA – Radio Free Afghanistan relay via Irana Wila in Dari;and15690 SRI LANKA – Radio Farda relay from Irana Wila in Persian.
Before I end I would like to thank our regular listener Mr.Mitsunori Kawazoe in Tsu-shi,MIE Japan and our friend Rhoen would like to extend his greetings to all our SW listeners. He is now located in Southern Philippines.
Our 2nd year anniversary QSL Card is still available. And also our 3rd QSL Card is available. For your reception report, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon. Return postage will be greatly appreciated.
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Mabuhay! At Maraming Salamat po!

Philippine DX News No.30

Philippine DX News No.31
September 13, 2009
Greetings to all our regular listeners and to those who just tuned in welcome to the Setember edition of the Philippine DX News. This report No.31 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique,Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by.
First,I would like to thank our dear SW listeners and radio hobbyists for sending their reception reports. 1. Mr.Nobuya Kato in Kanagawa,Japan- 2 reception report
2. Mr. Czerminski in Warsaw,Poland
3. Mr.Henk Ruigrok in The Netherlands
4. Mr Patrick Robic in Austria
5. Mr. Kenji Takahashi in kochi City,Japan
From the central Philippine Union of the Seventh-day Adventist Church here’s the schedule for Cable TV,SW,AM & FM stations in the Central Philippines. 3ABN (Cable TV- available in 8 cities and municipalities, in Cebu City, Iloilo City, Bacolod City, Mandaue City, Catarman, Samar, Siquijor,Siquijor, Talisay City, Cebu and Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. HOPE Channel (Cable TV) available in 24 cities and municipalities and in 7 local Church operated SW Broadcast “Tingog sa Paglaum” – the Voice of Hope on 11925 from AWR Guam on Wednesdays and and Thursdays @ 10:30 UTC On AM Band 1260 Khz Bantay Radio (DYDD) Cebu City every Sunday @ 7:30 AM(local time)-23:30 UTC Three Low Power –FM Band operated by the Church HOPE Fm Stations in Cebu City 104.7 MHz, In La Paz, Iloilo City 101.9 MHz and in Jaro, Iloilo City 104.2 MHz
Frequency Schedule for Radyo Pilipinas Overseas , DZRP 0200-0300 in English 15510 11880 15285 CRI Filipino Service from Monday –to-Saturday 1130-1200 11700 1200-1230 11700, 12110 1430-1500 12110 Also on 17505 @ 1200
Family Radio in various Philippine languages available on 1359 AM Khz @ 1000 -Tagalog (Filipino) 1100 -Cebuano 1200- Ilocano Philippine Broadcasting Service 6170 relay of PBS 1278 khz Radyo Magaszin in Metro Manila audible @ 0900 UTC here in central Philippines
Loggings for August 2009 August 5- KNLS , Alaska on 7355 Khz in English from Anchor Point @ 0800 with regular features American highway, Profile, Movie Review and music, S-I-O 3-3-3 August 8-Duetsche Welle Radio on 15340 in English from Singapore @0905,S-I-O 4-5-4 August 9-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia broadcasting on 21435 in Arabic from Riyadh S-I-O 3-3-3 - KFBS Saipan on 15580 from Marpi in Bahasa Indonesia @ 1030, S-I-O 4-4-4 - T8WH World Harvest Radio on 9930 from Medorn Palau in English with religious programming,S-I-O 3-4-3 August 10- KBS World Radio on 9570 from Ginje in English @ 0810 S-I-O 3-4-3 August 13- China Radio international on 17710 from Beijing in English @ 0642 with a program ‘Voice from other lands”, S-I-O 3-4-3 -CVC Australia on 13635 from Darwin in English S-I-O 4-4-4 August 16-AWR on 11925 in Ilocano from Guam @ 1030 S-I-O 4-4-4 August 18- Deutsche Welle on 15650 in Guam from Trincomalee @0830 S-I-O 3-4-3 August 19-BBC World Service on 17790 in English from Nakhon Sawan,Thailand @ 0655 S-I-O 3-3-3 -Voice of Turkey on 15520 in English from Emirler @ 1230 S-I-O 3-3-3 August 21Radio Taiwan International on 11875 from Tainan in English @0100 S-I-O 5-5-5 August 22-Voice of Korea on 15180 from Kujang in English @ 1008 S-I-O 5-5-5 August 23-Radyo Pilipinas DZRP on 11880 in english from Tinang @ 0215 S-I-O 4-4-4 - Voice of Malaysia on 1475 in Filipinofrom Kota knabalu @ 1313 with “Ikaw at Ako” Program (You and me program) SD-I-O 3-3-3 August 30-Radio Prague on 17540 from Litomysl in English @ 1309 UTC S-I-O 4-3-3
Our 2nd year anniversary QSL Card is still available. For your reception report , please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon. Return postage will be greatly appreciated.
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com. This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying… Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Philippine DX news no.30

