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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 - Incredible but true ! Last weekend evening (July 5) in my
summer QTH in Anzio, first, I connected my AD Sloper antenna into AIR
jack of my Sony ICF 2001 D,  then scanning AIR frequencies.........I
listened some SW Radios !!!  I noted a strong Voice of America in
English on 126.975 Mhz at around 1830 UTC, with ID and Yankee Doodle,
into  px in a Slav language !!!  Then, continuing  to scan AIR fqys, I
hrd Swiss R. Int in Italian on 121.600 MHz,  on 126.825 MHz an Arab
Radio, on 127.150 MHz an unid Radio with a French px, and also other
unid SW radios on 127.425,  126.975 and 125.375 MHz !!!  Any idea ?? 
Gianni

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DAVID  J. VALKO - While recording  my old SW cassette tapes onto CD
recently, I noticed that there were many more Peruvians on the air 15-20
years ago than there are now.  New stations seemed to pop up almost
weekly.  New ones don't come along very often now-a-days.

ELMER DAVID ESCOTO ROMERO - The 19 meter band seems to be open from the
East to my location late local nights (04-07 UTC).  Although I have been
inactive for a while, now that I'm back to my rcvr, I can hear countries
I would expect to hear on lower frequencies.  For instance, here are
some of the catches I was able to make last night. --- 15275, Deutsche
Welle, 0623 UTC, German.  Mt problem is I don't know where this
transmission is coming from. It is definitely not Antigua, but it could
be Nauen, Jülich or Kigali. Any hints?  Weak signal, but clear channel.
SIO 252.


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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/ >
also, for NASWA LN  ( Listener s Notebook)  July 1998    via e - mail <
http://www.albany.net/~alcue/ >
BOB PADULA,Surrey Hills,Victoria,Australia for EDXP via e-mail <
http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/edxp.html ><
http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/padulabooks.html >
BRUNO PECOLATTO, Pont Canavese (TO) Italy  for Radiorama Pirate June  #
4   via e - mail    RX: Kenwood R5000, Lowe HF150 ANT.: Yaesu FRT7700,
Daiwa AF606K, longwire 15 mt  <  http://www.arpnet.it/~air/welcome.htm >
<  http://www.radiorama.it >
CHUCK RIPPEL, Cornland, VA, USA, via e-mail,  RX:  WJ-HF1000A, R8A,
R390A/Sherwood SE-3,  Collins 51S-1    Welcome !
CHARLES BOLLAND, Lake Worth FL, USA  via e-mail  RX: NRD535D and
NRD525    ANT.: Longwire
DAVID  J. VALKO,  USA for DX News via e-mail   RX: JRC NRD-535D -
Collins R-388     ANT.: 33 meter (NE-SW) Longwire "T"
ELMER DAVID ESCOTO ROMERO, San Pedro Sula, Honduras  via e-mail  RX: 
DX-394  ANT.:  Longwire 30m
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 and Oregon
Scientific clock, tuned  with the standard frequency station DCF 77 in
Mainflingen, Germany on 77.5 kHz. --- QTH: Cincinnato, Anzio (prov. of
Roma), Italy (ed.) Summer QTH  RX:  Sony ICF 2001 D   ANT:  Alpha Delta
DX SWL- Sloper  (60 feet)
GLENN HAUSER (GH), Enid OK, USA for GH SW/DX Report,  via e-mail <
http://www.hotmail.com >< http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio >
HAROLD SELLERS, Newmarket, Ontario - Canada  for ODXA Target Listening 
July 98,   via e-mail < http://www.durhamradio.ca/odxa >
HORACIO A. NIGRO, Montevideo, Uruguay  via e-mail   RX: Grundig YB400  
ANT.:  randomwire 25m long <http://members.tripod.com/~hanigro >
JOE HANLON, Philadelphia, PA,  USA via fax    RX:   Sony ICF 2010, Sony
ICF Sw 7600 G     ANT:  Whipants, Kiwa Pocket Loop
JORGE LUIS ALOY,  Grupo Radioescucha Platense Conexion GRP, La Plata,
Argentina, via e-mail    Welcome !
JUICHI YAMADA, Chiba, Japan    for Jembatan DX  #  49  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
MARTIN SCHOECH, Merseburg, Germany, for Clandestine Radio Watch (CRW) ,
via e-mail RX: Sony ICF 2001D ANT: Sony AN 1 (active telescopic antenna)
< http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2594/geo-cla.htm >< 
http://www.ralabs.com/swl/cland.htm >
MICHIEL SCHAAY,  Doorn, The Netherlands  via e-mail   RX: AOR AR7030  
ANT.: RF-Systems T2FD and MK1
NICOLAS ERAMO, Buenos Aires, Argentina  via e-mail    RX: SONY ICF 7600 
ANT.: Longwire antenna 15 mts. RX:  SONY ICF SW 7600G   ANT.. V inverted
antenna 20 mts
PIET PIJPERS, Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands  via e-mail    RX: Lowe
HF225E     ANT.:   20 meters longwire.
PLAY DX, Milano, Italy  #  985 June 22, Edited by Dario Monferini, via
snail mail
RADIO COCHIGUAZ,  South America, via e-mail  
RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ R., Santafe de Bogota D.C., Colombia  via  e-mail   
RX: Sony ICF 2010, ony ICF 7600G, Sangean 813   ANT.: Longwire 10 mtrs
and Palomar Loop Antena for MW 
RON NORTON, Program Coordinator, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association ,
Milano, Italy, via e-mail   Welcome !
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 MFJ 16010 ATU
MFJ 1040 b preselector MFJ 1025 antenna shadow <
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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0520- 3325- BRAZIL- Radio Tupi, Sao Paulo, Portuguese, Man Announcer,
Musical Program, ID  0520 /  0535 ID " A sintonia da amistad 650 KHz
Tupi" SINPO 33333 July 5, 1998 (Eramo, Argentina)

