[HCDX]: TFW 69 2/2

[Giovanni Serra <g.serra@xxxxxx>]

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THE FOUR WINDS ON LINE  - Copyright 1998  part  2
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Year  3    Number  69  - Rome, October 14  1998

BRAZIL - R.Alvorada de Londrina on 4865, V/s Padre Manuel Joaquim
(C.Brunstroom & L.Blomquist, Sweden/SWB 1386/ PLAY DX, # 995 Oct. 4th)

BRAZIL - R.Transmundial on 11705, Sao Paulo, correct address: C.P.
18300, Vila Alexandria, Sao Paulo, 04699 - 970 SP. Productor "Razao
Paravivir" Sergio Paulo Da Silva.  Director Jose Eduardo Dias. Fax:
(+55) 11 5335271 - E-mail: <transmun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (brochure RTM
S.Paulo, tnx DX er P.Cerisola, Brazil / PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

BRAZIL - CRI Peking relay Radio Bras on 9665, QSL card, stickers in 540
days, V/s Ying Lian (English service), QTH: Beijing 100039. (V.Korinek,
South Africa/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

BRAZIL - R.Brasil Central on 11815, QSL letter F/d !  in 90 days, V/s
Ney Raymundo Fernandes, director administrativo. (H.Goikoetxea, Uruguay
/Estacion Diexista del Uruguay # 22, Julio 98/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct.
4th)

CAMBODIA - R.Nationale on 11938, p/d ppc letter handwritten, no seals,
V/s Ken Yan, reply in English after 6 (six) years of attempts, rpt in
French, English unanswered.   (G.Bellabarba, Italy/ PLAY DX, #  995 
Oct. 4th)

CLANDESTINE - R.Rainbow on 9855, personal letter in 28 days, V/s T.
Assefa, QTH: P.O.Box 140104, DE-53056 Bonn, Germany (V.Korinek, South
Africa/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

CLANDESTINE PAPUA NEW GUINEA - R. Free Bougainville c/o Sam Voran, 2
Griffith Avenue, Roseville, NSW, Australia 2069 v/s : Sam Voran (Tel. :
61-2-94171066) PPC filled out completely by Sam Voran, and signed by
him... In 3 wks. for SASE (used) and $1. Logged in Australia, rptd in
EG. (Henderson-USA via NU 1493 / CRW 014)

GABON - NHK Japan via Moyabi relay on 21700, QSL card, schedules, new
sticker, brochure, in 15 days, V/s A.Hayashi, QSL manager, QTH: NHK,
Redazione Italiana, 150-8001, Tokio, Japan. (D.Monferini, Italy/ PLAY
DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

GERMANY - West Coast Radio on 6175, via tx Julich, QSL card in 70 days
for 1 IRC, rpt to WCRI, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (J.Adolph,
Germany /Eastside DX 1 Bulletin, Germany/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

IRAQ - R.Iraq Int. on 11785, QSL via airmail in 92 days for 1 IRC, V/s
M.El Wettar (M.Schoech, Germany/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

ITALY - IRRS Nexus on 7120, QSL in 10 days for 1 USD, rpt sent with
cmntry abt px hrd, as requested by gentile mgr A.Cotroneo. (J.Adolph,
Germany/Eastside DX 1 Bulletin, Germany/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

MADAGASCAR - RTV Malagasy on 5009, V/s Mamy Rafeno Manantsoa, director
of radio (J.Soukas/Dx-clusive 769, Finland/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

MALTA - VoM,  on 9660, QSL, schedules, stickers, book, info in 52 days,
rpt sent via fax, V/s M.Delu. (R.Scaglione, Italy/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct.
4th)

MEXICO - XERMX on 9705, QSL, schedule, new sticker in 210 days for 1
USD, V/s Alejandro Joseph Esteinou, chief of English dept, rpt sent in
English. (J.Adolph, Germany/Eastside DX 1 Bulletin, Germany/ PLAY DX, # 
995  Oct. 4th)

PERU - Ondas Del Huallaga on 3330, QSL on postcard in 43 days, nice
cloth pennant, V/s Flaviano Llanos M., (W.Monges, Venezuela/ PLAY DX, # 
995  Oct. 4th)

ROMANIA - R.Romania Int. on 11810, QSL, info in 230 days. (R.Scaglione,
Italy/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)

RUSSIA - RVI Belgium via Petropavlosk relay on 9865, QSL card, magazine
in 25 days, QTH in Belgium (V.Korinek, South Africa/ PLAY DX, #  995 
Oct. 4th)