Philippine DX News No.30August 09, 2009Hello everyone and welcome to the August edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.30 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by. In today’s program we have few items.First,
RADIO FREE ASIA RELEASES THIRD RADIO PIONEER QSL CARD
Radio Free Asia announces the release of the third QSL card in its Radio Pioneer series. The card honors Serbian-born American physicist, Nikola Tesla. Tesla was a pioneer in many fields. The Tesla coil, which he invented in 1891, is widely used today in electronic equipment. Nikola Tesla patented the basic system of radio in 1896. Tesla’s schematic diagrams describing the basic elements of a radio transmitter were later used by Marconi. In 1896 Tesla constructed an instrument to receive radio waves. He experimented with this device and transmitted radio waves from his New York laboratory. The radio device clearly establishes Nikola Tesla as a radio pioneer. In Colorado Springs, where he stayed from May 1899 until 1900, Tesla made what he regarded as his most important discovery– terrestrial stationary waves. By this discovery Tesla proved the Earth could be used as a conductor and would be as responsive as a tuning fork to electrical vibrations of a certain frequency. He also lighted 200 lamps without wires from a distance of 25 miles and created man-made lightning. The QSL card below will be issued for all valid RFA reception reports from July 1 – August 31, 2009.For more information visit www.rfa.org
FEBC Philippines
After 61 years of broadcasting the Good News, FEBC privileged to minister to different ethnic groups through their heart languages. Our stations in Mindanao have broadcasts in Cebuano, which is widely used in the region. They also carry programs in Ilonggo and other Visayan languages. In addition, there are broadcasts in particular tribal dialects, such as Tiruray, Manobo and T’Boli in 1116 DXKI Koronadal and Matigsalog in 1197 DXFE Davao. When 1143 DZMR Santiago City begins to operate, there will be broadcasts in Ilocano, which is the lingua franca or the most common language in Northern Luzon and the Cordilleras. Furthermore, there will be programs in Ibanag, Itawis and Ifugao, which are the heart languages of some people groups in the area. We hope to eventually broadcast in 10 more languages and dialects in the years to come.
For our reception logs.
TC Patterson, our regular contributor sent the following report. On July 12, 2009 TC did a bit of scanning on the 19 meter band between 0000 and0100. The following are among the stations TC managed to hear.
15170 AUSTRALIA – CVC International from Darwin in Mandarin;15180 AUSTRALIA – Radio Australia from Darwin in Indonesian;15240 AUSTRALIA – Radio Australia from Shepparton in English;15250 AUSTRALIA – CVC International from Darwin in Indonesian;15275 THAILAND – Radio Thailand from Udon Thani in English;15300 GUAM (United States) – KSDA (AWR) from Agat in Mandarin;15335 TAIWAN – Radio Australia relay via Tainan in Indonesian;15360 THAILAND – BBC Worldservice relay via Nakhon Sawan in English;15400 AUSTRALIA – HCJB (Australia) from Kununurra in Indonesian;15490 PAKISTAN – Radio Pakistan from Islamabad in Urdu;15510 GUAM (United States) – KSDA (AWR) from Agat in Burmese;15545 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLDS – Radio Free Asia relay via Tinian inLao;15560 THAILAND – Voice of America relay via Udon Thani in specialEnglish;15595 RUSSIA – Deutshe Welle relay via Vladivostok in English;15690 SRI LANKA – Radio Free Asia relay via Irana Wila in Lao; and15720 NEW ZEALAND – Radio New Zealand Int’l from Rangitaiki inEnglish.
And also on July 14,2009 TC did a scanning on 31 meters between 2120 and 21509410 CZECH REPUBLIC – Radio Prague from Litomysl in Czech;9545 PORTUGAL – Deutsche Welle relay via Sines in German;9575 MOROCCO – Radio Mediterranee Int’l from Nador in Arabic;9610 GERMANY – WYFR (Family Radio) relay via Wertachtal in English;9720 GERMANY – WYFR (Family Radio) relay via Wertachtal in French;9735 PORTUGAL – Deutsche Welle relay via Sines in English; and9790 FRANCE – Radio France Int’l from Issoudun in French.
And before I end, I would like to thank and acknowledge our regular listeners and DXers friends for their reception reports and e-mails.
1. Ragu A in Vedaraniam, India
2. Kenji Takahashi in Kochi City, Japan
3. Akira Takei in Hokkaido, Japan
4. Mohammad Shamim in Keralam State, India
5. Hajime Mikihara in Kanagawa-ken, Japan
6. Shinichi Shiraichi in Sendai, Japan
Thank very much especially the members of Japan Short Wave Club.
Our 2nd year Anniversary QSL Card is still available. For your reception reports, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon. Return postage will be greatly appreciated.
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Philippine DX News No.29

Philippine DX News No.29
July 12, 2009


Hello everyone and welcome to the July edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.29 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by.
For the first item this time.
Church acquires TV/Radio franchise in the Philippines
One of the latest feats in the history of the church in the Philippines was to acquire a license to operate television and radio stations in the country. For some years this had been the dream of church leaders to go on air by way of obtaining a franchise for nationwide broadcasts.
That historic event was sealed on May 21, after several months of negotiation, when the officers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern Philippines (SPUC) signed the memorandum of agreement with Conal and Digital Holdings. This legal document transfers the right of the former owner to the Adventist Church to operate a television and radio network in the Philippines. Henceforth, Hope Channel will operate its stations in the Philippines under this franchise.
The acquirement of the franchise started the process of applying for TV and radio frequencies in towns and cities all over the country, said Dr Jonathan C Catolico, communication director for the church in the southern Asia-Pacific region (SSD).
The representatives of the church have started working with the government’s national telecommunication commission to process applications for frequencies. An initial number of 20 ultra high frequency stations have been targeted to cover a wide geographical area of the country.
The Hope Channel studio facility in Cagayan de Oro City will serve as the headquarters of Hope Channel in the Philippines. Other production studios in northern and central Philippines will beef up production for national and international broadcasts.
Pastor Wendell Serrano, SPUC president,signed the transfer agreement on behalf of the Adventist Church in the Philippines.
Under special fund of the world church, the establishment of the Adventist broadcasting network in the Philippines, along with the setting up of Hope Channel production facilities in the three regions of the country, and program production for local and international broadcasts will hasten the completion of the Lord’s work in this part of the world,” remarked church leaders.

Broadcasting Pioneer DZRH Turns 70
70 years ago, at exactly 6 in the morning, announcer Hal Bowie took his seat before a microphone in a little studio at the top of the Heacock Building in Escolta, and bid his unseen audience good morning. Thus was born the fourth commercial radio station to operate in Manila. In just a few years, with the entire Philippine archipelago caught in the maelstrom of the Second World War, the fledgling station – which took the call sign KZRH – would buck the challenge of history and remain as the only surviving radio station in the country.
It’s a suspicious beginning as the mouthpiece of one of the largest department stores in the Pacific must have laid the groundwork for the station’s commercial viability all these years – a major factor in the survival of the so-called “stepchild of media arts.”
New as it was, KZRH management led by Bertrand Silen was not just armed with the technical know-how in radio operations, but likewise had fundamental marketing knowledge down pat. They knew what radio listeners liked and disliked.
Musical variety shows, comedy skits, and short newscasts were the order of the day. Jazz and ballads became standard fare. Together with American wit, the English language spread. KZRH found itself as an advertising medium. Apart from 15-minute block time sold to advertisers, commercial spots mixing announcements with music were also produced. KZRH found itself amidst lucrative times.
Then came the grim shadow of war. The Japanese Imperial Army took over the sophisticated equipment, which eventually got blown sky-high by the Americans. And while Silen’s staff – considered the best in the Far East – found themselves either in Bataan at the internment camps of Santo Tomas and Los Banos, within the guerilla movement, or simply felled by enemy bullets, plans for the rebirth of KZRH upon liberation were kept alive.
Upon being released, Silen sought help from the National Broadcasting Company in New York to secure new transmitters, and with the financing the new operations at the Insular Life Building on Plaza Cervantes, KZRH was back on the air under the auspices of Manila Broadcasting Company on July 1, 1946 – just in time to cover the inauguration of the new Republic.
Soon after, the International Telecommunications Union adjusted the call letters of Philippine radio, and all allusions to the western United States through the letter K were removed. Until today, all radio stations in the Philippines begin with the letter D.
Over a decade, the station embarked on a “One Nation, One Station” initiative, expanding its coverage to an unprecedented 97% of the Philippine archipelago. To date, DZRH is the only station in the country that is on the air nationwide 24/7 on stereo, simulcast via satellite to relay stations in key provincial cities.

