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SW TIPS  (TIME - Freq - Country)
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0015- 9624.7- BOLIVIA- R. Fides 0015, Special sport transmissions "COPA
AMERICA" Advs: Entel. Banco de la Paz. px: Radio Deportes. " Radio
Deportes la mayor cadena deportiva..." " Radio Deportes un pais en
sintonia...". ---RODRIGUEZ, Colombia Jun (?)

0130- 7040.4- PERU- R. San Ignacio 0130, Vernacular music. " Desde San
Ignacio para el Perù, Radio San Ignacio señal de peruanidad..." Advs
Carniceria Modelo, Gimnasio Olimpia, Carpinteria El Roble. Noted full
s/off at the 0215: " Estimados radio escuchas de todo San Ignacio y el
paìs, de esta manera la frecuencia internacional de los 7015 Khz en la
onda corta de Radio San Ignacio finaliza sus labores correspondientes al
dìa de hoy lunes 16 de julio de 1997 en el año de la reforestacion..(
mentions sponsors)...les invitamos a sintonizarnos el dìa de mañana
cuando sean las 6 y 30 minutos de la mañana para llevarles a ustedes una
nueva secuencia de nuestros programas culturales..." Dj Cesar Colunche
Bustamante. S/off is very variable. Strong signal in Bogota.
---RODRIGUEZ, Colombia Jun 16

0220- 5645.8- PERU- L.V. De San Antonio 0220-0310*, Huayno music. TC: ya
estamos en las 9 de la noche con 25 minutos, aqui en frente al microfono
para llevarles lo mejor de nuestra musica vernacular peruana, por la
señal internacional de Bambamarca, La Voz de San Antonio..." Noted s/off
at the 0310 ---RODRIGUEZ, Colombia Jun 17

0247- 4810- UNID- Unid R., 0247, A very weak stn hrd here amid the
mega-QRN. M tlk in lang. Armenia?? Too weak. One of the very rare times
that the UTE on this freq was off. Off course it was back next day.
---VALKO, USA 22 June

0307- 5009.56- MADAGASCAR- RTV Malagasy (tent) 22/06 0307, M tlk (poss
prayer) alt with choral songs (poss rel), prayer, W tlk, choral chant, M
tlk. (QRM ute - QRN statics) Poor/very poor ---SERRA, Italy

0322- 5030.10- COSTA RICA- AWR Cahuita in Spanish (freq var 0.11-0.10)
22/06 0322-0343, M tlk alt with pop mx, other M and W tlk, brief
trumpets (from Guglielmo Tell ), M W tlk, addresses for mai box pgm,
choral rel song, W rel tlk mix with piano mx, W ancmt, pop mx pause, M
ancmt and ID: Radio Mundial Adventista..., address for pgm Panorama
Internacional, mx break, M sermon. (QRN statics - QRM het) Poor
---SERRA, Italy

0539- 4918.9- ECUADOR- Radio Quito, Quito 0539-0551, Ballads,
announcements and canned ID in Spanish. SINPO: 24443 ---VELDHUIS, The
Netherlands June 20

0602- 5076.7- COLOMBIA - Caracol, Santafe de Bogota 0602-0620, Spanish
talk, jingles and advertisements. RTTY-QRM in USB, so best in LSB. Some
CW-QRM at times though. SINPO: 24333 ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands June
19

0623- 6018.2- PERU- Radio Victoria, Lima (tentative)  0623-0634, Weak
signal, heavy fading. Female speaker in presumed Spanish, music, 06:31
UTC male speaker. SINPO: 23422 ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands June 19

0653- 5804- PIRATE- R.Free London 15/06 0653,  Mx pop/rock,ID in English
+ 23332  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0655- 6276- PIRATE- Unid R. 15/06 0655, Mx and px in English + 22232 
---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0700- 6219- PIRATE- Laser Hot Hits 21/06 0700, Pop mx,px in English +
22232 ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0712- 5805- PIRATE- R.Free London 22/06 0712, Mx and ID in English +
22232  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0717- 6244.2- PIRATE- Unid R. 22/06 0717, Mx and px in  poss English  +
22232  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0752- 6219- PIRATE- Laser Hot Hits 22/06 0752, Pop mx,px in English +
23232  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0757- 6242- PIRATE- R.Benelux 22/06 0757, Rock mx,ID in German + 23332 
---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0812- 6266.4- PIRATE- UK R.Int. 21/06 0812, Dance mx,ID in English +
22232  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0815- 15295- MALAYSIA- Suara Malaysia , June 16 , 0815 , a speech :
documentation 24432  ---LIANGAS, Litohoron- Greece

0841- 6270- PIRATE- Unid R.  15/06 0841, Mx dance and px in German 
---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0850- 6261.7- PIRATE- Unid R. (Radio ...) 15/06 0850, Dutch mx,ID(?) in
Dutch + 22332  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0857- 7306- PIRATE- R.Europe in USB 21/06 0857, Mx non stop,ID in
Italian, English + 23332  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0913- 6306.6- PIRATE- R. RPA 22/06 0913, Mx by Kraftwerk, ID in Dutch +
23322  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

