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MADEIRA
Fallingrain shows Santo Antonio:
32 38 60 N  16 55 60 W
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PO/10/Santo_Antonio.html
Masts seen at 32°38'53.63"N  16°55'52.98"W
Surprisingly a lot of Forcas Armadas Garnicao visible midst on the tourist village Funchal,
at 32°38'31.96"N  16°56'18.50"W, 32°39'6.21"N   16°56'19.18"W.
Chão dos Balcões - dos balcones ?
73 de Wolfgang Büschel, Germany (11/12-2007)

MADEIRA
These are the new data on PEF-Posto Emissor do Funchal, Madeira island.
Encruzilhadas (de Santo António) is the actual place where the present MF tower located, and nearby Barreira is the VHF tower site. Both are just a few km NW of Funchal.

PEF was forced to move out of the existing MF site because of dwellers' complaints against interference.   It seems that Encruzilhadas de Stº António, which I was unable to find in GoogleEarth, is becoming too much crowded with houses, thence the decision of the municipal authority.

The first consequence of that was the power reduction: abt. 1 kW which explains why PEF 1530 kHz is so pale for many months now.

The neighbouring Barreira VHF site also will move to the new MF site, where the 60 m high tower (already in place together with the building) will be used for the VHF-FM antennae too.   So most probably the MF tower will be grounded and the radiating system consisting of a cage.

Despite announcing the new MF & VHF site at Chão dos Balcões is expected to start still this year, it's believed the feasible date is on the occasion of PEF's 60th anniversary, in May'08.
Best regards, Carlos Gonçalves (11/12-2007)

MADEIRA
PEF-Posto Emissor do Funchal, 1530 kHz 10 kW Funchal & 1017 kHz 1 kW Santana, www.pef.pt, has built a new site at Chão dos Balcões, near Poiso, for 1530 kHz that includes a 60 m high MF tower.  Click the "A Rádio" button on the page
(http://www.pef.pt/index.php?h_op=historial)

For many months now, 1530 kHz puts a very pale signal with a weak audio too while the weaker Santana tx exhibits a fair to moderate signal albeit plagued with adjacent QRM from Spain.
Best regards, Carlos Gonçalves, Lisbon (9/12-2007)
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MALAWI
Parliament has rejected an application by the newly launched Zodiak Radio station to cover live proceedings of the House. The national legislature has been sitting since October 11 2005.
Zodiak Radio Managing Director Gospel Kazako told MISA Malawi that Parliament did not give any reason for its decision. "I am concerned because I wanted the people in the village to follow what their representatives are discussing," said Kazako.
Speaker of Parliament Louis Chimango inferred that the decision was based on the station's recent arrival on the scene. "I do not want to be discourteous. We need to grow together both the media and us. Even in the British set-up, it took time," Chimango said.
Deputy Clerk of parliament Stanslas Chisanu, whose office issued the letter, said Parliament was not sure about the station's competence. "Zodiak is new and has not broadcast anything but music. They cannot start with a serious assignment like Parliament."
However, MISA Malawi national director Charles Simango described the rejection as a direct violation of the Bill of Rights that is enshrined in the Malawi Constitution. "The station was given a licence to broadcast because the licensing body knew the station was competent. Parliament is not a licensing authority," Simango said. He added that MISA Malawi would take the matter to the courts if Parliament did not rescind its decision.
Malawi Parliament is covered by the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation and Malawi Television in evening broadcasts. Newspapers also cover the House.
Source: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) via IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange website (18/10-2005)
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MALAYSIA
Voice of Malaysia (Suara Malaysia) on 1475 kHz, RTM's external service in Tagalog for the Philippines, seems to have changed its schedule to 1300-1530 (formerly 1030-1300). I haven't been able to confirm that the new schedule is being followed regularly every day, but has been heard between these times on several occasions over the past couple of weeks including 16 December. Reception is surprisingly poor round here for a service supposed to be using 700 kW.
The new timings would probably give new reception possibilities for Europe in the winter, but might make reception more difficult in N America. Thanks to Mauno Ritonen for the tip.
Regards Alan Davies Surabaya, INS via DXLD yahoogroup (17/12-2005)
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MARSHALL ISLANDS
V7AD, Majuro, 1098 kHz, in again this AM 1049-1054 UT. Peaked at 1053 with same soft voiced woman. Better than APR 20 reception but still can't make out language. I'm sure someone with better hearing than mine could make it out. My ears have been battered by too many years of static and sideband splatter. I listened to the tape repeatedly this AM but still can't make it out. When Neil Kazaross visited in March he was able to pick out things from my old tapes that I had missed. Has anyone tried the MFJ-616 Intelligibility Enhancer? I have a whole shelf full of audio filters - DSP, Switched Capacitor, active, passive and not one has ever helped me so I'm a little leery of buying another one. It sounds good, though. What's another $170?
[Later:] Willis WB5KHD inquires about a het on 1098 at 0530 EDT. This is almost certainly Majuro V7AD which is the most consistent TP here. Neil Kazaross tells me that is also the case in IL. Typically it should improve closer to your LSR. However, it usually signs off about 1130Z. One caveat - make sure the station is on 1098 as I have a loud carrier on 1099 here from Latin America, probably Cuba. From here it is easy to spot as it loops half way between the down under stations and the Far East stations.
Ray Moore, Fort Myers, FL, April 24, NRC-AM via DXLD yahoogroup (25/4-2005)
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MAURITANIA
783 kHz is on right now // 4845 8/7 0045 UT with a fairly strong signal. The modulation is rather low. It sounds like a call to prayer. They have been the most consistent African here on many
occasions.
Bill Harms, Elkridge, Maryland, IRCA via DXLD 6-118 (7/8-2006)

