From: xberri@quark2.aero.org (Jason E. Berri)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SCDX 2145
Date: 10 Dec 91 07:04:00 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
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:: MediaScan ::
:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2145--Dec. 3, 1991 ::
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Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden.
This week's bulletin was written by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2145
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
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NORDIC/BALTIC:
ESTONIA--Our DX Editor has just returned from a visit to Estonia. We'll be
featuring Radio Estonia in the English edition of the program this week and
next week. In January we'll be talking with the Program Director of Estonian
Radio about broadcasting in that country.
Radio Estonia broadcasts in English Mondays and Thursdays at 20:30-21:00 hrs
UTC on 1035 and 5925 kHz. Swedish is broadcast daily at 20:00 hrs. The
broadcasts are also carried locally on two FM channels: 69.32 MHz in the
Eastern European FM band, and on 101.6 MHz in the Western FM band.
That last frequency is also used for the special Radio Tallinn service for
tourists during the summer. The rest of the time it relays Estonian Radio's
Channel 2 domestic service.
FINLAND--Estonians have been able to watch TV and listen to radio from
neighboring Finland. This includes Radio Finland's new FM service on 103.7
MHz. Besides Radio Finland programs in various languages, it also now
includes relays from BBC World Service, the Voice of America, and large
amounts of Deutsche Welle.
SWEDEN/TV4--The transmitters for the new third national TV network have begun
testing to a number of major cities. The first test pattern from Swedish
Telecom went on the air Monday morning. The winner of the licence, TV4, began
using the transmitters later Monday, although the station won't be officially
beginning terrestrial broadcasts until March. What that means is that they
won't have to start paying the government for their licence until then.
The Stockholm transmitter is on channel 42.
TV4 continues to broadcast over the Swedish Tele-X direct broadcast
satellite. The parallel broadcast to Norway using the Intelsat at 1 degree
West, has switched from PAL to D-MAC, shifting transponders. That also on
Monday.
RADIO NORTHSEA INTERNATIONAL--On that same Intelsat transponder, Radio
Northsea International has confirmed that Radio Caroline will be using their
signal for daily programs at 22:00 to 23:00 hrs. Radio Northsea, along with
Radio Caroline and Radio Nord, will be switching to the TV Norge transponder
at the end of the year, on 11.019 GHz. (Jan Johansson)
RADIO Z/TV4--We've also reported on Radio Z, which is in fact a television
program that's been broadcast to Sweden weekdays over TV3, and relayed on a
number of community radio stations defying the law against commercials. The
strange thing was that since TV3 broadcasts from London, Radio Z was using
TV5 Nordic's transponder on the Tele-X satellite to carry the signal. Most
Swedes didn't notice the exact same program was on two of the country's three
satellite broadcasters, because cable networks were still getting Nordic off
their old transponder on Eutelsat II-F1.
That transponder closed December 1st. The following day, Radio Z resumed
operations, still using the Tele-X satellite, but switching to the TV4
transponder, and not relayed on TV3. So, after being carried simultaneously
by two of Sweden's three satellite broadcasters, Radio Z is now being carried
by the third. But that's just one Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Tuesdays
and Thursdays the programs are still on TV3, although no one there could tell
us how they were reaching London. (Apparently scrambled via TV5 Nordic.)
Confusing? It's all because the company that owns TV3 is now the biggest
individual owner of TV4.
SCOLA/TV4--The Scola Satellite Network transmits live and near-live
rebroadcasts of TV newscasts from around the world. Scola using the Spacenet
2 satellite at 69 degrees West, transponder 23. What's interesting is that
Sweden's TV4 is now included in the schedule. Its newscasts are carried on a
delayed basis weekdays local time at 05:00 hrs UTC.
