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[Giovanni Serra <g.serra@xxxxxx>]

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THE FOUR WINDS ON LINE  - Copyright 1997 - 1998  Part  2
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Year 3 -  Number  48  - Rome, 11  January  1998


0602- 4825- BRAZIL- Radio Cancao Nova; C. Paulista, Jan 2, 0602, Male
and female in Portuguese, clear ID. Terrible noisy reception and some
fine tuning was needed ; better on 4823. Nothing on 9675. Poor.
---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0610- 5003.45- EQUATORIAL GUINEA- R Nacional, Bata,  0610-0620 Dec 30,
ongoing talk by man in SS with good signal (modulation a bit off); same
on // 6250.3-Malabo which was fair. K index had jumped up to 4.
---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada 

0625- 4819- HONDURAS- La Voz Evangelica (HRVC); Tegucigalpa, Jan 2,
0625-0635, Religious talk in Spanish with mention of the capital of
Honduras. Poor signal. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0650- 3300- GUATEMALA- Radio Cultural (TGNC); Guatemala City, Jan 2,
0650-0705,  Talk in  Spanish, songs, several IDs. Weak signal, plagued
by local QRN ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0650- 5060- ECUADOR- Radio Progreso; Loja, Jan 1, 0650-0700, Weak
signal: LA music and canned ID. Fading quickly. 25322. ---PIJPERS,
Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0705- 4985- BRAZIL- Radio Brasil Central, Jan 4, 0705, Signed on again
with Brasilian pop music and giving an ID. Parallel 11815 was occupied
by Arab station. Poor. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands Jan
4)

0710- 4960.4- VANUATU- R.V. (fqy var.), 0710-0732, Found w/Pop mx, 0729
promo/ID in EG, native drum tuning signal 0730, then nx by M in Bislama.
Poor to fair. Variable and drifted from 4960.42 up to .49. Carrier was
still on at 1120, but no pgming. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 1 Jan.) 

0715- 6135- BRAZIL- Radio Aparecida; Aparecida, Jan 1, 0715, Folksy type
of music with several IDs by male in Portuguese. Parallel to 5035. 33333
---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0720- 4960.4- VANUATU- R Vanuatu, Vila (fqy var.),  0720-0729 Dec 27,
C&W vocal, chatter by woman in EE,  TC at 0728 w/mention of upcoming
[0800] national news. Good signal,  unexpectedly up from 4960.0 as
earlier in the month.  *  0710 Dec 28,  island vocal but poor compared
to prior date. Freq slightly higher  still, this time on 4960.48.  * 
1258-1322 Dec 31, on late for New Year's with island vocal at tune-in,
chatter and numerous thank you's and references to Vanuatu in EE and
local lang. Dedicational message in EE referring to 1997 and 1998 at
1310. Ancr with happy new year message at 1321 and into island choral
which turned out to be closing anthem - switched to Solomons at this
point and Vanuatu was gone when  retuned at 1328. Good signal, steady on
4960.48. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0740- 3935- NEW ZEALAND- ZLXA, Levin, 0740 Dec 28, dialogue in EE by man
& woman. Quite weak. Same time, PNG on 3925 was already up to fair+
level. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0759- 4960- UNID- Unid Radio Jan 3, 0759-0815, A very short repetitive
phrase on a flute, repeated at 0810. Talk by male, hardly audible and
when some music was heard it was impossible to pinpoint the style. No
signal on 5020, only carrier. Very tentative and more of a unID, really.
Isn't Radio Vanuatu supposed to be here? ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn,
The Netherlands

0814- 17570- RUSSIA- Radiostantsiya Tikhy Okean, Irkutsk, 17570.00,
29/12, 08:14, test tone and open carrier, 08.15 "Govorit Vladivostok"
and RS Tikhy Okean ID, SINPO 55444 ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

0817- 10344- RUSSIA- Radiostantsiya Tikhy Okean, Khabarovsk,  29/12,
08:17 Russian speaker, parallel to 17570 and 9850 kHz, SINPO 35333.
---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands 

0818- 6199.93- IRELAND- United Christian Broadcasters, 0818-0900, Pgm of
mainly soft Christian Pop mx w/tlk between songs by M and occasionally
W. TC at 0830. Caught ID during tlk at 0837. 0850 pgm promo by M
w/"U.B.C" ID at the end. Extremely weak and was lucky to get an ID.
Horrible QRM prior to 0800. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 1 Jan.) 

