BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

2000-2200 NF 17755 GUF 100 kW 311 deg to NoAM, x15755 BON 100 kW/320 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 13)
GERMANY 576 Sudwestrundfunk to close medium wave transmitters?
Based on my limited understanding of German and google translate it seems
that Sudwestrundfunk may be closing all its medium wave transmitters by
the end of next year.
Sudwestrundfunk will be closing all mediumwave transmitters by the end of
next year 2011. Transmitters listed here, includes high power ones on
576, 666 and 1017 kHz:
German press item here includes video report from the Muhlacker 576 kHz
site which has been in use since 1930:
Annual mains electricity cost of station is 380.000 Euro.
Could German speaking list members say whether I have understood this
correctly please as if so will be of interest to other lists and
messageboards I use.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, dxld Dec 16)
Mike, the translation IS CORRECT.
Muehlacker mediumwave TX location since Nov 1930year will remain only as a
single FM tx installation and fm+tv transmitter engineer central service
point for SWR tx in south western Germany.
At present the station needs 380.000 EURO main power costs anualy.
9 engineers still work as bcing and maintenance central point at present.
In the 60ties the Muehlacker station had its peak power with SDR and AFN
Stuttgart location, served by 69 employees and engineers. This figure
given on a recent sightseeing tour in April 2010, when I visited the tx
stn for the fourth time in past 40 years.
Google Earth shows still the old SW 6030 kHz shortwave dipol, in northsouth
lobe azimuth direction.
SWR 6030 576 kHz Muehlacker
48 56 29.26 N 08 51 08.64 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 16)
Was die Sache mit der voelligen Einstellung von SWR cont.ra angeht, so
soll der Herr Rundfunkrat da was missverstanden haben.
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