Re: [A-DX] wo ist Kiew???

[Patrick Robic <patrick.robic@xxxxxx>]

Michael Lindner schrieb:
> Versuche seit Tagen vergebens Radio Ukraine in Deutsch wie folgt zu hören:
>
> 17.00 UTC auf 7440 KHz
> 20.00 UTC auf 6145 KHz
>
> Habe ich falsche Zeiten oder Frequenzen? Jedenfalls ist absolut nichts zu hören.
> Was ist los in Kiew?
>
>   
Aus DXLD 10-15 vom 15.4.2010

> ** UKRAINE. RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL OFF SHORTWAVE
>
> Hi Glenn! From April 12, RUI's shortwave transmitters in Kharkiv and 
> Lviv have been switched off. Also the same was done with all 
> mediumwave transmitters of UR1 channel. Only transmitter on 657 kHz in 
> Chernivtsi with RUI's Romanian service and UR3 operates in the night. 
> Also the UR1 transmitter on 207 kHz in Brovary (Kiev) is active from 
> 0230 to 2100. Best regards (Alexander Yegorov, Kiev, Ukraine, April 
> 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1508, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> This means RUI is off the SW air completely, including the 0000-0100 
> UT English to North America which was high power from Lviv on 7440. 
> All the other frequencies Kharkiv. Is this permanent, or another 
> temporary shortage of funding? (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1508, DXLD)
>
> RUI missing from its formerly reliable big signal on 7440, English to 
> NAm at 00-01, checked 0005 April 15. Alexander Yegorov reports that 
> ALL SW transmissions of RUI from Lviv and and the lower-powered 
> Kharkiv site were turned off April 12.
>
> Not clear whether this is temporary or permanent, but Ukrainian MW has 
> also been drastically cut. Previously there have been interruptions in 
> RUI service when funding ran out, but then resumed (Glenn Hauser, DX 
> LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> Thanks for the info. Here in Houston I had checked 7440 at 0000 and 
> heard nothing. Thought it might be lingering effects of the recent 
> geomagnetic storm, but was hearing other Eastern Europeans on the 
> band. I suspect with other broadcasters dropping shortwave we may have 
> heard the last of RUI, regardless of any future funding situation.
>
> Glenn, you are right; sure is a far cry from the old USSR days when 
> you could easily hear the various Soviet broadcasts on over a dozen 
> frequencies each evening (Steve Luce, TX, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
> DIGEST)
>
> It's not even necessary to go back that far in history. During the 
> nineties Radio Ukraine International was all day long on around a 
> dozen frequencies, basically using the complete capacity of the three 
> shortwave sites in the Ukraine. The big cut to the small service as it 
> remained until last week came only in 2002 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, 
> ibid.)
>
> Hi Everyone, For what it's worth, the RUI website schedule says listed 
> frequencies are in effect until 31 October, 2010. Haven't seen any 
> notice on the website about suspension of broadcasts (but I only gave 
> the website a quick once-over). 73 (David Sharp, NSW Australia, 0214 
> UT April 15, ibid.)
>
> Just send in your complaints to Kiev and to the Ukrainian Embassy in 
> DC and RUI will be back on the air. Most likely it's just the issue of 
> funding - not some ideological decision to give up on SW. The 
> Ukrainian diaspora is well organized. I suspect they are going to 
> flood the station with complaints (Sergei S., Germany, dxldyg via DX 
> LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> I would first ask if anyone of them still listened to these shortwave 
> signals at all. Here in Central Europe they were really measly, hardly 
> sufficient for program listening. One had to wonder about the shape of 
> the antennas, assuming that the Sneg's churned out the 100 kW NRKU 
> paid for, actually for a service not worth the money.
>
> In fact I'm surprised that the small shortwave service remained until 
> now, considering that about two of three FM transmitters are already 
> off air for lack of money. And I wonder if NRKU now starts to really 
> starve (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)
>
> I don't think complaining will make any difference. The Ukrainian 
> diaspora isn't paying the bills to keep RUI on the air. Many 
> governments, and in turn, national broadcasters are experiencing 
> severe budget shortfalls. Cuts have to be made, such as the recent 
> reductions in Bulgaria.
>
> Once all these transmitters have been off the air for a while the 
> former audience will find other ways to listen or get information. 
> ..and there won't be any reason for the governments involved to 
> reinstate the broadcasts. Sad for longtime SWL's, but it's the cold 
> reality of strained finances and changing technology (Steve Luce, TX, 
> ibid.)
>
> I respectfully posit that you've been listening a bit too much to Andy 
> Sennitt :-). I've been an SWL for 34 years and when I started, the 
> international broadcasters had nothing in their mandates about being 
> cost-effective. The object of the game was to get their message out to 
> as wide an audience as possible and the bottom line was secondary, if 
> that. Not everything in life should be run like a business. 73 de 
> (Anne Fanelli in Elma NY, ibid.)
>
> That's very easy to say when you`re not paying the bills (Keith 
> Perron, Taiwan, ibid.)
>
>   

73,
Patrick


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