THE LISTENING POST
Although Some Dead Stations Have Returned to Life
~ Radio Australia’s mammoth transmitter site at Shepperton is being torn down. I presume that will put “finis” to all the forlorn dreams for a return of Radio Australia. I hope the workers on that wrecking crew all have trouble getting to sleep each night.
~ Brazil’s Radio Aparecida was thought to have been off shortwave and was even deleted from the 2020 edition of the World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH). However, regular monitoring by Danish DXer Anker Peterson has shown differently. He still hears the station on its usual 5035, 6135, 9630, and 11855 kHz frequencies.
Well, it’s not quite Radio Television Italiana, but that country has (sort of) returned to shortwave. IBC (the Italian Broadcasting Corp.) has begun using 3975 and 6160 kHz. It operates 3975 kHz on Saturday from 2200-2300 UTC; Sunday sees both frequencies on the air from 0900-1000 UTC; Mondays the station is on at 1600-1700 UTC on 3975 kHz, then at 0900-1000 UTC on both frequencies; Wednesdays it uses 3975 kHz from 2100-2200 UTC, then from 1300-1400 UTC on both frequencies. The transmitter on both frequencies uses 1 kilowatt of power. The frequency usage is far less practical than was Rome’s longtime 11810-kHz outlet at 0100 UTC