MAURITANIA
MAURITANIAN ARMY TAKES OVER STATE RADIO AND TELEVISION.
Mauritanian army troops, including members of the presidential guard, seized control of the state radio and television in the capital Nouakchott early today. All state media broadcasts were interrupted from 0500 UT following the army takeover, which came as President Maaouyia Ould Taya was out of the country attending the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Radio and television remained off the air all morning, but the Mauritanian news agency resumed operation in the afternoon, and reported that President Maaouyia Ould Taya has been ousted, and a military junta will rule in his place. BBC Monitoring observed the TV station back on the air shortly after 1400 UT, reading the same statement, and the radio service was reported back on the air with Qur`an recitations. The ousted President was reported to have landed in Niger on his return from Saudi Arabia.
# posted by Andy @ 14:37 UT August 3 via Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1283, DX Listening Digest 5-129 (3/8-2005)
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MEXICO
A new AM HD Radio station along the U.S./Mexico border is on the air.
Broadcast Electronics said XEEZ at 970 kHz is based in the town of Caborca, Sonora.
"The station is one of the first AM stations in Mexico to broadcast with HD Radio technology since Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Commission (CoFeTel) announcement in May authorizing radio stations within about 200 miles of the Mexico/U.S. border to begin HD Radio broadcasting," BE stated.
The manufacturer's Deb Huttenburg described CoFeTel's support of HD Radio for border stations as "a huge step forward in radio's worldwide digital conversion." The company noted that two-thirds of stations in Mexico are AMs.
XEEZ 970 adapted a BE AM 6A solid-state transmitter for linear transmission and added a BE ASi 10 exciter. It purchased the gear through Distribuidora E Importadora de Radiofusion, S.A. (DIRSA)
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/index.cgi
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (20/6-2008)

