WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

0800-1400 15690 Farda Farsi - via Iranawila-CLN 1.5sec behind 15290
0200-0700 17520 ERT ERA - didn't propagate into EUR
0800-1400 17755 Farda Farsi - via Iranawila-CLN 1.5sec behind 15290
0600-0800 17845 Farda Farsi - 1.5 second behind 9510, in sync with
15290 Morocco relay.
0600-0900 21530 ERT ERA - fade-in very late at 0820 UT.
(wb, dxld May 1)
All the discussions about VOA Kavala made me check the 792 kHz channel.
April 27 around 2040 UT ERA txion in Greek as scheduled. April 29 I first
heard a carrier and at 1928 UT the annt "This is the Voice of America
Washington signing on" followed at 1930 by VOA in Serbian, as scheduled.
(Ullmar Qvick-SWE, dxld Apr 29)
Kim Elliott on Kavala closure: [see also under U.S.A.]
VOICE OF AMERICA TO CLOSE GREEK RELAY SITES.
Voice of America has decided to close down their two relay sites in
Greece. The sites in question are Kavala and Rhodos. VOA operates a 500 kW
AM tx at Kavala as well as 12 SW txs of 250 kW. The Rhodos site uses one
500 kW AM tx on 1260 kHz. The two 50 kW SW txs at Rhodos closed down
several years ago.
Voice of America started using txs in Greece in 1949, when they operated
one AM tx and four SW txs in the city of Thessaloniki. At the same time
VOA operated a radio station located on the ship Courier, which was docked
near the island of Rhodos. Eventually the Rhodos station became land
based. In 1972, VOA put into operation the Kavala site. As a result the
Thessaloniki transmitters were turned over to the Greek authorities, which
started using them for their own broadcasts.
The terms between Greece and VOA concerning the relay sites were
renegotiated twice. First time in 1997, and then again in 2002. In 2002,
the agreement called for VOA granting Voice of Greece the use of relay
time on the US based Delano and Greenville SW transmitters. This is still
in effect. It is unknown what will happen to this arrangement once the
relay sites in Greece close down.
(April DX Chicago
via John Babbis-MD-USA, dxld May 5)
Not any more.
Kavala has been replaced for IBB SW txion by Wertachtal (0200-0300 9775,
0400-0500 15255, 1630-1800 6040, 1700-1900 7105, 1730-1845 11905, 1900-
2000 9650), Lampertheim (1300-1400 12025, was 9825 from Kavala), Iranawila
(0600-0800 17845) and Al-Dhabbaya (0300-0400 9775, 0400-0500 9510,
0800-0930 15290, 1845-1930 11905).
IBB usage of Al Dhabbaya SW txs started with A06 season, first for RFA in
Tibetan and Uighur. Rhodes is probably still on air with ERA programming
(0900-1400).
(Aaron Zawitzky-USA, dxld May 5)
Rhodes
1260 IBB 1500-0800 UT closed Apr 25th.
1260 ERA 0900-1400 UT open until Oct 28th.?
Kavalla - all SW IBB txions ceased Apr 21.
792 IBB MW seems on air til Oct 28th. !!!? 0330-0500, 1800-2000, 2130-2200
UT.
792 ERA still on regular schedule, 0900-1700, 1730-1800,
2000-2130, 2200-2300 UT.
ERA SW via Kavalla on air til Oct 28th.?
7430 1400-2000 9375 1800-2400 11645 0700-0900