BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

South of the Sahara."
He explained that the new transmitters would expand the international
coverage of the station, because it would be heard worldwide.
The VON DG said " the station has the capability of a rotating antenna
that can target any country in the world when desired."
On digitisation, Jijiwa said there was no cause for alarm over the
country's road-map to digital broadcast migration, beginning from June
2012, compared to South Africa which had set Nov. 1 as start up date.
Nigeria Ahead.
He said that there is anything much Nigeria can learn from South Africa in
terms of broadcasting; they might have better facilities in terms of
equipment but in human capacity, we are far ahead of them.
This statement follows South Africa's digitisation programme in good time
in preparation for the 2010 World Cup. In reality, South Africa will not
fully digitize until 2010 but they are going to start skeletal movement
from analogue system, just like its being done in the UK.
Jijiwa is the Chairman of Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), a
voluntary umbrella body for all broadcast stations in the country and the
President, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA). NAN/ Qasim/G.O.
(via Thorsten Hallmann-D, A-DX Oct 5)
Abuja Airport location at 09 00 19.46 N 07 15 53.07 E (wb)
... and what's this: 9 01 08 N 07 25 57 E ?
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, SWTXsite Oct 5)
PALAU I received the test broadcast on 9965 kHz that used opening music
of Nippon no Kaze at 1530-1600* UT on October 1. At 1558 replaced [by]
English Service of WHR via T8WH. Probably that Nippon no Kaze is
transmitted by T8WH, Palau from B08 sked.
de Shigenori Aoki
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC, dxld Oct 2)
9965, Oct 3 at 1249, VT Communications test transmission loop announcement
with music, reference to website At
first I thought it was exactly 60 seconds long, but more like 65 as it
started over later and later in each minute, until off abruptly at 1300*
Was good with some fades. KHBN scheduled before and after this hour on
9965, a.k.a. T8WH.
This station is really a one-of-a-kind hybrid, with two or three
callsigns, under both FCC and Palauan administration, relay business both
from IBB and VTC and being purchased (or part of it?) by World Harvest
Radio.
VT Communications test loop in English heard again Oct 4 at 1249 on 9965,
only fair and not as good as 24 hours earlier. VTC refers us to their
website, but anyone wanting real info about their SW operations will be
disappointed, no time and frequency schedule, and even in HFCC they are
playing games, not registering their transmissions of Radio Republica.
VT Communications test loop on 9965 via T8WH, tho never identified on- air
as such, which had been heard the past two days, missing Sunday Oct 5 at
1247 check.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Oct 7)