DX-Window No. 81- weekly soft-copy-only newsletter by theDanish Shortwave Club International Tavleager 31 DK-2670 Greve, Denmark Editorial stop September 14, 1997
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Friends, Just returned from busness trip to Poznan/Poland, Martin Elbe is continuing to Paris for his vacation. Now, he DOES do some DX these days, but mostly MW. Martin writes "sorry, no SW-tips, but perhaps you allow an old sinner to offer this MW-log I made this morning? :-) Have sent the tip also to Hard-Core-DX. This morning I was scanning the mediumwave and found an English speaking station on 864 kHz, carrying an Oldie-format. 0445 hrs there was a promo for a programme "Soundtrack of the 60ies", then into non-stop Oldies. At 0451 UTC France signed on out of the blue, spoiling the fun. Now I know, why this station is called Radio Bleu :-) I think, that this programme came via the same transmitter I've heard on 31. Aug. IDing as Radio 8-6-4, Voice of Evangelism. This station was inaudible afterwards, perhaps they decided to change programme format? Anybody with more infos? And no, Martin, no MW here! Despite that, have the best of holidays! As usual too many highlights to mention them here, so grab your specs and continue. Please try to keep the format when you send in contributions: Frequency -comma- Station -semicolon- location -comma- date(Month-Date) -comma- time in UTC without dots -comma- then you can write whatever way you want, ending with your last name in brackets, hi. So now a live example: 15521.2, R Bangladesh; Dhaka, Sep 14, 1504-1515, Male and female speaker in Bengali, musical interludes. Bangladesh mentioned. 34433 (Veldhuis) This would help Ye old Editor quite a bit! You have to re-edit a few tips - I have to go THROUGH THEM ALL … not that it isnt great fun, it is. 73's Finn ALGERIA 7245v, R Algiers, heard all day both in Arabic and French. Move from listed 7145? (van Delft) on Maartens tip, in Arabic on 7245.1 kHz Sep 12 0835, and Sep 13 0630 French, pops (e.g. Mr Tambourine Man) into 0645-0650 French news about terrorism in Algiers. Strong (ed) ANGOLA 3374.9, R Nacional; Mulenvos, Sep 13, 2233, with OM in Vern. news (not P) into ID 2235. 34433 (Steyn) 7245, R Nacional da Angola; Luanda, Sep 13, 0449-0456,Portuguese, Woman announcer, Musical program, "Proçrama Despertar" Bom dia "Un abraço de este equipo que trabalha com muito carinho.........Radio Nacional da Angola" 32222 // 4950KHz, (Eramo) ANTARTICA 15475.3, LRA36, Sep 6, 1907-1930, Typical format with YL in Spanish alternating with tangos and pop songs. Mentioning at times "territorio antartico argentino". Very weak, but clear channel. Faded out by 1930. (Maspero) ARGENTINA 3200.4H, R Armonia; Tres de Febrero, Sep 13, 2344, OM in S with football commentary. 33333 (Steyn) ARMENIA 4810,Voice of Armenia; Kamo, Sep 11, 1915-1940, Armenian. Traditional music and song. Male announcer with short announcements. 22222 //4990 - not much better. (Clemitson) AUSTRALIA 2325, ABC Tennant Creek, Sep 5, 2110, birthday greetings (Norrie) 5025.00, VL8K Katherine, Sep 11, 2130-2140, E, local nx. 4910 & 4835 could not be heard 34233 (Phillips) 5870, R Australia, Sep 7, 1505, with xylophonic pops//6080//9415. Improving at 1545 (Norrie) BANGLADESH 15521.2, R Bangladesh; Dhaka, Sep 14, 1504-1515, Male and female speaker in Bengali, musical interludes. Bangladesh mentioned. 34433 (Veldhuis) 15522, R Bangladesh; Dhaka, Sep 7, 1410-1440. Bengali?, Religious chants. ID 1430 followed by Male reading news. 42332 (Clemitson) BELARUS 7140, Radio Grodno (Hrodna), Sep, 1515, is audible with a local programme as stated in WRTH. I have been able to hear it again a few times in the last few days. Reception is mostly fair to good at present. - Last year a reception report was confirmed directly and via Minsk. (Buschau) BENIN 4870, ORTB, Sep 9, 2130, OM commenting w short music intervals, at FF 2134 ended ?, 32332 w QRM from 4872 RTTY (Liangas) BOLIVIA 4409.45, R Eco, Sep 9-14, 2350-0030 weak (Wilkner) 4552.39, R Tropico, Sep 9-14, 2330 excellent signal (Wilkner) 4649, Radio Santa Ana; Santa Ana de Yacuma, Sep 14, 0030-0040, LA music with announcements in Spanish; crackling sounds in the atmosphere. Tentative. Weak. (Pijpers) 4682.28, R Paititi (?), Sep 9-14, 2352-0010 very poor (Wilkner) 4702.29, R Eco, Sep 12, 2354-0000, presumed the one in SP UTE on USB so best in lower (Wilkner) 4777.82, R Andes, Sep 9-14, 2350-0010 weak signal (Wilkner) 4864.00, R 16 de Marzo, Sep 9-14, 0000, 1000 (Wilkner) 4925.6, Radio San Miguel; Riberalta, Sep 9, 0132-1059, Spanish, coments by man, musical program and sports coments, ID. Signal very weak (Eramo) 4926.56, R San Miguel, Sep 9-14, 0000, fair/ good signal (Wilkner) 5952.36, Radio Pio XII, Sep.9, 1056-1102, 32322, YL talk, folklore. (Kanai) 9625, Radio Fides; La Paz, Sep 14, 0315-0400, Talkshow in Spanish without an ID at 0400. Parallel to a weak 4845. Poor (Pijpers). BRAZIL 4785, Radio Caiari; Porto Velho, Sep 12, 0300, Male in Portuguese with tentative ID. Not much more to hear, except for a couple of "gooooals", maybe Edmundo scoring for Vasco da Gama. Weak. (Pijpers) 4825, R Cancao Nova, Sep 5, 2043, with religious phone in //6105 (Norrie) 4845, R. Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Sep 5, 2035, with ID (Norrie) 4865, R Alvorada; Londrina, Sep 9, 0052-01020, Portuguese, Woman announcer, Religious program, 23332 ID by man "....Radio Alvorada frecuencia elevada .... 960 khz Onda Media ...... 4865 Khz ondas curtas...emisora catolica......com estudios em a Rua.....Londrina, Parana........" (Eramo) 4885, R Diffusora Acreana; Rio Branco, Sep 10, 0207-0234, Portuguese, Musical and religious program ID ".....onda media....Radiodiffusora Acreana, Rio Branco...." - Signal very weak (Eramo) 4885, R Clube do Para, Sep 7, 0351-0359*, P, ann of QRGs, ID, soft local pop mx, 35343 (Gatzke) 4915, Presumed R.Diff Macapa and R. Anhanguera - both stations were on the same channel at 0006 one with Carnaval Music and another with religious talk (Vaghjee, Sep 12) 4935, R. Capixaba, Sep 11, 2137, weak but distinctive with Brazilian show, phone in at 2148 and frequent Vitoria mentions. 2200 "Espiroto Santa" and then into "voz de Brazil" I think for news (Norrie) 5035, R Aparecida; Aparecida, Sep 8, 0409-0415, Portuguese, Man and Woman announcer, time check: "hora certa una hora once minutos horario da Brasilia" ID Bom dia tengha a dia feliz" "..Radio Aparecida.." 23332, (Eramo) 5045, Radio Cultura do Para; Belem, Sep 12, 0220-0240, Non-stop Brasilian pops. Fair signal with some fading. Presumed. (Pijpers). 6050, R.Guarani; Belo Horizonte, Sep 13, 2259, OM in P talk; time check and ID. 33343 (Steyn) quite a while since I saw this reported, ed. 9515, R.Novas de Paz; Curitiba, Sep 12, 2135, with OM in P speech (relig.) 34433 (Steyn) 9585, R Globo; Sao Paulo, Sep 12, 2138, OM in P commentary (QRM!) 33333 (Steyn) 9615, R Cultura, Sao Paulo, Sep 12, 2140, OM in very lively P songs 34433 (Steyn) 9645.00, R Bandeirantes; Sao Paulo, Sep 7, 2235-2245, P, frenetic football commentary, advert //11925 33333 (Phillips) 11804.75, R Globo, Sep 8, P, ID's, tk, songs 34333 (Phillips) 11813.3, R Brasil Central; Goiana, Sep 10, 0250-0303, Portuguese, Musical program, man announcer ID: "Simtonizan a emisoras brasileiras ... Radio Brasil Central ... .... Goiana, Goia ...." 34333, (Eramo) 11815, Radio Brasil Central; Goiania, Sep 13, 0200, Male with ID in