RUSSIA - Murmansk R. on 5930, QSL via e-mail, after F/up in 20 days, in
180 days total, V/s D.Perederi, chairman, e-mail: <murmantv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
(V.Korinek, South Africa/ PLAY DX, #  995  Oct. 4th)



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GLEANINGS
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AFGHANISTAN - R.Voice of Sharia Kabul noted on 7195, s/on 1430 with a
Religious song and ID as "Kabul Afghanistan" followed by religious talk
Dari or Pushto. (Mahendra Vaghjee, 1 Oct/ EDXP # 101)

ALBANIA -R. Tirana, 0130-0157* Sept 26 English news, Review of Albanian
Press on 6228.61 //7160.03. On Oct 3 heard on 6220.11 and 7159.9. [Yes,
8.50 kHz apart, not typos] (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 960/ GH
SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

CHILE - Voz Christiana heard on 9630.4 Sep 19, 2310 to 2335. New
frequency ? Not a good choice, as bad het from Brazil forced reception
to USB  mode. Signal quite good. ID at 2335 in Sp. (Dan Ziolkowski/ EDXP
# 101); 11690 0230 Sp ID and contemporary Christian music. Thought it
was HCJB  at first. (Paszkiewicz 17 Sep/EDXP # 101)

GREECE -On Sep. 25 John Babbis reported, ERA Thessaloniki had moved from
7430 to 7390. However, today I found them (again) on 7430, noted at 1630
with football coverage // 9935 and 11595. (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 3
via Hauser/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

INDONESIA - On October 5, the broadcasting equipment made by Siemens,
Austria was delivered to RRI and TVRI at Bukittinggi and the ceremony 
was held. (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN / Jembatan DX 56)

INDONESIA - On October 6, students in Bundung demonstrated around
streets at Bundung and occupied RRI Bundung about 11 oclock. At the
station, with a permission by Drs. Tjutju Tjuarna, Kepala Stasiun, 6
representatives of students went on the air with a statement about 5
minutes. The statement said that persisting power by the government
should be criticized in this ecomomic crisis and the genaral election
should be democratic and
impartial.                                                 (Juichi
Yamada, JAPAN  / Jembatan DX 56)

IRAN - From a complete VOIRI monitored schedule Sept 30-Oct 1, English
has been heard:  0030-0130 6055 9022 9685 --- 1100-1230 9585 11830 11875
13605 15260v --- 1530-1630 11775 13605 15130 --- 1930-2030 7160 7260
9022 --- 2130-2230 6165 6175 (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia, via Hauser/ GH
SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

IRAN - VOIRI from Teheran has vacated 7215 and moved on to 15130 in
parallel to 11875 & 13605 with Bengali at 1430 and in English at 1530.
(Alok  das Gupta, 11 Sep/EDXP # 101)

LAOS - Here is an updated schedule for Domestic broadcasters in Laos,
based on monitoring in Tioman Island (Malaysia): --- 4682.3 Houa Phan
Regional Station, Xan Nua, 1000-1400, Lo Ve --- 6130.0 Lao National
Radio, Vientiane, 2200-0800, Lo --- 6130.0 Lao National Radio,
Vientiane, 0930-1600, Lo --- 6972.5 Luang Prabang Regional Station,
Louang Prabang, 1300-1400, Lo Ve. (Bob Padula/EDXP # 101)

LEBANON - High Adventure Ministries has signed a contract for delivery
of a new 10 kW dual frequency SW txer for theirs station in Lebanon.
This will
replace the unit which burned out in June 1997, and is planned to be
operational by June 1997. (Ludo Maes, Belgium, in BCDX / EDXP # 101)

MADAGASCAR - Radio Netherlands informs us that the new transmitter at
their shortwave base located at Talata Volondry in Madagascar is now on
the air for the relay of programming from Adventist World Radio. This
transmitter replaces the former 7.5 kW unit and it is rated at 50 kW,
not 25 kW as previously indicated. It is carrying AWR programming in Fr
and Malagasy on the same channel, 3215. Reception reports on the
broadcast of AWR programming over this new transmitter would be
appreciated and should be addressed to Adventist World Radio at Box 383,
Forli 47100, Italy. (Adrian Peterson, AWR, 22 Sep/ EDXP # 101)

MEXICO -As a result of the advice of the Encuentro DX group, R. Mil,
6010, has started sending out its first QSL cards, and continues plans
to separate SW programming from MW. XEQM, 6105, which simulcasts Candela
FM, has started replying to all reports with a QSL card and plans to
increase power (Hector Garcia Bojorge, Mexico, Oct 3, REVIEW OF
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

