April 2009 NASB Newsletter

The April 2009  National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters Newsletter can be found here (in doc -format).

Best Regards,

Dan Elyea

Secretary-Treasurer, NASB

Shortwave Radio Meetings – 2009

The list is compiled by Risto Vähäkainu/The Finnish DX Association
Dates: March 13-14
Location: Kulpsville, PA, USA
Organzation: Winter SWL Fest
Expected Attendance: 200
More Info: www.swlfest.com

Dates: May 7-8
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
Oganisation: National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters
More Info: www.shortwave.org

Dates: May 15-17
Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Organization: Dayton Hamvention
Expected Attendance: 20,000
More Info: www.hamvention.org

Dates: May 15-17
Location: Vejers Beach, Jutland, Denmark
Description: The annual general meeting of DSWCI and listening camp
Organization: Danish Short Wave Club International
Expected Attendance: 30
More Info: www.dswci.org

Dates: June 12-14
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Description: The annual DX-Parliament of Swedish DXers
Organization: Swedish DX Federation
Expected Attendance: 30
More Info: www.sdxf.org

Dates: June 26-28
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Description: Ham Radio, biggest annual hamfest in Europe

Dates: July 29-August 1
Location: Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Description: The Annual Mexican DX Meeting (15th anniversary)
Expected Attendance: 50
More Info: www.gratisweb.com/dxmexico/english.htm

Dates: August 7-9 (not confirmed)
Location: Finland, no more exact info yet
Description: The Annual Summer Meeting
Organization: The Finnish DX Association
Expected Attendance: 80
More Info: www.sdxl.org

Dates: August 20-24
Location: Solingen-Wald, Germany
Description: Summer DX Camp
Organization: Kurzwellenfreunde Rhein/Ruhr
More Info: infohq@kwfr.de

Dates: August 22-23
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Organization: Tokyo Ham Fair
Expected Attendance: 30000

Dates: August 28-30
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Description: European DX Conference
Organization: European DX Council/Irish DX Club
Expected Attendance: 50
More Info: www.edxc.org

Dates: September 4-9
Location: Berlin, Germany
Name: IFA Internationale Funkausstellung
Description: Consumer Electronics Fair – Including Radios

QSL-Calendar 2009 from Rhein-Main-Radio-Club

Rhein-Main-Radio-Club, Frankfurt, Germany, one of the leading German DX-clubs since 30 years proudly present the 4nd edition of the unique QSL-Calendar 2009.
The full colour art print calendar offers real treasures from our historical QSL archives, covering QSL cards from the 1930’s to present. The calender is in English and costs 15 Euro including shipment world
wide. The new QSL-calendar is available now. The calendar is rare, unique and a special gift to radio freinds.

The QSL-calendar project is a Non Profit project supporting far distance listening. We would be happy if you will order some copies. You can order direct from me or at our homepage www.rmrc.de

best 73

Harald Gabler
RMRC CEO
www.rmrc.de

Rhein-Main-Radio-Club, Frankfurt, Germany

NASB Newsletter for November 2008

The latest NASB Newsletter can be read here (in doc -format). “IBB Greenville Showcased at NASB-DRM USA Annual Meeting”, and other news items.

NASB Elects New Board Member at 20th Annual Meeting

May 12, 2008 (Cary, North Carolina, USA) – Bill Damick of Trans World Radio was elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) at its 2008 annual meeting in Cary, North Carolina on May 9. Damick also gave a presentation about shortwave audience research during the event.

The meeting was hosted by Trans World Radio (TWR) at its world headquarters building in Cary, which is a suburb of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. This year’s conference was the 20th annual meeting of the NASB, which is a professional association for the nation’s privately-owned shortwave stations.

Opening the meeting in a large auditorium with a giant glass wall looking out into a tranquil North Carolina forest, Trans World Radio CEO Thomas Lowell expressed his view that shortwave broadcasting remains an important delivery method for TWR’s Christian message in many parts of the world. TWR invited representatives of the NASB to speak to staff members about the viability of shortwave radio in today’s world, in the midst of new technologies like satellites and the Internet. The NASB reps explained that there are many countries where Internet access is non-existent or very limited, and many places that cannot be reached by local FM signals.

Again this year, as it has for the past several years, the NASB annual meeting was combined with the annual meeting of the USA DRM Group. The DRM meeting took place on May 8 at the same TWR venue, and featured speakers such as Adil Mina of Continental Electronics, who is chairman of the USA DRM Group and a director of the DRM Consortium. Mina gave an update on the latest developments at the Consortium, and the prospects for new consumer-friendly, inexpensive DRM receivers in the coming months.

