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:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2060--Sept. 12, 1989 ::
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Shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden.
This week's bulletin was written by Bengt Dalhammar.
Electronic Edition edited by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2060
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CHINA--Radio Beijing can be heard in English with good strength at 14:00 hrs
and at 15:00 hrs on 11795 kHz, which is a new frequency, and 15165 kHz. (P.
Duryodhana, India)
CPBS-1 has been heard with fade in around 14:00 hrs on the unlisted
frequency of 1368 kHz in parallel with 1359 kHz. The Voice of the Strait has
also been noted fading in around 13:30 hrs, and then heard until 16:26 hrs,
on 4900 kHz in parallel with 6000 kHz. (Valery Ostroverh, USSR)
COLOMBIA--Radio Sutatenza, which now belongs to the Caracol chain, can be
heard regularly at 06:00 hrs on 810 kHz with local music and news.
(Evangelista Gerardo, Argentina) Radio Sutatenza has also been noted in
Spanish with fair to good strength at 04:00 hrs on 5075 kHz. (Gerd Wedemayer,
West Germany)
Caracol Villavicencio has been observed with fair signals talking about
Colombia at 0320 hours on 5955 kHz. (Dan Olsson, "ShortWave Bulletin",
Sweden)
CUBA--Radio Habana Cuba can now be heard in Spanish to Europe from 18:00 hrs
to 20:00 hrs on 15230, 15295 and 17710 kHz. (Eva Maria Solanes Morros, Spain)
Radio Habana Cuba has also been noted in Spanish from 18:00 hrs onwards on
the new frequency of 21670 kHz. (Valery Ostroverh)
IRELAND--LMFM, located in the northeastern part of Eire came on the air
Sunday Sept 3rd on 95.8 MHz. Century Radio came on the air Sept 4th only in
Dublin (103 MHz), Cork (98.8 MHz), and Limerick (98.4 MHz). Century Radio
will within a few months be on 1143 kHz as well as on other FM frequencies.
(Barry Hennessy, Ireland)
Updating SCDX-2057, Atlantic 252 began regular broadcasting on Sept lst
at 07:00 hrs on 254 kHz and is now scheduled to operate from 05:00 hrs to
18:00 hrs. The address of the station is Atlantic 252, Box 252, London W1E
2RA, England. (Roy Patrick, Christopher Hancock, E. Janard, all England, and
Volker Wachtendorf, West Germany.)
ITALY--Radio Benacus in Verona has now been reactivated and can be heard with
German and Italian identifications around 03:30 hours on 1584 kHz where they
operate with 5 kW. Radio San Luchino also operates on 1584 kHz. The address
of this station is Via San Luca 35, 40135 Bologna, Italy. Radio Europe has
been noted from 08:30 hours to 10:00 hrs on 7294 kHz. (Giuseppe Zella, Franco
Magrone, and Dario Monferini, "Play-DX", Italy)
LEBANON--Sawt al Sha'ab (the Voice of the People) broadcasts in parallel on
936 and 1188 kHz. Programs in English can be heard from 11:00 hrs to 11:30
hrs. (Bo Goeran Karlsson, Sweden)
MAYOTTE--RFO Mayotte can often be heard after 17:30 hrs on 1458 kHz, when the
Voice of the Maldives has signed off on the same frequency. RFO Mayotte is
not featured in the WRTH l989, except in the frequency list. (Maarten van
Delft, back from a vacation in the Maldives)
MEXICO--Radio Educacion in Mexico City was noted occasionally during the end
of August with fair to good strength from 05:10 hrs onwards on 6185 kHz. This
channel is also used by the Vatican Radio, which signs off after 06:10 and
leaves the channel free. (F. Mendola, "Play-DX")
MONTSERRAT--The Deutsche Welle short wave relay station was closed at the end
of June and the Deutsche Welle financial and technical support to Radio
Antilles will end on December 31. This will make the future of the station
uncertain and with that the relay facilities on MW and FM of the CBC, VOA and
BBC. (Maarten van Delft, Netherlands)
NAMIBIA--The South West African Broadcasting Corporation at Windhoek has been
heard in Afrikaans at 05:00 hrs on 3270 and 3290 kHz. (Evangelista Gerardo,
Argentina) The SWABC has also been noted in English at 21:45 hours on 3270
kHz. (Gerd Wedemayer)
NEW ZEALAND--Radio New Zealand has for some time, been using 15485 kHz
instead of 15150 l8:30-07:30 hrs. 11780 kHz is in parallel. Radio New Zealand
is also on the air from 09:00 hrs to l2:05 hours on 9850 and ll780 kHz. Radio
New Zealand can currently be heard in Europe from fade in around 05:30 hrs to
sign off at 07:30 hrs on l5485 kHz. (Volker Wachtendorf)
PHILIPPINES--Radio Veritas Asia can now be heard in English to South Asia
from 01:30 hrs to 02:00 hrs on 15220 and 15360 kHz and from 15:00 hrs to
15:30 hrs on 9525 and 15445 kHz. (Vasudev E. Parikh, India) There are also
programs in Hindi from Radio Veritas Asia, which can be heard from 03:00 hrs
to 03:25 hrs on 15360 and 17790 kHz and from 15:30 hrs to 15:55 hours on 9525
and 15445 kHz. (Manoj D. Bawda, India)
SRI LANKA--Due to the continuing diffcult situation in Sri Lanka the Deutsche
Welle Trincomalee station is not yet fully operational. Only 2 of the 3 250
shortwave transmitters are on the air and the 600 kW MW transmitter is
running at only 400 kW.
