WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

h..: 9605 cancelled (17820 remains)
Actually, 5910 kHz is on the air right now.
(Stefano Valianti-I, BrDXC-UK Apr 25)
a.. 0530-0600 Albanian on 5910 and 7190
b.. 0600-0615 Bosnian on 5910 and 7190
c.. 0615-0630 Serbian on 5910 and 7190
d.. 0930-1000 Serbian on 7190 and 9770
e.. 1100-1130 Albanian on 9770 and 11915
f.. 1200-1230 Bosnian on 7170 and 9770
g.. 1330-1400 Serbian on 7170 and 9770
h.. 1500-1530 Albanian on 9605 and 17820.
The site for 17820 is Sines, all others are Wertachtal.
Strange programme schedule distribution ways these days. I've been regular
in DW's address list between 1959 and 1992year, but was deleted just after
re-unification of the two Germany[ies]. (wb. Apr 25)
Some DTK T-Systems changes:
Deutsche Welle /DW/ in DRM from Apr.19:
1000-1300 on 6140 JUL 040 kW / 175 deg to Eu in English, cancelled
1600-1900 on 6140 JUL 040 kW / 175 deg to Eu in English, cancelled
Brother Stair /TOM/ from Apr.19:
1900-2100 NF 9405 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg to Ce/SoAf, x1900-2000 9860
1900-2100 on 13810 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg to WeAs/ME, cancelled
Bible Voice Broadcasting Network /BVBN/, additional txions from May 3:
1530-1600 on 15775 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg Wed to CeAf in English (tent.)
1600-1630 on 13810 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg Wed to EaAf in Amharic (tent.)
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX April 28)
NDR took down the old, 110 metres tall mast at Hemmingen (on the southern
outskirt of Hannover) after it had been replaced by a new one four years
ago:
Pictures of the site with both masts and a set of three pictures featuring
the mediumwave antenna mounted on the new mast:
(ca. in the middle of this page)
Back in the nineties NDR reduced daytime power on 828 from 100 kW to 20 kW
after protests by residents, stating that mediumwave at Hemmingen will be
switched off entirely once DAB receivers found widespread distribution.
But apparently the plans have changed, since they did not take the
opportunity to get rid of 828 but fitted the new mast with a mediumwave
antenna, probably not only due to the failure of DAB but also following an
ARD recommendation to keep the mediumwave freqs for possible DRM
operation.
(Kai Ludwig-D, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 13)
1179 - A posting at
quotes an interview with Saarlaendischer Rundfunk director Fritz Raff: The
results of first audience research for SR Antenne Saar are disappointing,
especially for the French-language content, listeners always asked for FM
but that's not possible at present. Summary of further discussion in this
thread: So it appears that in fact nobody is listening, but mediumwave is
hardly the only culprit for this disaster, although 1179 is a poor freq
and modulation leaves quite a lot to be deserved. There are also other
aspects: SR Antenne Saar is run by terrible automation with lots of slip-
ups and switching errors, programming gets persistently chopped up inmidst