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BC-DX 926 22 Aug 2009
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ARGENTINA 15344.814 RAE, 2207, Spanish, end of news and convenient ID
by man, "RAE - Radiodifusora [sic] Argentina al Exterior." Then into talk
by woman. Best in USB to escape 15340 splatter, occasionally peaking to
decent level but mostly weak. 14 Aug.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 14)
15344.90 in Italian at 1920 UT Aug 20th S=7... Morocco 15341.00 09-15, Aug
15/20, wb.
AUSTRALIA 6020 R. Australia, Shepp. VIC, 0908-0929 (when blocked),
18 Aug, Pidgin to PNG, songs; 33432, adjt. DRM QRM, but then blocked by RNW
via ATN.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
AUSTRIA 15595 Aug 18 at 1506 hymn in English "I will trust in you",
into language talk. Umlauts reminded me of Hungarian, so I did not think
it was Turkish, but so listed in Aoki as AWR at 1500-1530 only via
Moosbrunn. Careful: at 1530 Vatican ecumenically takes over 15595 kHz.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 19)
15595 AWR Turkish 1500-1530 daily 300kW 120deg Moosbrunn AUT
BANGLADESH 4750 Radio Bangladesh is noted back from 15 Aug. in the
mornings and evenings.
(Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DXindia Aug 18)
BOLIVIA 6155.3 R. Fides, La Paz, 2216-..., 17 Aug, Castilian,
(unreadable) talks; 22341, QRM de CHN; then also obs'ed later when
interference free, viz.: 0047-0105, 18 Aug, Castilian, ballads; 35433,
overmodulated, vy. poor readability.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
BRAZIL 11780.000, R. Nacional da Amazonia, Portuguese, 2200, presumed
with fanfare and news, very tough copy with co-channel jammer.
11815.000 R. Brasil Central - Goiania, Portuguese, 2140, surprisingly
strong and in the clear with lengthy talk by man 'till 2151, then into ads
or similar. Reverb throughout!
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 14)
6185.02 R Nac do Amazonia, Brasilia, 0850, Aug 19 - good signal, multiple
Radio Nacional ID's, talk.
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx Aug 20)
11815, 2240, Radio Brazil Central poor to fair July 28 in Portuguese with
newstalk format, phone-in reports, live sports commentary after 2305.
Inaudible at 0000 recheck.
R. Brasil Central always fun to hear when the MUF attains 12 MHz in the
middle of the night, such as Aug 14 at 0525 on 11815, live Brazilian-
accented announcer with time check has to be this; deep fades. Too much
noise on 60 m to hear \\ 4985; also a weaker signal on 11925, presumably
Bandeirantes, another 24h, 25m Brazilian broadcaster.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 15)
11725 Radio Marumby, Curitiba, at 0900-2100 UT Portuguese 7.5 kW.
Noted at s-off 2055-2100 UT with fair S=3 level on 11724.94 kHz. (wb)
11815 R. Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 1254-1426, 18 Aug, prgr "Estudio
Livre",..., sports news at 1410 when poorer; 24443. At any rate, this &
R. Transmundial are the ones that put the best daytime signals over here.
11855 R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 0955-1259, 18 Aug, prgr "Siga bem,
caminhoneiro" (caminhoneiro in Braz. Portuguese, camionista in standard,
European Portuguese, means truck driver) till 0958 when aired full ID+fqs
list, then "Jornal Brasil Hoje",..., rlgs. ceremony of Aparecida* in
progress at the end of the obs. when vy. poor; 25443; \\ 9630 good. *)
this is perhaps more or less the equivalent of the Fatima ceremonies...
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
CANADA 6160.88 CKZN, St. John's, 0700, Aug 19 - poor carrier-only
signal with high static levels, but briefly strengthening at 0830 UT with
a few minutes of weak audio with accented English talk by a man and woman.
Couldn't make enough out for an ID, but enhanced reception corresponding
to St. John sunrise gives me more confidence than simply presumed.
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx Aug 20)
6160.881 CKZN, St. John's, 0440, Aug 21 - poor to fair signal with CBC
program, talks by men and woman, brief music clips. Noisy crowd in this
part of the band and the fun ended at 0559 UT when R Nederland appeared on
6165 kHz. Carrier-only 6160.021 kHz should be CKZU Vancouver?
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx Aug 21)
Just in case any of you are interested in HF UTE sites, here are a few
from eastern Canada.
45 25 18.15 N 63 33 33.85 W - CFH (Halifax Military) Rx site Great
Village
44 58 02.42 N 63 59 01.73 W - CFH (Halifax Military) Tx site Newport
Corner NS
At both these sites GE shows 2 log periodic antennas and several towers.
44 34 01.92 N 64 06 00.53 W - Mill Cove NS. Not sure what the exact usage
is but I do know that the military police do patrol the area and access is
restricted. GE res not the best.
[looks like a navy direction finding antenna like CDAA Wullenweber type.
G.E.: CFS Mill Cove HF Receiving Facility. Transmitters are located at
Newport Corners, NS, wb.]
48 57 04.26 N 54 31 28.97 W - US Navy operates a HF DF station in Gander
Nfld with a massive squirrel cage type antenna farm. Also check out.
[CDAA Wullenweber direction finding antenna,
CFB Canadian Forces Base / CFS Gander HF DF
<http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other18/other18am.html> wb.]
48 56 35.86 N 54 30 56.82 W - GE shows a single mast just SoEa of the
main DF antennas.
Anyone with additional info would be appreciated.
(Cam, SW TXsite Aug 18)
Looks like a navy direction finding antenna like CDAA Wullenweber type.
G.E.: CFS Mill Cove HF Receiving Facility. Transmitters are located at
Newport Corners, NS
>> 48 57 04.26N/54 31 28.97W - US Navy operates a HF DF station in Gander
>> Nfld with a massive squirrel cage type antenna farm.
CFB Canadian Forces Base / CFS Gander HF DF
<http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other18/other18am.html>
(wb. Aug 19)
Similar CDAA Wullenweber antennas for direction finding at:
AZR Lajes, Portuguese/US Air Force, two direction finding Wullenweber,
Adcock, CDAA antennas
bigger 38 42 29.11 N 27 09 07.63 W
small 38 42 44.31 N 27 09 04.31 W
CHN Huaxian Guangzhou CDAA Wullenweber [military] direction finding array
at 23 19 32.83 N 113 05 06.38 E
D Ladelund Bundesmarine, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), German Marine
54 51 25.69 N 09 04 02.16 E
NSA Echelon Espionage etc. - largest CDAA in the world
D / USA former US AirForce, NSA Echelon, now GermanArmy CDAA antenna
48 27 04.40 N 10 51 45.78 E
German FCC, radio control system, direction finding.
RegTP / Bundesnetzagentur Konstanz
47 41 17.79 N 09 12 02.05 E
ESP/USA US Navy CDAA antenna, at Rota marine base, atomic bombs etc.
36 39 23.50 N 06 21 54.14 W
ESP/Canary Isls Spanish Navy CDAA antenna, between Arucas / Teror Roque
Redondo
28 05 17.99 N 15 31 48.20 W
ITA CDAA San Vito dei Normanni AS, Italy
40 38 51.09 N 17 50 24.19 E
PAK Multan CDAA High Frequency Direction Finding facility
30 11 07.55 N 71 24 35.40 E
TWN CDAA antenna, NoWe of Taipei near Lin-Kou
25 05 41.93 N 121 23 39.78 E
TWN CDAA Wullenweber direction finding antenna, 24/26 masts rings
23 08 25.37 N 120 11 10.34 E
USA SanDiego, The Imperial Beach antenna
32 35 37 N 117 07 45 W
USA / GUM NPN US Navy CDAA Wullenweber receiving antenna
13 35 36.64 N 144 51 09.39 E
<http://www.navycthistory.com/WullenweberArticle.txt>
(wb, Aug 19)
CANADA 6160.9 (!) CKZN, St. John's NF, 2250-2300 (when blocked), 18 Aug,
English, interview in unidentified prgr; 35422; it was blocked by a stn on
an adjacent ch., RNW 6165, but that was more than enough to choke the
otherwise quiet signal that was only plagued by fast QSB. This was found
\\ to Gander 1400 kHz, rated 33442, QRM de GRD.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
Big het between 6160.0 / 6160.9, Aug 20 at 0549 UT with CBC in English. As
Carlos GonAġalves just reported from Portugal, CKZN is off-frequency, and
here it clashes with CKZU, the two about equal level and inseparable [the
only spelling accepted by MS Word]. Normally they are never zero-beat, but
maybe 15 Hz apart producing a fast ripple SAH. Still at 0606 UT; I should
have checked during CBC News on the hour when they would have been \\ but
unsynchronized. Someone must have bumped the transmitter in St. John's.
Hope they get this fixed quickly but not counting on it.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 20)
I also heard this signal, but at around 0645 UTC for a short time on that
same day. It was weak and with splash from ORF Moosbrunn 6155 kHz. But it
was definitely in English, and off frequency on the high side. And there
was a heterodyne - now what would that have been caused by? Unfortunately
all had disappeared when ORF had their transmitter break just before the
hour. There's been no trace of any signal at this same time since then.
