DX-Window No. 89

Editorial deadline: November 9, 1997

Editor-in-Chief (temporary): Wian Stienstra wian@compuserve.com 
Co-editors: 
Anker Petersen ankerp@compuserve.com 
Finn Krone finn.krone@vip.cybercity.dk 
Don Phillips donuk@compuserve.com 

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Next editorial deadline:
November 16, (Sunday) at 1500 UTC, to Wian Stienstra at wian@compuserve.com. 
 
Nice entries from 
DSWCI-0040 Torre 'Champaign' Ekblom - AOR 7030, Eska + Edvis active antenna
DSWCI-0099 Anker Petersen, Denmark - AOR 7030 + lw
DSWCI-0143 Finn Krone, Denmark - NRD535, Drake R7A, LW 60m
DSWCI-0809 Frank Hembold, Germany
DSWCI-1275 Fabrizio Magrone, Italy - JRC NRD-535, 30m lw
DSWCI-1331 Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany - AR7030
DSWCI-1657 Andy Sennitt, The Netherlands
DSWCI-1483 Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands - ICOM R71, lw + MFJ 1026
DSWCI-2500 Gabriel Ivan Barrera NRD-525 Antenna: Dipole 32 mts.
DSWCI-2531 Levi P. Iversen, Paraguay - NRD 535DG ANT: Dipole for 49 & 49 m.
DSWCI-2812 Richard D'Angelo, United States
DSWCI-2946 Nicolas Eramo, Argentina SONY ICF 2010 + 15m lw, ICF 7600 G + 25m lw plus Aurora impedance matcher
DSWCI-2965 Martin Elbe, Germany - AR7030 + lw, RF-Systems DX-1
DSWCI-3017 Claus Petersen (CP), Denmark
DSWCI-3053 Wian Stienstra, The Netherlands - HF-225 + Forster Loop
DSWCI-3230 Don Phillips, United Kingdom - AOR7030 + lw's
DSWCI-3288 Mizuno Mitsuaki, Japan - ICF-7600D + 20m lw
DSWCI-3383 Mark Veldhuis - AOR AR-7030, 20 meter longwire antenna
DSWCI-3404 Godfrey Clemitson, South Africa - Icom 72 Mod Icom 70, 50m lw into MLB
DSWCI-3503 David Norrie, South Africa - AR7030 + lw
DSWCI-3505 Piet Pijpers, The Netherlands - HF-225E, 20m lw

Thanks also go to these non-members:
Sonny M. Ashimori, Japan
Renato Bruni, Italy
David Clark, Canada
Dan Ferguson, United States
Bob Hill, United States
Takayuki Inozaki (TIN), Japan
Kjell-Ingvar Karlsson, Sweden
Jay Novello, United States
Paul Ormandy, New Zealand
Nikolay Pashkevich, Russia
Chuck Rippel, VA, USA
Mauno Ritola, Finland
Karl van Rooy, The Netherlands
Michiel Schaay, The Netherlands
Harold Sellers, Canada
Tom Sundstrom, United States
Mahendra Vaghjee, Mauritius
Bob Wilkner, United States
Qiao Xiaoli, China
Juichi Yamada, Japan
Sigitas Zilionis, Lithuania

As well as these publications/institutions:
BBC Monitoring Service (BBCM) -- items are COPYRIGHT
BC-DX, Germany
Cumbre DX, United States
HC-DX, United States
Jembatan DX, Japan

DX-Window No. 89

Dear Friends,

It's been a hectic week here, so it was nice to sit down and compose
a nice issue of DX-Window for you.  This issue has some African
broadcasters firing up their transmitters again, some discoveries
from close examination of published schedules as well as the very
best of your loggings, from Angola to Zimbabwe.

My editing was a bit easier this week with more of you sending in
their tips according to the DXW-format.  I am aware that every
newsletter has its own format, but I appreciate not having to edit
every log by hand...

OK.  No shocking things have happened here this week, so I will
quickly proof DXW again and then send it off to you all.  See you
all next week!

Best 73s
Wian


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ANGOLA

3374.93, R Nacional de Angola, 4 November, 2009, announcing in EE as
"international service  of national broadcaster of Angola", sports
news at 20.00 mainly soccer and then into pops.  At 20.30 had news
in E including the opening of "The African Bank of Angola". Fair
signal and best I've heard for a while here in Johannesburg. 
Although propagation not that good the reason it is rarely audible
well is surely the transmitter.  (Norrie)

3375, R Angola, 8 November, 1900 ID as 'Service International
d'Angola' in Portuguse then followed in french - engliosh and other
languages short mx then frequencies given in french by man followed
by "Voici emmissiuon en Francais". Le Service en Francais de Angola
followed by Nx in french  Fair to weak   (Vaghjee)

6220, VORGAN, Nov 5, 2010,  Tuned in to pop music program (Spandau 
Ballet, Tracy Chapman) with a lot of low-key PT talk, occasional 
echo-chamber annct mentioning Angola.  Anncr said "Boa Noite" 2053, 
echo-laden female said "Boa Noite, Angola" over Elton J n song, then 
canned "VORGAN" intro to nx 2056; mentioned Beira, Congo Brazzaville, 
Washington.  Theme 2059.  Anncr gave date as November 5, 49m, 
frequency 6220 kHz (annoucer paused after the "seis mil" as if he was 
unsure of the exact frequency), said "a nha 5 horas y 50 minutos" on 
the 31m frequency 9770 kHz.  March/anthem at signoff that matches 
South Africa's national anthem, as noted by Korinek.  Gone 2101.  
Also present Nov 6.  New frequency replaing 5985?  (Novello)


ARGENTINA

8098.00U, Radio Continental; Buenos Aires, 2 November, 0600-0700,
fair signal w/oldies mx px "Algo para Recordar"  (TIN)

11710, RAE, 3 November, 1000-1100, News (read by Takagi announcer)
on the economy.  SINPO: 21211  (Mitsuaki)


ARMENIA

The Voice of Armenia has started a daily German progr on Oct 27th.
It was heard at 2045-2115 UTC on 4810 and 9965 kHz (best on 9965 kHz
with S 4-5). French at 2015-2045, English 2115-2145. (Volker
Willschrey & Paul Reinersch via Thomas Kubaczewski, GER - Oct 29) 
[on 30th: 9965 S=5+60 powerhouse, 4810 S=3]  (BC-DX)


AUSTRALIA

2310, CAAMA Alice Springs, 9 November, 1145, with sports game
(cricket??) being called by male anncr.  Nice signal save for the
QRN caused by a passing Nor' Easter.  //2325 + 2485 (Rippel)

9415, R. Australia, 1520, 2 November, with pops and a band called
Stereoland, signal not bad and music excellent.  (Norrie)

According to a report of the BBC Monitoring Service, there is some
discussion in Australia about whether Radio Free Asia (RFA) can
broadcast via the Radio Australia transmitting site in Darwin.

