Station cuts shortwave frequencies and upgrades transmitters
Radio Romania International
announced as the last item in their English news (18 May at 0007 UT on 9775 kHz) that they would be reducing their shortwave frequencies for the next couple of months whilst they upgrade/replace their shortwave transmitters. The revised English schedule they read out had only half the number of frequencies for each broadcast as in their original A08 schedule
(see below).
Their websitealso shows details:
CHANGES IN RRI'S FREQUENCIES. You'll soon receive RRI's broadcasts on the short-waves in better conditions.
On May 18th 2008, at 2100 hours UT, the transmitters in Galbeni, north-eastern Romania will stop functioning and will be replaced by Radiocom with new 300 kW short-wave transmitters. That is why in the following months you can listen to RRI's broadcasts on fewer frequencies. The programs will be broadcast by our transmitters in Tiganesti, near Bucharest.
The programs broadcast by the transmitters in Saftica, near Bucharest, the internet and satellite transmissions, as well as the broadcasts and rebroadcasts of RRI's programs by WRN will not be affected by the change.
In summer, after the new transmitters of Galbeni start functioning, most of our programs will be broadcast by those transmitters, to allow us upgrade the rest of our old short-wave ransmitters, which become more and more obsolete, and replace them with 300 kW transmitters in Tiganesti and 100 kW transmitters in Saftica.
We hope the inconvenience created by the reduction of frequencies on the short waves will be compensated in a couple of months by a significant improvement of the quality of reception, required by many of our listeners.
Therefore at 1200 UTC listeners in Western Europe can tune in to our programmes on 15220 kHz.
At 1700 UTC listeners in Western Europe can listen to RRI on 11735 kHz.
At 2030 UTC listeners in Western Europe can tune in on 9515 kHz while listeners in North America (the East Coast) can tune in on 11940 kHz.
At 2200 UTC listeners in Western Europe can tune in on 7185 kHz and those in North America (the East Coast) on 9790 kHz.
At 0000 UTC listeners in North America (the East Coast) can listen on 9775
kHz.
At 0300 UTC listeners in North America (the West Coast) can tune in on 6150 kHz and those in South East Asia on 11895 kHz.
At 0530 UTC listeners in Western Europe can listen on 9655 kHz while those in the Pacific area can tune in on 17770 kHz.
(Alan Pennington-UK, BrDXC-UK May 19)
(Source: WWDXC Top News - BC DX # 861 via wb, Germany)
Radio Romania International
announced as the last item in their English news (18 May at 0007 UT on 9775 kHz) that they would be reducing their shortwave frequencies for the next couple of months whilst they upgrade/replace their shortwave transmitters. The revised English schedule they read out had only half the number of frequencies for each broadcast as in their original A08 schedule
(see below).
Their website
CHANGES IN RRI'S FREQUENCIES. You'll soon receive RRI's broadcasts on the short-waves in better conditions.
On May 18th 2008, at 2100 hours UT, the transmitters in Galbeni, north-eastern Romania will stop functioning and will be replaced by Radiocom with new 300 kW short-wave transmitters. That is why in the following months you can listen to RRI's broadcasts on fewer frequencies. The programs will be broadcast by our transmitters in Tiganesti, near Bucharest.
The programs broadcast by the transmitters in Saftica, near Bucharest, the internet and satellite transmissions, as well as the broadcasts and rebroadcasts of RRI's programs by WRN will not be affected by the change.
In summer, after the new transmitters of Galbeni start functioning, most of our programs will be broadcast by those transmitters, to allow us upgrade the rest of our old short-wave ransmitters, which become more and more obsolete, and replace them with 300 kW transmitters in Tiganesti and 100 kW transmitters in Saftica.
We hope the inconvenience created by the reduction of frequencies on the short waves will be compensated in a couple of months by a significant improvement of the quality of reception, required by many of our listeners.
Therefore at 1200 UTC listeners in Western Europe can tune in to our programmes on 15220 kHz.
At 1700 UTC listeners in Western Europe can listen to RRI on 11735 kHz.
At 2030 UTC listeners in Western Europe can tune in on 9515 kHz while listeners in North America (the East Coast) can tune in on 11940 kHz.
At 2200 UTC listeners in Western Europe can tune in on 7185 kHz and those in North America (the East Coast) on 9790 kHz.
At 0000 UTC listeners in North America (the East Coast) can listen on 9775
kHz.
At 0300 UTC listeners in North America (the West Coast) can tune in on 6150 kHz and those in South East Asia on 11895 kHz.
At 0530 UTC listeners in Western Europe can listen on 9655 kHz while those in the Pacific area can tune in on 17770 kHz.
(Alan Pennington-UK, BrDXC-UK May 19)
(Source: WWDXC Top News - BC DX # 861 via wb, Germany)