[HCDX]: TFW 38 2/3

[Giovanni Serra <g.serra@xxxxxx>]

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THE FOUR WINDS ON LINE  - Copyright 1997  Part  2
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Year  2   Number 38  - Rome,  3 October   1997 


0950- 6203.74- PERU R. Cusco, 0950-1028, OA campo mx to 0958.  Long tlk
(nx?) by M anncr 0958-1026 w/ad block around 1018 and again at 1026
ending with fanfare and ID/pgm intro for the next pgm.  Seemed to go off
for at least a minute at 0956 but came back on w/canned anmnt by M
(ID?).  Signal strength suddenly jumped up at 1006, but was still poor. 
In fact, I'm surprised I could ID this.  Seems just a shell of its
former self when it was on 6195 and 6191. ---VALKO, USA  24 Sept.

1020- 4599.29- BOLIVIA- Radio Emisora Villamontes; 1020-1030 p on
27/09/97. px "Amanecer Chaqueno" ---TIN / Relampago DX Loggings

1026- 3250.82- PERU- R. Comas Television, 1026, End of LA Pop song, nice
clear R. Comas ID by M and ad block.  Ended the ad block w/sev. more
IDs, back to mx.  Best signal yet, and better than even the 4th!!
---VALKO, USA 21 Sept.

1032-  3329.38- PERU- Ondas del Huallaga, 1032, Nice OA harp vcl mx,
very brief canned ID by M, live M anncr and back to mx.  Fair but QRM
from CHU of course.  Has been hrd every day this week so far. ---VALKO,
USA 21 Sept.

1040- 12085- SYRIA- Syrian BS in Arabic //  13610, 1040-1047,  Arabic
song.  Fair ---SERRA, Italy  October  2

1058- 15125- TAIWAN- BCC Popular Net. in Chinese (presumed), 1058-1102,
W tlk, mx pause, time pips at 1100, unclear ID and tlk. (very strong QRM
splat from 15120 kHz)  VP ---SERRA, Italy  October  2

1058- 6105.02- COSTA RICA- R. Universidad, 1058, Deadair, then canned
anmnt/promo/ ID block starting w/ID by M then W: "" de potencia en las
5, en 2090  de San Pedro(?) San Pedro(?)....radio, la Radio
Universidad", and W "....870 AM con 5000 vatios de potencia, San , Costa
Rica....".  Fair strength but QRMed. ---VALKO, USA  20 Sept

1104- 3360.02- GUATEMALA- LV de Nahuala, 1104-1125, M anncr in lcl lang.
w/ID and ment of 90 meters, Marimba mx bridge, and more tlk by M anncr,
instru. Marimba mx.  M again tlking at 1113 w/TC.  After another song,
the anncr came back but forgot to stop the LP as the next song started
while he was tlking!!!  He did stop it after abt 5 sec. though.  Sev.
more IDs.  Fading quickly by 1125. ---VALKO, USA 21 Sept.

1120- 4725.03- MYANMAR-  R. Myanmar, Yangon,  1120-1125 Sept 21, talk by
man w/classical music bridges. Voice audio noticably distorted but
otherwise quite good signal indicative of good South Asian opening.
---CLARK, ONT Canada 

1121- 4760- INDIA- AIR Port Blair (Andaman Islands),  1121-1137 Sept 21,
fairly good at tune-in with sub-continental vocal by woman, female
announcer briefly at 1123 introducing next vocal by man. Amazingly
strong peak at 1132-1136 as same music pgme continued - did not relay
Hindi or English news as listed in IndiaBroadbase'97. Best level 15-20
mins ahead of xmtr SS / 30 mins after rcvr SR - same pattern as noted
concurrently for AIR Imphal. USB used to avoid moderate het from carrier
on 4759, possibly Yunnan PBS further off-channel(?).---CLARK, ONT Canada 

1125- 7500- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Internazionale 28/ 09 Mx non stop,ID in
Italian,English 33333 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

