[HCDX]: TFW 57 3/3

[Giovanni Serra <g.serra@xxxxxx>]

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THE FOUR WINDS ON LINE  - Copyright 1998  Part  3
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Year 3 -  Number  57  - Rome, 7 April  1998


RUSSIA - 7300 kHz, Radio Voice of Russia (=Radio Moscow), QSL-c (full
data, they still use old Radio Moscow  cards), personal letter, Russian
stamps,  v/s Alla Smirnowa (for German Service), arrived in 35 days for
no rp (M.Schoech, Germany)

RUSSIA - R. Samorodinka on 3923, pirate station, V/s Lev Shishkin,
report in Russian. (J.Lehtinen, Finland / Dxclusive # 758, Finland/ Play
DX 974 March 23)

TAIWAN - 9955 kHz, Radio Taipei International, QSL-c (full data, newly
designed with new station name), v/s Bettina Chen (for German Service),
arrived in 30 days, pr (1 IRC) was returned (M.Schoech, Germany)

TANZANIA - 11734 kHz, The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar (thats the official
name), QSL-letter (partial data), for a taped report in 28 days, verie
signer was Abdulrah'man M.Said (for the director of the Voice of
Tanzania Zanzibar), return postage was 2 IRCs, nice stamps on their air
mail envelope. Some quotes : "The Management is very much happy with
your report ....It is very unfortunate that at the moment we do not have
a QSL-CARD [Isn't that the phrase from a lot of other stations, too?],
but I hope this letter will serve the pupose [It does!]." "We have 178
personnel. We run a 15 hrs transmitter every day from 6:00oclock to 9:00
oclock in the morning and later on from 12:00 noon to 24:00 oclock
midnight." "We have two transmitters, a 50 KW SW Transmitter and a 50 KW
MW transmitter located 5 km apart." "Furthermore I would like to request
yourself to do some printing of the said QSL-CARD WHICH ARE OF GREAT
DEMAND HERE. We will be using the cards to answer back our listeners all
over the world." [I'd wish, all stations would do this !]. Address : The
Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar, Department of Broadcasting, P.O.Box 1178,
Zazibar Tel: 31985/33718/32324 Fax: 31985 (M.Schoech, Germany)

USA HAWAII - 17555 kHz, Radio KWHR, QSL-c (full data), for an E-mail
report via WHRI web page, programm schedule, v/s L.Holycross, KWHR
Engeneering, in 28 days for no rp, (M.Schoech, Germany)

UZBEKISTAN - 5060 kHz, Radio Tashkent), QSL-c (full data, they also
still use the usual old design and letter-head, but have new envelopes),
personal letter and postcard, v/s Saijora Turakoluwa (for German
Service), arrived in 46 days for one USD (M.Schoech, Germany)


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GLEANINGS
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CHILE - Voz Christiana: Their gut feeling is that within a matter of
weeks they will get final approval to start bcing. They are quite
confident that 21550 will be authorized for use to Mexico and they are
also hoping to use 21505 for Brazil. They are still formulating their
QSL policy, but they will be sending out QSL-cards. There are no plans
to carry Chilean government programming. (Interview of Andrew Flynn, CE,
on HCJB DXPL, via NU, Mar-21/ EDXP # 84)

CHINA PR - The 1200 CRI English broadcast hasn't been intended for NAm
for a long time, but equinoctially has been coming in well on 9945 as
noted March 20, except for light jamming blips probably bleeding over
from ammassed Cubans on WRMI 9955. 9945 was a satellite-delay behind
//7385 in the absence of RFPI. I checked again March 26 at 1300 English,
and this time the two were synchronized, but very poor //11660, which
Joe Hanlon says is well heard in PA, was leading them both (Glenn
Hauser, OK / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13, March 26)

CLANDESTINE TIBET - Voice of Tibet can be contacted at
mailto:mail@xxxxxxxx Their URL is < http://www.vot.org > (Ludo Maes, 
Belgium)

CLANDESTINE IRAN - Democratic Voice of Iran is now on the Internet as
well. They are at < http://www.dvi.org > E-mail can be send to <
mailto:mail@xxxxxxx > (Ludo Maes,  Belgium)

COSTA RICA. - RFPI's 21465 was revived around 2300 UT Sat March 28,
after James Latham and co. spent a day in the hot tropical sun mounting
the new antenna atop a 120-foot tower. I first heard it at 0020 March
29, and reception actually improved to a peak about half an hour later,
then faded around 0110. 15050 had to be off Saturday because of the
tower work, but should be back Sunday or Monday with its own new antenna
atop a 200-foot tower with 12 dB gain yagi. We actually measured it on
21463.7, and James says that's the only crystal on hand at present, but
just as well to be a bit further away from BBC on 21470, which is
stronger in CR than OK, as it is from Cyprus to E&SAf 1400-1700. Says
the 10 kW on 21 was running only 5 kW,  but ERP adds up to 60-80 kW,
aimed due north. Should be back on early Sunday from about 1400.
Meanwhile, addled by the sun, RFPI started COM and WOR an hour early
Saturday night, but got back on track by playing them again at the
proper hours. Later: it was on by Sun at 1347 check; but propagation
below normal. Better at 1908 check when measured around 21465.6, same
crystal varying ? (Glenn Hauser, OK / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-15,
March 29)

