Clandestine Radio Watch 132
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CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH
April 24, 2003
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CUBA : Cuban Exile Group Says It Broadcast TV Programming Into the Island
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CUBA : Cuban Exile Group Says It Broadcast TV Programming Into the Island
By Erik Schelzig, Associated Press
April 21, 2003
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030421&Category
=APN&ArtNo=304210859&Ref=AR&cachetime=5
A Cuban exile group is seeking to encourage dissent by beaming
independent television broadcasts onto the island, a move which comes as
the Cuban government and president Fidel Castro conducts a crackdown on
dissidence there.
Brothers to the Rescue founder Jose Basulto announced Monday that his
group made its initial hour-long broadcast using amateur equipment from a
Cessna flying in international airspace 29 miles north of Havana in
February. Another broadcast is planned for May 20, he said.
Basulto said the broadcasts would become increasingly important given the
Cuban government's recent crackdown on dissent, which include the arrest
of several dozen independent journalists, librarians and human rights
activists.
"We're giving a clear message of support for those jailed for seeking a
nonviolent change in the Cuban government," he said.
The broadcasts seek "to open for Cuba a window to the alternatives for a
better life that would become available within the island, should the
dictatorship come to an end," he said.
For more than a decade, Brothers to the Rescue pilots patrolled the
Florida Straits looking for fellow Cubans trying to make the voyage to
Florida in rubber rafts. But in February the group suspended its flights
and urged Cubans to stay home to promote political change from within.
The exile group's first broadcast came on the seventh anniversary of the
shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue airplanes by Cuban jet fighters.
Basulto was the lone survivor.
The U.S. government operates TV Marti, which is broadcast nightly into
the Havana area from the Florida Keys. But those television signals are
mostly jammed by the Cuban government.
"A broadcast-quality signal is delivered over the air every night, but as
soon as it reaches Cuba its jammed," said Joe O'Connell, spokesman for
the International Broadcasting Bureau, the U.S. government agency that
runs TV Marti. "It's easier to jam a TV signal because it has a lower
power output than radio, though the Cubans manage to jam Radio Marti as
well."
The United States is bound by International Communications Union
regulations not to broadcast from airplanes operating in international
airspace, O'Connell said.
"They have ways of going around the jamming, but they won't," Basulto
said. "It's very difficult to jam a signal that is broadcast from a
moving airplane. If it's possible for a small group like us, you can
imagine what a government could do."
The Federal Communications Commission is investigating the broadcasts and
has asked Brothers for the Rescue to explain why they believe their
broadcast was legal.
"I did not make an international transmission," Basulto said, making the
distinction that his broadcast was available in the Florida Keys. "I made
a radio amateur transmission from international airspace. I'm sorry Cuba
didn't like it."
An FCC official declined comment.
(AP Apr 21, 2003 via U.Fleming-USA / N.Grace-USA for CRW)
Brothers to the Rescue says it will broadcast another message of
solidarity to Castro's opponents in Cuba
BY ELAINE DE VALLE
edevalle@herald.com
Brothers to the Rescue will take to the skies again next month -- on the
anniversary of Cuba's independence and President George Bush's promise to
bolster TV Marti -- to broadcast a television signal to Cubans on the
island.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/5682966.htm
(Apr 21, 2003 via J.Dybka-TN-USA for CRW)
Brothers to the Rescue plans anniversary flight
BY ELAINE DE VALLE, edevalle@herald.com
Posted on Fri, Feb. 14, 2003
http://www.hermanos.org/docs/tmh021403.html
[Nick, I found the following Miami Herald article and NBC6 (Miami) from
the Brothers to the Rescue web site that mentions the TV channel. Best,
Armando]
TAKING TO THE AIR: Brothers to the Rescue founder Jose Basulto, left, and
Osvaldo 'Tito' Pla, the organization's ham radio guru, demonstrate how
Cubans can pick up their planned TV signal. JEFFREY BOAN/EL
NUEVO HERALD
Brothers to the Rescue will mark the 1996 shooting down of two of its
planes by Cuban MiGs on Feb. 24 with the prayers, commemorative flight
and other memorial gestures made each year -- and something new: a
televised message to the Cuban people.
The organization will send three planes along the path that three planes
followed Feb. 24, 1996, when only one returned.
They will toss flowers into the sea, say the names of the four volunteers
who died -- Armando Alejandre, Carlos Costa, Mario de la Pena, Pablo
Morales -- and utter a prayer.
Brothers founder Jose Basulto, who piloted the third aircraft on that day
seven years ago, said the organization will try to do something different
on this flight -- transmit a UHF TV signal they hope will be seen on the
island.
"We are going to tell them that we are remembering our brothers who died
that day there. We are going to tell them how dangerous the Florida
Straits are," said Basulto, who announced this month that the group would
no longer respond to calls for service from South Florida relatives of
missing migrants.
