BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

Resulting service cancelations:
1600-1700 9475 VoR Persian (St.Petersburg)
1700-1800 9835 VoR Arabic (Samara)
0400-0600 1089 Russian International Radio in Russian (Krasnodar)
1500-1900 11610 VoR Arabic, Kurdish
1400-1500 11985 VoR Turkish (Moscow)
1500-1700 11985 VoR English to Africa and the Middle East (Moscow)
(MIDXB 594 Aug 19, via Sergei Sosedkin-IL-USA, dxld Aug 20)
5920 Listening at 0610 UT on 19 August, 2008 after the Radio Rossii news
into local Kamchatka weather, and then for the next 15 minutes a program
in an indigenous language! Very unusual. Sounds a lot like Inuit language
spoken in the Canadian Arctic, to my untrained ear. Went on until about
06:25, when went back to network feed. Only on this frequency (5940 and
7320 continued on with RR programming).
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer Aug 19)
RWANDA DW, 15205 kHz, F/D QSL card "DRM Digital Radio Mondiale"
correctly confirming a reception report sent as 3 Mp3 audio archives by e-
mail in 62 days. QSL signed by Horst Scholz of Transmission Management.
(Julio Rolando Pineda Cordon-GTM, Verie Interesting, Aug CIDX Messenger
via dxld)
ST. HELENA Finally after much research over past weeks I can reveal to
our membership the TWO site coordinates of the special Radio Saint Helena
shortwave transmissions.
The first site used in the 1990's was from the Cable & Wireless utility
site located at:
15 57 33.4 S 05 43 08.8 W
at a location called 'The Briars'. (antenna site)
The recent transmissions originated from the studios of Radio St. Helena
which is located 4.5 km SSW of Jamestown at the following coordinates:
15 56 33.3 S 05 42 35.2 W
My thanks to John Ekwall & Robert Kipp for their valued assistance.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Aug 8)
As reported yesterday, a bunch of Radio Saint Helena QSL cards arrived in
Europe on Aug 19th and 20th. (A-DX Aug 20)
Radio St. Helena Shortwave Transmitting Sites.
During the 1990's, the transmitter and the dipole antenna were both
located at the Cable & Wireless facilities at The Briars southsoutheast of
Jamestown, St. Helena. After Radio St. Helena Day 1999 ("The Final
Transmission"), C&W sold the old Redifon G423B (1500 Watt) transmitter for
scrap.
In November of 2006, the dipole antenna was still stretched between two
tall masts next to and on the north side of the main C&W building. The
dipole runs about east-west and radiated, therefore, essentially north and
south. However, to the south of C&W, the valley comes to an end. This
explains why Radio St. Helena , during the 1990's, was mainly only heard
in Europe and eastern North America.
The RSD shortwave broadcasts were reintroduced in 2006 with the "Revival
Transmission" and continued in 2007 with the "Double Anniversary"
broadcasts: In 2007, Radio St. Helena celebrated 40 years of broadcasting
on 1548 KHz mediumwave and that 2007 program was the 10th official
transmission on shortwaves.