Clandestine Radio Watch 120
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CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH
November 16, 2002
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AFGHANISTAN : Psyop Campaign Broadens with Second Radio Station
IRAQ : Pentagon prepares psychological warfare campaign for Iraq
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AFGHANISTAN : Psyop Campaign Broadens with Second Radio Station
By Takuya Hirayama, CRW Kabul and Tokyo
[Nov 16] The American campaign to cement democracy in Afghanistan and
flush out Taliban remnants has broadened with the launch of a second
psyop radio station. The new station, a senior Afghan official has told
CRW, is located at the U.S. military base at Kandahar airport and is
meant to serve the Pashtun population.
"I don't know much about the station," Abdullah Ali, Director of Radio &
TV Afghanistan - Kandahar, said to CRW during a visit to his office.
"(It) is broadcasting in Pashto, and (is) solely owned and operated by
the Americans. But, of course, the station is out of our control."
Its broadcasts can be heard in Kabul during the local evening mixing
under Information Radio Bagram's signal on 864 kHz. Unlike Information
Radio Bagram, which broadcasts a diverse selection of Pashtun and Dari
music, Information Radio Kandahar has only been heard airing Pashtun
music.
US Information Radio Bagram, meanwhile, still broadcasts on 8700 kHz AM
in parallel with 864 kHz Medium Wave. According to long-term monitoring,
the station no longer broadcasts 24 hours a day. Though its schedule
varies, the station usually signs on at around 0500 Kabul Time, or 0030
UTC both on 864 and 8700 kHz. The broadcast continues until around 2300
Kabul Time, or 1830 UTC on 864 kHz. 8700 kHz, however, usually signs off
around 2000 Kabul Time, or 1530 UTC.
The station mixes occasional identification announcements and public
service announcements on behalf of the American forces and the
transitional government given in Pashto and Dari between songs.
As reported in an earlier dispatch Information Radio's programming seems
to have switched from "intervention-style" psyop to "nation building"
psyop. Information broadcast relates mainly to the daily life of its
listeners - for example, notifying parents where they should vaccinate
their children, and so on.
Announcements in Arabic are no longer heard. However, the "rewards"
announcement begun in December 2001 to those who provide information on
the whereabouts of Usama Bin Laden and other members of al-Qaeda
continues to be broadcast.
During the morning until around 0900 Kabul Time, statements and
identification announcements are frequently given (approximately every
ten minutes, or between every other song). However, during the day
(between 0900 and 1800 Kabul Time), the station seldom identifies itself
and rarely broadcasts public service announcements. After sunset, the
station again starts to give ID's and offer information.
Reception of 864 kHz in Kabul is stable during the day. The signal
becomes unstable after approximately 2000 Kabul Time. As for 8700 kHz,
the signal is usually quite strong. The frequency faces heavy
interference from unlicensed "out of band" point-to-point communications
in Dari. Clear reception of 8700 kHz, therefore, is extremely difficult
in Kabul. Reception in Islamabad, Pakistan, however, is extremely loud
and clear.
Contrary to DX reports that Information Radio is active on 6100 kHz,
nothing could be heard on that frequency from either Kabul or Islamabad.
The station is quite popular during the daytime, when electricity for
most of Kabul is shut off to conserve power, and there is no television.
It's not the "information" broadcast that draws listeners, but the voices
of popular singers like Ahmad Zahir and Farhad Darya whose music is often
played. Many residents, especially young men, say that they "tune out"
when announcements are made.
Another factor boosting the station's popularity... Second-hand Japanese
cars. Kabul nowadays is crowded with these used cars, which are equipped
with radios that can tune only into the Japanese FM band, 76 to 90 MHz.
Only the BBC World Service on 89.0 MHz FM can be heard within that
frequency range, besdies the state-run Radio Kabul on two MW frequencies.
During the day, the BBC broadcasts in English, which few people can
understand, and Radio Kabul's music library is actually much smaller than
the U.S.-run psyop station.
It is not clear how long the stations will remain on the air. Afghanistan
remains a dangerous place, where the threat of a Taliban revival or
dispute among rival warlords can destroy the progress begun one year ago
when Kabul fell to the Northern Alliance.
American officials were unavailable for comment about Information Radio.
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IRAQ : Pentagon prepares psychological warfare campaign for Iraq
By Tom Bowman, The Baltimore Sun
November 14, 2002
WASHINGTON - Sometime after the first of the year, residents of Baghdad
could find some new programming on their FM radio dial: a soothing Arabic
voice urging them to remain in their homes or away from the approaching
U.S. troops who will liberate them from Saddam Hussein.
Meanwhile, the faxes or cell phones of Iraqi military and security
officers may whir or chirp with more explicit and personal messages: "We
know who you are. Lay down your arms or else."
Top Pentagon officials and members of the Iraqi opposition are now
crafting what could be the most widespread and complex psychological
operations campaign mounted by the American military since the Vietnam
War, should President Bush give the order to invade Iraq, said defense
officials and retired psy-ops officers.
"If you can minimize the conflict by way of information warfare, that's a
significant thing," said a source familiar with recent psy-ops
discussions that have included Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
and Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith. "Communicating with them is
a very high priority."
The ambitious plan includes sending targeted radio messages to the groups
that make up the 5 million residents of Baghdad, a polyglot of urbane
Sunni Muslims, impoverished Shia Muslims and pockets of anti-foreign
nationalists. In addition, though Iraq is a modern and secular country,
there are elements of fundamentalism in both Muslim communities.
Another part of the operation will be to persuade members of Saddam's
military and security forces not to resist the invading allied force.
Keeping the citizens of Baghdad on the sidelines will be an important
part of any U.S. military operation in the Iraqi capital, a city that
could quickly turn into a bloody battlefield should Saddam's forces dig
in and fight and civilians get caught in the mix, officials said.
But some military analysts and retired officers are cautioning that not
all psychological operations employed in past conflicts have had good
results. Moreover, reaching the different groups within Iraq and cutting
through anti-Western feelings or anger over the decade-old U.N. sanctions
may be difficult, they said.
"I think it's going to be a terribly challenging effort. There are all
kinds of different audiences. You've got to somehow figure out how to
reach people," said retired Army Col. Charles P. Borchini, who commanded
the 4th Psychological Operations Group during the U.S.-led bombing
campaign against Serbia. The group, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., takes the
lead in writing scripts, beaming radio and TV messages and publishing
newspapers aimed at foreign foes and their civilian counterparts.
William Arkin, a former Army intelligence officer and now a military
analyst, said that if the United States invades Iraq, "bombs are going to
do the talking," rather than any psychological operation that attempts to
influence the entire country. Some elements of Iraqi society might not
trust an American-led campaign to set up a new government, said Arkin,
who also doubted U.S. operatives would be able to reach any Iraqi
officers with the "Gucci methods" of cell-phone calls or faxes.
