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[Giovanni Serra <g.serra@xxxxxx>]

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loggings in order of  time;  frequencies in kHz;  times UTC;  
ham codes as usual;  Reporting  signal quality: Loc  = local 
signal; E = excellent; G = good;  F = fair; P = poor; 
VP = very poor;  A = avoid.  (also in SINPO or SIO code)
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EDITOR NOTICE - From next March 26 till  April 5, I  'll be on
"vacation" in Switzerland with my father, being present, with an
important invention, at the Inventions and Patents Show in Geneva.  Of
course, TFW won' t be E-mailed during this period, but my Internet
provider will continue to collect your E-mails. Many  thanks for your
contributions indeed.  --- I just purchased an Oregon Scientific clock,
tuned to the standard frequency station DCF 77 in Mainflingen, Germany
on 77.5 kHz,  and now  the time of my tips is 100 x 100 precise (hi !) 
Gianni

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DX MEETINGS
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A.I.R. DX MEETING - With the great loss of our President, next A.I..R.
(Associazione Italiana Radioascolto) DX Meeting will be held here in
Italy on May 1, 2 and 3 1998 in Sirolo, Marche Region. AIR DX Meeting
Sirolo '98: < http://space.tin.it/economia/stgigli  > ( Ed.)

EDXC - The 36 th annual European DX Council conference will be held from
27 to 30 August 1998. The conference venue will be the Radio Museum in
Gothenburg, Sweden, with accomodation in near by hotels. The conference
programme includes a get together party on Thursday 27 evening, opening
ceremonies and reception on Friday 28, a visit to the special Longwave
station facilities in Grimeton as well as banquet on Saturday 29 and
closing ceremonies on Sunday 30. (Play DX # 966 Jan. 26  1998)

RADIO FEST 98 - The Ontario DX Association invites radio enthusiasts of
all interests and all levels to join us for the event of the year, Radio
Fest 98. This 1998 convention of the ODXA promises to be one of the best
events in recent years for radio hobbyists. Regular releases will be
distributed and we invite you to pass them on to anyone whom you believe
would be interested. Here are the details to this time:  Dates: Friday,
October 2 through Sunday, October 4.  Location: Mohawk College,
Hamilton, Ontario. Theme: "Communications Into Our Future". Registration
Fees : USD 15 for the entire convention, USD 5 for one-day attendance. 
Accomodations : local hotels and motels.  Topics to be Covered (more
will be added as we line up speakers and presenters) : Antenna Basics;
Mediumwave Loop Building Workshop; History of Canadian Radio;
Introduction to Shortwave Radio; Game Show (a fun event for everyone);
Radio Astronomy.  Saturday Night Banquet : A keynote speaker will be
announced shortly.  Prizes : Many exciting prizes will be available in
our traditional raffle. Contact for further information:  World Wide Web
: < http://www.grove.net/~odxa/  > [Note that this will change soon, due
to the sale of Grove.net]  E-mail : < 70400.2660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Snail
Mail : Ontario DX Association, P.O. Box 161, Station A, Willowdale,
Ontario M2N 5S8, Canada  (via Harold Sellers, Canada)

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MAILBOX 
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GLENN HAUSER - RE:  0514- 5470- UNID- R.Veritas in AfroVern / English,
28/02 0514-0613, (new frequency) (on TFW # 53 ). As I recall this is a
frequency previously announced by the R. Veritas in LIBERIA. Looks like
they are finally using it. 73, Glenn

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Thank you  for all our Contributors !
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AL QUAGLIERI ( AQ ), Albany, NY, USA    via e - mail    RX:  Drake
R8A    ANT:  an extended Zepp antenna < http://www.albany.net/~alcue/ >
BOB PADULA, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia  for EDXP #  81  via e -
mail  <  http://www.wp.com/edxp/ >
BRUNO PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy  for Radiorama Pirate News
March  #  01   via e - mail    RX:  Kenwood  R-5000 - Yaesu FRT-7700 
ANT:  15 meters LW - 12 meters dipole - loop & Daiwa AF - 606K filter < 
http://www.arpnet.it/~air/welcome.htm > <  http://www.radiorama.it >
ERIC BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO, USA   via e-mail   RX: Sangean ATS-803A 
ANT: MFJ-1778 G5RV < http://members.aol.com/n0uiheric/k-index.htm >
GIOVANNI  SERRA, Roma, Italy (ed.)   RX:  JRC NRD 525     ANT:  Alpha
Delta DX SWL-S Sloper  (40 feet) ;  JPS NIR 10 filter, Oregon Scientific
clock, tuned  with the standard frequency station DCF 77 in Mainflingen,
Germany on 77.5 kHz.
GLENN HAUSER (GH), Enid OK, USA for GH SW/DX Report 98-09, March 5, 1998
via e-mail < http://www.hotmail.com ><
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio >
HAROLD SELLERS, Newmarket, Ontario - Canada via e-mail   RX:  NRD-515  
ANT: 50 meter wire antenna
DR. JUERGEN  KUBIAK, Berlin, Germany  via e-mail  for  News DX Magazine
- Worldwide DX Club March 98.
WWW:<http://members.aol.com/jkbln><http://www.snafu.de/~j.kubiak/><
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/ > < 
http://www.european-media.com/wwdxc/ > 
JUICHI YAMADA, Chiba, Japan for Jembatan DX  #  43  via e-mail   RX: 
NRD-525  - AR7030     ANT:   AN-1
MARK VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands via e-mail    RX: AOR AR7030 - JRC
NRD-535 - Lowe HF-150 -Sony ICF-SW7600G   ANT: Appr. 20 meter longwire +
MLB and RF Systems SP-2 antenna splitter
MICHIEL SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands  via e-mail   RX: AOR AR7030  
ANT.: RF-Systems T2FD and MK1
PAUL ORMANDY, Oamaru, New Zealand via e-mail  RX: Drake SPR-4      ANT:
from home 2 x 25 metre dipoles in a V -  from Waianakarua, 3 x 300m
Beverages aimed at the USA, 1 x 450 metre aimed at South America and 1 x
300m aimed at Hawaii/Alaska.
PEDRO ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru   for Chasqui DX  # 117 via e-mail    RX:
Icom IC-R 71 E    ANT:   42 meters dipole
SHORT WAVE RELAY SERVICE,  Broadcasting facilities for free radio, via
e-mail, < http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/7568/ >  Welcome !
TAKAYUKI INOUE NOZAKI  (TIN) , Tokyo, Japan  for Relampago Dx
01/MAR/1998 and 08/MAR/98, via e-mail
THOMAS R. SUNDSTROM, Vincentown,  NJ, USA ( via e - mail )  RX: JRC NRD
535  - Lowe HF-150    ANT: 100m inverted-L, top about 30m off the ground
(for NRD 525 ) - 25m wire running vertically into the top of a tree (
for Lowe HF-150 ) TRS Consultants < http://www.trsc.com/ > <
http://www.trsc.com >  Contrib Editor, Radio Netherlands <
http://www.rnw.nl/>www.rnw.nl > Media Network.  Contrib Editor, "Radio &
Communications" < http://www.trsc.com/rc_aus.html >.  Contrib Editor,
Suite 101's < http://www.suite101.com> "Radio"
ZACHARIAS LIANGAS, Thessalloniki, Greece via e-mail   RX:  Lowe HF 150 -
Philips 2935 - Sony ICF 7600 D   ANT:  6 meters sloper  ATU hand made  -
11 m hor ( for 40 m - 60 m ) - 6 m antenna tilted upward  <
http://www.compulink.gr/Users/zliangas >  SHORTED ! <
http://www.clandjop.com/~jcruzan/greek-p.html >  (mirrored for greek
pirate radio )

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SW TIPS    (TIME - Freq. - Country)
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0000- 4770- ECUADOR- Radio Centinela del Sur, Loja  0000-0004  Presumed
this one with music and male speaker in presumed Spanish. SINPO: 24332
---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands  MAR 2)

0010- 4890.2- PERU- R. Chota, Chota, Cajamarca; 6/03 0010-0045 22222 mx
px Orientando su destino ID "Amigos de esta estación Radio Chota.." px
saludos y mensajes ID "Avisamos que mañana sábado tendrá mensaje en
Radio Chota..." ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru  / Chasqui DX  # 117

0017- 7185- TURKEY- TRT in Turkish 0017, here now, // 9445 5980 9460,
seems to replace now-vacant 7280. So much for any further loggings of
Myanmar this freq/time. ---QUAGLIERI Albany, NY, USA 3 Mar

0030- 25950- USA- KNRK FM Portland OR, 0030, fair signal peaking with
rock music in AM mode. Best heard here around this hour. ---ORMANDY,
Oamaru, New Zealand  Mar 5

0035- 4835- GUATEMALA- R.Tezulutlan (fqy var) in Vern 7 March 0035-0048,
avisos and mensajes by M, with some ID s during tlk. (QRN statics, QRM
splat) F / P ---SERRA, Roma Italy

0050- 4885- BRAZIL- R.Clube do Parain PT, 7 March 0050-0104, MM chat
till 0059:04", braz song and M ancmt, M ID s and fqy quote, braz song,
slogans, ancmts. (QRN statics, QRM splat ute at times) F / P ---SERRA,
Roma Italy