Interestingly - maybe - I could hear aircraft calling Shanwick (Shannon)
at very good strength from locations at around 20degW and at around 50-
53degN on 6622 kHz that morning. Shanwick was weak and difficult to copy.
Possibly skip distance at 6 MHz was the reason why CKZN was briefly heard?
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld Aug 20)
5960/6175 At 0240 UTC, Aug 19 2009, on 6390 I found an AM signal under
the digital UTE. Scanning around some more, it turned out to be the same
programming as on 5960 kHz, NHK in Japanese via Sackville. Of course,
there's a Sackville signal right in-between the two at 6175 kHz, Voice of
Vietnam in English. Subtracting 215 kHz (6175 - 5960) from 5960 is 5745
kHz.
Lo and behold, I heard the Voice of Vietnam program on 5745 kHz, under
WWRB. To reduce the chance of this being a signal generated inside my
radio (an Icom R75), I asked in #swl on irc.starchat.net and 'mas' was
friendly enough to check with his DX440. He also heard Voice of Vietnam on
5745 kHz.
(Rik van Riel, harmonics Aug 20)
CHINA CNR Maintenance break.
Aug. 16; CNR-1 Re activated: 4460, 5030, 6175, 9830 kHz.
Off the Air: 5945, 7345, 9845, 9900, 11710 kHz
CNR-2 Re activated: 7375 kHz. Off the Air: 6065 kHz
All Beijing transmitter site. de Hiroshi
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN NDXC, dxld Aug 16)
XJBS - Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station, A09
Uighur UTC 2300-1800 (not Tue 0800-1100)
13670 0200-1400 7205-x7155 2300-0200, 1400-1800
11885 2300-1800
9560 0300-1200 6120 2300-0300, 1200-1800
7275 2300-1800
Chinese Service UTC 2300-1800 (not Tue 0800-1100)
11770 2300-1800
9600 0300-1400 7310 2300-0300, 1400-1800
7260 2300-1800
5960 2300-0257, 1157-1800 9835 0257-1157
Kazakh UTC 2330-1800 (not Tue/Thur 0800-1100)
9470 0300-1200 6015 2330-0300, 1200-1800
7340 2330-1800
Mongolian UTC 2330-0330, 0530-1030 (Tue/Thur 0800), 1230-1800
6190 2330-0330, 1230-1800 9510 0530-1030
7230-x7155 2330-1800
Kyrgyz UTC 0330-0530, 1030 Tue/Thur 1100)-1230
9705 0330-0530, 1030-1230 7230-x7155 1210-1230
11975-x7120 0330-0530, 1030-1230 6190 1210-1230
XZDT - Tibet People's Broadcasting Station
Chinese 2000-1800 UTC (not Tue 0600-1000)
2230-2300, 0030-0100, 1030-1100 relay of CNR1
11950(290d) 0158-0857 / 7240(290d) 2000-0157, 0858-1800,
11860(085d) 0200-0857 / 7450-x7170(085d) 2000-0157, 0858-1800,
6050(nd), 5935 CNR1(085d), 4820(nd) 2000-1800
Tibetan 2100-1805 UTC (not Tue 0600-1000)
2300-2357, 0400-0457, 1300-1357 relay of CNR8
0700, 1630 UTC .in English "Holy Tibet
9490(085d) 0200-1000 / 7255-x7125 CNR1(085d) 2100-0200, 1000-1805
9580(290d) 0200-0930 / 7385 (290d) 2100-0200, 0930-1805
6200 CNR1(nd), 6130(290d), 6110(220d), 5240(nd),
4920(nd), 4905(nd)
(Nagoya DXC website <http://www2.starcat.ne.jp/~ndxc/> Aug 18)
2000-2100 echo + Firedrake jamming 13625(RFA)
1200-1300 Firedrake music jamming 12040(VOA), 17550(VoTibet)
1200-1300 Echo jamming 11785(VOA), 11840(AIR), 11990(VOA), 13830(RFA),
15255(VOA), 15375buzzy(RFA), 15495?(RFA), 15795(AIR), 17705(AIR)
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 18)
COLOMBIA/CUBA 6010 Prayer Alert from Russ Stendal. Colombia Para
Cristo.
6010 Voz de tu Conciencia 0000-2400 Sp 5kW non-dir Puerto Lleras CLM HJDH
We are having a major interference problem on our main short wave radio
frequency on 6010 kHz; which transmits "The Voice Of Your Conscience". For
several weeks now Radio Havana Cuba has been jamming our radio
transmissions with communist broadcasts in English from about 12:00 PM to
6:00 AM EST (a key time slot when many people tune in and the signal goes
a long ways). There are 80,000 Galcom solar radios fix tuned to our two
short wave frequencies that have been distributed to men and women on all
sides of this conflict.
Last year we had the opposite problem when an anti Castro group started up
powerful anti communist broadcasts on our other short wave frequency, 5910
kHz. After a lot of prayer we were able to obtain international help which
solved the problem. We have already filed a complaint about this new
problem but the help and decision of the international agency is
nonbinding and each country is autonomous.
Another thing that we can do is to up the power on our transmitters so
that our signal will dominate in Colombia. We have a new transmitter which
just arrived in the container from Canada which is twice as powerful as
the one we presently use. However it will require antennas, some
additional parts, labor and modifications in order to tune it to our
frequency and an adequate transmitter shack for the installation. All told
it will take about US 32,000 to get this new system up and running
properly.
Last week we also received the sad news that HCJB will be terminating
their short wave broadcasts from Quito, Ecuador for a variety of reasons.
This means that we may soon be the only remaining Christian short wave
radio on the air in Latin America at this most critical time.
I was informed yesterday that one of our high mountain FM radio sites was
destroyed in the midst of intense fighting. Guerrillas overran the ridge
we were on and heavily mined the area. The army counterattacked and our
house was destroyed along with some of our equipment. This site is very
strategic for us because it enables us to penetrate the vast Colombia
Ecuador border region which is mostly under communist control. We have
another, safer and even higher site where we can continue to transmit from
but it will cost over US 50,000 to replace this loss. We praise the Lord
that all of our people were spared and that only material things were
destroyed.
We estimate that there is a potential listening audience of well over 100
million people in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Panama and Venezuela
who live within optimum range of our broadcasts. Our actual listening
audience is estimated to average well over 300,000 people who are tuned in
at any given time, many of them live in vast areas where church buildings
and meetings are strictly prohibited.
The world wide recession which has really started to take hold here in
Colombia has affected us and we are in the midst of a very tight financial
situation in addition to all of the above. Pray that the Lord will
continue to provide whatever is necessary to keep this vital radio network
on the air in the midst of all the strife and turmoil of this volatile
region which is open now as never before to the Gospel.
Tax Deductible donations may be sent via:
Pan-America Mission, Inc. P.O.Box 429, Newberg, OR, USA 97132.
Colombia Para Cristo Society 12629 - 248th St. Maple Ridge, BC,
CANADA V4R 1K4
(via Jerry Berg-USA, DXplorer Aug 20)
Chief Editor of the NZ DX Times Mark Nicholls has discovered an
interesting document at the Colombian Government Radio website, dated 17
May 2009. It lists current and projected operations on AM and on Shortwave
from Colombia.
Assigned SW operations:
HJTF, Turbo, Antiquia 6085 kHz 5 kW.
Bogota stations on 9635 (HJGG), 9700 (HJGR), 11795 (HJGT), 15335 (HJGV)
and 17865 kHz (HJGY), all 20 kW.
HJOY San Juan Guaviare, 6035 kHz 5 kW.
Villavicencio with 5 kW on HJHZ 5975 and HJKW 5955 kHz.
Puerto Lleras with 5 kW on HJDH 6010 and HJDH 5910 kHz.
HJOW Tumaco, Narino on 6015 kHz with 5 kW.
Projected SW operations:
HJAO Bahia Solono, Choco 6105 kHz 5 kW.
>From my own observations, only the Puerto Lleras stations are being heard
here.
(Bryan Clark-NZL, dxld Aug 16)
Yes, I believe we have found that before, and most of the stations are
long gone, but still in the database. The Bogota ones are of course Rdif.
Nacional which has been gone for sesquidecades. I think Rodriguez also
commented that most of them would never be on the air.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 16)
CONGO? 6115 is very tough in the evenings. Belarus is dominating ( \\
6010 kHz), but their audio level is very variable. It seems to me that
bits and pieces of French talk come through now and then.
(Thorsten Hallmann-D, dxld Aug 20)
6115.000 Radio Congo. Presumed the one here for the past several days,
1820+ UT with a woman in French. Possibly news after 1830. Have only had a
chance to briefly listen, as I'm getting ready for work at this time. But
it's been readable for the past week, all alone and no co-channel QRM.
Will listen more on the weekend when I have more time and also confirm if
it's exactly on-freq. August 14, 15, 16, 17.
