BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945
BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945 BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945
Guess we'll know within a few years. (Ian Baxter-AUS, TX shortwavesites yg via dxld) I guess the 21 SW curtain masts at Quivican are looking like really China mainland type fashion, at least 8 to 9 years now. So the Quivican site and masts will now well finnished and fully equipped with 5 new tx units and curtain antenna sets. Three fully equipped SW tx sites in action is more than enough for such a small country like Cuba... (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14) CYPRUS [c.f. BC-DX TopNews #946] 1323 Zyygi MF Antenna. BBC Zyygi 1323 kHz 200 kW 150 degrees. I have twice visited the site, once when I was commissioning the IBB antenna at Cape Greco, and once when I was making measurements of the coupling between the Ladies Mile antennas for filter design. I took a number of pictures of the MF antenna because, as far as I am aware, it is the highest power slant wire fed MF antenna in operation anywhere, and one of the few DA's with slant wire feed (although, as noted from VT, the second element is a grounded parasitic). I was told that the masts are from a no longer used curtain array, so it wasn't originally designed as an MF antenna, but modified for that purpose. The feed arrangement is very elegant, using a group of roughly // wires for minimization of surface voltage gradient. Ben Dawson Benj. F. Dawson III, P.E. Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers, LLC and The dTR/H&D Joint Venture, Consulting Engineers 9500 Greenwood Avenue North Seattle, WA 98103 USA (Ben Dawson-WA-USA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 9) ERITREA 5060.00 R Bana, Asmara (ex 5100 kHz) at 0410-0450 UT fade out Jan 7th. Vernaculars, Horn of Africa songs, 0430 UT talks maybe news and more songs, 35333, but at times QRM from a voice utility station. (Anker Petersen-DEN, via Dario Monferini-ITA, playdx yg via dxld) ETHIOPIA Unid frequ. Radio Fana with religious christian prgr in Vernacular, choirs, sermon at 1815 UT, at 1834 UT playing the X-mas song "Noel" in En. So their Orthodox church is celebrating on 7 January as in Russia, Serbia, Macedonia and two sinods in Greece. In Bulgaria, Romania, West Ukraine and one synod in Greece the X-mas is on Dec 25th. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 7) Welcome to the January 2010 edition of "Signals Unlimited". Fortunately, it's the time of the year that I can take a break from lessons, lecturing and marking and focus on writing a column for "The Messenger". I hope that everyone had a good Christmas and a Happy New Year. During my summer (still 7 months away!) break, I'll be continuing my world travels with a trip out to Ethiopia and this marks my first excursion to Africa. file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX947.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:47]
Ethiopia is a relative hotbed of shortwave activity both in terms of transmissions that it makes and other groups which broadcast to Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the few countries in East Africa/Horn of Africa which I have never been able to hear. I always hope to be able tour/visit one of the shortwave stations in whichever country I am visiting and this time will not be another exception. Ethiopia is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa and is surrounded by Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya. Map courtesy of Ethiopia was one of the few areas of Africa which was never successfully colonized; however, the Italians did manage to occupy the country from 1936 to 1941. The Italians were driven out of Ethiopia by the British Army and the Emperor of the time, Haile Selassie, placed back on his throne. Ethiopia remained pro-west until 1974 when a Marxist revolution took place and Haile Selassie was disposed. The Marxists remained in power until 1991 when the junta was overthrown in a popular revolution. Two years later in 1993, Eritrea declared independence and this would lead to a full-out border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea in the late 1990's. A truce has been in place for several years but the there still are ongoing disputes between the two countries over the border. The country has a population of nearly 86 million and the capital is Addis Ababa. The country is very poor and the economy is essentially based in agriculture. When most people hear of Ethiopia they think of famines and droughts. Food shortage is certainly an issue and has been for many years. Internet is by no means a prevalent medium in this country and radio is still very popular. There are quite a number of broadcasts to-and-from Ethiopia. The