RFA wants to use the site to put a more reliable signal into Vietnam
and China.  Mr Schacht, an interim Communication Minister, objects
to Australia being associated with an impartial US-funded
broadcaster such as RFA.  (BBCM)


BANGLADESH

4879.26, Bangladesh Betar, 2 November, with good signal and Asian
rhythm (Norrie)

4880.00, Bangladesh Betar; Khabirpur, 7 November, 1540, English news
about Bangladesh, SINPO 24332 (Schaay)

4880, R.Bangladesh Betar, 8 November, 1525, ID- Bengali Songs 1530
ID by man followed by Nx in English 1537 ID This is Bangladesh Betar
giving you the news 1540 Commentry and s.off at 1545 fair Reception 
(Vaghjee)


BENIN

5025, R Dif du Benin, Parakou, 9 November, 0625, solid carrier but
extremely low level audio - bit of talking occcasional scraping
thru. Presumed with Cuban remaining off-air.  Don't think this was
// Cotonou-4870 which was running normally at fair-good level.
(Clark)


BOLIVIA

4549.44, Radiodifusoras Tropico; Trinidad, Beni, Nov 8, 2305,
program of comunicados read by woman, punctuated by occasional ads.
Ended 2332, followed by multiple IDs simply as "Tropico".  Strong
signal,  but fighting twin plagues of QRN and rtty.  Bolivians have
been doing especially well at this time of the evening this week. 
This was the best of the 4 MHz bunch here this evening.  (Novello)

4649, Radio Santa Ana, 2 November, 2345-0000 with rtty on lsb, ID's
by man, good signal (Wilkner)

4682.33, R. Paititi, 2 November, 2345 with poor signal (Wilkner)

4682.3, Paititi Radiodifusion; Guayaramerin; Beni, tentative, 8 Nov,
2345, comunicado after comunicado by M, losing the battle against
QRN, which was wrecking an otherwise stellar night here for this
kind of stuff.  (Novello)

4720.34, R. Abaroa, 3 Novmber, 1100,  poor signal, Bolivian music
(Wilkner)

5952.38, R. Pio XII, 9 November, 1137-1155, with bcst in local
language, mention of Cochabamba, the only spanish heard was the time
check "..faltan 15 minutos para las 8 de la manana". Andean mx with
charango. SINPO 32222  (Iversen)


BRAZIL

4875, Super R. Roraima; Boa Vista, 7 Nov, 0250-0305, Brasilian
popmusic. OM in PP with serious talk. Canned ID. Noisy, weak. 
(Pijpers)

4755, Radio Educacao Rural; Campo Grande, 7 Nov, 0720-0730,
Interesting folkmusic by band with accordeon as lead instrument. 
Felt a bit like a studio session. OM in PP with ID. Probably
influences from the South: heard this type of music once on 4795 R.
Difusora, Aquidauana. Poor. (Pijpers)

4865.05, R Sentinela da Amazonia; Obidos PA, Nov 6, 0310, Brazilian
vocal mx, bassy-sounding M anncr with ID 0313 and mentions of Para. 
Only about S4 but fully-modulated signal made for enjoyable
listening.  (Novello)

4885.00, Radio Clube do Para; Belém,  05 November, 2150, male
Brazilian speaker in Portuguese, often mentioning Bahia, ID at 21.59
UTC. Quite an early fade-in this evening (which was the night before
an expected  major geomagnetic storm).  SINPO 35333. (Schaay)

4885.00,  R Clube do Para;Belem, 6 November, 0715-0745, P, lively
mx, ID's. Several Brazilians on the band this morning.  25444 
(Phillips)

4915.00, Radio Anhanguera; Goiânia, 5 November, 2208, Portuguese
talk, Brazilian commercials, a.o. for Philishave, ID: Jornal da CBN,
SINPO 35333. (Schaay)

4985, Radio Brasil Central, 2 November, 2235, P male ID, talks 24432
(Van Arnhem).

4985, Radio Brasil Central; Goiania, 7 Nov, 0645-0700, OM in PP,
relaxed Brasilian popmusic. Ads, ID. Poor. (Pijpers)

4945, Emissora Rural Petrolina, 2 November, 2302, P male station ID,
followed by music and some announcements 23332 (Van Arnhem).

5035, Radio Aparecida; Aparecida, 7 Nov, 0350, Music and talk in PP.
Mystery voice qrm, probably Ute. Weak/poor. (Pijpers)

11805, Radio Globo, 2 November, 2253, P male shouting , mx 43433
(Van Arnhem).

11915.04, R Gaucha;Porto Alegre, 4 Novmeber, 0815-0822,   Portuguese
talk, advertisements, ID.  Listed S/on-time is 0900 UTC. SINPO:
24443  (Veldhuis)

11925.0, R Bandeirantes, 4 November, 0739-0747, Portuguese talk,
"Journal Bandeirantes", canned ID, advertisements. SINPO: 34443 
(Veldhuis)


BURKINA FASO

4815, RTV Burkina; Ouagadougou, 9 Nov, 0605, Woman in French with
full ID and mentioning ''radio la noire''. Summary of programmes. 
Rap-like music. Good signal but fading slowly. (Pijpers)


CAMEROON

4850, CRTV; Yaounde, Nov 5, 0456-0504, ''Candle in the wind'',
couple of girls shouting ''CRTV'', funny tune/IS at 0500 followed by
presumed news in French at 0502. Weak. (Pijpers)


CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

R.Diffusion Centraficaine has been reactivated. Heard on 5036.36 khz
in French (news and afropop px after 1930) at 1920-1940 utc in
northern Italy.  Fair signal.  (Bruni in HC-DX)


CHILE

6090, R Esperanza, 5 November, 0342, with ID and religious
programming in SS. (Norrie)


CHINA

5050.04, Voice of the Strait 1; Fuzhou, Nov 4, 1200, Hoping for AIR
Aizawl, sat with this until the tell tale 5 + 1 pips on the hour
indicated otherwise.  // 4940, which was much better. (Novello)

5060.10, Xinjiang People's Broadc. Stn; Urumqi,  8 November, 1550,
songs, 1600 pips, male speaker in presumed Mongolian, SINPO 35434
(Schaay)


COSTA RICA

RFPI has resumed 21465-USB; heard Nov 3 at 2100 //15050-AM, and so
strong I had to back off the RF gain; stayed until abrupt closing in
middle of a program around 2315. Hope they keep it on in the
1800-2400 period at least. In contrast, HCJB on 21455-USB was barely
detectable as usual. (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 4 via BC-DX)


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

5013.50, Radio Cristal Internacional; Santo Domingo,  6 November
1997, 2153, continous talks, news reports from Central America,
sub-standard modulation, 22.19 ID, SINPO 34343 at times (Schaay)


ECUADOR

4918.9, R Quito, 4 November, 0657-0701   LA music, ID and mention of
frequencies in Spanish.  SINPO: 24433   (Veldhuis)

5865, HCJB, 4 November, 0722-, 5865 and 9365 kHz. both very strong
this morning at 0722 UTC with European service in English. "Studio
9" with ID and talk about music from Bolivia, which was also played.
Enjoyed Andean music with a 55544 SINPO. :-) "El mundo futuro" at
0730 UTC.   (Veldhuis)

11615, HCJB, 3 November, 2200-2300, In Japanese, w/ ID: 'Kochirawa
HCJB andesu no koe desu.', later news on Japan, Japanese folk songs.
 This Japanese prog. is towards the immigrants in South America. 
(Mitsuaki)


EGYPT

17690, R. Cairo, Abis; Nov. 3, 1730-1755, Urdu. Male with emotional
talk of either religious or political nature. Station announcement
at 1745 followed by ethnic music.  32222 (Clemitson)


FINLAND

Normally we wouldn't stop here, but I thought these items from the
current schedule of YLE provided by Torre Ekblom were of interest to
you:

REGIONAL BROADCASTS (in Swedish)

1330-1400 (to Europe on 558, 963 and per satellite to Europe, Asia,
Australia and Africa, on 8.10 at DW's subcarrier @ 13 degrees East
and Intelsat 707 (C-Band) as well as Asiasat)

   Mon: Radio Östnyland (Borga)
   Tis: Mellannyland (Helsinki)
   Wed: Östnyland (Borga)
   Thu: Aboland (Abo)
   Fre Österbotten (Vasa)

So, an excellent way of listening to regional Finnish stations if
you speak a little Swedish.  I think most of them will send you
their own verification if you're into QSLing, so it's an original
way around the non-QSLing problem with Radio Finland itself.

