BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

comprehensive and balanced way, the BBC adheres to specific editorial
values that include impartiality, editorial independence and seeking a
relevant range of views on any topic," he said.
(Daily_Mirror April 15 via Jaisakthivel-IND)
SURINAME 4990.064 Radio Apintie, 1044 UT, no ID, but presumed with
Dutch-sounding man, then brief ad or jingle at 1045 and further comments.
Very weak and low modulation. Almost perfect grayline from my location to
Suriname this hour. 30 March.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, hcdx April 15)
TUNISIA DX Mix News, Bulgaria, just published the A-10 schedule of RTT,
including 7275 kHz at 0500-0730 and 7335 at 0700-0830 UT. Based on
previous experience I found this questionable, and sure enough, April 9 at
0550 check, both 7275 and 7335 kHz were on in //, Arabic music, 0600 both
into Arabic talk, 0601 Akbar; the lower one stronger, but both rather poor
unlike pre-magstorm and in the B-season when they were a great source of
easily-listenable nightmiddle music. DX Mix info must be from imaginary
HFCC registrations.
We need to monitor the *axual* opening and closing times of these and all
other RTT frequencies, the other morning ones being 12005 and 9725 kHz;
evening 12005, 9725, 7345, 7225 kHz.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld April 9)
The 0626-0627 UT closing of 7275 kHz is exactly the same time as in Bseason,
as I reconfirmed several times by monitoring; it did not vary more
than one minute as if controlled by a timer, interrupting whatever
programming was in progress, and I think 0805v UT also for 7335 kHz as per
your monitoring, right? So perhaps there has really been no change in the
A-season.
(gh)
Monitoring RTT this Sunday morning - the 11th - I heard 7275 kHz stop
broadcasting during a musical item and the transmitter off almost
immediately at 0626 UT. Meanwhile, parallel 7335 kHz didn't go off until
0*8*05 UT. So was the latter a mistake or for real?
Yes, this is what it is looking like. On Sunday the 11th March I heard
9725 and 12005 kHz open at 1556 UT, 7225 came up at 1656 UT, and 7345 at
1856 UT - all at four minutes to the hour. Carrier only for a short time
before then. I could not hear 9725 and 12005 kHz at re-check 2015 UT or
7225 kHz at re-check 2115 UT, but 7345 kHz was still on, although badly
QRMed - by CRI in Italian I think. All frequencies suffer some co-ch QRM
despite being registered.
Today the 12th, 7275 kHz again went off suddenly at 0626 UT and 7345 kHz
at 0806 UT. So all of these timings approximate the B-09 schedule. And it
does seem that a timer is in use now instead of a man(ual) system.
Glenn - from past experience the sign-on/off times will vary by minutes
each day, so the times quoted will be an approximation of what is intended
rather than what actually happens. As we know, the same applies to Jordan,
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia when we are sometimes 'allowed' to hear part of a
unscheduled broadcast on a particular frequency. This is different to Iran
which can be heard at times broadcasting in a language that is not
scheduled at that time, only to find that it will drop off air part way
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