JEMBATAN DX NO.143 November 24, 2002
edited by Juichi Yamada
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BCDX, GERMANY
DXplorer, U.S.A.
DX Window, DENMARK
EDXP, AUSTRALIA
Hard Core DX,
NASWA, U.S.A.
Play DX, ITALY
Juichi Yamada, JAPAN
Many Thanks!
*: Sign on or sign off.
+: Fade in or fade out.
All times in UTC.
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DX LOGGINGS
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AUSTRALIA
4835, VL8A, Alice Springs, 1829 noted with news and local time as 4 o'clock.
May not be switching to 2310 at
the moment?
(Nov 13, 2002, Paul Ormandy via DXplorer)
12984.0, VNG, Heard at 1505 with time pulse. Poor.
(Nov 17, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
CHINA
9510.0, Xinjiang P.B.S., Urumqi, 0950 local music program in Mongolian.
Signed off at 1030. Fair.
(Nov 16, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
INDONESIA
3325.0, RRI Palangkaraya, Talk program at 1938 including music. SCI at 2000
then followed to Jakarta news entitled
"Warta Utama".Fair.
(Nov 22, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
3960.4, RRI Palu, 2003 talk by male, 2012 bird singing which probably means
sunrise, and then reading of Holy Koran.
Poor.
(Nov 22, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
3976.1, RRI Pontianak, Heard at 2040 with talk, telephone conversations,
local pops, advertisements. Fair.
(Nov 16, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
4753.3, RRI Makassar, Telephone conversations at 1908, local pops, sometimes
ID was heard.Good signal.
(Nov 22, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
4789.1, RRI Fak Fak, Is gain active. 0945 onwards noted with reports and
children's choir. 0955 ID, time, modulation is
good. 35333 at best.
(Oct 28, 2002, Roland Schulze-PHL, BC-DX No.599)
KOREA(NORTH)
3025.5, Frontline Soldiers R., Heard at 1550 with drama program. Good.
(Nov 16, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
LAOS
7145, Lao National R.(presumed), November 01, 1340-1357, English, comments
about the Bush administration resolution
on Iraq and the position of the United Nations, at 13,53 Sport... at 13,57
"All we have for today" and end of the program; I
have not heard the station identification. 23333
(Nov 1, 2002, Gian Luigi Naj via DX Window No.208)
MALAYSIA
9750, R.TVMalaysia Kuala Lumpur, mit s-on in Ins um 2200 UTC. Exzellente
Qualitaet mit O=4 und schoener Musik aus
Malaysia.
(Nov 12, 2002, Michael Schnitzer-D, A-DX via BC-DX No.600)
MYANMAR
9729.7 R Myanmar, Yangon, Yegu, Nov 02, 0415 onwards, Bamar talks and local
music (ex 9730.8).
(Nov 2, 2002, Roland Schulze via DX Window No.202)
PHILIPPINES
15120.0, R. Pilipinas, 0304 "Philippines Today". Suddenly signed off at
0313. Fair.
(Nov 17, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
SINGAPORE
9730.0, R. Australia relay, Kranji, Signed on at 2259 with IS, opening music
and aanouncement, news and talk program in
Khmer.Finished at 0739. Fair signal.
(Nov 22, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
VANUATU
7260.1, R Vanuatu, 0645-0705, En, Softpop ("Let it be"), YL; 22322 Antenne:
West-EWE. Damit ist die Empfangsrichtung
definiert: VUT via long path.
(Nov 12, 2002, Michael Schnitzer-D via A-DX via BC-DX No.600)
VIETNAM
4796 Son La R&TV Stn, 1158 s-on, ID in Vietnamese, 34432. Oct 19.
(Oct 19, 2002, Roland Schulze-PHL via BC-DX No.599)
6379.4 Radio Lai Chau, /1035-1227*, Venaculars, ID hill tribe mx, solo
song, no instruments. New s-on and s-off time. Oct 20.
(Oct 20, 2002, Roland Schulze-PHL via BC-DX No.599)
6493.7 Cao Bang. /1200-1400*, Vietn ID, native songs. 34543. Oct 20.
(Oct 20, 2002, Roland Schulze-PHL via BC-DX No.599)
Yen Bai / Lao Cai inactive the last couple of days. Oct 28.
(Oct 28, 2002, Roland Schulze-PHL via BC-DX No.599)
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DX NEWS
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AUTRALIA
Voice International - planned changes: 0100-0400 11850 via Tashkent (to
India) Hindi from Nov-9; 1900-2100
13770 via Darwin to India/As English from Nov-11.