0919- 13800- NORWAY- R.Norway Int. in English 0919-0929, W pgm Norway
today, with tlk abt seaboats , lighthouses, traditions etc in Norway,
lcl folk song, M ancmt for end pgm, wwweb address of R. Norway Int, ID s
etc, IS at 0929. Fair ---SERRA, Anzio-Italy June 22

0936- 6256- PIRATE- Unid R. 22/06 0936, Mx by Meat Loaf,FRI promo,px in
German + 23322  ---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

1017- 17387- INDIA- AIR Aligarh in English // 15050  17840, 1017-1032,
Indian chants alt with M ancmts till 1031, ancmt and ID, other M tlk.
---SERRA, Italy June 21

1034- 13675- UAE- UAE R. Dubai in English // 21605  17630, 1034-1044,  M
world nx, with ID s and wrp till 1039, mx pause, M ancmt into tk pgm abt
Islam. Fair/poor ---SERRA, Italy June 21

1059- 9705- NIGER- La Voix du Sahel, Niamey 1059-1108, Native music, ID
and frequencies in French, drums, program in vernacular. Also 19/6 at
12:00 UTC with news in French. SINPO: 34433 ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands
June 18

1133- 9540.07- VENEZUELA- R. Nacional, 1133-1159*, Lite nonstop instru.
mx, ID by W at 1140, long tlk by M w/occas. mx bridges. Another canned
ID by W at 1143, M briefly, then nonstop LA mx. What appeared to be long
s/off anmnts by M at 1158 w/what sounded like an addr, freq, sked, and
definitely ment of Venezuela. Off at 1159 after anmnt. Poor to fair
strength and barely modulated at all. Faded at times making it sound
like it went off the air. ---VALKO, USA  22 June

1138-6266.8- PIRATE- UK R.Int. 14/06 1138, Mx,QTH in English + 22232 
---PECOLATTO, Italy/Radiorama-Pirate News

1237- 7543.5- UNID- Unid R. in LSB, with vestigial carrier, 6/19 1237
tune-in to preacher in Spanish, 1240 winding up program with hymn; was
La Voz de la Salvacion with an address in Carolina, Puerto Rico; more
music, 1247 begin Una Voz en el Aire. Nothing but the prospect of
identifying a new station could keep me listening to a screaming gospel
huckster for half an hour, with no ID break between programs or at top
of hour; fading down gradually, 1330 music, 1349 talk, and gone by 1430.
Reminds me of HRMI, which by this hour was not audible on 5890, but
that's not conclusive at all.  RFPI on 7585-USB was still audible at
1326 ---HAUSER, OK-USA/ SW/DX  Report

1238- 13740- SWEDEN- R.Sweden in English ( // 15240 under co-ch Rai
Italia in It), 1238-1245, techno mx song, W M tlk abt sex, ID s, ancmt
and rock song.. Fair ---SERRA, Anzio-Italy June 22

1250- 15250- PHILIPPINES- V.o.America in Chinese 1250-1259*, M W tlk,
pop mx pause, M W ancmt, mx pause and ancmt, VoA mx break, M tlk, other
M ID in Chinese and in English with QTH, s/off at 1259. (QSB) Fair
---SERRA, Anzio-Italy June 22

1302- 11690- JORDAN- R.Jordan in English 1302-1403, M nx till 1359, pop
mx pause, continuous west oldies song till 1359, M ancmt ment Amman, pop
mx, W ancmt for mx pgm, M ancmt and mx, W ancmt with ID, pop song. Fair
---SERRA, Anzio-Italy June 22

1401- 10059.2- VIETNAM- Hanoi 1 1401-1415, Male and female speaker in
Vietnamese, music bridge, song. SINPO: 24332  ---VELDHUIS, The
Netherlands June 20

1458- 9680- PHILIPPINES- R Veritas June 16, 1458 ID of the station in
English stating on next broadcast in Pilipino  ---LIANGAS, Litohoron-
Greece

1501- 9325- NORTH KOREA- R.Pyongyang in English 1501-1503, W ID,
ancthem, unclear ancmt and poss nx by M. (QSB) Poor/Very poor ---SERRA,
Anzio-Italy June 22

1544- 11099.96- CHINA PR- CPBS Taiwan 1 in Chinese 1544-1552, M tlk ment
Zhonguo, W ID: Zhonguo Taiwan, mx break, M tlk. Fair / poor ---SERRA,
Italy June 25

1558- 11565.08- PAKISTAN- R.Pakistan // 9485.04 in English 1558-1618,
IS, M  and W ID, t.pips and news, ID, brief wrp and major nx till 1609,
ancmt, M politic cmntry till 1614, brief IS, violin sound, W TC, ID and
fqys quote, some seconds of silence and W nx in slow speed. (QRM unid
co-ch). Fair ---SERRA, Italy June 25

1647- 9685- SOUTH AFRICA- Channel Africa in Portuguese 1647-1655*, M 
poss sport nx, ID, pop mx break, M ancmt and ID, IS at 1650 till 1655, M
ID in English and s/off  at 1655. Fair/poor ---SERRA, Anzio-Italy June
22

