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Swedish DX news - 5/91
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:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: frdio Sweden ::
:: Number 2131--May 7, 1991 ::
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Shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden.
This week's bulletn aswrttn by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2131
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SWEDEN--We're happy to announce that edition 5.0 of our bokle
"Cmmuncatins in Space: The DXers Guide to the Galaxy" is hot off the
presses. The last edtion,4.2, ame ot in ate 1989, and many things have
happened in the world of space and satellitecommuncation sincethen. he
booklet is free, so if you're interested in tuning in to space, fromweather
and amteur raio satelites to astronauts and satellite televison, please
write. The addrss is Raio Swede, S-105 0 Stockhlm, Sweden.
On the other hand, things happen so quickly in th satellit world, w
alreadyhave a fe updates:
SATELLITE-TV: EUROPE
Eurosport, the satellte sports hannel joitly owned y the Euroean
Broadcasting Union and Rupert Murdoch's Sky Televison, went of the air on
May 6th. Te channel hd two problems. First, when Sky bought out British
atellite Brodcasting, italso bought British-onl sports channel, now
called Sky Sports. Secondl, the Europea Commission rcently ruled hat the
ventre violated European Community fair competiton regulations Which meant
hat programmin costs were abut to go up. So Rupert Murdoch kept the
British channeland has pulled he plug on Europort. (Dagens Nheter, TT,
Reuters)
However, negtiations are goig on to find somone to buy out Sy's share. So
Erosport may return. Rupert Murdoh, meanwhile, hasbeen selling mostof his
publishin interests in theUnited States. He and the oter owners of BSB
ave now agreed on 200 million poundrefinancing packag to keep the
venture gong through the end f 1992.
(Reuters, ow Jones, AP)
Thre are some changeson the Eutelsat 2-F1satellite. The Spanih channel
Galavisio has stopped broadcats on that satellite and is now onlyusing
PanAmSat.
ut there's a new chanel coming to Eutelsat2-F1, the Middle East
Broadcastin Corporation. Owned bythe American CNN, it wll broadcast to
Arabi speakers in Europe fo 8 to 10hours a day. (Jan Johanson, Sweden,
via packe radio)
Eurosport usd the Astra 1A satellit. Anther user of that satellte has now
switched to he new Astra 1B, with a onger schedule. Japan Sallite
Television, JSTV, as broadcast for two hour each night on the Lifestle
transponder on Asta 1. Since May 4th it bee using transponder 24 on Atra
1B, at 11567 MHz. JST is scheduled to bradcast or 11 hours a day. rograms
are to be dubbed o subtitled, to make them moe accessible to uropean
viwers. (BBC Monitring; and Soenke, DD8LS, viapacket radio)
SATELLITETV: ASIA/GLOBL
We've repoted before abut the plans by the Japanese ublic broadcaster NHK
to crete a globa round the clock nes network.The president of NHK
announce recently that this network wold begi by the end of the year in
colaboration with major American nd European broadcasting companes.
According to the plan, ther apprently would be three eight hourblocks, in
English, one each toAia, the Americas, and Europe.
Japanese satellite television sufered some set-backs recently. OnAril 18th
the American rocket caring the BS-3H satellite was lost There were fears
this would ean he loss of one of the country' thre direct satellite
televisionchannels. But the gap will b filledby juggling channels on the
two exiting satellites, 2-B and 3-A
Meanwhile, the Nvember lauch of Japan's Superbird B atellite hs been
rescheduled to Janary, 1992. This satellit was supposedto replace
Superbird A,which was knoked out of service last ecember. Eight televison
broadcastershave been moved to othr satellites.
(BC Monitoring)
Ther's another new Asiansatellite broadcastr. Star-TV has gone n the air
on Asiast at 105.5 degrees Est. 24 hour programing is due to begin a the
end of this onth. By the end of th year, the system s to be operatin
three channels. Broadcats are in Mandarn, and the primary audiene will be
in Hog Kong, Thailad, and Taiwan. (Elektronikvarlden; BBC Montoring;
David, 4X1VL, via pcket radio)
SATELLITE-V: NORTH AMERICA
Agrivision s a new chanel for rural residents, using te Westar 5
atellite, ransponder 17. (Jim Sobert on CompServe)
nd there's a new TV satellite overNorth Amerca. Spacnet 4 was launched on
April 12th, an is locaed at 101.5 degrees West. John Gentne has see
test, with various transponders used a coupl of miutes at a time. (John
Gentner on CompuSrve)
WATHER SATELLITES:
There are some interesing aunches coming up. The American NOAA-D weater
atllite is scheduled for launch on May 14th, at 5:2 hrs. After launch it
will become known as NAA2, and will replace NOAA-10. Look for it in the
6 MHz weather satellite band. (Stephen McNeill inace News, via Kauto
Huopio)
AMATEUR RADIO STLLITES.
