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BC-DX 126 01 Jan 1995 - A ________________________________________________________________________ HAPPY NEW YEAR Flash: RTL Junglinster 6090 kHz, 500 kW, has been closed. Still alive: DLR - DeutschlandRadio Berlin (ex RIAS Berlin) on 6005 kHz with 100 kW from Berlin Britz. S4 Baden Wuerttemberg via Freiburg Lehen 828 kHz. BELARUS "FUNK" magazine Dec-94 presents some information amongst Belarus local home service relay via 10 kW txs at Mogilev. WRTH reported different 20 kW units at Mahileu, but seems same location. Local Mogilev programme is relayed in winter Mon-Fri 0440-0500 and 1600-1640 UTC, on DST one hour earlier. R Belarus First Progr at remaining hours. 0400-1700 UTC 6115 kHz, 1700-2300 11690, 0400-1615 5965, 1615-2300 11840. Tentative reserve frequencies are mentioned: 7145, 7320, 11985, 17715 kHz. (Martin Elbe DD9MW @ DK0MAV) Monitoring today revealed Radio Belarus First programme in Bjelorussian language via Moscow Balashika-RUS relay: 0400(-1700?) UTC 6150 kHz, 1700-2300 11920, 1600-2300 on (propagationwise strange) 15175 & 17805 (!) kHz, at 2000 UTC the only station observed here in 19 & 16 mb. Array may directed to WeEUR/AM, to test propagation, or just to heat the atmosphere, hi. (WB) COSTA RICA AWR Cahauita schedule: TIAWR 1 7375 kHz 0200-0500 UTC, 11870 1800-2300, 15460 1300-1700, 50 kW into log-periodic, 120 degrees. TIAWR 2 9725 kHz 2300-0600 UTC, 1000-1800, 50 kW into log-periodic, 340 degrees. TIAWR 3 13750 kHz 0600-1300 UTC, 1700-0200, 20 kW into dipol, 065 degr. TIAWR 4 5030 kHz 0200-1000 UTC, 20 kW into dipol, 105 degrees. TIAWR 5 6150 kHz 2300-1800 UTC, 20 kW into dipol, 120 degrees. (Dr.A.Peterson via GH - WWCR) CUBA RHC Habana in Portuguese observed on unusal odd sign on time of 2026 UTC on 11740 kHz on Jan 1st, 1995. (ex summer 15195 kHz). (WB) CYPRUS BBC Limassol Zyyi to replace old 100 kW units with new units at 300 kW of power. (NZL DX Times) CZECH REPUBLIC CRo-1 (Radiozurnal) is returning on medium waves! First program of the Czech Radio (Cesky Rozhlas - CRo) enters MW from January 1, 1995 at 0700 UTC via following tr ansmitters: 603 Usti nad Labem 3 kW 792 Prague/Zbraslav 20-40 kW 846 Litovel 10 kW 846 Ceske Budejovice 7 kW and probably also via 846 Liberec 3 kW Daytime operation 0700-1500 UTC, and 0600-1700 UTC during DST summertime. New QSL cards were issued by COUNTRY RADIO (1062 kHz) and Radio R.I.O. (Praha/Prague 87.8 MHz). (OK1XKH, Karel Honzik - CSDXC) FINLAND R Finland in Finish to AM(?) at additional 1630-1658 UTC on new 13645 kHz, observed here on Dec 31st. Not in /./ to 6120, 11755 kHz. (AM) GREECE ERT - Voice of Greece - Athens changes, acc observations, updated Dec 31st, 1994: 0000-0350 7448 9420 9935 Greek, except English Tue-Sun 0130-0140 & 0340-0350 0400-0450 7450 9425 15630 Greek Arabic 0500-0615 7450 9375 9425 Greek Turkish 0700-0750 9425 9935 11645 Greek English 0740-0750 0800-0950 15650 17525 Greek English 0940-0950 1000-1050 15650 17525 Greek 1100-1150 9425 9825 Greek Turkish 1200-1250 9935 Greek Arabic English 1240-1250 1200-1250 