JEMBATAN DX NO.41 February 2,1998 edited by Juichi Yamada Contribution on this issue is: David M. Clark, CANADA David Foster, AUSTRALIA Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES Juichi Yamada, JAPAN Also involved the information from next DX club: BCDX, GERMANY DX Window, DENMARK EDXP, AUSTRALIA Many thanks for all contributions! All times in UTC. DX LOGGINGS---------------------------------------------------------------- 3215 RRI Manado. 1030-1042, "Mimbar Kristan Protestan". Moderate. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi. 1145-1215, popular mx, 1158 SCI, relay of RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", 1208 Bagimu Negri, 1209 ID by male, lagu Indonesian traditional oleh seorang biduanita, weak. (Jan 9, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3231.88 RRI Bukittinggi, 2301-2307 Jan 17, Jak news in progress, //15150. Vy good - strongest signal I've hrd this season. Just starting to fade down when I left it w/news still in progress. Also 2257 Jan 18, late s/on caught in progress with a choral anthem of sorts, brief anmt ID by woman and into lengthy SCI at 2258:30 to Jak news at 2300. Fair. Missing when first checked at 2245. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3241.4 RRI Ambon. 1415-1435, active again! popular mx, talks, at 1430 male gave ID, Ramadan px with Islamic mx. Weak audio, Weak. (Jan 4, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3264.6 RRI Gorontalo. Local pops at 2021. Ramadan special program at 2026 including singing fowl indicates sunrise at 2029. Local pops again at 2042. ID by male at 2059, then SCI. Jakarta news relay at 2100. Fair. (Jan 25, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 3264.85 RRI Bengkulu, 2250 & 2301 Jan 18, soft instrumental music and talk by woman; Jak news noted 2301, // much stronger 3231.88. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3324.9 RRI Palangkaraya. Jakarta news relay at 1510. EG pops at 1529. Suddenly finished at 1555. Fair. (Jan 26, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 3325 RRI Palangkaraya, 1058-1120, ID by male, IS(Guitars intervals), local mx, report on Palangkaraya. Very weak to moderate. (Jan 14, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3344.8 RRI Ternate. 1220-1230, popular mx, advertisement, ID mention also FM frequency. Moderate. (Jan 9, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3385 RRI Kupang. 1100-1115, ID "Radio Republik Indonesia Kupang" by female, local nx. Moderate. (Jan 8, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3395.1 RRI Tanjungkarang. 1135-1210, Ramadan px. Male talks on Ramadan, till 1150 NA instrumental(?), popular mx, 1158 SCI, relay RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita", 1210 Bagimu Negri, mx bridge, ID, local px. Weak. (Jan 14, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3395.13 RRI Tanjungkarang, 2234-2241 Jan 18, talk by woman and gamelin music with chanting-like vocals; dialogue with two men at 2238. Very strong, best level hrd this season. LP enhancement notable today, particularly for this and Bukittinggi-3231.88. Prior 1500 K=4 when geomagnetic conditions transitioned from quiet to active due to cornonal event of 3 days previous. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3542.1 RPDT2 Sumba Timur(presumed). 1253-1300, male & female talks, popular mx, 1259 announcements by male, no SCI heard, relay of RRI Jakarta //3264.8. Very weak. (Jan 1, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3905 RRI Meruake, usually reliable signal missing circa 1230-1300 on both Jan 17 and 18. Surprising in the middle of Ramadan. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3976 RRI Pontianak, 2236-2250, local nx read by male. Good. (Jan 11, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3976.06 RRI Pontianak, 2215-2217 & 2226-2231 Jan 18, talk by woman, then into female Indo vocal. Retuned to female anncr again and music briefly to 2229 local IS sequence of seemingly 4 notes x two, repeated to 2230. Male anncr following at much weaker level and soon faded. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3976.08 RRI Pontianak, 2210-2232 Jan 11, moderate strength carrier, best at 2215-2225 w/fragments of audio but local IS (sounding like chimes) broke thru more clearly at 2229, then very rapid fade 2230+. At local PM in Ontario, peaks tend to be +/- 30 mins BEFORE xmtr SR (in this case 2247) for westerly Indo's in Kalimantan and particularly Sumatra. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3985.6 RRI Surabaya. 1315-1340, intern mx, 1321 ID, Gending gending Jawa. Weak. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 3985.7 RRI Surabaya, 1015-1115 & 2155-2220 Jan 11, vy weak carrier at 1015 tune-in, building to moderate strength by 1045 (Surabaya SS=1052) with a few snatches of audio 1045+ using extreme USB against strong het from the Korean on 3985. Later same day, weak carrier noted at 2155, again building to moderate strength 2200-2210 (xmtr SR=2221), thereafter fading away by 2220. No audio detected this time, but fade patterns are consistent in behaviour relative to xmtr SS/SR times. At local PM in Ontario, Javan stns peak approx 15 minutes BEFORE xmtr SR. Site presumed but Surabaya now reliably reported here. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3985.7v RRI Surabaya, 2200-2211 Jan 17, occasional bits of Jak news, first by woman ancr, then man before 2211 anthem. Poor but enuf to establish // 4753.3. On 3985.68 at this time. * 2218-2223 Jan 18, talk by woman at times breaking thru noise as carrier level peaked in this timeframe. Freq up a bit to 3985.74. Presumed site as above. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 3996.1 Unidentified. Haerd at 1613 and all times relay of RRI Jakarta program. At 1630 ID as "Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta". //4777.1. Poor. (Jan 23, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 4000.2 RRI Kendari, 1025-1040, drama of Ramadan, 1029 IS, 5/1 time pips, local nx, talk on economy, 1040 Bagimu Negri, ID and QRG. Moderate. (Jan 9, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 4003.19 RRI Padang, 2240 Jan 17, music and frequent interjections by female anncr. Poor-fair using LSB, away from RTTY on high side. Also 2245 & 2310 Jan 18, talk by woman poking thru severe ham QRM. Still audible weak but somewhat clearer at 2310 recheck with Jak relay still in progress, //15149.98. Audio level is typically lower than carrier strength would suggest. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 4003.2 RRI Padang, 1115- , Quran px, male talk on Ramadan, strong CW QRM but at 1120 I get the ID by male. Very weak. (Jan 9, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 4606.3 RRI Serui, 2115-2130, intern mx, 2127 ID by male. Weak. (Jan 11, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 4606.3 RRI Serui. Local pops at 1435. ID at 1444 as "Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia Stasiun Serui", then local music. SCI at 1458, Jakarta news relay at 1500. Still heard at 1600. Sign off time was changed again. (Feb 1, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 4606.4 RRI Serui. Local pops at 1336. Love Ambon with Closing anmt including ID at 1400. Closed at 1403. Former sign off time was 1615. Fair to poor. (Jan 23, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 4777.2 RRI Jakarta. 1310-1324, Nasional program. Report by female on Rupia. Moderate. (Jan 13, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 4920.12 RRI Tanjung Pinang(presumed), 1216-1230, popular mx, 1230 presumed ID Very weak. (Jan 11, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 4925 RRI Jambi. 2210- , relay of RRI Jakarta "Berita Sekilas", Bagimu Negri, ID, Koran. Weak. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 4925.0 RRI Jambi. At 1417 Islamic religious program. Local pops was heard at 1431. Returned from 4927kHz. Fair. (Jan 29, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 4926.8 RRI Jambi. 1350-1430, popular mx, 1401 presumed ID, popular mx. Weak. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 5040 RRI Pekanbaru. 