ALBANIA CRI Deutsch auf 8790 kHz - Intermodulation. Hatten wir das schon
mal?
CRI um 1640 UTC in Deutsch auf 8790 kHz. Was sagen Wolfgangs Rechenkuenste
dazu.
(Patrick Robic-AUT, A-DX Aug 20)
CRI Relay Sender stehen in Cerrik Albanien, 16-18 UT.
Deutsch 5970 und 7380 kHz
Arabisch 9555 und 11725 kHz
2 x 7380 minus 5970 = 8790 kHz
2 x 5970 minus 7380 = 4560 kHz
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
ALGERIA 6297.08 RASD Tindouf in Maghreb Arabic, tiny weak signal of
S=2 in Germany at 0642 UT Aug 19.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
ANGOLA 4949.74 Radio Nacional, at 2128 UT, Portuguese, near local level
with 'Carnivale' type of program; uptempo music with equal presentation by
male announcer, who was putting listeners on-air. Full audio here but only
a whisper on the much weaker 7217v kHz. 21 August.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 23)
AUSTRALIA 15160 RA Shepparton sports live coverage from Adelaiden
stadium, S=7-8 at 0632 UT Aug 21. No parallels today.
Bad condition this morning, NZL 11725 kHz under threshold ...
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
2485 VL8K Katherine at 1217-1232 UT on Aug 19. Vocal mx, man & woman
ancrs; presumed news at 1230 UT. Poor reception lately.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 22)
AUSTRIA/FRANCE/GERMANY Summer A-10 of Media Broadcast (ex DTK_T-Systems).
Part 1 of 4:
Adventist World Radio (AWR)
0400-0430 6065 WER 100 kW 120 deg Daily EaEu Bulgarian
1600-1630 7340 WER 100 kW 120 deg Daily EaEu Bulgarian
0900-1000 9790 NAU 100 kW 180 deg Sun SoEu Italian
0700-0800 11980 WER 100 kW 210 deg Daily NoAf Arabic
0800-0830 11980 WER 100 kW 210 deg Daily NoAf Kabyle
0800-0900 12010 WER 100 kW 210 deg Daily NoAf French/Tachelhit
1900-2000 9765 WER 100 kW 210 deg Daily NoAf Arabic/Tachelhit
2000-2030 9765 WER 100 kW 210 deg Daily NoAf French
1730-1800 11915 WER 100 kW 210 deg Daily NoAf Kabyle
1900-2000 15260 NAU 125 kW 215 deg Daily NoAf Arabic
1900-1930 15205 NAU 125 kW 215 deg Daily CeAf Fulfulde
1930-2000 15205 WER 250 kW 165 deg Daily CeAf Ibo
2000-2100 11755 WER 250 kW 180 deg Daily CeAf French/Youruba
0300-0330 6065 WER 250 kW 135 deg Daily EaAf Tigrigna
0330-0400 9815 WER 250 kW 135 deg Daily EaAf Amharic
0300-0330 9505 WER 250 kW 135 deg Daily EaAf Oromo
1730-1800 15155 WER 250 kW 135 deg Daily EaAf Oromo
1630-1700 17575 WER 250 kW 135 deg Daily EaAf Somali
0400-0430 9845 WER 250 kW 120 deg Daily N/ME Arabic
1700-1730 9445 WER 250 kW 120 deg Daily N/ME Arabic
1200-1300 15435 WER 250 kW 090 deg Daily SoAs English/Bangla
1500-1600 15160 ISS 250 kW 080 deg Daily SoAs Nepali/Hindi
1500-1530 15255 WER 250 kW 090 deg Daily SoAs Punjabi
1530-1600 15255 WER 250 kW 075 deg Daily SoAs English
1300-1330 15320 NAU 250 kW 070 deg Mon-Fri EaAs Chinese
1300-1330 15320 NAU 250 kW 070 deg Sat/Sun EaAs Uighur
1330-1500 15320 NAU 250 kW 070 deg Daily EaAs Chinese
Radio Netherlands
0500-0555 9895 WER 500 kW 120 deg Daily SEEu Dutch
0600-0655 9895 NAU 500 kW 190 deg Daily SoEu Dutch
0600-0755 5955 NAU 500 kW 210 deg Daily WCEu Dutch
0700-0755 6035 NAU 500 kW 186 deg Daily CeEu Dutch
0700-0755 9740 WER 100 kW 300 deg Daily NoEu Dutch
0800-0855 6035 NAU 500 kW 186 deg Sat, Aug.28 CeEu Dutch
0800-0855 9740 WER 100 kW 300 deg Sat, Aug.28 NoEu Dutch
0800-0955 6120 WER 250 kW 255 deg Mon-Fri SoEu Dutch
0800-0955 9895 NAU 500 kW 230 deg Sat/Sun SoEu Dutch
1000-1155 13700 WER 250 kW 240 deg Daily SEEu Dutch
1000-1155 5955 NAU 500 kW 210 deg Mon-Sat WCEu Dutch
1000-1155 9895 NAU 500 kW 230 deg Mon-Sat SEEu Dutch
1000-1655 5955 NAU 500 kW 210 deg Sun WCEu Dutch
1000-1655 9895 NAU 500 kW 230 deg Sun SEEu Dutch
1500-1555 13700 WER 500 kW 120 deg Daily SEEu Dutch
1500-1655 5955 NAU 500 kW 210 deg Mon-Sat WCEu Dutch
1500-1655 9895 NAU 500 kW 230 deg Mon-Sat SEEu Dutch
1500-1655 13700 WER 500 kW 240 deg Daily SEEu Dutch
1700-1725 15710 WER 500 kW 180 deg Daily CeAf Dutch
1700-1725 15720 NAU 500 kW 155 deg Daily EaAf Dutch
1800-1955 15535 WER 500 kW 150 deg Daily EaAf English
2000-2155 6125 NAU 500 kW 225 deg Daily SEEu Dutch
2100-2125 9815 NAU 250 kW 320 deg Daily NoEu Dutch
Trans World Radio (TWR):
0645-0820 6105 NAU 100 kW 285 deg Sun NoEu English
0715-0750 6105 NAU 100 kW 285 deg Sat NoEu English
0700-0750 6105 NAU 100 kW 285 deg Mon-Fri NoEu English
1400-1430 7215 WER 100 kW 060 deg Mon EaEu Belarussian
1400-1430 7215 WER 100 kW 060 deg Tue-Fri EaEu Russian
1400-1500 7215 WER 100 kW 060 deg Sat/Sun EaEu Russian
1530-1600 9440 WER 100 kW 105 deg Sat EaEu Romanian
1530-1600 9440 WER 100 kW 090 deg Mon-Fri CeAs Armenian
Hamburger Lokalradio
0900-1000 6045 WER 100 kW non-dir 1st Sun CeEu German
Mecklenburg Vorpommern Baltic Radio
0900-1000 6140 WER 125 kW non-dir 1st Sun CeEu German
European Music Radio
0900-1000 6140 WER 125 kW non-dir 3rd Sun CeEu Music
Radio Gloria International
0900-1000 6140 WER 125 kW non-dir 4th Sun CeEu Music
Christliche Wissenschaft / Christian Science
0900-1000 6055 WER 100 kW 090 deg Sun CeEu Ge, deleted
1800-1900 9585 WER 125 kW 075 deg Sat EaEu Russian
Evangelische Missions Gemeinden
1030-1100 6055 WER 125 kW non-dir Sat/Sun CeEu German
1100-1130 13710 NAU 250 kW 020 deg Sat FE Russian
1500-1530 11695 WER 250 kW 060 deg Sat EaEu Russian
Missionswerke Arche Stimme des Trostes
1100-1115 5945 WER 250 kW non-dir Sun CeEu German
Radio Traumland
1300-1400 5945 WER 100 kW non-dir Sun CeEu German
Pan American Broadcasting (PAB)
1400-1415 15205 ISS 100 kW 083 deg Sun SoAs English
1415-1430 15205 ISS 100 kW 083 deg Daily SoAs English
1430-1445 15205 ISS 250 kW 083 deg Sun SoAs English
1600-1630 13830 WER 100 kW 090 deg Sun WeAs English
1930-2015 6175 WER 250 kW 150 deg Sun NoAf English
1930-2030 6175 WER 250 kW 150 deg Sat NoAf English
Brother Stair / The Overcomer Ministries (TOM)
1300-1500 6110 WER 100 kW 300 deg Daily WeEu >>>> not active
1500-1600 6110 MOS 100 kW 300 deg Daily WeEu >>>> not active
1400-1500 13810 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Daily N/ME English,ex14-16
1500-1600 17485 WER 100 kW 160 deg Daily CeAf English
1800-1900 9895 WER 500 kW non-dir Daily N/ME English,ex18-20
1900-2000 7425 WER 100 kW 120 deg Daily N/ME >>>> not active
1900-2100 6155 WER 100 kW 300 deg Daily WeEu English
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
Summer A-10 of Media Broadcast (ex DTK T-Systems).
