BC-DX 280 31 Dec 1996 ANGUILLA New 6090 Khz Carib
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BC-DX 280 31 Dec 1996 ________________________________________________________________________ ANGUILLA New 6090 kHz Caribbean Beacon 0610 //5935 (non Aguilla, via WWCR) Cr. Gene Scott talking about first night. Broadcasting only at nights with 80 kW while testing tx. They will announce day freq on Sun, Dec 29. Asking for reception reports. Recheck 0735 UTC and they were gone. (Hans Johnson-USA, Dec 28) Thanks to a tip from Hans Johnson and Cumbre DX, 6090 kHz Caribbean Beacon noted with an open carrier at 0340 UTC, audio started 0400 UTC sharp //WWCR-5035, and the first 10 minutes Scott was asking for telephone reports on the signal. Here on the NRD-535D, on the high 300-ft inverted-L it is +50dB/s9, the low 50-ft doublet (with the high skywave angle) it is +60dB/s9. Telephone reports started up coast to coast by 0413 UTC. Hardly difficult. (Tom Sundstrom-NJ, 29 Dec) 6090 kHz - 0410 UTC, rock mx, Dr. Scott talking about the new txer, saying at one point it was "just shy of" 75 kw, at another 80 kw, "100% modulation." Invited calls to their usual phone numbers, and ran down the calls they had been getting from listeners, mostly west coasters, TX, KS, etc, all of whom seemed to be having better reception than I was. Good strength, though I would have expected better; a hum on the signal; and a bad fqy in my area, with splatter in both directions from DW powerhouses on 6085 and 6100 until DW closes at 0600. Better, and dominant, thereafter, but nowhere near as good as the //WWCR-5935 signal. Anncd fqy as 6090 kHz; this was apparently one of the test fqys rptd some time back. The daytime test fqy was reported then as 11775 kHz, so perhaps that is what they will be using daytimes. Also gave their website URL, http://www.drgenescott.org I checked it out, but nothing there about Anguilla SW. Dan Henderson called this afternoon, Dec 29 around 2200 UTC if I remember correctly, at which time he was hearing Caribbean Beacon very well on 11775 kHz. I tried it here and it was very good, although the audio could have used a little sharpening. (Jerry Berg- MA, in NU Dec 29) GUAM - PACIFIC DX REPORT: On KTWR, Guam - Saturdays: 0940 11830 South Pacific (first release); Mondays: 1615 11580 South Asia; Tuesdays: 0858-0905 15200 The Far East (new time). The DX news within PDXR is sponsored and provided by EDXP, and special EDXP QSLs are available for correct reports. Return postage would be appreciated. Reports should be sent to Bob Padula, 404 Mont Albert Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127, Australia. (EDXP Dec 30) MALI RTM Bamako playing typical AF local mx strong now in our European mornings, noted around 0758-1000 UTC [but continuing til 1757] on odd 7283.9 kHz, even 9635, and v11959.9 kHz. (WB Dec 30) MONGOLIA Mr. Batbayar Demchig of Radio Ulaanbaatar took part on DX Meeting of SWLC Saar in Merchweiler on Nov 17/18. He is a collaborator in RUB's English section, amongst Mr. David O'Connor fr Australia, and Alimaa and Bolor from Mongolia. 1330-1400 UTC to AUS on 12085 kHz, 1530-1600 to AS & EUR on 9745 & 12985, 1930-2000 to EUR on 9745 & 12085. Russian collaborators: Lhagvadulam and Bolormaa, 1000 & 1400 12085, 1900-1930 9745 & 12085. Chinese collaborators: Bujanshargal, Suwd, Okhinoo, Uranchimeg, Burgilmaa, Monkhjargal, and one person from CRI's Mongolian sce. 1100 & 1300 12085. Japanese sce collaborators: Burmaa, Dunai, Odonchimeg, and Yasumi Inose from NHK Tokyo. 1030 & 1200 12085. Chief of foreign sce is Mrs. Narantuya, further collaborators on central service are Khurelbataar, Naidandorj, Tumennast, and Bayarmaa. Foreign sce is using tx installations at Khonkhor, 25 kms east of Ulaanbataar. Two SW txs, 1 @ 250 kW, 1 @ 50 kW. 250 kW unit can be fed into three curtain antennas in the following directions: 126 degr to EAS & PAC, 178 degr to AUS/NZL, 220 degr to SoAS. 50 kW unit is used for separate EUR antenna outlet at 279 degrees. In 1994 all reflectors on the AUS beam have been removed, so the antenna pattern is extended to both sides now, towards NoSiberia and Australia. Subsequent removing all reflectors of the 126 degr antenna would resulting in better EUR target coverage, this is under cosideration now. SoAsia sce via 220 degr antenna giving solid signals also in Ea & SoAF. EaAS target signals of 126 degr unit observed also in Argentina and Brazil. Radio Ulaanbaatar, CPO Box 365, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia. tel +976 1 32 79 00 (Engl section) fax +976 1 32 72 34 [BBCM mentioned 32 30 96] (Volker Willschrey-D, in wwh-worldwide listening magazine, Jan 97) RUSSIA Yes, Klub DX VoRussia [Golos Rossii] has a new fax number: +7 095 233 65 02 (Mr.Pavel Mikhailov, room # 727) (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Dec 28) SOLOMON ISLANDS Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corpor was heard today 25th Dec around 1000 UTC with pretty good signal on 5020 kHz here in the southern part of Finland. This "dreamstation" has been on my most wanted list for 10 years. (Bo-Kristian Lindqvist-FIN, Liljendal, rx AOR AR7030, Dec 25) SRI LANKA On 7125 kHz DW Trincomalee, NF ex11765 kHz, *2000-2200* UTC, to Australia, 11 MHz unreliable at this hour. (Bob Padula-AUS, via EDXP, Dec 29) Seldom heard VoA Ekala in English on 15395 kHz 35 kW 350 degr at 1400-1800 UTC to SoAS now audible regularly. Also an indicator that declining on sunspot cycle #22 comes to an end, reached the minimum, and the new cycle #23 will begin soon. //9760 PHL but with satellite fed delay. (WB Dec 25) Also heard VoA Ekala as follows: 7125 kHz on Dec 24, at 1441 UTC. Asian news desk reports in English, ID. (Michiel Schaay-HOL, Dec 30) TURKEY TRT Ankara has been transmitting from 0400-0800 UTC on an exclusive Amateur Radio frequency of 7100 kHz, tx Emirler 500 kW, antenna type HR 4/4/1.5 in 325 degrees. From Oct 27th registered originally for 7340 kHz channel, moved in Dec to 7300 kHz, and appeared from Dec 24 on 7100 kHz. German Amateur Radio Monitoring System has taken contact the Turkish telecommunications authorities to stop this extremely harmful interference on 40 mb. Contact also via Telsiz Radyo Amatorleri Cemiyeti, P.O.Box 19, Esentepe, 80280 Istanbul, Turkey, c/o Yuksel Guner Hak, TA1BY, IARU Liaison Officer, fax +90 212 2672721, or 2742233. (Uli DJ9KR, Wolfgang DF5SX, Dec 24-30) USA In a telephone interview aired on HCJB's DX Party Line Dec 28, the WINB Chief Engineer Fred Wise says WINB (Red Lion, Pennsylvania) will be testing "within a week" and will soon be on the air. The announced schedule: 1700-1900 UTC 15715 kHz to EUR, 1900-2200 11740 to EUR, and 2200-0300 11950 to MEX. (Tom Sundstrom-NJ, 29 Dec) VoA EUROPE SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSIONS (UPDATED FREQUENCIES) Dec 31 will be the last day for VoA Europe, a service of contemporary music, news, and features that for eleven years has been fed by satellite to affiliate stations throughout the world. As a tribute to VoA Europe, and to provide the world with a VoA New Year's special, VoA Europe will be transmitted on SW, Dec 31, 1996, as follows: (All times UTC, all frequencies in kHz) TO AFRICA 0630-0800 7115 Sao Tome 0800-1400 9555 Sao Tome 1400-1600 9655 Sao Tome TO EUROPE 2200-2400 6873 sideband Greenville 2200-2400 7185 Morocco TO ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 2200-2400 14526 sideband Delano 2200-2400 19480 sideband Delano For the sideband frequencies above, the left stereo channel of VoA Europe will be lower sideband, the right channel upper sideband. If you have two radios with selectable sideband, you can heard VoA Europe in stereo. There is a chance that VoA Europe will find the funds to remain on the air, at least temporarily. If so, it will change its name to VoA Express at 0000 on January 1, 1997. If VoA Europe/VoA Express does stay on the air, perhaps we can leave the 2200-2400 SW frequs on for another hour (0000-0100) to initiate the preserved-but-renamed service. (Kim Andrew Elliott-USA, Internet: [email protected] Dec 28) BBCM-BBC MONITORING information primarily sourced to German AGDX umbrella organization may not be further reproduced, except with BBC MONITORING permission. Extracts of items sourced to EDXP may be further reproduced, but only by organizations or individuals which have on-going exchange arrangements with EDXP. This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX - CompuServe 100523,3446 BC-DX 281 03 Jan 1997 ________________________________________________________________________ ANGUILLA Anguilla on 6090 kHz: On Dec 30 from 0000 UTC "only" R. Esperanza fr Chile noted S=2/3 gehoert. But on Dec 31 fr 0000 UTC, Dr. Scott relpx appeared. //is 5935 kHz, 6090 readable around 0830 UTC, WWCR 5935 kHz is much stronger here in EUR. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT OE2CRM, Jan 1) [6090 observed here in 0700-0900 UTC range, //5935 WWCR. can't find daytime signal of 11775 kHz, always REE Madrid noted here at 2000-2200 UTC, WB, Dec 29-31] ARMENIA AWR airs on a Million Watts of Power. In October AWR began broadcasting Arabic and Farsi for two hours daily between 5.30 and 7 pm on 1314 kHz.