Portuguese, announcing music programmes for Saturday. Good signal. //4985
(Pijpers)
11830, Radio Anhanguera; Goiania, Sep 14, 0115-0117, Man praising Brasil like on 4915. Disappeared suddenly, though. He didn't come back. Fair signal. (Pijpers) 11855, Radio Aparecida; Aparecida, Sep 13, 0230, Brasilian pop music, male in Portuguese with some thoughts about Brazil. Poor with lots of fading. //5035, 9630. (Pijpers) 11915, Radio Gaucha; Porto Alegre, Sep 13, 0205, ID when tuning to frequency with talk about Brasilian affairs. Some rumbling under Gaucha by unID. Signal poor to fair. (Pijpers) 11925, Radio Bandeirantes; Sao Paulo, Sep 13, Phone-in, at 0215 timepips during conversation. Good signal with some fading. // 6090 & 9645. (Pijpers). 11925.05, R Bandeirantes; Sao Paulo, Sep 8, 2100-2110, P, ID, nx, local nx. Strange warbled QRM on 11927 34344 (Phillips) CANADA 6130, CHNX Halifax, Sep 8, 2219, E, CHNS-ID, wx - USB, 33333. Also heard with a clear CHNX-SW ID at 2345 a few days ago. (Gatzke) 9625, CBC Northern Quebec Service, Sep 4, *1057-1115, anthem, full French ID and "Le Radio Journale de Radio Canada" at 1100. Also on Sep 5 at 0412-0506* with classical music, news and anthem (Timofeyev) CHAD 4904.5, RNT Tchadienne, Sep 7, 0429, F, NA, ID, mx 45333 (Passmann at DX Camp Marx) CHILE 6089.95, R Esperanza; Temuco; La Araucania, Sep 10, 1044, with SP religious song, 1046 news from R. Mineria in Santiago incorporating phone reports, one from Buenos Aires. Ear-splitting signal, but WYFR-6085 splash strong. "Exactamente la siete de la manana en Esperanza" at 1100. (Novello) CHINA 3280.00, Voice of Pujiang; Shanghai, Sep 6, 1040-1045, in Chinese with Radio Drama, 44334, (Kecskes) A powerful transmitter for the external broadcasts of China Radio International came into use at the transmission station in Urumqi in Xinjiang 29th August. This shows that China now ranks among the industrially advanced countries in the world which have a powerful, world-class transmitter for overseas broadcasts. The transmitter will greatly improve the reception of CRI's overseas broadcasts. While CRI ranks among the world's top three in terms of the number of languages it uses and the number of hours it broadcasts, its total transmission power lags quite far behind. With the approval of the State Council [words indistinct] a powerful transmitter was built in Xinjiang. When other transmitters come into use together with this one, China's transmission capacity for its overseas broadcasts will rank among the top three in the world. (Central People's Broadcasting Station, Beijing, 30 Aug via BBCM) COLOMBIA 5077, Caracol; Santa Fé de Bogota, Sep 8, 0403-0407, Spanish, News, Man announcer, 23332, advertisements, time check "son las once de la noche con cinco minutos" "..en Caracol presentamos uno de los grandes grupos....." (Eramo) 5955, La V de los Centauros, Aug 26, 1253-1300*, with local news broadcast from tune s/off. Apart from this [new] segment, the station is only on the air, weekdays, at approx. 2100-2300. Has been suffering from "chronic" overmodulation for over 2 years; now OK. (Klemetz/DatelineBogota) 6063, Colmundo, Sep 7, 0540-0615, with a religious programme. The signal was weak but partly clear - Radio Sweden is off at that time on Sundays (possibly also on Saturdays??)! On weekdays the frequency usually suffers from bad interference by Radio Sweden. (Buschau) 6115, La Voz de Llano; Villavicencio, Sep 14, 0207, Swinging LA music, "La hora en Colombia....", weak to poor. Tentative. (Pijpers) 6201.1H, unid parrish broadcaster, daily, 2330-0100, approx. Not on the air in the morning. Progr consists of mass and occasional "información pastoral", during which, one night, reference was made to "our bishop Flavio Calle". As it happens, he is the bishop of Sonsón and Rionegro diocese in Antioquia. On Sept 7, brief mention for church attendants that a "community broadcaster" has been purchased; a down payment of 50% has been made, said the priest. If a harmonic, fundamental would be 1550, which is a fqy many Antioquian parrish broadcasters use. Signal strength is fair-to-good, and I can attest to the fact that they go on the air and leave the air without any stn identification whatsoever. (Klemetz/DatelineBogota) CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 5066.3, La Voix du Peuple; Bunia, Sep 11, 1723-1744, Afro music, male speaker in French, tentative ID, Jean Michelle Jarre tune, long talk. 24332 (Veldhuis) COSTA RICA 4831.9, R Reloj de C.R., Sep 9, 0406, "Deportes Reloj", TC, full ID & "Radio Reloj - numero uno en Costa Rica". Fair. Sep 13 still as late as 0640 (Krone) 7384.85, RFPI, Sep 13, 0702 end of "University in the Air", ID "Broadcasting from Costa Rica, this is Radio for Peace International". Strong (Krone) ECUADOR 3289.79, R Centro, Sep 14, 1047, male with ID after the fade out of GBC on 3290. (Wilkner) 4770, R Centinela del Sur, Sep 4, 0211, S, live bc of a basketball match, many mentions of Loja, 34343 (Gatzke) 4919, R Quito, Sep 7, 0420, S, Techno, 0427 ID: "LV de la capital", canciones 34333 (Passmann, DX Camp Marx) Sep 13 still at 0700! (ed) 4918.97, Radio Quito, Sep.10, 1030-1040, 33333, News program.ID as "Radio Quito, La Voz de la Capital" at 1031. Good signal. (Kanai) ETHIOPIA 5500, V.O.the Tigray Revolution, Sep 9, *0356-0415, IS, male announcer and echo ann on the hour //6315 (Krone) 6940, R Fana; Addis Ababa, Sep 13, 0342-0355, Oromo, Man and Female Announcer, Musical Program and Coments, ID SINPO 22222 // 6210 ID by man (Eramo) GABON 4777.00, RTV Gabonaise; Libreville, Sep 8, 2045-2055, F, Afropop, ID 44444 (Phillips) 4777, R Dif TV Gabonaise; Libreville, Sep 12, 1625, Talk in french & Time in libreville given by man followed details of programme and names of "Pharmacie de Garde", music. Very weak and lost signal after 10 minutes (Vaghjee) GERMANY 7265.00, Sudwestfunk, Rohrdorf, Sep 6, 0626-0633, in German, with Rap music, Advert's, news