EURONEWS 30.1.1992 Edited by Risto Kotalampi, V{in{m|isenkatu 11 D 148, 33540 TAMPERE, Finland. Tel. 931-615025. NEW COUNTRIES : Slovenia and Croatia are new countries since January 15th, 1992. BELGIUM : 927 BRT Wolvertem plans to decrease power from 300 to 150 kW to save energy. 540 BRT Waver is building a diplexer (combining) unit to get the 540 tx on the 621 mast radiator. The original aerial collapsed some years ago. 1512 BRT Wolvertem is now using 25 kW during the day while 300 kW during the night. All on 80 meter vertical antenna. The big dipole is not used now. (26) BYELORUSSIA : R Minsk external service until Feb 29 on 1215: 1930-2000 (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri) in Byelorussian, 1930-2000 (Wed/Sat/Sun) in German. (Transmitter in Kaliningrad???/RKO) (27) CROATIA : Croatian R has been heard on a new frequency of 6210 kHz, instead of 7240. The schedule is now 0600-1900 on 9830 and 7240 kHz and 1900-0600 on 9830 and 6210 kHz. (1) Croatian R news in English at 0900. Transmitter power and location are secret. Address: Hrvatski Radio, Odasiljaci i veze, Radnicka c. 22, 41000 Zagreb, Croatia. (3) Almost all transmitters in Croatia are destroyed. Now on 1134 Zagreb 135 kW (ex-1143), 1557 Tovarnik 300 kW (ex-1125). 1557 relays Studio Osijek periodically. (25) Croatian R was heard also on 783 kHz on December. (6) CZECHOSLOVAKIA : Six transmitters have entered service : Broumov 558 2 kW, Strakonice 900 4 kW, Karlovy Vary 954 7 kW, Ostrava 1233 30 kW, Praha 1287 200 kW and Presov 1287 14 kW. Michovo Hradiste 846 has moved to 1233 with 50 kW, Praha-Mesto 1071 has moved to 1233, Hradec Kralove 1071 has moved to 1233 and Praha-2 1233 has moved to 1287 with 400 kW. (4) ESTONIA : R Tallinn new English DX-px 1st Monday of the month 2130-2200 on 1035. New 1 kW transmitter for domestic service on 810 and 1602 kHz. (5) FRANCE : RF Alsace has address 4 Rue Joseph Massol, 67080 STRASBOURG CEDEX. Locals at 0559-0645 (on Sunday until 0900???) and 1100-1300. (11) (32) RF Alsace has local news on FM as follows : 0500, 0545, 0600, 0615, 0645, 0700, 0800, 1100, 1130 and 1700 (Mon-Sat). On Sundays only at 0600, 0700, 0800, 1100 and 1130. So, at these time there is a slight chance to hear local news on AM (603, 711, 945, 1404 and 1494 kHz) on other local stations mentioned in the last bulletin. (32) GERMANY : AFN Munich studio Kaulbachstrasse will be closed in spring of 1992 definitively. Munich transmitter will be fed by AFN Nurnberg studio until all army facilities in the Munich area has left Germany. (5) DS-Kultur has a DX-program on Fridays 2115-2200 on 177 kHz. The program is not a local programme! Rather a split program on LW only. (14) (21) (32) (38) SDR is broadcasting 1900-2220 "ARD-Ausl{nderprogramme mit Regionalinformationen aus Baden-W~rttemberg" daily on 576, 711, 1413 and 1485. (13) Transmitters of Eastern Germany was reorganized on January 1st as follows : Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Th~ringen) : MDR Info : Leipzig 531, Burg 783, Wachenbrunn 882, Dresden 1044 and Reichenbach 1188. MDR eins/R Th~ringen : Weida 1458. Ostdeutscher Rundfunk (Brandenburg)/Antenne Brandenburg : Berlin 693. Norddeutscher Rundfunk : NDR 4 : Rostock 558, Schwerin 576, Neubrandenburg 657 and Putbus 729. Deutschlandsender Kultur : Oranienburg 177. DLF : Berlin 810, Berlin 1359 and Burg 1575. SFB : SFB1 567 and SFB2 1449. RIAS Berlin : RIAS1 990 and RIAS2 855. Only on FM : MDR Life, MDR Kultur, MDR eins/R Sachsen, MDR eins/R Sachsen-Anhalt, ODR/R Brandenburg, NDR1/R Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NDR2, NDR3, MDR/Jugendradio DT64, ORB/Rock Radio Brandenburg and private stations in Berlin. (11) HUNGARY : Due to financial problems R Juventus in Balanton on 810 has been closed down. (15) INTERNATIONAL WATERS : Ross Revenge, the Caroline ship, is in serious trouble. During storms in early hours of Nov 20 the anchor chain snapped and the ship drifted for several hours before running aground at 4 am, 17 miles south of usual mooring in S Falls Head. First lifeboat rescue failed as it also ran aground, 2nd lifeboat needed to rescue the first. RAF helicopter eventually winched all crew at 7.15 am. Ship was successfully salvaged by Dover Harbour Board on Nov 22. Most unlikely to return to sea as R Caroline ever again. (4) IRELAND : 1143 Century R closed down for good at 1800 on Nov 19, 1991 due to lack of money. Capital R's large foreign stake did not get Government approval; instead there was no investment and Century went into liquidation. (4) The licence for the national commercial radio station is to be re-advertised following the collapse of Century R. (18) Active pirate/private stations in Ireland : R Dublin on 1188 and 6910 (400W) Dunladerie Local R (Dublin) on 1125. R Star Country (Monaghan) on 981. R North (Redcastle) on 846. North Atlantic R (Carndonagh) on 954. KLAS R (Monaghan) on 828. R Fax on 3910, 6205 and 12255. (29) ITALY : IRRS is on the air on 7125 kHz (41 meters) from Milano, Italy according to the following schedule : 0600-1000 daily, 1930-2045 daily, 0600-1600 Sundays, 1400-1600 Saturdays, 1000-1500 daily (irr). Address : IRRS-Shortwave, P.O.Box 10980, I-20110 Milano, Italy. Phone: +39-2-266 69 71 / +39-337-2977 88. Fax: +39-2-706 38 151. Email : 100020.1013@CompuServe.com. (2) 1584 R San Luchino, Bologna at 0555-0610 and 1740-1750 heard often. (17) LITHUANIA : R Centras now broadcasting on the last Saturday of each month on 9710 in English 0700-0740, German 0740-0750 and Esperanto 0750-0800. (12) (18) R Centras have plans to obtain their own SW transmitters which would be available for renting to other organizations. (19) MONACO : RMC was heard on 981 kHz. (14) NETHERLANDS : The Dutch National Media Board has recommended the closure of the 1008 kHz transmitter currently used by NOS R5. There are more watts coming out of the tx than listeners to it... (34) NORWAY : 153 NRK Troms| was closed on December 2nd, 1991. (32) (34) (That's right, no sign of NRK Troms| on 153 during the expedition to Kilpisj{rvi (SAM5) couple of weeks ago./RKO) ROMANIA : 630 Timisoara on Sundays 1400-1430 in Bulgarian-Pavlykyan language. 1458 Constanta 1430-1500 in Turkish-Gipsy language. (25) RUSSIA : Some sources says that R Ala's 1386 kHz is coming from Tver (ex-Kalinin). Some sources says that this is false information, caused by mixing of Kalinin and Kaliningrad. (5) (7) (8) R Ala is now 24 h. (5) (7) AWR Russia hopes to be on air in February (from Asia??