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:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2118--Oct. 30, 1990 ::
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Shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden.
This week's bulletin was written by Agnes Carbon.
Electronic Edition edited by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2118
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This is the last edition of Sweden Calling DXers in our "old" format.
Starting next week the program goes to twice a month (first and third
Tuesdays), as does the Electronic Edition. The focus of the program will
shift, towards more Nordic electronic media news (satellite radio and TV, for
example). There will be less shortwave news. But contributions are still very
welcome, as is feedback on the new format.
Thanks to all of you who have supported us over the years, and we hope you
will continue to support us in the future. (George Wood)
AUSTRALIA--Radio Australia has announced that, after 30 years, it will cease
broadcasting in Japanese at the end of this year. It is instead looking for
other ways to service Japan by broadcasting, for example, via local FM
stations. (Volker Wachtendorf, Germany)
COSTA RICA--Here is the schedule for Radio for Peace International's English
language broadcasts: on weekdays at 20:00-23:00 on 21565 and 13630 kHz; at
23:30-03:00 on 21565, 13630 and 7375 (USB) kHz; at 03:15-06:45 on 7375 (USB).
At weekends at 18:00-00:30 on 21565 and 13630 kHz and 00:45-13:45 on 7375
USB) kHz. (Radio Canada International via BBC Monitoring)
CZECKOSLOVAKIA--There have been 49 applications from non-governmental
organizations for broadcasting licences in Czechoslavakia. 15 are from
foreign applicants, including the BBC World Service, Voice of America, Radio
Luxembourg, and the Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio.
The BBC World Service and Radio France International have been given
temporary authorisation to broadcast over Czechoslovak transmitters. (BBC
Monitoring)
GABON--Africa No. 1 broadcasts news in English on Sundays at 18:50 on 9580
and 15475 kHz. (Rumen Pankon, Bulgaria)
GERMANY--Deutsche Welle uses the following former Radio Berlin International
frequencies for its English broadcasts to North America: at 01:00, 03:00 and
05:00 on hrs 11890, 13610, 13770 and 15440 kHz (6155 kHz at 01:00 and 6040
kHz at 03:00 are extra frequencies). (Volker Wachtendorf)
INDONESIA--Radio Nasional RRI Jakarta was heard from 14:00-16:00 in
Indonesian on 9680 kHz. (Unlisted in WRTH 90.) (Rumen Pankon)
ITALY--After a series of 24-hour maintenance shifts, the IRRS transmitter in
Milan has been fixed. Normal operations were resumed on 21st October. The
schedule is: 07:00-08:15 on 9810 kHz and 08:15-15:30 on 9815 kHz. 9860 kHz is
an alternative channel. Broadcasts include programs from United Nations
Radio, a mailbag program in English at 08:15 and a monthly DX program on the
2nd Sunday of each month at 10:45. (Alfredo Cotroneo, Italian Radio Relay
Service).
SOUTH KOREA--The Radio Korea relay to eastern North America, using the
transmitters of Radio Canada International, has been retimed to 11:30-11:59
hrs. The new frequency is 9650 kHz., replacing 11715. (Tom Sundstrom, New
Jersey, USA)
LEBANON--Following the fall of General Aoun, his radio station, the Lebanese
Radio, announced that it supports the legal Lebanese governement. This
station which was first observed in November 1989, is now believed to operate
on VHF/FM only. (BBC Monitoring)
NEW ZEALAND--Radio New Zealand's schedule is: 00:00-06:30 on 17675 kHz,
06:30-08:58 on 9855 kHz, 09:00-11:00 on 9695 kHz, 16:55-21:05 on 15485 kHz,
and 21:05-24:00 on 17675 kHz. (Volker Wachtendorf)
SAUDI ARABIA/IRAQ--The Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
General Service from Riyad has been observed on 11990 kHz. The same service
was noted in parallel on 6055 kHz. Both frequencies were formerly used by
Radio Kuwait, and have been taken over by Radio Baghdad or Iraq's Voice of
the Masses. (BBC Monitoring)
SPAIN--Spanish Foreign Radio is now broadcasting to Europe and the Middle
East at 19:00 hrs on 15395, 11790, and 9875 kHz. (Tom Sundstrom)
TAIWAN--The Voice of Free China from Taiwan is broadcasting to Europe, using