in brief, followed by more music, 23232, (Kecskes) Re. "Universelles Leben" via Juelich: Andreas Erbe discovered, they are (as "lodger" by Vo Russia) back on MW Wachenbrunn 1323, noted Sep. 5 at 1948 in French. As further illustration: A Munich-based court pronounced a judgement, Bayerischer Rundfunk has to air advertisements of "Universelles Leben". Obviously there are no reasons to expect, they will disappear from 5890 soon. Incidentally, Andreas found them at 1948 threefold: Also on 1386 (Bolshakovo-KAL), here with voice-over in Polish... (Ludwig) GUAM 15225, AWR, Sep 12, *0955, IS, E IDs, Chinese. Fine (Krone) GUATEMALA 3300.00, TGNA, Sep 12, 0600-0615, S, tk, mid sentence ID: "R Cultural" 24333 (Phillips) 4779.80, R Coatan, Sep 9-14, 1200, strong signal (Wilkner) 4799.83, R Buenas Nuevas, Sep 9-14, 1200, ID's (Wilkner) 4825, R. Mam, Sep 7, 1400, with excellent signal (Wilkner) GUYANA 3290, GBC, Sep 6, 0432, Reggae, 0452 Caribbean Fruit Comp. ment., 0500 VoA-Nx; f/out starting 0457, 0508 away, no ID hrd due to decreasing signal and static, so tent 35333 (Passmann, DX Camp Marx) FRENCH GUYANA 5054.9, RFO, Sept 7, 0430, nx and commentary FF, male spoken (het whistle, better in USB) (Elsebusch) HAWAII 7510, KWHR, Sep 8, 1409-1444, 23322-21321, Religious orchestra music & ID. Very hard QRM by China station on 7516kHz. (Kanai) 17555, KWHR, Sep.8, 2112-2122, 25322, Orchestra music and ID. Weak signal. (Kanai) 17555, WYFR Oakland, Sep 11, 2118, rel. px on 'divorce' and 'sexual relation-ship'; EE male spoken (what else!), 2124 address of Family Radio; (Elsebusch) HONDURAS 4959.12, HRET, Sep 9, 0100-0110, with SP IDs, but interestingly enough two mentions of "en Guatemala...Radio Buenas Nuevas" which might be a bit confusing to one tuning in for short period of time. Clear HRET IDs before and after. Radio Buenas Nuevas on fqy and not parallel, good signal. One religious station mentioning another? (Wilkner) INDIA 4860, AIR, Delhi, Sept 7, 1915-1930, Urdu. Indian music & song. Female with ID and off at 1930 22222 (Clemitson) 15020, AIR, Delhi or is it Aligarh?, Sept 10, 1440-1500, Sinhala. Very lively local music followed by Male with talk programme then into semi-chants Prayers?) to ID and close down at 1500 (Clemitson) INDONESIA Sept. 11 is the 52nd anniversary of the RRI. Sad to say RRI is losing its in-country listeners. Indonesians prefer BBC and Radio Australia for news (Kompas Daily www.kompas.com, Sept. 11, 1997) (Brata) 3204, According to Mr. Oemar, a UTE DXer in Bandung,RRI Bandung 3204 kHz is out of order for almost 4 months. Mr. Idrus, the station manager said the transmitter is 'sick'. The station is fixing it but I guess its sickness maybe very bad so it should be replace. For more information you can contact the RRI Stasiun Regional 3 Bandung station manager at +62-22-707-031, 775-551 (Brata) 3264.60, RRI Gorontalo, Sep 6, 1030-1040, in BI, with local pop music, ID, radio drama play, SINPO: 33233, (Kecskes) 3325.00,RRI Palangkaraya, Sep 6, 1047-1105, in BI, with EZL music, some in English, programme information, mention the FM frequency, 1057 full ID by a Women, 1058 with the alternate IS, 1100 another ID followed by local news, SINPO: 33233, (Kecskes) 3325.00, RRI Palangkaraya, Sep 9, 2200-2215, Ins., nx, choir, sort of jingle, tk. // 4925 until 2210 AR7030 arrived for evaluation from AOR 23232 (Phillips) 3345, RRI Ternate, Sep 12, 2130, Long talk followed by live commentry. fair Vaghjee) 3355, RRI Jambi, Sep 12, 2145, namaz 2150 Religious songs (surprisingly
sounded like India Quawali) 2200 ID (Indosasia jambi - IS). S.off. Fair
reception (Vaghjee)
3905.00, RRI Merauke (P), Sep 6, 2016-2040, in BI with light hearted discussion by a Man and Women with lots of laughing, 2026 prg info followed by EZL music, no ID noted, SINPO: 33333, (Kecskes) 3976, RRI Subaraya, Sep 12, 2240, News followed by advertisements. Good
reception (Vaghjee)
4753.24, RRI Ujung Pandang, Sep 9, 2150-2200, Indonesian, OM & YL tk, SCI, ID, nx 23232 (Phillips) 4925.00, RRI Jambi, Sep 9, 2200-2210, Indonesian, ID, nx - superb reception. Always the strongest Indonesian here 34344 (Phillips) IRAQ 11784.94, R Iraq International, Sep 7, 2245-2255, E, ID, invitation to write to PO Box 8145 Baghdad, invitation to visit IRQ 45455 (Phillips) 11785, R Iraq Int, Sep 8, 2221-2254, F, nx, ID, mx, ann of QRG & addr, 2225 E, special px on Babylon; modulation sounded like telephone, 55544 (Gatzke) 11785, R Iraq International, Sep 6, 2245-2250* in EE with news summary. Strong signal. Before signing off the following announcement was given (maybe this can help for new schedule and address): "This is Baghdad, Radio Iraq International. We'd like to draw your attention that we transmit our program in English on the SW 25 mb equal to 11785 Khz from 7 till 8 Baghdad local time. Our address is: Broadcasting Service of the Republic of Iraq, Iraqi Broadcasting and TV Establishment, Salihiya Baghdad, 8th February Bureau, PO Box 8145, Baghdad, Iraq." (Maspero) 11787, R Iraq International, Sep 14, 0347-0355*, English about Babylon International Festival. Closing announcement and NA. Strong (Krone) Checking for RII Sept 10 at 2245, found no trace of it on 11290, nor on 11785 where English had been; instead, weak but clear signal with A Voz do Brasil program a satellite hop behind //11780 Amazonia, with 2259 ID as Radio Guaiba [gwa-EE-ba] back down from 11795v (Hauser) ITALY AWR Forli special programme - new time. Comments are letter to Hauser: I appreciate your comment regarding the usage of 7240 kHz for a special broadcast from AWR-Forli and of course, your observation is accurate. However, we are in a difficult situation regarding these special broadcasts from AWR-Forli. In choosing a frequency, we have looked at many options, including another band altogether. However, somewhere in the range of 7 MHz is most satisfactory for propagation reasons and also because of technical limitations at the station. AWR-Forli was originally established as an interim station with the intent that a much larger station would subsequently be erected in Italy and this new station, to be located at Argenta, is now in the active planning stages. Thus AWR-Forli does have technical limitations. As you are aware, the usual channels normally in use from AWR-Forli are in the 41 metre band. We are unable to locate a clear channel in the 41 metre band above 7300 kHz, and we are unable to go out of band. Thus, the only alternative is to choose a channel below 7300 kHz. The purpose of these two special broadcasts from AWR-Forli is to give listeners in North America, and elsewhere as well, the opportunity to hear this station and for most listeners, it will