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THE FOUR WINDS ON LINE - Copyright Part 1
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Year 4 Number 89 - Rome, June 9 1999
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loggings in order of time; frequencies in kHz; times UTC;
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)
FROM THE EDITOR
Please, note: I ' LL BE ON VACATION IN CORSICA ISLE - FRANCE - FROM
NEXT JULY 10 TILL JULY 25; Of course, I 'll carry my Sony ICF 2001 D.
As usual, for some weeks (two or three) on August, TFW will be on
vacation. Thanks for your attention. Gianni, Ed.
MAILBOX
DAVID J. VALKO - SAGUARO DXPEDITION REPORT. I'm back in PA once again
after 6 days in sunny hot southern Arizona. As is the case whenever I'm
on vacation, I take the trusty NRD-535D receiver along. The QTH was a
Bed & Breakfast in eastern Tucson AZ. Antenna was a 190 foot longwire
with a slight elbow and running slightly west of due south out over the
Mesquite trees and cacti.
Thank you for all our Contributors !
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ARNALDO L.SLAEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina via e-mail, RX: Sony -
Realistic DX150 ANT.: longwire
BOB HILL, Littleton, MA, USA for DX Report via e-mail RX: Sony
ICF-2010 with Kiwa filters ANT: 100' dipole @ 30-35'
BRUNO PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy for Radiorama Pirate News,
via e - mail RX: Kenwood R5000, Lowe HF150 ANT.: Yaesu FRT7700, Daiwa
AF606K, longwire 15 mt < http://www.arpnet.it/~air/welcome.htm > <
http://www.radiorama.it >
DAVID J. VALKO, USA for DX News via e-mail RX: JRC NRD-535D -
Collins R-388 ANT.: 33 meter (NE-SW) Longwire "T"
GAYLE VAN HORN, Brasstown, NC, USA via e-mail RX : Drake R8 - Kenwood
R5000 ANT: Van Horn antenna farm into the woods! <Monitoring Times
Magazine, Brasstown, North Carolina - Frequency Manager/QSL & SWBC Logs
Editor - WWW Home Page: < http://www.grove.net >
GIOVANNI SERRA, Roma, Italy (ed.) RX: JRC NRD 525 ANT: Alpha
Delta DX SWL-S Sloper (40 feet) ; JPS NIR 10 filter and Oregon
Scientific clock, tuned with the standard frequency station DCF 77 in
Mainflingen, Germany on 77.5 kHz.
GLENN HAUSER (GH), Enid OK, USA for GH SW/DX Report via e-mail <
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio >
JOHAN DAMEN, The Netherlands via e-mail RX: NRD-545 DSP receiver Ant.:
MK II 20 meter antenna and a T2FD
LUDO MAES, Rijkevorsel, Belgium via e-mail
MARIE LAMB, Brewerton NY, USA, Host and Producer DXing with Cumbre, via
e-mail < http://www.whr.org> or < http://www.cumbredx.org.>
MARK J.FINE, Remington, VA, USA via e-mail
<http://www.erols.com/fineware > RX: JRC NRD-535D 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
PAUL ORMANDY, Oamaru, New Zealand via e-mail RX: Drake SPR-4
ANT: from home 2 x 25 metre dipoles in a V - from Waianakarua, 3 x 300m
Beverages aimed at the USA, 1 x 450 metre aimed at South America and 1 x
300m aimed at Hawaii/Alaska.
RUUD VOS, Utrecht, The Netherlands via e-mail RX: NRD-545 ANT.:
T2FD
ZACHARIAS LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece via e-mail RX: Lowe HF 150 -
Philips 2935 - Sony ICF 7600 D ANT: 20 m sloper ATU hand made - 11 m
hor ( for 40 m - 60 m ) - 6 m antenna tilted upward MFJ 16010 ATU MFJ
1040 b preselector MFJ 1025 antenna shadow <
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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0008- 11949.9- USA- WINB, Red Lion PA, 0008, Address at 0014 by man.