"The message isn't finalized. Maybe we'll have something recorded. One
thing we are going to express is the significance Carlos, Armando, Mario
and Pablo have had in the labor of the nonviolent struggle."
The message should be available on Channel 58 of any cable-ready
television, Basulto said Thursday.
Osvaldo "Tito" Pla, the organization's ham radio guru, said he has sent
TV transmissions before.
"We already contacted a radio aficionado, and he is making antennas," Pla
said.
The TV campaign is called Operation Leonardo Bruzon Avila, named for a
Cuban dissident imprisoned since Feb. 23 for planning commemorative
activities on the island.
The State Department and Amnesty International, which said in its last
report that 'dissidents' efforts to commemorate the anniversary are often
repressed by security forces," are concerned about Bruzon's health
because of considerable weight he lost in a hunger strike and repeated
denial of independent medical care.
"We are indebted to him. He is one of the few who took it upon himself to
demonstrate openly in memory of our fallen pilots," Basulto said.
(via A.Mastrapa-USA Apr 22, 2002 for CRW)
NBC6.net Web Exclusive: Basulto TV
Video Contains Taped Message To Dissidents
NBC 6 Reporter Hank Tester
http://www.nbc6.net/hanktester/2024622/detail.html
POSTED: 6:37 p.m. EST March 6, 2003
UPDATED: 7:21 p.m. EST March 6, 2003
MIAMI -- On Feb. 24, 2003, Jose Basulto and amateur radio operator
Oswaldo Pla transmitted a television signal toward Cuba. They did this as
they flew a flight in remembrance of four Brothers to the Rescue members
who were shot out of the sky by a Cuban Mig 29 seven years ago.
Basulto is not sure anyone in Cuba saw the signal broadcast on UHF
channel 58. What he does know is the technology works. He has video proof
of reception in Marathon while his aircraft was well into the Florida
Straits. A news crew from Miami's Channel 41 documented the transmission
of the taped message to Cuban dissidents and included a memorial to the
fallen Brothers to the Rescue aviators.
Why would Brothers to the Rescue get into the somewhat risky business of
broadcasting into Cuba? The answer is Basulto and a growing number of
Cuban exiles are not sure the U.S. government, which operates TV Marti,
is doing all it can to blow through the jamming signals the Castro
government uses to keep TV Marti out of sight in Cuba.
"We are questioning today the resolve to act. They (the U.S.government)
have not acted in the past and the fact that TV Marti has not entered
Cuba is not because of a lack of technical ability but because of lack of
will," is how Basulto explains why he launched the transmission.
On the surface this would put Basulto and a growing number of exiles in
the corner of the longtime critics of TV Marti. Over the years, more than
a few U.S. representatives and senators have claimed TV Marti was nothing
more than a white elephant created to pacify Miami's politically potent
exiles. Only hardball moves by powerful South Florida exiles and
lawmakers has saved TV Marti from having the financial plug pulled on the
station's $10 million a year operating budget.
Persistent reports from the island indicate that especially in Central
Havana the TV Marti signal is jammed. No one seems to have a true handle
on how many Cubans ever see the anti-Castro programming that is beamed
toward the island from a balloon anchored south of Marathon, Fla.
But critics say if the U.S. government really wanted to "juice up" TV
Marti it could be done.
Basulto says he is not aligned with those who want to kill off TV Marti,
he just wants it to fulfill the station charter to broadcast into Cuba.
Basulto says it is critical that a TV signal get into Cuba now that there
is a legitimate dissident movement budding on the island. He is well
aware of the power of television images. He knows what those pictures
might mean to a Cuban audience, which is restricted to viewing the
nation's government-run and programmed TV stations.
"We know it is easy to send TV signals into Cuba and that is what we
intend to do ... to prove it can be done. If a few radio amateurs can do
it the government of the United States with all its resources should have
done it along time ago," is how Basulto puts it.
TV Marti has been broadcasting for 13 years. It has always had critics
but never has there been much criticism from the exile community till
now. It has been a sacred cow of sorts but questions are being asked,
especially now that more exile groups are shifting focus to concentrate
on encouraging dissidents on the island.
They want TV Marti to work. They want pictures and words to shore up the
dissident's activities.
TV Marti and Basulto's attempt to broadcast into Cuba is getting notice
on Miami Spanish language radio and TV.
Maybe Basulto's TV signal found an audience and that audience might be on
this side of the Straits of Florida where it could make difference.
Hank Tester often reports on the exile community. Copyright 2003 by
NBC6.net.
(via A.Mastrapa-USA Apr 22, 2002 for CRW)
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Schedules - ASIA
Radio Free Asia
RFA schedule in A-03, valid til Oct 26th, 2003. RFA currently bcs from
1100-0700; there are no txions between 0700 and 1100. Daily programming
incl Mandarin for 12 hrs, Cantonese for two hrs, Uighur for two hrs, and
Tibetan for eight hrs.
J03=til Sept 6. S03=from Sept 7th, 2003.
