BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

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

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have been completely damaged due to mud slides. More details in: R Kashmir, Leh operates on SW with 10 kW as follows: 4760 Summer 0130/ Winter 0213-0400/0413 /Sun 0430 1130-1700. On 6000, 0700(Sun 0630)-0930. Also 1053 MW with 20 kW and 102.9 MHz with 100 Watts. See its QSL at: (Jose Jacob-IND, dswci DXW Aug 11) I contacted ex-official of AIR Leh Aug 07 who was in touch with the station yesterday: - Fortunately, no casualties among AIR staff. - Rain water and mud slushes entered inside the transmitter hall causing damage. - There is no power supply in that area. - Doordarshan is carrying extensive footage of AIR Leh. - He indicated no damage to the AIR towers however one press report says Doordarshan tower has been damaged. Excerpt from todays Hindustan Times, report titled "Leh turns ghost town": Just few meters ahead of the bus stand is the All India Radio building. Water has gushed through, sweeping furniture and equipment helter skelter, and a dish on top the building is contorted beyond recognition - from the impact of a truck that was swept against it. Full report at: (Gupta-IND, dswci DXW Aug 11) INDIA/ANGOLA 4950 R. Kashmir, Srinagar. Aug 12 at 2226-2250 UT Hindi / Kashmiri (listed) male talks, music consisted of solo male followed by male choral and no instruments, female talks, short music in slight Arabic style, male and female in discussion. Het, 32432. 4950, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. Aug 13 at 0315-0330 UT various genres of music selections like Samba, African, Pop alternating male announcements. 35232. (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec-BRA, dxld Aug 12/13) Answering my own question, Srinagar is on extended schedule for Ramzan (Ramadan) as in dxld. (Glenn) As usual Radio Kashmir, Srinagar was noted today morning (11 Aug UTC / 12 Aug IST) with the special broadcast for Ramzan as follows in Kashmiri(?) consisting of tuning signal, sign on announcemnets, Koran chanting, prayers, songs, talks and advertisments. 4950 kHz 2215-2256 UT (3.45 am to 4.26 am IST) 444 parellel to MW 1116 kHz which was very faint with co channel interference. These special broadcasts will continue for one month till Ramzan festival around 10th Sept, 2010. However timings will vary slightly from day to file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX976.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:15]

day. (Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, dx_india yg via dxld Aug 16) 4950 Radio Kashmir, Srinagar has decided to broadcast two news bulletins daily in the morning and evening for people of Ladakh region as transmissions of Radio Kashmir, Leh, has been disrupted due to cloud burst. More details in (Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, Aug 8; dswci DXW Aug 11) INDONESIA 4604.93 RRI Serui Aug 02 1126-1136 UT. 45433-44433 Indonesian, Music, ID at 1126 and 1130. 1130 UT Local news, 4789.97 RRI Fak Fak Aug 02 1136-1146 UT. 45343 Indonesian, Music and talk, ID at 1140 UT. 7289.82 RRI Nabire Aug 06 0755-0806 UT. 25332 Indonesian, ID at 0756, Talk and music, 0759 RPK, 0800 UT Jakarta news realy. (Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Aug 13) 4749.95 RRI Makassar 1201-1234+ Aug 12. Uninterrupted soft instrumental music to 1216 UT, then sounded like live coverage of some event with intro, then (live?) speaker. Fair signal. 4604.93 RRI Serui. Not heard for the past 5 days (Aug 11-15) in the 1200 UTC vicinity. (John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 16) IRAN 1548.5 14 Aug, 2234 UT. IRIB (location?) with sermon on Ramadan and mentions of Sudan, Iran and Afghanistan. 500 Hz off-frequency and making a mess of the channel. Strong signals, but very deep fade every five minutes or so. (Al Muick-AFG, dxld Aug 15) IRAQ/IRAN A new order in the broadcasts of Voice of Kurdistan' broadcasts mentioned during 08-14 August as follows: 0140 UT songs, 0201 UT Hymn, 0204 UT Nx etc and cl/d at 0234 UT on 3931 kHz; 0258 UT carrrier, 0259 UT ID, 0301 UT same Hymn as above and nx on 4891 kHz. Each day the freqs are vary up to +/- 2-3 kHz, plus jammer of IRN type. (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 16) VO Iranian Kurdistan on 4880v ? 4879.95 Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, via Salah Al-Din, No. Iraq (pres), *0301-0340 UT on Aug 15 and 16, orchestra music, annmt in Kurdish (pres), 0306 UT Call to Prayer, songs and talk. 0318 UT jumped to 4889.02 kHz. Jammed from 0301 UT which followed to 4889 kHz. Seems back around former frequency after some months around 4775 kHz. 23222 also CODAR QRM. (Anker Petersen-DEN, DXplorer Aug 16) KAZAKHSTAN 9950 La Voix de L'Orthodoxie via Almaty Fri Aug 06 at *1430-1445 UT. 43443-42442 Russian, 1430 UT sign on with IS, Chorus, Opening announce, Talk. file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX976.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:15]

