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true enclave has its borders with Lithuania and Poland, completely
separated by them from the rest of Russia.
The oblast comprises low, gently rolling hills and swampy lowlands; about
20 percent is in mixed forest of oak, pine, spruce, beech, and hornbeam.
The main branches of industry are engineering, metalworking, and paper-
pulp making. A large combine at Yantarny now produces Amber, once the
monopoly of the Teutonic Knights. Fishing is important along the coast.
Grains, potatoes, vegetables, and dairy cattle dominate agriculture. Over
three-fourths of the population is urban and the total land area is 5,830
square miles with a population of 886,900.
Radio Broadcasting.
Kaliningrad is considered as a separate broadcast country as per the NASWA
radio country counting rules. As per World Radio TV Handbook the txs of
Kaliningradsky ORTPC are located at Bolshakovo that consists of 9 x 80 KW
SW txs. Voice of Russia and Radio Rossii use these txs for their
broadcasts to Europe. Radio Netherlands also used Kaliningrad was used
last season as a relay station for their Dutch lang broadcasts to Western
Europe. Most of the SW txs are used as pairs for getting a power out put
of 160 KW.
Apart from the SW txs, currently there are also some medium wave txs
operating on 549 kHz (50 kW), 1143 kHz (150 kW), 1386 kHz (1200 kW), from
Kaliningrad. Out of these the most powerful 1200 kW tx operating on 1386
kHz, which is also used for international relay txions, will close down by
Nov 2007.
The registered freqs for broadcasts from Kaliningrad in A06 are 5925 1800-
2100, 7300 1345-1900, 7330 0900-1000 and 1500-1900, 11830 1400-1700.
Verification and QSL Cards can of course be obtained for txions via
Kaliningrad. Reports on Voice of Russia txions could be mailed to the
usual address at Pyatinitskaya, Moscow or via e-mail to
Please request to include the tx location near the freq in the QSL Card.
Radio Rossii also verifies reports on their broadcasts and reports should
be addressed to Radio Rossii, Yamskogo Polya 5-YA ul, 19/21, 125040
Moscow, Russia. E-mail reports may be tried to
(Compiled by T. R. Rajeesh for World DX Club (with courtesy to Sergey M.
Kolesov), freq information by Mike Barraclough-UK, July World DX Club
Contact)
ST. HELENA Das Team von Robert Kipp ist der Wiederbelebung des St-
Helena-Tags einen grossen Schritt naehergekommen. Beim Jubilaeum des DSWCI
konnte Kipp Geldspenden aus dem DSWCI und dem JPN SW Club entgegennehmen.
Ein gespendeter Transceiver (Icom IC-706MKIIG 100W) ist auf dem Weg von
JPN nach Deutschland. Gehofft wird auf einen St.-Helena-Tag am ersten
Wochenende im November.
(Toshimichi Ohtake-JPN 3.6.2006 via ntt, Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, July 1)
SAUDI ARABIA Google Earth coordinates:
TX Jeddah Latitude: 21N14.33 Longitude: 39E09.39
Two tall MW masts 1512 and 648 kHz, on the left side of the building, and
right below other masts. White colored feeder lines seen. But make me
wondering, where are the SW installations of 2 x 31 / 25 mb dipols
located?? ITU SW 21N32 39E10.
And Riyadh 4 MW masts at coordinates 24N29.15 46E24.18 for MW 585 kHz.
SW tx location couldn't be traced yet, at 24N30 46E23.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX July 4)