Reception log for June 2009
June 1, Deutsche Welle Radio on 15340 from Singapore in English @0949 S-I-O 3-3-3
June 8, T8WH on 9930 from Medorn Palau in English @ 0817 S-I-O 3-3-3 with Religious programming
June 9, PBS Radyo Pilipinas on 15510 from Tinang in English @0206 S-I-O 5-5-5-5
June 10, KSA broadcasting on 11615 from Jeddah in Arabic S-I-O 4-4-4 // 21495
June 21, AWR on 11925 in Ilocano from Guam @1050 S-I-O 5-5-5

I would like to thank Koichi Saito in Japan for the reception report

Our 2nd year Anniversary QSL Card is still available. For your reception reports, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon. Return postage will be greatly appreciated.
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Philippine DX News No.28

Philippine DX News No.28
June 14, 2009

Hello everyone and welcome to the June 14th edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.28 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by. In today’s program we have few items, looking into the Medium Wave Stations here in the Philippines, our regular station logs and reception reports
Medium Wave Station in the PhilippinesMedium Wave and FM stations reached the majority of nearly 90 million Filipinos in the entire archipelago. Radio which informed, educate and entertain the listening audience. It gives information and analyses, with stories behind the headlines-covering politics, culture, business and sports.In the 2009 World Radio and TV handbook listed the total of 348 AM stations in the Philippines .There are several major networks that operate here1. Bombo Radyo Philippines of the Consolidated Broadcasting System, New sounds Broadcasting network and the People’s Broadcasting Service with 21 AM stations, branding as Bombo Radyo, Bombo a Bass drum where in it’s studios as Bass drum used to emphasize and stressed certain points.. And with 12 Star FM Stations in the major cities of the country.2. The Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) – Pioneer in radio where it’s flagship station DZRH the oldest station turns 70 this year. There are several AM and FM Stations under the roof of MBC as follows:DZRH the mother station relayed in the whole country via satellite andwith 17 other AM relay Stations nationwide with crystal clear signal.The Aksyon Radyo Stations also under MBC, branding Aksyon Radyo (Action Radio in English) with 6 AM station nationwide.
FM Stations under the banner of MBC as follows:
The Love Radio FM Stations with 22 nationwide
YES FM with 11
The Beat FM Stations with 4
The Hot FM Stations with the total of 51, the three (3) of which are fully owned and operated by MBC and the rest are the affiliate provincial Stations with Manila Broadcasting Company.
Radyo Natin FM Stations- The largest local community service stations, branding as Radyo Natin (Our Radio in English) with 111 Stations nationwide
3. Radio Mindanao Network with 20 AM and 22 I FM Station nationwide4. Philippine Broadcasting Service Radyo ng Bayan ,a public Stations owned and operated by the Philippine government 26 AM and 5 FM stations5. GMA Network with 15 Super Radyo ( Super Radio) AM stations and 23 Campus Radio FM Station nationwide6. Catholic Media Network owned and managed by the Philippine Catholic Church with 27 AM and 20 FM stations7. FEBC Far East broadcasting Company with 6 AM and 3 FM Stations8. ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation with 4 AM, 5 affiliates and 15 FM Stations and 8 affiliates FM Stations
Philippine Radio goes interactive
Philippine Radio is changing far more rapidly than ever before. Several networks launched distinctive interactive services and most reliably innovative broadcast. Switches to this format and is expanding radio not only to inform, educate and entertain but now the listening audience can participate through SMS .As reported The Philippines named as “The TEXT or SMS capital of the World” with average of 250-400 millions text messages sent per day. Using this mobile service, the listeners have direct connection to a radio station, a chance to pass comments and opinions to the current issues tacked on-the-air.
Another Radio Station now on TV simulcasts on AM bandAbout two years ago a leading network pioneer Teleradyo, combination of Radio and Television, DZMM of ABS-CBN a simulcast on the AM Radio station as well as a live video feed of the radio booth itself.
Second in the row DZRH TV. DZRH TV was a VHF station of Manila Broadcasting Company aired from 1960 to 1972.On October 1, 2008 DZRH-TV revived as an interactive radio/cable TV channel. First on-air screen channel seen on Dream satellite TV and other cable TV channels nationwide with 300 cables affiliates.DZRH, The longest running AM radio station in the country now on TV.
For our Station log for May 2009
May 6, Solomon Island Broadcasting SIBC on 545 from Honiara in English @0832 S-I-O 4-4-4 with public service announcementsMay 7, Voice of Mongolia on 12085 from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolian @ 0955 S-I-O 4-4-4May 8, World Harvest Radio T88WH on 9930 from Medorn ,Palau in English @ 0856 S-I-O 3-3-3May 9, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Broadcasting on 17615 from Riyadh in Arabic @ 1008 S-I-O 2-3-2May 10, Philippine Broadcasting Service Radyo Pilipinas 15285 from Tinang in English @ 0259 S-I-O 3-3-3May 11, Radio Exterior de Espana on 9640 from Noblejas in Spanish @ 2210 S-I-O 2-3-2May 12, KNLS on 7355 from Anchor Alaska in English @ 0837 S-I-O 3-3-3May 13, RTM Kuching on 7270 in Indonesian @ 0904 S-I-O S-I-O 3-3-3May 14, Radio Japan on 15590 from Yamata in English @ 0913 S-I-O 4-4-4May 16, Adventist World Radio on 11925 from Agat in Cebuano @ 1030 S-I-O 3-3-3Voice of Turkey on 15520 from Emirler in English @1305 S-I-O 3-4-3May 17, Radio Veritas Asia on 9720 from Palauig in Filipino @ 2310 S-I-O 3-3-3May 18, Deutsche Welle Radio on 15340 from Singapore in English @ 0930 S-I-O 4-4-4All India Radio on 17800 from Bengaluru in English @1030 S-I-O 4-4-4May 23, KTWR on 11840 from Merizo in English @0914 S-I-O 3-3-3 with Bread of Life ProgramVoice of Korea on 15180 from Kujang @ 012 in English S-I-O 3-3-3May 24, IRIB Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting on 17660 from Kamalabad in English @1054 S-I-O 4-4-4May 26, Radio Nikkie on 9595 from Nagara (Chiba) in Japanese @ 0731 S-I-O 3-3-3
I would like to acknowledge and thank our DXer friends for their reception reports and emails.1. Mr Tang Jing Bo of Qinghai Province, China2. Mr Hideo Suzuki of Kiyosu City, Aichi, Japan3.Mr. Hirokazu Mitsumoto of Kitakyushu, Japan4. Mr Takuji Sahara of Tokyo, Japan5. Mr. Nobuya Kato of Kanagawa, Japan6. Mr. Leonardo Santiago in Venezuela, Central America
Thank you very much.
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And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Philippine DX News No.26 and 27

