::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS :: :: from Radio Sweden :: :: Number 2111--Sept. 11, 1990 :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden. This week's bulletin was written by Agnes Carbon. Electronic Edition edited by George Wood. Packet Radio BID SCDX2111 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SATELLITE-TV--The American television series "Star Trek, the Next Generation" is only available in Europe on video, but the original "Star Trek" series from the late 60's and early 70's is now running six days a week on Sky One, on the Astra satellite. Sky's main competition, Galaxy, from British Satellite Broadcasting's Marco Polo satellite, is countering with reruns of Dr. Who. Galaxy will fill the entire weekend of September 22nd and 23rd with vintage Dr. Who. Meanwhile, Scandinavia's satellite channel TV3 will soon be offering reruns of another science fiction classic, Space: 1999. Their new competition, TV4, starts broadcasting on Saturday. There's a controversy here in Sweden over how cable networks will provide the new channel. Swedish Telecom, the largest cable company, is replacing the Soviet channel Ghorizont with TV4, which has led to many protests. In these days of Glasnost and Super Power summits, there are people here who want to watch Soviet television. And of course the ice hockey season is coming. Telecom's biggest competition in Stockholm, Stjaern-TV, has opened up a new channel for TV4, retaining Ghorizont. CNN--The Cable News Network has become the first global broadcaster. CNN held a conference last week for 180 international television executives, from 73 countries. Much of the conference concerned the changes in Eastern European broadcasting. Many stations there now have to get used to the idea of impartial journalism, rather than being government mouthpieces. CNN's founder, Ted Turner, told the gathering he would like to give modern equipment to Third World broadcasters affiliated with the channel's "World Report" program, but he can't afford it. Turner added that he did give Vietnam a satellite receiver because he felt guilty about his country picking on Vietnam for so long. Appropriately, he was accompanied by his frequent companion, actress Jane Fonda, who made some controversial broadcasts from Radio Hanoi during the Vietnam War. (Reuters) ********************************************************************** GULF ROUND-UP: UNITED KINGDOM--On Sept. 7th the BBC World Service started a daily 15 minute program called "Gulf Link", aimed at the British community in the Gulf area. It is aired at 16:45 on 6040, 11720 and 15120 kHz and repeated the following day at 04:45 on 11760, 15245 and 17815 kHz. (P.U. Krishnan) Updating SCDX-2108, the British Forces Broadcasting Service uses 21500 kHz instead of 21735 at 13:30-14:00 for transmissions to the British forces in the Middle East. (Simon Hamer, Wales and William O. Dickerman, USA) KUWAIT--We also reported in DX-Bulletin 2108 that the Iraqis have forbidden amateur radio in occupied Kuwait. There's a message making the rounds on packet radio here in Europe from the Kuwaiti embassy in London. It urges radio amateurs who might hear stations on the air in Kuwait to avoid trying to contact those stations, for their own security. (SM7OUU) BBC Monitoring has heard a medium wave station calling itself This is Kuwait, on 661 kHz from 20:45 until 22:00 hrs. However, this station is apparently now being jammed. JAMMING--Since Iraq launched its peace offensive with its former enemy Iran, the Voice of the Islamic Republic's Arabic service has been heard without jamming for the first time since the Gulf War broke out in 1980. IRAQ--Iraq has put its domestic service programming on Radio Kuwait transmitters, such as 6055, 11990, 15495, and 21675 kHz. BBC Monitoring says that 13620 kHz, which has carried the Iraqi Voice of the Masses, now has something called the Voice of the Peninsula and Arabian Gulf. ISRAEL--There have been objections from journalists at Israeli radio after management announced last week that they must use Hebrew instead of Arab names for Arab towns. Some journalists have rejected the order, saying Israel is not a police state, while others say they consider the new policy to be a joke. (Reuters) ********************************************************************** AFGHANISTAN--Updating SCDX-2097, the European Service of Radio Afghanistan uses 9665 and 11755 kHz from Soviet relay transmitters at 18:00 in German, 18:30 in English and 19:00 in French. 