From: UKTONY@cup.portal.com (Tony C Harding)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SCDX 2139
Date: 7 Sep 91 14:50:38 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2139--Sept. 3, 1991 ::
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Shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden.
This week's bulletin was written by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2139
All times UTC
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SWEDEN:
RADIO SWEDEN--We reported last time on the new hour long medium wave
broadcast in English here on Radio Sweden, beginning on September 29th. The
time of that program has been changed, and it will now be at 19:30-20:30 hrs.
Besides medium wave 1179 kHz, the broadcast will also be relayed on
shortwave: 6065, 9655, and 15270 kHz.
Those same frequencies will be used for Swedish preceeding English at 19:00
hrs. German at 18:00-19:00 hrs will be on 1179, 6065, and 9655 kHz.
Beginning September 29th, the rest of the Radio Sweden English schedule will
be (half hour programs):
Europe:
21:30 hrs 1179 and 6065 kHz
23:30 hrs 1179 kHz
Asia/Pacific:
13:30 hrs 17740 and 21570 kHz
01:00 hrs 9765 kHz
North America:
15:30 hrs 17870 and 21500 kHz
01:00 hrs 9695 and 11705 kHz
02:00 hrs 9695 and 11705 kHz
Latin America:
23:30 hrs 9695 and 11705 kHz
TELEVISION--The contest to see who will be Sweden's third national TV
broadcaster is supposed to be decided this coming Sunday. The original dozen
or so applicants for this country's first commercial TV licence was narrowed
down to four by the selection committee. Since then, that number has been
reduced to two by mergers. The satellite broadcaster TV4, which seems to be
the front-runner, merged with TV-A, a group centered around regional
production companies around the country.
The satellite broadcaster TV3 has merged its application with Rikstelevision,
which is largely owned by the same company, Kinnevik. That new company is
called M3, and if they get the concession, there's a real chance TV4 may
disappear from the air, since it's struggling economically.
On the other hand, if TV4 gets the concession, TV3 will probably continue
using the Astra satellite, since it is already showing a profit and has
separate Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish services.
The new terrestrial channel is due to go on the air in December. But
according to reports, only half the households in the country will be able to
see those first broadcasts. Swedish Telecom hopes to have transmitters
serving most of the country for the new channel by mid-1993.
SOVIET COUP:
The attempted coup in the Soviet Union was reflected on radio and television.
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT/RUSSIA'S RADIO--During the coup, media was tightly
controlled and the Russian Federation's Russia's Radio was off the air. The
Russian parliament was relayed on amateur radio. Here at Radio Sweden we
monitored it in single side band on 14165 kHz. The relays on amateur radio
used the call sign R3A, and were also reported on frequencies around 7040 and
13640 kHz. (Kent Berggren, Swedish Radio and Dimitri Pakitin via Internet
News from Moscow)
Since August 27th, Russia's Radio has become a 24 hour service, replacing the
All-Union Radio-2. (BBC Monitoring)
ECHO OF MOSCOW--Echo of Moscow is an independent radio station in Moscow that
was closed on the first day of the coup. The station went on the air on
August 22nd 1990, and was founded by the Moscow City Council, the Journalism
school at Moscow University, along with an independent radio association and
a local magazine. They have a 10 kW medium wave transmittter on 1206 kHz, and
had planned to begin FM broadcasts later this year.
Radio Netherlands has reported a new 100 kW shortwave transmitter located
just south of Moscow, using 9535 kHz.
Echo of Moscow has issued a plea for equipment, especially portable cassette
recorders, reel to reel tape editing machines, and a studio to transmitter
radio link to free them from dependence on leased phone lines. (Mikvei
Ganapolski via Robert Hortviz on Internet)
RADIO MOSCOW--During the coup Radio Moscow relayed news from the hardliners,
but there have been reports that only a few normal frequencies to North
America were active. Owners of satellite radio and TV reception equipment in
North America could tune into Radio Moscow, as Jim Bass of "Let's Talk
Radio", a program dedicated to radio monitoring, relayed Radio Moscow, on the
Spacenet 3 satellite, transponder 21, using the audio subcarrier at 6.2 MHz.
SATELLITE TV NEWSFEEDS--The CNN feed from Moscow on Galaxy 2 transponder 7
carried lots of material. However, Gary Bourgois, Gary Hughes, and others
report that the CNN feeds, along with those from other news organizations on
Westar 4 and Telstar 301, were sometimes affected by some kind of local
interference, that got worse when they panned towards the Russian parliament
building.
BALTIC REPUBLICS--Estonian Radio was the only station in the Baltic area not
closed or taken over by forces supporting the hardliners. But BBC Monioring
reports that Latvia and Lithuania broadcasting have returned to normal, and
in fact Soviet troops have withdrawn from the Vilnius braodcasting center
which they occupied in January.
USSR--As a result of the coup, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has fired
the head of state broadcasting. Major changes are expected under the new
head, Yegor Yakovlev.
Deutsche Welle has signed an agreement to use the former Soviet jamming
transmitters for relays of programs to Asia. Half the broadcasting time will
be for relays in German, the rest for English and a number of Asian
languages. (BBC Monitoring)
BERLIN FUNK SHOW:
The Funk Show in Berlin is one of the world's major exhibitions devoted to
communications and consumer electronics. It's held every other year. In
today's English edition of Sweden Calling DXers, we talk with Simon Spanswick
of the BBC World Service has just returned from Berlin.
SATELLITE-TV:
JAPAN--Japan has successfully launched a satellite that can be used for high
definition television. BS-3B was launched on August 25th.
ASTRA--We've had several reports of problems with the Astra 1B satellite
during the past weekend. Many of the channels have disappeared, only to
return a few moments later. Everything seems to be alright now, and the
Eurosport and JSTV transponders appear to be stronger. The Children's Channel
also seems to have joined JSTV on the transponder on 11.567 GHz.
SHORT AND MEDIUM WAVE:
YUGOSLAVIA--Croatian Radio has announced shortwave relays on 7240 and 9830
kHz. (BBC Monitoring)
PUBLICATIONS--The 1991 Editor of "Radio Stations in the United Kingdom" has
just been published by the British DX Club. It lists all British medium wave
and FM radio stations, by frequency, with full postal and telephone
information, as well as background information on the various BBC services,
the new Radio Authority, and much more.
It's available for 2 pounds, 4 American dollars or 5 IRCs from the British
DX Club, 54 Birkhall Road, Catford, London, SE6 1TE, England.
COMPUTER CORNER--There's a new computer bulletin board for shortwave
listeners in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The phone number is 305-524-1035.
Thanks to Kauto Huopio for passing on information from Internet News.
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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 17875 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:
17:00 hrs on 1179, 6065, and 9615 kHz
18:30 hrs on 6065 and (Middle East) 15270 kHz
19:30 hrs on 1179, 6065 and 9655 kHz
20:30 hrs on 6065 kHz
22:00 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
23:30 hrs on 1179 kHz
And to Asia and the Pacific:
11:30 hrs on 11960, 17740, and 21570 kHz
13:00 hrs on 11960, 17740, and 21570 kHz
01:00 hrs on 9765 kHz
Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to +468-667-6283,
from Internet, MCI Mail or CompuServe (to the CompuServe mailbox 70247,3516),
through the FidoNet system to 2:201/697 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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