France Info from Lyon on 603 was sounding distorted last night and sounds even worse tonight. It will be interesting to see whether the fault is cleared or the transmitter is shut down. If no listeners have complained Radio France might not even be aware of the fault yet.
The 'AM death watch' thread...
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Looks like the fault on the France Info tx at Lyon on 603 has been cleared. It's sounding good tonight.
It is reported that Radio Rossii in Russia will close most of its mediumwve transmitters on 1 February 2015.
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url
This is a translated page
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url
This is a translated page
Originally Posted by jimbo:
“It is reported that Radio Rossii in Russia will close most of its mediumwve transmitters on 1 February 2015.
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url
This is a translated page”
“It is reported that Radio Rossii in Russia will close most of its mediumwve transmitters on 1 February 2015.
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url
This is a translated page”
This actually pleases me greatly. Right now I get constant interference on a lot of AM stations due to Russia having so many MW transmitters. I'm able to get quite a bit of UK AM stations here in Estonia including Absolute Radio (which I enjoy a lot) however RTR broadcasts on both 1197 AND 1215 which are the two I can actually receive. Btw I've got a couple of videos up of getting some medium wave stations in Estonia (a country that has zero AM broadcasts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2z0-5kL41k
Originally Posted by the_viasat_guy:
“I'm able to get quite a bit of UK AM stations here in Estonia including Absolute Radio (which I enjoy a lot) however RTR broadcasts on both 1197 AND 1215 which are the two I can actually receive. Btw I've got a couple of videos up of getting some medium wave stations in Estonia (a country that has zero AM broadcasts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2z0-5kL41k”
“I'm able to get quite a bit of UK AM stations here in Estonia including Absolute Radio (which I enjoy a lot) however RTR broadcasts on both 1197 AND 1215 which are the two I can actually receive. Btw I've got a couple of videos up of getting some medium wave stations in Estonia (a country that has zero AM broadcasts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2z0-5kL41k”
Absolute and the previous Virgin radio had some international aspirations, but now under new owners may become UK focused and soon shutdown AM.
It's possible Bauer may expand into Estonia on FM or DAB+?
https://www.bauermedia.com/en/media/radio-tv/
Quote:
“Radio is an important business sector for us, a sector we continue to develop. Today, we are already one of the leading companies in the European radio sector.
Every day almost 18 million people listen to one of our programmes. Alongside Radio Hamburg in Germany, our company has approximately 50 radio channels in Poland, the UK and Slovakia”
“Radio is an important business sector for us, a sector we continue to develop. Today, we are already one of the leading companies in the European radio sector.
Every day almost 18 million people listen to one of our programmes. Alongside Radio Hamburg in Germany, our company has approximately 50 radio channels in Poland, the UK and Slovakia”
But with the large AM stations closing there is opertunities for night time stations to reach long distances, but local domestic interference increasing may mean the internet is the best way?
Originally Posted by hanssolo:
“Absolute and the previous Virgin radio had some international aspirations, but now under new owners may become UK focused and soon shutdown AM.
It's possible Bauer may expand into Estonia on FM or DAB+?
https://www.bauermedia.com/en/media/radio-tv/
But with the large AM stations closing there is opertunities for night time stations to reach long distances, but local domestic interference increasing may mean the internet is the best way?”
“Absolute and the previous Virgin radio had some international aspirations, but now under new owners may become UK focused and soon shutdown AM.
It's possible Bauer may expand into Estonia on FM or DAB+?
https://www.bauermedia.com/en/media/radio-tv/
But with the large AM stations closing there is opertunities for night time stations to reach long distances, but local domestic interference increasing may mean the internet is the best way?”
I'd give it a 0.01% chance of ever launching here. Since they region lock their stream I can listen from satellite or send it over fibre to here (having four tuner full UK DVB-T access here). I don't mind listening on AM when theres little interference but once Russian radio stops its propaganda broadcasting nonsense over half the MW band I'll be able to get a lot more from UK, France, Netherlands and Germany so I'm all for it.
Originally Posted by the_viasat_guy:
“I'd give it a 0.01% chance of ever launching here. Since they region lock their stream I can listen from satellite or send it over fibre to here (having four tuner full UK DVB-T access here). I don't mind listening on AM when theres little interference but once Russian radio stops its propaganda broadcasting nonsense over half the MW band I'll be able to get a lot more from UK, France, Netherlands and Germany so I'm all for it.”
“I'd give it a 0.01% chance of ever launching here. Since they region lock their stream I can listen from satellite or send it over fibre to here (having four tuner full UK DVB-T access here). I don't mind listening on AM when theres little interference but once Russian radio stops its propaganda broadcasting nonsense over half the MW band I'll be able to get a lot more from UK, France, Netherlands and Germany so I'm all for it.”
