BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

on particular transmitter) above and below the carrier frequency.
Thanks for the advice on crap out of Cuba - something else to annoy us
along with the CRI relay [9570 kHz]. Good listening. Kind regards,
(Nigel Holmes, Transmission Manager, Radio Australia, GPO Box 428G
Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia, Sept 8, dxld)
[see above and below] The two new Thomson transmitters of the Cox
("Darwin") site were, guess what, TRE 2326. So the plans to move them to
Shepparton have indeed been killed by lack of money for the
transportation, as it has been feared.
What remains is the question about the destiny of the ex-Carnarvon
transmitter (a somewhat older Thomson, model TRE 2320) and the Continental
transmitters Christian Vision had brought in.
And has the CBC secured the old Collins gear as spare parts collection for
Sackville (the only kind of reuse I could imagine) or did it just end up
on the scrap yard (most likely I think)?
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Sept 5)
The Collins and the 300 kW Thomson were sold as scrap metal. The Thomson
was in good working order. Two of the Collins 821 were working with some
effort. The fate of the two Thomcast senders is unknown to me. Broadcast
Australia didn't buy them.
(Nigel Holmes, Transmission Manager, Radio Australia, GPO Box 428G
Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia, Sept 9, dxld)
Cox/Darwin summary.
Let's sum up all the bites about the Cox transmission equipment, provided
by various sources, since I fear merely reproducing them all is prone to
result in even more confusion. In order of installation dates:
3 x Collins 250 kW from 1968:
Scrapped. Now Sackville should be the only site in the world still
operating such transmitters. Cf.
2 x Thomson TRE 2326 from 1993:
No definite confirmation, but there is ample evidence of these units being
the Thomson 250 kW transmitters just obtained second hand by TWR for their
Guam facility (Broadcast Australia did not take them, at the same time the
model numbers match).
Thomson 300 kW, moved in from Carnarvon in 1996: Scrapped.
2 x Continental 100 kW:
moved in by Christian Vision from somewhere else (also the type numbers
418E and 418F, respectively, did not lead me to a suspected origin so
far): Moved to Shepparton.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Sept 10)
AUSTRIA Polish Radio 3890 - mix at Moosbrunn-AUT site.
Sep 7th at 1745 UT noted a station in English on 3890 kHz. After scanning
the bands noted it was Polish Radio Warsaw in // with 9770 MOS. Both
frequencies went off at 1800 UT. This must be a mixing product with 13660
MOS which is listed with BBC Arabic 1700-1900 UT. Another mixing product
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