re 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
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Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain
Log in Friol, Lugo, NW of Spain
Sangean ATS 909X, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters
ALASKA, 11875, KLNS, Anchor Point, 0805-0822, 28-09, Chinese, comments. 
25422.
BELARUS, 3940, Music Wave Radio, 1842-2024, 27-09, Russian songs and 
comments. 25422.
BRAZIL
6180, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2036-2048, 27-09, Brazilian 
songs, Portuguese,comments. // 11780. 24322.
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 1954-2019, 27-09, Brazilian 
songs, Portuguese, comments, id. “Radio Nacional de Brasilia”. 35433.
15189.8, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horiznte, 1937-2017, 27-09, Brazilian 
songs, songs in English, Portuguese, comments, id. “Radio 
Inconfidencia”. 35433.
CANADA, 6070, CFRX, Toronto, 0629-0718, 28-09, English, comments, news. 
QRM from Channel 292 on the same frequency. 13421.
CUBA
4765, 0149-0156, 28-09, Spanish, comments, Cuban songs. 35433.
Also hearad 0441-0443*, 28-09, Cuban songs. Extended program today, 
usual closing time at 0400. 35433.
5015, Radio Rebelde, Bauta, 0449-0624, 28-09, Cuban songs, Spanish, 
comments, program “Todo Musica”, id. “Rebelde, la emisora de la 
revolución”. 35433.
ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0449-0500*, 28-09, Spanish, religious 
comments, anthem and close. 35433.
ETHIOPIA
6090, Voice of Amhara State, Addis Ababa, 1741-1800, 27-09, Vernacular, 
comments. 15422.
FINLAND, 6120, Radio Blacksmith Knoll, Pori, 1728-1947, 27-09, pop songs 
in English, oldies, song “Pretty Woman”, English, comments, id. “Radio 
Blacksmith Knoll...”. 15422.
LIBERIA, 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, 1931-1957, 27-09, English, 
religious comments and songs. 15422.
Also heard 0603-0621, 28-09, English, religious comments and songs. 
25422.
LUXEMBOURG, 6140, Radio Gloria via Radio Onda, Junglinster, 0734-0802, 
28-09, German, religious comments and songs. 25422.
MALI, 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, 1841-1913, 27-09, African songs, French, 
comments, id. “La Radio Nationale du Mali”, soccer comments in French. 
No English Magazine today. 35433.
MONGOLIA, 12085, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, *0859-0912, 28-09, 
interval signal, English, id., news, comments. 25422.
NETHERLANDS
5955, Radio Veronica, Westdorpe, 1808-1855, 27-09, pop songs in English, 
oldies, Dutch, comments. 25433.
6020, Radio Casanova, 0732-0755, 28-09, Dutch comments and songs. 25422.
9800, Radio Delta International, Elburg, 1800-2011, 27-09, pop songs in 
English, id. “Radio Delta”, English, comments. 45444.
Also heard 0723-0732, 28-09, Dutch songs, id. “Radio Delta”, pop songs 
in English. 45444.
NORWAY, 5895, Radio Northern Star, Bergen, 1753-1853, 27-09, pop songs 
in English, oldies, id. “Radio Northern Star”. 15422.

Also heard 0504-0519, 28-09, English, songs and comments. 15421.
MEXICO, 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0501-0728, 28-09, 
Spanish, comments, id. “Cultura México, Señal Internacional, la onda 
corta de Radio Educación”, Méxican and other Latin American songs, 
classical music. 25422.
PERU, 4775, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 0142-0156, 28-09, Peruvian songs, 
Spanish, comments. 15422.
VANUATU, 9960, Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, 0514-0658*, 28-09, English, 
Bislama, comments, male, female, id. “Radio Vanuatu”, songs in English, 
oldies, at 0620

song “Staying Alive” by Bee Gees, more comments. 25422.
VENEZUELA, 4940, Estación 4940, 0451-0613, 28-09, Spanish, religious 
comments. 25422.

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"RUS-DX" # 1361

Sunday / 28 September 2025

https://rusdx.narod.ru/bulletin/1361.txt

73!

