WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

mail a few days later; v/s George Bryan (Speaker on Eternal Good News),
QTH:
(Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Aug 8)
U.K. ISLE OF MAN - I received info from an Irish person that Manx Radio
was almost impossible to hear on 1368 kHz when he was in the northern part
of the island. I asked Manx Radio about this and got this answer, which I
thought may be of interest:
Hello Herman, Thanks for your e-mail. Our 1368 kHz sce does still transmit
an ERP of 20 kW from our Foxdale site. The tx is a solid-state Harris DX
series into a two-mast array.
While the characteristics of medium wave AM propagation generally provide
good coverage across the Island and beyond, the town of Ramsey in the
north of the Island sits in the shadow of the central mounting [sic] range
which reaches 621 metres above sea level. So, while Ramsey is only some 20
km from the tx site, reception is a little weak in this location.
Naturally, reception quickly improves as one moves further north and away
from the mountains. This may be the source of the comments you have heard.
For your info, I include an illustrative profile of the signal path. -
I did not include the image in the message as I'm not sure it will then
get through to the list. Should anyone want the image, just let me know.
(Herman Boel-BEL, MWC via dxld Aug 6)
11950 Eglish du Christ via Woofferton Aug 03 *1800-1829* 35232-25232
French, 1800 sign on with chorus mx, ID, Talk, 1828 Chorus mx, 1829 sign
off.
17660 Sudan R.Service via Woofferton Aug 03 *1459-1512 35443 English, 1459
sign on with IS, ID, News.
17700 R.Solh via Rampisham Aug 03 1218-1248 34433-44444 Pushto and Dari,
Afghanistan mx, ID at 1245
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Aug 11)
USA 5925.9, WBOH, This turned out to be a spur of 5920. Heard at 0100 3
Aug with M announcer. Strong spur but very weak audio. 'Carrier' seemed to
be wavering a little by about 10 Hz or so approximately every 30 seconds.
Heard next morning again at 0840. Found a spur on the other side at 5914
as well. I'm disappointed it wasn't R. Mineria, but I'm glad to solve this
mystery.
(Dave Valko, Dunlo-PA-USA, hcdx Aug 7)
Herald of Truth Broadcast via WBCQ, 7415 kHz, personal letter in 8 weeks;
v/s Sheryl; QTH: P.O. Box 1021, Harrison, AR 72602. Prophecy Talk via
WRMI, 9955, personal letter, schedule, religious literature and CD in 24
days; v/s Dr. David Aldred (Minister), QTH: Omega Coalition Ministries,
Box 363, Hillsville, VA 24343, USA. This Week In Amateur Radio via WBCQ,
7415, nice own card in 20 days, QTH: P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, NY 12153,
USA.
(Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Aug 8)
USA [and non] Frequency change for YFR Family Radio in Arabic:
2100-2200 NF 18930 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg, ex 2000-2100 on 15695
Frequency change for Radio Taiwan International in German:
2000-2100 NF 15695 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg, ex 2100-2200 on 18930
Frequency change for Radio Free Asia in Cantonese:
1400-1500 NF 11595[SAI], ex 11715 // 9780[TIN]