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much QRN April 15th.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 16)
I noticed recently that no-one, including myself, seemed to have logged
Radio Ghana on SW (4915 kHz) for some months (perhaps many months), so I
made some enquiries with friends at the GBC, and they now report: "Our tx
for the 4915 kHz was off air for some time because some spare parts had to
be changed. We had the spare parts about a week ago and they have been
fixed. At the moment there is a test txion going on and all will return to
normal very soon. Management is even contemplating buying a brand new tx
and also another one with the view of resuming our External Service."
(Chris Greenway-UK, dxld April 17)
Hola colegas: Last 13 Apr I could listen to it, exactly on 4914.75 from
1942 to 1952 UT with SIO/443 in vernacular.
(Ignacio Sotomayor-ESP, ibid.)
GREENLAND 3815U Kalaalit Nunaata Radioa-TV. Received acknowledgement e-
mail in 8 hrs from Ms. Ivalu Sovndahl Pederson, Communications Assistant
for an e-mailed report to Ms. Pederson said that a QSL
letter
had been sent today via Air Mail. That's about as fast as they come!
Thanks to J.D. Stephens for this one! Next challenge: getting a "real" QSL
from OZL, the transmitting station in Tasiiliq (aka Ammassalik) for the
same broadcast hrd on March 2. I've learned the hard way that e-mailing
reception reports is all about timing - if you send a report to arrive in
the recipients mailbox early morning on a workday the chances of a reply
are much greater. Not surprisingly reports e-mailed on a Friday afternoon
typically never make it to the top of the recipient's "to-do" list a few
days later.
3815U Kalaalit Nunaata Radioa-TV always broadcasts their evening program
for fishermen from 1800 to 1910 local, which means that the GMT sched
changes from 2100-2210 to 2000-2110 in the summer (as defined in Ms.
Pederson's detailed explanation below). There is also a nominal 12 Noon to
1315 (local) afternoon broadcast on 3815U per a recent QSL letter, but
I've never seen that reported. That would be 1500-1615 in winter and 1400-
1515 in summer, again, as defined below.
Reception Report: Kalaalit Nunaata Radioa - TV, 2 March 2006, 3815 kHz
USB, 1813 to 1909.5 Local Time (2113 to 2209.5 GMT)
(Bruce Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Apr 13)
Dear Mr. Churchill, Yes, we call it Summer time/Winter time in Central
Greenland. Summer time starts the last Sunday in March (This year the 26th
of March) which means that we set the time one hour ahead. Winter time
starts the last Sunday in October (29th 2006) when we set the time one
hour behind. As this:
Central Greenland time GMT -3 (Winter time)
Central Greenland time GMT -2 (summer time)
But there are other time zones besides Central Greenland. Please have a
look at this homepage which explains it more detailed:
Yours sincerely
Ms. Ivalu Sovndahl Pedersen, Communication assistant, phone +299 36 15 76
Cell phone +299 24 29 39, Fax: +299 36 15 02
Web: E-mail:
(Bruce Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Apr 13)
GUAM/SAIPAN-MRA [to VIETNAM]. Happened to tune to 9920 April 12 at 1359,