WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

RTBF are on the air all night long. The management cannot accept that
during the night far away stations can be received with loud signal here.
Rumour has it that those foreign stations have elevated their power output
and no one can verify it. Additionally when 540 and 621 kHz are switched
off, the temperature in the tx room at Waver drops substantially. So they
prefer to keep the txs on so that things don't freeze (a part of the txs
is water-cooled).
(Herman Boel-BEL, Medium Wave Circle; via WDXC Feb Contact)
BULGARIA [ITALY non] Updated schedule for Brother Stair via IRRS-
Shortwave from Jan. 27:
0600-0655 on 5775 ??? 030 kW / non-dir Daily to Eu/ME/NoAf, x0530-0655
0700-1555 on 13840 ??? 030 kW / non-dir Mon-Fri to Eu/ME/NoAf
1600-1800 on 5775 ??? 030 kW / non-dir Mon-Fri to Eu/ME/NoAf, x1600-1730
2000-2300 on 5785 ??? 100 kW / non-dir Mon-Fri to Eu/ME/NoAf
(R BUL Observer, Ivo Ivanov and Angel Datzinov, via wwdxc BC-DX Jan 31)
[via Kostinbrod Sofia-BUL, wb.]
BULGARIA WRN's DRM Services Go Live.
WRN, the London-based international txion sce company, today announces the
launch of its two Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) sces. DRM is the digital
radio txion standard for Long, Medium and Short Wave.
The first sce is a London-wide 24 hour a day DRM trial broadcast at 26
MHz. The second sce offers DRM txions that can target any major European
radio market via directional antennas. Initially this second sce will
cover the whole of the UK and Ireland. Both sces go live on Monday 6th
February with programming from a range of respected international and UK
radio broadcasters.
Gary Edgerton, WRN's Managing Director, says, "DRM will revitalise AM, LW
and Short Wave broadcasting because the next generation of digital radio
receivers will contain chip sets that receive both DRM and DAB signals,
providing the listener with an exciting choice of domestic and
international stations. WRN's DRM sces offer stations currently using
analogue AM and Short Wave the opportunity to join the digital radio
revolution. We also welcome stations who want to test this new txion
technology and stay ahead of their competitors."
26 MHz for London
WRN's test and development trial for London will assess the potential
coverage of DRM txions at 26MHz. It will generate important data about the
penetration of the signals into various types of building and other urban
situations as well as gauge audience reaction to the broadcasts.
The txion site is the world famous Croydon broadcast tower, situated in
South London and operated by Arqiva, WRN's DRM txion partner for this
project. Arqiva provides txion sces for most UK commercial radio stations.
Croatia's RIZ-Transmitters has supplied the Yagi antenna and tx for the
duration of the project.
Regional DRM Service
WRN's regional DRM sce offers broadcasters comprehensive coverage of the
UK at 50 kW Average DRM Power. WRN will eventually offer sces that can
cover Europe using DRM sky-wave txion and directional antennas that will
reach specific European radio markets with freqs that provide higher
reliability in urban areas from the tx site located in Bulgaria.
Telefunken has supplied the modulator and exciter for the sce.
WRN will encode both DRM sces at its central London headquarters,
providing the flexibility to generate a pre-mixed DRM stream that will
then be fed to the respective tx sites. WRN will also add data for
receiver display utilising custom created software.