1128- 4775- INDIA- AIR Imphal,  1128-1145 Sept 21, best-ever level at
tune-in with evangelical-sounding vocal by woman; local ID by woman and
station IS, brief anmt by man, then slow-paced vocal, again of an
apparent Christian bent. Weaker at 1140 recheck and had dropped off the
air at 1145 recheck. Still off at 1155 but seemingly back on by 1200,
although almost gone by this time. Also noted presumed AIR's at 1146 on
4910 w/man & woman talk/sub-continental music bridges at weak level; on
4970 with chanting vocal but very weak. ---CLARK, ONT Canada 

1128- 5005.03- NEPAL- R. Nepal,  1128-1150 Sept 21, weak initially
w/domestic choral, fair at 1140 recheck with man/woman talk and short
music bridges, good peak surprisingly at 1150 (past rcvr SR/before xmtr
SS by some 45 mins) with guitars/female vocal. 7164.4 unhrd. ---CLARK,
ONT Canada 

1142- 4734.95- CHINA PR-  Xinjiag PBS, Urumqi,  1142 Sept 21, talk by
woman in presumed Uighur at very good level; much weaker on // 7194.82.
---CLARK, ONT Canada 

1201- 6130- LAOS- Lao National Radio, Vientiane,  1201-1203 Sept 21,
tuned in too late for the1200 clock tower bells and just caught bits of
familiar man/woman from 1202 with news; poor - just ahead of fadeout.
Detectable on LSB; CHNX on USB. ---CLARK, ONT Canada 

1257- 9679.9- INDONESIA- RRI, Jakarta (Cimanggis)   1257-1300*  
Indonesian talk, short instrumental tune, ID: "Radio Republik Indonesia,
Programa Nasional Dua", tune again untill 13:00 UTC, the off air. No SCI
IS. SINPO: 24433  ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands SEPT 22

1314- 15009.76- VIETNAM- Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi   1314-1318   Female
speaker in French, Vietnamese song. //9839,9 (also strong). SINPO: 54444
---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands SEPT 22

1404- 15521.28- BANGLADESH- R. Bangladesh,  1404 + 1520 Sept 21,
sub-continental music bridge and into talk by man (voice audio
distorted) at fair level. Still  there but weak w/domestic vocal at 1520
recheck. Hadn't hrd this channel in quite some time but recent reports
caused me to check and this may be the best bet to log Bangladesh
currently when propagation to ECNA is good. ---CLARK, ONT Canada 

1513- 6219- PIRATE EUROPE- Laser Hot Hits  27 / 09 Mx rock,px in
English  23222 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

1514- 10059.75- VIETNAM- V.o.Vietnam, Hanoi 1  (hs) in Vietnamese,
1514-1558*, W anmct, M tlk, W tlk ment Hanoi, Vietnam (but mostly
unclear), mx break at 1523, M tlk, W ancmt at 1528, lcl songs alt with W
ancmts till 1543, other W ancmt (poss ID), mx pauses alt with W ancmts
ment Vietnam, M & W tlk, S/OFF at 1558. (QRN heavy statics) Poor
---SERRA, Italy October 1

1537- 6900- TURKEY- Meteorolojinin Sesi Radyosy in Turkish (5 kW)
1537-1547, continuous lcl pop songs till 1541, W tlk ment Ankara till
1545, anthem & end pgm at 1546 but carrier on. (QRM hummm, rtty in USB,
cw & ute in LSB) F / P ---SERRA, Italy  October  2

1607- 10990- SAUDI ARABIA- BSKSA feeder in Arabic, 1607-1630, (fqy
splits in two distinguished pgms in USB & LSB, hrd with inter filter) in
USB MM continuous  rel tlks in Arabic // 11965  11780 (call of Islam
area fqys); in LSB M tlk in Arabic alt with pop mx break, M ID at
1629....Arabiyah Saudiyah..., Arabic mx and ancmts. (QRN statics) F / P
---SERRA, Italy October 1

1614- 6275- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Marabu  20/09 Mx rock,ID,QTH in
German,English  33333 ---PECOLATTO, A.I.R. DX Camp-Cesana Torinese
(Torino), Italy/Radiorama Pirate News

1645- 4060- CLANDESTINE- V.o.Iraqi Kurdistan in poss Kurdish, 02/10 
1645-1713, lcl instl mx, anthem, M ID at 1650 (...Kurdistan, Iraqi), M
vocals & instl mx, W tlk, instl mx, M ancmt, (well known) mx break, W M
tlk (poss lcl nx, ment Kurdistan, Iran, Turkey, till 1711), same mx
break, W poss ID & M ancmt, lcl song. (home made & strong jet stream
QRM, statics)  Poor ---SERRA, Italy  