[later] 6115.000 Radio Congo at 1808 UT in French. Decided to get up for
work early and chase this a little closer. Really good today with news
magazine program, with stories occasionally alternated by male and female
announcers. ID by man as "Radio Congo" at 1811 UT, then into a story by a
woman. Several mentions of "Congolaise" but not just national news- also
heard mentions of "Niger" and "Mauritanie." Brief music bridges between
segments. Very familiar to how I remember the station in the early-to-mid
1970's (when they ID'ed as "La Voix de la Revolution"). 18 Aug.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 17-19)
CUBA 6140 kHz. Gestern [Aug 14] frueh habe ich das mal genauer
beobachtet:
6140.00 15.08.09 0641 Cuba Sp -73 dBm
6140.00 15.08.09 0700 Cuba Sp Musik S, ID, nx Sp ab 0704 UT -72
6140.00 15.08.09 0737 Cuba Sp ID -85
6140.00 15.08.09 0802 Cuba Sp ID -86
Also kein Programm in Englisch, kein Sendeschluss um 0700 oder 0725 UT.
Die Station war bestimmt noch lange nach 0800 UT zu hoeren ...
Das Signal war staerker als die Vortage und es fehlte diesmal nicht an
Identifikationen.
(Albert Kosnopfel-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16)
DOMINICAN REP 4730 Radio Discovery. We're on the air in AM mode until
at least 0400 UT tonight.
(Jeff White-FL-USA WRMI, Punta Cana, Dominican Rep, dxld Aug 19)
ECUADOR Habe gerade von Iris Rauscher die unten stehende
Pressemitteilung bekommen mit der Bitte, sie an alle
Kurzwelleninteressierten und Dxer etc. zu schicken.
Da ja die Mitteilung ueber das Ende des Sendebetriebes in Pifo zum
September mittlerweile von HCJB Global veroeffentlicht wurde und viele
Fragezeichen ueber die Zukunft der jetzt noch aus Pifo ausgestrahlten
Sendungen besteht, hat VozAndes Media (VAM), der ekuadorianische Traeger
der deutschen Abteilung von Radio HCJB eine erste Pressemitteilung zu dem
Thema veroeffentlicht, die vielleicht einige hier interessieren duerfte.
Pressemitteilung der Deutschen Abteilung von "HCJB global" /
VozAndesMedia. Sendebetrieb wird von Ecuador aus fortgesetzt.
Quito/Ecuador im August 2009
Die Deutsche Partnerabteilung des Missionswerkes "HCJB global" wird weiter
von Quito/Ecuador aus auf Sendung gehen. Trotz anderslautender Berichte
und Geruechte wollen die Verantwortlichen versuchen, dafuer neben anderen
Medien die Kurwelle auch in Suedamerika weiter zu benutzen. Geplant ist
daher, ab dem 1. Oktober 2009 Zeit bei anderen Sendestellen zu mieten,
damit das Programm ohne Unterbrechungen weiter ueber Kurzwelle Suedamerika
zu hoeren ist, wie es zur Zeit auch schon in Europa praktiziert wird.
Wie die Missionsleitung von "HCJB global" mit Sitz in Colorado Springs/USA
inzwischen offiziell mitteilte, wird der Sendebetrieb fuer Kurzwelle von
Pifo/Ecuador aus Ende September 2009 endgueltig eingestellt werden. Dieser
fuer alle Beteiligten schmerzhafte Schritt ist notwendig geworden, weil
das Antennenfeld in Pifo in der Einflugschneise des neuen Flughafens von
Ecuadors Hauptstadt Quito liegt. Aus diesem Grund wurde bereits vor
einigen Jahren von "HCJB global" mit der Betreibergesellschaft Quiport
eine Vereinbarung zum Abbau saemtlicher Antennen und Sendeanlagenanlagen
in Pifo getroffen. Andernfalls haette sich "HCJB global" bei einem
Ungluecksfall immensen Schadensersatzforderungen ausgesetzt gesehen. Die
ersten Testfluege am neuen Flughafen sollen bereits im Fruehjahr 2010
stattfinden.
Die ehemals komplett unter der Regie von "HCJB global" stehende Deutsche
Abteilung hat auf die Veraenderungen mit einem mutigen Schritt reagiert.
Seit Juni dieses Jahres arbeiten die deutschen Radiomacher in neuen
Raeumen in Quito als eigenstaendiger Verein "VozAndes Media". Man steht
jedoch weiter in Partnerschaft mit "HCJB global". Der neue Verein
"VozAndes Media" wiederum arbeitet unter der Verantwortung der
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Radio HCJB in Deutschland.
Wichtigstes Ziel der Verantwortlichen ist es nun, schnellstmoeglich den
Fortbestand der Kurzwelle zu sichern. Besonderes Augenmerk bekommt dabei
auch die digitale Kurzwelle (DRM), die ebenfalls genutzt werden soll.
Davon koennte in Zukunft nicht nur der deutsche Dienst, sondern weitere
Radiopartner von "HCJB global" profitieren.
Der Leitvers des Gruenders von Radio HCJB (1931), Dr. Clarence Jones,
gewinnt in dieser Situation wieder an Bedeutung. "Rufe mich an, so will
ich dir antworten und will dir kundtun grosse und unfassbare Dinge, von
denen du nichts weisst." (Jeremia 33,3).
Im Vertrauen auf den treuen Gott und sein Versorgen will die Deutsche
Partnerabteilung von "HCJB global" versuchen, die Arbeit weiterzufuehren
und wenn moeglich sogar auszubauen. Menschen in Europa und Suedamerika
sollen durch Kurzwelle und andere Medien wie Internet, Satellit etc. das
Evangelium von Jesus Christus hoeren und in ihrem Glauben gestaerkt
werden.
Diese Arbeit wird, wie in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten, weiterhin
ausschliesslich durch Spenden finanziert. Dies alles ist ein gewaltiger
Glaubensschritt, zumal nun noch mehr als frueher Sendezeit zugekauft
werden muss. Aus diesem Grund hofft das deutsche Team darauf, dass die
Kurzwellenfreunde und alle HCJB-Hoerer und Unterstuetzer diese Bemuehungen
auch weiterhin unterstuetzen.
(HCJB via Stephan Schaa-D, A-DX Aug 18)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 6250 RNGE / "R.Malabo", Malabo, 1744-1850, 18 Aug,
Vernacular, obituary?, messages?, Afr. pops followed,..., talks; 3533,
decreasing noise level towards 1900. Bata 5005 not to be heard.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA VoTR 5950 usually on and heard well until 1900, 6170
is currently \\ almost every day, otherwise clear frequency 1700-1800, but
VoTR may sign on sign on after 1700 UT ...
R. Fana, 6110 is on, but no \\ heard, there seems to be an East African
signal on 7210 also, but not Fana, more likely VoBME. 6890 empty.
R. Oromia 6030 is on.
Amhara State radio, 6090 is hard to catch, much DRM around.
R. Ethiopia Home service, 5989.6 and 9704.2 are on all the time, 7110 is
usually off for a few hours in the afternoons/early evenings. Yesterday,
Aug. 19, it was on again at 1730 when jamming on 7165 stopped.
VoBME ... was on 7175 yesterday, absolutely clear, unlike other days when
it was jammed on 7165. Seems ETH technicians forgot to retune the jamming
tramsmitter to 7175... usual s/off seems to be 1900 rather than 2000.
R. Ethiopia External service, 7165 jammed from 1600 to 1730 yesterday as
on many other days, but 9560 was strange: Up to three carriers heard after
1700, approx. on 9560.1, 9560.3, 9560.7 or so, but almost no modulation.
R. Bana 5100 unheard, also 8000 or 7100 is not used.
(Thorsten Hallmann-D, dxld Aug 20)
5989.610 kHz, R Ethiopia home sce, SIO 343, 1922 UTC, Aug 21, LSB am
besten.
(Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-Dx Aug 21)
9560 R. Ethiopia or the Voice of Peace & Democracy?, Geja Jawe, 1532-
1600, 16 Aug, Vernacular (not Arabic), talks (news?) at 1530, music;
44433, adjt. QRM; deteriorating.
9704.2 R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 1521-1558, 16 Aug, Vernacular, local
songs, chatter; 45433; almost blocked by KOR at 1558.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
FRENCH GUIANA I received this today from Jacques Gruson/F6AJW, who was
unable to send it to the group while on vacation:
FYI, DRM transmissons will be performed from TDF Montsinery (French
Montsinery) to Santo Domingo on the occasion of HFCC Conference 18 to 21
August 2009
Frequency = 17870 kHz
DRM parameters:
Mode B, Bandwidth=10 kHz, MSC 64 QAM, CR=0.6, Audio Encoding AAC+SBR
Power 150 kW, Audio content local.
Pictures will be transmitted for viewing on a Uniwave receiver.
Transmission schedule:
Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20 August 2009: 1600-1800 UTC
Friday 21 August 2009: 1600-2100 UTC.
Wishing you all good listening.
