BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

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

10.12.2012 Views

inaugurated. .. unless perhaps conditions urgently demand it and PEF wants to keep MW running. As soon as the final preparations at the new 1530 kHz site of Poise are ready, the rather old 10 kW GATES tx will then most certainly be kept at just half its power level due to costs. In terms of use, the Poiso site is brand new, it never worked except for some brief antenna tests using the defunct Santana 1017 kHz 1 kW tx silenced back in early July last, but works actually started some 6-7 years ago (!) after the Funchal municipality granted the station the use of the land for a stipulated period of time. The antenna was erected, say, some 4 years ago or more, and consists of a 50 Ohm fed, folded monopole like the one used by Antena 1 Madeira at Pico das Eiras (defunct) 531 kHz 10 kW, Porto Santo island. In terms of MW, Poiso is bad, and so is neighbouring Pico do Areeiro 603 kHz 10 kW (Antena 1 Madeira) for they're both too high for covering a region which is at a lower level. That may be good for VHF-FM while certainly not for MW. On top of that, it seems certain places, particularly on high ground, have been stormed by extremely strong winds, occasional floods, and snow also plagues those areas. In the case of Poiso, access is carried out by 4x4, not normal vehicles. Funchal in particular, where most of the population live, but also the southern coast of Madeira is best served by MW antennae that are located at a lower latitute, like the old PEF site and the Antena 1 Madeira 1332 kHz 1 kW (Sr.a do Monte), and also where the defunct Estacao Radio da Madeira 1485 kHz 1 kW was installed. To conclude this, a final word on PEF Santana 1017. It seems after all, that this unlisted fq, I mean absent in official lists like the one at was experimental during its entire life, with ANACOM's blessing of course. The antenna used there till early this past Summer consisted of a T or inv. L type so I was also told, so pretty much like ordinary NDB rigs. It was nevertheless putting a fair signal in the continent during daytime despite QRM from Spanish stations on adjacent channels; during the evening, one ought better forget about trying to get their signal." (via Mauno Ritola-FIN, shortwavesites yg via dxld Dec 29) MALAYSIA 9750.034 Voice of Malaysia, at 1220-1245 UT on Dec 24. Have been listening to this for almost a half hour without realizing it was Malaysia, since the announcer was using a language I wasn't expecting. I still don't know what it was? Indonesian is scheduled, but it sounded more like Spanish to my untrained ear. Gotta get my ear trained. Anyway at 1239 UT ID was given and I was able to copy "Malaysia" in there. This was followed with music. At 1243 UT another ID given by a male in possibly Indonesian language. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland-FL-USA, dxld Dec 29) MALAYSIA [SARAWAK] 5030 Sarawak FM via RTM, randomly from 1327 to 1600* UT, Dec 27. In vernacular; pop songs; news. S. Aoki received Sarawak FM on 9835 kHz on Dec. 23 at around 1000 UT for the first time. // 5030 kHz. I can receive it by the later reception from around +0000-1430+ UT. 9835 kHz are delay in time lag of the satellite file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX996.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:37]

elay than 5030 kHz. Therefore I estimated it to be new transmitter of Kajang TX site. (Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, dxld Japan, Dec 26) 9835 Sarawak FM via RTM, randomly from 1327 to 1624 UT, Dec 27. In vernacular; before 1600 UT noted some adjacent QRM on 9830 kHz and VOV 9839.88 (fair-good). Was // 5030 kHz till that frequency suddenly went off the air after the pip. After 1600 UT mostly fair to good with choral National Anthem (Negaraku - Lagu Kebangsaan Malaysia) followed by program of pop songs and many IDs. Very nice to have this additional frequency and extended schedule. (Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld Dec 27) MALI 9635 RTM Bamako aus dem Tschad war auch schon mal staerker in Europa zu hoeren, S=3-4, eher noch darunter um 0812 UT. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 24) MOLDOVA 6240 Voice of Russia via Grigoriopol Maiac relay in English at 0215 UT, powerful S=9+25 dB, comment about negotiations with China about to curtail drug traffic on AFG/TJK/CHN/RUS area. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 31) MOLDOVA/PORTUGAL 9895 Radio Nderland Wereldomroep via Grigoriopol Maiac site, S=9+30dB at 0622 UT Dec 20. Dutch morning report about Netherlands local news. // 5955 via Sines-POR relay 0600-0757 UT at S=9+10dB only. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30) MONGOLIA 4830 25 Dec, 0058 UTC, Mongolian R., in Mongol, and kickin' it with an instrumental version of "I Just Want to Say I Love You." Great signals with a slight fade. Time pips and beautiful full ID on the hour. 4895 25 Dec, 0146 UTC, Mongolian Radio 2nd Channel, rockin' out for Xmas. Very haunting melody and music, and such good quality that it was actually a pleasure to listen to. Great signals with a slight fade. (Albert Muick-Kandahar-AFG, RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire hcdx Dec 25) MOROCCO 9575 Radio Medi 1, Nador site, S=9+15dB signal at 0545 UT Dec 30. One of the very few stns noted this morning in 5-6 UT range. English pop singer at 0544 UT, followed by short French nx bulletin 0545-0547 UT. "Cote de Ivoire president matter", time anncmt at 0547 UT, 0548 UT Maghreb local female singer in Arabic. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30) NIGER Sahel Radio Niamey sehr duenne auf 9705 kHz mit hoechstens S=4 Signal um 0808 UT. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 24) NIGERIA VoNigeria in Hausa ganz passabel auf 9690 mit S=7 Signal um 0805 UT, viele Male wird Nigeria erwaehnt. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 24) OMAN 7405 25 Dec, 0520, Radio Sultanate of Oman, in Arabic with Arabic pop music and announcements by female DJ. Then into some sort of radio play. Pounding signal without QRM and very slight fading. (Albert Muick-Kandahar-AFG, RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire hcdx Dec 25) file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX996.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:37]

