BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

(Arindzh), the map shows a group of three radio mast symbols. This is
likely to be the "old" Yerevan site. The Tactical Pilotage Chart shows a
multiple obstruction at this position with the maximum height given as 700
ft. (=213 m).
The geographical coordinates of the center symbol are
40.14.14 N 44.33.30 E
Shortwave transmissions seem to have started very early from Yerevan. This
is no wonder, considering the large number of Armenians living in
neighbouring countries. 4810 still appears to use the old site.
The presumed but not fully confirmed SW transmitter set-up at Yerevan
consists of 2x100 kW and 1x50 kW. In addition, the site is also likely to
house the old MW and LW transmitters (863 and 254 kHz), both in the 150 kW
range. The TPC estimated mast height of 700 ft. clearly indicates the
presence of a LW or MW transmitter.
(Olle Alm-SWE, June 22, 2002 ! )
ARM old Yerevan Arinj site x863 x254, now 1395 4810.
I also discussed this with Olle Alm last year and maybe these are the
remnants of the old Arinj site with directional SW antennas scrapped and
the new Arinj site is at
40 14 28 N 44 36 02 E ?
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 26)
ARM old Yerevan site x863 x254.
40 14 03.91 N 44 32 55.54 E
Remaining. I believe only a single 1395 mast is seen.
ARM new Yerevan Arinji site now 1395 4810 (not Gavar Kamo ! )
40 14 26.83 N 44 36 03.72 E
ARM Gavar Kamo
40 24 43.14 N 45 10 59.55 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 26)
AUSTRALIA Radio Australia DRM Brandon 5995 kHz.
Earlier in the week, Nigel Holmes at RA told me that 5995 kHz uses DRM
1200-1400 UT on 010 deg to PNG and 12080 is DRM 1100-1200 UT on 080 deg
(into SW Pacific). Both from tx s at Brandon. Nominal power is 8 kW but
did want to run as low as 2-3kW.
The relatively low power (and the beam headings) might explain the poor
results. I can t get anything useful on 12080, and 5995 only produces
occasional snatches of audio. The high bitrate (23.54kbps) no doubt doesn
t help.
Nothing here on 1431 or 1701 either (central west of New South Wales). Can
t even hear DRM hash on 1431; 1701 seems to register something in Dream
periodically, but not enough for any on-screen information & definitely no
audio yet.
(Craig Seager-AUS, hcdx Apr 22)
I ve been monitoring 12080 kHz for the last week and have not seen any
signs of DRM transmissions. However, even the AM signals from Radio
Australia on 12080 kHz are very weak at my location, and in our evenings
there is an extremely strong signal from Vo Mongolia on 12085 kHz that
would swamp any weak DRM on 12080.
5995 kHz is still switching to DRM at 1200 UTC today.
Aussie DXers on the MWOZ list have reported DRM on mediumwave 1431 & 1701
kHz this evening, but I cannot hear any signs of those signals here at my