BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Those are the two original Marconi transmitters that can between them suck
up a megawatt or more of the power station's output. No one knows how old
they are, but they were already in use at the BBC's then-main transmitter
at Daventry before being shipped to the island in the mid 1960s. ...
The engineers look at them with pride and affection, as zookeepers might a
dinosaur, aware that their day is mostly passed. Four of the original
Marconis have already been replaced with modern transmitters from the
Croatian company Riz that are far more efficient, and should in the long
run prove more reliable, though whether they'll be still pushing out the
megahertz in 50 years remains to be seen. ...
When the BBC was first here it built a village for its staff and their
families. Now the operation no longer needs its separate receiver station,
from which tapes would be ferried over for retransmission from English
Bay, or the part time announcer it used to employ. The programmes come
direct to English Bay by satellite downlink; shifts at the transmission
centre have gone from nine people to two."
via dxld Sept 29)
ASCENSION ISL/PORTUGAL Radio Prague ceased German sce relay via Sines
Portugal and Ascension Isls.
Radio Prague
0000-0027 7410 ASC 250 kW 235 deg to SoAm Spanish
1630-1657 11700 SIN 250 kW 040 deg to WeEu German
Ahoj, da warte ich natuerlich vergeblich vorm RX warten.
Radio Prague homepage sagt uns:
Damit sind wir schon wieder am Ende unseres heutigen Hoererforums
angelangt. Vielen Dank an alle, die uns geschrieben haben. Eine weniger
erfreuliche Nachricht haben wir aber noch zu machen. Ab dem 1. Oktober
2010 fallen unsere taeglichen Sendungen auf der Frequenz 11700 kHz um
1630 UT (18 Uhr 30 MEZ) weg. Dies ist die Ausstrahlung ueber die
Sendestation im portugiesischen Sines. Wir hoffen, dass die Abschaltung
der Frequenz fuer Sie keine allzu grossen Unannehmlichkeiten bedeutet.
Ueber den Sender im ostboehmischen Litomysl senden wir selbstverstaendlich
weiterhin
(via Paul Gager-AUT, A-DX Oct 1)
ASCENSION ISL/CANADA/CYPRUS/PALAU/RWANDA/SINGAPORE/SOUTH AFRICA/
TAIWAN/UAE/U.K.
Summer A-10 Schedule of VT Communications Relays. Part 3 of 3:
Eternal Good News
1130-1145 15525 DHA 250 kW 100 deg to SoAs English Fri
Trans World Radio Africa
1300-1315 13660 KIG 250 kW 030 deg to EaAf Afar Fri-Sun
1730-1800 9865 DHA 250 kW 230 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Fri
1800-1815 6120 DHA 250 kW 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Wed
1800-1815 6120 DHA 250 kW 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu/Fri
1800-1830 6120 DHA 250 kW 225 deg to EaAf Tigre Sat
1800-1830 6120 DHA 250 kW 225 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun
1815-1845 6120 DHA 250 kW 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri
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