Tibetan News Headlines

Wednesday 27/08 - 2008

• Dalai Lama advised complete rest, schedule cancelled for 3 weeks
• China urges Dalai Lama to stop 'separatist activities'
• Nepalese Buddhists urge authorities to end crackdown on monks and nuns
• Rights groups ask IOC to insist on free speech guarantees at future Olympics
• Protest in California, Tibetans discuss action plan for 50th year of Chinese occupation
• Vanishing Himalaya: Photo Exhibition

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VOT - Shortwave broadcast frequency and time

Frequency mHz	UTC time	Tibet time	India time	Nepal time
around 17.560	10:30 - 14:15	18:30 - 22:15	16:00 – 19:45	16:15 – 20:00
around 17.610	13:30 - 14:00	21:30 - 22:00	19:00 - 19:30	19:15 - 19:45
17.550*	14:00 – 14:30	22:00 - 22:30	19:30 – 20:00	19:45 – 20:15
17.550*	15:30 - 16:00	23:30 - 24:00	21:00 – 21:30	21:15 – 21:45

* Transmissions on 17.550 mHz starting at 7:30 pm and 9 pm, and 17.610 mHz starting at 7:00 pm Indian time are best options for listeners in India

VOT - Satellite radio (Intelsat: PAS - 10) configuration detail

Frequency mHz	Polarisation	Symbol Rate (SR)	FEC	Time
4064 or 4.064 GHz	Horizontal(H)	19850	FEC 7/8	24 hours

* Location: 68.5 degree East, Beam: C-Band, Listed name: VOT

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