By the way, Radio France International is also carried on Scola, using the
audio subcarrier at 5.8 MHz. (Anthony Pavick, USA)
SATELLITE BROADCASTING/WORLDWIDE:
GLOBAL TELEVISION--A Florida company and two Soviet agencies are teaming up
to start the Global Television Network. The network wouild originate in
Moscow and would use a global satellite system previously used to beam
programs to American embassies. (AP-DJ)
SATELLITE BROADCASTING/EUROPE:
SUPER CHANNEL--Super Channel is reported to be negotiating with Astra about
taking a transponder on Astra 1B. Super Channel is currently broadcasting on
Eutelsat II-F1, and carries BBC World Service among its sound channels.
("Info-Sat" magazine, Germany)
AFTER TWELVE--We've reported how the planned adult movie channel "After 12"
was denied access to a transponder on Astra. "After 12" will make its
satellite debut on December 20th on Eutelsat II-F2, at 10 degrees East, using
the transponder on 11.596 GHz recently abandoned by the Spanish Galavision.
("SatNews")
SPORTSCAST--Sportscast on Eutelsat I-F4 at 7 degrees East is a subscription
service operated by British Aerospace, mainly directed to bars and clubs.
Recently, it's been in the clear for all to enjoy. (Super Text "In Orbit")
WORLD RADIO NETWORK--While a cable network in, Britain say, wouldn't want to
relay all of Radio Sweden coming broadcasts via the Astra satellite in German
and Swedish as well as English, that network might be interested in relaying
a channel of English-language programs from different broadcasters. Now a
British company is actually offering time-sharing, using one of the Sky
transponders on Astra.
The company is called the World Radio Network, and they are planning to begin
in the first quarter of 1992. They promise more channels in other languages,
probably starting with French and German.
They are also offering a line across the Atlantic and time on an unnamed
American private shortwave station.
SATELLITE BROADCASTING/NORTH AMERICA:
ABC--American satellite monitors were disappointed when the ABC network began
scrambling its signals earlier this year. However, the ABC East feed is often
carried in the clear on the Galaxy 6 satellite, transponder 18. (Felipe
Vicini, on CompuServe)
VOA--GTE Spacenet has signed a contract with the United States Information
Agency to provide satellite services for relays of the Voice of America
network. So Americans may be able to tune in to VOA programs off satellite
some time in the near future. (AP-DJ)
PBS--The Public Broadcasting Service has announced that it has purchased
enough space on the Telstar 401 satellite to carry 20 programs at the same
time. This would begin in 1993, when the satellite is due to be launched.
Telstar will carry both C band and Ku band transponders. ("SatNews")
RADIO NEW YORK WORLDWIDE--If all goes well the reformed pirate operators of
Radio New York International will be adding satellite distribution to their
Sunday night broadcasts currently heard on WWCR on 7435 khz at 02:00-06:00
hrs. They even want to add an additional two hours before the shortwave
broadcast, to be used to feed Radio for Peace International in Costa Rica. It
everything works, look for Radio New York International on the Spacenet 3
satellite, transponder 21, at 6.2 MHz. (Gary Bourgois, Internet News, via
Kauto Huopio)
SATELLITE BROADCASTING/ASIA:
JAPAN--Six new satellite TV stations are due to begin in April. (Radio Japan
via BBC Monitoring)
A Japanese company currently provides 440 cable radio channels. There are
plans to expand the system to 1000 channels within 5 years, with the ultimate
aim of 2000 channels.