0819- 9850- RUSSIA- Radiostantsiya Tikhy Okean, Vladivostok,  9850.00,
29/12, 08:19 Russian speaker, SINPO 15231, parallel to 17570 and 10344
kHz. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

0825- 4765- BRAZIL- Radio Rural; Santarem, Jan 2, 0825-0830, Boisterous
male in Portuguese, music, ID. Poor signal, but a rather late reception.
Very strong Russian Utility qrm. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The
Netherlands

0851- 6184.95- MEXICO- Radio Educacion   0851-0901   Easy songs with
female singer, female announcer in English and Spanish, ID. SINPO: 34443
--- VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands  DEC 29)

0950- 6090- CHILE- RADIO ESPERANZA 0950 - 1005 Jan.4, News and comments.
" Asi hemos informado lo que ocurre en Chile y en el Mundo a traves de
Radio Esperanza algunos minutos nos separan de las 7 de la mañana en
Radio Esperanza frecuencia modulada..." Advs. Libreria Buenas Nuevas. "
Esta es Radio Esperanza Onda corta y Frecuencia moduladad desde Temuco
en la Republica de Chile..." ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C.,
Colombia

0958- 21640- SAUDI ARABIA- BSKSA in Indonesian  3 Jan 0958, IS, Anthem,
TP at 1000, M ancmt and ID, fqy quote into Ramadam tlk, M vocals.
---SERRA, Roma, Italy

1006- 9632.97- MALI- RTV Malienne in FR, 3 Jan  1006, pop song, M dj
ancmt, W tlk, afropop alt with M WW tlk abt the tour of the world, Rio
de Janeiro Carnival etc., samba songs....QRM strong splash from 1029 by
Unid R. on 9630.08, with unid IS,  W ancmt and poss ID, M Arabic vocals)
Fair till 1029 ---SERRA, Roma, Italy

1045- 5046.3- PERU- RADIO INTEGRACIÒN 1045 - 1055  Jan.3, " Para
Abancay, Apurimac y el Peru esta es la señal integradora de Radio
Integraciòn..." Advs. Distrito Judicial de  Apurimac, Universidad
Tecnologica del Norte. ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C., Colombia

1045- 4779.8- ECUADOR- R. Oriental, Macas; 4/01 1045-1105 ID "5 48 de la
mañana en todo el Ecuador Continental, a todos los amigos de Radio
Oriental px Alegría Ecuatoriana ID "En Anchacu, saludos a todos los
oyentes de los 4880KHz banda de 60 metros de Radio Oriental..." mx ID
"Como siempre Radio Oriental, la emisora mas popular" NOTA: Después de
las 1058 es muy difícil escuchar, hay QRM de una estación que inicia la
trasmisión de la misa en 4774.9 de R. Tarma hay momentos que la cubre, a
las 1105, ya no se les puede escuchar. ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru /
Casqui DX # 109

1049- 4970.96- PERU- R. Imagen, 1049-1101, Lively OA Pop mx, tlk by M at
1051 w/TC, and ments of Huancayo, and tlk again at 1055 w/TC, greeting,
date, quick ID, and ment of nuevo ano. Rom. song. 1100 brief canned
anmnt over Pop song "I'm Only Human" by the Human League, then full
canned ID anmnt by M over dramatic mx w/ment of QTH, 1170 khz AM and
4970 khz SW. Good. Is usually below 4970. Also hrd in the evening.
---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 31 Dec.) 

1050- 4386.5- PERU- RADIO NUEVA SENSACION (fqy var.) 1050 - 1110 Jan.4
New station from Chiclayo, irregular transmissiòn in the mornings. Sl: "
La Alegria Musical". many mx with the ritm "Cumbias Sanjuaneras" . Thank
to Dx Friend Henrik Klemetz for located exactly frequency. " Radio Nueva
Sensaciòn desde Chiclayo, para todos los pueblos del Perù..." " Esta es
Radio Nueva Sensaciòn para toda la serrania peruana..." ---RODRIGUEZ R.,
Santafe de Bogota D.C., Colombia

1058- 11760- CUBA- Radio Habana Cuba, La Julia, 11760.00, 29/12, 10:58
interval signal, Spanish ID and s/on, SINPO 32442, suffering heavy 
splash from mega-signal of Radio Finland on 11755 kHz. ---SCHAAY, 
Doorn, The Netherlands

