WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

1330-1430 Fri 15750, 050 kW / 090 deg to SoAs/India >> cancelled
1400-1500 Sun 9310, 050 kW / non-dir to Eu/NoAf/ME
>> Universal Life in German*
*Brother Stair TOM in English on August 20!!!
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22)
[via Sofia-BUL tx 20, 50, 100, 250 kW, wb.]
BURKINA FASO 5030 R. Burkina, Ouagadougou, 2152-..., 20/8, hardly
noticed audio peaks, like the 7230 situation; 55444.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22)
7230 R. Burkina, 1425-..., 19/8, Vernacular, few talks, local songs; the
modulation was hardly perceived; 45434.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 7220 R. Centrafrique, Bangui-Bimbo, 1019-f/out
1211, 17/8, Vernacular+French, talks; 25432.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22)
COSTA RICA 3350 Radio Exterior de Espana, 0400-0405, 19-08-2006,
Noticias en espanol, programa "La Hora de Asia", 45333.
5030 University Network, Cahuita, 0205-0208, 22-08-2006, Programa en
ingles en paralelo con 6150 kHz, 34333.
(Jose Bueno-ESP, hcdx Aug 22)
DIEGO GARCIA 4319 AFN, Diogo Garcia, 2132-2145, 18 Aug, English, NPR
news+infos prgr in All Things Considered; 54343, adjt uty QRM.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 26)
ETHIOPIA 7210 R Fana, Addis Ababa, 0310-0350 fade out, Aug 24, new freq
replacing 6940 (not heard), Amharic nx and comment about Israel/Lebanon
crisis, QRM BBC in Swahili on 7210 (heard // 6050), 33332.
R Fana was heard // new 6110 (x6210 not heard) , 43333 with QRM by TWR
Manzini 6110 in Swahili (p) until 0330*. Thanks to Savolainen for info
about the R Fana permanent freq changes.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, DXplorer Aug 24)
9559.85 R.Ethiopia on Aug 20 at 1400-1412 UT. 23442 Arabic, 1400 IS,
Three gongs, Talk and Ethiopian pops mx.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Aug 25)
9560 R.Ethiopia on Aug 17 at *1600-1605 UT 23432 English, 1600 UT IS, ID,
Talk and Ethiopian Pops mx.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Aug 25)
9560 R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 1239-1405, 19/8, Somali to EAfr+ME (as
listed), talks, local tunes & songs, Arabic 1400; 25443.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22)
From a Harris Corp. press release
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) today announced a turnkey radio txion sale
to Radio Ethiopia, a segment of the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency
(ERTA). Harris will deliver high-power AM txs to stations in Harar
(3DX^(TM)-D100, 100 kW) and Mekele (DX^© -D200, 200 kW) this fall through
Technology Systems and Solutions, a Harris dealer representative based in
Ethiopia. The txs, which are ready for DRM and HD Radio^(TM) conversion,
will deliver a higher quality signal to a large part of the country highly
important for a population that relies on radio for nx and information in
addition to entertainment. The new txion system will dramatically improve