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

This situation soon caused a change in the law to make such power theft
[sic] illegal. In 1975 the transmission power level had risen to a heady
600 kW. Two services were broadcast from the site - the Domestic Service
Programme 1 on 584 kHz (585 kHz after November 1978) from the larger
Northern Mast and Oesterreich Regional on 1475 (1476 kHz) from the
Southern one. Bisamberg’s time as one of the biggest transmitters in
Europe however came to an end in 1995 when Austrian Radio decided to
silence it.
In a brief burst of enthusiasm and providing a ray of hope for the site,
OeRF thought again and brought the transmitter into service in 1997 for
its swansong. “OeRFRadio 1476” was born with an evening service consisting
of its Domestic Service 1, the External Service of Radio Austria and the
odd transmission for other broadcasters. During NATO’s war with Serbia the
transmitter played its part in the war effort with broadcasts of a service
called “Nachbar in Not” (“Neighbour in Need”), even broadcasting
Belgrade's infamous independent radio station "B92" at one point. It did
all this with the relatively low power of 60 kW.
Once this war was over the transmitter reverted back to serving a mainly
domestic audience once again and at the end of 2008 was silenced for good.
It was kept serviced and ready for action for a while, but the costs of
keeping the masts up to scratch and ready for action were seen as too much
and the decision was taken to fell the masts - for the second time – on 28
February 2010. The masts were detonated separately, first the taller one
and then its smaller brother fell to the ground as explosions broke up the
masts where they stood and caused them to bow down to the ground.
The site still has a media life. The building, which has preservation
order on it serves as a Data Centre for Internet company Google. With good
electrical power availability, plenty of water for cooling equipment and
good flood protection, Bisamberg was seen as a good place to base a secure
server centre.
(April BrDXC-UK Communication magazine via editor Chrissy Brand, dxld)
AZERBAIJAN 9677.5 at 0502-0510 UT April 10, R. Nagorny Karabakh,
Stepanakert, Azeri YL talk with some mentions of Karabakh - extremely
strong with usual poorly modulated signal and slight transmitter hum.
(Mikhail Timofeyev-RUS, hcdx April 17)
AZORES 828 Antena 1 Acores, Monte das Cruzes, Flores, 1028-1230, 19
Apr'10, local prgr with a report on Acores politics, songs, joined Lisboa
for news at 1100, f/out at 1106, but surfaced again later,..., news rel.
Lisboa at 1200, local weather rpt. at 1215, songs, and they're still
audible now, at 1445; 14341, adj. QRM de E. Not bad at all for a 1 kWer.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 19)
BELARUS 7255 Radio Belarus in German at 1800-1900 UT April 19,
modulation in VERY BAD SHAPE, distorted audio, supposedly very bad final
stage tube in use.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 19/20)
BRAZIL 4815 R. Difa, Londrina PR, 2138-2155, 16 Apr'10, rlgs propag.
prgr; 34332, adj. QRM de CHN 4820.
4885 R. Club do Para, Belem PA, 2032-2103, 17 Apr'10, advertisements,
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