1059- 9700- NEW ZEALAND- RNZI in EG 3 Jan 98  1059-1108, M tlk, TP at
1100, W ID: radio New Zealand News, I am....(sudden S / OFF and S/On
again abt one minute later), W news with corresps, external services
till 1105, W ancmt ment National Radio, lcl WRP, ancmt, old song and
feature tlk by W M. Fair ---SERRA, Roma, Italy

1100- 3325- GUATEMALA- RADIO MAYA 1100 - 1110 Jan. 5, Full S/on: " TGBA
Radio Maya inicia sus transmision correspondiente a este dìa, nuestra
asignatura musical indica la apertura de transmisiòn para hoy, al
momento de enviarles un respetuoso y fraternal saludo, TGBA Radio Maya
lanza su voz a los mas remotos confines de la tierra a traves de sus
frecuencias de onda corta 2360 Khz banda de 120 metros y 3325 Khz banda
de 90 metro, desde la Villa de Santa Cruz Barillas, Departamento de
Huehuetenango, en Guatemala Centro America..." ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe
de Bogota D.C., Colombia

1105- 4774.9- PERU- R. Tarma, Tarma; 4/01 1105-1200 44444 px trasmiten
la San Misa ID "Misa trasmitida gracias a Radio Tarma, desde Tarma...
---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru / Casqui DX # 109

1113- 7003.44- UNID- LV de la Guarinjas??, 1113, Just bits of mx. First
time to hear anything here and doubt I'll ever log it. Some CW QRM.
Imposs. in the evenings. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News  26 Dec.) 

1114- 4409.4- BOLIVIA-  R. Eco, Reyes; 31/12 1114-1140 33333 mx en
castellano Id "Radio Eco contigo.."  tnx HK por el QTH. ---ARRUNATEGUI,
Lima, Peru / Casqui DX # 109

1125- 9737.52- PARAGUAY- R. Nacional del Paraguay  1125-1132  ID heard
at 1125, 1128 by m/ann in Spanish,  QRM from BBC 9740, best in LSB.  Nx
and back to mx by 1130. Fair copy  ---MONTGOMERY, Levittown, PA,  USA 
January  5, 1998 

1145- 10060- VIETNAM- Voice of Vietnam  1145-1155, ID hrd at 1155 by
fm/ann in Vietnamese. Mx till top of hr then to nx.  Fair copy.
---MONTGOMERY, Levittown, PA,  USA  January 5, 1998 

1159- 10330- INDIA- All India Radio  1159-1201 Just caught the S/ off at
1200 with ID by f/m ann in Hindi.  Fair copy. ---MONTGOMERY, Levittown,
PA,  USA  January  5, 1998 

1205- 9945- CHINA PR- China Radio Int. 1205-1230  ID hrd at 1206,
1216,1220 by fn/ann in EE.  Nx.  Bubble jammer heard with het. Started
to cause problems by 1225.  Nx that Canada has produced a 15 USD silver
coin with a gold tiger available 28 Jan. ---MONTGOMERY, Levittown, PA, 
USA  January 5 1998

1215- 9610.04- TAIWAN- R. Taipei Int., 1215- Special pgm for the
dedication of the new stn/organization name. M and W anncr hosts started
out the pgm introducing themselves, wished everyone a Happy New Year,
and said could receive a special first day QSL card. Also tlked abt R.
Taipei Int., the V.O. Free China, the new official stn publication, and
the BCC. Instru. CH mx at 1223-1226, and an ID by the M anncr at 1226.
Aired a V.O. Free China pgm at 1228 but couldn't  copy what it was.
Quite weak w/co-channel QRM. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 1 Jan.) 

1225- 6479.8- PERU- RADIO ALTURA 1225 - 1250 Jan.3, mx folk and
agriculture advs. " Siga con Altura, que esta presentando a ustedes su
programa Buenos Dias Hermano Campesino, el Original..." ( Clear
reference to RD Paraton program's, see NU 1450) ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe
de Bogota D.C., Colombia

1320- 6570- MYANMAR- Defence Forces Broadcast. Unit, Taunggyi, 29/12,
13:20 Burmese folk music and songs. Female speaker. Usual instrumental
sign-off tune at 13.29 and off-air at 13.30 UTC. Very good: peaking at
SINPO 34333 at times. Certainly my best reception sofar of this station.
However, one of my neighbours seemed to be playing with his electric
wiring, causing terrible noise bursts and spoiling the fun. ---SCHAAY, 
Doorn, The Netherlands

