DXing the Finnish Way

The German private broadcaster Radio 700 has started test transmissions on 6005 kHz. The transmitter is located in Kall-Krekel and the power is 1 kW. The station broadcast also on FM, in cable and in Internet. The start of regular transmissions is planned for May 2008.

(Radio 700 via Reijo Alapiha, Finland)

Radio Africa in Equatorial Guinea has been logged again on 15190 kHz, after some months silence. Received in evening hours with various religious programs.
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD via Stasjonsnytt)

Radio Gazeta São Paulo has now started transmissions on 15325 kHz. Logged in Belgium around 1930 UTC. The power is believed to be 1 kilowatt.
(Maurits Van Driessche via HCDX via Stasjonsnytt)

As Olexandr Yegorov wrote in open_dx yg, from the 1st of April (unfortunately, no connection with the fool’s day ;)) the following transmitters of the Ukrainian Radio have been switched OFF, perhaps till the end of 2008:

• UR2 “Promin’”: 549 kHz - Kyyiv, Mykolayiv, L’viv, Vynnytsya;
• UR3 “Kul’tura”: 657 kHz - Chernivtsi (partially; the new schedule is 1700-2130 UTC incl. relay of RUI in Roumanian 1700-1730, 1930-2000 & 2100-2130);
• UR2 “Promin’”: 837 kHz - Kharkiv;
• UR2 “Promin’”: 1242 kHz - Donets’k.

The transmitters carrying UR1 as well as the UR3 Crimean 1242 kHz outlet are still working under the previous schedule (effective 1 Jan 2008).

(Serghey Nikishin Moscow, Russia via EMWG via Mediumwave.info)

Radio Enfant CJEU is a new mediumwave station broadcasting on 1670 kHz with a power of 1 kilowatt. The French-speaking station aims to involve children and youth of 5-18 years of age in radio broadcasting. CJEU is operated by Fondation Radio Enfant and the Children’s Radio Workshop, which have organized radio workshops in more than 250 schools. The station has been reportedly heard sporadically in Canada in late March. CJEU can be contacted by writing to Radio Enfant/Ado, Atelier Radio Enfant Inc, Studio de la Maison de la culture, 855 boul de la Gappe pièce 310, Gatineau (Québec) J8T 8H9, Canada, tel. 819-243-6226, and by email.

(DXing.info)

While checking the MW frequncy of 756 kHz on 5/4/08 I noticed around 2310 UTC there was a program in Arabic. Around 23.55 UTC the usual announcer of the Clandestine station, Al-Machreq Radio announced the frequency. They use right now 756 kHz and FM frq. of 90.3 giving the usual schedule of Radio Al-Machreq 0500 to 1400 UTC. Right after they signed off, the usual Palestinian Voice network started the transmission on the same frequncy. The strange thing is receiving them around that time of the day. Increased output… maybe. Both websites: http://www.pal-voice.org/ and http://www.almachrek.org/ didn’t mention anything about the new schedule. But it was nice picking them up in that time of the day for the first time.

(Tarek Zeidan via dxld yg)

(Logged with this evening transmission also in Finland on 6th of April, by Mauno Ritola / finndxer)

Dutch commercial radio station Radio Waddenzee has comfirmed plans to broadcast from sea on 1-3 May 2008. The radio ship ‘Jenni Baynton’ will anchor close to the island of Griend between Harlingen and Terschelling. On Sat/Sun 2 and 3 May, the historic lifeboat Javazee will make a series of trips to carry visitors to the radio ship. Unfortunately, there are no spare places available as they have already been fully booked. Radio Waddenzee broadcasts on 1602 kHz with a power of around 1 kW.

(Radio Waddenzee via Media Network weblog)

The VRT, Belgium, AM transmitters on 540, 1188 and 1512 kHz are monitored to be silent since 31.3.2008.
(Max van Arnhem via MWC and Dan Goldfarb, England via dxld yg)

The licence that had been awarded to Roy Sandgren for 603 kHz from Åland has been returned and will be put on auction.

(ARC Information Desk via Editor Olle Alm, DXLD)

Since Thursday 21st February, Littoral Media’s medium wave transmitter (on 1593 kHz) broadcasting in DRM digital mode in Brittany (France) with a TransRadio 25 kW transmitter (2,5 millions potential listeners).
Following an incredible seven-year adventure, Littoral Media have at last broadcast on the airwaves for the first time with theirs partners TransRadio the German company leader in the building of AM and DRM transmitters, APIC Company, IDT, the Consortium DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) and the association for digital radio DR.

Despite the authorization from the CSA (Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel) being given only for these technical DRM trials, it is however, for our modest team already a victory.The tests will now continue just until the end of April …

(Littoral Media’s Press release)

Littoral AM on 1593 kHz is heard currently with AM transmissions.

(WRTH Update)

• Radio Cristal Internacional, Santo Domingo has been reactivated on 5010 kHz (logged on 5009,77 kHz). The station has been heard from local evening hours until the sign-of at 00:00 UTC.
• The private Chinese station China Huayi Broadcasting Company has after some years reactivated its 60 mb frequency 4830 kHz. Schedule is supposed to be 01:00-12:00 on 6185 kHz and 12:00-17:00 on 4830 kHz.
• Radio Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza, Bolivia has been logged on new frequency of 4111 kHz. The station has earlier been on 4545 kHz and before that, on many other frequencies between 4600 and 5800 kHz.

(various via DXLD)