be a once-in-a-life-time opportunity. We are not transgressing into the North American amateur band for the purpose of introducing a new broadcasting service with high power. Instead, it is a special DX broadcast with low power for the benefit of international shortwave monitors and DXers. It is simply a two night broadcast consisting of two hours on each occasion. Thus, AWR-Forli is seeking the goodwill of the amateur community for the purpose of presenting this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many listeners to hear an exotic low powered shortwave station, for which a very exotic QSL card will be issued. I might also add that many of the AWR staff at locations in Europe, Latin America, Guam and the United States are themselves amateur radio operators who understand and appreciate the protocols associated with the privileges of transmitting on the amateur radio bands. It is also true, that many of the active radio personnel who DX the international shortwave bands and who would like to hear this station also hold an amateur radio license. Yes, the actual time of the broadcasts has been changed and is different
from that which was first announced. and again, the reason for this change
is because of the high congestion of radio stations in the broadcasting
bands. The correct schedule reads as follows:- UTC Sunday & Monday
September 28 & 29 0300 - 0500 UTC 7240 kHz 2.5 kW Thank you for your
interest in this matter, and best wishes again in your own broadcast activity,
JAPAN 6120, R. France Intl rel Tokyo (Yamata), Sept. 13, 1430-1500, Vietnamese. Report on Mother Teresa, and extracts of the funeral service. Musical items. Male with ID and frequency in Japanese and off at 1500. 43333. Immediately replaced by sign on of VOA English transmission from either Poro or Tinang Philippines. (Clemitson) KENYA 4885, KBC Nairobi, Sep 7, 2000-2020, English. Male announcer with Gospel & similar musical items 32232 - nothing heard on 4935. (Clemitson) 4935, KBC, Sep 12, 1925, Chat in English, Music of Salama Africa Group. Fair (Vaghjee) 4935, KBC Nairobi, Sep 10, *0159-0205, English, IS, "This is KBC Nairobi" by female announcer "Good Morning, you are tuned to the english service of KBC Nairobi" 23332 (Eramo) LIBERIA 5100, R Liberia Intl, Sep 11, 2055, w news in Arabic, then ID @2100
in Engl and western music then news by YL and interval ID, news 24332 (Liangas)
MADAGASCAR 3140, R Madagasikara, Sep 13, 1655, but QRM and much better on //5009.6 kHz (Krone) 6136, RTV Malagasy; Antanarivo, Sept. 13, 1320-1400, Malagasi. Dramatic radio play reading. Female with ID at 1400 and off. 32232. //7155 better 33333 (Clemitson) MALAWI 3380, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, Sep 6, 1727-1745, in vernacular at 1727, then at 1730 into English, with commentary about regional political summit to be held in Blantyre the following Monday. (Maspero) 3380.0, Malawi BC, Sep 12, 0310-0335, Vern morning prgram, many TCs in English, and also 0326 adv in English for "CF Polish", and Vern adv for "ICL". 0332 English traffic announcement. Fair (Krone) MALAYSIA 7270, RTM Kuching, Sep 4, 1422-1500*, Iban service with a lot of nice local songs and final anthem //4895,5005,6050,6060, but not any signal on 3385 which is not in use at present? (Timofeyev) 15295.0, Voice of Malaysia; Kajang, Sep 14, 1527-1532, Male speaker in presumed Bahasa Malaysia, mentioning Malaysia, silence, then at 1530 UTC ID in Arabic, short piece of music, mention of frequencies. 34444 HCJB heard underneath. (Veldhuis) MAURITANIA 4845, R .Mauritanie; Nouakchott, Sep 11, 1950-2005, French. Male announcer with talk and musical programme. Some of the items played were very reminiscent of Arabic music. The signal was weak, and almost lost under utilities. Only audible on USB. Time pips at 2000 ID and newscast 22222 (Clemitson) MEXICO 6010.00, Radio Mil, Sep 6, 0803-0826, in Spanish with LA Ballads, ID, promos including "Rocken Roll" on Radio Mil, 23232, (Kecskes) 6105.22, Tus Panteras (t) may be the Mexican, Sep 7, 1100-1210, good signal but no ID's. One mention of Panteras, reported as different Mexican station in DX Window. (Wilkner) 9705, R Mexico Int, Sep 6, 1352, with "Victor Sylvester" type music, switching to English at 14.00 (Norrie) MOLDOVA/SO. KOREA 15575, R Moldova Int´l, Sep 7, 0153, multilanguage ID's, DX-pgm in Sp w/ feature from Argentinian DXer Nestor Rubio from Mar del Plata, ending 0200 and followed without cuts by R. Korea's EG pgm. (Nigro) this is new to me. Additional information, guys? ed. MONGOLIA 12085, R. Ulan Bator, Sep 13, 1220-1240, SEA MX then into IS and ID by OM at 1230. Heavy QRM from R. Nederland on 12090 but easily copiable on LSB ECSS. (Rippel) 15170, Voice of Mongolia; Khonkhor, Sep 11, 0859, interval signal, male
and female speakers with ID in Russian, then into English: "Welcome to
the Voice of Mongolia in English", SINPO 34333, but soon improving to SINPO
44444. Heard thanks to Wolfgang Bueschel's tip in BC-DX (Schaay)
MOZAMBIQUE 3210, R Mocambique; Maputo, Sep 7, 1850-1905, Portuguese. Pop music programme Female announcer with ID at 1900 44433 (Clemitson) 3272.65, R Mocambique-Beira, Sep 13, 1725, local songs non-stop 1729 fine local ID in P, 1730 then gave the word to "Jornal" in Portuguese from Maputo, far better signal than usual. Fair (Krone) 4930, R.Mozambique-(Moputo)?, Sep 12, 2130, ID by Man in Portuguese, Afr Music, at 2153 Portuguse Mx, 2000 Advertisement Mazda, news in P, N.Anthem and S.off at 2005. Very poor. Not //3273 (very good at that time) but s.off at the same time (Vaghjee) 11818.4, R Mocambique (t), Sep 9, 1145, talk in UNID language, very low modulation, 23421 (Gatzke) MYANMAR 6570, Defence Forces Broadcasting Station; Taunggyi, Sep 10, 1110, presumed the one with fragile SEAs ballads and pop-type selections, M announcer. Hung in as late as 1210, but then lost to morning fading. SSB traffic QRM but steady signal. Johnson was wondering in Cumbre #153 if this was still active; I haven't a clue as to how this station ID's, but everything fits. (Novello) NAMIBIA 3289.9, Namibian BC, Sep 13, 1731, German prgr, horrible sing-along-jumping-on the-tables-songs (Bavarian? hi), not //3270. Fair (Krone) NEW ZEALAND 9795, RNZI, Rangitaiki, Sep 9, 0801-0815*, E, nx, ID, IS, s/off, 23432 (Gatzke) NIGERIA 6049.9, R Nigeria-Ibadan, Sep 13, 1757, Call-to-prayer, YL-ID "This is Radio Nigeria Ibadan" then frequency was covered completely by BBC 1759 (Krone) 7255.00, V of Nigeria; Ikorodu, Sep 6, 0614-0625, via long path reception, in English with Afro music, talk on the "Central Bank of Nigeria" and general banking. 