** IRAN [non]. Starting December 29, 2010, a new radio station will
start broadcasting on shortwave. It concerns Gunaz Radio, a new
service from Gunaz TV. Gunaz Radio will broadcast daily from 1430 to
1930 UT on 7510 kHz in the 41 meter band. For more information, visit
http://www.gunaz.tv (Ludo Maes, Dec 24, TDP mailing list via WORLD OF
RADIO 1545, DXLD)
Something to do with Azerbaijan, but Southern or `Northern`? Site?
FEBC via VTC via Armenia is already scheduled on 7510 at 1730-1800.
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Probably from a Russian site? (Dan Ferguson, shortwavelistening yg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1545, DXLD)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_(Iran)
often disputed area. To weaken the Iranian muslim government too ?
Related with TV bcasts? http://www.gunaz.tv/index.php?t=home
73 wb (Wolfgang Buschel, ibid.)
Those who lament how bad shortwave DXers are should look at the
behaviour of satellite DXers. Try googling this station, and you get
swamped by plain mentions of modulation bein applied, with nobody
caring a second for what this modulation actually is.
First: "Southern".
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav122806.shtml
They refused rumours of being USG sponsored, but here an Iranian Azeri
wonders how this station may be financed (like all the Persian-
language TV stations "run by Iranian exiles" -- yeah, sure):
http://azarmehr.blogspot.com/2006/01/gunaz-tv-twaddle.html
Initially Gunaz TV broadcast also via Turksat but has been removed
there soon:
http://www.bakutoday.net/iran-seeks-ban-on-pro-azeri-tv.html
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-143852907/turkey-suspends-us-based.html
http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2006/4/irankurdistan154.htm
At present they are in these typical "unjammable Iran muxes" (also
used by BBC Persian or VOA PNN) on Telstar 12 and Eutelsat W3A plus a
SCPC signal on the Israelian Amos 3, as if no satellite operator wants
to put Gunaz TV in a mux with other customers for fear of Iranian
jamming. Thus I would not be surprised if the announced shortwave
transmission will be jammed.
So far no separate radio channel from Gunaz TV is shown in the usual
frequency lists, so it's possible that simply the TV audio will be
transmit on shortwave, unless the radio feed simply does not show up
in the lists yet or will be put on during the remaining days until
launch.
Site: Usual suspects for TDP are of course Grigoriopol, Lutch and
Samara. Another facility in the CIS would be possible as well. Is the
Babcock booking real or just a wooden registration? It's possible that
it has been arranged directly with the transmitter operator in
Armenia, with "Moscow" not being involved, so such a clash would not
be unthinkable (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WORLD OF RADIO 1545, ibid.)
A mi juicio, su primer idioma sera el azeri, pero unas ciertas
emisiones en farsi son tambien posibles.
"GunAz" corresponde a Guney Azerbaycan, el territorio ubicado en la
parte noroeste de Iran. El azeri es la lengua materna de la gente que
vive alli. 73 & felices fiestas! (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Rusia,
noticiasdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1545, DXLD)
Inaudible here at 1430-1530+ Dec 29, but confirmed in Europe by
Wolfgang Buschel and Jari Savolainen, altho quite weak. Details
already in dxldyg and next DXLD (gh)