/RKO). (20) Traffic R in Ekaterinburg is now heard 1200-1400 on 7200 on Tue, Thu and Sat only. The power is 50 kW. Reports to Sergei Biryukov, Poste Restante, Main Post Office, Ekaterinburg 620 000. (22) Other source gives following schedule for Traffic R (Radiostudiya Dvizheniye): 0200-1300 on 6200 and 1300-1700 on 6090 kHz. (35) R Vedo, Volgograd has a new mailing address : P.O.Box 1940, VOLGOGRAD 400123. (35) Ekho Moskvy broadcasts in Russian 0400-0700 daily, 1600-1700 Sat/Sun, 1700-2200 daily and 2200-0300 Fri, on 1206 and 6035 kHz. (36) The R Moscow MW transmitter in Moscow is to be hired to various foreign radio stations including the BBC and R Liberty and possibly Christian Science Monitor and VOA. The transmitter at the moment is on 930 kHz but will move to 927 kHz. Power is to be raised to 75 kW. At weekends it will be available to religious organizations. (10) An UNID Russian station (maybe feeder?) is heard on 5775v USB daily 1600-0100. ID : "R St New Wave". Relays All-Union R news at 1700 and 2000. Describes itself as the "artists channel having a pot pourri of music and cultural programmes." Announces often times that aren't corresponding to actual time. Bible class on Sat at 2200. Sign on and off times are quite abrupt. (19) (23) 1089 R Krasnodar, Ul.Radio 5, Krasnodar 350630. Local in RR Mon-Fri 0230-0300 and 1400-1440. (25) 1575 R Nadejzda (Hope), Moscow area is pirate, 1300-1600. (25) 1125 "R Arhei" at 0700 is heard in Finland. Broadcasts classical music //1359. (14) 7315 DW Kuybyshev (Samara) is using an ex-jammer transmitter at 1400-. (14) SLOVENIA : 963 R Kraguyevac v/s is Pavle Cirovic, Director. Also on FM 106.8 MHz. (15) SPAIN : RP de Badajoz is now on 1269 (ex-1134). SER R Badajoz is on 1008 (ex-1260, ex-Extremadura). (16) SER has a regional programme for Catalunya on 828, 1026, 1341, 1485 and 1521 at 2300-0059. (17) 1026 R Asturias v/s is S.Martin, tecnico. (15) Following Spanish stations heard in Finland on November- December: 558 RNE5 La Coruna at 1855 657 RNE5 Madrid at 1830 729 RNE1 Asturias at 1606 729 RNE1 Castilla y Leon at 1608 774 RNE1 Pais Vasco at 1606 774 RNE1 Communidad Valenciana at 1606 792 R Sevilla at 1824 837 R Pop de Sevilla at 1945 1026 R Asturias at 1827 1098 RNE5 Lugo at 1833 1098 RNE5 Almeria at 1855 1125 RNE5 Vitoria at 1810 1125 RNE5 Castellon at 1844 1134 R Pop de Jaen at 1729 1224 R Pop de Granada at 1656 1224 R Pop de Huelva at 1658 1224 R Pop de Caceres at 1559 1224 R Pop de Mallorca at 1557 1224 R Pop de San Sebastian at 1733 1269 R Pop de Figueras at 1935-1959 1296 R Pop de Valencia at 1931 1395 RNE5 Alicante at 1727 1395 RNE5 Ciudad Real at 1806 1413 RNE5 Salamanca at 1727 1413 RNE5 Jaen at 1807 1485 R Santander at 1827 1584 R Elche at 1957 1584 R Jerez at 1957 1584 R Castilla at 1958 1584 R Gandia at 2014 (31) 900 COPE Bilbao with lots of local programmes. Also another COPE-station noted with regional programmes from Galicia. (37) 1143 COPE Asturias with Oviedo-wx in local break noted here. (37) 1152 RNE5 Malaga now here (ex-1008). (37) UKRAINE : R Kiev in English on 936 and 4825 at 0215-0315 and in German 0315-0415. (12) (30) The city of Lvov is now called Lviv, which is the name in Ukrainian. (30) UNITED KINGDOM : Following stations will close their AM-transmitters : January 31st : 603 BBC R Gloucestershire March 31st : 756 BBC R Shropshire, 819 BBC R Hereford & Worcester April 17th : 1548 BBC R Cleveland, 1107 BBC Northampton, 1521 BBC R Nottingham and 1485 BBC R Oxford. (24) The Radio Authority has invited tenders for the ILR franchise in mid-Wales (Montgomery) and they have