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Philippine DX Report No.43

Philippine DX Report No.43

September 12, 2010

Hello everyone! To all our dear shortwave listeners Good evening! Good morning! Wherever you are. Welcome to the September 12th edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.43.I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for listening.

First, I would like to thank our DXer friends for their reception reports:

1. Mr. Mukesk Kumar in Bihar, India

2. Mr.Tohru Tsushima in Miyagi, Japan

3. Mr. Hideo Tanno in Yokohama-shi. , Japan

Thank you very much.

Our regular contributor TC Patterson in Cebu, Central Philippines send the following information. TC did scan the 49 meter band on August 16 between 2115 and 2145 and he heard the following stations:

5830 Radio Farda relay via Sulaibiyah in Persian;

5875 BBC Worldservice relay via Nakhon Sawan in English;

5885 Vatican Radio from St. Maria di Galeria in Italian;

5900 Radio Bulgaria from Plovdiv in English;

5905 BBC Worldservice relay via Al Seela in English;

5960 China Radio Int’l relay via Cerrik in English;

6040 Radio Netherlands relay via Rampisham in Dutch;

6075 Deutsche Welle relay via Rampisham in German;

6080 VOA relay via Pinheira in English;

6115 Radio Veritas Asia from Palauig in Mandarin;

6140 Radio Free Asia relay via Tinian in Mandarin;

6195 BBC Worldservice relay via Nakhon Sawan in English; and

6280 All India Radio from Bangalore in English.

Reception logs for August

August 1- Radio Nikkei on 9595 in Japanese from Nagara Chiba @ 0721 S-I-O 3-4-3

-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia broadcasting on 15295 in Arabic from Riyadh @ 0804

S-I-O 3-3-3

- Radio Romania International on 9755 in Romanian @ 2100 S-I-O 2-3-3

August 2- Radio Habana Cuba on 15370 in Spanish from Habana @ 2135 S-I-O 3-3-3

August 5- Radio Japan on 11705 in English to North America @ 1416 S-I-O 3-3-3

August 6- China Radio Intl on 13660 in English from Beijing @ 0721 with Beijing Hour

program S-I-O 4-3-3

- KTWR on 11840 in English from Merizo, Guam @ 0830 S-I-O 3-3-3

- WYFR Family radio on 9465 in English from Paochung, Taiwan @ 0920 S-I-O

4-4-4

- DW Radio on 17845 in German from Kranji, Singapore to South Asia @ 1300

S-I-O 3-3-3 with Focus Magazine program

August 7- Radio National da Amazonia on 11780 in Portuguese from Brazilia @ 1000 S-I-O

3-3-3

-DW radio on15105 in Indonesian from Trincomalee @ 1231 S-I-O 4-4-4

August 8- Adventist World Radio KSDA on 11925 in Ilocano from Guam @ 1046 S-I-O

5-5-5

- China Radio Intl Filipino Service on 12110 from Beijing @ 1200 S-I-O 5-5-5

- Radio Romania Intl on 11940 in English from Tiganesti , Romania @ 2206 S-I-O 3-3-3 Inside Romania program were heard.

August 9- Voice of Mongolia on 12085 in English from Ulaan Baatar @ 1045 S-I-O 4-4-4

- Radio Republik Indonesia on 4790 in Indonesian from Fakfak @ 1303 S-I-O 3-3-3

August 10- Voice of Turkey on 9655 in Turkish from Emirler @ 1911 S-I-O 4-3-3

- Radyo Pilipinas on 15790 in Filipino from Tinang @ 1921 to the Middle East

S-I-O 4-4-3

August 11- Radio Thailand on 9890 from Udon Thani @ 1247 S-I-O 5-5-5

- Radio New Zealand Intl in English from Rangitaiki @1248 S-I-O 3-3-3

August 13- Radio Habana Cuba on 13780 in Spanish from Habana @ 1335 S-I-O 3-3-3

parallel 13680 S-I-O 3-3-3

August 14-ABC SW N.Territory Service on 5025 in English from Katherine @ 2211 S-I-O

3-3-3

August 16- Radio Slovakia Intl on 9695 in Spanish @ 2025 S-I –O 3-3-3

And

August 17- DW Radio on 13780 in German to South Europe and middle via Woofferton

@1501 S-I-O 3-3-2

We have a new QSL Card just for you featuring Mararison Island. For your reception report, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon or 2 US dollar. 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,

Follow us also on facebook www.facebook.com/Pilipinasdx

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!

DX Report from Mr. Masayuki Baba

DX Report from Mr. Masayuki Baba FM Station from the Philippines

He first heard this station signal on 15 June 2010 in Japan. The following information was provided by the station itself.