Since the Japanese are addicted to background sounds, the offerings include
such things as steam trains, roosters, cows, army songs from World War II,
and ringing bells. ("SatNews")
SHORTWAVE:
BANGLADESH--Radio Bangladesh seems to have put at least one, if not both
external service transmitters back on the air. English has been heard by
Sunil Deep at 12:30-13:00 hrs on 15200 kHz. (Sunil Deep in "Union of Asian
DXers Newsletter")
BHUTAN--Bhutan is now broadcasting daily except Sundays at 11:00-15:00 hrs on
5025 kHz, and Sundays 05:00-10:00 hrs on 6035. ("UADX Newsletter")
CUBA--Radio Havana Cuba is now broadcasting in English to Europe at 20:00 hrs
on 9760 kHz. (Dave Evans, UK)
INDIA--All India Radio has been heard on a new frequency in English, 15080
kHz, in parallel with 9950 and 11620 kHz at 19:00 hrs. (Victor Goonetilleke
in "UADX Newsletter")
Sedai Hurriate Kashmir can be heard at 02:30-03:30, 11:30-12:30, and 14:00-
15:00 hrs on 5000 kHz and 16:30-17:30 hrs on 5000 and 5900 kHz. (Kanwarjit
Sandhu in "Union of Asian DXers Newsletter")
IRAQ--The Iraqi Embassy in Brussels says Radio Baghdad will very soon be
resuming broadcasts in English, to Europe at 18:00-23:00 hrs on 11740 kHz and
to North America at 23:00-01:00 hrs on 11830 kHz. (BRT's "Radio World"
program, relayed by BBC Monitoring)
Iraqi Radio's service in Kurdish has shifted from 6540 to 6560 kHz. The
clandestine Voice of the People of Kurdistan is now broadcasting at 14:00-
15:00 hrs on 3970 and 5545 kHz. This program is repeated the following day at
04:30-05:30 hrs on the same frequencies. (BBC Monitoring)
LITHUANIA--The independent Lithuanian station Radio Centras was to begin
broadcasting in German November 30th. Their schedule is now Enlgish at 07:00,
German at 07:40, and Esperanto at 07:50 hrs on the last Saturday of every
month, on 9710 kHz. (BBC Montoring)
UKRAINE--With the Ukraine voting for independence, it might be interesting to
tune in to Radio Kiev. This station has been heard, presumeably in German, at
03:45-04:45 hrs on 936 and 4825 kHz; at 18:00-19:00 hrs on 5960, 6010, 6020,
and 6090 kHz; and at 21:00-22:00 hrs on 6020 and 9820 kHz. (Karl Heinz
Leuther, Germany)
IDENTIFIED STATION/PIRATES--A few weeks ago we had a report of an
unidentified station with music on 6305 kHz. Richard Jones in California says
in his part of the world, the Cuban exile station La Voz del CID can be heard
on this frequency. But since our listener was here in Europe, Richard,
suggests the pirate station Weekend Music Radio, which is listed as using
6305 kHz as an alternate frequency.
A British pirate station called Radio Fax has been heard on 3910 kHz between
23:00 and 00:30 hrs. The program on November 25th includes a "Radio
World" program about various media. (Dieter Kuckelkorn, Germany)
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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 on Tuesdays since 1948.
Radio Sweden broadcasts to Europe in English at 19:30-20:30 hrs on medium
wave 1179 kHz, as well as shortwave 6065, 9655, and 15270 kHz.
The rest of the Radio Sweden English schedule is (half hour programs):
To Europe:
21:30 hrs 1179 and 6065 kHz
23:30 hrs 1179 kHz
To Asia/Pacific:
13:30 hrs 17740 and 21570 kHz
01:00 hrs 9765 kHz
To North America:
15:30 hrs 17870 and 21500 kHz
01:00 hrs 9695 and 11705 kHz
02:00 hrs 9695 and 11705 kHz
To Latin America:
23:30 hrs 9695 and 11705 kHz
15:30 hrs on 17875 and 21500 kHz
02:00 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz
03:30 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz
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from Internet, MCI Mail or CompuServe (to the CompuServe mailbox 70247,3516),
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SM0ETV.
Reports can also be sent to:
Radio Sweden
S-105 10 Stockholm
Sweden
Contributions should be NEWS about electronic media--from shortwave to
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Thanks to this week's contributors, especially Kauto Huopio Good Listening!
--
Jason Berri [berri@aero.org]
[SPEEDX USSR Editor - send email for more info on the SPEEDX SWL club]