0403-  6479.3- PERU- Radio Altura, Spanish, Man Announcer, Musical
Program, ID " A traves de las ondas de Radio Altura......"  time check "
Once de la noche con doce minutos" 0403  /  0420* S/off National Anthem
(instrumental) SINPO 23222 July 5, 1998 (Eramo, Argentina)

2308- 6980- PIRATE SOUTH AMERICA- Radio Free Willy in LSB (Via Radio
Cochiguaz) English and Spanish, Man Announcer, Musical Program ID  "This
is Radio Free Willy ...a Free Radio Station on the frequency of Radio
Cochiguaz..." 2308 / 0000, SINPO 34333 June 29, 1998 (Eramo,
Argentina)   
 
2230-  6980- PIRATE SOUTH AMERICA- Dark Pampa Radio in LSB, (Via Radio
Cochiguaz) English and Spanish, Man Announcer, Musical Program ID "This
is Dark Pampa Radio 2230 / 2254  SINPO 45444 July 4, 1998 (Eramo,
Argentina)    

0110- 5047- TOGO- R. Diff. Togolaise 0110  (on late?)  at excellent
levels.  FF nx by OM anncr with many cut aways to man in large crowd. 
(Rippel, USA 06/22)

0125- 5498- PERU- RADIO LAJAS 0125-0150 JUN.29 Music with mexican
singers. ¨ la musica a traves de la frecuencia amiga Radio Lajas..¨
Ahora otro bonito tema en las voces del inolvidable Trio Los
Panchos...¨.Mentions new frequency in MW, I understang 1180 Khz, but I
don´t sure. (Rodriguez, Colombia)

0130- 5522.23- PERU- R. Sudamerica  0130 with back to back huyanos. 
Listed  as only 250W but levels competed with R. Satellite 6725.51. 
Abrupt  off at 0141* (Rippel, USA 6/22)

0140- 5602.67- PERU- Madre de Dios (presumed)  0140 with wild long talks
by OM into huyanos at 0150. (Rippel, USA 6/22)

0155- 4935- KENYA- V.of Kenya  *0155 with tuning tone into IS, 3 +1 time
pips, ID in EE by YL and into anthem.  2nd ID followed in lang and into
presumed news by YL anncr.  Revisited this one after Clark observation
in NU #1479 and found levels on 2 concurrent nights superior to winter
observations.  2nd, 06/25 logging was strong enough to copy here in VA
Coast using Drake SW 8 portable and whip antenna only.  (Rippel, USA
6/25)

0224- 5637.2- PERU- Radio Peru, Long talks by OM anncr w/ID into anthem
and abrupt off at 0224* (Rippel, USA 6/22)

0240- 5800- PIRATE EUROPE- R. Zodiac (tentative)  @ 0240 with carrier
and bits of US Pops breaking through the QRM.  Thanks NU 1481 Supplement
C tip.  (Rippel, USA 6/28)