Regards / 73. Jacques Gruson F6AJW
(Brendan via drmna yg; via Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Aug 17)
FRENCH GUIANA/FRANCE/GERMANY Summer A09 of Media & Broadcast
(ex DTK T-Systems). Part 4 of 4:
Bible Voice Broadcasting Network (BVBN)
0700-0815 5945 WER 100 kW 300 deg Sat to WeEu English
0700-0730 5945 WER 100 kW 300 deg Sun to WeEu English
1800-1830 6130 WER 125 kW 055 deg Tue to EaEu Russian
1800-1815 6130 WER 125 kW 055 deg Fri to EaEu Russian
1800-1815 6130 WER 125 kW 055 deg Thu to EaEu Ukrainian
1800-1845 6130 WER 125 kW 055 deg Sat to EaEu English
1800-1900 6130 WER 125 kW 055 deg Sun to EaEu English
1800-1830 9435 NAU 125 kW 230 deg Sun to SoEu Spanish
0900-1000 17535 WER 125 kW 135 deg Fri to NoAf Arabic
1930-2000 11830 JUL 100 kW 175 deg Sat to WeAf French/Ajda
1830-1845 11830 JUL 100 kW 160 deg Sun to CeAf Swahili
1845-2000 11830 JUL 100 kW 160 deg Sun to CeAf English
0430-0530 11865 WER 250 kW 120 deg Mon-Thu to EaAf Arabic
0430-0515 11865 WER 250 kW 120 deg Fri to EaAf Arabic,ex-0545
0430-0530 11635 WER 125 kW 135 deg Sat to EaAf Amharic
0430-0500 11635 WER 125 kW 135 deg Sun to EaAf Amharic
1630-1800 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Mo/Tu/Fr EaAf Amhar/Tigrinya/Amhar
1600-1800 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Wed to EaAf Amharic
1630-1800 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Thu to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Fri to EaAf Somali/Amharic
1600-1630 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Sat-Mon to EaAf Oromo
1630-1800 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Sat to EaAf Amharic
1800-1830 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Sat to EaAf Somali
1630-1800 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Sun to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 13810 JUL 100 kW 130 deg Sun to EaAf Somali/Amharic
1630-1730 15495 WER 100 kW 150 deg Daily to EaAf Nuer/Dinka
1730-1745 15495 WER 100 kW 150 deg Fri to EaAf Fur
1545-1700 9430 JUL 100 kW 115 deg Mon/Wed to ME Arabic
1615-1630 9430 JUL 100 kW 115 deg Fri to ME Arabic
1700-1800 9430 WER 100 kW 120 deg Sat to ME English
1730-1800 9430 WER 100 kW 120 deg Sun to ME English
1830-1900 9430 WER 250 kW 120 deg Fri to ME English
1800-1900 9430 WER 250 kW 120 deg Sat to ME English
1815-1845 9430 WER 250 kW 120 deg Sun to ME English
1530-1545 11955 WER 250 kW 105 deg Sun to ME En/Persian
1800-1830 11970 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Mon/Wed/Fri to ME Persian
1800-1900 11970 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Tue/Thu to ME Persian
1830-1900 11970 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Sun to ME Persian
1800-1815 11970 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Sat to ME English
1530-1730 12140 JUL 100 kW 100 deg Daily to ME Persian
1625-1715 13580 ISS 250 kW 115 deg Mo/Tu/Th/Fr to ME Arabic
1625-1730 13580 ISS 250 kW 115 deg Wed to ME Arabic
1545-1600 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Mon/Wed to ME English
1545-1700 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Tue to ME English
1700-1800 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Tue to ME Hebrew/En
1545-1645 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Thu to ME English
1545-1615 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Fri to ME English
1730-1800 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Fri to ME English
1545-1730 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Sat to ME English
1730-1800 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Sat to ME Tagalog/Hebrew
1800-1830 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Sat to ME English
1530-1815 13590 NAU 100 kW 125 deg Sun to ME English
1200-1230 15610 NAU 250 kW 070 deg Mon-Fri to CeAs Uyghur
0030-0100 9490 WER 250 kW 090 deg Mon-Thu to SoAs Hindi
0030-0100 9490 WER 250 kW 090 deg Fri-Sun to SoAs English
1530-1600 15295 ISS 250 kW 077 deg Mon/Tue to SoAs Tamil
1515-1600 15295 ISS 250 kW 077 deg Wed to SoAs Telugu
1500-1600 15295 ISS 250 kW 077 deg Thu/Fri to SoAs Hindi
1500-1530 15295 ISS 250 kW 077 deg Sat/Sun to SoAs Bengali
1400-1500 17805 WER 250 kW 090 deg Sat/Sun to SoAs English
1500-1600 15680 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Tue to SoAs Urdu
1515-1600 15680 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Wed to SoAs Urdu
1515-1530 15680 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Thu to SoAs Urdu
1515-1530 15680 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Fri to SoAs Punjabi
1530-1600 15680 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Fri/Sun to SoAs Urdu
1530-1600 15680 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Thu/Sat to SoAs English
1500-1515 15680 NAU 250 kW 083 deg Sun to SoEaAs English
Trans World Radio (TWR)
0645-0820 6105 NAU 100 kW 285 deg Sun to NoEu English
0715-0750 6105 NAU 100 kW 285 deg Sat to NoEu English
0700-0750 6105 NAU 100 kW 285 deg Mon-Fri to NoEu English
1400-1430 7220 WER 100 kW 060 deg Mon to EaEu Belarussian
1400-1430 7220 WER 100 kW 060 deg Tue-Sun to EaEu Russian
1430-1500 7220 WER 100 kW 060 deg Daily to EaEu Russian
1530-1600 9440 WER 100 kW 105 deg Sat to EaEu Romanian
1530-1600 9440 WER 100 kW 090 deg Mon-Fri to CeAs Armenian
1630-1700 9505 WER 100 kW 090 deg Daily to CeAs Persian
Pan American Broadcasting (PAB)
1930-2030 9515 WER 250 kW 150 deg Sat to NoAf English
1930-2015 9515 WER 250 kW 150 deg Sun to NoAf English
0030-0045 9640 WER 100 kW 090 deg Sun to SoAs English
1400-1430 15205 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Sun to SoAs English
1415-1430 15205 JUL 100 kW 090 deg Mon-Sat to SoAs English
1430-1445 15205 ISS 250 kW 083 deg Sun to SoAs English
1600-1630 13830 JUL 100 kW 100 deg Thu to WeAs Persian
1600-1630 13830 JUL 100 kW 100 deg Sun to WeAs English
Media Broadcast, last minutes changes:
WYFR Family Radio, additional txion from Aug.15
2200-0100 7360 GUF 250 kW 170 deg Daily to SoAm Portuguese
Bible Voice Broadcasting Network (BVBN), addit txion from Aug. 3
1930-1945 11830 WER 100 kW 225 deg Mon-Thu to NoAf Arabic
DRM txion from Aug. 15 till Sep. 6
1905-1955 11955 NAU 200 kW 335 deg Daily to NoAm ???????
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 18)
GABON/ANTARCTICA/USA 15475 Africa No. 1 tonight, Fri 21st Aug, very
good signal at 1800-1900* UT, nothing on 9580 kHz. So still only one
transmitter, but at least not only 31mb which is not heard so well in
Europe.
(Thorsten Hallmann-D, dxld Aug 21)
Yes, ANO 15475 must have just been reactivated, so with Greenville DRM
after 2000 UT, that leaves only 19-20 UT when LRA36 is possible in the
clear.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 21)
Africa #1 has just been heard on 15475 kHz with news (in French of course)
until sudden off at 1908 UT. Positive ID heard, so is it a recent return
to air for this transmitter? The signal was very strong and well
modulated. Will need to try 17630 kHz tomorrow.
Interestingly, there was a het on the high side, and now I hear what must
be R. Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel on 15476.0 kHz. The signal is weak,
and with some splatter from a religious transmission in French on 15465
kHz. ATA is only occasionally moving the S meter, but I hear a lady in
Spanish and occasional music. A long time since I heard this one.
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld Aug 21)
15476 kHz LRA36, aber sehr leise um 1920 UT. [later] Aus ist es mit der
Antarktis auf 15476 kHz. Jetzt hoere ich IBB/HCJB Greenville auf 15475 kHz
DRM mit kurzen Ausbruechen von Audio. SNR 12dB.
(Albert Kosnopfel-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
GAMBIA 648 GRTS, Bonto, 2312-2323, 17 Aug, Vernacular, Afr. pops prgr
w/ phone-ins & chatter; 43442, QRM de E.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
GEORGIA [Abkhazien] 9494.75 / 9495.54 Heute springt der ehemalige
Stoersender in Sukhumi mal wieder wie ein Bockspringer hin und her, der
Steuersender spinnt, - bei der Sommerhitze?
Um 1530 UT auf 9494.75 kHz in AM zugange, danach um 1540 UT ein Wobble
Geraeusch ohne Programmmodulation, danach off. Um 1550 UT dann Sprung nach
9495.48 kHz. Moeglicherweise "sehen" die Perseusionisten noch mehr
begleitende Spitzen.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
Auf 9495.540 steht bei mir der Traeger umrahmt von +/- 100 Hz, 200 Hz, 300
Hz Brummtoenen (wohl Oberwellen der 50 Hz Netzfrequenz).
