BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

AUSTRIA 9725 VoVietnam from Moosbrunn relay site to roar loud at 1700-
1900 UT playing nice Vietnamese chorus music. S=9+30dB superpower.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX May 30)
BELARUS Sasnovy site (279, 1170 plus now silent 171; apparently LW mast
in the foreground):
Minsk site picture at bottom of this page, but portraying FM/TV mast only:
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld May 27)
Google Earth imagery.
Sasnovy Lapichy site, MW 1170 kHz 1000 kW 33 dB, directional arial
at 244 degr towards Vienna, Milan, Monaco, Valencia direction.
53 24 33.42 N 28 31 52.88 E
BHUTAN When you announced that the BBS was going to phase out shortwave
a couple of years ago, I mentioned to you that the installation of the 50
kW SW transmitter in 1985 was considered a big deal to the Bhutan
government back then. So, When found out, via DXLD that they were planning
to phase out SW at the end of 2006, I told you I found that very hard to
believe. So, what does the installation of the 100 kW SW transmitter mean
now?? Click here and go to the 2nd page for more on the announcement:
(Artie Bigley, dxld May 25)
Excerpt:
Radio Broadcasting was started in 1977 by a group of young volunteers
broadcasting on Sundays a 30-minute mix of music and news. The Station was
called NYAB (National Youth Association of Bhutan) and was integrated six
years later into the Ministry of Information. In 1986 the name was changed
into Bhutan Broadcasting Service and a daily three hour long programme was
launched.
In 1991 a 50 kW shortwave transmitter was purchased and a permanent studio
and office building next to the Ministry of Information was inaugurated.
In 1999 the national television service was launched by BBS to commemorate
the Silver Jubilee reign of His Majesty the King of Bhutan. Radio
Broadcast now covers the daytime from 7:00 a.m. to 19:00 p.m. In these ten
[sic] hours BBS Radio broadcasts in four national languages i.e. Dzongkha,
Sharchhop, Lhotsam and English. For a detailed programme schedule see
From 1900 p.m. to 1000 [sic] the TV soundtrack is also broadcast via radio
to the rural population which at the moment is still unable to receive the
TV signal.
BBS changed its transmitting policy for radio in 1999. To the end of 2006
the whole country will be served by FM transmitters and the shortwave
transmitter will be phased out.
As the start of the TV service in 1999 had to be done without long
preparations, radio personnel was used to produce the TV programmes. This
shortage of staff is still felt today and radio producers work in TV and
vice versa. . .
(via dxld May 25)
BOLIVIA 6105.5 R. Panamericana, La Paz, 2217-2229, 26 May, Spanish,
news & reports; 33432, adj. QRM.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 28)
BRAZIL 4805 R. Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus AM, 2119-2128, 26 May,