state-owned radio enterprise is the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency, ERTA: and is responsible for the regional, national and external radio and television services. Of course, I was unable to find and information concerning a shortwave schedule on the website and sent a comment that such information should be included (if you visit the website please you can make comments by clicking on the "Feedback" tab). One of the churches at Lalibela in the Gonder regiom. Photo courtesy of The external shortwave station is known as Radio Ethiopia. Based upon the EiBi B09 schedule and Glenn Hauser's "DX Listening Digest", the frequencies of 5990 kHz (Geja Dera, Geja Jewe), 7110 kHz (Geja Dera) and 7165 kHz (Geja Jewe) are used by Radio Ethiopia. Radio Fana was founded by the current ruling party in 1994 and broadcasts in Amharic The website, at the very bottom of the start page, claims to use 6110 kHz and 7210 kHz. The use of 6110 kHz has been verified but it appears that 7210 kHz has been replaced by the use of 6890 kHz; the transmitters file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX947.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:47]
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- Page 21 and 22: 2000-2100 on 1593 Lao 1230-1300 on
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- Page 51 and 52: Dec) which seemed best. 6030 ETHIOP
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Guess we'll know within a few years.<br />
(Ian Baxter-AUS, TX shortwavesites yg via dxld)<br />
I guess the 21 SW curtain masts at Quivican are looking like really China<br />
mainland type fashion, at least 8 to 9 years now. So the Quivican site and<br />
masts will now well finnished and fully equipped with 5 new tx units and<br />
curtain antenna sets.<br />
Three fully equipped SW tx sites in action is more than enough for such a<br />
small country like Cuba...<br />
(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Jan 14)<br />
CYPRUS [c.f. <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> #946] 1323 Zyygi MF Antenna.<br />
B<strong>BC</strong> Zyygi 1323 kHz 200 kW 150 degrees.<br />
I have twice visited the site, once when I was commissioning the IBB<br />
antenna at Cape Greco, and once when I was making measurements of the<br />
coupling between the Ladies Mile antennas for filter design. I took a<br />
number of pictures of the MF antenna because, as far as I am aware, it is<br />
the highest power slant wire fed MF antenna in operation anywhere, and one<br />
of the few DA's with slant wire feed (although, as noted from VT, the<br />
second element is a grounded parasitic). I was told that the masts are<br />
from a no longer used curtain array, so it wasn't originally designed as<br />
an MF antenna, but modified for that purpose. The feed arrangement is very<br />
elegant, using a group of roughly // wires for minimization of surface<br />
voltage gradient.<br />
Ben Dawson<br />
Benj. F. Dawson III, P.E.<br />
Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers, LLC and<br />
The dTR/H&D Joint Venture, Consulting Engineers<br />
9500 Greenwood Avenue North<br />
Seattle, WA 98103 USA<br />
(Ben Dawson-WA-USA, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Jan 9)<br />
ERITREA 5060.00 R Bana, Asmara (ex 5100 kHz) at 0410-0450 UT fade out<br />
Jan 7th. Vernaculars, Horn of Africa songs, 0430 UT talks maybe news and<br />
more songs, 35333, but at times QRM from a voice utility station.<br />
(Anker Petersen-DEN, via Dario Monferini-ITA, playdx yg via dxld)<br />
ETHIOPIA Unid frequ. Radio Fana with religious christian prgr in<br />
Vernacular, choirs, sermon at 1815 UT, at 1834 UT playing the X-mas song<br />
"Noel" in En. So their Orthodox church is celebrating on 7 January as in<br />
Russia, Serbia, Macedonia and two sinods in Greece. In Bulgaria, Romania,<br />
West Ukraine and one synod in Greece the X-mas is on Dec 25th.<br />
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Jan 7)<br />
Welcome to the January 2010 edition of "Signals Unlimited". Fortunately,<br />
it's the time of the year that I can take a break from lessons, lecturing<br />
and marking and focus on writing a column for "The Messenger". I hope that<br />
everyone had a good Christmas and a Happy New Year.<br />
During my summer (still 7 months away!) break, I'll be continuing my world<br />
travels with a trip out to Ethiopia and this marks my first excursion to<br />
Africa.<br />
file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WW<strong>DX</strong>D-<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>/2010/<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>947.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:47]
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