EAST TURKESTAN, REPUBLIC OF - Attention NASWA Country List Committee:
NASWA should count XINJIANG as a separate radio country, just like Tibet
and Manchuria. Under Soviet control from 1944 to 1949, Xinjiang was
known as the Republic of East Turkestan. Now includes the CRI Urumchi
transmitter site, such as 9900 at 1800-2227* to Europe since Jan 1
(Ernie Behr, Ont., WORLD OF RADIO 934/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13,
March 26)

EGYPT - My unID in 98-10, Arabic on 15283.9, March 6 at 1712, is V. of
the Arabs, Cairo, says Tarek Mostafa Zeidan, Egypt in Cumbre DX. He
reports exactly the same frequency March 16 at 1755 interviewing a Cairo
University professor. On March 12 Wolfgang Bueschel had Cairo on
15284.94, but Libya also varied in the area 15286.17-15286.28 (Glenn
Hauser, OK / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13, March 26)

ETHIOPIA - [non]. Rainbow Radio still on 5905 via DTK Germany, barely
audible beneath heavy fax, UT Sat March 21 at 0100. Expect this to
change to 9855 for Z-98 from April, per DTK sked in BC-DX, along with
Lithuania at 0030, and if they come back, Ireland at 0100 Thu, New
Nigeria at 0100 Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13,
March 26)

GREECE - Voice of Greece on new 17525 found with good back-loop signal
at 1240 with English program to Africa (Avlis 100 kW / 182 degrees).
(Kai Ludwig, Mar-29/ EDXP # 84)

GUINEA - 9650 Radiodiffusion Nationale, Conakry, 2330 Mar 12,
reactivated here and on //7125.African highlife selections, numerous
announcement  blocks with formal ID and frequencies, requesting reports.
Reasonable signal but watery-sounding audio on 9650; tnx to suggestion
from Mark Veldhuis in #swl, checked listed parallels and found it 30
over 9 on 7125. Nice guitar IS 2345-2349, then back with same
announcement and more music 2350. VO Russia started tuning up on
frequency around 2355, mixing thereafter. Announcements said: "Ici
Conakry, Radiodiffusion Nationale de la Republique du Guinee. L'emission
que vous ecoutez est ... pour juger la qualite de nos emetteurs en ondes
courtes. nos ecouteurs ... communiquer les resultats de l'ecoute a
l'address suivante: Direction General de l'estacion de Radiodiffusion,
BP 3322, Conakry, Republique du Guinee. Telephone..... (lots of numbers)
...indique le lieu, l'heure, et le frequence d'ecoute de la present
emission." Basically: They want to know the quality of their shortwave
transmissions, and they want reports of the place, time and frequency
where you heard this transmission. Send your reports to the address
above. Frequencies given as 6155 7125 9650 and 15310. Both till going
strong at 0230; 9650, free of QRM, better then. Found this quite by
accident when checking 9650 for Uruguay, which was not heard tonight.
Not heard Mar 13 or 14. Almost sounds like they received a Gabon-like
infusion of cash from Paris. (12-Mar/Novello-NC / NASWA LN April 98)

GUINEA - 6155 Radiodiffusion Nationale, Conakry, 0605-0620, Arabic-style
chants and intevening talk segments by male anncr to 0615, then 
switching to woman in French followed by Afro vocals. Very good at
tune-in, mixing with but still generally atop R. Austria Int'l by 
0615+. Also on //7125 but not as strong - over/under Moscow. Checked for
but unheard on 9650 or old 4900. (David Clark, Mar-16 / EDXP # 83)

IRAN - VOIRI noted in English 0030-0130 on unannounced 9650 (apparently
replacing the 49m frequency) parallel to 9022 and 9685. (Sundstrom, USA
Apr 2)