The station is on the air in German from 07:00 hrs to 10:00 hrs and from
10:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs, both on 21640 kHz and from 18:00 hrs to 19:55 hours
on 21570 kHz. English can be heard from 02:00 hrs to 02:50 hours on 9615 and
11835 kHz, from 09:00 hrs to 09:50 hours on 17770 kHz, from 16:00 hrs to
16:50 hrs on 6170 and 7225 kHz, from 19:00 hrs to 19:50 hrs on 17810 kHz and
finally from 21:00 hrs to 21:50 hrs on 9670 and 11785 kHz. (Maarten van
Delft, who has spent a part of his holidays in Sri Lanka)
UNITED KINGDOM--The new independent station FOX FM is currently testing in
the Oxford and Banbury area on 102.6 MHz. The official start of FOX FM is
scheduled for September 15th. (Bradley Allen, England)
VATICAN CITY--There has been a slight change in the Scandinavian programs
from Vatican Radio. Either Danish or Norwegian is broadcast on Mondays,
Swedish on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and Finnish on
Fridays and Saturdays. All programs are broadcast at 19:15 hours on 1611,
6185, 9755 and 11715 kHz. (Lars Rooth, Vatican Radio)
YEMEN ARAB REP--Radio Sanaa has been heard from 15:00 hrs onwards with good
strength on 5950 kHz using the new 300 kW transmitter. The program consisted
of news, a drama and finally a reading from the Koran. (T. Akabayashi, "SW DX
Guide", Japan)
DX MEETING--A convention of shortwave listeners and DXers will be held near
Auckland, New Zealand during the Easter Holiday Weekend April 13 to 16, l990.
This convention will be hosted by the local branch group of the N.Z. Radio DX
League at a beautiful coastal location 60 kilometers north of Auckland. 1990
is a special year for New Zealand, with celebrations including 200 years of
European settlement and 150 years of nationhood. You can write to our
contributor Douglas Doull, Box 3011, Auckland, New Zealand for further
information.
PUBLICATIONS--On CompuServe a number of people have been wondering where the
"International Listening Guide" has gone. Many people have not received an
issue since the December, 1988 issue, which ran out in March this year. And
Robin Viegas in India says "I ordered a one year subscription in March this
year of the "International Listening Guide" but I have not heard anything
since then.
Does anyone know what's happened to the ILG? It's been an excellent guide,
and it would be a shame if it has suddenly vanished.
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listeners. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news, features,
and interviews on Tuesdays since 1948. RS broadcasts to North America:
15:30 hrs on 17880 and 21610 kHz
03:00 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz
To Europe, Africa, and the Middle East:
15:30 hrs on 21675 kHz (East Africa)
17:00 hrs on 1179, 6065, and 9615 kHz
21:00 hrs on 1179, 9655 and 11705 kHz
And to Asia and the Pacific:
12:30 hrs on 17705 and 21610 kHz
14:00 hrs on 17705 and 21610 kHz
01:00 hrs on 15390 and 17790 kHz
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Service, Sky Text, on page 496.
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