Very good signal. Definitely sounds likes its beamed to C.A. as they
claim. Stronger in AZ than 140 miles away back in Dunlo PA!! (Valko,
DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
0010- 15048.9- COSTA RICA- R. for Peace Int., 0010, Fair, clear, and
100% copy. Not as strong as Mexico 9705 though. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA
28 May)
0016- 3493.4- BOLIVIA- R. Em. Padilla (fqy var.) 0016 Tentatively this
one with talk in Spanish alternating with disco rhythms every 2-3
minutes. Announcement at 031 may have included "Alfonso Padilla," but
the tape was inconclusive. Audio sounded like mistuned SSB on the upper
sideband and nothing, or almost nothing, on the lower. Drifted
continually upwards to 3493.7 by 0038. Weak, QRN. (Hill, USA June 2)
0059- 11715.4- EGYPT- R. Cairo, 0059, Talk by man in SP, AR instrumental
music, 5+1 time ticks, then ID by woman which I couldn't fully copy.
Cairo sked here in SP at this time so obviously them. Canada came on at
0100 wiping it out. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 29 May)
0100- 4800.7- MEXICO- XERTA, Started coming in just prior to 0100 (6:00
PM local AZ time). Not heard in the mornings at all and didn't check at
this time on any other days. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
0100- 6184.97- MEXICO- R. Educacion, 0100-0123, Sounded like live SP
Jazz music. Deadair. Woman announcer talk over music and continued
without the music and played some actualities. Finally ID at 0121.
Gradually getting better as the Sun was sinking. 100% copy at tune out.
(Valko, DXPEDITION USA 1 June)
0100- 4904.72- PERU- Radio La Oroya, 3th June, 0100, with Andean
Music/time checks and Id, SINPO 32222. (Vos, The Netherlands)
0125- 5952.54- UNID- R. Pio Doce??, 0125-0207, Long SP tlk by 2 men and
woman, 0200 canned announcements by man with music. Just couldn't copy,
and too mucy slop QRM from 5950. I find it hard to believe this would be
Pio Doce, but the freq and time matches up. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 1
June)
0130- 6010- MEXICO- R. Mil, 0130, Break for full canned ID by man after
LA Pop music. Also heard the usual short 4 note ID jingle between
songs. Fair. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 1 June)
0200- 6949.9- PIRATE SOUTH AMERICA- L Radio Blandengue via the
facilities of Radio Cochiguaz, South America, 0200 - 0246, Spanish,
Musical Program (South, Central American and Eastern Island Music), ID
in Spanish, English and Italian, announce address in Merlin, ID " Usted
esta sintonizado con Radio Blandengue, You are listen Radio Blandengue,
Questa e Radio Blandengue" SINPO 34333, May 30, (Eramo, Argentina)
0209- 6479.80- PERU- Radio Altura 0209. Spanish. Peruvian folklorica
vocals to DJ's "echo-effect" Altura ID at 0210. Accordian music to
0214, ID repeat, monitored to 0225. (Van Horn, USA 5/30)
0231- 17895.14- PAKISTAN- Radio Pakistan 0231 Supposed slow-speed
English news, read by woman (was actually read pretty fast for SSNx)
until 0244. ID: "General Overseas Service of Radio Pakistan" and short
tone, then dead air at 0245. Signal strength erratic at times, but
gaining strength at 0240. Noted parallel at 15485.22. (Fine, USA 01 Jun)
0305- 5050.4- TANZANIA- Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, 0305 -0316,
Vernacular, Afican Music and comments by man announcer, ID "....Radio
Tanzania..." SINPO 24432, May 25, (Eramo, Argentina)
0702- 11770- ITALY- V.o.Mediterranean relay in Italian 0702, M fqy
quote, mx bridge into feature px, ID as Voce di Malta. Local signal
(Serra, Italy 5/30)
0704- 9355- USA- WYFR in Italian 0704-0721, px: La Bibbia parla
reading the holy Bible till 0720), rel song. F (Serra, Italy 5/30)
0732- 13695- USA- WYFR in EG, 0732, Lyrical rel song, M / sermon. //
9985. F (Serra, Italy 5/30)
0950- 6674- PERU- Radio Difusora Nueva Sensacion, May 30, 09:50-10:00