Hello everyone and welcome to the May 10th edition of Pilipinas DX. This is report number 27 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, in Central Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by.Our limited 2nd year anniversary QSL card is still available and to those who would like to collect please just kindly send your reception reports to:pilipinadx@yahoo.comThis card featuring the map of our province Antique.I would like to thank our DXer friends for their reports1. Mr. Tomohide Fujii of Takamatsu,Nerima, Tokyo,Japan2. Mr. Kazuyuki Kuriki of Aichi,Japan3. Mr. Li Ming of Maanshan City,China for 2 reception reports4. Mr Zhang ShiFeng of Penglai City, Shan Dong Province,China5. Mr. Mukesh Kumar of Bihar, IndiaThank you very much for your reports
For some DX News nowPBS- Philippine Broadcasting Service on 6170 kHz relay of 1278kHz AM Mw dWRM Radyo Magazin from Marulas, Valenzuela, Metro Manila audible from 0000-0930 domestic broadcast in English and FilipinoRTM Malaysia 1475 kHz from Kota Kinabalu,Malaysia in Tagalog ( Pilipino) audible from 1100-1330UTCRadio Romania International – Last April 11th, I heard the transmission of Radio Romania to Central Africa in the frequency of 17730 from 1146-1154 UTC with feature about Romania and followed by the Mailbag program, S-I-O rating 3-3-3Frequency Schedule of English broadcast for Radio Romania International valid 29 March to 24 October 2009To Central Africa 1100-1200 15340, 17730To Pacific Area 0530-0600 15435, 17770South-East Asia 0300-0400 9735, 118950530- 0600 15435, 17770For more information visit www.rri.ro
A09 Frequency Schedule for various stations from March 29, 2009 – October 25, 2009Radio Sweden broadcast for Asia in English0230-0300 11550 via Madagascar1330-1400 157351430-1500 13820Radio Prague, Czech Republic in English1300-1329 17540 to South Asia2000-2027 11600 to South & East Asia/ AustraliaRadio Netherlands in English1000-1100 11895 to East & SEA daily12065 to East Asia/China daily15110 to East & SEA daily1400-1500 9345 to East 7 SEA daily1400-1600 11835 to South Asia daily15815 to South Asia daily1400-1600 5825 to South Asia daily7530 to East & SEA dailyChina Radio International Filipino Service1130- 1200 11700 daily1200-1230 11700 daily1430-1500 12110 dailyDuetsche Welle Radio broadcast in English0000-0100 9885 via Trincomalee15595 via Vladivostok175250300-0400 11975 Novosibirsk15595 Dhabbaya0900-1000 15340 Singapore17705 Trincomalee1600-1700 9540 TrincomaleeStation logs for March 2009March 1, Solomon Island broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) on 9545 from Honiara @ 0800 in English S-I-O rating 3-3-3World Harvest Radio on 9930 from Naalehu, Hawaii @ 0805 in English with religious programming S-I-O Rating 5-5-5Adventist World Radio 0n 11870 from Guam @ 1050 in Ilocano S-I-O rating 4-4-4-3March 2, Family Radio on 9545 in Mandarin @ 0900 S-I-O rating 3-3-3March 6, KNLS Alaska on 7355 from Anchor Point in Chinese @0800 S-I-O rating 4-3-3AWR on 15255 in unknown language @ 1400 S-I-O rating 5-5-5Trans World Radio KTWR Guam on 9975 in English @ 1405 S-I-O rating 3-3-3Kingdom of Saudi Arabia broadcasting on 21640 from Riyadh in Arabic @ 1421 S-I-O rating 3-4-3 parallel 21505March 7, Voice of Russia on 17805 in English @ 0610 S-I-O rating 4-4-4 Commentary 7 Focus on Asia and the Pacific programRadio New Zealand Intl on 9765 from Rangitaiki in English @0733 UTC S-I-O rating 3-3-3 talk and musical ProgramRTM Malaysia on 1475 MW from Kota Kinabalu in Pilipino @ 1110 S-I-O rating 3-2-3 Music and dedication programMarch 8, PBS on 6170 kHz relay of dWRM 1278 MW domestic broadcast @0108 S-I-O 2-3-3March 9, Radio Slovakia on 13715 from Rimavska Sobota in English @ 0710 S-I-O 3-3-3, Review of weekly NewsMarch 18, Trans World Radio TWR on 11840 from Guam in English @0805 S-I-O 4-4-4March 21, Voice of Mongolia from Ulaan Baatar on 12085 in English @1041,A female host interviewing a male visitor in MongoliaMarch 30, AWR on 15540 in English @ 1136 S-I-O 4-4-4 Wave Scan programFor April 2009April 4, Radio Cairo Egypt on 17835 in English @1051 S-I-O 3-3-2April 5, KWHR ,T8WH Palau on 9930 in English with religious programming @ 0815 UTC S-I-O 4-4-4April 9, Shiokaze on 9595 in Japanese @0806 S-I-O 4-4-4April 10, Voice of Korea on 13760 in Korean @0707 S-I-O 3-4-3April 11, HCJB Quito,Ecuador on 11960 in Spanish @ 1210 with religious programming S-I-O 3-4-3April 12, Voice of Russia on 21790 World service @0700 S-I-O 3-3-3April 13, Radio Thailand news on 15275 in English @0210 with World News S-I-O 3-3-3April 18, AWR via VT Communications, Wertachal, Germany on 15435 @1200 in English S-I-O 3-3-3And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Thank you for all the support past 24 months of Pilipinas DX and Wavescan.This is not goodbye but until we meet again.Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Philippine DX News No.25

