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From: "George Wood" 
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  ::           MediaScan             
  ::      SWEDEN CALLING DXERS       
  ::       from Radio Sweden          
  ::    Number 2285--December 16, 1997    
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Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio
Sweden.
This week's bulletin was written by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2285
Updated Web edition at: http://www.sr.se/rs/english/media/
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
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There's no radio program to go with this very short edition. I'm busy
working on the Radio Sweden part of the rewrite of the Swedish Radio
website, which you can expect to see sometime in January. Today we're
rerunning the radio program we sent two weeks ago, which features the
pilot experiment with TV on Swedish trains, and the Radio Exhibition
in Esloev.
But there are a few items that deserve mention:
RADIO SWEDEN--Don't miss Radio Sweden's English holiday programs:
December 24  "Christmas Special I" -- downtown Christmas lights, where
does Santa really live, and Christmas music traditions
December 25  "Christmas Special II" -- Traditional Swedish Christmas
dinner (julbord), Stockholm's best Christmas window decorations, and a
restaurant opens its doors to the hungry for Christmas
December 26  "1997 in Review" (Political and Social)
December 27  "Money Matters 1997 in Review"
December 28  "Sounds Nordic Yearend Show", looking back at the
interview and music highlights of the year
December 29  News + "SportScan 1997 in Review"
December 30  News + 60 Degrees North + Feature on "Stockholm, Europe's
Cultural Capital 1998"
December 31  "Sounds Nordic Yearend Show"
January 1    "1997 in Review"
January 2    News + Weekly review + Feature
January 3   "Money Matters 1997 in Review"
January 4   "In Touch With Stockholm"
January 5   News + 60 Degrees North + SportScan
January 6   Special on "Swedish Film and Film Stars"
SIRIUS 2--Sweden's new Sirius 2 satellite is slowly lighting up at 5
degrees East. Swedish Television has started its new SVT Europe
service in digital MPEG-2 (encoded in Viacess) on 12.380 GHz. For
decoders and subscription details see:
http://www.tvextra.se
Radio Sweden is also transmitting on this transponder. The settings
are: SR 27500, FEC S 3/4, A 0028.
Other new channels on Sirius 2 include:
TV8 in clear PAL on 12.207 GHz (with the Danish radio station The
Voice on 7.74/7.92 MHz) and in clear MPEG-2 on 12.245 GHz.
Sci-Fi Channel and EBN sharing 12.322 GHz in Eurocrypt M encoded D2-
MAC.
As we've reported before, Kanal 5 in clear PAL on 12.476 GHz.
("SATCO DX")
BBC--The BBC World Service has announced it is shutting down its
Finnish Service at the end of the year. The service, which started in
1940, and currently has an audience of about 1 million listeners,
provides news and analysis programs for rebroadcast by radio stations
around Finland.  BBC World Service in English will continue to be
available on FM frequencies in Helsinki. (AP)
ARTHUR C. CLARKE--Many happy birthday wishes to space visionary Arthur
C. Clarke, who is 80 this week!
MEDIASCAN AWARDS--For various reasons, we are presenting the first
(and possibly last) edition of the MediaScan Annual Awards:
Clueless in Cyberspace:
Undisputed first prize in this category has to go to Ticketmaster,
which threatened legal action against Microsoft because Microsoft put
a link to the Ticketmaster site from a popular Microsoft webpage.
(Guys-- getting people to put links to you is what it's all about.
Nothing says you have to link back.)
Runner-up goes to Sweden's popular PC retail chain Lap Power, which
first made headlines here when the authorities tried to ban
advertisements featuring a lightly-clad and curvy blond as sexist
exploitation. It turned out that the woman in question was Helen
Wellton, Lap Power's co-owner, who could hardly be exploiting herself.
Now Helen's husband and Lap Power co-owner Claes Wellton Persson says
the company has a new technology that will make it possible to
transmit 5000 TV channels terrestrially, by putting the equivalent of
1000 TV satellites on the ground, transmitting digital TV on
frequencies between 3 and 70 GHz. Wellton Persson says:
"How incredible it may sound, no one has come up with our simple
solution."
