JEMBATAN DX No.40
January 19,1988
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Repoter: David M. Clark, CANADA: Drake R8/NRD-515 with Sherwood SE-3
+ Carolina Beam +JPS ANC-4 noise phaser
Juichi Yamada, JAPAN: NRD-525/AR7030 + AN-1
Contributor: Numero Uno, U.S.A.
Cumbre DX, U.S.A.
BCDX, GERMANY
All times in UTC.
---------------------------------DX LOGGINGS-------------------------------
2490.3 RRI-Ujung Pandang. 1845, Indo ballads at low level.
(Jan 10, David Foster via Numero Uno No.1458)
3215.1 RRI Manado. At 1710 Mention of Ramadan, short music and ID was
often heard. Fair. (Dec 30, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
3241.5 RRI-Ambon(tentative). 1239, low audio, though fair carrier with
old Indo pop songs. Relayed Jakarta at 1300. Reactivated after
long absence. (Jan 6, David Foster via Numero Uno No.1458)
3325 RRI Palangkaraya. 2215-2232 alredy nicely into audio w/EZL
music at tune-in; 7-note IS theme on stringed instrument
repeated 6 or 7 times at 2230, then male anncr as audio faded
out. Fair level during peak which was best <2220>. Hadn't hrd
this afternoon LP signal for quite some time.
(Dec26, David M. Clark, CANADA)
3325 RRI Palangkaraya. 2155-2226, carrier fading up to bits of SCI
and 2200 Jakarta news by woman. Missed anthem but peaking
2217-2225 w/Indo pops. Weak compared to prior day, however.
(Dec27, David M. Clark, CANADA)
3344.86 RRI Ternate. 1257-1310, special Jakarta pgm // 3905, 4606.4,
4753.35, etc. Solid carrier; weak-fair audio peaking after local
SR here. (Dec27, David M. Clark, CANADA)
3904.8 RRI Banda Aceh. 2315-2325, good carrier at tune-in but just a
few bits of talk by woman, seemingly // 15150, then fading down.
Also at 2315 caught last vestages of fading carrier from
reactivated RRI Medan on 4765.95. Both thnx to tele tip from
Tony Ward. (Dec 30, David M. Clark, CANADA)
3905 RRI Merauke. 1258-1300, EZL music to local ID by woman; SCI at
1259:30 to Jak news aat 1300. Strong signal.
(Dec 25, David M. Clark, CANADA)
3986.7 RRI-Surabaya. 1607, ID as "Radio Republik Indonesia Surabaya
Programa Satu." Lasted till 1700*.
(Jan 6, David Foster via Numero Uno No.1458)
4606.4 RRI Serui. 1255, EZL vocal noted in passing. Weak-fair on
rolling fades. (Dec 26, David M. Clark, CANADA)
4606.4 RRI Serui. 1240-1340 & 1408, special Jak pgme, including some
Xmas music, straight thru to anthem at 1330, //3905 and other
eastern Indo's. Local man & woman anncrs at 1331, then pop
music. Excellent signal - way better than Ujung Pandang-4753.35.
Best opening of the season, particularly to Irian Jaya/PNG.
Still audible w/fair signal at 1408 recheck.
(Dec 27, David M. Clark, CANADA)
4777.12 RRI Jakarta. 1325, still audio weak-fair with male anncr but
not // the special pgme hrd on many eastern Indo outlets.
(Dec 27, David M. Clark, CANADA)
4777.12 RRI Jakarta. talk by RRI female anncr. Weak.
(Dec 31, David M. Clark, CANADA)
4789.12 RRI FakFak. 2110-2115, moderate carrier to bits of audio until
wiped out by local QRM. Presumed but peaking exactly as it
should. (Dec 25, David M. Clark, CANADA)
4845.1 RRI Ambon. IS at2129.ID by male at 2130 as "Radio Republik
Indonesia Ambon dengan Berita Berita Daerah", then local news.
Fair. (Jan 9, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
4920.1 RRI Tanjung Pinang. Reading of Holy Koran at 1555. SCI at 1559.
Jakarta news relay. At 1604 ID by male as "Saudara bersama kami
Radio Republik Indonesia Tanjung Pinang" then talk program like
radio play. Poor. (Jan 2, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
5040 RRI Pekanbaru. 1305 & 1315, Indo woman anncr at 1305; Arabic-
influenced vocal at 1315 (this may have been typical of western
Indo stations not carrying the special pgme hrd on eastern
outlets since there are essentially no Christian communities
to my knowledge on Sumatra). Fair signal - not often heard
here. (Dec 27, David M. Clark, CANADA)
6070.97 RRI Jayapura. 1312-1320+, listened to Koranic chants for
Ramadan in the absence of any decent Trop Band signals! Fair '
though touchy to separate from local CFRX-6070. No sign of
highly irregular Biak-6153.8v nor long term inactive Nabire-
6127.5, in spite of hope they might be back for Ramadan.
(Jan 3, David M. Clark, CANADA)
7231.1 RRI FakFak. 1215-1223 & 1259-1301, woman anncr & choral music
selections. Also 1259 SCI and Jak news by man. Weak, poking
thru 7230 het & ham slop. (Dec 26, David M. Clark, CANADA)
7231.1 RRI FakFak. 1320 & 1410, special pgme hrd //4606.4; still fair
w/local pgme at 1410 recheck but most of the time buried under
murderous ham QRM. (Dec 27, David M. Clark, CANADA)
7231.1 RRI FakFak. 1314-1316, woman ending Jak news, anthem, then
local pgme of EZL music. Weak-fair, //4606.4 during the news.