Still, Iraqi opposition officials and longtime observers of Iraq contend
that after nearly a quarter-century of living under a brutal dictator,
strong support exists within the country for an overthrow of Saddam, even
if it has to be carried out by the United States.
"Nobody wants a continuation of the regime. They want a return to
normalcy," said Phebe Marr, a former professor at the National Defense
University. "I think they want the job done and over with, and they don't
want any long-term American occupation."
Marr said U.S. forces must send a simple and straightforward message: "We
are not occupiers, we are liberators. We are going to help you set up
your own government as rapidly as possible."
Said an Iraqi opposition official, "These folks don't support Saddam.
What's necessary is to explain to them what's happening and what they can
do."
Meanwhile, officials with the opposition Iraqi National Congress are
providing the Pentagon with cell phone numbers, fax numbers and home
addresses of key Iraqi security officials in an effort to drive a wedge
between them and Saddam. The message would be, "We know who you are. It's
definitely in your interest to lay low," said the source familiar with
the Pentagon plans. "We are working actively to get that message to them
when it counts."
U.S. military plans for city fighting say that "the key to success" might
lie in the ability to "influence the thoughts and opinions of adversaries
and noncombatants," according to "Doctrine for Joint Urban Operations," a
Joint Chiefs of Staff publication that was updated in September. To do
this, U.S. forces must seize what the plan terms "the information
environment."
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert H. Scales Jr., who has written extensively
on urban warfare, said it's vital in any conflict to immediately capture
and control the sources of information for civilians. "The images have to
be ours, not (Saddam's)," said Scales. "Mao said the surest way to win a
war is to separate the army from its people."
Radio transmissions are expected to be the most effective way of getting
the message out, officials said, since televisions aren't nearly as
widespread as radios. Moreover, some of the initial targets of U.S.
warplanes would likely include TV transmitters and other communications
facilities, thereby preventing Saddam from contacting the population or
his military once the war starts.
Sophisticated broadcasting planes operated by the 193rd Special
Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania National Guard, together with ground
transmitters in Kuwait and elsewhere, would be used to transmit
anti-Saddam programming to the Iraqi populace, officials said.
The psychological operation also is expected to include leaflet drops -
some of which started last week over the southern no-fly zone in Iraq
with a warning to Iraqi soldiers not to fire on patrolling allied
aircraft. And, once troops are on the ground, newspapers printed in
Arabic by specialized U.S. Army units are to be distributed.
Daniel T. Kuehl, a professor of information warfare at the National
Defense University, said a psychological operation in Iraq may be the
most extensive effort since the Vietnam War, which included a 6-year-long
wave of loudspeaker announcements, radio and TV broadcasts, newspapers
and leafleting by U.S. forces.
Although U.S. psychological operations units were active during the 1991
Persian Gulf War, they did not focus on the civilian population. Instead,
they concentrated on the Iraqi forces in Kuwait with leaflets and radio
broadcasts.
Such tactical efforts were effective, said Arkin, the military analyst.
Specific Iraqi army units were named in the leaflets and radio messages,
which urged them to abandon their vehicles or risk being bombed. Iraqi
units fled their armored vehicles and surrendered in droves.
"It was sending a message of omnipotence," said Arkin. "That kind of
message
had an enormous impact."
Copyright 2002, The Daily Camera. All Rights Reserved.
(D.Crawford-USA Nov 15, 2002 via H.Johnson-USA in CDX-ML)
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Schedules - ASIA
Radio Free Asia
RFA B-02 updated schedule of November 6th.
0000-0100 LAO 11830I 13830 15545T
0030-0130 BURMESE 11535 11570 13710S 13815I 15155T
0100-0300 TIBETAN 7470 7560 9570H 11695UAE 15220T 17730
0100-0200 UIGHUR 7485 9365 9580UAE 9690UAE 15270T 17570T
0300-0600 MANDARIN 13625T 13760T 15150T 15665T
17495 17525 17615S 17880S
21540T
0600-0700 MANDARIN 13625T 13760T 15150T 15665T
17495 17525 17615S 17880S
0600-0700 TIBETAN 17515 17540 17720 21570T 21715UAE
break
1100-1400 TIBETAN 7470 9365 11540 13625T 15435UAE
15185H-(from 1200)
1100-1200 LAO 9355S 9775T 15555I 15680
1230-1330 CAMBODIAN 11510 13725I 15395T
1300-1400 BURMESE 7550 9355 11795T 12105I 15250T
1400-1500 CANTONESE 9825S 11950T 15255T
1400-1500 VIETNAMESE 9365 9455S 9920Y 9930W 11535 11605N
11760T 13635P 13660I 15470T 21625I
1400-1500 KOREAN 5855 7475 12000T 13790T
1500-1600 TIBETAN 7470 7495 9920 15385UAE
1500-1600 MANDARIN 7540 9905P 11945T 13625T
13670T 13745T 15510T 17565T
1600-1700 UIGHUR 7515 7530 9865UAE 11720T 13725I
1600-1700 MANDARIN 7540 9455S-(fr 1630) 9905P
11850T 11945T 13670T 13745T 15510T 17565T
1700-1800 MANDARIN 7540 9455S 9905P 11850T 11945T 13695T
13745T 15510T 17565T
1800-1900 MANDARIN 7455 7540 9355S 9455S 11745S 11790T
11945T 13695T 15510T 17615T
1900-2000 MANDARIN 7455 7540 9355S 9455S 9875P 11745T
11790T 11945T 13625T 13695T 13745T 15510T
2000-2100 MANDARIN 7455 7540 9355S 9455S 9875P 9885T
11900S 11950T 13625T 13745T 15510T
2100-2200 MANDARIN 7540 9455S 9875P 9885T 11900S 11950T
13625T 13745T 15510T
2200-2300 CANTONESE 9570S 9845P 11740T 11785T
2200-2300 KOREAN 7460 9455T 11775S 11905T
2230-2330 CAMBODIAN 7185I 7530 9930P 15485T
2300-2359 MANDARIN 7540 9905P 11785T 11995S 13800T 15430T 15550T
2300-2359 TIBETAN 6010UAE 7415 7470 7550 9875H
2330-0029 VIETNAMESE 7515 9490 9930P 11580 11605N 11670T 13720S
13865I
RFA Vietnamese sce icreased by using additional transmitters in B-02:
1400-1500 from nine to twelve txs in \\
2330-0029 from seven to eight txs in \\
(various sources, updated on November 6th, 2002)
(W.Büschel-D Nov 6, 2002 in BCDX 598B)
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Schedules - ERITREA
Voice of Democratic Eritrea
1500-1600 5925 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Sat to Eu Tigrina
1700-1800 15670 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Mon,Thu to EaAf Tigrina
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Schedules - ETHIOPIA
Radio Huriyo
1630-1700 15670 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Tue,Fri to EaAf Somali
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
Radio Solidarity (TISJD)
1600-1630 15275 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Wed,Sat to EaAf Tigrina
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
Rainbow Radio
0900-1000 6180 JUL 100 kW / non-dir Sat to Eu Amharic
1900-2000 11840 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Fri to EaAf Amharic
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
Voice of Democratic Path of Ethiopian Unity
0700-0800 21550 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Sun to EaAf Amharic
1830-1930 11840 JUL 100 kW / 140 deg Wed to EaAf Amharic
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
Voice of Ethiopian Salvation
1600-1700 15670 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Thu,Sun to EaAf Amharic
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
Voice of Oromo Liberation (Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo)
1700-1800 15670 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg Wed,Fri,Sun to EaAf Oromo/Amharic
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Schedules - IRAQ
Voice of Democratic Assyrian Movement, Ashur Radio
Ashur Radio at 1000-1100 UT on 9155.