There may be a reason for this. The "simple solution" is called
"broadcasting", and has existed for a number of decades. And the main
problems seem to be 1) these frequencies are line-of-sight only, which
is why they are primarily used for satellites, and 2) Herr Wellton
Persson seems to have missed the fact that these frequencies are
allocated for other purposes by international agreements, and can't
just be taken for terrestrial broadcasting.
On the other hand, the sole source for this story is the newspaper
"Svenska Dagbladet", and they may have missed something crucial here.
If Lap Power really is on to something big, we'll let you know!
Where's the Beef (Swedish Department):
Digital Broadcasting. Sweden has had Digital Audio Broadcasting since
September 27, 1995. Nethold/Multichoice launched Digital Satellite
Broadcasting to Scandinavia on November 22, 1996 and its successor
Canal Plus relaunched the service with a new name (Canal Digital) and
on different satellites (1 degree West instead of Astra) last October.
Telia launched Digital Cable in Sweden on November 17. Only...you
still can't go to a store and buy a set-top converter to listen to or
watch any of these. Guys...you seem to have missed the Christmas rush.
THANKS--Finally, once again thanks to everyone who's contributed to
the program during the year gone by, especially such stalwarts as Curt
Swinehart, James Robinson, Richard Karlsson (and his "Aftonbladet"
colleague Frank Oestergren), and the incredible "Satco DX Guide"
(http://www.satcodx.com)! 
And Happy Holidays to all of you from Radio Sweden.
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about international broadcasting. Radio Sweden has presented this
round-up of radio news, features, and interviews on Tuesdays since
1948. It's currently broadcast on the first and third Tuesdays of the
month.
Radio Sweden broadcasts in English:
Europe and Africa/Middle East: 
Satellite:
13:30, 17:15 and 18:30 hrs on Eutelsat II-F1 (NBC Europe -- 10.987
GHz, audio 7.56 MHz)
20:30 hrs (21:30 CET) via the World Radio Network on Astra transponder
22 (VH-1) audio 7.38 MHz
To Africa and the Middle East via WRN on Intelsat 707 3.9115 GHz
Right-hand circular polarization, Symbol Rate 8.022 Mbaud, FEC 3/4, in
MPEG-2, Audio Stream "WRN1", daily at 15:00 hrs UTC and Saturdays only
at 00:30 UTC. The latter is also be heard in South Africa on SAfm
104-107.
The WRN relays can also be heard in South Africa on the MultiChoice
digital direct-to-home service on PanAmSat 4, 68.5 degrees West, Audio
Channel 51.
Shortwave:
18:30 hrs    1179, 6065, and 9645 kHz (Sundays 9645 kHz only)  
20:30        1179 and 6065 kHz  
21:30        1179, 6065, and 9655 kHz (weekends only) 
22:30        1179, 6065, and 7325 kHz 
Asia/Pacific:
Satellite:
Via WRN on AsiaSat-2 on 4.000 GHz, Vertical polarization, MPEG-2 DVB,
Symbol Rate 28.125 Mbaud, FEC 3/4 (Select WRN1 from audio menu), 15:00
hrs UTC daily (02:00 hrs AET) and Saturdays only at 00:30 UTC (11:30
hrs AET).
Shortwave:
13:30 hrs    9705 and 13740 kHz
14:30 hrs   11880 kHz
01:30 hrs    7265 kHz
North America:
Satellite:
Via WRN on Galaxy 5 transponder 6 (WTBS), audio 6.8 MHz at 9:30 PM
EST, 6:30 PM PST
Across Canada on CBC Overnight Monday to Friday at 2:05 AM local time,
weekends at 3:05
Shortwave:
12:30 hrs on 11650 (or 13740) and 15240 kHz
14:30 hrs on 11650 and 15240 kHz
02:30 hrs on 7280 kHz
03:30 hrs on 7115 kHz
Each program Monday to Friday, recorded at 13:30 hrs UTC, is available
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Thanks to this week's contributors            Good Listening!
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