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

10.12.2012 Views

1100-1200 9615 1500-1600 9615 1600-1700 11765 1700-1800 11765 (KNLS via Alokesh Gupta-IND VU3BSE, hcdx March 11) ALGERIA 6297v Spanish Sahara Radio back on the air / Spanish broadcast. Spanish Sahara heard back on the air at 2040 UT on March 9 on 6297.1 kHz. Music and Arabic, clear ID heard at 2049 UT. Very good reception here in Massachusetts, USA. Nice to hear this station again. (Bruce Fisher-MA-USA, dxld March 9) 6297 at 2345 UT - Nat.R. of Saharan, Algeria/Clandestine - (Spanish) - sio: 344 - Mx and male announcer speaking in spanish. References to 'Sahara'; funky local guitar-like music intermixed with the announcer. Clear station ID at 0001 UTC. Some kind of anthem played at 0002 UT, offair by 0003. (Scott McLean, dxld March 9) I would like to remind everyone that the transmitter for this station, at last report, was actually in ALGERIA. And if memory serves correct, is the only SWBC direct from Algeria. (David Sharp-AUS, dxld March 10) RASD TX location ? 6300v / 1550 / 700 kHz. 8 kilometers north of Rabouni, West Saharan administration camp in Algeria. 14 kilometers south of Tindouf village, Algeria. see Google Maps a lot of Saharui refugee camps around ... Rabouni Algeria, RASD broadcasting house, see Google maps (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 10) ARMENIA/KYRGYZ REP/MOLDOVA TWR Caucasus and Central Asia in A-10 in English 1445-1500 daily on MW 1467 Bishkek-KGZ. 1740-1755 daily on MW 864 Gavar-ARM. Bishkek-KGZ 1467 kHz 75 kW is used for 1445-1745 UT. English 1445-1500, Kazakh 1500-1515, Kyrgyz 1545-1600 and 1700-1715, Russian 1515-1545, 1600-1615, and 1645-1700, Uighur 1615-1645, Uzbek 1715- 1745. Also Bishkek-KGZ 1377 kHz in Uzbek at 1715-1745 UT. (missed in WRTH 2010 MW table). Gavar-ARM 864 kHz 1000 kW is used for 1610-1810 UT. file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX955.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:56]

Kazakh 1610-1625, Turkmen 1625-1640, Russian 1640-1725, excl Karakalpak Sat/Sun 1655-1710; 1725-1740 in various languages to Northern Caucasus, English 1740-1755, Sorani Kurdish 1755-1810 UT. Gavar-ARM 1350 kHz 1000 kW is used at 1815-2001 UT. Kurmanji Kurdish 1815-1830, Turkish 1830-1900, Hebrew Sat-Thurs 1901-1931, Sun-Thurs 1931-2001, Russian Fri only 1901-1930, . Gavar-ARM 1377 kHz 500 kW is used at 1717-2002 UT. Persian 1717-1900, but Fris Qashquai 1717-1732, Iraqi Arabic Wed 1902- 1917, Arabic 1902-2002, incl Assyrian Tues 1917-1932 UT. Grigoriopol-MDA 1548 kHz 500 kW is used at 1800-2000 UT. Bulgarian 1800-1830, Balkan Romani 1830-1845, Romanian 1845-1915, plus Sats 1915-1945, Kalderash Romani Mon-Fri 1915-1945, Serbian 1945-2000 UT. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 11) AUSTRALIA Radio Australia is not quite back to normal; altho 9560, 9580 and 9590 were doing well before 1400 UT March 12, later in that hour I noticed that 9590 was absent tho it is supposed to run until 1600. 7240 was still on but weakening. "teddyfnballgame" in the ptsw yg got a March 10 reply from Nigel Holmes, RA CE: "RA's Shepparton transmitters were whacked by a cyclone on Sunday 7 March. Several aerials were knocked out including the one which carries 9580 kHz. Repairs are underway and we hope to be back with 9580 kHz tonight. Thank you for your kind comments about our programming, We're glad you've enjoyed our broadcasts over 25 years. Good listening. Kind regards, Nigel Holmes, Chief Engineer, Radio Australia" (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld March 11) Radio Australia has reportedly suffered damage to the Shepparton facilities after a severe hail storm last week. 11660 was missing March 9th at 1430-1730 UT but 9475 kHz was on air. Today - the 9th - 15160 kHz was on air until 0800 UT, and 9475 came up at 0700 as usual (15415 and 15240 not tuned), but 11945 and 9710 at 0700 are not audible. At 0830 UT there are weak fluttery signals audible on 9580 and 9590 kHz, but not good enough to ID positively so far. And on 13630 kHz there is another audible below CVC Tashkent which should be - and probably is - Shepparton. (Noel R. Green-UK, dxld March 9) Chinese, Japanese broadcasts resume after team repairs HCJA antenna in Australia. Repairs to a storm-damaged antenna at the international transmitting site of HCJB Global-Australia were completed in mid-February, allowing the station's Chinese and Japanese language broadcasts to return to the air. Strong winds had damaged the antenna at the Kununurra-based site in late January. A team consisting of Dave Brewster, Mike Ewers, Daniel Forrer and Greg Wilson assessed damages to a broken tower guy wire and seven broken element guy wires. The broadcast team assembled all materials needed for the repairs. Dennis Pease traveled from Perth, Western Australia, to supervise repairs. file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX955.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:56]

