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WA2VUY

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BBC launched two new shortwave frequencies
« on: March 02, 2022, 07:56:27 PM »

The BBC announced on Wednesday that it had turned to an old-fashioned form of radio broadcasting to keep Ukrainians informed about the war. The broadcasting company said it had launched two new shortwave frequencies, which can be heard on cheap, portable devices, that can be received clearly in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and parts of Russia. The BBC said it will broadcast four hours of World Service news in English a day on the shortwave frequencies, a move that recalls an era in Europe when the British broadcaster was one of the few sources of independent news in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Cold War.
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W7XTV

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Re: BBC launched two new shortwave frequencies
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2022, 08:02:09 PM »

Shouldn't they adding transmissions in Russian and Ukrainian?  Maybe Belarusian and Polish as well?
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Re: BBC launched two new shortwave frequencies
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2022, 08:40:19 PM »

Until the Russians jam them.

All of the really good transmitting stations were torn down 20 years ago.

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Re: BBC launched two new shortwave frequencies
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2022, 09:14:22 PM »

Mind letting us know those freqs...?
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K9RJ

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Re: BBC launched two new shortwave frequencies
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2022, 10:18:00 PM »

"The corporation said on Wednesday that the two new shortwave radio frequencies – 15735 kHz and 5875 kHz – will broadcast World Service news in English for four hours a day. These frequencies can be received clearly in Kyiv and parts of Russia, the BBC said."
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Re: BBC launched two new shortwave frequencies
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2022, 06:12:23 AM »

From the BBC's Twitter page:

You can listen for updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on BBC World Service live online 📱 http://bbcworldservice.com
 
And the map shows our shortwave radio reach in #Ukraine 
📻 15735 kHz 16:00 – 18:00 GMT +2
📻 5875 kHz 22:00 – 00:00 GMT +2



https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice/status/1499031508660756482


Am able to copy it in central Maryland.
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N8YX

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Re: BBC launched two new shortwave frequencies
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2022, 02:03:12 PM »

Until the Russians jam them.
Not too many people remember the sounds of bubble and wobble jammers, courtesy of Romania, Bulgaria and other Baltic states behind the Iron Curtain.

Pepperidge Farms remembers, and so do I. Had to cut through that garbage on 40M quite often before the plugs got pulled.
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