BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

4955 Radio Cultural Amauta Huanta 1030 UT Excellent Peruvian vocals, Time
check at 32 minutos by om, excellent signal. Enjoyable 7 August.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer Aug 7)
PORTUGAL 1035 R. Club Portugues, Belmonte (Benavente) (+ a few VHF-FM
fqs too) has changed its format, and is broadcasting Portuguese & foreign
music from the 60s & 70 since approx. mid July. Just yesterday, 30.7.2010
when this tx was off once again, I got the information this current format
is only temporary, and it is almost certain it will change a bit (again!),
but my contact added it should remain an oldies station nevertheless.
Current power level of their 100 kW Thales tx at Belmonte is about 1/3 due
to budgetary limitations.
783 ditto, Avanca (Estarreja, near Aveiro), is stuck, probably for good as
the vandalism that stroke this unmanned site back in early 2010 - which
could have been solved with minor repairs on the copper elements that were
stolen - met another break in causing extensive damage to the 100 kW
Thales tx. My contact reported the administration is simply unwilling to
spend lots of money with it, so it remains silent, and has been silent
ever since everything was put in place and tested in order to be finally
switched on // to 1035 kHz.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, via Ydun Ritz-DEN medium wave info 31.7.2010;
via ARC MVEko Olle Alm-SWE Aug 3)
ROMANIA The daily broadcasts on short waves in Romanian language are
from 0000, 0100, 0400, 1200, 1300, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900 UT -
duration 1 hour approx.
Observed 1-7 August: Radio Romania International prgr from 1200 and from
1600 UT; Radio Romania Actualitati prgr from 0400, 1300, 1500 UT, 1700 to
2000 UT;
Not checked from 0000 and from 0100 UT. Maybe RRI staff are on holidays?
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8)
RUSSIA Latest news from Victor Rutkovsky-RUS, 15.7.2010 via Mauno
Ritola-FIN:
594 Vladikavkaz, E. is probably off.
1053 Radio Rossi, Orenburg is off.
1296 Irkutsk off.
1332 Dobrye Pesni, Irkutsk 5 kW is now stable on the frequency.
(Victor Rutkovsky-RUS, via ARC MVEko Olle Alm-SWE Aug 3)
Test on 13665 kHz, supposedly from Moscow Taldom site noted Tuesday at
0655 to 0658 UT Aug 10.
Radio Rossii starts much later at 0822 til 1300 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10)
17685 As today Aug 10th observed raised propagation in 19 and 16 mb, when
Voice of Russia Khabarovsk could be heard here well in central Europe. S=6
at 0700-0800 UT. Not much strong, but strong enough to understand the
whole program, next to adjacent CRI Kashi powerhouse in Spanish
on 17680 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10)
RUSSIA Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution place and new
additional photo images in Panoramio.
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