have been completely damaged due to mud slides. More details in:<br />

<br />

R Kashmir, Leh operates on SW with 10 kW as follows: 4760 Summer 0130/<br />

Winter 0213-0400/0413 /Sun 0430 1130-1700. On 6000, 0700(Sun 0630)-0930.<br />

Also 1053 MW with 20 kW and 102.9 MHz with 100 Watts. See its QSL at:<br />

<br />

(Jose Jacob-IND, dswci <strong>DX</strong>W Aug 11)<br />

I contacted ex-official of AIR Leh Aug 07 who was in touch with the<br />

station yesterday:<br />

- Fortunately, no casualties among AIR staff.<br />

- Rain water and mud slushes entered inside the transmitter hall causing<br />

damage.<br />

- There is no power supply in that area.<br />

- Doordarshan is carrying extensive footage of AIR Leh.<br />

- He indicated no damage to the AIR towers however one press report says<br />

Doordarshan tower has been damaged.<br />

Excerpt from todays Hindustan Times, report titled "Leh turns ghost town":<br />

Just few meters ahead of the bus stand is the All India Radio building.<br />

Water has gushed through, sweeping furniture and equipment helter skelter,<br />

and a dish on top the building is contorted beyond recognition - from the<br />

impact of a truck that was swept against it. Full report at:<br />

<br />

(Gupta-IND, dswci <strong>DX</strong>W Aug 11)<br />

INDIA/ANGOLA 4950 R. Kashmir, Srinagar. Aug 12 at 2226-2250 UT Hindi /<br />

Kashmiri (listed) male talks, music consisted of solo male followed by<br />

male choral and no instruments, female talks, short music in slight Arabic<br />

style, male and female in discussion. Het, 32432.<br />

4950, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. Aug 13 at 0315-0330 UT various<br />

genres of music selections like Samba, African, Pop alternating male<br />

announcements. 35232.<br />

(Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec-BRA, dxld Aug 12/13)<br />

Answering my own question, Srinagar is on extended schedule for Ramzan<br />

(Ramadan) as in dxld. (Glenn)<br />

As usual Radio Kashmir, Srinagar was noted today morning (11 Aug UTC /<br />

12 Aug IST) with the special broadcast for Ramzan as follows in<br />

Kashmiri(?) consisting of tuning signal, sign on announcemnets, Koran<br />

chanting, prayers, songs, talks and advertisments.<br />

4950 kHz 2215-2256 UT (3.45 am to 4.26 am IST) 444<br />

parellel to MW 1116 kHz which was very faint with co channel interference.<br />

These special broadcasts will continue for one month till Ramzan festival<br />

around 10th Sept, 2010. However timings will vary slightly from day to<br />

file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WW<strong>DX</strong>D-<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>/2010/<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>976.TXT[11.06.2012 10:40:15]

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