There are also regional broadcasts in Finnish to Northern Europe. 
If you want to listen to those, I advise you to ask YLE for a
schedule.  I tried to put the schedule together, but found it
impossible due to (apparent) contradictions and a failing knowledge
of Finnish.  Also, if you don't speak Finnish you will not get much
joy out of it as the language is quite difficult.


FRENCH GUIANA

5054.9, RFO Guyane, 4-5 November, 2130-, logged from fade-in 2130+
through 03, in French, popular music, news on the hour at 22 by a
woman... but no decent IDs heard. Best before 23 or so with
excellent signals, before Faro del Caribe, Costa Rica, picks up in
strength to cause significant hets/co-channel interference. The
grayline is now optimum between NJ and Guiana at 22-2230;  Costa
Rica is in daylight. (Sundstrom)


GHANA

3366, GBC; Accra, 9 Nov, 0550-0600, Hymns sung with organ
accompaniment. Signal, weak, slowly fading.  Not // 4915.  (Pijpers)

4915, GBC; Accra, 9 Nov, 0550-0602, Tribal-type music.  Good signal
with news in English at six without ID. Not // 3366. (Pijpers)


GUATEMALA

2360, R Maya de Barillas; Huehuetenango, probably the one at Nov 7,
0330, Latin dance music and ballads, ads and promos, male and female
DJ chatter.  Professional sound, nothing rustic about tonight's
programming.  Loud S9 signal, but tenacious non-stop QRN at equal
level or better.  (Novello)


GUYANA

5951, V. of Guyana, 7 November, 2042, Tentatively VOG with talk by
deep-voiced man; frequent short music bridges till 2100 but all talk
thereafter. At 2139, into interview with woman on telephone.
Annihilated by 2158 carrier and 2200 s/on of WYFR. Weak, fady;
impossible to get any words, but it was definitely English. This is
a bit higher than VOG has been reported lately (vicinity of 5950.5),
but I still strongly suspect that's who it was. Also there the next
day as early as 1910 past 2100, but even weaker.  (Hill)


JAPAN

11815.0, Radio Japan, Yamata, 4 November, 0851-0902, Japanese
interview, musical interlude, talk, ID, 4+1 TS, news. Co-channel
Radio Brasil Central, which IDd nicely at 0854 UTC.  SINPO: 32432  
(Veldhuis)


KENYA

4935, Voice of Kenya, 2 November, 2100, with time pips and into EE
Voice of Kenya ID by om anncr.  Into news then prayer reading by OM.
 Off w/ anthem at 2107 Seemingly // to 6150 under big European but
that observation is somewhat tentative. (Rippel)


LIBERIA

5880, R Star, 4 Nov, 2002, (presumed) with national anthem and
s/off.  I'm not familiar with their national anthem but sure sounded
like one since all went quiet thereafter. Alas no ID. Still worth
watching.  (Norrie)


INDIA

4760, AIR (unknown location), 2 November, 1530, but fair signal in
E, "South Africa poised to win one day cricket match vs Pakistan"
(they did but only just)  (Norrie)

4775.10, AIR Imphal, 5 November, 1606, folk songs, male announcer,
signing off somewhere between 16.15 and 16.25 UTC. I replayed the
tape and caught a clear site ID and frequent mentions of Tamil.
SINPO 35333. (Schaay)

4910, AIR Jaipur, tentative Nov 3 1205 playing lightweight film-type
vocals, at equal level to or just below QRN that just won't quit. 
Faded away by 1225 recheck.  (Novello)

4950, R Kashmir, 6 November, 1515-1600, Srinagar 15.15 Nx Relay from
AIR Delhi in Hindi followed in English and in Urdu at 15.45
Commentry  just after the urdu Nx and ID at 1600 R.Kashmir by man 
(Vaghjee)

9595, AIR Delhi, 9 November, 1050, Film Songs on Request mainly from
Pakistan presented by man in Urdu, 1100 -Commentry on Islamic Law 
in Pakistan followed by Film Songs. Good Reception.  (Vaghjee)


INDONESIA

3905, RRI Merauke, 9 November, 1240-1305 Nov 9, far-and-away the
star Indo performer  w/very good signal pushing thru ham QRM on both
sides. Local pgme talk by woman plus a couple of Indo pop vocals.
Local 'anthem' theme on organ preceded brief SCI, then Jak news at
1300 by man with the audio feed at much lower level. Local SR here =
1203. Thnx wake-up phone tip from Tony Ward. (Clark)  (now isn't
that fun?  :)  - ed)

4925.00,  RRI Jambi,  08 November, 2230, songs, announcements in
Bahasa Indonesia, 2259 ID, IS, news, SINPO 45444  (Schaay)

9679.941, Voice of Indonesia, 2 November, 2300, // 15150, Voice of
Indonesia, 2300, s/ SCI, ID and into talks by YL anncr.  Tnx Clark
tip.  (Rippel)

15150.0, RRI, Jakarta, 4 November, 1510-1522, Indonesian sports
news, Love Ambon, ID, program with female speaker.  SINPO: 54444  
(Veldhuis)


The following Indonesian information has been taken from the
EXCELLENT periodical called "Jembatan DX", the efforts of Juichi
Yamada.

3325.0, RRI Palangkaraya, 1 November, 1017, reading of Holy Koran.
1023 Indonesian  pops. 1058 ID by female as "Radio Republik
Indonesia Palangkaraya"  then IS. 1100 local news entitled "Warta
Berita Antar Kabupaten  dan Kotamadya Kalimantan Tengah". Fair. 
(Yamada)

3976.0, RRI Pontianak, 1 November, *0955, IS. 0957 non-stop music.
1004 opening announcement by female including ID as "Radio Republik
Indonesia Pontianak" then English pops.  Fair.  (Yamada)

4845.1, RRI Ambon, 1 November, 0904-, local news by female.  0926
reading of Holy Koran. Poor.  (Yamada)


Following loggings were heard at DX Pedition at "Iruka House", Asahi
City, (J Chiba, Japan and used with AR7030 + KX-3D + 50 long wire
type antena.

