[HCDX] New Longwave tx at Ingøy soon on air!

["Bjarne Mjelde" <bjarne.mjelde@xxxxxxxx>]

Pressrelease from DX-Listeners' Club, Norway:
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A special broadcast from Norwegian broadcaster NRK, is scheduled to take
place on 153 kHz around the end of September.  Exact date and time has not
been confirmed as yet, since the transmission will take place as and when
the transmitter is ready to be switched on.  The transmission will be
carried exclusively from the new Norwegian longwave-site at Ingöy, close to
North Cape in Northern Norway.  This 100 kW Telefunken transmitter will
replace the 20 kW mediumwave transmitter at Vadsö on 702 kHz.

If everything goes well, the transmission is likely to take place around
the 28th or 29th of September at the earliest.  Up to the minute info on
this special broadcast and background will be available on
http://www.dxlc.com/ around the 25th, so check this site regulary to be
sure not to miss this opportunity to hear a new transmitter on the air!
After this special broadcast, 153 kHz is expected to carry the NRK
Europakanalen in // with 1314, 630 and 675 kHz.

We hope this broadcast will be heard over a large distance!

A special QSL-card will be issued for correct reception reports to this
broadcast.  Reports to DX-Listeners' Club, P.O.Box 7080 Vestheiene, N-4668
Kristiansand, Norway.  E-mail: longwave@xxxxxxxx  

Please spread this news, in order to give as many DX-ers as possible a
chance to get an exclusive verification of this new Ingöy transmittersite.  

73 Bernt Erfjord, DX-Listeners' Club
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