MEXICO
Somewhat surprised to hear XERF 1570 Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, past 8 am local at mid-summer, until one realizes that 1300 UT is only 6:28 am local mean time, altho still well after sunrise which was at 1119 UT, or 4:47 am LMT. It was still dominating 1570 on
skywave July 4 at 1309 with news from the Sistema Nacional de Noticiarios, initially quite steady signal, 1312 interviewing BBC guy about the release of correspondent Alan Johnston. 1318 plugged BBC Mundo, IMER, and Antena Radio, the latter being the current program, which we used to hear on IMER`s defunctified SW station XERMX; still audible past 1330 but with some fadeouts. Fortunately, there are no 1570 daytimers around here; the two Okies in the NE and SW corners are seldom heard and too far for daytime groundwave. Altho Spanish is fine for me (I only wish I had a complete program sked for XERF), I maintain it is a pity that IMER is not putting any English on this powerful (100 kW now?) transmitter to make it a true external service which would have a much greater audience than XERMX ever did on its puny, ailing SW transmitters.
Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX Listening Digest 7-078 (5/7-2007)

MEXICO
XETRA (690 kHz) is announcing that today is the last day of heir "fabulous 6-90 the lounge" format. On-air personalities are all fired as of 7pm tonight. They will be playing a list of top 100 "last songs" from about 10 am to 7 pm PST =- UT -8], which they will repeat on Friday. The new owners/format take over after the Friday night broadcast. It's not clear what (if anything) the station will air between 7 pm tonight and Friday, so be on the lookout for possible silent periods. 
73, Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA, Jan 31, IRCA via DXLD yahoogroup (31/1-2006)
Cf DXLD 6-020, taken over by Spain`s PRISA, maybe to relay a network from DF. (gh)

MEXICO
XETRA (690 kHz) is announcing that today is the last day of heir "fabulous 6-90 the lounge" format. On-air personalities are all fired as of 7pm tonight. They will be playing a list of top 100 "last songs" from about 10 am to 7 pm PST =- UT -8], which they will repeat on Friday. The new owners/format take over after the Friday night broadcast. It's not clear what (if anything) the station will air between 7 pm tonight and Friday, so be on the lookout for possible silent periods. 
73, Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA, Jan 31, IRCA via DXLD yahoogroup (31/1-2006)
Cf DXLD 6-020, taken over by Spain`s PRISA, maybe to relay a network from DF. (gh)This may be of interest to those in Mexico and outside that try for Radio Educación on medium wave.
Roger Chambers, Utica NY:
Parece ser que la emisora que transmite en el puerto de Veracruz XETF- AM que emitia en los 1250 kHz cambió a la frecuencia de los 1060 kHz. Emitiendo la señal del grupo Radio Formula. Ojalá nos confirmen esto, los amigos del Municipio, Puerto y Estado de Veracruz. Si esto es cierto, se acabó el canal libre de XEEP-AM 1060 kHz Radio Educación en el país. 
Atentamente, Roberto Edgar Gómez Morales, México, club diexista mexico Dec 24 via Roger Chambers, DX Listening Digest 5-222 (24/12-2005)

MEXICO
XERF 1570, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila has recently installed a new 100,000 watt transmitter. Altho not up to the 50s and 60s pwoeor level of 2.5 times that power, it is a significant increase over what it had been churning out the past 15-20 years. So if you`ve noticed XERF sounding a little better lately, that`s the reason.
Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC DX News Aug 15 via DX Listening Digest 5-138 (15/8-2005)

MEXICO
BC Border Blaster Busted!!! (Long - but worth it)
MAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST BONILLA'S CROSS-BORDER AUTHORITIES.
This is from Robert Gonsett's outstanding "CGC Communicator" newsletter http://www.bext.com/_CGC/2005/cgc687.htm  and may help explain why some of us have been hearing those new Tijuana-area signals much louder in southern California (and beyond) than we should be.
And better yet --- the PDFs have nifty tower pictures!!! It's a lengthy download, but well worth it to see just how much happens across the border and doesn't get busted right away! 
Via Scott Fybush, NRC-AM via DXLD
Actually the photos are there in the latter, but mostly dark blobs.
Glenn Hauser, DX Listening Digest 5-084 (20/5-2005)

