RADIO SWEDEN'S TRANSMITTERS AND THE LOG BOOK - January 30, 2015



RADIO SWEDEN AND THE LOG BOOK
January 30, 2015

RADIO SWEDEN'S TRANSMITTERS

 In our last Station News blog post, I gave you a link to the Wertachtal transmitter demolition, and may readers found this quite interesting. A few days ago, I discovered another very interesting documentary video that provides a look at the Radio Sweden shortwave transmitters at Hörby, and the Sölvesborg AM transmitter. Håkan Widenstedt, was the Chief Engineer for Radio Sweden when this film was shot in 2006.

 What is interesting about this video is the detailed view of the inside of the shortwave and mediumwave  transmitters. And it offers some insight into the day-to-day work of an engineer for a large international broadcaster. In its day, Radio Sweden was a much loved and popular station, and even today is sadly missed.

 This film is in memory of Håkan, who passed away in 2011. It is 30 minutes long and was produced by Kelly Lindman. The conversation is in Swedish with English subtitles. Special thanks to Jan Oosterveen for making this available on YouTube for all of us to enjoy.


LOG BOOK

The notes below were heard during the past week. Perhaps there's something here of interest to you.

 Most of these notes were posted live to Twitter at the time when the actual monitoring took place. If you use Twitter and want to know what I'm listening to as it happens, click on the "follow @robvk3bvw" button below and watch out for my future tweets. Perhaps you will hear what I'm hearing from your own location! Perhaps you can tell me what you're listening to as well...let's swap notes!
3945   VANUATU. R. Vanuatu - Port Vila. Noted at 1610 with non-stop music, no anncts. Not regularly using this freq at this time and 7260 seems to be off-air, strong signal on Jan 23.

 4860   INDIA. AIR - Shimla. English news at 1730, ID at 1735, then Hindi news till s/off with ID at 1741. Fair signal but QRM chatter from Asian fishing boats, Jan 23.

 5995   MALI. RTV du Mali - Bamako. There's a strong carrier but just no grunt in the audio to really make out much content at 2000. Pity! Jan 28.

 6030   ETHIOPIA. R. Oromiya - Addis Ababa. Great listening with very groovy local music selections at 1938, Oromo anncts at 1946, good signal on Jan 28.

 6040   IRAN. VOIRI - Sirjan. English to Eu with political commentary at 1953, good signal on Jan 28.

 6055   RWANDA. R. Rwanda - Kigali. Talks and African chants at 2010 in the Kinyarwanda language, good signal but heavy QRM from R. Kuwait 6050, Jan 28.

 6130   SWAZILAND. TWR - Manzini. Portuguese preaching at 2005 to Angola, a fair signal but heavy QRM from VoVietnam's Russian service via Woofferton on 6135, Jan 28.

 7365   GERMANY. Bible Voice - Nauen. One min late with their s/on at 1801 in Farsi, ID and a Calgary address. Slight QRM CNR 1 till that station s/off 1805, excellent signal on Jan 23.

 9505   SUDAN. VoAfrica - Al Aitahab. French to CAf with local music and anncts at 1630. Fair signal and a little stronger than the co-channel BBC's WS to the ME. Tuned in again at 1743 for the English service with QRM still from BBC, Jan 23.

 9690   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. French to SEu at 1710, good signal and no sign of co-channel Nigeria on Jan 23.

 9715   AUSTRIA. Bible Voice - Moosbrunn. English preaching to ME at 1807, s/off 1815. Scheduled for just 15 min transmissions on Fridays, Jan 23.

 9770   GERMANY. R. Ashna - Nauen. at 1637 with news in Pashto to Afghanistan, ID at 1647. A monster signal at S9+20dB on Jan 23.

 9835   MALAYSIA. RTMalaysia - Kajang. Sarawak FM relay at 1909 with pop ballads, excellent signal Jan 28.

 9875   D.P.R.KOREA. VoKorea - Kujang. Revolutionary pop ballad at 1933 in the English service to ME, fair signal, Jan 28.

 9895   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. R Taiwan Int'l - Dhabayya. French service to Eu with current affairs at 1915, good signal, Jan 28.

 9940   SWAZILAND. TWR - Manzini. French service to CAf at 1948 featuring an African choir, fair signal, Jan 28.

 11775   FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. S/on 1900 to WAf with the long (5 min) version of the national anthem and Arabic ID. Into the Qur'an at 1906, good signal, Jan 28.

 11985 FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. Arabic to CAf, prayer readings 1850, good signal on Jan 28. 

 15120   NIGERIA. VoNigeria - Ikorodu. Arabic service to Eu with a speech, punctuated by drum music at 1747. Very weak signal on Jan 23.

 15125   MALI. CRI - Bamako. Arabic programming to EAf at 1650 till s/off 1657. Did not come back for the scheduled Swahili at 1700! Strong carrier but weak audio on Jan 23.

 15155   FRANCE. AWR - Issoudun. Oromo service to EAf at 1752 till s/off 1759. Weak signal but quite clear copy on Jan 23.

 15225   SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA - Riyadh. Arabic to NAf at 1703, good signal but with deep fading, Jan 23.

 15300   FRANCE. RFI - Issoudun. French to CAf at 1755, suddenly off at 1757 in the middle of a song, poor signal on Jan 23.

 73 and have a great weekend everyone!

 Rob Wagner VK3BVW

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