The official schedule, via Darwin, including those additions, as at Nov-13
is:
11685 English 1630-2100
11750 Hindi 1400-1700
11935 Indonesian 2330-0000
13635 Hindi 1100-1400
13660 Indonesian 1300-1800
13685 English 0900-1300, 1630-1900
13690 English 1300-1630
13770 English 1900-2100
15150 Mandarin 1400-1700
15165 Mandarin 2200-0100
15365 Indonesian 0900-1300
17635 Mandarin 0900-1400
17775 English 0130-0200
17820 Indonesian 0600-0900
21680 Indonesian 0030-0100, 0430-0500, 0530-0600
I regard the usage of the leased Tashkent relay as unusual, for a morning
service into India 0100-0400, instead
of using Darwin! Three of the four Darwin transmitters are in use from
0100-0130 (17775 15165 and 21680) and
only two from 0130-0200 (17775 and 15165). None of the Darwin transmitters
is in use between 0200 and 0400!
With all that transmitter capacity lying idle, station is now paying for a
leased relay in Uzbekistan! The Uzbek
relay is being brokered by Merlin.
No sign of anything yet on 13770 (Nov-14) - perhaps not a wise freq choice
as channel is already occupied by
RDP Lisbon with special events (soccer) to CAm, 2000-0000, which is well
heard right across Asia and
Australia.
(Bob Padula, EDXP Magazine No.276)
CHINA
V.O.the Strait 2225-1700 (Wed 2230-1000 stop bc)
Literature channel 7280, 5050, FM 90.6
News channel 666, 1269, 11590, 4940
Amoy channel 6115, 4900, 873
Note: first SW freq transmits between 0000-1400, second SW freq transmits
between 2225-0000, 1400-1700
(Nov 15, 2002, Miller Liu-TWN via DXLD via BC-DX No.600)
China Huayi B.C.Co.. (Wed 2225-1000 stop bc)
2225 - 1700 6185, 4830, 783, FM 107.1, FM 99.6
Note: same as V.O.STRAIT CHINA SE BC. CO. 0955-1600 585
(Nov 15, 2002, Miller Liu-TWN via DXLD via BC-DX No.600)
V.O. Pujian 1155-1600 3280, 4950, 5075, FM 97.7
(Nov 15, 2002, Miller Liu-TWN via DXLD via BC-DX No.600)
V.O. Jinling 1125-1400 5860,1206, 846.
(Nov 15, 2002, Miller Liu-TWN via DXLD via BC-DX No.600)
Haixia P.B.S. on 5050 kHz is now my second strongest Chinese station in the
60 meter band (No. 1 is CNR 1
on 4800 kHz). Best at the Sunrise time in Fuzhou (2225 UTC) when the station
starts its daily transmission.
Haixia zhi Sheng (Voice of the Strait) PBS starts at 2223 UTC:
2223 Interval signal (bells)
2225 Identification: "Haixia zhi Sheng guangbo dientai...", followed by
schedule (?)
2230 Instrumental versions of "western" hits until 2254 UTC
2254 Long chain (6 mins.) of commercials
With 2300 UTC aproaching the signal loses its strength. Very bad at 2310 (45
minutes after local Sunrise in
Fuzhou).
(Nov 16, 2002, Karel Honzik via Hard Core DX)
INDONESIA
Radio Republik Indonesia's domestic service relay from Jakarta on 15125 kHz
has not been heard for over a
week. The external service continues to be heard at 0030-0400, 0800-1300 and
1730-2100, usually on 9525 kHz
but some language services seem to operate irregularly. 11785 and/or 15150
kHz may be used instead of 9525 at
1730-2100.
(Nov 16, 2002, Alan Davies-Surabaya via DXplorer)
Voice of Indonesia has used 11785 kHz for its transmission at 0030-0400 for
the past three days, instead of 9525 kHz as
previously. RRI's home service relay on 15125 kHz is still off air.
(Nov 24, 2002, Alan Davies-Surabaya via DXplorer)
RRI Makassar's daytime SW frequency 9552v kHz has also been off air in
recent days. The station continues to be heard on
4753 kHz with extended hours for Ramadhan, signing off at around 0030 after
relaying news from Jakarta.
(Nov 24, 2002, Alan Davies-Surabaya via DXplorer)
RRI Pontianak on 3976.1kHz is now signed on at 1857 as a special schedule of
Ramadan season. And according to my
monitoring at 1840, RRI Ternate on 3344.8khz, RRI Serui on 4606.3kJz, RRI
Makassar on 4753.3kHz, RRI Fak Fak on
4789.1kHz, and RRI Jambi on 4925.0kHz have already started its program.
(Nov 23, 2002, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
NORTH KOREA
Technical parameters for North Korean SW txs, unfortunately not in full
readable without knowledge of Japanese (and a
browser able to show Japanese characters):
<http://homepage1.nifty.com/OkaLab/DXing/VOK.html>
<http://homepage1.nifty.com/OkaLab/DXing/KCBS.html>
<http://homepage1.nifty.com/OkaLab/DXing/PBS.html>
<http://homepage1.nifty.com/OkaLab/DXing/Others.html>
No idea if this is original data but it sounds plausible: 6070/6100 kHz the
Brown Boveri tx at Kanggye, back-up feeder 3250
from Pyongyang, regular foreign sce outlets all from the Kujang centre. Also
some of the information about FM outlets is
new, just to mention Pyongyang 93.8 with KCBS progrming.
