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Theme
-
00:00
“Birthday Serenade” -
Willi Glahe
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Opening Announcement - 00:17
Welcome to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched and written in
Indianapolis, produced in studios of shortwave WRMI
Program outline
1.
BBC Far Eastern Relay Station: The Temporary Relay via SLBC Sri Lanka
2.
HFCC Report Muscat Oman
3.
SQOTW32 Special QSL of the Week: Silence is Golden
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BBC Far Eastern Relay Station - 2: The Temporary Relay via SLBC Sri Lanka
- 01:00
Initial consideration for a large
shortwave transmitter station at Ekala in Sri Lanka goes back to the year 1941,
when preliminary plans were laid for a shortwave facility to extend the
coverage of Radio Colombo, for listeners both in Ceylon and further afield in
Asia. At first, progress on this new
station was slow, but when Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten came onto the scene in
1944, work on this project became a high priority.
The design for the shortwave station
at
Ekala, 10 miles north of Colombo, was very similar to the design for the huge
BBC shortwave station located at Tebrau at the bottom tip of the Malay
peninsula. Much of the electronic
equipment for the Ekala station was quickly shipped from the Marconi factory in
England, but the ship was sunk by a torpedo off the coast of Ceylon. The original antenna towers came from the
Isle of Wight, and these were lost also when the ship went down as a result of
enemy action.
A second consignment
of electronic equipment was shipped out from England, and this was quickly
installed into the new transmitter building at Ekala. Provision was made for one shortwave
transmitter at 100 kW, an English Marconi model SWB18; and three at 7½ kW,
American RCA model ET4750, one of which was transferred from the RAF
transmitter station on the adjoining property.
The antenna system at Ekala consisted of four curtain
antennas & three Krauss dipoles, and these were strung from six tall aerial
towers. A total of four diesel power
generators were installed in a separate building, three for regular usage, and
one as a standby unit. This large new
shortwave broadcasting station was developed by Mountbatten under the wartime
SEAC, the South East Asia Command.
A shortwave receiver station served both
of the adjoining transmitter stations, the RAF Royal Air Force and SEAC. This receiver station was located at
Horahena, some 10 miles distant from the two side-by-side transmitter stations,
and it was already in active service before SEAC Ekala was commissioned.
This
receiver facility included two banks of three receivers, American RCA receivers
model AR88, and the receiving antennas were triple wire directional diamond
shaped rhombics. The receiver output was
landlined to a studio complex in Colombo, with the main shortwave relay
programming coming in from the BBC London, All India Radio Delhi, Radio Australia
Melbourne, and the Voice of America in Washington DC.
The first unit installed in the new
SEAC building at Ekala in 1945 was a new RCA transmitter, model ET4750, rated
at 7½ kW. Test broadcasts from this transmitter went on
the air in advance, and it was taken into regular service on May 1, 1946, along
with the large 100 kW unit.
Likewise, this 100 kW unit had
been installed during the latter part of the year 1945, and preliminary test
broadcasts were noted in April of the following year. This unit was taken into regular service also
on May 1 (1946), along with the smaller RCA unit. Both transmitters were officially opened with
a commissioning ceremony one week later, on May 8.
A third shortwave transmitter, another
American RCA unit at 7½ kW, was transferred from the neighboring
Royal Air Force communication station which had been inaugurated at Ekala
during the previous year 1945; and a fourth, also another RCA at 7½ kW
was installed in 1947.
A 10 kW mediumwave transmitter was
also commissioned
for SEAC coverage of greater Colombo, and this was inaugurated on 920 kHz some
time towards the end of the year 1948, under their regular callsign ZOJ. It is not known where this transmitter was
located, though we would suggest that it was at either Ekala or Welikada, and
probably Welikada.
A part time relay of BBC programming
via the Ekala shortwave station began at the time when this station was
inaugurated, on May 1, 1946.
Then three years later, in April
1949, the BBC phased out their usage of the Jurong station in Singapore. By this time, they had already opened an
office in Colombo on April 1, and three days later (April 3) they assumed
active control of the Ekala shortwave station.
