BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

oken audio, but apparently with less dynamics compression at the
transmitter site. So apparently 6125 originates from Noblejas while Taldom
is still on 7170.
In both cases the programming is apparently fed through a phone-grade
circuit, like it was used in past years to feed TV commentary from a
stadium abroad to the home station (only the narration of this station's
reporter, while the ambiance audio came in 15 kHz quality with the
picture). This is the case with all airtime CRI gets by way of exchange
agreements as long as I know them, i.e. at least since the early nineties
CRI via Russia, Switzerland (until nine years ago) and France always had
phone quality. Just can't say anything about their arrangements with REE
because in fact my first check of 6125 was the first time I heard Noblejas
relaying CRI at all, and I guess it's indeed the first time that REE
provides CRI with a transmission aiming at Europe, alongside the long-
established 31 metres outlet to the Americas.
I assume the audio routing is still the same as a decade ago, hence it's
ahead of the feeds using current technology (to the new transmitters in
China as well as to Albania). And while changing to entirely new studio
facilities they goofed it up, loading a way too high level on the circuit
now, with the result we're just discussing. Here you can hear how it
sounded before it got broken:
This is a recording of 3985 from Lenk, on 24 Oct 1998. Due to a fault in
Switzerland SRI audio got sucked up in the pause between the CRI programs.
I think back then I even speculated that this fault occurred
intentionally, because in fact this was the last day ever Lenk was on air.
The antennas were down just a few days later (if I recall the reports of
that time correct), and it took not much longer until the transmitters
were ripped out of their underground housing.
Already the next evening 3985 was occupied by Skelton, carrying Merlin
Network One. Now this is just history as well, taken aside the pointless
practice of VTC to still label transmissions for unID customers as "MNO".
Old habits die hard.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Dec 29)
SUDAN [SOUTH] In mid-February 2007 a new religious station will be
installed in Ezo, Sudan. The power will be 250 Watts. The frequency is
6.00 MHZ so possibly 6000 kHz. No further details available at the moment.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, hcdx Dec 30)
SWAZILAND [LIBERIA non] ELWA relayed on 9745. My DX-friend Alexey
Kulinchenko drew my attention to the station identifying itself as "Radio
ELWA" on 9745 kHz: in Hausa till 1900, in another African language after
1900. Indeed, while listening to it today I noted lots of mentions of
"Radio ELWA" before and after 1900, during station's identification
procedures. EiBi table lists TWR Swaziland here.
"You have been listening to the international voice of Trans World Radio"
that was the closing announcement at 1915, just before the carrier cut.
Any link between ELWA Liberia and TWR SWZ??? Can anybody clarify?
(Dmitry Mezin-RUS, dxld Dec 31)
Couldn't find any mention of TWR on
the ELWA website, but would be no surprise.
Those two plus HCJB and FEBC made up the original "World by 2000"
cooperative to evangelize everybody into Protestants. Didn't quite make
it, so they renamed it to something without a target year. BTW, WRTH 2006
has ELWA only in the domestic sexion.
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)