BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

11. Not discovered on symmetrical 11855, due of CRI Cerrik ALB powerhouse
in Chinese.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 9/11)
Google Earth imagery.
REE Noblejas SW 39 57 23 N 03 25 47 W
former REE SW site Arganda, now 1359 kHz MW 600 kW, cross dipole, see
to /id218.htm ...
40 18 44 N 03 30 29 W
SRI LANKA Google Earth Imagery, minor update to
G.C: of Ekala 7 05 55 N 79 54 18 E
Trincomalee correct is nearly 81 08 E !!
8 44 36 N 81 07 51 E
15, 25, 45, 60, 90, 105, 120, 255, 270, 300, 335, 345 degr.
Two MW towers 1548 kHz 08 44 53 N 81 07 15E
Two MW antenna stars of the erecting time? 08 44 43-45 N 81 07 37 E
6 SW antenna towers, 90/270 degr, at 08 44 25-12 N 81 07 41 E
5 SW antenna towers, 345 - 15 degr / 260 - 280 degr,
at 08 44 45 N 81 07 50 E
Iranawila is wrong.
IBB Iranawila site, ITU locator is totally wrong; 32 kilometers off the
coast right in the Indian Ocean: IRA Iranawila CLN 07N32 079E30
Actual IRA locator is at 07 30 27 N 79 48 19 E
at 001, 17, 49, 225, 255, 291, 310, 340, 356 degr
4 SW towers 45/225 degr, at 07 30 24 03 N 79 48 29 07 E
3 SW towers 310/135 degr, at 07 30 39 24 N 79 48 32 50 E
4 SW towers 340/356/017 degr, at 07 30 32 N 79 48 22 E
7 SW towers 255/291 degr, at 07 30 31 N 79 48 11 E
Vishwa Vani TWR Puttalam is on low resolution area - unfortunatelly.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Dec 27)
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation celebrates 40 years
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation celebrated 40 years in broadcasting
on the 5th of January 2006. This is another historic milestone for the
radio station formerly known as Radio Ceylon. The SLBC is the oldest radio
station in South Asia and celebrated eighty years in broadcasting in 2005.
On December 16, 1925 the then British Governor Sir Hugh Clifford
inaugurated the broadcasting service - It was first known as Colombo
Radio. The name was changed to Radio Ceylon and the radio the station
shifted to Torrington Square on October 5, 1949.
The Colombo radio station at 'The Bower' ceased broadcasts by midnight on
31st December 1949 and Radio Ceylon came into being on 1st January 1950.
On January 5, 1967, it became a state corporation - the Sri Lanka
Broadcasting Corporation.
Dudley Senanayake who was the Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1967
ceremonially opened the newly established Sri Lanka Broadcasting