JEMBATAN DX NO.84 December 12, 1999
edited by Juichi Yamada
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Contribution on this issue is:
Jari Lehtinen, FINLAND
Nobuo Takeno, JAPAN
Tony Ward, CANADA
Juichi Yamada, 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------------------------------------------------------------
3344.77 RRI Ternate. 1957-2001 Interval signal, Opening announcement
then RRI ID. Not heard local ID. Fair.
(Dec 3, 1999, Nobuo Takeno, JAPAN)
3905 RRI Merauke. 1210- & 2000- Powerful signal from Merauke and
Pt.Moresby 4890kHz proved that provincial stations could have
been audible - if those had been on the air.
(Dec3-6, 1999, Maakeski DX-pedition, Jari Lehtinen, FINLAND)
3905.0 RRI Merauke. Long Islamic prayer at 1618. SCI at 1659 then
Jakarta news relay. Fair to poor. This is the special schedule
for Ramadan. (DEC 10, 1999, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
3960.3 RRI Palu. Opening music with opening announcement by male at
1856 then male talk. At 1900 male talk and music program
instead of Jakarta news. Covered with North Korea on 3960kHz
at 1945. Poor. This is the special schedule for Ramadan.
(Dec 11, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
3976.1 RRI Pontianak. Fair Nov 24th with SCI at 2159 to news at 2200
but down quickly. Fair during news 2205 Dec 4th.
(Nov 24, & Dec 4, 1999, Tony Ward, CANADA)
4753.3 RRI Ujung Pandang/Makassar. At season's best with Middle East
flavoured music 2127 Dec 4th to local IS 2129:30 and woman
(distorted) voice over 2130. Drums 2131 and ? local news or
feature daily. Peaking S7 LP this day.
(Dec 4, 1999, Tony Ward, CANAD)
4875 RRI Sorong. 2110-, Warta Berita Daerah 2130. Second station
that was remarkably better with Racal. Yaesu suffered bad
electric noise level, but Racal succeeded to dig signal up.
(Dec 5, 1999, Maakeski DX-pedition, Jari Lehtinen, FINLAND)
4925 RRI Jambi. Caught pre-opening several days with a bird IS
(sounds like an Owl) over a drone as on Dec 1st at 2155. Band
Music and Jambi ID by Man vx over 2158 to SCI 2159 and into
Jakarta news 2200. Begimu Negri 2207 Nov 30th and dropped out
fast. IS at 2146 Dec 1st. Other days (eg Dec 4th) carrier
only and audio on late, after 2200.
(Nov 30 & Dec 1, 1999, Tony Ward, CANADA)
5040.0 RRI Pekanbaru. Telephone conversations and local pops at
2012. ID at 2031 as "Radio Republik Indonesia Pekanbaru" also
"Harian Ramadan...Radio Republik Indonesia Stasiun Pekanbaru".
Fair. This is the special schedule for Ramadan.
(Dec 10, 1999, Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
6070.94 RRI Jayapura. English pops at 1654. SCI at 1658 then Jakarta
news relay. Switched to 6069.8kHz at 2000. This frequency
(slightly up from 6069.8kHz) is for local all night scedule
in Ramadan season. Poor.
(Dec 10, 1999, Juichi Yamada,JAPAN)
11760 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis. Remains the best local morning
frequency after Cuba vacates frequency. Nov 21 with "Programa
Nacional" ID at 1557 and into SCI to Jakarta news at 1600.
Sudden audio cut at 1602 this day, but often continues to
end of news and generally cuts shortly after 1615.
(Nov 21, 1999, Tony Ward, CANADA)
15149.9v V.O.Indonesia, Cimanggis. Nicely in the clear daily now with
EG as last segment to Epe from 2000-2100* with news, music
and features; Good signal and Love Ambon at close.
(Date?, Tony Ward, CANADA)
DX NEWS----------------------------------------------------------------
Monitoring on December 11, 1999, Next RRI stations signed on local early
morning for Ramadan:
RRI Palu on 3960.3kHz: *1856- With opening music
RRI Pontianak on 3976.1kHz: *1856- With opening music
RRI Makassar on 4753.3kHz: *1855- With opening music
RRI Jambi on 4925.0kHz: *1853- With Bird singing IS then opening music
RRI Pekanbaru on 5040.0kHz: *1850- With music, IS then opening music
(Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
RRI Jambi on 4925kHz has local news entitled "Warta Berita Daerah" at
1930. (Juichi Yamada, JAPAN)
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