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ETERAKTUELLT Nummer 6 | Dec Tidningen för världsradiolyssnare och DX-are ETERAKTUELLT Nummer 6 | dec. 2011 - jan. 2012 | årgång 53 Dubbelnummer - 80 sidor helgläsning! Sveriges DX-förbund - Senaste nytt på www.sdxf.se Innehåll nr 6 2011 Afrikahorisont 3 Kalendern 35 LA-horisont 5 NA-horisont 36 Media - när och fjärran 7 QSL-posten 38 DX-parlamentet i Motala 10 Aktuellt på banden 44 Klassiska DX-mottagare: Icom IC-R71E 11 DX-filateli 48 Från amatörbanden 14 Mest 2012 19 Omslaget Aktuellt från Deutsche Welle 22 Förutom lite julpynt huvudredaktörens julkort från JOIF, Vi har lyssnat på... 24 Fukuoka, Japan som då som nu sänder på 1413 kHz. QSL-stationsomröstningen 2011 25 DX-parlamentet 2012 26 Adressändringar anmäls helst till: Klubbnytt 27 [email protected] Saknad eller skadad tidning meddelas i första hand: Engelsksändarlistan 30 [email protected] Stoppdatum nr 1 2012 Huvudredaktionen 1 februari | Spaltredaktörer 3 februari | Sista minuten 8 februari Sveriges DX-förbund, förkortat SDXF är en opolitisk ideell organisation med syfte att främja, stimulera och sprida information om DX-ing och kortvågslyssning. SDXF ger Sveriges DX-förbund ut tidningen Eteraktuellt som kommer ut med 6 utgåvor per år. SDXF är dessutom Box 1097 sammanhållande organisation för ett antal lokala DX-klubbar i Sverige. Medlemskap S-405 23 GÖTEBORG i SDXF (helår, Sverige): 275 kr inkl. Eteraktuellt, Familjemedlemskap inkl 1 EA 275 kr, utan Eteraktuellt 125 kr, betalas in på Plusgiro 3 26 26-4. För medlemmar utanför [email protected] Sverige gäller andra avgifter som meddelas på begäran. Menbership rates valid outside Sweden can be obtained on request. Alla tider i Eteraktuellt är angivna i UTC (GMT). All times are UTC! Redaktion Eteraktuellt C/o Magnus Jesperson Eteraktuellt är organ för Sveriges DX-förbund (SDXF). Regementsgatan 22 ISSN 0014-1658. 723 45 VÄSTERÅS © 2011 Eftertryck med angivande av källan är tillåtet såvida inte annat anges för respek- E-post: [email protected] tive artikel. Reproduction is allowed, unless otherwise stated, provided that credit is given to Telefon 021-18 05 05 the source. Fax 08-53 68 44 14 (ring innan!) Tryckt av HC Tryck/Ale Tryckteam 2011. Redaktionssekreterare Erik Johansson Magnus Jesperson: Ansvarig utgivare och huvudredaktör. Stångholmsbacken 56, 1 tr Erik Johansson: Redaktionssekreterare. 127 40 SKÄRHOLMEN Moritz Saarmann: Annonsredaktör. E-post: [email protected] Eteraktuellt bygger till stor del på bidrag från läsarna. Vi är tacksamma för alla former av Telefon 08-68 00 149 bidrag - allt från tips till tipsspalter till underlag för hela artiklar. Redaktionen förbehåller sig rätten att redigera inkommet material. Bidrag kan sändas antingen till huvudredaktionen (adress ovan) eller direkt till respektive spaltredaktör. För att kunna komma med i en viss utgåva måste bidrag vara framme senast vid stoppdatum (se ovan). För material som önskas i retur är det viktigt med fullständig uppgift om namn och adress. Eteraktuellt, annons: [email protected] Eteraktuellt, adressändring: [email protected] SDXF webbredaktör: [email protected] Plusgirokonto: 3 26 26-4 2 Afrikahorisont Björn Fransson | Lunds Västra 5 | 622 61 VISBY | 0498 -26 45 68 | [email protected] Med DO på DX-vecka i Värmland 17-24 september hade jag en DX-vecka i Värmland till- sammans med frun och hunden. Vi hade hyrt en stuga i Gräsmark, som ligger två mil nordväst om Sunne, långt inne i de värmländska skogarna. Eftersom vi hade varit där för två år sedan, så visste jag att stugan var bra för DX-ing och det fanns bra antennskog utanför (tallskog). Vi kom fram till stugan vid 17-tiden SST och ef- ter inpackning och en liten tur med hunden, kunde jag springa ut med tråden. Det blev 200 m i sydväst, direkt lagd på marken, förutom där den korsade en stig, där jag la den över några träd. Den markägare, som hade marken där antennen slutade, var inte nöjd med mitt konstverk, så efter några dagar var de sista 15 meterna ihoprullade och slängda tillbaka över stigen. Min antenn i väster flyt- tade han tillbaka 5 meter, trots att den satt 4 meter upp i ett träd. Redan första kvällen kunde jag höra TWR i Benin på 1566 kHz. När jag kom på frekvensen blev jag förvånad över att höra religiöst på något inhemskt Thomas Nilsson skriver om de språk. Tiden som jag lyssnade var mellan 18.40-19.10 första Radio ICDI-svaren UTC. Först hade man något inhemskt språk, sedan mellan 18.50-19.05 engelska och därefter franska. "I början av april 2011 fanns det några blänkare i DX- Faktiskt var det den ända gången på hela veckan som pressen om att Radio ICDI i Centralafrikanska Repu- jag hörde stationen. bliken skulle börja sända på 3390 kHz på kvällstid. Frekvensen kollades därför under ett