NEWS and REPORTS
Edited by Tony Rogers
This is an on-going compilation of news and reports for October 2024 to support the various DX Guides.
News items on this page may be further updated if necessary throughout the month.
Updated: 6 October 2024
News and reports that have appeared on this page in the past have been archived in the DX Guides Newsletter
All times mentioned are UTC, unless otherwise stated
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HFCC B24 DATA The B24 season will start on Sunday 27 October 2024. Transmission and Programme schedules by Broadcasters and Frequency Management Organisations (FMOs) for B24 are expected to be available from around 13 October 2024. The HFCC page to check is: http://hfcc.org/data/b24/index.phtml
ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO Indications are that AWR will discontinue its shortwave broadcasts from all sites that it hires airtime on from the end of the A24 season. However, they will continue from KSDA in Guam which is owned by AWR. (various reports and probably more information on this story will follow)
AUSTRIA The Moosbrunn shortwave transmitter site will close at the end of December 2024. During the A24 season, AWR was the main user of Moosbrunn, but their decision to end shortwave broadcasts, other than those from Guam, would appear to make the Austrian site redundant, hence the reason for closure. (various reports and again probably more information on this story will follow)
THAILAND Radio Thailand has announced that it will suspend its Japanese programming from 1 October to 30 November 2024, with the programme resuming on 1 December. No replacement programming (for East Asia) has been announced yet. (Atsuhiko Takezawa, Japan)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Some USAGM HFCC registrations have been amended during September and October 2024 and may not be reflected in the various shortwave guides (with no further updates planned for A24). Please see the HFCC page for USAGM at https://new.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A24&broadc=AGM for further details.
VANUATU Radio Vanuatu has revised its frequency usage again. Starting from sign-on at 0545 Vanuatu Time on 1 October 2024 (this would be 1845 UTC on 31 September) it appears to be now using just 9960 kHz throughout its broadcast day to sign-off at 2200 Vanuatu Time (1100 UTC). However, this is based on initial observations and reports from other DXers and there may be other frequencies used instead at certain times between 1845-1100 UTC that have not yet been noted. Other frequencies to check are 3945, 5040 and 7260 kHz. This report will be updated when the schedule is confirmed further. (Tony Rogers)