[HCDX]: TFW 69 1/2

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ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA RADIOASCOLTO --- AIR Contest 1999  "Attilio 
Leoni"  --- * The AIR Contest 1999 "Attilio Leoni", will start at 1700
UTC on January 5th, 1999, and will end at midnight UTC on January 17th,
1999. (For more news, rules etc., please, see on Part 2 , Ed.) 


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ZACHARIAS LIANGAS - On 9605 there is a NF with arabic station during
2200 and then. Does anyone know which is the station? I have spent more
than 3 hours last week without finding any ID.  Zacharias Liangas


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PLAY DX, Milano, Italy  #  995  Oct. 4th  1998,  Edited by Dario
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SW TIPS    (TIME - Freq. - Country)
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0100- 6130- USA- VOA 10/4/98 0100 - 0130, News Now program.  A blend of
news, sports and business events of the day.  Excellant signal off of
the backside of the antenna at the Greenville site. 55555  (Yanko, USA)

0235- 4800- GUATEMALA- Radio Buenos Nuevas,  October 10, 1998 0235 -
0306, Program with two men talking about a topic. Then at 0250z, into
music and small choir singing in background.  ID at 0300z then into a
program with a woman talking. 32333 (Yanko, USA)

0340- 4805- BRAZIL- Radio Difusora do Amazônas; Manaus, Oct 6,
0340-0400, Extended programme with male in Portuguese reading numbers
with music in background, taking a breather and playing 'Begin the
beguine' by J.Iglesias. No ID, but Manaus was mentioned as 'Capital'.
Presumed. Poor signal. (Pijpers, The Netherlands)

0444- 9730- FRENCH GUIANA- CRI relay Montsinery, EE,  with Profiles at
0444 discussing violin makers. Very Good (Ross, Canada Oct 8)

0500- 3930- PIRATE  EUROPE- Laser Hot Hits, Oct. 10,  Pop rock mx,ID in
E  23232  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

0500- 6050- NIGERIA- FRCN Ibadan, Oct 11, 0500, 'Political commentary'
about General Abu Bakar and calling for greater efforts to build a
unified Nigeria. On clear channel with good signal. (Pijpers, The
Netherlands)

0500- 6250- EQUATORIAL GUINEA- Radio Malabo; Malabo, Oct 10, *0500-0530,
Sign on with National Anthem followed by likeable mix of hi life music
with LA influences (one song called 'America') and mostly in Spanish.
Good signal quickly deteriorating after 0515. ID as Radio Malabo.
(Pijpers, The Netherlands)

0500- 7255- NIGERIA- Voice Of Nigeria, EE,  with ID and Time Check by
woman at 0500. Very Good (Ross, Canada Oct 8)

0500- 8097.9- ARGENTINA- Radio Rivadivia (in LSB), 3 October, 0500-1035,
general programming with Music & talk in Spanish. (Dixon, New Zealand)

0510- 6090- NIGERIA- FRCN Kaduna, Oct 11, 0510, Male in vernacular
followed by 'Radio Nigeria, Kaduna' ID and some tribal type music. Good
signal. (Pijpers, The Netherlands)

0545- 4800- MEXICO- Radio Transcontinental de America (XERTA), Mexico
City, Oct 11, 0545-0603, Traditional Mexican songs with some tentative
IDs in between. Sometimes locked on 4801 kHz. Very weak. (Pijpers, The
Netherlands)

0605- 5995- MALI- Radiodiffusion TV Malienne; Bamako, Oct 11, 0605-0630,
Non stop tribal type of music (vocals/percussion), fading around 0630.
Parallel to 4784 & 4835. Very good signal at first. (Pijpers, The
Netherlands) 

0645- 5805- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Free London, Oct. 11,  Pop mx,ID in E 
23322  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

0649- 6210- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Marabu, Oct. 11,  Rock mx,QTH,ID in GM
23332  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

0655- 6269.6- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.AL Int, Oct. 11, Dutch mx,ID in E 33333 
(Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

0800- 15180- SOUTH AFRICA- Amateur Radio Mirror International, Oct 11,
0800-0810, Test transmission: only caught ID at beginning and some
numbers in English. Very noisy, atmospheric wise. Signal unreadable.
(Pijpers, The Netherlands)

0805- 11470- PIRATE  EUROPE- SWRS R., (in USB) Oct. 11, Mx,ID,QTH in
E(very low signal) 23332  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