Philippine DX News No.25

Hello everyone and welcome to the march 8th edition of Pilipinas DX. A special 2nd year Anniversary presentation. This is report number 25 and I’m Henry Umadhay in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, in central Philippines.

Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by.

Our limited 2nd year anniversary QSL card is available and to those who would like to collect please just kindly send your reception reports to:pilipinadx@yahoo.com
This card featuring our province Antique.

Antique is a province located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is San Jose de Buenavista and is located at the western portion of Panay Island, bordering Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo to the east. Antique faces the Sulu Sea to the west.
Antique was one of the three old districts of Panay before the Spanish colonizers arrived in the islands. The Antique was then known as Hantik, which was named after the large red ants found on the island, called hantik. The Spanish chroniclers, however, recorded it as “Hantique” in the French manner. Later, the initial “h” was dropped, and the name officially became “Antique.”

Antiqueños are very hospitable people who would go out of their way to extend assistance to visitors and guests.
A typical rural area with agriculture, fishery, livestock and poultry, forestry, trade, commerce, and industry and mineral resources
The mineral resources that abound in the province are coal, marble, copper, gold, limestone, silica gemstone and others. An indication of oil deposit was recently discovered at Maniguin Island in Culasi.

Antique is composed of 18 municipalities. Famous for it’s Rafflesia,the biggest flower in the world discovered in the 5511hectare Sibalom National park.

Historians believe that the earliest people who settled on the island of Panay were tribal Negritos or Atis. Oral history, related as the legend of Maragtas, states that in 1212, ten Malay datus escaped persecution from Sri-Vishaya, a Hindu-Malay empire that existed at that time in Borneo and Sumatra. These datus, led by Datu Puti, sailed with their families and communities from Borneo northward and landed on Panay .
There they met the Negrito chieftain Marikudo. They bought the island from the chieftain for a golden saduk (headpiece or helmet), and a golden necklace, among other gifts. The Negritos then retreated to the mountains, while the Borneans settled in the lowlands. Today, the landing is commemorated every year in Antique in the Binirayan festival.
The island of Panay was then divided into three districts. These are Hantik, Aklan, and Irong-Irong. Aklan became the present-day Aklan and Capiz, Irong-Irong became Iloilo, and Hantik became Antique. Hantik was named for the large red ants found on the island called lantik-lantik.
The district of Hantik was given to Datu Sumakwel one of the ten datus, and who, according to tradition, was the oldest and wisest of them. The three districts were later governed as a political unit called the Confederation of Madia-as, also under Datu Sumakwel.
Datu Sumakwel founded the town of Malandog , considered to be the first Malay settlement in the country. Malandog is now a barangay in the present-day municipality of Hamtic, which was named after the historic district.

Binirayan festival
This started in San Jose de Buenavista 34 years ago by the late Gov. Evelio B. Javier - a week long festivities of colorful street parades, beach shows, plaza concerts, beauty contest and trade fair. “Binirayan” biray or “sailboat” in Kinaray-a, Antique’s local language), refers to the difficult journey of the 10 datus to reach Malandog beach, where they befriended the Atis (Aetas) and eventually started a civilization in pre-Hispanic times.

We have only one MW station dyKA 801 khz and two fm station HotFm and Radio Natin Fm.

For some DX News
For the first time I heard SIBC Solomon Islands Boroadcasting from Honaira in the frequency of 9545khz from 0750- 0855 UTC with S-I-O rating of 3-3-3, with news and religious music last march 1st,2009.

From our very own TC Patterson in San Remegio,Cebu

On February 16, 2009 TC did some listening on the 22 and 19 meter bands. Scanned the 22 meter band between 0000 and 0100 and among others, heard the following:

13605 All India Radio from Bangalore in English;
13650 Voice of Korea from Kujang in Mandarin;
13690 Radio Australia from Shepparton in English;
13710 Radio Free Asia relay via Tinian in Burmese;
13760 Radio Havana from Havana in Spanish;
13795 All India Radio from Bangalore in Tamil; and
13815 Radio Free Asia relay via Irana Wila in Burmese.

Carried out a similar scan on the 19 meter band between 0100 and 0200 and among the stations heard were the following:

15100 Voice of Korea from Kujang in French;
15170 CVC International from Darwin in Mandarin;
15180 Voice of Korea from Kujang in English;
15220 Radio Free Asia relay via Tinian in Tibetan;
15250 CVC International from Darwin in English;
15280 Radio Veritas Asia from Paluig in Urdu;
15310 BBC Worldservice relay via Kranji in English;
15335 BBC Worldservice relay via Kranji in English;
15360 BBC Worldservice relay via Nakhon Sawan in English;
15385 Voice of America relay via Tinang in Mandarin;
15410 HCJB Australia from Kununurra in English;
15415 Radio Australia from Shepparton in English;
15645 Far East Broadcasting Company FEBC from Bocaue in Chinese
15490 Radio Pakistan from Islamabad in Urdu; and
15720 Radio New Zealand International from Rangataiki in English.

On February 20, between 0930 and 1030 he did some searching on the 49, 41 and 31 meter bands, specifically for trans-Pacific signals using the Grundig Satellit 750. Here are some North Americans stations he heard:

5745 WYFR from Okeechobee , FL in Spanish;
5935 WWCR from Nashville , TN in English.
5950 WYFR from Okeechobee , FL in English;
6150 KNLS from Anchor Point , AK in Russian;
6890 WYFR from Okeechobee , FL in Spanish;
6915 WYFR from Okeechobee , FL in English;
7455 WYFR from Okeechobee , FL in English;
7555 WEWN from Vandiver , AL in Spanish; and
9390 WEWN from Vandiver , AL in English.

