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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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DX MEETINGS
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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)

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.)

EDXC - The 36 th annual European DX Council conference will be held from
27 to 30 August 1998. The conference venue will be the Radio Museum in
Gothenburg, Sweden, with accomodation in near by hotels. The conference
programme includes a get togeter party on Thursday 27 evening, opening
ceremonies and reception on Friday 28, a visit to the special Longwave
station facilities in Grimeton as well as banquet on Saturday 29 and
closing ceremonies on Sunday 30. More news soon. (Play DX # 966 Jan. 26 
1998)

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Thank you  for all our Contributors !
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AL QUAGLIERI ( AQ ), Albany, NY, USA   for NASWA LN  ( Listener s
Notebook)  February 1998    via e - mail < http://www.albany.net/~alcue/
>
BOB HILL, Littleton, MA, USA via e-mail   RX: Sony ICF-2010 with Kiwa
filters  - an old Radio West ferrite loop ANT: a dipole about 75 meters
long and about 12 meters high
BOB PADULA, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia  for EDXP # 77   via e -
mail  <  http://www.wp.com/edxp/ >
CHARLES BOLLAND, Lake Worth FL, USA  via e-mail  RX:        ANT.:
CHRIS LOBDELL, Stoneham, MA, USA for  The Free Radio Weekly  (FRW) #
106  via e-mail 
DAVID NORRIE,  Paulshof  South Africa via  DX TIPS SA SW Listener Jan /
Feb. 1998 via e-mail RX: AOR 7030    ANT.:  10m longwire antenna.  ---
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa RX:  AOR 7030 ANT.:  15 m longwire.
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"
FRANCOIS STEYN, Hillbrow, South Africa  for DX TIPS SA SW Listener Jan /
Feb. 1998   via e-mail
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  GH SW/DX Report 98-03 Jan 22
and  98-04 Jan 27 via e-mail < http://www.grove.net/~ghauser/ > <
http://www.hotmail.com >
DR. JUERGEN  KUBIAK, Berlin, Germany for News DX Magazine January 1998
via e mail - Worldwide DX Club.
WWW:<http://members.aol.com/jkbln><http://www.snafu.de/~j.kubiak/><http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/
> <  http://www.european-media.com/wwdxc/ > 
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
PEDRO ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru   for Casqui DX  #  111  via e-mail    RX:
Icom IC-R 71 E    ANT:   42 meters dipole
PLAY DX, Milano, Italy  #  966  26 January 1998,  Edited by Dario
Monferini, via snail mail 
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- 7245- SINGAPORE- RCS, Warna, great signal for today with-mid QRM (
33333)  from R Liberty Prog consisted  : 0000 / 0010  news  with ID at
end . Then  song  for Hari Raya ,  next  with two OM discussions , next
song of NIng Baizura  then ( 0020 ) with two ads , OM  blah blah and
songs This  was a rare reception for SBC ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki,
Greece

0002- 9690- TAIWAN- CBC // 9610with  chinese music at 0002 , 33333 coQRM
in 9690 by DW  ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece  29/1

0007- 9630- BRAZIL- R Aparecida, 0007 -0010 24 /1,  OM saying " radio de
Brazil" in PP  for too many times  over his speaking . 43433 ---LIANGAS,
Thessalloniki, Greece  

0010- 11760- CUBA- RHC // 9505, 0010,  24.1 w  medical news in SP fair
33333. This  seems  to have started in abt this week (21 or 22) as  last
two weeks after RRI vanished ater 0000 no signal was audible . 9505 is
stronger ---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece  

0010- 9615- BRAZIL- R Cultura 0010 , 24.1 , nice  songs no spkgs , 23232
---LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece 

0014- 4845- GUATEMALA- Radio K'ekchi, Fray Bartolome de las Casas
0014-0029, Male speaker in presumed Kekchi, IDs, music in background,
music bridges, clear ID and mention of frequencie at 0028 . SINPO:
34343  ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands JAN 21)

0032- 4799.7- GUATEMALA- Radio Buenas Nuevas, San Sebastian 0032-0034
Spanish ID, short piece of LA music, talk. SINPO: 22342 ---VELDHUIS,
Borne, The Netherlands JAN 21)

0043- 4824.4- PERU- La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos 0043-0050  Flute music,
female annoucer in Spanish, tentative ID. SINPO: 24342  ---VELDHUIS,
Borne, The Netherlands JAN 21)

