WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

(Ron Howard, Shanghai-CHN, DXplorer May 27)
PORTUGAL (Cf. my previous msgs. dtd 10th & 15th inst. on this issue).
The group holding R.Comercial & its sister stns, among which RC(P)-R. Club
(Portugues) - currently off MW to make way for this temporary "football
stn" called R.Portugal - is indeed considering the use of DRM after all,
be it with any of the new 100 kW THALES txs or the new ones for the sites
that are off for years, but the latter will have to wait. Those idle txs
are indeed no more: they were taken to scrap soon after the RDP sold
R.Comercial and the period when the txs could still be housed together
with those of the RDP; when the period went to an end, RC decided to get
rid of them.
I also learned these new DRM-capable 100 kW units (one installed in
Belmonte for 1035 kHz, the other expected to take the air within a month,
at Avanca for 783 kHz) were delivered... five (5) years ago!!! Let's hope
the one for Avanca hasn't got any moths...
Meanwhile, I've observed that Belmonte 1035 kHz is behaving rather
strangely after some repair was done days ago: the tx is at approx. mid
power and its DCC-Dynamic Carrier Control system is causing the signal to
rapidly fluctuate like under fast QSB, which is what notice. Having said
that, the tx is not fully "cured" yet. Interesting ...
Until the crumbling Canidelo unit on 783 kHz 10 kW is scrapped for good, a
new valve is being installed, possibly because of the temporary special
prgramming content aired under the odd label "R.Portugal"...
... speaking of which, I was also told this name was registered just a few
years ago along with others to be used by the group when needed, so
there's apparently nothing the state owned RDP can do to remedy that as
"RDPi - Radio Portugal" doesn't seem to be a registered name.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 26)
ROMANIA Freqs changes for Radio Romania International eff. from May 21:
0400-0456 NF 11795 TIG 250 kW / 307 deg to NoAm, ex 11820 in English
1300-1356 NF 11845 TIG 250 kW / 307 deg to WeEu, ex 11830 in English
1800-1856 NF 11730 TIG 250 kW / 307 deg to WeEu, ex 11830 in English
2000-2056 NF 9630 GAL 250 kW / 285 deg to WeEu, ex 9755 in Romanian
2000-2056 NF 11810 GAL 250 kW / 285 deg to WeEu, ex 11785 in Romanian
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX May 30)
RUSSIA Frequency change for VoRussia WS in Russian to ME from May 18:
1500-1600 NF 13650 S.P 400 kW / 145 deg,
x13685 to avoid CRI Chinese on 13680
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX May 30)
7340 - Saludos Glenn, hace dias que no se escucha en esa frecuencia; yo
mismo lo he comprobado, no transmiten en 7440, un radioescucha de
Valencia, en Onda Corta PR ya pregunto donde se habia metido esta emisora.
Por casualidad hace dos dias la encontre en 7340, pero fue al cierre; hoy
he podido verificar que transmitia por segundo dia en esa frecuencia,
nuevo servicio?? accidental?? Estare al tanto en los proximos dias por si
se mantiene en esa frecuencia o regresa a 7440, pero no consta en los
ultimos dias que este presente en 7440.
Saludos cordiales, hoy 19 de Mayo desde las 1900 estoy escuchando en 7340
a Family Radio en Espanol; se trata de algun servicio nuevo? emision
accidental? En su web no consta esta frecuencia.
(Jose Miguel Romero-ESP, dxld May 19)
Yes, 7440 kHz registered for Moscow site in HFCC. Maybe replaced by 7340
now.
7440 1900-2000 27,37 MSK 250kW 264deg RUS YFR GFC