Part 2 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 100 kW 055 deg Tue to EaEu Russian
1800-1845 6130 WER 100 kW 055 deg Fri to EaEu Russian
1800-1815 6130 WER 100 kW 055 deg Thu to EaEu Ukrainian
1800-1845 6130 WER 100 kW 055 deg Sat to EaEu English
1800-1900 6130 WER 100 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
2000-2115 9485 WER 125 kW 210 deg Wed to WCAf French
2045-2115 9485 WER 125 kW 210 deg Thu-Tue to WCAf French
1930-1945 11830 NAU 100 kW 187 deg Sat to WeAf French
1945-2000 11830 NAU 100 kW 187 deg Sat to WeAf Adja
1830-1845 11830 WER 100 kW 180 deg Sun to CeAf Swahili
1630-1730 13720 WER 100 kW 150 deg Daily to CEAf Nuer/Dinka
1730-1745 13720 WER 100 kW 150 deg Fri to CEAf Fur
0430-0500 9735 WER 250 kW 105 deg Tue/Thu to EaAf Arabic
0500-0515 9735 WER 250 kW 105 deg Fri to EaAf Arabic
1600-1630 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Mon/Thu to EaAf Oromo
1630-1700 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Mon/Fri to EaAf Amharic
1700-1730 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Mon/Tue/Fri to EaAf Tigrinya
1730-1800 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Mon/Tue/Fri to EaAf Amharic
1600-1700 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Tue to EaAf Amharic
1600-1800 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Wed to EaAf Amharic
1630-1800 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Thu/Sat/Sun to EaAf Amharic
1600-1630 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Fri/Sun to EaAf Oromo
1800-1830 13810 ISS 100 kW 131 deg Fri-Sun to EaAf Somali
1830-1900 9430 WER 250 kW 120 deg Fri to N/ME English
1800-1900 9430 WER 250 kW 120 deg Sat to N/ME English
1800-1815 9430 WER 250 kW 120 deg 1st Sun to N/ME English
1815-1845 9430 WER 250 kW 120 deg Sun to N/ME English
1700-1800 9645 WER 125 kW 120 deg Sat to N/ME English
1730-1800 9645 WER 125 kW 120 deg Sun to N/ME English
1615-1700 11645 ISS 100 kW 115 deg Mon to N/ME Arabic
1545-1700 11645 ISS 100 kW 115 deg Wed to N/ME Arabic
1615-1630 11645 ISS 100 kW 115 deg Fri to N/ME Arabic
1730-1800 11860 WER 125 kW 120 deg Daily to N/ME Arabic
1700-1720 13580 ISS 250 kW 115 deg Mo/Tu/Th/Fr to N/ME Arabic
1700-1735 13580 ISS 250 kW 115 deg Wed to N/ME Arabic
1545-1600 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Mon/Wed to N/ME English
1545-1620 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Tue to N/ME English
1700-1715 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Tue to N/ME English
1715-1800 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Tue to N/ME Hebrew
1545-1645 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Thu to N/ME English
1545-1615 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Fri to N/ME English
1545-1730 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Sat to N/ME English
1530-1815 13590 NAU 100 kW 127 deg Sun to N/ME English
1800-1830 11855 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Mon/Wed/Fri to WeAs Persian
1800-1900 11855 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Tue/Thu to WeAs Persian
1830-1900 11855 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Sun to WeAs Persian
1800-1815 11855 NAU 100 kW 105 deg Sat to WeAs Persian
1530-1545 11955 ISS 250 kW 090 deg Sun to WeAs Persian
1530-1730 12140 WER 125 kW 105 deg Daily to WeAs Persian
0030-0100 7405 WER 250 kW 090 deg Mon-Thu to SoAs Hindi
0030-0100 7405 WER 250 kW 090 deg Fri-Sun to SoAs English
1530-1600 13740 ISS 100 kW 082 deg Wed/Fri to SoAs Urdu
1530-1600 13740 ISS 100 kW 082 deg Thu to SoAs English
1515-1545 13740 ISS 100 kW 082 deg Sat to SoAs English
1500-1515 13740 WER 250 kW 090 deg Sun to SoAs English
1430-1500 15265 ISS 250 kW 083 deg Sat to SoAs English
1415-1500 15265 ISS 250 kW 083 deg Sun to SoAs English
Lutheran World Federation, Voice of Gospel
1330-1345 15160 NAU 250 KW 082 deg Mon-Sat to SEAs Burmese
1330-1345 15160 WER 250 kW 075 deg Sun to SEAs Burmese
1830-1900 9655 WER 500 kW 180 deg Daily to WCAf Fulani
Voice of Oromia Liberation Front
1600-1630 11975 WER 500 kW 135 deg Sun/Tue/Thu to EaAf Oromo
Radiyo Y'Abadanga Ababaka
1700-1800 15410 ISS 250 kW 140 deg Sat to EaAf Swahili
Radio Oromiyaa Liberation
1730-1800 13830 NAU 100 kW 140 deg Fri to EaAf Oromo/Amharic
Ethiopia Adera Dimtse Radio, cancelled from Aug. 7
1700-1800 13820 NAU 500 kW 140 deg Sat to EaAf Amharic
Ethiopian Liberation Front - Voice of Democratic Eritrea
1700-1730 13820 NAU 125 kW 145 deg Thu to EaAf Tigrinya
1730-1800 13820 NAU 125 kW 145 deg Thu to EaAf Arabic
Ethiopians for Democracy - Voice of Ethiopian Unity
1700-1800 13820 NAU 250 kW 145 deg Sun/Wed to EaAf Amharic
Voice of Oromo Liberation (Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo)
1700-1800 13830 ISS 100 kW 126 deg Sun/Wed to EaAf Oromo
Save the Gambia Democracy Project(STGDP)
Baati Rewmi Radio / Voice of the Country
1815-1830 15225 NAU 125 kW 221 deg Sat to WeAf Fula/Wolof/En
Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie
1830-1845 15675 NAU 125 kW 170 deg Tue/Thu to SoAf French
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
BELARUS Belarusian Regional SW tx. I checked this today at 1500 UT and
yes, while 6040 and 6070 kHz carried "Hrodnenskoye Oblastnoye Radio" and
"Radio Brest" respectively, 7235 kHz carried "Radio Stolitsa" // 6080,
6115 and 279 kHz. I couldn't hear 6190 kHz.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, dxld Aug 23) strongest outlet here 7280 kHz, wb.
BOLIVIA 4699.97 Radio San Miguel, Spanish, at 1050 UT, good with
Catholic mass. Slight CODAR QRM. 22 August.
4716.67 Radio Yura, at 1106 UT, tentative. talk by Spanish man but no ID
or local references. Also, much weaker than San Miguel, peaking at only
S9. 22 August.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 23)
BOSNIA/SERBIA Dear DXers, I warmly suggest you to look at the following
new video from International Radio Serbia, posted on YouTube:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFJ7QtiBrw&fmt=35>
This short 4-minute video is only in Serbian, but you can see many
pictures of International Radio Serbia's studio in Belgrade and [tx site]
BIJeljina, Bosnia HF transmitting station.
It's interesting to notice in the middle of the video, during the speech
of the new director of IRS, the picture on the wall behind him :)
At the bottom of this message you can see 16 pictures, taken from this
YouTube video.
(Dragan Lekic-SRB, dxld Aug 18)
BRAZIL 4865.05 Unidentified, at 1142 UT, Portuguese, talk by man, poor
with UTE QRM, but partially readable in LSB. Possibly R. Verdes Florestas?
20 August.
4885.01 Radio Clube do Para, at 2040 UT, Portuguese, football commentary
or similar, many ments of "Brasil." Absolutely blown-away to hear this in
my local morning, which is very rare. 21 August.
4914.95 Rdiff. Macapa, at 2056 UT, Portuguese, presumed with reverb
commentary by M (perhaps soccer), too weak for ID. 21 August.
4985 Radio Brasil Central, at 2105 UT, Portuguese, fading up with news or
similar by M (didn't sound like soccer commentary). 21 August.
Sidebar: This rare local morning opening to Brazil may have been an off-
shoot of a fantastic opening to Africa, at the same time. While already in
progress at 2040 UT, all of the Brazilians were gone by 2115 UT.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 23)
9587.32 Super Radio Deus e Amor, at 0510-0530+ UT on August 14,
Portuguese preacher. Weak but readable. // 9564.56, 11765 kHz.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Aug 18)
CHAD 6165 RNT N'djamena, at *0427-0459 UT on August 20, sign on with
Balafon IS. National Anthem at 0429 UT. Opening French announcements at
0430 UT. Afro-pop music at 0433 UT. Weak but readable. Covered by Radio
Nederland sign on at 0459 UT.
6165 RNT Ndjamena, *0430-0459, August 21, abrupt sign on tonight with
French talk. Local Afro-pop music after 0431 UT. Local tribal music.
Covered by Radio Nederland sign on at 0459 UT. Poor to fair.
6165 RNT Ndjamena, 2220-2301*, August 21, African hi-life music. Afro-pop
music. French announcements. Sign off with National Anthem. Fair. In the
past sign off was usually at 2230 UT.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Aug 22)
CHINA Log 9170 kHz CNR 6 CHN at 1730 UTC Aug 23, SIO 333. Talk & Mx in
Chinese; der Sendeanlage in Peking-Gaobeidian ist mit den Koordinaten
39.888245 N 116.577097 E zu sehen.
(Theodor Averbeck-D, A-DX Aug 23)
Re: here look at the Beijing SARFT #491 transmitting center.
Yahoo maps, MS Virtual Earth, Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution
place. VE Update - Google Earth V.5 historical image.
9170 CNR 6 Beijing - 50 kW 163 degr. Rebuilt extensively in 2004-2006
years. Look at Google Earth, see time axis control. Area contains
- two MW masts,
- 43 SW masts,
- arranged in 13 diverse mast areas, 350/150/100/50 kW.
MW masts at
39 53 25.24 N 116 34 36.75 E
39 53 08.59 N 116 34 37.46 E
13 diverse mast areas, at
3masts 040 / 220deg 39 53 19.88 N 116 34 38.56 E
4masts 000 / 180deg 39 53 05.53 N 116 34 23.82 E
4masts 090 / 270deg 39 53 09.80 N 116 34 17.13 E
3masts 174 / 354deg 39 53 16.37 N 116 34 01.15 E
2masts 034 / 214deg 39 53 25.10 N 116 34 00.43 E
2masts 000 / 180deg 39 53 27.79 N 116 33 57.87 E
2masts 063 / 243deg 39 53 32.49 N 116 33 48.70 E til 2004 only
2masst 058 / 238deg 39 53 43.22 N 116 33 43.21 E til 2004 only
3masts 016 / 196deg 39 53 42.19 N 116 33 27.62 E
3masts 063 / 243deg 39 53 30.65 N 116 33 30.18 E from 2005 only
5masts 105 / 285deg 39 53 26.90 N 116 32 58.78 E from 2006 only
7masts 163 / 343deg 39 53 13.04 N 116 33 27.36 E from 2006 only
3masts 163 / 343deg 39 52 59.64 N 116 33 14.58 E from 2006 only
Also a Communications Center with two tall masts erected in 2005.