RFA uses IBB txs in HOL/H=Holzkirchen Germany, IRA/I=Iranawila Sri Lanka,
SAI/S=Saipan & TIN/T=Tinian NoMariana Isls.
And Merlin relays TWN/N=Taiwan and UAE=Al Dhabayya-UAE,
as well as irk=Irkutsk-RUS and uss=Ussuriysk-RUS relays.
Addit tx sites have been researched but deleted from this list upon
request of RFA to suppress this info, to avoid pressure from China upon
the host countries. Are we to assume that China has no way to find out
this sensitive info except through DX publications? [gh]
RFA A-03 updated schedule of April 10th, 2003.
0000-0100 LAO 12015I 13830 15545T
0030-0130 BURMESE 11540-S03 13680T 13820I 15660 17525-J03 17835S
0100-0200 UIGHUR 9350 11520 11895UAE 11945UAE 15405T
0100-0300 TIBETAN 9365 11695UAE 11975H 15225T 15695 17730
0300-0600 MANDARIN 13670T 13760T 15150T 15665T
17495 17525 17615S 17880S
21690T
0600-0700 MANDARIN 13670T 13760T 15150T 15665T
17495 17525 17615S 17880S
0600-0700 TIBETAN 17485 17510 17720 21500T 21690UAE
break
1100-1200 LAO 9355S 9545T 15560I 15635
1100-1400 TIBETAN 7470 11590 13570 13625T 13830-S03 15510UAE
15695-J03 17855H-(from 1200)
1230-1330 CAMBODIAN 13645T 15525I 15625
1300-1400 BURMESE 11540-S03 11765T 13745T 15680-J03
1400-1500 CANTONESE 9775T 11715S 13790T
1400-1500 VIETNAMESE 9455S 9635T 9930W 11510 11520 11535-S03
11605N 11765T 13775P 15705-J03
1400-1500 KOREAN 7380 11790T 13625T 15625
1500-1600 TIBETAN 7470 11510 11590 11705T 11780UAE 13835
1500-1600 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9905P 11765T 11945T 12025S 13690T
15510T 15680-J03
1500-1600 KOREAN 648uss 9385S 13625T
1600-1700 KOREAN 7210irk 9385S 13625T
1600-1700 UIGHUR 7465 9350I 9370 9555UAE 11780T 13715I
1600-1700 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9455S 9905P 11750T 11795T 11945T
12025S 13690T 15510T 15680-J03
1700-1800 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9540T 9905P 11750T
11795T 11945T 11995S 13690T 15510T 15680-J03
1800-1900 MANDARIN 7530-S03 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9540T
11520-J03 11740T 11945T 11955T 11995S 13680T
15510T 15680-J03
1900-2000 MANDARIN 7530-S03 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9905P
11520-J03 11740T 11785T 11945T 11955T 11995S
13625T 13680T 15510T 15680-J03
2000-2100 MANDARIN 7530-S03 7540-S03 9355S 9455S 9850T
9905P 11520-J03 11700T 11740T 11785T 11935T
11995S 13625T 15515T 15680-J03
2100-2200 MANDARIN 7540-S03 9455S 9850T 9910P 11700T 11740T
11935T 11995S 13625T 15515T 15680-J03
2200-2300 CANTONESE 9355S 9955P 11785T 13675T
2200-2300 KOREAN 7460 9455S 9850T 11670S 12080T
2230-2330 CAMBODIAN 7455-S03 9490I 9930P 11570-J03 13735T
2300-2359 MANDARIN 7315N 7540-S03 9910P 11785T 11935N 11995N
13640T 13800S 15430T 15550T 15680-J03
2300-2359 TIBETAN 7470 7550-S03 9365-J03 9395-S03
9805UAE 9875H 15695-J03
2330-0029 VIETNAMESE 9975-S03 11540-J03 11560 11580 11605N
11670T 12010I 13735S 15560P
(various sources, updated on April 10th, 2003 by W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Schedules - IRAQ / KURDISTAN
diverse
VoIranian Communist Party and VoRevolution now 1 hour earlier 1630-1730,
1430-1530, 0230-0330, 0430-0530 on 3880, 4380. VoKomala 1 hour earlier
0200-0330, 1600-1730 on 3930, 4615. Increased broadcasting times for:
VoPeople of Iraq 1725-1950 on 3900, 5892; VoIraqi Toilers pres 1330- 1800
on 4245. Only VoMojahed and VoIranian Kurdistan and RKurdistan left the
air. (Mar 30)
(R.Pankov-BUL Apr 3, 2003 in BC-DX 620)
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Logs - AFGHANISTAN
Hit Shortwave
4050 Hit Shortwave Apr 14 *1451-1501 35433 English, 1451 s/on and ID.
1453 ID. Pops music.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 14, 2003 in JAP 260)
Radio Afganistan (Kabul)
18940 R.Afganistan Apr 13 1540-1555 35322 Dari??, Talk and music. ID at
1550.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 13, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - ANGOLA
Radio Ecclesia
R.Ecclesia via Meyerton, 1920-1930 21 Apr, PT programme, mainly
discussions, good signal but would expect better with the distance of
about 25 km.
(V.Korinek-AFS Apr 21, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - ASIA
Radio Free Asia
11515 RFA? 1346 with exotic disco type rhythmic songs. talks by man and
woman in Bamar. S6, 33333 Also //15680 same level
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 5, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - ERITREA
Voice of Democratic Eritrea
15670, Voice of Democratic Eritrea, tuned in mid-prgm at 1725 Apr 7,
found AR talking, then HoA vocal mx, ID 1730, more mx and talk. Strong
signal, but almost wiped out by QRM from 1758 and not sure if they went
off at 1800 or not.
(J.Berg-MA-USa Apr 7, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
5925, Voice of Democratic Eritrea, via ?, 1410-1500*, Sa Apr 12, Tigrinya
talk about Eritrea, Horn of Africa music, 1433 ID in Arabic: ”Itha'at
Sawt Eritrea al-Demokratya”, talk; transmitter hum. 45434
(A.Petersen-DNK Apr 12, 2003 for CRW)
Voice of Eritrean People
9990, Voice of Eritrean People, via Kvitsoy, Norway *1730-1758* (ex
1630-1700), Sun Mar 30 and Apr 06, Tigrinya.
(A.Petersen-DNK DSWCI DX Window Apr 10, 2003 via DXLD 3-062)
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Logs - ETHIOPIA
Dejen Radio
12120 Dejen R. Apr 12 *1702-1715 45433 Tigrigna, 1702 s/on with opening
music. ID. Talk. ID at 1707 and 1708. Local music.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 12, 2003 in JAP 260)
Radio Xoriyo (Radio Freedom)
15670 R.Freedom via DTK Apr 15 *1630-1638 35322 Somali, 1630 s/on with
opening music. ID. Koran. ID. Talk by woman.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 15, 2003 in JAP 260)
Voice of Ethiopia
7520 V.O.Ethiopia Apr 13 *2000-2020 33443-34443 English, 2000 s/on with
IS. ID. ID as "Voice of Ethiopia". Talk and Ethiopian pops.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 13, 2003 in JAP 260)
VOICE OF ETHIOPIA (relay via???) with strong but hypermodulated signal on
7520 kHz at 2055-2100* in English about Mussolini, Iraqi dictator,
Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ended and then switched off on half-word. SINPO
55444
(A.Prokhorov-RUS Apr 14, 2003 in CDX-ML)
Voice of Oromiyaa
12120 V.O.Oromiyaa Apr 14 *1730-1743 45444 Oromo, 1730 s/on with opening
music and ID. Opening announce. Song. Talk by man.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 14, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - INDIA
Radio Sedaye Kashmir
6100 R Sedaye Kashmir 1453 woman, talks in Urdu, 1454 exotic song the
Pakistani way. After song, OM with talks abt Pakistan, Punjabis. 1508 wit
a traditional song play. Signal: A t 1450 song was inaudible though S5 on
AM mode ( in SSB was OK ) with co-QRM with something that seemed
RTMalaysia (?). Signal after 1500 became better to S7-9 max
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 11, 2003 in JAP 260)
6100, R Voice of Kashmir (t), 1435-1530*, Apr 12, Urdu talk,
Subcontinental music, 1512 conversation between man and woman in Dogri
(?), 33333, splashes from U.S. religious on 6110.QRM R Yugoslavia *1528.
(A.Petersen-DNK Apr 12, 2003 for CRW)
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Logs - IRAN
Radio International
13800, R. International, definitely this one (not R. Yaran, see RDXP WE
Apr 6), opening 1630 Apr 7 with ID by man and woman, into what appeared
to be news by man, remainder of the prgm direct offsite reporting by a
man, occasional questions by studio ancr. Upbeat Iranian vocal mx at
1645, then back to interview. Prgm closed at 1700 after what sounded like
contact info, then played xmtr "tuning melody"
until switched off at 1716.
(J.Berg-MA-USA Apr 7, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
13800 R.International Apr 11 *1629-1636 35322 Farsi, 1629 s/on with
music. ID. Talk.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 11, 2003 in JAP 260)
13800, Radio International, 1650-1715* Apr 19, man with long talk in
Farsi followed by brief instrumental music at 1658 and a woman with ID
and announcements. The woman then talked to a man by phone. Instrumental
music selection followed by talk, ID and address until short piece of a
male rap vocal at 1714:45 before carrier cut at 1715. Fair.
(R.D'Angelo-PA-USA Apr 19, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
Radio Payem-e Doost
7460, Radio Payam-e-Doost, *0225-0251 April 11, open carrier with Russian
tones noted. At 0229 opened with instrumental music followed by a woman
announcer with "Payam-e-Doost" ID and Farsi language talks. Fair with
intermittent RTTY and ARO QRM.
