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Brovary, east of Kyiv (Kiev), has (had) two sections, east and west of the
highway through the town. The eastern section may be (have been) LW/MW
only.
Petrivka, north of Odesa, seems to have been the home of two shortlived SW
txs for domestic sces in the mid 70s.
Hope this clarifies matters.
(Olle Alm-SWE, SW TX site shortwavesites via wwdxc BC-DX Aug 30)
The [Brovary] A site can be seen at 50 31 N 30 47 E. But I don't know
about the B site, it would be quite a coincidence if there would be
another place called Brovary on the other side of Kiev.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, SW TX site shortwavesites via wwdxc BC-DX Aug 30)
The first one seems the LW mast, and more easterly the second one the MW
tower.
So I'll change the item to correct:
Rather SW site at exact 50 31 06 N 30 44 40 E,
and MW/LW B-site at 50 30 12 N 30 48 33 E
(wb, SW TX site shortwavesites via wwdxc BC-DX Aug 30)
U.K. 9710 RTV Algerienne (pres) via UK at 2130 on 8/26 with Ar vocals.
Unsure if this is Rampisham or Woofferton.
(Gerry Dexter-WI-USA, DXplorer Aug 27)
2100-2300 9710 WOF 300 kW / 160 deg to NoAf Arabic. (wb)
11950 Eglise du Christ via Woofferton. Aug. 24 at 1800(S/on)-1830(S/off).
SINPO 35333. S/on with religious talk in French. Address annmt at 1826 UT.
Thanks to Kouji Hashimoto's tip on last issue of the Japan Premium.
(Iwao Nagatani-JPN, JPNpremium, Sep 1)
279 LW - Judging from recent issues of DX Listening Digest, it is hard
to tell whether the proposed LW station from the Isle of Man will *ever*
start broadcasting. On the one hand, the company say they are recruiting
staff, and have quashed rumours of resignations, even including founder
Paul Ruisling. On the other hand, the station's 2 websites were apparently
removed in mid-August. It was claimed these were costing o600 per year to
run, and if they can't afford o600 per annum to run websites, what does it
say for the rest of the operation?
I reckon it must be odds-on that the station will *never* be heard. Then
again, they could surprise us. I wonder, though, how many long-wave radios
tune up as far as 279 kHz. Mine do, but they are all continuous tuning
radios from 150-29999 kHz. Also, there is a Morse Code signal around that
frequency, which could cause problems for the station, or the station
could cause problems for whomsoever is operating the Morse Code signal.
(Paul David-UK, dxld Sept 1)
I'm puzzled by what makes them think they can make a profitable radio
station work on 279 when the two attempts via Ireland on 252 failed. The
costs of setting up a 500kW transmitter on a sea platform using a
unconventional antenna must be astronomic, and apparently they plan to use
other outlets too. My guess is that only the backing of the IOM govt has
kept the project alive so far. What are they going to broadcast that we
cannot already hear in the UK via many other stations anyway - and via
better quality FM and DAB?
The freq of 279 will have been agreed internationally, and I assume that
the IOM signal will not have to cause harmful interference to the
Belarussian tx already using the frequency. The morse code signal that
Paul hears is probably from an aero beacon tx, probably CHT Chiltern for