Additional Freqs for BBC WS

In order to avoid noise jamming BBC added some frequencies for their World Service broadcast to South Asia in English :
0000-0100 hrs 7320 kHz via Dhabayya
0100-0200 hrs 9500 kHz via Tashkent
1500-1600 hrs 9735 kHz via Tashkent
1600-1700 hrs 9910 kHz via Tashkent

A13-VOA changes

Effective 20th April VOA Bengali is using 11790 kHz from Thailand relay instead of Philippines relay to imrpove reception in the target areas.

Also there are many changes for the English service which is included in the STATION pages  under VOA Washington.

VOA Election Special on 07 Nov

VOA is adding special broadcast in English and Bengali to cover the US Elections on 7th November ONLY.

BENGALI :

0300-0330 15435(P)  17780kHz(P)

ENGLISH :
0100-0200   9435(T) 11705(T) 15155(P)

0200-0300  11705(T) 13810(P) 15155(P) 15230(P) 15255(T) 15590(P) 17525(S) 17615(P)

0300-0400  13810(K) 15155(P) 15230(P) 15255(T) 15590(P) 17525(P) 17615(T)

0400-0500  13570(P) 13810(K) 15155(P) 15230(P) 15255(T) 15590(P)
15405(P) 15640(S) 17525(P)  17615(T)

0500-0600  13570(P) 13810(K) 15155(P) 15230(P) 15255(T) 15590(P)
15405(P) 15640(S) 17525(P)  17615(T)

Relay : K-Kuwait, P-Philippines, S-Sri Lanka, T-Thailand

VOA changes in B12

Effective 4th November VOA English is now on 15155 kHz(Philippines)  replacing 15185 kHz at 0030-0100 English Lessons, 0100-0200 English main programs.

B12-Vatican Radio

The new schedule for Vatican Radio to South Asia effective 28th October :

0025-0040 Urdu Mon,Thurs on 7410kHz(Sofia), 9560 kHz(SMG)
0040-0200 Hindi,Tamil,Malayalam,English 7410kHz(Tashkent), 9560 kHz(SMG)
0200-0320 Hindi,Tamil,Malayalam,English 15460 kHz(Palauig-RVA)
0320-0335 Urdu Mon,Thurs on 15460 kHz(Palauig,RVA) NEW !

1415-1430 Urdu Sun,Wed on 7585 khz(Tashkent), 15595 kHz(Tinnian)
1430-1550 Hindi,Tamil,Malayalam,English on 7585kHz(Tashkent), 15595kHz(Tinnian)
1550-1600 English on Saturdays on 7585kHz(Tashkent), 15595kHz(Tinnian)

A12-Vatican Radio to S-Asia

From 25th March Vatican Radio will use different transmitter sites for their b'cast to S.Asia.
0025-0040 hrs Urdu Mo,Th on 9580 & 11730 kHz(both from Santa Maria)
0040-0200 hrs Hindi,Tamil,Malayalam, English on 9850(Santa Maria) & 11730 kHz(Tashkent)
0200-0320 hrs Hindi,Tamil,Malayalam, English on 15460 kHz (Palauig,Philippines)

1415-1430 hrs Urdu Su,We on 11850(Tinang,Philippines), 13765(Santa Maria), 17520(Madagascar)
1430-1550 hrs Hindi,Tamil,Malayalam,English on 11850(Tinang,Philippines),13765(Tashkent), 17520(Madagascar).On Sat Mass extended till 1600 hrs.

VOA English new freq

In order to improve reception in South Asia, with effect from 13th March, VOA English is moving on to 15185 kHz (from the Philippines) replacing 15620 kHz at 0100-0200 UTC.

SLBC NEW SKED

SRI LANKA : From Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka : New schedule of Sri Lanka B'casting Corporation :
FREQ TIME UTC LANG TX PWR TARG DAYS STN
873 0130-0230 Tamil put 400 SAS Sunday FEBA
1125 1330-1430 Tamil put 35 SAs daily FEBA
6005 0120-0300 English eka 10 SAs mtwtfs.
6005 0300-0500 English eka 10 SAs ......s
6005 0930-1000 Telugu eka 10 SAs daily
6005 1000-1100 Malayalam eka 10 SAs daily
6005 1100-1215 Tamil eka 10 SAs daily
7190 0020-0230 Hindi eka 10 SAs daily
7190 0930-1000 Telugu eka 10 SAs daily
7190 1000-1100 Malayalam eka 10 SAs daily
7190 1100-1215 Tamil eka 10 SAs daily
9770 0120-0300 English eka 10 SAs mtwtfs.
9770 0300-0500 English eka 10 SAs ......s
11750 1530-1630 English/Hindi trm 250 SAs daily
11750 1630-1830 Sinhala/Tamil trm 250 ME daily
11905 0020-0230 Hindi eka 35 SAs daily
11905 0930-1000 Telugu eka 35 As daily
11905 1000-1100 Malayalam eka 35 As daily
11905 1100-1215 Tamil eka 35 As daily
15745 0120-0300 English eka 35 SAs mtwtfs.
15745 0300-0500 English eka 35 SAs ......s

Vatican Radio - New Freq 11730

From 1st May 2011 Vatican Radio is using 11730 kHz (via Tashkent) replacing 9580 kHz at 0040-0200 hrs (Mon,Thu from 0025) parallel to 7335 kHz(via SMG) in Hindi,Tamil,Malayalam and English.

R.New Zealand on 13660

At the start of B-10 schedule Radio New Zealand International is using 13660 kHz at 1100-1258 hrs and is well heard here in South Asia.

Voice of Africa on 15240 kHz

Voice of Africa, Libya heard in English at 1400-1557 hrs with strong signals - causing severe side channel splash to Vatican Radio to S.Asia on 15235 kHz at 1430 hrs onwards. New freq or a replacement of 17725 kHz?

News from SLBC

SLBC's Korean Service on 15120 1030-1130 via DW Trinco will cease
temporarily from the 4th of June. SLBC instead starts another hour
of Hindi to India on 11905 kHz via Trinco 355 beam with 200kW
1530-1630 UTC.

Reception reports will be welcome to Engineer AM Services, Sri Lanka
Broadcasting Corporation, P.O.Box 574 Colombo. SLBC in association
with the Union of Asian DXers will QSL all reports on all its SW
broadcasts during June. If the project is successful we will extend
it.

0055-0330(Sun 0430) 6005, 9770, 15745 English to Asia,
0020-0500, 0830-1230, 11905, 7190,
1530-1630 11905,
1615-1830 11750

SLBC is also progressing with the installation of a 50kW MW
transmitter in Puttalam on 1125 kHz to beam to South India where
there are large numbers of Sri Lankans who fled the war over the last
30 years, and also to strengthen the coverage to the North of Sri
Lanka.
[Victor Goonetilleke]

SLBC on the old 15120

During the past 2 days noted SLBC(Sri Lanka) in English on their age old frequency 15120 kHz instead of 15745 kHz in the morning at 0030-0330 hrs.

WYFR additional b'cast

1500-1600 11985 RMP 500 kW 085 deg in English to WeAs noted with good signals in India.
Thanks to R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov

Romania at 1200 UTC

Radio Romania International in English regularly heard at 1200-1257
hrs on any of the following frequencies depending on the propagation.
The frequencies are 15105 15430 17760 kHz.