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:: MediaScan ::
:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2149--Feb. 4, 1992 ::
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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 SCDX2149
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
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SATELLITE RADIO:
SWEDEN--Radio Sweden has signed a contract to relay our broadcasts over the
Tele-X satellite at 5 degrees East. We'll be using the TV4 transponder on
12.207 GHz and the audio subcarrier at 7.38 MHz. Our special satellite
service is due to begin on March 30th, but sometime in the next few days
we'll start putting out our current shortwave schedule, as a test.
Tele-X is a direct broadcast satellite aimed at the Nordic region, so it
won't be available in all of Europe. But I've noticed that the satellite has
been mentioned in the satellite TV column in the British "Short Wave
Magazine", so it seems to be receivable in the UK.
We've almost completed negotiations with Astra about a spot on the 1A
satellite. That should be in operation by March 30th, and we'll give you more
details when the contract is signed.
Please note that the first program of our English broadcast day is now the
13:30 hrs broadcast, rather than the 19:30 hrs transmission. This means, for
example, that many listeners will now once again hear Sweden Calling DXers on
Tuesday, rather than Wednesday.
SWITZERLAND--Swiss Radio International will be using Astra 1A transponder 9,
on 11.332 GHz, on the 7.2 MHz subcarrier, "sometime this year." ("SatNews")
FRANCE--Radio France International is now broadcasting to Africa on Intelsat
6-F4 at 27.5 degrees West. Two subcarriers are being used on the Canal France
International transponder, which is C-band 3.912 GHz. (BBC Monitoring)
SATELLITE TELEVISION:
BRIGHTSIDE BROADCASTING--Brightside broadcasting, which claims to be a global
satellite broadcaster. I found them on Canada's Anik E1 satellite at 111.1
degrees West, transponder 23. Gary Bourgois found them earlier, and says
they're being uplinked from Atlanta, Georgia.
The service is also being relayed to other parts of the world on the Russian
Ghorizont 12 and 15 satellites, at 40 degrees East and 14 degrees West. Those
transmissions use the C-Band, which means most European satellite monitors
will be unable to tune in, since European satellite broadcasting is in the
Ku-Band. However, Ghorizont 15 does carry 2 experimental Ku-band
transponders, which offers some possibilities. (Gary Bourgois via InterNet
News)
TVNC--Television Northern Canada is now broadcasting on Anik 1E transponder
19. It broadcasts to Native Americans in the Canadian Arctic in 11 native
languages and English. The intention is to help preserve native culture.
(DX Editor, CNN, and Reuters)
EUTELSAT--Eutelsat 2-F3 has begun operation at 16 degrees, East, but so far
the feared interference with Astra, three degrees away, has not materialized.
Four coded stations have appeared, three in Spanish: Antena Tres at 10.970
GHz, TeleCinco at 11.090, and Canal Plus Espana at 11.176 GHz, and a British
sports channel called Sportcast at 12.525 GHz. None of those are active Astra
frequencies. ("Elektronikvaerlden" and "SatNews")
ASTRA--Astra has ordered its fourth satellite, 1D. It's to be launched during
1994 and will be positioned with the other Astra satellites at 19.2 degrees
East. All of the 1D transponders will be available for high defination
television broadcasts. The German film channel Premiere is the first
broadcaster to sign up for a transponder on 1D. Astra 1C is to be launched
sometime next year. (Astra and "SatNews")
SHORTWAVE:
IRAQ--Radio Iraq International is broadcasting to North America on 11830 kHz
and to South America on 15455 kHz at 23:15-01:15 hrs. This is mainly in
Arabic, but there are news and announcements in English. Iraqi radio is
broadcasting its domestic service in Arabic to Europe between 18:00 and 21:00
hrs on 11740 and 11755 kHz, in parallel with 4600 kHz. (BBC Monitoring)
The clandestine Voice of Rebellious Iraq has been heard on a new frequency of
6330 kHz replacing 7097 kHz, for the 17:30 hrs transmission. (BBC Monitoring)
RUSSIA--There's a new Russian radio station called "Pamyat", which means
"memory". This is run by a royalist organization, and is on the air at 23:00-
midnight:30 hrs on 6145 kHz to Siberia and the Far East, 14:30-16:00 hrs on
7230 to Europe and Western parts of Russia, and 16:00-19:00 hrs on 12060 kHz
to the Moscow area and the northwestern parts of Russia. (Kurt Ringel,
Germany)
A Russian station called Traffic Radio is now heard at 12:00-14:00 hrs on
7200 khz on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The station is also reported
at various times on 6090 and 6200 kHz. (Finnish DX Association "Euronews")
JAPAN--Shortwave Magazine's Peter Shore writes that Radio Japan is to start
relays of up to ten hours a day to Europe from BBC transmitters at Skelton.
