BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

EUROPE 1900-2030 UT 10 degrees
INDIA 2030-2130 UT 70 degrees
JAPAN 2130-2300 UT 50 degrees
North America 2300-0030 UT 310 degrees
Gary Walters, Station Manager of Radio St. Helena, has just confirmed the
above information, and, as usual, Derek Richards will operate the RSD
shortwave transmitting facility.
There will be a special email-address exclusively for the evening of RSD
2010. As soon as Gary sets up this special email account, we will publish
the account name.
The RSD 2010 QSL cards are being sponsored by the Danish ShortWave Club
International. Reception reports for RSD 2010 should be sent with
sufficient return postage to RSH using the special Airmail address - via
Ascension and the United Kingdom - exactly the same procedure as for the
RSD 2009 reception reports. ALL mail to RSH should use this procedure.
ALL 266 QSLs for RSD 2009 have been mailed and should now be arriving
around the world.
The sunspot minimum between sunspot cycles 23 and 24 is the longest in
history - much to the dismay of shortwave listeners everywhere. This
minimum has lasted since 2007 and is still ongoing. There are not very
many sunspots to "help" propagation, and there is no real sign of
significant change. The UTC-times for broadcasting to the various target
area have been very carefully selected to to have the very best
chance of good reception in each area. Also, we need to have the RSD
broadcasts one after the other. After RSD 2009, it was decided to change
the times somewhat and to move RSD from November to October (as was the
case back in the late 1990's - Thanks, John). RSH hopes that everyone
around the world has excellent reception conditions during RSD 2010 and is
looking forward to your emails and also, if possible, to your telephone
calls.
With very best 73, Gary Walters, Station Manager of Radio St. Helena
(via Robert Kipp-D, dxld Aug 15)
R. St. Helena QSL. Many St.H. QSL cards arrived these days worldwide.
QSL finally received today for the disappointing Nov 14, 2009 Radio St.
Helena Day broadcast. The card is similar to the 2008 design (showing
ZD7RSD callsign) but with update for 2009 and a different thumbnail photos
at the bottom right. With my report I sent an mp3 clip of the s/on and
first 5 minutes of programming before it all went downhill. V/s G.G.
Walters, card #163. Card is dated July 22nd and dispatched from St. Helena
on August 3rd. Let's hope the upcoming Oct 9 RSH Day program is a success!
(John Herkimer-NY-USA, DXplorer Aug 16)
SEYCHELLES I also received a nice QSL email from Jean-Paul Gamatis,
Chief Engineer of the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation, 1368 kHz after
114 days(!) for a paper report and US $5.00. He also stated that they do
not have QSL cards anymore since they rarely get such requests, but would
see if they can get some made and send me one. I had replied that a f/d
card made from a nice postcard would be fine, and he and I were chatting
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