0300- 4820- BOTSWANA- Radio Botswana *0300- 3356, // 7255 in SeTswana.
IS on earlier. <2000-2200* 3356, 4820. ( Novello, NU1447 /ODXA Target
Listening, July 98)

0305- 11785- IRAQ- R. Iraq International 0305 (presumed) with AA
chants.  Was looking for observed EE svc but all talks were in AA by YL
anncr.  Co Channel with SS lang station and low audio as compared to
carrier made copy a challenge.  (Rippel, USA 6/25)

0315- 6265- ZAMBIA- ZNBC,  AA Chants at 0315  into talks by OM in
vernaculars with several mentions of Zambia.  4910 not audible so no
parallel noted.  (Rippel, USA 6/27)

0327- 9489.75- ABKHAZIA- Rep. of Abkhazia Radio, *0327 with tuning tone
directly into IS played on piano followed by NS. Clear ID by YL:
".......Abkhazia" then into presumed news. Very encouraging levels.
(Rippel, USA  7/4)

0328- 9490- ABKHAZIA- Radio Abkhazia (freq. var.) *0328-0600> Russian &
language. Best after 0400. (Clark, Canada / NU1479/ ODXA Target
Listening  July 98)

0330- 4765- BRAZIL- R.Rural in PT (pres.)  7 / 4  0330-0400, romantic
songs ( also Julio Iglesias' song in PT version) with M canned tlk
(mostly unclear), tlk mix with mx. (at 0400 QRM strong CW covering poss
final anmct and ID !! ) Poor (Serra, Italy)

0350- 4795- BRAZIL - Radio Difusora; Aquidauana, June 28, 0350-0404*,
Nice Southern tune followed by "Igreja Apostolica" programme. Full ID by
preacher himself, another canned one and some more religion before sign
off with again a canned ID. Very good signal: this can't be said of 5015
Radio Brasil Tropical, very tentative, this one with what sounded like
religion too.(Pijpers, The Netherlands)

0400- 4765- CONGO- Radio Congo Liberte, Brazzaville,  *0400-0500> 4765;
<2000-2200* 4765, 5985 French and vernacular. (McVicar NU1453, Rausch
NU1454  /ODXA Target Listening, July 98 )

0403- 17675- NEW ZEALAND- Radio New Zealand International 6/19 0403
noted with Pacific news in English, ID, local/UTC time checks, mention
of frequency change at 0500, local music, and program in a Pacific
language. Very good signal. (Bueneman, MO, USA)

0404- 9730- FRENCH GUIANA- China R.Int relay, in English, 0404-0411, W
world nx till 0410, with ID at 0404, ancmt into M nx from China (// 9560
over co channel). (QRM splat) F / P (Serra, Italy, 7/ 4)

0413- 17750- AUSTRALIA- Radio Australia via Shepparton 6/19 0413 noted
with news analysis program in English. Excellent signal. (Bueneman, MO,
USA)

0505- 15125- INDONESIA- RRI Jakarta, 0505 UTC, Bahasa Indonesia (?),  
Female announcer, synthesizer music. Weak. On peaks, the S/N ratio gets
better but the Smeter didn' t go any higher than  S. 5. SIO 242. 
(Escoto, Honduras July 02)

0511- 15145- TURKEY- VO Turkey, Çakirlar, 0511 UTC, Turkish pgm. 
Oriental music, then at 0516 music changes to "pop" style. Male
announcer, and more music. Fair. SIO 333 (Escoto, Honduras July 02)

0521- 15160- MOROCCO- VOA Relay, 0521 UTC, Arabic pgm. Male and female
announcers, with fragments of interviews. Talks continue in Arabic by
female. Fair reception. SIO 333 (Escoto, Honduras July 02)

0527- 15205- PHILIPPINES- VOA Relay, 0527-0600 UTC, English.
"Entertainment Today" program in progress, talking about major ballet
companies. @0528 UTC ID "This is VOA News Now", into sports news (Steffi
Graf, etc....) then interesting story about baseball cards and the money
they are worth!. At 0530 UTC News. @0536 about HIV. Fair signals. SIO
232, 333 (Escoto, Honduras July 02)

0530- 15120- NIGERIA- Vo Nigeria, in English (June 30-98), news and
comments about current political situation (great times in the country 
Gen. Abu Bakar had a good start), very good  ---SCHOECH, Merseburg,
Germany

