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Year 3 -  Number  48  - Rome, 11  January  1998
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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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IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND ALBERTO GANDOLFO, PRESIDENT OF A.I.R.,
ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA RADIOASCOLTO, SUDDENLY DIED AT THE AGE OF 54.   
Gianni Serra, ed.

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DX MEETINGS
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A.I.R. DX MEETING - With the great loss of our President, next A.I..R.
(Associazione Italiana Radioascolto) DX Meeting will be held here in
Italy on May 1, 2 and 3 1998 in Sirolo, Marche Region. More news soon. 
Ed.

ANNUAL WINTER SWL FESTIVAL - 11 th Annual Winter SWL Festival March
12-14, 1998,  near Philadelphia, more than 225 attendees, coverage by
Spectrum on WWCR. Great time had by all in past years. Info,
registration: < http://www.trsc.com/swl_fest.htm > (Tom Sundstrom, NJ
USA)

EDXC - The 36 th annual European DX Council conference will be held in
Gothenburg, Sweden on 28 - 31 August 1998. It will be organized by the
Swedish DX  Federation. (NASWA Journal, Dec. 97)

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HORACIO A. NIGRO - "Ekko, Echo, Ekko, Echo" is an article from the
Antique Radio Classified website featuring the photos and other
information on the history of a 1920 collecting craze -Ekko stamps or
"Verified Reception Stamps", that made the first chapters of the history
of our hobby. It was written by Wayne Gilbert in collaboration with
Charles R. Combs. Good that a "Jerry Berg" is credited there too!. The
original article was printed on the June 1997, Nr 4, Vol 14 of the
printed magazine. Browse it at <
http://www.antiqueradio.com/gilbertcombs_ekko_6-97.html > (Nigro,
Uruguay Dec 30)

ALFREDO COTRONEO - Hello from Milano, Italy. I wonder if you  may help.
I am looking for local AM of FM stations outside Italy and around the
world who are carrying at least for some of the time programs in the
Italian language. The Italian Government is setting aside funds to
produce programs which should be aired via stations to Italians abroads,
and we have been asked to help in providing a list of local stations who
already have an Italian audience abroad. If anyone can share this
information with us, would you please contact <info@xxxxxxxxx >. Name of
the station, address, contact person, phone, fax and e-mail addresses,
as well as details on their coverage and programming are appreciated.
Thanks again for your help. Alfredo.  --- Alfredo E. Cotroneo,
President,  NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association PO Box 11028, 20110,
Milano, Italy, email: < alfredo@xxxxxxxxx > phone: +39-335-214-614 (try
first)/ +39-2-266-6971  fax: +39-2-706-38151

ASOCIACION DX BARCELONA -  Apreciados Colegas : MUNDO DX EN RADIO
AUSTRIA INTERNACIONAL CUMPLE 15 AÑOS DE EMISIONES. PARA CELEBRAR ESTA
IMPORTANTE EFEMERIDES, RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNACIONAL Y LA ASOCIACION DX
BARCELONA CONVOCAN A UN CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL.  PUEDEN PARTICIPAR TODOS
LOS OYENTES QUE ENVIEN UN SOLO INFORME DE RECEPCION DE CUALQUIER
PROGRAMA "MUNDO DX" QUE SE EMITA EN RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNACIONAL ENTRE 
LOS DIAS 20 DE ENERO HASTA EL 15 DE MARZO DE 1998. ADEMAS PARA OPTAR A
MAS PREMIOS, LOS OYENTES DEBEN ANOTAR LAS DOS PALABRAS CLAVES QUE SE
DARAN A CONOCER EN EL TRANSCURSO DE LOS PROGRAMAS DE ESAS FECHAS.  LAS
DOS PALABRAS CLAVES SE ANUNCIARAN EN PROGRAMAS SEPARADOS. POR LO TANTO
LES RECOMENDAMOS ESCUCHAR CADA SEMANA ESTE SU PROGRAMA "MUNDO DX". 
TODAS LAS RESPUESTAS E INFORMES DEBEN ENVIARSE A RADIO AUSTRIA
INTERNACIONAL, SECCION ESPAÑOLA, CONCURSO MUNDO DX, A-1136 VIENA,
AUSTRIA. MUCHOS REGALOS LES ESPERAN... < http://www.orf.at/rai/ >