09 52 43.76 N 116 33 23.44 E
vy73 wb df5sx jn48or
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
CHINA/TINIAN 15120 Both CRI Beijing in English at 0428 UT Aug 23,
S=9+20dB, ahead of co-channel IBB Mandarin via Tinian site underneath. ID
at 0429 UT. Announcement to download CRI programs from CRI website, URL
and e-mail address given. At 0430 UT Aug 23 Frontline progr with news from
real China started as weekly feature program.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
CHINA/TADJIKISTAN 15635 On IBB Mandarin sce heard a single Firedrake
music jammer 15635 kHz only against/ahead of co-channel Dushanbe relay,
all other // channels suffered only by spoken national radio echo type
relay:
13760SAI, 15120TIN, 15615TIN, 17615TIN, 17880SAI, 21550TIN, 21690TIN.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
CROATIA 6164.63v Croatian R Deanovec, logged Aug 19 at 0638 UT,
interview in Croatian language. S=8 signal.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
CUBA 6060 RHC La Habana in English at 0615 UT / 5-7 UT, best channel
here in Europe on this time slot, S=8-9. Parallels much weaker.
5970 at 0619 UT, tiny S=3-4, 6150 at 0622 UT poor S=6. 0625-0628 sports
news on soccer season.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
EGYPT 11590 R Cairo in Arabic via Abis 2300-0430 to zones 6&7, 250kW
330degr, heard at 0419 UT Aug 23 performing S=9+20dB. Holy Quran program.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
ETHIOPIA 7210 Radio Fana, 0340-0350, August 21, local Afro-pop music.
Amharic talk. Fair. // 6110 kHz - weak under Cuba.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Aug 22)
9560 on 23 Aug at 1440 UTC, Radio Ethiopia (tent. - presumed) in Arabic
with Ethiopian music and little talk. Very low modulation, but otherwise
good and clear signal. No sign of KSDA which is supposed to be here
according to AOKI .... CRI carrier flattened the neighborhood at 1500 UTC.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 24)
FRANCE/MONACO Hello Glenn, Here are details for Monaco's transmitters
sites. Note that for ITU, even the sites in France are listed under Monaco
(MCO)
The LW 216 kHz in FRANCE, Roumoules some 150 km north of Monaco.
The MW 1467 kHz used by TWR in the evening is also in Roumoules.
Other sites near Monaco (no more than 20 km).
MW 1467 for Radio Maria daytime is in Col de la Madone FRANCE
MW 702 for China Radio International is in Col de la Madone FRANCE
SW for Trans World Radio is in Fontbonne FRANCE.
Marine Utility Monaco Radio SW antennas are also in Fontbonne FRANCE
You can have pictures:
<http://tvignaud.pagesperso-orange.fr/galerie/fr-galerie.htm>
In Fontbonne there are also two French MW transmitters:
1557 kHz France Info & 1350 kHz Radio Orient.
The ONLY transmitters in the Monaco soil are low power FM
transmitters, in the Jardin Exotique (overlooking the Principality).
R. Maria 94.5
Radio Chine Int. 96.0
Radio FG 96.4
R. Capri 99.1
One Sud 102.4
R. Riviera 106.3
RMC1 107.3
And also the VHF transmitter is on the Rocher de Monaco.
Other FM stations (French & Italian networks, Radio Monaco, Radio Riviera)
are in Col de la Madone (for most powerful) and Mont Agel (lower and TV).
So, all the stations you can hear anywhere in the world (LW, MW and SW)
are definitely on the French soil. Regards from rainy Cote d'Azur.
(Christian Ghibaudo, Nice-F, dxld Aug 18)
But EDXC list shows this different:
F__ 27 FRANCE incl. Corsica (Corse) island; excl. the Fontbonne and Col de
la Madonne (Mt. Agel) transmitter sites of Radio Monte Carlo, cf. *Monaco.
MCO 27 MONACO incl. the Fontbonne and Col de la Madonne (Mt. Agel)
transmitter sites on adjacent French territory, not incl. the Roumoules
site in France.
(EDXC Radio Countries list; via WWDXC DX Magazine Aug/Sept 2010)
FRANCE 9535 TDA Algiers program, sung on Ramadan in Arabic via
Issoudun-F at 5-7 UT, S=8 southern lobe, but not on air // 7295-ISS
today !
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
GERMANY 9850 NHK in French to AF, via Wertachtal, relay 0530-0600 UT,
S=8-9.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
720 Westdeutscher Rundfunk [Langenberg], date/frequency "antenna tower"
card in 97 days, with program magazine, stickers, lapel pins and frequency
reference card for airmail report and US $2.00 return postage.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 20)
6189.993 GERMANY (EAST) Deutschlandfunk, Aug 9 at 2357 UT. Music, News
in German, ID at 0004 UT.
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer Aug 16)
Sorry Ralph, minor error: "East Germany".
If you like to count this silly - I guess? - NASWA list - behaviour ...
I'll count the California and Texas/Arizona QSL under Northern Mexico soon
:-)
Berlin Britz suburb site was from June 1st, 1945year til 3 Oct 1990 US
American sector of all-Berlin capital.
{rather called West-Berlin as vernacular sound ...}
see blue coloured map on
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin>
Exclave status from about May 1949 to reunification of both Germanys
on 3 October 1990.
6190 kHz 17 kilowatt DLF unit at Britz site was formerly erected by USIA
branch "RIAS Berlin" radio station on 7 August 1951 - always on 6005 kHz
in 49mb under "West-Berlin NASWA" list counting.
Meant for RIAS Berlin and VOA Washington program relays into East Germany
(GDR - formerly Soviet Zone of Germany) and German nationals in Poland,
Baltics, CSSR, Hungary and South Tyrol-Italy too.
Location of former RIAS/VOA 6005 / now 6190 antenna visible next to small
building at
52 26 50.57 N 13 25 49.93 E
see green arrow at
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=52+26+50.57+N+
+13+25+49.93+E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=19.197937,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll
=52.447405,13.430529&spn=0.001136,0.003484&t=h&z=19>
Protected and well-tended like a jewel when tender and loving care by
Britz engineers long term.
73 wolfgang df5sx
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 17)
See under "Kurzwellen-Faltdipol", 6190 kHz - Well, look here:
<http://www.senderfotos-bb.de/britz.htm>
The line "Kurzwellen-Faltdipol" shows the 6190 kHz facility. The shabby
shack is the transmitter building, a provisional one from the earliest
RIAS days. If I recall correct (it's 15 years since I was there) the
vertically mounted fluorescent lamp behind one of the windows is in the
very room of the shortwave transmitter. Otherwise there is only an ancient
FM transmitter in this shack, if I recall correct.
The other transmitters are in what the webpage calls "Hauptgebaeude". The
antenna of the broken S4001 transmitter is the one labelled as
"Kurzwellen-Antenne noerdl. des Hauptgebaeudes". I understand that each
antenna is "hard-wired" to the related antenna, i.e. a swap is not
possible. Originally cover has been provided by the complete 20 kW
transmitter/antenna combination. When the separate 6190 kHz service
started in 1999 the concept changed in as far as transmission breaks
during maintenance or equipment failures are just accepted now.
"Teil des demontierten Kreuzdipols" was a vertical incidence antenna with
circular polarization for nighttime service on 990 kHz, now dismantled. At
some point in the nineties further use of this antenna has been banned,
because it produced too high fieldstrengths in the neighbourhood of the
station. Since then mediumwave transmissions are limited to the two guyed
masts, one of them carrying the 89.6 MHz antenna, too (the second RIAS FM
frequency, 94.3 MHz, has meanwhile been moved to the TV tower).
And a word about the transmitters: The remaining shortwave transmitter,
the one in the shack, is rated at 20 kW and has been delivered by
Telefunken in 1950, it is by far the oldest broadcasting transmitter in
everyday use in Germany (and perhaps well beyond).
The newer shortwave transmitter is or was an S4001, different from the
ones used by Media Broadcast in as far as it got no SSB capability and has
not been equipped for automated fast tuning. This transmitter suffered a
failure of the transformer that produced the plate current in 2007, no
such transformer was in the Juelich spare sparts stock due to the design
variants (at least I understand this has indeed been checked) and a
replacement would cost about 100,000 Euro, an amount nobody was willing to
invest into the DX hobby (that's pretty much the reality now).
The mediumwave equipment consisted 15 years ago of a 100 kW solid-state
Nautel for 855 kHz, an S4003 (300 kW mediumwave version of the PANTEL
series PDM transmitters, housings similar to the S4005 shortwave
transmitter; this one was the first PANTEL ever delivered) for 990 kHz and
an S4002 (PANTEL 100 kW mediumwave, looks like its shortwave brother
S4001) as aux. Nowadays two Transradio TRAM transmitters are used as
mains.
And meanwhile word has it that in the last days there were some power
supply problems with the 6190 kHz facility, but some necessary repairs
have been done and now the old tranny should again happily churn away.
(Kai Ludwig-D, SW TXsite July 6, 2010)
Radio 700 - Aktuelle Programmliste 5980 und 6005 kHz.
Programme auf 6005 kHz fuer die Sendeperiode A10, Stand: 20. August 2010
Alle Zeiten in UTC. Lokalzeit CEST = UTC +2hrs
Generell:
Montag-Sonntag 0700-0900 Radio Belarus
Montag-Sonntag 0900-1000 RADIO 700
Montag-Sonntag 1000-1015 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
Montag-Sonntag 1015-1630 RADIO 700
Montag-Samstag 1630-1645 Missionswerk Freundesdienst
Sonntag 1630-1645 RADIO 700
Montag-Sonntag 1645-1700 RADIO 700
Abweichend davon:
August 2010
Sonntag 22.08. 0900-1000 Radio Gloria International
Samstag 28.08. 1300-1400 Radio Gloria International
September 2010
Sonntag 05.09. 0900-1300 Radio Joystick (4 Stunden PX)
Sonntag 26.09. 0900-1000 Radio Gloria International
Oktober 2010
Samstag 02.10. 0900-1000 MV Baltic Radio
Samstag 02.10. 1300-1400 Radio Gloria International
Sonntag 03.10. 0900-1000 Radio Joystick
Programme auf 5980 kHz fuer die Sendeperiode A10, Stand: 20. August 2010
Alle Zeiten in UTC. Lokalzeit CEST = UTC +2hrs
Generell:
Montag-Sonntag 0900-1000 Hamburger Lokalradio
Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Christian Milling
Funkhaus Euskirchen e.V.
