BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

it took the Chinese a week to find the new frequency and get the jammer on
it and with that the jammer on the old frequency was taken off.
However, all that changed in the last two or 3 years when the Chinese have
done it within a few hours to a day. Jamming has been in existence since
the beginning of broadcasting to a foreign country. From open carriers, to
modulated tones, diesel engine type of the Soviet block to car horns by
the Mugabe regime on 4880 kHz 1700 UTC. But none has been complete in its
effort than the Chinese with their dragon opera music jamming since they
started to use their transmitting station in Kasgar Kashi. When the
Chinese do something they mean business be it the Olympics or Jamming.
If we are to get the jamming off the Amateur Bands, we have to get SOH off
our bands. Thats the reality.
73
Victor
Frequency coordinator South Asia: Voice of America
British Broadcasting Corporation, Vatican Radio, R. Veritas.
National Secretary Radio Society of Sri Lanka,
Disaster Communications Coordinator RSSL
Sri Lanka Rep. International Amateur Radio Union.
(Victor A. Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 6)
Re: Harmful interference by " Sound-of-Hope" - Reply from Taiwan Telecoms.
"The NCC was unable to find harmful interference caused by illegal Sound-
of-Hope broadcasting on the exclusive Amateur Radio frequencies - range
14000-14350 kHz.
NCC regularly monitors the exclusive Amateur Band (14000-14350 kHz) and
will continue to investigate this matter. Maintaining order of frequency
and removing interference are both critical responsibilities of the NCC.
If you have any further information that could help us with this enquiry,
please do not hesitate to email us."
(Taiwanese NNC letter to Uli Bihlmayer-D, IARU / DARC Badwatch Aug 6)
Hi Uli:
SOH causes harmful interference to pretty much nobody. So this reply is no
surprise. The matter to push with BV is the very presence of SOH. That is
something that is "on their plate". The jamming most certainly is not.
73 VR2BrettGraham (ibid.)
UK New on the bbc.eng.info site:
A visit to Woofferton - Two articles resulting from a visit arranged and
hosted by David Porter.
Wonderful Woofferton - Celebrating 60 years on air in October 2003, this
article from Short Wave Magazine (now Radio User) provides a good
description and includes many interesting pictures.
Diamond Jubilee - This article from Practical Wireless magazine is based
on a visit by the editor Rob Mannion together with Kevin Nice the editor
of SWM (see above). The two articles inevitably have much in common, but
Diamond Jubilee has more on the history of the station, whereas Wonderful
Woofferton has more on the technology.
Several other articles on BBC transmitter sites at:
(BDXC-UK ng and via Mike Barraclough-UK, BrDXC-UK Aug 6)
A video showing the BBC Long Wave transmitting station at Droitwich being
constructed in 1934 is available on YouTube at