23232, (Kecskes) 7255, V of Nigeria; Ikorodu, Sep 6, 1950-2010, English. Stock exchange report. Ethnic musical interludes. ID "Top" African news items. Magazine programme dealing with Land Mines. 33333 (Clemitson) 7255, Voice of Nigeria; Lagos, Sep 13, 0521-0528, English, Musical program, woman announcer, coments, ID 22222 (Eramo) NORWAY As per recent info published in Norwegian DX-News, UKE-senderen will be operating from October 10 until November 2. Test transmissions can be expected from Sept. 20 onwards. ARK is licensed to run 1485 at 100w, 7215 at 1kW and FM at 100w. Check out ARK's homepage at http://www.stud.ntnu.no/studorg/la1k/. (Mjelde in Hard-Core-DX) PAKISTAN 4790, R Pakistan; Rawalpindi, Sep 12, 1615, End of News and Press commentry in English. Followed by ID in Urdu and Songs. Weak and RTTY interference (Vaghjee) 11565, Radio Pakistan, Sep 11, 1456, mx Indian stype (tabla and organ), 1459 final of 'Typewriter Waltz' by Errol Garner (without typewriter - do they use a PC instead of ? ;-) ; 1500 ID "Ye Radio Pakistan he". 54544 (Elsebusch) 15555, R Pakistan; Islamabad, Sep 7, 1445-1505, VV. ID Male with Sports review. Olympic bid. US tennis. Motor racing etc. 44444 (Clemitson) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3205, R Sandaun; Vanimo; West Sepik, Sep 8, 1055, Definitely active, heard with W announcer giving R Sandaun ID in passing during a rare pause in local QRN. Into presumed news at 1100, but copy just to tough to tell for sure. Also heard Sep 10. (Novello) reactivation, ed. 3385, R East New Britain; Rabaul; East New Britain, Sep 8, 1105, long talk by M, then W. Much stronger than 3205 at the same time. Some local reggae-lite played at 1119. Another song at 1137 sounded like a Pacific Hank Williams. Announcements of upcoming events with days of the week spoken in English. News in English in progress at 1201 check, //4890. (Novello) PARAGUAY 9737.3, Radio Nacional del Paraguay, Sep 6, 2202-2220, musical program called "Reminiscencias". "Muy buenas tarde y bienvenidos a la emision numero 148 de "Reminiscencias" en Radio Nacional de Paraguay, transmitiendo para el pais, America y el mundo la musica mas linda en el mundo, la musica Paraguaya". Strong and clear. Nice music too (Maspero). 9737.3, R Nacional; Asuncion, Sep 13, 2333, with OM in S ann's into accordion music. 34433 (Steyn) PERU 3250.8, R Comas; Comas, Sept 8&9, *1001, Annc't at 1030 says "R Comas ahora a nivel nacional, una radio para todos"; plugs for Sunday morning live theatre at the stn's TV studio (address as for the MW stn listed on 1300 kHz in the WRTH). Fluttery signal in general, which is quite consistent with their location right on the magnetic equator (Klemetz/DatelineBogota) 3250.8, Radio Comas Television, Sep 7, 0320 - 0500*, "con lo mejor de la cumbia peruana..." no advs, no "comunicados". Full ID:" ..Transmite Radio Comas en los 1300 Kcs amplitud modulada, onda media. Ahora una nueva señal 3.250 Khz onda corta a nivel Nacional, una radio para todos..." mx peruvian cumbia.Full S/off at the 0500: "...Radio Comas Televisiòn cierra sus transmisiones del dìa de hoy en 1.300 Kcs Onda media, con 5.000 vatios de potencia; con estudios en Avenida Estados Unidos 327 Urbanizaciòn Huaquillay, Km 10 de la Avenida Tupac Amaru, Distrito de Comas, Lima Perù...Esperamos que nuestra transmisiòn haya satisfecho sus expectativas, a las 5 de la mañana estaremos nuevamente con ustedes Radio Comas Televisiòn..." NA. (Rodrigues, Colombia in TFW) 3250.8, R Comas Television, Sep 13, -0459*, sign off with orch NA, best yet. Fair. Sep 14 faded in after it became light here @ 0410, fair 0420. During night, worst LA reception in ages - which is something (Krone) 3250.87, R Comas, Sep 12, 1005, ID by Man, signal improved till about 1040 with fade out 1103, 1040 Echo ID's by M (Wilkner) 3340, R Altura; Cerro de Pasco, re Krone's DXW80 tip: Sep 7, 0230-0310, while 3250.8 stayed weak this increased in signal, and fair at 0310. "Altura" Ids, mixed songs. Past 0355 when ID "Altura ... en programacion". - The new slogan is "Altura lider en programacion", as heard on Sept. 6 (Passmann) 4039.21, R. Marginal, Sep 9-14, 0000 (Wilkner) 4419.8, R Bambamarca, Sep 7, 0335-0400, mx Tropical and salsa with greeting for listeners. Full. S/off at the 0355: "Radio Bambamarca en los 1150 Khz amplitud modulada termina sus transmisiones correspondientes al dìa de hoy, esperando haber colmado sus gustos musicales...Radio Bambamarca saldra nuevamente al aire en su emisiòn correspondiente al dìa de mañana, por hoy muchas gracias, que tengan un feliz sueño y un hermoso despertar..." NA. (Rodrigues, Clm in TWF) 4774.9, Radio Tarma, Sep 12, 0443-0505, 0455 canned id, buenas noches, then ann for Onda Corta - Radio Tarma Internacional and Christian px by Hernan Pablo, 0459 id in Japanese, English and finally in Spanish, chimes, again English: asking for reports, off at 0505. Qué buena senal. (Stiller) 4790.00, R Atlántica; Iquitos, Sep 13, 0215-0233, S, flute and pipes mx, tk, ID 34333 (Phillips) 4840.08, Radio Andahuaylas, Sep 9, 1018-1032, 24222, Huayno music & OM talk in Spanish. (Kanai) 4593.6, R Estación X; Yurimaguas, Sep 9, 1038-1100, surprisingly back on the air. First noted this time and date. Various canned id's - including actual stn name - have been noted, but the most frequent one seems to say "En Yurimaguas solo hay una sola señal, 97.1". (Yes, I am aware of the tautology, but it is none of my fault). Weak signal, but good audio quality. (Klemetz/ Dateline Bogota) 4824.39, LV de la Selva, Sep 14, 1115, fading out but did N O T note Radio Atlantida on 4790 same time. (Wilkner) 4904.8, R La Oroya, Sep 7, 0359-0418, S, ufb Andean folk mx, anns, 24232. Blocked by strong Chad carrier on 4904.5 as of 0418. (Gatzke) 4950.07, R Madre De Dios (t), Sep 14, 1100-1110, woman anncr over indig. mx, weak signal, no sign of R. Baha'i (Wilkner) 4990.5, R Ancash, Sep 8, 0347-0353, Spanish, Musical Program, Man announcer, comments ID by woman advertsiments, Weak signal (Eramo) 4990.9, R Ancash, Sep 9, 0403, fine with TC and ID, into huayno (Krone) 4990.9, Radio Ancash, Huaraz, Sep 7, 0153, Lovely local music with OM introducing the songs. (Maspero) 4995.59, Radio Andina, Sep 9, 1000-1006, 22322, Folklore & OM talk. ID as "5 de la manana 3 minutos...Radio Andina.". Heavy QRM of JJY on 5000. (Kanai) 5046.2, Stn in the town of Abancay, Sept 9&10, @1100, weak but on a clear channel, in Quechua and Spanish. No actual stn id noted - TIN has it as R Integración - but both mornings there was a clear reference to a company called "Suramericana de Radiodifusión" which is conducting a course in broadcasting techniques for "jóvenes de ambos sexos" on the premises of "Inti R", which is located, they say, "en la gran avenida