NEW ZEALAND - I heard a fascinating program on RNZI Sun Oct 4 0705-0900,
remembering life in New Zealand as it was in years gone by.  On this
particular program, listeners reminisced about "pie carts" in New
Zealand from the 1930's up until the '70s.  From what I could gather, a
pie cart is a "restaurant-on-wheels".  The pie cart owner would tow it
to a prime location in the city for lunch and dinner.  Customers would
walk inside for a sit-down  meal, including meat pies, I assume.  Pie
carts of today will be a topic on next week's program (Oct. 11). [9700]
(Ivan Grishin, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX
REPORT 98-44, October 8)

NEW ZEALAND - I'd like to echo Ivan Grishin's appreciation of the RNZI
program on "Pie Carts". I happened to tune to RNZI that late-night
timeslot by chance and came upon the program part-way in. Fascinating!
It's this kind of "local color" that is one of the factors that makes SW
listening so rewarding... (Will Martin, MO/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT
98-44, October 8)

NORWAY - Thanks to a 3-way call arranged by Joe Hanlon, we had a chance
to speak with Olav Mo Grimdalen, the frequency manager for NRK on Oct 4.
First of all, he asked us to publicize his need for more technical
monitors along the west coast, such as Seattle, San Francsico, San
Diego, and also in Southeast Asia, who can communicate with him by
E-mail for quick feedback on frequency monitoring -
Olav.Grimdalen@xxxxxx  He confirmed that the Sveio  site did have both
antenna and transmitter problems last Sunday during some of the final
English broadcasts, but it is back on now. He feels as we do  that it is
a terrible mistake to terminate English, which costs only about 500
kilocrowns a year, some 62 kilodollars. Nothing definite has been
arranged yet, but there is talk of producing an English program at P4, a
national domestic network, instead of NRK, and then presumably
broadcasting it on the same SW facilities. There will not be any changes
in the timeshare arrangement whereby Radio Denmark uses the second half
of each hour via Norway. He plans to use more 21 MHz frequencies next
summer, and even 25 MHz (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 960/ GH
SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

PHILIPPINES - Revised schedule for FEBC En services until March 1999:
0000-0200 15450 India SEAs, 0930-1100 11635 China SEAs, 1300-1500 11995
India SEAs. (Bob Padula / EDXP # 101)

PIRATE EUROPE - On October 14th the MV Communicator, former vessel of
the eighties station Laser 558/Laser Hot Hits, will get a new anchorage 
place in Holland. It will be taken by a towingvessel from the anchorage
which it had during the last years (since 1995 the dike near Enkhuizen)
to the Pampusharbour near Amsterdam. Also the vessel will be in new
ownership. Since the last year it was rented by QFM from Veronica and it
will be now sold to QFM. Unico Glorie, director of Veronica, will
officialy deliver the ship to Peter Jansen, the director of QFM. (News
from Hans Knot / Radiorama Pirate News Oct. # 2)

RUSSIA - About the only time I have been able to hear Voice of Russia in
English since the start of Sept. is on 7350 just before their 2100
sign-off.  Their listed freq at 0100-0300 7105 is not audible. 73, (Ivan
Grishin, Oshawa, Ont., Oct 5, WORLD OF RADIO 960/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT
98-44, October 8)

RUSSIA - Letters from VOR replying to listeners are not being mailed
because the station, at least for the past two months, cannot afford the
postal costs. It seems the letters are accumulating until the day they
can be dispatched, as announcer Pancho Rodriguez explained as best he
could on the [Spanish] program Frecuencia RM. Now more than ever the
station needs letters of support from its listeners (Jorge Aloy,
Argentina, Sept 29, Mundo Radial/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October
8)

RUSSIA -  For those who have been wondering about the Voice of Russia
disappearance from 7180 Khz, might be interested in this information
given by VOR. The problems with VOR's transmitters are caused by the
economic crisis in this country. Budget cuts are inevitable these days.
Actually, closed down 7180 kHz is one of VOR's most listenable
frequencies for North America and VOR hopes to be able to restore it
some day. (Olga Troshina - VOR via Larry Davis at newsgroup
rec.radio.shortwave via JKB, 19 Sept. 1998 / NDXM 10/98)

ST.HELENA - R. St. Helena will broadcast this year on October 24 from
19:00-23:00 UTC on 11092.5 USB. For more information about the station,
QSL address, sound bites, history, etc, see
<http://www.sthelena.se/radiosth.htm> (Jim Cumbie, Dallas, Texas, USA
via John Svendsen via F.Clemente, Italy)