.1. Station date of birth- October 26, 2009

2. Transmission power-5,000W

3. Coverage area- Isabela, some part of Cagayan, Nueva Viscaya, Ifugao, Kalinga, Quirino

4. Staffs: 5 people

5. Postal address and Phone number: DWER104.1fm, PowerMall, Dona Syquia Ave.,Bantug, Roxas, Isabela

Phone number: 078-6427579, 09175744888

Slogan : Rock 104

Owner name: Freddie Uy

Email: dwer104fm@yahoo.com

Reporter: Mr.Masayuki Baba Kurume city Fukuoka-pref Japan

Reception Logs from Henk Ruigrok- Netherlands

8/7/2010 Radio Sweden,6.065,AM,SIO:444,RST:5 9+50DB,UTC 05.52,SWEDISH
LANGUAGE,REALLY GD.
R.Havana Cuba,6.045 khz,333,4/9 RST,06.33UTC,SPANISH LANGUAGE
R.N’Djamena,Chad Republic,Africa,6.165,21.48,SIO 333,RST:3-4
9+20DBFRENCH LANG.LOT OF

QRM
R.Cairo,Egypt,6.270 kHz,2202,SIO
333,RST:4/9+20,QRM/QSB,ENGL.HEADLINES
ALL INDIA R.,6280,2204,SIO:444,RST:5/9+20DB,ENGLISH WORLD
CHAMP.SOCCER NEWS
R.FREE ASIA,RELAYED VIA
KUWAIT,5.865,22.11,SIO:444,RST:4/9+10,TIBETAN (ANDO)
R.Algerienne,5875,22.13 utc,SIO 444,RST:5 9+30,RELAYED VIA
FRANCE,HOLY QURA’N,ARAB.
BBC RELAYED VIA OMAN,MIDDLE
EAST,5905,SIO:444,RST:4-5,9,UTC:2217SOCCER

NEWS,ENGLISH TRANSMISSION

July 8, 2010 3:30:38 AM

7/7/2010 R.Australia,5.935 Khz,2312 utc,SIO:333,RST:3 9+30DB,relayed via United Arab Emirates(U.A.E.)Indonesian language

July 9, 2010 2:01:30 PM

9/7/2010 BBC relayed via Ascension Island(Africa),15.400 kHz,1815,4/9+20,SIO
444,english trx,abt.football

world championship
C.V.CINTERN.via Lusaka,Zambia,13.590,1825,3/9+10,SIO 333,english
transmission,weak!
V.O.A.relayed via Botswana,15.580,18.37,4/9+30,SIO 444,soccer news
abt.south africa
R .Free Asia,relayed via Nortern
Marianas,11.785,1933,4/9+20,SIO:333,chinese language
R.Nile Valley,Egypt,9.250,1948,4/9+20,SIO:333,arabic language
Voice of Korea,9.325,1952,4/9+20,North Korea,SIO:444,german
R.Serbia,6100,20.09,5/9+30,SIO:444,german language
R.T.V.Tunesia,7225,20.18,5/9+60db,trx qth:Sfax,Tunesia,arabic
language

July 9, 2010 10:21:12 AM

8/7/2010, China Radio INTERN.17.490 Khz,4 9+db,SIO:444,11.18UTC,ENGLISH
TRX
R.Kuwait,21.540,11.22,3/9+10,SIO:333,ARABIC LANGUAGE
Vatican Radio,21.680,5/9+30db,SIO:444,PORTUGESE LANGUAGE
ABT. WORLDCHURCH
9/7/2010 B.B.C.relayed via Thailand(NAKHON
SAWAN)15.310,1240,3/9,SIO:333,ENGL.TRX,NOISE
B.B.C.relayed via Seychelles(MAHE),15.420 Khz,1304
utc,SIO:333,RST:3/9,ENGL.LANG.
Deutsche Welle,relayed via
Rwanda,15.410,1306,SIO:333,RST:3/9, hausa language,trx 4
AFRICA.
Voice of Korea,North Korea,15.245,1413,RST:4/9+10
DB,SIO:444,ENGL. LANGUAGE
R.Japan,relayed via
Singapore,11.740,RST:4/9+30,SIO:444,BURMESE LANGUAGE
Deutsche Welle,relayed via Sri
Lanka,9.655,RST:3/910,SIO:333,1503UTC,HINDI LANG.

July 10, 2010

9/7/2010 Voice of Russia,7285,2355utc,444,rst:5/9+60db,relayed via Moldavia,russian mix

10/72010 R.Farda,relayed via U.A.E.,1.575 khz,00.58utc, 333,rst4/7,persian music and talks

Voice of America relayed via Botswana,15.740,1739,rst:5/9+10,444,portugese

R.Pilipinas,15.190,rst4/9,333,17.50utc,in tagalog language about the Phil.-Amer.war!

C.V.C.International,Lusaka,Zambia,13.590,18.12,4/9rst,333,english mix

Voice of Korea,15.245,18.26,4/9+10,333,korean choir music,english comments,vy noisy!