UTC, huaynos, ID, 3.4.4.2.2 (Slaen, Argentina)
1000- 6674- PERU- Radio Super Nueva Sensacion, may 25, 10:00-10:10,
s/on, national anthem, programme in spanish "Mundo campesino", ann.:
...hacia el primer rayo de luz, que alumbre sus esperanzas, sus
ilusiones, sus sueños...Mundo Campesino..., desde Radio Super Nueva
Sensacion....", check time: "cinco de la mañana con 10 minutos en
nuestros estudios.....", 3.4.4.4.3 (Slaen, Argentina)
1001- 5995,3- PERU- Radio Melodia, Arequipa, May 30, 10:01-10:07
UTC,ann.: "...saludos, hoy domingo 30 de mayo a todos los que cumplen
años...", advs. Locales : "....la mejor fruta de los valles de la
costa....abarrotes en general, en la Feria del Altiplano.....",
4.4.4.2.2 (Slaen, Argentina)
1010- 6085- BOLIVIA- Radio San Gabriel, La Paz, May 30, 10:10 UTC,
religious programme in aymara, after, andean music, 2.3.4.3.2 (Slaen,
Argentina)
1011- 6135- BOLIVIA- Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
10:11-10:20 UTC, s/on: "transmite en su frecuencia de 970 khz onda
media, 6135 kilociclos, banda de 49 metros, onda corta......cuando las
sombras de la noche dejan paso al nuevo dia, Radio Santa Cruz, llega a
sus hogares para acompañarles en este nuevo amanecer...Radio Santa Cruz,
emisora perteneciente al Instituto Radiofonico Fe y alegria....",
3.3.4.3.3 (Slaen, Argentina)
1012- 6190- BRAZIL- Radio Senado De La Nacion, may 25, 10:12-10:21 UTC,
bulletin news read by a man and a female, with the activities of
different senator of brazilean´s Congress.The programme is "Jornal da
manha" Ann.: "continuamos pela Radio Senado em ondas curtas:
informacao, musica e utilidade publica", 3.4.4.4.3 (Slaen, Argentina)
1021- 11650- NO. MARIANA IS.- KFBS 1021 Assumed this one with sermon and
gospel vocals in Russian; at 1030, gave address of PO box in Germany.
Quite strong, but choppy and a bit hummy. (Hill USA June 1)
1028- 6025- BOLIVIA- Radio Illimani, La Paz, may 30, 10:28 UTC, andean
music, ID in spanish //4945 KHz, 2.4.4.3.2 (Slaen, Argentina)
1030- 15165- - CHINA PR.- CRI *1030 New freq for Khmer // 9440 (poor);
good at s/on but hammered after 1100 by REE/15170 slop. IS from
co-channel KTWR heard weakly underneath at 1057 (they're sked *1100 in
Indo). (Hill, USA June 3)
1032- 4886,8- PERU- Radio Villa Del CarmeN, Huancavelica, may 25,
10:32-10:37, huaynos, ann. in quecua, ID: "...por Radio Villa del
Carmen...", 2.4.3.3.2 (Slaen, Argentina)
1035- 4829.96- VENEZUELA- R. Tachira (pres.), 1035, Programming sounds
like this one. Didn't stick with it. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1037- 4775- PERU- Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1037 - 1043, Spanish, musical
program (huayno and peruvian cumbias), man announcer, ID "Radio Tarma
la primerísima", SINPO 23232, May 28, (Eramo, Argentina)
1040- 4826,4- - PERU- Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, may 25, 10:40-10:45, ann.:
"estamos hoy, 25 de mayo de 1998, perdon , de 1999, con saludos
para...", 2.2.3.2.2 (Slaen, Argentina)
1045- 4777.8- BOLIVIA- Radio Andes, Uyuni, 1045 - 1110, Quechua, Music
and comments Female and man announcer, ID ".....Radio Andes...Uyuni
..Bolivia", SINPO 34443, May 28, (Eramo, Argentina)
1050- 6045,8- PERU- Radio Santa Rosa, Lima, may 30, 10:50-11:00 UTC,
music programme, ann: ...nuestro mas grande gradecimiento para el
señor....director de esta radio, Radio Santa Rosa, quien nos permite
continuar....", 2.3.4.2.2 (Slaen, Argentina)
1053- 4875 BOLIVIA- Radio La Cruz Del Sur (tentative), La Paz, may 25,
10:53-11:02, long commentary in aymara reab by a female, 3.4.4.4.3
(Slaen, Argentina)
1055- 3881- CLANDESTINE- V.O. the People, 1055-1143, Easy instrumental
muzak. Man at 1101 followed by woman. Language sounds like Khmer or
another SE Asian language. Heard // 3912. Both freqs good. (Valko 28
May)
1100- 3607.5- JAPAN- NHK Shobu ( in USB), Weak but there around 1100.
(Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1103- 5678- PERU- Radio Ilucan, Cutervo, Cajamarca, May 30, 11:03-11:10
UTC, weather report, , identification 3.4.4.2.2 (Slaen, Argentina)
1120- 5927,1- BOLIVIA- Radiodifusoras Mineria, Oruro, May 30,
11:20-11:32 UTC, andean music(huaynos, etc), 2.2.4.3.2 (Slaen,
Argentina)
1132- 15388- CLANDESTINE- New Star Broadcasting Station, 1132, Usual
sign-on routine and into CH numbers. Quite strong. Can't understand why
no one else hasn't heard this before. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1134- 6153- INDONESIA- RRI Biak, signs off at 1134. (Valko, DXPEDITION
USA 28 May)
1135- 4874.5- INDONESIA- RRI Sorong, 1135-1154:20*, Program of pleasant
Indo lagu with woman host. Went off in mid-song at 1154:20. So don't
expect to hear a sign off routine from this one. Very strong. Good,
clear. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 1 June)
1141- 5039.98- INDONESIA- RRI Pekanbaru, 1141, Woman talk over music
with ID as soon as I tuned in!! (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 30 May)
1142- 3960.3- INDONESIA- RRI Palu, 1142-1202, Tlk by woman in what
sounded like IN. Indo lagu on recheck 1156, woman at 1159, into SCI,
woman w/RRI ID and Jakarta news relay. Weak with QRM from 3959.7 North
Korea below. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 1 June)
1145- 6149.41- THAILAND- Thai Palace Station (tent.), a het here again
at 1145. Can't get any audio. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 1 June)
1200- 6003- CLANDESTINE- R. Echo of Hope (pres.), 1200, In CH or similar
language with talks by woman, brief music bridge, then man and woman
talking. Fairly decent signal. Heard to at least 1330 on 31 May as well.
(Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1202- 5979.38- MALAYSIA- R. Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu (pres.), 1202-1210,
News by woman in Bahasa Malaysian with many mentions of Sabah. Into
soft music. No ID heard. Did hear this everyday. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA
1 June)
1203- 5984.86- MEXICO- R. Mexico Int., *1203(??)-1212, Dead air at 1201
tune in, start of easy Ranchera music at 1203. Choral NA at 1206, full
ID by man in SP at 1207, then several other canned IDs with sked. EG ID
and intro for EG program. S-9 but fady. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 30 May)
1204- 4894.98- MALAYSIA- R. Malaysia, Kuching, 1204, Man with news in
Bahasa Malaysian including ID at 1204. Fair with het QRM. (Valko,
DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1205- 2390- UNID- Obviously either Huayacocotla or Atitlan at 1205.
Just a very weak signal. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1209- 3224.83- INDONESIA- RRI Tanjungpinang, 1209-1218, Jakarta news
relay ending with man giving many "RRI" Jakarta IDs, woman with ID at
1218 and immediately off. Weak. All Indo outlets were carrying the
Jakarta news relay at this time except 9525 (different program), and
the ones that weren't on (3214, 3231, 6153, and 4875). (Valko,
DXPEDITION USA 2 June)
1210- 3231.98- INDONESIA- RRI Bukittinggi (tent.), 1210, Music followed
by woman announcer at 1216. Very very weak and heard just this one day
only. (Valko 28 May)
1211- 5039.98- INDONESIA- RRI Pekanbaru, 1211-1221, Some sort of canned
announcement by man over Bagimu Neg'ri with many many mentions of RRI,
continued Jakarta news relay ending at 1215 with vocal Bagimu Neg'ri.
Studio man announcer at 1218 with ID and announcement mentioning FM.
Talk by man briefly and into soft Indo lagu at 1220. Fair and good.
