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

Images of transmitter under flooding :
(via Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Nov 24)
CHAD [and non] 6165 Saturday Nov 20 at 2255 UT, fair signal with
hilifish music, 2300 French announcements but could not make out an ID or
sign-off, yet 2301 right into military band with anthem to 2302* UT. RNT
presumably still signs off a semihour earlier on days other than Saturday.
And Jean-Michel Aubier reports it's about to get whammed by KBS World
Radio via France on 6165 at 2100-2200 UT starting Dec 1, in French to
Africa!
What are they thinking? Poor Chad is not in HFCC, so ignore it! And why
should Chad bother, with only one active SW transmitter? Will it be driven
back to 4905 kHz, or even 7120 kHz? And what about Croatia, also on 6165
kHz? Another failure of frequency management, by KBS and/or M&B/TDF,
relying on documents rather than turning on a radio, or godforbid,
consulting DX bulletins to find out what is really on a frequency before
picking it.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Nov 24)
CHINA Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution place and Street View
option on Google Earth, but better to handle in Google Maps.
CHN [Shanghai] Suzhou PBS, Taiping 1080, 1521, 846 kHz.
31 24 46 N 120 41 35 E
three masts visible
31 24 52.22 N 120 41 39.13 E
31 24 45.91 N 120 41 28.86 E
31 24 31.61 N 120 41 17.15 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 27)
Kunming Yunnan. An article in Chinese about an upgrade to the
Kunming 576 / 1242 kHz site:
From top to bottom the pictures show:
old 200 kW valve tx for 576 kHz.
old 50 kW valve tx for 1242 kHz.
installation of new 800 metres of feeder.
200 stretch of feeder to be buried under new road.
new transmitters are lifted into the transmitter complex by crane.
installing new transmitter.
station management visits the site to supervise.
In summary, the text says: construction for the upgrade began in August
2010 and the project is progressing smoothly. Four new DRM/DAM
transmitters are being installed for Yunnan PBS News General Sce (576) and
Rural Sce (1242). So far 1x100 kW and 1x50 kW txs have been installed and
are being tested with good results.
Imagery at 25 07 14 N 102 45 09 E
My guess is when the project is completed, there will be 2x100 kW units in
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