1655- 4925- INDONESIA- RRI, Jambi   1655-1659*   English songs, ID in
Indonesian at 1659 UTC, followed by SCI IS. Left the air 12 seconds
before top of the hour. SINPO: 34444   ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands,
SEPT 26

1656- 11714.95- ALGERIA- R.Algiers Int. in English / Spanish 1656-1718,
pop song, W ancmt & ID, M ID, fqy quote & English pgm schedules, e-mail
address, Arabic mx pause into Spanish pgm, with other M ID: Radio
Algiers International, fqy quote, QTH, Arabic mx pause, W ancmts  mix
with Arabic mx, M nx at 1706 till 1718 ( at 1713 nx interrupted by
Arabic song for few seconds), (no news about continuing killings of
civilians in Algeria !! ed.), Spanish song. (QRM slight splat) F
---SERRA, Italy  September 29

1659- 5050- TANZANIA-  Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam   1659-1706  
Native music, TS, ID and news in Swahili. SINPO: 34343  ---VELDHUIS, The
Netherlands SEPT 22

1704- 5009.5- MADAGASCAR- RTV Malagasy, Antananarivo   1704-1726   Great
signal. Easy music, male announcer in Malagasy, ID and talk in French at
1715 UTC, short musical interludes. SINPO: 44444   ---VELDHUIS, The
Netherlands,  SEPT 26

1713- 6275- PIRATE EUROPE- Euroradio via Marabu  20/09 Mx and ID in
German  33333 ---PECOLATTO, A.I.R. DX Camp-Cesana Torinese (Torino),
Italy/Radiorama Pirate News

1716- 4976- UGANDA- Radio Uganda, Kampala   1716-1722   Female speaker
with news in English, "This news broadcast comes to you from Radio
Uganda in Kampala", musical interlude, male speaker. SINPO: 44444
---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands SEPT 22

1740- 3320- SOUTH AFRICA- Radio Sonder Grense, Meyerton   1740-1753
Afrikaans and English popsongs, annnounced by male DJ in Afrikaans.
SINPO: 24443 ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands SEPT 22

1742- 3380- MALAWI- MBC, Limbe  1742-1751   Hitparade with western
popsongs and male DJ in English. SINPO: 34444  ---VELDHUIS, The
Netherlands, SEPT 26

1752- 3330- ZAMBIA- Christian Voice, Lusaka   1752-1757   Easy music,
name of English program: "God and Lifestyle" (not 100% sure about that
name), ID and address, mentioning SW and FM frequencies, jingle. SINPO:
24343  ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands SEPT 21

1754- 6055- RWANDA- Radio Rwanda, Kigali   1754-1758   Presumed this one
with male speaker in vernacular, mentioning several African countries.
Good reception untill 17:57 UTC, when Radio Slovakia came on the air.
SINPO at best: 44444  ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands SEPT 22

1803- 3396- ZIMBABWE - ZBC, Gweru   1803-1809   Female speaker with news
in English, ID as "The Voice of Zimbabwe" at 18:05 UTC. SINPO: 24343
---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands SEPT 21

1826- 3900- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Mario 26 / 09 Mx,ID,QTH in
German,English,Dutch 43333 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

1835- 3900- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Roberto&Mario 25 / 09 Dutch mx,QTH,ID in
Dutch,English  43333 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

1856- 9200- SUDAN- R. Omdurman, 1856-1900, End of EG nx by W, ID, same
slow instru. ballad (its a version of a Pop song but can't remember
it!!!) they used for sev. years now and voice-over final ID anmnts by W
including a ment of 31 meters.  Decent signal. ---VALKO, USA 21 Sept.