(R.D'Angelo-PA-USA Apr 11, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
7480 R.Payem-e Doost Apr 12 *1800-1810 35333 Farsi, 1800 s/on with
opening music. ID. Talk by woman and music.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 12, 2003 in JAP 260)
7460, R. Payam-e-Doost, opening 0229 Apr 15 with startup mx, then trumpet
fanfare, clear ID by woman, prgmng mostly talk by a man, some by a woman,
and a couple of vocals. Good signal at start, but deteriorated over time.
Prgm stopped and stn went off at 0315. This is a Baha'i prgm
http://www.bahairadio.org/index.html What xmtr? HFCC shows Merlin via
Kishinev here at this hour.
(J.Berg-MA-USA Apr 15, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
Voice of Southern Ayerbaijan
Voice of Southern Ayerbaijan Not heard anymore since late March, however
homepage still lists 9375 and same timings as before and updates
audiofiles throughout the week. Any idea or news on this one?
(W.von Pöllnitz-POL Apr 13, 2003 for CRW)
AFN FN
11575 Possibly AFN FN Called As R Jumhuriya Islam In Farsi till 1607 New
tune in 1622 with a commentary by man. However is parallel to KRSI (Radio
Sedaye Iran) satellite program on Telstar 15W Abt 13800 it was not
paralel to 11575 but using same ID R Jumhuria Islami at 1639 11575 is
Lightly jammed as 43443 S9+20, but 13800 is clear S9+30, 44444
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 7, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - KOREA (SOUTH)
Voice of National Salvation
4450 V of Natl Salvation 2000 news by man and woman in korean. After 2012
with songs. At 2015 with ID? Then martial music play with woman talking
over S6, 32332 with CW 60HZ below carrier
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 4, 2003 in JAP 260)
4120.46 V. of National Salvation (p) 1300-1311 Apr 18. M&W talks in KR;
noted later (1325) with music and more talks. Generally poor and fading.
// 4450 (fair) and possibly 4557, which had a carrier but sub-threshold
audio.
(J.Wilkins-CO-USA Apr 18, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - KURDISTAN
RTV Mesopotamia
7560 RTV.Mesopotamia Apr 11 *1700-1710 45444 Kurdish, 1700 s/on with
opening music and ID. Local music.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 11, 2003 in JAP 260)
Voice of Democratic Party of Kurdistan
4135 V of Dem Party Kurdistan, ID at 1954 following with
patriotic/martial songs. S off 1955. S3 with strong QRM from ops in USB
and carriers onLSB
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 4, 2003 in JAP 260)
Voice of Independence
Voice of Independence 4158.1 var 4157,81 kHz until 1655 or 1700, observed
many afternoons but now finally with ID "Sawt al Esteqlal" so now 100%,
heard 1/4 2/4 and last on 7/4, SINPO 23332 or slightly better. Frequency
is varying during transmission, some UTE QRM usually.
(W.von Pöllnitz-POL Apr 7, 2003 for CRW)
Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan
4085 V of Iraqi Kurdistan 1940 with Kurdish martial music and man with ID
in AR. Talks abt Sadan Bagdad Jordan etc. S9, 34443
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 4, 2003 in JAP 260)
Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan 4085 daily until 2030 UTC, SINPO 44444 on 8/4 at
sign off
(W.von Pöllnitz-POL Apr 8, 2003 for CRW)
4085, Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan, Salah al-Din near Mosul, Iraq. While the
Kurdistan Democratic Front is approaching Mosul supported by U.S.Special
Forces, I heard for the first time a message in English via this
clandestine. On Apr 05 at 2000-2022 there was as usual a long
proclamation against Saddam Hussein in Arabic. This was followed
bymilitary band music and an eight minutes long, but badly modulated
message in U.S. English about the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction,
instructions to Iraqis on how to safeguard themselves and not provoke
fatal incidents at Coalition checkpoints, and requirement that prisoners
of war should be treated according to the Geneva Conventions. After
Kurdish music the station signed off 2033*. 44443. On Apr 06, the station
closed down after a Arabic proclamation at
2016*. 45444
(A.Petersen-DNK DSWCI DX Window Apr 10, 2003 via DXLD 3-062)
4085 V.O.Irapi Kurdistan (P) Apr 15 1639-1707 34333 Kurdish, Kurdish
music and talk.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 15, 2003 in JAP 260)
4085, Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan, Salah al-Din, 1905-1931*, Apr 12 and 18,
Kurdish talks about Iraq and Kurdistan, Kurdish folkmusic. The succeeding
programme in Arabic was dropped. 44444
(A.Petersen-DNK Apr 18, 2003 for CRW)
Voice of Komala (?)
