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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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BOB PADULA, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia  for EDXP #  78  via e -
mail  <  http://www.wp.com/edxp/ >
BRUNO PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy  for Radiorama Pirate News
February # 1  and # 2 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 >
CHARLES BOLLAND, Lake Worth FL, USA  via e-mail  RX:        ANT.:  
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 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
FRED KOHLBRENNER,  Philadelphia, PA, USA  via e-mail  RX:  Drake R8,
NRD-525, Datong FL-3   ANT.: ANC-4, 100' LW --- GPDX = DX pedition to
Gifford Pinchot State park in central PA, USA,  with Rich D'Angelo, Kris
Field, and George Zeller. Equipment used was a Drake R8, Datong FL-3,
and 200' LW.
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 98-05, Feb 5, 1998
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 
JUICHI YAMADA, Chiba, Japan    for Jembatan DX  # 41  via e-mail   RX: 
NRD-525  - AR7030     ANT:   AN-1.
MARK J. FINE,  Remington, VA, USA  via e-mail    < 
http://www.crosslink.net/~mfine/  > RX: Drake R8A   ANT.: 66' longwire
that slopes slightly southeast 
NICOLAS ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina  via e-mail    RX: SONY ICF 7600 
ANT.: Longwire antenna 15 mts. RX:  SONY ICF SW 7600G   ANT.. V inverted
antenna 20 mts
PEDRO ARRUNATEGUI, Piura, Peru   for Casqui DX  #  112 & # 113 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  #  967 February 02  1998, Edited by Dario
Monferini, via snail mail 
RADIORAMA, Trieste, Italy , The monthly magazine of AIR-Associazione
Italiana Radioascolto # 2 / 98
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 
WISHNU BRATA,  Bandung, Indonesia via e-mail  RX:  Sony ICF-260S  
ANT.:  Built-in Telescopic.
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- 15820- ARGENTINA- FM FEELING 100.7 (in USB) 0000 - 0025 Jan. 28
Local news. "...Informo FM Feeling 100.7..."  weather forecast. "... FM
Feeling te presenta el exito del verano..." "...FM Feeling donde el
sentimiento se transmite..." ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C.,
Colombia

0000- 5560.6- PERU- R. El Sol, 30/01 0000-0036 44444 mx moderna ID "Ya
son las 7 y 10 de la noche en su radio El Sol.." mx moderna y tropical
ID "Hacemos un llamado a nuestro locutor Lucho Ramírez para que se
comunique con las oficinas de Radio El Sol.." mx chicha. ---ARRUNATEGUI,
Piura, Peru / Casqui DX  #  112

0020- 5677.1- PERU- R. Frecuencia San Ignacio, Cajamarca, 4/02 0020-0045
33333 mx tropical andina ID " En los estudios de Radio Frecuencia San
Ignacio .. un abrazo desde los 5700.."  mx ID " Amigos de Radio
Frecuencia San Ignacio, estén atentos a estos mensajes.."
---ARRUNATEGUI, Piura, Peru / Casqui DX  # 113

0026- 9670- PHILIPPINES- Radio Veritas Asia, 00.26  - 00.55 Female
announcer introducing to transmission in tamil language "This is Radio
Veritas Asia..and following program is in Tamil SINPO 23222, February 5,
1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0028- 4815- BRAZIL- Radiodiffussora Londrina, Londrina, Parana, 00.28 -
00.30,Portuguese, man announcer, Musical Program and comments ID "....a
traves da Radiodiffussora Londrina"  SINPO 33333 February 2, 1998
---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0030- 11820- PORTUGAL- Deutsche Welle, Sines, 00.30 - 00.36 Spanish, Man
and female announcer, Classic Music and coments SINPO 34443, February 4,
1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0030- 7185- MYANMAR- R. Myanmar, Yangon,  *0030 Jan 26,  usual opening
of drums and local instruments, brief anmt by woman at 0031, domestic
vocal to further talk by woman at 0033 and man following at 0034. Big
carrier but typically shallow audio.  *  0035-0046 Feb 3, ongoing talk
by man,  music bridge and woman anncr briefly at 0045, then Burmese
chants and vocal. Fair, weakening fast by 0045. This date, frequency was
shifted up to and stable 7185.05. ---CLARK , Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0041- 6980- PIRATE LATIN AMERICA- Radio Cochiguaz  in LSB, 00.41 - 01.00
Spanish, man announcer, musical program ID in various languages SINPO
32222 February 7, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0048- 4865- BRAZIL- Radio Alvorada, Londrina, Parana, 00.48 - 00.54,
Portuguese, Music (religious) and coments by female announcer, ID "...de
Londrina para o Brasil...Radio Alvorada .....una emisora
catolica................Londrina, Parana..........Radio Alvorada a
catedral do arte.." SINPO 23332, February 3, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos
Aires, Argentina