Anatoly,

Moscow
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WOR 2314 confirmed at 1600 Saturday on WRMIs 9395 and much weaker 7730 into Georgia remote, during WRN relay. Glenn
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FYI
log of Sept 27
From: Alan Pennington via groups.io
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2025 5:49 PM
To: bdxc-news@groups.io
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] Mini Transat yacht race shortwave broadcasts.
Weather reports by man in French to 1521 UTC on 7340 // 17545 kHz.
Then weather reports in English by lady until 1545 UTC end.
(she said "see you tomorrow" at close).
73, Alan
FRANCE via TDF Issoudun SW bcast center:
Today Sat Sept 27 noted this METEO  -  Mini Transat data sce read  special 
on

17545even F__  French meteo data read by male annc, at 15.15 UT S=9+10dB
here in Germany. But later at 15.27 UT noted female voice
in  E n g l i s h   meteo data.
Nothing on 7340 kHz channel today, only CHN mainland PBS Xinjiang in Kazakh 
via

Urumqi bcast center, co-channel S=9 in WeEUR.
17630even MLI  CRI in En via Bamako II transmitting center, at 15.20 UT, 
S=9+10dB
17640even ASC  BBC London in En via ENC Ascension isl relay site, 14-16 UT
Saturday England football game live transmission at 15.21 UT.
17715.012 ESP  REE Noblejas live football Spanish soccer league 
transmission,

S=9+15dB at 15.24 UT.
17744.990 UAE  BBC London Somali NoEaAF sce S=9+10dB at 15.25 UT Sept 27.
Surprise, surprise
17900even BUL  English relig sermon like Brother Stair or similar, via Sofia
Kostinbrod relay of Spaceline Ltd. at 15.16 UT S=9+5dB in WeEUR.
17815.014 TUR  TRT Emirler in Turkish scheduled at 13.00-15.57 UT, noted
POWERHOUSE seldom observed S=9+55dB strength on Perseus SDR unit,
15.29 UT on Sat Sept 27.
# # #
17889.993 oddly kHz  - real 7 Hertz down fqy on lower side band,
SELDOM observed odd fqy aligned txitter of CNR 1 Beijing here on this
channel. S=8-9 in EUR, at 08.33 UT.
21590 kHz   DRM digital mode signal block visible.
CNR1 via Xinjiang province Urumqi outlet, S=8 into backlobe EUR at
08.14 UT Sept 27.
21580even F__   RFI Paris via TDF Issoudun site, French 07-09 UT,
S=8  signal strength at 08.18 UT.
21550even CHN  CNR1 jammer of China mainland against Falun Gong
sect SOH from Taiwan on
21550.066 kHz string probably TWN string. S=7 at 08.20 UT.
21490even CHN  CNR1 stronger jamming signal S=8 at 08.23 UT, ahead of
21490.071 kHz likely Mandarin from SOH  TWN origin.
17600even ALG  RTA Bechar Ifrikya FM program, moder western pop mx
S=9+15dB at 08.29 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27)
# # #
On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 09:32 AM, Alan Pennington wrote:
The biennial Mini Transat single-handed yacht race (sponsored by La
Boulangère) began on Sunday 21st September with 90 small (6.50m) boats
sailing from Les Sables d'Olonne in France, with a destination on the
first stage of the race, Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands.
(The second stage is scheduled to begin from La Palma on 25th October,
destination Guadeloupe.)
One feature of the race is participants use paper charts and only have a
VHF radio (with around 10 mile coverage). But there is a daily shortwave
broadcast in French and English giving them weather conditions.
Two frequencies are registered on HFCC for these daily Mini Transat (MT)
weather forecasts at 1500-1600 UTC: 7340 and 17545 kHz (both 250
kilowatts from Issoudun).
17545 kHz was heard yesterday (25th Sept) at 1500 UTC by Adam Amirkhanov
in Bucharest on WRTH Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18mRyaXsEg/
However, the first stage of Mini Transat has now been cancelled with
boats sheltering in ports on the Portuguese coast because of the
impending Category 4 Hurricane Gabriele approaching from the Azores,
expected to hit the coast of Portugal on Saturday.
https://www.minitransat.fr/
https://www.facebook.com/LaMiniTransat 


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