2019, World Music Radio (WMR) is now back on 15805 kHz using a 3 element yagi
beamed south - every Saturday and Sunday at 07-20 UTC. The transmitter power is
200 Watts and the signal is audible almost worldwide for dedicated DXers.
However a good receiver, a good aerial and a listening site without man made
interference - as well as patience and listening at the right time of the day
(when propagation is optimal) - is needed to catch WMR on 15805. Best reception
usually is in Southern Europe, but it is also possible to receive 15805 kHz in
the Middle East, all over Africa, in parts of South America and the Eastern part
of North America. Also in Asia ?on a good day?. Sometimes 15805 suffer
from some interference from a Chinese station on 15800 kHz. Sometimes
short skip propagation is providing excellent reception in Central Europe. But
propagation is changing all the time and catching the low power signals from WMR
on 15805 is really a challenge for DXers in most places ? unlike off course
catching big international broadcasters with 100,000 ? 500,000 Watts of power.
Please note that the signals of WMR on 15805 kHz are only suitable
for AM listening, so don?t use SSB.
Reception reports are acknowledged by an
eQSL for reports sent to wmr@wmr.dk - or
by a QSL card (as well as stickers and as long as stocks last: a pennant) for
reports sent to World Music Radio, PO Box 112, DK-8960 Randers SØ, Denmark
(kindly enclose return postage ? 2 IRCs, 5 euro or equivalent. Sorry but 1 or 2
USD won?t do). Please note that reception reports using remote receivers
(such as remote Kiwi SDRs) are not QSLed.
There are two reasons for being off air for
several months. First the Danish telecom agency refused to give a new license to
utilise ?out of band frequencies on a non-interference basis?. This issue was
however settled, at least temporarily. Second problem was a storm which damaged
the yagi aerial. The aerial was repaired a few days ago and it now works very
well again - from the transmitter site just north of Randers in Eastern Jutland,
Denmark.
Randers also used to be the transmitter site
of WMR broadcasting on 5840 kHz (100 Watts) into an inverted V aerial - from
January 2018 to September 2019. A new 500 Watts transmitter has been purchased
and a new transmitter site for 5840 has been found - and a new dipole aerial
will be put up. It is hoped that 5840 will be back on the air by the end
of April 2020. Broadcasting 24 hours a day seven days a week.
The plans to cover Copenhagen on MW 927 kHz
are progressing very slowly. However a transmitter site has been found in
Hvidovre, and it is hoped that 927 kHz will be on the air by late June
2020.
Meanwhile World Music Radio can also be
heard on the internet via www.wmr.radio and
several platforms such as radio.garden, TuneIn, Radio.Net and
Streema.
Best 73s
Stig Hartvig Nielsen,
World Music Radio ? Radio208 ? Hartvig Media
ApS