0050- 4419.8- PERU- R. Bambamarca, Bambamarca, Cajamarca, 4/02
0050-0120  px Orientando su destino ID " Esta Ud. escuchando Radio
Bambamarca.."  mx  " Radio Bambamarca, frecuencia líder, transmitiendo
para el Perú y el Mundo.." mx  ---ARRUNATEGUI, Piura, Peru / Casqui DX 
# 113

0059- 4915- BRAZIL- Radio CBN, Goiana, Goias, 00.59 - 01.04, Portuguese,
man announcer, sports comments, news and time checks an ID " Radio
CBN.....Goiana, Goias ou Corazon do Brasil" time check "once horas e
dois minutos" SINPO 22222, February 3, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires,
Argentina

0115- 15820- ARGENTINA- RADIO RIVADAVIA 630 AM (in USB)  0115 - 0140
Jan. 24 Sport transmissiòn from Mar del Plata "Summer Cup" Advs. Pepsi.
"... Esta escuchando el futbol por Rivadavia de Argentina..."
---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C., Colombia

0115- 4409.4- BOLIVIA- RADIO ECO  0115 - 0150  Jan. 21 Romantic mx. " ..
Radio Eco, la radio de los grandes exitos..."  ID: " Transmitiendo desde
la amazonia boliviana, llega a usted la señal de Radio Eco 4410 Khz,
banda de 75 mtrs onda corta Radio Eco llega donde usted llega...".
---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C., Colombia

0130- 6950- PIRATE LATIN AMERICA- Radio Cochiguaz  in LSB, 01.30 - 02.30
Spanish, man announcer, musical program ID in various languages SINPO
34333 February 7, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0130- 6604.7- PERU- RADIO HUARMACA 0130 - 0210 Jan.18 I listen this
station with music folk and female announcer. strong RTTY QRM, but Dx
friend Henrik Klemetz  identified  as Radio Huarmaca and Pedro
Arrunategui in NU 1460 report Unid ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota
D.C., Colombia

0133- 6965- PIRATE LATIN AMERICA- Radio Pasteur in LSB (Via ARS Andino
Relay Service), 01.33 - 02.30 Spanish, man announcer, music and coments
about HIV ID in Spanish and English "..Ud puede contactarse con Radio
Pasteur para obtener su tarjeta QSL...........This is Radio Pasteur..."
SINPO 44444, February 8, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0145- 4039.2- PERU- RADIO MARGINAL 0145 - 0202 Jan. 20 Instrumental folk
music. Noted S/off at the 0155: " Al finalizar nuestras labores queremos
agradecerle la atenciòn que nos han dispensado, deseamos que nuestra
señal haya llegado a vuestros receptores con la mejor calidad y que los
programas presentados hayan sido de vuestro completo agrado, y mientras
las sombras de la noche dan paso a la luz de un nuevo dìa, mañana estara
nuevamente con ustedes Radio Marginal 1.185 Khz Amplitud modulada con
estudios en el Jiron San Martin 257, pvcia de Tocache, Region San
Martin, Republica  del Peru, America del sur..." ( new frequency in
MW???, not listed in WRTH) ---RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C.,
Colombia

0150- 4534.1- UNID- Unid R.  27/01 0150-0215 22222 mx huaynos px Dios es
Amor por el misionero David Miranda... no pude escuchar mas por que se
presento una fuerte lluvia que fue necesario el apagar el RX por
seguridad. ---ARRUNATEGUI, Piura, Peru / Casqui DX  #  112

0155- 4935- KENYA- KBC, 0155-0212.  Flute IS to 0200. NA, male announcer
with ID and opening announcements. Pop music. Poor. ---KOHLBRENNER, USA
/GPDX Feb.7) (regular listening of KBC every evening here in Roma. Ed.)