However, the BBC still retained their office in Singapore for the
administration of the relays via Ekala, and for the development of the new
shortwave relay station in Tebrau Malaysia.
At the time, there were four
shortwave transmitters on the air at Ekala, one at 100 kW and three at 7½ kW. However, the BBC took usage of only two of
these transmitters, the historic Marconi 100 kW and one of the American RCA
units at 7½ kW. At the same time, mediumwave ZOJ also carried
a BBC relay for listeners living in the greater Colombo area.
Programming from the BBC in London
was received at Horahena on shortwave and it was composed of their General
Overseas Service together with several different language services for specific
countries in Asia. The identification
announcement in English stated: This is the BBC broadcasting from Radio Ceylon.
A BBC schedule for November 1950
gives the following information, in local Ceylon time:-
1:55 pm -
7:30 pm 17730 kHz 100
kW Hong Kong, China Japan
7:40 pm - 11:20 pm 15120 100 India Pakistan
1:55 pm - 11:20 pm 21620 7½ South East Asia
In the meantime, work on the large
new BBC relay station at Tebrau moved ahead quite rapidly, and the first
transmitter was taken into service at Christmas time, 1950. The short term usage of the ex-SEAC shortwave
station at Ekala as the temporary BBC Far Eastern Relay Station came to an end
at the end of year 1950. At that time,
the entire station reverted to local usage and that is when the Radio Ceylon
Commercial Service began to take over.
Only one QSL from the BBC Far
Eastern Relay Station in Ekala Sri Lanka is known and that was a letter
addressed to a listener in Sweden. The
Colombo address on the letterhead was Box 194, and the letter was an official
statement of confirmation, though no specific reception details are stated in
the letter itself.
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Program Announcement - 06:21
Allen
Graham
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HFCC Muscat Oman - 09:24
Jerry
Plummer WWCR & Jeff White WRMI: Interview Oldrich Cip
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SQOTW32 Special QSL of the Week: Silence is Golden
- 23:39
For our QSL of the week, we borrow
the title from a popular song, which in turn was taken from an already popular
saying, Silence is Golden. Back nearly
20 years ago, Adventist World Radio AWR was on the air via a small low power
shortwave transmitter located at the Radio Netherlands shortwave station at
Talata Volonondry in Madagascar.
The Radio Netherlands transmitter at
that time was a temporary unit rated at just 7½ kW
and it was on the air for island wide coverage on shortwave. In due course it would be replaced by a
larger transmitter rated at 50 kW.
Shortly before the 50 kW was
inaugurated and the 7½ kW unit was silenced, arrangements
were made for two special broadcasts so that listeners world wide would have
the opportunity to tune in to the low power transmitter before it left the
air. These special broadcasts were
scheduled for Sundays May 3 & 10, 1998 at 0300 - 0330 UTC on the tropical
band channel 3215 kHz.
However, it so happened that an
American shortwave station in Nashville Tennessee WWCR also occupied this same
shortwave channel. The well known writer
of radio history, Jerome Berg in suburban Boston, took the initiative and asked
WWCR to go silent for the two half hours so that international radio monitors
in many different countries would have the opportunity to tune in to this low
power AWR facility.
In a remarkable show of
co-operation, WWCR did agree to go silent for the special half hour on both
occasions and thus a multitude of listeners in many different countries were
able to hear the AWR programming from the small transmitter in Madagascar. The special QSLs issued by AWR for the
special double broadcasts gave an expression of appreciation for the WWCR
silent periods, which occurred on May 3 & 10, 1998 from 0300 - 0330 UTC on
3215 kHz.
Among the many listeners who heard
one of these special programs was Mr. Muhammad Shamim in Trivandrum, South
India, and he tuned in to the first special broadcast on May 3. He sent his reception report to the AWR-Europe
office which was located at Forli in Italy at the time.
In due course, Mr Shamim received
the special QSL card that AWR issued for this occasion. The card was a picture card of an island near
Madagascar; the printed QSL sticker with the QSL details was adhered to the card;
and a large rubber stamp showed the initials AWR within a shield, and the very
appropriate acknowledgment “WWCR Silent Period”.