the transmitters of WYFR in Florida, at 20:00 hrs in French, 21:00 hrs in
German, and 22:00 hrs in English on 9852.5 and 11805 kHz. (Tom Sundstrom)
USA--Due to events in the Middle East, WCSN made some changes to its
schedule: in English at 18:00 and 19:05-19:55, 11650 kHz has been dropped to
Northeast Asia and 13720 kHz added to Southeast Asia. In French, at
18:05-18:55, 13625 has been replaced by 13720 kHz to New Caledonia/French
Polynesia. All the German broadcasts to Northeast Asia on 11650 kHz have been
discontinued. (Mike Terry, England)
USSR--Frunze 20 (Petrozavodsk) broadcasts in German on Saturdays at 14:00 on
9735 kHz, which causes interference with Radio Moscow Chinese broadcast on
the same frequency. (Rumen Pankov)
Radio Kiev has a new English schedule. They're broadcasting to Europe at
21:00 hrs on 9610, 9600, 7280, 7240, and 7250 kHz. To North America at
midnight UTC, the current frequencies are now: 17690, 17665, 15180, 12000,
11790, and 11675 kHz. (Tom Sundstrom)
UNOFFICIAL RADIO--The Free Voice of Iran, Voice of the Crusader and the Voice
of the Ahwas revolution, all anti-Iranian clandestine stations broadcasting
via the facilities of Iraqi Radio, are no longer heard. The latter station's
frequency 1431 kHz has been carrying Iraqi Radio's Voice of the Masses
service.
However, there are still anti-Iranian stations broadcasting from the Kurdish
areas of Iran and Iraq or from outside the Iran/Iraq area. (BBC Monitoring)
Indian authorities are hunting for a clandestine radio station operated by
Moslem secessionists broadcasting in Kashmir. The station, which calls itself
"Our Kashmir", has announced that it will operate on different frequencies
every Friday in the morning and the evening. (BBC Monitoring)
DX MEETING--The first international gathering of DXers and SWLs in the Soviet
Union will be held in Leningrad from the 6th to the 9th of December. The
meeting will be arranged by Inter Radio, an independent radio club having
both amateur radio and SWL sections. The meeting is supported by the Finnish
DX Association. The program will include lectures, presentations of
equipment, a visit to a local broadcasting station, visits to the homes of
local SWLs as well as sight-seeing in Leningrad.
To participate, please contact Jukka Heikinheimo, Box 118, SF-15111 Lahti,
Finland. (Finnish DX association)
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Sweden Calling DXers is the world's oldest radio program for shortwave
listeners. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news, features,
and interviews since 1948. The program is now broadcast on the first and
third Tuesday of each month. RS broadcasts to North America:
15:30 hrs on 17880 and 21500 kHz
02:00 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz
03:30 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz
To Latin America:
23:30 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz
To Europe, Africa, and the Middle East:
18:00 hrs on 1179, 6065, 9655, and 11900 kHz
19:30 hrs on 6065 and 7265 kHz
22:00 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
23:30 hrs on 1179 kHz
01:00 hrs on 1179 kHz
And to Asia and the Pacific:
12:30 hrs on 11715, 17740, and 21570 kHz
14:00 hrs on 9765 and 21610 kHz
01:00 hrs on 9770 kHz
The Radio Sweden schedule to Europe in Swedish, English, German, French, and
Spanish can be found on EuroSport (on cable and on the Astra and Eutelsat I-
F4 satellites) Tele-Text page 496.
Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood to Swedish telex 11738,
CompuServe (via the HamNet Forum or Easyplex 70247,3516), through the FidoNet
system to 2:202/297 or to SM0IIN at the packet radio BBS SM0ETV.
Reports can also be sent to:
Radio Sweden
S-105 10 Stockholm
Sweden
Contributions should be NEWS about electronic media--from shortwave to
satellites--and not loggings of information already available from sources
such as the "World Radio TV Handbook". Clubs and DX publications may reprint
material as long as Sweden Calling DXers and the original contributor are
acknowledged, with the exception of items from BBC Monitoring, which are
copyright.
We welcome comments and suggestions about the electronic edition, Sweden
Calling DXers, and our programs in general.
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