I think the frequencies used are as follows: (Radio Rossii unless stated)
567 200 kW Volgagrad
585 150 kW Perm
594 40 kW Izhevsk
612 20 kW Kurkino (Voice of Russia)
621 50 kW Makhachkala
657 150 kW Murmansk
684 10 kW Sosnovka (Radio Radonezh)
693 150 kW Yazykovo
711 7 kW Naryan-Mar
738 5 kW Kurkino (WRN)
765 150 kW Pedaselga
828 10 kW Sosnovka (Radiogazeta)
846 42 kW Elista
855 50 kW Kamenka
873 50 kW Kaliningrad
873 75 kW Olgino
873 150 kW Kurovskaya
873 100 kW Mehzavod
918 150 kW Arkhangelsk
918 50 kW Makhachkala (Radio Mayak
936 5 kW Matveyevka
945 40 kW Rostov-na-Donu
1053 10 kW Sosnovka (Radio Mariya)
1080 100 kW Kovylkino
1089 50 kW Krasny Bor (Radio Teos)
1116 30 kW Sochi
1134 20 kW Kurkino (Radio Teos)
1251 7 kW Cherkessk/RTPS
1251 1 kW Urup
1287 50 kW Grozniy
1350 50 kW Sukhumi
1395 50 kW Buguruslan
1458 7 kW Kudymkar
1584 0.1 kW Moskva (Radio Ekspromt (temp)
1593 0.01 kW St Petersburg (temp)
1602 0.1 kW Moscow (Radio Zeleny Glazh) (temp)
That makes 36 out of 40. Where are the other 4 transmitters? Or is it just Radio Rossii that is going off MW. The ori8ginal press release relates to the RTR or RTRS. It also says that transmitters radiating bewtwen 1-15 kW will stay on air for now but will be migrated to FM later. From this list if you leave out the temporary stations, there are 9 transmitters less 15 kW or less - giving the impression all the rest will close next week.
We will have to wait and see! Can anyone tell me of any other transmiutters I have missed?
Originally Posted by jimbo:
“I think the frequencies used are as follows: (Radio Rossii unless stated)
We will have to wait and see! Can anyone tell me of any other transmiutters I have missed?”
“I think the frequencies used are as follows: (Radio Rossii unless stated)
We will have to wait and see! Can anyone tell me of any other transmiutters I have missed?”
Is that from the EMWG website? WRTH 2015 has 53 Radio Rossii transmitters listed, on a quick check of the first few frequencies you've listed the missing ones compared with your list are in Asiatic Russia.
Originally Posted by MikeBr:
“Is that from the EMWG website? WRTH 2015 has 53 Radio Rossii transmitters listed, on a quick check of the first few frequencies you've listed the missing ones compared with your list are in Asiatic Russia.”
“Is that from the EMWG website? WRTH 2015 has 53 Radio Rossii transmitters listed, on a quick check of the first few frequencies you've listed the missing ones compared with your list are in Asiatic Russia.”
I did get them from there but these are the frequencies listed with WRUS" next to them. I was not sure where to find the others. Are there any frequencies missing?
I do not sadly have the current WRTH I'm afraid and only put the list there for ease of reference.
Thanks
Originally Posted by jimbo:
“I did get them from there but these are the frequencies listed with WRUS" next to them. I was not sure where to find the others. Are there any frequencies missing?
I do not sadly have the current WRTH I'm afraid and only put the list there for ease of reference.
Thanks”
“I did get them from there but these are the frequencies listed with WRUS" next to them. I was not sure where to find the others. Are there any frequencies missing?
I do not sadly have the current WRTH I'm afraid and only put the list there for ease of reference.
Thanks”
Asiatic Russia frequencies missing are on a quick check 576, 629, 792, 810, 963, 1152, 1278, 1440, 1476, 1485, 1503. Either Siberia or Far East. More than one transmitter on some of those, they also use some of the frequencies you've listed.
The only source at the moment is the late December newspaper report, nothing since in the weekly comprehensive Rus-Dx bulletin.
The interference to Absolute on 1215 AM is coming from CRI's high power transmitter in Albania rather than Russia, so the interference from CRI may be around for some time?
I expect WRN will look forward to getting on FM in Moscow rather than AM?
Sputnik are now the Russian external service and are not on AM anymore,
http://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html
WRN are the brokers to get Sputnik on DAB in London.
Originally Posted by jimbo:
“ 738 5 kW Kurkino (WRN)
The ori8ginal press release relates to the RTR or RTRS. It also says that transmitters radiating bewtwen 1-15 kW will stay on air for now but will be migrated to FM later.”
“ 738 5 kW Kurkino (WRN)
The ori8ginal press release relates to the RTR or RTRS. It also says that transmitters radiating bewtwen 1-15 kW will stay on air for now but will be migrated to FM later.”
