BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

program,probably with partners like the BBC,
* cancelling about 30 daily frequency hours via VTC facilities,
* cutting back the current affairs magazines in the German radio program
to three editions a day,
* reducing the radio programs in Greek, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian,
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Albanian and Macedonian
in favour of online offerings.
And perhaps somebody might find it of interest how the DW programming is
being fed to the transmitter sites, so here are the signal paths in
detail:
Bonn -> cable 3 MBit/s -> MB uplink Koeln -> Hot Bird 8 -> SIN, MSK, SAM,
ARM
Bonn -> cable 3 MBit/s -> MB uplink Koeln -> Hot Bird 8 -> VTC for
internal distribution to WOF, SKN, RMP, MOS, ASC [but WOF must take Hot
Bird directly for synchro operation with SIN]
Bonn -> cable 3 MBit/s -> MB uplink Koeln -> Hot Bird 8 -> RNW for
internal distribution to MDG and BON
Bonn -> cable 3 MBit/s -> MB uplink Koeln -> Hot Bird 8 -> "Moscow" for
internal distribution to KCH
Bonn -> cable 3 MBit/s -> MB uplink Koeln -> Hot Bird 8 -> WRN for
internal distribution to DSB
Bonn -> cable 3 MBit/s -> MB uplink Koeln -> Hot Bird 8 -> TWR Bratislava
for internal distribution to ERV
Bonn -> Hybnet -> DW-TV Berlin -> cable 5 MBit/s -> GlobeCast uplink Paris
-> Atlantic Bird 3 (C-band) -> KIG
Bonn -> Hybnet -> DW-TV Berlin -> cable 5.5 MBit/s -> PCM uplink Hong Kong
-> AsiaSat 3 (C-band) -> TRM, IRK, NVS, P/K, K/A, VLD
Bonn -> Hybnet -> DW-TV Berlin -> cable 6 MBit/s -> uplink Atlanta ->
Intelsat 9 -> SAC
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Dec 8)
GUINEA 7125 R. Guinee, Sonfonya, 1255-1311, 13 Dec, French, talks;
15331.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
HONDURAS 3250 Honduras Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis 1110 Spanish only
religious programming. Often Spanish English translation.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, JPNpremium Dec 14)
ICELAND 189 RUV, Gufuskalar, 1135-1230, 14 Dec, mass, news at noon,
talks; 24453, adj. QRM de Europe 1 on 183, D.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15)
INDIA [Andaman and Nicobar Isls] 4760 AIR Port Blair, f/d letter rcvd
in 20 days via email for mailed report w/2 IRC's. V/S: P.P. Babby, Station
Engineer.
CORRECT email address: Wrong on AIR
website. Asks for further reports and tells a little about the islands and
their fate since the Tsunami.