1900- 17555- USA- Hawaii  KWHR  Test Excellent --- BOYER, New Zealand 

1913- 3900- PIRATE- R.Roberto&Mario 16 / 09 1913, Dutch mx,Goor box,ID
in E nglish  42232 ---PECOLATTO, A.I.R. DX Camp-Cesana Torinese
(Torino), Italy/Radiorama Pirate News

1924- 3918- PIRATE EUROPE- Union R.  24 / 09 Pop mx,QTH,ID,test in
Dutch,E nglish  23232 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

1938- 3900- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Roberto&Mario 24 / 09 Dutch mx,ID in
Dutch,English  43333 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

1940- 5035- UZBEKISTAN- R. TASHKENT,  Fair in German --- BOYER, New
Zealand

1950- 3925- PIRATE EUROPE- Unid R. 24 / 09 Dutch mx.... 22222
---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

2006- 15160- ALGERIA- Radio Algiers Int'l  2006  In English, news read
by man.  Some QRM from multichannel data on adjacent sides of 15160,
otherwise good signal.  Parallel frequency (noted on 11714.55) equally
as good at times. ---FINE, VA USA  21 Sept 

2030- 9875- NEW ZEALAND- Radio New Zealand  now on here --- BOYER, New
Zealand

2034- 7255- NIGERIA- Voice of Nigeria  2034  In English, two men in
"tag-team" discussion on Nigerian foreign relations.  Grossly
overmodulated signal, but otherwise good signal for this time of
day.---FINE, VA USA 21 Sept

2105- 5041- GEORGIA- Georgian R.  2105  Presumed this with various kinds
of pop numbers interspersed with comments in language that sounded as
much Georgian as anything else. At 2117, into animated commentary
followed by interview with giggling female. At 2129, slow song by male
chorus and brief announcement that began with "Radio," then left the
air. S/off time fits TBL listing for Tbilisi. Fair/good, though somewhat
choppy. Not heard since, so might have been a special occasion. ---HILL,
MA USA, Sept. 21

2138- 5015- TURKMENISTAN- Turkmen R.  2138  Presumed Asgabat with exotic
Central Asian vocals accompanied by flutes, plucked instruments,
accordions and such. (Much of this music sounds almost American Indian.)
Frequent announcements by woman in seemingly Turkic language, although
the muffled, overmodulated audio made it difficult to be sure. At 2200,
audio suddenly improved -- as though the previous program might have
been a relay -- but increasing co-channel QRM and higher band noise
nullified the better sound. Fair at tune-in and quite strong by 2200.
---HILL, MA USA, Sept. 27

2148- 6275- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Nordsee Int. 27 / 09 Mx rock,QTH,ID in
German  43333 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

2151- 3934- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Blue Star  27 / 09 Dutch and ska mx,ID in
English  33333 ---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

2200- 7210- CHINA PR- Yunnan(?) PBS  2200  Tuned just in time to catch
"5+1" pips, generic CPBS ID in Chinese and into presumed news; another
generic ID at 2205. Was // 5295, which carries CPBS-1 programs. Poor
till 2212, when wiped out by splatter from s/on of CBC, Cyprus, on 7205.
No local ID, so unsure if this is actually Yunnan as listed or just
another new CPBS outlet. ---HILL, MA USA Sept. 21

2201- 3910- PIRATE EUROPE- Unid R. 27 / 09 Pop mx,px in Dutch(?)   23232
---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

2203- 11735- NEW ZEALAND- RNZI,  2203-2207 Sept 27, news and weather at
2205, reference to National Radio, then operatic vocal. Briefly fair but
then promptly faded out w/presumed Radio Oriental coming up better on
nearby 11735.1. ---CLARK, ONT Canada 

2206- 3905- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Roberto Powerstation  20/09 Dutch mx,ID,QTH
in English  43333 ---PECOLATTO, A.I.R. DX Camp-Cesana Torinese (Torino),
Italy/Radiorama Pirate News

2206- 3909.6- PIRATE EUROPE- Unin R. 2206  Somebody here with pops and
DJ announcements in what seemed English; swamped with ham QRM after
2220, though hardly anything had been readable before then anyway. Gone
at 2238 recheck. ---HILL, MA USA, Sept. 27

2207- 11735.1- URUGUAY- R. Oriental, Montevideo (presumed),  2207-2226*
Sept 27, coming up weak-fair but clear w/fast-paced announcer in
Spanish. Occasional breaks with a music bridge and different announcer
but did not catch an actual ID. Suddenly left the air at 2226 and did
not return. A carrier without audio appeared on 9595 some 5 minutes
later which might then have been R. Monte Carlo. ---CLARK, ONT Canada 