MEXICO
And about the"OLD" XTRA: Heard for decades in SoCal over XETRA/690, blasting forth from just across the border in Tijuana, Mexico. Clear Channel is now renting out this 77,500 watt signal to give a home to its Adult Standards format, as "690 The Lounge". This all ends no later than next year, under fairly new FCC regs, which now count the arrangement as constituting a full-blown San Diego station --- while CC already owns eight (the maximum) of its own U.S.- licensed stations in SD. 690 has featured English-lingo formats since the 1950's, first as Rocker XEAK, later as Earth's first All-News station. Current owners have sold this beast to Madrid-based Grupo Prisa, which publishes Spain's largest newspaper, and owns or programs some 1,000 stations in Europe and Latin America, as well as WSUA/1260 in Miami. GP is affiliated with Mexico's largest broadcaster Televisa; speculation is that programming will consist of Spanish language News- talk, possibly originating at Televisa's giant 250,000 watt flagship, XEW/900 in Mexico City.
Greg Hardison, Broadcast Band Update May 14 via DX Listening Digest 5-081 (14/5-2005)

MEXICO
More Mexican moves. XEPE 1700 is now taking XEPRS "The Mighty 1090", at least all night when we hear them in NZ (0500 UTC - until 0900), SS ID "XEPE Rosarito", wedged in between Mighty 1090 ID. Mex National Anthem 0700 UTC. 
Best 73. Tony King,  New Zealand (1/5-2005)

MEXICO
The leading Spanish mass media group Prisa has paid US$ 28 million for the operation rights to a mediumwave Mexican radio station that broadcasts in Spanish in the area of Los Angeles and southern California. The station, XETRA 690 AM, currently belongs to the group Xetra Comunicaciones SA, operating from Rosarito in Mexico by virtue of an August 1986 treaty between the United States and Mexico concerning mediumwave frequencies.
The operation, agreed with the Citicasters company, a subsiduary of US media giant Clear Channel, forms part of a project to develop a network of Hispanic stations in the US market, which counts more than 40 million registered Spanish-speakers, and a further 10 million who aspire to become residents.
Prisa has been operating for several years in the North American radio market through the station Caracol in Miami, that in January received the green light from the FCC to increase its transmission power so it can be heard in the counties of southern Florida.
In Spain, the group Prisa publishes several newspapers and controls Canal Plus España and the radio network Cadena SER. Across the Atlantic, Prisa controls radio stations in Colombia, Mexico, the United States, Chile, Costa Rica and Panama. Last November, Prisa bought two Argentine radio stations: Continental Radio LS4 and Radio Estéreo. 
# posted by Andy @ 12:46 UT April 26 Media Network blog (26/4-2005)

MEXICO 
XETRA-AM's U.S. program and marketing rights were sold for $28 million. The buyer is Promotora de Informaciones SA, a Spain-based publishing company that has radio investments in Mexico. LA radio expert David Gleason said that the company has an operation in Miami at WSUA. In all, the company has 1,400 stations world-wide. It is expected that the station will change programming to Mexico-based talk in Spanish, with programming from XEW in Mexico City. The timetable could take six months.
SDRadio.net April 27 via DX Listening Digest 5-069 (27/4-2005)

