JEMBATAN DX NO.138 October 14, 2002
edited by Juichi Yamada
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Contribution on this issue is:
George Maroti, U.S.A.
DXplorer, U.S.A.
DX Window, Denmark
EDXP, AUSTRALIA
Juichi Yamada, JAPAN
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FROM EDITOR
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I will go to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 18-20. Althogh it will be very short trip, I will bring some
radio receivers and investigate broadcast in Kuala Lumpur. I will report the result of this in the next Jembatan
DX.
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DX LOGGINGS
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INDONESIA
4606.4, RRI Serui, 1116-1130 Sep 28, Was surprised to find this one still hanging in there. Indo pops until
1129,when an OM spoke briefly. Then, they played what I assume is their own interval signal (again I never heard
this one before) ID at BoH as "Radio Republic Indonesia Serui" by an OM. SINPO was 24332.
(Sep 28, 2002, George Maroti-NY, U.S.A.)
4753.35, RRI Makassar, 1057-1109 Sep 28, This one's been regular the past week. Indo pops withYL vcls,
thenbrief talk by OM. At 1059 what I presume to be the Makassar interval signal; I've never heard this one
before.At ToH, into presumed news, followed by an "anthem" or patriotic song. SINPO 23333.
(Sep 28, 2002, George Maroti-NY, U.S.A.)
4925, RRI Jambi, 1101-1106 Sep 28, Call to prayer at tune-in, then talk by YL, followed by a song with YL
vocals. SINPO 22332 with some ute and sweeper QRM.
(Sep 28, 2002, George Maroti-NY, U.S.A.)
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DX NEWS
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AUSTRALIA
HCJB, 100 kw, is aiming for a startup target date of Dec 22, 2002. HCJB Australia will b/c in EG
only at first for ten hours each day, with five hours for the So. Pacific and five hours for Asia.
The HFCC recently granted fyqs, which will include the fqys that HCJB has already been using to
reach the So.Pac. Once the Australian site goes on-line, HCJB will no longer b/c to the So.Pac
directly from Ecuador. For India, they will start on 15130, and then change later in the day to 1
5135. They will probably QSL from the studios in Melbourne, although the details have yet to be
worked out. For more info, see <http://hcjb.org> E-mail is office@hcjb.org.au
(DXPL via Cumbre, DXLD; for more info see DXLD 2-150 via DXplorer)
OFF-BAND STATIONS - 1611-1701 kHz
Interrogation of the Australian Communications Authority on-line master listing reveals that there
are now 289 approved licences for "Narrowband Area Service" (NAS) stations in the range 1611-1701 kHz.
Most of these are not operating, and the owners have paid the licence fees to secure a form of
"squatters' rights" to specific channels in defined localities. Maximum antenna power input is
limited to 400 Watts, but monitoring and enforcement by ACA people only occurs if a genuine complaint
is received. Spectrum bandwidth is limited to 6 kHz (double sideband AM), with actual audio being
confined to 0.3-2.6 kHz. In-band stations are permitted to operate to a 9 kHz spectrum usage, but
in practice, actual audio bandwidth is still around the 3 kHz cut-off.
One such owner is "Heart N Soul Productions", which has 21 registrations across Australia, all on t
he single frequency of 1638kHz. It is believed that only two of these are active, in Melbourne and
Sydney, using the title "Arab Radio", and locally known as 3ME and 2ME respectively.
One network is "Promo Radios Australia", based here in Melbourne, which operates as Radio Salsa on
1629 kHz, from a transmitter in the western suburb of Williamstown. This is 24-hrs, with no advertising,
continuous music format, and very few announcements. There is one ID announcement each day, for about
three minutes, generally given between 5.30 and 6.00 pm (0730-0800 UTC), consisting of brief notes
about Melbourne's weather. The station is also known as "Melbourne
Radio 1629".
Promo Radios Australia runs one other station, in Dalby, Queensland, on 1611 kHz, which has locally
produced
programming. A third station is at Moama, NSW, 1620 kHz, but that's is not on the air, due to lack
of suitable technical people in the area to manage it.