(R.Pankov-BUL Oct 28, 2002 in BC-DX 598B)
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Schedules - KAZAKHSTAN
Radio DAT
Radio DAT now 1600-1700 on 9925 kHz
(M.Barraclough-G WDXC Contact, Nov 2, 2002 via DXLD 2-171)
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Schedules - MOLDOVA
Radio Pridnestrovye
Pridnestrovye (Moldova) in English one day per week (from announcement in
Russian program)
Wed., 1800 UTC, 5960 kHz
Length not mentioned, 30 min. on my guess (1800-1830), like Russian.
BTW, in Russ: Fri. only 1800-1830 on 999 kHz.
Announced address (Russ):
Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika, Tiraspol, ulitsa Rozy Luxemburg
10,
Radio PMR, Programa "Pridnestrovye".
These two are the only "External services" from tiraspol these days.
(V.Titarev-UKR Nov 16, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
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Schedules - MYANMAR
Democratic Voice of Burma
2330-0030 9435 JUL 100 kW / 080 deg Daily to SoEaAs Burmese
(DTK via Observer-BUL 222 Nov 15, 2002 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Schedules - SRI LANKA
IBC-Tamil
summer schdule-2002 B02 [with effect from Oct 27th]
0000-0100 UTC -- 7460 kHz
1230-1330 UTC -- 17530 kHz
(D.Prabakaran-IND Nov 2, 2002 for CRW)
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Logs - ANGOLA
Radio Ecclesia
Radio Ecclesia 7205 1934-2000* 11/06. Male with political talk and field
reports by female. Radio Ecclesia and Radio Nacional, Angola IDs noted.
Classical piano at 1948 to s/off. Good.
(S.R.Barbour Jr-NH-USA Nov 6, 2002 for CRW)
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Logs - ASIA
Radio Free Asia
7460 kHz, RFA at 2217 with fast talks in Korean S6-7
(Z.Liangas-GRC Nov 3, 2002 in BCL-News-ML)
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Logs - BELORUSSIA
Radio Liberty
I heard Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda) in Belarussian on 1557 kHz today 15
NOV around 2000 UTC. Unknown transmitter. Despite France dominationg on
this channel I could hear an identification before 2000 and some talk ca.
1 or 2 minutes after 2000. Unfortunately nomore after that. Only France
and Osijek fading in and out...
(K.Honzik-CZE Nov 15, 2002 in HCDX)
The Sitkunai transmitting centre has been conducting test transmisions in
cooperation with Radio Baltic Waves on 14 and 15 November at 1900-2000,
using a 150 kW transmitter with omnidirectional antenna.
(B.Trutenau-LTU Nov 16, 2002 in MWDX-ML)
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Logs - CHINA
Falun Dafa Radio
12130 Falung Dafo Radio 11:35 24423 Chinese
(A.B.Cañote-PRU Nov 13 2002 in Lista ConDig-ML)
Voice of Tibet
21650 kHz, LV del Tibet (via Yangi Yul, TJK), 1450-1458, 27 Octubre 27,
transmision en tibetano. Charla por locutor y y hermosa musica local.
SINPO: 25442.
(A.Slaen-ARG Oct 27, 2002 in ConDig 182)
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Logs - CUBA
Junta Patriotica Cubana
9955 Junta Patriotica Cubana via WRMI decent and over the jamming in LSB
at 1037. Thanks to Jeff White for informing me this was the program
airing at this time. At 1100 another jammer came on and killed reception.
(H.Johnson-TX-USA Nov 1, 2002 in CDX-ML)
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Logs - ETHIOPIA
Radio Solidarity (TISJD)
15275, Radio Solidarity, *1600-1629* Nov 13, brief instrumental music
opening followed by a woman announcer with ID and News in Tigrean
language. Flute music at 1606 followed by long talk commencing at 1608.
During a vocal selection beginning at 1626, the carrier was terminated
before the song was complete. Poor to fair with noisy conditions.
(R.D'Angelo-PA-USA Nov 13, 2002 in Dxplorer-ML)
Voice of Oromo Liberation
VO Oromo Liberation 15670 kHz, 1744-1759* 11/05 Male and female with
music and talk, mentions of "police commission" and several of
"institute". ID at s/off. Fair
(S.R.Barbour Jr-NH-USA Nov 5, 2002 for CRW)
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Logs - INDIA
Voice of Jammu Kashmir Freedom
5102 V.O.Jammu Kashmir Freedom Oct 30 *1300-1310 33443 Kashmiri, 1300
s/on with opening music. ID. Koran. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Oct 30, 2002 in JAP 237)
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Logs - IRAN
Radio Barabari
7480 R.Barabari Nov 9 *1700-1710 34322 Farsi, 1700 s/on with IS. ID.
Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 9, 2002 in JAP 238)
Radio Payem-e Doost
7480 R.Payem-e Doost Nov 6 *1800-1810 34333 Farsi, 1800 s/on with opening
music. ID. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 6, 2002 in JAP 238)
Voice of Mojahed
7070.65 V.O.Mojahed Nov 1 1628-1634 34333 Farsi, Talk. ID at 1629.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 1, 2002 in JAP 237)
13420V V.O.Mojahed Nov 4 1430-1447 34333 Farsi, Talk. ID at 1432.
//13400. 13420. 13430 kHz.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 4, 2002 in JAP 237)
13460 V.O.Mojahed Nov 12 1328-1346 35322 Farsi, Koran. ID at 1331. Talk.
//5650kHz.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 12, 2002 in JAP 238)
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Logs - IRAQ
Radio Al-Mustaqbal
Radio al-Mustaqbal heard 1410-1530* and *2100-2400* on MW 1575.3 (Nov.