We might state that the splendid
co-operation shown by WWCR in deliberately leaving the air for a small station
on the same channel in a different part of the world is very rare, and there
are only two or three occasions in the entire history of radio broadcasting
when this has occurred.
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Music of the World - 26:48
Silence is Golden:
EZ listening with instrumental &
group vocal
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Closing Announcement - 27:05
Thanks for listening to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched and written in
Indianapolis
Next week:-
1.
The End of Another Era: In the Land of a Thousand Hills
Deutsche
Welle to Close its African Relay Station at Kigali Rwanda
2.
Australian DX Report
3.
SQOTW33 Special QSL of the Week: Temporary Feeder Link
Several QSL cards available. Send your AWR & KSDA reception reports
for Wavescan to the AWR address in Indianapolis; and
also to the station your radio is tuned to: WRMI or WWCR
or KVOH, or to the AWR relay stations that carry Wavescan. Remember too, you can send a reception report to each
of the DX reporters when their segment is on the
air here in Wavescan: Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Australia &
India. They will verify with their own colorful QSL
card. Return postage and an address
label are always appreciated.
Wavescan address:-
Box 29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229 USA
Wavescan @ AWR.org
Jeff White, shortwave WRMI
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Music Outrun - 28:47
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Program Ends - 28:55
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1. Summary: BBC
International Relay Stations Worldwide
Chronological Listings - (Uncompleted
Research)
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No BBC Name Station Years Location Country Mode
Mode NWS
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BBC
International Radio Stations: United Kingdom
1. G5SW Marconi 1927 - 1932 Chelmsford England SW 30
2. BBC London BBC 1932 - 1992 Daventry England SW 30 - 33
3. BBC European Service BBC 1940 - 1945 Start
Point England MW SW 45
4. BBC European Service BBC 1940 - 1945 Clevedon England SW 54
5. BBC Overseas/European BBC 1941
- 1946 Lisnagarvey N. Ireland SW 61
BBC
Relay Stations: British Owned
Africa
1. East Africa Relay Station DWS 1960
- 1963 Berbera Somalia SW
114
2. Central Africa Relay
DWS 1965 - 1968 Francistown Botswana
MW SW
253
3. Atlantic
Relay Station BBC 1966
- 20xx English Bay Ascension
Island SW 66
4. Indian Ocean Relay
BBC 1988 - 2014 Mahe Seychelles SW 265
Mediterranean
1. East
Mediterranean Sharq 1956 - 1956
Zygi Cyprus MW
SW 214 220
2. East Mediterranean DWS 1956
- 2013 Zygi Cyprus
MW
SW 214 220
3. East Mediterranean DWS 1956
- 20xx Lady’s Mile Cyprus
MW 214 220
4. Central
Mediterranean DWS 1960
- 1973 Delimara Point Malta
MW 271
Middle East
1. Middle East Relay Stn DWS 1964
- 1966 Cable Station Perim Island SW 116
2. Eastern Relay Station DWS 1969
- 2002 North Tip Masirah Island MW 119
3. Eastern Relay Station DWS 1978
- 2002 East Coast Masirah Island SW 121
4. Eastern
Relay Station Merlin 2002 - 20xx
A’Seela Oman
MW SW 124
Asia
1. Far East BFEBS BBC 1948 - 1949 Jurong Singapore SW 314
2. Far East BBC 1949
