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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!