BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

(RADIO NEWS, AUTUMN 2008 - Published by Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia -
Issue 31, via Rachel Baughn, dxld)
That's 918 kHz; but the other Nigerian on 917 may cause a bit of a
problem. DRM DXers in Europe may have fun trying to decode this.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld)
PAKISTAN The government of Pakistan has decided to postpone the change
of local timings untill the first week of November - so VOA Urdu service
will continue to use the present timings and frequencies till the end of
A08 schedule period.
The current schedule is: MW 972 and 1539 kHz is available at 1300-0100. SW
service 0000-0100 on 7135 and 11755 and 1300-1400 on 9340 and 15795 kHz.
(Alok Dasgupta-IND via Aug 29)
PHILIPPINES Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution place.
Radio Veritas Asia at Lipay, Palauig now viewable with Google Earth in Hi-
Resolution
15 28 02 N 119 54 50 E
FEBC Iba SW might be here 15 21 35 N 119 57 18 E
Single mast found here: 15 21 18 N 119 57 24 E
(Alan Davies-INS, Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Sept 6; wb)
RVA Lipay und FEBC Iba site too latter which Uwe Volk visited in 2007.
PHL FEBC Iba
15 21 32.55 N 119 57 09.83 E also ex DRWF radio nearby.
Single mast on the beach is a FM station of R Veritas !!
MW of 1945 seems to be a General Electric transmitter. Ist der 1945 Harris
Sender nicht ein General Electric Sender? Das Enblem auf einer Unit sagt
das aus, oder zumindest ein Teil der Geraetschaften von General Electric
hergestellt.
Radio Veritas Asia, Lipay, Palauig
15 28 02.00 N 119 54 50.00 E
IBB Tinang site still in low resolution.
(wb)
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:
1x Continental 100 kW SW tx (ca. 1980), 1x 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