World of Radio episode 1315

WORLD OF RADIO 1315 (6-070 to 6-076), May 17, 2006 *Summer time in Central America enhances DX possibilities *Bonaire station being renovated with new transmitters *Bonaire relays tiny, obscure Surinam FM station in wake of floods, Radio Boskopoe *Mixing products and harmonics from Colombia, Gabon *HCJB airs final English program from Ecuador *DX catches from Peru and Brasil *Bolivians on 49 metres enjoy windows of DX opportunity *LRA, Radio Nacional, Argentina, 870, back up to full power of 100 kW after decades at 20 *BBC Radio 4 comedy series, Down the Line, fake phone-in, fools some listeners *Does RVi, Belgium, let English news capsules go on SW, M-F at 0656 and 1756 on 13685 via St. Petersburg and Moscow? *R. Prague offers 70th anniversary tour of studios and transmitters, June 22; register by May 31 with marie.pittnerova @ rozhlas.cz *R. Slovakia International guaranteed to last until June *R. Budapest faces uncertainty about its future, with austerity coming *US closed Kavala and Rhodes relay stations in Greece on May 11; V. of Greece missed chance to take them over *Turkey mixes up English and Turkish frequencies *V. of Africa, Libya via France, English at 14-16 UT on 17850 and new 17725 *Radio France International audio carried on jammer against Libyan clandestine V. of Hope, confirming evidence that France is in league with Qaddafi *Mali has English news magazine, Saturdays at 1910 on 5995 and reactivated 4835-variable *VOA Zimbabwe service changes transmitter sites during sesquihour broadcast on same frequencies *Kenya active on 4915, closing around 1916 before Ghana *Sudan Radio Service testing new frequencies at 03-06 *Israel`s new frequencies for English at 0330 *AIR Chennai shifts to 7270 to avoid Singapore on 7275 which shifted from 7170 *Bangladesh Betar tested 4750, then 4880, but latter collides with Lucknow, India *Another Hmong clandestine for Laos follows Hmong Lao Radio, UT Wed & Fri at 0200-0230 on 15260 via Taiwan: Moj Them, also HQ in Hminnesota *North Korea finally starts jamming Shiokaze service about kidnapping Japanese *Voice of Reborn, new clandestine to China, has website with mp3, http://www.vocr.org *RRI Manokwari, Indonesia reactivated on 3987; and Wamena back on 4869.9, far too close to Sorong on 4870.9 *R. Vanuatu heard on 3945v and 7260, but hours irregular *New Zealand frequently revises its schedule; see http://www.rnzi.com for latest; still nothing definite about DRM, but irregular tests replace analog *KOA, Denver, lowpower relay on 25950, heard in Paraguay when solar flux was 93 *New on WBCQ, Shortwave Overnights, Free Speech Rock & Roll, with TimTron, call-ins without restriction, Sundays 05-08 UT on 7415 *Euro-pirate Laser Hot Hits, may be heard after 0500 on 7414.88 other nights when WBCQ closes *VOA has a new studio tour in Washington; info and reservations at http://www.VOATour.com *Summer supplement to World Radio TV Handbook, free pdf download at http://www.wrth.com