- 1950 Ekala Sri Lanka MW SW 316
BBC
Relay Services: Official Relays
1. Malaya BMBC 1939 - 1942 Singapore Singapore MW SW 314
2. West Africa OTC 1943 - 1945 Leopoldville Congo SW
153 202
3. Far East BFEBS BMA 1945 - 1948 Jurong (ex-J) Singapore MW SW 314
4. North America WYFR
BBC
Program Relays
1. West Africa FRS 1934 - 1963 Freetown
Sierra Leone Cable 205 222
2. Caribbean RDB 1935 - 1997 Bridgetown
Barbados Cable 274
3. Far East RM 1937 - 1939 Singapore Singapore
MW SW 314
4. West Africa FZI 1943 - 1945 Brazzaville Congo SW 153 202
5. West Africa SLBS 1951 - 1951
Freetown Sierra Leone SW
211 222
6. West Africa SLBS 1956 - 1958
Hill Station Sierra Leone SW 211 222
7. West Africa SLBS 1958 - 2002 Goderich Sierra Leone MW
SW 211 222
8. Atlantic Relay C&W 1962
- 1962 English
Bay Ascension Isle SW 66
9. Caribbean CBC 1963
- 2xxx Bridgetown Barbados MW 274
10. Antarctica OMA 1964
- Mawson Antarctica MW
272
11. Indian
Ocean VLU2 1967 - 20xx Christmas
Isl Australia MW
304
12. West Africa SLBS 1974 - 1999
Waterloo Sierra Leone SW
218 222
13. Caribbean VoB 1981 - 2xxx Bridgetown Barbados MW 274
Projected
BBC Relay Stations
1. Far East BFEBS BBC 1939 BMBC (Buy) Singapore
MW SW 314
2. Far East BFEBS DWS 1940 Jurong (Build) Singapore SW
314
3. Far East BFEBS BBC 1945 Jurong BBC Singapore SW 314
4. Indian Ocean Ship 1966
Leviathan East Africa MW 264
5. Indian Ocean BBC 1966
Aldabra East Africa MW 264
6. Indian Ocean BBC 1972 Christmas Isl Australia SW 304
Planned
Topics
1. West Africa Relay Station 1975-19 Painsville, Liberia 1 @ 10
2. 1979-1996 Lesotho
3. 1996-20xx Meyerton, South Africa
4. 2001
Abu Dhabi
Woofferton
Projected
Stations
1. 1963
Maldive Islands
2. 1978
Africa
3. Australia
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2. BBC Far Estern Relay Station - 1:
BFEBS Singapore
WRHB Entries
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Year Information
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1947 Transmitters 7½ kW, 4 on air 0530-0630 Orange & Purple Network, Thomson
Road studios
Also
relay BBC programs
1948 Transmitters 7½ kW, 4 on air
1030-1630, Thomson Road studios, QSL
card
Also
relay BBC programs
1949 Transmitters 7½ kW, 4 on air
1030-1630, Thomson Road studios, QSL
card
Under
control of BBC, rebroadcasts and relay BBC programs
1950 Transmitters 7½ kW, 4 on air
1100-1630, Thomson Road studios, RQ
monitoring reports
Under
control of BBC, rebroadcasts of relay BBC programs, some local programs
1951 Transmitters 7½ kW, 4 on air
1100-1630, Thomson Road studios, QSL letter
or card
Under
control of BBC, rebroadcasts of relay BBC programs, some local programs
1952 BFEBS - See Gt. Britain
Transmitters
15 & 100 kW, same Singapore address
Program
beams seem to indicate in reality Ekala (Tebrau) now in use
No
Ceylon entry for BBC relay station
1953 BFEBS - See Gt. Britain
Transmitters
7½ & 100 kW, same
Singapore address
No
Ceylon entry for BBC relay station
1954 BFEBS - See Gt. Britain
List
of many SW channels, apparently all now from Tebrau
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3. Radio Broadcasting in Ceylon: Radio
SEAC Colombo
SEAC
Development & Usage in Colombo Area
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Year Date Information Reference
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SEAC
