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

inaugurated. .. unless perhaps conditions urgently demand it and PEF wants
to keep MW running.
As soon as the final preparations at the new 1530 kHz site of Poise are
ready, the rather old 10 kW GATES tx will then most certainly be kept at
just half its power level due to costs. In terms of use, the Poiso site is
brand new, it never worked except for some brief antenna tests using the
defunct Santana 1017 kHz 1 kW tx silenced back in early July last, but
works actually started some 6-7 years ago (!) after the Funchal
municipality granted the station the use of the land for a stipulated
period of time.
The antenna was erected, say, some 4 years ago or more, and consists of a
50 Ohm fed, folded monopole like the one used by Antena 1 Madeira at Pico
das Eiras (defunct) 531 kHz 10 kW, Porto Santo island.
In terms of MW, Poiso is bad, and so is neighbouring Pico do Areeiro 603
kHz 10 kW (Antena 1 Madeira) for they're both too high for covering a
region which is at a lower level. That may be good for VHF-FM while
certainly not for MW. On top of that, it seems certain places,
particularly on high ground, have been stormed by extremely strong winds,
occasional floods, and snow also plagues those areas. In the case of
Poiso, access is carried out by 4x4, not normal vehicles.
Funchal in particular, where most of the population live, but also the
southern coast of Madeira is best served by MW antennae that are located
at a lower latitute, like the old PEF site and the Antena 1 Madeira 1332
kHz 1 kW (Sr.a do Monte), and also where the defunct Estacao Radio da
Madeira 1485 kHz 1 kW was installed.
To conclude this, a final word on PEF Santana 1017. It seems after all,
that this unlisted fq, I mean absent in official lists like the one at
was experimental during its entire life, with
ANACOM's blessing of course. The antenna used there till early this past
Summer consisted of a T or inv. L type so I was also told, so pretty much
like ordinary NDB rigs. It was nevertheless putting a fair signal in the
continent during daytime despite QRM from Spanish stations on adjacent
channels; during the evening, one ought better forget about trying to get
their signal."
(via Mauno Ritola-FIN, shortwavesites yg via dxld Dec 29)
MALAYSIA 9750.034 Voice of Malaysia, at 1220-1245 UT on Dec 24. Have
been listening to this for almost a half hour without realizing it was
Malaysia, since the announcer was using a language I wasn't expecting. I
still don't know what it was? Indonesian is scheduled, but it sounded more
like Spanish to my untrained ear. Gotta get my ear trained. Anyway at 1239
UT ID was given and I was able to copy "Malaysia" in there. This was
followed with music. At 1243 UT another ID given by a male in possibly
Indonesian language. Signal was good.
(Chuck Bolland-FL-USA, dxld Dec 29)
MALAYSIA [SARAWAK] 5030 Sarawak FM via RTM, randomly from 1327 to 1600*
UT, Dec 27. In vernacular; pop songs; news.
S. Aoki received Sarawak FM on 9835 kHz on Dec. 23 at around 1000 UT for
the first time. // 5030 kHz. I can receive it by the later reception from
around +0000-1430+ UT. 9835 kHz are delay in time lag of the satellite
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