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loggings in order of  time;  frequencies in kHz;  times UTC;  
ham codes as usual;  Reporting  signal quality: Loc  = local 
signal; E = excellent; G = good;  F = fair; P = poor; 
VP = very poor;  A = avoid.  (also in SINPO or SIO code)
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ATTENZIONE !!   ATENCION !!   ATTENTION !!   ACHTUNG !!

AVVISO  -  AVIS  -  ANKÜNDIGUNG  -  NOTIFICACIÓN  -  NOTICE

FROM THE EDITOR - Few logs of mine on this issue. As stated some months
ago, now I am really busy, before and after work, and weekends too,
cause very hard studying of management, executive skill programs etc.
stages. From next TFW On Line # 43 till JANUARY 6th 1998, I have to
suspend TEMPORARILY to e-mail TFW On Line regularly, usually every 10 -
15 days, but I 'll continue to collect your tips and newsletters.  For
saving a lot of time, I' ll e-mail next TFW On Line issues with loggings
of mine, as I shall have a little time for DX-ing (I hope !),  and with
other logs in the same format as e-mailed (i.e.: not as usual TIME -
Freq.- Country format). Logs will be in order of Country. NOTICE FOR
CONTRIBUTORS: Please, write your family name and your Country after each
Logging, and the COUNTRY you listened too. Sorry, I' ll put no
Gleanings, QSL, Contributors list, Mailbox, DX  Programs etc. on TFW
during this period. Hoping for your comprehension, I thank you for
continuing your contributions. 73 and good DX, Gianni Serra, TFW editor  