elay than 5030 kHz. Therefore I estimated it to be new transmitter of<br />

Kajang TX site.<br />

(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, dxld Japan, Dec 26)<br />

9835 Sarawak FM via RTM, randomly from 1327 to 1624 UT, Dec 27. In<br />

vernacular; before 1600 UT noted some adjacent QRM on 9830 kHz and VOV<br />

9839.88 (fair-good). Was // 5030 kHz till that frequency suddenly went off<br />

the air after the pip. After 1600 UT mostly fair to good with choral<br />

National Anthem (Negaraku - Lagu Kebangsaan Malaysia) followed by program<br />

of pop songs and many IDs. Very nice to have this additional frequency and<br />

extended schedule.<br />

(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld Dec 27)<br />

MALI 9635 RTM Bamako aus dem Tschad war auch schon mal staerker in<br />

Europa zu hoeren, S=3-4, eher noch darunter um 0812 UT.<br />

(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Dec 24)<br />

MOLDOVA 6240 Voice of Russia via Grigoriopol Maiac relay in English at<br />

0215 UT, powerful S=9+25 dB, comment about negotiations with China about<br />

to curtail drug traffic on AFG/TJK/CHN/RUS area.<br />

(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Dec 31)<br />

MOLDOVA/PORTUGAL 9895 Radio Nderland Wereldomroep via Grigoriopol Maiac<br />

site, S=9+30dB at 0622 UT Dec 20. Dutch morning report about Netherlands<br />

local news. // 5955 via Sines-POR relay 0600-0757 UT at S=9+10dB only.<br />

(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Dec 30)<br />

MONGOLIA 4830 25 Dec, 0058 UTC, Mongolian R., in Mongol, and kickin' it<br />

with an instrumental version of "I Just Want to Say I Love You." Great<br />

signals with a slight fade. Time pips and beautiful full ID on the hour.<br />

4895 25 Dec, 0146 UTC, Mongolian Radio 2nd Channel, rockin' out for Xmas.<br />

Very haunting melody and music, and such good quality that it was actually<br />

a pleasure to listen to. Great signals with a slight fade.<br />

(Albert Muick-Kandahar-AFG, RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire hcdx Dec<br />

25)<br />

MOROCCO 9575 Radio Medi 1, Nador site, S=9+15dB signal at 0545 UT Dec<br />

30. One of the very few stns noted this morning in 5-6 UT range. English<br />

pop singer at 0544 UT, followed by short French nx bulletin 0545-0547 UT.<br />

"Cote de Ivoire president matter", time anncmt at 0547 UT, 0548 UT Maghreb<br />

local female singer in Arabic.<br />

(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Dec 30)<br />

NIGER Sahel Radio Niamey sehr duenne auf 9705 kHz mit hoechstens S=4<br />

Signal um 0808 UT.<br />

(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Dec 24)<br />

NIGERIA VoNigeria in Hausa ganz passabel auf 9690 mit S=7 Signal um 0805<br />

UT, viele Male wird Nigeria erwaehnt.<br />

(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Dec 24)<br />

OMAN 7405 25 Dec, 0520, Radio Sultanate of Oman, in Arabic with Arabic<br />

pop music and announcements by female DJ. Then into some sort of radio<br />

play. Pounding signal without QRM and very slight fading.<br />

(Albert Muick-Kandahar-AFG, RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire hcdx Dec<br />

25)<br />

file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WW<strong>DX</strong>D-<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>/2010/<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>996.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:37]

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