500 kHz
In the 500 kHz Experiment quarterly report for the period ending February 2010, Experiment Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, reported that since the experiment began in late 2006, 19 of the 31 participating stations are currently active. The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology granted the WD2XSH experimental license to the ARRL in September of that year. Raab said that during the quarter, nine new stations were active on the air:"Conditions during the winter were generally good. As a result, there has
been a great deal of activity during the past three months."
Full Story at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/03/23/11400/?nc=1
Mike Terry via dxld yg (23/3-2010)
500 kHz
FromRadio Bulgarias DX-program 30 march I quote the following:
ARRL 500 kHz Experiment Logs Thousands of Activity Hours.
A total of 16 participating stations have been active on the air since the experiment got under way in late 2006. The low-frequency investigation has demonstrated ground-wave communi-cation at distances of 100 miles in New England, in the Gulf Coast states and in Colorado.
"This might not sound very dramatic, but it is very important, as no current amateur band has the capability for beyond-line-of-sight communication that does not depend upon the whims of the ionosphere", ARRL 500 kHz Experiment Fritz Raab, W1FR said.
The longest distance over which a QSO has been maintained is 884 miles from New Hampshire to Tennessee. The stations have been using CW or very low-speed CW.
Even daylight contacts have been completed via ground wave. These include a 127-mile path between Massachusetts and Connecticut and an 87-mile path between Mississippi and Louisiana. The latter has proven reliable multiple times at all times of day or night.
The two-year WD2XSH authorization permits experimentation and research between 505 and 510 kHz using narrowband modes at power levels of up to 20 watts effective radiated power (ERP). Important WD2XSH frequencies: CW beacons: 505.300 and 506.300 kHz; Low-speed CW (QRS) operation: 505.250 and 505.255 kHz, and calling frequency: 507.5 kHz (band center).
500 kHz Experiments Elsewhere.
SM6BHZ in Sweden has been authorized to operate from 505.0 to 505.2 kHz. Two German experimental stations that had been operating in the vicinity of 400 kHz have shifted to 500 kHz too. The UK is now issuing special permits for 501 - 504 kHz.
Ullmar Qvick (1/4-2007)
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FAROE ISLANDS
The Utvarp transmits again on mediumwave. A new MW-xmitter has been installed in Akraberg, so it now again is possible to listen to MW. The transmitter has been in bad condition for several years. And this spring it stopped definitely. Since then the Utvarp could be heard on FM. Lagtinget [Faroese Parliament/ed] decided to spend money on two new 50 kW mediumwave transmitters, later changed to a 100 kW transmitter and a 50 kW transmitter.
The transmitter now installed is the 50 kW transmitter, is a backup transmitter. In november the 100 kW transmitter will be installed, and then Utvarp can be heard much better on MW.
From Kringvarp Føroya's website (8/8-2008)
Please excuse the incomplete translation. The original text here:
Útvarpið sendir nú aftur á millumbylgju. Ein nýggjur millumbylgjusendari er settur upp í Akrabyrgi, og tað hevur við sær, at skip og onnur, ið lurta á millumbylgju, aftur kunnu hoyra útvarpið. Millumbylgjusendarin hjá Útvarpinum hevur verið svikaligur í fleiri ár.
Og í vár slóknaði hann endaliga. Síðani hevur Útvarpið bert verið at hoyra á FM. Løgtingið samtykti í vár at játta pening til tveir nýggjar 50 kW-millumbylgjusendarar. Tá avtornaði, vórðu í staðin ein 100 kW sendari og ein 50 kW-sendari keyptir.
Millumbylgjusendarin, ið nú er settur upp, er 50 kW-sendarin, sum er ætlaður sum backup-sendari. Í november verður 100 kW-sendarin settur upp, og tá fer Útvarpið at hoyrast uppaftur betur á millumbylgju.
Akraberg 531 kHz heard here tonight at my location in southern Denmark.
Ydun Ritz (9/8-2008)
FAROE ISLANDS
New transmitter on Akraberg 531 kHz to come. Since May 6th Kringvarp Faroya has been silent on this frequency. The old transmitter went down due to technical problems caused by old technology, and was irreparable. It was considered, that the best and cheapest solution was to install a new transmitter. This will come into temporary use during August, and installing the new xmitter will be completed during last quarter of 2008.
