WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 8, 2005)
NASWA 1996:
I paid a visit to RRI Ujung Pandang. I spoke to the kepala stasiun Mr.
Beni Koesbani and the head of the technical department Mr. Ashan Muhammad.
Mr. Ashan Muhammad informed me that RRI is on SW now with 2 programs via
5x 250 kW txs from the location Bontosunggu (times and freqs: see info
from Gerhard Werdin).
The schedule of RRI Ujung Pandang is as follows:
0000-0800 9550 (7.5 kW)
2100-2400 4750 (20 kW)
0800-1600 4750 (20 kW)
0000-0800 2490 ( 2 kW)
4719 kHz SW is standby with 50 kW in case the 20 kW 4750 khz tx breaks
down. Reception reports can be send to :
Mr. Beni Koesbani, Kepala Stasiun and
Mr. Ashan Muhammad, Kepala Bidang Teknik
Departemen Penerangan RI
Stasiun RRI Nusantara IV
Jalan Riburane No. 3
Ujung Pandang 90111, Indonesia
(van Arnhem/DX Window/Yamada-JPN/Jembatan DX; 1996)
Info on the inauguration of RRI's new txs by David Foster. RRI's nine new
250 kW txs were officially inaugurated on Sep 14. In a 1-1/2 hour live
bcast of the opening ceremony near Ujung Pandang, beginning at 0245 UTC on
RRI Jakarta Programa Nasional, it was anncd that five of the nine txs, all
believed to be supplied by Marconi, are situated at Bonto Sunggu in
Kabupaten Gowa, 19 km south of UP. The other four are located at Cimanggis
(Jakarta). A sked was anncd, itemizing eight (not nine) freqs:
Bonto Sunggu: 9565 kHz, (?)-1400 UTC to Maluku & Irian Jaya; 9630 kHz,
2100-1000 UTC to Sumatra, Jawa Barat & Kalimantan, both with Programa
Nasional 1; 11750 kHz, 2000-2400 UTC to Sumatra, Jawa Barat & Kalimantan;
and 11885 kHz, 0500-0900 UTC to Maluku & Irian Jaya, both with Programa
Nasional 2. Cimanggis: 9680, 11790 (prob. 11785), 15125 & 15150 kHz, no
sked anncd.
There are four new antenna arrays at Bonto Sunggu, six at Cimanggis. Info
was also given on costs, the area of the sites, elec. generators,
modulation systems, and that two channels are available on the Palapa
satellite for the feed to Banta Sunggu. This project was Marconi's third
in INS. Information Minister Harmaka opened the facility, and the ceremony
was also attended by a representative from Marconi UK and the First
Secretary of the British Embassy. A fourth Marconi project will involve
three new 250 kW FS txs, believed to be located at Cimanggis.
Notes to the above:
(1) Programa Nasional 1 and 2 are new references. There has only been one
Programa Nasional until now, although it was known to split into two
networks at 0030-0200 and 0830-1000 UTC (not daily).
[See October LN-AQ]
(2) Scheduled times have actually been changeable, although it is
interesting to note that 9630 kHz was anncd to close at 1000* and has
actually done so over the past few weeks.
(3) Perhaps the missing ninth freq represents a standby tx or one still to
come on-line.
(4) Possibly Marconi's previous two projects involved the establishment of