Seoane 377". (Klemetz/ Dateline Bogota) 5056.2, R Onda Imperial; Cusco: will celebrate its anniversary soon. The station was founded on September 25, 1961 by Alberto Barrionuevo Santos. (TIN) 5067.2, Ondas del Suroriente (t), Sept 9, 0019, with cumbias etc. in "Noches bailables". Ads referred to Quillabamba, but I did not hear any stn id. If it's them, it's a move from 5068.6. (Klemetz/ Dateline Bogota) 5236.4, R Apurimac; Abancay, will celebrate its anniversary soon. The station was established on September 16, 1966 by Raul Montesino. (TIN) 5271.6, Stn noted byNovello-NC, Aug 22, was heard here Aug 24, 25 and 27 from fade in around 2315 and way past 0100. The first two days progr was a relay of Lima pop music station "Once sesenta" (1160 kHz), slogan: "11-60, al rojo vivo", while on Aug 27 there was a downlink of Lima's RPP (R Programas del Perú), which is all news. Not heard recently, but as my best antenna has been downed by a flying kite, I wouldn't swear the stn is off the air. Reception was on the whole rather poor (Klemetz/ Dateline Bogota) 5323.68, R Origen, Sep 9-14, 2350, (Wilkner) 5498.08, R. Lajas, Sep 9-14, 1100, (Wilkner) 5522.28, R Sudamerica, Sep 9-14, 0000, strong signal (Wilkner) 5629.8, Radio Ilucan, Cutervo, Sep 7, 0223, ID at 0225. Good signal under killer jammer. (Maspero) 6018.2, R Victoria, Sep 13, 0555-0610, S relig through the hour, 0605 mensajes cristo, best on LSB, strong splash de 6020 especially on USB. Still audible at recheck 0710. Hrd often. (Krone) 6173.8, R Tawintinsuyo; Cusco, Sep 13, 2253, S ann. followed by songs. (QRM mush) 23332 (Steyn) 6188.08, Radio Oriente, Sep 9, 1116-1127, 22332, LA pops,OM talk. (Kanai) 6725.5, Radio Satelite, Santa Cruz, Sep 7, 0230. Usual local messages read by OM. Fair reception. (Maspero) 7040.42, R San Ignacio, Sep 11, 2303, with clear full ID, solo SS singing, weak (Norrie) 7141.8, R Ayabaca; Ayabaca, Sep 13, 2317, local songs/band with lots of drumming. (ham QRM) weak 23332 (Steyn) 7745.94, R. Cristal, Sep 12, 0151, LA pop mx, chimes, TC and ID "R. Cristal, la mas potente del pais". Finally confirmed ctry at 0104 and made reference to his "nuevo, potente trasmisor". Exact spelling for town's name still not well defined, sounding phonetically as "Sangayau". Mic audio improved significantly, but rcpn is fair to fairly good. (Nigro) 7745.94, Station's name seems to be "Radio Cristal". On Sept. 10 from 0220 to s/off around 0327, w/better modulation level. Chained huaynos w/ short dedications by man each 3 or 4 themes. At 0302 he mentioned "...la gente que esta en compania de Radio Cristal...". Baffled mic audio. Mx agn and "...nos despedimos hasta el dia de manana". But no closing ID. QTH still unknown. (Nigro) 7745.9, UNID, Sep 12, 0205-0300, mumbling speech. Signal faded ard 0300 or station signed off. No R Cristal ID heard noted as yet. Also Sep 13, very weak (Krone) 7746, I haven't had the chance of checking the new Peruvian in this fqy until Sept 11, 2330. Horacio A Nigro's believes the stn is called R Cristal. This is correct. The id tag - repeated over and over again - says "Cristal, la nueva radio, la radio más potente del Perú". Speaker avoids mentioning the QTH, but music is so local in flavour that I'd be surprised if this is anything else than a new pirate from the Huancabamba area in northern Peru. Reception was quite good by 2330, but started deteriorating one hour later. (Klemetz/ Dateline Bogota) 7746, R Cristal, Sep 13, 0043, heard warming up with chicha music. Ensuing s/on annc't, 0054, said "7745 kHz banda internacional de los 49 metros" and included a greeting from owners, who were mentioned as "familia García Gaona" (not García Arjona as first tent. reported; I'm pretty sure I've got it OK now). Stn location was given twice, and as often is the case, slurring and without particular emphasis. Only after cross-checking the tape with my "Almanaque del Perú" can I establish the QTH as "distrito de San Hilarión", in the province and "departamento" of San Martín. Per speaker, stn is still in a testing stage, but regular transmissions, also in the local morning, will start shortly. (Klemetz) PHILIPPINES 11995.0, FEBC, Sep 14, 1535-1540, Religious talk in English, ID. 32442 (Veldhuis) RUSSIA The Russian transmitter guys reminds us, that summer is over: Last Sunday (Sep. 7) some summer frequencies were already replaced by their winter counterparts. Tbilisskaya moved for Vo Russia German 1500-1900 from ex11980 to 7360 (and the feeder line has high-pitched audio about three years now...). Samara replaced ex9890 by 7390; 7400 now signs on at 1530 and carrys until 1700 various Vo Russia programming, from 1700 onwards Radio Maryja, which is on 12010 now until 1700 only. But surely this will be reshuffeled at October 26 again. (Ludwig) SEYCHELLES 15445, FEBA North Point; Mahe Island, Sep 7, 1345-1400, Hindi. Male with contact address, religious instruction, including many Bible readings. ID IS and off 1400 (Clemitson) SLOVAKIA Radio Slovakia International announces that they plan to close their shortwave station located at Velke Kostolany quite soon. They plan to transfer the programming from Velke Kostolany to the larger and higherpowered station located at Rimavska Sobota. No specific date has been announced for the closure of Velke Kostolany but conjecture would suggest that it could be at the end of this current broadcasting period in a few weeks time. There are two transmitters at 100 kW located at Velke Kostolany, one of which was on the air a while back with programming from Adventist World Radio. This station was also in use by Radio Prague in the era before Czechoslovakia was divided into two nations. At this stage, it is not known what impact this move will have on AWR programming from Rimavska Sobota. Currently, AWR has exclusive usage of transmitters RS09 & RS10 at Rimavaska Sobota and shared usage with Radio Slovakia International of transmitter RS08. Radio Slovakia has exclusive usage of transmitter RS07. Each of these units is rated at 250 kW. (Adrian Peterson) SOUTH AFRICA 3320.0, R Sonder Grense; Meijerton, Sep 13, 1750-1801, Oldies music, male announcer in Afrikaans giving ID and address, promo, time check, saying they prepare tape with next program, which started a few seconds later. 24343 BBC Meijerton relay also good 1802 UTC on 3255 kHz. (Veldhuis) 3390, BBC WS Meyerton, Sep 13, 1745, program preview in English, then Swahili for one minute and disappeared. Strong (Krone) SRI LANKA 15425.5, SLBC Ekala, Sep 14, 1440-1502, Non-stop oldies music, TS, TC, ID and news in English. 