Kuchenheimer Strasse 155
53881 Euskirchen
RADIO 700 - Ihr Radio fuer die Region,
in Ostbelgien und der Eifel auf UKW 90.1 und 101.7 MHz
europaweit auf Kurzwelle 6005 kHz
und weltweit im Internet: <www.radio700.eu>
(Christian Milling-D, A-DX Aug 22)
SWR MW Empfang bundesweit und auf Insel Ruegen.
Grundig Satellit 500 und PERSEUS-Rx.
Bereits auf der Fahrt habe ich mit dem Autoradio getestet, wie weit die
711 kHz Heilbronn Obereisesheim tagsueber nachweisbar war - das DRM-
Rauschen war bis hinter Wuerzburg hoerbar.
Die 576 kHz aus Muehlacker konnte ich zu meiner Ueberraschung noch hinter
Kassel empfangen - Respekt der neue Tx scheint gut zu arbeiten.
[der neue Transradio Sender in Muehlacker ist nunmehr abwechselnd mit dem
kanadischen NAUTEL Sender im Einsatz. Der alte Telefunken S-4004 300 kW
Sender dient als Ersatzteiltraeger für die gleiche Anlage bei dem SWR
Bodenseesender Rohrdorf. wb.]
Wir hatten eine Ferienwohnung auf Ruegen auf einem ehemaligen Bauernhof -
wunderbar ruhige Lage sowohl akustisch als auch HF-seitig.
Als ersten Versuch habe ich mit dem Satellit 500 getestet, wie stark die
MW-Signale vom SWR 1017 kHz und 576 kHz nachts zu hoeren waren.
Es stellte sich heraus, dass um 21 h Ortszeit die ersten SWR-Signale auf
1017 kHz Wolfsheim zu hoeren waren, 576 kHz Muehlacker kam ab 22 h stabil
durch - ab 0 h war das 576 kHz Signal etwa so stark wie die 666 kHz
Rohrdorf tagsueber im Mittleren Neckarraum und dies ohne nennenswerte
Gleichkanalstoerungen - das hat mich doch angenehm ueberrascht. Die QRG
576 kHz ist inzwischen sehr ruhig und QRM-frei geworden - da wird es Zeit,
dass man die Tips fuer den Urlaubsempfang ueberarbeitet, hi.
Gegen 1 h Ortszeit habe ich mit Staunen festgestellt, dass auf 711 kHz
Obereisesheim auch ein DRM Rauschen zu hoeren war. Nach einigen Versuchen
gelang es mir auch auf 1413 kHz Ulm Jungingen mit Q3 zu hoeren.
PERSEUS - ich konnte nachts die 711 kHz in DRM einlesen aber noch nicht
Audio dekodieren -.SNR lag bei 8-10 dB - kein Audio. Am 13. / 14.8. konnte
ich mehrfach das 711 kHz DRM Signal mit Audio dekodieren !! Das 711 kHz
Signal war stark durch den 300 kW Sender in Rennes ueberlagert. Das SNR
der DRM Aussendung lag bei 13-14 dB. Der Empfang war auf Ruegen im
Zeitraum zwischen 23 und 03.17 UTC moeglich.
Ich war auch in Putbus auf Ruegen und habe mir den 729 kHz DRM faehigen
Sender am oestlichen Stadtrand angeschaut - es steht noch Alles, bleibt zu
hoffen, dass die Anlage erhalten bleibt.
(Juergen, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
INDIA 5040 20 Aug, 0028 UTC. AIR Kolkata in Hindi with music. Modulator
shot. Beautiful carrier, but modulation distorted and unable to provide
enough power to completely modulate the signal. Strong carrier, no QRM,
but moderate fading.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 20)
INDIA [Srinagar] 4950 on 24 Aug at 1640 UTC, AIR Radio Kashmir. Hindi
pops and PSA's/commercials in Hindi/Kashmiri. Very strong signals with
great modulation. Local line noise and summer static the only problems.
Hope everyone's well! My trek towards Pattaya Thailand begins in 8 days!
There is no more beautiful sight than Kabul in the rear-view mirror!
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 25)
INDIA Daytime 41 mb frequencies hrd here:
7230 AIR Kurseong; Aug 12 at 0730 UT English nx; 0735 UT short instr tune
into annct; Tibetan chant by male group, 0802 UT chant by female group to
0830 UT into annct; 0859 UT tent ID "Akashvani Kurseong" 0900 UT nx, 0909
UT live report from Jammu-Kashmir, pres. abt floods; Aug 20, 0630-0635 UT
English nx.
7280 AIR Guwahati; Aug 12 at 0730 UT English nx, Aug 20 at 0630 UT
English nx, tent // 7230 kHz.
7315 AIR Shillong; Aug 10 at 0715 UT English px, weak but clear,
to 0845+ UT.
7380 AIR Chennai; Aug 10 at 0845 UT English px.
(Gerhard Werdin-Bang Saen-THA, on the Gulf of Thailand,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
INDONESIA Start of Ramadan was quite disappointing, no additional
stations hrd and only some of the ones reported earlier hrd in period Aug
12-15
3325 RRI Palangkaraya; f/in 1100 UT hrd throughout s/off at 1600 UT, the
most reliable of them all; also hrd local morning at 2200 UT.
3345 RRI Ternate; not positively hrd again.
3976 RRI Pontianak; only once positively hrd Aug 12, at 1215-1445 UT,
heavy QRM from appr. 3980 kHz which sound like a flock of WWII-Bombers.
3987 RRI Manokwari; not positively hrd.
3995 RRI Kendaki; hrd in period 1100-1445 UT; also local morning 2200 UT;
on Aug 13 at 1100 UT blocked by Chinese stn with TS & ID "... gunagbo
dientai", no splash from 3990 kHz, because diff voice, only this date.
4606 RRI Serui; not hrd again neither 1100-1500 UT period nor local
morning 2200 UT.
4750 RRI Makassar; blocked by Bangladesh Betar 1100-1500 UT, but clearly
Aug 13 at 2200 UT.
4790 RRI Fak-Fak; not hrd again neither 1100-1500 UT period nor local
morning 2200 UT.
4870 RRI Wamena; as reported by others, but never hrd here.
(Gerhard Werdin-Bang Saen-THA, on the Gulf of Thailand,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
4604.93 RRI Serui has been silent for at least the last 12 days around
the 1200 time frame. Drat. They were the best low-band Indo most mornings.
9525.96 VoIndonesia at 1300-1310 UT on Aug 19. Out of Japanese and into
English xmsn with ID, program lineup, and news. ID as "Voice of Indonesia,
the Sound of Dignity". Strong signal.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 22)
Was very pleased to hear RRI Jambi at 1825 UT, lovely ID at 1830 UT on
with music for Ramazan on 4925 kHz. Good audio and strength. So the TXer
is in good shape altho not heard on the regular skeds for some months now.
At the same time also heard 3325 kHz RRI Palankaraya similar format.
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, DXplorer Aug 25)
4790 RRI Fak Fak - but I did hear 4925 with Koran at 1827 UT on Aug 20,
Om chanting then yl talk weak. Here is a recording as I say weak (and
noisy) early eve is usually pretty bad on thelower bands for qrm)
<http://www.box.net/shared/xnvilp9151>
(Mark Davies Ruby Anglesey, dxld Aug 21)
Re: RRI Fak Fak.
Hello Mark, That's quite remarkable reception of Fak Fak - I would not be
surprised to learn that it is one of the first in western Europe. Possibly
those further north in Scandinavia have heard it, but maybe no one further
south.
I did try myself, but the noise level was just too high - though I did
hear 4925 with Koran at a little after 1900UT, and could recognise
Indonesian despite the noise. I think I could recognise Indonesian on
4790, so not an extended transmission from Rawalpindi.
Now keep your ears on 4605 and see if Serui becomes audible. It's on the
same island as Fak Fak, but slightly further to the east, so around the
same time - if it is on air early during Ramadan. This shows that darkness
is not necessary to hear some 60m signals. I would guess grey line at our
end, and the last reflection point being on it.
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld Aug 22)
Congrats to RRI heard here in EUR these days, on high noise level.
For all other listen to "Song of the Coconut Island"
<http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/ins-rri_pro3_130904.m3u>
<http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/ins-z-rri_national_c2000.m3u>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DM8ln9CSo8>
<http://www.youtube.com/user/peacemakerjapan#p/u/50/c0x--95xydo>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYJj9WELGSE&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceBmjOpPAxs&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSxq0j-ldgE&feature=related>
(wb, dxld Aug 22)
ISRAEL 15785 Forces Radio Galei Zahal in Hebrew on Aug 22 at 0830 UT,
S=6 signal fair today, seldom heard so strong in past months.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
KOL Israel NF on 15760 kHz. I can receive Kol Israel in Persian on 15760
kHz (ex. 11595 kHz) at 1400 UT from August 23. 1335 UT c/on, IS at 1357 UT
// 13850 kHz, QRM SOH on 15760 kHz.
de Hiroshi
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC HQ / dxld Aug 24)
Summer 1400-1500 (-1530 Sun-Thur), winter 1500-1600 (-1630 Sun-Thur) UT
6990 40 ISR 250 90 800 pers ISR KOL
9390 40 ISR 250 90 800 pers ISR KOL
9985 40 ISR 250 90 800 pers ISR KOL
11595 40 ISR 250 27 800 pers ISR KOL
13850 40 ISR 250 90 800 pers ISR KOL
15760 40 ISR 250 90 800 pers ISR KOL
antenna type 800 - 849
Horizontal log-periodic antenna
Designation: LPH N / L / h1 / hN / l1 / lN / Z
N = number of elements
L = distance between the centres of the shortest and the longest
elements in meters.
hL = height of the shortest element in meters
hN = height of the longest element in meters
l1 = length of the longest element in meters
lN = length of the longest elements in meters
Z = impedance of the antenna internal feeder ()
Antenna Code - Antenna Definition
800
LPH 18/35/30/30/3/26/89
(ITU file list)
JAPAN Ham Fair 2010 was held on August 21 and 22 at Odaiba Island,
Tokyo, with many participants, instead of unusual "killing" heatness in
Tokyo.