Transmitter Station Ekala: SEAC Administration
1944 Construction
work began; Tebrau station similar in design
1944 1st
antenna system taken from Isle of Wight lost at sea off coast Ceylon Taylor 59
1944 Local
electricity not available, 4 power generators, 3 in use, 1 standby Document
1945 1st RCA ET4750 7½ kW installed; 2nd always on 17770 kHz
1945 Oct Tall
aerial towers arrived from England
1945 4
curtain antennas, 3 Krauss dipoles, 6 aerial towers
1945 2nd
RCA ET4750 7½ kW transferred from
RAF building to SEAC building
1946 Apr 1st
test broadcasts began from new 100 kW Marconi
1946 May 1 Marconi
SWB18 entered regular service, also original 7½ kW RCA
1946 May 8 Official
opening ceremony for 100 kW Marconi Taylor 60
1946 Antenna usage
RCA
7½ kW 6075 kHz 350° NW India
17770
kHz 80° NE
North Pacific
Marconi
100 kW 11770 kHz 36° NE Burma & Japan
15120
kHz 36° NE Burma & Japan
15120
kHz 322° NW England
21620
kHz 322° NW England
RCA
1 kW 3390 kHz OD Ceylon
1946 Jun 1 SEAC
HQ transferred to Singapore, SEAC station handed over to War Office
SEAC
Transmitter Station Ekala: War Office Administration
1946 Jun 1 SEAC
HQ transferred to Singapore, SEAC station handed over to War Office
1947 2
@ 7½ kW in service, 3rd
expected soon, also 1 kW
1947 SEAC address 191 Turret Road WRHB 1947 53
1947 May Current
equipment at SEAC Ekala: SP @ RN 9-47 68
1 Marconi SWB18 @ 100 kW
2
RCA ET4750 @ 7½ kW, in use
simultaneously
1
RCA @ 1 kW
1
additional RCA ET4750 @ 7½ kW planned
8000
letters a month, music requests & reception reports
Station
under control of War office in London
1949 Apr 1 Turret
Road & Ekala taken over by Radio Ceylon Taylor 64
1949 Apr SEAC
installation taken over as BBC relay station, Singapore to Tebrau BBCE 350
SEAC Transmitter Station: BBC Administration
1949 Apr SEAC
installation taken over as BBC relay station, Singapore to Tebrau BBCE 350
1949 Apr 1 BBC
opened office in Colombo Taylor 64
194x This
is the BBC broadcasting from Radio Ceylon
1950 Nov This
station is now controlled by the BBC R&H 79.14 12-50 90
1950 Nov BBC
relays on 15120 17730 21620 R&H 79.14 12-50 90
1950 Dec BBC
usage ended, transferred to Tebrau BBCE 350
1951 SEAC
installation taken over as BBC relay station
SEAC Transmitters
Ekala: 1st @ 7½ kW RCA ET4750
1944 1st
new 7½ kW installed TDP
1945 Mar 1st transmitter at 7½ kW RCA inaugurated,
1st antenna eastward 9½ hours daily
1946 May 1 Marconi
SWB18 entered regular service, also original 7½ kW RCA
1947 2
@ 7½ kW in service, 3rd
expected soon, also 1 kW
SEAC Transmitters Ekala: 2nd @ 7½ kW RCA ET4750
1945 2nd
7½ kW installed TDP
1945 RCA
ET4750 7½ kW transferred from
RAF building to SEAC building
1945 RCA
ET4750 7½ kW installed; 2nd
always on 17770 kHz
1947 2
@ 7½ kW in service, 3rd
expected soon, also 1 kW
SEAC Transmitters Ekala: 100 kW Marconi SWB18
1946 Apr 1st
test transmissions 100 kW Marconi SWB18
1946 May 1 Marconi
SWB18 entered regular service, also original 7½ kW RCA
1946 May 8 Official
opening ceremony for 100 kW Marconi Taylor 60
SEAC Transmitters Ekala: 3rd @ 7½ kW RCA ET4750
1947 2
@ 7½ kW in service, 3rd
expected soon, also 1 kW
1947 3rd
RCA ET4750 @ 7½ kW installed
SEAC Transmitters Ekala: 1 kW RCA
1944 SW transmitter 1¾ kW transferred from
Welikada to Ekala TDP 98 56
1945 Gray
metal cabinet, probably old shortwave transmitter from Welikada
1945 Test