allocated 756 kHz, presumably to be surrendered by BBC R Shropshire. The RA has also said that the Scottish highlands franchise (R Heartland) will be on FM only; an amazing choice considering the terrain! (4) G9CFD on 1512 kHz 1 W, SSC, Ludlow is not an amateur call sign. The G9 series are reserved in the UK for test transmissions and has been so since early 1950's. Other test stations on the air at the moment are Bessemer Broadcasting, Sheffield 1413 50 mW, and a station in Scotland near Aberdeen on 1404 with 50 mW. (cf. next item/RKO) (9) 1512 SSC is closed down. (30) 1458 BBC GLR is operated out of the 2200-2400 slot network South East programme which is carried by 10 BBC local stations. The station will have a phone-in program (Mon-Fri) hosted by Mike Carson who presents an afternoon phone-in show on LBC. (4) Morecambe Bay with a potential audience of 180 000 is the latest station to be advertised by the Radio Authority. The winner will be allowed to choose whether to broadcast on AM or FM. (4) The Radio Authority says that the fqs to be used by the recently advertised Independent National R station to broadcast on AM - and which could be on the air by April, 1992 - are as follows. In addition to the R 4 fqs of 1215 and 1197 the following BBC local fqs will be used : 1107 Northampton, 1485 Oxford, 1485 Merseyside, 1521 Nottingham and 1548 Cleveland. These stations will broadcast on FM only when the new station comes on air. (4) Airport Information R on 1584 the station that provides the service for Heathrow and Gatwick airports is not conforming with the programming it agreed with the Radio Authority. Recently it failed to provide flight and traffic information and the Authority has given it until January 31st, 1992 to comply. The station has been continuously running a 4 minute tape on parking and facilities at the airports. (4) 1530 Classic Gold v/s is Diane Kitching. Reports to Radio House, 900 Herris Road, Sheffield S6 1RH. (33) 1584 & 1521 BBC R Nottingham v/s is Richard Buckby. (33) 1449 BBC R Peterborough v/s is Steve Somers, Senior Producer. (28) CREDITS : (1) BBC Monitoring via SCDX 2147 (2) Alfredo E. Cotroneo (Gen.Mgr of IRRS) (Italy) in InterNet (3) Rainer Henrich (Switzerland) in InterNet (4) Medium Wave News via ARC (5) WB via DSWCI via ARC (6) Freddy Hjalmarson (Sweden) in Distance 2/92 (7) BBCMS via DSWCI via ARC (8) Distance 1/92 (9) HJM in DSWCI via ARC (10) Jacobs/RNMN via Communications via Distance 2/92 (11) Esa H{nninen (12) Chris Lobdell in Boston Area DXers Log (13) SDR Magazin via Kurier (14) Jari Korhonen (15) I.Hegedus (Hungary) via Play-DX 675 (16) Horst Rauch (Germany) in Play-DX 675 (17) Dario Monferini (Italy) in Play-DX 675 (18) ASWP via Contact (UK) (19) MB via Contact (UK) (20) World of Radio via Contact (UK) (21) Jari Vanhatalo (22) BBCMS via BDXC via Contact (UK) (23) Martin Reynolds via Contact (UK) (24) Dave Porter via Contact (UK) (25) Rumen Pankov via BE via ARC (26) Aart van Eck (Holland) via ARC (27) BBCMS via BDXC via ARC (28) Jukka Soini (29) FRS Goes DX via DX-Fokus (30) Arto Mujunen in DXtra 28.1.92 (31) POS in Frekvensnytt (32) Risto Kotalampi (33) Jan Oscarsson (Sweden) in Distance 2/92 (34) RNMN via Communication via Distance 2/92 (35) G.Grigoriev in Communication via Distance 2/92 (36) Communication no.206 via Distance 2/92 (37) H}kan Sundman (38) Jyrki Hyt|nen