0813- 6271- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Nordsee Int. , Oct. 11,  Pop mx,QTH,ID in
GM  33333  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

0920- 6239- PIRATE  EUROPE- Union R. , Oct. 11,  Pop&dutch mx,ID in E 
33333  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

0930- 4945.02- BOLIVIA- Radio Illimani 0930-0945 Noted man in Spanish
comments and Bolivian type music during period. Signal was fair
(Bolland, USA October 6)

0946- 3230.26- UNID- Unid LA R.  (R. El Sol de los Andes ??), 0946, All
tlk by excited M anncr in definite SP for sev. minutes. A different M at
0950 breifly with a TC.  Because of weak signal, massive QRN, and UTE
QRM from 3235, there was no chance for ID.  (Valko, USA 2 Oct.)

0948- 4964.71- PERU- R. San Miguel, Cusco, 0948-0915, Sev. OA campo
songs, 0953/0956 OA NA sung by M (rare to hear a vocal version with just
one singer).  0956 live M w/opening anmnts including ID and greetings
"Muy buenos dias!!"  More OA campo and Huayno mx, some w/great harps,
and M anncr after abt every 2 songs.  TCs, more greetings, ments of
Peru, and tlk.  Just a little stronger than it has been recently. 
Difficult due to 4965 het QRM.  (Valko, USA 8 Oct.)

1005- 4748.26- PERU- Radio Dos Mil 1005-1023 Noted man in Spanish
Comments, promos, TC and ID along with Huaynos music. Signal was fair. 
Bolland, USA October 7)

1011- 7149.89- ALBANIA- RTV Shqiptar (HS) (fqy var.), 1011, continuous
lcl pop songs. F/G  (Serra, Italy 10/10)

1015- 4970.95- PERU- Radio Imagen 1015-1054 Noted continous music with
short Spanish comments by a man with TC's and ID. Signal was good until
about 1055 when splatter moved in. (Bolland, USA  October 7)

1018- 7200.02- YUGOSLAVIA- RTV Srbije in serbian, 1018, instl string mx,
W ancmt & ID: R. Beograd, (at times), lcl folk song. F/G  (Serra, Italy
10/10)

1025- 17885- UAE- R.of UAE, Abu Dhabi in AR // 21630,  1025-1032, lcl
chants, AR mx & M ancmts, W / M tlk.  (QRM slight splat) F  (Serra,
Italy 10/11)

1028- 15505- KUWAIT- R.Kuwait in AR, 1028-1035, // 15495  13620 (on
scheduled 17885 there is R.of UAE in  AR), MM tlk abt Kosovo crisis. F 
(Serra, Italy 10 / 11)

1035- 5039.2- PERU- Radio Libertad 1035-1045 Man in Spanish comments and
music. Signal faded in and out to threshold level. (Bolland, USA 
October 6)

1037- 15200- UZBEKISTAN- R.Mashal (Uzbek R. 2 pgm) in Uzbek, 1037-1045,
// 15165, lcl chant, M ancmt, pop mx break, W ancmt, M tlk, lcl chant &
instl mx. (QRM splat) F/P  (Serra, Italy 10/11)

1045- 2310- AUSTRALIA- VL8A  Alice Springs 1045 besting 2325 Tennant
Creek and 2485 Katherine with musical variety show.  No ID through top
of hour and all are parallel.  (Rippel, USA 10/9)

1057- 6015- SINGAPORE- Radio Singapore 1057-1030 On the air with music
at 1057, this followed with openning announcements from a woman in
English. Contual comments and MOR music. Signal seemed to peak around
1020 UTC to fair level. Bolland, USA Oct 7) 

1059- 2410- PAPUA NEW GUINEA- R. Enga  heard very well at 1059 - 1110
with ID at top of hour into new in lang read by male announcer.  Signal
peaked at 1102 and began sliding rapidly becoming unreadable by 1120. 
(Rippel, USA 10/9)

1102- 11401- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Waves Int , Oct. 11, 
Mx(P.Collins),jingles ID in E  23332  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama
Pirate news)

1107- 3905- PAPUA NEW GUINEA- Radio New Ireland (tent.) suspected here
at 1107 with church service and talks in lang by OM & YL and stayed  in
till past 1135 with signature SEA guitar mx.  Listened acoss top of hour
with no SCI or other Indo monikers.  (Rippel, USA 10/11)