broadcasts, began gray metal cabinet
1945 Jul 23 Taken
into regular service, 88 metre channel 3390 kHz
1946 Installed
at Ekala TDP 98
1947 2
@ 7½ kW in service, 3rd
expected soon, also 1 kW
SEAC
Mediumwave, Colombo
1944 Planning on MW for
Colombo area
1949 Apr ZOJ
920 kHz 10 kW BBC relay, Colombo FIBS
15-4-49 YB 84.200 208
SEAC
Transmitter Station Ekala: SEAC Administration; 1946 Apr - 1946 May 31
1946 May New
SEAC Colombo 6075 & 15230 kHz heard Australia & NZ
R&H 79.13 6-46 63
SEAC
Transmitter Station Ekala: War Office Administration; 1946 Jun 1 - 1949 Feb
1946 Jul SEAC 100 kW schedule: 0600-0815 11770,
0845-1715 15120, 1745-2230 6075 WO File
1946 ZOJ
Colombo 15275 kHz RCA List
1946 Jul SEAC
6075, Ceylon 3395, ZOI 4900 RN 8-46 56
1946 Jul New
SEAC Colombo 9520 kHz heard in Australia R&H 79.13 8-46 63
1946 Aug SEAC
Colombo 6075 heard Australia, must be on higher power R&H 79.13 9-46 66
1946 Aug SEAC
11770 kHz heard Australia, not very good signal R&H 79.13 9-46 66
1946 Nov New
SEAC on 7185 kHz R&H 79.13 12-46 70
1947 Jan SEAC
6075 7185 11770 15120 21470 heard in Australia R&H 79.13 2-47 72
1947 Apr SEAC
6075 9520 11770 15120 heard in Australia R&H 79.13 5-47 72
1947 Aug SEAC
new channel 15230 kHz R&H 79.13 9-47 86
1947 Nov SEAC
Change 17770 kHz to 17820 kHz R&H 79.13 12-47 82
1948 Feb New
frequency 17750 kHz R&H 79.13 3-48 57
1948 Mar New
frequency 17730 kHz R&H 79.13 4-48 84
1948 Jun Tests
beamed to Australia 3.3 6075 9520 15120 17.7 R&H 79.13 7-48 84
1948 Aug New
channel 11820 relay BBC cricket to Australia R&H 79.13 9-48 85
1949 Feb SEAC
Ceylon gone RN 3-49
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4. BBC Far Eastern Relay Station
Summaries: The Temporary Relay via
SLBC Ekala
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Year Date Information Reference
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BBC Jurong,
Singapore
1945 End BBC
personnel took over operation of Jurong shortwave station
1948 Aug 8 BBC
took over control of Jurong shortwave station as official BBC relay station
1949 Apr BBC
closed usage Jurong and took over temporary usage Ekala station in Sri Lanka
Ekala SEAC Site
1944 Construction
work began at Ekala; (Tebrau station similar in design)
1944 1st
antenna system taken from Isle of Wight lost at sea off coast Ceylon Taylor 59
1944 Local
electricity not available, 4 power generators, 3 in use, 1 standby Document
1945 Oct Tall
aerial towers arrived from England
1945 4
curtain antennas, 3 Krauss dipoles, 6 aerial towers
1st RCA ET4750 7½ kW Transmitter
1945 1st RCA ET4750 7½ kW installed
1946 May 1 Original
7½ kW RCA entered
regular service
1946 Antenna usage 6075 kHz, 350° NW India
2nd RCA
ET4750 7½ kW Transmitter
1945 2nd
RCA ET4750 7½ kW transferred from
RAF building to SEAC building
2nd
always on 17770 kHz
1946 Antenna
usage 17770 kHz, 80° NE, North Pacific
3rd RCA
ET4750 7½ kW Transmitter
1947 3rd
expected soon
1947 3rd
RCA ET4750 @ 7½ kW installed
Marconi SWB18 100
kW Transmitter
1946 Apr 1st
test broadcasts began from new 100 kW Marconi
1946 May 1 Marconi
SWB18 entered regular service
1946 May 8 Official
opening ceremony for 100 kW Marconi Taylor 60
1946 Antenna usage 11770 kHz 36° NE Burma & Japan
15120 kHz 36° NE Burma & Japan
15120 kHz 322° NW England
21620 kHz 322° NW England
BBC Far Eastern
Relay Station Ekala