0055- 5323.7- PERU- R. La Voz de Anta, Anta, Acobamba, Huancavelica;
6/04 0055-0140 22222, También el 7/04 1105-1150 22222 ID "La Voz de Anta
desde Anta, Acobamba, algo diferente... Radio Anta, la mejor.." mxf ID
"Radio la Voz de Anta con la buena música, siempre contigo.."
---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru  / Chasqui DX  # 117

0102- 11785- INDONESIA- VO Indonesia 0102 W in EE w/nx incl items about
IMF and Indonesia's economic crisis. Fair and gaining strength, battling
w/Brasilian on 11785.14. // 9525 even better and in the clear using USB.
---QUAGLIERI Albany, NY, USA 3 Mar

0201- 3210- COSTA RICA- R. Exterior Espana relay in Spanish, 7 march
0201-0215, // 5990 (Costa Rica), 5970 (Costa Rica, with QRM splat and co
channel), 6055 and 6125,  W nx, with  REE jingle and corresp, (mostly
unclear) till 0207, M ID,  tlk, jingle, W ID, ancmt, mx pause, tlk mix
with mx (px: Mundo solidario), ID. Poor ---SERRA, Roma Italy

0513- 11895- FRENCH GUIANA- Radio Japan relay 3/3 0513 noted with
financial news, news around Asia in English, Japanese pop music. Good
signal. ---BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO, USA

0640- 7185- CROATIA- Croatian R, 0640, fair-good in Croatian, // 6180
which suffered co channel QRM ---ORMANDY, Oamaru, New Zealand 5/03

0735- 15295- LIBYA- LJB,0735 , 2/03, arabic songs  low modultaion //
15415/15435,  43443 ---LIANGAS, Litohoron Greece  

0740- 5805- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Free London 01/03 Pop mx,ID in EG   32332
---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate News March  # 
01

0750- 6220- PIRATE EUROPE- Laser Hot Hits 01/03 Pop mx,ID in EG  32332
---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate News March  # 
01

0754- 6260- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Bremen 01/03 folk, pop mx non stop,ID,QTH
in German, EG  33322 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama
Pirate News March  #  01

0810- 12256- PIRATE EUROPE- Wrekin R.Int. 01/03 Pop-rock mx,ID in EG 
23332 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate News
March  #  01

0831- 6270- PIRATE EUROPE- Star Club R. 01/03 Dance rock mx,ID in
German  23232 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate
News March  #  01

0855- 7480- PIRATE EUROPE- Crazy Wave R. 01 /03 Mx (Litfiba),ID in
Italian, EG (bad mode)  33333 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy /
Radiorama Pirate News March  #  01

0920- 6983- COSTA RICA-  Radio For Peace International in LSB 3/4 0920
noted with talk on global economic growth on "Alternative Radio", "RFPI"
ID and station promo in English. Off frequency, noted back on nominal
frequency (6980 kHz LSB) 3/9 0900. ---BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO, USA

0948- 6280- PIRATE EUROPE- Unid R. 01/03 Folk Mx px in Dutch  22222
---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate News March  # 
01

0950- 6300- PIRATE EUROPE- Farmers from Holland 01/03 Mx and ID in
Dutch,EG  33333 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama
Pirate News March  #  01

1020- 3945- JAPAN- Radio Tampa 3/3 1020 noted with 40 minutes of nonstop
U.S. rhythm and blues music, ad cluster, ID and news in Japanese. Fair
with Ham QRM. ---BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO, USA

1037- 15120- NIGERIA- Voice of Nigeria 1037-1055 Strong signal on this
re-activated frequency, as first heard by Nikolai Pashkevich in Russia
March 2nd. Male in English with strong African accent, reports. Strange
tone in audio. Audio lost from 1049-1051, when male gave ID: "This is
the Voice of Nigeria, broadcasting from Abuja". Then lost audio again,
with strong buzz on and off. Audio had not returned at 1055, when I
stopped listening. ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands  MAR 3)

1100- 3234.8- PERU- R. Luz y Sonido, Huánuco; 3/03 1100-1136 444444 mxf
ID "Es Radio Luz y Sonido con el ángelus de la mañana" px religioso,
luego mxf huayno ID "Son las 6 de la mañana con 12 minutos en su Radio
Luz y Sonido, desde Huánuco..." ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru  / Chasqui
DX  # 117

1103- 4780- ECUADOR- Radio Oriental HCLE7 Tena 3/3 1103 noted with day's
program schedule, local music in Spanish. Good signal, unID Spanish
station underneath. ---BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO, USA

