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BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945 BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

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KUWAIT There has been a two year delay in installing a 600 kW medium wave transmitter for US broadcasts to Iran. The $5.2 million project was initially meant to be operational by May 2008. Existing medium-wave transmitters in Kuwait can only reach a narrow band of the western portion of Iran. Testing and final commissioning of the transmitter is scheduled for May 2010 and the transmitter should be ready to go operational by the autumn of 2010. The delays hurt US efforts to broadcast news and information to Iran in crucial periods during the 2009 election and the following civil unrest. (CNN via kimandrewelliott.com via dxld, via WDXC Contact June 1) Erection of MW station for Radio Farda Kuwait relay 1386 kHz service, remove of ex600 kW Harris MW sender unit from Kavalla Greece to Kuwait site and to erect newly 3-mast antenna in north-easterly corner of the area too. close to 29 31 17.36 N 47 41 24.74 E (wb, bc-dx Feb 2010) Channel selection 1386 kHz is still in question, due of powerhouse MW from IRAN co-channel. (wb) LIBERIA 4025 Star Radio SW Test Txn Schedule. STAR radio is broadcasting on 104 FM & 4.025 MHz (mega-hertz) Short Wave in the 75-meter Band. For now test transmission on the Short Wave runs from 5 to 9 LTin the morning and 6 to 9 LT in the evening. Call us on 077577142, 077018797 or 06857000. FM frequency 104 in Monrovia and affiliated community radio stations throughout Liberia. Times in UTC 0500-0900 UTC on 4025 kHz 1800-2100 UTC on 4025 kHz (Alokesh Gupta-IND, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 2) 4024.985, June 2, cd 2108 UTC, tent. logging of Star Radio, Monrovia. This evening at 2108 UTC an English speaking station signed off after newscast and announcement. Too disturbed by Utility stations to get a proper ID. QSA 2. Acc to website transmission times between 0500-0900 and 1800-2100 UTC on this frequency. Good hunting. (Thomas Nilsson-SWE, DXplorer June 1) 4025 Star Radio. On June 2 had a definite signal on the Perseus and intermittent traces of audio at 0630 UT tune with the Wellbrook loop pointed at Liberia ... nothing seen at 0530 UT so tonight will record from 0530 to 0715 UT (flying to NYC today). I suspect I would have done better at 0600 UT. Even the visual signal indication faded quickly after 0700 UT. (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer June 2) 4025 Star R (presumed), Monrovia, 2037-2058 UT on May 28, talks and African music. At tune in only a carrier and something more, but enhanced around 2051-2055 UT, deterioring after this time to an imagination level. At peak 25522. (Otávio). The Management of Liberian station Star R has announced the re-activation of its SW service in the country. Station Manager James Morlu says the station has begun test transmissions on 4025. Mr Morlu said he believes that, as the country strives towards its recovery process, it is prudent to have a viable information dissemination file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX966.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:07]

channel like SW. The Star R Station Manager was speaking as the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR symbolically transferred assets to several of its partners in Liberia including Star R. Mr Morlu hopes the three motorcycles provided to Star R will help enhance the work of some of its correspondents, but said more was needed. May 23 via Alokesh Gupta-IND; via dswci DXW June 2) MADAGASCAR 5010 carrier+USB R. Ambohidrano, 1842-1904, 29 May'10, Malagasy + French, live music show; 35332. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 31) MYANMAR Myanma Radio noted with two different mx prgrs on May 27th: on 5986 kHz 0005-0020 fade out and on 7200 kHz 2325-0026 UT (when blocked by Iran). Recenthly MR was on 7186 kHz, but now is back on 7200 kHz. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 28) NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 15755drm The Disco Palace, 26 May at 2030 UT. Lovely stereo audio of scary old disco tunes, with nearly local FM quality, when the signal can be decoded, which is intermittently, with constant dropouts and not even 15 seconds passing before the non-stop disco action farts into deadness while waiting for the next decodable bit to make it through the aether, and this is in the target zone, the targets being the USA and Canada. If I can't even decode the signal reliably here, then it will be exactly as poor in Ontario and presumably worse Northwards. If this really is a US station, why is it broadcasting from Bonaire? Wouldn't it be more effective stateside? Why is it broadcasting from 2000 to 2100? Who is listening? Who is the target audience? The frequency of 15755 is barely within the MUF limit for today's solar flux, so wouldn't something in the 22 meter band be more wise? As it is, I'm having a horrible and truly tortuous listening experience. Thanks for proving yet again what a fiasco broadcast digital radio and television are. They are unreliable even when they're local, so what chance do they have when they're two F-hops away? And switching off the broadcast mid-song at 2100 sharp? I can't express how heartily that encourages me to attempt listening again. (Terry Wilson-MI-USA, dxld May 26) NIGERIA This is a good time for AM Nigeria here in Cape Town. Over the past few nights I’ve identified: 594 FRCN Kaduna, 612 Kwara State BC, 729 Kano State BC, 756 BC of Oyo State, 917 Radio Gotel, 918 Radio Benue, 972 Katsina State Radio and TV Services (tentatively) and 1026 Jigawa BC. Through the evening hours from greyline (1700) to sign off (around 2300) this group gives you pretty much the full gamut of Nigerian radio. There’s news in English, Hausa, other local languages and pidgin, Christian evangelism, Muslim chants, hootenanny and Irish folk music, many local music styles and instruments, bleeding heart phone- ins, local education announcements, ads for internet or vitamins and political discussions in vernacular. The only one I haven’t been able to identify clearly is 972 file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX966.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:07]

