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BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945 BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

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the history of our station is quite accurate and most of all, shown with humour. "One day, the airwaves transmitted across the world the magic words "AQUI RADIO ANDORRA". The first commercial radio station in Europe was born. Andorra was an ideal place for such an enterprise. No railways, no planes, no industrial plants, no noise to break the silence of the mountains, or the voice of the speaker". "Then, hour after hour, a little, everywhere in the world people were listening to these words: "AQUI RADIO-ANDORRA" and many opened their atlas to re-discover this little place, nearly unknown until now. The tourism managers, willing to serve their increasing number of customers, also looked at their maps. Their agents soon invaded the Co-Princes' kingdom: They discovered splendid mountain for skiers, radious sky, pure air, picturesque places and even, a fountain supposed to have health benefit effects, but hotels and comfortable rooms were missing, as well as souvenir shops, pubs, restaurants: in a word, most tourism facilities. But hopefully this was not to be missing for long. "Something else: One day I was standing in front of the hill where the RADIO ANDORRA station is located. Many cars were passing by without stopping (one car for every three inhabitants). There were also pedestrians in the street; all were having a brief devotional look at this dark grey building as if it were a church. Actually the vassals of the Co- Princes will never forget that misery time ended the very moment when the world heard for the first time the magic words "AQUI RADIO-ANDORRA", since then no one will pronounce the name of Andorra without thinking of its miraculous radio station. That's the legend of the fifth smallest state on our continent" Radio Andorra is the name of one of the oldest French private radios, which from 1939 until 1981 had a broadcast license in Andorra. Broadcasting began on 7 August 1939 by Jacques Tremoulet, who was also the owner of the broadcasting company Radiophonie du Midi, which was already broadcasting in Toulouse, Montpellier, Bordeaux and Agen. Within the location of Andorra it bypassed the state monopoly on broadcasting by not operating on French soil. On its first broadcast Radio Andorra was exclusively a music program interrupted only by the famous greeting "Aqui Radio Andorra." During the Second World War the music program was broadcast to soldiers in France and North Africa. Both German and Allied forces attempted to control the radio without success because the neutrality of Andorra served as a protective shield. By the end of the war Jacques Tremoulet was sentenced to death by the French judiciary because of collaboration. He first fled to Spain, then to Switzerland, and finally to France, where he was acquitted in 1949. During this time Radio Andorra was massively hindered as it was hard to receive transmissions in France. After a slow climb in the 1950s and early 1960s Sud Radio competed with Radio Andorra as it was supported by the French government since its foundation in 1968. The last years of Radio Andorra were characterized by a lack of funds and a reduced transmitter power so that only in the vicinity of Andorra could it be heard. Because of the desire for the establishment of a separate broadcasting network the Principality of Andorra broadcasting license file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX980.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:19]

expired in 1981. However, the transmission towers on the lake of Engolasters in Encamp are still standing. (Sept WDXC-UK Contact magazine via dxld Sept 8) ANTARCTICA 15476 R. Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1402-1421, 03 Sep'10, Castilian, songs, [unreadable] talks; 13431, adj. QRM. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 7) AUSTRALIA 9500 R. Australia, Shepp. VIC, 2113-2148, 10 Sep'10, English to Asia, "AM" prgr followed by Saturday Extra at 2130; 34432, less adj. QRM from 2125 onwards. Better on Sept 11 at 2130. 9660 ditto, Brandon QL (10 kW), 2115-2129, 10 Sep'10, English to the Pacific, "AM" prgr; 23431, adj. QRM. 11695 ditto, Shepp. VIC, 2111-2151, 10 Sep'10, English to Asia, same as above; 25422, so vy poor this time. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 12) AUSTRALIA 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 9) I think all the Collins transmitters at Sackville are long gone, replaced in two phases, 1992-94, and 1999. Thought the first replacements were ABB units, with the second wave being either ABB or Thales, or perhaps Thomson; not sure due to murky timeline with corporate mergers and acquisitions. Don't believe everything you see on transmitter.be or tdp.info as much of it is either out of date or simply wrong. (Steve Luce-TX-USA, Sept 13, ibid.) The primary source for information about this transmission facility are these remains of a broken webpage: The latest gossip from Melbourne was that two of the old transmitters were file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX980.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:19]

expired in 1981. However, the transmission towers on the lake of<br />

Engolasters in Encamp are still standing.<br />

(Sept W<strong>DX</strong>C-UK Contact magazine via dxld Sept 8)<br />

ANTARCTICA 15476 R. Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza,<br />

1402-1421, 03 Sep'10, Castilian, songs, [unreadable] talks; 13431, adj.<br />

QRM.<br />

(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Sept 7)<br />

AUSTRALIA 9500 R. Australia, Shepp. VIC, 2113-2148, 10 Sep'10, English<br />

to Asia, "AM" prgr followed by Saturday Extra at 2130; 34432, less adj.<br />

QRM from 2125 onwards. Better on Sept 11 at 2130.<br />

9660 ditto, Brandon QL (10 kW), 2115-2129, 10 Sep'10, English to the<br />

Pacific, "AM" prgr; 23431, adj. QRM.<br />

11695 ditto, Shepp. VIC, 2111-2151, 10 Sep'10, English to Asia, same as<br />

above; 25422, so vy poor this time.<br />

(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Sept 12)<br />

AUSTRALIA Cox/Darwin summary Let's sum up all the bites about the Cox<br />

transmission equipment, provided by various sources, since I fear merely<br />

reproducing them all is prone to result in even more confusion. In order<br />

of installation dates:<br />

3 x Collins 250 kW from 1968: Scrapped. Now Sackville should be the only<br />

site in the world still operating such transmitters. Cf.<br />

<br />

2 x Thomson TRE 2326 from 1993: No definite confirmation, but there is<br />

ample evidence of these units being the Thomson 250 kW transmitters just<br />

obtained second hand by TWR for their Guam facility (Broadcast Australia<br />

did not take them, at the same time the model numbers match).<br />

Thomson 300 kW, moved in from Carnarvon in 1996: Scrapped.<br />

2 x Continental 100 kW, moved in by Christian Vision from somewhere else<br />

(also the type numbers 418E and 418F, respectively, did not lead me to a<br />

suspected origin so far): Moved to Shepparton.<br />

(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Sept 9)<br />

I think all the Collins transmitters at Sackville are long gone, replaced<br />

in two phases, 1992-94, and 1999. Thought the first replacements were ABB<br />

units, with the second wave being either ABB or Thales, or perhaps<br />

Thomson; not sure due to murky timeline with corporate mergers and<br />

acquisitions. Don't believe everything you see on transmitter.be or<br />

tdp.info as much of it is either out of date or simply wrong.<br />

(Steve Luce-TX-USA, Sept 13, ibid.)<br />

The primary source for information about this transmission facility are<br />

these remains of a broken webpage:<br />

<br />

The latest gossip from Melbourne was that two of the old transmitters were<br />

file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WW<strong>DX</strong>D-<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>/2010/<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>980.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:19]

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