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Thank you  for all our Contributors !
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BOB MONTGOMERY, Levittown, PA,  USA  via e-mail  RX: R388, NRD525  
ANT.: with DX Pro 1 active antenna
BOB PADULA, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia  for EDXP #  75  via e -
mail  <  http://www.wp.com/edxp/ >
DAVID CLARK (DMC), Thornhill, Ontario, Canada via e-mail    RX    Drake
R8 / JRC NRD-515  with Sherwood SE-3  ANT.: -   Carolina Beam +  JPS
ANC-4 noise phaser
DAVID  J. VALKO,  USA for Dunlo DX News via e-mail   RX: JRC NRD-535D -
Collins R-388     ANT.: 33 meter (NE-SW) Longwire "T"
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE, Udine, Italy for RADIO DX NET 0698 from Italy (
RDXN)  via e-mail < http://www.radiorama.it >(new 1.1 RadioramaOnWeb
Version from November!) < http://www.arpnet.it/~air/welcome.htm
>(standard AIR pages) RADIORAMA, Italian monthly Magazine Director AIR (Associazione Italiana Radioascolto) co-founder
GIANNI  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 97-28, Dec 31, 1997,
via e-mail < http://www.grove.net/~ghauser/ > < http://www.hotmail.com >
HORACIO A. NIGRO, Montevideo, Uruguay  via e-mail   RX: Grundig YB400  
ANT.:   randomwire 25m long 
MARK J.FINE,  Remington, VA, USA  via e-mail    < 
http://www.crosslink.net/~mfine/  > RX: Drake R8A   ANT.: 66' longwire
that slopes slightly southeast 
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
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.: LW antenna 15 m  RX:  SONY ICF 7600 ANT.. LW antenna 20 m  RX:
SONY ICF SW 7600G ANT:. V inverted antenna 20 m
PEDRO ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru   for Casqui DX #   109 via e-mail    RX:
Icom IC-R 71 E    ANT:   42 meters dipole
PIET PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands  via e-mail RX: Lowe
HF225E  ANT.:   20 meters longwire.
PLAY DX, Milano, Italy  # 962  December 28  1997
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C., Colombia  via  e-mail  RX:
Sony ICF 2010, ony ICF 7600G, Sangean 813   ANT.: Longwire 10 mtrs and
Palomar Loop Antena for MW 
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 >  SHORTED ! <
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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0000- 4702.3- BOLIVIA-  R. Eco, San Borja, Balliván; 31/12 0000-0020
22222 px Saludos y mensajes por fin de ano, un servicio especial ID
"Esta con Radio Eco, siga con nosotros" mx Caballo Viejo. tnx por el
QTH. ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru / Casqui DX #109

0007- 4879.71- ECUADOR- R Nacional Espejo, Quito,  0007-0012 Dec 27,
talk in SS, frequent IDs, some Xmas music and mentions of Washington,
DC. Very strong. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0013- 11940.35- CAMBODIA- Nat'l V of Cambodia,  0013-0018 Jan 4, male
anncr presumably in EE to 0015, fanfare and into talk by woman, more
easily distinguishable as definite FF. Weak+. ---CLARK, Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada 

0015- 7185- MYANMAR- R Myanmar, Yangon,  0015-0040 Dec 27, strong OC
w/test tones at tune in, *0030 with drums/local instruments, brief anmt
by woman at 0031, then Burmese vocal to further opening anmts 0033-0034
followed by more vocals. Weak-fair (best since Dec 7) but fading rapidly
after 0040. Probably SP with A/K indices = 0. ---CLARK, Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada 

0025- 4460.8- PERU- R. Nor Andina, Celendín, Cajamarca; 31/12 0025-0045
33333 mx variada ID "Nuestros amigos del oriente, escuchan bien clarito
Radio Nor Andina, llegan conversas las poderosas ondas de Radio Nor
Andina del Peru" mx ID "Buenas noches amigos de Radio Nor Andina,
estamos a fin de año...". ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru / Casqui DX # 109

0050- 6811.5- PERU- R. Ondas del Río Mayo, Nueva Cajamarca; 2/01
0050-0135 33333 mx tropical advs Foto Uguerico en jirón Unión 313 de
esta ciudad de Nueva Cajamarca.. Botica La Floresta.. ID "Ud. sintoniza
Radio Ondas del Río Mayo..." ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru / Casqui DX #
109

0050- 3919.65- UNID- Freije Radio (tent.), 0050, A definite AM signal
here w/mx. Too weak and way to much Ham QRM. Per SRS News, Freije Radio
was here. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 26 Dec.) 