4245.4 Komala? 1619 with martial songs, referring to Komala (possibly ID)
then with news? Till 1625 News in Baghdad after 1631
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 6, 2003 in JAP 260)
Voice of Komala
Voice of Komala 9/4 -1730 (s/off) on 3928,05 // 4615 (jammed), ID as
"Radio Payam, Seday-e Komaleh"
(? Apr 9, 2003 in ?)
3928.4, Voice of Komala, 1715-1730*, Apr 09, Kurdish talk about the
conquests of Arbil and Baghdad the same day by the Coalition Forces 23222
// 4615 (jammed from *1723)
(A.Petersen-DNK Apr 9, 2003 for CRW)
Voice of Kurdistan Toilers
Voice of Kurdistan Toilers 11/4 +1735-1803 (s/off) on 4245,37 SINPO 34433
(W.von Pöllnitz-POL Apr 11, 2003 for CRW)
Voice of Mesopatamia
11530, Voice of Mesopotamia, via Maiac, Moldova, *0759-1558*, Apr 11 and
12, Kurdish dialects, ID, phone-in programme with excited people from the
areas of Kurdistan which have been ”liberated” the past few days. All
talked about Kurdistan and Iraq was rarely mentioned. Traditional Kurdish
music and joyful songs. This transmitter began broadcasting while 15675
was still on the air with the same programme at 0759. Signed off with the
national hymn of Kurdistan. 35444
(A.Petersen-DNK Apr 12, 2003 for CRW)
Radio Mesopotamia. For the first time, I could in 13/04/2003 @ 0305 UTC,
listen to Radio Mesopotamia. Reception was on 1566 kHz, with a very poor
signal. I listened to many psyop messages; one of it is targeted to
soldiers: 'Keep a distance of 1 Km between you and your unit, make a
white flag on your vehicules, make your unit in a 'moving' position,
verify that there is no anti-craft units, RBG or Hawn canons that can be
shown, make your arms in your vehicules...' I used the built-in ferrite
antenna of my DX-375.
(A.Chaabane-TUN Apr 13, 2003 for CRW)
11530 V.O.Mesopotamia Apr 15 1530-1540 35433 Kurdish, Music. ID at 1531
and 1532. Talk.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 15, 2003 in JAP 260)
Radio Freedom (Radio Azadi), Voice of the Communist Party of Iraqi
Kurdistan
Radio Station Freedom / Voice of the Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan
3900 / 3899,94 kHz until 1658, first heard on 27/3 but not identified,
observed again on 9/4 with clear ID, SINPO 24332, clear ID at 1655 before
signing off with Kurdish anthem. On exactly the same frequency Vo Iraqi
People is signing on daily at 1725 UTC.
(W.von Pöllnitz-POL Apr 9, 2003 for CRW)
Voice of the People of Kurdistan
Sounds like the V O people of Kurdistan is having an extended schedule..
around 19.30 UTC I heard V O Liberation of Iraq signing off... now 21.00
UTC and they are on with Kurdish section. 4085 kHz V O Iraqi Kurdistan is
not on. 3900 a carrier but nothing there.
(T.Zeidan-EGY Apr 10, 2003 for CRW)
Vo the People of Kurdistan 4025 varying recently up to 4026.x signing off
at 1658 / 1700 for example logged on 5/4 with SINPO 34433 at sign/off,
from 1730 - 1930 Vo Iraqi Liberation on same frequency and again from
2000 til 2130 / 2140 Voice of the People of Kurdistan, heard on 11/4 til
2127 and 13/4 til 2140
(W.von Pöllnitz-POL Apr 13, 2003 for CRW)
4025.34 V.O.People of Kurdistan Apr 15 1614-1624 33333 Arabic, News. ID
at 1618. Talk.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 15, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - LEBANON
Voice of Freedom / Voice of Free Lebanon
11520 V.O.Liberty Apr 11 1610-1625 35333 Arabic, Talk and arabic music.
ID at 1620.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 11, 2003 in JAP 260)
11520 V.O.Liberty Apr 12 1608-1618 34433 Arabic, Talk. ID at 1613 and
1617.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 12, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - MIDDLE EAST
Radio Sawa
11840 R.Sawa Apr 15 1603-1613 33433 Arabic, Pops and arabic music. ID at
1603 and 1607 and 1612.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 15, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - SYRIA
The Arabic Radio
12120 Arab R. Apr 13 1527-1530* 45333 Arabic, Talk. ID at 1528. Music.
1530 s/off. //12085 kHz.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 13, 2003 in JAP 260)
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Logs - VIETNAM
Chan Troi Moi
15775 Chan Troi Moi 1410 px 1330 in Viet, woman with talks mention in
Hanoi and background music. Hindic lang at 1430. S9, 4444. ON 7-4 with
signal 8-9 but on 15 and then with a catholic program in a hindi like
viet language. Gave adress in N Delhi Adan ki Andra POB 4568
(Z.Liangas-GRC Apr 3, 2003 in JAP 260)
15775 Chan Troi Moi Apr 4 *1330-1340 45433 Viietnamese, 1330 with opening
music. ID. Music. Opening announce. Talk.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 4, 2003 in JAP 259)
15775 Chan Troi Moi Apr 11 *1330-1341 35333 Vietnamese, 1330 s/on with
opening music. ID. Music. Opening announce. News.
