WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

ANGOLA 1088 RNA (tent), Mulenvos, observed on 3 July, 2210-... UT, no
actual prgr heard, just a strong het. with G 1089 + UNID in Arabic (ARS?);
12441.
4950 RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos, 5 July, 2202-2208, Portuguese, newscast;
25231.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX July 11)
ARGENTINA 6060 RAE, General Pacheco, 4 July, 2213-2221, Spanish, talks;
superb audio; 42441, QRM de RAI, I; // 15345.2..
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX July 11)
ARMENIA Voice of Armenia Radio Yerevan from Gavar-Kamo moves from SW to
Internet distribution.
Wie schon am SO/MO wurde auch heute in der deutschsprachigen Sendungen
darauf hingewiesen das Radio Armenien die KW-Sendungen demnaechst
einstellen wird und die Programme sollen "nur mehr" via Internet zur
Verfuegung gestellt werden.
(Paul Gager-AUT, A-DX July 18)
AUSTRALIA 4910 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 3 July, 0745-f/out 0820, English,
talks; 25432. In the evening: 8 July, 2131-2212, English, ABC newscast,
sports, weather (Zero cC in Alice Springs?!), phone-in prgr; 45433.
9710 R. Australia, Shepperton VIC, 6 July, 0931-1024, Pidgin to PNG, news,
talks; 35433..
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX July 11)
17820 CVC Darwin on 0700 UT with poor signal, nearly same as RRI Jakarta.
Better on 1030[?] on beach.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX July 18)
[Vietnam & Cambodia] Text of ABC press release on Jul 3: "From today,
Radio Australia is moving from SW broadcasting to online technology and
local FM rebroadcasting to develop new audiences in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Cambodian broadcasts will revolve around the successful placement of Khmer
content on "third-party" FM platforms in Cambodia. The geographic coverage
will be 70 per cent and the population contact is estimated to reach 85
per cent. In Vietnam, the declining popularity of SW broadcasts and the
surging demand for online sces has opened the path for a live interactive
'Australia-Vietnam' information and cultural exchange web portal.
This sce is located at
'Delivering content via new platforms, to new audiences and providing new
styles of programming is an international broadcasting trend that is being
led by Radio Australia,' stated John Westland, manager of Projects and
Partnerships. At the same time, Radio Australia is now broadcasting from
two new txs near Townsville that are digitally (DRM Digital Radio
Mondiale) capable.
These txs will enable RA to trial digital SW radio to Asia and the
Pacific. DRM is under trial in China by Chinese National Radio 800,000
radios and 14 txs, while Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) has
trialled and is successfully implementing DRM in the South Pacific. DRM is
also being widely trialled by a number of major providers in Europe."
(BBC M via RNMN; via DXplorer July 19)
BAHRAIN? 9745 Bahrain RTV? 1128 UT with Arab songs, mixed with VoHan's
Chinese music prog. Fair on 1x1 sqm metal mesh.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX July 18)
ABH Abu Hayan BHR 26N02 050E37. 801 and 612 kHz MW, 100 kW each. MW
directional system, 2 masts of 85 meters height, 2nd mast in 40degr north-