1701- 9490- RUSSIA- V.o.Russia in Italian 1701, W nx (le notizie, till
1708), M ancmt for 850th anniversary of Moscow, (with V.o.R. wwweb,
phone and fax #), mx pause, W ID: state ascoltando la Voce della Russia,
mx pause into pgm: Panorama della settimana (topical nx of the week, abt
G 7 summit in Detroit etc.) fair ---SERRA, Anzio-Italy June 22

1819- 5050.06- TANZANIA- Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam 1819-1831, Good
signal. News in vernacular, several IDs after reports from
correspondents, promo (overmodulated), female speaker talking about
democracy. SINPO: 44444 ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands June 22

1853- 11680- NIGERIA- (tx site unk) Voice of Free Nigeria, carrier on
1853, s/on 1900 in English. Listener show/call-ins. Fair signal, s5-7.
The Web site at http://pw2.netcom.com/~fnm/ does not have any broadcast
information, just news about the movement. Carrier off after 20 UT.
Checked the Sentech Web site for jollies, but nothing posted. R
Netherlands Media Network and Cumbre DX say this broadcast is Saturdays
only. Earlier today, probably VoFN but no ID heard, noted tune-in 1810
in French then music starting about 1820 or so. The carrier was
abruptedly taken off the air at 1830. ---SUNDSTROM, NJ-USA  June 21

1855- 3330- ZAMBIA- Christian Voice in English  22/06 1855-1901, pop
song, M tlk mix with pop mx, W tlk, other M ancmt, jingle, M W tlk, ID
at 1859, jingle, mx break and M W nx in brief, mx break and pop song, M
ancmt into features. (QRN statics). Fair/poor ---SERRA, Anzio-Italy

1858- 7255- NIGERIA- Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu 1858-1906, IS, English
ID, program preview, time check, talk on medical matters. SINPO: 44444
---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands June 18

1904- 3240- SWAZILAND- TWR in Shona 22/06 1904-1915*, M rel sermon till
1912, afropop song, jingle, M tlk with unclear ID, other M poss ID,
clear IS and S/off at 1915. (QRN statics - QSB) Fair/poor ---SERRA,
Anzio-Italy

1913- 15009.81- VIETNAM- V.o.Vietnam in English // 9840, 1913-1927, W
Vietnam economy pgm (1913-1916), ID, pop mx pgm, ID into pgm: Visit our
life (abt medicine in Vietnam, till 1920), ancmt for Vietnamese pop
song, ancmt, ID and end pgm at 1927 but s/on. Fair ---SERRA, Italy June
19

1938- 11680- CLANDESTINE NIGERIA- V.O. Free Nigeria (??), 1938-1959*,
Reggae  mx, interview of M who left Nigeria. Tlk abt life in Nigeria and
political views. Interviewer asked several questions abt the radio stn.
Closing anmnt by M over drum mx w/Indianapolis IN addr given and ID as
"Revolutionary radio, The Voice of Free Nigeria". Continuation of drum
mx, Nigerian pledge, and off w/instru. Nigerian NA. Fair to good and
drifted slightly. Pgm anncrs sounded distinctly "American". ---VALKO,
USA  21 June

1947- 5060- UZBEKISTAN- R.Tashkent // 5035  6230  9540  11905, in German
26/06 1947, M tlk, lcl chant with instl mx, M W tlk, lcl pop song. (QRM
rtty) Fair ---SERRA, Italy 

2000- 6290- SOUTH AFRICA- World Music Radio via Meyerton, noted from
2000 with poor signals, mostly music and a little bit of chatter. Not
really listenable, but the signal picked up from s1 to s2-3 by 2030.
Confirmed by Mark Veldhuis in Belgium through chat in IRC #swl channel;
Mark had good signals. ---SUNDSTROM, NJ-USA  June 21

2016- 3345- SOUTH AFRICA- WMR, June 15  2016,  man  ID with full data
English  then rocksong, 32432 strong QRM from TTY //6290 ---LIANGAS,
Litohoron, Greece

2040- 4976- UGANDA- Radio Uganda, Kampala 2040-2100*  oldies music,
female speaker in English: "love and music go together!", suddenly off
in the middle of the National Anthem. Strong signal, SINPO: 44444
---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands June 20

2045- 5050- TANZANIA- R Tanzania, June 15 2045, in  French + Vern .
hilife music ID 2046, 33433 some QRM from 5040  ---LIANGAS, Litohoron,
Greece

2100- 15010- VIETNAM- V. o.Vietnam  June15 2100, IS ID in French ,
35434  ---LIANGAS, Litohoron- Greece

2117- 4885- BRAZIL- Unid R.  June 15 2117 in Portuguese, man speaking
with emphasis 24232   ---LIANGAS, Litohoron- Greece

2122- 3320- SOUTH  AFRICA- Radio Sonder Grense, Mejerton 2122-2130, Male
speaker in Afrikaans, choir, piano music. Best in LSB. SINPO: 34343 
---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands June 24

2136- 6210- JORDAN- R Jordan (?) , June 15, 2136 , Arabic songs 
---LIANGAS, Litohoron- Greece