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Wednesday, July 05, 2023

BBC Singapore to close down on July 16, 2023

As per latest editon of AWR Wavescan BBC Singapore relay station will close down on July 16, 2023.

Here are few articles on BBC Far Eastern Relay Station at Kranji, Singapore :

By Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, AWR Wavescan, USA

http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2015/06/bbc-far-eastern-relay-station-return-to.html

http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan060730.html

By Dr.T.Jaishaktivel, VU3UOM, Chennai, India

https://swli05639fr.blogspot.com/2019/04/kranji-singapore-towers-of-bbc-pics-by.html

By Richard Buckby:

https://www.bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/Reminiscences/Kranji/Kranji.htm

BBC DRM to South Asia from 16th July 2023 :

BBC DRM transmission to South Asia will continue on 15185 kHz via Tashkent at 0800-0900 UTC English replacing 17720 kHz Singapore

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS)

Friday, November 15, 2019

BBC changes due to maintaniance of 250 kW txer at BBC Kranji site

Due to tecnical modification of 250 kW txer at BBC Kranji site, following changes will take effect with effect from 18th November, 2019 :

100 kW backup transmitter will be used for below mentioned transmissions :

1100-1200 UTC 11945 kHz smtwtfs 330 deg English 49W

1330-1400 UTC 11995 kHz smtwtfs 340 deg Burmese 49NW

1500-1700 UTC 7485 kHz smtwtfs 315 deg English 30S,39NE,40

BBC DRM english transmission will be from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka wef 18th Nov 2019, Monday, time and frequency remains same.

0800-0900 UTC on 15620 kHz (Via Trincomalee, ex via Kranji)

BBC English DRM txn via Trincomalee instead of Kranji

Due to tecnical modification of 250 kW txer at BBC Kranji site, BBC DRM english transmission will be transmitted from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka wef 18th Nov 2019, Monday, time and frequency remains same.

0800-0900 UTC on 15620 kHz (Via Trincomalee, ex via Kranji)

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

DRM specials for DRM GA 2019

DRM special transmissions for DRM General Assembly 2019 at Spanish island of Mallorca :

March 20th, 2019 (Wednesday)

1430-1500 on 15640 KHz - Via Red Telekom, Ujbekistan (Test)

March 26th, 2019 (Tuesday)

1000-1100 UTC on 13670 kHz (Prog : The Mighty KBC) - Via Media Broadcast, Nauen

1200-1300 UTC on 11780 kHz (Prog: BBC) - Via Woofferton UK

1430-1530 UTC on 15640 KHz - Via Red Telekom, Ujbekistan

1500-1600 UTC on 11790 kHz (Prog: BBC) - Via Woofferton UK

March 27th (Wedneday)

1000-1100 UTC on 13670 kHz (Prog : The Mighty KBC) - Via Media Broadcast, Nauen

1200-1300 UTC on 11780 kHz (Prog: BBC) - Via Woofferton UK

1500-1600 UTC on 11790 kHz (Prog: BBC) - Via Woofferton UK

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Digital Radio Mondiale General Assembly 2018 at Spain succesfully concluded

Under the banner "Digital Radio Mondiale Drives Forward", the 2018 General Assembly of the DRM Consortium took place on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th of April, at the Palma Bellver Bay Meliá Hotel on Mallorca hosted by Bosch and RFmondial.

The General Assembly set the strategy and working plan for the next year for DRM. This year's Assembly also elected the Chair and the main bodies of this not-for-profit organisation. The only additions to the existing Steering Board are Nautel and RRI (Indonesian public broadcaster). The other Board members are: Ampegon, BBC, Babcock International, Fraunhofer IIS, NXP, RFmondial and Thomson Broadcast. Thomson Broadcast also joined the Executive Board and Ruxandra Obreja was re-elected Chair of the Consortium.

The busy and friendly meeting was an excellent opportunity for members and guests from Asia, Africa and Europe to review all the activities of the past year, receive updates from country representatives and specialists from all the corners of the globe on an outstanding year of progress for DRM. On both days they enjoyed direct live transmissions in DRM shortwave from the UK and Bulgaria on receivers like Avion, Gospell and Titus SDR. A special receiver session was held before the conclusion of this successful event.

For Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Chairman, this was a moment to take stock "and review the excellent progress made by DRM in India and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as South Africa, other countries in Africa, Middle East and Europe and in the automotive industry. DRM as a flexible and economical provider of audio and extra benefits like emergency warning functionality is now in a unique position to give users a powerful, all-band solution for local, regional, national and international coverage. The General Assembly gave everyone a reason to be proud but also to step up the efforts of getting DRM transmissions and receivers in the market."

Listen to the special DRM transmission of BBC World Service content relayed by Babcock International was recorded on the DRM Gospell receiver and the Titus SDR including Journaline

https://youtu.be/Y88h5BTcINk

https://youtu.be/8dQCuYNQEgI

(Press Release)

Friday, April 13, 2018

BABCOCK, BBC DRM TRANSMISSION DURING DRM GENERAL ASSEMBLY

April 17th and 18th, 2018

1000-1200 UTC on 11970 kHz - BBC World Service in English

Towards south west Europe and part of the north African coast.

http://www.drm.org/babcock-bbc-drm-transmission-during-drm-general-assembly/

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Special DRM transmission celebrating 50th Anniversary of SW broadcast from Ascension Island

Special DRM transmission from Ascension Island – Sunday 28th August 2016

DRM will be part of a big anniversary on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. On 28th of August at 1155 GMT Babcock International will ensure a special BBC digital transmission from the BBC Atlantic Relay station on 21715 kHz, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC's first short-wave radio broadcast from Ascension Island.

Since 1966, the Atlantic Relay station has broadcast BBC World Service programmes to Africa and South America, and to this day, continues to broadcast over 250 programme hours every week to East and West Africa in English, French, Hausa and Somali.

The two hour-transmission will start with the old, special sound of Bow Church Bell in east London, the sound of which, even if in DRM this time, will remind older listeners of the BBC broadcasts of many decades ago. The 2-hour transmission will be the regular BBC programmes for West and South Africa and will end at 1400.

This special transmission will be sent with greetings from Ascension Island's BBC and Babcock International staff and visitors, who will be celebrating half a century of sterling broadcasting on August 28th.

(Ruxandra Obreja, Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium Chairman)

http://babcock.media/latest/010816/