(Valko, DXPEDITION USA 1 June)
1212- 3325- INDONESIA- RRI Palangkaraya, 1212-1218, End of Bagimu
Neg'ri, deep voiced man. Canned announcement by woman with RRI ID and
piano choral song. Discussion by 2 woman. Fair on 30 May. Then on 31
May, 1223 end of Jakarta news relay with ID by man, Bagimu Neg'ri, man
with extremely low modulation level, then music. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA)
1213- 3264.67- INDONESIA- RRI Gorontalo, 1213, Bagimu Neg'ri after
Jakarta news relay, man with Jakarta news announcement, ID, talk, and
into Indo Pop music at 1215. Fairly good. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1221- 4766.16- INDONESIA- RRI Medan, was on at 1221, but not on the day
before.(Valko, DXPEDITION USA 2 June)
1221- 3985.78- INDONESIA- RRI Surabaya, 1221-1232, Soft Indo lagu, then
long canned play/talk between man, woman, and little girl. Another
short announcement by woman with what sounded like mention of Surabaya,
then vocal song-jingle ad, Gamelan music, and nice site ID by woman at
1230, followed by another "RRI" ID and freq. Fair w/3985 QRM. (Valko,
DXPEDITION USA 2 June)
1230- 4789.14- INDONESIA- RRI Fak Fak went off sometime after Jakarta
news relay and 1230 check. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 2 June)
1231- 9525- INDONESIA- RRI Jakarta, 1231, Woman talk over piano, Bagimu
Neg'ri, then same woman with mention of democracy", "internasional", and
Jakarta. Into Indo Pop ballad. Pushing S-30!!!! (Valko, DXPEDITION USA
31 May)
1235- 6688.76- VIETNAM- Lao Cai ( tent.), 1235, A definite signal here
with woman talking in VT?? Distorted. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 28 May)
1240- 4696.55- INDONESIA- RKIP Surabaya (pres.), 1240, Weak but readable
with Gamelan music, woman announcer. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 31 May)
1248- 4980.24- UNID- Unid R., Something here at 1248, very weak with
music. Interesting in that I was hearing this on the east coast when
Ecos del Torbes was absent there about a month ago. Way too weak to get
any clues. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 31 May)
1250- 7165- BANGLADESH- R. Bangladesh, 1250-1300*, man vocal music at
tune in, man and woman in EG with cultural program, string and flute
music at 1258, ID at 1259 and possible address, then gone at 1300.
Fairly weak. No wonder this is nearly impossible on the east coast.
(Valko, DXPEDITION USA 31 May)
1256- 5596.05- VIETNAM- Lao Cai Broadcasting Station (tent.), weak with
music at 1256. 6688.8 also on but both freqs too weak to //. (Valko 31
May)
1301- 3230- NEPAL- R. Nepal (pres.), 1301, tlk by W, very weak. Couldn't
// but there was something on 7164.31. There was definite talk by man
announcer at 1303 on both freqs for sure, but // ??? (Valko, DXPEDITION
USA 2 June)
1305- 3344.76- INDONESIA- RRI Ternate, 1305-1319, Jakarta news by man
ending with Bagimu Neg'ri at 1316, ID announcement by man at 1319, then
dead air. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 29 May)
1317- 15435- SAUDI ARABIA- BSKSA (Tent), 1317.Presumed Urdu service to
Asia from ARSRX000 schedule. Announcer's text at tune-in. Intermittent
fades to signal peak by 1403 (SIO=433). Schedule notes Bengali service
to Asia 1400-1500, I monitored continuous slow paced Arabic music from
top of the hour, without breaks to 1459. Time tips, musical interlude to
Arabic news script at 1500. Scheduled to sign-off at 1500, but did not
as segments continued. Recheck 1512 on 11745 for presumed BSKSA French
service of segments and Arabic music. (Van Horn, USA 5/24)
1323- 9730.56- VIETNAM- V.O. Vietnam (pres.), 1323, Must be the station
here with woman in Asian language. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 31 May)
1325- 3385- PAPUA NEW GUINEA- R. East New Britain, 1325, Man in EG with
countdown program (was at about song #7). Returned at 1334, no
programming, just deadair. Weird that it would be on so late. (Valko,
DXPEDITION USA 29 May)
1330- 7270- MALAYSIA- R. One, 1330, Local bells music similar to
Gamelan. Bottom of the hour 2 time pips, man with ID mentioning Kuala
Lumpur, and into the Koran. Good and clear. Still barely coming in at
1440. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 29 May)
1344- 7245- SINGAPORE- R. Singapore, 1344-1351, Talk by woman in Malay,
man with ID at 1347, then into Asian Pop music. Another ID at 1350 by
man. Fair with QRM. (Valko, DXPEDITION USA 2 June)
end of part 1
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