1330- 6099.91- ALBANIA- R.Tirana in Albanian, 1330-1344, TP, ancmt, ID
into lcl nx by M / W (with 1 corresp.) F/G  (Serra, Italy 10/10)

1518- 15465.06- PAKISTAN- R.Pakistan in Urdu, 1518-1531, M tlk abt
Islam, W M nx (ment Pakistan, Iraq, Serbia, Milosevic, & major nx at end
of bulletin), other M ancmt & ID, NA & carrier on only at 1531. (slight
muffled audio & splat) F  (Serra, Italy 10/11)

1550- 4499.94- CHINA PR- Xinijiang in CH, 11 / 10  1550-1554, W /
talking. F  (Serra, Italy)

1555- 5060- CHINA PR- Xinjiang PBS; Urumqi, Oct 10, 1555-1615, Program
in Mongol with operatic music, continued after a short break at 1600.
Poor signal. (Pijpers, The Netherlands)

1555- 4940- TAJIKISTAN- Voice of Russia (Yangi-Yul relay), 1555-1600*,
This one presumed, catching last sentences of programme in English
followed by a woman mentioning ID & frequencies with close down after
interval signal. Poor signal. (Pijpers, The Netherlands)

1628- 4059.53- CLANDESTINE- V.of Iraqi Kurdistan in AR 10/11  1628-1703,
(first hrd on 4060.1, then in 35 minutes, fqy shifted slowly on
4059.93...) M poss nx (ment Kurdistan, Kurdyah, America, Bill Clinton),
class mx breaks, lcl  chant AT 1634, again poss nx, lcl chant at 1644,
tlk, ID at 1656: Huna Iraqi Kurdistan......, lcl chants & W tlk.
(rechecked at 1714 up & down on  4059.89 & 4059.90 kHz) Fair (Serra,
Italy)

1657- 21460- COSTA RICA- R.For Peace Int. in EG (approx on this fqy in
USB) 1657-1701, W M unclear ancmts, M ID (hrd only clear Costa Rica),
mx, W tlk ment an address in Costa Rica, mx pause, M clear ID and
unclear tlk. (QRN rustle) Poor (Serra, Italy 10 / 12)

1705- 9164.98- AZERBAIJAN- R.Azerbaijan in EG, 1705-1731, W tlk (mostly
unclear, ment many times Azerbaijan),  alt with mx pauses, ancmts & one
lcl chant, ancmt for end EG pgm, S/on only at 1729, then clear IS &
anthem at 1730:30" into pgm in unid Lang by M. (QRN static, muffled
audio, may be W speaker's mouth on microphone) P / F (Serra, Italy 10 /
12)

1800- 3985- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Powerstation via IRRS, Oct. 10, dance
mx,ID in GM 43343  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

1800- 11975- SAO TOME- VOA, 1 October, 1800-2100, VOA Now in English 1
October. (Dixon, New Zealand)

1800- 12020- VIETNAM- Voice of Vietnam, 2 October, 1800-1830,  English
News and topical news from SE Asia. (Dixon, New Zealand)

1830- 15120- NIGERIA- Voice of Nigeria at 1830 with African musical
program.  Into om talks at 1856 then Talking Drums IS and ID at top of
hour.  (Rippel, USA 10/7)

1905- 3910- PIRATE  EUROPE- Transatlantic R. Oct. 8, Rock&folk mx,ID in
E,s/off(low mode) 23322 (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

1914- 4820- BOTSWANA- R Botswana 1914 with news in English till 1930
then music . 22332 with some QRM from Yerevan on 4810 (Liangas, Greece
Oct 7) 

1915- 4085- CLANDESTINE- V.o.Iraqi Kurdistan in Arabic on this fqy 8 /
10  1915-1921, M tlk ment many times Kurdistanm ID at end of tlk, Arabic
chant, ID & tlk. (QRN statics) Fair  (Serra, Italy)

1920- 4860- INDIA- AIR Delhi 1920 with indian music till 1926 and
signoff at 1930 34433 (Liangas, Greece Oct Oct 7) 

1945- 7000- IRAN- VOIRI 1945 OM and YL with news in english , ID at 1949
" this is the VoiRI" 32432. I wonder if this is a spurious signal
(Liangas, Greece Oct 7) 

2000- 3960- PIRATE  EUROPE- Swing Wave R. via IRRS, Oct. 9,
Wonderful&RMGP,ID in E  43343  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate
news)