ITALY - Adventist World Radio announces today (Mar-24) that it has just
purchased 133 acres of land near the small town of Argenta in
north-eastern Italy. Dr. Don Jacobsen, Director of the worldwide AWR
System, states that this site will be the location of a large shortwave
station capable of reaching more than one third of the world's total
population. This new radio property is located near the small farming
community of Argenta and was originally part of a reclamation project
from the Adriatic Sea during the time of Mussolini. The project
Director, Engineer Brook Powers, states that the flat land with a high
water table makes an ideal location for shortwave propagation. A new
transmitter building at Argenta will house four large shortwave
transmitters with the option of adding two more. Initially, the antenna
field will contain six highly directional antennas. Ground breaking
ceremonies at the Argenta property are scheduled for later this year.
Plans call for this new station to be switched into regular service in
July in the year 2000 during the worldwide Quinquennial Convention of
the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in Toronto, Canada. The signing
ceremony in Argenta was also attended by Stefano Losio, Operations
Director at AWR-Forli; Greg Hodgson who is Operations & Engineering
Director for the AWR System; and former owners of the farming property
which will be turned into a large radio station. The Italian government
enacted special legislation a couple of years ago ennabling Adventist
World Radio to construct a large international shortwave station in
Italy. The main coverage areas from this new station will be Central &
Southern Asia, Africa and the Middle East. (Dr. Adrian M.
Peterson,Co-ordinator - International Relations, AWR, Mar-24 / EDXP #
83)

JAPAN - [non]. The new R. Japan relay via Sackville started UT April 2
at 0000-0100 on 11705; loud and clear here, tho wider band audio would
be nice; at first RCI was running its own newscast by mistake, but at
0007 recheck had switched to NHK in English. //9665 via Ascension with
satellite delay, still badly mixing with VOR in Spanish (Glenn Hauser,
OK/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13, April 2)

KOREA SOUTH - [non?]. For the past two Sundays, RKI Murtiwave Feedback
has made a point of announcing that for Z-98 the 1230 broadcast to SEAs
will be on new 6055, "and also to Europe on 6055". If so, it seems two
different relays would have to be used; and this is bad news for NSB
Tokyo, which has been on 6055 forever; haven't they noticed this in
Seoul? (Glenn Hauser, OK / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13, March 26)

LITHUANIA - [non]. R. Vilnius via Germany as expected on new 9855 for
Z98, English at 0030. One evening, transmitter did not come on until
about 0050; and this suffers from RN-Bonaire 9845 splash (Glenn Hauser,
OK, March 31 / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-16, March 31)

MALI - This may well be very old news, but I just got the new edition of
CRI Messenger, and it's showing the Mali relay being used again, but
only on ONE frequency, 7170--and since this only lists English-language
programs I have no idea what else might be on it at other
times...English to Europe 2200-2300 to Eastern & Southern Africa
2000-2100 to Western & Northern Africa 2100-2130 (Randy Stewart, MO,
March 17, WORLD OF RADIO 933 / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13, March 26)

MEXICO - XERTA is still active on 4800.7 whenever checked at night, with
usual mostly-musical format, and heavy het with TGBN whenever it is on,
such as at 1132 March 31. Best to listen after 0330 unless you have too
much Lesotho (Glenn Hauser, OK / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-16, March 31)

NEW ZEALAND - Replying to a listener's question, Myra Oh on RNZI Mailbox
March 30 said there was still no decision about the fate of RNZI (Glenn
Hauser, OK/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-16, March 31)

QATAR - Dohar noted on new 9520 0315-0630, ex usual 7210 at *0245-0705*
and//9570, very bad choice: RL in Ru 0200-0800, VORI Tehran in Swahili
0415/0420-0427* plus Turkish *0430-0527* and Bosnian *0530-0627*,
VoSudan (cland.) *0400v-0600v* on 9519.1 (10-Mar/Timofeyev-RUS / NASWA
LN April 98)

THAILAND - R. Thailand, English at 1230-1300 reconfirmed still on 9885
Udorn, March 30; their most reliable airing here, tho with nearly polar
path often subject to disturbances; fluttery March 31 (Glenn Hauser, OK/
GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-16, March 31)

UKOGBANI - [non]. Sunrise Radio test via DTK Germany, 5880, which I
reported in 98-12 March 20, has not been heard since in the +0100-0400*
period despite nightly checks; though Edwin Southwell, England and Ray
Woodward, British DX Club say it continues in the 1500-2030 period on
5840, except for 1700-1730 when TWR is carried instead (Glenn Hauser,
March 26, WORLD OF RADIO 934 / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13, March 26)