Deutsche Welle,relayed via Rwanda,15.275,1902,4/9+10,333,german abt the world soccer competition in South Africa

Voice of America,relayed via Sao Tome & Principe,4.920,4/9+10,333 at 2010 african music

July 11, 2010 4:10:09 PM

11/7/2010 R.Mediterranee Intern.,Marocco,9.575,0200,444,rst
5/9+50db,french/arabic mix
K.B.S.World Radio,Rep.South Korea,9.580,0204,333,rst
3/9+10,japanese language,qrm from R.Medit.
R.Nikkei 1,Japan,9595,0207,333,rst 3/9+10,japanese too much qrm!
Vatican R.via Bonaire,Netherlands Antilles,9610,0209,444,rst
5/9+10,spanish bible explanation and church news
C.B.C.R.North Quebec,Canada,9625,0212,444,rst 4/9+20,blues
music,english
R.Exterior de Espagna relayed via Costa Rica,9630,0217,333,rst
3/9+20,spanish
China Radio International,relayed via Spain,9690,0223,333,rst
3/9+10,chinese,heavy noise
China Radio International,9710,0228,444,rst 4/9+10,spanish about
food receipts
R.Cairo,Egypt,9305,0235,444,rst 4/9+20,arabian mix,good reception
W.T.J.C.USA,9370,0237,444,rst:4/9+10,english,children in a
singing choir
Voice of Greece,9420,0238,444,5/9+20,greece language,mixqsb
fading sigs!
Voice of Russia,relayed via Armenia,7270,0249,444,rst5/9,russian
language
Family R.relayed via
Kazakhstan,13820,1358,333,rst3/9+10,english,via Almaty-Nikolayevka
Deutsche Welle relayed via Sri
Lanka,13840,1412,444,rst5/9+20,pashto language
Voice of Africa,Libya,North Africa,17725,1423,444,5/9+10,english
about the number of population,mix with music
R.Sultanate of Oman,15140,1432,333,rst 4/9+10,english abt.Israel
and Palestina(Gaza)
R.Miraya FM,

Philippine DX Report No.42

Philippine DX Report No.42

August 8, 2010

Hello everyone! To all our dear shortwave listeners Good evening! Good morning! Wherever you are. Welcome to the August edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.42.I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for listening.

Our DXer friend Nobuya Kato sent the following information about HCJB QSL Card
The Japanese service of HCJB Australia is currently issuing different QSL-cards every month. These cards are not issued by the station HCJB in Melbourne, but by the Yodobashi Church in Tokyo.
Now, July edition of its QSL-card is featuring an DX-pedition held from 25th to 27th of last June. The participants of this DX-pedition are six Japanese men and held on a small island called “Katsurashima”. This island, Katsurashima is located in the bay of Matsushima, near Sendai, one of the major cities in the Northeast of Japan and apart from Tokyo approximately
350 kilometers. As this island is under noise-free environment, so we hold DX-pedition once or twice every year.

This QSL-card would be issued for the reception reports in July, but if you
miss to receive the broadcast within July, but you can ask the Yodobashi Church to issue the July edition even after the reports in August.

Program schedule:
Japanese service of HCJB Australia:
22:30 – 23:00UTC on 15525kHz Friday/Saturday only.

The address for reception reports:

HCJB c/o Yodobashi Church,
1-17-8 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 169-0073
JAPAN

Return postage in the form of International Reply Coupon is necessary

RECEPTION LOGS

June 21- HCJB Australia on 11750 in English from Kunnurra @ 0730 S-I-O 4-3-3 with religious programming

- Voice of Malaysia on 15295 in English from Kajang @0810 S-I-O 3-3-3

- Voice of Islamic republic of Iran IRIB on 17660 in English from Kamalabad @ 1035 S-I-O 4-4-4 with political commentary and interview

June 22- All India Radio on 17800 in English from Bangalore @1030 S-I-O 3-3-3

June 23- CRI on 17710 from Beijing in English @0721 S-I-O 3-2-3 with Beijing Hour Program

- WYFR Family Radio on 9465 from Paochung,Taiwan in English @0900 S-I-O 5-5-5

- AWR on 11720 in English from KSDA @ 1500 S-I-O 3-4-3

June 25- T8WH World Harvest Radio on 9930 in English from Northern Marianas Is @ 0920 S-I-O 5-5-5

June 26- Radio Australia on 11715 in English from Shepparton @ 1101 S-I-O 3-3-3

June 27- Radio Netherlands on 11895 in English from Northern Marianas Islands @ 1031

S-I-O 5-5-5 with Radio Book program

- WEWN on 13835 in English from Vandiver, Alabama @ 1319 S-I-O 3-2-3

July 1- Deutsche Welle Radio on 9885 in English from Trincomalee @ 0000 S-I-O 4-4-4