(Clemens Paul-D DL4RAJ, A-DX Aug 20)
GERMANY 1422 kHz DLF bis Ende August inaktiv [tagsueber]. Wenn ich das
richtig mitbekommen habe, wurde im DLF gerade angekuendigt, dass der
Sender Heusweiler auf 1422 kHz bis Ende des Monats abgeschaltet bleibe.
Vielleicht fuer MW-DXer interessant.
(Juergen Fenn-D, A-DX Aug 17)
Aber da gilt nur von 0600 bis variierend - 1800 UT tagsueber ?
At present maintenance work at DLF Heusweiler 1422 kHz 600 kW site during
daytime 0610 - varying 1800 UT? Last til end of August 28th, Monday to
Friday.
Low power 1179 kHz from same locationis still on air via separate antenna
mast.
[later] Maintenance end time of M&B-ex DTK or BBC Mannheim? engineers
varies from day to day, depending of the duties. Maximum applied break
time is 0610 UT after the news til approx. 1800 UT.
Heusweiler 1422 was on air again early at 1710 UT today. Also a
thunderstorm hit Black Forest and Stuttgart area in 16-17 UT range.
Low power Heusweiler 1179 kHz was on air as usual during daytime, the
antenna mast is 334 meters away of the two 1422 kHz masts, across the
super highway near Heusweiler.
(wb, Aug 17)
Fernmeldeturm Gartow gesprengt. In Gartow, so in den ARD-Nachrichten am
20.08. gesehen, wurde der 324 m hohe Fernmeldeturm gesprengt, der fuer die
Verbindung ueber die DDR hinweg nach West-Berlin wichtig war.
<http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_5344172.html>
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX Aug 20)
MDR Fernsehen, hier ein Teil der Berichterstattung als Video:
<http://www.mdr.de/sachsen-anhalt/6619264.html>
NDR-Beitrag:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMkW8_0DnP0>
GUINEA 1386.16 R. Rurale, Labe, 2143-2159 UT on 17 Aug, Vernacular,
talks, seemingly information tips; 32441, QRM de E (ex-1071 kHz).
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
ICELAND Yahoo maps, MS Virtual earth, Google Earth imagery. Some high
resolution place. VE Update - Google Earth V.5 historical image.
Not a BC-DX broadcasting station, but very interesting VLF Navy, standard
frequ and time signal station.
ISL VLF NRK Grindavik 37.5 kHz
63 51 02.02 N 22 27 28.37 W
(wb, SW TXsite Aug 8)
BTW, are the coordinates correct for ex-Iceland SW:
64 09 06 N 21 45 48 W ?
There are some masts visible at 64 05 28n 21 49 15w
and that is very close where I have marked Rjupnahaed.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, SW TXsite Aug 10)
Sorry some correction. Thanks to Jari Savolainen-FIN and Mauno Ritola-FIN.
Thanks for your investigation into this mater - difficult & for a long
time a puzzle.
So you think it is safe for me to say that the former Icelandic State
Broadcasting Service (for Fishermen - til 2006) broadcasts were
transmitted from SW antennas here:
64 05 04.89 N 21 50 41.71 W
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Aug 17)
Acc. to <http://www.iceradio.is/html/hf.htm> Gufunes is only the control
centre is 8 kilometers away
64 09 07.48 N 21 45 47.11 W
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, SW TXsite Aug 17)
Rikisutvarpid new bc house at downtown, Efstaleiti 1:
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&q=Efstaleiti,+Reykjav%C3%
ADk,+Capital+Region,+Island&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=19.919551,57.0849
61&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FcN90gMds_Cx_g&split=0&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A>
Rikisutvarpid old bc house at downtown, Skulagata 4 [now Marine Fisheries
Research Institute] 64 08 55.85 N 21 55 48.41 W
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=64+08+55.85+N+
+21+55+48.41+W&sll=64.147055,-
21.923802&sspn=0.006746,0.027874&ie=UTF8&ll=64.149064,-
21.929891&spn=0.006746,0.027874&z=16>
They had never SW txs, but rented some from the Icelandic Telecom post at
Gufunes, until 2006 ... at
ISL Radio, Flugfjarskipti hf, Air Traffic Services, Gannet ATS COM
<http://test.gannet.is/en/index.php?pid=2>
64 05 04.89 N 21 50 41.71 W
page 286, 290, 296 ff.
<http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/1/29/00001427.pdf>
<http://freenet-homepage.de/troesne/QSL_TFA_r.jpg>
<http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:THxhUKJYPvgJ:www.icao.int/ICDB/HTML/
English/Representative%2520Bodies/Joint%2520Support%2520Committee/Working%
2520Papers%2520by%2520Session/169/JS.169.WP.1811.EN/JS.169.WP.1811.EN.HTM+
Gufunes+Radio&cd=1&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de>
<http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww
.icao.int%2FICDB%2FHTML%2FEnglish%2FRepresentative%2520Bodies%2FJoint%2520
Support%2520Committee%2FWorking%2520Papers%2520by%2520Session%2F169%2FJS.1
69.WP.1811.EN%2FJS.169.WP.1811.EN.HTM&ei=lXCKSprpNJWwmwPlj5R0&rct=j&q=ICAO
+169%2FJS.169.WP.1811.EN%2FJS.169.WP.1811.EN&usg=AFQjCNHguok2m3otJT4BYVl4M
xJvatSPsg>
ISL former LW Reykjavik 209 / 207 kHz til 1998
64 05 27.46 N 21 49 13.10 W
(wb, SW TXsite Aug 14/16/17)
Taken from
<http://www.icao.int/ICDB/HTML/English/Representative%20Bodies/Council/Wor
king%20Papers%20by%20Session/173/C.173.WP.12349.EN/C.173.WP.12349.EN.HTM>
Considering that the maritime operations are no longer carried out from
the Gufunes facilities, the operating and maintenance costs at the Gufunes
telecommunication centre should be charged 100 per cent to the jointly
financed services under the Icelandic Agreement as of 1 June 2004
To this end, the following operational facilities were visited:
-- Reykjavik area control centre,
-- Gufunes communications centre,
-- high frequency (HF) transmitting station at Rjupnahaed,
-- and HF receiving station at Thverholt.
The variety of transmitters, receivers and antennas at Rjupnahead and
Thverholt, and the controlling equipment and workstations at Gufunes,
provide for good HF communications coverage in the entire Reykjavik
control area and beyond, even under difficult propagation conditions.
Thverholt receiving station at
approx. 64 34 60.00 N 22 10 00.00 W
64.583333 N 22.166667 W
<http://www.hobohideout.com/iceland/thverholt>
click to satellite:
<http://www.hobohideout.com/mp_iceland_thverholt_map.php>
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=64.583333&lon=-
22.166667&z=12.2&r=0&src=msl>
and HF transmitting station Rjupnahaed
64 05 04.89 N 21 50 41.71 W
respectively (in additon to being a standby site for rx and antennae). But
it was actually Jari Savolainen-FIN and not me who asked if the location
of the RUV relay txs were at the same place as air traffic txs. The reply
was:
"That is affirmative! The HF transmitters are located at Rjupnahaed!"
"The HF/SSB receiving site at THVERHOLT, some 60 km NoNoWe of Gufunes (90
km by road), was completed in 1992.
This site, being unmanned, and remotely controlled from Gufunes, is now
the main HF receiving site, containing advanced remotely controlled HF
receivers, channelized and synthezised, five log-periodic antennae, and
three different types of omnidirectional antennae.
All the receivers can be connected to any combination of antennae through
an advanced computerized antenna-selector system.
The site is connected to Gufunes via two separate microwave / fibre-optic
cable routes for redundancy.
In addition, standby receivers and antennae are located at Gufunes.
Several 5 and 10 kW modern HF/SSB transmitters, channelized and
synthesized, as well as transmitting antennae of different types are
located at the Rjupnahaed transmitting station, some 10 km SoSoWe of
Gufunes, where from they are remotely controlled.
Rjupnahaed has been the location of HF transmitters and antennae for
Iceland Radio since 1946."
(via Mauno Ritola-FIN, SW TXsite Aug 17)
INDONESIA Tonight in 1700-1857 UT gap VoINS Jakarta noted on 9524.87
kHz, Sp ID at 1800 UT, and S=8 signal here in Europe.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
Ramadan - It began in Aug. 22 in Ramadan. RRI Makassar on 4750 kHz started
early morning broadcast from 1800 UT on Aug 21. And RRI Kendari on 3995
kHz started from 1825 UT, too.
de A.Ishida
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN NDXC, dxld Aug 22)
IRAN/GERMANY/USA 15326.6 - 15329.9 Bubble jammer against R Farda in
Persian on [Biblis-D]15330 kHz, at 1330-1500 UT, fair signal level in
central Europe, Aug 19.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
IRAN [and non] Iranian ignition spark like jamming against TWR Persian,
9505 Wertachtal and 11995 Moosbrunn.
TWR, 9505 kHz, 1630 UT, 20-08-09. Wird TWR fuer Iran auch gestoert? Hoert
sich so an.