Reception logs for February 2009
February 1 Deutsche Welle on 15595 from Yelizovo,Russia in English @0005 S-I-O 3-4-3
February 2 Radio Slovakia International on 13715 from Rimavska Sobota in English @ 0700 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 3 HCJB Australia on 11750 from Kununurra in English @0730 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 4 Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting I.R.I.B. on 15460 from Kamalabad in English @ 1045 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 5 Voice of Mongolia on 12085 from Ulaanbaatar in English @1049 S-I-O 3-2-3
February 6 Deutsche Welle on 15610 from Trincomalee in German @ 1050 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 7 All India Radio on 17800 from Bengaluru in English @ 1000 S-I-O 4-4-3
February 8 Radio Prague on 11600 from Litomysl in English @1403 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 9 Adventist World Radio on 15320 from Agat Guam @2235 S-I-O 5-4-5
February 10 Radio Exterior de Espana on 11680 from Noblejas in Spanish S-I-O 3-3-3
February 12 Radio Canada International on 9880 from Kunming China @ 0027 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 15 Deutsche Welle Radio on 21840 from Trincomalee in English @0935 S-I-O 3-4-3
February 20 Voice of Korea on 6185 from Kujang in English @ 1017 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 21 Adventist World Radio on 11870 from Agat Guam in Cebuano @ 1051 S-I-O 4-5-4
February 22 Radio Jeddah of the KSA roadcasting on 15250 from Riyadh @ 1150 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 23 Radio Free Asia on 15120 from Iranawila @1105 in Lao S-I-O 3-3-3
February 24 KNLS Alaska on 7355 from Anchor Point in Mandarin@ 1103 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 25 KFBS Northern Mariana Island on 15580 in English/Indonesian @1110 S-I-O 5-5-5
February 26 Family Radio on 5900 from Angarsk Russia in Tagalog(Pilipino) @ 1115 S-I-O 3-3-3
February 27 Voice of Turkey on 11735 from Emirler in English @1350 S-I-O 3-3-3
Radio Sweden on 7465 from Horby in English @ 1358 S-I-O 3-2-3
FEBA Radio on 12045 from Dhabbaya in English @ 1400 S-I-O 3-3-3
HCJB Ecuador on 11920 from Quito in Portuguese @ 2300 S-I-O 4-3-3

I would like to acknowledge and thank our friends DXer’s who keep listening to Wavescan and Pilipinas DX for the past 24 months
1. Jose Jacob- Hyderabad, India
2. Akbar Indra Gunawan- Jawa Barat, Indonesia
3. Eckhard Roscher- Germany
4 T.R.Rajeesh- Kerala,India
5. Mukesh Kumar- Bihar,India
6. Tony Ashar- Indonesia
7. Alex Torbeni – Bali, Indonesia
8. Muhammad Shamin- Keralam, India
9. Salahuddin Dollar-Rajashi, Bangladesh
10.A. Ragu- Vedaramian, India
11. Koji Toyota- Kagawa-Ken, Japan
12. Chen Haoming- Zhejiang Province, China
13. Visvanathan Neelakandan- Tamil Nadu, India

And to those who sent emails, reception reports and inquiries about Pilipinas DX. Thank you very much.

And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon - double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon - double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.
This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying… Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Pilipinas DX News No.24