Apparently Radio Japan has been dissatisfied with its relays via Gabon.
TURKEY--Kauto Huopio has relayed a report from Internet News that the Voice
of Turkey has apparently finished the repairs that took their English service
off the air. The schedule is now: 21:00 hrs and 04:00 hrs on 9445 kHz, and
23:00 hrs on 11710 kHz. The programs are 50 minutes long.
SOMALIA--In medium wave news, as the troubles continue in Somalia, Radio
Mogadishu has reappeared on 962 kHz. BBC Montoring says shortwave 7198 kHz
has so far not been traced.
THE HISTORY OF RADIO:
EMPIRE OF THE AIR--Empire of the Air, a documentary by Ken Burns was
broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States on January
29th, and relayed on PBS's 3 transponders on the Spacenet 1 satellite. The
program was about the early history of radio, as told through the stories of
three pioneers: Lee deForest, who invented the vacuum tube, David Sarnoff,
head of RCA and its network NBC, and Howard Armstrong, the inventor of the
the first decent radio receiver, who according to the program lost his patent
to deForest because of a legal technicality, and who's invention of FM was
obstructed by Sarnoff because it was a threat to AM broadcasting.
PUBLICATIONS:
WRTH--The 1992 Edition of the World Radio Handbook is out, and as usual it's
the best reference around to the world's broadcast stations, on shortwave,
medium wave, FM, and TV. The section on the old Soviet Union is accurate up
to last November, but a bit has happened since then. The handbook does update
itself with a quarterly newsletter. The satellite-TV section is up-to-date,
and once again Jonathan Marks and his team have tested the latest in
shortwave receivers.
This year's WRTH Industry Awards go to the Grundig Yacht Boy 206 as the best
analog portable receiver, the Panasonic RFB-45 as the best digital receiver,
the Japan Radio Company NRD-535 as the best communications receiver, and to
Bandview 1.50i, as the most innovative software program.
There are a number of imitators, but the WRTH is the essential guide for the
broadcast monitor. Once again we'd like to point out that the book is hard to
come by in the Third World, so if you buy a new WRTH, think about donating
your old edition to the Third World radio club. There's a list of clubs
beginning on page 53 in the new edition. (But for me, the photo of my son on
page 443 is the highpoint!)
COMMUNICATIONS GUIDE--We've also received an interesting guide to scanning
and shortwave monitoring called the "1992 Communications Guide." Published by
Popular Communications magazine in magazine format, it includes articles on
shortwave and shortwave antennas, scanning the VHF/UHF bands, radioteletype,
ham radio, utility stations, pirate radio, and much more.
The "1992 Communications Guide" is available in the US for USD 2.50, abroad
for USD 3.50, from Popular Communications, 76 North Broadway, Hicksville, New
York, 11801, USA.
Thanks to Kauto Huopio, Satnews, Wolfgang Schultz, Gary Bourgois, and BBC
Monitoring for their contributons.
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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
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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Thanks to this week's contributors Good Listening!