One of the things that I really like about the AOR AR7030 receiver are the extensive number of options that are available to customize the receiver for a particular type of listening. AOR has added even more options with the release of the “Plus” version of the ‘7030, the FPU7030 microprocessor upgrade and the NB7030 noise blanker and notch filter.
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Hi, and welcome to the October edition of the PIRATE RADIO REPORT! Winter conditions are setting in which means less noise and the sunspots are arising which means this should be the best pirate DX season since 1992. Let’s hope so!
The Halloween holiday has always been an active one for pirates and this year it falls on a Saturday, so expect 6955 kHz to be active throughout the afternoon and evening on October 31st. Will Radio Halloween make it’s annual appearance? We’ll just have to wait and see. Be sure to send in your Halloween logs which will appear in the December PPR.
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| 5915 | ISRAEL | Kol Israel | in AR 1759, mx, ID, tlk, lcl songs, ancmts, QRM splat (Serra ITALY 7/20) |
| 5985 | TANZANIA | R Tanzania | in SH 0310, native mx, excited tlk by YL, //50501 (Clark ONT 7/24) |
| 59933 | MALAWI | MBCC | in lang 0432, native vcl, tlk by OM, heavy adjacent chan QRM (Clark 7/18) |
| 5995 | UZBEKISTAN | Uzbek R | in lang 1840, lcl instrml mx, chants, QRM UK relay (Serra ITALY 7/20) |
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If this month’s column appears to be more eclectic and opinionated than usual, it’s only because it is. All Times are in UTC. All frequencies are in kHz.
More bad news caused again by another horrendous (and, in my view, most intentional) political judgment. By the time you read this, Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) will have implemented a drastic reduction to its broadcast output on a number of levels. After apparently promising stable funding for the next fiscal year, the New Zealand government (putting a new spin on the word “stable”) slashed RNZI‘s budget by 13% on July 13. In the inimitable logic of today’s “neo-liberal” (Orwellian newspeak for “conservative in sheep’s clothing”) governments, the cuts were put in place after three successive government sponsored reviews conducted by independent analysts attested to the cost-effectiveness of RNZI and the trust and reliance that Pacific Island nations and peoples place on the service.
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It was just about two years ago that I saw a press release on the internet from Scott Becker’s “LIGHTWAVE MISSION BROADCASTING” touting their newest radio ship project. I called Scott Becker and he was all excited about this new adventure in offshore radio. The ship would pay promotional visits to various eastern coastal cities. The public would be welcomed on board to share a veggie burger with the crew, etc. Also, various promotional items would be offered for sale, such as T-shirts, key rings, bags, etc. to help raise money.
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by Hans Johnson
You have finally escaped that QRM at home and gone on your DXpedition. The logbook is soon filled with all sorts of new stations, but sadly, it has to come to an end after a few days. How does one get those DXpedition conditions every day? Car DXing is the answer.
Car DXing, also known as a micro-DXpedition, is a single listening session from your car. Most of my listening in the last three years has been while Car DXing, so let me share with you some of what I learned along the way.
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Since its introduction in 1992, the Lowe HF-150 has won kudos for its small size, easy operation and excellent sound. It offers good performance for program listening and reasonable DXing capability. Although it has only two IF bandwidths, the selectable sideband synchronous detector can be quite effective in rejecting interference. When equipped with internal batteries and an accessory whip antenna it is at least transportable, if not the equivalent of a true portable. In the past, it has been fairly priced and offered good value.
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This month’s column amounts to a gimme for this editor. A whole ton of stuff has come in via the Internet addressed to this column. In order to keep things at least slightly timely, I’ll give it to you all in one bunch and pick things up again with traditional reviews in the next issue.
First and somewhat sadly, this comes from a British mailing list from Andy Sennitt:
As many of you know, I resigned as editor of the World Radio TV Handbook at the end of last year. The new editor is David Bobbett, and the contact information is now as follows:
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In Part I of this series (see the March, 1998 Journal), I presented the story of radio broadcasting in the Indian subcontinent up until the time of Indian independence at midnight on August 14, 1947. In this part, I take up the story of radio broaacasting in India following its independence from Great Britain. Then we look at radio broadcasting in Pakistan since independence.
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