MEXICO
For the past 3(?) days, XESS-620 has been simlucasting the banda format of XEPE-1700. "La tremenda 6-20/1700" slogan is now heard on both channels. No more WW1 NOS on 620.
73, Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA, Feb 26, Corazón DX via DX Listening Digest
The Tijuana stations pretending to be Tecate and Ensenada stations are at it again --- XESS-620 had been running //XEPE-1700 with banda for the last 5 or 6 days. (They even made all new promo announcements "La Tremenda 6-20, 1700" etc.).
Last night they were running open carrier as I drove home from work around 1 am. Today they are running a program in Spanish that is not // 1030 or 1700. Here we go again.
Tim Hall, March 2 
Update on our favorite knuckleheads in Tijuana: The banda format and "La Tremenda" slogans are now only on XESS-620. No more simulcast with XEPE-1700. That lasted all of about 5 or 6 days, pretty dumb considering they made up jingles with the dual frequencies and everything. XEPE-1700 is stunting, running the same song over and over again. Last night, it was a miserable "urban contemptible" dance mix thing, "sung" in Spanglish. Tonight, the song they're repeating is closer to Norteña. The phrase "more money than brains" comes to mind. 
73, Tim Hall, March 3
Has The Mighty 1090 found a solution to their East County signal problem? Is the company also making a run to be a flagship station for football? the broadcast deal to operate these stations is slated for this week, most likely on Wednesday or Thursday, independent sources tell SDRadio. All the paperwork is in place. Quetzal Bilingual Communications, the license holder for KURS-AM 1040, has filed and been approved for cross-border permits. This step is necessary to export programming from the U.S. to Mexico or Canada. The stations identified include:
Spanish language programming to XESDD-AM 1030, and XESS-AM 620. The stations are licensed to Puerto Nuevo, Baja California. XEKTT-AM 1700, English and/or Spanish language broadcasts. The station is licensed to Tijuana. Application applied for: XHBCE-FM 105.7 to deliver English or Spanish language programming. XHBCE-FM is licensed to Ensenada.
XEKTT-AM and XHBCE-FM were recently named as the possible stations that Broadcast Group of the Americas will operate. BCA's main station is XEPRS-AM, The Mighty 1090. 1090's signal is heard better in Irvine than Alpine, and it is believed that if these two additional stations are operated by BCA, Padres baseball could be heard in East County on AM 1700. The high-end radio station is 10,000 watts day and night according to the FCC webpage. If the Union-Tribune's Jay Posner is correct (and he always is), we'll know by the first Padre spring training game on Friday. Initially, 105.7's programming would be in Spanish language until a permit is approved by the FCC. The Mighty 1090 has tapped KURS before as it used the station to broadcast Aztec sports during Padres baseball conflicts. 
Stay Tuned SDRadio.net Feb 28 via DX Listening Digest
Rumor has it that XEPE-1700 is being leased by the folks at XEPRS-1090 so they will have a second frequency for their sports programming. XEPRS' directional signal is not very well received in eastern San Diego County despite their 50,000 watt power. XEPE was still stunting last time I tuned in. 
73, Tim Hall, CA, March 4, IRCA via DX Listening Digest
No official word from The Mighty 1090, and the expected addition of two Mexico-based stations will not happen today. It seems that cross- border applications and equipment are holding the first broadcasts for the time being. It is believed that AM 1700 would be a secondary home to the Padres, and 105.7 FM to be a music-based station. Today, Padres spring training baseball starts at The Mighty 1090. Meanwhile, the new Home of Rome, Xtra Sports 570 continues to baffle sports fans who want Jim Rome and Lee Hacksaw Hamilton static free on air. The 570 signal starts to loose its snap, and starts to crackly and pop south of Encinitas on the coast and Escondido inland -- and is unlistenable in East County. Is 5,000 watts enough? Perhaps for Los Angeles, fans of the station write SDRadio, but not for San Diego.... 
Stay (crackle) Tuned SDRadio.net March 4 via DX Listening Digest 5-040 (5/3-2005)
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MOLDOVA
Radio Moldova has moved from 1494 to 1485 kHz. Heard November 23 from 2120 UTC and again November 25 from 1720 UTC with "Radio Moldova Actualitati" - news, weather and sports. Probably this is to avoid QRM from the Russian High Power Station at Krasnyy Bor near Petersburg carrying VOR programmes on 1494 kHz.
Ullmar Qvick (25/11-2007)

MOLDOVA
1548kHz is a interesting Freq in Japan. I myself could not hear it recently, but two Japanese DXers got it on April 6 and 9. Heard Moldova-TWR&VoRussia, Australia-ABC, China, Sri Lanka-DW, Kuwait-VOA and Philippines on 21:00-05:00 Japanese Standard Time. No Japanese on the freq.
Tooru Gouhara (22/5-2005)