SEYCHELLES - FEBA Radio has made the following changes as from 6 Se:
Hindi (retimed) 0015-0045 and a new Marathi service 0045-0100 hrs on
6140. Also added a morning Bengali program at 0045-0100 hrs on 9455.
Also Dhivehi from Maldives at 1630-1700 hrs (FRI) on 11665. (Alok das
Gupta, 11 Sept / EDXP # 101)

SEYCHELLES - FEBA Radio noted on NF 11770 with big signal ending Swahili
0402, ex 11750 29 Sep (Bob Padula / EDXP # 101)

USA - American Dissident Voices could have got WBCQ into legal trouble,
since Canada is an official target of the station, and it violates
Canada's hate-speech laws (Al Weiner Worldwide, Oct 3 on WBCQ via
Hauser/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8) --- Dan Lewis spoke to
Allan Weiner last evening, and Allan provided complete details of the
current schedule for WBCQ. I've posted them on the web site at
<http://theplanet.wbcq.net> Of note is that the station is now on from
2200 through 0700 UTC each evening on 7,415 kHz.  Scriptures for America
will continue, despite Randi's ravings about it.  And Allan's own
"Worldwide" show is not on the current schedule.  Listeners who want to
hear him should probably listen to the Radio Newyork International
program and wait for him to call in. The proposed daytime broadcasts on
7,415 will not come to pass at 
this time. Big Steve Cole of Radio Newyork International will be
bringing back his "Oldies" show which predated the Internet/DX program
that he did on RNI. And there are other new programs listed as well.
Check the website for further info. Regards, (Tina, WBCQ webmistress,
Oct 6, WORLD OF RADIO 960/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

USA - Radio Nouveaute (means novelty), a Haitian Creole station on 1640
kHz transmitting from Boston, first heard in April. Recently increased
signal so I could get a good tape of it from here in Medford, about 10
miles north. It comes in with over an S9 signal during the day, but
usually gets swamped out at night with other noise. I'm using an R8 with
100 foot random wire antenna. SINPO 45554 at 2050 UT Friday Oct 2, songs
and IDs (Paul McDonough, Medford MA) Paul's tape of this is on WOR 960
(Hauser / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

UZBEKISTAN - R. Uzbekistan 1st home service was observed on 8082, //
4850. (Christian Spremberg). Frequency is registered for Tashkent Meteo,
seemingly here the same kind of thing that happened recently in
Israel.(Andreas Erbe & Kai Ludwig, 4 Octt / EDXP # 101)

YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA) - I heard announcements during the 0000 broadcast
Sept 30 from Radio Yugoslavia that as of Oct. 5, they will be re-timing
their 0430 broadcast to 0100-0130 daily on their usual summer freqs of
9580 & 11870 (Ivan Grishin, Oshawa, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-44, October 8)

YUGOSLAVIA - For the Kosovo crisis, and the probable imminent NATO air
attack,  from Oct. 9th  the Yugoslav government decided to prohibit to
all Yugoslav citizens, with a strong censorship,  to watch and to listen
every kind of foreign TV and radios,  i.e.: TV & Radio RAI Roma, V.o.
America, DW Germany, BBC WS etc. (from local newspapers, Oct. 9th 1998
/G.Serra, Ed.)


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DX PROGRAMS
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WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE CORREXION as of October 8, 1998. WWCR has
cancelled the Thursday 1600 broadcast and the Monday repeat on  3210 is
at 0500, not 0530, so the WWCR times are: Thu 2030 on 15685, Sat 2230 on
5070, Sun 0630 and 0930 on 5070, Mon 0500 on 3210, Tue 1230 on 15685.
>From Oct 25, all these times shift one UT hour later on the same
frequencies. (Glenn Hauser, USA)

Join me for the latest tuning tips for the South Pacific on Radio New
Zealand International during "Mailbox", fortnightly broadcasts, Mondays
2135 UTC on 17675kHz, Wednesdays 1735 UTC on 6145kHz and Fridays 1930
UTC on 9875kHz (17675kHz from October 25th).  Next Broadcasts commence
October 12th and 26th, repeated on following days as above.  And on
AWR's "Wavescan" commencing the third Sunday of the month (see
http://www.awr.org for frequency schedule), repeated at 0700z and 1900z
on ZLXA, New Zealand's Radio Reading Service, Levin, the third Monday of
the month, on 1602kHz, 3935kHz and 7290kHz. )Paul Ormandy, New Zealand)