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Thank you  for all our Contributors !
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BRUNO PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) - Italy  for Radiorama-Pirate News
October  # 4 --- November # 01 via e - mail    RX:  Kenwood  R-5000 -
Yaesu FRT-7700  ANT:  15 meters LW - 12 meters dipole - loop & Daiwa AF
- 606K filter <  http://www.arpnet.it/~air/welcome.htm > < 
http://www.radiorama.it >
DAVID NORRIE,  Paulshof - South Africa via  DX TIPS-SA SW Listener
November 1997 via e-mail RX:  AOR 7030    ANT.:    10m longwire
antenna.  --- Plettenberg Bay, South Africa RX:  AOR 7030 ANT.:  15 m
longwire.
DAVID  J. VALKO,  USA  via e-mail  RX: JRC NRD-535D - Collins R-388    
ANT.: 33 meter (NE-SW) Longwire "T"
ERIC BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO - USA   RX: Sangean ATS-803A    ANT: 
MFJ-1778 G5RV
FLAVIO GOLZIO, Italy for Gatflash! #  108 via e-mail     CO.RAD. web
page: < http://www.net4u.it/ari/corad.htm >
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE, Udine - Italy  via e-mail  for Radio DX Net 02/97 -
RADIORAMA, Italian  mounthly  City area: from Udine at 110 mt. a.s.l.
G.C. 46.03N / 13.15E  RX:  Drake R4B + DGS1 Frequency Synthesizer ANT: 
LW 20 mt. E-O --- Rural area: from Ceresetto di Martignacco (Udine), at
150 mt. a.s.l. RX JRC NRD535D full opt. + Collins 390A/URR  ANT Wire 50
mt. E-O   <  http://www.arpnet.it/~air/welcome.htm > < 
http://www.radiorama.it >
FRANCOIS STEYN, Hillbrow, South Africa  for DX TIPS-SA SW Listener
November 1997 via e-mail  --- Berea, South Africa  RX: JHB with Drake
R7A ANT.:  wideband vertical --- Villiersdorp, South Africa  RX:  DRAKE
R7A   ANT.:  70m longwire.
GIOVANNI  SERRA, Roma - Italy (ed.)   RX:  JRC NRD 525     ANT:  Alpha
Delta DX SWL-S Sloper  (40 feet)  & JPS NIR 10 filter
GLENN HAUSER ( GH ), Enid OK - USA  for  SW/DX Report  30 October 97 ---
97-20, Nov 4, 1997  via e-mail  < http://www.grove.net/~ghauser/ >.
GRAEME  R. DIXON, Auckland - New Zealand via e-mail  RX: Drake SW8 
ANT.: Antenna: Longwires & Vertical
HAROLD SELLERS, Newmarket, Ontario - Canada via e-mail   RX:  NRD-515  
ANT: 50 meter wire antenna
JUICHI YAMADA, Chiba - JAPAN     for Jembatan DX  #  34  via e-mail  
RX:  NRD-525  - AR7030     ANT:   AN-1.
MARIE LAMB, Brewerton NY - USA  via e-mail  DX-ing with Cumbre     <
http://www.whri.com >  or  < http://www.kwhr.com >
MARK VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands via e-mail    RX: AOR AR7030 - JRC
NRD-535 - Lowe HF-150 -Sony ICF-SW7600G   ANT: Appr. 20 meter longwire +
MLB and RF Systems SP-2 antenna splitter
MARTIN SCHOECH, Merseburg, Germany via e-mail RX: Sony ICF 2001D ANT:
Sony AN 1 (active telescopic antenna) <
www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/2594/ >  Welcome !
MICHIEL SCHAAY,  Doorn - The Netherlands  via e-mail   RX: AOR AR7030  
ANT.: RF-Systems T2FD and MK1
NICOLAS ERAMO, Buenos Aires - Argentina  via e-mail     RX: SONY ICF
2010  ANT..  Longwire 15 mts   RX:  SONY ICF- SW 7600G ANT.: Longwire 25
mts + Aurora Impedance matcher
PAUL ORMANDY, Oamaru, New Zealand via e-mail       RX: Drake SPR-4     
ANT: from home 2 x 25 metre dipoles in a V -  from Waianakarua, 3 x 300m
Beverages aimed at the USA, 1 x 450 metre aimed at South America and 1 x
300m aimed at Hawaii/Alaska.
PIERLUIGI CALLIGARO, Udine - Italy     RX:   RX Sony ICF-SW55   ANT.: 
LW 10 mt. N-S  --- QTH:  Buia (Udine),  RX : JRC NRD535D full opt.  
ANT.:   LW 50 mt. N-S / Radio DX Net 02/97
PIET PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn - The Netherlands  via e-mail    RX: Lowe
HF225E     ANT.:   20 meters longwire.
PLAY DX, Milano - Italy  #   954  October 26 1997 --- # 955  November 03
1997   
RADIO SAN MARINO INTERNATIONAL,  mobile tx in San Marino Republic
territory  via e-mail   web page < http://www.exactweb.com/RSMI >
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C. - Colombia  for  DX News
from Colombia #     via  e-mail      RX: Sony ICF 2010, ony ICF 7600G,
Sangean 813   ANT.: Longwire 10 mtrs and Palomar Loop Antena for MW 
RAUL GONZALEZ,  South America  via e-mail  < http://www.netaddress.com
>   Welcome !
THOMAS R. SUNDSTROM, Vincentown,  NJ - USA ( via e - mail )  RX: JRC NRD
535  - Lowe HF-150    ANT: 100m inverted-L, top about 30m off the ground
(for NRD 525 ) - 25m wire running vertically into the top of a tree (
for Lowe HF-150 ) TRS Consultants < http://www.trsc.com > < Contributing
Editor, Radio Netherlands' < http://(www.rnw.nl > Media Network > <
Contributing Editor, "Radio and Communications", ACP Syme Magazines <
http:// www.trsc.com/rc_aus.html > < Contributing Editor, Radio, Suite
101 < http://www.suite101.com >
ZACHARIAS LIANGAS, Thessalloniki - Greece (via e-mail)   RX:  Lowe HF
150 - Philips 2935 - Sony ICF 7600 D   ANT:  6 meters sloper  ATU hand
made  - 11 m hor ( for 40 m - 60 m ) - 6 m antenna tilted upward   < 
http://www.compulink.gr/Users/zliangas/central.htm  > <
http://www.clandjop.com/~jcruzan/greek-p.html  > (mirrored for greek
pirate radio )



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SW TIPS    (TIME - Freq. - Country)
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0049- 4885- BRAZIL- R.Clube do Para in Portuguese 09/11 0049-0125,
canned M soccer live: goooooooo....ooool ! with jingles, MM cmntry,
whistles, slogans, other games results, at 0124, whistle and ID: R.
Clube. (QRM ute; at 0057 QRM slight splat W letters, hrd in usb, QRN
statics ) F ---SERRA, Italy 

0111- 13715- CUBA- R Habana, 0111, good signal in Spanish, slightly
over-modulated though nice and clear. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct 27

0130- 9495- AUSTRIA- R Austria International, 0130, good signal in
English with interview of Austrian composer. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct
27

0130- 21610- JAPAN- R Japan, 0130, fair-good with English service,
letter-writing contest details. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct 26

0149- 4485- PERU- La Voz de Celendin at 0149 with  romantic ballads.
---NORRIE, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa,Oct.7 / DX TIPS SA SW Listener
November 1997

0154- 6811.2- PERU- Ondas del Rio Mayo at 0154 fair, with accordion
music. ---NORRIE, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa,Oct.6 / DX TIPS SA SW
Listener November 1997