9505 TRANS WORLD RADIO 1630-1700 UT, Persian 100kW 90deg Wertachtal D
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX Aug 20)
Hoere soeben TWR Persisch 1630-1700 UT auf 9505WER, und 11995Moosbrunn,
letztere heute 21. Aug mit Zuendfunken-Jamming vom Iran, das
Knattern/Kratzen belegt 11991.65 - 11997.85 kHz, obwohl Herbert Meixner
den Jammer gestern auf 9505 kHz hoerte.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
IRELAND Atlantic 252 day in Trim, Ireland, on 12 Sept 2009.
A reunion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of Atlantic 252
is to be held in Trim, Ireland, on 12 September, and anyone who had any
involvement in the longwave giant is invited. Organiser Enda Caldwell is
hoping to get as many people from the station's 12 year history to come
along as possible, and would like to hear from you if you were involved.
It was originally to be a private event. Now it is open to the general
public to attend in a conference setting to see and hear and meet the
people who made Atlantic 252 one of the most successful Irish based radio
stations in Europe. This is what's planned:
3pm Public reunion event begins with 100+ attending etc. as publicised on
Media UK, boards.ie etc. - 20 admission to pay for event fund (room
booking etc)
Charlie Wolf will open the day's proceedings by making an opening address
to public and media who will arrive for 3pm.
3pm - 3.45 Atlantic 252 The Launch Lineup incl Charlie Wolf confirmed,
talk about the launch day memories. there will be a panel with the
opportunity for questions from the press and public near the end.
3.45 - 4pm A break for "refreshments"
4pm - 4.45pm The 91-94 days with people from that era talking about the
station's peak days, the Roadshows, music etc.
4.45- 5.15pm the 95-98 days with The Pizzaman etc to speak.
5.15 - 5.45pm 98-01 days and Enda Caldwell at the very end talking about
the closedown.
5.45 pm - 8pm The Atlantic 252 Saturday Night Party with The Pizzaman plus
special Guest Atlantic 252 jocks playing those Long Waves Of Nonstop Hits
from 1989-2001.
For more please email <atlantic252reunion @ gmail.com>
or call +353 (0)87 6307530.
Enda Caldwell via Boards.ie.
Atlantic 252 official tribute site: <http://www.atlantic252.com/>
(Andy Sennitt, RNW MN blog via dxld Aug 14)
ISRAEL 15785.00 Galei Zahal army forces radio sce in Hebrew, seems back
on 19mb again. Noted today Aug 21 around 1130 UT for the first time since
approx. July 27th. Tiny S=5-6 only, deep fades.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
KOREA D.P.R. 6398.8 PBS, Kanggye, 2129-2145 UT on 16 Aug, Korean,
songs; 34433, adjt. uty. QRM.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
KOREA Rep. of 1566 VOA English LL programe in Chinese Via HLAZ. I
received that an English LL program in Chinese of VOA was relayed at 1800-
1900 UT on Aug 17 by FEBC-HLAZ Jeju, So.Korea on 1566 kHz.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC, dxld Aug 17)
LAOS External Services back on 7145 as mentioned already some weeks
back. Good clear signals on 7145 kHz. Even though I am a radio amateur and
know 7145 is not a morally correct operation for Laos, I love to have this
rare dx continue. Here is South and SoEaAsia the new band extension is
hardly used.
Best 1200-1400 with French 1300-1330, English 1330-1400 UT.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN DXplorer Aug 16)
MALAYSIA [SARAWAK] 7130.00 Sarawak FM confirmed, 1542, Aug 18, tune-in
to westernized pop song, male presenter in vernac which to me sounded akin
to Bah Malaysia. Annoying ham QRM, lost audio, carrier appeared to have
gone at 1557 check so missed actual s/off. Reception obviously a lot
better than yesterday, very pleased to hear this!
(Martien Groot-HOL, dxld Aug 18)
11885v The 50 kW Kajang transmitter used by The Voice of Malaysia for the
transmission in Chinese 1000 until 1200 UT is apparently a bit off
frequency. As PBS Xinjiang is only a few Hertz away from nominal 11885
kHz, this results in a heterodyne of about 500 Hz heard regularly, e. g.
today, August 17th, at about 1010 UT. The frequency for the Voice of
Malaysia appears to be 11884.5 kHz.
(Robert Foerster-D, dxld Aug 17)
MAURITANIA 4845 & 7285 R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, remain silent; \\ MW
783 is well audible though.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
MEXICO 6185.006 R Educacion, Mexico City, at 1015 UT on Aug 19 - good
signal, monologue by man, Radio Educacion mention toward bottom of the
hour.
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx Aug 20)
MYANMAR Some sked changes observed. I am perfecting the sked, but a few
observations anyway.
5915 observed 2300-0300, 1000-1535.
5985 2300-0130, 0930-1535.
7200 0030-0230.
9730.8 0300-1130, sometimes 9730.8 runs \\ to 5915 around 1000-1130.
5985 and 7200 appear top be from the old location in the evenings as well
as the 9730.8 kHz.
5915 all the time and 5985 2300-0130 apopear to be from the new capital.
5770 Military station is 1230-1530 UT.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN DXplorer Aug 16)
NETH ANTILLES Radio Nederland Relay Bonaire 9710 kHz mit einer DRM
Sondersendung in Spanisch. SNR ca. 19dB. 2045 UT, Aug 21.
Still worked overtime, Aug 21, at 2134 UT.
(Patrick Robic-AUT, A-DX Aug 21)
NEW ZEALAND 11725 R. NZi, Rangitaiki, 2015-2050*, 11 Aug, English,
Dateline Pacific prgr followed by News about NZ, then some music, IS prior
to s/off & QSY to 15720; 34432, co-ch. QRM.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
NIGER 9704.99 LV du Sahel, Niamey, 2120-2159*, Aug 16, Tentative. Weak
signal with lite US pop music. French/vernacular talk. Sign off at 2159
but unable to hear many program details after 2150 due to a high noise
level.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Aug 16)
Niger noted back again also in Germany since Aug 13, wb.
9705 Sabato 15 agosto, 0658 UT, LV DU SAHEL - Niamey, French, talk OM e
musica locale. Segnale insufficiente- sufficiente. Notata gia il 12
agosto. Solito battimento con R. Ethiopia 9704.2 kHz.
(Luca Botto Fiora-ITA, playdx yg via dxld)
9704.99 LV du Sahel, Niamey, 2120-2159*, Aug 16, Tentative. Weak signal
with lite US pop music. French/vernacular talk. Sign off at 2159 UT but
unable to hear many program details after 2150 UT due to a high noise
level.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Aug 19)
Aug 17 at 1825 checked 9705 and it's Niger, with "La Voix du Sahel" id. A
bit humming audio.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, dxld Aug 19)
9705.000 ORTN, 1825, French. Talk by a woman, nice Sahel flute music at
1827, then into vocals. Readable, despite bad audio hum. Had to use USB to
escape Ethiopia low-side. Peaking at about S=9+20. 18 Aug.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 19)
A programme in French is s/on at 1857 UT Aug 19, pips and gong at 1900 UT
and nx in French usually until 1930 or earlier on 9705 kHz, as it was
observed 17-19 Aug (French is not at 1800 UT). Tonight close down at 1901
UT probably due to the tx problems, Aug 19.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
9705 ORTN at 2110 UT on Thur Aug 20, signal rate S=9+5dB, but low audio,
in Vernaculars, not in French. (wb)
9705 is active every day, but times vary widely. Heard sign-off at 0700
several times. On Sunday, sign-on was at 0600 and continuing after 0700.
Heard several times until 2100 or later, but yesterday sign-off was at
1901, even earlier some other days. Seems to run also in the afternoons
around 1600.
(Thorsten Hallmann-D, dxld Aug 20)
9705 La Voix du Sahel, Niamey, 1805-1851, 15 Aug, Vernacular, news
(pres), talks; 24442, but improving; adjt. QRM de ETH 9704.2 kHz.
Also observed on 18 Aug: 2132-2300* UT, Vernacular, talks, French at 2145
UT for newsbulletin until 2151 UT, tribal songs, TS for 2200 UT after
which the Tues. evening prgr "Musique Moderne du Niger" was aired; 45433
but slowly deteriorating.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
PAKISTAN 630 Radio Pakistan Lahore goes silent. Instead of upgrading
the equipment and replacing the old transmitter of Lahore Station, one of
the major medium wave (MW) stations of the Radio Pakistan, has been
shutdown completely on the directions of Director General Murtaza Solangi
on the other day.
This medium wave station had been working since 1937 and was widely
listened throughout the world, including the main cities of India on 630
kilo watts (KW)[sic]. It played a key role in the wars of 1965 and 1971 by
broadcasting patriotic national songs.
