BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

1005-1505 on 21540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1100-1600 on 9750*KBD 300 kW / 275 deg to NEAf
1600-2100 on 6050&KBD 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME
1650-2000 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm
1750-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic or/and English
^ till 0500 co-ch R.Japan NHK World in Japanese
# till 1600 strong co-ch by CNR 1/8 Minority sce
* from 1300 totally blocked by VOR in DRM mode
& 1700-1900 totally blocked by RL in Belorussian
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
21540 Radio Kuwait in Arabic with more than fair signal of S=9+15dB at
1200 UT June 6. Co-channel REE Noblejas in Sp on weekends was very weak
UNDERNEATH, and latter hardly readable.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 6)
1386? kHz [c.f. bc-dx #966] - 29 31 17.36 N 47 41 24.74 E
Two-year delay in installing 600 kW medium wave transmitter for US
broadcasts to Iran.
CNN, 17 May 2010, Charley Keyes: "A 'high priority' part of U.S. efforts
to reach out to Iranians has been silenced because of a two-year delay in
building an important radio transmitter, according to a new government
report. The State Department inspector general's report says the delays
hurt U.S. efforts to broadcast news and information into Iran in crucial
periods during the 2009 Iranian election and the following civil unrest.
...
The 600,000-watt transmitter designed to reach a high priority audience in
Iran was initially slated to be operational by May 2008. But a two-year
delay of the $5.2 million project meant 'the powerful transmitter was not
available following the June 12, 2009, disputed election in Iran, and it
remains unavailable,' the inspector general report notes. 'Existing
medium-wave assets at the Kuwait transmitting station can reach only a
narrow band of the western portion of Iran,' the inspector general's
report continues. Iran's government has increasingly limited internet and
media access inside Iran. ...
'The contracting challenges at the Kuwait Transmitting Station have been
resolved. Acceptance testing and final commissioning of the transmitter is
scheduled for May 2010,' Broadcasting Board of Governors spokeswoman Tish
King told CNN in an email response to questions. 'If the tests go as
expected, the transmitter should be ready to go operational by the autumn
of 2010.' The Kuwait site has been operating since 1983 and there already
are already eight U.S. transmitters there." (kimandrewelliott.com via
dxld)
(ARC MV-Eko, Olle Alm-SWE, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 2)
Re Radio Farda Persian via new MW Kuwait 1386 kHz 600 kW unit.
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)
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