2208- 6575.11- NORTH KOREA- R. Pyongyang, 2208-2226, A lot of tlks by M
in lang., then Korean Opera-like vcl mx after abt 2220.  Found //9345
which was better.  This freq suffered from polar flutter.  Something on
6250.04 same time too. ---VALKO, USA 20 Sept

2215- 6480- SOUTH KOREA- R. Korea Int., 2215-2232, Mostly SP tlk by M
w/mx bridges arnd BoH.  ID finally at 2231 by W.  Fairly strong.  6300
Taiwan, and China on 6790 and 6933 in as well.  Doesn't look like a very
favorable path but obviously something is working!!!  Quiet Solar
conditions. ---VALKO, USA 20 Sept.

2225- 3933.7- PIRATE  EUROPE- Unid R. 2225  Another Europirate with pop
offerings, short announcement by woman at 2235 and into a Hawaiian
sounding ballad. Stronger than the 3909.6 station, but still too weak to
pull through all the ham blather. ---HILL, MA USA, Sept. 27

2230- 4905- CHINA PR- CPBS, 2230-2235, CH ID by M, then EG lang.
lesson.  Incredible signal!!!!  Solid S-9!!!  Amazing.  CPBS on 5320,
5295 (equally as strong as 4905!!!), 5163, and the 6 mhz Chinese outlets
also in. ---VALKO, USA 21 Sept.

2245- 4905- CHINA PR- China National Radio  2245  In Chinese, 2nd
Program (CNR2) with fair signal.  Parallel 4800 also noted, but not as
intelligible.---FINE, VA USA 21 Sept

2301- 4904.5- CHAD- RNT, 2301*, M in FR w/final ID anmnt over Hi-life
mx, then instru. NA.  Very good.  Amazing this xmtr has held up over
these many years!! ---VALKO, USA 20 Sept.

2305- 7170- SINGAPORE- Olikkalanjam 27/ 09 2305 with just a litle trace
( 13331) with OM /YL in advert styles . Next day signal was at 23332
---LIANGAS, Greece

2336- 15009.7- VIETNAM-  Voice of Vietnam  2336  In English, news read
by woman, followed by a commentary at 2338.  Off at 2357.  Passable
signal with deep fading under almost perfect reception
conditions.---FINE, VA USA 24 Sept

2352- 6675.52-  PERU- R. Ondas del Rio Maranon (pres.), 2352-0003*, LA
Pop mx, M anncr but too weak to copy anything.  Went off w/out fanfare
at 0003. Not a very good LA night. ---VALKO, USA 24 Sept.


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ANTARCTICA - 15476 KHz LRA 36 Radio Arcangel San Gabriel, Antartic,
QSL-c (full data) v/s Victor Hugo Figueroa - Jefe Base Esperanza,
sticker in 120 days (N.Eramo, Argentina)

AUSTRIA - R.Austria int. on 5945, QSL Letter, schedule, sticker, letter
in 13 days. (R.Rizzardi, Italy / Play DX # 950 28 Sept )

BRAZIL - R. Cultura do Amazonas on 4845, letter, C60 studio tape,
tourism info, V/s Maria Jerusalem Dos Santos, in 311 days. ( T.H.Ekblom,
Denmark / / Play DX # 950 28 Sept )

BRAZIL - Radiodifusora de Macapa on 4915, V/s Eng. Arquit Benedito
Rostan Costa Martins (C.Brunstrom, Sweden in SWB 1357, Sweden / Play DX
# 950 28 Sept )

BRAZIL - R.Aparecida on 5035, QSL, stickers in 20 days, V/s Padre Cesar
Moreira ( P.M.Coelho Decastro, Brazil, in Atividade DX 157, Aug. 97, DX
Clube Paulista / Play DX # 950 28 Sept )

BRAZIL - R. Transmundial on 11705 (tx Nova Visao),  letter, bulletin TWR
in 70 days, V/s Jose E. Dias. (J.M.Portera De Melo, Brazil, in Atividade
DX 157, Aug. 97, DX Clube Paulista / Play DX # 950 28 Sept )
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