Month: September 2023

Czechia

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Translated from Czech
Country Radio will start broadcasting from the Liblice transmitter on October 1st.

From the tallest building in the Czech Republic, the transmitter in Liblice near České Brod, radio broadcasts will be broadcast again. From October 1, České Radiokomunikace (CRA) will start broadcasting Country Radio here on medium wave 639 kHz. 

The transmission antenna will be the current pair of antenna masts with a height of 355 m.

“Operational tests are already underway at the transmitter in Liblice, including occasional transmissions to the antennas. Regular broadcasting will start on October 1st, and the masts will be permanently under high voltage,” said the press release of České Radiokomunikace.

The original broadcast of Czech Radio from the Liblice transmitter on medium waves ended at the end of 2021. The distinctive landmark of the Central Bohemian Region will therefore see a new use after about a year and a half.

https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/country-radio-zacne-od-rijna-vysilat-z-vysilace-liblice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss&fbclid=IwAR0hWlv2qQIaxt9l
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Ydun Ritz (2023-09-23)

Mexico

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XEQIN-1160 San Quintín BC is apparently off the air.
The following is from Raymie Humbert’s excellent “En Frecuencia” blog: “The INPI-owned XEQIN/XHSQB San Quintín, Baja California, suffered copper and fiber optic cable theft at its facilities on Tuesday afternoon. The broad-daylight crime took place at 1 in the afternoon. This is apparently not the first time, either. The station continues to stream online.”

THallDX to DXing.info FB group (2023-09-23)

Space Weather

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GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G1): Over the past few days, a series of M-class solar flares may have hurled multiple CMEs toward Earth. In fact, so many CMEs have left the sun since Sept. 20th, analysts are having trouble sorting them out. Somewhere between two and four appear capable of grazing Earth’s magnetic field between Sept. 23rd and Sept. 25th. Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on all those days.
https://spaceweather.com/

Ydun Ritz (2023-09-23)

Germany

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Voxhaus 749.5 kHz
https://www.wumpus-gollum-forum.de/forum/thread.php?board=55&thema=200&i=0&page=1&thankyoubutton=true#0

Some people will send on the 29th Oct, but not from the Voxhaus Berlin, from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 50km east of Schwerin.
Reason is the 100 year anniversary of medium wave radio in Germany.
The transmitter isn’t original, it is a rebuild, but technically identical as most as possible.
Antenna will be a folded dipole with 130 m.
250 Watt RF output according to the forum post. Input power is much higher – 578 W only for heating the tubes. 500-700 W anode direct current.

QSL cards are available: voxhaus@web.de
O. Freiberg, 19399 Techentin, Dorfstraße 23

Marco (2023-09-22)

Canada

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Wow, NDBs are rapidly going the way of the Dodo bird, it seems.  Latest from NAV Canada regarding Miramichi, NB:

Miramichi NDB – The NDB (F9) located at the Miramichi, NB (CYCH) airport is being decommissioned. As a result of the NDB being decommissioned the two NDB approaches at Miramichi (NDB RWY 09 and NDB RWY 27) will be revoked and removed from the Canada Air Pilot on October 5, 2023. The two GNSS approaches (RNAV (GNSS) RWY 09 and RNAV (GNSS) RWY 27) will remain unchanged with the existing approach minima that are lower than the NDB approaches that are being revoked. Additionally, the A8 Airway between Miramichi, NB and Moncton, NB will also be revoked. NAV Canada are seeking any feedback, issues or concerns pertaining to this upcoming change by Friday, September 22, 2023. The Notice of Change with details to provide feedback can be found here.

Of course, no frequency is mentioned.  It’s 520 kHz with 125 W, so one that likely gets out very well.  I remember seeing the antenna at the airport while visiting 1 year ago (at the south end of the airport, adjacent to the terminal). 

73,  Walt Salmaniw to WOR iog (2023-09-22)

Spain

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(Translated from Spanish)
Confirm that the Almagro transmitter in Ciudad Real now works correctly on its two frequencies:
801 Khz RNE 1
1305 Khz RNE 5 Ciudad Real
What I have noticed is that something has gone down in power, but it is certain that if they have repaired something, they have not yet raised it to its usual power for testing.

Jordan Ruqui to iberiaDX iog (2023-09-20)