1-9)
R.Petraitis-LTU Nov 9, 2002 for CRW)
Voice of Democratic Assyrian Movement, Ashur Radio
9155 V.O.Dem.Assyrian Movement Nov 3 1640-1704 34433, Talk. ID at 1651
and 1701.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 3, 2002 in JAP 237)
Voice of Iraqi People
3900 V of Iraqi People 1804 with talks in Arabic and mentions of Iraq
(Z.Liangas-GRC Nov 10, 2002 in GRDXC-ML)
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Logs - KAZAKHSTAN
Radio DAT
Radio Dat noted since the time change 1600-1700 on 9925.
(M.Barraclough-G Oct 29(?), 2002 in CDX-ML)
9925 R.DAT Oct 26 *1500-1510 34433 Russian, Opening music. ID. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 26, 2002 in JAP 236)
9925 R.DAT Nov 1 1641-1651 34433 Russian, Talk. ID at 1644 and 1647.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 1, 2002 in JAP 237)
9925 R.DAT Nov 7 *1559-1605 34322 Russian, 1559 with opening music. ID.
Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 7, 2002 in JAP 238)
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Logs - KOREA (NORTH)
Voic of National Salvation
4120 kHz, V.of National Salvation 10:50 23112 Asiatic
(A.B.Cañote-PRU Nov 13 2002 in Lista ConDig-ML)
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Logs - KOREA (SOUTH)
Voice of the People (?)
6600.0, V.O.the People, Good signal but jamming was interhered. Heard at
1230 with radio drama and male talk at 1245. Korean language.
(J.Yamada-J Nov 2, 2002 in Jenbatan DX 141)
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Logs - KURDISTAN
Denge Mezopotamya
11530 V.O.Mesopotamia Oct 29 1412-1435 34333 Kurdish, Local music and
Talk. ID at 1432.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 29, 2002 in JAP 236)
11530 V.O.Mesopotamia Oct 30 1333-1404 34333 Kurdish, Talk. ID at 1359.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Oct 30, 2002 in JAP 237)
11530 Denge Mezopotamiya Nov 04 1258 45444 Kurdish. Some regional mx was
heard till 1310, then ID by man. Strong and clear.
(G.Iwata-J Nov 4, 2002 in JAP 237)
Hi Glenn, For the last three mornings (11/5 - 7/02) I have been listening
to 11530 khz between 1325 - 1445 +. On 11/5/02 I heard a clear ID for
Dengi Mesopotamia ("Voice of Mesopotamia") in Kurdish. SINPO 34333 with
signal deteriorating after
1447. Presumably Kurdish music, ID (1407) Mixture of music and call in
for remainder of the hour until sign off at 1507. I presume the language
was (presumably) Kurdish. The same programming has been on each day, with
Arabic from as early as 1325, switching to (presumably) Kurdish at 1400.
This is the previous frequency and a shorter schedule from A 02. There
were tests noted in DXLD 165, at 1700 UT on 12115 reported by Anker
Petersen and BBC monitoring, so there may be two broadcasts or a return
to the previous schedule?
(M.Taylor-WI-USA Nov 6, 2002 in DXLD 2-174)
15675 V.O.Mesopotamia Nov 8 0703-0713 34322 Kurdish, ID at 0703. Local
music.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 8, 2002 in JAP 238)
Denge Mezopotamia 11530 1255-1312 11/11. Test tones until *1300. Openinhg
music , Male with ID. Politcal talk with several mentions of "America",
mention of" Iraq." Up-beat music and ballads noted. Fair
(S.R.Barbour Jr-NH-USA Nov 11, 2002 for CRW)
11530 V.O.Mesopotamia Nov 11 *1259-1314 34433 Kurdish,1259 s/on with
music. 1300 ID and opening announce. Talk. 1305 Full ID. Local music.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 11, 2002 in JAP 238)
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Radio Mesopotamia on AM 1566 a little changed a format of the programmes-
western pop and rock music also included now (only Arabic popular music
were earlier). English music has own time in a programme schedule; not
mixed with Arabic music as in the programmes of Radio Sawa. Radio
Mesopotamia had alloted for the music about 90% of time, a rest of
time-for information (Nov. 12).
(R.Petraitis-LTU Nov 12, 2002 for CRW)
Voice of Independence (?)
4175.8 Vo Conservative Party of Kurdistan? 1707 talks by man in Arab.
News on Iraq. Signal only S3. Music abt 1715, Signal level 22432
(Z.Liangas-GRC Nov 10, 2002 in GRDXC-ML)
Voice of Iranian Kurdistan (?)
4760.3 Geli Kurdistan Iran 1756 with ID in Farsi by man then talks. Again
ID and close.
(Z.Liangas-GRC Nov 3, 2002 in BCL-News-ML)
Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan
On November 15th I heard Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan at 1531 UTC on 3975 kHz
with several IDs "Aira Dengi Kurdistani Iraqa", followed by a short
Qur´an reading and talk.
(P.Robic-AUT Nov 15, 2002 for CRW)
Voice of Komala
4610 /3925 V of Komala 1720 with commentaries . Mentions on Iran. 17390
with folk songs with talks. Program in Farsi or Kurdish Max signal 4-5
3925 with S8 and 33333
(Z.Liangas-GRC Nov 10, 2002 in GRDXC-ML)
Voice of the People of Kurdistan
4025 V.O.People of Kurdistan Nov 5 1448-1507 25232-35332 Kurdish, Talk.
ID at 1500. News.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 5, 2002 in JAP 237)
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Logs - LAOS
Hmong Lao Radio
I was also listening to 12070 by 0058 UT Nov 1; already a carrier on, but
weak and very heavy flutter; could make nothing out of it and detect no
increase in modulation at 0100
(G.Hauser-USA Nov 1, 2002 in DXLD 2-170)
12070 Hmong Lao Radio, 0100 - 0122, Nov 01, Hmong, comments, mention
several times Hmong, English lessons?? by female announcer, Musical
program, 45444,
(N.Eramo-ARG Nov 1, 2002 in CDX-ML)
12070 (P) Hmong Lao Radio 0056 with test tones, 0058 with open carrier.
0100 long flute tones, sort of an IS, and then talk by man in presumed
Hmong. One female vocal song after he talked just for a bit and then had
him speaking again. Fair signal on a clear channel.
(H.Johnson-TX-USA Nov 8, 2002 in CDX-ML)
12070, Hmong Lao Radio, 0132-0200* Nov 15, program of traditional music
with brief talk by a man announcer in presumed Hmong language between
selections. Apparent ID and sign off announcement at 0159 followed by
brief IS of flute music until carrier cut. Poor to fair in strength but
in the clear.