July 3- Radio New Zealand International on 9655 from Rangitaiki in English @ 1102 S-

I-O 3-4-3

July 5- China Radio Intl Filipino Service on 13820 from Beijing @ 1235 S-I-O 3-3-3

-Family Radio on 1359 MW in Filipino @ 1307 S-I-O 3-4-3

- RTM Malaysia on 1475 MW in Filipino from Kota Kinabalu @ 1309 S-I-O 3-

July 6- Radio Exterior de España on 11910 in Spanish from Noblejas @ 1208 S-I-O 3-3-3

-Radio Thailand on 9575 in English from Udon Thani @ 1408 S-I-O 3-3-3

July 7- Voice of Korea on 9650 in Japanese from Kujang @ 1003 S-I-O 3-3-3

-Deutche Welle Radio on 17635 in German from Trincomalee @ 1103 S-I-O 3-4-3

WYFR on 9900 in Ilocano from Taiwan @ 1113 S-I-O 4-4-4

July 11- Voice of Islamic republic of Iran IRIB on 15600 in English @ 1055 S-I-O 4-4-3

July 15- Radio Romania INTL on 11880 in English to Europe @ 2054 S-I-O 4-3-3

And

-Radio Romania Intl on 9755 in Spanish @ 2107 S-I-O 4-4-4

We have a new QSL Card just for you featuring Mararison Island. For your reception report, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon or 2 US dollar. 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,

Follow us also on facebook www.facebook.com/Pilipinasdx

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 Report No.41

Philippine DX Report No.41

July 11, 2010

Hello everyone! To all our dear shortwave listeners Good evening! Good morning! Wherever you are. Welcome to the July edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.40.I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for listening
My recent survey on the Medium Wave spectrum 522- 1710 kHz last June 28, 2010 from 2130- 2200 UTC. Noted that Chinese stations dominate the airwave,18 broadcasts in Chinese 675, 837 (probably China National Radio 1), 873,909,981(China National Radio 1), 1071, 1089, 1098 (Hakka from Kauhu, Taiwan), 1143, 1170, 1215(China National Radio 1), 1233, 1296, 1341, 1377(China Huayi Broadcasting Corporation from Fujian), 1413, 1503 and 1593 kHz AM MW.
5 broadcast in Pilipino,the rest in Ilonggo and local dialects

For our station Reception logs for June

June 5- China Radio Intl on 17710 from Beijing in English @ 0615, S-I-O 4-4-3

June 6- Deutsche Welle on 15640 from Singapore in English @ 0938 S-I-O 4-4-4

June 7- Deutsche Welle on 9885 from Trincomalee in English@ 0010 S-I-O 5-4-5

June 8- Radio Taiwan Intl on 11875 from Tainan in English @ 0108 S-I-O 4-4-4.

Here in Taiwan and We’ve got mail programs was heard.

- Radyo Pilipinas Overseas on 11885 from Tinang in English @ 0200 S-I-O 3-2-3 // 15285 S-I-O 3-3-3

June 9- Vatican Radio on 15460 from Palauig to South Asia in English @0303 S-I-O 2-4-2

- KNLS Alaska on 12105 from Anchor Point in English @ 1204 S-I-O 3-4-3

- Radio Sweden on 15735 form Horby in English @ 1338 S-I-O 3-3-3

June 10- Voice of Turkey on 15520 from Emirler in English @ 1235 S-I-O 3-2-3

June 11- Word harvest Radio T8WH on 9930 from Palau in English @ 0934 S-I-O 4-4-3

June 12 – Adventist World Radio on 11720 from Guam in English @ 1525 S-I-O 4-4-4

June 13- Deutsche Welle Radio on 15595 from Dhabbaya in English @ 0321 S-I-O 4-4-3

- Voice of Mongolia on 12085 from Ulaan Baatar in English @ 1030 S-I-O 3-4-3

June 14- All India Radio on 9690 from Bangalore in English @ 1445 S-I-O 4-4-4

June 17- KTWR on 9975 from Guam in English @ 1400 S-I-O 2-3-3

June 18- Radio Netherlands on 11895 from Northern Marianas Is. In English @ 1031 S-I-O 5-5-5

June 19- Radio Japan on 17810 from Yamata in English @ 0510 S-I-O 3-3-3

And

- Voice of Korea on 11735 from Kujang in English @ 1005 S-I-O 4-4-3

I would like to thank our DXer friends fro their reception reports:

1. Terje Nielsen in Christchurch, New Zealand

2. Mitsunori Kawazoe in Tsu-shi,MIE, Japan

3. Masayuki Shibano in Wakayama, Japan

Thank you very much.

