WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

7145 NZL 05 dB, da geht nix von unserem Antipoden.
7275 RSW FLE 23 dB
Wavre 9970 kHz liefert auch 19 Stunden taeglich ein kraftvolles AM Signal
in ganz Suedeuropa ab, kleiner Aufwand, aber grosse Wirkung fuer die
Belgier im Ausland.
(wb, A-DX Nov 7)
DRM Junglinster-LUX / Wavre-BEL.
... registriert ist zwar LUX in English:
5925 0800-1100 UT 27,28NW JUN 10kW 300Grad ENGLISH LUX BCE
(wb)
Zur Info: Die DRM-Tests von RTBF kommen direkt aus Wavre und haben mit
Junglinster ueberhaupt nichts zu tun. Beam Richtung N-Amerika. Der Sender
ist uebrigens bereits on air.
(later) Es gibt einige dubiose Eintragungen fuer Junglinster beim HFCC,
u.a. auch die 5925. Das hat aber mit Belgien nichts zu tun. Dass fuer
Wavre ein neuer DRM-Sender (Thales TSW 2100D mit 100 kW) bestellt wurde,
ist seit September 2005 bekannt.
(Klaus Schneider-D, A-DX Nov 7)
5925drm RTBF Wavre has tests towards NoAM in DRM mode from today Nov
7th. Noted here in Stuttgart today at 1000-1300 UT approx.
Beam towards North America. New DRM equipment from Thales TSW 2100D with
100 kW of power.
Thanks to Klaus Schneider, giving the technical details, and correcting
the previous wrong info about RTBF DRM mode transmission planned via
Junglinster LUX site.
Further DRM mode broadcasts heard by yours truly in the 1200-1400 UT slot.
AOR 7030, 20 kHz IF out, 12 meters longwire, decode software DREAM v1.6.28
5925 RTBF Wavre 24 to 27 dB SNR signal noise ratio. [not Nov 10th, wb.]
5990 LUX 21 to 25 dB
6095 LUX 24 to 27 dB
9870 NZL 7 dB, AM QRM on adjacent, DRM not fetchable
7320 BBC 24 to 27 dB
13620 Kuwait 08 to 14 dB but easily to decode,
childrens choir in Arabic.
15440 DWL 25 to 27 dB
9470 BBC 23 dB
12060 DWL Moscow 11 to 14 dB, not tolerable, many dropouts
15605 RNW nil - skips over my head.
9655 DWL WER 07 dB, DRM not fetchable, due of dead skip zone
7145 NZL 05 dB nil from the antipode.
7275 Radio Sweden in German, FLE 23 dB
(wb, Nov 7)
Wavre DRM test. They use the NAm antenna for these tests; that DOES NOT
IMPLY, these tests are meant for NAm target. The staff at Wavre are due to
test the new Thomson TX equipment and DRM encoding PC features. So they
puff and blow their digital towards the Atlantic Ocean.
(wb, dxld Nov 8)
RTBF on 5925 kHz
RTBF, the Belgian public broadcaster in French, will conduct a test
transmission on November 7, 2006 in DRM from 1000-1200 UT on 5925 kHz.
This coincides with a press release about RTBF's plans regarding its
future plans for digital radio, including podcasts, DAB and DRM. The