Ignacio Villa Calleja, el nuevo Director de “La Mañana de cope“, periodista y licenciado en Historia Moderna y Contemporánea, nace en Madrid, se inició en el periodismo en Radio Exterior de España y RNE. En 1991 comenzó a trabajar en los informativos de la COPE en el fin de semana, y después fue corresponsal en el Reino Unido durante dos años y en Bruselas tres más. Ha trabajado en varios programas de tipo informativo y en tertulias, tanto en la COPE como en otras cadenas de televisión. Desde el año 2004 es director de informativos de la COPE.

SU MEJOR ARMA… SU VOZ: http://www.cope.es/la-manana-informativo

The following shortwave broadcasts were heard at the listening post in Southern California, USA, using a Realistic DX-160 with a 40-ft straight wire rooftop antenna. (0000 UTC equals 5pm PST, 8pm EST.)

Day,Date (UTC) ~ Station,Transmission Site ~ kHz ~ Language ~ Program & Reception Notes

Fri,5/8 (1310-32) ~ Voice of America ~ 7575 ~ English ~ “World News Now”: reports on relations between the United States and Iran, the economy of Cambodia entering its first recession in history, and bio-mass as a new energy source; sports report including suspension of baseball player Manny Ramirez; “Today in History”; news headlines. ~ Very good reception.

Fri,5/8 (1340-1401) ~ Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay ~ 9840 ~ English ~ News and commentary; song by female; 3 minutes of silence at 1357 followed by program in Vietnamese. ~ Very good signal strength but bothered greatly by slop-over interference from a stronger station on an adjacent frequency.

Fri,5/8 (2320-50) ~ RDP International, Lisbon, Portugal ~ 9715 ~ Songs by male and female soloists. ~ Very good reception.

Sun,5/10 (0344-0401) ~ Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain, via Costa Rica ~ 9630 ~ Spanish ~ Classical music; switch to rhythmic pop at 0355; time signal on the hour; news. ~ Good reception.

Sun,5/10 (0408-14) ~ Voice of America (VOA), USA, via Botswana ~ 9885 ~ English ~ News; “Our World” with reports on repair of Hubbel space telescope, swine flu, and iron deficiency disease. ~ Very good reception.

Sun,5/10 (0415-31) ~ “Voice of the People” ~ 9905 ~ Undetermined Language ~ Speech by male, song by male chorus, more speech, short instrumental numbers separated by ID in partial English that did not make origin of the broadcast clear to me though reception was good.

Sun,5/10 (2318-25) ~ China Radio International, via Canada ~ 11840 ~ English ~ “News & Reports”: Chinese textile industry showing recovery from economic slowdown, and other items. ~ Excellent reception.

Tue,5/12 (1315-1400) ~ Voice of Russia, Khabarovsk ~ 7300 ~ Chinese ~ Russian songs with commentary and audio clips by males speaking Chinese; interval signal at 1358 followed by brief ID in English and silence at 1400. ~ Very good signal here.

The following shortwave broadcasts were heard at the listening post in Southern California, USA, using a Realistic DX-160 with a 40-ft straight wire rooftop antenna. (Midnight UTC equals 5pm PST, 8pm EST.)

Day,Date (UTC) ~ Station,Transmission Site ~ kHz ~ Language ~ Program & Reception Notes

Fri,5/1 (1346-56) ~ China Radio International, Beijing ~ 7205 ~ Chinese ~ Vocal & instrumental music with announcements; sign-off at 1356. ~ Good reception.

Sat,5/2 (2135-58) ~ Radio Canada International, Sackville, NB ~ 15330 ~ French ~ Transmission to North Africa: Conversation with songs & instrumental numbers; sign-off at 2158. ~ Fluctuating signal, very good to fair.

Sat,5/2 (2215-47) ~ Radio Australia, Shepparton ~ 15560 ~ English ~ Sunday morning talk show with music breaks, relayed from domestic network. ~ Very good reception.

Sun,5/3 (1340-59) ~ Radio Australia, Shepparton ~ 6020 ~ English ~ Program ‘Sunday Night’ from domestic network; polemicist Jay Smith discussing clash between Christianity and Islam; song by Peter, Paul & Mary inserted; interval signal at 1357; sign-off this frequency at 1359. ~ Excellent signal.

Mon,5/4 (0345-59) ~ Radio Prague, Czech Republic ~ 6080 ~ English ~ Songs by Czech female singer; switch to Czech language at 0355 & sign-off. ~ Good reception.