Hello every one and welcome to the February 8th edition of Pilipinas DX. This is report number 24 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines.Glad to be and thank you for tuning bye.
A special QSL card will be issued for the correct reception report for this segment.Next month is our second year anniversary and in this connection we will issue a limited QSL card starting March 1st, just for this occasion. The card will feature the Map of my province Antique. This for our avid and regular listener’s of Wave scan that would like to collect. So please send your reception reports.
For some DX News:A notable station which I can hear nowadays in my location is Radio Jeddah of the broadcasting service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia broadcasting from 1000-1230 UTC in English intended to West and Central Africa but it is very audible here.I came across their broadcast for the first time last December 24, 2008 with S-I-O rating of 3-3-3 but sometimes with noise and interference.
T8WH- World Harvest Radio Relay station in the Island of Palau noted in the frequency of 15680 kHz from 0230 to 0400 UTC transmission in English with religious programming. This transmitting station owned now by the World Harvest Radio (formerly by the High Adventures Ministries), former call signs T8BZ, KHBN using 4 x 100 KW transmitters.
Winter Schedule for Radio Pilipinas Overseas, “The Voice of the Philippines”.
English Service
0200-0330 UTC Daily to the Middle East 11880, 15285 and 17770 KHz
Filipino Service
1730-11930 UTC Daily for Filipino Overseas Workers working in the Middle East. Frequencies are 11730, 11890 and 15190 KHz via the Tinang , Concepcion, Tarlac , Philippines relay station.
Our regular station logs
January 1, Radio New Zealand International on 9765 from Rangitaiki in English @0833 UTC, S-I-O 3-3-3
China Radio International on 12070 from Xi’an in Tagalog (Filipino) @1150, S-I-O 3-3-3
January 2, Deutsche Welle on 15595 from Yeli-zovo, Russia in English @ 0035, S-I-O 3-3-3
January 4, T8WH World Harvest radio on 15680 from Palau Island in English@0150 S-I-O 4-4-4
Radio Jeddah of the broadcasting Service of the K>S>A. on 15250 fromRiyadh in English @ 1203, S-I-O 3-3-3 Sports File program was heard.
January 6, Deutsche Welle on 17520 from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka in German @0800, S-I-O 3-3-3
January 10, Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,I.R.IB. on 15460 fromKamalabad in English @1050 S-I-O 4-4-3
January 11, Voice of Turkey on 11735 from Emirler in English @ 1357 S-I-O 3-3-3
Radio Prague on 11600 from Litomisl in English @ 1400, S-I-O 3-3-3
BBC World Service on 11915 from Singapore in English @ 1419 S-I-O5-5-5
January 12, Radio Slovakia International on 13715 from Rimavska Sobota @ 0700S-I-O 3-3-3
January 17, Broadcasting Service of the K.S.A on 21495 from Riyadh in Arabic @0949 S-I-O 3-3-3
CVC Australia on 17820 from Darwin in Indonesian @ 0950 S-I-O 3-3-3
Radio Netherlands on 15595 from Talata, Madagascar in English @1000 S-I-O 3-3-3
Radio Thailand on 9725 from Udon Thani in English @ 1424 S-I-O 5-5-5
January 18, Voice of Vietnam on 12020 from Son Tay in English @2338 S-I-O 4-4-4
HCJB Australia on 11750 from Kununurra in English @0730 S-I-O 3-3-3
January 21, Radio Australia on 12010 from Darwin in English @ 2314 S-I-O 4-4-4
January 23, Radio Canada International on 9880 from Kunming, Yunnan, China inEnglish @ 0039 S-I-O 3-3-3
Radio Taiwan International on 11875 from Tainan in English @ 0100S-I-O 5-5-5Radio Veritas Asia on 15530 from Palauig, Zambales in the Philippinesin Vietnamese S-I-O 3-3-3
KBS World Radio on 9570 from Kimjae in English @ 0800 S-I-O 3-3-3
KTWR Guam on 15170 from Merizo,Guam in English @ 0812 S-I-O 4-4-4with religious programming.
January 31, Adventist World Radio on 15495 from Wertachal, Germany in English@ 1200 S-I-O 3-3-3
We have some reception logs from our regular contributor T.C Patterson in San Remegio, Cebu here in central Philippines of some Australia stations noted here on January 26,2009 “Australian Day” using his Grundig Satellit 750.
0310 Radio Australia on 15415 from Shepparton in English. Fair to goodreception with moderate levels of propagational fade noted;
0315 Radio Australia on 21725 from Shepparton in English. Poor reception inview of low signal strength, atmospheric noise and intermittent fading;
0620 Radio Australia on 15180 from Darwin in Indonesian. Excellent receptionin all regards/armchair listening indeed;
0630 CVC Int’l on 17820 from Darwin in Indonesian. More near perfect receptionof broadcasts targeted for Indonesia;
0635 CVC Int’l on 17635 from Darwin in Mandarin. More flaw free excellentreception.
0645 Radio Australia on 15415 from Shepparton in English. Good to excellentreception tainted only by intermittent low level same channel interferencefrom CRI/Beijing;
0830 Radio Australia on 11945 from Shepparton in English. Good;
0845 HCJB Australia on 11750 from Kununurra in English. Relatively weaksignal further plagued by moderate levels of atmospheric noise;
0950 Radio Australia on 9590 from Shepparton in English. Fair to goodinterference free signal with moderate level of atmospheric noise;
1020 CVC Int’l on 15555 from Darwin in English. Good to excellent;
1150 Radio Australia on 9475 from Shepparton in English. Fair to good;
1155 CVC Int’l on 13635 from Darwin in English. Good interference free signal;
1205 HCJB Australia on 15400 from Kununurra in English. Fair to good reception.
1830 ABC Northern Territory Shortwave Service (VL8K) on 2485 fromKatherine in English. Fair but interference free signal further sufferingfrom severe levels atmospheric noise;
1840 ABC Northern Territory Short-wave Service (VL8T) on 2325 fromTennant Creek in English. Fair interference free signal/less noise thanKatherine;
1850 Radio Australia on 6080 from Shepparton in English. Fair to goodreception;
2140 Radio Australia on 9500 from Shepparton in English. Fair to good.
2205 Radio Australia on 12010 from Darwin in English. Good to excellentreception;
2225 CVC Int’l on 15170 from Darwin in Mandarin. Good interference freesignal;
2235 HCJB Australia on 15525 from Kununurra in Mandarin. Fair to good signal level but with moderate levels of fading from time to time;
2305 Radio Australia on 13690 from Shepparton in English. Atmospheric noise atmoderate levels adversely affected this otherwise good signal; and
2315 CVC Int’l on 15250 from Darwin in Indonesian. Fair to good.
And before I end allow me to thank T.C. Patterson for his untiring support and for all the regular contributions
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon - double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon - double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com,or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying… Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Flag this message Europeans on 41 and 49 meters

Did a bit of hunting for European signals on the 41 and 49 meter bands
during the pre-sunrise period this morning and was able to log the
following:

VATICAN CITY - Vatican Radio on 5885 from Santa Maria di in Spanish around
2124. Fair to good, relatively interference free signal subject to moderate
levels of atmospheric noise and suffering from occasional deep propagational
fade.

PORTUGAL - Deutsche Welle relay on 6075 via Sines in German at 2135, Fair to
good signal plagued by some unidentified same channel interference and
moderate to severe levels of atmospheric noise.

MOLDOVA - WYFR (Family Radio) relay on 6240 via Kichinev in English at about
2140.
Only a fair but relatively interference free signal further troubled by
moderate to severe levels of both atmospheric noise and propagational fade.

GERMANY - Radio Liberty relay on 7165 via Wertachtal in Byelorussian at
2145, This relatively interference free signal exhibited fair to good
strength and was troubled by only slight levels of noise. Unfortunately the
signal was subject to intermittent spells of deep fade.

More later.