(K.Hashimoto-J Apr 11, 2003 in JAP 260)
15775, Chan Troi Moi, ex-15715, excellent at 1328* Apr 12, opening with
anthem-like mx, ID by lady, into prgm of all talk, occasional mx bridges,
many ments. of Sadaam Hussein and Iraq, all VT. Anthem-like mx again at
1428, and closed prgm at 1430 with ID by woman in EG, "The Vietnamese
broadcast of New Horizon signing off." Very brief pause, and then a prgm
from another b/cer began. Via DTK? I was lstng in LSB. At 1400 I thought
a prgm segment began with the CTM ancrs talking over low background mx,
but it turned out that at least from that hour the mx was from another,
even more powerful stn co-channel, the latter on USB only, so when I was
in LSB I was just getting the spillover. Not sure what the stn was, but
it was very strong.
(J.Berg-MA-USA Apr 12, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
Voice of Khmer Krom
15660 kHz Voice of Khmer Kampuchea Krom. 1400(S/on)-1420. SINPO 35443.
Started with music and ID in Cambodian. Songs and talk followed.
(I.Nagatani-J Apr ?, 2003 in JAP 259)
------------xxxxxxxxxx QSL Verifications xxxxxxxxxx------------
Qsl's - AFGHANISTAN
Information Radio
Information Radio 8700 kHz verified with an undet. card in 18 months. 1
US-$ for RP. QTH: Pennsylvania Air National Guard Headquarters, 193rd
Special Operations Wing (ANG), 81 Constellation Court, Middletown, PA
17057-5086, USA.
(P.Robic-AUT Apr 9, 2003 for CRW/QIP)
The card can be seen in the CRW Clandestine Radio QSL gallery.
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Qsl's - IRAN
Radio Farda
Hier ist der Text, den ich als Antwort (nach zwei Tagen) auf eine email
an die Station erhalten habe. Etwas enttäuscht bin ich schon, aber das
Wörtchen "yet" stimmt mich zuversichtlich. Sie haben "noch" keine
QSL-Karten. Könnte sich also noch ändern. Frequenz war 13,680 MHz, weiss
jemand das QTH? "Thank you for your email to Radio Farda. We are happy to
have you as a listener. We do not have QSL cards yet, so please accept
this email as a confirmation of your reception report below. Your friends
at Radio Farda"
(J.Leyder-LUX Apr 13, 2003 in A-DX-ML)
(GERMANY) 9515, R.Farda via Biblis, full data e-mail verie in 5 hours.
13680, R.Farda via Lampertheim, full data e-mail verie in 12 days.
(V.Korinek-AFS Apr 22, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
(MOROCCO) 17675, R.Farda relay, full data e-mail verie in 10 hours.
(THAILAND) 9785, R.Farda via Udor Thani, full data e-mail verie in 7
days.
(V.Korinek-AFS Apr 22, 2003 in DXplorer-ML)
------------xxxxxxxxxx Miscellaneous xxxxxxxxxx----------------
Misc - AFGHANISTAN
Radio Free Afghanistan launches new web site
Radio Free Afghanistan, launched in January 2002 and part of the US
government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has launched a web
site carrying news, features and live and archived audio content.
The site can be accessed at http://www.azadiradio.org .
The English page was launched on 16 April. Content in Pashto and Dari
will be added the following week.
Source: BBC Monitoring research 17 Apr 03 (BBCM Apr 17, 2003)
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Misc - CUBA
RADIO MARTÍ FAILS TO BROADCAST LIVE COVERAGE OF THE FALL OF CENTRAL
BAGHDAD
Radio Martí Observer, Thursday, 10 April 2003
http://www.cubapolidata.com/rmo/
(Radio Martí Observer) — While every major domestic and international
news organization around the world broadcast the fall of central Baghdad
to US forces early Wednesday morning and of the symbolic imagery of
Saddam Hussein's statue being toppled and torn down in al-Fardus square
by liberated Iraqis assisted by US Marines (a symbolic liberation of
Iraq) at 10:48 am EST/6:48 pm Baghdad time, Radio Martí — according to
sources — was broadcasting its daily comedy program with Salvador Blanco
and Martha Jorge instead of interrupting programming to relate a report
to the Cuban populace, whom have endured their own hardship with Fidel
Castro's reign, live coverage of jubilant Iraqis celebrating their
liberation from Saddam Hussein's tyranny. It wasn't until the noon news
broadcast, nearly an hour later, that there was mention of this historic
event.