11645 15650 Greek English 1240-1250 1300-1350 15650 17520 Greek English 1340-1350 1300-1350 11645 Greek Russian 1400-1450 15650 17520 Greek Arabic 3rd tx on 11 MHz? 1500-1700 7450 9425 9935 Gr Alb S-Cr Bulg Rom 1710-1750 9425 9935 11645 Greek Russian Polish 1800-1850 15650 17525 Greek English weekdays 1840-1850 1800-2000 9425 Greek 1900-1950 7450 9380 English French German Italian Spanish 2000-2050 7448 9425 Greek 2000-2050 9380 Bulg Alb Rom S-Cr 2050-2150 7448 Greek 2100-2150 9375 9425 Greek 2150-2250 7430 Greek English Mon-Fri 2240-2250 2200-2350 9375 9425 11595 Greek Portuguese Spanish English Mon-Fri 2335-2345 To avoid utility station near 7453 kHz, ERT is using 7448 kHz at night to AUS/EUR/AM. 0600-2100 9395 & 11595 Greek (Thessaloniki relay) 1700-2100 7430 Greek (Thessaloniki relay) (WB)* GUAM The AWR station on the island of Guam, KSDA, is actively planning for the installation of a fourth transmitter, is likely to be a unit of 100 kW, though 250 kW would be desirable. (AWR RNB) GUIANA French RFI Paris in French via Montsinery-GUF relay to AM at 1600-1900 UTC on 17630 kHz, /./ Allouis 3965 kHz. (WB) INDIA Update from India. AIR Bangalore with six units @ 500 kW, and 36 antennas on 630 acres. Four units commissioned on Sept 28th. (SW DX Guide JAP) In recent time, twelve SW txs of 50 kW have been installed at eleven locations for use in the home service network of All India Radio. These are located at Bhopal, Bombay, Calcutta, Guwahati(2), Imphal, Jaipur, Lucknow, Shimla, Trivandrum, Hyderabad and Madras. The new 10 kW SW station in Shimla was inaugurated November 6th. Aizawl also has a 10 kW tx, which operates on 5010 and 7295 kHz. Port Blair in Andaman Islands has one SW tx of 10 kW. Two 250 kW txs have been installed at Panaji-Goa, AIR Goa heard on 4775 kHz between 1400-1600 UTC. The small and old SW facility located at AIR Jammu-Kashmir is now off the air. AIR Delhi ext sce in Nepali 0700-0800 UTC 5 kHz up on 11740 kHz, 100 kW. All 50 kW of power services: Jaipur 3295 kHz, 0025-0215 & 1430-1741 UTC, ex 3345 & 4910 kHz. 4910 kHz, 0228-0415 & 1130-1415 UTC. 7270 kHz, Sun 0430-0600 UTC, dialy 0700-0941 UTC, ex 6165 kHz. Imphal 4775 kHz, 0025-0215 & 1030-1730 UTC. 7150 kHz, Test noted at 0430, 0800 UTC and other times. Shillong 4970 kHz, additional 0030-0400 UTC. Thiruvanathapuram 5010 kHz, 0025-0215 & 1145-1735 (Sun 1100-). 7290 kHz, 0230-0400 & 0630-0930, Sat -0945, Sun -1030. (Jose Jacob VU2JOS from Kerala, via AWR RNB) IRAN Two 1200 kW MW units commissioned at Abadan in Iran around September '94. (SW DX Guide JAP) ISRAEL KOL Israel will cease partly English outlets, at 1400-1425 and 2230-2255 UTC. (RNMN) JAPAN Usual very special NHK Radio Japan New Year programme in Japanese 1400-1530, and English 1530-1558 UTC observed like every year on Dec 31st, via 9670 & 9715 kHz Skelton-GB relay, 11840 kHz Ekala-CLN relay, 15350 & 21700 kHz Moyabi-GAB relay, fed via two satellites, signal 300 ms behind Ekala & Skelton signals respectively. (WB) KOREA Rep. of (South) Since July 1994, citizens in South Korea are now allowed to own SW receivers.