[HCDX]: Hauser's SW/DX Report 99-13

["Glenn Hauser" <ghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

       GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-13, March 17, 1999

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THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 981 -- See topic summary at
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Wor981.html

AUSTRIA. [Posting advance English program topics on website --]
This is an example of what all the second-tier broadcasters should do.  
At least RAI-English has the good-sense to tell listeners what it is 
going to  present and let us decide in advance if we want to listen.  
Maybe the square wheel inventers at Swiss Radio will lower themselves to 
copying this simple idea.  Oh, they are still trying to invent Real 
Audio! (Larry Nebron, CA, March 11, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL 
BROADCASTING)  

http://www.orf.at/roi/uk/uk_home.htm

Highlights of the week from 8 to 14 March 1999...

BELGIUM [non]. On RVI Radio World Mar 14, Frans Vossen said the new
0400 to WNAm via Bonaire 15565 would be the first broadcast of the day
as Joe Hanlon has reported, but then in the next breath said it would
be a repeat of the 2230 broadcast! So which is it?! (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 981)

COLOMBIA. La Voz de la Resistencia del Bloque Oriental, FARC-EP
clandestine, heard March 11 until closing just after 1200 on 6170
[probably rounded from 6168.3 where Rafael Rodriguez has measured
it and where we hear traces of it]. Gave sked as 1130 and 2130 on
this frequency, 1700-1800 on "VHF 7735". And read communique which
admits that the three American missionaries whose bodies were dumped
in Venezuela were executed by Commander Guildardo's Tenth Front, 
without consulting higher FARC authority. They had entered into Cubas 
indian territory without permission. It is not FARC policy to disappear 
Colombians or people of other nationalities. Those seeking to enter FARC 
territory should identify themselves and seek permission in order to 
avoid any further such lamentable incidents. Nor is it FARC policy to
turn over their combatants to other states, but Cmdr. Galdardo will be
punished according to FARC law (via Jorge Garcia Rangel, Venezuela,
MUNDO RADIAL, in gh's summary translation -- I suppose that news
agencies have picked up this development? But I haven't seen or heard
it.) 

COLOMBIA. FARC clandestine La Voz de la Resistencia del Bloque
Oriental presumed on 6168.3, bits of music and talk audible around
1145 March 16, but fading into daylight; a bigger problem is the
mixing product of R. Marti on 6170, from the two superpower signals
on 5890 and 6030, 140 kHz apart, which lasts until 1200* (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, MUNDO RADIAL)

COSTA RICA. RFPI's 15049 was noted back on the air Tuesday evening,
UT Wed March 17, even past 0300 still on and holding up. We hope RFPI
will keep it on later, even all night with spring and summer
propagation conditions. Morning of March 17, no sign yet of revived
21460-USB. James Bean tells me from Maine that 15049 was even better
than 6975. The latter has also been edged by an almost-constant open
carrier on 6979.4, seemingly from Europe; and briefly around 0315 a
huge noisy signal appeared around 6969 (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

IRAQ. Mother of Battles Radio, Radio of All Arabs (Arabic: idha'at umm 
al-ma'arik, idha'atu kul al-arab) is a service of official Iraqi radio. 
It was first heard in 1991 during the Gulf War (which the Iraqis refer 
to as "the mother of battles"), after which time broadcasts appeared to 
be suspended following the disruption to Iraqi radio as a whole. The 
station resumed broadcasting on 2nd August 1995. It was observed in 
March 1999 after a break of three months. Announcements state that it is 
intended to be received throughout the the Arab world. This schedule 
lists only those frequencies that have recently been confirmed. As with 
all Iraqi radio services, transmitter operation may be erratic. All 
broadcasts will be one hour EARLIER in SUMMER. Daily in Arabic 1700-2000
on 9715 and 693 kHz, including recordings of Saddam Husayn speeches
at 1815-1830, Political commentary at 1910-1930 ((c) BBC Monitoring 
March 11, via WORLD OF RADIO 981)

MONGOLIA. VOM 12085 checked Monday Mar 15 at 1235 during Mailbag;
clear but rather heavy flutter and accent difficult to understand. A
bit better the next morning, with slight het. Still puts an umlaut
on the O of Mongolia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 981)

NORWAY. NRK's Kvitsoy transmitter site is off the air because of a 
break in an undersea power cable, so there is no coverage of the
eastern hemisphere. They have been contacting Sweden about possible 
temporary use of Hoerby site. All per Olav Grimdalen, who BTW is 
retiring at end of April, but may continue doing some frequency 
management on interim basis (Joe Hanlon, Kulpsville PA, March 11,
WORLD OF RADIO 981)

SWITZERLAND. SRI Final A99 schedule is in, with English as follows:

0400-0430 13635 100 SEEu Juelich
0530-0600 13635 100 SEEu 
0730-0800 15545 160 Af Juelich
          17685 200 Af Juelich
          21750 165 Af 
0830-0900  9885 215 AuAs Montsinery
          13685 245 AuAs 
1000-1030 15315 210 SWEu Juelich
1100-1200 13735  25 FE/SEAs Singapore
          21770  80 FE/SEAs 
1200-1230 15315 210 SWEu 
1400-1500  9575   0 C&SAs Singapore
          17670  80 C&SAs 
1900-1930  9885  40 NEu Juelich
2000-2030 13770 140 Af 
          15220 160 Af Juelich
          17580 200 Af Juelich
          13710 115 Af Montsinery
0100-0130  9885 295 C&NAm 
           9905 310 C&NAm Montsinery
0400-0500  9885 295 C&NAm
           9905 310 C&NAm Montsinery

The 1600-1615 segment, on the same frequencies as 1400, which had
been in English is now designated "Station identification and
promotion". For some strange reason (embarrassment in relying on the
Germans?), the Juelich transmitter site is not specified anywhere,
making it impossible to distinguish from the one remaining Swiss
site Sottens, tho French Guiana and Singapore relays are specified!
Or is it simply European integration making Switzerland and Germany
one? Since Sottens is 500 kW and Juelich 100 kW, however, from another
version we can figure out which is which and Juelich has been inserted 
by us above. Frequencies not designated are Sottens, Switzerland.

In an accompanying letter, frequency manager Ulrich Wegmueller reports
that Swisscom, the former Swiss Telecom, has been privatized, and as
part of the reorganization HF broadcaasters do their own frequency
management, so he now works directly for SRI (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW
OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)

U S A. Checked 11900, 11905 and 11910 several times in the 0000-0200
period UT Sun March 14, and no sign of WWBS Macon. What's wrong? 
(Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)         ###



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