BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

lightning fell upon our SW transmitter antenna, despite having 3 lightning
rods, with 3 tips each, the electric transformer lightning rod, and a well
calibrated sparky devise inside of the transmitter, with a good grounding
using number two copper wire. As a consequence, we got almost all power
transistors burned out and some smaller ones, on our outcome two modules.
So, we are off the air, and we don't know for how long. I though I had
enough spare power transistors, but they were not enough. Our transistors
are very strange, and difficult to find in all the world. They work on 600
volts. So, we'll have to ask them to be produced in the United States.
We appreciate our friends Magdiel Cruz, from Mexico, Dino Bloise, from
Miami, and other friends, who have spread out this information. We expect
the help of Christer Brunstroem, from Sweden, and HCJB also. We are
grateful for the sympathy expressed by many "Dxers". Now, we have to ask
God to help us, for coming back on the air. On the mean time, I invite you
to tune our signal over Internet, on the following address:
Edgar Amilcar Madrid, Manager and Director. "
(Adalberto Marques de Azevedo, MG-Brazil, dswci DXW Oct 15)
HAWAII/PALAU KWHR gone yet? KWHR is about to be closed down, if not
already. B-08 FCC schedules have no listings for it, so presumably the
transition of all its broadcasts to T8WH Palau is expected to be complete
in one week. You would be hard-pressed to find anything about Palau on the
WHR website, still listing Angels 3 and 4 as Hawaii. Perhaps they can't
figure out how to renumber their Angels with several transmitters on
Palau, just how many? WRTH 2008 says 4 x 100 when it was owned by High
Adventure Ministries.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 19)
KWHR September 2008 Plan:
9930 0700-1800 43-45 WHR 100 300 Man,Eng USA WHR FCC
12130 1200-1400 44,49,50,54 WHR 100 285 Vie,Eng USA WHR FCC
13680 0500-0700 43-45 WHR 100 300 Man,Eng USA WHR FCC
17525 0100-0500 43-45 WHR 100 300 Man,Eng USA WHR FCC
but now in FCC list HBN with different azimuths, than Hawaii 270degr +
slews, and different antenna types.
KWHR Naalehu Hawaii
19 01 28.00 N 155 40 03.44 W
Former WHR Angel 3 moved 7500 km westwards to Palau, but under header HBN.
PLW T8BZ KHBN Medorn (Gospel Radio) Palau
07 27 27.69 N 134 28 40.25 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 19)
INDIA 4760 AIR Leh, heard at 1507 on 19 Oct. with good quality signals,
but deep fading. Heard several telephone interviews, some traditional
music and caught a full station ID at 1530 UT. I was SO hoping this was
Port Blair on the same freq, but I guess that will take some more hard
core DXing!
4895 AIR Kurseong, heard at 1338 on Oct. 19th with strong signals but