UKOGBANI - [and non]. I don't normally do this, but for the benefit of
those who would not otherwise get this info in time, here is a
perishable schedule for UT Sat March 28 only. Merlin Communications is
celebrating the first anniversary of taking over the BBC transmitters,
with a 24-hour "festival radio network" broadcast, also on satellite and
internet. Programming includes: 0000-0600, Rock Radio Network; 0600-0900
live breakfast show with Johnny Walker, and extracts from R. Caroline's
MV Ross Revenge, off the Isle of Sheppey; 0900-1900, interviews with
Merlin founders and staff around the world; Merlin's Magical Moments of
Radio History--rarely heard radio classics; MediaZoo special; 2-hour
special from Los Angeles studios of rock radio legend Emperor Rosko.
MediaZoo in the afternoon [no exact time] discusses the future of
broadcast radio; 1900-2300 live music with reprise of Merlin interviews
from earlier; 2300-2400 Ear Ache, high-speed telephone interaction with
as many of the global audience as we can squeeze in. Phone +44 (0) 171
419 1035; E-mail mno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or via
website--<http://www.merlincommunications.com> Ironically, tho by
definition Merlin have all the info on transmitter sites, none are
specified in the frequency sked --- 0000 - 0200     9525, 11680 to N Am.
--- 0200 - 0300   9525 to N Am. --- 0300 - 0400     9525 to N Am. 13660
to ME. --- 0400 - 0500     9780 to Eur and N Am. 13660 to ME and SE Eur.
--- 0500 - 0600     5875 to Eur. 9780 to Eur and N Am. 13660 to Eu/ME
--- 0600 - 0700  9780 to Eur. 13720 to Aus. --- 0700 - 0800     9915 to
Eur. 13720 to Aus. 21550 to Af. --- 0800 - 1000   9915 to Eur. 13660 to
Eur ME. 13720 to Aus. 17630 to Eur, Asia and Aus. 21550 to Af. --- 1000
- 1200     9915 to Eur. 13660 to Eur and ME.  17630 to Eur, Asia and
Aus. 21550 to Af. --- 1200 - 1600     9915 to Eur. 13680 to Eur and ME.
21550 to Af. --- 1600 - 1800   11665 to Eur and ME. 21550 to Af. ---
1800 - 1900  6130, 9705 to Eur. 21550 to Af. --- 1900 - 2000   6130,
9705 to Eur and ME. --- 2000 - 2200   9705 to Eur and ME. --- 2200 -
2400  9525 to N Am. 9795 to Asia. 11680 to N Am.  Programme details
available via< http://www.mediazoo.co.uk> (Eric Wiltsher,
rec.radio.shortwave via Dave Kenny, British DX Club, March 20 and all
this via BDXC via Hauser March 26/ GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-13, March
26)

URUGUAY - 6140/9595/11735 R. Montecarlo/Oriental's SW txer is back
again. 11735-Oriental, hrd 0129 on Apr 3 under strong unid in Russian,
w/ soccer match Nacional vs. Bolivar, using slogan "Oriental, la radio
del Mundial" in reference to next FIFA'98 Soccer World Cup to be held in
France. 6140, also simulcasting R. Oriental, with coverage on the
"Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay" the most important bycicle racing in the
country, which is taking place in this coming week. (Nigro, Uruguay)

USA - VOA's Communications World now has a home page at
<http://www.trsc.com/cw.html>. It includes the current broadcast
schedule, links to RealAudio and all other VOA links. (Sundstrom, USA)

USA - Radio Democracy for Africa is a surprise new service Pres. Clinton
announced while visiting VOA site host Botswana March 29. Could start as
early as May. $5 million funding over next two years comes out of
existing VOA budget, 22.5 hours per week of uncensorable news and info [
thus, must primarily be SW]. Will use nine languages, English, French,
Portuguese, Afrikaans, and vernaculars (details gleaned from Reuters via
Dave Alpert, VOA news via Mike Cooper, and via Denis Zoqbi,
radio-escutas, WORLD OF RADIO 935 / GH SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 98-17, April
2)


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Join me for the latest tuning tips for the South Pacific on Radio New
Zealand International during "Mailbox", fortnightly broadcasts, Monday
0430z on 17675kHz and 1130z on 9795kHz, repeated the following Thursday
0830z on 9795kHz and Friday at 1930z on 11735kHz. Next Broadcasts: 
April 13th and 27th, repeated on following days as above. And on AWR's
"Wavescan" commencing the third Sunday of the month, repeated at 0700z
on ZLXA Print Disabled Radio the first Monday of the month, on 1602kHz,
3935kHz and 5960kHz alternate 7290kHz. (Paul Ormandy, New Zealand)

WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE, as of March 26: On WWCR Nashville, Thu 2030
15685, Sat 0600 5070 and 3210, Sat 1130 5070 [this broadcast may be
deleted!], Sun 0630 5070, Mon 0400 5070, Tue 1230 15685 [effective April
5]. On RFPI Costa Rica: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900,
2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000--on 15050-USB 1700-2400; 7385
2200-0800, [21465 1200-2400 and 6980 0000-1200 expected back shortly
with improved antennas]. On WGTG, Georgia, Sat 2330 on 5085-USB
[effective April 11; until then UT Sun 0030]. (GH)



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                                                       Giovanni Serra 

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se la passano gli ascoltatori
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