JEMBATAN DX NO.54 September 16, 1998

edited by Juichi Yamada


Contribution on this issue is:
Takeshi Kanai, JAPAN
Craig Tyson, AUSTRALIA
Juichi Yamada, JAPAN

Also next DX bulletins helped this issue:
Japan Premium, JAPAN

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------------------------------------------------------------

 3385.0   RRI Kupang. Local pops at 1445. SCI at 1458 then Jakarta news
          relay. Closing announcement with Love Ambon at 1512 and signed
          off at 1515. Fair.             (Sep 6, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 4003.2   RRI Padang. IS at 1528. ID then local news at 1530. Local
          music at 1537. Yesterday also heard on 4003kHz instead of 
          4000.0kHz. Fair.               (Sep 8, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 3976.1   RRI Pontianak. All night traditional drama (Not wayang kulit)
          at 1815. Not relayed Jakarta news on the hour. Still heard at
          2100. Although today is not Saturday, the station had all
          night program. Other station was not found all night program.
                                        (Sep 10, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 4874.82  RRI Sorong. Reactived from some absence. 1049-1102 33232-
          33222 music and talk by woman. Music at 1059 was not Rayuan 
          Pulau Kelapa, and at 1100 announced "Radio Republik Indonesia 
          Sorong Warta Berita" then news by woman. (Is it a local news?)
          At this time it was not bcing on 9742. And I checked again at 
          1230 on 4784.8, then did not broadcast.
                 (Sep 2, Takeshi Kanai, JAPAN via Japan Premium No.19) 

 4874.9   RRI Sorong. Local pops at 1155. ID by female at 1158 then SCI.
          Jakarta news relay at 1200 and signed of at 1215 without Love
          Ambon tune. The frequency is slightly upper than usual. Thanks
          information for Kanai.         (Sep 5, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 6153.58  RRI Biak. Reactived from some absence. 1207-1310 poor to fair
          signal. Jakarta news relay till 1214 and 1300-1308. Otherwise 
          was music program. At 1228 IS was heard. when I cheked on Sep 
          2,it was not broadacast.        (Sep 5,Takeshi Kanai, JAPAN)

 7173.2   RRI Serui. Reading of Holy Koran at 0855. Islamic music at
          0905. Dangdut music at 0919. IS from RRI Jayapura at 0929 and
          followed to Nusantara Lima news entitled "Warta Berita" relayed
          from RRI Jayapura. Suddenly signed off at 0936 and switched to
          4606.4kHz. Fair.              (Sep 15, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

 9630.0   RRI Jakarta, Bonto Sunggu. At 2104 "Warta Berita". ID at 2106
          as "Inilah Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta, Programa Nasional
          Satu" then wayang kulit. //4777.1kHz. 9565kHz was not found at
          this time. Maybe 9565kHz is not used in the local morning
          broadcast now.                (Sep 10, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

11860.0   RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. Signed on suddenly at 2149 then lolcal
          music program. At 2158 ID of Programa Nasional Satu by male
          then SCI. "Warta Berita" at 2200. Thanks information for Craig
          Tyson. According to him, 11860kHz operates untill 0100, but
          R. Japan signed on before 0100 and covered RRI, so I can not
          confirm the exact sign off time. As 11860kHz and 15125kHz signs
          on at the same time on 15125kHz, the transmitter site on 
          11860kHz is apparently Cimanggis.       
                                         (Sep10, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)


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

Currently RRI Jakarta is moving between 11760 and 11860 for the 2200-1600
   transmission. I think we may see Jakarta making a permanent move from 
   11760 to avoid VOA from 2200-0100. I see a possible skedule as 11860 
   2200-0100 & 11760 0100-1600. Also more use is being made of 15150 for 
   Programa Nasional; noted yesterday at 0930 // 15125.
                                       (Sep 1, Craig Tyson, AUSTRALIA)

RRI Sorong on 4874.9kHz reactivated in the beginning of September. The
   sign off time is around 1215 without Love Ambon.
                                                (Takeshi Kanai, JAPAN)

RRI Biak on 6153.6kHz reactivated in the beginning of September. The 
   sign off time is 1530 with Lova Ambon.       (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

RRI Jayapura does not use FM 90.0MHz, 93.6MHz, and 97.6MHz which is 
   listed in WRTH'98. According to my monitor at Jayapura in August, the
   station used 96.3MHz, 91.0MHz, 89.2MHz and 88.3MHz.
                                                (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

The ending music of the Nusantara news of RRI Jayapura at 0930 was 
   changed from "Satu Nusa Satu Bangsa" to "Garuda Pancasila". The first
   noted on September 15.                       (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

RRI Bengkulu on 3264.9kHz is now sign off at 1515 with Love Ambon tune.
                                                (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)

The ending music of RRI Jakarta news entitled "Ikhtisar Berita" at 1600
   is now "Bagimu Neg'ri" by CHORUS (ex-instrumental "Bagimu Neg'ri").    
                                                (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)


END OF JEMBATAN DX

JEMBATAN DX - Home