Very soon, Radio Salsa (Melbourne) 1629 kHz will make a major change to its format, will carry relays
of Sydney's 2WS, 1611 kHz, which serves Sydney's Western suburbs. The Melbourne relay will be from 6
am to 6 pm local time (2000-00800 UTC) daily, and will be the same program as on 2WS. Advertisements
for products in Sydney and Melbourne will be
carried.
Radio Salsa has another station being set up, in Adelaide, and is being sited at Old Noarlunga on 1620 kHz.
Commencement is imminent.
Chinese language programming is also proposed for the Melbourne station, and this will start as soon as
technical
requirements have been arranged.
Reception reports for the Melbourne station are handled by your writer - please use my personal address,
and return postage is mandatory. To date very few reports have been received, due to the non-stop music
format with very few
announcements to generate verifiable program detail. The 2WS relay will provide greater opportunity for
gathering specific content for inclusion in reception reports.
There is no "log" of actual song titles, tracks played, or performers, most of which are from CDs.
Please visit http://clix.to/promoradios for detailed information and a coverage map!
A reminder that EDXP will be releasing the second edition of the printed "Guide to Australian Extended
Band Broadcasting Stations" in January.
BBC EVERYWHERE!
People in Melbourne don't really have to fiddle with shortwave to hear the BBC English services!
It's currently being relayed on these Melbourne AM stations:
1179 kHz 3RPH midnight-6 am (1400-2000 UTC)
1026 kHz ABC Newsradio 1 pm-2 pm (0300-0400 UTC), 8.30 pm-9 pm
(1030-1100 UTC), 11 pm-2.00 pm (1300-1600 UTC), 4.00 am-5.00 am
(1800-1900 UTC)
1224 kHz SBS midnight-6 am (1400-2000 UTC)
Those UTC timings will change on October 27 when we move to Summer Time.
(Oct 11, 2002, EDXP No.273)
CHINA
Updated schedule of Xizang PBS, Tibet (Compare with Ishiiﾕs QSL in DX-Window no.202. Ed):
Tibetan channel: 2250-0735 & 0950-1650 on 4905, 4920, 6110, 6130, 6200 & 5240; 2250-0200 on 7385 &
7125; 0200-0735 on 9490 & 9580; and 0950-1650 on 7385 & 9490.
Chinese channel: 2000-1730 on 4820, 5935 & 6050, 2000-0300 on 7170, 0300-1200 on 11860, 1200-1730 on
7170, 2000-0200 on 7240, 0200-1100 on 11950, and 1100-1730 on 7240.
Only parts of the transmissions have been confirmed due to propagation. As regards sites, I believe
that all are located within Tibet, at Lhasa, but there may be two separate sites as 4905 and 7385
often have a satellite delay compared to the other transmitters of the Tibetan channel. Programming
heard in the background of 7385/4905 is synchro with the audio of the Chinese channel, so 7385/4905
and the five transmitters of the Chinese channel seem to form one group, while the other six
transmitters of the Tibetan channel form a second group. The now defunct former site using 4750,
5950 and 11950 is likely to have been scrapped. These transmitters were lowpowered and more or
less off channel, so may have remained from the early days of broadcasting in Tibet. It has been
suggested that the new high powered Tibetan transmitters would actually be located in Xi'an, but
this can safely be ruled out due to the many low frequencies used. When Xizang PBS relays CNR-1,
the delay is 6 to 8 secs. compared to other transmitters. Some of the current transmitters are
probably directional to east and west Tibet. 15285 has also been reported for Tibet, but I have
been unable to confirm this one. (Alm via DXLD via DX Window No.205).