antal dagar och Så mycket fel som det kan bli! först den 13/4 vid kl 19.20 UTC hördes den ganska Vid hemkomsten gick rapporten snabbt i väg och efter svagt med musik. Ett par utilitysändare, en på vardera två veckor svarade man med e-brev och kort. När jag sidan, störde ganska rejält. öppnade kortet visade det sig att det var fel namn, fel år, fel månad, fel dag och fel tid. Så mycket mer fel kan Vid 20.10 UTC var störningarna betydligt svagare och det inte bli!!! Jag skrev tillbaka och bad lite försiktigt stationen kunde nu höras klart och tydligt i USB-läge om jag inte kunde få ett kort som var rätt ifyllt. med ett diskussionsprog-ram. Strax efter 21.00 hördes ett tydligt ”Radio ICDI” och vid 21.06 stängde man Efter några dagar fick jag så ett kort med rätt detaljer. för dagen. Dagen efter var stationen betydligt starkare Anledningen till felet var, att man ha en provmall på och de efterföljande dagarna kunde den också höras kortet, som man sedan redigerar när man skickar ut. mer eller mindre bra. Men i mitt fall så glömde man det! Jag brukar nästan aldrig rapportera Övriga afrikaner som rapporterades denna vecka var Eftersom jag nästan aldrig rapporterar stationer, så Libyen på 1449 kHz, Radio Candip på 5066 kHz brydde jag mig inte om att skicka något denna gång samt EKG, Malabo på 6250 kHz. Tyvärr har ingen heller, trots att jag visste att jag nog var en av de allra av dem har svarat. första att höra denna ovanliga station. 3 När jag, ett antal månader senare, letade i gamla utgå- Information från Facebook den 1 april vor av SWB efter någon helt annan information, såg ICDI - Integrated Community Development Inter- jag att Jan Edh fått ett e-postsvar på en rapport tagen national Josué Mbami, head of Radio ICDI in Boali, den 19 april och där Radio ICDI dessutom lovade just let us know that our second frequency is scheduled to skicka ett QSL per post. go live today (April 1)! Besides our normal 6 am-noon programming on 6040 kHz, we’ll now be broadcasting Jag hade sparat en ganska hygglig MP3-snutt av logg- from 4-10 pm on 3390Khz! This new frequency gives us ningen, och eftersom jag visste att jag nog var en av many more hours of effective coverage and will have less de allra första att logga denna raritet, fick jag bara för interference from other stations. Exciting news, Josué! mig att skriva några rader till stationen och tala om att det fanns någon till som uppmärksammat deras ELWA i Liberia brann ned start på 3390 kHz. En av Liberias äldsta radiostationer har åter förstörts. Den Monroviabaserade Eternal Love Winning Africa Den 24/8 fick jag följande mail från stationen: (ELWA) brann ner till grunden i en häftig brand. Lee “Mr Thomas Nilsson, I check this programming and I Sonius på HCJB Global berättar: ”De förlorade allting. can confirm that it’s ICDI Radio station with the new Jag har sett bilderna därifrån och det är ingen tvekan frequency 3390 kHz. I’ll send you the QSL card by post. om att all utrustning, program och musik totalförstördes. Thanks. Josue" Branden startade runt kl 9, men brandorsaken är ännu inte klarlagd. Det ser i alla fall inte ut som om det beror Den 11 oktober låg det ett brev i posten med ett A4- på något problem med det elektriska. Det är nog mera ark, där man kopierat in ett QSL-kort i svartvitt och troligt att det är en mordbrand och att det beror på det där man sedan skrivit in QSL-texten. Trots det påvra oroliga politiska läget i landet. Landet har ju nyligen utseendet, så är det mycket trevligare med ett riktigt haft val och i samband med detta kan man inte utesluta brevsvar, än några rader som hamnar i inkorgen. någonting.” Det finns dock också positiva tongångar. Sändaren fanns i en separat byggnad och verkar inte ha nåtts av elden. Enligt Sonius finns det också en liten portabel nödstudio bredvid sändaren. Därför är man nu tem- porärt åter i etern därifrån. Sonius var ELWA:s stationschef år 1990, när inbördes- kriget första gången förstörde anläggningen. 1996 tys- tades ELWA igen, när stridigheterna åter började. Med hjälp av SIM lyckades ledningen bygga upp alltihop igen. Sju år senare kom HCJB ”ombord på skutan” och kunde med sina resurser se till att kortvågssänd- Lite info som förekommit på nätet och i SWB ningarna åter kom igång från denna unika sändare och Mauno Ritola via DXLD: ”Very weak signal heard here antenn, som de själva utvecklat och installerat. in Finland from 20.40 until 21.07 s-off April 13.” Stationen sänder 8 timmar dagligen på engelska och har dessutom 1,5 timmar på något liberianskt språk. Jan Edh: ”Sedan jag senast hörde av mig har också (det i Omkring tre fjärdedelar av inkomsterna kommer från mail utlovade) QSL-et från Radio ICDI-3390 kommit lokala lyssnare och kyrkor.
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