WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

Pacific, prgr "PM", IS; Pidgin to PNG 0900, songs, sports infos; 54533,
QRM de LTU till 0900; // 6020 (2nd best), 12080.
12080 R.Australia, Brandon QL (10 kW), 0912-0924, 24 Jul, Pidgin to PNG,
songs, talks, sports infos; 25432; // 6020, 9710 (best).
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 1)
AZORES Radio Lajes - A Voz da Forca Aerea Portuguesa, will hopefully be
back on MW soon, though neither on its previous, inactive, outlet on 648
kHz (was 650 kHz at least in the mid~late 70s) nor on the one shown in
their website, i.e. 1530 kHz, which was the freq they originally planned
to move to. It's going to be on 1584 kHz, a freq where the station seemed
to have operated in the past too. Power will again be 1 kW via the old,
idle tx.
Part of their future plans include DRM operation on MW via a new tx and
VHF-FM power increase from the current 0.150 kW PEP to 0.5 kW PEP. Besides
that, split operation will be an option, i.e. VHF-FM, internet and MW all
carrying different channels albeit including some relays of R. Renascenca,
and with sport being carried via MW. - R. Lajes' audience is not confined
to the Lajes airbase personnel, nor to Lajes or even Praia da Vitoria, the
nearest town, but to the whole island of Terceira at least. If you want to
visit their page
and still need more detail, simply add the following: /lajes.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, June 9; ARC MV-Eko July 14)
BAHRAIN 9745usb Bahrain: On July 30 at 1012 UTC just after nx bulletin
in Ar was ID "Idaatu al Bahrain", too strong signal om 9745USB.
(Rumen Pankow-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 1)
BANGLADESH Bangladesh Betar to set up 1000-kilowatt capacity tx in
Dhamrai soon.
A 1000-kilowatt capacity tx will be set up at Dhamrai soon at a cost of
Taka 650 million (65 crore) aiming at further strengthening the txion of
Bangladesh Betar.
This was stated by Information Minister M Shamsul Islam who was the chief
guest while inaugurating a 100-kilowatt short-wave tx here.
The information minister said the people of the country would be able to
change their fortune if it is possible to reach accurate and objective
information to them as information is considered as a vital force of
democracy as well as development.
Presided over by Director General of Bangladesh Betar AFM Matiur Rahman,
the function was addressed, among others, by Information Secretary
Muhammad Haidar Ali and Chief Engineer of Bangladesh Betar Delip Kumar
Saha.
Describing Betar as a powerful mass medium, Sahmsul Islam said still Betar
is the most effective medium to reach information to people from all walks
of life, specially those who are living in the rural areas. "Betar can
play an important role in building a developed nation by airing different
development programmes on family planning and use of modern technologies
in agriculture to increase agri-products," he said.
Recalling the past glory of Betar, he said this state-owned organisation
became an inseparable part of our history by playing an important role
during the country's War of Independence.
The information minister said President Ziaur Rahman had guided the nation
by proclaiming the independence of the country from Kalurghat Betar