9635 kHz is still used directly from Kabul. (Herbert Aichele, West Germany) BELGIUM--Beginning September 30th, 1512 kHz will be used exclusively by the BRT International service. Thus, the English morning program will be heard on this frequency at 07:30-07:55. (Paul Brems, Belgium) CUBA--Radio Havana Cuba to Europe uses 9685 kHz instead of 11705 kHz via the USSR at 21:00 for French and at 22:00 for English. (Herbert Aichele, West Germany) CZECHOSLOVAKIA--Radio Prague's DX Program has been renamed "DX Special". It is aired on Wednesdays during the half hour in English at about 07:15, 17:15 and 20:15. (P.U. Krishnan, Sweden) For frequencies, see SCDX-2095. ECUADOR--According to its leaflet "Andex", HCJB should now transmitting 24 hours a day on 25950 and 21460 kHz. However, Moritz Saarmann of HCJB's Swedish section says 21460 has not been used since August 30th, because of "instability problems". This means HCJB can only use two of its three SW transmitters. The third is to serve as a source of spare parts. (Jouko Kero, Finland) FAROE ISLANDS--English has been heard on Utvarp Foeroya, a weather report at 08:00 on 531 kHz and on the FM network. (Simon Hamer, Wales) FRANCE--Radio France International does not broadcast in English at 14:00-14:30 to South Asia on 21770 kHz directly from Paris. It is a relay from a transmitter in China. (Winthrop Yu, Philippines) GDR--According to Radio Berlin International's DX program in Swedish, RBI will disappear from the airwaves at 24:00 on either October 3rd or October 31st. The formal decision on the ceasing of operation has not been taken yet. (P.U. Krishnan, Sweden) RBI is due to merge with Deutche Welle. East Germany resurrected a popular youth radio station last Saturday, just hours after it was taken off the air and replaced by a West Berlin station. West Berlin's RIAS radio station took over most of the frequencies of the youth station DT 64 overnight in a coup that angered West Germany's broadcasting authorities, who were kept in the dark. The state broadcasting authority, forced to balance its books in the run-up to German unification on October 3, had decided to sell the frequencies to RIAS to raise revenue and cut costs. After the state broadcasting authority's switchboard was inundated with complaints from angry listeners, East German Media Minister Gottfried Mueller visited DT 64 and announced he was restoring its frequencies for now. (Reuters) LUXEMBOURG--Radio Luxembourg's shortwave relay on 15350 kHz is now used for the station's English programs RTL International. It previously relayed the French Service. (Roy Patrick, England and Ivan Cholakov, Bulgaria) NORWAY--Radio Norway International has doubled its output in English, by adding broadcasts on Saturdays (previously English has only been aired on Sundays). The schedule is: 12:00 on 25730 and 21735 kHz, 13:00 on 9590 and 9585 kHz, 16:00 on 15220 and 25730 kHz, 17:00 on 9655 kHz, 18:00 on 17755 kHz, 19:00 on 25730, 21705, 15235 and 15220 kHz, 21:00 on 15165 kHz, 21:00 on 15165 kHz, 22:00 on 15195 and 17730, 01:00 on 9615 kHz and 02:00 hrs on 9615 and 11735 kHz. All broadcasts are half an hour long. (Andrew Jordan, USA and Aris Giannarelis, Greece) PORTUGAL--Updating SCDX-2085, Radio Portugal broadcasts 30 minutes in English weekdays: to Western North America at 02:30 on 9705 kHz and to Africa at 20:00 on 15250 kHz. The DX program in English can be heard every second and fourth Monday (not Friday as in the WRTH) every month at 16:15 and 20:15 hrs. (P.U. Krishnan) Radio Portugal still broadcasts in English to Eastern North America at 02:30 on 9680 kHz, to the Middle East at 16:00 on 21530 kHz, to