0053- 6050- CHINA PR- XIzang PBS 0053 , 31/12/97 in Chinese w news , OM 
them programming an ID as Xizang  did not hear Zhongyang  and conts refs
to #1 /#2 px and others  Best on LSB //4750 43433 ---LIANGAS,
Thessalloniki, Greece  

0113- 5005- NEPAL- R Nepal, Kathmandu,  0113-0125 Dec 28, good carrier
but disappointingly low level audio, fading up w/bits of domestic vocal;
didn't hear time signal at 0115 but man then with presumed news until
fading out again 0125+ when switched to woman anncr w/music bridges.
Brief but distinct xmtr sunrise enhancement: local SR = 0108. Not
detected on 7165.2v so perhaps now on seasonal //3230. ---CLARK,
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0115- 6220 CUBA- RHC (??) , 0115 , 1/1/97 , with SP or IT songs , adress
at 0117.in possibly SP Chcked with both radios but signal was ery low to
cope language ( 12132 with some gaps of no signal )   I wonder if it is
harmonic or main QRG ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece 

0117- 9729.9- SRI LANKA- SLBC, Ekala 0117-1031,Usual "Golden Oldie"
music, female speaker in English, announcing 'Back to the Bible', which
started after TS and TC at 0130 UTC. Nice signal at first, soon getting
weaker. SINPO at best: 34333  --- VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands  DEC
29)

0120- 3663.03- UNID- Unid R.,  0120-0150 Jan 4, weak DSB carrier at
tune-in, building to quite respectable strength with a few threshold
bits of audio (mostly talk) detected  peaking around 0145. In the clear
at times using LSB. QRM'd and fading fast after 0150. Could this be Azad
Kashmir Radio, down a bit from 3664.6v? AKR xmtr SR would have been at
0213. Called to Tony Ward who had much better audio on his 20 degree
beverage, so directionality would also fit. ---CLARK, Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada 

0129- 3396- ZIMBABWE- Radio 4/ZBC, 0129-0139, Afro Hi-life mx and Pop
mx. M anncr in EG taking sev. phone calls. IDs at 0136 and 0137. Ments
of 1998. Fair w/some QRM. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News  1 Jan. 1998) 

0152- 5305- PERU- Radio La Inmaculada, Santa Cruz, 01.52 - 02.23
Spanish, man announcer, Musical Program, time check and ID "..veintiuna
horas veintidos minutos en Radio La Inmaculada, aqui en nuestra ciudad
de Santa Cruz...." "....en la onda corta....en la frecuencia de los 5305
KHz......" SINPO 22222, Jan 3, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0200- 15215- TAIWAN- VOFC 0200 , looking for 1st day of xmssn of Taipei
Radio Int'l, in SP but found the stn still IDing w/ its old name, w/ mx
and canned anmts by w saying that they had technical problems that
prevented them of giving the regular pgm. In effect, mic modulation was
muffled. Very strong sigs, though. ---NIGRO, Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan 1)

0220- 5498- PERU- RADIO LAJAS 0220 - 0300 Jan.3, Noted with pgm:
"Nochecitas Andinas " Announce sked 1900 - 0300 ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe
de Bogota D.C., Colombia

0226- 4910- INDIA- AIR, Jaipur, 0226, subcont mx and short talks by w
---NIGRO, Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec 31

0300- 6950.4- PIRATE LA- (LSB) Radio Cochiguaz, Musical Program, 03.00 -
04.00 ID in multiples languages"You are listening Radio Cochiguaz, This
is Radio Cochiguaz from Latin America" "..estamos en la onda corta
transmitiendo desde algun lugar de Sur America" SINPO 24322, Jan 4, 1998
---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0300- 6950.4- PIRATE LA- (LSB) Radio Pasteur, Political Program, 03.00 -
04.00 Spanish ID in Spanish and English, man announcer "Esta es Radio
Pasteur...."..desde las ondas cortas en la banda de los 40 metros....."
SINPO 43433, Jan 3, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0345- 4875- BRAZIL- Super R. Roraima, Jan 4, 0345-0356*, Male in
Portuguese giving station address in Roraima: some popsongs and sign
off. Fair. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0352- 4910- ZAMBIA-  ZNBC; Lusaka, Jan 2, 0352-0405, Local dance music
with news in vernacular. A thundery atmosphere which wiped out the
possible ID at four. Poor. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0400- 4760- IRAQ- Voice of the Iraqi People,Jan 4, 0400, ''Huna sawtu
as-sha'bi al-'Iraqi, idha'atu al-hizbi as-shuyu'i al-'Iraqi''. Poorly
modulated signal. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands 