Interestingly, besides closing the chapter of Lahore Station, Solangi also
sealed another major news and current affairs channel of Lahore Station
that was being listened on 1332 kilo watts[sic] for the last 4 years. It
is pertinent to mention that 1332 KH[kHz] was established by investing
almost five hundred million rupees.
An official of Radio Pakistan disclosed that the Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting was keeping mum over the solo initiative, as the DG has
close relations with higher authorities. That is the reason why he is
making such decisions from the time he took the charge of this key post.
The source further says the federal ministry is authorised to establish or
close Radio Pakistan's any station but it has remained silent over this
solo step owing to various reasons.
The DG Radio Pakistan is of he view that the closed station was in loss
costing expenditure; moreover, old infrastructure was not fulfilling the
modern requirements of broadcasting. For meeting modern needs, on the
further directions of DG, a new short wave[sic] channel FM 93 has been
established by replacing Lahore Radio Station, which is listened on short
range covering the area of 30 or 40 km.
(Jaisakthivel-IND, dxld Aug 20)
Lahore MW 630 / 1080 kHz 100/10 kW
31 24 12.20 N 74 09 16.10 E
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=31.403314&lon=74.154522&z=17.9&r=0&src=msl
>>
But different Lahore 1332 kHz 100 kW site, 66 meters height mast, located
8.4 kilometers northeasterly towards Lahore downtown. Has been modernised
by Telefunken-Transradio Berlin team in 2005/Jan 2006.
31 27 29.80 N 74 12 54.89 E
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=31.458278&lon=74.215247&z=17.9&r=0&src=msl
>>
<http://www.waniewski.de/id366.htm>
<http://www.waniewski.de/id367.htm>
<http://www.waniewski.de/id368.htm>
<http://www.waniewski.de/id370.htm>
History of 2006:
Ref the report on new Pakistan 1332 kHz:
By coincidence, I arrived in Pakistan yesterday (23rd). I can confirm that
the new tx in Lahore on 1332 is indeed on the air. Also active are two
other new MW txs: 1134 Quetta and 1170 Peshawar, which are also not listed
in WRTH 2006. As part of my pre trip preparations, I had been briefed on
Pakistan by experts Mauno Ritola, Olle Alm and Noel Green, who gave me
details of these three new txs. They are said to be 100 kW each.
No doubt I will have more to report from Pakistan later. The bands
currently have a number of stations audible from both Pakistan and India
providing commentaries in various langs on the test between the two
countries in Faisalabad.
(Chris Greenway, in Islamabad-PAK, dxld Jan 24, 2006)
1332 - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shaykh Rashid
Ahmed will formally inaugurate the country's first ever highest freq High
Power Transmission (HPT) here on Saturday, 21 Jan 2006, bringing radical
changes and development in nx and current affairs programmes of Pakistan
Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).
The new HPT, having freq level of 1332 kHz, has been installed by the
engineering team of the PBC while German engineers representing Telefunken
company helped in initial stage in the installation of solid state
(digital) technology, with an estimated amount of 30.5m rupees [500,000
dollars] approximately.
The landmark project, completed in a record period of six months, will
help the state controlled media in joining mainstream of advanced nx
network and current affairs to keep the listeners informed of global
development occurring round the clock.
Credit for embarking on induction of high level freq for various HPT is
yet another feather in the cap of the present govt that firmly believes in
the freedom of expression and access to information, the Information
Minister Shaykh Rashid said while talking to APP here Friday [20 Jan
2006]. He said freq of HPT Peshawar had already been improved while same
was in offing for Quetta centre.
The improved freq of HPT Lahore will benefit listeners within the radius
of 100 miles in day time while 280 miles at night, PBC engineers told APP
giving final touch to the inauguration ceremony scheduled for tomorrow
morning.
(AP of Pakistan nx agency, Islamabad PAK, 20 Jan 2006 via BBC_M via dxld)
PORTUGAL New Countries in Google Street View. A quick look at the GE
Blog site reveals that Portugal & Switzerland was also updated today with
Street View images.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Aug 18)
POR RDP Porto Miramar 720 kHz 10 kW
41 04 36.65 N 08 39 16.40 W
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=portugal&sll=5
1.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.675325,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=41.075857,-
8.655252&spn=0.02174,0.111494&z=14&layer=c&cbll=41.075844,-
8.65521&panoid=6X_Tv7XEfbChA3nki7Su_A&cbp=12,355.61,,0,-17.57>
I guess POR R Comercial Porto Canidelo 783 kHz 10 kW, disappeared now,
acc to the street view
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=portugal&sll=5
1.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.675325,57.084961&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=41.132638
,-8.645099&panoid=QnAbG2piCXF-ZG5PPLDhug&cbp=11,272.43,,0,5&ll=41.132637,-
8.645252&spn=0.000339,0.001742&t=h&z>
POR RDP Antena 1, Mirandela, Vila Nova de Patas 720 kHz 10 kW
41 30 56.05 N 07 10 23.30 W
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Mirandela&sll=
41.295898,-
7.746353&sspn=0.385882,0.891953&g=Vila+Real&ie=UTF8&ll=41.515772,-
7.172742&spn=0.003005,0.006968&t=h&z=18>
(wb, SW TXsite Aug 18)
ROMANIA Some power changes for SRR MW transmitters (only the changes
more than 1 kW mentioned):
531 15 Urziceni (was 10), 603 50 Oradea (was 14), 603 30 Bucuresti (was
50), 630 50 Voinesti (was 400), 909 200 Jucu (was 400), 909 25 Valu lui
Traian (was 14), 1314 25 Timisoara (was 30), 1314 50 Valu lui Traian (was
14), 1314 15 Craiova (was 7), 1323 15 Targu Mures (was 7), 1404 15 Sibiu
(was 7), 1422 10 Olanesti (was 7), 1458 100 Valul lui Traian (was 50),
1593 10 Sibiu (was 20), 1593 15 Oradea (was 20).
( <http://www.wrth.com/updates_national.html> WRTH Update April 14)
Not frequency news, but some new photos on Google ...
ROU Voinesti 630 kHz 400/50 kW at
45 03 25.63 N 25 15 41.47 E
a photo URL appeared on G.E.
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23451318>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23451318.jpg>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23451348>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23451348.jpg>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20173489>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/20173489.jpg>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20173539>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/20173539.jpg>
ROU Galbeni Bacau SW 250 kW 26 masts, MW 1179 kHz
unfortunately only a single photo
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20106097>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/20106097.jpg>
ROU Herastrau Bucuresti MW 603 kHz, I guess this site ???
44 28 37.38 N 26 03 09.49 E
another mast too ?
44 28 37.23 N 26 03 05.75 E
see T-antenna masts, behind the tall TV and FM tower
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23496672>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23496672.jpg>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23496700>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23496700.jpg>
ROU Brasov Colonia Bod, Benndorf LW 153 / MW 567 / 1197 kHz
45 45 20.48 N 25 36 29.25 E
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4319773>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/4319773.jpg>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bod_Transmitter>
but photo visible on the German language page at
<http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langwellensender_Bod>
<http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Brenndorf_01.jpg>&filetim
estamp=20080411131701>
ROU Valea Lupului / Uricani Iasi 1053 kHz 1500 kW
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13692512>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/13692512.jpg>
ROU Miercurea Curc 945 kHz 14 kW
46 22 02.39 N 25 48 52.42 E
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23321190>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23321190.jpg>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11161549>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/11161549.jpg>
and many photos of ten thousand pilgrims, mostly Hungarian nationals and
Hungarian flags.
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23357846>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23357846.jpg>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23357767>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23357767.jpg>
<http://static2.panoramio.com/photos/original/23140034.jpg>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 17)
RUSSIA/CIS More VLF logs:
25.0, 0605, RJH69, Vilejka, Belarus. Carrier came on 0602, with rapid CW
ID "RJH69" repeated at 0606 'til 0607. Rapid time pips with longer dash at
seconds 20, 30 40 and 50. Managed to follow all frequency changes to 25.1,
25.5, 23.0 and 20.5 kHz. Off at 0646:59s. 343 July 11.
25.0, 0805, RJH77, Archangelsk, Russia. Time station. Carrier, followed at
0806 by rapid CW ID "RJH77" 'til 0807. 2 minutes of continuous carrier, 2
minutes of a data warble followed by the sequence of rapid pips and longer
second marker dash, SIO 243 July 03.
25.0, 0905, RJH66, Chaldovar, Kyrgyzstan. Carrier 'til 0906, "RJH66" in
rapid CW. Similar sequence to Archangelsk above with rapid pips 243 June
30
25.0, 1005, RJH63, Krasnodar, Russia. "RJH63" ID and sequence of pips.
Followed the transmitter right through to 1040 UT when it finished with 4
minutes of FSK on 20.5 kHz, exactly as WRTH page 676. 343 July 08.
25.0, ---- Still not heard Khabarovsk, RAB99, despite standing in field at
0505 UT!
Nick says "I've been surprised at what my simple sets have been picking
up. It all started as a fixed tuned receiver for SAQ, but evolved into a
tuned receiver to see what else there was down there. The only problem
with having to tune the set is the rather large inductance values needed
for the RF amplifier around the 20 kHz region. Plus it needs a lot of wire
for the aerial coil. The oscillator is based on a 555 timer chip
oscillating in the kHz region, but it's easy to vary the tuning here with
a simple pot."
