WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

GREECE Updated summer A-06 of ERA-5 Voice of Greece in Greek from May
11:
1900-0555 on 7475
1100-1000 on 9420
0500-1000 on 12120
0600-1000 on 15630
1100-1855 on 15630
Radio Fillia (Interprogramme) in Arabic, German, Russian, Spanish,
Romanian, Turkish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Albanian, French, Polish and
English:
1300-1900 on 7430 cancelled all!
ERA-3 Radiofonikos Stathmos Makedonias in Greek:
1100-1655 on 9935 1700-2255 on 7450
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX June 10)
Kavala IBB txions have been replaced by ones from Werchatal, Lampertheim,
Iranawila and Al Dhabbaya-UAE. IBB started using the latter site in the
A06 schedules.
(Aaron Zawitzky, dxld via WDXC Contact)
Statements from the workers at Kavala suggest that the VOA are going to
pullout two 250 kW SW txs and one medium wave tx from Rhodes and one from
Kavala and sell off the rest, 10 x 250 kW transmitters. Workers at the
sites will lose their jobs.
(John Babbis, ibid. via WDXC Contact)
GUYANA 3291.1 GBC, Sparendaam, noted 0835-f/out 1005, 3 Jun, English
(presumed), Indian type mx, talks; 15341... so at least no evening QRM!
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX June 9)
ICELAND [see also AFRTS under USA] Thunder 1530, the AFRTS station at
the U.S. Naval Air Station in Keflavik on 1530 kHz made its last broadcast
today. The U.S. Navy will close down the base later this year.
(Bernd Trutenau-LTU, mwdx June 1)
I just got an E-mail from a friend of mine in Iceland stating that the
AFRTS station on 1530 kHz mediumwave (formerly 1485) in Keflavik Iceland
is closing down sometime today although he didn't know the exact time of
close down. Apparently US President Bush is pulling all remaining US
troops out of Iceland. I'm wondering if anyone on this forum is in the
local reception area of this station, because I would love to get a
recording of perhaps the last hour of the station's broadcast. If anyone
reading this post is located in the Keflavik area and is equipped to
record MP3 files of the station, please E-mail me at: and I'll let you know just where to upload the MP3
file. Thanks to anyone that can help in advance.
(Sam Ward-Ont-CAN, June 1, dxing.info)
American Forces Radio signs off
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RUV, reports that the US Armed
Forces Radio at the Keflavik military base signed off yesterday, June 1st.
It started operations in 1951 and had broadcast continuously for 55 years.
According to RUV, the US Armed Forces Radio, colloquially known as "Yankee
Radio", made more American mx available to Icelandic audiences and "deeply
influenced the mx, fashion and attitudes of Icelandic youth."
Iceland joined NATO in 1949 and entered into a formal defense agreement