måndag 22 oktober 2012

Radio 1593 on the air 24/7 from Germany

Radio 1593 kHz with transmitter near Euskirchen in Western Germany is on the air 24h with 500 watts and wait for a spare part which increases the power to estimated 10 kW. Radio 1593 relays Radio 700 das Europawelle from Funkhaus Euskirchen. (21.10.2012 Christian Milling, Germany via Bengt Ericson, ARC)

torsdag 18 oktober 2012

Vahon Hindustani Radio 1557 kHz now 1 kW

HOLLAND Vahon on 1557 kHz is now transmitting via its Nautel one kW tx .They started from Tuesday October 16th, 2012 at 2000 UTC. Info source:http://www.mediamagazine.nl/medianieuws1/radionieuws/3994-vahon-fm-op-vol-vermogen-op-middengolf Over here in Almere, The Netherlands, the signalstrengh is S9+5dB during the daytime; it was S9 with the 400 W-tx. The audio is clear via the Nautel tx, but less loud as via the 400 W tx .(Ehard Goddijn Holland via Mauno Ritola) The same observation in southern Sweden. (18.10.2012 Bengt Ericson, ARC)

fredag 12 oktober 2012

Vahon FM Hindustani Radio 1557 kHz now with increased power

Vahon FM Hindustani Radio in Den Haag transmitting on 1557 kHz in Hindi, Dutch and English has increased the power to 400 watts from October 10th. The station is received very well in souther Sweden at local dusk and dawn. Then the station has a stronger signal than Nice and UK-stations.
(12.10.2012  Mediamagazine.nl via Mauno Ritola and Bengt Ericson, ARC)

söndag 7 oktober 2012

New Dutch station on the air on MW 1557 kHz

NETHERLANDS 1557 A Dutch station is now using this frequency from October 6th, 2012. Vahon FM Hindustani Radio in Den Haag. Broadcasting 24 h in Hindi, Dutch and sometimes English. On Sunday October 7th at 2030 UTC the announcements were in English. It was a request program. You can check on the stream www.vahonfm.nl.

On the frequency 1557 kHz there is tough competition:
WYFR in Taiwan
France Info in France            
Some UK-stations                                                                                 
(Ehard Goddijn via Steve Whitt, mwcircle, Ydun and Tore Larsson, ARC October 6th, 2012)