2580.5, RSPDT2 Timor Tengah Selatan(presumed), 2 November, 1245-, 
At 1245 female talk and local pops. At 1301 suddenly switched to
Jakarta news relay. The signal was already heard at 1130.  Poor.
(Yamada)

2899.4, RPDT2 Ngada, 1107-, local news by female at 1107. 1110 ID by
female, then talk. Poor. (Yamada) 

2960.2, RPDT2 Manggarai, 2 November, 1310, local pops program. Very
weak.  (Yamada) 

3132.6, RPDT2 Halmahera Tengah, 2 November, 1235-, at 1235 telephone
conversations and local pops.  Poor. QRM/RTTY. (Yamada) 

3249.8, RRI Banjarmasin (presumed), 2 November, 1024, dangdut music
program. Poor.   (Yamada) 

3646.2, RRI Fak Fak (presumed), 2 November, 1505-,  Jakarta news
relay at 1505. Sometimes covered by Ham stations. At 1515 Jakarta
news was already finished and male talk from own studio was heard.
Poor.  (Yamada) 

3987.1, RRI Manokwari (presumed), 2 November, 1156-, local pops. SCI
at 1158. Jakarta news relay at 1200. Poor. (Yamada) 

4074.2, RPDT2 Blitar (presumed), 2 November, 1425 talk by male and
local pops.  At 1458  SCI, then signed off. Poor. (Yamada) 

4696.9, RKIP Surabaya, 2 November, 1211, Jakarta news relay. 1213
CM, then ID, local music.  Fair signal.  (Yamada) 

7098.2, RRI Yogyakarta, 2 November, 2224, Javanese traditional
music. 2230 IS, then local news.  (Yamada) 

7234.4, RRI Palu (presumed), 2 November, 0814 "Siaran Terpadu" from
RRI Jakarta. Fair. (Yamada)

9614.3, RRI Samarinda (presumed), 2 November, 0632, dangdut music
program.  At 0657 unidentified station on 9615kHz signed on, the
signal was covered by the station. Poor. (Yamada) 


The following RRI stations have NOT been observed in the end of
October.  (some of them could not be heard due to strong QRM at my
location in Japan)

     3205 RRI Bandung
     3223  RRI Mataram
     3241  RRI Ambon (has been absent for a long time)
     3260  RRI Kupang (has been absent for a long time)
     3277  RRI Jakarta (has been absent for a long time)
     3295  RRI Samarinda
     3305  RRI Dili (has been absent for a long time)
     3375  RRI Medan
     3934  RRI Semarang which is unable to confirm due to heavy QRM.
     3945  RRI Denpasar (has been absent for a long time)
     3960  RRI Palu which is unable to confirm due to heavy QRM.
     3976  RRI Surabaya (has been absent for a long time)
     4433  RRI Bukittinggi (has been absent for a long time)
     4719  RRI Ujung Pandang (has been absent for a long time)
     4766  RRI Medan
     4805  RRI Kupang (has been absent for a long time)
     4855  RRI Palembang
     4866  RRI Wamena (has been absent for a long time)
     4871  RRI Wamena (has been absent for a long time)
     4875  RRI Sorong 
     4910  RRI Bukittinggi
     5030  RRI Sibolga
     5046  RRI Yogyakarta 
     5055  RRI Nabire 
     5059  RRI Yogyakarta 
     5256  RRI Sibolga
     5984  RRI Tual (has been absent for a long time)
     6025  RRI Banjarmasin which is unable to confirm due to heavy QRM. 
     6127  RRI Nabire 
     9545  RRI Palangkaraya 
     9612  RRI Jayapura 
     9735  RRI Merauke
     9745  RRI Medan
 (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 


IRAQ

11787, R Iraq Int, 9 November, 1000, Female in Arabic with
frequentie ann,when I returned on this freq at 1007 they had fine
Arabic music with short transmission breakdowns at 1013 until 1018
transmission breakdown they returned but much weaker. before: 1013
24333 (Van Rooy)


ISRAEL

According to recent information from the BBC Monitoring Service, the
Hebrew language network 'B' from Kol Israel is carried on shortwave
as follows:

     0000-0359  7495
     0400-0659  7495, 9390
     0700-0859  17545, 15615, 11585 (latter Sat 0700-0759 only)
     0900-0959  15615, 17545
     1000-1159  11585, 15615, 17540, 17545
     1200-1459  17545, 15615
     1500-1559  15615, 11590
     1600-1659  7495, 11590
     1700-1859  7495, 11585, 7395 (latter 1800-1845)
     2100-2215  7495, 15640
     2215-0000  7495  (BBCM)


JAPAN

3925, R. Tampa, 8 November, 1115, Western style and Japanese pops
from 1115.  ID (??) by YL at 1130 back into back to back pops with
few anncs.  (Rippel)


KENYA

4885, KBC; Nairobi, Nov 4, 1755-1805, Western popmusic, OM in EE,
TC, too noisy to hear ID, news in EE with Nairobi mentioned. Poor.
(Pijpers)

4935, KBC, 8 November, 1842, Already in at this early hour with
Europop and soul-oriented vocals; "3+1" pips at 1900 and unreadable
announcement by woman. Signal was a veritable death-ray by 2010
recheck!  (Hill)

4935, KBC; Nairobi, Nov 3, 1805-1815, Male in vernacular, pres.
Swahili. Weak. (Pijpers)


NORTH KOREA

Pyongyang BS on 6250 was heard being heavily jammed by South Korea
0400-0600 (1-3 p.m.) on Nov. 4. First serious jamming heard during
local daytime. Other frequencies (//3250, 3320, 6400) were not
jammed.

Radio Pyongyang in Japanese on 7580 and 9650 from 0700 on Nov. 4 had
poor audio that sounded like it was being jammed, but the artificial
noise was clearly // with their own jammer against the clandestine
Voice of People (from South Korea) on 6520. Some of North Korea's
jammers are so strong, their noise gets mixed up with Pyongyang's
own broadcasts. He who spits on the sky spits on himself.

Radio Pyongyang in Japanese has lately been very often absent on
6520 and 7580 during evening transmissions 1100-1400. Only 3250
(which uses Pyongyang BS transmitter) and 6070 (shares transmitter
with KCBS 6100) stay on when the other two are off. Power shortage?

Frontline Soldiers Radio (1613, 2625, 3025, all variable) has been
inactive for two weeks since last observed  Oct. 21 on 1613.  Sonny
M. Ashimori   

One of North Korea's regular (though not daily) random number
broadcasts was observed *1200-1226* on Nov. 9 on NF? 5863, a big
drift from the usual 5870, //4770 as usual, all in KK, SIO 433. IS,
opening music, usual random number messages, music. Since these
transmissions have no names, there is no ID at the beginning or end.
 (Ashimori)

4120, Voice of National Salvation; Haeju, 8 Nov, 1555-1620, Weak
signal with patriottic sounding songs emerging from Ute qrm. Talk by
woman in pres. Korean. More songs around 1620 with same weak signal.
// 4450. (Pijpers)


LAOS

6130, Lao National Radio, 8 November, 1200, In LSB to avoid CHNX,
w/Big Bells at 1200 into ID by YL.  Nicely copied on the Harris RF
590 over the R8A.  (Rippel)

6130, Lao National Radio, 9 November, 1328 End of English Program
followed by laos and French Talk by woman announcer in Laos followed
by man in french "Chanson Francaise-" By woman in laos then by man"
Une emission Proposee par la Radio National Laos en collaboration
avec le centre francais, tous les dimanches de 20.30-21.00 hrs" A
program of French songs presented by Laos National Radio every
Sunday from 20.30-21.00.

