::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS :: :: from Radio Sweden :: :: Number 2060--Sept. 12, 1989 :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden. This week's bulletin was written by Bengt Dalhammar. Electronic Edition edited by George Wood. Packet Radio BID SCDX2060 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHINA--Radio Beijing can be heard in English with good strength at 14:00 hrs and at 15:00 hrs on 11795 kHz, which is a new frequency, and 15165 kHz. (P. Duryodhana, India) CPBS-1 has been heard with fade in around 14:00 hrs on the unlisted frequency of 1368 kHz in parallel with 1359 kHz. The Voice of the Strait has also been noted fading in around 13:30 hrs, and then heard until 16:26 hrs, on 4900 kHz in parallel with 6000 kHz. (Valery Ostroverh, USSR) COLOMBIA--Radio Sutatenza, which now belongs to the Caracol chain, can be heard regularly at 06:00 hrs on 810 kHz with local music and news. (Evangelista Gerardo, Argentina) Radio Sutatenza has also been noted in Spanish with fair to good strength at 04:00 hrs on 5075 kHz. (Gerd Wedemayer, West Germany) Caracol Villavicencio has been observed with fair signals talking about Colombia at 0320 hours on 5955 kHz. (Dan Olsson, "ShortWave Bulletin", Sweden) CUBA--Radio Habana Cuba can now be heard in Spanish to Europe from 18:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs on 15230, 15295 and 17710 kHz. (Eva Maria Solanes Morros, Spain) Radio Habana Cuba has also been noted in Spanish from 18:00 hrs onwards on the new frequency of 21670 kHz. (Valery Ostroverh) IRELAND--LMFM, located in the northeastern part of Eire came on the air Sunday Sept 3rd on 95.8 MHz. Century Radio came on the air Sept 4th only in Dublin (103 MHz), Cork (98.8 MHz), and Limerick (98.4 MHz). Century Radio will within a few months be on 1143 kHz as well as on other FM frequencies. (Barry Hennessy, Ireland) Updating SCDX-2057, Atlantic 252 began regular broadcasting on Sept lst at 07:00 hrs on 254 kHz and is now scheduled to operate from 05:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs. The address of the station is Atlantic 252, Box 252, London W1E 2RA, England. (Roy Patrick, Christopher Hancock, E. Janard, all England, and Volker Wachtendorf, West Germany.) ITALY--Radio Benacus in Verona has now been reactivated and can be heard with German and Italian identifications around 03:30 hours on 1584 kHz where they operate with 5 kW. Radio San Luchino also operates on 1584 kHz. The address of this station is Via San Luca 35, 40135 Bologna, Italy. Radio Europe has been noted from 08:30 hours to 10:00 hrs on 7294 kHz. (Giuseppe Zella, Franco Magrone, and Dario Monferini, "Play-DX", Italy) LEBANON--Sawt al Sha'ab (the Voice of the People) broadcasts in parallel on 936 and 1188 kHz. Programs in English can be heard from 11:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs. (Bo Goeran Karlsson, Sweden) MAYOTTE--RFO Mayotte can often be heard after 17:30 hrs on 1458 kHz, when the Voice of the Maldives has signed off on the same frequency. RFO Mayotte is not featured in the WRTH l989, except in the frequency list. (Maarten van Delft, back from a vacation in the Maldives) MEXICO--Radio Educacion in Mexico City was noted occasionally during the end of August with fair to good strength from 05:10 hrs onwards on 6185 kHz. This channel is also used by the Vatican Radio, which signs off after 06:10 and leaves the channel free. (F. Mendola, "Play-DX") MONTSERRAT--The Deutsche Welle short wave relay station was closed at the end of June and the Deutsche Welle financial and technical support to Radio Antilles will end on December 31. This will make the future of the station uncertain and with that the relay facilities on MW and FM of the CBC, VOA and BBC. (Maarten van Delft, Netherlands) NAMIBIA--The South West African Broadcasting Corporation at Windhoek has been heard in Afrikaans at 05:00 hrs on 3270 and 3290 kHz. (Evangelista Gerardo, Argentina) The SWABC has also been noted in English at 21:45 hours on 3270 kHz. (Gerd Wedemayer) NEW ZEALAND--Radio New Zealand has for some time, been using 15485 kHz instead of 15150 l8:30-07:30 hrs. 11780 kHz is in parallel. Radio New Zealand is