This is Radio Bulgaria’s weekly DX Program for radio amateurs and short wave listeners and DXers which is included in our one-hour broadcasts starting as follows: Friday at 22.00 UTC on 6200 and 7400 kHz beamed to West Europe, Saturday at 00.00 and at 03.00 UTC on 5900 and 7400 kHz to North America, as well as in the half-hour broadcast on Sunday at 07.30 UTC also on 5900 and 7400 kHz to West Europe.
In this issue by DX Editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF, with Broadcast Tips by Rumen Pankov:
The Vanuatu - YJ 2010 DXpedition
Croatian Radio Club “Razin” is staging a DXpedition with the call sign YJ0MM to the Republic of Vanuatu, YJ, an island nation located in the South Pacific from January 21 to 28. The team has two medium-power stations on the air and is planning to log more than 10,000 contacts in 6 to 7 days of activity despite the sun’s cycle and the rainy season in the South Pacific. Operation is on 160 through
10 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY.
Vanuatu, located some 1,750 kilometers east of Australia, is an archipelago of 83 islands, most of them of volcanic origin. The team claims Vanuatu is among the 100 most-wanted DXCC entities, citing many different sources. They said: “It is a location that is far away from home, far away from usual radio operating practice and a fascinating country that requires an interesting trip to reach it. It will be a great adventure for all of us combined with a hobby that we love so much. We expect a lot of rain, sun, mosquitoes and tropical experience.”
Bulgarian Flora Fauna Award, LZFFA
Let’s save the green planet Earth! – This program is managed by the Bulgaria Federation of Radio Amateurs (BFRA) and started in December, 2009. It is part of the WORLD-WIDE PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE RESERVES of Fund World Flora Fauna and the International Amateur Radio Travelers Club “Russian Robinson” (RRC).
WWF is an International Award Program (an International ecologo-educational and nature conservation action on supporting of protected areas), organized to attract attention of the world community to the problems of protected areas, to provide them with feasible practical support, to awaken a feeling of pride in the minds of the Earth’s inhabitants in natural and cultural heritage, for visiting National Parks and Nature Reserves and making radio contacts with them.
To obtain a WFF Award you need to contact locations possessing an official status of National Parks or Nature Reserves listed in the WWF Program.
The LZFFA is issued by the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs to licensed radio amateurs and SWLs and its purpose is to introduce the National Parks, the Nature Parks, the Nature Reserves, the Biosphere Reserves and the Upheld Nature Reserves as recognized by the Bulgarian Ministry of the Environment and Water, at different location in Bulgaria.
The list of LZFF references is available at http://lzffa.mtt.org and at http://www..wff44.com/en/list
There are 3 Classes of Awards:
Class III - “LZFFA Bronze” – for hunters: 5 different LZFF references contacted or SWL reports; for activators: 3 different LZFF references activated.
Class II - “LZFFA Silver” – for hunters: 10 different references contacted or SWL reports; for activators: 5 different LZFF references activated.
Class ! - “LZFFA Gold” - for hunters: 15 different LZFF references contacted or SWL reports; for activators: 8 different LZFF references activated.
There is LZFFA HONOR ROLL Certificate – for hunters 25 different LZFF references or SWL reports; for activators: 15 different LZFF references activated.
Each Class of Award will be certified by a color sticker. HONOR ROLL Certificate will be issued as separate award. Contacts on all amateur bands from 2 to 160 metres; SSB, CW and Digi are valid.
LZFFA Manager: Todor Dikov, LZ1HA, P.O.Box 830, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria or via e-mail: lz44ffa@gmail.com .
Broadcast Tips
D.P.R. Korea. A record number of frequencies were reported with programs from Radio Pyongyang after 23 hours: First Program in Korean on 2850 and 9665 kHz; Second Program in Korean on 4450, 6250, 7180 (in the ham band!), 7570, 9345, 9975, 11535 and 12015 kHz. Radio Voice of Korea in Japanese on 9650 kHz.
Bahrain. Radio Bahrain has resumed its broadcasts on short wave and was heard with Identification in Arabic at 06.13 hours on 9745 kHz.
Kuwait. Radio Kuwait is reported on 11990 kHz after 19 hours with a program in Arabic. The time registered from 18 to 21 hours is for an emission in English.
Greece. Radio Phila in English is received from 06.30 to 07 hours only on 666 kHz while no signal is heard from this station on its frequency of 12105 kHz after January 1.
China, Tibet. Instead of the program “Holy Tibet” in English, on January 9 from 18.30 to 19 hours there was an emission in Chinese and Tibetan on 4905, 4920 and with best signal in Sofia on 5240, 6130 and 7385 kHz.
Central Asia. Resumed and heard in Sofia were broadcasts Tajik Radio on 4765 kHz and Kyrgyz National Radio on 4010 kHz after 00 hours.
Myanmar. On 7200 kHz at 00.30 hours begins an emission with a string instrument and a lady announcing “Myanma Radio” followed by a chore with Buddhist songs and folk music.
Australia. Radio Australia is already received well in Sofia after 15 hours and was heard on 5995, 9475, 9590 and 11660 kHz; at 16 hours on 7240, 9475, 9710 and 11660 kHz; at 17 hours on 9475 and 11880 kHz.
Chagos Archipelago, Island of Diego Garcia. American Forces Radio & TV Service was heard with news from “ABC” and a commentary at 20 hours on 4319.2 kHz USB.
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So, 73 and DX!