(Wian, si tu veux tu peux laisser ceci en francais. Comme-ca tes
amis DX'ers sauront que tu es un brave qui n'as pas peur du
francais.)  (oui, Mahendra, bien sur.  Pourtant il me parait qu'il
est plus important d'etre comprehensible pour tout le monde qu'etre
un petit con qui sait parler le francais!  - ed) 


MALAYSIA

4845.00, RTM Kajang, 4 November, 1558, tentative with folk song and
male speaker, both sounding like Tamil, pips at the hour but too
weak to pick up a definite ID, SINPO 24232 (Schaay)

4969, RTM Sabah, 8 November, 2020-2050, 2020 Talk in Malay by woman
followed by pop song and 2025 Jingle 2033 Talk on Islamic Religion
with Prayer followed by a slow song 2050 Jingle - Talk and song fair
reception with noise (Vaghjee) 

15294.9, Voice of Malaysia; Kajang, 4 November, 0756-0801, Music,
male speaker in English, instrumental song, 2 tone TS, news. 
Getting weaker. No ID heard, so tentative. SINPO: 23432   (Veldhuis)


MEXICO

6185, Radio Educacion; Mexico City, 7 Nov, 0825-0840, Nice songs in
SS with OM ID'ing. On clear channel after 0830. Weak. (Pijpers)


MOZAMBIQUE 

4926,  RTM MAPUTO, 5 November, 2140-2208*, African/Portuguse Mx and
Talk very weak reception  (Vaghjee)

RE: DXW 88

It is certain Mozambique- Beira  3280 has moved to 3283, but not as
far as I make them to moved.  Therefore 3283 should be read instead
of 3233 bue to typing error. And I am sure the Mozambiquen has
already noted the typing mistake, as they are looking for Mauritians
to run the Sugar Factory and Airline!  (Vaghjee)


MYANMAR

4725,  V. of Myanmar (presumed), 8 November, 1200, flute mx into ID
(??) by YL in sing-song cadence lang at 1200 then into YL talks. 
Fairly strong signal but the QRN wiped out too much to catch the
words  (Rippel,  Nov 8)


NEPAL

5005, Radio Nepal; Khumaltar, 6 Nov, 1655-1705, Local music. Noisy
and weak. Presumed. (Pijpers)


NICARAGUA

5770, R. Miskut, 2 November, 2331 w/ discussion w. male and female. 
Into Western pops w/ male anncr between songs.  (Rippel, Nov 2)

5770.00, R Miskut;Puerto Cabezas, 5 November, 2315-2330, ?S, USB,
tk, songs, tentative  24232  (Phillips)


NIGERIA

6049.90, R Nigeria Ibadan, 9 November, 0502-0509, News in english by
male speaker,at 0504 'This news comes to you from Radio Nigeria
Ibadan' to continue with the news until 0509 ending with: 'that was
the news from Radio Nigeria Ibadan.'  33333 (Van Rooy)

7255, Voice Of Nigeria, 9 November, 0516-0544, Afropopmusic with
male songs,at 0517 female in english with mentioning of nigeria at
0518 transmission breakdown in the middle of the program,at 0524
back on the air with jujumusic with male songs at 0525, female in
english with mentionings of Netherlands and Saudi Arabia followed by
afropopmusic with male songs followed again by female with
mentionings of Rwanda and Ghana, at 0528 female in english with
telling that this was the program round the globe and that they are
back with this program next week.  

At 0530 male speaker with: 'This is the voice of Nigeria', followed
by the worldnews,at 0533 again transmission breakedown and at 0535
back again on the air beginning with: 'This is the Voice of Nigeria'
and their appologize for the transmission breakdown to continue with
the worldnews,at 0540: 'This worldnews is broadcast from Voice of
Nigeria' and continue with the news 'This is the end of worldnews
here again the main items' Huge signal, 45444 (Van Rooy)


PAKISTAN

11570, Radio Pakistan, 3 November, 1400-1415, with man and woman
giving news in English.  IDs at 1404 and 1409. Into another language
at 1415.  Weak but clear. (Sellers)


PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The BBCM says that there is light at the end of the tunnel at Radio
East New Britain, for the Japan International Cooperation Agency has
promised them a new studio building [and all the other fittings I
presume - ed].


PERU

4824.40,  LV de la Selva;Iquitos, 5 November, 2250-2305, S, local
mx, ?nx with YL, ID by OM  24232  (Phillips)

4886.78, Radio Villa Rica; 2 November, 1108-1120, f/in, huaynos and
OM talk in Quechua. (TIN)

4855.51, R La Hora; Cusco, Cusco, Nov 6, 2310, huge signal with
on-location live sports report, numerous mentions of Cusco,
Coca-Cola, and some kind of cerveza "ice"; "La Hora" semi-IDs in
passing.  (Novello)

4907.72, R La Oroya; La Oroya, Nov 6, 0330, program of SP and EG
language pop music, 'Ritmos de la Noche', announced by M; played
"Footloose", "Talking In Your Sleep", and one selection by  Azucar
Moreno.  Plenty of TCs and ID's in passing.  (Novello)

4990.94, R. Ancash, 4 November, 0945-1000, "...en nuestro
departamento de Ancash" but included numerous mention of
"animas/ademas?" which is not too helpful for those looking for the
CP (Wilkner)

4995.58, R Andina; Huancayo, Junin, Nov 6, 2350, sparkling Andean
female vocals, W DJ with ID in passing 2353, M with a few 
comunicados 2355.  Best reception of this one in a while.  (Novello)

5384.86, suspected R Huarmaca; Huancabamba, Nov 7, 0235 and 0345 Nov
9.  First night: SP language music mix, pre-teen female DJ.  Tuned
back 0257 to catch anthem in progress, and off 0259.  Most recently
in the 5385.2 area, though, and no ID heard.  Second night: local
rustic-sounding vocals and acoustic guitars, M DJ with frequent
"Huarmaca" mentions in declamatory statements in between and over
selections.  Off with OA anthem 0359.  (Novello)

5637.25, Radio Peru; San Ignacio, 1 November, 1120, weak signal,
playing huaynos. (TIN)

6045.33, Radio Santa Rosa, Lima; 1 November, 1114, slightly drifted
from 6045.38kHz.   (TIN)

6115.03, R. Union, 6 November, 0426-0435, ID "desde Lima transmite
para todo el Peru, UNION!" at 0430 a religious px started SINPO
34433 (Iversen)

6479.92, R Altura (tentative), 1 November, 0306, with flute music,
weak and fading.  (Norrie)

6725.56, R Satelite, 0317, 1 Nov, with distinctive S banter and ID. 
(Norrie)

6811.37, Radio Ondas del Rio Mayo; Nueva Cajamarca, 1 November,
1104-1114, fair signal on, px "Amanecer Campesino" (TIN)


RUSSIA

4920, VoR, 4 November, 2000-2100*, good signals, English, // 5940,
noted 20-21 then carrier off. For eNAm, a decent measure of band
conditions in mid-afternoon. (Sundstrom)

R.Tatarstan on the air 0500-0600 on a new 12015 (ex 9690) Two other
programmes remain unchanged: 0700-0800 on 6130; 0900-1000 on 9690
(DX-Mix, Bulgarian R. Nov 7 via Pashkevich)