0213- 4980- VENEZUELA- Ecos del Torbes, 0213, Finally back on but not
hrd this morning. Guess was off 6 days. ID jingle, into pgm "El Mundo,
el Dia". Good. ---VALKO,  USA /  Dunlo DX News 29 Jan.) 

0220- 4795- BRAZIL- Radio Nova Difusora, 0220-0300 Initially noted
steady music until 0230 when ID given by a woman. This followed with a
man in religious comments until 0300. Signal was fair. ---BOLLAND, Lake
Worth FL, USA , February 10

0249- 6265- ZAMBIA- ZNBC, *0249-0310.  IS and NA at 0249. Tribal music.
"Radio One" and "ZNBC" ID's at 0255. Freq. and schedule information.
High life music. ---KOHLBRENNER, USA /GPDX Feb. 7)

0253- 6265- ZAMBIA- ZNBC, Lusaka, 02.53 - 02.57, Vernacular man
announcer, music, comments and ID ".....Zambia National Broadcasting
Corporation.......shortwave........." SINPO 34443, February 6, 1998
---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0255- 6000- CUBA- R.Habana in EE // 9830 (better) 0255-0314, M
presenting lcl mx and songs, with QTH, IS at 0259, ID by M: this is R.
Habana, Cuba, and W: broadcasting from Cuba..., M fqy quote, mx break,
ID, fqy quote, ancmt, mx break into national nx by Alberto Cirino (0300
to 0311), mx pause, ancmt into politic nx. (QRM splat) Fair ---SERRA,
Roma, Italy February 8

0300- 6965- PIRATE LATIN AMERICA- Radio Blandengue in LSB, (Via ARS
Andino Relay Service) 03.00 - 03.47 Spanish, man announcer, musical
program ID in Spanish, English and Italian SINPO 45444  "Desde algún
lugar de  América del Sur esta transmitiendo para Ud. Radio Blandengue
February 8, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina

0325- 6725.3- PERU- Radio Satelite, Santa Cruz, Nueva Cajamarca, 03.25 -
03.30* Spanish, Man announcer, musical program ID s/off National Anthem
(instrumental) "...audiencia de Radio Satelite, hemos llegado a la parte
final de nuestra programación de la noche.........Empresa Individual de
Responsabilidad Limitada de Comunicaciones, Radio Satélite, Director
Gerente................gracias por la atencion prestada el dia de hoy,
estaremos nuevamente con Uds. el dia de mañana a partir de las seis de
la tarde en el mismo punto del dial............el Himno Nacional de la
República del Peru" SINPO 34333 February 5, 1998 ---ERAMO, Buenos Aires,
Argentina

0335- 9650.33- URUGUAY- Emis. Ciudad Montevideo (pres.), 0335-0402, Tlk
by M w/occas. mx breifly. Definite ment of Uruguay, but that was all I
could copy. Appeared to be M host interviewing another M at 0047. Didn't
do anything special over ToH. Could tell it was in SP. Very very weak
and fluttery. ---VALKO,  USA /  Dunlo DX News 1 Feb.) 

0337- 4939.46- VENEZUELA- R.Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho in Spanish 08/02
0337-0404, pop and LA songs (ballads) with M dj, MM excited ancmt and
pres ID s, other M ancmts and LA songs, TC and final ancmt with unclear
ID at 0400 , finally catched the well known Nat Anthem of Venezuela as
clear ID, then end of pgm but carrier on (QSB, QRN statics and QRM
splats) Poor / Very poor ---SERRA, Roma Italy

0407- 4874.98- BRAZIL- R.Difusora Roraima, Boa Vista in Portuguese 08/02
0407-0408*, just in time for the Anthem and final M ID: Radiodifusora
Roraima...(fqy quote)...Roraima, Boa Vista, Brasil !, then S/OFF at
0408. F ---SERRA, Roma Italy

0415- 9705- MEXICO- Radio Mexico International, 0415-0429. "Antenna
Radio Summary" program in EG. International news and an item on the
arrest of several Mexican's by US Border Patrol agents. ID and slogan
"from Mexico City to your shortwave radio". Contest information.
---KOHLBRENNER, USA /GPDX Feb. 7)

0418- 4976- UGANDA- UBC, 0418-0433, Long nonstop rapid fiare PSAs from
around the region read by W in heavily accented EG, ID at 0430, and into
nx read by M. Fair w/QRM from the ZY on 4974.88. ---VALKO,  USA /  Dunlo
DX News 31 Jan.) 