Source: Hans Andor Johannsen, Head of technology, Kringvarp Faroya (25/6-2008)
FAROE ISLANDS
Since October 1st, Kringvarp Føroya has 24h. service, including 531 kHz. During 2300-0700 local time (=UTC) non-stop music without any interruptions.
Power is 100 kW, except for main news transmissions at 1230 and 1800, where it increases to 200 kW.
After merging with the faroese television January 1st, 2005 the name has changed to Kringvarp Føroya (from Utvarp Føroya).
Sámal J. Samuelsen, Kringvarp Føroya (Faroese Broadcasting Corporation) in an email (23/11-2006)
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FINLAND
Not MW but anyway: Radio Hami website tells that sw frequency 6120 was a typo, correct freq is 6170.
Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski Finland via dxld yg (4/7-2010)
FINLAND
Radio Hami: The annual summer camp of the Finnish Amateur Radio League will be held on July 15-18, 2010 near Räyskälä airfield (Rayskala-EFRY) some 80km N of Helsinki. Special event broadcasting station, Radio Hami, will operate on 104.9 FM, 1584 MW and 6120 SW.
Station homepage is http://radiohami.fi/
Preliminary schedule http://radiohami.fi/operaatiot/2010-kesaleiri-rayskala/ohjelma.shtml
Times are Finnish summer time, UTC+3.
(Thanks tip from Hannu Romppainen in the Finnish DX-list)
Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski Finland via dxld yg (2/7-2010)
FINLAND
Radio Hami, Räyskälä, Finland will be broadcasting on 15th - 18th July 2010 on 104.9 FM, 1584 AM and 6120 SW.
More information can be found at: http://radiohami.fi/in-english.shtml
Radio Hami is temporary radio station, that operates yearly from The Finnish Amateur Radio League summer camp. Usually transmissions can be heard locally on FM and more internationally on 49 and 187 meter bands. The station has the address: Radio Hami / SRAL, PL 44, 00441 Helsinki, Finland.
73s Hannu Romppainen, Finland via mwcircle yg (29/6-2010)
FINLAND
In case you haven't already noticed, there's a new Lapland DXpedition report on DXing.info at http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/lem291rep.dx
The 291st DXpedition to Lemmenjoki did not yield coveted Aussies or Kiwis, but AM conditions to North America and the Far East were pretty good most of the time. Also a bunch of interesting stations from Mexico and the rest of Latin America were heard. And as you can see in the photos, Lapland is very beautiful this time of the year.
73 Mika Makelainen via mwdx yg (13/3-2010)
FINLAND
Hello from Finland!
The Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL) has started annual summer camp once again. This time Hami camp is located in Pikku-Syöte, Pudasjärvi in the Northern part of Finland. Pudasjärvi is situated between Oulu and Kuusamo.
Radio Hami is on the air on 94.6 FM and 1584 AM on 16th - 19th July 2009.
The official webpages of Radio Hami: http://www.radiohami.net/
Reception reports should be sent to:
Radio Hami / SRAL
PL 44
00441 Helsinki Finland
or by email. Email-address can be found from their webpages too.
73's Hannu Romppainen via mwc (16/7-2009)
FINLAND
Medium wave transmissions launched 11th May 2009.
Radio86 has started broadcasting China-themed programs on 963 kHz in the medium-wave band from Finland. Daily programs air between 5 and 9 am and between 6 pm and 1 am. The transmission is ensured by Digita transmission services in Pori.
The programs are produced by Radio86, based in Tampere, Finland. The radio shows, presented in a number of European languages, all focus on China. Additional content is provided by China Radio International.
"The aim of Radio86 is to provide ample and diverse information on China and its culture to our audiences in the Nordic and Baltic countries. We are committed to this mission in the long-term," Zhao Yinong, Managing Director of FutuVision Media Ltd. says.
Digita is happy with a client who is committed to long-term cooperation. The launch of the transmissions represent a new beginning for medium wave radio in Finland. "We here at Digita are very happy about our cooperation with FutuVision Media. TDF Group, a leading terrestrial broadcast service operator, is backing our cooperation by providing the required satellite linking," Jari Pasuri, Service Development Manager for Digita Ltd. says.
