Good Morning,
SAUDI ARABIA any strange ideas ?
New built Jeddah 250 kW shortwave site finnished on new location some two
years ago, when played Yugoslav CD music on their tests from
41 to 13 mband on same tremendous signals ...
but BSKSA came never real on air in past two years.
We had these two WOODEN REQUESTS at 1600-2100 UT
on HFCC group conference in A-13 yet:
7260 1600 2100 27,28,37N JED 250 310 ENGLISH ARS
9710 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
9840 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
btw. MBC = Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
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Jeddah shortwave site technical data:
ARS new Jeddah Algwizain PC22711 postal code,
"Al Kurnayash South" SW site TX house
dimmly cross-dipole non-dir antenna HQ ant ITU #925
6 Jan 2012 image at
21°14'49.81"N 39°09'45.29"E
image STILL DIMMED on Google and Bing maps !
G.E. time slide pool
deleted some excellent images of this cross-dipole antenna
area a year ago.
ARS new Jeddah TCI ants, 255deg (220-270deg)
to No+WeAF/Sahel Zone, SDN, TCD, CAF, MLI, CTI, LIB
21°14'55.01"N 39°09'59.52"E
http://goo.gl/maps/1ScKN
http://bit.ly/129t2eo
ARS new Jeddah TCI antennas 315degr (300-340degr)
21°14'42.58"N 39°09'55.96"E
http://goo.gl/maps/qCPlF
http://bit.ly/129titQ
History of June 2010:
SAUDI ARABIA Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each
250 kW HF DRM-ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi
Arabia Ministry of Information (MOI) ... The new high-power HF DRM-ready
transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's digital broadcast capabilities
and can reach targeted audiences at long distance ranges with a clear,
high quality signal. The DRM-ready transmitters are similar to those
recently supplied to Broadcast Australia and to Radio-TV Malaysia ...
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld June 26, 2010)
Saudi Arabia to acquire DRM. Ready High Power 250 kW HF Transmitters.
Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each 250 kW HF DRM-
ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi Arabia Ministry
of Information (MOI) through First Gulf Company of Riyadh. First Gulf will
construct an entirely new HF station where the transmitters, antennas, and
other equipment will be installed at the existing Al Khumra site outside
Jeddah. The Al Khumra station was constructed by Continental Electronics
and its civil contractor between 1978 and 1980, and the site presently
accommodates multiple 2-megawatt and 1-megawatt Medium Wave transmitters.
The new high-power HF DRM-ready transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's
digital broadcast capabilities and can reach targeted audiences at long
distance ranges with a clear, high quality signal. The DRM-ready
transmitters are similar to those recently supplied to Broadcast Australia
and to Radio-TV Malaysia, employing Transradio's latest DRM exciters with
its unique pre-correction features.
The transmitters will be delivered in the latter part of 2010 and the
station is planned to be fully operational by mid-2011.
<http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=211>
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, DXindia June 26, 2010)