1948 Aug New
channel SEAC 11820 relay BBC cricket to Australia R&H
79.13 9-48 85
1949 Apr SEAC
installation taken over as BBC relay station, Singapore to Tebrau BBCE 350
Using
1 @ 7½ kW & 1 @ 100 kW
Office
in Singapore maintained
1949 Apr 1 BBC
opened office in Colombo Taylor 64
1949 Apr 3 BBC
taking over SEAC Ekala NZDXT 3-09 44
BBC
GOS & regional programs 8½ hrs daily
Until
new Singapore (Tebrau) station ready
1949 Apr ZOJ
920 kHz 10 kW BBC relay, Colombo FIBS
15-4-49 YB 84.200 208
194x This
is the BBC broadcasting from Radio Ceylon
1950 Sep QSL
letter to Sweden from Box 194 Colombo Original
1950 Nov This
station is now controlled by the BBC R&H 79.14 12-50 90
1950 Nov BBC
relays on 15120 17730 21620 R&H 79.14 12-50 90
6:25 pm - MN 17730 HK, China Japan 100 kW
6:25 pm - 3:50 am 21620 SEA Asia
7½ kW
12:10
am - 3.50 am 15120 India Pakistan 100 kW
1950 Dec BBC
usage ended, transferred to (Ekala) Tebrau BBCE 350
BBC Far Eastern
Relay Station, Tebrau Malaya
1950 Dec BBC
usage Jurong ended, transferred to (Ekala) Tebrau
BBCE 350
1950 Dec 1st
transmitter Tebrau ready for service, Christmas
1951 Jan 2nd
transmitter Tebrau taken into service
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5. SQOTW28: Special
QSL of the Week
Progressive Topics
——————————————————————————————————————————————————
No Call
Location Land IRM
kHz (k)W
Year Date Significance QSL NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
001
7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP
1100 .1 1961 Nov 6 Emergency
transmitter C 282
002
RA Kabul
Afghanistan AMP 96.1 .01 1971
Jul 4 Experimental FM C 284
003
VOA Poro Philippines AMP 15000 LP 1984 Feb 19 Malfunctioning
exciter L 286
004
TTY Perth Australia AMP
1130 .2 1966 Jun 24 6NM
transmitter to 6ED DIYC 287
005
ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP 102.8 ½ 1972
Aug 27 Hotel Intercontinental DIYC 289
006
KSFO Frisco California AMP
560 5 1989
Oct 18 Temporary after
earthquake C 290
007
RM
Havana Cuba AMP 9600 100 1982
Feb 3 Relay Radio Tashkent C
291 008 NILB Central Pacific PH
10800 LP 1968 Dec 23 Apollo
Recovery, 1,000 SW L 292
009
AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG 11800 100 1981
Feb 21 Test broadcasts Africa &
ME C 293
010
PJC Willemstad Curacao PH
8694
1 1969 Jan 9 Morse
loop C
294
011
AFRTS Adana Turkey
AMP 1590 .01 1980
Mar 24 Plane, WL in ft DIYC 295
012
AWR Sines Portugal TD 9670
250 1977 Aug 26 Self-designed AWR card C 296
013
VoM Honhor Mongolia CL 12085
250 2012 Sep 14 Lived in Ulaan Baatar L&C 297
014
CRI Beijing China UQ
21660 2005 Sep 19 Firedrake
jammer C 298
015
RM Russia
AMP 11875 1984 May 2 Russian
jammer, BBC ARS? C 299
016
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea VL 4890
35 2006 Mar 18 Reduced power C 300
017
RM
Murmansk Russia JB
5930 5 1979
Jan 13 Long wait DIYC & L
301 018 RM P’zavodsk Russia JB
5065 5 1979 Jan 21 Long wait DIYC & L
302
019
VLU2 Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
1420 .5 1977 Aug 23 Tried many
locations DIYC & L
303 020 XMX Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
341 .1 1977 Aug 28 Airplane
reception DIYC 304 021
AIR Pt Blair Andamans JJ 1440
1 1992 Nov 12 Emergency transmission L 305 022
ABC Shepparton Australia TA 6080 100 2011
Feb 4 Emergency transmission C
306 023 ORTB Benin
CO SW 1985 Sep 20 Hard
