BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

eam they use between 0700 and 1000 UT [230 deg towards WeAF].
I think that 15630 is the "new" transmitter and on air currently (at 1520)
- still the same fading characteristics and some audio dropouts. It is not
as strong signal as either 17525 or 9420 and 9935. Signal strength drops
to about S-1 and peaks to S-9! This could be due to propagation if the
antenna is not beamed in this approximate direction I guess.
It's interesting to know that 11645 remained on air until 1146 - and with
another programme. Could it have been the Macedonian Regional? 35 kW would
be a better guess at the output - sure not 250!
(Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 6)
Spurious on 6210 kHz.
Observed on January the 2nd, I thought it was a spur, but checking in
several times in Jan & Feb with different receivers it seems really Greece
has 4th transmitter on SW:
*0600-1000* UT on 9420, 12105 and 6210[sic, spurious of 15630 minus 9420]
kHz in Greek (only on Sundays // MW 729 with Orthodox Liturgy) and on
15630 and MW 666 kHz - daily as is known: 0600 in Albanian; 0704 in
English; 0804 in French and 0904-0956 in Spanish - observed 15630 on Febr
4th. Only on Sunday there are short news in above language and music
almost 50 minutes in each program in Albanian, English, French and
Spanish.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 6)
ERA5 spurious: Rumen told me about that strange outlet on 6210 kHz few
times before in December and January.
But today I did the usual formula calculation:
15630 minus 9420 = 6210 kHz. Maybe that spurious appears around the
transmitter in Greece and Bulgaria, around 1000 km distance? The
symmetrical spur should appear on 21840 kHz also, if the prop condition
permit it.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 7)
[as John Babbis explained in dxld, maybe the IBB RFE gift from Gloria
Portugal settled down on Radiofonikos Stathmos Makedonias Peraia
Thessaloniki tx site. But missed any curtain antennas on this side yet,
only a simple dipole in both directions, 315degr EUR, 135degr CYP is
available there. [wb]
Google Earth Imagery. GRC_former_IBB_VOA_Thessaloniki_Peraia_now_ERT 3
40 30 45.32 N 22 56 34.88 E low resolution unfortunately. wb.]
ERA 5 / ERT 3 AVL=Avlis / THE=Thesaloniki Peraia.
The [THE] believed slight breaking unit is about 1/8th...1/10th second
BEHIND usual AVL outlets.
ERA 5 When switched on the rx this morning around 0645 UT 5865 kHz outlet
was on USB mode, and lasted til cl-down at 06.59:28 UT. ERA 5 11645 kHz
came on air at 0724 UT in USB mode too. But switched to AM mode around
0730 UT.
Schedule seems like this at present:
0000-0550 5865THE 7475AVL 9420AVL
0550-0700 5865THE 9420AVL 12105AVL 15630AVL-Alb
0700-1000 9420AVL 11645THE 12105AVL 15630AVL-En,Fr,Sp
[5865/11645THE switch time varies widely. Sometimes starts at 0724 UT,
sometimes on USB mode, then switched to AM mode at 0730 UT]
maintenance break at Avlis til approx. 1100/1130 UT
1000-1146v/1157v 11645THE
1000-1100 9420AVL-only carrier remains on air