BRAZIL MEMPERTIMBANGKAN DIGITALISASI SIARAN SHORTWAVE DOMESTIK

Radio World, 11 Maret 2011, Jorje J. Basilago:
“Lebih dari 20 tahun setelah kemunculan radio digital, nasibnya di Amerika Latin masih tidak jelas. Sebagian besar negara di wilayah itu belum menunjukkan pilihan mana yang akan dipakai. Pada saat yang sama kemajuan digital di beberapa negara juga lambat, meskipun studi teknologi dan siaran percobaan telah dilakukan sejak pertengahan 1990an. Pertanyaan untuk Brazil apakah digitalisasi stasiun-stasiun shortwave band akan digunakan untuk mencakup lembah Sungai Amazon?.”-- Digitalisasi shortwave (mungkin menggunakan Digital Radio Mondiale atau sistem DRM) untuk daerah terpencil Amerika Latin harus diuji coba sebelum dipakai. Jika itu berjalan, sistem itu dapat menyajikan kualitas audio seperti FM, juga menghapus fading dan tubrukan gangguan udara dari petir. Namun DRM bisa mengatasi penurunan shortwave hanya pada titik tertentu. Diluar area maka tidak ada penerimaan samasekali. Lebih baik bagi audiens di daerah terpencil Amerika Latin memiliki audio analog yang tidak sempurna dari pada tanpa audio. 

(Sumber: Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting www.kimandrewelliott.com)―hind. 

KOREA SELATAN MEMPERTIMBANGKAN PEMBERIAN FREKUENSI MEDIUM WAVE UNTUK SIARAN KE KOREA UTARA

Dong-a Ilbo (Seoul), 11 Maret 2011, editorial by Lee Jeong-hoon:
“Siaran-siaran oleh pembelot Korea Utara di Selatan memainkan peran yang tidak dapat dimainkan oleh broadcaster yang sudah ada di Korea Selatan. Untuk menghindari intervensi dari pemerintah liberal Roh Moo-hyun, para pembelot memulai siaran dengan membeli band frekuensi shortwave dari luar negeri. Signal shortwave dapat dikirim ke tempat-tempat yang jauh namun kualitas suaranya tidak bagus. Menawarkan cara untuk mengatasi hal tersebut, Choi See-joong ketua Komisi Komunikasi Korea memberitahu Majelis Nasional pada hari selasa bahwa panel tersebut akan mempertimbangkan pemberian frekuensi medium wave untuk mengudarakan siaran sipil di Korea Utara. Jika ini terjadi, orang-orang Korea Utara di provinsi Pyongan Selatan serta daerah di selatanmya bisa mendengar siaran Korea Selatan dengan kualitas suara yang jernih. Ini dapat membuka jalan bagi Selatan untuk membiarkan orang Korea Utara mengetahui apa yang terjadi di semenanjung Korea dan dunia.”-- Jaringan penyiaran global Korea KBS telah memancarkan siaran di medium wave ke Korea Utara, jadi kemungkinan pemberian gelombang baru itu untuk upaya-upaya siaran pembelot Korea Utara. Medium wave tidak memiliki ‘kualitas suara’ lebih bagus dari shortwave, kecuali fakta bahwa signal MW tidak menempuh jarak sejauh signal SW, jadi kesempatannya lebih sedikit bagi MW untuk mengalami interferensi, suara berisik dan fading dalam perjalanannya menuju pendengar.   
(Sumber: Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting www.kimandrewelliott.com)―hind.

Summer Schedule Deutsche Welle 2011

Summer Schedule 2011
27.03.2011 – 29.10.2011
Indonesia
CIRAF: 54
German
0800-0900 UTC: 15650 kHz
Trincomalee
1000-1100 UTC: 15650 kHz
Trincomalee
17780 kHz
Trincomalee
21780 kHz
Kigali
2000-2100 UTC: 7330 kHz
Trincomalee
9875 kHz
Trincomalee
2200-2300 UTC: 9765 kHz
Trincomalee
9895 kHz
Kigali
English
0000-0058 UTC: 9885 kHz
Trincomalee
13780 kHz
Trincomalee
0900-1000 UTC: 15640 kHz
Singapore
17820 kHz
Trincomalee
1600-1700 UTC: 6170 kHz
Trincomalee
15410 kHz
Rampisham
Indonesian
1200-1258 UTC: 89.20 MHz
Jakarta
(FM)
starts 1206 UTC
ends 1300 UTC
603 kHz
Jakarta
(MW)
starts 1206 UTC
ends 1300 UTC
11770 kHz
Trincomalee
15105 kHz
Trincomalee
2200-2300 UTC: 89.2 MHz
Jakarta
(FM)
ends 2258 UTC
603 kHz
Jakarta
(MW)
ends 2258 UTC
5955 kHz
Trincomalee
7380 kHz
Madagascar

