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BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945 BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945
operate with 100 kW of power. Radio Fana operates a national commercial radio station. I had no luck in finding the location of transmitters for this station. Examples of stelae at Axum (Tigray region), Ethiopia. Photo courtesy of Another shortwave station in Ethiopia is Radio Oromiya which broadcasts on 6030 kHz. This may be a tough catch for DXers in the west as they have to contend with CFVP in Calgary. Adama City (also known as Nazret) is located about 100 kilometres southeast from Addis Ababa. This station, in all likelihood, uses the same transmitters as Radio Ethiopia but is a separate station. Oromia is the largest state in Ethiopia and occupies one-third of the country. Not too surprisingly, the station operates exclusively in the Oromo language and acts as a regional broadcaster for the state. The Tigray regional state government operates its own shortwave services. Tigray is in the northernmost part of Ethiopia and is home to the Tigray people. The station operating from this region is known as the Voice of the Tigray Revolution. Prior to 1991 this station operated as a clandestine. Currently this station is licensed and operates from the city of Mekele and operates on 5950 kHz and 5980 kHz in the Tigrinya language. I had trouble with this website with regards to display of fonts used in the webpage in spite of setting up Firefox to be able to display several of the Ethiopian languages but here is the website: Their transmitters are located near Addis Ababa but they still maintain two 10 kW transmitters near Mekele. Photo of a priest climbing to the Debre Damo monastery in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Photo courtesy of And, finally, there is Amhara State Radio which also acts as a regional broadcaster. The station is believed to use the transmitters of Radio Ethiopia. The studios are located in Bahir Dar (south of Lake Tana) in Amhara State and they use a frequency of 6090 kHz. With Anguilla silent on 6090 kHz (at least of Dec. 15, 2009) this might be a good time to try for this station. I always hit the printed travel guides and websites looking for tidbits of interesting and useful information. The latest Bradt travel guide (edition 5) on page 86 makes the recommendation that travellers should carry a shortwave radio with them. A recommendation which I heartily endorse! My trusty Sony 7600GR will be making the trip with me and I hope to be able to do a little listening after a hard day's worthy of touring around the various cities and countryside of Ethiopia. Tis Issat (Blue Nile) Falls located south of Lake Tana. Photo courtesy of This issue dealt with most of the legitimate shortwave stations broadcasting from Ethiopia and I hope to be able to verify most of the information presented here. However, the number of clandestine transmissions to Ethiopia is quite impressive and will be a topic for file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX947.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:47]
another day. (Dr. John Barnard-Alb-CAN, Signals Unlimited, Jan CIDX Messenger via dxld) EQUATORIAL GUINEA 7250 RNGE making another sporadic appearance on 6250.0 (right on, compared to Vatican 7250.0), good S=9+12 signal Jan 9 at 0625 UT with Spanish news mentioning Bata and Malabo, 0626 UT a timecheck for 7:21 UT so that explains why news often starts well past hourtop. Frequent stingers, futbol news; 0627 ute beeps begin to QRM on lo side. 0648 UT still audible but weakening, as the equatorial sun rises almost vertically building up D-layer absorption. The accent sounded Castilian to me, to be expected but I wonder if native speakers could detect some ex-colonial accent pegging it on EqG? (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Jan 9) FRANCE 6015drm TDP Radio from Belgium noted in English via Issoudun-TDF site at 1150 UT Jan 7, scheduled 1100-1200 UT. ID: E06021. Engine like pop mx [which takes getting used to ...]. SNR 30.4 dB ratio, S=9+20 dB. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 7) GERMANY 855drm Seit heute [Jan 14] beobachte ich, dass DRadio Wissen ueber 855 kHz in DRM mit 18,7 kBit/s EEP AAC+ und P-Stereo abgestrahlt wird. Es handelt sich um die Info-Trailer, die bereits auch schon auf der Dradio Wissen Homepage abrufbar sind. Der Empfang in Heilbronn ist an der 2 x 20 m T-Antenne zur Zeit mit - 48dBm, und mit einem SNR von 7-17 dB moeglich - Audio kommt wegen der Gleichkanalstoerer nur etwa zu 50% der Zeit durch - die Audio-Schwelle ist >12dB. (Juergen, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14) DRadio Wissen als neues Programm fuer eine "junge Erwachsenen Generation" beginnt am 18.1. mit seinem regulaeren Programm aus Koeln. Das ist eine Duftmarke des neuen (exSWR Direktors) DLF-DLR Intendanten Steul. Eine ganz neue, junge Redaktion ist dort zusammen gestellt worden. Auch kann die Redaktionskonferenz jeden Tag um 1800 Uhr mitverfolgt und per Blog diskutiert werden. Die Ausbreitung geht primaer ueber Internet, DAB, Satellit und auch ein Blog wurde eingerichtet. Moeglicherweise wird auch 855 kHz dauernd eingesetzt, ausser es gibt direkte Uebertragungen aus Angela-Land... (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 15) 729 kHz BR Wuerzburg. Ein befreundeter OM schrieb dies: Tests 12. und 13. Januar. Mir ist aufgefallen, dass BR Wuerzburg seit etwa 2 Tagen auf 729 kHz erheblich staerker einfaellt als bisher. Moeglicherweise hat dies mit dem neu aufgebauten Stahlgittermasten zu tun, der im Radioforum schon mehrfach in Bildern gezeigt wurde. Ich vermute, dass der Mast jetzt 729 kHz abstrahlt. An meiner Antenne (2 x 20 m parallelgeschaltet als T-Antenne) sind um 11.30 h am Perseus folgende Pegel gemessen: file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX947.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:47]
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another day.<br />
(Dr. John Barnard-Alb-CAN, Signals Unlimited, Jan CI<strong>DX</strong> Messenger via dxld)<br />
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 7250 RNGE making another sporadic appearance on<br />
6250.0 (right on, compared to Vatican 7250.0), good S=9+12 signal Jan 9 at<br />
0625 UT with Spanish news mentioning Bata and Malabo, 0626 UT a timecheck<br />
for 7:21 UT so that explains why news often starts well past hourtop.<br />
Frequent stingers, futbol news; 0627 ute beeps begin to QRM on lo side.<br />
0648 UT still audible but weakening, as the equatorial sun rises almost<br />
vertically building up D-layer absorption. The accent sounded Castilian to<br />
me, to be expected but I wonder if native speakers could detect some<br />
ex-colonial accent pegging it on EqG?<br />
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Jan 9)<br />
FRANCE 6015drm TDP Radio from Belgium noted in English via Issoudun-TDF<br />
site at 1150 UT Jan 7, scheduled 1100-1200 UT. ID: E06021. Engine like pop<br />
mx [which takes getting used to ...]. SNR 30.4 dB ratio, S=9+20 dB.<br />
(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Jan 7)<br />
GERMANY 855drm Seit heute [Jan 14] beobachte ich, dass DRadio Wissen<br />
ueber 855 kHz in DRM mit 18,7 kBit/s EEP AAC+ und P-Stereo abgestrahlt<br />
wird.<br />
Es handelt sich um die Info-Trailer, die bereits auch schon auf der Dradio<br />
Wissen Homepage abrufbar sind.<br />
Der Empfang in Heilbronn ist an der 2 x 20 m T-Antenne zur Zeit mit -<br />
48dBm, und mit einem SNR von 7-17 dB moeglich - Audio kommt wegen der<br />
Gleichkanalstoerer nur etwa zu 50% der Zeit durch - die Audio-Schwelle ist<br />
>12dB.<br />
(Juergen, via wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Jan 14)<br />
DRadio Wissen als neues Programm fuer eine "junge Erwachsenen Generation"<br />
beginnt am 18.1. mit seinem regulaeren Programm aus Koeln. Das ist eine<br />
Duftmarke des neuen (exSWR Direktors) DLF-DLR Intendanten Steul.<br />
Eine ganz neue, junge Redaktion ist dort zusammen gestellt worden. Auch<br />
kann die Redaktionskonferenz jeden Tag um 1800 Uhr mitverfolgt und per<br />
Blog diskutiert werden. Die Ausbreitung geht primaer ueber Internet, DAB,<br />
Satellit und auch ein Blog wurde eingerichtet. Moeglicherweise wird auch<br />
855 kHz dauernd eingesetzt, ausser es gibt direkte Uebertragungen aus<br />
Angela-Land...<br />
(wb, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Jan 15)<br />
729 kHz BR Wuerzburg. Ein befreundeter OM schrieb dies: Tests 12. und 13.<br />
Januar.<br />
Mir ist aufgefallen, dass BR Wuerzburg seit etwa 2 Tagen auf 729 kHz<br />
erheblich staerker einfaellt als bisher. Moeglicherweise hat dies mit dem<br />
neu aufgebauten Stahlgittermasten zu tun, der im Radioforum schon mehrfach<br />
in Bildern gezeigt wurde.<br />
Ich vermute, dass der Mast jetzt 729 kHz abstrahlt.<br />
An meiner Antenne (2 x 20 m parallelgeschaltet als T-Antenne) sind um<br />
11.30 h am Perseus folgende Pegel gemessen:<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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