I expect WRN will look forward to getting on FM in Moscow rather than AM?
Sputnik are now the Russian external service and are not on AM anymore,
http://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html
Quote:
“Sputnik’s radio broadcasting will use only modern formats, such as FM, digital DAB/DAB+ (Digital Radio Broadcasting), HD-Radio, as well as mobile phones and the Internet.”
“Sputnik’s radio broadcasting will use only modern formats, such as FM, digital DAB/DAB+ (Digital Radio Broadcasting), HD-Radio, as well as mobile phones and the Internet.”
WRN are the brokers to get Sputnik on DAB in London.
The German DLF (17422) and SR Saar (1179 kHz) will close on 31 December 2015
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url
Originally Posted by jimbo:
“The German DLF (17422) and SR Saar (1179 kHz) will close on 31 December 2015
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url”
“The German DLF (17422) and SR Saar (1179 kHz) will close on 31 December 2015
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url”
It looks like Germany is on course to have eliminated AM by 31/12/15 (excepting Europe 1 which is just on the German side of the border with France for historical reasons).
Originally Posted by Colin_London:
“It looks like Germany is on course to have eliminated AM by 31/12/15 (excepting Europe 1 which is just on the German side of the border with France for historical reasons).”
“It looks like Germany is on course to have eliminated AM by 31/12/15 (excepting Europe 1 which is just on the German side of the border with France for historical reasons).”
There are AFN stations in Germany on 1107, 1143 and 1485.
the mediumwave.info site is reporting that the following transmitter sites in Russia are to close on MW from 1 February
567 Volgograd
567 Kyzyl
576 Khabarovsk
585 Perm
594 Izhevsk
621 Syktyvkar
621 Makhachkala
639 Omsk
657 Murmansk
693 Ufa
739 Chelyabinsk
765 Petrozavodsk
792 Aleksandrovsk
792 Abakan
810 Vladivostok
846 Elista
855 Penza
873 Moscow
873 Petersburg
873 Samara
873 Kaliningrad
918 Arkhangelsk
945 Rostov
963 Zakamensk
1080 Saransk
1116 Sochi
1134 Vyoshenskaya
1278 Severobaykalsk
1287 Terrible
1476 Ongudai
1503 Mining
1584 Keys
The ones left will be
711 7 Naryan-Mar, Nenetskiy Autonomny Okrug GTRK "Zapolyarje" / "Pomorje”
738 25 Palana, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka"
936 5 Matveevka, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg"
1008 1 Tuapse, Krasnodarskiy kray
1089 5 Tilichiki, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka"
1098 5 Nikolsk, Vologodskaya oblast GTRK "Vologda"
1152 50 Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovskiy kray GTRK "Dalnevostochnoe"
1251 1 Urup, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay-Cherkessia"
1251 7 Cherkessk, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay-Cherkessia"
1278 5 Bagdarin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
1278 25 Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatakaya"
1350 5 Ust-Kan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1350 5 Ust-Ulagan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1395 5 Buguruslan, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg"
1440 5 Kosh-Agach, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1440 5 Turochak, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1440 5 Ust-Cox, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1458 7 Ёgva, Permskiy kray GTRK "Perm"
1485 1 Kamensky, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka"
1521 5 Boguchani, Krasnoyarskiy kray GTRK "Krasnoyarsk"
1584 1 Taksimo, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
1602 1 Novoiliynskiy, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
1602 1 Ust-Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
Hope that helps
567 Volgograd
567 Kyzyl
576 Khabarovsk
585 Perm
594 Izhevsk
621 Syktyvkar
621 Makhachkala
639 Omsk
657 Murmansk
693 Ufa
739 Chelyabinsk
765 Petrozavodsk
792 Aleksandrovsk
792 Abakan
810 Vladivostok
846 Elista
855 Penza
873 Moscow
873 Petersburg
873 Samara
873 Kaliningrad
918 Arkhangelsk
945 Rostov
963 Zakamensk
1080 Saransk
1116 Sochi
1134 Vyoshenskaya
1278 Severobaykalsk
1287 Terrible
1476 Ongudai
1503 Mining
1584 Keys
The ones left will be
711 7 Naryan-Mar, Nenetskiy Autonomny Okrug GTRK "Zapolyarje" / "Pomorje”
738 25 Palana, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka"
936 5 Matveevka, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg"
1008 1 Tuapse, Krasnodarskiy kray
1089 5 Tilichiki, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka"
1098 5 Nikolsk, Vologodskaya oblast GTRK "Vologda"
1152 50 Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovskiy kray GTRK "Dalnevostochnoe"
1251 1 Urup, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay-Cherkessia"
1251 7 Cherkessk, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay-Cherkessia"
1278 5 Bagdarin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
1278 25 Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatakaya"
1350 5 Ust-Kan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1350 5 Ust-Ulagan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1395 5 Buguruslan, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg"
1440 5 Kosh-Agach, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1440 5 Turochak, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1440 5 Ust-Cox, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai"
1458 7 Ёgva, Permskiy kray GTRK "Perm"
1485 1 Kamensky, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka"
1521 5 Boguchani, Krasnoyarskiy kray GTRK "Krasnoyarsk"
1584 1 Taksimo, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
1602 1 Novoiliynskiy, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
1602 1 Ust-Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya"
Hope that helps
Originally Posted by swb1964:
“I wonder how they have decided which ones to keep open?”
