Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!lgw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: mrodrigu@conicit.ve (Manuel Rodriguez T. (Hosp. Militar)) Newsgroups: sfnet.harrastus.dx-kuuntelu Subject: Tropical Tuning #36 Date: 30 Jan 1995 04:29:36 +0200 Organization: Finnish University and Research Network Lines: 237 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: sfnet Message-ID: <9501300155.AA04716@dino.conicit.ve> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: patrick.mcdonald@f605.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au, moore@acc.mcrest.edu, 71311.2677@CompuServe.COM, 73737.3453@CompuServe.COM, 76635.615@CompuServe.COM, rko@cs.tut.fi, 73042.3644@CompuServe.COM, 76477.1665@CompuServe.COM, avolk@BLABEL.PPP.INFORMATIK.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE, hermod.pedersen@swedx.ct.se, 0003382983@mcimail.com, swl-l@cuvmb.bitnet, rec-radio-info@stat.com, zap@hacktic.nl, nieuw@nioz.nl, tijoma@uta.fi, r.dangelo3@genie.geis.com, dx-kuuntelijat@ Cc: 100135.54@CompuServe.COM (Andrea Lowendel) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Content-Length: 12561 Tropical Tuning _________________________________________________________________ JANUARY 29, 1995 NUMBER 36 Editor: Manuel Rodriguez Lanza e-mails: mrodrigu@conicit.ve manuel.a.rodriguez@spacecom.uunet.ve Address: P.O.Box 65657, Caracas 1066-A, Venezuela. Tel: +58 (14) 258359 (cellular) _________________________________________________________________ Notes from Editor _________________________________________________________________ R. Frontera, San Antonio del Tachira. This venezuelan station on 4760 kHz is active again since January 26th, now with a better signal (5 here in Caracas) but a very low modulation, I sent a fax to the station reporting this but nothing happen, let's see. Mundial network problem. About the intervention of the goverment on private broadcasting networks doesn't change the operations inside them. The new owner only is changing the bureau of Castro's stations for "better operations". R.Rumbos. This station is having troubles with the 4970 kHz transmitter. Actually is off the air. I announce the appearance of a complete collection of new pennants: 4 pennants triangular 19 x 10,5 cms B&W with logo and "en Caracas 670 kHz". "en todo el pais 570 kHz", "para el mundo 9660 kHz" and "en Venezuela numero 1 en el dial" and 1 rectangular pennant 13 x 11 cms B&W with logo and frequencies. R.San Juan de Caraz, Peru. I heard this station on 4733 kHz, 01/24, 33333, @2321, Broadcasting Cumbia & Romantic mx. Then ID as: "estan en la sintonia de la Radio de San Juan de Caraz, a continuacion..." by OM, then the holy rosary. Other stations heard this past week between 2200 and 0200: 3500 La Voz del Guainia Colombia 44444 4410 R.Eco Bolivia 33333 4450 R.Frontera Bolivia 33333 4460 China Nat'l Radio China 23222 4472 R.Movima Bolivia 32232 4530 R.Hitachi Bolivia 24442 4553 R.Dif.Tropico Bolivia 34443 4600 R.Perla del Acre Bolivia 33333 4634 R.Soledad Peru 24342 4650 R.Santa Ana Bolivia 43433 4683 R.Paititi Bolivia 24332 4713 R.Abaroa Bolivia 33333 4738 R.Huanta 2000 Peru 33333 4940 Ediff.Ivorienne Ivory Coast 34443 4945 UNID 32332 4950 R.Madre de Dios Peru 23322 4975 Ondas del Orteguaza Colombia 33333 5020 Ecos del Atrato Colombia 43333 5035 Kazakh Radio Int'l Kazakhstan 34443 5047 Rdiff.Togolaise Togo 24422 6035 La Voz del Guaviare Colombia 44444 _________________________________________________________________ RE: RADIO KIRIBATI _________________________________________________________________ FROM: NICHOLAS RIAN GRACE DATE: Jan-23-95 7:42am Andrew Clegg (clegg@FUNAFUTI.NRL.NAVY.MIL) wrote: : Has anyone, anywhere, ever logged the 500W Radio Kiribati station on SW? I'd love to tune in, but my guess is my chances from the East coast of the U.S. are virtually nil. Quite the opposite! I used to hear them pretty regularly when they operated with only 250 watts on 14917.7 kHz, and my QTH at the time was in Massachusetts. They've since changed frequency to 17440.1 kHz and then to 9825 kHz (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but the MUF has steadily declined... The catch is a little more difficult now, but if you keep your persistence you can get them. _________________________________________________________________ RADIO ESPERANZA, CHILE, 6090 KHZ _________________________________________________________________ FROM: JORMA MANTYLA DATE: Jan-23-95 5:38pm I went through my tape of Jan. 15th and found many clear id's of Radio Esperanza, Temuco, Chile on 6090 kHz. The station has been audible now and then even since that but sometimes QRMed by Brazil. Luxembourg really seems to have switched off their sw-transmitter on 6090 which makes this a free frequency in Europe ... until they lease the transmitter to some US religious group and then we can enjoy Gene Scott etc. o:-) _________________________________________________________________ KIWI BROADCAST _________________________________________________________________ FROM: NICHOLAS RIAN GRACE DATE: Jan-25-95 2:47am KIWI, the low powered pirate station in New Zealand, will be testing his transmitter and antenna patterns this weekend. He's looking for reports from Europe and Asia, mainly, but welcomes letters from everywhere. This will not be a regular transmission, so expect test tones and the like. Check 7445 kHz USB after 0630 UTC on Saturday morning, January 28, 1995. He will be on anywhere from 0630 until the Voice of Free China takes over the frequency at 0850 UTC. Send reports to: Mr. Graham Barclay; P.O.Box 3174; Onekawa, NAPIER; New Zealand. *Do not write "KIWI" on the envelope!* He has a new telephone number you can call during the broadcast: 0064 684 48166. This will replace his old number... Specifically, he's looking for reports from the Netherlands, Belgium, Alaska, India, and any other parts of Asia. _________________________________________________________________ ANDEAN LOGS _________________________________________________________________ FROM: WIAN STIENSTRA DATE: Jan-23-95 1:56pm Nicholas Rian Grace wrote in a message: NRG> Radio Sensacion (Huancabamba, Peru); 6895.30 kHz at 0037 to 0105 UTC sign off on January 21, 1995. Signal: 322 with some RTTY QRM. Program of huaynos and announcements/time checks by male DJ. Possible ID, but still presumed log. Incidentally, I called the international operator to get a phone number for this one, but she said that no radio stations are listed in Huancabamba at all. Nice catch by any standard! Come to think of it, the international operator can't be of much use for cross-reference to radiostations. You see, the radiostations may be under their own name, and not under 'Radiostations', and the station may be owned by a small advertising firm or something of the like. The woman in question may have even looked at the wrong phone book (how much do you expect her to know about Peruvian geography?) Therefore, I wouldn't cross out the possibility of this station because of the operator... _________________________________________________________________ RE: VOICE OF ASIA ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________ FROM: ANDY SENNITT DATE: Jan-26-95 9:51am KA>> This is the address I got out of the 1995 Passport. Has it changed? And if so, can anyone tell me the new address. As it happens, we just learned that the address changed in July 1994, to the following: P.O. Box 24-777, Taipei, Republic of China Phone: +886 (2) 7710151 ext. 2422/2432/2434 Fax: +886 <2) 7519277. This info was faxed to us from Dave Kenny at BBC Monitoring and came from WRTH contributer Tetusya Kondo in Japan. BTW, it'll also be on Media Network either this week or next... _________________________________________________________________ LOGS _________________________________________________________________ FROM: NICHOLAS RIAN GRACE DATE: Jan-27-95 3:09am All logs received in Washington, DC with a Kenwood TS-440S and 160m dipole. Ondas del Mayo (Nueva Cajamarca, Peru): 6803.12 kHz on Jan 27 at 0055 UTC. SIO: 333. This station is regular evenings and mornings, unless a utility station wipes it out. Usual program of ads and huaynos. Radio Sensacion (Huancabamba, Peru): 6895.34 kHz on Jan 27 at 0100 UTC. SIO: 423. Best heard signal yet, but some RTTY QRM. Lots of pop music and about 20 minutes of comunicados (personal messages) before sign off with national anthem. Many time checks and ID's. Announced broadcast sked: 1200 to 0130 UTC (8 AM local to 9:30 PM). La Voz de San Antonio (Bambamarca, Peru): 6627.27 kHz on Jan 27 at 0128 UTC. SIO: 322. Good signal, but I have terrible line noise here... Usually weak, but conditions were good. Lots of huaynos and time