17570, VoMediterranenan, 9 Nov, 0320-0330,  English programme "News
Roundup" female announcer.She mentioned "Prime Minister Leo
Bincart","An international conference..." SINPO 22222, poor signal.
(Xiaolee)  (tell me if this comes from a different location now)

Today I received a QSL letter and calendercard from Radio Tatarstan
for their transmission on the 31st of august on 9690 khz.  They
write:" The station operates on 9690 khz with a power of 100.000
watts at 12.00-13.00 Tatarstan local time. The studio is in Kazan
and transmitter site in Samara".  Veriesigner is Hania Hazipovna
Galimova.  Address: GTRK Tatarstan, ul. M. Gorkogo 15, 420015 Kazan,
Russia  (Van Arnhem)


RWANDA

6055, Radio Rwanda, 2050-2103*, 8 Nov, talk by man followed by IDs
at top of the hour including one by a woman in English.  Heavy QRM
by AWR s/on at that time.  Otherwise, fair reception.  (D'Angelo)


SAN MARINO

11410U, RSMI was heard as announced on 11410 USB with test
transmissions with non-stop popmusic in good quality.  Not quite as
original and distinctive as the Farmers from Holland in my opinion,
though.  I'd like RSMI to be real Italian DJ's, that is to say play
only Italo disco and interesting half hour chats over the music.... 
(SINPO 44444)  (Stienstra)

7395, RSMI, 9 Nov, 0920, Did hear something, but what it was is
still a bit in the dark: a joke?  Same goes for some noise on 11410.
Terrible. LSB/USB.  (Pijpers)

bHere are some highlights from the press release that has been 
circulating: 'We will be on the air from the Republic of San Marino 
with non-stop-music test Sunday NOVEMBER 9th, 1997 from 9.00 to 21.00 
UTC on  kHz 7.395 LSB and kHz 11.410 USB

This will be the second and last test before our official opening.

RSMI
C/O PLAY DX
VIA DAVANZATI 8
20158  MILANO  MI
ITALY'


SINGAPORE

11920.0, Radio Japan via Kranji relay, 4 November, 0711-0720, Male
speaker with news in English, financial news, weather, top stories
from other Asian broadcasters. SINPO: 34434. //7230 Skelton UK
//17810 Yamata //17815 Ascension   (Veldhuis)


SOLOMON ISLANDS

5020, SIBC, Nov 6, 1900-1920, Int sig with drums and pipes, NA
(checked with the one you can find as a midi file at
, a good way to confirm a
NA), garbled ID.  Faded out after 1920.  Weak. No signals from
Niger. (Magrone)

5020, SIBS, Honiara, 6 November, 1900-1920, s/on, NA ID and news.
Same female speaker I've heard in January in Blokhus. I was
listening together with Nils Schiffhauer in his shack. Nils got a
professional DSP receiver for a test, a Telefunken E 1800A. On the
7030 we could detect the carrier, but not more. On the 1800 it was
possible to understand fragments.  The clarity of this signals is
absolutely breathtaking, I never heard such a good receiver before
(and I heard a lot of receivers together with Nils, from Watkins
Johnson to Rohde and Schwarz. But nothing can compete with this
one.) I thought, that for intelligibility of signals the 7030 is
most probably the best. After hearing the 1800 I know better. 

Alas, the price is a little bit too high for my not so deep pockets:
33.000 US Dollars for a receiver is a little bit prohibitive...
Later we heard PNG on 4890 kHz like a local station. Almost
Hi-Fi-quality. (Elbe)


SOMALIA

6930U,  R. Mogadishu/V. of the Masses of the Somali Republic, 7
November, 2022,  Probably this one with distinctive Horn of Africa
vocals and Somali talk.  Three pips at 2027, talk by woman, then
back to vocals at 2032. Carrier plus USB and usual lousy
telephone-quality audio; weak and fiercely QRN'd. Haven't seen any
recent info on the various R. Mogadishus, but this was heard a few
times last year and is the only one scheduled to run later than 1900
or so.   (Hill)


SPAIN

6160, REE, 2 November, 0310, with ID in S, (the type of catch you
think might be significant until they ID!!!)  (Norrie)


SRI LANKA

15425.2, SLBC Ekala, 9 November, 1523-1532*, chatter in English by
pgme host and music until unexpected "good-night" at 1529. Slow
choral (anthem-?) running to 1531 and carrier off shortly
thereafter. 5+1 time signal was used as presumed anthem continued
across 1530. Surprising strong but quite distorted; fair on //
9729.95 to same 1531*. Perhaps a change in sked from listed 1600*.
(Clark) 


The VOA site at Iranwila is testing between 0300-1400.  Here are the
possible frequencies:  5960, 6000,  6055,  6180,  7110, 7200,  7295,
 9530,  9610,  9655,  9660,  9705,  9710,  9780,  9850,  9875, 
11695,  11775,  11835,  11905,  12020,  13610,  13730,  13795,
15105,  15110,  15290,  15295,  15535,  17565,  17720,  17735, 
17895,  21460,  21610, 21835. (Ferguson/VOA)


SUDAN

9200, R.National Sudan; Omdurman, 1755, Sudaneese Songs at 17.57 Nx
in French by woman followed by Time pips at 18.00  ID by woman and
National Anthem and programme in English with Nx by the same
announcer.  Good signal with bad audio  (Vaghjee)


TANZANIA

11734.1, R Tanzania Zanzibar, Nov 6, 1805, producing reasonable
audio for a change.  AR mx, low-voiced announcer, prayers around
1850, anthem 1959 and off at 2000, right on schedule.  (Novello)


THAILAND

9655.5, R Thailand; Pathumthani, Nov 3 1250.  EG program including
ID, weak but in the clear until Sackville carrier came on 9650 at
1258.  (Novello)


UGANDA

5026, R Uganda, Kampala,  0315-0345 Nov 9, weak but sometimes
readable talk by man in vernacular, then some music. Fair at
tune-in, weak by 0345 but in the clear with Cuban off-air. Not //
4976 which was buried in slop at 0345 but much better than 5026 at
0345. (Clark)


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

846 Umm Al Quwain BS broadcasts 0215-1905 with 10 kW tx and
omnidirectional antenna in following languages: 0215-07 Arabic,
07-11 Urdu, 11-13 Malayalam, 13-18 Arabic and 18-19 Sinhala. The v/s
is Mr. Abd El Gawad Al Ashri, CE. In a very friendly letter he also
states that he was born in Egypt and used to work as broadcasting
engineer at the Arish station in Egypt for 8 years until this
assignment which began in January this year. He also says that he
received a report from Finland there and is sorry that he didn't
have time to reply.  (Ritola on HC-DX)

7170, R. of the U.A.E, 6 November, 2130, New freq with standard
Arabic ID and into bedtime story or whatever; co-channel QRM from V.
of Russia.  (Hill, Nov. 6) 


UNITED STATES

1700, WCMQ; Miami Springs, Florida, Nov 3 0325 with usual Cuban
exile programming, parallel to usual 1210 with Philadelphia station
phased.  10 to 30 over S9 in North Carolina, depending on antenna
used for reception.  Hard to believe this is only 1000 watts. 
(Novello) (one-time MW logging because of its information value. 
It's been logged in Germany this past weekend too...  -- ed)

