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World Music Radio now testing 10 kW shortwave transmitter

Stig Hartvig Nielsen writes in the latest WMR Newsletter:

"It is with great pleasure that we can inform you that we now - finally -
have commenced broadcasting with the new 10 kW Collins transmitter. From
shortly after 1500 UTC today May 18th 2004 World Music Radio (WMR) is
testing on 5815 kHz.

"Test transmissions on 15810 kHz have been carried out since May 9th with a
power of 500 W. Letters and reception reports have been received from Japan,
USA, Greenland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and
Nigeria. Thanks to everyone. Those requesting QSL will get one soon.

"Our test transmissions consist of non-stop music and will be irregular for
the next couple of weeks. We intend to keep 5815 kHz on the air till
Wednesday morning without any breaks. Later we need - among other things -
to adjust the modulation on both transmitters.

"The transmitter site is near Karup in Western Denmark and the on air studio
(from where the test transmissions are coming live) is located near Randers.
The aerials used for both frequencies are dipoles.

"Monitoring observations on the reception quality are highly appreciated -
and it would be a help if you could compare our signal on 5815 kHz with
other European stations with a similar power (for instance Germany on 6190
kHz)."

(posted by Andy Sennit @ 17:52 UTC)