The launch of the European environmnt nervation satellite ERS-1 has been
postponed utilMay 22nd. Also onboard is the University ofSurre's OSAT-F,
which will probably be known as UO22 whn it's in orbit. It will contain a
packt radiobullein board. Besides use by radio amateurs,the satllite
will be used to transmit free edical inormatio to universities in East
Africa.
The inforation will be uplinked from a groud station i Newfoundand.
Ground stations have been shpped to uniersities in Kenya, Zimbabwe, an
Zambia. Theresearcherswho build the satellite at the niversity of urrey
are also developing prtable ground sations that wll fit into a briefcase,
sothat field workrs can take them to isolaed villages. (NewScientist,
Reuers, TT)
GERMANY:
According to an iterview in the second M radio network of he WDR Cologne
Byern 5 (Bavaria 5) is oing to start on Moday, 6th of May 199. The station is
a sation totally orienated on news coverae. This means: news blletins every
1 minutes from 06:00 to 4:00 local time, betwen the news bulltins coverage of
a speial topic, e.. sports, culuture, politcs, economy. The news cverage
shallnot be a "Bavarian's viewof the word" (Bavaria is ruled by a rght wing
christian socia governmen with dominates the Bayriscer Rundunk Radio and TV
service), bt shall use the ressources f the wole ARD (the umbrella
organiatio of for all German public broadasters) news correspondents' etwok.
The model for this formati the French station "France Info"
The "B 5" service will cove 0 percent of Bavaria on vhf-fm feuencies and
the whole of Bavariaon a medium wave frequency (theyddn't state which
frequency).Late this year they will also broadcst by satellite.
The costs of B 5"are estimated to 10 Millin Deutshmarks per annum, which
are roghly the costs for three majorTV filmproductions. So the " 5" servic
is considered relativly chea.
Listeners are not expectd to liste for hours and hors, but to swtch in
several times of the ay for approx. 15 minutes, epecially whenthey have
mised the news brodcasts in the other bavarianradio programs. (Dieter
Kukelkorn, Germany
WRT:
The World Radi TV Handbook has been the sandard reference book of dmestic
and internaionalbroadcasters since jus after the Second World Wa. The
most recent editio includes a new featur-extensive coverage of satllite
broadcasting. WRTHEditor Andy Sennitt was ecently here in Stockhom,on his
way to an importat club gathering. In thi week's English editionof Sweden
Calling DXes Andytalks with Alan Pryke, aout the handbook and th club he
was visiting Sweden's Arctic Radi Club.
hey'll be continuing thir conversation in thenext edition of Swede
Calling DXers, comng up in two weks. Our DX Editor Geoge Wood will also be
reporting then on th conference of the uropean DX Councilin Barcelona. And
wehope to see a lot ofyou there!
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Sweden Caling DXers is the orld's oldest rado program for shortwave
listeners. Radio Swden has presented his round-up of rdio news, featurs,
and interviews since 1948.The program is nowbroadcast on the irst and
third uesday of each onth. RS broadcasts to North Ameria:
1530 hrs on 17875 nd 21500 kHz
02:00 hrson 9695 and 11705 kHz
03:30 hrson 9695 and 1170 kHz
To Latn America:
23:30 hr on 9695 and 11705 kHz
To Europe, Afric, and the Middl East:
17:00 hrs n 1179, 6065 and 9615 kHz
18:30 hrs on 6065 and (iddle East) 1570 kHz
19:30 hrs on1179, 6065 nd 9655 kHz
20:30 hrs on 6065 kHz
2200 hrs on 117 and 6065 kH
2330 hrs on 179 kHz
And to Asia and the Pacific:
11:0 hrs on 1190, 17740, ad 21570 kH
1:00 hrs on 11960, 17740, and 21570 kHz
01:00 hrs o 9765 kHz
Contribuions can e sent t DX Editor George Wood to Swedish telex 11738,
CompuServe (vi the HamNe Forum orEasyplex70247,316), through the FidoNet
system to 2:201/697 or to SM0IIN at the acket rado BBS SMETV.
Repors can also be sent to:
Radio Sweden
S-105 10 Stockhlm
Swede
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