(R.D'Angelo-PA-USA Nov 15, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - MIDDLE EAST
Radio Sawa
981 kHz 2102 UTC R SAWA via Cape Greco, CYPRUS in Arabic.
(J.Huuskonen-FIN Nov 3, 2002 in HCDX)
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Logs - MYANMAR
Democratic Voice of Burma
17495 kHz, LV Democratica de Birmania, (via MDG), 1433-1437, 27 Octubre,
transmision en birmano, a/t a las 1433 (no a las 1430!). Noticias leidas
por locutor y locutora. SINPO: 25442. No se escuchaba su seNal en los
15620 kHz.
(A.Slaen-ARG Oct 27, 2002 in ConDig 182)
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Logs - NIGERIA
Voice of Biafra Int
12125, Voice of Biafra Intl, decent at 1915 tune-in Nov 2 to 2000*,
mostly EG talk about Biafra and Nigeria, some mx, also non-EG segment for
a few mins. at 1942. Ancs as "coming to you from Washington, DC." Ute QRM
on low side.
(J.Berg-MA-USA Nov 2, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
VO Biafra International 12125 *1900-1912+ 11/09. Opening music and ID "VO
Biafra Int’l coming to you from Washington, DC …. Stay tuned for the
entire hour" Frequency and meter band given. Analogy of Pharaoh & Egypt
compared to Nigeria and Nigerian Security Council. Poor, fading by 1912.
(S.R.Barbour Jr-NH-USA Nov 9, 2002 for CRW)
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Logs - RUSSIA
Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya
Habe diese Woche auf Langwelle 171 kHz über den Sender Tbilisskaya
(Sendeleistung?) das russische Programm von Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya,
(Radio "Freies" Tschechenien) gehört. Bis 1. März 2001 wurde dieser
Dienst auch über Kurzwelle ausgestrahlt. Wird dieser Programmdienst
eigentlich in Moskau produziert? Von welcher Abteilung des Russischen
Runfunk: Radio Rossi, Stimme Russlands, oder? Radio Chechnya Svobodnaya
kommt auf 171 kHz bis 2100 Uhr,danach meldet sich Radio Rossi.
(E.Bergmann-D Nov 1, 2002 in A-DX)
Re : Sendeleistung :
1200 kW
Re : Wird dieser Programmdienst eigentlich in Moskau produziert?
Ja; anscheinend in der Pjatnizkaja-Straße, jedenfalls klingt es danach
...
Re : Von welcher Abteilung des Russischen Runfunk ?
M.W. ist das eine Auftragsproduktion für Der Kreml, wohl realisiert von
der
Stimme Rußlands in Kooperation mit Radio Rossii und Radio Majak.
Re : bis 2100 Uhr,danach meldet sich Radio Rossi
Das ist dann aber die vor kurzem neu aufgenommene Ausstrahlung über
Bolschakowo
(Gebiet Kaliningrad).
(K.Ludwig-D Nov 1, 2002 in A-DX)
Radio Kavkaz (?)
7182.02 R Kavkaz (t), Nov 01, 1900-1915, when R Bangladesh 7185 was Off.
News in Russian or a Russian dialect with four items from Moscow and one
from New York. At 1911 a woman and a man talked with jingles in between.
24232. At *1912 R Bangladesh came back on the air on 7185 in Bengali with
a noisy carrier QSA 4. When it signed off 1959* the Russian station had
disappeared.
(A.Petersen-DNK Nov 1, 2002 in DXW via CDX-ML)
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Logs - SRI LANKA
IBC-Tamil
17495 IBC-Tamil Oct 24 *1228-1238 45433 Tamil, Opening music. ID. Local
music.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 24, 2002 in JAP 236)
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Logs - SUDAN
Sowt Al-Qarn
21550 Sowt Al-Qarn usually blocked by Christian Voice, but in the clear
with programs in Arabic and ID's in English announcing 21550. Pulled
plug in middle of closing announcements at 1430.
(H.Johnson-USA Nov 15, 2002 in CDX-ML)
Voice of Hope
VO Hope 15320 *0429-0459* 11/10 . Male with ID in Vern. Female, in
English, with interview of "Bishop..? .."regarding "ongoing war in
southern Sudan" Musical interludes during talk. Fair. // 12060 Poor.
(S.R.Barbour Jr-NH-USA Nov 10, 2002 for CRW)
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Logs - SYRIA
Sout Al-Watan / The Arabic Radio
The Arabic Radio noted October 29th 1600-1630 on both 12085 and 12115,
the latter running some 20 seconds behind.
(M.Barraclough-G Oct 29, 2002 in CDX-ML)
So one frequency is from a country making DST shift in early October, the
other in late October
(G.Hauser-USA Nov 2, 2002 in DXLD 2-171)
Arabic Radio observed 2 november, 1628 utc with ID on 12120. SINPO 45343
here in Belgium
(S.Domen-BEL Nov 2, 2002 in DXLD 2-172)
I listened yesterday 10/11/2002 to Arab Radio [on] 12120 kHz. This
frequency is not declared. Please, where is the transmitter site?
(A.Chaabane-TUN Nov 11, 2002 in HCDX)
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Logs - VIETNAM
Que Huong Radio
9930 Que Huong R. via KWHR Nov 7 1300-1310 34333-34433 Vietnamese, 1300
with opening music. ID and opening announce. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 7, 2002 in JAP 238)
Voice of Khmer Krom Radio
11560 V.O.Khmer Krom R. Oct 29 *1359-1412 Cambodian, 1359 s/on with
opening music. ID. Local music. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 29, 2002 in JAP 236)
11560 V.O.Khmer Krom R. Nov 5 *1359-1410 35333 Cambodian, 1359 s/on with
opening music. ID and opening announce. Music. ID. Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 5, 2002 in JAP 237)
11560 V.O.Khmer Krom R. Nov 12 *1400-1407 32332 Cambodian, 1400 s/on with
opening music. ID and opening announce. Local music. 1405 Full ID.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Nov 12, 2002 in JAP 238)
11560 Voice of Khmer Krom Radio Nov.12. *1400-1430 Initially sign-on with
I.S., with opening announcements in Cambodian, followed with news clips
and programming. Station was interfered by WYFR (via Taiwan Reply, Radio
Taipei In't ID on the Hour) in English. This interference could have been
a punched error for 11550, but what ever it was, it cause quite a problem
on this date. Checked the following day, no sign of WYFR either on 11550
or 11560.
(E.Kusalik-CAN Nov 12, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - ZIMBABWE
SW Radio Africa
6145.0 SW R.Africa, 1620-1625 Nov.8, EG anmts and Zimb. music, excellent.
(V.Korinek-AFS Nov 8, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
Voice of the People
7120.0 V.of The People, 0405-0410, Nov.9, in EG with Zimbabwean
actualities, local music, fair to good but fadey.
