BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

1450 kms distance to central KRE, it's far away, much, much long distance
!
The VOA/IBB has decided not the best solution now. USS would be far better
solution.
Vladivostok or Ussuriysk from Russia would be the far better solution.
(wb)
(Shinya Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC-HQ Mar 1)
Mongolia QTH? Somewhow, I doubt. I believe it's a bit too far from a
target country for a reliable MW reception, considering that NoKorea isn't
shy about jamming foreign broadcasts. Besides, China might get into a
jamming game with two millions Koreans on their own turf.
Of course, for RFA this initiative might be more about spending the
allocated funds with a bit of good publicity than reaching the closed
society. In such a case Mongolia is as good a bet as any far-away country.
[later] If RFA's MW transmitter turns out to be near Ulaan Baator then
IBB's next step should be launching Radio Marti's MW broadcasts from
Indiana. - Distance between Indianapolis and Havana is almost the same as
between UB and Pyongyang.
(Sergei Sosedkin-IL-USA, dxld Mar 1)
WRTH 2008 MW frequency list shows no Mongolian transmitter on 1350, so
that would be new. There is a S Korean on 1350 with 10 kW, bad luck for
it; plus China and Russia, but nothing very powerful. How about PAL?
Nothing there either; lists only three other MW frequencies in the entire
country! WRTH has only two. Could 1350 be the same 500 kW transmitter as
on 990, which is supposedly in use for only a few hours a day?
[later] I see that 1350 kHz appears in the Asian frequency list on page
536 of the WRTH 2007, as 150 kW from UB, MR-1 program. But not on the
Mongolia pages. In the WRTH 2008, it has been removed from the frequency
list on page 516.
(Glenn Hauser-USA, dxld Mar 1)
See also MNG inactive.
The reception condition of RFA is very bad, after JOER on 1350 kHz s/off
at 1633 UT. Extreme QRM'ed on HLAQ (1350 kHz 10 kW). The signal is weaker
than R. Aap Ki Dunyaa via Al Dhabbiya on 1539 kHz.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC-HQ Mar 2)
NETHERLANDS The winners of the five regional Dutch mediumwave licences
advertised in November 2007 have been announced. Two have been awarded to
Crosspoints BV, the company that owns Arrow Classic Rock and Arrow Jazz
FM. This has caused great surprise in the Netherlands, given that Arrow
recently relinquished the high power channel of 675 kHz. The company isn't
saying what it plans to do with the frequencies, but a spokesperson told
the website RadioFreak.nl that "internally we do have an idea what we're
going to do with them, but I can't yet say anything."
The frequency of 1485 kHz has been awarded to Radio Marina, an oldies
station. The frequency was advertised for a single transmitter in The
Hague, but on its website Radio Marina says it plans to operate two
transmitters serving South Holland and Flevoland. The first transmitter is
scheduled to start broadcasting on 9 March.
Almere 1224 kHz has gone to Stichting Radika, which currently broadcasts
on FM from Rotterdam under the name Radio Amor. Finally, Amsterdam 1557
kHz has been awarded to Stichting BKB3, which currently operates Magic FM
in Amsterdam and Alkmaar.