0602- 15240- AUSTRALIA- R. Australia, 0602 UTC, English prog. News.
@0605 "This is Radio Australia News". About Australian Civil aviation.
Fair to Good signals. SIO 333, 433. (Escoto, Honduras July 02)

0620- 15260- IRAN- VOIRI, 0620 UTC, Spanish. News, female announcer.
Fair signal with QSB. SIO 332 (Escoto, Honduras July 02)

0624- 5805- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Free London., June 28, Mx pop,ID in E 
23332  (Pecolatto, Italy /Radiorama Pirate News)

0629- 6270- PIRATE EUROPE- AL Int. ., June 28, Mx pop-rap-dance,ID,QTH
in E  23322  (Pecolatto, Italy /Radiorama Pirate News)

0640- 5800- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Zodiac Int., June 28, Mx (
PinkFloyd),ID,Wuppertal in E (low mode)23232  (Pecolatto, Italy
/Radiorama Pirate News)

0650- 6220- PIRATE EUROPE- Laser Hot Hits., June 28, Mx pop-rock,ID in
E  23332  (Pecolatto, Italy /Radiorama Pirate News)

0756- 11784.88- INDONESIA- Voice of Indonesia t/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 with its
OC. RRI still audible in USB until 0900, when Guaiba commenced
programming. (4 Jul/Quaglieri, USA) 

0758- 7500- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Internazionale, June 28, Mx non stop,ID in
It, EG 33333  (Pecolatto, Italy /Radiorama Pirate News)

0800- 6260- PIRATE EUROPE- R.Benelux., June 28, Mx,Wuppertal,ID in G 
33333  (Pecolatto, Italy /Radiorama Pirate News)

0813- 15294.7- MALAYSIA- Voice of Malaysia; Kajang, June 29, 0813-0831,
Female speaker with news commentary in English, ID and time check,
"World Cup Report" from the BBC, 0828 S/off announcement with mention of
frequencies and transmission times. Into Bahasa Malaysia at 0830. Very
good at first, getting less strong and more fading later. At best 44444.
(Veldhuis, The Netherlands)

0841- 12256- PIRATE EUROPE- Wrekin R.Int. ., June 28, Pop mx,ID in E 
23332  (Pecolatto, Italy /Radiorama Pirate News)

0910- 15124.95- INDONESIA- Radio Republik Indonesia, Cimanggis,  02/07,
09:10, non stop light Indonesian pop and folk songs. SINPO 34323. 
(Schaay, The Netherlands)

0920- 15135- CINA PR- China Radio International, Kunming,  02/07, 09:20,
Chinese folk music in Indonesian service. Silent at 09.26 UTC, but on
again at 09.31 UTC with low keyed talks in Malaysian. SINPO 32332. This
is listed as a 120 kW transmitter, directed 165 degrees towards Malaysia
and Indonesia and competing here with co-channel Deutsche Welle from
Kigali in German on non directional 250 kW transmitter. (Schaay, The
Netherlands)

0920- 6300- PIRATE EUROPE- Farmers from Holland., June 28, Folk mx,ID in
Dutch  33333  (Pecolatto, Italy /Radiorama Pirate News)

0930- 4748.24- PERU- Radio Huanta Dos Mil 0930-1015 Noted comments from
a man and Huaynos music during period. Signal was good between 0950 and
1000 when it faded to poor. (Bolland, USA July 1)

0935- 15150- INDONESIA- Radio Republik Indonesia, Cimanggis, 02/07,
09:35 male speaker in Bahasa Indonesia. SINPO 24222. (Schaay, The
Netherlands)

0940- 15180- CHINA PR- China Radio International, Xian, 02/07, 09:40
Chinese tune, male and female speakers in Mandarin. SINPO 35322.
(Schaay, The Netherlands) 

0945- 11804- BRAZIL- Radio Globo; Rio de Janeiro, July 1, 0945-0957,
Still coming in at this hour, though very weak. Male speakers in
Portuguese, presumably with sports program. Pieces of music and female
voice at 0950( maybe advertisements?), jingles. From 0957 strong QRM
from BBC in Russian on 11805 (via Cyprus). SINPO before 0957: 14332
(Veldhuis, The Netherlands)

0950- 15230- GABON- Radio Japan, Moyabi, 02/07, 09:50 Japanese
interview, parallel to much stronger Ascension relay on 15220 kHz. SINPO
35333. (Schaay, The Netherlands) 



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