33433 //9729,9 kHz. (Veldhuis) SUDAN 7200, R Omdurman; Omdurman, Sep 13, 0402-0430, Arabic, Musical Program, News and Coments, ID by Man 33222 (Eramo) SWAZILAND 3200, TWR Manzini (p), Sep 13, 1755, English radioplay. Heavy ute-QRM. Weak (Krone) 3240, TWR Manzini, Sep 14, 0332-0345*, choir songs in Shona (listed) service. Nice signal - and nice songs (Krone) 3240.0, TWR Mpangela Ranch, Sep 13, 1804-1810, Songs and talk in presumed Ndbele. 23343 (Veldhuis) 4760, TWR Manzini, Sep 14, 0325-0330*, Swahili relig 0329 choir song, -0330* IS (Krone) TAITWO (sorry, TAIONE) (says Stiller ... puh) 9955, Voice of Free China, Sep 10, 1705-1720, Russian, news on the mainland problem, new cabinet ministry of Taiwan and so, on. 33333 (Mitsuaki) 11970, CBS (?) Taipei, Sep 13, 0935, pop oldies like Donovan, Kinks, very weak and //15320 where a Red Chinese Jammer seemed to interfere (Stiller) one of the Kinks guys married to a former colleage, now THAT is interesting, isnt it? ed. 15190, CBS Taipei, Sep 13, 0800, lively Chinese, id, good (Stiller) and remember VOFC changes name to Taipei R International as of 1 January 1998 (cf DXW81), so get that QSL now those of you who haven't already. Mine dates back to the famous "Dragon Shows" and signed by Dragon Man and Dragon Lady in 1961. How about you, David Norrie, as a change from trivial stations like Solomon Islands and ZXLA ... hi. ed. Voice of Asia, PO Box 24-777, Taipei, Taiwan
THAILAND Perhaps it's intended to be boring. Radio Thailand's new Web site at http://www.radiothailand.com looks great but their specially-prepared graphical heading reads "Boardcast Schedule" :-) (Sennitt) 9680.00, R Thailand, site unknown, Sep 11, 2030-2045, E, local nx, chimes, ID: "HSK9" 43443 (Phillips) TONGA 5030, Tonga Broadcasting Commission, due shortly with 1 kW and schedule 1900-1300, though not their top priority (Cushen on Media Network/R Netherlands Sep 11) UKRAINE Re. DXW80: 6691 is obviously 7240-549 from Brovary site. A little substitute for the famous Kopani powerhouses with it's famous mixing products... (Ludwig) URUGUAY 11735, R Oriental, Sep 5, 2106, weak but distinctive harmonies and guitar music (Norrie) SODRE's fq on 31mb is 9622.1 as noted by Krone in DX-W and NU. (Nigro, Sept.7) USA 15590, KTBN Salt Lake City; Utah, Sep 7, 1445-1505, English. ID sermon on Paul reading taken from Romans chapter 8. 43333 (Target area E North America) (Clemitson) VENEZUELA 4829.98, Radio Tachira; San Cristobal, Sep 10, 1000-1100, religious px "La Voz de la Liberacion" (TIN) 4840, R Valera (t), Sep 7, 0345, S, closing ann, two anthems (the latter one being the VEN National Anthem), 34232 (Gatzke) 4980.02, Ecos del Torbes, Sep 9, 1007-1015, 33333-2, News program "NotiRumbos", so I could hear the R.Rumbos's ID at 1007 as "Radio Rumbos, la cultura de Venezuela". 1013 Net station's announcement. (Kanai) 5000, Observatorio Naval Caracas, Sep 07, 0421, TS and ID in SS, male spoken; 45444; (Elsebusch) I live in Venezuela, and I would like to help you to obtain your qsl-card
from old and new reception report from the following venezuelan radio station:
R.BARQUISIMETO, R.LARA, R.UNIVERSO, R.CRISTAL, R.MINUTO, SUPER CRIOLLA
1390, RADIO FE Y ALEGRIA 850, R.MARACAIBO, R.JUVENTUD 840, ONDAS PORTEÑAS
640.
VIETNAM Re DXW 80: 4740m, R. Son La, Aug 22-24, 1155, tx s/on NA, piece of hill tribe mx at1200 UTC. TA, presumably ID by female. Talks in dialects. (Schulze) - 4739.8 was reported as R. Tyen Quang in DXW 62 in 4/97 (I am not sure whether also by OM Schulze). I wonder what location is the correct one? (Wassmann) anyone know? ed. 10059.7, Hanoi 1, Sep 14, 1517-1525, Talk in Vietnamese 24433 (Veldhuis) ZANZIBAR 11734.11, V of Tanzania (p), Sep 8, 1842, with VV language a bit like arabic, good signal (Norrie) ZIMBABWE 3396, ZBC (p), Sep 13, 1748, heard daily, but today booming in with S7-8 as was 3306 with different prgr. Lovely African songs on both channels, same Sep 14 0340 (Krone) 5012, ZBC R2 Gweru, Sep 8, 1335-1410, Ndebele/Shona. Afropop. "Radio 2 Zimbabwe" mentioned several times between recordings. 1400 EE ID "Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation - Radio two". TS VV African newscast //4828 44444 (Confirms Mahendra's log DXW 79) (Clemitson) CLANDESTINE STATIONS AZERBAIJAN 9677.1v, Voice of Justice, Sep 4, /1503-1537*, in Armenian-like language with news and some musical fragments (Timofeyev) 9677.3v, Voice of Justice, Sep 5, /0601-0634* (Timofeyev) IRAN Vision of Resistance television is produced by the Iranian opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). The MKO also operates a radio station from Iraq - - Voice of Mojahed - Announced address: PO Box 14061, London NW7 3WX. Tel: +44-181-906-3721. Fax: +44-181-906-3711. (BBCM Sep 11) 5620.1, V.O.Mojahed, Sep 14, 0305, Fine Farsi pompeous ID after it had first occupied 5630 where I tried to hear Ilucan. Not that trying would help, very bad conds to Peru. Then 0308 back to 5630.1 kHz, ID continued with frequencies. Jammer follows (ed) IRAQ 4060, V.O.Iraqi Kurdistan, Sep 11, 1700, Kurdish. Jammed (Krone) 4095, V of the People Kurdistan, Sep 11, 2115, OM referring to persons (died) in Farsi? ID at 2121 song, man and closeout (Liangas) no, language is Kurdish, ed. On Sep 13 1810-1815* sign off in Arabic, had moved to 4115 kHz. Strong (ed) I came across the following item from the Iranian News Agency. Could these be clandestine stations? KDP says puk shuts down two radio stations in northern Iraq: Sanandaj, Kurdestan prov., sept. 9, irna: The radio of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Tuesday announced that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has shut down two radio stations in the town of Rania. the KDP radio added that the two stations were closed down for refusing to broadcast special programs prepared by PUK on the occasion of the first anniversary of Arbil occupation by joint Iraqi-Barezani forces. Ordered by Emad Ahmad, a member of PUK political bureau, the stations were shut down early this week, the radio added. The puk has so far shown no reaction to the KDP claims. (via Sennitt) Reports from areas under the PUK [Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Jalal Talabani] say that the PUK's eighth centre closed the local radios of the Islamic Union [Arabic: al-ittihad al-islami] and the Kurdistan Communist Party in Raniyah in implementation of an order by Imad Ahmad, member of the PUK Political Bureau, under the pretext that the two radios did not consent to broadcast the venomous PUK radio programme on 31st August. (Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan, Salah al-Din, 8 Sep via BBCM) MOROCCO National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic via ALG SW facilities
observed on 11610 kHz s/on at 1800 UTC. Observed during holiday in MRC.