1135- 4039.2- PERU- R. Marginal, Tocache; 4/03 1135-1212 33333 advs
Empresa Molinera Tocache ID "Radio Marginal en cadena con RPP" px La
Rotativa del Aire. ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru  / Chasqui DX  # 117

1140- 3250.8- PERU- R. Comas, Lima; 3/03 1140-1210 44444 mx romántica LA
ID "Radio Comas FM" mx ID "La linda música, se escucha por Radio
Comas.." ---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru  / Chasqui DX  # 117

1158- 15380- MARIANNAS ISL- KFBS Saipan, 1158 , 2-3  w religious songs
in a Indonesian dialect then IS , ID . Good on 28/02 +1/0 +1 3ow on 3/03
---LIANGAS, Litohoron Greece  

1200- 4824.4- PERU- R. La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 6/04 1200-1240 22222
ID "Por la Voz de la Selva....." noticias y advs regionales.
---ARRUNATEGUI, Lima, Peru  / Chasqui DX  # 117

1207- 7120- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Flamingo via IRRS 28/02 Mx and ID in
German, EG 43333 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama
Pirate News March  #  01

1215- 6300- PIRATE EUROPE- Farmers from Holland 28/02 Pop folk mx,ID in
Dutch  33333 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate
News March  #  01

1220- 6210- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Pamela 01/03 Rock mx,ID in EG 23332
---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate News March  # 
01

1255- 7306- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Popolare via Europe, in USB,  28/02
Powerjam(JRR px), ID in Italian  23332 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO)
Italy / Radiorama Pirate News March  #  01

1300- 7120- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Wonderful via IRRS 28/02 Mx,ID,QTH in EG 
43333 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama Pirate News
March  #  01

1345- 13765- VATICAN CITY- Vatican Radio 3/4 1345 noted with Pope John
Paul II's speech on ministry to the poor, in English. Fair to poor
signal. ---BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO, USA 

1400- 7120- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Flamingo via IRRS 01/03 Flamingo show,ID in
EG, German  43333 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy / Radiorama
Pirate News March  #  01

1410- 21470- CYPRUS- BBC Relay 3/4 1410 noted with interviews with
various people living and working in New York, NY, in English. Good to
fair signal. ---BUENEMAN, Hazelwood, MO, USA 

1422- 10059.8- VIETNAM- Hanoi 1, 1422-1430 Male and female speaker in
Vietnamese, Vietnam mentioned, ID, Voice of Vietnam tune at 1429. SINPO:
34434  ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands MAR 2)

1433- 9749.97- MALAYSIA- Voice of Malaysia, Kajang 1433-1442 Female
speaker with news in Indonesian, ID, jingles, economical talk. SINPO:
43433 ---VELDHUIS, Borne, The Netherlands  MAR 2)

1446- 6155- SINGAPORE- Radio Corporation of Singapore 1446-1453 Presumed
them with One FM under Radio Austria Int. in Spanish. Popmusic, male DJ
in English. 31432. Chinese service strong on clear 6000 kHz., with some
English advertisements.---VELDHUIS, Borne,The Netherlands MAR 2)

1540- 6220- PIRATE EUROPE- Laser Hot Hits 28/02 1540-1810, Pop
mx,ID,Merlin box in EG  23332 ---PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy /
Radiorama Pirate News March  #  01

1553- 5500- ETHIOPIA- V.o.Tigray Rev. in poss Tigrigna (tent), 28
February 1553-1559*, lcl songs and M ancmts, other M tlk (poss nx at
1557), S/OFF at 1559. Fair ---SERRA, Roma Italy 

1604- 5060.08- CHINA PR- Xinjiang PBS in poss Mongolian (pres) (fqy var)
28 February 1604-1647*, lyric folk songs and chinese class mx, alt with
M brief ancmts (till 1638), M tlk, poss ID at 1742, W M tlk, final pip
and S/OFF at 1647. (QRM het) Fair ---SERRA, Roma Italy

1629- 7095- CLANDESTINE-  R Southern Azerbaijain 1629 , 1/03 , YL 
starting program , in Azeri  giving also adress in austria  and
telephnes . Local like 44444 ---LIANGAS, Litohoron Greece
 
1630- 7095- CLANDESTINE- Voice of Southern Azerbaijan,  28/02, 16:30
sign on with female speaker in Azeri, giving Postfach address in Vienna
and phone numbers. Then short folk tune and presumed news. SINPO 33443.
Transmitter speculated to be in Israel. ---SCHAAY,  Doorn, The
Netherlands
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