Best Regards,

T.C. Patterson
Cebu Philippines

Monday, January 19, 2009

31 meter Band Reception - Philippine Sunrise Monday, January 19, 2009 10:31 AM

January 19, 2009 10:31 AM



Hello All,
Continued my surveillance of the 31 meter band during the sunrise period here in the Philippines this morning. From 2200 to 2300 on January 18 the following are among the stations heard. CRI, CNR and other such pests have been ommitted from the listing.
NORTH KOREA - Voice of Korea on 9345 from Kujang in Mandarin;
THAILAND - BBC World Service relay on 9465 via Nakon Sawan in English;
PHILIPPINES - VOA relay on 9490 via Tinang in English;
SOLOMON ISLANDS - SIBC on 9542 from Honiara in English; *
VIETNAM - VOV on 9550 from Hanoi-Sontay in Mandarin; **
JAPAN - Radio Japan (NHK) on 9560 from Yamata in Korean;
UNITED STATES - Radio Marti on 9565 for Greenville, NC in Spanish; ***
N. MARIANA ISLDS (US) - RFA relay on 9570 via Tinian in Cantonese;
MOROCCO - Radio Mediterranee Int'l on 9575 from Nador in Arabic;
JAPAN - Radio Nikkei One on 9595 from Tokyo-Nagara in Japanese;
RUSSIA - Vatican Radio relay on 9600 via Petropavlovsk-K in Mandarin;
AUSTRALIA - Radio Australia on 9630 from Darwin in Indonesian;
TAIWAN - Xi Wang Zhi Sheng on 9635 from Tanshui in Mandarin;
NORTH KOREA - Voice of Korea on 9650 from Kujang in Japanese;
AUSTRALIA - Radio Australia on 9660 from Brandon in English; ****
INDONESIA - RRI Jakarta on 9680 from Cimanggis in Indonesian;
UNITED STATES - WYFR (Family Radio) on 9690 from Okeechobee, FL in
Portuguese; *****
NIGER - Voix du Sahel-Niamey 0n 9705 from Niamey in French;
RWANDA - DW relay on 9720 via Kigali in Indonesian;
SINGAPORE - BBC World Service relay on 9730 via Kranji in Indonesian;
SINGAPORE - BBC World Service relay on 9740 via Kranji in English;
TAIWAN - Voice of Han on 9745 from Kuanyin in Mandarin;
PHILIPPINES - VOA relay on 9780 via Tinang in Special English;
SOUTH KOREA - Radio Korea Int'l on 9805 from Kimjae in Indonesian; and
PALAU - KHBN (High Adventure Ministries) on 9955 from Medorn in Mandarin.
Notes:
* S7 to S9 signal from a 6 kW transmitter.
** No sign of Radio Havana which has been a major player in my earlier
noted North American/Caribbean longpath window during the sunrise
period.
*** Assumed longpath reception from North America.
**** S9 signal from Bandon's 10 kW transmitter.
***** WYFR/Okeechobee must be assumed to be longpath reception from
North America.
Later,
T.C. Patterson
Cebu, Philippines

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Latest loggings

A notable station from the Middle east which I heard for the first time here in San Jose,Antique central Philippines for the first time last December 24,2008 @ 1200 UTC in the frequency of 15250 Khz is Radio Jeddah from K.S.A. in English of the Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.I understand that the broadcast intended to Liberia and Zambia but the S-I-O Rating is quiet good of 3-2-3 to 3-3-3. maybe the transmission is what they called "OFF THE BACK OF THE BEAM".

T8WH Palau of the World Harvest Radio noted on 15680 kHz from 0230-0400 UTC with religious programming S-I-O 3-3-3 sometimes with interference.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

PilipinasDX

Philippine DX News No.22December 14, 2008Hello everyone and welcome to the November edition of Pilipinas DX. This is report Number 21 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning bye.Finally it’s Christmas! With all the festive sights and sound of Christmas all around it is but appropriate to wish you a Merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year . In Filipino “ Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong taon sa lahat”. In Ilonggo “ Malipayon nga pascua kag mahamungaya-on nga bag-ong tuig sa tanan”.In today’s Pilipinas DX News. We have few items. Our first topic about Competitions.Radio Taiwan International “I show” Radio Competition. The new competition kicks off as RTI celebrates 80th anniversary. To join, all you have to do is produce a 15 minute program about Taiwan in either English or Japanese. Just by joining in the “I show” Radio competition, you have the chance to win one of the prizes totaling $NT 1,000,000 or (15,000 US Dollars).To find out more, visit http://rti.im.tv/englishRadio Japan world interactive Haiku Competition Everybody is invited to send their Haiku entries until February 15th. Haiku, a seventeen syllable poem of three lines arranged in lines of five, seven, and five syllables. These brief but beautiful poems describe bits of life, strikingly beautiful scenery, or lovely things that appeal to the senses. Send entry to the following email address:nhkworld@nhk.jp. Write wi in the subject.For our DX NewsWorld harvest Radio acquired the facilities of the Voice of Hope owned by High Adventures Ministries in the Island of Palau. The former call-sign KHBN now WVOH of the world Harvest Radio. My only QSL from Voice of Hope in 1995. I can hear the English programs from 0230-0400 UTC in the frequency of 15680 kHz.B08 Filipino Service Broadcast ScheduleChina Radio International Serbisyo Filipino1130-1200 11700 kHz daily1200-1230 11700 & 12110 khz daily1430-1500 12110 kHz dailyDZRP Radio Pilipinas OverseasFilipino Service1730-1930 UTC 15190 kHz & 9395 kHzEnglish Service 0200-0330 UTC 11880, 15285 & 15510 kHzReception LogsNovember 1, Deutsche Welle on 9785 in English via Trincomalee @ 0010 UTC S-I-O 4-4-4November 2, AWR on 11780 in English @1030,S-I-O 3-3-3November 3, DW Radio on 17710 in English via trincomalee @ 0900 S-I-O 4-4-3November 8, CVC Australia on 17820 in Indonesian @ 0544 S-I-O 3-3-3November 8, FEBC Philippines on 15450 in Mandarin @ 0555 UTC S-I-O 3-3-3November 8,Radio Nikkei 1 Japan on 9595 in Japanese @ 0612 UTC S-I-O 3-3-3November 8, Radio Netherlands on 12065 in English @ 1005 S-I-O 4-4-4November 9, Deutsche Welle on 17520 in German @ 0915 S-I-O 3-4-3November 16 Deutsche Welle on 11820 in Bengali via Kranji, Singapore @ 0115 S-I-O 3-3-3November 17, KBS World Radio Seoul, South Korea on 9570 @ 0810 S-I-O 4-4-4November 22,Voice of Russia on 17805 in English @ 0734 S-I-O 4-4-4November 23, Radyo Pilipinas Overseas on 15285 in English @0215 S-I-O 3-2-2November 23, Radio Prague on 11600 in English @ 1400 S-I-O 2-2-2November 30 Radio Netherlands in Indonesian on 5860 @ 2234 S-I-O 5-5-5November 30, China Business Radio on 9515 in Chinese @2300 S-I-O 4-4-4November 30, Radio Exterior de Espaňa on 9535 in Spanish @2300 S-I-OAnd before I end allow me to Congratulate our friend Md. Salahuddin Dollar as one of the official monitors of KBs World Radio for 2009 and of course yours truly.And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon - double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon - double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR, you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying… Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!