0049- 6725.52- PERU- Radio Satelite 0049-0110 Steady music noted with a
brief yelp between tunes. ID on the hour, followed by comments. Signal
was good. ---BOLLAND, Lake Worth FL, USA January 18, 1998)

0101- 3270.05- NAMIBIA- NBC, Windhoek 0101-0105  Instrumental song,
ballad. SINPO: 24343 ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands JAN 21)

0126- 4995.56- PERU- R Andina, Huancayo,  0126-0129 Jan 11, string of
echo anmts by man in SS. Unusually good signal. ---CLARK, Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada

0132- 4974.89- BRAZIL- R. Mundial, 0132-0200, Rel. pgm "A Hora do "
w/soft rel. and choral mx and tlks by M anncr. Gave what appeared to be
an addr in Sao Paulo at 0138. Canned pgm outro by M at 0159 "A catolica,
a present Mundial, a  programa 'A Hora do ". Then full canned ID by M
beginning w/call and w/MW and SW freqs. Quite good at t/in but dropped
way down after 0200. Slop QRM from Ecos del Torbes. ---VALKO,  USA /
Dunlo DX News 18 Jan.)

0228- 5305- PERU- R. Immaculada Jan 7 at 0228 playing "Hotel California"
and clear RADIO Immaculada ID, fair to weak. ---NORRIE,  Paulshof  South
Africa/ DX TIPS SA SW Listener Jan / Feb. 1998

0235- 4814.24- ECUADOR- R. El Buen Pastor, 0235-0307*, Usual pgm of Pop
mx and tlk w/same M anncr as hrd a few months ago. Same s/off canned 
anmnt routine, instru. HC NA, off. Poor to fair w/4810 UTE QRM. Down on
this lower freq now. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 17 Jan.) 

0243- 7745.96- PERU- Radio Cristal  Jan 7  at 0243 with female DJ
playing lots of local songs, single ID at 03.00 then into sombre talk by
male announcer for a couple of minutes then sign/off at 03.04. No
anthem, weak. ---NORRIE,  Paulshof  South Africa/ DX TIPS SA SW Listener
Jan / Feb. 1998

0324- 6265- ZAMBIA- ZNBC/Radio One, 0324-0334, Lively Afro hi-life mx, M
anncr at 0328 in lcl dialect w/clear ID at 0330 as ". . .Radio One,
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation". Into native choral singing
and M anncr tlk w/ment of Radio One. Pretty good signal and nothing on
4910. Hrd here the next night as well. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 
24 Jan.) 

0550- 6089.84- NIGERIA- FRCN, Kaduna,  0550-0602 Jan 14, non-descript
instrumental music and talk by man in local lang. Time signal and 0600
ID by man in EE as "Radio Nigeria, Kaduna", then news in lang. A busy
channel, even with Caribbean Beacon thankfully missing: R Tirana
(presumably moved from  6100) strong in Albanian on 6089.98; R
Bandeirantes or R Esperanza  mixing in as well but essentially blocked.
Kaduna was stronger than  I've hrd it in some time; off-air next day,
however, when checked at  0530. ---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada 
 
0945- 5965.03- BULGARIA- R. Bulgaria in Greek 0945-1000*,(fqy var. up
and down 5965.02 / 5965.03) W M tlk with Greek folk mx and songs, with 1
phone call, W brief ancmt and ID over mx  at 1958: Vulgariki Radiofonia,
S/OFF at 1000. Fair ---SERRA, Roma Italy  January 25

0958- 4960- VANUATU- R Vanuatu,  0958-1001* Jan 11, man with closing
anmts followed by instrumental anthem. Early Sun closedown as per sked.
Back on nominal 4960, ex-4960.48 as on Dec 31st. Fairly good signal.
---CLARK, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

1005- 17485- CZECH REP.- R.Prague in English // 21705, 1005-1013, M
presenting traditional mx program, with some mx and songs and ID. Fair
---SERRA, Roma Italy  January 25

1015- 4552.5- BOLIVIA- RadioDifusoras Tropico 1015-1030 Noted typical
flute music followed by comments from a  man.  Signal was very poor and
faded away by the halfhour. ---BOLLAND, Lake Worth FL, USA  January 20,
1998)

