BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

(northern mast), once used for the 585 kHz outlet that is silent for
almost two decades now. The 120 m "Suedmast" for 1476 kHz was supposed to
be kept, and Oesterreichische Rundfunksender GmbH told ADXB-OE that the
frequency would still be available for interested broadcasters. But now
they dump this option definitely.
Some photos of the antenna array:
More photos, also of the old tube transmitters, with a link to an even
larger photo collection that includes also a shot of the Thomson M2W
transmitter that had been used during the last years of operation:
This development makes the Moosbrunn site the only operational AM
transmission facility in Austria.
[AM in the German meaning, technically correct covering all amplitudemodulated
broadcasting, also dubbed "LMK" /LW/MW/SW.]
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Jan 25)
What's about the ORF Dornbirn Lauterach Vorarlberg TX site, formerly on
629 / 1125 [later 585/1026] kHz MW ? Remains only on FM and local TV only?
The Lauterach Transmitter is a 116 m tall broadcasting facility.
Lauterach Transmitter is a broadcasting facility in Lauterach, Austria,
located at 47 26 55 N 09 42 10 E / 47.44861 N 09.70278 E
mast at 47 26 55.09 N 09 42 06.94 E
It is used for FM and TV broadcasting, and until 1995 also for medium-wave
broadcasting. It was inaugurated in 1934 and uses as antenna mast a
116 metre tall guyed mast, which is insulated against ground.
(subsection DORNBIRN) in Radiogeschichte Oesterreichs
Medien - In Lauterach betreibt der ORF eine Sendeanlage fuer UKW und TV.
Bis zum 1. Januar 1995 wurde von dieser Anlage auch das erste Programm des
ORFs auf der Mittelwellenfrequenz 1026 kHz verbreitet. Als Antennenmast
wird ein 116 Meter hoher, gegen Erde isolierter Stahlfachwerkmast
verwendet. Der Sender wurde von den Franzoesischen Truppen nach dem
Zweiten Weltkrieg erbaut.
(Wikipedia)
BRAZIL 9694.926 Radio Rio Mar, Portuguese, at 2038 UT Jan 22, per
file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX949.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:49]