BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Listen to these samples via the IBB RMS receiver in Addis Ababa on 10
March:
1) VOA Amharic mostly in the clear at 1817 UTC on 11905 kHz, but
2) mostly covered by jamming on that frequency by 1844. Also at 1844:
3) covered on 11675,
4) getting through a bit on 9860,
5) some background audio on 9485, and
6) covered on 9320. It seems the jammers are winning. (The only VOA
Amharic transmission is at 1800-1900 UT.)
To combat jamming, the best remedy is to transmit on as many frequencies
as possible, from as many azimuths as possible. The closure of the IBB
relay stations in Morocco and Greece has not been helpful in this regard.
Transmitters for lease will have to be found. Posted: 11 Mar 2010.
(Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.; for linx see
via dxld March 11)
It also helps to use higher frequencies if they will propagate but that is
9-10 pm in Ethiopia (by the western clock), since that increases the skip
distance the jammers have to transit.
I still wonder how effective jamming on 25 and 31 mb is within Ethiopia,
much of which would be in the skip zone if the jammers are really around
Addis. Could they be getting help from some other country at a betterpositioned
one-hop distance?
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld March 11)
FRANCE/FR GUIANA/NETH ANTILLES New schedule for The Disco Palace in DRM:
1300-1830 on 15745 BON 100 kW / 080 deg to WeEu, test on Monday March 8
1400-1500 on 6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu
2000-2100 on 17755 GUF 100 kW / 311 deg to NoAm
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 8)
FRANCE/FRENCH GUIANA/TAIWAN/U.K./USA
Radio Taiwan International A10
March 28,2010 - October 31, 2010
UTC Days Tgt Freq Site Power
Mandarin
0000-0200 daily NEm 860 WBGR N/A
0000-0100 daily CHN 1422 TWN 50
0000-0300 daily CHN 9660 TWN 100
0300-0400 daily NEm 6875 WYFR 100
0400-0500 daily NwA 5950 WYFR 100
0400-0500 daily CHN 1008 TWN 600
0400-0600 daily CHN 11885 TWN 100
0400-0600 daily CHN 11640 TWN 100
0400-0700 daily Sacrmento 1210 KEBR N/A
0400-0600 daily SeA 15290 TWN 250
1000-1100 daily CHN 1422 TWN 50
1000-1500 daily CHN 6085 TWN 300
1000-1200 daily CHN 1503 TWN 600
1000-1400 daily CHN 9780 TWN 100
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