BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

just above weak level, but distinctive when you hear it, having a lot of
trouble with local birdies, hampering harmonic hunting, baby monitors etc,
harder to hear the carriers, then in previous years.
19060 H2 2 x 9530 CPBS Xian PRC China or Vietnam DS1 50 kW, carrier only
at 0757, another to watch, have to watch your step, around here, as an
active international b/cast band, may lead to a wrong conclusion !
Active Sporadic E at the time of reception on Six Metres and Band 1 TV, in
VK, noted 50.046 VK8RAS/b, and 46.172 RTQ0 strength S7. 10 Metres open to
Hong Kong and Japan, and VK4 > VK6 and VK5, so worth a look on the lower
bands for some Harmonics !!
(David Vitek-AUS, harmonics Feb 26)
COLOMBIA 5910.08 CLM VVC Marfil Estero, Sp, fine signal - a good window
into Europe around 6-7 UT, after DWL Russian via Rampisham-UK left at 0629
UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 26)
COSTA RICA 5954.11 unidentified "ELCOR transmitter", 2312-2348 21
February, 2008. Cycling the same Spanish pop vocal after a few seconds gap
between, until the last play ended at 2331, then open carrier through
tune-out. Best in USB today, and quite strong despite big signals on both
sides, though still a messy place to be. If this is a new transmitter
(Radio Casino was 1 kW), why would the new one be on virtually the same
off-frequency channel as Casino was? Shades of 1980's Central America.
(Terry L Krueger-FL-USA, DXplorer Feb 24)
REE progr Cariari de Pococi CTR on odd 5963.98...99 around 0450 UT, Feb
26. Co-ch RHC Sp even 5965.00 kHz til 0500 UT.
Tentat. WORLD UNIVERS. NETWORK Cahuita on odd 6149.98 kHz at 0514 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 26)
DRM The end of DRM?
For an English report about the opinions on DRM voiced at the HFCC
conference see
News from European Gospel Radio. Our CEO is just back from Malaysia, where
we have been coordinating the next period (summer 2008) frequency
allocations for all of our broadcasts at the HFCC
We usually meet twice a year at a different location with all
international Shortwave broadcasters, including the BBC, VOA, FCC and many
other government and private stations from all around the globe. Advance
frequency coordination allows us to operate with no interference, and to
be able to make quick adjustments to our schedules in case we suffer from
interference from other broadcasts.
From both formal and informal discussions among participants at the HFCC,
it is now clear that the proposed DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) system,
that would have converted analogue Shortwave to digital, FM like quality
reception would hardly be implemented if ever on a large scale, beyond the
current experimental stage. In theory, DRM would have allowed listeners in
richer nations in Europe and North America to re-discover Shortwave, with
a noise free reception in digital quality, using new digital receivers. To
make a long story short, the main reason of the demise of DRM is the lack
of receivers. After more than three years since the first experimental
broadcasts in DRM, no receiver has been produced at a cost and in large