Von: BueschelW@web.de im Auftrag von Wolfgang Bueschel ...

1. In terms of first time high resolution we can now see the former SW
site of: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia. From the Excel files we have the
coordinates as:
46 50 33 N 142 53 05 E
Many masts can still be seen. Hopefully Victor & Wolfgang can tell us more
about the site & its antennas. Also if anyone can tell us the date of the
last SW BCB transmission from this site, we be pleased to hear from you.
2. EXTRACT FROM BING MAPS BLOG
The Bing Maps imagery release for January 2010 release is SO BIG we had to
break it into two parts - not kidding! The January 2010 Part 1 release is
558,000 square kilometers of imagery consisting of:
* Germany's Ruhrgebiet
* Belgium
* Luxembourg
* Vancouver - Sea to Sky Hwy to Squamish and beyond
* Additional imagery scattered throughout Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Poland, Latvia and Turkey.
If anyone finds further new imagery of SW sites or notable MW ones from
this latest update please drop us a line.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite ng, Jan 21)
Re: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia.
ITU Geneve registry entry is
IUJ Iujnsakhalinsry RUS 46N55 143E10
RUS Vestochka Sakhalin 279 kHz 500 kW, looks like the LW mast scrapped at
46 50 33.98 N 142 53 45.80 E
But mediumwave mast of 972 kHz 150 kW is still visible
46 49 44.53 N 142 52 23.13 E
RUS Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 720 kHz 193degr 1.93 km length, most likely 26 ant
elements, but unfortunately not visible.
Srednyaya Zarya directional mediumwave antenna towards Japan,
1200 kilometers to Tokyo-JPN, 440 kilometers to Sapporo-JPN.
46 50 20.62 N 142 53 22.10 E
RUS Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 3 SW masts, but still dimmly on Bing Maps
46 50 12.89 N 142 52 38.54 E
2 SW masts at
46 50 23.93 N 142 52 31.07 E