The NASB annual meeting had a very North Carolina flair this year. Besides TWR’s participation, the meeting featured a presentation by NASB member Fundamental Broadcasting Network, which operates shortwave stations WTJC and WBOH on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. An audiovisual program was also offered by the staff of the IBB Greenville, North Carolina transmitter site, from where the Voice of America and Radio Marti are transmitted. Rachel Baughn, the veteran editor of Monitoring Times magazine, which covers shortwave extensively, spoke about her publication and the need for shortwave stations to provide timely information to magazines such as hers which reach the shortwave listening public. Monitoring Times’ headquarters is located in Brasstown, in western North Carolina. Lunches and dinners at the meeting included typical North Carolina fare such as pork barbecue, grit cakes and sweet tea. They were sponsored by NASB members and associate members Media Broadcast, Comet North America, Thomson Broadcast, WMLK and Continental Electronics.

Another session which drew a great deal of response dealt with shortwave radio’s role in crises and disasters, such as tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. Personnel of various stations talked about how they can be most helpful when a disaster occurs. Mike Adams of Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) told delegates that he is developing a disaster plan for his stations that can be implemented in the event of sudden need, which other NASB members may want to adopt as well.

A new member and a new associate member were welcomed at this year’s NASB meeting. Jason Cooper and Brady Murray of WWCR in Tennessee gave a brief introduction to their station, and Allan McGuirl of Galcom International in Canada talked about his company’s newest innovations, including a multi-frequency “fix-tuned” shortwave receiver and a low-power FM transmitter that will eventually be adapted for use on AM and shortwave as well.

At the Cary meeting, the NASB decided that its representatives at the upcoming High Frequency Coordination Committee (HFCC) meetings will be Glen Tapley of WEWN in Alabama, who will attend the B08 HFCC Conference in Moscow in August; and Jeff White of WRMI in Miami, who will go to the A09 conference in Tunis, Tunisia in February of next year.

Besides newly-elected board member Bill Damick of TWR, the other NASB board members are Jeff White of WRMI (president), Mike Adams of FEBC (vice president), Glen Tapley of WEWN, Adrian Peterson of Adventist World Radio and Charles Caudill of World Christian Broadcasting, which operates shortwave station KNLS in Alaska. All were present in Cary except Caudill, who was hosting a visit to his headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee by the president of Madagascar, where World Christian Broadcasting is building a new shortwave station. Mike Adams was re-elected to a second three-year board term. Jeff White and Mike Adams were re-elected as president and vice-president, respectively. Dan Elyea of WYFR in Florida was re-elected NASB Secretary-Treasurer, and Thais White of WRMI was re-elected Assistant Secretary Treasurer.

Bill Damick replaced Elder Jacob O. Meyer on the board. Elder Meyer, of WMLK in Pennsylvania, ended two consecutive three-year terms on the NASB Board this year. According to the Association’s bylaws, after two terms, board members must rotate off for at least a year.

The new board decided to investigate the possibility of the NASB commissioning a survey of shortwave listeners in North America, and it talked about methods of publicity that the group can use to make listeners more aware of its member stations and organizations.

At the NASB business meeting in Cary, the members decided the dates and places for the next two annual meetings, which will again be held jointly with the USA DRM Group meetings. The 2009 meetings will be co-hosted by World Christian Broadcasting and WWCR in the Nashville area on May 7 and 8, 2009. The 2010 meetings will take place May 13 and 14 in Hamilton, Ontario, hosted by associate member Galcom International.

Complete audio files of this year’s meetings, as well as video presentations, will soon be available on the NASB’s website, www.shortwave.org.

NASB Newsletter – April 2008 Issue

IN THIS ISSUE:

• 2008/2009 NASB-USA DRM Annual Meetings
• HFCC News
• DRM News
• HCJB News
• Galcom International
• VT Communications
• Beth Shalom
• WHRI
• KAIJ
• KTWR
• EDXC
• NASB Mailbag

Read the whole issue here – presented as illustrated PDF File.

NASB Newsletter – January 2008 Issue

In this issue:

• VT Communications to Host HFCC
• KTWR—Guam to Represent NASB at HFCC A-08
• Update on 2008 NASB/USA DRM Annual Meetings
• WRC-07 Report
• France Adopts DRM
• Plans for 2008 EDXC Conference
• 2007 Clandestine Shortwave Broadcasting Activity Survey
• NASB Mailbag

Read the whole issue here - presented as illustrated PDF File.

NASB Newsletter – December 2007 Issue

In this issue:

• WRC 07 News
• DRM Symposium
• RAI Shortwave Closes
• EDXC Reports
• Kulpsville Winter SWL Festival
• NASB Mailbag
• EAS Requirements for Shortwave
• HCJB Global Co-Sponsors Bible Marathon
• HFCC A08 Conference
• Invitation to Submit News

Read the whole issue here - presented as illustrated PDF File.