BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

INDIA 9875 AIR Delhi site in Russian language produces two spurious
signals again at 1615-1715 UT. Noted splatter both sides on 9819-9832 and
9920-9931 kHz slots.
(wb, Sept 22)
INDONESIA 9680, RRI Jakarta, at 0900-0934 UT on Sept 23 (Sun), singing
KGRE jingle, ID in Bahasa Indonesia (BI) for KGRE & the Indonesia
Australia Language Foundation, into English with KGRE program #5701
presented by Kevin and Maggie, talking about SMP students and the KGRE's
Joeys Club, song "Blue Sky Mine", segment "Quick Fix" about using in & on
for dates, mentions KGRE has new recording studios, mostly good. Suddenly
off in mid-sentence about 0909 UT, open carrier on & off, back on at
0912:40UT without the KGRE program.
Pop music, YL in BI, mentions K.G.R.E. (explaining why they went off the
air?), more pop songs, on-air phone conversation. At 1000 UT noted RRI ID
and into the usual Ramadan/Islam program in BI. A big thanks to Dan Sheedy
for the tip! For the past two years during Ramadan I didn't hear KGRE
during their usual 1000-1020 UT time slot (Sun. & Wed.), so assumed they
were completely preempted, but maybe if I had tuned in an hour earlier I
could have heard them. They have an extensive website:
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld Sept 23)
3987.05 RRI Manokwari at 1318-1400+ UT on Sept 21. Vocal mx to 1328, then
several reps of a 5-note local IS on a dulcimer-like instrument; 4 time
pips to 1330 then YL with "Radio Republik Indonesia..." and into a 10-
minute talk/news program; back to vocal music at 1340; SCI and Jak news at
1400 ToH. Good signal, equal to that of powerhouse Radio Nikkei on 3925
kHz, and holding up past 1400 when most other RRI stations had almost
faded out.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Sept 22)
IRIAN JAYA 4605.04 presumed RRI Serui, 1041-1100, Sept 22, Vernacular.
Light vocal/instrumental music in language, audible under QRN floor.
Gradually fading-out by ToH. Poor. 3976-RRI Pontianak also heard in this
time frame w/ same signal strength/quality.
(Scott R. Barbour-NH-USA, DXplorer Sept 23)
IRAN 7299.96 odd IRIB Tehran in Spanish at 2030-2128 UT.
(wb, Sept 21)
ISRAEL Kol Israel in Russian missed totally, never on Fridays?, at 2000-
2100 UT.
(wb, Sept 21)
ITALY 11890 RAI Somali service loud and clear from 1915 to 1930 UT
s/off. End with "Cold November Rain" but Guns-N-Roses, IDs easy to pick
out.
(Liz Cameron-USA, wwdxc BC-DX Sept 21)
David de Jong writes: Italian media news service Newslinet reports that
the broadcasting center of Rome Prato Smeraldo has received orders to shut
down as of 30 September. Currently the radio broadcasts of Rai
International are available in 26 languages on shortwave, satellite and
Internet. 60 editorial staff are involved on the production side, of whom
half are on temporary contracts. Their future is uncertain, as is that of
Rai International.
The decision to shut down the shortwave broadcasts is a consequence of the
new contract made between the Italian government and public broadcaster
Rai and its international department Rai International. It is still
unclear whether some broadcasts might continue on satellite and Internet.
Most probably Italian programmes will be continued as they are used for