BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

4777 Radio Gabon, *0456-0545 Dec 31, Open carrier popped on with
orchestra National Anthem at 0459. Woman announcer with ID and opening
announcements. Poor to fair at opening but steadily improved to fair
level.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Dec 31)
17635 [17660] Today (Jan. 3) the Afro-pops have moved - at tune in 1430
UT I hear the usual good signal on 17635 kHz. So maybe they are once again
to be used to jam Amal? There is no trace of ANO on 17630 - there is
something using the frequency which I guess will be CRI Mali.
(later) Re my mail concerning Afro-pops on 17635 ... this stopped
transmitting at 1530:30 and carrier finally went off about 20secs later.
It took one more minute for a carrier to appear on 17630 and ANO audio to
start 15 secs later. So.....?
(Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 3)
17635 noted also today, but had some QRM by 17630, DWL NAU in German then,
and another unid broadcaster. West African Pop mx station noted today Jan
3rd on 17635 (x17660) kHz, approx. 1300-1530 UT. I like this music style
..., wb, Jan 3.
GEORGIA [ABKHAZIA] 9494.75, on Dec 31 at 0350 UT, Apsua Radio
(Abkhazia), in presumed Abkhaz language, music and clear IDs, slightly
distorted audio, SINPO 34322. Parallel to 9535.0 where the audio seemed to
be better but the signal was covered by REE. 9535 SINPO: 42322. Another
new station for me, and the only one from Georgia currently, apart from
the sparse Radio Hara. Rx: JRC NRD-525, Antenna: 25m wire in the trees.
(Eike Bierwirth-D, dxld Jan 2)
GERMANY The first three days after move from Wertachtal site to U.K.
facilities at Skelton, Rampisham, and Woofferton and to Moosbrunn, DWL
suffered by program audio syncronisation failure on various common co-
channels like 6075, 9545, and 13780 kHz. Annoying echo reception occured
between Nauen, Sines Portugal and the foreign relay sites.
Here an answer from the DWL Bonn Listeners Service:
Sehr geehrter Herr Krumm,
wir danken Ihnen fuer Ihr Interesse an unserem Hause und Ihren Hinweis auf
den gestoerten Empfang.
Wie Sie vielleicht wissen, hat der britische Senderbetreiber VT
Communications (VTC) am 1. Januar 2007 begonnen, die Programme von DW-
RADIO ueber Kurzwelle auszustrahlen, und die Ausstrahlung ueber die
Sendestation Wertachtal in Sueddeutschland wurde eingestellt. Im Zuge
dieser Umstellung sind einige Probleme aufgetaucht, die unseren Fachleuten
bekannt sind. Sie arbeiten daran, den Fehler zu beheben. Wir bitten um Ihr
Verstaendnis und sind zuversichtlich, Ihnen schon bald wieder Sendungen in
gewohnter Qualitaet bieten zu koennen.
Freundliche Gruesse
Franziska Sacher
DEUTSCHE WELLE
Kundenservice / Customer Service
53110 Bonn, Germany
Tel +49 228-429-3243 Fax +49 228-429-154000
(via Rudolf Krumm-D, Jan 3)
My first impressions of the DWL change to Merlin [VTC U.K. wb.] after one
day is that signals are not as strong here as when Wertachtal was being
used, but it maybe that shortwave conditions are to blame. For instance
9545 kHz at 0600-1000 UT. While the signal strength meter registered about
the same levels as previously, the same "weight" was not there and the
signal seemed to begin fading earlier after 0900 UT.