checks/ID's by announcer. Radio Vision 2000 (Bambamarca, Peru): 5131.02 kHz on Jan 27 at 0156 UTC. SIO: 222. Pop music and occasional announcements by announcer. No ID heard so presumed. Unidentified: 5010.02 kHz on Jan 27 at 0150 UTC. SIO: 222. Broadcast station in Russian with female announcer. Not // to 5290 kHz. Much QSB so presumed to be from Asia or Central Asia. Does anyone know which site or station this could be? _________________________________________________________________ UNID 4945 ET AL. _________________________________________________________________ FROM: JORMA MANTYLA Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 11:22:01 +0200 This must be Radio Illimani, La Paz, Bolivia, which has reactivated their old 60 mb frequency and heard lately often in Scamdinavia. _________________________________________________________________ ESTEREO CARRIZAL _________________________________________________________________ FROM: JERRY BERG Date: 27 Jan 95 05:26:26 EST 3260, Estereo Carrizal, would be interested in this: only an occasional weak het in the PM here, but I finally bagged them in the AM. Hrd on 1-17 with carrier already on at 1050. HC NA at 1058, then drums, ID in Spanish, and surprised to hear an ID in EG: "From Calceta, Province of Manabi .. . Estereo Carrizal . . . transmitting directly from the middle of the world. Our frequency is 91 meters, 3260 kHz. Our emissions in Spanish for our listeners all over Latin America . . . . Thank you for tuning in to our station. Please write to us. Our address is: Avenida Estudiantil, Quinta Velazquez, Calceta, Manabi, Ecuador. Our phone number is 685-472 [not sure of last two digits], area code 5935." Mostly HC mx, anncr mentioned "Alegria del Campo" at one point (maybe the prgm name), and I think there was mention of FM during a SP ID. Also had what appeared to be telephone conversations with listeners. EG anmt was repeated twice more before 1125 when they were barely perceptible and I tuned out. Address was the same as given by Rich McVicar on DXPL. Signal was poor, with quite a bit of QRN. I have tried the channel several mornings since, and there is often an open carrier but no programming that I can discern. _________________________________________________________________ BRIEFS OF NRC IDXD VOL 62-17 & 18 _________________________________________________________________ FROM: JIM RENFREW Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 07:52:57 -0500 ** The following is the electronic version of "International DX Digest" published on "DX News ARGENTINA: State-owned Radio Municipal is now using 1650 kHz. [Gabriel Ivan Barrera in NZ DX Times JAN 1995] ECUADOR: This note from Rich MacVicar regarding the HCJB-690 test: "It looks like conditions that night were worse than on a normal night. The only two people to positively report the test so far are Mark Connelly in Cape Cod and Mike Hardester in North Carolina. Brent Taylor in New Brunswick suggests I try to plan the next test to coincide with a good auroral opening. I've thought of that, but think it would be difficult to get at least three month's notice out and hit a good auroral opening at the same time. However, I'll try to time the next test 3 solar turns from the nearest auroral opening to when I'm doing the scheduling again. Does that make any sense?" [e-mail via Werner Funkenhauser/ODXA] CLANDESTINE ("CHIAPAS LIBRE" and "MAYAN GUATAMALA"): "La Voz de Chiapas Libre / La Voz de Guatamala Mayan, international tropical and AM band outlet, are soon to begin portable operations in either NW Guatemala, NE Chiapas or NC Chiapas. Because these mobile SS language programs will depend on battery power, the maximum hours of operation will be 1200-0300 UTC, due to power limitations and the need to circumvent both nations' monitoring of these propagandists hours will be irregular. In deference to radio hobbyists worldwide, we will attempt some special DX programs that would include an EE cassette prepared by a DX hobbyist. Starting FEB 1, 1995 reception reports are solicited for both "Voz" (propaganda) and SS supply data/voice utility broadcasts as troops in Chiapas and Guatemala are resupplied by Mayan allies. One trusts that not providing frequencies will be understood. Jay Murley of San Diego CA 92143-4106 will handle all QSL reports ..." [Tijuana statement, via Jay Murley]