Mon,5/4 (0408-21) ~ Radio Havana Cuba ~ 6060 ~ Spanish ~ Cuban songs with commentary by female. ~ Very good signal strength but bothersome interference on same channel from Russia(?) or Brazil(?).

Mon,5/4 (0422-0500) ~ Radio Exterior de Espana, Noblejas, Spain ~ Musical program featuring eclectic styles including ballads in Spanish & French, Flamenco number, novelties, rap & Arab-sounding number. ~ Reception excellent but for slight whistle.

The following stations were heard on the above date at the listening post in Southern California, USA, while band-scanning at the times indicated. Receiver is a Kaito KA-2100 with a 40-ft. straight-wire rooftop antenna.

2500 [1413] ~ WWV, Fort Collins, CO in English with a continuous time signal from the National Institute of  Standards. Fair reception.

2500 [1413] ~ WWVH, Kekaha, HI in English with the same content as WWV. Fair reception.

2850 [1415-9] ~ Korean Central Broadcasting Station, Pyongyang, North Korea with a musical program from its domestic service. Fair reception.

3250 [1423-5] ~ Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, North Korea with music. Poor reception.

3280 [1426-7] ~ Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai, China, with a musical program. Poor reception.

3560 [1431] ~ Voice of Korea (North) with music announced in French. Poor to fair.

3976 [1433-9] ~ Radio Republik Indonesia, Pontianak, Kalimantan. Domestic service with music and announcements in Indonesian. Very weak.

4460 [1444] ~ Central People’s Broadcasting Station, Beijing, China with Chinese speech. Good.

4800 [1451] ~ Central People’s Broadcasting Station, Geermu, China with Chinese speech. Poor.

4820 [1453-1501] ~ Xizang People’s Broadcasting Station, Lhasa, Tibet, China. Domestic service in Tibetan with music. Fair reception.

4905 [1556] ~ Xizang People’s Broadcasting Station, Lhasa, Tibet, China. Domestic service in Tibetan with music. Poor signal.

9335 [1731] ~ Korean Central Broadcasting Station, Pyongyang, North Korea, with Korean speech. Fair.

9355 [1919] ~ Radio Free Asia, USA, via Saipan with speech in Chinese. Fair.

9370 [1921] ~ WTJC, Newport, NC in English with gospel message. Poor reception.

9385 [1922] ~ WWRB, Manchester, TN in English with gospel message. Good.

9440 [1824] ~ China Radio International, Kunming. Speech in English. Poor.

9455 [1925] ~ Radio Free Asia, USA, via Saipan. Speech in Chinese. Fair.

9610 [1930] ~ Radio Canada International, Sackville, in French. Fair.

9630 [1931] ~ Radio Exterior de Espana via Costa Rica. Call of soccer game in Spanish. Fair.

9840 [1935] ~ WHRI, Cypress Creek, SC. Gospel message in English with music. Good.

9875 [1939] ~ Radio Free Asia, USA, via Palau. Chinese speech. Fair.

9980 [1943] ~ WWCR, Nashville, TN, with gospel in English. Good.

10000 [1945] ~ WWV, Fort Collins, CO. Continuous time signal from National Institute of Standards. Very good reception.

10000 [1945] – WWVH, Kekaha, HI. Same program content as WWV. Fair.

13640 [2216-20\] ~ Radio Japan, Tokyo. Feature in English to 2220 sign/off. Fair.

13680 [2220-32] ~ Radio Havana Cuba with Spanish speech and music, switching to Creole at half-hour. Fair.

13760 [2233-8] ~ Radio Havana Cuba with Spanish speech and music. Fair.

Happened onto 15,110 kHz this afternoon at 2250 (3:50 pm, PDT) and heard a delicious five minutes of romantic songs from Madrid, courtesy of Radio Exterior de Espana (Spanish Foreign Radio) transmitting from Noblejas. They signed off this Spanish-language transmission at 2256, following a common practice of international shortwave stations to offer a tasty bit of music at the end of each transmission, after they have put out all their news and propaganda, etc.

I was tuning a different radio today, my Chinese-designed and produced Kaito KA-2100, which is great for clear sw reception and sound quality. I have this receiver hooked to a 20-ft. length of insulated antenna which runs horizontally along an outer wall of my home. While not as effective as my roof wire, this antenna is serviceable, especially on the 15-megaHertz band.