(Nick Rank, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK; Aug BDXC-UK Communication via dxld)
7140.000 Radio Rossii (Program 2), Russian. it's still here. Found it by
accident, after powerhouse (and co-channel) Voice of Korea signed off the
freq at 1250 UT. Fair at best with light instrumental music, brief
comments by M, time pips at 1300 and ID by M. Still here at 1400 recheck.
Presume this is 5 kW from Yakutsk? Signal strength would seem to reflect
low xmtr power. Seemed to be "right on" frequency but there was a slight
hum in the audio (which I first thought might have been a het).
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 14)
SOUTH AFRICA 4880 SW R. Africa, Meyerton, AFS, 1740-1852 UT on 18 Aug,
English to Zimbabwe, talks,..., Afr. pops; 35231, but rated 55343 towards
1830 UT.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
SPAIN/COSTA RICA Monitored REE's DX program Amigos de la Onda Corta UT
Sat Aug 15 at 0505-0530 on
<http://www.rtve.es/rne/audio/RNEReal.ram>
webcast instead of SW 6055, 5965 or 9630 kHz. Entire program devoted to
interview with REE tech director Jose Antonio Garcia M. about DRM plans.
Yes, they will have one DRM transmitter going toward NAm by yearend at
Cariari, COSTA RICA, and plan to add another after that, which could cover
SAm or any other target.
Besides the one DRM at Noblejas, plans to add three or four more DRM-
capable in next few years as old transmitters are replaced, but also
continue analog. That was about the only significant 'news' but he and
Antonio Buitrago managed to converse for 25 minutes. Also mentioned relay
exchange with China. Show repeats at 0005 UT Sunday.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 15)
SRI LANKA 7190.05 SLBC at 1221 UT, Aug 17. First time I have heard them
here. Subcontinent type music and singing; BoH pips; choral Anthem; 1232*
UT; weak.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA dxld Aug 17)
7190 SLBC Colombo Sri Lanka !!!! at 0935 UT with Hindi songs \\ 11905
kHz, poor.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
Die Sri Lanka Senderschaetzchen sind noch aus der britischen Kolonialzeit
um 1945 bis 1948. Die werden gar nicht so leicht auf einen anderen Kanal
ausserhalb 7100-7200 wechseln koennen. (wb)
SUDAN 7200 Omdurman Sudan at 0945 UT, ID fair signal.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
TAIWAN Taiwan station moved from the ham band. The RTI-CBS Chinese for
mainlands on 7185 moved to 7385 kHz from Aug. 15 at 1000-1700 UT.
And RTI-CBS 2nd confirmed that it moved in Aug. 16 at 1400 UT to 6075 kHz
from 7130 kHz. \\ 6145 kHz.
Clearing it can receive 6075 kHz non-jamming. 7130 kHz can receive only
CNR-1 of the jamming.
To be a plan is to Aug. 18, the RTI Japanese service on 7130 kHz returns
to the Tainan TX site from Aug. 19.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, Nagoya DX circle NDXC, Aug 16)
New Countries in Google Street View. Just by chance I discovered this
evening that Google Street View now available for Taipei City & parts of
Taipei County. One can see RTI's Danshuei SW TX site, although not the ex
Bali site.
Would be many studio sites & MW towers to see I would imagine. Seeing many
of the city streets I walked along brought back many great memories.
Interesting seeing the changes within only a couple of years too.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Aug 18)
TWN Tanshui SW and MW site
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Mirandela&sll=
41.295898,-
7.746353&sspn=0.385882,0.891953&g=Vila+Real&ie=UTF8&ll=41.515772,-
7.172742&spn=0.003005,0.006968&t=h&z=18>
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Taipei&sll=25.
187855,121.414837&sspn=0.007262,0.013937&ie=UTF8&ll=25.186423,121.41724&sp
n=0.001816,0.003484&z=19&layer=c&cbll=25.186502,121.417189&panoid=exKRi35K
OX4NcoiI-b76uQ&cbp=12,235.2,,0,-17.36>
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Taipei&sll=25.
187855,121.414837&sspn=0.007262,0.013937&ie=UTF8&ll=25.187287,121.416639&s
pn=0.003631,0.006968&z=18&layer=c&cbll=25.187353,121.416585&panoid=C_fG0mM
O_-wF7APJWwlVxg&cbp=12,232.16,,1,-2.91>
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Taipei&sll=25.
187855,121.414837&sspn=0.007262,0.013937&ie=UTF8&ll=25.184317,121.412932&s
pn=0.001631,0.006968&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=25.184225,121.413183&panoid=yKk
GzfQXZicR93yzX61Qcw&cbp=12,53.66,,0,-17.5>
TWN Radio Liberty, Pa-Li site of the 50ties/60ties.
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Taipei&sll=25.
184225,121.413183&sspn=0.003631,0.006968&ie=UTF8&ll=25.151588,121.405052&s
pn=0.003263,0.013937&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=25.152433,121.4057&panoid=hm7As
q3o6euixlXUVCMj9A&cbp=11,248.77,,0,-18.75>
(wb, SW TXsite Aug 18)
TANZANIA [Zanzibar] 6015.00 Voice of Tanzania, 0400-0420 UT on Aug 19,
Swahili news (?) fading out on clear freq after co-channel BBC had left
0359 UT. Presumed the one here, heard daily but still no positive ID.
(Martien Groot-HOL, dxld Aug 19)
UNIDENTIFIED 11890, surprised to hear news in English at 1404 UT Aug 19,
and as soon as "BBC News" IDed, cut off the air at 1406* UT. Figured it
was a regular transmission prolonged another 6 minutes for a bit more news
as BBCWS has been caught doing elsewhen, but no BBC at all scheduled on
11890 in any of the current online references. There is, however, in once
source not including WRTH, SLBC supposedly in Sinhala or Hindi, so
possibly Ekala, but I think that is really on 11905 kHz.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 19)
Probably via WOF-UK?
This is a common procedure at TX sites done by the engineers, to prepare
the TX and feeder path for the ne t transmission, which is due on
schedule, in this example for DWL via Woofferton UK, - I guess taking the
available BBC program on air.
Same behaviour noted also on IBB sites at Biblis and Lampertheim Germany.
In 1998 and 2002 ago we discovered the anti-Iran clandestine "VOSA - Voice
of South Azerbaijan Vienna" broadcast on 7095/9375 came really from Yavne
Tel Aviv, which did broadcast few minutes the real KOL program ...
11890 kHz 1700-1759 UT 37S,46N WOF 250 170 FRENCH G DWL
(wb, Aug 20)
USA The HCJB Global Technology Center, based in Elkhart, IN, USA in
cooperation with the International Broadcasting Bureau, will begin a
series of digital broadcast test transmissions on shortwave starting on
August 17. The demonstration broadcasts are using IBB transmission
facilities on the east coast of the USA and a DRM exciter and content
server developed by the HCJB Global Technology Center.
The broadcasts are operating at an average DRM power of approximately 8 kW
using a rhombic antenna aimed at 45 degrees on 15475 kHz from 2000-2200
UTC for reception in Europe and a log periodic antenna aimed at 306
degrees on 9405 kHz from 0000-0400 UTC for reception in North America. The
broadcasts are expected to continue for at least several weeks. Reception
reports can be emailed to
<ibbhcjb @ gmail.com>
Please visit <www.hcjb.org/tech> for more information on the work of the
HCJB Global Technology Center.
(Charlie Jacobson-USA, HCJB Global Technology Center via drmna yg;
Alokesh Gupta-IND, Aug 16)
9369.91 WTJC in Arabic at 0016 UT. Not \\ WBOH 5920. 22 Aug.
9264.97 WINB w/religious prg at 0020 UT. Not a common catch at my QTH. 22
Aug.
(Liz Cameron-USA, dxld Aug 22)
15475 kHz IBB/HCJB DRM noted from 2018-2200 UT on Aug 19, although very
weak and only a few brief audio decodes.
9405 kHz IBB/HCJB DRM noted from 2352 UT on Aug 19 and ongoing at 0240 UT
with VOA Music Mix, light pop, rap and hip-hop. Decent signal and solid
decode. Music Time in Africa would be much nicer.
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx Aug 20)
15475drm noted in Europe with S=7 level at 2100 UT, Aug 20. (wb)
WEWN - west antenna field
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5842721>
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TX site Aug 20)
ZIMBABWE 3396.498 kHz ... war gestern garantiert nicht da, heute aber
mit 242-3, um 2108 UTC. Aug 15.
(Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX Aug 15)
4828.05 Voice of Zimbabwe (pres), 2307-2330, Tuned in hearing African
Hilife music. Music continues. Checked for a \\ on 5975 kHz and nothing
heard there. Signal stays at a fair to good level.
(Chuck Bolland-FL-USA, hcdx Aug 17)
#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX
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