(!) AWR- Adventist World Radio - anticipates a marked increase in mail response from this peninsular nation. (AWR RNB) PAKISTAN BBCMS lists Azad Kashmir Radio in Muzaffarabad & Trarkhel. In reality, there is no transmitter in Trarkhel. Is a 10 kW tx located near Rawalpindi. Muzaffarabad on SW was only 1 kW. (NASWA Journal) PHILIPPINES Radio Pilipinas via Voice of America relay Tinang on new 11890 kHz (ex 21455) with English from 1900-1930 UTC. Scheduled Filipino 1730-1930 UTC, on /./ 15190 & 17840 kHz, all 250 kW of power. (Bob Padula via AWR KSDA Guam DX Asiawaves) POLAND Polish Radio Warsaw replaced 5995 by 6000 kHz. But reception in 49 mb over very short distance is extremely bad at night in the moment. So English at 1300-1355 UTC is the best choice to catch Radio Warsaw in WeEUR: 6135 7145 7270 9525 11815 kHz. English 1800-1855 UTC 6000 7270 7285 kHz. 2030-2125 UTC 6000 6135 7285 kHz. German 1730-1755 UTC 6000 6095 6135 7270 kHz. 6000 kHz is used by Radio Sweden also, for Russian at 1500, 1800, and 2030 UTC. Swedish 1615-1700 UTC, Estonian 1730 UTC, Latvian at 1945 UTC. Transmissions of the Polish Radio ext sce on powerful MW Stargard Szczecinski 1503 kHz has been scratched for financial reasons recently. (RVI Radio World) QATAR QBS - Qatar Broadc. Service Doha in Arabic at 1307-1707 UTC on variabel 11750,2 kHz, QRM to BBC Singapore Kranji. (WB) vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX @DB0LX.#BW.DEU.EU BC-DX 127 01 Jan 1995 - B ________________________________________________________________________ RUSSIA Prophetic Group "Universal Life" observed via Voice of Russia around 1340-1400 UTC on 11685 & 11695 kHz. (HCJB Quito Latest DX Catch) Radio Sjem Samara from 0800 UTC on 9550 kHz, once a month in German language also. Radio Alef, P.O.Box 72, 123154 Moscow, Russia, tel. +7 - 095 - 222 20 87. Russian Jewish station for the Moscow area and Russian immigrants in Israel. Programmes are prepared by VoR/RM and the Jewish Children's Association "Banim Banot". Tue, Thur, Sun 1700-1800 UTC 612, 1089, 1170 kHz all Krasnodar, 1323 Moscow, 4055 Tver, 5935 (ex 7305), 12075, 17890 kHz. Radio Islamskaya Volna (Islamis Wave, ex Rukhi Miras, Moscow Islamic Centre), Vypolzov per. 7, 129090 Moscow, Russia. tel. +7 - 095 - 281 49 01. Fris 1600-1700 UTC 612 & 1089 kHz Krasnodar, 4055 Tver, 9815, 12075, 17890 kHz. Muslim radio station "Radio Al Risalah / Poslaniye" (the Message), Mon-Fri 1500-1700 UTC 1332 Moscow, 6015 Bolshakovo, 6095 kHz. Radio Nadeszhda (Hope) Moscow programme observed around 1900-2000 UTC on strange high frequency 17675 kHz. /./ 6015 & 12015 both via Kaliningrad Bolshakovo, 7260 9580 9815 11855 kHz, from 2000-2400 UTC on 1215 Bolshakovo and 7370 kHz also. Russian propagation test(?), see also high frequency items under Belarus / Kazakhstan relay. Morning broadcasts monitored 0600-1600 UTC via Bolshakovo 1386 kHz, 1200 kW, 0400-1500 UTC 6045 kHz St. Petersburg, and 11965 kHz, 1530-2200 UTC, both via Bolshakovo. On SW Monitored: 0700-1200 UTC 7355 9490 9525 9730 9775 9850 11630 11665 11965 12005 12010 15175 15435 15460 kHz.