BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Europe, Sitkunai Lithuania, 100 kW 259 degr
5940 1630-1700 Lower German sce
1700-1800 German service, Sat DX Program, Mon Letterbox
South America, Quito Ecuador, 10 kW non-dir (18/172 degrees)
6050 0000-0030 Waodani, 0030-0100[-0300 Sat/Sun] Cofan,
0100-0500 Spanish,
0830-1100[-1130 Sat/Sun] Quichua, 1100-1500 Spanish,
1900-2400 Spanish.
South America, Santiago Calera de Tango Chile, 50 kW 45 degr
9835 2300-2330 German, Mon Letterbox
2330-2400 Lower German / German
South America, Santiago Calera de Tango Chile, 50 kW 25 degr
11920 2245-2300 Kulina
2300-0045 Portuguese
[in Germany S=8 at 0035 UT on April 1, wb.]
South America, ZP30 LV del Chaco Paraguayo, Filadelfia, Paraguay, 610 kHz
10 kW. 2300-2330 UT Mon & Sat.
(HCJ via Paul Reinersch-D, wwdxc March 31)
FRENCH GUIANA 9810 Voice of Russia, in Spanish at 0045 UT, April 1,
S=9+20dB powerhouse here in Europe.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 1)
GEORGIA [ABKHAZIA] 1350 On March 24 observed on MW s-on with nonstop
mx at 0240 UT, at 0300 UT playing longtiming National Anthem of Abkhazia,
at 0304 UT IS and ID in Abkhazian and in Russian. Also noted the end of
prgr at 1800 UT winter with nx in Abkhaz and Russian only on MW 1350 kHz
and close/down around 1814 UT (some time later here cames TWR {Gavar Kamo
Armenia?}). For month already they don't using 9495 kHz anymore, but only
9535 kHz in times UT winter:
0500-0600 and 0800-0910 were in use acc to the observations in March.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)
GERMANY 13730 Radio Dubanga program via Wertachtal 500 kW, at 1530-1627
UT, S=9+10dB signal.
5905 kHz (1700 ... 1740 UT..) endless ID file "This is RFE/RL Praha ..."
5905 is Radio Liberty Lampertheim 1700-1800 UT 100 kW in direction of
108 degr. In previous summer 2009 used for VOA Kurdish.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 29)
An update in regard to the transmitter site at Wiederau near Pegau, once
known as "Leipzig" (which now would be ambiguous since Wiederau is no
longer the only transmitter site in Leipzig area):
The older, 236 m tall mast is no longer in use and will soon be
demolished. This was the original "J1" mediumwave antenna, later also used
for FM and VHF TV. Problems with the insulator forced them to give up this
mast for MW around 1985, leaving only two triangular hammock antennas for
the 100 kW mediumwave transmitters. The mast fell completely silent when
the ch. 9 transmitters left the air in Dec 2005, after FM had already
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