Some July loggings from the DX shack at Fredriksfors

For the first time in some three months, I took the trip to Fredriksfors for a night´s listening. It is slowly getting darker at nights and chances to hear something interesting will increase. Not this night, however. To strong interference from a thunderstorm and to weak signals from the stations coming through. Most of the signals originated from Brazil.

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Europa

882 21.7 2100 Radio Crne Gora, Monte Negro. Praktiskt taget ren även om signalen inte var så stark, bortsett från åskan, när nu tysken är borta. ”Serbpop” och annonsering i samband med nyhetssändningen. JE

Sydamerika

1380 22.7 0100 CB138 Radio Corporación, Santiago. Religiös musik huvudsakligen. JE

1400 22.7 0130 ZYJ462 Radio Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro med klassisk musik. Annonserade i samband med en jingle på halvtimmen. JE
1440 22.7 0105 ZYH466 Radio Independencia Santo Amoro BA med ett skraltigt id här. Bättre sedan men då bara kedjeanrop för ”Deus e Amor” och religiöst. En annan brasse gick nästan lika bra, troligen Radio Livre. JE

Kortvåg

4749,953 21.7 2130 RRI Makassar gick ganska hyggligt (QSA 2-3). Försvann helt strax före 22- stängde eller soluppgång? Ingen annan indones på 60 m, däremot gick Palangkaraya bra på 3325. JE (Jan Edh, DRAK)

ARC Newsflash: MDR Wachenbrunn 882 kHz closing down

GERMANY According to Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk they will close the 882 kHz transmitter at Wachenbrunn on July1st, 2011. This report has come from Jan Balzer in Chemnitz via A-DX. (Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)

ARC Newsflash: NRK Vigra 630 kHz closing down

Eivind Motland reports: Norwegian public broadcaster NRK will cease broadcasts on 630 kHz from the Vigra mediumwave transmitter on 30 June. The purpose of keeping it on the air simply isn't there anymore, as it primarily is targeted towards the fishing fleet to let them get the weather reports.

Today NRK broadcasts weather forecasts on dedicated channels on satellite and DAB. (RN Media Network via Tore Larson, ARC)

ARC Newsflash: AFN Frankfurt, Radio Waddenzee, Kol Israel 1206

GERMANY 873 AFN Weisskirchen (Frankfurt) seems to have reduced power on June 1st. A very weak AFN-signal was heard at 1830. The frequency was dominated by Radio Rossii and Bulgaria.

THE NETHERLANDS 1602 Radio Waddenzee and Radio Seagull are now broadcasting from offshore. The ship Jenni Baynton has sailed 8 km from Harlingen and is anchored near the island of Terschelling. Reception in Växjö is very good around 1800.

ISRAEL 1206 Kol Israel, Acre now with 10 kW has changed to Reshet Bet (program B) with news and current affairs in Hebrew. Good reception at 2000 news. (Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)

ARC Newsflash: AFN 873 AM off air in June

May 25, 2011- The American Forces Network Europe (AFNE) is adjusting its radio broadcast signals to help State German officials hosting a huge outdoor multi-concert bash, Hessentag.

German telecommunications officials asked AFN to temporarily turn off the 873 AM transmitter in June because heavy car traffic will be routed by the normally remote AFN radio transmitter on the way to a newly created field parking lot. Workers also need time to set up and take down concert stages, lights and temporary buildings, and they are bringing in cranes to do it. The Hessentag festivities and concerts run June 10-19 in Oberursel, Germany.

"Our German neighbors asked us to temporarily turn off our 873 AM Power Network transmitter in Central Germany for concerts with Linkin Park, Bryan Adams, the Scorpions and scores of others," says AFN Europe Commander Colonel Bill Bigelow, "During that time, we'll broadcast to our American audience in Wiesbaden on 1143 AM from another location."

While 1143 AM's 1,000-watts of power will reach Americans stationed in Wiesbaden, the temporary transmitter doesn't have the reach of AFN's 150,000-watt transmitter in Weiskirchen, which reaches American commuters in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Hanau and Giessen.

AFN Europe will put 873 AM back on the air July 1st. (mwdx via Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)

ARC Newsflash: Regional/Local Elections in Spain

Hi friends,
RNE will have special regional/local blocks of programming to give the results:

UTC

22-may:

1845-1900 REG R1//R5

1930-1935 REG R1//R5

2210-2240 REG R1//R5 (R5 only until 2235)

2235-2240 LOCAL R5

23-may:

The R5TN LOCAL break (0700-0715) could be extended till 0730 if it is considered necessary by each station.

In Castilla y León, the Ponferrada branch will act as a real local station again for this special local breaks on R5 (from some years ago they are only relaying R5TN-León). So it is a rare opportunity to catch this station with own programming (1107 kHz, 10 kw). The same could be expected from La Línea-1503 (usually // Cádiz) or Vigo-1413 (usually // Pontevedra)... but unsure for me.

The same kind of special local programs could be expected in the private networks too.

Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, ESPAÑA - SPAIN via MWDX via Tore Larsson, ARC

ARC Newsflash: Hörby SW transmitters sold to Madagascar

RNW management has confirmed the purchase of the three 500 kW shortwave transmitters from the recently closed shortwave site at Hörby in Sweden. The transmitters are currently being dismantled for shipment to RNW's station in Madagascar. (Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)