sabato 11 agosto 2018

Radio Romania International: Țigănești TX1 on air/Galbeni TX2 off-air

Radio Romania International - regular schedule:
http://ab27.bplaced.net/rri.pdf

Since 09-Aug-2018, 1000 UT, Țigănești TX1 is back in operation! Only the
DRM transmissions from Țigănești TX1 are still missing (and DRM
0530-0630 UT still comes via Săftica):
http://ab27.bplaced.net/drm.pdf

But ... since 09-Aug-2018, 2000 UT, Galbeni TX2 is off-air!
The following transmissions from Radio Romania Int. are affected:
0000-0200 UT: Ron  9790 kHz
0200-0300 UT: Spa  9510 kHz
0300-0400 UT: Eng  9740 kHz DRM
0400-0500 UT: Ron  7330 kHz
0500-0530 UT: Fra  7330 kHz DRM
0530-0600 UT: Eng 17760 kHz
0600-0630 UT: -
0630-0700 UT: Ara 11790 kHz
0700-0800 UT: Ron ????? kHz/Sun
0800-0900 UT: Ron ????? kHz/Sun
0900-1000 UT: Ron ????? kHz/Sun
1000-1100 UT: Fra 11650 kHz
1100-1200 UT: Eng 17670 kHz
1200-1230 UT: Ara 11700 kHz
1230-1300 UT: -
1300-1500 UT: Ron 11950 kHz
1500-1530 UT: -
1530-1600 UT: Ara 11900 kHz
1600-1700 UT: Fra 11975 kHz
1700-2000 UT: Ron 11975 kHz
2000-2030 UT: Fra  6170 kHz
2030-2100 UT: Eng  6170 kHz
2100-2200 UT: -
2200-2300 UT: Eng  7315 kHz
2300-2400 UT: Spa 11800 kHz

Best regards,
Alexander Busneag


[Quote from Glenn Hauser logs August 10-11, 2018:]

** ROMANIA. 9730, Aug 10 at 0016, RRI in English, // weaker 7375, the latter with light pulse jamming, since last season it was in use briefly by Radio Martí; such are the risks of ever using an ex-Martí channel.

One of the 300 kW Tsiganeshti transmitters had been off the air since July 28 with technical issues, and 9730 was reported as one of the missing frequencies as this and other hours to North America. See DXLD 18-32 for schedule and discussion. The frequency is back, but they could have switched transmitters around, or brought up the 100 kW at Saftica which was available.

7395, Aug 10 at 0017, the simultaneous Romanian service of RRI is still here, but sounds like a clash with something in English, not // 9730. The mix finally stops, leaving Romanian only, so I conclude it was a clumsy voice-over with the underaudio way too loud.

Nominally during the 00-01 hour we have two frequencies in English, 7375 // 9730 via Tsiganeshti, and two in Romanian, 7395 // 9790 via Galbeni per EiBi. But next night August 11 at 0027 we have 7395 but 9790 is missing, while both English frequencies are on again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)