On Oct 07 I could confirm the above mentioned schedule, as I heard the Tibetan Service until sign
off at 1650* on 4905, 4920, 5240, 6110, 6130, 6200 and 7385 (ex 1700*/1735*), and the Chinese
Service until sign off at 1730* on 4820, 5935, 6050, 7170 and 7240 (ex 1735*). (Oct 2, 2002, Anker Petersen via DX Window No.205)
HONG KONG
3940 SSB, RTHK, wx rpts for the 2002 Hainan Race will be b/c at [dates and times converted from
HK UTC+8 by JB] 0933 and 2133 UTC Oct 16-18, and 2133 UTC Oct 19-23. (E-mail from Ailsa Angus,
Sailing Manager, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club via Toniolo-NY, HCDX Oct 10) For more info on China
Coast Race Week 2002, which consists of the China Coast Regatta 2002 [Oct 12-14] and the Hainan
Race Series 2002 [Oct 12-19], see <http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/chinacoastraceweek.htm> and
<http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/sailing/downloads/chinacoastraceweek/noticeofrace2002.PDF>
(Jerry Berg via DXplorer)
INDONESIA
The official schedule of RRI Jember is:
963kHz (Programa 1) 2200-0700 2kW NEC transmitter installed in 1993 with vertical antenna
963kHz (Programa 1) 0700-1700 10kW Harris transmitter installed in 1976 with vertical antenna
91.1MHz (Programa 2) 2200-1700 5kW RVR transmitter installed in 2000 with OMB 4 BAY antenna
98.45MHz (Programa 1) 2200-1700 5kW Harris transmitter installed in 1998 with RFS 14 BAY antenna
104.05MHz (Programa 3) 2200-1700 3kW RVR transmitter installed in 2001 with MS 12 BAY antenna
(Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
NEW ZEALAND
3935 ZLXA, R Reading Service, Lev地. Allen Little advises their web-site http://www.radioreading.org
has been revamped. (Paul Ormandy via DX Window No.204)
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QSL INFORMATION
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AUSTRALIA
4DB Dalby 1629kHz - brief e-mail VL from Angie, Office Mgr & General Dogs-body, to Enquiries@radio4db.com
(Paul Ormandy via DXplorer)
2NTC 1611, 1629 & 1701kHz - brief handwritten note from Syd Merhi, on 2ME letterhead.
(Paul Ormandy via DXplorer)
2YA Radio 2 - freindly VL and station prospectus from Emma Moss, Comms Mgr, for e-mail report to
radio2@radio-two.com.au(Paul Ormandy via DXplorer)
BHUTAN
5025 Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation, heard Jun 08, QSL letter and separate colorful QSL
Card, 50 kW, dated on Jun 17, shows their website address as: www.bbs.com.bt . V/s is station engineer
Dorji Wangchuk, at P.O. Box 101, Thimphu, Bhutan. Tel +975 [0]2 323071, 323072, 322866, 322533.
Fax Tel +975 [0]2 323073.
(Ratzer in BC-DX Sep 16 via DX Window No.204)
CHINA
9490, China Tibet People's Broadcast Co., full-data ppc signed by Miss Tse Ring Yuzen, President of
Tibet Radio, and stamped with the stn seal. They actually took the trouble of modifying my ppc by pasting their
Tibet Radio logo over one of my clipart graphics. It will be interesting to see if they now adopt this version
of my card as their own design. In 5 weeks for my EG rpt on their "Holy Tibet" prgm. Also included was a
letter from the show's hostess, Tse Ring Deky, about her background and interests, prgm skeds, and a postcard.
(George Maroti-NY via DXplorer)
CLANDESTINE
Falun Dafa Radio: Returend envelope to the address of P.O.Box 117 as undeliverable as addressed forwarding order expired. Can you tell me its new mailing address?
(Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
INDONESIA
RRI Jember 963kHz: full data prepared card with personal letter and business card from manager in 16days via express mail. V/s: Handayono, SH, Manager. This was heard in Sumenep, Indonesia.
(Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
PAS FM, Surabaya, 104.4MHz: full data prepared card in 40days. V/s Alex Santosa. Also received e-mail reply. This was heard in Surabaya, Indonesia.
(Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
THE END OF JEMBATAN DX. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
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