BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

39 24 5.00 N 32 51 21.00 E
39 30 06 N 32 51 40 E do you know the purpose of these tall masts?
TRT LW 198 kHz site ??
1 - in past months my effort was always to identify the 198 LW mast at
Cakirlar - Estimegut, but never found such a tall longwave mast nearby,
only SW dipols noted, - and the [Thales BBC Mannheim] revolving mast type
also, like at R Kuwait, Emirler, and Kamalabad site.
2 - Yesterday I've got an advice of Dan Goldfarb-UK about the ["wrong"]
coordinates of Emirler site at 39 30 06 N 32 51 40 E.
It's location is 43 kilometers south of Ankara, 10 kms north of the
Emirler SW site. Masts are approx. 20 % higher than the Emirler curtain
masts.
I suspect a LW, MW or NDB purpose of these masts.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 25/26)
TRT Cakirlar site.
Examining the new Voice of Turkey schedule, effective January 1st, reveals
that the use of the Cakirlar site, some kilometres west of Ankara, is
quite limited now. Only remaining transmissions are:
0700-0730 Albanian on 9765
0800-0900 Azeri on 11835
0800-1400 Turkish on 11955 and 15350
1000-1030 Romanian on 9560
1130-1200 Greek on 7295
1200-1230 Bulgarian on 7105
1230-1300 Albanian on 11910
1430-1500 Bosnian on 9525
1530-1600 Greek on 6185
1600-1630 Tatar on 6140
1630-2200 Turkish on 6120
1900-1930 Bosnian on 6110
The Cakirlar transmitters are apparently in a bad shape, as already
discussed here a couple of times. Right now 15350 is not so severely
undermodulated as it is typical for Cakirlar transmissions for more than
five years now, but still quite heavily distorted and no pleasure to
listen to. I guess Cakirlar will go dark entirely sooner or later.
suggests that the Cakirlar plant opened in 1970, replacing
modest shortwave facilities on the near-by Etimesgut longwave site (still
active on 198). A second shortwave site, now doing most of TRT's shortwave
transmissions, opened in 1992 at the village of Emirler, 40 km south of
Ankara. Note that there are more than a dozen Emirlers in Turkey, so it's
necessary to specify the location of this plant further.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Jan 20)
UKRAINE Google Earth imagery. At Kiev Brovary site I noted two different
tx sites. 2.8 kilometers apart each other.
One at
50 30 2.79 N 30 48 31.5 E
on the western side like 549 kHz mast, on the eastern side another MW
mast, and some easy SW dipols nearby. 549/150kW, 783/100, 873/150,
1242/150. BBC on 594 kHz. Former 4940 50kW.
and another site with two mast tower, like a directional aerial for
longwave 207 kHz 500 kW.