1333-1345, local nx, 1335 NA choir, ID, popular mx. Moderate. (Jan 13, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 5040 RRI Pekanbaru, 1233 Jan 18, talk by woman at fair level. Easily readable with no sign of the Chinese stn. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 6069.89 RRI Jayapura. 0910-0920, at 0913 ID by male, talks with popular mx bridges between advertisement. Very difficult reception because of very strong QRM, but my Drake R8 and 1.8kHz filter was used to pick up. Weak. (Jan 13, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 6070.97 RRI Jayapura, 1315-1325+ Jan 11, ongoing Islamic chants for Ramadan. Moderate level and quite clear, reasonably seperable today from local CFRX-6070. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 7098.6 RRI Yogyakarta. 2235-2257, talks, Gamelan mx, pop mx, oldies, male talks, ID. Weak. It is very rare to hear this at this time. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 7231.1 RRI Fak Fak. Lagu populer program at 1533. Fair to poor. (Jan 24, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 7234.4 RRI Palu,(presumed), 2210-2230, pop mx, 2230 presumed ID by female, Gongs, time anmt, regional news. Weak. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 7234.4v RRI Palu (presumed), Jan 17, 0345 past 0500 word & local mx progr at fair level, but drowning in increasing static level. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS; Sony ICF77, 24m F3DBC, via BCDX No.346) 9552.30 RRI Ujung Pandang. 0535-0600, male & female talks, "Studio Ujung Pandang" like letter box, ID, 0600 SCI, time pips, relay of RRI Jakarta "Warta Berita". //9614.3. Moderate. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 9552.4 RRI Ujung Pandang. Relay from RRI Jakarta's program which mentioned of Ramadan at 0815. Local ID was head at 0821, then followed to dangdut music. Suddenly signed off at 0839. Fair. (Jan 31, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 9614.3v RRI Samarinda. 0413-0500, ID by female, lagu Indonesia populer, SCI, 0500 relay of RRI Jakarta "Sari Berita". //15125, 9552.3, 9565. Moderate. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 9629.97 RRI Jakarta, 2328-2331 Jan 18, fast-paced Indo pops approaching 2330 when woman with ID as "RRI Jakarta, Programa National Satu", fanfare, quick anmt by man, then switched to classical music. Spectacular roomfilling signal! Also readily detected under VOA on 11760. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 9741.7 RRI Sorong, Jan 17, relaying RRI Nasional with a radioplay produced by RRI Bukittinggi! at 0337 reverting to own progr with ID "RRI Sorong programa satu", hrd to 0500 when blocked by BBCWS s-on 9740. (Gerhard Werdin, Bandung-INS; Sony ICF77, 24m F3DBC, via BCDX No.346) 9741.8 RRI Sorong. 0340-0400, "Sandiwara Radio" relay from RRI Manokwari! popular mx, 0359 ID, SCI, relay RRI Jakarta "Berita Orahraga". //15125, 11760, 9552.3, 9614.2. Weak. (Jan 10, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES) 11760.0 RRI Jakarta. "Warta Berita Ekonomi Keuangan dan Industri" at 1305.Canned ID at 1317 then station jingle with instrumental music as "Hi, Indonesia! Inilah RRI, Programa Nasional". "Selamat Malam Indonesia" at 1318. Fair. (Jan 23, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 11785.0 V.O.Indonesia. 0150-0212, At 0150 EG program with local pops & talk. Love Ambon with closing anmt of EG service at 0158. Indonesian service started at 0201 with opening music & anmt. "Warta Berita" at 0204. Fair. (Feb 1, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 15125 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis, Jan 29, 1344-1355 with the Ramadan's final day special progr, usual ID at 1355 as "Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia Programa Nasional Satu", //3215, 3232, 3250, 3265, 3345, 3385, 3395, 3905(two), 3976, 4000, 4003, 4697, 4753, 4925, 5040, 9630, 11760. (Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, NERRS-M, Jan 29 via BCDX No.347) 15125.0 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. Islamic religious tlk at 2222. ID by male at 2236 as "Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta, Programa Nasional Satu sama-sama Programa Ibukota Satu". This ID means this program is also broadcasted by "Programa Ibukota Satu" program. Good to fair. (Jan 30, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) 15150 V.O. Indonesia, 1758-1802 & 1859-1901 Jan 17, brass band theme to 1800, then woman with ID and talk in GG. Very good signal. Just fair at 1859 retune with closing pgme anmts, a few bars of Love Ambon, and into FF at 1901. (David M. Clark, CANADA) 15150, RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis, January 19, 1130-1145, English. ID. English lesson presented by Male with very strong Australian accent. Best signal from Indonesia in ages. 55555. (Clemitson via DX Window No.100) DX NEWS------------------------------------------------------------------- List of INS stns noted here in January: 2410 R Enga 2695 RPDT2 Ende 3215 RRI Menado 34333 3222.1 RRI Mataram 3225 Tanjung Pinang 3231.8 RRI Bukittinggi 25332 3241.4 RRI Ambon 24332 3264.6 RRI Gorantalo 35433 3325 RRI Palangkaraya 35543 3344.8 RRI Ternate 35333 3355.4 RRI Sumenep 23342 3385 RRI Kupang 34433 3395.1 RRI Tanjung Karang 23342 3542.1 RPDT2 Sumba Timur 13331 3904.9 RRI Merauke 34333 v3976.1 RRI Pontianak 45544 S 9+30dB 3985.6 RRI Surabaya 23332 4000.2 RRI Kendari 34333 4003.2 RRI Padang 12331 4606.3 RRI Seuri 24332 4753.3 RRI Ujung Pandang 34333 4777.2 RRI Jakarta 33333 4845.2 RRI Ambon 25432 4920.12 RRI Tanjung Pinang 23332 4925 RRI Jambi 35433 regular now on this QRG. 4926.8 RRI Jambi 24332 5040 RRI Pekanbaru 34433 6069.89 RRI Jayapura 22332 only monitored by using 1.8 kHz filter on R8A 7098.6 RRI Yogyakarta 25432 7234.4 RRI Palu 23432 9552.3 RRI Ujung Padang 35533 9614.30 RRI Samarinda 34443 9741.8 RRI Sorong, relay RRI Manokwari. 25332 (Roland Schulze-PHL, Jan 9-19 via BCDX No.347) RRI Samarinda monitored sked on 9614.2 is *0100-0700 although occasionally on as early as 0045. Audible all day here at varying strength with full id just prior to sign off at 0659. Missing some days but pretty regular, last few minutes often blocked by Spain signing on cochannel 9615 with their Spanish Service to Australia & New Zealand. (Craig Tyson, Jan 22 via EDXP No.77). The information received direct from RRI Kupang is: Programa Daerah 3260 1kW 0000-0900 RRI txer, located at the studio 3385 10kW 2100-2400,0900-1400 Harris txer, located at Tuapukan was reactivated on 25 Oct 1997 1107 1/5kW 2100-0100(5kW), 0100-0400(1kW), 0400-1400(5kW), 0900-1530(1kW) Both NEC txers 93.5MHz 50W 0400-0900, 1400-2100 Len txer 102.0MHz 50W 2100-0400, 0900-1400 Harris txer Programa Kota 90.6MHz 100W 2130-0300, 0900-1300 NEC txer(FM stereo) (David Foster, AUSTRALIA) The information received direct from RRI Mataram is: 3223 0900-1200 Still under repair so not on air 855 10kW 2030-1600 1251 1kW 1600-0400 89.1MHz 100W 2030-1600 97.2MHz 5kW 2215-1600 (David Foster, AUSTRALIA) The information received direct from RRI Palembang is: 4855 10kW Not on air since 1994 due to severe break down. Txer was a 1951 Gates model. 1287 25kW 2200-0100, 0900-1515 Reduced from 50kW; 0.5kW txer no longer used. 88.0MHz 5kW 0100-1700 Programa 1 Daerah. New channel 91.8MHz 2.5kW 2200-1700 Programa 1 Daerah 93.5MHz 2.5kW 0100-1700 Programa 1 Daerah 97.2MHz 2kW 2200-1700 Programa 2 Kota (David Foster, AUSTRALIA) The information received direct from RRI Sungailiat is: 693 1kW 2255-0215, 0455-0715, 0855-1520 Programa 1 93.0MHz 2.5kW Programa 1. Apparently inactive 96.6MHz 1.3kW 2155-1520 Programa 2 97.3MHz 5kW 2255-0215, 0455-0715, 0815-1520 Programa 1 Exact address: JL. Ahmad Yani (Jalur2), Sungailiat-Bangka 33215, Sumatera Selatan. (David Foster, AUSTRALIA) RRI Samarinda on 9614.3kHz now signs off at 0650. (Jan 31, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) RRI Jambi retuned its frequnecy from 4927kHz to 4925kHz at 1300-1700 at the end of January. (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) RRI Manado on 3215.0kHz changed sign off time from 1300 to 1605 at the end of January. (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN) |