17555, WYFR, Oakland, Okeechobee; Nov. 3, 1940-2000, English.
"Creation Moments" "Sounds of New Life" programmes. Station I/D'ed
at 1940. 43333 (Clemitson)


URUGUAY

9650.35, E. Ciudad de Montevideo, 2 November, 1500-1540, with time
check and ads for  "Monteverde" and "Ferromundo su fereterria". ID
en el 1370 de su receptor CX42....   Seguimos con el programa
Rememorando".SINPO 33433  (Iversen)


ZIMBABWE

3396, ZBC Gweru,  8 November, 0335-0400+, off-air during monitoring
period; not on alt 4828 either. 3306 running normally. (Clark)


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UNIDS

4850, ?????, 0517-0535 on Nov 9, apparent E talks and choral vocals.
 Sounded like a religious broadcast but too weak to be sure.  TWR
Swaziland?  (D'Angelo-PA).  (could have been a religous broadcast
from a church in Cameroon??  - ed)

7205.8, UNID, 7 November, 2307,  A Latin here on this odd freq with
lots of mensajes ("atencion, atencion") and brief stingers played on
a harp. Numerous UTC-5 time checks from 2315 onwards interspersed
with nondescript romantic vocals past 2400. Too weak and too much
QRN to nail down spoken ID. Not there the next evening; it was
probably an errant Peruvian whose engineer had punched up the wrong
freq. Worth watching, though.  (Hill)


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CLANDESTINE

4080.6,  V. of the People of Kurdistan, 5 November, 2053, Likely
this one with martial music and Kurdish talk till 2100, when into
long rap by woman concluding with march and s/off at 2110. Europeans
have recently reported VOPK near this freq to 2115*.  (Hill)

4081, Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan, 8 Nov, 1640-1702, (t), March music,
some kind of ID with Kurdestan mentioned. News/talk about Iraq,
Iran, USA etc. At the end ''medinat Salahuddina''. All in Arabic. 
Poor. (Pijpers)

5500, Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Nov 6 *0355, solo string
instrument IS for five minutes;  0400 M with echo announcement,
short instrumental theme, W spoke a few words, then guitar theme and
into what sounded like news.  //6315 also good, but 5500 was better.
 Big signal and completely unexpected.  (Novello)

5670.03, Voice of the Mojahed, Nov 5 0254.  Tuned in to hear man
speaking in non-AR middle eastern language, then bubble jammer
attacked frequency seconds later.  Through the bubbles, could hear
typical spelling of addresses in English letters and long phone
numbers being read using English numbers, just like on 9564.95 July
17.  Station bounced back and forth between 5620, 5660 and 5670 to
avoid roving jammer, rarely spending more than a few minutes on any
frequency.  Jammers also sitting on 5630 and 5640 at the time; two
other jammers alternating among 5620, 5660, 5670 and 5680.  And as
if this wasn't enough action, R Rebelde harmonic fading up and down
at the same time on 5680 (8 x 710, and //5025).  (Novello)

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PIRATES


6955 usb, He-Man Radio, *2117-2147*, 8 Nov, with repeat of
Halloween'97 program.  Fair signal but noisy reception conditions. 
(D'Angelo-PA).

7569.97, Jolly Roger Radio International, Ireland, via RC txr, 1
November, 0300-0345, Andean and Irish music,lots of IDs in EG and SP
by M anncr, at 0334 ID as "estan ustedes en sintonia con JRRI
llegando hasta sus receptores desde algun lugar de Sudamerica..." 
(Barrera)

7569.97, R Cochiguaz, 1 November, 1900-1950, w/andean folk mx & IDs.
(Barrera)

7569.97, R Blandengue, 2 November, 0345+, 2/11, w/mambo's music the
LAm pops, IDs in Spanish, English and Italian, and hrd also a email
address.  (Barrera)

7570L, Radio Cochiguaz, 2 November, 0200-0300 Spanish, Latin
American Music Program, a lot of IDs in different languages, Man
announcer, SINPO 22222  (Eramo)

7570L, Radio Blandengue, 2 November 0330-0430, Spanish, Musical
Program "music from LA", Folk and Romantic Music, music interpreted
by Paralamas, Ricardo Montaner and others", ID  in Spanish, English
and Italian, Man announcer, SINPO 22222  (Eramo) (Ricardo Montaner's
album 'En el Ultimo Lugar del Mundo' is an excellent introduction to
Latin American *pop* music in my opinion.  Excellent baladas such as
'Dejame Llorar' 'Tengo el Mundo Aqui.'  Plus, it has lyrics of all
the songs in the sleeve.  Recommended!  I spent many a happy evening
on Curacao listening to songs from this album, played on Venezolean
or local radio stations.  -- ed)

7569.95, Jolly Roger R, 1 November, 0315-0400, via the facilities of
 R. Cochiguaz, ID, Irish mx and ads for a pirate mag. "Pirate
connection". SINPO 23432  (Iversen)

7569.95, R. Blandenque, 2 November, 0335-0400, ID "estas escuchando
R. Blandenque" heard mx by Jose Luis Rodriguez. This is a new S.Am
"hobby" pirate, at the time via transmitter of R. Cochiguaz. SINPO
23432 (Iversen)

Paul Ormandy says:

'I think Brueckner's 6955 pirate was Taki It Easy Radio, P O Box 1,
Belfast NY 14711. They come in very regularly here - in fact they
are a nuisance!'

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ECUADOR/SoAM

Logging report from Rio Napo region, Southeastwards from Misahualli,
Ecuador, rx Sony ICF-PRO80 (freq readout 5 kHz! only), Nov 9-11.
Local time, UTC-5h

kHz  ITU Station, Location, Details
-----------------------------------------------------------------
3220 EQA HCJB in Quichua
4790 PRU R Atlantida, Iquitos
4825 PRU LV de la Selva, Iquitos
4920 EQA R Quito (heard everwhere in EQA)
4935 PRU R Tropical, Tarapoto
4990 PRU R Ancash, Huaraz
5020 PRU R Horizonte, Chachapoyo
         14h50 progr Sabor Tropical, many Cumbias
5060 EQA R Progreso, Loja
         much Cumbia, Salsa, distorted sound
5075 CLM CARACOL Bogota
5275 PRU R NC, Nueva Cajamarca
         Cumbia (colombiana + andina/peruana), internat pop mx
5495 PRU R Laja, Laja, Cajamarca
         Cumbia andina
5520 PRU R Sudamerica, Cutervo
         much Cumbia andina
         17h30 Frecuencia Comunicativa (=Mensajes), and underneath
         by Ennio Morricones "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly",
         Telephon no. 736090, MW 1060 kHz announced.
5630 PRU R Ilucion, Cutervo
         Valses, Cumbias, Huaynos
         17h10 Seccion Comunicativa (=Mensajes), and underneath
         old instrumental titel Gruppo Ventures
5730     unid, Merengue
5765 PRU R Master, Moyobamba
         17h30 progr Recorriendo los Andes
6405     unid Oct 10th, 16h14-16h51
         progr Contrapunto Latino, bad announcement audio quality,
         on all annments underneath Andean guitar mx
6535 PRU Difusora Huancabamba, Huancabamba, Piura
         Cumbias, Huaynos, many Ids
6675     ? no ID observed
6810 PRU Ondas del Rio Mayo, Nueva Cajamarca  (Frank Hembold)

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Our friends in South Africa, David and Godfrey are both enjoying a
solid heatwave with maximum temperatures of 35 (!) degrees.  Godfrey
also reports a new shopping mall being opened close by, with
'thousands of new neon tubes, plus five old (very old) WW2
searchlights (you can imagine the QRM!) ...  Adjustments will be
called for in the weeks to come.'  (good luck!)