Competition:

Radio Japan is celebrating its 75th anniversary of International broadcasting this year In this connection they are asking listener’s opinions and expectations of Radio Japan. They are holding contest on the theme” What is Radio Japan to me?” Listeners can send essay, poem, illustrations or photographs. The 3 best pieces will be chosen and the senders will be asked to come to Japan and take part in a project to introduce their experiences in a Radio Japan programs. Deadline is Thursday, the 15th of July 2010

For more information visit www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld click radio.

We have a new QSL Card just for you featuring Mararison Island.For your reception report, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon or 2 US dollar. 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,

Follow us also on facebook www.facebook.com/Pilipinas DX

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.40

Philippine DX News No.40
June 13, 2010

Hello everyone! To all our dear shortwave listeners Good evening! Good morning! Wherever you are. Welcome to the June 13th edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.40.I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for listening
In today’s program we’ll continue our radio history series of medium wave stations here in the Philippines, DX News and our regular station logs.

History of FEBC Philippines

Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) Philippines started its humble beginnings in August 1946; John Broger its President at that time goes to Manila to seek a base for FEBC. Two months later the construction of Manila transmitters begun in Los Angeles, and in November final payment was made on 12.5 acres of land in Karuhatan, Bulacan here in the Philippines. In April of 1947 the Veidmarks arrive in the Philippines to begin preparation of the said property.
In May 31, 1948 KZAS AM license was granted and in June 4 KZAS (later redesignated as DZAS) goes on the air. A month later KZAS officially dedicated as FEBC’s first broadcast station on 680 KHZ
A 10,000 Watt transmitter DZH6 was added on July 29, 1949 and goes on the air as FEBC’s first Short Wave station.
Another Short Wave transmitter DZH7 was added in 1950 and FEBC distributed 3000 pretuned radio sets throughout the country.
By January 1951 there are 5 transmitters in operation at the karuhatan.
In January of 1953 there are 7 transmitters in operation DZAS, DZB2, DZH6 for Philippine coverage and DZH7, DZH9 and DZI6 for overseas service.
In July of 1954- DZFE, classical music station of FEBC was inaugurated as an AM station on 1030 Khz and later on switch to FM.
September of 1958 the first 50,000 watt (RCA) Short wave transmitter goes on the air at Bocaue.
In 1964 DXKI-FM was inaugurated in Koronadal, South Cotabato in Mindanao. Followed by DXJO (later DXAS Zamboanga) was inaugurated in 1969 in Jolo,Sulu, South Philippines.
Then another station DXFE was inaugurated in 1972 in Davao City, followed by DWAS in Legaspi City in 1973 and DYFR-FM in Cebu City in 1975.
Transmissions for China from Iba, Zambales started in July 1975via DWRF-AM with the power of 250 KW.

In 1985 DZB2 was officially inaugurated and for reaching the Mangyans in Mindoro Island.

On March 31, the new 100 KW transmitter were commissioned at Bocaue.

Today FEBC Philippines continue sharing the gospel throughout the country and FEBC International for Asia and the World.

DZAS now on 702 khz in Metro Manila.

Our regular contributor TC Patterson sent the following items. On may 4 he did scan the 17 MHz daytime regional reception in his QTH in Pakistan. Between 0600 and 0630 he noted the following:

17510 TAJIKISTAN – Radio Free Asia relay via Dushanbe in Tibetan;
17560 THAILAND – Radio Liberty relay via Udon Thani in Russian;
17670 KUWAIT – Radio Free Afghanistan relay via Sulabiyah in Dari;
17710 CHINA – China Radio Int’l from Beijing in English;
17730 SAUDI ARABIA – BKSSA from Riyadh in Arabic;
17750 AUSTRALIA – Radio Australia from Shepparton in English; **
17780 KUWAIT – Radio Free Asia relay via Sulabiyah in Tibetan;
17790 THAILAND – BBC World Service relay via Nakhon Sawan in English;
17810 THAILAND – Radio Farda relay via Udon Thani in Persian; and
17845 SRI LANKA – Radio Farda relay via Irana Wila in Persian.

Station logs for May 2010
May 4- WYFR Family radio on 9615 in English @ 1435 S-I-O 3-3-3
May 5- Vatican Radio on 15460 in English to South Asia @ 0300 S-I-O 3-2-3
May 8- Radio Japan on 17810 in English from Yamata @ 0505 S-I-O 4-3-3
May 12- Voice of Indonesia on 9526 from Jakarta in English @1303 S-I-O 3-4-3
May 13- RTM Malaysia from Kota Kinabalu on 1475 AM MW in Filipino @ 1317 S-I-O 3-4-3
May 16- BBC World service on 9740 in English from Singapore @ 1143 S-I-O 4-4-4
-WEWN on 13835 from Vandiver Alabama @ 1333 S-I-O 3-2-3
May 17- ABC from Northern territory Alice Spring on 4835 @ 2132 S-I-O 3-3-3
-ABC from Northern territory Tennant Creek on 4910 @ 2132 S-I-O 4-4-4
-ABC from Northern territory Katherine on 5025 @ 2133 S-I-O 4-3-4

And

May 20- T8WH World harvest Radio on 9930 in English from Palau with religious programming @ 0831 S-I-O 4-3-4

We have a new QSL Card just for you featuring Mararison Island.For your reception report, please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon or 1 US dollar. 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.39

Philippine DX News No.39

May 09, 2010

Hello everyone! To all our dear shortwave listeners Good evening! Good morning! Wherever you are. Welcome to the May edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.39.I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for listening

In today’s program we’ll continue our radio history series of medium wave stations here in the Philippines, DX News and our regular station logs.