Siaran BBC bisa anda dengarkan di sejumlah mitra FM di seluruh Indonesia

. Aceh Barat DALKA 101.3 FM
. Ambon PELANGI 103.7 FM
. Bali GLOBAL 96.5 FM
. Bali SWIB 106.8 FM
. Balikpapan SMART - BALIKPAPAN 97.8 FM
. Banda Aceh PRIMA - ACEH 104.4 FM
. Banjarmasin SMART - BANJARMASIN 101.1 FM
. Banyuwangi SRI TANJUNG 102.3 FM
. Barabai, Kalsel SUARA BARABAI 104.5 FM
. Batam RAMAKO - BATAM 100.7 FM
. Batu, Malang MENSANA 102.5 FM
. Bengkulu LESITA 102.3 FM
. Biak Papua MERCURY 102.3 FM
. Boyolali KARYSMA 100.3 FM
. Bontang NBI 103.1 FM
. Bukit Tinggi BIMANTARA 98.8 FM
. Banyuwangi FAJAR 92.85 FM
. Cilacap UTARI 101 FM
. Cimahi AR 92.9 FM
. Duri Riau PATRA 93.6 FM
. Gorontalo SELEBES 100.1 FM
. Halmahera SPB 103.6 FM
. Jakarta ELSHINTA 90 FM
. Jakarta SMART - JAKARTA 95.9 FM
. Jambi DIAN IRAMA 104.3 FM
. Jatibarang, Indramayu KC10 87.9 FM
. Jayapura ART 105.1 FM
. Jember SOKA 102.1 FM
. Jembrana, Bali SWARA NEGARA 89 FM
. Kebumen MAS 101.7 FM
. Kediri ANDIKA 106.5 FM
. Kendari SUARA ALAM KENDARI 99.1 FM
. Kupang DMWS 103.3 FM
. Lampung SUARA WAJAR 96.8 FM
. Langsa, Aceh GIPSI 106.1 FM
. Lhokseumawe ADYEMAJA 103.5 FM
. Lhokseumawe RRI PRO 2 94.4 FM
. Lombok GLOBAL LOMBOK 98.1 FM
. Lubuk Linggau PAPEJA 101.8 FM
. Madiun DCS 100.5 FM
. Makassar SMART - MAKASSAR 101.1 FM
. Manado SMART - MANADO 101.2 FM
. Manokwari MATOA 102.6 FM
. Manna-Bengkulu ARTHA 103.7 FM
. Malang MAS 104.5 FM
. Maumere - Flores KHABARI 90.3 FM
. Medan SMART - MEDAN 101.8 FM
. Padang CLASSY 103.4 FM
. Palembang SMART - PALEMBANG 101.8 FM
. Palu NUGRAHA TOP FM 102.6 FM
. Pamekasan PAMEKASAN AM 738 AM
. Pangkal Pinang PRIMA - PANGKAL PINANG 105.9 FM
. Pasuruan PASURUAN WARNA PESONA 93.6 FM
. Pati PAS 101 FM
. Payakumbuh HARAU 100.6 FM
. Pekanbaru ADITYA 87.6 FM
. Pekanbaru BHARABAS 97.5 FM
. Pekanbaru SMART - PEKANBARU 99.5 FM
. Pematang Siantar CEK 101.2 FM
. Pontianak VOLARE 103 FM
. Purwokerto DIAN SWARA 98.2 FM
. Raha - Sul Teng GETAR 09 96.2 FM
. Rembang CITRA BAHARI 101.9 FM
. Samarinda MITRA 102.7 FM
. Samarinda METRO 101.9 FM
. Semarang SMART - SEMARANG 93.4 FM
. Serang Banten PBS 104.8 FM
. Sigli MEGAPHONE 105.6 FM
. Sikka, Maumere RSPD 100 FM & 102.6 AM
. Singaraja SINGARAJA - BALI 92 FM
. Singkawang BOMANTARA 102 FM
. Sintang SWARA PERKASA 738 AM
. Solo KARAVAN 107.3 FM
. Solo PTPN RASITANIA 99.6 FM
. Solo SOLOPOS 103 FM
. Sorong CENDRAWASIH 92.5 FM
. Situbondo Bhasa 93.1 FM
. Subang ADITYA 91.5 FM
. Sukabumi NBS 92.3 FM
. Surabaya MERCURY - Surabaya 96 FM
. Takengon AMANDA RASISONIA 810 AM
. Tanjung Pinang BISS 103.2 FM
. Tarakan - Kaltim BEO PERSADA 107 FM
. Tegal RK 98.3 FM
. Ternate HIKMAH 103 FM
. Tulung Agung PERKASA 96.8 FM
. Yogyakarta GLOBAL JOGJA 107.6 FM
. Yogyakarta UNISI 99.6 FM