1018- 17725- PORTUGAL- R.Portugal in Portuguese  // 21655 (VP / Avoid
),  1018, with Holy Mass. Good ---SERRA, Roma Italy  January 25

1023- 9660- JAPAN- Radio France Internationale, Yamata,  26/01, 10:23
male and female speakers in Mandarin, suddenly off (5 minutes early) at
10.25 UTC. SINPO 35333. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

1025- 15105- ROMANIA- R.Romania Int. in unid lang (tent) 1025, M tlk and
mx. Very poor signal, no poss hrd and ID.(On  // 17720 only splats). VP
/ A ---SERRA, Roma Italy  January 25

1025- 3939.94- PERU- R Altura, Cerro de Pasco,  1025-1027 Jan 11,
ranchera music w/frequent interventions by male anncr in SS. Notably
good, while R Ancash-4990.9 was very strong. ---CLARK, Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada

1027- 9695- JAPAN- Radio Japan, Yamata,  26/01, 10:27 taped
identification and interval signal, sign-on at 10.30 UTC with Indonesian
service. SINPO 24443. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

1033- 9700- NEW ZEALAND- Radio New Zealand Internat., Rangitaiki, 26/01,
10:33 world news reports, SINPO 45444. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The
Netherlands

1042- 4570.72- PERU- Radio Uno 1042-1117 Noted Huaynos and other types
of music with comments from a man between tunes.  Signal was good at
beginning of monitoring but faded to poor by 1118. ---BOLLAND, Lake
Worth FL, USA January 20, 1998)

1050- 15435- LIBYA-  R. Jamahiriya in Arabic // 15415 (under unid co
channel), 1050-1130, M slow tlk, AR hymn, M AR vocals, W ancmt, TP at
1101, M poss ID, anthem into nx (1101 / 1104), AR mx, M ancmts and AR
brief chants, MM tlk ment Libya, Arabiya, Israeli, Jamahiriya, AR mx, W
tlk. (QRM splats and co/channel R France Int, via French Guiana)  Poor
---SERRA, Roma Italy  January 25

1050- 4886.75 PERU- R. Villa Rica, 1050-1108, Long tlks by M in pres.
Quechua w/ment of Huancayo, Peru, and a TC. Live band mx. Nice complete
canned ID by W giving freqs and slogan "R. Villa Rica, su radio, su
frontera". At the end, the OA NA began but was immediately cut off and
an ID/promo by the same W followed. The complete ID must've been the
sign on/off ID. Sev. long ads then. Good w/adjacent QRM. ---VALKO,  USA
/ Dunlo DX News 23 Jan.) 

1102- 6155- BOLIVIA-  R. Fides, La Paz; 24/01 1102-1130 44444 nx ID
"Desde Radio Fides FM.." advs Banco de la Nación de Bolivia, les
brinda?---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru   for Casqui DX  #  111

1137- 5522.22- PERU- R. Sudamerica, 1137-1150, OA instru. versions of
Pop songs including "The Last Kiss". M tlk at 1143 w/ment of Padre
someone and an ID at 1145. Fair signal. Signs on arnd 1130 and always
plays abt 4 or 5 songs in a row before any anmnts. ---VALKO,  USA /
Dunlo DX News  24 Jan.) 

1140- 6188.1- PERU- R. Oriente; 24/01 1140-1305 44444 mx moderna y
tropical ID "Radio Oriente.." mx ID "Estemos atentos a Radio Oriente.."
---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru   for Casqui DX  #  111

1155- 9514.52- UNID- Pakistan?? (fqy var.), 1155, Mid-east wailing vcl
mx. BBC 9515 came on at 1159 eliminating any hopes for ID. Freq drifted
down slightly. A little distorted too. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 24
Jan.) 

1212- 4777.09- INDONESIA- RRI Jakarta 1212-1225 Very threshold signal
which was audible during music segments.  Carrier however, was good
enough to tune station in to exact freq. ---BOLLAND, Lake Worth FL, USA
January 20, 1998)

1220- 6696.08- VIETNAM-  Lao Cai B.S. (pres.)(fqy var.) 1220, Lcl tribal
mx heavy on percussion and wailing vcls. Fast wobbly carrier. Also hrd
pres.  R. Yen Bai at the same time on 6554.7v, distorted and wobbly as
well. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News 24 Jan.) 