First, about The Edge Radio

There is a project to establish an FM station for The Edge Radio, a new contemporary Christian FM radio station that will broadcast to the 13 million of Metro Manila and selected regions of Asia via satellite and cable TV.

Currently, United Christian Broadcasters Initiative for Asia, thru The Edge Media, netcasts contemporary Christian music and great teaching programs on http://theedgemanila.ning.com.Also broadcasts thru The Edge Radio on 104.3 FM in Davao City, 90.3 FM in Lucena City and radio channel 3 on the Dream Satellite Network.

In our radio history series today will feature about the history of Bombo Radyo Philippines network.

Bombo Radyo Philippines is one of the largest radio networks in the Philippines spanning across 20 major provinces. It is a conglomeration of three smaller radio networks—Newsounds Broadcasting Network, Inc. (NBN), Consolidated Broadcasting System (CBS), and People’s Broadcasting Service (PBS). It is composed of 21 Bombo Radyo stations and 12 Star FM stations across the Philippines which provide news, public service, drama and music for the audience through the whole world.

Bombo a bass drum in English a popular music instrument is a symbol for the radio network. It is because a Bombo or bass drum is used in every studio of all Bombo Radyo Stations nationwide. It is used by all anchor men and women in their programs by beating the drum several times to stress points and give emphasize on the issues tackled on the air.

It is an effective instrument that listeners can hear live in each current affairs program. This is the brand where Bombo Radio Philippines leads for air wave supremacy. Its humble beginnings started in September 4, 1966 when it is first on air in the city of Iloilo here in Central Philippines where DYFM Bombo Radyo 837 Khz the flagship station was established.

Today you can listen to Bombo Radyo streaming live through www.bomboradyo.com from their AM stations in Iloilo,Bacolod,Cagayan de Oro,Naga,Dagupan and Baguio. And from their star FM station in Metro Manila 102.7

Regular station logs for April 2010

April 3- Family Radio on 15530 in English @ 1520 S-I-O 3-3-3

April 4- Adventist World Radio on 15320 in English from Agat,Guam @ 2247 S-I-O 4-4-4

- Radio Veritas Asia on 9720 from Palauig in Filipino @ 2300 S-I-O 4-4-4

April 5- KTWR Trans World Radio on 15170 from Merizo, Guam in English @ 0830 S-I-O 5-5-5 with religious programming.

April 6- Voice of Malaysia on 15295 from kajang in English @ 0738 S-I-O 4-4-3

April 7- KBS World Radio on 9570 from Gimje in English @ 0800 S-I-O 4-4-4

April 10- Family Radio on 9465 in English @ 0930 S-I-O 5-5-5.Bible reading program was heard.

April 11-KNLS Alaska on 11870 in Chinese @ 0802 S-I-O 3-3-3

April 12- Radio Canada Intl on 11700 from Kunming in English @0030 S-I-O 3-3-3

April 13- Voice of America on 15560 in English from Tinang @ 0045 S-I-O 5-5-5 VOA In Special English was heard.

April 14- Radio Thailand on 15275 from Udon Thani in English @0026 S-I-O 4-4-4

April 15- Voice of Russia on 15405 in English @ 0723 S-I-O 3-3-3

April 16- Radio Australia on 15415 in English @0045 S-I-O 3-3-3

April 17- Radio Netherlands on 12065 from Tinang in English @1000 S-I-O 3-3-3

April 18- Vatican Radio on 15460 broadcast for South Asia in English @ 0319 S-I-O 3-3-3

April 20- Radio New Zealand Intl on 9655 in English from Rangitaiki @ 1150 S-I-O 4-5-4

April 22 Radyo Pilipinas Overseas on 15510 in English from Tinang @ 0203 S-I-O 3-3-3

And

April 25- Bible Voice broadcast for India on 15265 in English @ 1423 S-I-O 3-3-3

Our 3rd Anniversary QSL Card is still available featuring the famous Mayon Volcano.

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This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…

Mabuhay! At Maraming Salamat po!

Philippine DX News No.38

Philippine DX News No.38

April 12, 2010

Hello everyone! To all our dear shortwave listeners Good evening! Good morning! Wherever you are. Welcome to the 3rd anniversary edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.38.I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for listening

In today’s program we’ll continue our radio history series of medium wave stations here in the Philippines, our regular station logs and some A2010 frequency Schedule.