2007- 6069.8- INDONESIA- RRI Jayapura. Popular music including pop
daerah, pop Indonesia, and western pops at 2007. ID by male at 2025 then
talk  program. Good signal but became weak little by little with local
sunrise. (Oct 10, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN / Jembatan DX)

2030- 12080- SAO TOME (?)- V of America 2030 with news from YL And OM in
hausa// 4950, 2343 with a carrier over signal (Liangas, GreeceOct  7)  

2039- 3932- PIRATE  EUROPE- Union R., Oct 9, Folk mx,ID in Dutch 33333 
(Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

2040- 6055- RWANDA- R. Rwanda, 2040-2059*, Nonstop Rom. ballads
including "Massachusetts" by the Bee Gees.  W anncr briefly at 2055
followed by complete s/off ID anmnts w/freqs first by M in FR, then W in
EG, and M again in lcl lang.  2058-2059 instru. NA, 2059 tone for abt 20
seconds, then off.  The EG ID was as follows: "This is R. Rwanda
broadcasting from Kigali on FM 89.9 mhz, 96.5 mhz, 97.2 mhz, 97.6 mhz,
99.3 mhz, 100.4 mhz, in the shortwave 49 meterband 6005 khz.  We have
come to the end of todays transmission.  We meet again tomorrow morning
at 5 AM".  Surprisingly decent clear signal!!  Stations even starting to
show on 60 meters more than 2 hours before Sunset.  (Valko, USA 6 Oct.)

2050- 4120- CLANDESTINE- R Iraqi Kurdistan 2050 with araibc and kurdish
songs then ID by YL on 2057 as 'huna iraqi kurdistan'with music to
follow then classic music Hymn at 2059 Signoff at 2101 44434 with audio
soemhow overloaded (Liangas, Greece Oct 7)

2058- 4885- KENYA- KBC, 2058-2109*, Instru. Afro mx, 2100 3+1 time pips
followed by EG ID by M "This is the KBC Nairobi.  The time is...". 
2100-2103 pres. nx by M. 2103/2105 brief mx bridge then tlk by W.  2105
M anncr briefly, mx bridge again and possible s/off anmnts.  2107-2108
Choral NA.  Off at 2109:27.  Weak but there.  (Valko, USA 7 Oct.)

2102- 4060.1- CLANDESTINE- Voice of  Iraqi Kurdistan, 2102 OM in kursidh
with news on 2105 with arab type folk song ID at 2108 as ' Iraq dengi
geli Kurdistana ' then music ON 2134 with hymns and signoff 44444 with
signal slowly drifting downwards ( on AM-synchro every minute i had to
retune slightly to LSB ) (Liangas, Greece Oct 7)

2122- 4753- INDONESIA- RRI Ujung Padang 2122 heard again with OM
speaking in IND then with dangdut songs on 2128 22232 (Liangas, Greece
Oct 7)

2133- 3945- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Free London, Oct. 10,  Pop rock mx,ID in
E  33333  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

2135- 3900- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Dr.Tim Oct. 10, Mx,phone,ID in GM  33333 
(Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

2140- 3920- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Korak Int. Oct. 10, Pop folk mx non
stop,ID in E (good signal) 43343  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate
news)

2148- 4900- CHINA PR- V.O. the Strait, 2148-2225, CH vcls w/occas. tlk
by W anncr in CH or similar lang.  2200 5+1 (high pitched) slow time
pips and M anncr.  2200-2209 poss. nx by M anncr.  Tlk by W followed by
instru. CH mx.  Poss. ID by W then M at 2217.  Weak and about at the
same lvl throughout the period.  (Valko, USA 7 Oct.)

2206- 3910- PIRATE  EUROPE- R.Gunsmoke, Oct. 10, Rock mx,test,ID in E 
33333  (Pecolatto, Italy / Radiorama Pirate news)

2316- 15150.5- INDONESIA- RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. "Warta Berita"
including "Forum Negara Pancasila" at 2316. Heavy jamming on 15150kHz  
started at 2338 and gave up listening. Good.  (Oct 10, Juichi Yamada,
JAPAN / Jembatan DX)


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QSL s
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ALBANIA - R.Tirana on 9550, QSL, postcard in 78 days, rpt to Servizio
Italiano, Tirana ( R.Scaglione, Italy / PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

BRAZIL - R.Educacao Rural de Tefe on 3385, V/s Thomas Schwamborm,
diacono (R.Akesson & D.Ollson, Sweden/SWB 1387/ PLAY DX, # 995 Oct. 4th)

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