also on the air from 09:00 hrs to l2:05 hours on 9850 and ll780 kHz. Radio New Zealand can currently be heard in Europe from fade in around 05:30 hrs to sign off at 07:30 hrs on l5485 kHz. (Volker Wachtendorf) PHILIPPINES--Radio Veritas Asia can now be heard in English to South Asia from 01:30 hrs to 02:00 hrs on 15220 and 15360 kHz and from 15:00 hrs to 15:30 hrs on 9525 and 15445 kHz. (Vasudev E. Parikh, India) There are also programs in Hindi from Radio Veritas Asia, which can be heard from 03:00 hrs to 03:25 hrs on 15360 and 17790 kHz and from 15:30 hrs to 15:55 hours on 9525 and 15445 kHz. (Manoj D. Bawda, India) SRI LANKA--Due to the continuing diffcult situation in Sri Lanka the Deutsche Welle Trincomalee station is not yet fully operational. Only 2 of the 3 250 shortwave transmitters are on the air and the 600 kW MW transmitter is running at only 400 kW. The station is on the air in German from 07:00 hrs to 10:00 hrs and from 10:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs, both on 21640 kHz and from 18:00 hrs to 19:55 hours on 21570 kHz. English can be heard from 02:00 hrs to 02:50 hours on 9615 and 11835 kHz, from 09:00 hrs to 09:50 hours on 17770 kHz, from 16:00 hrs to 16:50 hrs on 6170 and 7225 kHz, from 19:00 hrs to 19:50 hrs on 17810 kHz and finally from 21:00 hrs to 21:50 hrs on 9670 and 11785 kHz. (Maarten van Delft, who has spent a part of his holidays in Sri Lanka) UNITED KINGDOM--The new independent station FOX FM is currently testing in the Oxford and Banbury area on 102.6 MHz. The official start of FOX FM is scheduled for September 15th. (Bradley Allen, England) VATICAN CITY--There has been a slight change in the Scandinavian programs from Vatican Radio. Either Danish or Norwegian is broadcast on Mondays, Swedish on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and Finnish on Fridays and Saturdays. All programs are broadcast at 19:15 hours on 1611, 6185, 9755 and 11715 kHz. (Lars Rooth, Vatican Radio) YEMEN ARAB REP--Radio Sanaa has been heard from 15:00 hrs onwards with good strength on 5950 kHz using the new 300 kW transmitter. The program consisted of news, a drama and finally a reading from the Koran. (T. Akabayashi, "SW DX Guide", Japan) DX MEETING--A convention of shortwave listeners and DXers will be held near Auckland, New Zealand during the Easter Holiday Weekend April 13 to 16, l990. This convention will be hosted by the local branch group of the N.Z. Radio DX League at a beautiful coastal location 60 kilometers north of Auckland. 1990 is a special year for New Zealand, with celebrations including 200 years of European settlement and 150 years of nationhood. You can write to our contributor Douglas Doull, Box 3011, Auckland, New Zealand for further information. PUBLICATIONS--On CompuServe a number of people have been wondering where the "International Listening Guide" has gone. Many people have not received an issue since the December, 1988 issue, which ran out in March this year. And Robin Viegas in India says "I ordered a one year subscription in March this year of the "International Listening Guide" but I have not heard anything since then. Does anyone know what's happened to the ILG? It's been an excellent guide, and it would be a shame if it has suddenly vanished. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden Calling DXers is the world's oldest radio program for shortwave listeners. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news, features, and interviews on Tuesdays since 1948. RS broadcasts to North America: 15:30 hrs on 17880 and 21610 kHz 03:00 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz To Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: 15:30 hrs on 21675 kHz (East Africa) 17:00 hrs on 1179, 6065, and 9615 kHz 21:00 hrs on 1179, 9655 and 11705 kHz And to Asia and the Pacific: 12:30 hrs on 17705 and 21610 kHz 14:00 hrs on 17705 and 21610 kHz 01:00 hrs on 15390 and 17790 kHz The Radio Sweden schedule to Europe can be found on Sky Channel's teletext Service, Sky Text, on page 496. The Electronic Edition is based on the Sweden Calling DXers bulletins which are mailed out every 4 weeks to contributors. 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