Report of Wed Oct 1st:
FRANCE Tuned-in very late today Wednesday around 15.40 UT on
17545even kHz like previous days S=9+15dB signal backlobe into western Europe.
Heard a lot of different pause music kin,
like BIG BAND radio orchestra, or some folk flute mx from NorthAF ? ,
but only small pieces of mx about 10 to 12 seconds each, – I guess – to save money,
and Only 10 seconds of music to avoid high rental costs towards the composer?
15.51:45 UTC exact end of pause music orchestra portion performance,
still full power EMPTY CARRIER, TX still on air til
15.57:10 UTC TDF transmitter Issoudun switched OFF by technician at the bcast center.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Wednesday Oct 1st )
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 6:05 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX ; _ DXplorer
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Mini Transat
Tue Sept 30
'Mini Transat' yacht race shortwave broadcasts via TDF Issoudn, final
15.56:38 UT fast rhythm female singer performance end, followed by
another male singer performance, and
15.57:09 UT sudden cut of txion at Issoudun bcast center
as CRASH action,
switch down midst on song by the Issoudun engineer.
vy73 de wb df5sx Sept 30.
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 5:40 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX ; _ DXplorer
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Mini Transat
and the final txion too:
15.27:13 UT song & chorus in French language, from the sailing crowd,
15.28:13 UT English lang report of next stage,
15.28:56 UT talk on Portuguese mx to be start following,
start of Port song sung by male singer,
“Have a nice day, see you tomorrow ... final annmt...”
15.40 UT still played various fast singer group music in typical Portuguese harmonica.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Tue Sept 30)
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 5:18 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Mini Transat
FRANCE 17545 kHz Mini Transat transmission again on air ... and 7340 kHz
too from TDF Issoudun.
In Western EUR 17545 kHz only poor tiny S=5 signal, – poor propagation backlobe of 232degr azi.
But in Athens Perseus-net SDR S=9+20dB strenght though, French meteo in female voice
in progress, Casablanca weather mentioned.
7340 kHz TDF ISS signal stronger in WeEUR of 266degr azi backlobe.
But in Athens GRC the CHN Urumqi Xinjiang Kazakh sce S=9+25dB
signal is much stronger ahead.
French language meteo date anncer txion end at 15.13:57 UT,
and warm welcome in English language from the same female announcer
at exact 15.14:07 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Tue Sept 30)
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 5:21 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Mini Transat
Today Sept 29, at 15.15 UT stop Mini Transat transmission
and TX switch OFF on both channels. 73 wolfie
Today Monday Sept 29 at 15.04 UT on both 17545 and 7340 kHz via TDF Issoudun
France.
Mini Transat also on 7340 kHz 15.07:12 UTC,
changed from French 15 – 15.07 UT French,
now into English language sce,
some location and other data read, S=9+20dB signal strength in western EUR,
(7340 kHz hit be equal signal from Urumqi Xinjiang China mainland in
Kazakh – co-channel)
again on main channel 17545 kHz same strength S=9+15dB at same time.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 29)
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2025 6:54 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX
Subject: Re: [WOR] Mini Transatre Mini Transat sailing tour
FRANCE 17545even again on Sunday Sept 28 txion from TDF Issoudun site on
air,
15.00 UT til exact SWITCH OFF time at 15.57:10 UTC, but remaining time only
EMPTY CARRIER.
So they rent a full hour time amount at public TDF organization ?
S=9+15dB backlobe strength into southern Germany again today.
Txion requested at hfcc.org database as 232 degr azimuth, 15-16 UT.
Today unused 7340 kHz channel registration shows 266 degr azimuth though.
When TX switched OFF at 15.57:10 UTC, a small signal string of S=5 remained
visible on that
channel.
So seemingly only final TX power stage switched off at 15.57 UT,
and the low power exciter signal on first stage kept still getting on power
?
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 28)
From: Walter Salmaniw via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2025 5:05 PM
Subject: [WOR] Mini Transat
Same crash start at 1500 on 17545 with French male today. "Securite",
"Importante", etc.
I tried 7340, but only heard jamming, possibly against National Unity Radio.
Signal strength into Masset perhaps slightly weaker than yesterday. 73,
Walt
From: Walter Salmaniw via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2025 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Mini Transat
That's easy, Arthur. It's because today's broadcast was VERY short.
It only lasted 15 minutes or less. The English woman came on around 1507,
and mentioned that she was flying tomorrow, so clearly live and not robotic.
73, Walt
--
Enjoying the world of radio from my remote QTH on Haida Gwaii off the NW
coast of BC, Canada
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