Additional Information:
Jari Pasuri, Service Development Manager for Digita Ltd. Tel. +358-40-5287088, first name.last name@digita.fi
Editor-in-chief Jutta Valkeinen, FutuVision Media/Radio86. Tel. +358-3-4108-9031, jutta@radio86.com
www.futuvision.com www.radio86.com www.digita.fi
http://www.futuvision.com/en/futuvision-media/news/232
Mauno Ritola via mwdx yg (13/5-2009)
FINLAND
/AALAND
The licence that had been awarded to Roy Sandgren for 603 kHz from Aaland has been returned and will be put on auction
ARC Information Desk 17 Mar via Editor Olle Alm, DXLD via Stig Hartvig Nielsen (23/3-2008)
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FRANCE
Au Revoir FiP 585kHz?
I guess it had to happen one day. One of Medium Wave's most enjoyable music channels seems to have finally been silenced - just days away from what would have been its 40th anniversary!
Broadcasting since 1971 with originally a 10kW transmitter (I believe) on 584kHz to Paris, FiP (pronounced "pheep") has been broadcasting an ecclectic mix of music and traffic reports to Paris and - thanks to its low frequency - beyond. The transmissions used to be daytime only, which was fine because beyond this the signal here in the UK would be drowned by the ever-present transmissions from a powerful Spanish transmitter on the same frequency. However, the transmitter became 24 hours-a-day around 1997.
In recent years, the signal strength has dropped significantly, and over the past few months there has been evidence of a transmitter fault which affected the sound. Reading up on the Internet (with the help of "Google translate") it looks like the transmissions may well be off for good. Au Revoir FiP en Ondes Moyenne!
Andrew Tett, British DX Club via Dave Kenny (6/1-2011)
FRANCE
Hi all, for those who remember Radio Bleu on MW and which changed to France Bleu in 2000. It got changed to France Info in 2002 and since then and even today France Bleu is still operating on MW 864Khz (Paris), 1278Khz (Strasbourg), and low powered transmitters on 1404 & 1494Khz. I wonder within the next few years where this could change.
Adam Birkenall, Torquay (8/12-2010)
FRANCE
Radio Orient (F) 1350 kHz off at 2339 UTC, leaving the channel free for DX!
73, Günter Lorenz, D-85354 Freising via mwc yg (18/10-2009)
FRANCE
Radio Maria France is audible for a few days now on 1467 kHz with s/on at 0500 UTC.
[http://www.radiomaria.fr/]
73 from Austria, Patrick Robic (3/11-2007)
FRANCE
1314 khz Paris been off air since friday22 June; any info why?
David James (27/6-2007)
Nothing observed so far here /ed
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DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES
765 kHz
Hi, I would like to add what I can hear here in the middle of Europe beside the stations mentioned:
BBC Essex (esp. in the morning)
Radio Rossii, Petrozavodsk
What I have not heard yet:
SRTC Omdurman (SDN)
What is inactive:
Radio Maiak (UKR) - heard with a strong signal in the first half of December, still under the RSR loop. No signal now.
Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (8/1-2011)
765 kHz
This is what I can here after SUI left this channel:
BSKSA, 3 txs 10 & 20 kW, // 1512.
IRIB, Shar-e-Kord (presumed), in Farsi, so probably not VoIRI via their other site.
BBC Essex, Chelmsford, 500 watt.
Carlos Goncalves, POR (6/1-2011)
765 kHz
I have also heard a weak arabic signal on 765KHz at around 23.30 utc,on the 2nd jan 2011, I think it was BSKSA (ARS)
Adam Birchenall (5/1-2011)
765 kHz
Paul Logan asked on January 1st: Anyone hearing anything else?
I could identify the following stations on January 3rd between 1600-2200 UTC on 765 kHz: Radio Beograd 1 (SRB),
SRTC Omdurman (SDN),
IRIB External Service in Arabic (IRN),
IRIB Radio Iran (IRN - 764,67 kHz),
BSKSA Qur´an Programme (ARS).
73, Patrick Robic, Austria (4/1-2011)
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