Europe at 19:00 on 11740 kHz. (DX Editor) SPAIN--On Sept. 2nd REE dropped 17730 kHz for Spanish to Europe at 10:00- 21:30. French at 18:00-19:00 still announces 11790 and 15280 kHz but is heard on 9875 and 11790. English at 19:00-20:00 is now heard on 9875, 11790, 15375 and 15395 kHz. (Paul Brems, Belgium) Euzkadi Irratia, the Basque autonomous radio, is still on the air on 819 kHz. The first program is in the Basque language on 1161 kHz (San Sebastian), 1071 kHz (Bilbao) and 1197 kHz (Vitoria) The second program is in Spanish on 819 kHz (San Sebastien), 756 kHz (Bilbao) and 540 kHz (Vitoria). Radio Vitoria also broadcasts on 1602 kHz. (Manfred Boehmer, West Germany) TAIWAN--The Voice of Asia, which broadcasts in English and several Asian languages, uses now 585 kHz instead of 612 kHz. This station has doubled transmitter power from 600 to 1200 KW. (Mizuno Mitsuaki, Japan) USA--Updating SCDX-2107, WRNO in New Orleans apparently returned to full power on August 18th. They had reportedly cut back while waiting for replacement parts. (Andrew Jordan, USA) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--UAE Radio in Dubai has been heard by Bill Matthews in the United States in English at 03:30-04:00 hrs on 11945, 13675, 15400, and 15435 kHz; at 13:30-14:00 hrs on 15320, 15435, 17865, and 21605 kHz; and 16:00-16:41 hrs on 11795, 15320, 15435, and 21605 kHz. Also announced is FM 92 MHz. The English broadcasts formerly aired at 05:30-06:00 and 10:30-11:00 hrs have not been heard. (Dan Ferguson, CompuServe) USSR--Since Sept. 2nd, the German service of Radio Kiev has been heard at 16:00-17:00 on 7150, 7240, 9600, 11780 and 15125 kHz and 19:00-20:00 on 7280 kHz. (Paul Brems) VIETNAM--The Voice of Vietnam was heard on the unlisted frequency of 5920 kHz with sign on in Vietnamese at 14.30. (Tsunaaki Ashimori, Japan) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21500 kHz 02:30 hrs on 11705 and 15295 kHz To Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: 15:30 hrs on 21655 kHz (East Africa and Middle East) 17:00 hrs on 1179, 6065, and 9615 kHz 21:00 hrs on 1179, 9655 and 11705 kHz 23:00 hrs on 1179 kHz 22:30 hrs on 1179 kHz And to Asia and the Pacific: 11:30 hrs on 17740, 21570, and 21610 kHz 14:00 hrs on 17740 and 21610 kHz 01:00 hrs on 15405 and 17860 kHz The Radio Sweden schedule to Europe in Swedish, English, German, French, and Spanish can be found on EuroSport (on cable and on the Astra and Eutelsat I- F4 satellites) Tele-Text page 496. The Electronic Edition is based on the Sweden Calling DXers bulletins which are mailed out every 4 weeks to contributors. Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood to Swedish telex 11738, CompuServe (via the HamNet Forum or Easyplex 70247,3516), through the FidoNet system to 2:202/297 or to SM0IIN at the packet radio BBS SM0ETV. Reports can also be sent to: Radio Sweden S-105 10 Stockholm Sweden Contributions should be NEWS about electronic media--from shortwave to satellites--and not loggings of information already available from sources such as the "World Radio TV Handbook". Clubs and DX publications may reprint material as long as Sweden Calling DXers and the original contributor are acknowledged, with the exception of items from BBC Monitoring, which are copyright. We welcome comments and suggestions about the electronic edition, Sweden Calling DXers, and our programs in general. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to 48 contributors this week Good Listening! ============================================================================= Distributed by The Pinelands RBBS * 609-859-1910 * 24/12/3 @ 8N1 * 64 MB FIDO 1:266/32 * RBBS-Net 8:950/2 * Shortwave Listening * Ham & Packet Radio Home of PC Software by W2XQ * Receiver Control Programs for NRD-525, R-5000 English Language SW Broadcast Schedules (1988 WRTH Industry Award Winner) SYSOP Tom Sundstrom * W2XQ * MCI Mail 244-6376 * InterNet 2446376@mcimail.com TRS Consultants * 609-859-2447 * FAX 609-859-3226 * Telex 6552446376MCI UW =============================================================================