BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer July 22)
POLAND/BELARUS/LITHUANIA Radio Racja (Poland) expanded its transmission
times and now uses three SW frequencies (+MW not mentioned here): 6225
(Sitkunai-LTU) at 1530-1730, 6105 (Warsaw-POL) at 1930-2200, 6120 (Warsaw-
POL) at 2200-2230. Tx power for all transmissions is 100 kW.
(Bernd Trutenau-LTU, DXplorer July 26)
ROMANIA Romania's 21 million inhabitants have seen a lot of change in
recent years. After decades of Russian "influence", Romania hung its
leader (Nicolae Ceausescu, d. 1989), tinkered with democracy for over a
decade, then joined NATO in 2004 (although you really have to squint to
see the North Atlantic) and, finally, joined the EU in January of 2007.
Corruption is down, standard of living is up, and European opportunities
abound. Media outlets are a plentiful mix of public and private: domestic
Radio Romania also operates the foreign service, Radio Romania
International.
Radio Romania International (RRI):
Radio Romania International launched their new website in mid-April of
this year, and it's very nice. The RRI homepage is formatted in a similar
way to many other broadcasters' websites, with links across the top and
left side, news and features in the centre, and links to audio and major
features on the right. Headings on the top include The English Service,
Today in the News, What's on This Week, Forum (actually a contact page),
Reception Report, and QSL, which shows RRI's printed QSL cards - these
appear to change every month! On the left you'll find Contact Us (perhaps
this can be combined with Forum, Reception Report, and QSL in the future),
current Frequencies, histories of both RRI and Romania, Contest (nothing
new at the moment), Things to know, and Media Partners. On the right side
of the website are links to three different RRI audio streams, each
available in Real Audio and MP3 format. The quality of these streams was
excellent during my listening.
Below this is a listing of twelve languages used by RRI, and here's the
twist - when choosing a different language, the news and features in the
middle of the page are also different! Even the photos change. Given that
my Russian (and most of the other choices) is non-existent, I cannot give
too many details, but it appears that each of the RRI language versions
has been tailored to a specific listening/viewing audience. Excellent
work! Please, take the time to explore RRI, as their new website is very
well put together.
(Paul E. Guise-MB-USA, Click!, Aug ODXA Listening In via dxld)
RUSSIA Ufa: The reference to Komintern denotes the earliest stage of
Soviet broadcasting. The site in question is subject of this item:
Radio Rossii was on 693, Mayak on 198. Another transmitter site exists at
Yazykovo, 40 km north of Ufa. It used to relay GTRK Bashkortostan
programming on 162, but according to an item in DXLD 7-057 this
transmitter is off as well. The Yazykovo site has also a modest power
(about 15 kW) shortwave transmitter which used to relay GTRK Bashkortostan
and later a plain Radio Rossii feed on 4485. This shortwave transmitter
has been closed down a few years ago if I'm correct.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld July 21)
They have demolished LW RS im. Kominterna in Ufa (built in 1942) in June
29 54 45 30N, 56 02 00E low res. 162 RV-96 (GTRK Bashkortostan) and 198
RV-1 (Mayak) are cut off for ever. Other site near Ufa in Yazykovo now has
693 (Radio Rossii) and 1287 (Radio Yunost) many photos, videos and news in
Russian: