This week's tests from Bergen Kringkaster / Radio Northern Star

LKB/LLE is on the air with new test broadcasts this week from LLE-2 (1314 kHz) and LLE-3 (5895 kHz), carrying IDs and jingles of Radio Northern Star: Morning Broadcast today Tuesday @0730-0900 UTC, and afternoon broadcast Thursday @1530-1730 UTC. On Wednesday there will be split programming: Morning Broadcast @0730-0900 UTC on 1314 kHz and all day broadcast on 5895 kHz @0730-2100 UTC will carry LKB LLE IDs and morse idents. We are looking for the specs of our Western Electric! Our QSL card has arrived, and are being sent out, but still reports are welcome! Address: Box 100, N5331 RONG, NORWAY or 1000@northernstar.no or report@bergenkringkaster.no (Svenn Martinsen, ARC)

Brazilian AM stations about to switch to FM

Hej!!

Enligt TV-nyheterna har president Dilma skrivit under ett dekret, som ger tillstånd till alla AM stationer i Brasilien att flytta till FM. Från och med den 1:e Januari 2014 kan stationerna ansöka om förflyttning.

Associação Brasileira de Rádios e Televisão tror att ca 90 % av de 1784 MV stationerna kommer att gå över till FM-sändningar. Den första tiden får dom sända både på MV och FM.

Efter 5 år måste dom ha valt att gå över till FM eller fortsätta på MV och kan också om dom så vill utvidga sina MV-rättigheter.

Några av motiven ar battre ljudkvalitet och mindre störningar, samt att FM-sandningar i motsats till MV kan avlyssnas på mobiltelefoner.

Tråkigt for MV-DX:are!!

Hälsningar från Brasilien

Nils Olsson

Hello!

According to the TV news, president Dilma has signed a decree which enables all Brazilian MW/AM stations to switch over to FM. As of January 1, 2014 the stations can apply for switching to FM.

Associação Brasileira de Rádios e Televisão believes that around 90% of the 1784 stations currently broadcasting on MW/AM in Brazil will be switching over to FM. Initially, the stations will be able to broadcast both on AM/MW and FM.

After five years the stations must decide whether to switch to FM permanently or to continue on FM. They may also decide to stay on MW/AM and are allowed to expand their prescence in this band.

Some of the motives for the decree is better audio quality and less interference plus the fact that FM transmissions, contrary to AM/MW radio, can be received on cellular phones.

Tough for AM/MW buffs, indeed!

Greetings fom Brazil,
Nils Olsson (Nils Olsson, formerly of ARC, via Bengt Ericsson, ARC)

Upcoming tests from Bergen Kringkaster LKB/LLE

LKB/LLE is on the air with new test transmissions today from LLE-2 (AM 1314) and LLE-3 (AM/USB 5895), Morning broadcasts are normally Tue, Wed, @0615-0900 UTC, and the afternoon broadcast Thur @1400-1600 UTC. Please note: Next scheduled broadcast November 14th! Our QSL card has arrived, so why not report! report@bergenkringkaster.no or: Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway. Many reports already from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland. etc. (Svenn Martinsen, ARC)

Further tests from Bergen Kringkaster LKB/LLE, Norway

LKB/LLE is on the air with new test broadcasts this week from LLE-2 (1314 kHz) and LLE-3 (5895 kHz), Morning Broadcast today Tuesday and tomorrow Wednesday @0615-0900 UTC. Reports are welcome! Address: Box 100, N5331 RONG, NORWAY or report@bergenkringkaster.no
Picture showing the southern mast taken down 2000. (Svenn Martinsen, ARC)