JEMBATAN DX NO.50 July 26, 1998

edited by Juichi Yamada


Contribution on this issue is:
Al Quaglieri, U.S.A.
Nobuo Takeno, JAPAN
Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES
Juichi Yamada, JAPAN


Also next DX bulletins helped this issue:
Cumbre DX, U.S.A.
North American Shortwave Association, U.S.A.

Many thanks!

*: Sign on or sign off.
+: Fade in or fade out.
SCI: the Song of the Coconut Islands.
RPK: Rayuan Pulau Kelapa. Same as above.

All times in UTC.

DX LOGGINGS----------------------------------------------------------------

 3224.83  RRI Tanjung Pinag. 1156-1217, 34333. Local pop music 1158 ID then 
          SCI, Jakarta News. 1217 sign off. Good signal.
                                           (Jul 5, Nobuo Takeno, JAPAN)

 3264.66  RRI Gorontalo. 1042-1055, 33443. Pop music program.ID at 1052.
                                           (Jul 5, Nobuo Takeno, JAPAN)

 3264.9   RRI Benkulu(presumed). SCI at 1558. Jakarta news relay at 1600. 
          Love Ambon at 1606 and signed off. Poor.
                                         (Jul 18, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 3325     RRI Palangkaraya. 1221-1300, 34443. Good. Traditional music and ID 
          at 1259 then SCI.                (Jul 4, Nobuo Takeno, JAPAN)

 3976.0   RRI Pontianak. All night wayang kulit at 1815. Still heard at
          2100. Fair.                    (Jul 11, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 4000.17  RRI Kendari. 1035-1045, 33443. FB. Talk by man. ID at 1038.
                                           (Jul 4, Nobuo Takeno, JAPAN)

 4766     RRI Medan. 1310-1330. Again active. Popular music. At 1328 ID.
          On June 20, 21, and 23 the signal was heard but inactive some days.
          At 1130 regular Quran program is heard. Weak to moderate.
                             (Jul 11 & 12, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES)

 4766.0   RRI Medan(presumed). Jakarta news relay at 1300. Local pops
          at 1316 and followed to talk program. At 1352 covered by the
          sprious of carrier from ramdon number broadcast in North Korea
          on 4770kHz. Also heard on 3375.1vkHz at the same time but I could
          not confirm 4766.0kHz was in parallel with 3375.1vkHz due to
          poor condition.                (Jul 16, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 4789.0   RRI Fak Fak. Jakarta news relay at 1305. ID by male at 1340 as
          "Radio Republik Indonesia Fak Fak" then local pops. Love Ambon
          at 1355 and signed off at 1358. Poor. 
                                         (Jul 13, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 6070.9   RRI Jayapura. 1655-1735. Presumed ID, talks, popular music.
          At 1730 presumed ID with time announcement, mention of Irian Jaya.
          Signal fading up and down.
                                  (Jul 13, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES)

 6071.0   RRI Jayapura(presumed). Papua Island syle music at 1836. Reading
          of Holy KOran at 1923. No Jakarta news relay at 1900. Fair to
          poor.                          (Jul 17, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 7241.4v  RRI Palu. 0750-0850. The former frequency is 7234.4kHz. Popular
          music. At 0759 SCI, time pips, relay of RRI Jakarta "Berita
          Orahraga", ID of RRI Jakarta. Till 0830 parallel was 7173.20kHz,
          9552.50kHz, 9565kHz, 9630kHz, 11760kHz, and 15125kHz. Then local
          program was heard. ID at 0850 as "Radio Republik Indonesia Palu".
          Weak.                   (Jun 26, Roland Schulze, PHILIPPINES)

11784.88  Voice of Indonesia. Tune in  to 1K tone around 0756, directly 
          into ID and English program *0800. Fair level, quite listenable
          until 0824 when the Brasilian fired up on 11783.21. RRI still
          audible in USB until 0900, when Guaiba commenced programming.
                                          (Jul 4, Al Quaglieri, U.S.A.)

DX NEWS-------------------------------------------------------------------

RRI Medan on 4766kHz reactivated in the middle of July after short absence.
   The sign off time is 1500 and Love Ambon is heard before sign off time.
                                                 (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

RRI Jambi on 4925.0kHz changed sign off time from 1300 to around 1400.
                                                 (Juichi YAMADA, JAPAN)

RRI Merauke on 3905kHz is not heard while checking around 1300 since Jun 18.
                      (Jul 4, Steve Martin-U.S.A. via Cumbre DX NO.198)

RRI Serui on 4606kHz is not heard while checking around 1300 since Jun 13.
                      (Jul 4, Steve Martin-U.S.A. via Cumbre DX NO.198)

QSL INFORMATION-----------------------------------------------------------

RRI Sumenep 3355.3kHz: No data letter with schedules in 69days for an
   Indonesian report and $1.00. V/s Dian Irianto, Kepala Stasiun.
                                                 (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

RRI Kendari 4000kHz: Full data prepared card in 39days for an Indonesian
   report after aeveral follow up reports went unanswered. V/s Muniruddin
   Amin, Programmer.  
                   (Steve Martin via The Journal of NASWA July edition)


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