MOLDOVA
On 24 Apr at 1800 noted Voice of Russia in Greek on 1413. Parallel was 1431 Mykolaiv, UKR. Strong signal on 1413, so I guess it was via Maiac, MDA now testing this channel. 
Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski Finland via DXLD yahoogroup (25/4-2005)

MOLDOVA
On 6 Mar at 1800 noted Voice of Russia in Bulgarian on 1503. Some time ago they were on 1566. The listed frequency is 1467. I presume this is the Maiac, MDA transmitter looking for a nice, clear frequency.
Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via DX Listening Digest 5-041 (8/3-2005)
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MONACO
Zone 80 Azur is on the air since yesterday afternoon. On 1467 kHz from 0400-1630 UT. The address is:
37, rue d'Antibes, 06400 Cannes (France)
web: http://www.zone80azur.com
So the Côte d'Azur have now 3 stations on medium waves:
1350 kHz Radio Orient
1467 kHz Zone80 Azur
1557 kHz France Info
Best 73's Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, France, July 19, DXLD 7-085 (20/7-2007)

MONACO
CRI TEST SU 702 kHz ?
Chinese music would certainly indicate a CRI test, especially in case it were loud recordings of traditional music with an extra amount of cymbals and the like (SCNR). In a similar manner they tested 1557 from Lithuania back in December 2002. I seemed to recall that it was back then music only as well, but in fact they used in this case real programming in
Chinese, as documented in this recording from Dec 12 2002:
http://www.radioeins.de/meta/sendungen/apparat/021221_A1.ram
I wouldn't be surprised if regular CRI relays via 702 (and perhaps 1467 as well) will follow soon.
Kai Ludwig, Germany, May 26, DXLD 7-062 (27/5-2007)

MONACO
To-night 22/5/2007 the same Chinese? music only again on 702 kHz noted at 2000 UTC here in Holland. Yesterday 21/5/2007 still on air after 2200 UTC.
73s Ehard Goddijn (22/5-2007)

MONACO
Thanks for the tip, Marco. Here in Holland MCO 702kHz is also noted 1930 UTC 21/5/2007. I have the impression that the music is Chinese, but I am not 100 % sure!
73s Ehard Goddijn (21/5-2007)

MONACO
702 is on again. Yesterday may 20 it was broadcasting RMC france in // with 216 LW, but tonight at 6.30 pm local time (4.30 utc) there was a continuos stream of japanese music with no anouncement whatsoever. It is still on at present (7.32 pm). No i/f from nearby RAI DRM.
Marco Barsotti, Costa Smeralda - Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy (21/5-2007)

MONACO
Der ERF gab bekannt, dass Ende September die Ausstrahlung von Radiosendungen über die Mittelwelle und ab Ende Oktober über die beiden Kurzwelle-Frequenzen von Radio Monte Carlo eingestellt werden. Die Sendungen über die Mittelwellenfrequenz 1539 (Mainflingen) werden in vollem Umfang von täglich 19 Stunden weitergeführt. Auch die Ausstrahlung per Satellit, Kabel und Internet steht nicht zur Disposition.
Im Programm leuchtet die KW bereits nicht mehr auf.
73 Walther Eibl, a-dx
Evangeliums-Rundfunk, the German partner of Trans World Radio, will abandon the transmitters of Monte-Carlo Radiodiffusion in autumn of this year. The morning transmission on 1467 will cease by the end of September, the shortwave transmissions by the end of October (presumably Oct 28), see the above message.
This is no surprise, ERF announced already a while ago that this would happen one day. In fact some people here at Elsterwerda are indeed regular ERF listeners, and they put pressure on the operator of our cable net (a local company, no Kabel Deutschland here) to offer ERF as well. One of the engineers of this local company was just stunned when I
told him about ERF's big 700 kW mediumwave transmitter at Mainflingen. He had never heard of 1539 before, and he is indeed interested in radio. So who should listen to additional, scattered shortwave transmissions anymore?
The only other TWR transmission via MCR's shortwave transmitter besides the ERF programs is English in the morning on 9800. One has to wonder if this single transmission will continue when 6230/7160 are gone?
Kai Ludwig via mwc (28/3-2007)

