BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

BULGARIA Dvenik reported last month that Bulgaria's telecom regulator
has is ready to invite a sealed bid tender for one individual digital
radio permit based on the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) platform. The 10-
year permit will cover the city of Sofia and the Sofia region as well as
Western Europe and the U.S. The regulator said the companies interested in
the permit include BTC, Space Line OOD and the Bulgarian National Radio
(BNR).
BNR director general Polia Stancheva confirmed their interest in the DRM
licence. The candidates should notify the regulator of their intentions to
bid for the licence by June 1. Bulgaria has registered a number of 26 Mhz
frequencies, presumably for the domestic service but it is strange that
the permit will also cover possible DRM broadcasts to countries abroad.
World Radio Network did test DRM to the UK on shortwave from Bulgaria.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, WDXC-UK Contact magazine May)
CANADA Special DRM HF broadcasts from NASB. During the first two weeks
of May, Radio Canada International is on the air on shortwave from
Sackville, New Brunswick, with a special series of test transmissions in
the digital mode.
These daily half hour broadcasts are presented under the auspices of NASB,
the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters in the United States,
and they are produced by several of the American shortwave stations. On
Friday May 4, the program is "Wavescan", the DX program that is produced
by Adventist World Radio in the studios located on the island of Singapore
and broadcast into Asia on shortwave from several relay sites, and also
from shortwave station KSDA on the island of Guam.
The annual gathering for the American Shortwave Meetings, DRM-NASB,
Digital Radio Mondiale and National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters,
is scheduled to take place in Elkhart, Indiana in association with the
HCJB technical facility on May 10 and 11. Several other international
shortwave stations are also planning to broadcast special programs in the
DRM mode for the Elkhart event.
RECEPTION REPORTS covering the reception of the AWR program from Canada in
both the digital mode as well as analogue are invited, and will be
honoured with a specially endorsed QSL card. We are very interested to
know the effective coverage area of the transmission, as well as the width
of the digital signal as noted on analogue receivers, and the effect of
analogue interference on the digital signal.
Reception reports by postal mail are preferred, but emailed reports will
also be welcomed.
Reports for these test broadcasts should be sent to:
Adventist World Radio, P.O.Box 29235, Indianapolis, IN 46229, U.S.A.
E-mail:
RECEPTION REPORTS for any of the test series from RCI Sackville may also
be sent to:
NASB Test Broadcasts, 175 Fontainebleau Blvd IN4, Miami, FL 33172, U.S.A.
SCHEDULE OF TEST BROADCASTS FROM SACKVILLE.
Daily for first two weeks in May, 2200-2230, 9800-DRM
The AWR broadcast is on Friday May 4th.
(Dr. Adrian M. Peterson-USA, AWR, May 2)
CAF Google Earth imagery.
... and I found also Radio Centroafricaine, 1440 / 7220kHz, 50 kW site,
tentatively at
CAF Bangui 1440 7220 50 kW
04 19 34.06 N 18 31 26.69 E