ARCTIC CIRCLE BROADCASTS TO DEBUT AS LONGWAVE RADIO
JIM/ANCHOR: On the other side of the spectrum, the decline of long-wave radio may be a little bit overstated. Here's Jeremy Boot G4NJH with word of a long-wave radio startup.
JEREMY: Radio listeners tuning to 252kHz may soon be enjoying some long-range Dxing, as Arctic 252, the new broadcast station on that frequency, begins testing things out in September.
The Finnish-based station is hoping to serve listeners throughout the Arctic region. It is possible too that anyone with a long-wave radio receiver might be able to hear some of its signals in the northernmost parts of North America.
According to Hackaday, the website reporting this story, the same frequency is used by an Algerian station in North Africa - and it was formerly used by an Irish station as well as Finland's own YLE longwave broadcaster although both have long since gone off the air. The broadcaster says on its website, arcticradio.net, that it hopes for a clear channel allocation by the ITU.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(HACKADAY, ARCTICRADIO.NET) https://www.arnewsline.org/ ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yle ; https://arcticradio.net/
HAARP RESEARCHERS SEEK HAM INPUT
JIM/ANCHOR: There is still time to participate in ongoing research by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska. Be listening on August 18th through to the 20th on frequencies between 2.8 MHz and 10 MHz and log your reception reports. The experiments support work by the Polar Aeronomy [pron: AIR - onomy] and Radio Science Summer School whose studies include the generation and propagation of extremely low frequency/very low frequency waves. The address for sending your reports can be found in the text version of this week's Newsline script at arnewsline.org
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(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, HAARP) https://www.arnewsline.org/ ; https://daily.hamweekly.com/2024/08/haarp-research-campaign-active-august-13-20/ ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program ; https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/
NEW SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTER FOR RADIO NEW ZEALAND
JIM/ANCHOR: A brand-new 100 kW transmitter began sending its signals across the Pacific this month as Radio New Zealand entered a new era of commitment to serving its shortwave listeners. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF has that report.
JIM: As one of two nations still providing the Pacific region with shortwave radio service, Radio New Zealand has replaced its 33-year-old transmitter in the central North Island with a new one capable of DRM digital and analogue operation. The move is part of the public broadcaster's $4.4 million investment in facilities improvements.
New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was quoted by the Radio World website as affirming the vital role shortwave still places since the service was launched in 1948. He said: [quote] "Shortwave is the most certain system there is to make sure that in a crisis, tsunami or cyclone, we can get through." [endquote] The minister marked inauguration of the transmitter along with dignitaries from the shortwave service area which includes the Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. There are 22 broadcast partners throughout the region using RNZ's DRM digital streams by rebroadcasting them locally without compromising audio quality.
Following Australia's shutdown of its shortwave transmitters in 2017, New Zealand and China have become the only two providing the region with shortwave services.
This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(RADIO WORLD) https://www.arnewsline.org/ ; https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/listen