FRANCE 'Mini Transat' Yacht race weather radio service via TDF Issoudun on 7340 and 17545 kHz today Monday July 27, via TDF Issoudun SW center.
Yes today Monday July 27th noted on air from 15 UT: 7340even at 15.04 UT, French female presenter weather report read at S=9+25dB signal level in southern Germany remotedly. At 15.19 UT switched to English language report. TDF ISS used their 100 kW ‘faulty audio modulation’ transmitter on 7340 kHz channel, which brought that typical BUBBLE jamming audio sound underneath. This faulty TX modulation observed there in past two decades, never repaired that unit / audio line feed, was in use for example often on 9490 kHz night service of Radio Republica back signal towards Cuban audience. Also FAULTY observed in the past in use for NHK World R Japan relays mornings in 49 mband towards EUR, NE/ME/North Africa then. 17545 kHz even S=9+15dB on ‘short skip’ kilometers distance into southern Germany today at 15.11 UT. Same weather report in French \\ 7340 kHZ and from 17.19 UT also in English language. (next channel is 17630 kHz also proper signal of CRI African relay site Bamako center no.#2, S=9+20dB English 15-16 UT, July 27) vy73 de wolfie df5sx wwdxc topnews FRANCE 'Mini Transat' Yacht race weather radio service via TDF Issoudun on 7340 and 17545 kHz. Tuned into man with French weather forecasts at 15.11 UT on 7340 kHz today Friday 24 July. At 15.20 UT lady in English reading weather reports took over. Voices were familiar as heard on 'Mini Transat' broadcasts in pre- vious years. After checking HFCC.org database in A-26, could also hear weaker \\ on 17545 kHz (TDF via Issoudun bcast center at 15.00-16.00 UT). There's an event, 'Les Sables' to the Azores and back, 'Mini Atlantique' so presume the broadcasts are for participants in that: <https:\\lessables-lesacores650.fr/> Broadcast ended around 15.55 UT. (Alan Pennington, Cornwall-England-UK, BrDXC-UK iogr bcnews July 24) _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