(Nov17, 2002, Kai Ludwig-D via BC-DX No.6000)
MONGOLIA
4865 kHz, Mongolian R resumed its dom sce bcs on this frequency. Three LW \\
found: 164, 209, and 227 kHz.
(Nov 13, 2002, Feodor Brazhnikov-RUS, DXsignal via BC-DX No.600)
Khekh Tenger (2nd domestic program in Mongolia) transmits news in Russian
every day (at least in week-days) at 0002-
0012. SW frequency is 4850.
(Vladimir Kovalenko, Tomsk, Russia via DX-Signal via EDXP Magazine "News
Edition" No.276)
SOLOMON ISLANDS
I noticed last night (14 Nov) that SIBC Honiara was missing again from 5020
kHz. It is 1000 UTC on Saturday 16 Nov and
they are still absent... 5020 Solomon Isls. Sunday Nov 17, 0905 UTC, they
still ain't there! Today (18 Nov) they are back,
their usual strong signal around 0900 UTC.
(NWDXC via BC-DX No.600)
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AUSTRALIA
Double X R. (3XX) 1611kHz: Letter+many stickers. Signed by "Extravaganza"
Anton Vanderlely(Chief Engineer) Address:
Suite 1/1, 860 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin, Victoria 3189.
(Play DX No.1157)
4CC 666kHz: Letter+stickers. Signed by Andrew Meachen(Station Engineer)
Address: 65 Central Lane, P.O.Box 420, Gladstone, QLD 4680.
(Play DX No.1157)
R. Salsa 1629kHz: Postcard. Not signed. Address: P.O.Box 1141, Altona
Meadows 3028, Victoria.
(Play DX No.1157)
CHINA
9490, "Holy Tibet" (En prgm), China Tibet PBC: "Me too." B&W Xerox copy of
the George Maroti ppc with full-data
(except power) penned in, stn stamp applied; also sent form ltr, sked,
postcard view of Lhasa with handwritten
greeting on back. Photocopied V/S's are Tsering Deky (ltr), hostess of the
prgm, and Tse Ring Yuzen (ppc), their president."
Nice stamps on envelope. In 5 wks. for CD recording. Previously verified via
Beijing only, so am pleased to get this direct
reply. I had a direct reply from an En speaker at the stn in 1992, but,
despite multiple rpts, nothing that could be called a
QSL.
(Nov 17, 2002, Jerry Berg-MA-USA via DXplorer)
CHINA(TAIWAN)
Yi Shih B.S. 1404kHz: Letter. Signed by Tsai Cheng-i(Station Director)
Address: 75 Paisan Street Chitu, Keelung.
(Play DX No.1175)
CLANDESTINE
3850 R Independent Mekamui. Full data QSL letter v/s Sam Voron (QSL agent as
well as the person that spearheaded
setting up this stn, a stn in Somalia, and the Ham training center in
Solomon Islands!). "Broadcasting from the 15 km no-go
zone centered on the Panguna Copper mine and defended by the peoples Mekamui
Defense Force (MDF). The No-go zone
is set up by the current traditional landowner Francis Ona, President of the
Makamui National Congress. This congress is
the voice of the traditional chiefs supporting the no-go zone in Central
Bougainville. ... 3850 AM using 80 watts output." In
about 80 days for $5 US, a CD (required or tape) for reception in W Coast.
(Nov 15, 2002, Don Nelson-OR-USA via Cumbre via BC-DX No.600)
COCOS ISLANDS
R. VKW 1404kHz: Exotic postcard signed by Mrs. Debbie Spence(Secretary)
Addres: P.O.Box 70, Cocos(Keeling) Islands,
AUSTRALIA.
(Play DX No.1157)
HAWAII
KCCN FM 100.00MHz: Letter+stickers. Signed by Miss Kanoe
Marks(Receptionist). Address: 900Fort Street, Suite 700,
Zip-96813 Honololo, HA.
(Play DX No.1175)
INDONESIA
V.O.Indonesia 15150kHz: Full data card in 8months. V/s Amy Aisha, Presenter
Mailbag.
(Lawrenson-RI via The Journal of NASWA November 2002)
R. Aneka Rama, Denpasar, 104.05MHz: Letter+sticker. Signed by Merci(The
Director). Address: Jalan Ciung Wanara, Niti
Mandala, Renon, Denpasar. Same owner of: R. Pinguin 103.00MHz, R. Phoenix
90.75MHz, R. Sonata Indah 97.40MHz.
(Play DX No.1175)
JAPAN
CBC JOAR 1053kHz: Letter+card+stickers. Signed in Japanese. Addreaa: Chubu
Nippon Broadcasting, 1/2/8 Shinsakae,
Naka-Ku, J-460-8405 Nagoya.
(Play DX No.1175)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
R. Southern Highlands 3275kHz: Letter. Signed by Andrew Meles(Provincial
Programme Manager)
(Play DX No.1175)
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DX LOGGINGS of Last Issue
INDONESIA
6070 RRI Jayapura. Please delete. This logging is my mistaken. Sorry.
(Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
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