1325- 9729.96- SRI LANKA- SLBC, Ekala,  1325 + 1342-1345 & 1435 Dec 28,
Xmas music at tune-in; Connie Francis tune and chatter by man at retune;
cont' very good still at 1435 recheck with old melodies. ---CLARK,
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

1326- 5985.85- MYANMAR- R Myanmar, Yangon,  1326-1340 Dec 28, talk by
man, into fluted music intro to domestic vocal at 1327, IS and clock
chimes + single gong at 1330, ID by woman, then man w/possible news.
Fairly good signal. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

1342- 6398.8- NORTH KOREA-  Pyongyang Broadc. Station, Kanggye, 
6398.80, 29/12, 13:42 Female speaker, story reading with radioplay
fragments from time to time. Language not recognized as Korean but from
13.51 UTC Korean songs. At 14.00 UTC 4 pips and announcement. SINPO
34333. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

1510- 15425.03- SRI LANKA- SLBC, Ekala,  1510 Dec 31, accordian music to
fair peaks; fair-good on // 9729.96. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario,
Canada

1515- 15167.3- TAHITI- RFO Papeete (fqy var.),  1515 Dec 31, weak
carrier noted after being unheard at all during period Dec 21-30.
Perhaps irregular but not quite  dead yet! ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario,
Canada 

1515- 3230- NEPAL- Radio Nepal, Jan 2, 1515-1530 All talk by male in
Nepali. He did mention Nepal a few times....Fading after 1530 with
parallel 5005 lasting longer and still there at 1635 with neighbour
Madagascar on 5009.5 with an excellent signal. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d
Rijn, The Netherlands

1542- 7255- NIGERIA- Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu 1542-1554, Male speaker
in English, frequent mention of Nigeria, at 1543 female speaker,
interviews, ID: "Voice of Nigeria, Lagos". Fair. ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The
Netherlands  JAN 7)

1550- 4735- CHINA PR- Xinjiang PBS, Jan 2, 1550-1601, Operatic music
with announcements in Uighur and talk about Ramadan. Poor. ---PIJPERS,
Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands 

1557- 9704.2- ETHIOPIA- Radio Ethiopia, Gedja  1557-1601 Male speaker in
vernacular (News? He mentioned Ramadan, Iraq, etc.), ID, IS and another
ID at 1558, mention of frequencies, chimes, female speaker. SINPO: 44434
---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands JAN 7

1603- 7120- RWANDA- Deutsche Welle, Kigali relay 1603, Male speaker with
news in English. SINPO: 33443  ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands  JAN
7)

1710- 6260- CLANDESTINE- Unid R.  in Farsi , 1710 , 7 / 1 / 98 with news
( ref to Afganistan ) many QRG changes  so that i coul not find a ID .
Good signal ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece

1710- 5055 ICELAND- Rikisutvarpid, Dec 31, 1710, USB. Report of 1997
events: part of speech by Tony Blair, Bill C.'s inauguration speech.
Another temporary re activation. 45444 ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The
Netherlands

1745- 6210- UNID- Unid R. 1745,  male speaking  and some hilife
(afropop) songs ,on 1752 At 1758 woman closed program 1800 * Checked
with both radios but recording did not reveal anithing  as signal was
too weak ( just marginal) ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece  

1757- 9500- SWAZILAND- TWR, Mpangela Ranch 1757-1826, Religious talk in
English, gospel songs. SINPO: 44444  ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands
JAN 7)

1829- 3240- SWAZILAND- TWR, Mpangela Ranch 1829-1833 Music, IS, male
speaker in vernacular with ID and mention of 90 meterband, talk. SINPO:
34343 ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands JAN 7)

1831- 9625- BOLIVIA- R. Fides 1831 station jingle and starting soccer
pgm W/ "goool" sample in the intro. Canned anmt by man "Aqui comienza,
Radio Deporte, un pais en sintonia,...cuarenta emisoras...de la mayor
cadena deportiva, por Fides, Libertad e Infinita de La Paz..." Good.
---NIGRO, Montevideo, Uruguay Jan 4)

1845- 4975- UGANDA- R Uganda, 1845, 31/12/97  some beats heard over
noise , 1940 classical music, 2046 a speech in possibly local language.
Signal was <23132 at most times ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece  

1859- 9780.30- YEMEN- Republic of Yemen Radio  1859  Regular program in
English.  National Anthem noted at 1858, then into Arabic at 1900.  Fair
signal, with usual Middle East mumbly audio.  QRM from carrier on 9780,
Yemen's nominal frequency. ---FINE,  Remington, VA, USA 31 Dec

1900- 6950- CHINA PR- CRI, *1900, IS sev. times, M w/ID in FR. Fair.
---VALKO, USA  27 Dec. / Dunlo DX News) 

1902- 6239.94- UNID- Unid R.  Hrd at 1902 w/W tlk in Russian. Was more
interested in 6292 so didn't stick w/this. Fair. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo
DX News 27 Dec.) 