1225- 3390- INDIA- AIR Gangtok, 1225-1245, Monotonous subcont. vcl mx, M
anncr at 1229, brief deadair, 1230 time ticks and W w/nx definitely
//4860 and 3365. Was checking out other Indians at 1236, and noticed the
nx had ended on 4860 as a M was hrd then. Rechecked 3390 and found what
sounded like a different W tlking. So obviously went back to lcl pgming
which is consistant w/regional AIR format. Poor but best hrd since the
Mahalo DXpedition last year. It was still in at 1300 but was fading
quickly and barely any audio to speak of. It was a good subcont. morning
w/many others hrd as well as 4880 Bangladesh, 4902 Sri Lanka, and 4790.4
Pakistan. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News  25 Jan.)

1305- 9525- POLAND- Polish R. Warsaw, 1305, End of EG nx or cmntry by M
and ID as "You're tuned to Polish Radio Warsaw". Fair but slopover QRM
from adjacent freq. ---VALKO,  USA / Dunlo DX News  25 Jan.)

1307- 15330- GERMANY- Democratic Voice of Burma, Jülich, 25/01, 13:07
tentative with male speaker in presumed Burmese. SINPO 23332 competing
with and later blocked by Tashkent. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

1309- 4886.8- PERU- R. Villarica, Huancavelica; 24/01 1309-1330 33333 mx
ID "Radio Villarica,  una radio sin fronteras.."px Enfoque veintiuno.
---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru   for Casqui DX  #  111

1315- 15125- TAIWAN- Broadcasting Corp. of China, Annan, 25/01, 13:15
presumed, with Chinese talks and competing with RRI Jakarta. SINPO
33443. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

1325- 15145- PHILIPPINES- Voice of America, Tinang,  25/01, 13:25 female
speaker in Vietnamese, 13.30 s/of, SINPO 25242. According to VOA's Dan
Ferguson on IRC #SWL this is the 50 kW "Baby Tinang" transmitter.
---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands

1543- 4920- INDIA- All India Radio, Madras Jan  2  at 1543 in English
with news of Tendulkar's removal as cricket captain, fair to good //4760
weak. ---NORRIE,  Paulshof  South Africa/ DX TIPS SA SW Listener Jan /
Feb. 1998

1631- 4950- INDIA- AIR Srinagar (pres.) Jan  7 at 1631 with radio play
in Vern. "mensab, mensab" and AIR ID at 1630 but without location. This
is Indian unless R Nac Angola transmitting Indian plays now !
---NORRIE,  Paulshof  South Africa/ DX TIPS SA SW Listener Jan / Feb.
1998

1647- 4820- CANADA- RCI  1647  Subharmonic of 9640 readable with Fats
Waller song and commentary in English. This is the third RCI subharmonic
I ' ve heard in the past few months: 4812.5 daily, 4877.5 once, and now
4820. ---HILL, Littleton, MA, USA, Jan. 11)

1701- 15244.5- CONGO- RTNC  1701 Talk in French followed by vocal at
1703; announcement by man at 1705 and into a couple of soukous numbers.
Followed past 1715, but hard to read through slop from South Africa on
15240. ---HILL, Littleton, MA, USA, Jan. 11)

1742- 4769.96- NIGERIA- R.Nigeria, Kaduna in English 27 Jan
1742-1745,...after a long speech, M ancmt and IDs, west pop song. (QRN
statics) F / P ---SERRA, Roma Italy

1747- 5025- BENIN- RD du Benin in Vern / French 27 Jan 1747-1809, tribal
chant, M tlk in Vern till 1800, TP under tlk, choral chant with strings
mx, M ancmt in French at 1805, afropop. (QRM het, statics, hrd in LSB).
F / P ---SERRA, Roma Italy

1750- 7085- ERITREA- 7085- V.o.Broad Masses of Eritrea in poss Tigrigna,
1750, lcl chant, M ancmt, west pop mx pause and ancmts, M poss ID (ment
Asmara), tlk, other M M canned tlk. (of course, QRM hams on their 41 mt
band: CQ, CQ, CQ calling...) Fair ---SERRA, Roma Italy  January 20

1757- 6866- SOMALIA- R. Hargeisa (tent) 1757-1803, lcl choral chants and
M tlk. From 1800 strong QRM mmmmmmm.... Poor / VP ---SERRA, Roma Italy 
January 25
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