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« Reply #80 on: June 24, 2011, 04:48:08 PM » |
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Add 1062 Denmark to the list of vanishing MW stations. It was recently announced that 1062 will be replaced by a 50 kw transmitter on 243 khz longwave. I heard the 1062 khz transmitter once from Michigan and it has a very unique interval signal at sign on. At only 50 kw, I doubt I would ever be able to catch the 243 khz outlet from my location.
That's strange that they would bounce a MW for a LW. |
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« Reply #81 on: June 24, 2011, 06:00:30 PM » |
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Well, I thought I'd bump this, since it was our unofficial TA DX thread from the past season.
BBC WS on 648 kHz, is no longer with us.
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I was surprised to find it missing when I was in London last month. Mrs. Cyberdad & I had a jam-packed schedule with our daughter (who lives there), so I didn't get to do much listening on this trip. Also our hotel room was on a lower floor, which blocked some signals. Since 648's tx was located some distance from the city, they weren't a killer signal by any means (in the city itself). The local BBC radio 4 with 1kw on 720 is much better in central London. Anyway, I was thinking perhaps I was in a dead zone caused by my hotel room location. I guess I was in a dead zone caused by BBC budget cuts! |
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« Reply #82 on: August 01, 2011, 06:25:28 AM » |
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As for 747 kHz itself, it is currently carrying Radio 1, as there was a fire and subsequent collapse of one of the main FM towers carrying Radio 1 programming. Since much of the northern areas of the Netherlands are still without Radio 1's FM coverage, Radio 1 replaces the Radio 5 programming normally heard on 747. No word on how long this situation will continue, however, as we start edging towards DX season, it's something to note if monitoring this frequency.
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« Reply #83 on: August 01, 2011, 06:38:30 AM » |
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Also the AFN's German 150 kW power house on 873 kHz is closed down? I'm getting mixed messages on this one.
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« Reply #84 on: August 01, 2011, 10:10:14 AM » |
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That's strange that they would bounce a MW for a LW.
It is strange, except there are many LW radios used in Europe in homes and vehicles and 50kW will cover all of Denmark quite nicely. Plus, there is still quite a bit of station interference on the Medium-Wave band, far less on LW (except for electrical noise) I thought 243kHz was testing with DRM (with lower power), at least according to what I've read. Does anyone know if that 50kW will be DRM or analog? (I suppose it will be DRM) |
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« Reply #85 on: August 01, 2011, 05:54:51 PM » |
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Also the AFN's German 150 kW power house on 873 kHz is closed down? I'm getting mixed messages on this one.
~BG
Wow! If that's true, no more listening to live pro and college sports broadcasts while in the UK. Over the years, I've listened to NFL and NHL playoff games as well as major league baseball, NBA, and "March Madness" college hoops. Of course what used to be the North America sports network is now an ESPN-branded TV channel, but the coverage of live events is more "hit or miss" than what AFN had been offering on radio. |
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« Reply #86 on: August 02, 2011, 08:49:10 AM » |
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Also the AFN's German 150 kW power house on 873 kHz is closed down? I'm getting mixed messages on this one.
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Wow! If that's true, no more listening to live pro and college sports broadcasts while in the UK. Over the years, I've listened to NFL and NHL playoff games as well as major league baseball, NBA, and "March Madness" college hoops. Of course what used to be the North America sports network is now an ESPN-branded TV channel, but the coverage of live events is more "hit or miss" than what AFN had been offering on radio. Yes, while living in the Netherlands, I certainly had 873 included in my radio presets. I think the closure may actually be (have been?) temporary, something about an event on or near the site. Apparently, there was a safety issue, involving the grandstands, if the site was transmitting during the event. ~BG |
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« Reply #88 on: August 02, 2011, 06:53:35 PM » |
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Thanks for clearing that up. 873 was definitely on in May when I was in London. The article references the sister station, 1143 in Weisbaden. For the past several years I've attended a trade show in Stuttgart during November. There's a local 300kw blowtorch on 576 there, but AFN on 1143 is the second or third best MW signal in town.
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« Reply #89 on: August 02, 2011, 07:23:02 PM » |
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Thanks for clearing that up. 873 was definitely on in May when I was in London. The article references the sister station, 1143 in Weisbaden. For the past several years I've attended a trade show in Stuttgart during November. There's a local 300kw blowtorch on 576 there, but AFN on 1143 is the second or third best MW signal in town.
Alas, according to emwg.info, that 100kW blowtorch on 576 kHz "will be switched off at the end of 2011", along with (100kW) 666 kHz, (10kW) 828 kHz, (100kW) 1017 kHz, (1kW) 1413 kHz, all of which carry SWR's 'Content.radio' format. These, along with the closing of Germany's 700kW 'Evangeliums Rundfunk' on 1539 kHz and Denmark's 250kW DR P5 1062 kHz frequencies along with others, means fewer targets for us TA DX hunters.  ~BG |
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