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JEMBATAN DX NO.133 June
15, 2002
edited by Juichi Yamada NOTICE-----------------------------------------------------------------
Credit is given to the original contributors and Jembatan DX. Reproduce in this newsletter is prohibited without permission of JembatanDX. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contribution on this issue is: Craig Tyson, AUSTRALIA
DXplorer
Juichi Yamada, JAPAN
Many Thanks! *: Sign on or sign off. +: Fade in or fade out. SCI: the Song of the Coconut Islands. RPK: Rayuan Pulau Kelapa. Same as above. All times in UTC. DX
LOGGINGS------------------------------------------------------- 3266.4 RRI
Gorontalo. 1250 local pops, SCI, Jakarta news relay then signed
off
with closing announcement. Fair
signal.
(Jun 15, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
3976.1 RRI Pontianak. At 1432 ID as "Radio Republik
Indonesia Pontianak" then
female talk, music and telephone conversations. Fair.
(Jun 11, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
9741.7 RRI Sorong. Heard
often here until 0758*
(Jun
14, 2002, Craig Tyson, AUSTRALIA) 15125.0 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. Suddenly signed on
at 2149 with Indonesian
popular song, SCI, and "Warta Berita Utama". Fair.
(Jun 8, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
DX
NEWS-----------------------------------------------------------
RRI Sorong on 4874.6kHz seemed to be inactive.
(Jun 14, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
QSL
INFORMATION---------------------------------------------------
I've really been feeling sorry for myself since sending our a
flurry of MW
reception reports after our late-March 2002 Grayland DXpedition. I had only a 50% reply rate, with NONE of my three new Alaskans coming through (KENI-650, KFQD-750, KRSA-580.) I was also missing CNR 1 on 1377 (though a separate report for 639 came through promptly) and RRI Sorong. Well, today the PO box had this lovely letter in it from RRI Sorong. The letter is so interesting that I thought that you might enjoy it.... Here is the text: Dear Sir, We say thank you very much for your letter, Mr. Professor John H. Bryant. We are very happy and glad to receive your letter in Sorong. You wrote in your letter that "none of these experiences was as thrilling as listening to RRI Sorong on 909 kHz medium wave from the Pacific Coast of the state of Washington." I also reply your letter on the air. I called your name and read your letter. About your reception report, that was right (correct), because you are pleased to hear RRI Station Sorong and to catch my wave, I am going to tell you [about] the station of Radio Republic Indonesia Stasiun Sorong (RRI Station Sorong.) Transmitter: SW Harris BC 10 HT Wave: 61,53 metres Power: 10 kilowatt Frequency: 4785 kHz Antenna: Broadband Dipole - 18 metres Transmitter: NEC.MET, 4080E, MW Wave: 330 metres Power: 10 kilowatt Frequency: 909 kHz Antenna: 80 metres Transmitter: NEC FM 100 WIT Power: 100 watt Frequency: 96.7 MHz Antenna: 40 metres Well, that's all for now, Greetings from Station Manager and Staffs of RRI Station Sorong to all of you and I hope you send me some other reports in the future. Yours Sincerely, STATION MANAGER (signed) Umar Solle (station stamp) END OF LETTER Very interesting letter. First, it appears to have been typed by Mr. Solle himself on a typewriter (not a printer) that needed cleaning. Secondly, Mr. Solle's English might be a bit rusty, but it is very good, under the circumstances. So, as long as he is station manager, there appears to be no need to send reports in Bahasa Indonesian. The postage on the letter was 9,500 rupiyah... A huge amount (more than double the cost from a few years ago. The correct station address is Radio Republic Indonesia Stasiun Sorong Jl. Jend. A. Yani No. 44, Sorong 98414 Indonesia. I sent the report with $2.00 USD, an English-language report, an Indonesian language report, an audio CD and several postcards of the Washington Coast. I also included copies of my QSL card and letter from RRI Sorong on shortwave which I received in the mid-1980s. I'm really overjoyed with this QSL, to put it mildly. I specialized in Indonesian shortwave broadcasting for many years and even wrote two small books about it. This Spring 2002 reception of Sorong on 909 kHz from Grayland, WA was a real team effort between three or four of us on that DXpedition and was my first-ever reception of Indonesia on medium wave... after trying for a goodly number of years. I'll be sending Mr. Solle a very nice "thank you" letter and a small gift..... Its things like this that keep me sending out reception reports, despite the declining response rates and escalating costs. Inna word, "Goodie, Goodie, GOODIE!!!) (John Bryant via DXplorer) FOLLOW
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About the last issue of list of Indonesian stations,
please add RRI Sorong on
9741.7vkHz..
(Craig Tyson, AUSTRALIA)
END OF JEMBATAN DX
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