KUWAIT There has been a two year delay in installing a 600 kW medium<br />

wave transmitter for US broadcasts to Iran. The $5.2 million project was<br />

initially meant to be operational by May 2008. Existing medium-wave<br />

transmitters in Kuwait can only reach a narrow band of the western portion<br />

of Iran. Testing and final commissioning of the transmitter is scheduled<br />

for May 2010 and the transmitter should be ready to go operational by the<br />

autumn of 2010. The delays hurt US efforts to broadcast news and<br />

information to Iran in crucial periods during the 2009 election and the<br />

following civil unrest.<br />

(CNN via kimandrewelliott.com via dxld, via W<strong>DX</strong>C Contact June 1)<br />

Erection of MW station for Radio Farda Kuwait relay 1386 kHz service,<br />

remove of ex600 kW Harris MW sender unit from Kavalla Greece to Kuwait<br />

site and to erect newly 3-mast antenna in north-easterly corner of the<br />

area too.<br />

close to 29 31 17.36 N 47 41 24.74 E (wb, bc-dx Feb 2010)<br />

Channel selection 1386 kHz is still in question, due of powerhouse MW from<br />

IRAN co-channel. (wb)<br />

LIBERIA 4025 Star Radio SW Test Txn Schedule. STAR radio is<br />

broadcasting on 104 FM & 4.025 MHz (mega-hertz) Short Wave in the 75-meter<br />

Band. For now test transmission on the Short Wave runs from 5 to 9 LTin<br />

the morning and 6 to 9 LT in the evening. Call us on 077577142, 077018797<br />

or 06857000.<br />

FM frequency 104 in Monrovia and affiliated community radio stations<br />

throughout Liberia.<br />

<br />

Times in UTC <br />

0500-0900 UTC on 4025 kHz<br />

1800-2100 UTC on 4025 kHz<br />

(Alokesh Gupta-IND, wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> June 2)<br />

4024.985, June 2, cd 2108 UTC, tent. logging of Star Radio, Monrovia. This<br />

evening at 2108 UTC an English speaking station signed off after newscast<br />

and announcement. Too disturbed by Utility stations to get a proper ID.<br />

QSA 2. Acc to website transmission times between 0500-0900 and 1800-2100<br />

UTC on this frequency. Good hunting.<br />

(Thomas Nilsson-SWE, <strong>DX</strong>plorer June 1)<br />

4025 Star Radio. On June 2 had a definite signal on the Perseus and<br />

intermittent traces of audio at 0630 UT tune with the Wellbrook loop<br />

pointed at Liberia ... nothing seen at 0530 UT so tonight will record from<br />

0530 to 0715 UT (flying to NYC today). I suspect I would have done better<br />

at 0600 UT. Even the visual signal indication faded quickly after 0700 UT.<br />

(Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, <strong>DX</strong>plorer June 2)<br />

4025 Star R (presumed), Monrovia, 2037-2058 UT on May 28, talks and<br />

African music. At tune in only a carrier and something more, but enhanced<br />

around 2051-2055 UT, deterioring after this time to an imagination level.<br />

At peak 25522. (Otávio). The Management of Liberian station Star R has<br />

announced the re-activation of its SW service in the country. Station<br />

Manager James Morlu says the station has begun test transmissions on 4025.<br />

Mr Morlu said he believes that, as the country strives towards its<br />

recovery process, it is prudent to have a viable information dissemination<br />

file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WW<strong>DX</strong>D-<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>/2010/<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>966.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:07]

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