(Radio Martí Observer Apr 10, 2003 for CRW)
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Misc - INDIA
Radio Sadayee Kashmir
The broadcasts under the slogan "Radio Sadayee (sa-DAR-yee) Kashmir" are
thought to emanate from a transmitter at one of the Delhi locations. The
frequencies in use are 6100 & 9890 kHz
(A.M.Peterson-USA AWR Wavescan Apr 20, 2003 via DXLD 3-067)
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Misc - KOREA (NORTH)
Imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning under fire
http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2003/200304/news04/21.htm#4
[I suppose they mean R Free Asia -A.Niederdeppe-D]
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- The imperialists are resorting to
ideological and cultural poisoning, the craftiest method of aggression,
while perpetrating open military intervention, says Rodong Sinmun today
in a signed article. It goes on:
The imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning is a crafty and
vicious method of aggression, interference and domination without
gunfire.
They are disseminating bourgeois ideology and culture among other things
among other countries through movies, radio and TV broadcasting and
computer network.
The United States is operating broadcasting stations in its mainland and
different parts of the world. "Voice of Free Asia" has a main role to
play in its propaganda.
The aim of "Voice of Free Asia" is to benumb people's independent
consciousness and revolutionary spirit and create an illusion about the
United States in a bid to overthrow the social systems established in
other countries.
The imperialists are also keen on the ideological and cultural poisoning
through bourgeois publications, economic "cooperation", visits, religions
and others.
These are meant to serve their sinister purpose of "globalization".
They are massively infiltrating reactionary ideology and culture into
other countries, calculating that they can easily achieve by means of
culture what they cannot do with nuclear weapons, etc. counting much on
the "globalization" of culture.
A struggle against the ideological and cultural poisoning is a struggle
to preserve independent consciousness of a nation and accelerate the
building of a new society and an important part of the anti-imperialist
struggle in the present times.
It is possible to firmly defend independence and sovereignty and
successfully carry out the revolution and construction only when
imperialists' military aggression and their ideological and cultural
poisoning are frustrated.
(KCNA Apr 20, 2003 via A.Niederdeppe-D for CRW)
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Misc - VIETNAM
Content of Chan Troi Moi
[The following was written by a native Vietname who listened to a tape of
a recent Chan Troi Moi broadcast.]
Ich habe bisher die Sendung nicht empfangen können, aber im Raum Mannheim
hat ein Freund die Sendung vor kurzem empfangen können (wann, das war,
weiss ich leider nicht mehr, müsste aber innerhalb von 1-2 Wochen her
sein.) Ich konnte mir einen Teil der Sendung hören. Inhalt war unter
anderem die aktuelle Situation zur Religionsfreiheit in Vietnam und
betraf die Vereinigte Buddhistischen Kirche Vietnams, die z.Zt.
unterdrückt wird... Da die Informationen der Sendung aktuell zu den News
der Nachrichtenagenturen sind, die man so lesen kann, gehe ich davon aus,
dass dies schon recht nahe an dem, was du mir als Information zugeschickt
hast.
(Apr 23, 2003 via M.Schöch-D for CRW)
Que Huong Radio
In January, state-controlled media reported that the three siblings -
Nguyen Vu Viet, 28, his brother Nguyen Truc Cuong, 36, and sister Nguyen
Thi Hoa, 44 - had been charged with spying for and providing
anti-government information to a U.S.-based religious group and radio
program.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/i/1104/4-11-2003/20030411050001_22.htm
l
Both the Committee for Religious Freedom in Viet Nam and Radio Que Huong
are regarded as "reactionary organizations" by the Vietnamese government.
Neither organization is armed or calls for the overthrow of the
Vietnamese state. Being seen to have contact with such organizations has
in this case been regarded by the authorities - as shown on the charge
sheet - as tantamount to spying. Both organizations are critical of
current Vietnamese government policies, the Committee for Religious
Freedoms commenting on religious issues and Radio Que Huong, in addition
to programs for the Vietnamese community in the USA also broadcasting to
Viet Nam using short wave, trying to "promote freedom and human
rights...in Vietnam"(2).
http://www.web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa410042003
(Apr 11, 2003 via J.Dybka-TN-USA for CRW)
------------xxxxxxxxxx Sources xxxxxxxxxx----------------------
Thanks to the following contributors : Andreas Niederdeppe, Anker
Petersen, Armando Mastrapa, Jill Dybka, Tarek Zeidan, Wolfgang von Pöllnitz
Source Abbreviations:
A-DX : A-DX-mailing list-Austria
BBCM : BBC Monitoring-UK
BCDX : Broadcast DX-Germany
CDX : Cumbre DX-USA
ConDig : Conexion Digital-Argentina
CRW : Clandestine Radio Watch-Germany
DXLD : DX Listening Digest-USA
DXW : DX Window-Denmark
HCDX : Hard-Core-DX-mailing list-USA
JAP : Japan Premium-Japan
OBS : Observer-Bulgaria
PDX : Play DX-Italy
QIP : QSL Information Pages-Germany
TDP : Transmitter Documentation Project
BBCM items are Copyright BBCM 2003.
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