to hear, difficult to QSL C 307 024
WQTC Bryan USA-OH AMP
1520 .5 1986
Jul 17 Two words, Bryan Radio DIYC
308
025
AIR
Bangalore India
MKP 9690 500 2014
Feb 28 Memory of 1st radio
broadcast C 309 026
CHU Ottawa Canada BW 3330
3 2010 Sep 16 Low power TSW
C&L 310
027
SW
11 Sites Asia
TA 2 SW
2014 Jun 5 IRDR Trial Broadcasts
C 311
028
TMR Rogaland Norway TD 6210 1970
Jul 8 Jamming against RNI P 312
029
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea JJ 3925 10 1976
Oct 25 1st report from
India C 313 030 VOA
Honolulu Hawaii
AMP 6120 100 1946 Jan 21 ½ minute report 2C 314
031
CBX Edmonton Canada WP
740 50 1974
Dec 18 1st QSL C 315
032
AWR Talata Madagascar MS
3215 7½ 1998
May 3 Silent period C
316
033 Temporary
Feeder Link L 317
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6. SQOTW28: Special QSL of the Week
Alphabetic Listing of Categories
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Title Call City Country IRM City
Country NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Airplane
Monitoring AFRS Adana Turkey AMP Airplane Turkey
295
XMX Christmas Is Indian Ocean AMP Airplane Indian Ocean 304
Apollo
Recovery NILB USS Arlington Pacific PH Woodland H USA-CA 292
Demonstration
Transmitter TTY Perth W
Australia AMP Perth Australia 287
Difficult to hear ORTB Benin CO Norrkoping Sweden
307 Earthquake Emergency KSFO San Francisco USA AMP Eugene USA-OR 290
Emergency
Transmitter 7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP Launceston Tasmania 282
AIR Port Blair Andaman Is JJ Hyderabad India 305
ABC Shepparton Australia TA Depok
Indonesia 306 Experimental FM RA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 284
First
Report: India NBC Port Moresby New Guinea JJ Hyderabad India 313
First
QSL CBX Edmonton Canada WP Fallston USA-MA 315
Jammer:
Firedrake CRI Beijing China UQ-S Norrkoping Sweden
298
Rogaland TMR Rogaland Norway TD Rosrath
Germany 312
Russian RM Russia AMP Poona India 299
Listener
Designed QSL Card AWR Sines Portugal TD Rosrath
Germany 296
Long
Wait: 11 Years XMX Christmas Is Indian Ocean AMP Airplane Indian Ocean 304
23 Years RM Murmansk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 301
23 years RM Petrozavodsk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 302
Low
Power CHU Ottawa Canada BW Karoonda S Australia 310
Malfunctioning
Exciter VOA Poro Philippines AMP Lahore
Pakistan 286
Many
Locations VLU2 Christmas Is Indian
Ocean AMP Carnarvon
Australia 303
Memories:
Letter from Home VOM Honhor Mongolia CL Bloomington USA-IN
297
1st Radio Broadcast AIR Bangalore India MKP Kerala India 309
Morse
Code Loop PJC Willemstad Curacao PH Woodland
H USA-CA 294
Postmarked
Same Date KRHO Honolulu Hawaii AMP Lobethal S
Australia 314
Reduced Power NBC Pt Moresby New
Guinea VL Naples USA-FL 300
Short
Reception Report WQTC Bryan USA-OH AMP Marion
USA-IN 308
KRHO Honolulu Hawaii AMP Lobethal S
Australia 314
Silent
Period AWR Talata Madagascar MS Trivandrum India 316
Tashkent
Relay RM Havana Cuba AMP Berrien S USA-MI
291 Test Broadcasts AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG Nice France 293
IRDR 11 sites Asia TA Depok Indonesia 311
Two
QSL Cards KRHO Honolulu Hawaii AMP Lobethal S
Australia 314
Translation
Transmitter ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 289
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