Alinco DX-R8 shortwave receiver, and AOR AR-5001D multi-band receiver were
unveiled for the first time. Japan Shortwave Club had also a booth there,
and staffs from HCJB and Voice of Vietnam were attended.
<http://rigreference.com/rig/5395-Alinco_DX_R8>
<http://rigreference.com/rig/5403-AOR_AR_5001D>
On August 21, JSWC also held the "shortwave lecture" in the nearest
building.
The items were
1. A study on Magnetic Loop Antennas - development of Delta Loop 7 and
Delta Loop 8 Antennas, by Atsuhisa Kageyama.
2. Shortwave World in 2010 - recent trends and measures,
by Takahito Akabayashi.
3. A Hora Japonese - a study on Japanese language broadcasting of the
Japanese community in Brazil, by Tetsuya Hirahara.
Attached photographs
1. With Kazuo Ozaki from HCJB at JSWC booth.
2. Takahito Akabayashi in lecture.
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
JAPAN Yahoo maps, MS Virtual Earth, Google Earth imagery. Some high
resolution place. VE Update - Google Earth V.5 historical image.
JPN SAP Sapporo Ebetsu MW 567, SW 3970 6005 9535 kHz.
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/13872583.jpg>
JPN VLF JJY-40 Ohtakadoya-yama 40 kHz.
(Ootakadoya 250m tall tower for JJY & radio wave for clock)
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/22038272.jpg>
JPN SHO Tokyo Shobu, NHK 594 and 693 kHz, 2 masts.
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/2891457.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/2891456.jpg>
JPN Osaka 1008 kHz 50 kW
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/25015385.jpg>
JPN Osaka 1179 kHz 50 kW
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/34280814.jpg>
JPN JOCR Kobe 558 kHz 20 kW dir, 2masts
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/37379080.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/24755667.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/24755826.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/3063306.jpg>
JPN Hiroshima 702 / 1071 kHz 10 kW
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/8232643.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/8230265.jpg>
JPN JOIF Fukuoka 1413 kHz 50 kW
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/27558257.jpg>
JPN Oita 639 / 1467 kHz
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/24309008.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/13506343.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/24309397.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/30384297.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/24309370.jpg>
JPN Nagasaki 684/1377 kHz
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/9206051.jpg>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
JORDAN 11960 Jordan Radio Amman, observed from 0400 til 0459 UT cl-
down, Aug 23. S=9+30dB full power 500 kW at 350degr. Second strongest bc
signal in 25mb at that time, only R Rossii Taldom Moscow on 12070 kHz is
stronger. HFCC and WRTH Update time entries are wrong. Comment in Arabic,
in western style with many jingles in between. News on Palestine and
Israel matter, resp. Iraq and USA-Kuwait. 0448-0450 UT football soccer
news on English Premier League teams.
NOTHING heard on 11960 kHz channel on Wed Aug 25th in 0400-0700 UT slot,
no audio, no carrier, Amman was totally OFF.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23/25)
KUWAIT 1593 14 Aug, 2219 UT, Radio Free Iraq, with call-in show
featuring female announcer and a male caller. The discussion (argument?)
was getting pretty intense. Fair signals with moderate local noise and a
slow fade.
(Al Muick-AFG, dxld Aug 18)
IBB Kuwait - Report of Inspection (March 2010)
MW [tentat]1386 kHz 600 kW to Iran delay.
Coverage map show the main lobe direction of Mashad-IRN and Asghabad
Turkmenistan.
<http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/141121.pdf>
<http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/146149.pdf>
<http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/143919.pdf>
"The bilateral agreement under which the IBB Kuwait Transmitting Station
was established came about as one of the acts of a Kuwaiti Government
grateful for its liberation on February 26, 1991, by a U.S.-led coalition
during the Persian Gulf War. Kuwait had been under occupation since August
1990, when Iraq invaded it under the leadership of Saddam Hussein. The
bilateral agreement leased to the United States, without cost, a 12-square
kilometer tract of land approximately 48 miles north of Kuwait City for
the purposes of transmitting international broadcasts.
The agreement included favorable rates for electric power, to be no
greater than the rates charged to the Government of the State of Kuwait.
That rate is currently just over one-half U.S. cent for each kilowatt
hour. Consequently, the IBB Kuwait Transmitting Station is the most cost-
effective Station in the BBG network.
[...]
When completed, there will be six shortwave transmitters available for
operation. The {600kW} medium-wave project is discussed in the section
below.
[...]
As part of a project to enhance broadcast capability from Kuwait,
Engineering shipped two high power shortwave transmitters, two high power
medium wave transmitters, antenna towers, associated components, and
related materials and equipment from closed IBB facilities to the Kuwait
Transmitting Station.
In addition, the Kuwait station has served as a holding area for
additional broadcast equipment earmarked for other facilities. Kuwait's
hot and dry environment makes an excellent location for storing
transmitter equipment because tubes and other sensitive components are not
subjected to high humidity levels or the multiple freeze and thaw cycles
that can lead to component damage.
[...]
Construction of a $5.2 million, 600,000-watt, medium-wave transmitter
intended to reach a high-priority audience in Iran is far behind schedule.
The expected completion date was initially May 22, 2008. As it is, the
powerful transmitter was not available following the June 12, 2009,
disputed election in Iran, and it remains unavailable. Existing medium-
wave assets at the Kuwait transmitting station can reach only a narrow
band of the western portion of Iran.
[...]
The reasons for the delay are multiple. Even though the station had been
paying the contractor, the contractor defaulted on paying its local
vendors and employees. The contractor then left the job without completing
it. Shortly before he defaulted, the contractor was also debarred by the
Department of Defense from other contracts.
IBB Washington, which let the contract, is seeking resolution of the issue
with the contractor and vendors. During the inspection, IBB terminated the
contractor responsible for the delays. IBB then negotiated with the
manufacturer of switchgear needed to complete the project for its
shipment. IBB is also in discussions with prospective contractors for
installation of the switchgear. IBB hopes to simultaneously commission the
transmitter and antenna system to complete the project.
[...]
The station manager is managing work on several major projects. One is the
construction of a $5.2 million, 600,000-watt, medium wave transmitter
intended to reach a high-priority audience in Iran. This project is far
behind schedule. The reasons for the delay are multiple. The main reason
is that the contractor recently defaulted and left the job.
Shortly before he defaulted, the contractor was also debarred by the
Department of Defense from other contracts. IBB Washington, which let the
contract, is taking immediate steps to move forward with this high
priority project. U.S. interests require the immediate completion of a
transmitter that can reach all of Iran.
[...]
The expected completion date was initially May 22, 2008.
[...]
a.. Management of the IBB Djibouti transmitting station.
b.. 24-hour/day FM transmissions of Radio Sawa in Arabic (95.7 FM) and
Voice of America in English (96.9 FM) from transmitters in Liberation
Tower in Kuwait City.
c.. 24-hour/ day, medium-wave transmissions of Radio Sawa in Arabic (1548
AM) into Iraq.
d.. Management of FM affiliate contracts in the Middle East and Africa
(see Appendix A).
e.. High power shortwave transmission in multiple languages for the Voice
of America and for BBG grantee surrogate broadcasters (Middle East
Broadcasting Networks, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free
Asia) in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East (see Appendix B)
When the Ismaning, Germany, Transmitting Station was decommissioned in
2007, its equipment was sent to the IBB Kuwait transmitting station. At
that time, the Kuwait station took on the new role of serving as a gateway
in the global SIS.
When the IBB Morocco transmitting station was decommissioned, the Kuwait
station took over management of the IBB Djibouti transmitting station,
which had been managed from the Morocco station. It also took over seven
Moroccan FM stations, as well as seven other African FM stations that had
been managed by the Morocco station (see Appendix A). This is in addition
to the 10 FM stations in the Middle East the station was already managing.
Most of this expanded mission has come since the last OIG inspection in
2003. Moreover, since the last OIG inspection, the Kuwait station has
added four shortwave transmitters-three shipped from the Greece
Transmitting Station in 2003 and a fourth from the Germany station in
2004. Four high-gain curtain array antennas for the shortwave were also
installed in 2004. In addition to its three medium-wave transmitters that
were operational in 2003 together with a system of transmitting towers, an
additional medium-wave transmitter project and a shortwave expansion
project are underway. Two new shortwave transmitters were received in mid-
2009.
An 80 ton rotating antenna for the shortwave expansion project was under
construction during the inspection. When completed, there will be six
shortwave transmitters available for operation. The medium-wave project is
discussed in the section below. The IBB Kuwait transmitting station and
its current station manager have done an outstanding job of carrying out
the station's expanded mission as demonstrated by its near perfect
availability performance measure and managing the multiple ongoing
projects, including security projects and projects for infrastructure
augmentation.
[...]
Assets valued at $31 million, including:
- two high-power, medium-wave transmitters (600 kW and 150 kW) and one
smaller (50 kW) backup transmitter
- four 250 kW shortwave transmitters
- the station is the process of installing an additional 600 kW medium-
wave transmitter and two additional 250 kW shortwave transmitters.
- An extensive satellite gateway system with multi-channel direct uplink/
downlink capabilities to the Atlantic Ocean Relay, Indian Ocean Relay,
AsiaSat, and Hot Bird satellites.