0420- 4975.98- UGANDA- R.Uganda in EE 08/02 0420-0430, M lcl nx in bad
English with many ment Uganda and Kampala. (QRN statics, QRM het and
ute) Poor ---SERRA, Roma Italy

0435- 6265- ZAMBIA- ZNBC Radio 1, Lusaka,  0435-0445 Jan 27, lengthy
talk by man in local language, then different male anncr with wake up
chatter and Afro vocals. Good w/moderate ute QRM at times; not as strong
as normally heard on alternate 4910 which was silent. ---CLARK ,
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0455- 3289.89- GUYANA- GBC, Georgetown, 0455-0507 Jan 27, accented EE
anncr playing medleys of old pop tunes w/profiles or artists; UTC-4
TC's. Back on 90mb this date but off channel former 3290.02. Strong.
Returned to 5959.42, however, as on Jan 29 at 0602 w/jazz music.
---CLARK , Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0500- 4991- PERU- Radio Ancash; Huaraz, February 1, 0500*, Huaynos, ID
and sign off. Weak signal. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0515- 9619.4- MOZAMBIQUE- R. Mocambique, Maputo (presumed),  0515 Jan
27. badly muffled audio vocal w/het from 9620 carrier. Would be fair if
transmitter output was  modulated properly. ---CLARK , Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada

0516- 5025- CUBA- R. Rebelde in Spanish 07/02 0516-0520, W MM nx, mx
pause, W ancmt and ID:.....por Radio Rebelde., and continuing tlk, mx
pause, canned ancmt. (QRN statics) Poor ---SERRA, Roma Italy

0521- 5030.12- COSTA RICA- AWR, Cahuita in EE 07/02 0521-0530, M rel
sermon, rel song at 0524, M ancmt, ID and QTH in Costa rica, mx pause,
choral rel song. Fair ---SERRA, Roma Italy

0528- 6165- CHAD- Radiodiffusion Nat. Tchadienne; N' Djamena,  February
1, 0528-0600, Curious mix of Chad & Radio Nederland, both signals more
or less readable: male & female in French about ''le SIDA'' (aids),
warning youth ful persons against dangers, while another male in Dutch
mentions frequencies, followed by timecheck and ''het Wilhelmus'', the
Dutch National Anthem, in honour of the 60th birthday of Queen Beatrix
on January 31. Chad with clear IDs. Transmission of RNWO was beamed to
North America. Chad much weaker at 0600. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn,
The Netherlands

0615- 9570- NIGERIA- R Nigeria, Kaduna,  0615-0627 Feb 3, EE news
w/correspondent reports following by news analysis at 0621. Intervening
ID at 0617: "This news comes to you from Radio Nigeria, Kaduna". Fair,
then weak by tune out; // 4769.97 better. Reactivated but seemingly not
on every day. 6089.84 last noted Jan 14; if on, now blocked by Anguilla
on air again. ---CLARK , Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

0720- 6040- BRAZIL- Radio Clube Paranaense; Curitiba, January 30, All
talk in Portuguese with some ads. No ID, so tentative. Poor signal on
clear channel. ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

0720- 6010- BRAZIL- Radio Inconfidencia; Belo Horizonte, January 31,
0720, Laid-back folksy type of Brasilian music. OM in PP with tentative
ID. Weak signal. Thanks for the tip, Max! ---PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn,
The Netherlands

0725- 5995.15-  PERU- Radio Melodia, 0725-0753. Lively Latin music,
frequent "Melodia" ID's over music. Male announcer. Fair ---KOHLBRENNER,
USA /GPDX Feb.  8)
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