(V.Korinek-AFS Nov 8, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
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Qsl's - ANGOLA
Rádio Ecclésia
7205 – Rádio Ecclésia, via Meyerton, África do Sul. Recebido cartão QSL,
em 23 dias, e boletim de programação do grupo Sentech. V/S: Kathy Otto.
QTH: Private Bag X06, Honeydew 2040, África do Sul. (Informe enviado ao
e-mail: ottok@sentech.co.za)
(C.Romais-B Nov 2, 2002 in ListaConDig-ML)
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Qsl's - CHINA
Falun Dafa Radio
Re : Falun Dafa Radio address: Mr. Chenxi Lou, 2626 W. Ball Rd. Apt J2,
Anaheim, CA 92804-5097 I'd just received their qsl card 2 weeks ago and
the above was their address on the envelope.
(L.K.Hian-INS Nov 4, 2002 in Jembatan DX 141)
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Qsl's - EASTERN EUROPE
Radio Liberty
Radio Liberty: 11660 (Biblis, Germany). John Vodenick
(jvodenik@del.ibb.gov) confirmed my report on Ukrainian program. 24 days.
(V.Doroshenko-UKR Nov 2, 2002 in Signal 77)
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Qsl's - KAZAKHSTAN
Radio DAT
9775, Radio DAT letter to Societe Pour la Democratie en Asia in Belgium
returned "inconnu" or unknown in 62 days. Will a valid address turn up
for this one?
(R.D'Angelo-PA-USA Nov 3, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
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Qsl's - KURDISTAN
Voice of Iranian Kurdistan
3985 Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, PDKI Canada Bureau, P.O. Box 29010,
London, Ontario N6G 2V3, Canada. Electronic QSL letter in 72 days. V/S:
Hazhir. The electronic address is: pdkicanada@pdki.org. Hazhir wanted me
to help him to buy a receiver in order to listen to the programmes from
this station in Canada !!
(A.Slaen-ARG Nov 1, 2002 for CRW)
I include a new Clandestine QSL, coming from Voice of Iranian Kurdistan,
heard last week on 3985 kHz. Answered in an email letter both to me, John
Sgruletta and Slaen in Argentine. I send it as a Word file, which maybe
makes it easier for you to handle!
(B.Fransson-S Nov 5, 2002 for CRW)
Received a no-data e-mail response from PDKI Canada in 2 days for an
e-mail report that I originally sent snail-mail to PDKI in France for the
Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, but did not receive a reply to. Thanks to
Arnaldo Slaen, who I noted used this method for a reply a few days ago.
In fact, he was copied on my response. Reception was in February 2001 on
3985 kHz. I also attached 2 audio files. Response is below : "Thanks for
your kind reports,
We are delighted by your enthusiastic reports on our Radio in Iran. Let
me give you a short history of this radio station. It began broadcasting
in early years of Iranian revolutions in 1979-1980. It was one of the
revolutionary voices of the Kurdish people in Iran. During the first
decade of struggle in Iranian Kurdistan that took the lives of more than
50000 people and more than 5000 Party fighter, this Radio became the
inspirational voice of the people broadcasting in Kurdish, Persian and
Turkish. Due to the aggression of the regime in Iran, it has relocated
itself many times, and broadcast with limited resources in the high
mountains of Kurdistan. I remember when I was a kid, people would leave
their work to tune into this radio to hear the heroism of Kurdish
fighters struggling for the rights and freedoms of the Kurds in Iran.
After the Gulf War and the liberation of Iraqi Kurdish region, the
Iranian regime forced the main Iraqi Kurdish parties to close down the
radio in any way possible. In 1995, the Radio was shut down for a few
weeks, but it was on air again some where else. The regime in Iran has
always tried to set up intercepters for the radio, but it has not been
successful and the radio that you are hearing in this part of the world,
has millions of listeners every day in this part of our planet. It might
soon be on the internet. However, I am interested in your receivers, and
how it could be obtained and at what cost. Thanks for all of your efforts
and enthusiasm, Hazhir, PDKI Canada"
(J.Sgruletta-USA Nov 6, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
I sent a thank you E-mail back to Hazhir and asked him if the audio files
I
enclosed were indeed the Voice of Iranian Kurdistan. I can now consider
this a
valid, no-data, QSL. His response: "Thanks for your advice too. Yes, it
is the
Voice of Iranian Kurdistan Radio that you had reported and the files that
you
had enclosed. Thanks again. Hazhir."
(J.Sgruletta-USA Nov 11, 2002 in DXplorer-ML)
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Qsl's - PNG
Radio Independent Mekamui
Just received a QSL letter from Sam Voron for Radio Independent Mekamui,
3850 kHz 80 watts. To quote (verbatim):
"Broadcasting from the 15km no-go zone centred on the Panguna copper mine
and defended by the peoples Mekamui Defense Force (MDF). The no-go zone
is set up by the current traditional land-owner Francis Ona, President of
the Mekamui National Congress. This congress is the voice of the
traditional chiefs supporting the no-go zone in Central Bougainville."
"The short wave radio station is the people's only communications to the
outside world. Living in the mountains and jungles around the mine site,
the people set up the no-go zone to stop efforts to regain control of the
mine now that the 10 year civil war has ended and peace restored."
Sam now has an e-mail address: svoron@hotmail.com
(P.Ormandy-NZL Nov 9, 2002 in BCL-News-ML)
A screenshot of that [first] qsl for that station can be seen in the CRW
Clandestine Radio QSL gallery at http://www.schoechi.de/pic-cla.html
(M.Schöch-CRW)
R. Independent Mekamui on 3850 kHz: fulldata letter in 81days. V/s: Sam
Voron. QTH: VK2BVS 2 Griffith Ave., Roseville N.S.W., Australia 2069.
Address of e-mail: svoron@hotmail.com.
(J.Yamada-J Nov 10, 2002 in Jembatan DX 142)
3850 R Independent Mekamui Full data QSL letter v/s Sam Voron (QSL agent
as well as the person that spearheaded setting up this station, a station
in Somalia, and the Ham training center in Solomon Islands!).
"Broadcasting from the 15 km no-go zone centered on the Panguna Copper
mine and defended by the peoples Mekamui Defense Force (MDF). The No-go
zone is set up by the current traditional landowner Francis Ona,
President of the Makamui National Congress. This congress is the voice of
the
traditional chiefs supporting the no-go zone in Central Bougainville.
..... (more plus full data)... 3.850 MHz AM using 80 watts output.." In
about 80 days for $5 US, a CD (required or tape) for reception in W
Coast.