0200- 7570- PIRATE SOUTH AMERICA- Radio Cochiguaz in LSB, 02.00 - 03.00
Spanish, Latin American Music Program, A lot of ID in different
languages, Man announcer, SINPO 22222, ---ERAMO, Argentina, November 2,
1997

0211- 6479.8- PERU- R Altura on 0211 with dramatic announcement in
Spanish ---NORRIE, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa,Oct.7 / DX TIPS SA SW
Listener November 1997

0214- 7745.88- PERU- R Cristal (tentative) at 0214 with  catchy
accordion and flute music. ---NORRIE, Plettenberg Bay, South
Africa,Oct.7 / DX TIPS SA SW Listener November 1997 

0230- 11865- CANADA- R Canada International, 0230, very good signal,
service to the USA and Latin America, with mailbag program. ---ORMANDY,
New Zealand Oct 27

0250- 4875- BRAZIL- Super R. Roraima, Boa Vista, Brasilian pops. OM in
PP with some serious talk. Canned ID, Noisy, weak. ---PIJPERS, The
Netherlands 7 Nov 97.

0250- 4750.05- PERU- R. San Francisco Solano, On 29 Oct., 0250-0336*, OA
Campo and Pop mx w/M anncr between songs giving TCs often and ments of
Provincia.  At 0251 mentioned Lima Peru.  At 0329 ment of
"....Huancabamba en popular la radio".  At 0331 " en la noche minutos
studios San Francisco Solano en todo el Peru".  Final canned ID by M
over mx as "Este es Radio difusora...en la Provincia  del Peru...". 
Instru. OA NA 0334-0336, off.  Then on 30 Oct., 0242-0331*, Same pgm as
previous night w/same M anncr.  Not one ad.  Finally got some real IDs!!
At 0306 "...la musica...R. San Francisco Solano", and at 0323 "...de la
noche 23 minutos R. San Francisco Solano, Huancabamba, Peru".  At 0325
mentioned Sondor and Huancabamba.  At 0328 played the canned ID ancmt by
M followed by the OA NA from 0329-0331. The signal left the air at
0333.  Surprised this has been coming in lately.  Unstable as usual. 
Seems to freq moves very slightly whenever the anncrs mic is turned on. 
Makes it difficult to copy anmnts. ---VALKO, USA 

0307- 6141.22- PERU- R.Concordia (p), at 0307, with phone in and GLEN
MILLER jingle" in the mood" (this was repeated frequently so either this
is an ad or some sort of station theme. This was still going at 04.35,
almost certain I heard "Arequipa" but never Concordia. ---NORRIE,
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, Oct.9 / DX TIPS SA SW Listener November
1997

0308- 6095- PERU- R National de Peru,Lima at 0308 with full ID, signal
quite good (new station for me) ---NORRIE, Plettenberg Bay, South
Africa,Oct.8 / DX TIPS SA SW Listener November 1997

0309- 6070- CANADA- CFRX, Toronto at 0309 with baseball results then
into DX QSLs from ODXA, phone 416 293. ---NORRIE, Plettenberg Bay, South
Africa Oct.7 / DX TIPS SA SW Listener November 1997

0315- 7746- PERU- RADIO CRISTAL 0315 - 0330 Nov.3 TC: " cuando son
exactamente en nuestro estudios las diez de la noche con veinte minutos
seguimos con la mejor musica, Radio cristal desde el corazon de san
Hilarion..." Hauynos and chichas. " los exitos al compas de Cristal la
radio..." In the last weeks this station noted only very late in the
night and only weekends. ---RODRIGUEZ, Colombia

0319- 21660- THAILAND- BBC 0319, poor-fair in English with soccer
scores. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand  Oct 25

0325- 6130- CANADA- CHNX CHNS (tentative) at 0325 with pops "I'll be
working my way back to You", NA DJ and accent but too weak  to pull out,
(I will try and fax them and determine whether they keep any play
sequence records). ---NORRIE, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, Oct.9

0327- 6970- COSTA RICA- RFPI in USB 0327, seems to be regular here.
Heard this day with World of Radio filling in for a missing program,
then gave promotion for Review of International Broadcasting, // 7385
was not quite as strong. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand  Oct 26

0330- 7570- PIRATE SOUTH AMERICA- Radio Blandengue in LSB, 03.30 -04.30
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, Argentina,
November, 2, 1997

0330- 9800- FRANCE- Radio France Internationale 10/30 0330 noted with ID
and news analysis program, mentioning the U.S. visit of China's
President, in French. Good signal. ---BUENEMAN,  MO, USA

0332- 7515- CLANDESTINE- V of Tigray Revolution, 0332, pleasant Horn of
Africa music, fair signal. Later also heard in parallel on 5500.
---ORMANDY, New Zealand  Oct 26

