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9735 Moosbrunn-AUT 300 kW 150deg
11820 Limassol-CYP 300 185
15515 Al Dhabbaya-UAE 250 225
17585 Ascension 250 65
CLANDESTINE (Sudan). "Darfur Salaam": The BBC World Service Trust has
launched a humanitarian radio prgm for Darfur in Sudan called "Darfur
Salaam." The 15-min. prgm includes five mins. of nx from the BBC AR svc.
Quoted sked is: 0500-0515 on 11820 and 1700-1715 on 9640, both via Cyprus.
9640, BBC-Cyprus, *1700-1715* Mar 14, intro mx, female ancr and AR ID, nn
rvw in AR.
At 1706, short HoA mx jingles and Sudanese (I think) comments by Darfur
residents lasting 2-3 mins. each and separated by more HoA jingles. At
1715 intro mx again, anmt, another ID and off. Although signal strength is
reasonable, it is wedged between Vatican-9645 and Finland-9630, both
massive signals splattering all over Darfur Salaam, making copy very
difficult. Overall, poor at best, with SINPO 31442.
(Ford-UK, dswci DXW Apr 19)
Changed and expanded its sked on Apr 3, new sked is: 0500-0516 on 9735 &
11820, and 1700-1716 on 15515 & 17585. All these times/ fqys have been
monitored and produce fair-good signal strengths on clear channels with
little or no fading. The prgm format remains unchanged, with prgmg
throughout in AR.
(Ford, dswci DXW Apr 19)
Hrd via Zygi, Cyprus on 11820 at *0500-0516* Apr 16, talks in AR ment.
Darfur several times, but also Sudan and Al-Jazeera TV; closed with ID
ment. BBC. SINPO 35434, // 9735 which hardly was audible with SINPO 15121.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, dswci DXW Apr 19)
AUSTRIA Summer A-06 for CVC International / The Voice via MOS=Moosbrunn:
English to West Europe in DRM mode
1000-1100 on 11815 MOS 035 kW / 295 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX April 14)
AZERBAIJAN 18332.4 R. Azerbaijan (3 x 6110.8) IS & ID at 1058 UT on
April 16 (6110 blocked by Brother Stair).
(Tim Bucknall-UK, harmonics Apr 18)
No sign of any Woofferton harmonics today, & Tropo Scatter was down
compared to Friday.
(Tim Bucknall-UK, harmonics Apr 16)
BELARUS A sce I had missed until this morning was coming in very well on
11930 kHz. I thought it was in Russian (I'm not so sure now!) and with
lots of mentions about things Belarussian so it must have been this
11930 0400-0700 29,30 MNS 100kW 75deg BLR RBL GFC
I recently read about poor signals/propagation of some of their sces but
this one was good. I think there used to be a morning sce later than 0700?
(Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 13)
Some changes for A-06 of Radio Belarus Minsk HS-1:
0400-0700 NF 11930 MNS 100 kW / 075 deg, ex 0400-0600 on 11735 for A-05
0900-1000 on 11960 MNS 100 kW / 075 deg for A-05, cancelled
Summer A-06 of Radio Belarus Minsk External Sce in Belarussian/En/Ge/Ru:
0100-0300 on 5970 MNS 250 kW / 255 deg 1900-2200 7105 MNS 250 kW / 255deg
6170 MNS 150 kW / 245 deg 7280 MNS 100 kW / 270deg
7210 MNS 100 kW / 270 deg 7290 MNS 150 kW / 245deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX April 18)