BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

SHETLAND ISLANDS 14101.000 at 0930 UT, R1ANF, thanks Raycroft tip in
DXLD, noted with very weak signal. Rarely even moving the S-Meter but
making it to S9 on peaks. Had to listen through several ID cycles to get
this. Wonder if the propagation is via the Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean,
or over Antarctica? (I'm guessing this is long path via the Indian Ocean.)
2 April.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, hcdx April 15)
SLOVAK REP Radio City Relay on 9515 kHz via Rimavska Sobota.
Dear Listeners, this Saturday the 17th of April 2010 Radio City will
return to the Airwaves via Nexus (ex. IRRS) with 150 kW on 9515 kHz.
The time slot is 0800-0900 UT. Our contact address is still
Best regards Radio City - the Station of the Cars
(Tom Taylor, hcdx April 16)
SOLOMON ISL 5020 SIBC, Island music at 1046 UT on 8 April, 1115-1155
UT, good music, 1155 UT Havana splatter dominated 5 April.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, hcdx April 15)
SRI LANKA 7190 Dear members, here you find the confirmation of Victor
4S7VK.
SLBC is transmitting to India on 7190 kHz, from 0025-0500 and 0800-1230
UT.
Well those are just old registrations carried on for A-10 season. I can
assure you that 90% of those are not used, other than for 7200 kHz.
4S7VK
(Victor A. Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, intruder alert April 9/11)
11750 SLBC rather some Home Service in Sinhala from 1630 UT was in B-09
and now is daily. Today under Bejing's jammer.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 10)
Sri Lankan national broadcaster SLBC has started relaying BBC World radio
on FM band. The relaying starts the BBC English, Sinhala and Tamil
programmes after a 14 month break. The BBC suspended its rebroadcast in
February last year.
The BBC programmes were suspended in February last year "following
deliberate interference in its broadcasts," BBC said in a statement.
During the suspension, the BBC's services in all three languages remained
available in Sri Lanka via short wave; on bbc.com/news, bbcsinhala.com and
bbctamil.com via the Internet; and news bulletins in English via the Sri
Lankan commercial broadcaster MBC.
Director of BBC Global News Peter Horrocks said that the BBC wishes to
rebuild its partnership with SLBC.
"We have been reassured by SLBC that our contractual agreement will be
respected, which guarantees that our programmes in English, Sinhala, and
Tamil are broadcast uninterrupted," he said. Mr. Horrocks added that the
BBC audiences value the editorial intergrity of its programming.
"Our audiences understand that in order to cover news events in the most
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