(D.Nelson-OR-USA Nov 15, 2002 in CDX-ML)
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Misc - AFGHANISTAN
Commando Solo on TV
Glenn, Sorry for the short notice but while flipping through "TV Guide"
this morning I found that tomorrow, Friday, 08nov2002, at 21.00 - 22.00
CST Discovery Channel is listed as showing "Commando Solo: Afghan Skies".
To quote from "TV Guide": "Profiling the 4th Psychological Operations
Group, a joint Army / Air
Force unit." It will be repeated at midnight (00.00, Sat. CST). If you
have satellite tv, "On Sat" shows that it will run on the Discovery West
feed (G5, 12) Sat at 00.00 and 03.00 CST. The earlier run, on East feed,
is on C4, 21.
(P.Spurlock-TN-USA Nov 7, 2002 in DXLD 2-174)
Here is what I noticed/heard on the Discovery show - Two frequencies
seen- 864 and 8700 kHz. Information Radio was played out using a Sony MD
player. The show talked about the 4th PSYOPS and its role in creating
leaflets, but never really indicated that they produced the programs. I
don't believe that they did.
At least 40% of the broadcasts were music.
The base of the aircraft was not revealed, but they said it took them an
hour to get over Afghanistan.
The radios dropped were limited Commando Solo's frequency (I suspect this
refers to the AM freq.)
(All via H.Johnson-USA Nov 9, 2002 in Cumbre DX-ML)
PRESS GROUP CRITICIZES CENSORSHIP, INTIMIDATION BY AFGHAN REGIONAL
OFFICIALS
By Ron Synovitz
The Paris-based nongovernmental organization Reporters Without Borders
says that a year after the collapse of the Taliban regime, many Afghan
journalists still face the threat of physical attack, even death, if they
report on sensitive issues.
The remarks were published on 13 November in a study that highlights a
series of incidents where provincial governors or regional militia
commanders have clamped down on Afghan journalists and the Afghan
nationals who help foreign journalists report critically about the
commanders.
Reporters Without Borders says there are many positive signs about press
freedom within Kabul itself. For example, today's report notes that there
are now some 150 news publications circulating in Kabul.
But a spokesman for Reporters Without Borders, Vincent Brossels, told
RFE/RL that many Afghan journalists are prone to self-censorship out of
fear of reprisal from allies of government ministers or commanders of the
regional armed factions across Afghanistan. "One year after the fall of
the Taliban, especially in Kabul, I think the situation is quite
positive. But there are still some dangerous aspects for journalists,
especially outside of Kabul, because the situation in the capital and
other Afghan towns is very different," Brossels said.
Brossels said the efforts of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to encourage a
free and independent press differ sharply from the actions of some
provincial leaders. Brossels pointed to Herat Province Governor Ismail
Khan and ethnic Uzbek militia commander Abdul Rashid Dostum in the
northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif as local leaders who Reporters Without
Borders believes are actively suppressing journalists. "We know that the
government of President Hamid Karzai has made many efforts toward
[establishing] press freedom, especially to permit the private press to
develop in the capital. But other [governing officials in the provinces],
like Ismail Khan and Abdul Rashid Dostum, or others, have been trying to
prevent the development of a free press in the country," Brossels said.
As an example, Brossels noted cases of Afghan journalists being beaten by
members of regional militias after they have filed reports that are
critical of regional commanders. "Currently, there is a huge problem in
Mazar-i-Sharif. When you are trying to investigate about sensitive issues
like the mass graves of Taliban soldiers, or when you are trying to
investigate the wrongdoings of local warlords or even government
ministers, you can be in trouble," Brossels said.
Delegates from Reporters Without Borders met recently with officials in
the Afghan Information Ministry to discuss legal changes needed to bring
Afghanistan's press laws in line with international standards. Brossels
said those talks have been encouraging. "We've gotten some good feedback
from [the Afghan Information Ministry], especially about the [Afghan]
press law. And we hope that soon they will make real reforms of the press
law, and also of the Criminal Code, to prevent the jailing of journalists
because of their writings. Because still, this threat is [hanging over
the] heads of the journalists in Afghanistan," Brossels said.
Reporters Without Borders points out that it is still forbidden for many
subjects to be written about by Afghan journalists. It says such
restrictions often lead Afghan journalists to approach with caution any
story focusing on Islam, ethnic tensions, the alleged crimes of regional
militia commanders or other threats to Afghan national unity.
It notes that at least one Afghan newspaper has been closed since the
fall of the Taliban due to allegations that it had "insulted Islam." The
group also notes the kidnapping and beating of an Afghan cameraman named
Najib who had helped a British reporter make a documentary film about the
deaths of hundreds of Taliban soldiers near Mazar-i-Sharif. The
documentary blamed the deaths on General Dostum.
Brossels said there is an enormous difference emerging in the kind of
reporting done by Afghanistan's state broadcast media compared to the
private Afghan newspapers and international radio stations that work in
Afghanistan. "There is a very specific style in the news of the
government [broadcast] media. And the government is still controlling
this media. There is not much voice for criticism of the authorities. But
the opportunity is there now for Afghans to get a few international radio
stations with programs in Pashto and Dari. It's really a big
opportunity," Brossels said.
Reporters Without Borders is also accusing the U.S. military of keeping
international media, including the Associated Press Television Network,
out of some zones where U.S. troops have been operating. It says U.S.
troops or their Afghan allies have suppressed at least six journalists
and detained one Pakistani newsman. The group also says the U.S. military
tried to prevent journalists from investigating the killings of some 50
Afghan civilians attending a wedding party in July when U.S. aircraft
targeted villages in the central province of Uruzgan.
Ron Synovitz is an RFE/RL correspondent based in Prague.
(via RFE/RL Media Matters 2-44)
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Misc - CHINA
UZB bc jamming
Privet Martin, Below is my personal opinion, but nevertheless it may be
put to CRW as well.
Recently, many DX listeners and stations' officials (such as people from
VOA and BBC) discussed the continued jamming of Uzbek-language
broadcasting by Chinese authorities. They presume that Uzbek language can
be easily understood by Uighur people, which is a national minority in
Western China. Then, Uzbek broadcasts from Western radios may disturb
stability in that region of China, they say.
Well, but I still wonder: Kazakh and Kyrhgyz languages are understandable
for Uighurs as well. To my ear, Kazakh is even more close to Uighur than
Uzbek is. But those languages are not subject to jamming at all.
I do not exclude the possibility that initiative of jamming comes from
Uzbekistan government. Possibly they have no technical possibility to do
this, so maybe some agreement with Chinese authorities has been
established. Regarding possible FM relaying in Tashkent, UZB capital (is
it really carried out?), they may keep a good play for Western diplomatic
missions, to show that "we do not violate the information freedom".