(Dec 28, David M. Clark, CANADA)
7234.4 RRI Palu. Local pops at 0826. At 0854 Closing anmt by YL
including ID as "Radio Republik Indonesia Stasiun Palu", then
signed off. Usually relayed program from Jakarta is Heard at
this time. Poor. (Jan 1, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
9525.0 V.O.Indonesia. After finished Chinese program at 1130, non-stop
music program was heard. Japanese program should be heard at
this time. At 2100 Indonesian program was started as usual.
Good. (Jan 2, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
9614.3 RRI-Samarinda, 0458, lagu hiburan followed by 0500 Jakarta
relay. Unfortunately, poor level.
(Jan 7, David Foster via Numero Uno No.1458)
9679.95 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. 2215 Indo pop vocal in Programa
Nasional Dua. Fair; noted // on 11750 (under BBC) and 15150
(under RCI). (Dec 25, David M. Clark, CANADA)
15150 Voice of Indonesia, Cimanggis. 1945, Indo ballads in FR svc.
(Jan 5, David Foster via Numero Uno No.1458)
15150.02 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. 2315 & 2345, talk by man in possible
Javanese(certainly not B-H); later woman w/ID followed by
instrumental music. Improving from fair to surprisingly very
good level. (Jan 3, David M. Clark, CANADA)
------------------------------------DX NEWS-------------------------------
On December 31(local Indonesian Time), many stations extend sign off
time for special program of New Year's Eve every year, but last year
was different from usual. Ramadan started on December 31, so almost
Indonesian station signed off at usual time. I only confirmed
extended program on 4753.3kHz(RRI Ujung Pandang) and 4845.2kHz (RRI
Ambon). RRI Ujung Pandang usually signs off at 1605, but finished
at 1733 on the day. The special program of New Year's Eve was
already heard at 1420 and ended at 1630 except Jakarta news relay
at 1600. From 1630 the station relayed the program from Jakarta
until 1733. RRI Ambon usually signs off at 2030, but ended at 1236
on the day. (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
Following is the list of special local early morning broadcast in
Ramadan season;
3215.0 RRI Manado #1700-
3264.6 RRI Gorontalo #1830-
3264.8 RRI Bengkulu #1900-
3325.0 RRI Palangkaraya #1950-
3344.9 RRI Ternate #1800-
3904.8 RRI Banda Aceh #1900-
3905.0 RRI Merauke #1615-
3976.0 RRI Pontianak #1800-
4000.2 RRI Kendari #1900-
4753.3 RRI Ujung Pandang #1855-
5040.0 RRI Pekanbaru #2000-
(Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
RRI Manado on 3215kHz changed its sign off time from 1605 to 1300 since
the end of December. (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
'Kang Guru' program in English heard on Mondays between 1000-1030 on
RRI 'Radio Nasional Dua' channels, including 9680,11750 and 11885.
Sponsored by the 'Indonesian Australian Language Foundation', and
gives postal address of Kotapos 3095, Denpasar. Program on 29 Dec
focused on Australian aid projects in Indonesia.
(Matt Francis via EDXP No.75)
When I visited the RRI txs at Cimanggis in Dec 1984 the situation was
as follows:
Building 1
4775 PHILIPS tx 50 kW, built in the 70ies I guess, target area
Ea&WeINS, 3 other old PHILIPS txs (inactive and broken)
6045 TELEFUNKEN tx 120 kW, built in the 60ies, target area CeINS,
another TELEFUNKEN tx, built in the 50ies I guess,(inactive
and broken),
4 HARRIS txs 100 kW, built in the early 80ies, bcing on
7270 kHz, target area CeINS, 9680, 9770(?) and 11770.
11790 FUNKWERKE KOEPENICK (Made in exGDR) 100 kW (but output was
less than 100 kW), built in the 50ies or 60ies, used for
VoINS
15150 FUNKWERKE KOEPENICK (Made in exGDR) 50 kW (but output was
less than 50 kW), also from the 50ies or 60ies and used
for VoINS.
Building 2
11700 THOMSON-CSF tx 250 kW, installed in 1984.
It seems that the old GDR txs and the TELEFUNKEN tx are inactive
now. I don't know anything about the Jakarta Kebayoran stn.
(Juergen Lohuis-D via BCDX No.344)
RRI Surabaya on new 3985.6; hrd on 10 Jan 1450 with wayang play, at
1459 clear ID into relay RRI Jakarta with Aneka Berita 1500; 15
Jan at 1435 with soft pops, later ID "RRI Surabaya programa
satu" //MW 585 which is clearly audible here. Schedule presumed
1000 - 1700. Ramadan only operation ? Cf some log elsewhere
on 3976, this is definitely RRI Pontianak.
(Gerhard Werdin via BCDX No.345)
RRI Pontianak is audible on two SW freqs simultaneously: 3976 kHz is
strong and clear here (SIO 544), but 3995.2 is weaker (SIO 333),
mixing with another INS stn and suffering fr a het. But it's
Pontianak no doubt, 'cause both //MW 1233 on clear channel; all
on 16 Jan, at around 1130. (Gerhard Werdin via BCDX No.345)
-----------------------------QSL INFORMATION-----------------------------
4000 RRI Kendari; full-detail prepared card in 39 days for a fresh
report, as several follow-up reports to a previous reception went
unanswered. Verification signer appears to be Muniruddin Amin,
Programmer. Card was also stamped with the characteristic RRI
"Directorat Radio" stamp. This received for a self-addressed,
stamped envelope, which was used. It seems a Euro mailer envelope
still only requires 1600 units of postage.
(Steve Martin via Cumbre DX No.173)
4606/7173, RRI-Serui, ltr in EG and Bahasa mixed together, V/S
Albertus Corputty. QTH on back: RRI-Serui, Jln. Pattimura, Serui.
One yr., 10 mos. for IRC.
(Gornati-Italy, Play-DX via Numero Uno No.1459)
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