Radio BBC Indonesia hentikan SW

Mulai Senin 28 Maret 2011, BBC Indonesia menghentikan siaran radio yang dipancarkan lewat gelombang pendek, SW.

Namun anda tetap bisa mendengarkan siaran lewat sejumlah stasiun radio FM di beberapa kota di Indonesia.
Selain itu, siaran BBC Indonesia juga bisa didengarkan langsung lewat situs bbcindonesia.com pada pukul 05.00-05.30 WIB dan pukul 18.00-18.30 WIB.
Siaran tersebut masih tersedia dan bisa anda dengarkan di bbcindonesia.com selama 24 jam sebelum diganti dengan siaran terbaru.
Penghentian siaran radio lewat gelombang SW dilakukan sebagai bagian dari penghematan anggaran BBC.
Di kawasan Asia Pasifik, siaran Bahasa Mandarin dan Vietnam juga dihentikan sementara Birma masih melanjutkan siaran lewat gelombang pendek SW. Hind

Radio Damascus observations

Dear Radio friends

I received today an email from my good friend at Radio Damascus, Rasheed
Haidar, who is the head of the English language section.

He asked me to make an appeal to all shortwave listeners to tune in to
Radio Damascus on the shortwave and let us know their observations.

My own observations of the shortwave transmissions are as follows
(although I mostly tune in  on the Hotbird satellite or download the
audio file of the daily program at syriaonline.sy and don't have a
professional or semi-professional receiver - only using a Sony ICF 7600
G) :

9330 Khz is mostly on the air, although irregular with a lot of
interruptions and a very weak signal +  extremely weak modulation which
makes it almost impossible to hear anything, even on days when the
transmitter is operating without interruptions and the signal strength
is sufficient

12085 Khz is, according to my observations, off air (I can't hear
anything on that frequency)

Can you please let me know your observations and reception conditions of
Radio Damascus in your part of the world so I can forward them to the
Radio Damascus team?

You can send in your remarks at radiodamascusenglish@yahoo.com
<radiodamascusenglish@yahoo.com>  which is the email address of my
alternative website for Radio Damascus at http://radio-damascus.net
<http://radio-damascus.net>  .

Looking forward to your observations and remarks.

Sincerely yours,

Kris Janssen
Belgium

RADIO FREE ASIA ISSUES 15TH ANNIVERSARY QSL CARD APRIL 2011

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of our 36th QSL card. This is the first to commemorate 2011 as RFA’s 15th anniversary with more cards expected throughout the year. RFA’s first broadcast was in Mandarin Chinese on September 29, 1996 at 2100 UTC. Acting as a substitute for indigenous free media, RFA concentrates its coverage on events occurring in and/or affecting the countries to which we broadcast. Those countries are: Burma, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Peoples Republic of China, and Vietnam. This QSL card will be used to confirm all valid reception reports from April 1 – June 30, 2011. The artwork depicts the Great Wall of China and is used by permission of the artist, Sarah L. Handler.

RFA’s 36th QSL commemorating 15 years of broadcasting. 2 

RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org.

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener.

RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:

Reception Reports

Radio Free Asia

2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300

Washington DC 20036

United States of America.

Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.

(Sumber : RFI / Fahcri )