Remember, Eastern rulers are very sly...
Anyway, that's only a hypothesis.
(D.Mezin-RUS Nov 3, 2002 for CRW)
FALUN GONG DISRUPTION OF TV SIGNALS REPORTED BY CHINESE OFFICIAL |
Excerpt from Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)
Beijing, 30 October: At a routine news conference hosted by the State
Council's Taiwan Affairs Office today, press spokesman Li Weiyi commented
on the "Falun Gong" cult using facilities located in Taiwan to attack the
mother mainland's SinoSat again and cross-strait "direct three links"
[postal, trade, transport].
Li Weiyi said: At a news briefing on 25 September, a Taiwan Affairs
Office spokesman and the relevant experts exposed and condemned the
"Falun Gong" cult for its criminal act of using transmission facilities
located in Taiwan to illegally transmit television signals to attack the
SinoSat and interrupt the normal transmission of the Central Television
Station and the China education television channel. They pointed out that
the Taiwan authorities undertake unshirkable responsibility for
investigating and dealing with this incident, urged the Taiwan
authorities to immediately take measures to investigate and deal with it,
remove the illegal television signal sources, and stop any recurrence of
similar incidents.
However, at 36 seconds after 1000 [all times local] on 24 October, the
SinoSat's transponder-2A began to detect illegal signal attacks. Until
1700 on 29 October, illegal signals kept alternately attacking the
SinoSat's transponder-2A and transponder-3A, seriously affecting the
normal reception. China's relevant department promptly conducted
technical checks on the source of interruption and confirmed that the
source was still in Taipei City, Taiwan Province.
Li Weiyi strongly urged the Taiwan authorities to immediately check and
track this illegal signal source and severely deal with it...
Source: Xinhua news agency domestic service, Beijing, in Chinese 0718 gmt
30 Oct 02 (via BBCM via DXLD 2-170)
FALUN GONG STILL TRYING TO HACK INTO SATELLITE BROADCASTS |
Excerpt from report in English by Taiwan News web site on 31 October
A pirate broadcaster based in Taiwan tried to break into a Chinese
satellite signal last week to show Falun Gong material, a [Chinese]
government spokesman and a state television employee said yesterday. The
[Chinese] government demanded that Taiwan track down the broadcaster and
hand out "severe punishment."
It was the second time in six weeks that Chinese authorities have claimed
that Falun Gong protesters using Taiwan as a base have tried to break
into signals on Sinosat. The satellite carries state-run China Central
Television and other channels. The latest attempt began October 24 and
continued intermittently until Tuesday [29 October], said Li Weiyi, a
spokesman for the Chinese Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office. He said
Chinese technicians had tracked the broadcast to Taipei, the Taiwanese
capital.
"We strongly demand the Taiwan administration immediately find the
illegal signal source and give severe punishment," Li said at a news
conference.
Taiwanese officials did not immediately comment on Li's accusation. But
in the earlier case, they promised to investigate, while expressing doubt
that the signal could be tracked so precisely. They said it could have
come from anywhere in a large area of the Pacific Ocean...
Chinese claims that Taiwan is the base for the satellite attacks put
Beijing in the awkward position of appealing for help from a government
that it says is illegitimate.
Li did not say who was accused of carrying out the latest attack. But a
woman who answered the phone at the management office of the China
Central Satellite Television Transmission Centre said it was Falun Gong
material. The centre is run by CCTV.
Source: Taiwan News web site, Taipei, in English 31 Oct 02 (via BBCM via
DXLD 2-170)
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Misc - COLOMBIA
More Colombian guerrilla radio tidbits
From the November 1 El Tiempo (Bogota): EL TIEMPO
Incautan equipos de emisoras que transmitían programación de las Farc en
Caldas Las emisoras San José, 100.3 FM Estéreo, y Fantasía Tropical, 96.5
FM Estéreo, que transmitían desde el municipio de San José y el
corregimiento de Arauca, en Palestina difundían mensaes de la guerrilla.
A partir de las 6 p.m., estos medios comenzaban a difundir mensajes y
música a favor de las Farc. Esta situación obligó a las autoridades a
incautar los equipos de las radiodifusoras. Dos personas fueron
capturadas.
Las señales de las estaciones de radio, según el comandante de la Policía
de Caldas, coronel Rodolfo Palomino López, se originaban desde viviendas
ubicadas en el casco urbano de las poblaciones mencionadas y cubrían el
occidente del departamento, el municipio de Chinchiná y algunas veredas
de Manizales.
"Desde estas emisoras se difundían mensajes en contra del Gobierno. Desde
hace 15 días las ubicamos con la colaboración de la comunidad", dijo el
coronel Palomino.
En la sede de San José FM Estéreo fueron incautadas una consola
mezcladora de tres canales y dos salidas, una antena con cable y 82
discos compactos piratas.
En la otra emisora fueron incautados una consola mezcladora, también de
tres canales y dos salidas; una grabadora (deck), tres micrófonos, un
estabilizador y 112 discos compactos piratas. Luis Alberto Largo Holguín
y Luis Antonio Valencia Velasco fueron capturados y se investiga si son
guerrilleros u operarios, conocidos en el medio radial como controles.
Manizales
(via R.Stoller-USA in DXLD 2-170)
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Misc - EASTERN EUROPE
ARMOURED CARRIERS NO LONGER GUARDING RADIO FREE EUROPE IN PRAGUE - CZECH
POLICE | Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK
Prague, 9 November: The headquarters of the Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty (RFE/RL) in the centre of Prague are no longer protected by
armoured carriers since last night, Prague police headquarters
spokeswoman Iva Knolova told CTK today. "They were replaced by barriers
of reinforced concrete. The carriers were moved to fulfill other tasks,"
she said.
RFE/RL broadcasts from the former Federal Assembly (former Czechoslovak
parliament) building near Wenceslas Square. After the terrorist attacks
in the USA last September there was a suspicion that the station might
become a terrorist target...
Source: CTK news agency, Prague, in English 1936 gmt 9 Nov 02 (via BBCM
via DXLD 2-176)
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Misc - ETHIOPIA
Radio Fana
I wonder if Radio Fana is considered a clandestine?? [Later :] Radio
Fana statement... that they're not a clandestine...
http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/eng_newspaper/Htm/No310/r310law.htm
(P.Ormandy-NZL Nov 16, 2002 for CRW)
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Misc - IRAN
Radio Payam-e-Doost
I wonder if Radio Payam-e-Doost is considered a clandestine?? They're
apparently not hostile and not proclaiming the overthrow of a government
by any means (including peaceful).
Here's some background :
http://www.bahai-library.org/newspapers/050901-1.html
(P.Ormandy-NZL Nov 16, 2002 for CRW)
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