BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

(wb, SW TXsite March 12)
Ufa: The reference to Komintern denotes the earliest stage of Soviet
broadcasting. The site in question is subject of this item:
Radio Rossii was on 693, Mayak on 198 kHz. Another transmitter site exists
at Yazykovo, 40 km north of Ufa. It used to relay GTRK Bashkortostan
programming on 162 kHz, but according to an item in dxld this transmitter
is off as well. The Yazykovo site has also a modest power (about 15 kW)
shortwave transmitter which used to relay GTRK Bashkortostan and later a
plain Radio Rossii feed on 4485 kHz. This shortwave transmitter has been
closed down a few years ago if I'm correct.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld July 21, 2007)
They have demolished LW RS im. Kominterna in Ufa (built in 1942) in June
29 54 45 30N, 56 02 00E low res. 162 RV-96 (GTRK Bashkortostan) and 198
RV-1 (Mayak) are cut off for ever. Other site near Ufa in Yazykovo now has
693 (Radio Rossii) and 1287 (Radio Yunost) many photos, videos and news in
Russian:
In June 19 RTRN has destroyed MW site in Astrakhan
46 21 10N, 48 04 13E hi
res. 576 RV-50 and 792 RV-35 are perished for ever too. FM and residential
areas are coming.
(Victor Rutkovsky-RUS, dxld July 24, 2007)
Ufa silent? My earlier notes about the Ufa transmitter sites were in part
wrong. Notes on this topic in Russian can be found here:
Longwave 162 and 198 kHz was in the city, Ufa Sipailovo.
The Komintern station operated on longwave only, on both 162 (moved to
this frequency from ex-153 during the nineties) and 198. The dxing.ru page
speculates about 198 being moved to a former jamming site, but of course
this would have to be discussed only in case there is still a signal on
this frequency.
Photos of the Komintern site taken as recently as in last March, including
a mast climb:
Large thread with photos of the still intact site on pages 1 and 2 and
pictures of its demolition on pages 3 and 4:
Yazykovo has mediumwave transmitters instead, the mentioned 693 as well as
another one on 1278. Photos of the site, prominently featuring the
shortwave antennas:
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld July 24, 2007)
SLOVAK REP Radio City Relay on 9510 kHz via Rimavska Sobota, Slovak Rep.
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