BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

On October 10th, the live coverage of the 97th national day celebrations
can be heard from 0200 to 0300 UT on 15320 kHz to Southeast Asia. Those of
you who live in other parts of the world are welcome to visit our website
to hear the webcast of the live coverage. Meanwhile, RTI's English
broadcast to North America from 0200 to 0300 UT on 5950 kHz will be
cancelled on October 10th.
(Via RTI website; Alokesh Gupta-IND, hcdx Oct 6)
RFA / 1098 ? Tuning around on a remote receiver in Sweden, approx. 2115
UTC Saturday (Oct 4), when lo & behold I hear distinctive Chinese on 1098
kHz. Not understanding a word, for some reason I stuck with the weak
signal for a few minutes, when I then heard a definite "R F A-dot-O R G"
jump out of the schpiel.
Could it be from Vladivostok ... or even Taiwan?? Either one would carry
interesting political & diplomatic implications, no?? Perhaps I missed
something, but I don't recall seeing any mentions of any Radio Free Asia
outlets on 1098 kHz.
(Greg Hardison-USA, dxld Oct 5)
Aoki says it's RFA Chinese from Kouhu, Taiwan, 1900-2200 UTC. Power is 300
kW. Oddly, there is no indicator of it being targeted for jamming .... It
could be that RFI Chinese (never been jammed as far as I know) is on right
after 22:00 from the same site.
(Jon Pukila-FIN, dxld Oct 5) 250 kW 299 degrees.
TWN Kouhu TWR 1557 kHz RTI-CBS 1098 kHz 250 kW 299 degrees.
23 32 15.11 N 120 09 45.09 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
TAJIKISTAN Additional frequency for Voice of Wilderness in Korean:
1300-1400 9330 DB 100 kW 070 deg to NoKorea from Oct. 1 // 11640 IRK
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 7)
Google Earth imagery. There seems to be an imagery update in Google Earth,
partly now in high resolution.
Some detail of Yangi Yul valley in Tajikistan is now visible, but nothing
like shortwave site seen, 155 kilometers south of Dushanbe.
I looked again on ITU coordinates 38 29 N 68 48 E
and I see the Dushanbe local SW site MUCH in the CLEAR NOW at
38 29 06.22 N 68 48 44.17 E
[despite of the old Dushanbe MW site 549 kHz in downtown
38 35 28.66 N 68 47 04.86 E ]
30 big SW curtain masts visible, and more 36 lower height masts too.
The 4635, 4740, 4940, 4975 kHz 60 mb antennas, steep beam fountain like
antennas at
38 29 10.86 N 68 49 15.03 E
38 29 28.64 N 68 48 44.34 E
38 29 24.50 N 68 48 36.61 E
LW 4-mast array of 252 kHz channel, at 38 28 44.12 N 68 48 20.79 E