BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

1500-1600 on 1170 5955 9520 9725
2230-2330 on 6060 13640
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
(RNW MN website Dec 29)
9369.924 odd frequency of WTJC Morehead City with week S=6-7 signal on
Dec 28 at 0840 UT.
7505.702 odd frequency of WRNO New Orleans with S=7 signal on Dec 29 at
0430-0500 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28/29)
7811usb AFN, Saddlebunch Keys FL, at 2322-2338 UT on 26 Dec, phone-ins in
Market Place prgr with Money feature, interviews; 45332; \\ 5446.5 kHz
worse, 12133.5 kHz not audible.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
WJHR TESTING FOUR MONTHS BEFORE REGULAR SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS.
A new Christian shortwave station has begun test transmissions in Milton,
Florida. WJHR started test broadcasts in mid-November, and will continue
testing daily on 15550 kilohertz on the 19 meter band. Tests are conducted
at different times between the timeframe of 1500-2300 UT (from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Central time), says station owner Scott Mock in an interview with
DXing.info. Mock hopes to be able to begin regular broadcasts in March or
April 2010, when frequency may be changed to somewhere around 13.8 MHz.
Even during regular operation, WJHR will continue to broadcast only during
local daytime hours.
WJHR is a Christian radio station and plans to air programming by
fundamentalist Baptist churches. "Right now I am financing it myself, but
eventually churches will be donating money to keep it on the air," Mock
explains. Unused airtime will be available for others as well. "If people
want to buy airtime, we'll certainly sell it," Mock says.
A 50-kilowatt transmitter and an antenna directed north are located in
Milton, close to Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle. Mock says he has had
some antenna problems, and is currently in the process of getting the
antenna replaced. Transmitter power is now around 10 kW, but will increase
to the maximum 50 kW by the time regular broadcasts begin. There is no
studio, and all programming is pre-recorded. "It's not a fancy operation,
but it gets the job done", Mock describes to DXing.info.
Unlike nearly all other shortwave broadcast stations, WJHR plans to
transmit only on SSB. Current tests can be heard on the upper side band
(USB). SSB is used because "it is far more economical and almost everyone
can receive SSB", Mock explains.
Mock says he really wants to hear from DXers how well the signal is
getting out, and he will be printing QSL cards next year. Reception
reports are welcome by email to
or by writing to Radio Station WJHR, 5920 Oak Manor Drive, Milton, FL
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