BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

commercials of Toyota & Irish Red Cross Society requesting donations for
Pakistan floods.
7265 kHz completely blocked by VOIROI Urdu & CRI Sinhalese at 1400 UT.
[...] 1504 UTC: 7265 - Blocked by CRI Chinese
11695 - 59+10db
11805 - Not heard
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Sept 5)
The reason why Alokesh is hearing RTE Meyerton 15400 kHz so well would
seem to be due to the azimuth in use being 19 degrees to East Africa and
onwards, while Kununurra is beaming at 340 degrees to East Asia.
The 19deg beam is not good for reception in Europe, while 340deg from KNX
seems to reach Germany and the UK well.
RTE-MEY 15445 kHz is a much better signal from 1430 UT at 330deg to West
Africa and peaking to 9+ on the meter.
BBC English via Ascension has taken over 15400 kHz from 1500 UT, and only
fair at 27deg. RTE-MEY via 11695 kHz at 19deg from 1500 UT is not
audible, and there is no trace of 7265 kHz either, so far.
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld Sept 5)
RTE Meyerton 15445 kHz at 1545 UT signal S=9+10dB here in Barcelona Spain.
(Tomas Mendez-ESP, dxld Sept 5)
11695 RTE Ireland with post game or intermission commentary of Hurling
finals at 1630 UT tune in. Good, Sept 5.
(Mick Delmage-AB-CAN, DXplorer Sept 5)
15400 Instead of expected RTE Dublin live sports Meyerton-AFS relay, I
heard HCA Kununurra Australia's religious program in English only. 1300-
1330 UT, Sept 5th. English religious talk, poor S=7 fluttery signal.
At 1346 UT noted HCA Kununurra in Mandarin, scheduled 1330-1430 UT, fair
S=8 fluttery signal.
Very tiny weak signal UNDERNEATH, probably RTE Dublin sports transmission
via Meyerton AFS.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 5)
Here's the reply from RTE recvd last week regarding the txn dates ...
- Quote -
The Hurling final is on Sunday 5th September. This game is uniquely Irish
and is generally not known very well outside the Irish community. The game
is played with a small leather ball and is hit by wooden sticks called
'hurleys' about the same length as hockey sticks but much different in
shape.
For better images and information try
The Gaelic football final is on Sunday 19th September. This game is also
an Irish variation, not related to soccer or rugby, but uses a big ball
like a soccer ball.
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