BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Sueddeutscher Rundfunk closed some of its MW gap fillers and consolidated
them on 711, amongst them Bad Mergentheim which has been shut down in
1999, followed by Heidelberg in 2004.
All these transmitters were necessary because the Muehlacker main
transmitter on 576 operated co-channel with Woebbelin (until 1979 the even
closer Wiederau instead). Here you can still read a page full of
complaints about Woebbelin returning to the air in 1999, reportedly
running again 250 kW with new Thomson solid-state transmitters:
Now Woebbelin is gone for good, the masts have been demolished in 2005. If
you want to know what became of the transmitter building:
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld March 13)
GERMANY/ETHIOPIA 11810 Voice of Oromo Liberation via Wertachtal noted
1700-1800 UT, Suns only. But JAMMED heavily by Ethiopian broadband HISS
crackle jamming.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 14)
GUINEA 7125 obs'ed inactive for some days now.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 16)
INDIA AIR Employees strike on 17 March 2010.
On 17 March 2010 a mass casual leave with day long strikes at AIR Stations
has been announced by unions of AIR. AIR has made contingency plans. Its
worth monitoring AIR stations (for any interruptions) on that day.
AIR Delhi (Khampur 250 kW)
The following schedule of Air Delhi (Khampur 250 kW) External Services
which was off air for many months is now noted back..
17510 0845-0945 Indonesian (SE Asia) 1000-1100 English (Australia/NZ)
17670 1515-1615 Swahili, 1615-1730 Hindi (EaAfrica) etc.
AIR Panaji (250 kW)
Both the 250 kW SW transmitters of AIR Panaji carrying External Services
were not heard for some months but one transmitter is noted back on the
air with the following schedule now.
15210 0400-0430 Persian, 0430-0530 Arabic,(WeAsia)
15235 1115-1200 Thai (SoEaAsia)
11775 1215-1330 Tibetan (Tibet), 1330-1430 Nepali (Nepal) etc.
12025 1615-1730 Hindi, 1730-1830 Malayalam (WeAsia)
(Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DXindia March 15)
INDONESIA Ganz Deutschland hoert Voice of Indonesia, und zwar auf
9525.885 kHz derzeit (1825 UT) mit SIO 333. Natuerlich in Deutsch, was man
erst beim zweiten Hoeren so richtig gewahr wird.
(Nils Schiffhauer-D DK8OK, A-DX March 18)
IRAN Tentative A-10 for The Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran
(VOIROI / IRIB)
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