WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

6213.88 R. Baluarte, Puerto Iguazu, 0150-0155 UT in Spanish with
prog.anmts and inspirational talks, also noted 0205 UT in Portuguese, good
on 18 Aug.
(Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Aug 29)
AUSTRALIA VL8A Alice Springs NT: 2310 obs'ed after quite a long time,
at 1846-1906, 29 Aug, English, songs, talks; only audible 120 m band
outlet; 25321 and deteriorating.
4835 audible at 2143-2208, 27 Aug, English, talks on local plants &
flowers, mx; 54433 but deteriorating; avoidable het. w/ MLI 4835.4.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 31)
2325 VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 2052-..., 29 Aug, English (t), talks; 15231;
inaudible on // 2310 or 2485 at the same time.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 31)
5049.92 ARDS R., Humpty Doo, 1710-1735 UT, heard here for the first time,
thanks to Tanzania being absent. Mainly songs, IS (probably didgeridoo)
and "The time is 3 o'clock" at 1730 UT, poor on 18 Aug.
(Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Aug 29)
5049.93, ARDS: Was surprised to get a quick reply from Dale Chesson, Radio
Service Mgr, Nhulunbuy Language & Media Centre. Says they're using 400
watts full AM into a wire dipole fed by a balun, a quarter wave above
ground. Also says they'll be upgrading to a 1 kw. LPB Omni xmtr. So it
should be a little easier to hear when they get the new xmtr on line. Dale
went on to say that their prgms can be hrd at
(Dave Valko-PA-USA, hcdx via DXplorer Aug 27)
Re DXLD 6-128, RA 13670 colliding with RFA and Chinese jamming: Ask Bernd
Friedewald, the RA ABC registration manager. 13670 has an IBB Tinian
registration entry for many seasons. RA was NOT on 13670 in A05 season!
(wb, dxld Aug 25)
WB attaches jpg maps from Geoclock of the 303 degree beam from Tinian,
which crosses Taibei and then directly into central China, and the 353
degree beam from Shepparton aimed just west of Tokyo. The two intersect
somewhere NW of Tinian. Pace Andy, I concede I have no standing
whatsoever, far from either target area to complain about the collision
here. I can however, postulate that the collision is bound to be a problem
in the real targets, China, the western Pacific, and Japan or it would be
if 13670 were not a throwaway freq subject to Chicom jamming anyway.
Beyond the respective skip zones from Tinian (over water), and the Chinese
jammers, the collision is bound to be a severe interference problem for
RA, and it is still senseless for RA to subject itself to that. But then
its freq manager is far away in Europe.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 28)
BOLIVIA 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski, 2225-2245, talks, local songs,
prog.anmts, poor on 18 Aug.
3390.28, R. Emisoras Camargo, 2330-2350, talks, anmts, local songs, poor
on 18 Aug.
4901.12, R. San Miguel, Riberalta, 2335-2340, anmts, adverts, mx inserts,
fair on 17 Aug.
6155.02, R. Fides, La Paz, 0155-0200*, religious talks, a prayer, good
strength but distorted signal on 18 Aug.
(Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Aug 29)