MONACO
Since last Friday (December 1st), The Overcomer Ministry (Brother Stair) is on the air, in English, on MW from Col de la Madone on 702 kHz. Daily 1900-2000 UT. Broadcasts until December 31st.
Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, France, Dec 3, DXLD 6-178 (3/12-2006)

MONACO
From November 30th, ALL religious programmes in French, on 216 kHz LW (0430-0500 local time) will be deleted. Radio Evangile was over RMC since 1961, the end after 45 years. From December 1st, RMC Infos will start own programmes at 0430 local time [0330 UT].
Regards from Nice, Christian Ghibaudo, Oct 28, DXLD 6-161 (28/10-2006)

MONACO
Hello, just a reminder about Monte Carlo Radiodiffusion (MCR) transmitter site in Roumoules, South-East of France. Frequency: 216 kHz 1400 kW (power reduced at night time). Transmitter in use from 0428 (local time i.e. 0228 UT) to 0005 (local time i.e. 2205 UT).
From 0228 UT religious programmes in French. At 0258, RMC info in French, always sign-on with Monaco National Anthem (La Marche de Monaco).
The night RMC info programmes are on FM, satellite and Internet only. Note that on Sundays, there is a special programme produced by Catholic Church on 216 kHz ONLY, at 0545-0600 UT. On FM and satellite regular RMC Info programmes. RMC Info is now also available on World Space AfriStar West Beam. You can find pictures of Roumoules at the following website: http://phototheque.niv2.com/photo/visionneuse.php4?cat=116 
Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, France, April 30, DX Listening Digest 6-068 (30/4-2006)
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MOROCCO
595 RTM has been noted elsewhere in Europe, and I've been asked whether it's
Morocco: it is Oujda, NE Morocco; e.g. 2117-..., 07 May, parallel to 540 Tahadart, 33443, weakish audio most of the time (hence hard to ID), QRM de POR. I was not fully sure of what it was a number of weeks ago, and even disregarded it because Oujda has been regular on 594 for ages, but it's the RTM after all, and the heterodyne is pesting the channel for too too long now. That of Syria on 782 is nevertheless even "older."
Carlos Goncalves, Portugal via dxld yg (12/5-2008)

MOROCCO
Needless to say this not DX, just an observation on how RTM outlets are behaving:
711.06 Laâyoune (?- see ID), regional programme, 0946-..., 13 May, Arabic, Arab songs, talks, Dakhla ID, songs; 55454 but still weak audio. Now Laâyoune, formerly El-Aiún, is "in front" of the Canaries whereas Dakhla (formerly Villa Cisneros I suppose), is well into the south, so quite different places.
1079.8 Tangiers ?, regional programme, 0905-..., 12 May, Arabic, Arab songs, news 1200, prayer 1410; 55555 whereas terribly after darkness, but then this one must be no other than a harmonic of 539.95 which was a detail I overlooked in a previous report about this case.
1187.9 Casablanca, "C" programme, 1014-..., 13 May, Berber, talks, interviews; 55454, engline-like QRN in the carrier.
1637.8 Rabat, "A" programme, 1010-..., 13 May, Arabic, Arab songs: 35353, harmonic of 818.9, still with bad audio though not as bad as during an April observation.
And as far as other MRC stations are concerned, maybe my home-made 4 element VHF-FM cubical quad antenna can help in the future since rough tests at just 3 m above ground on Sat. 12th inst. provided reception of several MRC stns, viz. "A", "B" & "C" networks, Médi 1, not to mention stations in CNR & MDR.
Carlos Gonçalves (14/5-2007)
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