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'The Harris RF 590 came today and I have a few preliminary thoughts
on it.  As you know, this receiver is a current production, state of
the art radio in wide use by the US NSA, CIA , State Department and
many military installations.  The current price of a new RF590A
varient is approximately $12,000.  One will show up every now and
again on the used market which is where I got mine.

I evaluated it on several bands on a few different listening
situations.  One particular test was to compare the RF590 to my very
best R390A, a .08uv sensitivity receiver while tuning 11620, Tadjik
Radio at 0300.  I used the same antenna on both receivers, a  160M
flat top dipole at 100'  The band was nice and quiet and the station
somewhat weak here.

My HF 590 has the optional pre-selector and ISB modules.  All
filters are Collins mechanical type and the AM selections are 16.0,
6.0 and 3.2kHz.  SSB uses 3.2 KC and CW 1.0 and .3

The audio recovery on the RF590 edged out the R390A by more than
enough to notice.  That is a very subjective description however, I
find something more concrete very difficult to put into words. The
rapid dips caused by fading would drop the received audio into the
noise on the R390A but not on the Harris.

Ed Rausch and I ran a few tests over the telephone making some
comparisons and we were both very impressed with the Harris
receivers performance.

I was very suprised that the internal speaker had as much audio
detail as it did.  Surely, there must be some audio shaping VIA an
active means going on.

The receiver is quite substantial and weighs about 35 lbs, fits in
5-1/4" in the usual 19" rack and is about 20" deep.'  (Rippel)

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CAUGHT IN THE WEB
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compiled by:
Andy Sennitt   AS   andys@euronet.nl
Thorsten Koch  TK   iguidebc@hotmail.com

Deadline: Fridays

A former British Prime Minister once said "A week is a long time in
politics". If he had been alive today, he may well have said "a week is a
long time on the Internet". Radio-related Web sites are multiplying faster
than rabbits. So, without more ado, here's this week's news (AS)

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*** DSWCI INFORMATION ***

There's a special Web page about the next DSWCI AGM, which will be held in
Langeland on May 8-10 1998. The full URL is
http://www.cybernet.dk/users/cp2605/AGM98c.htm (CP, TK)

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BBC NEWS LAUNCHES FULL-SCALE WEB SERVICE

Now you don't have to worry if you miss the BBC news on the radio or TV,
because "Auntie" has opened a full-scale news service on the Internet at
http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/ which includes a live Web TV broadcast of the
flagship Nine o' Clock News Mon-Fri at 2100 UTC. This will be archived and
available on demand up to midnight UTC.

There are links to the BBC's various other news services including News 24,
the brand new 24 hour TV news channel which is launching on Nov 9th.
Unfortunately this is only available on cable in the UK until the BBC's
digital channels start next April. 

Some viewers in the UK now have a choice of 4 all-news channels - News 24,
Sky News, CNN and Bloomberg TV, plus several other business news channels.
It's easy to understand why SW listening doesn't have the appeal it used to
have :-(

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NHK WORLD SPECIAL EVENT Nov 10-23

http://www.nhk.or.jp/rjnet/rj9/event-e.html

"NHK World", the international radio and television services of NHK, is
conducting a series of trial services on the Internet in the two weeks
between November 10-23, 1997. 

The outline of the trials are as follows.

(1) NHK World TV Program on the Internet

NHK is offering a TV program on the Internet for the first time. Enjoy the
English language news program, "Dayline Japan". The program is on the air
daily from Monday to Friday at 0900 (UTC). The program offers a timely and
easy-to-understand portrayal of the day's events in Japan, Asia and
elsewhere in the world. We offer "Dayline Japan" using Real Player format.
The file is updated daily at around 1200 UTC, excluding weekends. 

(2) Audio News Services

Listen to Radio Japan news in 21 languages except Japanese. In Japanese, you
can hear our news commentary. The files will be provided on the Real Player
format. The news files will be updated daily (News commentary in Japanese
will be occasionally updated). English news can also be heard daily on M-Bone. 

(3) Text News Service

Read Radio Japan's news texts in 14 languages. We will update the files
every day. 

(4) Picture Card Show on the Net

Find out more about Japan with a unique program, "Japan Memo". You can
listen to the program on Real Player or Twin VQ format syncronizing some
still pictures. 

(5) NHK World Showcase

"What is NHK World?" "How can I watch NHK television in Europe?" "Is there
any information on Japan in Portuguese?" This is the place to answer all of
these questions! 

(6) Questionnaire

Please send your comments on this event. We will send a commemorative card. 

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DXer & DX CLUB PAGES

The Asian Broadcasting Institute have opened a web page. The URL is
http://www.246.ne.jp/~abi/
Information received from Toru Yamashita, President of the Asian
Broadcasting Institute (via Hermod Pedersen)

The International Shortwave League has a Web page at
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~srj5/iswl.html
Info via Walter Justen, who also has his own page for German DXers and SWL's
at http://www.koblenz.netsurf.de/~Walter.Justen/start.htm

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BROADCASTER WEB SITES & E-MAIL

A Web site about Radio Free New York (including Radio New York
International) is now on line at http://rfny.simplenet.com 
The station itself describes the content as "Funny sound files about
America's premier pirate radio Broadcasters! Prank phone calls, outtakes,
sports humor, jingles, Pams jingles, classick radio dj's and airchecks and
MORE!"  

The 1996 Pirate station "Rock-it Radio" that was relayed by IRRS in Milan
for Europe and broadcast from its own studios and other locations in the
United States is again experimenting with something new. They continue local
microbroadcasts around the town on 88.1 FM.  But they can now also be heard
live via real audio over web radio at http://www.palmsradio.com (Bennie
Dingo, Rock-it Radio). I confirmed that this URL exists and is on line. BTW,
they also have an E-mail address which is RockitRad@aol.com (AS).

A useful page of links to radio in Portuguese on the internet can be found
at http://www.nwinfo.net/~duarte/magazines/radios/liveguide.htm

The Vanguard Radio Network Co., Inc operate 7 FM and 2 AM stations in the
Philippines. They now have a Website at http://www.bigsound.com 

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COMMERCIAL RADIO-RELATED SITES

If you're involved in any form of transmitting or still use a radio with
tubes (that's valves if you come from the UK), you may find
http://home.att.net/~esrc/esrcmain.html worth a visit. This is a commercial
site with over 300,000 vacuum tubes in stock. ESRC says it is a major
supplier of electron tubes for Ham Radio, Antique Radio, RF transmitting and
receiving, and audio usages (disclaimer: I have no connection with this
company, nor have I done business with them. I just thought some readers may
find it useful. AS).

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More news edited by Thorsten in 7 days. Till then, have a good week.

73 from Andy.

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