BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

KOREA D.P.R. 4450.00 AINDF, via KCBS, Pyongyang, North Korea, at
1200-1215 UT on Dec 23, Korean talk by man and woman, 25312 heard //
weaker carriers on 3480.01 kHz and 4557 kHz.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, dswci DXW Jan 6)
Observed the start of three different programmes in Korean languages at
2301 UT as follows: Home Sce 1 on 2850 and 9665 kHz; Home Sce 2 on 4450,
6250 and 6399 (there were jammers on 6250 & amp; 6399!) kHz.
Voice of Korea on 3560, 6280, 7180, 7570, 9345, 9975, 11535, and 12015
kHz; also Voice of Korea in Japanese on 9650 (and seems the poor signals
on 3250, 4405, and 11865 kHz are also in parallel?), or generally 14 or
more freqs.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 9)
KOREA Rep. of HLAZ-1566 kHz. The English LL program of HLAZ-1566 kHz was
started in last August 2009 at 1800-1900 UT in Chinese. An announcement of
"Basic English language course, and introduction to American people and
culture" is heard at start 1801 UT.
This program is produced in FEBC-USA by the offer of the Qingdao Korean
church
in Qingdao, China.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa NDXC Nagoya-JPN, dxld Jan 8)
MADAGASCAR Three transmitters NOW on air at RNW Madagascar.
There was a fire on Christmas Eve in the high voltage room of the external
mains power supply at Radio Netherlands Worldwide's relay station in
Madagascar. Firefighters from the Madagascan capital Antananarivo managed
to bring the blaze under control within hours.
The fire destroyed the high voltage circuit breaker equipment, so
broadcasts from Madagascar had to be suspended while repairs were carried
out. Satellite and Internet broadcasts were not affected.
A temporary schedule went into effect on 1 January using the two Philips
transmitters, and the 50 kW Siemens transmitter began tests on 2 January.
The fourth transmitter (250 kW) is still out of service and requires some
repairs, which are expected to take up to a week.
Installation of the new 20KV/400V-160KVA for the auxiliary equipment
inside the power plant building [captions] The visible damage to the
Siemens transformer after a summary clean up (20KV/400V- 400KVA). There is
also some oil leakage.
The situation as from 5 January 2010: All times UTC:
Transmitter 1 (250 kW):
0300-0428 on 9660 kHz Vatican Radio (multilingual)
0430-0457 on 9660 kHz Vatican Radio (French)
0500-0527 on 9660 kHz Vatican Radio (English)
0530-0630 on 7265 kHz IBB (French)
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