Source: Transmitting Station Manager - data as of Oct 7, 2009.
[...]
Inspection of International Broadcasting Bureau Kuwait Transmitting
Station:
At all levels, IBB staff members were energetic, interested, and involved
in their primary mission - that of broadcasting U.S. government programs
to a foreign audience. Recent years have been difficult for the staff at
overseas broadcasting stations as budgets and resources are continually
shrinking.
In Germany, for example, as recently as October 2006, the station had
three transmitting sites (Ismaning, Lampertheim, and Biblis) with a staff
of 41. At the end of FY 2009, 20 staff members remained. During that same
time, however, the number of annual shortwave broadcast hours has
increased from 32.400 to 45.760. In addition, the Germany Transmitting
Station has taken on numerous additional responsibilities for IBB
operations in Tajikistan, Cyprus, and Afghanistan.
- also involved in ... 972 kHz Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa, Orzu Tajikistan,
990 kHz Radio Sawa, Cyprus, and 621 kHz Radio Mashaal, Khost Afghanistan
operations.
[...]
Fifteen IBB staff members were employed previously as technicians at the
IBB Philippines Transmitting Station. The personnel files for these
employees indicate that they were hired from abroad as third country
national (TCN) employees, and brought to Kuwait at U.S. Government
expense. Unlike non-Kuwaiti TCN staff hired in Kuwait, these employees,
whether on tours of duty in excess of 1 year or for tours of duty for
1 year or less, were entitled under 3 FAM 7274.4-3 to benefits that may
not be in the local compensation plan.
These Filipino TCN employees are covered under the local compensation
plan, which includes salary in local currency,
[...]
Due to its isolated location, the transmitting station provides two
shuttle buses from residential areas to the station and back. The
station's 48-hour work week includes two 12.5-hour days and three 8-hour
days. The technical staff works rotating shifts, to cover nights, and the
compensation plan reflects this arrangement.
[...]
A spot check of the physical stock found 29 transmitting tubes, each
valued at $38,000. The inventory in the Stock Record System showed 19. BBG
concedes that the inventory of these high-value items called tetrodes did
not match, but states that the agency procedures are not to declare the
fragile tetrodes to be viable components until in-service testing can be
done.
In-service testing of such tubes is a time consuming process. With the
broadcasting schedule of the Kuwait Transmitting Station, it may take up
to 6 months to fully test a tube and declare it to be viable. Because of
the large number of tubes shipped to the station, combined with the other
workloads placed on the station, the station transmitter plant technicians
have not been able to complete in-service testing of these tubes. "
(William Hague-UK, NWDXC Aug 17)
KYRGYZSTAN 4010 on 25 Aug at 0125 UTC, Kyrgyz Radio. Very strong
carrier with abysmal modulation. I could just make out the man and woman
speaking. They need to turn up the dial on the modulator. No help even
from synchronous AM detection.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 25)
LIBERIA 3960.4 Star Radio? at 1934 UT, someone here with a threshold
carrier, but not enough audio for anything close to an ID. If Star Radio
is still on this frequency, has anyone given it an exact measurement?
20 August.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 23)
LITHUANIA 9635 IBB Radio Liberty program to Tatar-Bashkiria, 5-6 UT, at
0545 UT Aug 21, S=9+10dB on backlobe of 79degr antenna in Lithuania.
0559 UT endless loop "This is Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty Praha ..."
til TX off at 06.02:40 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
MADAGASCAR 6134.938 Radio Malagasy, at 1350 UT, French, news or similar
by a woman until 1400 UT, then into hilife. Excellent, near local level.
Nothing on 7105 kHz. 20 August.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 23)
6134.91 R. Malagasy, Antananarivo. Surprisingly early, vocal group,
rather distinctive, 1240 UT. French announcements 1245 UT, then music
again. More announcements. 1247 UT, ID as "RNM" 1248 UT, and again at
1252 UT. Adverts, "Radio Madagascar" ID 1254 UT. Quite OK signal, first
time I've heard this outlet, and no sign of 7105 kHz, July 30.
(Craig Seager-NSW-USA, Aug ARDXN via dxld Aug 23)
MAURITANIA 4845 20 Aug, 0058 UTC. Radio Mauritanie in Arabic talk,
staying on past supposed 0100 UT sign-off. Some Arabic prayer and French
announcements after 0100 UT with male announcer. Probably on Ramadan
schedule. Reasonably strong signal for this late in the morning, but
modulation very low. QRM from CW UTE on 4844 kHz.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 20)
MEXICO [and non] 6185 at 0134 UT Aug 21, no Portuguese, just Spanish,
so XEPPM, apparently remote report about Huapango, M&W conversing in the
open, but audio cutting off and on, mostly off. There have been reports of
RNA [Brazil] back on 6185 kHz, but not now, it seems, tho certainly there
on 11780 kHz.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 23)
MOLDOVA Mega-Streams aus Moldova. Hallo zusammen,
gerade in Moldova gefunden. Die Streams des Staatssenders:
<http://212.0.196.171:8000/PGM1_256kb>
<http://radiolive.trm.md:8000/PGM2_256kb>
mit amtlichen 256 kBit/s!!!
Auf dem ersten Programm laeuft gerade eine Art moldawische Speed-Polka mit
extravaganten Soundeffekten und im zweiten Programm halten die Beatles
her.
Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Christian Milling
Funkhaus Euskirchen e.V.
Kuchenheimer Strasse 155
53881 Euskirchen
RADIO 700 - Ihr Radio fuer die Region
in Ostbelgien und der Eifel auf UKW 90,1 und 101,7 MHz
europaweit auf Kurzwelle 6005 kHz
und weltweit im Internet: <www.radio700.eu>
(Christian Milling-D, NETradio Aug 21)
MONGOLIA 9665 on 23 Aug at 1431 UTC, Voice of Mongolia in Mandarin with
station ID and news by female announcer. Fair signals with some heavy QRM
from a dead carrier 500 Hz higher in frequency.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 23)
MYANMAR Myanmar Radio has three different px in period 1000-1300+ UT
plus the Defence Forces stn on 5770 kHz, all hrd in period Aug 13-20:
5770 Defence Forces BC; hrd 0630-0730+ and 1230-1430 UT.
5915 Myanmar Radio; the weakest of all QRGs, probably not 50 kW; hrd
0915-1315 UT, mostly music, but always diff from other QRGs.
5985 Myanmar Radio; s/on tent 0930 hrd to 1500+ UT, no English at 1400,
1430 or 1500 UT !
7200 Myanmar Radio; s/on 1005-1008 UT after close-down of 9730 kHz,
observed daily, to approx 1300 UT.
9730 Myanmar Radio; Aug 19 at 0308 UT English nx read by fem voice to
0314 UT "That is the end of International news" into English & Burmese pop
mx.
Aug 20 at 0700 UT "This is Myanmar Radio with our second English
transmission", giving metres rather than kHz; local news about election
preparation, 0704 UT international nx, 0705 UT weather, 0707 UT slogans by
fem voice about peace & stability, 0708 UT "This is Myanmar Radio
presenting you lovely mx" into English pops, 0730 UT end of txm annct;
daily Burmese px to 0958 UT, when cl-down annct by fem voice giving metres
and kHz, silent carrier to 1005 UT when switching to 7200 kHz.
(Gerhard Werdin-Bang Saen-THA, on the Gulf of Thailand,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
NETH ANTILLES [BONAIRE] Amateur Radio DXpedition to operate from
facilities, Antennas of RNW BONAIRE.
The dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in October will, per the rules
of the ARRL, create several new radio "countries" for the purposes of
award counting. Accordingly, a large-scale amateur radio DXpedition to
Bonaire is planning to take to the airwaves as soon as the results of the
referendum become official on Oct 10th.
From their press release:
Radio Netherlands.
With 6 locations around the island, there should be plenty of opportunity
for a QSO. However, our premiere location is that of the short-wave
transmitter site, Radio Netherlands. Bonaire is home to a large relay
station and its impressive aerial park which provides up to 21 dBd gain.
We are extremely pleased to announce that with the co-operation of the
World Service, our group of hams has been granted use of the antennas
during their "dead hours" on the HF bands.
In addition to our other locations, we anticipate being active on HF daily
between 1230 and 1830 UT from the Radio Netherlands facility. We expect to
utilize this opportunity on 30, 20, 15 and 17 meters. Radio Netherlands is
also expected to air a special program dedicated to the new status of the
radio amateurs on Sunday, October 10th.
More information will be available on the Radio Netherlands' website
<http://www.rnw.nl> or on DXpedition site
<http://www.bonaire2010.com>
Contacts with schools.
Between October 11th-15th, the World Service's facility will also serve
another purpose. A group of schoolchildren from Bonaire will be contacting
another group of children in the Netherlands who will be the guest of
Dutch ham PD1DX. This will provide an opportunity for the group of new
Dutch country citizens to ask each other questions in order to get to know
one other a little bit better.
full press release at
<http://www.bonaire2010.com>
(via Mark Schiefelbein-MO-USA, dxld Aug 17)
NIGERIA 15120 VoNigeria in En at 1510 UT Aug 20, powerful broadcaster
at S=9+25dB level. Buzzy background audio. Female English announcer and
some interviews given. 15-16 UT En scheduled.
VoNigeria started with crash start into Holy Quran prayer at 17.29:50 UT,
Aug 20, S=9+20dB, Ar sce scheduled til 1800 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
6089.86 FRCN - Kaduna, at 0400-0435 UT on August 21, talk in listed
Hausa. Qur'an. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. Anguilla 6090 kHz off the
air allowing this station to be heard.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Aug 22)
15120 Voice of Nigeria, 1803-1820+, August 22, tune-in to English news.
Gave program schedule at 1805 UT. Afro-pop music. Off the air at 1815-1819
UT. Back at 1819 UT with talk about the Sudanese people. Poor. Weak in
noisy conditions.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Aug 23)
OMAN 1413 QSL, BBC Relay Station A'Seela, full data letter from VT-group
Merlin Communications via email in 21 days for airmail report and US $5.00
return postage. V/s Afrah Al Orimi and the email address for them is:
<opsaseela @ yahoo.com>
This just arrived so I figured I'd send it out there. Thanks to Gayle Van
Horn who also just sent me an email turning me on to the World QSL Book
for addresses including utility stations.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 24)
G.C. 21 55 43.59 N 59 37 39.06 E
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=21+55+43.59+N+
+59+37+39.06+E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=19.253434,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll
=21.929033,59.627609&spn=0.006937,0.013937&t=h&z=17>
and BBC 702 kHz some 340 meters southwards too.