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DX CONTEST
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ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA RADIOASCOLTO --- AIR Contest 1999  "Attilio 
Leoni"  --- * The AIR Contest 1999 "Attilio Leoni", will start at
1700UTC on January 5th, 1999, and will end at midnight UTC on January
17th, 1999. Participation is open for all radiolisteners, AIR members
and non members alike. * The Contest is divided into the following
parts: First part: free listening on 41 meters band between the range
7100 to 7590kHz, from January 5th at 1700UTC to January 10th, 1999, at
midnight UTC, in any language.  Second part: listening to programmes in
any language of the following stations, at any time from January 11th at
0000UTC to January 17th, 1999, at midnight UTC (on broadcast frequencies
between 150 and 26100 kHz): 

ALGERIA - RTAlgerienne
ARGENTINA - R. Argentina al Exterior
AUSTRALIA - Radio Australia
BELGIUM - R.Vlaanderen Int.
BENIN - ORTBenin
BRAZIL - Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo
CANADA - Radio Canada Int.
CHAD - R.Diff.Nat. Tchadienne
CHINA - Radio China Int.
CROATIA - Hrvatski R.
CUBA - Radio Habana
EGYPT - Egyptian Radio, Cairo
FRANCE - Radio France Int.
GREECE - Voice of Greece
IRAN - VOIRI Tehran
ITALY - RAI International
JAPAN - NHK Radio Japan
KOREA - KBS Radio Korea Int.
KENYA - Kenya BC
MALI - Radiodiff. Malienne
MALTA - Voce del Mediterraneo
MOROCCO - Radio Medì 1
NAMIBIA - Namibian BC
NEW ZEALAND - Radio New Zealand
NIGER - La Voix du Sahel
OMAN - Radio Oman
POLAND - Polish Radio
ROMANIA - Radio Romania Int.
RUSSIA - Voice of Russia
SAUDI ARABIA - BSKSA
SPAIN - Radio Exterior de Espana
SWITZERLAND - Swiss Radio Int.
SYRIA - Radio Damascus
UNITED KINGDOM - B.B.C.
USA - WWCR
USA - WYFR Family Radio
USA - WSHB
VATICAN - Vatican Radio
VENEZUELA - Ecos del Torbes
VIETNAM - Voice of Vietnam

* Each station can be logged only once. * The listening report will have
a minimum time of 15 minutes. * The reports must contain all usefull
references  (frequency, UTC time, station name, language, the most
important details for a good valuation, SINPO code), technical data
receiver, antenna and optionals). The listening list, with your
paticipation fee, must be sent to this address: Bruno PECOLATTO, AIR
Contest Manager, via Soana  13, I-10085 PONT CANAVESE (TO) - ITALY -
e-mail: <pecolatto@xxxxxxxxx> Not lather than February 27th, 1999 (date
of postmark). * On the same report the participant must indicate his
name and surname, complete address and a short declaration as follow: "I
take the responsibility on myself that I listened to all the stations
reported during the time of validity of contest". * All details will be
very important for a correct estimate of the contest results and for
additional controls the Contest Manager could ask your audio-tape.
During the contest some monitor stations will listen off. * The scores
will be computed on a base of 101 = points for each station deducting
the participants percentage that listened to the same station. Decimal
will not be considered. A bonus of 200 points will be awarded to all
those who will report the highest number of programme details for each
station and not only generic terms such as news, music, comments, etc. *
The participation fee are 6 IRCs to be sent with your listening list to
Contest Manager. * Each participant will receive a certificate of
participation. Prizes list is the following: 1st prize: radio controlled
table clock offered by A.I.R. 2nd prize: a copy of the book "La radio di
carta" offered by Mosè Edizioni 3rd prize: a copy of the book "Your VHF
companion" offered by Pirate News 4th prize: a radio amateur's world map
offered by A.I.R. Two AIRs pin, the books "Radio Caroline" and "Amico
Elettrone" offered by Pirate News, the book "Guida all'ascolto delle
utility" offered by C&C Edizioni, the book "Le pagine gialle delle
radio" offered by A.I.R., two copy of the books "Amica radio" offered by
Luigi Cobisi and Edizioni Medicea and one philatelix box offered by
Piero Castagnone will be drawn mong all the participants. * For every
other information, please write to Contest Manager(see the address) and
enclose one IRC.  A.I.R. QUESTIONAIRE --- On the occasion of the
bicentenary of the electric battery, which was invented by Alessandro
Volta at the end of 1799, please answer the following three questions
correctly and you will be awarded 100 extra points (to be filled in and
sent to the Contest Manager): 1 - Where and in what year was Alessandro
Volta born ? --- 2 - What famous person awarded him a gold medal and the
title of count ? --- 3 - Volta's experiments started from those of a
contemporary Italian anatomist. Who was he ? Please propagate the rules
of A.I.R. Contest among all DX radiolisteners. Thank you !!!  (Bruno
Pecolatto, Italy)


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