0404- 5054.89- FRENCH GUIANA- RFO in French 10 Jan 1998 0404-0434, W/ 
long tlk with some phone calls alt with FR pop songs. F ---SERRA, Roma,
Italy

0418- 4760- UNID- Unid R.,  Jan 2, 0418-0427, Weak signal with male in
Arabic mentioning ''Kurdistaniya'', Iraq & Kuwait. Not much of a signal
left at 0445 and no trace of jamming, so probably a pro Saddam station.
Voice of the Iraqi people, maybe? ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The
Netherlands

0430- 5066- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -RTV Congolaise, Jan 3,
0430-0450, Hi-life music followed by talk in French with
''Nationale......Democratique...'' noted. Weak signal in slop 5070 WWCR,
even when using 2.2 IF. Signal faded away around 0450. ---PIJPERS,
Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0450- 4790- PERU- Radio Atlantida; Iquitos, Jan 1, 0450, Slow LA tunes,
male in Spanish with ID, waiting....with a special programme for the New
Year, but gone at 0502 35332 ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The
Netherlands

0450- 4939- VENEZUELA- Radio Amazonas; P. Ayacucho, Jan 1, 0450,
Thumping LA music with OM counting the minutes, ''esperando'', talking
about Colombia . Interactive radio with ID as ''Radio Amazonas
Internacional''. 35333. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0455- 4935- BRAZIL- Radio Capixaba, Jan 4, 0455-0605, Male and female
preachers in Portuguese with usual cheering crowd. As usual I could not
hear an ID at top of the hour. Poor to fair. Presumed. Signal
disappeared after 0700 when other Brasilians signed on again.
---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0455- 4775- BRAZIL- Radio Liberal; Belem, Jan 1, 0455-0500, Brasilian
pops, canned ID. Signal better at 0630. 24332. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d
Rijn, The Netherlands

0500- 3400- LIBERIA- Star R. (pres.), 0500, Definitely the Liberian
instrumental NA, s/on anmnts by W, then long tlk (nx??) by M. It
could've been in EG but it was just too weak to copy. ---VALKO,  USA /
Dunlo DX News 26 Dec.) 

0503- 5066.35- REP OF CONGO- V of the People, Bunia,  0503-0508 Dec 25,
bits of talk in French by  man and Afro vocal thru 5070 slop. Carrier
strength unusually good; audio rarely detectable thru the adjacent QRM.
Presumed on former R Candip freq. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada 

0505- 4945- BOLIVIA- Radio Illimani; La Paz, Jan 1, 0505-0520, Huaynos,
non stop. Presumed. Parallel to 6025. 24332. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d
Rijn, The Netherlands

0525- 5003- EQUATORIAL GUINEA- Radio Nacional; Bata, Jan 2, 0525-0545,
Laid-back local songs: no announcements, only short silent periods.
Fair. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0530- 5045- BRAZIL- Radio Cultura do Para; Belem, Jan 1, 0530, Samba
music, male with ID in Portuguese. Right next to Togo with Jim
Reeves(!). 24332. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands.

0545- 4840- VENEZUELA- Radio Valera; Valera, Jan 1, 0545, Fast moving LA
music with male in Spanish talking/shouting over music. ID. 35332.
---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0550- 4895- BRAZIL- Radio Bare; Manaus, Jan 2, 0550-0605, Male in
Portuguese, some music and canned ID, but only ''......Manaus,
Amazonas'' copied. A preacher was missing from the scene. Weak.
Tentative. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0600- 4824- PERU- La Voz de la Selva; Iquitos, Jan 1, 0600, Terribly
modulated signal with exuberant LA music. Several IDs noted, though.
---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands
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