Today will have the history of the Philippine broadcasting service (PBS)

Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a radio network in the Philippines. It is owned by the Philippine government with 26 AM stations and 5 FM stations.

On May 8, 1933, the U.S. government established and operated radio station DZFM (then KZFM) in the Philippines on frequency 710 kHz with a power of 10,000 watts through the United States Information Service. In September 1946, two months after the Philippines became an independent, KZFM was turned over to the Philippine government. With the transfer was born the Philippine Broadcasting Service, PBS the second broadcasting organization after Manila Broadcasting Company.

The station was first operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs until it was transferred to the Radio Broadcasting Board (RBB) which was created by President Manuel Quezon on September 3, 1937. Meanwhile in the same year, an international telecommunications conference in New Jersey, reassigned the letter “D” to replace the former “K” as the initial call letter for all radio stations here in the Philippines. In January 1942, the RBB was abolished to give way to the establishment of the Philippine Information Council (PIC) which then assumed the function of the RBB, including the operation of DZFM. In turn, the PIC was abolished on July 1, 1952, and since then, until the creation of the Department of Public Information in 1959.

Over the years hence, the PBS had acquired 13 more radio stations, one TV station. The National Media Production Center, NMPC, had acquired the facilities of the Voice of America in Malolos, Bulacan in 1965 and steadily brought the old complex up to standards. The NMPC operated the Voice of the Philippines, VOP, on both medium wave-918 kHz and shortwave 9.810 mHz transmissions. In 1975 obtained DWIM-FM. With this new station and some provincial stations that came under its wings earlier, the NMPC was a network and effectively covered a wide range of the Philippine listener ship.

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The Broadcasting board and the NMPC were brought under one administrative roof in 1980 when the Office of Media Affairs was created to provide a union for both networks within the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center on Broadcast Drive in Quezon City.

After the EDSA Revolution, the Office of Media Affairs was abolished, followed by the NMPC, and finally, the BB.

That lay the blueprints and groundwork of the Bureau of Broadcast Services.

During Aquino administration, PBS transferred its office from ABS-CBN complex to PIA Building in Visayas Avenue until today.

Regular station logs for March 2010

March 1- Voice of Malaysia on 15295 in English from Kajang @ 0630 S-I-O 4-4-4 featured about historical places.

March 3 – Voice of Turkey on 15300 in English from Emirler S-I-O 3-3-3

March 4- KBS World Radio on 9770 from Kujang in English S-I-O 5-5-5

March 7- AWR on 15320 in English from Guam @ 2235 S-I-O 5-5-5

March 8- KTWR on 15170 from Agana,Guam in English @ 0830 S-I-O 5-5-5 with Running to win program

March 9- Voice of Croatia on 15360 in Croatian from Singapore @ 0731 S-I-O 5-5-5

March 12- Polish Radio on 11860 in English from Woofferton @ 1305 S-I-O 3-3-3

March 14- Voice of America on 7575 in English from Udon Thani @1320 S-I-O 5-5-5 with Jazz America program

March 15- Radio Veritas Asia on 9720 in Pilipino from Palauig @2300 S-I-O- 3-3-3

March 18- Voice of Mongolia on 12085 in English from Ulaan baatar @ 1000 S-I-O 3-3-3

March 20- Radio Kuwait on 15110 in Arabic from Ka’bd on 1355 S-I-O 5-5-5

March 21- KNLS on 6915 in English from Anchore Point @ 1255 S-I-O 3-3-3

March 28 REE on 15555 in Spanish from Noblejas to Europe @ 1520 S-I-O 5-5-5

A2010 Frequency Schedule

DW in English

0000-0100 9885, 15595, 17525

0300-0400 12005, 15595

0900-1000 15340, 15640, 17820

1600-1700 9540

Radio Canada INTL

0000-0100 11700

AWR

1500-1530 11720

1600-1630 11720

2130-2200 11850

2230-2300 15320

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This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…

Mabuhay at maraming salamat po.

Philippine DX News No.37

Philippine DX News No.37

March 14, 2010

Hello everyone! To all our dear shortwave listeners Good evening! Good morning! Wherever you are. Welcome to the 3rd anniverasry edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.37.I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines. Glad to be back and thank you for listening

Pilipinas DX is 3 years old this month. We have a special QSL Card for this occasion. This QSL Card number 4 featuring Mayon Volcano

Five hundred fifty three (553) kilometers from Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, rises a near perfect cone volcano and one of the seven wonders in the world, the famous Mayon Volcano. Its summit measures 2,421 meters above sea level while its circular base has a radius of about 48 kilometers and with a total land area of 5,775.70 hectares. Its symmetrical form at any horizontal direction made this volcano a truly scenic wonder.