0336- 7545- NORWAY- R Norway 0336, heard here on what may have been a
spur on 7520 with spoken program. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand  Oct 26

0350- 5035- BRAZIL- R. Aparecida, Aparecida, Music and talk in PP.
Mystery voice qrm, probably Ute. Weak/poor. ---PIJPERS, The Netherlands
Nov 07

0400- 11785- IRAK- R Iraq International, continues to mystify with odd
times etc. Noted Oct 26th not going into English at 0400 and continuing
in Arabic. Next day went into English  at 0357 and was immediately beset
by a pack of bubble jammers which seemed to go out of synch whenever RII
announcers talked. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand

0403- 6095- PERU- R Nacional del Peru, 0403, 30 minute window here until
VOA sign-on 0430,male / female heard with canned identification then
nice ndean/Peruvian tunes back back. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct 26

0435- 6025- NIGERIA- FRCN,  Frequencies, religious talk. "Radio Nigeria,
broadcasting from Enugu'', followed by summary of programmes for
Saturday. Fair signal. ---PIJPERS, The Netherlands 8 Nov 97.

0500- 4850- CAMEROON- CRTV ''Candle in the wind'', couple of girls
shouting ''CRTV'', funny tune/IS at 0500, followed by pres. news at
0502. Weak. 25222. ---PIJPERS,  The Netherlands 5 Nov 97

0501- 4775- PERU- R Tarma 0501, still running closing announcements and
requests for reports in English (though doesn't want to answer my
reports!),  folowed by the same in Spanish. Sign-off with tune rather
than National Anthem. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct 26

0512- 6250- EQUATORIAL GUINEA- R. Nacional OM in Spanish with some IDs
and talking about the ''claro cielo'' of Mexico. Phil Collins in
background. Some problems to get the programme on its way. Fair.
---PIJPERS, The Netherlands 8 Nov 97

0530- 9725- COSTA RICA- AWR Alejuela, new time in English, Ex. 0500 UT.
---DIXON,  New Zealand October 29,30

0540- 4990- NIGERIA- R Nigeria 0540, male with business notices in
English. Time as "18 minutes to 7.." then pops. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand
Oct 25

0544- 4890- GABON- RFI 0544 fair signal, with news stories in French.
---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct 25

0546- 4905- CHAD- R Nationale Chadienne, 0546 male in French with
presumed service messages. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct 25

0550- 5030- COSTA RICA- AWR 0550, fair-good with religious program in
English, clear frequency. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand  Oct 25

0552- 5047- TOGO-  RTV Togolaise, 0552, female announcer with messages
in French, poor-fair signal, some ute QRM. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct
25

0555- 3300- GUATEMALA-  R Cultural 0555, fair signal in clear with
English gospel tunes and Spanish announcements. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand
Oct 25

0600- 7255- NIGERIA- Voice Of Nigeria In English. Saturdays 15 mins. of
African tribal music to 0615 UT. ---DIXON,  New Zealand October 26

0632- 9614.3- INDONESIA- RRI Samarinda (presumed). 0632 dangdut music
program. At 0657 unidentified station on 9615kHz signed on, the signal
was covered by the station. Poor. ---YAMADA, Japan Nov 2 / Jembatan DX #
34

0645- 4985- BRAZIL- R. Brasil Central, Goiania, OM in PP, relaxed
Brasilian popmx, ads, ID. Poor. ---PIJPERS, The Netherlands 7 Nov 97

0646- 5805- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Free London 01/11 Mx and ID in E   33333
---PECOLATTO, Italy / Radiorama Pirate News

0657- 4918.9- ECUADOR- Radio Quito, Quito   0657-0701   LA music, ID and
mention of frequencies in Spanish. SINPO: 24433 ---VELDHUIS, The
Netherlands NOV 4

0711- 11920- SINGAPORE- Radio Japan, Kranji relay   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, The Netherlands NOV 4

0720- 4755- BRAZIL- R. Educacao Rural, C. Grande, Interesting folk music
by band with accordeon or bandoleon as lead instrument. Felt like a
studio session. OM with ID. Probably influences from the South: heard
this type of music before on 4795 R. Difusora, Aquidauana, both near the
border with Bolivia and Paraguay. Poor. ---PIJPERS, The Netherlands 7
Nov 97.

0722- 5865- ECUADOR- HCJB,Pifo //  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, The Netherlands NOV 4

0729- 7125- ITALY- IRRS 0729, fair signal at sign-on with address and
'phone number then into UN Radio program. ---ORMANDY, New Zealand Oct 18

0739- 11925-  BRAZIL- Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo   0739-0747  
Portuguese talk, "Journal Bandeirantes", canned ID, advertisements.
SINPO: 34443 ---VELDHUIS, The Netherlands NOV 4
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