WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

Broadcast Partners was involved. We contacted Broadcast Partners, but they
declined our invitation to clarify the situation, citing customer
confidentiality.
Big L confirms it plans to return to 1395 kHz.
UK commercial radio station Big L has confirmed it plans to return to
mediumwave 1395 kHz shortly. An E-mail has been sent out to those
registered with its online forum, which states:
"We have upgraded the forums today and are sending this email out as a
security test and also ready for our AM system returning. As soon as we
have the final date for our AM 1395 tx to return we will be contacting all
users with this mail system. So keep checking your mail box for this
important information."
Big L has also been announcing on the air that it will be returning to
1395.
(RNW MN NL via BrDXC-UK June 29)
Is that a sce via Lopik Holland technical facilities?
1395 will not work in southern Germany, due of regular Albania powerhouse
co-channel, which is registered here since four decades.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX June 29)
Hi Wolfgang,
No, it's Trintelhaven, on the coast, as before. Lopik is no longer
permitted to broadcast on 1395 kHz. Maximum permitted power from Lopik is
140 kW (100 kW for Arrow on 675 + 40 kW reserve for Radio 747).
(Andy Sennitt-HOL, wwdxc BC-DX June 29)
Rumous about Broadcast Partners being involved in future Big L txions on
1395 kHz: The Trintelhaven tx is owned and operated by Nozema. Would
Nozema really allow access by Broadcast Partners (a competitor I
understand) there?
Nozema vacated the Trintelhaven site, and took its tx away, many months
ago - including the building it was located in. The antenna is owned by a
separate, state-owned company called NOVEC. So Nozema is not "allowing
access", it simply has no interest in that site any more. Any Dutch
broadcaster is allowed to select whichever company they want to supply
txion sces. According to reports from the UK, Big L is using a Nautel tx
it has purchased and shipped over from the US, and this is now being
installed.
(Andy Sennitt-HOL, dxld July 1)
World Cup Final Sunday 9 July.
Radio Netherlands will be relaying the NOS radio commentary in Dutch on
the World Cup Final between Italy and France on Sunday 9 July. A three-
hour broadcast is planned, which will allow for possible extra time and
penalties.
The broadcast is scheduled at 1800-2100 UTC on the following SW
frequencies:
6035 kHz (Flevo 500 kW, beam 210) to Western Europe
7390 kHz (Vladivostok 250 kW, beam 320) to East Asia
9695 kHz (Flevo 500 kW, beam 205) to SW and SE Europe
9895 kHz (Flevo 500 kW, beam 157) to S Europe, N and C Africa
13735 kHz (Sackville 250kW, beam 285) to Great Lakes of US and Canada
15335 kHz (Wertachtal 500 kW, beam 320) to Middle East
15425 kHz (Bonaire 50 kW, beam 133) to Suriname
15540 kHz (Montsinery 250 kW, beam 215) to South America
17620 kHz (Bonaire 250 kW, beam 0800 to West Africa
17705 kHz (Montsinery 500 kW, beam 310)