BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

applies. This is nonsensical, but I seem to recall FEBC has been caught
doing this before.
Nothing about this in the WRTH Feb update under USA or Philippines. Also,
in the WRTH 2008 itself, the related FEBA broadcasts are filed under UK
altho not transmitted from any site there.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Feb 5)
Overcoming the temperature shock after nearly 4 weeks in SEAsia I would
like to present you some photos of the FEBC IBA (Philippines) transmitter
site, the one beside Bocaue near Manila. Iba transmitter site consists of
two SW and one MW transmitter:
1 Continental 100 kW SW tx (ca. 1980), 1 Harris 50 kW SW tx (ca. 1945!)
and another 5 kW MW tx transfered from Saipan. There was a highpower MW tx
several years ago in use, however FEBC decided that it was not efficient
enough and it has been shut down several years ago. The existing 5 kW tx
is still of that time and was used as a stand-by tx.
So there are two SW tx in use and they are connected with 2 log-periodical
antennas through a manual drive 'antenna switching unit'. The beams are
270 for SEAsia and 330 for China. The 4 antenna towers are not radiating
itself, each log-periodical hangs between two towers. From the beach side
you see a fifth antenna tower, which is a FM repeater of Radio Veritas. No
wonder that the local people indentify the 4 SW masts behind the FM aerial
also as Radio Veritas, no wonder at all.
I went to the location IBA just for a few relaxing days at the beach, the
hotel "Palmera Garden"
has been recommended to me by a friend and
so I went there. Arrived at late afternoon and checked the beach the next
morning. Nearly alone at the beach I looked for someone who could tell me,
what station the aerials belong to. As I mentioned, local fishermen said:
Radio Veritas.
The next day I stopped a tricycle totake me to the gate of the tx site. Of
course there was a security guy there, but he let me in instantly. A few
steps further I entered the transmitter building and knocked at the
control room's door. The senior chief, Mr. Samuel E. Ponilas opened and I
told him that I came all the way from Germany just to ensure him that FEBC
currently can be heard quite well on 7400 and 9400 kHz in Europe and that
I'm interested to see tx's ant antennas.
He said, that the following day around 0100 UT is a good time to take me
around, because both tx are off the air that time and the temperature
outside is fine for a walk between the antenna towers. This happened to me
some two weeks ago and I am still impressed about the instant hospitality
of the staff there. As a christmas present I got a FEBC anniversary
booklet, when I left. Very impressive, my instant visit to the IBA tx
site.
(Uwe Volk-D, on tour in SoEaAS in Dec 2007; wwdxc BC-DX TopNews)
POLAND Eight photos of what can be seen of the Leszczynka shortwave site
from outside (not much, the featured masts appear to belong to now partly
dismantled antennas):
Other Polish AM sites:
Solec Kujawski, 225 kHz, 1000 kW Thomson, new site on former military
exercise grounds, inaugurated in 1999.