PAKISTAN Karachi site - no progress.
There is no progress inbuilding up two new 100 kW SW transmitters and two
revolving Thomcast antennas at Karachi Landhi site. Project started in
June 2005 already.
Today discovered a new photo image, taken from N5 National Highway towards
RP TX site:
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/20067956.jpg>
Two tall - probably MW masts - visible in the background.
And another image taken across the railway from south-east
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/37011204.jpg>
Present Google Earth image is of 23 May 2009.
Checked historical 21 Oct 2004 image and noted five(5) curtain dipole
antennas, which are dismantled now, in 2008/2009?
1 x 138 / 318 degrees to CLN / resp. EUR, U.K.
2 x 120 / 300 degrees to IND/BGD/MLA, resp. ME/NE
2 x 96 / 276 degrees to CHN/LAO/VTN, resp. Persian Gulf/EGY
KAC Karachi
not found in B-01 season table. But found 50 kWs with call 'APK' like
Karachi, in Pashkevich and Ormandy files of the 90ties.
Only contain 96, 120, and 300 degrees entry, very limited usage of Karachi
gear.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 12)
[...] In 2009 - the two new transmitters were on site, and that the old
transmitting hall was stripped of all of the old equipment. Preparartions
were being made to install the new transmitters when the work was
completed. I don't know where the transmitters have come from, but like
you, would guess that the revolving antennas will be French.
Since the, Aslam Javaid wrote earlier this year that the antenna system
had NOT been ordered, and that approval was awaited before this could be
done. I suppose the antennas will need to be constructed and then shipped
to Karachi for installation, and this will take even more time. Yes, there
are MW transmitters on the same site, and the masts visible in your
excellent photographs will be them. The smaller self supporting tower
looks like a communications system (it can be seen in both photo's), while
the rest appear to be power lines.
Originally there was one MW, 2x10 kW SW and 2 x 50 kW SW. Call signs were
APK for MW and APK-2-5 for SW. As far as I can remember, the two 10 kW SW
were used only for internal services, and the two 50 kW were used towards
India, Ceylon and BGD / the ME and Turkey and to WeEUR. I'm not sure now
if the EaAfrica services (Swahili and Gujarati plus some English) came
from Karachi or Rewat.
Perhaps the old antenna system at Landhi had been allowed to fall into
disrepair, or would not have been suitable for the new 100 kW. And BTW,
the "new" API-9 unit at Rewat was apparently one that had been delivered
many years ago for Azad Kashmir Radio at a place called Mirpur and never
used. This according to Aslam Javaid. It is no longer listed, so assumed
to be inactive. When it was tested it put out a nice clean signal, but was
only used for a few hours each day.
(Noel Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 14)
PAKISTAN 11510 R. Pakistan, Islamabad. Weak reception of Koran chants
and presumed Chinese explanations. A strange combination! Heard 1210 UT,
June 28.
15100 R. Pakistan, Islamabad. Directly into English from Urdu with news
at 1100 UT. Good signal but very muffled audio on June 22.
(Dennis Allen-NSW-AUS, Aug ARDXN via dxld Aug 23)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3335 Radio East Sepik, Wewak, at 1153 UT with Classic
Oldies music, 1200 UT mention of NBC and man with news, sounding like it
was in English. At 1235 UT host taking phone calls, speaking in Tok Pisin
and English. Poor, Aug. 20.
(Harold Sellers-BC-CAN, dxld Aug 23)
3334.952 Aug 20 at 1930 UT, Radio East Sepik, Wewak med lite blandning
"soederhav" och vaesterlaendsk. Dalig modulation. QSA 3. JE
3334.952 Aug 20 at 1930 UT, Radio East Sepik, Wewak with a mix of "South
Sea" and western music. Poor modulation. QSA 3. JE
3334.965 Aug 11 at 2002 UT, Radio East Sepik, Wewak med nyheter. Enda PNG
som hoerdes i 90 mb. 2 SA
3334.965 Aug 11 at 2002 UT, Radio East Sepik, Wewak with news. The only
PNG heard in the 90 m band. 2 SA
(Jan Edh-SWE and Stig Adolfsson-SWE, SW Bulletin Aug 22,
translated by editor Thomas Nilsson-SWE for dxld Aug 23)
PERU 3329.49 R. Ondas del Huallaga, Spanish, at 1115 UT, talk by man
with local time check, huaynos. No sign of CHU. 20 August.
4746.952 Huanta Dos Mil, Spanish, at 1115 UT, fair with local ads,
mensajes by a man, then comments by a woman. Very good. 21 August.
4774.987 R. Tarma, Spanish, at 1200 UT, news or similar by man, many
ments of "Peru." Fair despite CODAR. 20 August.
4789.93 Radio Vision, Spanish, at 1040 UT, man reading scriptures with
response from the congregation. Fair to good with Fak Fak off. 21 August.
4857.452 Radio La Hora, Spanish, at 1150 UT, fair with mesnajes by a man,
talk about Cusco. Utility traffic lowside. 20 August.
5039.23 Radio Libertad, Spanish, at 1125 UT, good with "yippie" huaynos.
CODAR QRM. 20 August.
5486.55 Reina de la Selva, Spanish, at 1134 UT, man w/mensajes, time
check as, "... son las 7 menos 26 minutos." Fair despite OTH. 20 August.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 23)
3329.53 Ondas del Huallaga, Huanuco, 1030 music to 1040 fading out 17
August.
4746.94 Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, 1001 hyper YL with rustic
vocal, great signal 19 August.
4826.665 Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco, impressive signal 0920 UT,
traditional Peruvian music, 19 August.
4835.409 Radio Maranon, Jaen, YL en espanol, 1010 with narrow filter lsb,
13 August. [because of WWCR 4840 kHz, I assume gh, dxld]
4857.4 Radio La Hora, Cusco while a regular at 2330 UT, beginning to be
heard by 1120 in Florida, 17, 19 and 20 August.
4950 Radio Madre de Dios, 1040 UT on 17 August. 1030 carrier sign on,
weak audio 19 August.
5039.21 Radio Libertad, Junin noted signing on as late as 1130 UT on
11 August.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, dxld Aug 23)
5024.9 on Aug 20 at 0000 UT, R Quillabamba, very close to R Rebelde but
approx. same signal strength, fair to good. Program type similar to
Rebelde's this hour.
(Arne Nilsson-SWE, SW Bulletin Aug 22 via dxld)
PORTUGAL DRM: 3995, DW Sines. Snippets only, SNR to 14.1dB, English
programming, 0619 UT on July 28.
(Craig Seager-NSW-AUS, Aug ARDXN via dxld)
RUSSIA 15110 R Tatarstan in Tatar/Russian via Samara site noted at
0425 UT Aug 23, S=9+20dB, piano music and classical singer.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
Yahoo maps, MS Virtual Earth, Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution
place. VE Update - Google Earth V.5 historical image.
RUS Kruchina Chita, 801 kHz tx#116 Now a new photo snap available?
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/39300994.jpg>
RUS Chita MW 801 kHz Bolshaya Zarya Antenna 185degr 36masts 2.98km
RUS Kruchina Chita 261 kHz 1200 kW, 180 kHz 150 kW, 657 kHz 150 kW,
seen earlier too.
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/24628234.jpg>
<http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/31392812.jpg>
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
RUSSIA [and non] 9665 VOR English via Pridnestrovye, poor Aug 21 at
0205 UT with het, probably from off-frequency Brasilian rather than North
Korean at this hour. 7440 kHz via Ukraine not any better. 15425 kHz via
DVR not propagating.
Meanwhile, VOR Spanish on 9735 kHz is loud and clear, since this favored
service gets to use the Guiana French relay.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 21)
Re Voice of Russia.
Thanks to a tip of Christian Milling in Austrian NETradio - see URL link
site
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/>
English - open with your media player
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/angliyskiy.m3u>
French
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/frantsuzsky.m3u>
German
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/germany.m3u>
Spanish
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/ispansky.m3u>
Italian, doesn't work at present
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/italiansky_5.m3u>
Russian to Caucasus
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/kavkaz.m3u>
Chinese
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/kitayskiy.m3u>
supposedly VOR - RUSSKOE MEZHDUNARODNOE RADIO
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/mrr.m3u>
Brazilian
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/brazilian.m3u>
Portuguese
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/portugalsky.m3u>
Japanese doesn't work at present
<http://95.81.162.158:8000/yaponsky.m3u>
Also links to Arabic, Azeri, Dari-Pashto, Hindi, Kurdish, Mongolian,
Persian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Vietnamese services available.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 21)
SAUDI ARABIA 15225 BSKSA Call of Islam, BUZZy TX (also HQ 6-9, 12-14
UT), S=9+30dB, e-mail and snail mail address given at 1523 UT, Aug 20.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20)
SLOVAK REP 9740 Radio Miraya, at 0358-0412 UT on August 21, Arabic
talk. English news at 0401-0411 UT about freedoms in Southern Sudan.
"Radio Miraya" IDs. "Miraya" jingles. Gave website :
<http://www.mirayafm.org>
Arabic talk at 0412 UT. Poor to fair with adjacent channel splatter.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Aug 22)
SRI LANKA 5860 20 Aug, 0118 UTC. Radio Farda, caught in mid-music
playing Uriah Heep's Lady in Black. Immediately into Middle Eastern music
after ID. Now *that* is bizarre! That's about the last music I ever
expected to hear on Farda! Surprisingly poor signals, no QRM, but heavy
fluttery propagation.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 20)
SWITZERLAND Digitalradio in der Schweiz.