“I wonder how they have decided which ones to keep open?”
Areas with poor FM coverage maybe? I imagine there are vast swathes of Russia with little/no FM coverage. It's a giant country after all.
Originally Posted by hanssolo:
“The interference to Absolute on 1215 AM is coming from CRI's high power transmitter in Albania rather than Russia, so the interference from CRI may be around for some time?
I expect WRN will look forward to getting on FM in Moscow rather than AM?
Sputnik are now the Russian external service and are not on AM anymore,
http://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html
WRN are the brokers to get Sputnik on DAB in London.”
“The interference to Absolute on 1215 AM is coming from CRI's high power transmitter in Albania rather than Russia, so the interference from CRI may be around for some time?
I expect WRN will look forward to getting on FM in Moscow rather than AM?
Sputnik are now the Russian external service and are not on AM anymore,
http://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html
WRN are the brokers to get Sputnik on DAB in London.”
They should be looking to get Radio Sweden onto UK DAB as well, and not just in London. Radio Sweden and Radio Moscow/Voice of Russia/Sputnik are/were indeed not your standard foreign station on AM.
Radio Moscow and Radio Sweden could be easily heard on AM here in the UK during daylight hours.
Originally Posted by swb1964:
“I wonder how they have decided which ones to keep open?”
“I wonder how they have decided which ones to keep open?”
The remaining areas will eventually get replaced by FM transmitters. They are not exactly short of frequencies to accommodate the station on the FM band, but what they are short of is the money to do it.
Originally Posted by david16:
“They should be looking to get Radio Sweden onto UK DAB as well, and not just in London. Radio Sweden and Radio Moscow/Voice of Russia/Sputnik are/were indeed not your standard foreign station on AM.”
“They should be looking to get Radio Sweden onto UK DAB as well, and not just in London. Radio Sweden and Radio Moscow/Voice of Russia/Sputnik are/were indeed not your standard foreign station on AM.”
Radio Swedens English coverage consists of 1 x 30 minute programme a day. Not exactly sufficient to sustain a channel. The days of full service international broadcasting are ended
Originally Posted by Colin_London:
“Radio Swedens English coverage consists of 1 x 30 minute programme a day. Not exactly sufficient to sustain a channel. The days of full service international broadcasting are ended”
“Radio Swedens English coverage consists of 1 x 30 minute programme a day. Not exactly sufficient to sustain a channel. The days of full service international broadcasting are ended
”
I have heard the English language programmes several more than 1 x 30 minute slot per day.
Originally Posted by david16:
“I have heard the English language programmes several more than 1 x 30 minute slot per day.”
“I have heard the English language programmes several more than 1 x 30 minute slot per day.”
Their website shows 1 30 minute programme a day for download
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt?programid=2054
They are also on World Radio Network Europe for only 30 minutes each day. Where have you heard these programmes?
Originally Posted by Colin_London:
“Radio Sweden's English coverage consists of 1 x 30 minute programme a day. Not exactly sufficient to sustain a channel. The days of full service international broadcasting are ended”
“Radio Sweden's English coverage consists of 1 x 30 minute programme a day. Not exactly sufficient to sustain a channel. The days of full service international broadcasting are ended
”
Radio Sweden is a WRN partner and was on the Spectrum London AM/DAB relay, for some reason Spectrum no longer relays WRN, and Sputnik and Korea KBS are on WRN's London's own DAB slot http://www.wrn.org/listeners/
but for some reason (cost?) other stations like Radio Sweden are Sky and internet only in the UK?
Originally Posted by Colin_London:
“The remaining areas will eventually get replaced by FM transmitters. They are not exactly short of frequencies to accommodate the station on the FM band, but what they are short of is the money to do it.”
“The remaining areas will eventually get replaced by FM transmitters. They are not exactly short of frequencies to accommodate the station on the FM band, but what they are short of is the money to do it.”
At one time Russia was keen on using DRM on it's AM transmitters, a Russian set maker made a DRM prototype set, but never went into production, so looks like Russian towns will get FM to replace AM, and outside the towns listeners will have to use the internet or satellite.
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