Mt. Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines; records showed that a total of 47 periodic eruptions occurred during the last 323 years. The earliest volcanic eruption occurred in February 1814, which has caused severe destruction and the worst bringing cagsawa in a complete ruin of the town and submersed it to mud, boulders and ash. Another destructive eruption occurred in 1897 and the latest occurred in June 2001. But in spite of the rearing threats Mt. Mayon is still loved and admired regarding as the fountain of strength and persistence.

Starting today and in the months to come we will feature history of several radio networks here in the Philippines.

Today will feature about Radio Mindanao Network (RMN)

Radio Mindanao Network Inc. or RMN Networks is one of the largest radio networks in the Philippines. The network’s first radio station is DXCC, established in Cagayan de Oro on the island of Mindanao in August 28, 1952. The callsign meant the radio partnership of Canoy and Cui. It was changed later to a neutral meaning Cagayan de Oro Community.

Sometime in 1948, Don Henry R. Canoy, together with friends, set-up two home built tube radio receivers and placed them in an abandoned chicken poultry in Cagayan de Oro for the purpose of listening radio broadcast from Manila.They ended up listening radio broadcast at night when reception was better.The group managed to self-assemble a 30 watts radio transmitter from surplus parts brought in Manila. Henry Canoy broke the airwaves as Pirate radio in 1949 declaring “This is Cagayan de Oro calling…”. As it was an unauthorized test broadcast, it did not have the assigned call letters from the Radio Control Office (RCO) to which the station could be associated with.

In 1950 decided to establish a more powerful radio station legally by applying for a congressional franchise in Manila to support its lawful operation. In 1951, they set up the fledging station in partnership and on June 23, 1952 he was granted a permit to maintain and operate a radio broadcasting station.

They built their own 500-watt AM transmitter with the assistance from Far East Broadcasting Company engineers. The transmitter was transported to Mindanao.With only a telescopic steel pole as antenna borrowed from the Bureau of Telecom, the improvised horizontal radio antenna was mounted attaching one end of a copper wire to the pole and the other end to a 30 meters coconut tree a block away .The Radio Control Office (RCO) assigned the station a broadcast frequency of 1560 kHz.

On July 4, 1952, it went on air for test broadcast the second time It officially started broadcasting on August 28, 1952.. Listeners anticipated the first words they would hear on radio and were greeted the station ID and the following words “You are tuned to Station DXCC, broadcasting with a power of 500 watts on 1560 kilocycles from Cagayan de Oro’s ” Gateway to Mindanao!” and every hour thereafter.

The success of its broadcasting concept enabled DXCC to expand. And so the string of community stations became Radio Mindanao Network.

Today Radio Mindanao network have 20 AM stations and 22 I FM stations nationwide.

Regular station logs for February 2010

February 1- Radio Canada on 9880 in English from Kunming ,Yunnan @

0000 S-I-O 3-4-3 Maple leaf mailbag was heard.

Deutsche Welle on 9785 in English from Trincomalee @ 0030

S-I-O 3-3-3

KTWR on 15170 in English from Agaña @ 08210 S-I-O 5-5-5

February 2- KBS World Radio on 9570 in English from Kimjae @ 0800 S-I-

O 4-3-3

February 6- Family Radio on 9465 in English from Paochung,Taiwan @

0915 S-I-O 4-4-4 with religious programming

- Voice of Vietnam on 9840 in English from Sontay ,Vietnam @ 1000 S-I-O 3-3-3

- Voce of korea on 6185 in English from Kujang@ 1010 S-I-O 4-4-3

- Radio Sweden on 7405 in English from Horby @ 1330 S-I-O 3-3-3

February 7- Radio New Zealand on 9765 in English from Rangitaiki @ 0700

S-I-O 3-3-3

February 11- Family Radio on 1503 AM MW from Fangliao,Taiwan @

2130 S-I-O 4-4-4 with open forum program.

- China National Radio 6 on 909 AM MW in English from Quanzhou with 100kw power S-I-O 4-4-4 @2210

- BBG-Radio Farda on 17840 in farsi from Iranawila ,Sri Lanka @0717 S-I-O 4-4-4

- Voice of Russia on 17805 in English from Angarsk @ 0722 S-I-O 4-4-4

- China Radio International on 17720 in German via Kashi, China @ 0723 S-I-O 4-3-3

- Voice of Croatia on 15360 via Singapore broadcast to Australia and New Zealand in English @ 0735

- BBG- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on 15285 from Udon Thani @ 0745 S-I-O 3-3-3

- Radio Netherlands to Europe on 9895 @ 0745 in English from Gregoriopol, Moldova with European Jazz program

And

February 15- Radyo Pilipinas Overseas on 17710 in English from tinang @ 0200 S-I-O 3-3-3 with Dateline Malacañang program

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