1904- 6292- GEORGIA- V.O. Hope, 1904-2055, Rel. pgm in what sounded like
Russian (gave addr in Oklahoma City) and another unid. lang. (gave addr
in Victoria Aust.). M w/ID in EG and rcptn rpt requests to addr in
England, then rel. pgm in EG. Hrd up here from 6290. Poor but gradually
got better. For some reason I thought this was from South Africa in my
earlier log. Sorry for any confusion caused. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX
News 27 Dec.) 

1906- 3306- ZAMBIA- ZBC Harare (t) with hilife songs at 1906 <22231 QRM
3306 with multi FSK readable only in AMN at 3305 ---LIANGAS,
Thessalloniki, Greece 

1908- 5050- TANZANIA- R Tanzania , ID 1908 inside news prg in EG 24232
---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece  

1915- 3240- SWAZILAND- TWR  (t), some music 1915 OM spoke then  sign off
at 1917 ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece 

2037- 6299.95- PIRATE EUROPE- Radio/Crazy Farmers from Holland,
2037-2206, Pgm of Dutch folk and EuroPop and Rock mx w/shouting M anncr
host in slight echo, occasionally singing w/songs!!! Mentions of Crazy
Farmers and gave addr and phone numbers often. Played remakes of "You
Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille", "Stairway to Heaven", and "I
Will Follow Him". Ids sounded like "Crazy Farmers of the World". At 2039
"....Radio Farmers.... transmitter ? 900 kcs and the 6300 kcs....radio
frequencies....wonderful station is ? 4325....529-432526....", at 2145
"....corporation ?. This is your station....pick up the phone on this
Christmas Day ? 529-432526 in the Netherlands....529-432526....the beer
is good and the music very excellent...P.O. Box this station 108, thats
P.O. Box 108, zip code is 7720 Alpha Charlie in Dalfsen. I spell it out
for you, Delta Alpha, Lima, Foxtrot, Sierra, Echo, November...Radio
Crazy Farmers of...", and at 2148 "....station ? radio. You people are
crazy. We are farmers, we are the craziest farmers ? and we are continue
?". Pretty decent signal after abt 2130. Good audio and modulation but
anncr shouting and his accent made copy difficult. Some SP SSB and
pulsing UTE QRM towards 2200. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 25 Dec.) 

2046- 6220- ANGOLA- VORGAN, 2046-2102, Afro Hi-life mx, medley of
Christmas songs ("Silent Night", "White Christmas"), M anncr in PT at
2053 w/TC and tlk, hi-life mx bridge, nice long ID at 2056 followed by a
"VORGAN" ID over mx by Chicago. M again w/sked, back to mx. Good signal
on this new freq. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News  26 Dec.) 

2055- 5035- CENTRAL AFRICAN REP- R Diff Centrafricaine, Bangui, 
2055-2101* Dec 25, hilife vocals & male anncr in FF with closing anmts
at 2057; brass band anthem at 2100. Fair level. ---CLARK, Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada

2104- 4850- CAMEROON- CRTV, Yaounde,  2104-2106 Dec 27, male anncr in
heavily-accented EE with news; mid-newscast ID at 2105 - "this news
comes to you from Yaounde". Strong carrier but audio rather low with
short fades. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

2110- 4789.12- INDONESIA-  RRI FakFak,  2110-2115 Dec 25, moderate
carrier to bits of audio until wiped out by local QRM. Presumed but
peaking exactly as it should. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada  

2153- 5055- ICELAND- Rikisutvarpid,  2153-2215 Dec 25, reactivated freq
for what was clearly a special Xmas broadcast. Chimes and ID by woman at
2200, then into world news in Icelandic. Local level signal quality
w/audio concentrated in USB (thnx Tony Ward tele tip). Fair-good also on
// 9275 & 11402. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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