1100-1200 9615<br />

1500-1600 9615<br />

1600-1700 11765<br />

1700-1800 11765<br />

(KNLS via Alokesh Gupta-IND VU3BSE, hcdx March 11)<br />

ALGERIA 6297v Spanish Sahara Radio back on the air / Spanish broadcast.<br />

Spanish Sahara heard back on the air at 2040 UT on March 9 on 6297.1 kHz.<br />

Music and Arabic, clear ID heard at 2049 UT. Very good reception here in<br />

Massachusetts, USA. Nice to hear this station again.<br />

(Bruce Fisher-MA-USA, dxld March 9)<br />

6297 at 2345 UT - Nat.R. of Saharan, Algeria/Clandestine - (Spanish) -<br />

sio: 344 - Mx and male announcer speaking in spanish. References to<br />

'Sahara'; funky local guitar-like music intermixed with the announcer.<br />

Clear station ID at 0001 UTC. Some kind of anthem played at 0002 UT, offair<br />

by 0003.<br />

(Scott McLean, dxld March 9)<br />

I would like to remind everyone that the transmitter for this station, at<br />

last report, was actually in ALGERIA. And if memory serves correct, is the<br />

only SW<strong>BC</strong> direct from Algeria.<br />

(David Sharp-AUS, dxld March 10)<br />

RASD TX location ? 6300v / 1550 / 700 kHz.<br />

8 kilometers north of Rabouni, West Saharan administration camp in<br />

Algeria.<br />

14 kilometers south of Tindouf village, Algeria. see Google Maps<br />

<br />

a lot of Saharui refugee camps around ...<br />

Rabouni Algeria, RASD broadcasting house, see Google maps<br />

<br />

(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> March 10)<br />

ARMENIA/KYRGYZ REP/MOLDOVA TWR Caucasus and Central Asia in A-10 in<br />

English<br />

1445-1500 daily on MW 1467 Bishkek-KGZ.<br />

1740-1755 daily on MW 864 Gavar-ARM.<br />

Bishkek-KGZ 1467 kHz 75 kW is used for 1445-1745 UT.<br />

English 1445-1500, Kazakh 1500-1515, Kyrgyz 1545-1600 and 1700-1715,<br />

Russian 1515-1545, 1600-1615, and 1645-1700, Uighur 1615-1645, Uzbek 1715-<br />

1745.<br />

Also Bishkek-KGZ 1377 kHz in Uzbek at 1715-1745 UT.<br />

(missed in WRTH 2010 MW table).<br />

Gavar-ARM 864 kHz 1000 kW is used for 1610-1810 UT.<br />

file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WW<strong>DX</strong>D-<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>/2010/<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>955.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:56]

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