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[HCDX] GREENLAND ON 3815 KHZ USB
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR) is indeed again using short wave and they
have been doing so since the summer of 2002.
At first the transmissions were unofficial but now they are official.
There have been some breaks in transmissions though, but they've been on
regularly since sometime late 2004.
This is what I wrote on HCDX on Dec. 20 2004:
GREENLAND
Although it apparently never has been reported outside Greenland, KNR
continues to use short wave from Tasiilaq on the Greenlandic east coast.
The frequency is 3815 kHz (USB) and the current schedule is: 1500-1615
and 2100-2215 UTC. The power is 200 W and the aerial used in an
omni-directional cage aerial. (Stig Hartvig Nielsen for WRTH 2005)
Reception of KNR on 3815 has recently been reported by DX'ers in many
countries. I was told that the transmitter/aerial on 3815 was to be
"upgraded" soon - but I think this has already happened, and this
service overhaul is the reason for the improved overseas reception of
3815.
Moreover - there are still plans to give up broadcasting on Medium Wave
and use Short Wave instead. Currently five 5-10 kW MW transmitters are
on the air and it is rather expensive to keep these transmitters on the
air. One single short wave transmitter could probably do the same job
(serve the fishermen at sea).
A plan for conducting test transmissions on 2 or 3 frequencies (in the
3-4 MHz and 7-10 MHz range) with 200-1000 W on each frequency from Nuuk
in order to determine coverage has been prepared and is now awaiting
confirmation from the management of KNR. The go ahead might come anytime
between next month and in a couple of years (sic). There is also a
chance that the management of KNR might jump to establishing permanent
Short Wave transmissions without any previous test transmissions.
The political situation in Greenland is very different to most Western
countries and has been compared to the situation in some African or
Latin American station, and so it is difficult to predict what will
happen. Time will tell :-)
Best 73s
Stig Hartvig Nielsen,
Denmark
PS!
There has never been (in recent history) any service in Greenlandic and
Faroese on short wave from Denmark.
From: hard-core-dx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: 31. marts 2005 02:07
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Re: [HCDX] GREENLAND ON 3815 KHZ USB
"KNR" Greenland on SW ???????? when I was in "Nuuk" there was only
FM
and MW (AM) and TV stations in country
SW was BC from Denmark in,.. Greenlandic and Faroese !!
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