Local MW 1544 kHz also observed in MRC [formerly varying on 1355 kHz, 0600-0800,
2050-2145 UTC. Tx location in Tindouf/Bechar-ALG area, acc direction finding
in Portugal and the Canaries, with Martens MW frame aerial loop. ed]. Addr:
Directeur d'Information, Polisario Front, B.P. 10, El-Mouradia, 16000 Alger,
Algeria. (Dieter Leupold-D, via DX Telegramm, Sept 7, via BC_DX)
UNIDENTIFIED 3374.9, UNID, Sep 11, 2211-23.00*, very weak and generally poor but I think it is Mozambique. Mentioned Rwanda and Mozambique and pops. Occasional very loud noise like bubble jammer after which signal quality declined. Sounds like transmitter problem. I don't know if this one will make it far outside Southern Africa. It was bad enough here in Johannesburg. Frequency moved around from 3374.97 to .91. Also 3375 Sep 5 2145 weak, and apparently not // 4950. Actual zero beat on 3374.98 (Norrie) 3384.9, UNID seemingly in Indian? lang & Portuguese, Sep 13, 0503-0545, much talk little piano music, but no IDs. Relig, as it seemed. Heavy ute. 0540 pops ("Nothing compares" with that bold Irish girl, hi), continued with other pops announced by female announcer. Became totally hopeless 0550 male was noted before more pops? Also 14 0430 seemingly ID into "El Condor Pasa" and other flute mx, songs in S, so tricky. Still 0515 but extremely weak u/ ute (Krone) 3400,00, UNID, Sep 12, 0406, american style apparently, not England, mentioning Guatemala QRK 2 (Clemente in RDXN) 3666-3670, UNID, Sep 12, 2215-2230*, very strange heard in Indonasian language by man with good reception. Suddenly signal dissappeared from 3677 and moved to 3670 and moved again on 3666 kept moving from 3666 to 3670 and s.off at 2230 (Vaghjee) 3920, UNID, Sep 07, 1952, mx 'Pepperbox' -Hot Pepper; 1957 no sigs, 44343; Maybe one of the Free Radio's (Elsebusch) 3933.8, UNID, Sep 6, 1853-1900, Rock music and OM in English. Seemingly pirate. Unreadable due to static noise. Any ideas? (Maspero) 5470.89, UNID/PERU, R. San Nicholas?, Sep 9-14, 0000, (Wilkner) 6615, UNID, Sep 10&11, 1050, distorting, unstable xmtr drifts up and down by as much as 200 Hz, but sits in one spot for a couple of minutes. When playing music, mostly flutes and male vocalzations, not Andean. Not heard on south mini-beverage. Programming changes to mostly talk after 1100, language could well be Spanish but hard to tell through the quantity of distortion and QRN. (Novello) 6866.0, UNID, Sep 13, 1659-1725, usual type of songs through the hour. Somali talk 1705 by male, 1706 songs continued. Weak, and static. Some ute (Krone) 6877, UNID, Pres. Voice of Somali People, Sep 11, 1825 Songs sounded like Eritrea/Ethopia/Somalia Region followed at 18.33 by speaches in Afro Arabic lang the speach start by Salem Aleikom then a song - talk song at 1950 News somalia has been heard many times and also UNDP at 20.00 in English by male announcer You are tune ............. ? unable to identified due to very weak reception and drifted to 6878 (Vaghjee) 5387.8, Unid, Sep 7, 1110-1118, Vocal native music. no advs, no ID, male announcer in vernacular language, no Quechua (maybe R Huarmaca ???) (Rodriguez, Clm in TWF) 7104.0, UNID, Sep 8, 2329-0002, Italian (no doubt!), vintage songs &
anns by a male, no ID on top of the hour, 33433. Severe QRM by DW on 7105
from 2359. (Gatzke) well, I came to think of Bosnia-H, but then that is
not Italian. I have tried the frequency (ed)
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---------------------------- Let our first stop-over be in Slovenia. The Slovenian regional station Radio Koper-Capodistria is now on the Web. The URL for the English Home Page is http://www.irts.si/radio-kp/english.htm They also have an E-mail address: Radio.Koper@IRTS.SI This station is part of RTV Slovenija, but this site gives more complete information than is available on the main RTVS site. (AS) --------------------------- From Slovenia, it's just a short flight to our next country. :-) The FM station NAU FM in Papua New Guinea has got the URL http://www.datec.com.au/naufm/default.htm (TK) --------------------------- Okay, I think it's nice in this region. Let's stay here. The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) is an international, non-profit, non-governmental membership organization for providers and users of communications services, policy-makers, technologists, lawyers, scientists and academics. Its homepage is located at http://www.ptc.org/ (TK) --------------------------- That's enough for the Pacific now. Let's go back... A huge list of links to radio stations can be found on a site in the Czech Republic: http://www.cpress.cz/duhove_stranky/swww/w_0036.htm The pages are listed as 'Rozhlas' in the contents...click on any of the hypertext subheadings to see more links than you will ever have time to check...it's particularly good for Eastern European stuff. (AS) ---------------------------- We now make a turn east on our roundtrip: Checking the IRIB Tehran link, as someone told me that the whole service was offline, I was completely astonished that the service was not offline, but that there is now a completely designed homepage available from the Iranian international broadcaster. The address to go to is http://195.146.33.10/ (TK) ---------------------------- And before we're back in our homes again, let's take a glance at a small
European island.
---------------------------- Okay, that was kind of a long roundtrip. I think we're all tired from that tour, and can now easily turn off our computers and turn on the world band receiver to listen to some exotic station, while sitting in a nice armchair. Goodbye for now, and until next week Sincerely Yours, Thorsten
DX Camp in Marx --- Insider's comments. After Wian gave his first report in last DXW, there isn't that much left to say... On the dx camp last weekend I again saw how mixed the interests in the hobby are. We had guests from all over Northwestern Germany and from various clubs, the German clubs ADDX and AGDX, and DSWCI of course. And (oops) of course I should not forget Wian who came from beyond the borders... Many of the guests had fun listening to the more common international broadcasters, while others tried listening to the more exotic stations. I really say "tried" because due to the "DXing weather" the latter ones just got some of the more common tropical band and medium wave stations. It was a pity because the surroundings of the camp are ideal for DXing. Some of the logs were already included in last DXW, others are included in this edition. I have also included some "international" stations, this may be of interest, too. Also, some of us took a glance into medium wave DXing. These are also included. One of the highlights at the camp was a slide show of this summers' DX camp in Doebriach, Austria. Our member Frank Helmbold was one of the organisers there and presented us some insights into this camp. He showed some nice pictures from two tours that were made --- one into Italy and one into Slovenia. Another presentation was by Martin Schultz, who has programmed a programme to decode the RDS signal. He told us how the RDS system works and what information actually is coded into the FM signal. One thing I found most interesting this camp was the TAS. Well, I have seen this the first time on this camp, and was very impressed. Willi Passmann brought his "Telescopic Antenna System" and built a 10 m high antenna on the grounds. Impressive, that the whole system came out of his small Volkswagen Golf car :-) By the way, Willi, this antenna system would be ideal for DXers not only because of its good receiving characteristics, but also because one can easily attach all the stations pennants he got to it. Well, what to say last about this camp: First: For all you who attended-you
made this camp unique, and I hope to see you in Marx again next year, in
the first week of September. Second: I have to say "Thankyou to Jan Lueschen",
my Oldenburg dx companion, who organised most of the camp and will be organising
the next camp with me again.
Logs provided by Martin Elbe (AOR 7030, 100 m LW, DX-One) - Logs were in last weeks' edition already Jan Lueschen Hans-Peter Themann (ICF-2001D, SW Loop), Peter Fildstedt (Standard C6500, 12 m LW, MW loop) Willi Passmann (Lowe HF 150 mod. with Yaesu FRT 7700 antenna tuner, TAS - Telescope Antenna System, consisting of: 10 m fiberglas telescope tower, dipole for 60/90 m inverted V; vertical quad antenna for 6-30 MHz) 5/9
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