In der Schweiz boomt jetzt DAB(+) richtig; in den letzten 12 Monaten
wurden hier 700'000 DAB-Empfaenger verkauft, somit duerften nun (zusammen
mit den rund 400'000 Geraeten die es schon vorher gab) nun ueber 1 Million
Haushalte Digitalradio-Empfang haben; heute senden auch einige
Privatradios in DAB(+), so z.B. Radio Eviva, Radio Top Two, Radio Basel
und Radio Energy.
Wir haben hier in der Deutschschweiz 2 eigene DAB-Ensembles, zum einen das
SRG-Ensemble auf 12C mit Programmen primaer im normalen DAB und das
private Swissmediacast-Ensemble mit primaer privaten Programmen (14) im
DAB+ Format. Zudem kann in weiten Teilen der Deutschschweiz auch das
baden-wuerttembergische Ensemble (mit u.a. den 3 Deutschlandradios)
empfangen werden. DAB ist also das Digitalradioformat, welches zumindest
hier bei den Hoerern wirklich Erfolg hat.
HD-Radio IBOC ist eine Liebhaberei eines Radioexperten, von Markus Ruoss;
nur 3 Privatradioprogramme (R. Sunshine, R. Argovia und Capital FM)
starten jetzt in den naechsten Monaten mit fuenf Senderstandorten in
diesem Digitalradiomodus; wer in HD-Radio IBOC sendet, belegt statt einer
UKW-Frequenz fuenf UKW-Frequenzen. Da unser UKW-Band mittlerweile total
ueberfuellt ist, kann das hier nicht wirklich gut funktionieren.
HD-Radio IBOC wird also wohl nach wenigen Jahren wieder verschwinden.
Vy 73 Christian
(Christian Bruelhart-SUI, A-DX Aug 20)
TAJIKISTAN/KOREA D.P.R. 11565 SOH Pres.
Have been monitoring 11565 the last 2 weeks from 1600 UT up until R Ashna
signs on at 1630 UT.
The station recorded below has been coming on at 1600 Mons and Thurs only
(thus far) last week it was uninterrupted but yesterday it was jammed. Im
assuming its SOH but if any group members could help with iding it would
be much appreciated.
The link below is what was heard last night Ive cut out some of the white
noise which covered it after about 2 mins
<http://www.box.net/shared/x3gb3hiiua>
(Mark Davies, Isle of Anglesey, dxld Aug 24)
WRN provided Dushanbe-TJK, 100 kW at 70 degrees to Korea at 1500-1600 UT.
THAILAND 6676USB Bangkok Volmet; Aug 12 at 0810 UT, English weather
// 11387USB; ID "Bangkok Volmet".
6765USB Bangkok Meteo; weather in Thai, Aug 12 at 0758 UT IS, 0800 UT ID
"Thiini ..." cont'd in Thai, 0805 UT English weather for region ending
with ID "Bangkok Meteo", frequencies and address.
(Gerhard Werdin-Bang Saen-THA, on the Gulf of Thailand,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
TUNISIA 9725 20 Aug, 0440 UTC. RTV Tunisia, with Arabic vocals and
talk. Fair signal mid-morning here, no QRM and moderate fading.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 20)
7335 RTT Sfax, HQ prayer in Arabic, S=6-7 poor at 0650 UT Aug 19.
7275 RTT Sfax, til 0600 UT Aug 21, S=9+40dB,
and from 0600 UT on 7335 kHz, peak at about 0615 UT S=9+30dB.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20/21)
7275 RTT Sfax, heard with Arabic music/songs of the 30ties era before WW
II, Aug 23 at 0403 UT. S=9+20dB. // rather poor 12005 kHz noisy S=3,
latter meant to eastwards to NoAF, NE/ME and moves from 12005 to 9725 kHz
later approx. 0427 UT.
9725 RTT Sfax, Ramadan song program in Arabic, S=9 at 0446 UT Aug 23,
// 7275 kHz at S=9+20dB.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
TURKEY 8431 TAH Istanbul Radio, full-data letter QSL in 56 days for
airmail report and US $1.00 return postage. V/s Mehmet Colak, Director of
Turk Radio. Address used: Kiyi Emniyetive Gemi Kurtarma, Isletmeleri Genel
Mueduerluegue, Telsiz Isletme Mueduerluegue, Sefakoey / Istanbul 34630,
Turkey. Their email address is:
<telsiz @ kiyiemniyeti.gov.tr>
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 20)
UGANDA 4750 Dunamis Shortwave, Mokono. Nice African hi-life music
1833 UT tune/in, fair, announcements. 1901 to 1902* UT, July 29.
(Craig Seager-NSW-AUS, Aug ARDXN via dxld)
4975.95 Radio Uganda, at 2117 UT, English, good with hilife and talk by a
man. First time I have heard this in many days. All alone with no sign of
Voice of Russia relay. 21 August.
7194.99 Radio Uganda, at 1914 UT, English, presumed with news or similar
(alter- nating stories between a man and a woman). Fair at best with poor
modulation. Much weaker than 4976v kHz. 20 August.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Aug 23)
7194.98 Radio Uganda, at 1932-2117 UT on Aug 19, English, DJ played
western pop songs, among which Celine Dion: "The Power of Love", Elton
John: "Candle in the Wind", late night musings. Pips at 2100 UT TOH while
same program continued to abrupt 2117 UT s/off in mid-song. Just about
reportable, badly splattered over by VOIRI & RFI at S=9+40dB on 7205 kHz.
(Martien Groot-HOL, dxld Aug 20)
UBC Radio (Radio Uganda) heard this evening on its daytime channel of
7195 (instead of 4976) kHz. Heard with weak signal around 1700 UT tune-in
improving to fair by 1830 UT when carrying phone-in discussion in English
about the Ugandan elections. Still audible at 1950 UT, now with English-
language pop music.
Thanks to a tip from Zacharias Liangas in Greece who reported Uganda on
7195 kHz after 1600 UT on 9-11 August[and German DXers on Aug 5].
(Dave Kenny-UK, bdxc-UK yg via dxld Aug 23)
R. Uganda just now on 7195 kHz.
Hello all, This intruder, Radio Uganda, has been reported to the Uganda
authority and action has been promised. Details will follow when
available.
Bill Musoke, 5X1JM of Kampala, Uganda has put in a formal complaint and
reports:
"Today I had a very useful meeting with the Frequency Manager who made me
write a formal complaint and he promised to follow it up with the field
monitoring unit. He will also review the articles in the ITU manual that
deal with the said band width. I am sending him e-mail to request him to
give me a formal response which I will share with you."
73, Ted 5Z4NU, Nairobi
(E.H.M. Alleyne-KEN, intruderalert Aug 25)
UKRAINE 11530 Denge Mezopotamya via Mykolaiv (Nikolayev) site in
Kurdish at 0421 UT, Aug 23. 300kW at 129degr to NE/ME. S=9+10dB, though
back lobe direction here into Europe. Rather funny Kurdish music/songs on
Ramadan.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23)
UNIDENTIFIED [tentat KAZAKHSTAN] 17545 YFR US religious program relay
site at 1200-1300 UT at S=7-8 signal level.
First noted and reported by Ralf Ladusch in Austrian A-DX ng on Tue Aug
17.
Today Aug 19 at 12-13 UT logged YFR religious English sce "Open Air Forum"
phone in program, not in // to 17555 YFR program in English too.
At 1227-1228 UT ID, YFR website announcement, URL and real audio 24 hrs
service mentioned, as well as phone-in-# of
1 - 800 - 322 - 53 85.
I guess this 12-13 UT transmission is meant to East Asia too, via Almaty-
KAZ relay site, like two others 11-12 UT 15560alm, 13-14 UT 13820alm,
latter according to WRTH 2010 spring PDF file update. Not mentioned in
Aoki, Eibi or HFCC tables.
17555yfr from Okeechobee Florida logged only with tiny S=3 signal here in
Germany, at same time slot. Latter though 100 kW at 160 degr in opposite
direction. HFCC list shows Spanish, but heard always in English at
1200 UT.
17545alm? is rather stronger on S=7-8 level.
Hymn at 1259 UT, TX off at 12.59:36 UT, and opening hymn on 13820alm then
at 1300 UT even.
Always publication of YFR whole broadcasting schedule leaves a lot to be
desired.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
UK 1920's Radio map of Britain.
<http://www.ayrshirehistory.eu/tadx/map_radio_map_of_britain.html>
(Richard Buckby-UK, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
USA 9478.978 on Aug 8 at 2359 UT, WTWW Lebanon, TN avslutade dagens
program med frekvensen. Spelade lite osannolikt "Rawhide" och annonserade
bytet till 5755 kHz. Gick lite renare haer. QSA 3. JE
9478.978 on Aug 8 at 2359 UT, WTWW Lebanon, TN terminated the daily
program on this frequency. Played a little unlikely "Rawhide" and
announced a shift to 5755. Heard with a cleaner signal here. QSA 3.
(Jan Edh-SWE, SW Bulletin Aug 22, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for
dxld)
UZBEKISTAN 10090 Tashkent VOLMET, no data thank you QSL with picture of
Tashkent Intercontinental Hotel in 56 days for airmail report and US $2.00
return postage. V/s Renat Grenaderov, Communication Leading Engineer-
Inspector,
<grenad @ rambler.ru>
Address used: 13 Lokomotivnaya Street, Tashkent 100167, Uzbekistan.
(Albert Muick-AFG, hcdx Aug 20)
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SDR - comparision Winradio Excalibur and Microtelecom Perseus.
For those interested, Nils, DK8OK has a side by side comparison of the new
Winradio Excalibur and Microtelecom Perseus here:
<http://web.me.com/nils.schiffhauer/iDX/Hard_%26_Soft/Eintr%C3%A4ge/2010/6
/25_Winradio%E2%80%98s_Excalibur.html>
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